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Speaker 1: After game. I was just love hearing your thoughts, your
Speaker 1: initial takeaways. Great to get a win, Great to win
Speaker 1: at home, even though the right no fans and hardly
Speaker 1: felt like a home game, but still that was such
Speaker 1: an important game. I feel like um for this team.
Speaker 1: And then I just want to hear for you the
Speaker 1: things that you felt really good about coming out of it,
Speaker 1: and then we're encouraging you. Yeah, I mean it was
Speaker 1: another good effort by the defense. I know at the
Speaker 1: end Carolina had had put up a lot of yards,
Speaker 1: but a lot of that was on drives at the
Speaker 1: end um where we were clearly playing a defense designed
Speaker 1: to eat up as much clock as possible. But obviously
Speaker 1: the key things you need to make this defense work.
Speaker 1: We're there to takeaways and sacks. Four takeaways, five sacks.
Speaker 1: The way these guys are playing, if they can add
Speaker 1: those two elements, that's gonna be a winning effort most times,
Speaker 1: I think. And it was good because it was a
Speaker 1: group effort. I mean there was four different guys with
Speaker 1: those five sacks, led by and Dominansoue with two, and uh,
Speaker 1: you know, four different guys really created the turnovers as well.
Speaker 1: It was good to see rookie Antoine Winfield make his
Speaker 1: first big, you know, big play, which I think is
Speaker 1: what they're expecting a lot of from him. And I
Speaker 1: think that that. I think Antoine Winfield's got a really
Speaker 1: bright future in this league. So that was another big
Speaker 1: thing to see. It was good to see that interior pressure,
Speaker 1: you know, before uh, the season started in training camp
Speaker 1: at Nomenkinsoue was on one of these zoom calls and
Speaker 1: he's he you know, he kind of theorized that possibly
Speaker 1: he and Vita Vea might have a few more one
Speaker 1: on one opportunities this year because at this point, teams
Speaker 1: they have to start paying more attention to Shack and
Speaker 1: JPP on the outside. And I think that's what we
Speaker 1: saw in this game, in particular, you know, between Sue
Speaker 1: and Will Golston that was three sacks. Um. We can
Speaker 1: talk about the offense as well, but I've been going
Speaker 1: on quite a bit about the defense. I'll stop for
Speaker 1: a second. Yeah, when that works out well, because we
Speaker 1: actually a question from Mike Um asking about how realistic
Speaker 1: is it that Winfields could have a chance for Defensive
Speaker 1: Player of the Year, and I feel like we might
Speaker 1: want to throw in the Rookie of the Year. Yeah. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I mean it's a player of the Year, but I
Speaker 1: feel like Rookie of the Years is a lot more
Speaker 1: feasible for him to Yeah. Um, you don't see a
Speaker 1: lot of safeties win Defensive Player of the Year. I
Speaker 1: mean it was kind of a surprise when uh, when
Speaker 1: cornerback one last year usually goes either to whoever leads
Speaker 1: league in sacks or some linebacker who makes a million plays. Um,
Speaker 1: So it would be hard for any safety, and certainly
Speaker 1: a rookie safety is not likely to win Defensive Player
Speaker 1: of the Year. He's got a shot, of course at
Speaker 1: rookie Defensive Player of the Year, but I wouldn't put
Speaker 1: odds on any particular player, especially after just two games,
Speaker 1: so I wouldn't suspect that's a real high chance to that,
Speaker 1: But what's gonna take is a lot of big place
Speaker 1: He's gonna have to have a you know, four or
Speaker 1: five six interceptions plus some other big plays, and the
Speaker 1: Buccaneers are gonna have to be really good for him
Speaker 1: to win that. But there may be some of those.
Speaker 1: There's probably some awards in his future. I just I
Speaker 1: don't know. There's not a lot of evidence yet, but
Speaker 1: he just feels like he he came into this league
Speaker 1: like a veteran almost, so he's not He may not
Speaker 1: have that same rookie adjustment period that a lot of
Speaker 1: guys have, like you saw our cornerbacks have for the
Speaker 1: first half of last year. Yeah, I think that we
Speaker 1: cannot overstate how impressive it is for any rookie this
Speaker 1: year to play well, Like I just feel like, with
Speaker 1: as much as they missed and how weird this offseason is. Um,
Speaker 1: it really is incredible for any of them to be
Speaker 1: seeming NFL ready and not a liability at the beginning,
Speaker 1: much less making some big splash plays early on. And
Speaker 1: that is where I'm sure him having you know, a
Speaker 1: dad that played in the league for fourteen years is
Speaker 1: probably helpful. You get to watch film with someone like
Speaker 1: that your whole life. You probably are going to be
Speaker 1: a little bit more NF already. Yeah, And he said
Speaker 1: he learned early in his life from his dad the
Speaker 1: importance of watching tape and that he still goes over
Speaker 1: a game tape with his dad for about an hour
Speaker 1: after every game. So I mean that would be in
Speaker 1: addition to helping him. How much fun would that be
Speaker 1: to be able to do that with your dad? Yeah,
Speaker 1: that's cool. What's going on? Like that which you said
Speaker 1: about the rookies also applies to Tristan Worse, who's been
Speaker 1: pretty darn solid his first two games. I completely agree,
Speaker 1: especially with Cam Jordan being your first matchups. Yeah, that's
Speaker 1: got to make us feel really great about where he's
Speaker 1: going to be. Is only going to get more comfortable
Speaker 1: in this offense, offense and more ready. Um John had asked,
Speaker 1: and I think this is a great question. Do you
Speaker 1: think we break the woes against backup quarterbacks this weekend? Denver?
Speaker 1: You know, it's it's funny because it does feel that way, right,
Speaker 1: Like you go into a game against I don't know,
Speaker 1: Matt Moore, case Keenum and you think, well, we got
Speaker 1: a better shot because they're starters out that's like. The
Speaker 1: thing about that is it's relatively recent history that makes
Speaker 1: us feel that way. Um. You know, if you look
Speaker 1: at the two thousand and two Super Bowl season as
Speaker 1: an example, the Buccaneers got a little bit lucky that year.
Speaker 1: They were a great team, obviously and especially by the
Speaker 1: end of the year, but that year was really crazy
Speaker 1: in the number of backup quarterbacks that didn't really last
Speaker 1: and leave at the Buck's face that you're like Randy
Speaker 1: Fasani and Carolina. Tell me if you remember these names.
Speaker 1: Randy Fasani. Um uh, Jeff Burris there was. His last
Speaker 1: name was Burrus. He was the Chicago starters in the
Speaker 1: year Baltimore had h I like a starter who are
Speaker 1: who barely made any games that year? So I know
Speaker 1: what this this person is his name John right, I
Speaker 1: know what John is saying. I feel the same way.
Speaker 1: But it's there's no reason to expect that just because
Speaker 1: the backups in that terrible things are gonna happen for
Speaker 1: the Bucks again. And honestly, in this particular game, Jeff Driscoll,
Speaker 1: who's the backup, has more NFL starts than the guy
Speaker 1: he's replacing, Drew lock. Um, So I'm not sure how
Speaker 1: much of a difference we're really looking at there. Okay,
Speaker 1: and Daniel had asked about, what are your observations of
Speaker 1: Gronk so far this year? Well, I mean, I think,
Speaker 1: for one thing, he's been on the field a lot,
Speaker 1: and he's in line as a blocker a lot and
Speaker 1: helping a lot in that respect. I think it was
Speaker 1: that in particular, was better this week than in week two. Clearly,
Speaker 1: Um still working on getting him more involved in the
Speaker 1: passing game, and a couple of the plays we've tried
Speaker 1: to go to him have ended up in bad plays
Speaker 1: like the interception and the last one that's not necessarily
Speaker 1: his fault the ball sailed over his head. But Um,
Speaker 1: clearly that part of the offense has not been unlocked yet.
Speaker 1: And you know, coach said Coacharian said yesterday, our offense
Speaker 1: does not throw a million passes to the tight ends.
Speaker 1: He didn't say million. I'm paraphrasing, you know, And that
Speaker 1: makes sense with the guys that we have. So I
Speaker 1: don't know if if you should we should probably temper
Speaker 1: our expectations at this point and not expect like an
Speaker 1: eight hundred yard season from Gronkowski. But I do believe
Speaker 1: he's gonna be more involved. Yeah. Funny when I've talked
Speaker 1: to Bruce, you know, for the show that I do
Speaker 1: with him, and he kind of I asked him just
Speaker 1: about the Titans overall in the chemistry there, and it's
Speaker 1: funny he kind of um laughed and said, well, you know,
Speaker 1: I've never really thrown the tight ends as much as
Speaker 1: people seem to, you know, think or whatever. That it
Speaker 1: was kind of funny that you remember that. Yeah, I mean,
Speaker 1: part of it is going to just be the design
Speaker 1: of the offense. There are only so many you know
Speaker 1: all to go around, and when you have so many
Speaker 1: offensive weapons, and um that maybe it is. It can
Speaker 1: mean that the Titans are doing a great job of
Speaker 1: what they're asked to do in this offense, and it
Speaker 1: may just not be what people assumed they were going
Speaker 1: to be asked to do in this offense, which is Yeah,
Speaker 1: I think what we need is just just one of
Speaker 1: those that first Gronck moment where he catches some pass
Speaker 1: over the middle of the field and starts bowling over guys.
Speaker 1: I mean that's gonna happen at some point. I think
Speaker 1: we'd all feel that better once we get to see
Speaker 1: one or two of those. Yeah, and I just I
Speaker 1: need a gron spike in the end zone. Yeah, that's right. Okay.
Speaker 1: Richard asked, does Shack Bear go off this week for
Speaker 1: the revenge game? That makes a lot of sense. And
Speaker 1: I'm sure he's dying to get on the board after
Speaker 1: two games without a sack. You know, we only had
Speaker 1: four games that he didn't have a sack game last year,
Speaker 1: and uh, he had nine sacks by the end of
Speaker 1: his first four games. So last year was the real
Speaker 1: hot start, a little bit of a lull, and then
Speaker 1: a good second half. Maybe this year it's it's a
Speaker 1: different pattern, but he still gets to double digits. And
Speaker 1: it sure would make a lot of sense for it
Speaker 1: to start here because I don't know, revenge is the
Speaker 1: right word, you know what I'm saying. It's not like
Speaker 1: they cut him. They gave him a shot. First of all,
Speaker 1: he was an undrafted rookie. They were the first team
Speaker 1: to give him a shot, and uh, he played. He
Speaker 1: was there five years, played four years, and you know,
Speaker 1: he got to play quite a bit and it launched
Speaker 1: his career. And then he was a free agent and
Speaker 1: it wasn't like you know, den Vershuneda, really there wasn't
Speaker 1: He didn't have a ton of offers. If you remember,
Speaker 1: he got a one year deal from the Buccaneers, like
Speaker 1: a prove it deal and proved it in the biggest
Speaker 1: way possible. Uh. And that's awesome. All that is good news.
Speaker 1: I'm sure he would like to show Denver what they're missing,
Speaker 1: especially now that they don't have Von Miller. But um,
Speaker 1: I don't know if revenge is the right word. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I was thinking that a lot of times we hear
Speaker 1: so much about football players do better when they have
Speaker 1: a bit of a chip on their shoulder, and after
Speaker 1: having nineteen and a half sacks, it might be a
Speaker 1: little harder to come up with a chip on your
Speaker 1: shoulder for some games. Except this one, though, feels like
Speaker 1: that that leads itself to it a little bit. Well,
Speaker 1: I would say, in a bigger sense, the chip on
Speaker 1: his shoulder would be that to prove that last year
Speaker 1: was no fluke. And you know, this is also a
Speaker 1: player who's again on a one year contract because it's
Speaker 1: a franchise deal. Uh And obviously next year is hoping
Speaker 1: to get a long term deal, and so that would
Speaker 1: help for him to have another big season for sure.
Speaker 1: Timmy asked if for Nette has another solid game, do
Speaker 1: you think he'll be the starter in week four? This
Speaker 1: is clearly the question that we're gonna have to answer
Speaker 1: every week in every forum, our podcast, this mail bags.
Speaker 1: We're gonna we're gonna be answering this question week after
Speaker 1: week after week until and unless that change is made,
Speaker 1: and it's gonna be the same answer every time. I
Speaker 1: don't think it's that big of a deal. Honestly, look
Speaker 1: at last year, Peyton Barber was the starter for the
Speaker 1: first seven games, then ron Jones was starter for the
Speaker 1: last nine games. But even after the switch, they still
Speaker 1: were splitting the carry is almost the same amount um
Speaker 1: and and they're both wrong. Jones and Leonard Fronette are
Speaker 1: both going to run the football. That's going to happen. Clearly,
Speaker 1: you can tell from Bruce arians is usage of the
Speaker 1: back since he got here that he wants at least
Speaker 1: two guys that are basically feature backs, and he plans
Speaker 1: to use them both. And didn't matter that Leonard Fournett
Speaker 1: didn't start the last game. It really didn't, you know.
Speaker 1: And we had several good drives with Ronald Jones on
Speaker 1: the field, and he scored a touchdown, had some nice runs,
Speaker 1: made some nice plays, and then Leonard Fournette had the
Speaker 1: fresh legs at the end, which was awesome. A power runner,
Speaker 1: and you know, he reached like twenty one point four
Speaker 1: miles per hour on the touchdown run. Uh, the formulas
Speaker 1: working and and so there's no real need. I mean,
Speaker 1: does it matter who's the first guy on the field
Speaker 1: now that being said, if Leonard Fournette keeps having a
Speaker 1: hundred yard games, and yes, of course they will start them,
Speaker 1: but at this point it really doesn't matter. Yeah, And
Speaker 1: I thought this was an interesting question to go along
Speaker 1: with it because of the thin air in Denver. Could
Speaker 1: it be a good approach to have for Nette as
Speaker 1: the closer in the second half? And I know coach
Speaker 1: talked about the idea of him having the fresh legs
Speaker 1: this last week. So to your point, the way you
Speaker 1: utilize guys isn't always just about a starter mindset. But yeah,
Speaker 1: I thought that I want to hear your thoughts on that,
Speaker 1: and then just maybe overall the altitude and the way
Speaker 1: it could affect the game plan overall. It's a good
Speaker 1: question on the altitude. You know, it's been eight years
Speaker 1: since we've been there. Um, which means most people haven't
Speaker 1: even gone there that have been on this right now.
Speaker 1: I guess Lavante would remember. Maybe Will Golston um Shack
Speaker 1: obviously will know what it's like. Uh you know, I
Speaker 1: think this is where you lean on your sports science people,
Speaker 1: and I'm sure they are doing things to prepare for this,
Speaker 1: just like they would for unique circumstances anywhere we go. Um.
Speaker 1: But to your point, if if there are issues with
Speaker 1: fatigue that are strengthened by the high altitude in the
Speaker 1: thinner air, then yeah, depth becomes more important this weekend.
Speaker 1: Where I think that might actually be more interesting to
Speaker 1: note is on defense, because through the first two games
Speaker 1: we've really relied on our main core a lot. I mean,
Speaker 1: all of the guys that started have played a ton
Speaker 1: of snaps, and so guys like Anthony Nelson or Mike
Speaker 1: Edwards or Andrew Adams or Ryan Smith or Kevin a
Speaker 1: Mentor have played zero or very few snaps. And that
Speaker 1: could change this week. Maybe you have to rely on
Speaker 1: your debth for a little bit more. Okay, and Turner asked,
Speaker 1: do you think that we could make it to first
Speaker 1: place in the division soon? We already are, but Saints
Speaker 1: have the I mean they got a tiebreaker. You know
Speaker 1: what apply tiebreakers right now? That's that's for playoffs, right
Speaker 1: If you say we've tied for first, yes, I could
Speaker 1: we get there? Of course we could get there and
Speaker 1: get there. This week we're playing at Denver and the
Speaker 1: Saints have the Packers. That's a tough draw. I mean
Speaker 1: it's in New Orleans, but still the Packers offense has
Speaker 1: been incredibly prolific. So sure it could happen this week.
Speaker 1: That'd be cool. James asked, do you guys travel with
Speaker 1: the team to away games and where do you watch from? Well,
Speaker 1: it was James, was it? James? The answer to that
Speaker 1: question for twenty eight years and five seventy two games,
Speaker 1: not all of them, that's all games, not road games,
Speaker 1: was yes. But this year the streak is over. And
Speaker 1: uh and Casey you obviously I'm speaking for you, but
Speaker 1: you travel as well. Uh. We we were and generally
Speaker 1: are part of the traveling party. And uh, it just
Speaker 1: this year because of the efforts to keep the game
Speaker 1: going in in this pandemic and and to keep that
Speaker 1: bubble as tight as possible. Um, most of us that
Speaker 1: usually travel that aren't players and coaches, are not traveling,
Speaker 1: so it's unfortunate. I'm sure you know from a personal standpoint,
Speaker 1: we would like to be traveling still and be there
Speaker 1: in person. But that's hardly the worst thing that's happened
Speaker 1: because of this, So you know, it just is what
Speaker 1: it is, uh for me. I there, our radio broadcast
Speaker 1: is not traveling either, and they have set up shop
Speaker 1: and away games at Raymond same stadium in the control
Speaker 1: booth that runs the scoreboard because they can get a
Speaker 1: lot of extra feeds in there, the like an All
Speaker 1: twenty two feed where it helps your broadcasters see what's
Speaker 1: going on and see formations and so on, helps them
Speaker 1: give the fans of better idea of what's going on. Uh.
Speaker 1: And because they're up there, and because I do a
Speaker 1: few things for the radio broadcasts and those feeds are nice.
Speaker 1: I worked the first game up there, and I intend
Speaker 1: to continue to do that until and unless we get
Speaker 1: to start traveling again. Casey, do you do years from home? Yeah?
Speaker 1: I I did it at home for the road game
Speaker 1: because I'm preparing for my radio and TV shows that
Speaker 1: are on Monday. So that actually is really helpful for
Speaker 1: me in some ways to you know, beginning to just
Speaker 1: sit there with my laptop, taking notes, getting the script
Speaker 1: already to go, listening to the announcers, as compared to
Speaker 1: normally when you're kind of in a press box and
Speaker 1: things are a little hectic and um, you've got other
Speaker 1: stuff going on. You don't get to hear all the
Speaker 1: commentary about the game and everything. So in some ways
Speaker 1: it's been helpful, but it is definitely sad to not
Speaker 1: feel as much a part of the team and and
Speaker 1: to know the sort of ins and outs of you know,
Speaker 1: all the little things that you see on the sideline
Speaker 1: before the game, and like there's a lot of insight
Speaker 1: that I do feel like I miss in some ways.
Speaker 1: But for me on just a preparation standpoint for my
Speaker 1: next day makes it a lot easier. And you know,
Speaker 1: not getting in at two and three in the morning,
Speaker 1: for that's the over lining. Yes, actually a lot of
Speaker 1: what you said is actually true for here, not during
Speaker 1: the games, but here at home, you know, here at
Speaker 1: the at the facility. Um, I'm working at the facility.
Speaker 1: You come in sometimes, but we're not in contact with
Speaker 1: the players or the coaches. So it's a lot different
Speaker 1: this year, it is. It is very different, right, Well,
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