{"id":392361,"date":"2026-09-06T20:08:46","date_gmt":"2026-09-06T20:08:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/392361\/"},"modified":"2026-09-06T20:08:46","modified_gmt":"2026-09-06T20:08:46","slug":"hes-very-vocal-with-his-pads-joebucsfan-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/392361\/","title":{"rendered":"“He’s Very Vocal With His Pads” – JoeBucsFan.com"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\u201cHe\u2019s Very Vocal With His Pads\u201d
\nSeptember 6th, 2026 <\/p>\n

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How unique is Bucs inside linebacker Josiah Trotter, Tampa Bay\u2019s Round 2 draft pick back in April?<\/p>\n

Nobody knows completely because the season is a week away and Trotter barely played in preseason. However, Trotter stands out in one way, per Todd Bowles, because he\u2019s a 21-year-old who won over veteran players in a hurry.<\/p>\n

So how did he do it, Coach?<\/p>\n

\u201cHis physicality on the field, not just his physicality, but him getting in the playbook and keeping his mouth shut,\u201d Bowles said of Trotter on The Rond\u00e9 Barber Show<\/a>. \u201cBut when he\u2019s out [on the field,] he\u2019s very vocal with his pads and he\u2019s always in the right place. And you\u2019re not really carrying him; he\u2019s carrying his own weight and he\u2019s making an impact. And everybody\u2019s like, \u2018Whoa, this guy.\u2019 He opened the eyes of the vets the first couple of times we were in pads, and that was kind of the end of it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bowles added that despite Trotter having a \u201cbaby face,\u201d he\u2019s built in the mold of superheroes Thor or Ironman. That\u2019s got to help how he\u2019s perceived by teammates.<\/p>\n

Joe is very excited about Trotter, but Joe will be even more excited if Trotter passes the extreme test of the Bengals and Joe Burrow next Sunday. They\u2019re sure to attack Trotter a few times to see if his coverage skills are NFL-ready.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cHe\u2019s Very Vocal With His Pads\u201d September 6th, 2026 How unique is Bucs inside linebacker Josiah Trotter, Tampa…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":392362,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[10998,10997,135,2964,137,136],"class_list":["post-392361","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tampa","tag-bucs-message-boards","tag-bucs-news","tag-tampa","tag-tampa-bay-buccaneers","tag-tampa-headlines","tag-tampa-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/392361","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=392361"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/392361\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/392362"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=392361"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=392361"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=392361"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}