About 10 days into training camp, picking a 2024 summer MVP would have been easy for Joe.

YaYa Diaby was looking bigger, stronger and more dominant than any other Buccaneer. (more…)

Fans don’t like ugly.

Face it, it’s human nature. We don’t like to look at ugly. How often do you see Roseanne Barr advertise goods on TV? How many dudes would prefer to sit next to Rosie O’Donnell on a plane instead of Kate Beckinsale, even in first class? (more…)

Mike Florio of NBC Sports.

While his NBC Sports colleague Chris Simms, the ex-Bucs quarterback, thinks the Bucs will miss the playoffs in January, NFL super insider Mike Florio is picking the Bucs to expand on their playoff push of last season. (more…)

Great injury report for the Bucs today, which includes kicker Chase McLaughlin back practicing after missing yesterday — officially because of “abdomen/illness.”

(It’s unclear if that was bad South Tampa sushi or a muscle injury of some sort.)

Only defensive lineman Logan Hall (foot) and Earnest Brown (ribs), a fourth-year veteran at the bottom of the roster, were out today. Everyone else was full-go.

Seemingly because of those injuries, the Bucs signed veteran DT Ben Stille off the Cardinals practice squad today.

“Greeny, text that Glazer hacker and get me into Mike Sando’s inbox.”

So five NFL executives were surveyed anonymously by TheAthletic.com for their rankings of NFC teams. (more…)

Interesting stuff today at One Buc Palace today about a guy who last year logged his third consecutive 1,000-yard season. (more…)

New Bucs offensive coordinator Liam Coen.

So yesterday, head coach Todd Bowles was clear that Rachaad White is the opening day starting running back and after that, it’s a hot-hand philosophy on playing time. (more…)

Flash poll posted at 11:29 a.m. Poll closed at 1:30 p.m.

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Vita Vea gets another “C” on his chest.

Bucs players have voted.

No other NFC team can say it has five of its own Super Bowl winners as team captains. (more…)

Joe listened to this with a straight face until two names were mentioned. (more…)

Oh, for an edge rusher!

Yeah, Joe is obsessed with the newfound love #NFLMedia has for Atlanta quarterback Kirk Cousins. (more…)

So Joe is already hooked on the new Gruden Loves Football channel.

Great education and fun. No nonsense but entertaining. (more…)

Joe always finds an intriguing nugget in the Buccaneers’ mic’d up segments. (more…)

Wants a tough identity for Bucs.

Last year Baker Mayfield was pretty much an unknown when the Bucs traveled to Minnesota to open the season. (more…)

Where Mike Evans excels.

So, be vertical! (more…)

One loss too many?

Look, the notion that some claim the Bucs are hurt by the loss of Devin White and Shaq Barrett generally makes Joe’s blood boil it is such horribly, lazy analysis. (more…)

Focused.

You may have heard this before. Just remembering it makes Joe want to barf. (more…)

(This is a February photo from the NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis. Don’t worry. Ira’s not wearing sweaters in the Florida summer.)

So JoeBucsFan.com columnist Ira Kaufman is in his 40th year covering the Buccaneers. That’s why he’s got the nickname, “The Sage of Tampa Bay Sports.”

On a recent Ira Kaufman Podcast, he made 20-plus predictions for the Bucs’ 2024 season.

Here they are: (more…)

Rachaad White gets philosophical.

For seven consecutive seasons (2013-2019), Team Glazer and Bucs fans suffered through their beloved team opening every year with a 3-5 record or worse. (more…)