Bucs Best Quotes Of Camp: 8/14

Here are some of the best Bucs quotes following their the team’s training camp practice on Monday, August 14.

Bucs Head Coach Todd Bowles

On if he’s preparing to start the season without Bucs C Ryan Jensen:

“When we go into the season, I don’t consider having anybody if they haven’t practiced. You always prepare if somebody gets hurt or if somebody is going to stay hurt. We prepare that way every day, so that hasn’t changed.”

On the backup center competition between Bucs Robert Hainsey and Nick Leverett:

“Again, both had playing time, both are very good, both are very smart, very quick. It’s going to come down, probably, to the last game.”

On if he’s excited for joint practices against the Jets this week:

“It’ll be very good to get some situation football done against someone other than ourselves. We need a lot of work, we need to see different things. Everybody gets kind of stuck in a rut – so to speak – camp wise and kind of knowing who does what and what does it when. It’ll be good to go up against somebody else. It’ll be good work for us.”

On how much weight he puts into the joint practices compared to the preseason games:

“You put a lot in because you’re playing your first teamers. You get them ready for the season quite a bit and you know you’re going to see everything you’re going to see during the season as opposed to the games where it’s going to be basically vanilla football. You’re kind of not getting what you’d normally see on certain downs-and-distances.”

Bucs Cornerback Christian Izien

On first training camp with the Bucs:

“Camp has been going great, just learning the system under [Head Coach] Todd Bowles, and [Defensive Assistant] coach Rashad Johnson [are] doing a great job with teaching me.”

On what it is like playing for Todd Bowles’ defense:

“It’s great. He’s a genius, you know, defensively, how he schemes up his calls and stuff like that. Getting the chance to learn under him, I’m learning a lot of ball.”

On playing as the nickel cornerback:

“[I] played the position for the first time last year in college, then [I’m] transitioning into the league playing it. I’m still learning a lot, that just comes with the ends and outs of playing a position, and Coach [Todd] Bowles is doing a really good job teaching me.”

On what he has picked up on from veteran defensive backs:

“Yeah, I just finished doing a drill after practice with [safety] Antoine [Winfield Jr.] just going through ins and outs, [I’m] tightening stuff up. I’m learning a ton from them guys, just learning how to play with poise, [and] situational defense, so they’re doing a great job teaching and coaching me up.”

Bucs Kicker Chase McLaughlin

On how the kicking competition is going so far:

“It’s been going [well], it’s been a great competition. Rodrigo [Blankenship] is a great guy, a great competitor. We’ve both been hitting them well this camp, so I’m feeling good about it.”

On sharing reps with Bucs K Rodrigo Blankenship:

“Yeah, [Special Teams Coordinator] Keith [Armstrong] has been doing a great job. We’ve been alternating each kick. I personally don’t really have that much of a preference, as long as we stick with something – define a plan and stick with it, that way I can prepare. It makes it the most similar. Throughout a game, you know when a kick is coming up when the drive starts to develop, so yeah, either way is fine with me.”

On kicking in Tampa Bay where there can be strong winds:

“Yeah, OTAs and camp have been a great indicator of how it is here. I’ve played in Raymond James [Stadium] twice – once in college and once when I was with the Colts. I’ve played in Buffalo when I came out of school, in Green Bay multiple times – I feel pretty [well] versed when it comes to the wind aspect of kicking.”

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