Todd Bowles Has A Brutal Record Coming Off Byes
November 19th, 2024
It’s a sad record after byes.
This is not very encouraging. [read more]
It’s a sad record after byes.
This is not very encouraging. [read more]
“I don’t want to hear about it, Kaufman! You’re the one who wanted Devin White over Josh Hines-Allen so badly.”
From time to time Joe reads how fans, frustrated with this or that, want to run Bucs AC/DC-loving general manager Jason Licht.
This perplexes Joe. [read more]
So Bucs starting cornerback Zyon McCollum, the team’s best corner this season, left last week’s game against the 49ers with a hamstring injury. [read more]
It’s hard to believe, but some NFL players are not enthusiastic about grinding year-round to improve. [read more]
Are the Bucs a good team, a solid team?
Per the words of Rob “Gronk” Gronkowski, Bucs fans from Riverview to Reddington Beach are about to find out. [read more]
The Bucs haven’t improved on the field in weeks, but those around them are suffering so much that Tampa Bay’s postseason chances have improved significantly. [read more]
Jamel Dean
Let there be no confusion, Jamel Dean said, he’s ready to play Sunday against the Giants. [read more]
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Return imminent?
Prior to this morning, Bucs fans were staring at the very real possibility that their starting cornerbacks Sunday could be Josh Hayes and this rookie Tyrek Funderburk. [read more]
Chance to get even better?
So we’ve pushed past the midway point of the season and some observers decided to take a look back at what’s transpired. [read more]
Likely new Giants QB.
The Bucs’ next opponent coming Sunday is the Giants. And the Bucs, it appears, will be facing a backup quarterback. [read more]
Flash poll posted at 7:48 a.m. Poll closed at 10:05 a.m.
Sought-after
If Dave Canales can get a gig as a head coach in the NFL (his Stinking Panthers are just one game behind the Bucs in the NFC South) then why wouldn’t Liam Coen? [read more]
Safe space.
This has been a good football weekend for Joe (not so much with Joe’s short-term investing). Including Thursday night’s NFL game and Friday night’s Big Ten game, Joe inhaled nine football games loafing on the couch sucking down beers. [read more]
Painted into a corner.
Yeah, yeah, yeah. The Bucs have a soft schedule. But as Bucs coach Todd Bowles said last week, this is the NFL. Every team has first-round picks and high-priced veterans that can rise up and burn you if you look too far ahead. [read more]
“We’re in this, Mike.”
As Joe wrote last Sunday after the Falcons fell to the slimy Saints, Atlanta quarterback Kirk Cousins is far below average this year when he’s not facing the Bucs. [read more]
Nothing worse than a Victory Sunday for the slimy Saints, especially when New Orleans now has as many wins as Tampa Bay. [read more]
Pushed to the limit?
Joe has to wonder if this is going to catch up with Lavonte David. [read more]
Buccaneers co-owner Joel Glazer.
So Bill Belicheat pulled back the curtain a bit on life as a head coach this week on The Pat McAfee Show. [read more]
Leaning on backups.
The Bucs must win five more games to have a prayer of a wild card berth and those five may not be enough. [read more]
Sticking around?
The mouse outfit decided to rank the expected free agent class for 2025, and they claim Chris Godwin could be on the market. [read more]