“Bullish” On The Bucs
November 22nd, 2024
Bucs coach Todd Bowles.
So, can the Bucs come close to running the table, going, say, 6-1 the rest of the way and clinch a playoff berth? [read more]
Bucs coach Todd Bowles.
So, can the Bucs come close to running the table, going, say, 6-1 the rest of the way and clinch a playoff berth? [read more]
Short passes hurting offense.
“This Joe” really believes Bucs offensive coordinator Liam Coen will be looking for a new home in two months. Not because the Bucs are struggling, but because Coen has done such a good job with the offense. [read more]
Strange change in plans.
Joe guesses the three-headed monster has gone bye-bye. [read more]
Giants DL Dexter Lawrence is a game-wrecker.
When Liam Coen looks at the Giants, he doesn’t see a terrible team that appears to be tanking (or, if you believe former Giants receiver Victor Cruz, a team that should launch a two-year tank job to draft Texas backup quarterback Arch Manning). [read more]
Rookie nickel cornerback Tykee Smith.
It looks like there’s a great chance the Bucs will be down two key defensive players Sunday on the Meadowlands turf. [read more]
Which Mike Evans may return?
If Mike Evans is available Sunday to play against the Giants, will he be available? [read more]
So Sage of Tampa Bay Sports Ira Kaufman wagged a finger at head coach Todd Bowles yesterday for one specific reason. [read more]
Joe’s almost ready to say Mike Evans shouldn’t play Sunday against the Giants. [read more]
Chris Godwin celebrates with Sean Tucker after the Bucs’ second-year back scored one of his two touchdowns in New Orleans.
Joe has finished running head-first into the walls of JoeBucsFan.com world headquarters. [read more]
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Todd discusses the long list of fantasy starters missing Week 12 for their bye week and discusses who is putting up QB1, RB1, WR1 and even TE1 numbers through the first 11 weeks of 2024. The Todd Wright Fantasy Football Podcast is presented by Hooters!
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Targeting Mike Evans.
In the next seven games, Mike Evans needs 665 yards to extend his 10-year streak of 1,000-yard receiving seasons. (Provided he doesn’t get hurt again). [read more]
Giants QB Tommy DeVito, who will start Sunday against the Bucs, talks to Bucs receiver Sterling Shepard.
A neutral observer could say Giants third-string quarterback Tommy DeVito, who will start Sunday against the Bucs, is a joke of a quarterback who was benched in Week 16 last season after a fun run for a crap team. [read more]
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Relax, says Todd Bowles.
Joe is a history guy. So two elements of Bucs history have Joe spooked about Sunday’s game against as the Bucs buckle their chinstraps for the final seven games of the regular season. [read more]
Situational? Really?
Joe put this quote from Todd Bowles out on Twitter yesterday and Bucs fans erupted. But Joe understands what Bowles is trying to say. [read more]
On a team’s shopping list?
It’s that time of the year — the second half of the season — when NFL stenographers try to guess who will be head coach of what team after the smoke clears from Black Monday (Jan. 6). [read more]
Antoine Winfield Jr. is not on the Buccaneers’ official injury report that came out today, but he sort of issued his own personal injury report. [read more]
“Greeny, we’d miss you.”
Is this the year an NFL owner in need of a general manager looks south to Tampa and thinks, ‘Maybe we should raid Jason Licht’s staff for the stability, production and intelligence we’re seeking at GM?’ [read more]
Quick update given today on the injuries to starting cornerback Zyon McCollum (hamstring) and All-World left tackle Tristan Wirfs (sprained knee).
Todd Bowles said it’s “going to be close” for each.
If Joe had to wager, Joe would say Wirfs is a go in a knee brace and McCollum won’t see the field.
Bowles noted that recently-promoted veteran cornerback Troy Hill will get a long look this week to see what knows. Joe presumes that meant the playbook.
When last seen on the field — before today — Mike Evans messed up his hamstring and dropped this pass.
So the greatest receiver in Bucs history was back on the practice field today with his healed/healing hamstring. [read more]