A coaching non-move makes the list

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 Bucs have a pile of cash to play with when the free agency dinner bell rings in 30 short days.

And they could almost double it by cutting dead weight, such as Josh McCown’s fat, $5 million contract. (more…)

Three-time Pro Bowler and four-time Super Bowl champion Ken Norton, Jr.

Three-time Pro Bowler and four-time Super Bowl champ Ken Norton, Jr., was named defensive coordinator of the Raiders yesterday.

Joe talked to Norton about the Bucs during Super Bowl week in Phoenix. (more…)

Oh, there are going to be changes on the Bucs. There better damn well be!

When you are the worst team in the NFL, when you win but two games, if there are not significant changes, then NFL s(p)it rolls uphill, not so much downhill. (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…)

A Lovie Smith quote remains baffling five months later

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…)

Player trades aren’t too common in the NFL, but Tampa Bay has made plenty under the Jason Licht-Lovie Smith regime.

The Bucs love to pick up that red phone. (more…)

A counterpoint to Chucky

The way the Bucs defense got absolutely lit up like a roman candle on the Fourth of July early last season, Joe couldn’t believe his eyes. Lovie Smith was supposed to be a defensive guru.

Defensive gurus don’t get seal-clubbed the way the Bucs did against the Dixie Chicks and the Crows. It was embarrassing. (more…)

Joe always is suspicious of stats. Aside from the fact stats give Joe flashbacks to nuns with pointers and grade school math classes, Joe learned in high school that anyone can twist numbers any way they like in order to prove a point. (more…)

Keyshawn Johnson lashes out

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…)

Out in Phoenix during Super Bowl week, Joe chatted with a renowned former wide receiver about one of the great surprises of Tampa Bay’s 2014 season. (more…)

Bucs TE Austin Seferian-Jenkins claims he is now fully healthy.

One paradox of the godawful 2014 season was rookie tight end Austin Seferian-Jenkins. The second round pick showed rare physical tools and, at times, appeared to be a dominant target.

That was, when he could get on the field. (more…)

“Alex” has had a rough last few months.

The so-called Bucs superfan watched his beloved team nosedive into the worst lot in the NFL, 2-14 (though they won the Chase for Jameis). That is nearly enough to quit drinking (one can only guzzle so much to numb the pain). (more…)

For two full weeks, Jeff Tedford blame vanished.

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 NFL free agency dinner bell rings in 32 days

Mason Foster’s contract expires in four weeks and the Bucs’ middle linebacker likely will be looking for work far from the white sands of Clearwater Beach resorts. (more…)

Popular sports radio host Adam Schein is unimpressed with Lovie Smith’s body of work

When Joe thinks of fascinating teams, that means interesting teams, fun teams, exciting teams, teams that have a chance of doing big things.

But in the eyes of Adam Schein, the word “fascinating” can mean different things. In his weekly NFL.com column, the SiriusXM Radio host of “Schein on Sports,” believes the Bucs are also fascinating. (more…)