“I’ll Know When It Clicks”
August 8th, 2023
As a seasoned student of offensive line play, Buccaneers defensive guru head coach Todd Bowles said today he’ll know when his new O-line has aged like a fine wine — or at least like the potent bottles of Thunderbird that Joe consumed in a brown bag decades ago.
Bowles said he’s focused on chemistry-building when it comes to the offensive line.
Joe suspects that’s why the Bucs quickly named their first-team offensive line — Tristan Wirfs, Matt Feiler, Ryan Jensen, Cody Mauch and Luke Goedeke, from left to right — and didn’t pretend there was competition.
Bowles wanted them unified and functioning as one out of the gate.
“The chemistry just has to keep building and I’ll know when it clicks,” Bowles said.
The head coach added that he thinks the O-line is “past the halfway” point when it comes to gelling and preseason will be a big next hurdle.
Joe really hopes ferocious Steelers edge rusher T.J. Watt, now healthy, lines up across from Goedeke on Friday. Now that’ll be a major test, and a heck of a lot of fun.
August 8th, 2023 at 1:10 pm
Joe, The Steelers OL owned Goedeke. Granted, he was playing G but still. The whole Pitt DL owned our OL last year.
August 8th, 2023 at 1:13 pm
Thunderbird…omg Joe I remember that swill.
Poor Goedeke always getting picked on.
August 8th, 2023 at 1:19 pm
“Joe really hopes ferocious Steelers edge rusher T.J. Watt, now healthy, lines up across from Goedeke on Friday. Now that’ll be a major test, and a heck of a lot of fun.”
Heck of a lot of fun for Watt haha
August 8th, 2023 at 1:23 pm
The right side scares me.
August 8th, 2023 at 1:34 pm
Ahhh, the good ole days of Thunderbird, which were almost as good as the days of Mad Dog 20/20.
Bowles will know it when it clicks, eh? Can’t quite describe what a good line looks like, but apparently it’s all in his head. If you ask me, I’d say good blocking would be a start to describe a good line.
August 8th, 2023 at 2:00 pm
I saw Goedeke’s interview the other day. He looked much thicker, this year.
That is one huge dude.
TJ Watt, will have to go around him. He ain’t going through him
August 8th, 2023 at 2:16 pm
Bucsfan13 Says:
“The whole Pitt DL owned our OL last year.”
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Leftfoot is at least half to blame for his yellow vanilla sponge cake no-frosting game plan.
August 8th, 2023 at 2:18 pm
Joe … ‘potent bottles of Thunderbird that Joe consumed in a brown bag decades ago.’
Like Buc1987, I remember that well. Many years ago used to be able to buy that stuff for $1 a bottle in Nogales. Still sets the standard for bad wine (OK, REALLY bad wine). And at over 17% alcohol content it really was potent stuff (make that potent BAD stuff).
August 8th, 2023 at 2:22 pm
These next three practice games are for fine tuning what’s right and correcting what needs to be corrected and picking the guys to staff the team, remember it’s still five weeks before the real bullets fly!
August 8th, 2023 at 2:22 pm
“Joe really hopes ferocious Steelers edge rusher T.J. Watt, now healthy, lines up across from Goedeke on Friday. Now that’ll be a major test, and a heck of a lot of fun.” – This is one reason I am glad Mayfield is starting the first game.
August 8th, 2023 at 2:47 pm
Yep, start Baker. Just to test the water, to see if QB can survive… It’s genius.
August 8th, 2023 at 2:49 pm
Maybe do a test-run on Wolford, first…. Just to make sure.
August 8th, 2023 at 3:20 pm
Defense Rules Says:
“Many years ago used to be able to buy that stuff for $1 a bottle in Nogales. Still sets the standard for bad wine.”
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I’m pretty sure that Thunderbird and Wild Irish Rose were made specifically for homeless people and high schoolers.
August 8th, 2023 at 5:01 pm
Some Seahawks game from 1978 popped up on my YouTube feed for some reason, so I started to watched it, and it had commercials in it – and one of them was for Colt 45, which was presented like something that classy people drank. I know the last time I had a Colt 45, which would have been in the mid-90s, it was best known as the rock guy bottom of the barrel garbage to get you drunk the fastest. So I wondered if Colt 45 at one time maybe didn’t have the image of being what you drank if you were one step above becoming a crackhead, or if that was just some failed rebranding from the 70s. Any oldtimers know?
August 8th, 2023 at 5:06 pm
Rod Munch Says:
Colt 45
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“Works Every Time”
~ Billy Dee Williams
August 8th, 2023 at 6:47 pm
Wonder how baker would do worst he Eagles line?
All pro?
August 8th, 2023 at 7:30 pm
meant to say I wonder how BM would do with the eagles line.
August 8th, 2023 at 8:04 pm
We drank mad dog 20/20 back in the day Not sure how the line will click when hainsey is subbing for Jensen no confidence in Jensen’s knee
August 8th, 2023 at 9:36 pm
Worst line in the nfl
August 9th, 2023 at 6:51 am
I dont’ see how all five are “jelling” when Jensen hasn’t taken a snap with them.
But I do get his point and hope they come out firing on all cylinders.
I’m with you on TJ Watt Joe and will be paying close attention to Goedeke and Mauch.
Go Bucs!
August 9th, 2023 at 6:57 am
It was Boone’s Farm Strawberry Hill for me and my High school mates. Thankfully I developed a taste for beer soon afterward. LOL
Go Bucs!