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Punter Bradley Pinion
Back in 2014, the Bucs granted their starting quarterback an early ejection so he could get a head start on free agency.
Either that, or Team Glazer’s cleaning crew insisted it was necessary to sanitize One Buc Palace. [read more]
Bucs GM Jason Licht
A national football analyst has an idea what the Bucs should do after kicking the salary cap can down the road to craft a run like they’ve had the past two seasons. [read more]
Reflective.
A week from today, the free agency dinner bell will ring throughout the NFL. Feeding time at the trough. [read more]
NFL reporter expects Bucs to swing for the fences for a QB.
With the possible exception of Adam Schefter and/or Peter King, Joe doesn’t think there is anyone who is as well plugged-in as NFL Network insider Ian Rapoport. [read more]
Bucs coach Bucco Bruce Arians
These are puzzling times for Bucs fans. [read more]
For the second consecutive season, the Bucs are playing the franchise tag game with Pro Bowl receiver Chris Godwin. [read more]
UPDATED 2:31 p.m. – The rebuild is on in Seattle, meaning the NFC playoff road just got a shade easier for the Bucs. [read more]
Available.
So in a handful of hours late this morning and early this afternoon, there is movement in the quarterback market. [read more]
Leverage.
This is a very interesting thought process. And if accurate, Chris Godwin’s camp is playing this perfectly. [read more]
Carlton Davis
This is very intriguing for two main reasons: Rondé Barber’s very close ties inside One Buc Palace and how firm he was in his take. [read more]
If Tom Brady were to wake up tomorrow and decide to return to the Bucs, he’d earn about $10 million this year — which perhaps is one reason why he’s unlikely to do that. [read more]
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“Good Morning Football” reacts.
Damn, Joe wishes he had these kinds of teachers in high school. [read more]
Update.
Last night Jeff Howe of The Athletic reported it was premature to suggest the Bucs will franchise tag receiver Chris Godwin for the second consecutive season. Why? Because Bucs AC/DC-loving general manager Jason Licht had something else up his sleeve. [read more]
Just after signing with Tampa Bay (what a glorious memory that was) Tom Brady shared that he drinks about 200 ounces of water daily.
Brady believes chronic dehydration is a societal issue, but he drinks that much to help maintain his renowned muscle pliability that lets him play football like he’s 15 years younger than he is. [read more]
The latest.
So as Joe is wont to do, Joe flipped on SiriusXM NFL Radio to listen to good friend Alex Marvez on “Late Hits.” And there, Joe learned of potential quarterback movement. [read more]
Free agent WR Chris Godwin
So there were reports all over the place yesterday that the Bucs plan to franchise tag receiver Chris Godwin. Jeremy Fowler of BSPN even said it was a 90 percent chance. But one national NFL writer says, hold up. [read more]
Thoughts on Bucs.
Joe already shared NFL Network’s Peter Schrager telling Joe at the combine in Indianapolis last week that the body language of Bucs AC/DC-loving general manager Jason Licht and Bucs Super Bowl-winning coach Bucco Bruce Arians reveals they are lost in trying to find a successor to retired (?) Tom Brady. [read more]
A well-regarded, highly-connected and respected NFL guy just spent a week talking to a sea of NFL power hitters in Indianapolis and came out believing a Tom Brady return is more likely than not. [read more]
Carlton Davis
All five rookie cornerbacks drafted among the first 33 picks played well last year, so Joe is very upbeat about the Bucs’ prospects if they go cornerback early in the draft to help replace free agent Carlton Davis. [read more]
Bucs GM Jason Licht
It was Wednesday, the day after Bucs AC/DC-loving general manager Jason Licht survived his annual worst day of the year — when he must speak about his team before the hundreds of NFL national media types and NFL Network klieg lights— that left a popular national NFL talking head with questions. [read more]
