Kicking frustration continues.

Even if winning Bucs coach Dirk Koetter tried to hide his frustration with his kickers and their failure to kick a friggin’ extra point, any happy face he may have tried to hide behind was lost with one word. [read more]

He’s gone, but extra-point suckage continues.

Joe wonders if winning Bucs coach Dirk Koetter is going to chug about a half-dozen vodkas on the flight home to Tampa tonight. [read more]

Fire up the in-game chatter in the comments section all throughout the pregame show and to the final whistle tonight in Jacksonville.

Please keep it respectful, but don’t hesitate to mix it up. Joe is live on the scene and come back all through the night.

There’s so much to keep an eye on, even in the second half when future gym teachers, grad students, and mattress movers take the field against the talent-rich Jaguars.

Go Bucs!

Joe was jaw-jacking on the radio again earlier today. [read more]

Unfair dart thrown

Another sharp javelin has been hurled in the direction of America’s Quarterback, Jameis Winston, by mercurial local newspaper columnist Tom Jones. [read more]

No passion, ASJ explains.

One thing Joe noticed regularly was that former Bucs tight end Austin Seferian-Jenkins sure did talk a good game. But he simply didn’t have game. [read more]

Bargain.

Yeah, it is easy to play fantasy football. But try putting together a winning team of stars and stay under the NFL-mandated team salary cap. [read more]

Bend it like Gumby. (Photo courtesy of Buccaneers.com)

Defensive end Noah Spence has had a rather quiet camp. [read more]

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Debuts at center tonight

Preseason Game 2 is tonight in Jacksonville and look for starters to play about half the game. There’s so much to keep an eye on, but Joe’s going with five here — five you might not be considering. [read more]

Remember the Bucs’ 40-7 loss in Arizona last year, when Dirk Koetter left America’s Quarterback, Jameis Winston, on the field late in the game?

And Jameis wasn’t handing off. He was getting severely punished physically. [read more]

Bucs right tackle explains.

Winning Bucs coach Dirk Koetter will wince reading this, but Demar Dotson has no issue with fights in practice. [read more]

“Act like you want to be here!”

It is over a day later and Joe is still geeked by what he saw on “Hard Knocks” this week. [read more]

Yes, Joe patrolled the sidelines at Bucs-Jaguars practice yesterday furiously taking notes. The result? It’s Joe’s nearly world famous practice notes. Enjoy! Great dinner reading. [read more]

Prowling every corner of the Bucs universe, it’s multimedia guru Rock Riley (@realrockriley) with another video report, as you see here every Monday, Wednesday & Friday. Today, Rock talks with a true Bucs icon, radio voice Gene Deckerhooff.

Great fun.

Deckerhoff, Bucs have depth from Rock Riley on Vimeo.

Once upon a time this summer, winning head coach Dirk Koetter said on the Ira Kaufman Podcast that a key to this season would be how free agent signings DeSean Jackson, Chris Baker and J.J. Wilcox would mesh in the locker room. [read more]

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Stick Carriers to the rescue.

Hey, somebody has to give Hard Knocks some intrigue after two rather bland episodes.

This show obviously has a lot of appeal in the Bay area because Buc fans are hungry for any morsel about their football team. But when you get past Spring Hill and Lakewood Ranch, is anybody watching this supposed “inside” look at a franchise on the rise? [read more]

Gloomy days in Miami.

Though the start of the NFL season is roughly a month away, the Bucs have caught all sorts of breaks. [read more]