Painful Fumble For Bucky Irving
October 4th, 2024
Lots of fingers of blame to point for the Bucs’ loss tonight, but one has to go toward electric rookie running back Bucky Irving. [read more]
Baker Mayfield Takes Blame For Loss
October 4th, 2024
Points finger at himself.
Baker Mayfield is just trying to be a standup guy. [read more]
Jamel Dean Isn’t Getting The Message
October 4th, 2024
Bucs fans see it nearly every week.
Zyon McCollum often plays tight coverage while Jamel Dean plays nearly full-time prevent defense on the other side of the field. [read more]
Did The Bucs Anger The Football Gods?
October 4th, 2024
Bucs coach Todd Bowles.
Look at all the fortunate plays the Bucs p!ssed away tonight? [read more]
Who Pulled The Plug On The Offense?
October 4th, 2024
Joe smells meddling. [read more]
Second-Half Offense Went Into Hiding
October 3rd, 2024
Awful second half offense.
Joe will never forget how the Bucs offense choked the game away when they were in field goal range after a Lavonte David pick. [read more]
509 Yards
October 3rd, 2024
“I’ve seen that pass defense before!”
With former Bucs defensive coordinator Mike Smith in the birdhouse, the Bucs decided to give him a warm welcome by playing pass defense that would shame a Pasco County high school girls flag football team. [read more]
Officials Screwed The Bucs; Missed Blatant, Dangerous Penalty On Final Drive (Video)
October 3rd, 2024
There are a lot of reasons the Bucs lost tonight. Kirk Cousins notched 509 of them.
But was there any bigger than what happened on the Bucs’ final drive and immediately before it? [read more]
Bucs Offense Blew It
October 3rd, 2024
Terrible final possession.
What a horrible, horrible, horrible final possession the Bucs had Thursday night, opening the door for a Dixie Chicks comeback. And that’s just what happened. [read more]
Falcons 36, Buccaneers 30
October 3rd, 2024
Your 3-2 Buccaneers choked away a game they should have won tonight.
The defense was heinous and couldn’t preserve what the electric Bucs offense produced in the first half.
Lavonte David? Bat down that needless fourth-down interception in the fourth quarter and this game would have been over.
Yeah, maybe that feels unfair of Joe, but the truth hurts. [read more]
Buccaneers-Falcons, Open Thread
October 3rd, 2024
It’s an 8:15 p.m. kickoff in Atlanta!
Comment all game below with fellow fans and a few haters.
Please play nice. It’s not hard.
Go Bucs!
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Betting The Bucs (Week 5 Edition)
October 3rd, 2024
Joe’s pregame feature is not just a here’s-a-pick, get-your-best-bet thing. Highlighted are Bucs-related lines weekly in this space and how Joe is — and is not — throwing cash around.
Joe was 1-1 last week and is 4-2 on the season after a Week 1 focused on futures wagers. [read more]
Todd Bowles Confidence Poll (Week 5)
October 3rd, 2024Flash poll posted at 1:23 p.m. Poll closed at 3:25 p.m. Last week’s results linked here.
Gameday Tampa Bay
October 3rd, 2024
Game 5
Bucs (3-1) at Dixie Chicks (2-2)
Kickoff: 8:15 p.m.
TV: Amazon, WTVT-TV Channel 13.
YaYa Diaby: If Bucs Do Their Job, They Should Eat A “W”
October 3rd, 2024
Inspiration from Al Davis?
So this week in the Bucs’ locker room, YaYa Diaby was channeling a legendary NFL figure. [read more]
Will The Real Bucs Show Up?
October 3rd, 2024
“Million dollar question.”
Not quite two weeks ago, after a huge win at Detroit, the Bucs hosted the lowly Broncos with a struggling rookie quarterback. [read more]
The 10 Most Important Bucs Stories Of (Short) Week 5
October 3rd, 2024
Joe helps occasional readers, or those too busy to read everything, catch up a little easier before kickoff.
In no particular order, here are Joe’s 10 most important Buccaneers stories of this short week. [read more]
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