Rough start for QB Kyle Trask.

Starting quarterback Baker Mayfield won over a lot of fans in the first half of tonight’s preseason opener while competing Kyle Trask lost a share. (more…)

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Todd discusses the production of the top four fantasy wide receivers last year and shares the fantasy flaw in Lamar Jackson’s game. 

Football is back, baby!

Yeah, most Bucs starters aren’t playing — except at quarterback. (See the list on the home page.)

It should be great fun, and certainly better than training camp practices that feature faux tackling and simulated ball.

Go Bucs! Comments below. Please play nice.

Tristan Wirfs is out.

And some fans wonder why Joe occasionally refers to preseason games as “worthless.”

For tonight’s preseason kickoff against the Steelers, Tampa Bay is resting 15 key players. They are as follows: (more…)

Big night tonight at The Licht House for offensive coordinator Dave Canales.

It’s his first game calling plays since his high school coaching days. (more…)

Preseason Game 1

Steelers at Bucs  

Kickoff: 7 p.m.

TV: WFLA Channel 8; NFL Network (Geographic restrictions apply). Game will be rebroadcast on NFL Network Saturday at 7 a.m. and Monday at 1 p.m.

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So the pay-per-view site TheAthletic.com sent one of its national writers to Tampa to craft a feature on Baker Mayfield bonding with Todd Bowles. (more…)

So is it Baker Mayfield or Kyle Trask? (more…)

Bucs sacks king Shaq Barrett.

A lot of Bucs fans are wringing their hands wondering when or if Pro Bowl center Ryan Jensen will be ready to start a game. (more…)

Temperature gauge.

So Wednesday, the co-hosts of the best damn football radio show in the land, “Movin’ the Chains,” Pat Kirwan and Jim Miller, dropped in at One Buc Palace as part of their annual training camp tour heard exclusively on SiriusXM NFL Radio. (more…)

Bucs coach Todd Bowles.

It’s been interesting if not eyebrow-raising to hear Bucs coach Todd Bowles discuss his edge rushers, meaning his outside linebackers. (more…)

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Todd offers analysis on fantasy players ranked #11-17 from last year and what it means for their draft position in 2023. 

The only photo Joe knows of Tom Brady and Todd Bowles together.

This is not a joke. Head coach Todd Bowles believes there is some benefit to Tom Brady no longer wearing pewter and red. (more…)

The final whistle may not have blown on the Buccaneers’ quarterback competition, but JoeBucsFan.com columnist Ira Kaufman is reporting a Bucs source has told him that Mayfield has a huge lead on Kyle Trask and victory formation for Mayfield is imminent. (more…)

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Head coach Todd Bowles

In the Tampa Bay starting quarterback for Preseason Game 1 — tomorrow night! — head coach Todd Bowles sees a mature QB. (more…)

“Baker, let’s keep a little perspective over here.”

Quarterback obsessed Bucs fans that wave a Kyle Trask flag every morning quickly point to Baker Mayfield leading the team in training camp interceptions. (more…)

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BY IRA KAUFMAN

One man was absent. Conspicuously absent.

Rondé Barber’s former Buc teammates and coaches came out in force during his unforgettable weekend at the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

Fellow Hall of Famers Derrick Brooks, Warren Sapp and John Lynch celebrated with Barber at the Gold Jacket dinner, the enshrinement ceremony and the subsequent party at a posh vineyard. They posed together for pictures and reminisced about an iconic defense now featuring four members honored in Canton.

Mike Tomlin attended the Gold Jacket dinner, along with Raheem Morris, another one of Barber’s position coaches in Tampa. Tony Dungy was everywhere and even 83-year-old Monte Kiffin turned out, despite taking a fall last week. (more…)

Decisions.

If Joe asked a casual Bucs fan where the team is deep, the fan might say receiver or cornerback. Maybe safety. (more…)

Bucs GM Jason Licht

There is an old football cliché that Joe wholeheartedly believes in. And the last guy to win a Super Bowl for the Bucs has been quoted as saying the very same thing. (more…)

Update not encouraging.

Those monitoring Bucs training camp likely know Pro Bowl center Ryan Jensen has only been a part-time participant. (more…)

“It wasn’t all just me.”

Bucs fans are still trying to figure out what the hell happened to their beloved offense last year. (more…)