Details emerge from One Buc Palace

OK, Joe is going to share a neat little story with a cool twist. But you have to follow along. It gets better as you read.

Now there has been a lot of talk that barbecue pitmaster, Bucs left guard Logan Mankins, is rejuvenated. Yeah, yeah, yeah, after the way he and his offensive line mates played, Joe is more than a little dubious about Mankins – or any other holdover from last year’s debacle of a line – and a rekindled love for the game. (more…)

Louis Murphy spoke about “America’s Quarterback” and how he has rediscovered his love of football with the Bucs.

Yes, Joe knows you have heard Bucs types, whether it be Jason Licht or Lovie Smith, rave about “America’s Quarterback,” signal-caller Jameis Winston.

Well, now it’s time for Jameis’ teammates to speak out. And they are.

Add receiver Louis Murphy to the list of those singing hosannas about Jameis. (more…)

Lovie Smith said Doug Martin was a first team running back last week, but then Lovie backed off that moments later and said there was no depth chart, during a chat with media about second-year RB Charles Sims. (more…)

A Bucs team insider explains

Yes, the offensive line was so bad last year, a Bucs fan could have yacked on his living room carpet and his wife wouldn’t have blown a gasket because she likely was in the bathroom with a finger down her throat, too. (more…)

Not every Buccaneers beat writer thinks it’s a slam dunk that America’s Quarterback, Jameis Winston, is the Tampa Bay starting QB when the snaps really matter. (more…)

With the exception of Doug Martin’s rookie season, the Bucs haven’t had a decent run game since LeGarrette Blount and Cadillac Williams combined for 1,444 yards in 2010 (and for you Blountheads, please stop whining about him being traded to the Fighting Belicheats. The guy has been let go by two teams since that trade. The dude isn’t Jim Brown). (more…)

Joe is sure there are other Bucs fans like this: there are dents on the wall behind Joe’s 60-inch HDTV from throwing the remote because last year’s gutless offensive line couldn’t block its own shadow. (more…)

Photo courtesy of Buccaneers.com.

Yes, the Bucs held OTAs for three days at One Buc Palace. Only one of those practices was open for the gazing eyes of the Tampa Bay pen and mic club.

That doesn’t mean no one was watching. (more…)

All that show and tell this week about Kevin Pamphile being the Buccaneers’ No. 1 left tackle may not be what it appears. (more…)

Yes, Joe’s jacked up for the Tampa Bay Lightning. But for Joe, nothing right now can top fresh, amazing news on America’s Quarterback, Jameis Winston. (more…)

An early season prediction hammers at a Bucs weakness

Wait one damn minute.

A well respected NFL voice believes Dan Quinn, a first-year head coach, a rookie head coach, will turn the sorry Falcons into division winners this year? (more…)

Joe is here to dissect every last word out of the mouth of Lovie Smith.

Lovie is the Buccaneers equivalent of the President of the United States. (more…)

So this week, it was like high school photo day. Well, a little bit more involved.

The Bucs had their pictures taken that will be used for a variety of purposes, but also videos, too, all wearing their Bucs unis. (more…)

Jaquies Smith weighs in

Thankfully, not every Buccaneer thinks about Jameis Winston, America’s Quarterback, the way Evan (Dietrich) Smith does.

In fact, the opposite is true, key starters are feeding off young Jameis. (more…)

A man-on-the-street radio segment revealed Tampa is a town that isn’t quite hockey crazy.

In fact, the following is downright stunning and hilarious. (more…)

Contracts seemed to be a popular discussion around One Buc Palace yesterday.

One was the question about if or when Lavonte David will get a new contract. Another question concerned Doug Martin. (more…)

A moved McCoy talks to Joe

From the snap of the ball until the referee blows his whistle ending a play, few players are more ornery and/or feared than Bucs defensive tackle Gerald McCoy. (more…)

Lovie Smith is a classy, mild-mannered, easy-going man as you will ever meet. It’s almost impossible to believe he could ever raise his voice to anyone.

Lovie is the anti-Greg Schiano.

But if the law needs to be thrown down, Lovie said he can and will do it. (more…)

Cornerback Mike Jenkins

Today at Bucs practice, Joe watched nickel cornerbacks Isaiah Frye and Leonard Johnson work intently with their nickel position coach.

Sterling Moore, the likely No. 1 nickel, was busy with other cornerbacks. (more…)