Gets real with teammate.

Revealing, heartfelt talk from Playoff Lenny on Richard Sherman’s podcast this week. (more…)

Scotty Miller

Ya gotta love the vagueness of NFL injury reports, along with how coaches describe injured players. (more…)

A delicious plate of Hooters wings and their great salads, sandwiches and shrimp make for a heck of a lunch or dinner! Get it done! Locations are across the Bay area and online ordering is always easy from Joe’s great friends.

So what’s the key for the Buccaneers defense in the nine-game stretch to close out the 2021 regular season? (more…)

Ranked.

Joe remembers only a handful of months ago that many Bucs fans would habitually stomp their feet blaming just about everything wrong with our world on the Bucs offensive line. (more…)

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The Bucs got kicked in the groin yesterday by the Saints and The Sage of Tampa Bay Sports is all over it with Joe. The Ira Kaufman Podcast is presented by Bill Currie Ford!

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Filters off.

Bucs Super Bowl-winning coach Bucco Bruce Arians didn’t hold back yesterday. (more…)

Sad NFL mark.

Joe was screaming for Bucs defensive coordinator Todd Bowles to blitz this stiff, No. 4 quarterback of the slimy Saints, Trevor Siemian.

And apparently, he was. (more…)

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The Sage of Tampa Bay Sports is firing away on his first installment this week with Joe. All the fun is presented by Bill Currie Ford! Ira has plenty on his mind as the Bucs’ incredible roll continues.

Bill Currie Ford GM Sean Sullivan is your personal connection to happiness and satisfaction at Tampa’s first family of Ford. Bill Currie Ford is one mile north of Raymond James Stadium on Dale Mabry Highway, and Sullivan is Ira’s great friend. He’s ready to help you personally — and to give you the Ira Kaufman discount on top of all their amazing deals. E-mail, call or visit Sean Sullivan at the Bill Currie showroom.

Big Storm beer from Big Storm Brewing Co. is the official beer of the podcast and their Clearwater location is where Ira watches ALL Bucs road games with fans. Try Florida’s best craft beer, especially Bromosa, their amazing tangerine IPA. Listening to Ira is fun, free and easy! Click play above or listen at Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts or Podbean.com, Stitcher, too, and more.

Bucs coach Bucco Bruce Arians.

Was Bucs Super Bowl-winning coach Bucco Bruce Arians calling a shot at his press conference today?

The more Joe listened to a specific statement, the more it sounded like it. (more…)

The rivalry continues

The greatest Bucs receiver in history had six catches for 69 yards playing against the Saints and Pro Bowl cornerback Marshon Lattimore last year.

That’s sounds solid until you find out the totals were over three games. (more…)

It was not Tom Brady’s best day, but with the time Brady gets to throw and the weapons at his disposal, it just doesn’t matter. (more…)

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It’s the can’t-miss Episode 2 of this week with The Sage of Tampa Bay Sports and Joe presented by Bill Currie Ford! Enjoy!!

Bill Currie Ford GM Sean Sullivan is your personal connection to happiness and satisfaction at Tampa’s first family of Ford. Bill Currie Ford is one mile north of Raymond James Stadium on Dale Mabry Highway, and Sullivan is Ira’s great friend. He’s ready to help you personally — and to give you the Ira Kaufman discount on top of all their amazing deals. E-mail, call or visit Sean Sullivan at the Bill Currie showroom.

Big Storm beer from Big Storm Brewing Co. is the official beer of the podcast and their Clearwater location is where Ira watches ALL Bucs road games with fans. Try Florida’s best craft beer, especially Bromosa, their amazing tangerine IPA. Listening to Ira is fun, free and easy! Click play above or listen at Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts or Podbean.com, Stitcher, too, and more.

Once upon a time in 2019, nobody cared much about the Bucs except pain-loving Tampa Bay fans.

Now not only is America glued to the Bucs, the team has amassed record numbers of haters. (more…)

Big game for Bucs defense?

Numbers on paper show the Bucs ought to maul Bears rookie quarterback Justin Fields. (more…)

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He’s fired up and feisty on many Bucs topics of the day. The Sage of Tampa Bay Sports is all caffeined up and raring to go with Joe. Tampa’s only Pro Football Hall Of Fame voter is presented by Bill Currie Ford! on the twice-weekly Ira Kaufman Podcast. Enjoy!!

Bill Currie Ford GM Sean Sullivan is your personal connection to happiness and satisfaction at Tampa’s first family of Ford. Bill Currie Ford is one mile north of Raymond James Stadium on Dale Mabry Highway, and Sullivan is Ira’s great friend. He’s ready to help you personally — and to give you the Ira Kaufman discount on top of all their amazing deals. E-mail, call or visit Sean Sullivan at the Bill Currie showroom.

Big Storm beer from Big Storm Brewing Co. is the official beer of the podcast and their Clearwater location is where Ira watches ALL Bucs road games with fans. Try Florida’s best craft beer, especially Bromosa, their amazing tangerine IPA. Listening to Ira is fun, free and easy! Click play above or listen at Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts or Podbean.com, Stitcher, too, and more.

“Byron, I’m not coming to your house again.”

Life for Tom Brady in south Tampa is very secluded, so The Goat shared on SiriusXM Mad Dog Radio tonight. (more…)

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Sit back and soak in The Sage of Tampa Bay Sports, the iconic and one-of-a-kind JoeBucsFan.com columnist, and Tampa’s only Pro Football Hall Of Fame voter. Ira and Joe are presented by Bill Currie Ford! on the twice-weekly Ira Kaufman Podcast. Lots to considered today.

Bill Currie Ford GM Sean Sullivan is your personal connection to happiness and satisfaction at Tampa’s first family of Ford. Bill Currie Ford is one mile north of Raymond James Stadium on Dale Mabry Highway, and Sullivan is Ira’s great friend. He’s ready to help you personally — and to give you the Ira Kaufman discount on top of all their amazing deals. E-mail, call or visit Sean Sullivan at the Bill Currie showroom.

Big Storm beer from Big Storm Brewing Co. is the official beer of the podcast and their Clearwater location is where Ira watches ALL Bucs road games with fans. Try Florida’s best craft beer, especially Bromosa, their amazing tangerine IPA. Listening to Ira is fun, free and easy! Click play above or listen at Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts or Podbean.com, Stitcher, too, and more.

So many ex-Bucs have chimed in on Jon Gruden’s NFL demise for all kinds of offensive language in his private emails to then Redskins executive Bruce Allen. But perhaps none know Gruden better than former Bucs left tackle Donald Penn. (more…)

Devin White isn’t the player he was last season — and White knows it. (more…)

Who doesn’t love a great Tom Brady leadership story before a game?

Joe can’t think of anyone. (more…)

Bucs RB Ronald Jones.

It’s hard to believe a guy who made his bones at UCLA would ever give a former USC star advice, but that’s where we are with Maurice Jones-Drew and Bucs running back Ronald Jones. (more…)