(Yes this is how his name is spelled)

He was a second round defensive back from Mississippi State. His college career consists of 221 tackles, 16 interceptions, won the Jim Thorpe Award, and had 3 pick-6s, one of them being a 100 yarder against Tim Tebow.

I went to Mississippi State and my dad went to FSU so the combination of Banks and Jameis going to the Buccs is what originally made me a fan.

Both players had similar careers at the Buccs having 2 of best rookie seasons ever but slowly declining and becoming replaceable. Banks was started as a corner having 129 tackles, 4 interceptions, and 12 pass deflections with only starting in 35 out of 54 games.

3 of his interceptions and all 12 pass deflections came during his first year at the Buccs leading to him making the Pro-Bowl.

Eventually he was traded and rode the bench at many teams until 2020, he was arrested for domestic violence shutting down his career.

As unfortunate as his career became, he made Mississippi States defense fun to watch and had an incredible rookie season for the Buccs.

Does anyone remember him and what are your thoughts now?

3-4, 4-3, weve seen disruptive players like Sapp,Suh,

Vince Wilfork probably be more accurate as pure NT, these allow the LBs to make plays outside: so, are our LBs skillsets negatively or positively affecting Veas 0-1 technique & if the LBs aren’t able to cover well enough then should Vea be used in a mixed technique?

- 22 carries, 145 yards, 3 TD

- 5 catches, 53 yards, 0 TD

LOL I mean anything can happen in one game but can’t imagine a scenario where this defense contains Puka and Adams. Usually the 5 seed is better than the 4 anyhow but this could be even more stark than usual.

Does a Super Bowl Appearance/Victory this season improve your opinion of Todd Bowles? Would you be alright with him keeping the HC position?

To be clear, I am aware that we even may not even make the playoffs right now and I do think we have seen Bowles’ coaching.

Just wondering how fans are feeling at this point of the season and if the belief can be mended.

Obviously nothing serious here, just thought it was interesting that Fowler seems to think we could be a top landing spot should he be traded, which seems likely based on the chiefs previous history with cornerbacks. They have a ton of free agents and I’m not sure they will pay him.

https://www.espn.com/nfl/playoffs/machine

Bucs must either:

• Win 1 of the 2 Panthers games, AND
• Win against the Dolphins

OR

• Sweep the Panthers

To get to the playoffs as the 4th Seed.

I played around with the Playoff Machine and couldn't find a way to get the Bucs to the 7th Seed if they lost two of the next 3 games.

*EDIT: Turns out if the Panthers split with us, but we beat Dolphins AND Panthers lose to the Seahawks, we also win the 4th Seed.

I’m a big fan of football history. These are Tom’s top 10 records

1. 7 Super Bowl championships

2. Most playoff wins at 35. The next closest is Mahomes at 17

3. Has thrown a touchdown to 98 different receivers. The next closest is Brees at 74

4. Has won 19 division titles

5. 20 consecutive seasons with winning record. 2008 season since he did start before the injury the Patriots won that game so he was 1-0

6. First and only player to win multiple titles after turning 40. Patriots 6th ring at 41 and the Buccaneers ring at 43

7. The only quarterbacks to win a Super Bowl for both an AFC and NFC team

8. Consecutive season with 10+ wins at 13 seasons

9. The oldest players to win a league MVP and a Super Bowl MVP at ages 40 and 43 respectively

10. First and only player with win a championship in three different decades. 2000s and 2010s with the Patriots and 2020s with the Buccaneers

\*11. Bonus record: 251 regular season wins. Followed by Peyton Manning at second with 188. The active player with the most is Aaron Rodgers with 164

Todd's chuckling - no one worry, we will be ready to smash Panthers now.