Rethinking long field goals.

Some people, with a tad of success, have tried to go all baseball stat geek on football. [read more]

Saints returner Deonte Harris beat Bucs cover man Kevin Minter on more than one occasion.

After the first and second waves of the 2019 free agency period, Bucco Bruce Arians made a declaration. His punter was the biggest/most important signing of the offseason. [read more]

Perhaps the Bucs should re-hire Greg Schiano as a discipline consultant specializing in mandatory mask-wearing policy on gameday. [read more]

For those who like to watch film and re-watch Bucs games many times like Joe does, the play shown in the screenshot might interest you. It’s the first play after Mike Edwards pulled a Timmy Lupus and cost the Bucs a turnover on special teams.

The defense didn’t exactly play that important next snap with their hair on fire. Joe’s microscope focused mostly on Ndamukong Suh.

Take a look on your DVR or at NFL Game Pass.

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Mike Edwards is going to get his butt chewed out royally this week. It’s not going to be a pleasant few days for Vita Vea. Tom Brady won’t like looking at his film, either.

That’s alright because they were among the Buc goats during the Week 1 setback at New Orleans. [read more]

“Poor job”

It seemed just about every Bucs fan was nervous for how rookie right tackle Tristan Wirfs, with a limited offseason, was going to play against Pro Bowl defensive end Cam Jordan on Sunday. [read more]

Tight end critique.

Today, Bucs coach Bucco Bruce Arians took to the mic at One Buc Palace for his day-after presser and had interesting things to say about the run game. [read more]

One national NFL stenographer seems to suggest he knows what is wrong with the Bucs. [read more]

Trend for Tom Brady.

Amid all the gloom and doom this morning, Joe has seen a light appear in the darkness. [read more]

Monday stinks enough as it is without making it worse waking up after a Bucs loss. So let’s get going. [read more]

Prior to yesterday’s pants-soiling Bucs loss at the Superdome, Joe was determined not to have an overreaction Monday because Joe did not expect the Bucs to beat the Saints en route to a 10-win Tampa Bay season.

So today is a shred less painful. [read more]

Sad Bucs debut.

One national NFL columnist, while watching the Bucs fall to the Saints, said he believes he knows the core reason why the Bucs struggled yesterday. [read more]

When Mike Evans was a young player with the Bucs, then-Stinking Panthers cornerback Josh Norman was absolutely in his head and it showed in Evans’ play. [read more]

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In a drab debut, the new-look Bucs looked too much like the old Bucs.

Turnovers and penalties. Penalties and turnovers. Despite substituting Tom Brady for Jameis Winston under center, Tampa Bay maintained its ghastly knack for beating itself.

Brady was part of the problem as the Saints won the turnover battle 3-0. This is a trend that must be reversed if the Bucs plan to knock off New Orleans in the rematch in Tampa.

In the past three matchups, the Bucs have seven giveaways. The Saints have one. Bruce Arians couldn’t believe his weary eyes as the visitors self-destructed.

Again.

Here’s how the Bucs made it all too easy in The Big Easy: [read more]

It appears the Bucs had 65 plays of offense today and Donovan Smith played well for 60 and the others led fans to scream at their TVs. [read more]

Mike Evans had two yards receiving today but his coach and his quarterback had his back quickly and strongly. [read more]

If someone was trying to reach for an excuse that the fake crowd noise piped into the Superdome may have been too loud and it echoed in an empty stadium, Bucs coach Bruce Arians doesn’t want to hear about it. [read more]

“Joel, if he throws 30, I’m calling a witch doctor.”

Tom Brady is not happy. [read more]

Game-changing roast.

Maybe we found out tonight while Jamel Dean wasn’t always starting when he was healthy last year? [read more]

Interesting takes

Bucco Bruce Arians praised Ronald Jones after the game but acknowledged his team didn’t run the ball as well as he expected. [read more]

Accepts responsibility.

Bucs coach Bucco Bruce Arians took the bullets for his Bucs tonight. [read more]

Bucco Bruce Arians was not a happy man moments ago on a Zoom call with Joe and reporters after a sloppy Bucs loss. [read more]