Ira talked to new defensive coordinator Todd Bowles for his Monday column.

BY IRA KAUFMAN
JoeBucsFan.com Columnist
Tampa’s Only Hall Of Fame Voter

He arrived in Tampa seeking a fresh start, but the Bucs are more interested in his ability to finish.

Losing fourth-quarter leads has been a staple for this franchise since Jameis Winston’s arrival in 2015 and Shaq Barrett is here to reverse that discouraging trend. (more…)

Bucs fans will get a decent look at their opening day opponent tonight on Monday Night Football.

The 49ers are fired up about “The Hot Boys” coming to Tampa in less than three weeks. (more…)

It’s that time of year again, when Tampa Bay’s big PGA Tour event returns. And there’s no better way to watch it than in the Hooters Owl’s Nest.

Reprogram.

It seems Bucco Bruce Arians may be trying to squeeze three years of work into one. (more…)

Needed.

When Carl Nassib was coming out of Penn State, Joe remembers asking a Bucs scout what he thought of him. (more…)

Bucco Bruce Arians’ son Jake, an NFL analyst and a former NFL kicker, doesn’t hide that he has plenty of information about the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. (more…)

Play to your strength.

Since this is Bucco Bruce Arians’ first season with the Bucs, to sort of get an idea of what to expect from Arians, we have to look to the past. (more…)

Together as a team.

Joe has suspected this for months. And Sunday, it sure seemed as if we got confirmation. (more…)

Sometimes it takes a neutral, seasoned and typically optimistic observer to serve up quality perspective.

Bucs fans got that last night from SiriusXM NFL Radio host Alex Marvez, perhaps the hardest working and most savvy NFL analyst. (more…)

Breshad Perriman has been down this road before. Like he’s been this spring and summer, Perriman was a standout of the Baltimore Ravens’ 2017 offseason.

Later that year, though, he was a healthy scratch before the Ravens waved goodbye to their 2015 first-round pick. (more…)

Ronald Jones has a been a Buccaneer celebrated throughout training camp and preseason.

His six August carries for 25 yards have left fans filled with tears of joy. (more…)

On the bubble.

Justin Watson is having a bad camp. (more…)

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No reason to smile.

We are two weeks, roughly, from when teams must slash their rosters to 53 men. And it is then, Joe believes, the Bucs will be dumpster diving for offensive linemen. (more…)

What happened?

The more and more Joe reads about Ronald Jones, it almost sounds like former Bucs coach Dirk Koetter tried to ruin him. (more…)

“How about that bonus I got you, Jason?”

Yes, Joe knows a lot of Bucs fans had indigestion yesterday. (more…)

When Bucco Bruce Arians is handing out grades for the past week, there won’t be any 0.0 for this Dean. (more…)

The sweet smell of victory was wafting through the Buccaneers’ locker room last night after one long preseason game played hard to the final seconds. (more…)

Team Glazer talks GM Jason Licht

Back in March, Joe asked Team Glazer the question many Bucs fans had about their general manager with a miserable won-loss record. Given today’s news of a new Jason Licht contract, Joe is bumping this up as an important re-read.

A popular question among Bucs fans since January surrounded the employment of GM Jason Licht.

“Why is he still here?” many asked.

Well, Joe asked Team Glazer that exact question last week. After all, Team Glazer knows best. (more…)

Flattens Dolphins RB.

You didn’t see this much last year. (more…)