Judgment day truly has arrived for the Bucs and Doug Martin. [read more]

A “silent rivalry.”

Many Bucs fans believe Tampa Bay should draft a cornerback in the first round. Joe also knows a lot of fans are into the TV show called the “combine.” (It is painfully boring programming and Joe will not watch.) [read more]

Something riled up Gerald McCoy on Saturday afternoon. [read more]

“Why wouldn’t they have a chance to win that division next year?”

Yes, the NFL version of spring break was last week — the NFL Scouting Combine at Lucas Oil Stadium. Anyone who is anyone in the NFL was there.

Naturally, among the army ESPN sent was Adam Schefter. [read more]

Some (not many) mock drafts get Joe’s attention. [read more]

Dirk Koetter talks to Joe about yes men.

Remember when general manager Jason Licht talked about getting “Koettered,” referring to his ideas sometimes getting shot down hard by Dirk Koetter? [read more]

Joe had a quite a learning experience last week at the NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis

Regular readers here know Joe is largely outraged by the player grades issued by popular data-geeks website ProFootballFocus.com. It’s junk science, Joe believes, for many reasons.

Well, guess what, Joe inadvertently landed at the Pro Football Focus corporate party in a swanky Indianapolis bar last week, where company owners and key partners were celebrating their business. [read more]

Not slamming Lovie.

Bucs AC/DC-loving general manager Jason Licht dropped interesting comments while lauding new defensive coordinator Mike Smith during a Senior Bowl week hit with Pat Kirwan and Jim Miller, co-hosts of “Movin’ the Chains,” heard only on SiriusXM NFL Radio.

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Clemson CB Mackensie Alexander has the passion the Bucs want in a player.

A big theme over at One Buc Palace for the past year or so is the term “changing the culture” — because losing had become so ingrained it was a habit. [read more]

Red flag for Mackensie Alexander

A top cornerback in the 2016 NFL draft is Clemson’s Mackensie Alexander.

The dude oozes confidence — Joe will have more about that tomorrow — and a pretty strong resumé for being a shutdown corner, with one glaring exception that would make Lovie Smith vomit. [read more]

Dirk Koetter prefers film over fancy talk and trick questions

Joe finally got 1-on-1 time with Dirk Koetter this week and the head coach busted out laughing at Joe’s first question in the bowels of Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. [read more]

Quickly get your defensive end, says “The Professor.”

The Bucs have the No. 9 overall pick. They have a hole at defensive end about the size of the Grand Canyon. [read more]

Team Glazer must prevent the punting of Doug Martin

Here are 10 key facts as the franchise tag deadline approaches on Tuesday afternoon. [read more]

Vernon Hargreaves’ height no issue for Mike Mayock.

Don’t bore uber draft analyst Mike Mayock with rulers when it comes to Florida cornerback Vernon Hargreaves.

Try to knock Hargreaves for only being 5-10 in his NFL Scouting Combine measurement, and Mayock won’t have any of it. [read more]

“If you can play ball, you can play ball.”

Vernon Hargreaves III has just made it perfectly clear. The Tampa native and top flight college cornerback, who shined at the University of Florida, wants to stay in-state. [read more]

All about the end zone, baby.

Offensive coaches are generally labeled by the offenses they run. For example, Urban Meyer is a spread-option guy. Jimbo Fisher is a pro-style guy. [read more]

Warren Sapp damn near became a shark snack.

Some things are just not meant to be fooled with. And one of those is sharks. [read more]