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Hayes isn't a boundary CB in zone or m2m. Like I said before the decisions made on defense in 2024 were bad. Also, cutting Merriweather wasn't a str...
The problem is Bowles would blitz but he had corners playing man to man early on as the DC for the Bucs when Arians was the coach. Now he blitzes and ...
I liked what I saw from Culp too and Brawell showed some signs of life toward the end. All in all a rookie class that goes into the record books.
I wouldn't be surprised if L. David returns but really the team needs to look for new players because the defensive scheme is like 70% zone now.
Yes it does, but the Lions just ran out of steam. Modern NFL is about needing at least NFL average defense and a superb offense to win a Super Bowl.
Commanders are a good team. Props to the Bucs though for giving them a good game.
These players on the Bucs defense are hand picked by Bowles. Also, Bowles' job is to play to the strengths of the players he has to work with which i...
Bowles has to make a choice. If you want to employ bigger ends to stop the run then stop dropping them, Vea and Kancey into zone coverage. But if yo...
I do not think a stud edge rusher makes a difference because Bowles is still going to want to blitz. So you need players that can play in zone. Need ...
With a heavy zone defense you do not need elite players at safety or CB which is why Winfield Jr, Whitehead, Merriweather, Izien and Smith is more tha...
Yeah but if you read SR's Fab 5 you would see the Bucs edges dropped into zone way too much. If that is what Bowles want to do on defense he needs to...
If a team doesn't show interest with Trask I am all for the Bucs to re-sign him. So I really don't see the urgency to draft another QB, because the t...
Smith is a clear starter at NCB because they felt that Izien wasn't good enough in the slot in 2023 which prompted the team to draft Smith in the firs...
Diaby had a high pressure rate. Braswell is not better and I doubt the Bucs can find two edge rush starters in one off season. Smith is prob...
Using draft resources on a back up QB works for some teams. But the Bucs have Pratt who they were prepared to draft at some point and now they have hi...