So Joe had a 1-on-1 chat with versatile defensive back Jamal Adams at the Pro Bowl seven years ago. (more…)

Joe remains flabbergasted that big-mouth Cam Jordan, the slimy Saints’ legendary edge rusher, found 10 1/2 sacks and 15 tackles for loss this season at 36 years old. (more…)

Is a return in focus?

Three weeks from today, NFL types from across the country will invade downtown Indianapolis for the start of the 2026 combine. (more…)

“Todd, I’ve got your back.”

Lavonte David has made it clear. (more…)

Baker Mayfield and Tristan Wirfs lead the Tampa Bay Lightning into The Licht House for the NHL’s Stadium Series game between the Lightning and Boston Bruins on Sunday.

Joe hates to remind Bucs fans of how the season ended. But the following nugget shows how this team has to be better when it matters the most. (more…)

Still No. 1?

Let Joe be clear: Joe’s not anxious to push Bucky Irving down the roster. Or off the roster. (more…)

Pending free agent Bucs cornerback Jamel Dean had a heck of a standout 2025 season according to some legitimate metrics. (more…)

Buccaneers GM Jason Licht may have smiled in Mobile, Alabama, last week.

The Bucs need edge rush help again. (more…)

At high noon on Monday, March 9, the annual free agency dinner bell will ring.

That’s when Bucs fans will begin to find out if Tampa Bay is all-in on the 2026 season. (more…)

ILB Patrick Queen.

Would Joe like to see Lavonte David back in 2026? Sure, but that doesn’t mean the Bucs should not draft his replacement and it sure doesn’t mean they shouldn’t sign a linebacker in free agency. (more…)

The JoeBucsFan Show has an 9 a.m. kickoff today on WDAE radio, 95.3 FM and AM 620. Joe and Ira Kaufman are talking all things Bucs. Listen online to Tampa Bay’s all-sports powerhouse, or via the iHeart Radio app, or below.

Joe’s been back on the WDAE airwaves every weekend since February 2024. Varying times.

Takeaways didn’t help much.

Joe is an old-school football guy in one respect: Joe believes if you do not play fundamentally sound football, your team has a ceiling. (more…)

Frustrates gamblers.

Joe has typed the following and likely will again. It’s astounding how unpopular Bucs coach Todd Bowles is. (more…)

The Joe typing here would wager large quantities of cash that Mike Evans will suit up for the Buccaneers later this year. (more…)

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The remaining 2025 vehicles — and there aren’t many — must go.

Joe is just taking a moment to wish Bucco Bruce Arians well.

Arians hopped on Today on NBC this week for an in-studio promotional sitdown with Rob Gronkowski. There, Arians shared that he will have “open heart surgery” on Friday, Feb. 6, in Philadelphia. No other details were shared, other than that Arians will watch the Super Bowl from a hospital room.

Obviously, this isn’t emergency surgery, but open heart surgery is always serious. Arians is 73 years old.

Good luck, Coach!

Baker Mayfield likes a fiery hot kind of coach. (more…)

Fall guy 2025 Bucs offensive coordinator Josh Grizzard landed squarely on his feet under the umbrella of a Super Bowl-winning head coach and a future Hall of Fame general manager. (more…)

Get him the ball.

Back in his lone season running the Bucs’ offense, Liam Coen had probably the most complete offense Tampa Bay has seen outside of the two seasons the Bucs won the Super Bowl. (more…)

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Where does he rank?

Joe has never seen anything like it. Or heard anything like it. Or read anything like it. (more…)