Fun fact: among NFL kick returners with at least 10 returns last season, Bucs returner Kameron Johnson ranked 41st in the NFL in yards per return while Sean Tucker ranked 56th. (more…)

Home cooking.

Joe feels panic in the air from Bucs fans. Joe doesn’t think there is any reason to wig out. (more…)

Fighting NFL data

This just doesn’t seem like a Jason Licht move. (more…)

Injury helped doom Bucs.

Joe is not sure the Bucs ever recovered from a hard-fought road win at Houston in Week 2 last year. (more…)

Waving goodbye?

While Joe is like most Bucs fans, looking at potential free agent targets to bring into Tampa Bay, Joe is also largely ignoring guys who may walk away. That’s not smart of Joe. (more…)

(A May 2019 photo)

What happened last season to cause the Bucs’ implosion?

It’s a painful subject. (more…)

The Bucs seem to love everything with a tie to the Sean McVay offense in Los Angeles. (more…)

The Bucs say positive things about edge rusher Chris Braswell yet he doesn’t play a lot. (more…)

Team Glazer members and Raise The Flags co-stars.

Joe is getting a good laugh from all the sports radio chatter and social media freakout surrounding Mike Evans possibly leaving in free agency. (more…)

Better gamble than Haason Reddick?

Same move; better chance of success. (more…)

Oregon TE Kenyon Sadiq.

The Joe typing here is not one bit against the advice for the Bucs offered up by David Moulton of SiriusXM NFL Radio. (more…)

Losing is hateful to Mike Evans.

Look, Joe isn’t sweating. (more…)

This really shouldn’t surprise anyone who follows the Bucs. (more…)

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Plans to return.

Future Hall of Fame wide receiver Mike Evans is going to play this season. It seems the Bucs may get first dibs. (more…)

Looking for a better 2026.

Entering the 2025 season, Joe was really stoked thinking the Bucs would have a strong, dangerous run game. (more…)

Challenge.

The Bucs have so many holes on defense, a screenshot from an All-22 video of the defense looks like the surface of the moon. (more…)

Could Bears really cut him?

We don’t know if Bucs icon Lavonte David will return for a 15th season. Even if he does, the Bucs need to be proactive in bringing in a quality off-the-ball linebacker. (more…)