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Saturday, April 11th, 2026

Ohio State DT Kayden McDonald
In two weeks, a bleary-eyed Joe will stagger into the media workroom at One Buc Palace before Day 3 of the draft and chug copious amounts of caffeine to stay awake in order to finish the draft. (more…)
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Saturday, April 11th, 2026

Bucs target?
One thing Joe likes about ESPN draft analyst Jordan Reid is that he professionally grew up in football. (more…)
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Saturday, April 11th, 2026

Knee was breaking down.
We all knew Bucs iconic linebacker Lavonte David had been dealing with a bad knee that had been barking. (more…)
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Friday, April 10th, 2026

Ohio State TE Max Klare.
Joe doesn’t know what to make of pre-draft visits prospects make to NFL facilities. The Bucs rarely draft guys who they brought in for interviews. (more…)
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Friday, April 10th, 2026

New Buccaneers inside linebacker Alex Anzalone.
Alex Anzalone is just like any Bucs fan, it seems. (more…)
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Friday, April 10th, 2026

Five!
Joe actually wouldn’t mind if the Bucs had a new King Kong Bundy-like monster in the middle of the defensive line. (more…)
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Friday, April 10th, 2026

New Bucs CB Chase Lucas.
Joe’s not trying to be mean in any way. Anyone on an NFL squad is in the top 1 percent of humanity. (more…)
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Thursday, April 9th, 2026

Bucs GM Jason Licht.
Buccaneers Ring of Honor general manager Jason Licht has draft trends. (more…)
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Thursday, April 9th, 2026

Freedom to choose.
One of the most profound things Joe ever heard didn’t come from a man of the cloth or a college professor. (more…)
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Thursday, April 9th, 2026

Take a look at this, Mike, while you try to figure out why $1.5 million only gets you 1,100 square feet of house and no trees in Sunnyvale, California. (more…)
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Thursday, April 9th, 2026

New Bucs inside linebacker Alex Anzalone.
When fans think of tough-guy NFL coaches demanding aggressive play, most put Lions head coach Dan Campbell in their top-5 or top-10. (more…)
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Thursday, April 9th, 2026

Miami edge Rueben Bain.
Joe doesn’t give a damn if a guy has a baby arm or not. If the man can punish quarterbacks, so what? He’s Joe’s kind of guy. (more…)
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Thursday, April 9th, 2026

Cool Lavonte David story.
Former NFL players with large platforms — significantly larger than the veteran journalists who serve as selectors for the Pro Football Hall of Fame — have had Lavonte David’s back. (more…)
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Thursday, April 9th, 2026

Bucs QB Baker Mayfield.
If you clip a bird’s wings, you’re basically left with a feathered squirrel. (more…)
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Thursday, April 9th, 2026

“The Beast” has been unleashed. (more…)
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Wednesday, April 8th, 2026
So Joe asked Panthers head coach and 2023 Bucs offensive coordinator Dave Canales what the NFL world needs to know about Lavonte David. (more…)
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Wednesday, April 8th, 2026
Buccaneers Ring of Honor general manager Jason Licht has put the NFL on notice. (more…)
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Wednesday, April 8th, 2026

So Bucs head coach Todd Bowles flatly rejected the notion Joe posed to him last week — that Bucs opponents last season played hungrier than Tampa Bay down the stretch. (more…)
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Wednesday, April 8th, 2026

Joe had a long, private chat with Todd Bowles’ friend and supporter Pat Kirwan last week at the NFL annual meeting in Phoenix. (more…)
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Wednesday, April 8th, 2026

The Bucs select…
A year ago at the NFL owners meetings, Bucs coach Todd Bowles told assembled media types at the NFC coaches breakfast that he absolutely would not rule out taking an offensive player in the first round. (more…)
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Wednesday, April 8th, 2026

No Jeff Fisher.
Bucs coach Todd Bowles has a .515 winning percentage through four seasons as head coach. So it stands to reason some think he’s an average coach. (more…)
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