June 24, 2025 • 19 mins
Team Reporter Casey Phillips, Senior Writer & Editor Scott Smith, and Senior Writer/Staff Writer Brianna Dix break down all the latest headlines in this week’s edition of Bucs Insider. The trio recaps key takeaways from last week’s Buccaneers Minicamp, previews the explosive plays they’re hoping to see this season, and discusses OLB Haason Reddick’s impact on the team.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Welcome into Bucks Insider, coming to you from the Bucks Studio,
presented by Ticketmaster Casey Phillips here with Scott Smith and
Breed Dix, and we are officially into the most dead
off season time that exists all year long, because we've
just wrapped up the whole off season program and mandatory
mini camp, which is a great time to kind of
start getting to handle on what's happening with the team,
some of the different things of who's maybe working as
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different positions, who's injured, who's not. We get more answers
during that time, and now we have this next month
ish where nobody's here, players, coaches, everybody just disappears for
their vacation. Yes, the dead zone, so.
Speaker 2 (00:38):
Yeah, you know they they all should get a breast,
they all should get recharged. But coach Bulls was stressing
that they stay in shape, which every coaches, but specifically
work outside, Yes, in the heat, in the heat, stay
activated to the heat.
Speaker 1 (00:51):
Which I think about the people who like live in
places up north and I'm like, what are they going
to go to a hot yoga studio and try to
work out there? Yeah, work out their whole time in
the sauna to replicate Florida. So let's start with some
of the injury news and updates, because of course there's
a lot of speculation in the off season and there's
no official injury reports. They are not required to say
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anything at all. But we were able to learn tiny
bits of information based on even just kind of watching
who's out there and who's not.
Speaker 2 (01:19):
Yeah, I think things are I think the roster's in
pretty good shape overall. There were some guys that didn't practice.
Tristan Worfs didn't practice, Trey Palmer receiver, didn't practice. Michael Pratt,
the quarterback who I think has a shot to battle
for the second spot behind Baker Mayfield.
Speaker 3 (01:34):
None of those guys were practicing.
Speaker 2 (01:35):
But coach Bull said that they're just nicked up, you know,
Like you said, there's no injury report.
Speaker 3 (01:40):
He doesn't have to tell you exactly what it is,
but he.
Speaker 2 (01:42):
Said they should be fine for training can So I
don't think there's any huge worry with any of those guys.
Speaker 1 (01:47):
Okay, And then I know also of course Chris Godwin.
That's one that a lot of people are asking about him.
When is he going to be ready? When is he not?
Did we learn anything on that front?
Speaker 4 (01:53):
So Todd Bule said that he is rehabbing inside right now,
and then he said, whenever trainer is given the go ahead, though,
see what he can do outside. But I think the
hope is that he's going to be ready to go
week one. And I think if anybody were to bet
on anybody to be ready to go, it would be
Chris Gogwin.
Speaker 1 (02:09):
Yep.
Speaker 2 (02:09):
They'll probably put him on active pup to start the
training camp. And because the and the only reason to
do so is that gives you the option to put
him on reserve pup if he's not ready to go
week one. You have to do the active part. It
doesn't save your roster spot or anything, it's just you
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have to do that part in order to keep that option.
Speaker 3 (02:32):
Oway, you could put a guy.
Speaker 2 (02:33):
On active pup and hope that even if you think
he's gonna be ready for week one, but you're not
one hundred percent sure, so we'll see if that happens.
If that happens, then will know that there is still
the possibility he won't be ready for week one. But
like you said, this whole off season, everybody's been kind
of think, you know, pretty optimistic that you can be
ready and you know Chris is Chris All.
Speaker 1 (02:54):
Yeah, of course, also Lavonte has not been practicing, but
that's somebody that I think no one thinks needs to practic, essentially.
Speaker 4 (03:01):
Rice point well and a lot of times during this
part of the offseason, a lot of veterans can have
like take precautionary measures or have procedures done, which there
doesn't seem to be any concern that he'll be ready
to go for training camp. And obviously fans are excited
to see.
Speaker 2 (03:16):
Ye doesn't mean free practices in June. He's done this,
Anthony Walker and yeah.
Speaker 1 (03:25):
That's very true. And then another young gallic said, we're
excited to see what you know, getting some of those
reps is Tyke Smith. And I think he's going to
be one of the more interesting storylines going into this
year of where where's he playing? What's he doing that he?
I mean, what an incredible rookie year. And you hear
a lot of talk of the jump from year one
to year two, and man, if he has any kind
of jump, what an incredible player he's going to be
this year. So what have we learned about his expectations
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for himself and the team and where he might be
playing the show.
Speaker 4 (03:49):
So he's been cross training at strong safety and Nickel
in Toddpows defense. Kind of likes to move guys around,
kind of predominantly been lining up opposite Antoine Winfold Junior
in the back field at safety. But really, I think
something that stands out with him is just the route recognition,
his coverage ability. We saw that during mandatory mini camp
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and he had an aggressive press coverage play against Jalen
McMillan kind of punched the ball out. So I think
he's a guy that can do a lot of different
things and his has the Blitz capability.
Speaker 1 (04:21):
Has that kind of prowess near the box.
Speaker 4 (04:23):
So I think he's a guy that can move around,
but can do a lot of different things for Toddbles
or also drawback into coverage, kind of create some opportunities
for for guys to get his hands on balls.
Speaker 2 (04:35):
Yeah, think of all the things that Bred just said.
They're like gets turnovers, Kim Blitz can play safety.
Speaker 1 (04:42):
Sounds like a Toddles play.
Speaker 2 (04:43):
Yeah, it sounds like an I don't want to make
comparisons that are hard to live up to, but sounds
like an Antoine Winfield. Yeah, And I think that the
Buccaneers are going to find some way to have Taikei
on the field for virtually every play.
Speaker 1 (04:57):
That's something I've always liked about the way Bulls does
his defense, says it's like he's not someone of like
this is how my defense looks. It's what do I
have at my disposal, and I want my playmakers on
the field and whatever capacity that's going to be. So yeah,
I think it'll be really cool to see what Tykee
Smith is going to be able to do this year.
Speaker 3 (05:12):
And was telling you that in slice, wasn't he Yeah.
Speaker 1 (05:14):
Yeah, he's like, we're going to just do what.
Speaker 3 (05:18):
Yeah, right's playing to the strength.
Speaker 1 (05:20):
Of Yeah, the players versus the plays, kind of thing
that you hear a lot of offensive coordinators say. It's
a similar thing. Thank you, guys. I appreciate that, so
I know. Also, of course, we talked in a recent
show about the idea of trying to get Baker to
maybe chill out on acting like an offensive lineman. So
it was funny to hear that he discussed explosive plays,
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which we'll see what all is mint by that of
what kind of explosive plays, But he did discuss the
importance of those which hopefully can take place separate from
him deciding to be a batterying ram, which we do
enjoy him doing.
Speaker 3 (05:51):
I know what he make because he did say down
the field.
Speaker 1 (05:53):
Yes, so we are actually going to hear from him
what he talked about a little bit here on this
explosive playfront and what they're looking to do this year.
Speaker 5 (06:00):
Yeah, I mean we're trying to get some more explosive
obviously when you look at the stats. Not a big
stack guy, but we weren't as much down the field explosives.
We were creating a lot of open in the middle
and guys getting some yak. But yeah, working on that,
being able to connect on it, the chemistry we're trying
to build right now, and just the timing of some
of these routes where the landmarks are understanding if it's
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too high, one high where we're trying to throw the ball.
So yeah, this is the time of year working on it.
Obviously you would love to have more down the field shots,
but any completion is a good one.
Speaker 1 (06:30):
Yeah, So explosive plays, I mean, what an important thing
in a game. What a momentum shifter, What a huge
deal it can be for an offense, And tell me
your thoughts on what we saw last year and looking
to this year in terms of the stats of some
of those explosives.
Speaker 2 (06:43):
Is anybody complaining about the Bucks passing attack last year?
Third in the league in passing yards and really really
good at yak yard just to the catch, second in
the league and totally yack to Detroit? And is anybody
complaining about Detroit? I mean de Troit kitts a. I mean,
everybody loves Detroit's offense. I mean those offenses got Ben
Johnson and Liam Cohen.
Speaker 3 (07:03):
Head coaching jobs.
Speaker 2 (07:04):
Yep, there's if the Buccaneers did exactly what they did
last year this year and ended up with the third
best passing attack and Baker Mayfield's forty plus touchdowns, nobody
would complain, right, It's great. We want that to continue.
So that's a compliment. It's there's no complaints about what
the Bucks have done. But the Buccaneers were sixth in
the league and yards per passing tempt which is great,
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but twenty ninth in air yards for passing how far
down pass line scrimmages the.
Speaker 1 (07:31):
Ball going on the versus Yes, yeah.
Speaker 2 (07:34):
And again it worked, Yeah, but that shows you how
it worked. If you could take that that you already
have and add down the field explosive plays. It's like
best of both worlds. We could be talking about the
best offense in the league. And that's what Looktiki was
saying the other day is like every every team says
that and they should should be their goal. But he's like, realistically,
I think we have what it takes realistically to be
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the best offense in the league, and I think the
way to get there would be to add explosive place
to what is already a really good passing attack and
rushing attack.
Speaker 1 (08:04):
So yeah, and you bring back all eleven officer starters,
then you add an a Mecca Buka. Yeah, why would
you not think this offense is even better? And it's
interesting we got to hear a little bit from Baker
about what he thinks the potential of an Amcca Buka
is in this offense because we've talked aout, okay with
my queen Chris, you know, we've Jayleen McMillan with Tree Palmer,
what what all was this going to look like? And
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I feel like we got a little insight into how
Baker feels about it.
Speaker 2 (08:26):
You weren't here yet, Bribe but Casey, you were here
when Chris Godwin was a rookie and immediately in training
Camper here and s guy doesn't carry himself like a
rookie at all. He's like a veteran right from the beginning. Yeah,
and that's what everybody's already saying about a Mecca Abuka.
He's he doesn't seem like a rookie at all, and
he understands all the position. Everybody thinks wide receivers one position.
Speaker 1 (08:46):
Not everybody.
Speaker 3 (08:47):
Yeah, some people think wide receivers one position.
Speaker 2 (08:49):
It's like four different positions, and a mecca knows them all.
So when you're talking about how do you get all
these guys involved.
Speaker 3 (08:57):
In the offense, a good problem to have.
Speaker 2 (08:58):
Obviously, it helps if the guy can play anywhere, so
if anybody's nicked up, or Ifbady just needs to come
out for a while. Baker Mayfield called a Mecca muka
a plug and play player at any other receiver position,
which I think.
Speaker 3 (09:12):
Is high praise.
Speaker 4 (09:13):
Jaylen McMillen said he already has like over half the
playbook already down and ready obviously.
Speaker 1 (09:21):
Yeah, And I think it's so interesting because when you
mentioned that of like, oh, if somebody gets nicked up whatever,
which of course we are never you know, hoping for
any of the injuries. But we saw even last year
when Chris and Mike were down and you ended up
having to have a guy like Kate onten r slot.
How much easier if it's actually more of a wide
receiver that's already truly able to no matter who it
is that potentially is heard or out for any amount
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of time. To know you have a guy that could
step into any of those roles is really exciting. And
you know we've talked of course his first round draft pick.
There's a reason we're talking about him a lot. But
there's another offensive guy that we drafted later, much later
in the draft who I think could be a fun
guy to watch in training camp and see see what
he could end up being.
Speaker 4 (10:01):
Yeah, Tes Johnson and I loved Baker had a great
quote on him, but he said, little guy.
Speaker 1 (10:06):
He's really explosive.
Speaker 4 (10:07):
He understands how to win on leverage, and he's one
of those guys that you really cannot touch in a
phone booth. He's fun to watch when he releases off
press coverage. And I think that's something you saw at
Oregon was that electric ability before and after the catch,
that the speed that he has, that quickness quick like
for in and out of breaks to kind of bait
DB's But I think he's a guy that can elevate
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this offense in a lot of ways. And like Baker said,
last year was the perfect example of when you have
guys go down. Now you have a loaded room where
guys can step up. And obviously we don't want injuries
to happen anywhere. But he's a guy that whether it's
the the screens, the gadget plays or the go is
the post like, he can do it all.
Speaker 1 (10:50):
Go ahead.
Speaker 2 (10:51):
I didn't hear everywhere you said, because I was transfixed
by those highlights.
Speaker 3 (10:55):
Yeah, going on.
Speaker 2 (10:56):
I had not seen that highlight package before. And you
know they always every time Todd Bowles is asked like
how did.
Speaker 3 (11:02):
These guys look?
Speaker 2 (11:03):
And he's like, it's t shirts of sorts, So what
can you say? But you can be good, Well, I
can understand where you're talking about a lightman, but you
can see a receiver man.
Speaker 3 (11:12):
He looks quick.
Speaker 1 (11:13):
Yeah, and look at this. Of course, the perfect timing
of Mike Evans. We saw that quote of where he's
talking about how this might be the best wide receiver
room that he's ever been a part of. And I mean,
I know that that's the kind of thing that maybe
Mike said before. Maybe Mike would say no matter what,
but I felt like I could really tell he meant
it right well, and he's stressed.
Speaker 4 (11:29):
With a Mecca he has the strong hands, the catch radius.
But then with Tz he said, you see the quickness,
you can see the speed. So just all around, at
every single element, the Bucks offense has.
Speaker 2 (11:42):
It and Mike My favorite quote of the entire mini
camp was when Mike said of a Mecca, buka uh
he because somebody asked him aboutrunning after the catch like this,
he says, yeah, he looks like a running back, but
he has he catches like Chris Goodwin.
Speaker 3 (11:55):
What a.
Speaker 2 (11:58):
And that's just off the top of his dolma. I
don't think he was I don't think he planned that quote.
He just that's what he really thinks. Wow, dang, that
is high praise.
Speaker 1 (12:05):
That's that's a huge deal. When we've talked a lot
of offense, which is fair, but I wanted to get
a little bit into some of the defensive storylines from
camp as well. And of course Hassan Reddick. A lot
of eyes were on him because he had, you know,
finally come here to the Manitary Mini camp, which again
everything prior to that voluntary lots of guys you know,
ended up not coming for different reasons, working out somewhere else.
And but this was our first chance to really kind
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of get a look at Hassan Redick out there during
mandatory mini camp. And I know he also got a
chance to talk to the media a little bit. So
what did we feel like we learned about kind of
his mindset, approach, attitude, goals for the year.
Speaker 2 (12:37):
Yeah, you know, it's not a criticism at all that
sometimes when you're when the media is surrounding a player
and ask him questions, somebody uses as a turn of
phrase in a question that's not meant in any way negatively,
but it's maybe not what the player wants to hear.
Maybe it feels like you're putting words in my mouth
kind of thing. And he was asked something about are
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you excited about this opportunity to regain your reputation as
a top pass rusher? And that was said because there
was nothing malicious about it. That was said because Hassan
Reddick had four straight double digit SAX seasons, and that
was with three different teams and including a sixteen sex season.
Then you don't have a lot of players who get
four straight the incredible And then and then he had
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the trade from Philly to New York Jets and some
contract disputes and he really never got going last year,
and so he didn't have a double juite SAX scene
And so, uh, yeah, it's a chance.
Speaker 3 (13:34):
He said though that that kind of that idea isn't
what motivates him. He's not.
Speaker 2 (13:38):
He's not he's not trying to prove to everybody that
he's still the guy, because he clearly feels he is
stole the guy, right, So he just as long as
he performs where he wants to be any he stressed,
as long as he's where he wants to be, in
a in a in a mental place, which we all
have I think gotten more aware of with players in
the last five years or so, which I think is.
Speaker 1 (13:57):
A huge, great positive ntal health side. Yeah, I think
it's incredible.
Speaker 2 (14:02):
We've heard we've heard Tristan Wurf's, we've heard christ about Yeah,
and it's just it's good that guys are a understanding
themselves and how important that is and be willing to
talk about it.
Speaker 4 (14:14):
Yeah, and I looked at He said that he worked
out kind of by himself. He has his training regimen down,
but also that he didn't want any distractions.
Speaker 1 (14:22):
You know, he wanted to.
Speaker 4 (14:22):
Work all that out, get his place here, get get
settled so that whenever he does come into this building
he can solely focus on being a Tampa Bay buccaneer
and winning.
Speaker 1 (14:32):
For a lot of times we forget that. Okay, he
had to move and relocate. He's got family, like anyone,
a lot of had to move for jobs. Knows that,
like you're not just like here today there tomorrow, and like, yeah,
you know, there's a lot of loose ends. You got
to tie up, but there's a lot going on.
Speaker 3 (14:47):
He did.
Speaker 2 (14:47):
He did admit, you know, statistical goals. Does he have
any goals? And he was doing the thing you expect
wants to win. Yeah, helped, But then he did go, okay, okay,
double bit, I do want to get the double ends.
Speaker 3 (15:00):
We would love that.
Speaker 1 (15:00):
We would also love that he support that, and I
also have He talked a little bit about one of
the younger guys on the team, which is always cool
to hear of that come in and especially a new one,
fresh eyes on your roster and some of the guys
you have. And he talked a little bit about Servasier Denis,
who is another guy I think outside of Tayke Smith.
To me, Servasi Adentnis is one of the more interesting
stories on this defense of what he could potentially be
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asked to do if this is his spot next to Levante,
if this is the guy that they end up going with,
and what that's going to look like. And Hassan Reddick
had some interesting things.
Speaker 2 (15:29):
Does that say, Well, actually, before you start, let me
explain to you that I misled you and that wasn't
a sign that said that.
Speaker 3 (15:35):
It was Anthony Walker.
Speaker 1 (15:36):
Oh Anthony Walker. That's right, No, it was my fault.
Speaker 3 (15:38):
It's my fault. I did it. I wrote it down rock.
But you're gonna talk about Anthony Walker.
Speaker 1 (15:43):
Right, Yeah. But I loved this quote.
Speaker 4 (15:45):
I thought this was one of probably the most revealing
quotes we've heard on Servasi A.
Speaker 1 (15:50):
Dentis.
Speaker 4 (15:51):
But he said he will be a great player in
this league for a.
Speaker 1 (15:53):
Very long time.
Speaker 4 (15:54):
We've been talking about it since I met him. But
the first day of OTAs he made one of the
best plays I have ever seen a linebacker make, including
Levante David.
Speaker 1 (16:05):
He is special, very cerebral.
Speaker 4 (16:07):
He knows the game well and can really do everything
on the field as a pass dropper, blitzer and as
a run deefinner. I mean, gee, that is what you
want to Yeah.
Speaker 2 (16:16):
And if it's a guy from Northwestern saying that, then you.
Speaker 1 (16:18):
Really can lives with Levonte David and even made the
note of please don't tell Levante. Then I said, didn't
he also did he say this on the last day
of camp? If so? He was literally wearing Levonte's jersey
when he said it, because they had a bunch of
the guys do a jersey swap and Anthony Walker was
wearing Levonte David's jersey, which was very confusing when we
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first got out on the field when they had helmets
on there far away and I'm like, yeah.
Speaker 4 (16:43):
But for a veteran who has seen a lot of ball,
he watched a lot of Levante David tape for him
to say, Hey, this is one of the most difficult
plays I've seen a linebacker make.
Speaker 2 (16:53):
Ye, Anthony Walker's been around for a while, Yeah, ninth
year or something, he's seen a.
Speaker 3 (16:58):
Lot of experience.
Speaker 1 (16:58):
I think it's gonna be great to watch Sassier and
I love him. We did a slice with him recently
which shameless plug. He was incredible and if you have
not got a chance to see it, it's I think
coming out soon and just a very cerebral guy, very
thoughtful guy. And I will not give it away because
I want people to go watch it. There is a
very funny moment about We'll just say that someone near
and dear to him is an Eagles fan and continues
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to be even while he's a buccaneer and chooses to
trash talk him. And I'm just gonna leave it at that.
It's a very funny little clip. You guys need to
check it out. So also we wanted to close kind
of letting you guys know about the rookies schedule right now.
I think this is so interesting and something a lot
of people don't know is how much the rookies do.
That isn't just already. They have so much on their
play in terms of practice, playbooks, lifting, working out. They've
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got a lot going on. We also have something for
them that's called the Rookie Club, which is basically helping
them transition into being a professional's kind of the way.
I don't know if that's how they would describe it.
That's how I view it, And it's because it's everything
from kind of talking about how to handle themselves on
the field to they'll talk five dances. They have etiquette
and networking discussions. They mean, it's just anything you can
imagine that you might need to know now that you're
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moving into adulthood and professional life. And so they actually
even keep the rookies a week longer than everybody else,
which means they were still here even after Mini camp
had ended. And I actually got to be a part
of this program that yesterday myself along with our PR
staff put them through media training, which is always fun
every year and really great, and we talked not just
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about how to handle yourself in the media and on
social media and all of that, but how to really
make sure you're putting your best befoward to use the
media for what you wanted to growing your personality your brand.
And I'm telling you, these rookies now they've had nil deals.
They're like, I'm aware of what the media can get me.
But we put them through some practice runs, So that
was really cool. But yeah, I mean they do so
many cool things with the rookies. They take them to
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a police academy to help them watch some of the
training there. I mean, there's just so many things that
they do, so I just thought people would find that
interesting to know that they've done that. And yesterday, right
before media training, as part of the networking part, they
took them on a tour around the entire building and
let them meet a bunch of the business staff. And
it's always so funny every year when this happens. We
don't always know when it's going to happen. There's not
necessarily like an announcement made, and it's like you just
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hear this, like yeah, this thundering herd of large men
going around the entire floork which is normally very quiet. Yeah,
I was business staff.
Speaker 2 (19:19):
I was in my office with the door closed because
I was writing, and it was like really loud out there,
and what is happening? And then I opened the door
realized what was going on. I tell you talked about guys,
you know, being putting themselves out.
Speaker 3 (19:31):
There, and I don't think we have to worry about that.
With Ted Johnson, Yes, no, we do not. I got
to meet Tez.
Speaker 2 (19:36):
And I think he's going to be perfectly finely fine.
Speaker 1 (19:40):
Yeah, he does have a lot of personality. Yes, it's
very fun. All right. That's going to do it for
us on this edition of Bucks Insider. Thanks so much
for being with us. We'll see you next time.
Welcome into Bucks Insider, coming to you from the Bucks Studio,
presented by Ticketmaster Casey Phillips here with Scott Smith and
Breed Dix, and we are officially into the most dead
off season time that exists all year long, because we've
just wrapped up the whole off season program and mandatory
mini camp, which is a great time to kind of
start getting to handle on what's happening with the team,
some of the different things of who's maybe working as
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different positions, who's injured, who's not. We get more answers
during that time, and now we have this next month
ish where nobody's here, players, coaches, everybody just disappears for
their vacation. Yes, the dead zone, so.
Speaker 2 (00:38):
Yeah, you know they they all should get a breast,
they all should get recharged. But coach Bulls was stressing
that they stay in shape, which every coaches, but specifically
work outside, Yes, in the heat, in the heat, stay
activated to the heat.
Speaker 1 (00:51):
Which I think about the people who like live in
places up north and I'm like, what are they going
to go to a hot yoga studio and try to
work out there? Yeah, work out their whole time in
the sauna to replicate Florida. So let's start with some
of the injury news and updates, because of course there's
a lot of speculation in the off season and there's
no official injury reports. They are not required to say
(01:13):
anything at all. But we were able to learn tiny
bits of information based on even just kind of watching
who's out there and who's not.
Speaker 2 (01:19):
Yeah, I think things are I think the roster's in
pretty good shape overall. There were some guys that didn't practice.
Tristan Worfs didn't practice, Trey Palmer receiver, didn't practice. Michael Pratt,
the quarterback who I think has a shot to battle
for the second spot behind Baker Mayfield.
Speaker 3 (01:34):
None of those guys were practicing.
Speaker 2 (01:35):
But coach Bull said that they're just nicked up, you know,
Like you said, there's no injury report.
Speaker 3 (01:40):
He doesn't have to tell you exactly what it is,
but he.
Speaker 2 (01:42):
Said they should be fine for training can So I
don't think there's any huge worry with any of those guys.
Speaker 1 (01:47):
Okay, And then I know also of course Chris Godwin.
That's one that a lot of people are asking about him.
When is he going to be ready? When is he not?
Did we learn anything on that front?
Speaker 4 (01:53):
So Todd Bule said that he is rehabbing inside right now,
and then he said, whenever trainer is given the go ahead, though,
see what he can do outside. But I think the
hope is that he's going to be ready to go
week one. And I think if anybody were to bet
on anybody to be ready to go, it would be
Chris Gogwin.
Speaker 1 (02:09):
Yep.
Speaker 2 (02:09):
They'll probably put him on active pup to start the
training camp. And because the and the only reason to
do so is that gives you the option to put
him on reserve pup if he's not ready to go
week one. You have to do the active part. It
doesn't save your roster spot or anything, it's just you
(02:30):
have to do that part in order to keep that option.
Speaker 3 (02:32):
Oway, you could put a guy.
Speaker 2 (02:33):
On active pup and hope that even if you think
he's gonna be ready for week one, but you're not
one hundred percent sure, so we'll see if that happens.
If that happens, then will know that there is still
the possibility he won't be ready for week one. But
like you said, this whole off season, everybody's been kind
of think, you know, pretty optimistic that you can be
ready and you know Chris is Chris All.
Speaker 1 (02:54):
Yeah, of course, also Lavonte has not been practicing, but
that's somebody that I think no one thinks needs to practic, essentially.
Speaker 4 (03:01):
Rice point well and a lot of times during this
part of the offseason, a lot of veterans can have
like take precautionary measures or have procedures done, which there
doesn't seem to be any concern that he'll be ready
to go for training camp. And obviously fans are excited
to see.
Speaker 2 (03:16):
Ye doesn't mean free practices in June. He's done this,
Anthony Walker and yeah.
Speaker 1 (03:25):
That's very true. And then another young gallic said, we're
excited to see what you know, getting some of those
reps is Tyke Smith. And I think he's going to
be one of the more interesting storylines going into this
year of where where's he playing? What's he doing that he?
I mean, what an incredible rookie year. And you hear
a lot of talk of the jump from year one
to year two, and man, if he has any kind
of jump, what an incredible player he's going to be
this year. So what have we learned about his expectations
(03:47):
for himself and the team and where he might be
playing the show.
Speaker 4 (03:49):
So he's been cross training at strong safety and Nickel
in Toddpows defense. Kind of likes to move guys around,
kind of predominantly been lining up opposite Antoine Winfold Junior
in the back field at safety. But really, I think
something that stands out with him is just the route recognition,
his coverage ability. We saw that during mandatory mini camp
(04:09):
and he had an aggressive press coverage play against Jalen
McMillan kind of punched the ball out. So I think
he's a guy that can do a lot of different
things and his has the Blitz capability.
Speaker 1 (04:21):
Has that kind of prowess near the box.
Speaker 4 (04:23):
So I think he's a guy that can move around,
but can do a lot of different things for Toddbles
or also drawback into coverage, kind of create some opportunities
for for guys to get his hands on balls.
Speaker 2 (04:35):
Yeah, think of all the things that Bred just said.
They're like gets turnovers, Kim Blitz can play safety.
Speaker 1 (04:42):
Sounds like a Toddles play.
Speaker 2 (04:43):
Yeah, it sounds like an I don't want to make
comparisons that are hard to live up to, but sounds
like an Antoine Winfield. Yeah, And I think that the
Buccaneers are going to find some way to have Taikei
on the field for virtually every play.
Speaker 1 (04:57):
That's something I've always liked about the way Bulls does
his defense, says it's like he's not someone of like
this is how my defense looks. It's what do I
have at my disposal, and I want my playmakers on
the field and whatever capacity that's going to be. So yeah,
I think it'll be really cool to see what Tykee
Smith is going to be able to do this year.
Speaker 3 (05:12):
And was telling you that in slice, wasn't he Yeah.
Speaker 1 (05:14):
Yeah, he's like, we're going to just do what.
Speaker 3 (05:18):
Yeah, right's playing to the strength.
Speaker 1 (05:20):
Of Yeah, the players versus the plays, kind of thing
that you hear a lot of offensive coordinators say. It's
a similar thing. Thank you, guys. I appreciate that, so
I know. Also, of course, we talked in a recent
show about the idea of trying to get Baker to
maybe chill out on acting like an offensive lineman. So
it was funny to hear that he discussed explosive plays,
(05:40):
which we'll see what all is mint by that of
what kind of explosive plays, But he did discuss the
importance of those which hopefully can take place separate from
him deciding to be a batterying ram, which we do
enjoy him doing.
Speaker 3 (05:51):
I know what he make because he did say down
the field.
Speaker 1 (05:53):
Yes, so we are actually going to hear from him
what he talked about a little bit here on this
explosive playfront and what they're looking to do this year.
Speaker 5 (06:00):
Yeah, I mean we're trying to get some more explosive
obviously when you look at the stats. Not a big
stack guy, but we weren't as much down the field explosives.
We were creating a lot of open in the middle
and guys getting some yak. But yeah, working on that,
being able to connect on it, the chemistry we're trying
to build right now, and just the timing of some
of these routes where the landmarks are understanding if it's
(06:20):
too high, one high where we're trying to throw the ball.
So yeah, this is the time of year working on it.
Obviously you would love to have more down the field shots,
but any completion is a good one.
Speaker 1 (06:30):
Yeah, So explosive plays, I mean, what an important thing
in a game. What a momentum shifter, What a huge
deal it can be for an offense, And tell me
your thoughts on what we saw last year and looking
to this year in terms of the stats of some
of those explosives.
Speaker 2 (06:43):
Is anybody complaining about the Bucks passing attack last year?
Third in the league in passing yards and really really
good at yak yard just to the catch, second in
the league and totally yack to Detroit? And is anybody
complaining about Detroit? I mean de Troit kitts a. I mean,
everybody loves Detroit's offense. I mean those offenses got Ben
Johnson and Liam Cohen.
Speaker 3 (07:03):
Head coaching jobs.
Speaker 2 (07:04):
Yep, there's if the Buccaneers did exactly what they did
last year this year and ended up with the third
best passing attack and Baker Mayfield's forty plus touchdowns, nobody
would complain, right, It's great. We want that to continue.
So that's a compliment. It's there's no complaints about what
the Bucks have done. But the Buccaneers were sixth in
the league and yards per passing tempt which is great,
(07:26):
but twenty ninth in air yards for passing how far
down pass line scrimmages the.
Speaker 1 (07:31):
Ball going on the versus Yes, yeah.
Speaker 2 (07:34):
And again it worked, Yeah, but that shows you how
it worked. If you could take that that you already
have and add down the field explosive plays. It's like
best of both worlds. We could be talking about the
best offense in the league. And that's what Looktiki was
saying the other day is like every every team says
that and they should should be their goal. But he's like, realistically,
I think we have what it takes realistically to be
(07:56):
the best offense in the league, and I think the
way to get there would be to add explosive place
to what is already a really good passing attack and
rushing attack.
Speaker 1 (08:04):
So yeah, and you bring back all eleven officer starters,
then you add an a Mecca Buka. Yeah, why would
you not think this offense is even better? And it's
interesting we got to hear a little bit from Baker
about what he thinks the potential of an Amcca Buka
is in this offense because we've talked aout, okay with
my queen Chris, you know, we've Jayleen McMillan with Tree Palmer,
what what all was this going to look like? And
(08:24):
I feel like we got a little insight into how
Baker feels about it.
Speaker 2 (08:26):
You weren't here yet, Bribe but Casey, you were here
when Chris Godwin was a rookie and immediately in training
Camper here and s guy doesn't carry himself like a
rookie at all. He's like a veteran right from the beginning. Yeah,
and that's what everybody's already saying about a Mecca Abuka.
He's he doesn't seem like a rookie at all, and
he understands all the position. Everybody thinks wide receivers one position.
Speaker 1 (08:46):
Not everybody.
Speaker 3 (08:47):
Yeah, some people think wide receivers one position.
Speaker 2 (08:49):
It's like four different positions, and a mecca knows them all.
So when you're talking about how do you get all
these guys involved.
Speaker 3 (08:57):
In the offense, a good problem to have.
Speaker 2 (08:58):
Obviously, it helps if the guy can play anywhere, so
if anybody's nicked up, or Ifbady just needs to come
out for a while. Baker Mayfield called a Mecca muka
a plug and play player at any other receiver position,
which I think.
Speaker 3 (09:12):
Is high praise.
Speaker 4 (09:13):
Jaylen McMillen said he already has like over half the
playbook already down and ready obviously.
Speaker 1 (09:21):
Yeah, And I think it's so interesting because when you
mentioned that of like, oh, if somebody gets nicked up whatever,
which of course we are never you know, hoping for
any of the injuries. But we saw even last year
when Chris and Mike were down and you ended up
having to have a guy like Kate onten r slot.
How much easier if it's actually more of a wide
receiver that's already truly able to no matter who it
is that potentially is heard or out for any amount
(09:43):
of time. To know you have a guy that could
step into any of those roles is really exciting. And
you know we've talked of course his first round draft pick.
There's a reason we're talking about him a lot. But
there's another offensive guy that we drafted later, much later
in the draft who I think could be a fun
guy to watch in training camp and see see what
he could end up being.
Speaker 4 (10:01):
Yeah, Tes Johnson and I loved Baker had a great
quote on him, but he said, little guy.
Speaker 1 (10:06):
He's really explosive.
Speaker 4 (10:07):
He understands how to win on leverage, and he's one
of those guys that you really cannot touch in a
phone booth. He's fun to watch when he releases off
press coverage. And I think that's something you saw at
Oregon was that electric ability before and after the catch,
that the speed that he has, that quickness quick like
for in and out of breaks to kind of bait
DB's But I think he's a guy that can elevate
(10:30):
this offense in a lot of ways. And like Baker said,
last year was the perfect example of when you have
guys go down. Now you have a loaded room where
guys can step up. And obviously we don't want injuries
to happen anywhere. But he's a guy that whether it's
the the screens, the gadget plays or the go is
the post like, he can do it all.
Speaker 1 (10:50):
Go ahead.
Speaker 2 (10:51):
I didn't hear everywhere you said, because I was transfixed
by those highlights.
Speaker 3 (10:55):
Yeah, going on.
Speaker 2 (10:56):
I had not seen that highlight package before. And you
know they always every time Todd Bowles is asked like
how did.
Speaker 3 (11:02):
These guys look?
Speaker 2 (11:03):
And he's like, it's t shirts of sorts, So what
can you say? But you can be good, Well, I
can understand where you're talking about a lightman, but you
can see a receiver man.
Speaker 3 (11:12):
He looks quick.
Speaker 1 (11:13):
Yeah, and look at this. Of course, the perfect timing
of Mike Evans. We saw that quote of where he's
talking about how this might be the best wide receiver
room that he's ever been a part of. And I mean,
I know that that's the kind of thing that maybe
Mike said before. Maybe Mike would say no matter what,
but I felt like I could really tell he meant
it right well, and he's stressed.
Speaker 4 (11:29):
With a Mecca he has the strong hands, the catch radius.
But then with Tz he said, you see the quickness,
you can see the speed. So just all around, at
every single element, the Bucks offense has.
Speaker 2 (11:42):
It and Mike My favorite quote of the entire mini
camp was when Mike said of a Mecca, buka uh
he because somebody asked him aboutrunning after the catch like this,
he says, yeah, he looks like a running back, but
he has he catches like Chris Goodwin.
Speaker 3 (11:55):
What a.
Speaker 2 (11:58):
And that's just off the top of his dolma. I
don't think he was I don't think he planned that quote.
He just that's what he really thinks. Wow, dang, that
is high praise.
Speaker 1 (12:05):
That's that's a huge deal. When we've talked a lot
of offense, which is fair, but I wanted to get
a little bit into some of the defensive storylines from
camp as well. And of course Hassan Reddick. A lot
of eyes were on him because he had, you know,
finally come here to the Manitary Mini camp, which again
everything prior to that voluntary lots of guys you know,
ended up not coming for different reasons, working out somewhere else.
And but this was our first chance to really kind
(12:27):
of get a look at Hassan Redick out there during
mandatory mini camp. And I know he also got a
chance to talk to the media a little bit. So
what did we feel like we learned about kind of
his mindset, approach, attitude, goals for the year.
Speaker 2 (12:37):
Yeah, you know, it's not a criticism at all that
sometimes when you're when the media is surrounding a player
and ask him questions, somebody uses as a turn of
phrase in a question that's not meant in any way negatively,
but it's maybe not what the player wants to hear.
Maybe it feels like you're putting words in my mouth
kind of thing. And he was asked something about are
(12:59):
you excited about this opportunity to regain your reputation as
a top pass rusher? And that was said because there
was nothing malicious about it. That was said because Hassan
Reddick had four straight double digit SAX seasons, and that
was with three different teams and including a sixteen sex season.
Then you don't have a lot of players who get
four straight the incredible And then and then he had
(13:22):
the trade from Philly to New York Jets and some
contract disputes and he really never got going last year,
and so he didn't have a double juite SAX scene
And so, uh, yeah, it's a chance.
Speaker 3 (13:34):
He said though that that kind of that idea isn't
what motivates him. He's not.
Speaker 2 (13:38):
He's not he's not trying to prove to everybody that
he's still the guy, because he clearly feels he is
stole the guy, right, So he just as long as
he performs where he wants to be any he stressed,
as long as he's where he wants to be, in
a in a in a mental place, which we all
have I think gotten more aware of with players in
the last five years or so, which I think is.
Speaker 1 (13:57):
A huge, great positive ntal health side. Yeah, I think
it's incredible.
Speaker 2 (14:02):
We've heard we've heard Tristan Wurf's, we've heard christ about Yeah,
and it's just it's good that guys are a understanding
themselves and how important that is and be willing to
talk about it.
Speaker 4 (14:14):
Yeah, and I looked at He said that he worked
out kind of by himself. He has his training regimen down,
but also that he didn't want any distractions.
Speaker 1 (14:22):
You know, he wanted to.
Speaker 4 (14:22):
Work all that out, get his place here, get get
settled so that whenever he does come into this building
he can solely focus on being a Tampa Bay buccaneer
and winning.
Speaker 1 (14:32):
For a lot of times we forget that. Okay, he
had to move and relocate. He's got family, like anyone,
a lot of had to move for jobs. Knows that,
like you're not just like here today there tomorrow, and like, yeah,
you know, there's a lot of loose ends. You got
to tie up, but there's a lot going on.
Speaker 3 (14:47):
He did.
Speaker 2 (14:47):
He did admit, you know, statistical goals. Does he have
any goals? And he was doing the thing you expect
wants to win. Yeah, helped, But then he did go, okay, okay,
double bit, I do want to get the double ends.
Speaker 3 (15:00):
We would love that.
Speaker 1 (15:00):
We would also love that he support that, and I
also have He talked a little bit about one of
the younger guys on the team, which is always cool
to hear of that come in and especially a new one,
fresh eyes on your roster and some of the guys
you have. And he talked a little bit about Servasier Denis,
who is another guy I think outside of Tayke Smith.
To me, Servasi Adentnis is one of the more interesting
stories on this defense of what he could potentially be
(15:21):
asked to do if this is his spot next to Levante,
if this is the guy that they end up going with,
and what that's going to look like. And Hassan Reddick
had some interesting things.
Speaker 2 (15:29):
Does that say, Well, actually, before you start, let me
explain to you that I misled you and that wasn't
a sign that said that.
Speaker 3 (15:35):
It was Anthony Walker.
Speaker 1 (15:36):
Oh Anthony Walker. That's right, No, it was my fault.
Speaker 3 (15:38):
It's my fault. I did it. I wrote it down rock.
But you're gonna talk about Anthony Walker.
Speaker 1 (15:43):
Right, Yeah. But I loved this quote.
Speaker 4 (15:45):
I thought this was one of probably the most revealing
quotes we've heard on Servasi A.
Speaker 1 (15:50):
Dentis.
Speaker 4 (15:51):
But he said he will be a great player in
this league for a.
Speaker 1 (15:53):
Very long time.
Speaker 4 (15:54):
We've been talking about it since I met him. But
the first day of OTAs he made one of the
best plays I have ever seen a linebacker make, including
Levante David.
Speaker 1 (16:05):
He is special, very cerebral.
Speaker 4 (16:07):
He knows the game well and can really do everything
on the field as a pass dropper, blitzer and as
a run deefinner. I mean, gee, that is what you
want to Yeah.
Speaker 2 (16:16):
And if it's a guy from Northwestern saying that, then you.
Speaker 1 (16:18):
Really can lives with Levonte David and even made the
note of please don't tell Levante. Then I said, didn't
he also did he say this on the last day
of camp? If so? He was literally wearing Levonte's jersey
when he said it, because they had a bunch of
the guys do a jersey swap and Anthony Walker was
wearing Levonte David's jersey, which was very confusing when we
(16:38):
first got out on the field when they had helmets
on there far away and I'm like, yeah.
Speaker 4 (16:43):
But for a veteran who has seen a lot of ball,
he watched a lot of Levante David tape for him
to say, Hey, this is one of the most difficult
plays I've seen a linebacker make.
Speaker 2 (16:53):
Ye, Anthony Walker's been around for a while, Yeah, ninth
year or something, he's seen a.
Speaker 3 (16:58):
Lot of experience.
Speaker 1 (16:58):
I think it's gonna be great to watch Sassier and
I love him. We did a slice with him recently
which shameless plug. He was incredible and if you have
not got a chance to see it, it's I think
coming out soon and just a very cerebral guy, very
thoughtful guy. And I will not give it away because
I want people to go watch it. There is a
very funny moment about We'll just say that someone near
and dear to him is an Eagles fan and continues
(17:21):
to be even while he's a buccaneer and chooses to
trash talk him. And I'm just gonna leave it at that.
It's a very funny little clip. You guys need to
check it out. So also we wanted to close kind
of letting you guys know about the rookies schedule right now.
I think this is so interesting and something a lot
of people don't know is how much the rookies do.
That isn't just already. They have so much on their
play in terms of practice, playbooks, lifting, working out. They've
(17:44):
got a lot going on. We also have something for
them that's called the Rookie Club, which is basically helping
them transition into being a professional's kind of the way.
I don't know if that's how they would describe it.
That's how I view it, And it's because it's everything
from kind of talking about how to handle themselves on
the field to they'll talk five dances. They have etiquette
and networking discussions. They mean, it's just anything you can
imagine that you might need to know now that you're
(18:06):
moving into adulthood and professional life. And so they actually
even keep the rookies a week longer than everybody else,
which means they were still here even after Mini camp
had ended. And I actually got to be a part
of this program that yesterday myself along with our PR
staff put them through media training, which is always fun
every year and really great, and we talked not just
(18:27):
about how to handle yourself in the media and on
social media and all of that, but how to really
make sure you're putting your best befoward to use the
media for what you wanted to growing your personality your brand.
And I'm telling you, these rookies now they've had nil deals.
They're like, I'm aware of what the media can get me.
But we put them through some practice runs, So that
was really cool. But yeah, I mean they do so
many cool things with the rookies. They take them to
(18:48):
a police academy to help them watch some of the
training there. I mean, there's just so many things that
they do, so I just thought people would find that
interesting to know that they've done that. And yesterday, right
before media training, as part of the networking part, they
took them on a tour around the entire building and
let them meet a bunch of the business staff. And
it's always so funny every year when this happens. We
don't always know when it's going to happen. There's not
necessarily like an announcement made, and it's like you just
(19:10):
hear this, like yeah, this thundering herd of large men
going around the entire floork which is normally very quiet. Yeah,
I was business staff.
Speaker 2 (19:19):
I was in my office with the door closed because
I was writing, and it was like really loud out there,
and what is happening? And then I opened the door
realized what was going on. I tell you talked about guys,
you know, being putting themselves out.
Speaker 3 (19:31):
There, and I don't think we have to worry about that.
With Ted Johnson, Yes, no, we do not. I got
to meet Tez.
Speaker 2 (19:36):
And I think he's going to be perfectly finely fine.
Speaker 1 (19:40):
Yeah, he does have a lot of personality. Yes, it's
very fun. All right. That's going to do it for
us on this edition of Bucks Insider. Thanks so much
for being with us. We'll see you next time.
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