WEBVTT - Which Player Could Have a Breakout Season in 2021? | Bucs Insider 0:00:04.760 --> 0:00:07.600 Good morning Bucks fans. Hope everyone is doing great on 0:00:07.640 --> 0:00:10.559 this Wednesday morning, Casey Phillips. Here was senior writer and 0:00:10.640 --> 0:00:13.000 editor Scott Smith, And this is where we take all 0:00:13.039 --> 0:00:16.080 of your questions. So if you're not already watching on Facebook, 0:00:16.239 --> 0:00:18.159 head on over there, leave us a comment in the 0:00:18.200 --> 0:00:20.200 comment section. That's where we can find all of your 0:00:20.280 --> 0:00:22.520 questions as we get people a chance to do that. 0:00:22.920 --> 0:00:24.960 We have not done one of these since last week, 0:00:25.000 --> 0:00:26.720 and it was sort of right in the middle of 0:00:26.760 --> 0:00:29.040 Mini camp where we had had a practice and then 0:00:29.040 --> 0:00:32.000 our show was actually in the middle of the second practice, 0:00:32.000 --> 0:00:33.760 and then we had one more after that. So we 0:00:33.800 --> 0:00:37.480 gave some of the initial mini camp thoughts last week, 0:00:37.479 --> 0:00:38.760 but I wanted to hear sort of now that it's 0:00:38.800 --> 0:00:40.920 wrapped up, you've heard a little bit more from the 0:00:40.960 --> 0:00:43.959 media's on another practice. What are your big picture kind 0:00:43.960 --> 0:00:46.440 of takeaways from the mini camp. Yeah, I think that's 0:00:46.440 --> 0:00:48.280 a good way to put it, because I think it's 0:00:48.320 --> 0:00:50.680 the big picture stuff that that you should take away 0:00:50.720 --> 0:00:53.239 from something like that three days of practice. You know, 0:00:53.520 --> 0:00:55.840 not hey, Chris Godwin made a nice catch on the 0:00:55.880 --> 0:00:58.400 sideline or something like that. I mean obviously that he's 0:00:58.440 --> 0:01:00.800 going to do that. But one of the big picture 0:01:00.880 --> 0:01:03.560 things is teams in pretty good health. I mean, there 0:01:03.600 --> 0:01:06.920 were six guys that weren't practicing when the camp for 0:01:07.000 --> 0:01:09.000 most of the camp, just six out of eighty nine, 0:01:09.480 --> 0:01:11.640 and um, Tom Brady was not one of those. He 0:01:11.680 --> 0:01:14.280 was going full speed. Uh. And then one other player, 0:01:14.440 --> 0:01:17.840 safety and Curtis Riley, got hurt during camp. But the 0:01:17.959 --> 0:01:20.759 Riley injury is a little unsure at this point. Last 0:01:20.800 --> 0:01:24.119 we heard he had an achilles thing. Coach Areas wasn't 0:01:24.120 --> 0:01:27.319 sure if he needed surgery or not. But everybody else, um, 0:01:27.319 --> 0:01:29.560 from Jordan Whitehead being a couple of weeks away to 0:01:29.680 --> 0:01:32.920 Jalen Darden being very close to returning, all the other 0:01:32.959 --> 0:01:35.560 six guys coach said would be no problem for training camp. 0:01:35.600 --> 0:01:37.960 So the Bucks should and in training camp in really 0:01:38.000 --> 0:01:40.280 good shape. And and you know, along those same lines, 0:01:40.720 --> 0:01:42.920 you know it's kind of a disjointed offseason, right, I mean, 0:01:43.959 --> 0:01:45.320 not a lot And you know the O t s 0:01:45.360 --> 0:01:47.920 were mostly just young guys. Veterans were working out with 0:01:47.960 --> 0:01:51.000 Tom Brady. Um, you know, we were finding out along 0:01:51.000 --> 0:01:53.720 the way what we're gonna be able to do. There 0:01:53.840 --> 0:01:56.200 was fewer O T A s than ever before, and 0:01:56.240 --> 0:01:58.400 so you could have expected, possibly when the team, the 0:01:58.480 --> 0:02:00.640 whole team for the first time since the Super Bowl, 0:02:00.800 --> 0:02:02.880 gets back on the practice field of practice, that it 0:02:02.920 --> 0:02:05.960 would be a little ragged, right, But they look pretty good. 0:02:06.080 --> 0:02:08.640 I mean, the Bucks looked, according to Bruce Arians, like 0:02:08.720 --> 0:02:10.880 they're where they need to be heading into training camp. 0:02:10.919 --> 0:02:13.720 And you know, that probably says a lot about what 0:02:13.760 --> 0:02:16.160 teams need to do in the off season. UM. And 0:02:16.320 --> 0:02:18.320 I'm not sure coaches and players completely agree on the 0:02:18.320 --> 0:02:21.560 final answer there, but I think it's just my biggest 0:02:21.560 --> 0:02:23.839 takeaway is that the Bucks are in good health and 0:02:24.040 --> 0:02:26.560 ready to go for the start of training camp. And 0:02:27.280 --> 0:02:29.520 I feel like a lot of times we're talking about 0:02:29.880 --> 0:02:33.640 position battles that are happening in mini camp and that 0:02:33.680 --> 0:02:35.600 we're looking forward to in training camp. Now when you 0:02:35.639 --> 0:02:40.079 return all twenty two starters, all three specialists, I don't 0:02:40.080 --> 0:02:42.480 know that that debate is quite as spicy as it 0:02:42.560 --> 0:02:45.000 has been in years past. Um, But what are some 0:02:45.080 --> 0:02:47.320 of the position battles that could still happen, Whether it 0:02:47.440 --> 0:02:50.200 is for a starting spot as slim as that might seem, 0:02:50.320 --> 0:02:53.800 or just those roster spots down there at the you know, 0:02:53.880 --> 0:02:57.680 fifty one two three area. It's definitely the ladder um 0:02:57.760 --> 0:02:59.639 and I think it was on the last day on Thursday, 0:03:00.120 --> 0:03:03.600 coach Arians after practice said something about some pretty good battles, 0:03:03.600 --> 0:03:05.680 and I think somebody in the crowd misunderstood a little 0:03:05.680 --> 0:03:07.720 bit and asked a follow up question, like, what what 0:03:07.840 --> 0:03:10.560 starting spots are you talking about being up for competition, 0:03:10.720 --> 0:03:13.400 And Bruce said, oh, no, no no, not not starting spots. 0:03:13.520 --> 0:03:15.839 Those are pretty much set and and coaches don't say 0:03:15.840 --> 0:03:17.680 that a lot. They like to say, hey, every spot's 0:03:17.680 --> 0:03:20.440 open for competition, but I mean we're being realistic here, 0:03:20.760 --> 0:03:23.600 so we're talking about, um, a little bit farther down 0:03:23.639 --> 0:03:25.640 the depth chart spots, but they're still important. Those are 0:03:25.639 --> 0:03:28.080 still important battles, and they're still gonna be thought pretty 0:03:28.080 --> 0:03:30.679 fiercely like um, well, for you know, for one, there's 0:03:30.720 --> 0:03:32.680 a pretty much what looks like a one on one 0:03:32.680 --> 0:03:35.080 battle for the punt return job between the veteran Jaden 0:03:35.600 --> 0:03:39.680 Mickens and the rookie Jalen Darden. But then there's also 0:03:39.760 --> 0:03:42.640 like the fifth cornerback or will there be six cornerbacks? Um, 0:03:42.840 --> 0:03:45.520 you know, the safety position, the depth there after, Andrew 0:03:45.560 --> 0:03:47.360 Adams was one of the few guys that left, like 0:03:47.680 --> 0:03:50.000 you know, at corner they liked Herb Miller a lot. 0:03:50.040 --> 0:03:52.720 They elevated him for the practice squad several times last year, 0:03:52.840 --> 0:03:55.160 and I think he'll be battling to maybe get an 0:03:55.200 --> 0:03:57.400 actual spot on the fifty three man roster this time. 0:03:57.640 --> 0:03:59.920 You know, you got the rookie Chris Wilcox, the six 0:04:00.000 --> 0:04:02.560 on draft pick, and then they added some veterans, including 0:04:02.600 --> 0:04:05.480 Antonio Hamilton who was on the Chiefs during the Super Bowl, 0:04:05.640 --> 0:04:07.800 and it's really played a lot of football and would 0:04:07.800 --> 0:04:10.800 help right away on special teams. So there's there's gonna 0:04:10.840 --> 0:04:12.840 be a lot of competition there at safety. You got 0:04:12.960 --> 0:04:15.600 Raven Green from the Packers, who really did some pretty 0:04:15.600 --> 0:04:17.840 good work for Green Bay, just had a little trouble 0:04:17.880 --> 0:04:20.400 staying on the field, uh, you know, due to injuries, 0:04:20.440 --> 0:04:22.440 which is why they let him go or didn't sign 0:04:22.480 --> 0:04:24.400 him as a restricted free agent. And then, of course, 0:04:24.400 --> 0:04:27.360 as I said, uh, another one of those Curtis Riley, 0:04:27.360 --> 0:04:29.400 another one's safety has got hurt. So that kind of 0:04:29.880 --> 0:04:31.680 muddies the picture a little bit. And then coach said 0:04:31.720 --> 0:04:33.680 Javan Hagen, last year it was it was a guy 0:04:33.720 --> 0:04:36.120 who spent the entire season on the practice squad did 0:04:36.120 --> 0:04:38.840 get to play a little bit in the NFC Championship game. Um, 0:04:38.920 --> 0:04:40.600 he said he came in had lost some weight and 0:04:40.680 --> 0:04:42.760 was in really good shape. So and the secondary, I 0:04:42.800 --> 0:04:44.360 think there's gonna be a lot of good battles to 0:04:44.560 --> 0:04:46.560 sort of round out the back end of that. Yeah. 0:04:46.560 --> 0:04:48.599 That always makes training camp fun to have some of 0:04:48.600 --> 0:04:51.440 those storylines to watch as guy's battle it out. Um. Okay, 0:04:51.520 --> 0:04:54.000 So Richard asked UM, who has a better chance for 0:04:54.040 --> 0:04:56.440 Defensive Player of the Year, Shack Barrett or Devin White? 0:04:56.640 --> 0:04:58.240 And then I thought I'd expand it and just ask 0:04:58.320 --> 0:05:00.440 you of our whole defense, are those that two top 0:05:00.480 --> 0:05:03.160 candidates you would suggest? Or if you were to say 0:05:03.160 --> 0:05:05.920 that the person on our defense most likely to win 0:05:06.000 --> 0:05:08.240 Defensive Player of the Year, who would it be. Yeah? 0:05:08.279 --> 0:05:09.840 I think he has done a very good job of 0:05:10.320 --> 0:05:14.800 nailing the top two candidates there, because Um, generally, most 0:05:14.839 --> 0:05:16.680 of the time, the defensive Player of the Year does 0:05:16.760 --> 0:05:18.880 go to a guy who gets a lot of sacks, 0:05:19.279 --> 0:05:22.240 and Shack Barrett is is the best bet for us 0:05:22.279 --> 0:05:25.279 to put up huge sack numbers. He also is very 0:05:25.480 --> 0:05:28.280 setting very very ambitious goals for this season. He even 0:05:28.320 --> 0:05:32.119 mentioned wanting to be Defensive Player of the Year, wanting 0:05:32.160 --> 0:05:35.240 to prove he's the best, one of the best edge 0:05:35.279 --> 0:05:38.960 rushers in the entire league. He's definitely motivated UM And 0:05:39.000 --> 0:05:41.520 But then Devin White probably on paper, would have the 0:05:41.560 --> 0:05:43.480 best shot because he's a guy that's really going to 0:05:43.600 --> 0:05:47.080 fill up the whole stat line. So like last year 0:05:47.200 --> 0:05:50.400 nine sacks, that's pretty remarkable for an off the ball linebacker, 0:05:50.720 --> 0:05:52.360 and they tended to come and bunches for him. So 0:05:52.400 --> 0:05:54.359 it's hard to say if he'll produce that again. But 0:05:54.400 --> 0:05:57.720 if Devin White HiT's double digit sacks somehow and has 0:05:57.760 --> 0:05:59.880 a hundred fifty tackles and maybe throws in a couple 0:05:59.880 --> 0:06:03.120 of um, a couple of turnovers, interceptions, a touchdown like 0:06:03.600 --> 0:06:06.279 when Derek Brooks wanted in two thousand and two he 0:06:06.360 --> 0:06:10.120 had five i think four in the regular season defensive touchdowns. 0:06:10.120 --> 0:06:12.919 I mean that kind of big play. Probably because of 0:06:12.920 --> 0:06:15.920 the position he plays, Devin White has the best chance 0:06:16.000 --> 0:06:17.840 to be the buck to rack up rack up those 0:06:17.880 --> 0:06:20.400 type of place. Yeah, I'd put him at the top 0:06:20.400 --> 0:06:23.520 of the list. Yeah, that makes sense. Daniel said, who 0:06:23.640 --> 0:06:26.880 are our dark horse picks for the biggest surprise to 0:06:26.960 --> 0:06:30.400 turn heads this year? Bucks always seem to find that 0:06:30.520 --> 0:06:35.320 gym in the rough. Uh, gym in the rough, Like, 0:06:35.440 --> 0:06:38.080 are we talking about like a Adam Humphreys kind of 0:06:38.120 --> 0:06:40.279 thing or oh yeah, I think that might be who 0:06:40.279 --> 0:06:42.400 he's referencing in terms of our ability to find some 0:06:42.440 --> 0:06:44.840 guys like a Cambrater and Adam Humphreys. But it may 0:06:44.880 --> 0:06:47.240 not need to be that level, especially because, like we said, 0:06:47.240 --> 0:06:50.760 are starting spots are are pretty locked up. Or you 0:06:50.800 --> 0:06:52.960 may not have a guy go from diamond in the 0:06:53.040 --> 0:06:55.600 rough to you know, super productive starter, but just maybe 0:06:55.680 --> 0:06:59.600 somebody that could turn heads that people have not expected 0:06:59.640 --> 0:07:05.200 to do so quite yet. Um well, it's it's just 0:07:05.320 --> 0:07:07.159 tough because it's hard to see where guys are going 0:07:07.200 --> 0:07:08.880 to break through, like a guy I'd like to see 0:07:08.880 --> 0:07:10.960 a little bit more of his cam Gil, But the 0:07:10.960 --> 0:07:14.080 Buckner's did just draft another player at his position, uh 0:07:14.080 --> 0:07:17.000 in Joe try And who's probably gonna get first crack 0:07:17.080 --> 0:07:19.480 at at you know, breaking that rotation. But I can 0:07:19.520 --> 0:07:21.960 still see Gil making the team. Larry Foote it says 0:07:22.000 --> 0:07:24.680 he's already lobbying to keep five outside Lineburgers when he 0:07:24.720 --> 0:07:27.400 was kept to four for most of last season, So um, 0:07:27.440 --> 0:07:29.880 Gil would probably be battling Quentin Bell for the fifth 0:07:29.880 --> 0:07:35.600 one there. Uh well, that's that's a tough question. Otherwise, UM, yeah, 0:07:35.600 --> 0:07:38.200 I was thinking maybe a Grant Steward because of the 0:07:38.200 --> 0:07:41.480 Special Teams contributions, that he's this kind of known for 0:07:41.520 --> 0:07:44.560 being a big hitter guy. That because we lost Ryan 0:07:44.640 --> 0:07:46.880 Smith's and you know, he was kind of our Special 0:07:46.960 --> 0:07:49.200 Teams darling, that that maybe that that is one of 0:07:49.240 --> 0:07:53.200 the few spots that someone could make some big splash 0:07:53.280 --> 0:07:55.960 plays that people hadn't really heard of. I mean, when 0:07:55.960 --> 0:07:59.520 you're when your title is Mr. Irrelevant, any any big 0:07:59.560 --> 0:08:01.560 splash plays you end up making seems like you could 0:08:01.640 --> 0:08:03.880 qualify for that Diamond in the rough cat. I wasn't. 0:08:03.880 --> 0:08:06.040 I wasn't thinking along lines of Special Teams. That does 0:08:06.160 --> 0:08:08.440 make some stance, since you know, it's it's not often 0:08:08.440 --> 0:08:11.160 that a Special Teams player becomes, you know, one of 0:08:11.200 --> 0:08:13.920 your team's most recognizable guys. But it happens like Matthew 0:08:13.960 --> 0:08:16.160 Slater in New England. I can remember the good old 0:08:16.200 --> 0:08:18.720 days of Kenny Kenny the Shark gant here in Tampa 0:08:19.360 --> 0:08:20.480 and he used to make a lot of plays with 0:08:20.480 --> 0:08:22.560 Special Teams and the crowd really loved him. So I 0:08:22.560 --> 0:08:24.760 could see a guy maybe, you know, breaking through in 0:08:24.760 --> 0:08:27.400 that way. Yeah, I just remember Ryan Smith getting turned 0:08:27.440 --> 0:08:31.800 into a meme after that, leaning players in the ball 0:08:31.840 --> 0:08:33.800 from the end zone and yeah, so so a few 0:08:33.800 --> 0:08:35.280 of those plays like that, and all of a sudden 0:08:35.280 --> 0:08:38.840 you become more of a name for your special teams contribution. Um. 0:08:38.880 --> 0:08:41.240 I thought this was an interesting question. Mike asked, who 0:08:41.400 --> 0:08:44.400 is our next rising star on the coaching staff outside 0:08:44.400 --> 0:08:51.920 of left witch and bowls? M Hm, you you took 0:08:51.960 --> 0:09:00.240 the two obvious answers, right right, yeah, work in the list. Well, 0:09:00.240 --> 0:09:03.720 I think my answer might be Kevin Garver. Okay, that 0:09:04.240 --> 0:09:06.960 he's a guy that's still you know, young, and I 0:09:07.000 --> 0:09:10.160 think the Athletic maybe named him to their list of 0:09:10.200 --> 0:09:12.880 the like forty under forty kind of like influencing the 0:09:13.160 --> 0:09:15.640 direction of the league and all that. And I mean, 0:09:16.320 --> 0:09:19.040 you know, he already did work with Larry Fitzgerald in 0:09:19.320 --> 0:09:22.040 Arizona that seemed to go pretty well. Although maybe Larry 0:09:22.080 --> 0:09:25.480 Fitzgerald was just already made, you know, like already prepared 0:09:25.520 --> 0:09:27.560 to be an amazing player. But and then of course 0:09:27.600 --> 0:09:30.240 he's he's done some amazing things here with a very 0:09:30.400 --> 0:09:34.199 loaded wide receiver room. I feel like he's a guy 0:09:34.200 --> 0:09:37.520 that now has worked with so much talent that he 0:09:37.920 --> 0:09:39.839 that that could give you some some kudos around the 0:09:39.880 --> 0:09:41.480 league and maybe be a bit of a rising star. 0:09:41.880 --> 0:09:44.480 What about a guy like Casey Rodgers, the defensive line coach, 0:09:44.520 --> 0:09:47.440 who instead of thinking this is like who's the next 0:09:47.440 --> 0:09:50.880 possible UM head coach? On this rest you go through 0:09:50.920 --> 0:09:53.360 the progression like, if Todd Bowles gets a head coaching job, 0:09:53.400 --> 0:09:55.400 could Casey Rogers be in line to potentially be the 0:09:55.400 --> 0:09:58.960 next defensive coordinator? Yeah? I think didn't. I think Casey 0:09:59.040 --> 0:10:03.480 just one UM line coach of the year, right, Yeah, 0:10:03.480 --> 0:10:05.520 he won some award for his coaching, so I think 0:10:05.520 --> 0:10:07.640 he's probably really good. Answer to that, Yeah, that's a 0:10:07.679 --> 0:10:10.760 great point. Okay. Our next one was for Mitch, and 0:10:10.760 --> 0:10:14.360 he asked, um, wait, now I've read the wrong one. Michael. 0:10:14.640 --> 0:10:17.240 Michael asked, does Kyle Trask look capable of being a 0:10:17.320 --> 0:10:21.360 starter after Brady leaves? Well? We no, no, not yet. 0:10:21.640 --> 0:10:23.600 I mean we definitely haven't seen enough of him to 0:10:23.640 --> 0:10:26.559 know that yet. That's obviously what the team is hoping happens. 0:10:26.720 --> 0:10:29.040 And he's done some impressive things and he's looked like 0:10:29.080 --> 0:10:31.240 a rookie at times, but it's such a small sample 0:10:31.280 --> 0:10:35.280 size that, um, yeah, I don't think we can declare that. 0:10:35.360 --> 0:10:38.000 Yet you can say though, that he fits the mold 0:10:38.040 --> 0:10:39.920 of what the Buccaneers were looking for that for in 0:10:39.960 --> 0:10:42.640 the developmental quarterback. I think they like his arm and 0:10:42.720 --> 0:10:45.719 his his style of play and his brains and and 0:10:46.800 --> 0:10:49.600 I just think he's a guy. As coach Christensen said, 0:10:49.880 --> 0:10:52.600 they're going to be bringing him along very deliberately and slowly, 0:10:52.600 --> 0:10:54.319 and that's the way he's choosing to learn right now. 0:10:54.400 --> 0:10:56.679 So it's gonna be a while. TI we can make 0:10:56.720 --> 0:10:58.640 proclamations like that, but I do think that is sort 0:10:58.640 --> 0:11:01.640 of a tentative plan for the succession and we'll see 0:11:01.679 --> 0:11:03.679 if it works out. Okay, and we'll close up this one. 0:11:03.720 --> 0:11:06.120 Brandon asked, who is your who do you think will 0:11:06.120 --> 0:11:08.360 be the m v P of the Bucks this next year? 0:11:08.360 --> 0:11:10.040 And I'm going to add a caveat that. You can't 0:11:10.040 --> 0:11:14.000 answer Tom Brady just I would have said Tom Brady, right. 0:11:14.080 --> 0:11:16.960 So outside of that, who's here probably? I mean, I'll 0:11:17.000 --> 0:11:18.560 just circle back to what we were talking about before, 0:11:18.600 --> 0:11:20.640 Devin White. I mean, if he takes another step forward 0:11:20.720 --> 0:11:23.440 as a as a impact defender, he's going to be 0:11:23.480 --> 0:11:26.800 one of the most impactful defenders in the NFL. And 0:11:26.840 --> 0:11:30.560 if the Buccaneers defense plays like it did in the 0:11:30.559 --> 0:11:35.240 Super Bowl, especially uh and really becomes less of a 0:11:35.360 --> 0:11:37.880 b side to this whole Tom Brady story and more 0:11:37.880 --> 0:11:40.839 of like, hey, the defense here is as responsible for 0:11:40.880 --> 0:11:43.680 the Buccaneers being Super Bowl contenders again as Tom Brady 0:11:43.679 --> 0:11:45.920 in the offense. Then there's gonna be a lot of 0:11:45.960 --> 0:11:48.040 eyes in that defense. There's gonna be people looking for, Okay, 0:11:48.040 --> 0:11:50.560 who's the lynchpin here? And and Devin White just seems 0:11:50.559 --> 0:11:52.640 like a guy who could take it to another level 0:11:53.160 --> 0:11:55.480 throwing a lot more splash plays and at the end 0:11:55.520 --> 0:11:57.840 of the day, you're going, well, we can't pick Tom Brady, Okay, 0:11:57.840 --> 0:12:00.160 then I think it's probably deaf one. I like that. Well, 0:12:00.160 --> 0:12:01.360 that's going to do it for us. On this edition 0:12:01.360 --> 0:12:03.640 of Buccaneers Inside Our Live presented by Miller Lte, Thanks 0:12:03.720 --> 0:12:05.679 is always for being with us and for those great questions, 0:12:05.720 --> 0:12:10.600 and we'll see you next week.