Contracts seemed to be a popular discussion around One Buc Palace yesterday.

One was the question about if or when Lavonte David will get a new contract. Another question concerned Doug Martin. [read more]

A moved McCoy talks to Joe

From the snap of the ball until the referee blows his whistle ending a play, few players are more ornery and/or feared than Bucs defensive tackle Gerald McCoy. [read more]

Lovie Smith is a classy, mild-mannered, easy-going man as you will ever meet. It’s almost impossible to believe he could ever raise his voice to anyone.

Lovie is the anti-Greg Schiano.

But if the law needs to be thrown down, Lovie said he can and will do it. [read more]

Cornerback Mike Jenkins

Today at Bucs practice, Joe watched nickel cornerbacks Isaiah Frye and Leonard Johnson work intently with their nickel position coach.

Sterling Moore, the likely No. 1 nickel, was busy with other cornerbacks. [read more]

Jameis Winston’s teammates are talking. (Photo courtesy of Tampa Bay Buccaneers)

Hey, George Johnson, you played with Matthew Stafford last season, a real franchise quarterback.

So what’s the QB vibe from Jameis Winston, and how is it affecting the Buccaneers? [read more]

Glowing words from Lovie.

No, Bucs fans, there was no sighting of “America’s Quarterback,” Bucs signal-caller Jameis Winston at OTAs today. That was because Jameis is attending a mandatory function for top NFL draft picks. [read more]

Logan Mankins and Kevin Pamphile were attached at the hip today

Yes, your Buccaneers’ first team left tackle right now in spring practice is second-year man Kevin Pamphile. The right guard with the first unit is fellow 2014 fifth-round pick Kadeem Edwards.

Joe dubbed these two “milk cartons” last season. [read more]

Underwear football is back, and Joe was able to take in a couple hours of practice on the sweltering fields of One Buc Palace today. In sort of an ode to Raheem Morris, 1980s rock music filled the air throughout practice. No rap, so apologies to Raheem.

Here’s what Joe found worth sharing: [read more]

Today was eerily similar to last year, in that 2014 first round pick Mike Evans pulled a hamstring very early in OTAs and was limited until training camp. [read more]

Bucs OC Dirk Koetter will smooth over the rough edges

In case no one noticed, the offense was a hot mess last year, from a sieve of an offensive line to inconsistent (at best) running backs — not one ran for 500 yards, not one! — and turnover-prone Josh McCown too often played like a scared Labrador puppy.

It wasn’t all the players’ fault (a lot was, though). Joe remembers interviewing former NFL quarterback and FOX game analyst Brady Quinn, who all but said the Bucs offense was as disorganized as a firehouse run by The Three Stooges. [read more]

New Bucs cornerback Sterling Moore

Via covert drones and ground operatives, Joe brought word yesterday that former Pro Bowl cornerbacks Alterraun Verner and Mike Jenkins were early standouts through the first two days of Buccaneers OTA practices.

But another guy is wowing even more. [read more]

Bucs QBs were terrorized last season — no thanks to the ole’ blocking of left tackle Anthony Collins.

Yes, Joe has concerns about the offensive line and had concerns about it last season.

But never did Joe’s wildest dreams foresee the complete and total jailbreak it morphed into. It really was something to behold, and not in a good way. [read more]

Joe isn’t sure where this concept of “mentoring” started, that rookie quarterbacks have to be so babied they need a teammate that is more wet nurse than backup quarterback. [read more]

The Cowboys are using drones to film their OTA practices, and Joe is using similar tactics to gain intelligence from the Buccaneers’ sessions, which were closed to media yesterday and today. [read more]

Joe’s perspective regularly differs from his Bucs media peers.

Sometimes, the contrast is so drastic that it drives Joe to repeatedly bang his head against a wall. [read more]

There’s rabid panic, nausea and teeth-grinding at JoeBucsFan.com world headquarters when the topic turns to warm beer the Buccaneers’ offensive line.

But it’s all sunshine and daisies inside the posh media confines of One Buc Palace. [read more]

Photo courtesy of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Joe caught up with Doug Martin a few weeks ago when he was volunteering with the Buccaneers at a community youth event in Clearwater. It was then that Martin shared some info on his changed body. [read more]

Nothing gets the Mike Glennon Mob more excited than knowing their guy is the Buccaneers’ No. 1 quarterback.

Well, they also get all hot in the pants for the new “29-and-15” bumper stickers, representing Glennon’s touchdown-to-interception ratio. [read more]

Photo courtesy of Buccaneers.com.

Yes, the Bucs began flag football OTAs yesterday with the full complement of all 90 on the roster.

No, no one outside of a Bucs employee saw this as the practice was closed. [read more]