Says Todd Bowles will do Rueben Bain right.

Joe heard all weekend by seemingly hundreds of people that new Bucs defensive lineman, Rueben Bain, will light things up solely because he landed with the “perfect” coach, Bucs coach Todd Bowles.

Joe is not sure how folks are connecting the dots on that, but OK. Joe’s trying to play nice.

However, when former players who either played on the same defense as Bowles coached or played against a Bowles defense or even played on the same team as Bowles, well, Joe listens.

First it was Miami defensive line coach and Pro Football Hall of Famer Jason Taylor. Joe gives Taylor major respect not just because of his NFL resume but he knows Bowles intimately because Bowles was a secondary coach and assistant Dolphins head coach when Taylor played for Miami.

And, of course, Taylor coached up Bain at The U.

Now comes word from one of the heros of the Bucs 2020 Super Bowl-winning season, Playoff Lenny, otherwise known as Leonard Fournette.

Playoff Lenny has a podcast he co-hosts with Jarvis Landry. In a pod recorded after Bain was picked by the Bucs, Landry was effusive in his praise that not only did the Bucs steal Bain, but Bain couldn’t have found a better defense to play on and play for a more perfect coach.

The result, Landry said, will be Bain jacking up many NFL offenses.

Playoff Lenny pointed to Bowles as a man who will unleash Bain.

“Todd Bowles will use him ko-rectly,” Playoff Lenny said. ” And that fire that’s in [Bain] right now, Todd Bowles will tell him every f’ing game, ‘[Teams] skipped on you. Remember that. They skipped on you.'”

Playoff Lenny went on to say that Bowles will know exactly where to position Bain on the line in every situation and playing next to Vita Vea, Bain is bound to do serious damage on people.

“Watching him, I thought he was a top-10 pick,” Playoff Lenny said about Bain.

And Joe gives Playoff Lenny respect for his words on Bowles because not only did Playoff Lenny see Bowles work up close during the 2020 playoff run, but Playoff Lenny also went up against a Bowles’ defense in practice daily.

While Joe is still uneasy about Bowles with a rookie defensive end — Bowles’ next developed double-digit sackmeister from a defensive end will be his first — Taylor and Playoff Lenny are helping Joe relax. A little.