The Bucs missed the playoffs. Carolina did not. But the Bucs beat Carolina in a must-win game last Saturday. (more…)

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Another passionate look at the Bucs and NFL rookies by draft guru Sean Sullivan. You don’t want to miss it!

Listen by clicking above or enjoy at Apple Podcasts and other platforms. All the fun is presented by Bill Currie Ford, where January savings are fantastic with 0% financing on remaining 2025 vehicles. Sean also is the eager Bill Currie Ford GM ready to help you personally with all of your automotive needs. Fire off questions on football and more to Sean at BestInClass@BillCurrie.com.

Effort not an issue?

Interesting if not strange words from Bucs coach Todd Bowles last week in his season wrap up. (more…)

The JoeBucsFan Show kicks off the local sports lineup Saturday at 8 a.m. on WDAE radio, 95.3 FM and AM 620. Listen online, too, or via the iHeart Radio app, or below. Joe’s friend Rock Riley follows at 9 a.m.

Joe’s been back on the WDAE airwaves every weekend since February. Varying times.

Bucs target for OC?

Joe had former Dolphins coach Mike McDaniel coming to the Bucs before McDaniel had a chance to pound a shot to get over the shock of getting canned in South Florida. (more…)

Brian Callahan

Joe cannot claim to watch Bengals games closely. So Joe doesn’t know if Brian Callahan, who interviewed with the Bucs for the open offensive coordinator position, was a major influence with Joe Burrow and the Cincinnati offense or if he just rode the coattails of Bengals coach/playcaller Zac Taylor. (more…)

Flash poll posted at 10:26 p.m. Poll closed at 12:31 a.m.

Sorry, Joe is a”no” on hiring fired Falcons playcaller Zac Robinson to be the next Bucs offensive coordinator. (more…)

The Bucs are moving fast. (more…)

“Schedule a Zoom call with Rondé, please.”

So Rondé Barber works for the Buccaneers and talked yesterday about walking around team headquarters this week and feeling a somber vibe.

Barber also is a personal friend of Buccaneers Ring of Honor general manager Jason Licht. (more…)

Todd Bowles is looking for help. (more…)

The 2025 Bucs defense couldn’t tackle, couldn’t understand all its assignments and it had a propensity to make life very easy on offenses.

When the dust on the regular season cleared, their league-worst red zone defense was no surprise; the Bucs ranked 9th last year and 32nd this year. (more…)

“I’m glad you forgot about Randy Gregory, Mr. Glazer.”

A Denver-based NFL insider who has great contacts with agents let it slip on a Commandos-centric podcast earlier this week that Team Glazer called John Harbaugh’s representatives moments after Team Glazer learned that Baltimore canned him.

The call was to gauge his Harbaugh’s interest in coming to the Bucs. (more…)

His call.

It seems yesterday’s upheaval of the Bucs’ coaching staff was not because of any edict or order from Team Glazer. (more…)

Defends Todd Bowles.

Joe doesn’t know one Bucs fan who has a gripe about Kay Adams. (more…)

Chris Long

There will be questions for years to come about the 2025 Bucs, some of which we may never get a straight answer to. (more…)

The man running the 2026 Bucs defense, as of now, is the same man who ran the 2025 Bucs defense.

And that defense was riddled with problems in every way. (more…)

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It’s another must-listen Free Stretch podcast from Bobby Fenton. Follow Bobby on X, @bobbygameday. Bobby’s podcast is an extension of his national and local radio shows. It’s been at JoeBucsFan.com for 9+ years. Always a quality listen from a true Tampa native.

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Buccaneers fans are struggling, collectively speaking, to understand why Team Glazer retained a head coach who oversaw an implosion during his fourth season captaining the pirate ship.

There may be an easy answer rooted in data and history. (more…)

Defensive staff purge.

The last one out, please flip the light switch off. (more…)

Gone.

The housecleaning continues at One Buc Palace. (more…)

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