Sadly, not a cornerback.
Word is getting around in NFL circles.
Joe has hollered for years now that this Bucs team simply will not take the next step into the top shelf of NFL teams along with the Lions, Chiefs, Bills and Eagles until someone with serious clout at One Buc Palace realizes they must have a pass rush to win big.
And Joe’s not talking about winning a s(p)itty division, either.
A pass rush, specifically an edge rush, is vital. Otherwise, your defense has to be absolutely loaded with Hall of Famers and they must play perfect games to get around mindlessly allowing quarterbacks to have time to order Uber Eats and throw.
Someone please point out in great detail how pressures slowed down Josh Allen yesterday. He became the second quarterback in the Super Bowl era to throw for three touchdowns and run for three touchdowns. The other quarterback is also Josh Allen.
Well, people who know more about football than Joe are taking to Twitter and expressing their frustration with this new football Bucs coach Todd Bowles preaches — that you don’t need an edge rush to win games.
(The only Super Bowl that Bowles has been a part of as a defensive coordinator came precisely because he had an edge rush — that he inherited.)
Former Bucs defensive tackle and first-round pick Booger McFarland, who has two Super Bowl rings of his own, one with the Bucs and another with the Colts, went on Twitter yesterday and basically said the lack of a pass rush is exposing the defense.
“Bucs lack off pass rush shows its head every week,” McFarland typed.
And it is an ugly head!
One reason Joe has toned down screaming about an edge rush in recent weeks is that Joe knows that this is not going to change, short of the Bucs breaking down and hiring someone like Jim Schwartz or Vic Fangio to come in and take over the defense.
And Joe has a hunch that if the Bucs do that, Bowles would resign on the spot.
Maybe someone with serious voodoo skills can put a trance on Bowles so he begins to realize the value of an edge rush.
Joe defies anyone to try to explain in sober terms that it is a swift move to have your best edge rusher matched up with a wide receiver 30 yards downfield, which resulted in a Buffalo touchdown.
Can you imagine, an outside linebacker guarding a wide receiver down the sidelines some 30 yards downfield?
And the outside linebacker got beat. Hard to believe.
“Go longgggg” – Josh to Tyrell probably.
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— Buffalo Bills (@BuffaloBills) November 16, 2025
Bucs lack off pass rush shows its head every week
— Booger (@ESPNBooger) November 16, 2025