Jason Licht will have a happy game of poker to play Thursday night.

Good news for Bucs fans was delivered by personnel guru and NFL scouting godfather Gil Brandt this morning on SiriusXM NFL Radio. [read more]

Robbery of a pick.

Yes, we are five days from the NFL draft. Hard to believe. Before you fully recover from your weekend partying, the draft will be here. [read more]

Slimed

Joe’s probably gotten at least 10 questions in the past week or so about Florida Gators cornerback Vernon Hargreaves and the harsh accusations against him. [read more]

Josh Norman is no Brent Grimes.

Bucs fans wore out their local bartenders last night, working their ears off and downing too many shots to count, trying to wash away the reality that the Bucs swung and missed on All-Pro cornerback Josh Norman. [read more]

Next!

So now Josh Norman and Kurt Cousins can scream, “You like that!” at each other.

Norman is now a Redskins cornerback with $50 million guaranteed in his pocket. [read more]

In what may be an effort to justify upgrading their Excel software, the PFF tribe cobbled together a draft board for every team. [read more]

Memo to folks who work for the NFL: Please know your better players’ names. No need to pull a BSPN and misidentify top-shelf players. [read more]

Strong take on Eastern Kentucky edge rusher Noah Spence

Few know the NFL Draft like Phil Savage, the former Ravens director of player personnel under Ozzie Newsome and the ex-Browns general manager.

Savage now is czar of the Senior Bowl, president of the event and studies and selects participants. [read more]

Draft Voodoo time

If the Bucs can’t win the Josh Norman sweepstakes, then Joe’s rooting for the rapidly emerging Jaguars to take home the prized cornerback.

The logic is simple. [read more]

Jason Licht is listening closely

Now that the Josh Norman fantasy is fading, Joe is firmly refocused on the NFL Draft to ease the pain.

That brings Joe to the new power brokers of the draft, the Chargers picking at No. 3. [read more]

Crossing fingers for Bucs.

Reports are bleak, as we begin this Friday morning, for free agent Pro Bowl cornerback Josh Norman finding his way to the Bucs. But one prominent national voice is hoping Bucs AC/DC-loving general manager Jason Licht pulls off the upset. [read more]

Will the next Sapp be drafted by Tampa Bay next week?

Gerald McCoy may not be the next Warren Sapp, but perhaps he could play alongside the next Sapp. [read more]

Full-court pressure by the Redskins.

Updated: 7:28 a.m. – Yes, you want cornerback Josh Norman to sign with the Bucs. Joe wants the Pro Bowl free agent to sign with the Bucs. It seems Bucs AC/DC-loving general manager Jason Licht has at least passing interesting. [read more]

Dejection is setting in at JoeBucsFan.com world headquarters. [read more]

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GM Jason Licht

Screw the Best Available Mob, Joe peddles in reality.

The Bucs are sitting damn pretty with the No. 9 overall pick because they will not be drafting an offensive lineman, a quarterback or Ezekiel Elliott. [read more]

Lost in the Josh-Norman-To-Tampa hysteria is the death of a Mike Glennon trade. [read more]

Norman was wanted

In the world of NFL media coverage, a healthy percentage of the old-school, mainstream bunch is out of touch for a variety of reasons. [read more]

Yes, free agent Josh Norman is a damned good cornerback. He blew up this past season and wants to get paid. No issue with that at all. [read more]

Doug Martin speaks

Late in the fourth quarter of the game known as the Capitol Collapse, the historic one-point beating at Washington last year, Doug Martin scampered for 49 yards (video here) before getting caught and shoved out of bounds at the 5 yard line. [read more]

Should not change draft plans.

With a week to go before the draft — only a week! — Joe is damned sure the draft board of Bucs AC/DC-loving general manager Jason Licht is set. At least, the first round or two. [read more]