Defense of old...

sandman2300 · Joined: 08 Apr 2012 Posts: 69

That game looked like we were the defense of old- I'm talking our superbowl Defense. Now I'm not saying we are even remotely close to a championship contender at this point but I really think our defense looked like they ENJOYED being out there yesterday. You could see every single player on that field was going full tilt every play.

I also owe Gerald McCoy some credit- I said this is breakout or bust for him this year and as of now- he's stepping up.

#93 sure looked like a former Buc who used to wear #99

#54- as a rookie- looked very similar to another rookie we watched one time wearing #55

and #24 looked a lot like #47 delivering the boom on Steve Smith and then staring him down after.

Let's get after teams every single week like this. Our offense wasn't great- but you don't need a great offense with a great defense

bucsfan333 · Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2012 12:34 pm Post subject:

I think we're heading in the right direction, both with personnel and mentality. But this is a slight overreaction. We gotta do it more than once.
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Buccskis TDskis · Joined: 05 Jan 2011 Posts: 49 Location: London, ON Canada

I have to say they definitely exceed all of my expectations and the rookies and new additions looked solid. <3 that Baron hit on Smith

http://cdn.bleacherreport.net/social_assets/nfl/Week_1/Panthers_Bucs/SteveSmithGetsBlownUP.gif

With the Giants and Cowboys coming up, Im interested in seeing how the defense holds up against some very good offenses.
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Calibucsfan · Joined: 05 Sep 2011 Posts: 2495 Location: Los Angeles CA

I wouldn't call it our SB defense already....but were on the right path

I dont want to jinx it yet because last year our D handled the Saints and Falcons pretty good the first 4 weeks of the season, after that we got ran on, passed on by everyone and missed every tackle in the world
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ramblinbuc · Joined: 03 Mar 2009 Posts: 187 Location: south dakota

Barron, and David are both ballers, Im pretty excited with our draft class this year. I agree that one week is not a good indication of where we will be in 16 more weeks, but I think we got a good thing going. Lets see how we do against our next two opponents, then again coming out of the bye week. All I know is i'm excited for our team, and excited to see that it appears Freeman might have actually made some changes, it was nice to see him STEP UP in the pocket, and though the dump offs and hokey pokey offense in the second half got a bit irritating its a good thing we have Martin to dump it off to, I think he can make a normal 3 yard pass something special with a block or two. GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO BUCS!
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tml_gogo · Joined: 02 Feb 2007 Posts: 11704 Location: Montréal

We looked fantastic, but let's see if they can maintain that level of hustle all year. Next week against the Giants will be a great test.
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mfw096 · Joined: 11 Feb 2007 Posts: 2622 Location: Las Vegas

manilathrilla1 · Joined: 18 Feb 2005 Posts: 1108

Holding the best rushing Offense in the NFL of last season (150 yards/g, 26 TD's) to 10 yards and no TD's is impressive.

It's a great start, and while I don't expect them to be as consistent as the Top Defenses in the NFL, this Defense will turn in some outstanding performances this season.

REDandPEWTER · Joined: 31 Aug 2011 Posts: 3790

Guys I'm with you and I love the performance in week 1 bit it's still too soon. We got a brutal schedule and 15 more games.

Let's go bucs

DaRealdeal · Posted: Wed Sep 12, 2012 11:08 am Post subject:

Hell of a game. I didn't expect it at all.

http://twitter.com/caplannfl/status/245883868819886080

REDandPEWTER · Joined: 31 Aug 2011 Posts: 3790

deuces22wild · Joined: 07 Apr 2008 Posts: 5673

I think manila hit the nail on the head in another thread. The amount of potential along with how young we are could/should mean trouble for the other teams in our div for a long time.

Gerald McCoy - 24yrs old
Mark Barron - 22yrs old
Lavonte David - 22yrs old
Adrian Clayborn - 24yrs old
Mason Foster - 23yrs old
Aqib Talib - 26yrs old
Eric Wright - 27yrs old
Da'Quan Bowers - 22yrs old (If he ever gets healthy)
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