Outside of Blaine Gabbert’s family, his agent and perhaps Gabbert himself, you will be lucky to find six people walking the face of the earth who didn’t shake their heads in disbelief last week listening to Bucs Super Bowl-winning coach Bucco Bruce Arians hype Gabbert as Tom Brady’s successor. [read more]
Remember years ago when Team Glazer said they never let a free agent escape One Buc Palace if they wanted to keep him?
Well, keep those words in mind in the next two weeks when it seems just about a foregone conclusion there will be at least one Bucs starter who will leave. [read more]
After a week at the NFL Scouting Combine, well-plugged-in NFL writer Aaron Wilson fired up a new report today on the potential trading of creepy Texans quarterback DeShaun Watson. [read more]
Behind TheAthletic.com paywall lives a credible story about the Browns having interest in Pro Bowl Buccaneers receiver Chris Godwin, among other receivers as Cleveland looks to overhaul its struggling receiving corps.
Bucs fans now sit eight short days from Cleveland being able to present an offer to Godwin’s handlers.
The siren blows on free agency at noon on March 14. Joe’s hoping it’s not a Buccaneers’ version of Black Monday.
Joe has already brought word that the Bengals and the Jets are both looking to throw wads of cash at Bucs free agent center Ryan Jensen when the free agency dinner bell rings in eight short days.
Apparently, other teams are lurking to swoop up Jensen as well. [read more]
Joe firmly believes when a durable Hall of Fame grade pass rusher is available in free agency, the Bucs always should be interested and prepared to strike. [read more]
As expected, when the greatest of all time retires (?) and he just happens to play at the game’s most important position — and he led your team to its greatest two-year run — it is easy to understand why so many were laser-focused at the combine last week on who may replace Tom Brady.
Or more to the point, who will try to replace Brady?
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The Bucs may be six months away from a raging quarterback controversy — within their building. [read more]
Hearing general manager Jason Licht say this week, “Sometimes you bet on the guy” about Chris Godwin, got Joe thinking more about the Bucs’ desperate salary cap situation.
Desperate if they want to compete for a Super Bowl this year. [read more]
After hearing virtually all NFL coaches and general managers spin and massage and speak crafted messages at the combine in the Indiana Convention Center this week, Fields Yates of BSPN has heard enough to decipher what teams will stick with its current quarterback and which will go get one. [read more]