Andrew Astleford of Fox Sports Florida believes Bucs general manager Jason Licht grew smarter this offseason.

Good thing Joe runs his own business. Joe doesn’t have to walk into the boss’s office, hat in hand, begging for all to be forgiven when a blunder is made.

Joe couldn’t imagine telling an employer that some $29 million dollars Joe spent on three upgrades was money flushed down the toilet. [read more]

Yes, Joe is aware this is a Bucs site. So why is Joe posting a Cowboys item here?

Because Bucs fans wan Greg Hardy to replace ghostly Michael Johnson at right defensive end, an overwhelming majority wants this. Joe’s poll last week proved it. [read more]

Bucs general manager Jason Licht and Oregon quarterback Marcus Mariota share a laugh during Mariota’s visit to One Buc Palace. Photo courtesy of Buccaneers.com.

Joe talks to NFL folks from time to time, specifically guys who get paid by NFL teams to scout and/or develop players. Very few of these guys are overly fond of Marcus Mariota. [read more]

Former Bucs franchise quarterback, leaky, sleepy Josh Freeman, has not hung up his cleats.

Freeman is not scheduled to attend the NFL’s inaugural veterans scouting combine this weekend, but perhaps that’s because he already has teams knocking on his door. [read more]

Oh, the irony.

The NFC East champion Cowboys, who run the Lovie Smith/Rod Marinelli, old school Tampa-2 defense, are consdering bad-boy, free-agent defensive end Greg Hardy. [read more]

Yes, Oregon quarterback Marcus Mariota is in the building. Not your building. Not Joe’s building. But One Buc Palace.

Mariota is going through the motions of his visit, meeting with general manager Jason Licht and, per pictures and video, offensive coordinator Dirk Koetter and quarterback coach Mike Bajakian. [read more]

Joe is constantly peppered on Twitter by fans irked that the Bucs haven’t hit home runs in free agency this year. [read more]

Bucs general manager Jason Licht with quarterback prospect Marcus Mariota at One Buc Palace this morning. Photos courtesy of Buccaneers.com.

Yes, Oregon quarterback Marcus Mariota wasn’t damaged talking to Joe last night, as he was still able to make his scheduled trip to One Buc Palace today for a day full of meetings with Bucs brass. [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]

Sure, if Tampa Bay signs free agent defensive end Greg Hardy, a small percentage of media and fans will wag a finger of shame at the Buccaneers.

The same thing inevitably will happen if the Bucs vastly improve the franchise by drafting Jameis Winston. [read more]

Boy, yesterday when it was announced that former Bucs defensive end, ghostly, Snuggle-soft Michael Johnson inked a pact with the Bengals, Bucs fans erupted in anger.

Let’s just say few will have Johnson on their Christmas card list after such a shadowy season. [read more]

Today is Marcus Mariota Day at One Buc Palace, where the University of Oregon quarterback plans to get to know Lovie Smith, Team Glazer and Jason Licht.

Last night, it was Joe’s turn to get to know Mariota. [read more]

So where will the Buccaneers find offensive line help? [read more]

Per BSPN, this morning the Bengals embraced their homesick son, ghostly and ghastly former Bucs defensive end Michael Johnson.

Good for Johnson. He robbed Team Glazer and now goes back to where he wanted to be all along. Joe wonders what kind of excuse Johnson’s agent will find when Johnson continues to stink.

“Oregon quarterback Marcus Mariota is regularly asked about how he’s going to transition from the wacky University of Oregon offense to the NFL.

Yesterday in New Orleans, he put a new spin on his answer. [read more]

Mike Evans (above) and Vincent Jackson will give Jameis Winston a fine pair of targets to help the rookie ease into the NFL.

Put a gun to Joe’s head and Joe still couldn’t tell you who the Bucs will draft No. 1 overall.

Oh, sure, all signs point to Jameis Winston. Notice you can hear and read all sorts of people talkng about Marcus Mariota falling to the Redskins or the Jets, or even to the Eagles, but you never hear or read that about Winston. [read more]

In some ways, Bucs coach Lovie Smith has been living a charmed life.

Since 2003, only three coaches who guided their teams to the worst record in the NFL survived to coach the same team the following season. That list includes Marty Schottenheimer, Steve Spagnuolo and Lovie. [read more]