The Bucs’ top safety got a t-shirt-and-hat day at practice today in New Jersey.

One could argue the entire Bucs team got a day off today, though a few guys truly had a rest day. (more…)

Time and patience?

You better believe Joe was stoked yesterday seeing rookie right guard Cody Mauch finally unleash his inner beast and grind Jets defenders while run blocking. (more…)

Logan Hall and Vita Vea on the practice field this morning at Giants headquarters.

Weird morning. (more…)

Kurt Warner on Kyle Trask.

Who better to break down a quarterback than a quarterback? (more…)

Roster construction: Receivers.

Last year the Bucs kept seven wide receivers in their initial cutdown to 53. So based on that, here’s Joe’s stab at receivers in the wake of Russell Gage’s season-ending injury yesterday. (more…)

“Baker, you hear what Rich Eisen is saying?”

The pressure is on Baker Mayfield, big time, says the face of NFL Network. (more…)

Todd Bowles

Maybe it was Todd Bowles being low-key. Maybe it was Bowles not getting excited because he wanted to keep his defense focused. Maybe Bowles realizes it’s still the middle of August. (more…)

Baker Mayfield talks to ESPN super insider Adam Schefter this afternoon — as Todd Bowles walks by.

Joe doesn’t doubt that Baker Mayfield is Tampa Bay’s No. 1 quarterback, but Bucs players are yearning for it to be official. (more…)

As recently as 2020, the greatest receiver in Tampa Bay history said he needed at least one preseason game to get his mind and body right for Week 1. (more…)

Feisty session at Jets headquarters against an ornery Jets team before a raucous crowd lined up to get in hours before practice began. Joe patrolled the grounds and has plenty of notes as the teams practiced on two fields, sometimes three. There definitely were Bucs standouts, including competing Kyle Trask rising from the ashes after a rough start. (more…)

Roster construction.

So today, Bucs outside linebacker Anthony Nelson had a helluva day practicing before the watchful eyes of the media the capital of the free world, Gotham City, as well as in front of prying “Hard Knocks” cameras. (more…)

Left tackle Tristan Wirfs.

Big step in the journey of Tristan Wirfs today in practice against the Jets in New Jersey.

Why? Because he didn’t get to play in the Bucs’ preseason opener and he’s learning a new position. (more…)

Intense day for the Buccaneers’ inside linebacker tandem.

Fight after fight after fight today at Buccaneers practice against the Jets in New Jersey, the most Joe has ever seen. And it wasn’t just two guys getting after it and getting pulled away quickly. (more…)

Big day for Joe Tryon-Shoyinka and the pass rush.

UPDATED: Joe Tryon-Shoyinka did not hesitate when Joe asked him if today’s practice against the Jets was a standout event. (more…)

Russell Gage (3) today, just before his serious injury at Bucs-Jets practice.

At the Bucs-Jets scrimmage in New Jersey this morning, wide receiver Russell Gage wrecked his knee. (more…)

Awful news.

It must be a horrible injury for Russell Gage if this prognosis is already being reported by one of the top national NFL scribes working for the league’s own network. (more…)