Ready for Detroit.
Last year Bucs cornerback Zyon McCollum was in his first season as a full-time starter. It didn’t take him very long to make an impact.
In Week 2 at Detroit, McCollum picked off Lions quarterback Jared Goff. He may need to do that again tonight — with others providing additional help. Since the beginning of the 2022 season, the Lions are 12-4 coming off a loss.
They lost last week on the road to the Chiefs. So for the Bucs to overcome the Lions, they will have to overcome the Lions’ history of the last three seasons.
McCollum, physically, is just fine after missing last week’s game with a thumb injury. He was walking around One Buc Palace the week leading to the 49ers game with his hand in a sling, even though it was his thumb, not an arm or shoulder, that was messed up.
McCollum said last week being made the thumb injury look worse than it was. The sling was nothing more than a precaution, he said.
On Saturday, Bucs coach Todd Bowles proclaimed McCollum just fine.
> “He can do everything,” Bowles said.
Could “everything” also include, say, two picks? Or a pick and a sack-forced fumble? The Bucs, Joe fears, will need every break they can muster.