This was pointed out to Joe by a few readers, mostly on Twitter. Yes, prospective Bucs quarterback Jameis Winston is visiting with teams (visiting does not equate “work out”). Yesterday fresh off a two-day period socializing with ex-Bucs players at a function for the Mike Alstott Family Foundation, Winston was off to Nashville to see the Titans. (more…)

Ron “Jaws” Jaworski, the former NFL quarterback and current ESPN QBs guru, is not standing strong behind his claim that “wired in” sources have told him Marcus Mariota will be the Buccaneers draft pick at No. 1 overall. (more…)

Yes, Jameis Winston keeps interviewing with teams other than the Buccaneers.

This week, he was in Tennessee, and there is video. (more…)

Yes, it sure looks like the Bucs will get a quarterback in just over two weeks, when the 2015 NFL Draft gets underway on the night of April 30.

And it is a safe bet the name called by Roger Goodell for Tampa Bay will be Jameis Winston. (more…)

The Buccaneers, like many teams, boast about how they covet analytics. To Joe, it’s about watching gametape first and foremost.

BSPN occasionally runs a show called “Sports Science.” It is pretty good, even for a non-statgeek like Joe. (more…)

Stud Bears running back Matt Forte is sitting out OTAs and is making a lot of noise to the new regime about an extended contract.

For those who always covet thy neighbor’s wife, the following is something to keep an eye out for, and it isn’t Rachel Watson.

New regimes often look to clean house and get their own men (think Lovie Smith’s purge of the offensive line last spring). Often, they won’t tolerate very long a player who is bucking the new regime. (more…)

Both Herm Edwards (above) and Adam Schefter stated emphatically this evening that barring something unforeseen, Jameis Winston will be drafted by the Bucs with the No. 1 overall pick.

Joe is telling you, the claim dropped by Yahoo! Sports’ Charles Robinson, that Darcie Glazer Kassewitz, member of Team Glazer and co-president of the Glazer Family Foundation, may put a halt to the Bucs drafting Jameis Winston has left those in the know with their heads spinning.

As one of Joe’s contacts told him tonight, “That may be an all-timer,” as far as wild rumors and the Bucs go. (more…)

The Buccaneers want to deliver you a picture of how intensely they research NFL Draft prospects.

Yes, they want you to know that no stone is unturned. (more…)

The guy who types like a madman at Buccaneers.com, Joe Kania, has pumped out a long Q&A with Tampa Bay starting cornerback Alterraun Verner. (more…)

The Bucs are supposed to know by 5 p.m. whether the Detroit Lions have matched Tampa Bay’s restricted-free-agent offer sheet to defensive end George Johnson.

Something, however, is holding up a decision — and it could take a while. (more…)

It is still Jameis Winston to the Bucs, says Peter Schrager of FOX Sports.

It seems awfully curious that the two people — who Joe respects a great deal — fueling the recent Marcus-Mariota-to-Bucs talk have both stated publicly they believe the Bucs will still draft Jameis Winston. (more…)

Ron “Jaws” Jaworski’s recent comments about Marcus Mariota and the Bucs leave Joe scratching his head.

Yes, the Silly Season added another chapter over the weekend when former NFL quarterback “Jaws,” Ron Jaworski, determined Marcus Mariota is his top QB in the draft, just like Mike Mayock of NFL Network did days before him.

Also like Mayock, who believes the Bucs will draft Jameis Winston despite his quarterback rankings, Jaws said these are his evaluations and, “I am not the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.” (more…)

Is Jameis Winston trying too hard? (more…)

Yeah, yeah, Joe’s heard the freakout — and the cheers — because Ron “Jaws” Jaworski, quarterbacks guru for BSPN, told Philadelphia media that he’s hearing from quality sources that Tampa Bay will draft Marcus Mariota with the No. 1 overall pick. (more…)

Former Redskins and Texans general manager Charley Casserly, who passed on quarterback Vince Young with the No. 1 overall pick under much scrutiny and pressure, has advice for Lovie Smith if he’s going to draft Jameis Winston. (more…)

Last week, three things launched Silly Season and sent Bucs fans, for a variety of reasons, into orbit.

First there was the freakout caused by NFL draft guru Mike Mayock demoting Jameis Winston to No. 2 in his quarterback rankings — all while Mayock stated he believes the Bucs will draft Winston. (more…)

The suggestion that Team Glazer is split on drafting Jameis Winston because of community relations doesn’t add up

Among the three highlights of the Silly Season kickoff last week was a reported discord among Team Glazer regarding whether to draft Jameis Winston No. 1 overall.

Darcie Glazer Kassewitz, one of the five Team Glazer siblings in control of the Bucs, was reported to have misgivings about Winston because of his off-field history and how that would play with community relations. (more…)

“Spread out!”

It’s bad enough that the spread-option offense, which has spread across college football like rabies, is pumping out garbage NFL quarterbacks more often than not. That irks Joe. (more…)

Late Friday night, BSPN finally aired the episode of “Gruden’s QB Camp” Bucs fans were all waiting for — the episode in which Chucky hosted and grilled Florida State quarterback Jameis Winston. (more…)