Joe has found someone picking Tampa Bay to win tomorrow. [read more]

Not only is the weather expected to be great for tomorrow’s Bucs-Vikings game, but the cost to attend looks like a clearance price compared to a face value ticket for Bucs-Packers in Week 4. [read more]

Ex-Buc evaluation.

Joe has written about how the Bucs’ big-money players have let the team down through two games. [read more]

Another Bucs-friendly national analyst checks in.

Following in the footsteps of Chris Simms and Chris Long, another Bucs-friendly analyst came down hard on Tampa Bay head coach Todd Bowles this week. [read more]

Free football.

Citizens living in various parts of our republic will get to see the Vikings-Bucs game tomorrow on free TV.
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Leaky secondary.

And here Joe thought the Bucs’ secondary was playing well. [read more]

Bucs OC Zac Robinson.

Joe watched that debacle Sunday at The Licht House, how the Bucs played gutless football and did their best to keep the Browns in the game by kicking field goals that allowed the Browns to make a play in the fourth quarter to win. [read more]

Pressure is on.

Joe has been fortunate over the years to have many interactions with KitKat-eating Bucs coach Todd Bowles. And he has people conned. [read more]

Another big Bucs-friendly media voice is down on Todd Bowles and down on the Bucs. [read more]

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Keep an eye attuned to the game within the game on Sunday. [read more]

Former Bucs QB Chris Simms was a special guest in the Team Glazer suite last December and is a well-known figure in franchise history — in part because he nearly died on the field 20 years ago this week. [read more]

Out.

Two rookies the Bucs were counting heavily on to start and thrive this season won’t play Sunday. [read more]

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The Bucs might want to have a few old-timers lined up and ready to talk to the roster after Sunday’s game against the Vikings. [read more]

Bad team, currently.

Please, save your Jim Mora takes for if the Bucs lose Sunday. [read more]

Confident in o-line.

Joe knows for most NFL fans, it is a habitual reflex to throw rocks at a team’s offensive line. [read more]

Making a statement early in his rookie season.

Here Joe thought Rueben Bain to be such a beast that he could use his superpowers to overcome KitKat-eating Bucs coach Todd Bowles’ hex on rookie edge rushers and fully dominate opposing offenses all by himself. [read more]

He’s back!

Joe has remarked several times that Bucs All-Pro left tackle Tristan Wirfs is so damn good if he appears mortal on a play, folks start looking around as if Wirfs is an imposter. [read more]

Bijan Robinson and the Dixie Chicks throttled the Packers last night, leaving the Bucs as the lone NFC South landfill team without a win.

Well, if you lose to the worst team in the league with the worst quarterback in the league, at home, what does that make you? [read more]

The Bucs’ first Super Bowl coach had tough talk for his old team. [read more]