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This Christmas, some Bucs fans likely will think they got a lump of coal in their stocking.
Others should be high-fiving and pounding Big Storm beers in celebration. [read more]
All-Pro season?
Here’s a stat Joe is guessing folks don’t know and it is pretty wild. [read more]
Physical teammates make Ali Marpet smile.
Now this is an offensive lineman’s mentality. [read more]
Injuries and the Bucs.
An overlooked if not key element in a team’s championship run is health. [read more]
Winding down?
Michigan Man Rich Eisen was mighty proud that fellow Michigan Man Tom Brady won the Sports Illustrated “Sportsperson of the Year Award” Tuesday night. [read more]
The traumatic brain injury endured by Jamel Dean against the Falcons (yes, that’s what a concussion is) shouldn’t keep him out of the lineup.
On SiriusXM NFL Radio last night, Bucco Bruce Arians said Dean is expected to be cleared from the NFL’s concussion protocol today. The third-year corner did not participate in yesterday’s walk-through session at One Buc Palace.
Happy ending! The Bucs should have their top-3 corners on the field again Sunday.
Bucco Bruce Arians talks film.
For those who went to bed early Monday night, you missed one of the most fascinating football games of the decade, and it featured the Bucs’ next opponent. [read more]
Bucs WR Justin Watson
Joe found it more than interesting yesterday when, just two days after Bucs Super Bowl-winning coach Bucco Bruce Arians said Justin Watson’s season is probably done unless there is a rash of injuries to Bucs receivers, the Bucs placed Watson in the 21-day window to activate him from injured reserve. [read more]
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In his seventh NFL season, Donovan Smith is at the top of his game. [read more]
Bucs WR Mike Evans.
Mike Evans is just a handful of games from finishing his eighth season in the NFL and his resume says he’s a future member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame. He’s every bit the veteran. He’s seen a ton of defensive backs come and go. [read more]
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Bucs coach Bucco Bruce Arians
As the Bucs begin preparations to face the backs-near-the-wall Buffalo Bills on Sunday, four starters didn’t practice today. [read more]
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Bucs CB Richard Sherman.
The Bucs announced two players have entered a 21-day window to be added to the active roster.
And Joe is wondering if there is a hidden message here. [read more]
O.J. Howard’s coach speaks out.
Newspapers and subscription sports websites remind Joe a lot of Bucs tight end O.J. Howard. [read more]
Cool chatter here from Joe’s good friend Jason McIntyre of FOX Sports. [read more]
America’s Jockey!
Jason Pierre-Paul is a shell of himself, as is Devin White. Ndamukong Suh turns 35 next week and Joe Tryon-Shoyinka isn’t the rookie version of Noah Spence or Adrian Clayborn.
The Bucs have gotten little from their nickel blitzes and still the Bucs are tied for fourth in the NFL in sacks. [read more]
Joe gets the shivers reading this because after the Lost Decade, it’s still hard to believe. [read more]
Report card.
Joe thought the Bucs had a solid game Sunday. One guy typing for CBS seemed to think so as well but was not as impressed. [read more]
Joe loves hearing grades, as in the official ones from coaches at One Buc Palace. [read more]
False national narrative.
Since furniture-tossing, bicycle-throwing, fake-V-card-flashing Bucs receiver Antonio Brown got sentenced by NFL warden Roger Goodell with a three-game suspension for his phony V-card, Joe is seeing a lot of national media folks claiming the Bucs don’t need Brown. [read more]
