Here you go Bucs fans. Time to start planning the rest of the calendar year. Here is the 2014 Bucs regular season schedule.

Gets those rooms booked tonight while there are still vacancies.

Home games in bold type. (more…)

This exclusive JoeBucsFan.com video won’t make Butch Davis, Bryan Cox, Randy Mevlin and Greg Schiano happy. The former Bucs defensive line gurus weren’t as impressive as those under the Lovie Smith regime. That’s the word from emerging Bucs defensive lineman Will Gholston. (more…)

It was that time again today. Fresh from the practice fields of One Buc Palace, Joe sat down with the dean of Tampa Bay sports radio, Steve Duemig of WDAE-AM 620, to dive into the gripping Bucs subjects of the day.

Enjoy!

Blistering sun today on the practice fields of One Buc Palace, but Joe’s not complaining.

And, of course, Joe’s got practice nuggets to satisfy your hunger for all things Bucs. (more…)

Bucs QB Josh McCown likes his teammates to “make plays.” This term irked Greg Schiano.

Joe almost feels for Bucs starting quarterback Josh McCown. The guy is just about talked out. He has done countless interviews, both locally and nationally, discussing the Bucs offense, despite the fact he really can’t talk about the offense, under orders from the Bucs, of course.

There is very little McCown can say until he has a few more practices under his belt. But one thing he did say today at One Buc Palace was, in so many words, McCown wouldn’t have been a Schiano Man. (more…)

Yes, one of the most ferocious and feared defenders in college football last season made a visit to One Buc Palace yesterday. (more…)

Former Bucs QB Shaun King, one of three quarterbacks who led the Bucs to the NFC Championship game, weighs in on the Bucs’ draft strategy.

Joe’s a little annoyed this morning at former Bucs quarterback and current NBC Sports & Yahoo! Sports NFL insider Shaun King.

Today, King was on the Ron and Ian Show and did a complete 180 on his initial assessment of Johhny Football. (more…)

New Bucs center Evan Dietrich-Smith

Joe’s radio partners at WDAE-AM 620 also cover the Bucs like glue. And they’ve got plenty of excellent locker room audio on their website.

Among their audio cuts yesterday was the smooth-talking Evan Dietrich-Smith, the Bucs new center, who was snapping balls full-time to Aaron Rodgers last year. Joe is heard asking Dietrich-Smith about Jeff Tedford and Rodgers, as well as his new responsibilities on the Bucs’ offensive line and his blocking skills. (more…)

New Bucs LB Dane Fletcher

Back at the NFL Owners meetings, Lovie Smith said he primarily signs free agents who can be starting players, in part, because that’s what good free agents want to know when they are being recruited. These guys want playing time.

Lovie sees newcomer and former Patriots LB Dane Fletcher as one of those guys. (more…)

Louis Murphy suddenly could be the Bucs’ No. 2 WR and is living his childhood dream.

When the pride of Lakewood High School, wide receiver Louis Murphy, was signed by the Bucs during free agency, it seemed like a smart move. Bring in a seasoned veteran who was still young who had starting experience. Great addition of depth.

Then came the trade of No. 2 wide receiver mattress-in-the-front-yard, stripper-pole-in-the-living-room (allegedly), blade-in-the-thigh wide receiver Mike Williams to Buffalo. (more…)

New Bucs Pro Bowl, big-money cornerback Alterraun Verner spent his first four seasons in Tennessee, and Joe, like many Bucs fans, doesn’t watch much Titans football.

So yesterday Joe set out to ask new Bucs wide receiver Lavelle Hawkins (a three-year teammate of Verner) just what Verner is like to play with. The “S” word came out, as it usually does when you talk to those familiar with Verner. (more…)

Lavonte David, the stud Bucs outside linebacker, is a laid back dude off the field. He’s the kind of a guy who goes with the flow. So now that he’s experiencing a coaching change for the first time in his NFL career, David is far from freaking out about the changes at One Buc Palace. (more…)

New Bucs cornerback D.J. Moore played for years in Chicago under Lovie Smith. So before yesterday’s inaugural practice under the new Bucs regime at One Buc Palace, Moore was one of the few Buccaneers who really knew what to expect.

He also knew what was coming after practice. (more…)

This just in: Tim Wright finished 12th in receiving yards for tight ends in 2013, most for any rookie.

Just about as long as Joe has had this corner of the Interwebs up and running, Bucs fans have been absolutely obsessed with the tight end position. Joe is confident many Bucs fans would rather have a decent tight end than a decent quarterback.

Joe is constantly peppered with questions on Twitter about who the Bucs will draft/sign to upgrade the tight end spot. The sad thing of it is, these same fans don’t want to hear the truth: that the team currently has a budding star tight end already on the roster. (more…)

Yes, defensive tackle Akeem Spence was arrested in Alabama in January after a traffic stop. Police claim he was driving over 100 miles per hour while in possession of marijuana.

Of course, Joe talked to Spence about this today, the first time Spence was available to media since the incident. (more…)

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It’s a problem that Joe is working on, and it’s also a problem that has been an issue for several major websites, the NBC family of sites, among others. Thankfully, Joe has such a gigantic readership (730,000 visits last month alone) so he gets what feels like lots of complaints. However, those complaints are not something Joe will address any longer. Responding to them specifically wastes Joe’s time — time that is much better spent on covering all things Bucs.

Again, Joe is working on the issue with his technical gurus and has been for many weeks. Also, Joe has plans in the works for mobile readers that could lessen the impact of this issue and, for some, remove the issue altogether.

Regardless, Joe hears the pain that some of you are having. Sorry. Life is very smooth for most readers, and great for all off the smartphone.

Please trust that Joe is doing his best for all readers.

From here forward, every time the issue is brought up to Joe via Twitter or in the comments section, Joe will respond by sending a link to this post.

Go Bucs!

Lovie Smith said the Bucs wont just draft players for one side of the ball.

It was a giddy Lovie Smith who took to the podium at One Buc Palace following his very first practice as Bucs head coach. (more…)

When Mike Glennon was taking snaps today in various drills against the defense, Josh McCown was almost always 10 yards behind him.

McCown wasn’t telling jokes, chatting or wiping his brow. (more…)

Here are some more sights and sounds Joe jotted down while watching the full practice on Day 1 of Bucs voluntary minicamp from the practice fields of One Buc Palace. (more…)

Eric Page was a busy man today

When QB Josh McCown got the job and was named the out-of-the gate starter by Lovie Smith, the head coach then qualified that statement by saying he would have a starting rotation at each position for the sake of running practices and managing a team.

Obviously, Vincent Jackson is the Bucs’ No. 1 receiver, but who stands second and third in line on Day 1 of minicamp today at One Buc Palace? (more…)

All kinds of stuff happening on the practice fields of One Buc Palace today

Here’s a pile of nuggets to quench your thirst for Bucs happenings, and Joe’s got much more to share later.

Your Bucs took to the practice fields at One Buc Palace for the first time under Lovie Smith this afternoon. The sun was shining, and it was clear that one Pro Bowler is getting an education. (more…)

Joe hasn’t felt the vibe he sensed today in the Bucs locker room in a long, long time. It’s almost like the principal just gave the school an extra recess.

No, the Bucs players were not slacking off on their first day of volunteer mini-camp at One Buc Palace. But there is a sense of fresh air. Virtually every player Joe saw had a smile on his face, which is sort of strange, given that practice was only moments away. (more…)

The human armoire, Bucs left guard Carl Nicks, is watching practice this afternoon and taking “mental reps.” Nicks won’t be running with his teammates.

However, Nicks is running on his own and working out in a fashion that has him excited. (more…)