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Buccaneers general manager Jason Licht and Todd Bowles were guests this week. The Licht episode popped Wednesday night. 

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Oklahoma QB menace and edge rusher R Mason Thomas.

You watch this guy’s videos and they are fun as hell. Joe could watch his cut-ups on an otherwise slow Friday night while working on some cold beers. [read more]

Annual toe-stubbing.

Todd Bowles is still searching. And he has yet to find an answer. [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]

Free agent price tag?

So if you are a shot-caller of another NFL team, what would you do? [read more]

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Enjoy Buccaneers general manager Jason Licht with Ira and Joe rom Radio Row in Indianapolis at the NFL Scouting Combine. Plenty more to chew on, too.

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Labeling the offense.

When current Jags head coach Liam Coen was running the Bucs offense in 2024, was that Sean McVay’s offense or did Coen tweak it so much that it was totally Coen’s creation, albeit influenced by McVay? [read more]

Lavonte David news.

Does this smell like the move of a player ready to retire? [read more]

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Todd Bowles

So will the Bucs draft another offensive player in Round 1 this year? [read more]

Bucs GM Jason Licht

So why do the Bucs seem content to let Mike Evans test the free agent market before re-signing him? [read more]

Is this man helping run Mike Evans out of town?

One Joe likes to use the word “silly” when he hears nonsense. “This Joe” guesses that word is a little more palatable than “horsesh!t.” [read more]

“You can do it, Baker.”

It’s a chicken-and-egg deal with Baker Mayfield. [read more]

Todd Bowles drops draft clues.

So what are the Bucs looking for in the 2026 NFL Draft? [read more]

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Two weeks ago, Joe reported Bucky Irving had offseason shoulder surgery. Interestingly, some media didn’t find that newsworthy and ignored the report.

However, it really happened. [read more]

Baker Mayfield scans the field for an open receiver in Seattle behind a perfect pocket from Bucs offensive line.

Joe said it then and will say it now, without any hesitation or guilt: [read more]

Strange response.

There is hardly a day that goes by that Joe doesn’t think of how the Bucs beat Seattle in the Pacific Northwest last season. [read more]