“Now I Can Play With No Worry”

   

Freedom rings within the Buccaneers’ inside linebackers room.

SirVocea Dennis IS The Bucs' ILB Of The Future

SirVocea Dennis is healthy and has been for nearly 4 1/2 months, he said this week. But the happy aura currently around Dennis, the projected starter next to Lavonte David, has a lot more to it.

Todd Bowles revealed last year that Dennis’ shoulder woes were tied to a lingering college injury (funny, Joe didn’t hear that on draft night in 2023). Last year, apparently, it got so bad that Dennis had to go the surgery route for a full fix.

Joe asked Dennis if years of the same injury were a mental weight on him — one that’s been lifted.

“Definitely,” Dennis said. “Like you said, I’ve been playing with that injury since college. Now I’m just out here playing freely at this point. I have no worries. … Now I can play with no worry.”

 

Dennis noted that will not play cautious because that’s not him and that’s not football. “I just want to go and hit somebody, really,” he said.

There’s no doubt that No. 8 is one of the great hope stories of the Bucs’ 2025 campaign. If the Bucs truly can get back the guy who terrorized offenses for a couple of games last season, then their defense will fill a crater-sized hole.