General manager Jason Licht explains.

Joe’s proclaimed several times that one reason the Buccaneers will have a better pass rush this season is the mere absence of ghostly Michael Johnson. [read more]

Those who follow Gerald McCoy on social media and regularly read JoeBucsFan.com know that No. 93 has had a bitter edge to him this year.

It’s like he’s turned into the “angry worker” Raheem Morris asked all his players to become. [read more]

Another national voice buries the Bucs in the basement

Joe will never forget the night the Bucs drafted “America’s Quarterback,” signal-caller Jameis Winston. In a conference call with the Tampa Bay pen and mic club as Jameis was in his Alabama hometown, Jameis rejoiced over having Mike Evans and Vincent Jackson, both 6-5, as his new targets.

“TWO OF THEM!” Jameis bellowed with glee. [read more]

What appeared to be a typical scene at a Bucs OTA practice on Thursday felt like something more. [read more]

Details emerge from One Buc Palace

OK, Joe is going to share a neat little story with a cool twist. But you have to follow along. It gets better as you read.

Now there has been a lot of talk that barbecue pitmaster, Bucs left guard Logan Mankins, is rejuvenated. Yeah, yeah, yeah, after the way he and his offensive line mates played, Joe is more than a little dubious about Mankins – or any other holdover from last year’s debacle of a line – and a rekindled love for the game. [read more]

Louis Murphy spoke about “America’s Quarterback” and how he has rediscovered his love of football with the Bucs.

Yes, Joe knows you have heard Bucs types, whether it be Jason Licht or Lovie Smith, rave about “America’s Quarterback,” signal-caller Jameis Winston.

Well, now it’s time for Jameis’ teammates to speak out. And they are.

Add receiver Louis Murphy to the list of those singing hosannas about Jameis. [read more]

Lovie Smith said Doug Martin was a first team running back last week, but then Lovie backed off that moments later and said there was no depth chart, during a chat with media about second-year RB Charles Sims. [read more]

A Bucs team insider explains

Yes, the offensive line was so bad last year, a Bucs fan could have yacked on his living room carpet and his wife wouldn’t have blown a gasket because she likely was in the bathroom with a finger down her throat, too. [read more]

Not every Buccaneers beat writer thinks it’s a slam dunk that America’s Quarterback, Jameis Winston, is the Tampa Bay starting QB when the snaps really matter. [read more]

With the exception of Doug Martin’s rookie season, the Bucs haven’t had a decent run game since LeGarrette Blount and Cadillac Williams combined for 1,444 yards in 2010 (and for you Blountheads, please stop whining about him being traded to the Fighting Belicheats. The guy has been let go by two teams since that trade. The dude isn’t Jim Brown). [read more]

Joe is sure there are other Bucs fans like this: there are dents on the wall behind Joe’s 60-inch HDTV from throwing the remote because last year’s gutless offensive line couldn’t block its own shadow. [read more]

Photo courtesy of Buccaneers.com.

Yes, the Bucs held OTAs for three days at One Buc Palace. Only one of those practices was open for the gazing eyes of the Tampa Bay pen and mic club.

That doesn’t mean no one was watching. [read more]

All that show and tell this week about Kevin Pamphile being the Buccaneers’ No. 1 left tackle may not be what it appears. [read more]

Yes, Joe’s jacked up for the Tampa Bay Lightning. But for Joe, nothing right now can top fresh, amazing news on America’s Quarterback, Jameis Winston. [read more]

An early season prediction hammers at a Bucs weakness

Wait one damn minute.

A well respected NFL voice believes Dan Quinn, a first-year head coach, a rookie head coach, will turn the sorry Falcons into division winners this year? [read more]

Joe is here to dissect every last word out of the mouth of Lovie Smith.

Lovie is the Buccaneers equivalent of the President of the United States. [read more]