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Bring it.
Bucs coach Todd Bowles knows all about how everyone outside of Tampa Bay seems to think the Bucs are chasing college quarterback Caleb Williams next spring (#CollapseForCaleb). Why else would the team replace Tom Brady with Baker Mayfield, the naysayers say. [read more]
Changing perception?
Joe mentioned the following many, many times over the offseason. Without Tom Brady and with Baker Mayfield, just about the entire universe outside of Tampa Bay believed the Bucs were low-key tanking and among the favorites in the Caleb Williams sweepstakes (#CollapseForCaleb). [read more]
Rookie defensive tackle and first-round pick Calijah Kancey.
The Bucs had a thrilling opening-day win against the Vikings yesterday, and it seems they didn’t lose any players in the process. [read more]
It sounded this evening like Baker Mayfield is more of a Todd Bowles kind of quarterback than 45-year-old Tom Brady was. [read more]
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Anthony Nelson’s late-third-quarter sack of Kirk Cousins yesterday.
Buccaneers outside linebacker/edge rusher Anthony Nelson got a payday this offseason.
It was a relatively quiet re-signing of the team’s top sack artist off the edge from a year ago. [read more]
Major playing time for Logan Hall.
As of Monday morning, the Buccaneeers have the No. 1 run defense (yards allowed) in the NFL this season. [read more]
One of Joe’s offseason themes was “Todd Bowles needs wins.” [read more]
Peter King
After NBC Sports super insider tripled down on his Bucs criticism last week, Joe thought King’s popular Monday morning column today would feature King issuing some form of mea culpa.
No chance, and King sort of took an extra shot in Tampa Bay’s direction. [read more]
The Bucs put their faith in Matt Feiler and Baker Mayfield.
A cynic might say Todd Bowles put his career on the line yesterday in a 17-17 tie game with the Bucs having a 4th-and-1 at their own 32 yard line with 8 minutes left. [read more]
Heart.
Clones! You won’t believe who is pulling for the Bucs. [read more]
(Photo courtesy of Buccaneers.com)
It’s Victory Monday!
OK, Joe is on the road in Minneapolis and is physically shot. Mentally, Joe’s awake, still buzzing from the win over the Vikings at U.S. Bank Stadium just two train stops from Joe’s downtown hotel.
(Yes, Joe can still hear that damn Vikings horn.)
So let’s get after it. [read more]
Got the job done.
When yesterday’s game got into crunch time, Baker Mayfield delivered. [read more]
Anyone see Justin Jefferson in second half yesterday?
Yeah, Vikings receiver Justin Jefferson, perhaps the best receiver in the NFL, absolutely gouged the Bucs in the first half. [read more]
Didn’t deviate.
Joe remembers this summer asking Bucs offensive coordinator Dave Canales how he can improve his running backs’ yards-after-contact yardage. [read more]
