April 4th, 2023
What? You didn’t listen yet to the latest The Rock Stops Here podcast?
Joe is a regular listener and host Rock Riley and Joe were the only two Tampa Bay area media members at the recent NFL Annual Meeting in Phoenix. [read more]
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April 4th, 2023

Oklahoma guard Chris Murray.
This is a bit interesting. [read more]
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April 4th, 2023

“Bruh, that’s cold.”
Usually, the Tom Brady Effect refers to how Brady’s presence and work ethic raised the games of coaches, players, executives and literally everyone in the organization.
And Bucs officials say that Brady Effect will live on in various ways through future Tampa Bay seasons. But what if that’s nonsense? [read more]
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April 4th, 2023

“Jason, those players won’t do me a lick of good if I’m not here.”
There was a weekend discussion on NFL Network about how head coach Todd Bowles plans to approach his first Bucs season in the post-Tom Brady era. [read more]
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April 4th, 2023

Bucs QB Baker Mayfield.
We’ve heard this one before. Bucs fans can only hope to have similar results. [read more]
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April 4th, 2023

Bucs GM Jason Licht.
Success breeds confidence.
That was a topic Joe hit general manager Jason Licht with during a chat under the sunny Phoenix skies last week. [read more]
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April 4th, 2023

Bucs GM Jason Licht.
Joe is not usually a trade-down kind of guy. If you want a guy, go get him, don’t invite disaster by waiting. [read more]
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April 4th, 2023

Team Glazer
Patience can be elusive among NFL fans, and certainly among Bucs fans. [read more]
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April 3rd, 2023

Penn State safety Ji’Ayir Brown.
This guy sort of sounds like the second coming of Antoine Winfield. [read more]
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April 3rd, 2023

“Nothing, crusty, old school or predictable about this guy, Jason. Dennis Allen will have night sweats.”
Joe already shared the declaration, “I love Russell Gage,” from new Buccaneers offensive coordinator Dave Canales.
Turns out it was part of his overall sales pitch from Day 1 at One Buc Palace. [read more]
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April 3rd, 2023

Buccaneers co-chairman Joel Glazer.
Joe doesn’t try to pull teeth from Team Glazer to get their stance on various ownership issues at the NFL Annual Meeting (nee: owners meetings) because, those issues are usually boring as hell. [read more]
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April 3rd, 2023

Bucs coach Todd Bowles.
The horse is out of the barn. But yeah, in theory, this makes sense. [read more]
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April 3rd, 2023

Todd Bowles reacts.
He’s not wrong! [read more]
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April 3rd, 2023
When Joe chatted with Team Glazer last week at the NFL Annual Meeting, the subject of defrocked offensive coordinator Byron Leftwich was raised. [read more]
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April 3rd, 2023

Former GM not a fan.
A former NFL general manager and coffee fetcher believes the Bucs made an awful signing with quarterback Baker Mayfield. But Joe believes the guy has a hidden reason. [read more]
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April 3rd, 2023

“Go, Kyle!”
It’s been said publicly by Bucs officials that quarterback Kyle Trask is great when it comes to working by himself on the fields of One Buc Palace.
But what is he doing? [read more]
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April 2nd, 2023

Bucs QB Kyle Trask
There are many ways to manage employees successfully — regardless of the business. [read more]
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April 2nd, 2023

Todd Bowles explains.
Anyone remember the NFL Films clip of Chucky lecturing his Bucs from early in his Tampa Bay coaching days? [read more]
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April 2nd, 2023

“Scooter, you just signed with a run-first team.”
After watching every Baker Mayfield snap from the 2022 season via NFL Game Pass, Joe finally got around to watching Scotty Miller’s introdcutory news conference in Atlanta. [read more]
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April 2nd, 2023
Did the Bucs decide to invest more at cornerback than at offensive line? [read more]
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April 2nd, 2023

Research.
There is one star quarterback out there, only 26, who could be had by an interested team. [read more]
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April 2nd, 2023

Alabama RB Jahmyr Gibbs.
You’ve probably heard a critique about the Bucs just like Joe has: the Bucs last year were a slow, plodding team and in need of speed. [read more]
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