Joe wants to take a sledgehammer to the stat nerds crowd sometimes.

These people insist on dissecting football to the point of lunacy. What next? Measuring testicle density of tight ends to determine their red zone potential on high back shoulder throws? [read more]

The guy arrested while literally covered in cocaine and strippers, a guy who spent a chunk of his career disrespecting the NFL, has a problem with Marcus Mariota and Jameis Winston staying home with loved ones for the NFL Draft.

Joe just doesn’t get it. [read more]

Former Bucs QB Shaun King is not worried about Jameis Winston’s belly.

A couple of months ago, a picture floated the Interwebs purported to be soon-to-be Bucs first-round pick Jameis Winston, shirtless, with a pronounced belly hanging over his shorts.

This sent the haters into orbit. [read more]

Never in Joe’s life did he ever believe he would somehow hear Sabby the Goat’s name used in the same sentence as the War on Terror and the United Nations. But there it was yesterday on C-SPAN.

Sabby the Goat, easily one of the worst players to ever don a Bucs uniform, and perhaps the iconic image of horrible Bucs draft picks, ended his career with the Kansas City Chiefs, whose fans also had the image of Sabby the Goat’s miserable play branded into their hard drives. [read more]

“That freakin’ pineapple is Russell Wilson with six more inches and greater strength. I don’t give a crap about that Oregon offense, I’d get that kid throwing the checkdown better than Brad Johnson.”

The Buccaneers’ Super Bowl winning head coach, Chucky, can’t believe Marcus Mariota isn’t the consensus top dog in the NFL Draft.

In one of those pay-per-view, BSPN.com stories, Chucky plants his flag on the Hawaiian quarterback. [read more]

Despite all Joe’s excitement about Jameis Winston, unpredictable Lovie Smith is still the Bucs’ overlord of football operations.

That means nothing from Lovie would surprise Joe. Heck, Lovie thought Josh McCown could lead the Bucs to the promised land, and he thought his two-win team was “on the verge.” [read more]

Joe understands a lot of fans slam their empty beer glasses on bars in frustration that the Bucs don’t get any “respect” from national TV networks. [read more]

In an article typed by NFL Network insider Steve Wyche, who is currently embedded at One Buc Palace as the stopwatch counts down to Jameis Winston the first pick Thursday night, Bucs general manager Jason Licht shed light on what is going on behind the scenes at draft headquarters. [read more]

In a little over three days, the Bucs will have a new player — well, hello Jameis!

Given that Jameis Winston the player likely will be the first player selected in the draft, barring a trade, there will be a lot of pressure on the young man’s shoulders. [read more]

High-ranking Bucs officials like national attention — for reasons other than MRSA and billboards calling for the ouster of the head coach.

So it’s a happy day in Tampa. [read more]

All things Tampa Bay usually make former 10-year NFL fullback Heath Evans cranky. The NFL Network analyst is nearly always grumpy about the Bucs.

But his tune changes when he talks about Jameis Winston. [read more]

Joe got a hearty laugh when he heard half of what Bill Polian said recently on BSPN Radio (you could envision Polian wagging his finger), that Jameis Winston must be humble when he first comes to the Bucs, almost to the point of cowering, and ask veterans on offense about the proper protocol in the locker room.

To that Joe says, “bull-effing-s(p)it!” [read more]

Once upon a time in 1997, the Bears, with the full support of then head coach Dave Wannstedt, were happy to cough up their first-round draft pick in a trade for Seattle bust QB Rick Mirer, the No. 2 overall pick in the 1993 draft. [read more]

Joe’s seen his share of unbelievable draft chatter, and this one is up there.

Intelligent draft analysts must be smoking hard drugs if they’re predicting the Bucs draft a linebacker/safety/running back with the No. 34 overall pick. [read more]

Sometimes Joe has to take a step back and breathe deep.

It is unreal how in some circles prospective Bucs quarterback Jameis Winston has been raked over the coals like a wanted felon. And for what, cussing? Taking a handout on grub? Shooting squirrels with a BB gun? [read more]

For the second time in three weeks, prospective Bucs No. 1 pick Jameis Winston was in Tampa, last night attending a function at a casino — oh, no! Wait till the haters outside Tampa Bay learn that – for the Derrick Brooks Charities foundation. [read more]

Thank God, the draft is just a few days away. Joe is mentally fried from the draft talk and the sheer nonsense that has been pumped out of late. [read more]