The NFL’s finest blocking wide receiver, the Bucs’ Michael Clayton, did nothing to quash mounting rumors of Tampa Bay pursuing future Hall of Fame WR Marvin Harrison while speaking Friday on 1040 AM.

In fact, Clayton said Harrison was a better fit for the Bucs than future NRA spokesman Plaxico Burress, who recently has elicted lustful yearnings from Raheem The Dream.

Joe did not hear the Clayton interview himself but is grateful that Clayton’s interviewer The Fabulous Sports Babe personally provided Joe some of Clayton’s comments.

With all the Marvin Harrison-to-Tampa Bay smoke billowing — and no denial or company-line spin job from Clayton — Joe is convinced there is real teeth to the Bucs’ interest in Harrison.

Now the only question is when will St. Pete Times writer Rick Stroud will consider this speculation worthy of his Bucs blog.