Among NFL’s best.

You know, Joe didn’t need to be told that Bucs All-Pro safety Antoine Winfield, the highest-paid defensive back in the league, is a ball hawk. [read more]

A big money memory on this big-money day.

So it’s been 11 years since the Bucs handed out a contract like they did today that made a player the highest paid defensive back in NFL history. [read more]

Hit the lottery.

Antoine Winfield is now a very rich young man. [read more]

Cleared Hurdle No. 1.

After poring over dozens of hours of college game film of Tampa Bay’s tryout players over the weekend, even letting a platter of Hooters Buffalo Shrimp get cold, Joe picked one guy to write about.

And now he has a contract. [read more]

Erase the Bucs playing on NFL “Opening Night” against the defending Super Bowl champion Chiefs in Kansas City. [read more]

NFL coaches like to say at least 30 percent of their roster will change with each new season, assuming the regime isn’t new to the team. [read more]

Being “loud and vocal.”

OK, Joe knows one thing about Graham Barton as an NFL player even though he’s only been through two open rookie minicamp underwear football practices. [read more]

Two members of Team Glazer, the Buccaneers’ ownership group.

Led by receipt-keeping Buccaneers Ring of Honor general manager Jason Licht, the Bucs are feeding on the lack of respect the team is getting nationally.

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More receivers needed?

The NFL calendar never really slows down except for the five or six weeks after June minicamp until the start of training camp. [read more]

Bucs DB Tykee Smith.

Yeah, Joe knows a bunch of fans are trying to pick the sleeper in the Bucs’ draft last month. It’s fun to try to project how players develop. [read more]

Rookie tight end Devin Culp.

Yes, Joe knows Bucs seventh-round draft pick Devin Culp is a long shot to stay with the team. But he has a trait that just may keep him in Tampa Bay when the 2024 season kicks off in four months. [read more]

“The data says offensive line, Mr. Glazer.”

So Buccaneers Ring of Honor general manager Jason Licht drafted a center/guard in Round 1 of the NFL Draft.

Unnecessary? Maybe. Foolish? Doubtful. In line with an emerging league trend? Apparently. [read more]

Vita Vea

Devin White isn’t going to like this. [read more]

Bucs new center (?) talks new OLB.

So yesterday, for reasons he detailed in the practice notes, was the first rookie minicamp practice Joe witnessed this spring. [read more]

Perhaps you’ve seen the ads online for Bucs tickets starting at $65 per game. [read more]

Football comes first.

Joe remembers graduating college, already working maybe three or four weeks before graduation. Joe had no intention of going to graduation but got roped into it by family members. [read more]

Bucs UDFA LB Kalen DeLoach.

Yeah, you’ve heard this story before. Long-shot propsect will do whatever the team wants him to do in return for a roster spot.

But this has a cool twist. [read more]