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Leonard Johnson rode a big rollercoaster this season, one that ended on the rise.
Nickel cornerback Leonard Johnson really had an up and down season, much like his career has been up and down.
In 2012, the undrafted rookie had three interceptions in limited time playing plenty of man coverage on the outside, as he soaked up mentoring from one of his boyhood heroes: Ronde Barber. [read more]
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 daily nugget on the Jameis Watch, celebrating the best quarterback to wear No. 5 ever in the state of Florida. [read more]
The “Custodian of Canton” believes folks who wear suits at One Buc Palace panicked watching the Bucs nearly lose the Chase for Jameis.
Not even copious amounts of alcoholic beverages over the past couple of days with friends and neighbors have shaken Joe’s memories of the win of a loss Sunday, when the Bucs nearly gagged away the Chase for Jameis and lost the first overall pick in the draft.
Watching the game unfold, Joe had the very same feeling he had when he was watching Lovie Smith and his then-Bears squad unable to beat the Packers in 2010. [read more]
NFL.com ranked starting quarterbacks in 2014, and while it’s a no-brainer that Josh McCown was in the basement with guys like Ryan Lindley, Blake Bortles and the medley of Titans gunslingers, Joe finds it noteworthy to see who ranked as average. [read more]
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 daily nugget on the Jameis Watch, celebrating the best quarterback to wear No. 5 ever in the state of Florida. [read more]
Let the game begin!
Joe knows you’re watching, and Bucs general manager Jason Licht is there studying the sidelines, and more.
Bang it here in the comments section all game long. Slug it out/celebrate with fellow Bucs fans. (Keep in mind Joe’s had some issues with comments getting delayed, but Joe will be monitoring and trying to keep everything smooth.)
Joe’s rooting for both quarterbacks, though Joe is confident Jameis Winston will shine.
Kickoff is 5 p.m.
Johnthan Banks is Mic’d Up.
No, Johnthan Banks isn’t talking about a New Year’s buffet or a backyard barbecue. No, he’s talking about the defense of the Bucs.
In another cool “Mic’d Up” episode, the second-year corner for the Bucs, perhaps one of the more underrated players on the team, is wired for sound. [read more]
Raiders LT Donald Penn, who was jettisoned by the Bucs last spring, finished with a strong 2014.
Joe will never forget it.
The day the Bucs blew the dogwhistle, calling in the Tampa Bay pen and mic club to One Buc Palace to introduce their brand new free agents, Anthony Collins and Michael Johnson included, was the very same day incumbent left tackle Donald Penn was told his services were no longer wanted. [read more]
The recruiting landscape has changed
The news that rocked the NFL last night came out of Buffalo, where head coach Doug Marrone quit with a 9-7 record to take a $4 million buyout clause. [read more]
Brandon Myers got some guaranteed cash for 2015
One nugget to come out of Tampa Bay’s ugly Sunday against the Saints was the revelation that tight end Brandon Myers and Louis Murphy approached the organization last week seeking new contracts. [read more]
Bucs fans love to conveniently forget Tampa Bay put the NFL’s ninth-ranked offense on the field in 2012.
Former offensive coordinator Mike Sullivan had such stunning and fast success, he got the first interview for the Bears’ head coaching opening after that season. [read more]
Happy New Year!
Joe sincerely appreciates his readers, Bucs fans, all. Sure, we may disagree, argue and throw things at each other (digitally) but we all want the Bucs to win. That’s our common bond. [read more]
The Dixie Chicks have granted the Bucs permission to talk to offensive coordinator Dirk Koetter.
Yesterday, word broke that Tampa Bay was sniffing the scent of Dixie Chicks offensive coordinator Dirk Koetter.
Now, it seems Koetter, who is under contract, has been granted permission to talk to the Bucs. [read more]
Joe realizes many Bucs fans are hot it the pants hearing reports of Tampa Bay giving Duron Carter, Cris Carter’s son, a tryout this week.
Yawn. [read more]
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 daily nugget on the Jameis Watch, celebrating the best quarterback to wear No. 5 ever in the state of Florida. [read more]
Jason Licht lamented not signing Lawrence Sidbury sooner
Some think the Buccaneers threw the Saints game on Sunday. That’s just one perspective.
Another way to look at playing a bunch of no-names is getting a deeper look at emerging, legitimate prospects. [read more]
Depending on who they hire as an offensive coordinator, the Bucs could have another Bo Jackson situation on their hands, suggests Peter King.
It is an issue Bucs fans remember well, a chapter in the franchise’s storied history of bumbling. The story makes Bucs fans ill just thinking about it.
It was 1986, following the Leeman Bennett-led 2-14 season, which Bucs coach Lovie Smith just matched for futility. Like 28 years ago, the Bucs won the first overall pick in the draft.
Tampa Bay had its sights set on the best player available. That would have been Bo Jackson, the exhilarating running back from Auburn.
But to hear Jackson later tell it, it was a set up by then miserly Bucs owner Hugh Culverhouse, who purposely hatched a scheme to wreck Jackson’s baseball aspirations. [read more]
Friday, Joe will compare results here to those of previous weeks.
A Jets beat writer says the Bucs are about to entertain an offensive coordinator candidate that’s spent the last two years stinking up New Jersey (more than it already stinks.) [read more]
