Would you trade Da’Quan Bowers for Henry Melton?

Your Tampa Bay Buccaneers just did. [read more]

A nugget of sadness came yesterday via the release of players who will attend the NFL’s brand new veteran free agent scouting combine, which will be held in Arizona a week from this weekend. [read more]

Justice was served when the Buccaneers cut ghastly and ghostly defensive end Michael Johnson yesterday.

That wise move spared Joe countless offseason hours of counseling and wearing a padded helmet. [read more]

Relax.

It’s been a long time since Joe has seen Bucs fans freak out on Twitter when it wasn’t after yet another loss.

But they were freaking out  last night on what could be classified as a loss. [read more]

The Bucs have no need for Adrian Peterson.

This totally came out of the blue last night. Within minutes of each other,  two folks Twittered Joe questions about Adrian Peterson and the Bucs.

Joe doesn’t believe in coincidences. So this must be a growing trend of the day, so Joe will try to get a head of it. [read more]

[UPDATED] Joe’s excitement for a young, healthy, quality offensive lineman was extinguished tonight when Joe learned about 9 p.m. that free agent visitor Stefen Wisniewski left Tampa without a contract.

To make matters worse, Joe was first to break the news on Twitter. [read more]

The build-the-defense-from-the-back Greg Schiano philosophy is now ancient history. [read more]

Lovie Smith is reuniting the band. [read more]

It looks like the Bucs have a new starting strongside linebacker. [read more]

Literally minutes after ghostly and ghastly Michael Johnson was cut today by the Buccaneers, captain Gerald McCoy took to Twitter. [read more]

Joe officially and happily can confirm the sanity of the Buccaneers front office, because it would have been downright insane to keep ghostly and ghastly defensive end Michael Johnson on the roster.

Joe was flabbergasted that some fans thought a low-effort guy like Johnson would be somehow wise to retain. [read more]

Michael Johnson earned every bit of his ghost label

Michael Johnson was ghastly and ghostly, as invisible a player that’s ever signed a huge free agent contract for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

Johnson played about five good quarters of football last season, earning “the apparition” nickname and causing Bucs fans to bang their collective heads against available slabs of concrete. [read more]

Rick Stroud of the Tampa Bay Times reports ghostly Michael Johnson will be released this afternoon.

You want to know why Bucs general manager Jaosn Licht was gun-shy in free agency yesterday? Here is why: two of the three big-named free agents were wiped off the Bucs’ roster. Quarterback Josh McCown and left tackle Anthony Collins.

Now add another member to complete the terrible troika. [read more]