{"id":759990,"date":"2026-02-18T09:18:17","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T09:18:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/759990\/"},"modified":"2026-02-18T09:18:17","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T09:18:17","slug":"morning-cup-of-joe-joebucsfan-com-36","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/759990\/","title":{"rendered":"Morning Cup Of Joe &#8211; JoeBucsFan.com"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\tMorning Cup Of Joe<br \/>\nFebruary 18th, 2026 <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-204200 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/cup-of-joe.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"100\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Welcome to your Morning Cup of Joe, an eye-opener to help Joe\u2019s readers ease into their busy workday with a few football links, wacky news and a pleasant distraction.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DI1b6LcxNw6\/?igsh=cWRoMWFqZjRpcnl3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Distraction of the Day<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Less people are going to Vegas because of the gouging but more and more people are going to games at The Roomba. And this is good news for the Raiders. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsports.com\/nfl\/profootballtalk\/rumor-mill\/news\/as-las-vegas-tourism-dips-allegiant-stadium-attendance-increases\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">PFT<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Possible landing spots for Derek Carr. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/nfl\/news\/derek-carr-landing-spots-rumors-qb\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">CBS<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The Bills had a ton of injuries in 2025. Interestingly in the NFLPA report card after the 2024 season, Bills players thought their training staff was \u201cinadequate\u201d in helping players stay healthy. [<a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/nfl\/article\/bills-players-expressed-concern-over-teams-training-staff-in-2025-nfl-team-report-cards-183235782.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Yahoo!<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Former Steelers are really worked up about Big Ben slander. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nfl.com\/news\/james-harrison-defends-ben-roethlisberger-from-pure-out-attack-on-qb-s-character\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">NFL<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The science of Thomas Hearns. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@smf_boxing0\/video\/7587770228046630166\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">TikTok<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Winners and losers of the 2025 NFL season. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/nfl\/winners-losers-from-2025-nfl-season-second-chance-quarterbacks-triumphed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">SI<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">College football playoff really is ruining college football. [<a href=\"https:\/\/awfulannouncing.com\/college-football\/playoff-really-ruining-schedules-alabama-ohio-state.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Awful Announcing<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">IMG Academy in Bradenton will pay nearly $2 million in fines to the feds for accepting two students who were indirectly bankrolled by Mexican drug cartels. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.miamiherald.com\/news\/local\/education\/article314726287.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Miami Herald<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Netflix doesn\u2019t like its podcasts popping up on YouTube. [<a href=\"https:\/\/frontofficesports.com\/youtube-pirating-netflix-sports-podcasts-3-and-out-the-volume-middlekauff\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Front Office Sports<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Is using bear spray on a moose smart? [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.outkick.com\/culture\/moose-bear-spray-jackson-wyoming-video\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Outkick<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">WTF, Arkansas??? It\u2019s the 21st Century for crying out loud! [<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/vintagemapstore\/status\/2023475215032828102\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">X<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Circus #fail. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@dogpaws623\/video\/7607060753375350047\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">TikTok<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\" xml:lang=\"en\">Fernando Mendoza in Vegas? Distracting? No\u2026 he\u2019ll be on his best behavior and that\u2019s a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KaticMichael?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@KaticMichael<\/a> guarantee <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5MCiL5KP2P\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/5MCiL5KP2P<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Wake Up Barstool (@wakeupbarstool) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wakeupbarstool\/status\/2022307444454481953?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">February 13, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\" xml:lang=\"en\">&#8220;It should be Kansas City, Buffalo, or Baltimore.&#8221; \ud83d\udc40<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/stephenasmith?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@stephenasmith<\/a> reacts to Tyreek Hill being released by the Dolphins and shares what teams he should look to join next \ud83c\udfc8 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0jy1Nkdyuy\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/0jy1Nkdyuy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 First Take (@FirstTake) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FirstTake\/status\/2023439624043929600?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">February 16, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Morning Cup Of Joe February 18th, 2026 Welcome to your Morning Cup of Joe, an eye-opener to help&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":33693,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2077],"tags":[211,2599,2598,7,6,704,250,2597,2596],"class_list":{"0":"post-759990","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tampa-bay-buccaneers","8":"tag-buccaneers","9":"tag-bucs-message-boards","10":"tag-bucs-news","11":"tag-football","12":"tag-nfl","13":"tag-tampa-bay","14":"tag-tampa-bay-buccaneers","15":"tag-tampabay","16":"tag-tampabaybuccaneers"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116090890274723038","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/759990","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=759990"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/759990\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33693"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=759990"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=759990"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=759990"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}