No Depth Issues At Safety
September 19th, 2021
Record holder.
[UPDATE: 7:50 p.m.] If you are tied with Ronde Barber for a Bucs franchise record, you are doing something right.
And that’s the type of game that Bucs safety Mike Edwards had today. His two second-half picks helped turn around a way-too-close game into a curb-stomping by the Bucs over the Dixie Chicks.
As a result, Edwards joins Barber as the lone Bucs with two pick-sixes in a game.
“He’s a ballhawk,” Arians said of Edwards after the game on the Buccaneers Radio Network.
(On the FOX broadcast, they had Edwards tying Barber as the only Bucs defenders with two pick-sixes in the same game in franchise history. Apparently, that is just regular season records. Dwight Smith had two picks-sixes in the Bucs’ first Super Bowl.)
His first pick he jumped a route and damn near walked in. His second, he caught a tipped pass and jogged in backwards which angered Roger Goodell’s stooges in stripes.
Beginning in last year’s training camp Edwards began balling out. He played key down the stretch last year, forced into full-time duty in the NFC title game due to injuries and had a helluva Super Bowl as well.
While the Bucs may be thin because of injuries to their corners, the safety position for the Bucs is damn deep with damn good ballers.
[UPDATE: 7:50 p.m.] Yes, FOX was reporting Edwards tied Barber’s regular season record (notice Scott Smith of Buccaneers.com having Smith’s record in parenthesis).
Edwards became the first player in the NFL since 2012 to have two pick-sixes in the same game.
Every player in Buccaneers history with two pick-sixes in a single regular-season game: Ronde Barber, Mike Edwards. (Dwight Smith also did it in Super Bowl XXXVII.)
— Scott Smith (@ScottSBucs) September 19, 2021
September 19th, 2021 at 7:26 pm
Secondary needs work or Stafford is gonna eat us alive next week.
September 19th, 2021 at 7:28 pm
Until we show we can stop it, we will see a lot of quick short passes
September 19th, 2021 at 7:29 pm
He also caught Drew Brees last past
September 19th, 2021 at 7:33 pm
Dwight Smith?
September 19th, 2021 at 7:34 pm
Uhhh… Dwight Smith???
September 19th, 2021 at 7:36 pm
Bucs must only be counting regular season games. Good catch (notice FOX was reporting the same thing?)
September 19th, 2021 at 7:36 pm
Didn’t a Buc DB have 3 pick 6’s in the first Buc super bowl?
September 19th, 2021 at 7:37 pm
Yes, thanks, Dwight Smith was the name.
September 19th, 2021 at 7:38 pm
Bowles really clowned the Falcons today late in the game with his blitz packages. Every pick was a direct result of pressure on the QB.
Exact formula on how we win on defense. We dont have to smother you, we can change the game with big plays like Edwards today.
That said Im not happy with our redzone D today. We were picked apart today. If you can sign a Sherman or somebody else just to use for that part of the field then pull the trigger.
September 19th, 2021 at 7:41 pm
If secondary keeps missing tackles like the first Two games we will be in trouble…Even Winfield míssed tackles today.
I know a W is a W…..
September 19th, 2021 at 7:45 pm
Deuce Edwards.
Now, about the hair …
September 19th, 2021 at 7:46 pm
How come Bowles missed Calvin Ridley? Where was a spy on his butt by the second quarter? He was a MAJOR reason why the Falcons didn’t look like cupcakes.
September 19th, 2021 at 7:47 pm
Edwards was playing CB on alot of plays, or my eyes are worse than I thought.
He has always been a ball hawk.
His coverage was really good today. He needs alot more playing time
September 19th, 2021 at 7:47 pm
Brady looked great in first half. Defense put the game away in the 4th quarter. Where is the pass rush? Not much pressure until late in the game.
September 19th, 2021 at 7:56 pm
They really need to lean on those 3 safety looks going forward. At least until SMB can get right.
September 19th, 2021 at 7:56 pm
Barber single handedly won that ‘Matt Bryant you are my hero’ game with 2 TDs. He owned McNabb like I’ve never seen a corner own any QB.
September 19th, 2021 at 8:17 pm
Didn’t he have 2 pick sixes in a quarter…..has that ever been done?
September 19th, 2021 at 8:36 pm
Wesley
Every weeks a different game plan. I still expect Stafford to have success in the first half. Bowles has been good at halftime adjustments tho. Who cares if Stafford lights em up if the Bucs win tho. Wont find me nitpicking i did my years at the old sombrero sitting and waiting for years like these
September 19th, 2021 at 9:01 pm
Blond hair havin, pot belly sporting, dirtiest locker on the team having, 2 pick six in 1 game, ballhawking safety Mike Edwards
September 19th, 2021 at 10:23 pm
Sign Sherman…have him ready in 2 weeks