Smelled blood in the water.

Joe still believes the turning point in the game yesterday, a huge Bucs win, was the Jamel Dean interception. [read more]

The Bucs hold the No. 3 NFC playoff seed if the postseason ended today.

But it doesn’t. [read more]

Will Gholston and Shelton Quarles already know Mike Evans is gone on his 57-yard catch-and-run from Baker Mayfield Sunday. (Photo courtesy Buccaneers.com.)

Good effing morning, Bucs fans! What an absolutely awesome Victory Monday this is. Joe hasn’t been this stoked since — well, Joe doesn’t kiss and tell. Joe hasn’t been this stoked over a Bucs win since maybe the Super Bowl win over the Chiefs. That’s how huge yesterday’s curb-stomping of the Chargers was. Make sure your coffee is hot and the mug is filled to the brim.

Let’s roll! [read more]

Team Glazer needs to get creative and aggressive.

It’s time for Team Glazer to get clever and creative and open its vault like never before. [read more]

The Bucs don’t only look destined to make the playoffs, they now hold the No. 3 seed in the NFC. [read more]

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BY IRA KAUFMAN

It’s all about the streaks.

Where shall we start? How about Mike Evans? He entered Sunday’s matchup needing to average 102.5 yards in the final four games to keep his 1,000-yard streak alive.

With 159 yards and two TDs on his nine catches against the Chargers, Evans now needs to average 83.7 yards against the Cowboys, Panthers and Saints to reach 1,000 once again. That’s a far more manageable number for the future Hall of Famer.

Then we come to the strange case of Jamel Dean, who caught a Justin Herbert floater. That set off a celebration with teammates who perhaps had no idea that Dean had gone 37 consecutive games without an interception.

With those two streaks out of the way, we come to the most important one of all — a four-game run that lifted Tampa Bay to 8-6 and guarantees the Bucs will remain atop the NFC South for at least another week.

This 40-17 beatdown was a huge victory, but it wasn’t a shocking upset because the Bucs were only a slight underdog. What WAS shocking was how thoroughly Tampa Bay embarrassed a solid opponent in its own stadium, using a second-half blitz to send Charger fans back to La La Land wondering what they had just witnessed.

For the second time this season, both on the road, the Bucs won the second half 27-0, erasing deficits at New Orleans and at Los Angeles. [read more]

Proud of defensive effort.

Lavonte David was ready for physicality. [read more]

Explains change in strategy.

As Joe noted, Chargers coach Jim Harbaugh likes to build a team the way his old Michigan coach Bo Schembechler built them: Tough, physical, scary defense and pounding the football on the ground.

The Bucs today showed Harbaugh how it’s done with the big boys in the NFL. [read more]

So future Hall of Fame receiver Mike Evans walked into today’s blowout of the Chargers with 43 catches for 590 yards and 7 touchdowns.

He walked out with 52 catches, 749 yards, 9 TDs and a big fat smile. [read more]

Makes game-changing play.

The streak is over! [read more]

Dynamite game.

The thing Joe loved so much about this win by the Bucs today was how the Chargers wanted to play smashmouth football and Todd Bowles and his gang flew into town and showed the Chargers how to win with their own formula.

And that, Mike Evans told Joe, was what won the game for the Bucs. [read more]

Bucs head coach Todd Bowles had a message after today’s chain-whipping of the Chargers in Los Angeles. [read more]

Super effort.

So Jim Harbaugh and the Chargers, wearing their Powerpuff blue uniforms (Joe loves them), want to play big boy football with the NFL. Old school Big Ten. Smashmouth.

Well, the Chargers just met the new bully on the block. [read more]

Dynamic duo nearing history.

So the Bucs set out last offseason to fix their statistically NFL-worst running game.

Man, Joe’s never seen a fix quite like this, and it’s reached historic levels. [read more]

The Bucs’ fearless leaders.

Perhaps everyone now knows why Joe was thoroughly disgusted after the Bucs beat the Panthers two weeks ago. [read more]

It feels so great to have a franchise quarterback on the Bucs.

It’s been five consecutive seasons. Joe’s getting very spoiled. [read more]

How bout that message the Bucs just sent the entire NFL!

What a beatdown of a quality Chargers team — on the road.

That’s four Bucs wins in a row and there’s not a damn reason in the NFL world that Tampa Bay can’t win its final three games against Dallas, Carolina and New Orleans. [read more]

Comment all game long below with fans and a few Bucs haters.

Huge game if the Bucs want to be taken seriously as a Super Bowl contender.

Go Bucs!

In-game injuries kicked Joe in the groin last Sunday. A valuable lesson. [read more]

Joe was hopeful manbeast Bucs defensive tackle Vita Vea was going to shake off his invisible game against the Panthers and come back last week and rattle the Raiders. [read more]

Flash poll posted at 7:44 a.m. Poll closed at 9:20 a.m.