Todd Bowles & Skip Peete on Bucky Irving Continuing to Grind | Bucs Total Access

Team Reporter Casey Phillips sits down with Tampa Bay Buccaneers Running Backs Coach Skip Peete following the Week 3 win against the New York Jets. They reviewed the skill set of Bucky Irving, the strategy of drafting players & changes Rachaad White has made over the last year.

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Speaker 1 (00:40):
Fire the Cannons now your host, Bucks team reporter Casey
Phillips and head coach Todd Bowles.

Speaker 2 (00:47):
Welcome into the Tom.

Speaker 3 (00:48):
Bowles show Casey Philips here with head coach Todd Bowles.
You guys are now the first team since nineteen seventy
with a game winning score in the final minute in
each of your first.

Speaker 2 (00:57):
Three games in a season.

Speaker 3 (00:59):
This is clearing back, something that happens a whole lot.
I'm sure exactly how you've drawn all of them.

Speaker 4 (01:04):
Up, and now you mentioned in the beginning of the year,
it's win no matter what while you work all the
kinks out, it's very important to win these games and
stack them up early. That's going to help you later.
We realized that from the last few years so and
we hadn't won the third game, and we were two
and oh the last three or four years as well,
so it was very important for us to get this one.

Speaker 2 (01:25):
Yeah.

Speaker 3 (01:25):
I know that this is the first time the franchise
has started three and oh since two thousand and five,
so definitely getting those first three games is a huge
part of it. What do you feel like did change
a bit from recent years where, yeah, the two and
oh that had been almost a given, but then week
three had been a struggle.

Speaker 2 (01:40):
What seems to have changed this year?

Speaker 4 (01:42):
I think our mental focus is different. We understand that
we know how to win, and it's a matter of
the mental lulls that go through the season. I think
last year we were two and oh and we came
in and Denver was zero to two, and you know,
in hindsight, I don't know if we prepared like we
should prepare and come out there and everybody was happy
to see it, and you have family coming in town.

(02:03):
Everybody's patting you on the back and we couldn't realize
the gravity of the situation. I think we've matured a
lot this year and we understand week by week what
we have to do going in and win these ballgames.

Speaker 3 (02:14):
If I had told you before the season that you're
going to lead a comeback drive with no Mike, no.

Speaker 2 (02:19):
Chris, no Tristan, no Luke, and no Cody, would you
have believed me?

Speaker 6 (02:23):
I would have said no.

Speaker 7 (02:24):
Way.

Speaker 2 (02:26):
That seems about right.

Speaker 3 (02:28):
What does that say about this team that not only
have you guys done it three weeks in a row,
but you have done it with a different combination of
people for all those three weeks and not the combination
you would have dialed up at the beginning of the season.

Speaker 4 (02:39):
It shows that the attention of detail is there. We
practiced two minutes relentlessly, and that those guys whoever comes
in the ballgame knows exactly what to do.

Speaker 6 (02:48):
Baker knows where to go with the football.

Speaker 4 (02:50):
They do a great job protecting in that time, and
we do a good job getting our points.

Speaker 3 (02:55):
Now, fourteen penalties for one hundred and twenty four yards.
I imagine that that is what kept you from sleep
a little bit last night. That is I know something
that eats at every coach is the penalties.

Speaker 2 (03:05):
At some point in the.

Speaker 3 (03:06):
First quarter there were only four more combined offensive yards
of both teams than penalty yards and into the first quarter.
What was that like to try to deal with and
adjust to and coach in the middle.

Speaker 2 (03:18):
I know, it really disrupts the flow.

Speaker 4 (03:20):
Shall we say, well, doesn't buy everything that happened in
the league yesterday. We won, and I'm very happy about that.
There were a lot of teams that got kicks blocked
and lost. So the penalties in the first half were unbelievable.
The two defensive penalties led to a field goal, and
we had seven offensive holding penalties, five of them within

(03:43):
the first thirteen plays of the ball game. That is
pretty hard to move the football consistently that way. I
have not been around anything like that. We definitely got
to get a better handle on that from a penalty standpoint,
and you know, it's amazing that we did win because
they did keep their.

Speaker 3 (04:00):
Focus outside just the yardage you lose in penalties. What
else is most challenging from maybe a coaching standpoint of
the way, again, it kind of gets you out of
your game.

Speaker 2 (04:11):
Plan and your flow.

Speaker 3 (04:12):
That what are the hardest parts about coaching a game
with that many penalties.

Speaker 4 (04:16):
It's hard to just run your offense. When you're starting
second and twenty, third and sixteen, first and twenty. It's
hard to get twenty yards. It's hard to get ten
and get a first down to get twenty Unless the
defense relax a little bit more. It helps them open
up their playbook, and it really gets you behind the
sticks where you're pretty much in screen.

Speaker 6 (04:37):
Or draw mode.

Speaker 4 (04:38):
Once you get two of them in a row, it
becomes the real problem, like you're worried about, like, what
the heck are we doing? We got to calm this
thing down. So then you become with a more conservative
game plan.

Speaker 3 (04:49):
I heard a lot of the guys saying that they
felt like when we get the ball back, you know,
we've got about a minute forty left. That everyone just
felt like we were going to win. That's not a
given on every team. What do you think has led
to that culture? What are the dynamics of it? Again,
where even when you're dealing with so many injuries for
a team to have that feeling, what leads to that.

Speaker 4 (05:08):
We go through so many situations and two minutes in practice,
I mean we go through the ringer. We put them
in the best position in the worst position, and offensively
they see every blitz and coverage imaginable. Defensively, and it's
one of the hardest things to do in practice. So
when they get into the game, it's about as simple
as it can be for them. There is no panic,

(05:29):
no matter who's in there. It's a lot easier. They
can see it a lot better. It's okay, this is that,
this is that, this is that. We can do this, this,
and this, and they go downfield and do it, so
it's become second.

Speaker 6 (05:39):
Nature to them.

Speaker 3 (05:40):
I know Baker has now thrown for six touchdowns and
zero interceptions, which that's the perfect stat line that you're
hoping for from a quarterback. Ratio wise is anything to zero,
so making him now he's only one of three players
this season to have a stat line like that, alongside
Lamar Jackson and Josh Allen, which is not bad company
to have at least five passing touchdowns without.

Speaker 2 (06:01):
A single interception.

Speaker 3 (06:03):
What have you seen about the way he has been
taking care of the ball and what seems to have
helped him get to that point when there were a
few times last year. I know you'd said that you
guys were hoping he'd make a few different decisions, be
a little bit more cautious with it.

Speaker 6 (06:14):
It's huge.

Speaker 4 (06:15):
I think being the second year in this offense, I
think he's mastered it. He understands where to go, how
to go with the football. He uses his feet when
he has to, and as long as he doesn't turn
the ball over, he gives us a chance. He gives
us a chance. We feel like we'll be in.

Speaker 6 (06:28):
Every ball game.

Speaker 3 (06:29):
Yeah, he had that thirty three yard scramble, which I
think was his longest run since his rookie year. You know,
Baker not always a guy that gets credit for being
one of the more mobile quarterbacks are.

Speaker 2 (06:38):
Using his legs.

Speaker 3 (06:39):
But tell me about that play and just what he
does so well to make people not even realize how
good he can be as scrambling.

Speaker 6 (06:46):
He set it up nicely. You know, it was a bootleg.

Speaker 4 (06:49):
It was a run past option, and the blocks kind
of fell in place for him and he kind of
darted through there. For a second, I thought he was
going to score. If he was about six to two,
he might have a highest step. Then long step is
way out of that.

Speaker 2 (07:01):
I love it amazing. So the offensive line.

Speaker 3 (07:03):
I mean, man, I can't imagine what this was like
during the week leading into it. What was it like
to watch your offensive line coaches come up with a
game plan and try to get the guys ready. Grizzard
and how he adjusted in the ways that you were
helping on that side to get this group as ready
as possible.

Speaker 4 (07:17):
Carbs and Pacucci I think have done excellent jobs with
the different lineups we've had in the last three weeks,
especially the one on Sunday, bringing up guys and moving
guys around. I'm with Brettison out of his position and
Barton out of his position along with three new guys.
I thought Charlie Heck did a heck of a job
playing the right tackle side. It looks like he plays

(07:38):
right tackle better than he plays left and he really
settled in right there. But just to get that group
ready and to have play calls for that group and
understand that, especially the way the game started out, those
guys desiver a lot of credit.

Speaker 3 (07:51):
Tristan probably very ready to come back. Everybody on the
team very ready to have that guy back. What are
we feeling like we're gonna when are we gonna know?
How are you guys planning to approach bringing him back
of you know what position he might come back in,
because at this point it feels like it's all up
for grabs on that offensive line, and how you guys
will make that decision.

Speaker 4 (08:07):
Well, we want to say if he's healthily first, he'll
get more reps this week and we'll see where he's
at and we'll make that determination at the end of
the week, depending on how he feels after practice, what
he does in practice, and how comfortable he looks and
where that has yet to be determined.

Speaker 3 (08:23):
I feel like I just want to have a Google
alert set to Mike Evans' hamstring. Then it just feels
like as soon as it happened, everyone is just so
devastated for him, and what do we know at this
point about how serious or not it is, And just
for you to see how much you know Mike clearly
in the moment, how much it means to him that
he was so upset, as you know, coming off and
knowing it was hurt.

Speaker 4 (08:43):
Again, he gets the MRI done, so we'll see what
the MRI says and hopefully it's a low grade and
we can get him back at as soon as possible.
So we'll see and.

Speaker 3 (08:51):
Then watching what a Mecca and Sterling Shepherd did, I
have to imagine that if you are without Mike and
without Chris similar to last year, to watch they that
those two guys have stepped up has to make you
feel like you're in a pretty good spot to be
able to try to replace two of the most irreplaceable people.
So what have you seen from those two guys and
just the confidence that that gives you going in if

(09:12):
you are without Mic for some time.

Speaker 4 (09:14):
Oh, we feel like it's the deepest positioning group in
the room, in the in the building, so we have
a lot of depth there at wide receiver. So it
gives us a lot of confidence to know they've already
played a lot of football and obviously Mecca was a
one Starling was a former pick and he plays good
ball as well. And we got a lot of guys
behind them with Tedz coming on and Ryan Miller coming

(09:34):
on obviously and Cam coming on, we got a lot
of guys that can do a lot of things for
us at that position. So we're not as set back
as we would think we are. We would love to
have those guys available, but just in case, we got guys,
that's ready to play.

Speaker 3 (09:49):
What did you think when you saw a Mecca's one
handed grabbed it? As Baker put it, disrespected his deep ball.

Speaker 4 (09:55):
He kind of disrespected it because Baker, you know, he's
a two hand guy. He believes in that on the
ball with two hands and make it. Did it with
one trying to show off, and I think Baker got
offended and they should have been.

Speaker 3 (10:05):
I love it so now, man, you guys have the
NFL's longest active streak with eleven straight hundred yard rushing games.
Tell me what you saw from Bucky and Rashad this
game and in recent games. I know a few those
yards were thanks to Baker as well.

Speaker 4 (10:20):
Though this game was tough, obviously, it was very tough.
They got all Pro down there and Quinn Williams, and
they got some guys on the edge as well, and
they stacked the box with a new offensive line. We
knew it was going to be tough sled in there,
but those guys slammed it up in there. Bucky made
a good play in the passing game, Rashad came in
and made some plays for us, and you know.

Speaker 6 (10:38):
They got every yard at every little bit of ability.

Speaker 3 (10:40):
They have, you know, the old dolls where you would
pull the string and it would have the repeated phrases.
I imagine if there was a Todd Bows when it
would be something about getting takeaways and catching interceptions would
be the repeated phrase for you.

Speaker 2 (10:51):
Does that feel fair? There's maybe others we can't say
on this show. How about that?

Speaker 3 (10:56):
That's the most TV appropriate phrases I think would be happening.
Tell me for you, how important was it for you
to see your defense finally get a couple takeaways to
start the season, and especially one of them being Jameel
catching an interception, which he said after the game, plenty
of people, including you, have been on him about catching
the ball.

Speaker 4 (11:14):
It was huge, and he caught it with his hands
and he broke on it and he played it very well.
I think the last one he got one like that
was in Green Bay a few years ago down the
sideline against Rogers. But he made a heck of a play,
and Winfield made a heck of a play getting the
ball out, and we getting the ball and plus territory
right there because we needed every one of those points.

Speaker 3 (11:33):
And what have you seen from Jammel over all these
first three Games of the Year and the way he's.

Speaker 2 (11:36):
Been able to play.

Speaker 4 (11:38):
I think he's been doing a very good job in
press coverage and understanding situations and seeing things and playing
very good football.

Speaker 3 (11:45):
I know Yaya ended up with I think eleven pressures
and his in a sack. Tell me why this game
seemed to be a pretty good one for ya Ya.

Speaker 4 (11:54):
He came off the ball. He wasn't thinking as much.
He really came off the ball. He was determined to
get back there. And when he comes off the ball
like he does, I think he's unstoppable.

Speaker 2 (12:03):
And then man antoine a sack force fumble.

Speaker 3 (12:05):
First of all, just take us through that play in
his game overall, he came to.

Speaker 4 (12:09):
The sideline saying the weak side blister was there, and
you know, he came and told me.

Speaker 6 (12:13):
I said, okay, I got you. And then the next
time I called it.

Speaker 2 (12:18):
I told you, you're always like dang it.

Speaker 6 (12:21):
I told you, I mean it was being called anyway.
But he got it, you know, and we have good communication.

Speaker 4 (12:27):
I listened to him and I listened to Veta because
they can kind of see the game when they're out
as well as Lavonte. So we come up with some
things on the sidelines that kind of fit what they
can do.

Speaker 2 (12:36):
I like that.

Speaker 3 (12:36):
This is almost like the DB's version of a wide
receiver always saying I'm open, I'm open.

Speaker 4 (12:40):
No, No, He's very calculated. He says that he can
see why it's open and he understands it, so I
understand where he's coming from.

Speaker 3 (12:48):
I like that. Yeah, he's tied since he came into
the league for first among defensive backs with twelve force fumbles,
eighteen sacks, lead all defensive backs, and leads all defensive
backs with twenty seven quarterback What.

Speaker 2 (13:00):
Has made him so good as specifically in some of
those areas, he has a.

Speaker 4 (13:04):
Knack for blitzing. He really has a knack for understanding
how to set his blitzeres up, how to disguise it,
and how to come off the right way.

Speaker 3 (13:11):
Casey pilps here with head coach Todd Bowles. So Lavonte
ended up getting a sack in the game. I know
there was also maybe another one or two that he
wished he would have.

Speaker 2 (13:18):
Been able to have. So tell me overall his game and.

Speaker 3 (13:20):
What stood out, especially about the way he was able
to get in there for that one sack.

Speaker 4 (13:24):
I thought he played well and I thought he should
have had about three more sacks. He had an opportunity
for three more. Just got to follow through with his
feet and keep his feet moving. He would have had
three more and he probably would have planned been NFL
Player of the Week.

Speaker 6 (13:36):
But he played well for us again.

Speaker 4 (13:38):
He gets people lined up, he has a knack for
blitz and he understands coverage and we just got to
learn how to finish the games off.

Speaker 3 (13:45):
I know Jacob Parrish got his first career sack. Take
us through that play and also just what makes him
so good in blitz situations.

Speaker 4 (13:52):
He's fast from A to B. He understands it, he
knows when to hit the gaps. I thought he did
a heck of a job going through this. Several times
he got hits on him but didn't cause the sack.
Actually it was him that hurried up the interception that
Dean got. He got the hurry up on the quarterback
right there. But for him to get his first sack,
it was great to see.

Speaker 2 (14:10):
I know.

Speaker 3 (14:10):
I also saw him get a pretty nice open field
tackle on Taylor at one point. What have you seen
of his progression? I know you were very excited about
him even before the season. Coming in and how has
he lived up to that and even progressed in these
first three games.

Speaker 6 (14:23):
I'm still excited about him.

Speaker 4 (14:24):
You know, as good as he is at nickel, I
really think he's very good on the outside as well.
We just haven't had the chance to give him the
opportunity to get out there yet because of the other
three are playing well. But I think he's right there
with that bunch.

Speaker 3 (14:35):
So your run defense, I know, Hall only had twenty
one yards rushing. This was the eleventh straight game limiting
opponents to fewer than one hundred yards dating back to
last season. Also, you guys had nine tackles for loss
on the day, which is your most in a game
in almost two years. So tell me run game wise,
and then especially even some of those tackles for loss,
what do you feel like you guys were able.

Speaker 2 (14:56):
To do really well?

Speaker 6 (14:57):
Now?

Speaker 4 (14:57):
Penetration and penetration, I said, we talked on the sidelines
and we talked. Me and Vida talked about about putting
him in a different position, so he kind of put
him up face on the center a little bit where
they he could penetrate a little bit no more, and
not let the center get up to the second level,
and I thought the backers did a good job scraping
and some DB's had some TFLs as well, so it
was a group effort.

Speaker 3 (15:18):
How did you see guys stepping up in the week
of Elijah being out and what that could look like
moving forward and the big guys who were able to step.

Speaker 2 (15:25):
In in that role.

Speaker 4 (15:25):
Well, Gains is kind of right to do it all guy.
He can play all across the line of scrimmage. He's
very scrappy, very tough that way, and he did a
good job. Simmons got his first taste only being here
for about three days. You know, he's very strong, so
we know he could hold the point, and we knew
he'd be good in the run game. I thought Roberts,
with extended playing time, did a really good job. He's
the heck of a pass rusher, but he played well

(15:46):
against the run as well.

Speaker 3 (15:47):
And then how about Chase being perfect and hitting all
of his kicks and also hitting the game winner after
he'd had a couple games of some uncharacteristic misses for him,
How important was that to see him get back on track.
And then even which we saw moments where you really
clearly still trusted him and made the call to put
it in his hands.

Speaker 6 (16:04):
That was huge. That was huge for him to come
back for us.

Speaker 4 (16:07):
That was great to see, obviously with the two games
that we had issues with for him to come back
and make every kick and then obviously the one that
blocked he couldn't do nothing about but come back and
make the game winner after that, you know, that was
that was big for us. So I may have to
start listening to his corny jokes again.

Speaker 2 (16:23):
Oh no, you're like, dang it, that's exactly. At least
you got the way.

Speaker 6 (16:27):
If he's gonna make those, I'll listen to you.

Speaker 3 (16:29):
You'll listen to it. And then the block field goal?
What is it you feel like you guys were able
to learn from that? I mean, that's not a play
you see very often, largely because they're just earned that
many people who could make a play like that. So
what did that teach you guys or learn or was
that just kind of an impressive one player moment.

Speaker 4 (16:43):
That was an impressive play, but at the same time
that can happen. We got to come up a little
bit and we got to take care of that a gap.

Speaker 3 (16:49):
So looking ahead to this Eagles game, definitely a team
we have faced many times in recent years and in
some big moments. What about them feels maybe different from
previous matchups?

Speaker 4 (16:59):
If at all super Bowl champs. Obviously they won the
Super Bowl. We're trying to get to the Super Bowl.
I don't think it's any different from who we're playing.
It's just a matter of they're coming in with the
rings that we're trying to get. So it'll be a
big measuring stick for us because we know where they're
an now standing football team.

Speaker 3 (17:16):
I know that you guys are always a believer of
the next man up mentality. Injuries are not an excuse,
But what are the specific ways that the types of
injuries you guys have right now are tough against a
team like the Eagles based on their strengths and where
our injuries are.

Speaker 4 (17:30):
Oh, they got two big d line and that's that's
very tough for a new offensive line.

Speaker 6 (17:34):
You know, when Jerome.

Speaker 4 (17:35):
Comes through there and big Boy comes in there, he
blocks the kick last week and runs it for a touchdown.
So that that's huge for matchup advantages if you per se.
So we're really gonna have to fight went inside, We're
really gonna have to scrap and fight, And.

Speaker 3 (17:50):
What have you learned about their offensive line? I mean
that's an area that they've been pretty notoriously good for
several years.

Speaker 2 (17:55):
Now, what does this group this year look like?

Speaker 4 (17:58):
Exactly the same? Outstand players, big, smart, tough, and they.

Speaker 6 (18:03):
Wear you down.

Speaker 2 (18:04):
And how about Saquon Barkley.

Speaker 3 (18:05):
We all see the highlight reel, you know the crazy
plays he can make. But down in and down out,
what are the things that make him the toughest to
go against?

Speaker 4 (18:14):
Really got to wrap him up. His change of direction
is so great and his lower body is so strong
that you really got to wrap him up and bring
guys and gang tackle.

Speaker 3 (18:23):
And then how about Jalen Hurts based on how things
went with Taylor this last Sunday or there are things
that you feel like you guys learned or can work
on from a contained standpoint, knowing that Hurts is going
to want to do that sometimes.

Speaker 4 (18:34):
Absolutely. I mean, Jalen he's a winner. He's a winner,
and he won the Super Bowl and he played well
in the one he didn't win. So I think he's
one of the best quarterbacks in the league all the
way around.

Speaker 6 (18:45):
And he shows that weekend and week out.

Speaker 2 (18:47):
And how about a couple of the other weapons.

Speaker 3 (18:48):
He has guys like AJ Brown, Avante Smith one of
the special skill sets that some of their other skill
guys that we you know, Saque gets so much attention
for obvious reasons, But what are the things that those
other guys bring as well?

Speaker 6 (18:59):
Well?

Speaker 4 (18:59):
Smith can obviously he's not just a downfield guy. He's
a very good route runner. And AJ Brown is so
strong at the point of attack. He's so strong with
his hands and with his route running. He can catch
the ball with two or three guys hanging on him,
So it's gonna be a good battle.

Speaker 3 (19:13):
And then looking at the other side of the ball
for them, what stands out about their secondary to you?

Speaker 6 (19:18):
Ballhawks? You know ballhawks.

Speaker 4 (19:20):
They got corners on the outside that can really run.
They play very smart football. They got a safety and
they had Blanket Ship who can read and dissect everything.
And they got linebackers they can run sideline the sideline.

Speaker 3 (19:31):
If you were to say a key to the game
for this particular matchup on each side of the ball
for us, what do you.

Speaker 2 (19:36):
Think it would be?

Speaker 4 (19:37):
Offensively, we can't turn it over. Defensively, we can't let
the quarterback out of the pocket, and scramble.

Speaker 3 (19:43):
All right, well, coach, as always, thank you so much
for your time and congratulations on that win on Sunday.

Speaker 6 (19:47):
Thank you.

Speaker 3 (19:47):
Coming up next is running back coach Skip Pete on
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First half of the show, we had head coach Todd Bowles.

Speaker 3 (20:12):
Now I am so excited to be joined by running
back coach Skip Pete.

Speaker 2 (20:15):
Coach, thanks for.

Speaker 7 (20:15):
Being with us, Thank you for having me and man.

Speaker 3 (20:18):
Congrats on a great win. Another win and three game
winning drives in a row now, which basically has not
happened in the history of the NFL post merger. To
start a season like this, to have these last second,
continuing to come from behind drives, what does it say
about this offense to be able to pull that off
all three weeks.

Speaker 7 (20:39):
It's interesting because you really don't want it to come
down to that. But I mean it's something that we
kind of work on every week, you know, in two
minute situations where you have to come back and win,
or we got to come back and score touchdown, or
we got to come back and kick fieldbal whatever the
situation is that we got to win the game. We
practice those things so it kind of becomes second nature
to our guy and when they get in that situation,

(21:01):
I don't think we necessarily panic. So now it's kind
of the same. I mean, each week we've had the
opportunity guys with just all right, here we go, we
gotta go down and do this, I think. I mean,
it's it's a whole team atmosphere, you know, not just
the offense, it's the defense, and it's everything special teams
coming to play as well, because sometimes we gotta score touchdowns.

(21:22):
Sometimes you gotta kick a field goal.

Speaker 2 (21:23):
Yeah, that and that one.

Speaker 3 (21:24):
It was great to see Chase get back in on that,
and especially after the blocked one.

Speaker 2 (21:28):
I felt like that was a really great sign. And
I know that in.

Speaker 3 (21:32):
Terms of penalties, that was one of the wildest things
I've ever seen. You've been in the NFL a long
time now, have you been a part of another game
that especially started that way with so many penalties early.

Speaker 7 (21:43):
On, Probably not that many, but I mean I've been
in games where there's been quite a few called on
both teams, and I mean obviously you got to end up,
you know, fighting through it and you know, resolving those situations.
We gotta get better at that. We can't have that
many penalties. I mean they obviously set you back, put
you behind the sticks, and then almost makes it impossible

(22:03):
sometimes to get a first down. So we got to
clean those up, and I think we will. I mean,
obviously it's emphasized daily, so we'll get better at those.

Speaker 3 (22:12):
Yeah, I know, that's gotta be so challenging then to
try to get into a rhythm at that point. What
were you kind of trying to work on with your backs,
and what was the offense trying to do overall to
try to regain some of the yards, And just how
challenging it is for your guys to know that suddenly
when you're in you know, second and twenty or third
and sixteen, it's gonna make their job a little bit different.

Speaker 7 (22:32):
Yeah, first and foremost, it's probably it's gonna be you
don't have to throw the ball, depending on how much
the distance is, then that kind of limits the running
game in that aspect. But I think you understand that
if we do get a holding call, we get a
penalty or whatever it may be, and it's first in
twenty or second in twenty or second and twenty five
or whatever that might be, we got to do the

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best we can and possibly get half of that on
the next play and then possibly get the rest of
it on third down or depending on when the penalty happens.
If it's second down, then obviously we got to get
up another second down to get half of it and
hopefully get it on third. But if it's first down,
you still got three downs to try to get it.

Speaker 3 (23:12):
So I know that they have some talent on their
defensive line. Obviously we know the Bucks offensive line was
having to shuffle every which way to Sunday. Considering those things,
what did you feel like was most successful and worked
the best in the run game.

Speaker 7 (23:26):
I mean, obviously, when you have injuries and you have
change up front, I mean there's gonna be a little
bit of adjustment because guys got to get used to
working together. And that's not just the line with their
next mate, Whether it's the guard or this tackle or
the center. It's also you know, how does the back
adjust to the different techniques and fundamentals of how they
are actually double teaming coming off on the second level.

(23:48):
So I mean it's a lot of working parts. I
thought we did a good job of that throughout the
course of the week. Obviously, guys getting opportunity to work together,
understand how each guy operates, and then you got to
fit your skill set, and basically it's our job to
kind of help them set second level blocks where they're
in position to come off and make those blocks. So

(24:10):
I thought for the most part, I mean, we had
the whole week of preparing for you know, I mean
the game, and with those guys in there, and I
think besides the penalties, I thought it was a pretty
good game, you know. I mean, guys were playing for
the first time together. I mean, it's gonna take a
little bit of time to gel together, and I thought
we kind of settled in there as the game got along.

(24:30):
And I mean, there's gonna be goodlays, there's gonna be
bad plays. It's gonna be like that in every game.
But I thought for the most part that the guys
all did a good job working together.

Speaker 3 (24:38):
Yeah, I mean, position coaches, you guys have all dealt
with times where your own room was pretty depleted.

Speaker 2 (24:43):
You have to make a lot of adjustments.

Speaker 3 (24:44):
What has it been like to watch what our offensive
line coaches have done these first few weeks of the
season and all the adjustments they've had to make. And
the same thing with Josh Grazzart of here's the first
time play caller who's having to deal with right, a
whole lot of things that I'm sure he wasn't planning
on dealing with his first few games out.

Speaker 7 (25:00):
No, I mean, it's a lot of adjustments you gotta
make because I mean certain guys run plays differently, certain
guys you know, can come off of blocks if certain
guys pulled differently. So it's a lot of things you
gotta think about. And then I mean, depending on who
you're going against, do we give a certain guy help?
I mean, so it also includes the backs and protections
where hey, normally you're just checking and getting out and

(25:21):
know you're gonna check and possibly help a guy then
get out. So I mean it kind of adjusts just
about every aspect of the passing game as far as
protections are concerned. Run games is pretty much as normal goes.
I mean, it's the guys have to come off, they
have to work together up front, and the backs have
to run off of how they're blocking. So I thought,

(25:42):
you know, as the game went along, I mean, you're
gonna have good plays. You're gonna have games. I mean
plays that you know, for us, I think as a
successful play early in the game, as a three yard
run is a good run, you know, but people in
the stands will say, oh, that's not a good run.
But you're playing against a fresh defense that's geared up
the stop you and you know you got to eventually
wear them down and then those small cracks become big, big,

(26:05):
big holes, and then you get bigger plays and bigger
runs and things of that nature. But I mean, I thought,
for the most part, our offensive line and what those
guys did did a good job of getting those guys
prepared and ready to go. And I mean we all
have to work together because the timing within that whole
group and the unit of the line, the tight ends
and the backs all have to work together. So I

(26:27):
think we were all pretty much on the same page.

Speaker 2 (26:29):
That's right.

Speaker 3 (26:29):
We're talking to running back coach Skip Pete, specifically for
Bucky and Rashad, how do you feel like they played
in the game.

Speaker 7 (26:35):
No, I thought they played well. I thought they played hard.
We knew going into the game the schemes were going
to be a little bit different, but I thought for
the most part, they understood exactly, you know, the way
the game was going to be basically called, and what
we anticipated in how we wanted to attack them. So,
I mean I thought they took advantage of the opportunities
that they had. I mean, you know, there was a

(26:56):
couple of runs that were called back that you would
like to have back, but I mean that happens in
every game. So I thought we stayed evenly calm as
far as the game was concerned. You get frustrated at
times if you know, I mean you're not making big plays.
There's gonna be games you're not gonna get them. I mean,
it's gonna be a grind out game. It's gonna be four,

(27:16):
it's gonna be three, it's gonna be two, it might
be minus one, but you got to keep grinding, you
got to keep pushing. And those are the things that
I thought we did well yesterday. I mean, even though
we had setbacks with penalties or you just had a
bad play, if we didn't dwell on it, we just
continued to play. And then at the end of the day,
I mean, we knew what we had to do at
the very end to you know, come back and win

(27:38):
the game.

Speaker 3 (27:39):
I know Bucky, I mean, we've talked a lot about
the fact that he's just so elusive. And it's funny
because you know, every running back wants to be elusive,
every running back tries to be Why is he able
to do that part of his game so well? Why
is he so hard to bring down? And as a coach,
why are you kind of if you're trying to evaluate,
if you're trying to tell someone else why Bucky is
the way he is when so many running backs try

(28:01):
to be that, what.

Speaker 2 (28:01):
Would you say?

Speaker 7 (28:03):
Well, I think guys that are like him are unique
in a lot of ways. One, he has an extremely
great vision, so he sees a lot of things and
anticipates angles of defenders coming at him where you know,
not every guy can do that, So he anticipates the
angle of the defender approaching him, and then what he
has planned for himself. As far as making that guy miss.

(28:26):
So some guys have to naturally react to what happens.
I think he anticipates what's possibly happening based on how
the guy plays, and by watching film and studying how
the guy plays and how he fits certain runs. And
I think he takes that to another level because he
has natural ability to come to balance plant and then

(28:47):
accelerate out of that plant a little differently than some people.
Some people are extremely elusive but lack speed to get
away from people. Where he has a knack and a
natural ability. And you notice that when you watched him
in college have that ability.

Speaker 3 (29:04):
It's crazy to think of him now as not being
a first round pick. I mean, if you could, if
you were to read draft all over again now that
we know who he is, You're like, yeah, teams would
one hundred percent have taken him in the first round
to see his skill set. What do you think it
was about what we knew to see in him to
know his potential in the draft, and why maybe other
teams you know, weren't sured and just why he was

(29:25):
able to be a guy that fell that far but
has succeeded so quickly.

Speaker 7 (29:30):
Well, I mean, I think part of it at the time,
was you know, the way the draft was going for
running backs, because I want to say, a couple of
years ago, you weren't getting a whole lot of guys
drafted in the first round. You weren't get I mean
those guys that five sixty seven years ago were getting
first round yeah picks were now second round, now third round.
So it kind of bumped the receiver, I mean the

(29:52):
running back group down around where other things as far
as sighs. You know, is he big enough to withstand
the punishment at this level? Some guys will knock him.

Speaker 6 (30:05):
Down, you know.

Speaker 7 (30:06):
So it's it's almost like you look at somebody, say
I like that person or like the way they play.
Does he fit what we do? That's who I want?
I mean, the draft is all that. Yeah, you know,
certain guys have tremendous college careers, but they may not
fit what you do, so you're not high on them,

(30:26):
and so they're not high on your list I think.
I mean, and I told Bucket this before, so you know,
the way I always looked at the draft and look
at players is who do they remind you of? And
how does he play? And kind of slot them in
those areas as far as well. I remember this guy

(30:48):
coming out. He was roughly the same size, he had
similar traits to Bucky, and he was a second, he
was a third, or he was a fourth round pick.
So they kind of get slotted like that in my mind,
but not necessarily as far as you know, management and
scouting and all that stuff. They have a certain tier

(31:08):
that they place guys in. But I thought when we
looked at them, we had them tiered together. Yeah, you know,
we were both on the same page as far as
you know, I think he would fit in this round.
And you know, sometimes guys, you know, get disappointed because
of the round they're picked in. But the most important

(31:28):
thing is when you get an opportunity to come in
and play. Most important things. You want to showcase what
you can do and play.

Speaker 2 (31:34):
Yeah, and clearly the.

Speaker 7 (31:36):
First, second, third, whatever round it is, you got to
showcase that you're capable of playing at this level.

Speaker 2 (31:41):
Yeah, and he's clearly done that.

Speaker 3 (31:43):
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Speaker 3 (32:07):
Welcome back into Buccaneers Total Access brought to you by
Advent Health. We have running back coach Skip Pete here
with us, and we were talking about Bucky going into
the break here. What do you think made him so
pro ready, so quick and also just what his work
ethic is like, because I just keep hearing that he's,
you know, given coach Bowls run for his money in
terms of how early he's getting into the facility every day.

Speaker 7 (32:29):
No, he's an early riser, and I think that's kind
of started when he was at Oregon because they practiced
in the morning. So I mean, if you have a
six thirty practice, you kind of have to get there
early to get prepared and get ready to practice. So
he's had that regiment for I think a couple of
years now. He does roll in about five point fifteen
in the morning. He has a regiment of what he

(32:50):
does as far as his body prep and mental prep
and those things. And I mean every guy is different.
Some guys who would rather stay late and do that,
but he's early, and I mean it can work either way,
but I mean that works for him. You know, some guys,
they're not early guys, so they're not gonna want to

(33:11):
get here extremely early, but they would rather stay late.
But I know, he gets in and obviously he gets
in the tubs, he works, gets rubs, and he gets
you know, massages, and then he's studying his playbook and
game plan during that time as well. And you know,
I mean it's not just the actual physical part of
getting your body right, but it's also your mental And

(33:33):
I think he does a good understanding of knowing what
it takes for him to be prepared for each week,
and I think he takes the total advantage of that.
And you know, each guy is different. You know, some
guys are you know, quick learners. Some guys aren't is
quickly to adapt to what you're trying to explain to him,
but they understand what they have to do in order

(33:54):
to completely comprehend what you're trying to get accomplished. So
each guy is different. And when you figure that out.
I think it helps you minimize the wasted time that
you look on certain things and say, well, I don't
really need to do all that in order to make
sure I'm on point of what I need to do.

Speaker 3 (34:12):
He had such a great year last year, obviously, but
what were the things maybe you were still working on
with him going into this offseason and this year where
you were telling him he could take the next step.

Speaker 7 (34:20):
In Well, I think the biggest thing between most young
running backs coming from college is half of them don't
run the actual plays we run, so they don't utilize
the footwork. And you talk about courses, you talk about techniques,
they don't utilize that, so you got to train that
with them. I think the other thing is the biggest

(34:44):
part probably is past protection understanding protections. They don't have
a whole lot of as we would call multiple protections
for the back to be utilized and be involved in.
And I think he has a good, pretty good sound
understanding of that. But I mean at Oregon they had
a somewhat of a pro style offense where you know,

(35:05):
they had multiple pass protections, but a lot of times
the techniques and stuff that they usilized as the college
lovels are a little bit different than what we do.
I mean, some of these guys we go against the
pretty serious pass rushers, and you have to use proper
techniques fundamentals otherwise it's probably not gonna work. So and
the other thing is, I mean, when you come from college,

(35:29):
they don't have an opportunity to study you. Who got
I told them the first thing I told him, I said,
all right, you had a great year. Now everybody's gonna
watch you. Everybod's gonna study you. They're gonna say, well,
why'd you have success? I go, those simple things that
you did all the time last year may not work
this year. You may have to be a little bit
more discipline and diligent in setting things up. It's not

(35:51):
gonna just naturally happen now because they're geared to stop you.

Speaker 4 (35:56):
You know.

Speaker 7 (35:56):
Yeah, last year they didn't know who you were. You
just showed up on the scene. Yeah, you know so.
But I mean pro football guys are pretty good at
trying to take away what you're good at. If they
study you and know exactly what your traits are, you
got to have another club in your bag to kind
of give them something to look at.

Speaker 2 (36:14):
We're talking running back coach Skip Pete. So how about
the idea now of for Rashad?

Speaker 3 (36:19):
I mean, man, his game especially versus the Texans, you know,
gets to jump on that fumble that was so important,
gets the game winning that gets that touchdown run. Just overall,
what did his play in that game say about him
so far this season and the kind of back.

Speaker 2 (36:34):
He is for this team?

Speaker 7 (36:35):
No, I mean I've always said we needed them both.
I think the thing that helps both of them is
I think they compliment each other because of the drastic
different styles that they are. And once you present, I
think different styles and type of backs that they are,

(36:55):
they have to adjust to who's in the game, you
know now. And the biggest thing is you know what
I mean, I think guys that are now your short
yard is and goal line runner and things at the
ex cause right now, I think Bucky's average is down,
but last year he really didn't handle any of the
short yards and goal lines so he never had to

(37:15):
just punch it for one. Then that naturally brings your
average down, you know. And I think Rashard, you know,
I mean, he's he's a good pass protector, he's a
good route runner, He's a good runner, but his style's
totally different than Bucky, you know. And I think once
you I install one guy into the game and he

(37:35):
has a couple of plays of four or five players,
then you installed another guy in the game and he's
style is totally different. It's a total different look to
the defense. So their response is gonna be different. And
I think that's the one thing that if you do
platoon two backs, I mean, if their styles are drastically different,
I think it presents a little bit more problem to
the defense.

Speaker 3 (37:56):
What would you say is Rashad's biggest strength? And then
the thing that you are still working on.

Speaker 7 (38:00):
With him Rashad has, you know, I mean, he doesn't
have a whole lot of falls. I mean he's a
very talented player. I mean they both are, and they're
unique in their own way. I think the biggest thing
between Rashada that he had to get, I think out
of his game was at times he felt he needed

(38:21):
to wait, hold, and then accelerate for the running game.
And I think he sees that if I just utilize
my footwork in my course and pressed the line of
scrimmage with speed, it's going to be a little bit
more effective then if I try to wait to see
where the hole is. And I think that's been the
biggest change that I've seen in him in the about

(38:41):
probably halfway through last year, it really changed for him.
But I thought he's always been a very solid pass
protector and route runner coming out of the backfield, and
I mean capable of you know what I mean, playing
on every down. I mean, I think the one thing
that we have the luxury of having between both of us,
they're both capable of playing on every down. So that

(39:03):
makes it nice. You don't have to be concerned that,
all right, it's third down, I gotta take that guy out,
or you know, always putting their certain guy in there.
But I mean, I think we try to keep them
fresh and have them both compliment each other and try
to you know, split the time. It may not be
totally equal, but we need to have them both in

(39:24):
there periodically throughout the course of the game. Otherwise, you know,
one of them's gonna get level winded.

Speaker 3 (39:30):
Yeah, I've also seen the plays where you have both
of them in there, you know, once in the backfield,
and what have you seen about what that can even do,
especially for the defense, is getting that look and for
the offense.

Speaker 7 (39:39):
Overall, No, I mean I think it compliments the offensive
scheme that we do. That we're gonna be multiple, we're
gonna show, you know, a lot of different things. But
when you don't know who's gonna motion out, who's gonna
carry it, you don't know who's gonna motion out, who's
gonna run a route. So you got to be prepared
for both of them now. And I mean, like I said, anything,
we do to try to stress the defense to get

(39:59):
a little bit of it, and that's something you try
to do as an offensive coach.

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Speaker 2 (40:23):
I'm talking to running back coach Skip Pete.

Speaker 3 (40:25):
So of course we spent a lot of time talking
about Bucky and Rashad, but also Sean Tucker is a
guy in your room that has gotten some fun plays,
some good looks, and tell me the dynamic he brings.

Speaker 2 (40:36):
To it as well. To be able to you already
talked about those two guys who could be every down backs.
It's like you just you're spoiled in there and they're so.

Speaker 7 (40:43):
Much Now we're lucky to have Sean, you know. I mean,
he's a unique talent in a certain way that he
presents a little bit different look than Bucky and Rashad
because he's probably the fastest back of the group. His
body type is a little bit different structure. He's not,
as I would say, squatty, but he's a thicker body.

(41:05):
He's extremely fast. There's certain plays that we have designed
for him that Bucky and Rashad don't run, so he
kind of has his own package. But he's also capable
of running every play that we have in the offense.
It's just been unfortunate in the last couple of games
that some of those plays and things that haven't been called,

(41:25):
and the way the games have been going, sometimes you
don't substitute everybody in the game. So I think we
have confidence in him. I think he's a good player.
It's just that I mean, he's in a situation to
where the two guys in front of him are pretty
talented backs and have had a lot of experience playing
in games. And it's not saying that you know, he's

(41:47):
not capable, it's just that where it's fortunate to have
three pretty good backs.

Speaker 3 (41:52):
What is the biggest thing you were kind of still
working on with him and the strides that he could
make to maybe get on the field a little bit
more often.

Speaker 7 (41:58):
I would say the biggest thing is just being more
consistent in everything that he does. I mean, being consistent
in your footwork, being consistent in your route depth, you know,
making sure that every time I do get called upon
to run a route that it's at the right depth,
that it's you know, I think all of them are
that way, because sometimes even the starters will rush things

(42:20):
thinking that if they rush it, they'll get the ballquicker.
But that's not always the case. It's got to be
completely disciplined and how the play should be designed and
I should be ran, and we want everybody to be
able to just go in there and you know, relax
and do their job.

Speaker 3 (42:35):
Going into this next week, it's the Eagles game, and
you are uniquely familiar with Saquon Barkley, having spent time
coaching with the Cowboys as well facing fellow NFC East
opponents there and you know, now, just having played the
Eagles so many times in recent years, just feels like
there's a lot of familiarity there for a team that
isn't in our division at this point of how often
we face them. So tell me about Saquon and just

(42:57):
as a running back coach, what is it like watching
him on film and what makes him so uniquely talented?

Speaker 7 (43:03):
Sa Kwan is unique in the way that he's has.
He's a guy that has extreme size. I mean he's
not a small guy. He's big. He's probably two twenty seven,
two thirty and has extreme speed. So I mean that
presents a problem because now you got a big, fast
guy that's also capable of running routes, catching ball at

(43:24):
the backfield. If there is a slight crease there and
he hits the hole, it could be a touchdown. And
that's rare and unique and running backs that can just
flat out run the defense. And I mean that's what
he has, and that's the capabilities he has. I mean,
I've gone against him a lot because I mean when
I was first in Dallas, it was he was in

(43:44):
New York, and then now he's in Philly, so I've
had a chance to watch him play quite a bit.
But I mean rare to have a guy that's that
big and that fast, but that agile, you.

Speaker 2 (43:57):
Know, sounds like a video game the way you're.

Speaker 7 (44:01):
No, I mean yeah, I mean I was fortunate, lucky
enough to have a guy named Todd Gurley that was
like that. I mean, you have a guy that's six',
one that's two twenty, eight two point thirty that can
run routes like a five to ten one hundred and
seventy five pound, guy but also run with, power run through,
guys and then also this flat out run YOU i,
mean with track. Speed it's. Scary, yeah. SCARY i.

Speaker 3 (44:25):
Know The eagles have, definitely you, know put a lot
into the, trenches and that's an area they really take
a lot of pride. In so their defensive line and
defensive front overall is always pretty. Stout what have you
seen and learned about going against their defensive front over
the years and the unique challenge they.

Speaker 7 (44:38):
Present, no they've always had a very talented. TEAM i
mean they've been balanced on, offense they've been very solid on.
Defense they've always had, good solid defensive. Linemen they've had
speed guys at linebacker that could run sideline the sideline
and make. Plays and then they also had guys that
were good corners that could cover talented. Receivers and you,

(45:01):
know you had the blend of physical safety that's also
capable of playing man a man with a tight end or.
Back SO i mean it's always been a challenge to
go against that structure of their. Defense AND i mean
they have two, talented, big thick guys inside that takes
up a lot of, space but then you got edge

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rushers that are pretty. QUICK i, mean they're very similar
to what our defense. IS i, mean you got big
guys inside that control the, middle but then you got
very agile and quick guys on the edge that you
gotta be you know aware, for so you, know and
then the second level of guys that are you, know
functional defenders as far as playing coverage and you, know

(45:42):
sound guys against the. RUN i, mean they got they
got a good football, team and you, KNOW i mean
it's gonna be a fun game to. Watch it's gonna
be challenging like it was last, year BUT i MEAN
i think it's it'll be two good teams going against each.

Speaker 2 (45:54):
Other we're talking running back Coach Skip.

Speaker 3 (45:56):
Pete uh for you guys facing our defense during training
camp in, preseason what are the biggest ways that our
defense helped your offense get ready and it even helped you,
know Coach grizzard get ready for that play calling, duty
and just some of those ways that you feel like
this group was uniquely qualified to help setch all up
for success as.

Speaker 7 (46:15):
Well we probably see more pressure in different looks any
other team would ever. Face facing our. Defense they probably
give us more headaches than they other team would even
face because they have guys blitzing coming off the. BUS
i mean you don't know you know who's, stunning you
don't know who's, coming you don't know who's, dropping and
it kind of messes with your protection core and. Responsibilities

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so they do generate.

Speaker 6 (46:42):
A lot of problems for.

Speaker 7 (46:43):
DEFENSE i mean for an, offense AND i mean going
against them the whole offseason and then going against them
in camp when it's just you, know offense against, DEFENSE i,
mean you have to be on your p's and q's,
OTHERWISE i mean you're gonna be throwing hot every day
or you're gonna be you, know getting a. Sack SO
i mean it it puts a lot of pressure on
you and prepares you for a lot of things that

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we may would never ever. See but we've had an
opportunity to go against that type of structure that it
puts you a little bit more of a discipline in your.
Eye discipline it becomes a little bit sharper because you're
you're aware of what we've had to deal with as
far as practice is. Concerned now you're going against a
different opponent and they do not probably have as much

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weaponry as we have as far as the blitzes and
the different looks that we present teams and just us in.
Practice you, know And i'm not saying the games are,
easy but you're not worried about certain things because that
hasn't been in their you, know play call. Schemes you
have an idea Of, okay generally they do, this or

(47:46):
they do, this or they do, that and then you
can respond and react to it where you, know sometimes
we coach, bowls you just don't know what they're.

Speaker 3 (47:55):
Doing, yeah and then HOW i, know we talked a
little bit about the offensive. Line with the fact that
they've had so many people. Out how much has that
affected what you guys have been asked to do in
past protection Of have you had to employ your guys
a little bit more for that or tell them to
maybe step up in that way to try to give,
assistance or has it just been you, know, hey next man,

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up and we're gonna run things the way we want.

Speaker 7 (48:18):
To pretty, much we're gonna have next man up and
run elect we're supposed. To, now you obviously have certain
guys that might be an extremely dominant rushing or dominant.
TACKLE i think it doesn't matter who the guy. Is
you're always saying okay now as a back you may
you may tell them for that, week hey, listen we're
gonna go through OUR i progression and our protection and

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then we're gonna peak so and so make sure he's.
Okay then we get out in our. CHECKDOWN i think
that that kind of goes every, week and it just
depends on who you're going. Against, Right BUT i thought
our guys came in and did a good. JOB i,
mean they played. HARD i thought they were all working.
Together that's the only thing you can. DO i, mean

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you can't really completely change everything you do throughout the
course of a. SEASON i, mean they've been here, practicing
they've had an opportunity to, practice and then you, KNOW
i mean everyone's looking for that opportunity and a chance to.
Play and you, know those guys have now gotten the
chance to play because of, injury AND i think they
stepped up and you, know did what they had to.

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Do now we got, to you, know cut down on
some of these, penalties BUT i mean that's also part
of the.

Speaker 3 (49:27):
Game and then with Coach grazar taking, over how nice
was it for your guys for there to be sort
of that consistency of you have a new, coordinator but
it was someone already in the building getting to keep
a lot of things. Consistent and then just how maybe
his view of the offense is good for your running
backs and things that maybe they like about playing under
this style of an.

Speaker 7 (49:47):
OFFENSE i think that's a, big huge deal to keep
the same system as long as you can with a
group of, people because now everyone has a total understanding
of what you're trying do they understand the system of
why we're doing it and where you are supposed to
fit in that. System and what your responsibilities, are and

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then you can play as fast as you can play
when you totally understand what you're doing and you're not.
Guessing AND i think you, know we've been there for
three years in the same, system even though it's been
three different guys that had their own little twist on,
it but the foundation is all the. Same SO i
think it's helped everybody from the quarterback to the, line

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to the tight ends to the backs because you're still
hearing it the same. Way some combinations, change but for
the most, part you, know ninety percent of the structure
is still the.

Speaker 3 (50:44):
Same, well, coach thank you so much for taking the
time to talk to. Us we really appreciate it on
this busy, week and congratulations again on that.

Speaker 7 (50:51):
Win, well thank you.

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