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The Sage is all fired up in this comprehensive pregame podcast with Joe, presented by Bill Currie Ford, Tampa’s first-family of Ford. All kinds of topics on the table, including an insider Hall of Fame update on the candidacies of two iconic Bucs.

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Joe really looks forward to the Bucs’ tackles making Saints defensive end Cameron Jordan choke on his trash-talking words. (more…)

Shut out since Dec. 13.

Where oh where has the pass rush gone? (more…)

One benefit of being a network game announcer is having a rather private “production meeting” with each team’s starting quarterback, and other key players and coaches, prior to a game. (more…)

A little flashback for some of Joe’s readers that never caught this. (more…)

Todd Bowles

Some fans might read this and pump their firsts while being a tad overeager to wish Todd Bowles great luck. (more…)

Joe had a serious question for beastly rookie Tristan Wirfs today that may have seemed a little silly.

Thankfully, Wirfs took it seriously and gave a thoughtful answer. (more…)

One can always count on Buccaneers legend Rondé Barber for a fresh perspective. (more…)

High-five to beloved Bucco Bruce Arians for being flexible and forward-thinking. (more…)

Father Time may be undefeated but he’s never tangled with a winner like Tom Brady. (more…)

Joe loves getting the inside line on key game decisions at One Buc Palace. (more…)

Bucs GM Jason Licht

Joe has hurled all kinds of daggers at Buccaneers general manager Jason Licht over the years because he deserved them.

When your team’s record through five seasons is worse than your 28-52 predecessor, what else is a Bucs fan to say? (more…)

If you thought Jameis Winston had a pretty good year last season, then what the hell do you call what Tom Brady has done? (more…)

Scotty Miller

From Lakeland to Largo, Buccaneers fans have been talking about their beloved team’s maddening slow starts. (more…)

More targets, please.

Kevin Patra of NFL.com doesn’t believe the Bucs’ comeback in the second half yesterday was much of a coincidence. (more…)

Bucs WR Antonio Brown acknowledges Bucs fans as he leaves the field following the Bucs’ 31-27 win Sunday in Atlanta.

Happy Victory Monday! The Bucs decided to give us an early Christmas present yesterday. Or was it the choking Dixie Chicks? (more…)

Joe apologizes for the graphic nature of the photograph, but it’s not every day that you see a guy significantly ill on the sidelines head back into a football game.

That’s Mike Evans. (more…)

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BY IRA KAUFMAN

If you think Bruce Arians had a shred of sympathy for Mike Zimmer Sunday afternoon, think again.

Arians knows what it’s like to compete with a lousy place kicker. Now he has reliable Ryan Succop to split the uprights while Zimmer suffered with Dan Bailey.

We’ll never know the outcome if Bailey hadn’t shanked three FG tries and an extra-point attempt, but we know one thing for sure — this game would have been a lot tighter.

Coming off a bye week, the Bucs said goodbye to the Vikings in the NFC wild-card chase, going up two games and owning the head-to-head tie-breaker. At 8-5, Tampa Bay’s playoff path is clear: win at least two of your final three games and that postseason drought will be history.

While far from their best Sunday, the Bucs proved opportunistic.

Two players in particular came out of hibernation to make key contributions — Scotty Miller and LeSean McCoy. Shaq Barrett left his imprint all over the game and Tampa Bay capitalized on some dopey decisions by Zimmer, who was his own worst enemy. (more…)

Joe has to give a standing ovation for how the Bucs handled the end of the first half.

Bravo! It feels like a lifetime ago that Bucco Bruce Arians called back-to-back timeouts (against the rules), and took penalties to set up Matt Gay for a miss. (more…)