You’ll find Joe offering sacrifices to the football gods and buying friends whiskey if the Bucs draft Sterling Shepard later this month. [read more]

It’s another 24-hour poll, ending tomorrow at noon.

Joe communicates with loads of Bucs fans, and there’s a trend developing. [read more]

Wouldn’t you love to be a fly on the wall? [read more]

Who will replace Bobby Rainey?

Joe got a Twitter the other day from a loyal reader, mocking Joe for never writing about a potential return man. An unfair point, but it is down the ladder of Bucs priorities. [read more]

Forecasting the future.

Bucs fans were on different levels of giddy when AC/DC-loving general manager Jason Licht inked cornerback Brett Grimes and defensive end Robert Ayers before the first weekend of free agency was finished. [read more]

Leader.

Yeah, the stats were pretty good, over 4,000 yards passing, 22 touchdowns with 15 picks (after an awful start to his career) and six rushing touchdowns, which set a Bucs franchise record. [read more]

Tampa Bay opens the preseason on the road, Aug. 11, 12, 13, 14 or 15 at Philadelphia, where the Bucs pummeled the Eagles last year. [read more]

Will Gholston

The inevitable Buccaneers rookie defensive end might do a double take when he sees Will Gholston for the first time next month. [read more]

Return? Again?

If the following is true, then defensive lineman Da’Quan Bowers truly is a cat with nine lives. [read more]

Oklahoma State manbeast Emmanuel Ogbah is the third-rated defensive end by a respected website.

Yes, you know by now that Joe is eyeing the third-best defensive end if the Bucs elect to draft a defensive end at No. 9. [read more]

Breaking down tape of new Bucs LG.

Really cool video breakdown on the man the numberscrunchers freak out over yet football people seem to love. That would be new Bucs left guard J.R. Sweezy. [read more]

Joe is so sick of arguing with the “best available” crowd, which peddles in a world that doesn’t exist.

These folks don’t realize that “value” in the NFL Draft only exists as it applies to a team’s own roster. [read more]

“Facing this guy Mike Smith got under my skin like Simeon Rice and Keyshawn Johnson combined?“

Mike Smith arrived at One Buc Palace with a simple message containing little detail: He’ll run a defense that’s easy for defenders and confusing to quarterbacks.

It seems Chucky agrees. [read more]

Not coveted, says a Super Bowl MVP.

So Denver, the defending Super Bowl champion, is still looking for a quarterback. The New York Jets are in a contract hassle with vagabond Ryan Fitzpatrick (if you can imagine such a thing). The Rams are beyond desperate for a QB. [read more]

“Jameis, I may pull better women than you but you are a better quarterback.”

Yes, after the regular season, Joe brought word that only two quarterbacks in the NFL threw for more first downs per play than America’s Quarterback, Pro Bowler Jameis Winston. [read more]

Steve Duemig

The JoeBucsFan.com Hour rolled on this evening with the dean of Tampa Bay sports radio, Steve Duemig of WDAE-AM 620. [read more]

Is Miami CB Artie Burns worthy of a high first round pick?

As Joe has stated previously, with Tampa Bay picking at No. 9, Joe looks to the Bucs selecting quite possibly the third-best player at his position in the draft.

At No. 9, whatever position the Bucs turn to, defensive end or corner, it is very possible that the best two players at either position will be gone. That is why Joe is inclined to look at the third-best player for a possible target. [read more]

Tread lightly, Coach Koetter.

Joe knows at least one thing that messed up former Buccaneers franchise quarterback Josh Freeman. [read more]

A playoff head coach watches Donovan Smith

One day, Joe wants to watch film with one of the stat nerds who issues phantom grades to offensive linemen based on their twisted, non-reality scoring chart.

This is why Joe keeps writing about what real football men say about Bucs left tackle Donovan Smith. [read more]