First Career Goose Egg For Lavonte David
September 18th, 2016
With his shoulder wrapped in ice at his locker, Lavonte David was feeling the pain of more than just a horrific Bucs loss this afternoon.
Eye-opening stats came from the seal-clubbing in Arizona, but none was more glaring than David having zero tackles, and zero assisted tackles.
That was a first in his standout Bucs career.
Yes, David hit Carson Palmer a couple times on blitzes, not sacks, but official hits without being flagged. Otherwise, though, David was a complete non-factor.
He’s a $10 million per year linebacker, but today he wasn’t even average. Neither were the Bucs.
With a couple of missed tackles on his resumé this afternoon, Kwon Alexander saw his tackle total drop from 15 solo efforts against Atlanta to six today. Strongside linebacker Daryl Smith only had one.
That kind of non-production from linebackers a great sign the opponent was getting tackled way to far down the field, which certainly was the case today.
Joe talked to David after the game, and he acknowledged that he and the defense weren’t sharp on their “keys,” and he agreed with the locker room sentiment that the team wasn’t practicing well through the week.
September 18th, 2016 at 9:01 pm
It’s only a matter of time before someone says trade him, and points out how much better he was than Schiano.
September 18th, 2016 at 9:02 pm
* how much better he was under Schiano.
September 18th, 2016 at 9:04 pm
I liked him better under Schiano
September 18th, 2016 at 9:05 pm
Makes you wonder if he should have played at all.
September 18th, 2016 at 9:07 pm
Lvd is the least of our worries.
September 18th, 2016 at 9:13 pm
I was at the game Winston should have thrown nine interceptions he was a reason why we lost today no joke it was s***** from start to finish he overthrew everybody
September 18th, 2016 at 9:38 pm
This secondary played as bad as I’ve seen the past eight years. Floyd and Fitz knew who was going to be where and when the team was going to play zone. You can tell the Cards came in prepared and studied their film. And I get that man coverage increases the odds of giving up a big play, but as bad as Chris Conte looked, it would’ve helped to let Grimes and Hargreaves shadow a receiver and stop them from being matched up in “centerfield” against Conte.
September 18th, 2016 at 9:38 pm
LVD was iced up and was already questionable for the game along with Ayers who went down. Doug went down. We cannot catch injury Ebola this early in the year
September 18th, 2016 at 9:42 pm
May be it was Coach Smitty and his Scheme! 14 more games to play 8 more wins to get! Go Bucs!
September 18th, 2016 at 10:02 pm
Thought we could get 10 wins this year, not so sure now.
September 18th, 2016 at 10:32 pm
Get busy Mr. David. Shake this one off and bounce back.
September 19th, 2016 at 12:41 am
Schiano’s attacking scheme really turned LVD loose. Then Lovies scheme neutered him. Seems Smitty’s d isn’t as aggressive as the media hyped it up to be.
This team isn’t deep enough to handle injuries hope LVD heals up fast
September 19th, 2016 at 2:48 pm
It’s 1 game. Long season ahead of us. We gone be aight
September 19th, 2016 at 2:50 pm
Well, if the Bucs somehow miss a wild card by one game, that “one game” loss is pretty significant, no?
Joe has never liked the “oh, it’s just one game” disqualifier because that one game could blow up your face.
September 20th, 2016 at 6:05 am
“We Gon be the best defense in the league” Levonte predicted before the season.