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Chris Godwin is “that man.”

He’s a cornerstone Buccaneer and is coming up on Year 10 in a Tampa Bay uniform.

Godwin knows he’s not like every player he’s been around. (more…)

The Joe typing here thinks it would be moronic to keep Todd Bowles as head coach and strip him of defensive playcalling duties at the same time.

The logic is simple. (more…)

Pros and cons.

Look, Joe has been hollering for a legitimate edge rusher since Father Time caught up with Jason Pierre-Paul and Bucs sacks king Shaq Barrett. (more…)

Wants dudes on defense.

Perhaps as an angry response to the Bucs’ front office’s “I Am That Man” push for good players who are great people, it seems Bucs fans want to add players on defense who are great players and borderline psychopaths. (more…)

One less team to worry about.

Joe senses there are a number of Bucs fans hoping for Mike McDaniel to fail. (more…)

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Bucs GM Jason Licht.

Hard to believe, but in exactly two months, legal tampering begins to make way for the free agency dinner bell ringing March 13. (more…)

Flash poll posted at 7:58 p.m. Poll closed at 9:00 p.m. Prior Jason Licht confidence poll linked here.

Former Stanford coach David Shaw.

One of these days, someone is going to have to sit down and explain to Joe in detail what the appeal of David Shaw is. (more…)

The Bucs missed the playoffs. Carolina did not. But the Bucs beat Carolina in a must-win game last Saturday. (more…)

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Effort not an issue?

Interesting if not strange words from Bucs coach Todd Bowles last week in his season wrap up. (more…)

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Bucs target for OC?

Joe had former Dolphins coach Mike McDaniel coming to the Bucs before McDaniel had a chance to pound a shot to get over the shock of getting canned in South Florida. (more…)

Brian Callahan

Joe cannot claim to watch Bengals games closely. So Joe doesn’t know if Brian Callahan, who interviewed with the Bucs for the open offensive coordinator position, was a major influence with Joe Burrow and the Cincinnati offense or if he just rode the coattails of Bengals coach/playcaller Zac Taylor. (more…)

Flash poll posted at 10:26 p.m. Poll closed at 12:31 a.m.