The Buccaneers’ glass is half full. The team is “on the verge,” says Lovie Smith. There is no need to panic.

Tampa Bay officials rest comfortably knowing the team lost eight games last year by six points or less. (more…)

Could the antics of oily Drew Rosenhaus have chased the Bucs away from Greg Hardy?

Updated 4:04 p.m. Joe asked a Bucs source last week whether Greg Hardy was too toxic to pursue, given his dicey legal problems in recent months.

Joe was told, “There is interest.” How much interest, Joe didn’t know. (more…)

Mike Mayock may have solved the puzzle of why the Bucs pulled out of the Greg Hardy sweepstakes.

It is clear now, barring something totally unforeseen, free agent defensive end Greg Hardy will not wear a Buccaneers uniform unless he is at a costume party.

Many outlets are reporting the Bucs have bowed out of the Hardy running.So for the 11th straight season (unless the Bucs draft a defensive end), Tampa Bay will keep looking for a guy who can get double-digit sacks from the edge.

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A new report says the Buccaneers’ dance with elite pass rusher has ended without a kiss. (more…)

You can read Gerald McCoy’s enthusiastic and cryptic Tweet here.

Joe’s assuming it is connected to the Buccaneers’ courting of bad boy defensive end Greg Hardy. Or, knowing McCoy, it could be the upcoming release of a new comic book. Joe would wager on the former.

Demar Dotson is an almost average starting right tackle. At left tackle, he’s a project, almost a fantasy because he’ll turn 30 years old this year.

So that leaves the Bucs with developmental second-year man Kevin Pamphile at left tackle, and a whole lot of fingers crossed. (more…)

Joe’s not trying to pour warm beer on the chances of manbeast defensive end Greg Hardy wearing Tampa Bay colors this season, but Bucs fans need a dose of reality amidst the euphoria of their fantasy chase for sacks. (more…)

Gerald McCoy is sick and damned tired of losing, so he told the world this month.

And now it seems a fresh Twittering from McCoy implies he’s helping the Bucs get something important done. (more…)

A shower and a MRSA-like hazmat decontamination was needed after listening to Michael Johnson’s recent news conference with his new/old team, the Cincinnati Bengals.

Joe hasn’t heard such double talk in a long time. (more…)

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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…)

What now seems like a generation ago, the Bucs were a top franchise in the game.

A team with a ferocious defense, one of the best in NFL history, suffocated opponents before sold out crowds at what now is referred to as the Den of Depression, where the Bucs haven’t won a home game since 2013. (more…)

Bucs fans pining for former Stinking Panthers defensive end Greg Hardy better slug down some coffee before reading the following. That way, they can’t use the excuse they were half-asleep while reading. (more…)

The JoeBucsFan Hour was back again this evening in its usual time slot, 5 p.m. Tuesday, with the dean of Tampa Bay sports radio, Steve Duemig, on WDAE-AM 620.

There was plenty of disagreement and mayhem. (more…)

Joe understands why about 15 percent of Bucs fans think Tampa Bay shouldn’t touch an alleged shady character guy like manbeast, free-agent defensive end Greg Hardy.

Bad dude, so move on, these fans say. (more…)

Former Bucs QB, “The Throwin’ Samoan,” Jack Thompson, offers his take on who the Bucs should select at No. 1.

Few things give Joe the shakes — outside of the thought of an alcohol-free society — more than hearing or reading the name “Jack Thompson.”

Joe has nothing against the former Bucs quarterback, aside from the fact he is the tipping point of a once-proud Bucs team turning into a decade-long NFL laughing stock. (more…)

Yes Bucs fans, apparently the braintrust at One Buc Palace has heard your pleas.

It appears the Bucs have launched talks with free agent defensive end Greg Hardy and the monster quarterback wrecker is on his way to Tampa Bay to talk turkey in person. (more…)

Miami linebacker Denzel Perryman is a helluva linebacker against the rush. Defending the pass? Not so much.

Now that expensive free agent season is nearly behind us, sans where defensive end Greg Hardy will land, it’s time for Joe to focus more on the draft. And, yes, the draft is a long six weeks away from Thursday, when the Bucs pick Jameis Winston first.

If it isn’t obvious to Bucs fans yet, Mason Foster is gone. (more…)

A little more than a year ago, Lovie Smith said he liked the winning models of the Panthers and Seahawks.

So how about now? (more…)

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…)

The national media seems obsessed with manbeast defensive end Greg Hardy.

And one well known voice was taking temperatures of league executives yesterday, orally, of course. (more…)

Andrew Astleford of Fox Sports Florida believes Bucs general manager Jason Licht grew smarter this offseason.

Good thing Joe runs his own business. Joe doesn’t have to walk into the boss’s office, hat in hand, begging for all to be forgiven when a blunder is made.

Joe couldn’t imagine telling an employer that some $29 million dollars Joe spent on three upgrades was money flushed down the toilet. (more…)