Better

The Bucs allowed an ugly 4.4 yards per carry last season.

Tonight, there was at least a little evidence in the preseason opener that Tampa Bay has found a fix. [read more]

Couldn’t finish

What an appetizer served up by the Buccaneers’ offense tonight in Cincinnati.

Their first course was nearly perfect except for the last two bites. [read more]

There is nothing left to see.  [read more]

Kickoff at 7:30 p.m.

Fire up the in-game chatter in the comments section all throughout the pregame show and to the final whistle.

Please keep it respectful, but don’t hesitate to mix it up.

There’s so much to keep an eye on, even in the second half when future beer truck drivers, butchers and beet farmers take the field in Cincinnati.

Go Bucs!

A hardcore-Bucs-fan friend of Joe is seeking 8 or 9 fans to buy tickets in a 40-yard-line luxury suite for Tampa Bay’s regular-season opener at Miami, Sunday, Sept. 10. The goal is to forge a group of Bucs fans for a 14- or 16-person suite.

About $1,200 per person will include food, booze, and your suite ticket with other Bucs fans. Interested? Email Joe@JoeBucsFan.com.

Subject line should be “Suite” and include your phone number and name.

Wants more

Interesting take from Dirk Koetter, considering the Tampa Bay defense ranked fourth in the league in interceptions last year. [read more]

Time to separate.

Kenny Bell may be long gone but his memory lingers. [read more]

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It has come down to this.

The discussions have been had internally at One Buc Palace. And there’s no doubt the Vegas oddsmakers are paying attention. [read more]

Doug Martin has much in common with a kicker

Pretend if you wish that running back Doug Martin isn’t battling hard for a roster spot. But he is — and his fight ramps up tonight.

In fact, Martin is very much in the same boat as Roberto Aguayo. [read more]

Four-series fail

There was Joe last night, parked on the couch at 8 p.m. with a full belly and dreams of ice cold beer flowing at Abe’s Place. 

About 20 minutes later, Joe wondered whether the Hard Knocks cameras would catch a Buccaneer saying, “I can’t believe Jason Licht offered this guy in the neighborhood of $8 million a year to back up Jameis.” [read more]

Powerful stuff in today’s report from multimedia guru Rock Riley. Yes, that Rock Riley @realrockriley.

Dive in to jack yourself up for tonight’s preseason opener.

New Stick Carrier Video to get you pumped from Rock Riley on Vimeo.

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Clinton McDonald will line up in the trenches tonight and prepare for a slugfest.

Even in the preseason, defensive linemen and their counterparts engage in a continual series of collisions that leaves both sides bruised and battered. [read more]

Poll posted at 9:21 a.m.

Determined.

Joe’s readers surely have heard this before: Bucs types like to refer to middle linebacker Kwon Alexander as the “Jameis of the defense.” [read more]

Like legions of Bucs fans, Joe is fired up today for one the great days of the year, the preseason opener. [read more]

Generosity has limits.

Gerald McCoy is a charitable man but even he has his limits. [read more]

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Special Friday edition of Bucs Uncensored right here. Hey, there’s a game tonight!! And a big Watch Party event at Sports Legends Bar & Grill on Drew St. in Clearwater. All kinds of fun, knowledge, fan takes, and Training Camp Takeover aftermath are featured in today’s Bucs Uncensored, as the Stick Carriers continue to unite. (Did you see the  7 a.m. video (105 minutes before Saturday’s practice that rocked the Bucs fan base?)

Three times per week, Bucs Uncensored unifies Tampa Bay fans in every corner of the universe. Host Justin Pawlowski is a former voice on the Buccaneers Radio Network, and an ex-college football player and a lifelong Bucs fan. Hear your Bucs take (if it makes the cut). 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, very special. **CAUTION: some R-RATED language!* 

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Bold call by national voice.

Adam Schein has seen enough. [read more]

Number called.

In the very first clip “Hard Knocks” released of this season’s focus on the Bucs, the very first words out of winning Bucs coach Dirk Koetter’s mouth to the rookies was about “preparing to make the most of opportunities… be ready when your opportunity comes.” [read more]

Ugly injury news.

Not good news for Bucs corner Hey Jude. [read more]