NFL coaches love to moan about not having enough practice time. It gets old. [read more]

Bucs edge rusher Al-Quadin Muhammad.

Al-Quadin Muhammad has been around some good players in his eight-year NFL career. Cam Jordan and Aidan Hutchinson are a couple of the edge rushers he’s played alongside. [read more]

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Baker Mayfield is who he is.

If you want the good from Baker Mayfield, you’re going to have to tolerate the not-so-good. [read more]

Bucs OC Zac Robinson.

Todd Bowles has a good batting average when picking offensive coordinators for the Bucs. [read more]

Welcome to your Morning Cup of Joe, an eye-opener to help Joe’s readers ease into their busy workday with a few football links, wacky news and a pleasant distraction. [read more]

Bucs coach Todd Bowles.

Joe loves how Todd Bowles has been fighting himself not to come out and say that underwear football is just BS. [read more]

Frustrated with contract?

It may not be Operation Shutdown but it seems Bucs manbeast defensive tackle Vita Vea is not comfortable with his current contract situation. [read more]

Receiver Tez Johnson runs through an apparatus during a wide receiver drill Tuesday at Bucs minicamp.

You may have heard Bucs minicamp kicked off today? Vita Vea was watching from the sidelines (does he really need minicamp?) and that was sort of the highlight: One of the greatest Bucs defensive tackles was watching practice. [read more]

Did the Bucs hit the jackpot with their first-round draft pick, Miami Mauler edge rusher Rueben Bain? [read more]

Bucs players know the defense was sour last season, hard to watch, uglier than Carl Nicks’ big toe. [read more]

Chris Godwin lauded for comeback.

Will the high-flying Buccaneers offense return after a one-year hiatus? [read more]

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No reason to mess with the mojo. [read more]

Buccaneers quarterback Baker Mayfield chatted with reporters at One Buc Palace this morning and expressed his approval for the defensive changes to the roster. [read more]

It seems YaYa Diaby watches the same film of the 2025 Buccaneers defense that Joe does. [read more]

UPDATED: Manbeast Bucs defensive tackle Vita Vea is attending the team’s manadatory minicamp this morning — there were no reports of him attending prior spring practices — but he’s in shorts and a baseball hat and it seems he won’t participate in on-field work.

Vea looks leaner and like he’s been busy in the weight room with Ndamukong Suh. Bucs fans can assess below.

Todd Bowles said after practice that Vea is healthy but the Bucs don’t need to see him in a no-pads practice.

Excited by possibilities.

Running backs like to tote the rock. And last week, speaking with the local pen and mic club, Kenneth Gainwell made it clear he’s not just a perimeter running back. [read more]