With the 183rd overall pick, the Bucs snatched a linebacker coming off an injury. [read more]

Bucs suiteholder Dick Vitale today at One Buc Palace.

It was awesome, baby, with a capital-A!

The mascot for Tampa Bay sports, Basketball Hall of Famer and Lakewood Ranch resident Dick Vitale, was at One Buc Palace this afternoon. What a PTPer! [read more]

Welcome to the sixth round of the 2016 NFL Draft.

Mike Glennon officially is off the clock. [read more]

Soccer player.

Now this is a cool story and it should be told and celebrated every Fourth of July. It is as American as apple pie, Bud Light and cheerleaders. [read more]

New Bucs offensive tackle Caleb Benenoch.

A sect of Bucs fans were angry all day long for weeks because the Bucs didn’t want to draft a left tackle at No. 11 and move said left tackle to right tackle. [read more]

Wide reciever Kenny Bell might have been a big winner today

Nearly through five rounds of the 2016 NFL Draft and your Tampa Bay Buccaneers have not bolstered their receiving corps, the one that suffered from serious depth issues last season. [read more]

The Bucs’ 2016 Fifth-Round pick.

UPDATED 2:33 p.m. – Jason Licht drafted two offensive linemen in the fifth round back in 2014. Joe dubbed them the Milk Cartons because they M.I.A. as rookies. [read more]

Thin ice just got weaker.

Alterraun Verner, you better perform. Otherwise, you will no longer be in the Tampa Bay area. No more slack. [read more]

UPDATE: 12:57 p.m. The Bucs continue to bolster their secondary, which collectively was dreadful under Lovie Smith last year. [read more]

So the Bucs are loading up in the secondary, picking a cornerback for the second time with Ryan Smith of North Carolina Central, the second cornerback selected among their first four picks. [read more]

Welcome to the fourth round of the NFL Draft.

Is it Mike Glennon Day? [read more]

The reality is red flags surround defensive end Noah Spence, drafted by the Bucs last night after getting booted from Ohio State with a drug problem, and an alcohol-related arrest less than a year ago while at Eastern Kentucky. [read more]

History suggests Roberto Aguayo will be just fine.

Of course, Joe has noticed fan freakout because the Bucs traded back into the second round to acquire record-setting kicker Robert Aguayo of Florida State. [read more]

Licht explains move for a kicker.

It seems half of Bucs fandom is outraged Tampa Bay traded back up into the second round to draft Florida State kicker Roberto Aguayo.

There is method to the madness, the Bucs’ braintrust explained tonight. [read more]

Hit your draft comments right here

Joe’s open thread last night got about 1,000 comments (hundreds held in moderation for naughtiness) So here’s a fresh one to have your say on tonight’s Rounds 2 and Round 3 of the NFL Draft.

Defensive end, anyone? Special slot receiver/dynamic returner Sterling Shepard?

Have your say hammering away in the comments section all day.

Joe’s taking a break from wall-to-wall draft coverage to bring you an important observation. [read more]

New Bucs kicker Roberto Aguayo.

Florida State kicker Roberto Aguayo wanted to kick in the NFL. That was his goal, and by his performance in college, he knew the NFL would come calling. [read more]

New Bucs kicker Roberto Aguayo.

Connor Barth, you have been put on notice.

The Bucs traded back up into the second round to pick one of the best kickers in NCAA history, Florida State kicker Roberto Aguayo. [read more]

Lifelong Bucs fan

Robertomatica?

It doesn’t quite fit, but it’s what the Bucs are seeking by trading up to take college football’s premier kicker, Roberto Aguayo, in the second round tonight. [read more]

Bucs second-round pick Noah Spence could barely speak he was so choked up during his conference call with Bucs media.

Pash rushing specialist Noah Spence was run out of the Big Ten Convergence for dabbling so much with the “X,” the banned party drug ecstasy.

For a while, his dreams of playing in the NFL were in jeopardy. [read more]