Git ’em.
Joe seems to recall KitKat-eating Bucs coach Todd Bowles used to try to boost Joe Tryon-Shoyinka’s confidence by telling the local pen and mic club that JTS’s initial burst was pretty good.
But, something happened on the way to the quarterback.
So pardon Joe if he got the shivers when Bowles was asked last night after the Bucs’ second worthless preseason game about the play of edge rushers YaYa Diaby and Rueben Bain rushing Chiefs quarterback Justin Fields.
> “They were getting off the ball,” Bowles said. “It was exciting to see them get off the ball and \[I was\] happy to see them play.”
Yet, guess what? Just like JTS, no sacks.
Oh, the Bucs did have sacks. Anthony Nelson had 1.5 sacks and Mohamed Kamara had the other half-sack.
Get-off is nice but the Bucs need results, not just a strong first-step.
To be fair, or to try to be fair, Joe thought YaYa was going to strip the ball from Fields. YaYa was right there.
If Bain was a slip-second away from splashing Fields all over the turf of The Licht House.
But no, it’s not about the first step. It’s about the last step with the quarterback lying on the ground.