Lots of love around the national NFL media community for the Buccaneers’ call to sign veteran quarterback Baker Mayfield, and for their execution. [read more]

Joe knows fans see new Buccaneers quarterback Baker Mayfield officially having a $4 million salary plus more than double that total in incentives, and they quickly assume scoring the incentives is a reach, a fat carrot dangled by the team. [read more]

Bucs QB Baker Mayfield.

Very, very interesting piece on why the Bucs decided to roll this year with, of all people, journeyman Baker Mayfield. [read more]

Bucs QB Baker Mayfield.

Wow, Joe didn’t think journeyman Baker Mayfield was this bad. [read more]

Prediction realized.

Call actor Mark Wahlberg a visionary. And yes, this has something to do with the Bucs. [read more]

Bucs GM Jason Licht.

So yesterday, Monday’s news became official. The Bucs secured their best free agent. [read more]

Buccaneers head coach Todd Bowles

So quarterback Baker Mayfield was handed $8.5 million to quarterback the Bucs this season and allegedly compete with third-year man Kyle Trask.

Frankly, that’s a weak quarterback salary and it has Joe wondering whether it came with a handshake and a wink. [read more]

Despite largely keeping a top-10 defense together with the re-signing of Lavonte David, Jamel Dean and their top sacks man off the edge, Anthony Nelson, and signing a real starting quarterback, the Bucs aren’t getting the love from the oddsmakers. [read more]

He’s no Tom Brady, but our beloved Buccaneers now have a real starting quarterback in the house.

And it’s official, the Bucs are not tanking the 2023 season to #CollapseForCaleb. [read more]

Bucs GM Jason Licht.

This is another sign to Joe that the Bucs realized if you aren’t going to have a pass rush, you better have a secondary. [read more]

Returns for 2023.

Updated 3:56 p.m. – How did the Bucs pull this off? [read more]

Will the Buccaneers let their most productive 2022 edge rusher walk out the door?

The answer is, “No!” [read more]

This is sort of funny to Joe. But hey, Joe has a, well, unique sense of humor. [read more]

Starting guard?

Yesterday, Bucs center (guard?) Robert Hainsey made a special guest appearance on the Pat McAfee Show, even though he wasn’t scheduled. [read more]

The Bucs want a free agent veteran quarterback or two and free agent Teddy Bridgewater could fit the mold of what Tampa Bay is seeking on several fronts. [read more]

Bucs GM Jason Licht.

Two weeks ago at the combine, the Bucs believed they would be able to compete in the rotten NFC South and perhaps maybe just win it with a little good fortune. [read more]

Bucs G Aaron Stinnie.

One of the heroes of the 2020 Super Bowl run for the Bucs will be back. [read more]

With starting right guard Shaq Mason now a member of the Texans (sorry, Shaq), the Bucs’ draft board has changed. Here are the current picks — and some pertinent information:

Round 1: No. 19 Overall
Round 2: No. 50
Round 3: No. 82
Round 4: No. 121 (dealt to Jaguars for 2022 picks)
Round 5: No. 153
Round 5: No. 175 (compensatory pick)
Round 6: No. 179 (from Houston in pick No. 230 swap today)
Round 6: No. 181 (from Colts in Grant Stuard trade)
Round 6: No. 186
Round 7: No. 230 (from NY Jets in Steve McLendon trade)
Round 7: No. 252 (compensatory pick)

Bucs receiver Russell Gage.

Joe knows of no team other than the Bucs with a $10 million salary (including incentives) at the No. 3 wide receiver position. But hey, Joe also knows of no other team paying its No. 2 cornerback $13 million per season.

So the Bucs are a unique club. [read more]

Traded!

The Bucs received the NFL’s equivalent of a share-size bag of Twizzlers this morning in their trade of Shaq Mason to the Houston Texans. [read more]

The newest NFC South QB.

Another quarterback signing is in the books for the NFC South, the only NFL division — again — without a coach who has won a playoff game. [read more]