Lie about Buccaneers staff, players or ownership on the Buccaneers flagship radio station, WDAE-AM 620, and you’ll get in all kinds of hot water, maybe even fired. It’s happened before.

Tell the truth and it’s all good.

It’s just that simple.

WDAE-AM 620 host Steve Duemig, who has hinted about Doug Martin having a drug problem for years on the air, let it rip full blast Tuesday evening upon returning from his vacation.

Duemig blasted Martin for his drug use and letting down the team, and said the Bucs were aware of Martin’s history of abusing drugs before re-signing him last year.

“The Bucs knew Doug Martin was a Molly taker and that’s why he had such a crappy ass second year, because he got the money and he went on the Mollys,” Duemig said. “The Bucs knew I knew, so I’m not afraid to say it. And they never said anything [about my previous on-air] hints because they know I know.”

There is much more in the full WDAE-AM 620 audio below.

Now Joe heard this live but waited 24 hours to talk to Duemig live on the air yesterday during the JoeBucsFan.com Hour. Joe wanted Duemig to tell his audience that nobody from the Bucs or Martin’s camp disputed anything he said, called for his dismissal, asked him to retract and apologize, or called station management to demand the audio come down from the WDAE website. That (at the very least) would have been standard procedure if Duemig were spouting BS.

But none of that happened. Not a peep was uttered, Duemig said.

Yes, Joe was aware of the Martin drug chatter for years, first alerted by Duemig years ago and then from others.

Of course, players clean up their acts and get second chances, but those chances aren’t always respected and appreciated. And that seems to be the case with Martin.

Remember how America’s Quarterback, Jameis Winston, always talks about family and rallies his team when a “family member” or “brother” is down? Like when Kwon Alexander, Alterraun Verner, Kevin Pamphile and Lavonte David all had immediate family members die?

In those situations, Jameis and other Bucs talked repeatedly about winning for their wounded brother. Well, Joe heard none of that talk from the Bucs on Sunday as it related to Martin, who the Bucs say has to get healthy. Nobody seemed to be trying to beat Carolina for Doug. And Joe thinks that says an awful lot.