Oregon TE Kenyon Sadiq.

The Joe typing here is not one bit against the advice for the Bucs offered up by David Moulton of SiriusXM NFL Radio. [read more]

Losing is hateful to Mike Evans.

Look, Joe isn’t sweating. [read more]

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.

This really shouldn’t surprise anyone who follows the Bucs. [read more]

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Plans to return.

Future Hall of Fame wide receiver Mike Evans is going to play this season. It seems the Bucs may get first dibs. [read more]

Looking for a better 2026.

Entering the 2025 season, Joe was really stoked thinking the Bucs would have a strong, dangerous run game. [read more]

Challenge.

The Bucs have so many holes on defense, a screenshot from an All-22 video of the defense looks like the surface of the moon. [read more]

Could Bears really cut him?

We don’t know if Bucs icon Lavonte David will return for a 15th season. Even if he does, the Bucs need to be proactive in bringing in a quality off-the-ball linebacker. [read more]

Clock ticking?

Anthony Nelson has known no other NFL defensive coordinator than Todd Bowles. Will that change this fall? [read more]

What went wrong with the Bucs last season? [read more]

Listeners to the Ira Kaufman Podcast and the JoeBucsFan Show on WDAE radio heard this discussed last week, but now Joe is typing it up for the record. [read more]

Emeka Egbuka is broken down by receiving great.

The eighth-leading receiver in NFL history with (14,731 yards) wasn’t a Pro Fooball Hall of Fame finalist this year. [read more]

Available.

The following sentence applies to all available edge rushers who, if motivated, the Bucs could sign: [read more]

Backup material.

The more Joe thinks about it, the angrier Joe gets. [read more]

Talkin’ Bucs.

It’s one thing for Joe to bang on a keyboard about the Bucs’ problems in 2025. It’s also another thing for Joe to hop on a podcast and holler. [read more]

Can he bounce back?

Defense, defense, defense. Damn, the Bucs have holes all over the defensive side of the ball. [read more]

QB guru?

Did the Bucs luck out and upgrade at offensive coordinator? Obviously, that’s the plan when you launch an offensive coordinator and replace him. [read more]

Why did the Bucs offense crash in the second half of last season?

It got so bad, fall guy offensive coordinator Josh Grizzard was fired last month. [read more]