Bucs offensive coordinator Byron Leftwich

For a moment, try to forget the Bucs calling Dare Ogunbowale’s number twice in a row on the goal line late in the game.

This post is about the bigger playcalling picture. (more…)

Guys who get paid big money to scrutinize the NFL and run highly intricate spreadsheets have made a very interesting call on the Buccaneers’ starting quarterback, a man with no contract for 2020. (more…)

Interesting info surfaces.

Interesting words from the four-letter about why the Bucs’ 2016 first-round pick, cornerback Vernon Hargreaves, was turned loose earlier this week. (more…)

Pregame speech taken to heart.

Usually in the post-Chucky era, the Bucs have personified the saying, “Bucs beating Bucs” as the source of the team’s woes. (more…)

Wins are wins and style points matter little, but they do matter more when you’re trying to turn around a losing program and a long-time losing culture. (more…)

From the head coach who brought you back-to-back timeouts at Carolina late in the fourth quarter, plus taking a penalty to back up a field goal kicker for a game-ending boot against the Giants, today Bucco Bruce Arians delivered another gem. (more…)

Here’s an interesting list based on film study through nine weeks of the 2019 season: (more…)

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Inactivity leads to unacceptable loss.

Joe understands the favorite hobby of many Bucs fans currently is #BlameJameis for everything from unrest in Hong Kong to the opioid crisis.

Actually, there are two people who should shoulder the blame for today’s loss. (more…)

Excuse maker

Last week marked the first three-game, regular-season losing streak of Bucco Bruce Arians’ NFL career.

Now it stands at four after his team looked undisciplined with 11 penalties. (more…)

Here the Bucs sit at 2-6 after today’s gut-wrenching overtime loss in Seattle.

A playoff berth is just a fantasy and, as of now, the Bucs have no quarterback for next season.

So it’s time to make an executive decision. (more…)

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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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…)