More official chatter.

The Bucs sure don’t sound confident Chris Godwin will be on the field in Week 1. [read more]

Draft analysis.

Open-minded people who aren’t irked by the Bucs’ pick in the first round seem to be on the same wavelength. [read more]

Todd Bowles speaks.

So electric returner/receiver Tez Johnson, the Bucs’ seventh-round draft pick, isn’t getting much of a pay raise this season to play for Tampa Bay. [read more]

Bucs honcho weighs in.

The Buccaneers’ head coach is ready for the best men to win in his defense. [read more]

Strong eye for talent.

Here’s a stat that doesn’t get a lot of run. Until yesterday. [read more]

Bucs coach Todd Bowles.

As Joe typed earlier, the reason why there has been so much blowback over the drafting of Ohio State receiver Emeka Egbuka by the Bucs in the first round isn’t anger or disgust directed at Egbuka. [read more]

Welcome to your Morning Cup of Joe, an eye-opener to help Joe’s readers ease into their busy workday with a few football links, wacky news and a pleasant distraction. [read more]

Production matters.

Joe has heard the following chatter on social media and some of the takes are from sports radio hosts and their observations of the Bucs’ draft. [read more]

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Bucco Bruce Arians may be playing lots of golf and helping whiskey sales in the southeast, but he does live on in the Buccaneers’ current culture. [read more]

Bonding.

Now this is how a franchise quarterback gets on the same page as his brand new toy. [read more]

Troubling take from Rondé Barber.

So the comments of Rondé Barber cannot be ignored when a minute prior to making them he told a story of being in the hallway of Bucs headquarters this month talking to both assistant Bucs general managers when rookie wide receiver prospect Matthew Golden (just drafted by the Packers) walked past him and into the office of Tampa Bay GM Jason Licht. [read more]

Rookie obsession revealed.

Buccaneers Ring of Honor general manager Jason Licht seems to be a man who knows his weaknesses. [read more]

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Bucs rookie third-round pick cornerback Jacob Parrish.

Yesterday Joe brought word from CBS NFL columnist and analyst prickly Pete Prisco, who gave the Bucs an “A” grade for last week’s draft haul. [read more]

Bucs undrafted free agent safety Shilo Sanders.

It’s unclear whether the Bucs’ signing of undrafted free agent safety Shilo Sanders will turn into a form of circus at One Buc Palace. [read more]

Bucs rookie fifth-round pick, DL Elijah Roberts.

Did Bucs AC/DC-loving general manager Jason Licht just find a future Pro Bowl defender in the fifth round? That’s what one of the most plugged-in college football writers seems to think. [read more]

Bucs seventh round pick WR Tez Johnson.

Joe is really rooting for Tez Johnson to make the team. [read more]

Two-time “freak.”

Joe and many other fans know tells Bucs AC/DC-loving general manager Jason Licht has when it comes to the NFL Draft. [read more]

Georgia State offensive lineman Ben Chukwuma.

Joe remembers when the Bucs made football newbie Demar Dotson an undrafted free agent in 2009. At 6-9, 305 pounds, Dotson was a basketball player that was a very raw offensive tackle. [read more]

Rookie Bucs cornerback Benjamin Morrison.

Tampa Bay’s defensive coordinator/head coach Todd Bowles weighed publicly today on his newly drafted cornerbacks. [read more]