Joe loves occasionally listening to Falcons head coach Raheem Morris being interviewed.

It’s often a mind-twister, as Raheem says about triple the words Todd Bowles would utter in the same time frame, and the longer Raheem talks the more words he crams in. [read more]

Pressure, in more ways than one.

UPDATED: 3:50 p.m. The Bucs, the past couple of years, have encouraged Baker Mayfield to get rid of the ball quickly. Quick passes. Get the ball out of his hand. [read more]

Benjamin Morrison

Rookie second-round pick cornerback Benjamin Morrison injured his hamstring in practice 27 days ago. [read more]

Emeka Egbuka is among many Bucs number changes.

If Joe were a true conspiracy nut, then, well, never mind. [read more]

Nearly changed Bucs history in a bad way.

Joe likes to look back at Bucs history after seeing a wild story. And this is one that could have changed NFL history and certainly could have changed Bucs history, in a bad way. [read more]

Week 1 starting Bucs left tackle Charlie Heck. A Hall of Fame QB weighs in.

A hearty handful of NFL teams, including the Bucs, will enter their Week 1 game with an issue or a major question mark at offensive tackle. [read more]

Former Bucs QB reacts.

Former Bucs quarterback Chris Simms said he has a tried-and-true method for determining a good team. [read more]

Called out.

A fun and telling moment was captured by the hot mic pinned to Lavonte David’s shirt. [read more]

“What do you think about this, Chris?”

Offense, offense, offense. [read more]

Reason to smile.

Joe is in ecstasy.

Game week has arrived, which means it’s just six days from a real kickoff Sunday afternoon in Atlanta. Practice resumes at One Buc Palace today and Joe’s team of 12 1/2 interns have reported for duty. [read more]

Called out by local sports anchor.

Evan Closky isn’t buying what Drew Brees is selling. [read more]

Details end of his Bucs days.

We all know the Bucs aren’t big players in the free agent market. Bucs AC/DC-loving general manager Jason Licht would rather keep his homegrown talent. [read more]

Flash poll posted at 11:21 a.m. Poll closed at 1:29 p.m. :

“I’m OK with that, ‘Grizz.'”

This is very interesting to Joe on a couple of levels. [read more]

“I trust you, ‘Bake.'”

We know the Bucs offense will be down three starters on offense come next Sunday when the Bucs travel to Atlanta to face the Dixie Chicks. [read more]

Bucs T Benjamin Chukwuma.

One guy Joe has written little about is a guy who is really new to football, not just the NFL. [read more]

Joe posted this during the Florida Gators’ opening game against Long Island University to spare Gators fans a little agita. Joe figured it was a good time with Florida leading 41-0. [read more]

The Joe typing here is almost flabbergasted by the throngs of fans and media expecting Baker Mayfield to play better than he did last season. [read more]

So the NFL ordered 30 of its analysts to pick this season’s NFC South champion. [read more]

Ceiling not yet reached?

Man, Joe looks back at when Bucs coach Todd Bowles begged and hounded Bucs AC/DC-loving general manager Jason Licht to sign Baker Mayfield. [read more]