May hold two unbreakable Bucs records.

OK, it is a Sunday morning in mid-May. Not exactly the height of football season. [read more]

Joe confesses to being a very little dude obsessed with baseball, basketball, the NFL and the Wonder Twins’ powers back in the late 1970s.

And yes, this ties to the 2016 Tampa Bay Buccaneers. [read more]

Reason to drool

Repeatedly, defensive coordinator Mike Smith cracks the beginning of a sinister smirk when he talks about confusing opposing quarterbacks with multiple looks.

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No B1G respect.

Time to check in and see how things are going in the Illinois cornfields for Coach My Scheme, otherwise known as Lovie Smith. [read more]

Regular readers know Joe is not much of a stats guy. Oh, stats can enlighten, but Joe is hardly a slave to stats. [read more]

Tampa Bay’s iconic Custodian of Canton, eye-RAH! Kaufman, offers insight.

Many questions are swirling when it comes to iconic Buccaneers and their chances of landing in the Hall of Fame. [read more]

It’s inevitable that defensive coordinator Mike Smith will struggle to keep all his linebackers happy.

Mike Smith wants 16 defensive starters and big-time flexibility in his system to confuse quarterbacks.

And a good problem brewing results from Smith having three legitimate three-down linebackers. [read more]

New training approach

Joe’s never written so much about a kicker since Kyle Brindza turned into Nuke Laloosh.

A kicker is, well, a kicker. But it’s different when you spend the No. 59 overall pick on one. [read more]

Jay Hayes has a long history with the Bucs’ rookie DE.

It’s now obvious to Joe that if new Bucs defensive line coach Jay Hayes didn’t think much of rookie defensive end Noah Spence, then the Bucs wouldn’t have drafted him. [read more]

Picking up new defense just fine.

So a main reason the Bucs kept Dirk Koetter and elevated him to head coach, tossing to the curb Coach My Scheme, was continuity for America’s Quarterback, Pro Bowler Jameis Winston. [read more]

No more telegraphing tendencies.

Outside of eight-man high school football teams at tiny schools largely found in the plains states (Kansas, Nebraska and Oklahoma), football is played with 11 starters forever. [read more]

Roberto Aguayo reveals

Bucs fans know very well that general manager Jason Licht packaged a third-round pick and a fourth-round pick to trade up and select kicker Roberto Aguayo in the NFL Draft two weeks ago.

Did Licht need to move up to the second round? [read more]

Prized pupil for Bucs DC.

Bucs defensive coordinator Mike Smith may already have his favorite player. And it seems to be outside linebacker Lavonte David. [read more]

The Bucs’ new D-line guru speaks

What will new veteran defensive line coach Jay Hayes do to take Gerald McCoy to greater heights? [read more]

Bucs DC consults with America’s Quarterback.

When Bucs defensive coordinator Mike Smith met with the Tampa Bay pen and mic club today, there were two instances when he physically lit up as if he glimpsed a video of Rachel Watson in her naughty Santa outfit. [read more]

Defensive coordinator Mike Smith told a fun story this afternoon at One Buc Palace.

It centered around having dinner recently with Bucs Pro Bowl cornerback Brent Grimes and his superwife, Mike Grimes. [read more]

Sometimes, Chucky breaks away to hang out with his friends and business associates at Hooters

Joe’s confident the following is simply the best article you’ll read today. [read more]