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It’s a safe bet who will have the heaviest hand when it comes to picking the next Buccaneers starting quarterback. [read more]

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BY IRA KAUFMAN

Almost 50 years have passed and we can still recall that final scene in “Magnum Force” when Clint Eastwood gazed into the camera as Dirty Harry and uttered his immortal line: “A man’s got to know his limitations.”

So do NFL franchises. [read more]

Beasting Robert Ayers

Buccaneers general manager Jason Licht — or any GM — does not need a fortune to succeed making major improvements in free agency. [read more]

Raw data.

Joe noticed this in the comments the other day and it’s amusing that the words of Joe’s good friend Dean of Tampa Bay sports radio, “The Big Dog,” the late great Steve Duemig, still ring true. [read more]

NFL super insider Peter King

For some reason, NBC super insider Peter King was moved to type in his must-skim weekly column today that Tom Brady is a candidate to the return to the football field. [read more]

Comments surfaced.

Props to SI.com for digging up these quotes. [read more]

More QB roulette.

Joe has been clear in several posts that FS1 talking head Colin Cowherd likes to throw a lot of [stuff] against the wall and once in a while by sheer luck, it sticks. [read more]

Dynamic offense.

Good things happen when you score points. And the Bucs have proved that the past couple of seasons. [read more]

Lots of reflecting today on Ali Marpet retirement day.

Right now, Joe’s thinking about the Bucs’ big grand slam of the modern era. [read more]

“It’ll work out just right, Mr. Glazer.”

This may sound harsh, but if Pro Bowl guard Ali Marpet was thinking of retiring at 28 years old like he did today, then it’s clear that his heart was no longer in the game for whatever the reason. [read more]

Pro Bowl LG Ali Marpet.

Joe was as shocked as the next guy when he got an alert that Bucs Pro Bowl left guard Ali Marpet has retired. Joe spoke with him at the Pro Bowl last month in Las Vegas and there was zero inkling or sign that he was about to wear a pair of shoulder pads for the last time. [read more]

Reacts to Ali Marpet retirement.

Joe will never forget the play. It may have sealed the Bucs’ Super Bowl win a year ago. And Ali Marpet was a big player in it. [read more]

Bucs GM Jason Licht.

In some circles and in some regions, perhaps in another era of football, a general manager selecting a Division-III player may have been fired by an owner or punched by a coach. [read more]

Shocking news.

Bucs Pro Bowl left guard Ali Marpet retired today, as he posted on his Instagram account. [read more]

With so many in-house free agents to sign, Buccaneers general manager Jason Licht will be looking for a deal.

Joe doesn’t think he’ll have to look far. [read more]

Former (?) Bucs QB Tom Brady.

This is a cool story you could debate over beers with friends on an otherwise slow Friday night during the dragging summer as football season approaches. [read more]

Bucs QB Blaine Gabbert.

Joe has maintained for weeks just the sheer presence of Bucs Super Bowl-winning coach Bucco Bruce Arians on the sidelines for 2022 means last year’s second-round pick Kyle Trask won’t be the Bucs’ starting quarterback Week 1, barring injuries. [read more]

Bucs DC Todd Bowles.

This is starting to encroach into territory reserved for the Bucs of the glory years with Warren Sapp, Derrick Brooks, John Lynch and Rondé Barber. [read more]