Pressure is on.

A guy from East Cornfield State should be able to connect the dots. So a Harvard man seeing the proverbial handwriting on the wall is a no-brainer. [read more]

“Mark, we got this.”

Former Bucs rockstar general manager Mark Dominik doesn’t hide from the fact that he pulls for the Buccaneers and is good friends with the man who replaced him, Jason Licht. [read more]

Can a running game be found?

Joe has been screaming for the Bucs to draft a stud running back for some time. [read more]

Spreadsheeters check in.

The PFF tribe really cracks Joe up sometimes. [read more]

Can he turn around career?

The Bucs, one could argue, have two units that are damned strong. [read more]

Earlier this week, Joe shared the words of NFL super-insider and Hall of Fame voter Peter King, who said Jameis Winston, America’s Quarterback, should return to the Bucs “with his tail between his legs.”

It seems Tampa Bay Times writer Greg Auman has a similar mindset. [read more]

Lavonte David is fired up about a new teammate

Say what you want about the Buccaneers, but they’re a very confident bunch right now.

Players and officials smell the influx of talent, and it appears to be a fragrance strong enough to overpower the stench of the Jameis Winston suspension. [read more]

General manager Jason Licht

It is interviews like this that have Joe longing for Lovie Smith to break his Bucs silence. [read more]

Apparently, NFL Network executives have no interest in showcasing the Buccaneers and their intriguing quarterback situation in preseason. [read more]

BY IRA KAUFMAN

The sweet smell of success has a nasty habit of turning rancid at One Buc Place. This brain trust is hoping anonymity has its privileges.

It seems nobody outside of Tampa Bay is offering this franchise any sniff of respect. Even hordes of Buc fans are falling off a bandwagon that appeared crowded a year ago. [read more]

Short learning curve. (Photo courtesy of Buccaneers.com.)

A lot of Bucs fans believe that just because Bucs AC/DC-loving general manager Jason Licht brought in a lot of names to play defense, that the defense has been magically fixed.

Hold on, pilgrim. [read more]

Better than a seasoned vet.

Joe has been flooded the past couple of weeks with questions about what quarterback the Bucs should trade for and/or should draft in the wake of America’s Quarterback’s three-game sentence handed down by NFL strongman Roger Goodell. [read more]

Underrated?

This is a little surprising. [read more]

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JUST TWO WEEKS til training camp kicks off and Ira Kaufman continues to swing a big summer stick with his podcast presented by Ed Morse Cadillac Tampa and Ed Morse Cadillac Brandon. No weaksauce takes yet another must-listen from the Sage of Tampa Bay sports and Joe. Demar Dotson (Part III) is here, where Ira and Joe get personal with the Buccaneers’ right tackle. Click play above or tune in at iTunes, Google Play or Podbean.com. Find the Ira Kaufman Podcast ranked on the Google Play podcast “Top Charts” (all genres nationwide), where it’s been the past nine months. Stay informed, thinking and smiling every single Tuesday & Thursday — and there is NO offseason. Click or download above. It’s fun, free and easy. Enjoy!

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Crosshairs.

When you just lost your franchise quarterback for the first three games, the toughest opening three of the Super Bowl era, and you are coming off a 5-11 season, things stack up fast on the head coach.  [read more]

Have your say! (No, it’s not this guy.)

There is debate at JoeBucsFan.com world headquarters!

So Joe decided to take it to the people. The question is simple; the answer is more complex. Who is the best receiver in Buccaneers history? Everyone one defines “best” differently. One Joe says it’s Mike Evans; the other Joe isn’t so quick to dismiss Joey Galloway or Keyshawn Johnson. And Kevin House and Mark Carrier were special, successful players on brutal football teams.

Have your say below:

(Poll posted at 12:43 p.m)

There are many ways to view the three-game suspension of Jameis Winston.

Is it a silver lining? One prominent and powerful NFL insider believes so. [read more]

D-line needs to be a force.

You know what scares the hell out of Joe? With America’s Quarterback, Pro Bowler Jameis Winston, on the shelf for the first three games, the Bucs will have to rely on their defense. [read more]

Ronald Jones opens up. (Photo courtesy of Tampa Bay Buccaneers)

Still just 20 years old, rookie running back Ronald Jones has 2 1/2 months under his belt as a Buccaneer and he’s formed several opinions about his new team. [read more]