Joe loves when coaches give what sounds like a candid assessment of a player. [read more]

Baker Mayfield

The next receiver drafted after Jalen McMillan this year has interesting connections. [read more]

“Hey Bowles, you gonna drug test me?”

Todd Bowles might be busy this afternoon. Early in training camp Jamel Dean had a pick and the Bucs coach joked in his post-practice press conference that he may have to get Dean drug-tested. [read more]

The numbers show Lavonte David has earned about $85 million through his NFL career. So he’s banked a lot more money than Bucs left tackle Tristan Wirfs. [read more]

BY IRA KAUFMAN

Sage Ira Kaufman’s work is presented by Bill Currie Ford, the iconic family-owned dealership one mile north of the stadium on Dale Mabry Highway. Kaufman has been covering the NFL since the mid-1970s and became a New York Giants beat writer in 1979. He started covering the Bucs in 1985 and hasn’t looked back.

If you’re one of thousands of Buc fans concerned about the state of the running game, chill out. Help is on the way. [read more]

Jalen McMillan

No hesitation from the Buccaneeers’ No. 1 cornerback. [read more]

Yesterday, Joe thought the Bucs looked a little flat overall. Today, was a bit different in multiple ways. [read more]

LG Ben Bredeson talks Bucs culture.

You know we are in the middle of training camp when dudes like Joe are typing about culture. [read more]

Another strong draft class?

The word is starting to creep out. [read more]

Todd Bowles

The Bucs may have dodged a major bullet yesterday when it was learned the ankle injury suffered by outside linebacker YaYa Diaby is just a high-ankle sprain. [read more]

Veteran cornerback Tavierre Thomas.

The Bucs knew they had a lousy pass defense last year. Boy, did they attack repairing it this offseason. [read more]

Joe had additional comments about plays witnessed from Bucs training yesterday. Since some really like these offerings, Joe thought he’d serve sort of like a late-night snack of Bucs football nuggets. [read more]

Sort of a unique pairing earlier today when classy Chris Godwin sat down with prickly Pete Prisco, the noted CBS Sports NFL insider. [read more]

Reason to smile.

It looked so much worse. [read more]

The cynical side of Joe might be quick to say, ‘Of course Baker Mayfield is happier than ever. He signed a $100 milllion contract.’ [read more]

So the Bucs added significant cornerback depth this offseason with the signing of former Jets starter Bryce Hall. [read more]

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So Tristan Wirfs became the NFL’s highest paid offensive lineman today and held a news conference with Buccaneers Ring of Honor general manager Jason Licht after practice to talk about it.

Some highlights: [read more]

Bad moment.

[UPDATE: 12:23 p.m.] Per Ian Rapoport of NFL Network, X-rays on YaYa Diaby’s injured ankle are negative. That’s the good news. The bad news? The MRI results may not be known until late tonight or early tomorrow.

YaYa Diaby, the Bucs’ 2023 sacks leader, went down for about three minutes and was carted off the field with an ankle injury very late in practice this morning. The injury occurred during a full-contact play.

Diaby did get into the cart without assistance. Joe will update as more information becomes available.