Lovie Smith, and later Jason Licht, will speak at this here podium this morning.

Welcome to frozen Indianapolis. Joe is plugged in and ready to rock and roll at Lucas Oil Stadium where outside, it is a bone-chilling 10 degrees (Fahrenheit). But it’s sunny.

The first speaker of today’s 24 will be Pittsburgh general manager Kevin Colbert followed by Bucs coach Lovie Smith at 10:15 a.m. Bucs general manager Jason Licht will follow at 11:15 a.m. [read more]

Yesterday, Joe heard this driving to the airport enroute to frozen Indianapolis for the NFL Scouting Combine (yes, Joe knows the Tampa area is bracing for cold, but the next three nights in Indianapolis, the forecast low is expected to be near or below zero). [read more]

Lovie Smith speaks today

It is early and you likely have not had your morning dose of caffeine, so Joe understands nerves are already on edge without this supplement.

Therefore, Joe won’t recount all the ways the Bucs were miserable last year, just sum it up with the infamous Bill Parcells quote, “You are what your record says you are.” [read more]

Lovie Smith raved about the relentless work ethic and drive of defensive end Adrian Clayborn last summer.

Put that in the category: Things you don’t hear about Michael Johnson. [read more]

In many ways, Tampa Bay’s 2014 season was more bizarre than the MRSA-infected, quarterback-gone-mental, Fire-Schiano-billboards campaign of 2013.

There were plenty of real Bucs mysteries last year, and Joe’s revisiting the most interesting of the bunch. [read more]

The drama is building for the decisions. No, not what the Bucs will do with their premium draft picks. [read more]

Why would a wise, accomplished man like Michigan head coach Jim Harbaugh attach his name to Jameis Winston?

Jiminy Christmas! Joe’s been led to believe this would mean women’s groups will march angrily in protest within hours on the Michigan campus. [read more]

Just like Josh McCown was freed from his contract earlier than most and can sign now with any NFL team, so is blade-in-the-thigh, mattress-in-the-yard, stripper-pole-friendly Mike Williams, the former Bucs No. 1 receiver. [read more]

Two words could sum up most of the swings and misses the Bucs had last offseason: “Offensive line.”

OK, fine. You want to dismantle an underperforming offensive line and try to get better. However, it got progressively worse. [read more]

Somehow, in a span of just a couple of minutes, Bucs center Evan Dietrich-Smith contradicted himself multiple times when reviewing the Bucs’ 2014 season on SiriusXM NFL radio last night. [read more]

Super Bowl-winning coach Brian Billick said he wouldn’t want to be “conned” by Jameis Winston.

Yeah, the crazy fun starts in the heart of the Midwest — in a sick way for NFL suits and potential draft picks — at the NFL Scouting Combine in frozen Indianapolis this week.

(As you read this story, Joe is likely enroute to the Crossroads of America.)

It’s the weird time when team executives try to throw off players during interviews, players who have been well-coached in what to say. [read more]

Crab-legs-stealing, BB-gun-shooting, obscenity-hollering, Heisman-Trophy-winning, former national champion Jameis Winston, the pride of Florida State University, continues to look like a much better quarterback prospect than Mike Glennon and Josh McCown.

It’s Joe’s daily nugget on the Jameis Watch, celebrating the best quarterback to wear No. 5 ever in the state of Florida. [read more]

Joe has tremendous respect for super draft guru Mike Mayock of NFL Network, but enough is enough.

Mayock’s comments about the Buccaneers during his annual pre-combine news conference today bordered on ridiculous. [read more]

Here’s a legitimately tough question: Who would have a better season starting at right defensive end for Tampa Bay next season, Da’Quan Bowers, Michael Johnson or Adrian Clayborn? [read more]

Lovie Smith’s beloved 12th man, the nickel cornerback position he considers the 12th starter on his defense, gave the head coach headaches last season.

Keep in mind Lovie once simultaneously was head coach of the Bears and Chicago’s nickel back position coach, a true rarity in the NFL. [read more]

Joe isn’t sure what popular sports radio and TV personality Adam Schein sees in Josh McCown.

Joe has nothing against former Bucs turnover-prone quarterback Josh McCown. Good dude. Team guy. Did everything he could to get the Bucs to turn around their fortunes.

Problem was, McCown simply didn’t have it.

Things happened last offseason that didn’t pass the smell test. [read more]

OK, Joe has had it. You fantasy football fools, will you just stop with this Ndamukong Suh nonsense? Really? It is so idiotic.

The Bucs just broke the bank for Gerald McCoy. You know, a defensive tackle. As Warren Sapp would say with his eyes bugged out and head cocked like a pointer hearing a whistle, “Hello?” [read more]

Joe has no idea why too many Bucs fans want to trade down in the draft, when Tampa Bay has such a glaring need at the most important position on the field. It makes no sense. [read more]

Even Stevie Wonder can see why the Bucs are on the cusp of rancid NFL history.

The last decade has been so frustrating for Bucs fans they have kept countless bars in business just trying to wash away painful memories. [read more]