Joe’s not sure of what to make of BSPN super insider Adam Schefter’s latest call on the Bucs’ choice with the No. 1 overall pick in the 2015 NFL Draft. [read more]

Former Bucs TE Tim Wright, now a member of the Patriots, talked about his days with the Pewter Pirates, some of the most turbulent in franchise history;.

One of Joe’s favorite players is in the Super Bowl this Sunday. Naturally, he’s not playing for the Bucs.

Tight end Tim Wright was used for trade bait to lure he-left-his-heart-in-New England barbecue pitmaster guard Logan Mankins. Since, Wright has continued to develop as a fine NFL player and Mankins is still searching for that elusive spot in Florida for a barbecue. [read more]

A four-time Pro Bowl quarterback weighs in via a private chat with Joe at Super Bowl Media Day.

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]

Clinton McDonald’s old teammate speaks out

One guy not gunning for a second Super Bowl ring with the Seahawks is Bucs defensive tackle Clinton McDonald.

Joe talked to a few of McDonald’s old teammates about him at Super Bowl Media Day in Phoenix, and one offered an interesting take. [read more]

Imagine what the NFL would be like if former Bucs defensive end and current Seahawks star Michael Bennett was running the league.

There’s no chance it would be nicknamed the No Fun League. [read more]

As he promised weeks ago on “10 Sports Extra” with Joe’s friend Chris Fischer, stud Bucs outside linebacker Lavonte David arrived in Phoenix, site of Super Bowl XLIX, to roam through radio row yesterday and go through the car wash.

David had made it clear he wanted to start marketing himself to stop these galling snubs from Pro Bowl honors and All-Pro teams. [read more]

Darrelle Revis’ handlers blew up two trade deals the Bucs had on the table, claims CBS Sports.

Fascinating what can happen when solid writers have a week to sit down and probe NFL contacts, coaches and executives to dig up a juicy story. And heavy-metal-headbanging Jason La Canfora of CBS Sports did just that.

La Canfora pieced together a story on just how All-Pro cornerback Darrelle Revis, shoved out the back door by the Bucs last offseason, turned up on Bill Belicheat’s front door. [read more]

From the bottom of Joe’s heart, thank you TV Azteca for all the advances you have made in broadcast journalism. You have truly turned the medium into a visual medium. Roger Ailes took concise notes.

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Not every Buccaneer is hiding his head in shame after a disastrous 2014 season.

One actually popped up today, as Joe mingled on famed Radio Row of the Phoenix convention center. [read more]

Of all the people Joe never imagined running into at the Super Bowl media center in downtown Phoenix was none other than former Bucs (?) quarterback Jake “The Snake” Plummer.

Folks may remember how Plummer, then with the Broncos, led Denver to the 2006 AFC title game, where they were blitzed by Ben Roethlisberger and the Steelers, arguably Big Ben’s best game as an NFL quarterback. [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]

Seahawks DC Dan Quinn, believed to be the new Dixie Chicks coach, is mobbed by reporters yesterday at Super Bowl media day.

In some ways, interviewing a subject is like a boxing match. No, there are no punches thrown (usually), but a subject often tries to rope-a-dope and dodge questions with empty or evasive answers.

The reporter tries to work the subject into a corner to deliver a question the subject cannot dodge.

That was the case yesterday when Joe interviewed soon-to-be Dixie Chicks coach Dan Quinn. [read more]

This reporter yearned to find Joe and talk Bucs football

Joe’s been known to snap award-winning photos that capture the important elements of Super Bowl Media Day.

Yesterday was no exception. This morning’s theme is Women in Media. [read more]

A national NFL analyst revisits his breakdown of Bucs first round pick Mike Evans prior to the 2014 draft.

Joe has been fortunate to talk annually to scouts and NFL types about the draft. One doesn’t need such access to understand how the draft is such an inexact science.

Even a drunk in a bar can tell if a general manager bats .500 in the draft; folks in Canton are polishing a bust for the man. [read more]

Former Bucs DE Michael Bennett — who the Bucs let go for no good reason — answers questions at Super Bowl Media Day Tuesday.

Of all the former Buccaneers — and players with Bucs connections — in Sunday’s Super Bowl, Joe wanted most to talk to former Bucs defensive end Michael Bennett.

Now starring for the Seahawks, Bennett, who the Bucs let walk away for no good reason, is now playing in his second Super Bowl in as many years.

Reminding Bucs fans of this all-time colossal personnel error is enough to make Bucs fans so mental, they want to go outside and start throwing rocks at cars. [read more]

Former NFL safety and current NBC Sports analyst Rodney Harrison blasted Dashon Goldson.

Among the many NFL national media types and former NFL players Joe talked to yesterday – over 30 at last count – was former Chargers and Patriots safety Rodney Harrison.

The NBC Sunday Night Football analyst will, of course, be part of the Peacock Network’s hosting of pregame and postgame talent Sunday. And Harrison loves to talk defense, including safety play. [read more]

Darrelle Revis talked to Joe today about one of his old Tampa Bay teammates. [read more]

Man, Joe’s had one hell of a busy day at Super Bowl Media Day and surrounding festivities. Bucs fans are going to want to stay glued to JoeBucsFan.com this week and next month. Joe’s got all kinds of fun stuff.

Late this afternoon, Joe got a chance to pin down Father Dungy on his famous quarterback endorsement. [read more]

Bucs quarterback play was so awful, not even Josh McCown could watch.

The poor Bucs fans who threw out hundreds (thousands?) of dollars this year to watch dreck perceived to be an NFL team are appalled at what became of their Bucs. Joe can totally understand.

Hell, Joe was watching Bucs games for fun and work, and even they were painful. The play of turnover-prone Josh McCown was so awful, Bucs fans wanted to rinse their eyes out with battery acid. [read more]

So Joe is in the Valley of the Sun, Phoenix, for Super Bowl Media Day, and week actually. Joe is going to spend a couple of extra days.

Last night, after Joe flew in, picked up credentials, talked to a few old media friends like Bernie Miklasz of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and Howard Balzer of SiriusXM NFL Radio, and got a feel for the lay of the land, a long day of travel was coming to an end. Nourishment was in order. Read: A burger and a craft beer. [read more]