Bucs want versatile backups.

So it seems the code has been sort of cracked as to what the Bucs look for in backups. [read more]

Joe believes the Buccaneers will be a better football team this season.

Absolutely!

But better doesn’t mean good, and Joe defines good as winning more games than you lose. [read more]

Did Bucs doctors screw up with Jason Licht’s most expensive free agent signing?

Whoa! Bucs beat writer Rick Stroud had firm and rather enlightening words this morning on WDAE-AM 620. [read more]

“Must-watch.”

For Bucs fans living outside the Tampa Bay area who, for reasons Joe cannot wrap his head around, refuse to buy NFL Sunday Ticket, the TV networks are screwing you. [read more]

“Anal.”

Football coaches seem to be of the same mindset: paranoid.

Everything has to be just so. Any little thing out of place and calamity strikes, so they think. [read more]

The Bucs head to Atlanta on Sunday, and two ex-players weigh in on the NFC South.

Former Saints and Patriots fullback Heath Evans has been bellowing on NFL Network about his NFC South picks. [read more]

BY IRA KAUFMAN

Let’s get this column out of the way before the season is upon us.

This website does a lot of things right — and it deserves its surging popularity with Buc fans from Seminole to Singapore.

But it’s not perfect. [read more]

No, Dirk Koetter wasn’t talking about extremely thin women at One Buc Palace this afternoon.

The head coach was being his admirably candid self at the podium following practice. [read more]

Attack. Attack. Attack. [read more]

The players’ vote is in! [read more]

Critical for offensive success.

A lot of folks believe if the Bucs are finally going to break that five-year streak of finishing in the basement of the NFC South, a sorry and embarrassing rut, it will be because America’s Quarterback, Pro Bowler Jameis Winston, will carry the team to a higher level. [read more]

Back at the NFC Coaches Breakfast in Boca Raton this year, Joe was inhaling A-list croissants alongside Dirk Koetter, while the head coach talked about yearning for a fullback. [read more]

Former Bucs quarterback Byron Leftwich

One of the most astute students of quarterbacks in NFL history, iconic Bucs cornerback Ronde Barber, has a scouting report on America’s Quarterback, Jameis Winston. [read more]

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It’s right here on JoeBucsFan.com!!

Joe’s good friend Justin will be cranking out Monday, Wednesday and Saturday podcasts, “Bucs Uncensored.” Joe is pumped up.

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Big time prediction.

Man, what a weekend of college football. It has Joe so friggin’ jacked for the Bucs and the NFL this weekend. Joe can hardly stop guzzling the Bud Light. [read more]

Smart to follow Yoda’s lead.

Nothing seems to get Bucs fans worked up quite like when they recognize a name. [read more]

Lovie Smith agrees with his Bucs predecessor Greg Schiano about bathroom habits.

Joe likes to keep up on Bucs coaches of the past. And it seems like the last two have more than a passing football interest in common. [read more]

Jason Licht stayed close to home, but added one intriguing newcomer.

No, Kenny Bell didn’t get a phone call, but a lot of guys known to the hardest of hardcore Bucs fans did. [read more]

Seven days from the real deal, Buccaneers at Falcons, and civil unrest is coming out of Atlanta. [read more]

NFL.com speculates

The moment defensive coordinator Mike Smith arrived at One Buc Palace he represented a giant question mark.

What happens if Smith, 66-46 as Falcons head coach, bolts Tampa after this season for a head coaching job? [read more]

Bucs icon weighs in

So how good is Charles Sims?

It’s a tough question to answer, even for a future Hall of Famer. [read more]