It seems when Buccaneers Ring of Honor general manager Jason Licht said at the NFL Scouting Combine that second-year edge rusher Chris Braswell will “shock” people this season, he wasn’t widely believed. [read more]

Flash poll posted at 7:44 a.m. Flash poll closed at 8:55 a.m.

The chorus continues. [read more]

“Look, Glazer, stop asking about the redacted lines.”

The picks are in and Team Glazer has them.
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(This is a repost of a published article Joe runs as an annual tradition for the morning of the first night of the NFL draft.)

Joe’s going to go slightly personal here, a rare, albeit tiny window into Joe’s background on this holiest of high football holidays. [read more]

NFL Network draft analyst Daniel Jeremiah.

It’s very interesting to Joe that respected insiders who Joe knows talk to the right people at One Buc Palace have built a case for the Bucs picking a wide receiver at No. 19 within 36 hours of the draft commencing in Green Bay. [read more]

Bucs GM Jason Licht

Do the Bucs want to blow the minds of their fan base and become a greater Super Bowl contender?

Or, well, Jamel Dean. [read more]

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]