WEBVTT - Bucs Give Eagles an Early Exit, Detroit Bound for Divisional Round | Bucs Insider

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to Bucks Insider, presented by Verizon Casey Phillips. Here

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<v Speaker 1>a senior writer and editor Scott Smith, and we have

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<v Speaker 1>some fun stuff to talk about.

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<v Speaker 2>This is the best.

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<v Speaker 1>We are both very excited to be here talking about

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<v Speaker 1>this this morning.

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<v Speaker 3>It just keeps getting better, it does.

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<v Speaker 1>And I mean, man, I had so much fun being

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<v Speaker 1>at that game, and this is my ninth season. Now,

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<v Speaker 1>I know you have many more on me than that,

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<v Speaker 1>just a few, but it was one of the most

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<v Speaker 1>fun experiences I've had at a Bucks game.

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<v Speaker 2>In a while.

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<v Speaker 3>I feel like it was great. The crowd was hyped,

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<v Speaker 3>it was dramatic, and you know, even with some of

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<v Speaker 3>the things that didn't go well for the Bucks, like

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<v Speaker 3>drop passes, it still was kind of exciting. The whole

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<v Speaker 3>way and the back and forth and then the Bucks

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<v Speaker 3>pulling away. It was kind of an emotional experience.

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<v Speaker 2>I agree. I think that there's so much into these Bucks.

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<v Speaker 1>Fans are so invested in this and especially with this

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<v Speaker 1>whole underdog mentality, people counting us out at the beginning

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<v Speaker 1>of the year. It's just and I love guys are

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<v Speaker 1>now starting to talk about the idea of a revenge

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<v Speaker 1>tour being able to take on these teams they too

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<v Speaker 1>earlier on in the season, right the ship.

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<v Speaker 2>As we say, compared to that.

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<v Speaker 1>So it's just been so fun, and especially I feel

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<v Speaker 1>like offensively after a couple of games to end the

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<v Speaker 1>regular season that hadn't been as big of a production

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<v Speaker 1>offensively as you know, the Packers and Jaguars games had been,

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<v Speaker 1>to see them get off to a bit of a

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<v Speaker 1>faster start, even though still that first drive touchdown is

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<v Speaker 1>a bit a bit elusive, but to get off to

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<v Speaker 1>a much faster start offensively and some chunk plays was

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<v Speaker 1>really exciting.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, and they scored on the first four offensive drives. Unfortunately,

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<v Speaker 3>three of those were field goals and more of those

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<v Speaker 3>have to turn into touchdowns because for that reason, even

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<v Speaker 3>though you felt like you were dominating the game, it

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<v Speaker 3>was still close into the third quarter, and so obviously

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<v Speaker 3>the Bucks want to get that ball on the inZone more.

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<v Speaker 3>But I think scoring first, getting in a groove early

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<v Speaker 3>allowed for you know, Dave Canalis to open up the

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<v Speaker 3>playbook a little bit more and and and you know,

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<v Speaker 3>the defense could do some different things because Philadelphia got

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<v Speaker 3>away from the run. So it was a really nice

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<v Speaker 3>offensive start, and of course Baker Mayfield was incredible.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, and it was so great to see him. It

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<v Speaker 1>just looked like he felt so much better. For one thing,

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<v Speaker 1>the poor guy had been pretty beat up these last

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<v Speaker 1>three weeks, and to me, I was not quite as

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<v Speaker 1>terrified watching him scramble as I had been the couple

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<v Speaker 1>of weeks before. He just looked so much more like

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<v Speaker 1>himself as you see in this clip. He was feeling it. Yes,

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<v Speaker 1>he was Bacon and I just felt like he was

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<v Speaker 1>in a groove. The offense was in a groove. Everybody

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<v Speaker 1>seemed to be on the same page.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, And Baker, really I thought he was sharpe. I

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<v Speaker 3>thought he did the things that Dave Canalos has been

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<v Speaker 3>saying all season that he wants him to do, which

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<v Speaker 3>was take take the easy stuff, take the stuff that

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<v Speaker 3>schemed up and works like something like that, this little

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<v Speaker 3>that's you know, take that. But when there's times when

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<v Speaker 3>it's the right time, you take the deep shot. And

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<v Speaker 3>he did that as well. It's just we couldn't really

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<v Speaker 3>hold on to it. So we got a lot of

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<v Speaker 3>our big plays off of Yak, which we'll talk about

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<v Speaker 3>in a bit. But Baker really his first playoff game

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<v Speaker 3>for the Buccaneers kind of like his first playoff game

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<v Speaker 3>for the Browns was a really really good one. In fact,

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<v Speaker 3>it was one of the best games the Buccaneer quarterback

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<v Speaker 3>has had in the playoffs. I think it was I

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<v Speaker 3>think we have a great for it, but I think

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<v Speaker 3>he was maybe, oh there it is. Well, first of all,

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<v Speaker 3>he's the first Bucks quarterback and this is kind of

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<v Speaker 3>surprising to throw for three hundred yards and three touchdowns

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<v Speaker 3>in the same playoff game. He would have thought at

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<v Speaker 3>some point Tom did that, but it was never. He

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<v Speaker 3>did have three hundred games, he did have three touchdown games,

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<v Speaker 3>but not at the same time. So you see third

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<v Speaker 3>best in passing yards, tied for the most passing touchdowns,

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<v Speaker 3>and second in pass rating only to Tom Brady in

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<v Speaker 3>the Super Bowl.

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<v Speaker 2>Incredible.

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<v Speaker 3>If you're just second behind Tom Brady, you've done a

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<v Speaker 3>good game.

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<v Speaker 1>You've done pretty dang well, that's for sure. And you know,

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<v Speaker 1>with a great offensive game like that, typically you would

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<v Speaker 1>imagine the stats are Mike Evans hundred yards, Chris Godwin

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<v Speaker 1>maybe eighty something or more, and that those are your

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<v Speaker 1>main guys putting up numbers that let you have those

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<v Speaker 1>kind of big games. That wasn't necessarily how it worked

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<v Speaker 1>out this game. In other word, like we talked about

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<v Speaker 1>a drop or two for Mike that I'm sure he

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<v Speaker 1>would like to have back, or just passes that were

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<v Speaker 1>just so close and almost there.

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<v Speaker 2>But you had incredible production.

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<v Speaker 1>From guys like Palmer and Moore and Aughten that isn't

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<v Speaker 1>necessarily what you imagine is the go to for this offense.

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<v Speaker 1>And I feel like that's so encouraging in the playoffs

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<v Speaker 1>to know how many options you have.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, and before this game, I was making the point

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<v Speaker 3>that because of what Philly's defense has given up and

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<v Speaker 3>not given up, I felt like for us to win

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<v Speaker 3>that game, either Mike or Chris or both of them

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<v Speaker 3>would have to have a big game. And I think

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<v Speaker 3>the Eagles thought the same thing, because their defensive game

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<v Speaker 3>plan obviously spend a lot of time trying to double

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<v Speaker 3>those guys as much as possible, and when that happens,

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<v Speaker 3>you're obviously going to open up parts of the field

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<v Speaker 3>for the other guys that are on the field. And

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<v Speaker 3>so you need your Trey Palmers and your Kate Ottens

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<v Speaker 3>who had a great game, and even David Moore, who's

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<v Speaker 3>basically your fifth receiver. You need those guys to produce

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<v Speaker 3>because you know they're making a point of taking Mike

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<v Speaker 3>and Chris out, and they certainly did, and they all had.

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<v Speaker 3>All those guys had big plays. One of the big

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<v Speaker 3>things about that though, was the yak They had two

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<v Speaker 3>hundred and ten yards after the catch like this Kate Otten.

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<v Speaker 3>And that's partially because Baker Mayfield was so on point

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<v Speaker 3>and getting it to these guys in positions where they

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<v Speaker 3>could catch it in stride and run like that one. Now,

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<v Speaker 3>Trey Palmer kind of did all of his on his own.

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<v Speaker 3>He broke a tackle and then was shot out of

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<v Speaker 3>a cannon between all those defenders. But just real nice

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<v Speaker 3>production from the offense as the hole and Baker going

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<v Speaker 3>to the open man even if it's not Mike and Chris.

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<v Speaker 1>And of course to do all that, Baker needed some time.

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<v Speaker 1>Baker needed to be protected, and we knew that that

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<v Speaker 1>front can do some damage if you let them. And

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<v Speaker 1>it felt like even though he was sacked a few times,

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<v Speaker 1>sometimes it was more of a coverage thing or it

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<v Speaker 1>wasn't directly just guys getting absolutely burned, and it felt like,

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<v Speaker 1>especially on the edges, they were able to keep him

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<v Speaker 1>pretty clear.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, if you think about those four sacks, the most

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<v Speaker 3>damaging one was the one on third and one when

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<v Speaker 3>you were in field goal range and then you're out,

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<v Speaker 3>and that came right up the middle. So there was

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<v Speaker 3>some times where they got pressure up the middle. But

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<v Speaker 3>they have two very good edge rushers and Hassan Reddick

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<v Speaker 3>who is going to the Pro Bowl and Josh Sweat,

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<v Speaker 3>and Hassan Reddick was mostly on Luke Getticky did not

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<v Speaker 3>have a single pressure in that entire game, and Josh

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<v Speaker 3>Sweat was mostly on Tristan Wurf's like twenty five snaps

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<v Speaker 3>i think pass rush snaps and only had one pressure.

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<v Speaker 3>So those two guys to one pressure was a huge

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<v Speaker 3>part of that game that you don't really see in

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<v Speaker 3>the stat.

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<v Speaker 1>Book and will be very important this next week as well,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm sure. So we talked a lot about the offense,

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<v Speaker 1>but of course the defense. What an incredible game from them,

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<v Speaker 1>and I felt like this was as much as you

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<v Speaker 1>talked about some of the the creativity from Dave Kanalis

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<v Speaker 1>and some of the things he was pulling out. Same

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<v Speaker 1>thing with Coach Bulls calling the defense, that this was

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<v Speaker 1>a unique game even by ball standards, which we are

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<v Speaker 1>used to talking about the fact that he can bring

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<v Speaker 1>some unique blitz packages, do a lot of different things.

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<v Speaker 1>To see the ways he was using different defensive fronts,

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<v Speaker 1>different guys in different roles in the secondary. That to

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<v Speaker 1>be surprised in our position this late in the season

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<v Speaker 1>is kind of fun.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, it was. You said this game was fun, and

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<v Speaker 3>it started right at the beginning because we went out

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<v Speaker 3>there on defense and you're looking at this front going

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<v Speaker 3>what is this. It's always fun when your coaches break

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<v Speaker 3>out something you have never seen before, or at least

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<v Speaker 3>haven't seen in a very long time. And we started

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<v Speaker 3>the game and ended up playing about twelve or fourteen

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<v Speaker 3>snaps in a six man front. So usually if it's base,

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<v Speaker 3>you have three downlinemen like can't see in Hall and

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<v Speaker 3>Vita and two edgreshers, or if you're in sub packages

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<v Speaker 3>there's only two downline and we had four four on

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<v Speaker 3>the field because woll Golstma was on there too, And

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<v Speaker 3>that was because in this game, more than any other

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<v Speaker 3>we've played a long time, it was we have to

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<v Speaker 3>stop the run first. They ran for two hundred one

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<v Speaker 3>yards on us in the first game, and that was

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<v Speaker 3>the said, yeah, we're gonna make them throw the ball

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<v Speaker 3>to beat us and uh and it worked.

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<v Speaker 1>And especially when you know Jalen Hurt's finger is a

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<v Speaker 1>little bit even more. It's like you know that they

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<v Speaker 1>were going to try to be like all right, fine,

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<v Speaker 1>like we're not having this happen again, that you're going

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<v Speaker 1>to do something else.

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<v Speaker 3>You're going to beat us a different way if're gonna

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<v Speaker 3>beat us again.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, And then even seeing guys like Zion mccalm, I

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<v Speaker 1>mean he's playing safety and nickel and corner and all

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<v Speaker 1>over the place, which is which.

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<v Speaker 3>Is really cool. Yeah. So right when when we were

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<v Speaker 3>started in that six month man front, there was only

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<v Speaker 3>one safety and that was Antonine Field. So I mean,

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<v Speaker 3>if you only have one safety on the field, it's

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<v Speaker 3>good that he's the best one in football. But when

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<v Speaker 3>we did do a second safety, a lot of times

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<v Speaker 3>it was Zion and then sometimes he was in the slot,

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<v Speaker 3>sometimes he was playing corner. And Coach Bull said on

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<v Speaker 3>Monday that having that guy and using him in different

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<v Speaker 3>roles is confusing for the offense. They don't know what

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<v Speaker 3>you're doing because they haven't seen all these different looks before.

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<v Speaker 3>So and the fact that getting him on the field,

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<v Speaker 3>as Coach Bull said, means with Carlton and Jamil Healthy.

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<v Speaker 3>Now you have your three best cover guys on the

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<v Speaker 3>field at the same time.

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<v Speaker 1>And speaking of safety, books got their first safety y transition.

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<v Speaker 2>How I did that there?

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<v Speaker 1>So Anthony Nelson helped contribute to a safety. It may

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<v Speaker 1>not show up quite as much on his sack. No,

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<v Speaker 1>I hate that because it was technically.

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<v Speaker 3>Penalty you should count as a sack.

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<v Speaker 1>We're just going to give it to him. We're going

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<v Speaker 1>to decide that this was an Anthony Nelson.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, because he just tossed us away at the end,

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<v Speaker 3>it doesn't count as a sack, and said it's intentional

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<v Speaker 3>grounding in the end zone, which is a safety. And

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<v Speaker 3>that's the first safety in Bucks postseason history. And it happened,

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<v Speaker 3>as you saw, that was kind of a late developing

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<v Speaker 3>play that ball was. That's the best part about safeties

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<v Speaker 3>is getting due to that sign over your head. Look

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<v Speaker 3>how long was the play took to develop? And that's

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<v Speaker 3>because the coverage was really good even right there at

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<v Speaker 3>the end. He just had nowhere to throw it to.

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<v Speaker 3>So give the coverage a lot of credit on that one.

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<v Speaker 3>And then a guy like Anthony Nelson just playing through

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<v Speaker 3>the whistle, you know, and.

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<v Speaker 1>Another outside linebacker that had a great game, Shaq Barrett.

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<v Speaker 1>I feel like he's a guy that you know, he

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<v Speaker 1>hasn't necessarily gotten the stats that he has in years past,

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<v Speaker 1>but he is still really producing in a lot of

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<v Speaker 1>ways and playing a really important role on that team.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, it's kind of like that play we just saw

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<v Speaker 3>where Klijahkansy didn't get credit for anything on that play,

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<v Speaker 3>but he's the one that flush Hi out of the pocket. Well,

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<v Speaker 3>Shaq was doing that a lot too. He had six

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<v Speaker 3>quarterback pressures on twenty eight rushes in that game, and

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<v Speaker 3>so that doesn't show up in the main stat page,

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<v Speaker 3>but it really made a difference in terms of getting

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<v Speaker 3>Jalen Hurts off his spot and disrupting the passing game.

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<v Speaker 3>And so that's a thirty one point six pass rating.

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<v Speaker 3>There was a lot of good pass rushers in the

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<v Speaker 3>Super wild Card Weekend over those six games, and as

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<v Speaker 3>you could see, Shaq was third best in pressure percentage

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<v Speaker 3>of among guys that had at least ten pass rush snaps.

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<v Speaker 3>And you see Aiden Hutchinsons.

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<v Speaker 1>Is gonna say, how perfect of a transition. Now see

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<v Speaker 1>Aiden Hutchinson's name on there, that's going to be a

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<v Speaker 1>very important person to keep an eye on. And these Lions,

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<v Speaker 1>they've got some really impressive young guys, particularly on that defense.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, Aiden Hutchinson was the second overall pick in twenty

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<v Speaker 3>twenty two, and he had a really nice rookie season

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<v Speaker 3>and this year even better eleven sacks and he's going

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<v Speaker 3>to the Pro Bowl. And then this year the Lions

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<v Speaker 3>really had a great draft class. And we could talk

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<v Speaker 3>about a lot of those guys, but on defense, Brian

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<v Speaker 3>Branch kind of a surprise that he lasted into the

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<v Speaker 3>second round. He was a safety at Alabama, but they

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<v Speaker 3>basically turned him into their nickel corner and he's been

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<v Speaker 3>a really really good nickel corner for them, a couple

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<v Speaker 3>of interceptions and a bunch of passes defense.

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<v Speaker 1>And then how about other guys on their defense that

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<v Speaker 1>stand out to you.

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<v Speaker 3>Well, they did get a couple guys back from injury.

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<v Speaker 3>I sorry, got stuck them.

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<v Speaker 2>No, it's right, you're good.

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<v Speaker 3>Their defense has been okay, not awesome, not nearly as

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<v Speaker 3>good and in a lot of the categories statistically as

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<v Speaker 3>their offense. But they did get CJ. Gardner Johnson, who's

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<v Speaker 3>a big time instigator. As we've already seen, this week

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<v Speaker 3>and that was really good. And then Alan McNeil, they're

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<v Speaker 3>starting defensive lineman. He's back. They both came back from

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<v Speaker 3>Injoy reserve very recently, so they're a bit closer to

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<v Speaker 3>the full strength now.

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<v Speaker 1>And then I know their offense, that man, that's been

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<v Speaker 1>their bread and butter this year, and they have so

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<v Speaker 1>many different ways they can attack you and beat you.

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<v Speaker 1>And again even other young guys, as you talked about

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<v Speaker 1>with them having a great draft class, I mean, Samba

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<v Speaker 1>Porter is just doing incredible things and Jared Goff has

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<v Speaker 1>been a bit of a Bucks killer in some other matchups.

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<v Speaker 1>And I think it's just going to be really interesting

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<v Speaker 1>to see knowing how well the Bucks defense played in

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<v Speaker 1>this last game and seeing how they're able to do

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<v Speaker 1>so many things at this point the season with having

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<v Speaker 1>that firm grasp of Bowls system. This is a fun

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<v Speaker 1>kind of strength on sege.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, it really is going to be they If you

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<v Speaker 3>look at that Detroit Lions offense, they're top five in

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<v Speaker 3>just about every category, rushing and passing and the second

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<v Speaker 3>most passing yards. They're top five and scoring in total

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<v Speaker 3>yards sacks allowed because their offensive line is fantastic. Interception

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<v Speaker 3>percentage is low. Red zone. They're fantastic in the red

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<v Speaker 3>zone and they have and we talked about this in

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<v Speaker 3>our preview of this game. I find I didn't even

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<v Speaker 3>realize until I started looking at the stats, and it's

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<v Speaker 3>rather amazing. They have four guys with ten or more

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<v Speaker 3>touchdowns score. I don't know if I've seen them. It's

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<v Speaker 3>amazing or I just don't remember seeing that before. So

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<v Speaker 3>you got obviously a mon ross Saint Brown. I think

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<v Speaker 3>he's probably the most dangerous guy. And then you mentioned

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<v Speaker 3>Sam Laporta, who did things that rookie titands almost never do,

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<v Speaker 3>including ten touchdowns. And then both of the running backs

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<v Speaker 3>Montgomery and Gibbs are over ten touchdowns. So it's not like, hey, okay,

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<v Speaker 3>we're going to play this team. We're going to take

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<v Speaker 3>away their one guy, and then what are they got

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<v Speaker 3>to do? How do you defend all those guys? It's

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<v Speaker 3>not easy. And Jared Goff, as you noted, is playing

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<v Speaker 3>probably the best football of his career right now. And

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<v Speaker 3>if I wasn't, if we weren't going into Detroit to

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<v Speaker 3>play them, I'd be kind of happy about that because

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<v Speaker 3>it's kind of cool to see that team getting some

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<v Speaker 3>success and Jared Goff, who basically was a throwing in

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<v Speaker 3>the Stafford trade and is now doing so well for Detroit.

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<v Speaker 3>So it's a really difficult offense to face.

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<v Speaker 1>The Bucks have their hall cut out for them, for sure,

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<v Speaker 1>And then you know what the good news is, though,

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<v Speaker 1>this is the eighth Street rematch of a regular season

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<v Speaker 1>game for a playoff game. It's crazy, and we have

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<v Speaker 1>seen that when you give especially Coachable and his defense

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<v Speaker 1>a second shot at people, how well that seems to go.

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<v Speaker 1>And so how it's just so interesting to me to

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<v Speaker 1>think about the fact that this has been such a

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<v Speaker 1>consistent thing and where there's been a lot of success

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<v Speaker 1>for the Bucks in playing someone they already played.

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<v Speaker 3>This it's just a weird coincidence. And if if we

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<v Speaker 3>win this game, the next one will be against the

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<v Speaker 3>team we already played this season. But I mean the

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<v Speaker 3>eight straight playoff games against the team you faced in

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<v Speaker 3>the regular season, and those are in chronological order. Now,

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<v Speaker 3>a couple of them we had won, like we beat

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<v Speaker 3>Green Bay pretty handily and then beat him again in

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<v Speaker 3>the NFC Championship game. But a lot of these, you

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<v Speaker 3>see the Saints the Chiefs is a big one that

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<v Speaker 3>you know how Todd Bowles changed his defensive game plan

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<v Speaker 3>between those two games was a big part of the story.

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<v Speaker 3>And then of course this past week we got the win.

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<v Speaker 3>I guess the team that beat us pretty handley early

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<v Speaker 3>in the year, so that's the same thing we're facing

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<v Speaker 3>against Detroit. Twenty to six isn't exactly a blowout, but

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<v Speaker 3>the Bucks couldn't do much on offense, couldn't run the ball,

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<v Speaker 3>and I feel like, as the coaches and players have

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<v Speaker 3>been saying all week and last week as well, this

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<v Speaker 3>is a different team than it was Timber in October.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, that Rams game is the only one you see

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<v Speaker 1>where that was a loss both times, and it just

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<v Speaker 1>goes to show how much in this league it is

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<v Speaker 1>really hard to beat a team twice.

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<v Speaker 2>True that you just learn a lot about people.

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<v Speaker 1>So I think it's a great sign that, hey, you

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<v Speaker 1>know what, we may have lost that first game this

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<v Speaker 1>regular season, but now we get a second.

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<v Speaker 3>Clout at it.

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<v Speaker 2>All right, that's going to do it for us.

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<v Speaker 1>On this edition of Bucks Insider presented by Verizon, thank

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<v Speaker 1>you so much for being with us, and we hope

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<v Speaker 1>you have a blast watching this next playoff game and

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<v Speaker 1>stay tuned for all the coverage here on Buccaneers dot com.

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<v Speaker 3>Mmmm