Still a premiere baller.
This is just wild to Joe knowing Bucs linebacker Lavonte David pulled this off when he was a mere 34-years old.
The gang at the Mike Tannenbaum-run, cash-strapped football thinktank _The 33rd Team_ must have been bored this summer. Because the pocket protector crowd over there decided to invent a stat.
But the stat is pretty cool. It’s called a “havoc” stat. Basically, havoc plays by a defender separates the wheat from the chaff, and maybe the ball from the ball carrier, too.
A havoc play is nothing more than an impact play. A havoc stat, defined by _The 33rd Team_, is either a sack, a tackle for loss, a pick, a forced fumble or a pass breakup.
David, at 34 in 2024, averaged over a havoc play in ever game. David finished with 21 havoc plays. So David made an impact in every game.
Sounds like a Hall of Famer to Joe.
That right there tells Joe that David didn’t drop off much, hitting his mid-30s.
Let’s cross our fingers that David holds up at age 35 this fall. Joe fears the Bucs are going to need David to stay on the field more than team officials care to publicly admit.
