Darrelle Revis’ handlers blew up two trade deals the Bucs had on the table, claims CBS Sports.

Fascinating what can happen when solid writers have a week to sit down and probe NFL contacts, coaches and executives to dig up a juicy story. And heavy-metal-headbanging Jason La Canfora of CBS Sports did just that.

La Canfora pieced together a story on just how All-Pro cornerback Darrelle Revis, shoved out the back door by the Bucs last offseason, turned up on Bill Belicheat’s front door. (more…)

From the bottom of Joe’s heart, thank you TV Azteca for all the advances you have made in broadcast journalism. You have truly turned the medium into a visual medium. Roger Ailes took concise notes.

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Not every Buccaneer is hiding his head in shame after a disastrous 2014 season.

One actually popped up today, as Joe mingled on famed Radio Row of the Phoenix convention center. (more…)

Of all the people Joe never imagined running into at the Super Bowl media center in downtown Phoenix was none other than former Bucs (?) quarterback Jake “The Snake” Plummer.

Folks may remember how Plummer, then with the Broncos, led Denver to the 2006 AFC title game, where they were blitzed by Ben Roethlisberger and the Steelers, arguably Big Ben’s best game as an NFL quarterback. (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…)

Seahawks DC Dan Quinn, believed to be the new Dixie Chicks coach, is mobbed by reporters yesterday at Super Bowl media day.

In some ways, interviewing a subject is like a boxing match. No, there are no punches thrown (usually), but a subject often tries to rope-a-dope and dodge questions with empty or evasive answers.

The reporter tries to work the subject into a corner to deliver a question the subject cannot dodge.

That was the case yesterday when Joe interviewed soon-to-be Dixie Chicks coach Dan Quinn. (more…)

This reporter yearned to find Joe and talk Bucs football

Joe’s been known to snap award-winning photos that capture the important elements of Super Bowl Media Day.

Yesterday was no exception. This morning’s theme is Women in Media. (more…)

A national NFL analyst revisits his breakdown of Bucs first round pick Mike Evans prior to the 2014 draft.

Joe has been fortunate to talk annually to scouts and NFL types about the draft. One doesn’t need such access to understand how the draft is such an inexact science.

Even a drunk in a bar can tell if a general manager bats .500 in the draft; folks in Canton are polishing a bust for the man. (more…)

Former Bucs DE Michael Bennett — who the Bucs let go for no good reason — answers questions at Super Bowl Media Day Tuesday.

Of all the former Buccaneers — and players with Bucs connections — in Sunday’s Super Bowl, Joe wanted most to talk to former Bucs defensive end Michael Bennett.

Now starring for the Seahawks, Bennett, who the Bucs let walk away for no good reason, is now playing in his second Super Bowl in as many years.

Reminding Bucs fans of this all-time colossal personnel error is enough to make Bucs fans so mental, they want to go outside and start throwing rocks at cars. (more…)

Former NFL safety and current NBC Sports analyst Rodney Harrison blasted Dashon Goldson.

Among the many NFL national media types and former NFL players Joe talked to yesterday – over 30 at last count – was former Chargers and Patriots safety Rodney Harrison.

The NBC Sunday Night Football analyst will, of course, be part of the Peacock Network’s hosting of pregame and postgame talent Sunday. And Harrison loves to talk defense, including safety play. (more…)

Darrelle Revis talked to Joe today about one of his old Tampa Bay teammates. (more…)

Man, Joe’s had one hell of a busy day at Super Bowl Media Day and surrounding festivities. Bucs fans are going to want to stay glued to JoeBucsFan.com this week and next month. Joe’s got all kinds of fun stuff.

Late this afternoon, Joe got a chance to pin down Father Dungy on his famous quarterback endorsement. (more…)

Bucs quarterback play was so awful, not even Josh McCown could watch.

The poor Bucs fans who threw out hundreds (thousands?) of dollars this year to watch dreck perceived to be an NFL team are appalled at what became of their Bucs. Joe can totally understand.

Hell, Joe was watching Bucs games for fun and work, and even they were painful. The play of turnover-prone Josh McCown was so awful, Bucs fans wanted to rinse their eyes out with battery acid. (more…)

So Joe is in the Valley of the Sun, Phoenix, for Super Bowl Media Day, and week actually. Joe is going to spend a couple of extra days.

Last night, after Joe flew in, picked up credentials, talked to a few old media friends like Bernie Miklasz of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and Howard Balzer of SiriusXM NFL Radio, and got a feel for the lay of the land, a long day of travel was coming to an end. Nourishment was in order. Read: A burger and a craft beer. (more…)

All day long, Joe will interview and talk Bucs football with literally dozens of NFL media types from across the country, former Buccaneers, NFL legends, and members of the Seahawks and Patriots rosters and coaching staffs.

Yes, it’s Super Bowl Media Day in Arizona!

Joe will deliver you various goodies later today and through the next few weeks. (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…)