Should The Bucs Look To Trade Haason Reddick?
October 21st, 2025
Haason Reddick looks on as YaYa Diaby strip-sacks Lions QB Jared Goff last night.
So Buccaneers edge rusher Haason Reddick left last night’s game with knee and ankle injuries and was seen taking a cart ride to the locker room.
Through seven games, Reddick has 1 1/2 sacks and has made little impact.
Joe was hoping Reddick would have a special season. It hasn’t materialized.
The Bucs hired accomplished Reddick on an expensive one-year deal to produce. And Joe is starting to wonder whether the guys behind Reddick on the depth chart might do better than him.
Anthony Nelson came in for Reddick last night and promptly got a sack and finished with 5 tackles (plus a mind-numbing missed tackle). Before this season, Buccaneers Ring of Honor general manager Jason Licht said second-year edge rusher Chris Braswell would shock people in 2025. Well, Braswell has less than 100 snaps through seven games.
It’s hard to shock fans when you’re not on the field.
Edge rusher Markees Watts also is on the Bucs bench and hasn’t played defense all season. Keep in mind he made the team over José Ramirez, who Todd Bowles said of two months ago, “I know he’s a good pass rusher.” Ramirez signed with the CFL last month.
The NFL trade deadline is in 15 days. Joe thinks a team out there might be willing to gamble on Reddick in exchange for an overpaid or underused veteran receiver, assuming Reddick’s injuries are relatively minor.
As of this morning, the Joe typing here would rather have another passing weapon than Reddick’s contributions.