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No shortage of bold takes and raucous debate in the latest pre-draft podcast from Ira Kaufman, Tampa Bay’s only Hall of Fame voter. Listen now by clicking or downloading above. And remember, listen (and subscribe) at iTunes and Podbean.com. It’s free and easy. Enjoy! Remember, Ira’s podcasts are every Tuesday & Thursday.

Guzzling Gatorade in the heat of training camp may soon be a thing of the past.

News by way of JoeBucsFan.com prized columnist Ira Kaufman on the Bucs’ new indoor training facility. (more…)

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As the draft approaches, the obsession of the hour for many Bucs fans is running back. Ira goes deep there and makes very bold calls in this episode, among other topics discussed. Listen now by clicking or downloading above. And remember, listen (and subscribe) at iTunes and Podbean.com. It’s free and easy. Enjoy! Remember, Ira’s podcasts are every Tuesday & Thursday.

Tampa Bay’s only Hall of Fame voter, Ira Kaufman, pens columns for JoeBucsFan.com Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, and Ira churns out his popular podcasts here Tuesdays and Thursdays. You can also listen to the award-winning podcasts on iTunes or Podbean. After 89 years covering the NFL, Ira still brings it.

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The Rich McKay-bashers out there in Buc Land aren’t going to like this column, but here goes. (more…)

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The need is obvious. The solution is not.

Less than three weeks from the draft, the Bucs have a gaping hole at running back. Let’s not try to pretend Jacquizz Rodgers, Charles Sims and Peyton Barber are going to strike fear in Tampa Bay opponents, forcing them to utilize eight men in the box.

You notice I haven’t mentioned Doug Martin. That’s not an oversight. (more…)

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Ira is in midseason form answering a fan question and diving into the NFL Draft, among other topics. Listen now by clicking or downloading above. And remember, listen (and subscribe) at iTunes and Podbean.com. It’s free and easy. Enjoy!

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Dirk Koetter is apparently content with the Buccaneer pass rush.

I’m not. (more…)

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Tampa Bay’s only Hall of Fame voter is thoroughly pumped following his excursion to the NFL Owners Meetings in Phoenix, and as the NFL Draft appraoches. As always, the Ira Kaufman Podcast dives deep key Bucs happenings, plus assorted shenanigans. Listen now by clicking or downloading above. And remember, listen (and subscribe) at iTunes and/or Podbean.com. Enjoy!

BY IRA KAUFMAN

Joel Glazer looked particularly relaxed last week at the NFL owners meetings in Phoenix.

The co-owner of the Buccaneers wasn’t smiling about the lush grounds, the deluxe spa treatments or the prompt room service at the Arizona Biltmore. (more…)

The sage of Tampa Bay sports, JoeBucsFan.com columnist eye-RAH! Kaufman, sat down with big-time Bucs fan and World Series manager Joe Maddon this week, as well as Bucs owner Joel Glazer at the NFL Owners Meetings in Phoenix. Ira’s offering today dives into their Bucs mindset, and his columns appear here every Monday, Wednesday & Friday. His podcasts fire Tuesdays and Thursdays.

BY IRA KAUFMAN

The current word of the day in the National Football League is relocation.

In Tampa, the word is resurrection. (more…)

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Recorded live in Phoenix at the NFL Owners Meetings, the Ira Kaufman Podcast dives even deeper into key Bucs happenings. Listen now by clicking or downloading above. And remember, listen (and subscribe) at iTunes and Podbean.com. Enjoy!

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PHOENIX — With one stroke of the pen earlier this month, the Bucs may have transformed the power structure of the NFC South.

Strolling along the lush grounds of the Arizona Biltmore resort this week, I’ve been struck by the impact DeSean Jackson has already made in a Tampa Bay uniform, weeks before the first OTA session at One Buc Place. (more…)

Prepared.

If it happens, it seems the Bucs may be ready. (more…)

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Recorded live in Phoenix at the NFL Owners Meetings, the Ira Kaufman Podcast breaks news in this edition and hits on a variety of topics. General manager Jason Licht even jumps in the mix. Listen now by clicking or downloading above. And remember, listen (and subscribe) at iTunes and Podbean.com. Enjoy!

PHOENIX — The last time Jason Licht attended the NFL Owners Meetings here at the Arizona Biltmore, his body language was quite different.

In the spring of 2015, the Bucs were coming off a 2-14 season under first-year coach Lovie Smith and a first-year GM. Tampa Bay had gone winless at home and 0-6 against NFC South opponents.

It doesn’t get much worse.

But when the meetings formally open here today, Licht will walk the hallways with head held high. (more…)

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This column goes out to all of those Dalvin Cook fans in Buc Land.

Admit it, thousands of you will be disappointed if your beloved Bucs pass on Cook if he’s still on the draft board at No. 19 next month. (more…)

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Unique, fast-moving and highly opinionated, The Ira Kaufman Podcast hammers away on many Bucs topics of the day, and more. Listen now by clicking or downloading above. And remember, listen (and subscribe) at iTunes and Podbean.com. Enjoy!

JoeBucsFan.com columnist Ira Kaufman types his sage wisdom every Monday, Wednesday and Friday, and his award-winning podcasts pop every Tuesday and Thursday. Of note, Ira will be peppering Bucs officials with questions next week at the NFL owners meetings in Phoenix.

BY IRA KAUFMAN

All these years later, he remains a polarizing figure for many Buc fans.

Was Rich McKay the architect of Tampa Bay’s glory days — or was he was an overrated executive who turned traitor? (more…)