Love from Bucs suit.

Yeah, Joe at times is jaded and cynical. You have to be in this business. [read more]

Preseason Game 1

Bucs at Bengals 

Kickoff: 7 p.m.

TV: WTTA-TV Channel 38 with Chris Myers, Rondé Barber and Dan Lucas. Other Florida cities expected to televise the game include Orlando (WESH), Fort Myers (WINK), Panama City (WMBB), Pensacola (WKRG) and West Palm Beach (WPBF). WTTA will rebroadcast the game Sunday at 3 p.m. Sunday. NFL Network will also rebroadcast the game Sunday at 4 a.m. and Thursday at 3:30 a.m.

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Todd Bowles reacts.

Joe is almost scared to type the following. Because the last time Joe made such a bold claim, it proved disastrous. [read more]

So hardcore veteran NFL players have a lot in common. [read more]

Cornerback Josh Hayes.

The Bucs are loaded with second-year players.

Why? Because they won the NFC South last season with 13 rookies on the opening-day roster, plus a bunch on the practice squad. [read more]

“You’re not the only one who can talk money, Greeny.”

The salary-cap-obsessed crowd will love this.

It’s like sizzling bacon over their stale avocado toast. [read more]

Few bad snaps overblown? Bucs GM Jason Licht and one of his assistants weigh in.

Yeah, Graham Barton has had a few snaps in shotgun that, well, eeerrr, haven’t been bullseyes. [read more]

Bucs assistant GM John Spytek.

Bucs assistant general manager John Spytek was given a platform yesterday after practice as he addressed the local pen and mic club. [read more]

More one-liners.

Joe has sensed a much more relaxed Todd Bowles this summer. Maybe that’s a sign the head coach knows his team is good. [read more]

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Continues to impress.

It appears the end of early morning practices may be finished until next summer. [read more]

Bucs OLB Chris Braswell.

Here is about the best thing Joe can say about a rookie who is not Tristan Wirfs or Antoine Winfield. [read more]

So how does it feel to sit out a preseason game? [read more]

Joe will keep this simple.

Don’t look for the Bucs’ biggest names on your TV screen on Saturday.

After practice today, Todd Bowles said most starters will not play in the preseason opener though he said rookies will. Of course, it’s likely at least one rookie is sure to earn a “starter” label before the real opening day in September.

Don’t freak out. The Bucs for last year’s preseason opener and the team was very ready for Week 1 in Minnesota.

One quick-witted funny guy on the Bucs roster is rookie guard Elijah Klein. [read more]

Remember that CBS report claiming the Bucs are “seething?”

There’s another bitter club in the NFC South. [read more]