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Bucs CB Jacob Parrish has a reason to smile.
In only took one underwear football practice with a bunch of short-order cooks, cable TV salesmen and Domino’s managers to see the talent that Bucs’ third-round pick Jacob Parrish brought to the table.
Granted, Parrish mostly practiced against dudes who played their final snaps of organized football in rookie minicamp. But Joe could see he was a superior player out on the field.
The past underwear football practices, including this week’s minicamp, Parrish showed he belongs and it wouldn’t shock Joe if Parrish is a starter.
Now a lot can change when the pads come on late next month at training camp. Thus far, Parrish has done nothing to dampen the enthusiasm for his future.
Several folks, Joe included, thought Parrish might be the starting slot corner. Twice so far, Bucs coach Todd Bowles has scolded those thinking Parrish is locked in as a slot corner. Bowles has said strongly suggested Parrish is an outside corner.
Now who would know about corners more than a future Hall of Fame receiver? Yesterday, Mike Evans offered up his two cents on the rookie from Kansas State.
> “Parrish is all over the place,” Evans said. “He’s really good.”
Just on Evans’ breakdown alone, could Parrish supplant Jamel Dean or Zyon McCollum? Benjamin Morrison has been slowed by an unknown health issue. Maybe the Bucs are giving Morrison a break after his hip surgery this offseason?
So could Parrish unseat McCollum or Dean? Joe doesn’t believe so. McCollum started for the first time last year and played really solid ball. That doesn’t seem like a candidate to throw the towel in on.
Joe just assumed when Dean goes down, the Bucs would turn to Morrison. But the way Bowles spoke of Parrish playing outside corner, maybe Bowles has thoughts of Parrish replacing Dean when Dean goes down with an injury.
And it’s only a matter of time before Dean goes down with an injury.