Archive for 2015
Thursday, March 12th, 2015

Eagles are shopping guard Evan Mathis.
You know the Bucs need a right guard. Joe knows they need a right guard. Hell, the Bucs know they need a right guard.
Now the Bucs believe that since left guard Logan Mankins has found a place to practice his barbecue pitmaster skills, they are good at left guard. (more…)
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Thursday, March 12th, 2015

Lovie Smith and GMC sold free agent defensive lineman Henry Melton on the Bucs.
New Bucs defensive lineman Henry Melton didn’t even try to dodge or BS about why he is now a member of the Tampa Bay Bucs. It was because of two guys: Lovie Smith and Gerald McCoy. (more…)
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Thursday, March 12th, 2015

New Bucs defensive tackle Henry Melton had five sacks for the Cowboys last year.
How refreshing to hear a free agent Buccaneer come to One Buc Palace and talk about what he has to prove. (more…)
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Thursday, March 12th, 2015

New Bucs safety Chris Conte
New Bucs safety Chris Conte was very emphatic today at One Buc Palace when Joe asked Conte about wearing John Lynch’s No. 47 during his four seasons with the Bears. (more…)
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Thursday, March 12th, 2015

New Buccaneer Henry Melton speaks
Brand new Bucs defensive tackle Henry Melton, a former Pro Bowler, played Gerald McCoy’s position under Lovie Smith with the Bears.
So where will he fit in with the Bucs? (more…)
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Thursday, March 12th, 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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Thursday, March 12th, 2015

“The Closer”
Joe has been researching new linebacker Bruce Carter, purloined by the Bucs yesterday from Dallas. It seems Carter may have finally been realizing his potential last season. (more…)
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Thursday, March 12th, 2015
Defense-first Lovie Smith shocked the world last year when Tampa Bay selected all offensive players in the 2014 NFL Draft. (more…)
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Thursday, March 12th, 2015

Bucs fans — and former players — are already stressing out over the makeup of the offensive line.
Yes, Bucs fans are beginning to look up psychologists covered on their Obamacare plan because they can’t take it any longer.
Bucs fans watch the screendoor-on-a-submarine of an offensive line last year and, and on Day 3 of free agency, the Bucs have yet to address the Swiss cheese of a front wall.
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Thursday, March 12th, 2015

Would you trade Da’Quan Bowers for Henry Melton?
Your Tampa Bay Buccaneers just did. (more…)
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Thursday, March 12th, 2015
A nugget of sadness came yesterday via the release of players who will attend the NFL’s brand new veteran free agent scouting combine, which will be held in Arizona a week from this weekend. (more…)
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Thursday, March 12th, 2015
Justice was served when the Buccaneers cut ghastly and ghostly defensive end Michael Johnson yesterday.
That wise move spared Joe countless offseason hours of counseling and wearing a padded helmet. (more…)
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Thursday, March 12th, 2015
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Thursday, March 12th, 2015

Relax.
It’s been a long time since Joe has seen Bucs fans freak out on Twitter when it wasn’t after yet another loss.
But they were freaking out last night on what could be classified as a loss. (more…)
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Thursday, March 12th, 2015

The Bucs have no need for Adrian Peterson.
This totally came out of the blue last night. Within minutes of each other, two folks Twittered Joe questions about Adrian Peterson and the Bucs.
Joe doesn’t believe in coincidences. So this must be a growing trend of the day, so Joe will try to get a head of it. (more…)
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Wednesday, March 11th, 2015
[UPDATED] Joe’s excitement for a young, healthy, quality offensive lineman was extinguished tonight when Joe learned about 9 p.m. that free agent visitor Stefen Wisniewski left Tampa without a contract.
To make matters worse, Joe was first to break the news on Twitter. (more…)
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Wednesday, March 11th, 2015

The build-the-defense-from-the-back Greg Schiano philosophy is now ancient history. (more…)
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Wednesday, March 11th, 2015

Lovie Smith is reuniting the band. (more…)
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Wednesday, March 11th, 2015

It looks like the Bucs have a new starting strongside linebacker. (more…)
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Wednesday, March 11th, 2015

Literally minutes after ghostly and ghastly Michael Johnson was cut today by the Buccaneers, captain Gerald McCoy took to Twitter. (more…)
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Wednesday, March 11th, 2015
Joe officially and happily can confirm the sanity of the Buccaneers front office, because it would have been downright insane to keep ghostly and ghastly defensive end Michael Johnson on the roster.
Joe was flabbergasted that some fans thought a low-effort guy like Johnson would be somehow wise to retain. (more…)
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Wednesday, March 11th, 2015

Michael Johnson earned every bit of his ghost label
Michael Johnson was ghastly and ghostly, as invisible a player that’s ever signed a huge free agent contract for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
Johnson played about five good quarters of football last season, earning “the apparition” nickname and causing Bucs fans to bang their collective heads against available slabs of concrete. (more…)
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