Negotiating tactic.

Joe is not advocating this. But Joe can surely understand why and how it could happen. [read more]

Enlightening or misleading stats?

Even though Joe often rails on stats (specifically with baseball), Joe is not anti-stats. Stats are just information. Who doesn’t want more information? [read more]

Bring canned foods to help local food banks and/or a toy for a local child.

Bill Currie Ford, a mile north of the stadium on Dale Mabry Highway, is the place to watch the Bucs on Sunday.  The watch party runs from noon through the end of the game. Come anytime!!

Martin Gramatica will be there all day and Bill Currie Ford will feed you! Raffles and more.

Happy Independence Day!

Today is Joe’s favorite holiday. Thanksgiving is second. Today is like Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s, all rolled into one big ol’ bottle rocket! [read more]

Vita Vea has stories. [read more]

Rookie edge rusher Chris Braswell.

Yeah, Joe is a broken record and will continue to be until the most important position on defense is resolved. [read more]

Is it fair to slap around a defense-first head coach, one who calls his team’s defensive plays, for his club’s struggles to score in the first quarter?

Tough question. [read more]

When has he had a bad year?

The question for Joe is, not can the vets play well, it’s can the youngsters play better? [read more]

Team guy.

As many of Joe’s readers know by now, many in the national #NFLMedia are not sold on Bucs quarterback Baker Mayfield. [read more]

How to four-peat.

Finally, someone gets it. [read more]

Two NFL experts very calmly and coolly — and without a hint of indecision — discussed their joint ranking of the Bucs as the 20th-best team in the NFL.

Joe hopes Buccaneers Ring of Honor general manager Jason Licht sends this to Baker Mayfield. [read more]

Todd Bowles

Even those on the Falcons’ huge bandwagon agree on one subject: [read more]

Checkdown team?

Joe gets it. Not everyone believes in the Bucs. That’s understandable. Joe doesn’t and never has thought that everyone should think alike. [read more]

Will he smile this year?

Joe knows many of his readers are sick of the following (hey, we’re almost there: Bucs training camp opens in almost three weeks. Hang in there!). [read more]

Eager for 2024 season.

Joe thinks if outside linebacker/edge rusher YaYa Diaby raises his game to actually become a rare Bucs-drafted player who gets double-digit sacks, he instantly will become a fan favorite. [read more]

Racing into 2024.

A guy the vast majority of NFL sophists are overlooking or ignoring when writing 2024 previews is Calijah Kancey. [read more]

Rookie receiver Jalen McMillan. (A Tampa Bay Buccaneers photo.)

So the Bucs publicly said veteran stud receiver Chris Godwin will move back to a more full-time slot receiver role this year. [read more]

Lasting impact.

The Bucs sort of have a new Hall of Fame player. That’s edge rusher YaYa Diaby, who was recognized by the Senior Bowl during their Hall of Fame festivities as co-rookie of the year for 2023. [read more]

Ugly prediction.

If this happens, will we be on Coach Watch in January? [read more]

Above-average accuracy.

Well, this is reassuring. [read more]

How many carries?

Seems more than a couple of folks think the Bucs have run out of patience with Rachaad White as a running back. Please do not include Joe in this group. [read more]

Bucs coach Todd Bowles.

By the time the sun rises on Veterans Day, fans should have a good idea if the Bucs are playoff contenders or pretenders. [read more]