“We Didn’t Have The Same Effort”
June 2nd, 2018
Separating coachspeak from reality isn’t always easy.
For example, consider a common take from Dirk Koetter and Bucs officials. [read more]

Separating coachspeak from reality isn’t always easy.
For example, consider a common take from Dirk Koetter and Bucs officials. [read more]
The underlying failures of the Bucs’ defense last season are a bit mysterious.
Joe’s not talking defensive linemen and cornerbacks here. [read more]

Praises Bucs WRs.
You have to have a pair to play corner in the NFL. And it seems Carlton Davis, if he didn’t already have a pair, is growing a set. [read more]

Talking about W’s. (Photo courtesy of Buccaneers.com.)
This might drive the stat geeks to run to the nearest bar and order an O’Doul’s. [read more]

Mocked by national publication. (Photo courtesy of Buccaneers.com.)
Sometimes, it helps to know the roster of the team you are typing about. [read more]
It’s been a couple of months since the Vernon Hargreaves smoking video emerged, quickly putting a darker cloud over the Buccaneers’ first-round pick of the 2016 NFL Draft. [read more]

Getting nasty with Bucs DL.
Jason Licht’s plan may be working. [read more]

BY IRA KAUFMAN
From time to time, the thought naturally drifts through Gerald McCoy’s mind.
It’s a chilling thought. [read more]
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Yesterday watching underwear football, Joe saw a familiar sight: right guard J.R. Sweezy watching practices wearing headgear not suitable for football. [read more]

Not far.
It seems one NFL scribe woke up on the sunny side of the bedroom. [read more]

Workin’ with America.
For Bucs fans who may not have a roster handy when they attend training camp practices in a couple of months, new Bucs center Ryan Jensen is easy to pick out. [read more]

“Don’t worry Jason. That Lee Roy Selmon’s gift card we gave this guy won’t work much longer. The place is shutting down in three weeks.”
It appears J. R. Sweezy is officially on fish-or-cut-bait status. [read more]

What’s more fun than dreaming of a 347-pound manbeast wearing Bucs colors and terrorizing opposing offensive linemen?
The heck with Warren Sapp’s theory of why Vita Vea won’t be a stud.
Six of 10 Buccaneers spring “OTA” practices are in the books and general manager Jason Licht has a review that will stop the intermittent weeping of many Bucs fans. [read more]

Beefed up.
The forgotten man for many on the Bucs’ retooled defensive line is end Noah Spence. [read more]

Dirk Koetter speaks
So how is the mammoth manbeast first-round draft pick faring in the Florida heat and practicing alongside and against men?
To hear Dirk Koetter talk today, Vita Vea is ready for Festivus. [read more]

Sled work at Bucs OTA practice today.
Notes from this morning’s OTA underwear football practice. No rain, no indoor practice facility. Still fairly warm. [read more]

Bad rating vs. peers
A stat-crunching outfit Joe respects has pored over 2017 game film of all quarterbacks and determined that the Buccaneers’ franchise QB was one of the luckiest in the NFL last season when it comes to interceptions that didn’t happen. [read more]