Joe’s not sure if Bucs kickoff artist Jake Camarda is ordered to kick balls out of the end zone.

Joe sure hopes he is. [read more]

Challenged.

Either this goes to sorry game-planning or poor preparation, or the loss of Antonio Brown, foot-rubbing Rob Gronkowski, Ali Marpet, Alex Cappa, Ryan Jensen and Ronald Jones has neutered the Bucs offense. [read more]

Joe’s head is still throbbing. It’s been Advil City since last night. And Joe didn’t touch a drop of alcohol (though Joe felt like doing a John Belushi in “Animal House” and chugging a bottle of Jack. It’s Monday, so let’s get going. [read more]

Mike Evans

Joe already warned that “the quote” is coming soon. It’s an annual tradition, so it’s not the end of the world.

However, it’s worth looking at just how glaring yesterday’s Mike Evans omission was. [read more]

Bucs TE Cam Brate.

Busy in Pittsburgh, Joe missed a fairly important update from the Bucs received shortly after the loss to the Steelers. Joe didn’t catch it until after 7 p.m. [read more]

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BY IRA KAUFMAN

They never led, not for a single second.

They never played with any enthusiasm, not for a single second.

The only passionate moment for the Bucs in Sunday’s travesty came when Tom Brady reamed out his offensive line late in the opening half. He should have tossed a tablet instead because the guy under center wasn’t playing any better than the guys up front. [read more]

Through six games, the Bucs offense does not resemble the powerhouse Tampa Bay attacks of the past three years. [read more]

Inexplicable.

Joe was going to type a nice, positive story about the one good thing that happened for the Bucs today, but that’s going to get pushed back until Monday morning. [read more]

Gets real about Bucs’ play.

This is as harsh as Tom Brady gets about his teammates. [read more]

Seven days and five hours ago, Buccaneers general manager Jason Licht was very bullish on rookie left guard Luke Goedeke and first-time-starter center Robert Hainsey. [read more]

Needed to override his OC.

At one point early in the fourth quarter on yet another first down run, Joe asked on Twitter, “Isn’t it time for Todd Bowles to get on his headset and order Byron Leftwich to quit running the ball on first down?” It was a legitimate question. [read more]

Coaching malpractice.

You would think with the greatest quarterback to wear a jock strap and a probable Hall of Fame receiver flanked by a Pro Bowl receiver, an offense would want to test a secondary that was down its top three corners and All-Pro safety. [read more]

Disgraceful.

How much of a kick in the balls was this loss by the Bucs? Leave it to none other than the voice of the Steelers to sum it up. [read more]

Late last week, Bucs head coach Todd Bowles was asked why his team is playing better on the road. [read more]

Sorry, but Tom Brady at a wedding Friday night is not responsible for horrible special teams coverage, the Steelers converting 7-of-15 on third down with bad quarterbacks, and the Bucs’ league-worst, yards-per-carry average. [read more]

Joe can almost hear Todd Bowles already speaking tomorrow. Call it an educated premonition. “We have to get Mike more involved early in the ballgame.” [read more]

Lombardi Lenny

The Bucs entered today’s game with a league-worst 3.1 yards rushing per carry.

That number just got lower as the Bucs hammered the rock 26 times against a second-rate defense. [read more]

Head coach Todd Bowles

Todd Bowles has a problem. It feels like a virus has spread throughout his Buccaneers.

Joe is calling it complacency.

A guy Joe knows was up close and personal seated behind the Bucs’ bench today and sent Joe details of Tom Brady’s freakout on the offensive line immediately following the opening series. Brady was barking, “You Gotta Wake Up!!” [read more]