Is a return in focus?

Three weeks from today, NFL types from across the country will invade downtown Indianapolis for the start of the 2026 combine. [read more]

“Todd, I’ve got your back.”

Lavonte David has made it clear. [read more]

Baker Mayfield and Tristan Wirfs lead the Tampa Bay Lightning into The Licht House for the NHL’s Stadium Series game between the Lightning and Boston Bruins on Sunday.

Joe hates to remind Bucs fans of how the season ended. But the following nugget shows how this team has to be better when it matters the most. [read more]

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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.

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Still No. 1?

Let Joe be clear: Joe’s not anxious to push Bucky Irving down the roster. Or off the roster. [read more]

Pending free agent Bucs cornerback Jamel Dean had a heck of a standout 2025 season according to some legitimate metrics. [read more]

Buccaneers GM Jason Licht may have smiled in Mobile, Alabama, last week.

The Bucs need edge rush help again. [read more]

At high noon on Monday, March 9, the annual free agency dinner bell will ring.

That’s when Bucs fans will begin to find out if Tampa Bay is all-in on the 2026 season. [read more]

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ILB Patrick Queen.

Would Joe like to see Lavonte David back in 2026? Sure, but that doesn’t mean the Bucs should not draft his replacement and it sure doesn’t mean they shouldn’t sign a linebacker in free agency. [read more]

The JoeBucsFan Show has an 9 a.m. kickoff today on WDAE radio, 95.3 FM and AM 620. Joe and Ira Kaufman are talking all things Bucs. Listen online to Tampa Bay’s all-sports powerhouse, or via the iHeart Radio app, or below.

Joe’s been back on the WDAE airwaves every weekend since February 2024. Varying times.

Takeaways didn’t help much.

Joe is an old-school football guy in one respect: Joe believes if you do not play fundamentally sound football, your team has a ceiling. [read more]

Frustrates gamblers.

Joe has typed the following and likely will again. It’s astounding how unpopular Bucs coach Todd Bowles is. [read more]

The Joe typing here would wager large quantities of cash that Mike Evans will suit up for the Buccaneers later this year. [read more]

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Joe is just taking a moment to wish Bucco Bruce Arians well.

Arians hopped on Today on NBC this week for an in-studio promotional sitdown with Rob Gronkowski. There, Arians shared that he will have “open heart surgery” on Friday, Feb. 6, in Philadelphia. No other details were shared, other than that Arians will watch the Super Bowl from a hospital room.

Obviously, this isn’t emergency surgery, but open heart surgery is always serious. Arians is 73 years old.

Good luck, Coach!

Baker Mayfield likes a fiery hot kind of coach. [read more]