The Tampa Bay Buccaneers hired Brentson Buckner to be their new defensive line coach on February 20, about three weeks after Buccaneers defensive tackle Gerald McCoy came back from playing in the Pro Bowl in Orlando. At that point, before the NFL's calendar year flipped from 2017 to 2018, McCoy was pretty clearly the best asset Buckner had inherited. That was McCoy's sixth straight Pro Bowl appearance, after all, and even though he turned 30 a few days after Buckner arrived, he still possesses the otherworldly first step that has made him one of the league's best interior pass-rushers.
Buckner: I Need Super Friends, Not Superman
