Inaugural Sack For Jamel Dean; Veteran Stands By His Prediction
October 12th, 2025
Super Bowl cornerback Jamel Dean is still standing. And he is standing tall.
After tonight’s commanding win against the 49ers, Dean stood at his locker talking to Joe.
If your eyes popped out of your head when Dean had a strip-sack in the first quarter, it’s understandable. That was the first sack of Dean’s career.
The Bucs don’t blitz Dean much but he’s happy to embrace the role if Todd Bowles will give it to him.
“I mean, they can blitz me whenever they feel like it. I just had to get that one for the books. It felt great. You know, finally get my first sack and not only that, it was a strip-sack,” Dean said.
As for Dean’s fourth-quarter interception on fourth down, the Bucs would have been better off if Dean batted the deep throw down.
Joe asked Dean if coaches tell defensive backs not to catch a deep ball in that kind of situation. Absolutely not, Dean said.
“It don’t work that way. They expect you to catch it. You can’t bat it down. You gotta make the most of your opportunities,” Dean said.
That was Dean’s second interception of the season.
Dean missed last week’s game in Seattle with a groin injury but he said that’s very old news. He called the injury “very minor.”
As for Dean’s play in a contract year after he took a steep pay cut, the 2019 third-round pick says he’s liking his season to date.
“I’m on a good track right now,” Dean said.
Yes, Dean is still standing — as the Bucs’ No. 1 cornerback. Joe saw Zyon McCollum after the game and his hand was still in what appeared to be a cast.
Regular readers know Dean said this summer that he believes the 2025 Buccaneers are better than the 2020 Super Bowl team. He’s not backing down.
“I still feel that way because we’re constantly winning the hard games,” Dean said. “We’re doing what great teams do.”
October 12th, 2025 at 8:18 pm
i think this team has a chip on shoulder thats driving them and wants to prove they can do it without brady
October 12th, 2025 at 8:18 pm
Vildor showed up and showed out. Vildor! Although who didn’t laugh when he took what should have been a pick 6 and did the old “I’ve fallen and I can’t get up!” But he played well. Parrish is a dude. LVD studding out. Vita. Reddick can rush the passer when he’s told to. Best win of the year, one of the best in Todd’s tenure.
October 12th, 2025 at 8:21 pm
Congrats Jimmy Dean, you for your job!!
October 12th, 2025 at 8:21 pm
Don’t make a scene!!!
October 12th, 2025 at 8:22 pm
I have one thing to say suck it Aquaturd!
October 12th, 2025 at 8:26 pm
You pick off that pass and try to house it. Great job Dean, Bucs D, Baker and the boyz!
October 12th, 2025 at 8:28 pm
Baker haters can really suck a bone.
October 12th, 2025 at 8:40 pm
Dean is having a good year!!
October 12th, 2025 at 8:46 pm
Jamel Dean is having a great year! Joe needs a new punching bag.
October 12th, 2025 at 8:51 pm
GO BUCS!
October 12th, 2025 at 8:55 pm
Choke on a feather Aqua..it’s crow time
5-1
GO BUCS
October 12th, 2025 at 8:55 pm
Great game Dean
5-1
GO BUCS
October 12th, 2025 at 8:56 pm
Now we need a big play from Izien next game. That’s another guy I’m quietly waiting on to give us a spark when we need it
October 12th, 2025 at 9:14 pm
74 Bucs is spot on. You catch it and go for a pick six. Hindsight critics that claim to want an aggressive defense should understand that. Maybe, just maybe, if the ball was thrown fifty or sixty yards you’d consider knocking it down. Certainly Hail Marys would qualify for that tactic too. Otherwise, get that ball son and show me what you can do.
October 12th, 2025 at 9:45 pm
Definitely prefer him on the blitz rather than Parrish, Izian due to his length and speed. Glad he’s still still healthy at this point.
October 12th, 2025 at 11:08 pm
Great game. Very impressed with the defense today. What’s up with our pansy offense? Dudes cant stay healthy but Baker keep making peeps n look like studs. Go BUCS!!!!!
October 13th, 2025 at 2:34 am
Having a tall 6’1” corner sure is nice, especially on that pick. Nicely done Dean, making it a hard choice to let him go in the off-season. Another DUDE is Parrish, what a stud he is
October 13th, 2025 at 4:22 am
Dean did great! He does seem to be on the right track now.