Baker backup speaks.

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

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]

Team Glazer.

So legendary JoeBucsFan.com columnist Ira Kaufman made a powerful point in his recent column. [read more]

Bucs coach Todd Bowles.

For football fans, summer brings that awful, hollow word “hope.” And for the Bucs, that’s no different. [read more]

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]

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]

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]

Important.

Look out Bucs AC/DC-loving general manager Jason Licht. Your question to re-up Baker Mayfield just got more important. [read more]

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]

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]

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]

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]

Bucs DL Rueben Bain.

Joe sometimes gets frustrated (not at all toward fans) when fielding questions about underwear football. [read more]

Is Bucky Irving durable enough?

Warren Sharp, the famed handicapper-turned-stathead, is doing what he is doing each summer. [read more]

Did Baker Mayfield issue an ultimatum?

It never fails to surprise Joe how two people can hear the exact same soundbyte and come to two different conclusions. [read more]

Yesterday, Joe brought the first installment of the Loaf Watch series.

Todd Bowles talked about Bucs “just taking plays off,” so Joe wants to look deeper into the Bucs’ post-bye games, the ones that sent Tampa Bay from a 6-2 record to a sad 7-9 finish. [read more]

Remember when right tackle Luke Goedeke explained how Bucs players are focused on working through their vacation? [read more]

Tez Johnson proved he can hang in the NFL.

When a team drafts a guy in the seventh round, it is sort of a Hail Mary. [read more]