WEBVTT - How will Free Agency Affect the Bucs Draft Strategy | Road to the Draft

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome in two Road to the Draft Casey Phillips. Here

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<v Speaker 1>was senior writer and editor Scott Smith, And as always,

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<v Speaker 1>we come to you every week this time of year

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<v Speaker 1>with what all is going on in the Buccaneers world

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<v Speaker 1>that could affect who and when and what they'll draft,

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<v Speaker 1>so free agency may have a thing or two to

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<v Speaker 1>do with it. This is kind of an interesting time

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<v Speaker 1>of year for this. Of course, there's always around now

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<v Speaker 1>there's still some moves that could be made, but at

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<v Speaker 1>the time of us filming, we have kind of two

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<v Speaker 1>main things that have happened that we felt like would

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<v Speaker 1>be really good to talk about. And the first one

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<v Speaker 1>is the signing of Jamal Deane and what that means

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<v Speaker 1>and doesn't mean the Bucks are less likely to draft

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<v Speaker 1>a corner or dB of any kind. Yeah, we talked

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<v Speaker 1>about last week about not only our own mock drafts

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<v Speaker 1>on Buccaneers dot Com, but a lot of the mock

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<v Speaker 1>drafts out there have paired the Bucks with a corner

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<v Speaker 1>at pick number nineteen, like a Deontay Banks of Maryland,

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<v Speaker 1>partly because there's a lot of value at that position

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<v Speaker 1>in this year's draft, and partly because, to be honest,

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<v Speaker 1>most people didn't think the Buccaneers were going to be

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<v Speaker 1>able to sing Jamal Dean, but they did, which is fantastic.

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<v Speaker 1>And now they have two still mid twenties signed for

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<v Speaker 1>several years outside corners in Carl Tayton Davis and Jamaldine

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<v Speaker 1>and it's clearly not a need outside corner right now. However,

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<v Speaker 1>if you look at the depth chart, you don't really

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<v Speaker 1>have an obvious candidate to play in the slot. And

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<v Speaker 1>I say that because head coach Tot Bowles has said

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<v Speaker 1>that Antoine Winfield Junior is going to focus on one

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<v Speaker 1>spot this year. Last year, he's playing kind of safe

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<v Speaker 1>hybrid safety and slot corner, and I would suspect that

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<v Speaker 1>means probably safety because they wanted to be a playmaker

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<v Speaker 1>all over the field, so you need a slot corner.

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<v Speaker 1>Sean Murphy Bunting has not been resigned. He could eventually

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<v Speaker 1>be an option if he comes back, but you don't

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<v Speaker 1>really have an obvious candidate there. And that's why I

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<v Speaker 1>say if Alabama's safety Brian Branch makes it to nineteen,

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<v Speaker 1>and he's kind of all over the board on the draft,

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<v Speaker 1>so some people would say he never make it there

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<v Speaker 1>at nineteen, sometimes he does. If he makes it there

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<v Speaker 1>at nineteen. He might be a really intriguing pick for

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<v Speaker 1>the Buccaneers because not only do they have three safeties

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<v Speaker 1>on the free agent market right now, but they don't

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<v Speaker 1>really have a slot corner, and Brian Branch can play

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<v Speaker 1>both of those positions. He could end up being your

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<v Speaker 1>nickel if you get him. So I think that's a

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<v Speaker 1>guy that Buccaneers would be very interested in, a playmaker,

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<v Speaker 1>a very heady and intelligent guy, and a guy that

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of people said was really important to that

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<v Speaker 1>great Alabama defense. All right, And then I know last

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<v Speaker 1>week on Rod of the Draft, we talked briefly about

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<v Speaker 1>Donovan Smith's departure what that could mean in terms of

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<v Speaker 1>drafting an offensive lineman or a tackle. But now there's

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<v Speaker 1>been a few more developments on the offensive line front.

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<v Speaker 1>So instead of just tackle kind of the line overall,

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<v Speaker 1>what do you see is what's happened recently in free

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<v Speaker 1>agency and how it's going to affect what the Bucks

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<v Speaker 1>might do in terms of drafting that entire line. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>I still think the Buccaneers could be looking at a

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<v Speaker 1>tackle at pick number nineteen, And we've talked about that

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<v Speaker 1>before because it's been a little while since Donovan get released,

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<v Speaker 1>and we talked in our show earlier today about how

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<v Speaker 1>it's possible you could move Tristan Worse to left tackle.

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<v Speaker 1>If you look at all the mock drafts now, it

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<v Speaker 1>looks as if Paris Johnson junior Ohio State, Peter Scarancy

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<v Speaker 1>of the Great Northwestern University, and Roderick Jones of Georgia

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<v Speaker 1>will probably be gone by nineteen. But there's still a

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<v Speaker 1>number of guys that in the next year that the

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<v Speaker 1>Bucks could have a shot at, like Dewan Jones, like

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<v Speaker 1>Anton Harrison of Oklahoma, and the one that I wanted

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<v Speaker 1>to highlight here is Darnell Wright of Tennessee. He's a

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<v Speaker 1>big guy. He's six five, three hundred thirty three hundred

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<v Speaker 1>and thirty three pounds, He's got a great wingspan, he's

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<v Speaker 1>relatively fast for his size, and he has started a lot,

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<v Speaker 1>and he has started at both right tackle and left tackle.

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<v Speaker 1>And the reason that's interesting is because last year he

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<v Speaker 1>started and played very well at right tackle. So if

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<v Speaker 1>you wanted to move Tristan to left he could step

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<v Speaker 1>right in, or if you thought you could play left

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<v Speaker 1>tackle like he did in his junior season, maybe you

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<v Speaker 1>look at him there at least gives you some versatility

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<v Speaker 1>with those two guys. The Buccaneers have some options there

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<v Speaker 1>in the interior line like Luke Getticky if he doesn't

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<v Speaker 1>play tackle, and Robert Hansey and Nick Leverett a couple others.

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<v Speaker 1>But that's still a position the Buccaneers could look at

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<v Speaker 1>at nineteen because probably if they took an interior lineman there,

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<v Speaker 1>they'd probably get the first one off the board at

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<v Speaker 1>that position in the draft. So they could maybe take

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<v Speaker 1>a Cyrus Torrance of Florida, another really big guy six five,

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<v Speaker 1>three hundred and thirty, another guy with not only a

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<v Speaker 1>long wingspan but really big hands, and you know, the

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<v Speaker 1>Buccaneers could draft a guy that they could plug right

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<v Speaker 1>in and build up that interior depth and have more

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<v Speaker 1>versatility with guys like Robert Haines and look at a

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<v Speaker 1>key all right, I mean, man, the offensive line is

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<v Speaker 1>yet again a position that's going to be so interesting

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<v Speaker 1>this year. We said it last year and it was interesting,

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<v Speaker 1>and then now it's a movement, a lot of movement,

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of potential new faces or even just same

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<v Speaker 1>face as different positions. It's going to be interesting to

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<v Speaker 1>see in the draft. And this whole offseason that is

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<v Speaker 1>going to do it for us on this edition of

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<v Speaker 1>Road to the Draft. We'll see you next week.