The Bucs defense was a soft unit last season, but that doesn’t mean every player was a feathery presence, or that each guy was as brittle as Jamel Dean. [read more]

So Buccaneers Ring of Honor general manager Jason Licht acknowledged his front office spent a little effort keeping its eyes on adding edgy dudes in free agency. [read more]

Todd Bowles

You know it, Joe knows it: the Bucs need an edge rusher like a fish on a boat needs water. [read more]

GM Jason Licht

Buccaneers Ring of Honor general manager Jason Licht does not live in Joe’s head, but he is feared by other media types. [read more]

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Coach him up, Coach.

Could the Bucs be the beneficiary of a guy not fitting an almighty scheme? [read more]

Needed juice.

Joe likes how the Bucs got a quality starting linebacker in free agency. [read more]

New Bucs defensive tackle A’Shawn Robinson.

The Tampa Bay defense was pillowy soft last season.

Steps were taken to increase the defense’s toughness quotient, per Buccaneers Ring of Honor general manager Jason Licht. [read more]

Channel Mike Ditka?

The Bucs have proven, just in this century alone, that building up the secondary in order to make up for no edge rush generally blows up in their faces. [read more]

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Buccaneers Ring of Honor general manager Jason Licht was talking to Joe and three other reporters during an intimate sitdown at One Buc Palace this week.

No cameras allowed. No donuts. No nonsense. (Well, maybe a little nonsense.) [read more]

“Todd, if only those dopes in the media could see Benjamin Morrison’s bench press.”

When Joe was listening to sports radio on Friday, Joe couldn’t believe his ears. Someone actually thought the Bucs had a good free agency week. [read more]

Defense still needs addressing.

Maybe Joe is looking at the Bucs through a weird prism, but Joe doesn’t see what some others see. [read more]

So the folks who run the Packers news/analysis page for Sports Illustrated studied seven NFL power rankings published after the first wave of free agency, including from the smart guys at Sharp Football Analysis. [read more]

Ready to start?

Joe has bad Bucs news and good Bucs news. [read more]

No comment on tampering question.

[Caution: For those who want to pretend the Bucs losing a Hall of Fame receiver because he didn’t want to play here any more and took a massive pay cut to get away from the Bucs and exit has about the same impact on the organization as if the Bucs released J.J. Roberts, please understand Joe has over 63,000 articles in free archives you can choose to read. — Joe]

Now that Joe has that out of the way… shortly after former Bucs star receiver Mike Evans bolted to San Francisco, former Bucs running back Shady McCoy appeared on the podcast he co-hosts, “Speakeasy,” and said he was at Evans’ home the Saturday before the gun sounded, opening legal tampering. [read more]

Sharing carries in 2026?

Is Bucky Irving still the Bucs’ No. 1 back? [read more]

Bucs coach Todd Bowles.

Joe has documented this several times. So it’s no surprise. [read more]

Oregon TE Kenyon Sadiq.

Iconic helmet hair draft guru Mel Kiper issued his third mock draft of the season this week and his crystal ball puts beastly Oregon tight end Kenyon Sadiq in the lap of the Bucs. [read more]

Yes, the Buccaneers view YaYa Diaby as a premium edge rusher. [read more]