A Word About Rookie Contracts
May 25th, 2018
Drafted Buccaneers rookies are signing their contracts right and left, including Vita Vea.
Here’s why Joe doesn’t write about this annual happening. [read more]
“And That’s The Thing; He’s Not Afraid”
May 25th, 2018
Rookie running back Ronald Jones under the watchful eye of RB coach Tim Spencer
Dirk Koetter is a tough guy. No question about it.
But while he is one of the most fearless coaches in the NFL (hey, if you start Doug Martin like Koetter did in 2017, then you’re one fearless SOB), there is an element of football where Koetter will take no chances. [read more]
No Excuses
May 25th, 2018
Will years of personnel moves finally pay off?
Joe senses the growing excitement for football season. It’s hard to believe training camp starts in roughly two months. [read more]
“Everything Is 50/50”
May 25th, 2018
Talks picks.
Again, it is May. It’s not even Memorial Day yet. And, more importantly, it is the beginning of underwear football season. [read more]
Vinny Curry’s Eyes Are Wide Open
May 25th, 2018
New Bucs Super Bowl DE speaks
Iconic Steelers beat writer Ed Bouchette once wrote that brash and big-talking veteran defensive lineman Brentson Buckner directing young players how to behave was as if “Hugh Hefner were teaching a class on abstinence.” [read more]
Raw Emotions, Disappointments, Deep Questions & More; It’s Your JoeBoltsFan Podcast With Tom Lang
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And the season, she is over. Oh what could have been, right?
That’s the hard part about the way it ended. If our Bolts aired it out – like Game 7 – and came up short, that’s one thing. But looking back on the whole of the Eastern Conference Finals, can you really say the Lightning left it all out on the ice? A frustrating edition of the JoeBoltsFan Podcast, talking the sins of Games 1 & 2, getting by with just enough, and do coach and/or captain need a second look? Bolts fans, we stick together, but let’s keep it real too.
Many thousands have enjoyed the JoeBoltsFan podcast with Tom Lang, lifelong Lightning fan, Clearwater native and popular personality at ESPN Tallahassee. And this is the second-to-last episode of the 2017-2018 season.
Bucs fans know Lang from The ScuttleBucs podcast, but do not fear, Lang knows his beloved Bolts inside and out.
Click above to listen or download, or subscribe and listen on Google Play and iTunes.
Accurate
May 25th, 2018
Busting myths.
There is a sect of Bucs fans that for reasons not entirely clear stomps their feet on the floor so hard they spill their Bud Lights into the crevices of their La-Z-Boys while hollering how inaccurate Jameis Winston is.
It happens whenever America’s Quarterback fails to connect on a pass.
The PFF tribe disagrees.
[read more]
Memorial Day, Lightning Bummer, And Stop Caring About Anthems; Special Friday Edition Of The Free Stretch Podcast!
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Always a mix of fun, knowledge and though-provoking football chatter, The Free Stretch delivers again today with plenty on the table from Bobby Fenton (@bobbygameday), as usual. So much fun on The Free Stretch! Dive into The Free Stretch right here and right now above, or listen and/or subscribe free at iTunes and Google Play. Listen or download above.
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Bucs D-Line No. 8
May 25th, 2018
Pulled off the unthinkable?
When Joe first saw this article, for a brief moment he thought he may have taken the wrong prescriptions. [read more]
Great Leadership Moment From Gerald McCoy
May 24th, 2018
Impressive as practice closed today
The Buccaneers were ordered to run sprints after practice today on the steaming hot practice fields of One Buc Palace.
There was a taste of summer swelter in the air and, frankly, Joe can’t remember the team running sprints after an OTA practice under Dirk Koetter. [read more]
90 Percent So Far For Chandler Catanzaro
May 24th, 2018
New Bucs big-money kicker Chandler Catanzaro
And to think Dirk Koetter didn’t think this was much of a story this afternoon.
Coach, where’s your sense of history? [read more]
Bucs Are Home For Humphries
May 24th, 2018
King of Bucs’ YAC.
For a while there, Joe was wondering if Adam Humphries had played his final snap with the Bucs. [read more]
Lightning Does Not Strike For 159 Straight Minutes;. Collapsitals Miss Flight To Tampa For Game Seven
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159 minutes is a long time to do anything. Or in this case it is a long time to not do something. Like…oh…I don’t know…maybe…score a goal?
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In this final edition of the Todd Wright Lightning Playoff Podcast, Todd takes you through those final 159 minutes of the Eastern Conference Finals where the Capitals (Not the Collapsitals) outscored Tampa Bay, 9-0. Sure, the Lightning had the better goaltender, but they clearly did not have the best player on the ice and perhaps they had a group of defensemen who simply were not built to beat a team like Washington over seven games. Todd also looks at the future for this Lightning roster and one big name in particular, while also reminding Lightning fans and those making lame excuses that a guy named Marchessault is still playing and actually scoring goals as the Stanley Cup Final begins on Monday.
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Todd Wright isn’t just the fantasy football podcast guru and golf chief around here. The longtime national and local sports radio personality has loads of knowledge about the Tampa Bay Lightning. So launching the Todd Wright Lightning Playoff Podcast was a no-brainer. We sure hope you enjoyed it.
(Also, the JoeBoltsFan podcast with Tom Lang has been a big hit every Friday, with its season-ender coming tomorrow.)
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Ira Talks Tuesday Team Glazer Chat In Atlanta, Owners Meetings Nuggets, Rule Changes, Mike Evans Scrutiny & Much More
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Fresh off a road trip to chat with Team Glazer and learn more about the Jameis Winston investigation, Ira Kaufman is back from the NFL Owners Meetings in Atlanta to share. 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 for most of the past eight 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!
This Is Underwear Football
May 24th, 2018
Bucs players can hit sleds and tackling dummies but cannot touch each other in underwear football.
To this day, no matter how many times Joe writes about underwear football, questions will come from readers like, “How is (insert name of lineman) playing?” [read more]
Red Zone Follies
May 24th, 2018
Riddle to solve.
The Bucs were no good in the red zone last year. One could suggest no single area of the team Pearl Harbor’ed the season like the inability to score touchdowns in the red zone. [read more]
Joel Glazer: Jason Always Talks About Attitude
May 24th, 2018
“You feelin’ it, Glazer. You like that?”
On Tuesday, Buccaneers co-chairman Joel Glazer was hangin’ with the sage of Tampa Bay sports, JoeBucsFan.com columnist Ira Kaufman, and the chatter turned to the Tampa Bay offseason. [read more]
Scouting Godfather Predicts Pro Bowl For Ronald Jones
May 24th, 2018
Bucs RB Ronald Jones. (Photo courtesy of Buccaneers.com)
Now this almost is almost more comforting than a Duke’s Cold Nose Brown Ale on a steaming hot Florida beach.
What a feel-good morning nugget.
“We Chose To Suck” = “Constructive Criticism”
May 24th, 2018
Man, you gotta love the team-first attitude of America’s Quarterback, Jameis Winston — and his skillful handling of the media. [read more]
“I Don’t Know What It Is But I’ll Figure It Out”
May 24th, 2018
Your Buccaneers shelled out a historic guaranteed contract this spring to a receiver who admits he isn’t what he used to be.
Joe’s not being a wiseass, but that is a very odd combination. [read more]
Welcome Back, Bernard Reedy!
May 23rd, 2018
Interesting timing
Fresh from the Super Bowl roster of the Belicheats, Bernard Reedy is coming back to his hometown Bucs. [read more]
Respect Not Coming From Buccaneers’ Peers
May 23rd, 2018
No love for Bucs
The annual NFL Top 100 players feature on NFL Network is half over for 2018. [read more]
