Joe understands there are a whole lot of guys (girls, too?) who served our country who read this here site daily. [read more]

Status for Sunday still unknown.

Joe is just getting hammered on Twitter with questions from Bucs fans willing, wishing, hoping, praying Joe tells them Doug Martin will play Sunday.

Joe can’t say that. [read more]

Robert Ayers explains.

The official Buccaneers microscope was rolled out recently and put to good use at One Buc Palace.

There was also group therapy that had a real impact. [read more]

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Tampa Bay’s only Hall of Fame voter, The Custodian of Canton, is talking in depth today about Doug Martin, player development, excuses, the Bears, second-half goals, effort issues and more. 

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Joe’s got video of Doug Martin at practice this afternoon at the sunny practice fields of One Buc Palace.

And Martin was talking in the locker room today. [read more]

Clashing philosophies.

In some ways, this reminds Joe of the wars Brett Favre and Mike Holmgren used to wage with each other. [read more]

Derrick Brooks analyzes the Bucs defense

Iconic Derrick Brooks gave a passionate public finger-wagging at the Bucs defense yesterday.

Some players and the collective effort clearly got under Brooks’ Hall of Fame skin. [read more]

Priorities right.

For some odd reason, people seem intrigued by who athletes and entertainment types vote for in elections. [read more]

Jameis makes a powerful speech.

Quite a speech made by America’s Quarterback, Jameis Winston, at One Buc Palace yesterday.

It made Joe want to stand up and salute the flag. [read more]

This post is not a joke.

And it casts an eerie cloud over the stadium on Dale Mabry Highway.  [read more]

Biggest addition.

Bucs fans could name all kinds of impact players added to the team this year. [read more]

Doesn’t follow America.

Quarterbacks belong to a fraternity of sorts, especially NFL quarterbacks. [read more]

New defense looks like old defense.

Be careful, Bucs fans. Joe has to pass along information that might just make you sidearm your mug of coffee against the kitchen wall. [read more]

Maybe not so great.

So America’s Quarterback, Pro Bowler Jameis Winston, claimed his knee was fine last week after he got belted in the Thursday night nightmare against Atlanta, despite heavily limping off the field and laying on the trainer’s table behind the bench. [read more]

Bears struggle against young quarterbacks.

Joe believes Bears coach John Fox is one of the best defensive minds in the NFL.

Look, to win a playoff game with Tim Tebow and get to a Super Bowl with Jake Delhomme, you better know what you are doing defensively. [read more]

Committee member.

Bucs fans are getting impatient. [read more]

Changing usage at One Buc Palace.

Defensive coordinators across the NFL are figuring out how to defend Bucs starting receivers Mike Evans and Cecil Shorts. [read more]

It’s Joe’s weekly Dirk Koetter Confidence Poll, always a 24-hour event.

Polls close at 8:23 a.m. on Thursday. Check out last week’s results here.

BY IRA KAUFMAN

Player development is what it’s all about in the NFL, and the Bucs have made few strides.

Learning your craft to uncover that winning edge is a defining hallmark of successful organizations. Jon Gruden used to say that you either get better as a player or you fall behind. [read more]

Culprit or scapegoat?

There is a list of Bucs who, for a variety of reasons both legitimate and concocted, make fans want to climb walls and throw empty beer bottles. [read more]

The Bucs are one of the great soap opera teams in the NFL. Just when you think you almost have them figured out, there’s a new twist on losing — and sometimes winning. [read more]