Deven Thompkins stuck in numbers game.

The Bucs have sick depth at receiver. What spooks Joe is thinking the same thing last year and look how that turned out. [read more]

Bucs QB Kyle Trask.

Bucs backup quarterback Kyle Trask redeemed himself from his string of terrible practices earlier this month with a beautiful touchdown pass to Jerreth Sterns and leading the Bucs on a potential game-winning drive that ended in a kick off the uprights in a 26-24 loss to the Dolphins. [read more]

Power and pressure on display in the preseason opener.

About 5 1/2 months ago at the NFL Scouting Combine, general manager Jason Licht said he wanted and expected a kicker competition between 2021 practice squad kicker José Borregales and Super Bowl season hero Ryan Succop. [read more]

Tyler Johnson

Joe is so glad all of Bucs nation got to see tonight what’s been happening through training camp at One Buc Palace. [read more]

Bucco Bruce Arians

Get your Kangol Tropic hat ready. [read more]

Todd Bowles

Interesting insight from Buccaneers head coach Todd Bowles on the WFLA-TV broadcast of Preseason Game 1 at The Licht House tonight. [read more]

The Blaine Gabbert Show is on!

Bucs football is back! Except nearly every starter will be in street clothes tonight in the 2022 preseason opener at The Licht House.

Still, it’s football. Glorious football! Much better than watching, say, nearly anything ever produced for TV.

Comment all game long below. Joe will have plenty right here after the game. And a new Ira Kaufman Podcast for the early morning.

Former Bucs coach Dirk Koetter.

Now here is a cool trivia question for you. [read more]

Pro Bowl center Ryan Jensen.

Bucs fans are agitated about the news, or non-news, concerning Pro Bowl center Ryan Jensen and his knee. That’s understandable. [read more]

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Get ready to embrace Captain Checkdown. [read more]

GM Jason Licht is pumped for one of his draft picks.

Just about any NFL suit or coach will tell you the same thing.

A good NFL player will take a big leap from Year 1 to Year 2. [read more]

Todd Bowles weighs in.

Todd Bowles is the ultimate win-now NFL head coach. Nobody’s under more pressure to eat Ws. The roster is loaded and the quarterback is 45 and on an August vacation. [read more]

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Joe enjoyed hearing one of Tom Brady’s former teammates talk about how The Goat treats every preseason game like a life or death experience. [read more]

QB Kyle Trask

Kyle Trask is in a very rare quarterback boat, the same one he floated in last year apparently without a paddle, a motor or a captain. [read more]

Preseason Game 1

Dolphins at Bucs

Kickoff: 7:30 p.m. [read more]

Bucs sacks king Shaq Barrett explains his unique situation.

Training camp is a unique animal for Shaq Barrett, especially in 2022. [read more]

Todd Bowles loves Logan Ryan.

Bucs coach Todd Bowles has only been in charge for a handful of months and is somewhat measured in praise of players. [read more]

Offensive line chatter.

Though Bucs coach Todd Bowles tries to reassure fans if the team turns to backup center Robert Hainsey to start the season for Pro Bowl center Ryan Jensen — when is the last time you heard of a guy needing over two weeks for swelling to recede on an injured knee before a full diagnosis can be made? — many fans are likely missing Bowles’ main message. [read more]

A former teammate of Julio Jones sees what Joe sees. [read more]