Safe, says Bucs great.

Joe has gone over how former Bucs great Rondé Barber has a direct and very, very close pipeline to shot-callers in the Bucs personnel office. (more…)

Vita Vea is him.

No, Joe’s not sold on the Bucs’ edge rush. Joe has to see it in the regular season to believe in it. Call Joe a burning bush kinda guy. (more…)

“It’s go time, Cade.”

Have a great time watching your beloved Bucs and commenting below. Play nice. Don’t get too worked up. It’s preseason.

Go Bucs!

Gives two stars night off.

Don’t worry Bucs fans, it’s all good. (more…)

Edge rusher YaYa Diaby.

One starter who won’t play tonight is outside linebacker YaYa Diaby. (more…)

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Joe would have filed this away as nonsensical except the guy who spit it out just spent a day at One Buc Palace and plenty of time with Buccaneers Ring of Honor general manager Jason Licht. (more…)

Shame on you if you missed Buccaneers Ring of Honor general manager Jason Licht on the Ira Kaufman Podcast recently.

You won’t hear that kind of interview with the GM anywhere else. (more…)

“No Mr. Bidwill, I haven’t been looking for work for some time. Yes, Mr. Bidwill, I’ve got a great job and supportive owners. Didn’t you see the boat parade on TV a few years ago?”

Stunning admission from the football shot-caller of the Bucs earlier this week. (more…)

“Jason, strong pick in Bucky Irving.”

In the mind of one of only four quarterbacks to lead Tampa Bay to the NFC title game, improvement is required if the Bucs want to make another run at the Super Bowl. (more…)

Getting the run game going.

Joe doesn’t think this is an insurmountable obstacle. (more…)

 Preseason Game 3

Dolphins at Bucs

Kickoff: 7:30 p.m.

TV: WFLA-TV Channel 8 with Chris Myers, Rondé Barber and Dan Lucas. Other Florida cities expected to televise the game include Orlando (WESH), Fort Myers (WINK), Panama City (WMBB), Pensacola (WKRG) and West Palm Beach (WPBF). Rebroadcast: WTTA-TV Channel 38 will rebroadcast the game Sunday at noon. NFL Network will also rebroadcast the game Saturday at 1:30 a.m. and Wednesday at 3:30 a.m.

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Bucs DL Will Gholston.

It seems virtually all NFL coaches see value and like joint practices with other teams. (more…)

Stunning omissions.

Man, this steamed Joe because it felt like a double shot of disrespect of the Bucs and Tampa Bay fans. (more…)

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So the Bucs craved Baker Mayfield’s input into who to hire as offensive coordinator seven months ago, but now they won’t want his input into what receivers make the roster?

Joe’s not buying it. (more…)

Bubble popping?

The way Joe looks at it, Chase Edmonds’ chances of sticking with the Bucs are floating away faster than you can drain a hot tub. (more…)

Highs and lows for rookie edge rusher Chris Braswell.

So Bucs pass rushers — inside and outside — lined up 1-on-1 against Dolphins offensive linemen yesterday on the practice fields on One Buc Palace. (more…)