Last Year’s Rookies
July 8th, 2024
Player evaluation.
Bucs AC/DC-loving general manager Jason Licht and most national #NFLMedia look at the same players but see two very different rosters. [read more]
Big-Name Lobbying For Doug Williams
July 8th, 2024
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You don’t get a call from a Hall of Famer every day.
When the voice on the other end identified himself as Mel Blount, I figured it was a prank call. But it was indeed the Steelers legend calling to gather support for a self-described “crusade.” [read more]
As Baker Mayfield Goes, So Do The Bucs
July 8th, 2024
2024 too soon to be the man?
Unlike many other national #NFLMedia stenographers who believe the Bucs won with smoke and mirrors last year and will revert to their pre-Bucco Bruce Arians level of losing, one man is not buying that mindset. [read more]
Starting Fast Isn’t A Cliché
July 8th, 2024
Key stat.
Too many times from 2009-2015, in the early years of The Lost Decade, Joe and most other Bucs fans heard a lot about “starting fast.” [read more]
Refuted Report Of Former Bucs Regime Ordering Players To Hurt Falcons
July 7th, 2024
Former Bucs head coach Greg Schiano.
Division rivalries can be highly charged. [read more]
Back To Bowles Basics With Tykee Smith?
July 7th, 2024
Bucs rookie safety/nickel cornerback Tykee Smith.
One of the more stunning assistant coach comments at One Buc Palace came a little over five years ago. [read more]
Bucs Receivers Not Drawing Defensive Pass Interference Flags
July 7th, 2024
Bucs WRs average at drawing flags.
Joe and the great Sage of Tampa Bay sports, Ira Kaufman, agree on something. [read more]
The Difference Between Bucs’ Evals And #NFLMedia Evals
July 7th, 2024
Studying Bucs’ under-25 players.
When the Bucs look at their roster, they see a young team that has played a lot of snaps and will take the next step this season to make the Bucs a stronger club. [read more]
Prediction: Calijah Kancey To Make Biggest Leap
July 7th, 2024
Bucs fans will smile in 2024, too.
Joe has been typing this for a few weeks. Sometime this month before training camp, Joe will publish a story about second-year defensive tackle Calijah Kancey that will blow your mind. [read more]
Energy Orders For The Defense
July 6th, 2024
So Todd Bowles and his crew not only are good with defensive celebrations, they’re sometimes demanded. [read more]
Cody Mauch’s Grandfather Thinks Bucs Might Be Worse
July 6th, 2024
Farmer Randy Mauch knows a lot, including the intricacies of sugarbeet harvesting and football. [read more]
Was It Scheme Or Was It Personnel?
July 6th, 2024
Benefit of the doubt.
Winning is the greatest perfume. It covers up all sorts of stink. [read more]
If Calijah Kancey And YaYa Diaby Raise Their Games…
July 6th, 2024
Defensive tackle Calijah Kancey.
The Bucs last year were one of the worst teams in the league allowing passing yards (fourth-worst). But if two second-year players take the next step in their development, that alone should help cut down on opponents lighting up the Bucs defense through the air. [read more]
Joe Tryon-Shoyinka Battling For His Bucs Career
July 6th, 2024
Last chance.
The Bucs have sent a very clear, loud, public message to 2021 first-round draft pick Joe Tryon-Shoyinka this offseason. [read more]
Ira Kaufman Talks Tristan Wirfs’ Potential Holdout, Running Backs Usage, Defining Todd Bowles Influence, Weapons Evaluation, And More
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“MVP… MVP… MVP!”
July 5th, 2024
Start of something special?
A paid NFL observer has a hunch Baker Mayfield regresses this year. That’s OK. Mayfield had a career year. Even 10 yards less is a regression. [read more]
Liam Coen Knows How To Score
July 5th, 2024
It’s all about points.
Scoring was an issue for the Bucs last year. For a team with Mike Evans, Chris Godwin and Rachaad White (in the passing game), that just should not have been. [read more]
Bucs Secondary Almost Top-Ten
July 5th, 2024
Capable starter?
If you believe the rumblings of the PFF tribe, the Bucs secondary may be good enough to cover for Zyon McCollum if he struggles in his first season as a full-time starter at corner. [read more]
Fighting Father Time
July 5th, 2024
Stay away!
The Bucs should be good again. Unless Father Time has a different timetable. [read more]
