Implosion alert

A quick look at what happened around the National Football League is making Joe wonder whose soul might have been sold to some guy in a red suit. [read more]

What a freakin’ all-around performance for Antoine Winfield, Jr.

After two games, the only new starter on the Bucs defense looks exactly like the plug-and-play stud safety Bucs fans dreamed of on Day 2 of the NFL Draft. [read more]

Toasting Ndamukong Suh.

Through two games, the reigning NFL sack king has been shut out on sacks. Like a decent defense should, others have picked up the slack. [read more]

Huge pick.

This game should have been packed away in the third quarter. Instead, shockingly, the Bucs let the Stinking Panthers back in the game and it was starting to get nail-biting close. [read more]

NFL defensive players love to talk about making plays. [read more]

Ugly drop today.(Photo courtesy of Buccaneers.com.)

Can the Bucs pay Georgia to rent Todd Monken for a day a week? [read more]

Game-winner.

All offseason Joe absolutely begged the Bucs to draft and sign a running back. Joe just did not trust Ronald Jones and Joe hates the four-letter word “hope.” [read more]

Mike Evans went from two yards receiving last Sunday to 104 today. [read more]

Leonard Fournette

A home victory is super sweet for Joe, but this one got sour after Tampa Bay opened a 21-0 lead and had a chance to put the game away before halftime. [read more]

DEE-fence!

DEE-fence!

Today’s win started beautifully, and then it got ugly, and then it got scary, and then came the fantastically soothing “W.” [read more]

The home-opener is here!!

Chat with fans about the action all game long in the comments below. Please be nice! Keep it clean.

Kickoff at 1 p.m.

Go Bucs!!!!

Riffs on Tom Brady.

A Hall of Famer thinks he knows why park-violating, home-invading, NFLPA-ignoring Bucs quarterback Tom Brady struggled last week at New Orleans. [read more]

Return of the defense.

As much as Joe craves a fun, entertaining, gunslinging offense (it’s why Joe is fond of Big XII football and Lincoln Riley in particular — beware of Spencer Rattler!), the hallmark of the Bucs franchise (aside from losing) has been defense. [read more]

Perhaps the greatest Buccaneer in history has weighed in on keys to today’s game. [read more]

Time to end the streak!

Joe calls the Bucs’ home stadium the “Den of Depression” for one simple reason: the Bucs have not had a winning record at home in a season since 2008.

It’s a great stain on the records of Team Glazer, Jason Licht, Mark Dominik and their six head coaches in those 11 seasons. [read more]

Cameron Brate logged just seven snaps on opening day and not one was on special teams. [read more]

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Sluggish streak.

NFL Network seems to be sending out smoke signals that maybe park-violating, home-invading, NFLPA-ignoring Bucs quarterback Tom Brady is not the answer at quarterback. [read more]

Calls out Bucco Bruce Arians.

Well, now Joe knows Bad Santa is still alive. [read more]

Wild speculation or direct intel?

Joe thought that only Max Kellerman was this nuts. But it seems this notion is gaining steam. [read more]

Game 2

Stinking Panthers (0-1) at Bucs (0-1)

Kickoff: 1 p.m.

TV: WTVT-TV Channel 13, NFL Sunday Ticket Channel 714.

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TAMPA TWO is back with Buccaneers legend Derrick Brooks and The Sage of Tampa Bay Sports, Ira Kaufman. All kinds of knowledge and fun from The Identity Tampa Bay and Joe.