WEBVTT - Installing the Offense, OTAs in Full Swing | Bucs Insider | Tampa Bay Buccaneers 0:00:01.560 --> 0:00:03.880 Welcome in two Bucks insider Casey Phillips here with senior 0:00:03.920 --> 0:00:05.920 writer and editor Scott Smith. It has been a fun 0:00:06.080 --> 0:00:09.520 week because it is official. Antoine Winfield Junior is a 0:00:09.560 --> 0:00:12.400 Buck for a long time and making a big buck, 0:00:13.480 --> 0:00:15.760 so it was quite a deal for him. He had 0:00:15.760 --> 0:00:18.439 his official signing and press conference this week, and it 0:00:18.560 --> 0:00:22.400 was even cooler because the press conference was one year 0:00:22.520 --> 0:00:26.000 to the day from him calling his shot. So let's 0:00:26.000 --> 0:00:26.799 take a listen. 0:00:27.000 --> 0:00:29.480 The worst Saturday morning, you know where everybody hung over. 0:00:30.280 --> 0:00:33.360 We get that good work here, big season to hear. 0:00:34.320 --> 0:00:36.840 I think I'm the only one I see it. That's 0:00:36.840 --> 0:00:39.040 just how I gotta be right now, That's how I 0:00:39.080 --> 0:00:39.519 got to be. 0:00:39.600 --> 0:00:40.319 What are you going for? 0:00:41.040 --> 0:00:44.600 I want team, I want All Pro, Pro Bowl, super Bowl. 0:00:44.440 --> 0:00:46.720 I want it all in the final goal. 0:00:47.400 --> 0:00:48.680 There we go, ice paid this year. 0:00:48.720 --> 0:00:49.519 Mark my words. 0:00:49.840 --> 0:00:51.360 I'm gonna come next to this video and be like 0:00:51.440 --> 0:00:54.320 I did it well. Probably shouldn't see you because on 0:00:54.360 --> 0:00:57.120 his work that we put here right now, we're gonna 0:00:57.120 --> 0:01:01.760 make it happen. So it's twenty third, so you got 0:01:01.760 --> 0:01:05.800 to speaking it into existence. All Pro, highest pay, all pro, 0:01:05.959 --> 0:01:09.400 highest paid, all Pro, highest pay, and eventually it's going 0:01:09.440 --> 0:01:10.360 to become reality. 0:01:10.560 --> 0:01:17.080 So state some incredible and again to the day, one 0:01:17.160 --> 0:01:19.399 year from when he recorded that video was his press 0:01:19.440 --> 0:01:21.600 conference and when I interviewed him afterward, I was like, 0:01:21.640 --> 0:01:23.120 I have a list of things I'd like for you 0:01:23.160 --> 0:01:26.160 to manifest if you wouldn't mind, you know, winning the lottery, 0:01:26.240 --> 0:01:27.800 things like that. But I did talk to him a 0:01:27.840 --> 0:01:31.240 little bit about his next things he wants to manifest, 0:01:31.280 --> 0:01:32.959 So we have a slice coming out with him soon. 0:01:33.000 --> 0:01:35.000 That's gonna be fun to hear that about. So tell 0:01:35.040 --> 0:01:37.440 me your thoughts on this deal. Listening to him at 0:01:37.440 --> 0:01:39.600 the press conference, just what this means to him, to 0:01:39.640 --> 0:01:41.240 the organization and to that defense. 0:01:41.440 --> 0:01:43.720 Well, it was funny because he said, as we know, 0:01:43.880 --> 0:01:46.319 he's now the highest paid defensive back in the league, 0:01:46.319 --> 0:01:47.680 and he says that they're in the video and the 0:01:47.720 --> 0:01:51.120 goal when you say that, obviously you have to do 0:01:51.160 --> 0:01:54.600 something extraordinary to then be rewarded as the highest paid 0:01:54.800 --> 0:01:57.559 player at your position. Right, So it's a good goal 0:01:57.640 --> 0:02:00.720 to have beyond just you know, wanting to be wealthy. 0:02:01.000 --> 0:02:05.240 But he said, to be clear, I was going for 0:02:05.320 --> 0:02:09.160 highest paid safety, not necessarily defensive back. So that was 0:02:09.240 --> 0:02:11.880 kind of even above and beyond. But again it's as 0:02:12.040 --> 0:02:14.760 was mentioned in the press conference, it's another example of you, 0:02:15.360 --> 0:02:17.680 if you're drafted by this team and you put in 0:02:17.720 --> 0:02:20.040 the work and you become a good player, they want 0:02:20.040 --> 0:02:22.280 to keep you around. And we're showing it again and again. 0:02:22.600 --> 0:02:24.400 That's the way that Jason Light wants to build this 0:02:24.480 --> 0:02:28.880 team and Antoine himself. He didn't put any numerical goals 0:02:28.880 --> 0:02:30.360 like in that video. I think he said ten as 0:02:30.400 --> 0:02:33.160 in ten takeaways if you add up his interceptions in 0:02:33.160 --> 0:02:36.920 force fumbls and funnel recoveries. He did get there, but 0:02:37.440 --> 0:02:39.920 he didn't really have another statistical goal for this season. 0:02:40.360 --> 0:02:42.400 The goal was the super Bowl, which is what Jason Light, 0:02:42.400 --> 0:02:44.160 who was sitting next to him, wanted to hear. So 0:02:44.200 --> 0:02:46.320 he wants to get super Bowl number two and then 0:02:46.360 --> 0:02:48.640 go from there, as he said, and he plans to 0:02:48.680 --> 0:02:50.880 continue working just as hard. He says every year he 0:02:50.880 --> 0:02:52.519 wants to be better than the year he was before, 0:02:52.760 --> 0:02:55.120 and at this stage in his career that's still quite doable. 0:02:55.240 --> 0:02:57.080 Yeah, which is incredible. I'm so excited to have him 0:02:57.120 --> 0:03:00.000 around longer term. Now. That was, of course the highest 0:03:00.040 --> 0:03:02.640 profile signing of the week. It wasn't the only signing 0:03:02.680 --> 0:03:04.320 of the week. We're always kind of in this point 0:03:04.360 --> 0:03:05.840 this time of year of trying to get all those 0:03:05.880 --> 0:03:08.400 rookies sign on their deals, and so tell us about 0:03:08.400 --> 0:03:09.440 who was able to get scared. 0:03:09.480 --> 0:03:12.000 Yeah, draft pick, third round pick Tyke Smith, the safety 0:03:12.120 --> 0:03:14.600 or defensive back out of Georgia. He got his first 0:03:14.600 --> 0:03:17.239 deal done. Like every player picked after the first round, 0:03:17.280 --> 0:03:19.640 it's a four year deal. That leaves just three of 0:03:19.680 --> 0:03:21.560 the draft picks still to go. Graham Barton the first 0:03:21.600 --> 0:03:24.760 round center, Chris Braswell the second round outside linebacker, and 0:03:24.919 --> 0:03:27.040 Jalen mcmill in the third round receiver, and those will 0:03:27.040 --> 0:03:29.000 probably get done in the next few weeks. They tend 0:03:29.000 --> 0:03:30.840 to under the current system because they're just not very 0:03:30.840 --> 0:03:33.440 difficult to do. And then we also had another little 0:03:33.480 --> 0:03:40.720 tweak to the roster. Signed a defender named Ernest Brown, 0:03:41.400 --> 0:03:43.760 formerly of the Rams, and then to make a spot 0:03:43.760 --> 0:03:45.720 for him, release Patrick Lair, who's been on the practice 0:03:45.760 --> 0:03:48.840 squad for quite some time. The running back Ernest Brown, 0:03:49.160 --> 0:03:51.240 he came in the league as a draft pick with 0:03:51.320 --> 0:03:53.960 the Rams. He was considered an outside linebacker at the time, 0:03:54.000 --> 0:03:55.760 but he's kind of bulked up to about three hundred 0:03:55.760 --> 0:03:58.320 pounds now from two to seventy so the Bucks tend 0:03:58.360 --> 0:04:00.920 to use them, intend to use them like a three 0:04:01.040 --> 0:04:03.800 four defensive end, like a Will Golston type. So, and 0:04:04.040 --> 0:04:06.040 you know, as I always mentioned where these guys played 0:04:06.080 --> 0:04:08.320 their college ball, he played at Northwestern because I always 0:04:08.480 --> 0:04:09.400 I always mentioned. 0:04:09.120 --> 0:04:11.840 That you always school no matter what, and not at 0:04:11.840 --> 0:04:15.120 all more emphasis when it's from Northwestern. I love that, 0:04:15.600 --> 0:04:17.160 all right. So you know, we don't typically have an 0:04:17.160 --> 0:04:21.120 injury report at this point in the year, but I 0:04:21.480 --> 0:04:24.720 saw your face like, what is happening? Coach Bowls on 0:04:24.800 --> 0:04:26.880 the on the injury report at this point. He had 0:04:26.880 --> 0:04:29.520 a knee surgery coming into OTAs, but that did not 0:04:29.600 --> 0:04:31.719 keep him from being out there. He was in a 0:04:31.720 --> 0:04:34.320 golf cart and I loved watching him right on by 0:04:34.360 --> 0:04:36.520 and as he drove by, I gave a little Princess 0:04:36.520 --> 0:04:38.120 way and he gave the Princess way back as he's 0:04:38.160 --> 0:04:41.920 in his chariot being driven around OTAs. So he's still there, 0:04:42.240 --> 0:04:44.080 still made it to the first OTAs, just had to 0:04:44.080 --> 0:04:45.880 get that new replacement, which I mean, hey, he's gonna 0:04:45.880 --> 0:04:47.480 be an even even better coach this year once he 0:04:47.480 --> 0:04:48.240 get it all figured out. 0:04:48.320 --> 0:04:51.240 Yeah, we have precedents of coaches going to practice in 0:04:51.440 --> 0:04:53.599 golf carts and it working out okay, something we had 0:04:53.720 --> 0:04:56.360 seen before. I was I was kind of impressed. To 0:04:56.360 --> 0:04:58.320 me answer you, I had heard some rumblings last week 0:04:58.320 --> 0:05:00.240 that he may not be at practices this week because 0:05:00.240 --> 0:05:02.720 the surgery was last Wednesday. Yeah, that's pretty quick, and 0:05:03.080 --> 0:05:05.719 this the first practice was Tuesday, so that's six days. 0:05:05.720 --> 0:05:06.039 He said. 0:05:06.080 --> 0:05:08.040 The first three days after the surgery were pretty rough, 0:05:08.640 --> 0:05:11.320 but he was getting around pretty well. And he says 0:05:11.320 --> 0:05:13.360 by the time the season, I would imagine also training 0:05:13.400 --> 0:05:15.760 cap comes around, he'll be move around just fine. Yeah, 0:05:15.760 --> 0:05:19.479 it's you know, that's a knee replacement. That's a big deal. Yeah, 0:05:19.760 --> 0:05:22.160 I personally was impressed he was out there. I imagine 0:05:22.240 --> 0:05:23.440 when you think about it, and we could talk a 0:05:23.440 --> 0:05:26.279 little bit about more what OTAs are, but you only 0:05:26.279 --> 0:05:29.760 get ten of them, and so. 0:05:28.680 --> 0:05:30.440 I want to miss it. So tell us a little 0:05:30.440 --> 0:05:33.040 bit back again about that phase we're in OTAs, what 0:05:33.279 --> 0:05:34.720 the actual moment is of the off season. 0:05:34.920 --> 0:05:37.440 We just started phase three, which is going to begin 0:05:37.560 --> 0:05:39.760 with three weeks of OTA, so you'll have three one week, 0:05:39.760 --> 0:05:42.039 three one week, and then four one week. The league 0:05:42.040 --> 0:05:44.719 only allows you to have ten. Sometimes teams maybe skip 0:05:44.720 --> 0:05:46.240 one of them and only do nine, but for now 0:05:46.240 --> 0:05:49.000 we have ten scheduled and in this third and then 0:05:49.040 --> 0:05:50.560 after that there will be a three day mini camp, 0:05:50.600 --> 0:05:55.320 which is the only mandatory part of the off season program. 0:05:55.360 --> 0:05:58.440 In this third phase, you can now finally do full 0:05:58.480 --> 0:06:00.640 team drills like eleven on a having a nine on 0:06:00.680 --> 0:06:02.880 seven and so on, at which you couldn't do until 0:06:02.880 --> 0:06:05.719 this week started. Offense had to go against like other 0:06:05.800 --> 0:06:07.960 offensive players pretending to be defense, that kind of thing. 0:06:08.000 --> 0:06:10.440 But now they can go offense versus defense. There's still 0:06:10.480 --> 0:06:13.400 no contact, you're not supposed to hit each other, and 0:06:13.440 --> 0:06:16.080 these are not mandatory, but most of our guys have 0:06:16.120 --> 0:06:18.760 shown up. Baker Mayfield and very notably was out there. 0:06:18.760 --> 0:06:21.400 You really, that's probably the most important person to attend 0:06:21.440 --> 0:06:23.400 you're starting quarterback because you're trying to get the offense. 0:06:23.400 --> 0:06:26.839 It's especially yeah and especially once again a new offense, 0:06:27.160 --> 0:06:29.560 So it would be unfortunate if Baker wasn't there, but 0:06:29.600 --> 0:06:29.960 he's there. 0:06:30.200 --> 0:06:32.520 And then another person that one of those high profile 0:06:32.560 --> 0:06:34.760 people that is attending is Chris Godwin, and we got 0:06:34.800 --> 0:06:37.120 a chance to hear from him as he spoke about 0:06:37.160 --> 0:06:39.839 again new offense what his role might look like. So 0:06:40.080 --> 0:06:42.000 what did you feel like you learned. And you know, 0:06:42.000 --> 0:06:43.560 I feel like all off season we have been hearing 0:06:43.640 --> 0:06:46.560 rumblings of what we think that Chris Godwin Liam Cohen 0:06:46.600 --> 0:06:47.320 partnership is going to. 0:06:47.480 --> 0:06:50.040 Yeah, yeah, Well Liam had mentioned that he intended to 0:06:50.200 --> 0:06:52.200 put Chris back into that role he used to play, 0:06:52.200 --> 0:06:54.880 where he's primarily working out of the slot, and but 0:06:54.920 --> 0:06:56.560 we hadn't talked to Chris about it, We hadn't really 0:06:56.560 --> 0:06:58.920 heard how he felt about it, and it was good 0:06:58.960 --> 0:07:01.800 to hear that he's very much in favor of this. 0:07:02.120 --> 0:07:04.559 You know, he was if we've shown graphics before about 0:07:04.560 --> 0:07:07.159 how he was playing like seventy to seventy five percent 0:07:07.160 --> 0:07:09.720 of snaps in the slot in the previous three years. 0:07:10.480 --> 0:07:13.120 Last year it was only like forty percent. Now he's 0:07:13.160 --> 0:07:15.080 going to be your primary slot guy again. And a 0:07:15.120 --> 0:07:17.480 couple of things he mentioned one, as you see here, 0:07:17.520 --> 0:07:19.240 it allows him to be more creative in his routes, 0:07:19.280 --> 0:07:20.920 he says. But also, and I thought this was a 0:07:20.920 --> 0:07:23.520 really good point. If you recall a few years ago, 0:07:24.040 --> 0:07:27.360 we were raving about how good his run blocking was 0:07:27.400 --> 0:07:29.800 and how important he was to the rushing attack, which 0:07:29.840 --> 0:07:32.800 is not real common for a wide receiver tied end sure, 0:07:32.840 --> 0:07:35.360 but receivers. They don't usually they're not usually that important 0:07:35.360 --> 0:07:37.480 to your rushing attack. They're getting new blocks on the 0:07:37.520 --> 0:07:39.480 outside in case of run is out and you maybe 0:07:39.480 --> 0:07:42.760 get some more yards. Chris notes that when he's playing 0:07:42.760 --> 0:07:45.240 in the slot, he can go back to being much 0:07:45.280 --> 0:07:47.520 more involved in the and much more important to the 0:07:47.560 --> 0:07:50.400 run blocking schemes without it being obvious if you're playing 0:07:50.480 --> 0:07:52.320 the outside. If he's playing on the outside and he 0:07:52.360 --> 0:07:54.200 motions in and stops right near the end of the line, 0:07:54.360 --> 0:07:56.480 pretty good indication is probably a running play and he's 0:07:56.480 --> 0:07:58.240 gonna be blocking. But if he's already there, you're not 0:07:58.240 --> 0:07:59.119 giving anything away. 0:07:59.320 --> 0:07:59.960 Yeah, that's true. 0:08:00.040 --> 0:08:00.880 I thought that was a good point. 0:08:00.960 --> 0:08:02.920 Yeah. Those One of my favorite things I learned last 0:08:02.960 --> 0:08:04.760 year was talking to Chris on one of our shows 0:08:04.760 --> 0:08:07.280 and that he started out as an offensive line minister 0:08:07.280 --> 0:08:09.760 did because of the weight situation, And I was like, 0:08:09.840 --> 0:08:12.040 it all makes so much sense now, all right, And 0:08:12.080 --> 0:08:14.080 so finally I know tight end room is going to 0:08:14.080 --> 0:08:16.080 be an interesting one to watch this year that we 0:08:16.120 --> 0:08:18.240 know we still have, you know, several guys coming back. 0:08:18.320 --> 0:08:20.200 You have a little bit of additions, and again in 0:08:20.240 --> 0:08:22.000 this offense, what do you see is the role of 0:08:22.040 --> 0:08:24.520 the tight end, how Liam Cohan wants to use them 0:08:24.520 --> 0:08:25.840 and there for what that could look like for the 0:08:25.840 --> 0:08:26.800 guys that are on this roster. 0:08:26.960 --> 0:08:28.920 Well, one thing we've talked about a little bit. I 0:08:28.920 --> 0:08:31.400 think we're going to run more eleven personnel rather than twelve, 0:08:31.440 --> 0:08:32.840 and twelve is where you get two tight ends on 0:08:32.840 --> 0:08:34.760 the field, So the snaps might be at a bit 0:08:34.760 --> 0:08:37.800 more of a premium. But Cade told us that he 0:08:38.040 --> 0:08:40.760 and the other tight ends, it's a really young group. 0:08:41.480 --> 0:08:44.760 We're talking before practice the other day and they were saying, 0:08:45.040 --> 0:08:47.240 we want to be the best position unit on this team, 0:08:47.360 --> 0:08:50.720 which is a lofty goal. I mean, better than the receiver. 0:08:51.400 --> 0:08:53.720 I was like, oh boy, better than the safety. Yeah, 0:08:53.760 --> 0:08:54.600 I mean, if you're going. 0:08:54.559 --> 0:08:57.319 To the goal, I love the goal. If they I mean, heck, 0:08:57.360 --> 0:08:59.960 if you come even close, you're doing pretty well. 0:09:00.160 --> 0:09:03.319 So Kate is the quote unquote elder statesman of that room, 0:09:03.320 --> 0:09:05.680 even though he's just going into his third year. We've 0:09:05.800 --> 0:09:08.120 really totally rebuilt that room. You know, not that long 0:09:08.160 --> 0:09:11.839 ago it was Rob Gronkowski and Cam Bray and it's 0:09:11.880 --> 0:09:14.080 really changed quite a bit. As you see here. In 0:09:14.120 --> 0:09:17.640 the last three years, we've spent four day three picks 0:09:17.679 --> 0:09:21.480 on the position and that might be your position group. 0:09:21.600 --> 0:09:22.719 That might be it right there. I mean, there's a 0:09:22.720 --> 0:09:24.360 couple of other guys in the mix, but it could 0:09:24.400 --> 0:09:27.360 into being those four. And you know, the oldest one 0:09:27.400 --> 0:09:29.960 is going into his third year. But you know, there's 0:09:30.000 --> 0:09:32.880 a lot of different types of guys in that group there, 0:09:33.080 --> 0:09:35.400 and there's a lot of room for growth. And you 0:09:35.400 --> 0:09:38.959 know what. The funny thing about kid I noticed when 0:09:38.960 --> 0:09:42.120 he was talking to the press. I love the guy 0:09:42.480 --> 0:09:45.840 and he gets asked questions that are directly about him, 0:09:45.880 --> 0:09:48.600 like what are your goals for this season? How many catches? 0:09:48.720 --> 0:09:51.079 And he never talks about himself. Yeah, he always talks 0:09:51.120 --> 0:09:53.080 about the position, or the team or all the weapons 0:09:53.120 --> 0:09:55.480 on offense, no matter how the question was faceds in 0:09:55.559 --> 0:09:57.440 like trying to get him to say something good about himself, 0:09:57.440 --> 0:09:59.280 he was always just talking about the team. That's kind 0:09:59.280 --> 0:09:59.720 of a cool guy. 0:10:00.320 --> 0:10:02.440 He's he's truly incredible. And I actually I talked to 0:10:02.720 --> 0:10:05.440 Devin Cult a little bit about him as well, knowing 0:10:05.480 --> 0:10:07.440 that they played together, and he was like, Kate is 0:10:07.559 --> 0:10:11.640 just the best human, Like he's just such a good 0:10:12.040 --> 0:10:14.560 person and guy, and I mean, you gotta love that. 0:10:14.640 --> 0:10:16.679 And it's got a middle school sweetheart and about to 0:10:16.720 --> 0:10:18.800 have their first baby, and so yeah, I mean, Kaid's 0:10:18.800 --> 0:10:21.360 an easy one to root for. All right, Well, that's 0:10:21.360 --> 0:10:23.200 gonna do it for us on this edition of Bucks 0:10:23.320 --> 0:10:26.120 Insider Again. Stay tuned to all the coverage of OTAs 0:10:26.160 --> 0:10:29.040 on buccaneers dot com.