Bucs stud receiver Mike Evans visited with Joe and local media after practice and one topic was defense. [read more]

Will Gholston attacks the blocking sled as DL coach Brentson Buckner hangs on in today’s first OTA practice.

Notes and observations from the first underwear football practice with the full squad this morning. [read more]

“Jason, what the hell is going on with the offensive line?”

Joe isn’t sure what to make of this but it is a good thing it is May and not September. [read more]

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Midseason form for Tampa Bay’s only Hall of Fame voter. Click play above or tune in at iTunes, Google Play or Podbean.com. Until this week, the Ira Kaufman Podcast was ranked on the Google Play podcast “Top Charts” for SEVEN consecutive months (all genres nationwide). Stay informed, thinking and smiling every single Tuesday & Thursday — and there is NO offseason. Click or download above. It’s fun, free and easy. Enjoy!

Too early?

Yes, the pass defense was so wretched last year Joe is running out of adjectives to properly describe it. [read more]

Pressure.

In the mind of good guy Herbie Teope, who used to be a Saints beat guy and now types for NFL.com (one of the hardest workers and nicest guys Joe has ever met in this business), only one element of the Bucs needs to be repaired to turn the Bucs into a formidable opponent. [read more]

Unfairly targeted.

If you haven’t smelled the stench that is the Jameis Winston investigation by the NFL yet, it just means you live in a biodome. [read more]

Un-retired.

Joe has done an about-face on this guy because he has done an about-face on himself. [read more]

Well, the NFL discipline team sure acts quickly, swiftly and with authority when it wants to — nice and tidy before a barrage of questions on a subject at tomorrow’s NFL owners meeting in Atlanta.  [read more]

Ira Kaufman is the most revered sports personality and writer in town. He has hung his hat at JoeBucsFan.com world headquarters since July 2016. Tampa Bay’s only Pro Football Hall of Fame voter, Ira busts out columns here every Monday, Wednesday and Friday, and his award winning podcasts fire Tuesdays and Thursdays. You can also hear Ira on SiriusXM Mad Dog Radio Wednesdays during football season, and see him now on Mondays at 10:30 p.m. on Spectrum Sports 360 (aka BayNews 9). Ira also is part of the FOX-13 Tailgate Sunday show and enjoys beet salads, Riesling, Chiefs victories and needling Joe.

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You can blame Doug Martin until your face turns pewter, but that doesn’t explain why Tampa Bay’s offensive line has been outworked and outmuscled for the past two years. [read more]

Favorable final month.

When Joe first saw the 2018 schedule, he nearly had a stroke. [read more]

Talks Bucs red zone offense film

Last week the well-trained orangutans of the PFF tribe claimed the Bucs were one of the best teams in the NFL for not dropping passes.

Louis Riddick didn’t see it the same way. [read more]

A special kind of fire burns in Buccaneers rookie cornerback Carlton Davis, so explained general manager Jason Licht.

That’s comforting to hear while many Bucs fans wonder what’s been burning around Vernon Hargreaves.

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Dictation lessons

During the draft process, Joe shared takes from guys who played directly against Vita Vea in college, guys who said he was easily their toughest matchup.

But what about evaluation inside One Buc Palace? [read more]

Defends America.

The contention that if today the Bucs were deranged enough to release America’s Quarterback, Pro Bowler Jameis Winston, he would not find another NFL starting job immediately sure has Bucs fans buzzing. [read more]

Bucs fans keep hope alive

The frenzy for the Tampa Bay Lightning is all over town, even on this website with two great Bolts podcasts by Todd Wright and Tom Lang.

But Team Glazer has nothing to worry about.  [read more]

Interesting pattern.

Last season, Joe thought of something that may have been heresy to suggest just a year prior. [read more]

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Call this the mentality edition of Bucs Uncensored, diving into a different team approach for 2018, and much more. The Commish, Justin Pawlowski, (@CommishOnline) is re-energized today leading the Stick Carriers as the voice of Bucs Uncensored. Plenty of football and fan chatter from across the globe on today’s episode. Be part of the action! Just email a 90-second-or-less audio blast to BucsUncensored@gmail.com. Listen above or subscribe on iTunes right here, or at Podbean.com. Justin’s work is not influenced by JoeBucsFan.com. Joe just thinks it’s very, very special. **CAUTION: some R-RATED language!** 

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Heat is on.

There is always pressure to win in the NFL. This season, however, there may be added pressure on Bucs coach Dirk Koetter. [read more]