Speaker 1: Good morning, Bucks fans. How's everyone doing, Casey Phillips here
Speaker 1: have a senior writer and editor, Scott Smith. It is
Speaker 1: time for another Buccketeers Insider Live presented by Miller Lte.
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Speaker 1: all those things. We did the show yesterday and I
Speaker 1: know I did not get to nearly all of them,
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Speaker 1: those while we give people a chance to start submitting
Speaker 1: some of those. I know there was an injury report
Speaker 1: that came out yesterday and that's where I'm sure a
Speaker 1: lot of the questions are going to be about, is
Speaker 1: the injuries. But it's not quite a normal injury report.
Speaker 1: So phillis in a little bit on what was the
Speaker 1: difference in it and what we could learn from it. Yeah,
Speaker 1: the whole thing is a little bit strange because you
Speaker 1: do an injury report this week as if you have
Speaker 1: a game on Sunday, uh, even though we don't. Uh.
Speaker 1: I mean, it's nice to get the information, to be
Speaker 1: honest with you, it even on Friday, when we get
Speaker 1: the Friday the bole teams are gonna put out a
Speaker 1: report as if there really was a game on Sunday,
Speaker 1: complete with game status designation. So if you had a
Speaker 1: guy this Friday that you didn't think could play this Sunday,
Speaker 1: you'll rule him as out or maybe doubtful or questionable,
Speaker 1: and there probably will be a few of those on
Speaker 1: our injury reports. So it's important for fans to realize
Speaker 1: not to panic with what they see on Friday, because
Speaker 1: that that refers to this Sunday. Next week we'll get
Speaker 1: a whole new injury report and that Friday will get
Speaker 1: the real designations for the Super Bowl. So I would
Speaker 1: expect you might see a couple outs are doubtful as
Speaker 1: there were five guys that we're not practicing or actually
Speaker 1: the Bucks didn't even practice Wednesday, but neither did the Chiefs,
Speaker 1: but they had to put out an injury report based
Speaker 1: on estimations of what they would have done in practice.
Speaker 1: So five guys the Bucks would have held out, including
Speaker 1: both safeties Antoine Winfield and Jordan Whitehead and Antonio Brown.
Speaker 1: Jasa Pierre Paul has pretty much been held out practice
Speaker 1: for weeks now, but it's still getting it done on
Speaker 1: game days. And then the one that popped up that
Speaker 1: was a little bit of something to keep an eye
Speaker 1: on is Lavante David, who apparently has a hamstring ailment,
Speaker 1: and he would not have practiced yesterday if the Bucks
Speaker 1: had practiced. So I'm glad we have this extra week. Yes,
Speaker 1: I think that is a very safe statement. I'm like, Nope,
Speaker 1: that's not allowed. We're not okay, not acceptable. We're gonna
Speaker 1: have to fix that. Um. And speaking of the injuries,
Speaker 1: I guess, Quamaine, I think it's how you say it.
Speaker 1: Wanted to know, would you guess that A B will
Speaker 1: be able to play in the next game. I'm really
Speaker 1: I'm really always leary of making these guesses on in guys,
Speaker 1: partly because I feel like I have a really bad
Speaker 1: track record on it, and so, um, I would think
Speaker 1: so on all those guys, on on Jordan white Down,
Speaker 1: on anto Winfield, and on Antonio Brown. We talked about
Speaker 1: this a little bit yesterday. I think the fact that
Speaker 1: they were calling Antonio Brown game day decision all last
Speaker 1: week before deciding not to take him on the trip
Speaker 1: because they didn't think he was close enough and his
Speaker 1: his knee might swell on the plane flights. So if
Speaker 1: if they if they were thinking it was a possibility
Speaker 1: last week, it's certainly logically seems to me like it
Speaker 1: would be a much better possibility two weeks later. So
Speaker 1: we'll have to wait and see. But I would be
Speaker 1: cautiously I domistic, Yes, I think that's a good way
Speaker 1: of hedge in your bets on that. That's a that's
Speaker 1: a good answer for sure. Um, And we had a
Speaker 1: few questions about the uniforms will be wearing, of what
Speaker 1: they are and why that choice got made or how
Speaker 1: that choice got made. So the Bucks did announce that yesterday. Yeah,
Speaker 1: white jerseys and Peter pants and and maybe I know
Speaker 1: we went red in the Super Bowl last time. And
Speaker 1: because the Bucks are technically the home team, it's the
Speaker 1: NFC's year, they get to choose first, and then the
Speaker 1: other team has to basically where the opposite. Um, I
Speaker 1: think they're just doing it because it's been going well
Speaker 1: in that in that combination. I think I don't think
Speaker 1: we've lost in that combination this year. So it's a
Speaker 1: little bit of a superstitious thing, it seems like, but
Speaker 1: you know, I like it. It's a good look. Yeah,
Speaker 1: it seems like a lot of people were being superstitious
Speaker 1: based on what they wore in the other Super Bowl.
Speaker 1: I could see that, but that is a different team
Speaker 1: and maybe winning in these jerseys. I think that that
Speaker 1: maybe Brady likes throwing a white jerseys. I don't know, Yes,
Speaker 1: that is that is also true. Um. We also had
Speaker 1: a question about if the practices are going to be
Speaker 1: different than normal right now of are they going harder
Speaker 1: because you have two weeks out? Are you going less
Speaker 1: because it's already you want to just keep everybody healthy.
Speaker 1: What what do practices look like these weeks compared to normal. Well,
Speaker 1: we'll start finding out today. The first one starts in
Speaker 1: about an hour. UM. I would guess though that they
Speaker 1: would be a little bit light this week. There's just
Speaker 1: no reason to push these guys real hard. And honestly,
Speaker 1: that's not even necessarily a Super Bowl thing. That's a
Speaker 1: late in the season kind of thing as you you
Speaker 1: see every year, and it really doesn't matter for teams
Speaker 1: in contention or not. Later in the season, you see
Speaker 1: a lot more walkthroughs, um, just because the guys are
Speaker 1: beat up and there you know their their bodies are tired, fatigued,
Speaker 1: you know, so it makes sense not to run them
Speaker 1: too hard. I would suspect it won't be real strenuous
Speaker 1: practices this week, okay. Um, and we had Daniel ask
Speaker 1: is Rojoe's injury still lingering at all or is he
Speaker 1: completely healthy? I would have to say it's not lingering
Speaker 1: because he is not on the injury report. Um. Yes,
Speaker 1: I would agree with that. And I think some people
Speaker 1: were asked because the fact his carries have not been
Speaker 1: quite as high recently. But um, you know, and I
Speaker 1: think maybe the injury could have been something. They're still
Speaker 1: but it seems like also it's just the way foreign
Speaker 1: Net's been playing well and he's still got ten carries
Speaker 1: in that Green Bay game, which really was I don't
Speaker 1: remember Leonard's exact total, but it wasn't that much lower
Speaker 1: than Leonard's. Um, it just happened to be in the
Speaker 1: Leonard was a little more effective, I think. But there
Speaker 1: in the second there was a couple of drives in
Speaker 1: a row in the second half of it was all
Speaker 1: Ronald Jones, and uh, I don't think that. I don't
Speaker 1: think that Leonard has playoff. Lenny has played really well,
Speaker 1: but I don't think he has minimized Ronald Jones. I
Speaker 1: think you'll see plenty of Ronald in the Super Bowl.
Speaker 1: I agree with that. Um Richard asked, do you think
Speaker 1: the Bucks would add another safety just in case Winfield
Speaker 1: and or Whitehead would not be ready? And is there
Speaker 1: still depth behind Mike Edwards and Andrew Adams. Well, there
Speaker 1: there is when you bring up Javon Hagen from the
Speaker 1: practice squad. That's where we were in the last game.
Speaker 1: Once with with Mike and I mean with Antoine Winfield out,
Speaker 1: they promoted Javon or elevated Javon Hagen from the practice squad,
Speaker 1: and then when they decided not to play Winfield, they
Speaker 1: kept Hagen active. And then when Edward or not Edwards,
Speaker 1: but when white had got hurt and ad Andrew Adams
Speaker 1: came in, and Adams and Edwards you're one backup safety.
Speaker 1: There was Javon Hagan, the rookie that's been with us
Speaker 1: all year. Honestly, we don't know much about him me.
Speaker 1: He has played on special teams a few times, but
Speaker 1: has not played on defense as of yet. But you know,
Speaker 1: we've seen how they've made that work with her Miller
Speaker 1: a couple of times when the cornerbacks got a little
Speaker 1: bit thin. So I don't think you'd add somebody at
Speaker 1: this late of a date. Maybe put somebody on the
Speaker 1: practice squad to add a second one if you're feeling
Speaker 1: concerned about both of those guys. It's possible, but but no,
Speaker 1: I would guess not. Okay, And Frank said, what do
Speaker 1: you think that we do in this game to get
Speaker 1: a winning result? Based on the last time playing Casey, well,
Speaker 1: the problems we had and with Casey the first time,
Speaker 1: we're really really slow starts on both sides of the ball. Obviously,
Speaker 1: one thing that has to be different is we have
Speaker 1: to figure out a way to contain ty Rekill a
Speaker 1: lot better. I think he had a record number of
Speaker 1: yards in the first quarter, if I remember correctly, ended
Speaker 1: up with something like two d sixty yards in that game.
Speaker 1: You can't do that. I mean, I'm not saying that's easy.
Speaker 1: I'm not saying just because you say you're gonna do it,
Speaker 1: you can do it. But it's kind of like in
Speaker 1: green Bay. We when we went to Green Bay and
Speaker 1: they had been doing very very well. I know we
Speaker 1: beat him the first time, but that was a lot
Speaker 1: a long time ago, and we said what we needed
Speaker 1: to do was get pressure on on aon Rodgers. Now
Speaker 1: you don't know for sure you're gonna be able to
Speaker 1: do it, but they were able to do it, and
Speaker 1: that made the difference in my estimation this time. You
Speaker 1: know what, I'm not saying it's easy, but you gotta
Speaker 1: contain tyreek Hill a little bit better. Otherwise, the offense
Speaker 1: after that Solow start wasn't wasn't too bad. And I
Speaker 1: do think there are opportunities for the Bucks offense against
Speaker 1: that Chief's defense. So mainly I think it's starting faster
Speaker 1: and keeping Tyreek Hill and Travis Kelsey in a little
Speaker 1: bit better check than last time. And speaking of that,
Speaker 1: the next question was do you from Bruce, do you
Speaker 1: think we need to double Hill or Kelsey or how
Speaker 1: do you how do you see them trying to contain
Speaker 1: them more? Yeah, I mean safety hellp for for Hill
Speaker 1: when make a lot of sense because you can't just
Speaker 1: have your corners play ten yards off a hill because
Speaker 1: they're worried about the deep ball because he catches a
Speaker 1: lot of underneath stuff and then it's just like a
Speaker 1: water bug all over the field. He's he's essentially the
Speaker 1: fastest player in the NFL. So, um yeah, safety help
Speaker 1: for him does make a lot of sense. It does
Speaker 1: also help to double Travis Kelsey, but it's hard to
Speaker 1: do that with both of them, and I know, um,
Speaker 1: we just we don't want to play double high safety
Speaker 1: the whole game. So what I would say is trust
Speaker 1: and Todd Bowls to come up with a good plan
Speaker 1: and to mix it up as the game goes along,
Speaker 1: so they won't be doubled all the time, but sometimes
Speaker 1: they will. And we had several people asking about if
Speaker 1: they will be able to fire the cannons in the
Speaker 1: game or not. Um, it'll be interesting to see if
Speaker 1: they use them at all or how because I mean, again,
Speaker 1: they cannot make it seem like an actual home Bucks
Speaker 1: game that we are not the ones doing the in
Speaker 1: game production. It is a league thing. It is a neutral,
Speaker 1: uh situation. So but it's like that's such an iconic
Speaker 1: thing of the stadium and I've I have often wondered
Speaker 1: if the Bucks weren't in the game at all, would
Speaker 1: they have maybe fired them some more just because it
Speaker 1: is such a um iconic part of the stadium. So
Speaker 1: I'll be interesting to see if they decide to use
Speaker 1: it maybe in pregames somehow, or if they're just gonna
Speaker 1: be like nope, can once the game's over, you know,
Speaker 1: you fire off the cannons for whoever won. Yeah, yeah,
Speaker 1: it's gonna be uh yeah, it's gonna be very interesting
Speaker 1: to see what they decided to do there. Um. We
Speaker 1: also had a question about our offensive line and how
Speaker 1: confident you feel and them, especially with what we've seen
Speaker 1: with Aaron Stanny the last couple of games. Yeah, I
Speaker 1: don't know how you cannot be confident in our line
Speaker 1: right now, since since the bye week, really they've been
Speaker 1: playing at a very very high level. Um. I know
Speaker 1: that Aaron Stinny we lost Alice Kappa and had to
Speaker 1: have a replacement in there. But he, you know, from
Speaker 1: what all his teammates and coaches are saying, he's playing
Speaker 1: very very well there. So you've been able to make
Speaker 1: that change without a drop off. And you know, the
Speaker 1: protection for Tom Brady has been outstanding. There was one
Speaker 1: missed blitz pick up in the last game, otherwise he
Speaker 1: had time to sit back there and do pretty much
Speaker 1: whatever he wanted. Um, and that's been the case for
Speaker 1: most of the games recently. So the running game is
Speaker 1: doing better right now than it has for most of
Speaker 1: the season. So those are basically the two things you
Speaker 1: usually judge an offensive line on. I think they've been
Speaker 1: doing fantastic. Uh. Scott had asked, do we know if
Speaker 1: Mahomes is still struggling with turf toe? Well, he was
Speaker 1: a or They didn't practice yesterday, but he was listed
Speaker 1: on the injury report as a full participant, so they weren't.
Speaker 1: They weren't going to limit him, and I assume they
Speaker 1: won't limit him when they do practice today. So no,
Speaker 1: I don't think that's a problem on I mean, I'm
Speaker 1: not gonna say unfortunately, because we don't want anybody to
Speaker 1: get hurt. But um, it's good news for the Chiefs.
Speaker 1: That's a good way to put. Yes, I think that
Speaker 1: is very fair. Al Right, Well, that's gonna do it
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