Tribal musings.

Joe isn’t sure if this is a good thing or a sign of an apocalyptical collapse in 2025. Joe will take the good here. (more…)

So a very productive inside linebacker Joe wrote about as a possibility for the Bucs remains on the free agent market. (more…)

Approval from the cool kids.

A couple of folks who regularly do deep dives on the NFL seem to agree when it comes to the Bucs landing a big fish in the free agency pond last week. (more…)

He’s solid.

So the way Joe looks at it, two primary Bucs draft needs are inside linebacker and corner. (more…)

Draft strategy.

As Joe has written a few times, what a team does in free agency is often a road map to how it will draft in April. (more…)

This is exciting on two fronts. (more…)

There are a few guarantees when it comes to Joe. (more…)

So when did Lavonte David decide he would play football in 2025? (more…)

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A week of free agency is in the books and Ira has plenty on his mind with Joe. Enjoy!

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Bucs swing tackle Charlie Heck.

Boy, did Charlie Heck make a big impression yesterday when he appeared before the local pen and mic club at One Buc Palace. (more…)

Elite.

It really grinds Joe’s gears the way Lavonte David is shat on each and every year.

Joe doesn’t give a rat’s rear end about the Pro Bowl but the guys and gals who vote on the Pro Football Hall of Fame value that dumbass game and use it to push for or run off Hall candidates. (more…)

Bucs GM Jason Licht.

It had gotten to the point Joe had to keep empty beer bottles away from his leather couch. (more…)

Shares longevity insight.

There may be a lesson here for a couple of other Bucs defenders. (more…)

Starting cornerback (?) Jamel Dean.

Sound the alarm.

Release the hounds! (more…)

Still drinking Kirk Cousins’ Gatorade.

It almost sounded like former Bucs center/fan punching bag Robert Hainsey said recently that he learned more from Baker Mayfield than Tom Brady. (more…)

Nearing franchise record.

Lavonte David is one of the greatest players in Bucs history. But he’s still looking up at Mr. Derrick Brooks, statistically, historically and in reputation. (more…)

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Lots of Bucs players and officials agonized for a long time over the January playoff loss to Washington. (more…)

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BY IRA KAUFMAN

He was lost and now he’s found.

Haason Reddick’s “bizarre” season with the 2024 Jets is in his rear-view mirror. His eyes are now fixed dead ahead toward helping Tampa Bay resurrect a pass rush that was agonizingly erratic for Buc Nation last season.

Reddick is also about to discover that the distance between these two franchises is far greater than 1,100 miles. (more…)