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. (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. (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.) (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. (more…)

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Joe’s been back on the WDAE airwaves every weekend for the past 13 months. Varying times.

Defense still needs addressing.

Maybe Joe is looking at the Bucs through a weird prism, but Joe doesn’t see what some others see. (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. (more…)

Ready to start?

Joe has bad Bucs news and good Bucs news. (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. (more…)

Sharing carries in 2026?

Is Bucky Irving still the Bucs’ No. 1 back? (more…)

Bucs coach Todd Bowles.

Joe has documented this several times. So it’s no surprise. (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. (more…)

Yes, the Buccaneers view YaYa Diaby as a premium edge rusher. (more…)

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The remaining 2025 vehicles must go.

The Bucs crave a better edge rush but weren’t willing to shop at Diesel or Nordstrom last week to get one. (more…)

Bucs GM Jason Licht talks about his new running back.

Joe found it unique that the Bucs signed a running back that plays a nearly identical game to that of incumbent No. 1 running back Bucky Irving. (more…)

Ready to return.

Overlooked last week in the wave of roster moves by the Bucs was AC/DC-loving general manager Jason Licht brought back a glue guy, Ko Kieft. (more…)

Reflection.

When Bucs AC/DC-loving general manager Jason Licht agreed to a sitdown with a handful of local reporters yesterday at One Buc Palace, he was generally in a chipper mood, as he often is. (more…)

Kay Adams asks.

Look out NFC South. A p!ssed off Baker Mayfield is a dangerous quarterback. (more…)

Bucs and the predictive market.

The Bucs losing two starters on defense, including their best corner and a Hall of Fame receiver, has not spooked the public at the predictive market Kalshi. (more…)