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Zac Robinson Apparently Has No Intuition To Adjust On The Fly
Through the first four weeks of the season, Zac Robinson may be the worst Bucs offensive coordinator since Joe first launched this website in August 2008. And…
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Ira Kaufman’s 10 Takeaways From Bucs-Packers
BY IRA KAUFMAN Sometimes, the simplest explanation is the best explanation. In that spirit, let’s stipulate the Bucs are not a good football team. In…
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Jalon Daniels Does Solid Work, Impresses Teammate
With the possible exception of a pick, Joe doesn’t think you can hang this loss on Bucs quarterback Jalon Daniels. The undrafted rookie got his first…
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Bucs Had A Major Practice Change Last Week
Though it may have looked it during the Bucs-Packers mess on the field of The Licht House today, Bucs business as usual was not the case in practice all week…
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Cade Otton Unwilling To Call Season Over
Joe swears to was not trying to get a reaction from Bucs veteran tight end Cade Otton. Joe had a legitimate question after today’s loss. But Otton…
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Todd Bowles Defends Himself, Says He’ll Lead Team Out Of Struggles
Todd Bowles was waving a Todd Bowles flat after the game today. Local multimedia guy JP Peterson asked Bowles why he’s the guy to lead the Bucs out of…
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Bucs Pride In Jalon Daniels
Game 1 for Bucs quarterback Jalon Daniels is in the books, his first career start as an undrafted free agent. He’s got plenty of support from Todd Bowles…
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Sackless Performance By Tampa Bay
The Packers started two backup guards today and a backup right tackle. The Bucs came up sackless while Packers QB Jordan Love dropped back to pass more than 30…
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The Todd Bowles Watch
The Buccaneers are now 18-21 at Raymond James Stadium, aka The Licht House, with Todd Bowles as head coach. Bucs fans from Temple Terrace to Tierra Verde are…
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Packers 17, Buccaneers 14
The Buccaneers couldn’t find enough of a running game to help their undrafted rookie quarterback win today, and that led to a highly predictable result…
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Bucs-Packers, Open Thread
It’s a Packers fan convention at The Licht House! It’s also a must-win game for Tampa Bay. Comment all game long below. Please play nice. Save all…
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“You Learn A Lot About A Team When Things Aren’t Going Exactly The Way You Planned”
The architect of the Tampa Bay roster, Buccaneers Ring of Honor general manager Jason Licht, must have extra on his mind these days. His team stinks. His head…
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Make The Call!
Flash poll posted at 8:59 a.m. Poll closed at 10:05 a.m. The post Make The Call! appeared first on JoeBucsFan.com.
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Catch Up On Your Ira Kaufman Podcast Listening!
Catch up! The wisdom and fun of Ira and Joe is presented by Bill Currie Ford. Listen at JoeBucsFan.com or at Apple Podcasts or Podbean.com. Many other…
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The Good And The Bad Of Baker Mayfield
What’s the difference between America’s Quarterback, Jameis Winston and current Bucs quarterback Baker Mayfield? It may just be one thing. In the…
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Ted Hurst On Facing Blitzes
For Ted Hurst, today is all about discipline. The Bucs have the most must-win game you can imagine. Starting the season 0-3 and you can hear the bells of the…
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Sack Was A Long Time Coming For David Walker
Finally, the hype was realized. If only for a day. Since underwear football began this past offseason, Joe had heard over and over David Walker was the second…
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GameDay Tampa Bay
Game 3 Vikings at Bucs Kickoff: 4:05 p.m. TV: FOX (WTVT-TV Channel 13, locally) with Kenny Albert, Jonathan Vilma and Megan Olivi. . Streaming: FOX One, NFL+…
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Split Bucs-Vikings Decision At JoeBucsFan.com World Headquarters
Joe has found someone picking Tampa Bay to win tomorrow. His name is Ira Kaufman, the Sage of Tampa Bay Sports, the venerable JoeBucsFan.com columnist. Ira…
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Week 3 Bucs Attendance Vs. Week 4
Not only is the weather expected to be great for tomorrow’s Bucs-Vikings game, but the cost to attend looks like a clearance price compared to a face…
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Lone Standout: Safety Tykee Smith
Joe has written about how the Bucs’ big-money players have let the team down through two games. Start with defensive captains Vita Vea, Alex Anzalone and…
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“Is Todd Bowles Making It To Halloween?”
Following in the footsteps of Chris Simms and Chris Long, another Bucs-friendly analyst came down hard on Tampa Bay head coach Todd Bowles this week. Former…
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Vikings At Bucs, TV Map
Citizens living in various parts of our republic will get to see the Vikings-Bucs game tomorrow on free TV. The Bucs are trying to flush maybe the worst loss…
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Surprising Defensive Stat (And Not In A Good Way)
And here Joe thought the Bucs’ secondary was playing well. Joe was in the press box at Mike Brown Stadium in Cincinnati for Week 1. Joe fully expected…
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Zac Robinson Admits Bucs Have Had Receivers Open On Intermediate Routes
Joe watched that debacle Sunday at The Licht House, how the Bucs played gutless football and did their best to keep the Browns in the game by kicking field…
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“Urgency”
Joe has been fortunate over the years to have many interactions with KitKat-eating Bucs coach Todd Bowles. And he has people conned. His public demeanor…
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“They Reek Of A Poorly Coached Football Team”
Another big Bucs-friendly media voice is down on Todd Bowles and down on the Bucs. The popular Green Light with Chris Long podcast made a visit to One Buc…
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Tristan Wirfs: “There’s Only One Way Out Of This”
BY IRA KAUFMAN Keep an eye attuned to the game within the game on Sunday. Coming off two forgettable efforts, Baker Mayfield plans to exploit weaknesses in…
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“Tampa’s D Stinks”
Former Bucs QB Chris Simms was a special guest in the Team Glazer suite last December and is a well-known figure in franchise history — in part because…
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Josiah Trotter And Rueben Bain Ruled Out For Vikings
Two rookies the Bucs were counting heavily on to start and thrive this season won’t play Sunday. Edge rusher Rueben Bain, the Miami Mauler first-round…
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Ira Kaufman Predicts The Bucs-Vikings Outcome, And More
Episode 3 of this week is a predictions-only affair with Ira & Joe. Enjoy! The knowledge and fun of Ira and Joe is presented by Bill Currie Ford. Click…
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Baker Mayfield States Two Keys To The Offense
How can the Bucs fix their offense and outscore the Vikings on Sunday? Keep running the ball might be a good start, along with finding chain-moving passes from…
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When The Bucs Made The Playoffs After An 0-3 Start
The Bucs might want to have a few old-timers lined up and ready to talk to the roster after Sunday’s game against the Vikings. Back in 1982, Tampa Bay…
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Path To The Playoffs Still Very Rocky
Please, save your Jim Mora takes for if the Bucs lose Sunday. Given how bad the Packers looked last night and knowing they have to deal with the heat of…
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“We’ll Be Just Fine”
Joe knows for most NFL fans, it is a habitual reflex to throw rocks at a team’s offensive line. Joe is convinced if a lineman doesn’t pancake a…
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Running Up The Score On The Browns
The Bucs want Baker Mayfield happy, confident and steaming with confidence. He’s their guy. It’s similar to how the Bucs always tried their best to…
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Benjamin Morrison Confidence More Important Than Rushing Back Jacob Parrish
Joe is very greedy when it comes to the Bucs. Becoming championship-caliber is always on Joe’s mind. The huge positive to come out of last week’s…
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Josiah Trotter Is Both Brains And Brawn
Just by the way Bucs rookie inside linebacker Josiah Trotter played in his NFL debut in Cincinnati last week, he can hang physically with the big boys of the…
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Trusting Todd Bowles
This interesting thinking to determine Bucs quarter Jalon Daniels is one of the best backups in the league. That’s the conclusion Seth Walder of BSPN, a…
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Tez Johnson On Bucs Receivers At Full Strength
Even though rookie Ted Hurst only got three targets last week, all in a row, all in the final offensive drive, he demonstrated just how deep the Bucs’…
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GameDay Tampa Bay
Game 2 Browns at Bucs Kickoff: 1 p.m. TV: CBS (WTSP-TV Channel 10, locally) with Tom McCarthy, Robert Turbin and Tiffany Blackmon. Streaming: FOX One, NFL+…
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Ted Hurst, His Debut And Immediate Future
Two things shocked Joe in the aftermath of the Bucs’ first loss of the season, and how they may relate to tomorrow’s game against the hapless…
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Alex Anzalone Talks “Fever Dream” Start In Week 1, Todd Bowles
Bucs special teams got a gold star for Week 1. The other units got whatever is awarded for stunning inconsistency. Fans know it, and so does Bucs inside…
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Another Tight End Test For Todd Bowles
BY IRA KAUFMAN Todd Monken’s no dummy. The new head coach of the Browns knows how to exploit weaknesses on the football field. He proved that as…
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Browns At Bucs, TV Map
Once again, unless you live in three specific regions of our republic, you likely won’t see the Browns-Bucs game on free TV. The Bucs have their home…
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Benjamin Morrison Remembers His Moment In The Cincinnati Sun
Aside from linebacker Josiah Trotter blowing up in his first NFL game, outperforming Derrick Brooks and matching T.J. Watt, an even more surprising outcome…
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Todd Bowles Confidence Poll (Week 2 Edition)
Flash poll posted at 6:48 a.m. Poll closed at 9:59 a.m. Last week’s results linked here. The post Todd Bowles Confidence Poll (Week 2 Edition) appeared…
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Happy 50th Sports Media Anniversary To Ira Kaufman
It’s fitting that JoeBucsFan.com columnist/podcaster Ira Kaufman will walk into the Raymond James Stadium press box tomorrow for the Bucs-Browns game…
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Win Rates In The Trenches
Joe thinks it is fair to suggest that when it came to trench warfare last Sunday in Cincinnati, the Bucs have seen better days. The four-letter published its…
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Bucky Irving Among The NFL’s Best
If Week 1 of the NFL season is any window, it seems Bucs running back Bucky Irving has picked up where his rookie season left off. Bucky proved to be one of…
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JoeBucsFan Show MONDAY At 7 P.M. On WDAE
Enjoy the JoeBucsFan Show at 7 p.m. on WDAE radio, 95.7 FM and AM 620. Joe will talk all things Bucs after the pivotal Week 2 game against the Browns…
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Browns Beat Writers Pick Bucs To Win
On paper, the Bucs should mow through the Cleveland Browns on Sunday in Tampa Bay’s home opener. What a glorious happening that would be for Bucs fans…
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Very Mixed Reviews For Graham Barton
Joe sees Graham Barton as a good, durable starting center. Is he great? No. At least not yet. But Barton deserves a standing ovation for starting three games…
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Josiah Trotter Fulfills Lifelong Dream Today
The Bucs will likely start three rookies on defense. All are heavy hitters, physical players. You have Rueben Bain at outside linebacker, Josiah Trotter at…
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Jacob Parrish Personifies Next Play Mentality
You’ve heard the old football cliché about how a cornerback has to have a short memory? That sooner or later he will get burned and he just has to forget…
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Bucs Fans Just May See Ted Hurst Get Several Snaps
If you believe the injury reports from NFL teams, Bucs receiver Jalen McMillan may not get too many snaps this afternoon as the Bucs open their 2026 season in…
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Bucs May Have Found A Special Teams Stud
This might just be a good under-the-radar signing. So the Bucs last week signed former Chiefs corner Kevin Knowles, who enters his second season in the NFL…
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GameDay Tampa Bay
Game 1 Bucs at Bengals Kickoff: 1 p.m. TV: FOX (WTVT-TV Channel 13, locally) with Kevin Kugler, windy Daryl “Moose” Johnston and Allison Williams…
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Derrick Brooks Notes Bucs’ Defensive Improvement
Twenty years ago, Derrick Brooks was busting heads as an every-blade-of-grass Buccaneers linebacker. A legend who was the opposite of soft. Nowadays, the Hall…
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Expecting A Buccaneers Loss In Cincinnati
It’s been exactly 11 months since the Buccaneers beat a good football team. That’s a big reason why Joe has two huge overarching questions…