As many penalties as tackles today.

Joe is a Gerald McCoy defender. But Joe also must share what he is seeing, even if he wants to not believe what he is seeing.

And what Joe is seeing from Gerald McCoy of late is painful to watch. The past three games, GMC is playing a helluva lot more like Ghost Johnson than like a Pro Bowler. (more…)

Halfway through the NFL season the Bucs have yet to execute the “we’ll clean it up” Lovie Smith keeps talking about when it comes to penalties. (more…)

James said blame him for red zone woes.

Losing another game within their grasp, it would be easy for the Bucs to point fingers. Too easy.

There were drops by Mike Evans. There was a terrible drop by Doug Martin that likely would have been six points. There was Gerald McCoy pretending to be Ghost Johnson and stomping out of the locker room nearly running over two TV camera crews. (more…)

What was Dirk Koetter thinking?

Joe must nitpick here because it’s the kind of decision that will drive Joe to the Valium bottle after midnight.

Why did the Bucs decide to give Bobby Rainey his first carry since opening day on a critical fourth-quarter drive? (more…)

Bucs DT Akeem Spence said he was blasted in the grill and reacted when flagged late in the game.

The Bucs were clinging to hope. They had just kicked a field goal with 7:24 left to come within 23-18.

If the Bucs could hold the Giants on the next possession, it would set Tampa Bay up for a potential winning touchdown drive. (more…)

Evan Smith was thrust into guard today and talked to Joe about it.

Joe has fired plenty of daggers at former starting center Evan (Dietrich) Smith, many for his ridiculous attitude toward Jameis Winston, America’s Quarterback, this spring.

But Smith deserves plenty of love today. (more…)

Joe is about fed up with Mike Evans’ NBA-like whining on every friggin’ pass he doesn’t catch.

Mike, you are NOT interfered with on every play! Stop it! Stop it now! (more…)

Rain-slick balls foiled Mike Evans

Mike Evans stood tall before the media in the grumpy Bucs locker room this evening and talked about his dropped balls against the Giants

All four of them. (more…)

A couple of big-name Bucs handled todays’ frustrating defeat and their respective rough outings in different but very similar ways. (more…)

Michael Clayton is alive and well, but his ghost is clearly hard at work on wide receiver Mike Evans.

The Twitter jokes already are flowing that Jason Pierre-Paul has better hands than the Bucs’ second-year wide receiver. (more…)

Sterling Moore broke a dubious Bucs streak. (Photo courtesy of Tampa Bay Buccaneers.)

Hats off to Lovie Smith for shaking up the Bucs’ sour cornerback play.

Lovie stunned Tampa Bay fans by starting Sterling Moore and Jude Adjei-Barimah. (more…)

The red zone was the dead zone.

Simple as that, as Lovie Smith likes to say. Tampa Bay could not execute and settled for field goals repeatedly. (more…)

Can the Bucs start a Wild Card berth run with a win against the Giants?

All playoff hopes will be dashed if they can’t. The Bucs defense has to find a way to be at least decent.

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Game Eight

Giants (4-4) at Bucs (3-4)

Kickoff: 4:05 p.m. (more…)

Though no one will know for sure until 90 minutes before kickoff, when the Bucs release their inactive list per NFL guidelines, a report by a trusted national scribe suggests Austin Seferian-Jenkins likely will miss today’s game against the Giants at 4:05 p.m. (more…)

Part of Lovie Smith’s development plan for Jameis Winston, America’s Quarterback, was to overload him mentality; find his capacity for information and then dial things back.

Well, Jameis proved to have endless gigabytes in his dome. (more…)

Today’s game may very well rest on Jameis’ shoulders.

If a Giants pattern plays out like it has this year, the key for the Bucs to beat New York today and pull to 4-4 is how well America’s Quarterback, Bucs signal-caller Jameis Winston plays. (more…)

Joe has talked a lot on radio about how the new breed of Buccaneers are not beaten down and brainwashed by years of garbage football.

Their attitude is extremely healthy, versus the brains of guys like Lavonte David, Gerald McCoy and others. (more…)

GMC has been playing at Ghost Johnson-like levels the past three weeks, save for one monster play.

Yes, the Bucs are 3-4, on the cusp of pulling even and perhaps making a wild card run.

Their downfall, if the team doesn’t have a successful final nine weeks, likely will be the defense. (more…)