Mike Florio of ProFootballTalk.com is the first person of repute Joe is aware of that is betting Chucky coached his last game with the Bucs Sunday.

As fas Joe knows, Mike Florio, the creator, curator and overall guru of ProFootballTalk.com, is the first person of repute to suggest Chucky will not return as the Bucs head coach. And Joe is confident Florio will not be the last football-connected person to make such a prediction.

We’ve got no hard information on which to base this one.

Yet.

But the reality is that, after seeing a 9-3 start disintegrate into a 9-7 finish and no playoff appearance, Buccaneers coach Jon Gruden doesn’t seem to be nearly as secure in his position as he was a month ago.

Florio also throws out the Notre Dame rumor that Joe first wrote about over a month ago saying that Chucky-to-Notre Dame talk is about as likely to happen as Joe is of finding Rachel Watson in his bed this evening.

Folks, Chucky may not be the Bucs coach next year but he surely won’t be on the sidelines of the Fighting Irish either.