July 2nd, 2026

The latest.
Baker Mayfield is on record, several times since he came to the Bucs, that Tampa Bay is the first team to embrace him for who he is and never tried to change him. [read more]
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July 2nd, 2026

Exit won’t doom Bucs.
It seems a guy who swallowed a calculator believes the Bucs shouldn’t lose much sleep because Mike Evans couldn’t bolt out of town fast enough. [read more]
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July 2nd, 2026

The time is now.
If Joe didn’t know better, famed handicapper-turned-stathead Warren Sharp is like many of Joe’s commenters and many callers to WDAE-AM 620/WDAE-FM 95.7: [read more]
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July 2nd, 2026

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]
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July 2nd, 2026

Human snowplow.
Tristan Wirfs is Joe’s favorite player. Love everything about him. He’s building a Hall of Fame career. [read more]
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July 1st, 2026

Baker backup speaks.
Here’s a fresh nugget from an unlikely source, a guy who spends every football day around Baker Mayfield. [read more]
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July 1st, 2026

Rookie Bucs linebacker Josiah Trotter.
So it seems Bucs rookie inside linebacker Josiah Trotter was trained by the best straight-line linebacker in the history of football. [read more]
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July 1st, 2026

Team Glazer.
So legendary JoeBucsFan.com columnist Ira Kaufman made a powerful point in his recent column. [read more]
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July 1st, 2026

Bucs coach Todd Bowles.
For football fans, summer brings that awful, hollow word “hope.” And for the Bucs, that’s no different. [read more]
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July 1st, 2026

Lone issue as July begins.
So what’s the big issue sticking out like a hanging chad for the Bucs as we roll into July? There is only one. [read more]
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July 1st, 2026

Blitzes went up in smoke in 2025.
Regular readers know Joe thinks pressures are pretty close to a worthless stat. At best, their value is grossly overrated. [read more]
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July 1st, 2026

Important.
Look out Bucs AC/DC-loving general manager Jason Licht. Your question to re-up Baker Mayfield just got more important. [read more]
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June 30th, 2026
Other than Tristan Wirfs, no NFL player has ever been named All-Pro at right and left tackle. Wirfs is a living legend in a lot of ways, a five-time Pro Bowler marching toward the Hall of Fame, though he has a ways to go. [read more]
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June 30th, 2026
The Bucs are expecting a massive upgrade at inside linebacker by replacing worn out Lavonte David and overmatched SirVocea Dennis with high-octane veteran Alex Anzalone and rookie Josiah Trotter. [read more]
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June 30th, 2026

Update.
So on Saturday, in what Joe thought was a positive tone on a contract extension, Baker Mayfield simply said he and the Bucs just need to find the middle ground. [read more]
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June 30th, 2026
After watching two seasons of Graham Barton film, one offensive line guru thinks the Bucs’ 2024 first-round draft pick is a very special football player but a not-so-special center. [read more]
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June 30th, 2026

Bucs DL Rueben Bain.
Joe sometimes gets frustrated (not at all toward fans) when fielding questions about underwear football. [read more]
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June 30th, 2026

Is Bucky Irving durable enough?
Warren Sharp, the famed handicapper-turned-stathead, is doing what he is doing each summer. [read more]
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