Kicker Chase McLaughlin

Yes, nearly every key Bucs player sat out tonight’s preseason game in Jacksonville, but one was on the field executing his full-time job. [read more]

Booted.

Good news revealed on tonight’s Buccaneers-Jaguars preseason game broadcast on WFLA-TV.

Rondé Barber and Chris Myers shared that the Bucs will cut M.I.A. free agent edge rusher Randy Gregory next week and recoup most or all of the signing bonus they gave the veteran.

Gregory didn’t report to training camp and this sure sounds like the best possible outcome.

Perhaps most fun is that on the snap after the announcement, second-year outside linebacker/edge rusher José Ramirez sacked Jaguars backup quarterback Mac Jones.

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Getting Washington-Ready.

Joe has learned over the years covering the NFL that teams and players are different. [read more]

Second-year receiver (returner?) Trey Palmer.

So Trey Palmer, the Bucs’ new No. 1 punt returner, looked smooth catching punts this week in Jacksonville off the foot of a Jaguars punter. [read more]

Edge rush woes.

Sometimes, Joe swears some of these stat guys don’t watch games. [read more]

 Preseason Game 2

Bucs at Jags

Kickoff: 7:30 p.m.

TV: WFLA-TV Channel 8 with Chris Myers, Rondé Barber and Dan Lucas. Other Florida cities expected to televise the game include Orlando (WESH), Fort Myers (WINK), Panama City (WMBB), Pensacola (WKRG) and West Palm Beach (WPBF). WFLA will rebroadcast the game Sunday at 9:30 a.m. NFL Network will also rebroadcast the game Tuesday at 3:30 a.m.

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Jameis Winston opens up.

So the Bucs paid their quarterback $20.9 million in 2019 knowing he had impaired vision. [read more]

“Julio, I can’t pretend to vibe with most of these dudes.”

Joe thinks it’s easy to argue that Baker Mayfield 2023 was a better football player than Tom Brady 2022. [read more]

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BY IRA KAUFMAN

There’s no shortcut to success in the National Football League.

Draft well and you’ve got a glorious opportunity to flourish. Draft poorly over an extended period and your franchise is on a track to oblivion.

One look at the Buccaneers during Jason Licht’s recent tenure tells the tale. Licht has grown from his mistakes to the point where he is considered one of the league’s better talent evaluators. [read more]

Will be better than some expect.

Joe has no idea how someone can type rankings in good conscience when they put so much stock in rookies who have never stepped on the field in a regular season NFL game. [read more]

Statheads talk Bucs offense.

Very, very interesting analysis of the Bucs by a pair of hardcore stat guys who apparently realize the game of football is not played in a vacuum or on a PC. [read more]

Praises team 24 hours later.

After the first of two joint practices with the Jags in Jacksonville this week, Todd Bowles groused about how his team needed to toughen up. [read more]

Todd Bowles has confidence in his quarterback.

Back when Todd Bowles was a player, it was not uncommon for training camps to open right after the Fourth of July. Teams went away to some directional school for camp, had two-a-days and there was no such thing as underwear football. [read more]

Shot fired.

With the exception of ProFootballTalk.com, CBS and SI.com (well, one guy at SI.com), it seems the national media is fully in love with the Dixie Chicks. [read more]

The Buccaneers’ disrespect train officially is derailed and being serviced by non-union technicians outside of Atlanta. [read more]

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The NFL is a no-excuses league, but that doesn’t apply to practice. [read more]