WEBVTT - Bucs Insider Live, Oct. 9

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<v Speaker 1>Any of news going on. And one piece of news

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<v Speaker 1>that came out today is Alan mar Pett resigning for

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<v Speaker 1>several years. And I know that's very exciting, So we're

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<v Speaker 1>So Ali mar Pett resigning, I want what do we

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<v Speaker 1>know about the deal and what you think why it

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<v Speaker 1>happened now and just what does this mean for the

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<v Speaker 1>team over Well, the deal is a six it's a

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<v Speaker 1>five year extension. It's a six year deal because it

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<v Speaker 1>starts now, it replaces what he had for two thousand eighteen,

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<v Speaker 1>and it runs through two three. In terms of dollars,

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<v Speaker 1>the team doesn't really hardly ever announced dollars. It'll be

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<v Speaker 1>out there, so if you want to find it, you'll

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<v Speaker 1>be able to find it. I'm sure it's good right now. Um,

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<v Speaker 1>it's it's it you want. You want to draft a

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<v Speaker 1>guy and then sign him to a second contract, and

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<v Speaker 1>we've been able to do that with a good number

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<v Speaker 1>of guys in recent years. You're Joe McCoy, is Lante, David,

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<v Speaker 1>Mike Evans, you know now him. I think I'm Cambray,

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<v Speaker 1>Will Golston. Sure, I'm forgetting a couple of others. It's

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<v Speaker 1>what you want. And there's probably a couple of others

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<v Speaker 1>coming down the line at some point, maybe Donovan Smith,

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<v Speaker 1>maybe Kawan Alexander, guys like that. Um, and you know,

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<v Speaker 1>at some point you do have to give them a

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<v Speaker 1>bigger contract if you want to keep them around. So

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<v Speaker 1>good for Ali, that's fantastic. I think he's having a

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<v Speaker 1>great year. Um, it's hard with offensive line metrics, the

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<v Speaker 1>offensive line, our offensive line, his whole is not helping much.

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<v Speaker 1>With the running game isn't very good, so everybody bears

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<v Speaker 1>some of that burden. But the passing game has obviously

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<v Speaker 1>been very good, and for the most part the past

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<v Speaker 1>protection has been very good. And other than that, it's

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<v Speaker 1>kind of hard. To give stats for an offensive lineman.

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<v Speaker 1>There are services out there that that's claimed to be

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<v Speaker 1>able to grade him, like Pro Football Focus, which I

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<v Speaker 1>don't really use a lot because I feel like your

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<v Speaker 1>cherry picking. Some of it you like and some of

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<v Speaker 1>it you don't. But if it matters to anybody, they

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<v Speaker 1>have been very highly rated this year, which is yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>which is great. Um. And and it's interesting cause there's

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<v Speaker 1>a group of guys we've talked about would all be

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<v Speaker 1>coming up for contracts around the same time. If you

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<v Speaker 1>had Ali and Donovan and Kawen and Jamis and all

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<v Speaker 1>of them. Um, So we knew that it was already

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<v Speaker 1>gonna be challenging of how many you can resign and

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<v Speaker 1>how and win? And so what does this say about

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<v Speaker 1>now again the timing of it, of why you would

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<v Speaker 1>sign now, and what this can mean overall of trying

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<v Speaker 1>to figure out how to put a place for all

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<v Speaker 1>these guys that their contracts are going to be coming upset. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>in terms of whether it was week what are we

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<v Speaker 1>in week six of this year or week eight or whatever,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm not sure the timing of that was all that important.

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<v Speaker 1>I would I would imagine this means that both sides

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<v Speaker 1>agreed that they wanted something some time ago, and I've

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<v Speaker 1>been working on it since and they just figured it

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<v Speaker 1>out at this point. I suppose you could say, I

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<v Speaker 1>don't know this for sure, but it could tell you

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<v Speaker 1>a little bit of the priorities of the order. You know,

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<v Speaker 1>Ali was maybe the priority of the guys that weren't

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<v Speaker 1>signed yet they wanted to get locked in. Um, I'm

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<v Speaker 1>sure it was a very high priority. So other than that,

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<v Speaker 1>it it's great to get them done early. It feels

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<v Speaker 1>like we've done this a lot. So there's something about

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<v Speaker 1>the process where it happens like this. I think General

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<v Speaker 1>McCoy was about this time of the year when he

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<v Speaker 1>got his I think Lavante David was like that too.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, sometimes you have a player who will say, Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>if it's not done by the start season, then I

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<v Speaker 1>don't want to deal with it right, And that happens.

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<v Speaker 1>But I think most of the time the players really

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<v Speaker 1>aren't dealing with that much anyway. Their agents are dealing

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<v Speaker 1>with it, and they're getting giving them their updates, and

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<v Speaker 1>I'm sure they get feedback, but I don't think it's

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<v Speaker 1>particularly in most cases all that hard. You know. I

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<v Speaker 1>think when it's a situation like that where a guy says, NA,

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<v Speaker 1>we're not doing it. It's more of a contentious thing.

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<v Speaker 1>And I don't think this was a contentious matter. Probably. Okay, Um,

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<v Speaker 1>we have a question from friend, and this is going

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<v Speaker 1>to get talking about timing of the year. He said,

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<v Speaker 1>when are guys that are on I are able to

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<v Speaker 1>come back? And are any of them ahead of schedule?

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<v Speaker 1>And he specifically wants to know about back with Yeah, um,

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<v Speaker 1>they back with his dad. Actually not on I R.

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<v Speaker 1>He's on n F I. But it's so that one

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<v Speaker 1>is a little better because I believe that six weeks

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<v Speaker 1>and then you have a couple of weeks window where

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<v Speaker 1>he can practice with the team and not count against it.

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<v Speaker 1>Do have all this information upstairs? I can't of each guy.

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<v Speaker 1>I can't claim that I can recall every single one

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<v Speaker 1>of the exact details the I R ones. They have

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<v Speaker 1>to be out for eight weeks from the point that

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<v Speaker 1>they go on I are and then again there's a

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<v Speaker 1>window for them to come back and a couple of

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<v Speaker 1>weeks to practice with the team before they actually are activated.

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<v Speaker 1>So there's you know, it's like a sliding scale. If

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<v Speaker 1>a guy that went on last week. He won't be

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<v Speaker 1>available till a little bit later in the season. But

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<v Speaker 1>I guess a couple of guys that would be relevant.

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<v Speaker 1>There would be mitch on Ryan, who went on at

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<v Speaker 1>the very beginning of the year, so he would be

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<v Speaker 1>the first one to be available. Maybe Chris Conty. You

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<v Speaker 1>haven't heard much about the severity of that. UM, I

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<v Speaker 1>gotta be forgetting And how does that change the idea

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<v Speaker 1>of the designated return and all that that that used

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<v Speaker 1>to the way that used to work as compared this

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<v Speaker 1>rule has evolved very well. It's taken some time for

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<v Speaker 1>the NFL to get to this point, but I think

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<v Speaker 1>they're at a really good point. And just just for

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<v Speaker 1>a little history, UM, a couple decades ago, you could

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<v Speaker 1>put a guy on I R and then bring him

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<v Speaker 1>back off. And the problem with that was it sounds good,

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<v Speaker 1>and they do that in baseball. But and you can

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<v Speaker 1>do that with everybody. The problem is team's sort of

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<v Speaker 1>abused it, and you know you're in order to keep

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<v Speaker 1>their fifty three guys. In a few more they'd have

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<v Speaker 1>guys and I are that probably necessarily shouldn't go on

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<v Speaker 1>I R. Now to go on are you actually have

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<v Speaker 1>to demonstrate that they have an injury that that is

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<v Speaker 1>going to be keep him out of a certain length. Okay. Um,

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<v Speaker 1>So then it went the other way. They said, Okay, no,

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<v Speaker 1>once a guy goes on ire and he's done, so

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<v Speaker 1>you can't stash him there because he's gonna be lost

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<v Speaker 1>for a season. Okay, but that gets a little bit

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<v Speaker 1>tough because that puts you in the in the scenario

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<v Speaker 1>of of each week deciding do I keep this guy

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<v Speaker 1>active on the active roster, how many weeks I'm gonna

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<v Speaker 1>have to make him one of our in active guys

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<v Speaker 1>and carry a guy that's hurt. I'm sure they I'm

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<v Speaker 1>sure they had this exact conversation with kend about kindle

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<v Speaker 1>back with if we think he's gonna be back in

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<v Speaker 1>three weeks, maybe we keep on the active roster and

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<v Speaker 1>then just make him an active for three weeks. If

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<v Speaker 1>you think it's gonna be more like six or seven,

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<v Speaker 1>and you do n F I same thing here. So

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<v Speaker 1>it kind of put teams in a hard situation. And

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<v Speaker 1>so some years back, maybe two thousand ten or so,

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<v Speaker 1>they started this new thing where you could bring one

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<v Speaker 1>guy off are one guy a season, and you had

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<v Speaker 1>to designate him as that guy when you put him

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<v Speaker 1>on our So if we put mitch on right on

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<v Speaker 1>in week one, we would have said, Okay, this is

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<v Speaker 1>the guy that we want to bring back, and and

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<v Speaker 1>then he you know, he would come back. Problem with

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<v Speaker 1>that is, okay, mitch On ran is an important player,

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<v Speaker 1>But what if in week two, you're starting quarterback gets

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<v Speaker 1>hurt and he's gonna be out for eight weeks? And

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<v Speaker 1>now you're like, man, I wish we had saved that

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<v Speaker 1>so we could change it and make it that guy instead.

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<v Speaker 1>And so that's what they did. Now you do not

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<v Speaker 1>have to say ahead of time which one it is.

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<v Speaker 1>Everybody that you put on there is a potential guy

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<v Speaker 1>that you could bring back. You just don't have to

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<v Speaker 1>say it up front. Um, And then they did. They

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<v Speaker 1>gave everybody two of those choices. So that's where we

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<v Speaker 1>are at. Okay, all right, And then I know we

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<v Speaker 1>had several of the position coaches talk yesterday, which is

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<v Speaker 1>a little bit of a rarity that normally it's only

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<v Speaker 1>your head coach and coordinators. Yeah, it's a pretty rare situation.

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<v Speaker 1>I feel like it's always great insight because these are

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<v Speaker 1>the guys that really spend the most time with their

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<v Speaker 1>individual position groups. Um, so I wanted to hear anything

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<v Speaker 1>kind of high level that stood out to you from

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<v Speaker 1>from talking to those guys, and and some themes or

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<v Speaker 1>things that came out that you felt like was a

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<v Speaker 1>little unique or different as compared to hearing from the coordinators. Well, you,

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<v Speaker 1>as you'd expect everybody wanted to talk to John Hook

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<v Speaker 1>who's one of the defensive backs coaches, because that was

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<v Speaker 1>the position that struggled the most in the most recent game. Uh,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, and he said some of the things he

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<v Speaker 1>said is what you would expect. He obviously thinks highly

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<v Speaker 1>of all those guys and those young guys and what

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<v Speaker 1>they're going to become. But he does say, look, every

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<v Speaker 1>time I go out there, it's a new experience for them.

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<v Speaker 1>Every new every game is new for them. Every time

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<v Speaker 1>they're doing this, they're learning. So I guess, reading between

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<v Speaker 1>the lines, would you say, is you say is some

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<v Speaker 1>of this is growing pains? Right? And I don't think

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<v Speaker 1>it was the intention of the Buccaneers to draft two

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<v Speaker 1>cornerbacks in the second round and safety in the fourth

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<v Speaker 1>round and all of them as starters by week. You know.

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<v Speaker 1>M J. Stewart is essentially a starter because he's just

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<v Speaker 1>like I by week four. I don't think that was

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<v Speaker 1>the plan, but that's where we are now, so you've

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<v Speaker 1>got to work with that. And there's there's definitely a

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<v Speaker 1>lack of experience there with Chrisconti not there and even

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<v Speaker 1>Vernon hard race. You know, you have Brent Crimes, but

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<v Speaker 1>not much more in terms of experience. Yeah, that's tough

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<v Speaker 1>and speak you know, experience in the timing of that.

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<v Speaker 1>Facing the Falcons this year seems like in theory it

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<v Speaker 1>wouldn't be as hard as normal, just based on their

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<v Speaker 1>record and what they've been doing. But just somehow it

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<v Speaker 1>seems like the Falcons offense tends to have our secondaries

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<v Speaker 1>number in terms of putting up some massive yards. I

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<v Speaker 1>mean Julio Jones, we remember the game he had against

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<v Speaker 1>us last year. So uh, I think the bye weekend

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<v Speaker 1>somebody's couldn't have come in a better time for that

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<v Speaker 1>secondary to have more time to look ahead of the Falcons,

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<v Speaker 1>to self reflect what what do you feel like are

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<v Speaker 1>the things that knowing the Falcons are coming up, that

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<v Speaker 1>this secondary and the defense overall is really going to

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<v Speaker 1>have to focus on and make sure that there's not

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<v Speaker 1>a repeat of Chicago. I kept watching. I got to

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<v Speaker 1>watch football on as the bye week, and I kept

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<v Speaker 1>for one front. For some reason or another, all these

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<v Speaker 1>different analysts were kept using the phrase tough out. That's

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<v Speaker 1>a tough out for them. I just kept hearing it,

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<v Speaker 1>and that's what pops in my mind. Now. The Falcons

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<v Speaker 1>are tough out for the Buccaneers. The Falcon's offense, don't

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<v Speaker 1>get full about that wonderful record. Matt Ryan is just fine,

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<v Speaker 1>Julio Jones is just fine. They have a new weapon

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<v Speaker 1>in cow Ridley. Mohammed Sanu was still very good. They

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<v Speaker 1>just got Davonte Freeman back from injury. That is a

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<v Speaker 1>very very potent offense. I know they weren't great against Pittsburgh,

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<v Speaker 1>but they also their defense wasn't given him much help.

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<v Speaker 1>The reason the main reason the Falcons are one and

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<v Speaker 1>four is because they've lost like four starters to injury.

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<v Speaker 1>Reserve on defense, I mean, their defense is struggling to

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<v Speaker 1>the extent that our defense is struggling in some cases.

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<v Speaker 1>And so what you look at this game, you think, man,

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<v Speaker 1>this could be a shootout again. I mean, the people

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<v Speaker 1>are expecting this one to be kind of wild, like

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<v Speaker 1>the New Orleans game, and it wouldn't shock me at all. Um,

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<v Speaker 1>I think we certainly have the weapons two um attack

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<v Speaker 1>them and score a lot of points, specifically the challenge

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<v Speaker 1>to our secondary. What worries me the most is Julio

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<v Speaker 1>Jones and h Right. It's easy to say, but here's

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<v Speaker 1>a specific reason why. UM one. Hulo Jones obviously something

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<v Speaker 1>you have to worry about going deep on you. Right,

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<v Speaker 1>he gets up to speed really really quickly. He eats

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<v Speaker 1>up that cushion, and if you give him eight or

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<v Speaker 1>ten yards, he eats up that quickly and he can

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<v Speaker 1>run right by you. And so you know he's running

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<v Speaker 1>like a fifteen yard route up field, just straight up field.

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<v Speaker 1>The dB turns and at some point that dB thinks

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<v Speaker 1>to himself, Okay, my biggest warrior here is the deep ball.

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<v Speaker 1>I gotta make sure so he's that's what he's thinking first.

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<v Speaker 1>And what Julio Jones does, probably better than any of

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<v Speaker 1>the receiver in the NFL, is go from top speed

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<v Speaker 1>two sudden stop. So they do a number of different

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<v Speaker 1>stop which would call stop routs. Just a quick button

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<v Speaker 1>hook or stops and flattens his route out on and out.

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<v Speaker 1>And the cornerback who's so worried about this deep ball.

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<v Speaker 1>It takes a yard or two to react and with

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<v Speaker 1>Matt Ryan throwing the ball at the moment he cuts, Uh,

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<v Speaker 1>that's incredibly hard to defend. Now, if you're one of

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<v Speaker 1>our young quarterbacks, I think you compound that a little bit.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't think these guys want to give up the

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<v Speaker 1>huge plays, right, so they have to work. But they

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<v Speaker 1>also can't not concern themselves with that. So they're gonna

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<v Speaker 1>be in a tough position trying to cover Julio Jones.

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<v Speaker 1>I think, and and you know, he may not get

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<v Speaker 1>the seventy yarder, might get a two or three, twenty

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<v Speaker 1>five or three yarders on those stop routes. So that's

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<v Speaker 1>a tough challenge. Yeah, that's that's very true. And it's

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<v Speaker 1>not like the Bucks the only team that Julio That's

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<v Speaker 1>my point. He does that to everybody, everybody. That's very true.

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<v Speaker 1>Paul wants to know, what would you say this team's

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<v Speaker 1>identity is after the first quarter of football? And do

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<v Speaker 1>you think some of the veteran guys we have now

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<v Speaker 1>and have added can help keep the locker room focused

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<v Speaker 1>and from getting down on the on the second point, Absolutely,

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<v Speaker 1>and I think that they have. People probably don't necessarily

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<v Speaker 1>believe us, but you can back me up on this.

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<v Speaker 1>There hasn't really been a loss of confidence in that

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<v Speaker 1>locker room. Yeah, that's true. It's fair for a fan

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<v Speaker 1>to think the last well, the last game of the

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<v Speaker 1>Pittsburgh game was still pretty good except for the second quarter.

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<v Speaker 1>It's fair for a fan to think that to be

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<v Speaker 1>worried that the Bucks are actually what they saw in Chicago.

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<v Speaker 1>That's not at all what these guys think. And I

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<v Speaker 1>think they're closer to being right. Yeah, I remember that

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<v Speaker 1>was what Vinny Curry said right after the Chicago game.

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<v Speaker 1>Is his biggest thing he kept repeating was this is

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<v Speaker 1>not who we are. And I think a team knows

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<v Speaker 1>when they get beat bad if it's because that's just

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<v Speaker 1>who they are. They not as good. Yeah, they're just

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<v Speaker 1>not as good as the other team. And there was

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<v Speaker 1>nothing else they could have really done versus the idea

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<v Speaker 1>of the Bucks that said that when they've lost, they've

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<v Speaker 1>beat themselves. And and everybody says that right, and they seemed,

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, especially the look on Vinny Curry, they believe it. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>you could tell that that was that was a real thing.

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<v Speaker 1>As coach Cutter said, there's been a lot of self

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<v Speaker 1>inflicted wounds and and every team would like to say

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<v Speaker 1>that because it's easier to swallow that you could have

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<v Speaker 1>beaten them, but you messed up. Then they're just better

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<v Speaker 1>than we are. The first half of the question is

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<v Speaker 1>the identity of this team is clearly in in the

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<v Speaker 1>passing game. You know, it's a prolific team with a

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<v Speaker 1>lot of weapons that can hurt you in a lot

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<v Speaker 1>of ways. Uh, it's certainly. I don't think we have

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<v Speaker 1>found an identity on defense, and that's not particularly surprising

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<v Speaker 1>because the offense is a lot more intact from what

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<v Speaker 1>it was. The defense is a lot of new parts.

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<v Speaker 1>What you want that idea to be, especially in given

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<v Speaker 1>Mike smith history, is um you rush for you don't

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<v Speaker 1>blitz a lot, and you can middle you create a

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<v Speaker 1>lot of turnovers and that's what That's what turned it

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<v Speaker 1>around in in the second half of two thousand and sixteen,

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<v Speaker 1>Mike's first year here, and that's what needs to happen

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<v Speaker 1>for it to turn around this year. We have to

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<v Speaker 1>get more pressure on the quarterback and we have to

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<v Speaker 1>we have to live off of turnovers. And then to you,

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<v Speaker 1>the importance of this game. We talked about how um

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<v Speaker 1>going into the bye week that two and two was

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<v Speaker 1>was still it's fine, fine, and and even better than

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<v Speaker 1>most people predicted the Bucks would be at that point.

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<v Speaker 1>How important now is the difference in two and three

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<v Speaker 1>and three and two in your mind? And especially the

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<v Speaker 1>division road and we talked about one game is one game,

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<v Speaker 1>but some of them do matter more in the sense

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<v Speaker 1>of division games. To be honest and not this may

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<v Speaker 1>sound like I got rose colored glasses on a win

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<v Speaker 1>here does more for us than the loss does to

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<v Speaker 1>hurt us in my opinion. Okay, I don't want us

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<v Speaker 1>to go two and three, but two and three, at

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<v Speaker 1>worst case, you'd probably be two games out with eleven

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<v Speaker 1>to play and and four games left in your division,

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<v Speaker 1>three of those four at home. Atlanta has been a

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<v Speaker 1>historically tough place to play. There's some what looks like

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<v Speaker 1>on paper, easier matches matchups coming for us, especially at home.

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<v Speaker 1>It's not going to be a disaster if the Bucks

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<v Speaker 1>are two and three. However, if they were three and

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<v Speaker 1>two with two division road games in hand, already two

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<v Speaker 1>and oh in the division in both road wins, that's

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<v Speaker 1>that's a norm us. That's a fantastic place to be. Um,

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<v Speaker 1>we would probably at that point be about one game

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<v Speaker 1>out of first. We'd have two wins in the bank

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<v Speaker 1>and three of our four maning games against the division

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<v Speaker 1>at home, so lots to gain, somewhat to lose, but

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<v Speaker 1>more to gain than to potentially lose in my opinion. Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>I like that. All right, that's going to do it

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<v Speaker 1>for us on this edition of Buccaneers Insider Live presented

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