Wide receiver Deven Thompkins.

How bout that backyard football catch Sunday by Deven Thompkins! It was the first touchdown of his career (video below), but he got a scolding from coaches because of it. [read more]

General manager Jason Licht and head coach Todd Bowles are crafty, intelligent men prone to painting pictures of Buccaneers reality that don’t include every color, shade and nuance. [read more]

Sneak was freed.

Sunday’s 2023 debut of running back Ke’Shawn “Sneak” Vaughn presumably was because he’s a good football player and had jumped undrafted rookie Sean Tucker on the depth chart.

That may not be the whole truth. [read more]

Bucs GM Jason Licht on QB Baker Mayfield.

It seems Bucs AC/DC-loving general manager Jason Licht knew Bucs quarterback Baker Mayfield was a guy’s guy before the rest of us learned Mayfield got a woody on the football field over a play developing. [read more]

Admits mistake.

Well, it wasn’t exactly an “Ohio Herb” moment. But it was a mea culpa from a prominent chronicler of the NFL who predicted the Bucs would be horrific this year. [read more]

Hitting like Tony Gwynn.

Now these draft stats are something Joe had no clue about. And they are mindblowing. [read more]

Still involved.

Really cool insight into offensive line play, team building and how the Bucs have rebuilt the line from none other than the architect himself. [read more]

Potent on third downs.

This shocked Joe. And not many things do when it comes to football. [read more]

Leader.

Prickly Pete Prisco is kicking himself for this. [read more]

The original version of Chris Godwin mic’d up Sunday is quite different from the one re-published minutes ago on YouTube, via the official Tampa Bay Buccaneers account. [read more]

It’s best to pay attention when six-time Pro Bowler Gerald McCoy, the retired Bucs defensive tackle, talks about the Buccaneers.

McCoy has close friends in the Tampa Bay locker room and a keen understanding of all things Bucs. [read more]

Joe loves the low key anger rumbling through a segment of the Buccaneers roster. [read more]

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NFL history shows it’s hard to have a crappy record with a top-10 defense in the category of points allowed. [read more]

No. 1 tight end Cade Otton

When Joe thinks of things the Bucs might do before the Halloween trade deadline to enhance the roster for a Super Bowl run, Joe thinks of tight end — immediately after running back help. [read more]

Reflects on week off.

When a team gets a bye is pretty damn important. [read more]

Update.

Joe has noticed in the comments on this here website a growing frustration over the absence of first-round pick, defensive tackle Calijah Kancey. [read more]

The word from longtime ESPN NFL reporter Jeremy Fowler is that Mike Evans is heading to the MRI chamber for a look at the hamstring he pulled/tweaked Sunday in New Orleans.

There was speculation after the game that Evans only had a mild injury, and Fowler echoed that this morning on X.

The bye week landed at just the right time for Evans, who is more than one-third of the way to his 10th consecutive 1,000-yard season with 14 games remaining.

“Hey, Schefter, what do you think?”

One of the rare preseason Bucs believers in the national media, a big-name former Buccaneer, emphsized yesterday that Baker Mayfield’s hot start is not a fluke and maybe not even special. [read more]

Reflection pays off.

One thing Bucs fans likely have noticed by now, certainly they saw it in the win over the slimy Saints, is Bucs offensive coordinator Dave Canales uses a lot of different plays. [read more]