A great Thursday night for new Bucs quarterback Baker Mayfield.

University of Tennessee quarterback Hendon Hooker, who expects to be cleared medically to practice in training camp, was on the board for the Buccaneers last night. Tampa Bay passed.

Same for banana-peel-eating Kentucky QB Will Levis. [read more]

Bucs DT Calijah Kancey.

A week didn’t go by without Joe hearing or reading someone say the Bucs need more speed on the roster. [read more]

Bucs GM Jason Licht.

So Round 1 is done. Now it’s on to Rounds 2-3 tonight. Who’s on the board that the Bucs can use? [read more]

Bucs DT Calijah Kancey.

It seems one trait that drew Bucs AC/DC-loving general manager Jason Licht to new defensive tackle Calijah Kancey is versatility. The Pitt product isn’t just a one-trick pony. [read more]

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!

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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]