Someone very, very, very close to Bucco Bruce Arians, a true Buccaneers and Arians insider, is not a happy camper. (more…)

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BY IRA KAUFMAN

It’s one of those things in life that is hard to describe — like a rainbow, a baby’s laugh or a good Cuban sandwich.

But you know it when you see it. (more…)

Bucco Bruce Arians made a promise early this year.

And he said it over and over. (more…)

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Lotta tension flowing through the Buccaneers locker room after another crushing loss, this time to the Titans in Nashville today.

There, Joe caught up to Lavonte David for a little 1-on-1. The audio is above (but Joe must caution there is foul language in the background from Jason Pierre-Paul). (more…)

Ripped

After an illness on opening day and an early knee injury in Week 2, last week’s return of Devin White to the lineup was almost like a second debut for the rookie savior linebacker.

White explained yesterday that he won’t soon forget it. (more…)

Options.

As Joe has stated quite a few times, and will continue to do so until the trade deadline comes and goes on Oct. 29, if the Bucs still want to salvage this season they have to address the secondary. (more…)

If you’ve listened to Bucco Bruce Arians throughout his Tampa Bay tenure, you’ll notice he finds America’s Quarterback, Jameis Winston, to be proficient at the self-sack. (more…)

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The Bucs filmed an ugly football video on how not to close a half yesterday. (more…)

Unlikely to be benched.

After America’s Quarterback, Pro Bowler Jameis Winston, lost his damn mind yesterday and started handing out more freebies than the old woman sweating over an electric skillet at the Aprons kiosk at Publix, a lot of Bucs fans wanted Jameis benched. (more…)

Punt on this punt returner.

Bobo Wilson entered Sunday’s game averaging an ugly 3.3 yards per return, but what has he done to keep his job? (more…)

Bucs OC Byron Leftwich

Joe has to cue the long tuba note on this one. (more…)

Miffed

Hall of Fame coach and Buccaneers Ring of Honor member Father Dungy is not a man prone to hyperbole. (more…)

“The Sage” delivers his famous postgame column.

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No excuses.

The Bucs shouldn’t attribute this setback to officials, lousy as they can be, the raucous Superdome crowd or a couple of injured players.

This was a beatdown, even if the final score appears respectable. The effort was not, so Tampa Bay’s roller-coaster season marches on across the pond, where the suddenly resurgent Panthers await, eager to atone for a Week 2 setback in Charlotte.

The Bucs have suffered two losses in a 3-week span to backup quarterbacks. Daniel Jones looked like a rookie at home against the Vikings on Sunday, but he shredded the Bucs on the road. Teddy Bridgewater just pulled off a very impressive impersonation of Drew Brees. (more…)

Rough day.

“Totally fixed,” Joe’s rear end. (more…)

What went wrong? Jameis appears to offer a clue.

This has been gnawing at Joe for a while. Time to let some of it hang out. (more…)

Playah.

By the label slapped on him by the team last week, Bucs receiver Chris Godwin was questionable for today’s game. (more…)

Playcaller power

Joe is so damn tickled by what the Bucs offense accomplished on the road against a stout Rams defense and their legendary defensive coordinator. (more…)

America’s Quarterback, Jameis Winston, spread the ball around to eight receivers today, completing 68 percent of his passes and spraying four touchdowns to Cameron Brate, Mike Evans and Chris Godwin.

For the contract-watch crowd, Jameis now has two good games and one superstar game this season to complement one clunker. (more…)

Yes, Jason Pierre-Paul restructured his Bucs contract and took a pay cut, which was reported yesterday.

That smelled to Joe like JPP was ready to make a comeback this season. (more…)

Todd Bowles went vanilla

Todd Bowles is known for being a defensive super guru, a guy renowned for using players in roles that fit them, rather than being a slave to a system.

He’s also known for having a complicated defense with a lot of exotic looks and blitzes. (more…)

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Come on back, Ronde.

On a day the Bucs honored a star from yesteryear, Tampa Bay’s current defense pushed the rerun button, looking like the sieve on display the previous two seasons at Raymond James Stadium.

There were plenty of culprits, with rookie kicker Matt Gay front and center, or rather, wide right, but the Giants won Sunday because rookie quarterback Daniel Jones shredded Tampa Bay’s defense — despite the absence of Saquon Barkley.

All four of New York’s TD drives covered at least 75 yards and monster games by Mike Evans and Shaq Barrett weren’t enough as the Bucs fell to 0-2 at home before beginning a treacherous road stretch.

It’s difficult to overestimate how demoralizing this setback was to Buc fans who were starting to believe in this team. A Todd Bowles scheme that had played so well for 10 quarters had no answers for Eli Manning’s replacement as Jones threw for 213 yards in the second half.

If this Buc season falls apart, supporters will point to the afternoon of Sept. 22 as the dispiriting turning point. Here’s how it all went down, literally and figuratively: (more…)

Perhaps the saddest aspect to today’s shocking crumble at the Den of Depression is how the Bucs didn’t play with the same intensity in the second half that they displayed in the first.

Instead of stepping on the proverbial throat of the Giants, they went soft. (more…)