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Man of his word.

Joe has decided to document highlights of Bucs coach Bucco Bruce Arians captured when he coached Arizona during the inaugural season of “All or Nothing,” a “Hard Knocks”-like miniseries by NFL Films that follows a pro or college team throughout a season and is exclusive to Amazon Prime. Joe hopes these highlights will help Bucs fans learn what to expect from the 12th coach in franchise history. This series of posts will appear periodically until the days leading up to the draft later this month.

Bruce Arians is very quick to let a player know he screwed up. And Arians isn’t afraid to confess when he let the team down. [read more]

Decision time nearing?

Bucs fans are wringing their hands over trying to figure out who Bucs AC/DC-loving general manager Jason Licht will draft at No. 5 next week in the draft — next week! [read more]

First down machine.

Joe loves the stat but hates the name. [read more]

Not everyone was all smiles when Bucco Bruce Arians got the head coaching gig in Tampa. [read more]

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Bucs angle in Pittsburgh.

Joe has decided to document highlights of Bucs coach Bucco Bruce Arians captured when he coached Arizona during the inaugural season of “All or Nothing,” a “Hard Knocks”-like miniseries by NFL Films that follows a pro or college team throughout a season and is exclusive to Amazon Prime. Joe hopes these highlights will help Bucs fans learn what to expect from the 12th coach in franchise history. This series of posts will appear periodically until the days leading up to the draft later this month.

Last year the Bucs defense was a football atrocity. The pass defense was just horrid beyond words. The rush defense was just plain bad. [read more]

The answer at RB?

We all know the Bucs need a running back. The rushing attack last season just blew chunks. Has for some time. [read more]

Visiting One Buc Palace.

Joe wouldn’t be opposed whatsoever if Bucs AC/DC-loving general manager Jason Licht spent his first two draft picks on defensive linemen. [read more]

It’s Sage Ira’s Friday column!

BY IRA KAUFMAN

The resurrection of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers has to begin on the defensive end, but improvements are mandatory on the other side of the ball.

Yes, Tampa Bay led the NFL in passing yards last season. Who cares? [read more]

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Joe wouldn’t bet on center Ryan Jensen being on the Bucs in 2020.

That’s just salary cap reality when you look at the Tampa Bay offensive line, as well as Jensen being older than Ali Marpet and Donovan Smith, and how Jensen performed last year. [read more]

PARTY IS FREE! (The buffet is not.) Don’t miss the fun — indoors and outdoors! At least 700 were in the house on Night 1 of the draft last year, including Mr. Derrick Brooks.

Has mental-breakdown experience

All the games count and teams have zero control over the NFL schedule, other than the ability to place a request that may be honored.

But next week’s NFL regular-season-schedule release will be very critical for this Bucs team, Joe believes. [read more]

Not always frothing in games.

Joe has decided to document highlights of Bucs coach Bucco Bruce Arians captured when he coached Arizona during the inaugural season of “All or Nothing,” a “Hard Knocks”-like miniseries by NFL Films that follows a pro or college team throughout a season and is exclusive to Amazon. Some highlights Joe hopes will help fans learn what to expect from the 12th coach in franchise history. This series of posts will appear periodically until the days leading up to the draft later this month.

In a previous story, Joe noted he could understand how Arians had health problems because the guy nearly had coronaries on the sidelines from blowing up so badly. [read more]

Fills critical need.

If every position were equal, Andy Benoit of theMMQB.com knows what position he would draft at No. 5 if he was Bucs AC/DC-loving general manager Jason Licht. [read more]

Popular NFL analyst no fan of new Bucs starting LB.

Look, we all know the Bucs defense was a football atrocity the past two seasons and former Bucs defensive coordinator Mike Smith should be brought up on charges at The Hague for crimes against humanity. [read more]

“Greg, I said, ‘Put a shirt on’ not ‘bank on Da’Quan.”

Slam-dunk picks in the first-round of the NFL Draft are extremely rare. Just look at the mess Bruce Arians’ Cardinals made in Round 1 over five years.

Sure, Andrew Luck, Luke Kuechly, Ndamukong Suh, Quenton Nelson and Ezekiel Elliott, for example, were considered 100-percent, can’t-miss picks in advance of their respective drafts. [read more]