24-hour flash poll posted at 10:55 a.m.

“Mr. Glazer, we can get more snaps out of Vita Vea with that drone.”

Team Glazer should be making a couple of few phone calls this morning. [read more]

Yesterday Joe reviewed defensive players drafted in the past three drafts and how quickly they were moved to another position, or changed positions immediately after former Bucs coach Dirk Koetter was dismissed. [read more]

Linked to Tampa Bay.

There is so much buzz and chatter about the Bucs doing the unthinkable and drafting an inside linebacker at No. 5 that Joe is starting to think (hope?) this is nothing more than a smoke screen. [read more]

Gloomy forecast.

Talk to most NFL draft observers and they will suggest Josh Jacobs of Alabama is likely the lone running back to be drafted next week in the first round. [read more]

Daniel Jeremiah

This has opened Joe’s eyes — and warmed Joe’s heart just a bit. [read more]

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Bobby Fenton is as fired up as any red-blooded Bucs fan when it comes to the annual schedule release and what it means — and doesn’t mean. Plenty more on the buffet, too. Joe never misses an episode, and it’s all presented by the superstars at Bill Currie Ford, home of the nationwide lifetime warranty on new and used vehicles. Follow Bobby on Twitter, @bobbygameday and enjoy. An intense Buccaneers fan from his days in the womb, Bobby always keeps it interesting!

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After general manager Jason Licht talked this week about defensive end Noah Spence, the No. 39 overall pick in the 2016 NFL Draft, Joe did a lot of head-shaking and sighing.

The comments were hard to stomach. [read more]

Best new Bucs player?

With the draft just ’round the corner, it’s fair to put to an end to the free agency period. [read more]

Bruce Arians likes to say he’s in win-now mode and he’s reloading and not rebuilding.

But what’s he really thinking? [read more]

Final days?

Joe can finally type it. We can finally speak it out loud. [read more]

Veteran safety could be on market.

Joe remembers a famous saying from Bucs great Derrick Brooks. [read more]

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For the last three years, Todd Wright has been podcasting here almost exclusively on fantasy football and Lightning playoff hockey. While those podcasts are alive and well, Todd has a new podcast for 2019. And it simply covers pretty much anything that Todd finds interesting. No limits. Sort of like he did for nearly two decades on national radio as host and creator of AllNight with Todd Wright on ESPN, in addition to other roles with Fox Sports Florida, Sirius/XM, Sporting News Radio, etc. Enjoy!

A lot of Bucs fans are irked because it seems there is a hole in the Bucs’ 2019 schedule; five games in the middle of the season will be away from the Den of Depression. [read more]

This new Bucs schedule sure is an interesting one.

In many ways, so much will be all about those first six games. [read more]

UPDATED, April 18 – It’s a sad day at JoeBucsFan.com world headquarters. [read more]

It’s here!

The long wait is over!

Time to plan your life around what matters. Bucs football. [read more]

BY IRA KAUFMAN

Let’s not get too cute here.

Batting fifth in the NFL draft order, the Bucs shouldn’t be pressured into swinging for the fences and risking a big whiff. There have been too many big-time draft busts in Tampa, too many painful memories for Buc fans to stomach. [read more]

UPDATED 7:10 p.m. – The first legitimate reports/rumors on the Bucs’ 2019 regular-season schedule have emerged. [read more]