A two-year problem for Todd Bowles.

Rough day for the legions of Bucs fans that aren’t supporters of head coach Todd Bowles. [read more]

The Bucs needed every one of Baker Mayfield’s 68 yards rushing today.

Yeah, sixty-eight! [read more]

How bout those Bucs!!

With everything on the line, the Bucs came out and dropped a runny deuce on the field of The Licht House. No duck flew in to save them.

But someone found plenty of Imodium and Angel Soft and the Bucs found themselves in the fourth quarter.

Tampa Bay is 10-7 and NFC South champs for the fourth consecutive season! [read more]

The Bucs’ fourth consecutive NFC South crown is on the line.

Don’t choke!

Comment all game long below. Go Bucs!!

“Lavonte, watch me set some records today.”

Now Joe doesn’t know if it was the Bucs’ sports science people or the trainers or analytics specialist Jackie Davidson or if it was intuition from Bucs coach Todd Bowles. [read more]

Jalen McMillan hops over the goal line for a score last week.

Here’s a stat that blew Joe’s mind. [read more]

New Orleans QB Spencer Rattler.

Since the slimy Saints have come off a bye, their offense has been horrendous. [read more]

Game 17

Slimy Saints (5-11) at Bucs (9-7)

Kickoff: 1 p.m.

TV: FOX (WTVT-TV Channel 13, locally) with Kevin Burkhardt, Tom Brady and Erin Andrews.

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Yes, the NFL is a business.

That’s why the Bucs sent three consecutive short passes to lunatic Antonio Brown and asked Ronald Jones to block for him as the 2020 season closed in a game the Bucs won 44-27.

Brown had a cash incentive on the line.

Jones? Pffft, all he had was 978 yards rushing and a hunger for 1,000. [read more]

Crazy like a fox?

So the NFL had 22 double-digit pass rushers last season.

That number has been cut in half this season with one game remainng. [read more]

No, this post has nothing to do with the Tampa Bay edge rush or tomorrow’s return of Bucs sacks king Shaq Barrett. [read more]

Bucs O-linemen speak out supporting their quarterback.

Joe remembers former Bucs great Warren Sapp saying this and it’s so true. [read more]

The Bucs announced this afternoon that starting safety Jordan Whitehead was involved in a car accident this morning and his resulting injuries are significant enough that the Bucs placed Whitehead on the non-football injury list.

As a result, Whitehead will not play in tomorrow’s win-and-in game against the Saints.

Details of the accident are unclear.

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You poor Bucs fans in North Florida. Why does the NFL hate you so much?

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Turning the corner?

Look, Joe has been over this many times. Joe is not anti-stats (he is anti-PFF tribe grades — there is a major difference). Stats are nothing but information. Who is against information? [read more]

Future thoughts?

Of course, Joe hopes like heck the following doesn’t happen. [read more]

Nearing NFL history.

If Bucs quarterback Baker Mayfield only has an average game tomorrow, he will join an elite group of quarterbacks where only one will not be a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame. [read more]

Future transition with Bucs?

Look, let’s get a couple of things straight here before Joe continues with this namedrop by a respectable NFL reporter working for the league’s house organ. [read more]

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Not bad for a bridge quarterback.

It’s easy to forget the Bucs had no idea what they were getting when signing free agent Baker Mayfield to a one-year deal for $4 million plus incentives in March of 2023. [read more]

Assistant coach talks about Shaq Barrett return.

It was Larry Foote’s turn yesterday to play coordinator. [read more]