WEBVTT - Tom Brady's Retirement, Bucs Future QB Options | Bucs Insider

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<v Speaker 1>Um, hello Buccaneer fans. It is not our normal time

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<v Speaker 1>for Buccaneers inside our Live, but I'm pretty sure people

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<v Speaker 1>can probably take a guess as to why we have

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<v Speaker 1>made an exception and are coming to you live on

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<v Speaker 1>a Tuesday instead of a Wednesday morning. Casey Phillips. Here

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<v Speaker 1>was senior writer and editor Scott Smith, and yeah, I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>when the goat retires, you got to spring into action.

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<v Speaker 1>So we are here to do a very special Buccaneers

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<v Speaker 1>inside our Live to answer all of your Brady related questions. So,

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<v Speaker 1>as always, if you have a question for us, you

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<v Speaker 1>can head on over to the Buccaneers Facebook page and

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<v Speaker 1>you can leave them in the comments section. We're gonna

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<v Speaker 1>give people a little bit of time to do that.

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<v Speaker 1>And so of course, let's just start with initial reactions

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<v Speaker 1>to finding out that he is retiring and your thoughts

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<v Speaker 1>on his announcement and knowing that he is no longer

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<v Speaker 1>going to be the leader of this Buccaneers franchise. Well,

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<v Speaker 1>it was a little hard to be surprised, frankly, since

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<v Speaker 1>this kind of leaked on Saturday and there was a

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<v Speaker 1>lot of back and forth. But when you cold through

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<v Speaker 1>everything that was being reported and what you knew and

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<v Speaker 1>what you suspected. It did seem like that was probably

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<v Speaker 1>going to be the case, that he was just waiting

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<v Speaker 1>until after the weekend so as not to kind of

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<v Speaker 1>step on the big day on Sunday of football. So

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<v Speaker 1>I find it got at all surprising. It's you know,

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<v Speaker 1>it's a sad day for the franchise a little bit.

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<v Speaker 1>It's bitter sweet. Uh. It would have been nice if

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<v Speaker 1>he had played for one more year. Obviously was still

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<v Speaker 1>playing at a very high level last year. But I

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<v Speaker 1>think you can, I mean think the main emotion is

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<v Speaker 1>just gratitude that these two years happened at all. I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>Jason Light and Bruce Arians decided to look what was

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<v Speaker 1>behind door number two back in uh February and March

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<v Speaker 1>of two thousand twenty, and they found Tom Brady there,

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<v Speaker 1>which even two years later is almost a little hard

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<v Speaker 1>to believe. But it happened, and so did I so

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<v Speaker 1>did a Super Bowl championship and then the Division title

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<v Speaker 1>and a thirteen and four record and another advancement to

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<v Speaker 1>the Division Title game and incredible comeback in Tom Brady's

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<v Speaker 1>last game. It was a great ride. I wish it

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<v Speaker 1>was going on for at least one more year. But

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<v Speaker 1>Tom Brady has to do what is right for him,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, That's what this is about. Yeah, and we

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<v Speaker 1>are so thankful for the time that he gave to

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<v Speaker 1>us and it led to a Super Bowl ring and

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<v Speaker 1>some incredible things, and it's it was wonderful a while

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<v Speaker 1>it lasted, and um, yeah, it is. It is bittersweet,

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<v Speaker 1>of course it is. It is sad, but at the

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<v Speaker 1>same time, you know, we all knew this was gonna

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<v Speaker 1>end at some point and now it's exciting to see

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<v Speaker 1>the future of where the team is going to go.

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<v Speaker 1>So again, if you're just tuning in, we are taking

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<v Speaker 1>all of your Brady related questions on the Buccaneers Facebook

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<v Speaker 1>page in the comment section underneath the live video. So

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<v Speaker 1>of course we know the vast majority of them are

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<v Speaker 1>going to be about who's going to replace him, So

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<v Speaker 1>first of all, let's start with the guys that are

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<v Speaker 1>on the roster and what you think of of the

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<v Speaker 1>three of them and what the potential is for the

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<v Speaker 1>role they could each have moving forward. So but three

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<v Speaker 1>year including Ryan Griffin, right, yes, yeah, which is also

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<v Speaker 1>we can discuss the whole free agency implications of a

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<v Speaker 1>lot of things. Well, both Both Blaine Gabert and Ryan

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<v Speaker 1>Griffin are do to become free agents, so the only

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<v Speaker 1>one under contract right now is Kyle Trask. Of course,

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<v Speaker 1>your second round pick from this past season. And I

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<v Speaker 1>don't think you take a second round draft pick and

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<v Speaker 1>uh don't at least have an idea that he might

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<v Speaker 1>become your starter. I don't think the sixty four pick

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<v Speaker 1>in the draft says this guy is definitely gonna be

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<v Speaker 1>a long term starter, but I think it says we

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<v Speaker 1>think there's a shot this is going to happen. So uh,

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<v Speaker 1>coach Arian said on Monday, I think the day after

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<v Speaker 1>the season, when obviously there was already speculation about the

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<v Speaker 1>possibility of Tom Brady retiring, that he was comfortable with

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<v Speaker 1>what's on the roster. I think he primarily meant Blaine Gabbert,

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<v Speaker 1>who he has always been very very high on, has

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<v Speaker 1>said a lot of publicly, very strong things about Blaine.

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<v Speaker 1>Gabbert called him one of the more underrated players in

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<v Speaker 1>the league at one point, and uh, you know, Kyle

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<v Speaker 1>Trast just by virtue of the draft pick, obviously they

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<v Speaker 1>see something in him, and he's he's got a lot

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<v Speaker 1>of physical tools. It's just that we didn't you and

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<v Speaker 1>I and and the viewing public didn't really learn much

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<v Speaker 1>about Kyle trast this year because that's what that wasn't

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<v Speaker 1>what's the sea and was about? Uh, it was about

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<v Speaker 1>one more shot at it with Tom Brady. And so

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<v Speaker 1>it's it's hard for me to say. I think Kyle

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<v Speaker 1>Traska is definitely the quarterback of the future. I don't

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<v Speaker 1>think the team knows that yet, but I think it's

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<v Speaker 1>willing to find out, you know what I'm saying. But again,

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<v Speaker 1>Bruce Arian said that door number two thing again. He said,

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<v Speaker 1>we will be doing our homework, so, uh, we'll we'll

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<v Speaker 1>look at all the possible options because we did that

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<v Speaker 1>two years ago and look what we found. Yeah, I say,

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<v Speaker 1>door number two worked out pretty well this last time.

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<v Speaker 1>So he says that it gives me a lot of faith.

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<v Speaker 1>So you brought up the free agency part. So let's also,

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<v Speaker 1>of course, it's always a lot of fun to think

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<v Speaker 1>of it as monopoly money and whoever you can get

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<v Speaker 1>and sign on, what all you can do. But cap

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<v Speaker 1>implications are very important to roster building, to picking out

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<v Speaker 1>who the quarterback is going to be. So tell us

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<v Speaker 1>what the Buck's current cap situation is. What losing Brady

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<v Speaker 1>means to that what these guys that are free agents

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<v Speaker 1>means just overall the quarterback implications on the Buccaneers cap well.

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<v Speaker 1>The first thing to realize is that even though Tom

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<v Speaker 1>Brady has officially said he's finished playing, the actual retirement

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<v Speaker 1>process isn't happening today or necessarily in the next few

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<v Speaker 1>weeks or months. And the reason for that is there

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<v Speaker 1>are different ways you can manipulate the timing and possibly

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<v Speaker 1>renegotiate the contract to either you know, reduce the cap

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<v Speaker 1>hit to some extent or push some of it off.

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<v Speaker 1>And you could do that by not actually placing him

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<v Speaker 1>on the retired list or releasing him until after June

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<v Speaker 1>twod what that would do. Right now, if you just

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<v Speaker 1>released Tom Brady, you would get a thirty two million

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<v Speaker 1>dollar dead cap hit, which means you'd be paying You'd

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<v Speaker 1>be devoting thirty two million dollars on your cap to

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<v Speaker 1>a player who's not on the roster. You can reduce

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<v Speaker 1>that by about twelve million by just um waiting until

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<v Speaker 1>June two and doing it then, and then you're you're

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<v Speaker 1>pushing the rest of that cap hit one when there

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<v Speaker 1>it will probably be a higher cap and the Bucks

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<v Speaker 1>might not face as many uh important free agents decisions

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<v Speaker 1>as they are facing right now. Also, if you could

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<v Speaker 1>possibly look to what happened with Drew Brees last year

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<v Speaker 1>in which the Saints and Breathes renegotiated his salary to

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<v Speaker 1>take it down to the league minimum, which reduced the capit.

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<v Speaker 1>And if you're if you're Drew Brees in that situation,

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<v Speaker 1>you're not getting that salary anyway, it doesn't hurt you

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<v Speaker 1>to to to reduce it, right, So there could be

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<v Speaker 1>some maneuverings with Tom and the team working together to

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<v Speaker 1>try to reduce that cap hit, because if just straight

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<v Speaker 1>releasing them would be troublesome for the Buccaneers, who are

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<v Speaker 1>right now are slated to be about fifteen million dollars

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<v Speaker 1>under the cap. With the players they have in their contract,

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<v Speaker 1>that's about a little under league average, but it's not

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<v Speaker 1>great considering we have so many free agents we're going

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<v Speaker 1>to try to resign, right And so, now, keeping that

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<v Speaker 1>in mind, where do you see you know, Tom's replacement

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<v Speaker 1>coming from inside the roster, draft, free agency? And how

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<v Speaker 1>does the cap affect those different things in those different decisions, Well, yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>the cap would be most likely to come in play.

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<v Speaker 1>If you're trying to go after a veteran, you could

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<v Speaker 1>we could talk about the free agents that are supposed

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<v Speaker 1>to be on the market right now, like a Teddy

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<v Speaker 1>Bridgewater or Marcus Mariotta or almost humorously, Jameis Winston, which

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<v Speaker 1>seems like it would be hard to believe, but he

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<v Speaker 1>is one of the phrases out there and he does have,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, a body of work. Um, Tyrod Taylor, Mitch Drobiski.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, these are guys that are probably gonna blow

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<v Speaker 1>the doors off for Bucks fans right now. Um, It's

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<v Speaker 1>not like there's another Tom Brady right now. I think

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of speculation you're gonna see is players that

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<v Speaker 1>are right now under contract but maybe have some reason

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<v Speaker 1>to not be with their team next year. So we're

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<v Speaker 1>we're not doing anything tampering because you and I are

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<v Speaker 1>allowed to talk about this. Obviously, you're gonna be seen

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of things like would they go after Earn Rodgers,

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<v Speaker 1>would they go after Russell Wilson, Things like that those

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<v Speaker 1>are possible. Seem a little far fetched, but that would

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<v Speaker 1>involve quite a bit of work trying to fit him

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<v Speaker 1>under the cap, or would definitely not be easy. The draft.

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<v Speaker 1>It's not a great quarterback year for the draft. You've

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<v Speaker 1>got Malik Willis out of Liberty, You've got let's see,

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<v Speaker 1>I can't remember Kenny Pickett from Pitt Matt Ralph from

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<v Speaker 1>Ole Miss. But I have a hard time seeing the

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<v Speaker 1>Bucks draft another quarterback a year after they spent a

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<v Speaker 1>second und pick on the quarterback. I think they probably

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<v Speaker 1>want to find out what they have in him first.

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<v Speaker 1>So if you're staying in house and either going with

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<v Speaker 1>some combination of Matt of Kyle Trask and maybe resigning

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<v Speaker 1>Blayne Gabber or something like that, the cap the cap

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<v Speaker 1>implications aren't that bad. So now also, of course, the

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<v Speaker 1>implications of Brady retiring on the rest of the team

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<v Speaker 1>and on these other cap decisions and all these other

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<v Speaker 1>free age and things. So um, this is definitely gonna

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<v Speaker 1>make everything very interesting. You know, last year, the whole

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<v Speaker 1>sentiment was we're bringing everybody back, We're doing it again.

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<v Speaker 1>That take to all of that. So now knowing that

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<v Speaker 1>Brady is retiring, what do you see as how this

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<v Speaker 1>could affect the free agency priorities of who you bring

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<v Speaker 1>back back, who you go after, How this could just

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<v Speaker 1>shuffle everything up at all the other positions on the roster. Well,

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<v Speaker 1>the first thing to note here is that that Tom

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<v Speaker 1>Brady contract we were just talking about, he renegotiated that

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<v Speaker 1>last year to add the year and some avoidable years

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<v Speaker 1>on the end in order to give the Bucks capital leaf.

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<v Speaker 1>Last year saved us like nineteen minute dollars in CAP

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<v Speaker 1>space and very much helped in that effort to keep

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<v Speaker 1>the whole band together, which the Bucks did successfully. It's

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<v Speaker 1>not really gonna be an option this year, no matter

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<v Speaker 1>what we do. The Brady retirement is not gonna probably

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<v Speaker 1>not gonna be a good thing for the Cap unless

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<v Speaker 1>they can work it out with him. As I said

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<v Speaker 1>before renegotiating the salary, you might get a little bit

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<v Speaker 1>of relief that way. Um, But I think what you're

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<v Speaker 1>probably asking me more is what does Brady's departure? How

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<v Speaker 1>does that affect all these other guys that may or

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<v Speaker 1>may not want to come back? And I still think

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<v Speaker 1>there's a culture here. I still think it's a good roster.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't think there's any reason why Chris godwindn't say

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<v Speaker 1>or Ryan Jensen wouldn't want to come back if they

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<v Speaker 1>can make it work. But obviously I think it would

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<v Speaker 1>have been much more of a draw, more of an

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<v Speaker 1>alert if Tom Brady was still here. So I can't

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<v Speaker 1>see how the tom Brady retirement helps the books cause

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<v Speaker 1>in terms of trying to keep a Chris Godwin or

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<v Speaker 1>somebody like that. But hopefully these guys feel good about

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<v Speaker 1>this team with even without Tom Brady, and there's incentive return,

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<v Speaker 1>and there's incentive for the Buccaneers even without Tom Brady

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<v Speaker 1>to say, we're still contenders this year and we're gonna

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<v Speaker 1>try to keep as much as this core intact as possible.

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<v Speaker 1>It's going to be a very interesting next couple of

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<v Speaker 1>months in that regard, and we're gonna get a lot

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<v Speaker 1>of answers about where this team is headed. All right, Well,

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<v Speaker 1>that is going to do it for us on this

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<v Speaker 1>what will surely be an interesting free agency period. We'll

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