Has a prominent defender.

This was chicken soup for a Bucs fan’s soul. [read more]

Joe might fly the Buccaneers flag at JoeBucsFan.com world headquarters just a little bit higher this morning. [read more]

Dialed in.

Joe wishes the stat geeks and math heads could type in English. [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]

Consummate pro.

Joe would expect no less. And certainly not from someone who has his eye on the ball like prickly Pete Prisco. [read more]

Can 400-plus pound rookie defensive tackle Desmond Watson make the Tampa Bay roster? [read more]

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Some fans, especially Baker Mayfield fans, get annoyed when Joe references that the Bucs’ Pro Bowl quarterback tied for the league lead in interceptions last season with 16. [read more]

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Major cog to defensive success?

A few weeks ago, the self-anointed sophists of football, the PFF tribe, tried to suggest Anthony Walker, not SirVocea Dennis, would be the starting inside linebacker next to Lavonte David. [read more]

Todd Bowles did not hire a rookie offensive coordinator, a guy 25-plus years younger than the head coach, so he could manipulate the offense and tell the young buck what to do.

If Bowles did, well, then he’s going to hit a roadblock. [read more]

Rightly selected.

So BSPN came out with its All-21st-Century (First 25 Years) team yesterday. Several former Bucs represented. Interestingly, just two were drafted by Tampa Bay. [read more]

Light shines on takeaways.

After reading this, Joe sort of understands where Todd Bowles is coming from. [read more]

Surprise.

When prickly Pete Prisco of CBS came out with his annual summer Top-100 Players list. There were a couple of Bucs surprises for Joe. [read more]

There were a couple of high-profile “Hail Mary” completions in the NFL last season.

One came from the master of that pass himself, Aaron Rodgers, and the other was from rookie phenom Jayden Daniels. [read more]

Imagine setting out to draft the best available NFL defense.

Where would Tampa Bay’s rank? [read more]

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Pressure is on.

Now this is impressive. [read more]

Stunning analysis.

Locals often look at Joe funny when Joe says there’s still a lot of anti-Baker Mayfield bias in the national media. This following is a prime example.

Joe’s been told hearing this kind of stuff motivates Mayfield, so here you go, Baker. [read more]