Teamwork
April 26th, 2026
Rookie Bucs cornerback Keionte Scott. (Photo courtesy of The U.)
Still giddy over the Bucs draft? Well, this will send you racing to the fridge to start another celebration on this fine Sunday.
Still hungover from your draft celebration last night? This may just have you reaching for the vodka and Bloody Mary mix.
Hardcores will do both.
One reason fourth-round nickel cornerbacak Keionte Scott was so pumped to be playing for the Bucs is it reunites him with the Miami Mauler, his teammate at The U, Rueben Bain.
Another reason is because Scott clearly knows how Bain wrecks offenses, and Scott knows how to work with Bain.
In Scott’s Zoom press conference with the local pen and mic club after the Bucs drafted him in the fourth round, Scott explained Bain made him a succesful blitzer.
Scott and Bain had timing down on their moves so when Bain attacked, Scott knew just right time to pounce. Scott said he took full advantage.
“Yeah, I think you’ve got to shout out Rueben Bain there, being on the same side,” Scott said. “You’ve got to kind of worry about him a little bit, so that allowed me to kind of be freed up.
“We work with each other, and that’s why this is so special to me and so special to him because we’ve built something already, [now they are] getting to build on that.”
But Scott also said he learned that if he is sent on a blitz, by golly he needs to make something happen or a teammate will get burned.
“At the end of the day when you get sent on a blitz, your brothers are [back there],” Scott said. “I play defensive back, so I understand how it is when you’re blitzing and you’re waiting [like] somebody better get home.
“So, I just take that in mind that I’ve got my brothers back there, and when I get that call to go, I take that with me on the way.”
Boy, how many blitzes has Todd Bowles dialed up the past two seasons, maybe longer, and no one got home?
Whatever magic there is between Bain and Scott, the Bucs sure do need that to continue on Sunday afternoons.
Reuniting with your college teammate never felt so good ‼️ pic.twitter.com/ybHTGMRXod
— Tampa Bay Buccaneers (@Buccaneers) April 25, 2026
April 26th, 2026 at 10:02 am
Got my shades on 😎
Go Bucs!
April 26th, 2026 at 10:06 am
💪🙏🏆
April 26th, 2026 at 10:12 am
Eight years after taking a seventh-round flier on tackle Jordan Mailata, who has started eighty-five regular-season games and was a second-team All-Pro in 2024, the Eagles have rolled the dice on another player who has never played organized football. -PFT
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The worlds greatest G.M. Howie Roseman, Licht should be so brave! [sarcasm]
April 26th, 2026 at 10:16 am
Gonna be a very different team this year. Got some fire on D.
April 26th, 2026 at 10:17 am
Rueben Bain had 83 pressures with the Canes last season
Yaya Diaby had 62 pressures with us last season
I can’t wait for it to happen
April 26th, 2026 at 10:38 am
Nauseated not giddy. Worst draft ever.
April 26th, 2026 at 10:39 am
Scott should immediately be made a starter. Send a message to last year’s hacks and money stealers.
Scott ain’t no 3rd & 28 guy.
April 26th, 2026 at 11:03 am
Todd is wringing his hands reading this and thinking “Oh, I’m gonna fix that.”
🤦♂️
April 26th, 2026 at 11:12 am
Regardless of happiness (or not) about the draft, it’s a great idea to get the bloody marys going with beer sidecars. Thanks, Joe!
April 26th, 2026 at 11:14 am
Love Joe Bucs Fan articles. Rarely read comments from the experts herein, but DAMN, some of ya’ll should change your depends early. You might have a better outlook on life and enjoy.
April 26th, 2026 at 11:34 am
Enthusiasm counts for a lot in my book. Love the clip.
April 26th, 2026 at 12:11 pm
HC Grover Says:
April 26th, 2026 at 10:38 am
Nauseated not giddy. Worst draft ever
I am convinced that you are the dumbest troll ever
You have no game at all. Now go back to your crayons and coloring book
April 26th, 2026 at 12:18 pm
Bet all the defense guys like this pick, Kancey for sure.
April 26th, 2026 at 12:52 pm
HC Grover Says:
April 26th, 2026 at 10:38 am
Nauseated not giddy. Worst draft ever.
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What, specifically, were you looking for? Just curious as your theme has been consistently negative — through a relatively positive Bucs draft process.
April 26th, 2026 at 1:05 pm
I think it’s Grover from the Muppets on Sesame Street.
April 26th, 2026 at 1:21 pm
Wow this defense is gonna look different personnel wise this year
I like it
Go Bucs
April 26th, 2026 at 1:21 pm
Draft focus tends to be all about the individual player and the position.
But, football is always about teamwork. OLB’s, so called edge rushers, are much more likely to get double digit sacks when push from the tackles makes it impossible for the opposing QB to step up into the pocket. That is why I prioritize interior defenders.
There are other forms of teamwork, and Bain and Scott reportedly have it.
Potentially, Bain at DE or OLB with Scott as Box Safety or Nickel Back or Player X, they may add up to more than the sum of their parts in a way that makes the pair together the steal of the draft. Hopefully, the pair are at least one of the steals. Maybe Hurst, Capeheart, Trotter, and Shrauth will all prove to be treasures. But, the Bain-Scott teamwork seems like a great starting point.
April 26th, 2026 at 1:22 pm
HC Grover, I, like exBrowns02, want to know what you were looking for in the draft. Your opinion may be better received if you back it up.
April 26th, 2026 at 1:29 pm
Would rather have Dean lining up at RCB, but these new faces on defensive look promising
Like the aggressive playing style of the new dudes on our defense draft and free agency
U got the horses now Todd Bowles, how about we restore some reputation as a solid D like we have been in past !!
Go Bucs
April 26th, 2026 at 1:30 pm
There’s a rep in Scotts CFP highlight reel where he literally hid behind Bain pre-snap, and Scott made the play on the QB. I expect to see that, sorta of like how we sent Parrish off Yayas’ hip a few times last season.
I honestly feel like, Keionte Scott is going to give us that same energy Jordan Whitehead played with, but from a different position.
And I really, really want Bowles to revive and re-impliment that Moneybacker role here in Tampa. We tried signing Deone Bucannon in ‘19 who basically made it famous under Bowles in AZ and that would be perfect. Tried again with Keanu Neal, and Whitehead had that type of role playing from the safety position.
McCollum, Winfield, & Morrison aside. What we have now with Scott, Parrish, & Tykee makes me really, really excited moving forward. Not just for the individual talent, but what all 6 can be if we can get them on the same page and playing at a high level consistently. Maybe we’ll have a 2nd straight year of improving our turnover numbers.
April 26th, 2026 at 1:59 pm
Big fella don’t forget 3.28🤡. There’s a few others who literally say the same thing over and over again whining about everything. Not fans at all. Prob hoped on the bandwagon after Brady
April 26th, 2026 at 2:17 pm
Performance based criticism, based on the facts, is necessary especially when you’ve been shoved a plate of dung and told it’s tenderloin. Real fans don’t accept that.