Where will he be next week?

It isn’t out of the realm of possibility the Bucs could have a new middle linebacker this year. [read more]

More Le’Veon Bell chatter.

Joe has no clue how the Bucs can pull this off, but it isn’t stopping guys on national websites suggesting the Bucs can be real players for quitting running back Le’Veon Bell. [read more]

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PRESENTED BY*Joe thinks it’s very cool to have Todd Wright diving back into the kind of thing he was known for nationally. [read more]

“Jason, you should wear that coat when you woo free agents. It brightens the day.”

One of Joe’s fantasies is now completely out of reach. [read more]

The wacky interpretations of NFL rules are always changing, so Bucco Bruce Arians has hired a retired NFL official to help him navigate all that and to serve as an in-game, instant-replay guru. [read more]

The head coach seems to be in love

Intriguing insight served up by the Buccaneers’ new head coach this week at One Buc Palace. [read more]

Disgusted by film

New head coach Bucco Bruce Arians said he’s evaluated film from the past three seasons and he sees a Buccaneers football team that wasn’t very smart. [read more]

Returning.

UPDATED 11:25 a.m. – It sure smells like the only new face on the Bucs’ offensive line for the 2019 season will be at right guard. [read more]

The film doesn’t lie.

And the film shows Donovan Smith only plays hard to the whistle roughly 91.8 percent of the time. [read more]

Less than a week from free agency, at least a dozen NFL teams have 10 times more available salary cap room than the Buccaneers, winners of five games in each of the last two seasons. And that’s assuming the Bucs even have any cap room.

One reliable tracker says the Bucs are over the cap now. [read more]

Fish or cut bait already?

Bucs AC/DC-loving general manager Jason Licht has said the biggest thing he learned working for Bill Belicheat was to admit your mistakes early and cut your losses. [read more]

Projected fit.

The Crows are shedding a lot of salary on their defense. And while Joe is borderline obsessed with the Bucs grabbing inside linebacker C.J. Mosely, perhaps it should be another Crows player recently thrown to the curb by Baltimore coach John Harbaugh. [read more]

“Serious interest.”

Could the “Honey Badger,” Tyrann Mathieu, playing safety for the Bucs be a thing? One uber-NFL insider writes, don’t be shocked. [read more]

Cha-ching.

That cash register you hear in the background? No, that’s not NFL owners cashing checks from a TV network. [read more]

The fixer for Jason Licht?

Lost in all the hustling to keep together the roster of a Tampa Bay team that went 5-11 in back-to-back seasons is the fact the Buccaneers need a kicker.

And what does Jason Licht do when he needs a kicker? [read more]

How the pirate ship sank.

It is so damn sad to think there are people who are legally able to guzzle cold beer at Hooters and not remember one play of the Bucs beating the Raiders in Super Bowl XXXVII. [read more]

BY IRA KAUFMAN

Now comes the hard part.

The Bucs wrapped up their left tackle position for at least a few years by coming to terms with Donovan Smith, who starts fresh with a new coaching staff as Jameis Winston’s blind-side protector.

Jason Licht and his crew looked around at potential replacements for Smith and decided to stick with a known quantity, a player who takes great pride in not missing a snap.

Now it’s time to get things right. [read more]