Jason Licht takes notes and perhaps issues another clue into his draft mind

General manager Jason Licht got into some habits last season. [read more]

It’s Gil Arcia’s Saturday column! His 11th since joining the team.

Dear teams picking ahead of the Bucs,

You may not be familiar with who I am, but my open letters tend to influence some folks (see the Grimes family). [read more]

You won’t believe this.

Talk about going out on a limb! [read more]

NFL Network’s Mike Mayock dishes on Bucs.

Few NFL draft gurus do the research and homework that Mike Mayock does for NFL Network.

The cherry on top of the chocolate sundae for Joe is that Mayock does one mock draft and one mock draft only. Pretenders should take heed. [read more]

Returning.

So Bucs fans who believe in hopes and prayers and answered Hail Marys will rejoice with raised glasses this evening with the news that oft-injured Jacquies Smith will, barring something totally unforeseen, return to the Bucs. [read more]

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Todd gives advice for those starting up fantasy football leagues in the coming months, explains why he is guilty of loving the NFL Schedule release, and why he’s more excited for another show coming soon to HBO and not the Bucs on “Hard Knocks.”

Yes, the Todd Wright Fantasy Football podcast rolls on year-round! Every Friday on JoeBucsFan.com, and you can find it on iTunes here.

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In the lab

While Joe doesn’t like it, Joe has a very open mind about the Bucs’ great spring and summer “experiment” (Dirk Koetter’s word) that moves emerging star right guard Ali Marpet to center.

Joe has even talked to two big-time offensive line experts about the subject. [read more]

BY IRA KAUFMAN

I’ve been around enough Buc fans over the years to know what you’re thinking.

Coming off a 9-7 season, buoyed by the addition of DeSean Jackson, you have been crying, waiting, hoping for the release of the 2017 schedule since the leaves stopped falling. [read more]

Different year

Look, any Buccaneers schedule in any year is awesome and exciting and absolute crack in April for addicted Tampa Bay fans.

But this season is damn unique. [read more]

Confidence.

More than a couple of folks out there believe Bucs AC/DC-loving general manager Jason Licht should draft a safety in the first round. [read more]

Punishment?

It’s almost like a little boy was told to go to his room without dinner for complaining that mom served pork chops again. [read more]

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Mike?” (Photo courtesy of Buccaneers.com.)

Don’t go taking pot shots at Florida State with Jameis nearby. [read more]

Here you go!

Start planning. Start plotting. Start thinking what the Bucs need to do before the bye week.

Start figuring out if the Bucs have a cold weather kicker. [read more]

For the lunatic Bucs freaks like Joe, it’s been a wild afternoon of rumors on this high holy day of the NFL calendar, best known as Schedule Release Day. [read more]

What would the Schedule Day holiday be without a leak prior to the official announcement?

[Updated 5:54 p.m.: Click “read more” for fresh schedule rumors/reports!]?

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“Coach, I love playing in your stadium. The crowd makes me feel at home.”

Here is a cool throwback Thursday item. [read more]

Five weeks ago, Joe wrote about the other Oklahoma running back, you know, the one who is the Sooners’ all-time leading rusher and the ball carrier who didn’t disfigure a girl by punching her in the face. [read more]

Ira agrees.

When Bucs stud defensive tackle Gerald McCoy bore his soul to the local pen and mic club Monday, like he was in a confessional at a chapel on the Saint Leo University campus, he told all who listened he must improve late in games. [read more]