Chasing a legend.

It is safe to say if any NFL receiver is included in the same sentence as Jerry Rice, that’s about the highest honor possible. (more…)

More focused prep work.

During his first two NFL seasons, cornerback Zyon McCollum was all over the place. (more…)

Chris Godwin getting a lot of post-practice work in yesterday.

Joe often is asked the simplest of simple questions. What struck you most about Day 1 of training camp? (more…)

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Best when PO’ed.

The worst thing for Joe about training camp? No DVR for practices. (more…)

Reported for duty.

Joe admits to being surprised. Very surprised. (more…)

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Fun description of offense.

Any college football fans out there who are also Bucs fans reading this here site? If so, boy, does Trey Palmer have something for you today. (more…)

Emphasizing YAC.

You may have heard the last time you visited Hooters that the past two seasons, the Bucs have been the worst rushing team in the league. (more…)

No hesitation in the greatest Buccaneers receiver the world has ever known. (more…)

Rookie running back Bucky Irving works on blocking against Sean Tucker today — the first day of Bucs training camp 2024. Bucs RBs coach Skip Peete looks on.

Alright, the first day of Bucs Training Camp 2024 is in the books. Still underwear football and it will be until Monday — at least the pads are scheduled to come on Monday. So please keep in mind that in underwear football, there is no hitting of any sort. (more…)

New offensive coordinator Liam Coen talking to GM Jason Licht after practice today.

Joe remembers when Lovie Smith rolled out a new rallying slogan and t-shirts to his team about 10 years ago and players seemed to think he was clueless. (more…)

Baker Mayfield

So Baker Mayfield was handed a $100 million contract at 29 years old with a baby on the way and following a six-year roller coaster career. (more…)

Linebacker K.J. Britt

Day 1 of training camp today is still underwear football with hitting not permitted, but Todd Bowles seemed to see something this morning that makes him think a firestorm is coming very soon. (more…)

Fed up.

Is Bucs coach Todd Bowles “done” with absent Randy Gregory? Well, this much we know: Bowles is done talking about him. (more…)

The landscape has changed.

If you believe Tampa Bay officials, the team dreaded parting with now-retired Bucs sacks king Shaq Barrett after last season. (more…)

Flash poll posted at 12:08 a.m. Poll closed at 8:34 a.m.

Bucs training camp opens this morning at 8:30 am. That means a majority of players reported for duty yesterday a had physicals and meetings.

And it also means Todd Bowles made a speech. (more…)

Big Mike Evans fan.

Joe is still seething because a high priest of an outfit that likes to gloss itself as some sort of superior football intellectual thinktank thinks so much of Mike Evans that he ranked Evans as just the 20th-best receiver in football. (more…)

Tight end Payne Durham.

With training camp kicking off today at One Buc Palace, Joe sure hopes the Bucs’ crop of tight ends realizes they’ll have a new friend in a month or so if they can’t step up. (more…)