BY IRA KAUFMAN

The Bucs have spent the past dozen years looking for the right dance partner. It’s high time we end this waltz into obscurity. [read more]

A Bruce Arians player speaks.

Fans can say whatever they want about Gerald McCoy. He’s got supporters, haters and everything in between. Just look at yesterday’s JoeBucsFan poll.

But what do NFL players say about McCoy? One served up a candid take last week on national radio. [read more]

Kwon Alexander sounded more like a businessman and less like a Buccaneer during his recent chat with Alex Marvez and former NFL guard Alex Boone on SiriusXM NFL Radio. [read more]

Thinks Bucs and a star WR could be a match.

The Bucs already have a malcontent wide receiver on their roster. A prominent NFL columnist has the notion the Bucs could be replacing that malcontent with a headcase. [read more]

Can Justin Evans improve and carry Bucs’ secondary? (Photo courtesy of Buccaneers.com.)

Thanks to injuries, the Bucs went through a lot of safeties last year. [read more]

Steve Mariucci talks to Joe.

You have heard the phrase “winning cures all ills,” right? Well, one former playoff coach believes that’s the case between America’s Quarterback, Pro Bowler Jameis Winston, and malcontent wide receiver DeSean Jackson. [read more]

Might escape the Belicheats.

The Bucs have one of the best edge rushers in the NFL in Jason Pierre-Paul. [read more]

A big favorite among members of the Jason Licht administration, and among those who hate loafing on the football field, is Bucs DE Carl Nassib. [read more]

Bargain?

Joe knows there are Bucs fans who lie awake at night staring at the season envisioning quitting Le’Veon Bell playing in a Bucs uniform. [read more]

For those dozing on the rest of the NFL, Panthers safety Eric Reid signed a one-year, prove-it deal before last season and just renewed with a three-year contract worth more than $7 million per season.

Bucco Bruce Arians’ favorite safety, Tyrann Mathieu, will get at least that much in two short weeks. [read more]

24-Hour Flash Poll Posted At 10:14 a.m.

Discount?

Could a talented yet underperforming defensive end be had at a discount in free agency in two weeks? [read more]

Victim.

It seems Bucs running back Peyton Barber was robbed of some valuable items Friday night in Atlanta. Among the items was an NFL playbook. [read more]

Go back to step forward.

Should the Bucs reach back into their past for a player that could help rescue the team from drowning in Buccaneers Cove (last place in the NFC South)? [read more]

Joe has had a lot of fun learning about new head coach Bucco Bruce Arians. [read more]

Final days in Tampa Bay?

Anyone who follows Bucs malcontent wide receiver DeSean Jackson on Instagram knows he was living large this week. [read more]

War room strategy.

Joe suspects there are a couple of reasons for the viral hate being spewed by some Bucs fans over news the Bucs intend to keep stud defensive tackle Gerald McCoy. [read more]

A sage NFL voice thinks Peyton Manning when he sees the Buccaneers’ starting quarterback who is entering his fifth season — with a new and experienced head coach. [read more]