Speaker 1: Welcome to Bucks Insider, coming to you from Bucks Studio,
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Speaker 1: is Brianna Dix. Not here today is Casey Phillips, but
Speaker 1: don't worry, she'll be back next week. So I don't know.
Speaker 1: We're just gonna stand here awkwardly and which somebody asks
Speaker 1: us questions.
Speaker 2: We got it.
Speaker 1: I trust We'll do the normal things, not exact a
Speaker 1: little twist because there's no game to talk about coming
Speaker 1: off the bye week, So we're gonna look back at
Speaker 1: the first ten weeks of the season coming up to
Speaker 1: the by hit on some of the major points up
Speaker 1: to there. We'll still talk about the Giants game in
Speaker 1: a little bit that's coming up on Sunday, hit some fantasy,
Speaker 1: some trivia, injury updates, that's a big one. Yes, yeah,
Speaker 1: But before we do any of that, there's a little
Speaker 1: there's actually quite a bit of news regarding the Buccaneers
Speaker 1: cornerback situation this week. First of all, Jammel Dean had
Speaker 1: his twenty one day practice window open. He's on injury reserve,
Speaker 1: but he is now practicing with the team and can
Speaker 1: be activated at any point. I think there's a lot
Speaker 1: of hope he'll actually be back this week.
Speaker 3: Yes, that would help solidify be back and we will.
Speaker 2: Love to see it.
Speaker 1: Yeah. And then also Troy Hill, another veteran with a
Speaker 1: lot of experience, because this has been a very young
Speaker 1: cornerback with Jamel Dean out and you know Carlson Davis
Speaker 1: now in Detroit and Zion McCollum is has been your
Speaker 1: number one, but he's he's only in his third year
Speaker 1: and his first year as a full time starter, So
Speaker 1: getting Troy Hill in the mix two. Both those guys,
Speaker 1: Troy and Jabelle are on the injury report though, so
Speaker 1: we still have to see how it all shakes out
Speaker 1: by the end of the week. Yes, we'll talk about
Speaker 1: injuries in a minute. First of all, looking back at
Speaker 1: the first ten weeks of the season, we want to
Speaker 1: talk about our offensive and defensive MVPs to this point.
Speaker 1: Start with offense. It's probably a pretty obvious answer, but
Speaker 1: we can talk about the camp, right, so go ahead,
Speaker 1: you tell me first.
Speaker 3: So I think one of the obvious options would obviously
Speaker 3: be Baker Fa and what he's been able to do,
Speaker 3: I mean just the theatrics, the tight windows, the scrambles,
Speaker 3: his insane.
Speaker 2: Patrick.
Speaker 3: I don't even want to say Patrick Mahomes esque arm
Speaker 3: with Nick Bosa.
Speaker 2: That was just a sensational play.
Speaker 3: But I think I'm gonna touch a little bit on
Speaker 3: Caate Aughton because I think with the injuries to Mike Evans,
Speaker 3: to Chris Godwin and what this offense has traditionally been
Speaker 3: predicated on is their production their ability in this offense.
Speaker 2: But Kate Aughton, I'm gonna.
Speaker 3: I'm gonna do a little bit of your thunder and
Speaker 3: do some stats. But he leads all tight ends with
Speaker 3: one thousand, five hundred and eighty three offensive snaps played
Speaker 3: since the start of the twenty twenty three season. That
Speaker 3: is two hundred and seven more than the next closest
Speaker 3: tight end. And I think it's really kind of unprecedented
Speaker 3: at what he's doing. I mean, really, other than Kate Aughton,
Speaker 3: probably other than George Kittle, there really aren't any Titans
Speaker 3: in the NFL that are.
Speaker 2: Doing what he's doing.
Speaker 3: He's on the field every single play and that is
Speaker 3: just a testament to not only his blocking ability. I
Speaker 3: can't even tell you how many times I've looked at
Speaker 3: runs on tape and it's Kate and that's ceiling off
Speaker 3: of edge or he's picking up a looping linebacker. But
Speaker 3: so not only his ability in the run game, but
Speaker 3: like you've mentioned, we're seeing a lot more of those
Speaker 3: routes that were traditionally given to Chris Godwin, and those
Speaker 3: are things that Cad has been able.
Speaker 2: To do, we just haven't necessarily seen them.
Speaker 3: So the option routes, the outbreakers, the wheel routes that
Speaker 3: he's doing at a high level now. But to not
Speaker 3: have your two top offensive weapons that this system is
Speaker 3: built around, but to not have a drop off with
Speaker 3: Caate Onton I think has been I think he's been
Speaker 3: kind of the big, a big X factor this.
Speaker 1: Year for the Buck. I'm glad you gave Kate all
Speaker 1: that credit and it's certainly well deserving. I think the choice, though,
Speaker 1: if you have to pick one offensive MEP is a
Speaker 1: Baker may right. Anytime you have a top five scoring offense,
Speaker 1: which the Buccaneers do, and you have a quarterback performing
Speaker 1: at a high level, the quarterback is clearly MVP and
Speaker 1: he's thrown twenty five touchdown passes. I don't know after
Speaker 1: the buye I forgot to check, but going into the
Speaker 1: buy that was typed for the league lead, still has
Speaker 1: pass rating over one hundred and three, And you said,
Speaker 1: kind of briefly, just the the plays, the wow plays
Speaker 1: that he makes when he like on this one we're
Speaker 1: watching now, where he's breaking free from what seemed like
Speaker 1: sher sacks and getting the ball off when he's scrambling
Speaker 1: for seven yards on third and six and not sliding
Speaker 1: at the end, he doesn't making sure to get the pike.
Speaker 1: There's the stiff arm play, which is it's our play
Speaker 1: of the year. You know, it was funny thing. I
Speaker 1: was talking to Jeff Ryan about this on our podcast,
Speaker 1: The Salty Dog's Shameless Plug. Next Gen Stats gave this
Speaker 1: a forty two point nine percent not that one, but
Speaker 1: the stiff arm one. Forty two point nine percent expected
Speaker 1: completion rate. That seems way too high.
Speaker 2: That he was just thinking, I don't think that's.
Speaker 1: Taking into account that he's stiff arming the former NFL
Speaker 1: Defensive Player of the Year for about fifteen yards. Yeah, right,
Speaker 1: at the same time. So in any case, an amazing play.
Speaker 1: One other choice I'd like to throw out there, even
Speaker 1: though I woul think Baker's the obvious answer, and it's
Speaker 1: kind of gimmicky, but I would say, the offensive line
Speaker 1: as a whole. Ye, if this offensive line wasn't performing
Speaker 1: at the level that it has been, this offense wouldn't
Speaker 1: be putting up these gun numbers. All starts there, and
Speaker 1: Baker Mayfield will be the first one to tell you that.
Speaker 1: So if you have to pick one guy, I guess
Speaker 1: Tristan Wurf's. I don't think he's been credited with allowing
Speaker 1: sack yet, So a lot of good options there, but
Speaker 1: it's Baker, right, Yeah, all right, let's look at defense. Then,
Speaker 1: who's your defensive MVP? So far?
Speaker 3: I want to go with nose tackle Vidavea, and he
Speaker 3: leads the Bucks with five sacks, but he has the
Speaker 3: most sacks by a nose tackle since twenty nineteen with
Speaker 3: twenty five and a half. And I feel like at
Speaker 3: a position that's kind of been known for the guy
Speaker 3: of the eats up blocks, the guy that commands double teams,
Speaker 3: the guy the two gaps. I think what he's able
Speaker 3: to do, how he penetrates the backfield, but really, I
Speaker 3: mean he kind of sets the tone for the Bucks
Speaker 3: run defense, but also just his his power to drive
Speaker 3: people back to press, just how he overwhelms centers and
Speaker 3: guards at the point of attack. I don't think there's
Speaker 3: a guy in the NFL that is quite as dominant.
Speaker 2: And I always go back to when.
Speaker 3: Jason Kelsey retired and one of the first things he
Speaker 3: said was, I just don't I have it in me
Speaker 3: to go against me to Bay one more time. And
Speaker 3: I think that just is kind of sums everything up
Speaker 3: of his ability in the Bucks.
Speaker 1: One thing I want to point out, because we've been
Speaker 1: using these stats for several weeks, step in a row
Speaker 1: about nose tackles because we're about to play the Giants
Speaker 1: whatever these numbers are coming from, and previously I think
Speaker 1: we've said he leads NFL nose tackles and sacks this year,
Speaker 1: and we're using whatever stats service that's coming from has
Speaker 1: its players in certain positions. Dexter Lawrence must not be
Speaker 1: listed as a nose tackle in that because he has
Speaker 1: nine sacks and he is on the Giants dep chart
Speaker 1: the nose tackle. So Giants fans, in case you're watching this,
Speaker 1: we're not short short of thing. Yes, Dexter Lawrence, if
Speaker 1: he counts as a nose tackle, then he definitely has
Speaker 1: to lead. But that doesn't mean Vida hasn't had a
Speaker 1: great season, and I agree, it's not as easy on
Speaker 1: the defensive side as it is on the offensive side,
Speaker 1: where there's a clear choice. It's been more of a
Speaker 1: group effort, and there's been injuries to a lot of
Speaker 1: different players along the line that have made it hard
Speaker 1: to pick them. I think Elijah Cansi's made a real
Speaker 1: big impact since he got back, but we can't ignore
Speaker 1: that he missed four or five games, right. Oh, Also,
Speaker 1: I forgot to throw in an offense. If Chris Godwin
Speaker 1: hadn't got hurt, he'd be the closest competitor the crown.
Speaker 1: But the other guy I think I would just bring
Speaker 1: up is on defense, as Zion McCall. He started out really,
Speaker 1: really hot. There's been a little bit of ups and
Speaker 1: downs in recent weeks, and maybe that has a little
Speaker 1: bit to do with jaml being out, but he's still
Speaker 1: dominated in some games. In the last couple of games
Speaker 1: before the bye, he just wasn't getting targeted, and that
Speaker 1: tells me that the opposing quarterbacks know that that's not
Speaker 1: the side of the feel I want to go to.
Speaker 1: So he only got targeted eight times on seventy pass
Speaker 1: covered snaps in those last two games, So he's deserving
Speaker 1: in the mix, but I think I would also pick
Speaker 1: Betu when I.
Speaker 3: Left what Todd Bowles has said too about just his
Speaker 3: ability and his growth in those open field tackles and
Speaker 3: not leaving his feet too early, because that was kind
Speaker 3: of one of the big things. I think his first
Speaker 3: years are going through that learning, but that's something that
Speaker 3: kind of has drastically gotten better for him, and I
Speaker 3: think you're kind of seeing the fruition of that.
Speaker 1: Okay, all right, one more category about the first ten games,
Speaker 1: not about a player in particular. Just let this might
Speaker 1: be a cool exercise. What do you think has been
Speaker 1: the most consequential moment of the season so far? And
Speaker 1: that can be good or bad.
Speaker 3: This was That's a tough one, but I think I'm
Speaker 3: gonna go with Chris Godwin.
Speaker 2: Give him some love.
Speaker 3: But Chris Godwin's fifty five yard touchdown against the Saints
Speaker 3: in Week six, and he had his second touchdown, so
Speaker 3: the second quarter is one I feel like.
Speaker 2: We would all like to forget.
Speaker 3: Baker Mayfield uncharacteristically through three interceptions, which two of them
Speaker 3: came off to flected passes, but then Chris Godwin kind
Speaker 3: of built that momentum back for the Bucks. We never
Speaker 3: relinquished the lead after that, but took the jet motion
Speaker 3: Baker Mayfield checked it down to Godwin who accelerated for
Speaker 3: fifty five yard touchdown. And I feel like to me,
Speaker 3: that was such a huge pivotal moment for the season
Speaker 3: in that game against a division.
Speaker 1: Opponent, and it's what the offense has been lacking in
Speaker 1: the last few weeks. Right, Yeah, that's why you said
Speaker 1: there hasn't been a drop off. There has been a
Speaker 1: little bit of a drop off. It's still been pretty
Speaker 1: impressive of the way Liam Cohen and Baker Mayfield has
Speaker 1: still been able to make this offense work without Mike
Speaker 1: and Chris, but there has been a bit of a
Speaker 1: drop off. I mean, our points scored have dropped from
Speaker 1: in the last five games from fifty one to thirty
Speaker 1: one to twenty six to twenty four to twenty So
Speaker 1: it's not a trend you like, right, But yeah, that
Speaker 1: play is really probably the best example of what the
Speaker 1: Bucks are missing without Chris. Maybe we'll get to the
Speaker 1: playoffs and we'll be back. He's mentioned it as a possibility.
Speaker 1: My moment is gonna go on the other side, Okay,
Speaker 1: and it's not so great. And I'm gonna go with
Speaker 1: the game of the first game against Atlanta in Atlanta Levante,
Speaker 1: David had just intercepted a pass within two minutes to go,
Speaker 1: and it looked like that was gonna be it. It was
Speaker 1: on the Falcon side of the field and we had
Speaker 1: the ball. We ran once and then on second and
Speaker 1: thirty eight lost three yards. On second and thirteen, Buckie
Speaker 1: E ran for seven yards, which would have made it
Speaker 1: third and six, and there was a holding call in
Speaker 1: one of our offensive linemen, and there was you can
Speaker 1: see on replay what seemed to be a pretty obvious
Speaker 1: face mask against Bucky, but the breast didn't see it.
Speaker 1: Either I'm seeing it wrong or they didn't see it. Yes,
Speaker 1: in any case, it wasn't there. It is I mean,
Speaker 1: that looks like a pace mass right in any case.
Speaker 1: In any case, the point is that it wasn't called.
Speaker 1: So what would have been offsetting penalties is now a
Speaker 1: ten yard penny for the Bucks. So now it's second
Speaker 1: and twenty three back at the forty one yard line,
Speaker 1: whereas it would have been third and seven at the
Speaker 1: twenty four, which is well within Chase Mclock's range. The
Speaker 1: Buccaneers are leading by three at this point, right, they're
Speaker 1: really trying to run out the clock, but a score
Speaker 1: would be nice as well. If you have that second
Speaker 1: down play run again and they were using they used
Speaker 1: all three of their timeouts after first, second, and third down,
Speaker 1: so when they got the ball back, they had no timeouts.
Speaker 1: If you have that third and seven run, maybe you
Speaker 1: get it maybe close enough to go for them four
Speaker 1: down or maybe a kick a field goal, which case
Speaker 1: the Falcons need to get a touchdown. Uh, Instead we
Speaker 1: end up hunting and Kirk Cousins has just enough time
Speaker 1: to get in range for like a fifty two yard
Speaker 1: field goal and spikes the ball with one second to go.
Speaker 1: So you can see how just one more play, one
Speaker 1: more play could have ended that game for the Buccaneers.
Speaker 1: Not given them enough time or a field goal would
Speaker 1: have meant that Atlanta has to go the whole length
Speaker 1: of the field, and it doesn't seem like that enough
Speaker 1: time to get there. I mean, they would have run
Speaker 1: the plays differently had they needed a touchdown, But I
Speaker 1: still feel like had that play stood or been allowed
Speaker 1: to be run again, there's a very very good chance
Speaker 1: the Buccaneers win that game. Hold off and when they
Speaker 1: game thirty to twenty seven, and at that point we
Speaker 1: have a chance going into this weekend to move to
Speaker 1: five and six and be just one game out of
Speaker 1: first place with a and and then the tiebreaker with
Speaker 1: Atlanta is even cause we both would have won more
Speaker 1: game and so it's basically a seven week sprint to
Speaker 1: the finish between the Bucks and the Falcons, and it's
Speaker 1: pretty close, right, So to me, that's that was the
Speaker 1: most consequential moment. To me, if I could go back
Speaker 1: and rev that one decision, I feel like things would
Speaker 1: be a lot better.
Speaker 3: I think on a similar note, I would have to touch
Speaker 3: on the Anton Winfoo junior. Oh yeah, at the goal
Speaker 3: line where there was no goal on camera.
Speaker 1: Yeah that's a good point.
Speaker 2: Yep, because there was a camera.
Speaker 1: But you know what, we're crying a little bit too
Speaker 1: much about spell milk. Right, let's get back to we digress.
Speaker 1: Let's get back to some positive talking. And usually when
Speaker 1: we're talking about injuries, that's not the most positive part
Speaker 1: of the show, but I think this week it is
Speaker 1: so give a yes, give it. We've had one injury report,
Speaker 1: we've had one practice. Give us an idea of how
Speaker 1: the injury report looks so the.
Speaker 3: Practice window for Jamel Dean has opened, so he's back
Speaker 3: at practice. And then Mike Evans practiced in a limited
Speaker 3: fashion on Wednesday, working his way back from the hamstring injury,
Speaker 3: and there is a chance he could be back this
Speaker 3: week and make his highly anticipated return. So he is
Speaker 3: certainly someone to watch to see how he works throughout
Speaker 3: the week. And then Zion McCullum was on the injury
Speaker 3: list with a hamstring injury and he did not practice
Speaker 3: on Wednesday.
Speaker 1: Yeah, coach said that Zion and Tristan wirfs. So for
Speaker 1: that knee injury late in the last game that the
Speaker 1: Bucks actually in the second quarter of the San Francisco game,
Speaker 1: when he was limping off the field without being able
Speaker 1: to put weight on his knee, that looked really bad, right. Yeah, Well,
Speaker 1: the fact that he has a shot at playing this week,
Speaker 1: that he practiced in a limited fashion on Wednesday, and
Speaker 1: that coach said it would be really close, he's the
Speaker 1: words really close for both him and Zion as game
Speaker 1: day decisions now. As for Mike Evans, Baker Mayfield said
Speaker 1: he was talking to him on the breakfast field and
Speaker 1: said Mike sounded really optimistic about playing, so I think
Speaker 1: Bucks fans should be optimistic as well. He might be back. Yeah,
Speaker 1: that would be great, right, Yes, Jamell, Mike, maybe Zion,
Speaker 1: maybe Tristan. It's just the bye week helped a lot.
Speaker 1: So okay, well, moving on to trivia, and I've got
Speaker 1: a trigger question for you to read there and then
Speaker 1: we'll answer it at the end of the show.
Speaker 3: Okay, who broke up the Giants two point conversion attempt
Speaker 3: with twenty eight seconds left in the Buccaneers twenty five,
Speaker 3: twenty three Monday Night football at MeTL Stadium during the
Speaker 3: twenty twenty season.
Speaker 1: You were not with us yet, but I wasn't because
Speaker 1: it's Giant you were Cowboys, And.
Speaker 2: Yes I do.
Speaker 3: But and I will say when I read it, the
Speaker 3: person that I was thinking it probably was is okay good.
Speaker 1: Probably a lot of Bucks fans that are in the case.
Speaker 1: He's gonna be mad at me because the one time
Speaker 1: she's not here I asked a trivia question about like
Speaker 1: just the last couple of years. Usually it's like from
Speaker 1: five h two, she's like, come on, she got here,
Speaker 1: thank you very much. She got it right last week though, yes,
Speaker 1: we can't let her have two in a row. Okay, Now, milestones,
Speaker 1: we like to look at some milestones that are coming
Speaker 1: up or could be achieved. And I noticed and did
Speaker 1: the bath. Bucky Irving is on pace for one and
Speaker 1: fifty six yards from scrimmage, which is good, and it
Speaker 1: would be the first time that a Buck's rookie running
Speaker 1: back has topped a thousand yards from scrimmage since Doug
Speaker 1: Martin in twenty twelve. Bucks fans probably remember that season.
Speaker 1: Doug Martin, he actually had nineteen hundred and twenty four
Speaker 1: from scrimmage as a rookie, including two hundred and fifty
Speaker 1: one yards and four touchdowns in a win over Oakland
Speaker 1: Raiders at the time, Wow, which was his hometown. So
Speaker 1: that was cool. The only Bucks that rushed for over
Speaker 1: I'm sorry, gained over a thousand yards from scrimmage as
Speaker 1: a rookie are now or Buckey not yet. But Doug
Speaker 1: Martin worked on Callack Williams, Eric Ratt and Langara Plant Wow,
Speaker 1: so pretty pretty exciting, nice sason for him. All right,
Speaker 1: now we'll move on to fantasy. This is the part
Speaker 1: where I usually do all the talking. Yeah, because you
Speaker 1: and we're not with us today. Case you don't really
Speaker 1: care that much about fantasy football, so obviously, I think
Speaker 1: the big question for the Buccaneers in terms of fantasy
Speaker 1: football is the return of Mike Evans. Yes, and do
Speaker 1: you throw him if you have him on your team
Speaker 1: and you've obviously you've had to have him on your
Speaker 1: bench for weeks, now, do you throw him immediately back in?
Speaker 1: And I think this might be a point where you're
Speaker 1: a little cautious because the Giants pass defense has been
Speaker 1: pretty good. Their pass rush is so good that it
Speaker 1: gives time, gives the a lot of opportunities for the
Speaker 1: back seven to make plays, and so you know, obviously,
Speaker 1: if you have a team where you don't have another
Speaker 1: receiver or two other receivers of the cowboy of Mike,
Speaker 1: then you throw them in. But if you have three
Speaker 1: and you're trying to decide, you know, he's coming back
Speaker 1: from the injury, it's a tough defensive play again, and
Speaker 1: probably probably I would expect the Giants to double cover
Speaker 1: him as much as possible, So I'd be a little
Speaker 1: cautious with that one. But then if you're one of
Speaker 1: these people like I am who streams defenses, the Bucks
Speaker 1: have allowed the six most points in the NFL, so
Speaker 1: they're not really getting streamed a lot. But they're playing
Speaker 1: a Giants team that is last in the NFL in scoring,
Speaker 1: and they're switching quarterbacks to Tommy DeVito, which we'll talk
Speaker 1: about a little bit, So this might be a good
Speaker 1: time to pick up the Bucks stream them for the instance. Yeah, yep, okay, good,
Speaker 1: thanks for feedback on the fantast Okay, we'll talk a
Speaker 1: little bit about human interest stuff a little bit away
Speaker 1: from the football field, and then then turn this one
Speaker 1: over to you because you've had a lot to do
Speaker 1: with this.
Speaker 3: Yes, So similar to the Jordan white headlong form that
Speaker 3: went out in week one, I thank you so much.
Speaker 3: The ya Ya d Auvi long form will be posted
Speaker 3: later this week. So little shameless ties, but I went
Speaker 3: to Atlanta and spent some time with ya Ya and
Speaker 3: his family, and so he spent the majority of his
Speaker 3: childhood in Guinea and is fluent in Minikita, which is
Speaker 3: one of the native languages of Guinea.
Speaker 2: But just I mean his inspirational story was zero star
Speaker 2: recruit out of high school.
Speaker 3: So we took a gap year and worked as a
Speaker 3: woelchair assistant at the Hartsville of Jackson International Airport, absolute purgatory,
Speaker 3: but worked as a wolchair assistant and then tried out
Speaker 3: at Georgia Military College, was a walk on gay to
Speaker 3: scholarship and then transferred to Louisville. And he had a
Speaker 3: lot of people in his life that were trying to
Speaker 3: tell him to give up on football, but he stayed
Speaker 3: the course. So just absolutely cannot stress enough just what
Speaker 3: he has been through, but just what an uplifting story
Speaker 3: and what an honor it was to be able to
Speaker 3: go there and spend some time with his family going
Speaker 3: through some of their some of their pictures.
Speaker 1: Did you go to his high school as well?
Speaker 3: Mm, did you see a coach or we didn't, but
Speaker 3: it was funny so which he was laughing because it
Speaker 3: it's not exactly the best the best field, but they
Speaker 3: had a drum line that was just playing in the background,
Speaker 3: so it was a full it was the full atmosphere for.
Speaker 2: You, a going back.
Speaker 1: Very cool, all right, And finally let's talk about the
Speaker 1: Giants game coming up. Yes, both teams actually coming off
Speaker 1: of by both teams also trying to snap a losing streak.
Speaker 1: I mean the Bucks, you know, don't talk about it,
Speaker 1: but the Bucks have lost four in a row going
Speaker 1: into the by. The Giants had lost five in a
Speaker 1: row going into the by and had fallen to two
Speaker 1: and eight. So it's been a bit of a rough
Speaker 1: season for them, and now they've made a quarterback switch.
Speaker 1: But before we talk about that, probably the greatest strength
Speaker 1: and we touched on a little bit already for the
Speaker 1: Giants in any category on either side the balls or
Speaker 1: a pass rush and Dexter Lawrence nine point zero seven
Speaker 1: getting that pressure up the middle. Dexter Lawrence has been
Speaker 1: double teamed, according to Next Gen Stats on sixty four
Speaker 1: point four percent of his pass RUSS snaps double teamed,
Speaker 1: and he still has nine sacks and twenty eight quarterback pressures.
Speaker 1: So if you have a guy like sometimes that's the
Speaker 1: value of Videveya. Even when he's not getting to the quarterback,
Speaker 1: he's getting double team, which is freeing up you know,
Speaker 1: other but.
Speaker 2: He's still even able to push to all guys to do.
Speaker 1: Both to get double to soaka bubbles double teams and
Speaker 1: still be the best pass rusher on your team. They
Speaker 1: traded with Carolina for Brian Burns off the edge in
Speaker 1: the offseason. He's got six sacks, I think Aziz old
Speaker 1: Jilari has six sacks. They have a thirteen point zho
Speaker 1: nine percent sacks per pass play rate on defense that
Speaker 1: is number one in the entire NFL. So if there's
Speaker 1: anything that's a problem for the Buccaneers going in this game,
Speaker 1: it's that. And Baker Mayfield was talking about that, how
Speaker 1: that's probably the number one concern, and it's obviously concerned
Speaker 1: for him. Having Tristan wurs in there would be very
Speaker 1: very nice, but Luke Gettiki just in school. If Tristan
Speaker 1: isn't playing, And then since they're getting so much pressure
Speaker 1: up the middle, you know, Graham Barton, that's a big
Speaker 1: test for Graham and he's had a really nice rookie season,
Speaker 1: but this is probably the biggest test that I'm open, yeah,
Speaker 1: oh yeah. And then on the other side of the ball,
Speaker 1: the biggest news for the Giants obviously is they've chosen
Speaker 1: to switch quarterbacks and Daniel Jones is going to the bench,
Speaker 1: probably not gonna play again, because the obvious reason for
Speaker 1: them to bench Daniel Jones now is that they're considering
Speaker 1: moving on from him, yes, since there's no more guaranteed
Speaker 1: money in his contract and they are afraid of the
Speaker 1: twenty three million dollar injury guaranteed that he would be
Speaker 1: guaranteed if he got hurt. That's kind of like what
Speaker 1: Denver did with Russell Wilson last year, and you see
Speaker 1: from time to time around the league. So whatever the
Speaker 1: reason for benching Daniel Jones, because they haven't said that,
Speaker 1: it's just conjecture. Tommy DeVito, Tommy Cutlets is back in
Speaker 1: the lineup. He was a really big sensation late last season.
Speaker 1: Tell that's what you know about him.
Speaker 2: Yeah, so a little small sample size.
Speaker 3: But when he made to start last year as undrafted
Speaker 3: rookie due to injuries to Daniel Jones Tyrod Taylor, he
Speaker 3: won three games, won the NFC Offensive Rookie of the
Speaker 3: Week when they beat Green Bay on Monday Night Football,
Speaker 3: and the win against Washington was the first time for
Speaker 3: Dable that a Giants quarterback threw three touchdown passes really
Speaker 3: in that game. Yes, so Tommy DeVito, but I think
Speaker 3: you've just seen how he's energized the fan base last
Speaker 3: year with that kind of that underdog narrative. But just
Speaker 3: I mean, he has the present strong arm, good zip
Speaker 3: on those intermediate throws, So I think he's a guy
Speaker 3: that certainly brings intrigue for the Giants.
Speaker 1: Apparently he does not any longer live in his parents'
Speaker 1: home twelve mile drive from the stadium last year, which
Speaker 1: was one of the reason why the fans loved him.
Speaker 1: So he's moving up in the world. Yeah, he won
Speaker 1: three games. A couple things to note about Tommy as
Speaker 1: compared to Daniel Jones. Daniel Jones is really an underratedly
Speaker 1: good runner and he picks up a lot of big
Speaker 1: plays with his legs. Tommy DeVito probably is not that
Speaker 1: caliber runner, but he's still pretty mobile and both coaches
Speaker 1: several coaches have already noted this week that he does
Speaker 1: move around really well and is able to extend plays
Speaker 1: and get the passes off. The other big difference is
Speaker 1: that he is his numbers on passes outside the numbers
Speaker 1: are significantly better than Daniel Jones. So if you're facing
Speaker 1: Daniel Jones, you're probably more worried about the middle of field,
Speaker 1: and when you're facing Tommy DeVito, you have to worry
Speaker 1: a little bit more about staff, which may be good
Speaker 1: for us because if the Buck Stefens has had problems
Speaker 1: this year, it's kind of been done the minute Anyway,
Speaker 1: Tommy DeVito back in the saddle, we get the first
Speaker 1: crack at him and should be fun. Yeah, So anyway,
Speaker 1: and then finally moving on from just Tommy DeVito to
Speaker 1: the rest of the Giants offense. You can't argue with
Speaker 1: the fact that they're last in the league. Is scoring,
Speaker 1: they're pretty low, they're lasting the league and passing yards.
Speaker 1: I believe they're pretty low in a lot of categories,
Speaker 1: but they're not. The coupp doesn't bear there for Tommy DeVito,
Speaker 1: He's gotten elite neighbors who they picked sixth overall and
Speaker 1: has been really good as something like sixty one catches.
Speaker 1: Hasn't been getting down the field a whole lot, only
Speaker 1: averaging ten yards of reception, but he runs really nice routes,
Speaker 1: could run all the routes and has had a very
Speaker 1: nice rookie season and coach Coach Bowles said yesterday that
Speaker 1: he thinks he has all the talents that are needed
Speaker 1: to at some point, not too long for now, be
Speaker 1: one of the best receivers in the league. And then
Speaker 1: emerging more recently is their fifth round pick, running back
Speaker 1: Tyrone Tracy, who really has looked good. You know, they
Speaker 1: obviously they let sick on Barkley move on, and not
Speaker 1: every Giants fan is thrilled about that decision, especially since
Speaker 1: he's killing it in Philadelphia and Devin Singletary they brought
Speaker 1: in to be their number one, but this rookie has
Speaker 1: kind of taken over that role in recent weeks and
Speaker 1: looked really, really good. I know that mainly because I
Speaker 1: was able to pick him up on my fantasy team.
Speaker 2: Nice. Yeah, one hundred yards in two of their previous three.
Speaker 3: Games, and I feel like he just kind of has
Speaker 3: that elusiveness, the power, but kind of the lateral jump
Speaker 3: cuts and then with neighbors, I feel like one of
Speaker 3: the things that I remember.
Speaker 2: Out him when we the Monk draft Scott.
Speaker 3: Our favorite time of the year, but was the kind
Speaker 3: of the speed variations that whole use. But also he's
Speaker 3: kind of that that guy that could burn you with
Speaker 3: the top speeds. So I feel like, which if you
Speaker 3: get Jamaldine back this week, obviously his speed ability going
Speaker 3: up against their guys, but I am excited.
Speaker 2: To see what that turns up for.
Speaker 1: Yeah, it should be a fun game. All right. Well,
Speaker 1: we've got to the end here now, so I'll reveal
Speaker 1: the trivia answer now. You thought you had it, so
Speaker 1: why don't you go ahead?
Speaker 2: It is.
Speaker 3: Yeah, consistently, yes, I was like, you know, consistently. I
Speaker 3: was like, I'm just going to go with Antoine, and
Speaker 3: the insure was like, I can picture the play.
Speaker 1: It was kind of like a shallow out along the
Speaker 1: goal line and he broke it up. It was Antoine Winfield.
Speaker 1: Denna Rookie broke up Daniel Jones's pass intended for Dion
Speaker 1: Lewis on a two point conversion attempt to preserve the
Speaker 1: Buccaneers Monday Night football victory in the Meadowlands. And that
Speaker 1: was the Super Bowl season and the Giants were a
Speaker 1: little bit down at that point like they are now.
Speaker 1: So the Bucks were favored in that game and it
Speaker 1: was really close, and it have gone the other way.
Speaker 1: A Fantoine had made the big light at the end.
Speaker 2: Hmm.
Speaker 1: So he's been doing that a lot.
Speaker 2: Uh.
Speaker 1: I think the one, the one big one he made
Speaker 1: this year didn't count, unfortunately, but we expect some more
Speaker 1: of those in the future down the stretch heres Buccaneers
Speaker 1: trying to chase that playoff berth. Over the last seven weeks, okay,
Speaker 1: that's been Buccaneers or Bucks Insider for you Casey Phillips
Speaker 1: will be back next week, but for BREANNO Dixon, I
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