Bucs coach Bucco Bruce Arians.

It wasn’t the best showing in Los Angeles but at least the loss wasn’t so bad that people are jumping off the Sunshine Skyway Bridge. [read more]

Bucs DC knows.

Sometimes a glaring weakness or a sudden dropoff in play from a player will prompt sort of a meeting between coaches to hammer out a plan to repair the issue. [read more]

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The Buccaneers’ rookie first-round pick opened up last night. [read more]

Injury status.

Bucs fans may breathe a sigh of relief reading this. [read more]

Needs to be addressed.

No, this isn’t about the running game starting to stink worse than a Porta-Potty in July. [read more]

News could be worse.

It looks like Giovani Bernard dodged a bullet. [read more]

Tom Brady speaks

Mr. Seven Rings did his best tonight to say facing New England on Sunday will be just another game in many ways, but a little bit of his true mindset seemed to ooze out. [read more]

Bucs GM Jason Licht

Joe’s a little surprised that all the screaming for the Bucs to get help in their secondary isn’t accompanied by the obvious for a team with three sacks in three games. [read more]

Belicheat speaks

Joe’s not too into the Brady-Belicheat drama.

For Joe, it’s over. Tom Brady won a Super Bowl in Tampa while Bill Belicheat missed the playoffs and drefted a quarterback in the first round. [read more]

Straight talk.

In so many words, Bucs Super Bowl-winning coach Bucco Bruce Arians said it all starts up front for a defense. [read more]

Not ruled out (yet).

Yesterday at a waterfront watering hole while watching his teammates battle the Rams, hollering when Will Gholston got a sack and cussing when things went wrong, Bucs edge rusher Jason Pierre-Paul didn’t sound upbeat about returning to play against the Belicheats on national television Sunday night. [read more]

Buried RB Ke’Shawn Vaughn

Today Bucco Bruce Arians was talking about the Bucs not running a lot against the Rams and he said the reason was simple. [read more]

Yes, the Bucs have injury issues, and Bucco Bruce Arians provided little clarity today except for discussing a new injury.

Linebacker Kevin Minter will be back Sunday off the COVID list, Arians said, but he said Antonio Brown’s return from COVID agianst the Patriots is unclear. Joe sure hopes Brown is not or was not ill.

Arians revealed that Scotty Miller came out of the game with a significant turf toe injury.

No updates were offered for starting cornerback Jamel Dean, who left with a left knee injury.

#Cushion

Joe’s possibly weekly feature of notes and thoughts when Joe rewatches the Bucs’ game in no particular order. 

*At the bottom of the photo above, you’ll see the fat cushion on Rams receiver on Van Jefferson from Bucs cornerback Dee Delaney. [read more]

Rough week ahead for old school football heads.

Joe understands some old school football fans who follow the Bucs won’t like this. [read more]

Joe always thought the idea is to have your best players on the field. [read more]

Flash poll posted at 10:32 a.m.

The party never materialized. [read more]

Pass defense wasn’t funny.

A masked comedian takes the stage at the red velvet-lined lounge at the Vero Beach Ramada Inn where Freddie Martino once starred, grabs the microphone and begins his act, “The Bucs pass defense was so bad yesterday… ” [read more]

Prediction.

Bucs outside linebacker, edge rusher and heart and soul of the defense, Jason Pierre-Paul, didn’t make the trip to Los Angeles. [read more]

Sad numbers.

This is going to get people really peeved at Joe and this next paragraph is squarely directed at those about to get their briefs bunched up. [read more]