Archive for 2015

Is Running Back Unit Set?

Sunday, March 29th, 2015
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Change on the way?

 

Joe believes the Bucs have perhaps one of the deepest stables of running backs in the NFL. And the way running backs get beaten to death, that’s a good thing. (more…)

Trading Down … And Drafting Jameis Winston

Saturday, March 28th, 2015

jameis 0212A prominent national NFL voice and former personnel executive projects the Buccaneers will trade down and still draft Jameis Winston. (more…)

Patience With The Offensive Line

Saturday, March 28th, 2015

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Bucs fans freak out about the offensive line, desperately latching on to any familiar name to be a plug-and-pray solution to the sieve. (more…)

Wide Receivers Corps Not So Deep

Saturday, March 28th, 2015
Led by Vincent Jackson, along with Mike Evans, the Bucs have a damned good pair of starting receivers. After that, there's a drop off.

Led by Vincent Jackson, along with Mike Evans, the Bucs have a damned good pair of starting receivers. After that, there’s a drop off.

One could make a helluva argument that the Bucs have one of the best one-two punches at wide receiver in the NFC. Not the best, that belongs to the Packers with Jordy Nelson and Randall Cobb, and Detroit is better with Calvin Johnson and Golden Tate. (more…)

Jameis Watch: “Confessional Interviews”

Saturday, March 28th, 2015

jameis 0108Crab-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…)

Herm Edwards: No Surprise Verner Struggled

Saturday, March 28th, 2015

How nice of former Bucs secondary coach and Chiefs and Jets head coach Herm Edwards to invite Joe to the BSPN studio set at the NFL Owners Meetings this week.

What a gesture. (more…)

Father Dungy Talk Of Lovie Trading Down

Friday, March 27th, 2015

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Those with heart conditions, stomach disorders, and/or violence issues while under stress should not keep reading. (more…)

Keeping Vincent Jackson Is Telling

Friday, March 27th, 2015
Vincent Jackson is your answer to the Jameis Winston puzzle.

Vincent Jackson is your answer to the Jameis Winston puzzle, claims a prominent national scribe.

With all the love Bucs coach Lovie Smith showed prospective savior rookie quarterback Jameis Winston, might the Bucs actually trade down?

Joe would just about jump off a roof if that happened, and Joe also has a decent idea it would cause unrest in the streets and nausea in the season ticket sales office at One Buc Palace. (more…)

“O-line, O-line, O-line, O-line”

Friday, March 27th, 2015
Longtime NFL offensive coordinator and former Chargers head coach Kevin Gilbride talks about the Bucs' second pick in the draft

Longtime NFL offensive coordinator and former Chargers head coach Kevin Gilbride talks about the Bucs’ second pick in the draft

As Joe has written previously, there is mayhem and rioting at JoeBucsFan.com world headquarters. (more…)

Is Josh Freeman Unemployable?

Friday, March 27th, 2015

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No, there is no chance in hell former Bucs quarterback, leaky, sleepy Josh Freeman ever steps foot inside One Buc Palace again, unless he is hired to fix a clogged toilet. In recent weeks, Joe has been shocked by the number of inquiries about a return of Freeman.

Seriously. (more…)

Jimbo Fisher Is Angry About Winston Treatment

Friday, March 27th, 2015
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The media has made Jameis Winston’s head coach bitter

When he’s not coaching football, and hanging out with Governor Rick Scott lobbying for tax cuts in Tallahassee, Florida State head coach Jimbo Fisher is seething over media treatment of Jameis Winston.

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Derrick Brooks Tells Jameis Winston To “Stay Invisible”

Friday, March 27th, 2015
Derrick Brooks details his recent talks with Jameis Winston

Derrick Brooks details his recent talks with Jameis Winston

Yes, Bucs icon Derrick Brooks is in the ear of Jameis Winston, the guy likely to be Tampa Bay’s savior selection with the No. 1 overall pick in the draft.

That’s a good thing. (more…)

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Friday, March 27th, 2015

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Mason Foster Wanted 3-4 Defense

Friday, March 27th, 2015

FosterThe Buccaneers’ starting middle linebacker for the past four years, new Bears LB Mason Foster, offered some interesting takes on SiriusXM NFL Radio last night.

Of course, Joe was listening. (more…)

Why?

Friday, March 27th, 2015
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Spreadsheeters seem perplexed why Henry Melton would sign with the Bucs.

Yes, Joe thinks the Bucs got smarter this offseason. Rather that chasing sketchy starters with wheelbarrows full of Team Glazer cash, the Bucs went bargain-basement shopping to add depth to a team that had little. (more…)

Hawk: Looks Like It Is Winston

Friday, March 27th, 2015

hawkLast night, safety Dashon “Hawk” Goldson — yes, he is still on the Tampa Bay roster — had an in-studio sitdown on NFL Network with Scott Hanson to talk NFL and specifically Bucs. (more…)

“Not Everybody Can Handle That Platform”

Thursday, March 26th, 2015
Jack Del Rio gave Joe a great take on young QBs at the NFL Owners Meetings.

Jack Del Rio gave Joe a great take on young QBs at the NFL Owners Meetings.

Joe really enjoyed sitting down with Raiders head coach Jack Del Rio at the NFL Owners Meetings this week. What an intense but fun dude with a quick wit.

Previously a head coach in small-market Jacksonville, Del Rio quickly will become a national celebrity if he can succeed in Oakland. (more…)

Smart Spending

Thursday, March 26th, 2015
LB Bruce Carter may be a much better signing than Ghost Johnson.

LB Bruce Carter may be a much better signing than Ghost Johnson.

Off the air but still in the cage Tuesday with good friend Steve Duemig, “The Big Dog” of WDAE-AM 620, Joe mentioned putting himself in Jason Licht’s shoes.

A few weeks ago, the Bucs general manager had to inform Team Glazer that roughly $29 million spent on the Terrible Troika, turnover-prone quarterback Josh McCown, Ghost Johnson and Anthony Collins, was flushed down the toilet in less than a year. (more…)

Jameis Watch: “Embarassed”

Thursday, March 26th, 2015

JameisCrab-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…)