Ira Kaufman Talks All Things Zac Robinson Meeting, The Todd Bowles Temperature, Sam Darnold Vs. Baker Mayfield & More
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January 28th, 2026 at 1:06 pm
Your Hall of Fame voters lost all credibility not voting for Bill B…. there’s no excuse for that travesty.. this makes the Hall seem meaningless
Ira voted for Belicheat. Mentioned that many weeks ago. It is a travesty, though. Ridiculous. –Joe
January 28th, 2026 at 1:09 pm
Who is this Ira person and why does it matter what he says?
Great question! Ira is in his 50th year in sports media. He jumped into NFL coverage as a Giants beat writer in 1979. He then moved to Tampa in 1985 to cover the Buccaneers full-time, in addition to writing NFL features. He’s been in town ever since, including 25 years at The Tampa Tribune. Ira became Tampa Bay’s Pro Football Hall of Fame representatives around 2005 and (Joe’s working on the data) it seems Ira’s representations and presentations for Hall finalists have yielded more Hall of Famers than any presenter in modern history. They include NFL Films founder Ed Sabol, Ira’s first “W” at the Hall, and Sabol was a longshot. Ira joined JoeBucsFan.com before the 2016 season kicks off. You can also hear him weekly on SiriusXM Mad Dog Radio through football season on their signature afternoon drive show.
January 28th, 2026 at 2:46 pm
Ira is the sage of Tampa Bay, the hall of Fame whisperer, the press box professor the custodian of Canton.
January 28th, 2026 at 2:52 pm
Great show.
I’m glad to hear there’s one logical Joe in the building. This isn’t about if you like Baker or not, it’s about business. And it’s not smart to guarantee future money unnecessarily. And you’re doing it because of the imaginary threat that that person will charge you a lot of money. Its funny when you think about it. You don’t have to pay and there’s cheaper and better options to choose from.
And btw going 2-7 down the stretch is inexcusable for ANY qb. Insert any name.
In 2014, Eli Manning lost 7 in a row in midseason. In 2015, he closed 2-7 down the stretch after a good start. Giants went 11-5 a year later with an offense that had fallen off. The record is only one element when evaluating a QB. Joe could offer other examples of quality QBs.–Joe
If the Bucs don’t do much in FA then that’ll tell you what the owners think about the upcoming season. The fact that they kept Bowles tells me they have low expectations. And I get it, in the NFL every now and then you need a high draft pick to reset.
There’s no buzz around the Bucs. No energy. No excitement. Just blah. I don’t understand how bringing back the majority of the roster with the same HC makes things better. The new OC isn’t horrible but the Bucs had Coen and were 1-and-done in the playoffs.
We’ll see what happens…
January 28th, 2026 at 3:02 pm
Yeah when a coach says we coached all we can it’s on the players he lost the team how you run that back is beyond me but here we are not expecting much out of this defense with the same coach prove me wrong Todd please prove me wrong I welcome it.
January 28th, 2026 at 3:22 pm
ira talking all thing coconut… 🙂
i was pretty impressed with the zac presser…he is way ahead of grizzle…grizzle seemed like a premature ejaculation at the podium every single time…he was that bad…lol…his mouth and brain were clearly not in sync…
robinson did remind me a lot of coen in personality and style…and energetically as well…
also immediately he reminded me of coen when he walked out in what appeared to be a purple sports coat…
i was like “wtf is wrong with this dude”
purple sports coat…
it reminded me of when coen appeared in that ridiculous pink sports coat…i started thinking “what is up with these dudes and these fruitcake coat choices”…
then later i realized it might just be a light blue of some sort – and my computer was just off in color…
i really hope it was blue…lol…
anyway the presser was pretty darn good…mentally he seems ready…unlike grizznoid