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“[We] still need more,” Foote said. “[It is] just the juice; when you watch those guys and you talk to those guys and mention it to them, ‘Hey, energy [and] juice.’ All of the top sack leaders in this league are the best conditioned guys and you [have] to be able to go all day. [If] that quarterback [has] the ball [for] three seconds, you [have] to be hitting him. “That is just the standard in that room, but I am looking for energy [and] they [have] to play on fire. As pass rushers, you have to be the best conditioned guys, and you have to be able to go all day. That takes a lot of energy out of you. You have to bull and power [those] big guys, but that is the standard.” By the way he closed his Thursday press conference, it sounds like one such player who meets that criteria is Mo Kamara. Added to the team’s practice squad after final roster cuts, Kamara is hungry and will be brought up. The next question with him, as with the rest of the outside linebackers, is how much he will play and who will make the most of their opportunity? “He has been giving us great looks to a point where [they] are a little chippy in there, some of the old guys,” Foote said about what Kamara has brought over the past two months. “He is bringing a ton of energy, especially on punt block team. Those guys have to buckle up with him, he is a big guy, explosive guy, but he has been giving us a great look that [is] what we need. I am excited to see him this week.” If Anthony Nelson can hold it down and make a splash play and Chris Braswell flashes the physicality the Bucs have been waiting for, the pass rush will not lose its edge. On the other hand, if the Saints’ offensive line keeps Spencer Rattler clean, Haason Reddick’s absence could expose how thin this edge group really is.
