People often say top athletes will compete at anything. Cards, pool, hoops, you name it. It’s in their DNA. It is in their blood.

Could Bucs quarterback Jameis Winston be the same type of cat? Well, in his post-pro day press conference, the thing that lit up Winston was when he talked about competing. [read more]

Not everyone loved Jameis Winston’s pro day workout like Bucs general manager Jason Licht did.

One former NFL quarterback was somewhat sickened. [read more]

James Winston spoke for five minutes — on the nose and was shut down at exactly five minutes by Florida State media relations — to the assembled college and NFL writers who swarmed Tallahassee for the Florida State pro day this afternoon. [read more]

Joe was on scene at Jameis Winston’s pro day this afternoon at Florida State University, and has reaction from Buccaneers general manager Jason Licht. [read more]

Last year at this time, Lovie Smith and general manager Jason Licht publicly were saying it would be “unfair to ask the fans to be patient” with the Buccaneers. It was a win-now mindset with a pile of new free agents in the house.

Has the attitude been altered? Joe asked Licht at the NFL Owners Meetings last week. [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. [read more]

Great offensive lines eluded Lovie Smith during his nine head coaching seasons in Chicago.

Heck, so did a top-10 offense.

Joe talked to Lovie about O-line building last week in Phoenix. [read more]

Caution: This post will discuss the Bucs’ offensive line. Read at your own peril. — Joe.

Since Tampa Bay is not in the greatest bargaining position to fill holes on their porous front line, Bucs fans, as usual, see a name they recognize and immediately think said player is an upgrade.

Be careful what you wish for. [read more]

The action starts at 10 a.m.

Yes, Joe is typing this here post from Tallahassee, where Joe will be among the many at Florida State’s indoor football practice facility watching Jameis Winston’s final public display of his talents before he is drafted by the Bucs. [read more]

In what felt like one of those ESPN Sunday Conversation segments without cameras, Joe sat down with Team Glazer at the fabulous Arizona Biltmore resort, during the NFL Owners Meetings last week.

It was a 1-on-1 session with Buccaneers co-chairman Joel Glazer. [read more]

There was an interesting progression of exchanges at the NFL Owners Meetings in Phoenix, where Joe had breakfast with Lovie Smith and other media types last week. [read more]

Lovie Smith weighs in on Luke Stocker.(Photo courtesy of Tampa Bay Buccaneers)

The lone Tampa Bay survivor of the Buccaneers’ 2011 draft, tight end Luke Stocker, represents a great example of Lovie Smith learning about his football team.

Lovie showed up after the MRSA-infected, Josh-Freeman-stained demise of the New Schiano Order and wasn’t quite sure what he had. [read more]

Peter King, lord of theMMQB.com, writes in retrospect, the Bucs got the raw end of the deal that brought G Logan Mankins to town.

Joe is trying not to write about the offensive line for several reasons:

1. We know it stinks.

2. It rankles the Bucs when Joe reminds fans it stinks. [read more]

The star linebacker performer at the NFL Scouting Combine was a guy who played for a dreadful football team at the University of Kansas.

Heck, where Ben Heeney was a tackling machine the past four years, 2-14 may not seem so bad. [read more]

Lovie Smith talks about universal trust in a possible Jameis Winston selection

So who is against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers drafting Jameis Winston?

Per Lovie Smith, these anti-Winston types are not among the hundreds employed at One Buc Palace. [read more]

“Lovie loves you, my son.”

Joe’s always eager to deliver happy thoughts to the Mike Glennon Mob.

Joe realizes that crowd is on life support. [read more]

The return game, like most of the team, was messy last season.

True, it is hard to find solid position groups when a team finishes 2-14. Special teams for the Bucs was a big reason why. Specifically, the return game.

Yet again, the Bucs went dumpster diving for return guys, and got the expected results. It was a turnstile of ineffective return men. [read more]