Amidst all the NFL Draft excitement, it’s easy to forget that the Bucs re-signed a Hall of Fame receiver this week.

Joe didn’t forget. [read more]

The quarterback hatchling is in the house, and Joe is so damn excited to see what happens when he leaves the nest for a preseason flight. [read more]

It’s that time of year again, when Tampa Bay’s big PGA Tour event returns. And there’s no better way to watch it than in the Hooters Owl’s Nest.

Gone

So the Bucs landed a ferocious edge rusher who (hopefully) can produce, and they grabbed a quarterback (a freakin’ quarterback!) followed by a center/guard in Round 3.

Now what? [read more]

Bucs QB Kyle Trask.

While Joe has yet to see a wild gator (and has no desire to see one and has zero interest in going places where there might be one), Joe has lived in the Sunshine State for enough decades to know how folks roll. [read more]

Bucs QB Kyle Trask.

Unless you actually want a 6-5, 211-pound dude in peak physical health to square up on you, don’t mention to new Bucs quarterback Kyle Trask he’s got a weak arm. [read more]

Bucs OL Robert Hainsey.

Bucs fans likely remember the Legend of Ali Marpet. [read more]

Wanted man.

This was sure a curveball Bucs Super Bowl-winning coach Bucco Bruce Arians threw Friday night. [read more]

Reincarnated.

This struck Joe as, well, different. [read more]

On the surface, there is nothing not to like about new Bucs tackle Robert Hainsey. [read more]

Notre Dame tackle/guard/center Robert Hainsey

The No. 95 overall pick in the NFL Draft is in to our beloved Buccaneers. [read more]

New Bucs QB Kyle Trask.

Former longtime college head coach and Ravens offensive coordinator Rick Neuheisel, a former quarterback himself, loves the Bucs’ selection of QB Kyle Trask in Round 2 tonight. [read more]

Gators coach Dan Mullen.

Florida coach Dan Mullen has a mixed bag of his quarterbacks in the NFL. [read more]

Bucs QB Kyle Trask.

There were very good position players on the board when the Bucs drafted the heir to 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 in Gators QB Kyle Trask. [read more]

New Bucs QB Kyle Trask

Finally, the Bucs put a truly promising young QB into their historic quarterback incubator. [read more]

Lots of fun on the NFL Draft-A-Thon, an annual online charity effort by the league. [read more]

OK folks, we are back at it. Bucs have two picks tonight.

Comment on anything and everything throughout the close of the draft, including the expected second- and third-round picks of the Bucs at Nos. 64 and 95, barring a trade.

Who should the Bucs target? Will there be curveballs and surprises to push a player within range of the Bucs trading up? Have at it fans, but please do play nice.

Bucs edge rusher Joe Tryon.

So Joe noticed there is a riddle out there about new Bucs edge rusher Joe Tryon that is still a bit unresolved. [read more]

Playoff heroes Shaq & JPP have a new mate

So the Bucs just drafted a hungry and powerful edge rusher in Round 1 of the 2021 NFL Draft.

Joe wants to know who told Jason Pierre-Paul as he enters a contract year. [read more]

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