Tampa Bay Buccaneers defensive lineman Vita Vea has been among the many higher nostril tackles within the NFL throughout his six seasons within the sport. Now, Vea is being challenged to grow to be a world-class power.
Buccaneers defensive position coach Kacy Rodgers detailed the place he needs to see Vea enhance subsequent season, whereas additionally implying that the defensive deal with has shed some weight this offseason.
“Whenever you’re taking a look at performs he was leaving on the market, Vita’s a very sturdy man. When he makes use of his fingers correctly and correct approach, he’ll be exhausting to cease,” Rodgers informed PewterReport about Vea on Tuesday. “That is the factor. He performs exhausting. He does every little thing we ask of him. [It’s] simply once you return, and also you take a look at some performs, ‘you already know it is best to’ve made that play. You understand that man shouldn’t be blocking you.’
“That is form of what we’d like [for] him to take the following step as a result of he does every little thing else we ask. Now, it is simply form of being the dominant man, not the great man.”
Final season, Vea totaled 5.5 sacks, 43 mixed tackles and two pressured fumbles. He was a part of a Tampa Bay protection that surrendered 248.9 passing yards (twenty ninth within the NFL), 95.3 dashing yards (fifth), 313.0 complete yards (twenty third) and 19.1 factors (tied for sixth) per recreation within the 2023 common season.
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Vea was a Professional Bowler in 2021. The Buccaneers chosen him with the No. 12 choose within the 2018 NFL Draft out of Washington.
Rodgers has been on Tampa Bay’s teaching employees since 2019, additionally serving as its run recreation coordinator and co-defensive coordinator. He was additionally present Buccaneers head coach Todd Bowles’ defensive coordinator when Bowles was the top coach of the New York Jets from 2015-18. The 2 additionally coached along with the Dallas Cowboys and Miami Dolphins from 2005-11.
The Buccaneers are coming off their third consecutive NFC South division title and trounced the Philadelphia Eagles within the NFC wild-card spherical, 32-9, earlier than shedding to the Detroit Lions within the divisional spherical.
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