He’s not a magician.

A stathead on Twitter compiled a research graphic on good edge rushers and how they produce year-by-year as they age. [read more]

A pass rusher, too?

Call Joe a round numbers guy. [read more]

Cruising the streets? Biking the Pinellas Trail? Hangin’ at home?

At 6 p.m., dial up The JoeBucsFan Show on WDAE radio, 95.3 FM and AM 620. Listen online, too, or via the iHeart Radio app.

Yeah, that’s right. Joe is back on the WDAE airwaves every weekend. Varying times (for now).

Slighted.

Team of the Decade? We’re halfway through the third decade of the 21st century and one could claim that the Bucs are the NFC Team of the Decade. [read more]

So CBS HQ dropped an interesting nugget yesterday.

The Bucs are the fourth team in the Super Bowl era of NFL history to lose an offensive coordinator to a head coaching job in consecutive seasons. [read more]

New/old gig for Larry Foote.

When the Bucs last had a powerful edge rush, their outside linebackers coach was Larry Foote. [read more]

NFL teams love to point to their records in one-score games as a way of spinning a positive projection.

It doesn’t matter whether they won few or lots of those games. [read more]

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Todd discusses the historical significance of this date and game for Tampa Bay’s new NFL franchise, a rookie QB in New York and even Pete Rose. The Todd Wright TODDcast is presented by Brandon Legal Group and Pin Chasers. Click above to listen or to download. Or listen via Podcast Addict, TuneIn and other platforms.

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NFL.com draft analyst Daniel Jeremiah.

OK, you know we are approaching draft season if Daniel Jeremiah holds a press conference about draft prospects. [read more]

All-Pro teammate has his back.

All-Pro left tackle Tristan Wirfs didn’t just go to bat for a valued teammate. Wirfs belted one out of the park. [read more]

Please stay home.

Guys, things are rolling really quickly in the NFL. Before you know it, the Bucs will have a press conference to announce their new 10-sack edge rusher (Joe dreams). [read more]

Thinking maybe a receiver?

Bucs legend Mike Evans will be 32 next month. As fans saw last year, he still is superior. But age is slowly creeping up on Evans. [read more]

Joe’s always looking for clues on the inner happenings of the Buccaneers, and this feels like a significant one. [read more]

Wants a solid edge rusher.

Apparently, even Gerald McCoy is fed up with the Bucs’ lack of an edge rush. [read more]

Graham Barton opens up.

After 1,000-plus snaps last season, Bucs center Graham Barton has a microscope on his performance — and that’s not just about what happens after the snap. [read more]

Job security.

Look, Joe is a big fan of Antoine Winfield. But how he went from breathtaking All-Pro status to being an afterthought was stunning. [read more]

Rookie Bucs OC Josh McDaniel.

Rookie Bucs offensive coordinator Josh Grizzard wants something that might not soothe Bucs fans. [read more]

League-wide interest.

One thing other than defenders not wrapping up ballcarriers that drives Joe up a tree is when on third (or fourth) downs, quarterbacks go turtle. [read more]

Chris Godwin

So Tuesday word broke that Chris Godwin’s camp agreed with Bucs AC/DC-loving general manager Jason Licht to extend a deadline that would have forced a dead money hit on the Bucs’ salary cap. [read more]