NFL super insider Adam Schefter spoke with a lot of confidence this week on NFL Live. [read more]

Michigan TE Luke Schoonmaker.

Joe thinks this is a smart move. [read more]

GM Jason Licht

Few in the Fourth Estate understand and can break down what goes on in team board rooms behind closed doors better than a man on the payroll of NBC. [read more]

As Vita Vea’s fourth regular season concluded and the playoffs were about to begin, Tampa Bay extended his contract with a beastly four-year, $73 million deal. [read more]

Bucs coach Todd Bowles.

Joe has noticed a lot of folks pining for the Bucs to draft an edge rusher this month. Those same folks may want to reassess. [read more]

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The Bucs are taking a Pilates approach to roster construction.

When Jason Licht looks at the depth chart, he can’t help but think the Bucs need to strengthen their core. They’ve got some solid players, maybe even a few elite ones, but not enough difference-makers to be considered a championship contender — even in the relatively weak NFC. [read more]

Bucs chatter.

Hear ‘ye, hear ‘ye. If the Bucs aren’t blowing smoke about winning the division, then they better draft Bijan Robinson. [read more]

So how good is Buccaneers savior linebacker Devin White?

A former running back, a guy who paid close attention to the Bucs during the Tom Brady years, shared his opinion. [read more]

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Ira Kaufman goes head first into the Devin White mess with Joe. All kinds of great insight. Enjoy!

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Next step, please.

Joe believes this season is make-or-break for Bucs outside linebacker/edge rusher Joe Tryon-Shoyinka. And maybe Joe has been too harsh on the guy? [read more]

Buccaneers savior linebacker Devin White is seemingly ok with a drum being banged across national media signaling he wants out of Tampa because the Bucs won’t pay him a proper salary. [read more]

Philadelphia freedom?

Remember when Devin White took to Instagram a month ago to leave ominous photos that he’s on his way out of Tampa Bay? Then he denied on Twitter that he was leaving the Bucs? [read more]

“That’s cold.”

Does Devin White try to force his way off the Buccaneers if Tom Brady is still quarterback? [read more]

Believes Devin White is elite.

Joe’s getting tired of folks comparing unhappy Bucs linebacker Devin White with Baltimore stud linebacker Roquan Smith. [read more]

Bucs OLB Shaq Barrett.

Joe tried to research the severity of Achilles injuries among football players. [read more]

Kentucky QB Will Levis.

Bucs AC/DC-loving general manager Jason Licht had said he was going to bring in several quarterbacks for the team’s 30 official visits. One of them will be at One Buc Palace later this morning. [read more]

Flash poll posted at 7:08 p.m.

Bucs coach Todd Bowles.

When the Buccaneers’ head coach sat down for the Ira Kaufman Podcast in late February, one thing became crystal clear. [read more]