Nobody is harder on quarterbacks than a former quarterback. But those same analysts also will be quick to gush when they are truly impressed. [read more]

Punishing defenders.

It wasn’t just Vita Vea. [read more]

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Strong night from Jaydon Mickens

Not exactly a vote of confidence here from Bucco Bruce Arians. [read more]

Anything possible with Tom Brady.

Even though the Bucs opened the 2021 NFL season with a win over the Cowboys Thursday night, there are still a lot of folks giving their preseason predictions since the rest of the league won’t play until tomorrow (and Monday). [read more]

Power.

Joe is waiting for the box score/NFL app alert crowd to chime in. [read more]

Kickers and jinxes.

Joe wrote this on Twitter last night; how refreshing was it to see an opposing kicker come into the Stadium on Dale Mabry Highway and yack all over his shoes kicking in the south end zone? [read more]

Targeted.

Last night, at least to Joe up in the press box sitting next to The Sage of Tampa Bay sports, the iconic Ira Kaufman, it was very, very clear the Cowboys were going after Bucs cornerback Jamel Dean, especially after Sean Murphy-Bunting blew up his arm. [read more]

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For 4+ years, The Free Stretch has been right here at JoeBucsFan.com after being heard on several radio stations dating back to 2006. Bobby also hosted a national show on Sporting News Radio. [read more]

Ronald Jones had a costly fumble last night, but it was more than that, Bucco Bruce Arians said this afternoon. [read more]

Antonio Brown celebrates

Joe was a little surprised to hear sour Bucs fans in the wee hours and even still this morning.

The glass is way more than half full. [read more]

The theatrical value of last night’s Bucs game kicked up a few notches with 24 seconds remaining.

Tom Brady put his foot down — hard. [read more]

Joe Tryon-Shoyinka

First-round pick Joe Tryon-Shoyinka got the start last night.

Coincidence? Joe doesn’t think so. [read more]

It was almost as if something spooked Bucco Bruce Arians at the last minute. [read more]

Flash poll posted at 9:25 a.m.

Tom Brady’s favorite target?

Joe is confident saying Tom Brady and Rob Gronkowski have hooked up on so many passes that both could be blindfolded and Gronk could run a specific pattern and Brady would hit him in the numbers. [read more]

“Tom, I know you can do it because you’ve done it.”

It’s hard not to be confident when Tom Brady is your quarterback. [read more]

It didn’t take long in his postgame remarks for Bucs Super Bowl-winning coach Bucco Bruce Arians to speak the phrase of the decade about his team. [read more]

Money.

A win is a win and Joe is happy about it. So let’s get to it in this abbreviated column. After Joe recorded the Ira Kaufman Podcast at the stadium well after the game and wrote stories at the stadium, by the time Joe got home it was very late. Joe is typing this here post at 3:50 a.m. [read more]