The Bucs’ trio of cornerbacks is displaying a disturbing lack of improvement in zone coverage.

Week after week, bad things happen when the Bucs play zone. Shouldn’t it be getting better? [read more]

Slow start, strong ending.

Look, Joe is not going to fully rag on the defense. They held the Rams to 10 points in the second half, and much of it held the Rams to a touchdown allowing the Bucs to stay within striking distance. [read more]

It’s a stat you don’t see very often — even at the Den of Depression. [read more]

Effort.

You know, the NFL combine measures and times just about everything on a football prospect’s body but his tool (to the best of Joe’s knowledge). [read more]

Torpedoed Bucs tonight.

Joe has no firm evidence if Bucs head coach Bucco Bruce Arians has full control and/or final say on plays or if offensive coordinator Byron Leftwich is in complete control, or if it is a hybrid of sorts. [read more]

Gasp! The Bucs lost for multiple reasons tonight, but the kick in the gut is that poor quarterback play was a huge factor. [read more]

This huge game has arrived! Our beloved Buccaneers and the Rams are two beasts of the NFC and this is a massive clash with huge playoff implications.

Comment all game long below. Play nice! Be decent. Go Bucs!

Interesting words from Bucco Bruce Arians that represent something to watch for tonight against the Rams — and going forward. [read more]

Game 11

Rams (6-3) at Bucs (7-3)

Kickoff: 8:15 p.m.

TV: ESPN and WMOR-TV Channel 38.

[read more]

Will be tested tonight.

If the Bucs are going to keep the Rams in check tonight, it shouldn’t wait long when the Rams get the ball. [read more]

No. 55 is ready for tonight’s huge Buccaneers-Rams game. It’s another TAMPA TWO with The Sage of Tampa Bay Sports, courtesy of The Identity Tampa Bay and Joe.

Playcaller Byron Leftwich

Obviously, the Bucs have one job tonight against the Los Angeles Rams: win.

But there’s an important layer to note about the route there, one that will be critical to Bucs fans not having panic attacks at halftime. [read more]

Background studied.

Really cool info here from retired NFL stars on the mindset of park-violating, home-invading, NFLPA-ignoring, down-forgetting, jet ski-losing Bucs quarterback Tom Brady. [read more]

“Open conversations” with Troy Aikman.

Break out your Super Bowl flag. [read more]

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Health recalls sad transaction.

Yes, concussions in football happen often. It’s part of the game. As much as NFL strongman Roger Goodell tries, he cannot turn football into flag football. [read more]

When Jay Leno left”The Tonight Show” he conned then-NBC big shot Jeff Zucker to give him a 10 p.m. show weeknights in primetime. [read more]

There’s a whole lot of people throwing around the “C” word when they talk about Ronald Jones. [read more]

Bench-warmer

Sadly, the hated Slimy Saints upped their record to 8-2 this afternoon by easily beating the Falcons (3-7) in New Orleans. [read more]

Monday night status.

Yesterday Bucs coach Bucco Bruce Arians held out hope. [read more]

Much has been made of Bucco Bruce Arians not hesitating to call out bad Tom Brady plays publicly. [read more]

A Bucs captain speaks

Bucco Bruce Arians was a topic last week on many sports TV “hollering shows,” as Joe calls them, and across national sports radio. [read more]