WEBVTT - When Will the Franchise Tag Be Signed? | Bucs Insider 0:00:11.080 --> 0:00:13.960 Welcome to Buccaneers and Sideur Live presented by Miller like 0:00:14.080 --> 0:00:16.560 case of Phillips and Scott Smith here. And we had 0:00:16.600 --> 0:00:18.759 a week off last week, but we are back now 0:00:19.040 --> 0:00:22.200 to talk all things Buccaneers, and we just you know, 0:00:22.520 --> 0:00:24.239 this is normally the time of year where there's not 0:00:24.280 --> 0:00:26.640 a lot of going on anyways, whether they're there's COVID 0:00:26.720 --> 0:00:28.680 or not. This is kind of the lull before the 0:00:28.720 --> 0:00:31.040 storm normally anyway. So that's what I'm trying to tell 0:00:31.080 --> 0:00:33.800 myself to just make it feel more normal and reasonable. 0:00:33.920 --> 0:00:36.919 But it still feels like hopefully there is actually going 0:00:36.960 --> 0:00:38.560 to be football coming soon. And I know that you 0:00:38.600 --> 0:00:40.440 guys have probably tons of questions, So if you have 0:00:40.760 --> 0:00:42.680 questions for us, go ahead and send them on the 0:00:42.680 --> 0:00:45.800 Facebook page. If you're not already watching this live on Facebook, 0:00:45.840 --> 0:00:47.400 head on over there and you can leave a comment 0:00:47.520 --> 0:00:49.839 underneath the live video and we'll get a chance to 0:00:50.000 --> 0:00:52.080 go to as many of those questions as we can 0:00:52.320 --> 0:00:54.640 as we get people a chance to start asking those. Um, 0:00:54.680 --> 0:00:56.800 we know that the franchise tag is coming up. That's 0:00:56.800 --> 0:00:58.720 one of the few sort of newsworthy things that does 0:00:58.760 --> 0:01:01.080 happen this time of year, and and the deadline to 0:01:01.160 --> 0:01:03.080 have that signed is coming up, so it's gotta want 0:01:03.080 --> 0:01:04.759 to hear your thoughts on just overall how that might 0:01:04.959 --> 0:01:07.320 affect the Buccaneers. What can we be expecting to see 0:01:07.319 --> 0:01:10.160 in this next couple of weeks. Yeah, the deadline is, uh, 0:01:10.200 --> 0:01:12.360 I guess a week from today, and that's the deadline 0:01:13.280 --> 0:01:15.120 for which you can actually sign a guy on the 0:01:15.160 --> 0:01:18.280 franchise tag to a long term deal. So once that passes, 0:01:18.360 --> 0:01:22.520 that really only two options are designed or two not 0:01:22.959 --> 0:01:25.280 you know, to hold out. And I think Shack Barrett 0:01:25.319 --> 0:01:28.479 has made it clear that he intends to play this season. Obviously, 0:01:28.600 --> 0:01:30.840 his goal and probably the team's goal, would be to 0:01:30.920 --> 0:01:34.200 have a longer term deal worked out. Um but at 0:01:34.240 --> 0:01:36.520 the very least he should be playing on the franchise 0:01:36.560 --> 0:01:38.600 tag and we'll know that within a week. And and 0:01:38.840 --> 0:01:41.480 you know, maybe the uncertainty of the landscape of not 0:01:41.560 --> 0:01:44.160 just the NFL, but the entire world during all this 0:01:44.280 --> 0:01:47.160 COVID stuff is contributing to him and a few other 0:01:47.240 --> 0:01:50.320 guys not getting deals done that might have gotten done 0:01:50.360 --> 0:01:54.360 in a more normal year. Um. But I mean, I 0:01:54.360 --> 0:01:56.000 don't know if it's good news or bad news. It's 0:01:56.000 --> 0:01:58.280 just a deadline. It's it's something that we're gonna know 0:01:58.320 --> 0:02:01.280 one way or another, which under type of contract check 0:02:01.320 --> 0:02:04.000 Bear is playing for the Buccaneers is coming here. Unfortunately 0:02:04.360 --> 0:02:06.279 he's also he's already made it clear that he intends 0:02:06.320 --> 0:02:08.880 to play, so it's not really something that's you know, 0:02:09.040 --> 0:02:11.760 making us. We're not nervous about it. I guess I 0:02:11.760 --> 0:02:15.040 would say, okay, And I love this question already. This 0:02:15.120 --> 0:02:16.640 is great. I think it's from one of our fans, 0:02:16.720 --> 0:02:20.840 eleven year old daughters. Uh, she wanted to know who's 0:02:20.880 --> 0:02:23.160 going to be the Diamond and the Reugh this year. 0:02:23.200 --> 0:02:26.919 That she mentioned Shack last year and Adam Humphries the 0:02:27.000 --> 0:02:29.760 year before that, so there's always someone. And apparently she 0:02:29.919 --> 0:02:32.080 is quite good at baking and is offered, if you 0:02:32.120 --> 0:02:35.280 get it right, if it is accurate, to have some 0:02:35.320 --> 0:02:39.040 cookies made for you that include things like homemade rainbow cookies. 0:02:40.160 --> 0:02:42.880 There's a lot writing on this. Well. First of all, 0:02:42.880 --> 0:02:45.160 it's a very sophisticated question for an eleven year old, 0:02:45.160 --> 0:02:47.920 And what I want to know is just getting it right. 0:02:47.960 --> 0:02:50.320 I mean, I get what she thinks the answer is, 0:02:50.440 --> 0:02:52.880 or or I predict now and then that that player 0:02:53.160 --> 0:02:58.760 have always both and it doubles your chances of getting cookies. Wow, well, 0:02:59.160 --> 0:03:01.760 I'm really nervous. Point can't I can't afford to get 0:03:01.800 --> 0:03:09.720 this one wrong. Um uh boy. The problem for this 0:03:09.760 --> 0:03:12.720 particular question this year is that the depth chart is 0:03:12.760 --> 0:03:17.239 so set with with most of the guys you already know. Um, 0:03:17.280 --> 0:03:21.079 maybe Antoine Winfield. Is that fair? I mean he's a rookie. Um, 0:03:21.120 --> 0:03:23.040 it's not exactly the same situation. I don't know if 0:03:23.200 --> 0:03:24.840 am I supposed to be picking somebody off of the 0:03:25.600 --> 0:03:29.239 undrafted free agent list. I mean, Shaq wasn't an undrafted 0:03:29.240 --> 0:03:31.520 free agent, So it sounds like it's just somebody that 0:03:31.600 --> 0:03:33.840 ends up having an amazing year that nobody really knew 0:03:33.840 --> 0:03:36.640 would be that. All right, how about I'll go with 0:03:36.720 --> 0:03:39.600 Keyshawn varn then, because you know, the funny thing about 0:03:39.600 --> 0:03:42.120 that pick is the a lot of the reaction to 0:03:42.160 --> 0:03:44.880 that pick was when the Bucks didn't take a running 0:03:44.920 --> 0:03:48.040 back in the second round, which many people expected. I'm 0:03:48.120 --> 0:03:49.640 not gonna lie, I kind of thought we might do 0:03:49.720 --> 0:03:52.200 that as well. And the way the running backs worked 0:03:52.200 --> 0:03:54.560 out this year, it wasn't really top heavy, but there 0:03:54.560 --> 0:03:58.040 were a lot of players that that um people expected 0:03:58.080 --> 0:04:00.880 going late first mid the second round, and that that 0:04:00.920 --> 0:04:03.520 did happen, and there were some guys that were bigger 0:04:03.640 --> 0:04:06.360 names than Keisha and Vaughan that came off the board 0:04:06.400 --> 0:04:08.640 around when the books picked, but they passed and went 0:04:08.680 --> 0:04:11.320 with the safety who they clearly didn't want to pass 0:04:11.400 --> 0:04:14.120 up on, and and they obviously did that believing they 0:04:14.120 --> 0:04:15.920 could get the player they wanted in the third round. 0:04:15.960 --> 0:04:18.680 And after that pick, when that sort of concept was 0:04:18.720 --> 0:04:21.520 thrown at UM Jason light, his answer was, you know, 0:04:22.400 --> 0:04:25.040 our board wasn't necessarily the same as everybody's. You know, 0:04:25.080 --> 0:04:28.720 every the perception out there, whatever had been created by 0:04:29.240 --> 0:04:31.280 UM analysts and so on over the course of the 0:04:31.640 --> 0:04:33.640 lead up to the draft, was that there were certain 0:04:33.680 --> 0:04:35.600 tears and that this guy was the best running back 0:04:35.600 --> 0:04:37.039 and he was second, he was third, and so on. 0:04:37.160 --> 0:04:39.560 And he said, you know, and it's true, because that's 0:04:39.640 --> 0:04:41.120 not really the way it works out. I mean, Chris 0:04:41.120 --> 0:04:45.039 Godwin was like the thirteenth receiver selected that year, and 0:04:45.200 --> 0:04:48.400 obviously he's been probably the best receiver out of that class. See, 0:04:48.680 --> 0:04:51.920 you can't necessarily just just because the Buccaneers passed on 0:04:52.640 --> 0:04:55.640 I don't know, the l s U running back instead 0:04:55.720 --> 0:04:58.880 and went with Keisha von that doesn't mean they got 0:04:58.920 --> 0:05:01.240 their second or third. I see what I'm saying, So 0:05:01.520 --> 0:05:03.440 I think they they are a lot higher on Vaughan 0:05:03.800 --> 0:05:08.080 than maybe the the pre draft rankings were. This is 0:05:08.120 --> 0:05:10.920 my point. So, um, would it be would he fit 0:05:11.560 --> 0:05:13.680 the the answer to this question if he ends up 0:05:13.680 --> 0:05:17.520 getting the same or more yards and scrimmage than Ronald Jones? 0:05:17.800 --> 0:05:19.560 I think it's possible. And I really want those cookies, 0:05:19.600 --> 0:05:21.960 so I thop that's the case, um, And I think 0:05:22.000 --> 0:05:24.039 that the path to that is him becoming the third 0:05:24.080 --> 0:05:26.720 down back and catching a lot of passes. So maybe 0:05:26.720 --> 0:05:29.240 getting five dred receiving yards and five D rushing yards 0:05:29.480 --> 0:05:32.599 could put them there. Okay, I like that answer. I 0:05:32.680 --> 0:05:35.400 like that answer. All right. Daniel said, is the team 0:05:35.400 --> 0:05:38.520 looking for another edge rusher? And if so, maybe who 0:05:38.520 --> 0:05:41.440 could be a possibility? You know, I've said that along 0:05:41.920 --> 0:05:44.240 or at least last couple of months, and normally this 0:05:44.320 --> 0:05:45.720 is the time of year where you'd have a couple 0:05:45.720 --> 0:05:48.720 of little roster additions. You're sort of turning over the 0:05:49.120 --> 0:05:53.800 eight six to nineties spots. Um, And as we've mentioned, Um, 0:05:54.240 --> 0:05:56.480 Bruce arians made it clear that he and Jason Light 0:05:56.600 --> 0:05:59.920 have made a point of not taking the roster all 0:06:00.000 --> 0:06:02.279 way up to ninety three or four spots that are available. 0:06:02.960 --> 0:06:05.960 Usually you would fill all of them because you have 0:06:06.120 --> 0:06:08.240 teams on the field practicing and you want as many 0:06:08.240 --> 0:06:10.920 players as you can get. But that's not really that 0:06:10.960 --> 0:06:13.080 big of an issue this year, so they said they 0:06:13.080 --> 0:06:15.279 were keeping those spots open for the possibility of signing 0:06:16.000 --> 0:06:18.800 a veteran here there that could step right in for 0:06:18.880 --> 0:06:21.159 one thing, and be able to play special teams. But 0:06:21.240 --> 0:06:23.320 also that's something that could get into the mixed quickly 0:06:23.360 --> 0:06:26.160 and learn the system quickly. And that's why they're talking 0:06:26.160 --> 0:06:30.040 about a veteran. And he mentioned inside linebacker, outside linebacker, 0:06:30.040 --> 0:06:32.760 in defensive line as three positions where you might do that. 0:06:33.120 --> 0:06:35.919 And and it seems to me that veteran edge Russia 0:06:35.960 --> 0:06:39.360 would make a lot of sense because after JPP and Shack, 0:06:39.680 --> 0:06:42.880 you really don't have anybody at all that has much experience. 0:06:42.960 --> 0:06:45.040 You know, Anthony Nelson is probably the most experienced guy, 0:06:45.040 --> 0:06:47.200 and he played about half a season as a rookie 0:06:47.240 --> 0:06:49.080 did to injuries, So it would make a lot of 0:06:49.120 --> 0:06:51.200 sense to me. You know, the big name that's still 0:06:51.200 --> 0:06:54.120 out there is Clay Matthews. Um, I guess he could 0:06:54.120 --> 0:06:58.400 make some sense, But there's also and I'm blanking on 0:06:58.440 --> 0:07:01.480 his name the Giant, the player for the Giants who 0:07:01.520 --> 0:07:04.080 used to be with Arizona and played for Bruce Arians. Uh, 0:07:05.120 --> 0:07:06.880 it's bothered me. They can't think of his name right now, 0:07:07.279 --> 0:07:10.800 but he played for um Bruce Arians. The problem is 0:07:10.840 --> 0:07:12.320 he might be demanding a little bit more of a 0:07:12.360 --> 0:07:14.480 contract than the Buccaneers are looking at. You know, if 0:07:14.480 --> 0:07:15.760 they're going to bring in a guy now with the 0:07:15.800 --> 0:07:18.600 cap situation as it is, it's probably a mid tier 0:07:18.680 --> 0:07:21.160 kind of guy. So I'm not it's exactly sure. Who 0:07:21.200 --> 0:07:23.640 would be to me that would be the most obvious 0:07:23.640 --> 0:07:26.720 position to make an addition for two? Okay, Um, and 0:07:26.800 --> 0:07:29.640 you know, we we were talking about the idea of 0:07:29.720 --> 0:07:31.520 this off season overall and how weird it is in 0:07:31.640 --> 0:07:35.040 terms of trying to add new people not knowing what 0:07:35.160 --> 0:07:37.240 all is going to happen, and um, it made me 0:07:37.240 --> 0:07:38.920 want to hear for you, who are the people that 0:07:39.000 --> 0:07:42.040 you think this is hardest for the way this off 0:07:42.040 --> 0:07:44.400 season is going. You know the fact that we've missed 0:07:44.400 --> 0:07:46.720 so many reps and guys are having to figure out 0:07:46.720 --> 0:07:48.200 how to work out you know, in different places and 0:07:48.240 --> 0:07:51.720 at home. Um, who are the either individual players or 0:07:51.720 --> 0:07:54.080 maybe even are there certain position groups. It's harder on 0:07:54.200 --> 0:07:57.720 just overall. Who does this affect more than others? Well, 0:07:57.760 --> 0:08:01.120 it's harder on the undrafted free agents. And it's really 0:08:01.160 --> 0:08:02.960 a shame for those guys. And and and we've talked 0:08:02.960 --> 0:08:05.840 about it before. Even beyond that, if you remember how 0:08:05.840 --> 0:08:08.800 an off season usually goes, You sign your undrafted free agents, 0:08:08.960 --> 0:08:10.880 and you have your draft class, and then you have 0:08:10.880 --> 0:08:13.480 a rookie mini camp about a week later, and you 0:08:13.520 --> 0:08:15.280 fill out the roster for that camp with a bunch 0:08:15.280 --> 0:08:18.360 of players on trial contracts, And every single year, three 0:08:18.440 --> 0:08:21.160 or four of those guys get signed, like Adam Humphreys, 0:08:21.200 --> 0:08:24.320 who that a love year old fan brought up. Uh, 0:08:24.440 --> 0:08:26.200 every year you signed a couple of those guys and 0:08:26.480 --> 0:08:29.320 you sort of turn over the bottom of the roster. Well, 0:08:29.480 --> 0:08:31.600 how are those guys getting an opportunity at this point? 0:08:31.720 --> 0:08:34.440 They may it Maybe that next year there's a double 0:08:34.480 --> 0:08:36.640 load of guys like that, because if you're safe, you're 0:08:36.640 --> 0:08:38.400 Adam Humphreys coming out of Clemson and you don't get 0:08:38.440 --> 0:08:41.320 a shot this year, you still maybe probably bide your 0:08:41.320 --> 0:08:42.920 time and try again next year, and then really a 0:08:42.960 --> 0:08:45.120 whole another class, So there's gonna be a lot of 0:08:45.120 --> 0:08:48.079 guys buy in for roster spots next year. But when 0:08:48.080 --> 0:08:49.560 you get to even the guys that we did sign, 0:08:49.679 --> 0:08:52.559 like a Michael Dvinity or Zach Shackelford or you know, 0:08:52.600 --> 0:08:56.079 all those receivers from small schools or the quarterback where 0:08:56.080 --> 0:08:59.240 you'd send it, they would have had some time now 0:09:00.600 --> 0:09:02.600 already to sort of learn the system. And that's what 0:09:02.760 --> 0:09:05.040 the off season is so good for for the rookies 0:09:05.160 --> 0:09:07.080 is they don't know the system when they arrive here 0:09:07.440 --> 0:09:10.040 like the returning players do, so to be able to 0:09:10.160 --> 0:09:12.200 do well in training camp to already have that base 0:09:12.240 --> 0:09:14.679 from the off season is very helpful for them. And 0:09:14.720 --> 0:09:16.559 they don't have that. And I think it's gonna be 0:09:16.679 --> 0:09:20.040 very difficult for undrafted free agents to make teams this year, 0:09:20.440 --> 0:09:22.120 and that's a shame. But I hope that it's just 0:09:22.160 --> 0:09:24.640 a dream deferred that they, you know, get their chance 0:09:24.960 --> 0:09:28.000 in years to come. Yeah, that's a good point. Um. Well, 0:09:28.080 --> 0:09:30.040 we had Richard say that it's his birthday and he 0:09:30.080 --> 0:09:34.080 wanted to shout out, so there's a birthday shout out, um, 0:09:34.160 --> 0:09:36.760 And we all said, Joseph, Rap, do you think the 0:09:36.760 --> 0:09:41.360 old line will be better than last year? Yeah? I 0:09:41.400 --> 0:09:46.280 think so. Um, you know, I don't wanna. I don't 0:09:46.280 --> 0:09:48.760 want to disparage DeMar Dotson by saying that, because he's 0:09:48.760 --> 0:09:51.199 been a great Buccaneer for the last decade and uh, 0:09:51.400 --> 0:09:53.200 you know, he goes down as one of the Buck greats. 0:09:53.640 --> 0:09:56.959 But um, you know, DeMar Dotson was the elder statesman 0:09:57.000 --> 0:09:58.640 on that team, and now you replace him with a 0:10:00.000 --> 0:10:03.120 all or twenty two whatever. Tristan Worst is rookie, um 0:10:03.240 --> 0:10:07.280 who's impressively athletic, and uh, you know, a first round 0:10:07.360 --> 0:10:10.000 draft pick, a highly coveted guy. I think you have 0:10:10.000 --> 0:10:12.240 a chance to have a real impact player there a 0:10:12.360 --> 0:10:16.440 right tackle. Uh. And then Alex Kappa. The coaches were 0:10:16.520 --> 0:10:18.440 very pleased with what he did last year, but it 0:10:18.520 --> 0:10:20.280 was his first year as a starter, and I expect 0:10:20.520 --> 0:10:23.960 him to be even better. So that's good obviously. And 0:10:23.960 --> 0:10:26.040 and you also have I think the depth is pretty good, 0:10:26.040 --> 0:10:27.839 at least at the tackle. Maybe maybe they need a 0:10:27.840 --> 0:10:30.280 little more depth of you know, in the interior lines. 0:10:30.320 --> 0:10:34.160 Maybe somebody like the rookie I just mentioned mentioned Zach Shackleford, 0:10:34.200 --> 0:10:37.720 steps up. But the tackle depth is nice because presuming 0:10:37.720 --> 0:10:41.400 Tristan Worse wins that starting job, you signed Joe hag 0:10:41.840 --> 0:10:44.200 in the off season, and that's a you know, at 0:10:44.240 --> 0:10:46.280 the very least, he's a very nice swing tackle guy 0:10:46.320 --> 0:10:49.920 with starting experience. So, UM, I think it will be 0:10:49.920 --> 0:10:54.520 better incrementally. Um, you know, maybe not a huge step forward, 0:10:54.520 --> 0:10:58.400 but yeah, I think it'll be better. Ryan asked, you 0:10:58.520 --> 0:11:02.560 think they're going after a veteran running back, not not 0:11:02.679 --> 0:11:04.680 a not a big name guy. I don't think so. 0:11:05.480 --> 0:11:07.280 You know, people want to us, want to connect us 0:11:07.280 --> 0:11:09.960 with Davante Freeman. There was all those rumors. It wasn't 0:11:10.000 --> 0:11:13.360 even rumors, it was just you know, Bruce arians answered 0:11:13.360 --> 0:11:15.880 a question with Davante's name in it, and that became 0:11:15.920 --> 0:11:19.880 a couple of stories of back and forth. But I 0:11:19.920 --> 0:11:24.520 don't think if you signed a guy like Davante Freeman, 0:11:24.840 --> 0:11:27.120 I would assume he comes in as your number one guy. 0:11:27.160 --> 0:11:31.680 And so I think they like Ronald Jones and Keyshawn Vaughan, 0:11:31.840 --> 0:11:33.559 so you wouldn't bring in a guy that's going to 0:11:33.640 --> 0:11:36.559 take away their snaps. I wouldn't think. So if there 0:11:36.600 --> 0:11:38.120 is a running back that signed, I would think it'd 0:11:38.120 --> 0:11:41.600 be more of a depth side. Okay. Um, and I 0:11:41.640 --> 0:11:45.520 also we had a question about wide receivers specifically, um 0:11:45.760 --> 0:11:49.160 that that they're a group that I think we've typically 0:11:49.320 --> 0:11:51.439 in recent years have been really struggling to kind of 0:11:51.440 --> 0:11:53.480 figure out where the cutoff would be on who's making 0:11:53.480 --> 0:11:55.000 the team and not there'd be a lot of guys 0:11:55.040 --> 0:11:56.760 kind of all vying for some of those same spots. 0:11:56.760 --> 0:11:58.880 This year it feels more like you haven't. You have 0:11:59.240 --> 0:12:01.920 Mike and Chris, you know, that's an area all on 0:12:01.960 --> 0:12:03.679 their own. And then after that there's a lot up 0:12:03.679 --> 0:12:06.200 in the air and a lot of interesting potential editions 0:12:06.200 --> 0:12:08.680 through the draft or undrafted guys, and then people like 0:12:08.760 --> 0:12:10.679 Justin Watson and Scotty Miller who are coming back. So 0:12:10.800 --> 0:12:13.840 where would you say that group is gonna fall? You mean, 0:12:13.880 --> 0:12:16.200 how many were gonna keep or yeah? And who could 0:12:16.200 --> 0:12:18.360 potentially have the chance to to lock up some of 0:12:18.360 --> 0:12:20.240 those spots. And is that an area where you mentioned 0:12:20.280 --> 0:12:21.840 how hard it might be for some of these rookies 0:12:21.880 --> 0:12:25.440 to prove themselves. Is that an area a spot for them? Yeah. 0:12:25.480 --> 0:12:27.400 The good thing about receiver, though, is even if you 0:12:27.440 --> 0:12:29.800 don't really know the system all that well, like I 0:12:29.840 --> 0:12:32.080 was just talking about, you can come in and one 0:12:32.120 --> 0:12:34.360 on ones and sort of impress with your ability to 0:12:34.440 --> 0:12:37.319 run routes and create separation and and you can show 0:12:37.440 --> 0:12:39.360 a lot of the things that receiver needs to do 0:12:39.760 --> 0:12:42.480 in order to make the roster, maybe not enough to 0:12:42.520 --> 0:12:45.080 carve out any kind of significant role, but enough to 0:12:45.120 --> 0:12:47.800 make the roster or get a practice squad spot. Um. 0:12:47.840 --> 0:12:50.080 I gout that I think is worth thinking about this 0:12:50.160 --> 0:12:52.959 year is Scotty Miller. Um. You know, he got a 0:12:53.040 --> 0:12:54.840 chance to play a little bit, played a little bit 0:12:54.840 --> 0:12:57.360 more in the second half before he got that final 0:12:57.400 --> 0:13:01.480 hamstring injury, showed some big ability. And you know, we 0:13:01.520 --> 0:13:05.959 saw last year that even when Brushope Perriman was playing 0:13:05.960 --> 0:13:07.720 well in the first half of the season, coaches said 0:13:07.720 --> 0:13:10.200 that every single week because they were being asked about 0:13:10.240 --> 0:13:13.280 him and his lack of catches and targets, and they said, 0:13:13.320 --> 0:13:15.760 he's doing everything we wanted to do. It's just that 0:13:15.840 --> 0:13:17.640 there's only so many balls to go around. When you 0:13:17.679 --> 0:13:20.760 have Mike Evans and Chris Godwin, you know who's gonna 0:13:20.840 --> 0:13:23.240 They're gonna get the majority of the targets. I think 0:13:23.240 --> 0:13:25.880 that's still gonna be the case this year. And then 0:13:25.880 --> 0:13:27.560 you also have the fact that the tight end position 0:13:27.640 --> 0:13:30.200 is loaded and with Tom Brady, you kind of expect 0:13:30.280 --> 0:13:32.400 him to make big use out of a running back. 0:13:32.480 --> 0:13:35.480 Maybe that's Keyshawn Vaughn. So again, there's only so many 0:13:35.520 --> 0:13:38.200 targets to go around, and I think you could have 0:13:38.240 --> 0:13:42.480 a third receiver who's playing very well but not necessarily 0:13:42.480 --> 0:13:45.360 having a huge number of targets. But if you could 0:13:45.360 --> 0:13:48.760 have that guy being a speedy guy who maybe when 0:13:48.800 --> 0:13:50.720 Chris Gobbin goes into the slot, can take the top 0:13:50.760 --> 0:13:54.040 off the defense and make the occasional big play, that's 0:13:54.040 --> 0:13:57.320 a very useful thing, you know. You know, we talked 0:13:57.320 --> 0:13:59.560 about Brushode Perriman not having a lot of stats in 0:13:59.600 --> 0:14:02.200 the first half or even a little more than half 0:14:02.240 --> 0:14:04.720 of last season, but the Buccaneers were still playing eleven 0:14:04.760 --> 0:14:07.240 personnel with three receivers on the field about fifty eight 0:14:07.280 --> 0:14:09.640 percent of the time. So that third receiver, even if 0:14:09.640 --> 0:14:11.760 he's not getting a lot of stats, is on the 0:14:11.800 --> 0:14:13.839 field all the time. So you want that player to 0:14:13.840 --> 0:14:16.680 be an effective guy who runs routes well and actually 0:14:16.720 --> 0:14:19.480 scares the opposing defense enough that they don't, you know, 0:14:19.560 --> 0:14:22.440 that they have to cover him and create more more 0:14:22.480 --> 0:14:26.520 space for Chris Evans, Chris Godwin and Mike Evans. So, um, 0:14:26.560 --> 0:14:28.560 that guy could be Scottie Miller. I think we're all 0:14:28.560 --> 0:14:30.680 excited about Tyler Johnson what he could do, but I 0:14:30.720 --> 0:14:33.560 don't want to forget about Scotty. Yeah, that's a great point. Okay, 0:14:33.560 --> 0:14:35.000 Well that's gonna do it for us on this edition 0:14:35.000 --> 0:14:37.960 of Buccaneers Insider Live presented by Miller Lte. Thanks to 0:14:38.000 --> 0:14:40.120 all of you guys for the questions and for joining in, 0:14:40.200 --> 0:14:41.400 and we will see you next week.