The Bucs didn’t draft an offensive lineman this year and definite starters Donovan Smith, Ali Marpet, Ryan Jensen and Demar Dotson have a combined 24 years of experience. [read more]

FOX-13, the wise TV channel that employs JoeBucsFan.com columnist Ira Kaufman on its pregame show during football season, also has a reporter who is all over the Buccaneers beat. [read more]

Waiting

If there ever was a need for the Bucs to have a running back break out of the darkness and lift this team, it exists now. [read more]

Fixing fundamentals.

Sometimes, things buried pop up at the oddest times. [read more]

Gets props from Bucs QB.

There is always one player from a draft who seems like a dark horse to make an impact. This year, that could be wide receiver Scotty Miller. [read more]

BY IRA KAUFMAN

In six months, Buc fans hope to refer to Joe Gilbert as Hercules. The man’s got some heavy lifting to do. [read more]

Hired!

Head coach Bucco Bruce Arians publicly shared his excitement for the veteran tryout players coming to Bucs minicamp early this month.

Today, one of them earned a contract. [read more]

Something to prove.

If the Bucs can’t somehow cobble together a winning season with Bucco Bruce Arians, it’s not Arians’ fault. [read more]

 Same old Jameis Winston in 2019?

Nope. [read more]

Jets fans know one of the few successes during the Todd Bowles era in New York was the emergence of Jamal Adams as a do-it-all superstar safety. [read more]

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Offensive line talk from a Hall of Fame GM

For those that enjoy howling about the Bucs’ offensive line, let the dog whistle be sounded. [read more]

No breakout needed.

A lot of folks are typing as we inch towards Training Camp 2019 that Bucs tight end O.J. Howard could have a breakout season. [read more]

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Overlooked.

If this is the mentality of the NFL, Joe believes the Bucs have a secret weapon. [read more]

Bashing the birthday boy

Believe it or not, it seems a former stud running back who is paid to study film is not riding the Peyton Barber bandwagon being driven by new Tampa Bay head coach Bucco Bruce Arians. [read more]

Comparison.

Somewhere, Joe can hear the screeching voice of the great Mike North hollering, “Slow down!” [read more]

Jameis shares his philosophy

All at once, it’s ironic, interesting and troublesome that Jameis Winston’s core football beliefs align closely with arguably his primary problem as a football player. [read more]

Key to historic offense.

There is more than ample data to demonstrate you cannot run to win in today’s NFL.

Of course, the neanderthals still stuck in 1960s high school football who don’t consider quarterbacks any more valuable than a right guard or a free safety consider this heresy. [read more]