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Baker Mayfield

NextGen Stats already has Baker Mayfield’s pass chart from yesterday uploaded. So Joe’s taking a gander at the interesting graphic. [read more]

Baker Mayfield and Jalen McMillan celebrate with Chris Godwin after Godwin caught his first touchdown of the 2024 season Sunday.

Nothing like celebrating Victory Monday after the first game of a new year. So grab your caffeine of choice and let’s get your work week rolling right. [read more]

Tristan Wirfs clears a path for Chris Godwin to get some YAC in the Bucs’ win over Washington Sunday.

Just win, Baby. [read more]

Division still goes through Tampa.

Well now, did anyone notice how John Elway Kirk Cousins and his anointed team of the decade Dixie Chicks did yesterday? That’s right, not very well.

Awww. [read more]

Joe thoroughly enjoyed watching the Steelers, with a backup quarterback, punch the Falcons in the gut yesterday, and the complete meltdown in Atlanta that followed.

Meltdown? Yeah, Falcons fans, after losing 18-10, realized Kirk Cousins isn’t healthy from his blown Achilles last season. [read more]

Chris Godwin scores his first touchdown of 2024 on Sunday.

Joe already touched on how damn sharp Chris Godwin looked Sunday in the Bucs’ 37-20 season-opening win over the Commandos. [read more]

New offensive coordinator Liam Coen.

If this is the output the Bucs offense can have despite not scoring a touchdown on the first drive, Joe will take Sunday’s results any day. [read more]

No frowns from Todd Bowles regarding Bucky Irving.

Joe hadn’t heard this in a long time. [read more]

Rookie receiver Jalen McMillan has his eyes on the prize as he turns upfield to score his first NFL touchdown today.

Mike Evans has seen a lot of things now in his 11th NFL season. So what Evans said about the Bucs’ rookie class made Joe take notice. [read more]

Antoine Winfield, Jr.

Ouch! [read more]

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BY IRA KAUFMAN

Four days after Todd Bowles slammed a podium and shouted “I’m excited,” his football team matched his enthusiasm.

Although the Bucs weren’t perfect in Sunday’s 37-20 victory against the Commanders, you really have to get into the weeds to find fault with their performance. We’ll know a lot more in Week 2 when Tampa Bay travels to Motown. [read more]

Linebacker SirVocea Dennis hunts down Washington QB Jayden Daniels.

Man, the door was open for Washington to mount a comeback in the second half. And it was the unlikeliest guys for the Bucs defense who prevented it. [read more]

Edge rusher Joe Tryon-Shoyinka.

Joe confesses to going absolutely mental in the first quarter today when Joe Tryon-Shoyinka was guilty of one of the worst loafs of this Bucs decade. [read more]

The snaps were clean, the results were eye-opening. [read more]

Bucky Irving ran for 6.9 yards a carry Sunday.

Joe didn’t think the run game was all that special today. It certainly didn’t live up to the hype fans heard and read about coming from One Buc Palace over the summer. [read more]

Calijah Kancey did not play today and don’t expect him next Sunday.

Joe hates to pop the balloon on a fantastic Bucs victory today, 37-20 over the Commandos, but news is news and it must be shared. [read more]

Joe has to give Todd Bowles a standing ovation. [read more]

Eight times Bucs stud receiver Chris Godwin was targeted today against Washington and he caught them all. [read more]

“We’re damn good, Mike.”

How bout that Bucs quarterback!

He was dominant today. [read more]

So the Buccaneers scored on their first five possessions today in the home opener at The Licht House.

That’s what Joe calls execution! [read more]