Joe’s been listening to his trusty audio recorder this morning, searching for nuggets to share from Bucs spring practices.

One telling tidbit comes from the Muscle Hamster. [read more]

Busted again.

Yes, when Joe was in college, he enjoyed a beer now and then (ahem). And on occasions, perhaps a cocktail or two. This may come as a shock to some readers.

But Joe also knew he was in college for a reason; paying tuition out of his own wallet for a reason. And it wasn’t to be a lush. Joe was there to get an education and improve his life and hopefully set himself up in a field that he wanted to make a living in.

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Warning: these stats may cause outrage.

Though Joe likes to needle the numbers crunchers at Pro Football Focus as “nerds,” for trying to turn everything into a statistic, Joe must give them credit. They have done exhaustive work in a series breaking down quarterbacks to help fans get through the annual NFL summer siesta.

Now, Steve Palazzolo has offered detail analysis of Bucs backup quarterback Mike Glennon. [read more]

A national television audience listened tonight to the leader of the New Schiano Order get painted as a maniac who many Buccaneers couldn’t deal with.

Adding to the intrigue was that the comment came from a Tampa Bay player not named Freeman who was a strong supporter of Schiano. [read more]

Joe’s really not sure whether to feel sorry for former Bucs safety Tanard Jackson or just consider him a foolish, foolish man.

Regardless, Jackson has been suspended for the fourth time by the NFL. [read more]

The trio of Tampa Bay safeties who played nearly all the snaps early last season, Dashon Goldson, Mark Barron and Ahmad Black, didn’t get much accomplished outside of racking up fines and penalties.

Black was so bad he got cut in October and never found another team. Now he appears to be a typical carefree 24-year-old busy taking selfies and posting them on Twitter. [read more]

Anyone now predicting what Jeff Tedford’s offense will look like is simply throwing darts.

Joe has heard this so often, it’s become cliche. You know, like the term “physical defense.” What, a coach wants a lame, weak defense? Please.

The term “balanced offense” is at the same level of empty words. What coach doesn’t want a balanced offense, outside of Father Dungy? [read more]

On the heels of Gerald McCoy, the Bucs have the best tandem of defensive tackles in the NFC South, explains Scott Smith of Buccaneers.com.

Yes Bucs fans, it is now 16 days before training camp begins. Joe can almost smell the sweat in the heavy Florida summer air and hear the cracking of pads.

Until that horn blows to signal the start of the first practice, you will read all sorts of different previews — in a lot of different places — from all sorts sources. It’s part of how the NFL wakes up from its summer siesta. [read more]

Josh McCown offered a take on being a backup

Joe has spent plenty of time studying all things Josh McCown. And why not? He is the quarterback handpicked to lead the Bucs to the promised land, so of course Joe needs to know everything he can about the man.

In 2011, McCown was looking to get back into the NFL and signed on with San Francisco, where he essentially was post-lockout, training-camp meat for Jim Harbaugh. (That was before Lovie Smith cut McCown after the 2012 preseason.) [read more]

Phil Simms is already pimping the 2014 Bucs

You can tell former Super Bowl-winning quarterback Phil Simms played for Tuna Parcells. There isn’t a question he won’t answer and never will you get a BS answer.

Simms speaks straight from the heart (and head) and he doesn’t give a damn whether he makes friends with his comments or not. Like the time he outraged the Mike Glennon Mob this spring when he told a SiriusXM NFL Radio audience he would very much like to trade for Mike Glennon if he was a NFL general manager, but only as a backup. [read more]

Butch Davis alleges the lone reason the Bucs drafted Mark Barron was to stop Saints TE Jimmy Graham. Thus far, Graham has the decided edge in that duel.

Joe is well aware a lot of Bucs fans are not exactly sleeping at night while wearing Mark Barron jerseys. The third-year safety has been a steady player since being selected seventh overall in the 2013 draft.

Barron has been OK thus far. He’s pretty good against the run. He can deliver a ferocious hit at times (just ask RGIII). As a pass defender, well, let’s just say Barron needs polishing. [read more]

One of the sickening moments of 2013 just got a little sicker

It’s the time of year when Joe has time to drink beer and listen to lengthy interviews of backup quarterbacks on teams based outside Tampa Bay.

Yes, Joe cracked a cold one and listened to former Bucs QB Dan Orlovsky talk to Ross Tucker about a variety of NFL topics recently. [read more]

The Bucs remain bullish on Rashaan Melvin

Yesterday, Joe typed about who he deems “The Forgotten Cornerback,” second-year man Rashaan Melvin, the pride of Northern Illinois. Last year, the undrafted free agent opened up eyes at One Buc Palace and high-ranking members of the Bucs were giddy about his ceiling.

Last offseason, there was no player that Joe received more unsolicited texts about from Bucs sources than Melvin. The New Schiano Order had high hopes. [read more]

It sure sounded like former Bucs rock star general manager Mark Dominik is lobbying to be commissioner of a new NFL developmental league.

Speaking last night on SiriuxXM NFL Radio along with co-host Howard Balzer, Dominik made a powerful case for a “March, April” league that would give potential NFL players and bottom-of-the-roster talent some experience and top coaching. [read more]

Just how toxic, rancid and dysfunctional was the Buccaneers’ house last year?

One prominent Tampa Bay player painted a picture that made Joe want to vomit. [read more]