Unpredictable

On Wednesday, defensive coordinator Mike Smith downplayed labeling what the new Bucs defense will look like. [read more]

Bucs DC Mike Smith raves about Dirk Koetter.

Joe is like a lot of Bucs fans: Listening to new defensive coordinator Mike Smith sure put Joe at ease. [read more]

Cornerback Eli Apple?

Tis’ the season, the very early season, to starting naming names. [read more]

Why the hate?

This whole Gerald McCoy-is-a-louse narrative really bugs Joe.

You’d think some Bucs fans are talking about Da’Quan Bowers, if you didn’t know any better. [read more]

The Custodian of Canton believes the Bucs’ coaching search was staged. (Photo courtesy of Mark Cook.)

Even mere moments after the Bucs announced that Lovie Smith was jettisoned, Bucs fans sensed Dirk Koetter would be elevated into the opening. [read more]

How bout that Carolina free agent signing in March! That young safety is leading the NFC in interceptions with seven — seven!

Or what about Carolina’s two other free agents making consistent impact for the No. 1 seed in the conference. [read more]

Newy Scruggs, a national host on NBC Sports Radio, railed on Jason Licht and Dirk Koetter this morning, claiming a great source told him the reigning Bucs honchos “stabbed up” Lovie Smith.

Scruggs isn’t the only guy floating this narrative. [read more]

Who will next teach Mike Evans?

Tampa Bay Buccaneers fans have become accustomed to their team winning the NFL offseason. [read more]

Joe is downright enraged by the seemingly countless Bucs fans who think rookie Donovan Smith was a shaky and almost bad left tackle last season.

Stop bowing to data nerds. Stop! [read more]

Bullish on Jameis.

New Bucs defensive coordinator Mike Smith loves America. [read more]

Putting Father Dungy in the Ring of Honor before Chucky would be an affront to thinking Bucs fans and a slap in the face to Chucky.

So yesterday, Joe had a virtual shock wave run up his spine at the thought of Father Dungy being named tomorrow to the Buccaneers Ring of Honor. [read more]

The spreadsheeters are at it again.

It isn’t just Bill Belicheat who thinks the numberscrunchers at Pro Football Focus are out to lunch. So, too, does Joe. [read more]

Bucs DC Mike Smith wants his defense off the field more than getting a takeaway.

Mike Smith was introduced as the new Bucs defensive coordinator this afternoon. Already he is singing Joe’s song. [read more]

Team Glazer will reveal the 2016 inductee

Team Glazer is hurling its curveball for the second time this month. [read more]

No more meltdowns

The five-year stench of losing that infects One Buc Palace can be sucked out of the team very quickly, even without calling in the MRSA hazmat teams of years past. [read more]

New Bucs DC Mike Smith speaks today at One Buc Palace.

At one point in his introductory press conference at One Buc Palace this afternoon, new Bucs defensive coordinator Mike Smith looked down and appeared to be taking notice of the brand new Bucs polo shirt he was wearing. [read more]

Dirk Koetter

Imagine Lovie Smith or Greg Schiano ever remotely acknowledging publicly they were under pressure and unemployment might be around the corner. [read more]

Former Bucs director of player personnel and new Titans GM Jon Robinson, left, with Jason Licht after one of Licht’s pool-plunging victory celebrations. (Photo courtesy of Buccaneers.com.)

Talk to people within NFL circles, those who don’t work for the Bucs, and they rave about Bucs AC/DC-loving general manager Jason Licht.

Now, those people are coming out in public. [read more]

Lovie Smith was very vocal about his eagerness to play rookies and young players, and Lovie often talked about how he thought college players were more ready than ever to take on the NFL.

But Dirk Koetter? [read more]

Last year’s NFL Draft sort of felt like general manager Jason Licht looked at the hot mess of a product delivered by Lovie Smith and decided he was sick and tired of eating rotten fruit week after week. [read more]