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…)

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Priorities mapped out.

The star free agent signing of the offseason, Haason Reddick, was not around OTAs when practices were held in front of the prying eyes of the local pen and mic club. (more…)

“Jason, I don’t want to hear about money.”

Bucco Bruce Arians used to say he loved guys playing on one-year deals and the fire that usually brought to the field.

Years ago, Buccaneers general manager Jason Licht gave his famous some-guys-need-“a-carrot” line, referring to the effects of cash incentives on players. (more…)

Rookie edge rusher David Walker.

Joe wouldn’t normally shake because a fourth-round draft pick was sidelined during a June minicamp practice, but David Walker isn’t the typical pick. (more…)

So in Week 1 last season, Bucs No. 3 cornerback Bryce Hall was on the field for the defense against the Commanders.

It was his Tampa Bay debut after being signed months earlier as a veteran free agent — and it ended with Hall being carted off with what looked like an air cast on a shattered ankle. (more…)

Bucs big-money edge rusher Haason Reddick talked to media today after minicamp practice and said he’s all about grinding daily and game by game without personal goals.

And then he slammed on the brakes. (more…)