What an inspiration Jason Pierre-Paul is.

Man, after watching this, Joe almost believes that one man can transform this Buccaneers defense.

Don’t skip this one. JPP was on Good Morning Football today on NFL Network. There’s a reason Joe’s not writing about this; you must watch.

For his Wednesday column, the Sage of Tampa Bay sports sits down with the Bucs’ villainized safety

BY IRA KAUFMAN

Through seven NFL seasons, they’ve been coming at Chris Conte in waves. (more…)

Interesting morning at One Buc Palace as your beloved Bucs were back at it in full pads in advance of Thursday’s preseason opener in Miami. 

Joe’s got plenty of need-to-know, and more. Enjoy! (more…)

The weekly Dirk Koetter Confidence Poll, a 24-hour flash poll, is back and will run Wednesdays through the season. Poll posted at 12:01 a.m.

Eats like a hungry dog.

Last offseason, Bucs defensive end Noah Spence came to the conclusion he had to do two things for his NFL career to progress. (more…)

Starting to sweat?

So offensive linemen are dropping like flies for the Bucs. Fortunately, the middle and the left side of the line remains intact. (more…)

Confidence key.

Even Andy Benoit can see it from his abode in Idaho. (more…)

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In the third season of the Todd Wright Fantasy Football Podcast, there is now a spinoff. Sure, spinoffs traditionally can go bad as we’ve seen in network television via disasters like Joey, The Ropers and Saved by the Bell: The College Years. Striving to be more like successful spinoffs such as The Jeffersons, Frasier and The Suite Life On Deck, we offer you the new 20-episode edition of The Todd Wright Fantasy Football Podcast: Bucs Bulletin.

This podcast is still hosted by Todd, still talks about fantasy football, but shines a specific spotlight on the Tampa Bay Buccaneers every week. Once the regular season begins, you’ll get the full fantasy breakdown of that week’s Tampa Bay game in terms of who to start, sit, claim on waivers for the Bucs and their opponent. In this first of four episodes leading up to the opener at New Orleans, Todd looks at the fantasy value of the QB position for 2018 and how to play or pass on Winston and FitzMagic in season-long and DFS.

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Joe often gets belted with the question of who looks great in Bucs training camp.

The answer has been easier than usual this year. (more…)

So what has new defensive line coach Brentson Buckner been talking about behind the scenes at One Buc Palace?

Joe has an answer. (more…)

Exactly one freakin’ decade ago, Joe fired up this website and never turned back — obsessing 24/7 about all things Buccaneers on these pages.

It all started with a laptop, a dream and Joe’s beloved Bucs — and about $500. (more…)

Bonding on the field and off

One observing multiple Bucs training camp practices would see that Gerald McCoy and Jason Pierre-Paul have similar taste in music, and there’s lots of beastly bonding going on between the two perennial studs. (more…)

Talks OL bodies.

Joe had a funny feeling back several months ago about the right side of the Bucs’ offensive line. (more…)

It’s tough to fully judge running backs in Bucs training camp. It’s just not real football.

Breaking tackles is not part of the equation — by design — and not everything is full speed. (more…)

Ryan Jensen wants fans to pay attention

The question had to be asked of the Buccaneers’ very expensive new center. (more…)

It’s easy to forget that Jason Licht invested a 2016 fourth-round pick into Ryan Smith and that Smith was effectively a rookie getting a ton of snaps in 2017. (more…)

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Things are developing rapidly at One Buc Palace some good, some not so good. The Sage of Tampa Bay sports is all over that and more with Joe on today’s Ira Kaufman Podcast presented by Ed Morse Cadillac Tampa and Ed Morse Cadillac Brandon. Click play above or tune in at iTunes, Google Play or Podbean.com. Find the Ira ranked on the Google Play podcast “Top Charts” (all genres nationwide), where it’s been for most of the past nine months!! Stay informed, thinking and smiling every single Tuesday & Thursday — and there is NO offseason. Click or download above. It’s fun, free and easy. Enjoy!

No joke.

It seems some have really twisted the words of Bucs coach Dirk Koetter and began connecting non-existent dots that DeSean Jackson is benched or will be jettisoned. (more…)

Eye-popping data.

Want to know why Bucs AC/DC-loving general manager Jason Licht got an extension? (more…)