UPDATED 11:25 a.m.: Rough few minutes midway through practice today for Bucs receiver Tyler Johnson, who reported to camp out of shape, per Bucco Bruce Arians. [read more]

Training camp practice is well underway – Day 7. Below is Tom Brady working on footwork.

Working at center.

Anyone trying to claim he can tell if a guy is blocking well in underwear football is conning you. That’s all there is to it. [read more]

Bucs rookie OLB Joe Tryon.

Joe brings this up from time to time but it still makes Joe’s ears perk when he heard it coming from the mouth of Bucs rookie outside linebacker Joe Tryon. [read more]

“Tom, whose @ss should I cuss out today?”

Can the Bucs repeat? Well, one NFL veteran observer thinks there are two keys for them to do just that. [read more]

Ali Marpet weighs in

Ali Marpet held his hand high today trying to make a point to reporters after practice. [read more]

A toasty one today, though it was broken up by cloud cover and a light rain halfway through for a couple of minutes. And there was a breeze. So not terribly bad. [read more]

If there are serious position battles on the Bucs, they lie at running back and among the bottom of the receivers’ depth chart. [read more]

Giovani Bernard

Tampa Bay has a new veteran player on the practice field.

They really do. Joe promises. [read more]

Lavonte David

The pads come on this morning for the first time at One Buc Palace, and one Buccaneer is extraordinarily happy about it. [read more]

Antonio Brown is not the fastest receiver on the Bucs. That honor goes to Scotty Miller.

However, Brown’s truly elite gear is measured very differently. [read more]

So when did Bucs officials know that Tom Brady’s knee was all messed up and would require surgery? [read more]

It sounds like Gators fans or anyone else should accept that Kyle Trask is far down the Bucs’ quarterback depth chart and there’s little expectation for him to climb this season. [read more]

Joe wasn’t going to type this up, but hey, it’s Friday. And it’s certainly interesting. [read more]

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All along the watchtower, Buc rivals are tripping all over themselves. [read more]

The heavy hitters are starting to show up. [read more]