This Single Player Could Swing Cardinals vs Bucs Matchup

Arizona Cardinals HC Jonathan Gannon has a running list of "War Daddys" - players that are able to impact a game at higher than normal levels that also play with motor and violence.

While Gannon specifically didn't add Tampa Bay Buccaneers DL Vita Vea to that list, it's sure implied.

The Cardinals will see Vea in Sunday's Week 13 matchup at Raymond James Stadium, who is one of the league's biggest game-wreckers both figuratively and literally.

Vea, standing at 6-4 and weighing 347 pounds, moves at lightning pace for his size. He impacts both the run and pass game at high levels and has consistently done so for years in the league.

So, what's it been like game-planning for Vea?

"Hard," Gannon said this week.

"He's a really good player. I mean, he really is, when you watch - like he's been doing it a long time. What sticks out to me is how savvy he is for obviously his skill set, but then how smart and instinctive and savvy he is.

"It's like, 'Why'd he switch his stance on this, first and 10 in the middle of the game?' and it's scat, which is five-out pass. So it's like he went from a run call to on his own just knowing that it was pass, like you see that show up a lot. Just a really smart, disruptive player that's always in the right spot.

"His stamina too is big time. He plays a lot of downs for them. He makes that thing go. He really does. He's really good player."