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Will we see this scene again?<\/p>\n
Joe is not trying to be mean; it\u2019s just reality in the NFL.<\/p>\n
\u201cYour best ability is your availability.\u201d<\/p>\n
The old Bill Parcells quote is as true now as it was back when Parcells ran the Giants. A guy could be the next Jim Brown but if he can\u2019t get out of the tub, he can\u2019t help his team.<\/p>\n
That\u2019s where Joe is at with Jamel Dean. Last year Joe gave up on Dean because he was always hurt. \u201cThis Joe\u201d still thinks Dean is a solid if not good corner. No Pro Bowler, but he gets the job done.<\/p>\n
When he\u2019s on the field.<\/p>\n
In the Bucs\u2019 last four playoff games, Dean has not been on the field in the fourth quarter, either because he wasn\u2019t playing or he couldn\u2019t finish the game because of an injury.<\/p>\n
If you can\u2019t help your team out in its most important games, what\u2019s the point? That\u2019s why Joe threw in the towel on Dean this past offseason. Not because of his ability, but his lack of availability.<\/p>\n
So today, Dean gets hurt (again). He was having a strong season. Getting hurt in Week 4 is about on schedule for Dean. Last year, he first got hurt in Week 6.<\/p>\n
So Joe is going to guess one of the rookies, Jacob Parrish or Benjamin Morrison will get the start for the Bucs next week in Seattle, though Morrison messed up a hamstring in the fourth quarter and his status is uncertain.<\/p>\n
Parrish has played great as a slot corner and Bucs coach Todd Bowles has mentioned more than once that Parrish can play outside corner.<\/p>\n
Morrison is getting his feet wet in the NFL as most of training camp he was hurt. He played well today, replacing Dean with three solo tackles and a pass defensed, but he left the game with a hamstring injury.<\/p>\n
Whichever rookie replaces Dean, if he plays well, it could be a true changing of the guard at corner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Will we see this scene again? Joe is not trying to be mean; it\u2019s just reality in the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":188790,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[5961,5960,349,99,1824],"class_list":["post-188789","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-bucs-message-boards","tag-bucs-news","tag-nfl","tag-sports","tag-tampa-bay-buccaneers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188789","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=188789"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188789\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/188790"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=188789"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=188789"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=188789"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}