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You’ve heard the football term “Live to fight another down,” right? That’s when a quarterback is taught to unload the ball rather than take a sack or worse, throw a pick. [read more]

The self-scouting is in full gear at One Buc Palace and it’s led to a giant red flag flying over the Team Glazer cone of silence. [read more]

Handshakes and wins.

Joe has heard football players called all sorts of things. But this is a new one. [read more]

Joe sincerely wants to wish all readers (and the handful of haters who can’t give up this site) all the best today on one of Joe’s favorite holidays. [read more]

Surprise!

So the NFL released the names of players who have received the most votes for the Pro Bowl in the first wave of voting. [read more]

Joe’s feeling a little ill tonight, a bad sign before inhaling massive amounts of turkey and Big Storm beer. [read more]

Bad news tonight, Bucs fans. [read more]

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“Damnit Tom, I thought Antonio Brown was bringing sweet potato pie. I told you I hate pumpkin pie. So why didn’t you set Antonio straight? You are his caretaker.”

So why isn’t the Bucs offense humming with a virtual all-star team? [read more]

Jamel Dean

Significant change could be coming to the Buccaneers defense. [read more]

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Lots of chatter last week about the Bucs not being ready to play when the sun goes down.

Those days are over! [read more]

Not down on Bucs.

Noted skeptic Nick Wright of “First Things First” has always been, well, skeptical of how much success the Bucs would have by turning their team over to a 43-year old quarterback some refer to as a farm animal. [read more]

It’s better Joe posts this now rather than tomorrow because too many Bucs fans would lose their Thanksgiving Dinner on the floor. [read more]

Joe is fired up as the Bucs’ playoff march nears its final miles.

And an exciting trend has emerged. [read more]

Eyesight still sharp.

When the Bucs needed park-violating, home-invading, NFLPA-ignoring, down-forgetting, jet-ski-losing quarterback Tom Brady the most Monday night, Brady yacked on himself like a third-string Saints quarterback. [read more]

The math is real, and the Bucs are in prime, prime position to make the playoffs for the first time since the 2007 season.

Joe’s got numbers, including ESPN now putting the Bucs with a 92.5 percent shot at postseason action. [read more]

Rakeem Nuñez-Roches

There was very good and very bad from the Buccaneers defense Monday night, and it all added up to not good enough. [read more]

Bucco Bruce Arians speaks

Bucco Bruce Arians served up an intriguing answer to an important question last night on his radio show. [read more]

“Tom, remember, Jalen Ramsey is not Andrew Adams.”

Now it is not crystal clear who has the final say on Bucs playcalls. [read more]

It’s official! Iconic Bucs cornerback Rondé Barber is a Pro Football Hall of Fame semifinalist again this year, making the cut to the final 25 before the vote to the finalists round of 15 in about a month.

Now it’s time for Barber to get smart and aggressive about the process, otherwise he’ll miss the cut yet again. [read more]

Dropsies.

The way things are going for Bucs running backs, Team Glazer will have to hire Ronald Jones and Leonard Fournette personal drivers. [read more]