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. [read more]

New Buccaneers inside linebacker Alex Anzalone.

Alex Anzalone is just like any Bucs fan, it seems. [read more]

Five!

Joe actually wouldn’t mind if the Bucs had a new King Kong Bundy-like monster in the middle of the defensive line. [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]

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. [read more]

Bucs GM Jason Licht.

Buccaneers Ring of Honor general manager Jason Licht has draft trends. [read more]

A delicious plate of Hooters wings and their great salads, sandwiches and shrimp make for a heck of a lunch or dinner! Get it done! Locations are across the Bay area and online ordering is always easy from Joe’s great friends.

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. [read more]

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. [read more]

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. [read more]

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. [read more]

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. [read more]

Bucs QB Baker Mayfield.

If you clip a bird’s wings, you’re basically left with a feathered squirrel. [read more]

“The Beast” has been unleashed. [read more]

So Joe asked Panthers head coach and 2023 Bucs offensive coordinator Dave Canales what the NFL world needs to know about Lavonte David. [read more]

Buccaneers Ring of Honor general manager Jason Licht has put the NFL on notice. [read more]

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. [read more]

Joe had a long, private chat with Todd Bowles’ friend and supporter Pat Kirwan last week at the NFL annual meeting in Phoenix. [read more]