Speaker 1: Good morning, Good morning Bucks fans. How's everybody doing. It
Speaker 1: is Wednesday, which means it is time for Buccaneers Insider Live,
Speaker 1: presented by Miller like Casey Phillips here with Scott Smith,
Speaker 1: and this of course is where we answer all of
Speaker 1: your buccaneer questions, So put all of those in the
Speaker 1: comment section underneath the Facebook Live video. That's where we'll
Speaker 1: get to those. Of course, what we give people a
Speaker 1: chance to submit those, and of course we also love
Speaker 1: hearing where you're watching from. That's always really fun. Um
Speaker 1: as we give people a chance to do that. Figured
Speaker 1: we'd start with the COVID news and how this is
Speaker 1: going to affect our Special Teams units. So tell us
Speaker 1: at this point what we know and what some of
Speaker 1: the potential options might be for the game. Yeah, that
Speaker 1: was sobering news yesterday. Um. Obviously your first concern is
Speaker 1: for the health of all those guys, although the first
Speaker 1: thing to understand is teams are not allowed to say
Speaker 1: whether guys go on that list because they have tested
Speaker 1: positive or because they have been in proximity with someone
Speaker 1: who has, so we don't at this moment know whether
Speaker 1: Bradley Pinion, Ryan Suck Up or Zach Trner what the
Speaker 1: reasons for all three of those are for going on
Speaker 1: the list, and it could all three of them could
Speaker 1: be a proximity issue, or it could be one of
Speaker 1: them is positive and the other two were in proximity
Speaker 1: to him, similar to what happened with the Broncos quarterbacks
Speaker 1: quarterbacks room a few weeks ago. Um. So we won't
Speaker 1: know for a little while, and I imagine all that
Speaker 1: information will eventually be clarified, but we won't know for
Speaker 1: a little while exactly who's who on that and who
Speaker 1: might be available on Sunday. But what the Buccaneers will
Speaker 1: do and are in the process of doing, is bringing
Speaker 1: in replacements for all three of them. You do have
Speaker 1: a kicker on the practice squad that that they've been
Speaker 1: carrying for this exact reason, named Gregg Joseph, and they've
Speaker 1: using one of their protection options on him every single
Speaker 1: week just because if this would have happened later in
Speaker 1: the week, there will be no chance of that kicker
Speaker 1: being ready on Sunday. So having one in the building
Speaker 1: is the only way you'd have a kicker available on
Speaker 1: game day. So Greg Joseph is there. But the Buccaneers
Speaker 1: will probably sign another kicker just in case something makes
Speaker 1: Greg Joseph unavailable light in the week. So, uh, the
Speaker 1: Buccaneers have not They don't really announce their visits and tryouts,
Speaker 1: so we're not going to name names here, but it's
Speaker 1: out there, of course, and they've already been I you know,
Speaker 1: as soon as they got this news, they obviously started
Speaker 1: looking for potential fill ins. And since it happened on Tuesday,
Speaker 1: there is a window for them to have replacements in
Speaker 1: place in time for Sunday's game. But I know there
Speaker 1: are always guys on the team that are trained to
Speaker 1: be a backup long snapper. So what what do you
Speaker 1: think the odds? And then you know, with with hunting, kicking,
Speaker 1: long snapping, those are sort of unique positions compared to
Speaker 1: everything else on the team. So what are some potential
Speaker 1: ways you try to fill that gap if it's is it?
Speaker 1: Do you think all of them is going to be
Speaker 1: a direct replacement with someone new? Do you think you
Speaker 1: have guys on the team you try to use. Yeah,
Speaker 1: you always have at least one person who's not a
Speaker 1: long snapper but is at least functional at it, that
Speaker 1: practices it. But the reason for that is if something
Speaker 1: happens to your long snapper in a game, that guy.
Speaker 1: You've seen those guys warm up and practice, haven't you, Casey?
Speaker 1: At practice, they're better than you and me and everybody
Speaker 1: else on the team other than the real long snapper,
Speaker 1: but they're usually not very good compared to an actual
Speaker 1: long snapper. So you would, I'm pretty sure you'd bring
Speaker 1: in a guy who has approven long snapper in this
Speaker 1: league rather than use your your emergency replacement, as long
Speaker 1: as you have the time to get him in and
Speaker 1: it it appears as if we do. And also, your
Speaker 1: kicker can usually point in an emergency, and your punter
Speaker 1: can usually kick in an emergency. As a matter of fact,
Speaker 1: when we were preparing for one of our pregame shows
Speaker 1: recently at Stadium, we saw Bradley Opinion trying some field goals. So, um,
Speaker 1: that's always an option in a game, but if you
Speaker 1: have time, you try to find actual replacements who play
Speaker 1: those positions, right, That makes complete sense. Um. We also
Speaker 1: were talking about Um in terms of replacements and who's
Speaker 1: gonna be available and not. We don't really know what
Speaker 1: the situation is with Rojoe at this point. We know
Speaker 1: that he Um has had too. He's had a finger
Speaker 1: injury and now we know that unfortunately kind of sounds
Speaker 1: a lot like Chris Godwin's and the need for a
Speaker 1: pin to be put in there. So what do we
Speaker 1: know about the timing of this and what this could mean?
Speaker 1: And again same thing options if if he's not available,
Speaker 1: what that could look like and how that will affect
Speaker 1: the offense. Yeah, and then Godwin I believe, missed one
Speaker 1: game and then he came back and he played with
Speaker 1: a brace on his hand and with the pins in
Speaker 1: there for like three games I think, and played well.
Speaker 1: I didn't didn't really hold him back. But of course
Speaker 1: we know how tough Godwin is. This first time we've
Speaker 1: really had this kind of situation with Ronald Jones. I mean,
Speaker 1: all these guys are tough, obviously, but we'll see if
Speaker 1: he can play with something on his hand. Uh, And
Speaker 1: it made an issue, I'm not but the obviously your
Speaker 1: your depth chart is still pretty strong at running back.
Speaker 1: We didn't even use Leonard four Nette last week and
Speaker 1: after the game, I mean he was inactive and after
Speaker 1: the game head coach Bruziian said that had nothing to
Speaker 1: do with Leonard four Net Where you still really like him,
Speaker 1: So you got Leonard from that, you've got um Lashawn McCoy,
Speaker 1: who showed that he's got fresh legs and can still
Speaker 1: do some things. And you have the rookie Keyshawn Vaughn,
Speaker 1: who hasn't had much of an opportunity yet but would
Speaker 1: probably be much more in the mix if Ronald Jones
Speaker 1: wasn't available, but let's be clear, it would be it
Speaker 1: would be a significant absence for the Bucks because he's
Speaker 1: playing very very well right now. Actually all season, he's
Speaker 1: played very well, and and you know, just from a
Speaker 1: personal standpoint, I'd like to see him get as much
Speaker 1: playing time as possible because he's at nine hundred yards
Speaker 1: and I know he's he's admitted that the thousand yards
Speaker 1: is a goal for him, so you want him to
Speaker 1: get that well. And that actually is a perfect segue
Speaker 1: to our first question we had, which was about Mike
Speaker 1: Evans and his quest for thousand yard seasons. So maybe
Speaker 1: for people who don't know, explain the significance of what
Speaker 1: a thousand yards season would mean for Mike this year,
Speaker 1: and then what do you think the odds are that
Speaker 1: he could get there? Looking at how many games we
Speaker 1: have left? Yeah, Mike Evans is the only only player
Speaker 1: other than Randy Moss to start his career with six
Speaker 1: straight one thousand yard receiving seasons, which is obviously an
Speaker 1: incredible accomplishment, and since Randy Moss didn't get it in
Speaker 1: his seventh year, uh, Mike had a chance to be
Speaker 1: the first player ever to do it seven years in
Speaker 1: a row. And he still does have that chance, but
Speaker 1: it's getting to be more and more of a long shot.
Speaker 1: I believe he had about fifty six yards in the
Speaker 1: last game, and going into these last four games, he
Speaker 1: needed an average close to a hundred yards of games.
Speaker 1: So now his average has to go up even a
Speaker 1: little more than that. So for it to even be
Speaker 1: a possibility, I think Mike's gonna have one of those
Speaker 1: crazy games where it has two hund yards or something
Speaker 1: like that. And that just doesn't seem to be the
Speaker 1: way our offense operates this year. As as a couple
Speaker 1: of guys were saying this week, you just have to
Speaker 1: understand that the ball is getting spread around and and
Speaker 1: some people are not having the numbers that they normally have.
Speaker 1: But as long as the offense works, everybody's happy with that.
Speaker 1: And let's keep in mind that Mike Evans has eleven
Speaker 1: touchdown catches, so it's been a very good year for him,
Speaker 1: and hopefully he can still break his own record in
Speaker 1: that regard, which is just twelve. So it's been a
Speaker 1: good year. In a perfect world, Mike would get that record.
Speaker 1: But I'd be willing to bet he doesn't care that
Speaker 1: much compared to playing in the playoffs for the first time. Yeah,
Speaker 1: and at least he did get to tie Randy Moss.
Speaker 1: I mean, I know that's a guy that he really
Speaker 1: looked up to, you know when he That's who he
Speaker 1: was watching as a kid and all of that. So
Speaker 1: that at least for him to just be alone with
Speaker 1: Randy Moss, I think he's probably plenty happy, good, very good.
Speaker 1: Um Edward had asked, do you know if Jamal Dean
Speaker 1: will be back? No, we don't, because we don't. This
Speaker 1: is what we run into with this show. Every week.
Speaker 1: It's on the morning of the day we get our
Speaker 1: first injury reports. So, um, now it's a little tiar
Speaker 1: early to know that. Um he was he wasn't out
Speaker 1: going into the weekend last week. He was doubtful, which
Speaker 1: means they held out some hope that by Sunday, his
Speaker 1: groin injury wouldn't be bad enough and he'd be able
Speaker 1: to play. So to me, that's a pretty good sign
Speaker 1: that he'll start this week with a chance to come back. Okay,
Speaker 1: that's good to know. Um. Daniel had asked, do you
Speaker 1: think Tristan Worths and Antoine Winfield will get awards for
Speaker 1: their rookie season play in offense and Defensive Rookies of
Speaker 1: the Year. Uh, Antoine went Field, I don't think he
Speaker 1: has a shot at Defensive Rookie of the Year because
Speaker 1: Chase Young probably went into it as the favorite and
Speaker 1: has had a phenomenal season, and guys that get sacks
Speaker 1: are going to be looked at first for that award,
Speaker 1: Um and then but I mean they always do these
Speaker 1: various publications and organizations do all rookie teams, and I
Speaker 1: think he's got an excellent chance to be a first
Speaker 1: team All Rookie team guy. Uh, Tristan worse You know,
Speaker 1: he's probably pretty deserving. Come you know, he probably should
Speaker 1: be in the discussion for Offensive Rookie the Year. And
Speaker 1: I'd have to look at it. I don't think you
Speaker 1: want me to pull out the NFL Record and fact guide,
Speaker 1: right now, but I'd be willing to bet that that
Speaker 1: is a rare occurrence for an offensive lineman to win
Speaker 1: that award. If any running back or any oh, I'll
Speaker 1: justin Jefferson in Minnesota. I mean, he's having an incredible year.
Speaker 1: Any running back or a receiver putting up big numbers,
Speaker 1: or a quarterback, obviously, um is going to is gonna
Speaker 1: run away with that. Wards he got Justin Herbert in
Speaker 1: uh In in Los Angeles for the orders. So again,
Speaker 1: Tristan Worst will almost certainly be on that All Rookie team, which,
Speaker 1: if you think about it, is a pretty big accomplishment
Speaker 1: because there were those four highly thought of blue chip
Speaker 1: offensive tackles available in the draft, and he was the
Speaker 1: fourth one selected, and I'd be willing to bet he'd
Speaker 1: beat on all the other three to be if the
Speaker 1: first guy inline and for that All Rookie team. That's
Speaker 1: so true, and I mean that just means it speaks
Speaker 1: volumes to the value that we were able to get
Speaker 1: from him in that to to be the fourth tackle
Speaker 1: selected and to still feel like he was, He's the
Speaker 1: one you'd want to pick even if you had the
Speaker 1: first shot at all those guys. Yeah, that's pretty incredible. Um.
Speaker 1: And on that line of rookies, Mitchet asked, which rookie
Speaker 1: has surprised you the most, Well, Um, probably Tristan Worse.
Speaker 1: And you know, I have to clarify saying it's not
Speaker 1: like I thought Tristan Worth was gonna be bad. I
Speaker 1: think I probably sent her on these shows early in
Speaker 1: the season that as good as Tristan Worst is probably
Speaker 1: gonna be in the NFL, rookie tackles can go through
Speaker 1: some struggles. I mean, you look at see what's happening
Speaker 1: with Andrew Thomas with the Giants, who's definitely had some
Speaker 1: struggles up there, and he was the fourth pick taken overall.
Speaker 1: That doesn't mean Andrew Thomas is a bad player and
Speaker 1: or that he's not gonna be a long time stud
Speaker 1: for the Giants. But it's tough transitioning to the NFL
Speaker 1: and playing offensive tackle because there are so many good
Speaker 1: edge rushers in this league and they're not just all
Speaker 1: rushing around left tackle anymore. The right tackle has to
Speaker 1: face tons of really good pass rushers. And Bruce Arians
Speaker 1: himself said, we're not surprised at how well he has
Speaker 1: run blocked. We knew from his tape at Iowa that
Speaker 1: he was going to be a pretty dominant run blocker,
Speaker 1: but the fact that he's played so well in pass
Speaker 1: protection is of play well, but not this well. I mean,
Speaker 1: coach Arians thinks he's playing at a pro Bowl level
Speaker 1: and it's hard to argue with. So it's probably him
Speaker 1: because only really him and and uh and Antoine Winfield
Speaker 1: have played a time among the rookies, So it's really
Speaker 1: gotta be one of those two. Yeah, that's true. Um, East,
Speaker 1: I asked, who's your m v P on offense and
Speaker 1: deep and so far this season? Well, since it's been
Speaker 1: such a sort of a thing by committee among the
Speaker 1: past catchers, it's hard to pick just one out of that.
Speaker 1: And uh, you know, the running back has been good,
Speaker 1: but our running back, our running game hasn't been awesome. Uh,
Speaker 1: it's kind of gonna seem like an obvious answer. But
Speaker 1: Tom Brady, you know, thirty touchdown passes if you think
Speaker 1: about it. Bruce Arians said during the off season when
Speaker 1: we were making this dramatic move at quarterback, and even
Speaker 1: before that that turnovers were the real problem that kept
Speaker 1: the Bucks seven and nine instead of in the playoff hunt. Uh,
Speaker 1: Tom Brady has a very good shot of breaking Jameis
Speaker 1: Winston's touchdown record from last year, which was thirty three.
Speaker 1: He's got thirty with three games to go. But while
Speaker 1: we had thirty interceptions last year, we have eleven this year,
Speaker 1: and I think that's probably more than the Bucks and
Speaker 1: Tom expected for him to throw this year, but it's
Speaker 1: still a heck of a lot better than last year.
Speaker 1: So when you think about it, that's the biggest change
Speaker 1: for this team, and and just his le dership and everything.
Speaker 1: I think it has to be Tom Brady defense. I
Speaker 1: just think Lavonte David has done at all. I mean,
Speaker 1: I love our edge rushers. Devin Whites had a great year,
Speaker 1: Carlton Davis has been very very good. But if I
Speaker 1: have to pick one, I'm going with Lavonte. Yeah, I mean,
Speaker 1: you can't go wrong with Lavonte, which is perfect because
Speaker 1: then that also means we can shout him out that
Speaker 1: he is a finalist for the Art Rooney Sportsmanship Award.
Speaker 1: He's in the top eight um, so that I thought
Speaker 1: was really exciting and something he's very very deserving of
Speaker 1: on off the field, all of those things. So it's
Speaker 1: been cool to get to watch us get to honor
Speaker 1: Mike Evans for his Walter Payton May of the Year
Speaker 1: and Lavonte for the you Know Sports and Ship Award
Speaker 1: of just we talked so much about their on field accomplishments,
Speaker 1: but this locker room is just so full of really
Speaker 1: great guys that do it the right way, which makes
Speaker 1: it even more fun to root for them that you
Speaker 1: know you're you're believing in who they are as people too. Yeah.
Speaker 1: I don't think we've had a finalist before. I mean,
Speaker 1: I think every team has a nominee every year, but
Speaker 1: I think this is our first finalists. So that's that's great.
Speaker 1: Maybe A'll win. Yeah, that is pretty incredible. All right, Well,
Speaker 1: that's gonna do it for us on this edition of
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Speaker 1: for joining us, Thanks for those great questions, and we'll
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