He’s not gone.

Today’s press conference will feel like Joe is going to a wake. [read more]

Closer?

The Bucs have two big-name free agents, one guy on each side of the ball, still negotiating with the team to return. What does Bucco Bruce Arians stepping down mean to the effort to re-sign them? [read more]

Todd Bowles

What a day it is for new Buccaneers head coach Todd Bowles. [read more]

Trust. Loyalty. Respect.

That was the mantra of former head coach Bucco Bruce Arians to his players, the key to a successful team. But did freshly-retired Arians stick to his core belief in recent weeks? [read more]

“Tom, now that you are back, I’ve got to let you in on a secret.”

Joe knows all sorts of folks are out there connecting dots to make sense of what doesn’t make sense: that a healthy Bucco Bruce Arians, days after having the greatest quarterback of all time return to the team, decided he’s had enough. [read more]

New Bucs coach Todd Bowles.

As one can imagine, it is a busy day and night at One Buc Palace. [read more]

Bucs quarterback Tom Brady took to Instagram to share his reaction to the stunning news his coach, Bucco Bruce Arians, is stepping away from the sidelines. You can see his full post below.

 

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New Bucs head coach Todd Bowles

OK, so Joe sees in the comments folks asking about why the Bucs didn’t have to follow the Rooney Rule, which is that two candidates of color (or a woman — provided you can define “woman”) must be interviewed for a head coach opening. [read more]

“OK Tommy. Now you only need to deal with Byron.”

National guys Joe respects because they are often dead-on in their reporting just would not let the rumor go that there was a rift between Bucs Super Bowl-winning coach Bucco Bruce Arians and Tom Brady. [read more]

New Bucs head coach Todd Bowles.

Yes, Todd Bowles is the new head coach of our beloved Buccaneers.

Shocking. Stunning. Scary. [read more]

It’s official.

And it’s officially one hell of a wild offseason.

Bucco Bruce Arians has ridden off into the sunset in his golf cart. [read more]

Lots of Bucs fans like to pull out their calendars when they hear a player has a major injury, such as a blown knee like the one Chris Godwin suffered in mid-December. [read more]

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The annual NFL owners meeting is a virtual beehive of activity and information. From a media perspective, it’s a goldmine. [read more]

Ah, ha!

So we know Tom Brady shook the football world 2 1/2 weeks ago when on an otherwise quiet Sunday night, while folks were filling out their NCAA brackets, Brady blew up social media announcing he would return to Tampa Bay for the 2022 season. [read more]

Imagine if Team Glazer got impatient with general manager Jason Licht and pulled the plug on him after the 2018 season.

You know, thrown Licht in the trash with Dirk Koetter and Gerald McCoy. [read more]

New Buccaneer Russell Gage might be the best No. 3 receiver in the NFL. [read more]

It seems Bucs general manager Jason Licht and Chiefs head coach/personnel guru Andy Reid have something in common.

And it’s not because the two worked together with the Eagles. [read more]