So Tom Brady was fined $16,444 for an attempted cheap shot/trip against Cowboys safety Malik Hooker last week (video below). [read more]

Speed may need to be replaced.

Joe has seen a lot of NFL analysts type and shout how one problem with the Bucs is the team is slow. [read more]

Sales pitch.

It isn’t just quarterback the Bucs need to worry about. [read more]

One reason Tom Brady might want to play for the Buccaneers next season also is the same reason it’s a bad organizational move to tank the 2023 season for a shot to draft a stud quarterback in 2024. [read more]

There was no red carpet, big crowd or fancy liquor sponsor, but still there was a bit of a Bucs postseason honors show with the head coach as the featured speaker. [read more]

The Buccaneers have been knocked by various national pundits this season for looking old and slow.

However, there was no reason to look old and slow in a home playoff game after a week off for many starters. [read more]

Miss TAMPA TWO during last week’s intense sadness? Joe’s posting it here again. Hear from Buccaneers legend Derrick Brooks and The Sage, Ira Kaufman, on what went wrong against the Cowboys. More insight from The Identity Tampa Bay and Joe.

Overhyped.

Before the start of the college football season, Joe was buying the hype on Gators quarterback Anthony Richardson. [read more]

Bucs and Devin White are done.

Some two weeks ago, internationally-famed JoeBucsFan.com columnist Ira Kaufman said on his podcast Bucs inside linebacker Devin White has played his last snap with the Bucs. [read more]

Conditions.

So it appears Team Glazer, Bucs AC/DC-loving general manager Jason Licht and Todd Bowles will have to make a compelling sales pitch to keep the greatest quarterback of all time. [read more]

Good coaches find a way.

Joe knows the favorite pastime of so many Bucs fans is to holler about the Bucs’ offensive line. Just because. It’s more habitual than based in hard facts. [read more]

Key stat for Bucs.

Very, very interesting intel Joe stumbled across. [read more]

After taking down the Cowboys last night, the 49ers have won 12 straight games and are back in the NFC title game — again.

So why the hell would they want a new quarterback? [read more]

After nearly a week to get over one of the most embarrassing losses in Buccaneers history, it’s time for Tampa Bay players to focus and use their influence. [read more]

“Julio, I never really liked that little guy.”

Todd Bowles said last week that he’s looking forward to changing the Bucs’ culture next season, which sure seemed like a bizarre take with Tom Brady on the roster since 2020. [read more]

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