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Last year, the Bucs validated every lousy Lovie Smith wannabe out there. [read more]

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New Bucs receiver Sterling Shepard.

As soon as new Bucs receiver Sterling Shepard started making bold statements about Baker Mayfield today, Joe began thinking about whom Shepard might be comparing to Mayfield. [read more]

Yeah, despite the public implications, the Bucs are running a very different offense this season than what was cooked up under playcaller Dave Canales in 2023. [read more]

Solving opening-drive riddle.

Perhaps the Bucs could figure out a way to score a touchdown on an opening possession. Or maybe just score more points? [read more]

Yeah, yeah, the Bucs had an underwear football practice today known as mandatory minicamp Day 1.

Joe’s much more interested in what’s been going on behind the scenes during many weeks of spring sessions known as OTAs. [read more]

Joe predicts it will be this year or next when the NFL decides it no longer will lie to fans about players’ heights and weights.

What will spark the change? No, not a hunger to be truthful to young, impressionable fans, it will be the gambling forces the league embraces. [read more]

Missing person at Bucs mandatory mincamp today. (A Rock Riley photo)

Without a quarterback competition, perhaps the most interesting happening at a Day 1 minicamp is taking attendance.

Why? Because it’s mandatory under players union rules. [read more]

Haters gonna hate.

Don’t come at Joe with your hate. The numbers don’t lie. [read more]

Look at the scoreboard.

Yeah, points are important, the most important element in football. Score more  thanyour opponent and you win. Case closed. [read more]

Joe could pretend the Bucs getting disrespected by many national media outlets this offseason is bad luck or some form of looking down on all things Tampa.

But that would be lazy and far too easy. The answers lie inside and outside of One Buc Palace. [read more]

Stunning revelation.

There’s old school, and then there’s really old school.

A guy on the Bucs defense qualifies as the latter. [read more]

Bucs offensive coordinator Liam Coen.

A rare situation is brewing in the NFC South. [read more]

So Rob Gronkowski’s growing business interests and residency roots in the Tampa Bay area are serious. [read more]

Ugly stat.

If stat guys can see this and Joe can, then why couldn’t the Bucs? [read more]

Bucs coach Todd Bowles.

The Bucs are pretty much bringing back the same team that came within a few plays of an NFC title game. For that, they have been demoted. [read more]

Impressive stats.

UPDATED: One reason — it wasn’t the main reason — that “this Joe” was not down with the Bucs flipping Tristan Wirfs from right tackle to left last season was Wirfs’ legacy. [read more]