There’s a football reason to smile today. Mike Evans was awarded more respect.

Evans will replace injured Cowboys receiver CeeDee Lamb at the 2025 Pro Bowl Games, which is now a flag football and skills festival at Disney World in Orlando.

It’s Evans’ sixth Pro Bowl, thrid-most appearances in Bucs history.

Just don’t screw up an ankle, Mike.

Bucs general manager Jason Licht.

So the Bucs, unless their front office has a sadistic streak, will let Joe Tryon-Shoyinka walk in free agency and try to find someone more worthy of the 539 defensive snaps JTS enjoyed last season. (more…)

Rams offensive assistant Nate Scheelhaase.

One of the first names that popped as a Bucs offensive coordinator candidate was former Illinois quarterback, Iowa State offensive coordinator and Rams offensive assistant Nate Scheelhaase. (more…)

Jaguars owner Shad Khan.

So the guy ahead of the curve on all the Liam Coen reporting was Jaguars radio play-by-play man Frank Frangie.

Joe shared plenty of his public reports here before the Coen drama exploded. (more…)

“Ed, don’t fret. Coach Bowles has nailed this OC thing twice already.”

There are all sorts of interesting reports about how Bucs offensive coordinator Liam Coen went from preparing for the combine to 72 hours later being named the new coach of the Jaguars. (more…)

“Hey Graham, you see any rumors about me on that iPad?”

Now that the dust has settled on Liam Coen bolting to Jacksonville, the next order of business for the Bucs is to keep the rest of the offensive coaches on staff. Maybe that’s just as important as finding a new offensive coordinator. (more…)

Robbed.

Joe can’t fully remember the last time a Bucs rookie made such a splash and such an impact as Bucky Irving did. (more…)

Joe brings this up for three distinct reasons. (more…)

Flash poll posted at 8:35 a.m. Poll CLOSED at 10:58 a.m.

The shakeup coming to Todd Bowles’ defensive staff seems like it will be limited. (more…)

Interviews.

The Bucs are one of 11 NFL teams without an offensive coordinator. (more…)

Guesswork on job security.

The math simply doesn’t add up for Joe on this take. (more…)

Surprise stud.

Joe knows Bucs fans are well aware of the 2024 rookie haul had by Bucs AC/DC-loving general manager Jason Licht. (more…)

What a great example of the cold business of the NFL embedded in this Todd Bowles comment.

And no, it has nothing to do with El Serpiente, departed offensive coordinator Liam Coen. (more…)

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“Greeny, you’re going to be chewing on more than a Gatorade bottle if you go work for Shad Khan.”

So Joe spent time to figure out what allegations were and were not true afer all the accusations thrown out in the past 48 hours about what Jags coach and former Bucs offensive coordinator Liam Coen did or didn’t do — as he went from a $4 million a year coordinator with the Bucs to allegedly a $13 Million Dollar Man (per year) head coach. (more…)

“I’ll get my guy, Mike.”

One NFL certainty in a sea of snakes and clowns is that Baker Mayfield is severely underpaid. (more…)

Rams assistant Nathan Scheelhaase.

When Joe learned Liam Coen was the ex-Bucs offensive coordinator, Joe threw out the name of Lincoln Riley to replace him.

“Go big!” Joe thought. Now, initially, it seems the Bucs are looking for something less dramatic. (more…)

What could have been.

Joe fully understands the majority of Bucs fans reading this here site wanted Todd Bowles to either retire or get bounced by Team Glazer. (more…)

Mixed signals in 2024, too.

Joe understands yesterday was Liam Coen Hate Day.

Bucs fans had a full 24 hours to vent after the shocking Thursday news. The second-best offensive coordinator in team history bolted in the dead of the night to Jacksonville to take over the Jags. (more…)

So among the many unsourced, gossip-magazine-style reports from major news outlets about former Bucs offensive coordinator Liam Coen jilting the the Bucs to take the Jaguars’ head coaching job, was a recurring take that Coen blamed his lack of communication with the Bucs on a sick child. (more…)