Flash poll posted at 4:27 p.m.

Podcast (free-stretch-bobby-fenton): Play in new window | Download | Embed

Subscribe: RSS

Bobby has plenty to share as Preseason Game 2 approaches, and after two days watching the team at One Buc Palace. Follow Bobby Fenton on X, @bobbygameday. Bobby’s podcast is an extension of his national and local radio shows. It’s been at JoeBucsFan.com for 10 years. Always a quality listen from a true Tampa native.

Click above to listen or to download The Free Stretch, or catch it on Apple Podcasts and many other platforms.

The Free Stretch is presented by Bill Currie Ford. Don’t Worry, Drive Currie!

[read more]

Jon Gruden is a Buccaneers legend, but he’s also a business man, and he knows Saturday will be a showcase for him potentially to earn millions broadcasting games on TV again. [read more]

Since being set to earn about $18 million this season upset Vita Vea, he successfully squeezed the Bucs into granting him a 33 percent raise and contract guarantees for next season. [read more]

Podcast (todd-wright-fantasy-football-podcast): Play in new window | Download | Embed

Subscribe: RSS

Todd knows all fantasy football players crave a “sleeper” this time of year. In this episode, he carefully defines what that might entail in terms of ADP and highlights a few names that could be winning lottery tickets. The Todd Wright Fantasy Football Podcast is presented by Hooters!

Click above to listen or download, or at Apple Podcasts, Podbean, iHeart Radio and many more platforms!

Defensive lineman Jayson Jones sheds a sled and looks to hit a tackling dummy. DL coach Marcus West looks on.

Training camp, at least at One Buc Palace, is now finished for 2026. [read more]

A sect of Bucs fans was angered that newly re-signed Vita Vea asked to be traded. [read more]

“What bad back?”

We all know that Bucs Pro Bowl defensive tackle Vita Vea was a hold-in. He asked to be traded — more on that in a moment. He wanted a new contract. [read more]

“Todd, I got your back — publicly.”

Joe had a question for Vita Vea this morning at One Buc Palace and, man, he sure delivered an answer. [read more]

Acts like a pro.

So KitKat-eating Bucs coach Todd Bowles has had 14 training camp practices to watch his prized jewel of a draft pick, the Miami Mauler, Rueben Bain. [read more]

Without attending practices of several NFL teams, how is one to know if Todd Bowles’ Buccaneers are putting in top quality work?

There are two ways to know. [read more]

It was one thing when Joe noted second-year edge rusher David Walker, the super-hyped 2025 fourth-round draft pick, showed questionable effort in his preseason debut.

It’s quite another thing when two Bucs legends call him out. [read more]

Bucs doing it right.

A defensive back who played in the NFL for Nick Saban and Bill Belichick and later became an NFL pro personnel man, Louis Riddick is one of the more intelligent NFL voices out there.
[read more]

Bucs OLB Jack Pyburn.

The state of college sports on the administrative end of things is a complete and total cluster@#$%. And it may hurt 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]

“Hey Sapp, don’t laugh when I say Rueben Bain can do what you did for the Bucs. Jiminy Christmas!”

In honor of Bucs Super Bowl-winning coach Chucky returning to the broadcast booth to call the Chiefs-Bucs worthless preseason game on Saturday, Joe will have a daily story about Chucky in the lead-up to the game. [read more]

Bucs’ GM relieved.

Reports at the start of training camp that Bucs Pro Bowl defensive tackle Vita Vea injured his back demanded a trade claimed Vea had his heels dug in and was willing to go the distance to stand up for his honor and get paid a fair wage. [read more]

So Vita Vea pouted about not having a contract extension entering the final year of his current deal and demanded a trade, He ended up cashing in today. [read more]