After starting the week of practice with an indoor walk-through on Wednesday, the Buccaneers hit the grass on Thursday as they continued to prepare for their Week Three battle against Denver on Sunday.. Here is the Practice Report for Thursday, September 19:
Start Time, Duration: 11:00 a.m., 113 minutes, 8 periods
Participation: T Luke Goedeke, WR Kameron Johnson, DL Calijah Kancey, DL Vita Vea and S Antoine Winfield Jr. did not practice. DL Will Gholston, DL Logan Hall, CB Josh Hayes and RB Rachaad White were limited.
Equipment: Players wore shoulder pads and shorts.
Weather: Players practiced under mostly sunny skies with temperatures in the low '90s and 46% humidity.
Offensive Coordinator Liam Coen on preparing to play Broncos defensive end Zach Allen: "Yeah, a really good player. I actually recruited him a little bit. I remember he was from Connecticut and went to Boston College – a northeast [guy]. A really good player and I have a ton of respect for him – active, uses his hands extremely well. We've got to do a great job when we cover him up. The other thing that he does extremely well that I think is taken for granted is his batted passes – he's got one of the highest amount of tipped and batted passes in the NFL over the last three years. When we have him, we've got to stay locked on him, we've got to drive him, we've got to chop him with our hands, we've got to use a ton of different techniques and use our toolbox to get his hands down in the pass game while also [removing] him in the run game."
WR Mike Evans on the likelihood that he will be shadowed by Broncos cornerback Patrick Surtain II: "[It's a] great challenge. I'm sure he'll be matched on me – he matched [George] Pickens and D.K. [Metcalf] and he did a good job in those matchups. I look forward to the opportunity."
