Archive for 2015
Thursday, March 26th, 2015

Joe apologizes for the delay in posting this audio. It is Joe’s weekly in-studio chat with his good friend, “The Big Dog,” Steve Duemig of WDAE-AM 620. Also known as the “JoeBucsFan.com Hour.” (more…)
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Thursday, March 26th, 2015

While this video doesn’t offer anything new, good guy Peter Schrager of Fox Sports did talk Bucs and offer a juicy tidbit via this stand-up at the NFL Owners Meetings in Phoenix yesterday. (more…)
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Thursday, March 26th, 2015

Hall of Fame GM Bill Polian
Buzzing around the NFL Owners Meetings this week in Arizona, Joe looked to engage important football people in good football conversation.
Sometimes Joe’s recorder was on, sometimes not. (more…)
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Thursday, March 26th, 2015

Barring something unforeseen, it sure smells like the Bucs will select Florida State quarterback Jameis Winston as the savior of the franchise come April 30.
About time this team gets a quarterback. (more…)
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Thursday, March 26th, 2015
Regular readers here know Joe is annoyed by the spreadsheeters, the guys (and businessmen) who pour over game film with little qualifications or knowledge of what they’re seeing, and then emerge with player data and rankings that they and millions claim are gospel. (more…)
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Thursday, March 26th, 2015
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Thursday, March 26th, 2015
What a great privilege Joe had to probe the mind and heart of Team Glazer at the NFL Owners Meetings this week.
Joe could not resist the opportunity to explore how Team Glazer really feels about Buccaneers football, not just about boring matters of business. (more…)
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Thursday, March 26th, 2015

The “Custodian of Canton,” eye-RAH! Kaufman, has strong words for Team Glazer.
The Bucs haven’t won one playoff game since that glorious January Sunday evening in San Diego 12 years ago, when Chucky hoisted the Vince Lombardi Trophy aloft in victory. (more…)
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Thursday, March 26th, 2015

As Joe has so often typed, Stevie Wonder can see the Bucs need a quarterback. Everybody can see the Bucs need a quarterback.
And it looks as if the Bucs are five weeks away from drafting one. (more…)
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Thursday, March 26th, 2015

How far will stud Nebraska DE Randy Gregory fall now that he tested positive for pot?
Unlike some fans, Joe isn’t sweating the draft.
After Tampa Bay selects Jameis Winston — they better select a quarterback No. 1 — Joe, based on information obtained at the NFL Scouting Combine and talking to many insiders — is fairly convinced the Bucs will draft a defensive end at No. 34. (more…)
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Wednesday, March 25th, 2015

Lovie talked to Joe about DEs
The Bucs were in the hunt this offseason for manbeast, bad-boy defensive end Greg Hardy, after they lost a bid for veteran DE Trent Cole, who took his 85.5-sack resumé to Indianapolis.
So now what? (more…)
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Wednesday, March 25th, 2015
Lovie Smith turned to free agent defensive players who know his old-school, Tampa-2 system this offseason.
And he also might look to an old-school Tampa-2 coach. (more…)
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Wednesday, March 25th, 2015

Lovie Smith took the Winston-Mariota debate to a new level this morning at the NFL Owners meetings.
As Joe wolfed down bagels and lox and bran muffins like a slob, Lovie sat before a colorful plate of fruit and talked about impact. (more…)
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Wednesday, March 25th, 2015

Lovie Smith weighed in on his new offensive coordinator today.
You could argue new Bucs offensive coordinator Dirk Koetter will be a savior of the franchise. (Did you miss what Jack Del Rio told Joe yesterday?)
Compared to the Tampa Bay coordinator situation last year, Koetter is a godsend. Joe asked Lovie Smith about Koetter today at the NFL Owners Meetings in Phoenix. (more…)
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Wednesday, March 25th, 2015
Joe, of JoeBucsFan.com, along with Ira Kaufman of The Tampa Tribune and Rick Stroud of the Tampa Bay Times, chatted with Lovie Smith before the NFC Coaches media breakfast in Arizona today. (more…)
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Wednesday, March 25th, 2015
Is barbecue-yearning left guard Logan Mankins a renowned player mired in a steep decline, or did he just need adjustment time and is now ready to revive and thrive? (more…)
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Wednesday, March 25th, 2015

Linebacker Brandon Magee cut; races to participate in Red Sox spring training.
Joe doesn’t believe in writing about transactions just to write about transactions. This site has always been, and will always be, about subjects that interest Joe. (more…)
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Wednesday, March 25th, 2015
Poor Cleveland Browns fans. It’s bad enough just to be a Browns fan, but now they’re faced with Josh McCown likely leading their team on opening day.
In a fun exchange at the NFL Owners Meetings this morning, where Joe is live in Phoenix, a Browns beat writer asked Lovie Smith why Cleveland fans should look at McCown’s 1-10 record as a starter last year and do anything but cringe. (more…)
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Wednesday, March 25th, 2015

Not long after the free agency dinner bell rang, Raiders center/guard Stefen Wisniewski visited the Bucs to talk turkey and maybe a contract. Wisniewski left without a contract and headed to Seattle, which needs a center. (more…)
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