Joe has yet to hear Tom Brady talk about Baker Mayfield in a Tampa Bay uniform, but he was talking about another Buccaneer this week. [read more]

Flash poll posted at 4:33 p.m. (Last week’s results are here.)

Status update.

Running back Chase Edmonds was placed on injured reserve today. [read more]

It’s sacrilegious at One Buc Palace to even imply that Tom Brady was a lousy co-offensive coordinator with Byron Leftwich last season.

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Bucs coach Todd Bowles.

Do you believe in history or do you believe in stat geeks? That’s what this boils down to. [read more]

Bucs OC Dave Canales.

You’ve heard it. Joe’s heard it. We’ve all heard it. [read more]

Lavonte David

Here comes the loaded Eagles offense. [read more]

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Through two weeks, the 2023 Bucs have established something worth celebrating — an identity.

A formula is now in place for a young, hungry team eager to prove its many skeptics wrong. That offensive balance Dave Canales has stressed since his arrival seems to be working. The Bucs won’t be leading the NFL in pass attempts for the third consecutive season.

Not even close. [read more]

General manager Jason Licht weighs in.

Who is Mike Greene and why is he logging so many snaps in the middle of the Buccaneers’ top-10 defense and proving to be an anchor of one of the league’s best run-stuffing units? [read more]

Bucs QB Baker Mayfield.

The way Bucs offensive coordinator Dave Canales wants to run the ball (so does his boss, Todd Bowles), and given the way Baker Mayfield wasn’t a great deep thrower, Joe surely didn’t expect Mayfield to excel throwing deep. [read more]

Bucs sacks king Shaq Barrett

Bucs sacks king Shaq Barrett was good in Week 1 and a true game hero in Week 2, but how healthy is his surgically repaired Achilles?

Insight came from One Buc Palace yesterday but it wasn’t completely clear. [read more]

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Bucs QB Baker Mayfield.

If you think Baker Mayfield has validated the trust Bucs AC/DC-loving general manager Jason Licht and Todd Bowles have put in him with two weeks of strong play, well, Dan Graziano has a few words for you. [read more]

Running back Rachaad White, who had a solid game Sunday against the Bears.

The Bucs had three first-down plays in the red zone Sunday and those three snaps totalled a whopping zero yards.

Here’s the breakdown: [read more]

Old reliable.

Joe has always said that when it comes to Mike Evans and Chris Godwin (and yeah, Lavonte David, too), their class works against them. [read more]

Leader.

Maybe this is why the Browns are the Browns and why the Bucs won a Super Bowl under the team’s current shot-callers? [read more]

This one from the pay-per-read, we’re-bleeding-red-ink, high-profile site TheAthletic.com really got under Joe’s skin. [read more]

Joe was tickled to hear that the Bucs are sniffing Rams running back Cam Akers, a talented and versatile young guy with a Super Bowl Ring. [read more]