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*Winning players coach Dirk Koetter cut practice short about 20 minutes today, giving his men a break as they prepare to head off for a six-week vacation. Joe was on scene at the abbreviated session and has tasty morsels. [read more]
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Day 3 of Buccaneers mandatory minicamp wrapped up today and Kwon Alexander was one of the first guys off the field as Tampa Bay players start their six-week vacation. [read more]
Turning the corner.
Bucs rookie tight end O.J. Howard is beginning to show folks why Tampa Bay coveted him so. [read more]
Mum
The newcomer in the Bucs’ secondary, veteran cornerback Robert McClain, is keeping quiet on a sensitive subject. [read more]
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Live from mandatory minicamp at One Buc Palace, the sage of Tampa Bay sports, Ira Kaufman, dives into the hot Bucs topics of the day.
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Red zone chatter.
There is no way to sugarcoat this. The Bucs were just bad when needing six points in red zone offense last year. [read more]
Talks DeSean Jackson.
America’s Quarterback, Pro Bowler Jameis Winston, likes to say “iron sharpens iron.” That means practicing with and/or against good players makes everyone better. [read more]
Uh, oh.
Joe isn’t sure what AC/DC-loving general manager Jason Licht or winning Bucs coach (or if you prefer, U2-listening Bucs coach) Dirk Koetter did to the spreadsheeters other than defend Donovan Smith. [read more]
Updated: 9:15 p.m. – The delay is over! It’s Joe’s world famous practice notes from today’s mandatory minicamp action at One Buc Palace. Joe was patrolling the sun-drenched fields, mingling with legions of invited season ticket holders and scribbling all kinds of notes on the no-pads, underwear football session.
Enjoy! [read more]
Dirk Koetter explains
Joe bellyached like a whiny fourth grader last offseason for Tampa Bay to sign free agent Roddy White.
Yes, per White’s 2017 revelation, the Bucs seriously inquired. [read more]
Simple logic.
Despite recent explanations why the Bucs moved former right guard Ali Marpet to center, it still has many Bucs fans lying awake at night. [read more]
Gushes over Chris Godwin.
As Joe has stated, Joe is scared to heap praise on Bucs rookie receiver Chris Godwin. [read more]
Bucs DE Noah Spence
Some coaches frown big time on their players publicly assessing the ability of teammates and projecting how they’ll perform on the field.
On the Belicheats, that’s a great way to get screamed at. [read more]
Again defends his left tackle.
It was a fair and reasoned point. [read more]
Talks DJax and wheels.
Bucs second-year corner Vernon Hargreaves is having a nice underwear football season. [read more]
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When Brent Grimes looks around the Bucs locker room, he sees all kinds of mad skills. [read more]
Grab your popcorn.
It was beautiful. [read more]
