Playing through searing pain.

A Twitter yesterday from Bucs safety Jordan Whitehead demonstrated to Joe just what NFL players — and specifically the Bucs players — physically sacrificed to become the best of their generation. [read more]

The oldest defensive player in the NFL is on the Tampa Bay roster, as is everyone’s favorite ancient gunslinger, Tom Brady.

But the magnitude of the Bucs’ old-man club runs deeper. [read more]

Guess how many preseason-game passes Tom Brady has thrown as a 40-something year old man. [read more]

Bucs QB Tom Brady.

In a Football Outsiders article typed by Thomas Bassinger, he pulls out a quote from Bucs AC/DC-loving general manager Jason Licht from March 2020. [read more]

Right tackle Tristan Wirfs

Last year, Associated Press All-Pro team voters (celebrated JoeBucsFan.com columnist Ira Kaufman is one of the 50 panelists, as is Father Dungy) selected Bucs rookie Tristan Wirfs as the second-team right tackle. [read more]

Joe never thought the day would come. [read more]

Joe is no fan of offseason player workout videos on social media. They mean little at JoeBucsFan world headquarters unless they are unique in some way. [read more]

Charles Barkley fans know that the former Round Mound of Rebound never has a soft opinion but also masterfully manages to avoid hot takes. [read more]

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The memories will come flooding back to Monte Kiffin next week, accompanied by a few laughs and perhaps a few tears. [read more]

Uses his head.

Who said football isn’t a thinking man’s game? [read more]

Better in 2021?

One doesn’t need to be a scientist to see things coming together for a talented Bucs receiver. [read more]

“Not smart to bet against me.”

Confessions are always cool. Especially when they come from someone who always believes he’s the smartest guy in the room. [read more]

Joe laughs when people say the Bucs are going to be “the hunted” this season. [read more]

A former round-the-clock reader of this here website, former Buccaneers head coach Dirk Koetter, is a quite an authority when it comes to the Bucs and quarterbacks. [read more]

Donovan Smith

After 13 games last season, Ronald Jones had 900 yards rushing and was averaging exactly five yards per carry. [read more]

We all know what Tom Brady can do for the fortunes of a city’s sports teams. [read more]

Respect from NFL suits, players.

I ain’t as good as I once was
I got a few years on me now
But there was a time, back in my prime
When I could really lay it down

County music star Toby Keith once wrote those words as part of a hit song, “As Good as I Once Was.” It was as if Keith was writing about Lavonte David in 2021. [read more]

A different spotlight has been shed on the annoying and very public chatter that Tom Brady was pursued hard by the New Orleans Saints last offseason. [read more]

Unwashed.

So one guy doesn’t seem all that geeked that the Bucs can pull a Lightning and go back-to-back. [read more]