Blitzes went up in smoke in 2025.

Regular readers know Joe thinks pressures are pretty close to a worthless stat. At best, their value is grossly overrated. [read more]

Welcome to your Morning Cup of Joe, an eye-opener to help Joe’s readers ease into their busy workday with a few football links, wacky news and a pleasant distraction. [read more]

Important.

Look out Bucs AC/DC-loving general manager Jason Licht. Your question to re-up Baker Mayfield just got more important. [read more]

Other than Tristan Wirfs, no NFL player has ever been named All-Pro at right and left tackle. Wirfs is a living legend in a lot of ways, a five-time Pro Bowler marching toward the Hall of Fame, though he has a ways to go. [read more]

The Bucs are expecting a massive upgrade at inside linebacker by replacing worn out Lavonte David and overmatched SirVocea Dennis with high-octane veteran Alex Anzalone and rookie Josiah Trotter. [read more]

Update.

So on Saturday, in what Joe thought was a positive tone on a contract extension, Baker Mayfield simply said he and the Bucs just need to find the middle ground. [read more]

After watching two seasons of Graham Barton film, one offensive line guru thinks the Bucs’ 2024 first-round draft pick is a very special football player but a not-so-special center. [read more]

Bucs DL Rueben Bain.

Joe sometimes gets frustrated (not at all toward fans) when fielding questions about underwear football. [read more]

Is Bucky Irving durable enough?

Warren Sharp, the famed handicapper-turned-stathead, is doing what he is doing each summer. [read more]

Did Baker Mayfield issue an ultimatum?

It never fails to surprise Joe how two people can hear the exact same soundbyte and come to two different conclusions. [read more]

Yesterday, Joe brought the first installment of the Loaf Watch series.

Todd Bowles talked about Bucs “just taking plays off,” so Joe wants to look deeper into the Bucs’ post-bye games, the ones that sent Tampa Bay from a 6-2 record to a sad 7-9 finish. [read more]

Remember when right tackle Luke Goedeke explained how Bucs players are focused on working through their vacation? [read more]

Tez Johnson proved he can hang in the NFL.

When a team drafts a guy in the seventh round, it is sort of a Hail Mary. [read more]

Have offensive coordinators figured out Todd Bowles?

When Bucs games are televised, in the immediate moments prior to kickoff when the network announcing crew has to pretend the coaching matchup is akin to Bill Walsh vs. Bill Parcells, Bucs coach Todd Bowles is often hailed as a revolutionary defensive mastermind whose exotic, blitz-heavy packages leave even the most savvy, intelligent veteran quarterbacks dizzy and confused. [read more]

“Baker, you’ve got the numbers. Get your bag!”

This will rankle some folks but Joe doesn’t believe this is crazytalk. [read more]

Bucs coach Todd Bowles.

One of the Joes is a lot more pessimistic than the other when it comes to the 2026 Bucs. That doesn’t mean the Bucs cannot return to their division-winning ways. [read more]

Former Bucs cornerback Jamel Dean.

So what Buccaneers took plays off last season?

Joe is seeking clarity beyond Lavonte David admitting to being called out for loafs and YaYa Diaby wagging a finger of shame at Bucs film. [read more]

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