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Being a first-year coach is no longer an excuse for losing in today’s NFL.
No, no, no, NO! Do not misread the headline above. “Hire” is not past tense. It means when Bucs coach Lovie Smith hires a new offensive coordinator.
Given the Bucs have interviewed no less than three men (Greg Roman, Dirk Koetter and Marc Trestman), it’s easy to believe by the end of next week, the Bucs may have their new OC. [read more]
Former Bears coach Marc Trestman interviewed for the Bucs’ offensive coordinator spot, per NFL Network.
From the day the Bears jettisoned Marc Trestman as head coach, a large number of Bucs fans have beaten the drum for the Bucs to hire him.
Well, the first step in such a process has begun. [read more]
Bucs fans had to laugh to keep from crying while watching the Bucs’ offensive line last season.
As bad as the swing and miss on Josh McCown — evidence suggested many different things about McCown than what the Bucs pumped out about him prior to the season — Joe just cannot comprehend the Karlos Pena-like swings and misses the Bucs had in free agency on the offensive line.
It was terribly offensive to any thinking person. [read more]
Joe’s “V-Drops” nickname for Vincent Jackson comes approved by a former Buccaneer. [read more]
Crab-legs-stealing, BB-gun-shooting, obscenity-hollering, Heisman-Trophy-winning, former national champion James 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]
Former Bucs OC Greg Olson would be a nice hire as quarterbacks coach.
It is obvious that it won’t be just a new offensive coordinator the Bucs will have this month (one would hope he is selected by the time the Senior Bowl practices roll around). One would assume the new OC would select his own quarterbacks coach.
Joe just cannot imagine ill-suited Marcus Arroyo hanging around Tampa Bay, unless the Bucs need someone to fetch bagels and make coffee runs to Dunkin Donuts to stay awake during late-afternoon meetings. [read more]
Have your say.
Bucs GM Jason Licht weighs in
Bucs fans learned last year to expect the unexpected from the Tampa Bay front office.
The Bucs didn’t need a tight end, but they drafted one in the second round. They were set at running back, but grabbed one in the third. [read more]
Franchise quarterback prospect Marcus Mariota seems like one heck of a great guy.
He’s also a quarterback from a land far, far away from the shores of St. Pete Beach. [read more]
A true value free agent?
Look, Joe’s not buying all the happy love talk about old man Logan Mankins’ future in Tampa Bay at nearly $7 million a season. And the same goes for center Evan Dietrich-Smith — at about half that price.
The Bucs need O-line upgrades and nothing should be off the table now. [read more]
The Bucs’ offensive line was a ghastly trainwreck last year. When Oniel Cousins starts, you have a problem, Houston.
Anthony Collins was a flop and being a healthy scratch in December sure smells like he is trade bait (“Take my offensive tackle, please.”). Or he may get outright released. [read more]
There was more than one Sunday when Joe watched turnover-prone Josh McCown bumble his way through. It was both sorry and painful, if not revolting.
The Bucs’ head coach really thought this guy could lead a team to a playoff run? Really? Seriously? [read more]
Bucs fans really seemed to love how the Lovie Smith regime found a way to win the Chase for Jameis by losing to the Saints.
Results from Joe’s weekly Lovie Smith confidence poll were stunning. [read more]
Better than Calvin Johnson or Larry Fitzgerald?
Not long ago (months, even), rookie receivers simply were not expected to do much. NFL history suggested they needed time adjusting.
Not any more. With the likes of Odell Beckham, Sammy Watkins and Kelvin Benjamin, this year’s NFL rookie receiver class has turned the NFL on its ears. [read more]
Crab-legs-stealing, BB-gun-shooting, obscenity-hollering, Heisman-Trophy-winning, former national champion James 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]
The spreadsheet geeks weigh in
It was the end of the 2012 season. Bucs sacks leader Michael Bennett was allowed to walk for no good reason, and the Bucs had an opening at defensive end.
Then-Bucs commander Greg Schiano gifted underwhelming defensive end Da’Quan Bowers with a starting gig to fill the void. [read more]
Will Chip Kelly make these guys drool?
In the wake of Chip Kelly being granted total control of Eagles personnel this weekend, the buzz out of Philadelphia is that now nobody can stand in the way of Kelly making an unprecedented blockbuster trade offer to the Buccaneers for the No. 1 overall pick in the draft.
Joe’s calling it the Mortgage for Marcus. [read more]
Ravens starting cornerback Rashaan Melvin
Playoff football is a beautiful yet depressing thing to watch.
Joe really enjoyed the games yesterday, but they illustrate how far the Buccaneers, 30-70 in their last 100 outings, are from playing in January. [read more]
A few weeks ago, Lavonte David revealed that Bucs defensive coordinator Leslie Frazier is “taking control of everything.”
Entering the season of coaching changes, the last thing the Bucs needed was another upheaval on the coaching staff. [read more]
A former national champion and NFL QB weighs in.
Crab-legs-stealing, BB-gun-shooting, obscenity-hollering, Heisman-Trophy-winning, former national champion James 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]
