Joe wonders if the complexity of the defense is a reason the Bucs didn’t draft a slot cornerback in the draft. ![]() And so I feel like it was a great learning curve for me.” “It was a fun year, just to be able to learn the entire back end of the defense because I had to be everywhere. “It’s different when you’re man to man in the slot with all that space (laughs). ![]() Winfield acknowledged his football brain was on overload in 2022, when he primarily was a nickel cornerback. “It’s cool to just be able to focus on the free safety role,” he said. Winfield said he’s “happy” to not be moving around the secondary this season. He wasn’t just blowing smoke he was in a conversation with Buccaneers safety Antoine Winfield, Jr., who agreed with him. ![]() It’s like learning Trigonometry on the fly,” Sherman said. “To be able to move around in that defense is just insanity. Keep in mind Sherman went to Stanford and had over a decade of NFL experience when he landed with the Bucs. Joe brings this up because former Bucs cornerback Richard Sherman was barking on his podcast about how difficult the Bowles defense is to learn. The Buccaneers’ defense is so darn complex and a guy with the smarts of SMB was a super-valuable cog. ![]() (Instead, SMB is with the Titans, where he got the opportunity he was seeking.) Joe now has a better understanding of why Todd Bowles wanted versatile cornerback Sean Murphy-Bunting back for the 2023 season.
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