WEBVTT - Vita Vea Returning to Practice, NFC Championship Preview | Bucs Insider 0:00:04.519 --> 0:00:08.200 Good morning, Good morning Bucks fans. How's everyone doing, Casey Phillips. 0:00:08.280 --> 0:00:10.440 Here was senior writer and editor Scott Smith at his 0:00:10.520 --> 0:00:14.000 time for Buccaneers Insider Live, presented by Miller Lte. We 0:00:14.040 --> 0:00:16.400 are so excited to get a chance to preview this 0:00:16.600 --> 0:00:19.639 NFC Championship matchup. We're gonna be doing it like we 0:00:19.680 --> 0:00:22.840 have all playoffs, where we are here live with you Wednesday, 0:00:22.960 --> 0:00:25.520 Thursday and Friday, so plenty of time for you to 0:00:25.560 --> 0:00:28.160 get your questions answered and plenty of time to bring 0:00:28.200 --> 0:00:30.160 up topics to discuss. So we want to hear what 0:00:30.200 --> 0:00:31.960 you guys want us to talk about. If you're not 0:00:31.960 --> 0:00:34.159 already watching on the Facebook page for the Buccaneers, go 0:00:34.159 --> 0:00:36.280 ahead and head on over there. Leave your questions and 0:00:36.320 --> 0:00:39.480 comments underneath our live video. So while we give people 0:00:39.479 --> 0:00:41.519 a chance to start doing some of that, there have 0:00:41.600 --> 0:00:44.440 been a lot of roster moves all of a sudden. 0:00:44.479 --> 0:00:47.400 It's just a flurry of things happening over the last 0:00:47.400 --> 0:00:49.479 couple of days, so just kind of start running through 0:00:49.520 --> 0:00:52.080 them and the impact that they could have. It's a 0:00:52.120 --> 0:00:54.560 good thing when you're making roster moves in mid January. 0:00:54.640 --> 0:00:56.200 You know, if you have a reason to be making 0:00:56.240 --> 0:00:59.360 these roster moves. So the big one, the one that 0:00:59.520 --> 0:01:02.280 came for and was the most surprising news, the news 0:01:02.320 --> 0:01:06.119 that Vita Vea is being designated to return from injuring reserve. 0:01:06.200 --> 0:01:08.480 So he starts a twenty one day window where he 0:01:08.760 --> 0:01:12.600 could start practicing today and Uh anytime during that window 0:01:13.160 --> 0:01:15.200 if he could be activated to play in a game. 0:01:15.200 --> 0:01:18.520 Now it's possible. There's only one opportunity, you know, the 0:01:18.520 --> 0:01:20.880 Buccaneers if they have this game coming Sunday, if they 0:01:20.880 --> 0:01:22.399 win and they're in the super Bowl. So it could 0:01:22.440 --> 0:01:25.240 be two opportunities, or there could be one. Um. I 0:01:25.240 --> 0:01:26.640 think what they're gonna do is they're gonna put him 0:01:26.640 --> 0:01:29.360 on the practice field and and see if if he's 0:01:29.360 --> 0:01:31.720 good enough to go on Sunday. Is so it's certainly possible. 0:01:31.720 --> 0:01:34.880 And I guess before we get the comments and questions, 0:01:35.160 --> 0:01:37.479 I should preemptively eat some crow on this one, because 0:01:37.520 --> 0:01:41.200 we've been asked about Vita Vea, UH and O. J. 0:01:41.280 --> 0:01:43.440 Howard and the possibility of either coming back from their 0:01:43.440 --> 0:01:46.880 early season injuries. And I was going based on that 0:01:47.000 --> 0:01:50.600 my latest intel from mid November when Bruce arians said 0:01:50.600 --> 0:01:53.320 he didn't think that was likely at all. And obviously 0:01:53.360 --> 0:01:55.760 things have changed, and that's good news, and I'm happy 0:01:55.800 --> 0:01:58.000 to be wrong in this case. So sorry for leading 0:01:58.000 --> 0:02:01.480 everyone astray on that one. But now it's a shot. 0:02:01.640 --> 0:02:03.600 You know, Kennyan Barner, the running back who has been 0:02:03.640 --> 0:02:06.559 on for just three weeks. He also with a groin injury. 0:02:06.600 --> 0:02:09.919 He also has been designated to return and will start practicing. UM. 0:02:10.040 --> 0:02:13.200 Kevin Minter has been activated from the reserve COVID list, 0:02:13.600 --> 0:02:16.480 day On Buchanan has been promoted from the practice squad, 0:02:16.480 --> 0:02:19.799 and unfortunately the bad luck Jack Cichy is on injured 0:02:19.800 --> 0:02:21.760 reserve once again with his broken arms. So a lot 0:02:21.800 --> 0:02:25.240 of changes at inside linebacker, and interestingly, you get right 0:02:25.240 --> 0:02:29.560 back to where the Buccaneers started last season under Bruce Arians, 0:02:29.560 --> 0:02:32.360 with Devin White and Lavante David starting, backed up by 0:02:32.400 --> 0:02:34.960 Kevin Mintor and day On de Yeah, that's a really 0:02:34.960 --> 0:02:36.760 interesting point, and yes, I agree with you that if 0:02:36.760 --> 0:02:39.200 we were going to be wrong about something, I'm really 0:02:39.200 --> 0:02:42.080 glad that it was this direction about VI. But this 0:02:42.160 --> 0:02:44.720 is a great surprise, UM, and I think this is 0:02:45.000 --> 0:02:49.040 a great topic. Somebody brought up basically saying, can you 0:02:49.400 --> 0:02:52.519 help us appreciate how incredible the front office has done 0:02:52.520 --> 0:02:55.240 this season in terms of free agents, draft picks and 0:02:55.280 --> 0:02:57.960 everything under the salary cap of what we have seen, 0:02:58.200 --> 0:03:00.400 you know, especially in this last week, from the draft 0:03:00.440 --> 0:03:03.280 class from last year, and just what they have been doing, 0:03:03.320 --> 0:03:05.799 what Jason Light and his department have done to get 0:03:05.840 --> 0:03:07.800 this team to a position to be in the NFC 0:03:07.880 --> 0:03:10.680 Championship Game. Well, I can tell you who really appreciates 0:03:10.680 --> 0:03:13.480 what Jason Light has done, and that is uh Bruce Arians, 0:03:13.480 --> 0:03:15.680 who said on Monday that he thinks that Jason Light 0:03:15.720 --> 0:03:18.600 should be the executive of the Year. And listen, this 0:03:18.680 --> 0:03:22.639 isn't like revisionist talk here. During the off season when 0:03:22.680 --> 0:03:25.840 all this was going on, everybody realized what a remarkable 0:03:25.960 --> 0:03:29.480 job that Jason Light in his office and Bruce Arians 0:03:29.480 --> 0:03:31.840 were getting done to be able to bring back Shaq 0:03:31.919 --> 0:03:35.800 Barrett and and JPP and Dominican Sue and a bunch 0:03:35.880 --> 0:03:40.000 of other players like uh, like Nacho and and Andrew 0:03:40.040 --> 0:03:42.280 Adams and uh, you know, a lot of the depth 0:03:42.480 --> 0:03:44.160 Kevin Mintor as a matter of fact, he ended up 0:03:44.160 --> 0:03:46.640 being important down the stretch there for depth. And then 0:03:46.840 --> 0:03:50.120 also of course to sign Tom Brady, probably the most 0:03:50.240 --> 0:03:52.600 dramatic free agency signing in the history of the NFL. 0:03:52.960 --> 0:03:55.840 And then to get Rob Gronkowski to trade form after 0:03:55.880 --> 0:03:58.400 he came out of retirement, and then Leonard for Nett, 0:03:58.680 --> 0:04:02.119 you know, picking up guys, uh, Joe hag that give 0:04:02.200 --> 0:04:05.160 you good depth at positions, right, and Leonard Fournette has 0:04:05.160 --> 0:04:08.080 proved to be very important on the stretch. So I 0:04:08.120 --> 0:04:10.240 don't think you could say enough about it. It's been 0:04:10.240 --> 0:04:13.440 a masterful job. And and as Bruce said when he 0:04:13.480 --> 0:04:15.960 was giving Jason like credit and said and also did 0:04:15.960 --> 0:04:18.440 all this without putting us in a terrible cap position. 0:04:18.520 --> 0:04:22.040 So um, yeah, it's it's hard to overstate how good 0:04:22.040 --> 0:04:25.120 of a job that Jason Lynde in his office of time. Yeah, 0:04:25.120 --> 0:04:27.120 and I think, um, you know, of course a lot 0:04:27.120 --> 0:04:29.120 of people want to talk even more about Vita v 0:04:29.240 --> 0:04:30.520 and I thought this was an interesting way of bringing 0:04:30.520 --> 0:04:32.840 it up that Anthony said, do you think Vita will 0:04:32.880 --> 0:04:35.120 be as strong as he was before the injury? So 0:04:35.360 --> 0:04:39.520 overall there's there's obviously a debate between can he play 0:04:39.720 --> 0:04:41.880 versus what level he would play at, you know, what 0:04:41.880 --> 0:04:44.840 what we would be able to expect from him if 0:04:44.839 --> 0:04:46.400 he was able to get in, and how you kind 0:04:46.400 --> 0:04:49.240 of make some of those decisions of is he able? 0:04:49.320 --> 0:04:51.160 But is he someone that you is he had a 0:04:51.240 --> 0:04:53.120 high enough percentage that you want him out there in 0:04:53.160 --> 0:04:56.200 such an important game. Yeah, every player is different, you 0:04:56.240 --> 0:04:59.400 know they some would come back differently than others. But 0:04:59.440 --> 0:05:02.560 I think you can probably put a blanket statement that 0:05:02.560 --> 0:05:04.800 a guy that's been out for about three months Vita 0:05:04.839 --> 0:05:07.760 Bay in this case, he's probably strength is probably not 0:05:07.800 --> 0:05:09.919 an issue. He's just as strong as it would be 0:05:09.960 --> 0:05:12.880 more like in football shape and stamina, And it would 0:05:12.920 --> 0:05:16.040 be hard to imagine a player coming directly back from 0:05:16.279 --> 0:05:18.880 um that and being exactly as good as he was 0:05:19.000 --> 0:05:20.359 before he got injured. I mean, if you look at 0:05:20.360 --> 0:05:24.240 Antonio Brown, who didn't come back from injury, but from 0:05:24.279 --> 0:05:25.880 having not really played in the league for about a 0:05:25.920 --> 0:05:28.920 season and a half, he was productive right away, but 0:05:28.960 --> 0:05:31.719 they used him a little less than They've just kind 0:05:31.720 --> 0:05:33.960 of expanded his role and you've seen him get his 0:05:34.040 --> 0:05:35.760 legs more underneath them to the point now where he's 0:05:35.800 --> 0:05:38.720 more of a guy that can make those sharp cuts 0:05:39.160 --> 0:05:40.560 in the open field when you get him the ball, 0:05:40.880 --> 0:05:43.200 get the ball in his hands. So it's probably a 0:05:43.200 --> 0:05:45.640 similar thing like that, although there's not as much time 0:05:45.680 --> 0:05:47.960 to um for this to develop. Right you either have 0:05:48.040 --> 0:05:50.520 one game left or two, so I would suspect if 0:05:50.560 --> 0:05:52.839 he does get activated for this game, that he would 0:05:52.839 --> 0:05:55.080 play in a reserve role and they'd have an idea 0:05:55.080 --> 0:05:56.560 of how many snaps they can get out of it. 0:05:56.680 --> 0:06:00.479 But um, there's no harm in having him up and available. 0:06:00.800 --> 0:06:04.039 And if Rickie Newonions, Roaches or Nacho continues to start, 0:06:04.120 --> 0:06:06.279 you just see what steps you can get out of 0:06:06.279 --> 0:06:08.600 Beta VEA. My vote is just throw them in there 0:06:08.640 --> 0:06:11.760 at fullback a few times. You know that'd be good too. Yeah. Yeah, 0:06:11.800 --> 0:06:13.440 if you're only gonna get a few snaps out of him, 0:06:13.560 --> 0:06:16.000 let's let's have it be that, you know, Um all right? 0:06:16.040 --> 0:06:17.880 And I think Denny asked, how do you see the 0:06:17.880 --> 0:06:22.239 Buccaneers handling plane in the snow? Well, there's not supposed 0:06:22.240 --> 0:06:24.440 to be a ton of snow. I mean, uh, the 0:06:24.520 --> 0:06:27.680 last I look, it's intermittent showers and that's mostly early 0:06:28.560 --> 0:06:31.080 only an inch, I think they said. And you know, 0:06:31.160 --> 0:06:33.080 for maybe for US Fluoridians an inch of US snow 0:06:33.120 --> 0:06:35.359 seems like a lot. But um, I don't think you'd 0:06:35.400 --> 0:06:38.520 really be like, you know, trudging through snow banks or anything. 0:06:39.040 --> 0:06:42.320 So you know, I don't know about you. I always 0:06:42.360 --> 0:06:45.080 found that, um, snow was a lot better than rain. 0:06:45.480 --> 0:06:47.799 You know, I'd rather play and I'd rather be outside 0:06:47.800 --> 0:06:49.640 in snow than rain. It almost seems to warm things 0:06:49.720 --> 0:06:52.919 up a little bit. Uh, And I don't think, you know, 0:06:52.960 --> 0:06:54.520 I don't think the Bucks will have a big problem 0:06:54.520 --> 0:06:56.880 with that. Everybody earlier this week said it's just a 0:06:56.920 --> 0:06:58.839 mental thing. You have no problem staying warm on the 0:06:58.880 --> 0:07:01.160 sidelines with all the heat gadgets that they have, and 0:07:01.200 --> 0:07:02.839 once you get out on the field start running around, 0:07:02.839 --> 0:07:06.160 you don't feel cold. And I think Tom Brady has 0:07:06.160 --> 0:07:09.159 a little experience playing in the cold. I'm not positive 0:07:09.200 --> 0:07:10.960 about that, but I think he knows a thing or 0:07:10.960 --> 0:07:13.840 two about that as well. Um, Michael asked what happened 0:07:13.880 --> 0:07:16.440 to special teams against the Saints, And of course he 0:07:16.480 --> 0:07:20.160 doesn't mean the kicking part, you know. The main thing 0:07:20.200 --> 0:07:24.120 that happened was Deantay Harris happened. And uh, Coach Areons 0:07:24.120 --> 0:07:25.960 both times we each of the last two times we 0:07:26.000 --> 0:07:29.360 played in New Orleans, Coach Areens has volunteered Deanta Harris's 0:07:29.480 --> 0:07:31.680 name as the guy he's afraid of. Like he'll be 0:07:31.680 --> 0:07:34.040 asked about Michael Thomas and end up talking about Deanta 0:07:34.120 --> 0:07:38.160 Harris and that kid has unbelievable speed and shifting nous 0:07:38.200 --> 0:07:41.760 and you know on the first one, Uh, we got 0:07:41.760 --> 0:07:43.720 a guy down there, Jaden Mickens, and he got the 0:07:43.800 --> 0:07:45.120 hit and could have been a big play, but he 0:07:45.160 --> 0:07:47.000 just didn't get him down. And you know, when you 0:07:47.040 --> 0:07:49.080 make a missed like that, often that opens up a lane. 0:07:49.080 --> 0:07:51.040 And that's what happened. But that guy is just really, 0:07:51.080 --> 0:07:53.720 really good. And if you look back at it, Um, 0:07:53.720 --> 0:07:57.480 we had struggles with them previously in the season too, So, um, 0:07:57.520 --> 0:07:59.360 that's what happened to it. Now, I'm sure that Keith 0:07:59.440 --> 0:08:01.720 Armstrong would to get down in a much more detailed 0:08:01.720 --> 0:08:03.480 way and say, maybe this guy got out of his gap, 0:08:03.560 --> 0:08:05.120 or this guy got out of his gap, but you're 0:08:05.120 --> 0:08:08.880 not going to run into a Deontay Harris very often fortunately, right, Yes, 0:08:08.960 --> 0:08:11.120 that that is very true. Um. Richard asked, do you 0:08:11.120 --> 0:08:13.400 think we'll get the same pressure to Rogers as we 0:08:13.440 --> 0:08:16.320 did in Week six? Well, I sure hope so, because 0:08:16.360 --> 0:08:18.840 I think that's easily the best chance that we have 0:08:18.920 --> 0:08:21.800 in this game. Um, Aaron Rodgers, if you look at 0:08:21.840 --> 0:08:25.040 all of his games this season, that one was an anomaly. 0:08:25.080 --> 0:08:27.119 It's the only one where he didn't throw a touchdown pass. 0:08:27.480 --> 0:08:29.240 It's the only only one where he threw more than 0:08:29.280 --> 0:08:34.440 one interception. Uh, you know, he's been pretty much playing 0:08:34.440 --> 0:08:36.800 at an incredible level, in a very productive level every 0:08:36.800 --> 0:08:39.079 single week except for that one. So and we did. 0:08:39.080 --> 0:08:40.800 We sacked him four times, got a lot of pressure 0:08:40.800 --> 0:08:43.959 on him. So obviously the Bucks are capable of doing that. 0:08:44.360 --> 0:08:46.440 It's one thing to say that's the formula and the 0:08:46.440 --> 0:08:48.040 Bucks have done it before, and it's another thing to 0:08:48.080 --> 0:08:50.760 go out and do it. So obviously, yeah, the Bucks can. 0:08:50.920 --> 0:08:53.920 We'll see if it happens. And uh, we had another 0:08:53.960 --> 0:08:56.199 question asking do you see us playing the same kind 0:08:56.240 --> 0:08:58.840 of tight coverage that we did against the Saints against 0:08:58.840 --> 0:09:00.880 the Packers In terms of how match up wood look, 0:09:01.000 --> 0:09:03.200 it's a little bit different, and I would suspect you'd 0:09:03.200 --> 0:09:04.880 see more of a mix like we get in most 0:09:04.920 --> 0:09:08.280 weeks because the Saints and Drew Brees they were not 0:09:08.320 --> 0:09:10.320 throwing the ball downfield at all going into that game. 0:09:10.360 --> 0:09:12.840 Drew Brees was throwing the ball his passes win an 0:09:12.840 --> 0:09:16.000 average of about five yards through the air and that 0:09:16.120 --> 0:09:19.280 was about I think maybe second lowest among all qualifying quarterbacks. 0:09:19.280 --> 0:09:21.800 So you weren't really concerned about him going deep, which 0:09:21.840 --> 0:09:23.400 is the concern obviously if you play a lot of 0:09:23.400 --> 0:09:25.960 press man coverage. Um, you know, you get beat at 0:09:25.960 --> 0:09:27.760 the line and they get right past you and can 0:09:27.840 --> 0:09:31.320 make plays downfield. Now, Aaron Rodgers through the second most 0:09:31.400 --> 0:09:34.400 deep passes, which I think is defined his twenty yards 0:09:34.400 --> 0:09:36.880 in the air downfield, second most deep passes in the 0:09:37.000 --> 0:09:39.280 NFL this year at seventy four. He completed the most 0:09:39.320 --> 0:09:42.000 of them at thirty one, and on those plays had 0:09:42.000 --> 0:09:46.080 twelve touchdowns and no interceptions. So the Packers can very 0:09:46.160 --> 0:09:48.440 much get the ball downfield and will and we'll try to. 0:09:48.600 --> 0:09:51.120 So I don't think you can play all press all day, 0:09:51.440 --> 0:09:53.600 all tight all day. I think Todd Bowls will do 0:09:53.840 --> 0:09:56.360 what he does well, and that's mixed things up and 0:09:56.400 --> 0:09:58.960 anticipate what's coming and try to disguise things and try 0:09:59.000 --> 0:10:00.960 to you know, get the or back thinks he think 0:10:01.000 --> 0:10:04.520 he's getting one look and then ends up getting another look. So, um, yeah, 0:10:04.559 --> 0:10:06.600 that'll be times when we played that aggressively, as is 0:10:06.600 --> 0:10:08.520 the case every week, but probably not to the extent 0:10:08.600 --> 0:10:12.360 that they did in New Orleans. And Martin had a 0:10:12.400 --> 0:10:15.199 sort of combination question, part for me, part for you. Uh, 0:10:15.200 --> 0:10:16.840 he said, Casey, how much more fun is it for 0:10:16.880 --> 0:10:19.320 you to be covering a team winning in the postseason, 0:10:20.000 --> 0:10:22.040 and then he said, Scott, how much does this feel 0:10:22.080 --> 0:10:24.400 similar to O two and going on the road to 0:10:24.440 --> 0:10:27.840 get to the Super Bowl? So for my part, um, 0:10:27.880 --> 0:10:30.080 it is very fun, although it is also very sad 0:10:30.120 --> 0:10:32.560 because I am doing it from my couch, so of 0:10:32.640 --> 0:10:35.600 all of all the years, uh for for this to 0:10:35.640 --> 0:10:38.400 be happening, it is. I am not nearly as involved 0:10:38.400 --> 0:10:40.320 in it as I would like to be, or I 0:10:40.320 --> 0:10:42.400 would be in normally years. But of course, yes, it 0:10:42.520 --> 0:10:45.679 is incredibly fun to get to do the interviews, watch 0:10:45.720 --> 0:10:49.199 the games, be involved when they're winning one percent, So yes, Scott, 0:10:49.200 --> 0:10:52.400 how about you? Well, yeah, that's the For me personally, 0:10:52.440 --> 0:10:54.200 it doesn't feel the same as oh too, because I 0:10:54.200 --> 0:10:56.160 got to go to that Philadelphia game. But I think 0:10:56.160 --> 0:10:59.319 he means the circumstances. Um, it's a little bit different. 0:10:59.520 --> 0:11:03.400 It's almost like a hybrid because in O two, um, 0:11:03.440 --> 0:11:06.359 you know, we beat San Francisco in the NFC Championship 0:11:06.360 --> 0:11:08.480 game and we were, I mean in the divisional round, 0:11:08.679 --> 0:11:11.040 and we were there after a bye because we had 0:11:11.040 --> 0:11:13.000 one in Chicago in the last week and got in 0:11:13.040 --> 0:11:15.520 that first round by so we did have one home 0:11:15.559 --> 0:11:17.880 game and then we went to Philly, which was the 0:11:17.920 --> 0:11:19.760 team that we couldn't get over the hump. They knocked 0:11:19.800 --> 0:11:22.400 us out of the playoffs in two thousand, two thousand one. 0:11:22.480 --> 0:11:25.680 They beat us earlier in that Super Bowl season. That's 0:11:25.720 --> 0:11:27.760 more like what New Orleans was to us. So in 0:11:27.800 --> 0:11:31.000 a way, the Buccaneers this time, they had to win 0:11:31.040 --> 0:11:32.839 a game on the road first, and then they went 0:11:32.880 --> 0:11:34.560 to that team that they couldn't get over the hump, 0:11:34.679 --> 0:11:36.440 but then they did, so we kind of already got 0:11:36.480 --> 0:11:38.560 that victory and now we got to play an old 0:11:38.559 --> 0:11:40.599 foe and the Packers, which was a team that we 0:11:40.640 --> 0:11:43.920 had to get over the hump against in the mid nineties. 0:11:44.000 --> 0:11:45.880 And once we did that, then we were able to 0:11:46.120 --> 0:11:48.160 you know, then became Philly, and then we were able 0:11:48.160 --> 0:11:49.319 to make it all the way to the super Bowl. 0:11:49.400 --> 0:11:51.560 So it's almost sort of like a mixture of those 0:11:51.600 --> 0:11:54.360 two things. But yeah, there's some similarities to Howard Field. 0:11:54.360 --> 0:11:57.320 But that was eighteen years ago. Yeah, that was that 0:11:57.400 --> 0:11:59.640 was a wee bit ago. I don't tell you how 0:11:59.640 --> 0:12:03.480 old I at that point, I don't want um alright, 0:12:03.559 --> 0:12:06.000 So Tim brought up, we know it's kind of hard 0:12:06.000 --> 0:12:08.040 for a team to beat another team multiple times in 0:12:08.040 --> 0:12:10.720 a season. How do we tweak our game plan to 0:12:10.800 --> 0:12:12.920 make sure that we're able to get both wins over 0:12:13.000 --> 0:12:17.280 the Packers. You know, that's the thing that that people say, um, 0:12:17.320 --> 0:12:19.960 but isn't necessarily backed up by stats. I think maybe 0:12:19.960 --> 0:12:21.800 it feels like it's hard to beat the same team, 0:12:22.200 --> 0:12:24.440 but we've certainly, you know, we did it to several 0:12:24.440 --> 0:12:27.440 teams this year, Atlanta and Carolina and New Orleans did 0:12:27.440 --> 0:12:30.440 it to us, And everybody said, it's hard to beat 0:12:30.480 --> 0:12:34.120 a team three times, But in reality, um, there were 0:12:34.120 --> 0:12:36.840 thirty two instances of what happened with the Bucks this 0:12:36.920 --> 0:12:39.320 year before us, in twenty of them were born by 0:12:39.320 --> 0:12:41.079 the team that already won the first two. So it's 0:12:41.080 --> 0:12:43.319 really not that hard to be the team multiple times 0:12:43.320 --> 0:12:46.360 in the same season. UM. I think in this case, 0:12:46.400 --> 0:12:48.360 it's just hard to beat the Packers multiple times in 0:12:48.640 --> 0:12:51.000 a season because other than our game, they lost one 0:12:51.040 --> 0:12:53.880 game by six points and one game by three in overtime, 0:12:54.240 --> 0:12:57.160 and they haven't lost in a while, don't have the Buccaneers. 0:12:57.240 --> 0:12:59.760 So both teams were playing at a really high level 0:12:59.800 --> 0:13:02.160 right now. And the Packers have home field advantage, and 0:13:02.160 --> 0:13:04.120 they have a quarterback in Aaron Rodgers who not only 0:13:04.240 --> 0:13:06.880 is probably the m v P, but has an incredible 0:13:06.920 --> 0:13:10.200 history of winning in cold weather at lambeau Field, even 0:13:10.240 --> 0:13:13.400 against very good teams. So, um, that's what's hard to overcome, 0:13:13.440 --> 0:13:15.640 I think this week, and of course we've had several 0:13:15.640 --> 0:13:18.360 people wanting to know how Antonio Brown is doing. We 0:13:18.400 --> 0:13:20.680 saw before halftime of that last game there was a 0:13:20.679 --> 0:13:23.120 little bit of limping, and there was reports on Monday 0:13:23.120 --> 0:13:24.800 about getting an m r I. So what what do 0:13:24.840 --> 0:13:27.480 we know and what do we not know at this point? Yeah, 0:13:27.559 --> 0:13:30.640 this is that whole Monday through Wednesday continuum about how 0:13:30.679 --> 0:13:34.040 news comes out. So on Monday, when Bruce Arians was 0:13:34.080 --> 0:13:36.640 asked about it, he said that Antonio was getting an 0:13:36.760 --> 0:13:38.719 m r I and that at the moment he had 0:13:38.760 --> 0:13:41.800 no other information as to like what he thought, you know, 0:13:41.880 --> 0:13:44.920 the results might be. Since then, we obviously have seen 0:13:45.000 --> 0:13:49.240 reports and you know those are generally well founded reports 0:13:49.280 --> 0:13:52.040 that the m r I did not turn up anything, um, 0:13:52.120 --> 0:13:55.320 any structural damage, and that therefore Brown will probably be 0:13:55.320 --> 0:13:58.800 considered day to day. Now it's Wednesday, and it's the morning, 0:13:59.120 --> 0:14:00.840 and in the afternoon we'll get to hear from Bruce 0:14:00.840 --> 0:14:02.680 Arians again, and I would imagine we would get an 0:14:02.760 --> 0:14:06.360 update then but certainly from what we're hearing from other sources, 0:14:06.960 --> 0:14:08.719 it's at least positive news. Kind of like the same 0:14:08.760 --> 0:14:10.720 thing that happened with Mike Evans, maybe just a little 0:14:10.760 --> 0:14:16.280 less dramatically. Yes, yeah, just didn't look quite Yeah. Sean, 0:14:16.360 --> 0:14:18.560 as you asked, what have you thought of Sean Murphy 0:14:18.600 --> 0:14:21.920 Bunting's performance recently? Well, I think it's been great, um, 0:14:21.920 --> 0:14:24.520 And he's been making big plays. Anytime you can do 0:14:24.560 --> 0:14:27.200 a thing where it says he and Roddy Barber are 0:14:27.240 --> 0:14:28.920 the only ones who have ever done that, you know 0:14:28.960 --> 0:14:30.720 you've done something good and in that in this case, 0:14:30.760 --> 0:14:33.600 that means he had an interception and consecutive postseason games. 0:14:33.920 --> 0:14:35.840 He and Ronde are the only two Bucks to do that. 0:14:36.320 --> 0:14:39.720 And he's just he's making big plays. The corners in 0:14:39.800 --> 0:14:43.000 general were fantastic against New Orleans. Um. You know, I 0:14:43.040 --> 0:14:46.800 did a story yesterday using next Gen stats and Jamal 0:14:46.880 --> 0:14:49.120 Dean and Carlton Davis and Sean Murphy Bunting all had 0:14:49.120 --> 0:14:52.120 incredible coverage numbers in that game. And you saw how 0:14:52.240 --> 0:14:53.920 you know, I think Drew Brees at a hundred forty 0:14:53.920 --> 0:14:56.560 three passing yards. Michael Thomas didn't catch a pass for 0:14:56.600 --> 0:14:59.480 the first time in his entire career in the game, 0:14:59.520 --> 0:15:03.680 and Sean particular, you could tell by the way his 0:15:03.720 --> 0:15:06.680 teammates talk about him when they're asked about him, he'll 0:15:06.760 --> 0:15:08.720 tell you he's had some ups and downs this year 0:15:08.800 --> 0:15:12.480 after finishing last year so strong. But um, his teammates 0:15:12.480 --> 0:15:15.160 know how talented he is and they love watching him 0:15:15.360 --> 0:15:17.440 stay at it, stay at a hard, stay confident and 0:15:17.520 --> 0:15:19.120 then sort of come out on the other end now 0:15:19.480 --> 0:15:21.920 and be a guy that's making big plays for the defense. 0:15:21.960 --> 0:15:24.280 So everybody's really happy for him as and I'm sure 0:15:24.320 --> 0:15:28.000 you are too. Yeah. Absolutely. Um And Richard asked do 0:15:28.040 --> 0:15:31.200 you think Antonio Brown should return kicks? And I don't 0:15:31.240 --> 0:15:33.280 know if maybe this isn't the question for this particular 0:15:33.280 --> 0:15:35.640 game because he is maybe coming off an injury, but 0:15:35.880 --> 0:15:38.400 more of the overall big picture, why have we not 0:15:38.480 --> 0:15:41.120 been using him as much in that? That was Richard 0:15:41.120 --> 0:15:43.640 that asked that. Yeah, I think you and me, Richard 0:15:43.680 --> 0:15:46.160 are gonna be uh, we're gonna be aligned on this one, 0:15:46.200 --> 0:15:47.800 but we're not gonna get what we want. I I 0:15:47.880 --> 0:15:51.880 do think i'd like to see Antonio Brown returning punts. Um, 0:15:51.920 --> 0:15:54.840 you know, our punt return game has been you know, 0:15:55.200 --> 0:15:59.120 solid right, but certainly no big splash plays and he's 0:15:59.120 --> 0:16:01.160 showing me do that, and you know, if you've got 0:16:01.160 --> 0:16:03.520 this guy on your roster, you know why not utilize 0:16:03.560 --> 0:16:05.800 that option too. But I think that Bruce arians has 0:16:05.800 --> 0:16:07.880 made it pretty clear that he doesn't want to use 0:16:07.920 --> 0:16:11.640 Brown in that role unless he absolutely has to, and 0:16:11.880 --> 0:16:13.320 so I don't think we're going to see that, And 0:16:13.360 --> 0:16:16.240 I understand that side of it obviously, And like you said, 0:16:16.240 --> 0:16:17.920 it's probably a different story now that he has a 0:16:17.960 --> 0:16:20.120 knee issue. But even without knee issue, I don't think 0:16:20.120 --> 0:16:23.200 they want to um expose him to the possibility of 0:16:23.200 --> 0:16:26.000 injury on such a place. So I can understand that certainly. 0:16:26.000 --> 0:16:27.400 But I think I'm with Richard that i'd like to 0:16:27.400 --> 0:16:29.720 see some punt returns. All right, Well, that is going 0:16:29.760 --> 0:16:31.360 to do it for us on this edition of Buccaneers 0:16:31.400 --> 0:16:33.320 in Sidur Live, presented by Miller Lyte. Thanks so much 0:16:33.360 --> 0:16:34.880 for joining us, and I know there were definitely some 0:16:34.920 --> 0:16:36.760 amazing questions we didn't get a chance to get to, 0:16:37.040 --> 0:16:39.960 but we are coming back here tomorrow morning and Friday 0:16:40.000 --> 0:16:41.960 morning at ten am, so if we didn't get to years, 0:16:41.960 --> 0:16:43.760 come back then and ask it then. And thanks as 0:16:43.760 --> 0:16:45.400 always for joining us. We'll see you tomorrow.