“Grudge Holder” Rueben Bain
July 25th, 2026
Rueben Bain
Buccaneers first-round pick Rueben Bain takes his job, his life, very seriously.
The Miami Mauler edge rusher is now just three days from his first NFL training camp and Joe is reflecting on how lucky it appears the Bucs are to have landed Bain in the draft. And no, it has nothing with Rondé Barber’s outrageous Bain prediction.
That’s got Joe re-watching many Bain interviews from his pre-Bucs days.
When Bain sat with ProFootbalTalk at the NFL Scouting Combine, he was asked about a scouting report the crew had on him: “note taker, grudge holer, block disruptor, ill-tempered.”
Bain didn’t quibble.
“That ‘grudge holder,’ yeah, I don’t forget nothing,” Bain said.
“I don’t forget nothing at all. I may not say nothing at first, but it’s definitely jotted down and noticed somewhere. I’m keeping that in the front of my mind at all times. I felt like everybody seen a couple of little examples of that [in 2025]. Just loving what I do, loving the game of football, and knowing when I get to see you, I get to see you. It’s going tp be nice to meet you.”
Joe can’t wait to see Bain in pads setting the tone for what hopefully is a new-look and new-attitude Bucs defense.
July 25th, 2026 at 6:34 am
Gaines Adams, Adrian Claybourne, Daquan Bowers, Spence, Joan Tyron. I really hope Bain Bucs the trend of the last 20 +years of not being able to get high play consistency from a highly drafted Edge Rusher. This dude seems different, but I have to see it to believe it.
July 25th, 2026 at 7:22 am
I’ll put up with the double negatives if the guy can get to the quarterback often.
July 25th, 2026 at 7:45 am
It’s been a while since I’ve had legit, can’t help myself hope for one of our 1st round picks.
For example, Tristan is everything I could have hoped he would be but I didn’t have the same level of hopeful expectations.
July 25th, 2026 at 7:59 am
I think David Walker has something to prove also. The kid had a great training camp last year before his unfortunate knee injury. He’s a lot like Bain, 6’2″, 260lbs & 4.65 in the 40. I don’t know if he bends like Bain but he runs and plays angry.
July 25th, 2026 at 8:09 am
AlabamaBucsFan has nailed it.
David Walker and Bain are twins.
They are both very angry and serious men.
Neither one of them wants to “have fun.”
And they are both stout with a low center of gravity.
I think Braswell is in serious danger of getting cut.
OLB Depth
1. Bain
2. Yaya
3. Mohammed
4. Nelson
5. David Walker
6. Braswell
Will we really keep 6 OLB?
David Walker and Bain will be a sick 1-2. Offensive tackles will be worn out by the 4th quarter.
July 25th, 2026 at 8:40 am
Hopefully all the hype about Baine’s grudge mentality potential to be great shows up on the field more than just in the media hype. If he just makes his teammates better that is a big plus for the Bucs. Hopefully his mentally rubs off on every Bucs defensive player and Baker does the same on the offense.
July 25th, 2026 at 8:47 am
Teacherman says: “I think Braswell is in serious danger of getting cut.”
I highly doubt it, but it would be nice Licht could swindle a 7th rounder for Braswell.