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Big play from Bucs practice today caught on video.
Glass half full? Or glass half empty?
Welcome to training camp. Everyone’s on the same team. In the video below, shot by Joe’s A-list video crew, Johnthan Banks was tested. [read more]
Lots of smiles on the One Buc Palace practice field about 10:30 a.m. today.
On Day 1 of training camp, head coach Dirk Koetter got the ball rolling early on his promise to keep things easy on his team this spring and summer. [read more]
New JoeBucsFan.com columnist eye-RAH! Kaufman returns tomorrow at 8:30 a.m. Ira caught up to veteran newcomer linebacker Daryl Smith after practice today.
Catch up on all of eye-RAH’s work right here.
Time to chill.
Last year, it seemed, gifted Bucs wide receiver Mike Evans was more interested in drawing flags than catching balls. [read more]
BSPN has data
When Bucs AC/DC-loving general manager Jason Licht drafted Mike Evans in the first round in 2014, he quipped that the Bucs’ corps of wide receivers would be known as the “Dunkaneers.” [read more]
GMC talks Jameis and Jameis’ parents.
Joe was mesmerized yesterday when Bucs defensive tackle Gerald McCoy talked about the sitdown he had with America’s Quarterback, Pro Bowler Jameis Winston, regarding the direction of the team. [read more]
Bucs WR Louis Murphy channels former Bucs commander Greg Schiano.
When the Bucs were led by former commander Greg Schiano, the current defensive coordinator for the Ohio State Buckeyes was a stickler for details. [read more]
Lavonte David speaks
Lavonte David’s chat with assembled media today at One Buc Palace was reminiscent of Joe’s private discussion with Herm Edwards at the NFL Owners Meetings in March 2015.
The topic then was Lovie Smith and reviving the defense of a 2-14 team. [read more]
Body talk
The artist formerly known as Muscle Hamster reported for duty today at One Buc Palace.
He was looking fit and talking big. [read more]
Jason Licht explains choice.
In case you haven’t heard Bucs AC/DC-loving general manager Jason Licht’s live-in-studio sitdown with Joe’s good friend, “The Big Dog,” Steve Duemig of WDAE-AM 620 yesterday, Licht was painfully guarded in his remarks with the exception of chicken wing talk (and hostesses!). [read more]
It’s a new Gerald McCoy coming
Really telling stuff from Gerald McCoy today at One Buc Palace this afternoon. [read more]
Talks roster building.
The first roster cutdowns mandated by the NFL are over a month away, Aug. 30 to be precise. [read more]
Doug Martin was talking at One Buc Palace today.
Doug Martin was talking today at One Buc Palace. [read more]
Temporary lights like these are coming to One Buc Palace practice fields for training camp.
When Bucs coach Dirk Koetter said during underwear football season that he was striving to find a way to keep his players out of the suffocating Florida daytime heat during training camp, he wasn’t joking. [read more]
Jason Licht talks Kwon
How important is Kwon Alexander, the Buccaneers’ rookie playmaker on defense last year? [read more]
Guarded on the new big-money guard.
A bunch of unsourced reports surfaced yesterday offering clues as to the injury(ies) afflicting new Bucs guard J.R. Sweezy, the guy supposed to start at left guard and earn more than $9 million this year to replace Pro Bowler Logan Mankins. [read more]
Haters have to hate.
Joe’s breaking out his dogwhistle this morning. Calling all Gerald McCoy haters! Attention GMC haters! You know who you are. [read more]
Sign Dwight Freeney? Bucs GM Jason Licht dishes.
Just the thought that it has been over a decade since the Bucs had a guy (Simeon Rice) with double-digit sacks makes Joe want to toss his bowl of Cheerios across the kitchen. [read more]
Influencing lives.
Today, Joe ends his series of excerpts from Bucs defensive coordinator Mike Smith’s book, “You Win in the Locker Room First.” Tomorrow, Bucs training camp begins. Smith will then become an open book to all.
Joe began this series to offer readers a look inside the mind of the former Dixie Chicks head coach now in charge of turning around the defense of the Pewter Pirates. Smith’s book is available on Google Play and iTunes. [read more]
