Bucco Bruce Arians is just about ready to play almost real football — in a real stadium. [read more]

Practice.

Joe knows some of the mongrels (Joe types that with sincere affection) that visit this site cannot get enough of the Bucs. Hey, that’s why Joe’s here for you! [read more]

Nobody knows how future Hall of Fame running back LeSean “Shady” McCoy will perform wearing pewter and red, but count on him not being a mail-it-in, check-collector free agent like some the Bucs have signed in recent years. [read more]

Video emerged from practice last week of Tom Brady coaching up O.J. Howard to keep his arms pumping through his route.

After Scotty Miller brought up Brady’s obsession with arm pumping yesterday, Joe believes Brady has spotted a trend among Bucs pass catchers. [read more]

RBs learning to block.

It irks Joe to hear coaches and NFL suits talk about how a running back must be able to block and that is more important than if he can run. [read more]

“Todd, you tell those backup MFers if they don’t start busting their tails I’ll have the SOBs push me around in this f’ing cart.”

Ex-linebacker Emmanuel Acho of FS1 ranted against Giants coach Joe Judge yesterday, saying that if a player is a professional, he won’t — or shouldn’t — need motivation.

So this makes Joe start to wonder about the second-string Bucs defense. [read more]

Not a slot guy.

Joe understands how people get in a rut with these analogies. [read more]

Good reason to be ticked.

Interesting observation from an NFL Network reporter embedded with the Bucs. [read more]

New Bucs running back and future Hall of Fame RB LeSean McCoy

Now this is a lot of fun. [read more]

So Kevin Minter was beaten by Rob Gronkowski today for a big play down the right sideline at Bucs practice.

Minter let up (as he’s supposed to) after the catch, but the play didn’t end there. [read more]

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Hyping teammate.

While early in 2020 training camp Bucs fans are reading about and hearing about Scotty Miller likely leading the pack to be the No. 3 receiver, Mike Evans advises Bucs fans not to close the book on another receiver. [read more]

Will the Saints be able to pump eardrum-shattering crowd noise into their stadium on opening day, in order to screw up the Tampa Bay offense? [read more]

Fitting in.

So there is all kinds of chatter about how park-violating, home-invading, NFLPA-ignoring Bucs quarterback Tom Brady has taken over the Bucs practices through both his actions and his charisma. [read more]

Yes, Donovan Smith drew the rage of the social media haters and others when about six weeks ago he told the world via Instagram that he didn’t like the idea of playing football with a new baby on the way. [read more]

Yes, Joe was out at practice today. And yes Joe took notes. [read more]

Improvement area

Mike Evans is on track for the Hall of Fame if he can find four more years like his last four. [read more]

Mike Evans has a little love affair going with Tom Brady. [read more]

The Bucs’ first-round rookie tackle, Tristan Wirfs.

Right tackle is not a concern of Bucco Bruce Arians, he explained after practice today. [read more]