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Plenty of new players to watch in the NFC East — and a couple of teams the Bucs may see in the playoffs — and draft guru Sean Sullivan is all over them in this division draft breakdown. Enjoy!

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Rookie Bucs offensive coordinator Josh Grizzard.

The great mystery at One Buc Palace has won over another soldier. (more…)

New Bucs inside linebacker Anthony Walker has been on playoff teams with Indianapolis and Cleveland. So he knows what good is. (more…)

Rookie cornerback Jacob Parrish has a reason to smile.

In only took one underwear football practice with a bunch of short-order cooks, cable TV salesmen and Domino’s managers to see the talent Bucs’ third-round pick Jacob Parrish brought to the table. (more…)

No learning curve this year.

Stats are nice but Bucs running back Bucky Irving believes the offense has something deeper to lean on. (more…)

The next time Joe will see the Bucs will be in about six weeks. That’s roughly when training camp kicks off and before you know it, the Bucs will be playing the Dixie Chicks to open the season. (more…)

Trask talk.

This week hasn’t been the best for Kyle Trask. He’s made some plays that he was supposed to. And some he wasn’t, only because he was trying to save his neck. (more…)

Few fans want to even whisper that Lavonte David is an X-factor, a huge one, for this coming season.

Keep in mind David will be older on opening day than fellow Bucs legend Derrick Brooks was when he played his final game in 2008. (more…)

Bucs safeties work with position coach Nick Rapone.

Joe gets a fair amount of questions about undrafted rookie safety Shilo Sanders. Will Deion’s kid make the Bucs’ roster?

Joe consistently gives the same answer: (more…)

Bucs ILB Anthony Walker.

Anthony Walker didn’t hold back. (more…)

So Mike Evans is entering a contract year like he was two years ago.

Back then, he wasn’t too happy about. (more…)

The greatest receiver in Bucs history is highly impressed. (more…)

UPDATED 2:29 p.m. – *Abbreviated underwear football session, per league rules, kicks off about 9:30 a.m. and runs short.

*11-on-11 starts after about 40 minutes of drills. (more…)

Practices make Todd Bowles frown.

One way or the other, when Bucs practice ends, Todd Bowles is going to be in a foul mood when he starts thinking of how his team performed. (more…)

High expectations.

In a way, Joe almost feels sorry for new Bucs offensive coordinator Josh Grizzard. (more…)

New team leader?

The cliché has been repeated across the business world. (more…)

Bucs rookie safety Shilo Sanders fields a throw during defensive back drills Wednesday at Bucs minicamp.

How about midnight notes on yesterday’s Day 2 of minicamp? Joe’s got you covered. (more…)

Zyon McCollum and Jamel Dean working on their press techniques at today’s practice, a common sight.

Soft coverage from Bucs cornerbacks in recent years has led to a chorus of fan jeers — in The Licht House and on social media.

The Bucs allowed an ugly 66.47 completion rate last season, despite playing in a division specializing in sad quarterbacks. (more…)

Development the goal of 2025.

Unless one was or is related to Chris Braswell, his rookie Bucs season was so forgettable. (more…)