Speaker 1: Welcome to Buccaneers Inside are Live, presented by Miller like
Speaker 1: Casey Phillips here with senior writer editor Scott Smith, and boy,
Speaker 1: do we have things to talk about today. Just a
Speaker 1: few things have happened with the team across the league.
Speaker 1: It's been you know, mostly slow, but just a couple
Speaker 1: of things. First time, starting to think we maybe should
Speaker 1: do one of these every day. Yes, would have enough.
Speaker 1: We would, I mean normally in the off season, you're sin,
Speaker 1: You're going, what are we going to talk about? In
Speaker 1: this time? We do not have enough time to get
Speaker 1: to all the things that have happened. So first of all,
Speaker 1: we knew last week we had to do a little
Speaker 1: bit of the tap dancing if there were reports out
Speaker 1: there about some things that were not confirmed yet. Now
Speaker 1: some of those things have become confirmed this week. So
Speaker 1: let's start with with some of those things that First
Speaker 1: of all, in the wide receiver room, Russell Gauge and
Speaker 1: Chris Godwin are two things that have become for real
Speaker 1: since the last time we did this show. So tell
Speaker 1: us about both of those deals. Well, the Russell Gauge
Speaker 1: contract was the one that we had to speculate about
Speaker 1: last time, but that has been officially announced now and
Speaker 1: then Chris Godwin, who already had the franchise, has tagging him,
Speaker 1: so we were pretty sure he was gonna be around
Speaker 1: this year anyway. Uh, what happened with him and the
Speaker 1: team is with is the goal really of the franchise
Speaker 1: tag is it extends your negotiating period. It gives you
Speaker 1: more time where only the Bucks can negotiate with with Chris,
Speaker 1: and they got a deal done, which is fantastic because
Speaker 1: as we all know, and as we've talked about many times,
Speaker 1: he's just such a critical part of this offense. And
Speaker 1: I think when Tom Brady decided to come back and
Speaker 1: shot a group chat to Chris and Mike right before
Speaker 1: he announced it, it made you even more um adamant
Speaker 1: about getting Chris god went back and back in the field,
Speaker 1: and you know, he's coming back from a torn a
Speaker 1: c l so there is a slight chance that he
Speaker 1: might not be ready to go right at the very
Speaker 1: beginning of the season. Though knowing him, I say there's
Speaker 1: a good chance he will be ready. But that's another
Speaker 1: thing that Russell Gage gives you. He gives you, um,
Speaker 1: you know, if if Chris isn't quite ready to go,
Speaker 1: Russell Gate is already shown over the last couple of
Speaker 1: years that he could step in for a really high
Speaker 1: level wide receiver like Calvin Ridley or a couple of
Speaker 1: years ago, Julio Jones and keep his team, you know,
Speaker 1: on top and and really produce like a number one.
Speaker 1: When you do have Mike Evans and Chris Godwin and
Speaker 1: Russell Gauge, then you have what looks like the makings
Speaker 1: of a really good three white package. And as you know,
Speaker 1: the Buccaneers on offense tend to go three wide or
Speaker 1: eleven personnel more than fifty of the time. So this
Speaker 1: is basically your starting formation here. And you've got Mike Evans,
Speaker 1: so we all know what he can do. Twenty seven
Speaker 1: touchdowns in the last two years, which is amazing. We
Speaker 1: all know about his thousand yards season streak. Chris god
Speaker 1: when last year got the injury and couldn't finish out
Speaker 1: the season, but by the time he was knocked out,
Speaker 1: he had ninety eight catches and was about to break
Speaker 1: the Bucks all the time record for a single season.
Speaker 1: But look at that third in the league in receptions
Speaker 1: per game, seventh in yards per game, and he's also
Speaker 1: so critical to your running attack. He's blocking makes everything better.
Speaker 1: And then you've been Russell Gauge, who, after the Falcons
Speaker 1: lost pretty much all their other receivers last year, was
Speaker 1: really really productive down the stretch. Look at that over
Speaker 1: the last eight weeks of the season, he was eighth
Speaker 1: in the NFL among all players in receptions in yards.
Speaker 1: So you've got three guys there that it's gonna be
Speaker 1: hard for an opposing defense to defend all three of those. Yeah,
Speaker 1: Tom Brady's got to be pretty happy with the choice
Speaker 1: to come back. Looking at those office, that's going to
Speaker 1: be pretty exciting. Well, another thing that is now official
Speaker 1: that we had said was reported last week was the
Speaker 1: trade for Shack Mason. So tell us what you think
Speaker 1: about him as a player and what this can mean
Speaker 1: for this offensive line, a position group that, again, just
Speaker 1: a few weeks ago, we did not know what that
Speaker 1: interior was gonna look like. It's it's an incredible trade.
Speaker 1: It's still a little bit hard to figure out how
Speaker 1: it happened to get a really quality starting guard for
Speaker 1: a fifth round pick. And he's under contract for two
Speaker 1: more years, so it's not like a one year rental.
Speaker 1: This is a guy that, uh, you know, offensive Lineman.
Speaker 1: It's hard to have stats for him other than group stats,
Speaker 1: which are actually gonna look at here in a minute
Speaker 1: or right now. Last year, the Buccaneers were first in
Speaker 1: the league and sacks allowed per pass play and really
Speaker 1: allowed the fewest stacks by any team, despite the fact
Speaker 1: that they had the most past attempts. Those really shouldn't
Speaker 1: go together. And then even though the running game wasn't
Speaker 1: necessarily a huge power for the team, they did finish
Speaker 1: right in the middle league and yards per carry, and
Speaker 1: in some more sophisticated stats that take into account situation
Speaker 1: and other things rush d v o A and adjusted
Speaker 1: line yards, both of which are on the respected site
Speaker 1: Football Outsiders, you can see they felt that the Buccaneers
Speaker 1: rush black run blocking was very good last year, top five.
Speaker 1: But then you're thinking you could lose Ryan Jensen. You
Speaker 1: could and did lose Alex Kappa, and you and Ali
Speaker 1: Marpett retired, so your entire middle of your line is
Speaker 1: wiped out. Well, Ryan Jensen resigns, that's a great thing.
Speaker 1: Aaron Stinney resigns, and it has a very good chance
Speaker 1: to step up to stine lamp. And then you top
Speaker 1: it all off by getting Shack Mason, who, like I
Speaker 1: was saying, other than the stats, kind of stats we
Speaker 1: looked at. There's not a lot of individual stats for
Speaker 1: offensive lineman other than maybe sacks allowed. But there are
Speaker 1: some services out there like PF and so on that
Speaker 1: grade uh, everybody but guards, and and he's really a
Speaker 1: highly graded guard for many years in a row. So
Speaker 1: it's a huge kid for the Buccaneers for a fifth
Speaker 1: round pick, and and it puts us back into position
Speaker 1: where the offensive line, despite would look like it could
Speaker 1: be a drastic turnover, now has a chance to once
Speaker 1: again be a really big strength for this team. Incredible
Speaker 1: and again another confirmed move from this last week, Leonard
Speaker 1: four Nett officially back resigned. Lenn we'll call that. So
Speaker 1: tell me about this deal and what you think it
Speaker 1: means now again to the offense to have this incredibly
Speaker 1: important piece back. I think this is another one of
Speaker 1: these moves that was heavily influenced by the return of
Speaker 1: Tom Brady. I think Tom Brady likes Leonard four Nett
Speaker 1: in terms of what he can do in this offense.
Speaker 1: And I would be willing to bet that the Tom
Speaker 1: Brady made his his opinions known on that and it
Speaker 1: probably made Leonard Fournette want to come back more. Right, Um,
Speaker 1: this is the chance to chase another ring. And and
Speaker 1: what you've done is you've brought back your guy who
Speaker 1: has basically been your workhorse back since the start of
Speaker 1: the playoffs in through the Super Bowl and then all
Speaker 1: last year. And he had a really good year, not
Speaker 1: just running the ball but also pass catching. At the
Speaker 1: time that he was injured and lost for like the
Speaker 1: last three weeks of this regular season for net was
Speaker 1: leading all running backs in with sixty nine receptions. So
Speaker 1: he's to do it all back that that Tom Brady
Speaker 1: obviously trust very much, then the Buccaneers trust, and after
Speaker 1: playing several years in a row on one year contracts,
Speaker 1: he's got a three year deal now, so I guess
Speaker 1: probably everybody's happy. Yeah. Part of that just real quick
Speaker 1: with the Chris Godwin signing and Leonard Fournette, because cap
Speaker 1: space is hard to come by right now, but probably
Speaker 1: will There'll be more of it as the cap rises
Speaker 1: in coming years. So those multi year deals for a
Speaker 1: Godwin and a four net are probably actually helping the
Speaker 1: Buccaneers cap right now. Yeah, that's a great point. The
Speaker 1: fact that you have the flexibility to move some money
Speaker 1: around all these you know, talks of restructuring that we've heard.
Speaker 1: When when there's just a one year deal, restructuring becomes
Speaker 1: a little little challenge. You add some years, Yeah, you
Speaker 1: gotta add some years on there to make that possible. Okay, Well,
Speaker 1: now we're going to also talk about some just like
Speaker 1: we did last week, reports of things that are out there.
Speaker 1: They are not confirmed yet, they have not been officially
Speaker 1: announced by the team, but you've probably seen them out there.
Speaker 1: We talked about Brashad Parraman last week that is still
Speaker 1: be announced, have been announced, but we did talk about
Speaker 1: the fact that again this wide receiver room shaping up
Speaker 1: to look very good this year, to have a lot
Speaker 1: of different options, when again a few weeks ago, we
Speaker 1: didn't know what it was going to look like behind
Speaker 1: basically Mike Evans for sure. Um. And then now there
Speaker 1: are a couple of new reports since the show last week.
Speaker 1: We have basically Will Golston reportedly coming back, a guy
Speaker 1: that's been with this team all most as long as
Speaker 1: anybody else at this point. And then you have the
Speaker 1: addition of a new guy in town, Logan Ryan Safety.
Speaker 1: So those again are the two reports that have not
Speaker 1: been officially announced yet, So looking at those and we
Speaker 1: kind of talked about Brashan Perriman last week, but with
Speaker 1: Logan Ryan and Will Galston tell us what those moves
Speaker 1: are when we talked about a lot of offensive moves,
Speaker 1: finally to talk about some defensive ones and what this
Speaker 1: could look like. Yeah, and you know when we talk
Speaker 1: about speculating whether these reports are accurate or not, and
Speaker 1: we can't officially announce it, I can say that the
Speaker 1: Buccaneers are holding press conferences early this afternoon for Logan
Speaker 1: Ryan and Shack Mason. I mean, you never know what
Speaker 1: they want to about me about food. It can you
Speaker 1: never know, right, Yeah, you never know, but I think
Speaker 1: he can feel pretty solid about those reports. At this point.
Speaker 1: We're not officially announcing anything, but come on, there's a
Speaker 1: press conference to talk about something with those people. Like
Speaker 1: those people there, so Will Golston, like you said, other
Speaker 1: than Levante David, he's been around the longest. He's been very,
Speaker 1: very durable throughout his career and over the nine years
Speaker 1: now I'll be going to his tent. He will have
Speaker 1: switched defensive systems several times. But when Todd Bowles got
Speaker 1: here the three years ago, so Will it also already
Speaker 1: had a solid career, but Todd Bowl's defense really rejuvenated it.
Speaker 1: He's had I think nine point five of his nineteen
Speaker 1: point five sacks in the last three years. Two years
Speaker 1: ago he led the Bucks and quarterback hits with twenty.
Speaker 1: He had another seventeen last year. And he's just a
Speaker 1: really good strong side three four defensive end when it
Speaker 1: comes to stopping the run. So he's a really good
Speaker 1: fit for this defense, and I think he really likes
Speaker 1: it here. So for those reasons, it wasn't a surprise
Speaker 1: to see him come back. Cool note about Will Galston,
Speaker 1: he has a hundred thirty six games played as a
Speaker 1: Buccaneer going into this season. That's the second most ever
Speaker 1: for a defensive lineman in franchise history. Number one is
Speaker 1: Warren Sapp was in the Hall of Fame with the
Speaker 1: Hunter forty. So by the end of this season, Will
Speaker 1: Ghoston will be the most tenured defensive lineman in franchise history,
Speaker 1: which is pretty cool for me. Yeah, that is pretty cool, Okay,
Speaker 1: And then I know we've talked about so many moves,
Speaker 1: so many things happening. That's just the Buccaneers ones not
Speaker 1: to mention all the things that have been happening across
Speaker 1: the league this free agency. It has just been a
Speaker 1: last couple of weeks, lots of shuffling where everybody thought
Speaker 1: they knew who was on what team and what was
Speaker 1: going on. I think everybody's gonna have to reassess that
Speaker 1: now recently. So tell us what the biggest things are
Speaker 1: that stand out to you, maybe outside of the Buccaneers
Speaker 1: moves in particular, of what has gone on these last
Speaker 1: couple of weeks that could affect the Buccaneers. I think
Speaker 1: if you're a Buccaneers fan over the last two or
Speaker 1: three weeks and you're filing things on Twitter, perhaps every
Speaker 1: time you look at your phone, it's given you good news.
Speaker 1: I mean, it's kind of incredible how well all this
Speaker 1: is going for the Buccaneers, because not only have we
Speaker 1: done all the moves that we've talked about, and every
Speaker 1: one of them seems like aimed at chasing another championship
Speaker 1: this year and maybe even next year we'll see what
Speaker 1: happens with Tom Brady, but all the moves that are
Speaker 1: happening around the league, the big dramatic moves that made
Speaker 1: this one of the craziest off seasons ever have been
Speaker 1: really good talent moving from the NFC to the a
Speaker 1: f C. Davante Adams goes from the Packers of the Raiders.
Speaker 1: All of a sudden, Tyreek Hill yesterday out of the
Speaker 1: blue for us. It was probably in the works for
Speaker 1: a while, and oh my gosh, Tyreek Hill is going
Speaker 1: to be traded. Well, he stayed in the a f C,
Speaker 1: but at least even get you know, pushed over into
Speaker 1: the NFC. Matt Ryan went from the NFC to the
Speaker 1: a f C. Uh tehront Armstead, the really good tackle
Speaker 1: for the Saints no longer with the Saints and now
Speaker 1: he's in Miami. Just a lot of big moves that
Speaker 1: when you look at go, we were gonna have to
Speaker 1: face those guys this year and now we don't. Right,
Speaker 1: So things just keep getting better. And when you look
Speaker 1: at it from the perspective of the quarterbacks in this division,
Speaker 1: it's kind of amazing the turnover that's been in the
Speaker 1: last couple of years. For a long time, the Buccaneers
Speaker 1: were playing in a division with with three teams that
Speaker 1: had m VP caliber quarterbacks running their offenses. And even
Speaker 1: when you tried and You've got Jameis Winson with the
Speaker 1: first overall pick, and he put up a lot of
Speaker 1: big numbers. You kind of always felt like you had
Speaker 1: the fourth quarterback in the league. Look at who was
Speaker 1: the quarter of the starting quarterbacks in this league the
Speaker 1: year before Tom Brady decided to come to the Buccaneers,
Speaker 1: and now just a couple of years later, this is
Speaker 1: what each team is featuring a quarterback. You can look
Speaker 1: at that and go, well, the Buccaneers pretty clearly have
Speaker 1: the best quarterback in the division. Right, not to take
Speaker 1: anything away from a Marcus Mariotta or at Jameis Winston,
Speaker 1: but those are teams that are, first of all, are
Speaker 1: in transition and and second of all, I don't think
Speaker 1: you can look at Marcus Mariota and say he's a
Speaker 1: He's up there with Tom bradon. So the entire landscape
Speaker 1: of the NFC South in in terms of the quarterback
Speaker 1: rankings has changed in just a couple of years, and
Speaker 1: for the Buccaneers obviously a change really good. That is incredible.
Speaker 1: And then I know we talked a little bit about
Speaker 1: the offensive line, especially because of the trade for Shack Mason.
Speaker 1: This is a group that we had said we didn't
Speaker 1: know what it was gonna look like, and maybe it
Speaker 1: was going to be a big target of the draft.
Speaker 1: And I know we're gonna talk more about this when
Speaker 1: it comes to the road of the draft, you know,
Speaker 1: when we do those videos as well. But and then
Speaker 1: the same thing with the wide receiver group, that these
Speaker 1: two position groups we just really felt like could be
Speaker 1: positions of need. And how differently we feel now. So
Speaker 1: how do you think that is going to just affect
Speaker 1: over all these moves that we've heard that are both
Speaker 1: confirmed and reported for those two position groups, how you
Speaker 1: feel about them now? Are they still targets in the draft,
Speaker 1: and what these moves mean for just we view this team. Well,
Speaker 1: I can tell you from experience doing mock drafts every
Speaker 1: week since like mid February, that it's changed quite a bit.
Speaker 1: Early on, I was definitely giving offensive guards to the
Speaker 1: Buccaneers a pick number twenty seven, like a Kenyan Green
Speaker 1: or a Zion Johnson. But it's hard to imagine the
Speaker 1: Bucks using that pick on a guard now because I
Speaker 1: think they not only have probably the guys that are
Speaker 1: gonna start, but you've got a couple other guys like
Speaker 1: Robert Hainzi, and Nick Leverett that you feel pretty good
Speaker 1: about as your depth. So if you draft a guard,
Speaker 1: I guess he's competing probably with Aaron Stenny for one
Speaker 1: of the jobs. But is that the best use of
Speaker 1: your pick at seven in the first round. If you're
Speaker 1: trying to win this year, you'd probably like to get
Speaker 1: somebody that you know is going to have a big role,
Speaker 1: either on offense or defense. And the receivers, I'm not
Speaker 1: sure if you bring in another top notch receiver, who
Speaker 1: are you taking playing time away from? Because we talked
Speaker 1: about the Big three and we showed the graphic, but
Speaker 1: you've also got Brashad Perriman probably, and Tyler Johnson and
Speaker 1: Scottie Miller and Cyril Grayson and Jalen Darden. I mean,
Speaker 1: there's a lot of guys there that you want to
Speaker 1: look at and see how they could possibly fit into
Speaker 1: your offense. And of course you always want more talents.
Speaker 1: If another great receiver drops into your lap, that's fine,
Speaker 1: but again it's not something I think that you would
Speaker 1: spend a first round draft pick on because then you're
Speaker 1: just probably you're just replacing one starter with another, Whereas
Speaker 1: you might be able to find a guy like maybe
Speaker 1: a defensive lineman or an outside linebacker that can step
Speaker 1: right into the rotation right away. Okay, well that's gonna
Speaker 1: do it for us on this edition of Buccaneers Inside
Speaker 1: our Live presented by Miller Lte. We had so much
Speaker 1: to talk about that we weren't able to get to
Speaker 1: the Facebook questions. But we will of course have the
Speaker 1: show again next week. I believe we will actually be
Speaker 1: doing it from the owners meetings, which is going to
Speaker 1: be very fun and we'll have a lot to talk
Speaker 1: about from there. To make sure you tune into that.
Speaker 1: And again if you had specific draft related questions. Every
Speaker 1: week we are shooting a road to the draft where
Speaker 1: that is all we talk about, are all the things
Speaker 1: affecting the potential draft picks of the Buccaneers. To make
Speaker 1: sure you check that out. That's gonna do it for
Speaker 1: us this week. We'll see you next time.