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“Tommy, you were perfect.”
The cool thing about coaches going to the combine and speaking before the national media is the different perspective one gets. Different questions are asked and you get fresh insight into a coach. [read more]
A desire for quickness.
Joe learned long ago from the smartest man he ever dealt with in sports that there is one athletic trait that trumps everything else: speed. And it seems Bucs Super Bowl-winning coach Bucco Bruce Arians wants more. [read more]
As if Joe’s chat with Ron Rivera about retired Ali Marpet yesterday wasn’t sobering enough, the Washington head coach also dropped what felt like a gut punch on Joe. [read more]
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Wait for it … wait for it.
Buc fans were eager to hear what Bruce Arians and Jason Licht had to say at the NFL Combine this week. A lot of intentional misdirection occurs in Indianapolis at this time of the year, so you don’t want to read too much into the answers provided by GMs and head coaches.
False signals are common on the brink of free agency, but by the time Licht and Arians left the podium and ended a separate session on the side with Buc media, the 2022 picture for this franchise came into sharper focus. [read more]
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Joe has maintained that Bucs AC/DC-loving general manager Jason Licht is stuck in the middle of an NFL version of a chicken-or-the-egg theory. [read more]
Safety Jordan Whitehead.
Joe thinks the player that had a breakout season in 2021 was Bucs hard-hitting safety Jordan Whitehead. [read more]
Bucs GM Jason Licht.
Bucs AC/DC-loving general manager Jason Licht was talking to national NFL writers earlier this week and was asked about drafting cornerbacks. [read more]
Wanted man.
Bucs tight end Rob Gronkowski is a free agent. And he’s a wanted man. [read more]
Bucco Bruce Arians on the CBS set Tuesday.
It’s become clear as Joe mingles through the NFL Scouting Combine that the Bucs have a priority free agent, even if general manager Jason Licht doesn’t want to publicly share a priority list. [read more]
Joe is at the NFL Scouting Combine, so of course Joe has sought perspective on Ali Marpet’s shocking retirement from a head coach who knows Marpet’s game well. [read more]
Ali Marpet ripple effect.
After the 2021 season closed, Bucs Super Bowl-winning coach Bucco Bruce Arians only needed to worry about two spots on the offensive line, perhaps the best unit on the team. [read more]
General manager Jason Licht talks about the unhappy ending.
The script flipped in a huge way for the big dog of the Buccaneers’ front office. [read more]
Bucs GM Jason Licht missed his chance to pull a Ric Flair.
It’s difficult for Joe to picture Bucs AC/DC-loving general manager Jason Licht rolling through the Indiana Convention Center in downtown Indianapolis wearing a blinged-out bathrobe, ripping it open hollering at women to enjoy the scene and then yelling about stylin’ and profilin’ and how he’s a Rolex-wearing, limousine-ridin’, jet-flyin’ master of the male species. [read more]
Bucs cornerback Carlton Davis
The Bucs remind Joe of heading to a concession stand at The Licht House with a crisp 20-dollar bill at halftime.
Joe wants a big beer, a pretzel and nachos, but that’s going to run well over the 20 bucks. [read more]
Bucs GM Jason Licht
Joe views 2022 as the most challenging offseason of general manager Jason Licht’s tenure in Tampa Bay. [read more]
Bucs GM Jason Licht.
It is a safe bet that unless forced to say it, Bucs AC/DC-loving general manager Jason Licht will never talk about a rebuild, even if his team might be in a rebuild. [read more]
Everybody knows what Vita Vea brings to the table, brute strength, power and versatility for a 350-plus pounder.
But what about what the Bucs want next to him? [read more]
Joe Tryon-Shoyinka with one of his four sacks this season.
Listeners of the Best In Class podcast have heard this for weeks, and yesterday it crossed the lips of Buccaneers general manager Jason Licht. [read more]
Bucs RB Ke’Shawn Vaughn.
The 2022 Bucs could look a whole lot different than the Bucs of the past two seasons. One area could be at running back. [read more]
Teams are calling.
You may have heard, but the Bucs need a quarterback. And Joe heard former NFL MVP quarterback Rich Gannon on SiriusXM NFL Radio say as many as 20 teams need and are looking for one. [read more]
