How bout that Tampa Bay offense after halftime yesterday? [read more]

Making history.

Attention please: Joe will interrupt this morning’s foot-stomping and facepalming over that ghastly coaching debacle yesterday to try to bring some uplifting information that may keep folks from climbing atop the Sunshine Skyway Bridge. [read more]

If you are as depressed as Joe is this morning over yesterday’s events, you are going to want to have an extra cup of strong coffee nearby. It’s one of those mornings. [read more]

Columnist not buying.

If you are like Joe, you keep checking that you haven’t downed a bottle of Crown Royal when someone reminds you the Bucs (5-6) are in first place. [read more]

218-1.

A Bucs coach (twice) didn’t want to go for the kill shot on fourth-and-short in Cleveland territory in the fourth quarter. [read more]

Flash poll posted at 6:49 p.m. Poll closed at 10:48 p.m.

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BY IRA KAUFMAN

The Bucs got just what they deserved Sunday — a galling loss.

All the momentum gathered in Munich was missing when they took on a reeling Cleveland team that had nothing to play for. Instead, the Browns exhibited more intensity and physicality than the visitors, who forgot the bye was over.

You’ll need both hands to count the culprits in a brutal 23-17 OT setback.

Looking for a place to start? Try the coaching staff. [read more]

Messages not getting through?

Yeah, the Bucs didn’t play great. They surely didn’t get help from their trusted, accountable coaches along the sidelines, either. [read more]

Pay attention, Team Glazer. [read more]

Who really is accountable?

Recently, Bucs coach Todd Bowles had a speech about accountability that didn’t exactly resonate with Joe and you could argue never resonated with the Bucs offense. [read more]

Friends in broadcast booth.

For the most part, Joe enjoyed the FOX presentation today of the Bucs-Browns game. It was the game that made Joe want to jump through a window, not the broadcast. [read more]

Bucco Bruce Arians.

It’s time for egos to be swallowed at One Buc Palace, and time for Team Glazer and Jason Licht to make executive decisions.

Either you’re all-in to win, or you’re conning fans and cheating yourselves. [read more]

“Todd doesn’t like that, Tom.”

Barring the Bucs running the table and the offense exploding to close the regular season, Tom Brady will lose seven games in a season for the first time since 2002, and he’ll have his lowest touchdown total since his first season as a starter in 2001. [read more]

Bucs OC Byron Leftwich.

Former slimy Saints and Jets linebacker Jonathan Vilma called a spade a spade today on the FOX broadcast of the Bucs-Browns debacle and he hit the nail on the head. [read more]

Faded fast.

There are a lot of reasons why the Bucs were humiliated in Cleveland today, but Joe has to point to the weak rushing attack.

Yeah, Rachaad White ran through a massive hole on his first carry for 35 yards, but what did he do after that? [read more]

Worst game as Bucs head coach.

Before Joe gets rolling, let Joe first point out that Bucs coach Todd Bowles, who is in charge of the defense, had a solid gameplan. [read more]

If you love ugly, underachieving football, then this Bucs team is for you. [read more]