Did Dirk Koetter force Team Glazer’s hands? (Photo courtesy of Buccaneers.com.)

Yes, in San Francisco, Joe chatted Bucs with NFL Network uber insider Ian Rapoport. It was cool to talk to him, one, because Joe knows who he talks to (no, Rapoport did not tell Joe who, but others have). So when Rapoport talks Bucs, it’s not just hare-brained nonsense he dreamed up to fill air time. [read more]

Bobby Rainey’s NFL career has been marked by some great afternoons running the football, and years of teams thinking he’s not quite in their plans. [read more]

A different kind of weapon for Dirk Koetter

Scoring a wide receiver that can stay healthy and squeeze footballs is not the only way the Bucs can upgrade their offense when the free agency dinner bell rings next month. [read more]

So Joe went to San Francisco for Super Bowl Opening Night (nee: media day) and various other media-related events to dig up Bucs nuggets. [read more]

Competition is fierce for the Bucs has they look to move on from sackless George Johnson. Their second impotent Johnson in two season.

As the Bucs move on from their second impotent Johnson and turn their full attention to the crop of likely free agent defensive ends, they’ll discover the NFC champions have the same problem. [read more]

Jameis works his charisma.

The Super Bowl has become, in some ways, secondary to the pomp and circumstance of Super Bowl week.

More seems to be written about and talked about all the ancillary events than the actual game. [read more]

GMC has Jameis’ back.

Yes, Bucs fans were miffed late Saturday when they learned America’s Quarterback, Pro Bowler Jameis Winston, was shamed by Associated Press voters, who turned against America and voted a running back, Todd Gurley of the Rams, NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year. [read more]

Safety Major Wright talks Jameis and the Bucs’ coaching change.

Radio row at the Super Bowl media center was awash in NFL players, ex-players and celebrities. As usual, the later in the week, the crazier it got. [read more]

Bucs won an old fashioned recruiting battle for DL coach Jay Hayes.

When fiery former defensive line coach Joe Cullen leapt to the Crows, Joe was a bit sad. Cullen was one of the few bright spots on the defensive coaching staff. [read more]

Don’t expect RB Doug Martin to carry the load next year for another team.

It seems a no-brainer. With the pending NFL free agency dinner bell set to ring in five weeks, the Bucs should re-sign Doug Martin.

There are potholes in this road, though. [read more]

Doug Martin talks about “soul searching.”

Joe wrote previously about Doug Martin talking contract on CBS Sports Radio, but during that chat with Brandon Tierney and Tiki Barber last week, Martin also referenced the challenges that led to a bounce-back year. [read more]

Stinking Panthers WR Kelvin Benjamin talks America’s Quarterback.

Yes, this is the last player interview from Joe’s trip to ground zero of the Super Bowl, San Francisco. [read more]

Vincent Jackson speaks

It’s rare for Vincent Jackson to acknowledge negativity, even when it’s obvious. [read more]

A little overlooked football history between Lavonte David and Cam Newton.

Joe hopes this is the way things are trending. Lavonte David, one of the best NFL linebackers since being drafted in 2012, finally got his first Pro Bowl appearance last month.

It was long overdue. [read more]

Once fired by Lovie, Ron Rivera coaches the Stinking Panthers in the Super Bowl tonight.

Really, really intriguing piece here on the dynamics between Ron Rivera, the Stinking Panthers coach who guided his team to the Super Bowl, and the man who fired him, Lovie Smith. [read more]

October’s golf tournament was a sold out blast. January was a home-run sellout, too.

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Congratulations to Father Dungy, who was voted into the Pro Football Hall Of Fame this evening. [read more]

Doug Martin talks contract and takes advice from a former superstar running back

Joe’s been combing through the many interviews Doug Martin did at the Super Bowl this week, and in one, contract talk was a little different. [read more]

Ali Marpet and the offensive line surpassed just about all expectations.

Arguably the most amazing thing about the Bucs this past year wasn’t the rise of America’s Quarterback, Pro Bowler Jameis Winston.

No, it wasn’t even Doug Martin’s Lazarus-like rise from the dead. [read more]