Motive behind message?

Last week on NFL Total Access, seen on NFL Network, there was discussion on new Bucs coach Bucco Bruce Arians and how he might affect the status of malcontent wide receiver DeSean Jackson. [read more]

Forecasting Bucs defense.

Yesterday, Joe brought the first of a three-part story discussing the Bucs with the “Czar of the Playbook,” the underrated draft guru Emory Hunt. [read more]

Interesting chatter yesterday from the Tampa Bay Buccaneers head coach and resident quarterback whisperer. [read more]

BY IRA KAUFMAN

In less than a year, Bruce Arians and the Glazers will go behind closed doors for an open dialogue.

The subject of the meeting will be one Jameis L. Winston, who won’t be in the room but never strays far from the thoughts of ownership. [read more]

Multiple times on his Buccaneers Radio Network show, ousted head coach Dirk Koetter talked about how fullback/tight end Alan Cross asked great questions and was one of the smartest football men on the team. [read more]

Nearly an F.

The heck with grading, let’s regrade! [read more]

Approves.

Now this is an interesting angle. [read more]

Joe loves the latest Buccaneers coaching hires. [read more]

How healthy is new head coach Bucco Bruce Arians? [read more]

More powerful video from the Buccaneers, sort of a follow-up to the in-house Hard Knocks style series produced this summer. [read more]

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The “Czar of the Playbook.”

Yeah, it may be a bit early to talk draft. But when Joe has a chance to talk with one of the coolest cats who works in NFL draft media, Emory Hunt, then draft chatter Joe will type. [read more]

WR coach Skyler Fulton.

It’s not all dark skies and doom and gloom for former (?) Bucs wide receivers coach Skyler Fulton. [read more]

Mike Smith surfaces

The one-liners are too easy here, so Joe will resist. [read more]

“Need a new coach? Or how about an escort for the evening? I can hook you up.”

Joe is dead serious as he types the following sentence. [read more]

He can see it.

If there is a better pairing than Bucco Bruce Arians and America’s Quarterback, Pro Bowler Jameis Winston, a pair of FS1 talking heads hasn’t seen one. [read more]

New Buccaneers offensive coordinator Byron Leftwich got his feet wet into playcalling in an atypical manner.

That’s his mentor, Bucco Bruce Arians, always crafty when it comes to development on the money side of the football. [read more]

Yes, America’s Quarterback, Jameis Winston, is eager for a new start with his old team. [read more]