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…)

The new regime appreciates the old regime

By now, most Bucs fans have realized their beloved Buccaneers are about $30 million under the 2015 salary cap, and the free agency dinner bell rings in eight days.

The Bucs can play the game, if they desire. (more…)

Important people on Team Mariota think he can play Day 1

It’s official, Bucs offensive coordinator Dirk Koetter has been talking about Marcus Mariota to his old colleague and friend Mark Helfrich, the Oregon head coach.

It’s got draft gurus chatting about whether Mariota would be targeted — and ready — to play for Tampa Bay on Day 1. (more…)

Seems the Bucs are trying to unload LT Anthony Collins on an unsuspecting team.

Yes, the free agency dinner bell rings next week. Seriously, eight days away. Already, rumors are flying everywhere about this player and that. More on that later.

One guy the Bucs threw a lot of Team Glazer cash in a free agent spending spree last year was left tackle Anthony Collins. What to make of that move? Well, Collins was a healthy scratch down the stretch in the Chase for Jameis. (more…)

Just thinking of that sieve passed off as an offensive line last year makes Joe shudder. Joe has seen more solid bricks of Swiss cheese in a deli than what the Bucs trotted out as a front line.

No, Joe isn’t buying that barbecue pitmaster Logan Mankins was the second-coming John Hannah. His left-his-heart-in-New-England-inspired play didn’t sit well with Joe. (more…)

Who wants to play Let’s Make A Trade?

One might think Bucs general manager Jason Licht would raise his hand, considering he made a pile of trades last season — in a league that doesn’t see many trades. (more…)

No wonder people run around Denver smoking legal marijuana. They’re celebrating the Broncos’ outstanding 2011 NFL Draft.

The Bucs’ 2011 draft? Well, Joe thinks it’s a solid bet Luke Stocker will be re-signed for 2015, but that’s about it. (more…)

For many Bucs fans, the ghost of Bo Jackson lives.

While the story is a lot more complicated, the Bucs chose Bo Jackson first overall in the 1986 draft and he stiffed the Bucs, choosing instead to play baseball for the Kansas City Royals organization.

When Joe asked possible Bucs No. 1 pick Jameis Winston at the NFL Scouting Combine in frozen Indianapolis if his baseball career was over, Winston didn’t say, “No.” (more…)

The data crowd checks in

Hopefully, one thing the braintrust of the Bucs can solve is depth. The roster has no depth. Hell, there’s barely enough for a starting-22. (more…)

Bucs beat writer Rick Stroud was busy Twittering today that barbecue-yearning guard Logan Mankins and Vincent Jackson will return to the Buccaneers in 2015.

Joe would caution that things change quickly in the NFL (see Darrelle Revis in March 2014). (more…)

So when the Bucs bring in Jameis Winston, it is all set up for him to be successful. He’s got Vincent Jackson to throw to. He has Mike Evans to throw to, which makes Joe just drool.

But what about a third receiver? (more…)

Team Mariota picks up a big name

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…)