Jason Licht Talks Draft “Intel”

May 5th, 2016

LichtscoutSo you think who’s not attending a pro day is meaningless? Think again. [read more]

“He Is A Defensive End”

May 5th, 2016
DE Noah Spence has but one task with the Bucs.

Jason Licht says DE Noah Spence has but one task with the Bucs.

Since the Bucs drafted pass rusher Noah Spence, there has been talk about Spence playing outside linebacker. On face value, this is outrageous. [read more]

Does Hargreaves Bring Flexiblity?

May 5th, 2016
Tips off Mike Smith's defense?

Tips off Mike Smith’s defense?

Joe thought more than anything else the pick of cornerback Vernon Hargreaves was a proactive move rather than one filling a need. [read more]

Three Targets

May 5th, 2016
Three!

Three!

Yesterday Joe brought word that AC/DC-loving general manager Jason Licht said the top two players targeted in the draft were both on the board when the Bucs selected at No. 11. [read more]

Joe Talks Newspapers Demise, Hargreaves Positioning, Spence Reality, Licht Angles & More

May 4th, 2016
Steve Duemig wrestles with Joe

Steve Duemig wrestles with Joe

It was that time again, time for the popular JoeBucsFan.com Hour on WDAE-AM 620 with the dean of Tampa Bay sports radio, Steve Duemig.

All kinds of Bucs topics were on the table. [read more]

“Reaching For A Kicker Was A Little Much”

May 4th, 2016
Roberto Aguayo

Ex-Bucs star weighs in

A former Tampa Bay Buccaneers captain, Pro Bowler and first-round draft pick isn’t smiling about the second-round selection of kicker Roberto “El Asesino” Aguayo. [read more]

Benenoch’s Written Promise

May 4th, 2016
New Bucs offensive lineman Caleb Benenoch

The Bucs’ fifth-round pick, rookie offensive lineman Caleb Benenoch

Joe is getting more and more intrigued by the offensive tackle/guard the Bucs snagged in the fifth-round of the 2016 NFL Draft. [read more]

An A+ For The Bucs — From Atlanta

May 4th, 2016
Bucs DE Robert Ayers

Bucs DE Robert Ayers

Perspective on a team’s offseason moves is highly subjective.

So Joe always is eager to get national takes on the Bucs, as well as those from NFC South markets. [read more]

“I’d Just Kick It Across The Room”

May 4th, 2016

Doug MarDoug Martin 0309tin runs angry, but does he have deeper anger issues? [read more]

Liking The Draft

May 4th, 2016
Digging the Bucs' draft.

Digging the Bucs’ draft.

That second second-round pick by Jason Licht really has folks worked up, positive or negative. That’s what is great about sports: debate! [read more]

Ayers May Be That Defensive Tackle

May 4th, 2016
ayers

Defensive tackle, too.

In what would have been his final story for the now defunct Tampa Tribune, Woody Cummings typed a piece on why the Bucs may not have drafted a defensive tackle. [read more]

Aguayo Scheme Hatched Before Draft

May 4th, 2016
Playing poker.

Licht talks playing poker on national radio.

A hardcore-Bucs-fan friend fired off a text to Joe minutes after AC/DC-loving general manager Jason Licht pulled the trigger on the trade up to draft kicker Roberto Aguayo in the second round. [read more]

Thinking Of A Good Man

May 4th, 2016
Joe Henderson.

Joe Henderson.

This will be the last postmortem Joe will have for the now-defunct Tampa Tribune. [read more]

Liking The Hargreaves Pick

May 4th, 2016
Just don't be Talib.

Just don’t be Talib.

If rookie cornerback Vernon Hargreaves turns out to be more Ronde Barber than Aqib Talib, the Bucs will have hit a home run.

All Hargreaves must do is play solid football and not throw down with a rookie teammate at a seminar, not blast a defensive teammate in the grill with a helmet, not speedbag a cabbie flying down the interstate, not hassle Tampa grannies, not go all OK Corral in a Dallas suburb, not cuss out referees and coaches, and not eat Adderall (allegedly), then he should be fine. [read more]

Down Goes The Tampa Tribune

May 3rd, 2016
Roy Cummings, Bucs beat writer of the new defunct Tampa Tribune.

Roy Cummings, longtime Bucs beat writer of the now-defunct Tampa Tribune.

Whoa!

Joe doesn’t cover media business, but this bears a few words, and there are a few Bucs ties. [read more]

Fishing For A Special Teams Warrior

May 3rd, 2016
channingwardlb

DE Channing Ward of Ole Miss

Yes, there’s a fresh crop of rookies invading Tampa en route to Bucs rookie minicamp, which starts Friday.

Most of them you’ve never heard of.
[read more]

Hargreaves Over Tunsil

May 3rd, 2016
Jason Licht explains.

Jason Licht explains.

Weeks ago, Joe talked to Bucs types and picked their brains about the draft. [read more]

Joe Maddon And The Bucs’ 2016 Draft

May 3rd, 2016

MaddonYes, there’s a place in Bucs history books for former Rays skipper Merlot Joe Maddon, and that was long before last week’s NFL Draft. [read more]

Playoffs?

May 3rd, 2016

playoffs

Damn, it has been so long since the Bucs have been in the playoffs — coming up on nine years — Joe barely remembers it.

Shoot, JoeBucsFan.com didn’t exist yet when the Bucs were clobbered by the Giants in January 2008. [read more]