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Will Vita Vea and the Bucs return to Germany in 2025?

Bucs fans who enjoy traveling to road games have a coin flip of a chance they’ll need a passport in 2025. [read more]

Hurting.

So who’s the standout playmaker in the Bucs defense?

Some might argue it’s rookie Tykee Smith. [read more]

Kelce brothers discuss Todd Bowles.

Say what you will about head coach Todd Bowles — and Joe’s readers very much have — you can hear the deep respect NFL players have for the Bucs’ leader of men. [read more]

Calijah Kancey is ready to rock.

For defensive tackle Calijah Kancey, the regular season sort of starts today against the 49ers. [read more]

Challenge for Ben Bredeson.

Yeah, the Bucs are dealing with injuries, no question. But the 49ers are as well. [read more]

Strong 2024.

“This Joe” often referenced Baker Mayfield’s 2023 season, his first with the Bucs, as a career year. [read more]

Prep work on 49ers.

Bill Belichick has a famous saying when he’s studying players for the draft.

Bucs corner Zyon McCollum looks for the opposite when he’s studying an opponent. [read more]

Game 10

49ers (4-4) at Bucs (4-5) 

Kickoff: 1 p.m.

TV: FOX (WTVT-TV Channel 13 locally) with Kevin Burkhardt, Tom Brady and Erin Andrews.

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So Vita Vea played more Monday than he had in one game since Halloween of 2021. [read more]

YaYa Diaby

Once upon a time in 2015, then-Bucs head coach Lovie Smith got annoyed with media for asking about the Tampa Bay defense allowing a galling 70-plus percent completion rate.

Completion percentage doesn’t matter, Lovie insisted. [read more]

If Joe were locked in a room with Todd Bowles and was asked to tell the head coach something that would hurt his feelings, Joe would go directly to one thing. [read more]

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Talks return.

For weeks it has been speculated that Bucs future Hall of Famer Mike Evans might return from his hamstring injury Week 11 at the Giants, the Bucs’ first game after the bye on Nov. 24. [read more]

Position to target.

Yes, Joe is fully involved in the present: The Bucs are preparing to face the defending NFC champs tomorrow at The Licht House. That doesn’t mean Joe is going to ignore a good story typed about the Bucs’ future. [read more]

Offense getting the job done.

The Bucs offense is not the problem. [read more]

Defense too complex?

The Bucs did a nice job keeping Pat Mahomes sort of in check. Sort of. [read more]

Since it stands to reason FOX is putting broadcasting muscle behind tomorrow’s 49ers-Bucs game, a good chunk of the republic will get to watch the game free.

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Run-game moves.

When Rachaad White catches a pass in the flat, Joe is on the edge of his seat. White is electric catching passes out of the backfield. Production and entertainment. [read more]

Touchdowns in the red zone.

This is another reason why Joe is pretty confident, short of Team Glazer dumping a major bag of loot in Liam Coen’s lap, that Bucs offensive coordinator Liam Coen will be a head coach somewhere next year. [read more]