After the Eagles took down the Chiefs on Sunday evening in Tremendous Bowl LIX, it was straightforward to let the thoughts wander into the query of when the Bucs would possibly discover themselves with one other alternative to hoist the Lombardi Trophy.
For lots of causes, Tampa Bay’s Tremendous Bowl window ought to be extra open in 2025 than it’s been since maybe 2021.
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The roster on the offensive facet of the ball is basically set, with re-signing Chris Godwin and re-signing Ben Bredeson (or discovering another at left guard) being the one vital priorities. In any other case, some depth upgrades are all that’s actually wanted.
In fact, new offensive coordinator Josh Grizzard should show able to carrying on the top-five offense that Liam Coen engineered in 2024, however the offense ought to be a degree of energy for the Bucs heading into 2025.
The protection wants some work, however there are items to construct round. Vita Vea, Calijah Kancey, Yaya Diaby, Zyon McCollum, Tykee Smith and Antoine Winfield Jr. make up the core proper now, and for the primary time in a couple of years, the Bucs do have the monetary means to make some upgrades this offseason outdoors of re-signing their very own.
So, if Jason Licht, Mike Greenberg and the remainder of the management inside One Buc Place push the fitting buttons this offseason, there’s no motive why this staff can’t compete for the franchise’s third-ever Lombardi Trophy subsequent season. But when the Bucs are capable of do exactly that, what may be the most important motive why they have been capable of recover from the hump?
Earlier this week, our workers right here at Pewter Report waded into the subject of what the Bucs may be taught from the Tremendous Bowl-champion Eagles, addressing that query in our weekly roundtable in addition to on the Pewter Report Podcast. However whereas there are a number of solutions to that query and a number of solutions to what it’s that may get the Bucs again to a Tremendous Bowl degree in 2025, we did attempt to slender issues down in with our newest ballot throughout our Pewter Report social media channels.
What Bucs Followers Consider May Lead To Lombardi Trophy No. 3
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The query from the most recent Pewter Report ballot was primarily the identical because the title of this text. We posed it this manner: If the Bucs win their third Lombardi Trophy subsequent February, the most important motive might be…
The 4 choices for Bucs followers and Pewter Individuals to decide on between have been Improved Move Rush, Extra Takeaways On Protection, The Offense Stays High-5 and Higher Teaching/Recreation Administration. So, which choice received out?
On Twitter/X, there have been 774 votes, with cross rush being the best choice at 67.6%. Up subsequent was extra takeaways on protection at 22.1%, whereas the opposite two choices mixed for the remaining 10%.
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All eyes at the moment are on the street to Tremendous Bowl LX. If the Bucs win their third Lombardi Trophy subsequent February, the most important motive might be…
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There have been a mixed 1,248 voters between Fb and Instagram, and the break up was nearer. Move rush nonetheless received out as the highest choice at 42.3%, however 32.5% of voters selected takeaways. Solely 4.9% selected the offense, whereas 20.4% picked higher teaching and recreation administration from Todd Bowles.
Over on YouTube, 66% of the 896 voters as of Wednesday afternoon picked cross rush, whereas 22% mentioned takeaways, 5% went with offense and seven% opted for higher teaching.
General, there have been 2,918 voters, and the breakdown went like this:
Move Rush: 56.3percentMore Takeaways On Protection: 26.5percentOffense Stays High 5: 4.5percentBetter Teaching/Recreation Administration: 12.7%
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In fact, all of this works in concord to create a championship contender. Loads of Pewter Individuals identified as a lot, particularly when it got here to the highest two choices within the ballot. Higher cross rush can create extra takeaways within the type of sack-fumbles and interceptions, which was presumably a major motive why the cross rush choice received out within the ballot.
Quite a lot of Bucs followers cited the Eagles’ success in that division, too. Philadelphia was capable of persistently stress Patrick Mahomes by solely dashing 4 throughout Tremendous Bowl LIX, which left the protection on the again finish of the protection robust and created alternatives for takeaways.
The reality is that there are a couple of various factors holding the Bucs again from being true contenders for his or her third Tremendous Bowl win in franchise historical past, however with such a deal with getting after the quarterback and creating extra takeaways because of this, it’s clear that the Tampa Bay devoted need Licht and Co. to exit and get a high-end cross rusher to pair with Yaya Diaby.
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