The Bucs draw intense Super Bowl talk.
Man, Joe hasn’t heard a more passionate and detailed take on the Bucs in a long time outside of the Ira Kaufman Podcast.
It comes courtesy of Jon Gruden, who made the case for the Bucs as a 2025 Super Bowl team during his visit to WDAE radio this week.
Chucky knows about Super Bowl teams. He coached one in Tampa 23 years ago.
“I think some of these guys that are proclaimed experts are just really just reading stuff on their phones,” Gruden said.
“I don’t know that anybody has really studied the Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ offensive line. To me, that’s a group that is as good as anybody in football. And they rival the Eagles, I think, as being the best offensive line in football. I would do anything to have Tristan Wirfs and [Luke] Goedeke at tackle. And I think [Graham] Barton is going to be the best center in the league. They’ve got two pretty good guards. They’ve got two distinctly different running backs, quality tight end in Otton, and they’ve got firepower on the outside. And you can say whatever you want, Baker Mayfield is a hell of a player, and he makes plays when nothing’s there.”
And Gruden went on and on about the Bucs’ have so many championship elements all the way down to a stud field goal kicker. The only hiccup Joe had in Gruden’s analysis was him claiming Todd Bowles always has good defenses.
Gruden only paused once during his rave session — when he referenced rookie offensive coordinator Josh Grizzard and his expected growing pains.
It was obvious to Joe that Gruden spent extended time around the Bucs since the NFL Draft.
Like most people who visit One Buc Palace these days, Gruden left singing the praises of rookie fourth-round pick David Walker, the edge rusher out of the University of Central Arkansas.
A “sawed off shotgun” is how Gruden described Walker and likened him to Elvis Dumervil, the five-time Pro Bowler for the Broncos and Ravens, a guy who also was a fourth-round pick.
Gruden referenced spending a day recently with Lavonte David, and yes, Gruden was clear. He thinks the Bucs can get to the NFC Championship game and win it.
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