WEBVTT - Who Will Re-Sign with the Bucs Following Brady's Return? | Bucs Insider

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome into a special Buccaneers Insider Live presented by Miller.

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<v Speaker 1>Like Casey Phillips, here was senior writer and editor Scott Smith,

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<v Speaker 1>and it might as well be called Brady Insider Live

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<v Speaker 1>because that is what we are here to talk about. Nos,

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<v Speaker 1>not a dream. No, you did not make this up.

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<v Speaker 1>Tom Brady announced he is officially unretiring after a long

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know, forty one forty two days stint. I

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<v Speaker 1>don't know about you, but I was having a pretty

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<v Speaker 1>chill Sunday there for a while. Yeah. Why did we

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<v Speaker 1>think that was an option in the middle of Marge,

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know. And so here it is. This is

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<v Speaker 1>his message that he sent out saying that he is

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<v Speaker 1>officially coming back. So we are here to talk about

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<v Speaker 1>what that means for this franchise, aside from the fact

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<v Speaker 1>of a lot of excitement for Bucks fans, the Bucks organization.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, we have just seen the impact he has

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<v Speaker 1>had on this team, on this city. So first I'd

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<v Speaker 1>love to hear your reaction to seeing that he was

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<v Speaker 1>back in your chill Sunday, What that was like to

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<v Speaker 1>see that he was officially that had to be the biggest,

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<v Speaker 1>absolute lack of roster move that the franchise has ever had,

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<v Speaker 1>because there really was no move when he elected to

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<v Speaker 1>retire about a month and a half ago. He didn't

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<v Speaker 1>we didn't actually make a roster move, thank goodness, and

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<v Speaker 1>so there was no move to make, yes Orday either,

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<v Speaker 1>it was just, uh, he's back, and yeah, I was surprised. Um,

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<v Speaker 1>there wasn't really any morning, but it was. It was.

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<v Speaker 1>It was nice. It was you know, sometimes you get

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<v Speaker 1>a little piece of news that he didn't see coming

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<v Speaker 1>and it's good news. I mean it was. It was

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<v Speaker 1>an exciting Sunday, that's for sure. It was going to

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<v Speaker 1>be much more exciting going forward now as well. Yes, which,

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<v Speaker 1>speaking of that, that is largely what we're here to

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<v Speaker 1>talk about, because we know everybody knows he's back. So

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<v Speaker 1>now we're going to discuss what that means to this

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<v Speaker 1>franchise moving forward. And so let's talk about the timing

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<v Speaker 1>of his announcement and how well that works for the

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<v Speaker 1>organization and what that is going to mean for Yeah, well,

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<v Speaker 1>in about two hours, the legal tampering period as they

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<v Speaker 1>call it, will start, and that's when teams can start

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<v Speaker 1>talking to free ages of teams. But even before that,

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<v Speaker 1>the Buccaneers have been able to talk to their own

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<v Speaker 1>free agents, so we all we all obviously already know

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<v Speaker 1>Chris Godman is coming back on the franchise Dagger possibly

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<v Speaker 1>if they can get it done a long term deal. Uh,

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<v Speaker 1>there's nothing official otherwise, but we did obviously see reports

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<v Speaker 1>that perhaps Ryan Jensen is going to resign, which would

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<v Speaker 1>be incredible news because basically that's saying two Pro bowlers

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<v Speaker 1>who you might have been without are now hopefully coming back,

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<v Speaker 1>definitely in Tom Brady's case, and and we may have

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<v Speaker 1>news on Ryan Jensen at some point, and there's been

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<v Speaker 1>nothing official from the team yet, but I think you

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<v Speaker 1>can see how that would impact the decisions of all

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<v Speaker 1>those guys. And there's still another twenty one unrestricted free

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<v Speaker 1>agents to deal with in a couple of restricted free agents,

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<v Speaker 1>so there's a lot of work to potentially get done.

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<v Speaker 1>But I gotta believe, I mean, this isn't rocket science.

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<v Speaker 1>If Tom Brady's coming back, that would make it more

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<v Speaker 1>likely that a lot of these guys would choose to

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<v Speaker 1>come back as well. The most obvious one probably that

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<v Speaker 1>everybody's thinking. The first connection you're gonna make is Rob Gronkowski,

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<v Speaker 1>Right there is Rob Gronkowski would seem much more likely

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<v Speaker 1>to come back to play with Brady just like he

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<v Speaker 1>did two years ago. Yeah, and everything talked about Brady's

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<v Speaker 1>recruiting ability, the power of Brady to make guys want

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<v Speaker 1>to come play with him, want to be on the team.

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<v Speaker 1>So when free agency is all about selling people to

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<v Speaker 1>and especially to get them to sign for things that

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<v Speaker 1>let you have the salary cap room, and so what

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<v Speaker 1>do you feel like are some of the priorities now

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<v Speaker 1>of and even just the strategy of free agency when

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<v Speaker 1>it was are we able to do all these things

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<v Speaker 1>under the cap room? Are we rebuilding? Are we not?

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<v Speaker 1>And now knowing and I know that we have a

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<v Speaker 1>statement from Jason Light that he put out as well

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<v Speaker 1>talking about their ideas here and so he is obviously

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<v Speaker 1>saying that you know now they're trying to reload this

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<v Speaker 1>roster for another championship run. Is the end of that statement,

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<v Speaker 1>And what do you think that is going to mean

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<v Speaker 1>in terms of the priorities of who they try to

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<v Speaker 1>bring back, how they try to do that in our

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<v Speaker 1>our salary cap situation. Yeah, to me, the other than

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<v Speaker 1>the actual I'm coming back from Tom Brady, the best

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<v Speaker 1>quote the Night is the less sentence there on Jason

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<v Speaker 1>Light's statement, Um, you see that. You don't see the

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<v Speaker 1>word rebuild there, You see reload. And I had wondered

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<v Speaker 1>going into the start of free agency if we would

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<v Speaker 1>see from the moves the Buccaneers were making how they

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<v Speaker 1>were going to approach this season considering you thought you

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<v Speaker 1>didn't have Tom Brady, and that makes a really big

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<v Speaker 1>question mark at the most important position on the field.

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<v Speaker 1>You don't know if you can get another player that's

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<v Speaker 1>gonna be so impactful and can make so much out

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<v Speaker 1>of this offense. You just don't know. I mean, it

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<v Speaker 1>could have possibly happened, but now you don't have to

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<v Speaker 1>worry about that anymore. So I thought the roster moves

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<v Speaker 1>might tell us whether the Buccaneers were going to actually

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<v Speaker 1>go into rebuild, even if they don't want to say

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<v Speaker 1>that word. Now it's pretty obvious it's reload, right And uh,

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<v Speaker 1>and we haven't seen a ton, but we've seen the

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<v Speaker 1>franchise tag on Chris Godwin, which is a move that

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<v Speaker 1>I would say is pretty aggressively going for it right. Um,

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<v Speaker 1>and and maybe Ryan Jensen returning would be a pretty

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<v Speaker 1>aggressive going forward type of move as well. Maybe if

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<v Speaker 1>Rob Gronkowski chooses to return now because of Tom Brady,

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<v Speaker 1>But I think it's all amped up by huge amount

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<v Speaker 1>the fact that we know Tom Brady is gonna be back.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean to me that that sets the direction for

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<v Speaker 1>the franchise for this coming season. When headed into free agency,

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<v Speaker 1>I wasn't sure which way they were going to go, right,

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<v Speaker 1>and so now that we do know Tom Brady is back,

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<v Speaker 1>looking at not only free agency but also the draft,

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<v Speaker 1>it is the biggest priorities of We've talked a lot

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<v Speaker 1>about who we're going to resign, but maybe who you're

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<v Speaker 1>also trying to get outside of that, or some of

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<v Speaker 1>the positions that now become potentially even more important. What

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<v Speaker 1>do you see as the biggest priorities of what you

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<v Speaker 1>are not only keeping but potentially adding to this team. Well,

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<v Speaker 1>I would be surprised if there are very many like

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<v Speaker 1>high profile editions, just because the Buccaneers are in the

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<v Speaker 1>exact same position they've been in the last two years,

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<v Speaker 1>when the priority was clearly getting back as many of

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<v Speaker 1>your own free agency as possible, because that's a lot

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<v Speaker 1>of really good players on that list, and there are

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<v Speaker 1>always ways to make caproman We've already seen the Buccaneers

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<v Speaker 1>do a little bit of that with the vella this

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<v Speaker 1>in the past few weeks. But um, you still there

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<v Speaker 1>is a finite amount at some point, and I think

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<v Speaker 1>their first priority, just as it was each of the

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<v Speaker 1>last two years, will be to keep their own players

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<v Speaker 1>of this championship corps intact. And you saw like the

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<v Speaker 1>last couple of years there was one or two editions

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<v Speaker 1>like Giovanni Bernard last year, Um, but mostly was keeping

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<v Speaker 1>your own guys. Uh. I would say the biggest questions

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<v Speaker 1>are probably the offensive line, because um, Jason Lane and

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<v Speaker 1>Bruce Arians made it clear at the combine a couple

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<v Speaker 1>weeks ago that maintaining a dominant offensive line is a

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<v Speaker 1>top priority. And that's not easy when your left guard

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<v Speaker 1>is retired and your right guard and your center are

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<v Speaker 1>both potential unrestricted free agents. Uh So I would think

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<v Speaker 1>that is still and we resigned here and sent steady

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<v Speaker 1>by way, so that helps. So you could see movement.

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<v Speaker 1>They're trying to keep that offensive line intact. And then

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<v Speaker 1>what are you gonna do in the backfield since Leonard

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<v Speaker 1>Fournette and Ronald Jones are both unrestricted free agents. Obviously

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<v Speaker 1>we saw how well Leonard Fournette has fit into this

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<v Speaker 1>offense with Tom Brady and company, but he may be

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<v Speaker 1>looking for a long term deal or a bigger deal

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<v Speaker 1>somewhere else. So how are they going to resolve was

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<v Speaker 1>going on in the backfield? And then obviously the offensive line.

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<v Speaker 1>With the offensive line, it's been funny to see people

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<v Speaker 1>wondering if Ali Marpett was going to come out of retirement,

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<v Speaker 1>but I think apparently not. It seems like he actually

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<v Speaker 1>is retired. I know that, uh we we hope that

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<v Speaker 1>maybe it just meant that those words didn't mean anything

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<v Speaker 1>to anybody. And now that Brady's back in the tire,

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<v Speaker 1>Ki could just come back. So um, yeah, with Aaron

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<v Speaker 1>Stinney resigning. Overall, what do you think of the draft

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<v Speaker 1>with an offensive lineman and where the Bucks are drafting,

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<v Speaker 1>how much of a benefit that could be where they're

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<v Speaker 1>picking and the the type of guy. Is it a

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<v Speaker 1>first round choice? Is it in around the second or

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<v Speaker 1>third rounder? Yeah. The last week's mock draft, when I

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<v Speaker 1>did I actually gave the Buckaneers Zion Johnson from Boston

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<v Speaker 1>College and it just seemed like there was good value

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<v Speaker 1>there at the end of the first round with a

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<v Speaker 1>couple of interior offensive lineman. But on the other hand,

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<v Speaker 1>as I mentioned in that article, Jason Light and company

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<v Speaker 1>have shown that they can find starting offensive linemen in

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<v Speaker 1>the second and third round. They kind of had to

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<v Speaker 1>move around a little bit to do it. I think

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<v Speaker 1>they traded up for both Alan mark Pett and Alex Cappa,

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<v Speaker 1>but they found and Diamond Smith was the second rounder

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<v Speaker 1>as well, though a high second runner, they have been

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<v Speaker 1>able to find starting an immediate almost in Alan mar

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<v Speaker 1>Pett and Diamond Smith's case, immediate starters in the second

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<v Speaker 1>and third round. So, um, you don't absolutely have to

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<v Speaker 1>devote your first round pick to that. And uh, I

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<v Speaker 1>think there are other positions that will show some value

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<v Speaker 1>there late in the first round, including cornerback and wide receiver.

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<v Speaker 1>So there's a lot of ways the Buccaneers can go

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<v Speaker 1>and maybe maybe they won't be so desperate for an

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<v Speaker 1>offensive lineman if the reports and Ryan Jenson are true,

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<v Speaker 1>and if they can get Alex Cappa back, because with

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<v Speaker 1>Aaron Stinney, you hope that he can step right in

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<v Speaker 1>and left guard and play as well as he did

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<v Speaker 1>uh in the playoffs in when the Buckners were on

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<v Speaker 1>the way to the Super Bowl, Okay, all right. We

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<v Speaker 1>had a couple of Facebook questions that I'll get to here.

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<v Speaker 1>Um Asher wanted to know, do you think the reconstruction

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<v Speaker 1>of Vita Vea was freeing up money to sign for

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<v Speaker 1>net You know, I never really connected the dots directly

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<v Speaker 1>between the fact that they're freeing up money for the

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<v Speaker 1>starter free agency and on specific free agent, but that

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<v Speaker 1>does make some sense. Yeah, It's just running back contracts

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<v Speaker 1>are tricky because they're tricky to speculate about because you

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<v Speaker 1>just don't know which There's a lot of teams I

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<v Speaker 1>think don't want to spend a lot of money on

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<v Speaker 1>running backs. I don't know if the Buccaneers are in

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<v Speaker 1>that position or not. Um, you know, this is a

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<v Speaker 1>team that throws the ball probably almost like two thirds

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<v Speaker 1>of the time, and they, like a Brutalians, wants to

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<v Speaker 1>have a balance offense. But that more means a running

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<v Speaker 1>game that that you're worried about if you're the other team,

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<v Speaker 1>That at least is something that makes the other team

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<v Speaker 1>have to concentrate on. That doesn't mean we're gonna run

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<v Speaker 1>the ball at the time. It just means you have

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<v Speaker 1>an effective running game when you need to. So does

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<v Speaker 1>that diminish the value of running back or do you

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<v Speaker 1>look at Leonard for for NET over the past two seasons,

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<v Speaker 1>including especially including the post season and most of the

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<v Speaker 1>last year and go, well, this guy, maybe it's a

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<v Speaker 1>little bit better than than what you can find just

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<v Speaker 1>on the street elsewhere, or how you think key Shan

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<v Speaker 1>Bond can fill that role. So I think it's a

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<v Speaker 1>little bit tricky. I don't know if that move was

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<v Speaker 1>made specifically for Leonard for NET, but it was obviously

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<v Speaker 1>made to be able to retain some of these guys, right,

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<v Speaker 1>And is that an area to where knowing Brady's back,

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<v Speaker 1>the type of running back that works well with him,

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<v Speaker 1>that he likes to work with, that does that also

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<v Speaker 1>change either the desire to bring back for Nett or

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<v Speaker 1>or Ronald Jones or even just who you would be

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<v Speaker 1>looking at otherwise that it's one thing to just know, Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>we want a running back, but the type of running

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<v Speaker 1>back that you know works well in a Tom Brady

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<v Speaker 1>let off, I would think maybe even a smaller or

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<v Speaker 1>a different way to look at it would be Tom

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<v Speaker 1>Brady's back. And I think it's probably fair to say

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<v Speaker 1>that Tom Brady's input has had an effect on the

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<v Speaker 1>Buck's decisions on offense over the last couple of years.

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<v Speaker 1>So will Tom Brady's return and will he start having

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<v Speaker 1>input again? I would think so. And if Tom Brady

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<v Speaker 1>really wants to learn four net back, I think that

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<v Speaker 1>would be you know, a big impetus for for the

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<v Speaker 1>Buccaneers to try to bring him back. All right, So

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<v Speaker 1>our next question is from Richard here, and he said,

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<v Speaker 1>with Brady coming back, how does that affect our salary caps?

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<v Speaker 1>So we talked about the idea of what it means

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<v Speaker 1>for a salary cap of all the other people you're

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<v Speaker 1>gonna try to now bring back, but how about him individually?

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<v Speaker 1>You mentioned that they had not made any roster moves

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<v Speaker 1>and so what does his impact on the salary cap

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<v Speaker 1>mean for this year? Well, it doesn't change anything at

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<v Speaker 1>the moment because there was no roster move, so I

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<v Speaker 1>guess they were they wouldn't. One of the reasons that

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<v Speaker 1>the Buccaneers were not didn't immediately make a move and

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<v Speaker 1>put them on reserve, retired or something like that, is

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<v Speaker 1>you just you wanted to let to play out and

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<v Speaker 1>see what the best way was to handle the roster

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<v Speaker 1>move in terms of the salary cap impact. You know,

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<v Speaker 1>would you would you make him, would you make the

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<v Speaker 1>move after June one? That kind of thing to spread

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<v Speaker 1>the impact over two years. Um, So the salary cap

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<v Speaker 1>didn't change at all because there was no roster move.

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<v Speaker 1>And you have to remember that Tom Brady, for being

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<v Speaker 1>a top three quarterback in the NFL, the salary that

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<v Speaker 1>he's making is incredibly, almost insanely good value for the Buccaneers.

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<v Speaker 1>So um, I'm not sure exactly. I I don't think

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<v Speaker 1>that his decision to retire hurts the Buckaners in terms

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<v Speaker 1>of the salary cap, but in the bigger picture, the

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<v Speaker 1>amount of the salary cap that he's taking up to

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<v Speaker 1>be a top three quarterback in the NFL is is

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<v Speaker 1>a value, all right. And our next one here is

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<v Speaker 1>from Jamie who said, do you think we get a

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<v Speaker 1>long term deal done with Godwin soon? So how does

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<v Speaker 1>this resigning of Brady or Brady coming back affect the

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<v Speaker 1>idea of god when being on the franchise tag verse

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<v Speaker 1>long term? I think so, I really, honestly, it's just

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<v Speaker 1>a hunch, but the the salary cap impact of the

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<v Speaker 1>franchise tag is about nineteen point two million, just period.

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<v Speaker 1>That's what it is. Next year. But if you do

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<v Speaker 1>a long term deal and you know, Mike Williams, for instance,

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<v Speaker 1>for the Charges recently got six or three years, sixty

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<v Speaker 1>millions like twenty million a year. Seems like that would

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<v Speaker 1>be a starting point for Chris god when I'm not

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<v Speaker 1>a an agent or a salary negotiator, but it's just

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<v Speaker 1>common sense, right, But you can structure that deal so

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<v Speaker 1>that the salary cap hit for the first year is

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<v Speaker 1>less than that. So if you can work out a

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<v Speaker 1>long term deal with Chris Godwin, you can actually he

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<v Speaker 1>can actually make more but have less of a salary

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<v Speaker 1>cap hit this year. And since this is this could

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<v Speaker 1>be Tom Brady's last year, right, this is definitely a go,

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<v Speaker 1>all in go for a year, and you would probably

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<v Speaker 1>want to push off some of the salary cap hit

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<v Speaker 1>into later years when the salary cap is probably gonna

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<v Speaker 1>grow and it would be easier to fit it anyway.

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<v Speaker 1>So signing Chris Godwin to a long term deal is

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<v Speaker 1>almost certainly going to help the Bucks in terms of

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<v Speaker 1>salary cap now, which is obviously great motivation for the

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<v Speaker 1>team to get it done. So does Chris Godwin want

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<v Speaker 1>to do a long term deal with the Buccaneers? My

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<v Speaker 1>guests is yes, I'm not you know, at home with

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<v Speaker 1>Chris Godwen. I don't know how he really feels, but

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<v Speaker 1>my guess is that he would like to stay here,

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<v Speaker 1>particularly Tom Brady returning right, So my my hunch is

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<v Speaker 1>that they will get a long term deal done done

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<v Speaker 1>with Chris Godwin this year. Um, if you remember last year,

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<v Speaker 1>he actually signed the franchise tag just about eight days

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<v Speaker 1>after getting it. I mean he pretty quickly he was,

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<v Speaker 1>he signed it, So we'll see if he does that

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<v Speaker 1>then obviously he's intending to play it out and hit

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<v Speaker 1>for next year. But if you don't see that happening quickly,

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<v Speaker 1>then that's probably be as signed. They're trying to get

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<v Speaker 1>working on that deal, all right, Well that is going

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<v Speaker 1>to do it for us. On this special edition of

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<v Speaker 1>Buccaneers Insider Live presented by Miller Lite, we are so

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<v Speaker 1>excited about a return of Tom Brady. Thank you all

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<v Speaker 1>for watching, and of course this kicks off a very

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<v Speaker 1>exciting week of free agency, so make sure you stay

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