If you were a tree, what would you be?

Joe has read all sorts of descriptions for players over the years but this is a new one. [read more]

Exploring depths of offense.

How bad is the Bucs offense, well, let’s dive in a bit. [read more]

Missed.

You never heard this about the Bucs when Ryan Jensen was on the field. [read more]

Tristan Wirfs

Tristan Wirfs earned another well deserved trip to the Pro Bowl tonight. He was the only Buccaneer named.

Ouch!

The Bucs did score alternates on the NFC squad: Vita Vea, Ryan Succop, Devin White, Shaq Mason, Tom Brady and Antoine Winfield. But without a real Pro Bowl game this season, it’s much more unlikely that alternates will make their way to the dance.

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Todd Bowles responds.

Yeah, the Bucs played Santa Claus last Sunday night and the Bengals took advantage and blew them out, rallying from a two-touchdown deficit. [read more]

Tristan Wirfs

Don’t expect to see starting cornerback Jamel Dean and his bad toe on the field in Arizona on Christmas night. [read more]

Joe is fired up for postseason football, and Joe is especially fired up by the prospect of Tampa Bay clinching the NFC South crown before Week 18. [read more]

The unbiased NextGen data is clear. Being a Buccaneers running back isn’t hard, relatively speaking. [read more]

No victory jersey on Buccaneers legend Derrick Brooks today on TAMPA TWO. Watch and listen to Brooks give his takes on the Bucs’ loss alongside Sage of Tampa Bay Sports Ira Kaufman. Another gem from The Identity Tampa Bay and Joe.

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A rare peek into minds of the Buccaneers’ coaching staff was delivered yesterday.

Joe was so damn intrigued. [read more]

Rough stretch for No. 12.

Is it age, a hidden injury, or struggles to play in this new world of Todd Bowles/Byron Leftwich football? [read more]

Injured?

Bucs fans largely were not throwing darts at Donovan Smith after the brutal loss to the Bengals on Sunday.

Joe’s not surprised. [read more]

Todd Bowles explains.

Joe read a Bucs fan on Twitter try to make the case that the Bucs would be better off with a lesser quarterback, a journeyman, than with Tom Brady. [read more]

Bucs stop here?

A former colleague of Bucs coach Todd Bowles believes failing offensive coordinator Byron Leftwich is being hung out to dry. [read more]

Bucs OC Byron Leftwich.

You don’t often see this between two NFL teams. [read more]