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What about the Bucs?
With all the chatter about a potential new Rays crib just west of and across the street from The Licht House, Joe has to wonder what the conversations are like in the third-story boardroom at One Buc Palace as Team Glazer nurses glasses of Hennessy X.O. [read more]
Rookie admires and appreciates the future Hall of Famer.
Early last season, Bucs rookie wide receiver Emeka Egbuka spoke about how much Chris Godwin helped him out in his adjustment to the NFL. [read more]
Chris Godwin is as dependable as they come.
Joe admits to being surprised by these numbers. [read more]
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Joe’s been back on the WDAE airwaves every weekend since last February. Varying times.
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Todd gives his final thoughts on the last game of the NFL season and wonders if this is the start of something big for someone like Mike MacDonald, Drake Maye or even Klint Kubiak. The Todd Wright TODDcast is presented by Heads and Tails and Brandon Legal Group. Click above to listen or to download. Or listen via Podcast Addict, iHeartRadio, TuneIn and other platforms.
Manna from heaven for Bucs.
The Bucs may need three new inside linebackers for 2026. [read more]
High praise from his QB.
Neither Baker Mayfield nor Emeka Egbuka had a great second half of the 2025 season. [read more]
New Bucs offensive coordinator Zac Robinson didn’t have to have his arm twisted to take the gig when he interviewed last month. [read more]
How many TD catches left?
Joe sure hopes Mike Evans returns for 2026. Because he sure does look like he’s got gas left in the tank. Baker Mayfield sure thinks Evans will be back. [read more]
Buccaneers stud rookie receiver Emeka Egbuka made his way to Super Bowl’s Radio Row today in San Francisco. [read more]
So Jay Glazer of FOX Sports is on the list of NFL super insiders with contacts spanning from players to owners to executives that like to suck up to him. [read more]
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Sage Ira checks in for Episode 1 of this Super Bowl week.
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Each snap must have value.
Joe learned way back in high school that the mark of a good coach is if he knows all sorts of little things to help a player perform. [read more]
No Bucs buzz.
Remember last year? So many Bucs fans, even as high up as Bucs AC/DC-loving general manager Jason Licht, wondered why every half-ass team and two-bit player in the league got run but the Bucs were virtually ignored? [read more]
Former NFL QB big fan of Bucs QB coach Chandler Whitmer.
Yeah, sure, someone will hammer Joe for quoting this former quarterback. But Joe makes zero apologies for heeding the words of a guy who played in the league, something Joe never did and Joe’s guessing most readers here didn’t either. [read more]
Offensive line ealth as important as Baker Mayfield’s health.
Joe thinks healthy Baker Mayfield is the best quarterback in the NFC South. [read more]
Interesting choice of words from a Bucs legend not named Rondé Barber. [read more]
Joe hates quoting one of the great enemies of the Buccaneers, but the future Hall of Famer is a heck of a talker and he will be highly visible in the media for decades to come. [read more]
Eight years ago many NFL fans had been blasting the Pro Bowl for years. They called it a sham of a game with no defense.
The Joe typing here wasn’t on that bandwagon. In fact, the photo above is of former Bucs linebacker Kwon Alexander drillling Tyreek Hill after sprinting downfield in punt coverage in a rainstorm during the January 2018 Pro Bowl in Orlando. [read more]
