Archive for 2023

“Kind Of Like The Brains That Kind Of Holds It All Together”

Thursday, August 24th, 2023

Center Robert Hainsey.

Tampa Bay offensive coordinator Dave Canales was talking offensive line today. (more…)

“This Is A Real Starting Level Talent”

Thursday, August 24th, 2023

Baker Mayfield didn’t just get named Tampa Bay’s starting quarterback, he won the job by beating out a real NFL starter. (more…)

“Big Play” Trey Palmer Continues To Show Up

Thursday, August 24th, 2023

Rookie receiver Trey Palmer.

All this guy is doing is making plays. (more…)

Is Devin White Worth $18 Million A Year?

Thursday, August 24th, 2023

How to get paid.

It seems all is good between Bucs disgruntled linebacker Devin White and the Bucs. It’s August where everyone is happy and every team is going to make a deep playoff run. (more…)

Bucs Offense Opposite Image Of Last Seven Years

Thursday, August 24th, 2023

“Play-action? I don’t know what you’re talking about. That’s fantasy football. We just do what we do.”

Come Week 1 when the Bucs are battling the Vikings in Minneapolis with the echos of “Skol!” loudly bouncing through the ship-shaped crib, Joe is confident Bucs fans at times will wonder if they turned on the wrong game. (more…)

Todd Bowles And Analytics

Thursday, August 24th, 2023

Todd Bowles and numbers.

Yesterday, Joe asked Todd Bowles an analytics question about turnovers. That prompted a follow-up question later for Bowles dealing with analytics in general. (more…)

Byron Leftwich Says He Knew He Was Getting Fired And It Was Time For Him To Go

Wednesday, August 23rd, 2023

Byron Leftwich

Super Bowl offensive coordinator Byron Leftwich delivered a classy answer to a tough question about his Buccaneers demise. (more…)

Takeaways Don’t Necessarily Spike On Third-And-Long; But Guess What Does?

Wednesday, August 23rd, 2023

Bucs coach Todd Bowles.

If Joe isn’t watching Bucs games or videos or researching the Bucs, Joe often is inhaling whatever Joe can find on college football. (more…)

All Fantasy QB1s Are NOT Created Equal

Wednesday, August 23rd, 2023

Todd lays out the mathematical difference between franchise quarterbacks and other worthy starters at that position.

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Significant Arm Talent Edge For Baker Mayfield?

Wednesday, August 23rd, 2023

Former Bucs quarterback Chris Simms shared what he learned talking to people with the Jets about Kyle Trask and Baker Mayfield, as well as what he was told when hanging out with Bucs officials on Hall of Fame weekend, when his old teammate Rondé Barber was inducted. (more…)

Todd Bowles Names Logan Hall A Starter

Wednesday, August 23rd, 2023

Second-year defensive tackle Logan Hall.

The quarterback battle isn’t the only one that has been decided. (more…)

Bucs Training Camp 2023 Practice No. 19 Notes

Wednesday, August 23rd, 2023

Bucs DT Vita Vea works on barrel drills Wednesday morning.

The morning after Baker Mayfield was knighted as the Bucs’ starting quarterback, both he and his backup, Kyle Trask, seemed off at One Buc Palace. (more…)

How Did Kyle Trask Take The Bad News?

Wednesday, August 23rd, 2023

Backup QB Kyle Trask.

So before practice Tuesday morning at One Buc Palace, Bucs coach Todd Bowles made the decision to start the season with Baker Mayfield behind center. (more…)

Opening Day Success For Todd Bowles

Wednesday, August 23rd, 2023

A four-season losing streak and a sour career record are on Todd Bowles’ head coaching resume, but the man knows how to prepare a team for opening day. (more…)

A Pete Carroll-Todd Bowles Clash

Wednesday, August 23rd, 2023

Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll, mentor to Bucs offensive coordinator Dave Canales.

Todd Bowles wants his players to stop thinking about Tom Brady, last year and anything that isn’t the here and now. (more…)

“I Think This Is Going To Be A Bad Football Team”

Wednesday, August 23rd, 2023

Expects doom with Baker Mayfield.

Former Jets, Lions and Belicheats guard Damien Woody isn’t feeling it. (more…)

Why Folks Think The Bucs Are Low-Key Tanking

Wednesday, August 23rd, 2023

Bucs coach Todd Bowles.

Outside the Tampa Bay area, just about every NFL fan you run into thinks the Bucs are fully involved in the #CollapseForCaleb campaign. (more…)

Ranking The Running Backs

Wednesday, August 23rd, 2023

Surprising ranking.

Look, Joe is in no position to tell a former stud NFL running back he doesn’t know what he’s talking about when it comes to current NFL running backs. (more…)

“He’s Just Not An Ideal Fit”

Tuesday, August 22nd, 2023

Competing Kyle Trask is no longer competing, but don’t call him a loser.

That’s the word this afternoon from a former NFL GM who has spent time watching all of Trask’s preseason snaps. (more…)

Have Your Say!

Tuesday, August 22nd, 2023

Flash poll posted at 1:53 p.m. Poll closed at 3:58 p.m.

Baker Mayfield: Multimillion Dollar Legal Dispute With Family Is Not A Bucs Distraction

Tuesday, August 22nd, 2023

The sad story of Baker Mayfield’s missing money is an old one, Mayfield said today after being named Bucs starting quarterback.

The implication was that whatever distraction it was is in the past, despite the situation being made public via a legal filing last week. (more…)

Bucs Training Camp 2023, Practice No. 18 Notes

Tuesday, August 22nd, 2023

Yes, training camp is still happening at One Buc Palace. But the bleachers are gone. You could barely tell they were even there at all a week after the last open practice was held. (more…)

“He Brings That Oklahoma Quarterback Mentality”

Tuesday, August 22nd, 2023

New Bucs starter reacts.

So newly anointed Bucs starting quarterback Baker Mayfield admitted it is good that this mystery of who is starting Week 1 is over. (more…)