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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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