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Fire up the JoeBucsFan Show on Saturday at 11 a.m. on WDAE radio, 95.7 FM and AM 620. Joe and Ira Kaufman have plenty to dive into.
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A legend weighs in.
During the second half of the 2024 season, Bucky Irving averaged 18.5 touches per game.
Last year, Irving averaged 20.3 touches in the 10 games he played.
Those numbers are coming down. [read more]
T-minus four days and counting. Exactly four days from the time this here story publishes, Bucs players and coaches matriculate onto the Bucs practice fields behind One Buc Palace to start warming up for the first training camp practice of 2026. [read more]
Rueben Bain
Buccaneers first-round pick Rueben Bain takes his job, his life, very seriously. [read more]
Nothing beats points.
The Bucs last year never did rally after trailing at halftime to pull out a win. [read more]
The average Joe can now attend Day 3 of Buccaneers training camp. [read more]
Critical data.
Joe has read for months now in the comments here that Baker Mayfield is not a clutch quarterback — that he gags in the fourth quarter. [read more]
Key to turning around defense?
The arrow is not pointing up for KitKat-eating Bucs coach Todd Bowles’ defense. [read more]
Building a two-headed monster?
Last year Bucs offensive coordinator Zac Robinson used mostly two different tight ends when he was calling the shots for the Atlanta offense, Kyle Pitts and Charlie Woerner. [read more]
Who besides Tristan Wirfs?
A few times a week, Joe sees readers leave comments on this here corner of the interwebs grousing about the talent level of the Bucs roster. [read more]
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Bucs rookie linebacker Josiah Trotter.
Smokescreen or reality? [read more]
“Now all of Tampa Bay will be able to hear me scream! What do you think about that, Mike Tirico?”
Jon Gruden, the man better known as “Chucky,” who guided the Bucs to their first Super Bowl title, will return to the Bucs.
Are the Bucs more likely to have a top-10 offense this season or a top-15 defense?
The answer from a familiar voice might surprise you. [read more]
While legendary Ira Kaufman has his big 50th anniversary in the sports media business coming in September, a lesser but significant anniversary arrived this week.
The Sage of Tampa Bay Sports is celebrating 10 full years at JoeBucsFan.com world headquarters. [read more]
Annoyed.
Former Bucs running back Shady McCoy has a bug up his behind about Baker Mayfield. [read more]
Time to establish himself as a top-shelf center.
Most every analyst Joe reads or hears seems to agree with Joe: The Bucs, when healthy, have a damn fine offensive line. Maybe one of the best in the NFL. [read more]
Has a Bucs winning plan.
In the eyes of former Bucs defensive tackle Booger McFarland, the Bucs have one of the best offensive lines in the league — when healthy. [read more]
Defenses didn’t need cryptologists to decipher Josh Grizzard’s tendencies last season.
It seems the most recent Bucs offensive coordinator (Josh Grizzard) was telegraphing plays. [read more]
