The cornerback who seems like the forgotten draft pick of 2018, M.J. Stewart taken No. 53 overall, was on the mind and lips of general manager Jason Licht yesterday. [read more]
When Joe thinks of the football phrase “pitch-and-catch,” Joe envisions a quarterback making a relatively easy throw to an open wide receiver.
If that’s what Bucs quarterbacks coach Mike Bajakian was talking about today, then it sure was a finger-point at America’s Quarterback, Jameis Winston. [read more]
Joe has remarked previously that Bucs players, coaches and front office types light up in a unique way whenever the name “Chris Godwin” is brought up. [read more]
Joe has used this line before but it bears repeating. There were times last year when Team Glazer, after watching the horrid Bucs defense (No. 32 in 2017), had to have a near-uncontrollable urge to pull a Bobby Knight and wing a suite chair onto the field. [read more]
The juice was detailed today on the Ira Kaufman Podcast, via special guest Mark Duffner, the Bucs’ linebackers coach.
Duffner revealed that Mike Smith and the defensive staff didn’t take a status quo — aka status woe — approach to the defense and attacked change in an unique way this offseason. [read more]
A lot of folks believe the Bucs have the personnel to run a 34 defense. The Bucs certainly have the linebackers, even more so if you factor in Noah Spence as an outside linebacker, which he was in college. [read more]
Forty-four years coaching college and NFL football makes Bucs linebackers coach Mark Duffner a man worth listening to. He is today’s special guest on the Ira Kaufman Podcast, and there’s plenty more from Ira on Wednesday’s media session with Mike Smith and more. Click play above or dial up the Ira Kaufman Podcast at iTunes, Google Play or Podbean.com. Ranked on the Google Play podcast “Top Charts” for SEVEN consecutive months (all genres nationwide), the podcast keeps you informed, thinking and smiling every single Tuesday & Thursday — and there is NO offseason. Click or download above. It’s fun — free and easy, too. Enjoy!
It’s a time to reflect and peek at what’s next for The Stick Carriers and The Commish, Justin Pawlowski, (@CommishOnline). It’s a little more serious tone today as the voice of Stick Carriers and Bucs Uncensored gets personal, and there’s plenty more, too. Plenty of football and fan chatter. 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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If you asked Joe last year at this time to wager $10,000 on Lavonte David and Kwon Alexander combining for at least one sack in 2017, Joe would have found a way to come up with the cash and make the bet.
When Bucs fans read how Mike Smith thinks his defense is deep in talent this season, they may think of the word “deep” to mean something entirely different. [read more]