When You Don’t Watch Games
April 5th, 2020
A Bucs mistake?
There is this fellow over at Bleacher Report that has red ants in his pants over a Bucs defender. And his angst makes no sense.
Brent Sobleski of Bleacher Report has been irked all offseason because of Bucs defensive lineman Ndamukong Suh. Sobleski is convinced Suh is washed up and that the Bucs wasted millions on him last year, and made the same mistake this offseason.
Ndamukong Suh is still being paid like he’s the Suh of old. However, he hasn’t made a Pro Bowl or made an All-Pro team since the 2016 campaign. Even so, he re-signed with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on a one-year, $8 million deal.
With only $14.37 million of remaining salary-cap space, the Buccaneers didn’t need to splurge on the 33-year-old defensive tackle. The team already re-signed Rakeem Nunez-Roches and could have further addressed defensive tackle in the draft.
Stop! “Nachos,” as his teammates call him, is a step above camp meat. He was a fringe player last year and the only reason he may see more snaps this year is that Beau Allen bolted to the Belicheats.
Anyone who tries to argue the Bucs are better off with Nachos than Suh has to be suffering the early stages of the [national advertisers don’t like that word].
Now if someone wants to nitpick Suh’s lack of sacks last season, OK. The Bucs will tell you they didn’t ask Suh to get sacks but wanted their linebackers to get sacks and for Suh to eat up blocks and clog the middle.
Feel free to believe if that is a sell job by the Bucs or not, but consider the Bucs pass-rushing linebackers, Shaq Barrett and Jason Pierre-Paul, racked up 28 sacks between them (and JPP missed six games).
Additionally, Suh had the third-most quarterback pressures for interior linemen last year. And he anchored the NFL’s best run defense.
Trust Joe, the Bucs have made plenty of mistakes over the past 11 years beginning with firing Chucky up to and including those heinous uniforms the team is about to put out to pasture.
Signing Suh or even re-signing Suh isn’t one of those mistakes.
April 5th, 2020 at 10:07 am
Agree 100% with your take Joe.
This dumbass didn’t watch our games.
Suh is still a force.
April 5th, 2020 at 10:07 am
I’m glad Suhs back, but they still need to add a DL in the draft to provide depth. Raekwon Davis in the 2nd would be a nice
April 5th, 2020 at 10:10 am
Agree Joe, Suh was solid last year and should be again. Devin White and Lavonte David will appreciate him returning as well.
April 5th, 2020 at 10:17 am
And this dude gets paid to write this stuff? Unreal.
April 5th, 2020 at 10:17 am
They never watch our games….and I don’t blame them.
April 5th, 2020 at 10:27 am
Whatever Brent
April 5th, 2020 at 10:29 am
I bet this guy raved about JOhn Lynch as a GM , 49’s wanted to sign SUH and were ready to sign him before Brady changed his mind, so this shows other FOOTBALL people believe he still has the abilities. I trust Lynch if he see’s something still left to add him to that defense im sure we made a good decision.
April 5th, 2020 at 10:30 am
Suh’s impact on the game isn’t quantifiable because when Suh is on the field the QB leans away from and runs away from Suh. Even if he doesn’t have pressure the QB pays some bit of attention to where Suh is at all times. Not only that but Suh raises the intensity of not only the defense but the entire team. His value extends off the field and into the locker room as well.
April 5th, 2020 at 10:33 am
I wouldn’t know Brent Sobleski if’ he wore a pink tutu, but just because some nerd has a keyboard doesn’t mean he knows squat.
His post makes that clear. Suh is washed up? I spend more time watching coaches film after the game, and one thing I can definitively state is Suh tossing OL around like rag dolls is no “washed up.”
IMO, the Suh signing was just as important as JPP and Barrett for the TEAM.
Sheesh…
Some of those bloggers at B-R are idiots.
And I despise casual fans who think stats are the only way to judge a player…
April 5th, 2020 at 10:34 am
I wouldn’t know Brent Sobleski if’ he wore a pink tutu, but just because some nerd has a keyboard doesn’t mean he knows squat.
His post makes that clear. Suh is washed up? I spend more time watching coaches film after the game, and one thing I can definitively state is Suh tossing OL around like rag dolls is no “washed up.”
IMO, the Suh signing was just as important as JPP and Barrett for the TEAM.
Sheesh…
Some of those bloggers at B-R are idiots.
And I despise casual fans who think stats are the only way to judge a player…
April 5th, 2020 at 10:42 am
I only trust a few national writers when it comes to the Bucs. Sobleski and the vast majority of writers at Bleacher report are morons when it comes to their Buc’s coverage. Matt Miller is another one with a hard on for the Bucs. He basically said last year that Devin White’s career was doomed when he came here. He had an obvious bias against Jameis too.
I’m totally cool with Buc’s fans ripping on the team (I do it all the time) because they are invested and it means something to them. When national folks who are uneducated when it comes to our team do it, it pi$$es me off for some reason. 😜
April 5th, 2020 at 10:45 am
How much does this guy want to bet because of Suhsuhsuhwee on the line Vita Vea has a beast of a year? Having those two guys next to each other really pushed Vita’s game up
April 5th, 2020 at 11:05 am
Might as well get a job writing for BR. Apparently you can write anything and pass it off as insightful. That defensive line shut down every big name running back last year and the man beasts in the middle did their job well.
The guy has no idea what he’s talking about.
April 5th, 2020 at 11:06 am
Finally out of JBF quarantine. Thanks Joe.
April 5th, 2020 at 11:11 am
This guy is not well informed…at least about pay scale in the NFL for DT’s.
The top guys like Donald…are making more than TWENTY MILLION A YEAR…admittedly a short list of about three guys. Suh is earning less than HALF of what the stars own.
32 NFL DT’s are going to earn 10 million annually. Is Suh really not even in the top 32?
So while I agree Suh is perhaps not as good as he was in his youth…he still has plenty of gas in the tank and was a key cog in our defensive renaissance. And he’s a true bargain.
In all the mocks I’m seeing it’s usually either one of the big four OT’s…assuming they drop…a huge assumption…or the other half forecast us taking Javon Kinlaw. I’m good with either direction…Another 6-5 300+ guy in the middle to rotate with Suh and Vita would certainly cement our interior and for the foreseeable future.
If Suh was making 20 million I could take this guys’ point…the fact that we’re paying him less than the 10 million that 32 DT’s earn make me believe he’s a bargain.
April 5th, 2020 at 11:13 am
What a difference a year makes!!!!!!!! To see the sheep defend and talk about the value of Suh, when many just last year was singing the praises of She-mc93 exactly a year ago!!!!!!!!!!! Even the front office learned that she-mc had “no value”!!!!!!!!!!!!! Its years too late, but finally the sheep are admitting what a “real” DT value to the team, even in this late stage of his career!!!!!!!!!!
go bucs!!!!!!!!!!!!!
April 5th, 2020 at 11:14 am
Let us not forget that Suh brings a certain nastiness to the field that is infectious to other players. Defense has to be nasty. You’ll never hear Suh apologize for hitting a QB. And you’ll never see him playing dress up. He’s there to wreak havoc and stomp on some people if need be. Dirty player? Maybe Sometimes. But always a force and never a diva.
Think Ray Lewis.
April 5th, 2020 at 11:26 am
Realist…you truly live in your own special kind of world.
“many just last year was singing the praises of She-mc93 exactly a year ago!!!!!!!!!!!”
Who’s many?
April 5th, 2020 at 11:33 am
Suh with Vita in the middle is terror for any defense!!! Suh was a great resign… I watched him closely last year & nearly every game he not only kept the middle blocked up, he was always solid in the 4th quarter…. He may not be the pass rusher he once was, however, he is still a beast & i’m very happy that he is still a BUC…
April 5th, 2020 at 11:34 am
@buc1987
The sheep!!!!!!!!
Many have already changed their screen names!!!!!!!!!! But they all become too clear when they will try to crowbar and jam She-mc93 into that stupid ring of honor!!!!!!!!!!!
go bucs!!!!!!!!!!!!!
And stay safe my friend!!!!!!!!!!!!
April 5th, 2020 at 11:41 am
Joe’s 100% correct.
April 5th, 2020 at 11:43 am
Just playing here for 9 years doesn’t get you into the ring of honor.
April 5th, 2020 at 11:58 am
Idiots in the press abound.
Brent Sobieski. Idiot.
April 5th, 2020 at 12:16 pm
he’s good until he’s hurt.
April 5th, 2020 at 12:31 pm
Completely agree with your assessment Joe. Suh not only was a positive factor on the field he was also a great locker room guy as well. Suh brings a certain mentality the team had been missing prior to signing with the Bucs.Joe can’t go there. The Bucs started 2-6 with an awful defense and were eliminated with three games to play. –Joe
April 5th, 2020 at 12:52 pm
Such is still one of the elite DT in the game should of signed him 2 years ago to play next to McCoy. Solid angry DT
April 5th, 2020 at 12:55 pm
Suh is a beast that does exactly what he’s supposed to do in this defense. To say otherwise is foolish.
April 5th, 2020 at 12:56 pm
when they give the number you wore for all those years away to your replacement, you arent getting into the ring of honor.
April 5th, 2020 at 1:01 pm
Bleacher Report actually pays this dude?
April 5th, 2020 at 1:28 pm
It’s why they say, “Stats are for losers.”
Kind of like saying a QB is great because he throws for 5,000 yards.
Gotta watch the games.
April 5th, 2020 at 2:22 pm
I stopped opening BR grading articles because they are always complete trash for every team.
April 5th, 2020 at 4:29 pm
I thought Suh played really solid.
It would have been nice to keep Nassab.
He was young and getting better.
I wish we could use our number 1 pick on d
I have this weird feeling we are getting Chaisson out of LSU
April 5th, 2020 at 5:29 pm
My problem is the McCoy haters who think that signing Suh changed the entire franchise. Our defense sucked until the second half of the year (when JPP came back) and we had a full pass rush.
And I don’t care how good we were stopping the run. If you can’t stop the pass you aren’t going anywhere in today’s NFL
April 5th, 2020 at 5:34 pm
“Nacho”, is but one man on the D line…nachos, is an appetizer.
April 5th, 2020 at 7:13 pm
suh is a machine and worth every penny……….
April 5th, 2020 at 7:24 pm
Nailed it here Joe!
April 5th, 2020 at 9:37 pm
Bleacher Report just lost a lot of respect in my eyes for publishing this ludicrous assessment. And my level of respect for them was never very high to start with.
April 6th, 2020 at 2:25 am
Absolutely they needed him back. Helps Vita too
April 6th, 2020 at 8:08 am
Suh, combined with Vita Vea, makes it very hard to run on us.