Exploring Tampa's Offensive Ecosystem & Key Players
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00:00Okay, with the time remaining, Joe, I'm going to make you work.
00:06I'm sorry.
00:07I got to do it.
00:08Convince me.
00:09Why should I be interested in any way in Tampa's offensive ecosystem?
00:14Well, look, Baker Mayfield is still a number one overall pick, and it's taken Baker a long
00:19time to kind of mature and find his sea legs, and Dave Canales helped him do that last year.
00:24I have more faith in Baker Mayfield without Dave Canales carrying that torch than I did
00:29with Gino Smith when Canales left Seattle for Tampa two years ago.
00:33That being said, Baker Mayfield is still going to want to throw the football.
00:37Chris Godwin has had his host of injuries over his career, still a good wide receiver,
00:41but a little injury plagued.
00:44Mike Evans, 10 years in the league now.
00:46That's another guy who's been fantastically consistent.
00:49But all of a sudden, Jalen McMillan has emerged in camp as the third target in this offense,
00:53and I think that's noteworthy because if there is an injury to one of the two guys ahead
00:58of him, McMillan's target share goes up.
01:00At the very least right now, he's a nice, maybe bi-week wide receiver to have or a matchup
01:06play potentially.
01:07Let's see how the kid plays out.
01:08But if you're looking for a guy who could potentially grow over time into a role with
01:12a team and be more useful in the second half of the season, I think Jalen McMillan could
01:17be that guy, whether injury strikes or not.
01:19When we come back, it's not all about sleepers.
01:22Some guys, well, some guys are set up for failure, not success, and it's not their fault.
01:27It's their ADP.