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It’s no-excuses, must-win Sunday upcoming for the Bucs against rookie backup Saints quarterback Spencer Rattler in New Orleans. Sage Ira dives in with Joe. Enjoy!

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Don’t drop the ball.

Joe typed yesterday that Sunday against the slimy Saints isn’t a must-win game but it sure as hell is a can’t-lose game. [read more]

“Let me win it, Coach!”

Joe is a huge believer in getting the ball into the hands of your best players in crunch time. [read more]

It’s been a bunch of days since former Bucs linebacker Devin White negotiated his release from the Eagles. [read more]

Out.

Some injury updates came today from Todd Bowles. More to come later.

Defensive tackle Calijah Kancey will play Sunday, his first appearance this season after a preseason calf injury.

Center Graham Barton will miss the game in New Orleans with a hamstring injury. He hasn’t practiced this week.

Bowles said Trey Palmer will not play (concussion) and Luke Goedeke passed tests for his concussion situation and is expected to play.

Antoine Winfield, per Bowles, will be a gametime decision along with Rachaad White. His replacement, Christian Izien (elbow/groin), is out.

Flash poll posted at 1:35 p.m. Poll closed at 4:50 p.m.  Last week’s results linked here.

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Week 5 in the NFL is reviewed by JoeBucsFan.com draft guru Sean Sullivan with an eye on all those guys you tracked through various NFL drafts. Sean is still tracking them. Enjoy!

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So the Bucs’ leading edge rusher in sacks is backup Anthony Nelson. He’s got two and is on a roll after one last week in Atlanta. [read more]

NFL debut Sunday.

Joe isn’t going to call Sunday’s game a “must-win.” But it sure is a game the Bucs “can’t lose.” [read more]

His team wanted to win.

One of the iconic anti-Bucs clowns of the past decade is Saints edge rusher Cameron Jordan. [read more]

Stressing fundamentals.

Bucs offensive coordinator Liam Coen had a really interesting explanation of how an offense needs to handle itself when the pressure is on late in the game. [read more]

Bucs coach Todd Bowles.

If the Bucs can win one more game before the bye, this sorry prediction will likely go up in smoke. [read more]

Spins dismal edge rush numbers.

Regular readers know how much Joe stresses sacks, specifically from an edge rusher. Sacks are absolute game-changers, drive-killers. The data on the importance of sacks is overwhelming. [read more]

Come together.

For a young player and a first-year starter, Joe was so impressed with the intelligent, winning-attitude words of Bucs cornerback Zyon McCollum on Wednesday from New Orleans. [read more]

Man, Bucs offense coordinator Liam Coen said so many times today that the Bucs “are all in this together,” Joe would bet a few bucks Coen watched High School Musical last night in his New Orleans hotel room.

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Love him or hate him (and Bucs are highly polarized), Bucs center Robert Hainsey is a very smart dude in a contract year with a lot of experience in fresh legs.

And starting center Graham Barton has a hamstring injury. [read more]

Intact?

The two buildings the Bucs use extensively as a football team, One Buc Palace and The Licht House, were not damaged by Hurricane Milton based on preliminary inspections. [read more]

Sidelined this afternoon.

Joe is not going to sweat too much if a player on a Thursday doesn’t practice. There’s a catch to this, however. [read more]

Run to win?

Joe has been over this but today was the first time Bucs offensive coordinator Liam Coen discussed how the Bucs went “Code Turtle,” specifically in the final two drives of last Thursday’s game. [read more]

Multiple things seem to be making Mike Evans sick this week. [read more]

So for obvious reasons, every Bucs fan wants Tampa Bay to clobber New Orleans on Sunday.

But what about the not so obvious reason? [read more]

Mixed results.

Joe was going to do the research this morning — hope all came out OK from Hurricane Milton — but a New Orleans beat guy beat Joe to the punch. [read more]

Impact.

Thanks to bored, ill-researched NFL stenographers typing for various outlets that fangirl for Kirk Cousins, no NFL division was shat upon during the offseason like the NFC South. [read more]