One of the guys.

You would think when a guy with six rings walks into your locker room or team facility, folks will cater to his every need and walk around like they are on eggshells in an effort not to offend him. [read more]

Years of struggles paying off.

The Bucs kingdom lorded over by AC/DC-loving general manager Jason Licht hasn’t always been smooth. [read more]

There is massive win-now urgency at One Buc Palace with the presence of Tom Brady.

So Joe asked general manager Jason Licht today about how that’s changed his draft approach. [read more]

Dog gone it.

Welcome to journalism in 2020. [read more]

So when the NFL begins the draft later this month, it will have to rely on technology like never before. [read more]

General manager Jason Licht was talking running backs today during his online video chat with Joe and other local media types. [read more]

A big Tom Brady supporter, former teammate and current BSPN analyst Tedy Bruschi jumped into a popular quarterback debate heard from Lakeland to Clearwater Beach and beyond. [read more]

Tom Brady will bring a lot to the Bucs. Heck, they way Tampa Bay management talks, Brady will improve everything from the team’s sad marketing campaigns to Mike Edwards’ play and the running back evaluation skills of Bucco Bruce Arians and Jason Licht.

But rarely talked about is the fire Brady sparks in opponents. [read more]

Many fans want Tom Brady to live and breathe Bucs football 24/7 so Tampa Bay has its best shot to make a Super Bowl run this year.

But Brady has plans that go beyond the game. [read more]

Accidental Bucs game leak?

Joe isn’t sure if it was just a slip-up or if veteran NBC broadcaster and the voice of Sunday Night Football, Al Michaels, let loose with a leak of sorts about a Bucs primetime game(s) this fall. [read more]

Bucs coach Bucco Bruce Arians.

A guy who has been right more often than not when it comes to what Bucs coach Bucco Bruce Arians will do may have tipped Bucs fans off over a month ago how this month’s draft will shake out. [read more]

Saints DE Cameron Jordan is a key figure in Bucs draft history

It’s fun — and challenging — to peg a whiff in the draft by a front office.

For example, did the Bucs screw up in 2015 when they drafted Jameis Winston? Many factors were at play and look at the career of Marcus Mariota. [read more]

TAMPA TWO rolls on with another strong episode presented by Caldeco Air Conditioning & Heating. Bucs legend Derrick Brooks talks uniforms and more in this production from The Identity Tampa Bay and Joe.

“Oh Tom, you have such a big heart.”

Joe generally doesn’t write about charitable efforts of players for one simple reason: Fans care about wins. [read more]

Georgia LT Andrew Thomas.

When breaking down Georgia left tackle Andrew Thomas, Hall of Fame general manager Bill Polian sees but one flaw in Thomas’s game. [read more]

“Jason, watch what I pull off this year without those damn turnovers.”

Bucco Bruce Arians is the Bill Belichick of offensive football.

That was the great and telling compliment given Arians on national radio by a Hall of Fame player who spent a season around the Bucs’ head coach. [read more]

Warren Sapp was talking again.

The darts came out for Donovan Smith and Jameis Winston, and he talked Tom Brady. [read more]