Todd Bowles Wants A Shaq Barrett Return

January 13th, 2025

Wanted.

With only five snaps for Bucs sacks king Shaq Barrett in the groin-stomp loss last night, it was clear that head coach/defensive coordinator Todd Bowles didn’t consider Shaq to be a savior of his defense. [read more]

Gene Deckerhoff Will Return For 2025

January 13th, 2025

Bye, golly! [read more]

Knee And Ankle Injury For Lavonte David; No Future Timetable

January 13th, 2025

With a couple of plays remaining last night Bucs fans saw Lavonte David on the field last for what hopefully was not the last time.

He was hopping off the field.

[read more]

With The 19th Pick In The 2025 NFL Draft …

January 13th, 2025

Bucs GM Jason Licht.

The Bucs now have an official NFL Draft slot, per NFL.com. It’s No. 19. [read more]

Jason Licht Endorses Bucs Coaching, Stability

January 13th, 2025

Bucs GM Jason Licht

Disclaimer for the highly volatile: Joe has no say or impact when it comes to Bucs organizational decisions.

And stop throwing social media feces at Joe. [read more]

Five Things

January 13th, 2025

Ugly way to start the week. Well, let’s close the books on the 2024 season. Get your coffee and make it strong. Here we go. [read more]

Todd Bowles: Jamel Dean Injury Hurt Bucs Defense

January 13th, 2025

Hurt Sunday night. Again.

In a close game, losing a starter is bad. When that starter is a corner and the quarterback the Bucs are facing is red hot, losing that corner could be lethal. [read more]

Ira Kaufman’s 10 Takeaways From Bucs-Commanders

January 13th, 2025

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BY IRA KAUFMAN

Sometimes, you have to give the other guy some credit.

The 2024 Buc season ended with a thud Sunday, a game-winning FG that clanked off the right upright as time expired. Tampa Bay fans will undoubtedly dwell on what the home team didn’t do, but the reality is the Commanders played a confident, poised game in prevailing 23-20. [read more]

Stock Dropping On Liam Coen?

January 13th, 2025

Joe hopes and prays and hopes some more that offensive coordinator Liam Coen returns next season. [read more]

Baker Mayfield Takes Full Blame For Botched Handoff

January 13th, 2025

Takes a bullet for offense.

It looked like the game had turned. [read more]

Ferocious Finish By Mike Evans

January 13th, 2025

The Buccaneers’ gameplan in last night’s crushing playoff loss was not to pump the football into Mike Evans early and often.

Perhaps it should have been. [read more]

Todd Bowles: Offense Played Too Dumb

January 13th, 2025

Mistakes piled up.

In a playoff game, in a one-score situation, the smallest of mistakes blow up into game-changing nut-kicks. [read more]

Somber Scene In Bucs’ Locker Room

January 13th, 2025

Heartfelt bro hugs in the locker room were common after the game.

There was a lot of hugging going on. [read more]

About Todd Bowles’ Fourth-Quarter Field Goal Decision

January 13th, 2025

So the Bucs trailed 20-17 with 4:41 remaining at the Washington 14 yard line tonight. [read more]

Defense Couldn’t Get Off The Field

January 13th, 2025

Not good enough.

The defense wasn’t awful tonight. It wasn’t good but it wasn’t vintage Mike Smith, either. [read more]

“There’s A Lot To Think About”

January 13th, 2025

No announcement about the 2025 season from legendary linebacker Lavonte David in the shell-shocked Buccaneers locker room tonight. [read more]

Running Blues

January 13th, 2025

Bottled up.

For Joe, it was this simple: [read more]

Soft Zone Polishes Off Season

January 12th, 2025

 Todd Bowles

Why do opposing receivers often frolic through the Bucs defense like deer in corn fields? [read more]

Long Offseason Ahead For Baker Mayfield

January 12th, 2025

Baker Mayfield made plays tonight but he’ll be thinking for the next 7 1/2 months about his botched fourth-quarter handoff to Jalen McMillan at the Bucs’ 15 yard line. [read more]

Washington 23, Buccaneers 20

January 12th, 2025

This season is over, courtesy of tonight’s groin-stomp loss at home to the Commanders.

And Joe believes these Bucs have a new identity: the first-half snooze. [read more]

Bucs-Washington, Open Thread

January 12th, 2025

Playoffs!!!

Comment all game long below. Be nice. It’s not hard.

And stick with Joe and Sage of Tampa Bay Sports Ira Kaufman into the wee hours for plenty after this historic game.

Go Bucs!