The insanity that is this Buccaneers season has hit a new level.

Per Mike Glennon speaking on the Buccaneers Radio Network on WDAE-AM 620 this evening, Josh McCown will be the starting quarterback Sunday.

Feel free to bang your head against the wall.

“I met with Marcus [Arroyo] and Lovie [Smith] this morning and they decided that it’ll best for Josh [McCown] this week to go ahead and get the start,” Glennon said.

This is simply a mind-numbing decision by Lovie Smith. The Bucs are 1-7 and the McCown experiment should be ancient history. He was bad in three starts — three Bucs losses. And the Bucs, under the captaincy of McCown, the man brought here for his leadership and ball security, didn’t show up for their only national TV game. That game was widely considered a must-win.

For Joe’s money, McCown failed on the field with his high-school interceptions and decisions, as well as off the field as a leader.

The smart choice was — and is — to ride out Glennon through the end of the season. Joe’s been writing this since Week 3.

McCown is not the future of this team in any shape or form unless Lovie already has decided he wants McCown around to mentor the 2015 rookie quarterback. But if that’s the case (and it’s not), then Lovie’s better off with McCown staying healthy on the bench and practicing his coaching and advisory skills on Glennon.

A lost season doesn’t need a 35-year-old journeyman QB at the helm.