Don’t Panic About Joe Tryon-Shoyinka’s Sack Numbers – Yet
The Bucs have a lot of stock invested in outside linebacker Joe Tryon-Shoyinka heading into this season. To the untrained eye you’d see that Tampa Bay was tied for sixth overall in sacks among the NFL with 45, but that doesn’t paint the whole picture. The Bucs very well could’ve catapulted into the Top 3 if it weren’t for a number of missed sacks, and Tryon-Shoyinka was one of the main culprits.
Through two seasons JTS has eight career sacks with four apiece in each. He’s been the poster boy for the saying “close, but no cigar” when it comes to getting after the quarterback. His pressure rates indicate that he can get to the backfield, but while he may do 90% percent of the job, it’s the last 10% of it that decides the outcome. Tryon-Shoyinka had 14 quarterback hits last season – good for second most on the team behind inside linebacker Devin White (16) and the highest amount among his fellow outside linebackers. But it was Vita Vea that led the Bucs with 6.5 sacks and Anthony Nelson topping all edge rushers with 5.5.
