Still time.

The dinner bell will ring in 16 hours, the start of the new league year and the start of free agency when players can actually put pen to paper and sign contracts. [read more]

Two big beasts of this year’s hearty cornerbacks class of free agents have found new teams. [read more]

Gone.

A guy Joe lusted for is off the market. [read more]

Prideful Bucs GM Jason Licht

General manager Jason Licht was feelin’ it today at One Buc Palace at the official news conference about the old-already announcement that Mike Evans and Cameron Brate signed fat new contracts. [read more]

Rumor!

This has Joe’s antennae up. [read more]

Cleveland in sights?

Browns general manager John Dorsey isn’t playing around. [read more]

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Free agency frenzy is in full swing and that means it’s pure can’t-miss chatter from the ultimate Sage of Tampa Bay sports, Hall of Fame voter Ira Kaufman. Dial it up here with Ira and Joe, or enjoy at iTunes, Google Play or Podbean.com. Ranked on the Google Play podcast “Top Charts” for nearly FIVE consecutive months (all genres nationwide), the Ira Kaufman Podcast keeps you informed and entertained every Tuesday & Thursday — and there is NO offseason. Click or download above. It’s fun — free and easy, too. Enjoy!

Linked to Bucs.

Joe doesn’t think it is such an awful move to try to sign a guy who just won a ring. [read more]

Moving on but not to Tampa

One of the two beasts up the gut of the Panthers’ nasty defense will now go play for his old coach. [read more]

Fat new deal

Count this in the Jason Licht loss column. [read more]

You’ve heard Tom Krasniqi on the Buccaneers Radio Network, and nowadays he bellows to the masses on Tampa Bay sports radio every morning.

Today, he was throwing fire at the Bucs’ heirarchy. [read more]

“You know what I’d do, Jason?”

A healthy chunk of Bucs fans hoped Tampa Bay would bring in the guy considered the top guard on the market to help turn their running game into something feared — versus something laughed at. [read more]

Just a dream?

Joe understands some Bucs fans, for whatever reason, have always detested Gerald McCoy and perhaps want to run him out of town. [read more]

Not fooling around with DT.

It seems the Bucs may be big game hunting. That’s the word from a plugged-in national NFL columnist. [read more]

Big raise.

UPDATED 4:07 p.m. – It appears Cam Brate won’t need to room with Adam Humphries and Ryan Griffin any longer. [read more]

Good news!

UPDATED: 3:57 p.m. – He’s back! [read more]

BY IRA KAUFMAN

If you expect the Bucs to go hog wild during the opening days of free agency, you’re going to head into the weekend disappointed. [read more]

Not safe

Patrick Murray better not be counting his chickens. [read more]

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Ring Ring!! That long-awaited free agency bell is ringing loudly on all sides of Tampa Bay and beyond. The Monday Morning Joe podcast is presented by Discount Garage Doors, Inc. The podcast dives right into the excitement of the new league year opening on Wednesday and Joe has plenty to share.

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