Drafting a pass rusher.

Long-time readers know how much Joe values and covets a pass rush. Nothing, and Joe means nothing, shuts down an opponent’s passing attack like a damn strong pass rush. [read more]

More bang for the Bucs.

Boy, oh boy, are the Bucs getting a deal. And you can bet Team Glazer is fully aware. [read more]

Harsh words for Jamel Dean and more.

A former Bucs defensive tackle not named Warren Sapp was on radio yesterday making very bold statements about the Tampa Bay defense and the team’s upcoming draft approach in Rounds 1 and 2. [read more]

Bucs QB Coach Clyde Christensen talks Tom Brady the student/leader.

So what’s next for Tom Brady with the Bucs?

How will he make the team better? [read more]

The Match is back, and Joe might wager against Tom Brady because his golf partner in the charity event will be whiny choker Aaron Rodgers. [read more]

During the NFL Annual Meetings last month at the swanky Breakers resort in Palm Beach, Joe got a little one-on-one time with Bengals head coach Zac Taylor. [read more]

Bucs GM Jason Licht

There were years when a list like this would be published and Bucs general manager Jason Licht would rank below GMs who had yet to work a season on the job. [read more]

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BY IRA KAUFMAN

When it comes to productive Buc drafts, you can’t beat the 1995 haul that welcomed future Hall of Famers Warren Sapp and Derrick Brooks to Tampa.

The 1976 class was led by another Hall of Famer, Lee Roy Selmon, and Jason Licht hit it big in 2018 by selecting Vita Vea, Ronald Jones, Carlton Davis, Alex Cappa and Jordan Whitehead.

Buc fans are hoping the upcoming draft also proves fruitful as the organization marks the 25th anniversary of an underappreciated class that helped fuel a perennial playoff club. [read more]

Drop in yards.

Some people get irked by suggesting Joe maybe the Bucs might be wise in drafting a receiver at No. 27. Understandable. [read more]

Penn State WR Jahan Dotson.

Want to keep Tom Brady happy? Maybe help sweeten the pot to make him want to stay in Florida but away from Stephen Ross? Add needed top-flight speed to the offense? [read more]

“Tommy, your boy Don Yee really pulled one over on these guys. This is great!”

It’s a story that will linger in Bucs lore and we only have circumstantial evidence of its veracity: Tom Brady forced Bruce Arians to resign. Or so the story goes. [read more]

ESPN’s Dan Orlovsky.

This Joe typing this here post began to wean from the non-basketball association right about the time everyone seemed to try to “Be like Mike” in the famous 1991 Gatorade commercial. [read more]

Joe isn’t getting preachy here and explaining the meaning of Easter. If you don’t know, Google is your friend. But for Bucs fans, finding chocolates stashed around the house and the yard came early this year. [read more]

Window opening?

With all kinds of hot chatter that the Panthers are about to make a play for Baker Mayfield, Joe has to look at the quarterback the Panthers would be giving up on — a guy Bucco Bruce Arians endorsed at the No. 3 overall pick in 2018. [read more]

Chimes in on Bucs.

Unless folks are convinced Ndamukong Suh isn’t returning, Joe doesn’t get why so many people are adamant the Bucs draft a defensive tackle at No. 27. [read more]

Cornerback Tariq Woolen

It’s hard for Joe to imagine the Bucs having a second consecutive draft of developmental-type players. [read more]

Concerned with Todd Bowles.

Joe has a very simple saying often heard on “The Ira Kaufman Podcast.” [read more]

Fun with numbers.

Joe is accused by some of being anti-stats. That’s nonsense. [read more]

Time to get out the red pen (too soon?) and grade the record of Super Bowl general manager Jason Licht in Round 3 of the NFL Draft. [read more]

Oklahoma LB Brian Asamoah.

As you likely heard in the latest “Ira Kaufman Podcast,” Ira said he would like the Bucs to draft Oklahoma linebacker Brian Asamoah in the third round. [read more]