LeBeau cooking up looks for QB Winston
Titans assistant Dick LeBeau has decades of experience coaching defense. By Ira Kaufman | Tribune Staff Published: September 10, 2015 TAMPA — Titans defensive guru Dick LeBeau spent his 78th birthday this week in typical style, watching game film of Bucs rookie QB Jameis Winston.What else would you expect from a man who has spent the past 56 seasons as either a player or a coach in the NFL?LeBeau has seen young quarterbacks come and go and undoubtedly has some defensive wrinkles to throw at Winston in Sunday’s season opener.“Hopefully, we can cause him some problems,’’ said LeBeau, hired this offseason as assistant head coach/defense. “The way the college game is, (quarterbacks) get to see all the looks, but I don’t think he has seen all the looks that he is going to see in the NFL. The good ones can usually find a way to get the ball where they want to get it, so we’ll have to keep him from doing that.”Quote of the day“Offensively, it really has been a very bright light for us over there. I can’t rave enough about how Dirk’s presence has really been a positive for us.’’— Bucs WR Vincent Jackson, on new OC Dirk Koetter.Stat of the dayIn 2005, Lovie Smith’s second year in Chicago, the Bears improved from 5-11 to 11-5 behind the NFL’s No. 1 scoring defense.***Upcoming scheduleSunday: Tennessee, 4:25 p.m. (CBS, Ch. 10)Sept. 20: at New Orleans, 1 p.m. (Fox, Ch. 13)Sept. 27: at Houston, 1 p.m. (Fox, Ch. 13)Oct. 8: Carolina, 1 p.m. (Fox, Ch. 13)
