Buccaneers Busy Scouting The Trenches
January 24th, 2019
Senior Bowl happenings
It’s Senior Bowl week in Alabama. While Bucco Bruce Arians and his gigantic coaching staff are home, general manager Jason Licht and his comrades are there — and they’re being watched.
The rock star himself, former Bucs general manager Mark Dominik is there working for SiriusXM NFL Radio and said this morning on WDAE-AM 620 that he has seen the Buccaneers operating in Mobile with a heavy emphasis on offensive and defensive linemen.
That doesn’t mean the Bucs aren’t scouting other positions, just that Dominik, who has probably been to 25 years of Senior Bowl practices and activities, sees Tampa Bay having a high percentage of bodies assigned to scouting the trenches.
Yesterday’s Senior Bowl practices were moved indoors because of bad weather, and teams were extremely limited in the numbers of scouts that could watch because of space restrictions. And media largely was limited to watching on TV, which doesn’t offer much if you’re really trying to study a prospect.
Anyway, it was an interesting observation by Dominik, who said he could see the Bucs making drafting an offensive tackle a priority if Donovan Smith is evaluated and the new regime doesn’t want to pay him big free-agent bucks in March.
January 24th, 2019 at 10:09 am
i watched some practices from tuesday and wednesday….OL, i was impressed with the alabama state kid…forgot his name but he was stone walling some of the best DE’s from team south…..
I. Buggs from bama was dominating along the DL as well as another small college kid….
the DB’s from kentucky were all big, long and could cover….really impressed with them…..temple has a CB that kept flashing…..
lots of good players at the senior bowl….
#REALISTKNOWSNOTHING!!!!!!!….GO BUCS!!!!!
January 24th, 2019 at 10:18 am
“Rockstar must be looking at the wrong scouts
Gump and his boys like to go to the west coast and draft
rumor has it that few of gumps scouts likes to more than occasionally light up
there is good info that they went to Humboldt county community college to bring back the fattest stoner to Tampa”
Kobe Faker
January 24th, 2019 at 10:20 am
Rock n Roll is DEAD in America need a new nickname for the failed one.
January 24th, 2019 at 10:22 am
That’s OK football games are won and lost in the trenches.
January 24th, 2019 at 10:24 am
@ 813 bucboi
You were probably referring to Jonah William OT Alabama.
I agree with his value. BUILD THOSE TRENCHES! Go Bucs!
January 24th, 2019 at 10:24 am
So reassuring that a HC is not at the senior bowl and allows this inept scouting dept and gm to continue in their losing ways of looking for players. Licht took a last place team in the nfc south and built them into a last place team in the nfc south, while not addressing the OL with common sense and doing his “smartest guy in the room” moves and at the end of the day licht you are just a below average gm that somehow has a job in the nfl
January 24th, 2019 at 10:25 am
^Williams
January 24th, 2019 at 10:31 am
Good.
January 24th, 2019 at 10:32 am
@Duthsty Rhothdes
I am guessing Coach Arians has his hands full accessing the current roster. Anyway, Bucco Bruce is all about delegating and putting his faith into his staff. Seems to get more out of his players and his staff that way.
January 24th, 2019 at 10:33 am
nothing would make me happier. It’s not sexy but it makes the difference in winning and losing. Look at how the top teams build their teams. They put premium emphasis on the trenches season after season
January 24th, 2019 at 10:38 am
Elita Vea, I hear ya on the delegating but I am guessing the glazers hired him to do the working on jameis not clyde the glyde nor letfwich…i hope after dismantling the roster to his liking he gets the ship righted….i am hoping for sam wyche 2.0 and if its better then win win
January 24th, 2019 at 10:44 am
They need guys with attitude guy that play angry…
January 24th, 2019 at 10:47 am
The entire draft should be exclusively OL/DL. Address the other needs in free agency or trades. A solid, young foundation on both sides of the trenches will go a long way in building a consistent winning team. Not to mention how it will result in the other positions become better.
January 24th, 2019 at 10:50 am
I’m with you Duthsty
Seems like the Fox guarding the hen house to me…Or more accurately, the Doofus guarding the draft board…
January 24th, 2019 at 11:06 am
Great pic there ! Lol 😂 we should go Dline in 1st and oline in the 2nd
January 24th, 2019 at 11:07 am
eliat
nawl the kid was from alabama state….i dont think jonah is in the senior bowl…..he knows he’s going in the top 10 at worst….
his name is tytus howard….6’6 322….played QB in high school….light on his feet, lateral movement was great….was able to sink his hips during bull rushes…..the kid looked great….they had him playing G and T….looked comfortable at both positions….
#REALISTKNOWSNOTHING!!!!!!!….GO BUCS!!!!!
January 24th, 2019 at 11:23 am
@ Duthsty Rhothdes
I agree with you. Arians was hired to try to get the most out of Jameis. I also believe his own agenda is trying to further the careers of the younger coaches that he has hired…. especially his ex players and coaches from Temple and other places. His style is to give them support and confidence by believing in them. Would love to have a contact such as he.
January 24th, 2019 at 11:24 am
I am waiting to see who Mark Dominick says we should draft….
January 24th, 2019 at 11:28 am
@813 bucboi
You are correct, Jonah Willams is coming out being a junior.
January 24th, 2019 at 11:28 am
for the future of this franchise, the high draft picks should certainly be about the trenches…DBs, LBs and offensive skill players to the later rounds this year
January 24th, 2019 at 11:33 am
How much draft capital did we pump into the o-line and yet we find ourselves rebuilding?
Same with the secondary….Same with RBs. On top of that, how much have we wasted in free agency?
January 24th, 2019 at 11:36 am
Kobe Faker, life is short…if you can’t laugh at yourself, call me. I will. 😉
January 24th, 2019 at 11:44 am
@bucboi813
Read your post. Your mention of the kid from Temple (CB) caught my eye. I immediately thought of our new HC and DC and their Temple connection.
January 24th, 2019 at 12:02 pm
I will wait till they start playing to critique the team with my SUPER armchair GM abilities until then in Bucco Bruce I trust.
January 24th, 2019 at 12:05 pm
Lindstrum G Bos. Coll. looked good. Oklahoma G looked good (forget his name. But IMHO the first pick should be J. Williams T ALA.
January 24th, 2019 at 12:23 pm
Cap space problems may force Bucs to trade GMC & not sign D. Smith So, our first two draft picks may be DT & OT depending on who is available at the time of the picks.
January 24th, 2019 at 1:28 pm
813, etc- LUV had some video of Tytus a little ways back. Good film. Might be worth a look.
January 24th, 2019 at 1:29 pm
Any thoughts on the OL from OU ? I forget his name.
January 24th, 2019 at 1:35 pm
This is a VERY good draft for DLine and a good one for Oline.
And we just happen to have need in both areas. (for the last 15 years)
Time to stock up.
I’m hoping for a trade down from #5 and four picks for the trenches by the time day 2 is complete. (end of 3rd rd)
An OT, DE/Edge, DT and OG. Preferably in that order…
Git-R-DONE Jason Licht
Too many like to trash the GM and say he’s not bringing enough talent in.
I say – That’s BS!
Just wait till you see how many young players and vet players alike already on this team have career years in 2019…
January 24th, 2019 at 1:37 pm
This is music to my ears. I think everyone on the world is screaming for Tampa to fix the trenches.
January 24th, 2019 at 1:59 pm
“The?”
January 24th, 2019 at 2:28 pm
“Kobe really hope we can be creative in the draft and fill our much needed holes
5 holes to be filled thru the draft or FA
Left tackle (release DSmith)
Def t. ( release gmc)
Mlk. (release kwon)
#1 corner
Runningback
Gump, you want to be on Kobe’s good side? Do you want to be forgiven of your sins?…
TRADE DOWN…
Get 3 starters in the draft and fill the other 2 holes at FA and Kobe will forgive”
Kobe Faker
January 24th, 2019 at 3:19 pm
@Pickgrin … “Too many like to trash the GM and say he’s not bringing enough talent in. I say – That’s BS! Just wait till you see how many young players and vet players alike already on this team have career years in 2019.”
Personally hope you’re right Pickgrin. So far though, Licht’s been here 5 years and his record is now worse than Dom’s.
January 24th, 2019 at 4:56 pm
DE Oshane Ximines and montez Sweat are both on the south team…..very worthy of watching. Sweat will go before Ximines in the draft but Ximines could be there in the bottom of the 2nd, top of the 3rd….unless he really balls out hard and ups his draft stock. I’ll be working so i’ll have to find a replay somewhere.
January 24th, 2019 at 5:24 pm
LG BJ Autry, 6’5 340lbs will be interesting to watch too…..thats a big dude to move.
January 24th, 2019 at 5:36 pm
DT Daylon Mack, Big Mack truck coming through…6’1 320lbs, Texas A&M….yeah this kid has a nice bull rush.
January 24th, 2019 at 5:41 pm
LT at #5!! Find the best one or two and hope that one will be there!!!
January 24th, 2019 at 5:53 pm
Crap, Montez Sweat is going to end up being a top 10 pick by the time these games and the combine is done. He was slated to go in the late 1st. I’d love to see him under JPP’s tutelage (built a lot like him)
January 24th, 2019 at 8:48 pm
Excellent. Every single year there should be offensive and defensive lineman drafted in the top four rounds
Other than that all they really need is a running back and another cornerback.
DBs Are becoming like a lineman. In today’s NFL you should be focused on taking some every draft.
January 24th, 2019 at 8:50 pm
just keep licht away from draft board.
January 24th, 2019 at 9:06 pm
Pickgrin,
4 picks by day 2, and I assume you see the need for a CB and a RB in the latter rounds is BS after 5yrs. If licht was bringing in the talent there wouldn’t be a need to trade down for extra picks.
January 24th, 2019 at 11:32 pm
I believe our g.m. Has drafted more good than bad but it’s not his job to coach them that’s what coaches are supposed to do. Now that we have upgraded our coaches we will see the fruits of his labor I hope at least or I could be dead wrong lol
January 25th, 2019 at 5:57 am
$1Bucfan,
I agree with you to a point. For example, the fact that our starting o line doesn’t have a single player who is athletic enough to get to the edge and set a block. I don’t care what you do its just not happening. It’s not coaching it’s a player’s lack of sheer ability.
Now could you coach around it, ah..no . Not in the NFL.