Upon further inspection.

If this is correct, Joe can think of worse options. [read more]

“They’re just guessing, Mr. Glazer. It’s not a leak. He didn’t see the board, but I think I saw a palmetto bug in my office.”

A few NFL big guns have issued final mock drafts. [read more]

The $21 million Tristan Wirfs will earn this season should seem like a huge bargain in a matter of months. [read more]

Draft strategy insight from a veteran.

So we know the Bucs draft late tonight in the first round provided they don’t trade up. [read more]

Draft truly is a game of craps.

So who will the Bucs draft tonight? Will he make it in the NFL? [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]

Pro Bowl DE demands trade.

So as often happens on the day before the draft, an NFL bombshell is detonated. This year, the site was Cincinnati. [read more]

When last seen on an NFL football field, Sua Opeta was starting at right guard for the Eagles against the Buccaneers in the playoffs. [read more]

New intel.

Let’s just say Joe isn’t drinking the red Kool-Aid after yesterday morning. [read more]

Bucs legends concur.

Count Buccaneers legend Derrick Brooks (1995-2008) among Tampa Bay fans ready to cheer emphatically if his team drafts an offensive lineman in Round 1 on Thursday night. [read more]

Penn State edge Chop Robinson.

Look, Joe will be OK with Chop Robinson if that’s who Bucs AC/DC-loving general manager Jason Licht selects tomorrow night in the first round. [read more]

Is receiver a need?

Wide receiver may be the most stacked Bucs position group on offense. But it feels like that’s only for a short time. [read more]

Lot of used tread.

A couple of weeks ago Joe fielded a question on Twitter asking what Joe has against Michigan running back Blake Corum. [read more]

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Target?

Yes, we are in the throes of lying season. Every team reportedly wants to trade up. Every team reportedly wants to trade down. Every team reportedly is standing pat. [read more]