Teammate weighs in

One key question facing Jason Licht and Dirk Koetter this offseason is, “How good is Jacquizz Rodgers?”

It’s too easy to call the 26-year-old running back a one-year wonder. [read more]

Time to channel George Allen.

As Joe wrote Friday, the move by Team Glazer and Bucs AC/DC-loving general manager Jason Licht to lock up defensive coordinator Mike Smith for the next “couple of years” suggests one thing: the Bucs are no longer fooling around. [read more]

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Bucs need a burner who can also play football.

Yes, winning Bucs coach Dirk Koetter said a couple of times in the waning weeks of the 2016 season that the Bucs need #WeaponsForWinston. [read more]

Once upon a time last summer, winning head coach Dirk Koetter and defensive coordinator Mike Smith were men with the sweet hunger for competitive revenge. [read more]

Details

Joe shoots a lot of video of all kinds throughout spring practices, training camp and preseason games. [read more]

“You are absolutely right, Koetter! You should be able to work with Jameis in the winter. It’s f@#$ing bull*&^% you can’t. Jiminy Christmas!“

Joe just loves winning Bucs coach Dirk Koetter — even when Koetter is indirectly calling Joe out — because the man speaks his mind. [read more]

Potential free agent target?

The Bucs have a Grand Canyon-like crater at wide receiver after Mike Evans (and if you want to throw in Rudy Humphries, that’s fine).

It’s a dropoff in talent like taking a dive off the skywalk at America’s largest natural hole in the ground. [read more]

Gargantuan Pro Bowl DE/DT Calais Campbell could be an instant game-changer.

Everything the Bucs have done since their season ended smells like a team ready to push all its chips into the pot.

Just look at the power play on Mike Smith yesterday. [read more]

High honor

Yes, Joe has been a regular at the giant Martin Luther King, Jr. Day parade in St. Petersburg for many years.

Downing cold beverages in Straub Park next to The Vinoy resort and enjoying lots of bands has been a great ritual to help eradicate memories of a Bucs season gone bad. [read more]

Iron man.

Joe understands it’s a habit of some Bucs fans to rag on left tackle Donovan Smith. [read more]

Stability.

Folks like to use the word “continuity” like it is some magic elixir. It’s an empty word. [read more]

Tampa Bay’s only Hall of Fame voter pens columns for JoeBucsFan.com Mondays, Wednesdays and Friday, and churns out his popular podcasts Tuesdays and Thursdays. Enjoy as Ira shares some of his chat today with Tony Dungy.

BY IRA KAUFMAN

I had the pleasure of Tony Dungy’s company at breakfast Friday morning for an in-depth discussion about John Lynch’s demanding role in that iconic Buc defense.

More on that subject in later columns, but I also had the opportunity to get a Hall of Fame coach’s thoughts on the current state of the Buccaneers and Jameis Winston’s leadership skills. [read more]

Mike Smith speaks

The question of the day was whether Mike Smith’s new contract included an agreement that he wouldn’t/couldn’t seek a head coaching job this time next year. [read more]

Feed him the ball — and more.

Tight end Cameron Brate isn’t just unique because he graduated from Harvard and caught a whopping, record-book-rattling eight touchdowns last season. [read more]

Is it really possible that a Buccaneer could watch the playoffs this weekend and cheer for a division rival? [read more]

Receivers or running backs?

Look, Joe’s not blind. There is no question the Bucs need a starting receiver. Badly. [read more]

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Happy.

Fans let out a collective sigh of relief last night, if not raised a glass, to what may become the best Bucs offseason move, when it was learned Mike Smith pulled his name out of the running to be head coach of the San Diego Los Angeles Chargers and remain in Tampa. [read more]

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*Welcome to the most listened to Tampa Bay Buccaneers podcast in the free world! Bucs Uncensored is here for you every Monday, Wednesday & Saturday with “The Commish,” Justin Pawlowski. Follow him on Twitter! (@CommishOnline). Pawlowski dives into all things Bucs and shares real live fan takes via voice memos. (Email yours to BucsUncensored@gmail.com). A host on the USF Bulls Football Radio Network, and once a voice on the Buccaneers Radio Network, WDAE-AM 620 and 98.7 THE FAN, Justin shares his addictive brand of Bucs talk only here at JoeBucsFan.com! Click to listen above or subscribe to Bucs Uncensored on iTunes right here. *Beware, podcast may be harmful to small and medium-sized children.*

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