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The Glazer family just showed Todd Bowles the money. A Hall of Fame coach believes it’s a wise investment.

Bill Parcells took some time out from his annual summer trek to Saratoga, N.Y., to discuss Bowles’ contract extension and Baker Mayfield’s success in Tampa. [read more]

Hustle.

This is simply an example of a player busting his arse. [read more]

Summer in Joe’s world means re-watching Bucs games — again. [read more]

Expects big improvement.

A lot of Bucs fans are focused on the Bucs’ pass defense this year. Understandably so. It has been bottom-five in the league the past two years. [read more]

Changing the narrative.

Behind the scenes, and sometimes not-so-behind-the-scenes, Bucs types grumble (or more than grumble) that folks don’t put them on the same pedestal as other top teams when it comes to national media pandering and chatter. [read more]

Interesting research.

Joe has referred several times to how the Bucs ran a dink-and-dunk offense last year, despite that tag irking then-Bucs offensive coordinator Liam Coen. [read more]

Back at the 2017 Pro Bowl in Orlando, Joe was lucky enough to chat 1-on-1 after a practice session with Andy Reid. [read more]

Todd Bowles has a shiny new contract that pays him to be the Buccaneers’ head coach through the 2028 season, but he doesn’t have fans collectively behind him like one might think a coach with three division titles in three years would. [read more]

Respect for Bucs’ star WR.

In just a handful of years, Cam Newton went from being a feared NFL quarterback to a villain in a future “Batman” movie. [read more]

Waiting to be unleashed?

Yes, Joe loved seeing Bucs first-round pick Emeka Egbuka look like a seasoned pro in underwear football the past couple of months. [read more]

How much change?

Joe has three core beliefs when it comes to winning football: [read more]

Antoine Winfield, Jr.

In theory, a team wants to hear how its roster is loaded with “team-friendly” contracts. [read more]

Todd Bowles

Longtime Buccaneers fans have painful memories of LaVar Arrington.

It’s been 19 years since the ferocious linebacker picked off then-Bucs quarterback Chris Simms in the playoffs and returned the ball to the Bucs’ 6 yard line. [read more]

Ponder for moment that Buccaneers Ring of Honor general manager Jason Licht invested a first-round pick into rookie receiver Emeka Egbuka, a premium draft choice the Bucs were ecstatic to make. And now Licht evaluates Egbuka higher than he did two months ago.

Damn. [read more]

Battle lines drawn.

Uh, oh. The PFF tribe has gone and done it.

They’ve angered former Bucs stud Gerald McCoy. [read more]

Lots of Benjamins coming.

Look, there is no doubt in Joe’s eyes that a key member of the Bucs’ offensive line is going to be quite wealthy at some point between now and next March. [read more]