Greg Olsen of FOX Sports.

Interesting, interesting chatter from a guy who excelled at a Pro Bowl level. [read more]

“No Byron. ‘Downfield’ means throwing past the sticks.”

Joe is willing to bet he knows the answer to the question in the headline. [read more]

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BY IRA KAUFMAN

Here’s the long and the short of it in a nutshell — this new passing game ain’t working.

Admit it, shrinkage is a problem. [read more]

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The Sage and The Legend team up for another edition of TAMPA TWO focused on weekend picks, and a little more Bucs. More fun from The Identity Tampa Bay and Joe.

Bucs OC Byron Leftwich.

One reason recently deceased Mississippi State coach Mike Leach was so popular is because his offenses were so damn fun to watch. [read more]

Free football.

America wants to watch quality quarterbacks so CBS will try to quench the nation’s thirst. At least most of America. [read more]

Fed up with limp Bucs.

Ian Beckles has had it. [read more]

Joe found this buried nugget in The Zach Gelb Show to be fun and interesting. [read more]

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As if Joe Burrow and his high-powered Cincinnati offense wasn’t scary enough. [read more]

Todd Bowles will try to avoid a common affliction.

Gambling sharks are aware of a strange trend that could affect the Bucs on Sunday. [read more]

Sunday’s game against the streaking, sound and savvy Cincinnati Bengals has Joe taking great pause.

Essentially, a completely different Buccaneers team has to show up for Tampa Bay to grab a critical “W.” [read more]

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Todd offers thoughts on every single game this weekend in the hopes that you (and he) can make it through to the semifinals next week.

Talks Bucs run defense.

One reason Joe thought the Bucs would give the 49ers a game last week is that the Bucs had been playing decent defense. Maybe even good defense. [read more]

Deep data dive.

Very interesting data from a stat-geeky site that may shed light on what’s going on between Tom Brady and Mike Evans. [read more]

Bucs QB Tom Brady.

So Joe suspects unless word comes from Tom Brady or Bucs AC/DC-loving general manager Jason Licht, fans will increasingly hear the following more and more as the free agency dinner bell creeps closer (legal tampering begins March 13). [read more]