There is a major storyline that is becoming a common theme throughout Tampa Bay Buccaneers training camp: the defense is playing like a bunch with their hair on fire. A unit that was shredded against the pass and the run a year ago, new defensive coordinator Todd Bowles has the defensive side of the ball blitzing more, playing more man coverage, and much more aggressive.
“This [Buccaneers] defense is NOTHING like it was last season. The aggressive nature from coverages to blitz, is crazy different under DC Todd Bowles” (PewterReport’s Trevor Sikkema via Twitter)
Clips are all over the internet of Ndamukong Suh and Vita Vea blowing up their teammates on the opposite side of the ball and wreaking havoc in the backfield.