Devin White Fired Up
April 25th, 2019
Man, some believe new Bucs ILB Devin White’s best trait is his leadership and it is easy to understand.
In a conference call tonight with the local pen and mic club, White’s enthusiasm just jumped off the speaker.
A few highlights:
* White was talking a mile a minute. He could not contain his excitement. It reminded Joe of when the Bucs drafted America’s Quarterback, Pro Bowler Jameis Winston. If this rubs off on his teammates, that would be fantastic but Joe sure hopes production comes with it.
* White said that in his meeting with team shot-callers, there was only one person who wooed him more than Bucs AC/DC-loving general manager Jason Licht. And that was Chucky. Interestingly, Chucky passed on White for defensive end Clelin Ferrell.
* White was asked why so many LSU linebackers are in the NFL. He said that LSU coaches make sure their players are coached up right.
* White said he spoke to former Bucs linebacker Kwon Alexander, basically the guy he is replacing, several times during the draft process. White said LSU players, especially linebackers, remain tight, sort of like a fraternity.
* White sounded as if he wanted to hit the turf of the Den of Depression tonight and start drilling people, the hell with waiting until September.
April 25th, 2019 at 10:13 pm
boooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!
April 25th, 2019 at 10:14 pm
To all the Devin White naysayers: In the words of Don Henley, get over it
April 25th, 2019 at 10:14 pm
I hope he’s a freaking animal out there.
I just have a hunch that Ed Oliver is going to be a menace. It all stats up front.
April 25th, 2019 at 10:14 pm
Seems like you are starting to come around Joe! It’s the draft man! Can’t do anything but get better than we were yesterday! Lol
April 25th, 2019 at 10:15 pm
Hahahah
Not hating on White, just thinking about Ed Oliver.
April 25th, 2019 at 10:15 pm
I just hope he is Ray Lewis, because Josh Allen fell in our lap and he will be Von Miller. I would have taken Allen
April 25th, 2019 at 10:16 pm
again………..boooooooooooooo!!!! we could’ve had josh allen
April 25th, 2019 at 10:17 pm
Love it.
April 25th, 2019 at 10:18 pm
Our Team hasn’t been to the playoffs in a long ass time. I firmly believe you win football games at the point of attack/ line of scrimmage. I don’t know why you pass on Ed Oliver? The man is a freaky athlete.
Devin White is a fine player. Is he as impactful as Ed Oliver will be? I just think a game wrecker at DT is more valuable that not MLB play.
April 25th, 2019 at 10:19 pm
Capt. you must drinking captain, Josh Allen has not shown that he is Von Miller. Maybe he will be, as long as Devin White becomes Patrick Willis…
April 25th, 2019 at 10:23 pm
Im not going to be upset because my guy wasn’t picked. Lets just hope this lb is a hall of famer being picked where he was. He is for sure a good player and this just solidifies the fact that our lbs will be blitzing like crazy backed by man coverage. Round 2 will be the best corner available..It has to be….
April 25th, 2019 at 10:24 pm
Since Sapp there has been one game wrecker at DT and that is Aaron Donald.
D. White was the BEST player on the board, at a position of need!
April 25th, 2019 at 10:26 pm
Devin White is faster than LVD, VH3, Carlton Davis, Jordan Whitehead, MJ Stewart and Justin Evans….
DEVIN WHITE IS THE FASTEST BUC DEFENDER…..He can cover & he can tackle.
But do you think Joe would tell us that?……No….has to be a whining cry baby because he isn’t getting his way.
April 25th, 2019 at 10:27 pm
If you wanted a trade down from 5 or some other player lol it’s irrelevant now so get over it
April 25th, 2019 at 10:28 pm
HE IS A STUD!!
I’d rather take a proven commodity (This is our Luke Kuechly) than gamble for the nth time on a pass rusher.
April 25th, 2019 at 10:28 pm
The fact that Pittsburgh TRADED UP for the 2ND BEST linebacker should tell you everything, we got a good pick.
April 25th, 2019 at 10:30 pm
Yeah sounds like a great second round pick. But Licht drafts kickers and corners who are maybe safeties in that round. And then throw in the offensive lineman who are decent but not pro bowl caliber but make them the top 3 paid at thee position. Let’s jusy keep overseafting and overpaying and what do you end up with a last place team with a last place salary cap in the league. Tonight has made me realize that of all people tmax was right. Until they hire a real gm this is a bucs life. Let’s seige the day. Let’s overlay overdrafted players because they are average so are gm deserves a pat on his back because he drafted an average player. Instead of a doesn’t even make an impact 2nd or 1st round player. I have never been as disappointed during a draft as a I am tonight. Some how we got out drafted by are division opponents and one of then didn’t have a first round pick. We chose a mlb with the 5th overall pick in one of the historically great on paper defensive line drafts in history. And we have a need at defensive end like every other team in the league. But like all are downfall it takes 2-3 years before we know who won a draft. So the Bucs fan will love white for the next 4-5 years until we let him go because his play doesn’t
Deserve 18 million a year. I have been a bucs fan since 95 and I have to say this is the least excited I have ever been in a draft. I am so glad I don’t hold season tickets anymore. Or I’m sure I would be getting the Devin white is the greatest ever emails tonight. Seriously linebacker in a historic defensive lineman draft. Only the Bucs can mess this up. We had are choice of Allen or Oliver and we chose a middle linebacker. I am beyond pissed right now. You could have drafted a better version last year in roqouan Smith. But heah let’s be excited and buy tickets we drafted a middle linebacker higher than anyone int the last 20 years.
April 25th, 2019 at 10:33 pm
You can’t not like this pick. This guy will be all over the field. Involved in every play. The great defense of the 90’s was built inside out. This is a dog in the inside
April 25th, 2019 at 10:35 pm
Pittsburgh traded up to get the #2 LB in the draft. Belichick also values LB more than Edge Rushers. Lichts presser revealed why hardly any ILB are taken high in the draft….because they rarely possess coverage, run, blitz, speed and leadership. There’s your answer Joe.
April 25th, 2019 at 10:35 pm
Devin White is faster than our CBs & Safeties……..how ’bout dat?
April 25th, 2019 at 10:38 pm
Devin white has to be one of the best middle linebackers to ever play the game now to justify his draft position. I know to Arians this is his semi serious job. Hence the 29 coaches. You really draft a mlb 5th overall. This isn’t a game to me. I am buc life I live on joe bucs fan. But I am over it you draft like idiots for the last 10 years. I could 100 % draft better than you. Bruce you said never draft for need draft best player available. You can’t tell me that white is better than Oliver and Allen. I know you don’t care if you get fired because your old and rich.
April 25th, 2019 at 10:40 pm
The knock on this guy is his instincts and ability to react to play action. Let’s hope he’s Ray Lewis at #5. a LBer at #5 is rich. Better be a HOFer.
April 25th, 2019 at 10:42 pm
LB is definitely a position of need. I just hate that LBer became a position of need. If Beckwith didn’t get hurt, #5 would have been an edge rusher.
Maybe we can grab Montez Sweat.
April 25th, 2019 at 10:42 pm
Best player available. We haven’t drafted best player available since McKay was GM.
April 25th, 2019 at 10:44 pm
@Sport… BINGO! Pittsburgh gave up a good amount of draft capital to grab the 2nd best LB in the draft.. Says a lot right there. Also here we are at the end of the 1st round and the 2nd round is still loaded with DE’s… How many top flight LB’s are left? This might end up being a perfect scenario for our first two rounds when all is said and done.
April 25th, 2019 at 10:45 pm
I reserve the right to be upset wit this pick until he’s officially announced as a Buccaneer (which i’m guessing will be tomorrow)… at that point, I have no choice but to get over it….
…and secretly hope that Josh Allen turns out to be a bust.
April 25th, 2019 at 10:56 pm
For those of you that hate this pick, ask yourself this, who is the Panthers best and most feared player?? And, btw, most people are still bemoaning the fact that we passed on Kuechly, including Joe.
April 25th, 2019 at 10:59 pm
Josh Allen was there. Idiot Gruden passed on Allen and we take a linebacker. Only the Yuks would do this. Complete fail. Overthinking AGAIN! Bucs could have had a pass rush and that would have made a 2nd tier LB look like Devin White. Even the threat of a pass rush makes QB’s do stupid stuff. C’mon! Light has to go!!!!!!!
April 25th, 2019 at 11:02 pm
@Chris K,
Except that Licht usually F’s up the 2nd Rd pick.
April 25th, 2019 at 11:03 pm
Montez Sweat…….. still can get him
April 25th, 2019 at 11:04 pm
He was the player that I hoped they would take. The analysts got this one right. Have the Bucs ever had a 4.4 linebacker? This guy can fly. Perfect for so many things, run, pass coverage, blitz. Interception city right there.
April 25th, 2019 at 11:07 pm
A new coaching staff with decades of experience reviewed hundreds of hours of tape of all these prospects AND all available information on our current roster and clearly thought inside linebacker was our biggest need. So I’m okay with it.
Best of luck to the new kid. I could care less about Oliver and Allen… just because they may, according to BSPN, have great careers doesn’t mean White won’t have one too.
I think if the rules weren’t so anti-hitting now and we could all imagine this guy going Buckus or LT on someone and ripping a helmet off an opponent, it’d be a much more exciting pick. Nutjob killing machine linebacker is a lost art but I hope this kid is good at whatever hybrid “big middle safety” role LB means now.
April 25th, 2019 at 11:10 pm
@Chopshopp:
1. Licht is NOT making the Pick its BA and Todd
2. If Allen is that good why did 5 other teams pass and 8 others on Oliver
3. White was the BEST Player Available AND filled a need with (Cichy & Beckwith being questionable)
4. Lets let our 29 coaches coach these guys before getting your panties in a bunch
5. Montez Sweat is still on board (what if we get him at top of 2nd)
THEN will y’all ALL STFU
Enjoy the draft ladies and gents
Go Bucs!!
April 25th, 2019 at 11:12 pm
I’m pisssed but whatever it’s on number 3
April 25th, 2019 at 11:12 pm
Best Player Available at a position of need, and with Alpha Male leadership to boot.
I don’t get the hate.
Casual Fans :smh:
April 25th, 2019 at 11:13 pm
Im hearing Allen had some off field concerns….explains a little why he dropped out of the top 4 D guys…
April 25th, 2019 at 11:14 pm
LOL get em BucAllNight!
April 25th, 2019 at 11:16 pm
Sweat to Redskins
April 25th, 2019 at 11:22 pm
I like the pick.
There were a lot of D Linemen available but he is a stud LB.
rd 2 is looking like a CB to me. There are a lot on the board
April 25th, 2019 at 11:51 pm
Nall Sageboy they can go screw themselves.
April 25th, 2019 at 11:53 pm
Round 2 needs to be DL or DB.
April 25th, 2019 at 11:54 pm
It blows my mind people think one pony Allen and one trick pony Oliver are about to tear it up in this league. Please.
April 25th, 2019 at 11:55 pm
He of 3 measly sacks last season oliver😆.
April 26th, 2019 at 12:09 am
Williams and Devin White were the once in a Decade players in this draft. You take that player any day over a DE or OLB that can be had any year. Every year there are 5 players like Allen and Oliver. You don’t find a Devin White every year. Just think of the blitzing opportunities with Lavonte and Devin in the middle of the defense.
April 26th, 2019 at 12:09 am
People are upset that we just drafted the best player on our defense; at the Kat important position… SMDH.
I would’ve taken White no matter who was on the board!
April 26th, 2019 at 12:10 am
*Most important position
April 26th, 2019 at 12:10 am
Just prove me wrong biatch!
April 26th, 2019 at 12:59 am
Awesome! Love it–happy now this is over! so glad and cant wait to watch Devin White play, he is a real humble dude too, always aware he can improve his game. Best linebacker in the draft.
Compare that to Falcons picking a day 2 guard and a tackle and flaming out. They are done till day 3.
There are edge rushers left–what about Jaylon Ferguson
April 26th, 2019 at 3:42 am
Get ready to be hated kid. A linebacker isn’t going to turn this clown show around.
April 26th, 2019 at 4:21 am
I get that not all wanted Devin White with our 1st pick, but dang, some of you pout like little children. WE JUST DRAFTED THE #1 LB IN THE DRAFT for heaven’s sake. Most of the national types had him easily rated in the Top-10 and many had him in the Top-5. He fills a position of great NEED on our defense, and brings with him some excellent potential for FIELD LEADERSHIP that our defense sorely lacks right now. Duh, just shout ‘Praise the Lord’ and let’s move on to Round 2 & fill yet another position of great NEED.
April 26th, 2019 at 6:05 am
Yep, we are so dumb. We passed up on two powerhouse players from two historically powerhouse teams to draft a LB. What were we thinking? The learning curve is so much steeper and takes more time to develop those other guys. Just dumb! We must not like playing the percentages because, White was the safer bet. The crazy part is that there were so many dumb teams who passed on these guys.
On a serious note, not one of these players have played a single down in the NFL. All I read lately was how Allen wasn’t going to be there because he was so ridiculously good and how Oliver, from the NCAA titan program, HOUSTON, was the next Aaron Donald. And how that connection was made is beyond me. His stats didn’t show that. He just has the same body style.
But, oh, the Bucs are so dumb for drafting a productive college player from a HISTORICALLY good college football team for a position that they need.
April 26th, 2019 at 6:15 am
A lot of good players still on the board, on the O -line (Ford, Taylor & Jenkins), pass rusher (Ferguson, Winovich), DBs (Greedy, Nassir, Byron and several others with first round grades. Our figure the Cards have to take a receiver, which we do not need, so plenty of juice left. As long as we get faster and meaner.
April 26th, 2019 at 8:56 am
It is VERY easy to logically explain this.
He is a QB for the Defense… a difference maker… a LEADER that will make everyone around him better.
Exactly the Alpha dog that this defense has NOT had since the Sapp, Brooks, Lynch & Barber days….
Welcome to TB, Devin White!