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Lavonte David speaks
Lavonte David’s chat with assembled media today at One Buc Palace was reminiscent of Joe’s private discussion with Herm Edwards at the NFL Owners Meetings in March 2015.
The topic then was Lovie Smith and reviving the defense of a 2-14 team. [read more]
Body talk
The artist formerly known as Muscle Hamster reported for duty today at One Buc Palace.
He was looking fit and talking big. [read more]
Jason Licht explains choice.
In case you haven’t heard Bucs AC/DC-loving general manager Jason Licht’s live-in-studio sitdown with Joe’s good friend, “The Big Dog,” Steve Duemig of WDAE-AM 620 yesterday, Licht was painfully guarded in his remarks with the exception of chicken wing talk (and hostesses!). [read more]
It’s a new Gerald McCoy coming
Really telling stuff from Gerald McCoy today at One Buc Palace this afternoon. [read more]
Talks roster building.
The first roster cutdowns mandated by the NFL are over a month away, Aug. 30 to be precise. [read more]
Doug Martin was talking at One Buc Palace today.
Doug Martin was talking today at One Buc Palace. [read more]
Temporary lights like these are coming to One Buc Palace practice fields for training camp.
When Bucs coach Dirk Koetter said during underwear football season that he was striving to find a way to keep his players out of the suffocating Florida daytime heat during training camp, he wasn’t joking. [read more]
Jason Licht talks Kwon
How important is Kwon Alexander, the Buccaneers’ rookie playmaker on defense last year? [read more]
Guarded on the new big-money guard.
A bunch of unsourced reports surfaced yesterday offering clues as to the injury(ies) afflicting new Bucs guard J.R. Sweezy, the guy supposed to start at left guard and earn more than $9 million this year to replace Pro Bowler Logan Mankins. [read more]
Haters have to hate.
Joe’s breaking out his dogwhistle this morning. Calling all Gerald McCoy haters! Attention GMC haters! You know who you are. [read more]
Sign Dwight Freeney? Bucs GM Jason Licht dishes.
Just the thought that it has been over a decade since the Bucs had a guy (Simeon Rice) with double-digit sacks makes Joe want to toss his bowl of Cheerios across the kitchen. [read more]
Influencing lives.
Today, Joe ends his series of excerpts from Bucs defensive coordinator Mike Smith’s book, “You Win in the Locker Room First.” Tomorrow, Bucs training camp begins. Smith will then become an open book to all.
Joe began this series to offer readers a look inside the mind of the former Dixie Chicks head coach now in charge of turning around the defense of the Pewter Pirates. Smith’s book is available on Google Play and iTunes. [read more]
Buccaneers general manager Jason Licht will have his eyes especially locked on one player early in training camp, so he told the dean of Tampa Bay sports radio, Steve Duemig of WDAE-AM 620, this evening. [read more]
The GM Speaks
Grab your Stars and Stripes.
Bucs general manager Jason Licht gave a State of the Union address today on WDAE-AM 620. [read more]
No Sweezy — for now.
It’s official! [read more]
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It’s time for another edition of The Ira Kaufman Podcast!
Today, eye-RAH! and Joe talk tight ends and the Custodian of Canton tells an Austin Seferian-Jenkins story sure to leave many Bucs fans shaking their heads.
Click below to listen now or download the podcast for later.
More Roddy White talk
“I tell friends of mine all the time that Roddy White is the single-most competitive football player I’ve ever met in my life. I’ve just never been around a guy that his desire to win and compete would let him overcome injuries. He would do whatever it takes — whether it be blocking, catching, running with the football — just whatever you needed to help you win a game, Roddy would try to do it.” Dirk Koetter, via ESPN. [read more]
UPDATE: 11:41 a.m. – With Adam Humphries as the No. 1 kick returner entering training camp, and the Kenny Bell Mob pumped up to have their catchless crusader claim the No. 3 receiving role, it’s no wonder Joe is stimulated by the Falcons’ release of Devin Hester this morning. [read more]
Michigan ready?
In his first major speaking engagement since he was introduced as the new football coach at the University of Illinois this spring, former Bucs coach Lovie Smith addressed the throng today at the Big Ten Football Media Days conference in Chicago. [read more]
If you need to get back in the mindset for football, Joe’s got just the tonic for you. [read more]
