Yes, this is Joe’s sad Christmas Eve tradition but it is an otherwise hopeful Christmas, as Santa has allowed the Bucs to still be in the playoff hunt.

Let’s hope a win tomorrow night helps the Bucs to once again play meaningful football in January. It’s a wonderful thing!

The following is an example to demonstrate how the snooping of the federal government upon innocents gets out of hand without proper checks and balances. On his rounds from the North Pole this evening, Santa Claus was detained by TSA agents — tipped off by the IRS goons — who have decided to call in the notorious Jack Bauer to interrogate Santa in the bowels of CTU.

Presumably, Santa is believed by the FAA to have forgotten his papers while flying over the fruited plains.

(This, boys and girls, is why you cough up the $85 so you too can utilize TSA Pre just like Joe and avoid harassment from the feds.)

Handicapper

Follow along as JoeBucsFan.com columnist Ira Kaufman makes three NFL picks each week against the spread. [read more]

Operation RoJo is in full effect.

Joe can’t wait. [read more]

Activated.

A man who has three years under his belt with the Bucs and has started four games in his Tampa Bay career, Justin Watson, is back on the active roster. [read more]

Who practiced?

Behold the last Bucs injury report before Christmas. [read more]

NFL Network has an update.

Now this is interesting. [read more]

Change agent.

Remember how brutal the Bucs were in zone coverage early this season? [read more]

Done for regular season?

Could we have seen Mike Evans for the last time in the regular season? NFL Network reported that may be the case. [read more]

Antonio Brown

Thought-provoking nugget from Bucco Bruce Arians. [read more]

Over the past two games, the top-shelf interior of the Bucs’ defensive line hasn’t been its usual powerful self. [read more]

Who is out?

Sad news.

While Bucs Super Bowl-winning coach Bucco Bruce Arians said several players will be game-time decisions on whether they suit up Sunday, two starters definitely will not play.

And they are big names.

That would be receiver Mike Evans and safety Antoine Winfield.

Brace yourself accordingly, Bucs fans.

Ugly football

Joe suffered through the atrocity that was the Titans-49ers game last night. And when the pain ended, Joe felt invigorated. [read more]

Emotional.

Joe sort of snickers while reading comments from fans, in a modified state of rage, banging on the keyboard, “Who cares about the Pro Bowl?” [read more]

Won’t rule out Le’Veon Bell.

Much like when the Bucs signed veteran corner Richard Sherman, it seemed a stretch that he would play in the first game after he arriving in Tampa. But he did play in his first game after signing, against the Belicheats. [read more]

How to work around injuries.

Former NFL suit and current BSPN talking head Louis Riddick didn’t mince words. [read more]

Not an MVP with NFL suits.

So as the year winds down there are going to be awards, official and otherwise, given out for damn near anything you can think of that happened in 2021.

The NFL is no different. [read more]

Bucs DC Todd Bowles.

Joe understands that there is no more paranoid subspecies of humanity than football coaches. Dwight Eisenhower wasn’t as secretive about D-Day as some football coaches are about the most insignificant things. [read more]

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BY IRA KAUFMAN

Buc fans never saw it coming.

In one horrific 3-hour span, the Bucs went from Super Bowl favorites to a battered club with major questions surrounding the weapons at Tom Brady’s disposal.

We know the Saints have Tampa Bay’s number and that number now stands at 4 — as in four key players who went down with significant injuries during a Sunday evening to forget. [read more]