Fine tuning on defense.

The Bucs knew their stifling run defense would take a hit when Vita Vea was lost for the season. [read more]

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In this episode of The Todd Wright Fantasy Football Podcast, Todd reviews the trends over the last four weeks for top performers in fantasy football and discovers an inexcusable flaw in one of every 10 leagues. The Todd Wright Fantasy Football Podcast is presented by Hooters.

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Worried for Bucs.

Peter Schrager is not liking what he is smelling coming out of the Den of Depression. [read more]

Joe has a lot of faith in the Football Outsiders nerds and their computers.

And after running their fancy probability program on the NFC yesterday, interesting data emerged. [read more]

“Look, there’s Gronk!”

Joe has sensed for weeks that there is something going on between Bucs star receiver Mike Evans and park-violating, home-invading, NFLPA-ignoring, down-forgetting Bucs quarterback Tom Brady. [read more]

Appalled.

Adam Schein is giving the Bucs the roasting they deserve. [read more]

Stinking up night games.

Joe is pretty confident that first thing this morning, NBC Sports president Pete Bevacqua was on the phone screaming at NFL chieftain Roger Goodell. [read more]

About that mess last night on Sunday Night Football, Buccaneers captain Lavonte David weighed in this afternoon. [read more]

The close-up, slow-motion pregame shots of Chris Godwin trying to catch passes in warm-ups last night were something to behold from the NBC cameras. [read more]

Fingered Tom Brady?

Joe wrote earlier this morning there is something going on between star receiver Mike Evans and park-violating, home-invading, NFLPA-ignoring, down-forgetting Bucs quarterback Tom Brady. [read more]

NBC Sports screen shot of the Bucs’ first-half woes

Before the Bucs faced the Giants last Monday, they were averaging a whopping 18-plus points in the first halves of games. [read more]

Vita Vea

The Bucs got bullied and seal-clubbed on their home turf last night and it started — and ended — in the trenches.

It was stunning against a Bucs front-7 many consider among the best in football. [read more]

Bucs were exposed.

Who knew that park-violating, home-invading, NFLPA-ignoring, down-forgetting Bucs quarterback Tom Brady gave a rose to furniture-tossing Bucs receiver Antonio Brown? [read more]

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Let’s go to the highlights.

Ryan Succop didn’t suck. Blaine Gabbert took a knee without tripping.

The rain held off, for the most part.

What else ya got?

The most lopsided loss in the unparalleled career of Tom Brady left two announcers and a national TV audience wondering why the Bucs have been generating so much hype. After two weeks of slop, even Tampa Bay’s most passionate supporters are questioning the players and coaches operating out of One Buc Place. [read more]

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Joe is using this photo to illustrate that the Bucs did, in fact, make a great play last night, a strip sack by Shaq Barrett.

Joe wrote about this a few times when Bucco Bruce Arians was hired 22 months ago by Team Glazer, and it’s worth revisiting today. [read more]

“I still have it, Todd.”

This season, and for sure last week, Joe heard a lot about this and it was aggravating. [read more]

Jury still out.

A lot of Bucs fans were jacked for this. NBC sure was pimping it. And while Joe had reservations, Joe was stoked to see how it would work out. [read more]

Hall of Fame coach Bill Parcells

Joe gets the various stages of freakout this morning by Bucs fans, but Joe’s also going to pull out an old Bill Parcells line and a fresh reminder from this season to soothe the non-believers. [read more]

“Hey Drew, I could have thrown three picks for the Bucs. And I wouldn’t have to put up with Antonio raiding my fridge every night, either.”

Welcome to nuts-kick Monday. [read more]

Talks carryover

With a chance to take full possession of the NFC South division lead and a half-game lead on a No. 1 seed in the NFC playoff picture, the Bucs instead were blasted with a baseball bat to the grille. [read more]

After the Bucs had a comeback win against the Chargers, Bucco Bruce Arians declared his team would have had its ass kicked in that game if it occurred one year ago. [read more]