Flash poll posted at 8:40 a.m. Poll closed at 10:37 a.m.

Guards Sua Opeta (left) and Ben Bredeson.

Sua Opeta is still on the Bucs comeback trail.

Who? (more…)

Returner/receiver Tez Johnson, the Bucs’ seventh-round pick.

Joe celebrated for hours after the Bucs’ pick of Tez Johnson in Round 7 yesterday. (more…)

First-round pick wide receiver Emeka Egbuka.

Joe guesses some readers are sick of Joe referring to new Bucs first-round pick Emeka Egbuka as a Chris Godwin clone. (more…)

Bucs GM Jason Licht.

So Joe is going to go through some guys that may be celebrating and may be sweating as a result of this weekend’s draft. (more…)

UDFA safety Shilo Sanders.

UPDATED: We all heard all about quarterback Shedeur Sanders and his quest to be drafted. That ended when the Browns grabbed him today in Round 5.

But most everyone forgot about his brother. (more…)

“Mr. Glazer, we don’t ef with the formula. Like nobody tells you what oil stocks to short.”

There’s a theme among the Buccaneers’ six new draft picks and it’s easy to detect. (more…)

Rookie Bucs wide receiver/returner Tez Johnson.

So after new Bucs receiver Tez Johnson, the seventh-round pick from Oregon, did his Zoom call with the Tampa Bay pen and mic club, Joe has a few thoughts: (more…)

Bucs’ seventh-round pick WR Tez Johnson.

The main reason the Bucs drafted Trey Palmer was his blazing speed. (more…)

Bucs rookie receiver Tez Johnson is Tampa Bay’s seventh-round pick.

Joe wrote last week for fans to look out for Tampa Bay drafting lightning Oregon receiver Tez Johnson.

Keep in mind that Buccaneers Ring of Honor general manager Jason Licht made small receiver Jaelon Darden a fourth-round draft pick in 2021 after making little guy Scotty Miller a sixth-round pick in 2019. (more…)

Rookie cornerback Benjamin Morrison, the Bucs’ second-round pick.

Remember when Bucs head coach Todd Bowles dropped that “killer instinct” line four weeks ago at the NFL Owners Meetings? (more…)

Bucs fifth-round draft pick DL Elijah Roberts.

So is Elijah Roberts, the Bucs’ fifth-round pick, an edge rusher? Is he a tackle? (more…)

Man, Emeka Egbuka, the very shiny new first-round toy receiver of the Buccaneers offense, sat on the edge of his seat when discussing one of his passions. (more…)

Bucs fifth-round pick DL Elijah Roberts.

The Bucs have kept their word. They are loading up on edge rushers in Day 3 of the draft. (more…)

UPDATED: After drafting an undersized and somewhat uniquely-sized edge rusher in Round 4, the Bucs got after the same position again with a very different body type. (more…)

Bucs fourth-round pick edge rusher David Walker.

Joe has been over this before. Bucs AC/DC-loving general manager Jason Licht has some tells in his drafts. (more…)

Bucs rookie receiver Emeka Egbuka

Lots of varying opinions out there on the Buccaneers’ decision to draft Ohio State receiver Emeka Egbuka with in Round 1 of the NFL Draft on Thursday. (more…)

Bucs new edge rusher David Walker.

OK, this is very interesting to Joe. (more…)

UPDATED: Speed off the edge! (more…)

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Bucs VP of Player Personnel Mike Biehl.

Joe thinks Jamel Dean is a decent cornerback, maybe still a good one. But Joe got fed up last year when Dean kept getting hurt and missing starts, specifically when he couldn’t finish the Bucs’ playoff game. (more…)

Flash poll posted at 7:42 a.m. Poll closed at 8:51 a.m.

New Bucs cornerback Benjamin Morrison, their second-round draft pick.

So the Bucs drafted Benjamin Morrison, the Notre Dame cornerback coming off hip surgery, at No. 53 overall in Round 2. But he was only the fifth cornerback off the board.

The past few years, the draft market for corners proved very different. (more…)