It has come down to this.

The discussions have been had internally at One Buc Palace. And there’s no doubt the Vegas oddsmakers are paying attention. [read more]

Doug Martin has much in common with a kicker

Pretend if you wish that running back Doug Martin isn’t battling hard for a roster spot. But he is — and his fight ramps up tonight.

In fact, Martin is very much in the same boat as Roberto Aguayo. [read more]

Four-series fail

There was Joe last night, parked on the couch at 8 p.m. with a full belly and dreams of ice cold beer flowing at Abe’s Place. 

About 20 minutes later, Joe wondered whether the Hard Knocks cameras would catch a Buccaneer saying, “I can’t believe Jason Licht offered this guy in the neighborhood of $8 million a year to back up Jameis.” [read more]

Powerful stuff in today’s report from multimedia guru Rock Riley. Yes, that Rock Riley @realrockriley.

Dive in to jack yourself up for tonight’s preseason opener.

New Stick Carrier Video to get you pumped from Rock Riley on Vimeo.

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Clinton McDonald will line up in the trenches tonight and prepare for a slugfest.

Even in the preseason, defensive linemen and their counterparts engage in a continual series of collisions that leaves both sides bruised and battered. [read more]

Poll posted at 9:21 a.m.

Determined.

Joe’s readers surely have heard this before: Bucs types like to refer to middle linebacker Kwon Alexander as the “Jameis of the defense.” [read more]

Like legions of Bucs fans, Joe is fired up today for one the great days of the year, the preseason opener. [read more]

Generosity has limits.

Gerald McCoy is a charitable man but even he has his limits. [read more]

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Bold call by national voice.

Adam Schein has seen enough. [read more]

Number called.

In the very first clip “Hard Knocks” released of this season’s focus on the Bucs, the very first words out of winning Bucs coach Dirk Koetter’s mouth to the rookies was about “preparing to make the most of opportunities… be ready when your opportunity comes.” [read more]

Ugly injury news.

Not good news for Bucs corner Hey Jude. [read more]

Dirk Koetter talks cut blocking

Here comes “nasty,” explained winning head Dirk Koetter yesterday.

Joe can’t wait. J.R. Sweezy gets to fully exit his cage. [read more]

Rookie Chris Godwin could spark serious change

Joe continues to smell significant change coming to the Buccaneers’ offense. [read more]

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Dirk Koetter explains. (Photo courtesy of Buccaneers.com)

Are we watching the transformation of a camp meat linebacker into a legitimate NFL player?
[read more]

You think winning head coach Dirk Koetter was hard on America’s Quarterback, Jameis Winston, during the premiere of Hard Knocks?

Don’t worry about that one bit. [read more]

Human side.

Precious video by way of Mr. Beasting, Robert Ayers. [read more]

Teammate compares to greats

How good can Noah Spence be? [read more]