WEBVTT - Jameis Winston vs. 49ers, Kwon Alexander in 2019? | Bucs Insider Live 0:00:06.360 --> 0:00:08.600 Welcome in to Buccaneers Inside a live presented by Miller, Li, 0:00:08.760 --> 0:00:10.920 Casey Phillips and Scott Smith. Here and as always, we 0:00:10.960 --> 0:00:13.360 are excited to take all of your questions. If you're 0:00:13.360 --> 0:00:15.920 not already watching on Facebook, head over the Buccaneers Facebook page. 0:00:16.000 --> 0:00:19.079 Leave all of your questions, thoughts, comments, all that underneath 0:00:19.079 --> 0:00:21.160 our live video. That's how we'll be able to find them. 0:00:21.160 --> 0:00:22.640 And you know, we haven't reminded people of listen a while. 0:00:22.640 --> 0:00:24.600 We like hearing where people watch from. So if you're 0:00:24.600 --> 0:00:26.360 gonna ask a question, to leave a comments, say where 0:00:26.360 --> 0:00:28.360 you're watching the show from. We did that in training 0:00:28.400 --> 0:00:29.680 camp and then we kind of got away from it. It 0:00:29.600 --> 0:00:32.520 It was school here, so yeah, leave in there where 0:00:32.560 --> 0:00:34.880 you're watching from. And as we start letting those questions 0:00:34.960 --> 0:00:37.120 roll in, just uh starting off, we know that now. 0:00:37.560 --> 0:00:39.520 Uh yeah, we're already starting to get some which is awesome. 0:00:39.560 --> 0:00:42.760 But um, we're we heard the news that Jamis is 0:00:42.840 --> 0:00:44.640 going to be the starter for this week, so I 0:00:44.680 --> 0:00:46.559 just want to hear your thoughts on what about that 0:00:46.640 --> 0:00:49.080 game and his performance lead you to believe that this 0:00:49.400 --> 0:00:52.240 really could be a good decision and and and turning 0:00:52.240 --> 0:00:54.800 point for him. Well, the only interception that he threw 0:00:54.920 --> 0:00:57.880 was was I think completely defensible. You your twenty three 0:00:57.920 --> 0:00:59.840 seconds left, no time outs, back in your own twenty 0:01:00.040 --> 0:01:02.160 taking a shot down the field of sewn. It was 0:01:02.160 --> 0:01:03.959 worth the try and there there was a very low 0:01:03.960 --> 0:01:06.320 percentage situation period, so it was worth to try. And 0:01:06.319 --> 0:01:07.800 I don't think you may blames him for that one. 0:01:07.840 --> 0:01:10.640 And otherwise, um, he protected the ball fairly well. I mean, 0:01:10.640 --> 0:01:12.600 I guess we got lucky when he was forced to 0:01:12.640 --> 0:01:14.920 fumble into the end zone that ended up being a touchdown. 0:01:14.959 --> 0:01:17.119 But that's what it's all about. No matter who we've 0:01:17.160 --> 0:01:21.200 had under under center, it's been everybody can move the 0:01:21.240 --> 0:01:22.759 ball on and I mean those two guys can both 0:01:22.840 --> 0:01:24.520 move the ball on this team, but somebody's got to 0:01:24.520 --> 0:01:26.440 stop turning the ball over. And because that's the story 0:01:26.480 --> 0:01:28.280 of the season, playing and simple, and everybody knows that, 0:01:28.319 --> 0:01:30.640 I'm not telling you anything you don't know. The Buccaneers 0:01:30.680 --> 0:01:33.280 are native twenty three in turn of a ratio, which 0:01:33.319 --> 0:01:35.640 is worse in the NFL. Um and when you aren't 0:01:35.640 --> 0:01:38.800 generating any on offense on defense, you just can't. You 0:01:38.920 --> 0:01:40.600 got to match that on offense because you can't put 0:01:40.600 --> 0:01:42.000 yourself in a hole. But that's what the Bucks have 0:01:42.040 --> 0:01:45.120 done repeatedly this season, put themselves in a hole with 0:01:45.160 --> 0:01:47.480 the turnover problems, in the lack of takeaways, and then 0:01:47.880 --> 0:01:50.240 you know, have to frantically try to climb out of it. 0:01:50.280 --> 0:01:53.400 But as for going forward, um, it makes sense to 0:01:53.440 --> 0:01:55.960 me three and seven is not You're not eliminated from 0:01:55.960 --> 0:01:58.880 the playoffs. But it would be disingenuous of us to 0:01:59.040 --> 0:02:01.360 suggest that it's like Lee. It's a really tough path 0:02:01.360 --> 0:02:03.160 from three and seven to the playoffs. First of all, 0:02:03.160 --> 0:02:05.320 you gotta win out, there's no way, and even nine 0:02:05.320 --> 0:02:07.680 wins may not do it. So that's true. Um, I 0:02:07.720 --> 0:02:10.280 already saw. We had a question from Toby about if 0:02:10.320 --> 0:02:13.160 O J has gotten a second opinion on his ankle yet. Yeah, 0:02:13.200 --> 0:02:16.120 and I think what he meant. I think when he 0:02:16.280 --> 0:02:18.720 when Coach used the word second opinion opinion and his 0:02:18.800 --> 0:02:21.079 answer yesterday, I think what he meant was further testing 0:02:21.120 --> 0:02:24.560 and further examinations of the test are been done. Uh. 0:02:24.600 --> 0:02:26.160 You know, when you hear the word second opinion, it's 0:02:26.240 --> 0:02:28.520 usually from a guy who got some injury or health 0:02:28.520 --> 0:02:30.440 news he didn't like and wants to go to another 0:02:30.480 --> 0:02:33.880 doctor and maybe possibly get a better answer. Solnder has 0:02:33.880 --> 0:02:36.640 a negative connotation to it. What they meant, what he 0:02:36.680 --> 0:02:40.239 meant was more tests or more examination of him, And 0:02:40.840 --> 0:02:43.120 uh no, we don't have that answer yet as of 0:02:43.120 --> 0:02:46.560 today's Tuesday. At one coach said yesterday that we probably 0:02:46.560 --> 0:02:50.520 wouldn't have the answer until at least late today or 0:02:50.560 --> 0:02:53.440 maybe even Wednesday morning. Uh And then, of course, because 0:02:53.440 --> 0:02:55.200 of the way the new cycle works here and when 0:02:55.200 --> 0:02:56.919 he speaks to the press, the first time he would 0:02:56.960 --> 0:02:59.560 have an opportunity to address that would be after practice 0:02:59.560 --> 0:03:01.800 on Wednesday, So that's probably when we're going to get 0:03:01.800 --> 0:03:04.519 our answer. It's obviously a big concern because of all 0:03:04.520 --> 0:03:07.600 the players who have made a huge step forward this year. 0:03:07.639 --> 0:03:09.440 I think he's probably the number one guy in his 0:03:09.520 --> 0:03:11.799 second season, and it's just looking to see him lose 0:03:11.840 --> 0:03:14.160 some opportunities to continue that growth. I know that we 0:03:14.160 --> 0:03:16.200 were trying to think, just starting to think about how 0:03:16.240 --> 0:03:18.480 we can maybe get this guy some more attention for 0:03:18.560 --> 0:03:22.639 the Pro Bowl learning and so to derail that or 0:03:22.840 --> 0:03:25.320 or put a little hold on it is unfortunate. But 0:03:25.600 --> 0:03:27.040 you know, the injuries have started to pile up for 0:03:27.040 --> 0:03:30.239 the Buccaneers. So that's that's story number two about this season, 0:03:30.280 --> 0:03:33.720 and the the turnovers are the main thing, but the 0:03:33.840 --> 0:03:36.000 sort of piling up of injuries in recent weeks is 0:03:36.440 --> 0:03:38.400 on top of that made things even more difficult, right 0:03:38.440 --> 0:03:41.200 which Our next question is from David asking about Lavonte 0:03:41.320 --> 0:03:43.920 and Kindle back with and what we know about them. Okay, Well, 0:03:43.920 --> 0:03:47.320 we know Kendall's not coming back this season, um, and 0:03:47.360 --> 0:03:50.080 I think that shouldn't come to as a huge surprise 0:03:50.080 --> 0:03:52.360 to anybody that's listened to us, because we've talked about it. 0:03:52.360 --> 0:03:54.240 I've tried to make a point of saying, even when 0:03:54.240 --> 0:03:56.600 they activated him and started that twenty one day window 0:03:56.880 --> 0:03:59.400 where he could practice with the team without counting against 0:03:59.440 --> 0:04:02.200 the roster, that was no guarantee that that meant at 0:04:02.200 --> 0:04:05.240 the end of that that window he would definitely be activated. 0:04:05.280 --> 0:04:08.400 They were hoping so, and actually I think they didn't 0:04:08.440 --> 0:04:11.520 start that that three week window with a really optimistic feeling. 0:04:11.560 --> 0:04:14.160 But as it went on, I saw a pretty good 0:04:14.240 --> 0:04:16.040 improvement from him, and by the end of it it 0:04:16.120 --> 0:04:18.880 was close. I think they were relatively close, but it 0:04:18.960 --> 0:04:20.840 just was determined that he's not going to be able 0:04:21.120 --> 0:04:24.360 to play just yet. So he's when you just when 0:04:24.360 --> 0:04:26.240 you make that decision, you either have to activate him 0:04:26.360 --> 0:04:28.040 and use a roster spot on him. What you're not 0:04:28.080 --> 0:04:30.000 gonna do if he's not gonna be playing or he 0:04:30.120 --> 0:04:31.640 stays on n f I for the rest of the year, 0:04:31.640 --> 0:04:33.760 and that's what's going to happen. So he uh, he 0:04:33.839 --> 0:04:36.160 will not play this season? Lavante is The answer is 0:04:36.200 --> 0:04:38.239 gonna be similar to O J and that our first 0:04:38.320 --> 0:04:42.080 real clue on that will be practice. What does he 0:04:42.120 --> 0:04:44.160 do in practice or not do on Wednesday? And then 0:04:44.200 --> 0:04:46.560 what's his status on the injury report after that? Okay, 0:04:46.839 --> 0:04:49.960 and Austin watching from Colorado love when people there we 0:04:50.040 --> 0:04:52.680 go that was we got one from Colorado wants to 0:04:52.720 --> 0:04:55.279 know what the team is going to do with Kwan 0:04:55.440 --> 0:04:57.800 and is a one year contract and option pay him 0:04:57.839 --> 0:05:00.800 his deal? Just how his injury affects what they might 0:05:00.800 --> 0:05:03.280 be able to do with his contract. Yeah, well that's 0:05:03.279 --> 0:05:05.000 the first thing that's gonna have to be determined. What's 0:05:05.120 --> 0:05:08.440 what's how what's the effect of this injury? Um, how 0:05:08.480 --> 0:05:10.600 long is the recovery and so on it. It certainly 0:05:10.600 --> 0:05:13.279 didn't come at a good time for him, regardless of 0:05:13.279 --> 0:05:16.520 what team he's going to be with us or another 0:05:16.560 --> 0:05:18.840 team in the future. But I would be surprised by 0:05:18.880 --> 0:05:22.760 a one year contract to be honest with you. I mean, um, 0:05:22.839 --> 0:05:25.400 you presume he is going to eventually recover from this 0:05:25.520 --> 0:05:28.120 injury and be the same player, And I don't think 0:05:28.600 --> 0:05:30.240 I don't think his side would want to do a 0:05:30.279 --> 0:05:33.880 one year deal. I guess the idea is it's it's 0:05:33.880 --> 0:05:35.360 a one year deal, I think while things are a 0:05:35.360 --> 0:05:37.880 little uncertain, and then you revisit it again later. I mean, 0:05:38.040 --> 0:05:39.960 I guess the team wouldn't mind doing that, but I 0:05:39.960 --> 0:05:42.719 don't see why quand side would want to do that, right, 0:05:42.880 --> 0:05:45.520 Which is a very good point. And uh Nicholas was 0:05:45.560 --> 0:05:48.120 asking about the chances of our defense being able to 0:05:48.120 --> 0:05:49.640 give up fewer points, and I feel like this week 0:05:49.680 --> 0:05:51.880 in particular was interesting. I know we're gonna be talking 0:05:51.880 --> 0:05:53.880 to someone from the forty niners for our crossfire segment, 0:05:53.880 --> 0:05:55.000 and one of the things we're going to bring up 0:05:55.000 --> 0:05:57.200 to them as the idea of these two teams and 0:05:57.240 --> 0:06:01.080 the turnovers and lack of takeaways. What are your thoughts 0:06:01.080 --> 0:06:03.640 on this weekend in particular in terms of the Bucks 0:06:03.640 --> 0:06:06.400 ability to cut down on offensive turnovers and the ability 0:06:06.440 --> 0:06:08.920 to get a few more yes, so they have. It's 0:06:08.920 --> 0:06:11.520 a matchup of the two teams that are last in 0:06:11.560 --> 0:06:15.120 the NFL. Internover ratio. We're last there next, and then 0:06:15.200 --> 0:06:17.600 the two teams that have the fewest takeaways, we actually 0:06:17.600 --> 0:06:20.120 have one more than they two, if you can believe that. Um, 0:06:20.160 --> 0:06:22.000 it seems like it's impossible that we can only have 0:06:22.040 --> 0:06:26.560 six and yet they have one fewer. UM. So that 0:06:26.720 --> 0:06:30.119 still highlights the issue, though I agree, the chances of 0:06:30.279 --> 0:06:32.920 coming out on top and keeping from falling into a 0:06:32.960 --> 0:06:34.440 hole as the Bucks have done a lot, and and 0:06:34.440 --> 0:06:37.720 from hopefully as that listeners said, giving a fewer points 0:06:38.360 --> 0:06:41.480 is going to come down to not giving them easy 0:06:41.520 --> 0:06:44.240 scoring situations, not giving them a pick six. You know, 0:06:44.279 --> 0:06:46.279 one of the scores by the Giants was on defense 0:06:46.560 --> 0:06:48.920 and not giving them short fields, which was a problem 0:06:48.960 --> 0:06:51.960 against Washington. So it's still gonna be it's still gonna 0:06:51.960 --> 0:06:53.760 be turnovers. And that's that's what it is. You know. 0:06:54.160 --> 0:06:55.960 The fact of the matter is the Buccaneers are very 0:06:55.960 --> 0:06:58.120 banged up on defense, especially in the middle, which will 0:06:58.160 --> 0:07:02.080 be in particular problem in it's their leading receiver, uh, 0:07:02.200 --> 0:07:06.120 George Kittle, the tied end. But you know, Washington the 0:07:06.200 --> 0:07:08.120 fewest yards and points we've allowed, and that was with 0:07:08.200 --> 0:07:12.000 these guys injured, and then this last game. Um, obviously 0:07:12.040 --> 0:07:14.200 it wasn't good but points wise, but again one of 0:07:14.240 --> 0:07:17.040 those was a pick six, and the yardage total allowed 0:07:17.080 --> 0:07:19.160 three and fifty nine is one of the lower ones. 0:07:19.280 --> 0:07:21.720 The last couple of weeks there have been some signs 0:07:21.800 --> 0:07:24.680 of good defense. Don't think you can quite say good 0:07:24.680 --> 0:07:27.520 defense just yet, but it's possible. And then the same friend, 0:07:28.080 --> 0:07:30.200 not the most dynamic office. They do run the ball 0:07:30.400 --> 0:07:32.600 very very well. There. They have a young quarterback who's 0:07:32.640 --> 0:07:34.800 looked promising and Nick Mullins buddy is a guy who 0:07:34.800 --> 0:07:37.360 started two games. So it stacks up as a game 0:07:37.400 --> 0:07:39.240 that if you can stop the run, you might have 0:07:39.280 --> 0:07:41.480 a chance to have one of your better defensive efforts. Okay, 0:07:41.520 --> 0:07:44.360 And I saw someone brought up the idea of purposefully 0:07:44.360 --> 0:07:46.880 playing the quarterbacks part of the game, of that being 0:07:46.920 --> 0:07:49.000 your game plan. That was my idea, and yeah, and 0:07:49.040 --> 0:07:51.360 so I wanted to hear the thoughts of somebody actually 0:07:51.360 --> 0:07:54.440 had this name. Yes, pro pros and cons of this 0:07:54.480 --> 0:07:55.760 idea of you know, and I think a lot of 0:07:55.800 --> 0:07:58.880 Sampa they raised fans especially, have been making them Harrison's 0:07:59.240 --> 0:08:01.000 to this idea. The raids, the way they kept doing 0:08:01.040 --> 0:08:02.800 what did they call them and called them openers, I 0:08:02.840 --> 0:08:06.000 think instead of starters. Yeah, you know, the revolution in baseball, 0:08:06.000 --> 0:08:08.960 and some teams really um embraced it with uh you know, 0:08:09.120 --> 0:08:11.360 less traditional starter roles. And the game that came to 0:08:11.440 --> 0:08:14.480 mind to me was Game five of the Dodgers Brewers 0:08:14.560 --> 0:08:17.040 series in the playoffs when the Dodge when the Brewers 0:08:17.040 --> 0:08:19.560 started a guy I think it was Wade Miley and 0:08:19.600 --> 0:08:21.880 let him pitch to one batter and then as plan 0:08:22.080 --> 0:08:24.760 pulled him and put in a picture, who threw the 0:08:24.800 --> 0:08:27.040 opposite So is either going from right here or lefty 0:08:27.280 --> 0:08:31.120 or vice versa in order to get them in order 0:08:31.160 --> 0:08:35.439 to get the Brewers, the Dodgers to um uh start 0:08:35.440 --> 0:08:37.400 with a certain lineup right and then not want to 0:08:37.400 --> 0:08:39.560 have tom at least about it's not the same thing 0:08:39.600 --> 0:08:42.160 in football. But I was really just joking. But I thought, 0:08:42.520 --> 0:08:46.600 since the second guy that comes in has generally done 0:08:46.720 --> 0:08:49.520 very well after the first guy had turnover problems. We're 0:08:49.520 --> 0:08:52.760 talking about Fitzpatrick and Winston, Um, why don't we just 0:08:52.840 --> 0:08:54.439 start one of them and then before we have to 0:08:54.559 --> 0:08:56.559 deal with the turnover problems, go to the second guy, 0:08:56.800 --> 0:08:59.960 like after one series, and just start Adam Humphreys. Let 0:09:00.080 --> 0:09:03.000 throw one pass, he's our emergency quarterback. And then put 0:09:03.080 --> 0:09:05.640 in Winston or Fitzpatrick. Let's see if that works. That's 0:09:05.640 --> 0:09:07.839 pretty funny. I'm just never going to do that. Probably not. 0:09:07.960 --> 0:09:09.839 There's a reason teams have not typically done this in 0:09:09.920 --> 0:09:13.520 the past. I guess Paul said the offensive line has 0:09:13.559 --> 0:09:15.320 had some struggles this year. Is there any chance they 0:09:15.400 --> 0:09:18.640 take a look at Alex Kappa to actually get in there. 0:09:18.720 --> 0:09:21.960 I mean there's a chance, but um, I don't think so. Probably. Um. 0:09:22.600 --> 0:09:25.520 You know, the guy that's been active since Evan Smith 0:09:25.559 --> 0:09:27.400 went on interro Reserve, the guy that's been active as 0:09:27.440 --> 0:09:29.680 your extra interior guy is Mike Lidkey, So I would 0:09:29.720 --> 0:09:31.520 think he'd be the next one that would get a look. Yeah. 0:09:31.559 --> 0:09:32.839 I know that coach has talked about that on the 0:09:32.920 --> 0:09:35.040 radio show several times, that it is so much about 0:09:35.040 --> 0:09:37.000 the fact that you can only have seven active on 0:09:37.080 --> 0:09:40.040 game day and basically one has to be able to 0:09:40.200 --> 0:09:43.480 play all three interior positions, and that Alex is still 0:09:43.559 --> 0:09:46.360 learning the center position. More so, it's not just about 0:09:47.120 --> 0:09:49.839 at guard, it's who can really do the most in 0:09:50.040 --> 0:09:51.960 terms of being able to move to all the different positions. 0:09:52.120 --> 0:09:54.880 Somebody asked him, I think it was last week, early 0:09:55.000 --> 0:09:57.640 last week, what the contingency plan is because you have 0:09:57.760 --> 0:09:59.680 one at center, and he listed three. This is coach 0:09:59.760 --> 0:10:02.400 caut and the third one was Kappa. But he said 0:10:02.520 --> 0:10:04.560 that's like the distant third, that's the one that has 0:10:04.600 --> 0:10:06.560 to come the farthest. So I think that's the answer there. 0:10:06.960 --> 0:10:08.680 Let me know if we have any Adam Humphreys questions, 0:10:08.679 --> 0:10:10.320 because I got a nice little note to throw out there. 0:10:10.559 --> 0:10:11.959 Oh well, then just go ahead throw it out there. 0:10:12.240 --> 0:10:13.679 I mean, I I don't know, I haven't got a 0:10:13.720 --> 0:10:15.200 scroll through all of them, or We're behind a little 0:10:15.200 --> 0:10:17.199 bit of questions as I'm reading some of them, but yeah, sure, 0:10:17.240 --> 0:10:19.240 go for it. Okay. So I just got this. One 0:10:19.280 --> 0:10:21.040 of the PR guys had looked this up. And this 0:10:21.200 --> 0:10:24.640 may surprise you that in the last six or since 0:10:25.200 --> 0:10:27.599 we came back in Week six from the bye, in 0:10:27.679 --> 0:10:30.160 that spanning games, and I'm Humphries is fifteenth in the 0:10:30.240 --> 0:10:34.520 NFL and receiving yards. Would you guess that receiver in 0:10:34.559 --> 0:10:37.920 the NFL in that span right there? I mean, I al, 0:10:38.000 --> 0:10:40.000 he's done well. I mean we've all been talking about 0:10:40.040 --> 0:10:43.320 how Adam is is. Really it's good for him because 0:10:43.559 --> 0:10:45.599 he's going to become a free agent. Yeah, which the 0:10:45.679 --> 0:10:48.880 timing is fantastic because he's playing fantastic. Fantastic for him, 0:10:48.880 --> 0:10:50.320 maybe not great for the Bucks all of a sudden 0:10:50.320 --> 0:10:51.600 now where they're gonna have to step their game up 0:10:51.600 --> 0:10:53.679 if they want to keep him exactly man good for him, 0:10:53.720 --> 0:10:56.480 he's like so sneaky good. I feel like, like you 0:10:56.520 --> 0:10:59.040 said that, you wouldn't think he's done the well. And 0:10:59.040 --> 0:11:00.840 I almost feel like that's why he's so successful, as 0:11:00.840 --> 0:11:03.199 he's sneaky good, even to the defense that they're like, yeah, 0:11:03.360 --> 0:11:04.720 this guy, we've got so much to worry about all 0:11:04.760 --> 0:11:06.640 these other wide reisa right well, and then he does 0:11:06.679 --> 0:11:08.240 a lot of little things well, like remember a few 0:11:08.280 --> 0:11:11.280 weeks ago when he made that amazing diving like leaping 0:11:11.360 --> 0:11:14.599 diving catch on a slant and traffic. I mean, everybody's like, 0:11:14.760 --> 0:11:17.360 was that Adam Humphries. My goodness, he's even better than 0:11:17.400 --> 0:11:19.600 we thought. And then in this last game he broke 0:11:19.760 --> 0:11:21.640 he came back and made a good effort to break 0:11:21.720 --> 0:11:23.720 up what could have been an interception. That's that's something 0:11:23.760 --> 0:11:25.439 you like to see from your receivers too. So he 0:11:25.520 --> 0:11:27.040 does a lot of the little things right as well. 0:11:27.320 --> 0:11:31.720 Alex from Punta Punta Gorda, Florida. I think um wonders 0:11:31.800 --> 0:11:35.679 why Ryan Griffin hasn't gotten a chance yet. Well, mainly 0:11:35.760 --> 0:11:39.319 because and I think they're still in this mode. The 0:11:39.400 --> 0:11:42.760 Buccaneers right up through last game, I've been trying to 0:11:42.840 --> 0:11:44.760 win their trying to get back in the playoff race. 0:11:44.760 --> 0:11:46.640 Now we already said that's unlikely at three and seven, 0:11:46.720 --> 0:11:48.679 but that's what they've been trying to do. And you 0:11:48.800 --> 0:11:50.920 have already had two guys that have demonstrated that they 0:11:51.000 --> 0:11:54.280 can really produce a lot on this offense. Obviously the 0:11:54.320 --> 0:11:58.520 turnovers have been the problem, and Ryan Griffin would be 0:11:58.840 --> 0:12:02.960 the unproven option there. So if you're trying to win games, 0:12:02.960 --> 0:12:04.760 you've got two guys that, if they could just clean 0:12:04.840 --> 0:12:08.120 up the turner issues, are a lot more proven and experience, 0:12:08.200 --> 0:12:10.439 why would you go to your third option? Now? I 0:12:10.520 --> 0:12:12.240 think that question is can be asked a lot more 0:12:12.360 --> 0:12:14.920 going forward, and maybe there's maybe there's a chance for that. 0:12:15.080 --> 0:12:17.560 But that's why it hasn't happened to this point. Um. 0:12:17.600 --> 0:12:20.640 I've seen some people bringing up Peyton Barber and how 0:12:20.679 --> 0:12:22.240 well he played, but there was this scen area that 0:12:22.320 --> 0:12:25.440 we didn't run him on, you know, some fourth and one. 0:12:25.440 --> 0:12:27.400 There were just some some things that fourth down, so 0:12:27.600 --> 0:12:29.719 thoughts on his performance last week and some of the 0:12:29.760 --> 0:12:31.320 ways that they did and did not use him. I'm 0:12:31.320 --> 0:12:34.360 glad that Payton got that hundred yard game, yeah, because 0:12:35.400 --> 0:12:37.640 I feel like in the previous three or four outings 0:12:37.720 --> 0:12:40.719 for him, he was running very well, but at the 0:12:40.840 --> 0:12:42.360 end of the game, the numbers would be like sixty 0:12:42.360 --> 0:12:43.920 one yards or seven yards, and he'd have a nice 0:12:43.920 --> 0:12:45.920 per carry like four point seven or something, but they 0:12:45.960 --> 0:12:48.719 weren't numbers that jumped out on you. But then it 0:12:48.840 --> 0:12:51.240 was really situational, Like in the Washington game, he basically 0:12:51.240 --> 0:12:53.080 didn't play in the fourth quarter and we were playing 0:12:53.400 --> 0:12:55.920 quiz as your third down back, good past protector, good 0:12:55.920 --> 0:12:58.760 pass catcher on the backfield, and so his numbers end 0:12:58.840 --> 0:13:00.439 up being like sixty one yards or so. This one, 0:13:01.000 --> 0:13:03.120 there was more opportunity for him throughout the game, and 0:13:03.360 --> 0:13:05.959 he really took advantage of it. And so he I 0:13:06.200 --> 0:13:09.960 think personally that he has progressed to a notable degree 0:13:10.200 --> 0:13:12.360 in terms of how dynamic is a run as a runner. 0:13:12.400 --> 0:13:14.160 You know, early on it was like he'll get you 0:13:14.280 --> 0:13:18.360 four yards, he'll fall forward, he'll make some arative to contact. 0:13:18.400 --> 0:13:20.839 But I thought he had some nice cuts in that 0:13:20.960 --> 0:13:25.160 last game open field moves. Uh So I thought it 0:13:25.240 --> 0:13:27.800 was a nice thing for him. And the fourth and 0:13:27.840 --> 0:13:30.160 one that I'm thinking of was the one on our 0:13:30.200 --> 0:13:32.079 very first drive of the game, which first of all, 0:13:32.760 --> 0:13:35.959 I totally believe was the right decision. Um and it 0:13:36.040 --> 0:13:40.000 did end up being a shootout game, Um, I thought 0:13:40.000 --> 0:13:41.439 it was, and I thought the call was right. I 0:13:41.640 --> 0:13:44.559 always think if you're inches away, the quarterback sneak works 0:13:45.360 --> 0:13:47.280 of the time. I still think that's true. I think 0:13:47.320 --> 0:13:49.880 if we ran that play ten times, we'd make it 0:13:49.960 --> 0:13:52.679 eight or nine times. They got us on that one. 0:13:52.800 --> 0:13:54.679 They they beat us on that play. But I think 0:13:54.720 --> 0:13:57.199 the call was right. And I don't personally like on 0:13:57.320 --> 0:14:00.199 fourth and inches taking the ball back a few ards 0:14:00.240 --> 0:14:02.040 and handing off to the running back because making it 0:14:02.120 --> 0:14:03.959 four and three just making it harder. I mean, he 0:14:04.000 --> 0:14:05.800 can get a running start, but there's all you see 0:14:05.800 --> 0:14:07.920 a lot of those fourth and shorts where your hand 0:14:07.960 --> 0:14:10.920 off and because there's time for a defender to make 0:14:10.960 --> 0:14:12.800 a great play, he sometimes gets him in the backfield 0:14:12.840 --> 0:14:14.839 and there's no shot. When you do a quarterback sneak, 0:14:15.240 --> 0:14:17.800 you've always got a shot and you generally make it. 0:14:18.320 --> 0:14:21.560 And also now the rules are the running back if 0:14:21.600 --> 0:14:24.160 you're in a single back set and your quarterback sneaks, 0:14:24.160 --> 0:14:26.520 the running back can't run up and push and that 0:14:26.640 --> 0:14:29.040 often helps too. So if your hand off, you got 0:14:29.120 --> 0:14:30.640 nobody to run up behind the running back and push 0:14:30.680 --> 0:14:32.600 if it's a mess. So I think the quarterback sneak 0:14:32.680 --> 0:14:35.680 is the perfect call. If there was another fourth and one, um, 0:14:35.760 --> 0:14:38.080 I don't really recall it. I mean, I guess the 0:14:38.200 --> 0:14:40.840 touchdown that fits ran in. It was a fourth down, 0:14:41.880 --> 0:14:44.000 But that was an interesting call that was I wouldn't 0:14:44.000 --> 0:14:45.760 want to see. I thought we're gonna throw on fourth 0:14:45.840 --> 0:14:47.640 and one, and it looked like it was a designed 0:14:47.680 --> 0:14:50.280 run for Fitzpatrick to pause for a second and run 0:14:50.360 --> 0:14:52.880 up the middle, and then when that didn't develop, he 0:14:52.960 --> 0:14:54.200 kind of had to make it up and he ran 0:14:54.240 --> 0:14:55.600 around the end and I thought he was going to 0:14:55.720 --> 0:14:57.280 run around there and throw. We had one guy in 0:14:57.320 --> 0:15:00.240 the end zone that was a potential targ there, but 0:15:00.320 --> 0:15:02.480 he thought he could get in and he did. Uh 0:15:02.600 --> 0:15:05.760 And Michael, there's two parts of his question. One I 0:15:05.840 --> 0:15:07.360 know we're not going to be able to answer because 0:15:07.360 --> 0:15:09.360 he talks about any potential big name free agents we 0:15:09.440 --> 0:15:10.840 can sign in the off seasons. This is where we 0:15:10.840 --> 0:15:12.440 give our disclaimer that because we worked with the team, 0:15:12.760 --> 0:15:14.480 we're not really allowed talk to individual people. All there 0:15:14.520 --> 0:15:17.680 still under contract. So I've seen a few different questions 0:15:17.720 --> 0:15:20.040 about potential free agents. And that's why if you're one 0:15:20.040 --> 0:15:22.160 of the people asked talking about that in November, I 0:15:22.240 --> 0:15:24.200 know that's that's also very true. But he said, what 0:15:24.360 --> 0:15:26.600 is the cap space going to look like next year? 0:15:26.800 --> 0:15:29.400 Then I wish that I had had a little time 0:15:29.400 --> 0:15:32.400 to uh prepare between next week I've come back to 0:15:32.440 --> 0:15:34.640 watch we can. My understanding is we have a decent 0:15:34.680 --> 0:15:36.200 amount of cap space, but there are a couple of 0:15:36.240 --> 0:15:39.720 potential moves that that if we made them, could put 0:15:39.800 --> 0:15:41.360 us in a whole lot of cap space. But I 0:15:41.400 --> 0:15:43.720 also I was reading that in an article. I also 0:15:43.840 --> 0:15:46.040 read that there are a lot of teams with a 0:15:46.120 --> 0:15:48.160 lot of cap space, and because you have to spend 0:15:48.360 --> 0:15:51.920 and I remember the exact number of of the cap 0:15:52.200 --> 0:15:54.520 in a I think three or four year window. You 0:15:54.520 --> 0:15:55.720 don't have to do it every year, but by the 0:15:55.800 --> 0:15:57.120 end of that window, you have to have spent that. 0:15:57.200 --> 0:15:58.360 And there are a number of teams that are in 0:15:58.440 --> 0:16:01.080 position going into this offseason where they pretty much have 0:16:01.280 --> 0:16:03.600 to sign, they have to spend somebody they can resign 0:16:03.640 --> 0:16:05.480 their own people. They don't have to bring somebody else in. 0:16:05.600 --> 0:16:07.080 But there are some teams that are gonna have a 0:16:07.120 --> 0:16:09.200 lot of cast space and a motivation to spend it. 0:16:09.280 --> 0:16:10.920 So I think there will be a lot of competition 0:16:11.000 --> 0:16:15.120 for the really good UM free agent. So I'll answer 0:16:15.200 --> 0:16:17.440 that question by saying, Hey, let's resign Adam huntreason Court. 0:16:17.520 --> 0:16:19.680 There you go. I like that. All right, that's gonna 0:16:19.680 --> 0:16:21.400 do it for us. In this edition of Buccaneers Inside 0:16:21.440 --> 0:16:23.080 a Live presented by Miller Lide, Thanks so much for 0:16:23.120 --> 0:16:24.720 being with us, and we'll see you back here next week.