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Safety Antoine Winfield.
Two weeks ago, Bucs safeties coach Nick Rapone said the entire NFL knows Bucs third-year safety Antoine Winfield is a good player. But Rapone wants Winfield to be thought of as a great player. [read more]
Lurking.
Joe admits to being triggered by the slimy Saints. [read more]
Bucs TE Cam Brate.
So will he or won’t he? The drama continues with no immediate end in sight. [read more]
Today was the first day of voluntary OTAs underwear football practice. Key word there is “voluntary.” [read more]
Bucs defensive players hang out before the start of Tuesday’s voluntary OTA underwear football practice.
It’s still voluntary OTAs as the Bucs hit the practice fields at One Buc Palace for the first veterans-included underwear football practice of the spring. [read more]
“You are not worried about Tom Brady, eh?”
Bucs coach Todd Bowles made it clear: If the passing game is clicking, let it go. If the run game is humming, keep feeding the running backs. [read more]
Who better to ask about new Bucs free agent receiver Russell Gage than a guy who had to cover him and gameplan for him. [read more]
Vita Vea
The Pro Bowl manbeast of the Buccaneers defense was talking today after Day 1 of OTA practice at One Buc Palace. [read more]
Injured.
Yes, somewhere in the bowels of One Buc Palace there’s a detailed timetable/framework for the return of Chris Godwin to active duty. [read more]
The fantasy football world got a May buzz last week when Todd Bowles declared Leonard Fournette his No. 1 running back. [read more]
“Byron, hold on. I’m texting Peter King to tell him he’s an idiot.”
A guy with access to Bucs general manager Jason Licht and head coach Todd Bowles is putting words in their mouths — and he thinks it’s sound logic. [read more]
Don’t eat those W’s yet, Jameis.
Joe understands slimy Saints hate ramped up a few notches Friday when it was learned that the slimy Saints signed five-time Pro Bowl receiver Jarvis Landry. [read more]
Former suit expects big year.
One reason Joe tosses in bed at night is the idea that the Bucs are banking on a whole lot of production from two players who have a combined experience of one full NFL season. [read more]
Increase in points?
Last year the Bucs averaged 29.9 points a game. That was second only to Dallas at 30.4. Pretty damn good in Joe’s eyes. [read more]
Pleads with Gronk.
(Photo courtesy of Buccaneers.com.)
Last year was a rough one for the most high-profile Bucs fan in the land, and that is Dick Vitale. [read more]
In 2019 and 2020, the Bucs had the best run defense in the NFL. No team allowed fewer yards per carry than Tampa Bay in that span.
Last year was a very different story. [read more]
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“Kyle, just wait your turn.”
What originated from One Buc Palace last week may be the weirdest thing Joe has seen since Austin Seferian-Jackwagon got thrown out of an underwear football practice and quickly thereafter engaged in a Twitter fight with a Tampa fireman. [read more]
