Leader of deep WR room.
Earlier this week, Friend of Ira, Judy Battista of NFL Network, hosted the network’s primetime show “The Insiders.” There, a chunk of the show was devoted to the Bucs.
Battista had Sara Walsh, who is sort of the NFL Network’s Bucs beat reporter. Since she lives in Pinellas County, she’s often at One Buc Palace as well as many Bucs games.
Battista asked Walsh what she learned about the Bucs after underwear football season. Walsh’s takeaway was the Bucs’ receivers room is no joke.
> “I think what we learned, Judy, is what we already thought we were going to see when you look at this roster on paper,” Walsh said. “And that’s the fact that the receivers group is completely stacked for this Tampa team.
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> “You already have the two Pro Bowlers, Mike Evans and Chris Godwin, Jr. By the way, that is a name change \[Godwin\] is going by as a nod to his father.
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> “And then you already had Jalen McMillan, who is an emerging star now going into his second season. They added first rounder of Emeka Egbuka in this draft. They also added a speedster and Tez Johnson.”
Now since the Bucs are so loaded at receiver, Joe wonders since new Bucs offensive coordinator Josh Grizzard wants more explosive plays, if he’s going to go with a four-receiver set and if so, how much.
If the Bucs are truly loaded at receiver, why not use that depth to the Bucs’ advantage, use that depth to create mismatches in the secondary and put defenses on their heels.
There is no sense in having such a deep receiver room if you aren’t going to use those guys.