Losing has its privilege.

Yes, there is a silver lining from the deuce the Bucs took on their home turf this afternoon. (more…)

The Bucs will get one heck of an honest test next Sunday. The Panthers still haven’t locked up the No. 1 seed in the NFC. (more…)

Over in Jacksonville, Jaguars fans screamed for head coach Gus Bradley’s head after last year’s 3-13 finish with a rookie quarterback in 2014.

They bellyached that Bradley should be fired for two consecutive ugly seasons. (more…)

Lovie was surprised.

Nope, nope, nope. The Bucs were not surprised by anything the Bears did, offense or on defense. That’s what the Bucs told Joe repeatedly in the locker room. (more…)

Some folks need counseling.

As Bobby Bowden might have said, “Why, people have plumb lost their dang-gum minds.”

Joe was actually getting Twitters late in the game today claiming the problem with the Bucs is not the sieve of a secondary in Lovie Smith’s defense, is not impotent pass rush, is not the chronic dropsies of Bucs receivers. (more…)

Joe has written many times that coincidences are as rare as Joe getting invited to pool parties by hot women.

(Yeah, it happens once every decade.) (more…)

Bucs RB Doug Martin’s season was turned upside down today. (Photo courtesy of Buccaneers.com.)

The almost-NFL’s leading rusher sure looked like the scrub from the past two years today. Doug Martin was a total non-factor. (more…)

Austin Seferian-Jenkins (right) had plenty of time on the bench today.

Joe finds it noteworthy that Tampa Bay second-year tight end Austin Seferian-Jenkins is healthy and revived but is getting limited snaps. (more…)

Jameis says blame Jameis. (Photo courtesy of Buccaneers.com.)

In his post-game comments, America’s Quarterback, Bucs signal-caller Jameis Winston, was rather subdued. Whether he was still feeling the effects of a vicious hit in the third quarter (he was walking in the locker room like Frankenstein) is unclear. (more…)

Gerald McCoy talks run defense

One shocking reality of the Bucs’ throttling by the Bears today was Tampa Bay’s stellar run defense not showing up.

The Bears had 39 rushes for 174 yards. This was a Bucs defense allowing an NFC-best 3.3 yards per carry. (more…)

Final bow before Bucs fans?

Alterraun Verner, a former Pro Bowler, came to the Bucs with high hopes last season, for all intents and purposes to replace future Hall of Famer Darrelle Revis, who Lovie Smith deemed unworthy of playing for him. (more…)

Feel free to scream till you can’t breathe. Joe gets the frustration, but Lovie Smith is not getting fired in eight days, nor should he be fired. (more…)

What the hell is going on here? The Bucs have gone from “relevant” and “good” — Lovie Smith’s adjectives — to losers of three consecutive games to stinky football teams.

Your Buccaneers are a hot mess. (more…)

Will Bucs be “flat” for the third consecutive game? Joe will blow a gasket if that’s the case.

Show some pride, especially for the home fans that will be surrounded by Bears fans today at the Den of Depression.

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He’s back!

Demar Dotson is back in the starting lineup today at right tackle, per Scott Smith of Buccaneers.com. Gosder Cherilus will sit but officially is active.

The following guys are ruled out the home finale of the 2015 season. (more…)

Game 15

Bears (5-9) at Bucs (6-8)

Kickoff: 1 p.m. (more…)

Gerald McCoy says his head coach is extraordinarily hungry

Man, Joe can’t wait to see if the Bucs show up today and come out with a fire for their allegedly beloved head coach, in addition to the legions of suffering Bucs fans. (more…)

Last Bucs home game?

On one hand, Joe suspects massive change is coming to the Bucs’ secondary. With plenty of cap money and, of course, the draft, the secondary very well could be overhauled for 2016. (more…)

Jameis picking the brains of Bears coaches sold them on America’s Quarterback.

Months ago, when America’s Quarterback, Jameis Winston, was still working the wrinkles out of his Bucs practice jersey during rookie minicamp, Joe brought word that Jameis had a sitdown with cornerback Stephon Morris, who was a Bucs tryout player formerly with the Belicheats. (more…)