It seems many (not all) Bucs fans who type comments on this here website are bent (Ira is too) that the Bucs will give Robert Hainsey a chance to win the starting center job and not trade for a replacement of injured Ryan Jensen. [read more]
UPDATED 2:50 p.m. – Scotty Miller, Rachaad White and Ke’Shawn Vaughn got a lot of work with “the ones” today, highlighting play in this morning’s Bucs training camp practice. [read more]
The headline tells the story. So Joe’s not going to go overboard here.
It was hot as hell at practice today and Tristan Wirfs didn’t pass out, but he did cave in to the heat-related cramps about 85 percent through the session.
Todd Bowles said Wirfs is fine and confirmed it was just a no-biggie cramp issue.
Russell Gage (17) got past Logan Ryan in practice Monday.
If Tom Brady and new wide receiver Russell Gage needed time to get on the same page, you never would have guessed that only a week ago they participated in their first organized Bucs practice together. [read more]
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Joe has mentioned that Bucs players are happy if not more so about how the Bucs’ front office went out and got two former Pro Bowlers, tight end Kyle Rudolph and receiver Julio Jones, just before training camp opened. [read more]
In the season premiere, Todd thanks you for all your support over the previous six seasons and Hooters in Tampa Bay for their continued sponsorship as Season 7 begins.
Joe already wrote a story on how, if Robert Hainsey has to be prepped to start in the wake of Ryan Jensen’s knee injury, the backup center cannot be in a better position to learn and grow. [read more]
So for now, creepy Browns quarterback DeShaun Watson has a six-game suspension for the 2022 NFL season. It was handed down today by the judge ruling on his misdeeds on behalf of the NFL and its players association. [read more]
Given all the attention on the Buccaneers’ receiver battle, Joe will note that veteran WR Breshad Perriman left the practice field slowly during a 1-on-1 drill with defensive backs and appeared to be injured as he headed to the locker room.
Also leaving early, and clearly injured, was linebacker JoJo Ozougwu, a camp hopeful out of Arkansas State.