Will Jason Licht be involved in high stakes poker tomorrow night?

Joe hopes this is the last time he ever references the trade down crowd for the 2015 draft. It is such an onerous concept (this year), Joe wants to yack all over his keyboard.

Trading up, however, is a different concept altogether.

No, the Bucs cannot trade up from the top overall pick. But they can trade into the first round from their current position at No. 34, their pick in the second round. (more…)

Team Glazer better have more beer, hot dogs and toilet paper ordered this season because Jameis Winston is going to sell 10,000 new season tickets, if a prominent former Buccaneer is to be believed. (more…)

How could any sane person want bratty Jay Cutler over Jameis Winston?

Speechless last night, Joe didn’t know whether to laugh or cry. Someone had Twittered Joe that the Bucs ought to trade down for bratty Jay Cutler.

Cutler, who was benched last year, is on the cusp of being drummed out of the league. And the Bucs are supposed to throw away a shot at a franchise quarterback for the next 10-15 years for a guy that might be out of football soon? (facepalm) (more…)

Joe doesn’t get it. Just cannot comprehend it. The Bucs, a team in dire need of a stellar quarterback, have the rare, rare, rare opportunity to choose their pick-of-the-litter quarterback.

But a segment of misguided Bucs fans wants to throw this hard-earned chance away for reasons that simply don’t add up. (more…)

Bucs captains spoke today

It’s painful to write. The Bucs’ record speaks volumes. Barring a trade, good teams don’t have the first selection in the draft.

Tampa Bay was 2-14 last year and is 30-70 in its last 100 games. The Bucs haven’t won a playoff game in going on 13 years. (more…)

When the Bucs paraded Jameis Winston around One Buc Palace in March, the multimedia wing of Buccaneers.com made sure to play it up big time. And it got a lot of run.

One photo released of Winston was his meeting with wide receiver Vincent Jackson. It smelled planned. (more…)

Stud Bucs linebacker Lavonte David stood before media today at One Buc Palace, and Joe had a Jameis Winston question for David. (more…)

The Bucs’ new cornerback talks about his role

New Tampa Bay cornerback Sterling Moore is committed to not being pigeonholed into a nickel back role.

And the Bucs are happy to oblige. (more…)

A finger was pointed at Gerald McCoy last night

If Buccaneers players are truly sick and tired of losing, then the fix — the only real fix — needs to come right now.

That was the message yesterday from one of Joe’s favorite glory days Buccaneers. (more…)

NFL Network’s Charley Casserly got bent when asked an unrehearsed Bucs question yesterday.

Here is a window into modern media, and specifically into TV sports, thanks indirectly to the Bucs.

You may have heard passing references to TV news and roundtable shows having production meetings. That is when key participants review discussion topics, so when the show goes live everyone is not only on the same page, but no one is blindsided and gives a stupid answer. (more…)

Joe wants to take a sledgehammer to the stat nerds crowd sometimes.

These people insist on dissecting football to the point of lunacy. What next? Measuring testicle density of tight ends to determine their red zone potential on high back shoulder throws? (more…)

The guy arrested while literally covered in cocaine and strippers, a guy who spent a chunk of his career disrespecting the NFL, has a problem with Marcus Mariota and Jameis Winston staying home with loved ones for the NFL Draft.

Joe just doesn’t get it. (more…)

Former Bucs QB Shaun King is not worried about Jameis Winston’s belly.

A couple of months ago, a picture floated the Interwebs purported to be soon-to-be Bucs first-round pick Jameis Winston, shirtless, with a pronounced belly hanging over his shorts.

This sent the haters into orbit. (more…)

Never in Joe’s life did he ever believe he would somehow hear Sabby the Goat’s name used in the same sentence as the War on Terror and the United Nations. But there it was yesterday on C-SPAN.

Sabby the Goat, easily one of the worst players to ever don a Bucs uniform, and perhaps the iconic image of horrible Bucs draft picks, ended his career with the Kansas City Chiefs, whose fans also had the image of Sabby the Goat’s miserable play branded into their hard drives. (more…)

“That freakin’ pineapple is Russell Wilson with six more inches and greater strength. I don’t give a crap about that Oregon offense, I’d get that kid throwing the checkdown better than Brad Johnson.”

The Buccaneers’ Super Bowl winning head coach, Chucky, can’t believe Marcus Mariota isn’t the consensus top dog in the NFL Draft.

In one of those pay-per-view, BSPN.com stories, Chucky plants his flag on the Hawaiian quarterback. (more…)

Despite all Joe’s excitement about Jameis Winston, unpredictable Lovie Smith is still the Bucs’ overlord of football operations.

That means nothing from Lovie would surprise Joe. Heck, Lovie thought Josh McCown could lead the Bucs to the promised land, and he thought his two-win team was “on the verge.” (more…)

Joe understands a lot of fans slam their empty beer glasses on bars in frustration that the Bucs don’t get any “respect” from national TV networks. (more…)

In an article typed by NFL Network insider Steve Wyche, who is currently embedded at One Buc Palace as the stopwatch counts down to Jameis Winston the first pick Thursday night, Bucs general manager Jason Licht shed light on what is going on behind the scenes at draft headquarters. (more…)

In a little over three days, the Bucs will have a new player — well, hello Jameis!

Given that Jameis Winston the player likely will be the first player selected in the draft, barring a trade, there will be a lot of pressure on the young man’s shoulders. (more…)

High-ranking Bucs officials like national attention — for reasons other than MRSA and billboards calling for the ouster of the head coach.

So it’s a happy day in Tampa. (more…)

All things Tampa Bay usually make former 10-year NFL fullback Heath Evans cranky. The NFL Network analyst is nearly always grumpy about the Bucs.

But his tune changes when he talks about Jameis Winston. (more…)