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Ex-NFL lineman weighs in
Last week Bucs defensive coordinator Todd Bowles explained how 2021 is a different season even if you have the same starters. And once a team starts thinking it can waltz through a season, that’s when they get their backsides kicked in. [read more]
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BY IRA KAUFMAN
Fifteen Super Bowl champions have tried and failed to repeat since Tom Brady turned the trick with the 2004 Patriots. [read more]
Missed new blood.
Just about everyone with a shot glass of common sense about the NFL is raving on the job Bucs AC/DC-loving general manager Jason Licht did in not just getting 22+1 starters back, but the luck of the Bucs bringing back all but one coach. [read more]
Joe never felt comfortable with the greeting, “Happy Memorial Day.”
Why? It’s not meant to be a happy day.
Always the answer.
There is a split decision at JoeBucsFan.com world headquarters, even on Memorial Day!
(Hey, there is no such thing as a day off from Bucs football at JoeBucsFan.com, no matter what the calendar may read.) [read more]
Nicknames for position groups in the NFL used to be a thing. [read more]
Joe’s going to take a break from thinking about Chris Godwin potentially playing for the Jaguars or Eagles in 2022 and focus on more soothing daydreams. [read more]
Joe cannot stand the pervasive narrative that the Bucs will “the hunted” this season and will feel the effects of getting every team’s best shot.
It’s accurate but nonsense at the same time. [read more]
Look out!
The reason why the Bucs won the Super Bowl in February? In Joe’s mind, you can start and end with Tom Brady. [read more]
Dissed.
Joe is starting to figure out why there has been an exodus of NFL columnists fleeing Bleacher Report in recent months, like rats off a sinking ship. [read more]
One key element usually in a team winning a Super Bowl is not losing key players to injury, at least not for a great length of time. [read more]
The former Buccaneers general manager has graded a draft class of the man who succeeded him. [read more]
What makes him great?
There is something called “Volume Sports.” Joe knows little about it but is intrigued because it seems former Bucs corner Aqib Talib is affiliated with them. [read more]
Every offseason, every general manager and head coach everywhere uses the same tired line when talking to media.
It’s often a steaming pile of BS. [read more]
Video breakdown.
How about some offensive line adult entertainment on this Memorial Day Weekend Saturday? [read more]
Riffs on Bucs tight end.
Bucs thought they got a steal in 2017 when all-world tight end O.J. Howard slipped down the draft and fell in their lap. [read more]
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“Tom, I just didn’t want you to get hit by a line drive foul ball from another field by some jackwagon rookie league shortstop.”
So Super Bowl-winning coach Bucco Bruce Arians said this week he would be more than happy if his Bucs starters worked out at One Buc Palace unsupervised. [read more]
It’s an annual tradition, O.J. Howard trade speculation and O.J. Howard injuries.
They go together like Big Storm beers and Hooters wings.
New Bucs RB Giovani Bernard
The Bucs only signed one significant outsider this offseason, so Joe has an extra interest in the guy. [read more]
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In this edition of The Todd Wright TODDcast, Todd recaps Tampa Bay’s series victory over Florida and discusses how the path to a second straight Stanley Cup is now a little smoother based on the early exits of Pittsburgh and Washington. The Todd Wright TODDcast is presented by Brandon Legal Group and Papa John’s. Click above to listen or to download. Or listen on Stitcher here, Google Podcasts here, and on other platforms.
