Bucs GM Jason Licht

Don’t accuse Tampa Bay general manager Jason Licht of relaxing in his new gig. The Bucs have engaged in more transactions than a Publix cashier this season.

And Christmas shopping madness won’t slow things down. [read more]

Joe has already heard from heartless Bucs fans who are distressed by this afternoon’s news of Panthers quarterback Cam Newton flipping his truck a few times.

These meanies are troubled that Newton might miss Sunday’s game in Charlotte and hurt the Bucs’ chances of losing all their games and scoring the No. 1 overall pick in the 2015 NFL Draft. [read more]

It appears the Bucs could be looking at Danny Lansanah at MLB in 2015.

Bucs fans are growing irritable. No, really. Joe knows this is a bit of a surprise when the likes of Josh McCown was supposed to lead the Bucs to the promised land in Arizona in February (can you imagine?).

Earlier this year, the defense was beyond a trainwreck. When a team gets chain-whipped twice in a month, one runs out of proper adjectives to describe how rotten the defense was. Let’s just say Raheem Morris was revolted. [read more]

Though some fans disagree, drama is the staple of a sports team’s popularity. Without drama (and wins and the chase for a championship is very much drama), you have apathy. And then you are irrelevant.

The only thing keeping the Bucs relevant in this putrid of all putrid seasons is the hunt for the No. 1 overall in next spring’s draft. Without it, the Bucs are nothing more than the Jags without the first-round-pick quarterback, his big-breasted blonde, cleavage-baring former girlfriend, and fancy, hi-def replay boards. [read more]

Tomorrow, Joe will compare results here to those of previous weeks.

Joe’s glad Lovie Smith has kept his sense of humor during these troubled times for those who live the Bucs life.

The head coach still has one-liners ready to deliver in his signature mellow style. [read more]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Joe’s heard the story. Tampa Bay booted future Hall of Famer Darrelle Revis so they could afford to sign Alterraun Verner, Michael Johnson and Brandon Myers.

Joe understood the threesome logic, but the reality was the Bucs let an extraordinary talent walk out of their building. [read more]

Lovie Smith weighs in on the beast off the left edge. (Photo courtesy of Tampa Bay Buccaneers.)

The Bucs have a young defensive end with six sacks in very limited snaps. No, it’s not 27-year-old Michael Johnson. Don’t be silly. [read more]

ESPN shares interesting data on the subject

Crab-legs-stealing, BB-gun-shooting, obscenity-hollering, Heisman-Trophy-winning, national champion James 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 to wear No. 5 ever in the state of Florida. [read more]

Luke Stocker. (Photo courtesy of Tampa Bay Buccaneers)

Lovie Smith says he likes to teach his brand of football with video assistance, film of plays — from his own players — that do the talking.

He got one of those coveted moments Sunday. [read more]

The Lions head coach says this is clean football

Just inside the two-minute warning of the first half, notorious Ndamukong Suh of the Lions got flagged for clubbing Josh McCown in the chops.

While the hit was just out of the FOX live-game camera angle, the oohs and ahs from the Lions faithful could be heard clearly.

Naturally, Suh got slapped with a roughing-the-passer flag giving Tampa Bay a first down. [read more]

Bucs safety Hawk Goldson’s below average play and above average salary don’t add up to job security

After watching the Bucs offense lead the team to the coveted No. 1`overall pick in next spring’s draft, Joe cannot sit here this chilly Tuesday morning and remotely fathom that the current offensive starters will remain the same.

There is no question the offensive line needs another retool. [read more]

Crab-legs-stealing, BB-gun-shooting, obscenity-hollering, Heisman-Trophy-winning, national champion James 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 to wear No. 5 ever in the state of Florida. [read more]

Shunned by the Lovie Smith regime for a mattress on his Tampa front lawn, a blade in his thigh, and other dangerous shenanigans, former Bucs stud wide receiver Mike Williams was traded to the Bills in April and is now a free agent, per the Associated Press. [read more]

Bucs overlord of all things football, Lovie Smith, spoke from the One Buc Palace podium this afternoon and said Gerald McCoy did not dislocate his knee cap yesterday. That was the claim after the game from ProFootballTalk.com. [read more]

The Bucs actually had some decent pass blocking and a couple of good runs in the first half yesterday. It was the second half when the roof caved in.

Joe’s written about how the offensive line was ground zero, but former Buccaneers tight end Anthony Becht was more into spreading the blame around. [read more]

No, the headline is not a trick question but a reality that must be properly addressed (this time) by the Bucs’ coaching staff and front office, and Team Glazer, at the end of the season.

And there is an answer — for the third consecutive season. [read more]

Joe has just about had it. Joe is sick of p!ssing his Sunday afternoons away watching a putrid offense that more often than not makes Joe want to stick his finger down his throat.

How the hell is it that an offense, full of veteran NFL players, can be so pathetic? How can they not know what play to run coming out of halftime? [read more]

Joe knows there’s a faction of Bucs fans that would love to see a new offensive minded head coach take over Tampa Bay and groom an elite rookie quarterback prospect next season.

These fans don’t feel comfortable assigning that job to Lovie Smith. [read more]

The Bucs offensive line was a total jailbreak yesterday

Based on game film Lovie Smith watched when he was first hired nearly a year ago, it was pretty clear the Bucs’ offensive line was the very first thing he was going to work on, sleeves rolled up.

And he did. He gutted it. The only starter left was right tackle Demar Dotson.

Joe would like to know what Lovie was watching on film of the new Bucs offensive linemen. [read more]

Duck, or Goose?

It’s that time of year, when all those fancy draft experts start emerging with their genius.

Joe’s favorite last year was the lunacy that Teddy Bridgewater wasn’t strong enough for the NFL. Damn, if the Bucs had only drafted him. Damn, how easily they could have traded up for him like Minnesota did. [read more]