What went wrong with the Buccaneers defense last season?

It’s complicated. [read more]

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Ohio State DT Tyleik Williams.

The Bucs have been dropping hints, if you listen closely, that they are very impressed with how the Super Bowl champion Eagles loaded up on defensive linemen and just bullied people up front. [read more]

Bucs GM Jason Licht.

Joe still cannot believe the tectonic plates that moved under Joe’s feet earlier this week when Bucs coach Todd Bowles confessed that you win by scoring points. [read more]

Riffs on corners.

Joe isn’t sure if this is a smokescreen or not. It’s either a hard sell or Bucs coach Todd Bowles is crying for help. [read more]

Tennessee edge rusher James Pearce.

In the wake of the owners meetings from the swanky Breakers resort in Palm Beach this week, unless the Bucs are flat out conning people, it sure seems like it’s a pretty good guess where the Bucs are leaning in the draft. [read more]

“You like those smokescreens, Mr. Glazer?”

Perhaps the worst secret in the NFL is the Bucs being laser focused on drafting defensive players when the draft kicks off in three weeks. [read more]

Not every rookie is truly NFL-ready. [read more]

Gone again.

When Jordan Whitehead, one of the stars of the Super Bowl LV run, was brought back last year, he wasn’t the same player who played strong football when the Bucs won it all. [read more]

So Joe railed on these pages over a year ago that the Bucs should just give iconic linebacker Lavonte David a multi-year deal. [read more]

Todd Bowles is the kind of guy who is quick to lend a hand to those he likes.

It doesn’t matter if it’s a division rival. Joe nearly vomited last season upon hearing slimy Saints interim head coach Darren Rizzi thank Bowles for reaching out and offering a couple of words of wisdom. [read more]

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BY IRA KAUFMAN

A tale of two NFL head coaches …

There they were Tuesday morning, holding court at separate tables only a few feet apart at the owners meetings at The Breakers in Palm Beach. Todd Bowles, 61, and 48-year-old Raheem Morris took on questions from the media for more than 30 minutes before the league announced its rule changes for the 2025 season. [read more]

Kentucky CB Maxwell Hairston has lightning speed.

The more Joe hears Todd Bowles and Bucs AC/DC-loving general manager Jason Licht talk, the more Joe is convinced the Bucs won’t draft an inside linebacker at No. 19. [read more]

“‘Bake,’ what do you think about Bucky running a wildcat and putting you in the slot?” (A Tampa Bay Buccaneers photo)

So the Bucs have a new offensive coordinator, Josh Grizzard. He got promoted after Liam Coen allegedly slipped out of town in the dark of night. [read more]

Mulling more creamsicles.

Will Bucs fans get to see more of the creamsicles? That is unknown. But this week the NFL changed its rules, allowing the creamsicles to be broken out of mothballs more often. [read more]

Jason Licht beams.

No, Bucs AC/DC-loving general manager Jason Licht did not re-sign left guard Ben Bredeson on the Bucs’ front office boat cruise. But Bredeson’s agent did agree to terms with Licht’s staff while on the boat. [read more]

Todd Bowles said this week his Bucs need work on their “killer instinct.”

So he’s happily signing up to practice against a team that refuses to take summer work lightly. [read more]

Todd Bowles explains.

Joe remembers Super Bowl-winning coach Bucco Bruce Arians saying one reason he agreed to coach the Bucs and put the brakes on his retirement was he was able to, in his words, get the band back together. [read more]

Bucs coach Todd Bowles speaks.

This is a big reason why Joe cringes so much when hearing defensive coaches whine about how they lost a game because they didn’t get takeaways. [read more]