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Joe understands some Bucs fans are outraged by the team passing on drafting this defensive tackle Devonte Wyatt from Georgia and trading back for Logan Hall of Houston. [read more]
So the closest thing the Bucs have to major drama is the decision of its future Hall of Fame tight end. Will he return to the team or give up football for good and run back to the squared circle of the WWE? [read more]
Todd Bowles talks Bucs rookie edge rusher Andre Anthony.
In Joe’s eyes, a seventh-round pick is a total throwaway pick. Joe bets the Bucs have had more luck this century with undrafted free agents than with seventh-round picks. Shoot, in 2014 and 2015, the Bucs signed undrafted free agents Cam Brate and Adam Humphries and those two guys are still producing. [read more]
Look, Joe gives certain ex-Bucs more credibility than others because Joe knows who some ex-Bucs talk to with direct or second-hand intel of the inner workings at One Buc Palace. [read more]
Look, when a team picks at No. 27 in the draft and its own coach admits it needs more draft picks, it’s difficult to knock that draft out of the park. But per a composite grading of the Bucs’ draft by nearly two dozen NFL analysts, Bucs AC/DC-loving general manager Jason Licht pulled off a helluva job. [read more]
When the Bucs made three picks on Day 2 of the NFL Draft, Joe was patrolling at One Buc Palace, more specifically inhaling free food from Team Glazer. [read more]
Buccaneers rookie defensive tackle Logan Hall, the No. 33 overall pick last week, is a very chill dude.
He’s not going to be a flamboyant media darling and he’s about work more than big smiles and fancy quotes. But he did crack a smile recently. [read more]
No team other than the Seahawks will be playing a game farther from the continental United States this season. That’s when the Bucs host them Munich. Because of that game alone, Joe thought the Bucs would fly more miles than 90 percent of the league. [read more]
Joe has yet to meet a defensive coach who doesn’t enjoy the sting of a good hit. And it seems Bucs coach Todd Bowles is starting to mold his offense into a squad that doesn’t take punishment but dishes it out. [read more]
Earlier this week when Bucs safeties coach Nick Rapone wandered along the stage of the Bucs’ media studio fielding questions as if he was in a townhall setting, he pretty much announced that Mike Edwards is the starting strong safety. [read more]