All smiles and dry pants.

Winning Bucs coach Dirk Koetter felt like it was Christmas as he took the podium at One Buc Palace Friday night to talk about his new toy. [read more]

Christmas goodies for everyone.

Sure, Leonard Fournette and Christian McCaffery went to the Jaguars and Panthers, respectively, but look how fast and furious pass catchers moved through this draft. [read more]

New TE.

Your new Bucs tight end is O.J. Howard. Feel free to look at his highlights. [read more]

Dirk Koetter gets his man!!

Weapons for Winston?

How bout a big, fast, powerful, versatile, rare and freakish weapon!! [read more]

Tidbits from the notebook.

While Joe and the rest of Bucs fandom is waiting for Tampa Bay to draft — provided there are no trades, it should happen sometime around 10:30 p.m. — Joe decided to go through his notes of Jason Licht’s private yet on-the-record conversation with Tampa Bay reporters at the NFL combine. [read more]

The day we have all been waiting for is here. Feel free to bang it here in the comments for any thoughts on the draft.

Keep checking this here website throughout the day and night for any potential news or rumors concerning the Bucs.

Happy Draft Day! [read more]

What’s he up to now?

Some very interesting background information on America’s Quarterback, Pro Bowler Jameis Winston. [read more]

Bucs owner Joel Glazer talks tolerance

REPOST FROM APRIL 2: It’s time to share another segment of Joe’s 1-on-1 with Team Glazer last week at the swanky Arizona Biltmore resort in Phoenix. [read more]

Will he pull the trigger?

A key NFL insider with serious connections thinks it could happen. [read more]

Day of days.

For 32 players, tonight just may be the highlight of their lives. [read more]

Prepare yourself

Maybe it’s tonight, far more likely on Saturday, Day 3 of the NFL Draft. [read more]

PFF tribe won’t like this.

This will get the PFF tribe’s spreadsheets jammed up in the printer. [read more]

“Mayock knows my defensive presence will continue in Tampa, and I’m not talking about Keith Tandy, Will Gholston and Lavonte David.”

How bout this for irony!

Like him or not, Mike Mayock is the reigning NFL Draft guru in the nation, and his one and only mock draft is out. [read more]

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(This is a repost of a previously published article Joe runs as an annual tradition for the morning of the first day of the NFL draft.)

Joe’s going to go slightly personal here, a rare, albeit tiny window into Joe’s background on this holiest of high football holidays. [read more]

Joe was asked last night on Twitter if he was going to do a mock draft. [read more]

On the eve of the NFL Draft, you should remember that bold, rarely-happens move by Team Glazer this offseason, the one that dumped an overflowing barrel of gold bars in Mike Smith’s lap so he would halt his search for a head coaching gig until 2019. [read more]

It’s Epsiode 2 of Lunch With Real Rock Riley, seen Mondays, Wednesdays & Fridays at noon on right here.

Rock is a Tampa Bay TV sports icon, and one heck of a guy. This great feature is just getting rolling.

Enjoy!! (And Episode 1 is linked here.)

Hard Knocks Coming To Tampa from Rock Riley on Vimeo.

Man’s up on camera

Hats off to NFL Network personality and former 11-year NFL wide receiver Nate Burleson for a meaningful interview with Bucs stud guard/experimental center Ali Marpet. [read more]