Did retired Ali Marpet indirectly play a part in Tom Brady’s timing to announce he would return to the Bucs?

Last night in Joe’s 31st-floor room at Aria Resort and Casino in Las Vegas with the mountains in the distance and the lights of Sin City shining brightly, the next “Ira Kaufman Podcast” was recorded. Yes, on the road! (more…)

Bucs CB Carlton Davis.

Of course, the biggest of the big moves the Bucs made in free agency came before legal tampering began: Tom Brady coming back for 2022. (more…)

He’s back!

UPDATED 5:32 p.m. – What a welcome piece of news! (more…)

The ironman of the Buccaneers’ offensive line, the longest tenured O-lineman now that Alex Cappa will join the Bengals, was asked to talk today about all the fun and change happening at One Buc Palace. (more…)

Motivation.

Bucs receiver Mike Evans seems to have reacted just the way Bucs fans wanted all of his teammates to respond with the news that Tom Brady returned to Tampa Bay. (more…)

Tampa Bay only option.

Boy, several heavy hitters got badly played. (more…)

Joe thinks Tristan Wirfs’ response on Twitter to the apparent loss of right guard Alex Cappa to the defending AFC champs speaks for all Bucs fans today. (more…)

Alex Cappa’s replacement? (Yeah, Cappa has relocated.)

Anyone who has listened to an interview of Boston College guard/center Zion Johnson walks away crazy impressed. (more…)

The Bucs won’t keep all their free agents. Alex Cappa is already gone. And right now they have no cap room ($3 million isn’t “cap room”). (more…)

Cincinnati bound.

Joe called this weeks ago. (more…)

Gone?

(The games have begun!) The most fun and gut-wrenching day of the offseason is here.

Non-stop action all afternoon and night (and that was the case before Tom Brady shocked the world yesterday). (more…)

Bucs GM Jason Licht

The amateur capologists have been compiling the data and have determined the state of the Buccaneers’ salary cap is grim (as of 11 a.m. on Monday). (more…)

By Sean Sullivan – JoeBucsFan.com draft guru

In the 2017 NFL Draft, our Buccaneers selected tight end O.J. Howard out of the University of Alabama. I believe in my heart that Jason Licht was doing his best as GM to make his head coach happy. (more…)

We already saw how Tom Brady can coax teammates to do things they may not have planned to do. Just hours after Brady announced he’s returning, so too did center Ryan Jensen. (more…)

“We can do it, Juice.”

Tom Brady has said through the years how much he believes in quarterback-receiver chemistry and how that evolves and grows for five years. (more…)

Pro Bowl LG Ali Marpet.

Apparently, the Tom Brady magic and influence are not perfect.

Despite the greatest of all time returning to the Bucs, it was not enough to change Ali Marpet’s mind. That’s the word from Mike Garafolo of NFL Network. Per Marpet’s agent, the newly engaged and freshly retired Pro Bowl left guard will stay retired.

Instead, Marpet plans to launch a career in the mental health field.

No, Joe isn’t going to use a cheap one-liner here using mental patient Antonio Brown as a punching bag.

“Bruce, I will tell Tom you lost 50 pounds using his TB12. Maybe that will help get him back?”

This doesn’t shock Joe one bit, and now it is confirmed and out there for all to read. (more…)

Playoff ready?

Well this sure is interesting. (more…)