It’s the weekly, 24-hour Dirk Koetter Confidence Poll, posted at 4:25 p.m. It pops every Wednesday through the season. … Find last week’s results here.

Talented x-factor ready to breakout or young player far away in his development?

Noah Spence appears to be both, based on Joe’s chats at One Buc Palace today. [read more]

Must-see video from offensive coordinator Todd Monken

Once in a while Joe barks that you absolutely must watch a video if you are a Buccaneers fan.

This is one of those times. [read more]

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In this edition of The Todd Wright Fantasy Football Podcast: Bucs Bulletin, Todd talks about the one man wearing a Tampa Bay Buccaneers uniform who will be drafted in every season-long fantasy draft on our planet. There’s only one. Mike Evans carries WR1 value in that second tier of wide receivers with a consensus ADP on a national level.

However, much like someone in Seattle will draft Russell Wilson over Aaron Rodgers and someone in Cincinnati will draft Joe Mixon over Leonard Fournette, you know there will be fantasy players in Tampa Bay reaching for Evans a round too early. After that, there does not appear to be another Buccaneers WR worth anything higher than your last non PK/DST selection.

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BY IRA KAUFMAN

Jason Licht was in a downright giddy mood Tuesday evening, for good reason. [read more]

Training camp officially ended today and Joe gathered commentary from players on the team’s frequent use of the new indoor facility on the grounds of One Buc Palace — versus the sun-drenched beautiful grass fields. [read more]

Update.

Just a few observations on injuries at the final Bucs training camp practice for 2018. [read more]

New defensive line coach Brentson Buckner males a bold statement

The rejuvenated Buccaneers defensive line has had its big highs and lows this summer, and loquacious D-line coach Brentson Buckner had interesting reflections today after practice, the last official training camp session. [read more]

Bucs rookie CB M.J. Stewart (36) punches the ball away from Titans RB Dion Lewis Saturday night.

It caught the direct attention of Ronde Barber. [read more]

“No Mr. Glazer, that wasn’t a Jehovah’s Witness in a floppy hat that kept coming to the front desk on Saturday mornings. That was an offensive lineman and he’s back in Seattle now. I will find another.”

Sadly, you cannot order up an offensive lineman on Amazon. [read more]

The gang of “Good Morning, Football” was spreading some Bucs vibes yesterday. [read more]

Return window surfaces.

So now more specifics are leaking out of One Buc Palace concerning the injury to Bucs left tackle Donovan Smith. [read more]

Joe and the Buccaneers’ big shots haven’t always agreed on the evaluation of the running back position.

See Doug Martin 2017. [read more]

UPDATED: Good news, even if it’s vague, is still good news. [read more]

A good lesson for Bucs fans on this dark day

Eleven years ago a good Bucs team lost its starting left tackle with a September injury and in came an undrafted backup who had never started at the position. [read more]

Looks were deceiving.

The Bucs are being very tight-lipped about injuries today suffered by Bucs safety Justin Evans and left tackle Donovan Smith. But preliminary information on Evans suggests his injury may not be as severe as it first appeared. [read more]

A major Buccaneers X-factor entering this season (before today’s scary Donovan Smith injury), Vernon Hargreaves endured a groin issue 12 days ago in the preseason opener at Miami. [read more]

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Nineteen days from the season opener and Ira Kaufman is in midseason form firing away on the various Bucs topics of the week with Joe.  The Ira Kaufman Podcast is always fun and informative, and it’s presented by Ed Morse Cadillac Tampa and Ed Morse Cadillac Brandon. Click play above or tune in at iTunes, Google Play or Podbean.com. Find the Ira ranked on the Google Play podcast “Top Charts” (all genres nationwide), where it’s been for most of the past 10 months!! Stay informed, thinking and smiling every single Tuesday & Thursday — and there is NO offseason. Click or download above. It’s fun, free and easy. Enjoy!