May 23rd, 2023
Joe sure hopes Baker Mayfield has a great 2023 season. Not only would that mean the Bucs are a good team, but it would send the stats nerds scrambling like roaches that caught a flashlight beam. [read more]
Posted in Recent Posts | 34 Comments »
May 23rd, 2023

Smart dining for Kyle Trask.
After the Bucs’ miserable 2014 season, veteran stud left guard Logan Mankins explained that one reason the Tampa Bay offensive line had such a brutal year was because Mankins was traded to the team in August and couldn’t manage to host bonding barbecues effectively. [read more]
Posted in Recent Posts | 19 Comments »
May 23rd, 2023

Bucs GM Jason Licht.
Man, we sure live in a what-have-you-done-lately world.
[read more]
Posted in Recent Posts | 32 Comments »
May 23rd, 2023

Yes, the Buccaneers’ leading rusher last season has no football team. But he appears to want one badly. [read more]
Posted in Recent Posts | 25 Comments »
May 23rd, 2023

Big expectations for 2023.
Last year in Munich, then-Bucs rookie running back Rachaad White tore up the Seahawks. [read more]
Posted in Recent Posts | 13 Comments »
May 23rd, 2023

Preaching family in the NFL is nonsense, Greg Schiano said.
So yesterday Joe brought a story of former Bucs commander Greg Schiano confessing he wasn’t ready for the NFL when he took the Bucs’ gig in 2012. [read more]
Posted in Recent Posts | 28 Comments »
May 23rd, 2023

Rachaad White explains.
Bucs quarterback Baker Mayfield can be a polarizing figure. [read more]
Posted in Recent Posts | 20 Comments »
May 22nd, 2023

Todd Bowles and a short leash.
News Channel 8 sports chief Dan Lucas is best known to Bucs fans as the preseason sideline reporter for WFLA-TV, and as the guy who sits down to interview the Tampa Bay head coach every week during football season. [read more]
Posted in Recent Posts | 40 Comments »
May 22nd, 2023
Joe doesn’t have to run, sweat and lift in spring practices at One Buc Palace, so Joe is busy studying all things Vikings in preparation for opening day on Sept. 10. [read more]
Posted in FHL, Recent Posts | 30 Comments »
May 22nd, 2023

NFL fans know what happened when Tom Brady left the Patriots and headed to Tampa.
The old debate fired up hotter than ever. [read more]
Posted in Recent Posts | 50 Comments »
May 22nd, 2023

Trade-me, love-me, you-misunderstand-me linebacker Devin White wants out of Tampa and wants in at the same time. [read more]
Posted in Recent Posts | 31 Comments »
May 22nd, 2023

Bucs QB Baker Mayfield.
Good news and bad news from a popular NFL Network personality when it comes to Baker Mayfield. [read more]
Posted in Recent Posts | 48 Comments »
May 22nd, 2023

Candid sitdown.
Former Bucs commander Greg Schiano, who is in his second tour of duty as Rutgers’ coach, had a rare sitdown where he briefly discussed his time leading the Bucs. [read more]
Posted in Recent Posts | 45 Comments »
May 22nd, 2023

Bucs coach Todd Bowles.
Regular readers, and listeners to the “Ira Kaufman Podcast,” know that “this Joe” believes the results of last month’s draft are a sign the Bucs are setting themselves up to draft a quarterback next spring. [read more]
Posted in Recent Posts | 30 Comments »
May 22nd, 2023

Makes the list.
So last week, Joe had a light-hearted article about what ChatGPT thinks are the most overrated Bucs players. [read more]
Posted in Recent Posts | 52 Comments »
May 21st, 2023

Bucs QB Baker Mayfield.
Last year, Seattle quarterback Geno Smith revived his 10-year career at 32 years old by edging out Drew Lock for a starting job and following the gospel of his offensive coordinator, Shane Waldron, and QB coach Dave Canales, the Bucs’ new playcaller. [read more]
Posted in Recent Posts | 23 Comments »
May 21st, 2023

Falcons QB Desmond Ridder.
What a great year it is for the Bucs to be installing a new offensive coordinator and hosting an alleged quarterback competition. [read more]
Posted in Recent Posts | 11 Comments »
May 21st, 2023

Bucs rookie WR Trey Palmer.
Who doesn’t love speed? Speed kills, man. [read more]
Posted in Recent Posts | 24 Comments »
May 21st, 2023

NFL.com not convinced.
The majority opinion at NFL.com is not believing in the Bucs. [read more]
Posted in Recent Posts | 57 Comments »