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Bucs GM Jason Licht.
It feels like every year the Bucs need an edge rusher and pass on free agent Jadeveon Clowney, who has played for four teams over the past four seasons while compiling 25 1/2 sacks. [read more]
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Worthy of extension.
There are more holes in the Bucs defense than a beehive. That doesn’t mean the defense is bereft of talent. [read more]
“I’ll ride anywhere with you, Baker.”
Should the Bucs just say, “Aw, the hell with it. We’re going full-blown Don Coryell?” [read more]
Locking horns with Tom Brady.
Former Bucs quarterback Tom Brady is still making headlines. [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]
Bucs GM Jason Licht.
Joe gets why, before the dust is even settling on the draft each spring, half the media outlets in the western world are already pumping out draft grades. [read more]
It’s well documented that Todd Bowles sent a lot of assistant coaches packing this offseason, in addition to having a couple guys retire.
Heck, Bowles launched about as many coaches as the Bucs had sacks from edge rushers last season. [read more]
Joe has no earthly idea how the Bucs really feel about fourth-year running back Sean Tucker.
It’s common at One Buc Palace to say Tucker needs more touches … and then to not give him more touches. [read more]
It’s that time of year again, when Tampa Bay’s big PGA Tour event returns. And there’s no better way to watch it than in the Hooters Owl’s Nest.
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Sage Ira dives into the state of the Bucs following the Super Bowl.
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Aging roster.
Unless a team has arguably the best coach in NFL history and finds ways to keep salaries down and squeeze the most out of everyone on the field, sooner or later a team will tumble from its former championship ways. [read more]
Really bad numbers.
When opposing offenses threw in the flat against the Bucs, the results were flat out embarrassing. [read more]
How hot?
This may come as a bit of a shock to some Bucs fans, but when looking at the NFL landscape, Bucs coach Todd Bowles isn’t on the hottest seat entering the 2026 season.
That’s the way long-time NFL scribe Ralph Vacchiano of FOX Sports sees it. [read more]
One of several vanishing acts.
The 2025 season, or at least how it ended, reminded Joe of the 2008 season, Chucky’s last with the Bucs. [read more]
The Bucs need productive inside linebackers and Joe suspects Buccaneers Ring of Honor general manager Jason Licht would be pleased to fill those roles with veterans on one-year contracts. [read more]
Bucs GM Jason Licht.
So future Hall of Fame edge rusher Von Miller was on Super Bowl’s Radio Row last week. [read more]
Notre Dame RB Jadarian Price.
Joe already stated sleep would not be lost if the Bucs somehow had Notre Dame running back Jeremiyah Love fall to them at No. 15. [read more]
Mixed messages from the desert.
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Joe is also a businessman. As noted humanitarian Sam Giancana once said when asked why he and his colleagues work in the business they’ve chosen, Giancana said, “We give [customers] what they want.” [read more]
