A “Scheming” Issue?

January 20th, 2020

Yes, it was downright mesmerizing watching the 49ers channel 1970s football yesterday and win the NFC Championship game 37-20 while their quarterback attempted just eight passes. [read more]

Goodbye Perriman?

January 20th, 2020

Price too rich to keep?

The way Bucs receiver Breshad Perriman played in the final half of the season, he gave the Bucs the most complete set of receivers in the game. [read more]

Bowling Games Are Buy-1-Get-1-Free Today At Pin Chasers

January 20th, 2020

Happy Martin Luther King Jr. Day!

It’s also a special Buy-1-Get-1-Free bowling day at Pin Chasers, the place for bowling, food and fun in the Tampa Bay area. See all the daily specials and reserve lanes at PinChasers.net. Bowling shoes are always free.

“Is He Actually Better Than Jameis Winston?”

January 20th, 2020

The most bizarre offseason quarterback market in recent memory has just about everyone trying to figure out what eventual leaguewide changes at the position make sense. [read more]

LeBron James & Mike Evans Bond

January 20th, 2020

(Photo courtesy of Buccaneers.com.)

On more than one occasion, Joe has heard Mike Evans asked how he spends his money since becoming wildly wealthy. [read more]

A Third-Round Back

January 20th, 2020

Scoping Lamical Perine.

You know the Bucs need to upgrade at running back. Joe knows the Bucs need to upgrade at running back. [read more]

Tribal Edict: Godwin The Best

January 20th, 2020

Jogging into a payday.

So let it be written. So let it be done. [read more]

Influential Bucs CB

January 20th, 2020

Advising draft prospect.

A Bucs standout rookie corner may not be established in the NFL, but his influence is being felt back at his old Auburn college team. [read more]

John Lynch Returns To Super Bowl

January 20th, 2020

Super Bowl-bound.

Bucs fans who remember when a jubilant John Lynch stood on the field of Jack Murphy Stadium in San Diego on a late January Sunday evening some 17 years ago, waving a Bucs flag and hollering, “We did it Ronde! We’re world champs!” must have had a have a smile on their faces last night. [read more]

“I’m A 100 Percent Believer”

January 19th, 2020

More chatter about one of Arians’ former stars

Yes, Joe firmly believes Bucco Bruce Arians is very interested in bringing his former Arizona star running back, David Johnson, to Tampa Bay.

If Arians wanted unemployed Andre Ellington, don’t you think he’d crave Johnson even more? [read more]

Aaron Rodgers, Jameis & 44 Percent

January 19th, 2020

Among the least popular stats at One Buc Palace is punter Bradley Pinion having the 32nd-ranked net punting average in the NFL this season. [read more]

Excellent Run Defense

January 19th, 2020

Bucs DC Todd Bowles.

For those of us old enough — how sad is it there are Bucs fans who don’t have a clear memory of the last time the Bucs won a playoff game, the 2003 Super Bowl?! — we are conditioned to believe the best Bucs defense against the run was the Tampa Bay defense of the glory years. [read more]

Surprise!

January 19th, 2020

What kind of surprise could the Bucs spring upon us on the first night of the draft come April? [read more]

Stoking The Rumor Mill

January 19th, 2020

Fire to the smoke?

[UPDATE: 12:46 p.m.] A man who has a direct pipeline to a heavy-hitter Bucs shot-caller threw out another interesting item yesterday. [read more]

Marching To The Hall

January 18th, 2020

Another step towards Canton.

As Bucs fans eat TUMS trying to figure out why John Lynch, Rondé Barber and Simeon Rice cannot get into the Pro Football Hall of Fame, consider a current player who is putting up Hall of Fame numbers. [read more]

Look Elsewhere

January 18th, 2020

A good way to judge what a team may do in the draft is what happens in free agency. And if that is the case, an SI.com writer knows what the Bucs should do this offseason. [read more]

“Here’s The Problem As [The Bucs] Pointed Out To Me”

January 18th, 2020

A longtime NFL insider spoke about chats this week he had with Bucs officials. [read more]

Scratch One Off The List

January 18th, 2020

Forget him… this year.

No matter what the Bucs say publicly, this team needs a rushing attack. Hell, Stevie Wonder can see it. [read more]

Ira Talks Different Bucs QB Approaches, JPP Fear, Baltimore Cabbies, Championship Weekend Picks, Two Shrine Game Players To Watch, Draft Evaluation & Development & More

January 17th, 2020

Back at the Bill Currie Ford showroom, The Sage of Tampa Bay Sports is very feisty in the latest Ira Kaufman Podcast, always a must-listen for Bucs fans presented by Bill Currie Ford. A special guest joins Ira and the Bucs chatter flows. Many thanks to Big Storm Brewing Co. local producers of the very best beers around. And our love to Pin Chasers, home to the best bowling, food and fun!

Click play above or listen at iTunes, Google Play or Podbean.com, Stitcher, too. Stay informed, thinking and smiling (crying?). Listening to Ira is fun, free and easy!

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