What a first round it was last night. Buccaneers Ring of Honor general manager Jason Licht planted a flag. [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]

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Bucs rooke center Graham Barton, the 2024 first-round pick.

Flash back to the 2020 summer. All kinds of new Bucs. Tom Brady. Foot-rubbing Rob Gronkowski. Playoff Lenny. Shady McCoy. Antoine Winfield. [read more]

The mind-blowing March words of Todd Bowles on Joe Tryon-Shoyinka took on new meaning tonight when the Bucs drafted a center in Round 1 instead of an edge rusher. [read more]

Rookie Bucs center Graham Barton, their 2024 first-round pick.

The Bucs’ new politician center said all the right things tonight. [read more]

“I showed your card, Todd.”

There’s a reason Joe only had one pre-written story about tonight’s draft.

It posted a couple of minutes after the announcement of Graham Barton as the Bucs’ draft pick at No. 26 overall. [read more]

Best of both worlds?

Want to play offensive line for the Bucs? You better be either head and shoulders better than anyone else or you better be a nasty SOB. [read more]

Todd Bowles’ dream probably came true tonight. [read more]

Bucs OL Graham Barton.

For those that may not have followed Duke football, here is Graham Barton, your new Bucs offensive lineman (Bucs say he’s a center). [read more]

Bucs guard/center Graham Barton.

With Johnny Newton out there for the taking to make the Bucs one of the scariest defensive lines, the Bucs decided to draft a guard, or is he a center? [read more]

It’s an uneasy night at the Robert Hainsey household. [read more]

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Washington QB Michael Penix.

The Bucs fans who wanted Tampa Bay to draft University of Washington beastly-armed quarterback Michael Penix got a consolation prize tonight. [read more]

Bucs coach Todd Bowles and Bucs GM Jason Licht share a light moment in the Bucs’ draft war room Thursday night. (Photo courtesy of Buccaneers.com.)

What’s going to happen tonight in the first round of the NFL draft? Who will fall to the Bucs? Will Bucs AC/DC-loving general manager Jason Licht trade back into the second round to avoid a costly fifth-year option?

Bang it here all night with your draft thoughts and, in particular, your Bucs draft thoughts.

Have fun and do please behave.

Flash poll posted at 4:42 p.m. Poll closed at 8:50 pm. April 5 poll results linked here.

Bucs’ third-round pick will be stylin’ and profilin’.

Some local Flair has been added to tomorrow night’s broadcast of the NFL draft, Rounds 2 and 3. This year the draft is hosted by Detroit and there will be a Detroit angle for the Bucs. [read more]

Center revelations — about himself and Tom Brady.

An interesting draft-day reminder/lesson here from Bucs center Robert Hainsey, a man many Bucs fans hope is replaced before the stroke of midnight. [read more]