March 1st, 2016

Head coach Dirk Koetter gives more detail on the behavior of America’s Quarterback, Jameis Winston.
Bucs head coach Dirk Koetter was grinding away as an offensive coordinator with a new team last year.
Koetter even was getting to know an unfamiliar staff that Lovie Smith handpicked for him. [read more]
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March 1st, 2016

NFL general managers, like Jason Licht, have to get crafty to see through the BS of combine player interviews.
Regular readers know Joe dismisses the importance of the TV show on NFL Network known as “The Combine” like Joe would shoo away a housefly. [read more]
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March 1st, 2016

Jameis spoke to Joe in Hawaii about Lovie Smith’s firing in January.
The past week, Joe has noticed whining on Twitter and elsewhere from a couple of folks claiming America’s Quarterback, Pro Bowler Jameis Winston, has yet to speak to a local outlet on the firing of Lovie Smith. [read more]
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February 29th, 2016
Judgment day truly has arrived for the Bucs and Doug Martin. [read more]
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February 29th, 2016

A “silent rivalry.”
Many Bucs fans believe Tampa Bay should draft a cornerback in the first round. Joe also knows a lot of fans are into the TV show called the “combine.” (It is painfully boring programming and Joe will not watch.) [read more]
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February 29th, 2016
Something riled up Gerald McCoy on Saturday afternoon. [read more]
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February 29th, 2016

“Why wouldn’t they have a chance to win that division next year?”
Yes, the NFL version of spring break was last week — the NFL Scouting Combine at Lucas Oil Stadium. Anyone who is anyone in the NFL was there.
Naturally, among the army ESPN sent was Adam Schefter. [read more]
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February 29th, 2016
Some (not many) mock drafts get Joe’s attention. [read more]
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February 29th, 2016

Dirk Koetter talks to Joe about yes men.
Remember when general manager Jason Licht talked about getting “Koettered,” referring to his ideas sometimes getting shot down hard by Dirk Koetter? [read more]
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February 29th, 2016

Joe had a quite a learning experience last week at the NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis
Regular readers here know Joe is largely outraged by the player grades issued by popular data-geeks website ProFootballFocus.com. It’s junk science, Joe believes, for many reasons.
Well, guess what, Joe inadvertently landed at the Pro Football Focus corporate party in a swanky Indianapolis bar last week, where company owners and key partners were celebrating their business. [read more]
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February 29th, 2016

Not slamming Lovie.
Bucs AC/DC-loving general manager Jason Licht dropped interesting comments while lauding new defensive coordinator Mike Smith during a Senior Bowl week hit with Pat Kirwan and Jim Miller, co-hosts of “Movin’ the Chains,” heard only on SiriusXM NFL Radio.
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February 29th, 2016

Clemson CB Mackensie Alexander has the passion the Bucs want in a player.
A big theme over at One Buc Palace for the past year or so is the term “changing the culture” — because losing had become so ingrained it was a habit. [read more]
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February 28th, 2016

Red flag for Mackensie Alexander
A top cornerback in the 2016 NFL draft is Clemson’s Mackensie Alexander.
The dude oozes confidence — Joe will have more about that tomorrow — and a pretty strong resumé for being a shutdown corner, with one glaring exception that would make Lovie Smith vomit. [read more]
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February 28th, 2016

Dirk Koetter prefers film over fancy talk and trick questions
Joe finally got 1-on-1 time with Dirk Koetter this week and the head coach busted out laughing at Joe’s first question in the bowels of Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. [read more]
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February 28th, 2016

Quickly get your defensive end, says “The Professor.”
The Bucs have the No. 9 overall pick. They have a hole at defensive end about the size of the Grand Canyon. [read more]
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February 28th, 2016

Team Glazer must prevent the punting of Doug Martin
Here are 10 key facts as the franchise tag deadline approaches on Tuesday afternoon. [read more]
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February 28th, 2016

Vernon Hargreaves’ height no issue for Mike Mayock.
Don’t bore uber draft analyst Mike Mayock with rulers when it comes to Florida cornerback Vernon Hargreaves.
Try to knock Hargreaves for only being 5-10 in his NFL Scouting Combine measurement, and Mayock won’t have any of it. [read more]
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February 27th, 2016

“If you can play ball, you can play ball.”
Vernon Hargreaves III has just made it perfectly clear. The Tampa native and top flight college cornerback, who shined at the University of Florida, wants to stay in-state. [read more]
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February 27th, 2016

All about the end zone, baby.
Offensive coaches are generally labeled by the offenses they run. For example, Urban Meyer is a spread-option guy. Jimbo Fisher is a pro-style guy. [read more]
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February 27th, 2016

Warren Sapp damn near became a shark snack.
Some things are just not meant to be fooled with. And one of those is sharks. [read more]
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