Gerald McCoy

[beastson]

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Big changes are coming to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers' defense in 2019. After nearly 30 years of being a predominantly 4-3 defense, the Bucs are expected to use a hybrid 3-4 base defense (three defensive linemen, four linebackers) under new head coach Bruce Arians and defensive coordinator Todd Bowles

NFCS making changes. Are we going to keep up or sink?

[panthers55]

16 minutes ago, beastson said:

NFCS making changes. Are we going to keep up or sink?

Keep up to what? Our 4-3 has been good and except for this year our defenses have been good. Besides no one plays one base scheme all the time. The change is due to Arian's and Bowles preferences not because a 3-4 is inherently better than a 4-3. But do we consider him? At what cost given cap space will be tight.

[Cpt slay a ho]

Change aside would pick McCoy up with the swiftness 

[billionairemonk]

gerald is a heck of a player and an even better person.  he'd be an asset to any team that signed him.

inb4 can he play LT?

[The Lobo]

I’d be all for this. He would help our pass rush out and seems like a good dude and a great teammate. 

[PantherNation123]

Obviously just depends on cost.  Would love to have him, but price is clearly key

[CarolinaNCSU]

He's 30, and used to or was expected to make 10-13 million over the next few years.  I'd imagine he's going to look for 10+.  You know, just a little over what we gave Dontari Poe's bum ass. 

[ncfan]

He'll stay

He can still play a 3-tech in a 3-4.

[TheSpecialJuan]

nah

[JARROD]

Yeh,..

then teams will all go to what the Patriots did to the Chargers-- 

smash mouth football--- power runs, time of possession, blowing up defensive lines will dominate,..

Then everyone will go back to heavy linemen to stop the run,...

The new wave of millennial + 20s will have a new nickname,..say that all the millennial are complete idiots, the league has changed to a passing league, and start screaming to change to this new wave defense called a 3-4,...

History does not repeat itself,... that would be ridiculous,...rather people keep repeating history and keep thinking they are the first and smartest ones.

On McCoy-- absolutely!

 

[TN05]

Surely tearing up the only good part of our defense will fix all of our problems, which are almost exclusively in the secondary.

[Chaos]

I remember thinking Dontari Poe was a great addition.

[RumHam]

Great guy off the field, he'd fit in here collecting a paycheck much like Poe did. No more overpaying DT please.

[4Corners]

Cut DooDooTari Poe and bring McCoy in. I don’t care about the cap hit. It’s worth it.