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It’s Joe’s world famous comprehensive practice notes from today’s rain-shortened slugfest at One Buc Palace.
Yes, the Bucs were in pads and hammering each other after some extended specials teams work where there is no hitting. [read more]
Steve Duemig
It was that time again. Joe was in the steel cage with the dean of Tampa Bay sports radio, Steve Duemig of WDAE-AM 620.
Today, Joe was broadcasting live on the training camp sidelines for the popular JoeBucsFan Hour. [read more]
The analysts said Jameis Winston came out of college extraordinarily NFL-ready. And the way Jameis talked to Joe and other media this evening, that was never in doubt during his first preseason game. [read more]
Joe’s got exclusive video
The Bucs got in half a training camp practice at One Buc Palace, but a steady downpour delayed the action and then cancelled it.
At one point the team returned to the field to resume action, but Bucs officials changed their minds. Jameis Winston seemed very disappointed. [read more]
Look no further.
For enraged Bucs fans who threw their remotes at their TVs Saturday night — a desperate ploy to convince their significant others to upgrade to a 70-inch HDTV? — over the porous Bucs offensive line, below is more ammunition for your next shrink visit. [read more]
Joe absolutely has to give it up to Lovie Smith.
Congratulations, Coach. Joe smells real positive change from a man known for sticking to his plan at all costs. [read more]
Bucs rookie left tackle Donovan Smith
A former Buccaneer issued a passionate plea to Lovie Smith and Bucs offensive coaches yesterday. [read more]
Joe’s already called opening day against the Tennessee Titans on Sept. 13 in Tampa a “must-win.”
It’s not a must-win for the standings. Duh. But it is necessary for the psyche of a fanbase that’s hasn’t seen a home victory since 2013, and compares Jameis Winston to Marcus Mariota. [read more]
A noted NFL Network analyst and former quarterback was impressed with “America’s Quarterback.” Photo courtesy of Buccaneers.com.
There were more than a few Bucs fans disappointed by the play of “America’s Quarterback,” Bucs signal-caller Jameis Winston, in his first game as an NFL player.
A few were even outraged. [read more]
Rough start for Kevin O’Dea’s special teams
Tampa Bay’s lone Hall of Fame voter, eye-RAH! Kaufman, aka The Custodian of Canton, dropped the hammer on the Bucs’ special teams yesterday. [read more]
Scouring preseason tape from across the NFL.
Yes, the Bucs picked up a veteran offensive tackle yesterday when AC/DC-loving general manager Jason Licht signed free agent Gosder Cherilus.
Joe suspects that won’t be the last newcomer to the offensive line corps between now and when the Bucs host the Titans to kick off the season. [read more]
Fans need to be patient, said former Bucs QB Shaun King.
Joe understands how Bucs fans have chewed up couch pillows like a hungry dog and punched their windshields into a cobweb after the first preseason game. [read more]
Donovan Smith reacts to his first game and his first play, which resulted in a sack.
The crazy stats nerds screamed left and right last year about how left tackle Anthony Collins was a superstar-in-waiting because their spreadsheets claimed he didn’t give up a sack in 2013.
What the hell good was that worth? [read more]
Bucs G Logan Mankins talks about the status of the offensive line.
Guard Logan Mankins stopped after practice today to chat with the Tampa Bay pen and mic club to discuss the Bucs and, more importantly, the state of the Bucs’ offensive line. [read more]
It was an underwear football day at Bucs practice this afternoon –no hitting with Tampa Bay coming off a Saturday night preseason game.
Joe’s got highlights. [read more]
Everything Joe has heard from key sources about Demar Dotson’s knee injury claims the Bucs’ right tackle is expected back on the field in a couple of months.
But a new and different report from a former Bucs guard is making the rounds quickly on Twitter. [read more]
Your new Bucs starting MLB.
Well, that didn’t take very long, did it?
Less than a day after Lovie Smith crowed that middle linebacker Kwon Alexander played “outstanding” in his first NFL preseason game, Alexander was tagged as the starting MLB until or unless he is beaten out for the job.
And we all know how stingy Lovie is about passing around compliments, right Johnthan Banks? [read more]
Chiefs left tackle Eric Fisher went down in practice today, and it seems that brought the simmering market for free agent Gosder Cherilus to a full boil. [read more]
Jameis showed Saturday night he is not immobile.
Joe remembers through the NFL Scouting Combine and leading up to the draft, the haters out hollering themselves hoarse for the Bucs not to draft “America’s Quarterback,” Bucs signal-caller Jameis Winston, because he was slow and immobile. [read more]
Akeem Spence told Joe “a mistake” he made led to marijuana possession charges and a speeding ticket for traveling more than 100 miles per hour. [read more]
Jacquies Smith and Bucs defensive ends didn’t pressure Teddy Bridgewater but did good things, explains a former Buccaneer.
There’s no panic in Anthony Becht, the former Bucs tight end and 11-year, NFL veteran.
He thought Jameis Winston, America’s Quarterback, played fine on Saturday night, just what Becht expected in the preseason opener. [read more]
Bucs rookie left tackle Donovan Smith
Joe was so shaken by the following that it took Joe 36 hours to address it directly. [read more]
