WEBVTT - Bucs Back to Work, Prepping for First Place Contest with Falcons | Bucs Insider

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome two Bucks Insider, presented by ticketmaster Casey Phillips here

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<v Speaker 1>with senior writer and editor Scott Smith. And we got

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<v Speaker 1>a game to recap, a game to look forward to,

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<v Speaker 1>and unfortunately the one to recap was not how we

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<v Speaker 1>hoped it would go. But the Cream School part.

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<v Speaker 2>Of it was pretty great.

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<v Speaker 1>I feel like we got to separate the two things

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<v Speaker 1>of We can talk about what happened on the field,

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<v Speaker 1>but I want to first talk about the fact that

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<v Speaker 1>this was our long awaited Cream School game. Stadium looked amazing,

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<v Speaker 1>jerseys looked amazing, fans looked amazing. It was incredible. I

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<v Speaker 1>loved it. I mean, look at some of these posts

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<v Speaker 1>we have, I mean just everything looked beautiful and shout out,

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<v Speaker 1>of course to our amazing photographers. And it was a beautiful,

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<v Speaker 1>beautiful day, perfect weather, and the stadium. Just at the graphics,

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<v Speaker 1>the whole digital team, the cheerleaders, I mean it was

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<v Speaker 1>That's what I loved is we didn't just do the jerseys.

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<v Speaker 1>We also did the whole thing, the stadium. This is funny.

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<v Speaker 1>People haven't seen this clip that this is Tristan Ware

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<v Speaker 1>was talking to Seool about Sewell was saying, hey, let

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<v Speaker 1>me get that jersey and for people to know. A

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<v Speaker 1>lot of times players will trade jerseys with each other

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<v Speaker 1>at the end of the game. You know, they have

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<v Speaker 1>a bunch of different people. And Tristan's like, no, man, like,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm keeping this. There's no way.

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<v Speaker 3>I guess a story about it. Did you hear Levonte

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<v Speaker 3>when he was talking before the game. No, so he's

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<v Speaker 3>the only one who had played in oh A Creamsicle

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<v Speaker 3>before on the team because he twenty twelve is the

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<v Speaker 3>last game and he's the only one that was on

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<v Speaker 3>the team then.

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<v Speaker 2>And he they asked him if.

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<v Speaker 3>He kept his jerseys, Like, I was young then I

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<v Speaker 3>didn't realize you were allowed to keep your jerseys, and

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<v Speaker 3>so he didn't. And then a couple of years later

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<v Speaker 3>he asked for it. He said they'd already given him away.

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<v Speaker 3>So I said, this time, I'm definitely.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, I'm so glad you got a chance to be

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<v Speaker 1>here for that. That would have been so sad. But yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>so that all just looked incredible. We love seeing everybody

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<v Speaker 1>out on their creamsicle stuff. So now let's get to

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<v Speaker 1>the less fun part of the what happened on the field. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>we know that, man, the Lions are a great team,

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<v Speaker 1>but we also know that there was a lot that

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<v Speaker 1>the Bucks knew they could have done differently or better

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<v Speaker 1>in that game. It just it did feel like there

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<v Speaker 1>were so many missed opportunities that and I'm sure you

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<v Speaker 1>can say this about a lot of games, but in

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<v Speaker 1>this way, it just felt like it just this had

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<v Speaker 1>gone a little differently, or you know, I think especially

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<v Speaker 1>about the Baker play, and you know the fact.

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<v Speaker 3>That Mike was, well, we're seeing these missed ones to

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<v Speaker 3>Trey here. There were two of them, and I know

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<v Speaker 3>Baker felt disappointed, frustrated by these. After the game, he

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<v Speaker 3>said so several times. The the one that really turned

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<v Speaker 3>things was the tip pass where Mike Evans was seven

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<v Speaker 3>yards behind the defense and the last defender was looking

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<v Speaker 3>in the wrong direction. So yeah, yeah, so and it

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<v Speaker 3>ends up being an interception and three points the other way.

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<v Speaker 3>It might have been seven points the other way. You

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<v Speaker 3>can do this obviously after every loss, and it's cliche,

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<v Speaker 3>but the long and the short of it is that

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<v Speaker 3>the Buccaneers had their worst offensive performance of the season,

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<v Speaker 3>felt frustrated and mad about it afterwards, but also felt

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<v Speaker 3>like they know what was there and what could have

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<v Speaker 3>been and what can be fixed and what this offense

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<v Speaker 3>is capable of doing. So it always you always feel

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<v Speaker 3>like a certain way after one game, after the New

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<v Speaker 3>oronce Saints game where he scored more than twenty points

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<v Speaker 3>of them for the first time that anyone had in

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<v Speaker 3>more than a year, you felt, Wow, this thing's really clicking.

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<v Speaker 3>We're doing all kinds of different things. There's a lot

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<v Speaker 3>of riding in this offense. And then after this one

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<v Speaker 3>you're like, Wow, what's wrong with the offense? Are we

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<v Speaker 3>doing too much?

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<v Speaker 2>Did we simplify?

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<v Speaker 3>And Baker said this week yesterday said no, it's not

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<v Speaker 3>a matter of simplifying.

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<v Speaker 2>It's just execution. The play calling's fine.

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<v Speaker 3>Had we hit a few of those plays, nobody would

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<v Speaker 3>be talking about the play calling right now.

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<v Speaker 1>Right. Yeah, that's a very good point. And we saw

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<v Speaker 1>again a couple of those were to Trey Palmer. What

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<v Speaker 1>do we see about the role because I mean, we've

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<v Speaker 1>always know Mike Evans, Chris Scotlin, those are your guys.

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<v Speaker 1>But we've seen Trey Palmer's gotten some touchdowns, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>preseason and regular season, He's made some big plays. So

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<v Speaker 1>what are we thinking that his role could be in

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<v Speaker 1>this offense?

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<v Speaker 3>I think you're seeing him become more and more the

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<v Speaker 3>number the primary third receiver, and you can see that

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<v Speaker 3>in the snap counts and the targets. From the last game,

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<v Speaker 3>he had thirty seven offensive snaps and there weren't a

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<v Speaker 3>ton because the time of possession was so lopsided, so

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<v Speaker 3>thirty seven was a lot. I think Devin Tompkins had fourteen.

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<v Speaker 3>Trey Palmer had seven targets to two for Devin Tompkins.

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<v Speaker 3>And this is nothing about Devin Tompkins. I'm just saying

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<v Speaker 3>it appears to be like Trey Palmer is becoming your

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<v Speaker 3>obvious third receiver and getting a lot of looks, and

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<v Speaker 3>it didn't go great as we saw some of the

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<v Speaker 3>missed ones. He was targeted seven times and only caught

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<v Speaker 3>two of them, but those two were two of the

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<v Speaker 3>Bucks three plays and went for over twenty yards. So

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<v Speaker 3>he's a guy that the volume hasn't been huge yet

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<v Speaker 3>in terms of how many catches he gets per game,

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<v Speaker 3>but a lot of his plays have been big plays.

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<v Speaker 3>And as he gets more and more time on the

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<v Speaker 3>field and more and more looks, we should see more.

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<v Speaker 1>Of that great and someone else, of course, we saw

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<v Speaker 1>more of Klijah Caanci a guy that man. I was

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<v Speaker 1>so excited to see what he was going to look

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<v Speaker 1>like because he'd already shown us once this year that

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<v Speaker 1>he could be injured for a while and come back

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<v Speaker 1>looking great. That he did that in his eleven snaps

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<v Speaker 1>against Minnesota after missing a lot of training camp, So

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<v Speaker 1>then they have to pull him out again, he missed

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<v Speaker 1>more time, and I was like, is he going to

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<v Speaker 1>be able to do this again where he comes back

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<v Speaker 1>and gets a sack in his first career game that

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<v Speaker 1>he plays the whole time, and I just feel like

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<v Speaker 1>he looks like he was ready to hit the ground running,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, especially considering he's a rookie. In his MISSI

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<v Speaker 1>much time.

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<v Speaker 3>I mean, you say that, but he said he was rusty,

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<v Speaker 3>Coach Bowles him. That's my point. Coach Bowles says the

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<v Speaker 3>same thing. He's got some rust to shake off, he's

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<v Speaker 3>got some detailed.

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<v Speaker 2>Techniques to iron out.

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<v Speaker 3>But in the time that he's played, and this includes

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<v Speaker 3>those eleven snaps, nine of which were pass rush snaps

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<v Speaker 3>in that Minnesota game, in the time that he's played,

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<v Speaker 3>of all the defensive tackles or interior defensive lignement in

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<v Speaker 3>the league, this is there the top guys in terms

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<v Speaker 3>of pressure rate. That's how many times they've caught a

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<v Speaker 3>pressure of the quarterback on among their pass rush snaps.

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<v Speaker 2>That's a really high percentage.

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<v Speaker 3>I mean, Jalen Carter, everybody's raving about him this year

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<v Speaker 3>and Collijea's it's a smaller sample, don't. Don't get me wrong,

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<v Speaker 3>Jalen Carter has about four times as many snaps as

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<v Speaker 3>Klija does.

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<v Speaker 2>But the pressure rate is very promising right right off

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<v Speaker 2>the bat.

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<v Speaker 1>Especially coming off injury. Being a rookie, I think that

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<v Speaker 1>that's very fair, even if it is for less snaps.

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<v Speaker 3>No, it's an impressive start and it makes us, you know,

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<v Speaker 3>kind of optimistic about what's going to happen there with

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<v Speaker 3>him next to Vitavea. At some point, defenses are gonna

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<v Speaker 3>have to choose, you know, pick your poison. Who you're

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<v Speaker 3>gonna double team. Yeah, probably most times, can't double team them.

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<v Speaker 1>Both, yep. And so talking about him bringing pressure, how

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<v Speaker 1>about Baker Mayfield under pressure and what have we seen

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<v Speaker 1>from him in this area and just in general, I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>I already feel like our offensive line has done a

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<v Speaker 1>really great job in terms of past protection with him.

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<v Speaker 1>But we've seen that in the times that he is

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<v Speaker 1>under pressure, he's really made some impressive place.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, and to be more specific to tackles, Trisan Warris

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<v Speaker 3>and Luke Getticky have really done a great job in

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<v Speaker 3>pass protection. When there's been breakdowns, they've mostly been up

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<v Speaker 3>the middle, and that's usually the hardest thing for a

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<v Speaker 3>quarterback to deal with, is that quick pressure right in

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<v Speaker 3>his face. Baker Mayfield's numbers under pressure this year are

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<v Speaker 3>kind of insane and they probably can't last because league wide,

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<v Speaker 3>if you get pressure on the quarterback, it's usually a

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<v Speaker 3>negative play. Okay, this is look at this thing EPA.

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<v Speaker 3>Do you know an EPA is expected point out. It's

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<v Speaker 3>kind of like war and baseball. It's a difficult stat

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<v Speaker 3>to explain, but basically, positive numbers for a quarter back

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<v Speaker 3>are good if you produce a play that makes it

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<v Speaker 3>more likely your team will score points. This is total

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<v Speaker 3>EPA on plays when the quarterback is under pressure. Every

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<v Speaker 3>quarterback in the league has started at least two games

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<v Speaker 3>Baker's nine plus nine point four. To put that in context,

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<v Speaker 3>Josh Allen is second at three point four, and they're

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<v Speaker 3>the only two guys over in positive territory. Tua Tongel

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<v Speaker 3>is having a great season, but even he under pressure

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<v Speaker 3>is a little bit worse than normal. Right, that's numbers,

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<v Speaker 3>I say, I honestly don't think that can last.

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<v Speaker 2>That's that's out of bounds.

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<v Speaker 3>But so far Baker's been incredible.

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<v Speaker 1>Were five games, that's pretty incredible. That's amazing, all right.

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<v Speaker 1>And then now I know it's easy after a loss

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<v Speaker 1>to sometimes have a bit of the everything is everything

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<v Speaker 1>is terrible, Oh my gosh, this guy is probably in

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<v Speaker 1>chicken little situation. But it is really great to still

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<v Speaker 1>put into perspective where the Bucks are in the division

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<v Speaker 1>standings at this point. I know that again they know

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<v Speaker 1>they're capable of more than what they've done. But when

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<v Speaker 1>you look at these division standings here, thankfully everybody else

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<v Speaker 1>in the division also didn't have a great day on Sunday.

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<v Speaker 1>That was very handy of everybody. We appreciate it. And

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<v Speaker 1>so look at where your Bucks sit.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, you came out of the New Orleans game feeling awesome,

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<v Speaker 3>three and one in first place, had your bye week,

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<v Speaker 3>came back and unfortunately had that luss, and then you

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<v Speaker 3>look around and go, hey, we still through that whole time,

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<v Speaker 3>we remained in first place. So there's a big battle

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<v Speaker 3>coming up this coming Sunday. As you can see the

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<v Speaker 3>New Orleans Place tonight, So we'll know, and the Falcons

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<v Speaker 3>will know whether we're trying to stay ahead of them

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<v Speaker 3>or whether they've dropped back a little bit. They play

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<v Speaker 3>the Jaguars, so that game on Sunday could be for

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<v Speaker 3>sole possession of first place.

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<v Speaker 2>It will be if the Bucks went obviously.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, that's going to be really interesting. So looking at

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<v Speaker 1>this Falcons team, you know, it's always interesting to me

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<v Speaker 1>how a division team is the one you're supposed to

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<v Speaker 1>be familiar with, You're supposed to kind of know what

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<v Speaker 1>they do because of how often you play them. It's

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<v Speaker 1>been different to shared knowing. I mean even just the

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<v Speaker 1>fact that every team in the division has a new quarterback.

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<v Speaker 1>But then you look at the Falcons. Not only do

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<v Speaker 1>they have a new quarterback, but they have Bjon Robinson,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm running back. They've got all these new guys on defense,

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<v Speaker 1>new defensive coordinator. I mean, they just have all this

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<v Speaker 1>new stuff. So tell us a little bit about what

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<v Speaker 1>stands out to you about this Falcons team that will

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<v Speaker 1>be facing.

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<v Speaker 3>Well, they and coach Bowls and a couple of guys

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<v Speaker 3>were talking about this yesterday. They've added some guys like

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<v Speaker 3>you were mentioning on offense, like Bijon Robinson obviously obviously,

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<v Speaker 3>Jonas Smith the tight end, Hollins the receiver, Scottie Miller,

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<v Speaker 3>the former buccaneer. So they can do a lot more

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<v Speaker 3>stuff than last year when they were basically the most

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<v Speaker 3>run heavy team in the league among teams that didn't

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<v Speaker 3>have a running quarterback. And this year they still they

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<v Speaker 3>could do a lot more, but they still run the

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<v Speaker 3>ball and present heavy sets a lot more often than

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<v Speaker 3>every other team in the league. And to explain this,

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<v Speaker 3>you know, but if maybe every listener out there doesn't

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<v Speaker 3>know what eleven and twelve and twenty one means, that

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<v Speaker 3>formula is the first number is the number of running backs,

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<v Speaker 3>and the second number is the number of tight ends.

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<v Speaker 3>And then that's out of five because you have five

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<v Speaker 3>eligibles on every place. So the number you don't display

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<v Speaker 3>in the middle would be the receiver, So eleven would

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<v Speaker 3>be one three to one. Okay, So one eleven personnel

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<v Speaker 3>means three receivers, which has become the dominant pack in

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<v Speaker 3>the NFL. Almost every team runs the majority of their

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<v Speaker 3>plays out of eleven personnel. The Falcons are by far

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<v Speaker 3>the lowest, and that the next team on the list

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<v Speaker 3>is thirty seven percent. So they don't show a lot

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<v Speaker 3>of three wides. What they do show a lot of

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<v Speaker 3>is twelve would be two tight ends, twenty one would

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<v Speaker 3>be two running backs, and twenty two would be really

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<v Speaker 3>heavy two tight ends and two running backs and just

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<v Speaker 3>one receiver. If you look at that, that's what about

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<v Speaker 3>eighty seventy something percent of their plays or out of

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<v Speaker 3>these heavier packages, and they tend to run most of

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<v Speaker 3>their run plays to the outside of the tackles. So

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<v Speaker 3>I was talking to Levante about this shameless plug on

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<v Speaker 3>Salty Dogs. Please take a listen for shameless plug. We

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<v Speaker 3>felt it was quite a get. That islet is a get.

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<v Speaker 3>In fact, it was with no warning either. We just

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<v Speaker 3>found them in the lunch room and we're like, would you.

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<v Speaker 1>Say Lavante is just like the Good Guy Award every year.

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<v Speaker 2>It was a great interview.

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<v Speaker 3>If you don't care about the rest of Salty Dogs,

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<v Speaker 3>listen to it just to hear Levante talking.

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<v Speaker 2>But he was talking.

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<v Speaker 3>I asked him, who's the key who are the key defenders?

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<v Speaker 3>When you're talking about a team that runs almost all

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<v Speaker 3>of their running plays outside the tackles, and he said,

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<v Speaker 3>us meet the linebackers because they have to diagnose quickly

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<v Speaker 3>and take the right angles and get to the edge.

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<v Speaker 3>And as I told him in this interview, I'm like,

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<v Speaker 3>when I picture a Levante David highlight in my head,

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<v Speaker 3>I picture him in the Falcon Stadium making those plays

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<v Speaker 3>where they're diagonaled to the outsides of the plays and

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<v Speaker 3>getting to the guy knifing through the defense and dropping

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<v Speaker 3>that guy two yards deep. So hopefully we'll have a

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<v Speaker 3>vintage Levante performance because it's going to be important against

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<v Speaker 3>this rushing attemp.

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<v Speaker 1>And man, what a game he had against the Lions.

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<v Speaker 1>As we talked about some of the things that were

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<v Speaker 1>the struggles in that game, Levante stacked that stat sheet.

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<v Speaker 2>He sure it did.

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<v Speaker 1>He was everywhere and it was we had again, if

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<v Speaker 1>we want to do another shameless plug. We had Antoin

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<v Speaker 1>wine Field Junior on our show this week and we

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<v Speaker 1>were asking him about Levante and he was like, he's

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<v Speaker 1>so consistent, and he said, and for him to be

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<v Speaker 1>the kind of consistent he is at this point in

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<v Speaker 1>his career, because we talked about the fact that typically

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<v Speaker 1>with players you either have like the youth on your

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<v Speaker 1>side for your physical abilities, your speed, your hip up, mobility,

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<v Speaker 1>all that stuff, or you've got the savviness of a

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<v Speaker 1>vent and knowing the game. And he was like, Lavante

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<v Speaker 1>is one of the few people that just somehow seems

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<v Speaker 1>to have both at the same time.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm not going to spoil it because I wanted people

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<v Speaker 3>to go listen to it. But he talks about all that.

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<v Speaker 1>I love that. It was amazing fun shouted it out

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<v Speaker 1>and Leavonta gets to explain it.

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<v Speaker 3>I want to hear a player talk about that prop

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<v Speaker 3>to do that and how he's still playing so well

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<v Speaker 3>in his twelfth season.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, please go listen to that interview. It's really good.

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<v Speaker 1>That's amazing. I love that, all right, and then we'll

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<v Speaker 1>close with this. Our rookies went to Moffitt. I just

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<v Speaker 1>always love highlighting this stuff, all the different community efforts

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<v Speaker 1>that everybody does. And they visited with a lot of

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<v Speaker 1>the patients over there, which is just so great. And

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<v Speaker 1>you know, after recent years, there was a lot of

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<v Speaker 1>times with COVID that they couldn't actually visit patients very well,

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<v Speaker 1>and it is so nice to see them back over

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<v Speaker 1>there at moffit getting a chance to say hi to

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<v Speaker 1>all these people, and our rookies are such a great

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<v Speaker 1>group and just had so much fun with everybody, and

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<v Speaker 1>they're playing games with all the kids. And I just

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<v Speaker 1>love that it's always good to keep in perspective after

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<v Speaker 1>a loss that there is still so much that this

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<v Speaker 1>team is doing in the community and how much joy

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<v Speaker 1>they're bringing a lot of these people, and so I

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<v Speaker 1>just think that's a lovely thing to keep in mind.

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<v Speaker 1>And look how fun I know, right, I was like,

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<v Speaker 1>I think we need to throw him out there with

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<v Speaker 1>a We should have thrown him out there with the

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<v Speaker 1>Swashbucklers last game. Put on some moves. Now we know

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<v Speaker 1>why he's a good pass rusher. You know he's got moves,

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<v Speaker 1>all right. That's going to do it for us. On

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<v Speaker 1>this edition of Bucks Insider presented by Ticketmaster, thank you

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<v Speaker 1>so much for being with us. We'll see you next time.