Respect for heart and drive.

Joe’s good friend, NFL humorist/columnist Mike Tanier, summed up in one sentence what Football America thinks of the NFC South landfill. [read more]

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A legend weighs in.

During the second half of the 2024 season, Bucky Irving averaged 18.5 touches per game.

Last year, Irving averaged 20.3 touches in the 10 games he played.

Those numbers are coming down. [read more]

T-minus four days and counting. Exactly four days from the time this here story publishes, Bucs players and coaches matriculate onto the Bucs practice fields behind One Buc Palace to start warming up for the first training camp practice of 2026. [read more]

Rueben Bain

Buccaneers first-round pick Rueben Bain takes his job, his life, very seriously. [read more]

Nothing beats points.

The Bucs last year never did rally after trailing at halftime to pull out a win. [read more]

The average Joe can now attend Day 3 of Buccaneers training camp. [read more]

Critical data.

Joe has read for months now in the comments here that Baker Mayfield is not a clutch quarterback — that he gags in the fourth quarter. [read more]

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Key to turning around defense?

The arrow is not pointing up for KitKat-eating Bucs coach Todd Bowles’ defense. [read more]

Building a two-headed monster?

Last year Bucs offensive coordinator Zac Robinson used mostly two different tight ends when he was calling the shots for the Atlanta offense, Kyle Pitts and Charlie Woerner. [read more]

Who besides Tristan Wirfs?

A few times a week, Joe sees readers leave comments on this here corner of the interwebs grousing about the talent level of the Bucs roster. [read more]

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Bucs rookie linebacker Josiah Trotter.

Smokescreen or reality? [read more]

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“Now all of Tampa Bay will be able to hear me scream! What do you think about that, Mike Tirico?”

Jon Gruden, the man better known as “Chucky,” who guided the Bucs to their first Super Bowl title, will return to the Bucs.

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Are the Bucs more likely to have a top-10 offense this season or a top-15 defense?

The answer from a familiar voice might surprise you. [read more]