This love caught Joe’s ear because it comes from a guy who trends a little curmudgeonly. [read more]

Ohio State receiver Emeka Egbuka.

Look, while Joe could see the Bucs adding a defensive player at any position, the Bucs have been not so secretive in suggesting if a playmaker receiver is there at No. 19, the Bucs won’t hesitate to pull the trigger. [read more]

One X-factor in this week’s Bucs draft is how highly the team evaluates the play of defensive end/defensive tackle Logan Hall.

Hall plays half the defensive snaps and starts most games, including against Washington in the playoffs three months ago. [read more]

Analyst believes Bucs’ pick is in!

There are two big reasons Joe puts a lot of stock into what Peter Schrager has to say about the Bucs. [read more]

A man with a key card to One Buc Palace, a man who has said publicly that he’s seen the Bucs’ draft big board (he didn’t specify 2025), a man who has the trust and friendship of Buccaneers Ring of Honor general manager Jason Licht, has weighed in on Tampa Bay’s draft. [read more]

Quicker get-off = sacks.

The best thing to happen to Bucs edge rusher YaYa Diaby is the signing of fellow edge rusher Haason Reddick. Less pressure on YaYa to produce. [read more]

Brendan Donahue has been on a helluva run the past five years. [read more]

Michigan CB Will Johnson.

This will make Michigan Men, Jamel Dean haters and weirdos who like ugly blue football pants rejoice. It leaves Joe scratching his head. [read more]

So a young head coach on a Hall of Fame track, Sean McVay, and one of the game’s great general managers, Les Snead, were openly pining today for cornerback Jalen Ramsey to return to their 10-7 Rams football team. [read more]

Firepower!

The Bucs rolled up 29.5 points per game last season and scared the pants off defensive coordinators. [read more]

So Buccaneers Ring of Honor general manager Jason Licht took a break today from ordering junk food to speak to fans via the WFLA-TV studios. [read more]

“You’re reading that correctly, Mr. Glazer.”

Now this got Joe to put down the imported pomegranate juice. [read more]

A delicious plate of Hooters wings and their great salads, sandwiches and shrimp make for a heck of a lunch or dinner! Get it done! Locations are across the Bay area and online ordering is always easy from Joe’s great friends.

Who will play with Antoine Winfield, Jr.?

So for about 30 minutes at the NFL Scouting Combine, Joe hung out with former Tampa Bay quarterback Chris Simms and talked all things Bucs and NFL Draft. [read more]

Boston College DE Donovan Ezeiruaku.

Let’s be real: Joe Tryon-Shoyinka is a bust. [read more]

Chance to play with Haason Reddick has YaYa Diaby smiling.

YaYa Diaby wants opponents to first think of how they are going to stop Calijah Kancey and himself, the way opponents once feared facing the Bucs defense with Simeon Rice and Warren Sapp. [read more]

Likes “Freaks List” defenders.

So Joe is looking for tells in Jason Licht’s drafts. Here’s one a lot of folks overlook. [read more]

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Tight end Devin Culp.

Last year as a rookie, Bucs seventh-round pick tight end Devin Culp was mostly a healthy scratch on game days. Not a surprise.

How often do rookie seventh-round picks who are fourth on the depth chart get to active status, barring a bunch of injuries? [read more]

Bucs OLB YaYa Diaby.

Bucs outside linebacker YaYa Diaby almost sounded like he reads Joe’s emotional diatribes about the need for sacks over pressures. [read more]

Says NextGen Stats is wrong.

A couple of months ago, Joe ran across a stat that just seemed too difficult to believe. [read more]