Knows pressure.

New Bucs kicker Matt Gay may never be a full-time kicker for the Bucs. But he’s handled adversity before. (more…)

No. Joe doesn’t like the Devin White pick at No. 5 overall.

Sure, he might be an excellent player, but he’s going to have to damn near be a superhero to be worth that pick on a team in need of defensive linemen. (more…)

Curious prediction.

Many folks inside and outside of NFL circles believe the Bucs will soon part ways with stud defensive tackle Gerald McCoy.

The man who drafted GMC isn’t on board with this concept. (more…)

Bruce Arians speaks

Bucco Bruce Arians put his foot down this afternoon at One Buc Palace after addressing media for the first time in about four weeks. (more…)

Yes, it’s the season of smoke, draft nonsense and misdirection.

However, studying over time always reveals at least a few good indications of a team’s plan in the draft. (more…)

After general manager Jason Licht talked this week about defensive end Noah Spence, the No. 39 overall pick in the 2016 NFL Draft, Joe did a lot of head-shaking and sighing.

The comments were hard to stomach. (more…)

Interesting twist this morning at One Buc Palace. (more…)

Bucs angle in Pittsburgh.

Joe has decided to document highlights of Bucs coach Bucco Bruce Arians captured when he coached Arizona during the inaugural season of “All or Nothing,” a “Hard Knocks”-like miniseries by NFL Films that follows a pro or college team throughout a season and is exclusive to Amazon Prime. Joe hopes these highlights will help Bucs fans learn what to expect from the 12th coach in franchise history. This series of posts will appear periodically until the days leading up to the draft later this month.

Last year the Bucs defense was a football atrocity. The pass defense was just horrid beyond words. The rush defense was just plain bad. (more…)

Remember when Joe explained the simple Rule of 27 swirling through the brain of Bucco Bruce Arians? (more…)

In NFL circles, there is a real and positive buzz about the Buccaneers — believe it or not.

Joe believes it, even in the season of smoke, because Joe looked the man saying it in the eye when he shared the info. (more…)

Ready to kiss Mike Smith’s coverages goodbye.

It is starting to smell as if Bucs defensive coaches last year tried to shove round pegs into square holes. (more…)

The question had to be asked of Bruce Arians when it comes to how he’ll allocate his time considering he’s made a big effort to tell seemingly everyone that he won’t be doing a lot of what he used to do when he coached the Arizona Cardinals.

Joe laid it on Arians this morning at the swanky Arizona Biltmore resort. (more…)

BY IRA KAUFMAN

All of a sudden a 5-11 football team is going to get picky? (more…)

Yes, Bucco Bruce Arians is going to demand Chucky-era accountability from his players without the Greg Schiano stupidity. It will be so refreshing.

But the bigger plan at One Buc Palace is simpler than that. (more…)

The love for Peyton Barber inside the walls of One Buc Palace runs extremely deep. Joe learned last week that it runs far deeper than Joe ever imagined. (more…)

The wacky interpretations of NFL rules are always changing, so Bucco Bruce Arians has hired a retired NFL official to help him navigate all that and to serve as an in-game, instant-replay guru. (more…)

The fixer for Jason Licht?

Lost in all the hustling to keep together the roster of a Tampa Bay team that went 5-11 in back-to-back seasons is the fact the Buccaneers need a kicker.

And what does Jason Licht do when he needs a kicker? (more…)

The quarterback whisperer got a little technical when talking about the misfiring between malcontent DeSean Jackson and America’s Quarterback, Jameis Winston.

Bucco Bruce Arians himself laid it out for Joe and other media at the NFL Scouting Combine this week. (more…)

Joe has a lot of confidence in new head coach Bucco Bruce Arians, but Joe is starting to wonder where Arians’ focus will be. (more…)

BY IRA KAUFMAN

The Bucs have spent the past dozen years looking for the right dance partner. It’s high time we end this waltz into obscurity. (more…)

BY IRA KAUFMAN

Let’s think about what just happened here.

The Bucs struck out in free agency. Yeah, again. (more…)

Yeah, yeah, Bucs fans want super-reliable receiver Adam Humphries back in 2019. Jason Licht and Bucco Bruce Arians have said the same thing publicly.

But lots of other times likely want the free-agent-to-be, as well. (more…)

Blame Jameis, says Jameis.

If Bucs fans want to throw rocks at someone for the lack of chemistry and connection between America’s Quarterback, Pro Bowler Jameis Winston, and malcontent wide receiver DeSean Jackson, aim for Jameis.

And that’s coming straight from the Bucs’ starting quarterback’s mouth. (more…)