JoeBucFan.com draft guru Sean Sullivan (left) alongside Sage of Tampa Bay Sports Ira Kaufman. Sullivan stunned the mock draft world with his 2025 results.

In the world of scoring mock draft results, getting seven first-round picks accurate represents a good finish. Not elite, but a very solid result. (more…)

How things work inside One Buc Palace.

Since Bucs AC/DC-loving general manager Jason Licht is the shot-caller when it comes to football operations, how much does he pull strings behind the scenes when there’s a coaching vacancy? (more…)

National radio spot.

Last week Bucs AC/DC-loving general manager Jason Licht shed more behind his decision to draft Emeka Egbuka at No. 19 and added intel on Chris Godwin’s rehab. (more…)

The men who changed the course of football history, not just the NFL but college football as well, are a group of nameless people likely still in South Florida who Joe assumes have toney waterfront homes on Key Biscayne. (more…)

Key to defensive resurgence?

Connor Orr of SI.com analyzed every NFL roster as we stand between the draft and underwear football season. (more…)

Joe highly recommends the video below from KLRT-TV in Little Rock, Arkansas. (more…)

Rookie Bucs cornerback Jacob Parrish, the third-round pick.

Once upon a time an important figure in Bucs history explained how he was toughened up because his uncles “beat the crap out of me every day.” (more…)

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New nickel corner?

A lot of folks are zeroed in on Bucs second-round pick Benjamin Morrison, the corner from Notre Dame. If healthy, some think he would have gone in the first round. (more…)

Question mark?

Since underwear football will get underway this month, BSPN decided to project pre-underwear football starting lineups for the Bucs. (more…)

Bucs rookie edge rusher David Walker, the fourth-round pick.

Joe has a word of advice for the four-letter when it comes to their NFL draft broadcasts. (more…)

So why is electric Bucs rookie receiver/returner Tez Johnson such a big Cooper Kupp fan and raving about homemade videos Kupp sent his way? (more…)

So back in 2012, Joe remembers Bucs big shots talking about how their first-round draft pick filled a need tied to competing with division foes. (more…)

Miami CB Jalen Ramsey.

If the Bucs want to make a splash and are serious about making a Super Bowl run, shouldn’t the Bucs be seriously contemplating adding one of the better corners in the game? (more…)

Bucs rookie edge rusher David Walker, the fourth-round pick.

In the mind of Matt Miller of BSPN, Bucs AC/DC-loving general manager Jason Licht knocked it out of the park last week. (more…)

There is a dissenter.

One of the great mysteries within every draft is how a football organization forecasts next year’s crop. For example, a lot of folks scratched their heads when the Bucs drafted a receiver, not a defender at No. 19. (more…)

A Tampa Bay Buccaneers photo.

So would the Bucs have handed their first-year, first-time offensive coordinator another prime weapon if they didn’t have extreme confidence he could maximize it? (more…)

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“I swear, Bryan, this kid could fix the marketing department in his spare time.”

So TheAthletic.com pay-per-view site talked to NFL team personnel executives for anonymous, unfiltered opinions on the Bucs’ draft — and the draft of every other NFC team. (more…)

Very few things seem to drive Bucs fans wilder than seeing ol’ Jamel Dean standing 15 yards away from a receiver before a snap and then watch the guy run Scot-free down the field and catch a layup pass for a first down. (more…)

Gets love from an up-and-coming analyst.

Joe didn’t come across this guy until maybe a few weeks before the draft. That would be NFL analyst and football content creator Theo Ash. (more…)