WEBVTT - Position Battles & Rookie Expectations | Bucs Insider

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<v Speaker 1>Hey, they're Bucks fans Welcome into Buccaneers Inside our Lives

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<v Speaker 1>as we give people a chance to start submitting some

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<v Speaker 1>of those, I figured, you know, we are finally getting

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<v Speaker 1>training camp feels kind of close, that there's some hope

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<v Speaker 1>and possibility there that it's It was so sad to

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<v Speaker 1>have to miss things like O T A S and

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<v Speaker 1>Mini camp where we start to kind of get a

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<v Speaker 1>feel for some of those position battles and maybe guys

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<v Speaker 1>that could be buying for starting spots or buying for

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<v Speaker 1>roster spots. So I wanted to hear, once we get

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<v Speaker 1>a chance to see these guys out on the field,

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<v Speaker 1>what are the position battles that you're gonna be watching

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<v Speaker 1>and really excited to see how they play out. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>we really wish we could have seen all that we'd

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<v Speaker 1>have a better feel for it now basically just looking

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<v Speaker 1>on paper as we've been doing all offseason, but you know,

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<v Speaker 1>we'll be off like that when football does come back.

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<v Speaker 1>Absence makes the heart grow fonder, so we'll just enjoy that.

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<v Speaker 1>We'll enjoy the position battles even more. And um, the

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<v Speaker 1>answering the question, I think it's pretty obvious to me

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<v Speaker 1>that the part of the position on the depth chart

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<v Speaker 1>that has the most obvious and probably most intense competition

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<v Speaker 1>is safety. And it's for a good reason because there's

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of potentially really good answers there. And and

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<v Speaker 1>while you know, Todd Bowles will have some packages where

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<v Speaker 1>he puts more than two safeties on the field, especially

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<v Speaker 1>if somebody like Antoine Winfield proves to be capable of

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<v Speaker 1>a really versatile role like a Tyranne Matthew. And you know,

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<v Speaker 1>Jason like compared uh Antoine to that, but he wanted

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<v Speaker 1>to make sure, you know, you can't take a guy

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<v Speaker 1>that has played in the NFL you had and say

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<v Speaker 1>he's the same as a star. But he just meant

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<v Speaker 1>that type of player they hope to could be that

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<v Speaker 1>type of player. And so there could be some packages

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<v Speaker 1>with extra safeties on the field. But still we're basically

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<v Speaker 1>talking about two positions and there's five guys. I think

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<v Speaker 1>that gitimally could considered starting options, and that's obviously Jordan Whitehead,

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<v Speaker 1>who has had the most starts for safeties the last

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<v Speaker 1>two years. And then you drafted Mike Edwards in the

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<v Speaker 1>third round last year, and you know, he maybe came

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<v Speaker 1>along a little slowly last year, but you know he

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<v Speaker 1>could make a big jump at his second level. And

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<v Speaker 1>you just drafted Antoine from Winfield in the second round,

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<v Speaker 1>and you prioritize that over a running back or receiver.

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<v Speaker 1>Waited a little longer to draft to get those positions,

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<v Speaker 1>positions because you the team really wanted Antoine Winfield and

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<v Speaker 1>then uh, and then you've got Justin Evans, who hopefully

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<v Speaker 1>was going to come back. That's the guy that we

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<v Speaker 1>really would know a lot more about if we had

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<v Speaker 1>had offseason workouts. But before he got hurt in his

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<v Speaker 1>rookie season, he looked like one of those playmaking safeties

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<v Speaker 1>that's good against both the run. In the past of

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<v Speaker 1>the Bucks have been trying to develop. And then even

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<v Speaker 1>Dakota Dixon, who obviously hasn't played it down in the

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<v Speaker 1>NFL yet, but the Bucks were really coaches are really

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<v Speaker 1>high on him last year before he heard his shoulder

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<v Speaker 1>in training camp. In fact, he moved all the way

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<v Speaker 1>up to second on the depth chart. So, uh, that's

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<v Speaker 1>five guys that conceived will be be on the field

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<v Speaker 1>a lot. It's gonna be tough to to sort through that,

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<v Speaker 1>but obviously that's a good problem to have. There's some

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<v Speaker 1>other positions. The best one that really jumps out to me. Okay, well, yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>I know one that a lot of people have been

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<v Speaker 1>talking about is running back. So take us through some

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<v Speaker 1>of the guys that we have in that room, and

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<v Speaker 1>you mentioned the idea that they had passed on potentially

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<v Speaker 1>taking and running back to get Antoine Winfield Jr. So

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<v Speaker 1>does that to you say that they're really confident with

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<v Speaker 1>who they already had in that room. Well, I think

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<v Speaker 1>what it means is they had the running backs their ranking,

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<v Speaker 1>and running backs doesn't necessarily reflect everything you saw in

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<v Speaker 1>the pre draft ranking. The fact, I think Bruce Arian

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<v Speaker 1>said that after the draft when asked that very question,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, because you passed on some guys in the

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<v Speaker 1>second round that maybe we're bigger names, um that you

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<v Speaker 1>could have taken and then took Keyshawn Vaughan in the

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<v Speaker 1>third round because you wanted to get Antoine Winfield, and

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<v Speaker 1>he said, well, you know, not every You know, our

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<v Speaker 1>rankings weren't necessarily the same as everybody else. So I

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<v Speaker 1>think what it was was they felt confident they could

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<v Speaker 1>get a player like Vaughan in the third round and

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<v Speaker 1>they're happy it went that way. And I don't know

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<v Speaker 1>if there's a whole lot of competition for roster spots,

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<v Speaker 1>necessarily at running back. There there's not an overflowing amount

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<v Speaker 1>of them. It's really a competition for how the roles

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<v Speaker 1>are going to be defined. You know, how much will

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<v Speaker 1>keisha On Vaughn, as example, split carries with Ronald Jones?

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<v Speaker 1>You know they Ronald Jones and Peyton Barber split the

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<v Speaker 1>carries relatively evenly last year, especially in the first half

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<v Speaker 1>of the season. Will it be the same thing, just

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<v Speaker 1>like keisha On Vaughn and for Peyton Barber, Will Keshawn

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<v Speaker 1>Von become your primary pass catching back? And if so,

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<v Speaker 1>that could get him a bigger share of the snaps.

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<v Speaker 1>Where's Daria? Google Wally fixed it in because he was

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<v Speaker 1>your third down back last year and obviously the team

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<v Speaker 1>trust him. He was our most trusted past protector last

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<v Speaker 1>year amongst the backs, which is why he was on

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<v Speaker 1>the field so much on third downs, and then you

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<v Speaker 1>got Raymond Clay at the end, and uh, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>when you hear Bruceirians talk about how much he's looking

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<v Speaker 1>forward to taking this sort of Swiss army knife guy

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<v Speaker 1>and put him in a whole lot of roles, it's

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<v Speaker 1>kind of exciting to think what he could become. So

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<v Speaker 1>it's really a matter of defining roles and that's not

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<v Speaker 1>something that's necessarily gonna be totally settled, uh, by the

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<v Speaker 1>end of training camp. I think that's something that sort

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<v Speaker 1>of develops as the season goes along. Interesting. And how

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<v Speaker 1>about wide receiver. I mean, of course we know Mike Evans,

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<v Speaker 1>Chris Godwin, Okay, put them over there. Great, we know

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<v Speaker 1>we know that there's our top two guys. I do

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<v Speaker 1>feel like this year has a little bit more in

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<v Speaker 1>terms of um up in the air about you know,

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<v Speaker 1>who's gonna be what different slots of that. That wide

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<v Speaker 1>receiver has been a really interesting position for several years,

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<v Speaker 1>where it always just felt like there was this abundance

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<v Speaker 1>of riches and trying to find ways to fit a

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<v Speaker 1>lot of these guys in. But this year it feels

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<v Speaker 1>sort of like a very clear split of those two,

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<v Speaker 1>and then there there's a lot of guys fighting for

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<v Speaker 1>potential spots after that. Can you see my list from

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<v Speaker 1>your camera? You told me we're gonna be talking about

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<v Speaker 1>this and I wrote down a few positions, and you're

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<v Speaker 1>just going right down. Really, Oh that's so funny. Well,

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<v Speaker 1>that good signment. It shows that this is probably the

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<v Speaker 1>consensus idea. Yeah, the wide receiver position really is um

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<v Speaker 1>top heavy because you're trying to replace Brashan Perryman. But

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<v Speaker 1>if you remember last year, Rashon Perryman was your three

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<v Speaker 1>the entire year, and uh, you know, in the early weeks,

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<v Speaker 1>the first seven weeks of this season, the coaches had

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<v Speaker 1>to keep telling questioning members of the media that Breshade

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<v Speaker 1>was playing just fine. He was doing exactly what they

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<v Speaker 1>wanted to. There were just no numbers there. If you recall,

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<v Speaker 1>there was a there was a group of people that

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<v Speaker 1>thought it was urgent that the Buccaneers cut Breshade Perryman

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<v Speaker 1>before the deadline last year in order to help with

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<v Speaker 1>their fit story pick formula and Bucks didn't want to

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<v Speaker 1>do that, and as it turned out, that was a

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<v Speaker 1>good thing because he was very much needed at the

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<v Speaker 1>end of the year. But um, you know, your third

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<v Speaker 1>receiver last year was a guy playing really well, and

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<v Speaker 1>he still wasn't getting hardly any stats, which is just

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<v Speaker 1>because you've got Mike Evans and Chris Godwin and then

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<v Speaker 1>you had and even more so now you have all

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<v Speaker 1>these tight ends. They can catch pass this so there's

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<v Speaker 1>only so many footballs to go around, and the third

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<v Speaker 1>receiver wasn't getting a lot of targets. So it is

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<v Speaker 1>a big battle there. But I don't think it's a

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<v Speaker 1>huge problem that uh, that there's not really necessarily an

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<v Speaker 1>established number three. Yet there are some good options. Obviously,

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<v Speaker 1>Tyler Johnson was drafted in the fifth round and he's

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<v Speaker 1>a guy that just has a knack for getting open.

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<v Speaker 1>He might be considered the favorite, but you also have

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<v Speaker 1>Scottie Miller and Justin Watson and a number of other

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<v Speaker 1>young players. And I don't want to forget about Scotty

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<v Speaker 1>Miller because I do believe he's got a real chance

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<v Speaker 1>to play a lot next year. Just that speed really

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<v Speaker 1>really does change things. And while he played on the

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<v Speaker 1>majority of his snaps on the outside last year, I

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<v Speaker 1>can still see him having a role in the slot

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<v Speaker 1>because I remember during the draft process after he picked

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<v Speaker 1>him watching his highlight films from Howling Green and uh,

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<v Speaker 1>he did a lot of great things out of slot

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<v Speaker 1>with the ball in his hands, So um, Scotty Millers

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<v Speaker 1>really wanted to watch. But yeah, that's a very good

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<v Speaker 1>competition right there. And then you brought up you know

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<v Speaker 1>just how many balls there are to go around and

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<v Speaker 1>the tight end position, and um, I know that's one

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<v Speaker 1>that's obviously got a lot of attention this offseason for

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<v Speaker 1>good reason. So you know, looking at you have of

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<v Speaker 1>course Gronk and Cam and o J. And then you

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<v Speaker 1>also have guys like Tanner Hudson and ANTONYA Claire. How

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<v Speaker 1>do you think that room shakes out? And what are

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<v Speaker 1>the different roles that the different guys could take? Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>the question is how many are we going to try

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<v Speaker 1>to find him for on the roster because you just

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<v Speaker 1>mentioned I think I don't know if you said them all,

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<v Speaker 1>but there's there's five guys easily that you can keep.

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<v Speaker 1>You get Gronk obviously, and you know what Cam can do.

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<v Speaker 1>O J Howard. Uh. They love Anthony el Claire as

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<v Speaker 1>a blocker and he gets in a lot of too too. Uh.

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<v Speaker 1>Kindeen sets for that reason, although I don't know how

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<v Speaker 1>much that role shrinks with Rob Gronkowski around because he's

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<v Speaker 1>such a great blocker. And yeah, Tanner Hudson is a

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<v Speaker 1>very intriguing guy that you know they kept on the

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<v Speaker 1>roster all last year. In the preseason he showed he

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<v Speaker 1>has really really good hands, is very good pass catcher,

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<v Speaker 1>and probably have to follow a career arc a little

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<v Speaker 1>bit like cam Brad himself did, where he you could

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<v Speaker 1>see right away he had potential as a pass catcher

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<v Speaker 1>and you just had to work on his blocking as

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<v Speaker 1>as time when seasons went on. So uh, it's hard

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<v Speaker 1>to keep five tight ends though that's a lot of

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<v Speaker 1>tight ends you're gonna be losing in some other positions

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<v Speaker 1>you might want to keep a six receiver instead or

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<v Speaker 1>a fifth or fourth running back. So um, that's a

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<v Speaker 1>pretty good battle. That being said, your top three are

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<v Speaker 1>kind of obvious there with with Groundkowski and Brydon Howard,

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<v Speaker 1>so that that's a really I don't know if there's

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of teams that can match that talented the

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<v Speaker 1>tight end position. So however it shakes out, it's going

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<v Speaker 1>to be a really good group. Yeah, of course, a

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<v Speaker 1>lot of times we forget how much special teams can

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<v Speaker 1>play a part in some of those roster decisions. That

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<v Speaker 1>it's not just saying, oh, we want X number of

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<v Speaker 1>tight ends on the roster that yeah, if you keep

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<v Speaker 1>another tight end and maybe those guys aren't as much

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<v Speaker 1>of your special teamers as a linebacker, someone else might

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<v Speaker 1>be that that that could end up being a factor

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<v Speaker 1>less about their tight end play and more about who

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<v Speaker 1>you need on the special teams front. Um, we'll close

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<v Speaker 1>with this last position group. I wanted your outside linebacker.

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<v Speaker 1>I wanted to hear for you. Of course we know

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<v Speaker 1>about you know JPP, and we know about Shack, but

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<v Speaker 1>what that rotation could look like. You don't have Karl

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<v Speaker 1>Nassid this year, you know, are you are you hoping

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<v Speaker 1>that Anthony Nelson could play a bigger role? What does

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<v Speaker 1>that position look like to you? Yeah, it's it's pretty

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<v Speaker 1>much exactly like the receiver position, which you have two

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<v Speaker 1>starters that you're absolutely thrilled with. You have the NFL

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<v Speaker 1>Sack King and reigning King and Shack bear It and

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<v Speaker 1>you have Jason Pierre Paul who both either resigned or

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<v Speaker 1>received the franchise tag back in March. And that was

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<v Speaker 1>a priority for the Buccaneers to keep that front intact

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<v Speaker 1>and that men keeping those two and the Don Consue

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<v Speaker 1>in the middle, and I mean, it's hard to ask

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<v Speaker 1>for much more. There wasn't any other duo in the

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<v Speaker 1>NFL of outside linebackers or edge rushers that produced twenty

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<v Speaker 1>sacks between them. And you saw how JPP finished the

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<v Speaker 1>season on a rush. Probably he was still that rounding

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<v Speaker 1>into his top form at that point after missing most

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<v Speaker 1>of the first half of the season. Um, you can't

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<v Speaker 1>ask for a much better starting starting point than those two.

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<v Speaker 1>But there's virtually nothing behind those two that's proven. And

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<v Speaker 1>Anthony Nelson would have been the first one. I would

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<v Speaker 1>have said, you already brought that up, and they remember

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<v Speaker 1>how happy they were to get him in the fourth

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<v Speaker 1>round in two thousand nineteen. They thought it was a steel.

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<v Speaker 1>So I'm hoping that Anthony Nelson could basically round into

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<v Speaker 1>a the Carl Nassa roll and take that number of

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<v Speaker 1>snaps because you absolutely have to have at least three

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<v Speaker 1>guys rotating in and out. I know Ason Pierre Paul

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<v Speaker 1>never really likes to come up the field, but he

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<v Speaker 1>has to get some rest sometime, especially if it's a

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<v Speaker 1>long drive, so Anthony Nelson is probably the first guy there.

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<v Speaker 1>Also realize that there are three or four spots left

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<v Speaker 1>on the roster right now. Usually run out of full

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<v Speaker 1>ninety all throughout the offseason because of practices, that was

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<v Speaker 1>really necessary this year, so Jason Light and Bruce Arians

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<v Speaker 1>purposely left a few spots open, and they said if

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<v Speaker 1>they bring anybody in there, it would probably be veterans

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<v Speaker 1>who know what they're doing and can mix in quickly.

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<v Speaker 1>And Bruce Arians specifically said the positions of inside linebacker

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<v Speaker 1>and outside linebacker as spots that that could be added

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<v Speaker 1>to and theyll probably need to be someone who could

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<v Speaker 1>contribute on special teams, but you could have somebody uh

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<v Speaker 1>come in and fit in the mix there and maybe

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<v Speaker 1>make that picture look a little bit. Yeah, that's a

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<v Speaker 1>great point, man. So many different position battles to watch.

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<v Speaker 1>Can't wait to actually see the guys back on the

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<v Speaker 1>field again. Thanks to all of you for joining us

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<v Speaker 1>on this edition of Buccaneers Inside or Live presented by

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