Photo Credit: Cliff Welch / Pewter ReportFor those of the Christian faith, Christmas Eve and Christmas day are a time for renewed faith. We celebrate the birth of our Saviour, and using the pagan holiday traditions of Saturnalia, we give gifts to one another as part of the celebration. Buccaneers fans were hoping their team would give them a nice Christmas …Read More
Photo Credit: Cliff Welch / Pewter ReportThis team drives you crazy doesn’t it? For about 40 minutes of football time, the Buccaneers dominated one of the best teams in the NFL, the New Orleans Saints. Then, the Bucs started Bucing. That’s how it is with this football team, isn’t it? Especially this year, where they get you believing, then rip your …Read More
Photo Credit: Buccaneers.comYou’re sitting at 3-7. Your coach is likely going to be fired. Some of your veterans have begun making “business decisions”. It would have been easy for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers to do what so many teams have done before and basically mail-in the end of another lost season in the tropics. Instead of coasting …Read More
Photo Credit: Buccaneers.comAs we celebrated the historic 100th tailgate of WhatTheBuc, the Buccaneers put together their best performance of the football season, pounding the lowly San Francisco 49ers 27 to 9. It was a complete football game, as all three phases came together for an excellent effort by the boys in Pewter. Pieces of Eight 1) There …Read More
Photo Credit: Cliff Welch / Pewter ReportBucs fans, if it feels like you’re stuck in some macabre version of Groundhog day, you’re not wrong. It’s not de ja vu. You’ve seen this movie before. Again. Again. And yet again. It’s been the exact same script for every road game since the Bucs improbable Week One win in New Orleans. Fall behind …Read More
Photo Credit: Cliff Welch / Pewter ReportThe Tampa Bay Buccaneers lost yet another winnable game, tumbling to 3-6 and essentially oblivion in the NFC South. To make the playoffs in the highly competitive NFC, Tampa Bay would likely need to win out. More than likely, the Bucs have a better shot at a top 5 pick and regime change. Pieces of …Read More
Photo Credit: Cliff Welch / Pewter ReportYou know, I briefly thought of just cutting and pasting last week’s Doubloons article and changing a few names here or there. It’s basically the same story. Offense starts slow. Defense gets obliterated in the first half, the Bucs make a hellacious comeback in the third quarter, only to see the defense give up a …Read More
Photo Credit: Cliff Welch / Pewter ReportJameis Winston threw away the Bucs’ opportunity to improve over .500 and left his team looking for answers for today and the future of the franchise. Here we are, yet again, Bucs fans. We’re at the crossroads with another quarterback who just didn’t make the grade. A franchise killing decision that barring a heavy dose …Read More
Photo Credit: Cliff Welch / Pewter ReportThe Tampa Bay Buccaneers snapped a 3-game losing streak with a thrilling, wild overtime victory over the Cleveland Browns. We should be thrilled, right? Well, no. Not really. Look, you never apologize for a win and good teams do have to win ugly from time-to-time, but this wasn’t ugly folks, it was almost downright embarrassing. …Read More
Photo Credit: Buccaneers.comOkay, we can stop kidding ourselves. This isn’t a playoff team. I know we’re just 5 games into the season and there’s a lot of football left to be played. I know the Bucs lost a close game. No, the season isn’t over at all. But we need to reset our expectations, folks. Barring a …Read More
