Rave reviews.

One reason Joe likes to see how players develop from their rookie seasons into their second year is to determine how they respond to a full offseason in an NFL weight room.

Sometimes, the advancement is dramatic. And what Todd Bowles said yesterday about Jacob Parrish gives Joe a little bit of relief from what Joe fears witnessing in downtown Cincinnati on Sunday afternoon.

Joe has zero issue with Parrish other than he hasn’t had that many snaps at outside corner. So he’s still learning there. Last year, after Jamel Dean, it was clear to Joe that Parrish was the second-best Bucs corner.

Bowles doesn’t really hype up players but the way he spoke of Parrish yesterday was encouraging.

“He’s been outstanding in the offseason,” Bowles said of Parrish. “I think [Parrish and Antoine] Winfield [were] probably two of the guys that had the best offseason that we can possibly have.”

A thing Bowles likes about Parrish is that he doesn’t get rattled.

“Nothing phases him,” Bowles said. “He goes to work regardless of who he’s going up against.”

That sort of focus, Bowles said, will sure help Parrish as he and Zyon McCollum will try to slow down Ja’Marr Chase and Tee Higgins.

“He’s going up against two of the best,” Bowles said of Parrish. “Obviously, some great receivers at hand [for the Bengals]. But he’s just got to play his game … and make some plays, and I think he will.”

Parrish getting a pick (good) or two (excellent!) would go a long way toward stopping perhaps the best pocket-passing quarterback in the NFL, Joe Burrow.