Speaker 1: Um, hey, they're Bucks fans. How's everybody doing this Wednesday morning?
Speaker 1: It is time for Buccaneers Insider Live, presented by a
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Speaker 1: Scott Smith. And of course this is where we always
Speaker 1: get to all of your questions. So wherever you want
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Speaker 1: underneath our live video. So as we give people chance
Speaker 1: to start submitting some of those figured we talked about
Speaker 1: some of the big news of the week. And you know,
Speaker 1: whenever it's a bye week, sometimes we don't expect there
Speaker 1: to be a lot of news, but then when your
Speaker 1: team has been the walking wounded, uh, the injury news
Speaker 1: can always happen at any point. So tell us some
Speaker 1: of the finally good news that we have to share
Speaker 1: on some of these injuries. Yeah, and to your point,
Speaker 1: the timing of these moves really tells us something, and
Speaker 1: that is that both Scotty Miller and uh Sean Murphy
Speaker 1: Bunting were designated to return to practice. They're they're on
Speaker 1: injury reserve. Now, when you do that, you start a
Speaker 1: twenty one day window h during which at any point
Speaker 1: they you can activate them to the active roster, but
Speaker 1: during that time they can practice with the team without
Speaker 1: counting against the fifty three man roster. So the reason
Speaker 1: I say the timing there is significant is because the
Speaker 1: books did this on their bye week. They could have
Speaker 1: easily just went until next Monday or Tuesday to do
Speaker 1: it and started that twenty one day window later. By
Speaker 1: doing it now they do get a chance to put
Speaker 1: Scottie and Sean. It's kind of it's kind of helpful
Speaker 1: that they play complimentary positions or competitive positions I guess
Speaker 1: receiver in quarterback, because they can go out there and
Speaker 1: simulate some practice stuff for a couple of days. So
Speaker 1: that's the reason they do that, I suppose. But it
Speaker 1: also tells you that those guys are probably closer to
Speaker 1: returning than needing the full twenty one day windows. So
Speaker 1: it's it's pretty encouraging news. Yeah, that is a really
Speaker 1: great point and how interesting that timing is. And of
Speaker 1: course Rachel had asked, what's the situation with gronk Um?
Speaker 1: So what did we see? I mean, with everybody of
Speaker 1: course was so excited to see that he was, you know, dressed,
Speaker 1: and then got in the game and then it was
Speaker 1: unfortunately only a few snaps and left again. So I
Speaker 1: know Bruce talked about it a little bit earlier this week. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I think he has said on a couple occasions since
Speaker 1: the game that they probably shouldn't have let Rob Gronkowski play,
Speaker 1: that he really was pushing to play. Um. I think
Speaker 1: the ribs apparently are okay now, But an injury that
Speaker 1: sort of came up off of the other one is
Speaker 1: back spasms, and those flared up during the game, so
Speaker 1: he tried to go and after only a few snaps,
Speaker 1: you know, the back spasims and gaming problem, he was done.
Speaker 1: And so now he has two weeks to recover from that,
Speaker 1: which I don't know that I'm not a doctor, and
Speaker 1: it's it's always bad when we try to speculate on
Speaker 1: on injuries and how long a guy i'll be out.
Speaker 1: But to me, back spasms and two weeks doesn't sound
Speaker 1: as bad as like cracked ribs in two weeks. So
Speaker 1: we'll see. Hopefully he'll be back and at full strength
Speaker 1: this time around. I'm sure at this point that Bruce
Speaker 1: isn't gonna put him on the field and until he's
Speaker 1: fully ready to go, Yeah, Yeah, I think that's a
Speaker 1: good point. I do think it seems like this bye
Speaker 1: week was just so perfectly timed. But I also feel
Speaker 1: like we say that every year because there's always injuries
Speaker 1: in football, and so you always have as you're ready
Speaker 1: to get back. But this year, in particular, it feels
Speaker 1: like some pretty good timing. UM. Trevor had asked, um,
Speaker 1: how much better will the secondary be when we get
Speaker 1: the starters back? And when that happens, where will Richard
Speaker 1: Sherman fit in? Well, that second part is definitely gonna
Speaker 1: be an interesting question, because at some point, if you
Speaker 1: get everybody back, you're you're a little deep there all
Speaker 1: of a sudden, and there may not be a lot
Speaker 1: of snaps for everybody. Uh, I don't know. We you know,
Speaker 1: Carlton Davis notably was not doesn't need to return for practice,
Speaker 1: so he must be a little farther away. So I
Speaker 1: think that's uh, you know, I think that's an issue
Speaker 1: for down the road. I think that's a good problem
Speaker 1: to have, and we'll cross that bridge when we come
Speaker 1: to it. Um, I don't really remember the first half
Speaker 1: of that question, how they'll be, just how much better
Speaker 1: the secondary will be? Once everybody's back, you know what, Honestly,
Speaker 1: you could take a bit of time for it all
Speaker 1: the jail again like it did last year. Really, the
Speaker 1: secondary and the quarterbacks in particular were much much better
Speaker 1: during that eight game winning streak than they were for
Speaker 1: the first three months of the season. They were really
Speaker 1: not Carlton, he was pretty steady the whole way, but
Speaker 1: there were some ups and downs for both Shawan and
Speaker 1: Jamale Dean and Jamal Deane's playing really well right now,
Speaker 1: by the way, Um, So those guys are very talented,
Speaker 1: and they demonstrated they can play together and be a
Speaker 1: very strong secondary. So I think that's where you will
Speaker 1: get back to. But it wouldn't surprise me if there's
Speaker 1: a little bit of growing pains as they sort of
Speaker 1: gel together again. Okay, Uh, and Frank had asked, um,
Speaker 1: what were your thoughts on the play of Devon White
Speaker 1: and his press conference and what what his performance looked
Speaker 1: like against the Saints. Well, I mean he played well, obviously,
Speaker 1: the yards worth the penalties as a negative, and uh,
Speaker 1: the taunting one obviously didn't have to happen. I you know,
Speaker 1: the rough of the pastor one if I if I
Speaker 1: have them right. I think that's one where he was
Speaker 1: trying to get through and his hand hit him on
Speaker 1: the helmet, on the face mask. I tend to give
Speaker 1: guys a break on those because I don't think that's
Speaker 1: what they're trying to do. But on the other hand,
Speaker 1: Coach Areas doesn't seem to be giving those guys a break, saying, hey,
Speaker 1: we knew this referee was and this crew called the
Speaker 1: most roughing the pastor penalties in the league, and so
Speaker 1: you have to be extra careful and you have to
Speaker 1: keep that in mind all the time. So maybe you
Speaker 1: know Coach wasn't happy with that. And then the other one,
Speaker 1: the horse collar horse there's a good reason for that
Speaker 1: horse collar ruling. We see why. With the end of
Speaker 1: that Jame has suffered again though he's running past and
Speaker 1: he tries to grab his jersey. I don't think it
Speaker 1: was malicious or anything. Um. He said in his press
Speaker 1: conference after the game that he's that's he's an emotional player.
Speaker 1: He plays with emotion. He talks all the time, and
Speaker 1: that he just needs to do a better job of
Speaker 1: not talking right at the guy. I think the main
Speaker 1: thing that a lot of these guys need to keep
Speaker 1: in mind is just don't stand over the guy. If
Speaker 1: you're gonna talk some smack, do it while you're walking away,
Speaker 1: right right, absolutely, um. And so also, I know we
Speaker 1: had some people bringing up the trade deadline that was yesterday, um,
Speaker 1: and it came and went with the Buccaneers not participating.
Speaker 1: So I wanted to hear your thoughts on that of
Speaker 1: what that says about the team. And you know what
Speaker 1: the front off thinks. The fact that that we were
Speaker 1: not participants despite some of the injuries. Well, I mean,
Speaker 1: the first thing that says is that the NFL trade
Speaker 1: deadline isn't anything like It isn't like baseball or the NBA.
Speaker 1: It usually isn't a high impact uh time of the
Speaker 1: year because in the mid season trades and the NFL
Speaker 1: are a lot harder and make work than in some
Speaker 1: of the other sports, in part because guys come in
Speaker 1: and you know, there's a there's a learning curve for
Speaker 1: them for some time. So it's just it's not often
Speaker 1: that you add an impact player at the deadline. And
Speaker 1: so a couple of teams did the rans for the
Speaker 1: biggest I think with Von Miller, and it looks like
Speaker 1: Stefan Gilmore might really be able to help out Um Carolina.
Speaker 1: That was a little bit before the trade deadline, but still,
Speaker 1: the Bucks, throughout their history haven't made a ton of
Speaker 1: deadline deals, so I don't go into any trade deadline
Speaker 1: expecting them to happen, so I was not surprised when
Speaker 1: none happened. The relations you saw for the Buccaneers leading
Speaker 1: up to it was about various cornerbacks around the league,
Speaker 1: like Kyle Fuller in Denver. But I think the Buccaneers
Speaker 1: are taking a proach of hey, we've got guys coming back,
Speaker 1: we don't need to trade for another guy and have
Speaker 1: even more of a log jam and give up other assets,
Speaker 1: and then have Sean Bunting and Carlton Davis come back.
Speaker 1: And then you have those two in Dean and Richard Sherman,
Speaker 1: and even guys like d Delaney who have played well
Speaker 1: in their absence. So I just don't think there was
Speaker 1: necessarily a need to trade for a quarterback. I know
Speaker 1: that's the first thing, and as a fan, I'm sure
Speaker 1: I would think the same thing. You want to look
Speaker 1: at where your team is hurting and say, hey, let's
Speaker 1: go fix that. And and Jason light has done such
Speaker 1: an aggressive job of signing guys like Antonio Brown last
Speaker 1: year to pride depth for injury a position that was
Speaker 1: suffering some injuries that you sort of begin to expect that.
Speaker 1: But timing a guy that's out there in the street
Speaker 1: and trading for a guy are two different things. Okay,
Speaker 1: And I know that some people tuned in a little
Speaker 1: bit late. We talked about this right off the top,
Speaker 1: but Gerald had asked, again, what players do you think
Speaker 1: we have returning from injury? So tell us again about
Speaker 1: the news that came in uh this week and just
Speaker 1: what we might know when about everybody. Essentially at this point,
Speaker 1: we'll know a lot more about the status of everybody
Speaker 1: when they returned to practice next Monday. It's really hard
Speaker 1: to get a whole lot of updates this week because
Speaker 1: all the players are completely gone from Tuesday through Sunday,
Speaker 1: and hopefully a lot of the ones that are injured
Speaker 1: are having are getting time to get closer to returning.
Speaker 1: The most concrete news we have was yesterday when Scottie
Speaker 1: Miller and Sean Murphy Bunting were designated to return from practice.
Speaker 1: And as we said earlier in this show, the timing
Speaker 1: is interesting because the Buccaneers are on a buy and
Speaker 1: so they could have easily waited until next Monday to
Speaker 1: designate these two guys to return when the Buccaneers were
Speaker 1: actually practicing, and thus start their twenty one day window
Speaker 1: where they don't count against the active roster a week
Speaker 1: later and they have longer to decide. So this tells
Speaker 1: me that those guys are probably it's going to be
Speaker 1: returned sooner rather than later, because you went ahead and
Speaker 1: started there twenty one day window yesterday, Okay, and then
Speaker 1: we had people asking about Antonio Brown and his injury,
Speaker 1: and I wanted to hear all of your thoughts on
Speaker 1: what the offense has looked like, um, minus him and
Speaker 1: Gronk and some of the guys that have been used
Speaker 1: and stepped up. I mean, we've even seen them throw
Speaker 1: Jalen Darden in there on a couple of plays. Tyler
Speaker 1: Johnson definitely played a bigger role this last Sunday. So, um,
Speaker 1: maybe what you've learned about some of these other weapons
Speaker 1: besides the big name ones in their absence recently also
Speaker 1: and also Leonard for that, I think they've been trying
Speaker 1: to get the ball to Leonard in the past game
Speaker 1: in recent weeks, and that makes a lot of sense,
Speaker 1: and he's he generally makes a couple of good plays
Speaker 1: in the passing game per game. I don't think this
Speaker 1: last game was really the best example of that. But
Speaker 1: this last game kind of went away. You would expect
Speaker 1: playing against the Saints because the Saints always try to
Speaker 1: use Marshawn Lattimore on Mike Evans and friends. Did win
Speaker 1: one of those matchups in a big way with his
Speaker 1: touchdown catch over Lattimore even drew Pilley at the same time,
Speaker 1: but he was only targeted four times because that's what
Speaker 1: the Saints wanted to do. They want to try to
Speaker 1: take him out. And so you expected, or I expected
Speaker 1: a big game from Chris Godwin, and indeed he did,
Speaker 1: and then I thought, well, maybe a guy like Tyler
Speaker 1: Johnson is going to need to step up. And I
Speaker 1: think he had five catches for sixty five yards, so um,
Speaker 1: not even Gronk is probably uh was probably the bigger
Speaker 1: issue there because I think between Tyler Johnson and Cyril
Speaker 1: Grayson making the big catch, they gave us about what
Speaker 1: Antonio Brown probably would have given us in that game anyway.
Speaker 1: But we're not getting a huge amount of production out
Speaker 1: of the tight ends. And we all know that Ground
Speaker 1: was really on a terror at the start of the
Speaker 1: season before he got hurt. So both of those guys
Speaker 1: coming back will be huge. But I'm really looking forward
Speaker 1: to Gronk giving us back that you know dimension in
Speaker 1: the past. Attack. Okay, and then we'll close with this one.
Speaker 1: Adam ask, do you think after the bye week we'll
Speaker 1: see more of Joe tryon Shoyenka. You know, it's it's
Speaker 1: it's situational. There's just some games where the game plan
Speaker 1: is better for Jason Pierre Paul, which is the guy
Speaker 1: that Joe would normally take snaps away from. And we
Speaker 1: all know that JPP likes to stay on the field
Speaker 1: as much as possible. He's got incredible stamina, and he's
Speaker 1: been playing pretty well lately. Had a couple of passes
Speaker 1: defense in his last game, which is one of his specialties.
Speaker 1: And you know, Joe has had some nice moments, but
Speaker 1: he still is the rookie compared to the very experienced JPP.
Speaker 1: And coach are and said a couple of weeks ago
Speaker 1: that there are just some things that Jason Pierre Paul
Speaker 1: does better than Joe at this point, and so it's
Speaker 1: not all about just rushing the passer around the edges.
Speaker 1: There's other parts of playing that position. So yes, in
Speaker 1: a nutshell, the answer is yes. I do think we'll
Speaker 1: see a little bit more of Joe, but I don't
Speaker 1: think it's going to be a gigantic amount more. Okay,
Speaker 1: well that's gonna do it for us on this edition
Speaker 1: of Buccaneers in Sidur Live presented by Miller Lte. Thanks
Speaker 1: as always for those great questions, and I hope everybody
Speaker 1: enjoys some other football since the Bucks are on their
Speaker 1: bye week this weekend, and we'll be back next week
Speaker 1: to talk about the game that will be the next
Speaker 1: week against the Washington football team, So we'll see you
Speaker 1: then