WEBVTT - Will the Bucs Target a Cornerback in the First Round? | Road to the Draft

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome into our first edition of Road to the Draft

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<v Speaker 1>for this year. This is our segment we do every

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<v Speaker 1>time this year leading up to the draft, talking about

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<v Speaker 1>all the different news how it affects the Bucks who

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<v Speaker 1>they might pick. This is the time of year that

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<v Speaker 1>everybody loves to prognosticate. We love to predict, even though

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<v Speaker 1>we get it wrong almost every year, but we don't

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<v Speaker 1>need to worry about that. It's not important. Everybody gets

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<v Speaker 1>it wrong every year. So the combine is always a

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<v Speaker 1>really fun time to start talking about this now that

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<v Speaker 1>it's in the books, because it always leads to some

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<v Speaker 1>shakeups after you see the way that the guys performed there.

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<v Speaker 1>So based on the combine, what are some maybe the

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<v Speaker 1>positions you felt like we're being discussed as a good

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<v Speaker 1>idea for the Buccaneers. Well, I've been tracking mock drafts

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<v Speaker 1>since the Bucks got eliminated from the playoffs, because it's

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<v Speaker 1>kind of like when your team no longer can win

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<v Speaker 1>the Super Bowl, then the next thing, your next super

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<v Speaker 1>Bowl is the draft, right, That's what all the fans

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<v Speaker 1>start to care about. So a lot of prognosticator us

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<v Speaker 1>out there, I think, for good reason, have paired the

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<v Speaker 1>Bucks with a cornerback. For one thing. The cornerback group

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<v Speaker 1>is pretty deep this year, and also the Buccaneers have

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<v Speaker 1>Jamal Dean Sean Murfy Bunting, both potential free agency losses,

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<v Speaker 1>so there's definitely a chance that there's a need there

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<v Speaker 1>and we'll know by the draft. Of course. The thing

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<v Speaker 1>about it is before the combine you saw a lot

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<v Speaker 1>of different orders of how those guys were going. At

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<v Speaker 1>the combine, a guy like Christian Gonzales of Oregon sort

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<v Speaker 1>of cemented his stats status as the top cornerback, and

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of it looked like it fell into place

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<v Speaker 1>a little bit more. And the funny thing is Brianna

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<v Speaker 1>Dick's team reporter and I have been alternating drafts and

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<v Speaker 1>we've done four of them mock drafts, and each time

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<v Speaker 1>we landed on a cornerback, but each time was a

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<v Speaker 1>different guy at this point, like one time one of

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<v Speaker 1>us chose Devon a Witherspoon, one time one of us

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<v Speaker 1>close Christian Zalz. We think both those people are going

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<v Speaker 1>to be gone now. We think Joey Parter will be

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<v Speaker 1>gone by nineteen and the guy that's rising as Maryland's

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<v Speaker 1>Dionte Banks, who had a great combine. He was productive

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<v Speaker 1>at Maryland. He ran a four three five forty, was

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<v Speaker 1>in the ninety nine percent Island athleticism. So I think

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<v Speaker 1>he's moved up to the point where where he would

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<v Speaker 1>be in play at pick number nineteen. Yeah, that's going

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<v Speaker 1>to be interesting to see. And then I know another

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<v Speaker 1>position that's going to be intriguing maybe for the Bucks

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<v Speaker 1>is an edge rusher. I mean, we know that Shack

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<v Speaker 1>Barrett's coming off the injury. You never know what that's

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<v Speaker 1>gonna look like. And again with the free agents, not

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of people that we know for a factor

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<v Speaker 1>on this roster right now. Is there anybody that you

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<v Speaker 1>feel like people are mocking saying, you know what, this

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<v Speaker 1>could be a really good person to add. Yeah, And

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<v Speaker 1>Todd Bull said at the combine that we have to

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<v Speaker 1>get more edge rush. He said it was weird to

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<v Speaker 1>have your nose tackle V to V a B year

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<v Speaker 1>leader in sacks. You really can't have that in a

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<v Speaker 1>three four defense. So he made it clear we need

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<v Speaker 1>more pressure from the edges. So I definitely think that's

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<v Speaker 1>in play, no matter how well Shack comes back or

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<v Speaker 1>Anthony resigns. And a guy that was sort of at

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<v Speaker 1>the back end of the first round for most of

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<v Speaker 1>the mock drafts in February. Is on the rise is

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<v Speaker 1>George's Nolan Smith, who just blew up the combine, just

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<v Speaker 1>incredible numbers. He's only two hundred thirty eight pounds, which

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<v Speaker 1>is a little small for an edge, but he actually

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<v Speaker 1>played the run really well at Georgia, as you see

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<v Speaker 1>right there, and he ran a four three nine wow

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<v Speaker 1>at two hundred and thirty eight pounds, just blew away

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<v Speaker 1>the vertical and the broad jump. And he didn't have

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<v Speaker 1>a ton of pretend production at Georgia. But last year

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<v Speaker 1>Travon Walker same thing, didn't have a ton of sacks,

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<v Speaker 1>blew up the combine, ended up going first overall. Guy

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<v Speaker 1>from Georgia edge rusher Nolan Smith's numbers to the combine

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<v Speaker 1>were better than Trayvon Walker. So I think he's on

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<v Speaker 1>the rise. He may not be available at nineteen, but

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<v Speaker 1>I think he's a the guy that is much more

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<v Speaker 1>in play at that part of the draft than he

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<v Speaker 1>was a month ago. Yeah, this is where some of

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<v Speaker 1>the people that you think might be mocked to the bucks.

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<v Speaker 1>You're like, could you do a little worse? Yeah, yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>stop telling everybody how great you are right now, and

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<v Speaker 1>then of course we know that the Bucks recently announced

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<v Speaker 1>releasing Donovan Smith, and so now here we are just

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<v Speaker 1>like last year, talking about some changes on the offensive line.

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<v Speaker 1>How do you fill some of those holes? Do you

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<v Speaker 1>move people? Do you add people? So do you feel

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<v Speaker 1>like now this makes it where offensive tackle could be

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<v Speaker 1>a position the Bucks are looking at. Yeah, and an

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<v Speaker 1>offensive tackle is reasonably deep this year. It's not like

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<v Speaker 1>when we the EUREI drafted Tristan Morris of are like

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<v Speaker 1>four blue chip prospects that literally could have gone in

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<v Speaker 1>the top ten. They went in the top thirteen. But

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<v Speaker 1>it's still a pretty deep group of pretty good prospects

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<v Speaker 1>and a guy that's that you know. I don't think

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<v Speaker 1>the Bucks would be in play for Peter Scosky or

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<v Speaker 1>Paris Johnson. They're probably going to be gone by then.

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<v Speaker 1>But if they are looking forward offensive tackle Georgia again,

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<v Speaker 1>here we go with Georgia. Georgia's Roderick Jones could be there.

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<v Speaker 1>At nineteen he started, He didn't have a ton of

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<v Speaker 1>experience starter for about a year and a half for Georgia,

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<v Speaker 1>but he played left tackle, and you could leave Tristan

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<v Speaker 1>war right tackle and put him at left tackle, and

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<v Speaker 1>he had a very nice continent too. I mean, I

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<v Speaker 1>don't know how much important forty yard dash is for

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<v Speaker 1>offensive tackle, but he was the fastest one there and

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<v Speaker 1>he had a real nice ten yards split, which is

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<v Speaker 1>more about quickness in that the amount of room they're

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<v Speaker 1>going to have to actually be involved in. Right, So

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<v Speaker 1>he's a guy that the Buccaneers might be able to

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<v Speaker 1>look at it pick nineteen. Yeah, based on how they've

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<v Speaker 1>played these last few years. It does feel like when

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<v Speaker 1>in doubt drafted Georgia person. Even though sure all the

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<v Speaker 1>Florida people here are not loving me saying that, but

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<v Speaker 1>it does seem like save a lot of talent on

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of talent. For sure, they're all right, that's

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<v Speaker 1>going to do it for us. On this first edition

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<v Speaker 1>of Road to the Draft again, we'll be coming to

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<v Speaker 1>you over and over between now and the draft with

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<v Speaker 1>any updates to things that affect all those mock drafts

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<v Speaker 1>and who the Bucks might take. So we'll see you

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<v Speaker 1>next time.