Growing Up, Defensive Tackle Wasn’t Calijah Kancey’s Thing
April 28th, 2023
New Bucs DT Calijah Kancey.
Maybe one reason Bucs rookie defensive tackle Calijah Kancey is able to get in opponents’ backfields so much is because he uses Reggie Bush-like moves or because he ‘Moss’ed’ guards?
The Bucs’ first-round pick arrived at One Buc Palace today and sort of made a confession. Growing up, he didn’t warm to interior linemen.
Kancey was asked what defensive tackles he admired and he said, None. Why? “I always considered myself a skills player,” Kancey said.
When pressed to name his favorites, Kancey said Reggie Bush and Randy Moss.
Imagine Kancey going deep down the seam for bombs, shaming defenders? LOL
April 28th, 2023 at 5:27 pm
He could do goal line runs with Vea blocking for him. There Fridge backfield.
April 28th, 2023 at 5:27 pm
*The
April 28th, 2023 at 5:29 pm
Well that’s a breath of fresh air!!!
April 28th, 2023 at 5:30 pm
Thats what makes him unique in this role. Wanted something else but fell into this mold of a player. Thats why he’s fast….and his instincts are built for it.
Folks, Im not gonna lie…thats why they were so quick to turn in the pick! I think we hit it out of the park with this one. Great Job Mr. Licht and Bowles. He was under my radar and most others too.
April 28th, 2023 at 5:30 pm
Lol yea not with 4.7 speed but if Nick foles can catch a Philly special no doubt he can moss someone
April 28th, 2023 at 5:31 pm
@Tim, yup, I was thinking the same thing lol.
April 28th, 2023 at 5:31 pm
Very happy for this powerful man, I hope he has a very lucrative NFL career
April 28th, 2023 at 5:39 pm
Calijah Kancey said he wants to learn as much as he can to be the best player he can be. Hope we add more people to our team like him
April 28th, 2023 at 5:41 pm
I said it earlier as a joke (?) but his 3-cone drill at 7.00? 7 is the elite metric for…WIDE RECEIVERS. Could this guy be a TE? Could he?
April 28th, 2023 at 5:44 pm
D-Rok Says:
April 28th, 2023 at 5:41 pm
I said it earlier as a joke (?) but his 3-cone drill at 7.00? 7 is the elite metric for…WIDE RECEIVERS. Could this guy be a TE? Could he?
Sounds like he will be getting a lot of sacks after getting off blocks!
April 28th, 2023 at 5:45 pm
Calijah “TAZ” Kancey….
Taz Kancey….
Yeah, that one! He’s our tasmanian devil!
Taz Kancey!!!!
April 28th, 2023 at 5:49 pm
@Jack,
Whether this guy carves out his role as a DT, an EDGE, or a TE – he’s a supreme athlete, and I’m glad the Bucs used a first-round draft pick on him. Ceiling is insane. Great job picking THIS GUY, Mr. Licht!
April 28th, 2023 at 5:50 pm
Just saw him on NFL network. Humble. Great smile. Was asked about Aaron Donald comparisons and he paid respect and then said he is his own man.
He also said he wants to meet and work with Sapp. If he can get one tenth of Sapp’s fire, he will be great. Now, go get his DB55. It ain’t White.
April 28th, 2023 at 5:52 pm
Joe, I hope calling him Elijah was a slip. Lets not disrespect our first round pick on day one!
April 28th, 2023 at 6:00 pm
I’ve seen a few interviews with him now. Well spoken and seems to really love football. Always a plus. T-Kras recently interviewed him on 620. Asked him what he thought about seeing Bryce Young twice a year now. He said the question should be what does Bryce Young think about seeing him!! Great attitude.
April 28th, 2023 at 6:01 pm
Ken, I think Sapp will love this kid. And vice versa.
April 28th, 2023 at 6:06 pm
The kid grew up in Miami, played DT, and didn’t have Sapp as his model player. I hate Gen Z.
April 28th, 2023 at 6:07 pm
heard him speak on 620, love the guy already. After being asked about having to see CJ Stroud 2x a year, he responded “CJ Stroud is going to have to see me 2x a year”
April 28th, 2023 at 6:08 pm
err, bryce young*
April 28th, 2023 at 6:09 pm
Right now, its all a bunch of talk. No-show-inka and Hall both said the same things. I hope this kid is different: stop talking and produce.
April 28th, 2023 at 6:09 pm
Came across sounding pretty humble..yes sir no sir..and when asked “he will see bryce young twice a year” he answered ..”.bryce young will get to see him twice a year!!!”
April 28th, 2023 at 6:13 pm
@ Munch
Lol
April 28th, 2023 at 6:13 pm
He’s full of himself, calls his team an organization, struggles with the English language, and calls his interviewers “man”
He’s perfect, for the NFL
April 28th, 2023 at 6:14 pm
Oh dam….. he do he having shoat arms…… but I don’t mind. I think he’ll be great.
Now go get Cody Mauch or Brian Branch JL.
April 28th, 2023 at 6:16 pm
Unlike Hall and JTS, Kancey LITERALLY did produce in college and unlike those two isn’t a developmental player, he’s someone who can and should play early.
However, like all defensive lineman, they normally are not special in their rookie year. Even the great Sapp had a plodding rookie year.
That’s also why writing off Hall as being a bust is really dumb. He might be a bust, but we haven’t seen anything from him yet – which, again, is normal for pretty much all rookie defensive lineman. As for JTS, if you look at his numbers, they’re fine. Nothing special, but not a bust either – but he still has a chance to improve since he was really green coming out of college skipping an entire year because he was afraid of getting a cold.
April 28th, 2023 at 6:20 pm
DoooshLaRue – I heard someone else say it, but they made a good point. Short arms don’t matter when you play inside, where he can use his speed and quickness to cause havoc before the lineman can wrap him up.
The same person, however, said playing outside might be a real issue, since those long offensive tackles can tie him up.
Basically, just play him inside, and let him be a disrupter.
From watching his tape I love the pick. Hopefully the hype is right on the guy.
April 28th, 2023 at 6:20 pm
It’s now hard to pee
The Fancy Man hates Gen Z
Old Rod Munch so mad
#doooshhaiku
April 28th, 2023 at 6:21 pm
Talent experts, chiming in from the couch, already.
This dude prolly hasn’t even gotten his helmet yet.
April 28th, 2023 at 6:26 pm
OK I’m ready to marry this dude. Platonically of course. Best pick since Vita.
April 28th, 2023 at 6:27 pm
Now, I know why, the Buccaneers are called the Bucs.
Because a lot of these dudes, can’t spell Buccaneers.
April 28th, 2023 at 6:29 pm
Kancey’s eyes lit up when Auman asked about getting a chance at punching it on the goal line, love it. We got a ball player with this one, def got a “whatever it takes” vibe from Calijah’s presser. Rookie camp & OTAs we’ll see what his peers have to say about his game.
April 28th, 2023 at 6:30 pm
Oh and Rod, you’re a great American.
Dooshawn – so are you. As long as we can laugh in between disagreements and not get so offended like certain humorless d-bags that seem to be auditioning for a sports bloggers job, we can all have fun.
April 28th, 2023 at 6:35 pm
Agree GF.
And I know Rod would bend over backwards for any of us to make us laugh.
Literally
April 28th, 2023 at 6:45 pm
Short Arms .. lol. Let’s see if he can shed blockers and get to the QB.
April 28th, 2023 at 6:46 pm
Just as long as he doesn’t start dating a Kardashian. Once you fall into that crack, you never come out the same
April 28th, 2023 at 6:51 pm
I’m just glad the Bucs are doing all the draft picking.
And not the “peanut-gallery”
April 28th, 2023 at 6:59 pm
DoooshLaRue – What are you talking about? This is sports, this is real life, everything I talk about is important. Don’t talk about me as if I’m a joke, that I do tricks to entertain people. If I do a trick, it’s to feed my family, and there’s nothing wrong about that.
April 28th, 2023 at 7:29 pm
Irish! Once again, killing it.
Thank you lads this is what we need, there’s only so much “fluid hips” or “twitchy uvulas” you can discuss before boredom’s, followed by depression, followed by heavy drinking set in.
And that leads to pot, which leads to glue, which leads to heroin. JBF doesn’t want heroin addicts as his primary customers.
April 28th, 2023 at 8:36 pm
What a great pic. Tight end. lol. No way the Bucs would mess with him like that.
April 29th, 2023 at 12:27 am
I like the pick, I don’t mind Licht pulling a John Lynch and drafting D-lineman with a premium pick (Rnd 1 & 2) every year. His film is definitely better than Logan Hall’s. I just hope Logan has been seriously hitting the weights.
April 29th, 2023 at 12:23 pm
Sapp occasionally lined up at TE in goal line situations.
He caught a couple TD’s too. I always loved that package. Lol