“Everything You’ve Seen Online About Me Is Probably True”
April 28th, 2023
Rookie second-round pick Cody Mauch. Tackle or guard?
Man, this Cody Mauch is something else. This guy should be working TV after his football career. And hopefully, he will be with the Bucs a long time.
First, let’s get this out of the way: Mauch said he has not been told where he will play in his many meetings with the Bucs dating back to the Senior Bowl.
The week of the Senior Bowl, Mauch practiced and played tackle and guard, excelling at both opened a lot of eyes, he said.
Mauch also said he had multiple Zoom meetings with Bucs offensive line coaches this offseason. And Mauch said given how much interest the Bucs had, and the fact Mauch knew how much Bucs AC/DC-loving general manager Jason Licht loves small school ex-tight end offensive lineman, getting picked by the Bucs was no surprise.
Just the opposite of Calijah Kancey.
Now about those teeth, or lack of teeth. Mauch said in a Zoom chat with the local pen and mic club tonight that the missing front teeth — lost in junior high basketball when he dove for a loose ball and instead slammed into someone’s head — is his signature look.
The missing teeth, Mauch added, aren’t getting fixed any time soon.
Mauch, who grew up on a family farm in North Dakota, is a “yelper” who also plays violin. He began driving tractors when he was seven working on the farm harvesting typical Midwestern crops like corn and soybeans.
“The way I play, the biggest thing is I have fun,” Mauch said. “I go out there and get the job done. And that shows up on film, the goofy antics.
“Everything you’ve seen online about me is probably true.”
Mauch also described himself as “dependable.”
Coming to the Bucs will be a new world for Mauch. He’s never been to Florida. But he won’t come to the Sunshine State alone. Tagging along he said is his two-year old chocolate lab.
April 28th, 2023 at 9:25 pm
No doubt this guy will be a huge fan favorite…..
April 28th, 2023 at 9:27 pm
Love the pick. Much needed OLine help hopefully guy turns out to be a stud
April 28th, 2023 at 9:28 pm
I like this pick and this gy already
April 28th, 2023 at 9:29 pm
I like this pick and this guy
already
April 28th, 2023 at 9:30 pm
Love these old school picks. Hope he gets used to the Florida heat and humidity.
April 28th, 2023 at 9:30 pm
I hope once he signs his NFL contract, he gets new teeth put in, cuts his hair, wears a suit in the style of a dany, and becomes a vegan. That would be a great heel turn.
April 28th, 2023 at 9:35 pm
This guy is gonna be fun to watch and listen to. Hopefully he is a mauler like Jensen. BTW, Hooker just went to the Lions in the 3rd.
April 28th, 2023 at 9:35 pm
OMG The guy looks like a real football player he’s not going to the prom. All I read about is teeth so shallow !!!!
April 28th, 2023 at 9:35 pm
Rod, he said he will get a new set of front teeth after he is done with football so get used to that grin!
April 28th, 2023 at 9:42 pm
FortMyersDave – yeah, I know, but I hope he goes Hollywood once he has some money, starts driving a Rolls, only wears custom suits, won’t return calls to anyone from the hillbilly town he came from, becomes a spokesman for kale.
April 28th, 2023 at 9:43 pm
Build the trenches! I’m all for the first two picks!
April 28th, 2023 at 9:45 pm
Two nubbins to rub. What a draft. JL killing it!!!
April 28th, 2023 at 9:48 pm
Oh yeah Rod, Mauch would definitely make a splash on Rodeo Drive or making an appearance at the Oscars. Hopefully that is after a successful 10 year career as a fixture on a solid Bucs OL. I really like this pick and can’t understand why some do not. It certainly was better than taking a flyer on Hendon for example.
April 28th, 2023 at 9:54 pm
We love our angry gingers. Kinda sad we traded stuard. Miss seeing the guy with the lion mane fly down there in special teams
April 28th, 2023 at 9:54 pm
I love it!!!! He can play both G and RT!
April 28th, 2023 at 9:56 pm
FortMyersDave – Yeah, I like this pick as well, the only concern I had before looking at his workout numbers, was if he could play right away or not – and his workout numbers are very good, so no reason he can’t start day 1, at least at guard. At tackle, I do not like the pick. But Licht knows more about this than I do, and has an impeccable record at picking offensive lineman, so whatever he does, guard or tackle, you assume it will work out.
April 28th, 2023 at 10:01 pm
Looks like Jensen’s kid, frikkin awesome
April 28th, 2023 at 10:03 pm
Are the Joe’s gonna tell us how he loves to eat glass and spits D-linemen out of his missing teeth? Yes, of course. And then tell us he wouldn’t have been there at #50 because of how much licht knows since he played O-lin in college before he discovered scotch and chicken wings.
April 28th, 2023 at 10:11 pm
Now HE is a big ugly, bigly…
April 28th, 2023 at 10:15 pm
Senior bowl film. Played guard most plays. He even played a little center. He looked good, I thought.
April 28th, 2023 at 10:21 pm
Find it interesting all the meetings he had with bucs and
Kawliga was completely surprised being picked
April 28th, 2023 at 10:40 pm
Better build an indoor stadium. He is a rude awakening when he slams into FL humidity v
April 28th, 2023 at 11:20 pm
So let’s see…
Jensen, Kieft and Mauch all on the field ….
Red Tide?
April 29th, 2023 at 6:57 am
Watch out South Howard.
April 29th, 2023 at 9:32 am
Kale Yeah!!! Rod. It is delicious.
Welcome to Tampa Cody.
April 29th, 2023 at 1:36 pm
This guy looks like Cappa but twice as hardened ..he doesn’t give a daaam about his teeth just the Jensen like attitude we need!!!