Wants fans at games.

In this strangest of strange NFL years, the weirdest element has yet to come.

First there were no OTAs, then no minicamps then no preseason games. Now, few stadiums are expected to host fans. It is going to be so weird to turn on a TV and see either empty stadiums or computer-generated fans with fake crowd noise.

“I’m really excited for what we will have for our viewers,” Bucs linebacker Lavonte David smartly said when he was breaking down the Bucs defense for Pat Kirwan and Jim Miller, co-hosts of “Movin’ the Chains,” heard exclusively yesterday on SiriusXM NFL Radio.

David specifically said “viewers” because as it currently stands, no one knows if fans will be let into the Den of Depression to watch the Bucs this season. If that is the case, Bucs fans will only have access to games on TV.

Seemingly each day a different NFL team announces no fans at home games for at least a month. Not all teams, but many. Seattle was the latest to announce yesterday no fans for at least the first three Seahawks home games.

David hopes fans are at Bucs games but understands that it’s out of his control.

“The defense always plays with the juice from the crowd,” Kirwan told David. “It’s going to be a strange world” playing in an empty stadium.

“For sure,” David replied. “I’m one of those guys that likes getting the crowd involved in the game. We’ll have to bring our own energy to the football field.”

And how does David believe he and his defensive teammates can do that?

“Make game-changing plays,” David said. “We see it in practice. We don’t have music around, we have no fans around. But it is like a game-day atmosphere for us. Getting excited. Trash talking. That’s the same mentality we have to bring to the field on Sunday.”

Joe thought it was cool that David feels bad for Bucs fans if they can’t attend home games.

Joe is confident Team Glazer wants a full stadium for every home game. Joe is guessing if this isn’t an NFL decision based on health protocols, it will be on the shoulders of local authorities such as Tampa mayor Jane Castor and the Hillsborough County Commission, if not the Tampa Sports Authority, the governing body that oversees operations at the Den of Depression.

And no, Joe is not aware of any timeline to announce when or if or how many fans may be allowed at home games this fall.