Looks forward to grabbing pads.

Underwear football is mostly behind us! [read more]

Jalen McMillan (right) with rookie receiver Emeka Egbuka.

Is there an explanation for Bucs receiver Jalen McMillan catching a ridiculous 7 touchdown passes in his final 5 games of last year’s regular season?

There is. [read more]

“Quit, bugging me, Spytek. Keep this up and I’ll tell Brady you asked about Kyle Trask again.”

Most football fans and football executives appreciate Raiders edge rusher Maxx Crosby.

Chucky made him a fourth-round pick in 2019 and Crosby had little learning curve en route to 10 sacks as a rookie, plus 4 forced fumbles and 4 passes defensed. [read more]

Meeting expectations.

The middle of the Bucs’ pass defense stunk last year. [read more]

Best offseason move?

Man, the Bucs made so many moves in the offseason, it’s almost difficult to pick a favorite. [read more]

Third down man.

Well, this is refreshing. [read more]

Imagine the horror of the Bucs entering their Week 18 home game against the Panthers this season with a 5-11 record.

Fans already would have set social media ablaze after a ruined holiday season. [read more]

“Sour” vibes are good for the Tampa Bay roster, says one Buccaneers starter. [read more]

“Shock” value?

Boy, talk about your small sample size. [read more]

So what do Bucs players think of Todd Bowles?

One weighed in on that this week during The Sports Web with Peter Blake. [read more]

Fair market value.

Unless he has a downright horrible 2025, Baker Mayfield isn’t going to be working on the cheap for much longer. [read more]

Dial up The JoeBucsFan Show at noon on Saturday on WDAE radio, 95.3 FM and AM 620. Listen online, too, or via the iHeart Radio app. Don’t forget the Saturday morning fun on WDAE starts this week with Rock Riley from 9 a.m. to noon.

That’s right. Joe’s been back on the WDAE airwaves every Saturday for the past four months. Varying times (for now).

Question mark.

Joe cannot sit in JoeBucsFan.com world headquarters looking at all the empty pizza boxes, dead soldiers (dried up beer bottles) and Ira’s check stubs and type with a good conscience that the Bucs had a “big year” last year. [read more]

UPDATED 8:10 a.m., Saturday — Joe (in the comments) corrected a misrepresentation of the Buccaneers’ ticket sales effort.

Joe is excited for fans!

The Bucs announced nine training camp dates open to fans today, and three of those will be available to the masses and will not require a connection to a special interest group. [read more]

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Plenty of new players to watch in the NFC East — and a couple of teams the Bucs may see in the playoffs — and draft guru Sean Sullivan is all over them in this division draft breakdown. Enjoy!

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Rookie Bucs offensive coordinator Josh Grizzard.

The great mystery at One Buc Palace has won over another soldier. [read more]

New Bucs inside linebacker Anthony Walker has been on playoff teams with Indianapolis and Cleveland. So he knows what good is. [read more]

Rookie cornerback Jacob Parrish has a reason to smile.

In only took one underwear football practice with a bunch of short-order cooks, cable TV salesmen and Domino’s managers to see the talent Bucs’ third-round pick Jacob Parrish brought to the table. [read more]

No learning curve this year.

Stats are nice but Bucs running back Bucky Irving believes the offense has something deeper to lean on. [read more]