Chris Simms: No Playoffs For Bucs
September 9th, 2020
Can’t buy the hype — yet.
You can hear it in his voice, former Bucs quarterback Chris Simms. And it pains him. [read more]

Can’t buy the hype — yet.
You can hear it in his voice, former Bucs quarterback Chris Simms. And it pains him. [read more]

Unlikely to face Bucs.
Joe was listening to a podcast from Chris Simms last night — more on that in a few hours — where Simms was breaking down the Bucs’ schedule. [read more]

Leonard Fournette has a memory
New Bucs running back Leonard Fournette served up a scouting report at Joe’s request today. [read more]

Too much change?
Joe used to hear it a lot, but not in the past couple of years. [read more]

New vibe.
Throughout his adult life, new Bucs running back Leonard Fournette has been a one-man-band. [read more]

Leonard Fournette talks workload
Leonard Fournette averaged 23 touches a game last year. That’s one more per game than Doug Martin had in his Pro Bowl rookie season with the Fighting Schianos of Tampa Bay! [read more]
Why is Josh Rosen, the No. 10 overall pick in the 2018 NFL Draft, now the No. 4 quarterback on the Bucs’ depth chart? [read more]

Expectations for Sunday.
If someone read Rob Gronkowski’s Instagram today, new Bucs running back Leonard Fournette could have a role. Or a roll. [read more]
Once upon a time in downtown Phoenix years ago, Joe left a truly wild country music club in the wee hours and walked to a quiet nearby bar where a Buccaneers assistant coach was sitting with a few women. [read more]

Devin White is one of four new team captains
The Bucs announced team captains today.
Joe knows a lot of fans go bananas for this stuff, like when Josh Freeman and Jameis Winston were not voted team captain. [read more]

Bruce Arians’ son checks in
So what exactly will the Buccaneers’ running backs situation be? [read more]

Background.
When the Bucs signed running back Leonard Fournette last week, it led many to ask why a young, healthy, productive back was thrown to the ditch by a team that really needed his services. [read more]

New kicker in the house
No, Matt Gay is not the newest member of the Buccaneers practice squad.
Calm down. [read more]

Byron Leftwich
New Bucs practice squad quarterback Josh Rosen will not impact the team this season, barring freakish and horrible happenings.
However, there’s more to the Rosen signing behind the curtain at One Buc Palace. [read more]

Excellent season projected.
Last week Joe brought word from the in-house stathead of NFL Network, Cynthia Frelund, saying her projections show the Bucs to finish with 8.9 wins. [read more]
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