August 8th, 2021
So Bucs icon John Lynch had his shining time on the big stage in Canton tonight, thanking all kinds of Buccaneers historical figures, including Sage JoeBucsFan.com columnist Ira Kaufman. [read more]
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August 8th, 2021

Lot of practice targets.
Joe noticed during the last couple of days of training camp that former first-round pick O.J. Howard had been getting a lot of targets, especially from Tom Brady. [read more]
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August 8th, 2021
The Buccaneers’ little speedster rookie fourth-round pick receiver isn’t settled into a slot role and feeling like he’s on top of the mountain. [read more]
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August 8th, 2021
Two weeks into Bucs training camp and one off-field reality stands out. [read more]
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August 8th, 2021

Props from Bucs’ star RT.
Joe may be biased, but if there is a better right tackle in the game than Tristan Wirfs, Joe wants to see him. [read more]
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August 8th, 2021

Mike Evans
Man, yesterday Joe saw one of the prettiest plays ever seen on a football field. Joe was watching masters at their craft. [read more]
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August 8th, 2021

Rookie WR Jaelon Darden
Bucs Super Bowl-winning coach Bucco Bruce Arians can be an old school, hard-arse coach when he wants to be. That stands to reason since he once worked for the ultimate hardarse coach, Bear Bryant. [read more]
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August 7th, 2021

JPP opens up
It’s very rare to hear a player compare his injury woes to those of teammates. [read more]
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August 7th, 2021

Telling commentary
These somewhat bizarre takes by Jameis Winston puzzle Joe and are a firm reminder of The Lost Decade of Buccaneers football. [read more]
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August 7th, 2021

Here are Joe’s world-famous highlights of Bucs practice. The Florida heat returned today. Maybe the second-hottest day of camp. [read more]
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August 7th, 2021
Joe refuses to go completely wild for a rookie receiver who isn’t going to play very much on offense. [read more]
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August 7th, 2021

Tristan Wirfs doing Tristan Wirfs’ stuff this spring.
Joe is guessing most readers saw the picture above of Tristan Wirfs earlier this year carrying around a dead pine (?) tree that appeared to be at least 30-feet long. [read more]
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August 7th, 2021

Fresh fight from the trenches.
Once upon a time, Buccaneers general manager Jason Licht signed guys like guard J.R. Sweezy and drafted Alex Cappa in an effort to get the Bucs nastier in the trenches.
Tampa Bay was not known as a beat-the-crap-out-of-you team. [read more]
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August 7th, 2021

Ke’Shawn Vaughn
Second-year running back Ke’Shawn Vaughn seems like he had/has a great plan for 2021. [read more]
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August 7th, 2021
Yes, Joe is now a teenager.
Thirteen years ago today, Joe fired up this website and never turned back. More than 44,000 posts have been typed, the results of obsessing 24/7 about all things Buccaneers.
It all started with a laptop and a dream. [read more]
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August 7th, 2021

Shaq Barrett explains.
In what turned out to be Shaq Barrett’s final season in Denver, the Broncos drafted a guy in the first round at his position, Brady Chubb. [read more]
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