Bucs DT Calijah Kancey.

Bucs AC/DC-loving general manager Jason Licht addressed an important topic when discussing his choice of Pitt defensive tackle Calijah Kancey last night. [read more]

Tristan Wirfs

Over and over again the Bucs have acknowledged publicly that All-Pro right tackle Tristan Wirfs might switch to left tackle this season.

And then came last night’s Round 1 of the NFL Draft. [read more]

The newest Buccaneer, defensive tackle Calijah Kancey.

Ordinarily, prickly Pete Prisco of CBS wouldn’t be all that excited about the Bucs drafting Calijah Kancey in the first round. [read more]

Bucs DT Calijah Kancey on a Zoom call with Tampa Bay media.

So new Bucs defensive tackle Calijah Kancey had a major curveball thrown at him by the Bucs tonight. [read more]

Flash poll posted at 10:59 p.m.

Bucs GM Jason Licht.

Jason Licht may have had the best one-liner he’s ever used while standing at a podium. [read more]

Bucs DL Logan Hall.

So three years in a row the Bucs have drafted a guy who will put his hand in the dirt along the Tampa Bay defensive line. [read more]

Bucs DT Calijah Kancey.

Vita Vea will like this pick. [read more]

Our beloved Buccaneers just found a wild X-factor of a speedy inside pass rusher to put next to Vita Vea.

With the No. 19 overall pick, the Bucs picked University of Pittsburgh defensive tackle Calijah Kancey. [read more]

New Falcons running back Bijan Robinson.

A lot of Bucs fans were yearning for Tampa Bay to draft beastly University of Texas running back Bijan Robinson tonight,

Instead, he went to the Falcons. [read more]

Bucs coach Todd Bowles and Bucs GM Jason Licht go over plans in the Bucs’ draft war room Thursday night. (Photo courtesy of Tampa Bay Buccaneers.)

Happy Draft Night!

Comment/debate below with fellow fans, or join JoeBucsFan and Ira Kaufman at Big Storm Brewery in Ybor City and join our Pick The Pick contest, courtesy of Florida’s Elite Restoration.

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Upstairs (2nd level) in Centro Ybor with public parking all around. It’s big, bold and beautiful.

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Strategy.

What are the Bucs to do with a quarterback? [read more]

Chris Godwin

One of the great X-factors of the 2023 Bucs season, receiver Chris Godwin, talked about one of the other great Bucs mysteries recently. [read more]

Flash poll posted at 9:38 a.m. Poll closed at 11:33 a.m.

Available?

Regular readers know how much Joe craves sacks. Almost as much as cold Big Storm Brewing beer. [read more]

Huh?

If this actually happens, there has to be more to the story than what we are seeing on the surface. [read more]

Florida QB Anthony Richardson.

Very interesting last night hearing how Hall of Fame general manager Bill Polian is on the bandwagon of Florida Gators quarterback Anthony Richardson, a projected pick in tonight’s first round. [read more]

(This is a repost of a published article Joe runs as an annual tradition for the morning of the first day of the NFL draft.)

Joe’s going to go slightly personal here, a rare, albeit tiny window into Joe’s background on this holiest of high football holidays. [read more]