Joe spent time over the weekend watching Devonta Freeman film and listening to those who watched the running back play over the years in Atlanta. [read more]

Preseason forecasting.

If the 49ers could do it, why not the Bucs? [read more]

The best?

Welcome to June when lists are all the rage in the NFL until training camps open (if they open). [read more]

Finite opportunity.

Bucco Bruce Arians has three more seasons left on his Bucs contract, including a fifth-year option for 2023. [read more]

Hall of Fame receiver Michael Irvin has been a busy man scrutinizing the Buccaneers. [read more]

Bucs coach Bucco Bruce Arians.

It is almost unreal to Joe how things have changed for Bucs fans in a handful of weeks. [read more]

How dominant?

It bums Joe out that there is a generation of Bucs fans whose memories of the Bucs winning the Super Bowl — if they remember — are more of the partying, victory parade and the commotion surrounding the team than the actual game. [read more]

Buccaneers seventh-round pick running back Raymond Calais was labeled “a very smaller version but much faster version of David Johnson” by Bucco Bruce Arians.

He also picked up a Hall of Famer’s appreciation before the draft. [read more]

Talks pressure on Tom Brady.

It is sad to think how far the Bucs have come from being afterthoughts in the NFL. [read more]

As a 13-year NFL safety and a former Pro Bowler who played for the Steelers when Bucco Bruce Arians was calling plays in Pittsburgh, Ryan Clark knows a thing or two about NFL offenses. [read more]

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Bucs rookie WR and slants.

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When Buc players and coaches gather for the first time at the team facility, Todd Bowles will be looking for No. 12. [read more]

Back in February, Joe chatted with Bucs quarterbacks coach Clyde Christensen on Radio Row at the NFL Scouting Combine. [read more]

So what are NFL defensive coordinators saying behind closed doors or in semi-private conversations? [read more]

Todd Bowles answer highlights need

There is no question a reason the Bucs signed park-violating, home-invading quarterback Tom Brady is what Jimmy “The Greek” Snyder used to call, “intangibles.” [read more]

Anyone watch Rob Gronkowski’s debut on “Game On!” the other night? Joe did.

All this recent pop culture attention for the Bucs has value, general manager Jason Licht explained. [read more]