Outmaneuvered star player.

Now Joe doesn’t want to type something like how Bucs AC/DC-loving general manager Jason Licht got over on Mike Evans. It’s not like the two are adversaries. [read more]

Can he get nine sacks?

On a nice, sunny Sunday afternoon when the Gulf of Mexico or cold beers at Hooters are trying to lure Joe out of his lair, unlike most normal Tampa Bay area residents, Joe stays indoors and does research on the Bucs.

Hey, it’s what Joe does! [read more]

Poor ranking.

Rachaad White may be the second-best running back to catch passes in the NFL behind Christian McCaffery. [read more]

Bucs GM Jason Licht.

The phrasing from this insider really intrigued Joe because he’s been a confidant of Buccaneers Ring of Honor general manager Jason Licht. [read more]

Feed him screen passes.

Joe is a huge believer that if a team is having success with something, then it should keep going to that well over and over until a defense proves it can stop it. [read more]

Joe climbed the roof of One Buc Palace and started bugling when Tampa Bay’s safeties unit got the best-in-the-NFL label from a former coach and personnel executive who crowned them as such two weeks ago. [read more]

Podcast appearance.

Really cool podcast sitdown Bucs defensive lineman Will Gholston had late last month. [read more]

Bucs ILB K.J. Britt.

After Tuesday’s underwear football practice, Bucs coach Todd Bowles said inside linebacker K.J. Britt never truly struggled in pass coverage. [read more]

Bucs rookie RB Bucky Irving.

Joe landed in a heated conversation with a Bucs fan recently about rookie running back Bucky Irving out of the University of Oregon.

Tampa Bay drafted him in Round 4. [read more]

Average moving the chains.

When the Bucs keep it on the ground on third downs, it’s just about a flip of the coin if they succeed or fail to move the chains. [read more]

Free agent in 2025.

Since the day he was drafted in 2017, Chris Godwin has sort of played in the shadow of Mike Evans. Still, year after year, Godwin produced. [read more]

Prediction.

Bucs running back Rachaad White made it crystal clear. He will break a Bucs drought this fall. [read more]

“Look, Glazer, they love me out there.”

Joe loves hardcore draft analysts that don’t slap grades on their analysis in the aftermath of the NFL’s April extravaganza.

Joe much prefers a reasoned look. [read more]

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Todd Bowles is watching.

Sometimes, you can tell an older defensive coach like Todd Bowles gets real tired real fast of underwear football. [read more]

Working to stay on the field.

The last time Jamel Dean was seen in a game situation was when he was carted off the carpet of Ford Field in the fourth quarter of the divisional round contest between the Bucs and the Lions. [read more]

“You down, Mike?”

Buccaneers Ring of Honor general manager Jason Licht might have to start a new file. [read more]