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Rick Stroud covers the Tampa Bay Buccaneers for the Tampa Bay Times.

He also hosts Sports Day, Tampa Bay, his podcast and joins us on the program.

I know you were at practice yesterday, but what did you hear when Ryan Jensen

went down with that injury at practice?

A horrible scream, Dan, that I've only heard once before,

and that's when a guy in a basketball court tore his ACL.

And it's unmistakable.

I think everybody knew that it was a serious injury.

We're waiting for the proverbial news.

But, you know, when you see a bunch of guys gather around a cart like that

and, you know, wish him well, you know that he's not coming back to play anytime soon.

Give this audience an idea of how important Ryan Jensen is to this team's success.

Well, I mean, I think on the offensive line, arguably he's the most important guy, right?

I mean, when Tom Brady decided to unretire within hours, the first player they signed or re-signed was Ryan Jensen, who had an offer from the Cincinnati Bengals.

And it was that important to Tom Brady.

You know, when you're talking about that relationship, you know, calling out the signals, the line of scrimmage.

But more than that, he's a tone center for that entire offensive line.

And, you know, Brady is very particular right down to whether a guy wears a glove or how much baby powder he puts in his rear end.

I mean, he's on it, right?

And I think it's a huge loss because of all that Ryan Jensen represents.

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