It’s here!

We’ve made it. [read more]

Workload clue emerges.

Buccaneers training camp Day 1 has arrived and media and fan eyes will be locked in on first-round draft pick Rueben Bain — and to see if Vita Vea is on the sidelines eating almond butter while his teammates battle in the trenches. [read more]

Motivated and dangerous.

Joe doesn’t know if this is an example of the Patriot Way where former colleagues make sure to gas up a past comrade while working in the media (like Michael Lombardi used to do with anyone from the Parcells/Belicheat tree). [read more]

Does Vita Vea really hate the Bucs and really hate his teammates and really hate Todd Bowles? One NFL uber insider seems dubious. [read more]

The Bucs want and expect 22-year-old cornerback Benjamin Morrison to compete for a starting job this morning when training camp kicks off.

But what if last year’s second-round pick is still hurt after a mysterious spring injury, or if he gets banged up this week? [read more]

“Ed, you’ve read the numbers. What do you think?”

So will Vita Vea get his wish and have Ndamukong Suh’s his demands met and be shipped out of town? One former NFL suit has doubts. [read more]

Today was player check-in day at One Buc Palace for the start of the 2026 season.

The first training camp practice is tomorrow. [read more]

Vita Vea is a commodity, one that asked for a trade out of One Buc Palace yesterday. [read more]

Joe’s not buying it, but it’s out there. [read more]

Flash poll posted at 11:50 a.m. Poll closed at 3:58 p.m.

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Still looking for new pact.

Well, we know one guy in a contract hassle with the Bucs isn’t going to hold out. Or likely hold-in. [read more]

Scapegoat for Vita Vea impasse.

OK, it’s time to chum the waters. [read more]

Still valuable.

Does Joe want Vita Vea in a Bucs uniform this fall? Hell yes! [read more]

Not happy.

Things are going good for former Bucs All-Pro and six-time Pro Bowl defensive tackle Gerald McCoy.

Well, until yesterday. [read more]

Why not?

Who knows what the true motivation is for Vita Vea coming out and claiming he wants out of Tampa Bay? [read more]

Good timing!

Leave it to NFL it-girl Kay Adams to be the only person who spoke to Vita Vea yesterday. [read more]

Vita Vea confidante Ndamukong Suh.

Joe has an answer to Ndamukong Suh’s question. [read more]