Buccaneers: Noah Spence and his budding greatness part II

Sack Number Five

This final sack took place during the upset win over the Seattle Seahawks. This time, Spence is coming off of the right side of the Bucs defense, up against Seahawks left tackle George Fant (74). Once again, speed rules the day as Spence takes his rush to the outside on Fant. Fant is beaten quickly, and not even penalty techniques can stop Spence. Let me show you what I mean.

It starts here, where it appears that Fant has gotten his left hand up in Spence’s facemask. That should draw the flag for “Illegal use of the hands/hands to the face” but it doesn’t. His idea to make contact with Spence first is smart, but it’s not legal in this case. It’s not called, so the play goes on. The question is, does it stop Spence?

Nope, Spence just fights him off and begins to go right on by. Russell Wilson is already in his sights.

Here, Fant tries to do the smart thing by holding Spence. If you are beaten, it’s better to take a penalty than possibly give up a sack and/or a fumble. However, the referee has to see it or it doesn’t work. In this case, Fant gets away with the holding and the play goes on. But he doesn’t stop Spence successfully.

And down goes Wilson. Spence once again makes a big play and this one helps his team to a big upset victory over the Seahawks.

Next: Predicting the role of Chris Godwin

Noah Spence is rapidly becoming a top pass rusher. His second year will be key as with his improvement comes film.  Offensive lines have now seen him for a full season. Will he adjust and make himself better, fulfilling the lofty predictions? Time will tell but my money is on him.