Licht talks playing poker on national radio.

A hardcore-Bucs-fan friend fired off a text to Joe minutes after AC/DC-loving general manager Jason Licht pulled the trigger on the trade up to draft kicker Roberto Aguayo in the second round. [read more]

Joe Henderson.

This will be the last postmortem Joe will have for the now-defunct Tampa Tribune. [read more]

Just don’t be Talib.

If rookie cornerback Vernon Hargreaves turns out to be more Ronde Barber than Aqib Talib, the Bucs will have hit a home run.

All Hargreaves must do is play solid football and not throw down with a rookie teammate at a seminar, not blast a defensive teammate in the grill with a helmet, not speedbag a cabbie flying down the interstate, not hassle Tampa grannies, not go all OK Corral in a Dallas suburb, not cuss out referees and coaches, and not eat Adderall (allegedly), then he should be fine. [read more]

Roy Cummings, longtime Bucs beat writer of the now-defunct Tampa Tribune.

Whoa!

Joe doesn’t cover media business, but this bears a few words, and there are a few Bucs ties. [read more]

DE Channing Ward of Ole Miss

Yes, there’s a fresh crop of rookies invading Tampa en route to Bucs rookie minicamp, which starts Friday.

Most of them you’ve never heard of.
[read more]

Jason Licht explains.

Weeks ago, Joe talked to Bucs types and picked their brains about the draft. [read more]

Yes, there’s a place in Bucs history books for former Rays skipper Merlot Joe Maddon, and that was long before last week’s NFL Draft. [read more]

Damn, it has been so long since the Bucs have been in the playoffs — coming up on nine years — Joe barely remembers it.

Shoot, JoeBucsFan.com didn’t exist yet when the Bucs were clobbered by the Giants in January 2008. [read more]

At least something was under the Christmas tree for America’s Quarterback, Jameis Winston, during the NFL Draft. [read more]

Stats better than Bucs kickers of the past.

Joe notices the outrage is still brisk and raw over the Bucs trading up into the second round to grab kicker Roberto Aguayo, who was as close to a perfect college kicker as there has been. [read more]

Joe hit the airwaves yesterday afternoon with Todd Wright, filling in for the dean of Tampa Bay sports radio, Steve Duemig of WDAE-AM 620. [read more]

Former prominent sports voice defends.

Joe’s timeline on Twitter yesterday afternoon and last night reveals Bucs fans remain crazed by Bucs AC/DC-loving general manager Jason Licht trading back into the second round to draft a kicker, Roberto Aguayo. [read more]

Thanks to “The Gipper,” the Bucs have a place kicker.

There are many, many, many things for which we as red-blooded Americans can thank the 40th president of the United States, Ronald Reagan. As Bucs fans, there is one specific reason.

That would be for Bucs place kicker Roberto Aguayo. [read more]

Sounds off on his desired role

The Bucs’ 2016 first-round draft pick, cornerback Vernon Hargreaves, is a man with very strong opinions. [read more]

DE Noah Spence discusses his selection by the Bucs.

Already Joe can tell that new Bucs defensive end Noah Spence is not a quote machine. If he is this tight with his words as a rookie, then it’s doubtful he will get more chatty as the years move on. [read more]

Yes, the Bucs have released their list of longshots they just signed as undrafted free agents. This will certainly make your Monday afternoon. [read more]

Bucs fourth-round pick Ryan Smith

Yes, some fans are crying because the Bucs drafted a small-school cornerback in the fourth round and want to make him a safety. [read more]

Gerald McCoy has been very quiet lately (full story) while delivering a “stay tuned” message to fans.

Today, he elaborated on what “stay tuned” might really mean. [read more]

Gone

At least the Bucs didn’t torture kicker Connor Barth by bringing him back to (cough) compete for a job this year. [read more]

Clinton McDonald explains

In many ways, the hopes of the Buccaneers lie in the skilled, veteran hands of Jay Hayes, the Bengals’ defensive line coach of the past 13 years who now patrols the Bucs’ sidelines. [read more]

Lost in the shuffle of the NFL Draft frenzy was Dirk Koetter calling a pecking order in the return game. [read more]