Analyst agrees.

Bucs coach Bucco Bruce Arians has said on multiple occasions he doesn’t like to invest big on a running back. [read more]

New mock.

So Mel Kiper, Jr. decided to have his second out of 200 or so mock drafts.

Let Joe just say we’ve heard this before. [read more]

NFL uber-insider Peter King

Could famed NBC Sports insider Peter King, a man who had exclusive interviews with Bucco Bruce Arians and Jameis Winston last season, be more all over the place when it comes to the Buccaneers’ quarterback situation? [read more]

“Dang Drew, I was hoping you’d join the FBI with me.”

Well, the circus that is the free agent quarterback merry-go-round has begun. And it starts in the Big Easy. [read more]

Critical pickup.

If you are talking about yards allowed per game, the Bucs were a middle-of-the-pack kind of team. They finished No. 15 overall in 2019, allowing an average of 343.9 yards each week. [read more]

The dissection of Jameis Winston, America’s Quarterback, officially has reached a new level with a fresh critique leveled today by a former NFL executive.

This one is certainly thought-provoking. [read more]

Value of JPP.

Another day, another Leonard Williams hint. [read more]

Has to ask.

The timing to Joe suggests this is all blown out of proportion. [read more]

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Beast of free agency.

Brian Baldinger is a big fan of Bucs sack king Shaq Barrett. And Baldinger thinks he knows why Shaq got so good once he had an opportunity to start. [read more]

A handful of beastly right tackles in the NFL earn $10 million or more per season.

More left tackles earn that kind of cash, even average ones, but right tackle money is growing quickly in a pass-happy league. [read more]

He will get his.

Before anyone tries to put words in Joe’s mouth (a favorite hobby of many who try to read between the lines that are between the lines), let’s be clear here. [read more]

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Nailed it.

Per a pair of NFL observers, the Bucs rocked the draft last year. [read more]

Tight with Bucs DC Todd Bowles.

It seems Bucco Bruce Arians likes his old players. [read more]

Louisville OT Mekhi Becton.

Here is more offensive line porn to help kick start your workweek. [read more]

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The eyes of Buc Nation are fixed on the man with the new eyes, and that’s understandable.

Not a day goes by without hundreds of Tweets speculating about the potential fate of Jameis Winston, who has had five years to prove himself as a franchise quarterback. We still don’t know the answer, and quite frankly, neither does Tampa Bay’s brain trust. [read more]

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Damning comparison.

This has Joe spooked all to hell. [read more]