Pewter Pulse: 5 Things I Can’t Wait To See In BUCS TRAINING CAMP

Pewter Pulse: 5 Things I Can’t Wait To See In BUCS TRAINING CAMP

Hello pewer people. Scott Reynolds here with another Pewer Pulse. We’re into July and Bucks training camp is just a few weeks away. I’ve covered training camp for 30 years in Tampa Bay. And as I get older and into my 50s, well, my tolerance for the heat and humidity isn’t what it used to be. Some years I really don’t look forward to training camp, which can be quite grueling because Florida in August is sweltering and can be as hot as a furnace. But I am looking forward to this year’s training camp in what could be a very super season in Tampa Bay. I’ve got a list of five things that I can’t wait to see in Bucks training camp. I’m going to share them with you today. That’s the subject of today’s Peter Pulse. Before I get to that, I want to remind you to hit the thumbs up button on this video. Give it a like. Also, leave a comment. I love reading your comments. So, when you do those two things, it helps us with the YouTube algorithm and gets our videos out in front of more amazing Bucks fans like you. So, thank you very much. Also, head over to Peter Report TV, our YouTube channel, and hit the subscribe button. We’re on the way to 20,000 subscribers and only a few hundred away. So, please do that and thank you very much. All right, let’s get into it. Here are the five things that I’m really looking forward to seeing this year in Bucks training camp. Now, the first of which is new offensive coordinator Josh Grisard. This marks the third straight season where Todd BS has had to break in a rookie play caller and he’s become a master of doing it with call it periods, which are 11 on 111 periods of practice that are unscripted. Gregard won’t know what types of looks he’s going to get from personnel, what types of play calls he’s going to get from Todd BS. The point is to simulate a real game environment where Grisard doesn’t know what’s coming and what types of looks he’s going to get in certain down in distances and situational football practice periods. Now, Grisard got a taste of this in the OTAAS and in the mini camp and received rave reviews for those call it periods from the offensive players and from BS himself. These are really fun to watch, too, as they’re typically longer periods, 20, 30 minutes of practice where it’s just 11 on 111 full-on scrimmaging. Can’t wait to see them. Also, the second thing I’m looking forward to seeing is Baker Mayfield taking more deep shots in 2025 and how he fares on his deep balls in training camp. Mayfield only attempted 52 passes beyond 20 yards last year as Liam Cohen’s new offense was imported from LA where Shawn McVey scheme thrives on producing yards after catch on short and intermediate throws. But Josh Krisard wants to add more explosive plays down the field and a more vertical element to the passing game this year. That’s smart because every offensive scheme has to evolve each year. The Bucks just can’t line up and run the same plays they did last year because opposing defenses will get a beat on them. Now, Mayfield completed 71.4% of his passes last year as a whole, but only 38.4% of those passes on 20 year 20 yards or more down the field. Kyle Tras actually looked more accurate on the deep balls in the OTAAS and in mini camp than Mayfield did. And Traskin rookie wide receiver TZ Johnson established some great downfield chemistry. Mayfield has plenty of arm strength. He just needs to spend August calibrating his deep shots with Bucks receiving weapons and there’s a whole bunch of them. I can’t name them all here because there’s just too many. But one of those is Tez Johnson. Keep an eye on him. The rookie made a habit of getting behind defenses out of the slot during the spring. The third thing I can’t wait to see is the battle at quarterback in training camp. Not just guys battling for playing time, especially talented rookies like Benjamin Morrison and Jacob Parish, the team’s day two draft picks, but also battling Tampa Bay stellar wide receiving core and more competitive practices. That’s what Todd Bulls wants to see. More competition, higher level of intensity. I’m looking forward to that. Bulls also wants to see tighter coverage this year and that could and should result in more interceptions. The Bucks had just seven picks last year with only six coming from the secondary. So, I want to see which Bucks can really handle playing press man on the outside and in the slot and how often Bulls actually calls it. The Bucks quarterbacks will be playing closer to the line of scrimmage this year, even if they eventually bail into zone coverage rather than playing man. The Bucks quarterbacks gave up way too much cushion on the outside last year. So, I’m really looking forward to seeing the secondary playing much tighter coverage than they did last year and like they did on the second day of mini camp where the quarterbacks picked off Baker Mayfield three times. Rookie Roman Paradis, Zion McCollum, and yes, Jamal Dean were the three interceptors that day. The fourth thing I want to see in Bucks training camp is Tampa Bay’s pass rush in action, especially the front four. As Todd BS would like to do less blitzing on third downs this year, it’s nearly impossible to evaluate pass rushers and pass protectors without the pads on. So, I’m anxious to see new pass rushers like Hassan Reic and David Walker in action in pads. Also, I want to see the continued development and progress of Yaya Diyabi and Chris Brazwell. Those four battling the likes of all pro left tackle Tristan Wors and Pro Bowl caliber right tackle Luke Geti on a daily basis is the literal definition of iron sharpening iron. Now, Reic is a proven pass rusher with every incentive to get back to double-digit sacks as he’s on a one-year prove it deal in Tampa Bay. But the Bucks are very high on Walker. I am too. And everyone can’t wait to see what he can do when the Pats come on. He’s a natural pass rusher and was a sack machine at the FCS level. Don’t be surprised if Walker sees an enhanced role as a pass rush specialist on third downs during his rookie season. if he proves he can handle business against Gtki and Warps in training camp. The fifth and final thing I’m looking forward to seeing is Desmond Watson’s progress on his weight loss journey. This summer will be a make or break time for the undrafted free agent defensive tackle in terms of his chances of making the Bucks practice squad and perhaps even the active roster as it pertains to his weight. Watson, as you know, weighed in at 464 pounds at his Florida Pro day in April. And when he signed with the Bucks, he weighed 449 pounds in May, making him the largest NFL player in in in not just franchise history, but league history. That’s the weight that was listed on the Bucks roster. So, at least he shed 15 pounds from his proday. How much more weight can Watson lose over the summer? And perhaps more importantly, can he avoid slipping up on his diet and gaining backs of weight during the time off this summer? The more weight Desmond Watson loses, the more effective he’ll be as a defensive tackle and the more conditioned he’ll be to play in the hot preseason games in August. Watson seems like such a great kid. And you know what? Everybody’s rooting for him to lose the weight and get healthier. If he can lose 20 pounds in July, 20 more pounds in August, and can get down to around 400 lb by the start of the regular season, he’ll have a much better chance of making the team, whether it is on the practice squad or maybe even on the active roster if you can really show out and impress during those preseason games in August. So, those are the five things I’m looking forward to seeing in Bucks training camp this year. What do you think of my list? And more importantly, what are you what do you think? What are some of the things you’re looking forward to seeing in Bucks training camp this year? Leave your comments below in the comment area. I’d love to read them. And I’d also love for you to check out Peter Report TV on our YouTube channel. That’s right. That’s where you can find my Peter Pulse videos as well as all of our Pewer Report podcasts. 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Bucs training camp is quickly approaching and Pewter Report’s Scott Reynolds reveals five things he can’t wait to see in Tampa Bay in late July and August. Reynolds lists a few things on both offense and defense that he’s looking forward to seeing in camp in a NEW Pewter Pulse video. What do you think of his list? Sound off the comments section below.

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