Bucs special teams coach Thomas McGaughey.

Maybe this will improve with the new kick return rules. [read more]

So a question was posed to Bucs inside linebacker K.J. Britt on radio that led off with, ‘You probably don’t talk to him a lot, but what do you see when you see Baker Mayfield?’

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Heavy-hitter company.

If Mike Evans has a prolific year, not only should he crush any doubt he will be in the Pro Football Hall of Fame, he may become a first-ballot Hall of Famer. [read more]

Those at One Buc Palace who keep score when it comes to lack of respect from big-name national analysts will be searching for their Sharpies and screenshots on this one. [read more]

BY IRA KAUFMAN

Say hello to a man of leisure.

Bruce Arians returned to town this week for his induction into the Tampa Bay Sports Club Hall of Fame. Accompanied by his wife, Christine, the coach who guided the 2020 Bucs to a Super Bowl victory looked healthy, relaxed and quite bullish about Tampa Bay’s fortunes this fall.

“If they stay healthy, this is going to be a really good football team,” Arians said. “Jason (Licht) and the guys did a great job adding the right pieces, putting more and more quality out there. I’m really excited. I stay away on purpose because the year I didn’t, I was around too damn much.” [read more]

More scoring in first quarter, please.

If the Bucs can reverse this, they should be playoff-bound for the fifth straight season (an unthinkable feat just six years ago). [read more]

This seems strange to Joe. [read more]

Former Bucs RB Mike James (center) is recalled.

Somewhere, former Bucs running back Mike James is smiling. [read more]

Deserved new contract.

So the Bucs’ signing of veteran receiver Sterling Shepard this week was, in small part, thanks to the fishing of the Tampa Bay quarterback. [read more]

Bucs OLB Joe Tryon-Shoyina.

Joe will keep harping on this until or unless the Bucs resolve it. [read more]

Consistently good, too.

Fans marvel at the consistency of future Hall of Fame Bucs wide receiver Mike Evans, and he sort of has overshadowed another receiver who is on a helluva streak of consistency himself. [read more]

Better than you may think.

Look, Joe has been real when he calling Rachaad White an elite pass catcher out of the backfield. He is exceptional. [read more]

Ten — yes, 10 — Buccaneers spring practices are in the books.

Media got to watch three of them. [read more]

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Had to do it.

If one is to believe receivers make a quarterback — Joe finds that preposterous — then this was a no-brainer of no-brainers. [read more]

Bucs QB Baker Mayfield.

It seems one national NFL analyst has no real issue with Bucs quarterback Baker Mayfield. [read more]