Major upgrade to K.J. Britt?

It says a lot that veteran Bucs backup linebacker and core special teams player Kevin Minter (2019-2021) walked in free agency and was not replaced — and does not have a new team. (more…)

Todd Bowles

Lots of fans and folks around One Buc Palace are sure the transition of power from Bucco Bruce Arians to Todd Bowles will be seamless, kind of like Joe switching from chicken to Mahi Mahi tacos at Big Storm taprooms. (more…)

All-in?

Recently, Tom Brady was involved in some kind of golf thing in a made-for-TV stunt where he played golf for charity at the Wynn in Vegas. (more…)

Todd Bowles lived his own kicker circus when he was head coach of the Jets.

It wasn’t as bad as the Bucs’ historic Ringling Brothers run, but it was hardly smooth and typical sailing during his four-year stint. (more…)

GM Jason Licht has a high bar.

It almost sounds silly to say an underwear football assembly, like Tampa Bay’s mandatory mincamp on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, will be critical for an established player. But it certainly can be when it comes to the all-in Buccaneers. (more…)

The Beatles, really?

The headline reads like the title of a Three Stooges short where Curly Howard wreaks havoc on a Bavarian biergarten while Moe Howard is busy poking people in the eyes and Larry Fine grimaces before being slapped by Moe. (more…)

Bucs DL Akiem Hicks.

A co-host on one of the most popular sports radio shows in the free world,o played linebacker for the Packers, is of the mind a former Bears defensive lineman signing with the Bucs is just about a perfect move. (more…)

Tackling by corners must greatly improve.

Right now Joe is in a good mood so Joe won’t call out Bucs cornerbacks by name. However, Joe is dwelling on the idea that lousy tackling by corners last year against the Rams cost the Bucs a chance at a return Super Bowl trip. (more…)

Bucs QB Tom Brady.

Joe likes to needle folks that Tom Brady is nearly five years away from AARP eligibility. (more…)

Is Chris Godwin a Hall of Fame wide receiver?

One Buccaneer seems to be sure of it. (more…)

Bucs GM Jason Licht

Fair or unfair, Buccaneers general manager Jason Licht will be judged comparmentally by his pre-Tom Brady performance, his Brady years, and his post-Brady success or failure.

And it’s inevitable that many NFL analysts will say Licht must prove himself post-Brady to be considered a great GM. (more…)

Minicamp plans.

So Tuesday morning the Bucs are scheduled to begin mandatory minicamp. It’s a three-day camp and after Thursday’s practice ends, you will see an exodus of players, coaches and some suits heading to vacation. (more…)

More snaps, please.

Regular readers to this here site and certainly listeners to the “Ira Kaufman Podcast” know full well Joe is obsessed with the relatively few snaps Bucs studly nose tackle Vita Vea had down the stretch last year. (more…)

Rookie DL Logan Hall

The Bucs were good against the run last year. And one man who follows the Bucs closely thinks they got better. (more…)

Whether Bucco Bruce Arians used a literal or figurative red pen on the gameplans crafted by Byron Leftwich and Tom Brady is irrelevant at this point.

Millions of people believe it’s true. (more…)

Together again.

Back when former Bucs head coach Lovie Smith and general manager Jason Licht were selling fans on Josh McCown being their guy at quarterback, Joe immediately called shenanigans and insisted that teams with the worst quarterback in their division (by a mile) never win anything. (more…)

Won’t be missed.

Boy oh boy, former Bucs tight end O.J. Howard sure built an image as a dangerous, lethal, field-stretching tight end who will burn defenses that pay too much attention to Playoff Lenny.

What this rep has been built on, Joe has no clue. But man, the hype. (more…)

Playoff Lenny.

Though the excerpt below was originally written for fantasy football, it translates to real football as well. (more…)

Strong start.

In his list of the top-25 players 25 and under in the NFL, Cody Benjamin of CBS Sports only had two Bucs. (more…)

Todd Bowles

The Bucs wrapped up their final official offseason training activity (OTA) session today and will close out spring work with mandatary mincamp June 7 -9.

That’s not a typical schedule across the NFL. (more…)

Joe largely respects and appreciates the objective nature of the NFL’s official NextGen stats, data derived from sensors in equipment and concrete mathmetical formulas. (more…)