February 16th, 2015
In many ways, Tampa Bay’s 2014 season was more bizarre than the MRSA-infected, quarterback-gone-mental, Fire-Schiano-billboards campaign of 2013.
There were plenty of real Bucs mysteries last year, and Joe’s revisiting the most interesting of the bunch. [read more]
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February 16th, 2015

Tears of joy today for Josh McCown
Life is good for Josh McCown.
The NFL’s worst team cut him last week and a playoff contender with a lousy quarterback situation now wants him real bad. [read more]
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February 16th, 2015
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 and Josh McCown.
It’s Joe’s daily nugget on the Jameis Watch, celebrating the best quarterback to wear No. 5 ever in the state of Florida. [read more]
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February 16th, 2015

Last year, when it was clearly obvious to everyone not named “Lovie Smith” that Tampa Bay was out of contention for January games, the Bucs allegedly rebuffed trade offers for wide receiver Vincent Jackson.
It was a smart move.
First, it was forward thinking. [read more]
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February 15th, 2015

Jonathan Banks, the Bucs’ 2013 second-round pick.
The popular underwear Olympics kick off this week in Indianapolis, the glorified track meet known as the NFL Scouting Combine.
Joe will be there braving the ridiculously cold temperatures, chatting with Bucs officials, top prospects and various NFL types. [read more]
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February 15th, 2015

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 and Josh McCown.
It’s Joe’s daily nugget on the Jameis Watch, celebrating the best quarterback to wear No. 5 ever in the state of Florida. [read more]
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February 15th, 2015
Big bucks defensive end Michael Johnson delivered four sacks and about five quarters of good football last year.
His play was ghastly, ghostly and soft. [read more]
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February 15th, 2015
Of course, Joe, like many, thought Lovie Smith was settled on using Josh McCown as a bridge quarterback of sorts for Jameis Winston — that McCown would start until Winston was deemed ready to rock and roll. [read more]
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February 15th, 2015

Just because you have money, fame and live in a gated community doesn’t mean you are safe.
Just ask Donald Penn.
The former Bucs Pro Bowl left tackle (boy, the Bucs sure could have used a guy like him last year. Oh, wait…) spent a quiet day at his Los Angeles home recently. [read more]
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February 14th, 2015
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 and Josh McCown.
It’s Joe’s daily nugget on the Jameis Watch, celebrating the best quarterback to wear No. 5 ever in the state of Florida. [read more]
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February 14th, 2015

In many ways, Tampa Bay’s 2014 season was more bizarre than the MRSA-infected, quarterback-gone-mental, Fire-Schiano-billboards campaign of 2013.
There were plenty of real Bucs mysteries last year, and Joe’s revisiting the most interesting of the bunch. [read more]
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February 14th, 2015
Ask Bucs general manager Jason Licht about the NFL Scouting Combine, which kicks off in Indianapolis next week, and Licht will tell you it’s “underwear Olympics” and he won’t adjust his draft board much based on combine stats.
Lovie Smith is the opposite. [read more]
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February 14th, 2015

Joe never dreamed Josh McCown would have been cut like he was — when he was. That’s not to say he shouldn’t have been cut.
When you are the worst starting quarterback in the NFL on the worst team in the NFL, you shouldn’t have job security. [read more]
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February 14th, 2015

Sporting News isn’t enamored with Mike Glennon.
Hey, did you watch your Bucs play last year, two years ago, hell, three-quarters of the seasons since Brad Johnson won the Super Bowl? Gruesome, right?
Joe thinks Bucs fans have become so accustomed to godawful quarterback play, they don’t know any better. [read more]
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February 13th, 2015
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 and Josh McCown.
It’s Joe’s daily nugget on the Jameis Watch, celebrating the best quarterback to wear No. 5 ever in the state of Florida. [read more]
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February 13th, 2015

Popular radio and TV personality Adam Schein mopped the floor with the Bucs for their 2014 season, recent moves and the team’s perceived flirtation with Jameis Winston, among other things.
Adam Schein has had it. The popular radio and TV personality finally reached his boiling point with the Bucs. So Thursday, upon news the Bucs cut bait with turnover-prone quarterback Josh McCown, a favorite of Schein’s, he took to the airwaves of “Mad Dog Radio,” part of the family of sports channels heard exclusively on SiriusXM Radio, dedicating half of his “Schein on Sports” monologue to tearing apart the Bucs. [read more]
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February 13th, 2015

Just recounting the miserable 2014 season makes Joe want to reach for a bottle of Pepto-Bismol and chug. It was nauseating, which one should expect from a 2-14 team. [read more]
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