Coincidence With Transactions?
July 30th, 2020
Last week, the Bucs brought in a guy one would think they had a lot of hope banked on: third-round draft pick Ke’Shawn Vaughn.
The rookie running back out of Vanderbilt was a second-day draft pick. With only Ronald Jones ahead of him on the depth chart, a guy the head coach has already groused about for his third-down ability (despite very good YAC), Vaughn seemed poised to get a ton of touches and maybe supplant Jones as the team’s No. 1 back.
Then the news came two days ago: Vaughn was placed in COVID protocol. He either was around someone who had the virus or showed symptoms of the virus, or had a high temperature and was considered a risk.
Training camp this year, soft and abbreviated as it will be, is too valuable for a rookie. Every minute is precious because there has been no offseason outside of dudes throwing around a football at a high school.
Did Vaughn landing in the virus protocol — Arians said this week the NFL forbids coaches from commenting on players in the virus protocol — force the Bucs’ hand?
July 30th, 2020 at 6:21 pm
Either that or Tommy didn’t like what he saw out of Raymond Calais the last two days.
July 30th, 2020 at 6:30 pm
Don’t see an issue. He’ll be around and working in no time. That said, RoJo did the whole camp as advertised his rookie year and he seemed lost and ineffective. Think it may matter on the player individually, and where his mental state and capacity is as much as the camp itself. We’ll see. One thing is for sure: Coach Brady won’t let him float through the gate.
July 30th, 2020 at 6:51 pm
Well whoever plays at RB, if they don’t go at least 4 yards, Brady will never throw them the ball!
July 30th, 2020 at 7:58 pm
McCoy will help Vaughn along to make up for missed time in camp. Even if he’s back quickly, it’s a short camp anyways. It will eventually be seen as a good move.
July 30th, 2020 at 8:51 pm
Did Vaughn landing in the virus protocol — Arians said this week the NFL forbids coaches from commenting on players in the virus protocol — force the Bucs’ hand?
Yes, and McCoy was probably more affordable than Freeman.
July 31st, 2020 at 12:15 am
When Vaughn comes back, I think he will be fine at least insofar as just running the ball. Even though Rojo is one of the exceptions, most rookie running backs have no issues running the ball if they belong in the nfl.
July 31st, 2020 at 7:00 am
I actually think RoJo will win the starting job and not lose it at all. I think he will improve to keep his job, but Shady is a great pick up.