Speaker 1: Welcome to Buccaneers Inside our Live presented by Miller like
Speaker 1: Casey Phillips here with Scott Smith, and as always, this
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Speaker 1: some of their questions. I know we talked a little
Speaker 1: bit last week about John Lynch and the hopes for
Speaker 1: the Hall of Fame, and I know I hate to
Speaker 1: even start the show with this, but I just wanted it.
Speaker 1: I know it was going so well. I just wanted
Speaker 1: to hear your thoughts on what it is that just
Speaker 1: seems to keep him from getting in every year, and
Speaker 1: if maybe they're just wanting the real cool storyline of
Speaker 1: it being in Tampa next year, Well, you would think
Speaker 1: him being at the super Bowl would have been a
Speaker 1: good enough storyline. And yeah, that weekend didn't really work
Speaker 1: out all that well for John Lynch, but I mean,
Speaker 1: if you're a finalist for the Hall of Fame and
Speaker 1: you're in the super Bowl, you're doing well. I mean
Speaker 1: I wish it would at least one of those that
Speaker 1: have worked out a little better for him. But I
Speaker 1: don't know Casey at this point. I'm obviously by best.
Speaker 1: I thought this was a good shot because, as I
Speaker 1: suggested beforehand, I thought there was only one surefire first
Speaker 1: ballot guy, and that was Troy Palamello. And indeed that
Speaker 1: was the case. Uh Steve Atwater for the Broncos made
Speaker 1: ins I picked two safeties and four saved. Four or
Speaker 1: five safeties have gotten in the last three or four years,
Speaker 1: so that log jam and that deprivation at the position
Speaker 1: has sort of been cleared up a little bit. At
Speaker 1: this point, I really don't have a good answer for you.
Speaker 1: I mean, I think obviously think he's worthy. Um, I
Speaker 1: don't know. I feel like he's getting that whole Well,
Speaker 1: there's already two players from that incredible defense in the
Speaker 1: Hall of Fame. How many of them do you want
Speaker 1: us to put in the same thing. I think you
Speaker 1: may have heard the note that John this was his
Speaker 1: seventh consecutive year as a finalist, and there have been
Speaker 1: fourteen other people who have had seven straight years as
Speaker 1: a finalist, which obviously means they didn't get in the
Speaker 1: first six, and thirteen of those fourteen are now in
Speaker 1: the Hall of Fame. Uh. The only other one was
Speaker 1: an offensive alignment for the offense, same Bob Kuchenberg. And
Speaker 1: in his case, there were two other linemen from that
Speaker 1: great nineteen seventies Dolphins team that we're already in the
Speaker 1: Hall of Fame, and it's considered probably the reason why
Speaker 1: he didn't make it. And he almost feel bad for
Speaker 1: him and for John because it's just a matter of timing.
Speaker 1: I mean, if they're saying, well, we can't have more
Speaker 1: than two, well, if John Lynch had been eligibly before
Speaker 1: Derek Brooks and Warren Sapped were in, then that argument
Speaker 1: wouldn't be held against him, and maybe he'd be in.
Speaker 1: So I don't know what to do about it, to
Speaker 1: be honest with it. And next year seems like it
Speaker 1: will be there's some big names along. That's very unfortunate. Um,
Speaker 1: all right, we have a question from Rich. He said,
Speaker 1: other than jamis, do you think either of our other
Speaker 1: quarterbacks on the roster could win with the offense that
Speaker 1: we have. There's just no way to know. Because Ryan
Speaker 1: Griffin's from what four passes in his career. He looks
Speaker 1: good in the preseason and in training camp and on
Speaker 1: the practice field every year, so um possibly. And then
Speaker 1: Blaine Gabbert. We didn't get to see him hardly at
Speaker 1: all because he heard his shoulder pretty early in training
Speaker 1: camp and and that was that. Uh. You know, Blaine
Speaker 1: Gabbert has won some games for Bruce Arians in Arizona. Uh,
Speaker 1: so there's reason to believe he could do so with
Speaker 1: this talented offense. But let's also point out that he's
Speaker 1: only on the roster technically right now. He's due to
Speaker 1: become a free agent, so for that to even be
Speaker 1: an issue, he'd have to be resigned. Okay, and Frederick asked,
Speaker 1: do you think we'll be getting a new running back?
Speaker 1: I would think absolutely we're getting at least one, if
Speaker 1: not more, new running backs. Peyton barber Is is a
Speaker 1: unrestricted free agent in March, so if you want to
Speaker 1: bring him back, that involves another contract and so there's
Speaker 1: no guarantee there. And beyond that, really all you have
Speaker 1: is Ronald Jones, who did have a good year, and
Speaker 1: then Daria Goomba Wally and t J. Logan who's basically
Speaker 1: a return guy. So that you're gonna have, you're gonna
Speaker 1: take five or six or seven running backs to training
Speaker 1: camp and it just makes sense to add something there,
Speaker 1: maybe even you know, a second day draft pick or
Speaker 1: something like that. So I would be certain that there'll
Speaker 1: be at least one new running back in that group.
Speaker 1: I know that we always, you know, get asked about
Speaker 1: Jamis every week now and again we don't have any
Speaker 1: new information, but we have had a few people ask
Speaker 1: about some of the other quarterbacks that are available as
Speaker 1: free agents this year, and we've had a lot of
Speaker 1: a lot of questions about that, and yeah, a lot
Speaker 1: of interesting names out there. So UM figured out to
Speaker 1: kind of combined a few of the things that people
Speaker 1: are asking and just ask your thoughts on of those
Speaker 1: guys if we were to bring one in, who might
Speaker 1: potentially fit the Bucks the best or have the best
Speaker 1: shot there. Yea, So the names are gigantic. I mean,
Speaker 1: there's never probably been a potential list of free agents
Speaker 1: like this, and that doesn't mean it's going to be
Speaker 1: there when we get to March eighteenth. But think about
Speaker 1: the fact that Tom Brady, Drew Brees, Philip Rivers, they're
Speaker 1: all potentially on the market. The only one that I
Speaker 1: think is certain that will be on the market out
Speaker 1: of that is Philip Rivers because the Chargers have made
Speaker 1: it clear that they're moving on, and so I think
Speaker 1: he's probably the most likely one. And there's some parallels
Speaker 1: there between. Uh. You know, if you look at what
Speaker 1: Bruce arians did in Arizona when he got there and
Speaker 1: they brought they didn't really have a quarterback, and they
Speaker 1: brought in Carson Palmer. You know, he was the longtime
Speaker 1: good starter for Cincinnati and it kind of ended had
Speaker 1: Cincinnati and he went on to Oakland. Nothing great happened there,
Speaker 1: and then he came to Arizona. And I don't think
Speaker 1: when Carson Palmer went to Arizona everybody thought, oh my god,
Speaker 1: they just got the answer and this is gonna be great.
Speaker 1: But he was great, And Philip Rivers has been great
Speaker 1: for a very very long time. Last year wasn't his
Speaker 1: best year, and of course, like everybody on this list,
Speaker 1: he's getting up there in years, but I think there's
Speaker 1: still something left in the tank there. So I would
Speaker 1: think he seems like the most likely one. Okay, Um,
Speaker 1: We've had again a few questions about the the front seven,
Speaker 1: especially the defensive line part of it. If we have
Speaker 1: so many free agents in that area. As we talked
Speaker 1: about the free agent quarterbacks that are out there that, um,
Speaker 1: the amount of free agents we have on the defensive
Speaker 1: side is is really incredible, And um, what would you
Speaker 1: say are the odds? I guess we had a few
Speaker 1: different people ask about the odds of being able to
Speaker 1: keep the defensive line intack the way that it is,
Speaker 1: which is what Bruce Arian said he wanted to do
Speaker 1: at that final press conference of two thousand nineteen. And
Speaker 1: it's understandable that he would because the front seven of
Speaker 1: that defense played really well all throughout the year. You know,
Speaker 1: the secondary sort of was rough early and then good
Speaker 1: at the end, and then when that all came together,
Speaker 1: the defense was pretty good. But the front seven, particularly
Speaker 1: against the run and also getting forty seven sacks, which
Speaker 1: is the second most that the Bucks have ever had
Speaker 1: in the season, was good. So of course he wants
Speaker 1: to keep it together. It's just not necessarily gonna be easy.
Speaker 1: The odds of keeping it all together, I would think
Speaker 1: are very low. I I would think it would be
Speaker 1: very very difficult to resign Shack, Barrett Jpp and Dominican
Speaker 1: Sue Karl nassav even the some of the reserves like
Speaker 1: bo Allen, bo Allen and Rakie, Nuniez, Rochez, Nacho, We'll
Speaker 1: just say Nacho and uh Sam Macho. Even you know,
Speaker 1: we're going down the list of the reserves, but that's
Speaker 1: like seven guys. It just doesn't seem realistic to me
Speaker 1: that we'll be able to keep them all together. But
Speaker 1: if you take it more just an overall look at it,
Speaker 1: I think it's realistic to keep it mostly intact, and
Speaker 1: that would do it. I mean, you know, some of
Speaker 1: the pieces have to change from year to year, and
Speaker 1: maybe if you lose one of those guys, maybe second
Speaker 1: year player Anthony Nelson gets a bigger role and you
Speaker 1: fill the app that way. Obviously, that's the priority. As
Speaker 1: Bruce arians also said in that last press conference, he
Speaker 1: he really listed especially Shack Barrett obviously, and JPP and
Speaker 1: Dominan Su as like top three priorities. Okay, um Alec asked,
Speaker 1: what's up with all these mock drafts have us taking
Speaker 1: a D lineman in the first round. Seems like an
Speaker 1: O line or other position might be a better fit. No, Um,
Speaker 1: I don't think that's strange at all. And and based
Speaker 1: based on what I was just saying there, like let's
Speaker 1: just say um and I don't want this to happen,
Speaker 1: But let's just say in Dominican C was playing elsewhere
Speaker 1: next year, Well, then you do, and bow Allen's also gone,
Speaker 1: and then you do have an opening there. And Vita
Speaker 1: Villa really had a nice year, right, And he's just
Speaker 1: that huge and nimble guy in the middle that clogs
Speaker 1: up on the lanes and stops to run. But what
Speaker 1: if you put next to him a defensive tackle of
Speaker 1: the three technique type who really gets to the quarterback. Well,
Speaker 1: guys like Warren Sap. I mean, I'm not gonna pay
Speaker 1: anybody to Warren Sap, He's a whole famer, but even
Speaker 1: Gerald McCoy is prime. You know, if you've got a
Speaker 1: pass rushing defensive tackle, if you got a force pass
Speaker 1: rushing force in the middle, and you've got Vita va
Speaker 1: I mean, my goodness, that can be something special, right,
Speaker 1: I don't think like I think the one that I've
Speaker 1: seen mocktus a lot is South Carolina's Javon kin Law.
Speaker 1: I think that's a real nice idea. Now that being said,
Speaker 1: as that question said, I also, I think I've said
Speaker 1: several times and very high on the idea of us
Speaker 1: using that pick on an offensive Lenman. So, and that
Speaker 1: relates to the next question we had. J asked, what
Speaker 1: do you think is the biggest needs in the draft. Well,
Speaker 1: there's We're gonna talk about this a little bit later
Speaker 1: in another segment, but um, that's gonna be dependent quite
Speaker 1: a bit on what happens in free agency. Right now,
Speaker 1: I would say offensive line, offensive tackle in particular, but um,
Speaker 1: if things don't go the way we want them to
Speaker 1: in free agency, might be outside linebacker or defensive tackle
Speaker 1: or even quarterback. So right now I'd say offensive tackle,
Speaker 1: but that could change drastically. All right, Well, that's gonna
Speaker 1: do it for us on this edition of Buccaneers Insider Live,
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Speaker 1: and thanks as always for those questions. Will be here
Speaker 1: every week again taking all of those thoughts on free
Speaker 1: agency and the drafts to come back then,