It’s that time of year again, when Tampa Bay’s big PGA Tour event returns. And there’s no better way to watch it than in the Hooters Owl’s Nest.

Older Bucs fans remember that Rondé Barber played outside cornerback and shifted to inside nickel cornerback often. Simply put, Barber didn’t come off the field. (more…)

Fifth-year option thoughts.

While fans are buried in draft chatter and free agency rumors, there is another important decision by the Bucs looming that could directly impact the salary cap and draft strategy in the near future. (more…)

Bucs open to a return.

Joe thought surely running back Rachaad White had played his last snap for the Bucs. The guy who runs the football operations at One Buc Palace didn’t agree. (more…)

Please fall to the Bucs.

Joe has not changed his mind. (more…)

Season win-total for Bucs.

Wanna bet on the Bucs winning it all next year? You can get decent odds. (more…)

Explains o-line comments.

At least in Joe’s mind, Bucs AC/DC-loving general manager Jason Licht made a bolder than bold statement about his team this week. (more…)

Draft chatter.

Joe has typed a few times since Rachaad White kicked over the kitty litter box walking out the door of One Buc Palace, Sean Tucker is a free agent and is Bucky Irving coming off shoulder surgery, the Bucs’ running back room very likely needs to add bodies. (more…)

Does pending free agent receiver legend Mike Evans need a sales pitch to believe the Bucs can be a Super Bowl contender in 2026? (more…)

Joe has been told that the Bucs are interested in retaining starting tight end Cade Otton for a fifth season but are not being aggressive about re-signing him. At least not yet. (more…)

One reason Joe mingles around the NFL Scouting Combine scene is the opportunity to talk to coaches and executives across the league in a more relaxed setting. (more…)

Buccaneers Ring of Honor QB Doug Williams.

Quick nugget here for old school Bucs fans or documentary viewers of all ages who watched Raise The Flags: 50 Years Of Buccaneers Football. (more…)

Laughs at suggestion his defense is complicated.

If one listens to sharp football minds who have played the game in the NFL, including some Todd Bowles players current and past, they say Bowles has a complicated defense. (more…)

Flash poll posted at 8:01 a.m. Poll closed at 9:39 a.m.

Oklahoma QB menace and edge rusher R Mason Thomas.

You watch this guy’s videos and they are fun as hell. Joe could watch his cut-ups on an otherwise slow Friday night while working on some cold beers. (more…)

Annual toe-stubbing.

Todd Bowles is still searching. And he has yet to find an answer. (more…)

Free agent price tag?

So if you are a shot-caller of another NFL team, what would you do? (more…)

Labeling the offense.

When current Jags head coach Liam Coen was running the Bucs offense in 2024, was that Sean McVay’s offense or did Coen tweak it so much that it was totally Coen’s creation, albeit influenced by McVay? (more…)

Lavonte David news.

Does this smell like the move of a player ready to retire? (more…)

Todd Bowles

So will the Bucs draft another offensive player in Round 1 this year? (more…)

Bucs GM Jason Licht

So why do the Bucs seem content to let Mike Evans test the free agent market before re-signing him? (more…)

Is this man helping run Mike Evans out of town?

One Joe likes to use the word “silly” when he hears nonsense. “This Joe” guesses that word is a little more palatable than “horsesh!t.” (more…)