Todd Bowles Draws A Line In The Sand For Joe Tryon-Shoyinka
March 24th, 2023
It’s rare to hear head coach Todd Bowles roll out an achievement stat necessary for a certain position. [read more]

It’s rare to hear head coach Todd Bowles roll out an achievement stat necessary for a certain position. [read more]

“I don’t know, Mr. Glazer. But I did Amazon the guy some Charmin.”
The Bucs are the two-time defending champs of a poor division and they plan to start eight former Pro Bowlers in their primes on opening day (not counting Bucs sacks king Shaq Barrett).
But one local Bucs writer thinks Tampa Bay is a thorough mess that Baker Mayfield can’t clean up. [read more]

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There they sit, 2,500 miles apart, two NFL franchises trying everything in their power to avoid using the R-word.
Rebuilding. [read more]

Starter?
The way a long-time NFL beat writer sees it, the Bucs and Baker Mayfield may be this year’s best NFL marriage of two sides needing an opportunity. [read more]

Season No. 12.
There are a lot of reasons why Bucs icon Lavonte David wanted to return to the Bucs. [read more]

Front office type reacts.
Joe is trying to look at the Bucs’ new quarterback through a glass-half-full prism. [read more]

Bucs GM Jason Licht.
This offseason hasn’t been the best for the Bucs. [read more]
Update: Carolina re-signed Piñeiro. The upside of the Bucs cutting 36-year-old kicker Ryan Succop today is now they can sign a better and younger kicker.
And Bucs officials want a younger team. [read more]

Gone.
Joe doesn’t like this move at all. [read more]

Return official.
Lavonte David spoke today about signing his fourth contract with the Bucs and entering his 12th season with the team. [read more]

Georgia edge rusher Nolan Smith.
Joe has a hunch at some point during the first two days of the draft the Bucs will draft an edge rusher. [read more]

Russell Gage.
So what does new Bucs offensive coordinator Dave Canales think is special about wide receiver Russell Gage? [read more]
Quarterback controversy/competition always takes on its own life.
In 2018, Jameis Winston versus Ryan Fitzpatrick was a thing. And in 2014, it was Josh McCown versus Mike Glennon. [read more]

The strength of the Buccaneers remains its receiving corps. [read more]

Time to kick up the juice.
The Bucs had fun with the Team Glazer Platinum Card the past few years. [read more]

Driving Baker Mayfield bus.
Joe understands those who continue to live out their 1960s high school legacies when they played in a wishbone offense — and their Marines veteran coach who served on Tarawa preached no player is above the team — will gag when they read the following. [read more]

Former Dallas RB Ezekiel Elliott.
Joe doesn’t see it happening, but a self-righteous NFL stenographer for the four-letter seems to think differently. [read more]

Sean McVay influence?
Joe can’t believe he hadn’t put together the math on this. [read more]
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“Mr. Glazer, Peter King doesn’t know what he’s talking about. And as you know, we only use duct tape and glue sticks at One Buc.”
The big-name NFL insider who picked the Saints to be the NFC’s No. 1 seed last season continues to be negative about the Bucs’ prospects with quarterback Baker Mayfield. [read more]

Head coach Todd Bowles.
It’s March and Joe already is hearing more than a passing whisper of talk that Todd Bowles is on the proverbial head coaching hot seat. [read more]

Bucs receiver Mike Evans.
When it comes to the Kyle Trask-Baker Mayfield competition, Joe leans toward Bucs power brokers wanting Mayfield to have the job and that the competition is “alleged” more than it is real. [read more]