Bigger Fish To Fry For Keionte Scott
October 22nd, 2026
Keionte Scott and YaYa Diaby celebrate Scott’s sack of Aaron Rodgers Sunday. Rodgers feels Scott’s sting.
Yeah, this season has really, really stunk. So many things have gone wrong and the Bucs have only played six games.
So, in part, not to lose his mind, Joe likes to point out something refreshing with the Bucs. Especially when it sort of signals something good down the road.
Joe was full out stoked when the Bucs drafted Keionte Scott out of Miami in the fourth round. Scott was a ferocious safety/hybrid in the secondary for the Hurricanes.
He may have been a defensive back, but Scott had the mentality of a nail-chewing linebacker.
Pairing him with fellow Miami teammate Rueben Bain, Joe thought that was a really nice nucleus for the Bucs defense for the future.
We got a glimpse of that Sunday in the loss to the Steelers. Not only did Bain get his first sack of his career, so did Scott.
Hope that’s a sign of many to come.
Joe spoke with Scott after Sunday’s game and he wasn’t too keen on talking about his sack. He was more than determined to start working on helping the Bucs win some games, not padding his stats.
“We obviously want to win football games,” Scott said. “We can’t put shine on [his sack] too much.”
When Joe spoke with Bain, he did. In fact, Bain said seeing Scott sack Steelers drama queen quarterback Aaron Rodgers inspired him to do the same.
Scott was humbled to hear that.
“I’m definitely proud of him accomplishing that,” Scott said. “He’s been fighting for it. And to see him get it was important.
“But we want to win football games.”
Scott said he won’t soon for get his sack on Rodgers, largely because of who Rodgers is, one of the greatest to have ever played.
“Yeah, it was definitely exciting to get him down,” Scott said. “I got to talk to him after the game and got a congratulations. That was big.”
But then, Scott told Joe the Bucs did not accomplish the goal of bringing him (and Bain) to Tampa Bay in the first place.
“Back to the drawing board,” Scott said. “We want to get better in any way we can.”
October 22nd, 2026 at 7:27 am
“…can’t put shine on (his sack) too much” was a quote that not on my bingo card this morning that I thought I’d read. Football out of context might be one of the funniest thing ever…
All jokes aside, the future for this defense does look reasonably bright once we get a new staff in here that hopefully meld and mold this group of young hungry players into absolute beasts (Bain, Trot, Scott, Parish, etc.).
October 22nd, 2026 at 7:42 am
The minimal success of the defense will bring Bowles back next season. The Glazers are thrilled that their confidence in him has paid off.
October 22nd, 2026 at 8:15 am
😞
I ain’t buying these tidbits of chum !
The Whole organization from owners on down is dysfunctional and has been save the two Lombardi trophy RENTALS
October 22nd, 2026 at 8:21 am
Crazyhorse, Bowles is already gone. The Glaziers will give him the opportunity to resign before they embarrass him.
October 22nd, 2026 at 8:29 am
Yup
October 22nd, 2026 at 8:32 am
We have a top 5 ranked offense n and the 32nd rank head coach in the nfl. It doesn’t match. Bring in the right coach n he will motivate the offense n defense. How so, im glad you ask. Get the players to believe in themselves individually as well as collectively that they are top dogs in the league. Godwin is a dog with a passive head coach n offensive coordinator leading him n the team. Bucky is a dog, Trotter is a dog, JParrish is a dog, Walker is a dog, McLaughlin is a dog, Emeka is a dog, ARobinson is a Pittbull, n Wirf n the entire offensive line are dogs n will believe so even more if this coach n coaching staff would stop being so passive n boring and motivate the team to play consistently at an elite level. The writing is on the wall just like it was in 2018 when BA saw that the team lacked proper coaching n only needed the right coach. With the way our defense is playing, our offense should go no huddle n just run it up the field for nothing but tuddies, that’s the attitude you must have, if you can believe it, u can achieve it. Com on Glazers, get Bowles outta there before it’s too late. Bowles winning percentage
Jets-.375
Bucs-.443