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The Bucs brought back former TE Tim Wright this afternoon.
In a shocking development, the Bucs signed former tight end Tim Wright this afternoon.
Just yesterday, Wright was cut by Bill Belicheat. Mike Garafolo of FOX Sports has the news. [read more]
NFL gurus were all fired up when Chip Kelly was playing innovative head coach, but now they’re freaking out watching Kelly play head-chopping, wheeling-and-dealing general manager, too. [read more]
“My man, if you think you worked at Hobart College, you’ve clearly never faced ACC talent.”
While Joe is pulling for Division III rookie Ali Marpet, a projected starter at right guard, Joe can’t stop cringing at the thought of Marpet transitioning from glorified high school ball to the big dance of the NFL. [read more]
Lovie explains how underwear football takes a toil on the body.
Joe loved playing football as a kid. Just loved it. Loved everything about it. Well, except those godawful two-a-days on 98-degree afternoons in the middle of the cornfields. [read more]
Dotson confirms he will be at minicamp.
It is official. And it comes from the right tackle’s own mouth.
Demar Dotson will report to mandatory minicamp next week at One Buc Palace. [read more]
Lovie Smith and Jason Licht love them some Mike Glennon. [read more]
The Buccaneers’ soft-spoken, intense leader, Lavonte David, has no problem calling it straight when it comes to how Tampa Bay had a hole at the leadership position. [read more]
Unlikely to wear a Bucs uniform.
Yes, Joe noticed how Bucs fans awoke from a June slumber on Twitter when Eagles chieftain Chip Kelly unloaded guard Evan Mathis yesterday. Suddenly, they envisioned Mathis in the Bucs starting lineup. [read more]
“America’s Quarterback” is your Bucs starting quarterback.
Joe had this discussion with another member of the Tampa Bay pen and mic club yesterday while watching the final Bucs OTA practice: If you draft a quarterback No. 1 overall and last year’s backup starts Week One, and everyone is healthy, then something is wrong. [read more]
Chatting with starting Tampa Bay middle linebacker Bruce Carter today, Joe asked the four-year veteran what he thought of one of his teammates. [read more]
Yes, the Buccaneers defense was sad last year. Sorry. Joe can’t sugarcoat.
So it’s great to hear — and see — that the defense feels different now versus this time in 2014. [read more]
Lovie Smith was none too pleased with half-arsed ball security by his team’s offense today.
Simply put, the offense today — yes, in underwear football — looked sloppy. Interceptions, dropped passes, passes way off the mark. It was not pretty.
And, no, Josh McCown was nowhere to be found. [read more]
“Dude, I found this mom and pop meat shop in south Tampa that has a beautiful New York strip. Now where can we find a grill?”
The Buccaneers grinded out anther underwear football practice today under broiling conditions at One Buc Palace.
The two-hour session was open for Joe and various sweaty media types. Your need-to-know is below. [read more]
Wants a new pact.
Bucs right tackle and all around good guy Demar Dotson apparently is irked about his contract with the Bucs enough that he boycotted the final day of OTA practice, which was open to the Tampa Bay pen and mic club this afternoon.
Joe will deliver more details later, but today was a big day for the Bucs defense during the underwear football session at broiling One Buc Palace. [read more]
Former Bucs TE Tim Wright is unemployed after earning a Super Bowl ring.
The hardest of the hardcore Bucs fans know Tampa Bay, by virtue of winning the Chase for Jameis, has first dibs on the waiver wire, where released players can be had before they hit the open market. [read more]
The Bucs’ opening-day opponent is having his schedule adjusted
The guy who hopes to rain on the Buccaneers’ season in 94 days is about to have his schedule adjusted. [read more]
A former NFL scout expects big plays from the Bucs tight end this fall.
Yes, Bucs AC/DC-loving general manager Jason Licht has taken risks in his 16 months or so on the job. Of course, hoping a pair of second round rookies, one a Division-III product, can keep the uniform clean of “America’s Quarterback,” Bucs signal-caller Jameis Winston, is a gamble by any measure.
As Joe has stated, early in his tenure, Licht will be defined by his second round picks. [read more]
New Bucs DT learning from GMC.
One of the forgotten free agent signees is defensive tackle Henry Melton.
Now two years removed from knee surgery and a veteran of Lovie Smith’s defense in Chicago, Melton is expected to be a plug-and-play kind of tackle. [read more]
