Former Bucs safety Dashon “Hawk” Goldson had kind words for Bucs fans on his way out the door.

Joe knows there are plenty of anti-Hawk Goldson types because he wasn’t able to play to the level he did when he made his bones with the 49ers.

That’s fair. [read more]

Football junkies like Joe absolutely must grab a cold beer and dive into former Bucs defensive end Steve White’s detailed breakdown of University of Miami manbeast left tackle Erick Flowers for SBNation.com. [read more]

The Bucs’ newest safety will compete

Now that the Bucs have released Dashon “Hawk” Goldson from his Tampa Bay perch, their safety position appears more wide open than ever. [read more]

Bucs safety Dashon “Hawk” Goldson was traded to the Redskins today.

Hawk Goldson has flown away.

The Bucs’ hard-hitting, flag-drawing safety was traded this morning to the Redskins along with a seventh round pick to the Redskins. In return, the Bucs got a sixth round draft pick in 2016. [read more]

Want to know how much the Bucs defense under Lovie Smith changed the team? Look no further than stud linebacker Lavonte David’s stats.

While playing for commander Greg Schiano, David, with scant pressure coming from the defensive line, was used as a weapon. [read more]

Team Glazer talks to Joe about Lovie Smith

Remember when Alterraun Verner hopped on NFL Network five weeks ago and explained how stunned he was by Lovie Smith being an uplifting force on a very bad football team? [read more]

Winston’s teammates open up

Crab-legs-stealing, BB-gun-shooting, obscenity-hollering, Heisman-Trophy-winning, former national champion Jameis Winston, the pride of Florida State University, continues to look like a much better quarterback prospect than Mike Glennon.

It’s Joe’s daily nugget on the Jameis Watch, celebrating the best quarterback ever to wear No. 5 in the state of Florida. [read more]

An ESPN analyst tees off on the Bucs not (yet) addressing the porous offensive line.

Lost in the hoopla over Tuesday’s coronation of Jameis Winston — if you think Joe and other media are covering Winston too much, Joe is going to guess you will have a very difficult adjustment the next few months — is Bucs’ the offensive line stinks. [read more]

Tampa Bay lost out on defensive end Trent Cole in free agency and was runner up for Greg Hardy.

But that doesn’t mean the Bucs quit searching to end their edge rush woes. [read more]

Former Buccaneers franchise quarterback, leaky, sleepy Josh Freeman, appears to have a new team, the Miami Dolphins. [read more]

It should be clear to everyone who has studied Jameis Winston this week, and through the past couple of years, that the guy is a leader.

He can’t help it. [read more]

You know the start of training camp is inching closer when the Bucs announce all of their offseason practice dates.

The NFL released each team’s schedule today. [read more]

OK, for the fraction of Joe’s readers pounding the drum about when the Bucs can sign Winston and why don’t they get him into One Buc Palace as soon as possible, Joe has your answers.

The Bucs could begin negotiations with Winston now, but there is no (smart) rationale to do so. [read more]