David Walker takes down Aaron Rodgers for one of his two sacks.
The Legend of David Walker continues to grow, even though his defensive coordinator doesn’t seem to be all that impressed with his budding star edge rusher.
One may argue the Legend of David Walker was sprouted on the afternoon he was drafted. In the Bucs’ war room, Buccaneers.com cameras caught outside linebackers coach Larry Foote racing up to Bucs AC/DC-loving general manager Jason Licht and hollering, “That’s how you win a Super Bowl!”
Sadly, Walker blew out a knee just minutes from the end of his first padded practice with the Bucs and missed his entire rookie season.
After OTAs this spring, Licht went on his normal spring media tour and every stop along the way couldn’t stop raving about Walker. Most people were scared to embrace Licht’s cheerleading as the previous offseason he had similar declarations for Chris Braswell.
Licht even went on Wakeup Barstool, seen weekday mornings on FS1, and was goaded into talking about Walker from Barstool Sports’ resident Bucs superfan Steven Cheah.
Licht was so giddy about Walker that the show’s host, former LSU offensive lineman T-Bob, son of former slimy Saints quarterback and Michigan Panthers legend Bobby Hebert, to basically tell Licht to clam up because America didn’t care about a fourth-round pick from Central Arkansas who had yet to snap on a chin strap in a game.
Well looky here. On Wakeup Barstool this week, Walker was actually a topic of desired conversation because he has proven to be one of the top edge rushers in the game (but his coach is still not convinced).
Four sacks in 99 snaps,” T-Bob boasted of Walker. As far as currently being the best pass rusher in the league, T-Bob said, “It’s not even close.”
But the topic in general was the bottom-five teams in the league. Big Cat had the Bucs at No. 30.
“They. Suck!” Big Cat said.
Cheah then unleashed a short rant on KitKat-eating Bucs coach Todd Bowles and his usage of both Rueben Bain and the game clock on Sunday against the Steelers.
America is beginning to understand the misery Bucs fans currently have to wade through each week.
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