Speaker 1: Bucks fans, how's everyone doing. Happy Wednesday? It's time for
Speaker 1: Buccaneers in Sadur Live, presented by Miller Lite Casey Phillips.
Speaker 1: He was senior writer and editor Scott Smith. And as always,
Speaker 1: this is where we take questions from you, So if
Speaker 1: you're not already watching on the Facebook page, you can
Speaker 1: head on over there and leave us a question in
Speaker 1: the comments section. I'm sure we're going to have plenty
Speaker 1: of questions today, considering we had an entire draft since
Speaker 1: our last one of these shows, plenty for us to
Speaker 1: be talking about. So um, I figured as we get
Speaker 1: people a chance to start submitting some of those questions,
Speaker 1: the easiest way to do is to you up, what
Speaker 1: do you think of our draft class? What are what
Speaker 1: are the things that stick out to you about it?
Speaker 1: And especially when we had talked so much about what
Speaker 1: we thought the Bucks would do, what their goals would be,
Speaker 1: what did it seem like their their main focuses were
Speaker 1: in terms of the things they were after in that draft? Yeah,
Speaker 1: I mean the story has been the same for weeks
Speaker 1: now that with all the guys that Bucks were able
Speaker 1: to bring back in free agency, they went into it
Speaker 1: with no glaring needs which is really really rare. I mean,
Speaker 1: the Bucks had a pretty roster at this time a
Speaker 1: year ago, but still very much needed a right tackle
Speaker 1: and everybody knew that. Uh so this one they could
Speaker 1: really go in any direction they wanted. That being said,
Speaker 1: I don't think you ever truly get away from needs
Speaker 1: in a draft. I'm not sure if the Buccaneers did,
Speaker 1: you know, fouled needs or just managed to hit them
Speaker 1: while picking best player available. But if you look at
Speaker 1: some of the guys, like take the two inside linebackers
Speaker 1: that we took on the third day, kJ Britt and
Speaker 1: Grant Stewart, there was very little depth behind Lavante David
Speaker 1: and Devin White had Kevin Minter and that was it.
Speaker 1: And usually I have about five of those guys and
Speaker 1: they help you a lot on special teams. And I
Speaker 1: think these guys will do that right away. Even Joe
Speaker 1: try On, I mean, that's our first round pitcher. That
Speaker 1: was probably the best player available. Thing, but they're there.
Speaker 1: We needed more depth rotationally and uh Hainze, they want
Speaker 1: to develop a guy that can fill in either inside
Speaker 1: or outside. I even think that they wanted to get
Speaker 1: a punt return option, which they did with the wide receiver.
Speaker 1: So UM, I don't know. I think whether by design
Speaker 1: or not, we actually did hit some say middling needs
Speaker 1: on the depth chart. Okay Todd had asked about, um,
Speaker 1: what you thought their motivation was, specifically about Kyle Trask
Speaker 1: in terms of who you know, which quarterback they ended
Speaker 1: up drafting when they drafted a quarterback, just what we
Speaker 1: feel like his role could be moving forward with this
Speaker 1: team and what the Bucks thought of him. Well, I
Speaker 1: think the Bucks thought very highly of him, because, as expected,
Speaker 1: they didn't try to get in on the first first
Speaker 1: around quarterbacks, and they really would have had to make
Speaker 1: a very dramatic trade to even do that. So I
Speaker 1: don't think the Bucks were ever targeting the first back,
Speaker 1: and most quarterbacks that could taken, especially pretty high in
Speaker 1: the first round, they're expected to play pretty dang soon.
Speaker 1: And I don't think the Buccaneers were looking for a
Speaker 1: quarterback you'd want to put on the field because they're
Speaker 1: committed to Tom Brady for at least the next two seasons.
Speaker 1: But I'm dave two. There were three quarterbacks that were
Speaker 1: widely considered guys would probably come off the board in
Speaker 1: the second third round. In addition to Kyle Trask. It
Speaker 1: was Amand from Texas, A and M and Davis Mills
Speaker 1: from Stanford. The Buccaneers took the first one of those
Speaker 1: three and then the other two went very soon, like
Speaker 1: the next couple of picks after that. So I think
Speaker 1: they got the one they want. You know, if they
Speaker 1: were the third one in this run, then you wouldn't
Speaker 1: know did they really want Davis Mills? But they ended
Speaker 1: up with Kyle Trask, so they got the guy they wanted.
Speaker 1: The deal with Kyle is that he had he had
Speaker 1: to wait a long time to get to play football.
Speaker 1: He was a backup at his high school to Derrek
Speaker 1: king Um and he and then he had a long
Speaker 1: time in Florida to get his shot, and then he did.
Speaker 1: He was fantastic. But you still don't have a huge
Speaker 1: idea of evidence. But that was the case with a
Speaker 1: lot of quarterbacks this year. So I think it's a
Speaker 1: guy that they really see a lot. They like a
Speaker 1: lot of his traits. They like him from the neck up,
Speaker 1: as they said before the draft, and uh, but they
Speaker 1: have plenty of time to see if they can develop
Speaker 1: him into Tom Brady's successor. Okay, And then related to that,
Speaker 1: Richard had asked, is there room for Blaine Gabbert to
Speaker 1: come back? Now? With all this that we know we have?
Speaker 1: You know Tom Brady and Ryan Griffin and now you've
Speaker 1: drafted Kyle Trash. Do you see Blaine Gabert coming back. Yeah?
Speaker 1: I would have guessed that anyway, but that was pretty
Speaker 1: much directly addressed by Cameron. For the James, I think
Speaker 1: it was Bruce um He's who said he they do
Speaker 1: want to bring Blame Gabbert back if they can make
Speaker 1: that happen. So you know that the team brain trust
Speaker 1: has already said that, so I don't have to guess
Speaker 1: at this one. And yeah, you usually take four quarterbacks
Speaker 1: to training camp, so if Blame Gabrett were to return,
Speaker 1: I think what you'd end up with is a situation
Speaker 1: where obviously you're keeping Tom Brady and you almost certainly
Speaker 1: are keeping Kyle Trask, so then the other to him
Speaker 1: and Ryan Griffin. Blame and Ryan Griffin are sort of
Speaker 1: battling to see who would be the veteran backup to
Speaker 1: Tom and probably the number two guy during the season.
Speaker 1: That's interesting. Um Asher had asked, do you think that
Speaker 1: Ryan suck Up has the kicking position secured or do
Speaker 1: you think there will still be some competition for him
Speaker 1: coming this year. I don't think they're gonna I don't
Speaker 1: think they're gonna try to bring in competition for him.
Speaker 1: I could see them bringing in a leg um camp leg,
Speaker 1: you know, I guess it would strictly be competition, but
Speaker 1: probably that guy is not expected to beat him out.
Speaker 1: How to distribute the kicking a little bit more. But
Speaker 1: I know from inside the building that bringing rants like
Speaker 1: a pack was a surprisingly high priority for this team.
Speaker 1: So um, I think he's got it pretty much secured.
Speaker 1: And how many of these draft picks do you see
Speaker 1: having the chance to, you know, earn a helmet on
Speaker 1: game day, you know, actually not only make the roster,
Speaker 1: but but have a chance to be contributing on Sundays. Yeah,
Speaker 1: it's a little surprising to say this, but I think
Speaker 1: all se of them could make the fifty three man roster. Um.
Speaker 1: You know, obviously the day three guys once they're the
Speaker 1: biggest question marks. But I'll have potentially packed on special teams,
Speaker 1: and we're drafted with that in mind. So even if
Speaker 1: you don't see anything in training kept that makes you
Speaker 1: think they're going to start right away, if they are
Speaker 1: shining on special teams, they got a shot, and that
Speaker 1: also gives them a shot to be active on game days.
Speaker 1: So I don't think it's likely that Kyle Trask would
Speaker 1: be So maybe that's minus one there. And I think
Speaker 1: Robert Hainzi early in his career, he's probably he could
Speaker 1: be active because now you usually keep up eight offensive
Speaker 1: linemen as opposed to when you usually kept up seven before,
Speaker 1: because that allows you to keep up four or eight
Speaker 1: guys instead of forty seven on game day. Because otherwise,
Speaker 1: with the starting five intact and Aaron Stinney and j
Speaker 1: would probably be your your top reserves inside and outside,
Speaker 1: that doesn't really leave a spot. Robert Hainzy seemingly would
Speaker 1: have to beat one of those two guys out, but
Speaker 1: maybe he's active on game days, so you could have
Speaker 1: up to six of them, especially if Jalen Darden wins
Speaker 1: the punt return job. And then uh Mitch had asked
Speaker 1: which draft pick do you see having the most upside? Well,
Speaker 1: I mean, I'll do two answers here, because the obvious
Speaker 1: one is the first round pick, but that's probably too
Speaker 1: simple of an answer. He's probably looking for something else.
Speaker 1: But um, Joe try and has I think a lot
Speaker 1: to develop in terms of his pass rush moves with UM,
Speaker 1: you know, working with JPP and and UH and Shack
Speaker 1: Barrett and Casey Rodgers and Coach Low and everybody. UM,
Speaker 1: I think he's got a lot. You know, he's he
Speaker 1: made a big impact in college largely with his power moves.
Speaker 1: So if he could develop a bigger tools toolkit of
Speaker 1: pass rush moves, I think he has a capability to
Speaker 1: do so, then you could get a lot more out
Speaker 1: of him. But UM, to give a more comment, to
Speaker 1: give a less obvious answer, I might go with Jalen Darden. UM,
Speaker 1: just because it seems strange to pick a guy at
Speaker 1: a receiver at the receiver position when we have so
Speaker 1: many of them already were loaded there and it's hard
Speaker 1: to find targets. But as John spide Tek explained, Jalen
Speaker 1: Darden is a different sort of receiver than we have
Speaker 1: right now. You know, you you've got Scotty Miller, but
Speaker 1: he's more of a straight line, fast guy get down
Speaker 1: the field, whereas Jalen Darden really is fantastic. This is
Speaker 1: what John spider Tech loves by the most at getting
Speaker 1: the ball and hand and then making guys. Miss he
Speaker 1: told me right after the draft we drafted him that
Speaker 1: he could catch the ball near the sideline, have three
Speaker 1: defenders around him and somehow get away from And we
Speaker 1: don't have a guy exactly like that right now. And um,
Speaker 1: you know, he could really develop into something special down
Speaker 1: the road. I think I like that. Yeah, he's gonna
Speaker 1: be fun to watch. Um all right. Our next question
Speaker 1: was what type of rotation do you think the running
Speaker 1: backs will have with the addition of Giovanni Bernard. Yeah,
Speaker 1: that's a it's a little early to know the answer
Speaker 1: to that one. I don't mean that as a cop out,
Speaker 1: but you know, there's a lot of questions there because
Speaker 1: it was pretty clear for the majority of the season,
Speaker 1: for instance, that Ronald Jones was your number one back,
Speaker 1: and I think he got better results for most of
Speaker 1: the year than Leonard Fournette. But then after Leonard Fournette
Speaker 1: really came on at the end and in the playoffs,
Speaker 1: I'm even wondering how the distribution between those two. And
Speaker 1: then you know, after those two, there weren't a lot
Speaker 1: of snaps left for anybody else. I mean, Keishan Vinom
Speaker 1: every now and then got opportunities and Basically, Lashawn McCoy
Speaker 1: was hardly used after the first three or four weeks,
Speaker 1: so they're if they're gonna get to Giovanni Bernard and
Speaker 1: particularly his pass catching, that's gonna have to be distributed
Speaker 1: a little bit different. And I don't think we know
Speaker 1: the answer to that yet. I'd be surprised if the
Speaker 1: coaches know the answer to that yet. Okay, well, that's
Speaker 1: going to do it for us on this edition of
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Speaker 1: all those amazing questions as always, and we'll be back
Speaker 1: here next Wednesday morning again at ten am. So be
Speaker 1: thinking of all those other draft questions we weren't able
Speaker 1: to get to this morning, and we'll see you then.
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