Bucs coach Todd Bowles.

So there are a lot of unknowns with the Bucs. [read more]

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“I’ll buy you dinner, Kyle.”

Man, Joe is floored by the Jaguars handing middle-of-the-pack quarterback Trevor Lawrence a five-year contract extension at what reports say is $55 million per year plus incentives. [read more]

Todd Bowles

Todd Bowles is no Jack Nicholson, but he can handle the truth. [read more]

Bracing for major test.

OK, let’s get one thing straight: Underwear football is just a tease. It’s not real. Football involves hitting and there is zero hitting in underwear football. [read more]

Rookie RB Bucky Irving.

Joe had to chuckle at this because on face value, it’s funny as heck. [read more]

Real talk.

Hey, it’s underwear football season. It’s summertime. Everything is good. Everyone’s outside having fun. The Bucs are undefeated and every draft pick is going to be dynamite. [read more]

Average, which may be good.

Joe is starting to think six points means more than how far away you throw a touchdown pass. [read more]

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BY IRA KAUFMAN

The close of mandatory minicamp finds the Bucs in a giddy mood. The coaching staff and front office are thrilled to celebrate a rookie Sweet Sixteen, well before the start of training camp. [read more]

Bucs co-owner Bryan Glazer after mingling with fans at a 2012 training camp practice.

So if one is to count NFL night games, one would conclude that the New York Jets are incredibly popular and a team fans can’t get enough of.

The Jets have six night games in the first 11 weeks of this season, a modern NFL record. [read more]

Addresses AWOL Randy Gregory.

In his final news conference before training camp, Bucs coach Todd Bowles had a few words to say about AWOL Bucs team leader and iconic pass rusher Randy Gregory. [read more]

Rookie center Graham Barton, Tampa Bay’s first-round pick.

The Bucs’ first-round pick has very high goals. He’s not looking to just fit in as a rookie. [read more]

Todd Bowles loves, loves, loves smart players.

It’s one reason Joe was surprised cornerback Sean Murphy-Bunting walked in free agency two years ago. Bowles was enamored with the guy’s smarts. [read more]

Baker Mayfield takes a snap during drills Thursday as offensive line coach Kevin Carberry (far right) observes. It was the final minicamp practice of the offseason.

The phrase of the day often tossed out and heard at One Buc Palace this morning was, “Last day of school.” [read more]

Rising newcomer guard/center Ben Bredeson.

Buccaneers’ mandatory minicamp is over. It’s now vacation time for players.

Underwear football season, however, officially ends after the three or four underwear-only practices of training camp in July. [read more]

For those riveted by Bucs edge rusher Randy Gregory skipping the first two days of the team’s mandatory minicamp, here’s a report on Day 3, the third and final session.

Gregory didn’t show up.

It appears it’s a third consecutive day of the absences being “unexcused” by team officials.

Gregory’s fines are expected to top $100,000. No word on the number of damaged hearts at One Buc Palace.