Hopefully we could agree that if you think White was game planned then it wasn't very effective?
Seemed pretty damn effective to me, considering how piss poor he was graded in coverage that year (which was obvious if you had a functioning set of eyes).
We are talking about two different things. You are saying White was not good in coverage. I agree
I disagreed that he was game planned or that it was effective, if he was.
In the 2025 season, especially when it mattered, teams went TE and RB passing. An anonymous Dolphins TE had a career day, the Falcons TE (Pitts) a career day. The Bucs had middle of the league RB receiving targets, but worst in the league yardage on receptions to RBs at almost 900 yards. The Bucs defense was tied for 2nd worst defense in touchdown passes to TEs. By comparison the Bucs defense of 2025 was average to just above average in terms of TDs to WRs.
Opposing offenses PICKED ON the 2025 Bucs LBs INTENTIONALLY (ie as a game plan)
By comparison, the 2020 defense only allowed 600 receiving yards to RBs while being the 2nd highest targeted to RBs. The 2020 Bucs defense was tied for 9th worse in touchdown passes to TEs while also being average in terms of TDs to WRs.
So, worse in every respect . . . as one would expect. If teams thought they would beat the Bucs by targeting White in the passing game in 2020, it did not work out that way or appear that way even in games. And he countered that with 9 sacks and 15 Tackles for a loss
Another way of seeing that is the truth above, is to just to see that Biggs has now joined the fryy AND he's done so by trying to SHIFT the DISCUSSION:
the dingleberry would posit that Devin White wasn't attacked in coverage
I said he wasnt the game plan for opposing offenses and if he was it was not very effective.
The Bucs 2025 LBers featured negatively in the Bucs games because they were the game plan. Just asked Kye Pitts or even better Dolphin Greg Dulchich lol who had his first TD catch since 2022 . . courtesy of SVD.