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Speaker 1: So you gotta get all the questions in now. No,
Speaker 1: that's okay, I'm fine. I think that we'll just wait.
Speaker 1: But yeah, so this is it. You gotta get those
Speaker 1: questions in now because we're gonna have another week without
Speaker 1: the show and then it will basically be training camp,
Speaker 1: which is kind of crazy. So um, so as we
Speaker 1: give people a chance to start submitting some of those questions. Um,
Speaker 1: we did have the news of Jamaldine signing. Uh so
Speaker 1: where does that leave us now in terms of the
Speaker 1: rookie class, and how many of them are signed. All
Speaker 1: of them, is said Devon White, which is what you'd expect.
Speaker 1: Sometimes you get them all done by this point. Um,
Speaker 1: there's a handful of first round picks that still aren't signed.
Speaker 1: I think the Raiders just signed their guy yesterday or today,
Speaker 1: Josh Jacobs. So teams are getting it done. Basically, it's
Speaker 1: not that hard anymore to sign most of these guys
Speaker 1: because of the formula and the slidding of salaries. So
Speaker 1: a lot of teams getting done really quick when the
Speaker 1: rookies first come to their their center and they can
Speaker 1: actually haven't signed. Um. Sometimes a couple of the drag
Speaker 1: on for pretty what are to you and I pretty
Speaker 1: unimportant reasons. But there's no doubt that all those guys
Speaker 1: are gonna get signed now. The fifth overall pick is
Speaker 1: a little bit more of a complicated one, obvious some
Speaker 1: of the Sometimes the argument can be over how much
Speaker 1: of it is guaranteed. Lots of times those guys get
Speaker 1: fully guaranteed for your contracts, things like that or offset
Speaker 1: language or whatever. Who knows what the negotiation if there
Speaker 1: is a whole of at all between Devin White and us.
Speaker 1: But I'm not concerned about it. I think they just
Speaker 1: get it done right before the start of training camp.
Speaker 1: You know, there hasn't been a holdout for the Buccaneers
Speaker 1: since I think Trent Dilfer for a rookie, So I'm
Speaker 1: not really worried about it. I think we'll be in
Speaker 1: on time, okay. And the other bit of news going
Speaker 1: on right now, the supplemental draft if you want, if
Speaker 1: you want to call it news, so that was gonna be.
Speaker 1: My question is how important is this? What sort of
Speaker 1: attention should be paid. If we weren't talking about it
Speaker 1: right now, probably most people wouldn't realize it's happening today.
Speaker 1: It goes by without anybody hearing about it for the
Speaker 1: most part because they don't even really It's not like
Speaker 1: there's a draft and they all get in a room
Speaker 1: and they go pick by pick. It's just there's a
Speaker 1: lot of weighted lottery system to determine the draft order,
Speaker 1: and then you just kind of email the league and say,
Speaker 1: if you want to put a pick in and around
Speaker 1: and maybe again you know a few of the highest pick,
Speaker 1: then you can. If the actual draft was like this,
Speaker 1: it would be quick. You just send an email like, hey,
Speaker 1: I kind of like this guy. I don't think the
Speaker 1: NFL would want to leave the millions on the table
Speaker 1: do they get from the coverage of the draft. So
Speaker 1: there's five guys. Basically, what the supplemental draft is is
Speaker 1: sometimes or every year they're a handful of guys, is
Speaker 1: that their eligibility for the upcoming college season changes between
Speaker 1: the regular draft and now for some reason they get
Speaker 1: declared ineligible, whether it's violating and C double A rules
Speaker 1: or something right, So those guys their options then are
Speaker 1: to just sit out a whole season and maybe play
Speaker 1: their their final season the next year in college, or
Speaker 1: go into next year's real draft, or they can just
Speaker 1: kind of accelerate the timetable and go into the supplemental draft.
Speaker 1: And usually there's one or two guys that are considered
Speaker 1: possibly draft worthy. I think this year there's a safety
Speaker 1: Jalen Thompson I think from Washington State, and a West
Speaker 1: Virginia wide receiver named Marcus Sims. I think who are
Speaker 1: considered guys that could be drafted, Like if they were
Speaker 1: in the draft, that might have been third or sixth
Speaker 1: round picks. And so if you draft one of those guys,
Speaker 1: then you forfeit that pick that you use like a
Speaker 1: third rounder in next year's draft, So it's kind of
Speaker 1: a big decision for a team if they want to
Speaker 1: do that. On the other hand, it is you kind
Speaker 1: of your last chance to potentially add an impact player
Speaker 1: that can make a difference this year. They can go
Speaker 1: into training camp, So if you needed help at safety,
Speaker 1: you might consider it that. I Jillen Thompson held to
Speaker 1: work out after he was declared ineligible and decided to
Speaker 1: go into this draft, and twenty six teams showed up
Speaker 1: to watch, so I think there's a good chance till
Speaker 1: you drafted. Personally, I don't think it'll be us because
Speaker 1: we have a lot We've drafted a lot of safeties
Speaker 1: in the last three years, and we have a lot
Speaker 1: of depth there. It still has to be worked out.
Speaker 1: I think that's the most interesting position battle going into camp.
Speaker 1: But um, there's a lot of young guys that are already.
Speaker 1: Do you really need to add another young safety? Probably
Speaker 1: not so. And then receiver depth is pretty good here too,
Speaker 1: So I don't think we're gonna do anything. The draft
Speaker 1: starts at one. You won't find it on the TV anywhere.
Speaker 1: You set to wait and hear what happens. All right,
Speaker 1: Wait a question from Colin who said, is there a
Speaker 1: fullback on the roster or would we have one? Now?
Speaker 1: There isn't a fullback on the restaurant. I imagine you'd
Speaker 1: probably see guys. Um. You know, basically what a lot
Speaker 1: of teams now do now is if they want a
Speaker 1: blocker in the backfield, they just just take their tight
Speaker 1: end that's most closely like an h back and put
Speaker 1: them back there. So a lot of teams aren't carrying
Speaker 1: fullbacks anymore. I guess you know Daria ogooma wall he
Speaker 1: is a pretty big guy. You might consider seeing if
Speaker 1: he could do some of the But no, there's not
Speaker 1: a player that has the designation of fullback on the roster. Uh.
Speaker 1: Antonio said, how do you feel about our secondary? Well,
Speaker 1: I mean tentatively, um optimistic. You know, it was really
Speaker 1: the results were really bad last year and I don't
Speaker 1: know who you want to blame that on. Um. Some
Speaker 1: of the guys that were there are no longer with us. Uh.
Speaker 1: You know, there's a new defensive scheme which I think
Speaker 1: is more aggressive. There's a lot of young talent that
Speaker 1: has to be sorted out, and I want to be
Speaker 1: optimistic about every single one of those guys, but history
Speaker 1: suggests that not every single one of them is going
Speaker 1: to turn into a really good player. So who's it
Speaker 1: going to be? I mean, I really feel good about
Speaker 1: Carlton Davis. Um, I'm hoping for Anon Hargraves can avoid
Speaker 1: the injury bug this year and we can see what
Speaker 1: he can do because he looked like he was starting
Speaker 1: off the season really well last year. And you got
Speaker 1: the draft picks from this year. Uh, you know, Mike
Speaker 1: Edwards looked really good out there. Um, Sean Murphy Bunting
Speaker 1: and Jamal Dean who were just talking about, had their moments,
Speaker 1: you know. So there's a lot to sort through there.
Speaker 1: I think fans are gonna like the style of play
Speaker 1: a little bit more because it going to be more aggressive,
Speaker 1: which can lead to big plays on both sides. Don't
Speaker 1: get me wrong. There's a reason why some teams play
Speaker 1: a very ben bid, don't break style, and that style
Speaker 1: of defense has traditionally worked very well in Tampa at
Speaker 1: certain times, but hasn't really worked well lately. And so
Speaker 1: I think fans are probably gonna like the way this
Speaker 1: secondary plays a very aggressive style. But um, there's so
Speaker 1: much to sort through right now that I think it's
Speaker 1: irresponsible to say I feel fantastic about it. You know, Yeah,
Speaker 1: that's that's a great point. I like this question. Christopher said,
Speaker 1: who is more likely to make the roster Justin Watson, Uh,
Speaker 1: Scotty Miller or Bobo Wilson. That is a fantastic question
Speaker 1: because I think there's a decent chance that those three
Speaker 1: guys will be the final candidates for two spots. Um. Wow,
Speaker 1: I think Scotty Miller is the most likely because he's
Speaker 1: the new draft picking because he's a different type. You know,
Speaker 1: Justin Watson, he drew a lot of praise for what
Speaker 1: he was doing the offseason. Two Um didn't really play
Speaker 1: a ton, didn't really have a lot of opportunities as
Speaker 1: a rookie. But he's more of like a similar type
Speaker 1: receiver to what Mike Emmons is. UM. And so I
Speaker 1: think Scotty Miller is a different kind of player. You know, quick,
Speaker 1: really really fast, and he may be able to grab
Speaker 1: the slot shots. So I think he's got a really
Speaker 1: good shot. So if that's the case, then we're talking.
Speaker 1: You know, maybe they keep six and they keep all
Speaker 1: three of those guys. The thing to remember about Bobo
Speaker 1: Wilson is he has um return abilities and that kind
Speaker 1: of thing can make the difference when it comes down
Speaker 1: to that final roster spot. So, UM, I think when
Speaker 1: it comes down to it, the talent at the receiver
Speaker 1: position may make you keep one more of those, you know.
Speaker 1: I think they most teams like to go with five,
Speaker 1: but sometimes they go with six. I could see us
Speaker 1: keeping six and and um and maybe only going three
Speaker 1: tight ends so you could keep all of them. I
Speaker 1: think that's gonna be a great battle. Yeah, that is
Speaker 1: gonna be really interesting to see. UM. Kevin asked what
Speaker 1: side of the ball are you looking forward to seeing
Speaker 1: the most in camp? Well, defense, because there's gonna be
Speaker 1: so much different. We know what this offense is. I mean,
Speaker 1: it's a new offense, but we know what the players
Speaker 1: are capable of. There really isn't a whole lot of
Speaker 1: change there other than you know, some of the switching
Speaker 1: out of the wide receiver with de Shawn and Adam
Speaker 1: Humphreys leaving and Scotty Miller arriving in brishad Perriman. But
Speaker 1: the tight ends, the offensive line, the quarterback, the running
Speaker 1: backs are all very similar to what they were. Um,
Speaker 1: and it was very productive last year. The defense was
Speaker 1: not good last year and really for several years in
Speaker 1: a row. There's a lot of new pieces there and
Speaker 1: Don mckinsue, Devin White, the Ricky d Bees, and there's
Speaker 1: a whole new scheme which we were just talking about.
Speaker 1: So there's a lot more that's gonna be different on defense.
Speaker 1: So that's the side of this monster. But but really
Speaker 1: in training camp, when you're watching one, you're watching them
Speaker 1: both like you have to decide that's true. Uh. David
Speaker 1: asked what you think the past rush could look like
Speaker 1: this year. Well, I think it'll be varied, multiple. I
Speaker 1: don't know what the right word for this is. You're
Speaker 1: gonna you're gonna see guys coming from all over the place.
Speaker 1: And I think the harder, the less successful we are
Speaker 1: early on getting the quarterback, the more varied it's gonna be.
Speaker 1: They're gonna bring more blitz. They'll they'll blitz if they
Speaker 1: have to, because I think they'll be determined to get
Speaker 1: to the quarterback, Todd Bowles and his coaches. So I
Speaker 1: think you're gonna see guys come. You know, we haven't
Speaker 1: seen a three four here in a long time. And
Speaker 1: the great thing at the three four Um, the thing
Speaker 1: that's always been bothersome for our offense when we played
Speaker 1: three fours is it's a little harder to predict where
Speaker 1: the pass rushers are going to come from. So it's
Speaker 1: going to be interesting in that regard. Okay, Sean asked,
Speaker 1: what's the depth behind O J and Cam. Well, there's
Speaker 1: still Antonio Claire, and then we got the guy that
Speaker 1: we picked off off waivers from the Jets. Um blanket
Speaker 1: on his name right now. And then the two guys
Speaker 1: from last year that got called up late in the year. Um,
Speaker 1: help me. I'm sorry, I was reading some of these
Speaker 1: questions here all of a sudden, Donny Earnsberg Burger and
Speaker 1: another one. There was another guy that we called up
Speaker 1: late late. Yeah, so I'm sorry that I'm blanking on
Speaker 1: names right now. No offense, but there's the two young
Speaker 1: guys from last year and the guy we got from
Speaker 1: the Jets, and then the three holdovers. It's not a
Speaker 1: lot of depth, to be honest with you. It's it's
Speaker 1: kind of a top heavy group. Because O J and Cam,
Speaker 1: I think there's a lot of beliefs that they could
Speaker 1: be one of the best tightening combinations in all of
Speaker 1: the league. But after that, you got a guy Antonio
Speaker 1: Claire who has you know, impressed with his blocking, but
Speaker 1: it doesn't have a lot of you know, history of
Speaker 1: catching the ball. And then the other guys are all
Speaker 1: pretty much unproven, right yeah, Um, Jordan Leaguette, who's the
Speaker 1: guy from that? Okay, there you go. George said, how
Speaker 1: strong do you think our old line will be this year?
Speaker 1: That's a very important question. Um, I'm hoping that the
Speaker 1: old line can be uh at least league average, if
Speaker 1: not a little bit better. Um, you know, allowed, that's
Speaker 1: going to come down probably too, how well DeMar Dotson
Speaker 1: holds up, you know, because he's getting up there, and
Speaker 1: last year he had to battle through some injuries and
Speaker 1: that's been a thing for him in recent years, and um,
Speaker 1: you know, he it's it's not easy for a guy,
Speaker 1: especially a six nine guy you know, who has taken beating,
Speaker 1: you know, pounding through the years for him to stay
Speaker 1: percent healthy throughout a season. And then what happens at
Speaker 1: right guard, because that's really probably the most wide open
Speaker 1: position on the team right now, and whoever is in there,
Speaker 1: it could be a very unproven player like like Alex Kappa,
Speaker 1: which I think is what they would like the solution
Speaker 1: to be. Um. Jake wanted to know, do you think
Speaker 1: we'll keep three quarterbacks again? Yeah? I'm kind of hoping not, Um,
Speaker 1: because I like to have that extra position on the
Speaker 1: fifty three man roster, but I think when it comes
Speaker 1: down to it that they probably will. Um. If you
Speaker 1: look at Bruce, I asked Bruce that question. Coach Arean
Speaker 1: to that question in the off season. I think it
Speaker 1: was when we were in Phoenix for the league meetings,
Speaker 1: and he said he would prefer to keep too, but
Speaker 1: sometimes you have to keep three. And if you look
Speaker 1: at his five years in Arizona, for the vast majority
Speaker 1: of those five years he had three quarterbacks on the roster.
Speaker 1: Some of that was because guys are getting hurt, but
Speaker 1: that happens, so Um, I'm guessing we end up with three.
Speaker 1: I would prefer and I think the team would prefer
Speaker 1: that it's too, but I don't know if that will
Speaker 1: work out or not. One thing you could do is
Speaker 1: keep two and if you like um, Nick fits Patrick,
Speaker 1: what every time every time we're Ryan Fitzpatrick fitz We
Speaker 1: kept going Ryan Fitzgerald last year and it wasn't so
Speaker 1: if they like him enough and think maybe he could
Speaker 1: do something long run in this sort of Taysom Hill
Speaker 1: kind of versatile role, you can keep him. If you
Speaker 1: can get him through waivers, you can keep them on
Speaker 1: the practice squad, and that's your third quarterback, because if
Speaker 1: you keep three quarterbacks on the active rusher, you're not
Speaker 1: keeping the third one active on game day, So it
Speaker 1: doesn't matter. It's not helping you. If two guys get
Speaker 1: hurt either way, you're down to a non quarterback. So
Speaker 1: if that happened, Oh guy gets hurt, you just bring
Speaker 1: up your guy from the practice squad in the week
Speaker 1: that follows. Okay, we've had several questions just about running
Speaker 1: back overall. Someone whos asked if you thought we might
Speaker 1: trade for somebody or stay put, and just overall how
Speaker 1: you feel like that group is shaking out. And then
Speaker 1: there's also a question I saw about what this coaching
Speaker 1: staff sees in Peyton Barber as compared to maybe what
Speaker 1: others have in the past, And just so overall running back.
Speaker 1: I figured we'd combined like eight of those questions in one.
Speaker 1: I think you know, we have to with running backs.
Speaker 1: I always say this every time we have to basic
Speaker 1: go on what the coaches are saying right now, because
Speaker 1: you can't tell a whole lot of practice when you
Speaker 1: can't hit. I mean, every every run breaks through, right,
Speaker 1: Maybe you can see some fast cuts. Maybe you can
Speaker 1: see some guys with with good hands. I think everybody's
Speaker 1: pleased that Ron Jones seems to improve his hands. Um,
Speaker 1: so maybe he can be more of a past catching back,
Speaker 1: which you'd really like him to be, because he's so
Speaker 1: fast and dynamic that if you can get him the
Speaker 1: ball on the edge, that's a great thing. And it's
Speaker 1: something we didn't have in our offense last year. Really,
Speaker 1: I mean, do we throw the backs very much. I
Speaker 1: think we're hoping maybe Shawn Wilson could be that. Um,
Speaker 1: Peyton Barber maybe isn't the guy you're gonna throw fifty
Speaker 1: passes to on the on the edge, right, So, and
Speaker 1: and Bruce Arians offenses in Arizona had a lot of that,
Speaker 1: especially when David Johnson was at his peak. But David
Speaker 1: Johnson is kind of a different animal. He's he's an
Speaker 1: amazing player. But I'm pretty sure that the coaches that
Speaker 1: Bruce Arians would like to have uh more passing to
Speaker 1: the backs out of the backfield, and so if Ron
Speaker 1: Jones can be that, or Seawan Wilson or somebody can
Speaker 1: be that, Andre Ellington he's done it before, Um, it
Speaker 1: would be a very big improvement for our running back corps.
Speaker 1: But otherwise, all we can really go on is what
Speaker 1: they're saying, and they've They've constantly said that they like
Speaker 1: Peyton Barbera a lot. And then during the offseason, everybody
Speaker 1: from James Winston to every coach you talked to was
Speaker 1: raving about how much Round Jones looked more confident and
Speaker 1: looked improved. I get it. Those are just words at
Speaker 1: this point, and we'll know a little bit more in
Speaker 1: training camp, and then we'll know a lot more when
Speaker 1: the preseason games start again. This, I'd say, this is
Speaker 1: kind of like the question about the secondary, where I'm
Speaker 1: cautiously optimistic, but I understand they have to prove it
Speaker 1: and it's certainly not a guarantee. Yeah, that's very true. Well,
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