WEBVTT - Bucs Secondary Spotlight, Week 12 Preview vs. Giants | Bucs Insider | Tampa Bay Buccaneers 0:00:01.440 --> 0:00:04.080 Welcome to Bucks Insider, coming to you from Bucks Studio, 0:00:04.120 --> 0:00:06.880 presented by Ticketmaster. I'm Scott Smith, and here with me 0:00:07.360 --> 0:00:11.119 is Brianna Dix. Not here today is Casey Phillips, but 0:00:11.119 --> 0:00:14.159 don't worry, she'll be back next week. So I don't know. 0:00:14.200 --> 0:00:16.320 We're just gonna stand here awkwardly and which somebody asks 0:00:16.360 --> 0:00:16.880 us questions. 0:00:17.800 --> 0:00:18.319 We got it. 0:00:18.640 --> 0:00:21.439 I trust We'll do the normal things, not exact a 0:00:21.440 --> 0:00:23.439 little twist because there's no game to talk about coming 0:00:23.440 --> 0:00:24.880 off the bye week, So we're gonna look back at 0:00:24.880 --> 0:00:27.200 the first ten weeks of the season coming up to 0:00:27.240 --> 0:00:30.120 the by hit on some of the major points up 0:00:30.120 --> 0:00:32.720 to there. We'll still talk about the Giants game in 0:00:32.760 --> 0:00:35.559 a little bit that's coming up on Sunday, hit some fantasy, 0:00:35.640 --> 0:00:40.240 some trivia, injury updates, that's a big one. Yes, yeah, 0:00:40.280 --> 0:00:41.960 But before we do any of that, there's a little 0:00:42.000 --> 0:00:44.400 there's actually quite a bit of news regarding the Buccaneers 0:00:44.479 --> 0:00:47.440 cornerback situation this week. First of all, Jammel Dean had 0:00:47.440 --> 0:00:50.920 his twenty one day practice window open. He's on injury reserve, 0:00:51.000 --> 0:00:53.280 but he is now practicing with the team and can 0:00:53.360 --> 0:00:55.120 be activated at any point. I think there's a lot 0:00:55.120 --> 0:00:56.720 of hope he'll actually be back this week. 0:00:56.920 --> 0:01:00.080 Yes, that would help solidify be back and we will. 0:01:00.040 --> 0:01:00.480 Love to see it. 0:01:00.560 --> 0:01:02.520 Yeah. And then also Troy Hill, another veteran with a 0:01:02.520 --> 0:01:04.440 lot of experience, because this has been a very young 0:01:05.959 --> 0:01:09.679 cornerback with Jamel Dean out and you know Carlson Davis 0:01:09.680 --> 0:01:11.880 now in Detroit and Zion McCollum is has been your 0:01:11.959 --> 0:01:13.880 number one, but he's he's only in his third year 0:01:14.000 --> 0:01:16.000 and his first year as a full time starter, So 0:01:16.360 --> 0:01:19.240 getting Troy Hill in the mix two. Both those guys, 0:01:19.400 --> 0:01:21.600 Troy and Jabelle are on the injury report though, so 0:01:21.640 --> 0:01:23.040 we still have to see how it all shakes out 0:01:23.080 --> 0:01:25.000 by the end of the week. Yes, we'll talk about 0:01:25.000 --> 0:01:26.840 injuries in a minute. First of all, looking back at 0:01:26.840 --> 0:01:29.000 the first ten weeks of the season, we want to 0:01:29.000 --> 0:01:31.920 talk about our offensive and defensive MVPs to this point. 0:01:32.360 --> 0:01:35.760 Start with offense. It's probably a pretty obvious answer, but 0:01:35.800 --> 0:01:37.679 we can talk about the camp, right, so go ahead, 0:01:37.720 --> 0:01:38.440 you tell me first. 0:01:39.400 --> 0:01:42.039 So I think one of the obvious options would obviously 0:01:42.120 --> 0:01:46.240 be Baker Fa and what he's been able to do, 0:01:46.360 --> 0:01:50.920 I mean just the theatrics, the tight windows, the scrambles, 0:01:51.000 --> 0:01:52.920 his insane. 0:01:53.800 --> 0:01:54.120 Patrick. 0:01:54.120 --> 0:01:57.680 I don't even want to say Patrick Mahomes esque arm 0:01:57.720 --> 0:01:58.320 with Nick Bosa. 0:01:58.440 --> 0:02:01.320 That was just a sensational play. 0:02:02.320 --> 0:02:04.080 But I think I'm gonna touch a little bit on 0:02:05.080 --> 0:02:10.240 Caate Aughton because I think with the injuries to Mike Evans, 0:02:10.280 --> 0:02:14.720 to Chris Godwin and what this offense has traditionally been 0:02:14.760 --> 0:02:17.960 predicated on is their production their ability in this offense. 0:02:18.000 --> 0:02:20.680 But Kate Aughton, I'm gonna. 0:02:20.400 --> 0:02:22.360 I'm gonna do a little bit of your thunder and 0:02:22.400 --> 0:02:25.960 do some stats. But he leads all tight ends with 0:02:26.040 --> 0:02:29.680 one thousand, five hundred and eighty three offensive snaps played 0:02:30.240 --> 0:02:32.560 since the start of the twenty twenty three season. That 0:02:32.680 --> 0:02:36.000 is two hundred and seven more than the next closest 0:02:36.040 --> 0:02:40.600 tight end. And I think it's really kind of unprecedented 0:02:40.680 --> 0:02:43.120 at what he's doing. I mean, really, other than Kate Aughton, 0:02:43.520 --> 0:02:46.360 probably other than George Kittle, there really aren't any Titans 0:02:46.400 --> 0:02:47.520 in the NFL that are. 0:02:47.440 --> 0:02:49.000 Doing what he's doing. 0:02:49.040 --> 0:02:51.880 He's on the field every single play and that is 0:02:52.040 --> 0:02:55.280 just a testament to not only his blocking ability. I 0:02:55.280 --> 0:02:57.160 can't even tell you how many times I've looked at 0:02:57.240 --> 0:03:00.760 runs on tape and it's Kate and that's ceiling off 0:03:00.760 --> 0:03:03.960 of edge or he's picking up a looping linebacker. But 0:03:04.120 --> 0:03:06.600 so not only his ability in the run game, but 0:03:06.680 --> 0:03:09.399 like you've mentioned, we're seeing a lot more of those 0:03:09.520 --> 0:03:11.960 routes that were traditionally given to Chris Godwin, and those 0:03:11.960 --> 0:03:14.559 are things that Cad has been able. 0:03:14.280 --> 0:03:16.920 To do, we just haven't necessarily seen them. 0:03:17.040 --> 0:03:20.000 So the option routes, the outbreakers, the wheel routes that 0:03:20.080 --> 0:03:23.000 he's doing at a high level now. But to not 0:03:23.680 --> 0:03:28.720 have your two top offensive weapons that this system is 0:03:28.720 --> 0:03:31.240 built around, but to not have a drop off with 0:03:31.400 --> 0:03:34.640 Caate Onton I think has been I think he's been 0:03:34.720 --> 0:03:36.480 kind of the big, a big X factor this. 0:03:36.560 --> 0:03:38.200 Year for the Buck. I'm glad you gave Kate all 0:03:38.200 --> 0:03:40.800 that credit and it's certainly well deserving. I think the choice, though, 0:03:40.880 --> 0:03:42.520 if you have to pick one offensive MEP is a 0:03:42.520 --> 0:03:45.840 Baker may right. Anytime you have a top five scoring offense, 0:03:45.880 --> 0:03:48.480 which the Buccaneers do, and you have a quarterback performing 0:03:48.480 --> 0:03:51.120 at a high level, the quarterback is clearly MVP and 0:03:51.160 --> 0:03:54.040 he's thrown twenty five touchdown passes. I don't know after 0:03:54.040 --> 0:03:55.640 the buye I forgot to check, but going into the 0:03:55.640 --> 0:03:58.480 buy that was typed for the league lead, still has 0:03:58.520 --> 0:04:00.560 pass rating over one hundred and three, And you said, 0:04:00.640 --> 0:04:04.240 kind of briefly, just the the plays, the wow plays 0:04:04.240 --> 0:04:06.360 that he makes when he like on this one we're 0:04:06.400 --> 0:04:09.120 watching now, where he's breaking free from what seemed like 0:04:09.160 --> 0:04:11.320 sher sacks and getting the ball off when he's scrambling 0:04:11.320 --> 0:04:14.080 for seven yards on third and six and not sliding 0:04:14.120 --> 0:04:15.840 at the end, he doesn't making sure to get the pike. 0:04:16.240 --> 0:04:19.320 There's the stiff arm play, which is it's our play 0:04:19.320 --> 0:04:20.960 of the year. You know, it was funny thing. I 0:04:21.000 --> 0:04:23.120 was talking to Jeff Ryan about this on our podcast, 0:04:23.800 --> 0:04:27.760 The Salty Dog's Shameless Plug. Next Gen Stats gave this 0:04:28.240 --> 0:04:30.800 a forty two point nine percent not that one, but 0:04:30.800 --> 0:04:33.200 the stiff arm one. Forty two point nine percent expected 0:04:33.240 --> 0:04:35.600 completion rate. That seems way too high. 0:04:35.800 --> 0:04:38.320 That he was just thinking, I don't think that's. 0:04:38.120 --> 0:04:40.920 Taking into account that he's stiff arming the former NFL 0:04:40.960 --> 0:04:43.560 Defensive Player of the Year for about fifteen yards. Yeah, right, 0:04:43.800 --> 0:04:46.120 at the same time. So in any case, an amazing play. 0:04:46.360 --> 0:04:48.880 One other choice I'd like to throw out there, even 0:04:48.880 --> 0:04:50.680 though I woul think Baker's the obvious answer, and it's 0:04:50.760 --> 0:04:52.880 kind of gimmicky, but I would say, the offensive line 0:04:52.920 --> 0:04:55.839 as a whole. Ye, if this offensive line wasn't performing 0:04:55.880 --> 0:04:58.760 at the level that it has been, this offense wouldn't 0:04:58.800 --> 0:05:00.760 be putting up these gun numbers. All starts there, and 0:05:00.839 --> 0:05:02.760 Baker Mayfield will be the first one to tell you that. 0:05:02.800 --> 0:05:05.000 So if you have to pick one guy, I guess 0:05:05.080 --> 0:05:07.360 Tristan Wurf's. I don't think he's been credited with allowing 0:05:07.400 --> 0:05:09.360 sack yet, So a lot of good options there, but 0:05:09.440 --> 0:05:11.600 it's Baker, right, Yeah, all right, let's look at defense. Then, 0:05:11.600 --> 0:05:13.160 who's your defensive MVP? So far? 0:05:13.880 --> 0:05:16.880 I want to go with nose tackle Vidavea, and he 0:05:16.960 --> 0:05:19.960 leads the Bucks with five sacks, but he has the 0:05:19.960 --> 0:05:23.520 most sacks by a nose tackle since twenty nineteen with 0:05:23.600 --> 0:05:26.280 twenty five and a half. And I feel like at 0:05:26.320 --> 0:05:30.920 a position that's kind of been known for the guy 0:05:31.000 --> 0:05:33.400 of the eats up blocks, the guy that commands double teams, 0:05:33.400 --> 0:05:36.039 the guy the two gaps. I think what he's able 0:05:36.080 --> 0:05:39.200 to do, how he penetrates the backfield, but really, I 0:05:39.200 --> 0:05:41.400 mean he kind of sets the tone for the Bucks 0:05:41.480 --> 0:05:45.120 run defense, but also just his his power to drive 0:05:45.200 --> 0:05:48.800 people back to press, just how he overwhelms centers and 0:05:48.800 --> 0:05:50.719 guards at the point of attack. I don't think there's 0:05:50.760 --> 0:05:53.560 a guy in the NFL that is quite as dominant. 0:05:53.560 --> 0:05:56.200 And I always go back to when. 0:05:56.560 --> 0:05:58.960 Jason Kelsey retired and one of the first things he 0:05:59.000 --> 0:06:00.680 said was, I just don't I have it in me 0:06:00.839 --> 0:06:03.039 to go against me to Bay one more time. And 0:06:03.080 --> 0:06:06.400 I think that just is kind of sums everything up 0:06:06.440 --> 0:06:08.520 of his ability in the Bucks. 0:06:09.000 --> 0:06:10.800 One thing I want to point out, because we've been 0:06:10.920 --> 0:06:13.960 using these stats for several weeks, step in a row 0:06:14.120 --> 0:06:16.920 about nose tackles because we're about to play the Giants 0:06:18.040 --> 0:06:20.360 whatever these numbers are coming from, and previously I think 0:06:20.400 --> 0:06:23.560 we've said he leads NFL nose tackles and sacks this year, 0:06:25.160 --> 0:06:28.039 and we're using whatever stats service that's coming from has 0:06:28.120 --> 0:06:31.800 its players in certain positions. Dexter Lawrence must not be 0:06:31.880 --> 0:06:34.120 listed as a nose tackle in that because he has 0:06:34.240 --> 0:06:37.680 nine sacks and he is on the Giants dep chart 0:06:38.040 --> 0:06:41.560 the nose tackle. So Giants fans, in case you're watching this, 0:06:41.960 --> 0:06:45.200 we're not short short of thing. Yes, Dexter Lawrence, if 0:06:45.240 --> 0:06:47.080 he counts as a nose tackle, then he definitely has 0:06:47.120 --> 0:06:49.120 to lead. But that doesn't mean Vida hasn't had a 0:06:49.160 --> 0:06:52.159 great season, and I agree, it's not as easy on 0:06:52.200 --> 0:06:54.360 the defensive side as it is on the offensive side, 0:06:54.360 --> 0:06:56.359 where there's a clear choice. It's been more of a 0:06:56.480 --> 0:07:00.120 group effort, and there's been injuries to a lot of 0:07:00.160 --> 0:07:02.680 different players along the line that have made it hard 0:07:02.720 --> 0:07:05.080 to pick them. I think Elijah Cansi's made a real 0:07:05.120 --> 0:07:06.960 big impact since he got back, but we can't ignore 0:07:07.000 --> 0:07:09.440 that he missed four or five games, right. Oh, Also, 0:07:09.480 --> 0:07:11.760 I forgot to throw in an offense. If Chris Godwin 0:07:11.880 --> 0:07:16.040 hadn't got hurt, he'd be the closest competitor the crown. 0:07:16.480 --> 0:07:18.440 But the other guy I think I would just bring 0:07:18.560 --> 0:07:23.000 up is on defense, as Zion McCall. He started out really, 0:07:23.000 --> 0:07:24.640 really hot. There's been a little bit of ups and 0:07:24.680 --> 0:07:27.280 downs in recent weeks, and maybe that has a little 0:07:27.280 --> 0:07:29.720 bit to do with jaml being out, but he's still 0:07:29.720 --> 0:07:32.040 dominated in some games. In the last couple of games 0:07:32.080 --> 0:07:34.480 before the bye, he just wasn't getting targeted, and that 0:07:34.560 --> 0:07:38.520 tells me that the opposing quarterbacks know that that's not 0:07:38.520 --> 0:07:39.720 the side of the feel I want to go to. 0:07:39.880 --> 0:07:42.640 So he only got targeted eight times on seventy pass 0:07:42.680 --> 0:07:45.160 covered snaps in those last two games, So he's deserving 0:07:45.160 --> 0:07:46.840 in the mix, but I think I would also pick 0:07:46.920 --> 0:07:47.920 Betu when I. 0:07:47.960 --> 0:07:50.560 Left what Todd Bowles has said too about just his 0:07:51.320 --> 0:07:54.880 ability and his growth in those open field tackles and 0:07:54.920 --> 0:07:57.280 not leaving his feet too early, because that was kind 0:07:57.280 --> 0:07:59.000 of one of the big things. I think his first 0:07:59.040 --> 0:08:00.880 years are going through that learning, but that's something that 0:08:01.080 --> 0:08:03.440 kind of has drastically gotten better for him, and I 0:08:03.440 --> 0:08:05.000 think you're kind of seeing the fruition of that. 0:08:05.240 --> 0:08:07.960 Okay, all right, one more category about the first ten games, 0:08:08.240 --> 0:08:11.240 not about a player in particular. Just let this might 0:08:11.240 --> 0:08:13.200 be a cool exercise. What do you think has been 0:08:13.200 --> 0:08:17.520 the most consequential moment of the season so far? And 0:08:17.560 --> 0:08:18.400 that can be good or bad. 0:08:18.840 --> 0:08:21.360 This was That's a tough one, but I think I'm 0:08:21.400 --> 0:08:23.760 gonna go with Chris Godwin. 0:08:23.840 --> 0:08:24.480 Give him some love. 0:08:24.560 --> 0:08:28.320 But Chris Godwin's fifty five yard touchdown against the Saints 0:08:28.480 --> 0:08:34.240 in Week six, and he had his second touchdown, so 0:08:34.600 --> 0:08:36.440 the second quarter is one I feel like. 0:08:36.400 --> 0:08:37.560 We would all like to forget. 0:08:38.240 --> 0:08:42.160 Baker Mayfield uncharacteristically through three interceptions, which two of them 0:08:42.240 --> 0:08:45.600 came off to flected passes, but then Chris Godwin kind 0:08:45.600 --> 0:08:48.120 of built that momentum back for the Bucks. We never 0:08:48.160 --> 0:08:51.520 relinquished the lead after that, but took the jet motion 0:08:51.720 --> 0:08:54.280 Baker Mayfield checked it down to Godwin who accelerated for 0:08:54.679 --> 0:08:56.439 fifty five yard touchdown. And I feel like to me, 0:08:56.920 --> 0:08:59.160 that was such a huge pivotal moment for the season 0:08:59.400 --> 0:09:01.280 in that game against a division. 0:09:00.960 --> 0:09:04.240 Opponent, and it's what the offense has been lacking in 0:09:04.240 --> 0:09:06.320 the last few weeks. Right, Yeah, that's why you said 0:09:06.320 --> 0:09:07.960 there hasn't been a drop off. There has been a 0:09:07.960 --> 0:09:09.560 little bit of a drop off. It's still been pretty 0:09:09.559 --> 0:09:12.120 impressive of the way Liam Cohen and Baker Mayfield has 0:09:12.160 --> 0:09:14.120 still been able to make this offense work without Mike 0:09:14.160 --> 0:09:16.000 and Chris, but there has been a bit of a 0:09:16.080 --> 0:09:18.120 drop off. I mean, our points scored have dropped from 0:09:18.559 --> 0:09:20.959 in the last five games from fifty one to thirty 0:09:20.960 --> 0:09:23.000 one to twenty six to twenty four to twenty So 0:09:23.040 --> 0:09:25.720 it's not a trend you like, right, But yeah, that 0:09:25.760 --> 0:09:29.319 play is really probably the best example of what the 0:09:29.360 --> 0:09:32.319 Bucks are missing without Chris. Maybe we'll get to the 0:09:32.320 --> 0:09:34.760 playoffs and we'll be back. He's mentioned it as a possibility. 0:09:34.960 --> 0:09:37.320 My moment is gonna go on the other side, Okay, 0:09:37.320 --> 0:09:39.520 and it's not so great. And I'm gonna go with 0:09:39.600 --> 0:09:43.319 the game of the first game against Atlanta in Atlanta Levante, 0:09:43.400 --> 0:09:46.520 David had just intercepted a pass within two minutes to go, 0:09:46.559 --> 0:09:48.400 and it looked like that was gonna be it. It was 0:09:48.440 --> 0:09:53.080 on the Falcon side of the field and we had 0:09:53.080 --> 0:09:56.520 the ball. We ran once and then on second and 0:09:56.600 --> 0:09:59.800 thirty eight lost three yards. On second and thirteen, Buckie 0:09:59.800 --> 0:10:01.880 E ran for seven yards, which would have made it 0:10:01.920 --> 0:10:05.760 third and six, and there was a holding call in 0:10:05.760 --> 0:10:08.400 one of our offensive linemen, and there was you can 0:10:08.440 --> 0:10:11.480 see on replay what seemed to be a pretty obvious 0:10:11.520 --> 0:10:14.480 face mask against Bucky, but the breast didn't see it. 0:10:14.480 --> 0:10:16.640 Either I'm seeing it wrong or they didn't see it. Yes, 0:10:17.520 --> 0:10:19.240 in any case, it wasn't there. It is I mean, 0:10:19.240 --> 0:10:22.040 that looks like a pace mass right in any case. 0:10:23.640 --> 0:10:26.000 In any case, the point is that it wasn't called. 0:10:26.080 --> 0:10:28.240 So what would have been offsetting penalties is now a 0:10:28.280 --> 0:10:30.080 ten yard penny for the Bucks. So now it's second 0:10:30.120 --> 0:10:32.160 and twenty three back at the forty one yard line, 0:10:32.160 --> 0:10:35.040 whereas it would have been third and seven at the 0:10:37.880 --> 0:10:40.920 twenty four, which is well within Chase Mclock's range. The 0:10:40.960 --> 0:10:44.040 Buccaneers are leading by three at this point, right, they're 0:10:44.040 --> 0:10:45.600 really trying to run out the clock, but a score 0:10:45.600 --> 0:10:48.280 would be nice as well. If you have that second 0:10:48.360 --> 0:10:50.920 down play run again and they were using they used 0:10:50.920 --> 0:10:53.000 all three of their timeouts after first, second, and third down, 0:10:53.040 --> 0:10:54.960 so when they got the ball back, they had no timeouts. 0:10:55.320 --> 0:10:57.600 If you have that third and seven run, maybe you 0:10:57.640 --> 0:10:59.920 get it maybe close enough to go for them four 0:11:00.040 --> 0:11:01.600 down or maybe a kick a field goal, which case 0:11:01.640 --> 0:11:05.719 the Falcons need to get a touchdown. Uh, Instead we 0:11:05.800 --> 0:11:09.240 end up hunting and Kirk Cousins has just enough time 0:11:09.280 --> 0:11:11.120 to get in range for like a fifty two yard 0:11:11.160 --> 0:11:13.319 field goal and spikes the ball with one second to go. 0:11:13.520 --> 0:11:16.640 So you can see how just one more play, one 0:11:16.640 --> 0:11:19.079 more play could have ended that game for the Buccaneers. 0:11:19.160 --> 0:11:21.000 Not given them enough time or a field goal would 0:11:21.000 --> 0:11:22.800 have meant that Atlanta has to go the whole length 0:11:22.800 --> 0:11:24.480 of the field, and it doesn't seem like that enough 0:11:24.520 --> 0:11:26.120 time to get there. I mean, they would have run 0:11:26.160 --> 0:11:28.800 the plays differently had they needed a touchdown, But I 0:11:28.840 --> 0:11:32.079 still feel like had that play stood or been allowed 0:11:32.120 --> 0:11:34.480 to be run again, there's a very very good chance 0:11:34.520 --> 0:11:37.120 the Buccaneers win that game. Hold off and when they 0:11:37.120 --> 0:11:39.760 game thirty to twenty seven, and at that point we 0:11:39.800 --> 0:11:42.200 have a chance going into this weekend to move to 0:11:43.280 --> 0:11:45.800 five and six and be just one game out of 0:11:45.840 --> 0:11:48.800 first place with a and and then the tiebreaker with 0:11:48.840 --> 0:11:50.720 Atlanta is even cause we both would have won more 0:11:50.880 --> 0:11:53.319 game and so it's basically a seven week sprint to 0:11:53.360 --> 0:11:55.120 the finish between the Bucks and the Falcons, and it's 0:11:55.160 --> 0:11:57.880 pretty close, right, So to me, that's that was the 0:11:57.920 --> 0:11:59.679 most consequential moment. To me, if I could go back 0:11:59.720 --> 0:12:02.640 and rev that one decision, I feel like things would 0:12:02.640 --> 0:12:03.200 be a lot better. 0:12:03.600 --> 0:12:05.720 I think on a similar note, I would have to touch 0:12:05.679 --> 0:12:09.080 on the Anton Winfoo junior. Oh yeah, at the goal 0:12:09.080 --> 0:12:10.760 line where there was no goal on camera. 0:12:13.360 --> 0:12:15.439 Yeah that's a good point. 0:12:15.440 --> 0:12:16.960 Yep, because there was a camera. 0:12:17.120 --> 0:12:18.880 But you know what, we're crying a little bit too 0:12:18.960 --> 0:12:21.080 much about spell milk. Right, let's get back to we digress. 0:12:21.280 --> 0:12:23.720 Let's get back to some positive talking. And usually when 0:12:23.760 --> 0:12:26.040 we're talking about injuries, that's not the most positive part 0:12:26.080 --> 0:12:27.720 of the show, but I think this week it is 0:12:27.760 --> 0:12:30.120 so give a yes, give it. We've had one injury report, 0:12:30.120 --> 0:12:31.840 we've had one practice. Give us an idea of how 0:12:31.840 --> 0:12:33.199 the injury report looks so the. 0:12:33.240 --> 0:12:36.880 Practice window for Jamel Dean has opened, so he's back 0:12:36.880 --> 0:12:40.400 at practice. And then Mike Evans practiced in a limited 0:12:40.400 --> 0:12:44.000 fashion on Wednesday, working his way back from the hamstring injury, 0:12:44.400 --> 0:12:46.600 and there is a chance he could be back this 0:12:46.640 --> 0:12:49.920 week and make his highly anticipated return. So he is 0:12:49.960 --> 0:12:52.040 certainly someone to watch to see how he works throughout 0:12:52.080 --> 0:12:56.680 the week. And then Zion McCullum was on the injury 0:12:56.720 --> 0:12:59.280 list with a hamstring injury and he did not practice 0:12:59.320 --> 0:12:59.960 on Wednesday. 0:13:00.080 --> 0:13:04.920 Yeah, coach said that Zion and Tristan wirfs. So for 0:13:04.960 --> 0:13:06.800 that knee injury late in the last game that the 0:13:06.840 --> 0:13:09.079 Bucks actually in the second quarter of the San Francisco game, 0:13:09.920 --> 0:13:11.880 when he was limping off the field without being able 0:13:11.920 --> 0:13:15.120 to put weight on his knee, that looked really bad, right. Yeah, Well, 0:13:15.160 --> 0:13:17.080 the fact that he has a shot at playing this week, 0:13:17.080 --> 0:13:20.520 that he practiced in a limited fashion on Wednesday, and 0:13:20.559 --> 0:13:22.480 that coach said it would be really close, he's the 0:13:22.520 --> 0:13:24.719 words really close for both him and Zion as game 0:13:24.800 --> 0:13:28.280 day decisions now. As for Mike Evans, Baker Mayfield said 0:13:28.440 --> 0:13:30.000 he was talking to him on the breakfast field and 0:13:30.040 --> 0:13:32.760 said Mike sounded really optimistic about playing, so I think 0:13:32.760 --> 0:13:36.400 Bucks fans should be optimistic as well. He might be back. Yeah, 0:13:37.000 --> 0:13:40.240 that would be great, right, Yes, Jamell, Mike, maybe Zion, 0:13:40.320 --> 0:13:44.320 maybe Tristan. It's just the bye week helped a lot. 0:13:45.400 --> 0:13:47.360 So okay, well, moving on to trivia, and I've got 0:13:47.360 --> 0:13:48.920 a trigger question for you to read there and then 0:13:48.920 --> 0:13:50.120 we'll answer it at the end of the show. 0:13:50.720 --> 0:13:54.240 Okay, who broke up the Giants two point conversion attempt 0:13:54.400 --> 0:13:57.640 with twenty eight seconds left in the Buccaneers twenty five, 0:13:57.720 --> 0:14:01.960 twenty three Monday Night football at MeTL Stadium during the 0:14:02.040 --> 0:14:02.960 twenty twenty season. 0:14:03.880 --> 0:14:07.080 You were not with us yet, but I wasn't because 0:14:07.120 --> 0:14:08.600 it's Giant you were Cowboys, And. 0:14:08.880 --> 0:14:10.120 Yes I do. 0:14:10.720 --> 0:14:12.720 But and I will say when I read it, the 0:14:12.760 --> 0:14:17.480 person that I was thinking it probably was is okay good. 0:14:17.520 --> 0:14:18.920 Probably a lot of Bucks fans that are in the case. 0:14:18.920 --> 0:14:21.800 He's gonna be mad at me because the one time 0:14:21.880 --> 0:14:24.240 she's not here I asked a trivia question about like 0:14:24.360 --> 0:14:26.480 just the last couple of years. Usually it's like from 0:14:26.760 --> 0:14:30.000 five h two, she's like, come on, she got here, 0:14:31.440 --> 0:14:34.560 thank you very much. She got it right last week though, yes, 0:14:34.960 --> 0:14:37.280 we can't let her have two in a row. Okay, Now, milestones, 0:14:37.320 --> 0:14:39.160 we like to look at some milestones that are coming 0:14:39.240 --> 0:14:42.400 up or could be achieved. And I noticed and did 0:14:42.440 --> 0:14:45.000 the bath. Bucky Irving is on pace for one and 0:14:45.240 --> 0:14:48.560 fifty six yards from scrimmage, which is good, and it 0:14:48.600 --> 0:14:50.720 would be the first time that a Buck's rookie running 0:14:50.800 --> 0:14:53.720 back has topped a thousand yards from scrimmage since Doug 0:14:53.840 --> 0:14:57.040 Martin in twenty twelve. Bucks fans probably remember that season. 0:14:57.080 --> 0:14:59.840 Doug Martin, he actually had nineteen hundred and twenty four 0:15:00.160 --> 0:15:03.520 from scrimmage as a rookie, including two hundred and fifty 0:15:03.520 --> 0:15:06.560 one yards and four touchdowns in a win over Oakland 0:15:06.640 --> 0:15:09.080 Raiders at the time, Wow, which was his hometown. So 0:15:09.160 --> 0:15:11.680 that was cool. The only Bucks that rushed for over 0:15:12.000 --> 0:15:16.160 I'm sorry, gained over a thousand yards from scrimmage as 0:15:16.240 --> 0:15:18.760 a rookie are now or Buckey not yet. But Doug 0:15:18.840 --> 0:15:24.440 Martin worked on Callack Williams, Eric Ratt and Langara Plant Wow, 0:15:24.720 --> 0:15:27.640 so pretty pretty exciting, nice sason for him. All right, 0:15:28.000 --> 0:15:30.920 now we'll move on to fantasy. This is the part 0:15:30.960 --> 0:15:33.520 where I usually do all the talking. Yeah, because you 0:15:33.680 --> 0:15:36.000 and we're not with us today. Case you don't really 0:15:36.040 --> 0:15:38.680 care that much about fantasy football, so obviously, I think 0:15:38.720 --> 0:15:41.080 the big question for the Buccaneers in terms of fantasy 0:15:41.120 --> 0:15:43.280 football is the return of Mike Evans. Yes, and do 0:15:43.400 --> 0:15:46.280 you throw him if you have him on your team 0:15:46.320 --> 0:15:48.000 and you've obviously you've had to have him on your 0:15:48.040 --> 0:15:50.640 bench for weeks, now, do you throw him immediately back in? 0:15:51.200 --> 0:15:53.840 And I think this might be a point where you're 0:15:53.880 --> 0:15:56.320 a little cautious because the Giants pass defense has been 0:15:56.360 --> 0:15:59.160 pretty good. Their pass rush is so good that it 0:15:59.320 --> 0:16:02.440 gives time, gives the a lot of opportunities for the 0:16:02.520 --> 0:16:05.960 back seven to make plays, and so you know, obviously, 0:16:06.040 --> 0:16:07.520 if you have a team where you don't have another 0:16:07.720 --> 0:16:10.400 receiver or two other receivers of the cowboy of Mike, 0:16:10.440 --> 0:16:11.880 then you throw them in. But if you have three 0:16:11.960 --> 0:16:14.560 and you're trying to decide, you know, he's coming back 0:16:14.600 --> 0:16:17.040 from the injury, it's a tough defensive play again, and 0:16:17.200 --> 0:16:20.160 probably probably I would expect the Giants to double cover 0:16:20.240 --> 0:16:22.160 him as much as possible, So I'd be a little 0:16:22.160 --> 0:16:24.640 cautious with that one. But then if you're one of 0:16:24.680 --> 0:16:28.120 these people like I am who streams defenses, the Bucks 0:16:28.160 --> 0:16:30.360 have allowed the six most points in the NFL, so 0:16:30.360 --> 0:16:32.760 they're not really getting streamed a lot. But they're playing 0:16:32.800 --> 0:16:35.640 a Giants team that is last in the NFL in scoring, 0:16:36.080 --> 0:16:39.560 and they're switching quarterbacks to Tommy DeVito, which we'll talk 0:16:39.560 --> 0:16:42.560 about a little bit, So this might be a good 0:16:42.600 --> 0:16:46.520 time to pick up the Bucks stream them for the instance. Yeah, yep, okay, good, 0:16:46.720 --> 0:16:49.400 thanks for feedback on the fantast Okay, we'll talk a 0:16:49.440 --> 0:16:51.560 little bit about human interest stuff a little bit away 0:16:51.600 --> 0:16:53.400 from the football field, and then then turn this one 0:16:53.440 --> 0:16:54.920 over to you because you've had a lot to do 0:16:55.040 --> 0:16:55.160 with this. 0:16:55.720 --> 0:16:59.480 Yes, So similar to the Jordan white headlong form that 0:16:59.600 --> 0:17:02.720 went out in week one, I thank you so much. 0:17:03.320 --> 0:17:08.280 The ya Ya d Auvi long form will be posted 0:17:08.600 --> 0:17:11.960 later this week. So little shameless ties, but I went 0:17:12.080 --> 0:17:15.080 to Atlanta and spent some time with ya Ya and 0:17:15.200 --> 0:17:18.639 his family, and so he spent the majority of his 0:17:18.800 --> 0:17:22.080 childhood in Guinea and is fluent in Minikita, which is 0:17:22.080 --> 0:17:24.560 one of the native languages of Guinea. 0:17:24.640 --> 0:17:29.560 But just I mean his inspirational story was zero star 0:17:29.600 --> 0:17:30.720 recruit out of high school. 0:17:30.720 --> 0:17:32.520 So we took a gap year and worked as a 0:17:32.560 --> 0:17:37.240 woelchair assistant at the Hartsville of Jackson International Airport, absolute purgatory, 0:17:38.040 --> 0:17:40.800 but worked as a wolchair assistant and then tried out 0:17:40.920 --> 0:17:44.119 at Georgia Military College, was a walk on gay to 0:17:44.160 --> 0:17:47.520 scholarship and then transferred to Louisville. And he had a 0:17:47.560 --> 0:17:49.760 lot of people in his life that were trying to 0:17:49.840 --> 0:17:52.399 tell him to give up on football, but he stayed 0:17:52.400 --> 0:17:56.440 the course. So just absolutely cannot stress enough just what 0:17:56.920 --> 0:17:59.680 he has been through, but just what an uplifting story 0:18:00.240 --> 0:18:01.760 and what an honor it was to be able to 0:18:01.840 --> 0:18:04.240 go there and spend some time with his family going 0:18:04.320 --> 0:18:05.879 through some of their some of their pictures. 0:18:05.880 --> 0:18:07.119 Did you go to his high school as well? 0:18:07.359 --> 0:18:11.080 Mm, did you see a coach or we didn't, but 0:18:11.720 --> 0:18:15.040