WEBVTT - Bucs Insider Live, Sept. 18 0:00:08.160 --> 0:00:11.959 Welcome into Buccaneers Insider Live. Casey Phillips and Scott Smith here, 0:00:12.000 --> 0:00:14.440 and man, they're making our jobs easy these last couple 0:00:14.480 --> 0:00:17.360 of weeks. So many things to talking about, starting out 0:00:17.360 --> 0:00:21.239 to and know a division road win, beating the defending 0:00:21.280 --> 0:00:23.400 Super Bowl champs. I mean, this is just about as 0:00:23.440 --> 0:00:27.120 fun as a guest. I thought about having us both 0:00:27.160 --> 0:00:29.040 show up in the outfit, but I knew that we 0:00:29.080 --> 0:00:30.720 couldn't pull it off like he did. It would just 0:00:30.920 --> 0:00:32.840 the lack of the beard would be a problem. Yes, 0:00:32.960 --> 0:00:34.239 that is true. Going to give me, need to give 0:00:34.280 --> 0:00:35.600 me a couple of months to try to get Yeah, 0:00:35.920 --> 0:00:37.680 I mean I might need a little longer, but you 0:00:37.720 --> 0:00:40.200 never know. So yeah, I mean that was just so fun. 0:00:40.200 --> 0:00:42.200 And I know people probably have tons of thoughts, comments, 0:00:42.280 --> 0:00:44.240 questions about these games and the one coming up Monday 0:00:44.280 --> 0:00:46.680 Night Football. We're taking all of those on the Facebook page. 0:00:46.680 --> 0:00:48.560 The head over to the Buccaneers Facebook page. If that's 0:00:48.560 --> 0:00:51.760 not already where you're watching, comment underneath our live video, 0:00:51.880 --> 0:00:53.960 and that's where we will seales, questians and yeahs as 0:00:53.960 --> 0:00:57.120 those come in. Let's let's let's acknowledge it's only two games. 0:00:57.160 --> 0:00:59.680 We're not getting over excited we're not talking super comparently 0:00:59.720 --> 0:01:04.120 exact actually think the perfect amount of the extremely excited. 0:01:04.160 --> 0:01:05.880 I don't have to be one those people that stays humble, 0:01:05.959 --> 0:01:07.920 like to be ridiculous, but I mean, you don't want 0:01:07.920 --> 0:01:10.560 to make any assumptions based on two games. But but 0:01:10.600 --> 0:01:12.200 on the other hand, not only are we two and oh, 0:01:12.240 --> 0:01:15.040 it's such and such exciting fashion. Let's enjoy it whiles 0:01:15.160 --> 0:01:17.400 while it's happening. The Bucks have been to and O before, 0:01:17.920 --> 0:01:20.119 not since two thousand ten, but they did win ten 0:01:20.160 --> 0:01:22.720 games when that happens more often than not when they've 0:01:22.720 --> 0:01:25.000 started out to know, they've been in playoff contention. There's 0:01:25.040 --> 0:01:26.360 been a couple of seasons that sort of went off 0:01:26.360 --> 0:01:28.959 the rails after that. But it's happened eight times, which 0:01:29.080 --> 0:01:31.319 you'd like it to be a bigger number. But um, 0:01:31.400 --> 0:01:34.679 this is different. And I'll tell you why. The Buccaneers 0:01:34.760 --> 0:01:37.040 have never started a season two and oh with wins 0:01:37.080 --> 0:01:39.200 over two teams that were in the playoffs the previous year. 0:01:39.480 --> 0:01:41.640 They've never even started to and O with wins or 0:01:41.680 --> 0:01:44.640 two teams that were over five the year before. This 0:01:44.720 --> 0:01:47.800 is the best two games start in that regard in 0:01:47.880 --> 0:01:50.160 team history. I mean the Super Bowl season that that 0:01:50.160 --> 0:01:53.480 team actually lost their first game. Um, it was kind 0:01:53.480 --> 0:01:56.760 of flukey, but uh so there's a lot of reasons 0:01:56.760 --> 0:01:59.040 to feel good about this. And now you you you've 0:01:59.120 --> 0:02:01.160 made it through two thirds of what everybody considered to 0:02:01.200 --> 0:02:03.760 be a ridiculous opening season gauntlet, the in terms of 0:02:03.840 --> 0:02:06.000 number of wins, the hardest three games start any team 0:02:06.040 --> 0:02:08.480 has ever had. You are coming off a five and 0:02:08.520 --> 0:02:11.720 eleven season, and you have your starting quarterback suspended. It's 0:02:11.800 --> 0:02:14.320 understandable that people would think Bucks Are going to maybe 0:02:14.360 --> 0:02:16.320 struggle to get one winner at first three and then 0:02:16.639 --> 0:02:18.799 try to write theirselves and get back in the race. 0:02:19.000 --> 0:02:20.800 You're playing with house money now at two and oh, 0:02:20.880 --> 0:02:23.800 and now you're home against the Pittsburgh team that clearly 0:02:23.880 --> 0:02:26.560 is very good but also has looked vulnerable. I mean, 0:02:26.840 --> 0:02:29.600 I don't know. I don't really bet sports betting um 0:02:29.840 --> 0:02:32.480 NFL here that I don't really see, but it is true. 0:02:32.480 --> 0:02:34.919 I never we're not allowed. I took that gambling course 0:02:35.000 --> 0:02:38.160 last week. Yes, um, but I would imagine there's a 0:02:38.160 --> 0:02:40.320 shot that the Buccaneers would actually be favored in this game. 0:02:40.360 --> 0:02:41.760 And so if you're all of a sudden favor to 0:02:41.800 --> 0:02:45.560 go three and oh through that gauntlet, it'll be an 0:02:45.680 --> 0:02:49.040 opening season that everybody around here should be absolutely excited about. 0:02:49.040 --> 0:02:51.359 I mean, who could have seen this coming? Yeah, which 0:02:51.400 --> 0:02:52.960 I think is so incredible. And I think there is 0:02:53.000 --> 0:02:56.840 something to the idea of playing as underdogs that teams 0:02:56.840 --> 0:02:59.040 have always done well when people that when it feels 0:02:59.080 --> 0:03:01.000 like there's nothing to lose and you can just play 0:03:01.040 --> 0:03:03.120 so freely. And I feel like that's when a lot 0:03:03.160 --> 0:03:06.720 of big plays happen, is teams are just letting it fly, 0:03:06.760 --> 0:03:09.040 almost And I wonder how much of that just pours 0:03:09.080 --> 0:03:10.680 into this idea of the confidence that they've had of 0:03:10.720 --> 0:03:13.680 like why not us, you know one's better let go 0:03:14.240 --> 0:03:16.160 more concrete reason, I think we're getting all those big 0:03:16.200 --> 0:03:19.320 places that we have awesome players. Oh my gosh. Our 0:03:19.400 --> 0:03:23.040 offense just looks incredible, especially the past catchers I think overall, 0:03:23.080 --> 0:03:25.120 especially because we talk about wide receivers. But I want 0:03:25.160 --> 0:03:27.760 to hear your thoughts on past catchers overall. Do you 0:03:27.760 --> 0:03:30.200 think we have the best unit in the league? Yeah, well, 0:03:30.240 --> 0:03:33.680 I think you definitely would. It's gonna sound Homer's for 0:03:33.760 --> 0:03:36.400 us to say so, but I think it objectively, they 0:03:36.480 --> 0:03:38.240 have to at least be in the discussion for the 0:03:38.280 --> 0:03:41.080 best group of patis catchers, and I think it's probably 0:03:41.120 --> 0:03:44.480 the case, just top to bottom, so many weapons. One 0:03:44.520 --> 0:03:47.120 I'd like to talk about is Mike Evans. Now de 0:03:47.200 --> 0:03:50.520 Sean Jackson, understandably and for good reason, has been the 0:03:50.520 --> 0:03:52.400 biggest story of these first two games. He leads us 0:03:52.400 --> 0:03:55.600 in yards, he leaves us in touchdowns. Every pass we've 0:03:55.600 --> 0:03:59.120 thrown to him has been completed. He's averaging like thirty 0:03:59.280 --> 0:04:03.120 yards per catch and per target, which is incredible, right. 0:04:04.000 --> 0:04:08.200 But I discovered I discovered the statistic on NFL Jesus 0:04:08.320 --> 0:04:11.040 Uh yesterday and I talked about it on our podcast 0:04:11.400 --> 0:04:13.680 with Jeff Ryan Salty Dogs. But I know not every 0:04:13.680 --> 0:04:15.600 single person here is going to listen to that podcast, 0:04:15.600 --> 0:04:17.440 so I'm gonna throw it out here as well. It's 0:04:17.440 --> 0:04:20.880 called net yards over average, and if you could, it's 0:04:21.000 --> 0:04:23.800 kind of a complicated stat but if you're a hockey 0:04:23.800 --> 0:04:25.479 fan at all and you've heard of plus minus, you 0:04:25.480 --> 0:04:27.479 know what that means. So if you're on the ice 0:04:27.480 --> 0:04:29.640 school differential, and you know, if you're on the ice 0:04:29.640 --> 0:04:31.040 and your team scores more and you have a good 0:04:31.080 --> 0:04:34.080 plus minus means you're a good player. This is somewhat 0:04:34.120 --> 0:04:38.200 an NFL equivalent to that. They take um six years 0:04:38.200 --> 0:04:42.640 worth of outcomes every play of every game, and using that, 0:04:42.640 --> 0:04:44.440 they have an average of what you should expect on 0:04:44.440 --> 0:04:47.760 any given play like first and ten at the should 0:04:47.800 --> 0:04:50.080 get you five point nine yards or something like that. 0:04:50.600 --> 0:04:53.200 So if you get more than that or less than that, 0:04:53.200 --> 0:04:56.839 that impacts your differential. There your net you are differential, 0:04:56.839 --> 0:04:58.440 and if you're on the field, you get credit for that. 0:04:58.520 --> 0:05:01.159 Every player that is okay, Like the first play of 0:05:01.160 --> 0:05:03.760 the game, we were expecting to get about five yards 0:05:03.760 --> 0:05:05.279 and we got seventy five. So that's like a plus 0:05:05.279 --> 0:05:07.599 seventy for every player on the field. Right there, Mike 0:05:07.640 --> 0:05:10.800 Evans leads the entire NFL in net yards over average 0:05:10.839 --> 0:05:13.680 right now, the entire every position, every player. He is 0:05:13.760 --> 0:05:18.040 number one in both overall and per plays. Incredible. Now, 0:05:18.640 --> 0:05:20.320 all of our offenses up there, because the offense has 0:05:20.360 --> 0:05:26.160 been ridiculous. We have nine hundred fifty two or eighty 0:05:26.200 --> 0:05:28.760 two is something that yards, and we probably were expected 0:05:28.760 --> 0:05:30.560 to have about six or seven hundred at this point. 0:05:30.600 --> 0:05:33.320 So everybody's well over You see all our offensive lineman 0:05:33.720 --> 0:05:35.599 right there near the top. But Mike's even higher than 0:05:35.640 --> 0:05:37.520 that because he's not on for every single play. But 0:05:37.520 --> 0:05:40.400 when he's on there, we're averaging like twelve yards of play, 0:05:40.520 --> 0:05:43.679 which is insane. And and I'll give you a concrete 0:05:43.680 --> 0:05:46.080 example or a couple of them. The first touchdown to 0:05:46.120 --> 0:05:49.920 Deshaan Jackson in New Orleans. I think we already discussed this. Uh, 0:05:50.839 --> 0:05:53.400 the reason fits stairs at Mike Evans and the safety 0:05:53.440 --> 0:05:57.640 and another player go to him. That's why Deshawn's wide open. Okay, 0:05:57.920 --> 0:06:00.479 the threat of Mike Evans is hell being to Shawn 0:06:00.600 --> 0:06:03.840 Jackson on the seventy year touchdown. DeShawn said that the 0:06:04.279 --> 0:06:06.320 safety and top in center field left to go cover 0:06:06.400 --> 0:06:08.480 Mike Evans and that's why he was so wide open. 0:06:08.920 --> 0:06:12.080 So Mike Evans is impacting plays when he's thirty yards 0:06:12.080 --> 0:06:14.920 away from Paul. Wow, that's incredible. That's a great stadtar. 0:06:14.920 --> 0:06:16.400 It's what we've always talked about you with like Gerald 0:06:16.480 --> 0:06:19.840 McCoy and the idea of needing people around to distract 0:06:19.880 --> 0:06:21.359 every one. So now it seems like we have that 0:06:21.400 --> 0:06:24.160 on offense and defensive. Yeah, let's talk about that, which 0:06:24.200 --> 0:06:27.000 is huge. So yeah, the the defensive the first game 0:06:27.000 --> 0:06:29.200 was incredibly excited from an offensive samepoint, but the defensive 0:06:29.200 --> 0:06:31.920 said they don't want to be allowing in a game, 0:06:31.960 --> 0:06:33.760 and so what did you see from week one to 0:06:33.760 --> 0:06:35.599 week two that changed about Well, I'd like to address 0:06:35.600 --> 0:06:37.960 first your your very good point about Jerry McCoy um. 0:06:38.000 --> 0:06:40.640 That's why you bring in Jason Pierrele Pierre Paul, and 0:06:40.720 --> 0:06:43.000 Vinny Curry and and so on, and especially those two 0:06:43.000 --> 0:06:46.280 who are your new starting defensive ends. The passports has 0:06:46.279 --> 0:06:49.040 not been overwhelming so far. Four sacks or two games 0:06:49.000 --> 0:06:51.800 is good, but not awesome. But they did hit Nick 0:06:51.880 --> 0:06:53.840 Foles twelve times in that game, which is a lot. 0:06:54.080 --> 0:06:57.880 Jason Pierre Pierre Paul hit him four times. Okay, Curry 0:06:57.920 --> 0:07:00.479 and Pierre Paul, your two new starting ends already have 0:07:00.560 --> 0:07:03.159 one sack each. Again, that's not overwhelming, but it's a 0:07:03.240 --> 0:07:05.440 really encouraging start because I went back and looked at it. 0:07:05.600 --> 0:07:07.440 You know, in the last time, both of our opening 0:07:07.480 --> 0:07:10.360 day starting defensive ends already had at least one full 0:07:10.360 --> 0:07:14.360 sack just two games in the season. One wow, Marcus 0:07:14.440 --> 0:07:17.640 Jones and Simeon Rice, which not bad company. We've been 0:07:17.680 --> 0:07:20.920 looking for something productive on the on the edges for 0:07:20.960 --> 0:07:23.280 a long time, even put some draft picks into a 0:07:23.280 --> 0:07:25.640 lot of free agent signings, and nothing's really turned out. 0:07:25.880 --> 0:07:28.559 Two games doesn't prove anything, but it's a really encouraging start. 0:07:28.680 --> 0:07:30.520 That's huge. I love that idea. And so do you 0:07:30.520 --> 0:07:32.680 feel like this is something that you see the defensive 0:07:32.760 --> 0:07:34.240 all even though there have been some injuries. We haven't 0:07:34.240 --> 0:07:36.520 seen Burnton Grimes yet. We know we've lost Vernon Hargraves. 0:07:36.520 --> 0:07:38.400 For a while that there there was concern of what 0:07:38.520 --> 0:07:41.080 is this defense going to look like with some pieces missing? 0:07:41.120 --> 0:07:43.480 Do you still think we don't know the injury situation yet? 0:07:43.520 --> 0:07:46.360 We don't have an injury report until tomorrow or actually 0:07:46.400 --> 0:07:50.040 maybe Thursday. Yeah, I forget that it would be Thursday. Um, 0:07:50.080 --> 0:07:51.880 so what are your thoughts on this defense overall and 0:07:51.920 --> 0:07:53.640 what they might be able to do on Monday, not 0:07:53.720 --> 0:07:55.640 knowing for sure who else healthy. You know, they still 0:07:55.680 --> 0:07:59.840 gave up four something yards to the Eagles, and that's 0:07:59.840 --> 0:08:06.440 not ideal. But nowadays yards aren't really as great of 0:08:06.480 --> 0:08:08.640 a measuring stick as they used to be. Everybody's putting 0:08:08.680 --> 0:08:10.400 up huge amount of yards. I mean, when the Buccaneers 0:08:10.400 --> 0:08:12.280 had that great defense that won the Super Bowl, they 0:08:12.280 --> 0:08:14.960 gave up like two twenty five yards a game that 0:08:14.960 --> 0:08:17.120 that would be unheard of. Now, even the best defenses 0:08:17.080 --> 0:08:19.760 they're giving up like I looked at the Eagles had 0:08:20.080 --> 0:08:21.680 a very good defense last year, and they gave up 0:08:21.680 --> 0:08:23.960 like three and forty yards a game. I mean, and 0:08:24.040 --> 0:08:26.800 we're playing from behind. You're gonna be trying to that 0:08:26.840 --> 0:08:28.680 as well. And so it actually you can see that 0:08:28.720 --> 0:08:30.280 a team gives up a lot, but they might be 0:08:30.280 --> 0:08:32.800 because they were winning by so much. And that's exactly 0:08:32.840 --> 0:08:35.800 what happened in that Philadelphia game. In particular, New Orleans, 0:08:35.840 --> 0:08:38.960 they did do a lot in the Philly game up six. 0:08:39.120 --> 0:08:43.719 The defense made a lot of good plays early on seven, right, 0:08:43.880 --> 0:08:46.320 and then they did as you said, we're trying to 0:08:46.320 --> 0:08:48.200 protect a lead, we're running the clock, we're giving the 0:08:48.200 --> 0:08:50.440 ball back to them. They had like thirty six minutes 0:08:50.480 --> 0:08:53.360 of time of possession compared to ours because we kept 0:08:53.400 --> 0:08:55.640 hitting big touchdowns and then otherwise we had a lot 0:08:55.640 --> 0:08:58.920 of three and ounce when we're trying to round the clock. Um, 0:08:58.960 --> 0:09:00.440 so you give up a lot of arts. But think 0:09:00.440 --> 0:09:02.720 about it. We give up twenty one points, which isn't terrible. 0:09:02.840 --> 0:09:05.480 And the last seven lose was on the insane fourth 0:09:05.480 --> 0:09:07.480 down pass. I still can't believe Nick Foles got that 0:09:07.520 --> 0:09:09.160 ball in there. I mean, sometimes you have to give 0:09:09.200 --> 0:09:11.600 the other team credit from making a ridiculous place. But 0:09:11.679 --> 0:09:14.080 before that happened, the books made the Eagles take like 0:09:14.200 --> 0:09:17.040 seven plays from about the fifteen yard line in they 0:09:17.040 --> 0:09:19.760 made a bunch of stops before that fourth down play, 0:09:20.120 --> 0:09:22.160 and what that did was it ran like two or 0:09:22.200 --> 0:09:23.880 three more minutes off the clock, which ended up being 0:09:23.880 --> 0:09:28.520 crucial at the end. So it's about making some big plays. 0:09:28.559 --> 0:09:31.480 The quant Alexander strip sack, the Levante David stop on 0:09:31.520 --> 0:09:34.400 fourth down on Zack Arts, you've gotta make some big plays, 0:09:34.440 --> 0:09:37.880 justin Evans where he almost got killed making that diving breakup, 0:09:37.920 --> 0:09:39.880 and and the pass rush has been great on that play. 0:09:40.160 --> 0:09:43.040 So I think it's still reasonably be concerned about this 0:09:43.080 --> 0:09:46.400 secondary because you have such young guys getting so many snaps. 0:09:46.600 --> 0:09:48.080 But if they can continue to get the kind of 0:09:48.080 --> 0:09:50.679 pressure they got against Philadelphia, it will make it possible 0:09:50.720 --> 0:09:52.560 for those guys to make some plays when we really 0:09:52.559 --> 0:09:54.360 need it. Yeah, that's a great point. And of course 0:09:54.720 --> 0:09:57.360 I just love that fitz Magic has been such a 0:09:57.400 --> 0:09:59.640 thing this week, even national news. We saw him on 0:09:59.640 --> 0:10:01.800 the damp Patrick Show earlier today and it's just been 0:10:01.840 --> 0:10:03.439 so fun. I didn't see it. Did he have the 0:10:03.520 --> 0:10:05.600 offit on? It was on the phone, so you never know. 0:10:05.600 --> 0:10:07.120 Maybe he's just wearing it all the time. Now, he 0:10:07.200 --> 0:10:09.719 did say that he hopes people are not expecting him 0:10:10.000 --> 0:10:11.440 to do it all the time. And he was like 0:10:11.440 --> 0:10:14.360 that that was a one time thing. And Newton comes 0:10:14.360 --> 0:10:16.719 out in a kind of a crazy outfit almost every prison, right, 0:10:16.760 --> 0:10:18.480 so I think he was trying to make sure he 0:10:18.520 --> 0:10:21.880 tempered everyone's expectations of this. This was a one time 0:10:21.960 --> 0:10:25.080 spur at the moment, no planning involved thing. Um, but 0:10:25.240 --> 0:10:27.920 I just want to hear your thoughts on why you 0:10:27.960 --> 0:10:30.800 think fits his plates well and how sustainable is it, 0:10:30.800 --> 0:10:32.839 because that's the question everyone has is how long can 0:10:32.880 --> 0:10:35.079 they continue to do this well? And that's the million 0:10:35.080 --> 0:10:37.800 dollar question because before long we're gonna have the elephant 0:10:37.840 --> 0:10:40.440 in the room when Jameis winston suspension is over, and 0:10:40.800 --> 0:10:42.760 you know who's going to be the starter for the 0:10:42.800 --> 0:10:45.360 bulk of the season. To this point, of course, and 0:10:45.440 --> 0:10:47.959 for a reason, for good reason, coach Cutter said, that's 0:10:47.960 --> 0:10:50.400 not an issue for us to be discussing right now, 0:10:50.520 --> 0:10:52.520 right where you need to be discussing Pittsburgh right now, 0:10:52.520 --> 0:10:55.439 and we'll see what happens. So, um, I lost my 0:10:55.480 --> 0:10:57.080 train thought. What was the original part of how long 0:10:57.120 --> 0:11:01.360 do you think Fitzpatrick? There's reasonably there's reason to believe 0:11:02.240 --> 0:11:04.360 he could sustain this. And one of those reasons, as 0:11:04.400 --> 0:11:07.920 Coach Cutter pointed out after praising um Fitzpatrick for a 0:11:08.000 --> 0:11:09.680 number of reasons, saying, and of course look at the 0:11:09.720 --> 0:11:12.040 cast around him. The offensive line is playing great in 0:11:12.040 --> 0:11:14.600 front of him, and he's got all these fantastic playmakers. 0:11:15.160 --> 0:11:16.760 You know, that really helps, and so it would be 0:11:16.760 --> 0:11:19.880 reasonable for somebody who would be on the jamis should 0:11:19.920 --> 0:11:23.040 be starting side to say he's going to have access 0:11:23.080 --> 0:11:26.719 to the same weapons. But your simple question of can 0:11:26.800 --> 0:11:29.240 fits keep it going? I think he can because as 0:11:29.360 --> 0:11:31.600 again as Coach Cutters pointed out on several occasions, this 0:11:31.640 --> 0:11:33.880 didn't come out of the blue. He's had big games 0:11:33.920 --> 0:11:37.160 like this. There's a chance he wins NFC Offensive Player 0:11:37.160 --> 0:11:39.720 of the Week again this year this week because Patrick 0:11:39.760 --> 0:11:41.640 Mahomes is in the a f C. So he's certainly 0:11:41.679 --> 0:11:44.080 got a good shot, maybe Matt Ryan, but if he does, 0:11:44.120 --> 0:11:46.800 that'll be his sixth seventh of RAW, but his sixth 0:11:47.240 --> 0:11:49.840 since two thousan fourteen, and the only guys who would 0:11:49.840 --> 0:11:52.120 have more in that span are Aaron Rodgers with eight 0:11:52.640 --> 0:11:55.880 and another quarterback who's like Tom Brady or somebody has seven. 0:11:56.120 --> 0:11:59.720 I mean he's capable of these big games and not 0:11:59.840 --> 0:12:01.760 just once or twice, right, you know, Yeah, that's a 0:12:01.760 --> 0:12:04.719 great point um And he's had such success in the 0:12:04.720 --> 0:12:07.400 passing game. Do you think is that the running game 0:12:07.720 --> 0:12:10.559 has not been as prolific, but it seems like it's 0:12:10.559 --> 0:12:13.040 been what you needed it to be. So which do 0:12:13.080 --> 0:12:14.640 you think kind of came first? Is that the running 0:12:14.640 --> 0:12:16.760 game just hasn't been as necessary when they're throwing these 0:12:17.000 --> 0:12:19.720 seventy five yard bombs, or are they throwing the seventy 0:12:19.720 --> 0:12:22.320 five yard bombs because the running game isn't there. You know, 0:12:22.360 --> 0:12:24.959 everybody wants a balance attack, as coach Cutter will say, 0:12:25.000 --> 0:12:27.040 that's the hardest type of attack to defend. But he 0:12:27.200 --> 0:12:30.080 also says, you know, when something's working, you stick with it. 0:12:30.080 --> 0:12:32.120 I don't care how we get four dred yards. If 0:12:32.120 --> 0:12:34.160 we have to throw it on every play, then we will. 0:12:34.640 --> 0:12:36.760 And it's just been working, So why would you go 0:12:36.800 --> 0:12:39.800 away from it? I think there's enough of a threat 0:12:39.840 --> 0:12:42.520 of the run that play action works. The very first 0:12:42.520 --> 0:12:45.440 play of the game that the seventy touchdown, we lined 0:12:45.480 --> 0:12:48.000 up in a regular eye with Alan crosses the fullback 0:12:48.040 --> 0:12:50.880 and and just two receivers and tighten. Just a total 0:12:51.440 --> 0:12:56.320 normal first down in formation that looks probably like it's 0:12:56.320 --> 0:12:57.880 probably gonna be a run. A lot of teams run 0:12:57.880 --> 0:12:59.880 out of that on first and tent and play act 0:13:00.000 --> 0:13:03.559 in and touchdown right, and we we us that this 0:13:03.600 --> 0:13:06.200 is just what I remember. But I remember seeing that 0:13:06.240 --> 0:13:08.200 formation on the field at least three times, and every 0:13:08.200 --> 0:13:10.800 time I can recall, it was a pass. So there's 0:13:10.920 --> 0:13:13.280 enough of a threat of the of the running game 0:13:13.320 --> 0:13:15.480 to at least give your play action some bite. But no, 0:13:15.840 --> 0:13:17.640 it's not where it needs to be yet. And then 0:13:18.160 --> 0:13:20.920 linebackers is I realized a position we've not talked a 0:13:20.920 --> 0:13:22.600 whole lot about. We've got a lot of attention to 0:13:23.120 --> 0:13:25.079 the pass words, the defensive line overall, and the new 0:13:25.080 --> 0:13:27.040 look at has the injuries because of the secondary who 0:13:27.040 --> 0:13:28.560 has had to step up. We haven't talked a lot 0:13:28.600 --> 0:13:30.360 about the linebacker for I wanted to hear your thoughts 0:13:30.360 --> 0:13:32.440 on the first couple of games, and we didn't have 0:13:32.520 --> 0:13:33.959 kindle back with and what that was gonna look like. 0:13:34.000 --> 0:13:35.600 So what have you been to your thoughts on them? Well, 0:13:35.640 --> 0:13:38.120 I'd say the reason we're not talking about them it's because, 0:13:38.840 --> 0:13:41.240 like we said leading into the season, you've got this 0:13:41.400 --> 0:13:44.040 new look defensive line. You're gonna talk about that a lot. 0:13:44.240 --> 0:13:46.560 You've got issues in the secondary and some young guys there. 0:13:47.400 --> 0:13:50.040 The linebackers are you know what you got? Levante David 0:13:50.080 --> 0:13:53.200 and Kuanaxander are legitimate star linebackers. And to have both 0:13:53.200 --> 0:13:55.599 those guys running around, they're always on the field for 0:13:55.640 --> 0:13:58.760 every play because they're your nickel package as well. I 0:13:58.800 --> 0:14:01.760 don't personally were call a ton of plays that a 0:14:01.880 --> 0:14:04.360 Darius Taylor has made. He's not on the field as much, 0:14:04.480 --> 0:14:07.600 But I don't recall big breakdowns either. I don't know 0:14:07.600 --> 0:14:10.360 if you do. And Lavante and quin have already made 0:14:10.400 --> 0:14:14.720 some big plays, like a referenced earlier. They the big 0:14:14.720 --> 0:14:17.280 tackle on zach ERT's on fourth and a couple of yards. 0:14:17.520 --> 0:14:20.440 I mean, this is this is vintage what Philadelphia does. 0:14:20.520 --> 0:14:23.600 They put most of their players on one side of 0:14:23.640 --> 0:14:25.600 the offense, and then they split zach Arts on the 0:14:25.600 --> 0:14:27.480 other side, and they work it so that he is 0:14:27.560 --> 0:14:30.080 one on one with whatever you decide to put over there. 0:14:30.080 --> 0:14:32.280 And sometimes it's a safety in the Buck's case. In 0:14:32.320 --> 0:14:34.960 at least this case, they had Levante on him. That's 0:14:35.000 --> 0:14:39.840 just man demand coverage. So zach Ertz runs a pivot, 0:14:39.960 --> 0:14:41.840 which is a tough route to cover, because the first 0:14:41.840 --> 0:14:43.920 thing you're worried about is what we did when we 0:14:43.960 --> 0:14:47.440 needed the first down on third down, the slant um 0:14:47.520 --> 0:14:49.640 Mike Evans. That's the first thing you worry about is defender. 0:14:49.680 --> 0:14:51.800 You don't want to get that quick slant. So a 0:14:51.920 --> 0:14:54.360 pivot starts, isn't in and then they pivot and go out. 0:14:54.680 --> 0:14:57.200 It's a tough route to cover. And indeed he ran 0:14:57.200 --> 0:14:58.880 it well. The pass was right on the money, but 0:14:58.960 --> 0:15:01.200 Lavante's coverage was good enough that he was there to 0:15:01.240 --> 0:15:02.720 make the tackle and stop him like a yard and 0:15:02.720 --> 0:15:05.320 a half short. So that's a great play by Lavante. David, 0:15:05.400 --> 0:15:06.880 that's huge. I love it all right. Well, we hope 0:15:06.920 --> 0:15:09.760 to see all of you guys out there Monday night football. 0:15:09.840 --> 0:15:11.520 We need everyone out. The Ring of Honor for Tony 0:15:11.560 --> 0:15:13.600 Dungeon is going to be so fun as well. Thanks 0:15:13.600 --> 0:15:15.280 as always for joining us and we'll see you back 0:15:15.280 --> 0:15:15.920 here next week.