RT Demar Dotson talks about Jameis’ influence in the game-winning drive.

If you ever get a chance to talk to a Tampa Bay veteran, ask them about “America’s Quarterback,” Bucs signal-caller Jameis Winston, and watch how their face lights up. (more…)

Lovie sure does love some Mike Jenkins.

When Bucs coach Lovie Smith arrived in Tampa Bay, he seemed hellbent on a mission to gut a productive cornerbacks stable. (more…)

Bucs WR Mike Evans celebrates his game-winning touchdown pass Sunday. (Photo courtesy of Buccaneers.com.)

Boy, oh boy, is Mike Evans a frustrating watch. The full frontal of Evans was on display today, the hair-pulling, beer-throwing bad, and the cheap hug of the well-endowed chick sitting next to you in exultation. (more…)

Dirk Koetter was on a mission

Your unpredictable Buccaneers opened the game handing the ball off to Doug Martin six consecutive times.

Perhaps Dirk Koetter was doing some twisted self-punishment after senselessly giving up on Martin in the second half seven days ago. (more…)

Contenders!

Today was a day we would find out if the Bucs were a pretender or a contender.

Folks, the Bucs are a contender. (more…)

V-Jax gets serious

Vincent Jackson made a few plays himself today, en route to 87 yards receiving on just three receptions.

But Jackson was quiet after the game and only seemed to want to talk about America’s Quarterback, Jameis Winston. (more…)

Godsend!

Joe is sitting here at the Den of Depression press box staring out onto the empty bowl of the stadium — the grass hardly looks like a game was played just an hour ago — trying to put into words what Joe watched earlier in the afternoon. (more…)

Joe got a good look at Gerald McCoy’s injured hand today in the locker room. (more…)

(Photo courtesy of Tampa Bay Buccaneers)

How bout that depth on the Buccaneers’ defensive line!

Missing two starters today, Gerald McCoy and Jacquies Smith, Tampa Bay’s run defense was stout and the pass rush looked unchanged. (more…)

Give it up for the head coach of the Buccaneers.

Lovie Smith survived a gruesome 2-14 season and a complete embarrassment on opening day this year to earn a return in 2016. (more…)

How bout those Dropaneers!

Not even absent Gerald McCoy and costly butter hands by Mike Evans, Austin Seferian-Jenkins and Doug Martin can slow the Buccaneers’ revival under America’s Quarterback, Jameis Winston. (more…)

Could second place really be the situation in three short hours?

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Starting right tackle Gosder Cherilus will join Gerald McCoy in street clothes.

Starting right tackle Gosder Cherilus takes a seat today, along with Gerald McCoy. (more…)

Game 12

Dixie Chicks (6-5) at Bucs (5-6)

Kickoff: 1 p.m. (more…)

Has Lovie’s bromance with CB Mike Jenkins come to an end?

The secondary of the Bucs, specifically the cornerbacks, struggled terribly after Johnthan Banks hurt his knee in a loss at Houston. (more…)

Smooth-talking Ronnie Lane of WDAE-AM 620 has his weekly sitdown with Joe talkin’ Bucs.

It is Joe’s weekly sitdown with smooth-talking Ronnie Lane of WDAE-AM 620. Joe knows you can’t live without it. (more…)

Austin Seferian-Jenkins (right) will play in his 12th career game today.

It’s 6 a.m. and Joe’s morning film study and oatmeal inhalation is interrupted by what seems to be impossible news. (more…)