Edgeless Sacks Party For Tampa Bay
September 15th, 2025
First-career sack!
Joe loves sacks.
They’re drive killers. They get in quarterbacks heads. They jack up a defense and change games.
Sacks get Joe so fired up because they matter so much.
Edge rush? The Bucs have a weak edge rush. It’s just how it is. Overall, the 2025 outside linebackers unit isn’t special. Joe still has high hopes for Haason Reddick, but he has much to prove after two games.
Getting sacks without an edge rush, however, Todd Bowles is good at that. Every year the Bucs are among the sacks leaders, always in the top-10.
Tonight against the Texans, the Bucs got a sack from safety Tykee Smith, the first of his career. Smith bull rushed former Bucs running back Dare Ogunbowale.
Lavonte David disguised a blitz beautifully and shared a sack with Bucs rookie defensive tackle Elijah Roberts. A thing of beauty.
Defensive tackle Greg Gaines? He got a sack the old fashioned way. He beat his man and took down Texans QB C.J. Stroud for a critical eight-yard sacks late in the first half that pushed the Texans’ back to the Tampa Bay 48 yard line.
Those were the Bucs’ three sacks, things of beauty after just one last week.
Third sack on the day for the Bucs defense 💪
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September 15th, 2025 at 10:26 pm
Hope Kancey is ok. They were reaching under his pads all night.
September 15th, 2025 at 10:26 pm
arians wasnt wrong about micah
September 15th, 2025 at 10:27 pm
Glad we won so we can laugh about LVD’s dropped INT
September 15th, 2025 at 10:27 pm
Two Thoughts:
Yaya, Braz, Reddick … DROP THRM ALL INTO COVERAGE
Rush Smith and LVD. They’re the best on the team.
The DL played better without Kancey. He’s likely done the year.
September 15th, 2025 at 10:29 pm
And McLaughlin’s missed field goal.
September 15th, 2025 at 10:29 pm
Micah parsons would’ve been great in a Bucs uniform.
September 15th, 2025 at 10:29 pm
I get to experience a victory Tuesday in a couple hours!
September 15th, 2025 at 10:30 pm
Bucs don’t have any pass rushers period #!!
September 15th, 2025 at 10:30 pm
Both the O and the D will be fine when and if they get healthy. But what has happened to o e of the best piece in the biz A LOT of close games in the NFL kickers are CRITICAL!
September 15th, 2025 at 10:32 pm
No complaints from me about a defense that only allowed 12 first downs and had a goal line stand tonight.
That was a very stout effort.
Really, I would complain about no one on defense other than SirVocea Dennis and his 180 yards of YAC given up in just two games this year.
September 15th, 2025 at 10:34 pm
Just win Baby!!!!!
2-0 with backups.
LFG!!!!!
September 15th, 2025 at 10:35 pm
At least Chase is hitting the crossbar. When kickers go really bad they don’t come close. He’s been big for us in the past. Still too early to give up on him.
September 15th, 2025 at 10:35 pm
Bucs will need to draft a DT early, and often next draft. Get a MLB too, Dennis stinks.
September 15th, 2025 at 10:36 pm
Roberts and gaines really looked good.
Special teams affect defense, and the bucs defense looked great to me.
I didnt see much with reddick
September 15th, 2025 at 10:37 pm
Dennis has to go! Kancey project is over frame too small Yaya isn’t the answer or the future. Bowles blits packages was the difference
September 15th, 2025 at 10:39 pm
Ya ya was held all night.
September 15th, 2025 at 10:42 pm
Pressure can come from a lot of places, you just need to be unpredictable. Or defense played amazing tonight, very proud of the collective effort. Losing Kancey is huge. He’s a unique guy that you can’t scheme for. Terrible that he’s so injury prone because he’s special when he’s in. Not sure how you replace that for a full season. We really should look at trading for a DT with pass rush skills
September 15th, 2025 at 10:44 pm
And teams with good defenses get better. Sadarius Smith was available out there but of course the Eagles just signed him last week
September 15th, 2025 at 11:15 pm
Now that the game has concluded, the Bucs need to trade for Rankins from the Texans. Maybe they’ll take a 4th or 5th for him at his age
September 15th, 2025 at 11:17 pm
1 game is a fluke. 2 games is a pattern. We have a kicker problem.
September 15th, 2025 at 11:19 pm
The defense looked better without Kancey. This fairytale they envisioned of a yin-yang ‘big strong guy and little quick guy’ DT duo isn’t working.
Kancey is too one-dimensional and his weaknesses are too easy to scheme around. Keep playing Elijah in that spot. Try KC ask an edge rusher in the mold of Dwight Freeney
September 15th, 2025 at 11:21 pm
Reddick Forced CJ To step up into the sack of David an Roberts Reddick is getting pressure he has 1 sack we need Yaya to get his
September 15th, 2025 at 11:26 pm
Ugh. Terrible 4 man rush again so far this year.
Maybe I was wrong about Kancey as well. I saw him in the backfield so fast at times I thought he was on the cusp of super stardom. Another injury, potentially season ending, after not doing much for 6 quarters… not good.
September 15th, 2025 at 11:47 pm
How good will this team be if they are healthy?
We will never know because, they are either cursed or have the worst trainers in the league