The strength of the Buccaneers remains its receiving corps. [read more]

Time to kick up the juice.

The Bucs had fun with the Team Glazer Platinum Card the past few years. [read more]

Driving Baker Mayfield bus.

Joe understands those who continue to live out their 1960s high school legacies when they played in a wishbone offense — and their Marines veteran coach who served on Tarawa preached no player is above the team — will gag when they read the following. [read more]

Former Dallas RB Ezekiel Elliott.

Joe doesn’t see it happening, but a self-righteous NFL stenographer for the four-letter seems to think differently. [read more]

Sean McVay influence?

Joe can’t believe he hadn’t put together the math on this. [read more]

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“Mr. Glazer, Peter King doesn’t know what he’s talking about. And as you know, we only use duct tape and glue sticks at One Buc.”

The big-name NFL insider who picked the Saints to be the NFC’s No. 1 seed last season continues to be negative about the Bucs’ prospects with quarterback Baker Mayfield. [read more]

Head coach Todd Bowles.

It’s March and Joe already is hearing more than a passing whisper of talk that Todd Bowles is on the proverbial head coaching hot seat. [read more]

Bucs receiver Mike Evans.

When it comes to the Kyle Trask-Baker Mayfield competition, Joe leans toward Bucs power brokers wanting Mayfield to have the job and that the competition is “alleged” more than it is real. [read more]

Don’t blame her.

While some folks believe the beginning of the end of the Tom Brady Era was when Cooper Kupp caught a bomb in the final seconds of a home loss to the Rams in the 2021 playoffs, others point to Brady’s then-wife, the supermodel Gisele Bündchen. [read more]

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It was just about this time a year ago when Bucs co-chairman Joel Glazer announced Bruce Arians as the 14th member of the franchise’s Ring of Honor.

All eyes are now on No. 15. There’s no shortage of worthy nominees. [read more]

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Bucs QB Baker Mayfield.

Joe thinks it is fair to suggest this season will be Baker Mayfield’s last chance to demonstrate he’s a quality starting quarterback. [read more]

Bucs OL Luke Goedeke.

Last year wasn’t the greatest rookie season for left guard Luke Goedeke. [read more]

Rebound season?

In some ways, the past three years were a long bender for Bucs fans. [read more]

Bucs GM Jason Licht.

Yeah, playoffs chatter in late March is way premature. But one national NFL stenographer doesn’t believe Bucs AC/DC-loving general manager Jason Licht is crazy. [read more]

Bucs QB Baker Mayfield.

If Baker Mayfield is ever going to see his goal reached as the No. 1 overall pick in the 2018 draft, it will be with the Bucs. [read more]

Former Bucs running back Ronald Jones, a 25-year-old with two Super Bowl rings, will be tasked with filling the shoes of Ezekiel Elliott in Dallas. [read more]

Kyle Trask

Nobody outside One Buc Palace knows much about Kyle Trask as a professional quarterback, but Clyde Christensen may have revealed a bit today at his University of North Carolina news conference. [read more]

“Kyle, you’re going to have to fight this cat from Day 1.”

Buccaneers quarterback Baker Mayfield made a visit to NFL Network this week and Joe was watching, of course. [read more]

Bucs QB Baker Mayfield.

One interesting element to the Kyle Trask-Baker Mayfield competition is how Trask has been described as a deliberate learner (euphemism for slow?) and Mayfield is a proven fast learner. [read more]