The Buccaneers’ rookie running back lighting it up in 2013, Mike James, largely has been an invisible man in Tampa ever since. (more…)

You want to smile out there tomorrow in the sweltering winter sun surrounded by tens of thousands of Bears fans? (more…)

Teddy Bridgewater torched the Bears for four touchdowns last weekend. A noted national voice and former team executive believes Chicago has mailed in its season.

So how bad are the Bears? (more…)

You asked for it, you got it. It’s the TV map for tomorrow’s game between the Bears and the Bucs, a 1 p.m. kickoff at the Den of Depression. (more…)

America’s Quarterback has Peyton Manning-like numbers.

Joe remembers back at the 2015 NFL Scouting Combine, when rumors and chatter ran rampant among the hundreds of reporters, radio types and TV talking heads all cocooned in Lucas Oil Stadium in sub-Arctic Indianapolis.

Word was America’s Quarterback, Jameis Winston, was acing all of his tests and interviews with flying colors. (more…)

Atop Bears injury report.

The toasty Bucs secondary, not exactly comparable to the 1981 49ers, got a bit of a break on Christmas when NFL teams released their final injury reports of the week. (more…)

Mike Glennon is the sixth-best quarterback in the NFC South, just behind former Pro Bowler and renowned Bucs killer Derek Anderson.

But take a look at the mess of QBs expected to start in Week 16: (more…)

Lifesaver?

You know it is a big game — even if both the Bears and the Bucs are out of the playoffs — when a beat reporter who covers the visiting team spends the preceding week in Tampa writing advance stories. (more…)

Few football fans don’t like watching a roadgrading offensive lineman who freight trains would-be tacklers. (more…)

A star ex-linebacker weighs in. (Photo courtesy of Tampa Bay Buccaneers)

You think Lavonte David got screwed again by no Pro Bowl selection for the fourth consecutive year?

Well, a former outside linebacker who might have been screwed out of pineapple eight times has weighed in. (more…)

What does Lovie want?

Who is the real Santa Claus at One Buc Palace when it comes to the NFL Draft?

Who’s placing gifts under the Tampa Bay tree in late April? (more…)

America’s Quarterback and a Christmas story.

Yes, Joe knows Christmas, at the heart of the matter, is about kids. Christmas may mean more to those in grade school and younger than any other group in society. (more…)

Joe hopes everyone has a wonderful Christmas and even though there is no football on — no NFL, no college bowl games (just who is the genius who dropped the ball here?) — Joe hopes you have happier Bucs outcomes on your DVR. (more…)

Offensive Coordinator Dirk Koetter is a busy man chasing history

Barring a catastrophic offensive meltdown in the final two games, Bucs offensive coordinator Dirk Koetter will find his way into the history books in January. (more…)

Jameis vs. the blitz.

Joe’s not much of a stat guy. Regular readers know that. Oh, stats can be good, sure. They can be eye-opening and enlightening when used within reason. (more…)

Quarterbacks are awfully comfortable facing the Buccaneers. In fact, opposing gunslingers are completely more than 69 percent of their passes.

And that’s what makes the following comment from a Bucs coach so stunning. (more…)

Rookie left tackle Donovan Smith

Measuring 6-6, 338 pounds at the NFL Scouting Combine this year, Donovan Smith was considered by many to be an excellent guard prospect, a guy lacking too much athleticism and technique to be a valuable starting left tackle like he was at Penn State. (more…)

Doug Martin and Luke Stocker talk blocking

Remember when benched right tackle Demar Dotson recently said Doug Martin made a lot of “chicken salad out of nothing” back in 2012? That’s when Martin ran his way to rookie stardom and a Pro Bowl — 1,454 rushing yards and 11 touchdowns. (more…)

Trying to understand the hate.

Joe doesn’t understand a lot of things. For example, drinking warm beer.

Joe also neither understands the purpose of algebra nor the popularity of Bruce Springsteen. (more…)