Former Bucs great Booger McFarland calls his Bucs key and talks about an “armed robbery guy.”

Leave it to a Super Bowl champion to zero in on the core of what matter most. [read more]

Old friend visits Dirk Koetter

It seems John Fox, the Bears’ head coach, shares a similar tolerance for preseason drops and fumbles as Dirk Koetter. [read more]

The nerds like him.

If preseason stats mean anything, Bucs rookie corner Vernon Hargreaves is on his way to becoming an NFL star. [read more]

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A former voice on the Buccaneers Radio Network, WDAE-AM 620, Scout.com and 98.7 FM, Justin Pawlowski, “The Commish,” now has a new home to share his unbridled brand of Bucs coverage and analysis.

It’s right here on JoeBucsFan.com!!

Joe’s good friend Justin will be cranking out Monday, Wednesday and Saturday podcasts, “Bucs Uncensored.” Joe is pumped up.

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How GMC fares against two savvy NFL veterans will be key Sunday.

It’s gameweek! [read more]

Points to a fun season.

Adam Schein is no member of the Lovie Smith Mafia. [read more]

Watching his former FSU squad shat the field for much of the first half last night from the sidelines in Orlando put Jameis in a foul mood. And he lashed out at the Seminoles at halftime.

“O-line, WAKE UP!” [read more]

Today’s hero

UPDATED 6:52 p.m. – General manager Jason Licht is not messing around.

Today, Licht acknowledged what Dirk Koetter so eloquently stated the other day: the Bucs are “light on the back end” of their receiving corps. [read more]

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It’s time for another podcast from JoeBucsFan.com columnist and Pro Football Hall of Fame voter eye-RAH! Kaufman. The Custodian of Canton is firing away, including offering his season call for the Buccaneers.

For those wondering, Ira’s podcasts are here every Tuesday and Thursday, and his columns appear Mondays, Wednesdays and Friday.

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This time last year, early in opening-game week, the Buccaneers added one of their starting cornerbacks to the roster, Tim “Loaf” Jennings. [read more]

Bucs want versatile backups.

So it seems the code has been sort of cracked as to what the Bucs look for in backups. [read more]

Joe believes the Buccaneers will be a better football team this season.

Absolutely!

But better doesn’t mean good, and Joe defines good as winning more games than you lose. [read more]

Did Bucs doctors screw up with Jason Licht’s most expensive free agent signing?

Whoa! Bucs beat writer Rick Stroud had firm and rather enlightening words this morning on WDAE-AM 620. [read more]

“Must-watch.”

For Bucs fans living outside the Tampa Bay area who, for reasons Joe cannot wrap his head around, refuse to buy NFL Sunday Ticket, the TV networks are screwing you. [read more]

“Anal.”

Football coaches seem to be of the same mindset: paranoid.

Everything has to be just so. Any little thing out of place and calamity strikes, so they think. [read more]

The Bucs head to Atlanta on Sunday, and two ex-players weigh in on the NFC South.

Former Saints and Patriots fullback Heath Evans has been bellowing on NFL Network about his NFC South picks. [read more]

BY IRA KAUFMAN

Let’s get this column out of the way before the season is upon us.

This website does a lot of things right — and it deserves its surging popularity with Buc fans from Seminole to Singapore.

But it’s not perfect. [read more]

No, Dirk Koetter wasn’t talking about extremely thin women at One Buc Palace this afternoon.

The head coach was being his admirably candid self at the podium following practice. [read more]

Attack. Attack. Attack. [read more]