Hope.

Bucs fans stomping their feet like Joe, unsatisfied with banking on hope and wanting the Bucs to bring an edge rusher that’s proven he can regularly put a quarterback on his ass got a cold wakeup call from Todd Bowles yesterday. (more…)

Surprise move at RB coming?

Now here’s a bold take that Joe doesn’t think is crazy. (more…)

Offensive line makeover.

Within the past two years, the Bucs have undergone a massive rebuild on their offensive line. (more…)

Baker Mayfield

There really are only two classes of quarterbacks. (more…)

“Bucky, you got fast feet, Dawg.”

Joe hasn’t been this excited about Bucs running backs since Leonard Fournette was signed nearly four years ago. (more…)

Rookie nickel cornerback Tykee Smith.

It’s hard enough being a rookie in the NFL. But the job must be exceptionally tough knowing your head coach has you under an extreme microscope. (more…)

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Todd Bowles jokes about Randy Gregory debacle.

Joe is really enjoying this new loosened-up Todd Bowles. (more…)

Falling apart?

Last year Bucs kicker Chase McLaughlin was about as automatic as you can get. (more…)

Second-year edge rusher José Ramirez.

A man stuck in the desert dying of thirst can’t be picky about what kind of cold beer a Good Samaritan offers him. (more…)

Joe is fired up! (more…)

Bucs coach Todd Bowles.

Joe doesn’t see many coaches this down in the dumps after a loss in a worthless preseason game short of a major injury. But man, Bucs coach Todd Bowles looked generally peeved in his postgame presser. (more…)

Baker Mayfield will lead the starters onto the field Friday.

The stars will come out Friday. Bucs head coach Todd Bowles made it official. (more…)

“Mike, Rondé can be cold, bro.”

Rondé Barber might get a finger-wagging text from a high-ranking Bucs official tonight, or perhaps someone will tap him on the shoulder during the team’s trip home from Jacksonville.

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Won a roster spot Saturday?

Joe is a suspicious type because Joe has to be suspicious. The amount of stuff Joe comes across on the record virtually daily would make you think the Bucs are the 1980s 49ers. (more…)

Statement game?

Two things jumped out at Joe about the Bucs early in tonight’s worthless preseason game against the Jags. (more…)

Kicker Chase McLaughlin

Yes, nearly every key Bucs player sat out tonight’s preseason game in Jacksonville, but one was on the field executing his full-time job. (more…)

Booted.

Good news revealed on tonight’s Buccaneers-Jaguars preseason game broadcast on WFLA-TV.

Rondé Barber and Chris Myers shared that the Bucs will cut M.I.A. free agent edge rusher Randy Gregory next week and recoup most or all of the signing bonus they gave the veteran.

Gregory didn’t report to training camp and this sure sounds like the best possible outcome.

Perhaps most fun is that on the snap after the announcement, second-year outside linebacker/edge rusher José Ramirez sacked Jaguars backup quarterback Mac Jones.

Getting Washington-Ready.

Joe has learned over the years covering the NFL that teams and players are different. (more…)