Grim 2016 season foreseen.

Just about everyone Joe runs into believes the Bucs should or will improve this season, even with a suspected tough schedule.

Others even think meaningful January games are not a pipe dream. [read more]

(Photo courtesy of Tampa Bay Buccaneers.)

It was widely known that former Bucs cornerback Leonard Johnson lived at his child home in Clearwater while playing for Tampa Bay.

Johnson performed chores, had to keep his room tidy, etc. [read more]

Lovie won’t like this.

Lovie Smith scoffed at reporters who dared to suggest the Bucs’ allowing a 70 percent completion rate to opposing quarterbacks — with plenty of garbage QBs among them — was a legitimate black mark against his 2015 defense. [read more]

Photo courtesy of Buccaneers.com

A handful of Bucs got the full Mark Dominik rockstar treatment yesterday at Bevis Elementary School in Lithia, where the Buccaneers donated physical education equipment and dedicated a Buccaneers Fitness Zone. [read more]

Does Lavonte David want to be a household name?

Damn right he does. [read more]

Signs point to a fun season, explained on NFL.com.

Many takes in the comments section here refer to an international conspiracy afoot, no doubt controlled by none other than Vladimir Putin, that national (international?) talking heads only speak ill of the Bucs. [read more]

Spreadsheeters at odds with Bucs GM.

Cue the violins. A bunch of has-been (unemployed?) accountants playing football general manager are, again, enraged. [read more]

Reading the tea leaves.

Joe is two things that are important in the following paragraphs: a history guy who has a minor in history, and a believer in America’s Quarterback, Pro Bowler Jameis Winston. [read more]

Kevin Pamphile talks to Joe today

Garrett Gilkey disease is terrible. So are alleged bad patches on fake grass.

Yes, the Bucs are intent on restoring maximum depth at center. [read more]

Jameis has the clothes and the pull, but he won’t get the title.

Yes, one could say America’s Quarterback, Jameis Winston, plays a role in personnel matters at One Buc Palace. [read more]

Dishes on the Bucs.

Former NFL stud Willie McGinest knows a thing or two about winning a ring, having played for the Belicheats and three Super Bowl-winning squads. [read more]

Strong take on ex-Bucs standout receiver Mike Williams

After five consecutive cellar finishes in the NFC South, Joe yearns for the glory days of 2010, a 10-6 team, a young coach pushing all the right buttons, a ridiculously young roster with a 22-year-old quarterback who just shocked the NFL with 25 touchdowns and six interceptions. [read more]

Dishes on why he pulled the trigger on a kicker.

Joe remembers when the draft ended roughly 10 days ago. Bucs AC/DC-loving general manager Jason Licht took the podium and asked if he felt the firestorm of immediate fan outrage for trading back into the second round to draft kicker Roberto Aguayo. [read more]

Liked by spreadsheeters.

Yes, NFL Network has started pumping out its Top-100 list of NFL players in 2016. Joe suspects but cannot confirm that America’s Quarterback, Pro Bowler Jameis Winston, will be included. [read more]

Temper expectations from the rookie.

If the Bucs had selected a second edge rusher in the draft — which Joe advocated for a variety of reasons — it might have helped out rookie defensive end Noah Spence. [read more]

How do Lightning playoff TV ratings compare to meaningless Bucs games?

Joe often chuckles when Tampa Bay sports fans think Lightning playoff games somehow approach the popularity of Buccaneers football.

Let’s compare TV ratings of the Bolts’ series-clinching win yesterday afternoon to a Bucs preseason telecast, both on mighty WFLA-TV, Ch. 8. [read more]

No need to frown over linebacker depth.

During the wildly-popular JoeBucFan.com Hour heard weekly on WDAE-AM 620, hosted by Joe’s good friend, “The Big Dog,” Steve Duemig, a caller last week admitted he is an SEC homer and was outraged the Bucs drafted a former Big Ten defensive end and an ACC kicker over Alabama linebacker Reggie Ragland. [read more]

Bucs rookie fullback/superback/tight end Dan Vitale

No one is quite sure what sixth-round pick, “superback” Dan Vitale, will do on the field. [read more]

No, this isn’t a plug for Joe’s esteemed partners at Ed Morse Cadillac, Ed Morse Auto Plaza and the family of local Ed Morse dealerships. [read more]