Lots of issues with the Bucs defense yesterday, but perhaps none was bigger than the 3-and-14 whiff of a tackle by cornerback Jamel Dean. [read more]

Stumped.

The following is harsh but Joe is taking the baton Super Bowl-winning coach Bucco Bruce Arians raised yesterday in his postgame press conference. [read more]

“Tom, those WTF defensive backs scare me more than Bruce Allen’s e-mails.”

Look, WTF entering the game was No. 32 in the league — that’s dead last — in pass defense. [read more]

Massive task with little time.

Joe is convinced Bucs defensive coordinator Todd Bowles broke the Chiefs in the Super Bowl (though Kansas City didn’t look broke last night in Vegas — nyuk, nyuk, nyuk — broke… in Vegas. 🙂 ). [read more]

Tom Brady

Joe’s detecting great pessimism in the air, including at JoeBucsFan.com world headquarters. [read more]

A sad, chilly Monday morning. Let’s get this out of the way. [read more]

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BY IRA KAUFMAN

Let’s dispense with the highlights, shall we?

Devin White showed up in the nation’s capital and looked like the game-wrecker who keyed a late-season defensive surge in 2020. While White was all over the joint, most of his teammates took a dirt nap at FedEx Field.

Bruce Arians summed it up rather nicely after the 29-19 setback, apologizing to Buc Nation for an embarrassing performance. Arians also acknowledged that Tampa Bay played passionate football for only eight minutes. The other 52, he said, were “godawful.” [read more]

Dangerous quotes from Bucco Bruce Arians. [read more]

Joe has gone from organizing a keg party for the Bucs’ first home playoff game since 2007 to wondering about going on vacation the weekend of Jan. 15-16?

Somehow, Taylor Heinicke completed 81 percent of his passes against the Bucs on a day Lavonte David and Devin White put up a hell of a lot of production, including two sacks by White. [read more]

Stunning admission.

Strange comment from Bucs Super Bowl-winning coach Bucco Bruce Arians after the game today. [read more]

The box score is in on the Bucs’ most upsetting loss since they were annihilated in England by Kyle Allen and the Panthers in 2019. [read more]

Few longballs.

Dave Moore was wondering what was going on. [read more]

Temp job.

The Bucs got three things they didn’t need this afternoon. [read more]

Needed Shaq today.

Joe will write about this more later, but the Bucs are not playing like a playoff team right now. [read more]

Vita Vea

Bad news from Bucco Bruce Arians after today’s bad-news loss in Washington.

Manbeast nose tackle Vita Vea was carted off the field with seconds remaining in the game, and Arians said at his postgame news conference that Vea left with knee issue. “He felt something in his knee but we don’t know what it is.”

As painful as the Bucs’ loss is, this could be the worst news of the day.

Joe has fingers crossed.

What’s going on?

Dave Moore has been around the NFL block a few times. Built himself a 14-year career at tight end. Started 107 games, played in 220.

And given how much Moore loves the Bucs, Joe is confident he wasn’t trying to con anyone with his comments in the final seconds of the ugly loss to Washington today on the Buccaneers Radio Network. [read more]

It’s not all bad today. Stop crying for a few minutes. [read more]

Did the Bucs offense look hungry to you today? [read more]

At least twice last season, perhaps three times, Bucs coaches publicly lamented not throwing the ball enough to Mike Evans.

After today’s groin-stomp loss to Washington today, Joe is wondering why coaches didn’t learn their own lessons. [read more]

Our beloved Bucs were just manhandled by a bad football team.

Welcome to one of the biggest upsets of the NFL season.

Joe can’t even call it Capitol Collapse (Part II) since the Bucs never led in the game. [read more]