Is Lovie Smith’s defense in for another long year?

In the early handful of games last year, Lovie Smith’s famed defense was chain-whipped like few teams ever have been.

They were lit up so bad by the Crows and the Dixie Chicks that one didn’t dare light a cigar with the defense on the field because they were so flammable. (more…)

Was Bucs OC Dirk Koetter so down on Charles Sims that he lobbied the Bucs to keep Doug Martin instead?

Yesterday, Joe brought word from Super Bowl quarterback Rich Gannon that having Charles Sims in the same backfield as “America’s Quarterback,” Bucs signal-caller Jameis Winston, would be a “train wreck.” (more…)

It’s the countdown feature you’ve all been waiting for. Not really, but on the heels of last year’s award-winning “20 Worst Buccaneers Of The Past 10 years” feature, Joe had to deliver.

A list like this is highly subjective and toxic. Fits of rage were common during production meetings at JoeBucsFan.com world headquarters. Scared interns soiled their pants. Full beer bottles were smashed, and a treasured Rachel Watson poster was accidently destroyed. But order was restored.

Bruce Allen, Jason Licht and former Bucs rockstar general manager Mark Dominik might not like what’s coming, but it had to be done. This is what happens when your team is 30-70 in its last 100 games. (more…)

It’s one of those steamy summer nights when Joe is craving ice cold Guiness and amazing hamburgers, and some of the best sports TV viewing around.

So you’ll find Joe at Peggy Oneill’s in Tampa/Oldsmar, at the southeast corner of Hillsborough Avenue and Racetrack Road. Click through below to see all their specials and menu items.

Updated: Just like surgeons should not carve Thanksgiving turkeys, NFL players should be smart enough to pass on tinkering with handheld explosives.

That’s nearly as dumb as when Josh McCown let his brother Luke hurl an axe at his throwing hand. (more…)

The last Buccaneers quarterback to have a remarkable season, Josh Freeman, is trying hard to shed his leaky, sleepy image while he lurks at the bottom of the Dolphins’ offseason roster. (more…)

Harsh words from a former MVP

The Buccaneers’ hierarchy might have grand visions of Jameis Winston wreaking havoc handing off the rock and throwing to versatile second-year running back Charles Sims, but a former NFL MVP says that combination spells disaster. (more…)

Still won’t acknowledge “America’s Quarterback.”

The man closest to “America’s Quarterback,” Bucs signal-caller Jameis Winston, on the football field this summer and fall and winter will be none other than center Evan (nee: Dietrich-) Smith, who didn’t seem too fond of Jameis after the NFL Draft.

Smith continued his strange silent-treatment public stance on Jameis yesterday. (more…)

National NFL columnist reveals a private chat he had with Bucs coach Lovie Smith last summer.

What the hell did Bucs coach Lovie Smith see in turnover-prone Josh McClown? (You could ask the same question of about five players the Bucs acquired last year, but Joe digresses.) (more…)

Jameis transforms rotten games into compelling TV

If Joe were a neutral NFL fan stuck in, say, the Midwest, or a perpetually half-drunk fan in the Keys without strong ties, Joe would care about watching compelling games, you know, matchups of strong teams. (more…)

Jeff Tedford wanted to return and lead the Buccaneers offense after his heart trouble last year, but the figurative gates of One Buc Palace were slammed in his face. (more…)

Jameis Winston isn’t your typical rookie, and that’s a damn good thing.

Like Lavonte David said, the Bucs locker room needed America’s Quarterback. (more…)

It’s the countdown feature you’ve all been waiting for. Not really, but on the heels of last year’s award-winning “20 Worst Buccaneers Of The Past 10 years” feature, Joe had to deliver.

A list like this is highly subjective and toxic. Fits of rage were common during production meetings at JoeBucsFan.com world headquarters. Scared interns soiled their pants. Full beer bottles were smashed, and a treasured Rachel Watson poster was accidently destroyed. (more…)

Top backup.

The season of rankings continues as we lumber toward the beginning of training camp. The first open practice is Aug. 1. Joe can almost smell the cheerleaders’ sweat (it’s sort of a fruity scent, if you must know). (more…)

It was hard for Bucs WR Vincent Jackson to keep a smile on his face when remembering who was throwing passes to him last year.

If watching old game tape wasn’t jarring enough to Bucs fans remembering just how truly awful was turnover-prone quarterback Josh McClown, data from the statgeeks really sobers up a person.

Yes, Vincent Jackson had a nice season, catching 70 passes and racking up 1,002 passing yards last year. Any receiver who has 1,000 yards is having a fine season. (more…)

Will the offensive line improve?

It was more frightening than Joe opening up his fridge on a hot summer afternoon and finding not an ounce of cold beer. It was the offensive line that finished the season for the Bucs with out-of-position Demar Dotson, barbecue pitmaster Logan Mankins, shotgun-snap challenged Evan (nee: Dietrich-) Smith, Oniel Cousins and Patrick Omameh. (more…)

The newest Buccaneer talks Tom Brady vs. Jameis Winston

Yes, new/old Bucs tight end Tim Wright went there on national radio, daring to compare the little he’s seen of Jameis Winston to legendary Tom Brady, his QB last season with the Belicheats. (more…)

History will view mattress-in-the-yard, blade-in-the-thigh Mike Williams in different ways.

A 2010 Buccaneers fourth-round pick, Williams was excellent in his first three seasons — 193 catches, 23 touchdowns and never missed a game. (more…)

In studying last year’s games, the Washington Post suggests the only reason the Bucs beat the Redskins was Robert Griffin III’s incompetence.

Yes, the Bucs were a nutkick of a 2-14 team last year. The only people remotely happy about that were liquor store owners — for all the Bucs fans trying to purge the season from their memory banks with mass quantities of alcohol. (more…)

Regular readers here know there’s a massive argument happening at JoeBucsFan.com world headquarters regarding Lovie Smith’s job security. No need to rehash.

But now a former Buccaneer has weighed in on the debate, via a national stage. (more…)

Will Louis Murphy be able to hang on to his No. 3 WR position?

The lack of depth on this Bucs squad is a significant reason Tampa Bay won the Chase for Jameis last year.

Joe many times has pointed out that Mike Evans and Vincent Jackson very well could be the best one-two punch of wide receivers in the NFL. If that duo is not, then the list ahead of them is damn short. (more…)

Just because Bucs co-chairman Ed Glazer bought this pad roughly 100 miles north of Los Angeles doesn’t mean the Bucs are moving to California. At all.

Joe has seen the reaction, though minimal, on Twitter and in the comments on this here corner of the Interwebs. And since the NFL is slumbering, what the hell, Joe will throw cold water on the paranoid conspiracy theorists. (more…)

Drew Brees has simply torched the Bucs like no other quarterback.

To be the best you have to beat the best. Those are the immortal words of Ric Flair. They also ring true in the NFL. (more…)