The free agency dinner bell rings in six days

Soon-to-be Hall of Fame general manager Bill Polian penned a long free agency guide behind a paywall at ESPN.com.

A couple of things really jumped out at Joe. (more…)

Play pretend if you want, but the Bucs don’t have more than one (if they have one) average starter on their offensive line.

And this is why Joe pounds his Kenmore washing machine every morning and screams for upgrades on the Tampa Bay O-line. (more…)

Will Lovie Smith turn to an old friend?

The Bucs need a real veteran quarterback in the house. It’s ludicrous to not have one for a rookie to lean on and learn from.

Also, adding a seasoned QB in free agency would allow the Bucs to comfortably trade Mike Glennon, and maybe even leverage a good deal for him. (more…)

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Jameis Winston’s visit to One Buc Palace was a true fish-or-cut-bait moment in the franchise history of the Bucs.

Or, as Joe’s dad would have said, “S(p)it or get off the pot.” (more…)

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Yesterday was a huge day at One Buc Palace, as prospective No. 1 overall pick Jameis Winston got a personal tour of the facility by Bucs general manager Jason Licht.

Winston met with many Bucs officials during the day-long meetings and also slapped skin with one of his two primary targets, if the Bucs select him April 30, wide receiver Vincent Jackson. (more…)

Joe was back at it today slugging it out with the dean of Tampa Bay sports radio, Steve Duemig of WDAE-AM 620.

It’s the Tuesday “JoeBucsFan Hour! (more…)

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Young quarterback of someone’s future, Jameis Winston, was at One Buc Palace today getting the royal tour and meeting with all kinds of Bucs officials. Here’s a picture above of Winston chatting with Vincent Jackson.

There’s more at Buccaneers.com. Enjoy.

Less than a year after proclaiming Mike Glennon “quarterback of the future,” Lovie Smith and the Bucs are about to hand-pick their new quarterback of the future with the No. 1 overall draft choice. (more…)

NFL Draft prospects can have private all-day visits with teams immediately after the NFL Scouting Combine. But it’s rare to have a prospect come to a team in early March, like Jameis Winston is today.

The reason could be as simple as Team Glazer having free time to get it done this week, but Joe suspects the reasons run deeper. (more…)

Don’t do it, Jason.

Joe knows that for a minority of Bucs fans, thoughts of drafting a quarterback in the first round make them want to whip out a crucifix as if a vampire just showed up in the room. (more…)

What do you mean you don’t remember Buccaneers general manager Jason Licht talking about scoring salary “cap casualties” from other teams? (more…)

Game on!

Team Glazer is a premier focus of Jameis Winston being in Tampa today. (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 and Josh McCown.

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…)

It’s quite clear that bad guy superstar defensive end Greg Hardy will hit free agency.

The Panthers don’t want him after his public case of girlfriend terrorizing ended in a misdemeanor conviction, which was followed by North Carolina courts tossing his case. (more…)

The NFL world was set abuzz yesterday when it was learned the Lions and defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh broke off contract talks and the All-Pro will test the free agent market.

Bucs fans well versed in fantasy football flipped out on Twitter thinking there is a real chance Suh could be playing alongside Gerald McCoy next year. (more…)

Yes, free agency is now seven days away. The dinner bell will ring loud for all NFL fans to hear.

What the Bucs do in free agency will provide an idea of where they are headed in the draft. (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 and Josh McCown.

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…)

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…)

Joe is flabbergasted by the drum pounding for Ndamukong Suh by some Bucs fans, and it’s mind-numbing that some local media types think Suh in Tampa might actually happen.

It’s about as likely as Team Glazer hosting a clothing optional Town Hall meeting on Clearwater Beach and insisting on questions about Manchester United. (more…)