Unless Bucs fans live in the Old Confederacy, it’s unlikely they will see the Bucs-slimy Saints game tomorrow without paying for it. (more…)

Unleashed.

A couple of weeks ago someone on the Bucs’ offensive staff had an epiphany. (more…)

Don’t drop the ball.

Joe typed yesterday that Sunday against the slimy Saints isn’t a must-win game but it sure as hell is a can’t-lose game. (more…)

“Let me win it, Coach!”

Joe is a huge believer in getting the ball into the hands of your best players in crunch time. (more…)

It’s been a bunch of days since former Bucs linebacker Devin White negotiated his release from the Eagles. (more…)

Out.

Some injury updates came today from Todd Bowles. More to come later.

Defensive tackle Calijah Kancey will play Sunday, his first appearance this season after a preseason calf injury.

Center Graham Barton will miss the game in New Orleans with a hamstring injury. He hasn’t practiced this week.

Bowles said Trey Palmer will not play (concussion) and Luke Goedeke passed tests for his concussion situation and is expected to play.

Antoine Winfield, per Bowles, will be a gametime decision along with Rachaad White. His replacement, Christian Izien (elbow/groin), is out.

Flash poll posted at 1:35 p.m. Poll closed at 4:50 p.m.  Last week’s results linked here.

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So the Bucs’ leading edge rusher in sacks is backup Anthony Nelson. He’s got two and is on a roll after one last week in Atlanta. (more…)

NFL debut Sunday.

Joe isn’t going to call Sunday’s game a “must-win.” But it sure is a game the Bucs “can’t lose.” (more…)

His team wanted to win.

One of the iconic anti-Bucs clowns of the past decade is Saints edge rusher Cameron Jordan. (more…)

Stressing fundamentals.

Bucs offensive coordinator Liam Coen had a really interesting explanation of how an offense needs to handle itself when the pressure is on late in the game. (more…)

Bucs coach Todd Bowles.

If the Bucs can win one more game before the bye, this sorry prediction will likely go up in smoke. (more…)

Spins dismal edge rush numbers.

Regular readers know how much Joe stresses sacks, specifically from an edge rusher. Sacks are absolute game-changers, drive-killers. The data on the importance of sacks is overwhelming. (more…)

Come together.

For a young player and a first-year starter, Joe was so impressed with the intelligent, winning-attitude words of Bucs cornerback Zyon McCollum on Wednesday from New Orleans. (more…)

Man, Bucs offense coordinator Liam Coen said so many times today that the Bucs “are all in this together,” Joe would bet a few bucks Coen watched High School Musical last night in his New Orleans hotel room.

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Love him or hate him (and Bucs are highly polarized), Bucs center Robert Hainsey is a very smart dude in a contract year with a lot of experience in fresh legs.

And starting center Graham Barton has a hamstring injury. (more…)

Intact?

The two buildings the Bucs use extensively as a football team, One Buc Palace and The Licht House, were not damaged by Hurricane Milton based on preliminary inspections. (more…)

Sidelined this afternoon.

Joe is not going to sweat too much if a player on a Thursday doesn’t practice. There’s a catch to this, however. (more…)

Run to win?

Joe has been over this but today was the first time Bucs offensive coordinator Liam Coen discussed how the Bucs went “Code Turtle,” specifically in the final two drives of last Thursday’s game. (more…)