Defends Tom Brady. Sort of.

A long-time NFL scribe who moonlights on national TV is sticking up for Tom Brady. Sort of. [read more]

Not much love for the Bucs.

Joe thought in the wake of the vomit-inducing offensive showing last Sunday in Pittsburgh, former Bucs offensive guard and current popular sports radio personality Ian Beckles would destroy the team. [read more]

Fan punching bag rookie left guard Luke Goedeke isn’t going anywhere and nobody’s pissed off at him at One Buc Palace.

Consider what Todd Bowles said about Goedeke on Tuesday. [read more]

Todd Bowles

Todd Bowles had a little pain in his voice last night, perhaps similar to the pain in the guts of Bucs fans on Sunday. [read more]

You know it. Joe knows it. Todd Bowles knows it. And certainly Mike Alstott knows it, if he’s not already checked into a mental facility after watching the Bucs fail repeatedly on short yardage the past two weeks. [read more]

“Clyde, Big Ben’s always been an asshat. You know that.”

Joe finds this exceptionally interesting considering Ben Roethlisberger is a Byron Leftwich guy and a close friend of Bucco Bruce Arians, and he knows what he’s looking at when it comes to old quarterbacks. [read more]

Surgery.

A key piece of the Bucs defense may be out for a while and the curse of the 2022 free agent class grows. [read more]

Yes, that’s typically sideline-stoic Todd Bowles in the upper left corner crouched down and holding his head in his hands after a fourth-quarter Steelers conversion on 3rd-and-long. They had three in the quarter.

Some on-field failures are more painful than others for coaches, who pride themselves in being teachers. [read more]

“Joel, can I get a field pass for the playoff game, too?”

Joe mentioned yesterday that the Bucs have a cake schedule the rest of the way, not one opponent currently with a winning record. [read more]

Nothing new for Mike Evans.

There’s a divide at JoeBucsFan.com world headquarters.

One Joe is having an absolute meltdown because the greatest receiver in Bucs history, Mike Evans, was used so infrequently Sunday against a greatly depleted Pittsburgh secondary. The other Joe is annoyed but less pissed off and sees the situation as one of the annual throw-more-to-Mike games. [read more]

Target: Mike Evans.

In Joe’s mind, this sums up what ails the Bucs. [read more]

Antoine Winfield, Jr.

Joe is picking up on a trend. [read more]

Hey, if Tom Brady’s making thoughtful proclamations on social media, then Joe’s certainly going to share them here.

Here’s what Brady posted on Instagram last night.

Football is hard.
We’re not playing like we are capable.
We’re in it together.
We’ll turn it around. #GoBucs

Are the Bucs even a Super Bowl contender any longer? [read more]

Bucs coach Todd Bowles.

Some, including Bucco Bruce Arians, believe coach Todd Bowles is a damn good head coach. Others aren’t so sure. [read more]

Tom Brady chatter.

Michael Irvin said it shouldn’t have come to this. [read more]

Unfair to call out defense?

When things go south, anybody if not everybody gets lit up. Guilt by association. [read more]

Screaming and cursing to motivate teammates on the sidelines was a topic tonight on Tom Brady’s weekly Let’s Go! show on SiriusXM Mad Dog Radio. [read more]