Ailing Bucs Will Miss Multiple Key Pass Rush Pieces
December 16th, 2022
As if Joe Burrow and his high-powered Cincinnati offense wasn’t scary enough.
Head coach Todd Bowles announced today that Carl Nassib (pectoral) and Vita Vea (calf) will not play Sunday against Burrow and the Bengals. That’s the Bucs’ best inside rusher and outside rusher. No 4 edge rusher Genard Avery also will miss the game with an injury and Joe Tyron-Shoyinka is questionable with a hip issue.
“We’re extremely thin [on the edge],” Bowles said.
Joe expects to see rookie Logan Hall get a shot off the edge, an area where Joe thinks the second-round pick has talent. And look for Will Gholston to channel his younger Bucs days and pass rush more off the edge on Sunday.
Also out is Tampa Bay’s top cornerback this season, Jamel Dean, who has a bad toe, and Pro Bowl safety Antoine Winfield, Jr. remains questionable (ankle).
December 16th, 2022 at 1:48 pm
No worries. Plan 9 will fire his retro rockets and re enter Earth Atmosphere right over Ray Jay he may bring his Ray Jay zapper to stun the Bengals.
December 16th, 2022 at 1:49 pm
Just went from worse to cursed.
December 16th, 2022 at 1:53 pm
This team is soft. Effing Purdy played with a striated oblique and banged up ribs. Bunch of frigging quitters. Move White down and Neal in as LB. Anyone know if Suh is playing?
How do you know a team is bad? When the start em sit em stream comes across and your QB and D are on the sit em side before the injury report comes out. Is someone telling you your O and D SUCK!!!
December 16th, 2022 at 1:55 pm
Leftwich will run on the first play of the game. And the first play of the second half. Bucs will go 3 and out. Fans will boo. Bengals will zip down the field in 4 plays. DBs will give cushion to avoid damaging their manicures. DL will rush 5 and get no closer than 25 feet to Burrow.
Final score 55-7. Cincinnati. Bowles will say “we got our a$$es kicked. Again. But that’s on them. We don’t really look at stats around here. We have to get better.”
December 16th, 2022 at 1:58 pm
Another step toward a higher draft pick.
December 16th, 2022 at 2:05 pm
this defense might get offensive on sunday
December 16th, 2022 at 2:05 pm
Logan Hall should have been playing DE the whole time in the Richard Seymour role the whole time
December 16th, 2022 at 2:09 pm
Wonderful news. Please pass the koolaide.
December 16th, 2022 at 2:13 pm
Not good. Is it too early to start drinking for the game?
December 16th, 2022 at 2:17 pm
DISASTER in the making. Why is anyone suprised?? It all starts with total poor coaching & poor decisions by management..
December 16th, 2022 at 2:19 pm
Jason Licht ain’t no John Lynch.
This team is bereft of talent, Lichthouse has been smearing lipstick on a pig for years.
December 16th, 2022 at 2:23 pm
I think the best thing we could do is thrown in the towel, forfeit this game and try to get some guys healed for next week because we don’t have a snowball’s chance this Sunday.
December 16th, 2022 at 2:25 pm
Doesn’t matter this team can’t score more than 7 points a game. Even if we had the 2002 Bucs defense we couldn’t win with this offense.
December 16th, 2022 at 2:29 pm
I know all teams are hurting this time of year but this is RIDICULOUS. Do we have a training staff? The only thing I give them props for is getting Godwin back. Beyond that they are and have been terrible for a while now. Smh
December 16th, 2022 at 2:31 pm
Well, that sucks.
December 16th, 2022 at 2:34 pm
Team quit
December 16th, 2022 at 2:40 pm
What I want to know is, when Carolina comes to town and takes the division title, will that get bowles fired? No one should be expecting the Bucs to win against Cinncy, but lose next week? On the night B.A. gets in the ROH losing to the Panthers should get Bowles fired I would think.
December 16th, 2022 at 2:44 pm
Good luck stoping a top 5 offence and a top 10 defence that shut down the Chiefs. They’ll finish 7/10 for the season.
December 16th, 2022 at 2:49 pm
It would have been a beat down with a healthy defense, now Todd Bowels will know the meaning a bloodbath.
December 16th, 2022 at 2:49 pm
The edge guys aren’t doing ship anyway. Nassib occasionally but that’s about it. Are Hall and Gholston or whoever going to be worse ?
December 16th, 2022 at 2:51 pm
The injuries are troublesome. However, hopefully we get Mike Edwards, SMB, and Winfield back. We need rookie Logan to run from the outside, Will G to be a beast in the middle and the Bengals to take us lightly. but I’ll settle for our offense scoring 23 pts. If that happens, think we’ll have a chance…in the following weeks.
December 16th, 2022 at 2:51 pm
Umm yea what do you think will be different
December 16th, 2022 at 2:57 pm
SOFT!!!!
December 16th, 2022 at 3:08 pm
Going to see if I can start a chant in the stadium screaming CIRCLE JERK !!!
December 16th, 2022 at 3:10 pm
JPP has 2 sacks and an interception.
We are cursed because we betrayed him, Jordan Whitehead and Suh
We are thin at CB because we drafted Trask and Darden.
The year after the Super Bowl was our chance to build depth.
Instead we drafted a 4th string QB and our 6th tiny WR.
December 16th, 2022 at 3:18 pm
Doesn’t matter how much ‘talent’ you have if you can’t stay on the field. Bucs have far too many starters who miss far too many reps. When you play a quality team like the 49ers and are missing starters like Vea, Winfield, Edwards, SMB & Shaq it’s probably not gonna end well. And it didn’t. Coaching hasn’t helped, but you still need the horses in any event or it’s not gonna work.
December 16th, 2022 at 3:30 pm
Availability is the only ability that matters. Defense is right. What the hell is going on down there with injuries? Did they turn the operation over to Alex Guerrero and his special training methods? Some of it is bad luck, I get that. But for two straight years, our defense in particular has been decimate.
December 16th, 2022 at 3:38 pm
Yawn
This season is a wet dipper
December 16th, 2022 at 3:42 pm
Wow – getting uglier by the minute
They might hang 50 on us
December 16th, 2022 at 3:46 pm
this game doesnt matter.. get healthy for the last 3 nfc games. not even going to complain about getting blown out sunday.
December 16th, 2022 at 3:47 pm
a win doesnt really change anything
December 16th, 2022 at 3:47 pm
bucs win the last 3 and they win the division
December 16th, 2022 at 3:50 pm
A three game win streak. Blahhahhhahh, BlahahHa. And if my grandma had wheels she’d be a wagon.
December 16th, 2022 at 4:04 pm
Good one, Redeemer.
We’ve been complaining about strength and conditioning of the team for the last 3 years. What the heck is going on?
December 16th, 2022 at 4:06 pm
Hopefully another nail in Todd Bowles’ coffin.
December 16th, 2022 at 4:13 pm
You think the 9ers had their way with this defense? Just wait until the Bengals do it worse…
December 16th, 2022 at 4:13 pm
SOFT, QUITTERS. Just like BA
December 16th, 2022 at 4:15 pm
A bludgeoning is a coming. We be don’t.
December 16th, 2022 at 4:18 pm
I truly think DW would be better at edge than inside LB
December 16th, 2022 at 4:20 pm
Gholston still on team ?? That’s a guy who got paid and done nothing on the line this year
December 16th, 2022 at 4:25 pm
Bucs were so weak and out of condition they won a Super Bowl and a total of 29 games the past two years.
December 16th, 2022 at 4:26 pm
Wait a second coach last week you said there’s no excuses for injuries now all of a sudden you’re thin at d end so much for next man up . He has a built-in excuse. What a complete waste of time you’ve been a head coach. You’re an absolute disaster. , I’ve never seen a team or injured in my life the past few seasons
December 16th, 2022 at 4:42 pm
doesn’t matter
this roster has next to zero chance of winning Sunday
it’s 12-16-2022 — and no one has been fired yet
December 16th, 2022 at 4:58 pm
Vea is playing 40 pounds over his ideal pLaying weight
Gee I wonder why he is playing awful this year and getting hurt ?
Didn’t he get paid in the off-season ?
December 16th, 2022 at 5:37 pm
Shocked people still comment on here after the last azz beating ? The only thing I’m happy about is I got full price for my 4 stadium club seats and heading to the hotel with my son to get Joey Bs auto !!! Bengals are going to blast this team on Sunday ..lmao cuz the Yucs are back
December 16th, 2022 at 5:44 pm
No need to play this game. Bucs suck with those players and would lose. They will be roasted Sunday. Negotiate a forfeit and go to the next loss.
December 16th, 2022 at 5:48 pm
What worries me is the team is giving up. And having a wrinkle shoved down their throat. Who can blame them?
December 16th, 2022 at 6:01 pm
Well I heard Hendrickson may be out Sunday. I heard Suh and JPP are pretty healthy.
December 16th, 2022 at 6:32 pm
Look, I don’t think we’ll win on Sunday. What reasonable fan really does? All the injuries alone equates to a loss, not to mention the whole team is playing like a hobo trying to grab tidbits outta the dumpster. That’s the reality.
But dang, IF we win? Epic stuff, man, epic. Heck, I’d even settle for a 1-score loss at this point – that would be an over-achievement based on the play of the Bucs recently.
I don’t think we’ll win, but let’s concede this game, and not get our hopes up. Then, for the next 3 games, it’s balls to the wall, and those last 3 games will show us WHAT this team is made of. I give the coaches no credit nor shame for the next 4 weeks – it’s all on the players to rise up and overcome exception adversity.
It’s a dream, I know, but I’m TRYING to be optimistic. Lose the next 2, and I’m done with this team, this year.
December 16th, 2022 at 6:35 pm
Why is it that Gholston is always the most reliable OL we have?
December 16th, 2022 at 6:37 pm
I say none of y’all know what you’re talking about I say the BUCS beat them. I’m going to laugh for all y’all bandwagon haters just showed up wrong all these hating ass comments I’ve seen on this thing. Go BUCS
December 16th, 2022 at 6:39 pm
carolina wins the division
December 16th, 2022 at 6:39 pm
Beej Says:
“I truly think DW would be better at edge than inside LB.”
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Devin is horrible at shedding the blocks of centers and guards who release on him. I don’t see him being able to get off of the blocks of tackles who generally are better than guards at moving laterally.
December 16th, 2022 at 7:03 pm
Oh wow. Looks like Brady will need 6 passing touchdowns. Probably pointless to even watch.
December 16th, 2022 at 7:18 pm
Everyone on here sound dumb ASF you nf not no buc fan we gonna win this game
December 16th, 2022 at 7:27 pm
And they haven’t done squat this year, Joe.
December 16th, 2022 at 7:44 pm
This team has been injury prone the last two years. It’s ridiculous compared to other teams. Fire the training staff.
December 16th, 2022 at 7:46 pm
As Lovie used to say- “This team is Cincinnati ready!”
December 16th, 2022 at 7:54 pm
They must be practicing too hard, they’re not used to it.
December 16th, 2022 at 7:55 pm
Play all the scrubs and practice squad. Give the top line players a bye week to try and beat Arizona, the Panters, and Chicks.
December 16th, 2022 at 7:57 pm
HC Grover I just hope this team tries hard and doesn’t quit like the 49ers game. That’s all i wanna see . Trying to win the game despite being injury prone.
December 16th, 2022 at 8:04 pm
Rodney I guarantee when we lose we never see you again.
December 16th, 2022 at 8:25 pm
Will the cannons be silenced?
December 16th, 2022 at 8:31 pm
Thank God I’m in Vermont and can’t watch this s**t.
December 16th, 2022 at 8:36 pm
Same here Tony – from Cape Cod.
December 16th, 2022 at 9:18 pm
Season is over. Play Trask. Bucs are going to get killed on Sunday. Next year let’s get some players that are not so injury prone, like Suh!
December 16th, 2022 at 9:42 pm
say guys, take it from a man with plenty of experience, You might want to start your libations an hour before kickoff. That way you are nice and numb for the A## whipping our Bucs are gonna take this Sunday. No, Don’t hope. It will only make you cry harder. Sit back and watch the Bengals do their thing. They will not take us lightly or have mercy.
December 16th, 2022 at 9:53 pm
So this pass rush,which has been poor all season anyway, is going to be even worse. And without Vea, the run defense will be garbage too. Todd Bowles thought balloon: “Blitz….blitz the linebackers….b-b-blitz…”
Bengals are going to have as much fun as the 49ers picking the Bucs apart on both O and D.
There is some hope, I think. Bengals have not been dominant all season, and are not the inspired juggernaut that SF is at the moment. If they have an off day, and Mr. Brady finds a way….but it would be surprising, and it would require a sudden awakening, the kind of team-wide fire and cohesion that we have not seen at all this year.
December 16th, 2022 at 10:03 pm
Well. It looks like many fans have quit on the Bucs. You guys are worse than the team this weak. At least they are going out there to play. Forfit?? Geeze. You say you aREN’T EVEN GONNA WATCH. You are the main quitters.
December 16th, 2022 at 10:04 pm
week
December 16th, 2022 at 10:12 pm
these players need to rest and get outraged then channel that emotion into the next few games after this one. Bucs are a bad team and I do not see them making the playoffs. If they do then they are by far the worst team in the playoffs with a couple of bad coaches this team is done and unless they change management with all new coach staff then I am done too with this — no patience for this sh!t
December 16th, 2022 at 10:14 pm
crickett Oh I’m gonna watch just not expecting this team is gonna do sh!t I will also watch other teams I like more these days Bucs don’t deserve sht from us–players like donovan smith–no not worth sht
December 16th, 2022 at 10:36 pm
But we have Brady, maybe. Not the Brady I used to see, but a new Brady.
He has failed some and won some, but with a real coach.
With these folk I worry. The offense went for near the top to near the bottom
The defense falls further every week.
What’s to worry about?
December 16th, 2022 at 10:41 pm
What’s truly sad is that Bowles hasn’t the ability to change his defensive scheme to accentuate strength or hide weaknesses. Barrett is out, JPP retired, Suh got too old, and JTS is El Busto. Yet none of that matters, there’s still an over-reliance on rushing the passer paired with soft zone coverage, despite the lack of a consistent, credible pass rush.
It’s just plain stupid.
December 16th, 2022 at 10:51 pm
I bet Suh would still be healthy. He always was.
December 16th, 2022 at 11:27 pm
42-9 bengals
December 17th, 2022 at 12:02 am
I’ll be working Sunday.
Have fun watching the “game” suckers.
Vlad will check in around 8pm to read the comments.
December 17th, 2022 at 12:06 am
42-0 Bengals
Should have been 70-0 but Bengals put in 2nd string in mid 3rd quarter and play ball control mercy rule football.
December 17th, 2022 at 12:10 am
Brady be like “What the hell is this? I’ve never seen such a dysfunctional organization in my life!”
December 17th, 2022 at 12:11 am
Tom,
This is the true Bucs. Epic losing. I’m amazed you were able to change the culture for a couple of years. That’s more than anyone did in the last 10 years. But in the end Bucs dysfunction is like a force of nature. It will always win over any attempt to be good.
Sincerely,
Vlad
P.S. Good luck with your new team next year. I’ll be watching.
Thanks for the memories!
December 17th, 2022 at 7:29 am
Vlad this is definitely a drama filled shat show if a team. Where are you BA???
December 17th, 2022 at 5:46 pm
i dont need to write a kong comment here. Two words . WERE SCREWED !!!. Just when i was happy because jts might miss some time and nassib would start. He has been doing good this year and now hes hurt. RIDICULOUS!!!
December 17th, 2022 at 6:33 pm
why even play the starters sunday? The outcome does not matter? Id look at making it a bye week and letting the backups play.
Bengals are gonna roast the defense, we got no pass rush..haha everyone is hurt..
Then we have 3 nfc games and the playoffs start next week?