Lavonte David Uses Smelling Salts Before Every Drive
August 18th, 2025
Lavonte David loves a good wake-up call, one that doesn’t involve Kirk Cousins carving up his defense like a Thanksgiving turkey. [read more]
Lavonte David loves a good wake-up call, one that doesn’t involve Kirk Cousins carving up his defense like a Thanksgiving turkey. [read more]
So last regular season the Bucs faced a whopping eight head coaches that have either been to a Super Bowl or won a Super Bowl. [read more]

Bucs GM Jason Licht
Somber note Saturday in Pittsburgh stemming from Bucs undrafted rookie free agent safety J.J. Roberts leaving Thursday’s practice field on a cart, one that drove right past Joe. [read more]
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Takeaways obsession.
You’ve heard all offseason how Todd Bowles emphasizes the Bucs need more interceptions. [read more]

#AtlantaReady?
Bucs rookie corner Benjamin Morrison seemed to be turning the corner in Bucs training camp. Then, he suffered a hamstring injury. At the time of the injury, Joe was told Morrison would miss all of preseason. [read more]

Joe sort of enjoyed last night’s 38-0 preseason clobbering of the Bills by the Bears.
It put a little perspective on the Bucs fans outraged by Tampa Bay’s 17-14 win at Pittsburgh on Saturday. [read more]

Todd Bowles breaks down.
Earlier in training camp, Bucs coach Todd Bowles said he knows José Ramirez can rush the passer. [read more]

Glimpse of the future.
Joe is both scared and totally stoked about Emeka Egbuka’s rookie season. [read more]

“Joel, you killed me with that Micah Parsons question.”
No. No. No. The 2025 Buccaneers are not trading for a monster pass rusher. [read more]

“Bruce, your ways have left the building.”
Once upon a time in 2019, the Bucs had a rookie with a bad hamstring in preseason and another who had a rough preseason debut.
Sound familiar?
Arians blasted the bad inaugural game and went public saying the injured rookie needed to get his ass on the field. [read more]

Josh Grizzard talks to Joe.
The rookie Bucs offensive coordinator seems to know exactly what he’s doing.
Joe’s been impressed. [read more]

Last night, after the Bucs beat the Steelers in the second worthless preseason game, Todd Bowles was asked about how close the Bucs are to being #AtlantaReady. [read more]

There was a rookie comforting a rookie last night in the bowels of the Steelers’ home stadium. [read more]

Glimpse of the future.
For who watched or who will watch one of the rebroadcasts of last night’s Bucs win over the Steelers in the second worthless preseason game of the summer, viewers will see/ did see what Joe saw every Bucs practice in training camp. [read more]

Bucs coach supports.
Last night it appeared cornerback Jamel Dean got beat for a touchdown in the Bucs’ second worthless preseason game in Pittsburgh. [read more]

Tests continue.
UPDATED: Joe is guessing no news is good news. For now. [read more]
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More than just neck?
Joe heard Jalen McMillan tell teammates he sprained his neck. There may be more to it. [read more]