Like most 30-year-old running backs, certainly the ones unemployed at age 29, Andre Ellington wasn’t good enough. [read more]

Gone

Now you can officially put Noah Spence in the bust column on the resumé of general manager Jason Licht. [read more]

Swings deal.

UPDATED 4:58 p.m. – For the Bucs fans who constantly holler and have sprained an ankle from stomping on the floor over the offensive line, this is what you have been waiting for. [read more]

Team Glazer is winning the battle for eyeballs

Through a dozen training camp practices and two preseason games this year, Joe commissioned a survey of 200 random Bucs fans in attendance. [read more]

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Sage of Tampa Bay Sports Ira Kaufman puts a bow on August

BY IRA KAUFMAN
The Sage Of Tampa Bay Sports

This is a tale of two coordinators.

It was the worst of times for the defenses of the Bucs and Chiefs in 2018, so the culprits had to take the fall. [read more]

Officials need practice.

Damn, Joe is going to enjoy this Bucco Bruce Arians. [read more]

Update.

Keep your fingers crossed, Bucs fans. [read more]

As of 11 p.m. last night, the Tampa Bay area was still very much in the Cone of Uncertainty as Hurricane Dorian strengthens in the Atlantic Ocean and barrels towards Florida’s east coast. Brevard County ordered a mandatory evacuation.

(Initial projections had Hurricane Dorian traveling right over Joe’s house. SOB!) [read more]

First round of cuts announced.

The Bucs have to whittle down the roster to 53 men by 4 p.m. Saturday per NFL guidelines. The first wave of cuts was waved goodbye to already. [read more]

Roster move.

For those thinking Bucs sackmeister Jason Pierre-Paul would be ready in September to snap on a chinstrap since he appeared on the Bucs’ sideline last week without his neck brace, think again. [read more]

Five sacks, four forced fumbles, an interception, a touchdown and 17 tackles for loss, Lavonte David was a monster with Mike Smith’s 2016 Buccaneers defense, the best third-down defense in the NFL that year. [read more]

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Jay Cutler knows what it’s like to be a 25-year-old Pro Bowl quarterback. [read more]

“Listen Ryan Pace, I don’t care that you went to Eastern Illinois. I’m not giving away one of my kickers.”

A couple of teams need some booty. That is, need a kicker. And it seems the Bucs may fill their needs. [read more]

“Jason, are you hearing this %^&$?”

This surely will elicit the following response from many Bucs fans: “Brady Quinn sucked as a player. What does he know? Pffft.” [read more]

First up for the revamped Bucs defense

There’s a real Buccaneers football game in nine short days — nine!!

So Joe is all dialed in to the 49ers. [read more]

NFL predictions will be rolling in fast and furious over the coming days and a former Buccaneer officially has planted his 2019 flag. [read more]

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