Rookie LT Donovan Smith

Joe must admit to being intrigued by the inner workings of Lovie Smith’s brain when it comes to developing rookies.

His behavior and comments have been untraditional. [read more]

It’s the countdown feature you’ve all been waiting for. Not really, but on the heels of last year’s award-winning “20 Worst Buccaneers Of The Past 10 years” feature, Joe had to deliver.

A list like this is highly subjective and toxic. Fits of rage were common during production meetings at JoeBucsFan.com world headquarters. Scared interns soiled their pants. Full beer bottles were smashed, and a treasured Rachel Watson poster was accidently destroyed. But order was restored.

Current and former general managers and head coaches might not like what’s coming, but it had to be done. This is what happens when your team is 30-70 in its last 100 games. [read more]

These are rough times for Bucs fans not seen since the immortal Leeman Bennett soiled the sidelines.

Week after week, month after month, season after season, the Bucs lose. And the worst of it is they seem to invent ways to fail, no matter the coach, no matter the year, no matter the quarterback. [read more]

A national publication puts Evans in rare air

Both you and Joe know Mike Evans, “Godzilla,” is a lethal talent. In what appears to be a lukewarm Bucs draft last year, Evans makes it a home run. [read more]

Few happy days in Tampa Bay.

For too many myopic fans, former Bucs rock star general manager Mark Dominik has become a piñata.

Sure, he made mistakes, he’s human. But compared to the braintrust of Bruce Almighty and Chucky and their personnel moves, Dominik was the second coming of Packers yoda Ted Thompson. [read more]

It’s the countdown feature you’ve all been waiting for. Not really, but on the heels of last year’s award-winning “20 Worst Buccaneers Of The Past 10 years” feature, Joe had to deliver.

A list like this is highly subjective and toxic. Fits of rage were common during production meetings at JoeBucsFan.com world headquarters. Scared interns soiled their pants. Full beer bottles were smashed, and a treasured Rachel Watson poster was accidently destroyed. But order was restored.

Current and former general managers and head coaches might not like what’s coming, but it had to be done. This is what happens when your team is 30-70 in its last 100 games. [read more]

Yes, you can watch Buccaneers general manager Jason Licht field an hour’s worth of questions from fans (perhaps you) and the dean of Tampa Bay sports radio, Steve Duemig of WDAE-AM 620. [read more]

An unknown stenographer for FOX Sports selects a Bucs sleeping giant.

Joe likes to give credit where credit is due. But when Rupert Murdoch’s outfit is so ashamed of a reporter it hides his byline, what’s Joe to do?

That was Joe’s dilemma when an unknown typist for FOXSports.com wrote about who could be or would be the Bucs’ rookie sleeping giant.

Joe understands why FOX doesn’t want folks to learn of this typist. Said typist referred to past rookie sleeping giants as Victor Cruz, Doug Martin and Odell Beckham. [read more]

Per NJ.com excerpts of the new Sports Illustrated feature on Darrelle Revis, there are clear errors and misconceptions about Revis’ Buccaneers career.

No need to dissect that, but one legitimately fresh nugget got Joe to sit up straight and put the cap on the vodka bottle. [read more]

Yes, important NFL people still think the Buccaneers whiffed on their quarterback choice with the No. 1 overall pick in the 2015 draft. [read more]

Who does BSPN think is the unsung hero of the Bucs?

During a recent a panel discussion about the NFC South, former Bucs rock star general manager Mark Dominik was asked to pick the face of each franchise. The lone non-quarterback Dominik selected was Gerald McCoy. [read more]

No rest for Jameis.

While the first practice of training camp isn’t until a week from Saturday, where if Joe is properly positioned he will smell the cheerleaders’ sweat, training camp essentially has started for “America’s Quarterback,” Bucs signal-caller Jameis Winston. [read more]

America’s Quarterback, Jameis Winston, was a baseball standout at Florida State cranking out 95 miles-per-hour fastballs. [read more]

The Buccaneers’ No. 1 receiver, 21-year-old star Mike Evans, hasn’t taken his foot off the gas since working out with Randy Moss this spring and joining America’s Quarterback, Jameis Winston, for a summer chemistry session in Tallahassee. [read more]

“Wait till you see what this guy has cookin’ for 2013, Mr. Glazer. He’s a Buccaneer Man.”

It’s the countdown feature you’ve all been waiting for. Not really, but on the heels of last year’s award-winning “20 Worst Buccaneers Of The Past 10 years” feature, Joe had to deliver.

A list like this is highly subjective and toxic. Fits of rage were common during production meetings at JoeBucsFan.com world headquarters. Scared interns soiled their pants. Full beer bottles were smashed, and a treasured Rachel Watson poster was accidently destroyed. But order was restored.

Current and former general managers and head coaches might not like what’s coming, but it had to be done. This is what happens when your team is 30-70 in its last 100 games. [read more]

Elite tackler.

‘Tis the season of lists! There is a list for quarterbacks. There is a list for defenses. There is even Joe’s list of hottest Bucs cheerleaders (Do you really wonder who Joe has ranked atop such a list?). [read more]

Not yet.

Joe knows that before the draft, the thin-skinned, scared midwives who curled up in fetal positions and sucked their thumbs at the thought of the Bucs drafting a quarterback, much less “America’s Quarterback,” signal-caller Jameis Winston, howled in protest. [read more]

No longer can break tackles?

In the dog days of July, after folks have finished blowing off fireworks, it’s research time, as NFL teams all but shut down their facilities.

So the spreadsheeters have been working overtime at Pro Football Focus as the dawn of training camp is within sight. [read more]