Panthers added edge help.

A 9 1/2-sack guy in the 2023 season will be chasing Baker Mayfield this fall in NFC South action. (more…)

Bucs co-owner Joel Glazer.

Listeners of the Brooks and Beckles podcast know that Hall of Fame Buccaneers linebacker Derrick Brooks feels badly in his football heart for Tampa Bay head coach Todd Bowles.

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We live in a world in which some women’s college basketball players earn many tens of thousands of dollars a year in NIL payments. Heck, Caitlin Clark ropes in cash on par with veteran Bucs bone-crushing safety Jordan Whitehead. (more…)

Gone.

Joe finds that a lot of Bucs fans stop in their tracks when Joe says cornerback Carlton Davis missed 16 Bucs games over the past three seasons. (more…)

So how beloved is Baker Mayfield among Buccaneers fans? (more…)

Iowa DB Cooper DeJean.

Bucs AC/DC-loving general manager Jason Licht ought to be drug-tested if the draft falls this way and he makes a total reach of a desperation pick like this. (more…)

Lavonte David in 2012, before the Bucs made him wear clown uniforms.

So yesterday in Orlando, Buccaneers co-owner Joel Glazer took about 13 minutes to meet with Joe and some other media types and the subject of legendary Bucs linebacker Lavonte David arose. (more…)

Breaking down two new corners.

The Bucs will have at least two new corners this fall. And it doesn’t sound like either will start. (more…)

Doesn’t care about perception.

By the slim chance this may have skimmed past your noggin the past month, folks in the higher reaches of One Buc Palace are a little miffed that those who cover the NFL for a career are once again dismissing the Bucs. (more…)

Will he emerge?

Look, no one is a bigger fan of Bucs legend Lavonte David like Joe. For years Joe has been banging the drum for David that he’s the most underrated defender in the game..,. (more…)

“Mike, even Team Glazer didn’t get it. “

Joe picked the Bucs to win eight or nine game last season. It was a split decision in the executive chamber at JoeBucsFan.com world headquarters. (more…)

Team Glazer member Joel Glazer.

So is Baker Mayfield “The Guy?”

Joe sort of asked Buccaneers co-owner Joel Glazer that today at the NFL Owners Meetings in Orlando. (more…)

Returner/receiver/runner Deven Thompkins.

All signs point to change for the Bucs at the returner position manned by receiver/returner Deven Thompkins last season. (more…)

It’s a strong draft for running backs and Joe will combine that fact with what seemed like a slip of tongue from Buccaneers Ring of Honor general manager Jason Licht this morning. (more…)

Joe got the state of the Joe Tryon-Shoyinka address today from head coach Todd Bowles.

And it was impressive and passionate. (more…)

At the NFL Scouting Combine last month, head coach Todd Bowles talked about wanting to get bigger along the offensive line.

Joe’s initial presumption went in one direction. (more…)

Todd Bowles

Prior to pivoting to a gluten-free breakfast today of eggs and fruit courtesy of the NFL at the swanky Ritz-Carlton Orlando resort, Joe asked Todd Bowles at a roundtable session about his/new old safety Jordan Whitehead. (more…)

Todd Bowles talks Devin White.

After a roundtable chat with reporters early this morning, Bucs head coach Todd Bowles headed into the halls of the Ritz-Carlton Orlando resort to chat with a few friends and non-Bucs media. (more…)

Todd Bowles loves to practice against other teams during training camp and that tradition will continue this year. (more…)

Stick with Joe all morning. Plenty of Bucs news and nuggets to come.

Head coach Todd Bowles and Buccaneers Ring of Honor general manager Jason Licht were talking this morning, and Joe picked up plenty patrolling the swanky owners party last night with The Sage, JoeBucsFan.com columnist Ira Kaufman.