Speaker 1: Welcome into Buccaneers Insider presented by Miller like Casey Phillips
Speaker 1: and Scott Smith here and man, do we have a
Speaker 1: lot to cover that We just got a chance to
Speaker 1: hear the conference call that both Bruce Arians, Jason Light
Speaker 1: and then also Tom Brady. We're all on getting a
Speaker 1: chance to talk to the local media. Normally this would
Speaker 1: be a big, normal press conference, but with everything Corona,
Speaker 1: all we ended up getting able to do is a
Speaker 1: phone call, which is better than nothing. Definitely a unique
Speaker 1: experience in this free agency time. So let's start with
Speaker 1: the coach and Jason part of it. You know, we
Speaker 1: hadn't gotten to hear from them since this whole thing
Speaker 1: went down, so I want to hear your thoughts on
Speaker 1: that you learned anything about the process of signing him
Speaker 1: in this Yeah, one thing that I thought was interesting
Speaker 1: was when they talked about what a priority that Tom
Speaker 1: Brady became from them. You were here for the couple
Speaker 1: of months after the end of the season leading up
Speaker 1: to free agency, and you can recall I'm sure, um
Speaker 1: Bruce Arians saying we're gonna have a plan. We're just
Speaker 1: not necessarily gonna tell anybody that plan because you know,
Speaker 1: what's the point strategically of that. So to find out
Speaker 1: and it's not obviously not a surprising piece of information,
Speaker 1: but to find out that when they realized that Tom
Speaker 1: Brady was a really a real possibility, that became point
Speaker 1: blank the number one offseason priority for both Bruce Arians
Speaker 1: and Jason light And and they got it done. So
Speaker 1: that's exciting. And also another thing from their point of
Speaker 1: view on that, especially coaches, that him talking about how
Speaker 1: Tom Brady can do everything in this offense that he
Speaker 1: needs to get done. And um, that's an area that
Speaker 1: I know some people have question is is Tom Brady
Speaker 1: a good fit for Brutarian's offense? And you know, I've
Speaker 1: been of the opinion along that Bruce and Tom will
Speaker 1: easily work together to find the best way to utilize
Speaker 1: his talents and what Bruce does in his offense. So
Speaker 1: I've never been particularly worried about it. But then you
Speaker 1: hear Tom Brady saying, Hey, to me, football is about
Speaker 1: throwing to the open guy. If that's the deep guy
Speaker 1: and that's where he's open, and this offense has made
Speaker 1: that happen, then that's where we're throwing. If it's a
Speaker 1: short guy fits outside that guy's the inside. Guys like
Speaker 1: you throw to the open guy and you put the
Speaker 1: ball in the hands of the guys will make the place. Yeah,
Speaker 1: that's how you know, is when it is that simple
Speaker 1: for you. Yeah, it's easier to say for some people,
Speaker 1: it's not as easy to do. But obviously he is.
Speaker 1: He can do it right. So now looking at the
Speaker 1: Tom Brady part of the call, he had a chance
Speaker 1: to answer questions from several local media and media from
Speaker 1: all over the country, and that we're wanting to get
Speaker 1: in there. So what were some of the things that
Speaker 1: stood out that you may be learned from that. I
Speaker 1: think everybody wanted Tom to come in and start making
Speaker 1: predictions and proclamations and we're gonna win six more Super
Speaker 1: Bowls and all that, and he he as, I don't
Speaker 1: think anybody would in that situation. Wasn't interested in making fictions.
Speaker 1: But what he returned to over and over again at
Speaker 1: least three or four times during that thirty something minute
Speaker 1: press conference was our conference call was I'm a team player.
Speaker 1: I know what my responsibilities are gonna be. I'm gonna
Speaker 1: come in and do them to the best of my ability,
Speaker 1: and I'm gonna expect everybody else around me to do
Speaker 1: the same, because you can't have a great offense with
Speaker 1: one player. One great quarterback is not going to make
Speaker 1: a great offense. And he is a great quarterback. But
Speaker 1: he says everybody has to be on the same page
Speaker 1: and everybody has to be playing with confidence and anticipation.
Speaker 1: And he returned to that a couple of times. So
Speaker 1: I think this harkens a little bit to some of
Speaker 1: the other things that Bruce and Jayson Moore saying, and
Speaker 1: that it's not just he's a great player, it's the
Speaker 1: leadership that he's going to bring to this team. And
Speaker 1: I think that was just kind of exuding out of
Speaker 1: that conference call the entire thirty minutes. And overall, what
Speaker 1: do we feel like we have even seen about just
Speaker 1: the way everyone is responding to having him here, just
Speaker 1: the overall impact that he could make on this team
Speaker 1: to coach talk about and listening to Jason, listening to
Speaker 1: Tom Brady himself, what field did you get from this
Speaker 1: first conference call about just how this could look moving forward? Yeah,
Speaker 1: I know you've talked to some of the players and
Speaker 1: they've been pretty uniformally excited about it. Right, Um, I
Speaker 1: think you get I think you have a quarterback that,
Speaker 1: despite all of his achievements, um is still driven to
Speaker 1: do more and to prove more, and he's starting a
Speaker 1: new chapter after twenty years and with one team. And
Speaker 1: by way, he's the first player in NFL history to
Speaker 1: spend twenty years with one team and then signed with
Speaker 1: another team. Just twenty years of one team is pretty
Speaker 1: rare in itself, but then to move on to another team,
Speaker 1: that's a brand new challenge that I think probably really
Speaker 1: excites him. And we didn't have any other players on
Speaker 1: the call, but Bruce and Jason were obviously thrilled. That's
Speaker 1: pretty clear. The Tom Brady news has dominated the headlines,
Speaker 1: but there have been some other moves that have been
Speaker 1: important to this Bucks team recently. One is an offensive
Speaker 1: lineman that's been signed, Joe Hay What do you know
Speaker 1: about him and the reason that they would want to
Speaker 1: bring him in? Well, what I know about Joe Hagan
Speaker 1: is that he spent four years in Indianapolis and I
Speaker 1: think he made about thirty seven starts during that time.
Speaker 1: He started at right tackle, he started at left tackle,
Speaker 1: He's even started at right guard. We know through the
Speaker 1: years how much the coaches value that sort of versatility
Speaker 1: and to me profiles as at least at the very
Speaker 1: least prime Canada to be your swing tackle that can
Speaker 1: play on either side and he's your active tackle on
Speaker 1: game day. But considering the situation with Tamar Dotson yet
Speaker 1: resigned a free agent at the moment, that the right
Speaker 1: tackle position for the Buccaneers is wide open at the moment,
Speaker 1: and you'd have to consider that he's at least one
Speaker 1: of the top candidates to battle for that job. And
Speaker 1: you know, sometimes you get a player from a team
Speaker 1: and I'll compare that to Shaq Barrett and I'm not
Speaker 1: making any great um uh predictions here or anything like
Speaker 1: he'll have the kind of break on season and Shack
Speaker 1: Barrett died. But sometimes you get a player from a
Speaker 1: team who was on a unit that was just really,
Speaker 1: really good, and so you might also be very good,
Speaker 1: but there's just not as many opportunities for you there.
Speaker 1: And in Indianapolis is widely believed to have the best
Speaker 1: offensive line in the games, especially after they resigned Anthe
Speaker 1: Costanzo to so to get one of those guys and
Speaker 1: maybe give them a bigger opportunity again, it could be
Speaker 1: the same sort of situator, and then we know that
Speaker 1: Tom Brady is a big fan of Titans, so I
Speaker 1: wanted to spank about what that position could look like. Here.
Speaker 1: We've talked a lot about Mike Evans and Chris Godwin
Speaker 1: and and how great that would be for Tom Brady.
Speaker 1: But what do we know about who the Titans will
Speaker 1: be for this team next season? And some news about
Speaker 1: who we have and have not recited yet. Yeah, that's
Speaker 1: a good question because during that conference call with Tom Brady,
Speaker 1: he he started listing off some of the guys he's
Speaker 1: excited about playing with, And of course he started with
Speaker 1: Chris and Mike, but he's like an O J and
Speaker 1: Cam and so o J. Howard. Uh. You know, he
Speaker 1: didn't have the season that anybody expected last year in
Speaker 1: Bruce arians the first year here. But you heard Jason
Speaker 1: Light at the Combines say we have a plan for
Speaker 1: o J in our offense, you know. So there's obviously
Speaker 1: there's been trade rumors about him, but I know they
Speaker 1: believe they can use him well and maybe with Tom
Speaker 1: Brady that will work even better. Um. You also had
Speaker 1: Tanner Hudson who was going to be an exclusive rights
Speaker 1: free agent, and Antonio Claire who was going to be
Speaker 1: a restrictive free agent. They both kind of just skipped
Speaker 1: that step and signed a new one year deal with
Speaker 1: The Buccaneers have Antonio Claire, who Bruce Arians has said
Speaker 1: is a very good blocking tight end. You saw Tanner
Speaker 1: Hudson in the preseason last year show incredible hands. I
Speaker 1: think Mike Evans at one point last year said Tanner's
Speaker 1: got the best hands on the team, and then a plaies,
Speaker 1: well except for me, Tanner's got the best on the team. Uh.
Speaker 1: And so you've got a lot of intriguing different types
Speaker 1: of town there. You also still have Cam Braid and
Speaker 1: you know, there was a point in Cam's contract a
Speaker 1: couple of days ago in which um there was a
Speaker 1: large part of his two thousand twenty salary that was
Speaker 1: going to be guaranteed. And so it was a key
Speaker 1: date in finding out if Cam would be back, which
Speaker 1: I'm sure you agree with me, we were really hoping
Speaker 1: he would be. UM. Now, team doesn't always announce things
Speaker 1: like this, but there's certainly have been some reports of
Speaker 1: him getting a restructured contract, which is probably why he's
Speaker 1: still on the roster now. And I think that's just
Speaker 1: fantastic news. So the tight end position as a whole,
Speaker 1: when you talk about those guys were signing and Cam
Speaker 1: still being around and the team having a plan for
Speaker 1: O J and oh yeah, tom Brady's in town now
Speaker 1: to get in the football, I think it's really exciting
Speaker 1: time for that position. I completely agree. All right, well,
Speaker 1: that's gonna do it for us on this edition of
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