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]

Comment all game here fellow Tampa Bay fans and a few haters.

Play nice, please. And stick around all afternoon and evening for Joe’s award-winning postgame coverage of this nearly must-win game.

Will play today.

This is great news! [read more]

Joe’s been known to make a wager or three and there’s a fun and exciting trend out there that applies to non-bettors, too. [read more]

Kyle Rudolph

No big surprises for today’s 1 o’clock kickoff in Cleveland.

Healthy former Pro Bowl tight end Kyle Rudolph still can’t get on the field, so he’ll be hanging out with always-inactive quarterback Kyle Trask.

Also in street clothes today are Leonard Fournette (bad hip), Russell Gage (hamstring), Luke Goedeke (foot) and safety Nolan Turner.

Joe’s eyes are on the prize. And that’s the No. 3 seed in the NFC Playoffs. [read more]

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Bucs OC Bryon Leftwich.

It’s real simple. It’s either the players or the coaches. [read more]

Has new expectations.

When the Bucs last took the field in Munich against the Seahawks, Bucs outside linebacker Joe Tryon-Shoyinka had a nice game for himself. [read more]

Game 11

Bucs (5-5) at Browns (3-7) 

Kickoff: 1 p.m.

TV: WTVT-TV Channel 13, Sunday Ticket Channel 709.

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Bucco Bruce Arians

Joe was waiting until this afternoon — when the Bucs flew to Cleveland — to issue a formal thank you to the Browns organization.

In fact, Team Glazer should issue one, as well. [read more]

The Bucs’ key to victory tomorrow very much revolves around the running back drafted three picks before Ronald Jones in 2018. [read more]

Activated.

Rachaad White, it’s your ball. [read more]

Scary man.

Joe remembers the loss to the Crows a few weeks ago when Bucs inside linebacker Devin White may have had his worst game. [read more]

Another big day Sunday?

Byron Leftwich calling run plays up the middle has become so comical that it’s a punchline for Bucs fans. [read more]

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Rock lets you know what he saw and heard at One Buc this week after the win in Germany, a week off and preparing to beat the Browns. Matchups. gameplans and Rock’s Under the Rock segment and more. All you need to know for this game! 

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