YaYa Diaby Says Rueben Bain Has “That Mad, Mad, Mad Look”
April 30th, 2026
After having lunch with Bucs first-round draft pick edge rusher Rueben Bain, YaYa Diaby came away with a distinct impression.
Diaby, the Bucs’ top returning edge rusher, saw the eye of the tiger, he told Up & Adams on FanDuel TV today.
“Oooh, just by the look in his eyes, he’s hungry. He’s hungry. And he got that mad, mad, mad look — like he’s ready to get after it,” Diaby said.
The Bucs rookie was no stranger to Diaby, who said he studied the draft and his draft board had Bain near the top.
“Honestly, like, the whole pass rush [draft class], the whole edge class, man, he was the best in my eyes,” Diaby said. “And I’m just so happy to have him part of this team.”
So what happened at that lunch, did Bain explain what was going through his mind on draft night when he snatched his Bucs hat and wouldn’t pose with it en route to hug Roger Goodell?
“He was pissed,” Diaby said with conviction.
Diaby then went on to say that Bain’s parents, also at the lunch, kept talking about how he fell in the draft and the family didn’t expect it or agree with it.
Joe is glad Bain is making an early impression, especially among a fellow edge rushers he’ll be surrounded by daily.
Bain va a lo que va, sin rodeos ni mamadas
El único que agarró la gorra sin hacer payasada
Los Buccanners tuvieron la inmensa fortuna de draftear al futuro novato defensivo del año
— Sebastian Nava (@eldoctornfl) April 27, 2026
April 30th, 2026 at 1:53 pm
Stone cold killa, stab you in the neck and keep moving…..
April 30th, 2026 at 1:54 pm
^football wise of course…..
April 30th, 2026 at 1:55 pm
I hope B-Rex sets the standard for years to come, and draft picks stop posing in front of that stupid mirror like they’re 17-year old girls about to be picked up for the prom. Have some self respect.
April 30th, 2026 at 2:03 pm
Rod, thats how I knew he was a real one…. and yeah, mightve cried a little during the phone call, but that walk and deliver said what was next!
April 30th, 2026 at 2:10 pm
Eye of the Tiger,, hope it’s contagious
April 30th, 2026 at 2:18 pm
Awesome video! Can’t overstate how much I love his approach. Dude belongs and knows it.
April 30th, 2026 at 2:23 pm
Football robots can’t get here soon enough.
No need to draft people any longer.
We can AI all humans out of the game.
Money will only flow to the owners and NFL execs.
Even the cheerleaders will be humanoid sex robots.
That’ll be fun to watch.
April 30th, 2026 at 2:32 pm
Gonna help Yaya’s game.
April 30th, 2026 at 2:35 pm
Passion, Professional, Hunger is what i saw!!!!
that’ll rub off on Walker…should light a fire under Braswell
GO BUCS!!!
April 30th, 2026 at 2:42 pm
@Lynchmob50: Bite your tongue.😒
April 30th, 2026 at 2:43 pm
The only fire Braswell will feel is the heat of someone taking his spot Im afraid.
As long as Walker is half as good as I think, he is better.
Tampa about to be the short arm club who whoops that azz like a bunch of little people.
April 30th, 2026 at 2:52 pm
Brasswell will feel the heat when he doesn’t make the roster. Maybe that’s what Jason meant last year.
April 30th, 2026 at 2:53 pm
I hope the Bucs can hire a driver for this kid.
We don’t need him driving “angry” – just playing “angry” on Sundays.
LOL!
April 30th, 2026 at 2:58 pm
“I hope the Bucs can hire a driver for this kid.
We don’t need him driving “angry” – just playing “angry” on Sundays.”
It’s amazing how you guys can make light of this situation, when somebody lost their life. Not saying I villainize Bain for it, because the family has wish him well but for YOU to comment like this is smooth brain behavior.
April 30th, 2026 at 3:13 pm
Rod the NFL has turned this into a dog and pony show. I was really happy that Bain did what he did. That video music is hilarious….” I love little Michael”…
April 30th, 2026 at 3:14 pm
Oh and I still think the Bucs need the Darth Vader theme to introduce the Defense. I thought that would be a better theme for the walk Bain had.
April 30th, 2026 at 3:28 pm
GM is wearing out his arm patting himself on the back. A legend in his own mind. All that is needed is pom poms for the peanut gallery. By next week he will be on a Buc SUPER bowl run! Wait for it.
April 30th, 2026 at 3:36 pm
HC Grover Says:
April 30th, 2026 at 3:28 pm
GM is wearing out his arm patting himself on the back. A legend in his own mind.
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GM’s that win a Super Bowl are legends in reality, not just in their own minds.
April 30th, 2026 at 3:36 pm
Grover is wearing his fingers out by constantly tapping out troll content. A legend in his own mind. All that he needs is pom poms to complete his male cheerleader outfit. By next week, guess what? He’ll continue to be a troll. Wait for it.
April 30th, 2026 at 3:40 pm
“All that is needed is pom poms for the peanut gallery.”
And some heaping piles of poo 💩 for the trolls to sling. 🤣
April 30th, 2026 at 3:52 pm
37 sacks last year for us.
How many this year ?
47? 50?
DEFINITELY the most talent on D since I’ve been a Bucs fan.
I’ve ordered my pom poms – LFG Bucs
April 30th, 2026 at 3:54 pm
I don’t think of call that dude “B-Rex” from within a hundred miles
April 30th, 2026 at 4:10 pm
Love it, bain going to hold on to that fall for the rest of his career only to the benefit to us bucs fans when he goes out there and destroys opposing teams
April 30th, 2026 at 4:11 pm
Grover is a clown..when the Bucs do good this season he will say he was on the train the whole time.
April 30th, 2026 at 4:15 pm
People getting triggered by the awesome B-Rex name are the same people that felt offended for Doug Martin being called the Muscle Hamster.
Again, take the Bain mask, put it on a T-Rex = B-Rex.
It’s an awesome name, a great visual. Embrace the name, push some merch.
You know who didn’t embrace the name? Think back to Hard Knocks. Remember Joe Dirt? Nope, you don’t. No one even has a clue what his real name was, no one remembers anything about him. Why? Because he didn’t embrace the name.
Also if you don’t think a B-Rex would be terrifying, you’re a dope.
It’s a great name, embrace it.
April 30th, 2026 at 4:43 pm
Bain’s parents whining about Bain falling in the draft is a YUGE red flag. Wow. The entitlement runs deep in that family. I hope it all works out but that is definitely a red flag.
-David
April 30th, 2026 at 5:07 pm
i hope he brings that attitude to the practice fields
April 30th, 2026 at 5:34 pm
Great, dude is mad. Look forward to rushing the passer flags until he softens into an NFL edge.
April 30th, 2026 at 5:42 pm
I hope the whole defense embraces his attitude. At the of games they need to feel they earned their paycheck like Bain will.
April 30th, 2026 at 6:10 pm
B-Rex is a fantastic nickname. He will probably be mad about that.
Someone said the difference between his arm length and Aaron Donald‘s arm length was the size of AA battery. I find it hard to believe that that’s going to make such a big difference.
Sapp was always mad. Always tribal. And it worked very well.
April 30th, 2026 at 6:38 pm
When he said he was hungry, sure he wasn’t talking about lunch?
April 30th, 2026 at 7:28 pm
Wasn’t it muscle hamster himself that didn’t like that name? How’d that dude die again?
April 30th, 2026 at 7:36 pm
Listen…..
The “REASON” that BAIN is so PEEESSSED OFFFF IS BECAUSE you couldn’t possibly have gone to a WORSE head coach in ALL THE WORLD than to BOZO McCLOWN! DUH!
Bozo McClown HATES edge rushers and sees them as USELESS as tiits on a torpedo! Bozo McClown WILL NOT use this MAGNIFICENT WEAPON correctly AND THE ENTIRETY OF ALL OF SPORTS KNOWS THIS!
Could you imagine the RAGE this guy is feeling? Honestly…. I wouldn’t be surprised to hear one day (maybe not long from now AT ALL) that BAIN HAS folded McClown AND McCLOWN jr. IN HALF! And wouldn’t STOP POUNDING on him until McClown is just a red, squishy, pile of jelly.
Obviously because McClown told BAIN how he really feels about the D line and ESPECIALLY the edge rushers and JUST HOW USELESS HE CONSIDERS THEM! Why he has his secondary in the BACK of the ENTIRE PLAYING FIELD to rush a passer. DUH!
I don’t have a good feeling for “lame duck” BOZO McCLOWN at all…….
April 30th, 2026 at 7:49 pm
Was a great interview with Yaya
Seems like a great kid…. Can’t help but like him. I really hope he gets his 10+ this year. He’ll have some help for a change this year 👍🏼
April 30th, 2026 at 7:52 pm
Can you imagine JUST HOW the 1,000,000% HEART edge rusher FEELS about being told how he’s NO LONGER A EDGE RUSHER by a literal WADDLING CLOWN?
I’m LMAO! That kid MUST BE Raging OUT OF HIS MIND! Poor guy…. This IS truly sad… What a FULLY WASTED talent….
I would imagine I might just be a BIT READY TO GO NUCLEAR ON ONE PARTICULAR FAIL COACH WHO’S GOING TO ….. well, You ALREADY KNOW what the Clown Show is going to do to this kid! I WOULDN’T BE SURPRISED if a certain Mr. TAYLOR showed up to have some “one on one” MAN TIME with Bozo “Waddles” McCLOWN!
April 30th, 2026 at 7:55 pm
I’m Bozo Mc 🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡
I WILL RUIN your hope of ALL THINGS GOOD IN THE WINNING WORLD!
AKA “Waddles Mc 🤡”
April 30th, 2026 at 8:04 pm
I always thought that was part of the problem with Yaya, too! Just get him another DE with him just like anybody else & he’ll start playing better, too! Couldn’t rely on Tryon & Braswell isn’t turning into much & that’s basically all Yaya has really had other than Vita.
April 30th, 2026 at 8:04 pm
Drafted to the ONLY TEAM that the ENTIRE DEFENSE QUIT on a FOOL who thinks that the edge rusher position IS A JOKE, ONLY for the BIGGER FOOLS to BRING BACK the ZERO CONFIDENCE WADDLING CLOWN, and your draft pick is one of the BEST edge rushers in the ENTIRE COLLEGE WORLD so that, that FAILED, NO CONFIDENCE, FOOLISH JOKER, to WASTE this guys career!
CAN YOU IMAGINE HOW THE KID FEELS TO BE DRAFTED HERE??? ANYWHERE BUT HERE….
Yeah………… I’d say he’s MAD all right!
April 30th, 2026 at 8:13 pm
How do you decide what you’re capitalizing OO ?
You do understand that capitalizing symbolizes shouting or at least something of particular importance right ?
When I read your delusional comments I just picture you screaming random phrases when you speak. Do you have some type of typing tourettes ?
Anyway, I’m sure coach is quaking in his boots over the prospect of another tirade by you in the comments section of a sports blog. 😎
April 30th, 2026 at 10:03 pm
sapp never had a nickname , bain dont seem like the guy that wants one plus bain is shorter than b-rex
April 30th, 2026 at 10:27 pm
Wait until B-Rex gets a load of one of Todd’s patented ultra soft practices if you want to see what he looks like when he’s mad.
April 30th, 2026 at 10:33 pm
Oxycondomns Says:
April 30th, 2026 at 10:03 pm
sapp never had a nickname , bain dont seem like the guy that wants one plus bain is shorter than b-rex
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If he’s as good as Sapp everyone will call him whatever he wants.
April 30th, 2026 at 11:00 pm
Queue Obvious’ drunk rant in 3….2….1
May 1st, 2026 at 12:34 am
T-Ruex
May 1st, 2026 at 12:53 am
TRueRex
May 1st, 2026 at 12:56 am
I kept on looking for something suitable for a chant. “TRueRex!” is my conclusion.
Joe — thoughts?
May 1st, 2026 at 3:05 am
Warren Sapps fall in the draft fueled his whole career
May 1st, 2026 at 12:04 pm
OMG……
Yep… drunk and peeing vinegar. Feeling it today.
May 1st, 2026 at 12:30 pm
I really hope he can come in and light a fire in this defense. There is still going to be a period of adjustment for him as he will be going up against the best in the world. Working against Wirfs and Goedeke in practice should help him prepare for the season.
May 1st, 2026 at 11:50 pm
Obvious One. Some are too serious and dislike criticism of their beloved Tood.
I for one was entertained by the drunken rant.
Cheers.