Joe understands how the punch to the balls delivered by the rotten Rams Thursday night has Bucs fans enraged.

It totally makes sense how Bucs fans believe that kind of performance was and should be unacceptable.

But so too is the misguided fear and loathing of Bucs defensive tackle Gerald McCoy.

There are a couple of guys out there who would love nothing more than to geld him. Why? Joe has no earthly idea. Is GMC (thus far) a Hall of Famer? Of course not. Is he a good player? Sure.

Since the start of the 2012 season, no defensive tackle has more sacks. GMC currently has the fourth-most sacks this season of any defensive tackle. So he’s a bum, huh?

No, GMC is not Warren Sapp. No, he is unlikely to get a bust in Canton. When exactly did this become a mortal sin?

This just in: Lavonte David has never made a Pro Bowl and won’t be a Hall of Famer, either. How come folks aren’t lining up to drive the U-Haul trucks from his house? Why the double standard?

Doug Martin won’t be in Canton, either, unless he totally blows up these next four years — as in putting up Walter Payton-like numbers. Joe doesn’t notice anyone trying to run the Muscle Hamster out of town. Again, why the double standard?

So the only guy who can get sacks on a defensive line should be launched? That’s real swift. So the only guy who has ever been to a Pro Bowl on the defensive line is a pile of steaming feces, huh?

Joe never realized Bucs fans so wanted Da’Quan Bowers to replace GMC. That’s what it sure seems like, the way folks are beating up GMC on social media.

Of all the things to be mad at the Bucs for, GMC doesn’t even make the list.

GMC isn’t kicking running backs while they lay on the ground. GMC isn’t tossing balls out of the end zone throwing hissy fits that would get a three-year old paddled. GMC isn’t dropping passes right and left. GMC isn’t getting basted like a holiday ham by low-rung wide receivers. GMC isn’t trying to see if he can outrace a kick returner down the field by running backwards.

But, yeah, GMC is the problem because he isn’t getting 20 sacks a season. Right.

What’s the matter with people?