Lovie Smith fired off intriguing words this afternoon at One Buc Palace.

Oh sure, the message was simple, “Jameis Winston doesn’t need a mentor,” Lovie said. [read more]

Door now open for rookie WR Kenny Bell to shine?

With training camp beginning tomorrow, maybe Joe can stop banging the keyboard with what any semi-sober Bucs fan already knows: Vincent Jackson and Mike Evans are freaking studs.

After that… gulp. [read more]

Remember when Bucs third-year defensive end Will Gholston posted a video of himself working this offseason with Hall of Fame sackmaster Chris Doleman?

Well, Joe talked to Gholston about that this morning at One Buc Palace. [read more]

For the third time in a year and a half, the Mike Glennon Mob has absorbed a punch to the gut, courtesy of Bucs coach Lovie Smith today.

The most fateful day of personnel moves in the past 10 years came last year, when Lovie, fresh from his suburban Chicago basement, brought in turnover-prone Josh McClown to lead the Bucs (to the basement). Lovie announced he was benching the inherited starter, Glennon. [read more]

UPDATED, 12:47 p.m.: Welcome to the NFL. The injury bug already is affecting key Buccaneers. [read more]

Lovie said it himself at 12:01 p.m. EST today.

The head coach made it crystal clear at the One Buc Palace podium moments ago: Jameis will be the guy from Day 1 of training camp.

Rough day for the Mike Glennon Mob, which was yearning for a what they called “fair competition.”

New Bucs DE George Johnson explains

The 2015 savior of the Bucs’ edge pass rush, George Johnson, a new arrival from the Lions, explained today that the Tampa Bay defense has a very serious mission through the next few weeks. [read more]

A heralded defensive end out of Clemson, a second-round draft pick of the Bucs, Da’Quan Bowers doesn’t play that position any longer.

Joe talked to Bowers this morning as he arrived at One Buc Palace. [read more]

Underdog 30-year-0ld starting strongside linebacker Danny Lansanah knows a lot about working hard for what he has.

The guy was out of football and playing minor league football for another shot to make it in the NFL, which came with the Bucs two years ago. [read more]

Evans says Bucs were the best 2-14 team ever. Photo courtesy of Buccaneers.com.

Tampa Bay’s superstar rookie of 2014, 21-year-old Mike Evans, was a very optimistic cat this morning as he reported to One Buc Palace with the rest of the Bucs veterans. [read more]

Buccaneers veterans reported for training camp this morning, but very few were there at One Buc Palace before Jameis Winston, America’s Quarterback. [read more]

Super Bowl in first year?

Joe has stated time and again he thinks this year’s Bucs squad looks like a six-win team, which would be a vast improvement over 2-14 last season. [read more]

Lovie gets a powerful vote of support for his O-line

If you have extreme confidence in Lovie Smith, like Bucs’ Super Bowl defensive tackle Booger McFarland does, then of course you sleep without the aid of narcotics. [read more]

Studs.

Yes, Joe is of the mind that arguably the best one-two punch of NFL receivers is Godzilla Evans and Vincent Jackson. If there are one-two punches better than the Bucs’ duo, the list is damn short. [read more]

If only the Buccaneers had a dozen more guys like Lavonte David.

Remember when Alterraun Verner named David, not Gerald McCoy, as the hardest worker on the Buccaneers? [read more]

Joe and other media types who saw Gerald McCoy practice all through the spring surely would say he was in fine shape. Perhaps the best shape of his career.

But a lot has changed in the six weeks since Tampa Bay left minicamp in June. [read more]