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Crescent Oaks Golf Club in Tarpon Springs.

UPDATED: 6:03 p.m. – Awful news breaking this afternoon. [read more]

It’s unclear what internal force will move Tom Brady to be hypermotivated next season, but Bucco Bruce Arians seems to know what burned inside Mr. Seven Rings in 2020. [read more]

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Irreplaceable?

Joe came across a list of the top sack artists in the NFL since 2018. [read more]

Players respect him.

One guy Joe fully expects not to be on the roster for the Bucs in 2021 is beastly Ndamukong Suh. [read more]

Weighing best players.

You know this had to come sooner rather than later given that excitement will be limited between now and when the free agency dinner bell rings on March 17 (legal tampering opens March 15). [read more]

Extension?

It’s fun to think about what the Bucs will be in 2021, even though Joe doesn’t want to quit embracing that Super Bowl victory eight days ago. [read more]

Bucs trying to lure him back.

The following seems to be good news for the Bucs in their quest to retain furniture-tossing, bicycle-throwing free agent receiver Antonio Brown. [read more]

Playoff Lenny.

If nothing else, Playoff Lenny’s street cred went up just after a quality one-liner. [read more]

What is GM Jason Licht’s priority list? Expect it to stay behind the mask.

One of the most cerebral NFL analysts out there is a three-time Super Bowl winner who is off the radar of most Bucs fans. [read more]

For Bucs fans already thinking about the 2021 season, Bucco Bruce Arians made interesting word choices on Friday. [read more]

Ronald Jones

Three-time All-Pro Chiefs safety Tyrann Mathieu, a guy who might land in the Hall of Fame one day, was part of an interesting and fun moment in the Super Bowl last Sunday. [read more]

Rare pash rusher.

If Joe told you that somehow with a magic wand, the Bucs could have either James Harrison or Cameron Wake in his prime, you wouldn’t blink an eye before approving. [read more]

Shares victory with his dad.

The way people talk about Antoine Winfield, Sr. and how much he’s been a part of his son’s football life (and clearly raised a fine young man and a helluva player), Joe almost feels the elder Winfield is part of the Bucs. [read more]

The Bucs sure impressed the fourth estate last week. [read more]

Donovan Smith speaks

It’s ancient history at this point, but lots of Bucs fans do remember Tampa Bay’s first Super Bowl win and how — somehow — that glorious team went 7-9 the following season. [read more]

Cool football nuance expressed this week by one of the Bucs’ starting offensive lineman. [read more]