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Different Day 2 for Mike Evans
It’s not the fault of fans and media that there’s a lot of focus on Mike Evans’ hands.
If not for Evans’ butter fingers last year, it’s a safe bet he would have been a Pro Bowl wide receiver and Lovie Smith would be a proud NFL head coach. [read more]
Mr. Vincent Jackson, a gigantic X-factor in the Buccaneers’ season, looked like one healthy cat at training camp yesterday, after a very restful spring with many days off.
Here’s a peek: [read more]
JoeBucsFan.com columnist eye-RAH Kaufman, the Custodian of Canton, caught up with newcomer veteran Bucs linebacker Daryl Smith to explore the Mike Smith-Dirk Koetter team. Daryl Smith, a veteran of 174 NFL games, was a key figure on the Jaguars’ 2007 playoff team led by Koetter, Mike Smith and Jack Del Rio. [read more]
Jameis explains his sitdown with GMC.
Two days ago, Gerald McCoy shocked Bucs fandom when he said he and America’s Quarterback, Pro Bowler Jameis Winston, had a “private conversation” and the team now thoroughly belongs to Jameis.
GMC wouldn’t offer too much of what was said in the sitdown but yesterday, but Jameis let a few details out. [read more]
Jameis discusses his second year with Dirk Koetter.
It’s the same. Yet it’s new. [read more]
Steve Duemig grapples with Joe
Joe jumped back in the steel cage with the dean of Tampa Bay sports radio, Steve Duemig of WDAE-AM 620.
The action was in midseason form from the opening bell.
Interesting nugget from Day 1 of training camp was new defensive coordinator Mike Smith going straight to the radio play call from the opening whistle and all day long. That’s hardly routine across the NFL.
Plenty more from practice in Joe’s full notes and observations below. Scroll on down.
The Bucs’ first-round pick flashes his skills
The Buccaneers’ first-round pick checked in with Joe after his first-ever training camp practice this morning. [read more]
Great look here at Buccaneers wide receivers coach/offensive coordinator Todd Monken in action this morning at One Buc Palace.
Joe has noticed a pet peeve of Monken’s: running a weak-ass route without sharp cuts. [read more]
Joe is your eyes and ears at training camp. The Bucs came out with loads of energy, though it was just an underwear football (no pads) session for Day 1. Here’s your need-to-know. [read more]
Bucs TE Brandon Myers fighting for a gig.
By and large, depending on who and when you speak with folks at One Buc Palace, your top three tight ends on the roster are Cameron Brate, Luke Stocker and tweety Austin Seferian-Jenkins. [read more]
What does Noah Spence say about offseason training with Gerald McCoy? Joe has the answer.
Gerald McCoy spoke yesterday about training this summer with rookie defensive end Noah Spence. It was Spence who asked to train with McCoy, whose offseason regimen is well known and intense.
Today, Joe asked Spence about that time together. [read more]
Had a helluva practice today.
If there was a star of practice aside from Russell Shepard and Kenny Bell (yup, when Kenny Bell shines, you know the Bucs are still in underwear football), it was easily cornerback Alterraun Verner. [read more]
Rookie defensive end Noah Spence got an earful at One Buc Palace.
Bucs rookie Noah Spence is a very laid back kind of guy, at least what he’s shown to media and fans so far.
Joe talked to Spence after practice today for a while, with an interesting interruption mixed in. [read more]
Introducing BalzerFootball.com!
So you thought it was cool when Joe added the Custodian of Canton, eye-RAH! Kaufman, to the JoeBucsFan.com family full-time? Now Joe’s got another Pro Football Hall of Fame voter grinding away daily.
What other website has two members of the Hall of Fame selection committee in the mix? There are only 46 voters in the country!
His name is Howard Balzer, and he’s an iconic member in the world of NFL media. You hear him hosting at least weekly on SiriusXM NFL Radio, and Balzer has a 40-year history covering the league inside and out for all kinds of national outlets — print, TV and radio.
At the new BalzerFootball.com, Howard will offer unique perspective daily on all things NFL, like only he can. Get your wall-to-wall Buccaneers coverage here from Joe, and then slide over to get diverse NFL takes from a polished observer like Balzer. Joe especially liked Howard’s offering this morning, calling out the popular “next man up” coachspeak as fraudulent.
Big play from Bucs practice today caught on video.
Glass half full? Or glass half empty?
Welcome to training camp. Everyone’s on the same team. In the video below, shot by Joe’s A-list video crew, Johnthan Banks was tested. [read more]
Lots of smiles on the One Buc Palace practice field about 10:30 a.m. today.
On Day 1 of training camp, head coach Dirk Koetter got the ball rolling early on his promise to keep things easy on his team this spring and summer. [read more]
New JoeBucsFan.com columnist eye-RAH! Kaufman returns tomorrow at 8:30 a.m. Ira caught up to veteran newcomer linebacker Daryl Smith after practice today.
Catch up on all of eye-RAH’s work right here.
Time to chill.
Last year, it seemed, gifted Bucs wide receiver Mike Evans was more interested in drawing flags than catching balls. [read more]
BSPN has data
When Bucs AC/DC-loving general manager Jason Licht drafted Mike Evans in the first round in 2014, he quipped that the Bucs’ corps of wide receivers would be known as the “Dunkaneers.” [read more]
GMC talks Jameis and Jameis’ parents.
Joe was mesmerized yesterday when Bucs defensive tackle Gerald McCoy talked about the sitdown he had with America’s Quarterback, Pro Bowler Jameis Winston, regarding the direction of the team. [read more]
Bucs WR Louis Murphy channels former Bucs commander Greg Schiano.
When the Bucs were led by former commander Greg Schiano, the current defensive coordinator for the Ohio State Buckeyes was a stickler for details. [read more]
Lavonte David speaks
Lavonte David’s chat with assembled media today at One Buc Palace was reminiscent of Joe’s private discussion with Herm Edwards at the NFL Owners Meetings in March 2015.
The topic then was Lovie Smith and reviving the defense of a 2-14 team. [read more]
