Tribal Assessment
April 14th, 2025
No needs!
Holy smokes, this may be the first time Joe has ever read, short of a Super Bowl-winning team, that an NFL squad has no needs.
But that’s how highly Bradley Locker of the PFF tribe thinks of the Bucs. They have no needs after free agency in the starting lineup, he says. Hoo, boy.
Guess this Locker hasn’t watched the Bucs’ pass defense. And Locker doesn’t even believe Todd Bowles, who openly hasn’t just pined for a corner, but confessed that he needs depth at corner.
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Remaining Starter Needs: None
Remaining Depth/Future Needs: LB, EDGE, DI
Having retained Chris Godwin, Lavonte David and Ben Bredeson while adding Haason Reddick, the Buccaneers should feel good heading into the draft. The focus for general manager Jason Licht will likely be finding younger upgrades at weaker positions, particularly on defense.David is 35 and on a one-year deal. … Even with Reddick now in the fold, the Buccaneers should look to better a defensive line where only Yaya Diaby and Vita Vea generated [any sort of pass rush].
Hhhmmm? Calijah Kancey couldn’t rush the passer? That would be news to the folks who work at One Buc Palace. This Locker either doesn’t watch tape or he has a vivid imagination.
The Bucs need all sorts of help on defense. They could probably use another tackle, another edge rusher wouldn’t be bad. And they terribly need inside linebacker depth, need a new corner and need a new safety.
But other than that, yeah, one of the worst pass defenses in the league the past two seasons is set.
Right?
April 14th, 2025 at 12:18 am
Through a trade down somewhere, im coming away with Starks/Emmanwori….Higgins….Knight….Farmer…Nohl Williams….Ty Robinson/Elijah Roberts….BJ Adams….
April 14th, 2025 at 2:22 am
Forrest Gump and Bubba Buford apparently scribe for the tribe.
April 14th, 2025 at 2:42 am
Lets just imagine ….dream sequence music and vid… The world famous NFL expert writes his latest thoughts on the NFC South Champion Tampa Bay Bucs….
Music distorts and screeches to a halt as does the vid…Oh screw it! I’l just make something up!
Go Bucs!
April 14th, 2025 at 2:54 am
As LONG AS Sir Dennis can get through a majority of the season with his refurbished shoulder, I think this is a correct assessment. We are really drafting for future replacements and depth/rotation this year.
April 14th, 2025 at 5:15 am
Trade back – Edge in 1st, pick up extra 3rd rd pick
CB in 2nd
S and ILB in 3rd
DT in 4th
WR in 5th
CB in 7th
April 14th, 2025 at 6:32 am
“”As LONG AS Sir Dennis can get through a majority of the season with his refurbished shoulder””
To me this is the biggest question mark on this defense. We’ve heard virtually nothing about his recovery from the Buc organization. Will be ready for OTA’S?
Training camp? Preseason? Time to start investigating this Joe’s.
April 14th, 2025 at 8:59 am
If this writer is basing all of this on the fact that we had a ton of injuries last year and that this coming season nobody will get hurt in the secondary or at linebacker + Bryce Hall ends up being better than we thought, Winfield gets fully back to form, Izien has his best season ever, Smith makes the perfect transition to safety, Diaby hit’s double digit sacks along with Reddick.. then I agree with him. Let’s draft pure depth via BPA.
We all know things won’t play out that way. Some of these wonderful things will happen, surely not all of them.
But yeah, he’s living in dreamland. We could upgrade and replace a couple starters If we get lucky. If Licht does a great job, we get a ton of depth and rookies that get a good amount of playing time.
April 14th, 2025 at 12:22 pm
BPA on Defense!
If you pressure the QB it helps the back end! If f you can’t pressure the QB you need good DBs
Are Defense killed us!
NEED to get of the field on third down!ðŸ˜ðŸ˜ðŸ˜
April 14th, 2025 at 12:24 pm
Like JOE says a punt is as good as a turnover!
April 14th, 2025 at 12:29 pm
Bucs draft picks: 1)Trust Jason Licht. 2) Best player available 3) Trade down for more draft picks (especially for rounds 2-4 where Licht is a genius. 4) Never pass up a good D2 offensive lineman. 5) Don’t use high draft picks on injury prone players.
April 14th, 2025 at 1:09 pm
Yes, the most complete team to lose in the first round of the playoffs in NFL history.
The team has no linebackers. Yes, Lavonte has been consistent for years, but even Derrick was not the same guy in his last year.
They also need a quarterback. I’m not a Baker hater, but the team needs a real QB in waiting because either Baker will regress OR he won’t and be way too expensive. He’s not one of these tier one 50+ mil a year guys.
April 15th, 2025 at 4:41 am
Respectfully View from 132 – I get what you are thinking with the QB decision. However, I don’t think the Bucs will draft another QB this time around. They kept Trask and we have other needs. Baker is doing a great job and like Mike Evans stayed for less money. We were lucky to get Baker. He has been the perfect fit. Maybe in the 2026 draft though and he can mentor a new QB for the future.