Discusses today’s mission.

Let’s be real: If you had to play against an inconsistent starting quarterback or his third-string backup, which would you choose?

If you don’t think the starter is any good, imagine how the third-string quarterback is. Say hello to Chief Illiniwek himself, Tommy Devito, embraced in the greater Newark area and the surrounding Sopranos Land as “Tommy Cutlets.”

Joe spoke with Bucs outside linebacker YaYa Diaby last week and Diaby didn’t want to hear any talk about Tommy Cutlets being a scrub. Diaby told Joe if a man is in the league, he has skills and the Bucs better respect him.

“You can’t look at it that way,” Diaby said of facing a third-string signal-caller. “You can never look at our opponent and take them lightly.

“We have to approach him the same way we approach Daniel Jones. We have to get after it.”

In general terms, Joe asked Diaby about facing a backup quarterback who has far less snaps than the previous starter. Diaby said a guy who has less experience, perhaps he may make a mistake as a result.

And if Tommy Cutlets makes a mistake, the Bucs have to pounce.

“[Players with less experience] could make certain mistakes and that could help us out,” Diaby said. “We just have to do what we gameplan for. Get into New York and get after them.”

And Diaby reiterated, any NFL quarterback is a professional and needs to be treated and respected as such.