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Right tackle phenom Tristan Wirfs.
Joe can’t get enough of right tackle Tristan Wirfs, the baddest 2020 rookie in the land and perhaps the best tackle in football — period. [read more]
A Buccaneer talks about repeating
Bucco Bruce Arians often compared his Bucs’ Super Bowl team with the 2005 champion Pittsburgh Steelers, a team for which he was an assistant coach.
So what happened to the 2006 Steelers? [read more]
Collects ex-Bucs kickers and moths.
This has been a bone of contention for several readers of this here site. [read more]
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One champion visited another last night. Real recognized real. [read more]
Bucs GM Jason Licht.
While this is a bit dated, the general focus is still dead-on. [read more]
Who among us does not like the Bucs re-signing foot-rubbing, car-littering tight end Rob Gronkowski? There is nothing wrong with this move.
But second-best free agency play in the NFL? That’s what a serial spreadsheeter thinks. [read more]
Not just a backup.
The news of the Bucs re-signing defensive tackle Rakeem “Nacho” Nuñez-Roches should not just be dismissed as the Bucs perhaps overpaying for a backup. [read more]
Repeat chatter.
A man in Tampa knows something about trying to defend a Super Bowl. And that man is Mr. Derrick Brooks. [read more]
The Bucs have no plans to leave themselves thin in the trenches. [read more]
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BY IRA KAUFMAN
It’s been exactly a year since Tom Brady sauntered down from behind Door No. 2 to One Buc Place and changed everything. [read more]
Bucs coach Bucco Bruce Arians.
Joe had additional help waking up this morning, a boost to the normal daily ration of Black Rifle Fit Fuel. [read more]
A Todd Bowles locker room story
So who gets credit for the Buccaneers’ first top-10-ranked defense in points allowed and yards allowed since the 2008 campaign? [read more]
Gone. (Photo courtesy of Buccaneers.com.)
Well, the entire Band of Bucs won’t be coming back. [read more]
Buccaneers legend Derrick Brooks will tell you that great leadership is necessary to build a Super Bowl team. For Brooks, it’s not an option or a welcome bonus that comes along occasionally with a talented player. [read more]
Bucs GM Jason Licht.
Over at CBS Sports, the gang there is really liking what the Bucs are doing in free agency.
The Super Bowl champs have become like your beloved grandmother, in a way. [read more]
Bucs GM Jason Licht.
In reading grades that NFL sophists have handed out to teams in free agency thus far, one on a Bucs move included a phrase that jumped out at Joe. [read more]
Talkin’ Bucs
The Playmaker believes the Bucs are making the critical plays of the offseason. [read more]
Poll posted at 5:57 a.m. Poll closed at 3:19 p.m.
Money kicker.
Yes, it was Tom Brady Day yesterday and Joe was going to raise a glass for that reason alone.
Only Bucs AC/DC-loving general manager Jason Licht gave Joe another reason to drink. [read more]
