Baker Mayfield beams Wednesday in the wake of his new extension.

It seemed easy to connect the dots as Adam Schefter seemed to do. [read more]

Same as he always was.

Hey, when a guy suddenly has (potentially) $165 million dropped in his lap, it is a life-changer and perhaps an attitude-changer. [read more]

Everyone at One Buc Palace, it seems, has been wowed by how rookie inside linebacker Josiah Trotter opened eyes in practice with physical play and a dawg mentality.

Baker Mayfield even called Trotter an as*hole recently. [read more]

The first official Bucs injury report of the 2026 season is in. Same for the Bengals, Sunday’s opening day opponent.

Cincinnati has everyone practicing fully. The Bucs do not.

Bucs running back Sean Tucker’s injury is no longer a mystery. It’s a hamstring. Joe wants to puke after assuming Tucker, a quality player, got hurt in the final preseason game, a worthless affair.

Hey, Jason Licht, are you expecting a big Sunday in Cincinnati from your first-round draft pick? [read more]

Buccaneers co-owner and Raise The Flags star Ed Glazer.

Team Glazer strikes again. [read more]

After the pomp and circumstance of the upcoming Baker Mayfield-Jason Licht news conference will come the real intriguging news of the day. [read more]

The Zyon McCollum experience has hit Year 5. [read more]

Flash poll posted at 12:02 p.m. Poll closed at 1:19 p.m.

NFL analytics queen Cynthia Frelund.

Joe loves NFL data queen Cynthia Frelund’s work on her own podcast versus her data synthesis for NFL Network. [read more]

“He didn’t touch the brisket, Bryan.”

So Buccaneers co-owner Joel Glazer showed up at training camp last month and, magically, a Vita Vea raise and contract extension was sealed hours later. [read more]

Ohio warrior.

Baker Mayfield is very confident when it comes to marching into the Bengals’ home turf in downtown Cincinnati on Sunday and delivering a strong game. [read more]

Screenshot courtesy of CBS Sports HQ.

Based on annual value, Team Glazer backed up its love for Baker Mayfield with one of the richest contracts for any quarterback. [read more]

Getting paid.

A few days ago, other than Jason Licht saying during the broadcast of the final worthless preseason game of the summer on WFLA-TV Channel 8 that he was “very confident” a deal with Baker Mayfield could be worked out, it was mostly crickets about the two parties working behind the scenes. [read more]

Reason to smile.

Last night Joe noticed Tristan Wirfs, Luke Goedeke, Jalen McMillan and Ko Kieft took to social media to celebrate how Baker Mayfield is locked in as your Bucs starting quarterback through 2029. [read more]

He’s no Trent Dilfer!

Joe didn’t know Baker Mayfield is close to reaching heights of Bucs franchise history known only by Trent Dilfer. [read more]

New Bucs sideline reporter.

Corrected: After a three-game trial during the worthless preseason, the Buccaneers Radio Network found a new sideline reporter. [read more]

Even one of Todd Bowles’ ardent defenders says he’s on a hot seat.

Did it just get hotter? [read more]

Time to list a few stupid things that were written and said often about Baker Mayfield and his motivation and Bucs contract negotiations over the past several months. [read more]