Why Now For Mike Edwards?
November 17th, 2024So weeks ago new/old Bucs defensive back Mike Edwards asked for a trade from the Buffalo Bills. [read more]
So weeks ago new/old Bucs defensive back Mike Edwards asked for a trade from the Buffalo Bills. [read more]
Let down by Bucs defense.
Baker Mayfield and the Bucs offense are getting the job done. The rest of the team (aside from perhaps kicker Chase McLaughlin)? Not so much. [read more]
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Bucs coach Todd Bowles.
A lot of Bucs fans are banking a lot of hope on a softer-than-soft schedule the Bucs have in the remaining seven games of the season. Sure, Joe understands it. [read more]
Can defense be fixed?
For a defensive coach to have this sort of defense, there is not a whole lot to be proud about. [read more]
“Liam, I can throw 20 yards.”
A weekly theme for Joe is pointing out how the Bucs are a dink-and-dunk offense. [read more]
Helped jump-start dormant Bucs run game.
Last year Joe gave up on the Bucs’ run game. [read more]
Yeah, Joe remains sour about Sunday’s loss to the 49ers. There’s no 24-hour rule at JoeBucsFan.com world headquarters, though there is a one-hour rule for the cole slaw on the intern hot dog bar. [read more]
Looking at first down conversions on Bucs defense.
In half the Bucs’ losses, including the past two, the Tampa Bay defense choked away the game like gagging dogs. [read more]
The positives within the Bucs defense are much harder to find these days. [read more]
No panic.
For Bucs fans, there is a whole lotta hope and prayer to be banked on the next seven weeks. [read more]
So on Monday, Joe highlighted NFL.com data models showing the Bucs’ shot at the playoffs is 33 percent.
New York Times spreadsheeters had the Bucs with a 15 percent probability. [read more]
People are noticing.
One of the best surprises of the first 10 games was a guy Joe was really concerned about prior to the Bucs’ season. [read more]
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Bucs coach Todd Bowles.
This is very interesting to Joe on many levels and suggests the Bucs are very close to having a very good team. [read more]
Raises game.
Joe still tries to wrap his mind around how the Bucs can bounce back from the loss of Chris Godwin. [read more]
He’s back.
So the Bucs once again reached back into their history trying to find some magic. So far this year, all that reaching has done is give the Bucs a rash. [read more]
Flash poll posted at 1:24 p.m. Poll closed at 3:45 p.m. Last week’s results linked here.
‘Tis the season. [read more]
Busted up.
Yes, a healthy (unhealthy?) share of Bucs fans are thinking playoffs thanks to the Bucs’ very soft remaining schedule and the Falcons’ implosion against the slimy Saints on Sunday. [read more]