“No mas, Tommy.”

Last week, Bucco Bruce Arians planned for two game-style scrimmages in the Den of Depression.

Then he had one and things changed. [read more]

Confidence.

In the immortal words of former Bucs great Warren Sapp, the Bucs believe. [read more]

A 25-year-old running back just landed on the street healthy and not facing NFL discipline of any kind — after amassing 1.674 yards from scrimmage last season for the Jaguars.

That’s a rare happening. [read more]

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Exposes former teammate?

So yesterday Bucs backup quarterback Blaine Gabbert had very interesting things to say about Bucs passing targets. [read more]

Headaches and noise.

So Friday Joe was at the Den of Depression for the Bucs’ scrimmage and got a taste of what fake crowd noise sounds like. [read more]

“Ali, you are not gonna gets hurt this year, are you?”

A lot of Bucs fans like to gripe about the Bucs offensive line. They shouldn’t. [read more]

Bucs coach Bucco Bruce Arians monitors a special teams drill.

Sunday was the final open practice of 2020 Bucs training camp/preseason workouts. It was fun and memorable. So let’s get to it.

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Carlton Davis had an unspecified upper body injury in Friday’s scrimmage, and after a day off he sat out practice today.

Is he healthy? Bucco Bruce Arians says it’s nothing serious at all. Fingers crossed 14 days from training camp.

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Strong outing.

Today, Bucco Bruce Arians wasn’t all too pleased with how his offense played. [read more]

Tossed (for a brief time).

In the last open-to-media practice of Bucs training camp/preseason, the defense must have been tired of reading all about park-violating, home-invading, NFLPA-ignoring quarterback Tom Brady and his excellent receivers. [read more]

Will Gholston

Joe has written previously about training camp illusions. They’re an annual phenomenon for every team.

What you see isn’t always what you get. [read more]

Stressful times for Bucs kicker Matt Gay

Update 10:33 a.m. – Joe has a very strong idea of what’s now happening at One Buc Palace when it comes to kickers. [read more]

Versatile.

The Bucs thought they got an absolute steal with Minnesota safety Antoine Winfield. And Joe would not be surprised if he is starting. [read more]

Another no-practice day for Tyler Johnson

Buccaneers fifth-round pick Tyler Johnson was considered a “steal” of the NFL Draft as a fifth-round pick four months ago. Some even chattered about him winning a No. 3 receiver job.

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