Status for Super Bowl unknown.

As Joe stated earlier, it was cool as heck to watch the Bucs defense in the fourth quarter clamp down on the Packers down their starting two safeties. [read more]

Bucco Bruce Arians shed fresh light this week on the state of the Buccaneers before and after they signed their messiah back in March. [read more]

Not every head coach spits out predictable and clichéd responses. [read more]

Kicking tail in January.

Joe has sensed a trend with the Bucs defense. [read more]

So without a game next weekend and the Super Bowl on the horizon, how will the Buccaneers handle this week?

Joe has answers. [read more]

Joe loves seeing Aaron Rodgers in the background walking away in disbelief

Last month, when a lot of Bucs fans already had turned on cornerback Sean Murphy-Bunting, Joe decided to cut the second-year man slack because of telling comments from Bucco Bruce Arians. [read more]

One of the many uplifting aspects of Sunday’s pounding of the Packers at Lambeau Field was the Bucs getting the job done without starting rookie stud safety Antoine Winfield, Jr., and without safety Jordan Whitehead for much of the second half. [read more]

Be careful.

While Clark Judge of SI.com may not have set out to type his recent NFL notebook column with gamblers in mind, he still offered up wise information for those reaching out to their short-term investment broker as the Super Bowl nears. [read more]

Whoops!

Joe is naming names this week. And this one was a doozy. [read more]

Explains his big day.

Shaq Barrett is one of Joe’s favorite players. How can you not root for a dude with an infectious smile that clearly loves football, has a kind word for just about anyone, and was a great rags-to-riches story? [read more]

Leonard Fournette, affectionately known as “Playoff Lenny,” has carried the mail in the Tampa Bay backfield all through the playoffs.

Through three playoff games, Fournette has grinded out 48 carries for 211 yards, with 14 catches and three touchdowns overall. [read more]

Deep thoughts on NFC title.

Pretty interesting chatter on NFL Network this morning about the Bucs going to the Super Bowl. [read more]

Jordan Whitehead

Among the top-20 most embarrassing plays of The Lost Decade was one that helped launch the career of a true Bucs hero in yesterday’s NFC Championship game. [read more]

Super Bowl chatter.

So it is Kansas City week (again) for Bucs coach Bucco Bruce Arians. Actually two weeks. [read more]

Kicker Ryan Succop

Ten kickers, seven years — one long-running, three-ring circus.

Like so much in society, that Bucs horror show was canceled in 2020. [read more]

Underrated?

For way, way, way too long, so many Bucs fans kvetched and hollered and stomped their feet habitually claiming the Bucs’ offensive line was a collection of windmills. [read more]

Retired wide receiver Torrey Smith won a couple of Super Bowl rings, but more interesting to Joe is that Smith is a friend and a former teammate of Bucs center Ryan Jensen. [read more]

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Tommy’s team.

Dirk Koetter once said it. Father Dungy said it. Even Bucs coach Bucco Bruce Arians said it when he got to Tampa Bay.

And it got to the point that Joe just wanted to scream “Shut up!” [read more]

Shaq Barrett puts Aaron Rodgers on the ground for one of his three sacks Sunday.

Thanksgiving may only be two months in the rearview mirror, but one guy who is very thankful is NFL sack king Shaq Barrett. [read more]

It’s always a great and empowering feeling when you know your head coach was smarter than the other team’s head coach. [read more]