So it’s official, the NFL has put in writing that Tom Brady’s agent was talking to the Dolphins midway through last season about Brady becoming a Dolphins owner, executive and/or quarterback. [read more]

Team Glazer got disrespected.

It’s finally official that Tom Brady was being courted by the Dolphins — and the Dolphins were dealt an uppercut to the jaw by Roger Goodell as a result. [read more]

Vita Vea explains.

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]

Offensive line drills Tuesday morning.

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]

Joe loved a few one-liners from Todd Bowles today because they are important for fans through all of August. [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.

The players in the kicker battle, challenger Jose Borregales (left) and Super Bowl-season hero Ryan Succop. Joe’s got an update and more.

Joe’s taking quick air conditioning break at Bucs training camp practice — Day 6 — so why not type something up? [read more]

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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Applauds front office.

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]

Battle for roster spot.

The Bucs, you may have heard, have an absolutely loaded wide receiver room. [read more]

Bothersome Julio Jones’ numbers.

It seems as if the NFL community of insiders is looking behind their backs, trying to figure out what they are missing. [read more]

Practice notes!

It was the first day of padded practice but by watching many on the defense, you would not have known. More on that in a moment. [read more]

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Carlton Davis talks Rams, Saints’ jibber-jabber, and getting picked on.

The forgotten first-half gaffe of the Bucs-Rams playoff game is one that Carlton Davis hasn’t forgotten, even if most Tampa Bay fans have. [read more]

“Scooter, we did it again!”

Bucs fans love to reminisce over the Tom Brady bomb to Scotty Miller to close the first half of the 2020 season’s NFC Championship game. [read more]

Odd response from Tom Brady today, one that could make a few people think he’s still hopeful that Rob Gronkowski will return. [read more]

Says Bucs center in good spot.

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]

Tom Brady wasn’t in the best mood today when talking to media for the first time at Buccaneers training camp. [read more]

The silence at One Buc Palace, a trademark of the Bucco Bruce Arians regime, may not continue this summer. [read more]

Bucs cornerback Carlton Davis

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]