March 31st, 2022
Yes, Bucco Bruce Arians is no longer head coach and is now the Bucs’ “senior consultant for football.”
Joe hopes that translates in the real world as “young-quarterback czar.” [read more]
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March 31st, 2022

He’s not gone.
Today’s press conference will feel like Joe is going to a wake. [read more]
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March 31st, 2022

Closer?
The Bucs have two big-name free agents, one guy on each side of the ball, still negotiating with the team to return. What does Bucco Bruce Arians stepping down mean to the effort to re-sign them? [read more]
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March 30th, 2022

Todd Bowles
What a day it is for new Buccaneers head coach Todd Bowles. [read more]
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March 30th, 2022
Trust. Loyalty. Respect.
That was the mantra of former head coach Bucco Bruce Arians to his players, the key to a successful team. But did freshly-retired Arians stick to his core belief in recent weeks? [read more]
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March 30th, 2022

“Tom, now that you are back, I’ve got to let you in on a secret.”
Joe knows all sorts of folks are out there connecting dots to make sense of what doesn’t make sense: that a healthy Bucco Bruce Arians, days after having the greatest quarterback of all time return to the team, decided he’s had enough. [read more]
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March 30th, 2022

New Bucs coach Todd Bowles.
As one can imagine, it is a busy day and night at One Buc Palace. [read more]
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March 30th, 2022
Bucs quarterback Tom Brady took to Instagram to share his reaction to the stunning news his coach, Bucco Bruce Arians, is stepping away from the sidelines. You can see his full post below.
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March 30th, 2022

New Bucs head coach Todd Bowles
OK, so Joe sees in the comments folks asking about why the Bucs didn’t have to follow the Rooney Rule, which is that two candidates of color (or a woman — provided you can define “woman”) must be interviewed for a head coach opening. [read more]
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March 30th, 2022

“OK Tommy. Now you only need to deal with Byron.”
National guys Joe respects because they are often dead-on in their reporting just would not let the rumor go that there was a rift between Bucs Super Bowl-winning coach Bucco Bruce Arians and Tom Brady. [read more]
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March 30th, 2022

New Bucs head coach Todd Bowles.
Yes, Todd Bowles is the new head coach of our beloved Buccaneers.
Shocking. Stunning. Scary. [read more]
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March 30th, 2022
It’s official.
And it’s officially one hell of a wild offseason.
Bucco Bruce Arians has ridden off into the sunset in his golf cart. [read more]
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March 30th, 2022
Lots of Bucs fans like to pull out their calendars when they hear a player has a major injury, such as a blown knee like the one Chris Godwin suffered in mid-December. [read more]
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March 30th, 2022

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The annual NFL owners meeting is a virtual beehive of activity and information. From a media perspective, it’s a goldmine. [read more]
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March 30th, 2022

Ah, ha!
So we know Tom Brady shook the football world 2 1/2 weeks ago when on an otherwise quiet Sunday night, while folks were filling out their NCAA brackets, Brady blew up social media announcing he would return to Tampa Bay for the 2022 season. [read more]
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March 30th, 2022
Imagine if Team Glazer got impatient with general manager Jason Licht and pulled the plug on him after the 2018 season.
You know, thrown Licht in the trash with Dirk Koetter and Gerald McCoy. [read more]
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March 30th, 2022

New Buccaneer Russell Gage might be the best No. 3 receiver in the NFL. [read more]
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March 30th, 2022

It seems Bucs general manager Jason Licht and Chiefs head coach/personnel guru Andy Reid have something in common.
And it’s not because the two worked together with the Eagles. [read more]
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March 30th, 2022

Better with age.
One thing that drove Joe wild about Mike Glennon when he was a Bucs starter (grim days, indeed) was how he always seemed to throw to a receiver 3-5 yards short of the sticks on third down.
A Glennon special! [read more]
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March 30th, 2022

Bucs GM Jason Licht.
Well, most of free agency is over. And Bucs AC/DC-loving general manager Jason Licht has done a strong job bringing back a bunch of free agents. [read more]
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