Speaker 1: Um, good morning, Bucks fans. It's time for Buccaneers Insider Live,
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Speaker 1: We've had a lot happen over the last week. We've
Speaker 1: got minicamp happening here. Finally, the whole team, veterans, rookies,
Speaker 1: everyone out on the field together. So yesterday was the
Speaker 1: first day of that. Got to hear from Bruce, Chris Godwin,
Speaker 1: Alex Cappa, a few different people. Afterward, I wanted to
Speaker 1: hear just some of your initial takeaways from either watching
Speaker 1: practice or listening to everybody talk afterward. Well, the first
Speaker 1: good thing was that all eighty nine players were here
Speaker 1: and most of them were in action. We have eighty
Speaker 1: nine right now because of the Cameron Kenley situation, we
Speaker 1: were at ninety UM, so all of them were here,
Speaker 1: all of them were out on the field. There were
Speaker 1: six guys that didn't practice. UM. John Franklin O, j Howard,
Speaker 1: Antonio Brown, Demican, Sue, Jordan Whitehead, and uh the rookie
Speaker 1: Jalen Darden, which was the one kind of surprise. He
Speaker 1: must had a very slight hamstring tweak from last week
Speaker 1: according to Bruce Arians, and it's so minor that Aaron
Speaker 1: said he might actually practice on Thursday. And in fact,
Speaker 1: all of these guys seemed to be some variation of
Speaker 1: he's very close from Bruce arians estimation, and he said
Speaker 1: at the end of kind of running down all those
Speaker 1: different injury situations that all of them should be fine
Speaker 1: from the beginning of training camp. So I don't know,
Speaker 1: I don't remember a season where we've been kind of
Speaker 1: this assuming all those goal as well as we hope
Speaker 1: we've been this healthy heading into a camp. And speaking
Speaker 1: of that guy who was out there who hadn't been recently,
Speaker 1: Joe try On, he had missed all of his rookie
Speaker 1: minicamp in times like that, a little bit of an injury,
Speaker 1: and Daniel had asked what you thought of him? I
Speaker 1: know that yesterday was a very small little glimpse into it,
Speaker 1: but either from coach talking about him or what you saw,
Speaker 1: what were the initial thoughts on Joe try On, Yeah,
Speaker 1: well he looked like he was running around very well.
Speaker 1: Uh coach at all, We said that he thought he'd
Speaker 1: be back by the mini camps. He basically hit the
Speaker 1: target that was expected. Um, they took it carefully with
Speaker 1: him over the last few weeks. And uh, you know,
Speaker 1: at this point, in these type of practices without pads,
Speaker 1: without anybody wanting to get really close to a quarterback,
Speaker 1: especially Tom Brady, Um, you know, it's a little hard
Speaker 1: to tell how good a pass rusher is. But coach
Speaker 1: Arian said afterwards that he looks slippery in shorts, and
Speaker 1: not every guy does. So I guess if you look
Speaker 1: good rushing the past her right now in shorts, that's
Speaker 1: a good sign, you know, for what he'll looked like
Speaker 1: when the pad's going. Yeah, that's a great And something
Speaker 1: else that has happened since our last show was Julio
Speaker 1: Jones getting traded. And so anytime a big name either
Speaker 1: comes to or leaves the division, we always want to
Speaker 1: talk about how that might affect the Buccaneers. So what
Speaker 1: were your initial thoughts on that? And and hey, I
Speaker 1: guess the Buck still will get to see him technically
Speaker 1: this year just only in the preseason. Yeah, um, well,
Speaker 1: my thoughts are that went pretty well. You know, he
Speaker 1: got traded out of our division. This is a guy
Speaker 1: that was averaging fifty yards in one touchdown per game
Speaker 1: against the Buccaneers in his career. And uh, he not
Speaker 1: only got traded out of the division, but out of
Speaker 1: the conference entirely, and to a team we wouldn't play
Speaker 1: in the regular season. Um. I don't think necessarily that
Speaker 1: our defensive backs would have the same feeling about it.
Speaker 1: I think they liked the challenge. You know, he was
Speaker 1: hurt for a number of games last year during the
Speaker 1: second half, and I'm pretty sure he didn't play in
Speaker 1: either of the two games against the Buccaneers. So that
Speaker 1: was the last chance for a while that some of
Speaker 1: our guys like Carlton Davis are going to get to
Speaker 1: see him. And I'm willing to bet they would appreciate
Speaker 1: the challenge. But you know, as a fan who doesn't
Speaker 1: have to play out there and just wants to see
Speaker 1: the best possible situation from the Bucks, I like seeing
Speaker 1: Julio Jones out of the coup. Yes, I would agree
Speaker 1: with that. Um yeah, I'm sure. By the way, and
Speaker 1: who guess who does play the Titans this fall? Who
Speaker 1: the New Orleans Saints. Well, there you go. I love it.
Speaker 1: They just can't get away from him exactly, and they
Speaker 1: could be a prime competitor for the Buccaneers and for
Speaker 1: the division tie also that worked out. Well, yeah, that's
Speaker 1: a good point. And we also had Kyle Trask officially
Speaker 1: signed yesterday. Um, I wanted to hear where where do
Speaker 1: we stand on you know, rookies being signed, And I
Speaker 1: know people tend to always ask about sort of the
Speaker 1: salary cap situation and how we determine that at this
Speaker 1: time of year compared to once you get down to
Speaker 1: the final roster and all of that. Yeah, the two
Speaker 1: guys left to be signed our third round offensive Lemon
Speaker 1: Robert Hainzi, and the first round that we were talking about,
Speaker 1: Joe trying And it's a pretty common UM pattern to
Speaker 1: get your lower drafted guys signed first. So now we're
Speaker 1: down to the last couple and Joe Tryan will probably
Speaker 1: be last. You know, I think most fans understand now
Speaker 1: that these contracts are pretty much slotted in under the
Speaker 1: current CB A depending important where you picked a guy,
Speaker 1: there's a certain amount that they're going to get there's
Speaker 1: a little leeway here and there, but it's got to
Speaker 1: be a four year deal. There's not a lot of gifts,
Speaker 1: so a lot of it is just paperwork. I think
Speaker 1: now there's a little more give with what happens with
Speaker 1: a first rounder, but are talking about the last pick
Speaker 1: in the first round, so I don't think it'd be
Speaker 1: very hard to get it done. But it's not surprising
Speaker 1: that he's one of the last few left. And have
Speaker 1: we got any sense on what the team looks at
Speaker 1: the quarterback situation as of looking at who's getting reps
Speaker 1: with who and now that Kyle Trask is signed, when
Speaker 1: this is our first chance to see all four quarterbacks
Speaker 1: out on the field together. One indication have we gotten
Speaker 1: They did the two fields thing that Bruce arians really
Speaker 1: likes to do to get more reps for more players
Speaker 1: with so many guys in the field. Um so in
Speaker 1: the first mini camp practice yesterday. There's another one going
Speaker 1: on right now and I'm sure they'll do the same thing,
Speaker 1: but yesterday they split it up with basically the starters
Speaker 1: and the primary reserves on one field and the younger
Speaker 1: players and the guys a little farther down the deep
Speaker 1: chart on the other field, which allowed all those young
Speaker 1: players to get a lot more snaps and they would
Speaker 1: normally get. And you had Tom Brady and Blaine Gabbett
Speaker 1: working with the starters and Kyle Trask and Ryan Griffin
Speaker 1: working with the with the younger guys, and I think
Speaker 1: that's what you would have expected. Ryan Griffin signed with
Speaker 1: the Bucaneers, resigned with the Buccaneers knowing they had told
Speaker 1: him they intended to resign Blaine Gabbert as well, and
Speaker 1: that they might look for a quarterback in the draft,
Speaker 1: So he knew the situation coming into it. And Bruce
Speaker 1: Arians wanted to make it clear the other day that
Speaker 1: he doesn't see Ryan Griffin as the odd man out. Um,
Speaker 1: it's a competition, you know. You can easily look at
Speaker 1: it and say Lane Gabbert is probably the leader to
Speaker 1: be the primary backup to Tom Brady, and you certainly
Speaker 1: wouldn't expect the Buccaneers to cut second Rod Picktile Trash,
Speaker 1: so he probably end up being your third quarterback. And
Speaker 1: Ryan Griffin was asked if what if the situation was
Speaker 1: that they kept those three but with expanded practice squad,
Speaker 1: you could get spot on the practice squad and he's
Speaker 1: He basically said he was up for whatever would work. Okay,
Speaker 1: Mike asked, with it being a seventeen game schedule, do
Speaker 1: you see any players ever being a healthy scratch as
Speaker 1: a way to keep them fresh? You know, I hear
Speaker 1: that idea a lot, and I don't think so. I
Speaker 1: don't think so. Um. You know, you look at player
Speaker 1: you look at coaches when they're down towards the end
Speaker 1: of the season and they got a nice lead in
Speaker 1: their division, and you know, with some exceptions, they tend
Speaker 1: to keep wanting to play those guys. You know, I
Speaker 1: think they I think you'd be more likely to see
Speaker 1: more substitutions on a game by game basis. So maybe you,
Speaker 1: instead of mitigating the snaps by thinking you're not playing
Speaker 1: this game and there's eight snaps that we don't worry about,
Speaker 1: you know, figured out those eight snaps by taking them
Speaker 1: out of games along the way, Because do you want
Speaker 1: to be sitting in a game that ends up being
Speaker 1: because every game is important, we know that, right. It's
Speaker 1: week thirteen and you decide to help the scratch Chris
Speaker 1: Godwin and then Mike Evans gets hurt and knock on
Speaker 1: wood and you need a receiver there and it's a
Speaker 1: close game, and you're like, well, Chris Godwin standing right there,
Speaker 1: but we made him actively. We can't use them. I
Speaker 1: don't think any coach wants to put himself in that position. Yeah.
Speaker 1: I think that's a great point. Jermaine asked, will you
Speaker 1: guys be attending the ring ceremony and have you gotten
Speaker 1: a glimpse of the rings yet? Yes? And no, but
Speaker 1: I think the second one will be too. Yeah. Yes,
Speaker 1: at some point we're gonna have to write about it
Speaker 1: and so on. So right, Yeah, I I know a
Speaker 1: way that I could see them cock up, I've heard,
Speaker 1: but I've chosen not to because I want to wait
Speaker 1: and actually see the real things. I won't have to
Speaker 1: write about it ahead of time, and so I am
Speaker 1: choosing to wait until I actually get to see my
Speaker 1: ring sitting there before I look at it. It It was
Speaker 1: very tempting. I felt like a kid at Christmas again.
Speaker 1: It's like you know where your Christmas presents are hidden,
Speaker 1: and you're deciding if you're gonna look or not. Um,
Speaker 1: did you? I never? I never looked for the presence.
Speaker 1: I didn't either. I didn't one. Yeah, I didn't either,
Speaker 1: because I'm like then it's no fun. Then you then
Speaker 1: you already you already know and you take all that
Speaker 1: you want to open one or two on Christmas. Heave yes,
Speaker 1: I agree with that. Um. Sean Asia asked what are
Speaker 1: your expectations from Sean Murphy Bunting and Carlton Davis this year? Well,
Speaker 1: I mean, I think we keep talking about guys making
Speaker 1: a leap, are improving from one year to the next.
Speaker 1: I don't know if we have to keep talking about
Speaker 1: Carlton Davis that way. I think he's already there. I
Speaker 1: think he's already one of the best cornerbacks in the league,
Speaker 1: one of the one of the few guys, one of
Speaker 1: the handful of guys that a team can take and
Speaker 1: put on a guy like Jolio, Joe Are, Michael Thomas
Speaker 1: and have a good feeling that they can shut them down.
Speaker 1: And there's not like guys that you can count on
Speaker 1: doing that. And the fact that the Buccaneers have that
Speaker 1: confidence in him makes me think they think he's one
Speaker 1: of the best cornerbacks in the leg and I do too.
Speaker 1: Sean Murphy Bunting, in both of his first two years,
Speaker 1: has really finished strong. You know, there were some struggles
Speaker 1: that he acknowledged along the way last year, but coming
Speaker 1: down the stretch and then especially in the playoffs, Um,
Speaker 1: he was a big time playmaker. And he is a
Speaker 1: guy that could take a step forward in terms of
Speaker 1: just being more consistent from a week to week basis.
Speaker 1: And he knows that the coaches know that, and and
Speaker 1: that's something we might see from him that could make
Speaker 1: this defensive better next year. This year, Yeah, you know,
Speaker 1: I'm saying people asking about the idea of complacency. Do
Speaker 1: you think the team is going to be as fiery
Speaker 1: this year after already winning one? And you know, are
Speaker 1: do they seem as hungry as they were last year?
Speaker 1: And I know that was something that Bruce arians was
Speaker 1: asked about yesterday. So what was the indication that you
Speaker 1: got about where the team stands in terms of the
Speaker 1: fire to to go for two? Yeah, that doesn't seem
Speaker 1: to be a problem with these guys. Um, they seem
Speaker 1: very much out in I think part of that has
Speaker 1: to do with the commitment that the Buccaneers made to
Speaker 1: keep that entire roster intact. I mean, if you're Lavonte
Speaker 1: David and Devin White and Rob Gronkowski and all those
Speaker 1: guys and you see the team really making an effort
Speaker 1: to make it as possible as possible for you to
Speaker 1: be in a good position two defend your title. UM.
Speaker 1: I think that's a motivating factor. And also just the
Speaker 1: fact that nobody's done it since Tom Brady's Patriots since
Speaker 1: two thousand three and o four. I mean, breaking through
Speaker 1: and winning the Super Bowl was amazing last year and
Speaker 1: can never be taken away from these guys. But imagine,
Speaker 1: you know, their legacy, especially in Buccaneers history, if they
Speaker 1: can win two in a row, and you know, it
Speaker 1: doesn't happen a lot, especially anymore in the NFL. So
Speaker 1: I think that carrot is just as strong as it
Speaker 1: was last year. UM. And on the practice field on Tuesday,
Speaker 1: UH coach afterward, Coach Areans made a point of saying
Speaker 1: there was no complacency at all, and he's not really
Speaker 1: worried about that happening. He said, if he doesn't way
Speaker 1: up to say anything, he said he had Nye out
Speaker 1: for it when practice started and he didn't see him.
Speaker 1: But but he said he doesn't have to say anything
Speaker 1: because if if it's somebody on offense and they're not playing,
Speaker 1: they're not their effort isn't up to par. They're gonna
Speaker 1: hear from Tom Brady, and if it happens on defense,
Speaker 1: they're gonna hear from Levante David. So I think it's
Speaker 1: very well self policed. That is true all And we'll
Speaker 1: close with this. Rob asked, with all the returning starters,
Speaker 1: are there any rookies that could slide into a starting spot.
Speaker 1: It's not obvious, no, barring injury. We always have to
Speaker 1: say barring injury, right, Um. I think the closest thing
Speaker 1: you could say to that is Joe try And wouldn'tsarily
Speaker 1: necessarily be starting a bunch of games, but he could
Speaker 1: be playing a very large role as part as maybe
Speaker 1: the third guy if he is ahead of Anthony Nelson
Speaker 1: in the rotation with JPP and Shack Barrett, and maybe
Speaker 1: the Buccaneers choose to give Shack and JPP you know,
Speaker 1: maybe I know the guys who want to come off
Speaker 1: the field, but maybe just a little bit less per game,
Speaker 1: going back to that seventeen game season question, just to
Speaker 1: preserve them along the way. So he could end up
Speaker 1: with a role that's pretty big. But I don't see
Speaker 1: how he's a starter. And otherwise, Kyle Trask Robert Hainzi,
Speaker 1: Jalen Darden, the two linebacker as Brittain Stewart and Chris Wilcox.
Speaker 1: Those are all positions that are very well established a starters.
Speaker 1: So again, barring injury, UM I don't see it. Okay.
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