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Episode 1 of this week sees The Sage react to the unthinkable loss on Sunday. Enjoy!

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Leonard Fournette waved a white flag at his former head coach, the leader of Fournette’s beloved Buccaneers. [read more]

You’d wince too at 0-2.

It seems KitKat-eating Bucs coach Todd Bowles isn’t much of a fan of playoff percentages. [read more]

Somebody needs to mic up Lavonte David during every Bucs game and sell the streaming rights. David could pocket a lot of cash and send a lot of money to charity at the same time. [read more]

Apparently, the Bucs didn’t have a Super Bowl menatlity going into Sunday’s home-opener against the Browns. [read more]

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Begging for sacks.

Some day, 10, 15, 20 years from now, Joe hopes whomever convinced KitKat-eating Bucs coach Todd Bowles that a pass rush is a secondary priority for a defense calls Bowles and apologizes for sending him into forced retirement. [read more]

Chris Godwin celebrates a first-down catch.

A former NFL general manager said the Bucs don’t have one major problem. They have two. And both are on offense. [read more]

Welcome to your Morning Cup of Joe, an eye-opener to help Joe’s readers ease into their busy workday with a few football links, wacky news and a pleasant distraction. [read more]

Rock bottom moment?

Baker Mayfield should be insulted. [read more]

Make plays.

This is odd: Joe doesn’t remember this much hand-wringing about the Bucs offense after Week 2 last season. Weird. [read more]

Character flaw with Bucs?

This wasn’t meant to be a slam at the Bucs, but Joe thinks it is rather damning. [read more]

So ESPN analyst and former Bucs QB Dan Orlovsky shared notes from his film study of the Bucs-Browns game.

That’s rare. Usually an analyst will discuss a couple of plays in detail or drop a hot take and some numbers. [read more]

So a week ago Joe speculated on WDAE radio and on the Ira Kaufman Podcast that Miami Mauler rookie Bucs edge rusher Rueben Bain was injured or sick in Week 1.

Nothing else made sense. [read more]

David Walker celebrates his sack of Browns QB Deshaun Watson yesterday.

Zero snaps for edge rusher David Walker in Week 1.

Nine snaps for Walker in Week 2.

This is the same guy Bucs suits and coaches have been gushing about repeatedly. [read more]

Joe will take quick outrage break and giving an approving head nod to the Bucs’ acknowledgement of Ira Kaufman’s 50th anniversary in sports media yesterday. [read more]

Figure it out, Coach.

Joe is so angry and exhausted Joe can barely see straight, much less cobble together coherent sentences after watching the Bucs puke all over themselves as if someone let lousy Lovie Smith back into the stadium through a hole in the fence near a porta-potty. [read more]

The outrage around town is palpable. [read more]

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Wet, wild and totally unacceptable.

You’d think the Bucs would have entered Sunday’s home opener against the Browns in an ornery mood after last week’s giveaway at Cincinnati. You’d think Tampa Bay defenders would tackle better and Baker Mayfield would torture the franchise that cast him out of Cleveland.

You would be wrong. [read more]

Bucs GM Jason Licht.

Joe hasn’t written a 2026 Bucs season eulogy, far from it. But there is no question that the Bucs’ season is on the brink. [read more]

Painted into corner.

That was one of the most atrocious losses in years for the Bucs. Joe is shook. So let’s get this over with. [read more]

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