Austin Seferian-Jenkins (right) will play in his 12th career game today.

It’s 6 a.m. and Joe’s morning film study and oatmeal inhalation is interrupted by what seems to be impossible news. [read more]

Yes, Joe was on ESPN Tallahassee radio earlier this week talking Bucs with Jeff Cameron, he of “The Jeff Cameron Show.”

Joe has long been a fan of Cameron, a St. Pete native who puts together damned good radio. [read more]

Physically limited in practice Friday. National report emerges.

Updated: 5:45 a.m.: Well, Gerald McCoy was listed as “doubtful” on the Bucs’ injury report Friday, after having what GMC deemed a “small procedure” on his left hand. [read more]

V-Jax details rookie torture and huddle dancing

So much for Vincent Jackson being a robotic and rather stoic workaholic, a man whose military upbringing let him fit right in with Greg Schiano and have a Pro Bowl season in 2012. [read more]

You asked for it, you got it. It’s the TV map for tomorrow’s game between the Dixie Chicks and the Bucs, a 1 p.m. kickoff at the Den of Depression. [read more]

The Bucs will be flush with a pile of cash they have to spend

A fun March is coming to Tampa. [read more]

This can’t happen again

You want a good feel for Falcons football? When Atlanta comfortably marched up and down the field on the Bucs last month, Julio Jones caught 12 balls on 13 targets for 162 yards and a touchdown.

Their next busiest wide receiver caught two balls for 24 yards. [read more]

Stat geeks rate CB Sterling Moore best of the Bucs, but not that high.

Yes, regular readers understand Joe has serious reservations about the stat nerds over at Pro Football Focus.

Hey, if they want to do missed tackles and dropped passes, fine. When they start grading players is when the whole operation runs off the tracks. [read more]

Leading a turnaround.

Just looking at the top teams in third down conversion, Joe did a bit of a double-take. The Bucs are No. 10. [read more]

The Falcons sport the NFL’s fourth-ranked offense and ninth-ranked defense, yet they’re struggling mightily. [read more]

“Doubtful” for Sunday.

Bucs fans who holler about the rotation on the defensive front may get their wish to stop the rotation. Because the Bucs may run out of players to rotate. [read more]

Cleared for contact by Bucs’ medical staff.

Joe knows after the false alarms and teasing of the past month or so, it is dubious to type the following words, but here goes: Bucs tight end Austin Seferian-Jenkins may play Sunday. [read more]

This sure puts an interesting twist on Sunday’s critical Bucs-Falcons game. [read more]

Logan Mankins has a gushing fan that might surprise you

A prime member of the new breed of Buccaneers was caught bowing to the old guard yesterday. [read more]

Joe doesn’t know how to act. The Bucs are playing a meaningful game in December. Should Joe break out the Crown Royal or stick with Jack? [read more]

Mike Evans says he will change immediately

Mike Evans thinks he’s hurting himself with what he calls passionate play. [read more]

So you think the Bucs’ defensive issues immediately will be solved by drafting an edge pass rusher?

A telling NFL Draft stat from the Atlanta Journal Constitution might change your mind. [read more]

Teammate talks heckling

Once upon a time, America’s Quarterback, Jameis Winston, was handed an average-sized bag of crab legs by a Publix employee and walked out the front door without paying. [read more]

Twelve penalties helped sink the Bucs in Indianapolis.

By Joe’s quick count, penalties were responsible for eight lost points (field goals on potential touchdown drives that were stunted by penalties). [read more]

They call it Total Access on the Buccaneers Radio Network for a reason. [read more]

Lot of growth this year.

When former Bucs rock star general manager Mark Dominik drafted Will Gholston in the fourth round, in what turned out to be his final draft with the Bucs, he got a guy with a boatload of raw talent.

But some thought it would never be harnessed because Gholston (incorrectly) had the label of a wild man. [read more]

Surprising selection.

Yes, virtually every football head is singing the praises of America’s Quarterback, Bucs signal-caller Jameis Winston, as he bagged yet another award yesterday: NFL Rookie of the Month. [read more]