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Odd couple.

Reading articles with unnamed sources who allege things is always fun. That starts the puzzle process of trying to figure out who is behind the words. [read more]

There’s a rookie who plays a lot of safety, leads the NFL in tackles among rookies and has a lot of people calling him a defensive rookie of the year candidate — and it’s not Antoine Winfield, Jr. [read more]

Bucs coach Bucco Bruce Arians.

So it has been said. So let it be typed. [read more]

Team Glazer members

Hype apparently isn’t equating proportionally to popularity, at least not in Tampa. [read more]

Joe was impressed listening to former hated Bucs rival quarterback Donovan McNabb recently on radio. The dude was extremely well versed on all things Tampa Bay.

Just a handful of months older than Tom Brady, McNabb had plenty to say. [read more]

Bucs WR coach Kevin Garver.

Joe is a guy who doesn’t believe in coincidences and who also looks at background happenings that may be a signal of what is coming down the pike. [read more]

“Love ya, man.”

Apparently, park-violating, home-invading, NFLPA-ignoring, down-forgetting Bucs quarterback Tom Brady and Bucs offensive coordinator Byron Leftwich are on the same page. [read more]

Bruce Arians

Of all the horrors that occurred Sunday night at the Den of Depression, one largely was overlooked by fans but not by Bucco Bruce Arians. [read more]

Fooled by Saints?

Some really good stuff here about why the Bucs looked like Boston College playing the Saints last Sunday. [read more]

Encouraging news on the official Buccaneers injury report, the first of this week leading up to Sunday’s Panthers-Bucs game. [read more]

Speaks on CB play.

In the past couple of games, the Bucs secondary hasn’t played as strong as it was earlier in the season. [read more]

Schedule changes

Hurricane Eta is affecting our beloved Buccaneers. [read more]

TAMPA TWO is back with legend Derrick Brooks and Sage Ira Kaufman, the feisty JoeBucsFan.com columnist and Hall of Fame voter. All the insight and a few laughs are presented by The Identity Tampa Bay and Joe.

Clean QB jerseys are a Panthers trademark

When it comes to putting quarterbacks on their butts, the Carolina Panthers are the worst in the NFC and tied for last in the NFL with an average of just one sack per game.

But they are more prolific than the Bucs when it comes to collecting penalties. [read more]

Carolina RB Christian McCaffrey.

While this is good news for the Bucs, it doesn’t change Joe’s mind that unless the Bucs wake up Sunday, they are in for a dogfight. [read more]

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There’s a symmetry to the 2020 Buccaneer season that breeds optimism. [read more]

Reason to dance.

The statgeeky term “win-rate” Joe has only been familiar with for a year. But when it comes from NextGen Stats, it’s not hocus-pocus. [read more]

More bench time

Someone very powerful at One Buc Palace wants to see less of Antonio Brown on the football field Sunday as the Bucs travel to play the 3-6, losers-of-four-straight Carolina Panthers. [read more]

Joe Haeg

The Buccaneers’ uncharacteristic train wreck pass blocking was surprising in many ways on Sunday night. [read more]

Breakdown on Bucs.

A former NFL suit and a guy who scratched the backs of some legendary NFL figures has a simple message for Bucs fans. [read more]

The dreaded “C” word, so common during the Mike Smith era of ghastly defense, re-appeared after Sunday’s embarrassment against the Saints.

Last night, Bucco Bruce Arians introduced a “P” word. [read more]