Bucs GM Jason Licht explains.

The Lost Decade was a horrible period of football for your Buccaneers. [read more]

Aiming high

Joe was inspired to write this post after reading a truly moronic prediction for the 2021 Buccaneers at TheAthletic.com. [read more]

Arguably the most cerebral, original-take former NFL player working in the media offered an intriguing opinion on the Buccaneers’ quarterback situation. [read more]

A very intense TAMPA TWO right here with Tampa Bay legend Derrick Brooks and The Sage of Tampa Bay Sports, JoeBucsFan.com columnist Ira Kaufman.

Who’s better — the 2020 Bucs or the 2002 champions? The great insight is presented by Converged Technology Professionals. More fun from The Identity Tampa Bay & Joe.

History in New England.

Look, Joe fully gets, understands and in many cases, welcomes the soap opera drama that is the NFL. It’s what makes it such a compelling game and interesting year-round. [read more]

Seems safe.

With rookies beginning to sign contracts across the NFL, one NFL columnist believes teams could be shaving salaries of veterans as the rookies come into the fold. [read more]

Bucs coach Bucco Bruce Arians.

This is both funny and dead-on accurate. [read more]

“Tommy, let’s pull a Barry Switzer this year and try to hang half-a-hundred each week.”

Yesterday Joe was listening to the best damn football radio show in the land, “Movin’ the Chains,” heard exclusively on SiriusXM NFL Radio. [read more]

So many Bucs fans proudly think about their fearless leader as a vocal guy lifting teammates with the right words at all times.

But that’s not Tom Brady. [read more]

”I stand with our team,” says the Buccaneers’ No. 1 cornerback. [read more]

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Went under the knife.

The Antonio Brown saga deepens. [read more]

Latest intel.

Published reports this morning from various sources are that furniture-tossing, bicycle-throwing Antonio Brown has not yet passed a physical in order to sign with the Bucs.

A Bucs suit today seemed to throw cold water on this saga.
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Future team-building.

Very, very interesting data about first round draft picks and the value of trading for established stars. [read more]

First-year impact?

The Bucs had a rare predicament when preparing for the NFL Draft. [read more]

“Tom, we are going to roast people’s arses this year.”

You think now that his quarterback knows the playbook, Mr. No-Risk-It-No-Biscuit will turn loose park-violating, home-invading, NFLPA-ignoring, down-forgetting, handshake-stiffing, jet-ski-losing, biscuit-baking, tequila-shooting, smartphone-phobic, waffle-grilling, trophy-throwing, roller-coaster-scared, numbers-rules-peeved, Bucs-Super Bowl-winning Tom Brady on the NFC? [read more]