The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have a day off today, so no training camp updates for you. Instead, we can talk about some pundit stuff. Here’s Peter Schrager suggesting Kwon Alexander is going to be a breakout player in the NFC South this year.
I don’t know why we keep talking about total tackle numbers, they just don’t mean all that much. The tackle assists, which count towards totals, are too inconsistently tracked to be meaningful, while even total tackle numbers are often more about position and target numbers than about quality play. After all, Barrett Ruud had a few years where he had similar tackle numbers, and no one would suggest he was a star—a capable player, perhaps, but not more than that.