Embattled Bucs defensive coordinator Jim Bates watches his dismal defense set a Bucs franchise record yesterday.

The Bucs defensive front line slept well last night Joe is confident. Because they helped set a Bucs franchise record.

The Bucs have had some miserable teams. The original Bucs lost their first 26 games.

There was the memorable Leeman Bennett era.

There was the equally wretched Ray Perkins era.

And who could forget the vaunted Richard Williamson regime?

Yet none of these Bucs teams — none! — allowed 25 or more points in six consecutive games. Six!!!

Job well done my friends, well done. Hope the brutal Bucs are happy, specifically that defensive front. The Saints were blowing those clowns off the ball as if the Saints were playing Armwood High School.

While Joe is on the subject of the dismal defense, where the hell have the fundamentals gone? Too many times Joe witnessed Bucs “defenders,” often defensive backs, just hit a ballcarrier and never trying to wrap up, never attempting to put their arms around the ballcarrier.

Hell, even Joe learned in the fourth grade the proper technique of tackling: A would-be tackler must wrap his arms around the ballcarrier as if it’s a scantily-clad Rachel Watson trying to run away.

Too many clowns trying to get on “All Jacked Up” or whatever the hell that is on BSPN. Instead, the only ones getting jacked are the guys who don’t even know what most grade school football players know how to do: tackle.