Speaker 1: Welcome in to Buccaneers. Inside are presented by Miller Light,
Speaker 1: Casey Phillips and Scott Smith here and we are finally
Speaker 1: done with all seven rounds of the NFL Draft. Quite
Speaker 1: a marathon few days, and I feel that way. I
Speaker 1: can't even imagine how Jason Light and all this staff feel.
Speaker 1: So we're gonna get into all the nuts and bolts
Speaker 1: of what the Bucks were able to accomplish. And Scott,
Speaker 1: I know that I'm incredibly excited by what I've seen
Speaker 1: and I want to take you round by round and
Speaker 1: here your thoughts on what the team was able to do.
Speaker 1: Let's start, of course, with our round one pick Tristan
Speaker 1: Works and tell me what you think about this pick
Speaker 1: in the fact that one of those big tackles was
Speaker 1: able to come to us. Well, first of all, I
Speaker 1: love the draft every year, but I also love it
Speaker 1: when it ends, because after a while it gets to
Speaker 1: be a graft. Uh And like you said, that was
Speaker 1: obviously more so for Jason and company. Um. One thing
Speaker 1: I would say about this draft as a whole case
Speaker 1: is that as a big tin guy myself, I think
Speaker 1: it was an outstanding draft. Each of our first five
Speaker 1: guys played in the Big Ten. Keishawan Vaughn was at
Speaker 1: Illinois before he transferred to Andy. But as for Tristan works,
Speaker 1: you know, sometimes the lead up to a draft and
Speaker 1: all the analysis assumes one thing and and in the
Speaker 1: end it's something completely different. That wasn't the case here.
Speaker 1: I think the Buccaneers felt the same way that just
Speaker 1: about everybody analyzing the draft felt that they their number
Speaker 1: one need was a tackle who could step right in,
Speaker 1: and that there were four guys that were clearly the
Speaker 1: top level, and the Buccaneers really liked several of them,
Speaker 1: but they they've had their eye on Tristan Worse for
Speaker 1: quite some time. So you saw how important that was
Speaker 1: to them when they got to pick on the clock
Speaker 1: and San Franco San Fantiscos on the clock and the
Speaker 1: Buccaneers traded up one spot, and you know what that
Speaker 1: means is they're worried about some other team leap frogging
Speaker 1: them and getting that player that they wanted. And that's
Speaker 1: not a totally unusual move, but it doesn't happen all
Speaker 1: the time, and it just clearly indicates how important it
Speaker 1: was to the Buccaneers that was playing one one A
Speaker 1: And obviously playing one B wasn't going to satisfy them
Speaker 1: nearly as much. So you know, you add this guy
Speaker 1: who's just unbelievably athletic. Um he had an amazing career
Speaker 1: at Iowa, and he's obviously the favorite to step right
Speaker 1: in the right tackle. I'm sure Joe Haig will give
Speaker 1: him competition there, but the Buccaneers wanted to get somebody
Speaker 1: that could be a long term answer. And another thing
Speaker 1: about Tristan Works that Jason Light said he did like
Speaker 1: is that this is a versatile player who can play
Speaker 1: on both sides of the line, and while the team
Speaker 1: loves Donovan Smith, there's no harm in having a guy
Speaker 1: that could have some value on the other side of
Speaker 1: the line down the road. It's a great point. Okay,
Speaker 1: Now let's move over to Day two, rounds two and
Speaker 1: three until us which I think of the Bucks picks there.
Speaker 1: I asked Jason right before the draft on Thursday, if
Speaker 1: you go into the second day of the draft looking
Speaker 1: for specific positions or if you just see how things develop,
Speaker 1: and he said, you just see how things develop. And
Speaker 1: I know he was being honest there, but I also
Speaker 1: think you also don't want to give anything away, so
Speaker 1: as GM you're not gonna say we're looking for this,
Speaker 1: We're looking for that. But again, running back, safety to
Speaker 1: everybody felt on what is actually at this point looking
Speaker 1: like a really loaded roster. Those are a couple of
Speaker 1: spots that could use a little attention, just simply by
Speaker 1: the numbers the Buccaneers needed to add and running back
Speaker 1: and as you saw, they actually drafted two of them. Uh.
Speaker 1: And safety was the position that Bruce Arians has said
Speaker 1: on several occasions this offseason was the part of the
Speaker 1: defense that is the least settled. And you hope that
Speaker 1: Justin Evans comes back from his injury and then Mike Edwards,
Speaker 1: the third round pick last year, becomes an important player.
Speaker 1: But it doesn't hurt to add more talent there and
Speaker 1: let it shake out. And Bruce Arians says they love
Speaker 1: to be versa lit with their safeties. You could see
Speaker 1: two or three of these guys getting on the field together.
Speaker 1: So Antoine Winfield Jr. Whose father was a great player
Speaker 1: for a very long time, actually played seven games against
Speaker 1: Tom Brady antone Winfield Junior's new teammate. Uh. He this
Speaker 1: is a guy that played all over the field from Minnesota,
Speaker 1: big play guy that's what you want to add in
Speaker 1: your secondary. We need some big plays from that part
Speaker 1: of the people. And then how about on day three,
Speaker 1: especially that we're gonna go to you know, they didn't
Speaker 1: have a fourth round pick because some of the trades
Speaker 1: that they had made. They had a fifth, a six,
Speaker 1: and then they end up with two seven drivers and
Speaker 1: still have four picks total in day three. So let's
Speaker 1: start maybe with the rounds five and six picks and
Speaker 1: tell me what you thought there. Yeah, I'll do that,
Speaker 1: But before that, I think I forgot to talk about
Speaker 1: Keyshawn Vaughan in round three, just real quick guy that
Speaker 1: they think is versatil can. In his post final post
Speaker 1: draft press conference with both Bruce and Jason tonight, Um,
Speaker 1: Bruce said that this is a guy who thinks can
Speaker 1: be on the field and all three downs. That doesn't
Speaker 1: mean he's going to necessarily be your number one guy
Speaker 1: because he's still Ronald Jones, but he's a guy that
Speaker 1: they're hoping they can split out, he can run some
Speaker 1: routes and so on. So a versatile guy really, really
Speaker 1: you're able to do with your backfield there. Um. One
Speaker 1: of the things another thing about this draft that struck
Speaker 1: me is that for the first time ever, Jason Light
Speaker 1: made a trade up in the first round and his
Speaker 1: seven drafts as a Bucaneer, we just talked about that,
Speaker 1: but after that, he didn't make any other trades the
Speaker 1: whole time. And that's something that he's done a very
Speaker 1: good job of in previous drafts, making small trades up,
Speaker 1: usually a couple of times a little trade down, but
Speaker 1: often small trades up just to make sure you got
Speaker 1: a guy like Kwan Alexander Ali, Marpett wasn't necessary this time.
Speaker 1: I think that has a lot to do with depth
Speaker 1: at certain positions like wide receiver. So the first thing
Speaker 1: that happened you had to wait a while today on
Speaker 1: Day three was Tyler Johnson in the fifth round because
Speaker 1: your fourth round picks were traded away in the Gronkowsky
Speaker 1: trade and the Tristan Warps trade, so you had to
Speaker 1: wait till the fifth round. But because the wide receiver
Speaker 1: position was so deep this year, this is a guy
Speaker 1: that probably in a lot of years would have been
Speaker 1: a third or fourth round pick. Extremely productive at Minnesota,
Speaker 1: and Director of player Personnel John spit Take told me,
Speaker 1: this is a guy who just knows how to get
Speaker 1: open he's a great route runner. He can he can,
Speaker 1: he says, guys with his physical profile are often good
Speaker 1: short to intermediate route guys, but he can also get
Speaker 1: open deep because he just knows what he's doing. He
Speaker 1: was a great high school quarterback in the state of Minnesota,
Speaker 1: and John spit Tech said that lots of times guys
Speaker 1: that were great quarterbacks and then transfer or move over
Speaker 1: to wide receiver. It gives them an advantage because they
Speaker 1: have an idea of what the quarterback is looking for
Speaker 1: and and they have a good rapport with quarterbacks. So
Speaker 1: I think that was a real nice edition to the offense.
Speaker 1: He'll obviously have a shot to be the number three
Speaker 1: they're um competing with Justin Watson and Scotty Miller and
Speaker 1: some other guys, and that's an exciting addition. I think.
Speaker 1: I think that's a real nice value pick uh for
Speaker 1: the Bucks there. Yeah, yeah, question of some of those
Speaker 1: later day three guys that I know some types people
Speaker 1: can kind of tune out of the draft before you
Speaker 1: get to some of those later picks, but they can
Speaker 1: still end up being in fact players for a team. Absolutely,
Speaker 1: and Uh in the sixth round, Will Davis defensive lineman,
Speaker 1: he actually played because of just what Nebraska needed last year.
Speaker 1: He played kind of like more like an end last year,
Speaker 1: even at six two and three and ten pounds. But
Speaker 1: the Buckaneers think he's more of a three tech guy,
Speaker 1: what you'd call an end in a three or four front.
Speaker 1: They think he can play in sub packages. He could
Speaker 1: also play his nose tackle. He had eight sacks last year.
Speaker 1: He ran a four seven six forty yard dash and
Speaker 1: three and eight pounds at the combine, which opened people's
Speaker 1: eyes and made Jason light. Jason lights. He was sitting
Speaker 1: next to Bruce arians when that happened, and they looked
Speaker 1: at each other and like, I think we need to
Speaker 1: go watch more film on this guy. And Jason was
Speaker 1: more than happy to grab in the breast the guy
Speaker 1: obviously giving his roots. So, as John spy Tak said
Speaker 1: to me, you know, we obviously kept our defensive front intact,
Speaker 1: and you've got in Dominan Sue and Vita Vea and
Speaker 1: even Nacho and guys like that coming back. But you
Speaker 1: never can have enough quality athletic guys with potential that
Speaker 1: in your front seven for that rotation, because that guy
Speaker 1: is gonna play fifteen and twenty five snaps, even if
Speaker 1: he's reserved, and you just don't want to have a
Speaker 1: big drop off when you're take in Dominican sue off
Speaker 1: the field. So one Nebraska guy will take with another
Speaker 1: Nebraska guy and hopefully you keep it strong for every
Speaker 1: and then Uh, we picked up a couple of seventh
Speaker 1: rounders in those two aforementioned trades. Before the a couple
Speaker 1: of days ago, the Bucks didn't have any sound rounders.
Speaker 1: So when you get in the late in the seventh round,
Speaker 1: you're looking for traits. You're looking for a guy that
Speaker 1: has this or that, and he would have gone earlier
Speaker 1: in the draft if he was a full fledged prospect
Speaker 1: in every way. But you're looking for traits, and you've
Speaker 1: got a guy, uh. From you got the Temple guys
Speaker 1: Chappelle Russell who overcame to a c L injuries. They
Speaker 1: really like how much he loves football. He's a leader,
Speaker 1: he's a hard nosed guy. He obviously um worked really
Speaker 1: really hard to come back from that, and then he
Speaker 1: was productive at the very least he could have a
Speaker 1: shot to be a standout on special teams. And then
Speaker 1: the last pick was was the running back from Louisiana
Speaker 1: Lafayette Um Raymond Clay and he Bruce arians called him
Speaker 1: a joystick. He said, he's kind of like, you know,
Speaker 1: you get the idea of the guy and you can
Speaker 1: move around in the video game really fast. They think
Speaker 1: he can. They think he can split out and be
Speaker 1: a mismatch. They can do gadget stuff with him. Ah,
Speaker 1: he might even be a kid returner. So this is
Speaker 1: a guy that you're late in the South around. You're like,
Speaker 1: we love his speed. He's not a big guy. Bruce
Speaker 1: called him sort of like a much smaller but faster
Speaker 1: version of David Johnson who had so much success with
Speaker 1: in Arizona. So you know, nobody's gonna sit there and
Speaker 1: save your seventh round picks are gonna be stars, for sure,
Speaker 1: But they picked guys with traits that they think they
Speaker 1: can utilize and and Bruce said he thinks there's a
Speaker 1: possibility there's a role for every player in this draft
Speaker 1: on the team, which is exactly what happened last year
Speaker 1: with the exceptional. Yeah, that's a great point, and I
Speaker 1: think people forget about the special teams side of things,
Speaker 1: especially in those lay rounds that you have both of
Speaker 1: those last seventh rounders, whether it be as a return
Speaker 1: or coverage guy end up playing a big role and
Speaker 1: that can be a huge part of your team. So
Speaker 1: thanks as always for all of that analysis. We'll let
Speaker 1: you get back to writing a million stories about all
Speaker 1: of these new draft picks, and thanks to all of
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