Jamel Dean

Starting cornerback Jamel Dean’s job security just improved a whole hell of a lot. [read more]

Ohio State WR Emeka Egbuka.

Joe couldn’t believe his ears last month. [read more]

A Tampa Bay Buccaneers photo.

Whoa! [read more]

Welcome to Tampa Bay!

UPDATED: Joe has been banging the drum for this guy for months. And here he comes! [read more]

GM Jason Licht.

So NFL insider Peter Schrager just dropped an interesting nugget on The Pat McAfee Show draft show after the Raiders picked Ashton Jeanty with the No. 6 overall pick. [read more]

Bucs GM Jason Licht.

There’s an inkling of news already.

It seems, per Ian Rapoport of NFL Network, among the four teams looking to trade back are the Bucs. So it seems Bucs AC/DC-loving general manager Jason Licht started his night and has finished walking his dog as he does each draft day for good luck and peace of mind.

Joe is just fine with trading back. That means more defensive pieces to add.

So fireworks may begin early. Stay on JoeBucsFan.com all night long. Comment here with any Bucs or NFL thoughts.

Let’s have fun tonight. Joel Buchsbaum would!

Texas CB Jahdae Barron.

A guy who — from what Joe has seen and read — seems to have a lot of thoughtful insight, suggested a team looking for a corner in the first round of the draft tonight would be wise to go with this guy. [read more]

Bucs GM Jason Licht has behind-the-scenes considerations.

Fans and Joe have blubbered about the Bucs’ draft for weeks. But nobody is playing with a remotely full deck.

So much is known only to those inside the walls of One Buc Palace. There’s too much mystery to make a bet-your-life-on-it prediction in tonight’s first round. [read more]

“Bruce, we set the board last week and we’re sticking to it. I’ve just been playing Red Dead Redemption in my office.”

No, this post has nothing to do with former Bucs rock star general manager Mark Dominik. [read more]

“Jason, if you really are targeting Matthew Golden, you’re playing chess and everyone else is playing checkers.”

A man forever in Bucs lore is very much a low key savvy NFL talent evaluator. [read more]

Meet Joe’s friend, Dr. David Wenk. Dr. Wenk is the Assistant Managing Physician and a medical oncologist/hematologist at Florida Cancer Specialists & Research Institute. Learn more about Dr. Wenk by clicking below.

Intrigue.

Now this throwaway line in a mock draft certainly caught Joe’s attention. [read more]

Ole Miss DT Walter Nolen.

Joe remembers this like it was yesterday. [read more]

Bucs are in good hands.

When it comes to the Bucs and this weekend’s draft, which begins tonight, Adam Schefter may have just as easily quoted Nick Saban. [read more]

It seems when Buccaneers Ring of Honor general manager Jason Licht said at the NFL Scouting Combine that second-year edge rusher Chris Braswell will “shock” people this season, he wasn’t widely believed. [read more]

Flash poll posted at 7:44 a.m. Flash poll closed at 8:55 a.m.

The chorus continues. [read more]

“Look, Glazer, stop asking about the redacted lines.”

The picks are in and Team Glazer has them.
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(This is a repost of a published article Joe runs as an annual tradition for the morning of the first night of the NFL draft.)

Joe’s going to go slightly personal here, a rare, albeit tiny window into Joe’s background on this holiest of high football holidays. [read more]