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Team-first guy likely on way out.
One thing former Bucs head coach Dirk Koetter used to talk about was valuable players called “glue guys.” He believed a team could not become a winner without those “glue guys.” [read more]
Bucs GM Jason Licht.
The way Joe looks at it, the Bucs need to do the following with the No. 19 pick in April’s draft, and Joe can sum it up in three words: [read more]
A lot of Bucs fans are wondering if 2024 rookies Jalen McMillan and Bucky Irving can improve on their stunning stats next season.
Joe is just as focused on another guy and one aspect of his game. [read more]
How much better might Graham Barton get next season? [read more]
Alabama LB Jihaad Campbell.
Joe does not listen to draft podcasts until April. [read more]
Even better in 2025?
NFL folks like to say the biggest jump in play a player makes is from his rookie season to his second season. If that holds true for Bucky Irving, could the Bucs be looking at an all-time great? [read more]
Might be a tough call.
Joe tries to think objectively, when it’s reasonable to think objectively. [read more]
So Baker Mayfield led the NFL in interceptions last season, tied with Kirk Cousins at 16 picks. [read more]
Todd Bowles talks to former Bucs head coach Bruce Arians.
Bucco Bruce Arians once jumped on the field during a Bucs playoff game and smacked one of his safeties in the head.
The NFL fined Arians $50,000 and guess what the Bucs safety Andrew Adams said about it years later. [read more]
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He’s not a magician.
A stathead on Twitter compiled a research graphic on good edge rushers and how they produce year-by-year as they age. [read more]
A pass rusher, too?
Call Joe a round numbers guy. [read more]
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Slighted.
Team of the Decade? We’re halfway through the third decade of the 21st century and one could claim that the Bucs are the NFC Team of the Decade. [read more]
So CBS HQ dropped an interesting nugget yesterday.
The Bucs are the fourth team in the Super Bowl era of NFL history to lose an offensive coordinator to a head coaching job in consecutive seasons. [read more]
New/old gig for Larry Foote.
When the Bucs last had a powerful edge rush, their outside linebackers coach was Larry Foote. [read more]
NFL teams love to point to their records in one-score games as a way of spinning a positive projection.
It doesn’t matter whether they won few or lots of those games. [read more]
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