Hit the lottery.

Antoine Winfield is now a very rich young man. (more…)

Cleared Hurdle No. 1.

After poring over dozens of hours of college game film of Tampa Bay’s tryout players over the weekend, even letting a platter of Hooters Buffalo Shrimp get cold, Joe picked one guy to write about.

And now he has a contract. (more…)

Erase the Bucs playing on NFL “Opening Night” against the defending Super Bowl champion Chiefs in Kansas City. (more…)

NFL coaches like to say at least 30 percent of their roster will change with each new season, assuming the regime isn’t new to the team. (more…)

Being “loud and vocal.”

OK, Joe knows one thing about Graham Barton as an NFL player even though he’s only been through two open rookie minicamp underwear football practices. (more…)

Two members of Team Glazer, the Buccaneers’ ownership group.

Led by receipt-keeping Buccaneers Ring of Honor general manager Jason Licht, the Bucs are feeding on the lack of respect the team is getting nationally.

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More receivers needed?

The NFL calendar never really slows down except for the five or six weeks after June minicamp until the start of training camp. (more…)

Bucs DB Tykee Smith.

Yeah, Joe knows a bunch of fans are trying to pick the sleeper in the Bucs’ draft last month. It’s fun to try to project how players develop. (more…)

Rookie tight end Devin Culp.

Yes, Joe knows Bucs seventh-round draft pick Devin Culp is a long shot to stay with the team. But he has a trait that just may keep him in Tampa Bay when the 2024 season kicks off in four months. (more…)

“The data says offensive line, Mr. Glazer.”

So Buccaneers Ring of Honor general manager Jason Licht drafted a center/guard in Round 1 of the NFL Draft.

Unnecessary? Maybe. Foolish? Doubtful. In line with an emerging league trend? Apparently. (more…)

Vita Vea

Devin White isn’t going to like this. (more…)

Bucs new center (?) talks new OLB.

So yesterday, for reasons he detailed in the practice notes, was the first rookie minicamp practice Joe witnessed this spring. (more…)

Perhaps you’ve seen the ads online for Bucs tickets starting at $65 per game. (more…)

Football comes first.

Joe remembers graduating college, already working maybe three or four weeks before graduation. Joe had no intention of going to graduation but got roped into it by family members. (more…)

Bucs UDFA LB Kalen DeLoach.

Yeah, you’ve heard this story before. Long-shot propsect will do whatever the team wants him to do in return for a roster spot.

But this has a cool twist. (more…)

It’s rare to hear an NFL coach talk about the money side of player management. It might come up at a press conference before free agency opens in March, but in May? (more…)

Rookie minicamp notes

This time Joe was prepared. (more…)

Goals of rookie minicamp.

Todd Bowles said it best yesterday when he was pressed about Tykee Smith’s pick in his very first practice as a Bucs player. (more…)

Rookie edge rusher Chris Braswell.

Look, Joe hasn’t seen second-round pick, outside linebacker Chris Braswell in pads yet. And since this is underwear football guys are not allowed to hit. So it is impossible to get a read on the Alabama product. (more…)

Talks offensive learning curve.

So Bucs AC/DC-loving general manager Jason Licht appeared on “The Pat McAfee Show” this week and he got hit with an interesting question from one of McAfee’s elves working in the background. (more…)

Graham Barton, Tampa Bay’s first-round draft pick.

Day 1 of rookie minicamp — at center — seemed to go very well mentally on the field for Bucs first-round pick Graham Barton. (more…)

Interesting commentary today that jibes with what Joe had heard several weeks ago at the NFL owners meetings in Orlando. (more…)

Solid first Bucs practice.

If Bucs fans had any questions about rookie receiver Jalen McMillan out of Washington, he may have answered some today, at least in his very first Bucs practice at rookie minicamp. (more…)