Florida State edge rusher Jared Verse.

Joe is trying not to start hitting up mock drafts for another few days. The longer Joe waits, the better. [read more]

Center Robert Hainsey.

Joe knows some folks just don’t like Bucs center Robert Hainsey. He’s sort of the new Donovan Smith, a popular fan favorite for years among Bucs fans. [read more]

Bucs GM Jason Licht.

Yesterday the Stinking Panthers signed Jadeveon Clowney. No, Joe didn’t think the Bucs would go after him.

The Bucs had multiple chances to sign Clowney over the years and Joe neither heard no read one report or rumor the Bucs were ever talking turkey with the South Carolina product. [read more]

Liam Coen chatter.

One of the fun things to witness when the Bucs begin OTAs, minicamp and then training camp later this summer will be how the Bucs offense grows. [read more]

“Thanks for the cleanup crew, Mr. Glazer. They got Dave Canales’ hair gel off the coaches’ dressing room floor, too.”

You better believe there’s not one living insect within 80 feet of the Buccaneers’ locker room and the players’ sauna is brand spanking new.

That’s Joe’s interpretation of the emphatic message delivered by Team Glazer yesterday. [read more]

Panthers added edge help.

A 9 1/2-sack guy in the 2023 season will be chasing Baker Mayfield this fall in NFC South action. [read more]

Bucs co-owner Joel Glazer.

Listeners of the Brooks and Beckles podcast know that Hall of Fame Buccaneers linebacker Derrick Brooks feels badly in his football heart for Tampa Bay head coach Todd Bowles.

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We live in a world in which some women’s college basketball players earn many tens of thousands of dollars a year in NIL payments. Heck, Caitlin Clark ropes in cash on par with veteran Bucs bone-crushing safety Jordan Whitehead. [read more]

Gone.

Joe finds that a lot of Bucs fans stop in their tracks when Joe says cornerback Carlton Davis missed 16 Bucs games over the past three seasons. [read more]

So how beloved is Baker Mayfield among Buccaneers fans? [read more]

Iowa DB Cooper DeJean.

Bucs AC/DC-loving general manager Jason Licht ought to be drug-tested if the draft falls this way and he makes a total reach of a desperation pick like this. [read more]

Lavonte David in 2012, before the Bucs made him wear clown uniforms.

So yesterday in Orlando, Buccaneers co-owner Joel Glazer took about 13 minutes to meet with Joe and some other media types and the subject of legendary Bucs linebacker Lavonte David arose. [read more]

Breaking down two new corners.

The Bucs will have at least two new corners this fall. And it doesn’t sound like either will start. [read more]

Doesn’t care about perception.

By the slim chance this may have skimmed past your noggin the past month, folks in the higher reaches of One Buc Palace are a little miffed that those who cover the NFL for a career are once again dismissing the Bucs. [read more]

Will he emerge?

Look, no one is a bigger fan of Bucs legend Lavonte David like Joe. For years Joe has been banging the drum for David that he’s the most underrated defender in the game..,. [read more]

“Mike, even Team Glazer didn’t get it. “

Joe picked the Bucs to win eight or nine game last season. It was a split decision in the executive chamber at JoeBucsFan.com world headquarters. [read more]

Team Glazer member Joel Glazer.

So is Baker Mayfield “The Guy?”

Joe sort of asked Buccaneers co-owner Joel Glazer that today at the NFL Owners Meetings in Orlando. [read more]

Returner/receiver/runner Deven Thompkins.

All signs point to change for the Bucs at the returner position manned by receiver/returner Deven Thompkins last season. [read more]

It’s a strong draft for running backs and Joe will combine that fact with what seemed like a slip of tongue from Buccaneers Ring of Honor general manager Jason Licht this morning. [read more]

Joe got the state of the Joe Tryon-Shoyinka address today from head coach Todd Bowles.

And it was impressive and passionate. [read more]