Confidence.

Apparently, football fans don’t like players trying to max out their values. [read more]

East Carolina cornerback Shavon Revel.

Look, Joe is good with any defensive position the Bucs want to draft at in the first round. Joe could make an argument for any position. [read more]

Welcome to your Morning Cup of Joe, an eye-opener to help Joe’s readers ease into their busy workday with a few football links, wacky news and a pleasant distraction. [read more]

Eager for more snaps.

Yesterday at the swanky Breakers in Palm Beach, Bucs AC/DC-loving general manager Jason Licht held court inside the NFL owners meetings and virtually his entire chat with the pen and mic club was about defense. [read more]

SirVocea Dennis.

All you draft freaks laser-focused on Tampa Bay drafting an inside linebacker in Round 1 might want to throw your tablets in a garbage disposal and relax with a cold drink. [read more]

How secure is Jamel Dean?

Is change a-comin’ to the starting cornerback position from April’s draft?

Well, go ahead and read the words from Bucs AC/DC-loving general manager Jason Licht and decide. [read more]

When popular Bucs backup quarterback Kyle Trask signed his second Bucs contract this month, he didn’t have a formal press conference to address Bucs nation. [read more]

More pass-rushing help coming?

Was the signing of edge rusher Haason Reddick just a stop-gap plan to yet another edge rusher being drafted by the Bucs next month? [read more]

Joe must issue a disclaimer with this report out of the NFL annual owners meetings in Palm Beach. [read more]

So the annual NFL owners meetings are well underway at the swanky grounds of The Breakers in Palm Beach.

Kay Adams is here, and no, Joe is not looking for her at the pool like a twisted creeper. [read more]

Wanted by ex-Bucs defender.

If Booger McFarland is talking Bucs defense, Joe is listening. [read more]

Intel.

So Joe is looking for insight into what makes new Bucs edge rusher Haason Reddick tick? [read more]

Talkin’ coaches.

Bucs AC/DC-loving general manager Jason Licht is going on his 12th season as an NFL general manager. He’s now hired three head coaches (remember: lousy Lovie Smith brought in Licht, one of the very few — two? — good things Lovie’s ever done for the organization). [read more]

Blow up in 2025?

Did the Bucs steal a stud receiver last year in the third round last year? If history is any accurate barometer, it seems they sure did. [read more]

So Buccaneers Ring of Honor general manager Jason Licht loves drafting tight ends in late rounds.

Four were on the roster last season and all made their share of contributions. [read more]

So Joe has referenced many times how stunning it is that the Bucs have won four consecutive division titles following a Super Bowl win.

The team is in very rare company. [read more]

Could an edge rusher fall?

Bucs fans should want Shedeur Sanders to go into the top-10 next month in the draft. [read more]

Bucs GM Jason Licht.

This was a strange response in Joe’s mind, but in the big picture, maybe it makes sense. Maybe? [read more]

Improvement.

To those who think the Bucs did nothing in free agency, think again. [read more]

So the Bucs re-signed veteran warriors Lavonte David and Chris Godwin in free agency for huge money.

Buccaneers icon and Hall of Fame cornerback Rondé Barber dove into that reality recently on something called Horrow Sports.

[read more]

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