More of Joe’s stunning daily draft coverage is in your face with this Draft Buzz audio from NFL Draft guru Justin Pawlowski, The Commish of WDAE-AM 620.

It’s a near certainty that the Bucs are considering a defensive end with their first round pick. And today Pawlowski serves up plenty of reasons why Adrian Clayborn of Iowa isn’t smelling so good right now.

Enjoy. (Click arrow below. Actual podcast will be available for download later.)

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Joe is confident his readers are monitoring his good friend Justin Pawlowski, the critically-acclaimed WDAE-AM host of “The Blitz,” sometimes heard on Saturdays, who delivers unequaled daily draft coverage for Joe.

Of course, Pawlowski over the next couple of months will focus on what the Bucs need in the draft.

Steve Wyche of NFL.com believes the Bucs are in need of character.

3. What are the biggest areas of concern?
The character of nucleus players Blount, Aqib Talib, Williams and maybe Tanard Jackson is more of a concern than their talent.

Let’s start with Blount and Williams, who had great rookie seasons. They were top-tier talent coming out of college who fell in the draft — in Blount’s case, fell out of the draft — because of character concerns. Both players stayed the course in 2010 and had great seasons, in large part because they were hungry and eager to prove themselves to teams that passed on them. Williams, especially, has Pro Bowl potential. Blount only signed a one-year deal but Tampa Bay retains his rights. They’ll probably keep him on a short leash in the hope that he continues to develop.

If their success takes away their edge, then their production could decline. Morris has to monitor this.

Joe has zero idea why Wyche would invoke Williams’ name. With all the stabbings and assaults going on with NFL players in the past couple of days, Williams’ “offense” shouldn’t even register a blip on the radar.

Is Wyche also writing about other NFL players who were guilty of the cardinal sin of speeding, really? There must be scores of NFL players who have been popped for speeding since the end of the regular season, but Wyche decides to focus on Williams?

Exactly why?

Now Joe believes Wyche had an interesting point in referencing Talib and Jackson as players who walk a dangeous line due to their behavior, but Williams should not be lumped in with these two guys.

It’s not only grossly unfair to Williams, it’s simply inaccurate and destroys whatever premise Wyche is trying to build.

There are few bigger fan favorites than Cadillac Williams, and what’s not to like? The dude came off two massive knee injuries to become a productive part-time player.

That’s just it: part-time. When he and Earnest Graham made up the backfield for the Bucs there were few worse productive running attacks in the NFL. Not until LeGarrette Blount was unleashed did the Bucs offense take off and this was no coincidence.

So what should the Bucs do with Cadillac Williams? Video star Anwar Richardson and Woody Cummings, colleagues at the Tampa Tribune, tackle this subject in the latest TBO Bucs vlog.

Please monitor the video and let Joe know what you think. Believe it or not, Joe agrees with both Cummings and Richardson.

Last year the Bucs got to a great start, a start few saw coming, which is one reason the Bucs rumbled to 10 wins and a near-playoff berth.

But this coming season (all together now: if there is a season) the Bucs may not be as fortunate. Not because the Bucs will have a slightly stronger schedule, it’s that the Bucs need to unleash the offense sooner, quicker.

On the Bucs TBO Twitter feed, eye-RAH! Kaufman of the Tampa Tribune explains how early in the season the Bucs offense took a while to get into gear.

The Bucs have to work on quicker starts next season. They scored only four first-quarter touchdowns last year while giving up 10.

Joe can’t argue with a whiff of what Kaufman wrote. Now part of this may have been Bucs offensive coordinator Greg Olson still having the training wheels on Bucs quarterback Josh Freeman. Remember he only had a handful of starts under his belt when the season began.

It’s a good bet that those training wheels have been put into storage.

As Joe explained earlier, Joe’s all-encompassing draft coverage starts today and rolls every day through April 28. Draft guru Justin Pawlowski, aka The Commish of WDAE-AM 620, kicks it off with his top-5 players by position. …Don’t forget to e-mail your draft questions to Pawlowski, commish@620wdae.com, and he’ll answer the somewhat intelligent ones in his Wednesday mailbag. And don’t forget to hit up Pawlowski’s daily draft rumors at 620WDAE.com.

Quarterbacks
1. Cam Newton – Auburn
2. Blaine Gabbert – Missouri
3. Ryan Mallett – Arkansas
4. Christian Ponder – FSU
5. Jake Locker – Washington
5. Colin Kaepernick – Nevada

-Gabbert might be the better “quarterback”, but Cam Newton has unlimited talent. I wish people would stop comparing Newton to JaMarcus Russell.  Newton’s work ethic has never come into question when that was Russell’s downfall.  Mallett’s off-the-field issues could drop him a ways.  Ponder and Kaepernick are seeing their stock rise. Ponder’s a good fit for a west-coast offense with his accuracy. Kaepernick is a unique athlete with unbelievable size and speed.

Running Backs
1. Mark Ingram – Alabama
2. Mikel Leshoure – Illinois
3. Daniel Thomas – Kansas St.
4. Ryan Williams – Va. Tech
5. Shane Vereen – Cal.

-Ingram is the cream of the crop this year.  Many have already compared him to Emmitt Smith with more speed. I’d hold off on that, but some people have said Ingram could run a 4.29 at the combine. We’ll see.  Leshoure and Thomas are big backs with great vision and power. Williams could be the most talented running back in this draft, but hamstring issues might drop him.

Wide Receivers
1. AJ Green – Georgia
2. Julio Jones – Alabama
3. Jonathon Baldwin – Pitt.
4. Titus Young – Boise St.
5. Torrey Smith – Maryland

I like the one-two punch of Green and Jones atop this list.  Green takes my top spot with his unbelievable hands and body control. Jones physical presence will have teams in the top 15 drooling. Baldwin’s size and speed will be intriguing to most. Titus Young has been compared to Desean Jackson both on and off the field.  Young is a dynamic playmaker.

Tight Ends
1. Kyle Rudolph – Notre Dame
2. Luke Stocker – Tennessee
3. Lance Kendricks – Wisconsin
4. DJ Williams – Arkansas
5. Virgil Green – Nevada

-I don’t see any elite players in the tight ends this year. Rudolph has a chance to crack the first round with his soft hands and body control. Stocker and Kendricks are well balanced tight ends. Williams is a receiving threat at the tight end position with the ability to stretch the middle of the field.

Offensive Tackles
1. Tyron Smith – USC
2. Gabe Carimi – Wisconsin
3. Nate Solder – Colorado
4. Derek Sherrod – Miss. St.
5. Anthony Castonzo – Boston College
5. Marcus Cannon – TCU (OG)

-There isn’t an elite tackle in this class this year, but we could see a late surge of offensive linemen go in the latter half of the first round.  Smith might have the most potential while Castonzo might have the best skills for left tackle in the group.  Solder and Carimi had nice weeks at the senior bowl and could start right away. Cannon might be one of the biggest freaks in the draft.

Offensive Guards/Centers
1. Mike Pouncey – Florida
2. Danny Watkins – Baylor
3. Rodney Hudson – FSU
4. Stefan Wisniewski – Penn St.
5. Clint Boling – Georgia

-With the success of Maurkice Pouncey, Mike will definitely get some looks as a guars in the first round.  Watkins is a bit older at 27 years old, but has the ability to step in and play well right away. Hudson and Wisniewski have the versatility to play either guard or center, and play at a high level.

Defensive Ends
1. Da’Quan Bowers – Clemson
2. Robert Quinn – North Carolina
3. Cameron Jordan – Cal.
4. Aldon Smith – Missouri
5. JJ Watt – Wisconsin
5. Ryan Kerrigan – Purdue

-Quinn might close the gap with his pass rush ability, but Bowers is the complete package. He was all over the field all season, especially against USF in the bowl game. Jordan had an outstanding week at the pro-bowl and, like JJ Watt, has the ability to play end in either a 4-3 or a 3-4 defense.  Aldon Smith is an extremely raw pass rusher, but has unbelievable potential in getting to the quarterback.  Rounding it out is a player who probably worked harder and had more production than most players in 2010, Ryan Kerrigan.

Defensive Tackles
1. Nick Fairley – Auburn
2. Marcell Dareus – Alabama
3. Corey Liuget – Illinois
4. Muhammed Wilkerson – Temple
5. Phil Taylor – Baylor

After Fairley dominated Oregon in the National Title Game, I was convinced and sold on him.  He’s got an excellent shot at the number 1 pick and might be the best player in this draft.  Dareus is mostly viewed as an end in a 3-4 defense, but could be a nice fit at tackle in a 4-3.  I’m very intrigued with Wilkerson. He’s 6’5’’ and 305 lbs with room to grow. Taylor rounds out the top 5 as the drafts top nose tackle.

Outside Linebackers
1. Von Miller – Texas A&M
2. Justin Houston – Georgia
3. Akeem Ayers – UCLA
4. Bruce Carter – North Carolina
5. Dontay Moch – Nevada

Miller is up there with Robert Quinn in getting to the quarterback.  Miller is the premier 3-4 outside linebacker in this draft. Houston and Ayers are also nice fits in a 3-4 defense as edge rushers.  Ayers has the better ability to also play in a 4-3 defense.  Bruce Carter is dealing with an injury that might make him slip, but the talent is there.  Moch could put on an absolute show at the combine.  He’s listed at 6’1’’ and 240 lbs, but there’s a rumor that he’s been clocked under 4.3 in the 40 yard dash.

Inside Linebackers
1. Martez Wilson – Illinois
2. Quan Sturdivant – North Carolina
3. Nate Irving – NC St.
4. Greg Jones – Michigan St.
5. Kelvin Sheppard – LSU

-There are no elite middle linebackers in this year’s draft, but some decent tacklers can be had.  Wilson has the best blend of size and speed. He might end up as a more productive player in the pros than he was in college. Irving’s nickname is “The Predator” …That’s enough for me from my middle linebacker.  Greg Jones was a tackling machine at Michigan St., but being 5’11’’ will drop him a bit.

Cornerbacks
1. Patrick Peterson – LSU
2. Prince Amukamara – Nebraska
3. Brandon Harris – Miami
4. Jimmy Smith – Colorado
5. Aaron Williams – Texas

-Patrick Peterson has a special blend of size and speed. The Prince has a nice skill set and is very good in man coverage.  The next 3 CBs could all be tied for 3^rd.  Harris is better in man coverage and could fit a team that likes to blitz a lot.  Jimmy Smith has very good size which allows him to really match up well with bigger receivers.

Safeties
1. Rahim Moore – UCLA
2. Quinton Carter – Oklahoma
3. DeAndre McDaniel – Clemson
4. Ahmad Black – Florida
5. Robert Sands – West Virginia

-I am not a fan of the safety class this year. I’m not sure there’s a 1^st round pick here, and there might only be one 2^nd round pick.  Moore has decent skills, but sometimes reads plays too late. McDaniel has a ton of talent, but off-the-field issues might haunt him. If we could give Black’s skill set to Sands’ size, we might have the ideal safety.  Unfortunately, we can’t do that.

Joe’s not much of a stats guy in any sport. Joe doesn’t play fantasy football or subscribe to the stats madness overtaking and threatening to ruin baseball.

That said, one can learn a lot from certain numbers and often they will tell a story.

Every year Dallas Morning News scribe Rick Gosselin serves up an intense analysis of every NFL special teams unit and ranks them accordingly. In 2010, the Bucs checked in at 21st in the league, per Gosselin’s 22 measurments. In 2009, the Bucs were No. 2.

Seven playoff teams finished in the top 10, including five division champions. But the Green Bay Packers finished 29th in special teams — tying the 2009 New Orleans Saints for the lowest finish by a Super Bowl champion.

Interesting that great special teams don’t equal Lombardi trophies.

For 2010, Bill Belicheat’s Patriots unit checked at No. 1.

Joe finds the Bucs’ statistical dropoff interesting. Lots of rookies couldn’t have helped, but the field goal kicking was much better in 2010 than the atrocious mess 2009. Of course, the Bucs blocked six punts and kicks in 2009, and nowhere near that amount last year. (Already Joe’s head hurts).

Whatever shakes out with the Bucs’ special teams in 2011, Joe hopes the Bucs re-sign Michael Spurlock, who will be a free agent. He’s an above average returner and is too versatile and realiable in the passing game. Joe suspects Spurlock will have his share of suitors.

Joe’s friend Mike Florio, the creator, curator and lead guru over at ProFootballTalk.com, reminded his readers yesterday that if a lockout hits the NFL on March 4, it will come with a completely cut leash on players.

In short, players will only have be accountable to themselves, the law and the Lord above.

… expiration of the labor deal necessarily will short-circuit the substance-abuse policy, the steroids policy, the personal conduct policy, and any other rules and regulations applicable to player conduct away from the field of play.

It means that drug testing will end and that players who are arrested during the lockout won’t be subject to fines or suspensions.

Joe hopes Jerramy Stevens cell phone doesn’t start heating up in a few weeks.

By Justin Pawlowski,

Welcome back for another year of top notch NFL draft coverage. Joe and I have joined forces again this year to bring you the very best draft coverage for hardcore Bucs fans and football fans.

When Joe and I got together to talk about the fantastic draft coverage we’ll bring to you this year, we both agreed on one main sticking point. … It had to be free for everyone! No more paid subscription like in years past.

This year’s draft has a little more meaning. With no CBA, the draft might be the last NFL event for quite some time. With no free agency, all eyes will be on preparing for the draft. Personally, I have never felt this much interest in the draft this early in the draft process. With that being said, Joe and I will do what we need to do to make this site and my rumor page at 620wdae.com Keyword: Draft, as the only two websites you’ll need to visit for all your NFL Draft coverage pertaining to the Buccaneers.

For those of you new to the draft coverage here at JoeBucsFan.com, I’d like to take you through some of the features and what you can expect here daily:

Mock Drafts (bi-weekly): I really enjoy putting my mock drafts together.  To me, it’s like putting together a gigantic puzzle.  I personally go through each team’s roster and come up with their offseason needs.  In other seasons, free agency played a factor in needs, but without a CBA, we could already have a good understanding for what positions teams might be targeting in April. As for the mock drafts themselves, I usually write out at least one mock draft a day. Since just one difference can change an entire draft, I try to write out as many as I can to see every possible scenario.  I will post the one that looks best to me every two weeks with a very detailed description for that pick.  When selecting for each team, I try to pick who I think that team’s personnel would select, NOT who I would take for that team.  A good example is the Oakland Raiders. A couple years back, I would’ve taken Michael Crabtreefor them, but predicted that they’d go with Darrius Heyward-Bey because of his speed.  Each team has a particular type of player they go after, and it’s my job to try and think like that team.

My mock drafts are pretty self-explanatory.

                        Team Name – Player Selected – Position – School

                        Height – Weight – 40 time (combine results)

                        List of Teams’ needs put together by me.

                        Commish’s Take: Detailed description of pick

Commish’s Board (bi-weekly): These are my top players available for the draft. I will start with 32, representing first-round value.  As we near draft day, that list will grow to 64. This board should change drastically over the next couple months. Next to each player’s name I will give a brief description of why that player landed in that particular slot. This list is how I would rate the players and the board I would use if in control of a team’s draft. My board usually has no correlation to my mock drafts because in those I have to think how a team would think and not just how I would do things.

Positional Rankings and Breakdowns (Weekly): Each week I will breakdown a different position. Usually, these breakdowns come out on Friday. I like to wait until after the combine for this feature, so the first position breakdown will be on March 4. In this feature, not only will I give you a complete breakdown of each player, but I rank them within their position. For each player, I tell you why I would take him, why I’d stay away, his impact if drafted by the Bucs, and who he might compare to in the NFL. Before people get up in arms over the comparison thing, remember, when I give a player comparison, I’m not saying that said players will be exactly alike and have the same career. The comparison is to show you what type of player said player is.  The ideal example of this is Warren Sapp.

Sure, any time there is an undersized defensive tackle with speed, he is compared to Warren Sapp. All that is saying, is that their types of games are similar. By no means will anyone ever compare to the type of career Sapp had, but plenty will compare to the “type” of defensive tackle he was.

32 Days of the NFL Draft: This is my own way for a countdown. Starting 32 days from the draft, I will begin a series of podcasts dedicated to every team in the NFL. These podcasts will be between 3-5 minutes long and give you a better understanding of what that particular team might do throughout the draft. Knowing what other teams will do will help you figure out who your team might be able to get with their pick. This year, “32 Days of the NFL Draft” will begin on March 28.

Commish’s Draft Buzz (twice-weekly): The NFL draft is always loaded with rumors that continue to grow the closer we get to judgment day. Twice a week, I will post a 3-5 minute podcast with the latest rumors and whether or not I call BS on them. Each rumor could change the entire face of the draft itself, which is why I’ll also let you know the ramifications of said rumor.

Commish’s Inbox Podcast (Wednesdays): Each Wednesday I will post a podcast where I only answer your questions. The length of this audio feature depends on how many questions I get from you, so it’s up to you as to how hard I will have to work.  There are many different ways to get your questions to me:

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I hope you all enjoy the FREE coverage we have for you this year.

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Save for the Super Bowl champion Green Bay Packers, few if no other teams had as many critical injuries as the Bucs did last year.

It started with Brian Price and didn’t end until Arrelious Benn was lost. Some 11 starters put on the injuried reserve list.

The prospect of those players coming back has Raheem Morris fired up, so reports Rick Stroud of the St. Petersburg Times.

“I got a whole draft class coming back when you think about it, and that’s pretty exciting,” Morris said. “I got two or three first-rounders (McCoy, Joseph, Talib), a second-rounder (Price), a starting center (Faine), my starting safety (Grimm) who was playing lights-out. And don’t forget about a guy like Demar Dotson, who was all the talk in the preseason.

“We think all those guys will be back and ready to go, if not by training camp, certainly by the start of the regular season. They’re all doing well.”

Joe has absolutely nothing against Jeff Faine but the way Jeremy Zuttah played in Faine’s absence, given the veteran center’s salary, Joe would be surprised if Faine returns for the 2011 season wearing pewter and red.

But Joe gets where Raheem is coming from. Given all the injures — the Bucs still won 10 games — and the fact all of the rookies got precious playing time last season, the prospects of next season have a tinge of excitement to them.

If there is a next season.

Joe’s good friend Justin Pawlowski of WDAE-AM 620 is mere hours away from bombarding all of Joe’s readers with unmatched draft analysis that will be a daily feature here at JoeBucsFan.com through the draft.

To give readers a whiff of what they can expect, Justin Sunday took a defensive end to task that many believe the Bucs will draft in the first round, Iowa’s Adrian Clayborn.

Justin is tired of all the excuses people have thrown Clayborn’s way for his reduced production in 2010 and, in short, believes the excuses don’t hold water, so Justin wrote on the new draft page on WDAE’s website.

There have just been red flags galore with Clayborn. He was as dynamic of a defensive end in 2009, but his stats and production went way down in 2010. Some people say that opposing offenses were keying on him which forced his production to take a major dive, but if that’s the case, why was Ryan Kerrigan so productive in 2010? Hell, I can’t even name another player on Purdue, so why wouldn’t teams in the Big Ten key on Kerrigan the same way they keyed on Clayborn? I guarantee you that they did and Kerrigan was still extremely productive.

Justin goes on to write that if Clayborn blows off the combine, he will plummet to the second round, or worse.

Joe believes Justin makes a lot of sense with the Clayborn/Kerrigan comparison but Joe’s not going to buy that Clayborn’s stock will plummet as a result of him not showing up in Indianapolis. The combine is a glorified track practice and by now teams have loads of tape of each and every prospect. As Mark Dominik once said, the eye in the sky doesn’t lie.

Clayborn not working out in the Senior Bowl did more to Pearl Harbor his first round chances as anything.

There will be a pro day at Iowa for scouts and front office types to monitor Clayborn and of course there will be private workouts with teams. If Clayborn blows those off, then there is very much reason to be concerned.

Joe knows this about Clayborn: The dude has impressive hands and hand-to-eye coordination. You can’t coach those traits up and both are critical to a good defensive end.

Though this should come as a shock to no one who remotely follows the Bucs, the looming lockout date of March 4 is quickly approaching and only the most nubile of cheerleaders would suggest a deal between the NFL owners and the NFLPA will be brokered in the coming weeks.

This tells eye=RAH! Kaufman of the Tampa Tribune, Twittering on the TBO Bucs Twitter feed, that Bucs quality control coaches are working feverishly behind the scenes to provide Bucs quarterback Josh Freeman with as much tape of opponents to study to last the winter, spring and summer, since Freeman and his teammates will be banned from premises of One Buc Palace until this NFL labor mess is cleaned up.

You can be sure the Bucs are loading up Freeman with all the film cut-ups he could possibly want, anticipating a lockout in 3 wks

The biggest thing that concerns Joe about the lockout is the players like Arrelious Benn and Cody Grimm who are rehabbing. They will not be able to use team physicians. Hopefully, the Bucs have lined up some solid doctors area to guide those players through rehab.

Joe had heard of this Earnest Graham story below previously and saw it again today in a profile of Ed Block Courage Award nominees, which honors a player on each NFL team for sportsmanship, courage and other achievements of character. Players vote for a teammate on each club.

The folks at PressBoxOnline.com out of Baltimore have put together short profiles of every NFL pick for the award. Graham is the selection for the Bucs. Here’s a snippet of the profile:

She lost her battle with cancer last November. Graham was extremely close with his mother, “My mom was my roommate in college. I lived with her a year and a half, two years,” Earnest Graham said. “She had some major back surgery, major back problems. She didn’t want me to live with her, but that was the only way I could give her some help. It was to the point where I was picking her up out of bed. She couldn’t even get up out of bed. But she would still go to work.”

This is just such a testament’s to Graham’s character. Joe’s almost speechless, even though he’s heard it before.

Joe wonders whether Graham’s mother’s final days and her passing — all during last season — had a significant effect on Graham on the field. How could they not? It could be a bit of a bounceback season in 2011 for him for that reason.

Joe typically talks to Graham before his annual bowling and basketball charity fundraisers each May. Just a great guy.

Joe hopes the Bucs find a pass rush so that after playing the Cowboys, Tony Romo will have to call paramedics, which will make his TV reporter/fiancee cry.

Joe alluded to this earlier, now Woody Cummings of the Tampa Tribune writes about it extensively.

The Bucs’ schedule this coming season isn’t all that difficult.

Part of the reason the Bucs won 10 games in 2010 is that the team took advantage of playing the putrid NFC West. Combined with a winning record and getting the NFC West off this season’s schedule, it sure appeared the Bucs’ slate for 2011 would drastically stiffen.

Well, not really, but marginally, writes Cummings.

The Bucs’ schedule ranks 18th on the strength-of-schedule table, up seven spots from a year ago. Yet, their 2010 opponents compiled a 123-133 record and .480 winning percentage in 2009 and their 2011 opponents compiled a 127-129 record and .496 winning percentage in 2010.

While the Bucs improved markedly, going from 3-13 and last in the NFC South in 2009 to 10-6 in 2010, they finished third in the division behind Atlanta and New Orleans. That means their non-division opponents include third-place finishers such as Houston, Dallas and San Francisco.

The only team of the three third-place finishers cited in the previous paragraph that concerns Joe is Dallas. San Francisco will be going through a transformation process (Jim Leavitt as an NFL assistant???) and Houston is always beatable.

Joe isn’t sweating bullets over the 2011 opponents.

As longtime readers know, Joe cranks out all kinds of Bucs-related news and commentary every day. The train never stops rolling in the offseason. So keep coming here daily.

In fact, Joe’s traffic continues to rise, repeating the trends of the past two years. Thanks to all who have made JoeBucsFan.com the premier destination for all things Bucs.

Sometime on Monday, Joe will bust out the stellar DAILY draft coverage of NFL Draft guru Justin Pawlowski, The Commish of WDAE-AM 620, who studies all things draft and the college game year-round. For those who don’t know, Pawlowski played college ball, is part of the University of South Florida radio broadcast crew, and has been a draft junkie since can remember. He’s also a lifelong local and a Bucs season ticket holder.

Not only will Pawlowski break down all teams’ needs and focus, everything Pawlowski does will have an eye on how something might influence the Buccaneers. Truly great stuff — written, audio and video — and Joe’s pleased to bring this to his readers FREE this year. In 2009 and 2010, Pawlowski’s work only was available via a paid subscription.

You’ll also see more JoeBucsFan TV this week, and Joe still has more to share from his Super Bowl adventures in Dallas.

Lastly, and Joe hates to jinx this, but Joe also expects a refreshing change coming soon to the Morning Cup of Joe feature on weekdays. Joe can’t spill it yet, but it should be very arousing.

"Jimminy Christmas, you won't catch me turning down $5 million and an under-the-table payoff to drink beer and play handball."

On this football-starved weekend, Joe recommends you read this interesting feature on Jake Plummer, Chucky’s 2007 obsession and the former Buccaneer who didn’t want to play football.

If nothing else, Sports Illustrated writer Chris Ballard shares a glimpse at a piece of Bucs history.

"You want weapons, Olie? I'll get you weapons. You got your O-line coach. I'll get you a burner."

Just when it appeared the Bucs were set at wide receiver with Mike Williams and Arrelious Benn, with a side order of Sammie Stroughter, Micheal Spurlock, Preston Parker and Dezmon Briscoe, plus Kellen Winslow, Bucs beat writer Woody Cummings has tossed a wrench into the mix.

In a Bucs notebook today for TBO.com, Cummings dropped this intriguing gem.

Wish list

It’s too soon to know how they will acquire it, but the Bucs believe they need a legitimate speed receiver who can really take the top off a defense. They have an abundance of short- and medium-range targets, but would like to add a player who can drag a safety deep downfield and create more room underneath for Mike Williams, Kellen Winslow and Arrelious Benn.

Whoa!

This is very interesting. If the Bucs want a speed guy to open up the defense underneath, then he obviously has to be on the field quite a bit.  Perhaps the Bucs aren’t as enamored by Arrelious Benn as it seems?

Regardless, Benn just can’t be counted on to be ready and 100 percent for 2011, coming off ACL surgery. There’s no reason to bank on him for this season.

As Joe has written before, a free agent wide receiver could offer some solid insurance and would make a lot of sense with a young corps of wideouts.

BSPN and other outfits today are trumpeting the latest English tabloid chatter that Team Glazer is about to sell its English kickball team to a group of sheikhs from the oil-soaked country of Qatar.

It’s not a new rumor. Joe usually blows off the rumblings, but occasionally shares when they reach a fever pitch.

The Daily Express generated the story, “Arabs Close In On Manchester United,” relying on unnamed, inside sources. At least the story has a name on it, penned by sports editor Bill Bradshaw.

The Daily Express understands that United’s owners, the Glazer family, are “only haggling over details” with a deal to sell the club to Qatar Holdings virtually done at £1.6 billion.

If that deal is sealed, then Malcolm Glazer and his sons will have doubled their money in six years since they paid £790 million for the club in the summer of 2005.

Now Joe knows this English taboid buzz is hardly reliable, but they do break their share of stories, especially in the world of English soccer. The story includes a Manchester United mouthpiece denying there was ever an offer and claims Team Glazer has no interest in selling.

As a Bucs fan, Joe hopes Team Glazer ditches the kickball team. Joe sees no upside for the Bucs in having Team Glazer engaging in high-stakes shenanigans over in England.

Could two defensive line coaches help defensive end Kyle Moore develop into a vicious pass rusher?

The fact the Bucs hired two defensive line coaches raised a few eyebrows locally.

Even noted former Bucs defensive end Steve White was a little more than curious about the move.

No need to fret, so says Bucs coach Raheem Morris. Two coaches on the defensive line are better than one, so he tells Rick Stroud of the St. Petersburg Times.

“If you walked into a defensive backs room when if was me and Tomlin, you wouldn’t know who the assistant was based on who might be running the meeting,’’ Morris said Thursday. “I did the same thing with Jimmy Lake. It’s worked so well in the past I thought I’d get two defensive line coaches and give them pet projects.’’

The other reason for the renewed emphasis is that the Bucs have a heavy investment in their defensive line with Gerald McCoy, the third overall pick in the 2010 draft, and defensive tackle Brian Price, a second rounder from UCLA who went on injured reserve after six games last season. Defensive tackle Roy Miller was a third round pick from Texas and defensive end Kyle Moore was a fourth-rounder from USC in 2009.

“We’ve got so much invested in that defensive line room in terms of money and draft picks, we needed to make that investment in coaches for those guys,’’ Morris said. “I was looking for young, energetic coaches to crank that room up.’’

Well. Judging by that quote, Joe is led to believe maybe Todd Wash was too lackadaisical, but Joe doesn’t want to ascribe any motives.

Hey, if Keith Millard and Grady Stretz can work together and the Bucs’ defensive line begins to transform into a force, all the better, correct?

The concept sounds terrific. Soon we will all learn if the idea actually works in practice.

Pretty good for a Josh Freeman video here. FOX Sports cougar Laura Okmin sat down with Freeman at the Super Bowl and asks him all kinds of stuff. (Hat tip to Pewter Plank)