NFC starting quarterbacks appear set for 2014. How the Buccaneers stack up — for now and the future — is the question that keeps Joe awake at night and will keep Joe hoping the Bucs upgrade their potential at the position in the coming hours.

Here’s the NFC list, in no particular order:

Aaron Rodgers
Jay Cutler
Teddy Bridgewater/Matt Cassel
Matthew Stafford
Colin Kaepernick
Carson Palmer
Russell Wilson
Sam Bradford
Drew Brees
Matt Ryan
Cam Newton
Josh McCown/Mike Glennon
Eli Manning
Tony Romo
Nick Foles
RGIII (more…)

It seems the Bucs will be throwing long passes mostly this season, based on Bucs GM Jason Licht’s words.

Last night, for a brief moment, Joe thought uber wide receiver Sammie Watkins would be falling to the Bucs. That would have been a chance Joe never would have predicted.

But it didn’t happen. Buffalo traded up and snagged him. And the Bucs got their target, Texas A&M wide receiver Mike Evans.

Bucs general manager Jason Licht explained the difference between Watkins and Evans. (more…)

Mammoth Bucs manbeast rookie receiver Mike Evans has a message for fans. (more…)

The next O-line upgrade?

Joe realizes Lovie Smith said last night that he’s never been a head coach around a quarterbacks group better than Josh McCown, Mike Glennon and Mike Kafka. (Take that, Jay Cutler!)

However, as special as these Bucs quarterbacks might be, they still need an offensive line that doesn’t resemble swiss cheese and 1-ply toilet paper. (more…)

No. 99 is in a mambo mood over the newest Buccaneer

Sitting side by side and smiling on the NFL Network studio set last night was a funny sight. Warren Sapp, the man who threw more public daggers at Greg Schiano than Joe lobbed at Sabby The Goat, was alongside Schiano talking about the Bucs drafting of manbeast receiver Mike Evans. (more…)

“Just talking about our quarterback position: our quarterback position is as strong as, to me, any quarterback position I’ve had when I’ve been a head coach. You know how much I like Josh McCown as our starter here, but I love Mike Glennon. Mike Glennon is our quarterback of the future here. Why would we want to add a third quarterback to the mix? We needed other positions and forget just a quarterback position — yeah, we like it, but we thought this was the best available player for us [in Mike Evans]. It was an easy decision for us.” — Bucs head coach Lovie Smith, Thursday night.
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Will new Bucs WR Mike Evans make people forget what could have been?

No, Joe’s not going to write daily Johnny Football stories. He’s gone. He’s in Cleveland now, where quarterbacks go to die.

That said, imagine what could have been. Imagine how the buzz around the Bucs would have exploded like a cannon at the Stadium on Dale Mabry Highway.

Veteran scribe Gary Shelton of the Tampa Bay Times believes the Bucs got their man, and possibly their best pick at No. 7. Still, Shelton couldn’t help but wonder what could have been. (more…)

Teddy Bridgewater is a Minnesota Viking

Despite Lovie Smith’s public Mike Glennon love tonight, Joe can’t believe Lovie is really satisfied with his stable of quarterbacks.

Remember, Lovie is the same man who couldn’t wait to see Darrelle Revis play some old school Tampa-2. (more…)

If new Bucs wide receiver Mike Evans is half the receiver he is in the NFL as he was in college, then he will be a very nice complement during Vincent Jackson’s remaining years as a Buccaneer.

Last year, Evans became a record-holder for the Texas A&M Aggies, which is saying something given the rich history of the school’s football program, notes Brent Zwerneman of the Houston Chronicle. (more…)

Goodbye, Johnny. (more…)

Fans sound off

So it is finally here. The first round of the NFL draft. The painful, painful, painful wait has finally reached an end.

The wait was so long, Joe was actually more looking forward more to the return of “24” than the draft. Joe was mocked out. (more…)

The anchor of the 32nd-ranked offense last season, Bucs backup quarterback Mike Glennon, has a loud advocate (for now) at One Buc Palace. (more…)

A relaxed and slightly nervous Mike Evans, the new Bucs manbeast wide receiver from Texas A&M, just talked to the local pen and mic club at One Buc Palace. (more…)

Take a peek inside the Bucs war room with Bucs coach Lovie Smith and general manager Jason Licht in the early minutes of tonight’s first round of the NFL draft. There is no audio to the video. (Video courtesy of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.)

Joe’s live at One Buc Palace

Bucs general manager Jason Licht was flashing an ear-to-ear grin at One Buc Palace tonight. The Bucs “got their guy” in wide receiver Mike Evans, Licht told Joe and assembled media.

The Bucs now have two gargantuan No. 1 wide receivers, Vincent Jackson and Evans. Licht dropped a nickname on them, “The Twin Towers.” (more…)

If the Bucs want big-strike ability, then they should be able to do just that when the 2014 season kicks off. YAC, however, will be another matter.

First round draft pick Vincent Jackson Mike Evans put up crazy numbers last year. Of course, it helped that he may have had the greatest college quarterback since Roger Staubach to buy him time to get open. (more…)

Here is a highlight package of new Bucs wide receiver Mike Evans.