Joe was eager to talk to the resident Tampa quarterback whisperer, new head coach Bucco Bruce Arians, about scouting quarterbacks and competition at the position.

Arians seemed just as eager to answer Joe’s questions yesteday. (more…)

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“Dirk, I can’t make any promises about Jacquizz. But he knows where Atlanta is.”

So now the Bucs have arguably the best quarterback guru in the NFL. What next? (more…)

Right on schedule!

Two-time NFL Coach of the Year Bruce Arians officially will be the 12th Buccaneers head coach in franchise history. (more…)

Team Glazer will name the Buccaneers’ 12th head coach

It won’t be long now, Bucs fans.

JoeBucsFan.com has learned on good authority that the Buccaneers plan to announce their new head coach no later than Tuesday of next week.

Joe expects it will be two-time NFL Coach of the Year Bruce Arians.

“Look, Glazer, my spreadsheet on available coaches was a freakin’ masterpiece.”

It seems general manager Jason Licht was shopping for head coaches weeks or months ago. (more…)

Still a depressing den.

No matter how accurate it is, there is still a sect of Bucs fans that grind their teeth whenever they read the following on this here site. (more…)

Joe has a habit of asking Gerald McCoy questions that seem to annoy McCoy.

It happened again today. (more…)

It’s the weekly, 24-hour Dirk Koetter Confidence Poll. Last week’s results linked here. Poll posted at 2:46 p.m.

“Mr. Glazer, media should ignored except when consuming room temperature ziti on the third Tuesday of the month.”

The headline says it all here. (more…)

BY IRA KAUFMAN

Dirk Koetter will have a job in the NFL next season, if he so desires.

But it shouldn’t be at One Buc Place. (more…)

Bucs vet opens up

Brace yourselves, Bucs fans. This will sting.

Joe was in the soggy and somber Buccaneers locker room in Baltimore today and was given a disturbing truth by a Buccaneers veteran during a 1-on-1 interview. (more…)

The NFL is bursting with revenue and so is Team Glazer. (more…)

Who ya’ got?

This will cause a lot of Bucs fans to waste work production by sitting on the can this afternoon. (more…)

Invisible when needed.

Want to know how much of an afterthought second-round draft pick Ronald Jones is with Bucs Bit-O-Honey-snacking, Ozark-watching, yams-eating Dirk Koetter? (more…)

Denied too long

And this is Exhibit-A why Joe screamed for Dirk Koetter to abandon his outrageous no-mandate, no-veto policy for his defense. (more…)

It’s the weekly, 24-hour Dirk Koetter Confidence Poll. The poll posted Wednesday at 10:20 p.m. See last week’s results linked here.

Former Bucs starting guard Ian Beckles (1990-1996) is a giant Buccaneers fan — literally and figuratively — and he’s been analyzing his favorite team since his retirement from the gridiron.

The local radio and podcast star was firing away on his In The Trenches podcast at RadioInfluence.com. (more…)

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Second-year receiver Chris Godwin has proven all season that he’s at least the real deal as a No. 2 wide receiver. (more…)

It’s the weekly, 24-hour Dirk Koetter Confidence Poll. Poll posted today at 7:09 a.m. Find last week’s results linked here.

Was it a money grab or a crotch grab?

We’ll never know.  (more…)

In a rush to leave.

It reminded Joe of LeGarrette Blount. And that’s not a good thing. (more…)