For many Bucs fans, the ghost of Bo Jackson lives.

While the story is a lot more complicated, the Bucs chose Bo Jackson first overall in the 1986 draft and he stiffed the Bucs, choosing instead to play baseball for the Kansas City Royals organization.

When Joe asked possible Bucs No. 1 pick Jameis Winston at the NFL Scouting Combine in frozen Indianapolis if his baseball career was over, Winston didn’t say, “No.” [read more]

The data crowd checks in

Hopefully, one thing the braintrust of the Bucs can solve is depth. The roster has no depth. Hell, there’s barely enough for a starting-22. [read more]

Bucs beat writer Rick Stroud was busy Twittering today that barbecue-yearning guard Logan Mankins and Vincent Jackson will return to the Buccaneers in 2015.

Joe would caution that things change quickly in the NFL (see Darrelle Revis in March 2014). [read more]

So when the Bucs bring in Jameis Winston, it is all set up for him to be successful. He’s got Vincent Jackson to throw to. He has Mike Evans to throw to, which makes Joe just drool.

But what about a third receiver? [read more]

Team Mariota picks up a big name

Crab-legs-stealing, BB-gun-shooting, obscenity-hollering, Heisman-Trophy-winning, former national champion Jameis Winston, the pride of Florida State University, continues to look like a much better quarterback prospect than Mike Glennon and Josh McCown.

It’s Joe’s daily nugget on the Jameis Watch, celebrating the best quarterback ever to wear No. 5 in the state of Florida. [read more]

If Tampa Bay wants a talented, experienced 4-3 middle linebacker, a guy who is a huge personality and an even bigger leadership presence, then the Bucs will be quick to sniff Jon Beason, if/when he becomes a salary cap cut of the Giants next week. [read more]

We all know former Bucs great Warren Sapp used to bellow from the mountain top that his fellow Hall of Fame member Michael Strahan was overrated and may not be worthy of his bust in Canton.

(By the way, Sapp has been really quiet since he last appeared on the NFL Network, hasn’t he?) [read more]

So who’s going to play middle linebacker for the Buccaneers?

Likely soon-to-be free agent Mason Foster is not that ideal cover guy Lovie Smith needs. [read more]

So the Browns have signed aging, journeyman backup quarterback Josh McCown to a three-year deal, in part, for leadership skills.

Never mind that his leadership skills are why the Bucs are in position to draft his successor, Jameis Winston, with the first pick overall. [read more]

CBS Sports reported this week that the Buccaneers were trying to cut Vincent Jackson’s pay.

This morning, Mike Florio has published a firm statement claiming that’s silly talk and the Bucs love Jackson. [read more]

You want names?

You want to know exactly who NFL coaches and general managers prefer when it comes to Marcus Mariota or Jameis Winston?

Joe’s got names. [read more]

When ill-suited Marcus Arroyo was only days into his gig as de facto-offensive coordinator, after Jeff Tedford became sick last year, Bucs fans were hoping above hope Arroyo would get hired away by anyone — IBM, Apple, Bank of America, Sears, Burger King. [read more]

Tears of joy today for Josh McCown

It’s a match made in Texas.

Tears will be flowing tonight.

Former Bucs non-savior quarterback Josh McCown has signed with Cleveland — a three-year deal — and will join rehabbing Johnny Football and the seven-win Browns. [read more]

Sometimes Bucs fans are more anxious to get rid of players than add players to the roster. Just yesterday, Joe got two questions on Twitter, “Why hasn’t [insert player] been cut yet?” or “Why is [insert player] still on this team?”

What’s the rush? The season doesn’t start for six months. [read more]

For a variety of reasons, the return game of the Bucs has been anemic since “Run Micheal Run” Spurlock left the team. Historically, the Bucs have been impotent in scoring touchdowns on kickoff returns. [read more]

The world of Twitter this morning makes it sound like a mad rush for Buccaneers tickets would happen if the Bucs signed just-cut, former Falcons wide receiver Harry Douglas.

Don’t count on it. [read more]

A turnaround on the horizon?

How many ways can someone describe a trainwreck? Joe has run out of adjectives to explain the garbage that was the 2014 Buccaneeers.

Offense was bad enough to induce vomiting. Defense was a bad horror movie. [read more]

Joe’s a big admirer of NFL Network’s 1a draft guru Daniel Jeremiah, the former Ravens, Browns and Eagles scout, and an ex-college quarterback.

Jeremiah does loads of homework and has all kinds of sources, from his former scouting colleagues to the access he gets as a league employee. [read more]

The host of “Schein on Sports” responds to Joe’s commentary.

Yesterday, Joe brought word of what sounded like a double standard from popular radio and TV personality Adam Schein (who Joe likes a lot). Schein reiterated on his morning show, “Schein on Sports,” found on Mad Dog Radio, part of the family of sports channels heard exclusively on SiriusXM Radio, how he wouldn’t touch Jameis Winston due to his off-field escapades.

But Schein confessed in the same monologue he was a backer of Titans quarterback Zack Mettenberger. Joe thought this was, well, contradictory. How could Schein support Mettenberger, who plead guilty to sexual assault in college, and rail against Winston, who was cleared three times of an allegation of sexual assault? [read more]

If the Bucs bring back ghostly and ghastly defensive end Michael Johnson this season, frankly, Joe won’t know what to say.

There will be plenty of head shaking at JoeBucsFan.com world headquarters. [read more]

Joe will not tolerate this

Joe’s not going to sit quietly while Jameis Winston, likely the next Tampa Bay quarterback, is assaulted unfairly on the NFL’s official website in a story that, at best, misrepresents the words of Bucs management. [read more]