One Buccaneer gets the ultimate endorsement

It’s time to officially put one Bucs backup on the 53-man roster for 2021. [read more]

Rookie QB Kyle Trask

The fearless, 68-year-old leader of our beloved Buccaneers was talking young Bucs yesterday on national radio. [read more]

Tom Brady was talking yesterday. [read more]

Hall of Fame Buccaneers icon Derrick Brooks raises key concerns out of Preseason Game 2. Enjoy TAMPA TWO, presented by Converged Technology Professionals. Brooks is sharing his insight with The Sage of Tampa Bay Sports, Ira Kaufman.

More fun from The Identity Tampa Bay & Joe.

“Bruce, you like that 2018 draft? You were playing golf and dropping one-liners on CBS when I dealt that hand to this team.”

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Let’s not wait until Saturday’s big reveal, when the NFL’s Top 10 list as voted by the players is officially announced.

The suspense is over. [read more]

Talks rookie OLB.

Joe found it very cool last week when Devin White (Shark) said of rookie outside linebacker Joe Tryon-Shoyinka that the Bucs have established an elite standard for run defense and JTS cannot be a one-trick pony if he wants to be an every-down linebacker. [read more]

Stumped.

You don’t often see Bucs Super Bowl-winning coach Bucco Bruce Arians thrown a curveball. [read more]

“AB, you can help me get MVP.”

This is difficult for Joe to wrap his head around, but this is the reality of having Tom Brady as your quarterback. [read more]

Roster-building. (Photo courtesy of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.)

While Joe would be guzzling Bromosa on tap at a Big Storm Brewing taproom, the job AC/DC-loving general manager Jason Licht and Super Bowl-winning coach Bucco Bruce Arians did building the Bucs, hey, they get a pass for chugging macro brew on a boat. [read more]

Interesting and slightly rare insight here from Bucco Bruce Arians. [read more]

Chris Godwin is one of the great all-around players in the NFL. [read more]

Down goes Ryan Succop.

UPDATED 2:10 p.m. – Here we go… [read more]

Coaching legend reacts.

Joe can just hear the cries now: “Joe, why are you writing about Jameis? He’s with the slimy Saints!”

Because one of the greatest coaches in NFL history is calling out Bucs coaches present and past for a former Bucs No. 1 overall pick now about to be named starter for a hated division rival. [read more]

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Chatting at practice.

Way cool video the Bucs produced last week that all fans ought to watch. [read more]

Tommy the Recruiter.

Tom Brady will not coach after his playing days. He’s stated several times he has no interest in going that route, though he likely would be a helluva quarterback coach. [read more]

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Bucs coach Bucco Bruce Arians

Wanna make the Bucs? Ball out on special teams. [read more]

Hard work pays off.

Joe was communicating back and forth last week with a guy from CBS Sports. Joe told the correspondent that rarely a day goes by that Bucs Super Bowl-winning coach Bucco Bruce Arians doesn’t have a good one-liner or somehow makes Joe laugh. [read more]

O.J. Howard and Metallica.

Joe isn’t much of a Metallica fan. In fact, Joe’s not a Metallica fan. Maybe Joe likes three of their songs. The rest? Meh.

Joe’s just not a speed metal guy. [read more]