Ahhh, it’s a football Saturday!!

Here’s eight things Joe will be looking for tonight as the Bucs face the Titans (not including cheerleaders.) [read more]

Getting props.

There are reasons to be concerned with the Bucs as the 2018 season crawls closer. [read more]

Bucs met a familiar face this week

Once upon a time midway through the 2016 season, Dirk Koetter openly praised starting left guard Kevin Pamphile as the top-graded offensive lineman on the team that year.

And somewhere general Jason Licht was beaming about his 2014 fifth-round pick. [read more]

Click through below to draft at one of 12 Tampa Bay area Hooters locations!!

… Want to play fantasy football with Joe and Ira Kaufman in the Todd Wright Fantasy Football Podcast league on Wednesday, Aug. 22 at 7 p.m. live at the Hooters on Hillsborough Ave. in Tampa? Email [email protected] your name and phone number and that will put your name in the hat for an entry. Excellent prizes for the winners. The next wave of entries drawn will go out over the weekend. This was a good time last year and will be again.

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What do you call this list? What do you call them? That’s up to you. Meanwhile, Todd has lots of actual player names that fall into this particular category. He’ll offer his thoughts, one per team minimum, on guys who he will not be touching in any of his season-long drafts. They are strictly waiver wire and DFS plays until further notice. You’ll get the entire NFC in this podcast, with the AFC rundown in a future podcast. Remember, Todd answers all your questions at [email protected]. That is also where you can request being an owner in the in-person fantasy drafts powered by Hooters and JoeBucsFan.com that are rapidly approaching on Wednesday, August 22nd at Hooters in Tampa. It is not too late to play with Todd and Ira Kaufman and company, as there will be more invites going out in the next few days.

There is ugly and there is ugly. [read more]

BY IRA KAUFMAN

After Buc practices, you can find Evan Smith chasing his daughter all over the football field, laughing all the way. That’s the calm after the storm.

Between whistles, Smith is all business. [read more]

Lethal production. (Photo courtesy of Buccaneers.com)

This just could be the Bucs offense of the very near future. [read more]

Uncanny Bucs accuracy.

Most folks consider the best source for NFL season predictions comes from the wise guys in Las Vegas (or Newark? Or Far Rockaway? Or Wheeling? Or Providence? Or Reading? Or Biloxi? Or Wilmington?). [read more]

It is possible that the mess America’s Quarterback got himself into with the NFL, a three-game suspension that included the NFL labeling him a sexual offender, has led to Jameis Winston earning heightened respect from his teammates? [read more]

Getting noticed. (Photo courtesy of Buccaneers.com.)

If “Hard Knocks” was still filming the daily happenings of the Bucs during training camp this summer, the annual diamond-in-the-rough storyline just might go to undrafted rookie free agent Shaun Wilson. [read more]

Video evidence.

Yes, the first few weeks of Bucs second-round pick Ronald Jones’ NFL career haven’t been exactly smooth for the talented running back. [read more]

Dirk Koetter brought what appears to be his favorite August shirt to Tennessee for practice this week, but the head coach took a pass on Joe’s question Wednesday about its deeper meaning.

But other Bucs have been willing to talk about it. [read more]

Driven.

There is a lot of reasons why Bucs types like second-year receiver Chris Godwin. [read more]

Done

The Buccaneers’ brass was high-fiving and partying like rockstars when they drafted O.J. Howard in the first round last year.

And there were even quieter fist bumps and arm bars two days later when they scored a defensive tackle they wanted in the seventh round. [read more]

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The old debate is back with a very different feel now that the Titans and Bucs will play Saturday night following practices together this week. Bobby Fenton, @bobbygameday. has Winston-Mariota on his mind and so much more today. A Bucs fan from his days in the womb, Bobby never let’s it get boring on The Free Stretch! Dive in right here and right now above, or listen and/or subscribe free at  iTunes and Google Play. Listen or download above. 

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Practicing to his liking.

For however many years Joe will be walking on this planet, Joe will never forget the lesson learned last year during training camp. [read more]

Mike Evans looks in midseason form

Your Bucs were back at it today against the Tennessee Titans in shorts and “shells,” aka upper body pads, for a joint practice in Nashville, a lighter tuneup before Saturday’s preseason game. [read more]