Doubted by an ex-Buc.

Joe is ecstatic about the Bucs offense thriving through two games without Mike Evans and Chris Godwin. It’s damn impressive.

Others have a different view. [read more]

Injury status.

While Bucs coach Todd Bowles wasn’t sure if defensive tackle Greg Gaines or wide receiver Jalen McMillan will play Sunday, he didn’t rule them out. [read more]

George Kittle is not OK with blocking Vita Vea.

Props to 49ers tight end George Kittle for his biting sarcasm concerning a Bucs heavy hitter on defense. [read more]

For now, Joe will take the word of an old man with a ton of experience calling plays in the NFL. [read more]

Six-time Bucs Pro Bowl defensive tackle Gerald McCoy looks at electric rookie running back Bucky Irving and thinks of another famous fourth-round draft pick. [read more]

Flash poll posted at 4:17 a.m. Poll closed at 8:36 a.m. Last week’s results linked here.

Short passes; big numbers.

It wasn’t long ago that Joe used to cringe thinking about a short-passing offense. [read more]

New weapons emerge.

Bad teams would throw in the towel after losing two great receivers, who also happen to play in the same offense, in the same game, one for weeks and the other for the season. [read more]

Nursing sore toe.

Ordinarily, when a top-shelf NFL quarterback having a career year misses two straight days of practice, that sets off fire alarms, tornado warnings and emergency alert systems causing cell phones to buzz Amber Alert-like warnings across a region at 5 a.m. [read more]

Hurdling to season debut.

This has been rumored for a few weeks, but 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan pretty much confirmed yesterday that star running back Christian McCaffrey should be on the field of The Licht House Sunday when the Bucs host the 49ers. [read more]

There are soft schedules, and then there are cotton-ball, baby-bunny-soft schedules. The Bucs’ have the latter to close the 2024 season. [read more]

So how do the Buccaneers perform when there’s significantly less time to prepare? [read more]

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Said he was ready.

Joe doesn’t know of too many offensive coordinators who wouldn’t want to go for two with the game on the line, especially on the road against the Super Bowl champs. [read more]

Bucs assistant Kacy Rodgers.

For all but 4 of the 17 Bucs seasons Joe has been banging away on this here corner of the interwebs, Joe worn out multiple keyboards begging, pleading, screaming, praying, hollering for the Bucs to get an edge rusher. [read more]

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A half-step past the halfway mark of the season, the 4-5 Bucs are reeling in some ways and just fine in several others. Sage Ira is all over this crazy crossroads time with Joe. Enjoy!

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Bucco Bruce Arians speaks out.

A Buccaneers Ring of Honor member seems to agree with Joe’s almost-wild assertion that the Week 1 injury to veteran backup cornerback Bryce Hall has cost the Bucs dearly. [read more]

Tykee Smith

No, this isn’t a post about forced fumbles, which rookie Tykee Smith is darn good at producing. [read more]

One-sided rivalry.

One thing almost certain in the NFL is that Sean Peyton knows how to put points on the board facing a Todd Bowles defense. [read more]

Bucs coach Todd Bowles.

There is a split point of view of the Bucs and the playoffs at JoeBucsFan.com world headquarters. And it has nothing to do with pineapple on pizza. [read more]

Bucs QB Baker Mayfield.

On Monday night, while the Bucs didn’t pull out a win, one thing impressed Joe. [read more]