Wiseguys chime in.

The Vegas wiseguys seem to know something most of us do not. (more…)

No, this story isn’t about what is going on in Ukraine. Outside of video, Joe doesn’t know what the hell to believe coming out of that place. (more…)

Tom Brady speaks

Joe has learned an awful lot this week at the NFL Scouting Combine from all kinds of NFL power players, coaches, etc.

So Joe can only imagine what NBC super insider Peter King has been soaking in while he roams the halls of the Indiana Convention Center. (more…)

Wide receiver chatter.

The Bucs already lost an invaluable player when Tom Brady retired (?) last month. So the Bucs will do their best to see to it they don’t lose another next week when they have the opportunity to keep him. (more…)

Bucs OLB Joe Tryon-Shoyinka

Then-Bucs rookie outside linebacker/pass rusher Joe Tryon-Shoyinka sure was hyped by teammates and Super Bowl-winning coach Bucco Bruce Arians last summer. And Arians is sticking by his words. (more…)

One involved Bucs center Ryan Jensen.

If Joe was into rumors and wild speculation, Joe would have a daily rumors column. There’d be plenty to write considering all the stuff that comes across Joe’s various electronics.

But today Joe is going there because of where they were heard and who delivered them. (more…)

“Tommy, you were perfect.”

The cool thing about coaches going to the combine and speaking before the national media is the different perspective one gets. Different questions are asked and you get fresh insight into a coach. (more…)

A desire for quickness.

Joe learned long ago from the smartest man he ever dealt with in sports that there is one athletic trait that trumps everything else: speed. And it seems Bucs Super Bowl-winning coach Bucco Bruce Arians wants more. (more…)

As if Joe’s chat with Ron Rivera about retired Ali Marpet yesterday wasn’t sobering enough, the Washington head coach also dropped what felt like a gut punch on Joe. (more…)

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Buc fans were eager to hear what Bruce Arians and Jason Licht had to say at the NFL Combine this week. A lot of intentional misdirection occurs in Indianapolis at this time of the year, so you don’t want to read too much into the answers provided by GMs and head coaches.

False signals are common on the brink of free agency, but by the time Licht and Arians left the podium and ended a separate session on the side with Buc media, the 2022 picture for this franchise came into sharper focus. (more…)

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Joe has maintained that Bucs AC/DC-loving general manager Jason Licht is stuck in the middle of an NFL version of a chicken-or-the-egg theory. (more…)

Safety Jordan Whitehead.

Joe thinks the player that had a breakout season in 2021 was Bucs hard-hitting safety Jordan Whitehead. (more…)

Bucs GM Jason Licht.

Bucs AC/DC-loving general manager Jason Licht was talking to national NFL writers earlier this week and was asked about drafting cornerbacks. (more…)

Wanted man.

Bucs tight end Rob Gronkowski is a free agent. And he’s a wanted man. (more…)

Bucco Bruce Arians on the CBS set Tuesday.

It’s become clear as Joe mingles through the NFL Scouting Combine that the Bucs have a priority free agent, even if general manager Jason Licht doesn’t want to publicly share a priority list. (more…)

Joe is at the NFL Scouting Combine, so of course Joe has sought perspective on Ali Marpet’s shocking retirement from a head coach who knows Marpet’s game well. (more…)

Ali Marpet ripple effect.

After the 2021 season closed, Bucs Super Bowl-winning coach Bucco Bruce Arians only needed to worry about two spots on the offensive line, perhaps the best unit on the team. (more…)

General manager Jason Licht talks about the unhappy ending.

The script flipped in a huge way for the big dog of the Buccaneers’ front office. (more…)

Bucs GM Jason Licht missed his chance to pull a Ric Flair.

It’s difficult for Joe to picture Bucs AC/DC-loving general manager Jason Licht rolling through the Indiana Convention Center in downtown Indianapolis wearing a blinged-out bathrobe, ripping it open hollering at women to enjoy the scene and then yelling about stylin’ and profilin’ and how he’s a Rolex-wearing, limousine-ridin’, jet-flyin’ master of the male species. (more…)

Bucs cornerback Carlton Davis

The Bucs remind Joe of heading to a concession stand at The Licht House with a crisp 20-dollar bill at halftime.

Joe wants a big beer, a pretzel and nachos, but that’s going to run well over the 20 bucks. (more…)