Thank goodness nobody asked Joe to wager on whether the Bucs would add an offensive lineman before the NFL Draft.

Joe would have lost big money betting on Tampa Bay to have at least signed one body, such as a second- or third-wave-of-free-agency veteran for depth. (more…)

Lovie Smith orders to new Bucs offensive coordinator Dirk Koetter will impact the draft

Lovie Smith doesn’t like change. That was a painful reality for Bucs fans last year.

So that means Lovie wants to pound the rock and play-action pass, and stick firmly to his Tampa-2 fundamentals. (more…)

BSPN is embedded at One Buc Palace and is reporting that Bucs general manager Jason Licht says trade inquiries for the No. 1 overall pick are on the rise today.

Back at the NFL Owners Meetings in Arizona, Joe, Lovie Smith and two other local writers had a private pre-7 a.m. chat. (more…)

Ed Werder of ESPN.

Joe is emptying a notebook of interviews with national NFL media types concerning the Bucs in recent weeks. Below, long-time NFL insider Ed Werder of ESPN discusses with Joe, among other things, a different way to rebuild the Bucs.

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Joe has to give props to good dude Mike Freeman of Bleacher Report. That awesome headline above? That’s Freeman’s work writing about the worst teams in the NFL this morning. (more…)

It was time again for the popular JoeBucsFan Hour, when Joe joins the dean of Tampa Bay sports radio, Steve Duemig, every Tuesday at 5 p.m.

There was no shortage of madness and mayhem last night. (more…)

Alex Marvez

Joe is emptying a notebook of interviews with national NFL media types concerning the Bucs in recent weeks. Below, all-around good dude Alex Marvez of Fox Sports and SiriusXM NFL Radio chats with Joe.

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Joe was amused by a recent article that tried to paint the picture of the perils of drafting quarterbacks in the first round.

Matt Baker of the Tampa Bay Times accurately documented how quarterbacks drafted in the first round are 50/50 bets. That’s very true. (more…)

Unlike Jameis Winston, Bucs stud receiver Mike Evans is a 21-year-old with a fantastic rookie season under his belt — on and off the field. (more…)

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…)