Houston QB Deshaun Watson.

There is always a dangerous element of dealing with player agents, whether on-the-record or off-the-record. That’s because they have no interest in revealing the truth. (more…)

It’s no fun to think of the Bucs losing one of their premier free agents, but Bucs fans need to brace themselves now before the free agency siren blows at noon on Monday, March 14. (more…)

Waiting on a quarterback.

A week from Monday, the combine begins in chilly downtown Indianapolis. The football world will converge on the city like locusts and a week later will all be gone. (more…)

Bucco Bruce Arians in the spring of 2019.

Team Glazer famously mandated that Bucco Bruce Arians take an extensive physical exam before he was to be given the Buccaneers head coaching job. (more…)

Value.

On face value, this seems like a dumb comment: The want to keep Chris Godwin.

He’s a good player and teams want to keep good players, duh. But with Godwin and the Bucs, it is much deeper than that. (more…)

Cheap alternative.

A move like this might just anger Bucs fans. (more…)

Bucs GM Jason Licht

Creepy, sleazy Texans quarterback DeShaun Watson has a well defined issue. (more…)

Lost in shuffle.

So Joe got to thinking yesterday and was surprised many Bucs fans didn’t catch this. (more…)

Tennessee-ready without Deshaun Watson.

Buried in his Super Bowl coverage in his solid weekly column, “Monday Morning Quarterback,” Albert Breer of SI.com caught up with Houston coach Lovie Smith. (more…)

Odds on Deshaun Watson in Tampa.

The Bucs and Deshaun Watson may interest those who like dealing with their short-term investment broker. (more…)

Disses RoJo.

It’s not uncommon that the PFF tribe — or someone pretending to be a PFF tribe type who vomits numbers — angers a general manager, a coach or a player. (more…)

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Joe is unafraid of the Bucs getting younger and replacing some of their old men. (more…)

Houston defensive lineman Logan Hall.

Generally, teams don’t draft the same position in the first round in back-to-back years. In a dart-throwing exercise (one of thousands between now and the draft in April), one mock has the Bucs doing just that. (more…)

Flash poll posted at 10:35 a.m. Poll closed at 12:06 p.m.

Todd Bowles under fire.

Legendary No. 99 of the Buccaneers, Warren Sapp, sounds a little annoyed with his beloved team, specifically defensive coordinator Todd Bowles and the manbeasts of the Tampa Bay defense. (more…)

Houston QB Deshaun Watson.

The Bucs are looking for a quarterback. And Texans embattled quarterback Deshaun Watson is looking for a new home. And it seems the two are trying to mind meld. (more…)

Team Glazer patriarch, the late Malcolm Glazer.

A little slice of Buccaneers history here. (more…)

Destination: Tampa Bay?

With the free agency dinner bell set to ring in exactly a month, and the NFL world descending upon downtown Indianapolis in two weeks where free agent tire-kickings will begin in earnest, the BSPN crowd is trying to plug in where the top free agents will go. (more…)

Mike Evans talks Tom Brady. (Photo courtesy of Buccaneers.com.)

Either Mike Evans is a damn good poker player or he is convinced former (?) Bucs quarterback Tom Brady has taken his last snap for the Bucs. (more…)

Betting on Tom Brady.

Former Bengals and Jets quarterback and current CBS Sports and WFAN-AM talking head Boomer Esiason is of the mind Tom Brady will return to football. (more…)