Dave Canales will enjoy working with this man.

The Bucs don’t know who their left tackle will be. They know about center. But right guard and right tackle? Also unknowns. (more…)

Rookie Bucs edger rusher Jose Ramirez.

Joe has never heard Buccaneers general manager Jason Licht so jacked up about a late sixth-round draft pick. (more…)

Competing Bucs QB Kyle Trask.

Leave it to Sage of Tampa Bay Sports Ira Kaufman to ask a Bucs coach with nearly 45 years experience for his perspective on quarterback Kyle Trask. (more…)

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Warren Sapp earned a hefty paycheck and his invitation to the Pro Football Hall of Fame by hunting quarterbacks.

He delivered hits and mayhem on football fields all over the Sunshine State, but a dark shadow is creeping into his life. (more…)

Bucs coach Todd Bowles.

The Bucs allowed an average of more than 28 points per game in their final six contests last season.

Sad but true. So it’s understandable why general manager Jason Licht handed Todd Bowles a new and exciting toy in the draft last night — instead of help for Bowles’ 18-points-per-game offense. (more…)

The Free Ke’Shawn Vaughn/Draft Bijan Robinson movements will love this. (more…)

Hated Saints DE Cameron Jordan.

This one will send Joe to the Big Storm Brewery taproom in Ybor City when it opens today.

Joe will be the guy crying in his Wavemaker Amber Ale and inhaling chicken nachos and onion rings. (more…)

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Bucs GM Jason Licht

It’s hard to believe Buccaneers general manager Jason Licht is in his 10th season as the team’s top football executive. Where does the time go? (more…)

Buccaneers head coach Todd Bowles just found the big-leg kicker he was seeking. (more…)

Todd Bowles

Joe is patrolling the NFL Annual Meeting again today and that included a long chat with head coach Todd Bowles. (more…)

No regrets.

A healthy, invested, involved, interactive fanbase is always going to gripe about something until its team wins the ultimate prize. A championship. (more…)

Joe sure hopes this post ages terribly by the end of the day. (more…)

Big on film study.

Sometimes, a team keeping a player may surprise those outside team headquarters. One reason a team will keep said player is, well, they know more about him than anyone else. (more…)

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Bucs’ shot-caller likes him.

The Bucs said goodbye to one running back in their stable that comprised the NFL’s worst rushing attack last season. But it seems Bucs AC/DC-loving general manager Jason Licht will welcome back two of those backs. (more…)

General manager Jason Licht today at the NFL Scouting Combine.

General manager Jason Licht is making the rounds at the NFL Scouting Combine and Joe is up close and personal. (more…)

Bucs left tackle Donovan Smith.

A longtime Donovan Smith defender has thrown his hands in the air and yelled, ‘No mas!’ (more…)

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Opens ballot.

Yes, iconic Bucs cornerback Rondé Barber is now a Hall of Famer, named Thursday night as one of the five of 15 finalists to earn a hallowed seat in the Class of 2023. But not everyone was in Barber’s corner. (more…)

Kyle Trask

Bucco Bruce Arians emerged from dark cloud (ray of light?) surrounding the firing of failed playcaller Byron Leftwich. (more…)

Running back Rachaad White.

Some players might say a losing season is miserable no matter what happened. (more…)

Intriguing report from NFL Network host, personality and FOX reporter Peter Schrager, a friend of Joe who is tight with folks in the Buccaneers’ front office. (more…)