Sideline involvement.

A lot of chatter is going around the interwebs about former Super Bowl-winning coach Bucco Bruce Arians and AC/DC-loving general manager Jason Licht and their appearances on the Bucs’ sidelines yesterday. [read more]

Great news this afternoon from One Buc Palace. Actually, it was more of a clarification. [read more]

“I’ll miss you, TB.”

[UPDATE: 1:04 p.m.] The bad news was delivered this afternoon. Mike Evans is suspended for Sunday’s game against the Packers for his after-the-whistle cheap shot on mouthy Marshon Lattimore yesterday. [read more]

Bucs GM Jason Licht

Buccaneers general manager Jason Licht should be one cocky dude these days as he presides over a team on a 24-5 run. [read more]

Flash poll posted at 11:57 a.m. Poll closed at 1:45 p.m.

Dominant.

With Joe Tryon-Shoyinka not yet looking like a healthy Jason Pierre-Paul, it’s been crazy critical for Shaq Barrett to have a good first two games.

And he has. [read more]

Defender of the week.

From a sort of starter to now a defender of the week and an influencer, Bucs cornerback Jamel Dean has had a helluva couple of weeks. [read more]

The Bucs-Saints melee has opened a can of worms that should be a non-issue. [read more]

Atop the NFL.

Joe chortles when reading folks saying Carlton Davis is not a top cornerback. [read more]

Photo courtesy of Buccaneers.com.

What a day yesterday was. What a defensive performance. What clutch plays.

Finally, the voodoo hex the slimy Saints had over the Bucs and over Tom Brady, at least for the moment, is over. 

It was a glorious Sunday. Time to relive some highlights. It’s Victory Monday! [read more]

Telling statistic.

Since Todd Bowles took over the Bucs defense, Bowles has stamped it with a trademark. [read more]

Safety Mike Edwards

Perhaps the greatest under-the-radar change on the Bucs is safety Mike Edwards stepping in as a starter following the offseason departure of Jordan Whitehead. [read more]

Ric Flair on Mike Evans.

Now Marshon Lattimore has done it. Now he’s done gone and got “The Nature Boy” peeved. [read more]

Through two games, Bucs tight ends have amassed 3 catches for 20 yards on 8 targets. [read more]

After Sunday’s rant by Devin White, it sure seems like the Buccaneers’ defense was a bitter crew when it came to how Jameis Winston gave the ball away like mini-Snickers on Halloween during the 2019 season, his last in Tampa. [read more]

Bucs coach Todd Bowles.

Now Joe is happy as the next guy the Bucs are 2-0. [read more]

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BY IRA KAUFMAN

A few hours prior to Sunday’s matchup, Todd Bowles said the Bucs had to stop shooting themselves in the foot against the Saints.

That was before they turned the guns on a familiar face.

The Buc defense supplied all the answers as the mysterious regular-season hold enjoyed by the Saints faded under a flurry of turnovers. Once again, Tom Brady basically went along for the ride as Tampa Bay defenders took turns tormenting Jameis Winston in a 20-10 triumph at the hushed Superdome.

Coupled with the 19-3 Week 1 victory against Dallas, the Buc defense just reeled off the franchise’s best two-game span since the middle of the 2008 season — when Tampa Bay allowed 3 points to Carolina and 10 points to Seattle. [read more]