Has fraternity brother’s back.

Joe has a lot of readers and commenters who wince because Joe is so cynical. That’s because the NFL world is so cynical. [read more]

Message to Hall of Famer?

Look, Joe doesn’t think a former NFL player is what drives Playoff Lenny. Winning motivates him, and balling out for teammates. [read more]

Many astute Bucs observers believe Tampa Bay is going to pound the rock more often this season for three main reasons: [read more]

Wacky take.

It may be time for ex-GM Mike Tannenbaum’s employer to demand a drug test. [read more]

BSPNer has slimy Saints warning.

A lot of folks believe the Bucs will stomp up and down on the NFC South this year. [read more]

For Bucs fans be out of town in August but wanting to watch a Bucs preseason game, NFL Network has you covered. [read more]

A Super Bowl quarterback who spent 17 years in the Sunday Night Football booth has firm words of advice for Tom Brady. [read more]

Bucs coach Todd Bowles.

Joe was one of many Bucs fans who wanted the team to draft a corner early this past spring. [read more]

NFL types and former NFL types cringe or holler when folks grade draft classes before Mr. Irrelevant is selected. But that’s just our society. Suck it up. You make good money. Relax. [read more]

Disses Playoff Lenny.

Joe really isn’t sure what Shannon Sharpe is hollering about here, but he certainly unloaded on Skip Bayless in a recent broadcast of “Undisputed,” seen weekdays on FS1. And in the process, Sharpe threw Playoff Lenny under the bus. [read more]

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Rookie talk.

This will allow some Bucs fans to relax. [read more]

A quarterback guru and a former Patriots assistant coach has a unique perspective on Tom Brady’s improvement. [read more]

More snaps = more picks?

Football coaches preach about takeaways more than Joe preaches about Big Storm Brewing beers. [read more]

Every other NFL analyst has a Tom Brady theory when it comes to The Goat’s football future and his behavior during the past five months.

Joe pays a little more attention to the guys who know Brady or have played with him. [read more]

Bucs rookie TE Ko Kieft.

The NFL draft is a crap shoot. Always has been. Probably always will be. [read more]

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Derrick Brooks has long bemoaned the poor state of tackling in the National Football League. Todd Bowles feels his pain.

The new head coach of the Buccaneers isn’t happy about all those extra yards receivers compiled against Tampa Bay in 2021. Poor angles, poor technique, poor hustle — you name it.

In his exclusive podcast with JoeBucsFan, Bowles pulled no punches when describing the defense’s struggles to efficiently bring ball carriers to the ground. [read more]

Training camp!

For fans yearning to smell the fresh cut training-camp grass of One Buc Palace, Joe has some news courtesy of head coach Todd Bowles’ sitdown with the Ira Kaufman Podcast. [read more]