“Liam, think about it: If Urban Meyer couldn’t work with Trevor Lawrence, what shot do you have?“

If Bucs Super Bowl-winning coach Bucco Bruce Arians was the quarterback whisperer, then Bucs offensive coordinator Liam Coen is the Baker Mayfield whisperer. [read more]

Clock management and timeouts.

Is Bucs coach Todd Bowles the perfect coach? No. His lack of aggressiveness with his offense at certain points leaves Joe’s mouth agape. [read more]

Recognition.

Joe doesn’t think it is crazy to suggest that if not for Bucky Irving, the Bucs wouldn’t have made the playoffs. [read more]

A major change seems inevitable for Baker Mayfield and Joe’s not sure Mayfield knows how to handle it successfully. [read more]

Shoutout from Todd Bowles.

Teams change, teams grow and teams take steps back during a season.

That’s why the regular season has so much drama. A team could look like the 2020 Bucs in the season opener and end up looking like the 2011 Bucs at season’s end (minus Albert Haynesworth, of course). [read more]

Bucs GM Jason Licht.

Joe loves hearing crying out of NFC South cities not named Tampa. [read more]

Jamel Dean

Do the Bucs have a good tandem of starting outside cornerbacks?

Todd Bowles seemed to deliver a simple answer to that question on Tuesday: [read more]

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Rookie mistakes happen.

Joe wrote last week about how much different and intense playoff games are over regular season games. [read more]

Predicament.

For those hellbent on running Todd Bowles out of town, you may want to skip this next paragraph. [read more]

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BY IRA KAUFMAN

They said he was nuts.

On this day 30 years ago, Malcom Glazer coughed up nearly $200 million to purchase the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. For some, that was considered an outrageous amount to spend on a franchise that hadn’t been to the postseason in 12 years.

Tampa Stadium was antiquated and half-empty while the Bucs were annual strangers to prime-time games.

Some fans that did show up in previous years came adorned with bags over their heads to protest the team’s irrelevance and attempt to shame former owner Hugh Culverhouse, who was viewed as frugal and indifferent. [read more]

Weighs in on Bucs’ errors.

Bucs Super Bowl-winning coach Bucco Bruce Arians often used a now-famous phrase in his first Tampa Bay season when the team almost weekly did something dumb. [read more]

Evaluations coming.

This may be a surprise to some — it is to Joe only because Joe is like, “Damn, that soon?” [read more]

Talking with the Jags.

So today is the day for the Bucs and offensive coordinator Liam Coen. [read more]

Flash poll posted at 12:27 p.m. Poll closed 2:15 p.m. Last week’s results linked here.

How bout Bucs interior beasts Vita Vea, Calijah Kancey and Logan Hall combining for 20 sacks this season?

Impressive stuff, especially with a weak edge rush keeping a lot of attention up the middle. [read more]

So how much will Bucs left guard Ben Bredeson earn when his contract expires in two months.

Will it be $8 million per year? $10 million? More? [read more]

Notre Dame CB Benjamin Morrison.

Joe really tries to wait to jump into the draft pool until after free agency. That doesn’t mean Joe won’t monitor the draft — shoot, Joe will be at the combine in six weeks. [read more]

Staff changes not off the table.

One could argue some new coaching voices are needed on the defensive side of the ball. [read more]

Lay off the Bucs defense.

That was the message from a very angry-sounding Jon Gruden in an epic rant after Tampa Bay lost to the Commanders on Sunday. [read more]