Carl Nassib is returning to Tampa, but he’s doing so by way of Nashville.
Nassib signed up for a second stint with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Tuesday, but since they were already in Tennessee preparing for some joint practices with the Titans, he was actually in a hotel room when he put pen to paper. That also meant his first practice work back with the Buccaneers would take place at the Titans’ facility, not the AdventHealth Training Center in Tampa. It was a quality workout for both Nassib and the team, but the former Raider knows it’s going to take some time to get back up to speed in the Buccaneers’ defense.
“Yeah, today was my first day back in this scheme and some things are still up there, but it’s going to take me a little while to get back into the speed of the scheme for sure,” he said.
With Wednesday’s practice split mostly split between two fields, with the Bucs’ offense in one spot and the defense in the other, Head Coach Todd Bowles couldn’t see everything Nassib did in his first day back but he liked what he did witness.
“I watched him during individuals – he looked good there – but we’ve got to see him in the heat and go a number of plays and get his fundamentals back down because he missed a lot of time,” said Bowles.
Nassib’s first season with the Buccaneers, 2018, was the last one of Dirk Koetter’s tenure as the head coach, with Mike Smith and then Mark Duffner coordinating the defense. Bruce Arians replaced Koetter in 2019 and brought in Bowles to be his defensive coordinator, which has led to a significant resurgence for that unit over the past three years. Nassib was productive in both systems, with 6.5 sacks in 2018 and 6.0 more in 2019, and in the latter season he made a very dangerous pairing with NFL sack leader Shaquil Barrett. The Bucs liked the idea of getting Barrett and Nassib back on the same crew and knew Nassib’s experience in the system would help make the reunion work.
“We have a good relationship with him and thought he could…
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