“Greg, I said, ‘Put a shirt on’ not ‘bank on Da’Quan.”

Slam-dunk picks in the first-round of the NFL Draft are extremely rare. Just look at the mess Bruce Arians’ Cardinals made in Round 1 over five years.

Sure, Andrew Luck, Luke Kuechly, Ndamukong Suh, Quenton Nelson and Ezekiel Elliott, for example, were considered 100-percent, can’t-miss picks in advance of their respective drafts. (more…)

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Draft countdown mode is on and Bobby Fenton has plenty more on the buffet, as usual. Joe never misses an episode, and it’s all presented by the superstars at Bill Currie Ford, home of the nationwide lifetime warranty on new and used vehicles. Follow Bobby on Twitter, @bobbygameday and enjoy. An intense Buccaneers fan from his days in the womb, Bobby always keeps it interesting!

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Sure, if the Lightning win this series nobody will think of it that way. Todd Wright discusses how many dismissed Columbus’s strengths as a “worthy opponent” and why that opinion changed quickly and quietly on Wednesday night.

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Bucs coach Bruce Arians.

Joe has decided to document highlights of Bucs coach Bucco Bruce Arians captured when he coached Arizona during the inaugural season of “All or Nothing,” a “Hard Knocks”-like miniseries by NFL Films that follows a pro or college team throughout a season and is exclusive to Amazon. Some highlights Joe hopes will help fans learn what to expect from the 12th coach in franchise history. This series of posts will appear periodically until the days leading up to the draft later this month.

One thing Joe has figured out about Bucco Bruce Arians is he is very much an open book. (more…)

The three Bucs running backs lined up behind Peyton Barber on the Tampa Bay depth chart combined to rush for 73 yards last season. (more…)

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PRESENTED BYFor the last three years, Todd Wright has been podcasting here almost exclusively on fantasy football and Lightning playoff hockey. While those podcasts are alive and well, Todd has a new podcast for 2019. And it simply covers pretty much anything that Todd finds interesting. No limits. Sort of like he did for nearly two decades on national radio as host and creator of AllNight with Todd Wright on ESPN, in addition to other roles with Fox Sports Florida, Sirius/XM, Sporting News Radio, etc. Our thanks to Brandon Legal Group for their continuing support of both Todd Wright Tour golf tournaments as well as the TODDcast into 2019. Enjoy.

Back at the NFL Owners Meetings in Phoenix, Joe cornered various big names in the NFL to try and extract information about the Buccaneers’ draft plans.

And for those who saw Mike Tomlin getting extremely loud with Joe in the courtyard of the Arizona Biltmore resort, it had nothing to do with the Tampa Bay draft board. (more…)

Not calculating.

This may be one of the dumbest, ill-informed pieces Joe has read in a while. (more…)

Pat Kirwan.

So the smoke signals coming from One Buc Palace suggest the Bucs days of stud defensive tackle Gerald McCoy are nearing an end. (more…)

Bad miss.

This will haunt Joe for years. (more…)

UPDATED 4:42 p.m. – It is unbelievable to Joe that when the AAF folded its tents, Bucs scouts, armed with contracts, didn’t flood the league’s suddenly-out-of-work players with offers. (more…)

Has prescription for America.

It seems Bucco Bruce Arians has the elixir for America’s Quarterback, Pro Bowler Jameis Winston. And that solution can be found on the other side of the ball. (more…)

Hold your noses, Bucs fans. (more…)

Oh, running back Ronald Jones is a freak of nature alright. (more…)

As of yesterday, six-time Pro Bowler Gerald McCoy was still staying away from One Buc Palace despite most of his team reporting back for work April 1. (more…)

Draft strategy.

If somehow, someway, Alabama defensive tackle Quinnen Williams is on the board, one Hall of Fame general manager knows what he would do. (more…)

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In this edition of the podcast formerly known as The Todd Wright Lightning Playoff Podcast, Todd welcomes Seth Kushner of Drew Garabo Live on 102.5 The Bone to bring everyone up to speed and look ahead to the start of the Stanley Cup Playoffs.

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Big expectations for 2019.

These are some big words to live up to. (more…)

Pinball wizard.

The words from Chris Godwin have Joe’s mouth watering. (more…)

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Draft tension is heating up and The Sage of Tampa Bay Sports is all over building the Bucs roster and how it might be done. All the fun is presented by Ed Morse Cadillac Tampa and Ed Morse Cadillac Brandon. Check out their fabulous April offers while you listen.

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Weight gain.

For the first time, even though it was a brief moment, Joe heard America’s Quarterback, Pro Bowler Jameis Winston, push back at the Fourth Estate in public. (more…)

America’s Quarterback, Jameis Winston, held his first official news conference of the 2019 fiscal football season this afternoon at One Buc Palace.

It was a good one. (more…)