Thomas Bassinger

Sound-Smarter-Than-Your-Friends Guide to Buccaneers-Giants: How Tampa Bay can lose if it wins

The Bucs are in a race, just not the one you hoped they would be in.

Buccaneers All-22: Tony Dungy wants to know what happened in the debacle against Washington. Here are the answers, coach

Stop blaming the play-caller. Dirk Koetter wasn’t the reason why Tampa Bay scored only three points.

It seems that Madden knows something the Buccaneers don’t

For the fourth straight season, Madden is on track to accurately predict Tampa Bay's win-loss record.

Buccaneers AfterMath: In Tampa Bay, time is a flat circle

Everything the Bucs have ever done or will ever do, they will do over and over and over again.

When the Buccaneers lose, they do things no one has ever done before

A by-the-numbers look at Tampa Bay's 16-3 loss to Washington.

The game-changing strategy the Buccaneers have never considered

Instead of playing to win, NFL coaches sometimes play to not lose. Why? Conventional wisdom and loss aversion.

Buccaneers-Panthers All-22: Loss exposes a fatal flaw in Tampa Bay’s offense

The Bucs are right to chase explosive plays. How they go about executing them, though, might be a problem.

Buccaneers-Panthers AfterMath: A fake punt? What the … Is Dirk Koetter trying to fire himself?

Who’s the quarterback in Tampa Bay? Is it Jameis Winston? Is it Ryan Fitzpatrick? How about Bryan Anger? Let’s talk about Koetter’s decision to put the ball in the punter’s hands on fourth and 9.

Bucs-Panthers: A by-the-numbers look at Tampa Bay’s 42-28 loss

Sound-Smarter-Than-Your-Friends Guide to Buccaneers-Panthers: Tampa Bay’s special teams are a special kind of bad

The Bucs special teams are staggeringly shameful, and they’re costing the team points it can’t afford to lose. It’s not just the kicker’s fault, either.