The snap counts last night told the story. Sean Murphy-Bunting went from full-timer to part-timer while fellow cornerback Jamel Dean was elevated. [read more]

Today’s election day has Joe thinking about something very important to many members of our Buccaneers republic. [read more]

Report says Washington stud is available

Joe sits in ecstasy as the clock sits three hours before the annual NFL trade deadline and the Bucs are 6-2 with a talented roster. [read more]

Does history repeat?

Joe is a big history guy. So this little piece of Bucs history has Joe all jacked up today (and it’s not from a third cup of Black Rifle Fit Fuel coffee). [read more]

Do officials fear Tom Brady?

Joe thought no one had a Midas touch like Eddie Van Halen. [read more]

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BY IRA KAUFMAN

We’re on to New Orleans.

That should have been the mantra for Bruce Arians after Monday night’s forgettable performance at the Meadowlands.

The only positive the Bucs can take out of that slop is they managed to walk out with a win on the road, remaining atop the NFC South. They played better in the second half — in large part because the opening 30 minutes were absolutely unacceptable.

It’s not a stretch to suggest some of Tampa Bay’s minds were already on the Saints, despite all the pleadings from the coaching staff to take the Giants seriously. Those pleas fell on deaf ear holes as New York rolled up 15 first downs in the first half.

The Giants were well prepared for Todd Bowles and his exotic blitzes and a slapdash offensive line opened up big holes for Wayne Gallman and Alfred Morris, two journeymen who will never be confused with Derrick Henry.

“They hit us in the mouth in the first half,” acknowledged Lavonte David.

The Bucs looked wobbly, but they never went down. Perhaps a better opponent would have put them away, but the Giants are 1-7 for a reason. Tom Brady likes to say that if you’re not on your game, you’re in trouble against any NFL team.

The difference is this Buc team has the talent and fortitude to overcome a lethargic effort. The Bucs will have to play a better game against the Saints Sunday night — and they will.

Here’s how the Bucs forged their first 6-2 getaway since the 2002 championship season: [read more]

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Repeatedly, and dating back to before the grind of training camp, Bucco Bruce Arians has called Carlton Davis a top-10 NFL cornerback.

Joe’s silent response was always, ‘Great, then go make some big plays and be part of a decent secondary.’ [read more]

Prophetic GM

To start the second quarter last night, the Giants had a four-point lead and the ball with a 3rd-and-4 play deep in their territory. [read more]

Points off takeaways.

Somewhere in a cold, desolate windy cut cornfield in central Illinois, former Bucs coach Lovie Smith is smiling. [read more]

“Where you want me, Byron?”

This will add intrigue for folks who kept asking Joe on Twitter last night why Jaydon Mickens was targeted so much against the Giants and more balls weren’t going to star receiver Mike Evans. [read more]

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It’s Victory Tuesday! We don’t get too many of these around these parts. So before you’ve had your third cup of java this morning, let’s quickly dive in. [read more]

On fire

It is beyond Joe’s wildest imagination for a quarterback to start for the Bucs and be damn near perfect. [read more]

Leonard Fournette was a happy man on Twitter following the Bucs squeaking past the Giants on Monday Night Football. [read more]

It’s not too harsh to say the BSPN announcing crew on Monday Night Football was horrendous tonight. [read more]

In what’s even more stunning than the Bucs run defense having a minor hiccup in tonight’s win against the Giants, the Bucs won a game on the back of their kicker. [read more]

Special season coming?

This may have been the worst game the Bucs played this year. [read more]

What a catch!

A key play in what turned out to be the drive that ended in a Mike Evans game-winning touchdown was a 20-yard catch by a Bucs rookie. [read more]

So what did Tom Brady do with the game on the line tonight in the Buccaneers’ final two drives? [read more]

Pretend I’m in the end zone, Tom!

It is starting to become a legitimate question. [read more]

It was messy. It was nerve-wracking. It was a game to forget immediately.

But in the end, the Bucs did what good teams do when they’re not playing well.

They won. [read more]

Comment all through tonight’s game here with fellow Bucs fans and a few haters who find their way in.

Have fun. Keep it clean and decent.

Go Bucs!!

Stick with Joe into the wee hours for plenty out of this key game.

Game 8

Bucs (5-2) at Giants (1-6)

Kickoff: 8:15 p.m.

TV: ESPN; WMOR-TV Channel 32.

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