An ESPN TV graphic that aired prior to last night’s Bears-Patriots game.

If you think the Bucs don’t have enough talent to be an average offense on 3rd-and-long or a halfway decent red zone defense, then please stop reading this post. [read more]

Where is the juice?

Adam Schein cannot believe what he is seeing. [read more]

Rookie tight end Cade Otton.

It seems that Bucs rookie tight end Cade Otton may be getting warmed up. [read more]

Unfair to rip defense?

Somebody at One Buc Palace must have hacked off NFL Network analyst Brian Baldinger. [read more]

Rotating left guard.

Joe has no idea if other teams rotate guards. In fact, Joe hasn’t seen something like this since the Bucs and Dirk Koetter rotated Alex Cappa and Caleb Benenoch and before that Evan Smith and Kevin Pamphile, or before there were headphones in quarterbacks’ helmets so teams would rotate players to communicate plays. [read more]

On a day when many Bucs fans have lost their minds and formally are burying the corpse of the greatest run in team history, the head coach let everyone know the team’s collective head is good. [read more]

“Not with this cast, Byron.”

Accomplished quarterbacks and playcallers usually have fantastic perspective when it comes to the performance of other quarterbacks. [read more]

Yeah, Joe realizes most Bucs fans are in full pessimist mode after witnessing arguably the worst two weeks of Bucs football this century.

However, all is not lost. [read more]

Thursday night may be nasty.

Joe is almost feeling sorry for failing Bucs offensive coordinator Byron Leftwich. Almost. [read more]

Bucs coach Todd Bowles.

Head Todd Bowles appeared before the local pen and mic club this morning as the team is full-go in preparation for Thursday night’s game against the Crows. [read more]

Tony Dungy is disturbed by the Buccaneers defense, and that’s nothing new. It’s also alarming since Father Dungy is a defense-first guy and has been a big Todd Bowles supporter. [read more]

This is a helluva interesting point made by a widely respected NFL scribe. But scratching the surface a little, Joe thinks it is nonsense. [read more]

Possible return turns dim.

Joe has to admit to thinking the same thing last night. [read more]

Job security.

After yesterday’s game, the wolves are out for the Bucs. [read more]

How far has the Buccaneers offense fallen? Joe will start with a disturbing nugget ESPN pumped out during the second half of yesterday’s game. [read more]

Photo courtesy of Buccaneers.com.

If this rotten NFC South wasn’t as horrible as it is, Joe would be calling for a firesale this morning to load up on draft picks to go get Ohio State quarterback C.J. Stroud. Alas, the 3-4 Bucs are tied with the Dixie Chicks in first place. Imagine. So let’s get going on this grim Monday. [read more]

Todd Bowles

Every NFL head coach says the same thing: his team will face adversity each season and how it responds will reflect its leadership, character and toughness. [read more]

Tom Brady exit near?

Remember last week when Joe’s good friend Rock Riley asked Tom Brady about Chris Simms saying he wouldn’t be shocked if Brady retired before the season ended? [read more]

Questions Bucs’ heart.

Another Bucs player is wondering about the passion or lack thereof with the Bucs. [read more]