No offensive line? No problem.

Another Baker Mayfield comeback was in the script.

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The Bucs haven’t been 3-0 since 2005. They’ll need a “W” today make that happen again.

Comment all game long below with Bucs fans and the haters. 

Save your insults for Jets fans and game officials, not each other.

Go Bucs!

It’s Joe’s obligation in this space to serve up a quality wager.

And through two games, Joe has a winning bankroll. [read more]

Flash poll posted at 5:44 a.m. Poll closed at 10:11 a.m.

Huge win predicted.

A longtime Jets beat writer picks the score of his team’s game every week after breaking down the matchup.

So what does he expect today when the Jets, buoyed by their massive Tampa-based fan club and the Asmaniacs, march into The Licht House for the Buccaneers’ home-opener? [read more]

Return imminent?

As beat up as the Bucs are, any positive injury news is sorely welcome. Well, here is some: [read more]

Discusses loss of Calijah Kancey.

NFL locker rooms love to throw around the cold phrase “next man up” when discussing the loss of a fallen comrade. It actually means more to them than a reserve teammate now starting. [read more]

Clutch.

Here’s a stat on Baker Mayfield that Joe guesses is new to many Bucs fans. [read more]

Star teammate defends.

Joe noticed a stray summer comment on this here corner of the interwebs that named Greg Gaines as a guy who should have been a victim of “The Turk.” [read more]

Should be ready to play today.

Bucs fans need good news with all of the Bucs injuries. So here we go. [read more]

Game 3

Jets (0-2) at Bucs (2-0)

Kickoff: 1 p.m.

TV: FOX (WTVT-TV Channel 13, locally) with Kenny Albert, Jonathan Vilma and Megan Olivi. For a national TV map of where the game will be broadcast, click here.

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Interim Bucs starting tackle Charlie Heck.

Sorry, Charlie. [read more]

Now this was unthinkable in 2023. [read more]

Baker Mayfield

So the Jets are a trainwreck team arriving in Tampa this weekend, one that hasn’t seen a winning record in 10 years and a playoff game since they lost the AFC Championship game of the 2010 season. [read more]

Every couple of years or so the Bucs find a home-field advantage at The Licht House courtesy of extreme heat.

That showed up last year against the Eagles in a big way. [read more]

Fun times.

Last week Jets quarterback Justin Fields suffered a concussion. He won’t play tomorrow againt the Bucs and in his place steps three plays, 75 yards Tyrod Taylor.

Uh, oh. [read more]

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In episode #361 of The Todd Wright TODDcast, Todd discusses the major college football programs who tapped out after just three games this season and why the overall talent level of the Colts suggests their fast start is not sustainable. The Todd Wright TODDcast is presented by Brandon Legal Group and Plantation Palms. Click above to listen or to download. Or listen via Podcast Addict, TuneIn and other platforms.

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Desmond Watson (No. 56) alongside Vita Vea.

The whole Desmond Watson story with the Bucs is bizarre.

But, Todd Bowles seems to have kept his word and Lavonte David recently weighed in on the biggest defensive tackle Joe’s ever seen. [read more]