“Jason, Larry taught his kid well.”

Fans love reading mock drafts. They can be entertaining, and nothing simultaneously builds draft excitement and knowledge better. [read more]

Cornerback Elijah Molden

Plug-and-play rookies never go out of style — even when you’re Super Bowl champions. [read more]

New goals.

One reason why Joe — and many other people — were quite surprised how Bucs AC/DC-loving general manager Jason Licht was able to bring back the Band of Bucs was the motivation of players to return. [read more]

Bucs GM Jason Licht

This time of the year, less than a week before the draft, people are hanging on every syllable spoken by a team suit or coach in an effort to figure out their team’s draft. [read more]

Miami DE Gregory Rousseau.

This is music to Joe. [read more]

Targeted.

This really shouldn’t come as a surprise, but it is still cool to read it. [read more]

Former Bucs OLB Geno Hayes.

Man, this is a tough read. [read more]

Peeved (?) at new NFL rule.

Joe is thinking this has to be a joke. [read more]

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Edge rusher Malcolm Koonce

A former Bucs draft pick and a player nobody thinks about — a guy once called “the prototype” Tampa Bay defensive end — has a Super Bowl ring and is about to enter his ninth NFL season. [read more]

It seems it might take more than a fat check stroked to his rape accuser in order to clear the record of furniture-tossing, bicycle-hurling Antonio Brown. [read more]

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When Todd Bowles talks defense, you listen. [read more]

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In bad shape.

Joe hates to type this kind of story. [read more]

Washington DB Elijah Molden.

One of the great treats of the Super Bowl-winning season for the Bucs was to see safety Antoine Winfield ball out the way he did. [read more]

Tom Brady walks off field after Super Bowl pregame warmups.

There is a hidden Tom Brady few have seen.

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Fun with draft for a change.

It’s not hyperbole to suggest in the Year of the Bucs 2021, we may never see anything like this again.

Never. [read more]

Hints at new number.

Joe wouldn’t be shocked if Bucs players wear new numbers this season.

The NFL approved new numbers for positions yesterday. [read more]

Gives props to Bucs ILB.

If you caught the news yesterday that former Bucs safety T.J. Ward retired, you were likely as surprised as Joe was. [read more]

Joe has long maintained that the Bucs suddenly became the ideal lab to groom Tom Brady’s successor the day they signed the park-violating, home-invading, NFLPA-ignoring, down-forgetting, handshake-stiffing, jet-ski-losing, biscuit-baking, tequila-shooting, smartphone-phobic, waffle-grilling, trophy-throwing, roller-coaster-scared, Bucs-Super-Bowl-winning quarterback. [read more]

Changing world

Life has changed for Super Bowl GM Jason Licht, and he explained today that even includes how draft-prospect interviews flush out. [read more]