Joe is confident Lavonte David could find a job in the NFL next season. He leads the Bucs with 105 tackles and hasn’t missed a game.

But it’s obvious that David’s game has regressed significantly. Even ex-NFL players are not wincing when they say David’s play is showing his nearly 36 years on the planet. (more…)

Major mismatch over Miami.

Joe is OK with a team wanting to establish the run and ground-and-pound a defense — if they have the horses to do so and, most importantly, are successful with it. (more…)

Those “few great plays” from iconic Bucs edge rusher Jason Pierre-Paul have a better shot of happening Sunday at Miami. (more…)

Analyzing Todd Bowles.

Very interesting general football chatter directly related to Bucs coach Todd Bowles was on an SI.com podcast this week. (more…)

With 9+ months to prepare, the Bucs are still figuring things out when it comes to one area of the team.

That sound you heard was Joe rifling blunt objects at Ira Kaufman’s mahogany desk at JoeBucsFan.com world headquarters. (more…)

The annual Bucs swoon under Todd Bowles should not be written off as bad luck.

In fact, it’s become part of the team’s identity. (more…)

Columnist calls for termination.

Well, this really isn’t in the spirit of Christmas. (more…)

Joe sincerely wishes all his readers a happy and Merry Christmas!

Yeah, we’re all bummed about how this season has turned out. So many high expectations. The season has turned into a giant knee to the balls.

Still, Joe appreciates all of readers (and haters) who come here daily. This website simply would not exist without readers like you. And Joe appreciates your loyalty.

So Joe wishes everyone a Merry Christmas and hopes that Santa put under the tree everything you wanted, and more!

No conspiracy, Josh Grizzard said.

The Bucs have a rotten defense. It hasn’t been great for years but this year it is an untrustworthy sieve. (more…)

Team Glazer members.

This sure is a fat lump of coal in the stocking of most serious Bucs fans. (more…)

“Ready to rock.”

Many Bucs fans grow angrier by the week. And Joe cannot blame them. (more…)

Stud Bucs right tackle Luke Goedeke was the opposite of locked in Sunday against the Panthers in Charlotte. (more…)

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Update.

The 21-day window for Calijah Kancey to be activated from injured reserve was triggered this morning by the Bucs. But is it too late to save the Bucs and are the Bucs pushing Kancey prematurely? (more…)

Statistical plunge on Baker Mayfield reveals concerning data.

One of a handful of smart people at ESPN, NFL analyst Ben Solak, decided to do a deep dive to figure out what is going on with Baker Mayfield falling off a cliff statistically since the bye. (more…)

Fighting for his coach.

It is inescapable. Even though Bucs coach Todd Bowles said he only listens to music when he steps outside One Buc Palace, he surely wasn’t listening to music when a chorus of boos rained down from the seats at The Light House after the Bucs lost to the Dixie Chicks on national television. (more…)

Bucs coach Todd Bowles.

Man, Todd Bowles may be the most hated man in the Tampa Bay area since Vince Naimoli. (more…)

What has happened?

Joe has to believe Bucs quarterback Baker Mayfield is too hurt to throw. Otherwise, why would a guy go from maybe an MVP candidate to, in a few weeks, where his play has been much closer to Dillon Gabriel than Jared Goff? (more…)

Bucs coach Todd Bowles likes to talk about getting the ball to the “hot hand” on offense, whomever it may be in a particular game. (more…)

Joe is confused.

Twelve days ago Todd Bowles went on a real and very raw rant to media about his team. (more…)