Updated: 6:39 p.m. Is Jameis Winston a football super genius?

During this afternoon’s NFL Network coverage of the NFL Scouting Combine, hosts Rich Eisen and draft guru Mike Mayock shared the words of their colleague, former head coach Steve Mariucci. (more…)

The Rams’ general manager opened up to Joe

Just at the trade deadline, Bucs general manager Jason Licht pulled off an addition-by-subtraction move when he sent under-performing safety Mark Barron to St. Louis for fourth- and sixth-round picks. (more…)

See how they compare to Mike Glennon

The initial 40-yard dash times are in for the popular quarterback prospects in the 2015 NFL Draft. (more…)

For those who weren’t near a TV yesterday afternoon, or couldn’t hear the audio at the bar, Joe has video of Florida State quarterback Jameis Winston’s press conference at the NFL Scouting Combine. (more…)

Joe’s here again at Lucas Oil Stadium in snowy Indianapolis for the final day for media at this winter’s NFL Scouting Combine.

Joe decided to come in a little later today, and it seems most others did to, or simply already bolted out of town. (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..

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Bucs GM Jason Licht has found some peace

Emotion runs through Bucs general manager Jason Licht when he strolls through a certain area of One Buc Palace. (more…)

In the popular Road Runner cartoons, Wile E. Coyote often takes a freefalling anvil to the head or dynamite explodes in his lap.

After getting flattened beyond recognition, he manages to return in seconds, healthy and ready to hunt. (more…)

For some, leaving college to enter the NFL is a no-brainer. It’s a chance to reach their dream. Become a man. (more…)

Earlier this week, a photo of an allegedly bloated Jameis Winston surfaced on the interwebs and quickly went viral.

Naturally, the Winston haters erupted in glee and mocked him for being the second-coming of Jared Lorenzen. (more…)

Jameis Winston answered Joe’s question about his baseball career and noted how this is the first time he has ever had an offseason he can devote solely to improving in one sport.

After he left the podium, he went straight to the table of SiriusXM NFL Radio to chat with the co-hosts of “Movin’ the Chains,” Pat Kirwan and Jim Miller. (more…)

Florida State quarterback Jameis Winston is a quarterback. That’s right. He told Joe and hundreds of assembled media types at the NFL Combine in frozen Indianapolis just moments ago.

Joe will provide the highlights. (more…)

Smiling, cool, loose and happy before hundreds of media at the NFL Scouting Combine this afternoon, Jameis Winston stomped on the notion that he’s battling Marcus Mariota to be the No. 1 overall pick. (more…)

To what lengths will the Buccaneers go to investigate Jameis Winston or any other draft prospect? (more…)

The media center of the NFL Combine blew up about an hour ago when Chris Mortensen of BSPN stated a reason Winston’s medicals are taking so much longer than other players’ is because Winston has experienced a weak throwing shoulder. (more…)

For the second straight day, Florida State quarterback Jameis Winston has been having longer than needed “medicals” at the NFL Scouting Combine in frozen Indianapolis. Per Chris Mortensen of BSPN, Winston is experiencing weakness in his throwing shoulder. (more…)

Florida DE Dante Fowler, a hometown guy, isn’t worked up about a chance to play for the Bucs.

Joe has repeatedly typed over the past few months that the Bucs at a crossroads. Tampa Bay could pick Jameis Winston, infuse massive buzz in the team and the community and set themselves up for playoff runs in the future. (more…)

Greg Bedard of theMMQB.com is dubious of Lovie Smith’s embracing of Jameis WInston.

So the Bucs are taking Jameis Winston? One prominent NFL scribe believes Bucs coach Lovie Smith confirmed the opposite.

Wednesday, when Lovie took to BSPN radio and said he was “comfortable” coaching Florida State quarterback Jameis Winston, many quickly concluded Winston is the leader in the clubhouse to get drafted by the Bucs at No. 1. (more…)

This Tampa Bay Buccaneers regime has been wheeling and dealing.

Trades are rather rare in the NFL, but the Bucs dumped five players — in five separate trades — in 2014. (more…)