Lovie explains

Bucs fans are quite divided on whether Lovie Smith should have gone for a likely game-clinching 4th-and-1 on the Buccaneers’ 40 yard line with two minutes remaining in regulation yesterday. (more…)

The postgame locker room video sweeping the Internet shows Logan Mankins presenting the coveted game ball to Kwon Alexander in an emotional presentation. (more…)

Overinflated value of backup QBs.

Joe gets the backlash for Joe’s insistence that Bucs AC/DC-loving general manager Jason Licht, if the offer arises, steal a draft pick from a team for backup quarterback Mike Glennon. (more…)

Another ex-Buc speaks out, and Joe shares Jameis’ take on his overtime block.

Even the most stoic and Xs-and-Os focused former Buccaneers are having their emotional buttons pushed by Jameis Winston, America’s Quarterback. (more…)

Attention Business Owner,

You are reading this specific JoeBucsFan.com post along with tens of thousands of other Tampa Bay locals. Wouldn’t it be nice to have them all learn about your business?

Damn, that sure would get your website lighting up like a pinball machine. (more…)

Lauded by national scribe.

Bucs fans love to have their team talked about and typed about by those who work for other media outlets up to and including the four-letter.

Well, not always. When the Bucs have the worst record in the NFL, or cough up a 24-point lead, Bucs fans are not so interested in other views. (more…)

A stunning stat further underscores the Bucs’ desperation at tomorrow’s NFL trade deadline

Would any team cough up a solid backup cornerback for a solid backup center, aka Evan Smith?

Joe sure hopes so.

Anybody need a right tackle? Demar Dotson could help plenty of teams when he’s eligible to be activated this week. (more…)

Strides were made yesterday, but the Bucs still must clean up their act.

Winning is such a fantastic deodorant. (more…)

Logan Mankins talks to Joe. (Photo courtesy of Tampa Bay Buccaneers)

Veteran guard Logan Mankins rarely hypes any player, especially himself. And when Mankins feels like talking, usually he has insightful takes.

Joe caught up to the revitalized barbecue master in the happy locker room following the Bucs’ thrilling win at the Georgia Dome. (more…)

Mankins made a move

Joe’s trained reporter eye looks for all the details.

And Joe finds this one telling from yesterday’s victorious locker room scene. (more…)

Team still with him.

It is easy to wonder if the message is getting through.

Lovie Smith, who seized defensive coordinator duties prior to the season, is in charge of a defense that is so frightening, Kirk Herbstreit would be unable to watch. (more…)

Joe saw Lovie step out of character during the final two-minute warning.

Joe already applauded Lovie Smith for going for the win on 4th-and-1 with two minutes remaining in regulation yesterday.

It was the right time for a gutsy and intelligent decision, but the call itself, and circumstances surrounding it, appeared sloppy. (more…)

Bucs coach Lovie Smith addresses his team just after the overtime upset over Atlanta. (Photo courtesy of Buccaneers.com.)

Welcome to Victory Monday, Bucs fans.

No, the Bucs are not a perfect team. Far from it. But they are back in the playoff race. (more…)

No trade talks. (Photo courtesy of Buccaneers.com.)

Though it was sort of a cool baseball-type, hot-stove-league kind of thought to trade Doug Martin to a contender only to pocket a draft pick and then re-sign him in the offseason, that apparently is just bar room chatter. (more…)

Time to call the cleaners, again.

The tradition continues. (more…)

Photo Courtesy Of Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Sitting in the Georgia Dome press box today, Joe could have screamed horrific insults at the guy next to him and they wouldn’t have been heard.

That’s how loud it was at times, certainly through the fourth quarter and overtime. (more…)

A matter of seconds after Jameis Winston threw his big third-quarter touchdown pass to Cameron Brate, this is what America’s Quarterback was doing.

Throughout the Bucs’ long offseason, Jameis Winston, America’s Quarterback, spent countless hours poring over film of Matt Ryan operating Dirk Koetter’s offense, when the duo were paired up last year in Atlanta. (more…)

Nothing crazy here.

Joe’s just sharing the scene in the Bucs’ postgame locker room. Starting defensive end Jacquies Smith had his left foot in a walking boot after the game. He was walking gingerly and it looked like something more than precautionary.

The Bucs typically update injuries on Wednesdays.

You better believe it, Bucs fans.

When you’re 3-4 and 2-1 in the division, and playing in a weak conference, you’re in the playoff hunt. (more…)