WEBVTT - Defense Difference Makers, New York Giants Preview | Bucs Insider 0:00:00.240 --> 0:00:07.000 Um ay there, Good morning, Bucks fans. How's everyone doing 0:00:07.040 --> 0:00:10.039 on this Wednesday morning time for Buccaneers in Center Live 0:00:10.200 --> 0:00:13.360 presented by Miller, Lank Casey Phillips. Here was senior writer 0:00:13.440 --> 0:00:15.800 and editor Scott Smith and as always, this is where 0:00:15.800 --> 0:00:18.439 we take your questions. So if you have one of those, 0:00:18.640 --> 0:00:21.040 head on over to the Buccaneers Facebook page. If that 0:00:21.120 --> 0:00:23.720 is not already where you're watching, you can leave those 0:00:23.760 --> 0:00:26.759 in the comments section underneath our live video again on 0:00:26.800 --> 0:00:30.200 the Buccaneers Facebook page as we give people chance to 0:00:30.240 --> 0:00:32.919 start submitting some of those, I know, we have just 0:00:33.000 --> 0:00:35.279 like a little, a little tiny injury update. It may 0:00:35.280 --> 0:00:37.400 not be one of the injury updates people were expecting 0:00:37.479 --> 0:00:39.440 us to talk about right off the bat, but it 0:00:39.520 --> 0:00:41.080 is some news that we wanted to address to tell 0:00:41.080 --> 0:00:44.640 everybody what that is. Yeah, Well, long snapper Zach Trenner, 0:00:44.680 --> 0:00:46.559 who suffered a torn tendon in a finger on his 0:00:46.640 --> 0:00:49.559 left hand in the season opener, has been designated to 0:00:49.600 --> 0:00:52.159 return to practice. So it's the same thing that we 0:00:52.280 --> 0:00:55.520 began a few weeks ago with Scottie Miller and Sean 0:00:55.600 --> 0:00:58.639 Murphy bunting. He's on injured reserve still, but now there's 0:00:58.680 --> 0:01:01.120 a twenty one day window in which he can practice 0:01:01.160 --> 0:01:03.440 with the team and not count against the fifty three 0:01:03.440 --> 0:01:06.040 man roster, and you can choose to activate him at 0:01:06.040 --> 0:01:09.160 any time during that span. So UM, I would assume 0:01:09.600 --> 0:01:12.000 that Zach Trinner will get his job back. I think 0:01:12.080 --> 0:01:14.360 in most cases like this, guys don't lose their job 0:01:14.680 --> 0:01:17.039 due to injury if they come back good. And although 0:01:17.080 --> 0:01:19.200 we have to say Carson Tinker obviously has done a 0:01:19.240 --> 0:01:21.760 nice job, and I say that because I've never heard 0:01:21.760 --> 0:01:23.960 the words Carson Tinker in any of the game broadcasts, 0:01:24.000 --> 0:01:26.280 so that if that means a long snapper is doing 0:01:26.400 --> 0:01:28.880 his job well, isn't that so sad for the guys 0:01:28.920 --> 0:01:30.560 that the only reason you ever hear their name is 0:01:30.560 --> 0:01:34.160 if they're doing something wrong. It's basically him and offensive lineman, 0:01:34.200 --> 0:01:36.560 and that's that's how you know things are not going well. 0:01:37.040 --> 0:01:39.600 We sit in the in Washington. The press box is 0:01:40.040 --> 0:01:42.120 in the one of the end zones and pretty close 0:01:42.160 --> 0:01:44.360 to the stands, and I saw a man there in 0:01:44.400 --> 0:01:47.720 the stands with a jersey that was for Cameron Cheeseman, 0:01:47.840 --> 0:01:50.640 who is the Washington long snapper. I figured that was 0:01:50.640 --> 0:01:53.720 probably Cameron Cheeseman's dad, But I wonder what it's like 0:01:53.800 --> 0:01:56.280 to be the parent of a long snapper at a 0:01:56.280 --> 0:02:00.080 football game because your son's only involved in, you know, 0:02:00.160 --> 0:02:03.280 a few plays, but everyone he basically has to do 0:02:03.320 --> 0:02:06.320 his job perfectly. It would be kind of nerve wracking 0:02:06.320 --> 0:02:09.120 the whole time because that would be very stressful. That's 0:02:09.160 --> 0:02:12.040 pretty great, all right. So outside of that news, UM, 0:02:12.080 --> 0:02:15.120 what do we know injury wise for the litany of 0:02:15.120 --> 0:02:17.160 other players that I'm sure people are going to ask 0:02:17.240 --> 0:02:20.400 us about, um, and when might we know more things? 0:02:20.480 --> 0:02:22.520 Let's just kind of go down the line of of 0:02:22.560 --> 0:02:24.960 what we know and what we don't. I'm sure we 0:02:24.960 --> 0:02:26.840 don't know as much as the fans here would like 0:02:26.919 --> 0:02:28.960 us to know. Uh, And we'll know a little bit 0:02:29.000 --> 0:02:32.480 more in the next couple of days. Monday, I mean, yeah, wait, 0:02:32.960 --> 0:02:36.000 Monday was a bonus and I'm getting my days mixed up. 0:02:36.360 --> 0:02:39.919 Monday Day is a bonus practice. But UM, coach Arean's 0:02:39.960 --> 0:02:42.720 did talk on Monday and the two big questions injury 0:02:42.720 --> 0:02:44.960 wise coming out of that game, where Vita Villa and 0:02:45.080 --> 0:02:47.919 Richard Sherman, and it's a mixed bag of news. It's 0:02:47.960 --> 0:02:51.080 pretty good news on Vita Via considering how that didn't 0:02:51.080 --> 0:02:52.720 look good and how he had to be carted off, 0:02:52.760 --> 0:02:54.799 and it was just so unfortunate it happening on the 0:02:54.880 --> 0:02:58.560 last play defensive play of the game. You started worrying 0:02:58.600 --> 0:03:00.880 about what happened last year and missing out on Vito 0:03:00.960 --> 0:03:02.639 is one of the clearly one of the best nose 0:03:02.680 --> 0:03:05.960 tackles in the game. Uh. He has apparently a bone 0:03:05.960 --> 0:03:08.600 bruise and a slight as as coach put it, a 0:03:08.600 --> 0:03:11.600 little uh mc L injury. So it's not like a 0:03:11.639 --> 0:03:14.000 torn a c L, which would be season ending, he said. 0:03:14.240 --> 0:03:16.960 Coacharian said he's not sure about this week, but it's 0:03:17.000 --> 0:03:19.840 not apparently long term, so I would be surprised. And 0:03:19.880 --> 0:03:21.679 I don't like to speculate too much on injuries, but 0:03:21.720 --> 0:03:23.560 even an m c L injury usually keeps a guy 0:03:23.560 --> 0:03:25.800 out for a week or two. Um. And then Richard 0:03:25.840 --> 0:03:29.280 Sherman apparently doesn't look real good because coach said he 0:03:29.320 --> 0:03:33.520 would not be back anytime soon. He suffered a calf 0:03:33.639 --> 0:03:37.440 injury in warmups before the game, but after the enactors 0:03:37.480 --> 0:03:39.680 had been submitted, so the Buccaneers had to play a 0:03:39.680 --> 0:03:43.560 man short. Essentially, Yeah, just the worst possible time to 0:03:43.600 --> 0:03:46.760 suffer an injury at that point. UM, So yeah, I 0:03:46.800 --> 0:03:50.960 think it's the injury stuff is interesting. What do you think, 0:03:51.000 --> 0:03:54.640 in terms of the different injuries we've had, of which 0:03:54.640 --> 0:03:57.400 one seemed to be impacting the team most and which 0:03:57.400 --> 0:03:59.280 ones do you think will be the most important to 0:03:59.400 --> 0:04:02.000 come back as quickly as possible. Well, when we talk 0:04:02.040 --> 0:04:04.040 about these injuries, we have to acknowledge that every team 0:04:04.080 --> 0:04:07.520 has them. We probably don't have more than the average 0:04:07.520 --> 0:04:10.040 team that and you know, in some places, like the 0:04:10.360 --> 0:04:12.760 say the offensive line, it seems like every time we 0:04:12.880 --> 0:04:15.360 play another team, they have one or two guys that 0:04:15.400 --> 0:04:18.120 are out or just coming back. Our offensive line, knock 0:04:18.120 --> 0:04:20.440 On Wood, has enjoyed a lot of good health this 0:04:20.520 --> 0:04:22.680 year and last year as well, but we have a 0:04:22.680 --> 0:04:25.559 concentration of injuries this year at cornerback and now Richard 0:04:25.560 --> 0:04:29.479 Sherman gets hurt. D Delaney suffers a concussion. It's it's 0:04:29.720 --> 0:04:32.440 been difficult. It's been sort of impressive the way they've 0:04:32.480 --> 0:04:34.720 been able to use different guys and you know, and 0:04:34.839 --> 0:04:37.920 keep the defense relatively solid. But it hasn't been easy 0:04:37.960 --> 0:04:40.120 to deal with. And now they'll be more shuffling. But 0:04:40.360 --> 0:04:42.760 maybe Sean Murphy Bunting will be back this week. He's 0:04:42.760 --> 0:04:45.440 been practicing. He practiced with the team all last week 0:04:45.720 --> 0:04:48.159 he might have been close to being activated. I think 0:04:48.160 --> 0:04:51.400 Coach arians is just concerned that he is back to 0:04:51.960 --> 0:04:55.119 completely utilizing his arm where he had the dislocated elbow, 0:04:55.720 --> 0:04:58.040 because Coach said at the beginning of last week he 0:04:58.120 --> 0:05:00.880 was not using that arm during just and obviously that's 0:05:00.880 --> 0:05:02.800 not gonna work for a cornerback. But by the end 0:05:02.839 --> 0:05:04.279 of the week he was using his arm a lot more. 0:05:04.360 --> 0:05:06.479 So I would say that if he looks like he's 0:05:06.480 --> 0:05:08.640 back to normal with that arm, he's probably close to 0:05:08.680 --> 0:05:13.160 being activated. Okay, and Alec had asked how different has 0:05:13.200 --> 0:05:16.560 the offense looked without specifically Gronk and A B. It 0:05:16.600 --> 0:05:19.760 seems like the offensive efficiency is down when they are 0:05:19.800 --> 0:05:22.920 not playing. Yeah, I think to some extent. I mean 0:05:22.960 --> 0:05:25.520 it depends. I mean we're still pretty good against Chicago. 0:05:25.880 --> 0:05:27.640 I can't remember. I know Gronk wasn't in that game, 0:05:27.680 --> 0:05:29.880 but I can't remember if A B was, I don't think. 0:05:29.920 --> 0:05:33.440 So it takes away two weapons that obviously Tom Brady 0:05:33.480 --> 0:05:37.159 is very comfortable with. Obviously he has a comfort level 0:05:37.200 --> 0:05:40.440 with Grounk because the Buccaneers have pretty good tight ends 0:05:40.560 --> 0:05:42.839 in Cambrad and O. J. Howard. But we're really not 0:05:42.880 --> 0:05:45.080 getting a lot of production out of those positions. Cambrady 0:05:45.120 --> 0:05:46.920 did catch a touchdown in this last game, which was 0:05:46.960 --> 0:05:50.400 great to see, but um, and then with Antonio Brown, 0:05:50.600 --> 0:05:54.320 he does have that. I mean, he just runs good routes. 0:05:54.360 --> 0:05:56.320 He has a lot of run after the catchability, He 0:05:56.360 --> 0:05:58.240 can play on the outside and go deep, he can 0:05:58.640 --> 0:06:00.480 take short passes and do a lot with them. And 0:06:00.480 --> 0:06:03.039 I just you know, guys like Jalen Darton and Tyler 0:06:03.120 --> 0:06:05.840 Johnson are just at the beginning of their career figuring 0:06:05.880 --> 0:06:08.880 things out like that. And Tom Brady knows if he 0:06:08.920 --> 0:06:11.400 put the ball in in Antonio bronze hands, there's a 0:06:11.400 --> 0:06:13.000 good chance something good is going to happen. So I 0:06:13.040 --> 0:06:15.280 do think it has hurt the Bucks offense, But I mean, 0:06:15.360 --> 0:06:17.600 let's not get too greedy here. We did come off 0:06:17.680 --> 0:06:21.000 kind of a unfortunate performance in Washington, but the Buccaneers 0:06:21.000 --> 0:06:23.520 are still third in the league and scoring and I 0:06:23.560 --> 0:06:25.960 think first in passing, first or second in passing, so 0:06:26.400 --> 0:06:28.200 the offense is still working. But I do think it 0:06:28.240 --> 0:06:30.600 will be a lot better with those two back. Okay, 0:06:30.720 --> 0:06:34.279 and Market asked, how is the spirit or mindset of 0:06:34.320 --> 0:06:36.960 the team. Do you see the snowballing into something bad 0:06:37.000 --> 0:06:40.240 or at just being this one little stretch. I really don't. 0:06:40.279 --> 0:06:42.440 I don't see its snowballing. I think the guys are 0:06:42.440 --> 0:06:46.159 a little irritated right now. I think they're mad at themselves, 0:06:46.200 --> 0:06:49.640 and I'm sure there's some, you know, some guys veterans 0:06:49.680 --> 0:06:51.920 maybe trying to get everybody on the same page and 0:06:52.120 --> 0:06:54.640 get them to start playing more disciplined football. I think 0:06:54.640 --> 0:06:57.400 they're probably irritated because they thought that this problem would 0:06:57.440 --> 0:06:59.640 be fixed coming out of the bye and then it wasn't. 0:07:00.320 --> 0:07:03.279 So I just say they're literally irritated right now. But 0:07:03.360 --> 0:07:05.200 I don't think this is gonna snowball. I really don't. 0:07:05.520 --> 0:07:08.760 I think these are things that the Buccaneers can correct, 0:07:09.240 --> 0:07:11.800 and all the pieces are still there, especially some we're 0:07:11.800 --> 0:07:13.480 going to get back for the Bucks to be playing 0:07:13.480 --> 0:07:15.440 at a high level, and I truly do think that's 0:07:15.440 --> 0:07:17.240 what's going to happen down the stretch. And there were 0:07:17.280 --> 0:07:19.880 some good signs on defense. Obviously, the big problem on 0:07:19.920 --> 0:07:22.720 defense in Washington, and it's not something I think will 0:07:22.760 --> 0:07:24.920 be duplicated, is that they just couldn't get off the 0:07:24.960 --> 0:07:27.440 field on third downs. But they only allowed four point 0:07:27.480 --> 0:07:29.680 five yards per play. If if they had been able 0:07:29.720 --> 0:07:31.120 to get off the field on four or five of 0:07:31.160 --> 0:07:33.920 those third downs, the game would probably come out a 0:07:33.960 --> 0:07:37.320 lot different. But you also saw five sacks. We've been 0:07:37.320 --> 0:07:39.960 looking for more of that, especially against the mobile quarterback. 0:07:40.000 --> 0:07:42.880 You saw Lavante David make a big play, Devin White 0:07:42.920 --> 0:07:45.280 had several big plays, and we've been looking for more 0:07:45.320 --> 0:07:48.000 big plays out of those inside linebackers. I actually think 0:07:48.040 --> 0:07:50.400 the defense is poised to do a lot better down 0:07:50.400 --> 0:07:52.800 the stretch, especially if we get some of those corners back. Yeah. 0:07:52.840 --> 0:07:54.280 I think that's a great point. It was so good 0:07:54.280 --> 0:07:56.920 to see Devon make some of those splash plays because 0:07:56.920 --> 0:07:59.160 I think even while there were games that he did 0:07:59.200 --> 0:08:01.280 everything right in terms of being where he was supposed 0:08:01.280 --> 0:08:03.400 to be or whatever, we we had gotten very spoiled 0:08:03.440 --> 0:08:06.120 by him making some some big plays and get some 0:08:06.160 --> 0:08:07.440 of those big stats. I think it was great to 0:08:07.480 --> 0:08:10.000 see him get those sacks in there. Uh. Samuel had asked, 0:08:10.000 --> 0:08:11.960 do you think Monday night's game against the Giants that 0:08:12.040 --> 0:08:14.160 the game plan will be based on running the ball 0:08:14.280 --> 0:08:20.320 to own the clock. Um, I'm not exactly sure why 0:08:20.320 --> 0:08:22.680 that would be the game plan. Uh. I think maybe 0:08:22.680 --> 0:08:25.120 he's asking because of the way that that last drive 0:08:25.920 --> 0:08:28.520 went up just seeing how often the Bucks weren't on 0:08:28.560 --> 0:08:31.200 the field offensively. Maybe maybe that's part of the question. 0:08:31.480 --> 0:08:33.600 You know, we we had it. Yeah, that was a big, 0:08:33.679 --> 0:08:35.320 long drive and we ended up with almost a two 0:08:35.360 --> 0:08:37.559 to one disparity and time of possession in that game. 0:08:37.840 --> 0:08:39.880 But that hasn't really been an issue for the Buccaneers 0:08:39.880 --> 0:08:42.439 this year. Before that game, they were averaging about thirty 0:08:42.440 --> 0:08:44.839 two minutes of time of possession. So, you know, I 0:08:44.880 --> 0:08:46.520 think the Buccaneers are gonna do what they always do 0:08:46.520 --> 0:08:49.160 when they're gonna They're gonna want to try to be balanced, 0:08:49.280 --> 0:08:51.880 run the ball efficiently enough that it you know, it 0:08:51.960 --> 0:08:54.600 makes your play action game have more bite to it, 0:08:55.000 --> 0:08:56.839 and uh and and run the ball more if you 0:08:56.880 --> 0:08:59.200 get a lead and and try to run down the clock. 0:08:59.240 --> 0:09:00.840 Then but this the team is not going to stop 0:09:00.880 --> 0:09:02.719 passing the ball all over the place. Tom Brady is 0:09:02.720 --> 0:09:05.360 gonna throw forty passes a game. It works, So I 0:09:05.360 --> 0:09:07.880 think they'll keep doing it. I don't think it was 0:09:07.920 --> 0:09:10.200 the game plan in Washington to chuck down as many 0:09:10.200 --> 0:09:12.080 times as we did. I think that just developed and 0:09:12.080 --> 0:09:14.040 it wasn't what they wanted to do. That's just what 0:09:14.240 --> 0:09:16.520 ended up happening. I don't think that's going to be 0:09:16.559 --> 0:09:18.040 a game plan for us going forward, and I think 0:09:18.080 --> 0:09:20.920 they will try to make more big place downfield. It's 0:09:20.960 --> 0:09:24.160 just when teams are attacking you constantly with two high shells, 0:09:24.559 --> 0:09:26.360 it's a little harder to do that, but you find 0:09:26.360 --> 0:09:29.040 your ways, like Tom did with Mike Evans towards the 0:09:29.120 --> 0:09:30.920 end of that game. All right, well that is going 0:09:31.000 --> 0:09:32.679 to do it for us. On this edition of Buccaneers 0:09:32.720 --> 0:09:35.600 Insider Live presented by Miller Lite, thank you guys as 0:09:35.640 --> 0:09:38.160 always for joining us and for all of those amazing questions, 0:09:38.160 --> 0:09:43.160 and we'll see you next week.