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New Bucs OC Dirk Koetter loves what he saw in Oregon
Is the gap narrowing?
Is new Bucs offensive coordinator Dirk Koetter leading a Mariota Gang mutiny in the ranks at One Buc Palace? [read more]
Vegas?
Crab-legs-stealing, BB-gun-shooting, obscenity-hollering, Heisman-Trophy-winning, former national champion Jameis Winston, the pride of Florida State University, continues to look like a much better quarterback prospect than Mike Glennon.
It’s Joe’s daily nugget on the Jameis Watch, celebrating the best quarterback ever to wear No. 5 in the state of Florida. [read more]
Will pot-smokin’ DE Randy Gregory fall enough for the Bucs to grab him?
There is a split decision at the headquarters of JoeBucsFan.com. In one corner there is demand for an offensive lineman — with the No. 34 pick. [read more]
The Bucs went fishing for a DE last night, signing restricted free agent George Johnson.
The Bucs are more desperate for a pass-rushing defense end than Joe is for a beer on a steamy Florida Friday afternoon.
They will take virtually anything that comes across as someone who can breathe on a quarterback. [read more]
It was another lively JoeBucsFan Hour today on WDAE-AM 620, with Joe and the dean of Tampa Bay sports radio, Steve Duemig. [read more]
Joe brought word yesterday that the Bucs appeared hot in the pants for South Carolina guard A.J. Cann.
And the Bucs would not be alone. A renowned career game-film aficionado claims Cann is a slam dunk. [read more]
Crab-legs-stealing, BB-gun-shooting, obscenity-hollering, Heisman-Trophy-winning, former national champion Jameis Winston, the pride of Florida State University, continues to look like a much better quarterback prospect than Mike Glennon.
It’s Joe’s daily nugget on the Jameis Watch, celebrating the best quarterback ever to wear No. 5 in the state of Florida.
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Joe is as stunned as the next guy that turnover-prone quarterback Josh McCown found yet another team to stick-up hand over $5 million a year for his non-services.
Someone other than an opposing team must consider interceptions a “service.” [read more]
Today’s happy Lovie Smith photo, courtesy of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The head coach is dreaming of Jameis Winston on his way to work out Marcus Mariota in Oregon.
The NFL Draft starts in 23 days — 23 days!
But there is still more work to be done by the scouting gurus at One Buc Palace. [read more]
Always good for numbers that get Bucs fans worked up, ESPN shared yesterday, via Pat Yasinskas, that Tampa Bay has $28.2 million under the salary cap.
That’s the third most available dough in the league. [read more]
Whaddya know, the famous Gruden QB Camp makes its 2015 debut on ESPN2 tonight at 7 p.m.
Oregon quarterback Marcus Mariota is the opening episode, which lets you know just how uninteresting the session will be. [read more]
To hear some, Oregon quarterback Marcus Mariota is easily a No. 1 overall pick and is fighting with Florida State quarterback Jameis Winston to be selected by the Bucs later this month. [read more]
The Bucs were busy with Boston College linebacker Josh Keyes
The rumor is true: Buccaneers scouts and personnel people are busy with something other than searching the globe for viable offensive lineman. [read more]
Pushing Jameis Winston for a starting gig?
Barring Jameis Winston doing something really, really, really stupid in the next three weeks (Joe hopes his family has him locked up at home), it would be a shock beyond words if the Bucs don’t draft Winston No. 1 overall the night of April 30. [read more]
The MRSA saga of commander Greg Schiano’s days won’t go away.
With Schiano relegated to part-time TV work, one of the three Tampa Bay players known to have contacted MRSA in 2013, Lawrence Tynes, has slapped the Bucs with a $35 million lawsuit for lost potential earnings and damages. [read more]
“I’m the only rock star around these parts, pal.”
Regular readers know Joe coined the phrase “rock star general manager” to describe former Bucs GM Mark Dominik.
He got that moniker for two reasons: When the Bucs were winning and pushing for the playoffs in 2010, virtually every national media outlet wanted to talk to Dominik. And he obliged. It was as if he was the rock star of the NFL the way folks wanted to rub elbows with him. [read more]
Lovie Smith thought ghostly, ghastly Michael Johnson was a double-digit sack guy.
Greg Schiano claimed Da’Quan Bowers was double-digit sackmaster.
Raheem Morris regretted not lobbying for his favorite double-digit sack machine. [read more]
