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Man, Dirk Koetter has it good this year.
Among other things, he’s in his fourth consecutive year as the playcaller for his starting quarterback. No NFC playcaller has a longer streak. [read more]
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Jameis Winston volunteered to media today that he’s been watching college film of explosive rookie running back Ronald Jones.
Joe asked Jameis whether he was watching someone else. [read more]
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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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.
BY IRA KAUFMAN
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.
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]
