Has his QB’s back.

Bucs left tackle Donovan Smith protects his quarterback’s blind side on the field and off. [read more]

Pass-catching free agent RB.

The Bucs roster will look different in a few weeks. That’s because the salary cap is going to force the Super Bowl champs to make moves or non-moves. [read more]

Jalen Rose knows all about the Fab Five, and in the Bucs’ case, their Fab Five of pass catchers are more impressive that whatever that old school Michigan hoops team delivered.

Pro Bowl stud receiver Chris Godwin talked to Rose about greatness recently on BSPN TV. [read more]

This is sort of the other side to the reputable late-November report that Tom Brady was demanding better Bucs coaching. [read more]

A Bucs coach speaks out

Joe is smiling while thinking of the historic swagger the rock star Bucs will bring next season — hopefully in a normalized world — with a head coach who lets players be themselves and embraces media fun. [read more]

Enter below.

Crescent Oaks Golf Club in Tarpon Springs.

UPDATED: 6:03 p.m. – Awful news breaking this afternoon. [read more]

It’s unclear what internal force will move Tom Brady to be hypermotivated next season, but Bucco Bruce Arians seems to know what burned inside Mr. Seven Rings in 2020. [read more]

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Irreplaceable?

Joe came across a list of the top sack artists in the NFL since 2018. [read more]

Players respect him.

One guy Joe fully expects not to be on the roster for the Bucs in 2021 is beastly Ndamukong Suh. [read more]

Weighing best players.

You know this had to come sooner rather than later given that excitement will be limited between now and when the free agency dinner bell rings on March 17 (legal tampering opens March 15). [read more]

Extension?

It’s fun to think about what the Bucs will be in 2021, even though Joe doesn’t want to quit embracing that Super Bowl victory eight days ago. [read more]

Bucs trying to lure him back.

The following seems to be good news for the Bucs in their quest to retain furniture-tossing, bicycle-throwing free agent receiver Antonio Brown. [read more]

Playoff Lenny.

If nothing else, Playoff Lenny’s street cred went up just after a quality one-liner. [read more]

What is GM Jason Licht’s priority list? Expect it to stay behind the mask.

One of the most cerebral NFL analysts out there is a three-time Super Bowl winner who is off the radar of most Bucs fans. [read more]