“Dawg Mentality” Referenced As Key
June 9th, 2025
Are these Buccaneers really a bunch of nasty, all-in tough guys?
Lavonte David thinks so. Speaking this weekend to Peter Blake on The Sports Web, David lauded Buccaneers Ring of Honor general manager Jason Licht for collecting players with a “dawg mentality.” For David, that largely means players going 100 percent on game days.
Joe knows the Bucs have a bunch of “dawgs,” but perhaps they need more. And is that why Todd Bowles says players (not coaches) need to rally and find their “killer instinct?”
The iconic linebacker went on to talk about how Tom Brady raised everyone’s mentality at One Buc Palace, including his.
And David said he tries to keep that Brady way flowing through new Buccaneers. “That’s something I want to sprinkle on the younger guys,” he said.
David sounded like a player addicted to the winning that eluded him early in his career. He said the steady fan bashing and the lasting horror of the 2-14 season in 2015 were weights lifted off him when the Bucs won the Super Bowl.
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