“Jason, those are good grades. Chill out.”

Last week the Bucs drafted cornerbacks in Rounds 2 and 3. The greatest Tampa Bay cornerback of all-time is excited, though not over-the-top crazy about them. [read more]

Tampa Bay head coach Todd Bowles loves running the football. [read more]

More roses for Bucs GM.

It’s weird. Prickly Pete Prisco of CBS made it clear: He wasn’t down with the Bucs drafting Emeka Egbuka. [read more]

Gets Bucs’ predicament.

Mina Kimes sort of sympathizes with Bucs AC/DC-loving general manager Jason Licht. [read more]

Revised scouting method works.

Right about the time Bucco Bruce Arians came to town, Bucs AC/DC-loving general manager Jason Licht figured he had to tear apart his draft philosophy, process and scouting approach and start from scratch. [read more]

Fewer wins than 2024?

Joe may just have to utilize the gambling device owned by the Seminoles in the free state of Florida after reading the following. [read more]

Bucs first-round pick receiver Emeka Egbuka.

The mysterious Buccaneers’ draft-day big board is a notch more clear today. [read more]

(Photo courtesy Henry Egbuka Facebook page.)

Baker Mayfield wasted no time getting to know his new target, and hopefully his No. 1 Pro Bowl target of the future. [read more]

National TV appearance.

Friday is when Bucs rookies report for rookie minicamp at One Buc Palace. And while the practices are closed to the general public, fans shouldn’t expect Benjamin Morrison to be on the practice fields behind the building. [read more]

“Hey rookie, start worrying about Josh Hayes, instead.”

For the vast majority of Bucs fans, mention the No. 20 and they immediately think of former Bucs corner and Hall of Famer Rondé Barber. [read more]

More official chatter.

The Bucs sure don’t sound confident Chris Godwin will be on the field in Week 1. [read more]

Draft analysis.

Open-minded people who aren’t irked by the Bucs’ pick in the first round seem to be on the same wavelength. [read more]

Todd Bowles speaks.

So electric returner/receiver Tez Johnson, the Bucs’ seventh-round draft pick, isn’t getting much of a pay raise this season to play for Tampa Bay. [read more]

Bucs honcho weighs in.

The Buccaneers’ head coach is ready for the best men to win in his defense. [read more]

Strong eye for talent.

Here’s a stat that doesn’t get a lot of run. Until yesterday. [read more]

Bucs coach Todd Bowles.

As Joe typed earlier, the reason why there has been so much blowback over the drafting of Ohio State receiver Emeka Egbuka by the Bucs in the first round isn’t anger or disgust directed at Egbuka. [read more]

Production matters.

Joe has heard the following chatter on social media and some of the takes are from sports radio hosts and their observations of the Bucs’ draft. [read more]

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Bucco Bruce Arians may be playing lots of golf and helping whiskey sales in the southeast, but he does live on in the Buccaneers’ current culture. [read more]

Bonding.

Now this is how a franchise quarterback gets on the same page as his brand new toy. [read more]

Troubling take from Rondé Barber.

So the comments of Rondé Barber cannot be ignored when a minute prior to making them he told a story of being in the hallway of Bucs headquarters this month talking to both assistant Bucs general managers when rookie wide receiver prospect Matthew Golden (just drafted by the Packers) walked past him and into the office of Tampa Bay GM Jason Licht. [read more]