Insight into Tristan Wirfs’ surgery.

The “Bucs” made a mistake. But who specifically erred is unclear. [read more]

Changes?

Now if the data guys have the correct numbers, this may be why the Bucs’ pass defense has been the fourth-worst in the NFL two years running, and why the pass defense, aside from one season, has ranked in the 20s since Todd Bowles arrived in 2019. [read more]

Still a premiere baller.

This is just wild to Joe knowing Bucs linebacker Lavonte David pulled this off when he was a mere 34-years old. [read more]

Joe is stunned that so many fans think about Bucs priorities in free agency next season and pop names like Luke Goedeke and Zyon McCollum before mentioning the legend in the room. [read more]

Will Todd Bowles bring home a fifth consecutive NFC South title for the Buccaneers?

Cynical fans might respond, “Who cares? All that matters is winning postseason games.” [read more]

Bucs GM Jason Licht.

Buccaneers Ring of Honor general manager Jason Licht got a ton of production from his 2022, 2023 and 2024 draft classes.

And before the 2021 Tampa Bay draft hiccup, Bucs drafts in 2020, 2019 and 2018 were critical to the team’s Super Bowl win. [read more]

Too many silly penalties.

Luke Goedeke has become one of the better right tackles in the game. That’s fantastic. And as long as he stays healthy, he’s going to bank quite a bit of Team Glazer loot come March. [read more]

Big responsibility for Charlie Heck.

This is why good national NFL reporters go to different cities, especially during underwear football season. There are a lot of nuggets to stash away. [read more]

Has a fan at BSPN.

A former NFL shot-caller triggered some folks at BSPN recently. He spoke well of the Bucs. [read more]

NFC South king.

Every NFL coach usually has a set of goals he lays out before the season starts. [read more]

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BY IRA KAUFMAN

No. 50 – Mark Cotney
No. 49 – Mike Washington
No. 48 – Richard “Batman” Wood
No. 47 – Aqib Talib
No. 46 – Ricky Reynolds
No. 45 – Keyshawn Johnson
No. 44 – Ricky Bell
No. 43 – Vincent Jackson
No. 42 – Mark Carrier
No. 41 – Donnie Abraham
No. 40 – Cadillac Williams
No. 39 – Joey Galloway
No. 38 – Kevin House
No. 37 – Davin Joseph
No. 36 – Shelton Quarles
No. 35 – Michael Pittman
No. 34 – Leonard Fournette
No. 33 – Donovan Smith
No. 32 – Rob Gronkowski
No. 31 – Doug Martin
No. 30 – Baker Mayfield
No. 29 – Ndamukong Suh
No. 28 – Hugh Green
No. 27 – Jason Pierre-Paul
No. 26 – Shaq Barrett

25. Donald Penn
A 7-year starter at left tackle, Penn proved to be a solid blind-side protector for Jeff Garcia, Luke McCown, Brian Griese, Josh Freeman, Byron Leftwich and Mike Glennon. He never missed a game for Tampa Bay and was whistled for only 10 holding penalties as a Buccaneer. He made the 2010 Pro Bowl and caught two TD passes for Tampa Bay. He was released in 2014 after the ill-fated signing of Anthony Collins. [read more]

Tristan Wirfs

More than a year ago Tristan Wirfs talked about hanging up his career earlier than some might expect, and the impact on joints when you’re playing weight is 360 pounds. [read more]

Reason to smile.

It may be time for Bucs right guard Cody Mauch to get some love. [read more]

Runaway winner.

This feels a little bittersweet given the knee injury to Tristan Wirfs that has rattled so many Bucs fans. [read more]

Raises teammates’ games.

Now this is an interesting observation Joe had never really thought of. [read more]

Go-to play available.

If Josh Grizzard has a slam dunk play to get short yardage, this is probably it. [read more]

“Just keep doing what you’re doing, Cade.”

It’s that time again, when Jeremy Fowler of ESPN systematically rolls out results of his annual survey of many dozens of league executives, coaches and scouts, an exercise to rank the best 10 players at each position. [read more]

Joe hears fans of various kinds acting like the sky is falling because All-Pro left tackle Tristan Wirfs had knee surgery and might miss a game or two or four to start the season.

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Had Bucs fans smiling.

It doesn’t matter if you start. What matters is what you do when you get on the field. [read more]

Value.

Right now, folks are stressed over the loss of Bucs All-Pro left tackle Tristan Wirfs. Understandably. [read more]

Changing the narrative.

We are in the depths of List Season. Everyone has a list. If you can hatch a list of some sort, if it hasn’t been copied, it will be within the next 10 days. [read more]

Starting Bucs tight end Cade Otton is a laid back dude with a football-first, lunch-pail mentality. [read more]