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…)

Bucs coach Todd Bowles.

Rookie minicamp, performed using underwear football prohibitions, basically means the Bucs’ drafted rookies can shake off the cobwebs and learn the playbook. (more…)

Starting(?) running back Rachaad White.

Joe wrote about the starting running backs competition yesterday, and Todd Bowles reinforced the premise today. (more…)

Rookie receiver Jalen McMillan.

You’ve heard this so much that you can likely recite it in your sleep. (more…)

Bucs RB Bucky Irving.

The Bucs trotted out a few of their draft picks this morning before rookie minicamp began this afternoon. And at least two seem to have the right focus. (more…)