Former Buccaneers head coach Tony Dungy (1996-2001), aka Father Dungy, spelled out the angst of the Tampa Bay defense very succinctly yesterday. (more…)

The first official Bucs injury report of the week was issued last night and one name particularly troubled Joe.

It also told the same old story for Chris Godwin and Bucky Irving. (more…)

Outside snaps Sunday.

Joe browsed through a story on NFL.com about overlooked players having really good 2025 seasons. (more…)

Iowa “thoroughbred.”

NFL Films had some Bills players mic’d up and a native of Iowa was glazing another guy from Iowa who just happened to be wearing a different color jersey Sunday in Buffalo. (more…)

Quick.

Just because you are quick doesn’t mean you can put a quarterback on the ground. (more…)

Welcome to your Morning Cup of Joe, an eye-opener to help Joe’s readers ease into their busy workday with a few football links, wacky news and a pleasant distraction. (more…)

Future head coach?

Thanksgiving is in seven days. And the week after Thanksgiving is when the coaching rumor mill really heats up. (more…)

On notice.

For Joe, there was no question that the loss to Buffalo was Todd Bowles’ worst-coached game this year. Easily. (more…)

There’s a bug buzzing around the locker room at One Buc Palace. And Joe suspects the bug wasn’t someone leaving the back door open for Joe Tryon-Shoyinka to crawl in. (more…)

Sage of Tampa Bay Sports Ira Kaufman asked Todd Bowles a tough question about his beleaguered defense today. (more…)

Chris Braswell was part of the Bucs’ kickoff coverage teams on Sunday.

Todd Bowles’ film review of his Sunday kickoff coverage unit is in. (more…)

Now a rival.

The Kyle Trask crowd is now throwing its Bucs gear in the trash (or at least shoving it into trash bags and throwing the bags in closets) and running to their local sporting goods store to stock up on Dixie Chicks gear. (more…)

This sure will serve as jet fuel for the stop-using-edge-rushers-in-pass-coverage crowd. (more…)

Problems broken down by coach.

Rookie cornerback Benjamin Morrison’s growing pains have been felt by Bucs fans, especially the past two weeks.

Joe’s not exaggerating. (more…)

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Studying the passing chart from Baker Mayfield’s play at Buffalo last Sunday raises two questions for Joe. (more…)

Expectations dampened.

So as Joe sets up this quote from former Bucs Super Bowl-winning coach Bucco Bruce Arians, Joe has to make the following perfectly clear: Arians was not talking about his successor with the Bucs, Todd Bowles. (more…)

Big plays will kill Bucs.

It pained Marcus Spears to say it, but unless Bucs coach Todd Bowles can repair his suddenly porous defense, it will be the defense and not the Bucs’ injury-riddled offense that will drag the Bucs down in the playoffs. (more…)