Crab-legs-stealing, BB-gun-shooting, obscenity-hollering, Heisman-Trophy-winning, 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 regular nugget on the Jameis Watch, celebrating the best quarterback to wear No. 5 ever in the state of Florida.

Joe is truly torn between who he would pick: Florida State uber quarterback Jameis Winston or Oregon’s running, scrambling Marcus Mariota. [read more]

Will Oneil Cousins take over the starting left tackle job? Offensive line coach George Warhop weighs in.

Lovie Smith insisted today that Mike Glennon is his choice — for now — at quarterback. The Bucs have a couple of good QBs, Lovie said, and whoever plays gives the Bucs the best chance to win. You’re seeing Glennon because he’s the choice.

But what about revived fill-in left tackle Oneil Cousins? [read more]

The downward spiral of Josh Freeman’s football career was always linked to alleged off-the-field issues. But there was never proof Freeman had personal troubles. [read more]

Billy Winn explains what he saw on the Bucs’ offensive line

The Buccaneers’ blocked field goal attempt yesterday was a heinous moment in team history.

But as painful as it might have been, you really have to give it up for the Browns lineman who executed one heck of a play. [read more]

Lovie Smith’s special teams coach and guru Kevin O’Dea has had a rough year

Yes, the Bucs’ defense has a learning curve under Lovie Smith’s brand of the Tampa-2. That was asserted months ago by experts like Derrick Brooks and Warren Sapp, in addition to Lovie.

The offense? Of course, a new playbook came with Jeff Tedford, and Joe’s sure changes have been made since his departure.

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The Bucs have had forgettable and/or notorious wide receivers drafted in the first and seconds rounds of the NFL Draft.

Joe won’t torture you this afternoon with all the names or nicknames (“blocking icon” and “scaredy cat” come to mind). [read more]

“If I tell Marcus Arroyo to run the ball, I might hurt his feelings.”

Joe doesn’t think he can highlight this lowlight enough. A head coach of an NFL team, who has an incompetent as an acting offensive coordinator, largely due to fate and bad fortune, apparently doesn’t have control over said understudy.

That is the only thing Joe can figure out after Lovie Smith stated after the game he wished his team would have run the ball more in the second half. [read more]

Joe just wants to wing a beer bottle against the wall he gets so p!ssed off when he hears Bucs fans whine about the evils of having a good quarterback.

Joe swears too many Bucs fans would be be happy with no quarterback on the roster, just another running back to hand the ball to.

“Defense wins championships,” they coo as they hug their teddy bears tight, and plant their thumbs firmly in mouth while gazing dreamily at their Fathead poster of Father Dungy. [read more]

Is Mike Glennon running himself out of a job?

It was not the best performance for the quarterback of the future and the quarterback of the present (?), Bucs starter Mike Glennon.

It wasn’t the worst, either.

Glennon had surprisingly decent blocking, especially with the notorious Oneil Cousins at left tackle. Yet his numbers were, well, pedestrian. When the Bucs needed him the most, Glennon didn’t deliver. [read more]

Tampa Bay Buccaneers general manager Jason Licht is not hiding.

He was out front and center this morning after yet another tough loss. [read more]

A long look at the Bucs yesterday, today, and what to expect tomorrow and beyond.

OK, so here we are, halfway through the season and the Bucs have but one win. Pretty awful, isn’t it?

Joe really hadn’t called out Lovie Smith much beyond insinuating his player evaluations have been dreadful. This changes now, if only for the following. [read more]

You know why the Bucs are horrible this year? You know why the Bucs stink out loud? It starts at the top with Lovie Smith.

The Bucs have done an awful job evaluating talent; there are way too many examples. And who is the overlord of all football operations, who has final say on who sees the field? Lovie. [read more]

The Bucs defense improved without passive safety Mark Barron.

Despite what the players say, Joe thinks the Bucs defense is improving. Yeah, really. The Bucs held the Vikings to 13 points last week (in regulation) and the Browns to 22 (and honestly, the special teams gave up 11 points to the Browns’ offense).

Bucs players have told Joe, no, the defense hasn’t turned the corner. But Joe can see it, especially yesterday. [read more]

Suspended DE Da’Quan Bowers lashes out on Twitter.

Now, the drama is beginning, something Joe prayed for almost as much as wins.

When a garbage team — and when you are 1-7, you are garbage — has no drama, there is apathy, which is the worst thing that can ever happen. Now there is drama. [read more]

When Joe wants to feel happiness, Joe thinks about Mike Evans. It feels good.

Joe hasn’t been this excited about a rookie wide receiver since blade-in-the-thigh, mattress-in-the-yard Mike Williams burst onto the Tampa Bay scene in 2010, and proceeded to haul in 65 balls and a whopping 11 touchdowns. [read more]

Breathe easy, Tampa Bay fans. Take a deep breath. Don’t go digging a six-foot hole in the strawberry fields of Plant City, or go planning a Denver vacation just so you can smoke loads of marijuana legally to ease your Bucs-fan pain. [read more]

Joe is somewhat stunned that the reason the Bucs lost today had nothing to do with Oneil Cousins, who filled in at left tackle for injured Anthony Collins.

Cousins was the scourge of preseason when he allowed Josh McCown to get pounded like Whac-a-mole. But today he stood tall. [read more]

Does anyone really believe Doug Martin should be a starting tailback after what Bobby Rainey did today?

In Joe’s eyes, Rainey answered any and all questions about who should be the starting tailback of the Bucs.

Hint: The answer is not Martin. [read more]

Every small mistake is magnified if it costs points. And Logan Mankins make a ghastly Pop Warner mistake today that very likely cost the Bucs three.

Early in the game, Tampa Bay lined up for a field goal when behemoth Browns defensive lineman Billy Winn hurdled the Bucs’ offensive line right over Mankins and blocked the kick. [read more]