When the Bucs were the beast of the NFC, their romping, stomping best, kicking offenses to the curb left and right, the team was loaded with stud players from Florida. [read more]

Joe doesn’t expect this old news turned new news to alter the smiles at One Buc Palace

UPDATED 6:50 p.m.: Yes, Jameis Winston, the prospective Buccaneers quarterback, is officially an accused rapist once again. [read more]

New Bucs DE George Johnson opens up about Gerald McCoy

Lovie Smith was clear at the NFL Owners Meetings in Phoenix, Gerald McCoy is “the face of franchise.”

Even the newest Buccaneer knows that. He’s already talked about how he’ll be playing follow McCoy — for the second time in his career. [read more]

Yes, the Bucs got a defensive end this week, a guy former Super Bowl-winning general manager, Hall of Fame-elect and current NFL talking head Bill Polian thinks is a rising solid player. [read more]

The Bucs need a left tackle, but the problem is they won’t be able to draft a slam dunk prospect after selecting a quarterback with the No. 1 overall pick.

And don’t start barking about trading down, Joe’s never seen a left tackle march a team for a game-winning drive. [read more]

You want to rip the Bucs’ general manager for offseason decisions last year that set the team backwards. Fine. Enjoy yourself.

But the blasting of Jason Licht for yesterday’s George Johnson trade is way off base. [read more]

New Bucs defensive end George Johnson

There are great rise-from-the-ashes stories in the NFL, and many through Bucs history.

Earnest Graham comes to mind. The Florida Gators great, undrafted with a wife and child and clinging to his NFL dream, fought off homelessness in Tampa while he battled for a roster spot. [read more]

Those loveable Bucs couldn’t win a home game last year, but dammit, they pulled off one heck of a draft misdirection.

Are they doing it again? [read more]

It’s horrible that Father Dungy is buzzing Lovie Smith’s ear, trying to get him to pass on Jameis Winston while fueling the trade-down fires.

But at least a highly respected voice in NFL personnel is speaking logically. [read more]

It is realistic to expect newly-acquired George Johnson to resume his tackle-making game.

It may end up as a footnote in Bucs history, but there is reason for optimism with former Tampa Bay defensive end George Johnson returning after a trade of sorts with the Lions today. [read more]

If Joe ran the Buccaneers, the team would have added an A-list team of offensive line coaches and/or consultants this offseason.

Instead, the Bucs will return O-line coach George Warhop and his newcomer assistant Butch Barry, fresh out of Central Michigan University. [read more]

It’s not all love and hugs and kisses for Jameis Winston at the JoeBucsFan.com world headquarters.

Joe has spent plenty of time scrutinizing the young man likely to start at quarterback for Tampa Bay when the preseason kicks off in four short months in Minnesota. [read more]

You know Silly Season is in full swing when Wonderlic test scores take center stage. That’s the 50-question, ancient intelligence exam given to prospective draft picks at the NFL Scouting Combine.

Some people want you to believe these scores matter. [read more]

BSPN.com has pumped out a long, fluffy, magazine-like Jameis Winston feature by Kurt Streeter.

Joe’s not sure it’s terribly enlightening, but it’s interesting nonetheless, considering it gives a glimpse into the likely next Bucs quarterback. [read more]

Peter King of NBC and theMMQB.com says Jameis Winston’s lawyer was not trying to short-circuit the draft on his client’s behalf.

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]

If you were deemed a useless pass rusher by former Tampa Bay commander Greg Schiano, like George Johnson was, then there’s a damn good shot you have a bright future in the NFL.

Schiano’s track record of rejects and misreads, in just two seasons, was astounding. [read more]

The Bucs tried to add a lively, young emerging pass rusher, Lions restricted free agent George Johnson (no relation to ghostly, ghastly Michael Johnson), but Tampa Bay was quashed Monday by Detroit, via some sort of annoying technicality appealed to the NFL. [read more]