ESPN’s Troy Aikman.

Hall of Fame quarterback and broadcaster Troy Aikman called Monday’s Dallas beatdown of Tampa Bay for ESPN. And, of course, before the game he sat down with Tom Brady and chatted will all kinds of Bucs types. (more…)

Joe salutes Byron Leftwich’s four years of Buccaneers service, though the 2022 season deserves a middle-finger salute. (more…)

Byron Leftwich

The door was flung wide open for head coach Todd Bowles at his year-ender news conference this afternoon. (more…)

Will Gholston

Joe talked to a couple of guys who have gone through a combined 21 seasons of Buccaneers wars about the totality of this season: Lavonte David and Will Gholston. (more…)

The famous father-son Simms quarterback duo was split when it came to predicting the Bucs-Panthers game, when Tampa Bay opened up its offense and came back to wipe out the miserable Panthers. (more…)

Tough talk on the Bucs’ opening pick in the 2022 NFL Draft.

Rookie defensive tackle Logan Hall, the No. 33 overall pick in the draft, didn’t look good against the run on Sunday when the Buccaneers emptied their bench against a Falcons team giving its all. (more…)

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BY IRA KAUFMAN

Let the real season begin. The warmup season was a stinker.

A week after clinching a third consecutive playoff berth, the Bucs forgot to show up in the second half Sunday during a 30-17 setback at Atlanta. Tom Brady looked sharp in a tuneup stint and the best news is he’s healthy going into next week’s postseason opener against Dallas.

There wasn’t much else to celebrate as Brady closed out the first losing season of his incomparable career. He hit on 13-of-17 throws, highlighted by a TD pass to a ghost named Kyle Rudolph.

Buc Nation can’t wait to close the book on these 17 games. Not only did the Bucs stumble to an 8-9 finish, but Tampa Bay’s scoring differential (minus-45) is the worst in the league’s worst division.

Gulp. (more…)

GM Jason Licht

Even with the playoffs here, some Bucs fans can’t shake their obsession with the NFL Draft.

For them, Joe has soothing words. Since Jacksonville finished 9-8 yesterday and the Bucs concluded their season with a 8-9 record today, the Bucs would score the No. 19 overall pick in the draft if they were to lose their opening playoff game next weekend against Dallas.

Now go beat the Cowboys, Bucs, and shut down the draft chatter!

If the Bucs win next weekend, then their first-round pick would be later than all teams eliminated in the wild card round.

“Look, Ed, I effed up 15 years ago. My job was freakin’ harder than yours, ok.”

Back before Team Glazer canceled Jon Gruden, aka Chucky, the Bucs owners adored him and he was blessed into their exclusive Buccaneers Ring of Honor in 2017.

Weeks prior to that happening, Team Glazer invited media to talk to Gruden about his time as a Tampa Bay legend.
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TAMPA TWO checks in with Buccaneers legend Derrick Brooks and Sage Ira Kaufman talking about this week’s naming of the 2023 Hall of Fame finalists. Who will get in?? More great insight from The Identity Tampa Bay and Joe.

Flash poll posted at 10:37 a.m. Poll closed at 12:11 p.m. Last week’s results linked here.

Donovan Smith

Joe poked the Donovan Smith haters on Twitter before today’s game, sort of asking them to admit publicly that they were glad to see Smith return to start after a weeks-long foot injury. (more…)

Byron Leftwich

Those watching on television today picked up quickly on the message being sent by offensive coordinator Byron Leftwich to the FOX production team. (more…)

Joe is all jacked up to see the Bucs dissect the Panthers, winners of just one road game this season, and lock up the NFC South title Sunday at The Licht House. (more…)

OC?

The voice of NFL Network, a guy with the strongest of connections who met with Buccaneers top officials and players in Germany last month, essentially said today that Tom Brady is the Bucs’ de facto offensive coordinator. (more…)

Butchered key play.

One of the non-Tom Brady gaffes that led to the Colts-like collapse of the Bucs tonight came on special teams. (more…)

Yes, the same guy who wouldn’t let Tom Brady try to beat the Browns in regulation with timeouts in his pocket presided over a fake punt today with the Bucs leading 17-3 and the ball on the Tampa Bay 26 yard line.

Shame on you, Todd Bowles. (more…)

Joe wonders what Tom Brady thought when he saw Sunday’s film of the Bucs defense.

Buccaneers legend Derrick Brooks set his thoughts free when it came to the poor tackling. (more…)