Aside from missing digits and recording only one sack in eight games last year, Joe’s knock against Jason Pierre-Paul was the Giants’ apparent disinterest in re-signing him.

The latter was a giant red flag. [read more]

Roddy White speaks

Why fool with a motivated, healthy and experienced free agent like Roddy White when Donteea Dye is available and Louis Murphy is only four months removed from ACL surgery?

This is one of the difficult questions facing Jason Licht and Dirk Koetter. [read more]

Heading back to the State of Illinois.

Yes, there were two shockers yesterday in the football world, three if you include the Miami Dolphins wooing free agent defensive end Mario Williams. [read more]

Ordered to remove his belongings from One Buc Palace two months ago, Lovie Smith seems eager to leave the NFL for the remainder of his coaching days. [read more]

For some reason, the NFL and its teams share all kinds of mind-numbing stats on a regular basis but shy away from official proclamations of teams’ available salary cap dollars. [read more]

Bucs new OC has name floated for a college gig.

Time for a hearty laugh for a slow March Saturday afternoon (Joe had been watching DVR recordings of “Hard Knocks.”) [read more]

The courting begins

Perhaps Joe’s prayers to the football gods got mixed up a little. [read more]

One of many reasons why Joe’s good friend “The Big Dog,” Steve Duemig of WDAE-AM 620, has been the 500-pound gorilla of local sports radio for decades, the undisputed king, the Dean of Tampa Bay sports radio, is he has some funny catchphrases. [read more]

America’s Quarterback, Jameis Winston, has traveled across much of the continent to join Kurt Warner and others in some deep spiritual time. [read more]

Eastern Kentucky edge rusher Noah Spence shined at the Senior Bowl but not since.

The Bucs were not like every other NFL team yesterday. [read more]

“It’s alright, Ali. I’ve got your back, bro.”

Joe is starting to think people write negatively about the offensive line of the Bucs because it is a knee-jerk reaction.

NFL offensive lines general wreak, but not the Bucs’. [read more]

(Photo courtesy of Buccaneers.com.)

Once upon a time, general manager Jason Licht and former Bucs overlord Lovie Smith told fans repeatedly that it was unfair to ask fans to be patient any longer.

No, no, no, they said, no more patience needed after three years of losing. [read more]

Longtime NFL writer Mike Garafolo of FOXSports.com, also a talking head on FS1, is convinced he knows what’s going to happen with Doug Martin. [read more]

Dirk Koetter is very clear. He wants a stronger commitment from America’s Quarterback, Jameis Winston, and Mike Evans when it comes to their bodies. [read more]

Things appear to be looking up for Alterraun Verner.

Joe can’t tell you how much his acid reflux acts up when thinking of last year’s Bucs defense.

The pass defense was such a sieve there were backup high school quarterbacks in Pasco County who dearly wanted snaps against it. [read more]

National columnist slams free agent DE Mario Williams.

One of the harshest things anyone can throw at an NFL player is calling the guy a “quitter.” It is considered a slur in the world of the NFL. [read more]

Doug Martin is watching

A morning report out of Miami claims the Dolphins are wrestling with the agents of running back Lamar Miller, who represents a potential Tampa Bay replacement of Doug Martin. [read more]

How many games did the Bucs lose due to injuries?

Warning: Joe is going to delve into the murky world of stat geekery here.

Some numberscrunchers can’t help themselves and try to turn football into baseball, which is both rich in statistics and a sport completely hijacked by nerds this century. [read more]

Popular sports radio and television personality Adam Schein suggests caution in signing Doug Martin.

Bucs fans want free agent running back Doug Martin back.

Joe wants Doug Martin back. [read more]

Makeover coming?

Dirk Koetter had plenty to say to a lot of people, including Joe, at the NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis. [read more]

Future Bucs WR?

Interesting comments from Dixie Chicks coach Dan Quinn over the near future of recently cut wide receiver Roddy White. [read more]