Yes, Joe knows this morning the Bucs hired an assistant offensive line coach. Joe’s more worried, much more worried, about the chief offensive line coach, Kevin Carberry.

However, that wasn’t the biggest news the Bucs made today. [read more]

Bucs GM Jason Licht.

Inside the hallowed halls of One Buc Palace, the Bucs are fine tuning their free agency value board. [read more]

Joe imagines Team Glazer sitting around playing Texas Hold’em on this holiday weekend, maybe a little Beyoncé flowing through the speakers, and talking about investing in Baker Mayfield.

Is he a good play? How many chips should they push in? [read more]

Due to explode?

Bucs rookie defensive tackle Calijah Kancey already proved he’s a force to be respected by opposing offenses. But next season, he could raise his game. [read more]

“Beckles, you don’t know sh!t about QBs. But I still love ya’ man.”

Almost all the good teams have found The Guy. And a former Bucs player believes the Bucs may have found The Guy, too. [read more]

Tag team?

This seems odd to Joe, but Joe doesn’t have the sources Jonathan Jones does. [read more]

Trade Tristan Wirfs to the left-tackle-needy Bears along with the Bucs’ 2024 first-round pick for the No. 1 overall selection in the 2024 NFL Draft?

It’s a fun debate over a steaming plate of Hooters wings.

However, this post is not about that. [read more]

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Liam Coen needs to be on point from the start.

The new offensive coordinator of the Buccaneers has to find a way to get this attack thriving early on. Byron Leftwich couldn’t do it in 2022. Dave Canales struggled with lethargic starts last season.

Now it’s Coen’s turn to lighten the burden on an overworked defense that did its job for most of 2023. [read more]

Key deadline Monday.

This is one way to save a few extra bucks of Team Glazer loot that could be used to help pay for an edge rusher. (Yes, Joe is always thinking ahead and focused on real problems.) [read more]

Why he became a stranger.

Why did Bucco Bruce Arians stop making regular appearances at practices last year and this season, despite still being under contract as a special assistant to Bucs AC/DC-loving general manager Jason Licht?

Well, Arians explained in a recent podcast. [read more]

No slowdown.

Bucs legend Lavonte David just finished up his 12th season with the Bucs and 12th season in the NFL. And whenever NFL Network analyst Brian Baldinger watches David, he sometimes forgets that David is, in NFL circles, a graybeard. [read more]

Underrated arm?

This really surprised Joe. [read more]

Tribal thoughts.

Yesterday, Joe typed a post wondering if the Bucs will be in the market for an inside linebacker. [read more]

Lofty ranking.

So the Bucs have a borderline top-10 quarterback who led the team within a timeout and a play from overtime to reach the NFC title game, yet the loud crowd pines for a guy who in three years has nine pass attempts. [read more]

Once upon a time in Hawaii …

Stud Bucs rookie Calijah Kancey had greats to lean on last season. [read more]

What will Bucs do?

With the free agency dinner bell ringing in less than a month, Joe guesses by the time the combine wraps up in 2 1/2 weeks (not the TV show or the glorified indoor track practice, but the combine, the real thing), the Bucs ought to have an idea if Lavonte David returns for 2024. [read more]

Atlanta interest?

Last week, of course, Joe was in Las Vegas to dig up Bucs stories so a lot of the time Joe hung out at the Super Bowl Media Center at Mandalay Bay. [read more]