Goal of rookie minicamp.

Aside from the guys the Bucs drafted and maybe a handful of undrafted free agents, what exactly can be accomplished by the Bucs this weekend by throwing 70 guys together, most of them strangers to each other and first-timers in Tampa? [read more]

Cornerback indecision.

OK, Joe is sensing something weird coming from the Bucs. [read more]

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“Not worried” about Josiah Trotter’s pass defense.

After Day 2 of the draft, Bucs vice president of personnel Mike Biehl was peppered with questions about Bucs’ second-round pick Josiah Trotter’s perceived inability to cover in pass defense. [read more]

Rueben Bain was locked in prior to his first Bucs practice.

If the Bucs have an open practice, then Joe’s going to take notes, even if only (maybe) six or seven of the guys out there on the practice fields behind One Buc Palace will be employed by the Bucs in four months. [read more]

Bucs rookie Keionte Scott.

Well, perhaps this is why Bucs rookie cornerback Keionte Scott fell in the draft where the Bucs could grab in him Round 4. [read more]

First-round pick Rueben Bain.

The underwear, no-pads football practice known as rookie minicamp was in operation today at One Buc Palace. [read more]

Production matters.

Joe has to give Bucs AC/DC-loving general manager Jason Licht credit. How many inventive and interesting ways can one come up with to answer the same question asked a dozen times? [read more]

Rough with work equipment.

Joe wonders if Team Glazer will have a special deduction from the next paycheck Bucs vice president of personnel Mike Biehl tries to cash? [read more]

Former Bucs QB reacts.

The Joe typing this here post has way too many questions about the 2026 Bucs in early May to feel comfortable about the team returning to the playoffs. [read more]

Rookies better pick numbers carefully.

Joe thought one of the more galling, tone deaf, disconnected-with-reality moves in years was last spring when Giants rookie edge rusher Abdul Carter had the nerve to call up Lawrence Taylor and ask if he could unretire LT’s number and wear No. 56. [read more]

A return to the land of bier, brats, kraut and dirndls for topless Vita Vea?

The NFL is efforting to release the 2026 schedule sometime in the next two weeks. [read more]

Bucs rookie LB Josiah Trotter.

He said there’s a chance. [read more]

Calm down!

Too much information! [read more]

“You, running the ball? Why?”

You don’t hear this too often from a receiver. [read more]

Bucs DL Rueben Bain.

UPDATED: For those who believe this research and think Rueben Bain is going to go full-blown Joey Bosa this fall, well, perhaps that won’t quite happen. [read more]

A two-time Super Bowl–winning defensive end is excited about what the Bucs’ pass rush now could be. [read more]

The NFL remains a quarterback-driven league, even after Sam Darnold won a Super Bowl. [read more]