BY IRA KAUFMAN

In a drab debut, the new-look Bucs looked too much like the old Bucs.

Turnovers and penalties. Penalties and turnovers. Despite substituting Tom Brady for Jameis Winston under center, Tampa Bay maintained its ghastly knack for beating itself.

Brady was part of the problem as the Saints won the turnover battle 3-0. This is a trend that must be reversed if the Bucs plan to knock off New Orleans in the rematch in Tampa.

In the past three matchups, the Bucs have seven giveaways. The Saints have one. Bruce Arians couldn’t believe his weary eyes as the visitors self-destructed.

Again.

Here’s how the Bucs made it all too easy in The Big Easy: (more…)

Gets major props.

Though the Bucs won’t say it publicly, an underlying factor in the team going shopping for stud players in the offseason was the hope star power would rub off on others. (more…)

Peter Schrager of NFL Network

This really shouldn’t have surprised Joe, but Joe sure loves to hear it. (more…)

So the Bucs just cut their fifth-round pick from a year ago, their second drafted kicker launched in the last four offseasons. (more…)

Still drinking Cam Newton’s Gatorade.

For those concerned that NFL sacks leader Shaq Barrett was a classic one-hit wonder last season, this should ease your angst considerably. (more…)

Bucs backup QB Ryan Griffin.

The Bucs currently have four quarterbacks on the roster. And that may continue next week when the Bucs and all NFL teams set their rosters and practice squads. (more…)

The dreaded south end zone field goal posts. Where Bucs kickers go to die.

Steamy day for the Bucs’ scrimmage at the Den of Depression. Let’s take a peek at the play on the field. (more…)

A return of a Bucs star and the projected No. 1 running back looking like a No. 1 running back highlighted today’s practice at One Buc Palace. Let’s get after it! (more…)

Reading and hearing various news reports around the NFL, it seems the NFL will permit fake crowd noise in stadiums for games. (more…)

What will it take?

Packers, Vikings, Rams, Seahawks and 49ers, three of those teams are likely strong Wild Card contenders this season (remember, there are 3 Wild Cards per conference now) while two should win their respective divisions.

But wait a minute! The Bucs are a slam dunk Wild Card team. (more…)

Yes, the Bucs will bank heavily on three 23-year-old cornerbacks this season.

Today, one of them explained that his football life changed on Nov. 3, 2019. (more…)

A couple of tough critics slammed their foot on the gas while driving the Buccaneers hype train the other day. (more…)

The Bucs launched America’s Quarterback, Jameis Winston, and signed the most successful QB in NFL history.

The head coach on the happy end of that switch compared the two yesterday. (more…)

It’s the AAF star, who has yet to kick in the NFL regular season, versus the Bucs’ returning second-year kicker who ended last season on a sour note.

The games have begun, Bruce Arians explained today. (more…)

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Former WWF wrestler King Kong Bundy made the cry “FIVE!” famous. Bucs linebacker Devin White wants to match that. (more…)

Jason Pierre-Paul broke his neck last season and had little time to learn the nuances of a 3-4 defense that was foreign to him after years in the Giants’ celebrated four-man front and whatever you call what the Bucs played in 2018. (more…)

Getting sweaty.

It appears that new Bucs tight end foot-rubbing Rob Gronkowski has been spending a little too much time in the Boston area. (more…)