Lousy quarterback.

Sean Payton has a blind spot. [read more]

Busted for using fake V-card.

It was believed in Adam Schefter’s Twitter that furniture-tossing, bicycle-throwing receiver Antonio Brown and defensive back Mike Edwards were suspended for trying to pass a fake V-card, but it wasn’t fully clear. [read more]

Nailed.

Well, it appears the chef was on to something. [read more]

At first, Joe thought this to be an empty, lame human interest non-story (Joe’s not into the touchy/feely human interest stuff at all — Joe’s into footbawl son!). [read more]

Not looking up at Atlanta.

Joe feels really good about this but sooner or later odds always turn against you. [read more]

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Return soon?

Some Bucs fans are skittish about Nick Leverett starting at left guard. Understandable, because it wasn’t long ago he was a practice squad dude. [read more]

Tops in Pro Bowl votes at ILB.

Joe can just hear his good friend, the late-great “The Big Dog,” Steve Duemig, hollering on his microphone in dismay, “What’s wrong with you people?” [read more]

“Richard Sherman Podcast” spot.

Antonio Brown made a rare interview appearance this week. That’s cool. [read more]

Beast

Lombardi Lenny/Playoff Lenny might need a new nickname. [read more]

Bucs RT Tristan Wirfs explains.

With the possible exception of trading for Chucky, the biggest, most impactful transaction the Bucs made in their franchise history was the day they signed Tom Brady. [read more]

Bucs DT Ndamukong Suh

The way Bucs defensive lineman Ndamukong Suh talked yesterday, the Bucs defense may have been dissed by just about everyone outside of One Buc Palace. [read more]

Play of backups make him smile.

The Bucs seem to be getting healthy at the perfect time: December. [read more]

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The Bucs return to the scene of the heist Sunday, hoping for a far smoother getaway.

Buc fans have seen more than their share of dreadful football since 2009, but last year’s opening half at Atlanta ranks near the top of the stinker list — considering who was under center. [read more]

A little shade thrown at Jonathan Taylor

The Bucs’ vaunted run defense slammed the door on NFL leading rusher Jonathan Taylor on Sunday until the Colts’ game-tying drive late in the fourth quarter.

Last night, Bucco Bruce Arians threw ice water on Taylor’s success. [read more]

Go time!

Man, Joe’s Wednesday night got a lot better in a hurry. [read more]

Teammate talks Lombardi Lenny

It’s rare to hear a young player talk about watching the maturation of an established veteran. [read more]

Roster move.

The Bucs this afternoon pretty much gave guard Aaron Stinnie a three-week vacation. Maybe longer.

The reserve Bucs guard will miss at least the next three games as a result of being placed on injured reserve.

Stinnie injured the patellar tendon in his knee early in the first quarter in Indianapolis, his first start of the season.

Updated status.

Joe wrote not long about Bucs furniture-tossing, bicycle-throwing wide receiver Antonio Brown, saying that Joe’s goal is to have him ready by the playoffs. That’s starting to look like a more accurate timetable for the injured star. [read more]

Bucs DC Todd Bowles.

The sad story of the past month of games played out again in the win over the Colts. [read more]

Bucs cornerbacks coach Kevin Ross

More chatter about Super Bowl cornerback Carlton Davis preparing to play is coming from inside One Buc Palace. And it’s not from Bucco Bruce Arians. [read more]