Center Robert Hainsey.

For the first time in a long time, there isn’t consistency on the Bucs’ offensive line. [read more]

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“Oh Tom, you don’t believe this report, do you?”

If one is to believe one of the top real-journalism celebrity gossip sources, Tom Brady and his marriage to the supermodel Gisele Bündchen has really hit the rocks. [read more]

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They ain’t all that.

Tampa Bay’s Week 1 opponent looks considerably weaker than the club that went 12-5 last season — the only team in the league to outscore the Bucs. [read more]

“Jason, if Tom Brady can go to the Bahamas in August, I can spend a couple of days in New York. “

Bucs Super Bowl-winning coach Bucco Bruce Arians was talking to just about everybody Tuesday in his swing to the Big Apple. [read more]

Bucs CB Sean Murphy-Bunting.

The defense is pretty much set. One mystery is who will start at cornerback opposite Carlton Davis? [read more]

Bucs coach Todd Bowles.

So trying to predict every NFL game is a laborious task. But Joe can think of worse things to do for a living. [read more]

One of the more interesting nuggets revealed by Bucco Bruce Arians during his visit to Barstool Sports this week was a take on Tom Brady. [read more]

Strong take.

Joe is still hung up on how former Bucs Super Bowl-winning coach Bucco Bruce Arians put unreal expectations on his favorite partner in crime, new head coach Todd Bowles, during a visit to BSPN this week. [read more]

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In episode 24, Todd discusses wide receivers who are not worth their projected fantasy value.

Tom Brady trainer/fitness guru/health coach Alex Guerrero (right) is a fixture with the Bucs.

So how many Bucs are working the TB12 fitness/diet/training method in some form?

Light has been shed this week. [read more]

Pro Bowl center Ryan Jensen might not play this season, but he certainly won’t be on the field in September.

Jensen got the official “injured reserve” designation today, as expected because of his bad knee injured five weeks ago.

Jensen is now off the 53-man roster and is eligible to return in four weeks. It seems the Bucs would be lucky to get him back in 14 weeks. The team still has not released the specifics of Jensen’s injury.

Deeper?

Joe thought Super Bowl-winning Bucs coach Bucco Bruce Arians may have had a cocktail or two in him when he recently claimed Todd Bowles is now leading a roster better than the team Arians coached in the Super Bowl two years ago. [read more]

ESPN’s Troy Aikman.

As Joe has written, it’s fascinating how Tom Brady taking an 11-day vacation and skipping the middle of training camp really has the football world turned upside down. [read more]

Bucs coach Todd Bowles.

So now that the 2022 roster is set — for now — Joe’s attention is turned to Week 1 and the Bucs’ first opponent, Dallas. [read more]

Rookie Bucs punter Jake Camarda was a star at the University of Georgia.

The nuances of punting are not Joe’s forté. So Joe had no clue that Tampa Bay’s rookie punter Jake Camarda is not kicking — in practice or in games — like some sort of punt god. [read more]

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In episode 23, Todd discusses the most productive wide receivers from 2021 and how they again are the key to you winning big in 2022.

Linebacker chatter.

Bucs coach Todd Bowles harped he wasn’t getting good enough preseason special teams play from his receivers, specifically at gunner on the punt team. [read more]

Texans head coach Lovie Smith.

It’s official. The Houston Texans have claimed booted Buccaneers receiver Tyler Johnson, Tampa Bay’s fifth-round pick in 2020.

Poor Johnson, kicked off the NFC’s best roster with Tom Brady and landing with Lovie Smith to catch balls from Davis Mills.

Young football players, learn to love and play special teams.