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Joe worked hard the past few days and pounded out 18 posts. There’s no snooze on JoeBucsFan.com. This isn’t one of those websites that sleeps on Bucs fans.
So take a deep breath, scroll all the way down and dive in. There’s plenty of meat on the bone.
CBS Sports is not enamored with Bucs guard Logan Mankins.
There’s all kinds of legitimate finger pointing for the Bucs being an eyerake of a 2-14 team last year: turnover-prone Josh McClown, Ghost Johnson, Anthony Collins, zero running game, a porous defense … the list goes on. [read more]
Losing is starting to unnerve GMC.
Even though a player may be one of the best in the game, it’s hard to establish a legacy when your team is building a legacy of losing. [read more]
Bucs tight end Tim Wright
A fourth string undrafted rookie tight end out of training camp in 2013, Tim Wright soon found the best NFL teams executing defensive game plans around him.
(Photo courtesy of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers)
Jacquies Smith was snatched off the street by the Buccaneers last fall, later booted William Gholston from his starting left defensive end job and became the toast of Tampa Bay fans (those still watching) with 6.5 sacks in a half season of steady action. [read more]
The Bucs’ youngest rookie says the NFL “is nothing different.”
Back in March at the NFL Owners meetings, minutes before Joe had breakfast with Lovie Smith, Joe chatted with the head coach about rookies in at corridor at the swanky Phoenix resort.
Lovie made the point that rookies are different than they used to be. [read more]
This summer could be stressful for Bucs RB Mike James.
Yes, Joe knows one could argue the Bucs have a deep stable of running backs. Cynics would suggest it’s deep all right, and not for the right reasons.
(Think: Landmines that dot a cow pasture.) [read more]
Austin Seferian-Jenkins need not worry about Tim Wright being claimed off waivers.
One great Bucs problem is holes all across the lineup.
That’s why the team farted in the elevator last year and finished 2-14. A reason why the team stunk was virtually no depth to speak of. [read more]
No matter how badly former Bucs great Warren Sapp may have treated fans, it bothers Joe to see Sapp’s life spiral out of control the way it has recently. [read more]
The Buccaneers want you thinking offense, offense, offense. [read more]
Ali Marpet speaks at the NFL Rookie Symposium
How bout that rookie Ali Marpet, the pride of Division III Hobart College! He can see that he’s jumping from, say, charming crowds in a preschool production of Jack and the Beanstalk to a Broadway stage. [read more]
Tampa Bay’s version of Julio Jones?
This shouldn’t shock anyone, but if one wants a window into what the offense of the Bucs will look like, take a peek into the past. The Dixie Chicks’ past. [read more]
Joe’s idea of watching what he eats involves smiling and gazing at plates of french fries. So Joe’s not casting stones at America’s Quarterback, Jameis Winston. [read more]
Lovie needs wins, says Fox Sports Florida.
Yes, roughly 35 days remain until sweaty training camp begins at One Buc Place.
This is sort of like the Hot Stove League time in baseball, when all fans wait in anticipation of pitchers and catchers reporting, talking/conning themselves into believing this is the year their team makes a World Series run. [read more]
Sadly, there are still too many who believe Jameis Winston is a felonious animal and a menace to society.
The NFL disagrees, and it had Jameis play with and coach young children this afternoon in Ohio. [read more]
Joe’s learned in life that verbs are very important, like if a woman says she likes you. That can have a lot of meanings. [read more]
Bucs WR Mike Evans suggests a lack of discipline doomed 2014.
The Bucs were so rotten last year, one almost had to watch the TV between fingers because of hands covering their faces, it was such a nightmare. [read more]
During his days as a starting left tackle for Penn State, Buccaneers rookie Donovan Smith was knocked by some as being overweight and lazy. [read more]
Stud offensive lineman La’el Collins likely spurned the Bucs, in part, due to the charms of Cowboys henchman Jerry Jones.
Joe remembers for days after the draft Bucs fans were out of their minds because Tampa Bay didn’t try to sign LSU stud offensive lineman La’el Collins. [read more]
