Bucs coach Todd Bowles.

You can slice and dice how a defense played, if dudes tackled or didn’t tackle, what kind of pass rush there was or how corners covered receivers all you want. (more…)

Bucs offensive coordiantor Dave Canales.

Interesting study revealed by former slimy Saints head coach Sean Payton, who now coaches the Denver Broncos led by ex-Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson. (more…)

Todd Bowles was not naming a starting quarterback this morning during a chat with local reporters. (more…)

Bucs coach Todd Bowles.

For folks that hollered themselves hoarse and have plantar fasciitis from stomping their feet so much over right tackle Luke Goedeke, there is another area of concern for which you may want to store energy. (more…)

The whole truth and nothing but the truth is not something that typically is delivered by a football team to its fans. (more…)

Impact from rookies.

One thing jumped out at Joe after last night’s game: If production in a worthless preseason game is in any way a window into the regular season, the Bucs may have a dynamite rookie class. (more…)

GM Jason Licht weighs in.

What a Saturday night it was against the Jets for competing Bucs quarterback Kyle Trask.

He threw darts, stayed poised, protected the football, didn’t get rattled when Bucs receivers dropped passes, and turned in a stat line worthy of a solid NFL quarterback. (more…)

Logan Hall at the Bucs’ underwear football practice on Thursday.

With veteran defensive tackle Vita Vea resting tonight and last week, along with injured first-round-pick rookie Calijah Kancey, Joe was eager to see what Logan Hall would deliver in their absences during the first two preseason games. (more…)

Bucs GM Jason Licht.

Buccaneers general manager Jason Licht is felling it! (more…)

Put me in, coach.”

If this keeps up, Joe may have to start calling Bucs receiver Trey Palmer “Big Play Trey.” (more…)

Bucs coach Todd Bowles.

Someday, when Bucs coach Todd Bowles publishes his memoirs, tonight’s win over the Jets in the Bucs’ second worthless preseason game will be remembered as the kind of win Bowles drools over. (more…)

“Hey Sean, you might start.”

Joe has been harping on this since February. And it is glaringly clear now. (more…)

Baker Mayfield

UPDATED 9:49 p.m. – Last week, head coach Todd Bowles strongly implied that competing quarterback Kyle Trask and fellow QB Baker Mayfield would get the same amount of snaps tonight in Preseason Game 2 as each had in Preseason Game 1. (more…)

Showtime! Preseason Game 2! Comment all night long right here. Play nice! All kinds of stuff to analyze, and Joe will be doing just that into the wee hours.

Go Bucs!

Preseason Game 2

Bucs at Jets  

Kickoff: 7:30p.m.

TV: WFLA Channel 8. Game will be rebroadcast on NFL Network Sunday at 10 a.m. and Monday at 8 p.m.

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Sad but true: no quarterback drafted by Tampa Bay has ever received a second contract from the Buccaneers.

Sad but true: except for the stretch from 1999-2002, this franchise has never posted more than two consecutive winning seasons.

These two depressing facts are, of course, related. (more…)

Bucs QB Kyle Trask.

What a landmark day/night this is for Kyle Trask. He’ll make his first NFL start, albeit preseason, in a road game against the Jets. (more…)

Family trouble for Baker Mayfield.

Not Joe, but many fans and media believed Tom Brady was distracted last season because he was losing about $30 million in a shady, high-profile cryptocurrency deal.

Yeah, it’s a lot of money, but Brady is a walking ATM. He could make up those losses without breaking a sweat. (more…)