Archive for the ‘Recent Posts’ Category

Find A Way To Practice Tackling In Underwear Football

Monday, June 6th, 2022

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…)

Not Bad For A Middle-Aged Man

Monday, June 6th, 2022

Bucs QB Tom Brady.

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

Lessons From “Playing With Three Hall Of Fame Receivers”

Sunday, June 5th, 2022

Is Chris Godwin a Hall of Fame wide receiver?

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

“I Think It’s Going To Be A Teardown”

Sunday, June 5th, 2022

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…)

This Week Todd Bowles Wants “Good-On-Good”

Sunday, June 5th, 2022

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…)

Pressure On To Get Vita Vea On The Field More

Sunday, June 5th, 2022

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…)

Did Bucs Run Defense Get Better?

Sunday, June 5th, 2022

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…)

Legacy Time For Byron Leftwich

Saturday, June 4th, 2022

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…)

Unprecedented QB Weakness

Saturday, June 4th, 2022

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…)

Bucs Receivers Get An “A” With An Asterisk

Saturday, June 4th, 2022

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…)

Is Leonard Fournette About To Hit His Ceiling?

Saturday, June 4th, 2022

Playoff Lenny.

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

Tristan Wirfs No. 7

Saturday, June 4th, 2022

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 Goes With Unpopular Offseason Schedule

Friday, June 3rd, 2022

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…)

Sensor Data Places Tom Brady Below Top-10 Elite Deep-Ball Passers

Friday, June 3rd, 2022

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…)

Report: Ryan Jensen Passing On Bengals Was Key Move To Retaining Tom Brady

Friday, June 3rd, 2022

A supremely plugged-in insider said today he’s quite sure of a couple things when it comes to Tom Brady. (more…)

Report: Jordan Whitehead Grew Frustrated With Bucs

Friday, June 3rd, 2022

Former Bucs safety Jordan Whitehead.

The popular and probably accurate narrative for former Bucs safety Jordan Whitehead bolting a playoff team one year removed from a Super Bowl championship to a total laughing stock of a franchise in the Jets — a team in the NFL sewer — was that the Bucs wouldn’t cough up enough Team Glazer loot to keep him. (more…)

Hands Up!

Friday, June 3rd, 2022

Bucs coach Todd Bowles.

Joe remembers this was a big thing with former Bucs commander Greg Schiano. (more…)

Ranking Bucs Running Backs

Friday, June 3rd, 2022

Dissed.

Looking at the Bucs’ running back group, Joe sees some unknown. (more…)