Steve Smith of NFL Network.

Joe could not let this die. [read more]

Defenses gets the job done.

There were more than a few people, including a guy locally who likes to pat himself on the back as a celebrity, who went on loud megaphones (including the local sports station that once boasted itself as the Bucs’ flagship) who bragged and mocked how the Bucs had no prayer today. [read more]

The football Messiah arrived and it turns out the rest of the NFC never had a chance. [read more]

Winning.

It was 13 years since the Bucs had seen a playoff game. It had been 18 years since they won one (a Super Bowl win). [read more]

What a night Shaq Barrett picked to come out of witness protection! [read more]

Buccaneers 31, Packers 26

They did it!

It was agonizing, a three-pack-of-Tums game. But the Bucs pulled it out.

For the second time in franchise history, our beloved Tampa Bay Buccaneers are going to the Super Bowl. [read more]

This is it!

The NFC title is on the line.

Go Bucs!

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Prediction.

Many of the national guys and girls, and two locals, are of the mind the fairy tale of the Bucs 2020 season turns into a pumpkin in the harsh cold of a late afternoon in Wisconsin today. [read more]

Status in doubt.

[UPDATE: 1:55 p.m.] It’s official. Safety Antoine Winfield, Jr., will not play because of a bad ankle.

All the knowledgeable NFL types Joe hears talking about why the Packers are so great mention their impressive three-headed rushing attack. [read more]

Joe is an emotional guy.

Just start with why this website began. It was 2008, and Joe was a Bucs fan (and a working journalist) completely frustrated by how written Bucs media coverage was stale and stuck in the 1980s. [read more]

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Turnover trend.

Now this isn’t a stretch because we hear the cliché over and over and over so much it is like an 11th Commandment. [read more]

Bucs WR Tyler Johnson.

Bucs rookie Tyler Johnson is a great story that most Bucs fans know. [read more]

NFC Championship

Bucs (13-5) at Packers (14-3)

Kickoff: 3:05 p.m.

TV: FOX (WTVT-TV Channel 13, locally).

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Bill O’Brien, the ousted Texans coach and one of Tom Brady’s former offensive coordinators with the Belicheats, was talking Bucs-Packers this week. [read more]

The time is now.

Not everyone is on the Bucs bandwagon, sad as that is to point out. [read more]

Tom Brady starred in one of the great games of this century, the AFC Championship of the 2018 season. The Belicheats won a thriller, 37-31, and it was a unique game in Brady’s career. [read more]

When the temperature drops.

Few people know park-violating, home-invading, NFLPA-ignoring, down-forgetting, handshake-stiffing, jet-ski-losing, biscuit-baking Bucs quarterback Tom Brady like former New England suit Scott Pioli. [read more]

Decisions.

Now guys like Warren Sharp are of the mind if the Bucs don’t ditch the run and put the ball in the hands of park-violating, home-invading, NFLPA-ignoring, down-forgetting, handshake-stiffing, jet-ski-losing, biscuit-baking Bucs quarterback Tom Brady, the Bucs are doomed to watch the Super Bowl from their couches in two weeks. [read more]

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For my money, the Bucs have already come out on top in this bold experiment. [read more]