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Vita Vea played a stellar game Sunday against the Vikings.
According to two Bucs coaches, conditioning was a big reason why, a reality that makes Joe want to throw a football helmet against a wall. [read more]
Poll posted at 9:19 a.m. Poll closed at 11:11 a.m. Last week’s results linked here.
Thievery on his mind?
These are dark days arund Tampa Bay, friends. You’re frustrated; Joe is frustrated. Maybe we are all angry. But there is always light at the end of the tunnel. [read more]
Could be stuck between a rock and a hard place.
Recent NFL history is not kind to rookie undrafted quarterbacks. And it appears to Joe both the 2026 season and quite a few Bucs jobs hang on the shoulders of former Kansas quarterback and new Bucs starter Jalon Daniels. [read more]
Coaching matters.
Gerald McCoy is building himself a nice little media career. [read more]
Sinking, not swimming.
You hear it all across the country, in every NFL market. [read more]
The Buccaneers’ vaunted offensive line — two first-round picks, two second-round picks and a free agent on his third Tampa Bay season — has been struggling. [read more]
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Todd shares the story of how he met Saved By The Bell’s Mr. Belding and the fun friendship that came from it. Dennis Haskins passed away on Sunday, September 27th at the age of 75. The Todd Wright TODDcast is presented by Plantation Palms Golf Club and Brandon Legal Group. Click above to listen or to download. Or listen via Podcast Addict, iHeartRadio, TuneIn and other platforms.
Todd Bowles doesn’t sound like a head coach who feels like he needs more pieces to win. [read more]
There’s at least one goal that every NFL team shares, and it has nothing to do with a Super Bowl. [read more]
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Todd reminds you why he accurately selected Jaxson Dart as the one football player to avoid in your 2026 fantasy drafts and calls out Daniel Dopp from ESPN for thinking “targets” mean more than “touches.” The Todd Wright Fantasy Football Podcast is presented by Hooters!
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In the category of something only media would care about is Curtaingate at The Licht House. [read more]
Bucs GM Jason Licht.
After a week in which backup quarterbacks Case Keenum, Jameis Winston and Marcus Mariota won games as starting quarterbacks — two against excellent football teams — the Bucs’ decisions at backup QB come into major focus. [read more]
Joe is 100 percent confident Todd Bowles would say Pro Bowl/All-Pro safety Antoine Winfield, Jr. is a playmaker. And Bowles would say his job is to put Winfield in position to make them.
So consider the following: [read more]
Draft prep.
Joe guesses (?) this is a good thing? [read more]
Bucs’ geeky numbers are bad.
Joe is not anti-stats, but within reason. [read more]
Wags finger at Baker Mayfield.
Bucs Super Bowl-winning coach Bucco Bruce Arians has never been a fan of running quarterbacks. There’s just way too much risk for the often small gain, Arians believes. [read more]
Hottest of hot seats.
Prickly Pete Prisco of CBS is no stranger to One Buc Palace. Though the CBS NFL analyst is based in Fort Lauderdale, he makes it to One Buc Palace at least twice a year. Sometimes more. [read more]
Receiver Jalen McMillan may be out a while.
If the news Monday about Baker Mayfield didn’t get you depressed, the following likely will. [read more]
What did you do to the offense?
About a little over a year-and-a-half ago, the Bucs had one of the best offensive lines in the NFL. [read more]
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Ira Kaufman to the Bucs falling to 0-3 for the first time since 2014. Enjoy!
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Pressure expected.
Joe is pretty sure new Bucs rookie starting quarterback Jalon Daniels dreamed of someday playing the Packers or the Cowboys or the Steelers when he was a kid. [read more]
