Fantastic Video: Jameis To Bell, And A Blown Call

June 15th, 2016

BellMajor props to Joe’s A-list camera crew filming today’s practice.

This video is pure fun, exciting, and it ignites the fire of regular season football and the maddening NFL officials. [read more]

Minicamp Day 2 Notes & Observations

June 15th, 2016

BucsOTA

Your beloved Buccaneers were back on the practice fields of One Buc Palace today with the second mandatory minicamp session. Joe’s got plenty of nuggets. [read more]

Scouts Are “Doing Their Job”

June 15th, 2016
Praised by a defensive end.

Praised by a defensive end.

Either this is a clever way to gain favor with the man running the football operations of the Bucs, or it is a sincere gesture of appreciation.

Or perhaps both. [read more]

Stocker Passing On Winslow Torch To Vitale

June 15th, 2016
Luke Stocker weighs in on Dan Vitale

Luke Stocker weighs in on Dan Vitale

Joe gets hit with a lot of questions about rookie sixth-round pick Dan Vitale, the fullback/tight end/superback out of Northwestern. [read more]

Jameis “Is A Pro”

June 15th, 2016
Believer in America.

Believer in America.

Much has been made of the new physique of America’s Quarterback, Pro Bowler Jameis Winston. But hold up, says Clinton McDonald. [read more]

“Automatically Better”

June 15th, 2016
Ultimate respect for Brent Grimes

Ultimate respect for Brent Grimes

Call it street cred, talent, or respect, but it’s a given the Bucs’ defense will be better this season. [read more]

Capt. Hook

June 15th, 2016
Law and order.

Law and order.

Yes, after the third or fourth question about the subject yesterday, it was clear Dirk Koetter was tired of talking about running off Tweety Austin Seferian-Jenkins from underwear football practice. [read more]

Koetter Wants More Scrambling

June 15th, 2016

jameis 1231bBelieve it or not, Dirk Koetter wants America’s Quarterback, Jameis Winston, running for his life more often. [read more]

Underwear Fanatics

June 15th, 2016
Jagsfans3

The Jaguars opened their mandatory minicamp, aka underwear football, to all fans this week. And the masses came in droves.

Joe absolutely had to head to Jacksonville yesterday.

Yes, Joe was working on a special project and planning for coverage of the Buccaneers’ joint practices with the Jaguars in Jacksonville this summer, but Joe had to see what the turnout would be for an open-to-the-public underwear football practice in the searing Florida heat. [read more]

Healthy Bucs

June 14th, 2016
On the sideines today.

Playing it safe.

The worst thing that can happen for and to a player is getting injured in an underwear football practice, much less a real football practice. [read more]

Notes From Day 1 Minicamp

June 14th, 2016

first practice

Your beloved Buccaneers were back on the practice fields of One Buc Palace today with the first mandatory minicamp session. Joe’s got plenty of nuggets. [read more]

Koetter Tiring Of ASJ Questions

June 14th, 2016
Koetter seems to have reached his fill on ASJ talk.

Dirk Koetter seems to have reached his fill of ASJ talk.

Yes, we all know tweety Austin Seferian-Jenkins got run off of an underwear practice last week and then went mental on Bucs fans. Not cool. [read more]

Louis Murphy: Racism Follows Jameis

June 14th, 2016
Louis Murphy speaks out

Louis Murphy speaks out

Censorship is everywhere.

Newspapers quash stories because they believe they don’t serve readers’ interests. Legions of reporters are stifled because editors fear backlash. [read more]

Jameis: Goodbye “Standard Looks”

June 14th, 2016

jameis 1111bEvery offseason for losing teams is about change. Otherwise, they typically keep losing. [read more]

ASJ Apologies For Twitter Tantrum

June 14th, 2016
Ask for fans' forgiveness.

Asks for fans’ forgiveness.

It has been well-documented that Tweety Austin Seferian-Jenkins was way out of line last week when he took to Twitter and began posting nonsense to Bucs fans. [read more]

Still Grinding

June 14th, 2016
Monte Kiffin

Heat and age won’t stop Monte Kiffin

Bright sunshine and a heat index of 95 degrees today at Jacksonville Jaguars minicamp. Not exactly the place for a hatless 76-year-old man facing two hours of work on the practice field. [read more]

Cleared For Take Off

June 14th, 2016
DIrk Koetter's offense makes Jameis smile.

Dirk Koetter’s offense makes Jameis smile.

So if one believes the recent words of Bucs coach Dirk Koetter, Tampa Bay will be true to its Florida heritage and go all NASA this year with a passing attack worthy of the 21st century. [read more]

Love Fest

June 14th, 2016
lovefest

Jameis talks love and acceptance

Love is in the air at One Buc Palace. [read more]

ASJ Speaks (But Doesn’t Twitter)

June 14th, 2016
Enters confessional.

Enters confessional.

As expected, tight end/super Twitterer Austin Seferian-Jenkins fell on the sword for his antics during and after an OTA practice last Thursday, in which coach Dirk Koetter gave him a steel-toe boot to the backside. [read more]