“Our Best Four-Man Pass Rush Game To Date”
December 2nd, 2025
Joe has gone to the All-22 film room and also has listened to head coach/defensive coordinator Todd Bowles.
The notorious Bucs edge rush Joe watches (and their overall pass rush) isn’t the same one Bowles sees.
Yesterday, Bowles lamented missed sacks against Arizona. He said there were five.
Joe wonders if Chet Holmgren counts almost blocks after each basketball game?
“One drive we missed three straight sacks. And coming up there, we’ve got to make those type of plays but I thought it was our best four-man pass rush game to date,” Bowles told WFLA.com.
Yes, there are quality Bucs pass rushes on film, ones that fell just short. Congratulations are in order to Logan Hall, Elijah Roberts and Vita Vea.
Edge rusher Haason Reddick? Bowles seemed encouraged by his return Sunday. “I thought he did a good job getting back there, he’s just got to finish the deal.”
Joe saw Reddick as a non-factor on Sunday. He didn’t hit Arizona QB Jacoby Brissett and he couldn’t win 1-on-1. And Reddick rarely took on a double team.
As for edge rusher Anthony Nelson, Joe hopes he was skewered in team meetings for rushing untouched on Brissett and mysteriously slowing down. It was is if Nelson thought Brissett was Michael Vick.
Joe applauds the standout hustle sack by YaYa Diaby on Sunday. He dropped Brissett on the sidelines, a couple of yards short of the line of scrimmage on a scramble.
All Joe has left for the Bucs pass rush, specifically the edge rush, is hope. Maybe Diaby (six sacks) still can raise his game this season.
December 2nd, 2025 at 8:06 am
Reddick makes a difference as team will worry more about him than Nelson. Nelson had a great game vs the Saints but after that we had 2 sacks in 3games. I am not saying Reddick is playing great but it is like Evans the first 3 games ,he had 40yds a game but teams had to account for Evans.
December 2nd, 2025 at 8:06 am
Hey Joe,
I thought Reddick had a decent game. He didn’t get sacks or qb hits like you mentioned, but the four-man rush was better than previous games. Brissett didn’t have a clean pocket, had to move off his spot often, and Cardinals moved ball off of the check downs (tackling sucked). I saw Reddick get chipped by a TE or RB coming out damn near every pass play. I know people will disagree, but that’s what I observed.
You should rewatch. –Joe
December 2nd, 2025 at 8:07 am
There’s that word hope again lol. Man I really wish they valued an edge rusher like we do. Not like Jason hasn’t tried drafting one. He’s deff trying just not good at it.
December 2nd, 2025 at 8:07 am
This roller coaster per game analysis by coaches and talking heads does get absurd at times
we played a 3-9 team and frankly a team at this point looking for a high draft pick
nothing automatically improved over one game , nothing is certain to be coming along. I keep hearing how the defense was better because it got some take aways but besides sacks those are initiated by the other teams making an error. evidence the Bucs still have a defensive issue were all over the field last Sunday
we squeaked out a win against 3-9 team. You can’t dress that pig with any lipstick to claim its now hot or entering a swan phase. The other pig was just uglier this time.
December 2nd, 2025 at 8:11 am
Love the Pig Comparo
December 2nd, 2025 at 8:14 am
Bowles is the center of everything that’s wrong with this team. He simply sucks as a head coach and sucks as a defensive coordinator. So we’re stuck with the double whammy dragging us down like an anchor around the neck. He never fixes anything. Literally. Same $hyt different week. When’s the last time he benched a player who wasn’t getting it done? Devin White? And that took about a season too long. We will never get to where we want to be with him. And the arrogance to continue to insist he’ll be HC and DC when it’s clear as day he’s failing miserably at both. When Carolina wins the division in the end maybe we’ll finally say goodbye to him. I can only hope.
December 2nd, 2025 at 8:18 am
against the worst offensive line faced all Year !! These guys continue to not get home even when they win !!
December 2nd, 2025 at 8:18 am
D looks better with Reddick
December 2nd, 2025 at 8:20 am
Here is a question….what were the other 7 players doing? Not covering passes
December 2nd, 2025 at 8:24 am
and for the love of football Bowles don’t let a DB that doest want to tackle start this week . BENCH his ASS !! Be in Charge Todd , i know you don’t know what that is without B A but Man Up and Be In Dam Charge Bowles !!
🤡 clean off the make up and be a Dam Head Coach .
December 2nd, 2025 at 8:27 am
“Joe wonders if Chet Holmgren counts almost blocks after each basketball game?” Hahahaha! Brilliant analogy.
December 2nd, 2025 at 8:47 am
Close but no cigar!
December 2nd, 2025 at 8:48 am
Fire Todd
December 2nd, 2025 at 8:51 am
Yes! The 4 man rush gave us quite a few more “almost sacks”! One of our guys has to be in the running for the best almost sacker of the year!
December 2nd, 2025 at 8:52 am
Losing Kancey has affected the pass rush all year. That makes us lean on the blitzes, every opposing OC knows it, and watches for it. Need him back as bad as we need Evans back.
Don’t buy into the “Cards are a bad team”. Their record is bad, but they are not. 2/3 of their losses are 4 points or less, and they have scared a bunch of really good teams this year.
We had to play a good game to beat them. I think we would have lost without Bucky and Godwin