Bucs fans who have yet to release themselves from the gut-sucking humiliation of last season might find the following disturbing. [read more]

Could new/old Bucs TE Tim Wright be the best on the roster? Ten teams wanted him.

When the Bucs plucked former tight end Tim Wright after Bill Belicheat tossed him to the curb, it was a no-brainer. A nice move by Bucs AC/DC-loving general manager Jason Licht.

Look, the Bucs are 2-14. Any time a young guy with a ring is available, the Bucs ought to be all over him like a hungry dog on a steak. [read more]

Gerald McCoy rarely fumbles for words. The man can talk.

But McCoy bumbled and stumbled this weekend while trying to tell the world his body is not that of a loser. [read more]

Joe swears a day doesn’t go by that someone doesn’t Twitter him asking about the offensive line. Two weeks ago, Dan Connelly was the flavor of the week. Last week, it was Evan Mathis. [read more]

Jameis Winston euphoria aside, these are tough times for Bucs fans listening to knowledgeable national media talk about their team. [read more]

Right now on StubHub, you can score the worst seat in the Lightning house for Game 7 of the Stanley Cup (if necessary) for $648.09.

That’s the price of two full Buccaneers season tickets, and extra money to buy an America’s Quarterback t-shirt! [read more]

Yes, Joe was surprised when the Bucs claimed tight end Tim Wright off waivers after he was cut by Bill Belicheat. It is a pleasant surprise.

What Joe wonders is where Wright will play. Last year, Lovie Smith openly groused about Wright’s inability to block. [read more]

Does Mike Glennon have the edge?

Last week, a lot of news came out of One Buc Palace, including Demar Dotson’s holdout/non-holdout and the waiver claim of tight end Tim Wright, after Bill Belicheat waved him goodbye.

But potentially the biggest news came from Woody Cummings of The Tampa Tribune. [read more]

Recently, Senior Bowl stardom rarely translates to the NFL.

When the Bucs traded up into the second round to draft Ali Marpet, the pride of Division-III Hobart College, it wasn’t just Joe that raised a Derrick Brooks-like eyebrow.

A Division-III offensive lineman, really? Division-III is glorified high school football. Marpet was used to blocking tackling dummies with a pulse and now he is expected to handle the best defensive tackles on the planet? [read more]

The leaders of the Buccaneers defense like to point to how well their “D” played (allegedly) in its final 10 games.

But that same defense had many key pieces bounced. [read more]

Before Joe gets started here, Joe wants to say there are few nicer guys than Mike Freeman of Bleacher Report. Dude always has a smile on his face. Nobody digs for NFL info like Freeman and few have as many high-level NFL contacts. [read more]

Remember when Gerald McCoy told the world he didn’t understand tackling until Greg Schiano taught him in his third NFL season? [read more]

“Please tell me you can block J.J. Watt, bro.”

In an article by spreadsheeter Pat Thorman of Pro Football Focus that is mostly unintelligible because of gobbledygook, Thorman studies the strength of schedule for quarterbacks. [read more]

You’ve already heard what Lavonte David just said about the Buccaneers’ locker room needing Jameis Winston’s influence.

Today, Gerald McCoy checked in. [read more]

So why couldn’t the Patriots trade Tim Wright? [read more]

He is on the cusp of owning the Tampa Bay area.

Joe shakes his head and chortles reading comments that take Joe to task for referring (accurately) to Jameis Winston as “America’s Quarterback.”

Those folks make Joe think of Jim Mora’s famous line, “You may think you know, but you don’t know.”  [read more]

Yesterday, Joe shared Lavonte David’s stunning words about Jameis Winston.

But Lavonte had plenty more to say. [read more]

Yes, Joe knows his hardcore readers sit on their recliners, eyes glued to NFL Network, wishing the games airing were actually live. That’s a few months away.

In the interim, there is underwear football. In this case, the Bucs put out a video highlighting plays of the final week of OTA practices. [read more]

Joe is happy the Bucs claimed tight end Tim Wright on waivers yesterday. The former Buccaneer is a good, young football player and instantly drops a competition bomb in the tight ends room, and his presence and versatility might scare a few receivers, too. [read more]