{"id":857725,"date":"2026-04-06T23:11:24","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T23:11:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/857725\/"},"modified":"2026-04-06T23:11:24","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T23:11:24","slug":"gerald-mccoy-blasts-bucs-pass-rush-coaching-joebucsfan-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/857725\/","title":{"rendered":"Gerald McCoy Blasts Bucs&#8217; Pass Rush Coaching &#8211; JoeBucsFan.com"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/BowlesMcCoywide.png\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-378061\" class=\"wp-image-378061 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/BowlesMcCoywide.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"425\" height=\"214\"   \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-378061\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Todd Bowles points out something to ex-Bucs defensive tackle Gerald McCoy.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Joe has railed about the Bucs\u2019 struggles developing pass rushers.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Last week, one the great interior pass rushers in Bucs history took his own shot at Tampa Bay\u2019s pass rush coaching.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Gerald McCoy let his frustration show when it comes to the Bucs\u2019 pass rush during his sitdown on <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/hr\/podcast\/lavonte-david-gets-real-on-his-legendary-nfl-career\/id1838490204?i=1000759144938\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">The Arena Gridiron<\/a>. Alongside him were retired ex-Bucs Lavonte David and Aqib Talib, along with Skip Bayless and iconic Kinsey Wolanski.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">McCoy doesn\u2019t miss a Bucs game and said he was pained watching the 2025 Bucs pass rush and texted Lavonte David to vent and look for answers.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Talib said he sees the Bucs squarely in the mix for a division title next season because he thinks the Bucs are talented and it\u2019s hard to have a pile of significant injuries two years in a row. McCoy then cut Talib off.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u201cWe got to coach up their pass rush, man. We gotta coach it up,\u201d McCoy said, adding the Bucs have pass rush talent but didn\u2019t get enough out of it.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u201cYou can coach up any group. They were so uncoordinated. They were not coordinated together and I\u2019m texting [Lavonte], \u2018man, hey, what do we got to do, man? [Bucs pass rushers] are just not on the [same page].\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">McCoy added that David never responded by throwing specific coaches or players under the bus.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u201cI\u2019m watching the pass rush and I\u2019m like, \u2018well, like, who\u2019s the [pass rush] game\u2019s calling?\u2019 Who got the 1-on-1?\u2019 It gotta get coached up, man,\u201d McCoy said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Bucs defensive tackle Calijah Kancey was a huge loss last season, per McCoy, who called Kancey \u201ca freak of nature\u201d and the key to the Tampa Bay pass rush.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u201cCalijah is the driving force of our pass rush,\u201d David agreed. \u201cHe makes everything go. He frees up everything for everybody.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">David and McCoy went on to say 2025 rookie Elijah Roberts was a huge dropoff from Kancey and it showed, though they didn\u2019t mention Roberts by name.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">McCoy said Roberts got \u201cflipped and dipped\u201d too often and David said Roberts didn\u2019t know how to work with Vita Vea. Per David, the defense was night and day better in the season finale with Kancey back on the field, his first action since Week 2. The Bucs beat Carolina 16-14.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Todd Bowles points out something to ex-Bucs defensive tackle Gerald McCoy. 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