You know things are going well when the Bucs are featured on the Football Night In America roundtable.

Joe imagines Team Glazer watching their team being praised before millions and thinking of how that translates into more cash for the famous Team Glazer vault at One Buc Palace. [read more]

Todd Bowles

Who wants Bucs playoff tickets for Christmas?

Joe suspects that will be a popular request this week, at least more popular that it was on Saturday. [read more]

Seriously productive season.

Is Joe impressed with Rachaad White as a runner? Eh, maybe. Is Joe impressed with White as a receiver? Absolutely. So much so that Joe is wondering if White ought to be in the Pro Bowl next month at Orlando? [read more]

Joe has transformed into can-the-Bucs-win-a-playoff-game mode. [read more]

Perfect.

The one cool thing about seeing a game in Green Bay is how the locals and the Packers franchise embrace both the history of the NFL and, of course, the Packers. [read more]

Mike Evans dishes on offensive explosion.

After the game, Joe got a chance to talk with future Hall of Famer Mike Evans about the best Bucs’ offensive game since a Santa Claus-looking guy with a foul vocabulary, a taste for Canadian whiskey and a bold offensive mind ran the team. [read more]

BY IRA KAUFMAN

The Todd Bowles haters have been silenced — for now.

In replacing Byron Leftwich as the poster child for Tampa Bay’s struggles, Bowles has taken a lot of heat this season from disgruntled fans. But even the most fervent Bowles skeptics have to acknowledge the Bucs are playing winning football in December.

Sunday’s 34-20 triumph at Lambeau Field was a complete victory led by Baker Mayfield, Chris Godwin and a defense that made just enough plays to even the Bucs at 7-7, keeping them in control of their own playoff destiny.

It wasn’t like the Packers didn’t need the game, either. Green Bay’s postseason chances took a massive hit because the Bucs made big plays, winning plays, when it counted.

Every time Green Bay appeared to grab momentum, Mayfield answered with a long scoring drive that sapped the life out of Packer Nation. Tampa Bay overcame a costly early turnover and played mistake-free football for most of the final three quarters.

A third consecutive NFC South crown is within their grasp and the Bucs also have a legitimate shot at an NFC wild-card spot. The NFL standings suggest a 9-8 finish would be good enough for Tampa Bay to advance to the postseason.

And guess what? That scenario would also keep Bowles at One Buc Place for at least one more year. [read more]

Mike Leach and Todd Bowles.

In Joe’s mind, one of the laziest if not empty-headed football axioms is, “We want a balanced attack.” [read more]

In-season weight loss.

No, this is nothing quite like DonutGate with Leonard “Playoff Lenny” Fournette during the 2022 preseason, but it’s interesting nonetheless. [read more]

Bucs WR Chris Godwin.

If you get the vibe that the Bucs offense has changed since Mariah Godwin, wife of Bucs receiver Chris Godwin, exploded on Instagram about two weeks ago on Todd Bowles about Godwin’s targets, join the club. Joe gets the same vibe. [read more]

Breakthrough day.

It was time.

Time for first-year playcaller Dave Canales to prove he is the real deal by putting together a 60-minute game from his Bucs offense. [read more]

Injured linebacker Devin White.

So buried by the explosive Bucs win today over the Packers in Lambeau Field was former No. 5 overall pick inside linebacker Devin White being deactivated for today’s game. There were conflicting reports as to why. [read more]

The pregame report from NFL Network said starting linebacker Devin White was not playing today and it was not injury related. [read more]

Bucs fans are not largely fans of head coach Todd Bowles.

That’s been the case for at least two months. Has that changed? [read more]

How bout those Bucs racking up 210 yards of total offense in the first half with 13 points at halftime!

What is this, 2021?

But it got better. A lot better! [read more]

Our beloved Buccaneers are December-ready.

It’s a beautiful thing. Joe is fired up! The Big Storm beer cans are in a celebratory mess on the floor of JoeBucsFan.com world headquarters. Joe gave the interns the green light to drink early in today’s glorious fourth quarter. [read more]