“Dominant” Tristan Wirfs
Wednesday, June 2nd, 2021
Bucs RT Tristan Wirfs.
The new list is here. The new top-100 list is here! Tristan Wirfs is somebody now! (more…)

Bucs RT Tristan Wirfs.
The new list is here. The new top-100 list is here! Tristan Wirfs is somebody now! (more…)

Hall call
With a Super Bowl ring, seven Pro Bowl honors and four first-team All-Pro awards, Joe comfortably will say Antonio Brown already is worthy of the Hall of Fame.
However, Hall voters may not agree. (more…)

Bucs QB Kyle Trask.
So a week ago there was little question who was the better of the two quarterbacks practicing at Bucs voluntary OTA practices. (more…)

Experience
Last week on “Good Morning Football,” seen weekday mornings on NFL Network, the gang debated what would be the pothole that derails the Bucs’ chances in their quest to “Go for Two.” (more…)
Ironic words from Scotty Miller. (more…)

(Photo courtesy of Buccaneers.com.)
The wait may end in a few days. (more…)

Workout video posted today.
OK, Joe has to be upfront here. There is no way to know, short of Tom Brady offering additional information on his Instagram account, when this video was shot or where. (more…)

Bucs players work out on a side field beneath the giant Buccaneers flag at One Buc Palace today.
Yes, Joe was among the group of about a dozen or so local pen and mic club members watching Bucs OTA practice today. Below are just a few observations not intended to make a guy a Hall of Fame player or the first man cut this summer. It’s June 1 and the players are not in pads and there is no hitting. Think flag football as you read these notes. If you think you may be triggered by reading this piece, you may want to try to read the many tens of thousands of other stories Joe has written for this site instead. (more…)

Jaylon Mickens (85) coaches up Jaelon Darden on the finer points of the return game at Bucs OTA practice Tuesday.
After Tuesday’s OTA practice, Super Bowl-winning coach Bucco Bruce Arians said he isn’t sure how much work he would demand in next week’s mandatory minicamp from park-violating, home-invading, NFLPA-ignoring, down-forgetting, handshake-stiffing, jet-ski-losing, biscuit-baking, tequila-shooting, smartphone-phobic, waffle-grilling, trophy-throwing, roller-coaster-scared, numbers-rules-peeved, Bucs-Super Bowl-winning quarterback Tom Brady. (more…)

Bucco Bruce Arians.
Last year Bucs Super Bowl-winning coach Bucco Bruce Arians seemed to have discovered then-Minnesota wide receiver Tyler Johnson. (more…)

Anthony Nelson in 2020
Let the competition begin! (more…)
New Bucs safety Raven Greene talked to Joe and local media today after the sparsely attended spring practice session at One Buc Palace. (more…)

Bucs backup QB Ryan Griffin.
At least two quarterbacks at One Buc Palace knew of the Bucs’ draft plans before Roger Goodell stepped to the podium in Cleveland. (more…)
Joe is always fired up to learn a little more about the magic of Tom Brady from the guys who play ball with him. (more…)
Are the Bucs a one-hit-wonder? Or can the team show the league they are the dominant squad and Go For Two? (more…)
Joe loves the energy in Rob Gronkowski’s voice when he glows about how incredibly different life is at One Buc Palace versus at Two Belicheat Place. (more…)

“We can do it, O.J.”
Only one team in the Super Bowl era went undefeated, and that is the 1972 Miami Dolphins. (more…)

Bucs coach Bucco Bruce Arians.
It seems the Bucs may have kickstarted the NBA trend of superteams into the NFL when they signed a bunch of big-name free agents and then hoisted the Vince Lombardi Trophy with them. (more…)

Can he get 1,000 yards again?
So we have reached summer. Oh, summer technically doesn’t begin until June 21. (more…)