Buccaneers Ring of Honor member Jimmie Giles saw a thing or two during his impressive 13-year career.

And now he plays very close attention to his beloved Bucs. (more…)

Defended.

Joe has written previously about a phenomenon known locally in the Tampa Bay area as “ConteHate.” (more…)

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Training Camp has ended and Tampa Bay’s only Hall of Fame voter has plenty of takes and insight on the pulsating Bucs topics of the day. The Ira Kaufman Podcast is always fun and informative, and it’s presented by Ed Morse Cadillac Tampa and Ed Morse Cadillac Brandon. Click play above or tune in at iTunes, Google Play or Podbean.com. Find the Ira ranked on the Google Play podcast “Top Charts” (all genres nationwide), where it’s been for most of the past 10 months!! Stay informed, thinking and smiling every single Tuesday & Thursday — and there is NO offseason. Click or download above. It’s fun, free and easy. Enjoy!

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Head-scratching take

You better believes Joe cares and is hypersensitive to why the Bucs have started too slowly in games under Dirk Koetter.

Last year, Tampa Bay averaged just 8.4 points in the first halves of games.  (more…)

BY IRA KAUFMAN

These games don’t count. The NFL preseason is meaningless. Nothing of consequence can occur in August, except injuries.

Yeah, right. (more…)

So what did you really miss at Bucs-Titans practice yesterday in Nashville, the only one in which the teams will be in full pads and really hitting each other?

Joe was out there patrolling. But Joe must caution you about any report you read anywhere. Two things (minimum) always were happening at once, as the teams worked on two fields simultaneously and sometimes three.

Regardless, here are plenty of nuggets from Joe’s old school note pad. (more…)

BY IRA KAUFMAN

The Bucs had lost five consecutive preseason openers, so there are plenty of positives to feel good about after Thursday night’s victory.

There were also several areas of concern because the Dolphins moved the football up and down the field all evening. Let’s give Tampa Bay an overall grade of “B” as the Bucs move on to next week’s scrimmages and matchup in Nashville.

Here are 10 of the particulars: (more…)

Redemption.

When one attends Bucs practices — Tampa Bay returns to the practice fields of One Buc Palace this morning after a needed day off — it’s hard to determine that America’s Quarterback, Pro Bowler Jameis Winston, is the monster than some outside of Tampa believe him to be. (more…)

Talks coaching and expectations

The Buccaneers may have drafted two rookie cornerbacks in the second round this year, but that doesn’t mean the regime has stopped leaning on Vernon Hargreaves to live up to his draft status. (more…)

Bucs left tackle Donovan Smith

There was a hidden/ignored downside of the Bucs’ subpar defensive line of the past several years: its effect (or lack thereof) on the offensive line.

Don’t take Joe’s word for it. Listen to Donovan Smith. (more…)

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Week 2 of Bucs training camp is grinding along and Ira Kaufman has plenty on his mind, in addition to being fired up about Saturday’s big Training Camp Takeover event. Power-packed football talk and more with Joe. The Ira Kaufman Podcast is presented by Ed Morse Cadillac Tampa and Ed Morse Cadillac Brandon. Click play above or tune in at iTunes, Google Play or Podbean.com. Find the Ira ranked on the Google Play podcast “Top Charts” (all genres nationwide), where it’s been for most of the past nine months!! Stay informed, thinking and smiling every single Tuesday & Thursday — and there is NO offseason. Click or download above. It’s fun, free and easy. Enjoy!

After watching endless snaps in 2018 training camp practice and studying defensive line drills against the offensive line, Joe had a question for new Bucs defensive line coach Brentson Buckner today. (more…)

Plenty happening at practice today

Ahhh, clouds, lots of them. What a welcome sight through today’s training camp practice at One Buc Palace. 

Joe was roaming the sidelines and taking all kinds of notes just to keep you informed. 

Enjoy! (more…)

GM Jason Licht is loving this film

Joe has fielded many questions about what it looked like in the trenches at One Buc Palace today, the first practice in full pads of the 2018 season. (more…)

Rookie Ronald Jones after Saturday’s practice and an extra special teams session on his own time.

The summer broil was on at One Buc Palace, as Day 3 of training was held under full sun before about 1,000 fans on a military appreciation day. 

Joe was very busy digging out your need-to-know: (more…)

With the three-game suspension of America’s Quarterback, Jameis Winston, in the rear view mirror, one giant question is what happens when Jameis returns? (more…)

“The Sage,” Ira Kaufman, gets more juice at the Hall

Joe is pleased to break this news befitting the Sage of Tampa Bay sports, JoeBucsFan.com columnist Ira Kaufman. (more…)

“Mark, we got this.”

Former Bucs rockstar general manager Mark Dominik doesn’t hide from the fact that he pulls for the Buccaneers and is good friends with the man who replaced him, Jason Licht. (more…)