Trash talks kickers.

Now we’ve finally seen what Chris Baker excels at. [read more]

One of the great, raw football scenes in tonight’s Hard Knocks episode featured the Buccaneers’ biggest guns. [read more]

GM talks Bucs star CB.

Call him “The Cat.” [read more]

Goal is to get blasted.

You have to be hardcore to want to get drilled by Superman. [read more]

Fiery day

Perhaps it was the “Jaboo” taunting, trash talk coming at America’s Quarterback, Jameis Winston, from Jaguars players today at a joint Bucs-Jags practice in sweltering Jacksonville. [read more]

Gumby

Yes, defensive coordinator Mike Smith calls Noah Spence “Gumby.”

And when he first did, of course, Spence had no idea what he was talking about.

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Here’s Pro Bowl receiver Mike Evans coming right into your living room.

Great work by the JoeBucsFan.com video team. [read more]

Cornerback Ryan Smith trails a Jaguars rookie receiver. Rough moment in a rough Tuesday for Smith.

UPDATED 3:15 p.m. – As cornerback Ryan Smith’s Tuesday morning got progressively worse battling a variety of Jaguars receivers, defensive coordinator Mike Smith’s patience wore thin.

Another beating of the second-year corner drew a fiery tirade from his coach. [read more]

Chris Conte and Jags tight end Caleb Bluiett got into a heated fight at Bucs-Jaguars joint practice today. Joe’s got the details.

UPDATED 1:11 p.m.: Fights, fights, fights.

The Bucs joint practice today with the Jags morphed into a giant MMA bout. [read more]

Hung out to dry.

Joe is rewatching the Bucs-Bengals game from Friday night. [read more]

Patience. (Photo courtesy of Buccaneers.com.)

How refreshing and, frankly, intelligent it is for the Bucs to build schemes around the players they have at hand. [read more]

Right place, right time.

In some respects, the NFL is about luck. [read more]

Backroom intrigue.

The rumor floated by prickly Pete Prisco yesterday really got Joe’s mind working overtime. [read more]

Talks importance of joint practices.

There is a pretty simple NFL rule to live by: If it’s good enough for Bill Belicheat, it’s good enough for everyone. [read more]

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Ali Marpet’s right ankle might still be taped up and be an area of concern, but he was back in pads working against the Jaguars on the Jacksonville practice fields today. [read more]

Every Buccaneers player was graded for his preseason performance against the Bengals. [read more]

Multimedia guru Rock Riley. (Yes, that Rock Riley, @realrockriley) has cooked up another timely video right here, as he does every Monday, Wednesday & Friday. Enjoy!

Bucs move on to Jacksonville without Aguayo from Rock Riley on Vimeo.

“Jason, I don’t want to be a noodge, but I can’t handle another year of Kyle Brindza and Connor Barth.”

Now here’s a juicy one from a reputable source.  [read more]