Wide receiver chatter.

Think Bucs receiver Chris Godwin is a top-10 receiver? A guy who used to throw passes for the Bucs doesn’t. [read more]

National TV sitdown

Bucs tight end O.J. Howard may be the most gifted of athletes playing tight end in the NFL. His production hasn’t been quite to that level. [read more]

After years covering the Patriots for CSN New England, Mike Giardi moved to NFL Network and appears to have become the network’s resident Tom Brady insider. [read more]

Shaq Barrett is hiring! [read more]

Joe wonders whether Tom Brady will still be holding private workouts with teammates once training camp begins. [read more]

One of Joe’s favorite pictures taken by the JoeBucsFan.com staff photographer in Hawaii. Michael Bennett (2nd from left) was so eager to be photographed with his former Bucs teammates at the 2016 Pro Bowl.

Joe couldn’t let this go.

A player whose mishandling changed the future of the Bucs organization has retired. [read more]

Motivated.

Joe will never forget the spring day when the Bucs brought in Jason Pierre-Paul after Bucs AC/DC-loving general manager Jason Licht stole him from the Giants. [read more]

Scary thought.

Joe is of the mind that outside of tight end, and maybe wide receiver, this Bucs team has little if any proven depth. [read more]

“Tom, you rarely miss.”

This is one example of when the PFF tribe can benefit society. [read more]

Man, this FOX-13 video got Joe’s juices flowing! It’s just a few glimpses of rookie manbeast offensive tackle Tristan Wirfs, but he certainly hasn’t been mowing down Doritos and mashed potatoes all summer.

There’s fresh news in the quest to safely return Bucs football — and all NFL football — on time for the start of the 2020 regular season. [read more]

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“We stop the run, then we hunt.”

That’s been the mantra of NFL defenses ever since George Halas and Vince Lombardi patrolled NFL sidelines, cussing out officials.

But times have changed — and it’s time for Todd Bowles to change. [read more]

Bucs rookie safety and likely starter Antoine Winfield, Jr.

Will Tom Brady, or more importantly Tristan Wirfs, Ke’Shawn Vaughn and Antoine Winfield, Jr., get one meaningful snap against a non-Buccaneer before opening day? [read more]

If Donovan Smith gives a thumbs up to sitting out the 2020 season because of his virus fears — and opts to bank his remaining guaranteed Bucs windfall in 2021 instead — how would the team respond?

And how many games, if any, might the loss of Smith cost the Bucs? [read more]

Joe is all for the NFL returning to play. If players want to play, then let the games being ASAP.

The messiness is in the details, and Peter King’s column today for NBC Sports laid out one example that leads to at least 20 more hypotheticals. [read more]

Do the Bucs have a coaching wizard on staff?

The 2018 Bucs defense was beyond atrocious. [read more]

“So Jason, it’s ‘Coach Brady’ now, eh? Where’s Byron?”

It seems Colin Cowherd is of the same mindset as Michael Lombardi. [read more]

Bucs WR Chris Godwin.

You can talk about every friggin’ stat you want to but there is only one stat more important than points. [read more]

Who better to try to explain the Tom Brady effect than a veteran player who made Brady’s Patriots his fourth NFL team? [read more]

COVID-19 concerns.

For those Bucs fans that dismiss messages from NFL players saying they may not play this fall, in particular Bucs left tackle Donovan Smith, a reassessment may be in order. [read more]

Last summer, NFL rushing attacks were analyzed by a retired stud running back and he reached a firm conclusion about the Tampa Bay run game: Ronald Jones would emerge as the top rusher but would represent the least productive No. 1 back in the NFL.

Again, that call was made one year ago. [read more]