Method to the madness.

When Joe sees rookie Keionte Scott playing at outside cornerback, it makes Joe want to shake his head.

If Scott was any good at outside cornerback, don’t you think the Hurrigangstas would have had him at outside cornerback in college? Corey Hetherman is one of the best defensive coordinators in college ball. He was Curt Cignetti’s defensive coordinator at James Madison once upon a time.

Yeah, that Cignetti. Does it look like Cignetti hires clueless assistants?

Joe doesn’t believe Hetherman just fell off the turnip truck.

But KitKat-eating Bucs coach Todd Bowles has Scott playing at nickel corner (where he should start), at outside corner and at safety. Why not get the kid’s feet wet in the NFL at the position he is more familiar with and most likely to succeed at, nickel corner?

If Scott excels there and you then want to experiment with bouncing him all over, OK. But why try to screw with a kid’s head before he’s even taken a snap in the NFL?

Well, Bowles may have explained himself on Sunday. Bowles was asked about Scott playing multiple positions in training camp. Bowles basically said injuries happen and he may need Scott to play corner or safety so he may as well get Scott some reps there now in case he’s thrown to the lions out of necessity during the season.

“We went through injuries before, and we had to put ‘Izzy’ [Christian Izien] out [at corner] at a point in time,” Bowles said. “So right now we’re trying to get a feel for who, in an emergency, can go out there if need be, and he’s one of the guys taking reps out there.”

Well, that makes Joe feel a lot better but honestly that doesn’t make Joe feel warm and fuzzy about the Bucs’ backups. Right now the Bucs are thinner than thin at corner.

With Benjamin Morrison currently being a walking injury report, if Jacob Parrish (who has scant experience at outside corner) or bored Zyon McCollum go down, you’re looking at either Josh Hayes or possibly undrafted free agent Ayden Garnes.

Joe doesn’t want the Bucs to trade Vita Vea, but the Bucs are so razor-thin at corner, if Vea could fetch a decent starting corner in return, Joe would be open-minded to shipping Vea out.

Seeing how thin the Bucs are at corner, Joe really doesn’t understand why the Bucs pushed Jamel Dean out the door.

Thirty-three days until the Bucs face Joe Burrow, Ja’Marr Chase and Tee Higgins on the road to open the season. It makes Joe feel tingly all over.