Todd Bowles with rookie receiver Trey Palmer.

NFL head coaches don’t walk around campus in August calling rookies “a steal” in the draft.

That’s left for media, draft nerds and overhyped fans at training camp practices. (more…)

Bucs GM Jason Licht.

Tampa Bay made an intel play as kickoff in Minnesota is just 28 days away. (more…)

Bucs coach Todd Bowles.

Boy, Joe still gets the shivers from remembering the Bucs’ opening possession Friday night to open the worthless preseason schedule. (more…)

Bucs No. 1 quarterback Baker Mayfield is exactly four Sundays away — four! — from taking the field in Minnesota against the Vikings’ new Brian Flores-led defense. (more…)

It was a bizarre 2023 debut for running back Ke’Shawn Vaughn.

Joe hasn’t seen such a strange performance line in a long time. (more…)

By now, Joe has watched Friday night’s Bucs game three times. Hey, there is much to study. (more…)

Talkin’ quarterbacks.

So it sure looks like we fans got a taste of the Baker Mayfield era in Tampa Bay. (more…)

Bucs QB Kyle Trask.

Joe understands so many Bucs fans are stomping empty beer cans over the fact the offensive line struggled. (more…)

It’s been a strong spring and summer for third-year edge rusher Joe Tryon-Shoyinka. (more…)

Bucs RT Luke Goedeke

Joe got whiffs of the scent last year. Now even though it was a worthless first preseason game, the smell is fully in Joe’s nostrils. (more…)

Good for Baker Mayfield! (more…)

Fifteen key Buccaneers, expected starters, got a rest day last night for Tampa Bay’s first preseason game. That included nearly the entire defense. (more…)

Remember me?

OK, Joe is to the point with Ryan Jensen that Joe is not expecting the Pro Bowl center to suit up and start the season opener in Minneapolis. (more…)

Competing Kyle Trask.

The film review is in from last night’s first preseason game. (more…)

It’s gotta be the feet.

It was time for Trey Palmer to shine. (more…)

Joe doesn’t want to hear about scrubs and camp meat playing. It was happening with projected Bucs starters on the field in the first quarter too. (more…)

Not overwhelmed.

The lights weren’t too bright for Bucs rookie outside linebacker YaYa Diaby. (more…)

“Fair and square, Kyle. Fair and square.”

Todd Bowles made it clear tonight that his quarterbacks played on a level playing field against the Steelers for Bucs coaches to judge their performance. (more…)

Todd Bowles

The Buccaneers’ ugly tackling tonight is noteworthy because head coach defensive playcaller Todd Bowles made fixing the team’s rough tackling last season a priority for 2023. (more…)

Bucs running backs Chase Edmonds (left) and rookie Sean Tucker.

Rough night for Buccaneers running backs.

The good news is two-fold, however. (more…)

Needs work.

There was just over five minutes remaining in the third quarter of the Bucs first preseason game Friday night. And the sights on the field were concerning. (more…)

Buccaneers right tackle Luke Goedeke blew up social media tonight, and not in a good way. (more…)