Canes DT on Bucs radar?

Now this is something different. [read more]

“Dude — that jacket. Why?”

At this point, nobody has an idea outside of the tightest of tight circles within the NFL how the new no helmet-first rule will affect the league. [read more]

GM Jason Licht

Perhaps general manager Jason Licht will keep things simple for a change. [read more]

Rare relationship

Relevant trivia time!

Entering their fourth straight season as a playcaller/starting QB tandem, where do Dirk Koetter and Jameis Winston rank in the NFC when it comes to time served consecutively in the most important relationship on the football field? [read more]

Does the talent match the hype?

This one is a bit lost on Joe. [read more]

Talkin’ running backs.

Damn, Joe could spend all night and all day listening to and reading Mike Mayock’s breakdown of players. The guy is so damned good. Best Joe has heard since the late Joel Buchsbaum. [read more]

Joe had an all-football day Saturday (no Lightning hockey) that included Ryan Smith film study, followed by a Tums run and listening to draft gurus Mel Kiper and Todd McShay on ESPNU on SiriusXM NFL Radio. [read more]

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Can you imagine how much different life would have been for Jason Licht as GM of the Buccaneers if he could just play DraftKings? He doesn’t have to carry a kicker on his roster!

Would that change his horrible history of wasting big money on lousy free agents and for some stupid reason actually caring about where a kid went to college in his draft philosophy? Well, no it wouldn’t.

So the Bucs results would be pretty much the same. Still, the kicker and fantasy football seem to have an endangered relationship much like the NFL and kickoffs. As a Commissioner, Todd lessened the single game impact of kickers in his league last year and plans to do the same this year. Not as many points as standard scoring leagues for long field goals and penalties for any kick missed from 39 yards and in. Todd calls it “The Matt Prater Adjustment.” Matt Prater is a terrific kicker and one hell of a weapon for the Detroit Lions. However, do the Detroit Lions win championships because of him? No.

Should your fantasy football team win a championship simply because of him? Todd says no. Todd discusses kickers in this pre-draft podcast and invites your thoughts on how kickers should be scored, if at all, in your season long leagues at ToddWrightFantasyFootball@gmail.com.

Joe would wager that Ryan Fitzpatrick starts on opening day for the Buccaneers this season, but that’s a story for another day (probably Tuesday).

In the meantime, Fitz landed quite an endorsement last week. [read more]

Mike Mayock speaks

Joe learned a few things after hearing NFL Network super draft guru Mike Mayock get peppered by reporter questions for an hour yesterday. [read more]

NFL analyst frowns.

One busy NFL draft analyst isn’t of the mind that Washington defensive tackle Vita Vea is all that. [read more]

The Buccaneers and the Florida Dairy Council teamed up to send Ali Marpet to a farm so he could study cow teats, milking, cleaning, feeding and maintenance with camera-friendly farmers.

And it’s all captured on a fun video. [read more]

Back to basics.

Joe cannot remember the year famed NFL broadcaster John Madden marveled at the Bucs. [read more]

SEC power.

It seems one running back who performed well in the SEC is flying under the radar of Bucs fans. [read more]

Thou Shalt Not Snooze On Bucs Fans

That’s what the sign reads in the kitchen at JoeBucsFan.com world headquarters. [read more]

BY IRA KAUFMAN

Toughen up, people.

Yes, I’m talking to you, any Buc fan cringing at the challenge dead ahead after the NFL released the 2018 schedule. [read more]

General manager Jason Licht and his staff are certainly a seasoned NFL Draft crew with an above average report card picking college players.

Licht is a fearless selector eager to take on calculated risk. But he is human. [read more]

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Time for a handshake line? Good grief it’s been a busy – and fine – week for the Bolts. The Lightning are on pace to take care of business and Tom Lang has all the analysis you can handle from a 2-1 week and a 3-1 series lead.

Closing out the Devils, talking penalties, begging for a lineup change, three stars of the week and more on this week’s JoeBoltsFan Podcast. Oh yeah, and some L.A. Woman!

Man, Joe is fired up to bring you the new JoeBoltsFan podcast with Tom Lang, lifelong Lightning fan, Clearwater native and personality at ESPN Tallahassee.

Some of you know Lang from The ScuttleBucs podcast, but do not fear, Lang knows his beloved Bolts inside and out.

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Like the Bolts? Give this a listen. It’ll be here every Friday through the Lightning playoffs.

Go Bolts!

Kwon Alexander talks problem Bucs

Sometimes, it is not what a person says, but what they don’t say. [read more]

Tampa Bay still has plenty of worthy names to induct into their Buccaneers Ring of Honor, and this year’s schedule appears to make the choice a slam dunk. [read more]