Potent on third downs.

This shocked Joe. And not many things do when it comes to football. [read more]

Leader.

Prickly Pete Prisco is kicking himself for this. [read more]

The original version of Chris Godwin mic’d up Sunday is quite different from the one re-published minutes ago on YouTube, via the official Tampa Bay Buccaneers account. [read more]

It’s best to pay attention when six-time Pro Bowler Gerald McCoy, the retired Bucs defensive tackle, talks about the Buccaneers.

McCoy has close friends in the Tampa Bay locker room and a keen understanding of all things Bucs. [read more]

Joe loves the low key anger rumbling through a segment of the Buccaneers roster. [read more]

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NFL history shows it’s hard to have a crappy record with a top-10 defense in the category of points allowed. [read more]

No. 1 tight end Cade Otton

When Joe thinks of things the Bucs might do before the Halloween trade deadline to enhance the roster for a Super Bowl run, Joe thinks of tight end — immediately after running back help. [read more]

Reflects on week off.

When a team gets a bye is pretty damn important. [read more]

Update.

Joe has noticed in the comments on this here website a growing frustration over the absence of first-round pick, defensive tackle Calijah Kancey. [read more]

The word from longtime ESPN NFL reporter Jeremy Fowler is that Mike Evans is heading to the MRI chamber for a look at the hamstring he pulled/tweaked Sunday in New Orleans.

There was speculation after the game that Evans only had a mild injury, and Fowler echoed that this morning on X.

The bye week landed at just the right time for Evans, who is more than one-third of the way to his 10th consecutive 1,000-yard season with 14 games remaining.

“Hey, Schefter, what do you think?”

One of the rare preseason Bucs believers in the national media, a big-name former Buccaneer, emphsized yesterday that Baker Mayfield’s hot start is not a fluke and maybe not even special. [read more]

Reflection pays off.

One thing Bucs fans likely have noticed by now, certainly they saw it in the win over the slimy Saints, is Bucs offensive coordinator Dave Canales uses a lot of different plays. [read more]

Receiver Deven Thompkins holds on.

It sure feels like there’s a special camaraderie on this Tampa Bay team. [read more]

Will stick to the run game.

Bucs offensive coordinator Dave Canales has made it clear: He’s not going to scrap the run just because the Bucs can’t run. You must keep at it, he has said. [read more]

Much of the nation will now see the return of the creamsicles.

If Joe had said two young quarterbacks who had seen some postseason success but whose original teams had given up on them, would lead their new teams with rich histories of losing to be flexed nationally over a game involving teams from New York and Philadelphia, people would have Baker Act’ed Joe. [read more]

Fun video.

Now this is something cool to kick off your Tuesday — Bucs offensive linemen getting their jobs done. [read more]

An orange scheduling change.

It seems FOX is all fired up to get the Buccaneers-Lions game in front of a larger network audience. [read more]