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BSPN Predicts Liam Coen Returns To Bucs

Saturday, January 18th, 2025

Staying put?

Joe predicted early this past season that Liam Coen was doing such a good job as the Bucs offensive coordinator, he’d be a head coach somewhere in 2025, NFL or college. (more…)

Mike Evans May Have Won The Final Battle

Saturday, January 18th, 2025

Still a beast.

For the national media, the game Sunday night between the Bucs and the Commandos wasn’t so much Washington vs. Tampa Bay or even Jayden Daniels vs. Baker Mayfield. (more…)

Liam Coen Not Among “Names To Watch” For Jaguars Opening

Friday, January 17th, 2025

Bucs playcaller Liam Coen.

Now this got Joe to ask for another draft beer at Hooters. (more…)

National Chatter Continues Regarding Todd Bowles’ Job Security

Friday, January 17th, 2025

This kind of stuff happens, especially when the highest tiers of Bucs management fail to clear the air. (more…)

Todd Bowles Deflects Antoine Winfield Health Question

Friday, January 17th, 2025

One sad note to the Bucs’ division-winning season was star safety Antoine Winfield, Jr. having an off year.

It happens. But Joe’s real sadness is thinking about how Winfield injured his foot in Week 1 with the Bucs’ victory already locked up. (more…)

(Friday Edition) This Week’s Free Stretch Is Already Excited For 2025 While Trying To Pick Up The Pieces From A Wild Card That Shouldn’t Have Been The End

Friday, January 17th, 2025

The Free Stretch serves up its Bucs postmortem and excitedly looks ahead. Enjoy! Follow Bobby on X, @bobbygameday. Bobby’s podcast is an extension of his national and local radio shows. It’s been at JoeBucsFan.com for eight-plus years. Always a quality listen from a true Tampa native.

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Cody Mauch Improvement Lauded

Friday, January 17th, 2025

Graded in and out of Bucs headquarters.

Forget Mike Evans, Buccaneers Ring of Honor general manager Jason Licht has his own streak. It’s finding quality offensive lineman at schools big and small. (more…)

Todd Bowles: Players Cannot Rest On The Past

Friday, January 17th, 2025

No true offseason.

Joe reads this a fair amount from commenters on this here corner of the interwebs. (more…)

Todd Bowles Addresses Vita Vea Route Running

Friday, January 17th, 2025

Not good enough. (more…)

DANdy Matchup: DAN Campbell vs. DANiels & DAN Q

Friday, January 17th, 2025

Todd talks about challenges facing the “Big Three” Super Bowl favorites and a potential path for the Rams-Eagles winner. The Todd Wright Survivor Football Podcast is presented by Brandon Legal Group.

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Made For Each Other

Friday, January 17th, 2025

Liam, think about it: If Urban Meyer couldn’t work with Trevor Lawrence, what shot do you have?

If Bucs Super Bowl-winning coach Bucco Bruce Arians was the quarterback whisperer, then Bucs offensive coordinator Liam Coen is the Baker Mayfield whisperer. (more…)

Todd Bowles And Time Management

Friday, January 17th, 2025

Clock management and timeouts.

Is Bucs coach Todd Bowles the perfect coach? No. His lack of aggressiveness with his offense at certain points leaves Joe’s mouth agape. (more…)

Bucky Irving No. 10

Friday, January 17th, 2025

Recognition.

Joe doesn’t think it is crazy to suggest that if not for Bucky Irving, the Bucs wouldn’t have made the playoffs. (more…)

Baker Mayfield: “I’m Pretty Comfy In That Spot”

Thursday, January 16th, 2025

A major change seems inevitable for Baker Mayfield and Joe’s not sure Mayfield knows how to handle it successfully. (more…)

So Whose Play Impressed Todd Bowles?

Thursday, January 16th, 2025

Shoutout from Todd Bowles.

Teams change, teams grow and teams take steps back during a season.

That’s why the regular season has so much drama. A team could look like the 2020 Bucs in the season opener and end up looking like the 2011 Bucs at season’s end (minus Albert Haynesworth, of course). (more…)

“Jason Licht’s Been Beating The Brakes Off Us”

Thursday, January 16th, 2025

Bucs GM Jason Licht.

Joe loves hearing crying out of NFC South cities not named Tampa. (more…)

Todd Bowles Addresses His Starting Cornerbacks

Thursday, January 16th, 2025

Jamel Dean

Do the Bucs have a good tandem of starting outside cornerbacks?

Todd Bowles seemed to deliver a simple answer to that question on Tuesday: (more…)

A Common Denominator On Bucs’ Two Big Mistakes

Thursday, January 16th, 2025

Rookie mistakes happen.

Joe wrote last week about how much different and intense playoff games are over regular season games. (more…)

“Zero Percent Chance They Do What They Did Last Year”

Thursday, January 16th, 2025

Predicament.

For those hellbent on running Todd Bowles out of town, you may want to skip this next paragraph. (more…)

Bucs Beating Bucs

Thursday, January 16th, 2025

Weighs in on Bucs’ errors.

Bucs Super Bowl-winning coach Bucco Bruce Arians often used a now-famous phrase in his first Tampa Bay season when the team almost weekly did something dumb. (more…)

“You Reevaluate Everything”

Thursday, January 16th, 2025

Evaluations coming.

This may be a surprise to some — it is to Joe only because Joe is like, “Damn, that soon?” (more…)