Winning the offseason.

One hopes the Bucs improved this offseason with the free agent acquisitions and draft picks.

It’s been so long since the Bucs made the playoffs, fans are beginning to think “playoffs” is a term only known to cities outside of Tampa Bay. You know, like “snow?” (more…)

Chucky takes a break from hanging with Hooters Calendar girls to talk Bucs.

Who better to talk Bucs than the only man who guided the team to a Super Bowl victory. That would be Chucky! (more…)

Turn him loose.

One of many things folks are looking forward to as we inch closer to July (it’s almost June!) and the beginning of training camp is seeing what the new defense will look like. (more…)

One might be a bit troubled by a new film-heavy analysis of NFL playcallers from Matt Bowen, via BSPN.com. (more…)

Yes, it sure seems unless Vernon Hargreaves screws up royally in preseason, at worst he will play nickel cornerback. (more…)

Chucky takes a stand on the Bucs’ 2016 season

Fans wonder why Joe has stated repeatedly that Dirk Koetter has at most two seasons — yes, two — to figure out how to turn the Bucs into a team that wins at least nine games a year — you know, like Chucky did in his final two seasons before getting fired in 2008. (more…)

May hold two unbreakable Bucs records.

OK, it is a Sunday morning in mid-May. Not exactly the height of football season. (more…)

Joe confesses to being a very little dude obsessed with baseball, basketball, the NFL and the Wonder Twins’ powers back in the late 1970s.

And yes, this ties to the 2016 Tampa Bay Buccaneers. (more…)

Reason to drool

Repeatedly, defensive coordinator Mike Smith cracks the beginning of a sinister smirk when he talks about confusing opposing quarterbacks with multiple looks.

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No B1G respect.

Time to check in and see how things are going in the Illinois cornfields for Coach My Scheme, otherwise known as Lovie Smith. (more…)

Regular readers know Joe is not much of a stats guy. Oh, stats can enlighten, but Joe is hardly a slave to stats. (more…)

Tampa Bay’s iconic Custodian of Canton, eye-RAH! Kaufman, offers insight.

Many questions are swirling when it comes to iconic Buccaneers and their chances of landing in the Hall of Fame. (more…)

It’s inevitable that defensive coordinator Mike Smith will struggle to keep all his linebackers happy.

Mike Smith wants 16 defensive starters and big-time flexibility in his system to confuse quarterbacks.

And a good problem brewing results from Smith having three legitimate three-down linebackers. (more…)

New training approach

Joe’s never written so much about a kicker since Kyle Brindza turned into Nuke Laloosh.

A kicker is, well, a kicker. But it’s different when you spend the No. 59 overall pick on one. (more…)

Jay Hayes has a long history with the Bucs’ rookie DE.

It’s now obvious to Joe that if new Bucs defensive line coach Jay Hayes didn’t think much of rookie defensive end Noah Spence, then the Bucs wouldn’t have drafted him. (more…)

Picking up new defense just fine.

So a main reason the Bucs kept Dirk Koetter and elevated him to head coach, tossing to the curb Coach My Scheme, was continuity for America’s Quarterback, Pro Bowler Jameis Winston. (more…)

No more telegraphing tendencies.

Outside of eight-man high school football teams at tiny schools largely found in the plains states (Kansas, Nebraska and Oklahoma), football is played with 11 starters forever. (more…)

Roberto Aguayo reveals

Bucs fans know very well that general manager Jason Licht packaged a third-round pick and a fourth-round pick to trade up and select kicker Roberto Aguayo in the NFL Draft two weeks ago.

Did Licht need to move up to the second round? (more…)

Prized pupil for Bucs DC.

Bucs defensive coordinator Mike Smith may already have his favorite player. And it seems to be outside linebacker Lavonte David. (more…)

The Bucs’ new D-line guru speaks

What will new veteran defensive line coach Jay Hayes do to take Gerald McCoy to greater heights? (more…)

Bucs DC consults with America’s Quarterback.

When Bucs defensive coordinator Mike Smith met with the Tampa Bay pen and mic club today, there were two instances when he physically lit up as if he glimpsed a video of Rachel Watson in her naughty Santa outfit. (more…)