Challenge.

Joe has a gnawing feeling the Bucs pass defense may not be much better (if any better) than that horror show we witnessed last year featuring the galling worst-ever pass defense under shamed defensive coordinator Mike Smith before he was bounced. (more…)

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Rookie minicamp is here but the Sage of Tampa Bay Sports has much bigger things on his Bucs-obsessed mind. The twice-weekly fun is all presented by Ed Morse Cadillac Tampa and Ed Morse Cadillac Brandon. Check out their new May online offers while you listen.

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Pat Kirwan.

It makes Joe’s stomach turn thinking about it. (more…)

Bucco Bruce Arians talks about potentially eliminating traditional practice and more.

Reality from the NFL’s New York headquarters is impacting Bucco Bruce Arians at One Buc Palace. (more…)

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Adam Humphries was a safe, but certainly not sexy, punt returner. Desean Jackson usually refused to play special teams. (more…)

Demar Dotson

So where is exactly is the emphasis through the spring at One Buc Palace, led by new head coach Bucco Bruce Arians?

Joe was very pleased to hear a real football answer from the new head coach. (more…)

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Loads of emotions are flowing through Bucs nation and Bobby Fenton serves up plenty of perspective and plenty, plenty more on his must-listen podcast, The Free Stretch. Today’s Free Stretch, as always, is presented by 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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Too much still to prove?

This very franchise could be at a massive crossroads come December. (more…)

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Add another head scratch to the Buccaneers’ head-scratching offseason. (more…)

Big talk from the head coach

Joe has written many times that the bar has been set extraordinarily high for rookie Bucs inside linebacker Devin White.

Perhaps Joe underestimated the height. (more…)

The Buccaneers drafted a kicker, a kicker, early in Round 5 of 2019 NFL Draft.

Bucco Bruce Arians has answers and evaluations. (more…)

Clean, say cops.

Well, at least two questions can be answered. (more…)

Bucco Bruce Arians has got a lot on his mind when it comes to the Buccaneers’ draft and the huge talent injection given to his defensive backs corps. (more…)

Tall task.

It’s pretty safe to suggest the Bucs have a losing culture. (more…)

Explains Bucs’ salary cap mess.

Even if Jason Pierre-Paul can find an witchdoctor orthopedist to tell him he doesn’t need surgery on his injured neck, he still may not make the team. (more…)

More details surface.

Well, at least we know who the passenger is (or wasn’t) in the one-car crash that may spell the end of Jason Pierre-Paul’s Bucs career. (more…)

Your 4th round pick

Hands, hands, hands.

The Buccaneers’ rookie fourth-round pick is working on his hands and more. He opened up to Alex Marvez and Hall of Fame general manager Bill Polian this week on SiriusXM NFL Radio. (more…)

Hear JPP’s call to 911.

Joe has to tip his hat to the guy who dug this up.

Something called “Slater Scoops” (not to be confused with A.C. Slater or Zac Slater) had obtained both the audio of Jason Pierre-Paul’s 911 call to report his accident last week that allegedly caused him to fracture his neck.

That’s not all! SlaterScoops.com also has 911 audio of someone who witnessed the crash.

Something that Joe found cool was that JPP was tooling around in a red Ferrari.

Joe cannot embed the audio but you can listen here.

(Hat tip: Jenna Laine of ESPN.)

New information on JPP, GMC.

There are tons of moving parts with the Bucs in these early-May days and the two biggest parts have nothing to do with rookie minicamp which gets underway Friday: (more…)