Jameis worked his charisma.

For a while there, with so many free agents visiting One Buc Palace last week yet leaving empty handed and signing elsewhere, Joe began to wonder where that killer recruiter was. (more…)

The new Bucs’ front man

Yet again, the Buccaneers sent new defensive line coach Jay Hayes to a “pro day.”

It’s a trend standing out on the NFL landscape. (more…)

The Bucs’ new starting guard speaks

New Bucs guard J.R. Sweezy emerged for local media today after signing his shiny new contract.

Some details on his new job were cleared up. (more…)

Unwanted?

Barring a bizarre twist from the football gods, the Bucs will let two defensive tackles walk at 3:59 p.m. (more…)

Could LB Bruce Carter be brought back? (Photo courtesy of Buccaneers.com.)

Now that the Bucs failed to extend an offer to previously restricted free agent and strongside linebacker Danny Lansanah, it sure appears that the Bucs may be looking for a new linebacker (along with a defensive end). (more…)

Doug Martin’s agent must be careful, says a former general manager.

Welcome to a great look inside the negotiations of Doug Martin and your Tampa Bay Buccaneers. (more…)

Roddy White speaks

Why fool with a motivated, healthy and experienced free agent like Roddy White when Donteea Dye is available and Louis Murphy is only four months removed from ACL surgery?

This is one of the difficult questions facing Jason Licht and Dirk Koetter. (more…)

Ordered to remove his belongings from One Buc Palace two months ago, Lovie Smith seems eager to leave the NFL for the remainder of his coaching days. (more…)

One of many reasons why Joe’s good friend “The Big Dog,” Steve Duemig of WDAE-AM 620, has been the 500-pound gorilla of local sports radio for decades, the undisputed king, the Dean of Tampa Bay sports radio, is he has some funny catchphrases. (more…)

Arizona State receiver/running back D.J. Foster talks pot and Bucs.

Not only digging up all things Bucs while live at the NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis, Joe is talking to NFL general managers, scouts and coaches about this year’s crop of draft hopefuls.

And Joe is talking to those players, too. (more…)

Ron Rivera puts Jameis in elite company

The coach of the NFC champs offered quite a response to Joe’s question yesterday at the NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis.

The answer even came with a backhanded slap at Lovie Smith. (more…)

More money available for Team Glazer to spend when the free agency dinner bell rings in 13 short days! (more…)

No surprise how Jason Licht is molding the Bucs.

If the Bucs are going to turn the corner from a horrid start to the second decade of the 21st century, then Bucs fans can thank one man.

And that is none other than Bill Belicheat. (more…)

Too little, too late.

What does it say when an NFL team’s leader doesn’t see his club fully bonded until November? (more…)

Eyeing a Dolphins defensive end?

So will the Bucs shop once the free agency dinner bell rings on March 9, or will the Bucs prepare to sniff leftovers? (more…)

Lightning inspired. (Photo courtesy of Buccaneers.com.)

America’s Quarterback, Jameis Winston, was a newcomer to Tampa last spring and knew little about what to expect. (more…)

NFL Network’s Mike Mayock wouldn’t be shocked if DE Noah Spence falls to the second round.

It is almost hard to believe, but in two weeks, Joe will fly to Indianapolis and brave the harsh Midwestern winter to cover the NFL Scouting Combine. (more…)

Competition is fierce for the Bucs has they look to move on from sackless George Johnson. Their second impotent Johnson in two season.

As the Bucs move on from their second impotent Johnson and turn their full attention to the crop of likely free agent defensive ends, they’ll discover the NFC champions have the same problem. (more…)

Jameis works his charisma.

The Super Bowl has become, in some ways, secondary to the pomp and circumstance of Super Bowl week.

More seems to be written about and talked about all the ancillary events than the actual game. (more…)

Vincent Jackson speaks

It’s rare for Vincent Jackson to acknowledge negativity, even when it’s obvious. (more…)

Lavonte David is sick of losing.

The Bucs have money to play with as the free agency dinner bell rings in a tad over six weeks (March 15, 4 p.m.).

Listening to the words of Dirk Koetter, Mike Smith and Todd Monken, they are dropping not so subtle hints the Bucs will be active in free agency. (more…)