Joe’s not buying this one. [read more]

Former Bucs “wild child” cornerback Aqib Talib, the five-time Pro Bowler and Super Bowl champ, is one hell of an analyst, one of Joe’s favorites. [read more]

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Thought-provoking take from Aaron Rodgers today, and it has nothing to do with psychedelic herbs or Pfizer products. [read more]

Hard to believe it’s safety Jordan Whitehead’s seventh NFL season.

It almost seems like yesterday that then-defensive coordinator Mike Smith labeled him a heat-seeking missile.

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New Bucs offensive line coach Kevin Carberry.

Joe’s never seen it, but Joe’s heard many times about the “mental errors” board at One Buc Palace. Players don’t want their names on it. [read more]

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Penalties on his mind.

When at Bucs training camp practices since zebras started showing up, Joe sensed there seemed to be a lot of flags. [read more]

Calls new rule “BS.”

When former Bucs general manager Richie McKay, otherwise known as Roger Goodell’s stooge, helped push through the ban on the hip-drop tackle, Joe went bananas. [read more]

Props in a strange way.

So a week ago when NFL Network came to One Buc Palace to broadcast live from training camp, NFL Network personality and former Bucs stud Gerald McCoy outed Mike Evans.

Now, a long-time Bucs teammate of Evans,’ Lavonte David has piled on. [read more]

Payback.

The Chucky revenge tour ended up yesterday in St. Joseph, Mo. Boy, you don’t want to get on Chucky’s bad side. [read more]

Will Gholston

So YaYa Diaby has a significant ankle injury, Joe Tryon-Shoyinka has a shoulder problem, Bucs sacks king Shaq Barrett is retired and Randy Gregory never showed up for work.

Oh, and head coach Todd Bowles told the Ira Kaufman Podcast last week that having a monster edge rusher with a big sack total isn’t a necessity and may not help the team overall. [read more]

A look inside camp.

So the Bucs have clear and restrictive rules for media covering training camp at One Buc Palace.

Joe tries to follow them to the letter of the law. Most don’t. [read more]

He wears Gronk’s number but he hasn’t gotten Gronk’s playing time. [read more]

Props from Todd Bowles.

What a difference nine practices make. [read more]

Not down with 18 games.

Probably sooner than later, the NFL will go to an 18-game regular season. There’s way too much loot lying on the table not to. [read more]

Opportunity knocks.

Joe knows there is interest in undrafted free agent linebacker Kalen DeLoach. Much of that comes from where he went to school. [read more]

Hurt.

The edge-rush-needy Bucs look like they may need a roster injection. [read more]

“Stop dragging, Rachaad.”

This answer surprised Joe because most running backs have an unwavering attitude that goes something like “give me the damn ball all the time and put the team on my back.” [read more]

Continues to shine.

Roasting at a Bucs training camp practice is a given. Unless it rains, you expect to feel like a hot dog on a grill. Today, it didn’t rain yet it was, well, damn near comfortable. [read more]

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