Haason Reddick And His Bucs Days
December 27th, 2025
Edge rusher Haason Reddick.
Despite missing four games with injuries, it may shock Bucs fans to know how much improved outside linebacker Haason Reddick has been from his forgettable season last year with the Jets.
Playing in just one more game so far this year than he logged with the Jets, Reddick has 2.5 sacks, nearly triple what he had last year (1) in New York.
Prior to joining Jets, Reddick was a sack machine, one of the NFL’s best.
Yesterday, Todd Bowles was asked if Reddick’s medically-impaired season prevented him from getting into a rythym and thus not getting more sacks.
Maybe, Bowles suggested, but he wasn’t totally buying that line of thinking.
“I mean, some,” Bowles said. “[On] some [potential sacks] we just missed them.
“He’s gotten back there, we just [have] to close the deal on the ones he gets back there on.”
Fair point.
Joe has no idea if Reddick returns next year or not. Reddick is a free agent in March and Joe is confident the Bucs will move on unless Reddick would agree to huge pay cut.
That means the Bucs should be once again in the market for an edge rusher in free agency. Drafting an edge rusher in the first round — if you believe he will be developed (Joe doesn’t) — means that he likely wouldn’t make an impact until 2027. Maybe.
The five edge rushers drafted in Round 1 this year have combined for only 17 1/2 sacks.
And a big problem is quality edge rushers don’t often hit the open market. (Yes, Joe knows who Josh Sweat is.)