Creeping Ben Bredeson Hatred
January 31st, 2025
Bucs LG Ben Bredeson.
Joe has noticed over the past week or so that some Bucs fans are anxious to dump left guard Ben Bredeson. Joe doesn’t see why.
When it comes to offensive line play, Joe’s standards and many fans’ standards are like the difference between awful comedian Kathy Griffin and famed ring card girl Sydney Thomas.
But it isn’t just some Bucs fans who want to run off Bredeson. Jordan Dajani of CBS thinks the Bucs should let Bredeson walk, too. And replace him with — wait for it — a Bears guard!
Bears left guard Teven Jenkins could be a replacement for Ben Bredeson when it comes to improving Tampa Bay’s rushing attack.
Someone needs to tip off this Dajani. We aren’t talking the 2022 Bucs or the 2023 Bucs, which had the absolute worst rushing game in the NFL. This past season’s Bucs had the No. 4 rushing attack in the league.
Hello?
There is a reason rookie QB Caleb Williams was running for his life. The Bears have an atrocious offensive line. The Bucs had one of the best.
So this guy Dajani is of the mind the Bucs need to run off one of their starters to replace him with a dude from one of the league’s worst offensive lines.
Brilliant!
The fact this Dajani thinks the Bucs’ rushing attack needs to improve (when the pass defense is just horrible), well, that premise tells Joe that Dajani either didn’t watch the Bucs this past year or is simply out to lunch.
C’mon, CBS, you can do better!
As for Bredeson? He’s solid. He’s likely inexpensive. And he started on one of the better lines in the game on one of the best offenses in the game. Joe doesn’t understand the problem here.
(Believe it or not, the free agency dinner bell rings for Bredeson and he rest of the NFL in less than six weeks.)
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January 31st, 2025 at 12:11 am
Bredeson was solid and should be re-signed especially with the cap value that can be placed towards defense.
January 31st, 2025 at 12:11 am
Joe makes sense, lets leave well enough alone with the O-Line. We have so many other needs on defense. Let Kevin Carberry keep up his magic. Bredeson is adequate and we had a great run game last season.
January 31st, 2025 at 12:16 am
Bredeson was solid and should be re-signed especially when the cap value can be placed towards defense.
January 31st, 2025 at 12:26 am
If Licht comes up with an improvement great. Whatever. That’s one area I have total trust.
January 31st, 2025 at 12:41 am
He is probably the weak link on the line but that’s just because of how good the rest of the line is. He’s a decent player who stayed extremely healthy. He should be back with a reasonable raise. Can’t afford more than that. Hope Klein and Hainsey push him to be even better.
January 31st, 2025 at 12:56 am
Bingo.
January 31st, 2025 at 1:27 am
An open letter to those national media types who comment on the Bucs.
Do your freaking home work before you write your nonsense.
We in Tampa are not idiots who follow every word you write like it was gospel. We know football and we know our players and coaches (Most of the coaches anyway) You only make yourselves look stupid when you do this… I will just mail it in journalism stuff.
Geez!
Go Bucs
January 31st, 2025 at 2:33 am
sign him and see if you can possibly bring in maybe opeta as well…
same as last year…
otherwise let the line be, this year
you’ve got klein, haggard, the giant german fella, etc
hopefully hainsey the super sub too