“Kyle, you’re going to have to fight this cat from Day 1.”

Buccaneers quarterback Baker Mayfield made a visit to NFL Network this week and Joe was watching, of course. (more…)

Bucs QB Baker Mayfield.

One interesting element to the Kyle Trask-Baker Mayfield competition is how Trask has been described as a deliberate learner (euphemism for slow?) and Mayfield is a proven fast learner. (more…)

Bucs QB Kyle Trask.

Is it Baker Mayfield or is it Kyle Trask? Bucs fans want to know which quarterback will take the snaps in September. (more…)

Russell Gage contract intrigue.

So yesterday was Baker Mayfield’s introduction to the Tampa Bay pen and mic club. Welcome to Tampa Bay! (more…)

Victim of numbers game?

So in the past few weeks since Tom Brady retired and the Bucs began hyping Kyle Trask and how he will compete for the starting job, one name Joe noticed was never mentioned: Blaine Gabbert. (more…)

Hall of Fame résumé.

Joe thinks Logan Ryan might be trying out for Joe’s job. (more…)

“Blaine, I made a few calls.”

The pattern this season in free agency shows that nearly every player who visited a team signed with that team. (more…)

Parades matter.

Imagine a free agent during The Lost Decade of Buccaneers football ever pointing to Tampa and saying he wanted to play there because that’s the home of winners. (more…)

Todd Bowles

New Buccaneers quarterback Baker Mayfield has only played with one player on the Tampa Bay roster, but he does know a coach. (more…)

New Bucs QB Baker Mayfield.

Let the competition begin! (more…)

When Joe sat down with new Bucs offensive coordinator Dave Canales at the NFL Scouting Combine, the message was clear: the new Bucs system would be crafted for the pieces in place — and they weren’t all there yet. (more…)

Joe was among the many fans disgusted by the horror show that typically was the Buccaneers’ short-yardage running game last season. (more…)

Bucs QB Baker Mayfield.

So new Bucs quarterback Baker Mayfield will field questions from the local pen and mic club this afternoon at One Buc Palace. (more…)

With young defensive backs Mike Edwards and cornerback/nickel Sean Murphy-Bunting now wearing the uniforms of AFC teams, two Tampa Bay Super Bowl pieces, the perception of Bucs cornerback Jamel Dean’s value is more clear. (more…)

CB Sean Murphy-Bunting.

It appears a Bucs 2020 playoff star will play in a different uniform this fall. (more…)

What’s on the other side?

Joe has been hearing the following lately and is trying to figure out the answer. (more…)

Bucs DT Greg Gaines.

Joe thinks the signing of Rams defensive tackle Greg Gaines was a good hire. Joe also suspects the crowd that despised Gerald McCoy may have angry flashbacks. (more…)

Bucs QB Baker Mayfield.

There are few NFL analysts Joe respects more than Greg Cosell of NFL Films. (more…)

Bucs CB Jamel Dean.

Regular readers of this here site and listeners to the “Ira Kaufman Podcast” knows how one of the Joes felt about this. (more…)