Bucs RT Tristan Wirfs.

So who knows when the Bucs will have a new offensive coordinator or who it will be. [read more]

Joe has no hope of Tom Brady returning to the Bucs for the 2023 season, but today Brady sure seemed like a guy not 100 percent sure of whether his retirement will stick. [read more]

There’s been some buzz about how creepy Patriots owner Robert Kraft would like to have Tom Brady sign a one-day contract with New England so he can retire officially as a member of the Belicheats. [read more]

Bengals QB coach Dan Pitcher.

Would the Bucs dare turn to a 36-year-old playcaller with limited experience under Todd Bowles? [read more]

Pro Bowl right tackle Tristan Wirfs.

This has been a subject of debate and disagreement at JoeBucsFan.com world headquarters, and it recently was on the mind of a prominent former Buccaneer. [read more]

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BY IRA KAUFMAN

Two years removed from the mountaintop, the Glazers find themselves standing at the NFL crossroads.

The path ahead is dangerous, fraught with potholes in the shape of draft busts and free-agent gaffes, yet this organization’s steps should be clear.

Don’t look back. [read more]

Bucs CB Jamel Dean.

The Bucs may have to take a page from former Bucs commander Greg Schiano. [read more]

Big lure for a quarterback.

The Bucs have selling points if they choose to try to lure a veteran quarterback to Tampa to try and continue their three-year run of postseason appearances. [read more]

Outs Byron Leftwich.

Joe understands a lot of Bucs fans are angry at Todd Bowles for a lot of things (Joe cannot remember a head coach this hated after his first season with the Bucs). [read more]

Guard/tackle Luke Goedeke.

Joe knows several readers will not just nod their heads in agreement with this and mutter “Yes!” They will also polish off a Bromosa. [read more]

QB Kyle Trask

It’s a safe bet Bucs general manager Jason Licht and his successful team of front office gurus were a target of media last week at the Senior Bowl. [read more]

“Mr. Glazer. It’s just a conversation.”

Joe thinks the Derek Carr trade talk is a little silly for multiple reasons, but Joe can’t ignore a big-name NFL reporter chatting about the Raiders talking to teams about trading their quarterback with “more than one NFC South team involved.” [read more]

Tristan Wirfs explains.

So yesterday Joe was at the Raiders’ oversized Roomba in Las Vegas for Pro Bowl media availability. Most of the Fourth Estate there was penned up like chickens in a coop hoping a player or players would feel sorry enough to walk by and answer a couple of questions. [read more]

Tennessee QB Hendon Hooker.

So unless the Bucs decide to ride (and die) with Kyle Trask next season, or put their playoff hopes in the hands of a veteran quarterback, the Bucs will have to draft a quarterback. [read more]

Saints DE Cameron Jordan.

In the mind of a hated Bucs rival, Bucs fans best be prepared to embrace the suck. Because a new chapter of the Lost Decade is upon us. [read more]

Why exactly would Bucs free agents like Lavonte David and Jamel Dean, along with established veterans like Mike Evans, Chris Godwin, Ryan Jensen and Leonard Fournette, be hungry to play for the Bucs next season if management decides to gut the roster, clear its huge salary cap debt and rebuild with a young quarterback? [read more]

“Bruce, I’m not sure this job is as great as you said it was 10 months ago.”

A seasoned and reasoned three-time Super Bowl winner says there’s a definite wrestling match happening behind the scenes at One Buc Palace. [read more]

Drink to being aggressive!

Joe remembers covering the training camp of the old St. Louis Cardinals, Joe’s first big college gig. Joe learned a lot there still in use to this day. [read more]

Defense wasn’t good enough.

The Bucs defense wasn’t bad this season. Problem was, the way the offense stunk, the defense needed to be like the Bucs defense of the glory years. [read more]

Challenges.

The worst place for a team that needs a quarterback is to pick in the middle of the draft. That’s sort of where the Bucs find themselves. [read more]

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Very tough decision.

Joe’s favorite Bucs player for the past decade is easily Lavonte David. Maybe one reason is the guy is probably the most underrated linebacker since he came into the league in 2012. [read more]