October 14, 2023 • 31 mins
-Bucs prepare for the Lions
-Tristan Wirfs overcoming obstacles
-Injury Updates
-Mayfield due for a raise next season
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Mhm. In this edition of theBox Report, the bus take on the
Lions. Do they have what ittakes to go? Four and one?
I'll discuss next on this edition ofthe Box Report. Let's go then then
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then then then then then then then. Well, hello and welcome into this
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today's episode of The Bucks Report,we talk about your Tampa Bay Buccaneer as
they take on the Detroit Lions ina creamsickle game. Seems like I've been
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waiting this for the longest time.We'll talk about that in the show.
Then we'll talk about who's in andwho's out. A little bit later we
will talk about the huge role thatTristan Wurfs has on this team and what
to expect from Baker Mayfield. Butjust to get it going here, we
will talk about the injuries and whois in and who is out. That
seems to factor in quite a bit. Who's going to be out there?
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Bucks have Shaq Beart limited due toillness, so it could be a big
game time for rookie yah Yadaby witha larger role versus the Lions, and
I like, yeah, yah Daby, I like what he brings to this
team. Ultimately, would I ratherhave Shaq Beart in there? Of course,
that is a no brainer. Buckshave Anthony Nelson to the final injury
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report as doubtful with a concussion.Could see rookie Marquis Watts active for the
first time, and then the bignews for me. I want to see
a bigger sample size. Klaijah Canseiis also set to return on Sunday after
missing three games with a caf string. Again, what I've seen of him,
I love it. Todd Bowle sayswide receiver Mike Evans was full go
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today and he will play on Sundayagainst the Lines. Now, Listen,
the Buccaneers have an abundance of wealthat the wide receiver position. I get
that they have Chris god when theyhave Mike Evans, not to mention Palmer
and Tompkins, They're sitting pretty good, but this team always plays that much
better when Mike Evans is in thegame. So I'm pretty excited about it.
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But some of the things that we'restarting to see about Mike Evans kind
of draws into questions is the timethat he misses with injury. He seems
to miss time almost every season witha hamstring or some sort of calf issue,
something of that nature. I wonderif that is the reluctance of the
Buccaneers, the Glazers, Jason Lightet cetera. Kind of just really makes
you wonder. But with that said, I am very happy that he will
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be in the game again. Youcan't say enough good things about Mike Evans.
He brings it every single day agame, A great guy in Tampa,
a great guy in the field.What's not to love. Evans had
suffered a hamstring injury at the NewOrleans Saints October first, forcing him to
miss more than two quarters of thegame, but he was aided by the
bye week in getting healthy well night, but not participating in Wednesday's practice.
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He was limited Thursday, but wasa full participant Friday. So we will
see Mike Evans in the game.And again, that is just putting the
Bucks in a position to succeed.We know it is going to be a
formidable opponent in the Detroit lines,and I'll talk about that a little bit
later, but this team is alwaysgoing to do that much better with Evans
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out there. I don't think I'msaying anything to novel there. Rookie defensive
tackle Klaijah Cansey, the Bucks firstround pick, well return after missing three
games with that calf injury. LikeI said, Canci had aggravated a calf
string he suffered during a training camp. In the Bucks week one of victory
at the Viking bull said, cancysnaps will depend on how the game goes.
So it's going to be one ofthose watch and see things here.
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But this team is, you know, getting itself healthy at the right time,
coming off the bye week three andone, sitting at number one in
the NFC South, really excited.No one saw this coming. Make no
mistake about it. If anyone toldyou, all these talking heads, you
know that you see them on theNFL network and there's just a myriad of
different blogs and all that online going, yeah, I kind of saw that.
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BS. I don't believe it forone second. Everyone out there panned
this Buccaneers team, and who allreally knew. The guys were in the
creamsicle, the ones you know thatare at the games, the one watching
TV. They know, let thearmchair you know, gms and quarterbacks that
don't really know anything just kind oflob bombs in here and think they know
what they're talking about. They don'tknow what they're talking about. Now,
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don't get me wrong. They mightstill miss the playoffs. They might wish,
you know, not win a superBowl. Listen, I'm not going
to etch their name on any kindof award right now. But what I
am saying, is this team asfar exceeding expectation? No one, but
no one, but no one sawthe Buccaneers in this position. Everyone around
the NFL laughed, they giggle thatwork. People are like good luck with
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Biger Mayfield. And I looked athim like, thank you. He's playing
rather well, thank you very much. And it is an interesting position as
Bucks fans. We are coming awayfrom the Brady years. You know,
the three ring circus that came intotown and all that entailed, the supermodel
wife. You know, a bunchof players that wanted to play with the
great one goat, but you knowthat has left. And I think that
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there is a chip on the shoulderof a lot of Buccaneers players that you
know, we aren't just that.And if you listen to Devin White,
he is very motivating. I lovehim on this team. And if you
listen to my other show, TheBuccaneers Minute, Cassie starts off every one
of my episodes because he is somotivating that you know, that's what I'm
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talking about. And he had aspeech there that you know, the NFC
self, everything runs through us,make no mistake about it. The NFC
runs through the Bucks and he saidit with such enthusiasm, I just felt
like putting the pads on in ahelmet and just playing football. I would
have gotten absolutely destroyed. But inmy head, I thought that was a
great idea. The mind is willing, but the body is weak. But
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in any event, this team isdoing really great. They are riding a
high. But the one thing thatI want them to avoid is a trap
game. You know, what I'mtalking about is that, you know,
kind of taking the foot off thegas. You know, we're we're sitting
at top of the NFC South andnot a true trap game, and the
true sense of the word just basedon the fact that I think that a
lot of people think that the lineswill win that I guess what I meant
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in this circumstance about a trap gameis that, you know, the Buccaneers
are in first place. They didn'tsee that coming. I really don't think
they saw that coming. I thinkthat they hoped for that, but not
to take your foot off the gas. That is one of the things that
Baker Mayfield spoke of is that theyhad that chip on their shoulder to prove
everyone, and they have proven that, but they need to keep their foot
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on the gas to continue to proveto people that they're all that. So
I don't mean to go on atangent here, but I'm pumped about the
game that's gonna be played this afternoon. It's not going to be a noon
start, and my time zone it'sgoing to be a little bit later.
But I am excited about what thisteam is going to bring. And like
I said, coming off the buyehealthy, what's not to love Starting a
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cornerback. Jamal Dean will also returnfollowing a shoulder neck injury that forced him
to set out weeks four, twentysix to nine win over the Saints that
sa Carlton Davis, the team's otherstarting cornerback, return to game action after
missing the previous two games with atoe injury. And the cornerback position is
something that just has been the Achillesheel of this team for the longest time,
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or the turf toe of the team, if you will, And it
just seems like no matter who ison this team, you know they're injured,
and I know that there's been aturnstyle at the cornerback position on this
team. Carlton Davis has really steppedup. Jamel Dean has done really well.
But you think about the other cornersthat have been on this team over
the years, and health has alwaysbeen an issue. So I'm hoping that
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the corners can stay healthy. That'sgoing to be the real big thing going
forward. But ultimately, I havea great feeling it's going to be a
creamsickle game. I mean, takea look this wall's painted. This is
an emblem that I spent hundreds ofdollars on from a guy I am all
in and I love this And asBucks fans, you should be really excited.
Now. Don't get me wrong,this is going to be a tough
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test for this team. They're notgoing to just, you know, nail
it and sail it when it comesto this Lion's team. It is going
to be difficult. Do they havewhat it takes? Are you asking me
right now? Okay, I'm goingto answer your question. I do think
that they have what it takes rightnow, there were a lot of people
that kind of, you know,does this Bucks team have it? I'm
not so sure they have it.They drop they lost to the Eagles.
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Listen, the Eagles are a reallygood team in case you haven't noticed,
and you're not going to win themall. So don't you know, put
your hote on your hat on thepeg of just one loss. You know,
you lost one game to a reallygreat team. Who cares? It
happens to the best of them.This is what I want the Buccaneers to
do, to play really well againstformidable opponents. And who am I talking
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about the Lions because one of thoseis what is one of the things that
I know for sure for sure isthat if you're gonna win a Super Bowl,
you have to beat some of thebest teams. You're gonna have to
beat the Chiefs, You're gonna haveto beat the forty nine ers, some
of the best teams in the NFLif you want the ultimate prize. So
some people say, well, I'mhappy they're gonna be playing an easy team
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next week. I'm not. Weknow that the you know, the Buccaneers
are going to beat the easy teams. They should anyway, I want to
see what this team has in thetank when they play some of the toughest
opponents in the NFL. Then you'llget to know a little bit more about
what this team has. Do theyhave what it takes to win a Super
Bowl? Does Baker Mayfield have whatit takes to stand up to some of
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the best quarterback in the league.I really think he does. And you
know, it's kind of one ofthose funny things to say because before he
came to the Bucks and again I'lltalk about Baker a little bit later in
the show, is that people weren'treally too high on him. You know,
if you listen to the Bucks minutecast again, I was in on
Baker Mayfield from day one and Iposted that podcast and a lot of people
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said, are you crazy, BakerMayfield? You see what he did with
the Browns and you see what hedid with Carolina. Yeah, I saw
that, and I saw raw potential. I saw a quarterback on horrible football
teams. I mean, let's faceit, the Cleveland Browns is where a
lot of great quarterbacks go to die. I don't hold that against him.
But with that said, look whathe did for Cleveland pretty impressive. If
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you asked me, he went toCarolina, that is a dumpster fire burning
out of control. Okay, nextyear is gonna be the great year for
Carolina. Seeing his believing and Idon't see it right now. And then
you saw what he did when hewent out to the Rams, he had
to learn the whole playbook in liketwenty four to forty eight hours and played
pretty well all things considered. Sodo I think that Baker Mayfield has what
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it takes to hold up to someof the best quarterbacks in the NFL?
Hells, yeah, I do,and I'm drinking the creamsicle kool aid.
I think that you guys should too. It's going to be exciting, make
no mistake about it. And youguys should just be real excited about this
game as well. Again, thesegames that aren't just you know, mailed
in that are super easy, thatis what I like the most. All
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Right, So coming up here afterthe break, we will talk about Shack
Barrett and the Bucks versus the lines. Ultimately, do they have what it
takes? I'll talk about that straightahead. All right, Welcome back into
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this edition of the Box Report.This is an adjunct podcast to the Tampa
Bay Buccaneers Minute Cast, and I'mso glad you guys are deciding to join
me on this Sunday morning before thestorm. And what's the storm I'm talking
about? You know, if youlive in Florida, you are quite aware
of the storm. But this isgoing to be a storm today against the
Lions. I have a feeling thatthis is going to be a game that
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brings all sorts of physicality and thisis going to put the team through its
paces to you know, show toeveryone what they have. This is going
to be a litmus test to provewhat this Buccaneers team has, and they're
going to have to do it,you know, with some players that are
just getting integrated back into the lineuphere. So just taking a look at
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what the team has here. LikeI said, Jack Barrett, Pro Bowl
outside Shack Barrett came down with anillness this week and did not practice Thursday
and Friday. His status for Sundayis up in the air, so we'll
see on Shaq Barrett. But Bucksversus Lions again, this is going to
be a good one. The Bucksare a good football team at three and
one, but the Lions are fourto one and they had some impressive wins
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like the one against the Kansas CityChiefs. That said, though, Tampa
Bay is going to put up abig fight and I think they have a
great passing game with Baker Mayfield.I think the jury still out a little
bit on the running game, butI think that Rashad White showed improvement in
limited roles. I think key ShanVaughn looked okay, but okay and pretty
good aren't going to cut it.They need to work on that. I'm
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not going to try to to givethem a pass here. Sunday brings a
challenge for the offense offensive line,specifically, as the Lions come to town
with a defense that ranks sixth thenyards allowed with one of the league's top
young pass rushers in Aiden Hutchinson.So it's going to be a tough test.
I like tough tests. You wantto know why, because it's going
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to show what you're made of.You know, again, this isn't a
game against the Browns. This isn'ta game against some deplorable team. This
is going to be a big one. And it's funny to say because historically
the Lions haven't been a really greatteam. But to Todd Bowles on Aiden
Hutchinson, he's a game wrecker.Bull said, he has great instincts.
Obviously has a great pass rusher comingout, but the instincts he has in
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the passing game and the few timesthey drop him, he's outstanding. He's
a heck of a competitor. Lukeand Tristan Wurfs have their work cut out
for them. And Tristan Wurfs talkingabout a guy that has had to overcome
obstacles and you know, putting himselfin an uncomfortable position, but finding a
way to overcome and kill it.Now, the big thing for Tristan Wurfs,
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however, is are they going tobe able to lock him up for
the long term? You know.And I'm going to talk about in the
last segment there is these players areplaying better and better and better. Tristan
Wurfs has really stepped up, youknow, and they asked him to switch
and he was able to do that. Worps and Hutchinson have faced off before.
In twenty nineteen, Iowa went toMichigan Michigan and took a ten and
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three loss, and while he didn'tline up the opposite of Worps the entire
game, Hutchinson split two sacks,had two and a half tackles for a
loss and a forced fumble in theWolverines win. Worfs is a team captain
for the first time this year.That's what I'm talking about. Everyone sees
it. What is one of thethings that Todd Bowles said is he's not
going to just hand out those captainpositions to anyone. They're gonna have to
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earn it. He didn't want tosay, you know, I think that
you know, you should be acaptain, and I think that you should
be. No, he wanted tosee it. Seeing is believing, and
I believe in Tristan works. He'sa right to tackles. Making the transition
to the left side, where heplayed only sparingly at Iowa, he overcame
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adversity. And you know, ifyou're not a football fan, if you're
not, if you haven't played football. I played junior varsity as a kid.
But that's not really an accurate comparableto this. I mean, you
get the lay of the land,but I mean this is, you know,
much more difficult. But you know, switching sides from light right to
left hand side has done really well, and you know, it kind of
put his head up in knots wherehe said he even had to reach out
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for help because he was just sostressed out about this, that transition to
the left side. But he seemsto be killing it and everything is going
just fine. He wasn't sure howhe'd handle the transition. And that's one
of the things that he spoke about, kind of, like I said,
tying his head in knots. Hesaid he even had to reach out for
help that, you know it kindof you know, this is this guy's
bread and butter. This is whathe's comfortable at. This is what he's
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done since probably he was learning howto walk for the first time. I
imagine that Tristan Worfs has played footballfor a long period of his life,
so to take him out of hiscomfort zone was probably pretty hard. And
he is playing in the NFL,the best league in the world for football.
So Worf's made the change and haskilled it. Since making the change,
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he's a key piece in protecting Mayfieldto give an opportunity to make a
play or run it himself. So, you know, one of the things
that I'll talk about here is,you know, I think that Mayfield is
doing so well because he has anopportunity. He's a guy has a pocket
and he has time to make adecision, you know. And you know
one of the things that's you know, a knock on Brady, and there's
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not a lot of them, isif there wasn't someone open immediately he was
throwing the football away. And youknow that was one of the knocks on
him was because Mike Evans was like, you know, everyone was talking last
season about why isn't Evans getting moreplays? Why isn't he getting more activity?
Well, the reason was is becausethe route didn't even develop and he
was already throwing the football away.So anyway, boring story later. That
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is what makes Baker Mayfield that muchbetter. And one of the tools he
has in his tool set that TomBrady didn't have is he can scramble,
he's slippery, he can run.However, however, there's one thing I
gotta say about that to his detriment, and again Baker Mayfield in the next
segment here, is that he needsto take it easy. I you know,
like the stiff arm thing you knowin Minnesota, put on some weights
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on, all that kind of stuff, you know, and that's you know,
stuff that endears him to this team. However, there you also run
the risk of getting injured. Andthat's my biggest concern. And I know
that there's people in a team KyleTrasso wild probably say yes, this is
our opportunity. No no, no, no, no no no, Baker
Mayfield got the Buccaneers here right now, and you know, not to say
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that Kyle Trass couldn't pick up themantle and keep going, but that's we
don't know that that's conjecture. Soanyway, what we want from Baker Mayfield
is to run, but maybe youknow, take a dive, you know,
don't take so much heavy action.Again. He has you know,
kind of come unscathed so far,but he did bum up his shoulder against
Minnesota. Could you imagine what wouldhappen if Mayfield got subtracted from the equation
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right now? This is around thesame time time of year that he got
injured for Carolina. So I don'twant to draw lines there. But I
don't think that a zebra's going tochange his stripes. I don't think Baker
Mayfield is going to really change hisstyle of play. But if there's one
bit of advice I could give himas someone that watches this team from television
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at home, you know, Ishouldn't really be making assessments, but I
am because I'm a podcast host.Dang it is that, you know,
he should you know, take iteasy a little bit, you know,
maybe run for the sideline. Orslide like all the other ones do because
at some point his luck is goingto run out. Okay, enough of
my tangent on Mayfield, we havemore time to get to him. What
I'm going to get to next hereon Wurfs is he is going to want
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to get paid paid back that bringstruck up to his house, Give him
the checkbook, have him fill itout. I think the Bucks need to
do it. Wurfs is due toget paid. He will play under his
fifth year option in twenty twenty four, making about eighteen million, but will
be a priority for the Bucks toextend far beyond that, likely in the
range of twenty five million per year. He's the first offensive lineman and team
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history to earn first team All Prohonors and has already made two Pro Bowls.
That's a hell of a resume,I gotta say. And you know,
that's one of the things that you'regoing to bring up to your employer.
You're like, yeah, maybe we'llgive you a quarter rais uh,
whoa whoa, whoa, whoa whoa. Take a look at my resume,
take a look at how great Iplayed. And I think that the Buccaneers
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are going to have to do theright thing. I think Jason Lyighten Ultimately
the Glazers are going to have todo the right thing. But this team
seems to be kind of holding tightto the purse strings. I am,
you know, slightly concerned. It'stoo early to push the panic button.
I just want to know where it'sat. Here, the first offensive lineman
and team history to do that.Tampa Bay's offensive line has given up only
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four sacks. Only the Chiefs havedone that well, So it is about
these guys, these unsung heroes.You know, it's not one of the
sexy positions like I talk about.You know, it's not the quarterback,
it's not the wide receiver. It'sthe guys in the trenches getting it done.
And they're getting it done. Butmake no mistake about it, you
know, in football, but inthis case, the Buccaneers, they would
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not be playing that well if itwasn't for that, if it wasn't for
these guys, if it wasn't forguys like Tristian Wurfs that have destroyed it
even though he had reservation. Theyjust have found a way to do it
and is really really exciting for meas a Bucks fan, and you guys
should be excited as well. Allright, So coming up here after the
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break, we will talk about BakerMayfield, another guy that's due for a
raise. Yeah, he signed aprove me deal. He signed a cheap
deal. He makes less than somebackup quarterbacks. Is that gonna happen again?
My ball says no here, Sowe'll talk about that straight ahead.
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All right, In this next segmenthere we are going to talk about Baker
Mayfield. Yes, you know,we like to throw the praise around that
this guy's doing good and that guy'sdoing good. Okay, that's a nice
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thing to say, and that's anice thing for me to say. And
some of that's true. I mean, if there was you know, poor
players on this team, that theywouldn't be doing that well. But everything
runs through the quarterback. You canhave the greatest tackle, you can have
the greatest running back, the greatestwide receiver, but if you don't have
someone that can throw the football andhas a good you know, football IQ,
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your team is tanked. You know. You take a look at some
of these teams. It's going tobe our year. It's going to be
our year. You know. WhereI live, I hear a lot of
people saying the Minnesota Vikings are goingto win a Super Bowl every year.
I've heard that. My grandpa toldme that twenty three years ago that the
Vikings were going to win a SuperBowl. Guess what, it's twenty twenty
three and they're no closer to that, you know, And and why am
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I drawing a comparison there is becauseit has all to do with your quarterback.
Is Kirk Cousin's going to take theVikings to the Promised Land? Hell
no, But it's not just KirkCousins, it's everyone around it. The
same thing for the Bucks. Ifthey didn't strike it rich. And that's
what I'm gonna go ahead and say, strike it rich by getting Baker Mayfield.
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It could be a totally different storyright now. If it was Kyle
Trask, who was the heir apparentto Tom Brady at one point, if
we remember, this team could bein a far worse position, make no
mistake about it. So it isan interesting thing to think about how this
team would have done. You know, if it was Trask and you know
some other you know, grizzled oldvet as a backup, I don't think
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they would be doing as well.But Baker Mayfield killing it. He deserves
some credit. And you know,I think that he's a smaller man,
so maybe has a little bit ofa small man syndrome. But with that
said, he is killing it andI can't you know, cut him short
for anything. Buccaneers Baker Mayfield toproject it as number one free agent entering
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the twenty twenty four NFL season.Again, to reiterate off the top of
the show, the Buccaneers got himon the cheap. Why because everyone saw
the back of his football card.He's been here, he's been there,
He's been everywhere. Man, Buthe's with the Bucks now and he's finally
found his forever home. Just likethese stray puppies and cats out there that
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are looking for their forever home,Baker Mayfield was looking for his forever home.
However, the Buccaneers are going tohave to pay the man what he
wants, and he's going to getthe Kings ransom. Make no mistake about
it. He is going to getsome tempting offers, probably for some teams
out there that have a lot morefancy tools at their disposal, Teams that
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have more of a pedigree of winningStanley Cup or excuse me, Super Bowls.
I do two podcasts, you guyswill have to give me a break
here. So it is a difficultposition for Baker Mayfield. It is a
difficult position for the Bucks to bein. We want him here, that
is for sure. The journeyman mighthave found a home in Tampa as Tom
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Brady's a successor, the former numberone overall pick has steadied the franchise with
his efficient play and scrappy leadership skills. Fox Sports, right, So that's
what I'm talking about, his leadershipskills. The guy is oozing with charisma
the moment he came and did hisfirst press conference and he's had time to
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bake, you know, and yeah, the stiff arm in the first game
against the Vikings, it was justhe was very He endeared himself to the
Bucks. You know that that's mybig thing, and it's you know,
those are all nice, you know, tertiary things, but what really endeared
is what he did on the fieldrunning that football when it was third down
and getting a first down. That'snot something we saw too much in Brady.
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That's not something we saw with Winston, to be honest with you.
So it is refreshing to have awhole totally different looking quarterback. It's and
you know a lot of that isdoing part to Canalis, and that's another
guy. Canalis is another guy.Just to go off on a side tangent
here as well, the Chicago Bearsare already making offers for Dave Canals.
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Well, look at where we're atthe season. We're still relatively speaking earlier
in the season and already getting offersfor head coach positions. If I was
going to give Canalis any advice,stay the hill away from the Bears.
They're bad and I don't see thembeing you know, real good anytime soon.
But that said, if you know, the Buccaneers make it to the
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playoffs, and if they could wina Super Bowl, then I guess,
you know, I would be finewith parting ways with a mission accomplished,
you know, go out into thesunset. But I like Canalis, I
like Mayfield. I think it's,you know, the perfect recipe. You
know, they're just stirn it togetheron top of the stove there, making
sure not to burn it, youknow, and they haven't burnt it,
and I don't think they should burnit. So what do we know about
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Mayfield? He signed a one yeardeal of a modest stature four million and
up to eight point five meal withincentives, with a Buccaneers team that would
not promise him a starting job.Isn't that interesting that narrative right there.
I think that ultimately Baker knew.I think that he has you know,
he's been around long enough, heand he had, you know, he
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could just gauge the situation. Ithink that he ultimately knew that they were
just trying to be nice to KyleTrask. I don't really think there was
any reality out there the Trask wasgoing to get the job. I really
don't. I mean, unless youknow, Aker got injured or something,
I just don't see it happening.Through four games, Mayfield has tallied eight
hundred and eighty two yards in theair while completing eighty seven of one hundred
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and twenty seven passing attempts. He'sthrown seven touchdowns to and only two interceptions.
He's led an offense that struggled onthe ground to a three to one
record through four games. As they'recoming off a bye week, Bucks fans
here, there is nothing more thatwe could have asked for from Baker Mayfield,
from Canalis. There was so muchreservation as we came into this team,
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you know, this season for thisteam that people were wondering, did
this team have what it takes?Does Todd Bowles, this guy that really
doesn't seem like he knows what he'sdoing? Is he the right decision as
head coach? As it turns out, didn't really have a whole lot to
do with Bulls, did it.I think that, you know, all
things considered, he's doing pretty good, and he's doing that, you know
with great You know, again,I'm not going to diminish anyone's role.
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I think that Canalis is killing itall right, I'm gonna go ahead and
say it, but I think thatBulls is doing pretty good. There's nothing
to complain about, and I knowthere's people out there that can find a
rain drop on a sunny day.But just be happy for the moment.
The Bucks are in first place.They're not backing into victory like they did
towards the end of last year.These are legitimate wins and you should all
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feel really happy, all right.Once again, I want to thank you
for joining me on this edition ofthe Box Report, and I'll talk to
you guys again next
Mhm. In this edition of theBox Report, the bus take on the
Lions. Do they have what ittakes to go? Four and one?
I'll discuss next on this edition ofthe Box Report. Let's go then then
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today's episode of The Bucks Report,we talk about your Tampa Bay Buccaneer as
they take on the Detroit Lions ina creamsickle game. Seems like I've been
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waiting this for the longest time.We'll talk about that in the show.
Then we'll talk about who's in andwho's out. A little bit later we
will talk about the huge role thatTristan Wurfs has on this team and what
to expect from Baker Mayfield. Butjust to get it going here, we
will talk about the injuries and whois in and who is out. That
seems to factor in quite a bit. Who's going to be out there?
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Bucks have Shaq Beart limited due toillness, so it could be a big
game time for rookie yah Yadaby witha larger role versus the Lions, and
I like, yeah, yah Daby, I like what he brings to this
team. Ultimately, would I ratherhave Shaq Beart in there? Of course,
that is a no brainer. Buckshave Anthony Nelson to the final injury
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report as doubtful with a concussion.Could see rookie Marquis Watts active for the
first time, and then the bignews for me. I want to see
a bigger sample size. Klaijah Canseiis also set to return on Sunday after
missing three games with a caf string. Again, what I've seen of him,
I love it. Todd Bowle sayswide receiver Mike Evans was full go
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today and he will play on Sundayagainst the Lines. Now, Listen,
the Buccaneers have an abundance of wealthat the wide receiver position. I get
that they have Chris god when theyhave Mike Evans, not to mention Palmer
and Tompkins, They're sitting pretty good, but this team always plays that much
better when Mike Evans is in thegame. So I'm pretty excited about it.
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But some of the things that we'restarting to see about Mike Evans kind
of draws into questions is the timethat he misses with injury. He seems
to miss time almost every season witha hamstring or some sort of calf issue,
something of that nature. I wonderif that is the reluctance of the
Buccaneers, the Glazers, Jason Lightet cetera. Kind of just really makes
you wonder. But with that said, I am very happy that he will
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be in the game again. Youcan't say enough good things about Mike Evans.
He brings it every single day agame, A great guy in Tampa,
a great guy in the field.What's not to love. Evans had
suffered a hamstring injury at the NewOrleans Saints October first, forcing him to
miss more than two quarters of thegame, but he was aided by the
bye week in getting healthy well night, but not participating in Wednesday's practice.
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He was limited Thursday, but wasa full participant Friday. So we will
see Mike Evans in the game.And again, that is just putting the
Bucks in a position to succeed.We know it is going to be a
formidable opponent in the Detroit lines,and I'll talk about that a little bit
later, but this team is alwaysgoing to do that much better with Evans
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out there. I don't think I'msaying anything to novel there. Rookie defensive
tackle Klaijah Cansey, the Bucks firstround pick, well return after missing three
games with that calf injury. LikeI said, Canci had aggravated a calf
string he suffered during a training camp. In the Bucks week one of victory
at the Viking bull said, cancysnaps will depend on how the game goes.
So it's going to be one ofthose watch and see things here.
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But this team is, you know, getting itself healthy at the right time,
coming off the bye week three andone, sitting at number one in
the NFC South, really excited.No one saw this coming. Make no
mistake about it. If anyone toldyou, all these talking heads, you
know that you see them on theNFL network and there's just a myriad of
different blogs and all that online going, yeah, I kind of saw that.
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BS. I don't believe it forone second. Everyone out there panned
this Buccaneers team, and who allreally knew. The guys were in the
creamsicle, the ones you know thatare at the games, the one watching
TV. They know, let thearmchair you know, gms and quarterbacks that
don't really know anything just kind oflob bombs in here and think they know
what they're talking about. They don'tknow what they're talking about. Now,
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don't get me wrong. They mightstill miss the playoffs. They might wish,
you know, not win a superBowl. Listen, I'm not going
to etch their name on any kindof award right now. But what I
am saying, is this team asfar exceeding expectation? No one, but
no one, but no one sawthe Buccaneers in this position. Everyone around
the NFL laughed, they giggle thatwork. People are like good luck with
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Biger Mayfield. And I looked athim like, thank you. He's playing
rather well, thank you very much. And it is an interesting position as
Bucks fans. We are coming awayfrom the Brady years. You know,
the three ring circus that came intotown and all that entailed, the supermodel
wife. You know, a bunchof players that wanted to play with the
great one goat, but you knowthat has left. And I think that
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there is a chip on the shoulderof a lot of Buccaneers players that you
know, we aren't just that.And if you listen to Devin White,
he is very motivating. I lovehim on this team. And if you
listen to my other show, TheBuccaneers Minute, Cassie starts off every one
of my episodes because he is somotivating that you know, that's what I'm
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talking about. And he had aspeech there that you know, the NFC
self, everything runs through us,make no mistake about it. The NFC
runs through the Bucks and he saidit with such enthusiasm, I just felt
like putting the pads on in ahelmet and just playing football. I would
have gotten absolutely destroyed. But inmy head, I thought that was a
great idea. The mind is willing, but the body is weak. But
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in any event, this team isdoing really great. They are riding a
high. But the one thing thatI want them to avoid is a trap
game. You know, what I'mtalking about is that, you know,
kind of taking the foot off thegas. You know, we're we're sitting
at top of the NFC South andnot a true trap game, and the
true sense of the word just basedon the fact that I think that a
lot of people think that the lineswill win that I guess what I meant
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in this circumstance about a trap gameis that, you know, the Buccaneers
are in first place. They didn'tsee that coming. I really don't think
they saw that coming. I thinkthat they hoped for that, but not
to take your foot off the gas. That is one of the things that
Baker Mayfield spoke of is that theyhad that chip on their shoulder to prove
everyone, and they have proven that, but they need to keep their foot
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on the gas to continue to proveto people that they're all that. So
I don't mean to go on atangent here, but I'm pumped about the
game that's gonna be played this afternoon. It's not going to be a noon
start, and my time zone it'sgoing to be a little bit later.
But I am excited about what thisteam is going to bring. And like
I said, coming off the buyehealthy, what's not to love Starting a
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cornerback. Jamal Dean will also returnfollowing a shoulder neck injury that forced him
to set out weeks four, twentysix to nine win over the Saints that
sa Carlton Davis, the team's otherstarting cornerback, return to game action after
missing the previous two games with atoe injury. And the cornerback position is
something that just has been the Achillesheel of this team for the longest time,
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or the turf toe of the team, if you will, And it
just seems like no matter who ison this team, you know they're injured,
and I know that there's been aturnstyle at the cornerback position on this
team. Carlton Davis has really steppedup. Jamel Dean has done really well.
But you think about the other cornersthat have been on this team over
the years, and health has alwaysbeen an issue. So I'm hoping that
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the corners can stay healthy. That'sgoing to be the real big thing going
forward. But ultimately, I havea great feeling it's going to be a
creamsickle game. I mean, takea look this wall's painted. This is
an emblem that I spent hundreds ofdollars on from a guy I am all
in and I love this And asBucks fans, you should be really excited.
Now. Don't get me wrong,this is going to be a tough
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test for this team. They're notgoing to just, you know, nail
it and sail it when it comesto this Lion's team. It is going
to be difficult. Do they havewhat it takes? Are you asking me
right now? Okay, I'm goingto answer your question. I do think
that they have what it takes rightnow, there were a lot of people
that kind of, you know,does this Bucks team have it? I'm
not so sure they have it.They drop they lost to the Eagles.
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Listen, the Eagles are a reallygood team in case you haven't noticed,
and you're not going to win themall. So don't you know, put
your hote on your hat on thepeg of just one loss. You know,
you lost one game to a reallygreat team. Who cares? It
happens to the best of them.This is what I want the Buccaneers to
do, to play really well againstformidable opponents. And who am I talking
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about the Lions because one of thoseis what is one of the things that
I know for sure for sure isthat if you're gonna win a Super Bowl,
you have to beat some of thebest teams. You're gonna have to
beat the Chiefs, You're gonna haveto beat the forty nine ers, some
of the best teams in the NFLif you want the ultimate prize. So
some people say, well, I'mhappy they're gonna be playing an easy team
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next week. I'm not. Weknow that the you know, the Buccaneers
are going to beat the easy teams. They should anyway, I want to
see what this team has in thetank when they play some of the toughest
opponents in the NFL. Then you'llget to know a little bit more about
what this team has. Do theyhave what it takes to win a Super
Bowl? Does Baker Mayfield have whatit takes to stand up to some of
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the best quarterback in the league.I really think he does. And you
know, it's kind of one ofthose funny things to say because before he
came to the Bucks and again I'lltalk about Baker a little bit later in
the show, is that people weren'treally too high on him. You know,
if you listen to the Bucks minutecast again, I was in on
Baker Mayfield from day one and Iposted that podcast and a lot of people
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said, are you crazy, BakerMayfield? You see what he did with
the Browns and you see what hedid with Carolina. Yeah, I saw
that, and I saw raw potential. I saw a quarterback on horrible football
teams. I mean, let's faceit, the Cleveland Browns is where a
lot of great quarterbacks go to die. I don't hold that against him.
But with that said, look whathe did for Cleveland pretty impressive. If
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you asked me, he went toCarolina, that is a dumpster fire burning
out of control. Okay, nextyear is gonna be the great year for
Carolina. Seeing his believing and Idon't see it right now. And then
you saw what he did when hewent out to the Rams, he had
to learn the whole playbook in liketwenty four to forty eight hours and played
pretty well all things considered. Sodo I think that Baker Mayfield has what
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it takes to hold up to someof the best quarterbacks in the NFL?
Hells, yeah, I do,and I'm drinking the creamsicle kool aid.
I think that you guys should too. It's going to be exciting, make
no mistake about it. And youguys should just be real excited about this
game as well. Again, thesegames that aren't just you know, mailed
in that are super easy, thatis what I like the most. All
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Right, So coming up here afterthe break, we will talk about Shack
Barrett and the Bucks versus the lines. Ultimately, do they have what it
takes? I'll talk about that straightahead. All right, Welcome back into
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this edition of the Box Report.This is an adjunct podcast to the Tampa
Bay Buccaneers Minute Cast, and I'mso glad you guys are deciding to join
me on this Sunday morning before thestorm. And what's the storm I'm talking
about? You know, if youlive in Florida, you are quite aware
of the storm. But this isgoing to be a storm today against the
Lions. I have a feeling thatthis is going to be a game that
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brings all sorts of physicality and thisis going to put the team through its
paces to you know, show toeveryone what they have. This is going
to be a litmus test to provewhat this Buccaneers team has, and they're
going to have to do it,you know, with some players that are
just getting integrated back into the lineuphere. So just taking a look at
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what the team has here. LikeI said, Jack Barrett, Pro Bowl
outside Shack Barrett came down with anillness this week and did not practice Thursday
and Friday. His status for Sundayis up in the air, so we'll
see on Shaq Barrett. But Bucksversus Lions again, this is going to
be a good one. The Bucksare a good football team at three and
one, but the Lions are fourto one and they had some impressive wins
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like the one against the Kansas CityChiefs. That said, though, Tampa
Bay is going to put up abig fight and I think they have a
great passing game with Baker Mayfield.I think the jury still out a little
bit on the running game, butI think that Rashad White showed improvement in
limited roles. I think key ShanVaughn looked okay, but okay and pretty
good aren't going to cut it.They need to work on that. I'm
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not going to try to to givethem a pass here. Sunday brings a
challenge for the offense offensive line,specifically, as the Lions come to town
with a defense that ranks sixth thenyards allowed with one of the league's top
young pass rushers in Aiden Hutchinson.So it's going to be a tough test.
I like tough tests. You wantto know why, because it's going
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to show what you're made of.You know, again, this isn't a
game against the Browns. This isn'ta game against some deplorable team. This
is going to be a big one. And it's funny to say because historically
the Lions haven't been a really greatteam. But to Todd Bowles on Aiden
Hutchinson, he's a game wrecker.Bull said, he has great instincts.
Obviously has a great pass rusher comingout, but the instincts he has in
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the passing game and the few timesthey drop him, he's outstanding. He's
a heck of a competitor. Lukeand Tristan Wurfs have their work cut out
for them. And Tristan Wurfs talkingabout a guy that has had to overcome
obstacles and you know, putting himselfin an uncomfortable position, but finding a
way to overcome and kill it.Now, the big thing for Tristan Wurfs,
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however, is are they going tobe able to lock him up for
the long term? You know.And I'm going to talk about in the
last segment there is these players areplaying better and better and better. Tristan
Wurfs has really stepped up, youknow, and they asked him to switch
and he was able to do that. Worps and Hutchinson have faced off before.
In twenty nineteen, Iowa went toMichigan Michigan and took a ten and
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three loss, and while he didn'tline up the opposite of Worps the entire
game, Hutchinson split two sacks,had two and a half tackles for a
loss and a forced fumble in theWolverines win. Worfs is a team captain
for the first time this year.That's what I'm talking about. Everyone sees
it. What is one of thethings that Todd Bowles said is he's not
going to just hand out those captainpositions to anyone. They're gonna have to
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earn it. He didn't want tosay, you know, I think that
you know, you should be acaptain, and I think that you should
be. No, he wanted tosee it. Seeing is believing, and
I believe in Tristan works. He'sa right to tackles. Making the transition
to the left side, where heplayed only sparingly at Iowa, he overcame
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adversity. And you know, ifyou're not a football fan, if you're
not, if you haven't played football. I played junior varsity as a kid.
But that's not really an accurate comparableto this. I mean, you
get the lay of the land,but I mean this is, you know,
much more difficult. But you know, switching sides from light right to
left hand side has done really well, and you know, it kind of
put his head up in knots wherehe said he even had to reach out
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for help because he was just sostressed out about this, that transition to
the left side. But he seemsto be killing it and everything is going
just fine. He wasn't sure howhe'd handle the transition. And that's one
of the things that he spoke about, kind of, like I said,
tying his head in knots. Hesaid he even had to reach out for
help that, you know it kindof you know, this is this guy's
bread and butter. This is whathe's comfortable at. This is what he's
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done since probably he was learning howto walk for the first time. I
imagine that Tristan Worfs has played footballfor a long period of his life,
so to take him out of hiscomfort zone was probably pretty hard. And
he is playing in the NFL,the best league in the world for football.
So Worf's made the change and haskilled it. Since making the change,
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he's a key piece in protecting Mayfieldto give an opportunity to make a
play or run it himself. So, you know, one of the things
that I'll talk about here is,you know, I think that Mayfield is
doing so well because he has anopportunity. He's a guy has a pocket
and he has time to make adecision, you know. And you know
one of the things that's you know, a knock on Brady, and there's
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not a lot of them, isif there wasn't someone open immediately he was
throwing the football away. And youknow that was one of the knocks on
him was because Mike Evans was like, you know, everyone was talking last
season about why isn't Evans getting moreplays? Why isn't he getting more activity?
Well, the reason was is becausethe route didn't even develop and he
was already throwing the football away.So anyway, boring story later. That
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is what makes Baker Mayfield that muchbetter. And one of the tools he
has in his tool set that TomBrady didn't have is he can scramble,
he's slippery, he can run.However, however, there's one thing I
gotta say about that to his detriment, and again Baker Mayfield in the next
segment here, is that he needsto take it easy. I you know,
like the stiff arm thing you knowin Minnesota, put on some weights
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on, all that kind of stuff, you know, and that's you know,
stuff that endears him to this team. However, there you also run
the risk of getting injured. Andthat's my biggest concern. And I know
that there's people in a team KyleTrasso wild probably say yes, this is
our opportunity. No no, no, no, no no no, Baker
Mayfield got the Buccaneers here right now, and you know, not to say
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that Kyle Trass couldn't pick up themantle and keep going, but that's we
don't know that that's conjecture. Soanyway, what we want from Baker Mayfield
is to run, but maybe youknow, take a dive, you know,
don't take so much heavy action.Again. He has you know,
kind of come unscathed so far,but he did bum up his shoulder against
Minnesota. Could you imagine what wouldhappen if Mayfield got subtracted from the equation
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right now? This is around thesame time time of year that he got
injured for Carolina. So I don'twant to draw lines there. But I
don't think that a zebra's going tochange his stripes. I don't think Baker
Mayfield is going to really change hisstyle of play. But if there's one
bit of advice I could give himas someone that watches this team from television
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at home, you know, Ishouldn't really be making assessments, but I
am because I'm a podcast host.Dang it is that, you know,
he should you know, take iteasy a little bit, you know,
maybe run for the sideline. Orslide like all the other ones do because
at some point his luck is goingto run out. Okay, enough of
my tangent on Mayfield, we havemore time to get to him. What
I'm going to get to next hereon Wurfs is he is going to want
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to get paid paid back that bringstruck up to his house, Give him
the checkbook, have him fill itout. I think the Bucks need to
do it. Wurfs is due toget paid. He will play under his
fifth year option in twenty twenty four, making about eighteen million, but will
be a priority for the Bucks toextend far beyond that, likely in the
range of twenty five million per year. He's the first offensive lineman and team
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history to earn first team All Prohonors and has already made two Pro Bowls.
That's a hell of a resume,I gotta say. And you know,
that's one of the things that you'regoing to bring up to your employer.
You're like, yeah, maybe we'llgive you a quarter rais uh,
whoa whoa, whoa, whoa whoa. Take a look at my resume,
take a look at how great Iplayed. And I think that the Buccaneers
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are going to have to do theright thing. I think Jason Lyighten Ultimately
the Glazers are going to have todo the right thing. But this team
seems to be kind of holding tightto the purse strings. I am,
you know, slightly concerned. It'stoo early to push the panic button.
I just want to know where it'sat. Here, the first offensive lineman
and team history to do that.Tampa Bay's offensive line has given up only
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four sacks. Only the Chiefs havedone that well, So it is about
these guys, these unsung heroes.You know, it's not one of the
sexy positions like I talk about.You know, it's not the quarterback,
it's not the wide receiver. It'sthe guys in the trenches getting it done.
And they're getting it done. Butmake no mistake about it, you
know, in football, but inthis case, the Buccaneers, they would
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not be playing that well if itwasn't for that, if it wasn't for
these guys, if it wasn't forguys like Tristian Wurfs that have destroyed it
even though he had reservation. Theyjust have found a way to do it
and is really really exciting for meas a Bucks fan, and you guys
should be excited as well. Allright, So coming up here after the
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break, we will talk about BakerMayfield, another guy that's due for a
raise. Yeah, he signed aprove me deal. He signed a cheap
deal. He makes less than somebackup quarterbacks. Is that gonna happen again?
My ball says no here, Sowe'll talk about that straight ahead.
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into this edition of the bucks Orport. This is an adjunct podcast to the
Tampa Bay Buccaneers Minute Cast. Checkthat out wherever you find your podcasts.
All right, In this next segmenthere we are going to talk about Baker
Mayfield. Yes, you know,we like to throw the praise around that
this guy's doing good and that guy'sdoing good. Okay, that's a nice
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thing to say, and that's anice thing for me to say. And
some of that's true. I mean, if there was you know, poor
players on this team, that theywouldn't be doing that well. But everything
runs through the quarterback. You canhave the greatest tackle, you can have
the greatest running back, the greatestwide receiver, but if you don't have
someone that can throw the football andhas a good you know, football IQ,
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your team is tanked. You know. You take a look at some
of these teams. It's going tobe our year. It's going to be
our year. You know. WhereI live, I hear a lot of
people saying the Minnesota Vikings are goingto win a Super Bowl every year.
I've heard that. My grandpa toldme that twenty three years ago that the
Vikings were going to win a SuperBowl. Guess what, it's twenty twenty
three and they're no closer to that, you know, And and why am
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I drawing a comparison there is becauseit has all to do with your quarterback.
Is Kirk Cousin's going to take theVikings to the Promised Land? Hell
no, But it's not just KirkCousins, it's everyone around it. The
same thing for the Bucks. Ifthey didn't strike it rich. And that's
what I'm gonna go ahead and say, strike it rich by getting Baker Mayfield.
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It could be a totally different storyright now. If it was Kyle
Trask, who was the heir apparentto Tom Brady at one point, if
we remember, this team could bein a far worse position, make no
mistake about it. So it isan interesting thing to think about how this
team would have done. You know, if it was Trask and you know
some other you know, grizzled oldvet as a backup, I don't think
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they would be doing as well.But Baker Mayfield killing it. He deserves
some credit. And you know,I think that he's a smaller man,
so maybe has a little bit ofa small man syndrome. But with that
said, he is killing it andI can't you know, cut him short
for anything. Buccaneers Baker Mayfield toproject it as number one free agent entering
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the twenty twenty four NFL season.Again, to reiterate off the top of
the show, the Buccaneers got himon the cheap. Why because everyone saw
the back of his football card.He's been here, he's been there,
He's been everywhere. Man, Buthe's with the Bucks now and he's finally
found his forever home. Just likethese stray puppies and cats out there that
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are looking for their forever home,Baker Mayfield was looking for his forever home.
However, the Buccaneers are going tohave to pay the man what he
wants, and he's going to getthe Kings ransom. Make no mistake about
it. He is going to getsome tempting offers, probably for some teams
out there that have a lot morefancy tools at their disposal, Teams that
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have more of a pedigree of winningStanley Cup or excuse me, Super Bowls.
I do two podcasts, you guyswill have to give me a break
here. So it is a difficultposition for Baker Mayfield. It is a
difficult position for the Bucks to bein. We want him here, that
is for sure. The journeyman mighthave found a home in Tampa as Tom
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Brady's a successor, the former numberone overall pick has steadied the franchise with
his efficient play and scrappy leadership skills. Fox Sports, right, So that's
what I'm talking about, his leadershipskills. The guy is oozing with charisma
the moment he came and did hisfirst press conference and he's had time to
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bake, you know, and yeah, the stiff arm in the first game
against the Vikings, it was justhe was very He endeared himself to the
Bucks. You know that that's mybig thing, and it's you know,
those are all nice, you know, tertiary things, but what really endeared
is what he did on the fieldrunning that football when it was third down
and getting a first down. That'snot something we saw too much in Brady.
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That's not something we saw with Winston, to be honest with you.
So it is refreshing to have awhole totally different looking quarterback. It's and
you know a lot of that isdoing part to Canalis, and that's another
guy. Canalis is another guy.Just to go off on a side tangent
here as well, the Chicago Bearsare already making offers for Dave Canals.
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Well, look at where we're atthe season. We're still relatively speaking earlier
in the season and already getting offersfor head coach positions. If I was
going to give Canalis any advice,stay the hill away from the Bears.
They're bad and I don't see thembeing you know, real good anytime soon.
But that said, if you know, the Buccaneers make it to the
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playoffs, and if they could wina Super Bowl, then I guess,
you know, I would be finewith parting ways with a mission accomplished,
you know, go out into thesunset. But I like Canalis, I
like Mayfield. I think it's,you know, the perfect recipe. You
know, they're just stirn it togetheron top of the stove there, making
sure not to burn it, youknow, and they haven't burnt it,
and I don't think they should burnit. So what do we know about
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Mayfield? He signed a one yeardeal of a modest stature four million and
up to eight point five meal withincentives, with a Buccaneers team that would
not promise him a starting job.Isn't that interesting that narrative right there.
I think that ultimately Baker knew.I think that he has you know,
he's been around long enough, heand he had, you know, he
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could just gauge the situation. Ithink that he ultimately knew that they were
just trying to be nice to KyleTrask. I don't really think there was
any reality out there the Trask wasgoing to get the job. I really
don't. I mean, unless youknow, Aker got injured or something,
I just don't see it happening.Through four games, Mayfield has tallied eight
hundred and eighty two yards in theair while completing eighty seven of one hundred
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and twenty seven passing attempts. He'sthrown seven touchdowns to and only two interceptions.
He's led an offense that struggled onthe ground to a three to one
record through four games. As they'recoming off a bye week, Bucks fans
here, there is nothing more thatwe could have asked for from Baker Mayfield,
from Canalis. There was so muchreservation as we came into this team,
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you know, this season for thisteam that people were wondering, did
this team have what it takes?Does Todd Bowles, this guy that really
doesn't seem like he knows what he'sdoing? Is he the right decision as
head coach? As it turns out, didn't really have a whole lot to
do with Bulls, did it.I think that, you know, all
things considered, he's doing pretty good, and he's doing that, you know
with great You know, again,I'm not going to diminish anyone's role.
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I think that Canalis is killing itall right, I'm gonna go ahead and
say it, but I think thatBulls is doing pretty good. There's nothing
to complain about, and I knowthere's people out there that can find a
rain drop on a sunny day.But just be happy for the moment.
The Bucks are in first place.They're not backing into victory like they did
towards the end of last year.These are legitimate wins and you should all
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feel really happy, all right.Once again, I want to thank you
for joining me on this edition ofthe Box Report, and I'll talk to
you guys again next
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