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Stack or Shed Ep.16 Buccaneers edition · Football Junkies podcast

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  hey everybody this is your gm your back row dominance
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  your gm who currently is not on the team right
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  now but don't you worry about it kale here to
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  bring you episode 16 of the stack and shed series
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  now in this series we're covering all 32 teams
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  so everybody gets a chance to be talked about
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  all right now in this series we're covering a
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  few different topics and they include what went
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  wrong what do they need stack or shed their draft
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  picks one move i would do in their cap space
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  right now in this episode we're talking about
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  the buccaneers so load up those cannons let's
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  get this thing going All right, let's get into
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  it. So what went wrong in the Buccaneers season?
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  And I will eventually say it was a regressing
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  offense and defense. With the controversial departure
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  of Liam Cohen, I had more questions than answers
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  on the identity of the offense, how well it would
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  function, and which positions would show the
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  first signs of regression. And as the season
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  progressed, I started to sense there was a disconnect
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  between the coaching staff and the players. Now,
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  I believe this is one of the many factors that
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  led to the coaching shakeup this offseason and
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  the departure of Mike Evans. Looking at the offensive
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  production from 2024 to 2025, it shows a major
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  decline in both the run game and the pass game.
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  So in 2024, the Bucks had the third best offense
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  in the league and they averaged 29 .5 points
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  per game, 399 .6 yards per game, 6 .2 yards per
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  play, and 57 touchdowns. They also averaged 250
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  .4 passing yards per game, 7 passing yards per
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  play, 149 .2 rushing yards per game, and 5 .5
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  rushing yards per play. However, in 2025, the
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  Bucs were 21st in offense and they averaged 22
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  .4 points per game, 320 .4 yards per game, 5
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  .1 yards per play, and 39 touchdowns. They also
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  averaged 205 .9 passing yards per game, 5 .9
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  passing yards per play, 114 .5 rushing yards
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  per game, and 4 .1 rushing yards per play. In
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  the last few years, the Bucs defense has shown
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  signs of regression that can no longer be ignored.
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  From the pass rush being hot and cold all season
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  long, to the secondary becoming leaky at times,
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  this defense has once again failed to meet expectations.
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  So in 2025, they were 19th in defense and they
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  allowed 24 .2 points per game, 337 .2 yards per
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  game, 5 .7 yards per play, and 46 touchdowns.
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  Now they also allowed 238 .2 passing yards per
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  game, 6 .7 passing yards per play, 99 .1 rushing
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  yards per game, and 4. Now, if you compare that
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  to the 2024 season, this is what we have. They
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  were 18th in defense, and they allowed 22 .6
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  points per game, 341 .8 yards per game, 5 .5
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  yards per play, and 40 touchdowns. They also
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  allowed 243 .9 passing yards per game, 6 .1 passing
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  yards per play, 97 .8 rushing yards per game,
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  and 4 .3 rushing yards per play. Although the
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  defensive coaching staff underwent some changes,
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  I don't believe it was enough to resolve their
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  problems. I believe Todd Bowles should have brought
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  in a defensive coordinator to slightly tweak
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  his scheme and challenge his play calling. Now
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  with that being said, what do the Bucks need?
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  And that is more offensive and defensive production.
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  With the hiring of Zach Robinson, I believe he
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  will make the offense more consistent, versatile,
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  and explosive than what it's been in the last
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  few years. Now, increasing the defensive production
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  is a little tricky due in part to the lack of
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  playmakers and schematic changes. Now, I'm not
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  saying this defense is barren of talent, but
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  in order to compete with the NFC powerhouses
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  such as the Bears, the Vikings, the Packers,
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  the 49ers, the Rams, the Seahawks, even the Eagles,
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  you need personnel that can not only make splash
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  play, but can force offenses to be one -dimensional.
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  Now, with that being said, the question we all
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  need to ask ourselves is stack or shed? And I
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  would venture to say stack. And the reason why
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  I say that is because the Bucks are the best
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  or the second best team in their division and
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  a dark horse for the playoffs. There's no need
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  to scrap what you've already built. Instead,
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  you need to tweak what you currently have and
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  position this team for success. Now, I don't
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  think they're a Super Bowl team right now, but
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  I think that can change depending on their draft
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  class and how they address their additional needs.
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  Looking at their draft picks, they have their
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  first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, and
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  seventh. Now they have the 15th pick in the first
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  round, which I think is the tail end of the sweet
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  spot for premium prospects. But with Levante
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  David retiring, how high should the Bucks find
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  his replacement? Do you draft C .J. Allen in
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  the first round? Do you draft Jacob Rodriguez
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  in the second round? Or do you go after someone
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  in the later part of the draft? Because if I'm
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  Jason Light, which I will be in just a moment,
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  you have one of three options. You can be aggressive
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  knowing that you don't have to give up a lot
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  to make that move. You can be complacent and
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  just see how the board falls. Or you can be reserved
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  and say, you know what? Let's trade down so that
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  we can be players on that second and third day
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  of the draft. Because if you ask any of the major
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  draft experts. from Dane Brugler to Mel Kiper
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  to Phil Yates to Todd McShay to Daniel Jeremiah,
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  they're all probably going to say the same thing,
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  and that is they have more players with second
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  and third round grades than first round grades.
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  Even if you trade down just two spots, you're
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  still in a good place. Because let's be honest
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  here, outside of Sonny Styles, Arvel Reese, Ruben
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  Bain, and Caleb Downs, who do you believe is
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  a premium player that everybody's going to be
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  clamoring after? Jordan Tyson, Carnell Tate,
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  Akeem Mesidor, Mansour Delane, Colton Hood, Gerard
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  McCoy. Because what we're seeing right now is
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  that multiple teams are preparing for the 27
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  draft class, as many speculate that that class
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  is going to be better than this draft class.
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  Now, the one move that I would do if I was the
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  GM for the Bucks is draft a pass rusher. Now,
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  we all know they're out of the sweepstakes for
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  Reuben Bain and Arvel Reese. But would you be
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  open in taking David Bailey, TJ Parker, Mason
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  Thomas, Akeem Mesidor, or Cassius Howell? Because
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  the Bucks have been lacking a dominant pass rusher
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  since they won the Super Bowl. According to PFF,
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  Yaya Diaby led the edge rusher room with 9 sacks,
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  followed by Mohamed Kamara and Hasan Reddick
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  with 3 sacks. Regardless of how you feel about
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  some of these edge rushers, you have to address
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  pass rusher within the first two rounds. Hasan
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  Reddick has been a bust, and you need somebody
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  to pair with Yaya Diaby. Looking at their cap
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  situation, they have $15 million, which I think
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  is more than enough to sign all of their draft
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  picks. But if I'm the Bucks, I want to move some
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  money around just so I can be players in the
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  second and third wave of free agency. Because
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  there's still a lot of highly productive veteran
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  free agents that are available that you wouldn't
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  have to break the bank for. You have veteran
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  free agents such as Joey Bosa, whose market value
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  is only $13 .7 million. You have people like
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  Najaria Snee that are still available. You have
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  Leonard Floyd that's still available with a market
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  value of only $8 .9 million. David Onyemata is
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  still available and his market value is only
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  $8 .5 million. You have a lot of people that
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  you can bring in that can come in and be the
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  week one starter and can add that necessary juice
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  that you need for the defense or the offense
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  if you want to take that route as well. But I
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  guess we just have to wait and see. I'm going
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