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You are currently browsing the JoeBucsFan.com blog archives for the year 2015.
A report puts the Bucs in the hunt for Packers T Bryan Bulaga.
Some in the Tampa Bay area think the Bucs’ offensive line, while subpar, has a chance to rebound. Those outside the Tampa Bay area think the offensive line is a woebegone outfit in need of a full and total retool.
There is no question the Bucs need help. And if you enjoy rumors, unsourced, undocumented rumors, then Joe has a juicy one for you. (more…)
The Bucs took care of part of their safety concerns when they re-signed strong safety Major Wright today, per a trusted Bucs source.
Last year, in his sixth NFL season, the former Florida Gator played in 12 games for Tampa Bay.
Wright, still just 26 years old, racked up 51 tackles for the Pewter Pirates. He battled back and rib injuries last season and finished the year on injured reserve.
Details of his contract are not yet available.
DE Larry English brings Bills QB E.J. Manuel to the turf for one of his two sacks in a preseason game. Photo courtesy of Buccaneers.com.
Joe learned from a trusted Bucs source that the team has re-upped the contract of defensive end Larry English. Details of the new contract were unavailable.
Despite having a promising preseason, English was pretty much non-existent during the regular season, having but one sack. Difference between him and ghostly Michael Johnson is that English is a backup. (more…)
If one is to believe a sports yakker from Houston, the Da’Quan Bowers era in Tampa Bay may not be ending soon. No, really allegedly. (more…)
Nitwit Percy Harvin has no business being in the same huddle as Bucs rookie quarterback (to be) Jameis Winston.
Joe cannot believe how many Twitter messages he has received in recent days wanting the Bucs to go sign mental patient wide receiver Percy Harvin.
Joe can only imagine these folks are fantasy football types who only look at numbers. There isn’t a sane Bucs fan, who hasn’t had too much liquor, who would lobby for the ultimate NFL cancer to come to the Tampa Bay. (more…)
The Buccaneers climbed the high diving board last year and plunged ass head first into the NFL free agency pool.
They made quite a splash — and they’re still cleaning up the mess. (more…)
As far back as last summer, Joe was scolded by various people, both on and away from this here corner of the interwebs, for being too harsh on the Bucs’ offensive line.
Joe was just not convinced the remade line would become the reincarnation of the 1970s Oakland Raiders’ front wall. And Joe was right. The offensive line was miserable beyond words. (more…)
It started with sage Bucs icon Derrick Brooks warning fans in July to dial back their expectations for the Buccaneers defense. (more…)
Joe loves the Buccaneers cheerleaders but doesn’t write much about them because for some reason the team neither allows Joe exclusive locker room access to the ladies nor permits Joe to attend their dance practices.
And, for now, no Bucs cheerleaders invite Joe to go clubbing or to share sangria on St. Pete Beach. (more…)
When a team finishes 2-14 and wins the Chase for Jameis, it’s pretty clear a mistake or two (or eight) happened along the way. Otherwise, the team wouldn’t reside in the NFL basement.
One mistake was giving up on left tackle Donald Penn for Anthony Collins. (more…)
The fantasy crowd loves Julius Thomas. The guy caught 12 touchdowns in each of the past two season from Peyton Manning in Denver.
A former Buccaneer also loves Thomas, and wants to see him signed by Tampa Bay immediately. (more…)
In many ways, Tampa Bay’s 2014 season was more bizarre than the MRSA-infected, quarterback-gone-mental, Fire-Schiano-billboards campaign of 2013.
There were plenty of real Bucs mysteries last year, and Joe’s revisiting the most interesting of the bunch. (more…)
Joel Klatt, the former University of Colorado quarterback who now is a top NFL analyst for FOX, has been consistently a pro-Marcus-Mariota guy.
And now Klatt has cemented himself as anti-Winston. (more…)
Joe’s about fed up with all this righteous moralism being directed at prospective Bucs quarterback Jameis Winston.
Why, yesterday, a former Bucs guard who makes a living behind a microphone got all Sunday tent preacher and basically lectured Winston, telling the young gunslinger he had to be a monk if he was going to lead Tampa Bay. (more…)
Bucs GM Jason Licht discusses hosting quarterback Jameis Winston at One Buc Palace earlier this week. Photo courtesy of Buccaneers.com.
Man, if Jameis Winston isn’t the front runner for the Bucs’ No. 1 overall pick, then the narrative the Bucs website is pushing on Winston is not just unprecedented, but way over the top. (more…)
After a strong start last season, Bobby Rainey had just two carries in Tampa Bay’s final six games.
Doug Martin got healthy. Charles Sims was force fed, and Rainey was buried. (more…)
Newsflash: The Bucs’ pass rush was to football what Rosie O’Donnell is to beauty.
Watching opposing quarterbacks clip their fingernails before throwing a pass made Joe want to toss his lunch just as much as when that thing O’Donnell accidentally happens upon Joe’s TV screen (until Joe rapidly grabs the remote). (more…)
