Your 4th round pick

At 6-7, 271 pounds, the Buccaneers’ fourth-round pick is a manbeast athlete known for plenty of power, quickness and a gameday hunger. (more…)

It took until the third day of the draft in a selection process that was top heavy with defensive linemen for the Bucs to draft a defensive lineman.

And that man is Iowa defensive end Anthony Nelson.

Feel free to make your own conclusion from Nelson’s video below.

Sounds like he is run-stuffer.

It’s Day 3 of the NFL Draft, a day for the hardest of the hardcore fans.

Joe’s here for you. And for the handful that want to play nicely together, feel free to comment through the draft below.

Be nice!

Joe absolutely was stunned last night — and it wasn’t just by the Bucs’ decisions in Rounds 2 and 3 of the 2019 NFL Draft.

Something Jason Licht said in a relaxed moment was downright disturbing. (more…)

One eye-opening nugget coming out of Jason Licht’s wrap-up news conference late last night was a statement that Noah Spence is turning heads at One Buc Palace for his work over the past 3 1/2 weeks.

That’s right. You’re not hungover. (more…)

Speed is good.

Speed kills, just ask Bucs AC/DC-loving general manager Jason Licht. (more…)

Flash poll posted at 9:49 a.m.

Through the first two rounds of the 2019 NFL Draft, the Buccaneers’ NFC South rivals drafted five linemen. (more…)

Don’t read between the lines, says Bucs AC/DC-loving general manager Jason Licht. (more…)

Defends position selections.

Last year the Bucs ranked 19th in sacks with 38, which in this lost decade was fairly impressive given the standard this team had established. (more…)

Jets safety Jamal Adams

Re-posting of Joe’s now-telling exchange with Pro Bowl New York Jets safety Jamal Adams in January in Orlando. The Bucs drafted two press corners and a safety tonight …

Jamal Adams screamed at Joe today after the AFC Pro Bowl practice at Disney World. (more…)

Bucs add another safety

No team in the NFL seems to have more two-bit safeties and nickel corners than the Bucs.

It appears it isn’t enough. (more…)

“Jason, you sure you know what you’re doing at cornerback?”

Joe detailed this when the Bucs drafted cornerback Sean Bunting with the No. 39 overall pick in Round 2 tonight.

But it bears repeating with a little more depth now that Tampa Bay has selected another “long” corner in near the end of Round 3. (more…)

New Bucs CB.

UPDATED 11:17 p.m. – Last year, Jason Licht went after slow corners. (more…)

Trader GM Jason Licht

Gone goes the No. 70 overall pick.

The Bucs now have possession of No. 94 and No. 99, both third-rounders, from the Los Angeles Rams.

Joe smells running back and offensive line.

Bucs CB Sean Bunting.

New Buccaneers corner Sean Bunting, this year’s No. 39 overall pick, may speak softly, but that doesn’t mean he is short on swag. (more…)

New Bucs DB Sean Bunting.

Football coaches rarely invoke baseball but one time Joe heard a coach do just that and it made sense. (more…)

New Bucs rookie cornerback Sean Bunting

The Tuesday words of Bucco Bruce Arians are ringing through Joe’s head right now like a loud alarm clock after a hangover.

You remember when Arians cut off Sage JoeBucsFan.com columnist Ira Kaufman a few days ago. (more…)

Among the thousands of daily readers here, less than 1 percent like to share a comment or two, or 10. So Joe is firing up another draft-day open thread so you folks have a place to collect your prognostications — and be praised or laughed at later.

Have fun. Play nice. It’s not that hard.