Ira Kaufman is the most revered sports personality and writer in town. He has hung his hat at JoeBucsFan.com world headquarters since July 2016. Tampa Bay’s only Pro Football Hall of Fame voter, Ira busts out columns here every Monday, Wednesday and Friday, and his award winning podcasts fire Tuesdays and Thursdays. You can also hear Ira on SiriusXM Mad Dog Radio Wednesdays during football season, and see him now on Mondays at 10:30 p.m. on Spectrum Sports 360 (aka BayNews 9). Ira also is part of the FOX-13 Tailgate Sunday show and enjoys beet salads, Riesling, Chiefs victories and needling Joe.
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You can blame Doug Martin until your face turns pewter, but that doesn’t explain why Tampa Bay’s offensive line has been outworked and outmuscled for the past two years. [read more]
During the draft process, Joe shared takes from guys who played directly against Vita Vea in college, guys who said he was easily their toughest matchup.
But what about evaluation inside One Buc Palace? [read more]
The contention that if today the Bucs were deranged enough to release America’s Quarterback, Pro Bowler Jameis Winston, he would not find another NFL starting job immediately sure has Bucs fans buzzing. [read more]
Call this the mentality edition of Bucs Uncensored, diving into a different team approach for 2018, and much more. The Commish, Justin Pawlowski, (@CommishOnline) is re-energized today leading the Stick Carriers as the voice of Bucs Uncensored. Plenty of football and fan chatter from across the globe on today’s episode. Be part of the action! Just email a 90-second-or-less audio blast to BucsUncensored@gmail.com. Listen above or subscribe on iTunes right here, or at Podbean.com. Justin’s work is not influenced by JoeBucsFan.com. Joe just thinks it’s very, very special. **CAUTION: some R-RATED language!**
Todd covers the Game Five victory from all angles in this edition of the Todd Wright Lightning Playoff Podcast. Not quite as good as Andrei Vasilevskiy, but still effective enough to get the job done. For you football fans still wondering why hockey is being covered here on this website, the opening shift goal by the Callahan-Kunitz-Paquette line was sort of the equivalent of the home team returning the opening kickoff for a touchdown.
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Wait, do NFL games still have opening kickoffs? Todd not only has plenty to talk about from the 60 minutes of action between the Lightning and Capitals, but he was fascinated by the 60 minutes that followed the game on Channel 8 as he waited patiently for Nicki Minaj’s appearances on SNL.
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Todd Wright isn’t just the fantasy football podcast guru and golf chief around here. The longtime national and local sports radio personality has loads of knowledge about the Tampa Bay Lightning. So launching the Todd Wright Lightning Playoff Podcast was a no-brainer. Todd has media credentials for Bolts games and will provide plenty of fresh insight.
(Also, the JoeBoltsFan podcast with Tom Lang has been a big hit every Friday.)
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Last year, David Johnson wanted to become just the third running back in NFL history to rush for 1,000 yards and put up 1,000 receiving yards in the same season. Fantasy owners bought that stock and made him either the first or second player selected in most season-long drafts. Johnson was immediately injured and missed the rest of the season. So, Johnson is now talking about this year and his goals are the same. However, his coaching staff is not and neither are his quarterbacks.
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In this podcast, Todd Wright talks about the pros and cons and early projections for Johnson this year. (Oh, and Todd actually forgets his own first name in this podcast when he failed to remember Todd Gurley in the conversation about the top three running backs. Forgive Todd, he’s been pulling double duty on this podcast AND of course on his Lightning Playoff Podcast. It’s clearly is taking a mental toll. He’ll be fine, just insert Todd Gurley’s name where necessary in this fantasy football podcast to complete the thought.)
With the Bucs scheduled to begin official OTA practices on Tuesday, Bucs fans are latching onto anything interesting to tide them over for a few days. So Joe hopes the following gets some fans pumped. [read more]
A special kind of fire burns in Buccaneers rookie cornerback Carlton Davis, so explained general manager Jason Licht.
Mike Smith got into a little football philosophy talking while to media Wednesday, and some of it left Joe unsettled.
Joe is going to make a pledge today, one different than the daily pledge to never snooze on Bucs fans. 
