Rondé Barber

So 2025 Buccaneers defensive line coach Charlie Strong was among the fired assistant coaches at One Buc Palace last week. [read more]

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“Scratch him off, Jason.”

It seems using Bruce Arians’ red pen to draw a line through the name of Todd Monken on the Bucs’ list of offensive coordinators would be appropriate. [read more]

So the Buccaneers were 1-5 when center/guard Ben Bredeson did not start this season, and they were 0-2 in the games Bredeson left early with injuries (hamstring and knee).

There’s a reason Buccaneers Ring of Honor general manager Jason Licht made the comments he did 46 days ago. [read more]

Not a Todd Bowles fan.

In a recent edition of “The Arena: Gridiron,” former Bucs cornerback Aqib Talib and former NFL quarterback Cody Kessler agreed that with three division titles under his belt, Todd Bowles both earned and deserved to return for a fifth season leading the Bucs. [read more]

Team Glazer huddles with Buccaneers GM Jason Licht.

Perhaps Joe is simply stating the obvious in the headline. But if it’s not obvious, the Bucs, if they fail to win in 2026, should want to get off the offensive coordinator carousel. [read more]

Talks “daddy mode.”

Bucs iconic linebacker Lavonte David really doesn’t know if he has a future as an NFL player. That doesn’t mean he can’t play, but he’s not sure if he wants to. [read more]

“Mr. Glazer, you really should watch Dante Moore’s tape against Iowa.”

Joe is a football fan, not an NFL elitist or a college football purist. Joe likes football. Period. So “this Joe” pays as much attention to college and NFL equally. [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]

Friday interview scheduled.

You want to know who the serious candidates are for Bucs offensive coordinator? How did they interview? [read more]

Rachaad White was not the happiest Bucs camper in his final weeks of this season.

He was not a bitter worker; he was just eager to move on from Tampa Bay.

Too much floating around by teammates? It was more than that. [read more]

Not a scapegoat, radio host says.

Joe has no idea if it was a chemistry thing or what. But when have you seen a team lose its best players on offense and when those players got healthy, the offense fell off the map? [read more]

Bucs QB Baker Mayfield.

Joe is pretty confident the Bucs know exactly why. So what are they going to do about it? [read more]

Todd Monken.

This week, the Bucs are scheduled to interview former Bucs wide receivers coach and offensive coordinator Todd Monken as a full-time offensive coordinator. [read more]

Defends Todd Bowles.

Former Bucs cornerback Aqib Talib doesn’t want to hear any smack on Todd Bowles. [read more]

Free agent.

And the shoe just dropped. [read more]

Next OC?

As he did in 2023, Todd Monken will interview later this week for the Bucs’ open offensive coordinator job. [read more]

Here’s an interesting, detailed and somewhat confusing take on the Tampa Bay defense by legendary Bucs cornerback Rondé Barber. [read more]