There’s the chat Lovie had today in front of NFL Network cameras and media this morning. And then there was the chat Lovie had with Joe and other media away from the spotlight.

It was there that Lovie planted a Marcus Mariota flag that many thought couldn’t be done yet. (more…)

A big ol’ grin covered Tampa Bay general manager Jason Licht’s face this morning when he was asked about Marcus Mariota and Jameis Winston electing to throw at the NFL Scouting Combine when quarterbacks hit the field on Saturday. (more…)

Lovie Smith implied today that his strong belief in the American judicial system is why he and the Bucs are comfortable having Jameis Winston become their quarterback of the future.

Joe’s got Lovie’s full take, live from the NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis. (more…)

Lovie Smith had strong love for Mike Glennon today

Asked about Josh McCown today at the NFL Scouting Combine, Lovie Smith said “it’s a new year.”

And for now, Lovie said, it’s Mike Glennon’s time. (more…)

Cue the Mike Glennon Mob! (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 to wear No. 5 ever in the state of Florida. (more…)

Joe still has loads and loads of untouched interviews, and a couple he hasn’t finished transcribing, from his days in Phoenix during Super Bowl Week.

Today, Joe is in frigid Indianapolis at the NFL Scuting Combine. For media purposes, the combine begins today and lasts through Saturday. So Joe will have tons more strong content for weeks. (more…)

Lovie Smith, and later Jason Licht, will speak at this here podium this morning.

Welcome to frozen Indianapolis. Joe is plugged in and ready to rock and roll at Lucas Oil Stadium where outside, it is a bone-chilling 10 degrees (Fahrenheit). But it’s sunny.

The first speaker of today’s 24 will be Pittsburgh general manager Kevin Colbert followed by Bucs coach Lovie Smith at 10:15 a.m. Bucs general manager Jason Licht will follow at 11:15 a.m. (more…)

Yesterday, Joe heard this driving to the airport enroute to frozen Indianapolis for the NFL Scouting Combine (yes, Joe knows the Tampa area is bracing for cold, but the next three nights in Indianapolis, the forecast low is expected to be near or below zero). (more…)

Lovie Smith speaks today

It is early and you likely have not had your morning dose of caffeine, so Joe understands nerves are already on edge without this supplement.

Therefore, Joe won’t recount all the ways the Bucs were miserable last year, just sum it up with the infamous Bill Parcells quote, “You are what your record says you are.” (more…)

Lovie Smith raved about the relentless work ethic and drive of defensive end Adrian Clayborn last summer.

Put that in the category: Things you don’t hear about Michael Johnson. (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…)

The drama is building for the decisions. No, not what the Bucs will do with their premium draft picks. (more…)

Why would a wise, accomplished man like Michigan head coach Jim Harbaugh attach his name to Jameis Winston?

Jiminy Christmas! Joe’s been led to believe this would mean women’s groups will march angrily in protest within hours on the Michigan campus. (more…)

Just like Josh McCown was freed from his contract earlier than most and can sign now with any NFL team, so is blade-in-the-thigh, mattress-in-the-yard, stripper-pole-friendly Mike Williams, the former Bucs No. 1 receiver. (more…)