Defensive tackle A’Shawn Robinson.

Soft, soft, soft.

That’s one way to describe the Bucs defense through much of last season. The result was Tampa Bay looking for nastier, more aggressive and hungrier players this offseason.

The front office believes it landed several, and one is veteran defensive tackle A’Shawn Robinson. He won his introductory news conference and has talked an amazing game. But he’s also drawn praise from Bucs teammates and coaches. And remember, Joe talked privately to Carolina head coach Dave Canales about Robinson, who played there last season; Canales said Robinson is a “gives everything every time” kind of guy.

Robinson is a gentle and altruistic giant off the field but is known for flipping a switch and being an angry and very vocal teammate.

“When I say something, I’m not saying it to be an A-hole, I’m saying it from a place of love and peace that I want us just to be that great because I know we can,” Robinson recently told Buccaneers.com.

Robinson is all about bringing others into his angry playing persona.

“I need all my brothers to be right there with me, because we’re coming with that same hostility, the same anger and aggression to go do what we need to do for 60 minutes of the day,” he said.

The veteran is used to being the on-field bully. He said he had a beard in fifth grade — “a stache and all the chin hair” — and chose the Bucs because they’ll let him be aggressive.

“That was the biggest thing for me [coming to Tampa],” Robinson said. “Am I going to be put in a situation where I’m just a body, or am I going to be put in a situation where I can be aggressive off the things we call?”… …

“I’m going to bring the juice and I’m going to do my job to the utmost.”