Archive for 2015
Friday, April 10th, 2015

The things you find on Twitter. Joe came across the timeline of Joel D. Anderson, a columnist for BuzzFeed, who attended a symposium at the Villanova University School of Law. A keynote speaker was Jameis Winston’s attorney David Cornwell.
Joe strongly suggests you check out Anderson’s timeline on Twitter for some very revealing information. (more…)
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Friday, April 10th, 2015

Florida DE Dante Fowler, a hometown guy, knows what the Bucs will do April 30.
In case you haven’t heard, St. Petersburg native, Lakewood High School grad and Gators defensive end Dante Fowler is visiting One Buc Palace to get grilled today.
Tampa Bay has a terrible need for a defensive end who can breathe on a quarterback, so Fowler would be a terrific pick. That is, if the Bucs didn’t need a quarterback far worse. (more…)
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Friday, April 10th, 2015

Former Bucs QB Chris Sims talks Bucs defense.
It is a horrible, frightening thought for Joe; the Bucs don’t draft a quarterback at No. 1.
How could they?
(more…)
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Friday, April 10th, 2015

Jameis Winston was in town recently and look who he rubbed elbows with. Winston spent some time with the dean of Tampa Bay sports radio, Steve Duemig, aka The Big Dog. (more…)
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Friday, April 10th, 2015

Winston fever struck last night
Last night, Bucs general manager Jason Licht and coach Lovie Smith, along with some assistants, held court at the Den of Depression in sort of a meet-and-greet with season ticket holders, specifically club seat buyers. (more…)
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Friday, April 10th, 2015

Joe’s good friend Gil Arcia, who writes for both Scout.com and his own website, TheBayCave.com, does yeoman’s work trying to find nuggets of Bucs info.
Now he has some on Jameis Winston and Marcus Mariota, two quarterbacks the Bucs have their eyes on. (more…)
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Thursday, April 9th, 2015

The preseason football gods were generous
Fans who watched the last two Buccaneers preseasons witnessed some horrific football played by the good guys.
Ironically, Greg Schiano and Lovie Smith both advised Bucs fans — and media — to calm down because preseason is, well, preseason. (more…)
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Thursday, April 9th, 2015

The Bucs return to Monday Night Football, sort of. In the second week of the preseason, Tampa Bay hosts the Bengals and puking Andy Dalton, Monday, Aug. 24. (more…)
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Thursday, April 9th, 2015

Yes, this was a touchdown catch by Eastern Carolina WR Justin Hardy.
Do the Bucs need a slot receiver?
If so, a good ne may be lurking in the draft, says a prominent former Buccaneer. (more…)
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Thursday, April 9th, 2015

Sometimes when you listen to sports radio, you can pretty much tell right off the bat when a caller is either well-informed or is just throwing ignorant bulls(p)it out as fact. (more…)
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Thursday, April 9th, 2015
At the NFL Owners Meetings last month, Buccaneers co-chairman Joel Glazer told Joe how comfortable he is with Jameis Winston as the next quarterback of the Bucs, if that is who general manager Jason Licht and head coach Lovie Smith want. (more…)
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Thursday, April 9th, 2015

Bucs fans erupted — with glee, or shock and anger — when NFL draft guru Mike Mayock, after much thought, demoted prospective Bucs quarterback Jameis Winston to his No. 2 quarterback behind Marcus Mariota yesterday. (more…)
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Thursday, April 9th, 2015
Remember when former Bills linebacker Angelo Crowell was Tampa Bay’s big defensive signing in free agency? Thankfully, those depressing days are gone.
However, the Bucs are still looking to Buffalo for help. (more…)
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Thursday, April 9th, 2015

Does Lovie Smith agree with Sean Payton?
It’s hard to explain how intense things were at the NFL Owners Meetings in Phoenix.
Owners, general managers, head coaches and all kinds of national media types were buzzing around resort ballrooms, courtyards, lounges, bars and more, and none were wound up from watching a game, or prospects at the scouting combine, or bitter because their team mired in a losing streak. (more…)
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Thursday, April 9th, 2015

Yes, Joe is aware of the misguided, ill-timed, trade-down crowd. And of course, there’s the chorus bellowing from the Marcus Mariota Band begging the Bucs to change their mind.
And then there is Phil Simms. (more…)
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Thursday, April 9th, 2015

Is restricted free agent DE George Johnson a hidden gem?
News pumped out late Tuesday night from the Air Glazer private jet somewhere over Jameis Winston’s home state of Alabama that the Bucs signed restricted free agent defensive end George Johnson.
The Bucs’ brass surveillance team could have heard Joe’s yawn in Hernando County. (more…)
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Thursday, April 9th, 2015

Crab-legs-stealing, BB-gun-shooting, obscenity-hollering, Heisman-Trophy-winning, former national champion Jameis Winston, the pride of Florida State University, continues to look like a much better quarterback prospect than Mike Glennon.
It’s Joe’s daily nugget on the Jameis Watch, celebrating the best quarterback ever to wear No. 5 in the state of Florida. (more…)
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Wednesday, April 8th, 2015

In his years as an offensive coordinator and head coach in college football, both at LSU and Florida State, Jimbo Fisher has pumped out quarterbacks who were high NFL draft picks. (more…)
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Wednesday, April 8th, 2015
How desperate for a left tackle is Tampa Bay?
That depends who you ask. (more…)
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Wednesday, April 8th, 2015

Grilling “bible school camp counselors?”
As politically aware Americans know, prominent politicians are thoroughly vetted via media and swarms of investigators from their own parties and rival parties. The truth is available — if you choose to find it.
But those truths don’t matter much. Serial adulterers, former drunks and socialists still score big national victories. (more…)
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Wednesday, April 8th, 2015
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers contingent in Tallahassee this morning for a private workout with Jameis Winston also is keeping busy with the guys who have protected Winston.
(No, that isn’t a Tallahassee Police Department joke.) (more…)
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Wednesday, April 8th, 2015

Joe’s friend Mike Freeman, the longtime NFL writer now with BleacherReport.com, has tracked former Bucs leaky, sleepy franchise quarterback Josh Freeman for months.
And he penned a long piece today titled, “How Josh Freeman earned another chance?” (more…)
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Wednesday, April 8th, 2015

New Bucs OC Dirk Koetter loves what he saw in Oregon
Is the gap narrowing?
Is new Bucs offensive coordinator Dirk Koetter leading a Mariota Gang mutiny in the ranks at One Buc Palace? (more…)
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Wednesday, April 8th, 2015

Vegas?
Crab-legs-stealing, BB-gun-shooting, obscenity-hollering, Heisman-Trophy-winning, former national champion Jameis Winston, the pride of Florida State University, continues to look like a much better quarterback prospect than Mike Glennon.
It’s Joe’s daily nugget on the Jameis Watch, celebrating the best quarterback ever to wear No. 5 in the state of Florida. (more…)
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Wednesday, April 8th, 2015

Will pot-smokin’ DE Randy Gregory fall enough for the Bucs to grab him?
There is a split decision at the headquarters of JoeBucsFan.com. In one corner there is demand for an offensive lineman — with the No. 34 pick. (more…)
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Wednesday, April 8th, 2015

The Bucs went fishing for a DE last night, signing restricted free agent George Johnson.
The Bucs are more desperate for a pass-rushing defense end than Joe is for a beer on a steamy Florida Friday afternoon.
They will take virtually anything that comes across as someone who can breathe on a quarterback. (more…)
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Tuesday, April 7th, 2015
It was another lively JoeBucsFan Hour today on WDAE-AM 620, with Joe and the dean of Tampa Bay sports radio, Steve Duemig. (more…)
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