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Joe understands some folks are nervous about Bucs outside linebacker Joe Tryon-Shoyinka for several reasons.

While Joe gets the emotion behind it, NFL history shows rookie edge rushers rarely dominate. Yeah, there are exceptions, but for every rookie that racks up 10 sacks another 20 rookie edge rushers do not.

Last year JTS didn’t have a huge impact. While he was OK at getting pressure on the quarterback, JTS didn’t defend the run well, and as a pass rusher, he was a rookie. Not much to expect.

Entering his second season, JTS is demonstrating to old man Lavonte David that he’s got the hang of things.

“Some stuff last year coming in as a rookie, some easy stuff, he used to mess up on – blow assignments and stuff like that,” David explained. “This year it’s like clockwork for him.

“He knows his assignments, he gets the job done and he’s even communicating as an outside linebacker and [laughs] you don’t see that often. It’s definitely a confidence booster for us and for him as well.”

Joe has to wonder if David was referencing Jason Pierre-Paul, his old Bucs teammate and JUCO teammate?

Joe heard through the grapevine that one reason — not the only reason — Bucs coaches began to sour on JPP was his habit of freelancing.

Open-minded coaches don’t get too bent if a guy freelances so long as he produces. But with JPP last year, his freelancing didn’t produce squat (yes, Joe knows JPP was playing with one arm). When a guy freelances and strikes out, that is when he begins to become a pain in the posterior.

So David’s playful jab at someone there, was it David busting JPP’s chops from afar?

Back to JTS, it’s good to hear he has cleaned up his game and knows the defensive playbook better. That’s always a good sign.