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BY IRA KAUFMAN

Many of the greats have tried — and many of ’em have failed.

The transition from the athletic field to the broadcast booth can be a treacherous one. Just ask Joe Montana, who called his wife while working his ninth game for NBC and spilled his guts over the phone.

“I quit,” Joe Cool told her from the booth during Super Bowl XXX. “‘I’m out of here. I can’t do this.”

Tom Brady thinks he can. [read more]

Free agent strategy.

One of the best pure football podcasts is the “Ross Tucker Football Podcast.” Tucker, a former Tom Brady teammate and a Princeton graduate who was a teammate there of NFL Network’s Kyle Brandt, played seven years in the NFL at offensive line. [read more]

Bucs GM Jason Licht.

Bucs fans hoping for another successful Super Bowl run are eager and anxious for the season to start. Eager because the Bucs are the toast of the NFL. Anxious because they wonder if the Bucs are a player or two short of a complete team. [read more]

Filling Chris Godwin’s roll.

Ever since former Bucs defensive tackle and BSPN talking head Booger McFarland — who Joe knows gets intel from One Buc Palace — say star receiver Chris Godwin is unlikely to return from his knee rehab until after Thanksgiving, Joe has been triggered. [read more]

Mystery author has weird take.

Though this analysis comes from the website created by former NFL general manager Mike Tannenbaum, Joe has a hard time believing he typed this. [read more]

No, this is not a post about Bucs returner Jaelon Darden.

The more time former Bucs rock star general manager Mark Dominik spends as a host on SiriusXM NFL Radio, the more he reveals about his 20 years serving the Tampa Bay franchise in various capacities. [read more]

Joe learned a couple of things last night.

First, Tom Brady had dinner with Shaq (The OG version) a few weeks ago. [read more]

Replacing Jason Pierre-Paul.

It’s never too early to look at the Week 1 matchup between the Bucs and the Cowboys in Jerry’s World. [read more]

When Leonard Fournette arrived in Tampa, he happily stated that the stacked boxes he ran against consistently in Jacksonville wouldn’t be commonplace with the Bucs. [read more]

“We won’t miss you, Cap.”

If believe Adam Schefter, Tom Brady pleaded with guard Alex Cappa to return to Tampa Bay but Cappa ran to Cincinnati for the cash and spurned The Goat. [read more]

Bucs GM Jason Licht

Since we live in a microwave, drive-through, fast-food, 24/7 news and sports, movies-on-demand society, fans just hours after the NFL draft is completed demand grades. Now! [read more]

Still out there.

At this point, Joe is starting to think this is just a game of chicken. The one not to buckle wins. [read more]

Looking at the Bucs.

It frightens Joe to think that Tom Brady’s two more trusted targets may not be with the Bucs to begin the season, and may miss a lot of time. [read more]

Opportunity knocking again.

One pleasant surprise last year was the sudden, out-of-nowhere development of reserve Bucs wide receiver Cyril Grayson. [read more]

Back in training camp of 2018, Ryan Fitzpatrick was named the opening day starting quarterback thanks to you-know-whos embarrassing three-game suspension.

It was then that Fitzpatrick paid receiver Chris Godwin the ultimate compliment. [read more]

Rookie defensive lineman Logan Hall.

For reasons Joe does not quite understand, it’s rare for NFL players to talk about money with the media, or for media to ask players about their salaries. [read more]

Bucs QB Tom Brady.

Over at Sports Information Solutions, they devote an entire page to Bucs stats. It’s not too stat geeky (at least not to Joe) and you won’t find a friggin’ grade anywhere (thankfully!). [read more]