Why the disrespect?

The Bucs, publicly and privately, readily admit they are frustrated if not irked by how national NFL analysts dog the Bucs like they have returned to The Lost Decade. [read more]

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If this is the definition of value, it belongs in the garbage, not on the Bucs roster. [read more]

Todd Bowles

Joe has seen anecdotal evidence pile up in polls on this site and via other means, but now Joe has raw comparison data. [read more]

Bucs power brokers Jason Licht and Todd Bowles.

Yes, you can wager on the NFL Draft, as in what position the Bucs will target with their very first pick next month.

You may have an addiction problem if you’re placing such a wager today, but Joe still has a little guidance. [read more]

Alabama CB Kool-Aid McKinstry.

The Bucs may have dug a hole where they didn’t need to do any digging. [read more]

Short window?

Former Bucs coach Dirk Koetter had a cool saying when the NFL trade deadline passed each season. And it seems to apply to the Bucs currently. [read more]

More targets?

So, was the 2023 season pretty much who Rachaad White is? [read more]

New horse versus old horse.

Joe already shared Todd Bowles talking about how former Buccaneers savior linebacker Devin White needed a change of scenery.

But are the Bucs as good or better without him? Joe went there with Bowles this week. [read more]

Tristan Wirfs

Buccaneers All-World left tackle/right tackle Tristan Wirfs will earn $21 million this season (if the Bucs don’t make him richer) and his admitted playing weight is about 360 pounds. [read more]

There’s been a soothing feel this March for Todd Bowles.

It’s been a while. [read more]

Oregon center Jackson Powers-Johnson.

These two groups are just about one and the same. [read more]

Gets props from ex-Bucs guard.

Hey, it isn’t only anal high school math teachers and the PFF tribe who can hand out grades! Others can too. [read more]

Escapes to Jersey.

This was enough for Joe to pull a Bobby Knight and throw a chair. [read more]

“Todd, why did you go there?”

It’s misdirection season in the NFL, but Joe believes the following flashed card has veracity. [read more]

Tight end Cade Otton.

The Buccaneers’ head coach made a power move this month that didn’t get much fanfare.

Joe wrote about it, of course, and asked Bowels to explain himself this week. [read more]

BY IRA KAUFMAN

In a perfect world, Carlton Davis would be credited with one final takeaway for the Buccaneers.

In trading Davis to the Lions two weeks ago, Jason Licht accumulated an extra pick in the third round of next month’s draft. That’s called quality ammo — and Licht needs to be ready and willing to use that draft capital if things fall his way before Tampa Bay’s No. 26 selection in the opening round.

While it’s evident the Bucs have holes to fill at edge rusher and the interior of their offensive line, there’s a chance one of the cleanest prospects in the draft makes it through the first half of the first round. [read more]

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Gratitude.

Once upon a time, Buccaneers Ring of Honor general manager Jason Licht said he desired to build the kind of organization and sustained success former Bucs GM Rich McKay had from the mid-1990s until he departed in 2003.

Licht now has 10 years in the books, so Joe felt compelled to ask Team Glazer to reflect on that reality this week. [read more]

Bucs playing “The Grinch?”

Aside from Bucs coach Todd Bowles who sincerely doesn’t seem to give a flip what anyone says, writes or hollers about his team — he’s much more concerned with wins and losses — privately and publicly the Bucs are aggravated about the team’s perception. [read more]

Bucs GM Jason Licht.

Joe thinks he has solved this riddle of why so many NFL observers are shrugging their shoulders and yawning at the Bucs’ offseason. At the same time, Bucs types are irked why folks aren’t giving them props. [read more]

Duke OL Graham Barton.

OK offensive line haters. Get ready for another war with Joe. [read more]