May 11th, 2020
TAMPA TWO is back with more juice and fun, featuring Bucs legend Derrick Brooks and JoeBucsFan.com columnist Ira Kaufman. It’s all presented by Caldeco Air Conditioning & Heating. Another great production from Joe and The Identity Tampa Bay. Enjoy!
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May 11th, 2020

“I respect you, Tom.”
There is something that happens every December that Joe has to grit his teeth over for weeks until, like a kidney stone, it too passes. [read more]
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May 11th, 2020

NFL analyst Mike Tannebaum.
Warm sunshine on old bones is an elixir that just might turn the Bucs into a playoff team. [read more]
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May 11th, 2020
Some think Bucco Bruce Arians doesn’t want to run the ball much and he believes handoffs are just something you do in between long passes.
Arians strongly disagrees, so he detailed last week. [read more]
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May 11th, 2020

Bruce Arians speaks
What exactly is Bucco Bruce Arians’ role in the Tampa Bay offense? [read more]
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May 11th, 2020

Pedal to the metal.
This is both a funny and sad commentary on the Bucs kicking woes. [read more]
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May 11th, 2020

“Tom, everyone desires you.”
These two facts have been well-established. [read more]
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May 11th, 2020
One of the great gems of the modern broadcasting era came from Bucs icon Rondé Barber when he said Chris Conte had “the best movement I have ever seen at safety.” [read more]
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May 11th, 2020
After the 2020 schedule was released, Joe wrote that flex scheduling, where the NFL can replace a scheduled Sunday night game with a more appealing contest, begins in Week 11.
That was incorrect. That’s also the danger of not Googling to the exact source. Per NFL rules, flex scheduling for Sunday night games begins in Week 5.
So both Bucs games on Sunday night will fall under the flex scheduling rules. In other words, those Sunday night games are not a lock.
Given the storylines of the Bucs at Raiders game in Week 7 (Tom Brady and his Q-rating, Chucky’s revenge, first Sunday night in Vegas, the national following of the Raiders), one or both teams would seemingly have to be playing really lousy football for this game to get flexed.
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May 11th, 2020
A former All-Pro and good friend of Bucco Bruce Arians served up a different twist on a popular take about legendary new Bucs quarterback Tom Brady. [read more]
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May 10th, 2020
Former Jets and Crimson Tide quarterback Greg McElroy is a student of the SEC and loves what he sees on the Buccaneers roster. [read more]
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May 10th, 2020

Speaks on Bucs QBs.
This is the first time Joe has heard Bucs receiver Mike Evans, who is on a path to the Pro Football Hall of Fame, speak publicly about the change of Bucs quarterbacks this offseason. [read more]
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May 10th, 2020

A teammate checks in
Hearing this fresh chatter from a Bucs player reminded Joe of 2014 training camp at One Buc Palace. [read more]
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May 10th, 2020

In the eyes of one famous NFL observer, park-violating, home-invading Bucs quarterback Tom Brady is going to be sweating when the Bucs travel to New Orleans to open the season. [read more]
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May 10th, 2020

“Buckle up, Payton.”
A lot of folks out there are talking about the pressure on park-violating, home-invading Bucs quarterback Tom Brady and the Bucs. [read more]
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May 10th, 2020

Leader and part-time coach.
Yeah, there are people who talk about team leaders like they are some sort of mystic higher being, almost like something you would hear Robert Plant screech about in the odd, gothic lyrics of a Led Zeppelin song. [read more]
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May 9th, 2020

“Yes Tom, I’m a catch.”
Now there are a lot of folks who believe park-violating, home-invading Bucs quarterback Tom Brady will be better this year — at 43-years old! — because of the Bucs receivers. [read more]
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May 9th, 2020

New Bucs safety Antoine Winfield, Jr.
It seems the Bucs’ goal is to roll with a 21-year-old safety and a 23-year-old safety to kick off the 2020 season. [read more]
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May 9th, 2020
From what Joe’s heard first-hand and via other sources, every player and coach who’s been associated with Bucco Bruce Arians in Tampa and his other Arizona and Indianapolis coaching stops say he’s still the same guy.
But on Thursday, Arians explained that he’s not. [read more]
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