Head coach Todd Bowles

Joe asked fans to stop the style-points freakout a few hours after Sunday’s 21-15 win over Atlanta. And yesterday head coach Todd Bowles was hit with a question about whether regularly winning a little ugly is sustainable for a Super Bowl contender. [read more]

Unfairly ridiculed.

Bucs rookie left guard Luke Goedeke is getting the Donovan Smith treatment. And if Joe is accurate, it will hound Goedeke for damn near a decade. [read more]

Still looking.

At this point, you cannot tell Joe the Bucs are deep at receiver. [read more]

Steelers coach Mike Tomlin

Great point tonight from Todd Bowles, who sort of explained why it’s easier to face a good football team versus a team in turmoil/transition like the Steelers will be on Sunday. [read more]

Joe often has written and said that Tom Brady is the ultimate calculated communicator.

Nothing is random when Brady is in front of the media. [read more]

Damn, Joe is proud of the obvious improvement of Jaelon Darden on fourth downs. [read more]

“Ira, you’ve surely seen this in your 59-year career covering the NFL.”

Joe sure hopes a valuable lesson was learned Sunday against the Falcons, though Joe finds it troubling that a defense loaded with guys who have Super Bowl rings would have to learn such a lesson. [read more]

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Still out there.

Joe understands many Bucs fans are hoping for a big-name player to return to the football field in 2022. The guy who has the best chance to do that may not be who many Bucs fans are expecting. [read more]

Every down back.

We all know the story by now. [read more]

Throw it, Tom!

From time to time, Joe hears NFL analysts say something along the lines of, “You can’t have Tom Brady throw 50 times a game.” [read more]

So yesterday, any semblance the Stinking Panthers had of making the playoffs, well, strongman owner David Tepper decided to throw the towel in on the season and look to the future. [read more]

Nearly took Bucs job in 2012.

When former Bucs commander Greg Schiano ran the team, probably his most famous quote was when he barked at players warming up before practice, “Toes on the line!” [read more]

Joe realizes this was said in jest by Tom Brady tonight, but considering Brady is such a calculated speaker, it’s easy to believe a kernel of truth might be part of the equation. [read more]

Bucs and NFL fans may remember the NFL Network report a few weeks ago that claimed Tom Brady would skip Wednesday practices for the rest of the season. [read more]

Injury and status updates.

Naturally, a day after a game, injuries and the status of players that left the game hurt are a big topic. Today was no different for Bucs coach Todd Bowles. [read more]

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In episode 37, Todd takes a victory lap for eliminating the mandatory tight end starter years ago and giggles how one of the top three tight ends right now in fantasy football does not even play that position.  

Rookie running back Rachaad White

Outside of the uniquely poor officiating and its fallout, this may have been the most interesting thing to come out of yesterday’s Buccaneers-Falcons game. [read more]