Battling.

Head coach Todd Bowles sure was upbeat (upbeat for him) when it came to talking about one of his key units. [read more]

Joe pays attention when Leger Douzable talks Bucs because he played defensive tackle for Todd Bowles with the Jets and he is the pride of Alonso High School in Tampa. [read more]

Baker Mayfield.

Real Bucs football, or at least a close representation of it, finally returns Friday to The Licht House.

The preseason kicks off against Pittsburgh and Baker Mayfield will be the Buccaneers starting quarterback. [read more]

Bucs RB Rachaad White.

Last week at Bucs training camp Joe was talking to running back Rachaad White after he flattened a defender who stood in the way of White getting a big gain. [read more]

Rookie right guard Cody Mauch.

Offensive linemen usually fall into two categories. [read more]

Hard work beginning to show.

Yesterday after the Bucs defense had five picks total of Baker Mayfield and Kyle Trask, head coach Todd Bowles said the defense was starting to “come together.” [read more]

Rookie OLB YaYa Diaby.

Yes, YaYa Diaby, the Bucs’ rookie outside linebacker, is a guy Joe hopes succeeds. [read more]

Fumble recoveries vs. points.

Joe has remarked more than once this training camp, tinged with more than a hint of sarcasm, that if Bucs coach Todd Bowles isn’t careful, he’s going to start sounding like lousy Lovie Smith for the way Bowles is so hungry for takeaways, and paranoid about turnovers. [read more]

Joe has said this for months, but now the voice of NFL Network and a friend to many NFL big shots is saying the same thing. [read more]

Bucs rookie receiver Trey Palmer skies for a one-hand grab in practice.

The Buccaneers have a somewhat odd rule in place for media. [read more]

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Don’t blame the QBs?

So is your glass half-full or glass is half-empty?

How you perceive this story will determine your answer. [read more]

Full potential untapped.

While he has cooled off a bit of late, this SirVocea Dennis is a dawg. [read more]

Bucs offensive line coach/run game coordinator Harold Goodwin demonstrates a move to guard Matt Feiler Tuesday morning.

Let’s just say the way Bucs coach Todd Bowles has been harping on turnovers of late like lousy Lovie Smith after two shots of espresso, Bowles likely had to chug a bottle of Mylanta after practice. Baker Mayfield and Kyle Trask each had a pair of interceptions. Take those four throws away, and Mayfield may have had his best practice as a Bucs quarterback and Trask otherwise had a solid practice. Devin White finally made a splash play and Mike Evans and Chris Godwin look Minnesota-Ready. This and more in today’s practice notes. [read more]

As a seasoned student of offensive line play, Buccaneers defensive guru head coach Todd Bowles said today he’ll know when his new O-line has aged like a fine wine — or at least like the potent bottles of Thunderbird that Joe consumed in a brown bag decades ago. [read more]

More clarity today from Todd Bowles, though Joe recognizes every NFL situation is fluid and yesterday’s truth is sometimes tomorrow’s fiction. [read more]