Will only be better.

The gap must be bridged. [read more]

Availability.

Training camp is right around the corner. [read more]

Rough game in Los Angeles.

The following is a brief summary of some scenes in the Netflix series “Quarterback,” a “Hard Knocks”-like look at NFL quarterbacks. Cameras tail them on and off the field. Joe Flacco, Cam Ward, Jayden Daniels and Baker Mayfield are featured this summer. [read more]

Podcast (ira-kaufman-podcast): Play in new window | Download | Embed

Subscribe: RSS

Click above to shop the fantastic July pricing at Tampa’s first family of Ford dealers, BillCurrieFord.com. Don’t Worry. Drive Currie! Reach out to Ira’s friend and Bill Currie Ford GM Sean Sullivan for a hearty JoeBucsFan discount, and remember their extreme commitment to customer satisfaction at Bill Currie Ford..

A gem of a mid-July podcast with The Sage and Joe. Enjoy!

The wisdom and fun of Ira and Joe is presented by Bill Currie Ford. Click play above or listen at Apple Podcasts or Podbean.com. Many other platforms, too, including iHeartRadio.

A family business since 1960, Bill Currie Ford is one mile north of Raymond James Stadium on Dale Mabry Highway, and Bill Currie Ford GM Sean Sullivan is Ira’s great friend. He’s ready to help you personally — and to give you the Ira Kaufman discount on top of all their amazing deals. E-mail, call or visit Sean at the Bill Currie showroom.

Tribal warnings.

Oh, boy. We can just hit fast-forward to February. Thanks to the PFF tribe, we already know what the Bucs will do this fall. [read more]

Gold mine.

There is just no way this happens. No way. Even Joe typing about it makes Joe want to run and take another shower. [read more]

MVP candidate.

The following is a brief summary of some scenes in the Netflix series “Quarterback,” a “Hard Knocks”-like look at NFL quarterbacks. Cameras tail them on and off the field. Joe Flacco, Cam Ward, Jayden Daniels and Baker Mayfield are featured this summer. [read more]

Given how sportsbooks have the Buccaneers as the favorite to win the NFC South, Joe thought more national analysts would take that ball and run with it, considering the sad collection of quarterbacks in the division not named Baker Mayfield. [read more]

.

The NFL has shared sacks-allowed stats for the Buccaneers. [read more]

Comparison.

So Bucs fans, would you jump at the chance to pay the following quarterbacks if they suddenly became available? [read more]

Not enough almost-sacks?

Joe thought this was very cool of the WWL. [read more]

Ian Rapoport is one of the NFL super-insider reporters. And it certainly helps him to work for NFL Network, which is partly owned by the league itself. [read more]

Fire up the JoeBucsFan Show at 10 a.m. on WDAE radio, 95.7 FM and AM 620. Joe and Ira Kaufman have a full plate.

Listen online to Tampa Bay’s all-sports beast or via the iHeart Radio app, or click the player below. (Joe has been back on the WDAE airwaves every weekend for the past 17 months. Varying times.)

Presented By Bill Currie Ford!

Baker Mayfield says trash talking keeps him amped.

The following is a brief summary of some scenes from the Netflix series “Quarterback,” a “Hard Knocks”-like look at NFL quarterbacks. Cameras tail them on and off the field. Joe Flacco, Cam Ward, Jayden Daniels and Mayfield are featured this summer. [read more]

A common theme ran through the new Netflix “Quarterback” series starring Baker Mayfield, Jayden Daniels, Joe Flacco and Cam Ward. [read more]

Time stood still last month when Todd Bowles broke from repeated claims that effort was no issue with his Buccaneers in 2025.

The head coach referenced guys “just taking plays off.” That sure sounds like an effort issue, so Joe launched operation Loaf Watch. [read more]

“Quarterback” star.

“Quarterback” will pay off for Bucs quarterback Baker Mayfield. [read more]

Click through to visit BillCurrieFord.com and see their extraordinary July discounts. Family-owned in Tampa since 1960! Bill Currie Ford general manager Sean Sullivan is ready to help you PERSONALLY and give you the famous Ira Kaufman discount. Don’t Worry, Drive Currie!

BY IRA KAUFMAN

It’s been a nice July stretch for Baker Mayfield and Tom Mills. [read more]

Bucs coach Todd Bowles.

You hear it. Joe hears it. We all hear it. [read more]