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Pewter Report’s Scott Reynolds solutions your questions from the @PewterReport Twitter account this week within the Bucs Mailbag. Submit your query to the Bucs Mailbag every week by way of Twitter utilizing the hashtag #PRMailbag. Listed here are the Bucs questions we selected to reply for this week’s version.
QUESTION: The place would you rank Todd Bowles among the many coaches the Bucs face this yr? Would together with the staffs as a complete change the rankings?
Bucs HC Todd Bowles – Picture by: Cliff Welch/PR
ANSWER: I believe Todd Bowles made some strides as a head coach final yr, and the truth that the Bucs have been in a position to overcome a 4-7 begin and end 5-1 down the stretch and seize a 3rd straight division title is one thing that he ought to get credit score for. Bowles additionally whipped up a few nice sport plans in back-to-back video games at Carolina within the season finale and versus Philadelphia within the Wild Card playoff win. The Bucs beat the Panthers, 9-0, in Week 18 after which trounced the Eagles, 32-9, at dwelling to begin the postseason.
It is a tough query to reply as a result of I believe Dan Quinn is an excellent head coach, however Washington’s roster is less than snuff simply but. Detroit’s Dan Campbell and his Lions went 2-0 final yr in opposition to Bowles and the Bucs, whereas Bowles and Tampa Bay is 0-2 in opposition to San Francisco and Kyle Shanahan over the previous two seasons.
Andy Reid and the Chiefs offense has gotten the very best of Bowles and his protection in two out of three conferences since 2020, however Tampa Bay gained when it counted probably the most in Tremendous Bowl LV. Bowles and the Bucs have had extra success in opposition to the Saints than even Bruce Arians did in his three years as Tampa Bay’s head coach.
As an alternative of rating Bowles and his workers in opposition to different groups’ teaching staffs, which could be very tough to do because of a mess of variables, I’ll simply say that he’s a greater coach in 2024 than he was in 2022 when he took over for Arians. How way more will he enhance this season stays to be seen, however I’m hopeful. I actually like the brand new assistants he’s introduced in, and a head coach is normally as solely good as his workers. I believe new offensive coordinator Liam Coen has the possibility to be higher than Dave Canales, and that was Bowles’ most essential rent of the offseason.
QUESTION: On a scale from 1-10, how are you feeling about this Tampa Bay coaching camp roster to date?
Bucs HC Todd Bowles, OL Graham Barton and GM Jason Licht – Picture by: Cliff Welch/PR
ANSWER: I’d give the Bucs roster heading into coaching camp a powerful 7.5 proper now – maybe an eight. Bucs normal supervisor Jason Licht and his personnel workers did an important job with the draft as soon as once more, and all the free brokers the crew needed to re-sign this offseason returned to Tampa Bay. So the inspiration is there to as soon as once more compete for one more NFC South divisional title and construct upon final yr’s nine-win season.
I believe the massive keys to this season from a roster standpoint lie on the revamped offensive line and the rebuilt secondary. Tampa Bay can have two new starters alongside the offensive line – Graham Barton, who will possible supplant Robert Hainsey at heart, and a guard to switch the mix of Matt Feiler and Aaron Stinnie from a yr in the past.
The Bucs have three further newcomers alongside the inside offensive line to select from to fill that function in Sua Opeta, Ben Bredeson and Elijah Klein, the crew’s sixth-round choose. The retooled inside offensive line will play a big function in not solely defending Baker Mayfield and strengthening the pocket for the passing sport, but additionally paving some holes for the league’s worst-ranked dashing assault.
Tampa Bay’s secondary ought to have three new starters this season. Jordan Whitehead returns to man the robust security spot after two years with the Jets, whereas Zyon McCollum replaces Carlton Davis III at exterior cornerback. Tykee Smith, the crew’s third-round choose, will compete with newcomer Tavierre Thomas to unseat final yr’s starter Christian Izien at nickelback. This group wants to supply extra takeaways and cut back the quantity of yards gained by means of the air.
Additionally, discovering two succesful, starting-caliber edge rushers out of a gaggle that features YaYa Diaby, Randy Gregory, Joe Tryon-Shoyinka, Chris Braswell, Anthony Nelson, Markees Watts and Jose Ramirez is paramount. If this Bucs do that throughout coaching camp, and the secondary and inside offensive line come collectively, Tampa Bay’s roster might be a lot improved over final yr and will even grow to be a darkish horse Tremendous Bowl contender.
QUESTION: Are there any gamers you guys have seen across the constructing who seem like they’ve had a physique transformation within the weight room? Guys like Cody Mauch, Robert Hainsey, SirVocea Dennis particularly.
Bucs RG Cody Mauch – Picture by: Cliff Welch/PR
ANSWER: We’ll discover out on Tuesday as that’s the first alternative for the media to view OTAs on the AdventHealth Coaching Heart. We’ve had very restricted participant availability the previous couple of months by way of participant interviews, so it’s been arduous to gauge physique transformations to this point. We had SirVocea Dennis on the Pewter Report Podcast a couple of weeks in the past and he regarded barely greater, which is pure for second-year gamers who’re within the Bucs’ energy and conditioning program full-time for the primary time.
Robert Hainsey was briefly proven in a video welcoming Graham Barton to the crew facility the day after the draft. Hainsey and Tristan Wirfs met Barton within the crew cafeteria and Hainsey regarded like he had added some needed measurement within the weight room. In the meantime, Wirfs regarded as huge and as robust as ever.
We’ve heard that defensive deal with Vita Vea has misplaced some weight this spring and reported to the offseason program in the very best form he’s been in throughout this time of yr. Vea is likely one of the gamers who we’re eagerly ready to see throughout Tuesday’s open OTA exercise. Logan Corridor instructed me that Vea is noticeably thinner, however didn’t understand how a lot weight he’s misplaced.
Talking of Corridor, he instructed me he’s added about 10 kilos of muscle and measurement this offseason and he’s as much as 295 kilos. It is going to even be attention-grabbing to see him, along with guard Cody Mauch, who instructed me throughout locker clean-out in January that he needs so as to add extra energy and measurement to his decrease half and look extra like a guard than a deal with this season.
QUESTION: Are the creamsicle uniforms returning this season?
Bucs ILB Okay.J. Britt – Picture by: Cliff Welch/PR
ANSWER: That’s query, and one which the Bucs haven’t precisely dedicated to only but. Pewter Report requested Bucs co-chairman Joel Glazer if there was going to be a Bucco Bruce throwback sport once more this season on the NFL Annual Assembly in Orlando in March and he was non-committal.
It’s arduous to think about the Bucs not having a sport that includes the creamsicle throwback uniforms after how effectively final yr’s sport was obtained by the fan base. There are some followers who don’t just like the outdated orange and white uniforms as a result of they’re synonymous with dropping as they have been worn from 1976-1996 throughout a really darkish time in franchise historical past. After all, it didn’t assist that the Bucs misplaced the throwback sport, 20-6, to the Lions final yr, and the crew’s file within the creamsicles since their return in 2009 is now 1-4.
The NFL schedule simply got here out on Wednesday, Could 15, so the Bucs will possible meet to debate which sport makes probably the most sense to put on them this season. That’s why no announcement was made through the schedule reveal final week. My guess is the Eagles sport in Week 4, as Tampa Bay’s first ever playoff sport – and postseason victory – got here in opposition to Philadelphia at Tampa Stadium again in 1979 after the Bucs gained the NFC Central division. That sport has some historic relevance, and takes place at 1:00 p.m. ET on September 29.
The opposite sport that is perhaps attention-grabbing can be later within the season in opposition to the Raiders in Week 14 on December 8 at 1:00 p.m. ET. The Raiders have a pirate mascot featured on their helmet, and the Bucs would too with the Bucco Bruce pirate decal. A late-season pirate conflict can be enjoyable to see.
