High Marks For Jason Licht
January 26th, 2023
Bucs general manager Jason Licht.
Joe is impressed that 80-plus percent of Bucs fans are confident in Tampa Bay general manager Jason Licht. [read more]

Bucs general manager Jason Licht.
Joe is impressed that 80-plus percent of Bucs fans are confident in Tampa Bay general manager Jason Licht. [read more]

Team Glazer honoring Jon Gruden at his Buccaneers Ring of Honor ceremony in 2018.
UPDATED: 10:30 a.m – It was stunning that Team Glazer passed on a formal and significant honoring of their 2002 Super Bowl team this season at Raymond James Stadium. Today is the 20th anniversary of the franchise’s first Super Bowl win.
As of 9:30 a.m. this morning, there’s not even an acknowledgement on the Buccaneers’ Twitter account, Facebook page or the team website. [read more]

Todd Bowles explains.
If there is a Bucs fan who doesn’t like Chris Godwin, Joe has never met him or her. [read more]

Has it been 20 years?
It sure has. Today is the blessed anniversary of the first Super Bowl glory for Tampa Bay!
Crack an ice cold Big Storm beer and savor the memories, if you were old enough to remember.
NFL Network seems to have banned the airing of the America’s Game feature highlighting the Bucs’ 2002 championship team. Because, well, Jon Gruden. You can watch it here on YouTube.

Wants a rebuild.
Bucs coach Todd Bowles said in his season-ending press conference that you never want to rebuild. A former Bucs quarterback believes Bowles needs to reassess. [read more]

Future backfield star?
Joe hates to type it, but just from the names of the first few guys rumored to be linked to the Bucs in their search for a new offensive coordinator, Joe has the dreaded feeling this team will become a ground-and-pound team. [read more]

How much input?
This was a nice thought, but it does seem a bit of a stretch. [read more]
Flash poll posted at 5:33 p.m.

Is Tom Brady really gone?
Very interesting info from inside Bucs coach Todd Bowles’ office. [read more]

Eagles assistant Kevin Patullo.
Could the Bucs be poaching a guy from the Eagles? An NFL insider thinks so. [read more]
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Another guy with very close connections with the Bucs thinks Tom Brady is a non-fit with the Buccaneers — because he’s not very good. [read more]

Former Brady teammate weighs in.
It’s not outlandish to think Tom Brady is no longer a top-10 quarterback. [read more]

Bucco Bruce Arians
Joe can only imagine the F-bombs flowing from Bucco Bruce Arians when he found out a bunch of his former assistant coaches got fired by Todd Bowles. [read more]

Bucs wouldn’t trust him?
Now this is very interesting. [read more]

To rest or not to rest?
So last year Bucs coach Todd Bowles said he didn’t want to run Bucco Bruce Arians’ no-risk-it; no-biscuit offense, despite the offense tearing up the NFL like few others. Why? One reason given is because Bowles thought that offense zapped the Bucs of stamina. [read more]

This is a story for lawyers and accountants. [read more]

Three OC candidates ID’ed.
There are multiple reports of Bucs coach Todd Bowles lining up three guys (so far) to take over at offensive coordinator. [read more]

“Andrew, I’ve been down this post-Arians road before.”
The Bucs have been busy this week trying to find the right guy to perform CPR on their struggling offense after they punted Byron Leftwich for crimes against good football. [read more]