Mystery.

So in reading a State of the Bucs from NFL.com, it seems the thought for some is that MIA edge rusher Randy Gregory will start for the Bucs. [read more]

Forcing punts is good.

You know, if defensive coaches emphasized getting off the field on third downs as much as they stress takeaways, a team might win a couple of more games a year. [read more]

Unless it’s a gift, or perhaps $10 or $20 just for fun, fans won’t catch Joe wagering on any form of a team’s season win total before late August.

Too much can go wrong — or right — before then. [read more]

One of Todd Bowles’ mentors dropped an interesting nugget last week. [read more]

Winning. (A Tampa Bay Buccaneers photo.)

They’re out there. They’re hard to find. But they’re out there. [read more]

Can Liam Coen reverse trend?

Former NFL suit Michael Lombardi harps on this during the season and it seems the stats back him up. [read more]

More touchdowns, please.

At first these stats didn’t add up. But then Joe did more digging and may have found the culprit. [read more]

Gerald McCoy

Six-time Pro Bowl defensive tackle Gerald McCoy, the retired Buccaneer, was all jacked up this week like Joe hasn’t heard him in a long time. [read more]

Potential steal?

Scrolling through stat geeky numbers last night, Joe found something to smile about. [read more]

Pay him now?

Many Bucs fans have been grumbling for weeks, maybe months, that the Bucs need to re-up left tackle Tristan Wirfs. [read more]

So when former Bucs receiver Deven Thompkins’ messy marriage came to light on social media, Joe passed on sharing anything here because it was a bunch of ugly allegations that didn’t seem to generate a call to police. [read more]

Live analytics help.

If Bucco Bruce Arians was a quarterback whisperer, then it seems Todd Bowles has a whisperer, too. And she’s in Bowles’ ear on Sundays. [read more]

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Ex-Bucs GM Mark Dominik weighs in.

Yes, the growing Falcons bandwagon includes former Bucs rock star general manager Mark Dominik. [read more]

Rachaad White, in past years, has talked about wanting to run routes as a receiver and be more like Le’Veon Bell in his prime when it comes to his usage.

So Joe thought White not going there was noteworthy. [read more]

How shaky?

There are two members of the Bucs for whom it’s going to take at least another year of winning before folks get off their backs. [read more]