The Tampa Bay run defense has gone from historically elite under Todd Bowles in 2019 and 2020, to darn good last season and below average this season.

The data bears it out, and so does the eye test. [read more]

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Todd discusses the windfall of fantasy points that were a simple click away from helping secure your spot in the fantasy playoffs. And, wait a minute, was that actually a Jerry Jeudy sighting in Denver?

So nine weeks ago veteran receiver Cole Beasley quit the Buccaneers and retired to, allegedly, spend more time with his family. [read more]

Lots of soul searching going on at One Buc Palace. [read more]

Check yo’ sheets.

Joe comes away shook reading the comments on this here website the past couple of days. [read more]

Hard-hitting safety Keanu Neal.

Where would the Bucs be this season if safety Keanu Neal didn’t lay a bone-crushing hit on Saints tight end Taysom Hill as he hauled in what could have been the game-sealing grab last week? [read more]

Out.

Joe is all fired up for the playoffs. Who doesn’t like postseason football? [read more]

Bucs coach Todd Bowles.

So after the game Sunday, Bucs coach Todd Bowles said his players as a group have hit a T-intersection. What do they want to be? A playoff team or a losing team? [read more]

Hall of Famer Cris Carter reacts.

It’s a tired team. That’s what a Hall of Famer thinks of the Bucs offense. [read more]

Bucs coach Todd Bowles.

Joe remembers throttling an opponent 52-0 in high school football. Biggest win Joe has been part of. [read more]

Rough day at the office.

Joe won’t let one game with a depleted secondary sway Joe’s view of the Bucs defense, despite how gross Sunday’s loss was. [read more]

“Ed, you know we can reason with Tom.”

Joe has been shocked seeing a bunch of references in the comments the past two days of folks pining for Kyle Trask, a guy the Bucs think so highly of that the lone game he has ever dressed for since being drafted in the 2021 second round was because the Bucs were forced to by NFL gameday rules. [read more]

Bucs fans can afford to spend all week cursing and in disbelief about yesterday’s loss at San Francisco, but Tom Brady and his teammates cannot. [read more]

Byron Leftwich.

Joe has caught this rumbling — directly and indirectly — in a couple of ways over the past month. But Joe is first typing it here because a noted NFL insider is saying it today. [read more]

Bucs receiver Russell Gage.

Bucs wide receiver Russell Gage was not ready to give the San Francisco 49ers a ton of credit for their blowout win yesterday against Tampa Bay. [read more]

This post is simply to clear up lingering confusion.

Despite their 6-7 record, the Buccaneers’ road to the postseason is clearly defined.

If Tampa Bay beats the Panthers and Falcons, their final two games after facing the Bengals and Cardinals, then the Bucs will clinch the NFC South title by virtue of what would be their superior division record winning them any potential division tiebreaker.

It’s as simple as that.

Obviously, the Bucs will have a much smoother road to the playoffs if they can win Sunday at home against the Bengals and/or on Christmas against Arizona.

“Julio, I fixed that red zone package for you.”

This has long been a debate on The Ira Kaufman Podcast.

One Joe has insisted that Tom Brady deserves significant blame for the Bucs’ offense because he’s Tom Brady minus overlord Bucco Bruce Arians. [read more]