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Driven.
No, Joe assures you this headline has nothing to do with the drive between Tampa and St. Petersburg on the Howard Frankland Bridge, which seems to trigger the south Tampa community as a whole (see: Attendance, Rays). [read more]
Did retired Ali Marpet indirectly play a part in Tom Brady’s timing to announce he would return to the Bucs?
Last night in Joe’s 31st-floor room at Aria Resort and Casino in Las Vegas with the mountains in the distance and the lights of Sin City shining brightly, the next “Ira Kaufman Podcast” was recorded. Yes, on the road! [read more]
Bucs CB Carlton Davis.
Of course, the biggest of the big moves the Bucs made in free agency came before legal tampering began: Tom Brady coming back for 2022. [read more]
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BY IRA KAUFMAN
Tom Brady and Bruce Arians must have patched things up in a hurry.
If you believe some of the reports dropping in the past six weeks, Brady and Arians weren’t on the same book, let alone the same page. There were suggestions of a deep divide between Brady and the franchise he returned to relevance.
Given Sunday’s stunning announcement, Arians has every right to ask: how do you like me now? [read more]
He’s back!
UPDATED 5:32 p.m. – What a welcome piece of news! [read more]
The ironman of the Buccaneers’ offensive line, the longest tenured O-lineman now that Alex Cappa will join the Bengals, was asked to talk today about all the fun and change happening at One Buc Palace. [read more]
Motivation.
Bucs receiver Mike Evans seems to have reacted just the way Bucs fans wanted all of his teammates to respond with the news that Tom Brady returned to Tampa Bay. [read more]
Tampa Bay only option.
Boy, several heavy hitters got badly played. [read more]
Joe thinks Tristan Wirfs’ response on Twitter to the apparent loss of right guard Alex Cappa to the defending AFC champs speaks for all Bucs fans today. [read more]
Alex Cappa’s replacement? (Yeah, Cappa has relocated.)
Anyone who has listened to an interview of Boston College guard/center Zion Johnson walks away crazy impressed. [read more]
The Bucs won’t keep all their free agents. Alex Cappa is already gone. And right now they have no cap room ($3 million isn’t “cap room”). [read more]
Cincinnati bound.
Joe called this weeks ago. [read more]
Gone?
(The games have begun!) The most fun and gut-wrenching day of the offseason is here.
Non-stop action all afternoon and night (and that was the case before Tom Brady shocked the world yesterday). [read more]
Bucs GM Jason Licht
The amateur capologists have been compiling the data and have determined the state of the Buccaneers’ salary cap is grim (as of 11 a.m. on Monday). [read more]
By Sean Sullivan – JoeBucsFan.com draft guru
In the 2017 NFL Draft, our Buccaneers selected tight end O.J. Howard out of the University of Alabama. I believe in my heart that Jason Licht was doing his best as GM to make his head coach happy. [read more]
We already saw how Tom Brady can coax teammates to do things they may not have planned to do. Just hours after Brady announced he’s returning, so too did center Ryan Jensen. [read more]
“We can do it, Juice.”
Tom Brady has said through the years how much he believes in quarterback-receiver chemistry and how that evolves and grows for five years. [read more]
Pro Bowl LG Ali Marpet.
Apparently, the Tom Brady magic and influence are not perfect.
Despite the greatest of all time returning to the Bucs, it was not enough to change Ali Marpet’s mind. That’s the word from Mike Garafolo of NFL Network. Per Marpet’s agent, the newly engaged and freshly retired Pro Bowl left guard will stay retired.
Instead, Marpet plans to launch a career in the mental health field.
No, Joe isn’t going to use a cheap one-liner here using mental patient Antonio Brown as a punching bag.
“Bruce, I will tell Tom you lost 50 pounds using his TB12. Maybe that will help get him back?”
This doesn’t shock Joe one bit, and now it is confirmed and out there for all to read. [read more]
Playoff ready?
Well this sure is interesting. [read more]
Insight on former teammate.
Few folks know Bucs quarterback Tom Brady like his former Belicheats teammate, linebacker Willie McGinest. [read more]
