It’s time for Joe’s weekly podcast, with smooth-voiced Ronnie Lane of WDAE-AM 620 and the Buccaneers Radio Network. [read more]

Doug Martin relays the chatter around One Buc Palace

The single most important thing the Bucs can do Sunday is lose. It’s downright critical for the franchise.

The No. 1 overall pick in the draft is far better than the No. 2 overall pick — for so many reasons. [read more]

Louis Murphy’s Bucs highlight to date: A 41-yard catch in the final seconds at Pittsburgh to set up a game-winning score.

Joe guesses fans read about the Christmas present wide receiver Louis Murphy found under his tree.

It was a three-year contract offer to remain with the Bucs. Tentatively, terms undisclosed (Joe wonders if there’s guaranteed money?).

“Best Christmas ever,” Murphy beamed just moments after putting pen to ink. Prior to Christmas, Murphy admitted he was going to shop his wares around the NFL. [read more]

Put your boots on and wade through this mess.

It might get you right on board with Joe’s goal for the 2015 NFL Draft. [read more]

Spectator Mason Foster watched the final Bucs practice of 2014 today.

The following isn’t really news, more of an update. On such a beautiful day today (this is why we live in Florida while 90 percent of the rest of the nation fights frostbite), Joe soaked up the rays and watched the media window of the final Bucs practice of the season. [read more]

Da’Quan Bowers won’t be headed to a Pro Bowl anytime soon. But he might have to come off Joe’s list of the 20 Worst Buccaneers Of The Past 10 Years.

Bowers was switched to defensive tackle this season and has proved to be a capable backup at the position. [read more]

Joe wants to applaud NFL warden commissioner Roger Goodell and the good folks on Park Ave. for seeing the light lately on social media.

For reasons unclear, the NFL recoils at the thought of adding embed codes to its videos so other sites can share them, even though the NFL would still get credit for the traffic and viewing numbers. [read more]

Crab-legs-stealing, BB-gun-shooting, obscenity-hollering, Heisman-Trophy-winning, national champion James 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]

Louis Murphy proved he was no Tiquan Underwood this season. Or maybe he didn’t?

Regardless, Murphy, like Underwood, came off the street and made a significant contribution to the Tampa Bay passing attack. [read more]

This one should help Bucs fans sleep well tonight.

There will be some serious motivation on the Saints sidelines Sunday — for the Bucs’ most meaningful game since the season finale against New Orleans in 2010. [read more]

How good — or bad — is the Bucs defense?

It’s a question that has induced many a screaming match at the JoeBucsFan.com world headquarters. [read more]

No need to itemize all the nightmares that added up to the Bucs being minutes from the most important loss in franchise history — to secure the top pick in the draft.

When the Bucs hired Lovie Smith 51 weeks ago, fans erupted in glee thinking they got the reincarnation of Father Dungy and happy days were here again. [read more]

Mason Foster discusses his uncertain future

Yes, there will be significant roster changes next season. Bank on it.

How could there not be?

When you are 2-14/3-13 and have one of the worst offenses imaginable, change is inevitable. [read more]

Crab-legs-stealing, BB-gun-shooting, obscenity-hollering, Heisman-Trophy-winning, national champion James 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]

Alan Dell of the Bradenton Herald believes the only winning the Bucs should focus on Sunday is winning the draft.

So the Bucs are on the cusp of something big. They are “this close” to the most important loss in franchise history.

It’s a loss that can set up the franchise for success for the next decade, and beyond. [read more]

(Photo courtesy of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers)

The Bucs defense was horrifically bad early in the season, and Joe isn’t using hyperbole here. The absolute seal-clubbing at the hands of the Dixie Chicks and Crows was proof something was very, very wrong.

Well, the Bucs made changes. Guys got used to Lovie Smith’s defense, and there was an addition by subtraction by unloading passive Mark Barron onto the Lambs. [read more]

Joe knows Jets fans who ache and moan daily because Darrelle Revis, a Pro Bowler again, is a thriving member of the hated New England Patriots.

Dee Milliner, um, didn’t soothe them. [read more]