Ron “Jaws” Jaworski, the former NFL quarterback and current ESPN QBs guru, is not standing strong behind his claim that “wired in” sources have told him Marcus Mariota will be the Buccaneers draft pick at No. 1 overall. [read more]

Yes, Jameis Winston keeps interviewing with teams other than the Buccaneers.

This week, he was in Tennessee, and there is video. [read more]

Yes, it sure looks like the Bucs will get a quarterback in just over two weeks, when the 2015 NFL Draft gets underway on the night of April 30.

And it is a safe bet the name called by Roger Goodell for Tampa Bay will be Jameis Winston. [read more]

The Buccaneers, like many teams, boast about how they covet analytics. To Joe, it’s about watching gametape first and foremost.

BSPN occasionally runs a show called “Sports Science.” It is pretty good, even for a non-statgeek like Joe. [read more]

Stud Bears running back Matt Forte is sitting out OTAs and is making a lot of noise to the new regime about an extended contract.

For those who always covet thy neighbor’s wife, the following is something to keep an eye out for, and it isn’t Rachel Watson.

New regimes often look to clean house and get their own men (think Lovie Smith’s purge of the offensive line last spring). Often, they won’t tolerate very long a player who is bucking the new regime. [read more]

Both Herm Edwards (above) and Adam Schefter stated emphatically this evening that barring something unforeseen, Jameis Winston will be drafted by the Bucs with the No. 1 overall pick.

Joe is telling you, the claim dropped by Yahoo! Sports’ Charles Robinson, that Darcie Glazer Kassewitz, member of Team Glazer and co-president of the Glazer Family Foundation, may put a halt to the Bucs drafting Jameis Winston has left those in the know with their heads spinning.

As one of Joe’s contacts told him tonight, “That may be an all-timer,” as far as wild rumors and the Bucs go. [read more]

The Buccaneers want to deliver you a picture of how intensely they research NFL Draft prospects.

Yes, they want you to know that no stone is unturned. [read more]

The guy who types like a madman at Buccaneers.com, Joe Kania, has pumped out a long Q&A with Tampa Bay starting cornerback Alterraun Verner. [read more]

The Bucs are supposed to know by 5 p.m. whether the Detroit Lions have matched Tampa Bay’s restricted-free-agent offer sheet to defensive end George Johnson.

Something, however, is holding up a decision — and it could take a while. [read more]

It is still Jameis Winston to the Bucs, says Peter Schrager of FOX Sports.

It seems awfully curious that the two people — who Joe respects a great deal — fueling the recent Marcus-Mariota-to-Bucs talk have both stated publicly they believe the Bucs will still draft Jameis Winston. [read more]

Ron “Jaws” Jaworski’s recent comments about Marcus Mariota and the Bucs leave Joe scratching his head.

Yes, the Silly Season added another chapter over the weekend when former NFL quarterback “Jaws,” Ron Jaworski, determined Marcus Mariota is his top QB in the draft, just like Mike Mayock of NFL Network did days before him.

Also like Mayock, who believes the Bucs will draft Jameis Winston despite his quarterback rankings, Jaws said these are his evaluations and, “I am not the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.” [read more]

Is Jameis Winston trying too hard? [read more]

Yeah, yeah, Joe’s heard the freakout — and the cheers — because Ron “Jaws” Jaworski, quarterbacks guru for BSPN, told Philadelphia media that he’s hearing from quality sources that Tampa Bay will draft Marcus Mariota with the No. 1 overall pick. [read more]

Former Redskins and Texans general manager Charley Casserly, who passed on quarterback Vince Young with the No. 1 overall pick under much scrutiny and pressure, has advice for Lovie Smith if he’s going to draft Jameis Winston. [read more]

Last week, three things launched Silly Season and sent Bucs fans, for a variety of reasons, into orbit.

First there was the freakout caused by NFL draft guru Mike Mayock demoting Jameis Winston to No. 2 in his quarterback rankings — all while Mayock stated he believes the Bucs will draft Winston. [read more]