BY IRA KAUFMAN

Buc fans don’t know how good they have it right now.

Have you seen what’s going on around the National Football League? Mayhem. Crazy stuff. These people are nuts.

The Redskins are threatening to bump the Browns off their perch as the league’s most dysfunctional franchise. (more…)

Loud message from ownership

Joe laughed out loud when other media types insisted the Bucs wouldn’t chase expensive free agents last year, and Joe did the same this winter. (more…)

A former Buc is leery of DeSean Jackson

Speedster stud receiver DeSean Jackson, the 2016 NFL leader in yards per catch, doesn’t have the perfect resumé, and a prominent former Buccaneer has raised an eyebrow about what that might mean if Jackson joins Tampa Bay. (more…)

BY IRA KAUFMAN

He won’t be celebrating his team’s next victory for at least six months, yet here stands Jason Licht, ready to jump once again into the deep end of the pool.

This time, for keeps.

On the brink of free agency, Tampa Bay’s 46-year-old GM finds his team loaded with needs and enough cap space to fill the five-story glass and steel football that welcomes visitors to One Buc Place. (more…)

Re-signed.

Will Gholston is staying put. (more…)

On Bucs’ radar

Could a guy who made a college name for himself on the field of the Den of Depression continue his football career on the same turf? (more…)

BY IRA KAUFMAN

We parse words. We study body language. We try to fill in the blanks.

If you’re an NFL fan, that’s what you do when the Combine rolls around and a succession of coaches and GMs take turns at the podium before gaggles of hungry reporters.

On Wednesday morning, before they examined the EKG charts of 330 prospects, Dirk Koetter and Jason Licht spoke for a combined 25 minutes on the state of your Tampa Bay Buccaneers. (more…)

Tampa Bay dreamin.’

Stud running back Dalvin Cook was talking Bucs today. (more…)

One tactic works on GMC, says an acclaimed NFL coach.

Haters: Time to eat your oats. (more…)

Derrick Brooks talks Mike Smith

What could be more fun on a Sunday than talking football with Bucs legend Derrick Brooks and ex-Bucs guard Ian Beckles, an icon in his own right when it comes to dining well and commanding a radio audience? (more…)

Skewered by Tom Jones

America’s Quarterback, Jameis Winston, took a right uppercut from columnist Tom Jones and Tampa Bay’s newspaper last night. (more…)

Wants Redskins WR.

It is now official. The Bucs are on the DeSean Jackson clock. (more…)

Pro Bowler made available

It’s not time for Team Glazer to rent a jet, but at least get the in-house limo service on its way to Mike Tolbert’s house. (more…)

Luring Redskins WR.

Readers of JoeBucsFan.com have likely read Joe use the phrase, “What Jameis wants, Jameis gets.”

He wields that much muscle at One Buc Palace. That’s why he’s “The Franchise.” (more…)

We should know by the end of March if the Bucs will be on HBO’s “Hard Knocks” this summer. (more…)

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Huuuuge energy and fire from the Custodian of Canton, eye-RAH! Kaufman, Tampa Bay’s only Hall of Fame voter. JoeBucsFan.com columnist Ira Kaufman is all fired up with Joe in this podcast, diving into great detail on Bucs-related subjects of the day and more. Enjoy! Click above to listen and/or subscribe on iTunes or Podbean. Past episodes are great and new ones pop every Tuesday and Thursday on JoeBucsFan.com.

Behind-the-scenes influence? (Photo courtesy of Tampa Bay Buccaneers)

Pardon Joe if folks consider the following admission a personal weakness or some professional slight. So be it. (more…)

Target?

A minor October setback from his knee recovery — an unrelated injury — got Louis Murphy cut by the Bucs in early November. (more…)

Downgraded

Joe’s a vocal supporter of Gerald McCoy, who has legions of misguided haters.

Joe adeptly can defend the nonsense peddled by many, but it’s hard to argue against official NFL shoulder-pad sensors. (more…)