Returns for 2023.

Updated 3:56 p.m. – How did the Bucs pull this off? (more…)

Will the Buccaneers let their most productive 2022 edge rusher walk out the door?

The answer is, “No!” (more…)

This is sort of funny to Joe. But hey, Joe has a, well, unique sense of humor. (more…)

Starting guard?

Yesterday, Bucs center (guard?) Robert Hainsey made a special guest appearance on the Pat McAfee Show, even though he wasn’t scheduled. (more…)

The Bucs want a free agent veteran quarterback or two and free agent Teddy Bridgewater could fit the mold of what Tampa Bay is seeking on several fronts. (more…)

Bucs GM Jason Licht.

Two weeks ago at the combine, the Bucs believed they would be able to compete in the rotten NFC South and perhaps maybe just win it with a little good fortune. (more…)

Bucs G Aaron Stinnie.

One of the heroes of the 2020 Super Bowl run for the Bucs will be back. (more…)

With starting right guard Shaq Mason now a member of the Texans (sorry, Shaq), the Bucs’ draft board has changed. Here are the current picks — and some pertinent information:

Round 1: No. 19 Overall
Round 2: No. 50
Round 3: No. 82
Round 4: No. 121 (dealt to Jaguars for 2022 picks)
Round 5: No. 153
Round 5: No. 175 (compensatory pick)
Round 6: No. 179 (from Houston in pick No. 230 swap today)
Round 6: No. 181 (from Colts in Grant Stuard trade)
Round 6: No. 186
Round 7: No. 230 (from NY Jets in Steve McLendon trade)
Round 7: No. 252 (compensatory pick)

Bucs receiver Russell Gage.

Joe knows of no team other than the Bucs with a $10 million salary (including incentives) at the No. 3 wide receiver position. But hey, Joe also knows of no other team paying its No. 2 cornerback $13 million per season.

So the Bucs are a unique club. (more…)

Traded!

The Bucs received the NFL’s equivalent of a share-size bag of Twizzlers this morning in their trade of Shaq Mason to the Houston Texans. (more…)

The newest NFC South QB.

Another quarterback signing is in the books for the NFC South, the only NFL division — again — without a coach who has won a playoff game. (more…)

Big on film study.

Sometimes, a team keeping a player may surprise those outside team headquarters. One reason a team will keep said player is, well, they know more about him than anyone else. (more…)

Options.

So during the first day of legal free agency tampering yesterday, it was learned that yes, the Bucs covet journeyman quarterback Baker Mayfield. (more…)

Leader.

Depending on what happens in the draft and in the remainder of free agency, it sure seems like in the wake of left tackle Donovan Smith getting released, Bucs All-Pro right tackle Tristan Wirfs will get a spin at left tackle to see if he can succeed there. (more…)

Winning.

If “this Joe” didn’t have to catch a flight to Tampa out of Las Vegas later today, he would have been fully intoxicated yesterday afternoon after learning the Bucs kept free agent corner Jamel Dean. (more…)

America’s Quarterback, Jameis Winston, has accepted a pay cut and will remain with the slimy Saints to be the backup to big-money free agent quarterback Derek Carr. (more…)

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UPDATED 5:25 p.m. – It seems the Bucs are destined to have the most expensive secondary in the history of the National Football League. (more…)

Farewell message?

UPDATED 5:22 p.m. – It seems the Bucs are not interested in re-signing reserve defensive tackle Rakeem Nuñez-Roches. Better known among Bucs fans as “Nacho.” (more…)