Drink to being aggressive!

Joe remembers covering the training camp of the old St. Louis Cardinals, Joe’s first big college gig. Joe learned a lot there still in use to this day. (more…)

Defense wasn’t good enough.

The Bucs defense wasn’t bad this season. Problem was, the way the offense stunk, the defense needed to be like the Bucs defense of the glory years. (more…)

Challenges.

The worst place for a team that needs a quarterback is to pick in the middle of the draft. That’s sort of where the Bucs find themselves. (more…)

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The Sage of Tampa Bay Sports comes out reflective — and swinging some uppercuts — in his first episode of the post-Tom-Brady era. Enjoy!

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Very tough decision.

Joe’s favorite Bucs player for the past decade is easily Lavonte David. Maybe one reason is the guy is probably the most underrated linebacker since he came into the league in 2012. (more…)

Man, one hell of a feature was penned by national NFL writer Dan Pompei on nearly everything you might have wanted to know about Ryan Jensen’s return to the field last month after a horrific knee injury in late July. (more…)

Spending has its price.

General manager Jason Licht is sort of operating like the average Joe who has to pay rent in six days but won’t have the money for another two weeks. (more…)

Center Robert Hainsey and guard/center Nick Leverett.

Former general manager Mike Tannenbaum and CBS game analyst Charles Davis, a former defensive back who was on the scene at One Buc Palace when Ryan Jensen blew his knee out in July, were taking their shots at the Bucs yesterday on SiriusXM NFL Radio. (more…)

“Come to Tampa Bay, Derek! We’ll go get liquored up at Hooters. Boy, do I have stories about the Bucs!”

Yesterday, there was a skills competition for quarterbacks in Sin City as part of the Pro Bowl Games, one in a series of events leading up to Sunday’s flag football game. (more…)

Someone always finds a problem.

Probably one of the least offensive men in America somehow found a way, albeit indirectly, to get the easily-offended crowd to suck their thumbs, curl up in fetal position and whine. And that man is none other than Tom Brady. (more…)

Lesson to learn from young QBs?

Yeah, a common belief in the NFL is that if you don’t draft a top-shelf quarterback and develop him, you are banking on tying your team’s future to another team’s unwanted quarterback and maybe that gets you in the playoffs and run right away. (more…)

Can’t see Tom Brady returning.

If anyone knows Tom Brady, it’s his old pal, former Bucs teammate and favorite Brady target dating back to their Belicheat days, foot-rubbing tight end Rob Gronkowski. (more…)

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For 5+ years, The Free Stretch has been here for Bucs fans after being heard on several radio stations dating back to ancient times 2006. Bobby also hosted a national show on Sporting News Radio. (more…)

Cool insight here into Tom Brady’s quick release. (more…)

Former Bucs QB coach Clyde Christensen believes BSPN report on Tom Brady.

Earlier this week, perhaps the lone NFL insider into now retired Tom Brady’s camp, Jeff Darlington of BSPN, reported that Brady had no intention of signing with another team other than the Bucs if he didn’t retire. (more…)

GM Jason Licht

Joe apologizes to the fans who read the headline and got excited that this post would be about cutting Donovan Smith or trading Devin White. (more…)

NFL Network insider Ian Rapoport is in Alabama at the Senior Bowl where Bucs officials are sniffing out potential draft picks, and it’s a safe bet Rapoport had a conversation with said officials on Monday — before Tom Brady retired. (more…)

Rondé Barber

Bucs icon Rondé Barber doesn’t hide his belief that he’s 100 percent worthy of the Pro Football Hall of Fame. (more…)

Sets the record straight.

Very interesting debate on a special broadcast on BSPN yesterday morning. (more…)