A Degree In Competition Management
March 28th, 2023
New Bucs offensive coordinator Dave Canales.
Quarterback competitions in the spring and summer are often messy — unless you know exactly how to handle the situation. [read more]

New Bucs offensive coordinator Dave Canales.
Quarterback competitions in the spring and summer are often messy — unless you know exactly how to handle the situation. [read more]
Lamar Jackson news and speculation was swirling yesterday following the Pro Bowl quarterback publicly stating he requested a trade from the Ravens, so Joe thinks it’s a good time to break this gem of a news nugget. [read more]

Demands trade.
So yesterday the hammer finally fell. Lamar Jackson demanded a trade from the Crows. [read more]

It might be way early to set the season-win totals for NFL teams. Hell, the Final Four hasn’t been played yet. [read more]

Joe is spending the afternoon, evening and wee hours patrolling the NFL Annual Meeting (formerly knowns as the “owners meeting”) in Phoenix, including the huge NFL all-night party, and will have all kinds of goodies tomorrow and beyond.

The Quarterback Whisperer at One Buc Palace, Bucco Bruce Arians, finally has weighed in on Tampa Bay’s signing of Baker Mayfield. [read more]
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Low ranking.
In the mind of one NFL columnist, new Bucs quarterback Baker Mayfield is a bridge all right. [read more]

Scolded
A former superstar player for Todd Bowles who says he loves Todd Bowles and stays in touch with him believes Bucs quarterback Baker Mayfield screwed up when he signed with Tampa Bay this month.

So it’s the time of year when Joe heads to the annual NFL Owners meetings to hang out with NFL owners, general managers and head coaches. What’s more fun than Joe in a swanky resort grilling the power brokers? [read more]

Defends Baker Mayfield.
Skip Bayless actually feels sorry for Baker Mayfield. [read more]

Bengals OT Jonah Williams.
Bengals left tackle Jonah Williams was the 11th overall pick of the 2019 draft. [read more]

Todd Bowles explains.
Bucs coach Todd Bowles, along with many other NFL coaches, suits and owners, already are prowling the sands of the Arizona desert at the NFL Owners Meetings, which kicked off yesterday. [read more]

Franchise-best kicker.
Doing some research last night, Joe had his Sunday evening ruined. [read more]

Lavonte David
Eye-popping stats on Bucs icon Lavonte David from a source Joe likes to throw rocks at. [read more]

Tennessee RT Darnell Wright.
Joe will save his well known screed for the last couple of paragraphs. [read more]

GM Jason Licht
It seems Bucs AC/DC-loving general manager Jason Licht deserves a tip of the hat. [read more]
During new Bucs offensive coordinator Dave Canales’ final three games as a Seahawks assistant coach last season, he watched a rookie running back hammer away for 354 yards on 78 carries. [read more]

“Mark, I can’t carry on this tradition.”
Joe is trying hard to keep an open mind to this gem of Bucs history dropped by former Tampa Bay general manager Mark Dominik on national radio. [read more]

Safety help.
One cool thing about the free agency period is it usually is a window into what to expect in the draft. [read more]