Bucs OLB Shaq Barrett.

Though you wouldn’t have known it by the way the Bucs defense didn’t play Sunday night, normally on third down the Bucs swarm and smother quarterbacks. [read more]

Greatness is evident and could present a challenge, notes a former Buccaneer.

A Buccaneers icon, albeit for blocking, laid out some clear assessments this week of our beloved team. [read more]

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Excellent hands.

While Joe surfed the net trying to figure out what “The Weeknd” is — Joe never heard of this band that NFL strongman Roger Goodell has hired to assault Americans on national television at halftime of the Bucs game at the Den of Depression Super Bowl — Joe came across a very interesting stat. [read more]

Sunday’s opponent, the Panthers, are an unpredictable bunch.

They lost their superstar during Week 2 and proceeded to win three in a row without him before losing four in a row. [read more]

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Odd couple.

Reading articles with unnamed sources who allege things is always fun. That starts the puzzle process of trying to figure out who is behind the words. [read more]

There’s a rookie who plays a lot of safety, leads the NFL in tackles among rookies and has a lot of people calling him a defensive rookie of the year candidate — and it’s not Antoine Winfield, Jr. [read more]

Bucs coach Bucco Bruce Arians.

So it has been said. So let it be typed. [read more]

Team Glazer members

Hype apparently isn’t equating proportionally to popularity, at least not in Tampa. [read more]

Joe was impressed listening to former hated Bucs rival quarterback Donovan McNabb recently on radio. The dude was extremely well versed on all things Tampa Bay.

Just a handful of months older than Tom Brady, McNabb had plenty to say. [read more]

Bucs WR coach Kevin Garver.

Joe is a guy who doesn’t believe in coincidences and who also looks at background happenings that may be a signal of what is coming down the pike. [read more]

“Love ya, man.”

Apparently, park-violating, home-invading, NFLPA-ignoring, down-forgetting Bucs quarterback Tom Brady and Bucs offensive coordinator Byron Leftwich are on the same page. [read more]

Bruce Arians

Of all the horrors that occurred Sunday night at the Den of Depression, one largely was overlooked by fans but not by Bucco Bruce Arians. [read more]

Fooled by Saints?

Some really good stuff here about why the Bucs looked like Boston College playing the Saints last Sunday. [read more]

Encouraging news on the official Buccaneers injury report, the first of this week leading up to Sunday’s Panthers-Bucs game. [read more]

Speaks on CB play.

In the past couple of games, the Bucs secondary hasn’t played as strong as it was earlier in the season. [read more]

Schedule changes

Hurricane Eta is affecting our beloved Buccaneers. [read more]

TAMPA TWO is back with legend Derrick Brooks and Sage Ira Kaufman, the feisty JoeBucsFan.com columnist and Hall of Fame voter. All the insight and a few laughs are presented by The Identity Tampa Bay and Joe.

Clean QB jerseys are a Panthers trademark

When it comes to putting quarterbacks on their butts, the Carolina Panthers are the worst in the NFC and tied for last in the NFL with an average of just one sack per game.

But they are more prolific than the Bucs when it comes to collecting penalties. [read more]

Carolina RB Christian McCaffrey.

While this is good news for the Bucs, it doesn’t change Joe’s mind that unless the Bucs wake up Sunday, they are in for a dogfight. [read more]