Davin Joseph Gets The Grass Skirt
December 28th, 2011
On what surely will be an excursion devoted to procuring a quality elephant, Davin Joseph is heading to Hawaii for the 2012 Pro Bowl.
Tapping all the drama they could muster, the AFC and NFC teams were announced last night on NFL Network. Joseph is the lone Buccaneer on the rosters. Yes, Connor Barth got hosed.
It’ll be Joseph’s second Pro Bowl; he scored a visit after the 2008 season when he was named an alternate. For that trip, Joseph paid for his mom, Jeremy Trueblood, Donald Penn and Aaron Sears to join him.
Joseph surely earned his honor and managed to stay healthy this season. Joe wonders what the right side of the Bucs line might look like with a true beast playing alongside Joseph.
December 28th, 2011 at 10:10 am
This is Davin Josephs’ finest hour so I won’t spoil it by using this post to hammer Trueblood. So congrats, Davin. That block you threw to spring Blount in the Packers game got my vote!
December 28th, 2011 at 10:14 am
Great news for Joseph. Indeed, he might be the starter if he had quality on either side of him.
December 28th, 2011 at 10:18 am
Our best player. No contest.
December 28th, 2011 at 10:23 am
I would love to see Joseph’s picture on the outside stadium wall next year. Along with Barth, who I think deserved a pro bowl slot this year.
December 28th, 2011 at 11:13 am
Speaking of BEasts .. The RT from Stanford Jonathan Martin is ranked around 7 on most big boards but out of all the top tackles he is the Strongest in bulldozing in the run game and has the athleticism to consistently hit the 2nd level. Pass Block game is good and if he improves there he has ALL PRO potential.
Just an idea
December 28th, 2011 at 11:28 am
I don’t think u can draft a right tackle with a top ten pick. Congrats davin
December 28th, 2011 at 11:54 am
What if he plays LT just as well and can be our Swing Tackle in case Penn GOes DOwn ??
December 28th, 2011 at 12:05 pm
How did Barth get hosed?
He doesn’t perform kickoffs.
His 25 made FGs in middle of the pack for the NFC.
Sure he has decent results when he gets on the field but no better than others who see the field more often.
Akers might not be the right pick but he deserves it over Barth
December 28th, 2011 at 12:07 pm
Barth made 93% of his attempts. He deserved a pro bowl spot.
December 28th, 2011 at 12:10 pm
And yes, that is ‘better than others’. Only Matt Bryant had a better percentage of makes, and just barely (one extra attempt, which he made). And Barth’s long was 4 yards longer than Bryant (55 yards vs 51 yards).
December 28th, 2011 at 12:31 pm
I’m with Higher728 on having Davin’s picture on the outside of the stadium. Like to see more Joesph #75 jerseys in the stores as well.
December 28th, 2011 at 12:34 pm
and I’d like to see Clayborn on the stadium as well…maybe an action shot of his hit on Matt Ryan…
GO BUCS!
December 28th, 2011 at 12:42 pm
Bucbeliever
Clayborn will get there, but you can not put rookies or even 2nd year guys there in my opinon.
December 28th, 2011 at 12:43 pm
I saw ALOT of Davin Joseph haters early this year (some of the same old people who hate on almost everything).
Where are they? I am sure they will be here explaining how he doesn’t deserve it, etc…
December 28th, 2011 at 12:45 pm
How nice is it that he invited Aron Sears
December 28th, 2011 at 12:49 pm
@Jvato24
You could be right about that. A road grading right tackle who can pass block as well would not only help Freeman it would also help Blount or any RB in the backfield. Plus who knows how long Penn would play i think his contract would run out around the time our first round picks does. Plus he has always had weight problems. I say we take the best available player, we need so much as long as it is not a D lineman I will be fine with whoever we draft.
December 28th, 2011 at 12:53 pm
I never understood why people were hating on Joseph. Now trueblood I understand, but Joseph has been a bright spot all year.
December 28th, 2011 at 12:54 pm
And Penn will be fine. We have enough holes without making more for no good reason.
December 28th, 2011 at 12:56 pm
Akers made 42 field goals on the season, ten more than anyone else in the league, setting a new NFL record. He also made 7/9 from the 50+ range, with a long of 55, just like Barth (Barth made 2/3). Akers had three FG blocked too; take those out of his percentage, and you are at 91% for him. Just the fact that he set an NFL record alone puts him into the category where he deserves the Pro Bowl over anyone else; the rest is just gravy.
December 28th, 2011 at 1:15 pm
Number of attempts is a pointless stat to measure a FG kicker by. The kicker doesn’t choose his attempts, that is completely dependent on the offense.
December 28th, 2011 at 1:22 pm
I pointed out that he MADE ten more field goals than anyone else in the league; had he made one of the three he missed, or for that matter, not even had one of those attempts from 50+, he would have been 7/8 from 50+, AND he would have been 42/45 overall (again, negating blocks) which would have been 93.3 percent. 2/3 equates out to 6/9 from 50+; so Barth had a lower percent of field goals made from 50+ than Akers did. You are saying that Barth is better than Akers based on the fact that he has a better percentage; but when it comes down to it, Akers missed one more LONGGGG field goal than Barth; if that long field goal had not been attempted, Akers would have had hte same percent. You talk about how the kicker doesn’t choose his attempts; you can’t hold it against Akers either, if you are going to make that argument.
December 28th, 2011 at 1:26 pm
Akers had a great year, but you’re right, I think barth should have been in based on percent alone. A kickers job is to make the kicks he’s given, and nobody did that better than barth this year.
December 28th, 2011 at 2:44 pm
gotta love barth but come one akers had 42 field goals for a winning team, there is no argument for barth. May barth be the better kicker, possibly, but that is like saying blount should get in the pro bowl because if he was given more carries he would have had better stats than the guys who made it, you just cant do that
December 28th, 2011 at 3:45 pm
Now all we got to do is get rid of his butt buddy (Trueblood, J) to the right of him and DJ will wouldn’t just be a pro bowler, he would be a hall of famer lol.
December 28th, 2011 at 11:29 pm
Congratulations Davin Joseph! You played great this season.
Oddly, still no votes at all for the “elite” Aqib Talib.
Strange no one but a few local posters think he’s any good. Lol!