“Hey Mike McCarthy, Lutz will freeze over before you outsmart Todd Bowles with a backup quarterback. Jiminy Christmas!”

So Chucky was back at it this weekend. (more…)

Optimism was flowing this week on the Ira Kaufman Podcast.

Before the bye week, Sage of Tampa Bay Sports Kaufman was adamant that the Bucs could win at least six of seven and make the playoffs with 10 wins. (more…)

So Joe’s dialed in on the Bucs winning tonight in Dallas, especially if the Falcons find a way to beat the tanking Giants at 1 p.m.

If the Falcons lose, well, then the Bucs can afford a loss.

(more…)

Flash poll posted at 10:53 a.m. Poll closed at 1:50 p.m.

Fighting rat poison.

There are very specific times when Joe and the local pen and mic club are granted access to the Bucs’ locker room on select weekdays. (more…)

Will Gholston (and Shelton Quarles) already know Mike Evans is gone on his 57-yard catch-and-run from Baker Mayfield. Gholston details to Joe why he was so confident.(Photo courtesy Buccaneers.com.)

The above photo that the Bucs published last week from the Chargers game spoke to Joe.

Now, Joe hears the story behind it. (more…)

Doesn’t want any credit.

Bucs right guard Cody Mauch seems to have less arrogance than front teeth. (more…)

Game 15

Bucs (8-6) at Cowboys (6-8)

Kickoff: 8:20 p.m.

TV: NBC (WFLA-TV Channel 8, locally) with Mike Tirico, Cris Collinsworth, Melissa Stark and Carrie Underwood.

(more…)

Don’t tell anyone, but the Bucs have lost their last five night games in the regular season. (more…)

Out.

Not good news for a guy who is key to the Bucs offense and is having a career year.

Tight end Otton was doubtful on the Bucs’ injury report for the Cowboys game tomorrow night. Now it is worse: He’s out.

Otton has a knee injury and the only practice he participated in this week was Friday. He was limited in that practice.

Otton is a workhorse, logging 92 percent of the offensive snaps this season. Only Ben Bredeson (99.6 percent), Cody Mauch (99.6 percent) and Baker Mayfield (99.1 percent) have played a higher percentage.

Is it possible to identify the Bucs’ post-bye reason for a four-game winning streak, an 8-6 record and a hold on the No. 3 seed in the NFC postseason? (more…)

Takeaways on the menu?

Tomorrow night might be a Todd Bowles kind of night. (more…)

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Winning.

“This is a team no one will want to play.”

Joe has heard and read that phrase spoken and written so many times since Sunday that Joe wants to grab a bottle of Bulleit Bourbon frontier whiskey and do a shot every time it’s said. (more…)

The NBC Sunday Night Football crew has been busy prepping for its next game, Bucs at Cowboys.

(more…)

Big night tomorrow?

Notice in the headline, Joe did not type “implosion.” It’s “explosion.” There’s a difference. (more…)

Bucs DL Logan Hall.

Joe guesses many fans do not share Bucs coach Todd Bowles’ enthusiasm for third-year defensive lineman Logan Hall. (more…)

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Next year marks the 50th season in Buccaneer annals. To celebrate the occasion, the Glazers have commissioned a first-class documentary crew to honor the franchise’s history.

The film makers have crisscrossed the country to interview players, coaches, executives and even a few journalists in an effort to flesh out critical moments since the inaugural 1976 season. (more…)

One of the best tight ends in the game, Cade Otton, (yes, Cade Otton) has a bad knee and will be a gametime decision on Sunday night, per Todd Bowles’ comments after practice today. (more…)