Challenges.

If Liam Coen can keep the offensive production close to what the Bucs have been getting, there is no doubt he’ll be a head coach in the NFL somewhere next year. [read more]

New injury.

The Buccaneers’ injury report is small but devastating. [read more]

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Sage Ira looks at the devastating loss to the Ravens with Joe. Enjoy!

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Todd isolates available teams on most Survivor entries and searches for available winners in Week 8 NFL action. The Todd Wright Survivor Football Podcast is presented by Brandon Legal Group.

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Surprising ranking.

Here is something Joe never would have dreamed he would read. [read more]

Content?

Joe has written a couple of times already that Todd Bowles threw cold water on the folks hot and heavy panting after hearing the Rams were shopping Cooper Kupp. [read more]

SirVocea Dennis’ possible return revealed.

Back when Bucs inside linebacker SirVocea Dennis got hurt, head coach Todd Bowles only mentioned how Dennis might be out a while. [read more]

It’s time.

Sorry, the Joe typing this here post is not won over by the (very marginally) improved running of Bucs’ third-year running back. [read more]

Playoffs?

Joe maintains the Dixie Chicks just aren’t that good.

Sure, they’ve got four wins. One was an accident (Eagles). One was just the Dixie Chicks had slightly more stamina than the trash team they faced (slimy Saints). Another came against a glorified expansion team (Stinking Panthers). A fourth was a gift (Bucs). [read more]

Watched practice today.

Obviously, Joe hopes this action was taken with an abundance of caution in mind. [read more]

Can’t look down any longer.

Bucs legend Lavonte David always likes to talk about “mindset” and “mentality.” He must have been a psych major at Nebraska. [read more]

Joe could hear a hint of exasperation in Todd Bowles’ voice.

And no, it nothing to do with the Bucs’ miserable run defense. [read more]

The Kyle Trask commune has been stirring about this for a couple of days. [read more]

So the Bucs allowed three drives totaling 225 yards and 17 points on Monday night against the Ravens — in the second quarter. [read more]

The move-the-chains crowd might like this. [read more]

The numbers say Joe Tryon-Shoyinka is on pace for arguably the worst statistical season of his ho-hum, four-year career. [read more]

New starter and rookie cornerback Tyrek Funderburk.

One note of intrigue regarding the sad Bucs defense is that undrafted rookie starter Tyrek Funderburk hasn’t been a significant piece of the problem. [read more]

The Manningcast can be a really fun resource for Xs and Os perspective on a particular play, and the whole show has kicked up a notch from that perspective with Bill Belicheat joining Eli and Peyton Manning this year. [read more]

Todd Bowles

If this is the type of defense Joe can expect a defensive guru to craft, perhaps it is time to scrap the defense and start from scratch. [read more]

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