It’s All On Jameis
May 27th, 2016
Up to Jameis, says BSPN.
OK Jameis. You wanted it? You got it. [read more]

Up to Jameis, says BSPN.
OK Jameis. You wanted it? You got it. [read more]

Former Bucs kicker Martin Gramatica (red shirt) with his two sons, as well as current Bucs kicker Roberto Aguayo (19), surrounded by a gaggle of reporters after Bucs OTA practice today.
A lot of folks think second round draft pick Roberto Aguayo is under a lot of pressure with the Bucs as their new kicker. Maybe, but maybe not as much as one may expect. [read more]

Joe’s got all kinds of underwear football nuggets for you Bucs junkies. [read more]

Big time comparison.
The defensive end of the present for the Bucs was dripping sweat after today’s OTA practice, wondering out loud how it could possibly get any hotter, shaking his head at what he has heard from teammates about the blast furnace that is an NFL training camp in Tampa. [read more]
Head coach Dirk Koetter wasn’t blowing hot air when he said in March that he liked joint training camp practices with fellow NFL teams. [read more]

Wide receivers coach/offensive coordinator Todd Monken (right) was riled up at practice today.
Buccaneers wide receiver got a verbal whoopin’ today from wide receivers coach/offensive coordinator Todd Monken.
This wasn’t your typical OTA practice moment. [read more]

Joe’s got practice video
It was a rough start to practice today for Bucs cornerback Johnthan Banks.
And Joe happened to have the official JoeBucsFan.com video camera rolling. [read more]

Joe asked Bucs running backs coach Tim Spencer the question shown in the headline? [read more]
Joe vividly recalls a chat three years ago with then-Bucs pass rush coach and ex-NFL great Bryan Cox talking about how Gerald McCoy needed to raise his game. [read more]

Lofty goals.
Today, the Bucs resume OTA practices. And the practices are open for local scribes and TV and radio types. So Joe will be there, you can bet on that. [read more]

“Bizarre” logic in defending Lovie.
Usually, it is the four-letter Bristol Bunch who is angry and bitter because the Bucs jettisoned Lovie Smith.
But there seems to be angst in greater Los Angeles, as well. [read more]

Individual honors are nice, but GMC wants wins.
Pretty cool honor (again) last night for Bucs defensive tackle Gerald McCoy. He was once again voted to the Top 100 Players, an NFL Network list voted on by his peers, fellow NFL players. [read more]

No. 63 of 2016.
Talk about the irony of using an iconic Buccaneers number. [read more]
Donovan Smith is one gargantuan dude. He was 6-6, 338 pounds at the 2015 NFL Scouting Combine.
This offseason, manbeast Smith looks like he shuffled that weight into all the right places. [read more]

Now sees the light.
It seems former Bucs rock star general manager Mark Dominik is now on the righteous side of America. [read more]

Last week, Ronde Barber called Bucs defensive coordinator Mike Smith the “nicest guy in the history of professional football.”
So Joe figured it would be a good idea to ask Gerald McCoy, a true Mr. Nice Guy, what he thinks of that statement and Smith. [read more]

Dan Vitale has influential fans
Yesterday, we heard credible national chatter about Austin Seferian-Jenkins possibly becoming unemployed. [read more]
Only one man in the Buccaneers’ locker room can get away with saying he loves the Philadelphia Eagles.
If Warren Sapp were dead, he’d be rolling over right now. [read more]

Vernon Hargreaves will be fine at home, America’s QB said.
When America’s Quarterback, Pro Bowler Jameis Winston, is on a football field (practice, stadium, it doesn’t matter), he is one happy dude. [read more]

Gerald McCoy has ridden a merry-go-round
Gerald McCoy is 28.
He is about to enter his seventh season in the NFL, all with the Bucs. But GMC let a fact out yesterday that makes him seem like an old man (by NFL standards) and illustrates the futility of the Bucs throughout his career. [read more]