WEBVTT - Breaking Down the 2021 NFL Schedule | Bucs Insider

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<v Speaker 1>Good morning, Bucks fans, Happy Wednesday. It's time for Buccaneers

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<v Speaker 1>Insider Live, presented by Miller Like Casey Phillips here with

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<v Speaker 1>Scott Smith and as always, we are here to take

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<v Speaker 1>your questions. If you're not already watching on the Facebook app,

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<v Speaker 1>to be tons of questions today considering we now have

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<v Speaker 1>the whole schedule laid out that you know, we've known

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<v Speaker 1>the opponents for a really long time, but the winds

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<v Speaker 1>and the wears and house and all of that stuff.

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<v Speaker 1>Now we have a better since for that. So again,

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<v Speaker 1>leave your questions for us in the comment section underneath

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<v Speaker 1>the Facebook Live video that we have so for now

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<v Speaker 1>as we get people a chance to do that, I

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<v Speaker 1>just wanted to hear your first thoughts when you saw

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<v Speaker 1>the schedule, heard about it, and what all it was

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<v Speaker 1>gonna entail That the first things that stood out to

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<v Speaker 1>you about it, Well, I can't say that I was surprised.

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<v Speaker 1>I think the thing that jumps out the most is

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<v Speaker 1>obviously five primetime games. That's the most astiming it happens,

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<v Speaker 1>that's the most the Buccaneers will have ever played in

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<v Speaker 1>one season, even after they won Super Bowl thirty seven,

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<v Speaker 1>they only have four, only four primetime games. They were

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<v Speaker 1>scheduled to play five last year, and that that was

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<v Speaker 1>just the Tom Brady effect that was before they won

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<v Speaker 1>the Super Bowl. One of them Las Vegas game got

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<v Speaker 1>moved to ELI or late afternoon because of some COVID

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<v Speaker 1>concerns in Las Vegas. So this year, assuming there's no

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<v Speaker 1>issues such as that, five primetime games and the first

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<v Speaker 1>one well obviously to be the first time the Buccaneers

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<v Speaker 1>have been in the kickoff Game, which they started on

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<v Speaker 1>Thursday nights in two thousand and four when the Bucks

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<v Speaker 1>won you know two, they played on Monday night because

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<v Speaker 1>that was sort of the loose tradition back then. Now

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<v Speaker 1>the tradition is, with just a few exceptions, the Super

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<v Speaker 1>Bowl champions get the kickoff game at home in Week one,

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<v Speaker 1>and they usually try to find a Marquis opponent. I

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<v Speaker 1>was guessing it would be the Bills because they were

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<v Speaker 1>in the ANC Championship Game last year, but they went

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<v Speaker 1>with the Dallas Cowboys. He despite being six and ten,

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<v Speaker 1>do look like they could be contenders this year with

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<v Speaker 1>dak Press got back under center. It will be a

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<v Speaker 1>game of a lot of offensive stars, that's for sure.

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<v Speaker 1>And of course us I've already seen people bringing up

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<v Speaker 1>the particular week for matchup. I'm sure you already even know,

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<v Speaker 1>Like we don't even know. Everybody already knows what Week

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<v Speaker 1>four is. Now, that's the going of the Patriots. Played

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<v Speaker 1>code at this morning. Yes, yeah, the week the Week

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<v Speaker 1>four games? So what were your thoughts something? Of course

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<v Speaker 1>we knew that the Bucks were going to be playing

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<v Speaker 1>the Patriots, that was not a surprise. But when you

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<v Speaker 1>found out that it was week for what were your

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<v Speaker 1>thoughts about that? Well, there's some good and bad in

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<v Speaker 1>my mind. Um, if you look a little bit, if

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<v Speaker 1>you expand your view just a little bit. Week four

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<v Speaker 1>you go to New England. Week three you go to

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<v Speaker 1>the Los Angeles rams l A. Is our longest trip

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<v Speaker 1>of the year, and actually we looked it up New

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<v Speaker 1>England as our second longest trip of the years. So

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<v Speaker 1>are two longest trips in a row. Um, including that

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<v Speaker 1>weren't all the way to the West Coast before you

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<v Speaker 1>get to play in New England. That New England game

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<v Speaker 1>is surely going to be intense in many ways, A

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<v Speaker 1>lot of obviously attention on that game, probably a lot

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<v Speaker 1>of media responsibilities for players and coaches, and before that,

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<v Speaker 1>the Rams game. I personally feel like the Rams are

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<v Speaker 1>gonna be one of the top contenders in the NFC,

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<v Speaker 1>so to take them on in their place is of

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<v Speaker 1>the tougher games on the schedules. So those two games together,

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<v Speaker 1>that's a tough stretch for the Buccaneers. But also considering

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<v Speaker 1>how much attention and intensity this game is probably gonna

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<v Speaker 1>have in New England, I think it's probably a good

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<v Speaker 1>thing to get it out of the way. And I

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<v Speaker 1>don't mean get it out of the way because everybody

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<v Speaker 1>wants to see that game, but to have it be

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<v Speaker 1>done early in the season is probably a good thing. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>I completely agree with that. Um. Well, someone else named

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<v Speaker 1>Scott asked which game are you looking forward to the most? Well,

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<v Speaker 1>the Rams game is one of them for sure. Um

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<v Speaker 1>the Buffalo game, which is like Week twelve or thirteen,

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<v Speaker 1>that one I think could be really exciting, could be

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<v Speaker 1>tough contenders in both conferences, And if Josh Allen takes

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<v Speaker 1>any sort of any sort of step forward similar to

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<v Speaker 1>what he did last year, he's gonna be an MDP candidate.

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<v Speaker 1>The Buckers may have a couple of those on their own.

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<v Speaker 1>So um, those two really steps stick out to me

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<v Speaker 1>as games I'm looking forward to. Um and Mike I

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<v Speaker 1>thought this was a great question to bring up. Mike said,

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<v Speaker 1>the league only lets you play five times five prime

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<v Speaker 1>time games a year. Can you play more if you

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<v Speaker 1>get flexed later in the season or if you've already

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<v Speaker 1>got five schedule? Does that keep you from getting flexed? No,

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<v Speaker 1>it doesn't. You can only be scheduled for five prime

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<v Speaker 1>time games to start the year. You can still be flexed.

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<v Speaker 1>I think there is probably a limit. We were trying

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<v Speaker 1>to figure that out yesterday. Couldn't get a straight answer.

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<v Speaker 1>And if there was a limit to how many once

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<v Speaker 1>you got flexed, I've gotta believe there is. I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>you don't want the same team eight or nine times,

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<v Speaker 1>but um, yes, you can be flexed in. The Bucks

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<v Speaker 1>finished the season with three straight one o'clock games, which

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<v Speaker 1>otherwise is pretty rare on their schedules, so those would

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<v Speaker 1>be flex candidates. If the Bucks are in, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>the thick of the playoff race, which most of us

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<v Speaker 1>think they will be. The unfortunate part or maybe not,

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<v Speaker 1>is that those three games are against the Panthers and

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<v Speaker 1>the Jets, and on paper, right now, those don't look

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<v Speaker 1>like top contenders. But you and I both know you

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<v Speaker 1>can't tell. I mean, you don't know who's going to

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<v Speaker 1>be the break on teams this year. So we'll see

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<v Speaker 1>if there's any more games after that, Okay, And Uh,

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<v Speaker 1>I thought this was interually, this was a part of

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<v Speaker 1>the schedule we hadn't talked about yet. You know, this

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<v Speaker 1>is our first seventeen week season, and Zachary said, sorry

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<v Speaker 1>game season. Yes, So Zachary said, why do we have

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<v Speaker 1>nine road games and eight home games? Were the champs?

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<v Speaker 1>It should be the other way around. That's just because

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<v Speaker 1>of the way they had to set it up. Obviously,

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<v Speaker 1>if you're play an odd number of games, some teams

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<v Speaker 1>are gonna get nine and some teams are gonna get eight.

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<v Speaker 1>So how do you make that fair? I mean, we

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<v Speaker 1>don't want to see the Saints get nine home games

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<v Speaker 1>and we get eight. So the way they're doing it

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<v Speaker 1>is they're alternating, alternating it by conference each year. Uh.

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<v Speaker 1>In the a f C gets to go first in

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<v Speaker 1>terms of having all the every seventeenth game added is

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<v Speaker 1>ann f C versus NFC game, and all of those

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<v Speaker 1>games we played at the a f C homes, So

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<v Speaker 1>all of the FC teams will have nine home games

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<v Speaker 1>and all the NFC teams have eight home games, So

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<v Speaker 1>in terms of your own conference playoff races, it still

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<v Speaker 1>remains fair. So next year the Buccaneers will have nine

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<v Speaker 1>regular season home games as well every team in the NFC.

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<v Speaker 1>And also worth knowing is that they also make it

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<v Speaker 1>so this year all the NFC teams played two of

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<v Speaker 1>their three preseason games at home, so it still works

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<v Speaker 1>out to every team getting ten games at home between

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<v Speaker 1>the preseason and the regular season. Yeah, that and that

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<v Speaker 1>is a great point. Um, all right? Enrique said, Historically,

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<v Speaker 1>how do the Bucks fair in primetime games? And that

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<v Speaker 1>was also something just about last year that I thought

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<v Speaker 1>would be good to bring up. That we know that

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<v Speaker 1>last year the primetime games weren't exactly their most shining

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<v Speaker 1>moments of the season, and now knowing that they have

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<v Speaker 1>five of them scheduled again, I wanted to hear your

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<v Speaker 1>thoughts on that. Well, that's obviously what's gonna pop in

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<v Speaker 1>everyone's mind is recent history. Because the Bucks were one

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<v Speaker 1>in three uh in prime time games, they might have

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<v Speaker 1>been two and three because they handled Las Vegas pretty

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<v Speaker 1>easily and that game was supposed to be in prime time. UM.

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<v Speaker 1>And one game that they won was at the Giants,

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<v Speaker 1>and it was it was pretty much of a nail

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<v Speaker 1>bier against the team that finished six and ten. I

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<v Speaker 1>think so. UM. I don't think the team thought there

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<v Speaker 1>was any particular reason for it, but you can't argue

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<v Speaker 1>with the fact that the results were not very good

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<v Speaker 1>in prime time, and I gotta believe that will be

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<v Speaker 1>something they're very interested in proving this year that it

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<v Speaker 1>was a fluke. I wish I had known this question

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<v Speaker 1>was coming. I would have looked up the exact answers

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<v Speaker 1>because they're out there. The Bucks record on Monday Night

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<v Speaker 1>football historically is not that bad. I think they're considering

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<v Speaker 1>that the Buck's overall record because of so many down years,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, for a long time before the franchise got

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<v Speaker 1>turned around, and then the recent playoff drout. The overall

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<v Speaker 1>record isn't great, so you would expect the Money Night

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<v Speaker 1>record to be not great. But actually it's not bad.

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<v Speaker 1>I have I think I remember being right around five hundred,

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<v Speaker 1>maybe a game or two over Uh. The other games

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<v Speaker 1>Sunday and Thursday night, those records aren't as good, But

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<v Speaker 1>unfortunately I wasn't prepared and I don't have the exact

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<v Speaker 1>numbers for you. Okay, and Mitch asked which NFC South

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<v Speaker 1>team do you think we should be most concerned about

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<v Speaker 1>this year? Well, it's got to be the Saints until

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<v Speaker 1>proven otherwise. I can understand people think automatically Drew Brees retires,

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<v Speaker 1>that's the end of this run for the Saints. But

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<v Speaker 1>remember that they were fourth in the league of defense

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<v Speaker 1>last year. They still have a lot of great defensive players. Uh,

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<v Speaker 1>they're very good at creating turnovers. They still have a

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<v Speaker 1>very good offensive line. UM stars like Alvin Kamara and

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<v Speaker 1>Michael Thomas. UM. I still think they're gonna be a

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<v Speaker 1>pretty formidable team. Um. You know, I can understand the skepticism.

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<v Speaker 1>And and maybe if Jameis Winston wins the starting job

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<v Speaker 1>and continues to have turnover problems that hurts him, or

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<v Speaker 1>maybe Taysom Hill wins the job and just doesn't prove

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<v Speaker 1>to be as efficient running that offense as Drew Brees was,

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<v Speaker 1>then sure I could see a possible decline, but I'll

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<v Speaker 1>believe it when I actually see it. Whereas with Carolina

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<v Speaker 1>and Atlanta. Sure, either one of them could emerge as

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<v Speaker 1>contenders this year, but they still have some pretty big

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<v Speaker 1>question marks. You know. Atlanta added Kyle Pitts, which means

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<v Speaker 1>that often should be great, but their defense was not

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<v Speaker 1>good last year, and there's you know, they're gonna have

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<v Speaker 1>to prove that their defense is improved. And in Carolina,

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<v Speaker 1>Sam Donald's gonna have to prove that he can win.

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<v Speaker 1>So until those questions are answered, I think New Orleans

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<v Speaker 1>has to be the choice. And Ryan asked after Week

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<v Speaker 1>three in l A. Would it be crazy to think

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<v Speaker 1>that the Bucks could stay out and on the West

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<v Speaker 1>coast or head to New England early and just skip

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<v Speaker 1>out on heading back to Tampa for such a short week. Well,

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<v Speaker 1>it's not crazy, but no, that's not gonna happen. They've

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<v Speaker 1>never done that. I mean, if you were playing the

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<v Speaker 1>Rams and then the Charges back to back, maybe you

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<v Speaker 1>you'd stay out there, but you're gonna have to fly.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, you know by the time you fly back, Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>you get in really really late on that Sunday, but

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<v Speaker 1>you've got enough time to cover before you fly out

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<v Speaker 1>again on Saturday. And I don't think the benefit of

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<v Speaker 1>maybe saving one day of travel is worth not being

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<v Speaker 1>at your home with all the things that you use

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<v Speaker 1>to prepare yourself for games. So I would be very

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<v Speaker 1>surprised with that. UM and Mike asked, has the league

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<v Speaker 1>given an update about practice squad rules this year? Are

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<v Speaker 1>they any different or same? I'm surprised how many people

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<v Speaker 1>are asking me that question. I get that in mailbags too,

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<v Speaker 1>And no, we don't have the answer to that. And

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<v Speaker 1>it's a very good question. Under the new CBA that

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<v Speaker 1>was passed in two thousand and twenty uh this year,

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<v Speaker 1>the UM practice squad rosters were supposed to be a twelve,

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<v Speaker 1>expanding to fourteen next year and beyond. However, they do

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<v Speaker 1>have the NFL ken institute a lot of the same

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<v Speaker 1>rules that were agreed upon last summer kind of an

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<v Speaker 1>emergency state when the NFL and the NFL p A

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<v Speaker 1>got together to figure out how to operate a league

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<v Speaker 1>amidst the pandemic, and one of those rules was the

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<v Speaker 1>expansion of the practice squad to sixteen players, six of

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<v Speaker 1>which could be used on veterans guys with more than

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<v Speaker 1>two years of accrued experience, which usually you couldn't put

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<v Speaker 1>those guys in your practice squad with a couple of exceptions.

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<v Speaker 1>So um, it really made it a lot easier for

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<v Speaker 1>teams to deal with the pandemic and to have roster

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<v Speaker 1>flexibility without guys coming in and out of the building

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<v Speaker 1>week after week after week. So um, at the moment,

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<v Speaker 1>I would be willing to bet that the league will

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<v Speaker 1>have some of the same COVID protocols in place to

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<v Speaker 1>start the season. And in that case, they probably will

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<v Speaker 1>still have a lot of those rules, including the sixte

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<v Speaker 1>man practice squad. It's not decided yet, but that's the

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<v Speaker 1>way I would bet it will go. And since our

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<v Speaker 1>last show, Blaine Gabrett has been resigned, and I know

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<v Speaker 1>before that we had been asked a lot of questions

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<v Speaker 1>about the quarterback room, and especially after drafting Kyle Trast.

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<v Speaker 1>So now that we do know that all three of

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<v Speaker 1>the guys from last year are officially back and we've

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<v Speaker 1>drafted Kyle Trast, looking at those four guys, how do

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<v Speaker 1>you see that shaking out in training camp and for

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<v Speaker 1>the regular season? Do you keep three on your roster?

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<v Speaker 1>Do you keep too? And and you talked about those

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<v Speaker 1>practice squad rules and and with that what that might

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<v Speaker 1>mean for a quarterback position. Just give us all the

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<v Speaker 1>options there. Well, we were asked that a lot, and

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<v Speaker 1>I'm pretty here just about every time we were asked,

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<v Speaker 1>I said, I still think the most likely thing that

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<v Speaker 1>will happen is that Buccaneers will resign Blaine Gabbert, because

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<v Speaker 1>I know they like him and he knows the system,

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<v Speaker 1>and they were confident with him as the backup last

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<v Speaker 1>year to Tom Brady. So it just made the most

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<v Speaker 1>sense because I thought Bruce arians would want a veteran

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<v Speaker 1>and someone with some starting experience in that role. And

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<v Speaker 1>there's probably a couple of other ones out there that

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<v Speaker 1>fit that bill, but we know blame gaber So um,

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<v Speaker 1>I always thought that would happen. It did, And you

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<v Speaker 1>also signed Ryan Griffin about a week before that, so

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<v Speaker 1>now you have four. That's usually the amount they take

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<v Speaker 1>to training camps, so that makes sense. Usually you keep

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<v Speaker 1>three in this case, would be very surprising if the

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<v Speaker 1>Buccaneers decided to immediately cut ties with Sick around pick

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<v Speaker 1>Kyle Trask. So it would seem to me like the

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<v Speaker 1>battle for the primary backup and one of the three

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<v Speaker 1>spots with Tom Brady and Kyle Trask would be between

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<v Speaker 1>Blaine Gabert and Ryan Griffin and and that's fair, and

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<v Speaker 1>both of those guys had the capability of winning that

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<v Speaker 1>both of those guys have served as our primary backup

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<v Speaker 1>in recent years, so that's what I think would happen.

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<v Speaker 1>But like I just said, you can put veterans on

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<v Speaker 1>a practice plane too, so there are some other options

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<v Speaker 1>as well. All Right, Well, that is going to do

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<v Speaker 1>it for us on the decision of Buccaneers inside our

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<v Speaker 1>Live presented by Miller Lte. And we are so excited

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<v Speaker 1>that Rookie Minicamp really kicks off tomorrow, so we are

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<v Speaker 1>actually gonna get a chance to see some of these

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<v Speaker 1>guys out on the practice field and we'll have more

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<v Speaker 1>to be able to talk about with all of these

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<v Speaker 1>new draft picks and undrafted guys that are going to

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<v Speaker 1>be out here over these next couple of days next week.

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<v Speaker 1>So we'll see you then,