About six weeks ago Todd Bowles referenced rookie receiver Tez Johnson needing more time to “grasp the offense.”

That’s still a thing. [read more]

A month practicing and playing out of position comes with a price. [read more]

Big loss says the PFF tribe.

As Joe typed many times over the offseason, and fans talked about it, too; it wasn’t if Jamel Dean would get hurt, it was when. [read more]

Back to the lab.

How bad have the Bucs’ special teams been through the first four games of this year? Joe’s glad you asked. [read more]

Bucs RB Bucky Irving.

Last week when Bucs offensive coordinator Josh Grizzard held his weekly press conference, Joe asked Grizzard about the number of carries that Bucky Irving was getting. [read more]

Offensive line coach Kevin Carberry.

This isn’t great, but it isn’t bad. [read more]

Walk-through today.

Late Tuesday night, Joe was scrolling through Twitter and noticed NFL columnist Mike Sando of The Athletic published an interesting video. [read more]

Update.

Yesterday, Bucs coach Todd Bowles said running back Bucky Irving was one of several Bucs players getting MRI tests. Bowles offered no additional details. [read more]

It sounds like Chris Godwin might have a lot less rust on him than some believe. [read more]

A lot of Bucs fans don’t believe Bucky Irving really fumbled Sunday against the Eagles deep in Bucs territory. [read more]

No sugarcoating this.

The atrocious Bucs’ special teams are so bad, now you’ve got people from the front office barking about it on national TV. [read more]

Rookie making an impact.

When the Bucs drafted Elijah Roberts in the fifth round out of SMU by way of Miami, Roberts was a sneaky good edge rusher. [read more]

The Bucs certainly aren’t intimidated by the world champion Eagles, winners of 10 consecutive games, including four in the postseason and Sunday against Tampa Bay. [read more]

How does this happen? [read more]

The Buccaneers officially named their top 50 players in team history this month and cornerback Aqib Talib wasn’t on the list.

He’s not happy about it. [read more]

Bucs coach Todd Bowles.

Joe doesn’t know what the solution is for this other than maybe to dumb down what one is trying to accomplish early in games. [read more]

Chris Godwin embraces his wife Mariah after warmups Sunday prior to his season debut.

Pretty cool column in the Players Tribune by Bucs receiver Chris Godwin. [read more]

Bucs special teams coach Thomas McGaughey.

Could this be the fall of Riley Dixon? [read more]

Baker Mayfield slings a short pass to Rachaad White Sunday.

This is sort of a Barry Bonds batting average. [read more]

Reflecting on positive.

Yeah, that game Sunday sure gnaws at Joe. It was winnable. All the Bucs had to do is block on a punt. [read more]

That 1 o’clock Bucs game on Sunday, Oct. 12, has a new time. The NFL bumped the Bucs-49ers game in Tampa to 4:25 p.m.

The slimy Saints got the reverse bump for the same day. The Saints-Patriots game in New Orleans was moved back to 1 p.m. to accomodate the Bucs.

The brilliant TV network minds have realized nobody wants to watch the Saints, even if they gave the Bills a tough game in Buffalo yesterday.