Anthony Walker Is Now An Ex-Bucs ILB
August 25th, 2025
Gone.
Joe fretted all offseason about the Bucs’ depth at one specific spot. It grew worse today.
The biggest weakness on the defense is inside linebacker depth. After Lavonte David, it’s shaky. It got shakier this afternoon.
Bucs types were confident veteran Anthony Walker, Jr. would be a key cog in the defense. That’s now out the window as, per Adam Schefter of BSPN, Walker has been released.
The former Dolphins linebacker apparently got hurt outside of football. He never participated in one practice this summer and clearly never suited up in a worthless preseason game.
Now, it appears, the Bucs are banking on SirVocea Dennis, who has missed half of his games in his first two seasons in the NFL due to injury, and Deion Jones at inside linebacker, along with David.
August 25th, 2025 at 1:02 pm
I thought it was our strongest position group Todd and Jason?
August 25th, 2025 at 1:02 pm
Waver-wire prayers!
August 25th, 2025 at 1:07 pm
Guess Bullock just made the team. I do suspect we will.br looking at other teams cuts
August 25th, 2025 at 1:08 pm
Def drafting one next year…
August 25th, 2025 at 1:09 pm
Time to go shopping.
August 25th, 2025 at 1:09 pm
Well, you can’t make the club in the tub. Every spot counts, and id Walker cannot play, then we use the spot on someone who is healthy.
August 25th, 2025 at 1:10 pm
I seriously doubt another team picks him up after not practice all training camp. He’ll end up on the practice squad.
August 25th, 2025 at 1:11 pm
They never mentioned how and what type of injury it was. He participated in OTAs and then we never saw him again, just strange.
August 25th, 2025 at 1:14 pm
I’m selling SirVovea Dennis,
But I’m buying Nick Jackson, he has all of the qualifications for a good ILB, high IQ, good instincts, physical abilities, and loads of experience. He wasn’t drafted, and he wasn’t signed as a UDFA, he was a tryout player, fighting and earning his way. He’s athletic, smart, educated, and he have already mastered Bowles defensive playbook..
August 25th, 2025 at 1:15 pm
Nick Jackson
Bullock simple
August 25th, 2025 at 1:19 pm
Practice squad, Walker is a vet meaning he doesn’t hit the waiver wire and can hang by the phone to be 1 of 16
August 25th, 2025 at 1:20 pm
Parsons on a deal? Maybe he’ll take less to get out of Dallas and on a competitive team
August 25th, 2025 at 1:24 pm
I’m not 100% sure Deion Jones makes the team… he played the ENTIRE game on Saturday. Teams don’t want their backups getting hurt either… i’d be moderately surprised if he made the team. We may get a surprise or two at the ILB position.
August 25th, 2025 at 1:26 pm
I see a lot of Shelton Quarles in Nick Jackson
Both educated, High IQ guys, with loads of talent
Nick Jackson played his high school ball, at the Lovett school in Atlanta. Tuition is like $40, 000 a year, but his parents are educated business owners. He’s best friends with the Ravens Safety Kyle Hamilton. This guy will be a keeper for the Bucs, he’s as solid as they come. And eventually, he will become move on to an executive role as Shelton Quarles did with the Bucs..
August 25th, 2025 at 1:27 pm
Could be mental? I thought reddit said he was healthy and ready to go in the twitter announcement.
August 25th, 2025 at 1:31 pm
Meanwhile Jihad Campbell played all thru camp and the exhibition games, looks to be week 1 starter if Dean can’t go
August 25th, 2025 at 1:33 pm
Looks like our “D” will be our Achilles heel again.
August 25th, 2025 at 1:36 pm
LakelandBuc Says:
August 25th, 2025 at 1:26 pm
I see a lot of Shelton Quarles in Nick Jackson
Both educated, High IQ guys, with loads of talent
Nick Jackson played his high school ball, at the Lovett school in Atlanta. Tuition is like $40, 000 a year, but his parents are educated business owners. He’s best friends with the Ravens Safety Kyle Hamilton. This guy will be a keeper for the Bucs, he’s as solid as they come. And eventually, he will become move on to an executive role as Shelton Quarles did with the Bucs..
^^^^^^^^
Are you his agent? If not, you should be!
August 25th, 2025 at 1:39 pm
Nick Jackson stands out!
August 25th, 2025 at 1:40 pm
Dennis plays good alongside LVD
But in the Preseason games, Dennis play was horrific, to say the least. We need OLB who can hold their own, not feeding off LVD. I think we keep Jackson, and Bullock goes to PS. And next season, or later this season, Bullock goes to the active roster. Bullock is not as polished, or experienced as Jackson. But eventually he will get there
August 25th, 2025 at 1:45 pm
I think they saw some promise in the young guys. Some of those guys in preseason were playing really well. I forget who.
August 25th, 2025 at 1:57 pm
And there goes Nick Jackson.
August 25th, 2025 at 2:03 pm
Should have drafted LVD replacement they been tinkering for years with this crap LB group from Devin white and Kwon Alexander. No one has stuck but David.
August 25th, 2025 at 2:17 pm
No great loss, he didn’t practice or play in preseason games, what good is he? Another injury player to stand on the sidelines?
August 25th, 2025 at 2:19 pm
Jackson and Bullock will make the team or practice squad. They look capable of decent play!
August 25th, 2025 at 2:19 pm
ILB has been devalued as a position in the draft same as RB. It’s been a draft trend the last 8-10 years
August 25th, 2025 at 2:23 pm
“Meanwhile Jihad Campbell played all thru camp and the exhibition games, looks to be week 1 starter if Dean can’t go”
True, but drafting Campbell would mean no EE and that would leave the Bucs WRs as Evans, Sterling Sheppard, and Tez Johnson.
August 25th, 2025 at 2:58 pm
Many were adamantly posting that Campbell should not be taken because would be a wasted pick in rehab until the bye week. That was crap!
He may yet prove to be a rookie bust or be injured again. But, he has been some first team snaps and is competing to become a starter.
If he wins the starting position, that means the Bucs may pay for letting him fall to Philly as the Bucs may play against the Eagles in both the regular season and the playoffs.
And, yes, the Bucs would have missed out on Egbuka, but there was more high quality draft depth at WR than at ILB.
August 25th, 2025 at 2:58 pm
Not surprising if you can’t play.
Jackson and Bullock have shown a lot of promise. Especially Jackson. He’s been making tackles, got an INT, a sack in 2 different games, breaking up passes, tackles for loss, plays much faster than his 40 time…
BUT………… did they just release him too? That would be shocking. I just saw that somewhere, but I can’t find it anywhere else so I’m not sure.
August 25th, 2025 at 3:03 pm
Is this a good time to tell everyone we cut Nick Jackson😂
August 25th, 2025 at 3:04 pm
Nick Jackson has now been cut too.
August 25th, 2025 at 3:28 pm
Jackson missed at least one tackle pretty bad Saturday. I thought he had not been drafted due to lack of speed.
I also thought I saw Bullock calling plays Saturday. That could have been a big factor.
August 25th, 2025 at 3:50 pm
Depending on David at 34 to not get hurt in a season of hopes like this is crazy to me with one of the worst positions of depth last year well good luck they’ll be no excuses this year Bowles none
August 25th, 2025 at 3:50 pm
A little concerned about LBs and safeties @ this point.
August 25th, 2025 at 4:04 pm
Y’all are overreacting and taking these cuts at face value, when we have one of the craftiest front offices in all the land. Veterans don’t hit the waiver wire, so when you cut a vet with > 4 years in the league, he doesn’t hit waivers meaning he can be brought right back onto the PS.
You’d do this to keep a player with < 4 years from hitting waivers and being poached, even if the plan is to keep him on the practice squad.
August 25th, 2025 at 4:09 pm
Calm down
The guy never even enter the practice field for us… It’s not like we lost something
August 25th, 2025 at 4:17 pm
Licht paying an injured Godwin has hurt the D, can’t fill holes when you are paying/hoping and praying he comes back from the injury (AGAIN)
Money given to a player who will miss a handful of games when you have holes at pass rusher, LB and DB is plain stupid
August 25th, 2025 at 4:27 pm
I think Licht may have his eye on a FA after cutdown.
August 25th, 2025 at 4:36 pm
This has been the weakest position group in terms of our depth all offseason long… Will be interesting to see what scrubs they find to try to fill out some depth there.
Or will the hubris of Jason Licht / Todd Bowles win out, and they’ll just go into the season with only 3 ILBs on the the entire roster?
August 25th, 2025 at 5:25 pm
We def carried 4 ILBs last year, and the year before that, and the year before that and the year before that. DL, OLB, CB, S, .>>>>> ILB
Dennis
David
Grier
Jones.
August 25th, 2025 at 6:06 pm
The pre-season defense looked familiar. Get it that this was 2nd and 3rd string players. Does Todd Bowles system forbid tight coverage and solid tackling? Everyone knew that Bucs defense needed a major overhaul. This defense still needs a lot more than Reddick who has been oversold on these pages. We are going to find out very soon that the defense will be less than average in 2025. Nothing against Ebuka who will be a nice player, but Bucs needed an impact defender at 19.
August 25th, 2025 at 6:44 pm
To be fair, Jason Licht and Todd Bowles have far more inside knowledge on releases throughout the league. Then we do. Still two weeks before the season starts. Stay the course.
August 25th, 2025 at 7:41 pm
This will end poorly. Dude was a clown. Off field injury. How stupid can one be
August 25th, 2025 at 7:57 pm
jackson and bullock are wet…
now you gotta go get kyzir white…
the mistake was not getting him earlier so he could go thru camp with the squad
August 25th, 2025 at 8:45 pm
It is possible that the Bucs have reached an agreement with Hall, A. Walker,
Opeta, and Trask to temporarily cut them and then bring them back since they have 4 or more years and are not subject to be drafted from the practice squad
August 25th, 2025 at 9:30 pm
I didn’t read all the comments, but with Walker injured all offseason and being a vet, if he was on the roster for game 1, it means they’d have to guarantee his contract for the entire season. They claim he’s healthy, so it’s not an injury settlement, so it means the can be brought back after week 1, which is probably likely if they do in fact like him and he is in fact healthy.
August 26th, 2025 at 8:03 am
@Chris it sounds like they are moving on from Trask it’s an injury settlement which is also why they weren’t able to trade him instead to get something for him
August 26th, 2025 at 8:07 am
Nick Jackson being cut as well shocked me but it sounds like Bullock was the better special teams player, had more special teams tackles and since they were essentially almost even like a 1a 1b in the coaches eyes the special teams play made the difference since that’s what you want your 4th ilb doing mostly. Perhaps they also felt that they could sneak Nick onto the PS since he was a tryout player 🤷🏼♂️
August 26th, 2025 at 10:10 am
Dangggggg bro! Couldn’t even get a game with Lavonte that’s really sad. Gotta take care of your body it’s your money maker