Props from Bucs’ star RT.

Joe may be biased, but if there is a better right tackle in the game than Tristan Wirfs, Joe wants to see him. (more…)

 Mike Evans

Man, yesterday Joe saw one of the prettiest plays ever seen on a football field. Joe was watching masters at their craft. (more…)

Rookie WR Jaelon Darden

Bucs Super Bowl-winning coach Bucco Bruce Arians can be an old school, hard-arse coach when he wants to be. That stands to reason since he once worked for the ultimate hardarse coach, Bear Bryant. (more…)

JPP opens up

It’s very rare to hear a player compare his injury woes to those of teammates. (more…)

Telling commentary

These somewhat bizarre takes by Jameis Winston puzzle Joe and are a firm reminder of The Lost Decade of Buccaneers football. (more…)

Here are Joe’s world-famous highlights of Bucs practice. The Florida heat returned today. Maybe the second-hottest day of camp. (more…)

Joe refuses to go completely wild for a rookie receiver who isn’t going to play very much on offense. (more…)

Tristan Wirfs doing Tristan Wirfs’ stuff this spring.

Joe is guessing most readers saw the picture above of Tristan Wirfs earlier this year carrying around a dead pine (?) tree that appeared to be at least 30-feet long. (more…)

Fresh fight from the trenches.

Once upon a time, Buccaneers general manager Jason Licht signed guys like guard J.R. Sweezy and drafted Alex Cappa in an effort to get the Bucs nastier in the trenches.

Tampa Bay was not known as a beat-the-crap-out-of-you team. (more…)

Ke’Shawn Vaughn

Second-year running back Ke’Shawn Vaughn seems like he had/has a great plan for 2021. (more…)

Yes, Joe is now a teenager.

Thirteen years ago today, Joe fired up this website and never turned back. More than 44,000 posts have been typed, the results of obsessing 24/7 about all things Buccaneers.

It all started with a laptop and a dream. (more…)

Shaq Barrett explains.

In what turned out to be Shaq Barrett’s final season in Denver, the Broncos drafted a guy in the first round at his position, Brady Chubb. (more…)

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The Cleveland Browns could have pounced. Instead, they snoozed.

The Bucs moved in quickly and the rest is history.

That’s how we got here. (more…)

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Joe is convinced that the further away we get from the Bucs’ curb-stomping of the Chiefs in the Super Bowl, the more monumental that performance will become. (more…)

One of Bucs’ young studs.

Generally, when your quarterback is 44, a ferocious defensive tackle is 34, your No. 3 receiver is 33, your Hall of Fame tight end is 32, one of your bookend pass rushers is 32, your legendary inside linebacker is 31 and your center is 30, that often signals you have an old team.

Hold up! (more…)

Wasn’t nearly as comfortable this morning as yesterday almost was. Summertime in Florida returned, as did the sun. (more…)

Rookie chatter.

The master had something to say about the apprentice. (more…)

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More fun from The Identity Tampa Bay & Joe.

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Todd Bowles on rookie OLB.

Last week Bucs Super Bowl-winning coach Bucco Bruce Arians shook the NFL when he said rookie pass rusher Joe Tryon was sometimes “kicking” Tristan Wirfs’ tail. (more…)