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Bucs left tackle Donovan Smith

Donovan Smith is in his contract year and is primed to get a no-Pro-Bowl Nate Solder kind of contract next season for $15 million per year. [read more]

Value.

So yesterday, Joe brought word what a national columnist believes is the most overpaid player on the Bucs roster. What about underpaid? [read more]

Building a defense for LBs.

The Bucs sure beefed up on the defensive line in the offseason grabbing potentially three starting-caliber linemen in free agency, trading for a proven defensive end and drafting a tackle No. 12 overall. [read more]

Former Bucs OL talks Jameis, DJax.

Consider Ian Beckles worried. [read more]

Salary questioned.

Joe may be a weirdo — well, hold that thought — but Joe is one of these guys more concerned with how a guy performs on a football field than the zeros on his paycheck. [read more]

“Toughen up.”

Joe has no idea if Bucs coach Dirk Koetter has ever met former Bucs offensive lineman Ian Beckles. If the two did, Joe is guessing they would clash on one football philosophy. [read more]

With this post, Joe will try to avoid sarcasm, finger-pointing and the general baggage that comes from loving a team that hasn’t been to the playoffs in 10 seasons. [read more]

You can call former Bucs safety T.J. Ward a total free-agent bust, but don’t call him a criminal. [read more]

Additional trade speculation.

Generally, NFL teams, barring some freak injury, have their rosters set as June minicamp practices come to a close. [read more]

It’s still hard for Joe to believe that Lavonte David played 13 games last season without a sack or an interception.

He had 10 picks and 18 sacks through his first five years before the 2017 goose egg. [read more]

Flawed corner, says an iconic Bucs corner.

An iconic Buccaneers cornerback has dissected film of Tampa Bay’s rookie defensive backs and delivered an unimpressive report card. [read more]

America’s Quarterback, Jameis Winston, has been a very busy man helping children throughout the Tampa Bay area, and in and around his Alabama hometown.

And he’s learned a lot about winning. [read more]

Photo via Vinny Curry Twitter account

Too often, it feels like the Bucs are re-inventing themselves.

It’s what struggling franchises do. At least it’s interesting. [read more]

BY IRA KAUFMAN

The latest fiasco involving Terrell Owens isn’t a big surprise – and doesn’t that kind of say it all?

Why should anyone think Owens would change his bizarre behavior just because he’s been fitted for a gold jacket. In this case, clothes don’t make the man, they reveal him. [read more]

Kellen Winslow Jr. never missed a game in this three Bucs seasons and caught a whopping 218 balls at tight end.

Since then, he’s caught his share of trouble. [read more]

Inhaling food.

Now this is a diet just about every red-blooded American male would love to have. Problem is, 99 percent of us would be the size of a beached whale. [read more]

Allergies hit like a linebacker.

Talk to suits or coaches who have worked for Florida teams, they will tell you for guys new to the heat and humidity of the south and southeast, the struggle to get used to it is real. [read more]

Interesting words.

Now Joe isn’t going to make predictions for 2018 yet, but Joe has noticed something that got his antennae sticking up. And the source is the mouth of Bucs coach Dirk Koetter.

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