Yes, the bandwagon is welcoming newcomers on board.

That’s the Lightning bandwagon, in which suddenly, with the Bolts now one win from the Stanley Cup Finals, has virtually everyone in the Tampa Bay area a hockey expert like the guy sitting in the corner of the bar in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, drooling over Kathryn Tappen on NHL Network. [read more]

Joe just loves the summer. No more coats. No more cold. And when women wear less and less clothes, there is no way in Joe’s eyes that is a bad thing.

It also helps that the summer is traditionally bookmarked by three-day weekends, with America’s birthday right smack dab in the middle. [read more]

Aaron Schatz of Football Outsiders is not enamored by DE Jacquies Smith.

Joe understands how some readers are irked at Joe for harping on the Bucs’ offensive line. Well, they haven’t done anything to make Joe stop kvetching.

As OTAs resume later this week, two starting positions — left tackle and right guard — are up for grabs between four guys, only one of which has taken a regular-season snap: Kevin Pamphile, one of the two “Milk Cartons.” [read more]

This is not Logan Mankins, to the best of Joe’s knowledge.

On this weekend notorious for grilling meat and washing it down with an array of barbecue sauces, iced cocktails and glorious beer, Joe is wondering whether the Buccaneers’ offensive line is finally curing what ailed it last season.

Of course, Joe’s talking about their lack of proper barbecue bonding. [read more]

New Bucs DE George Johnson, shown here in his first go-round with the Bucs, went off on Twitter yesterday about teams not focused on winning.

Joe loves passion from football players because that often means losing tears at their very soul.

Then again, you have to be careful who is displaying such emotion. Anthony Collins used to get bent out of shape at losing, too. [read more]

NFL.com does a masterful job overhyping the obvious in an attempt to capture the twitching eyeballs of fantasy football lunatics suffering from withdrawl. [read more]

Bucs WR Mike Evans, a former Texas high school basketball star, still has the hops.

It is summertime!

Joe loves it. Time for all sorts of R&R. Warm/hot weather + scantily-clad, tanned babes and alcohol. Lots and lots of alcohol.

It’s called “living.” [read more]

A former Buccaneer weighs in on Jameis Winston leading

Jameis Winston, America’s Quarterback, might not get in the ears and face of barbecue-yearning former Pro Bowl guard Logan Mankins and demand excellence and precision. [read more]

Former Bucs defensive end Michael Bennett has advice for Team Glazer.

Yes, the team that let Bennett walk for no good reason was the recipient of free counsel from Bennett himself. [read more]

Joe brought word of a report claiming the Bucs will not be featured on Hard Knocks, the show produced by NFL Films and HBO to give fans a reality-show look at coaches and players inside training camp.

The subject was so lively yesterday, Joe will flush out a couple of important things brushed over. [read more]

Buccaneers single game tickets go on sale Thursday morning. [read more]

Optimism is cooking at One Buc Palace, and it has nothing to do with Jameis Winston.

Defensive numbers look good and coaches are talking, even if the last Buccaneers head coach with a winning record lectured, “Stats are for losers.” [read more]

Too intense?

Sometimes, Joe wonders what football people are watching or thinking when they make dumb decisions, because even a guy walking around with a white cane can see they are bad moves.

Take last year, Joe may have been the only guy locally who wrote very early and often that the offensive line of the Bucs had major question marks. [read more]

America won’t see its quarterback this summer on HBO

Damn, damn, damn, Joe would have loved to see the Bucs and Jameis Winston, America’s Quarterback, on HBO’s Hard Knocks this summer. [read more]

Being the NFL’s eighth-best punt return team two years in a row isn’t good enough.

Lovie Smith wants Tampa Bay to recreate his Chicago magic. [read more]

Alert!

Joe will make significant technical upgrades to JoeBucsFan.com this weekend. After the arrival of America’s Quarterback, Jameis Winston, Joe wants more horsepower.

At one point last week, nearly 1,000 readers were visiting JoeBucsFan — at the same time! Internet publishing geeks know that’s a stunning number.

If you notice anything odd about the site this weekend (unlikely), just be patient. Joe expects super smooth sailing by Monday.

No quarterback faced as many blitzes per pass attempt last year than Bucs QB Mike Glennon. Turnover-prone Josh McCown wasn’t much better.

As Joe learned way back in high school, stats can be concocted to prove a point. That’s what is known as twisting numbers.

This is also why Joe doesn’t swallow whole the medicine the stat geeks pump out. Often, there is a method behind the numbers. [read more]

The making of Lavonte David.

There were few things to like about the Bucs last year. You know, 2-14?

The best thing about last year was the Bucs won the Chase for Jameis. That is the greatest memory, other than the home run draft pick of wide receiver Mike Evans. [read more]

Many NFL fans in and out of Tampa Bay have thrown their hands in the air in frustration

Fashionista Paul Lukas of BSPN has revealed his annual rankings of NFL uniforms. Lukas does not like the Bucs’, which debuted last year.

Joe is a traditionalist and doesn’t like weirdo uniforms (oh, and this just in: Oregon, for example, doesn’t have uniforms, it has costumes. If you have two or more color schemes in road or home gear, you don’t have uniforms. Please consult Merriam-Webster for the definition of “uniform.” There is nothing “uniform” about Oregon’s gear.). [read more]