1 00:00:06,800 --> 00:00:10,520 Speaker 1: At a Steve Tasker who has been all over the fields. 2 00:00:10,600 --> 00:00:12,200 Speaker 1: Kind of unique. He was kind of a dual role 3 00:00:12,280 --> 00:00:18,639 Speaker 1: player for you, Steve, Steve a blimp. We're not even 4 00:00:18,680 --> 00:00:28,080 Speaker 1: in the stragedyre of normalcy. We welcome to One Bills Live. 5 00:00:28,240 --> 00:00:31,280 Speaker 1: Chris Brown, Steve Tasker were kid. We are skidding to 6 00:00:31,360 --> 00:00:36,040 Speaker 1: a stop right here. I'm telling you, man, if people 7 00:00:36,080 --> 00:00:38,720 Speaker 1: could see what the hell happens here before we're actually 8 00:00:38,760 --> 00:00:41,760 Speaker 1: on the air, you would be very disappointed. As Stephen, 9 00:00:43,120 --> 00:00:45,120 Speaker 1: we'd always come in. We were like, can these guys 10 00:00:45,120 --> 00:00:47,960 Speaker 1: get their crap together? Going on listen, we like to 11 00:00:47,960 --> 00:00:49,920 Speaker 1: come on the air going hay al you heavy load, 12 00:00:50,000 --> 00:00:53,080 Speaker 1: Good afternoon, everyone, Welcome to One Bills Live. Smooth or 13 00:00:53,080 --> 00:00:55,520 Speaker 1: ticketed and professional. Meanwhile, we're like, how do you turn 14 00:00:55,560 --> 00:00:57,400 Speaker 1: this computer on? I can't get the house come to 15 00:00:57,440 --> 00:01:03,760 Speaker 1: this one load? The internet slow so much losers in 16 00:01:03,800 --> 00:01:06,520 Speaker 1: real life. Good to have you back in the studio, Steve. 17 00:01:07,040 --> 00:01:10,039 Speaker 1: Here on this Wednesday as we are, I got no 18 00:01:10,120 --> 00:01:16,720 Speaker 1: clean page sheets of paper. I'm a mess. Yeah, well 19 00:01:16,840 --> 00:01:19,000 Speaker 1: you know you're having to get back. I was in 20 00:01:19,080 --> 00:01:20,720 Speaker 1: here on Monday and Tuesday you were at home. I 21 00:01:20,840 --> 00:01:23,600 Speaker 1: was out of the office for couple here's the We 22 00:01:23,640 --> 00:01:25,560 Speaker 1: can all relate to this because we're all in the 23 00:01:25,600 --> 00:01:29,840 Speaker 1: same boat. So I didn't feel well on Sunday, right, right, 24 00:01:30,280 --> 00:01:33,040 Speaker 1: And you know it's part of being a human being. 25 00:01:33,040 --> 00:01:34,520 Speaker 1: You know, you come down with a little twenty four 26 00:01:34,560 --> 00:01:36,560 Speaker 1: hour bug or whatever, but in this day and age, 27 00:01:37,880 --> 00:01:40,680 Speaker 1: it messes you up for like a five days a 28 00:01:40,680 --> 00:01:43,839 Speaker 1: little different. Right. I gotta now, I gotta, I gotta 29 00:01:43,920 --> 00:01:48,160 Speaker 1: call call HR say, here's my deal, call you like 30 00:01:48,960 --> 00:01:50,960 Speaker 1: coming in. Oh you guys, rightfully, so like we don't 31 00:01:50,960 --> 00:01:52,640 Speaker 1: want to you don't want to play smoochy face with 32 00:01:52,720 --> 00:01:56,520 Speaker 1: you stay home. So I gotta go get a rapid test. 33 00:01:56,680 --> 00:01:59,280 Speaker 1: Then I gotta get a PCR test. And at the 34 00:01:59,320 --> 00:02:01,360 Speaker 1: same time I get that test, I get another rapid test. 35 00:02:01,440 --> 00:02:03,720 Speaker 1: All of it's negative and then you got to wait 36 00:02:03,760 --> 00:02:08,120 Speaker 1: for that, you know, the the real test there, the 37 00:02:08,200 --> 00:02:11,000 Speaker 1: PCR test that's like more accurate to come back and 38 00:02:11,040 --> 00:02:13,080 Speaker 1: everything's negative. So then I can come back to work. 39 00:02:14,320 --> 00:02:16,560 Speaker 1: And here you goes blows days of your life where 40 00:02:16,560 --> 00:02:20,080 Speaker 1: you get it. Well, yeah, everybody's been up ending. So 41 00:02:20,160 --> 00:02:24,399 Speaker 1: my family treats me like I'm you know, pah, Yeah, 42 00:02:24,440 --> 00:02:29,000 Speaker 1: the personification of the plague, right loser, right, so here 43 00:02:29,000 --> 00:02:30,480 Speaker 1: we are, and then I come so I come back 44 00:02:30,480 --> 00:02:32,600 Speaker 1: into work and you know how you take all your 45 00:02:32,639 --> 00:02:34,960 Speaker 1: gear home and I was using it at home. Then 46 00:02:34,960 --> 00:02:36,960 Speaker 1: you come back and getting back on this network and stuff. 47 00:02:37,040 --> 00:02:39,040 Speaker 1: Now I'm sitting here for the last for the first 48 00:02:39,080 --> 00:02:43,519 Speaker 1: fifteen years to this thing to turn on its spinning. Yeah, 49 00:02:43,520 --> 00:02:46,480 Speaker 1: I love that. Hey, we got to just say this. 50 00:02:46,520 --> 00:02:47,880 Speaker 1: I would just say this though it is a first 51 00:02:47,880 --> 00:02:49,600 Speaker 1: world problem. So I'm not gonna well, it is the 52 00:02:49,680 --> 00:02:52,240 Speaker 1: first world problem. But still you've got a show to do, 53 00:02:52,360 --> 00:02:55,640 Speaker 1: so I do. That's and that's where it's at. I 54 00:02:55,639 --> 00:02:58,800 Speaker 1: will be hitting you like a rented mule to carry 55 00:02:58,840 --> 00:03:03,480 Speaker 1: me home. Let's go, Brownie, start off. What's our update? Yeah, 56 00:03:03,520 --> 00:03:07,359 Speaker 1: because I can't help I think this is the definition 57 00:03:07,480 --> 00:03:10,840 Speaker 1: the league. I think will be the definition of you know, 58 00:03:10,880 --> 00:03:15,359 Speaker 1: those racing movies, The Fast and the Furious, because everybody's 59 00:03:16,280 --> 00:03:20,640 Speaker 1: course of business has effectively been put on pause for 60 00:03:20,680 --> 00:03:23,359 Speaker 1: the better part of the last two months, because everybody 61 00:03:23,440 --> 00:03:26,120 Speaker 1: was waiting for the salary cap figure for twenty twenty 62 00:03:26,120 --> 00:03:30,760 Speaker 1: one to be finalized and sent out to the thirty 63 00:03:30,760 --> 00:03:35,400 Speaker 1: two clubs. That happened this morning, and the cap will 64 00:03:35,400 --> 00:03:37,480 Speaker 1: be one hundred and eighty two and a half million dollars, 65 00:03:38,280 --> 00:03:39,920 Speaker 1: which is right around where they said it was going 66 00:03:39,960 --> 00:03:41,880 Speaker 1: to come in, somewhere between one eighty two and one 67 00:03:41,920 --> 00:03:44,560 Speaker 1: eighty three, and it was dead center. They were within 68 00:03:44,640 --> 00:03:48,280 Speaker 1: a percentage and a half. Yeah, So that's where the 69 00:03:48,360 --> 00:03:51,800 Speaker 1: number is. Hopefully the balance of the thirty two teams 70 00:03:51,800 --> 00:03:55,040 Speaker 1: in the league budgeted accordingly, even if it was already 71 00:03:55,040 --> 00:03:57,800 Speaker 1: after the twenty twenty one twenty twenty season was put 72 00:03:57,800 --> 00:04:02,880 Speaker 1: to bed. But there are some teams in some dire 73 00:04:02,960 --> 00:04:07,080 Speaker 1: straits here with that being the number, as they are 74 00:04:07,320 --> 00:04:11,240 Speaker 1: several tens of millions of dollars over, most notably the Saints, 75 00:04:11,280 --> 00:04:14,080 Speaker 1: who as of this hour, are supposed to be cutting 76 00:04:14,200 --> 00:04:17,920 Speaker 1: wide receiver Emmanuel Sanders among other moves that they have 77 00:04:18,040 --> 00:04:22,920 Speaker 1: made already to try to slash their payroll to get 78 00:04:23,000 --> 00:04:27,480 Speaker 1: under the cap number before next Thursday, next Wednesday. Sorry, 79 00:04:27,560 --> 00:04:32,320 Speaker 1: so they got a heavy lift even now. I mean 80 00:04:32,360 --> 00:04:35,240 Speaker 1: they restructured Malcolm Jenkins and a couple other players on 81 00:04:35,279 --> 00:04:37,320 Speaker 1: their roster to try to create some more cap space. 82 00:04:37,360 --> 00:04:40,240 Speaker 1: But I mean they're they're nickel and diamond this thing, 83 00:04:41,120 --> 00:04:44,440 Speaker 1: and they've got they've got a whale that they have 84 00:04:44,520 --> 00:04:47,960 Speaker 1: to slay. So I don't know if they're gonna get there. 85 00:04:48,360 --> 00:04:50,080 Speaker 1: And I know I told you this on the show 86 00:04:50,080 --> 00:04:53,520 Speaker 1: the other day. Somebody tweeted this and they are one 87 00:04:53,600 --> 00:04:56,160 Speaker 1: hundred percent on the mark. ESPN should have called up 88 00:04:56,160 --> 00:05:00,200 Speaker 1: the Saints about a month ago and said, Hey, you're 89 00:05:00,240 --> 00:05:04,400 Speaker 1: gonna have a very interesting exercise in trying to get 90 00:05:04,480 --> 00:05:06,880 Speaker 1: under the cap. Can we come in with our cameras 91 00:05:06,880 --> 00:05:08,680 Speaker 1: and do a thirty for thirty on it, because this 92 00:05:08,800 --> 00:05:15,800 Speaker 1: is going to be Olympic level financial gymnastics that Mickey 93 00:05:15,839 --> 00:05:17,640 Speaker 1: Loomis and the crew down there in New Orleans are 94 00:05:17,680 --> 00:05:19,120 Speaker 1: going to be trying to pull off here over the 95 00:05:19,160 --> 00:05:21,400 Speaker 1: course of the next week. That we've heard today, Kwan 96 00:05:21,520 --> 00:05:24,680 Speaker 1: Leonard's probably gonna we figured Alexander Kwan Alexander's gonna be out. 97 00:05:24,680 --> 00:05:25,880 Speaker 1: And I'll tell you what you want to talk about. 98 00:05:25,880 --> 00:05:31,280 Speaker 1: A guy that fifty eight for fifty eight number Jersey number. Yeah, 99 00:05:31,640 --> 00:05:36,120 Speaker 1: Kwan Alexander can play well. Yes, um has some major 100 00:05:36,160 --> 00:05:38,960 Speaker 1: injuries earlier in his career, but yes, when he's healthy, 101 00:05:39,000 --> 00:05:41,880 Speaker 1: he can move. So that's that's a guy that is 102 00:05:42,080 --> 00:05:45,560 Speaker 1: one of the you know, many many guys who athletically 103 00:05:45,640 --> 00:05:50,640 Speaker 1: is like Matt Milano plays that position. Um, that would 104 00:05:52,680 --> 00:05:54,320 Speaker 1: that would be a guy. So if he's out there 105 00:05:54,360 --> 00:05:55,880 Speaker 1: and he wants to take another kick at the can 106 00:05:55,960 --> 00:05:57,560 Speaker 1: or whatever, maybe he will sign a big deal with 107 00:05:57,560 --> 00:05:58,640 Speaker 1: one of the teams that has a lot of cap. 108 00:05:58,680 --> 00:06:01,000 Speaker 1: But if he doesn't he doesn't like the deal or 109 00:06:01,000 --> 00:06:04,000 Speaker 1: the situation. There's a guy you get on a one 110 00:06:04,080 --> 00:06:07,560 Speaker 1: year deal a pretty good money, will turn twenty seven 111 00:06:07,640 --> 00:06:12,359 Speaker 1: before next season. That's he's one of those guys. It's like, oh, 112 00:06:12,400 --> 00:06:14,120 Speaker 1: my guy just makes you like going, Oh damn. That 113 00:06:14,160 --> 00:06:15,760 Speaker 1: guy would mean he's an athletic guy. I don't think 114 00:06:15,760 --> 00:06:18,279 Speaker 1: there's any question about that. He doesn't make a difference, 115 00:06:18,760 --> 00:06:23,920 Speaker 1: you know. So he and Quanta He and Emmanuel Sanders 116 00:06:23,960 --> 00:06:27,800 Speaker 1: two of the most recent Saints expected to be cut 117 00:06:27,839 --> 00:06:31,880 Speaker 1: loose to save under the cap, and they've released it 118 00:06:31,920 --> 00:06:33,800 Speaker 1: a host of players already. I mean, they released their 119 00:06:33,800 --> 00:06:36,600 Speaker 1: punter Thomas Morestead save three and a half million, got 120 00:06:36,680 --> 00:06:39,640 Speaker 1: rid of guard Nick Easton. He's out there, so yeah, 121 00:06:39,640 --> 00:06:43,599 Speaker 1: they are. They're slashing madly and they won't be alone. Granted, 122 00:06:43,680 --> 00:06:46,960 Speaker 1: other teams won't be cutting players to this degree, but 123 00:06:47,080 --> 00:06:51,520 Speaker 1: they will have to cut players, and how long that 124 00:06:51,560 --> 00:06:54,560 Speaker 1: list is is based on how badger cap situation is 125 00:06:54,760 --> 00:06:56,720 Speaker 1: and how many guys you can get to restructure to 126 00:06:56,760 --> 00:06:59,320 Speaker 1: put some money into the future. The Bills did that 127 00:07:00,200 --> 00:07:03,720 Speaker 1: earlier this week with Mitch Morse, who agreed to take 128 00:07:03,760 --> 00:07:06,320 Speaker 1: a two million dollar pay cut this year. They incentivize 129 00:07:06,360 --> 00:07:07,920 Speaker 1: some of that money so he has a chance to 130 00:07:07,920 --> 00:07:11,239 Speaker 1: make some of it back this season. You know, whether 131 00:07:11,240 --> 00:07:16,080 Speaker 1: it's hitting certain playtime thresholds. You know, it could be 132 00:07:16,120 --> 00:07:19,920 Speaker 1: anything from the team rushes for fifteen hundred yards, you know, 133 00:07:20,120 --> 00:07:22,240 Speaker 1: stuff like that. For lineman it gets a little tricky, 134 00:07:22,520 --> 00:07:25,520 Speaker 1: but they put incentives in to help him earn some 135 00:07:25,560 --> 00:07:28,000 Speaker 1: of that money back for helping them out on the cap. 136 00:07:28,360 --> 00:07:31,040 Speaker 1: Right now, there will be other players in the league 137 00:07:31,040 --> 00:07:33,920 Speaker 1: that are doing that, as I mentioned, Malcolm Jenkins just 138 00:07:33,960 --> 00:07:35,720 Speaker 1: did it for the Saints to save three and a 139 00:07:35,760 --> 00:07:39,800 Speaker 1: half million down there. So it's there are going to 140 00:07:39,840 --> 00:07:43,280 Speaker 1: be financial gymnastics being pulled off across the league for 141 00:07:43,320 --> 00:07:46,080 Speaker 1: the teams that really have to get some space under 142 00:07:46,080 --> 00:07:48,960 Speaker 1: the cap just to function and do daily business. Just 143 00:07:49,000 --> 00:07:51,800 Speaker 1: to create enough cap room for their draft class. I mean, 144 00:07:51,800 --> 00:07:53,720 Speaker 1: you're gonna need eight to ten million if you have 145 00:07:53,800 --> 00:07:57,080 Speaker 1: seven draft choices in the draft, like a pick in 146 00:07:57,120 --> 00:08:00,640 Speaker 1: every round. You're gonna need eight to ten million million dollars, 147 00:08:01,200 --> 00:08:03,440 Speaker 1: but under the cap just designed a draft class. But 148 00:08:03,480 --> 00:08:05,320 Speaker 1: by the same token, though that at eight ten million 149 00:08:05,320 --> 00:08:08,440 Speaker 1: dollars going to cover seven players on your fifty one 150 00:08:08,520 --> 00:08:10,800 Speaker 1: and it'll be the lowest seven players on the roster 151 00:08:11,080 --> 00:08:13,040 Speaker 1: maybe with the exception of your first round. You've got 152 00:08:13,040 --> 00:08:18,560 Speaker 1: to know, right, You've got to know that, you know 153 00:08:18,640 --> 00:08:20,880 Speaker 1: you're you're gonna be the cap is gonna be your 154 00:08:20,920 --> 00:08:23,160 Speaker 1: top fifty one. So most of your draft picks aren't 155 00:08:23,160 --> 00:08:26,600 Speaker 1: even gonna make that before the season starts, they won't 156 00:08:26,600 --> 00:08:32,480 Speaker 1: even be included in that. So yeah, that's you're right, though, Um, 157 00:08:32,559 --> 00:08:35,480 Speaker 1: it'll it is a it's an issue that every team's 158 00:08:35,520 --> 00:08:37,520 Speaker 1: got to face. They do it every year and now 159 00:08:37,559 --> 00:08:39,800 Speaker 1: and it's and and I you know, our good friend 160 00:08:39,840 --> 00:08:43,040 Speaker 1: of the show, and uh Andrew Brant from the more 161 00:08:43,080 --> 00:08:47,040 Speaker 1: Head Institute of Law and also the former guy that 162 00:08:47,160 --> 00:08:50,240 Speaker 1: ran the show for the Packers for a decade, salary 163 00:08:50,240 --> 00:08:53,200 Speaker 1: cap guy. Essentially, Yeah, he he will tell you, and 164 00:08:53,240 --> 00:08:58,520 Speaker 1: he's right. And by the way, happy anniversary. This is 165 00:08:58,559 --> 00:09:00,520 Speaker 1: the one year anniversary of us getting out of the 166 00:09:00,559 --> 00:09:03,400 Speaker 1: studio for this last year right a year ago today 167 00:09:03,520 --> 00:09:06,160 Speaker 1: was the first year day. We did it from from remote. 168 00:09:06,559 --> 00:09:08,040 Speaker 1: You know, this is when it hit a year ago. 169 00:09:09,320 --> 00:09:12,280 Speaker 1: This is when they found out they better start work 170 00:09:12,320 --> 00:09:15,240 Speaker 1: in the cap. It's been a year since they you know, 171 00:09:15,280 --> 00:09:17,280 Speaker 1: had to start saying, hey, we're gonna get crushed this 172 00:09:17,360 --> 00:09:19,520 Speaker 1: year with no fans in the stands, maybe no season, 173 00:09:20,040 --> 00:09:24,760 Speaker 1: maybe no games, let alone no fans in the stands. 174 00:09:25,320 --> 00:09:28,320 Speaker 1: So they have been working towards this for a long 175 00:09:28,320 --> 00:09:30,280 Speaker 1: time and teams who teams have gotten a head start 176 00:09:30,280 --> 00:09:32,280 Speaker 1: on it. The Bills are a perfect example of it. 177 00:09:32,800 --> 00:09:35,120 Speaker 1: Um They've always they were cap strong this year at 178 00:09:35,120 --> 00:09:37,440 Speaker 1: this point and you know there and because you know, 179 00:09:37,480 --> 00:09:43,120 Speaker 1: there's a lot of uncertainty, they're okay right now. Not perfect. 180 00:09:43,200 --> 00:09:45,160 Speaker 1: They could use it, you know, a couple a dozen 181 00:09:45,240 --> 00:09:47,520 Speaker 1: million bucks over the under the cap, but they still, 182 00:09:47,559 --> 00:09:49,480 Speaker 1: you know, they're still sitting fine. They got fifty I 183 00:09:49,520 --> 00:09:51,920 Speaker 1: think fifty five guys on their roster, fifty six guys 184 00:09:51,960 --> 00:09:55,320 Speaker 1: on their roster, and they're under the cap. And really 185 00:09:55,320 --> 00:09:59,400 Speaker 1: the cap is only their top fifty fifty one players 186 00:09:59,440 --> 00:10:02,520 Speaker 1: on their roster, so that's what has to get under 187 00:10:02,520 --> 00:10:06,360 Speaker 1: the cap. So you know, they're okay. Every team is 188 00:10:06,400 --> 00:10:08,480 Speaker 1: the same thing. They've seen this coming down the road, 189 00:10:08,520 --> 00:10:10,680 Speaker 1: and all of them have got a plan in place, 190 00:10:11,080 --> 00:10:13,199 Speaker 1: all of them, So don't feel bad for the Saints 191 00:10:13,280 --> 00:10:15,720 Speaker 1: or any of that other stuff. These teams all know 192 00:10:15,760 --> 00:10:17,400 Speaker 1: what they're doing, and they've had a chance to ramp 193 00:10:17,480 --> 00:10:19,280 Speaker 1: up and start to get in get their ducks in 194 00:10:19,280 --> 00:10:21,080 Speaker 1: a row for months and months and months and an 195 00:10:21,200 --> 00:10:25,800 Speaker 1: entire full season to get this done. So they're gonna 196 00:10:25,840 --> 00:10:28,839 Speaker 1: get there. They're gonna get there. But there's gonna be 197 00:10:28,920 --> 00:10:31,520 Speaker 1: a lot of transactions across the league between now and 198 00:10:31,559 --> 00:10:35,679 Speaker 1: a week from today for all these teams to get 199 00:10:35,760 --> 00:10:39,160 Speaker 1: under the number, and some pretty notable names are going 200 00:10:39,240 --> 00:10:42,080 Speaker 1: to be thrust out into the free agent market, names 201 00:10:42,120 --> 00:10:49,760 Speaker 1: like Emmanuel Sanders, names like Kwan Alexander, high profile players 202 00:10:50,200 --> 00:10:52,600 Speaker 1: are going to be out there for the taking. And 203 00:10:52,920 --> 00:10:56,080 Speaker 1: the question is what teams are going to jump on 204 00:10:56,120 --> 00:10:59,400 Speaker 1: those opportunities in the first wave of free agency, and 205 00:10:59,520 --> 00:11:02,240 Speaker 1: what team are going to kind of sit there, hold 206 00:11:02,280 --> 00:11:04,360 Speaker 1: their water, hang out for a little bit and get 207 00:11:04,400 --> 00:11:08,000 Speaker 1: some really good bargains. What could be some really good bargains, 208 00:11:08,000 --> 00:11:11,000 Speaker 1: you know, week two or week three in free agency 209 00:11:11,080 --> 00:11:14,000 Speaker 1: where March turns into April. Yeah, here's one of the 210 00:11:14,040 --> 00:11:16,040 Speaker 1: things two about if you're looking at the Bills and 211 00:11:16,040 --> 00:11:18,920 Speaker 1: how how they sit. One of the things you look 212 00:11:18,920 --> 00:11:21,360 Speaker 1: at also is dead money. So you've got some teams 213 00:11:21,360 --> 00:11:23,400 Speaker 1: with a lot of cap, but they've got but like Washington, 214 00:11:23,480 --> 00:11:26,240 Speaker 1: the Washington football team, they've got thirteen million in dead money. 215 00:11:27,240 --> 00:11:29,120 Speaker 1: The Panthers have a lot of cast sees. They got 216 00:11:29,120 --> 00:11:33,240 Speaker 1: twenty two million in cap dead dead money, the money 217 00:11:33,000 --> 00:11:36,240 Speaker 1: that they aren't allowed to spend. Lions have twenty two million. 218 00:11:36,920 --> 00:11:39,360 Speaker 1: Of course, the Eagles have forty million because of the 219 00:11:39,360 --> 00:11:42,400 Speaker 1: Carson Wentz plus others, and the Rams have thirty four 220 00:11:42,440 --> 00:11:46,079 Speaker 1: million because of the Jared Goff trade and other guys 221 00:11:46,120 --> 00:11:50,040 Speaker 1: on their roster. The Bills, the Bills are fine. The 222 00:11:50,080 --> 00:11:52,520 Speaker 1: Bills have got like two million bucks in dead mons money. 223 00:11:52,640 --> 00:11:55,679 Speaker 1: That's it that gives them a chance. And here's why 224 00:11:55,720 --> 00:11:58,880 Speaker 1: that's important to me, Brown and whigs. You. It means 225 00:11:58,920 --> 00:12:01,120 Speaker 1: that the money that they're sped ending they got guys 226 00:12:01,200 --> 00:12:03,960 Speaker 1: playing for right, they got they got a guy on 227 00:12:04,000 --> 00:12:07,000 Speaker 1: the team that is playing for them. And it's not 228 00:12:07,120 --> 00:12:11,720 Speaker 1: from a contract that they signed two years ago that 229 00:12:11,720 --> 00:12:13,520 Speaker 1: they're still paying off or a year ago that they're 230 00:12:13,520 --> 00:12:15,480 Speaker 1: still paying off. It's two million bucks and it's it's 231 00:12:15,559 --> 00:12:18,240 Speaker 1: less than a percentage point of the cap, or right 232 00:12:18,280 --> 00:12:21,480 Speaker 1: about one point something a percent of the cap. So 233 00:12:21,520 --> 00:12:25,480 Speaker 1: it's uh, they're they're kind of strong because if they can, 234 00:12:25,640 --> 00:12:28,040 Speaker 1: like I said and have been saying all week, and 235 00:12:28,120 --> 00:12:29,720 Speaker 1: all these teams are in the same boat, you got 236 00:12:29,720 --> 00:12:32,439 Speaker 1: to get guys to earn their money. If you get 237 00:12:32,440 --> 00:12:35,679 Speaker 1: everybody playing and earning more than the that's a good 238 00:12:35,720 --> 00:12:39,920 Speaker 1: football team. You don't have, you know, a guy making 239 00:12:39,960 --> 00:12:43,960 Speaker 1: thirty two million bucks who's playing like he's not worth anything. Right, 240 00:12:44,400 --> 00:12:46,800 Speaker 1: If you've got everybody paying for every you know, playing 241 00:12:46,880 --> 00:12:50,319 Speaker 1: and producing at a level that is commenced with their contract, 242 00:12:50,320 --> 00:12:52,120 Speaker 1: you're going to be a good football team. That and 243 00:12:52,160 --> 00:12:55,240 Speaker 1: that not having any dead money is where it begins. 244 00:12:56,240 --> 00:12:59,240 Speaker 1: While the NFL will be taking center stage in the 245 00:12:59,240 --> 00:13:01,240 Speaker 1: world of football for the better part of the next 246 00:13:01,280 --> 00:13:03,760 Speaker 1: month and a half, as we are now fifty days 247 00:13:03,840 --> 00:13:06,240 Speaker 1: from the NFL Draft and we have free agency to 248 00:13:06,280 --> 00:13:09,720 Speaker 1: get to. Even before that, there's news that the XFL 249 00:13:09,800 --> 00:13:12,360 Speaker 1: and the CFL are in the early stages of discussing 250 00:13:12,360 --> 00:13:18,920 Speaker 1: a partnership when each league returns to the field. The XFL, 251 00:13:19,040 --> 00:13:21,319 Speaker 1: which as you know, is partly owned by Dwayne the Rock, 252 00:13:21,440 --> 00:13:26,960 Speaker 1: Johnson has entered, apparently into exploratory talks with the CFL 253 00:13:27,160 --> 00:13:31,000 Speaker 1: about how the leagues can work together. The XFL has 254 00:13:31,080 --> 00:13:35,440 Speaker 1: also said it plans to return. Its plans to return 255 00:13:35,480 --> 00:13:39,360 Speaker 1: in twenty twenty two. We're on pause pending their talks 256 00:13:39,360 --> 00:13:41,840 Speaker 1: with the CFL, So it looks like there might be 257 00:13:41,920 --> 00:13:44,720 Speaker 1: some kind of partnership they're looking to strike with them, 258 00:13:45,040 --> 00:13:49,080 Speaker 1: and maybe they make this a binational league for all 259 00:13:49,080 --> 00:13:52,520 Speaker 1: we know. So we'll have to see where that goes again. 260 00:13:52,600 --> 00:13:56,200 Speaker 1: In the exploratory phases, they may come to a conclusion like, well, 261 00:13:56,200 --> 00:13:58,960 Speaker 1: it's not better to work together. You do your thing, 262 00:13:58,960 --> 00:14:01,240 Speaker 1: we'll do our thing. You know. Maybe we'll talk in 263 00:14:01,280 --> 00:14:04,640 Speaker 1: the future. But this is interesting, and it's it is interesting. 264 00:14:04,679 --> 00:14:07,280 Speaker 1: Here's the one of the things. The Canadian Football League 265 00:14:07,360 --> 00:14:12,000 Speaker 1: took the entire twenty twenty season off, no games, no practices, 266 00:14:12,080 --> 00:14:16,440 Speaker 1: no nothing, no draft, I don't think nothing, and so 267 00:14:16,480 --> 00:14:19,240 Speaker 1: they're just starting to think about getting it back on track. 268 00:14:19,320 --> 00:14:24,400 Speaker 1: They usually go to training camp in May and their 269 00:14:24,480 --> 00:14:28,320 Speaker 1: season is done by the United States. Thanksgiving weekend is 270 00:14:28,320 --> 00:14:31,080 Speaker 1: the Great Cup, so it's in third, third and Thursday 271 00:14:31,080 --> 00:14:34,600 Speaker 1: of November. That weekend is the final weekend of the 272 00:14:34,680 --> 00:14:36,920 Speaker 1: Canadian Football League, so it ends well before it goes 273 00:14:36,920 --> 00:14:40,120 Speaker 1: through the summer. Now that the XFL, and it's interesting, 274 00:14:40,160 --> 00:14:47,640 Speaker 1: what would the XFL offer the CFL state side exposure? Right, 275 00:14:47,880 --> 00:14:51,400 Speaker 1: That's that's what it is, right, because I'll tell you 276 00:14:51,480 --> 00:14:54,320 Speaker 1: right now, I think that's a great point. I think 277 00:14:54,360 --> 00:14:58,320 Speaker 1: there's a greater awareness of the CFL in border cities 278 00:14:58,480 --> 00:15:02,720 Speaker 1: like Buffalo, like Troy, there's a greater awareness, even Seattle, 279 00:15:02,760 --> 00:15:06,560 Speaker 1: there's a greater awareness of the CFL in those cities. 280 00:15:07,920 --> 00:15:11,440 Speaker 1: You go down to Memphis, Tennessee, nobody knows. They don't 281 00:15:11,480 --> 00:15:13,880 Speaker 1: know CFL from a hole in their head, right, And 282 00:15:14,000 --> 00:15:17,080 Speaker 1: plus it and it is a the CFL and the 283 00:15:17,200 --> 00:15:19,520 Speaker 1: XFL play two different games, just like the NFL and 284 00:15:19,600 --> 00:15:22,240 Speaker 1: the CFL. The CFL has twelve guys on a side, 285 00:15:22,880 --> 00:15:26,840 Speaker 1: and their field is enormous. It's it's a lot bigger, 286 00:15:26,880 --> 00:15:30,720 Speaker 1: a lot longer, and you know, and it's they've got 287 00:15:30,720 --> 00:15:33,400 Speaker 1: other things about offensive formations and things like that that 288 00:15:33,480 --> 00:15:36,560 Speaker 1: are completely different as well. It's a very different game. 289 00:15:37,520 --> 00:15:41,120 Speaker 1: And while some of the differences are subtle, some of 290 00:15:41,120 --> 00:15:45,920 Speaker 1: them are obvious. So how would you mix what the 291 00:15:46,160 --> 00:15:52,960 Speaker 1: XFL does on the football field with the CFL it 292 00:15:52,960 --> 00:15:55,360 Speaker 1: would be interesting. Plus, the CFL has other things that 293 00:15:55,440 --> 00:16:00,720 Speaker 1: make it difficult for an intermingling of the two country sports, 294 00:16:00,760 --> 00:16:06,920 Speaker 1: because the CFL has ratios that and and good for them, 295 00:16:07,040 --> 00:16:14,000 Speaker 1: they have rules against foreign players. You can't have more 296 00:16:14,120 --> 00:16:16,880 Speaker 1: United States players than you have Canadian players, and you 297 00:16:16,960 --> 00:16:21,080 Speaker 1: have to have ratios of Canadian players as opposed to 298 00:16:21,200 --> 00:16:23,880 Speaker 1: players from the States or from any other any other place. 299 00:16:24,480 --> 00:16:26,800 Speaker 1: So there's that that they would have to overcome as well, 300 00:16:27,480 --> 00:16:29,240 Speaker 1: because if you know, if you're going to play down here, 301 00:16:29,280 --> 00:16:31,720 Speaker 1: you can't get enough You couldn't get enough Canadians down 302 00:16:31,760 --> 00:16:34,200 Speaker 1: here to play in this. You know why, You've got 303 00:16:34,840 --> 00:16:38,480 Speaker 1: hundreds of thousand, thousands upon thousands of players here in 304 00:16:38,480 --> 00:16:41,680 Speaker 1: the States that would love to play, right, you know, 305 00:16:41,840 --> 00:16:44,320 Speaker 1: Canadians have to change their rules to allow that to happen. Yeah, 306 00:16:44,360 --> 00:16:47,080 Speaker 1: I think state side exposure is what the CFL could 307 00:16:47,120 --> 00:16:53,880 Speaker 1: be after. Presumably that would assuming based on some of 308 00:16:53,880 --> 00:16:55,840 Speaker 1: the rules that you just stated, it might wipe out 309 00:16:55,880 --> 00:16:59,480 Speaker 1: the Canadian American player ratios if you have players stateside 310 00:16:59,520 --> 00:17:02,320 Speaker 1: now playing in a league that takes the nine CFL 311 00:17:02,400 --> 00:17:05,359 Speaker 1: teams along with however many XFL teams they are, and 312 00:17:05,480 --> 00:17:10,520 Speaker 1: merge them all together. I think it's also important to 313 00:17:10,560 --> 00:17:15,600 Speaker 1: note that CFL teams usually lose money. Even in a 314 00:17:15,680 --> 00:17:18,879 Speaker 1: non pandemic year, they typically lose money. So once the 315 00:17:18,920 --> 00:17:22,159 Speaker 1: pandemic showed up, the CFL just said, yeah, you know what, 316 00:17:22,200 --> 00:17:24,480 Speaker 1: we're just going to take a t o here, We're 317 00:17:24,480 --> 00:17:28,280 Speaker 1: taking a time out and because we're gonna lose our shirt, 318 00:17:29,000 --> 00:17:31,560 Speaker 1: you know, and our hat and our shoes and everything 319 00:17:31,560 --> 00:17:35,280 Speaker 1: else if we try to undertake this season. They just 320 00:17:35,320 --> 00:17:39,119 Speaker 1: don't have the financial wherewithal that, you know, the monster 321 00:17:39,200 --> 00:17:42,400 Speaker 1: that the NFL is has, So I think they're looking 322 00:17:42,400 --> 00:17:45,560 Speaker 1: for alternatives to not just get exposure in the States, 323 00:17:45,560 --> 00:17:50,040 Speaker 1: but maybe actually turn a profit in a football crazed 324 00:17:50,119 --> 00:17:54,960 Speaker 1: country like the US. Yes, people like their football in Canada, 325 00:17:55,000 --> 00:17:57,000 Speaker 1: but hockey is number one and it always will be. 326 00:17:57,480 --> 00:18:00,760 Speaker 1: And so maybe if you can strike up a partnership 327 00:18:00,800 --> 00:18:04,280 Speaker 1: with the XFL, it could make for an interesting venture. 328 00:18:04,720 --> 00:18:08,520 Speaker 1: And we should also remember this. Dwayne the Rock Johnson, 329 00:18:09,520 --> 00:18:14,560 Speaker 1: after going undrafted in the States in the NFL after 330 00:18:14,760 --> 00:18:18,680 Speaker 1: playing his college ball at the University of Miami, did 331 00:18:19,160 --> 00:18:23,440 Speaker 1: sign with the Calgary Stampeders back in the mid nineties. Now, 332 00:18:23,560 --> 00:18:25,280 Speaker 1: he didn't last very long there. I think he got 333 00:18:25,359 --> 00:18:29,320 Speaker 1: cut two months later. But there's a there's a small 334 00:18:29,359 --> 00:18:31,880 Speaker 1: tie for him to the CFL. At least he knows 335 00:18:31,920 --> 00:18:35,520 Speaker 1: what it is, has been a part of it. And 336 00:18:35,600 --> 00:18:39,639 Speaker 1: so from a marketing standpoint, Dwayne the Rock Johnson is 337 00:18:39,640 --> 00:18:43,040 Speaker 1: a great a guy to have as your chief marketing agent. 338 00:18:43,560 --> 00:18:47,200 Speaker 1: So I think that's why the CFL's interest is peaked here, right, 339 00:18:47,320 --> 00:18:50,040 Speaker 1: and I think there will be. This isn't just hey, 340 00:18:50,040 --> 00:18:51,119 Speaker 1: what do you think about this? What do you think? 341 00:18:51,160 --> 00:18:52,639 Speaker 1: I think they're going to get down to some pretty 342 00:18:52,680 --> 00:18:56,639 Speaker 1: hardcore type discussions to see what can be out undertaken 343 00:18:56,640 --> 00:18:59,199 Speaker 1: in terms of a partnership here. It is too that 344 00:18:59,280 --> 00:19:03,880 Speaker 1: I mean that the XFL has eight teams in Dallas, Houston, 345 00:19:03,960 --> 00:19:09,159 Speaker 1: Los Angeles, Seattle, d C, New York, Saint Louis, and 346 00:19:09,200 --> 00:19:12,199 Speaker 1: Tampa Bay. There's eight teams there along with nine teams 347 00:19:13,280 --> 00:19:18,040 Speaker 1: in the CFL. I mean there you you could, you 348 00:19:18,040 --> 00:19:20,040 Speaker 1: could do that an you could. And there's a ninth 349 00:19:20,040 --> 00:19:23,280 Speaker 1: team in the CF and the XFL. That's the practice squad. 350 00:19:23,320 --> 00:19:25,400 Speaker 1: They practice and don't play, so that if any team 351 00:19:25,400 --> 00:19:27,200 Speaker 1: needs to they can, you know what I mean, that's 352 00:19:27,240 --> 00:19:29,560 Speaker 1: their own little quirk. So if you took all of 353 00:19:29,560 --> 00:19:32,480 Speaker 1: those nine teams and merged each one of those teams 354 00:19:32,480 --> 00:19:35,840 Speaker 1: with a CFL team and said, here we go. Or 355 00:19:35,920 --> 00:19:38,880 Speaker 1: you just have a seventeen team league, right, and your 356 00:19:38,960 --> 00:19:44,000 Speaker 1: championship game is the border bull. Right, what do you 357 00:19:44,000 --> 00:19:47,880 Speaker 1: think of that? You're a genius and you have Yeah, yeah, 358 00:19:47,920 --> 00:19:49,920 Speaker 1: there's a ton of things you could do. But here's 359 00:19:49,920 --> 00:19:53,439 Speaker 1: the here's the thing too. The XFL has one owner. 360 00:19:54,320 --> 00:19:57,439 Speaker 1: The CFL has nine. Yeah, well, yes, they have a 361 00:19:57,440 --> 00:19:59,960 Speaker 1: few community owned teams up there, don't think. Yeah, there's 362 00:20:00,080 --> 00:20:01,960 Speaker 1: like three of them that I think are community owned, 363 00:20:02,080 --> 00:20:04,760 Speaker 1: so like kind of like the Packers, right, so it's yeah, 364 00:20:05,119 --> 00:20:11,760 Speaker 1: like utility. So yeah, So all of that having been said, um, 365 00:20:12,119 --> 00:20:17,480 Speaker 1: it's interesting to talk about because it's because you think, wow, 366 00:20:17,600 --> 00:20:18,879 Speaker 1: you know, you should be able to do because all 367 00:20:18,880 --> 00:20:21,639 Speaker 1: of us have an appetite for more football. And the 368 00:20:21,680 --> 00:20:24,840 Speaker 1: way this last NFL season went, despite the fact that 369 00:20:24,840 --> 00:20:28,399 Speaker 1: they're telling us that the ratings were down, yeah, I 370 00:20:28,400 --> 00:20:31,800 Speaker 1: don't know. I've never witnessed, and particular of course if 371 00:20:31,800 --> 00:20:33,560 Speaker 1: we're here in Buffalo, so everybody was kind of eating 372 00:20:33,560 --> 00:20:36,040 Speaker 1: it up like chocolate pudding. So you know, there's never 373 00:20:36,080 --> 00:20:38,280 Speaker 1: been a bigger appetite here in Buffalo for football than 374 00:20:38,320 --> 00:20:41,480 Speaker 1: there is right now. So, um, I don't know. I 375 00:20:41,480 --> 00:20:44,320 Speaker 1: think it's really interesting and I think it's worth watching 376 00:20:44,359 --> 00:20:47,679 Speaker 1: because you know the NFL's watching it. Well, I tell 377 00:20:47,720 --> 00:20:49,800 Speaker 1: you they are not. I think if if the NFL 378 00:20:49,920 --> 00:20:55,000 Speaker 1: is smart, they would support it to some degree. Um. 379 00:20:57,160 --> 00:20:59,760 Speaker 1: So they have a feeder system. I mean, yes, you 380 00:20:59,800 --> 00:21:04,560 Speaker 1: have college. But how many times have we heard coaches 381 00:21:04,640 --> 00:21:08,600 Speaker 1: and front office people in the NFL say they miss 382 00:21:08,720 --> 00:21:11,800 Speaker 1: NFL Europe. I mean it was a valuable feeder system. 383 00:21:12,040 --> 00:21:15,119 Speaker 1: Didn't make any money in Europe, but it helped. It 384 00:21:15,200 --> 00:21:19,240 Speaker 1: helped feed the league with experienced players. They poured a 385 00:21:19,280 --> 00:21:21,439 Speaker 1: ton of money into NFL Europe and they did it 386 00:21:21,800 --> 00:21:24,280 Speaker 1: and the football people loved it. Yeah, you know that 387 00:21:25,160 --> 00:21:28,760 Speaker 1: it was a training ground for owners in the countants 388 00:21:28,760 --> 00:21:31,840 Speaker 1: weren't quite so keen. But but here here, if you 389 00:21:31,920 --> 00:21:36,920 Speaker 1: have an XFL slash CFL league that can sustain itself, 390 00:21:38,280 --> 00:21:41,440 Speaker 1: there are certain things you can do to maybe support them, 391 00:21:42,040 --> 00:21:47,040 Speaker 1: right along with maybe some kind of bilateral agreement where hey, 392 00:21:47,080 --> 00:21:48,680 Speaker 1: if you've got a player that's good enough to play 393 00:21:48,680 --> 00:21:51,639 Speaker 1: in our league, we create a pathway for that. You 394 00:21:51,640 --> 00:21:54,960 Speaker 1: know that kind of thing. Um, and almost make the 395 00:21:55,080 --> 00:21:59,000 Speaker 1: XFL slash CFL serve as a minor league for you, 396 00:21:59,080 --> 00:22:01,760 Speaker 1: a farm system, if you will. And you know, you 397 00:22:01,800 --> 00:22:03,800 Speaker 1: put those teams in the right cities in the US, 398 00:22:03,840 --> 00:22:06,639 Speaker 1: and I know they're already declared now, but there are 399 00:22:06,720 --> 00:22:09,159 Speaker 1: enough people that would go watch that, you know, like 400 00:22:10,240 --> 00:22:12,879 Speaker 1: college players that were really talented but maybe just not 401 00:22:12,960 --> 00:22:15,080 Speaker 1: quite good enough or need a little bit more seasoning 402 00:22:15,119 --> 00:22:17,640 Speaker 1: before they might be ready for an NFL career. People. 403 00:22:18,280 --> 00:22:20,200 Speaker 1: And I'll tell you this too, it's it's it would 404 00:22:20,240 --> 00:22:22,919 Speaker 1: be good for some players because I always think of 405 00:22:22,920 --> 00:22:26,240 Speaker 1: it as the players themselves, as I don't want to 406 00:22:26,240 --> 00:22:29,320 Speaker 1: sound as human beings. You got some guys who really 407 00:22:29,800 --> 00:22:32,080 Speaker 1: don't understand what it is to be a pro and 408 00:22:32,119 --> 00:22:33,960 Speaker 1: they got they gotta find their own They don't get 409 00:22:33,960 --> 00:22:35,560 Speaker 1: a dorm to live in and all their meals paid for. 410 00:22:35,680 --> 00:22:37,359 Speaker 1: Just show up here and you're gonna get food and 411 00:22:37,480 --> 00:22:40,240 Speaker 1: show up here's where you're gonna live and all that. 412 00:22:40,640 --> 00:22:42,320 Speaker 1: It's like, they gotta find their own place to live, 413 00:22:42,960 --> 00:22:45,640 Speaker 1: shop for their own groceries, do their own laundry, got 414 00:22:45,640 --> 00:22:47,439 Speaker 1: to do all that stuff for their first time on 415 00:22:47,480 --> 00:22:50,600 Speaker 1: their own in another city where they don't have a football, 416 00:22:51,200 --> 00:22:53,919 Speaker 1: you know, or a guidance counselor looking out for them. 417 00:22:53,960 --> 00:22:56,280 Speaker 1: You know they're supposed to behave like adults. Some of 418 00:22:56,280 --> 00:22:59,080 Speaker 1: them aren't ready for that getting them into the XFL. 419 00:22:59,280 --> 00:23:02,240 Speaker 1: You don't have to give them nineteen million dollars to 420 00:23:02,320 --> 00:23:05,639 Speaker 1: find out they can't handle it right, So let them 421 00:23:05,680 --> 00:23:07,439 Speaker 1: get on their feet a little bit, one step at 422 00:23:07,440 --> 00:23:08,639 Speaker 1: a time, and then give them a chance to get 423 00:23:08,680 --> 00:23:11,359 Speaker 1: in the NFL and make their way and develop on 424 00:23:11,440 --> 00:23:13,199 Speaker 1: that side of their life as well as they do 425 00:23:13,240 --> 00:23:15,480 Speaker 1: on the football side. It'd be interesting to see where 426 00:23:15,480 --> 00:23:18,439 Speaker 1: that goes. As they talk, and this would be a 427 00:23:18,520 --> 00:23:22,159 Speaker 1: post pandemic return. The CFL is full speed ahead with 428 00:23:22,160 --> 00:23:25,480 Speaker 1: their plans for a twenty twenty one season. These exploratory 429 00:23:25,520 --> 00:23:28,560 Speaker 1: talk sound as though they're dealing with the twenty twenty 430 00:23:28,560 --> 00:23:31,840 Speaker 1: two season, because that's when the XFL is scheduled to 431 00:23:32,040 --> 00:23:35,000 Speaker 1: return to action, and we wonder if there will be 432 00:23:35,040 --> 00:23:38,120 Speaker 1: some kind of partnership struck with the CFL between now 433 00:23:38,640 --> 00:23:43,560 Speaker 1: and then that whole scenario. The cool conversation we just 434 00:23:43,680 --> 00:23:47,320 Speaker 1: had is all about Dollar signs. Well he can who 435 00:23:47,359 --> 00:23:50,800 Speaker 1: can either stop from losing or break even or get 436 00:23:50,960 --> 00:23:53,800 Speaker 1: or get The CFL is looking to become profitable. A 437 00:23:53,840 --> 00:23:57,919 Speaker 1: novel concept. Yeah, that's why they're talking today. Before the 438 00:23:57,920 --> 00:24:00,080 Speaker 1: pandemic though, I know this, they were thinking about a 439 00:24:00,160 --> 00:24:02,800 Speaker 1: next another team, a tenth team to make it even 440 00:24:02,800 --> 00:24:04,240 Speaker 1: on the east of the Western and they were gonna 441 00:24:04,240 --> 00:24:07,160 Speaker 1: put it up a Nova Scotia. Oh I like that, right, 442 00:24:07,359 --> 00:24:11,560 Speaker 1: Nova Scotia. Yeah, that's how they say. So they weren't, 443 00:24:11,600 --> 00:24:16,840 Speaker 1: for whatever financial burdens they do bear in that league. 444 00:24:18,520 --> 00:24:20,400 Speaker 1: They were they were getting bigger, they weren't getting smaller. 445 00:24:20,400 --> 00:24:22,240 Speaker 1: It'd be very interesting to see where that goes. As 446 00:24:22,240 --> 00:24:25,720 Speaker 1: we mentioned, the firm salary cap number for twenty twenty 447 00:24:25,720 --> 00:24:28,640 Speaker 1: one was announced today to all thirty two teams, one 448 00:24:28,720 --> 00:24:30,760 Speaker 1: hundred and eighty two and a half million. In addition 449 00:24:30,800 --> 00:24:36,159 Speaker 1: to that, the thirty two teams also got the league 450 00:24:36,200 --> 00:24:41,600 Speaker 1: memo that reminded them about fifth year options. The deadline 451 00:24:41,640 --> 00:24:44,399 Speaker 1: still may third to exercise those. This is something that 452 00:24:44,440 --> 00:24:47,000 Speaker 1: the Bills are going to have to consider, certainly with 453 00:24:47,119 --> 00:24:51,199 Speaker 1: Josh Allen. If they determined that an extension based on 454 00:24:51,280 --> 00:24:54,359 Speaker 1: this CAB number is not really in the cards for 455 00:24:54,520 --> 00:24:57,359 Speaker 1: their franchise quarterback, that would obviously allow them to buy 456 00:24:57,400 --> 00:25:02,720 Speaker 1: some time. And the fifth year option figures are firmly 457 00:25:02,760 --> 00:25:08,040 Speaker 1: determined now as well, and for players from the twenty 458 00:25:08,080 --> 00:25:11,760 Speaker 1: eighteen draft in the first round who made at least 459 00:25:11,800 --> 00:25:14,399 Speaker 1: one Pro Bowl, and we're talking about getting named to 460 00:25:14,440 --> 00:25:16,119 Speaker 1: the Pro Bowl directly. You didn't get in as an 461 00:25:16,160 --> 00:25:19,159 Speaker 1: alternate or you know, you were a replacement player for 462 00:25:19,160 --> 00:25:21,840 Speaker 1: somebody who was hurt and couldn't play, you were named 463 00:25:21,880 --> 00:25:26,320 Speaker 1: to the starting team. Both Tremaine Edmonds and Josh Allen 464 00:25:26,400 --> 00:25:28,480 Speaker 1: have had that happen to them in their first three 465 00:25:28,560 --> 00:25:31,200 Speaker 1: years in the league, both of them being named directly 466 00:25:31,280 --> 00:25:34,560 Speaker 1: to the Pro Bowl this year in twenty twenty. So 467 00:25:34,640 --> 00:25:38,679 Speaker 1: what that means is those two guys will be paid 468 00:25:39,520 --> 00:25:42,880 Speaker 1: if a fifty year option is chosen to be exercised 469 00:25:42,920 --> 00:25:47,800 Speaker 1: by the Bills. Josh Allen would essentially be paid twenty 470 00:25:47,840 --> 00:25:51,439 Speaker 1: three million dollars in twenty twenty two, and Tremaine Edmonds 471 00:25:51,480 --> 00:25:55,199 Speaker 1: would be paid twelve point seven million dollars in twenty 472 00:25:55,240 --> 00:25:58,560 Speaker 1: twenty two. So those are the figures that are out 473 00:25:58,600 --> 00:26:02,000 Speaker 1: there for those players at their respective positions. And we 474 00:26:02,119 --> 00:26:04,800 Speaker 1: heard Brandon Bean say a couple of weeks ago on 475 00:26:04,840 --> 00:26:09,640 Speaker 1: the Chris Collinsworth podcast that they would look at the 476 00:26:09,680 --> 00:26:13,000 Speaker 1: option of an extension and see how feasible it is. 477 00:26:13,320 --> 00:26:18,520 Speaker 1: With Josh Allen, but he said some of the extenuating 478 00:26:18,560 --> 00:26:23,639 Speaker 1: circumstances surrounding that decision will deal with will there be 479 00:26:23,720 --> 00:26:26,119 Speaker 1: fans in the stands in the fall, will there be 480 00:26:26,200 --> 00:26:30,320 Speaker 1: gate revenue coming into the team, and stuff like that. 481 00:26:30,359 --> 00:26:34,800 Speaker 1: Those are hard and fast factors that will impact whether 482 00:26:35,720 --> 00:26:40,600 Speaker 1: executing a contract extension now for Josh Allen is feasible. 483 00:26:40,600 --> 00:26:43,160 Speaker 1: And he said if that picture is not clear by 484 00:26:43,200 --> 00:26:45,520 Speaker 1: early May, then they would have to turn to the 485 00:26:45,560 --> 00:26:48,919 Speaker 1: fifth year option and execute that to buy more time 486 00:26:49,680 --> 00:26:52,880 Speaker 1: before turning to an extension for Josh. As we've said 487 00:26:52,880 --> 00:26:55,119 Speaker 1: on the show yesterday, it's not a matter of if 488 00:26:55,200 --> 00:26:58,000 Speaker 1: it's when they give Josh Allen the extension, but this 489 00:26:58,040 --> 00:27:02,680 Speaker 1: pandemic is still impacting that decision even now, and they've 490 00:27:02,680 --> 00:27:06,680 Speaker 1: probably had conversations, even surface conversations about Okay, when do 491 00:27:07,119 --> 00:27:08,959 Speaker 1: you want to start talking about that? And Josh has 492 00:27:09,000 --> 00:27:12,040 Speaker 1: said giving them his wishes about, you know, when he 493 00:27:12,080 --> 00:27:13,919 Speaker 1: wants to get it done or when he wants to 494 00:27:13,960 --> 00:27:16,560 Speaker 1: talk about it, Like you say, listen, I don't want 495 00:27:16,560 --> 00:27:18,080 Speaker 1: to think about this if we get to training camp 496 00:27:18,119 --> 00:27:21,080 Speaker 1: and we're still talking about it. If we can't make 497 00:27:21,119 --> 00:27:25,520 Speaker 1: significant headway before training camp, let's just put it on 498 00:27:25,560 --> 00:27:28,480 Speaker 1: pause until January fifth year option and right or until 499 00:27:28,520 --> 00:27:31,240 Speaker 1: February after the super Bowl, and then we'll go from there. 500 00:27:31,280 --> 00:27:34,600 Speaker 1: And that's you know, yeah, that makes sense. I mean, 501 00:27:34,600 --> 00:27:38,479 Speaker 1: you can all we've all seen that, so seen players 502 00:27:38,520 --> 00:27:39,680 Speaker 1: do that. So you just don't want to talk. You 503 00:27:39,680 --> 00:27:41,800 Speaker 1: don't want to have that hanging particularly at a position 504 00:27:41,800 --> 00:27:43,920 Speaker 1: like quarterback where you're getting into you get a work, 505 00:27:43,960 --> 00:27:47,800 Speaker 1: you show up at five or six am, you leave 506 00:27:47,840 --> 00:27:50,639 Speaker 1: at six or seven at night, and you do that 507 00:27:50,680 --> 00:27:52,240 Speaker 1: every day, and you don't want to have this hanging 508 00:27:52,280 --> 00:27:55,480 Speaker 1: over you. As well. I was trying to get ready 509 00:27:55,520 --> 00:27:59,160 Speaker 1: to play the New England Patriots. So yeah. And there 510 00:27:59,280 --> 00:28:03,320 Speaker 1: was also with all of the salary cap adjustments and 511 00:28:03,440 --> 00:28:06,959 Speaker 1: monies and carry over for the Bills. Even though the 512 00:28:07,040 --> 00:28:09,439 Speaker 1: league number is one eighty two point five for the 513 00:28:09,440 --> 00:28:14,360 Speaker 1: salary cap, Buffalo has about five point eight seven million 514 00:28:14,440 --> 00:28:19,720 Speaker 1: dollars in adjustments and carry over to make their real 515 00:28:19,840 --> 00:28:23,480 Speaker 1: cap number one eighty eight and change. So their number 516 00:28:23,480 --> 00:28:25,679 Speaker 1: that they are working with is a little bit higher 517 00:28:26,160 --> 00:28:28,560 Speaker 1: than the league number of one eighty two five because 518 00:28:28,560 --> 00:28:30,040 Speaker 1: of carry over. And there are other teams that have 519 00:28:30,119 --> 00:28:32,080 Speaker 1: even more than that. Yeah, and it's the kind of 520 00:28:32,160 --> 00:28:34,560 Speaker 1: kind of break. It's only if the Bills are one 521 00:28:34,640 --> 00:28:37,080 Speaker 1: eighty eight. The salary cap this last year was one 522 00:28:37,240 --> 00:28:43,360 Speaker 1: ninety eight, so it's like a five percent drop, So 523 00:28:43,520 --> 00:28:49,040 Speaker 1: that's not as crushing as it could have been, but 524 00:28:49,280 --> 00:28:52,800 Speaker 1: still when you thought it was going to be to twelve, 525 00:28:54,160 --> 00:28:57,080 Speaker 1: that hurts. That hurts a little bit, and that's that's 526 00:28:57,080 --> 00:28:58,800 Speaker 1: where they're adding. Of course, if you see the you 527 00:28:58,840 --> 00:29:01,560 Speaker 1: know the Bills at one eighty six, Dolphins at one 528 00:29:01,800 --> 00:29:05,160 Speaker 1: ninety seven, Patriots at two o two, and the Jets 529 00:29:05,160 --> 00:29:07,440 Speaker 1: at two o nine, that's their functional cap with what 530 00:29:07,480 --> 00:29:10,520 Speaker 1: they're rolling over into this year. Yeah, so some teams 531 00:29:10,520 --> 00:29:15,760 Speaker 1: will obviously have even more flexibility based on those adjustments. 532 00:29:15,760 --> 00:29:20,440 Speaker 1: Some notable players not franchised with the tag before the 533 00:29:20,520 --> 00:29:24,720 Speaker 1: deadline yesterday at four pm, among them Lions wide receiver 534 00:29:25,200 --> 00:29:28,040 Speaker 1: Kenny Golladay, and the reports are already out that the 535 00:29:28,080 --> 00:29:30,560 Speaker 1: Miami Dolphins are going to be very interested in him. 536 00:29:31,200 --> 00:29:35,640 Speaker 1: Really good player marred by injuries last season, only appeared 537 00:29:35,640 --> 00:29:38,920 Speaker 1: in five games, so is hoping to have a bounce 538 00:29:38,960 --> 00:29:42,880 Speaker 1: back season undoubtedly this year. And there were a host 539 00:29:42,920 --> 00:29:45,960 Speaker 1: of other players besides him who did not get tagged 540 00:29:46,280 --> 00:29:49,880 Speaker 1: because of these cap constraints that we've been talking about. 541 00:29:50,200 --> 00:29:52,560 Speaker 1: But what we want to address with you on the 542 00:29:52,560 --> 00:29:56,080 Speaker 1: Twitter poll today is now that the cap number is 543 00:29:56,120 --> 00:30:01,120 Speaker 1: set four twenty twenty one, what the Bills approach b 544 00:30:01,720 --> 00:30:05,360 Speaker 1: here as they enter free agency choices? For you, a 545 00:30:05,400 --> 00:30:10,480 Speaker 1: bargain hunt only b create cap space and go all in. 546 00:30:10,600 --> 00:30:13,200 Speaker 1: You got to the AFC title game, try to make 547 00:30:13,240 --> 00:30:16,280 Speaker 1: it happen, take it one step further, or see be 548 00:30:16,440 --> 00:30:20,560 Speaker 1: flexible to strike if something presents itself. And it's an 549 00:30:20,560 --> 00:30:24,880 Speaker 1: interesting voting return here early on Steve, because far and 550 00:30:24,960 --> 00:30:27,680 Speaker 1: away the overwhelming choice on the part of Bills fans 551 00:30:27,760 --> 00:30:30,640 Speaker 1: is be flexible to strike if something presents itself. You 552 00:30:30,720 --> 00:30:34,120 Speaker 1: have to wonder if that is kind of coming coming 553 00:30:34,160 --> 00:30:37,200 Speaker 1: on the heels of the JJ Watt pursuit. I think 554 00:30:37,400 --> 00:30:39,840 Speaker 1: I think Bills fans were kind of intrigued and saying, oh, well, 555 00:30:39,880 --> 00:30:41,400 Speaker 1: you know, we're gonna get a lot of people cut 556 00:30:41,400 --> 00:30:44,240 Speaker 1: here between now and next Wednesday. I'm surprised a little 557 00:30:44,240 --> 00:30:48,200 Speaker 1: bit because I think you look at those at the 558 00:30:48,240 --> 00:30:52,360 Speaker 1: second and third option of response, ninety three percent of 559 00:30:52,360 --> 00:30:56,400 Speaker 1: the responses are you gotta do something? You got a 560 00:30:56,400 --> 00:30:58,920 Speaker 1: third of Bills fans saying go all in. Yeah, go 561 00:30:58,960 --> 00:31:01,440 Speaker 1: all a third on a year where they got like 562 00:31:01,480 --> 00:31:05,240 Speaker 1: no caps. I get it. Cutever, you gotta cut, bring 563 00:31:05,440 --> 00:31:11,360 Speaker 1: bring brother people in. Exactly, I'm not. We're the Bills 564 00:31:12,000 --> 00:31:15,040 Speaker 1: are a team that since the and this is hard 565 00:31:15,040 --> 00:31:16,560 Speaker 1: to say, but it's really true. You got to think 566 00:31:16,560 --> 00:31:18,320 Speaker 1: about it, really true. With all the free agents they had, 567 00:31:18,320 --> 00:31:21,120 Speaker 1: particular on the offensive line, and Matt Milano and sprinkling 568 00:31:21,240 --> 00:31:23,560 Speaker 1: like Levi Wallace and all the other guys Trent Murphy's 569 00:31:23,560 --> 00:31:25,960 Speaker 1: and all the guys that are now become free agents. 570 00:31:27,520 --> 00:31:29,880 Speaker 1: I think you have to sit there and painfully admit 571 00:31:30,080 --> 00:31:32,600 Speaker 1: the Bills, since they were in the AFC Championship game, 572 00:31:32,640 --> 00:31:34,960 Speaker 1: taking a big step back from what their roster looks 573 00:31:35,000 --> 00:31:37,960 Speaker 1: like right this minute. They gotta get back to the 574 00:31:38,000 --> 00:31:40,760 Speaker 1: point where they feel good about everybody on their roster, 575 00:31:41,760 --> 00:31:43,760 Speaker 1: and certainly free agency is a way to do that. 576 00:31:43,800 --> 00:31:46,480 Speaker 1: But they gotta They've got a lot of work to do. 577 00:31:46,920 --> 00:31:49,320 Speaker 1: The Bills have, and other teams have as well, and 578 00:31:49,400 --> 00:31:51,240 Speaker 1: certainly the Saints and all these teams with no cap 579 00:31:51,280 --> 00:31:53,480 Speaker 1: space and they're trying to get under the cap. All 580 00:31:53,520 --> 00:31:56,240 Speaker 1: these teams are tearing it down right now. The Bills too. 581 00:31:56,920 --> 00:31:59,040 Speaker 1: You know, you don't have. You don't have John Feliciano 582 00:31:59,080 --> 00:32:01,240 Speaker 1: on your roster. You don't have Daryl Williams on your roster. 583 00:32:01,840 --> 00:32:04,640 Speaker 1: Buttker's not on your roster. Leave I Wallace isn't on 584 00:32:04,680 --> 00:32:07,680 Speaker 1: your roster, Matt Milano is not on your roster. All 585 00:32:07,720 --> 00:32:12,240 Speaker 1: those guys are gone. And Tyler Croft's not on your roster. 586 00:32:13,600 --> 00:32:19,280 Speaker 1: All those guys are gone, TJ Yelden, Taiwan Jones, you 587 00:32:19,280 --> 00:32:23,400 Speaker 1: got down the list. You you're not the same football 588 00:32:23,440 --> 00:32:26,840 Speaker 1: team now. You're a shadow of what you were a 589 00:32:26,920 --> 00:32:32,240 Speaker 1: month and a half ago, two months ago. So don't 590 00:32:32,280 --> 00:32:34,760 Speaker 1: think like you've got some magic elicks are out there 591 00:32:34,840 --> 00:32:36,240 Speaker 1: that's gonna be like, hey, we get this guy and 592 00:32:36,320 --> 00:32:40,880 Speaker 1: this guy you could. You're down seventeen guys, yeah, seventeen 593 00:32:40,880 --> 00:32:44,640 Speaker 1: and they're all really good dudes, really good players. Some 594 00:32:44,760 --> 00:32:49,920 Speaker 1: of them are like cornerstones for your success to this point. 595 00:32:50,640 --> 00:32:54,080 Speaker 1: So don't be don't get caught up in this free 596 00:32:54,080 --> 00:32:55,800 Speaker 1: agency thing where it's like, hey, you know, we make 597 00:32:55,880 --> 00:32:57,760 Speaker 1: this guy and this guy, we're gonna be pretty good. Now. 598 00:32:58,400 --> 00:33:01,880 Speaker 1: We stink right now, I don't know about We got 599 00:33:01,880 --> 00:33:06,480 Speaker 1: a franchise quarterback and really good wide outs and a 600 00:33:06,480 --> 00:33:12,680 Speaker 1: good second that ain't enough, right, So this stuff about, hey, 601 00:33:12,760 --> 00:33:14,840 Speaker 1: let's go all we got a long way to go 602 00:33:14,880 --> 00:33:16,280 Speaker 1: before we can get to the point where it's like, 603 00:33:16,320 --> 00:33:17,960 Speaker 1: you know, one or two moves, like if we get 604 00:33:17,960 --> 00:33:20,719 Speaker 1: a spot here, we're pretty good. We're way away from that. 605 00:33:20,960 --> 00:33:23,240 Speaker 1: Steve basically is saying, forget about going all in, we 606 00:33:23,240 --> 00:33:28,280 Speaker 1: gotta get back here. Yeah, alright, that thought. We gotta 607 00:33:28,320 --> 00:33:30,680 Speaker 1: take a break here. But eight oh three oh five 608 00:33:30,800 --> 00:33:33,400 Speaker 1: fifty one eight eight five fifty two five fifty to 609 00:33:33,520 --> 00:33:35,360 Speaker 1: get on board with us. Now that the CAB numbers 610 00:33:35,360 --> 00:33:38,200 Speaker 1: set for twenty twenty one, what should the Bills approach 611 00:33:38,280 --> 00:33:41,200 Speaker 1: be this offseason? Let us know. Got an open line 612 00:33:41,200 --> 00:33:44,360 Speaker 1: for you there, or file your comments on the tweet 613 00:33:44,360 --> 00:33:46,240 Speaker 1: sheet at one Bills Live. Back in a moment here 614 00:33:46,520 --> 00:34:01,360 Speaker 1: we'll see in a second. Welcome back to One Bill's 615 00:34:01,400 --> 00:34:05,600 Speaker 1: Live Chris Brown stage cast with you here on a 616 00:34:05,800 --> 00:34:09,920 Speaker 1: Wednesday when the salary cap has finally been determined one 617 00:34:10,000 --> 00:34:12,880 Speaker 1: hundred and eighty two and a half million dollars. Also, 618 00:34:12,920 --> 00:34:15,680 Speaker 1: want to remind you third hour of the show, we 619 00:34:15,719 --> 00:34:20,800 Speaker 1: will have one Brad Ganyo, national NFL writer for Bleacher 620 00:34:20,840 --> 00:34:23,960 Speaker 1: Report on so we'll be talking to him about some 621 00:34:24,000 --> 00:34:27,560 Speaker 1: of the winners and losers post franchise tag deadline in 622 00:34:27,680 --> 00:34:30,160 Speaker 1: terms of players, because there were some who weren't tagged 623 00:34:30,200 --> 00:34:32,799 Speaker 1: who are pretty happy right now, and there were others 624 00:34:32,840 --> 00:34:36,480 Speaker 1: who were tagged Alan Robinson who aren't very happy about 625 00:34:36,520 --> 00:34:39,359 Speaker 1: that right now. So we'll get into that with him, 626 00:34:40,040 --> 00:34:42,600 Speaker 1: along with some pass rushers that'll be out on the market. 627 00:34:42,600 --> 00:34:46,560 Speaker 1: And he had also had to write up about why 628 00:34:46,600 --> 00:34:49,200 Speaker 1: the Jets and the number two pick is the biggest 629 00:34:49,239 --> 00:34:51,600 Speaker 1: question in the draft. There are many who are speculating 630 00:34:51,640 --> 00:34:54,959 Speaker 1: that if the Jets choose to move forward with Sam 631 00:34:55,000 --> 00:34:57,160 Speaker 1: Darnold as their quarterback, that they may trade out of 632 00:34:57,200 --> 00:34:59,080 Speaker 1: that number two spot. I don't think they're gonna drop 633 00:34:59,160 --> 00:35:01,799 Speaker 1: very far, but maybe down to four or five or 634 00:35:01,840 --> 00:35:04,680 Speaker 1: somewhere in there, knowing that people will be willing to 635 00:35:04,680 --> 00:35:08,560 Speaker 1: play a king's ransom for that second pick to take 636 00:35:08,600 --> 00:35:12,280 Speaker 1: a quarterback. So be very interesting to get his thoughts 637 00:35:12,320 --> 00:35:15,560 Speaker 1: on that. There's a couple of quarterbacks out there obviously 638 00:35:17,560 --> 00:35:20,160 Speaker 1: got a chance to be pretty good. Trevor Lawrence. Of 639 00:35:20,200 --> 00:35:25,239 Speaker 1: course he's not the only one. I and you can 640 00:35:25,480 --> 00:35:28,360 Speaker 1: you know, there's Mac Jones from Alabama, There's a Lance 641 00:35:28,440 --> 00:35:31,640 Speaker 1: a kid from as An, Oregon, Trey Lance, North Dakota, 642 00:35:31,800 --> 00:35:34,520 Speaker 1: North Dakota State. Yeah, Trey Lance. There's some guys out 643 00:35:34,520 --> 00:35:38,160 Speaker 1: there that you know. Of course, at this time of year, 644 00:35:38,400 --> 00:35:41,239 Speaker 1: it's like everybody's it's like twenty eighteen for everybody. I 645 00:35:41,320 --> 00:35:44,160 Speaker 1: don't think it's gonna be Baker Mayfield, Josh Allen, Sam Arnold, 646 00:35:44,560 --> 00:35:49,680 Speaker 1: Lamar Jackson, you know they But yeah, what would you 647 00:35:49,800 --> 00:35:52,879 Speaker 1: all right say this? Put yourself back in two eighteen? 648 00:35:52,920 --> 00:35:55,600 Speaker 1: What would you give for the number two overall pick 649 00:35:55,640 --> 00:36:00,400 Speaker 1: and a chance to get a guy? Uh? I mean 650 00:36:00,440 --> 00:36:02,719 Speaker 1: that's hard to say, Like, what does my team look like? Like? 651 00:36:02,800 --> 00:36:04,520 Speaker 1: You know what I mean? Think about the Bills in 652 00:36:04,520 --> 00:36:08,160 Speaker 1: twenty eighteen, you have Tyrod or a team? Like a 653 00:36:08,200 --> 00:36:16,800 Speaker 1: team like who are we talking about? Denver? Yeah, Detroit 654 00:36:16,960 --> 00:36:19,920 Speaker 1: even Yeah, if I'm if I'm not in Chicago, if 655 00:36:19,920 --> 00:36:21,960 Speaker 1: I'm not in the top ten, like if I'm drafting 656 00:36:22,040 --> 00:36:25,239 Speaker 1: twelfth or Carolina fifteenth or something, I'm gonna have to 657 00:36:25,239 --> 00:36:28,279 Speaker 1: give up my one, probably a one next year. I 658 00:36:28,520 --> 00:36:31,680 Speaker 1: don't know about you, but I think the demand for 659 00:36:31,800 --> 00:36:35,440 Speaker 1: quarterbacks is so great this year we are going to 660 00:36:35,440 --> 00:36:38,120 Speaker 1: see prices paid to move up in the draft like 661 00:36:38,239 --> 00:36:41,759 Speaker 1: we have never seen before. I don't know, think about 662 00:36:41,880 --> 00:36:44,160 Speaker 1: ever seen before, or think about the herschel Walker trade 663 00:36:45,280 --> 00:36:50,040 Speaker 1: Jimmy and a gross and a gross miscalculation of value. Right, 664 00:36:50,280 --> 00:36:52,759 Speaker 1: and what about and what about the what about the 665 00:36:52,840 --> 00:36:56,919 Speaker 1: draft with Mike Ditka trading his entire draft? Yeah yeah, 666 00:36:56,960 --> 00:36:59,759 Speaker 1: again not the sharpest knife in the drawer when it 667 00:36:59,800 --> 00:37:05,000 Speaker 1: comes to draft value. Um so yes, But you know, 668 00:37:05,080 --> 00:37:07,120 Speaker 1: you look at what Brandon Bean did a couple of 669 00:37:07,160 --> 00:37:09,839 Speaker 1: years ago to get up to seven. I mean they 670 00:37:09,840 --> 00:37:13,400 Speaker 1: were at twenty two, moved up to twelve with the 671 00:37:13,560 --> 00:37:17,560 Speaker 1: Quarty Glenn trade with Cincinnati, and then moved up again, 672 00:37:18,360 --> 00:37:20,640 Speaker 1: but did not give up his one the next year 673 00:37:20,760 --> 00:37:23,040 Speaker 1: to get up to seven because they still had their 674 00:37:23,040 --> 00:37:29,359 Speaker 1: first round pick in twenty nineteen. So um yeah, I 675 00:37:30,000 --> 00:37:34,719 Speaker 1: because they took out Oliver. So here's the deal. I 676 00:37:34,719 --> 00:37:36,640 Speaker 1: think I think the premium is going to be higher 677 00:37:36,680 --> 00:37:41,480 Speaker 1: this year. Chicago. Not only would you have to flip, 678 00:37:43,280 --> 00:37:48,680 Speaker 1: you'd have to flip uh ones? Right, Yeah, whatever you are, 679 00:37:48,760 --> 00:37:51,200 Speaker 1: here's Chicago, and I think they're drafting. What are they drafting? 680 00:37:52,360 --> 00:37:55,040 Speaker 1: I don't even know anyway, So you got you got, 681 00:37:55,840 --> 00:37:59,680 Speaker 1: you got Chicago drafting at some point down the line 682 00:38:00,320 --> 00:38:02,239 Speaker 1: to go up and get the Jets number one pick. 683 00:38:02,320 --> 00:38:04,640 Speaker 1: Wouldn't you throw in a guy like Khalil Mack or 684 00:38:04,680 --> 00:38:09,279 Speaker 1: something like that? Well, yeah, I mean take a one, 685 00:38:09,360 --> 00:38:11,880 Speaker 1: take our one? Would that be enough? A one this 686 00:38:12,000 --> 00:38:15,120 Speaker 1: year's one, you flip with him and then you give 687 00:38:15,160 --> 00:38:19,640 Speaker 1: him Khalil Mack as well, or maybe and a two 688 00:38:20,120 --> 00:38:24,200 Speaker 1: next year's two. You think that wud get it. I'm 689 00:38:24,239 --> 00:38:26,320 Speaker 1: looking at this and I don't hold on a second, 690 00:38:26,360 --> 00:38:28,359 Speaker 1: I don't. I don't know if that's gonna work. I mean, 691 00:38:28,400 --> 00:38:32,399 Speaker 1: mac is still they're drafting twentieth. So get up from 692 00:38:32,400 --> 00:38:35,439 Speaker 1: pick twenty, Khalil Mack a one and what else? A two? 693 00:38:35,480 --> 00:38:39,600 Speaker 1: Next year two? Make it a one and we'll talk 694 00:38:40,000 --> 00:38:47,879 Speaker 1: two ones and Khalil Mack yep for the two pick. Yeah, 695 00:38:47,880 --> 00:38:49,120 Speaker 1: I don't know. It's a lot. I don't know if 696 00:38:49,120 --> 00:38:51,800 Speaker 1: it's a last. But you're a twenty, but you are 697 00:38:51,800 --> 00:38:54,560 Speaker 1: not at twelve, but you're getting you're a twenty. And 698 00:38:54,640 --> 00:38:56,759 Speaker 1: this is a year where this is a year where 699 00:38:56,760 --> 00:38:59,160 Speaker 1: a lot of people are saying there are only about 700 00:38:59,239 --> 00:39:02,360 Speaker 1: twenty four play years in this draft with first round grades, 701 00:39:02,640 --> 00:39:07,160 Speaker 1: and I think that, combined with the uncertainty associated with 702 00:39:07,360 --> 00:39:09,680 Speaker 1: all of these prospects, more than ever before due to 703 00:39:09,760 --> 00:39:12,319 Speaker 1: lack of exposure and you know what I mean, Like 704 00:39:12,360 --> 00:39:15,480 Speaker 1: there's you get down around twenty, it's like, oh jeez, 705 00:39:15,520 --> 00:39:18,480 Speaker 1: like we're even gonna see somebody we want to take there, 706 00:39:18,480 --> 00:39:20,520 Speaker 1: we're gonna have to move back again, Like what are we? 707 00:39:21,040 --> 00:39:23,799 Speaker 1: I don't know. I don't know. I just think I 708 00:39:23,880 --> 00:39:28,080 Speaker 1: think because of that uncertainty, the cost of acquiring a 709 00:39:28,160 --> 00:39:30,719 Speaker 1: top five pick is going to be even more exorbitant 710 00:39:30,719 --> 00:39:33,120 Speaker 1: than we've seen in recent years, just to try to 711 00:39:33,120 --> 00:39:36,560 Speaker 1: get because the opportunity to get what's perceived to be 712 00:39:37,160 --> 00:39:40,319 Speaker 1: the sure thing I think is going to cost more 713 00:39:40,400 --> 00:39:42,520 Speaker 1: this year than maybe any other year because of the 714 00:39:42,560 --> 00:39:47,520 Speaker 1: difficulties with the scouting processes due to the pandemic. Yeah, 715 00:39:47,560 --> 00:39:49,880 Speaker 1: not to mention the stop start nature of the college season, 716 00:39:49,880 --> 00:39:53,279 Speaker 1: compromising evaluations on tape, Like you have a team like 717 00:39:53,400 --> 00:39:56,120 Speaker 1: Michigan who stopped and started their season what three times? 718 00:39:57,719 --> 00:40:00,239 Speaker 1: Like you got a guy you like, but man, he's 719 00:40:00,239 --> 00:40:02,080 Speaker 1: not really looking good on tape this year, But then 720 00:40:02,080 --> 00:40:04,000 Speaker 1: you're trying to factor in, well, he was off three 721 00:40:04,080 --> 00:40:05,680 Speaker 1: weeks and now he's playing a game. And then he 722 00:40:05,719 --> 00:40:07,600 Speaker 1: was off two weeks. Now he's playing a game. I 723 00:40:07,600 --> 00:40:09,560 Speaker 1: don't know if that's fair. How do we evaluate that? 724 00:40:09,600 --> 00:40:11,520 Speaker 1: How do we compare that to his twenty nineteen tape? 725 00:40:11,520 --> 00:40:13,640 Speaker 1: Did he get any better? Is the pandemic the only 726 00:40:13,640 --> 00:40:16,440 Speaker 1: reason he looks so bad? Like you could tie yourself 727 00:40:16,440 --> 00:40:19,680 Speaker 1: in knots? Yes, you could. I mean I'm not gonna 728 00:40:19,680 --> 00:40:21,879 Speaker 1: do that. Yeah, it's not good. It's not good at all. 729 00:40:21,960 --> 00:40:24,640 Speaker 1: I kind of feel for the scouting world this year 730 00:40:26,120 --> 00:40:29,560 Speaker 1: because their job got infinitely more difficult in what was 731 00:40:29,600 --> 00:40:36,040 Speaker 1: already in inexact science. So, yeah, I think top five 732 00:40:36,360 --> 00:40:42,279 Speaker 1: draft choices are gonna be platinum forget about gold. Yeah, 733 00:40:42,320 --> 00:40:44,239 Speaker 1: I think they're gonna cost a lot more this year. 734 00:40:45,040 --> 00:40:48,400 Speaker 1: I could be wrong, but that's just my inkling based 735 00:40:48,440 --> 00:40:52,600 Speaker 1: on there's some teams that yeah, and you're right, you 736 00:40:52,960 --> 00:40:57,120 Speaker 1: look around. I think that there's a bigger We've always 737 00:40:57,160 --> 00:41:01,240 Speaker 1: thought quarterbacks were really important, right, but in years past 738 00:41:01,360 --> 00:41:04,960 Speaker 1: and decades past, it's it's right here, sitting in this 739 00:41:05,040 --> 00:41:07,480 Speaker 1: chair this morning. It feels like in those decades past, 740 00:41:07,520 --> 00:41:09,640 Speaker 1: there was a lot of teams that didn't have that guy. Right. 741 00:41:09,920 --> 00:41:11,160 Speaker 1: It seemed like there were a lot of teams that 742 00:41:11,160 --> 00:41:12,840 Speaker 1: were like, oh gosh, we need to upgrade there, But 743 00:41:12,920 --> 00:41:14,560 Speaker 1: what are we gonna there's none out there. There's nobody 744 00:41:14,560 --> 00:41:18,439 Speaker 1: out there now. It's like if you if you work 745 00:41:18,480 --> 00:41:20,520 Speaker 1: your offense right and get the right coaching staff, you 746 00:41:20,560 --> 00:41:25,719 Speaker 1: can you can win with anybody right, not anybody, but 747 00:41:25,880 --> 00:41:29,160 Speaker 1: the position can be. You can you can formulate an 748 00:41:29,160 --> 00:41:32,840 Speaker 1: offense where you can get a guy good enough, you know, 749 00:41:32,960 --> 00:41:35,000 Speaker 1: plus the guys that are out there available who have 750 00:41:35,080 --> 00:41:38,080 Speaker 1: shown some flashes or who have who are still like 751 00:41:38,080 --> 00:41:42,719 Speaker 1: a Sam Darnold Um. And I think so now. I 752 00:41:42,760 --> 00:41:46,600 Speaker 1: think as as important as we thought quarterbacks were in 753 00:41:46,640 --> 00:41:49,279 Speaker 1: the past, there was a lot of teams that were like, yeah, 754 00:41:49,320 --> 00:41:50,799 Speaker 1: but we can win if we do this and this 755 00:41:50,880 --> 00:41:53,640 Speaker 1: and this. We got to Now, if you don't have 756 00:41:53,719 --> 00:41:57,319 Speaker 1: one of those guys, you're like one of a handful, right. 757 00:41:59,120 --> 00:42:02,040 Speaker 1: I mean, there's a lot of teams who think, nah, no, 758 00:42:02,280 --> 00:42:04,840 Speaker 1: I you know, we got Ryan Tannehill and we got this. 759 00:42:04,960 --> 00:42:06,920 Speaker 1: We're we're kind of making it okay if we can 760 00:42:07,080 --> 00:42:09,680 Speaker 1: you know, stay here and stay there and keep ourselves 761 00:42:09,760 --> 00:42:12,359 Speaker 1: good in these spots. We're pretty good. We're tough to beat. 762 00:42:13,840 --> 00:42:17,719 Speaker 1: But you get a team like Chicago and Denver and 763 00:42:17,800 --> 00:42:19,719 Speaker 1: Carolina and they're like, going, man, we get it. We 764 00:42:19,760 --> 00:42:22,360 Speaker 1: got to do something. We gotta do something now, Chicago. 765 00:42:23,360 --> 00:42:26,200 Speaker 1: They've been banging on that drum for three or four years. 766 00:42:28,280 --> 00:42:30,920 Speaker 1: So I think it's almost like, if you don't forget it, 767 00:42:31,280 --> 00:42:34,280 Speaker 1: we can't win unless we get at least this guy. 768 00:42:35,880 --> 00:42:38,839 Speaker 1: I don't. I think it's actually gotta have accentuated. Even 769 00:42:38,880 --> 00:42:43,440 Speaker 1: more so, even though there's more guys out there, gotta 770 00:42:43,480 --> 00:42:47,920 Speaker 1: have I don't know that's um. We have to take 771 00:42:47,960 --> 00:42:49,879 Speaker 1: a break, but when we come back, we will get 772 00:42:49,920 --> 00:42:52,960 Speaker 1: to your thoughts on the tweet sheet and your comments 773 00:42:53,040 --> 00:42:55,040 Speaker 1: on the phone lines. Eight oh three oh five fifty 774 00:42:55,080 --> 00:42:58,200 Speaker 1: one eighty to eighty five fifty two five fifty. What 775 00:42:59,120 --> 00:43:01,799 Speaker 1: should be the bill approached this offseason? Now that the 776 00:43:01,880 --> 00:43:05,000 Speaker 1: cap number has been established at one hundred eighty two 777 00:43:05,000 --> 00:43:08,960 Speaker 1: point five mild million, they're gonna bargain hunt, create cap space, 778 00:43:09,000 --> 00:43:11,640 Speaker 1: and go all in or be flexible to strike if 779 00:43:11,680 --> 00:43:14,799 Speaker 1: something presents itself. Eight oh three oh five fifty open 780 00:43:14,840 --> 00:43:16,560 Speaker 1: line for you. There. We're back in a moment here 781 00:43:16,560 --> 00:43:18,520 Speaker 1: on one Bills Live, presented by Collot of Health. It's 782 00:43:18,520 --> 00:43:34,759 Speaker 1: Buffalo Bills Radio. Welcome back to one Bills Live. Chris Brown, 783 00:43:34,840 --> 00:43:38,720 Speaker 1: Steve Tasker with you here on this salary cap figure 784 00:43:38,880 --> 00:43:43,320 Speaker 1: established Wednesday, one eighty two point five million is the number, 785 00:43:44,000 --> 00:43:48,640 Speaker 1: and we have, you know, an adjusted cap for the 786 00:43:48,680 --> 00:43:50,960 Speaker 1: Bills that's slightly higher than that. It's one eighty eight 787 00:43:50,960 --> 00:43:52,960 Speaker 1: and change, so a little bit more wiggle room for 788 00:43:53,000 --> 00:43:59,080 Speaker 1: them with rollovers and adjustments. So still in all, there's 789 00:43:59,080 --> 00:44:01,759 Speaker 1: probably gonna be some tough decisions that have to be made, 790 00:44:01,760 --> 00:44:04,799 Speaker 1: as Brandon being said in late January, if they want 791 00:44:04,800 --> 00:44:08,000 Speaker 1: to at least fill in all the spots on their roster. 792 00:44:08,080 --> 00:44:10,760 Speaker 1: As Steve mentioned in the first segment of the show, 793 00:44:11,440 --> 00:44:14,839 Speaker 1: got seventeen guys right now that aren't under contract, and 794 00:44:14,960 --> 00:44:17,000 Speaker 1: you also have a draft class you have to sign, 795 00:44:17,360 --> 00:44:20,080 Speaker 1: which usually this year should average somewhere between eight and 796 00:44:20,120 --> 00:44:23,480 Speaker 1: ten million. Bills have seven picks in the draft, no 797 00:44:23,680 --> 00:44:28,399 Speaker 1: fourth rounder. This year, they have two fives. So we'll 798 00:44:28,440 --> 00:44:32,520 Speaker 1: just have to see the decisions that they decide to 799 00:44:32,600 --> 00:44:35,759 Speaker 1: make going forward, knowing that they don't even have the 800 00:44:35,840 --> 00:44:38,680 Speaker 1: eight to ten million in cap space right now to 801 00:44:38,719 --> 00:44:41,360 Speaker 1: sign their draft class, let alone any free agent that 802 00:44:41,440 --> 00:44:45,080 Speaker 1: might be of interest to them. So this is where 803 00:44:45,960 --> 00:44:49,719 Speaker 1: the rubber meets the road for all intents and purposes 804 00:44:49,960 --> 00:44:52,400 Speaker 1: for the Bills and a lot of other teams. Quite frankly, 805 00:44:53,000 --> 00:44:55,600 Speaker 1: so with that in mind, that's why we're asking you 806 00:44:56,200 --> 00:44:58,880 Speaker 1: with our Twitter poll today, now that the CAB number 807 00:44:58,960 --> 00:45:01,440 Speaker 1: is set for twenty twenty one, what should the Bills 808 00:45:01,480 --> 00:45:07,920 Speaker 1: approach be this offseason? Bargain hunt only create cap space 809 00:45:07,960 --> 00:45:10,960 Speaker 1: and go all in or be flexible to strike if 810 00:45:11,040 --> 00:45:15,479 Speaker 1: something presents itself, some player gets cut that you aren't 811 00:45:15,480 --> 00:45:18,160 Speaker 1: anticipating but would be a perfect fit for your roster. 812 00:45:18,440 --> 00:45:20,880 Speaker 1: Do you want to leave yourself in the flexible financial 813 00:45:20,920 --> 00:45:23,840 Speaker 1: position to compete for that player's services. That is the 814 00:45:23,880 --> 00:45:26,960 Speaker 1: overwhelming choice right now on the part of Bills fans, 815 00:45:26,960 --> 00:45:29,600 Speaker 1: to the tune of just over sixty one percent, almost 816 00:45:29,600 --> 00:45:32,839 Speaker 1: a third of you, though, believe in creating the cap 817 00:45:32,880 --> 00:45:35,840 Speaker 1: space necessary to go all in and take a Tampa 818 00:45:35,880 --> 00:45:39,480 Speaker 1: Bay type approach to the twenty twenty one season. Steve 819 00:45:39,800 --> 00:45:41,640 Speaker 1: is not an agreement with that one. Yeah, you can't. 820 00:45:41,760 --> 00:45:45,120 Speaker 1: You can't get there. You really can't get there. To 821 00:45:45,160 --> 00:45:51,280 Speaker 1: do that, you're down a ton of guys that contributed 822 00:45:51,320 --> 00:45:54,520 Speaker 1: to the roster at seventeen guys that contributed last year 823 00:45:54,560 --> 00:45:58,520 Speaker 1: to the route to a really good roster, and you've 824 00:45:58,520 --> 00:46:01,680 Speaker 1: got to replace those guys to get back to where 825 00:46:01,680 --> 00:46:03,600 Speaker 1: you were two and a half months ago or two 826 00:46:03,600 --> 00:46:06,880 Speaker 1: months ago, you got a I mean, Bills have a 827 00:46:06,920 --> 00:46:09,719 Speaker 1: long way to go before they get back to the 828 00:46:09,840 --> 00:46:16,239 Speaker 1: roster that they had, uh yeah, at the end of 829 00:46:16,239 --> 00:46:21,800 Speaker 1: the season in the AFC Championship. So I don't know, 830 00:46:22,880 --> 00:46:24,759 Speaker 1: You're just I feel like you just looked at this 831 00:46:24,840 --> 00:46:31,759 Speaker 1: list in totality and suddenly became forlorn. Well are you okay? Okay, 832 00:46:32,360 --> 00:46:34,560 Speaker 1: I'm here for you. I'm just I'm just pointing out 833 00:46:34,560 --> 00:46:37,680 Speaker 1: that people think, oh, listen, if we get Y and Z, 834 00:46:37,920 --> 00:46:39,400 Speaker 1: we're going to the super Bow. If we get an 835 00:46:39,480 --> 00:46:41,759 Speaker 1: edge rusher, we're great. Well that's great. We have three 836 00:46:41,760 --> 00:46:47,239 Speaker 1: offensive linemen three three yeah, three starters, yeah, three, and 837 00:46:47,280 --> 00:46:50,560 Speaker 1: one of them is coming off major, major injury, right, Cody, 838 00:46:50,600 --> 00:46:52,640 Speaker 1: So you got too healthy offensive linemen in front of 839 00:46:52,719 --> 00:46:55,200 Speaker 1: Josh Allen. How what are you gonna do? You think 840 00:46:55,200 --> 00:46:57,200 Speaker 1: you're gonna run the ball? You can get Derrick Henry 841 00:46:57,239 --> 00:46:59,879 Speaker 1: in here, and you still aren't gonna run the ball 842 00:47:00,000 --> 00:47:08,200 Speaker 1: behind that with two guys lined up. So this window, 843 00:47:08,280 --> 00:47:10,960 Speaker 1: this window is gonna the window that you're everybody's talking 844 00:47:10,960 --> 00:47:12,760 Speaker 1: about it. You gotta strike while you know you committed 845 00:47:12,800 --> 00:47:15,040 Speaker 1: the ABC Championship game, your window is gonna close. Now, 846 00:47:15,640 --> 00:47:19,239 Speaker 1: this window doesn't close. You keep the window open by 847 00:47:19,280 --> 00:47:21,480 Speaker 1: doing smart things with your money in the offseason. You 848 00:47:21,480 --> 00:47:24,560 Speaker 1: don't care what your team's gonna look like on opening day, 849 00:47:24,560 --> 00:47:26,959 Speaker 1: as long as you've got enough guys who are playing 850 00:47:26,960 --> 00:47:29,239 Speaker 1: at a high enough level. You may not be able 851 00:47:29,239 --> 00:47:32,480 Speaker 1: to throw the ball for four thousand yards next year, 852 00:47:32,520 --> 00:47:35,080 Speaker 1: but you may run it for two. You know that 853 00:47:35,160 --> 00:47:37,400 Speaker 1: may be. You can't get caught up in having the 854 00:47:37,440 --> 00:47:40,840 Speaker 1: exact same guys going again and then add one extra 855 00:47:40,880 --> 00:47:42,680 Speaker 1: player to it. That's not the way it works anymore. 856 00:47:43,280 --> 00:47:46,880 Speaker 1: You go out, you look what you've got on your roster. 857 00:47:47,080 --> 00:47:49,240 Speaker 1: You look where you've got to replace, where you can upgrade. 858 00:47:49,640 --> 00:47:51,560 Speaker 1: How do you spend your money as wisely as you 859 00:47:51,600 --> 00:47:54,040 Speaker 1: possibly can. Get some guys in the door, See what 860 00:47:54,120 --> 00:47:57,120 Speaker 1: you've got, Formulate a team, Build an offense around your 861 00:47:57,120 --> 00:47:59,680 Speaker 1: skill guy or whatever guys you've got on your offense, 862 00:48:00,239 --> 00:48:02,520 Speaker 1: Building defense around the guys you've got on defense that 863 00:48:02,560 --> 00:48:05,200 Speaker 1: can play, and see what you look like, and then 864 00:48:05,320 --> 00:48:07,040 Speaker 1: your coaching staff gets them to play as well as 865 00:48:07,040 --> 00:48:10,120 Speaker 1: they can on game day, and boom, you're back at it. 866 00:48:10,120 --> 00:48:13,680 Speaker 1: It's not gonna that team's dead. It's gone you got 867 00:48:13,719 --> 00:48:15,719 Speaker 1: a couple of marquee guys that are coming back. You 868 00:48:15,719 --> 00:48:19,719 Speaker 1: got Josh Tremaine, Tradevius Dion, you got Mitch Morris coming back. 869 00:48:20,120 --> 00:48:22,080 Speaker 1: You know he did what he could to help all 870 00:48:22,080 --> 00:48:24,719 Speaker 1: these guys poor year and hide. Yeah, he got those 871 00:48:24,719 --> 00:48:28,879 Speaker 1: guys coming back. Seventeen guys who were a big part 872 00:48:28,880 --> 00:48:33,160 Speaker 1: of Isaam McKenzie's one of them gone until you sign 873 00:48:33,280 --> 00:48:37,359 Speaker 1: him back. He's gone. Feliciano gone, Darryl Williams gone, your 874 00:48:37,400 --> 00:48:43,080 Speaker 1: top return man gone, your Pro Bowl return man gone. Yeah, Eric, 875 00:48:43,200 --> 00:48:49,319 Speaker 1: Darryl Williams gone. So you can't just think and they 876 00:48:49,360 --> 00:48:52,000 Speaker 1: and you've got two million bucks in cap right now, 877 00:48:52,719 --> 00:48:57,480 Speaker 1: two so you know this, go all in and go 878 00:48:57,640 --> 00:49:02,719 Speaker 1: for it. To me, it's crazy talk. Uh well, let's 879 00:49:02,800 --> 00:49:05,880 Speaker 1: let's see. Let's see. Let's see how crazy people are 880 00:49:05,880 --> 00:49:07,799 Speaker 1: on the tweet sheet quickly. Here brought to you by 881 00:49:07,880 --> 00:49:10,480 Speaker 1: Corrigan Moving Systems, the official equipment moving company of the 882 00:49:10,480 --> 00:49:12,959 Speaker 1: Buffalo Bills. Greg leads us off today and he says, 883 00:49:13,040 --> 00:49:17,040 Speaker 1: got to clear space by cutting let Milano and Williams Walks. 884 00:49:17,120 --> 00:49:20,719 Speaker 1: Sign a young edge player like laws In from Cincinnati, 885 00:49:21,160 --> 00:49:25,399 Speaker 1: signed veteran tight end like Jared Cook, maybe another mid 886 00:49:25,520 --> 00:49:28,640 Speaker 1: range free agent and draft O alignment linebacker and a 887 00:49:28,680 --> 00:49:33,160 Speaker 1: speedy wide receiver. So while I don't necessarily agree with 888 00:49:33,200 --> 00:49:35,960 Speaker 1: all the moves Greg wants to make, I do agree 889 00:49:35,960 --> 00:49:37,960 Speaker 1: with him that if you want to clear that much 890 00:49:38,040 --> 00:49:40,919 Speaker 1: cap space, you're gonna have to lop some people off 891 00:49:40,920 --> 00:49:45,800 Speaker 1: this roster. Unfortunately. Yeah, that's in addition to the nineteen 892 00:49:45,840 --> 00:49:49,960 Speaker 1: players they don't have this year right now that they did. Yeah. Um, 893 00:49:49,960 --> 00:49:53,000 Speaker 1: it's just a it's a function by subtraction. I mean, yeah, 894 00:49:53,000 --> 00:49:54,759 Speaker 1: I mean you have to get You're gonna have to 895 00:49:54,760 --> 00:49:57,160 Speaker 1: get rid of, you know, some guys that are still 896 00:49:57,160 --> 00:50:00,279 Speaker 1: on the team, you know, people under contract. People point 897 00:50:00,280 --> 00:50:02,680 Speaker 1: to the three offensive the three defensive lineman they signed 898 00:50:02,760 --> 00:50:06,520 Speaker 1: last year in Quinton Jefferson, Vernon Butler, Mario Addison. You 899 00:50:06,600 --> 00:50:09,120 Speaker 1: lost Trent Murphy. That gave you some cap relief, seven 900 00:50:09,120 --> 00:50:11,160 Speaker 1: and a half million bucks worth of it, you know, 901 00:50:11,200 --> 00:50:14,719 Speaker 1: So I'll have his contracts up. He's different, his contracts up. 902 00:50:14,800 --> 00:50:16,680 Speaker 1: And you know, people have pointed the finger at John 903 00:50:16,719 --> 00:50:18,920 Speaker 1: Brown because he's kind of making and they were seven 904 00:50:18,960 --> 00:50:21,279 Speaker 1: and one in stretch where he wasn't there. But man, 905 00:50:21,320 --> 00:50:24,160 Speaker 1: we love John Brown. That guy was a difference maker 906 00:50:24,200 --> 00:50:29,000 Speaker 1: for this club for the years he was here. So yeah, 907 00:50:29,040 --> 00:50:30,880 Speaker 1: there's a lot of tough decisions that come down and 908 00:50:31,239 --> 00:50:35,840 Speaker 1: it and it comes down to absolutely brass tacks. It's money, period. 909 00:50:36,000 --> 00:50:37,759 Speaker 1: It's not what you think about the guy. It's not 910 00:50:37,800 --> 00:50:39,319 Speaker 1: how much you love him or how much he played, 911 00:50:39,560 --> 00:50:42,360 Speaker 1: you know, how much he helped you. You're just in 912 00:50:42,400 --> 00:50:45,680 Speaker 1: a tough spot financing. The Saints are cutting Emmanuel Sanders today. 913 00:50:45,760 --> 00:50:48,080 Speaker 1: I mean it's just goes across the board. I mean 914 00:50:48,120 --> 00:50:51,799 Speaker 1: they wouldn't cut him under normal circumstances. They just wouldn't cut. 915 00:50:51,920 --> 00:50:54,759 Speaker 1: They're cutting Quad Alexander and right, and it's like a 916 00:50:54,840 --> 00:50:56,880 Speaker 1: pro Bowl level line. But that's why you think, you know, 917 00:50:56,920 --> 00:50:58,880 Speaker 1: you look at our Twitter poll and you think, okay, 918 00:50:58,880 --> 00:51:02,239 Speaker 1: well what what you know? What are the what are 919 00:51:02,280 --> 00:51:04,000 Speaker 1: the what's the question? You know? I mean, what are 920 00:51:04,040 --> 00:51:06,360 Speaker 1: you gonna do? What's your thing? You bargain hunt? You 921 00:51:06,360 --> 00:51:09,160 Speaker 1: just get what you can afford, or do you be 922 00:51:09,239 --> 00:51:12,239 Speaker 1: flexible and maybe try and create some space somehow some 923 00:51:12,280 --> 00:51:14,279 Speaker 1: way restructure a bunch of guys and all this is 924 00:51:14,320 --> 00:51:17,000 Speaker 1: probably going on behind the scene, we don't know. So 925 00:51:17,040 --> 00:51:19,120 Speaker 1: you kind of sitting like and then you got to 926 00:51:19,160 --> 00:51:25,320 Speaker 1: decide this, how deep do you cut. Well, yeah, because 927 00:51:25,320 --> 00:51:28,480 Speaker 1: you already have, as you mentioned, fourteen unrestricted and three 928 00:51:28,520 --> 00:51:31,560 Speaker 1: restricted free agents. I mean, that's more than a third 929 00:51:31,600 --> 00:51:34,640 Speaker 1: of your roster already, and you lost nineteen guys you 930 00:51:34,680 --> 00:51:37,239 Speaker 1: know all told some of them you know, we're guys 931 00:51:37,239 --> 00:51:40,239 Speaker 1: that didn't get to play much. I mean, but still, yeah, 932 00:51:40,320 --> 00:51:43,160 Speaker 1: it's like Brandon being said, it's gonna be a lot 933 00:51:43,200 --> 00:51:45,080 Speaker 1: of tough decisions. And like one of our guests said 934 00:51:45,160 --> 00:51:49,240 Speaker 1: last week, gms are going to earn their money offseason 935 00:51:49,680 --> 00:51:52,520 Speaker 1: a big, big way, not only because of the cuts 936 00:51:52,520 --> 00:51:55,239 Speaker 1: they have to make now with the cap, but with 937 00:51:55,360 --> 00:51:59,400 Speaker 1: the compromise scouting process, with the pandemic and the interrupted 938 00:51:59,440 --> 00:52:03,640 Speaker 1: college see and it makes the evaluations maybe less sure 939 00:52:03,680 --> 00:52:06,560 Speaker 1: fire than they usually are. So you're really taking a 940 00:52:06,640 --> 00:52:09,040 Speaker 1: swing at a lot of these draft prospects. It's gonna 941 00:52:09,080 --> 00:52:11,759 Speaker 1: be tough. Like Brandon Bean and Jim overdoor from the 942 00:52:11,760 --> 00:52:13,640 Speaker 1: guys in the book at One Bill's Drive, they are 943 00:52:13,800 --> 00:52:17,319 Speaker 1: they've got safety goggles on with big hammers and they're 944 00:52:17,320 --> 00:52:19,480 Speaker 1: trying to break rocks right now because they it is 945 00:52:19,920 --> 00:52:22,640 Speaker 1: hard labor. I do not envy that it is hard labor. 946 00:52:22,880 --> 00:52:25,080 Speaker 1: Break time for us when we come back more on 947 00:52:25,120 --> 00:52:27,000 Speaker 1: this and more of your comments on the tweet sheet 948 00:52:27,040 --> 00:52:30,160 Speaker 1: about the Bills foray into free agency and what their 949 00:52:30,160 --> 00:52:32,440 Speaker 1: approach should look like now that the cap number is 950 00:52:32,440 --> 00:52:35,879 Speaker 1: out there at one eighty two and a half. Back 951 00:52:35,920 --> 00:52:38,279 Speaker 1: with more here on one Bill's Live presented by Kalata Health. 952 00:52:38,320 --> 00:52:57,279 Speaker 1: It's Buffalo Bill's Radio at a Steve Taster who has 953 00:52:57,320 --> 00:52:59,640 Speaker 1: been all over the fields. Kind of unique. He was 954 00:52:59,680 --> 00:53:05,480 Speaker 1: kind of a dual role players for Steve a blimp. 955 00:53:06,320 --> 00:53:12,480 Speaker 1: We're not even in the stragedyre of normalcy here. Well, 956 00:53:12,480 --> 00:53:16,319 Speaker 1: welcome to our number two of one Bills Live here 957 00:53:16,360 --> 00:53:22,240 Speaker 1: on this Wednesday, as we are navigating our way towards 958 00:53:22,760 --> 00:53:26,399 Speaker 1: the opening of free agency the end of the league year, 959 00:53:27,040 --> 00:53:32,720 Speaker 1: and we are we're faced with a situation here where 960 00:53:32,800 --> 00:53:35,600 Speaker 1: the Bills have to choose a course of action in 961 00:53:35,719 --> 00:53:37,360 Speaker 1: terms of what kind of players they're going to be 962 00:53:37,440 --> 00:53:40,879 Speaker 1: in free agency. Brandon Bean said in his season ending 963 00:53:40,920 --> 00:53:46,680 Speaker 1: press conference that they are not. They're gonna tell everybody 964 00:53:46,680 --> 00:53:48,879 Speaker 1: don't expect big splashes, and when you look at their 965 00:53:48,880 --> 00:53:52,840 Speaker 1: cap situation, you understand why. And when you've also factor 966 00:53:52,920 --> 00:53:55,520 Speaker 1: in the reality that you need about eight to ten 967 00:53:55,560 --> 00:53:57,840 Speaker 1: million dollars just to sign your draft class if you 968 00:53:57,920 --> 00:54:01,280 Speaker 1: have about seven picks and the Bills, do you understand 969 00:54:01,320 --> 00:54:03,360 Speaker 1: that there are going to be some hard decisions coming 970 00:54:03,440 --> 00:54:05,920 Speaker 1: up in the very near future for the Bills and 971 00:54:06,040 --> 00:54:09,000 Speaker 1: for a lot of other teams in the league. Eight 972 00:54:09,000 --> 00:54:11,200 Speaker 1: O three oh five fifty to get on board with 973 00:54:11,320 --> 00:54:13,560 Speaker 1: us as we are asking you what that Bill's approach 974 00:54:13,560 --> 00:54:16,400 Speaker 1: should be in free agency, whether you think they should 975 00:54:16,400 --> 00:54:19,759 Speaker 1: just be bargain hunters, or create some cap space and 976 00:54:19,800 --> 00:54:22,239 Speaker 1: go all in to try to scoop up whatever you 977 00:54:22,280 --> 00:54:25,759 Speaker 1: think you need to be a Super Bowl contender, or 978 00:54:25,920 --> 00:54:30,440 Speaker 1: be flexible leave yourself in a flexible cap position to 979 00:54:30,520 --> 00:54:34,279 Speaker 1: strike if the right kind of player is released out 980 00:54:34,320 --> 00:54:37,120 Speaker 1: into the market, with some of these other teams doing 981 00:54:37,160 --> 00:54:39,800 Speaker 1: just that, the Saints being the most recent example, expected 982 00:54:39,840 --> 00:54:43,839 Speaker 1: to release wide receiver Emmanuel Sanders as well as linebacker 983 00:54:44,239 --> 00:54:48,600 Speaker 1: Kwon Alexander eight O three five fifty one fifty two 984 00:54:48,680 --> 00:54:50,680 Speaker 1: five fifty. If you want to let us know what 985 00:54:50,800 --> 00:54:52,919 Speaker 1: approach you feel the Bills should take. We go back 986 00:54:52,960 --> 00:54:56,120 Speaker 1: to the tweet sheet though, and Jeremy says, knowing Josh 987 00:54:56,160 --> 00:54:58,319 Speaker 1: and Tremaine are still on their rookie deals, I think 988 00:54:58,360 --> 00:55:02,000 Speaker 1: we should go all in. I love the luck of 989 00:55:02,040 --> 00:55:05,520 Speaker 1: the future, but we've got we've gotten so close the 990 00:55:05,600 --> 00:55:08,480 Speaker 1: luck of the future, but we've gotten so close. Oh 991 00:55:08,520 --> 00:55:10,960 Speaker 1: I love the look of the future, but we've got 992 00:55:11,000 --> 00:55:13,040 Speaker 1: so close, gotten so close and seemed to be a 993 00:55:13,080 --> 00:55:16,160 Speaker 1: couple of key components away from striking gold. So I think, 994 00:55:16,200 --> 00:55:17,960 Speaker 1: do what it takes and go all in. Just do 995 00:55:18,040 --> 00:55:20,879 Speaker 1: it on short term deals. Well, the Bills have been 996 00:55:21,400 --> 00:55:23,759 Speaker 1: proponents of the one year deal, Steve for a number 997 00:55:23,800 --> 00:55:28,480 Speaker 1: of reasons. One, it keeps you from getting locked up 998 00:55:28,520 --> 00:55:33,120 Speaker 1: in bonus money, which, although you can amortize it, your 999 00:55:33,160 --> 00:55:36,520 Speaker 1: cash out in terms of base salary is pretty palatable, 1000 00:55:36,600 --> 00:55:42,160 Speaker 1: and you're not buried under long term deals, limiting your flexibility. 1001 00:55:42,880 --> 00:55:45,600 Speaker 1: The one year deal is done after a year, and 1002 00:55:45,640 --> 00:55:48,520 Speaker 1: then you go back to addressing it again. And you 1003 00:55:48,600 --> 00:55:50,680 Speaker 1: also get a guy that's motivated because he knows he's 1004 00:55:50,719 --> 00:55:52,480 Speaker 1: got to prove himself in that one year if he 1005 00:55:52,560 --> 00:55:55,439 Speaker 1: wants to get a good contract the next year. So 1006 00:55:55,840 --> 00:55:58,239 Speaker 1: there are benefits there to short term deals, and I 1007 00:55:58,239 --> 00:56:00,120 Speaker 1: would anticipate we're going to see even more of the 1008 00:56:00,200 --> 00:56:01,799 Speaker 1: when then we did last year, not just with the 1009 00:56:01,800 --> 00:56:04,320 Speaker 1: Bills but League. Why Yeah, at least short term deals. 1010 00:56:04,320 --> 00:56:06,160 Speaker 1: I was surprised and I said this yesterday. When Dak 1011 00:56:06,200 --> 00:56:09,759 Speaker 1: Prescott signed his deal, the real surprise to me was 1012 00:56:09,800 --> 00:56:11,960 Speaker 1: there was a four year deal and you saw Pat 1013 00:56:11,960 --> 00:56:13,880 Speaker 1: Mahomes do his deal as a big mega contray. He's 1014 00:56:13,880 --> 00:56:15,759 Speaker 1: getting forty five million dollars per year, but it's a 1015 00:56:15,840 --> 00:56:18,839 Speaker 1: ten year deal. Look at Dak Prescott, he's getting forty 1016 00:56:18,840 --> 00:56:22,040 Speaker 1: million a year for four years and an actuality has 1017 00:56:22,040 --> 00:56:26,680 Speaker 1: a chance, not really an outside chance, but if if 1018 00:56:26,760 --> 00:56:32,920 Speaker 1: his play merits it, he could make as much money 1019 00:56:33,160 --> 00:56:37,719 Speaker 1: as Pat Mahomes in his contract because he's going to 1020 00:56:37,760 --> 00:56:39,640 Speaker 1: get another kick at the cannon, a cap that's gonna 1021 00:56:39,680 --> 00:56:43,399 Speaker 1: be skyrocketing year to year to year to year. So 1022 00:56:44,280 --> 00:56:47,640 Speaker 1: it's you know, when when Dak Prescott comes back, his 1023 00:56:48,040 --> 00:56:50,240 Speaker 1: deal might go from forty million a year to fifty 1024 00:56:50,960 --> 00:56:55,880 Speaker 1: you know, depending on what the cap is. So that's 1025 00:56:56,080 --> 00:56:59,279 Speaker 1: another illustration of how things are changing so fast. I 1026 00:56:59,320 --> 00:57:02,200 Speaker 1: think it may be and Pat Mahomes may think about it. 1027 00:57:02,360 --> 00:57:04,960 Speaker 1: Pat Mahomes may get to a deal a point five 1028 00:57:05,040 --> 00:57:09,279 Speaker 1: years into his ten year, five hundred million dollar, five 1029 00:57:09,400 --> 00:57:12,279 Speaker 1: hundred million dollars deal. He may feel like, man, they 1030 00:57:12,280 --> 00:57:14,920 Speaker 1: took me to the cleaners. Yeah, think about that. The 1031 00:57:15,320 --> 00:57:19,640 Speaker 1: bills have just made an announcement they have officially released 1032 00:57:19,680 --> 00:57:24,840 Speaker 1: wide receiver John Brown and defensive lineman Quintin Jefferson. That 1033 00:57:24,960 --> 00:57:28,040 Speaker 1: was just announced by the Bills here at one twelve 1034 00:57:28,160 --> 00:57:32,080 Speaker 1: this afternoon. We saw John Brown carrying a large cap 1035 00:57:32,160 --> 00:57:34,520 Speaker 1: figure into this year, and we knew that that could 1036 00:57:34,520 --> 00:57:38,320 Speaker 1: have could be a potential risk. And we Steve just 1037 00:57:38,440 --> 00:57:44,320 Speaker 1: mentioned Quentin Jefferson as well. So Quintin Jefferson John Brown 1038 00:57:44,600 --> 00:57:49,439 Speaker 1: both released by the Bills today. So Bill's clearing up 1039 00:57:49,600 --> 00:57:53,200 Speaker 1: cap room. And you know, this is part of the 1040 00:57:53,240 --> 00:57:57,120 Speaker 1: tough decisions that we discussed just minutes ago here on 1041 00:57:57,160 --> 00:58:00,280 Speaker 1: the show. And there it is. John Brown had a 1042 00:58:00,280 --> 00:58:05,640 Speaker 1: cap figure of nine point five three million dollars and 1043 00:58:06,840 --> 00:58:09,400 Speaker 1: basically a deadcap figure if he was released of one 1044 00:58:09,440 --> 00:58:12,880 Speaker 1: point six so his total cap savings for the Bills 1045 00:58:12,920 --> 00:58:17,520 Speaker 1: seven point nine three million dollars. Quintin Jefferson had an 1046 00:58:17,520 --> 00:58:21,000 Speaker 1: eight million dollar cap figure and a deadcap figure of 1047 00:58:21,000 --> 00:58:23,720 Speaker 1: one and a half million, so he saves the Bills 1048 00:58:23,760 --> 00:58:26,680 Speaker 1: seven and a half million dollars on this year's cap. 1049 00:58:26,720 --> 00:58:31,280 Speaker 1: So those two players combined save fifteen point four three 1050 00:58:31,520 --> 00:58:35,360 Speaker 1: million dollars. Let us know how you feel about this decision, 1051 00:58:36,000 --> 00:58:39,040 Speaker 1: right now eight oh three oh five fifty one eight 1052 00:58:39,040 --> 00:58:42,400 Speaker 1: eight eight five fifty two five fifty John Brown Quentin 1053 00:58:42,480 --> 00:58:48,760 Speaker 1: Jefferson both released by the Bills today. Tough one for sure. 1054 00:58:49,320 --> 00:58:53,840 Speaker 1: I know a lot of people in this building had 1055 00:58:53,880 --> 00:58:56,440 Speaker 1: an affinity for John Brown, and I'll count myself among 1056 00:58:56,480 --> 00:59:01,360 Speaker 1: that group, just an ultimate teammate kind of guy. Jefferson 1057 00:59:01,440 --> 00:59:03,560 Speaker 1: was only here for a year and none of us 1058 00:59:03,560 --> 00:59:05,760 Speaker 1: really had an opportunity to get very close to him 1059 00:59:05,840 --> 00:59:08,200 Speaker 1: because of the pandemic. He had just arrived by a 1060 00:59:08,240 --> 00:59:10,680 Speaker 1: free agency. Technically, we were never in the same room 1061 00:59:10,680 --> 00:59:14,120 Speaker 1: with him. Yeah, usually that's not the case. I mean 1062 00:59:14,160 --> 00:59:15,760 Speaker 1: we're not we're not part of the team kind of 1063 00:59:15,800 --> 00:59:18,000 Speaker 1: where we just get these guys in here for interviews 1064 00:59:18,000 --> 00:59:20,600 Speaker 1: because we're happening to be handy. But this year, none 1065 00:59:20,640 --> 00:59:27,800 Speaker 1: of that was possible. Yeah, that okay, do you think 1066 00:59:27,800 --> 00:59:32,640 Speaker 1: that's it? Well, it's fifteen million. I mean that'll help 1067 00:59:33,160 --> 00:59:36,200 Speaker 1: the cap situation. That doesn't help your roster. That puts 1068 00:59:36,200 --> 00:59:38,560 Speaker 1: some seventeen million up now, you know, to their credit 1069 00:59:38,560 --> 00:59:40,200 Speaker 1: at the Bill And I know John Brown was nicked 1070 00:59:40,280 --> 00:59:41,960 Speaker 1: up and the Bills were very good this year. They 1071 00:59:42,000 --> 00:59:45,480 Speaker 1: had a dynamite season, won fifteen games, they went seven 1072 00:59:45,480 --> 00:59:47,600 Speaker 1: and one when John Brown was out of the lineup, 1073 00:59:47,960 --> 00:59:49,320 Speaker 1: so they lost one of the game. The game they 1074 00:59:49,360 --> 00:59:52,000 Speaker 1: lost I think was the last game they lost, was 1075 00:59:53,720 --> 00:59:58,480 Speaker 1: he went he got hurt in the Arizona game and 1076 00:59:58,480 --> 01:00:01,920 Speaker 1: then he was out for a while or he's struggling 1077 01:00:01,960 --> 01:00:03,840 Speaker 1: to say, yeah, he got hurt a little further in 1078 01:00:03,880 --> 01:00:06,160 Speaker 1: the in the Arizona again something like that. I know, Yeah, 1079 01:00:06,200 --> 01:00:08,320 Speaker 1: he aggravated it more, right, and that was what put 1080 01:00:08,400 --> 01:00:10,040 Speaker 1: him out for the night because he was dealing with 1081 01:00:10,080 --> 01:00:12,200 Speaker 1: a knee problem. And then he turned his ankle in 1082 01:00:12,240 --> 01:00:14,960 Speaker 1: that game, so he had an ankle enemy injury. And 1083 01:00:15,000 --> 01:00:16,240 Speaker 1: I don't know that he was ever the same the 1084 01:00:16,280 --> 01:00:18,200 Speaker 1: rest of the year. I don't think he was. But 1085 01:00:18,240 --> 01:00:20,520 Speaker 1: a great dude. I mean, we had him here in studio. 1086 01:00:20,600 --> 01:00:23,040 Speaker 1: I remember I was filling in on the show when 1087 01:00:23,040 --> 01:00:26,720 Speaker 1: he signed, and I was just joking with him that 1088 01:00:26,720 --> 01:00:29,520 Speaker 1: we're not related or anything and this and that. Um, 1089 01:00:30,200 --> 01:00:33,040 Speaker 1: just a good dude, man. I still remember Josh Allen, 1090 01:00:33,480 --> 01:00:36,080 Speaker 1: you know, he was talking about the first game on 1091 01:00:36,120 --> 01:00:39,200 Speaker 1: the field or second game on the field with John Brown. 1092 01:00:40,760 --> 01:00:46,160 Speaker 1: Twenty nineteen season, Week two against the Giants. Bills are 1093 01:00:46,200 --> 01:00:51,240 Speaker 1: winning twenty eight fourteen he's got him wide open. Um, 1094 01:00:52,600 --> 01:00:58,720 Speaker 1: it's got him wide open on a on a touchdown pass, 1095 01:00:58,840 --> 01:01:01,160 Speaker 1: and he misses him. And he comes to the sideline 1096 01:01:01,960 --> 01:01:07,439 Speaker 1: and he says, Josh is like beside himself. He goes 1097 01:01:07,520 --> 01:01:10,960 Speaker 1: up and apologizes to John Brown and basically says, oh, Man, Smoke, 1098 01:01:10,960 --> 01:01:12,560 Speaker 1: I'm sorry I missed John that that should have been 1099 01:01:12,600 --> 01:01:15,800 Speaker 1: a touchdown. That's on me. And Smoke looks at me 1100 01:01:15,760 --> 01:01:18,680 Speaker 1: and goes, Josh, look at the scoreboard. He's like, it's 1101 01:01:18,720 --> 01:01:20,640 Speaker 1: twenty fourteen. I don't care, man, as long as we 1102 01:01:20,640 --> 01:01:25,160 Speaker 1: went and from there on, you know, the relationship was 1103 01:01:25,200 --> 01:01:29,240 Speaker 1: forged between those two guys, and yeah, kind of unfortunate 1104 01:01:29,240 --> 01:01:34,120 Speaker 1: to see him go. Meanwhile, Ian Rappaport is reporting that 1105 01:01:34,760 --> 01:01:38,520 Speaker 1: defensive lineman Vernon Butler has decided to help the team 1106 01:01:38,560 --> 01:01:42,440 Speaker 1: and has agreed to a reduced deal. He sticks around 1107 01:01:42,560 --> 01:01:45,240 Speaker 1: in a similar move to the one we saw the 1108 01:01:45,280 --> 01:01:49,320 Speaker 1: other day with Mitch Morse. So these are the tough 1109 01:01:49,320 --> 01:01:51,440 Speaker 1: decisions and they're gonna come fast and furious, not just 1110 01:01:51,520 --> 01:01:53,440 Speaker 1: here in Buffalo, but across the league as well. But 1111 01:01:53,560 --> 01:01:56,240 Speaker 1: let us know how you feel. Quentin Jefferson, John Brown 1112 01:01:56,800 --> 01:01:59,120 Speaker 1: no longer on the roster, How does it strike you 1113 01:01:59,200 --> 01:02:01,760 Speaker 1: eight oh three five fifty one eight eight eight five 1114 01:02:01,880 --> 01:02:06,200 Speaker 1: fifty two five fifty. I know John Brown was a 1115 01:02:06,200 --> 01:02:08,280 Speaker 1: favorite of a lot of people, So be curious to 1116 01:02:08,360 --> 01:02:12,280 Speaker 1: see what you guys think or are you encouraged that 1117 01:02:12,320 --> 01:02:14,840 Speaker 1: the Bills are making these moves now to clear the 1118 01:02:14,840 --> 01:02:17,760 Speaker 1: cap space necessary to perhaps improve their roster in some 1119 01:02:17,800 --> 01:02:20,240 Speaker 1: way eight h three oh five fifty open line for 1120 01:02:20,280 --> 01:02:23,919 Speaker 1: you there one eight eight eight five fifty two five fifty. Steve, 1121 01:02:24,000 --> 01:02:26,520 Speaker 1: you were just talking about how they have fourteen unrestricted 1122 01:02:26,520 --> 01:02:29,120 Speaker 1: free agents, three restricted free agents to a total of 1123 01:02:29,160 --> 01:02:33,120 Speaker 1: seventeen players. Now they've got nineteen players no longer on 1124 01:02:33,120 --> 01:02:38,360 Speaker 1: this roster. How does that grab you? It's sobering because 1125 01:02:38,560 --> 01:02:44,280 Speaker 1: you think, okay, now they got capsa this is this 1126 01:02:44,360 --> 01:02:45,800 Speaker 1: is the heart you think about it. This is the 1127 01:02:45,840 --> 01:02:48,120 Speaker 1: hard part of the Sea McDermott Brandon being way of 1128 01:02:48,120 --> 01:02:51,840 Speaker 1: doing business, and certainly it's been exacerbated because they got 1129 01:02:51,840 --> 01:02:54,000 Speaker 1: this cap chopped out. Some of these moves would never 1130 01:02:54,000 --> 01:02:55,880 Speaker 1: have happened if the if the cap wouldn't have dropped 1131 01:02:55,880 --> 01:02:59,680 Speaker 1: thirty thirty million bucks, it just wouldn't have happened. So 1132 01:03:02,160 --> 01:03:05,080 Speaker 1: because of that, you got to say goodbye to guys 1133 01:03:05,080 --> 01:03:09,960 Speaker 1: like John Brown, Quentin or Quinton Jefferson and redo deals 1134 01:03:10,000 --> 01:03:12,560 Speaker 1: with Mitch Morris and not be able to sign your 1135 01:03:12,560 --> 01:03:16,640 Speaker 1: offensive lineman back. And but I think, you know, you 1136 01:03:16,720 --> 01:03:18,680 Speaker 1: forget this is kind of where you were a year 1137 01:03:18,680 --> 01:03:20,680 Speaker 1: ago in the off season two where they you know, 1138 01:03:20,680 --> 01:03:23,800 Speaker 1: they traded for Steph Diggs, but they also you know, 1139 01:03:24,000 --> 01:03:25,720 Speaker 1: they had some work to do it at other spots 1140 01:03:25,760 --> 01:03:28,000 Speaker 1: in their roster that, you know, to get better linebacker, 1141 01:03:28,120 --> 01:03:29,600 Speaker 1: that kind of thing. They thought, you know, we thought 1142 01:03:29,600 --> 01:03:31,120 Speaker 1: they were going to do that and they couldn't find 1143 01:03:31,120 --> 01:03:35,560 Speaker 1: a second corner. But you know, they got a man. 1144 01:03:35,600 --> 01:03:39,040 Speaker 1: Oh man, this coaching staff and Brandon being they're committed 1145 01:03:39,080 --> 01:03:43,200 Speaker 1: to rebuilding this team every single off season and this 1146 01:03:43,240 --> 01:03:45,520 Speaker 1: one they're being forced to tear it down a little 1147 01:03:45,560 --> 01:03:48,640 Speaker 1: further than they otherwise normally would have. That's pretty scary. 1148 01:03:48,680 --> 01:03:51,920 Speaker 1: The cap is forcing them to do heavier lifting, yeah, 1149 01:03:51,960 --> 01:03:57,760 Speaker 1: than they usually do. So that's tough, especially when you 1150 01:03:57,800 --> 01:04:01,320 Speaker 1: know you don't want to see tough decision affect good people. 1151 01:04:01,960 --> 01:04:04,080 Speaker 1: And John Brown's a good dude, and I'm sure Quentin 1152 01:04:04,120 --> 01:04:05,800 Speaker 1: Jefferson is. I'm not going to pretend to know him 1153 01:04:05,840 --> 01:04:08,880 Speaker 1: as well as we know John Brown but these are 1154 01:04:10,080 --> 01:04:12,640 Speaker 1: these are tough days, man. But when a cap takes 1155 01:04:12,640 --> 01:04:16,480 Speaker 1: an eight percent slide backwards instead of a ten percent 1156 01:04:16,560 --> 01:04:21,640 Speaker 1: jump forward, these are the tough decisions that unfortunately have 1157 01:04:21,720 --> 01:04:27,200 Speaker 1: to be undertaken here, and nobody likes them, but that's 1158 01:04:27,240 --> 01:04:37,960 Speaker 1: what we're dealing with here. So yeah, just tough, tough. Yeah, yeah, 1159 01:04:38,000 --> 01:04:41,840 Speaker 1: that's that's rough. And you know, so we knew that 1160 01:04:41,920 --> 01:04:45,640 Speaker 1: the Bills probably wouldn't have a problem getting under the cap. 1161 01:04:47,160 --> 01:04:49,040 Speaker 1: But the simple fact of the matter is they've got 1162 01:04:49,040 --> 01:04:50,760 Speaker 1: to have some rooms so they can fill out their roster, 1163 01:04:50,840 --> 01:04:52,400 Speaker 1: not only fill out their roster, but fill it out 1164 01:04:52,440 --> 01:04:55,560 Speaker 1: with players who can capably replace guys like these, you know, 1165 01:04:55,640 --> 01:04:59,040 Speaker 1: capably replace not you think about it, here's the guys 1166 01:04:59,080 --> 01:05:04,720 Speaker 1: they don't have, John Round, Quentin Jefferson, Matt Milano, John Feliciano, 1167 01:05:05,200 --> 01:05:12,040 Speaker 1: Darryl Williams, Andre Roberts, Levi Wallace. I mean, the list 1168 01:05:12,080 --> 01:05:15,800 Speaker 1: goes on and while you know, somebody might say, well, 1169 01:05:15,840 --> 01:05:18,280 Speaker 1: you know, it's it's tough that you lost John Brown, 1170 01:05:19,640 --> 01:05:21,880 Speaker 1: but there's plenty of other receivers in free agency. I 1171 01:05:21,920 --> 01:05:23,560 Speaker 1: don't know, if you go back to the free agency 1172 01:05:23,560 --> 01:05:25,840 Speaker 1: well to get another wide receiver, you have other things 1173 01:05:25,840 --> 01:05:28,400 Speaker 1: you have to address. First, you got offensive lineman you 1174 01:05:28,400 --> 01:05:30,280 Speaker 1: gotta replace, and you got to you gotta get better. 1175 01:05:30,320 --> 01:05:31,960 Speaker 1: You've got the draft coner. But here's the thing you 1176 01:05:31,960 --> 01:05:33,880 Speaker 1: don't want to do. And I've heard people, even some 1177 01:05:33,920 --> 01:05:36,160 Speaker 1: of our people from the tweet sheet have been tweeting 1178 01:05:36,160 --> 01:05:37,600 Speaker 1: at It's like, hey, do this, do this, and then 1179 01:05:37,840 --> 01:05:40,720 Speaker 1: fix this problem, fix this whole, like this offensive line thing, 1180 01:05:40,960 --> 01:05:42,400 Speaker 1: let's do that in the draft. Well, what are you 1181 01:05:42,400 --> 01:05:44,800 Speaker 1: gonna do if the guy you're you're got to pick 1182 01:05:44,840 --> 01:05:48,680 Speaker 1: an offensive lineman in the in the second round and 1183 01:05:48,840 --> 01:05:51,280 Speaker 1: the only thing left on the board is fourth round 1184 01:05:51,320 --> 01:05:55,520 Speaker 1: talent or fifth round talent or guys you don't really 1185 01:05:55,560 --> 01:05:57,920 Speaker 1: want any part of because they got first round talent 1186 01:05:58,320 --> 01:06:01,800 Speaker 1: but their train wrecks off the field. You don't want 1187 01:06:01,800 --> 01:06:05,080 Speaker 1: any part of those guys. So then you're stuck. You know, 1188 01:06:05,200 --> 01:06:09,320 Speaker 1: you can't go to the draft with positional emergencies. You've 1189 01:06:09,320 --> 01:06:12,000 Speaker 1: got to be ready to go to camp when you 1190 01:06:12,040 --> 01:06:15,240 Speaker 1: get to the draft, and then get better in the 1191 01:06:15,360 --> 01:06:19,280 Speaker 1: draft and get some depth and get some competition for 1192 01:06:19,640 --> 01:06:22,560 Speaker 1: guys who you think could play for you. And given 1193 01:06:22,560 --> 01:06:24,320 Speaker 1: a pension, you go to the draft thinking you could 1194 01:06:24,360 --> 01:06:26,520 Speaker 1: go to training camp with your roster and then you 1195 01:06:26,680 --> 01:06:29,000 Speaker 1: draft some guys that maybe there's one or two guys 1196 01:06:29,000 --> 01:06:31,360 Speaker 1: that you think, man, maybe better than the guys we've got, 1197 01:06:31,800 --> 01:06:33,400 Speaker 1: or at least you're going to compete with them. That's 1198 01:06:33,400 --> 01:06:36,040 Speaker 1: where you want to get. And you don't necessarily want 1199 01:06:36,080 --> 01:06:38,320 Speaker 1: you want to go to the draft not necessarily knowing 1200 01:06:38,560 --> 01:06:41,360 Speaker 1: which positions you're gonna draft, because you can pick anybody. 1201 01:06:41,640 --> 01:06:44,480 Speaker 1: That's the best case scenario. You don't go to the 1202 01:06:44,600 --> 01:06:46,760 Speaker 1: draft thinking, if we don't come out of here with 1203 01:06:46,800 --> 01:06:51,280 Speaker 1: an offensive tackle, we got nobody, because that offensive tackle 1204 01:06:51,360 --> 01:06:54,400 Speaker 1: may not be on the board when you pick. So 1205 01:06:55,760 --> 01:06:59,600 Speaker 1: they have got suited so much work to do. Oh 1206 01:06:59,640 --> 01:07:03,840 Speaker 1: my god, you know, I mean I I haven't had 1207 01:07:03,840 --> 01:07:06,800 Speaker 1: this much much angst in an offseason as long as 1208 01:07:06,840 --> 01:07:09,640 Speaker 1: I can remember, maybe since I was playing and it 1209 01:07:09,680 --> 01:07:11,440 Speaker 1: was me who was on the chopping. Well, the reason 1210 01:07:11,480 --> 01:07:14,680 Speaker 1: why is because this team's finally good and now they're 1211 01:07:14,680 --> 01:07:17,760 Speaker 1: just got something to lose. Yeah, and now you're getting 1212 01:07:17,760 --> 01:07:20,840 Speaker 1: slapped with this restrictive cap because of a gosh dang 1213 01:07:20,880 --> 01:07:23,760 Speaker 1: pandemic and that's going to upset the apple cart here 1214 01:07:23,840 --> 01:07:26,080 Speaker 1: and just when we get it together and at least 1215 01:07:26,080 --> 01:07:28,280 Speaker 1: you know, throw a speed bump in front of this 1216 01:07:29,680 --> 01:07:33,720 Speaker 1: organizational build which has gone so well, it's frustrating. Let's 1217 01:07:33,720 --> 01:07:35,760 Speaker 1: go to the phones eight oh three oh five fifty 1218 01:07:35,800 --> 01:07:38,360 Speaker 1: to see what you think. We go to Jeff and Buffalo. Jeff, 1219 01:07:38,400 --> 01:07:42,040 Speaker 1: what do you have for us? You're on one Bill's Live. Yes, sir, 1220 01:07:42,120 --> 01:07:45,920 Speaker 1: I was talking about, well, maybe tweaking that offense with 1221 01:07:46,400 --> 01:07:49,560 Speaker 1: all the tight end like John Smith from Tennessee and 1222 01:07:49,680 --> 01:07:51,680 Speaker 1: you know, cause Gig Davids an emergent and we know 1223 01:07:51,720 --> 01:07:56,760 Speaker 1: we still had that. I mean we're not really Duke 1224 01:07:56,920 --> 01:07:59,360 Speaker 1: was an emergence. I mean we're not really hurting by 1225 01:07:59,400 --> 01:08:01,600 Speaker 1: John Brown. We could get somebody to help compliment. I 1226 01:08:01,640 --> 01:08:06,640 Speaker 1: think all gosson Knox Neis is a compliment. Yeah, often 1227 01:08:08,200 --> 01:08:12,120 Speaker 1: because he's doing the one last thing on who's Raphael Addison? 1228 01:08:12,160 --> 01:08:15,440 Speaker 1: Merrit who over connected to with the Buffalo Bills? Because 1229 01:08:15,920 --> 01:08:19,639 Speaker 1: I've watched every game, every player. He ain't the guy 1230 01:08:19,640 --> 01:08:22,120 Speaker 1: who was at Carolina's five years ago. I'm talking about 1231 01:08:22,160 --> 01:08:28,479 Speaker 1: Mario Addison. You say Mario Addison there? Jeff, Yeah, yeah, sir, yeah, Um, 1232 01:08:28,760 --> 01:08:32,160 Speaker 1: I don't know it. Who knows, they may not, They 1233 01:08:32,200 --> 01:08:35,000 Speaker 1: may not be done yet, Jeff. But thanks for the call. 1234 01:08:35,160 --> 01:08:37,760 Speaker 1: He's he's looking for John who Smith. That's gonna cost 1235 01:08:37,800 --> 01:08:39,720 Speaker 1: you a pretty penny in free agency, a twenty six 1236 01:08:39,880 --> 01:08:42,160 Speaker 1: year old who's a fifty catch guy in a run 1237 01:08:42,200 --> 01:08:45,360 Speaker 1: first offense that scored eight touchdowns last year. Yeah, that's 1238 01:08:45,400 --> 01:08:49,519 Speaker 1: gonna cost you. They don't they don't need, they don't 1239 01:08:49,520 --> 01:08:52,840 Speaker 1: need to spend money on that. Right now. I'm telling 1240 01:08:52,840 --> 01:08:56,280 Speaker 1: you the line fixed first. They got what they're doing now. 1241 01:08:56,600 --> 01:09:01,400 Speaker 1: The job in front of Brandon Bean right now is 1242 01:09:01,439 --> 01:09:06,479 Speaker 1: about refurbishing and restoring your offensive line and your roster 1243 01:09:06,600 --> 01:09:10,840 Speaker 1: to a point where you could play. If you know, 1244 01:09:10,880 --> 01:09:12,759 Speaker 1: given the fact that these guys would learn the offense, 1245 01:09:12,840 --> 01:09:15,080 Speaker 1: learn the defense, learn their their jobs, you'd have enough 1246 01:09:15,120 --> 01:09:17,400 Speaker 1: guys to go out there and have starting quality players 1247 01:09:17,400 --> 01:09:21,040 Speaker 1: at every spot. That's where they aren't there yet. They're 1248 01:09:21,080 --> 01:09:23,200 Speaker 1: not there yet. They were in the AFC Championship Game 1249 01:09:23,280 --> 01:09:26,520 Speaker 1: a month ago or two month whenever it was. They 1250 01:09:26,640 --> 01:09:31,960 Speaker 1: could not even field a team right now. So they've 1251 01:09:32,000 --> 01:09:34,240 Speaker 1: got to get there first, and they've started doing that 1252 01:09:34,280 --> 01:09:35,880 Speaker 1: today as we just you know, we just found out 1253 01:09:35,960 --> 01:09:40,280 Speaker 1: John Brown and Quentin Jefferson have been released to free 1254 01:09:40,360 --> 01:09:43,080 Speaker 1: up captain. Now they've got some cap room, but man 1255 01:09:43,120 --> 01:09:47,040 Speaker 1: o man those you you lost a defensive lineman and 1256 01:09:47,120 --> 01:09:49,599 Speaker 1: a wide receiver and you can't even replace those guys 1257 01:09:49,640 --> 01:09:50,960 Speaker 1: at that spot. Yet you got to go to a 1258 01:09:50,960 --> 01:09:54,160 Speaker 1: different spot to replace, you know, to find players. So 1259 01:09:54,200 --> 01:09:56,200 Speaker 1: if those guys, if you think Quentin Jefferson and John 1260 01:09:56,200 --> 01:09:59,200 Speaker 1: Brown left a hole in your roster, you have been looking. 1261 01:09:59,280 --> 01:10:02,360 Speaker 1: Because the hole in roster is an offensive line, and 1262 01:10:03,360 --> 01:10:06,120 Speaker 1: with free agency about to drop, that's where the Buffalo 1263 01:10:06,120 --> 01:10:09,479 Speaker 1: Bills have got to go just to try and get 1264 01:10:09,479 --> 01:10:12,080 Speaker 1: back in the saddle. Let's go back to the phones 1265 01:10:12,160 --> 01:10:15,400 Speaker 1: and we go to Joe in West Seneca. Joe, what 1266 01:10:15,439 --> 01:10:19,719 Speaker 1: do you have for us? You're on one Bill's Live. Hey, guys, 1267 01:10:19,720 --> 01:10:24,280 Speaker 1: how are you doing? Good? Good? Good good? Hey? My 1268 01:10:24,439 --> 01:10:30,200 Speaker 1: question is what do we can sailory camp? And how 1269 01:10:30,200 --> 01:10:34,720 Speaker 1: are we going to fulfill these spaces that we just lost. Yeah, 1270 01:10:35,439 --> 01:10:40,080 Speaker 1: it's a valid question. It's you know, I think they've 1271 01:10:40,120 --> 01:10:42,880 Speaker 1: got to figure out how much room they feel they 1272 01:10:42,920 --> 01:10:45,280 Speaker 1: need to have to make the necessary moves they feel 1273 01:10:45,320 --> 01:10:47,680 Speaker 1: they need to make, at least in the first, you know, 1274 01:10:47,800 --> 01:10:49,840 Speaker 1: first two steps of the plan. But as Steve was 1275 01:10:49,880 --> 01:10:52,720 Speaker 1: a lot was alluding to, you got to fix your 1276 01:10:52,720 --> 01:10:55,680 Speaker 1: offensive line first. You got five of your nine offensive 1277 01:10:55,720 --> 01:10:58,960 Speaker 1: linemen from last year's roster who are no longer under contract. 1278 01:10:59,320 --> 01:11:02,200 Speaker 1: Your problem with not bringing all of them back, but 1279 01:11:02,280 --> 01:11:04,160 Speaker 1: the ones that you want to bring back, you better 1280 01:11:04,200 --> 01:11:06,120 Speaker 1: try to bring back now before they get to the 1281 01:11:06,120 --> 01:11:08,559 Speaker 1: free agent market. I think that's job number one for 1282 01:11:08,600 --> 01:11:12,679 Speaker 1: these guys, and that's probably where this newfound cap space 1283 01:11:12,760 --> 01:11:15,280 Speaker 1: is going to be devoted to to address that stuff. 1284 01:11:15,320 --> 01:11:18,120 Speaker 1: So that's where we are. I think. I don't know 1285 01:11:18,120 --> 01:11:20,720 Speaker 1: if you feel differently, Steve, No, that's exactly it. And 1286 01:11:20,760 --> 01:11:24,280 Speaker 1: I've always thought that you the whole shooting match starts 1287 01:11:24,400 --> 01:11:28,200 Speaker 1: with your offensive line and then your defensive line. You 1288 01:11:28,320 --> 01:11:33,080 Speaker 1: got to hold or win the line of scrimmage consistently weekend, 1289 01:11:33,080 --> 01:11:35,280 Speaker 1: week out, month in, month out, and if you can't 1290 01:11:35,320 --> 01:11:37,680 Speaker 1: do that, or don't think you can, you're gonna have 1291 01:11:37,840 --> 01:11:42,040 Speaker 1: to jump through some pretty fiery hoops to make anything 1292 01:11:42,040 --> 01:11:46,479 Speaker 1: of your season. Right, let's go back to the phones here, 1293 01:11:46,840 --> 01:11:48,559 Speaker 1: as we're getting close to the break, we go to 1294 01:11:48,680 --> 01:11:50,599 Speaker 1: Zach in Buffalo. Zach, what do you have for us? 1295 01:11:50,600 --> 01:11:55,200 Speaker 1: You're on one Bill's Live. Hey, guys, what's up? I 1296 01:11:55,320 --> 01:11:57,679 Speaker 1: call it in last week and talk to you guys 1297 01:11:57,680 --> 01:12:01,200 Speaker 1: about Matt Mlano, And props to you guys. That was 1298 01:12:01,200 --> 01:12:03,240 Speaker 1: a huge help because I thought his value would be 1299 01:12:03,280 --> 01:12:05,719 Speaker 1: about seven or eight million, and once you guys told 1300 01:12:05,720 --> 01:12:09,160 Speaker 1: me he was going to be worth about eleven thirteen million, 1301 01:12:09,600 --> 01:12:11,920 Speaker 1: you guys totally changed my opinion. So thanks on that. 1302 01:12:12,040 --> 01:12:14,639 Speaker 1: And then secondly, I just want to say I love 1303 01:12:14,960 --> 01:12:17,120 Speaker 1: what the Bills are doing right now. I think Brandon 1304 01:12:17,200 --> 01:12:21,960 Speaker 1: Bean is being so smart right now. Get cutting Jefferson 1305 01:12:22,360 --> 01:12:25,640 Speaker 1: making eight million dollars a year. John Brown, as much 1306 01:12:25,680 --> 01:12:28,759 Speaker 1: as we all love him, I think he wasn't healthy 1307 01:12:28,800 --> 01:12:31,240 Speaker 1: this year. He caught a screen pass and got caught 1308 01:12:31,320 --> 01:12:32,840 Speaker 1: late in the year where I thought he had a 1309 01:12:32,880 --> 01:12:36,599 Speaker 1: shoe in for a touchdown. But major props to John Brown, 1310 01:12:36,680 --> 01:12:40,439 Speaker 1: one of the fans favorites. But I think we've made 1311 01:12:40,479 --> 01:12:42,599 Speaker 1: some excellent moves and I think now we have some 1312 01:12:42,720 --> 01:12:46,160 Speaker 1: room to resign Feliciano. And then I had a question 1313 01:12:46,200 --> 01:12:49,280 Speaker 1: for you, so, well, what is it going to cost 1314 01:12:49,560 --> 01:12:52,719 Speaker 1: in your approximation to get this guy back? Also another 1315 01:12:52,760 --> 01:12:56,080 Speaker 1: guy want back is Levi Wallace. Feliciano, and then what 1316 01:12:56,240 --> 01:13:03,000 Speaker 1: is Darrell Williams gonna cost? And you're anyway sorry, Yeah, 1317 01:13:03,000 --> 01:13:04,720 Speaker 1: in terms of a new contract, I get it Zach. 1318 01:13:04,800 --> 01:13:06,720 Speaker 1: A lot of questions there, a lot to unpack. Don't 1319 01:13:06,720 --> 01:13:08,040 Speaker 1: know that we'll get to all of it before the 1320 01:13:08,040 --> 01:13:09,720 Speaker 1: break here. We'll try to address the rest of it 1321 01:13:09,760 --> 01:13:12,439 Speaker 1: on the other side here. But I think it's safe 1322 01:13:12,479 --> 01:13:14,640 Speaker 1: to say that Darryl Williams, if he gets to the 1323 01:13:14,640 --> 01:13:16,960 Speaker 1: open market, his price is going to go up considerably 1324 01:13:17,720 --> 01:13:21,360 Speaker 1: where people will start getting in to bid on his services, 1325 01:13:21,360 --> 01:13:23,559 Speaker 1: and that's going to drive the number up higher. I 1326 01:13:23,600 --> 01:13:26,760 Speaker 1: think if you can get him resigned, even to a 1327 01:13:26,840 --> 01:13:30,479 Speaker 1: two year deal or something before he gets to the market, 1328 01:13:30,520 --> 01:13:32,599 Speaker 1: if you can get him for eight million a season, 1329 01:13:32,640 --> 01:13:34,840 Speaker 1: you're in pretty good shape there. It may cost more 1330 01:13:34,880 --> 01:13:37,639 Speaker 1: than that, and if it does, I'm sorry, no, I'm 1331 01:13:37,680 --> 01:13:40,040 Speaker 1: talking about Darryl Williams, like it might get up to 1332 01:13:40,120 --> 01:13:42,880 Speaker 1: ten eleven, twelve if he gets on the open market. 1333 01:13:42,920 --> 01:13:45,960 Speaker 1: If you can convince him to sign here for less 1334 01:13:45,960 --> 01:13:49,599 Speaker 1: than that, be part of a winner. Maybe you get 1335 01:13:49,600 --> 01:13:52,240 Speaker 1: it done. But with the year he had, after all 1336 01:13:52,280 --> 01:13:55,320 Speaker 1: the injuries that he dealt with, he may want to 1337 01:13:55,320 --> 01:13:59,439 Speaker 1: test the market. We don't know think about it. It's 1338 01:13:59,439 --> 01:14:01,840 Speaker 1: hard to know where it's gonna go. But I know 1339 01:14:01,960 --> 01:14:04,800 Speaker 1: spot Track pegged him at an average annual salary of 1340 01:14:04,800 --> 01:14:07,000 Speaker 1: about eight million a year. I think it might go 1341 01:14:07,040 --> 01:14:11,479 Speaker 1: even higher than that, like Ricky, Like, for instance, the 1342 01:14:12,080 --> 01:14:15,559 Speaker 1: free agent right tackle for the Packers, Ricky Ricky Wager. 1343 01:14:15,920 --> 01:14:20,519 Speaker 1: He's thirty one years old. He got cut his market 1344 01:14:20,680 --> 01:14:25,200 Speaker 1: value he was making. I don't know what was it. 1345 01:14:25,320 --> 01:14:29,200 Speaker 1: He's thirty one. J Williams is twenty eight. They're thinking 1346 01:14:29,360 --> 01:14:35,200 Speaker 1: probably for him around leapt two years and eleven millions 1347 01:14:35,240 --> 01:14:38,439 Speaker 1: what he left behind with two years left on his deal, right, yea, 1348 01:14:38,600 --> 01:14:41,280 Speaker 1: And they released him for that. I don't know what 1349 01:14:41,360 --> 01:14:44,960 Speaker 1: he would be worth on the open market. But he's 1350 01:14:45,000 --> 01:14:48,880 Speaker 1: the highest rated right tackle on the board, right, three 1351 01:14:48,960 --> 01:14:53,760 Speaker 1: years older than Darryl Williams. And so what do you 1352 01:14:53,800 --> 01:14:55,920 Speaker 1: want to do there? And spot and you know, if 1353 01:14:55,920 --> 01:14:58,920 Speaker 1: you talk about Feliciano, spot Tracks got him somewhere in 1354 01:14:58,960 --> 01:15:02,679 Speaker 1: the neighborhood of a four year, thirty three million dollars deal. 1355 01:15:03,680 --> 01:15:10,479 Speaker 1: So that's like an eight million dollars a year number, right, Yeah, 1356 01:15:10,520 --> 01:15:14,880 Speaker 1: So there's that. I wouldn't be surprised if the money 1357 01:15:14,920 --> 01:15:17,439 Speaker 1: that they just saved with the releases of John Brown 1358 01:15:17,439 --> 01:15:20,960 Speaker 1: and Quentin Jefferson today, if that money isn't turned immediately 1359 01:15:21,000 --> 01:15:22,960 Speaker 1: over to Darryl Williams and say, hey, you want to 1360 01:15:22,960 --> 01:15:26,120 Speaker 1: come back and play next year. I would say the 1361 01:15:26,160 --> 01:15:28,920 Speaker 1: bulk of that money may go in that direction. They 1362 01:15:28,960 --> 01:15:31,960 Speaker 1: could as well give him a deal where, um, yeah, 1363 01:15:31,960 --> 01:15:33,439 Speaker 1: they don't have to structure it too. Where they could 1364 01:15:33,439 --> 01:15:34,840 Speaker 1: do it where they wouldn't use up too much of 1365 01:15:34,880 --> 01:15:37,720 Speaker 1: their cap this year, so they'd still have a little room. 1366 01:15:37,760 --> 01:15:40,519 Speaker 1: But you know, they'd have to structure it properly. Yeah, 1367 01:15:40,560 --> 01:15:42,320 Speaker 1: and they'd have to and they'd have to guarantee a 1368 01:15:42,400 --> 01:15:46,960 Speaker 1: larger percentage of it. Yeah, like a roster bonus next year, 1369 01:15:47,080 --> 01:15:50,640 Speaker 1: right league year, spread out and amortize first day of 1370 01:15:50,640 --> 01:15:53,000 Speaker 1: the league year. He gets a bloon payment and it's 1371 01:15:53,040 --> 01:15:55,519 Speaker 1: guaranteed to him. He might go for a deal like that, 1372 01:15:56,400 --> 01:15:58,800 Speaker 1: but that's what you gotta do. They could still, I 1373 01:15:58,840 --> 01:16:01,559 Speaker 1: think for the bills, say would like to structure whatever 1374 01:16:01,640 --> 01:16:04,960 Speaker 1: deals they signed with Fleecion or Daryl Williams or or 1375 01:16:05,000 --> 01:16:09,160 Speaker 1: any of these guys. Yeah, they would like to structured 1376 01:16:09,200 --> 01:16:11,400 Speaker 1: in such a way as it's the smallest number possible 1377 01:16:11,479 --> 01:16:13,720 Speaker 1: this year and then go forward next year as the 1378 01:16:13,720 --> 01:16:16,880 Speaker 1: cap get bounces back. Break time for us. But we'll 1379 01:16:16,880 --> 01:16:18,920 Speaker 1: get to more of your comments and your phone calls. 1380 01:16:18,960 --> 01:16:22,759 Speaker 1: As John Brown and Quentin Jefferson released by the Bills today, 1381 01:16:23,080 --> 01:16:26,640 Speaker 1: there are reports that Vernon Butler, the defensive tackle, restructured 1382 01:16:26,680 --> 01:16:29,720 Speaker 1: his deal to help out tough decisions. Here at one 1383 01:16:29,760 --> 01:16:33,200 Speaker 1: Bill's Drive, we're here for your comments on that, along 1384 01:16:33,200 --> 01:16:36,280 Speaker 1: with Buffalo's approach in free agency. Now with some more 1385 01:16:36,360 --> 01:16:39,200 Speaker 1: cap room to work with your calls. Next here on 1386 01:16:39,200 --> 01:16:41,599 Speaker 1: One Bills Live, presented by Kalid to Health, It's Buffalo 1387 01:16:41,640 --> 01:16:55,840 Speaker 1: Bills Radio. Welcome back to One Bills Live. Chris Brown 1388 01:16:55,920 --> 01:16:59,439 Speaker 1: save chapter with you on a day that saw John 1389 01:16:59,479 --> 01:17:02,400 Speaker 1: Brown and Quintin Jefferson moved off the roster, both of 1390 01:17:02,439 --> 01:17:05,880 Speaker 1: those players released earlier this hour by the club to 1391 01:17:06,040 --> 01:17:08,679 Speaker 1: create more cap space, both of them carrying high cap 1392 01:17:08,720 --> 01:17:12,280 Speaker 1: figures into the twenty twenty one season. And Steve and 1393 01:17:12,320 --> 01:17:13,880 Speaker 1: I talked about this for the better part of the 1394 01:17:13,960 --> 01:17:16,679 Speaker 1: last three weeks to a month. The players with these 1395 01:17:16,760 --> 01:17:21,920 Speaker 1: high cap figures were if they wanted job security, it 1396 01:17:22,000 --> 01:17:24,360 Speaker 1: would behoove them to go to their clubs and say, hey, 1397 01:17:24,360 --> 01:17:26,960 Speaker 1: how can I help? What can I do to restructure? 1398 01:17:27,479 --> 01:17:31,040 Speaker 1: And the players that haven't done that or maybe didn't 1399 01:17:31,720 --> 01:17:36,160 Speaker 1: find something amenable to agree to with their respective clubs, 1400 01:17:36,600 --> 01:17:40,160 Speaker 1: are getting clipped off of rosters. It's not just John 1401 01:17:40,160 --> 01:17:44,559 Speaker 1: Brown and Quintin Jefferson. Today. The Titans released Malcolm Butler 1402 01:17:44,680 --> 01:17:50,200 Speaker 1: yesterday they are now releasing safety Kenny Vaccaro. Today the Saints, 1403 01:17:50,240 --> 01:17:54,360 Speaker 1: as we mentioned, releasing wide receiver Emmanuel Sanders, and they're 1404 01:17:54,400 --> 01:17:59,040 Speaker 1: also releasing another player whose name just escaped me, linebacker 1405 01:17:59,160 --> 01:18:01,559 Speaker 1: Kwan Alexander. We've been we've been chewing this up every 1406 01:18:01,560 --> 01:18:04,920 Speaker 1: which way for weeks now, and it comes down to this, 1407 01:18:04,960 --> 01:18:08,599 Speaker 1: And I know, in a dispassionate world where you're just 1408 01:18:08,680 --> 01:18:12,240 Speaker 1: thinking about the nuts and bolts of it and doing 1409 01:18:12,360 --> 01:18:16,600 Speaker 1: it's as if it was a board game. Here's what 1410 01:18:16,840 --> 01:18:18,360 Speaker 1: in a perfect world you would do. If you're the 1411 01:18:18,360 --> 01:18:20,760 Speaker 1: Buffalo Bills, you would hold you would hold tight. And 1412 01:18:20,800 --> 01:18:22,680 Speaker 1: if there were some guys on your roster that you 1413 01:18:22,760 --> 01:18:25,920 Speaker 1: knew were you were like well, like like John Brown 1414 01:18:26,160 --> 01:18:28,879 Speaker 1: and Quentin Jefferson. Although I think the Bills I ultimately 1415 01:18:28,920 --> 01:18:30,840 Speaker 1: would have liked to kept those guys, and in a 1416 01:18:31,720 --> 01:18:35,840 Speaker 1: different year they may have. But I think you sit 1417 01:18:35,880 --> 01:18:38,160 Speaker 1: back if you're an NFL team and you think, Okay, 1418 01:18:38,160 --> 01:18:44,280 Speaker 1: there's gonna be an enormous flood of really good football 1419 01:18:44,320 --> 01:18:47,439 Speaker 1: players in the free agent market on March seventeenth. Players 1420 01:18:47,439 --> 01:18:51,599 Speaker 1: we didn't expect players that are really significant difference makers 1421 01:18:52,240 --> 01:18:58,519 Speaker 1: right now and at every position. So in a perfect world, 1422 01:18:58,520 --> 01:18:59,920 Speaker 1: I think what you do if you're the bills, if 1423 01:19:00,040 --> 01:19:02,200 Speaker 1: and if you don't have anything invested in these guys, 1424 01:19:02,520 --> 01:19:05,200 Speaker 1: you think, okay, let's let's cut all the guys we 1425 01:19:05,240 --> 01:19:09,880 Speaker 1: don't want, and then since every position is going to 1426 01:19:09,920 --> 01:19:12,120 Speaker 1: be available, let's go out and see and sign these 1427 01:19:12,120 --> 01:19:14,639 Speaker 1: guys that are upgrades and we feel would be upgrades 1428 01:19:14,640 --> 01:19:18,479 Speaker 1: that are at those positions. That's great, except that you're 1429 01:19:18,520 --> 01:19:20,600 Speaker 1: going to be bidding against thirty one other teams and 1430 01:19:20,600 --> 01:19:23,320 Speaker 1: there's no doubt, there's there's no guarantee that you'll get 1431 01:19:23,360 --> 01:19:25,639 Speaker 1: them for the money that will fit under the cap. 1432 01:19:25,760 --> 01:19:29,800 Speaker 1: So you can't just say, okay, let's break it down 1433 01:19:29,800 --> 01:19:31,559 Speaker 1: because we're gonna be able to get some guys cheap, 1434 01:19:32,200 --> 01:19:34,759 Speaker 1: because there's too many teams with a lot more money 1435 01:19:34,760 --> 01:19:38,080 Speaker 1: than you that could outbid you easily or fight those 1436 01:19:38,120 --> 01:19:43,439 Speaker 1: guys under and you may get left empty. Well, I 1437 01:19:43,439 --> 01:19:46,400 Speaker 1: think there's less of a chance of that happening because 1438 01:19:46,439 --> 01:19:49,639 Speaker 1: only half the league right now can really spend giant money, 1439 01:19:50,160 --> 01:19:52,080 Speaker 1: and less than that really when you think about it. 1440 01:19:52,640 --> 01:19:56,559 Speaker 1: Number two, you've got more supply than you've ever had before. Right, 1441 01:19:56,880 --> 01:19:59,400 Speaker 1: So I think if you can bide your time a 1442 01:19:59,400 --> 01:20:02,640 Speaker 1: little and trust, like, let's just say, you have a 1443 01:20:02,640 --> 01:20:06,400 Speaker 1: position to need and it's guard. I think if you trust, 1444 01:20:06,920 --> 01:20:10,360 Speaker 1: there's enough guard depth in the free agent pool for 1445 01:20:10,400 --> 01:20:12,720 Speaker 1: you to get a bargain in a week. Maybe you 1446 01:20:12,760 --> 01:20:16,559 Speaker 1: wait a week, prices come down and then you're not 1447 01:20:16,680 --> 01:20:19,400 Speaker 1: killing yourself on the cap. So instead of getting four 1448 01:20:19,439 --> 01:20:22,840 Speaker 1: players in free agency, you can get six and six 1449 01:20:22,960 --> 01:20:26,360 Speaker 1: pretty good ones, maybe not four A level ones, but 1450 01:20:26,560 --> 01:20:29,080 Speaker 1: six pretty good ones. Maybe ten. I mean, you know, 1451 01:20:29,120 --> 01:20:31,040 Speaker 1: that's the way it goes with all the And here's 1452 01:20:31,080 --> 01:20:32,920 Speaker 1: the thing too, And I don't have a number on this, 1453 01:20:32,960 --> 01:20:34,920 Speaker 1: I can't say, but it seems to me that the 1454 01:20:35,000 --> 01:20:40,160 Speaker 1: situation the cap is in now is a little, I 1455 01:20:40,200 --> 01:20:42,360 Speaker 1: don't know, not exaggerate. I think it would probably be 1456 01:20:43,280 --> 01:20:45,639 Speaker 1: exactly kind of the way it is. Every year there's 1457 01:20:45,680 --> 01:20:47,240 Speaker 1: gonna be this many teams with a lot of money 1458 01:20:47,280 --> 01:20:49,920 Speaker 1: to spend, in this many teams with no money to spend. Right, 1459 01:20:49,960 --> 01:20:53,880 Speaker 1: I don't think this is the cap is an aberration, 1460 01:20:54,240 --> 01:20:57,040 Speaker 1: but the situation with teams and how much, how many 1461 01:20:57,040 --> 01:21:00,439 Speaker 1: teams can spend money is probably not that different. There's 1462 01:21:00,479 --> 01:21:02,960 Speaker 1: probably always a half a dozen teams that can really 1463 01:21:03,000 --> 01:21:05,720 Speaker 1: go and spend a lot of money, and there's six 1464 01:21:05,760 --> 01:21:08,000 Speaker 1: teams that are just by the skin of their teeth 1465 01:21:08,000 --> 01:21:10,719 Speaker 1: getting under the cap, you know what I mean? Right, 1466 01:21:10,760 --> 01:21:12,720 Speaker 1: I just feel like that number is larger. Instead of 1467 01:21:12,760 --> 01:21:16,200 Speaker 1: six teams, it's like twelve, right, that are tight on 1468 01:21:16,240 --> 01:21:18,880 Speaker 1: the cap and have some maneuvering, more maneuvering to do 1469 01:21:19,000 --> 01:21:22,559 Speaker 1: just to function, right, that's the difference this year. Instead 1470 01:21:22,560 --> 01:21:25,000 Speaker 1: of six teams that are scraping by, you got twelve teams. 1471 01:21:25,000 --> 01:21:27,000 Speaker 1: They're gonna have to do some drastic things, but you 1472 01:21:27,000 --> 01:21:29,240 Speaker 1: get in a position to even spend a little. But 1473 01:21:29,240 --> 01:21:31,000 Speaker 1: but yeah, but at the other end of how about 1474 01:21:31,000 --> 01:21:32,479 Speaker 1: out the other end of it, how many you know 1475 01:21:32,560 --> 01:21:34,800 Speaker 1: teams are there that are like wow, this they have 1476 01:21:35,000 --> 01:21:37,439 Speaker 1: no shot at getting under the cap, you know, I mean, 1477 01:21:37,560 --> 01:21:39,960 Speaker 1: or or that they're you know, there's a ton that 1478 01:21:40,080 --> 01:21:42,880 Speaker 1: have a lot to spend it. No, like you half 1479 01:21:42,920 --> 01:21:45,120 Speaker 1: a dozen that have a good amount of money to spend, 1480 01:21:45,240 --> 01:21:48,360 Speaker 1: upwards of twenty or more million. If there's a there's 1481 01:21:48,439 --> 01:21:51,519 Speaker 1: fifteen teams with more than twenty million dollars in cap 1482 01:21:51,640 --> 01:21:54,640 Speaker 1: space fifteen now with all the cuts. Yeah, and the 1483 01:21:54,720 --> 01:21:59,880 Speaker 1: Bills are at the seventeenth ranked seventeenth. So the Bills, 1484 01:22:00,200 --> 01:22:01,439 Speaker 1: you know, the middle of the pat right at the 1485 01:22:01,439 --> 01:22:05,880 Speaker 1: middle of the league, that way in the in the 1486 01:22:05,560 --> 01:22:07,720 Speaker 1: you know, the how many teams above him? How many 1487 01:22:07,760 --> 01:22:10,160 Speaker 1: teams below him? But there's a ton of teams with 1488 01:22:10,600 --> 01:22:13,280 Speaker 1: way more money than There's two teams with seventy million 1489 01:22:13,439 --> 01:22:16,400 Speaker 1: and a team with sixty nine million. Those three, the Jets, 1490 01:22:16,439 --> 01:22:19,960 Speaker 1: the Patriots, and the Jaguars all have almost seventy million 1491 01:22:20,160 --> 01:22:22,720 Speaker 1: or seventy million plus to spend. The next one after 1492 01:22:22,760 --> 01:22:25,040 Speaker 1: that's the Colts. They only have forty eight million. So 1493 01:22:25,120 --> 01:22:30,479 Speaker 1: those three teams at the top have a credit card 1494 01:22:30,479 --> 01:22:35,000 Speaker 1: that's you know, yeah, unlimited right now. Josina Anderson, NFL 1495 01:22:35,120 --> 01:22:39,000 Speaker 1: reporter formerly of ESPN said, just tweeted this, just got 1496 01:22:39,000 --> 01:22:41,439 Speaker 1: off the phone with Bill's defensive line and Quentin Jefferson 1497 01:22:41,520 --> 01:22:44,759 Speaker 1: on his impending release from the team. Quote, it's still fresh, 1498 01:22:44,800 --> 01:22:47,559 Speaker 1: but it's okay. It's a business right now. I'm just 1499 01:22:47,600 --> 01:22:49,800 Speaker 1: trying to spend time with the family and figure out 1500 01:22:50,080 --> 01:22:52,920 Speaker 1: what's next. That's a guy that's taken it pretty well, 1501 01:22:52,960 --> 01:22:57,080 Speaker 1: all things considered. Veteran player knows the business that it is, 1502 01:22:57,720 --> 01:23:02,679 Speaker 1: and I think he and John Brown have to know that. 1503 01:23:02,800 --> 01:23:06,719 Speaker 1: Were it not for this restrictive cap, they probably see 1504 01:23:06,960 --> 01:23:10,679 Speaker 1: the twenty twenty one season in the Bill's uniform. Yeah, yeah, 1505 01:23:10,760 --> 01:23:15,439 Speaker 1: they're there. It's an extenuating to coin a new phrase, 1506 01:23:15,520 --> 01:23:18,599 Speaker 1: COVID casualties. Now that's no. I can't say that that's 1507 01:23:18,640 --> 01:23:21,240 Speaker 1: too many people. Yes, they're live, it's there, but they're 1508 01:23:22,320 --> 01:23:24,559 Speaker 1: Forgive me for that. I don't mean that disrespectfully, but 1509 01:23:24,720 --> 01:23:30,200 Speaker 1: that's what happened. They're cut because of COVID, And yeah, 1510 01:23:30,240 --> 01:23:32,400 Speaker 1: I think they probably saw it coming a little bit, 1511 01:23:33,280 --> 01:23:40,439 Speaker 1: you know, like all of us did. Um ah, Yeah, 1512 01:23:40,479 --> 01:23:42,719 Speaker 1: you gotta take you gotta know it's it's not personal. 1513 01:23:42,760 --> 01:23:44,240 Speaker 1: They know it. And I'll tell you what too. I 1514 01:23:44,240 --> 01:23:46,160 Speaker 1: would I would like to know, and I bet you 1515 01:23:46,200 --> 01:23:48,120 Speaker 1: get their answer that we all wish they'd give us. 1516 01:23:48,360 --> 01:23:50,799 Speaker 1: I'll bet you they had a positive experience in Buffalo. 1517 01:23:50,800 --> 01:23:54,360 Speaker 1: It won fifteen games this last year. So and certainly 1518 01:23:54,479 --> 01:23:57,400 Speaker 1: John Brown enjoyed his time here in Buffalo. He said 1519 01:23:57,439 --> 01:24:01,400 Speaker 1: as much on his Instagram page when he was notified 1520 01:24:01,400 --> 01:24:03,920 Speaker 1: that he was released. So, yeah, there's no I don't 1521 01:24:03,960 --> 01:24:08,280 Speaker 1: think the Bills Burnt any bridges there, And I wonder 1522 01:24:08,360 --> 01:24:13,920 Speaker 1: too because we heard that, who was it was it 1523 01:24:14,080 --> 01:24:17,320 Speaker 1: Vernon Butler who redid his deal or was it Vernon 1524 01:24:17,360 --> 01:24:20,840 Speaker 1: Butler restructures Mitch Morris, So Vernon Butler one of the 1525 01:24:20,880 --> 01:24:23,639 Speaker 1: guys who came in on this wave of free agent 1526 01:24:23,720 --> 01:24:25,840 Speaker 1: last year on the defensive line. He'd agreed to say, yeah, 1527 01:24:25,840 --> 01:24:28,360 Speaker 1: I'll take a pay cut and he and he did that. 1528 01:24:28,960 --> 01:24:31,519 Speaker 1: Don't know if Quentin Jefferson was even offered that or 1529 01:24:31,560 --> 01:24:34,640 Speaker 1: if anybody else was either, but that has been reported. 1530 01:24:34,680 --> 01:24:39,519 Speaker 1: So that's the environment these guys are living in. So 1531 01:24:41,520 --> 01:24:46,200 Speaker 1: that's Panthers doing a lot of the same stuff. Running 1532 01:24:46,200 --> 01:24:50,240 Speaker 1: Back Christian McCaffrey as well as linebacker Shack Thompson both 1533 01:24:50,280 --> 01:24:54,719 Speaker 1: restructuring their contracts to help the Panthers with their cap 1534 01:24:54,760 --> 01:24:57,320 Speaker 1: figure and to get more cap room for that team 1535 01:24:57,320 --> 01:25:00,040 Speaker 1: to make the moves they need to this offseason to 1536 01:25:00,200 --> 01:25:03,880 Speaker 1: refortify their roster. It's all around the league and it's 1537 01:25:03,880 --> 01:25:06,519 Speaker 1: only going to continue between now and the start of 1538 01:25:06,520 --> 01:25:09,400 Speaker 1: the new league year a week from today. Steve and 1539 01:25:09,479 --> 01:25:11,000 Speaker 1: I have to take a break. More of your thoughts 1540 01:25:11,000 --> 01:25:12,880 Speaker 1: on the tweet sheet when we return, along with your 1541 01:25:12,920 --> 01:25:16,120 Speaker 1: reaction to the news that just crossed this past hour. 1542 01:25:16,240 --> 01:25:20,080 Speaker 1: John Brown Quentin Jefferson released by the Bills as cap 1543 01:25:20,160 --> 01:25:24,000 Speaker 1: casualties to help Buffalo's cap situation. Back with more here 1544 01:25:24,000 --> 01:25:26,160 Speaker 1: on One Bill's Live, presented by Kalota Health. This is 1545 01:25:26,160 --> 01:25:39,760 Speaker 1: Buffalo Bill's Radio. Welcome back to One Bills Live. Chris Brown, 1546 01:25:39,800 --> 01:25:44,000 Speaker 1: Steve Tasker with you on a tough, tough Wednesday where 1547 01:25:44,040 --> 01:25:47,280 Speaker 1: the tough decisions have begun to trickle out Here at 1548 01:25:47,320 --> 01:25:49,920 Speaker 1: One Bill's Drive. The salary cap said at one eighty 1549 01:25:49,920 --> 01:25:54,000 Speaker 1: two point five. Even with Buffalo's adjustments and carryovers pushing 1550 01:25:54,000 --> 01:25:56,920 Speaker 1: their cap figure to one eighty eight and change, it 1551 01:25:57,000 --> 01:26:00,280 Speaker 1: did not keep the Bills from having to part ways 1552 01:26:00,280 --> 01:26:02,760 Speaker 1: with a couple of players on their rosters still under 1553 01:26:02,760 --> 01:26:06,439 Speaker 1: contract John Brown and Quintin Jefferson released earlier this hour, 1554 01:26:07,080 --> 01:26:10,400 Speaker 1: and also some reports coming down, most notably from NFL 1555 01:26:10,400 --> 01:26:14,439 Speaker 1: Network's Ian Rappaport, that defensive tackle Vernon Butler has agreed 1556 01:26:14,439 --> 01:26:18,120 Speaker 1: to a contract restructure with the team to stay on 1557 01:26:18,240 --> 01:26:21,000 Speaker 1: the roster. Mitch Morse did the same earlier this week. 1558 01:26:21,320 --> 01:26:25,559 Speaker 1: So the Bills very active in trying to create more 1559 01:26:25,640 --> 01:26:28,439 Speaker 1: cap space for themselves. A week out from the start 1560 01:26:28,439 --> 01:26:31,280 Speaker 1: of the new league year and free agency. We want 1561 01:26:31,280 --> 01:26:33,080 Speaker 1: to get back to the tweet sheet because on the 1562 01:26:33,120 --> 01:26:35,200 Speaker 1: Twitter poll today we were asking you now that the 1563 01:26:35,240 --> 01:26:38,760 Speaker 1: cap numbers set for twenty twenty one, and maybe your 1564 01:26:38,800 --> 01:26:42,360 Speaker 1: answer has changed in the last hour now that there 1565 01:26:42,439 --> 01:26:45,439 Speaker 1: is upwards of fourteen more million dollars in cap space 1566 01:26:45,479 --> 01:26:47,320 Speaker 1: for the Bills to work with, probably even more than 1567 01:26:47,360 --> 01:26:50,240 Speaker 1: that after the Vernon Butler restructure. What should the Bills 1568 01:26:50,280 --> 01:26:54,960 Speaker 1: approach be this offseason? Is it bargain hunt only create 1569 01:26:55,040 --> 01:26:58,479 Speaker 1: cap space and go all in or be in a 1570 01:26:58,520 --> 01:27:02,559 Speaker 1: flexible position to struck if something presents itself and we 1571 01:27:02,640 --> 01:27:09,160 Speaker 1: are expecting a glut of name recognized veteran free agent 1572 01:27:09,200 --> 01:27:12,360 Speaker 1: talent being out there on the market and running away 1573 01:27:12,400 --> 01:27:15,840 Speaker 1: with this pole so far, is be flexible if the 1574 01:27:15,840 --> 01:27:20,400 Speaker 1: opportunity presents itself. About sixty one in favor of that 1575 01:27:20,520 --> 01:27:23,360 Speaker 1: approach in free agency for the Bills, About a third 1576 01:27:23,360 --> 01:27:26,080 Speaker 1: of you saying create the cat space you need and 1577 01:27:26,200 --> 01:27:28,920 Speaker 1: go all in. And I think this is because Steve 1578 01:27:30,200 --> 01:27:33,480 Speaker 1: that we saw the Tampa Bay Buccaneers do this successfully 1579 01:27:33,560 --> 01:27:36,640 Speaker 1: last season. They signed Tom Brady and free agency and 1580 01:27:36,680 --> 01:27:38,760 Speaker 1: then they get aggressive and fill all the holes they 1581 01:27:38,760 --> 01:27:41,839 Speaker 1: can with veteran free agents even after the season started. 1582 01:27:41,880 --> 01:27:45,040 Speaker 1: They did that. They added Antonio Brown and they added 1583 01:27:45,120 --> 01:27:48,040 Speaker 1: Leonard fourn Ad after the season began. Those guys were 1584 01:27:48,040 --> 01:27:51,320 Speaker 1: all principal players on the playoff run, as well as 1585 01:27:51,400 --> 01:27:54,320 Speaker 1: Gronk who came out of retirement, and it worked for them. 1586 01:27:55,400 --> 01:27:57,760 Speaker 1: Now they're in the position where they have to put 1587 01:27:57,760 --> 01:27:59,680 Speaker 1: all those pieces back together again if they want to 1588 01:27:59,680 --> 01:28:01,679 Speaker 1: try to do it. And there's word out of Tampa 1589 01:28:01,760 --> 01:28:05,639 Speaker 1: that Tom Brady may sign or extend his contract to 1590 01:28:05,760 --> 01:28:09,200 Speaker 1: make more cap room for the team, So we'll have 1591 01:28:09,240 --> 01:28:11,880 Speaker 1: to see where that goes. They just franchise Chris Godwin 1592 01:28:12,920 --> 01:28:14,720 Speaker 1: in the hopes of getting a long term deal done 1593 01:28:14,760 --> 01:28:18,519 Speaker 1: with him, but I don't know that every team can 1594 01:28:18,560 --> 01:28:20,920 Speaker 1: get away with doing that. It worked for Brady in 1595 01:28:20,960 --> 01:28:23,559 Speaker 1: the Bucks. There's some other teams that have taken that 1596 01:28:23,560 --> 01:28:25,639 Speaker 1: approach and it hasn't worked. It's like it's like free 1597 01:28:25,640 --> 01:28:27,720 Speaker 1: agent trying to pick a horse, trying to trying to 1598 01:28:27,720 --> 01:28:31,400 Speaker 1: go to crap shoot, right, it's a crapshoot. Think about it, 1599 01:28:31,439 --> 01:28:33,880 Speaker 1: you two years ago or two off seasons ago, this 1600 01:28:33,960 --> 01:28:36,439 Speaker 1: last offseason, you think, you know, what, if I got 1601 01:28:36,439 --> 01:28:38,880 Speaker 1: a chance, I might go to San Francisco because they 1602 01:28:38,880 --> 01:28:40,519 Speaker 1: were just in the Super Bowl and they're getting better, 1603 01:28:40,520 --> 01:28:43,080 Speaker 1: their their roster is jacked up. Man, let's go and 1604 01:28:43,080 --> 01:28:44,840 Speaker 1: then all of a sudden they can't even get back 1605 01:28:45,400 --> 01:28:48,240 Speaker 1: into the playoffs. They finished fourth in the division. That's 1606 01:28:48,240 --> 01:28:51,160 Speaker 1: a rough season. Try and pick that horse, you know, 1607 01:28:52,600 --> 01:28:56,000 Speaker 1: it just happens. So I think most players, you know, 1608 01:28:56,040 --> 01:28:58,960 Speaker 1: first and foremost, it's the contract they get offered. After that, 1609 01:28:59,000 --> 01:29:01,439 Speaker 1: it's can I play. Am I gonna be a guy 1610 01:29:01,439 --> 01:29:02,920 Speaker 1: who they're gonna look at it? I'm gonna get a 1611 01:29:03,000 --> 01:29:05,160 Speaker 1: chance to be on the field, And are they gonna win? 1612 01:29:05,720 --> 01:29:07,680 Speaker 1: Are they gonna win? If it's not a player like like, 1613 01:29:07,760 --> 01:29:09,800 Speaker 1: for instance, like a special teams guy like an Andre 1614 01:29:09,960 --> 01:29:14,439 Speaker 1: Roberts or Metakevich or you know AJ kleinboy, somebody like that, 1615 01:29:14,920 --> 01:29:16,120 Speaker 1: where they go. You know, I just want to get 1616 01:29:16,160 --> 01:29:17,720 Speaker 1: on a team. And if I'm gonna pick somebody, I'm 1617 01:29:17,720 --> 01:29:19,479 Speaker 1: gonna go to. Yeah, I'm gonna go to a winner. 1618 01:29:20,080 --> 01:29:22,000 Speaker 1: Um let's do that. So I got at least I 1619 01:29:22,040 --> 01:29:23,559 Speaker 1: got a chance to get in the playoffs and getting 1620 01:29:23,600 --> 01:29:27,280 Speaker 1: some of that money. So it starts with your own contract, 1621 01:29:27,479 --> 01:29:31,240 Speaker 1: it goes to then, uh, it's a toss up for 1622 01:29:31,280 --> 01:29:32,960 Speaker 1: a lot of guys. Whether they're gonna play a lot 1623 01:29:33,680 --> 01:29:35,840 Speaker 1: or there, it's going to be a winning, winning organization. 1624 01:29:36,479 --> 01:29:39,040 Speaker 1: From Jack on the tweet sheet, I know Bean said 1625 01:29:39,120 --> 01:29:42,120 Speaker 1: they won't be aggressive this year, but the bills are 1626 01:29:42,240 --> 01:29:45,479 Speaker 1: on the cusp and windows don't last long in the NFL. 1627 01:29:45,600 --> 01:29:49,320 Speaker 1: I'd chop a few guys and do a few more 1628 01:29:49,400 --> 01:29:52,600 Speaker 1: restructures to make room and go for it now with 1629 01:29:52,680 --> 01:29:55,479 Speaker 1: a few guys who can really help. Well, they've done 1630 01:29:55,520 --> 01:29:59,719 Speaker 1: that since Jack sent that tweet in They restructured Butler 1631 01:30:00,280 --> 01:30:04,519 Speaker 1: and they released John Brown and Quentin Jefferson. So there 1632 01:30:04,560 --> 01:30:08,080 Speaker 1: you go. Um, is it enough to do what Jack 1633 01:30:08,200 --> 01:30:11,880 Speaker 1: is suggesting? Maybe not. Uh, they've got some things on 1634 01:30:11,920 --> 01:30:16,200 Speaker 1: the front burner right now. With the cup They are 1635 01:30:16,240 --> 01:30:19,559 Speaker 1: not on the cusp because of who's not under contract. Yeah, 1636 01:30:19,600 --> 01:30:22,280 Speaker 1: they don't even have Yeah, so they were on the 1637 01:30:22,320 --> 01:30:25,360 Speaker 1: cusp two months ago, you know, in January. In January, 1638 01:30:25,600 --> 01:30:28,880 Speaker 1: they're not on the cusp now. They they got a 1639 01:30:28,880 --> 01:30:30,479 Speaker 1: lot of work to do and they're they got to 1640 01:30:30,520 --> 01:30:34,479 Speaker 1: build it now. Certainly, they they're not bereft of talent, 1641 01:30:34,520 --> 01:30:37,439 Speaker 1: and there's you know, the cupboard is not empty, but 1642 01:30:37,479 --> 01:30:39,000 Speaker 1: they've got a lot of work to do just to 1643 01:30:39,040 --> 01:30:40,720 Speaker 1: get back to where they were at the end of 1644 01:30:40,760 --> 01:30:43,000 Speaker 1: this last season. And if they want to get better, 1645 01:30:43,080 --> 01:30:45,479 Speaker 1: well they got to start. They can't even get to 1646 01:30:45,479 --> 01:30:49,080 Speaker 1: where they were without jumping through some hoops like they've 1647 01:30:49,080 --> 01:30:51,120 Speaker 1: begun to do. Now they're you know, do you think 1648 01:30:51,120 --> 01:30:54,000 Speaker 1: the team's better today because they got rid of John 1649 01:30:54,040 --> 01:30:58,599 Speaker 1: Brown and Quentin Jefferson. That's a hard sell. You may 1650 01:30:58,640 --> 01:31:00,680 Speaker 1: not like how much money those guys were making, and 1651 01:31:00,720 --> 01:31:02,280 Speaker 1: you might have liked the but you think the team's 1652 01:31:02,320 --> 01:31:05,160 Speaker 1: better today than it was yesterday? Well, no, not with 1653 01:31:05,200 --> 01:31:09,240 Speaker 1: those subtractions. So that's where you're sitting. I mean, you're okay, 1654 01:31:09,280 --> 01:31:12,000 Speaker 1: great now, Well they who's that gonna be and how 1655 01:31:12,000 --> 01:31:13,800 Speaker 1: they're gonna spend this money? And how's it gonna look 1656 01:31:13,800 --> 01:31:16,479 Speaker 1: when it's done. Man, I can't believe the amount of 1657 01:31:16,479 --> 01:31:19,360 Speaker 1: work the Bills have to do. Yeah, they they've really 1658 01:31:19,400 --> 01:31:21,080 Speaker 1: got some work to do it now, they're they're got 1659 01:31:21,080 --> 01:31:23,000 Speaker 1: some room to do it a little bit more now, yeah, 1660 01:31:23,240 --> 01:31:26,639 Speaker 1: and they're you know, they're still not done. But man, 1661 01:31:26,720 --> 01:31:29,719 Speaker 1: oh man, we're sitting at the We're sitting at the 1662 01:31:29,760 --> 01:31:31,719 Speaker 1: bottom of a long mountain that they got to start 1663 01:31:31,720 --> 01:31:33,759 Speaker 1: to climb and that mountain. The peak of the mountain 1664 01:31:33,800 --> 01:31:36,760 Speaker 1: is next February, right, and we're just getting started. We 1665 01:31:36,760 --> 01:31:39,040 Speaker 1: haven't even bottomed out yet. And that's why that AFC 1666 01:31:39,200 --> 01:31:42,759 Speaker 1: title Game loss was so gut wrenching, because these players 1667 01:31:43,240 --> 01:31:47,040 Speaker 1: and these coaches and these front office members know the 1668 01:31:47,160 --> 01:31:51,240 Speaker 1: undertaking every offseason right to build the thing back up 1669 01:31:51,280 --> 01:31:54,840 Speaker 1: again and to get back to where they finished this 1670 01:31:54,920 --> 01:31:57,760 Speaker 1: past season. Here's a word picture that'll that'll help you 1671 01:31:57,800 --> 01:31:59,519 Speaker 1: get to where the Bills are right now. They you 1672 01:31:59,600 --> 01:32:01,320 Speaker 1: gotta we're going to climb that mountain, right We're gonna 1673 01:32:01,320 --> 01:32:02,679 Speaker 1: get to the soup. We're gonna get to the summit, 1674 01:32:02,720 --> 01:32:07,080 Speaker 1: which is the Super Bowl Championship. Right now, you're half 1675 01:32:07,160 --> 01:32:09,360 Speaker 1: you're halfway or part way or three quarters of the 1676 01:32:09,360 --> 01:32:11,679 Speaker 1: way down the mountain on the other side of the valley. 1677 01:32:12,200 --> 01:32:15,280 Speaker 1: You gotta go down through the valley still to even 1678 01:32:15,360 --> 01:32:17,479 Speaker 1: start to climb back out of it. You're not at 1679 01:32:17,520 --> 01:32:20,200 Speaker 1: the bottom of the mountain. You're halfway up the mountain 1680 01:32:20,200 --> 01:32:22,559 Speaker 1: next to the one you gotta climb. You gotta go 1681 01:32:22,640 --> 01:32:26,080 Speaker 1: down and then back up. That's where they're at right now. 1682 01:32:26,160 --> 01:32:28,160 Speaker 1: They haven't even bottomed out yet. They haven't even gotten 1683 01:32:28,160 --> 01:32:29,639 Speaker 1: to the bottom of the valley so they can start 1684 01:32:29,640 --> 01:32:32,000 Speaker 1: to climb out of it. That's the crusher of this 1685 01:32:32,040 --> 01:32:36,040 Speaker 1: whole offseason. That's why, that's why you gotta win on 1686 01:32:36,080 --> 01:32:39,000 Speaker 1: that game. You gotta win that game. You gotta play 1687 01:32:39,040 --> 01:32:42,360 Speaker 1: your best at the end of that season. And that's 1688 01:32:42,880 --> 01:32:46,200 Speaker 1: I was there. I was in Cincinnati nineteen eighty eight. 1689 01:32:46,400 --> 01:32:47,720 Speaker 1: You've got you. We got a chance to go to 1690 01:32:47,720 --> 01:32:52,160 Speaker 1: the first Super Bowl in franchise history. Yeah, you know 1691 01:32:52,320 --> 01:32:54,519 Speaker 1: then it's two years before we get another, you know, 1692 01:32:54,680 --> 01:32:59,800 Speaker 1: get back into so because those opportunities don't just grow in. 1693 01:33:00,400 --> 01:33:02,479 Speaker 1: And it was easier then because none of those guys 1694 01:33:02,479 --> 01:33:05,920 Speaker 1: could leave a free agency. Yeah exactly. We had those 1695 01:33:05,920 --> 01:33:07,960 Speaker 1: guys work to do in the off seats, were me 1696 01:33:08,240 --> 01:33:11,680 Speaker 1: and everybody else. We were indentured servants. You couldn't you 1697 01:33:11,680 --> 01:33:15,400 Speaker 1: couldn't just decide to leave, right, So it was easier 1698 01:33:15,439 --> 01:33:18,439 Speaker 1: back then in that respect. Break time for us. When 1699 01:33:18,640 --> 01:33:22,479 Speaker 1: we come back one Brad Ganio from the Athletic we'll 1700 01:33:22,520 --> 01:33:25,040 Speaker 1: be here to talk to us about the winners and 1701 01:33:25,200 --> 01:33:28,800 Speaker 1: the losers of the franchise tag derby that just completed yesterday. 1702 01:33:29,240 --> 01:33:32,479 Speaker 1: There are some winners out there, like Kenny Galladay, the 1703 01:33:32,520 --> 01:33:35,680 Speaker 1: Detroit Lions wide receiver who did not get tagged. And 1704 01:33:35,720 --> 01:33:38,519 Speaker 1: then there are some losers like Alan Robinson, who is 1705 01:33:38,560 --> 01:33:41,360 Speaker 1: not happy that the Chicago Bears tagged him. We'll go 1706 01:33:41,439 --> 01:33:43,759 Speaker 1: through that list, as well as other free agent news 1707 01:33:43,800 --> 01:33:45,920 Speaker 1: with him when we return here on One Bill's Live 1708 01:33:45,960 --> 01:33:57,759 Speaker 1: presented by Kalida Health. It's Buffalo Bill's Radio. Hello, Bills 1709 01:33:57,960 --> 01:34:02,880 Speaker 1: Radio Network Sports your sports update from One Bill's Drive 1710 01:34:02,920 --> 01:34:05,160 Speaker 1: and a cost cutting move. The Bills have released wide 1711 01:34:05,200 --> 01:34:09,360 Speaker 1: receiver John Brown and defensive tackle Quinton Jefferson. Round departs 1712 01:34:09,360 --> 01:34:12,040 Speaker 1: Buffalo after two years with the team compiling just over 1713 01:34:12,080 --> 01:34:15,599 Speaker 1: fifteen under receiving yards and nine touchdowns. The move will 1714 01:34:15,640 --> 01:34:18,720 Speaker 1: save the Bills about eight million on the cap. Jefferson's 1715 01:34:18,720 --> 01:34:21,280 Speaker 1: one year experiment ends after twenty eight tackle from three 1716 01:34:21,320 --> 01:34:24,920 Speaker 1: sacks and sixteen game played last season. NFL Networks ian 1717 01:34:25,000 --> 01:34:29,120 Speaker 1: Rappaport also reported that defensive tackle Vernon Butler has agreed 1718 01:34:29,160 --> 01:34:33,400 Speaker 1: to restructure his contract he sticks around, in a restructure 1719 01:34:33,479 --> 01:34:36,120 Speaker 1: move similar to the one center Mitch Morse conducted with 1720 01:34:36,200 --> 01:34:40,000 Speaker 1: the team earlier this week. Those moves help along with 1721 01:34:40,040 --> 01:34:42,640 Speaker 1: this morning's news of the cap number for twenty twenty one, 1722 01:34:43,120 --> 01:34:45,600 Speaker 1: giving teams some clarity on how much space they'll have 1723 01:34:45,680 --> 01:34:48,160 Speaker 1: to spend this off season. The league and four teams 1724 01:34:48,200 --> 01:34:50,280 Speaker 1: that the league cap number for this season will be 1725 01:34:50,320 --> 01:34:53,120 Speaker 1: one hundred eighty two and a half million. That figure 1726 01:34:53,160 --> 01:34:57,000 Speaker 1: represents a fifteen point seven million dollars decrease from the 1727 01:34:57,040 --> 01:34:59,840 Speaker 1: twenty twenty salary cap of one ninety eight point two. 1728 01:35:00,400 --> 01:35:03,440 Speaker 1: The reduction stems from the losses due to the pandemic. 1729 01:35:04,240 --> 01:35:06,760 Speaker 1: Bill's not the only team in the league making some 1730 01:35:06,840 --> 01:35:10,360 Speaker 1: difficult decisions. The Saints making moves ahead of next week's 1731 01:35:10,360 --> 01:35:13,519 Speaker 1: start to free agency. They are releasing veteran wide receiver 1732 01:35:13,600 --> 01:35:17,920 Speaker 1: Emmanuel Sanders and linebacker Kwon Alexander. Losing Sanders will hurt, 1733 01:35:18,160 --> 01:35:20,360 Speaker 1: as he was the Saints leading wide receiver last season 1734 01:35:20,400 --> 01:35:22,880 Speaker 1: with sixty one catches for seven hunder twenty six yards. 1735 01:35:23,160 --> 01:35:25,760 Speaker 1: Although Sanders he's about to turn thirty four still playing 1736 01:35:25,760 --> 01:35:28,719 Speaker 1: at a high level, Alexander played in just seven games 1737 01:35:28,760 --> 01:35:32,960 Speaker 1: after his season ending achilles injury. The XFL and the 1738 01:35:33,000 --> 01:35:36,800 Speaker 1: CFL are discussing options for a collaboration as they planned 1739 01:35:36,800 --> 01:35:39,680 Speaker 1: their return to the field following the COVID nineteen pandemic. 1740 01:35:40,000 --> 01:35:43,639 Speaker 1: Both leagues confirmed that news on Wednesday. Statements from league 1741 01:35:43,640 --> 01:35:46,519 Speaker 1: officials indicated talks are in the very early stages that 1742 01:35:46,720 --> 01:35:50,600 Speaker 1: offered no boundaries on the depth of the potential partnership, 1743 01:35:50,880 --> 01:35:53,559 Speaker 1: and following a five four shootout loss to the Flyers 1744 01:35:53,640 --> 01:35:56,120 Speaker 1: last night, the Sabers would turn home for a Thursday 1745 01:35:56,200 --> 01:35:58,679 Speaker 1: night game when they host Pittsburgh in their first meeting 1746 01:35:58,680 --> 01:36:01,559 Speaker 1: of the season with the two team. Sabers forward Jack 1747 01:36:01,600 --> 01:36:04,160 Speaker 1: Eichelmas last night's game and Reigns out of the lineup 1748 01:36:04,160 --> 01:36:06,840 Speaker 1: with an upper body injury. He's expected to be out 1749 01:36:07,200 --> 01:36:09,639 Speaker 1: at least a week. That is your sports update from 1750 01:36:09,640 --> 01:36:12,600 Speaker 1: One Bill's Drive. Chris Brown, Steve Tasker with you and 1751 01:36:13,040 --> 01:36:14,960 Speaker 1: joining us on the line now for the third hour 1752 01:36:15,000 --> 01:36:18,160 Speaker 1: of the program. National NFL writer for the Bleacher Report 1753 01:36:18,240 --> 01:36:20,479 Speaker 1: or also an NFL writer for The Comeback in a 1754 01:36:20,520 --> 01:36:24,040 Speaker 1: PFWA member, It is one Brad Daniel joining us here 1755 01:36:24,880 --> 01:36:27,439 Speaker 1: on the show. Brad, thanks for taking some time with us. 1756 01:36:28,120 --> 01:36:30,639 Speaker 1: I want to jump right in head first with this stuff. 1757 01:36:30,680 --> 01:36:34,800 Speaker 1: We are right on the heels of franchise tag designation 1758 01:36:34,920 --> 01:36:38,400 Speaker 1: day and there were some guys expecting to get the 1759 01:36:38,439 --> 01:36:41,639 Speaker 1: tag Brad that did not, and I saw you put 1760 01:36:41,640 --> 01:36:44,680 Speaker 1: together a winners and losers list. Kenny Galladay is a 1761 01:36:44,800 --> 01:36:48,840 Speaker 1: very happy man today, is he not? Very likely? I mean, 1762 01:36:48,880 --> 01:36:52,599 Speaker 1: Kenny Gallady is a guy who has extreme potential, has 1763 01:36:52,640 --> 01:36:55,040 Speaker 1: lived up to it to an extent, but hasn't been consistent. 1764 01:36:55,120 --> 01:36:57,880 Speaker 1: Injuries have been a problem, durability as a concern, and 1765 01:36:57,960 --> 01:37:00,479 Speaker 1: he's not overly young for a first time free He's 1766 01:37:00,479 --> 01:37:02,360 Speaker 1: not one of those twenty five twenty six year olds. 1767 01:37:02,720 --> 01:37:04,960 Speaker 1: I believe he's coming up in his age twenty eight seasons. 1768 01:37:04,960 --> 01:37:09,400 Speaker 1: So for him to hit the market now is critical. 1769 01:37:09,960 --> 01:37:12,679 Speaker 1: A player like that, you end up into this tag 1770 01:37:12,800 --> 01:37:15,320 Speaker 1: territory at a If you end up with another injury 1771 01:37:15,320 --> 01:37:17,640 Speaker 1: plague season like the one he had in twenty twenty, 1772 01:37:18,479 --> 01:37:20,320 Speaker 1: you know you might never get that big deal. And 1773 01:37:21,120 --> 01:37:23,479 Speaker 1: as age catches up, that could be a factor as well. 1774 01:37:23,680 --> 01:37:25,559 Speaker 1: So he's going to get the deal now just because 1775 01:37:25,880 --> 01:37:27,920 Speaker 1: you know, first of all, two good players that were 1776 01:37:28,040 --> 01:37:30,559 Speaker 1: arguably ranked ahead of him in those free agent rankings, 1777 01:37:30,720 --> 01:37:33,880 Speaker 1: and Chris Godwin and Allan Robinson aren't hitting the market, 1778 01:37:34,040 --> 01:37:36,920 Speaker 1: he suddenly becomes the bell of the ball. He's going 1779 01:37:36,960 --> 01:37:39,960 Speaker 1: to be the guy who, despite those works, despite those concerns, 1780 01:37:40,720 --> 01:37:43,439 Speaker 1: is going to command that that probably twenty million dollar, 1781 01:37:43,640 --> 01:37:46,599 Speaker 1: twenty million dollars a year range in salary on a 1782 01:37:46,600 --> 01:37:48,840 Speaker 1: long term contract. So he made himself a lot of 1783 01:37:48,840 --> 01:37:51,080 Speaker 1: long term money, even if he actually winds up making 1784 01:37:51,080 --> 01:37:52,760 Speaker 1: a little lesson he might have on the tag after 1785 01:37:53,400 --> 01:37:56,960 Speaker 1: the deal works out and secures himself for a lot 1786 01:37:57,000 --> 01:37:59,519 Speaker 1: longer than he might have under other circumstances. Yeah, and 1787 01:37:59,520 --> 01:38:01,439 Speaker 1: he's only one of a bunch of guys. We've been 1788 01:38:01,479 --> 01:38:05,240 Speaker 1: talking about the flood of great players or good players 1789 01:38:05,360 --> 01:38:08,559 Speaker 1: or unlikely players to be released by these teams because 1790 01:38:08,560 --> 01:38:10,960 Speaker 1: they're in such dire straits with their with their cap. 1791 01:38:11,160 --> 01:38:14,160 Speaker 1: The Bills released Quentin Jefferson John Brown just a few 1792 01:38:14,160 --> 01:38:17,280 Speaker 1: minutes ago, within this last hour. It's gonna continue. But 1793 01:38:18,040 --> 01:38:22,200 Speaker 1: in the aftermath of the Dak Prescott quarterback contract getting signed, 1794 01:38:22,800 --> 01:38:24,800 Speaker 1: you know, these young quarterbacks who are on the cuzz 1795 01:38:24,920 --> 01:38:30,240 Speaker 1: like the Josh Allen's, the Baker Mayfields, Lamar Jackson, Sam Darnold, 1796 01:38:30,240 --> 01:38:32,720 Speaker 1: even with the Jets, these teams are getting to the 1797 01:38:32,760 --> 01:38:35,080 Speaker 1: point where they're gonna have to start making decisions about 1798 01:38:35,080 --> 01:38:38,320 Speaker 1: those guys. Are there any quarterbacks in that spot? Maybe 1799 01:38:38,360 --> 01:38:41,240 Speaker 1: a year ahead of that that you're thinking, what have 1800 01:38:41,320 --> 01:38:45,200 Speaker 1: we learned from the recent quarterback contracts and how they 1801 01:38:45,200 --> 01:38:48,479 Speaker 1: were handled and the negotiations about when these clubs should 1802 01:38:48,479 --> 01:38:50,679 Speaker 1: sign them to an extension, what kind of extension should 1803 01:38:50,680 --> 01:38:55,000 Speaker 1: it be. Dak Prescott's contract, while it's still lucrative, is 1804 01:38:55,240 --> 01:38:58,439 Speaker 1: very different than Pat mahomes contract. What do you think 1805 01:38:58,439 --> 01:39:01,000 Speaker 1: and what's your advice to these gems about their young quarterbacks, 1806 01:39:01,000 --> 01:39:04,040 Speaker 1: how to extend them and when to do it. It's 1807 01:39:04,080 --> 01:39:06,719 Speaker 1: funny you can look at the Carson wentzt and Jared 1808 01:39:06,760 --> 01:39:10,120 Speaker 1: Goff extensions from two years ago, and you can look 1809 01:39:10,120 --> 01:39:13,200 Speaker 1: at the Dak Prescott extension or it's actually just fresh 1810 01:39:13,240 --> 01:39:16,599 Speaker 1: contract that was signed this week, and you can view 1811 01:39:16,640 --> 01:39:19,320 Speaker 1: them both, all three of them as cautionary tales the 1812 01:39:19,360 --> 01:39:21,160 Speaker 1: first year because they happen to do quickly, in the 1813 01:39:21,200 --> 01:39:23,640 Speaker 1: last one because it happened too late. And that's one 1814 01:39:23,680 --> 01:39:26,320 Speaker 1: of those you know, you can't predict the future scenarios 1815 01:39:26,360 --> 01:39:28,360 Speaker 1: where you can say the Eagles and the Rams were 1816 01:39:28,360 --> 01:39:30,160 Speaker 1: silly by jumping on it, but then you can say, 1817 01:39:30,280 --> 01:39:32,960 Speaker 1: you know what if Winston Goff had continued on their tracks. 1818 01:39:33,040 --> 01:39:34,840 Speaker 1: Goff was just in the Super Bowl with the Rams. 1819 01:39:34,840 --> 01:39:37,160 Speaker 1: Wentz was a year removed from a Super Bowl season 1820 01:39:37,200 --> 01:39:39,120 Speaker 1: which in which he was the NBA MVP candidate with 1821 01:39:39,160 --> 01:39:42,559 Speaker 1: Philadelphia if they stayed on those tracks. Both of those 1822 01:39:42,600 --> 01:39:45,679 Speaker 1: guys are getting way more money this offseason after their 1823 01:39:45,680 --> 01:39:47,879 Speaker 1: fifth year options are up and they're looking at franchise 1824 01:39:47,920 --> 01:39:51,439 Speaker 1: tags and whatnot. And then on the other flip of 1825 01:39:51,439 --> 01:39:54,240 Speaker 1: the coin, Dak Prescott, you know, Dallas might have said 1826 01:39:54,360 --> 01:39:56,600 Speaker 1: two years ago, you know what, we're reupping Dak. We 1827 01:39:56,600 --> 01:39:58,120 Speaker 1: don't have the fifth year option. We don't want to 1828 01:39:58,120 --> 01:40:00,519 Speaker 1: mess around with franchise tags. We're giving them twenty eight 1829 01:40:00,560 --> 01:40:02,720 Speaker 1: million a year. Last year it was rumored to be 1830 01:40:02,760 --> 01:40:05,679 Speaker 1: in the mid thirties. That saves even last year. Now 1831 01:40:05,720 --> 01:40:07,960 Speaker 1: they waited too long again. And and the weird thing 1832 01:40:08,000 --> 01:40:09,920 Speaker 1: about this, of course, if the salary cap goes down, 1833 01:40:10,000 --> 01:40:12,840 Speaker 1: he comes off an injury derailed season, and yet his 1834 01:40:12,960 --> 01:40:14,840 Speaker 1: value still goes out because that just goes to show 1835 01:40:14,840 --> 01:40:19,520 Speaker 1: the current market for franchise quarterbacks. So you know, there's 1836 01:40:19,880 --> 01:40:22,200 Speaker 1: you can argue it either way, and nobody has a 1837 01:40:22,240 --> 01:40:26,320 Speaker 1: crystal ball. And that's the debate that the Baltimore Ravens 1838 01:40:26,320 --> 01:40:28,400 Speaker 1: are having with Lamar Jackson, that the Buffalo Bills are 1839 01:40:28,439 --> 01:40:30,600 Speaker 1: having with Josh Allen, that the Browns too, maybe a 1840 01:40:30,680 --> 01:40:33,120 Speaker 1: lesser extent or having with Baker Mayfield. I mean, Allen's 1841 01:40:33,120 --> 01:40:35,880 Speaker 1: coming off at MVP runner up season. Lamar Jackson's a 1842 01:40:35,920 --> 01:40:38,080 Speaker 1: year removed from an MVP season himself, so those guys 1843 01:40:38,080 --> 01:40:40,400 Speaker 1: are a little bit more established. I feel more most 1844 01:40:40,400 --> 01:40:43,280 Speaker 1: comfortable about Lamar. I mean, the youngest MVP at quarterback 1845 01:40:43,320 --> 01:40:46,719 Speaker 1: in NFL history. You feel pretty certain that that guy's 1846 01:40:46,760 --> 01:40:48,360 Speaker 1: going to have a great career and that you can 1847 01:40:48,760 --> 01:40:51,040 Speaker 1: you can lock him in and Josh Allen to an 1848 01:40:51,040 --> 01:40:53,280 Speaker 1: extent as well, based on the incredible play we saw 1849 01:40:53,320 --> 01:40:55,679 Speaker 1: from him throughout the twenty twenty season and bringing Buffalo 1850 01:40:55,760 --> 01:40:58,320 Speaker 1: deep into the playoffs. Baker Mayfield, again, I think that's 1851 01:40:58,320 --> 01:40:59,800 Speaker 1: a bit of a different story. I would wait there. 1852 01:40:59,840 --> 01:41:01,640 Speaker 1: I would just wait. I know it might cost you 1853 01:41:01,680 --> 01:41:03,679 Speaker 1: money in the long run, but you saw a nice 1854 01:41:03,760 --> 01:41:05,720 Speaker 1: run from him this past season. You have not seen 1855 01:41:05,800 --> 01:41:08,880 Speaker 1: cons consistency, and you haven't seen him carry that offense 1856 01:41:08,960 --> 01:41:11,800 Speaker 1: or that team in general just yet. So I would 1857 01:41:11,840 --> 01:41:13,720 Speaker 1: prefer to way to fire with the Browns. I might 1858 01:41:13,760 --> 01:41:15,559 Speaker 1: want to pounce if I'm the Bills of the Ravens. 1859 01:41:15,560 --> 01:41:17,559 Speaker 1: If they, you know, let the CAP's a bit down, 1860 01:41:17,880 --> 01:41:20,000 Speaker 1: they know it. That's part of negotiating his agent, and 1861 01:41:20,120 --> 01:41:23,479 Speaker 1: he's gonna and you know his agent's gonna say to 1862 01:41:23,479 --> 01:41:26,040 Speaker 1: to you know, whoever in either case, whoever they're negotiating 1863 01:41:26,040 --> 01:41:28,120 Speaker 1: with this when we know the TV deals are kicking 1864 01:41:28,120 --> 01:41:30,800 Speaker 1: in and we're not going to negotiate on a pandemic 1865 01:41:31,080 --> 01:41:34,280 Speaker 1: decreased salary cap here. But the fact is there's something 1866 01:41:34,320 --> 01:41:36,280 Speaker 1: to be had right now versus we don't know what 1867 01:41:36,320 --> 01:41:37,800 Speaker 1: the limit might be. I mean, we could be looking 1868 01:41:37,840 --> 01:41:39,840 Speaker 1: at a cap in a three hundred million dollars range 1869 01:41:39,840 --> 01:41:41,600 Speaker 1: in just a few years. So you don't want to 1870 01:41:41,600 --> 01:41:44,200 Speaker 1: fall into that trap where you franchise Tag Josh Allen 1871 01:41:44,280 --> 01:41:47,200 Speaker 1: next year or the year after that, and then all 1872 01:41:47,200 --> 01:41:49,559 Speaker 1: of a sudden the cap explodes and you're looking at 1873 01:41:49,560 --> 01:41:51,559 Speaker 1: sixty million a year. Like I know, these numbers seem 1874 01:41:51,640 --> 01:41:54,720 Speaker 1: almost pacesius, but it's actually absolutely possible we could go 1875 01:41:54,760 --> 01:41:57,000 Speaker 1: down that path. So there's something too getting it done 1876 01:41:57,040 --> 01:41:58,920 Speaker 1: early when you're confident he's your guy, and the Bills 1877 01:41:58,920 --> 01:42:00,880 Speaker 1: and the Ravens should be pretty com right now. Taking 1878 01:42:00,920 --> 01:42:04,759 Speaker 1: that a step further, Brandon Being in a recent interview, 1879 01:42:05,160 --> 01:42:09,120 Speaker 1: did say that he's curious and needs to know before 1880 01:42:09,160 --> 01:42:12,759 Speaker 1: that May third deadline to exercise the fifty year option. 1881 01:42:12,840 --> 01:42:15,200 Speaker 1: He wants to know where the league is going to 1882 01:42:15,240 --> 01:42:18,240 Speaker 1: be on fans in the stands. So it sounds like 1883 01:42:18,320 --> 01:42:21,680 Speaker 1: gate revenue and other things are going to impact the 1884 01:42:21,720 --> 01:42:24,439 Speaker 1: decision making of this team. With regard to a Josh 1885 01:42:24,439 --> 01:42:26,439 Speaker 1: Allen extension, I think if they know that there's going 1886 01:42:26,479 --> 01:42:28,759 Speaker 1: to be fans in the stands, there's gonna be gate revenue. 1887 01:42:29,080 --> 01:42:31,479 Speaker 1: You have that extra home game, at least the AFC 1888 01:42:31,680 --> 01:42:34,360 Speaker 1: does this year in the seventeenth game because they'll be 1889 01:42:34,400 --> 01:42:37,000 Speaker 1: hosting that game. You know, that's an extra sixty percent 1890 01:42:37,000 --> 01:42:40,639 Speaker 1: of gate revenue there. He said they would feel more 1891 01:42:40,680 --> 01:42:44,120 Speaker 1: comfortable doing the extension now, but if there is uncertainty 1892 01:42:44,640 --> 01:42:46,120 Speaker 1: as to whether there's going to be fans in the 1893 01:42:46,160 --> 01:42:48,320 Speaker 1: stands and they don't have a clear picture by May, 1894 01:42:48,960 --> 01:42:52,120 Speaker 1: they may go fifth year option and just buy some time, 1895 01:42:52,600 --> 01:42:54,760 Speaker 1: which isn't a drop in the bucket either. Brand that's 1896 01:42:54,760 --> 01:42:57,360 Speaker 1: gonna be like twenty two million for Josh Allen after 1897 01:42:57,400 --> 01:43:00,559 Speaker 1: he made the Pro Bowl this year. Yeah, that's fully 1898 01:43:00,560 --> 01:43:03,120 Speaker 1: guaranteed now with a UCBA, So that's no longer an 1899 01:43:03,120 --> 01:43:06,439 Speaker 1: injury only an injury guarantee. So they'd be locked in 1900 01:43:06,479 --> 01:43:09,200 Speaker 1: at that rate, and that's, uh, that's not cheap, um, 1901 01:43:09,240 --> 01:43:11,400 Speaker 1: you know, for Josh Allen, it's it's if he continues 1902 01:43:11,439 --> 01:43:13,559 Speaker 1: to play the way he is, it's arguably still a 1903 01:43:13,600 --> 01:43:15,160 Speaker 1: discount compared to what you're going to get on a 1904 01:43:15,160 --> 01:43:17,280 Speaker 1: longer term deal. Now you go the Patrick Mahomes route. 1905 01:43:17,320 --> 01:43:20,479 Speaker 1: Who knows, you know, you mentioned that, Steve, you end 1906 01:43:20,560 --> 01:43:22,000 Speaker 1: up with an eight or ten year deal for a 1907 01:43:22,000 --> 01:43:25,040 Speaker 1: guy you can do anything in terms of flexibility. Um, 1908 01:43:25,160 --> 01:43:28,120 Speaker 1: but you know, it's true, there's this right now more 1909 01:43:28,120 --> 01:43:30,320 Speaker 1: than ever. There's so much uncertainty and and and it's 1910 01:43:30,360 --> 01:43:32,519 Speaker 1: related to, yeah, who's in the in the crowd next 1911 01:43:32,560 --> 01:43:35,400 Speaker 1: September at you know, at in Orchard Park and and 1912 01:43:35,560 --> 01:43:39,200 Speaker 1: Alsworth throughout the league. But also, uh, do we know 1913 01:43:39,400 --> 01:43:42,000 Speaker 1: yet what those TV deals will be? Are they being 1914 01:43:42,439 --> 01:43:45,759 Speaker 1: inflated in the media. We don't know. So so again 1915 01:43:45,800 --> 01:43:49,240 Speaker 1: it's possible the TV deals, you know, kind of are 1916 01:43:49,280 --> 01:43:51,439 Speaker 1: a bit of a disappointment compared to a lot of 1917 01:43:51,439 --> 01:43:53,639 Speaker 1: the explications that we have that you know, we're trending 1918 01:43:53,640 --> 01:43:56,640 Speaker 1: in the direction of more digital possibly and and and 1919 01:43:56,680 --> 01:43:59,280 Speaker 1: the ratings worse slightly down this past season for probably 1920 01:43:59,320 --> 01:44:02,160 Speaker 1: reasons that we're we're more related to a slight dip 1921 01:44:02,240 --> 01:44:04,439 Speaker 1: and unexpected rise in twenty twenty one. But we just 1922 01:44:04,479 --> 01:44:06,960 Speaker 1: don't know. And as long as we don't know, that 1923 01:44:07,040 --> 01:44:10,439 Speaker 1: uncertainty is going to lead to GM's owners front offices 1924 01:44:10,479 --> 01:44:14,000 Speaker 1: in general being a little bit more careful and maybe 1925 01:44:14,080 --> 01:44:16,160 Speaker 1: wanting to bide their time. And you know, there's a 1926 01:44:16,160 --> 01:44:17,840 Speaker 1: good chance we're going to have a pretty good feel 1927 01:44:17,880 --> 01:44:21,160 Speaker 1: for that by April. Um, you think so, at least 1928 01:44:21,200 --> 01:44:24,240 Speaker 1: in terms of crowd presence, with vaccinations across the country, 1929 01:44:24,280 --> 01:44:27,760 Speaker 1: and and and with numbers dropping, um, it sounds like 1930 01:44:27,800 --> 01:44:29,800 Speaker 1: we're going to get word on TV deals soon. There's 1931 01:44:29,840 --> 01:44:32,160 Speaker 1: even word that this deal with Dak Prescott was Jerry 1932 01:44:32,240 --> 01:44:34,760 Speaker 1: Jones essentially tipping off the idea that those deals are 1933 01:44:34,760 --> 01:44:37,200 Speaker 1: going to come soon because the deal seems outrageous, not 1934 01:44:37,560 --> 01:44:41,160 Speaker 1: without considering them. Um. So that's that's the problem now 1935 01:44:41,240 --> 01:44:43,720 Speaker 1: and and and again that that deadline. I feel like 1936 01:44:43,720 --> 01:44:45,240 Speaker 1: we're gonna have a more clarity by now, but I 1937 01:44:45,320 --> 01:44:48,240 Speaker 1: understand why they're not pouncing. And remember the Deshaun Jackson 1938 01:44:48,360 --> 01:44:51,840 Speaker 1: DeShawn Jackson Deshaun Watson deal that he signed last year. 1939 01:44:51,840 --> 01:44:54,200 Speaker 1: The blockbuster contract didn't come until a week before as 1940 01:44:54,240 --> 01:44:56,960 Speaker 1: fourth season began. They have all off season the fifth 1941 01:44:57,000 --> 01:44:58,880 Speaker 1: year option. You're right, they have to take care of soon, 1942 01:44:58,960 --> 01:45:01,320 Speaker 1: and that changes how you negotiated, change the leverage to 1943 01:45:01,360 --> 01:45:03,479 Speaker 1: an extent, But in terms of getting that long term 1944 01:45:03,560 --> 01:45:05,639 Speaker 1: deal in place, they can wake that out right until 1945 01:45:05,680 --> 01:45:07,519 Speaker 1: the start of the season if if both parties so 1946 01:45:07,720 --> 01:45:10,800 Speaker 1: choose right and you're right about the television contracts that 1947 01:45:10,800 --> 01:45:13,439 Speaker 1: they were inflated before ESPN signed, like the two point 1948 01:45:13,560 --> 01:45:16,320 Speaker 1: nine billion dollar deal rather than the three point five 1949 01:45:16,360 --> 01:45:17,960 Speaker 1: that it had been reported. They thought it was gonna 1950 01:45:18,040 --> 01:45:20,680 Speaker 1: double up, and it didn't. It got went up very significantly, 1951 01:45:20,920 --> 01:45:23,040 Speaker 1: but it didn't go quite as high as they were 1952 01:45:23,040 --> 01:45:26,879 Speaker 1: reporting it at first. Blush And with all that happening, 1953 01:45:27,760 --> 01:45:29,720 Speaker 1: give us and we've been talking about them, we'll go 1954 01:45:29,760 --> 01:45:31,240 Speaker 1: back to it. These players that are going to be 1955 01:45:31,280 --> 01:45:35,800 Speaker 1: available because of this salarycap shrinkage, who were some of 1956 01:45:35,800 --> 01:45:38,920 Speaker 1: them under rate? Under the radar free agents that may 1957 01:45:38,960 --> 01:45:42,400 Speaker 1: be out there that that makes the average fan on 1958 01:45:42,439 --> 01:45:44,880 Speaker 1: the street go, oh my god, JJ Watts available, Oh 1959 01:45:44,920 --> 01:45:46,720 Speaker 1: my gosh, we gotta get him. Are there some other 1960 01:45:46,760 --> 01:45:48,760 Speaker 1: guys of that count? Now, certainly there's not too many 1961 01:45:48,840 --> 01:45:51,280 Speaker 1: JJ Watts out there, but are there some under the 1962 01:45:51,360 --> 01:45:54,160 Speaker 1: radar free agents that may be a bigger impact for 1963 01:45:54,200 --> 01:45:56,679 Speaker 1: the teams they land on than maybe we first think, 1964 01:45:57,600 --> 01:45:59,320 Speaker 1: you know one guy who comes to mind right away 1965 01:45:59,439 --> 01:46:02,640 Speaker 1: and think it's it's it's timely and also relevant to 1966 01:46:02,680 --> 01:46:06,000 Speaker 1: Bills fans in particular, Maybe is is Richard Higgins the 1967 01:46:06,000 --> 01:46:09,120 Speaker 1: Cleveland Browns. He had zero drops last year and actually 1968 01:46:09,160 --> 01:46:11,479 Speaker 1: ranked second in the league behind Will Fuller, who's also 1969 01:46:11,560 --> 01:46:15,519 Speaker 1: an impending free agent, actually in yards per target, which 1970 01:46:15,600 --> 01:46:18,400 Speaker 1: is a great stat that I think is under used 1971 01:46:18,439 --> 01:46:20,640 Speaker 1: because it literally means how many yards you're producing on 1972 01:46:20,960 --> 01:46:24,120 Speaker 1: every time the quarterback throws you the football. And so 1973 01:46:24,160 --> 01:46:26,320 Speaker 1: he really kind of snuck under the radar throughout the 1974 01:46:26,320 --> 01:46:28,840 Speaker 1: twenty twenty season. Odo Beckham Junior, of course, went down 1975 01:46:28,840 --> 01:46:31,840 Speaker 1: with that injury. They had Jarvis Landry operating in the slot, 1976 01:46:32,720 --> 01:46:34,479 Speaker 1: but they had him out in the X and ZED 1977 01:46:34,520 --> 01:46:38,920 Speaker 1: spots and he was incredibly productive. He's never been a 1978 01:46:38,960 --> 01:46:41,559 Speaker 1: thousand yard guy. He's never been a big name. But 1979 01:46:41,680 --> 01:46:43,720 Speaker 1: you wonder if a place like Buffalo, that has a 1980 01:46:43,760 --> 01:46:46,800 Speaker 1: great receiver already in the slot, would maybe see him 1981 01:46:46,800 --> 01:46:48,120 Speaker 1: as someone they can get you met. You know, we 1982 01:46:48,200 --> 01:46:50,400 Speaker 1: heard in the update they saved about eight million dollars. 1983 01:46:50,560 --> 01:46:52,160 Speaker 1: They might be able to get him for five or six, 1984 01:46:52,280 --> 01:46:55,080 Speaker 1: especially considering how many receivers are you know, supposed to 1985 01:46:55,160 --> 01:46:57,720 Speaker 1: hit the market while a guy like will Fuller is 1986 01:46:57,720 --> 01:47:00,200 Speaker 1: getting all the attention, and Kenny Galladay he would, but 1987 01:47:00,360 --> 01:47:03,280 Speaker 1: off the top. It's entirely possible that Richard Higgins sides 1988 01:47:03,320 --> 01:47:05,559 Speaker 1: under that radar. You pick him up for you know, 1989 01:47:05,880 --> 01:47:07,840 Speaker 1: pennies on the dollar, at least quarters on the dollar 1990 01:47:08,080 --> 01:47:10,320 Speaker 1: compared to what other guys are going to be owed. 1991 01:47:10,400 --> 01:47:13,759 Speaker 1: So I like him. Hassan Raddick got away from Arizona. 1992 01:47:13,800 --> 01:47:15,759 Speaker 1: A lot of great pass rushers are hitting the market, 1993 01:47:15,840 --> 01:47:18,560 Speaker 1: none refranchised. Tay Leonard Williams is an interior rusher. He 1994 01:47:18,640 --> 01:47:21,280 Speaker 1: got the tag, but nobody on the edge, and that's rare. 1995 01:47:21,439 --> 01:47:23,880 Speaker 1: Usually edge guys are getting locked up because it's one 1996 01:47:23,880 --> 01:47:25,840 Speaker 1: of the three or four most important positions in the game. 1997 01:47:25,840 --> 01:47:28,840 Speaker 1: So Yannick and Gockway, Carl Lawson, who in Cincinnati is 1998 01:47:29,160 --> 01:47:31,479 Speaker 1: is a quarterback hit machine. Doesn't get the sacks, but 1999 01:47:31,600 --> 01:47:34,080 Speaker 1: sacks sometimes don't tell the stories. So you wonder if 2000 01:47:34,080 --> 01:47:36,559 Speaker 1: he'll come for a discount because it doesn't have the 2001 01:47:36,560 --> 01:47:39,160 Speaker 1: sack numbers, has the hit numbers, and Dockway is a 2002 01:47:39,160 --> 01:47:41,000 Speaker 1: big force fumble guy. He gets makes a lot of 2003 01:47:41,000 --> 01:47:44,360 Speaker 1: plays outside of that SACA total as well. So those 2004 01:47:44,360 --> 01:47:46,839 Speaker 1: guys are guys I definitely watch. Hey, all the safeties 2005 01:47:46,880 --> 01:47:49,720 Speaker 1: were snapped up. I know in particular Hair Buffalo not 2006 01:47:49,720 --> 01:47:51,840 Speaker 1: really looking down that market with two good ones, but 2007 01:47:52,280 --> 01:47:54,040 Speaker 1: with all of them pretty much being tagged. The key 2008 01:47:54,080 --> 01:47:57,600 Speaker 1: guys there yesterday and throughout the week. John Johnson the 2009 01:47:57,640 --> 01:48:00,519 Speaker 1: thirds of fantastic player with the La Rams, and he 2010 01:48:00,560 --> 01:48:02,880 Speaker 1: can really do it all at the safety position. And 2011 01:48:02,920 --> 01:48:05,000 Speaker 1: I wonder now, with all those safeties going off the board, 2012 01:48:05,000 --> 01:48:07,640 Speaker 1: if his market just flew up, possibly too expensive for 2013 01:48:07,680 --> 01:48:09,240 Speaker 1: a lot of teams as a result, But I think 2014 01:48:09,240 --> 01:48:10,559 Speaker 1: he's the kind of guy you could have an all 2015 01:48:10,600 --> 01:48:13,479 Speaker 1: pro for any of all pro type of career going forward, 2016 01:48:13,720 --> 01:48:15,680 Speaker 1: and is now definitely going to hit the market, you 2017 01:48:15,720 --> 01:48:17,800 Speaker 1: have to think, as the Rams are pretty much out 2018 01:48:17,800 --> 01:48:21,240 Speaker 1: of money. Talking to Brad Ganio from Bleacher Report, and 2019 01:48:22,360 --> 01:48:24,280 Speaker 1: I know you recently did a piece Brad on the 2020 01:48:24,360 --> 01:48:28,040 Speaker 1: NFL's ten wars contracts entering free agency. So seeing all 2021 01:48:28,040 --> 01:48:30,360 Speaker 1: these people getting clipped around the league right now, is 2022 01:48:30,400 --> 01:48:33,120 Speaker 1: teams scrambled to get under the cap? On this list 2023 01:48:33,160 --> 01:48:37,040 Speaker 1: that you put together, is there anyone that has a 2024 01:48:37,040 --> 01:48:39,960 Speaker 1: contract that at least the team that saddled with it 2025 01:48:40,280 --> 01:48:43,120 Speaker 1: can somehow get out from under this year, or people 2026 01:48:43,200 --> 01:48:45,600 Speaker 1: tied to these guys essentially because the dead caps just 2027 01:48:45,640 --> 01:48:49,000 Speaker 1: too cost prohibitive. Well, the one, you know, the one 2028 01:48:49,040 --> 01:48:51,559 Speaker 1: guy you led my list to technically there's tons of 2029 01:48:51,560 --> 01:48:55,000 Speaker 1: wiggle room is Matt Ryan. Now the Falcons aren't doing that. 2030 01:48:55,040 --> 01:48:57,479 Speaker 1: They pretty much said they're going with Matt Ryan and 2031 01:48:57,560 --> 01:49:00,479 Speaker 1: Julio Jones this season. But we've heard team say and 2032 01:49:00,600 --> 01:49:02,840 Speaker 1: make a flip. The thing is for Ryan right now, 2033 01:49:03,240 --> 01:49:07,400 Speaker 1: not possible. June first, that magical date in which the 2034 01:49:07,400 --> 01:49:09,200 Speaker 1: you know, the cap numbers can be spread out, the 2035 01:49:09,479 --> 01:49:11,759 Speaker 1: dead cap hits can be spread out over multiple seasons. 2036 01:49:12,080 --> 01:49:14,200 Speaker 1: All of a sudden, Matt Ryan looks like an intrigue. 2037 01:49:14,200 --> 01:49:15,800 Speaker 1: I mean, they have the number four overall pick, and 2038 01:49:16,120 --> 01:49:19,479 Speaker 1: we're talking those non Trevor Lawrence quarterbacks. There's four of them, 2039 01:49:20,000 --> 01:49:21,840 Speaker 1: four of them at this point, who are candidates to 2040 01:49:21,880 --> 01:49:24,840 Speaker 1: go in the top ten. If they see a really 2041 01:49:24,840 --> 01:49:28,160 Speaker 1: great fit with Justin Field or with Zach Wilson, or 2042 01:49:28,160 --> 01:49:30,760 Speaker 1: with Matt Jones or with Trey Lance, and they want 2043 01:49:30,760 --> 01:49:32,439 Speaker 1: to take a swing, they might do that, and they 2044 01:49:32,520 --> 01:49:33,880 Speaker 1: might still hold on to the guy and think that 2045 01:49:33,920 --> 01:49:36,240 Speaker 1: he can become your Aaron Rodgers and Matt Ryan performs 2046 01:49:36,280 --> 01:49:38,200 Speaker 1: as your Brett far for the next couple of years. 2047 01:49:38,520 --> 01:49:40,160 Speaker 1: They might also say, you know what, we had an 2048 01:49:40,160 --> 01:49:41,960 Speaker 1: offer that's just too good to refuse, and we're sending 2049 01:49:41,960 --> 01:49:45,200 Speaker 1: Matt Ryan to Chicago like it's entirely possible. His deal 2050 01:49:45,400 --> 01:49:49,680 Speaker 1: is definitely much more flexible after June first, and that's 2051 01:49:49,680 --> 01:49:51,280 Speaker 1: the case for a lot of the guys I mentioned 2052 01:49:51,280 --> 01:49:53,519 Speaker 1: DeMarcus Lawrence, the Cowboys can get out of that pretty 2053 01:49:53,560 --> 01:49:55,839 Speaker 1: soon if they'd like to do. They want to admit 2054 01:49:55,920 --> 01:49:58,400 Speaker 1: that wrong after you know, two story seasons for him, 2055 01:49:58,400 --> 01:50:00,400 Speaker 1: after the franchise tag, in the big year he had 2056 01:50:00,400 --> 01:50:03,040 Speaker 1: before that. They've got so many big contracts they just 2057 01:50:03,120 --> 01:50:05,800 Speaker 1: gave back his big contract. The best out for them 2058 01:50:05,880 --> 01:50:08,080 Speaker 1: might be that one or the one belonging to Zeke 2059 01:50:08,120 --> 01:50:10,320 Speaker 1: Elliot or Mary Cooper. All three of those guys are 2060 01:50:10,360 --> 01:50:12,760 Speaker 1: going to cost them money, though, so it's tough to 2061 01:50:12,800 --> 01:50:15,800 Speaker 1: really wiggle out a lot of those deals. One more 2062 01:50:15,880 --> 01:50:18,800 Speaker 1: intriguing name Khalil Mack. I mean, if the Bears are 2063 01:50:18,800 --> 01:50:22,880 Speaker 1: so desperate for that quarterback and they need to make 2064 01:50:22,920 --> 01:50:25,600 Speaker 1: it happen despite a limited amount of draft capital and 2065 01:50:25,640 --> 01:50:29,479 Speaker 1: a limited amount of world, real world capital. Maybe that's 2066 01:50:29,479 --> 01:50:33,240 Speaker 1: their bargaining ship. He's thirty years old, now he's faded. 2067 01:50:33,400 --> 01:50:35,280 Speaker 1: Maybe the slightest bid. I hate to even say it, 2068 01:50:35,280 --> 01:50:37,840 Speaker 1: because he's still such a great player and he's so expensive. 2069 01:50:37,960 --> 01:50:41,280 Speaker 1: But a trade post tune one, all of a sudden, 2070 01:50:41,320 --> 01:50:44,240 Speaker 1: the money becomes a little bit more amenable, and a 2071 01:50:44,240 --> 01:50:46,760 Speaker 1: team that needs a big time pass rusher might be 2072 01:50:46,760 --> 01:50:48,679 Speaker 1: willing to make a deal there. You wonder about something 2073 01:50:48,720 --> 01:50:50,960 Speaker 1: like one of the two quarterbacks with the Raiders who 2074 01:50:51,000 --> 01:50:53,160 Speaker 1: could use a pass rusher. And then all of a sudden, 2075 01:50:53,160 --> 01:50:55,599 Speaker 1: you see a quarterback go to Chicago, like Marcus Mariota 2076 01:50:55,640 --> 01:50:58,320 Speaker 1: or Derek Carr. Chicago fans might not be thrilled with that, 2077 01:50:58,439 --> 01:51:00,360 Speaker 1: but again, it's all about how desperate you are for 2078 01:51:00,400 --> 01:51:02,639 Speaker 1: that franchise rather than what they have right now. Right yeah? 2079 01:51:02,640 --> 01:51:08,000 Speaker 1: And which which NFL team after this entirely different offseason, 2080 01:51:08,320 --> 01:51:10,559 Speaker 1: which team's going to get the best, the most better? 2081 01:51:10,600 --> 01:51:12,960 Speaker 1: Who's going to be the most improved NFL team after 2082 01:51:12,960 --> 01:51:16,960 Speaker 1: this free agency dust settles. It scares me to say 2083 01:51:16,960 --> 01:51:19,639 Speaker 1: the New England Patriots. I want to say them, because 2084 01:51:19,640 --> 01:51:21,400 Speaker 1: they have so much money and they gave us a 2085 01:51:21,439 --> 01:51:25,000 Speaker 1: pretty good sign with that trade for Trent Brown, that 2086 01:51:25,120 --> 01:51:27,519 Speaker 1: they're not rebuilding, that they're not willing to do that. 2087 01:51:27,600 --> 01:51:30,240 Speaker 1: Maybe Bill Belichick is like, you know, I'm not interested 2088 01:51:30,240 --> 01:51:32,559 Speaker 1: in that at this point in my career. I think 2089 01:51:32,560 --> 01:51:34,800 Speaker 1: they might be going for it to try to rebuild 2090 01:51:34,840 --> 01:51:36,880 Speaker 1: for one more season, whether it be with Cam Newton 2091 01:51:36,960 --> 01:51:38,840 Speaker 1: or one of those quarterbacks on the market. I mean, 2092 01:51:38,840 --> 01:51:41,720 Speaker 1: it would be intriguing to see Jimmy Garoppolo returned to 2093 01:51:41,720 --> 01:51:43,880 Speaker 1: New England and then give him a receiver like Odell 2094 01:51:43,880 --> 01:51:46,840 Speaker 1: Beckham Junior in a trade for example, or signed Kenny 2095 01:51:46,840 --> 01:51:49,960 Speaker 1: Galladay or Will Fuller as I just mentioned Coula's great receivers. 2096 01:51:49,960 --> 01:51:52,280 Speaker 1: You add Aaron Jones to that that offense, and what 2097 01:51:52,320 --> 01:51:55,080 Speaker 1: does that do to them? You never want to rule 2098 01:51:55,120 --> 01:51:56,920 Speaker 1: them out. And as much as Jacksonville is in the 2099 01:51:57,000 --> 01:51:59,360 Speaker 1: best position, the Jets, the Dolphins are all in great 2100 01:51:59,400 --> 01:52:02,800 Speaker 1: positions financially and in term for their draft capital. Um, 2101 01:52:03,040 --> 01:52:05,400 Speaker 1: you know, the Patriots of the Patriots. So those four 2102 01:52:05,439 --> 01:52:08,440 Speaker 1: teams that I just mentioned, three of them in Buffalo's 2103 01:52:08,439 --> 01:52:12,920 Speaker 1: division or probably thanks for that improved right now. But 2104 01:52:13,040 --> 01:52:15,439 Speaker 1: you know I'll get I'll give you Jacksonville just just 2105 01:52:15,479 --> 01:52:17,759 Speaker 1: so I saved some save some face with the folks 2106 01:52:17,760 --> 01:52:21,680 Speaker 1: in western New York. And then before before we let 2107 01:52:21,720 --> 01:52:25,719 Speaker 1: you go, my last one for you. Your recent mock draft, 2108 01:52:26,120 --> 01:52:29,439 Speaker 1: you had the Missouri linebacker Nick Bolton going to the Bills. 2109 01:52:29,720 --> 01:52:31,880 Speaker 1: Steve and I are kind of the opinion it's either oh, 2110 01:52:32,040 --> 01:52:35,360 Speaker 1: line or linebacker there unless there's a very compelling pass 2111 01:52:35,439 --> 01:52:38,000 Speaker 1: rusher in that range, which could happen because it looks 2112 01:52:38,040 --> 01:52:39,800 Speaker 1: like they're getting pushed down to the bottom half of 2113 01:52:39,840 --> 01:52:42,519 Speaker 1: the first round. But uh, just just your thoughts on 2114 01:52:42,560 --> 01:52:46,240 Speaker 1: why you saw Nick Bolton as as the best fit there. Well, 2115 01:52:46,280 --> 01:52:49,559 Speaker 1: the Mountain Milana was gonna, you know, control to an 2116 01:52:49,560 --> 01:52:51,640 Speaker 1: extent what they do, and so well Daryl Williams, right, 2117 01:52:51,640 --> 01:52:53,320 Speaker 1: I mean, if you bring back Daryl Williams, it probably 2118 01:52:53,400 --> 01:52:55,639 Speaker 1: means you're not You're less likely to go the offensive 2119 01:52:55,640 --> 01:52:58,439 Speaker 1: line direction, I would imagine um. And if you go 2120 01:52:58,479 --> 01:53:00,519 Speaker 1: to matt if you bring back Mont Milana, you're probably 2121 01:53:00,560 --> 01:53:02,960 Speaker 1: less likely to go to the linebacker direction. So if 2122 01:53:02,960 --> 01:53:04,960 Speaker 1: that's the case, I mean, you know, they say, you know, 2123 01:53:05,280 --> 01:53:08,000 Speaker 1: draft for best player available. I think would you get 2124 01:53:08,000 --> 01:53:10,519 Speaker 1: into thirty range, which Buffalo is not overly familiar with 2125 01:53:10,960 --> 01:53:13,559 Speaker 1: in recent years, you do start to think about your 2126 01:53:13,560 --> 01:53:15,599 Speaker 1: needs a little bit more because you're no longer looking 2127 01:53:15,600 --> 01:53:18,439 Speaker 1: at necessarily those top tier guys. So, you know, Bolton 2128 01:53:18,479 --> 01:53:21,280 Speaker 1: looks like a great fit for from my standpoint, especially 2129 01:53:21,280 --> 01:53:23,640 Speaker 1: with Milano out, a guy that can add to that 2130 01:53:23,720 --> 01:53:26,760 Speaker 1: front seven. Um. The thing about the Bills defenses, I've 2131 01:53:26,800 --> 01:53:29,479 Speaker 1: been a fan for years, but they don't they don't 2132 01:53:29,520 --> 01:53:31,800 Speaker 1: really have. Trey White two years ago in particular, was 2133 01:53:31,840 --> 01:53:34,639 Speaker 1: an exception. Have a guy who really stands out, especially 2134 01:53:34,680 --> 01:53:36,759 Speaker 1: in the front seven, who just kind of can hijack 2135 01:53:36,840 --> 01:53:39,280 Speaker 1: a game. And um, you know, I saw a little 2136 01:53:39,280 --> 01:53:40,720 Speaker 1: bit of that in Bolton when I was again at 2137 01:53:40,720 --> 01:53:42,120 Speaker 1: the tape when I was doing my studying for that 2138 01:53:42,240 --> 01:53:44,240 Speaker 1: mock draft. Um, I wondered if he could be the 2139 01:53:44,320 --> 01:53:46,000 Speaker 1: kind of guy you could kind of step in and 2140 01:53:46,040 --> 01:53:49,840 Speaker 1: really become a name, that guy who you're is synonymous 2141 01:53:49,840 --> 01:53:52,000 Speaker 1: with that defense moving forward, and it might not happen 2142 01:53:52,120 --> 01:53:55,000 Speaker 1: right away, but he's got that in him. So that 2143 01:53:55,080 --> 01:53:56,720 Speaker 1: made a lot of sense. But you know, this is 2144 01:53:56,760 --> 01:53:59,000 Speaker 1: a great draft and potentially a great first round for 2145 01:53:59,040 --> 01:54:02,160 Speaker 1: offensive linement and offensive tackles. So depending on the fate 2146 01:54:02,200 --> 01:54:04,200 Speaker 1: of Darryl Williams and depending on how much more you 2147 01:54:04,240 --> 01:54:08,160 Speaker 1: want to try to add continuity and just fortify Josh Allen, 2148 01:54:08,240 --> 01:54:11,400 Speaker 1: which is never about plan. That does make a lot 2149 01:54:11,400 --> 01:54:14,519 Speaker 1: of sense. You mentioned the AFC East and how all 2150 01:54:14,520 --> 01:54:18,080 Speaker 1: three of the teams and certainly where the Patriots you know, 2151 01:54:18,200 --> 01:54:20,439 Speaker 1: end up with a six win season or a seven 2152 01:54:20,439 --> 01:54:23,400 Speaker 1: win season this year, you'd think that they would, you know, improve, 2153 01:54:23,600 --> 01:54:25,439 Speaker 1: and of course the Jets being the number two pick 2154 01:54:25,520 --> 01:54:27,840 Speaker 1: of the draft, there's plenty of room for them to 2155 01:54:27,960 --> 01:54:32,040 Speaker 1: improve as well. Sam Darnald and the number two pick 2156 01:54:32,080 --> 01:54:36,280 Speaker 1: in the draft is really an intriguing spot because you'd think, Okay, 2157 01:54:36,520 --> 01:54:39,839 Speaker 1: they've got a guy who they think could play quarterback, 2158 01:54:39,880 --> 01:54:41,400 Speaker 1: but they've also got a pick where they could get 2159 01:54:41,440 --> 01:54:43,760 Speaker 1: another guy who could really play quarterback, which makes them 2160 01:54:43,800 --> 01:54:46,520 Speaker 1: trade candidates. How do you think that that spot in 2161 01:54:46,520 --> 01:54:48,560 Speaker 1: the draft, with the Jets sitting there with all the 2162 01:54:48,600 --> 01:54:51,560 Speaker 1: capital that they have, how are they going to use 2163 01:54:51,600 --> 01:54:54,440 Speaker 1: that pick? And how does it relate to Sam Darnold 2164 01:54:54,480 --> 01:54:57,560 Speaker 1: whether he's a Jet or not. Yeah, the calculus is 2165 01:54:57,600 --> 01:55:00,600 Speaker 1: so tough because it's not even Darnald versus Field, it's 2166 01:55:00,720 --> 01:55:03,240 Speaker 1: Donald with You're gonna have to give him money in 2167 01:55:03,240 --> 01:55:04,520 Speaker 1: a year or two if you believe he's going to 2168 01:55:04,600 --> 01:55:06,920 Speaker 1: succeed versus Fields, who you don't have to pay for 2169 01:55:06,960 --> 01:55:10,080 Speaker 1: another four or five years. It's Donald who has some 2170 01:55:10,400 --> 01:55:14,320 Speaker 1: probably quite a bit actually still draft or sorry trade 2171 01:55:15,680 --> 01:55:21,040 Speaker 1: ammunition versus Fields or whoever it might be. So you 2172 01:55:21,080 --> 01:55:25,680 Speaker 1: need to essentially decide that Donald is significantly better than 2173 01:55:25,720 --> 01:55:28,600 Speaker 1: the alternative option, whether it be Fields or Wilson, or 2174 01:55:28,960 --> 01:55:31,800 Speaker 1: Lance or Jones or heck, Trevor Lawrence. I mean, and 2175 01:55:31,920 --> 01:55:34,600 Speaker 1: who knows what might happen with Jacksonville. But you need 2176 01:55:34,640 --> 01:55:38,640 Speaker 1: to decide that Donald is that much better because you're 2177 01:55:38,680 --> 01:55:40,440 Speaker 1: gonna owe him more. You owe him more now, and 2178 01:55:40,440 --> 01:55:42,680 Speaker 1: you're gonna owe him even more in a few years, 2179 01:55:42,680 --> 01:55:44,839 Speaker 1: probably in a year or two if if he decides 2180 01:55:44,960 --> 01:55:47,680 Speaker 1: the guy, and you're also sacrificing what you can get 2181 01:55:47,720 --> 01:55:49,240 Speaker 1: into trade for him. So all of a sudden, San 2182 01:55:49,280 --> 01:55:51,520 Speaker 1: Francisco comes knock, and they're not they're not convince Jimmy 2183 01:55:51,520 --> 01:55:53,960 Speaker 1: Garoppolo is the guy under my hypothetical. They've just traded 2184 01:55:54,000 --> 01:55:55,640 Speaker 1: him to New England, and now all of a sudden 2185 01:55:55,640 --> 01:55:57,520 Speaker 1: they want Donald to come in and you can get 2186 01:55:57,560 --> 01:55:59,640 Speaker 1: you know, a second or third round pickback. Well, that's 2187 01:55:59,640 --> 01:56:01,760 Speaker 1: also what you need to be including in that calculus. 2188 01:56:01,760 --> 01:56:04,320 Speaker 1: So they Jets have a huge decision to make. They 2189 01:56:04,360 --> 01:56:07,000 Speaker 1: have not been very good at making decisions period in 2190 01:56:07,040 --> 01:56:10,640 Speaker 1: recent years. This is a somewhat new front office and 2191 01:56:10,640 --> 01:56:12,680 Speaker 1: a new regime, so hopefully they make the right one, 2192 01:56:12,760 --> 01:56:15,040 Speaker 1: or they can at least make one that semi competent. 2193 01:56:15,160 --> 01:56:17,760 Speaker 1: But they have a great situation in front of them. 2194 01:56:17,760 --> 01:56:20,080 Speaker 1: It's just a scary problem because you're going to be 2195 01:56:20,080 --> 01:56:22,920 Speaker 1: criticized if neither works out, and we're gonna never know 2196 01:56:23,000 --> 01:56:26,880 Speaker 1: the alternative, right, Brad, thanks very much for the time. 2197 01:56:26,920 --> 01:56:30,120 Speaker 1: We appreciate you giving us some insight here with us 2198 01:56:30,120 --> 01:56:32,839 Speaker 1: on the cusp of free agency. We appreciate it, Thanks Brad. 2199 01:56:32,960 --> 01:56:35,920 Speaker 1: Thanks guys, that's bleach your report. National NFL writer Brad 2200 01:56:36,000 --> 01:56:38,640 Speaker 1: Ganio joining us here on the show. And there is 2201 01:56:38,680 --> 01:56:42,520 Speaker 1: some more news on the NFL News and Notes front. 2202 01:56:42,560 --> 01:56:46,040 Speaker 1: According to Mike Garafolo, teams have reached out to the 2203 01:56:46,080 --> 01:56:50,120 Speaker 1: Patriots inquiring about a possible trade for wide receiver and 2204 01:56:50,120 --> 01:56:54,680 Speaker 1: to Kiel Harry, wide receiver, former first round pick at 2205 01:56:54,720 --> 01:56:59,760 Speaker 1: Arizona State, who really hasn't lived up to expectations there 2206 01:56:59,800 --> 01:57:03,360 Speaker 1: now didn't have the most accurate quarterback throwing to them 2207 01:57:03,440 --> 01:57:06,360 Speaker 1: last season, So that certainly compliment. To be a good receiver, 2208 01:57:06,440 --> 01:57:08,800 Speaker 1: you have to have somebody throw you the ball. And 2209 01:57:08,880 --> 01:57:10,960 Speaker 1: we know what happened with the bill with the Patriots 2210 01:57:10,960 --> 01:57:14,600 Speaker 1: passing game last year. It was horribly inadequate. You can 2211 01:57:14,600 --> 01:57:18,280 Speaker 1: evaluate those guys without having them to get thrown the football. 2212 01:57:18,960 --> 01:57:22,240 Speaker 1: Are they ready or can the ball be thrown to 2213 01:57:22,280 --> 01:57:24,360 Speaker 1: them even though it's not. Are they working hard away 2214 01:57:24,400 --> 01:57:27,760 Speaker 1: from the ball? Are they? And and it's really hard 2215 01:57:28,120 --> 01:57:31,880 Speaker 1: for a receiver. You gotta I played the spot, you know, 2216 01:57:32,080 --> 01:57:38,360 Speaker 1: once in a while. And when you consistently work hard 2217 01:57:38,480 --> 01:57:42,240 Speaker 1: and you never get or don't get the return on 2218 01:57:42,280 --> 01:57:45,520 Speaker 1: the investment of effort you're putting into the position by 2219 01:57:45,520 --> 01:57:47,960 Speaker 1: week twelve and you're still not getting the football and 2220 01:57:48,000 --> 01:57:51,600 Speaker 1: you're coming open and it wears on you. And I'm 2221 01:57:51,640 --> 01:57:53,400 Speaker 1: sure that that's a little bit of what was going 2222 01:57:53,400 --> 01:57:55,720 Speaker 1: on last year with those guys in New England when 2223 01:57:55,720 --> 01:57:57,800 Speaker 1: the ball wasn't coming to them when they thought it should, 2224 01:57:57,840 --> 01:58:03,000 Speaker 1: particularly given the difference in prior years. Uh. Yeah, that's 2225 01:58:03,000 --> 01:58:05,200 Speaker 1: a that's a grind. That's a grind, and over a 2226 01:58:05,240 --> 01:58:07,640 Speaker 1: long season when you know that it's not going your 2227 01:58:07,680 --> 01:58:10,320 Speaker 1: way and the ball is not getting thrown to you 2228 01:58:10,400 --> 01:58:14,360 Speaker 1: even when it should be that's that's a tough spot 2229 01:58:14,400 --> 01:58:15,760 Speaker 1: for a receiver to be in. So it's a tough 2230 01:58:15,800 --> 01:58:17,920 Speaker 1: thing to revaluate those guys, but it can be done, 2231 01:58:17,960 --> 01:58:19,880 Speaker 1: particularly you'reading this season when they're in it and when 2232 01:58:19,880 --> 01:58:21,840 Speaker 1: they got a chance to go and you know how 2233 01:58:21,840 --> 01:58:24,240 Speaker 1: good's the guy playing. So there's a lot of that 2234 01:58:24,320 --> 01:58:26,360 Speaker 1: in that mix. And kill Harry is a guy who 2235 01:58:27,840 --> 01:58:29,680 Speaker 1: when you stand I've done it. I've stand down there 2236 01:58:29,680 --> 01:58:32,000 Speaker 1: and I've looked at it. That guy, that guy's a specimen. 2237 01:58:32,040 --> 01:58:34,839 Speaker 1: He's he checks all those boxes for a first round receiver. 2238 01:58:35,480 --> 01:58:38,640 Speaker 1: But certainly given the environment the league's in now and 2239 01:58:38,720 --> 01:58:41,120 Speaker 1: all the first round receivers that have been taken with 2240 01:58:41,320 --> 01:58:44,840 Speaker 1: we're taking with him and after him, he just has 2241 01:58:44,920 --> 01:58:49,440 Speaker 1: not produced. He has not produced. Yeah, I don't know, 2242 01:58:50,480 --> 01:58:52,200 Speaker 1: we're we're we're just trying to get a handle on 2243 01:58:52,240 --> 01:58:54,680 Speaker 1: all the kept casualties there's gonna be. I'm not ready 2244 01:58:54,720 --> 01:58:59,640 Speaker 1: for trades yet, just getting out of control and wild 2245 01:58:59,720 --> 01:59:02,120 Speaker 1: and holy. And when you start talking trades like we're 2246 01:59:02,120 --> 01:59:04,560 Speaker 1: talking on draft ding on you it is an app 2247 01:59:04,640 --> 01:59:10,320 Speaker 1: You talk about being blindfolded in a dark room trying 2248 01:59:10,320 --> 01:59:15,919 Speaker 1: to hit the dartboard. Yeah, good luck. Yeah, it's a yeah, 2249 01:59:15,920 --> 01:59:20,880 Speaker 1: it's it's a total conjecture. It's fantasy land. Yeah, I'm 2250 01:59:20,880 --> 01:59:23,120 Speaker 1: telling you, man, we got stuff coming down the pike. 2251 01:59:23,200 --> 01:59:25,360 Speaker 1: We don't even we haven't even given a second thought 2252 01:59:25,400 --> 01:59:28,280 Speaker 1: to or haven't even conjured up in our brain. It's 2253 01:59:28,360 --> 01:59:33,640 Speaker 1: way way yeah, it's yeah. So that's why we need 2254 01:59:33,680 --> 01:59:35,440 Speaker 1: to take a break right now. So we will do that. 2255 01:59:35,840 --> 01:59:38,240 Speaker 1: We'll get the rest of your thoughts on the tweet sheet, 2256 01:59:38,680 --> 01:59:41,280 Speaker 1: and we may even play a little NFL True Falls 2257 01:59:41,320 --> 01:59:44,080 Speaker 1: as we form more conjecture, because what else are we 2258 01:59:44,120 --> 01:59:46,880 Speaker 1: gonna do on this show? Right? It's One Bill's Live. 2259 01:59:46,960 --> 01:59:49,160 Speaker 1: Steve and I back in a second here on Buffalo 2260 01:59:49,200 --> 02:00:04,080 Speaker 1: Bill's Radio. Welcome back to One Bills Live. Chris Brown, 2261 02:00:04,120 --> 02:00:06,440 Speaker 1: Steve Tashler. A few final half hour of the show 2262 02:00:06,680 --> 02:00:12,440 Speaker 1: on Newsworthy Wednesday, the salary cap is announced and teams 2263 02:00:12,640 --> 02:00:17,200 Speaker 1: follow suit rather quickly, in some cases with some difficult 2264 02:00:17,600 --> 02:00:21,160 Speaker 1: roster decisions, and the Bills could not escape it themselves. 2265 02:00:21,480 --> 02:00:25,560 Speaker 1: They released John Brown and Quentin Jefferson today. There are 2266 02:00:25,600 --> 02:00:28,919 Speaker 1: also reports that they have restructured the contract of one 2267 02:00:29,040 --> 02:00:33,120 Speaker 1: Vernon Butler, the defensive tackle who signed last year all 2268 02:00:33,200 --> 02:00:38,680 Speaker 1: told about fourteen to fifteen million dollars in cap savings 2269 02:00:38,680 --> 02:00:41,800 Speaker 1: on the two player releases, and then we don't have 2270 02:00:41,800 --> 02:00:44,560 Speaker 1: the numbers yet on Vernon Butler being reported out there, 2271 02:00:44,600 --> 02:00:46,320 Speaker 1: but we do know Mitch Moore save them a few 2272 02:00:46,320 --> 02:00:49,120 Speaker 1: million dollars on the cap as well. So you're talking 2273 02:00:49,160 --> 02:00:54,680 Speaker 1: around seventeen eighteen million dollars saved under the cap with 2274 02:00:54,720 --> 02:00:57,880 Speaker 1: those transactions over the last couple of days. So where 2275 02:00:57,920 --> 02:01:00,840 Speaker 1: does that leave you in terms of the approach you 2276 02:01:00,880 --> 02:01:05,120 Speaker 1: feel the Bills should now take in free agency this offseason? 2277 02:01:05,240 --> 02:01:07,600 Speaker 1: Choices are there for you. On the Twitter poll today, 2278 02:01:07,680 --> 02:01:12,080 Speaker 1: we go back to the tweet sheet where Justin says 2279 02:01:12,640 --> 02:01:15,000 Speaker 1: the time is now to win while Josh is on 2280 02:01:15,040 --> 02:01:17,480 Speaker 1: his rookie deal. Get it, we can to not just 2281 02:01:17,560 --> 02:01:19,840 Speaker 1: be a really good team again, but a great one. 2282 02:01:20,080 --> 02:01:23,240 Speaker 1: We need to win a damn super Bowl. I get it, 2283 02:01:24,120 --> 02:01:26,520 Speaker 1: I get it. But you got a lot of doing 2284 02:01:26,640 --> 02:01:32,080 Speaker 1: to do. Yeah at this point, Yeah, you've got I'm not. 2285 02:01:32,280 --> 02:01:34,120 Speaker 1: The league is changing fast, and I know that this 2286 02:01:34,240 --> 02:01:35,800 Speaker 1: is it's been a it's kind of one of those 2287 02:01:36,360 --> 02:01:39,640 Speaker 1: hot button topics, and you know, one of those catchphrases 2288 02:01:39,640 --> 02:01:42,400 Speaker 1: that your windows open and it's a quarterback's rookie contract. 2289 02:01:44,120 --> 02:01:48,880 Speaker 1: I don't know that I'm there anymore. It's certainly you 2290 02:01:48,920 --> 02:01:51,960 Speaker 1: don't want to overpay somebody and put your salary cap 2291 02:01:51,960 --> 02:01:53,800 Speaker 1: out of whack so that you can't afford to put 2292 02:01:53,800 --> 02:01:55,840 Speaker 1: pieces around him. And certainly the Bills are in a 2293 02:01:56,000 --> 02:01:59,040 Speaker 1: situation now where Josh is undervalued, playing a way above 2294 02:01:59,120 --> 02:02:03,160 Speaker 1: his value on the open market. And that's great, but 2295 02:02:03,240 --> 02:02:04,680 Speaker 1: you still got to pick the right guys. And I 2296 02:02:04,720 --> 02:02:08,440 Speaker 1: don't think it's impossible or even unfeasible or even unlikely 2297 02:02:08,640 --> 02:02:11,360 Speaker 1: that you can't put together a squad around a guy 2298 02:02:11,360 --> 02:02:14,360 Speaker 1: who's making his market value at that position and win 2299 02:02:14,400 --> 02:02:16,760 Speaker 1: the Super Bowl. The Bills were close to doing it 2300 02:02:16,840 --> 02:02:19,520 Speaker 1: last year, certainly with Josh and the rookie contract, as 2301 02:02:19,560 --> 02:02:22,560 Speaker 1: you say, And I think that's the level you got 2302 02:02:22,560 --> 02:02:25,160 Speaker 1: to count on getting to. You got to. But the 2303 02:02:25,200 --> 02:02:27,800 Speaker 1: Bills aren't there. I mean, like I said, weren't right now. 2304 02:02:28,000 --> 02:02:30,640 Speaker 1: The Bills are going down the mountain to a valley 2305 02:02:30,840 --> 02:02:32,920 Speaker 1: before they can even begin to climb the summit to 2306 02:02:32,960 --> 02:02:35,040 Speaker 1: the super Bowl. That's where they're at. They've got to 2307 02:02:35,080 --> 02:02:37,560 Speaker 1: bottom out here and they're not there yet. They haven't 2308 02:02:37,600 --> 02:02:40,280 Speaker 1: got enough money to refurbish their roster because of all 2309 02:02:40,280 --> 02:02:42,840 Speaker 1: the free agents they've lost, and they've got to get 2310 02:02:42,880 --> 02:02:45,480 Speaker 1: to that point and start before they can even begin 2311 02:02:45,560 --> 02:02:47,760 Speaker 1: to build their roster that would be good enough to 2312 02:02:47,840 --> 02:02:50,480 Speaker 1: get them to the point where they were a thirteen 2313 02:02:50,520 --> 02:02:53,560 Speaker 1: win team last season. So they've got some work to 2314 02:02:53,600 --> 02:02:56,600 Speaker 1: do and it's going to be a long road. But 2315 02:02:56,720 --> 02:02:59,720 Speaker 1: this window, the window is open, and it's going to 2316 02:03:00,240 --> 02:03:02,560 Speaker 1: open as long as you know, they don't get another 2317 02:03:02,600 --> 02:03:04,680 Speaker 1: thirty million dollars chop on the salary cap. This is 2318 02:03:04,680 --> 02:03:07,120 Speaker 1: gonna be a tough offseason. Yeah, it's gonna be tough 2319 02:03:07,120 --> 02:03:10,839 Speaker 1: for everybody, for everybody, with a few excepts, for everybody. 2320 02:03:10,880 --> 02:03:14,760 Speaker 1: The Bills have got some issues they've got to wade through, 2321 02:03:14,840 --> 02:03:16,640 Speaker 1: and I don't know that they're gonna be able to, 2322 02:03:17,040 --> 02:03:19,320 Speaker 1: you know, until we start seeing the chips fall where 2323 02:03:19,360 --> 02:03:23,320 Speaker 1: they may. Right now, the Bills, you know, are in 2324 02:03:23,360 --> 02:03:26,440 Speaker 1: a bad spot with their roster, with the money and 2325 02:03:26,560 --> 02:03:29,320 Speaker 1: salary cap. Even though even with the releases today, you know, 2326 02:03:29,360 --> 02:03:31,240 Speaker 1: like I said, right now, you can say, hey, we 2327 02:03:31,280 --> 02:03:33,760 Speaker 1: got cap room, but you know what, you don't have 2328 02:03:34,600 --> 02:03:36,640 Speaker 1: twenty of the guys that helped you win thirteen games 2329 02:03:36,720 --> 02:03:39,800 Speaker 1: last year, and all of them were significant contributors from 2330 02:03:39,880 --> 02:03:43,480 Speaker 1: Dinah on the tweet sheet. If something outstanding presents at 2331 02:03:43,480 --> 02:03:46,320 Speaker 1: a reasonable price, go for it. But this team has 2332 02:03:46,320 --> 02:03:48,400 Speaker 1: the potential to be great for years to come. Don't 2333 02:03:48,400 --> 02:03:51,120 Speaker 1: sell out the future for one shot now, No shots 2334 02:03:51,600 --> 02:03:56,360 Speaker 1: are guaranteed. That's one of the cooler headed comments we've 2335 02:03:56,400 --> 02:03:59,240 Speaker 1: had today on the tweet sheet. Because then there's this 2336 02:03:59,360 --> 02:04:01,960 Speaker 1: from Chip. As free agency draws near, I think a 2337 02:04:02,040 --> 02:04:05,240 Speaker 1: perfect fit would be Aaron Jones to Bill's Mafia would 2338 02:04:05,280 --> 02:04:08,440 Speaker 1: be huge. Can they find the cap space? They're not 2339 02:04:08,520 --> 02:04:10,480 Speaker 1: spending eight and a half or nine million dollars on 2340 02:04:10,520 --> 02:04:13,920 Speaker 1: a running back. No, I don't think they would do 2341 02:04:13,960 --> 02:04:16,880 Speaker 1: that in any year, even with the cap space. You can't. 2342 02:04:17,000 --> 02:04:19,440 Speaker 1: They're not doing it this year at all. With all 2343 02:04:19,480 --> 02:04:21,320 Speaker 1: that they gotta fix, You're not going to do that. 2344 02:04:21,920 --> 02:04:26,040 Speaker 1: You're not gonna do that. Um here's the thing too. 2345 02:04:26,080 --> 02:04:28,960 Speaker 1: As long as you got Josh, I mean, and I 2346 02:04:29,040 --> 02:04:30,760 Speaker 1: don't want to talk out of the both sides or 2347 02:04:30,760 --> 02:04:33,280 Speaker 1: anything like that, and I'm not well, I guess I 2348 02:04:33,320 --> 02:04:34,720 Speaker 1: am a little bit. He was runner up in the 2349 02:04:34,760 --> 02:04:38,560 Speaker 1: MVP voting this year. If you got a guy like that, 2350 02:04:39,480 --> 02:04:41,800 Speaker 1: you got a chance every year, no matter what he's 2351 02:04:41,800 --> 02:04:45,040 Speaker 1: making and certainly they're gonna build a roster around him, 2352 02:04:45,080 --> 02:04:47,400 Speaker 1: and certainly they may take a shot to the you know, 2353 02:04:47,440 --> 02:04:49,840 Speaker 1: a shot to the jaw this year on the financially 2354 02:04:49,880 --> 02:04:52,280 Speaker 1: and have trouble finding some guys that can play. Although 2355 02:04:52,280 --> 02:04:56,200 Speaker 1: there'll be some guys out there. Josh gives you a 2356 02:04:56,280 --> 02:04:59,200 Speaker 1: chance every year. This is what we had, those four 2357 02:04:59,720 --> 02:05:05,400 Speaker 1: you know our guys. There's Dan Rolovsky said, there's four 2358 02:05:05,440 --> 02:05:09,160 Speaker 1: types of quarterbacks. Guys that you win because he's your quarterback, 2359 02:05:10,120 --> 02:05:13,680 Speaker 1: Guys that you can win with if he's your quarterback, 2360 02:05:14,080 --> 02:05:16,240 Speaker 1: Guys you win in spite of, and then guys you 2361 02:05:16,280 --> 02:05:18,920 Speaker 1: can't win with. Josh's number one. He's a guy you 2362 02:05:19,000 --> 02:05:22,840 Speaker 1: win games because he's your quarterback. Right, you win. That's 2363 02:05:22,880 --> 02:05:24,760 Speaker 1: where you're at. Did you think you jumped from ten 2364 02:05:24,800 --> 02:05:27,360 Speaker 1: to fifteen wins? That's not changing. He's the biggest reason. 2365 02:05:27,520 --> 02:05:30,160 Speaker 1: That's right, that's not changing. So as long as he's 2366 02:05:30,200 --> 02:05:33,360 Speaker 1: on the team, you got a shot every year. Now, 2367 02:05:33,400 --> 02:05:35,280 Speaker 1: the question is how many guys can you find to 2368 02:05:35,280 --> 02:05:37,720 Speaker 1: put around him? And that it's a hard job this 2369 02:05:37,760 --> 02:05:41,240 Speaker 1: offseason because of the salary. Cappin and that's that's where 2370 02:05:41,280 --> 02:05:43,000 Speaker 1: you sit. So I don't think this window thing and 2371 02:05:43,160 --> 02:05:45,200 Speaker 1: Aaron Rodgers has been over in Green Bay. They're in 2372 02:05:45,240 --> 02:05:48,600 Speaker 1: the championship game every other year, maybe it seems like anyway, 2373 02:05:49,080 --> 02:05:51,440 Speaker 1: last two years, they're there all the time. And that 2374 02:05:51,480 --> 02:05:54,480 Speaker 1: guy ain't on his rookie contract. So don't you know, 2375 02:05:54,520 --> 02:05:56,200 Speaker 1: don't give me this, you know, Yeah, certainly they haven't 2376 02:05:56,200 --> 02:05:57,880 Speaker 1: won a super Bowl. They did win one with him though, 2377 02:05:58,000 --> 02:06:03,280 Speaker 1: and he wasn't on his rookie contract then. So yeah, 2378 02:06:03,320 --> 02:06:05,880 Speaker 1: if you got that guy, you got a chance every year. 2379 02:06:06,360 --> 02:06:08,560 Speaker 1: So this window is gonna stay open for as long 2380 02:06:08,600 --> 02:06:12,880 Speaker 1: as Josh Allen is who he is. From Chuck on 2381 02:06:12,880 --> 02:06:15,520 Speaker 1: the tweet sheet, how do you feel about the possibility 2382 02:06:15,560 --> 02:06:18,120 Speaker 1: of Milano's signing a one year cap friendly contract with 2383 02:06:18,160 --> 02:06:20,280 Speaker 1: the Bills. This would make him an unrestricted free agent 2384 02:06:20,640 --> 02:06:24,320 Speaker 1: in twenty twenty two, when the cap would supposedly skyrocket. Yeah, no, 2385 02:06:24,440 --> 02:06:29,320 Speaker 1: that is not happening. Has been waiting four years to 2386 02:06:29,480 --> 02:06:33,800 Speaker 1: swing this bat. I'm telling you right now, a week 2387 02:06:33,880 --> 02:06:37,680 Speaker 1: from today, we're gonna know where he's signing. We will 2388 02:06:37,760 --> 02:06:39,680 Speaker 1: know maybe even sooner than that if it leaks out 2389 02:06:39,760 --> 02:06:42,680 Speaker 1: during the tampering period. Yeah, we're probably legal tampering period. 2390 02:06:42,680 --> 02:06:45,800 Speaker 1: We probably will that guy is going to sign on 2391 02:06:45,880 --> 02:06:49,280 Speaker 1: Wednesday next week somewhere. It's going I would think so. 2392 02:06:49,800 --> 02:06:52,400 Speaker 1: Now you know, he's had some injury issues that kind 2393 02:06:52,400 --> 02:06:55,200 Speaker 1: of thing, but man, the guy's a difference maker, and 2394 02:06:55,840 --> 02:06:57,680 Speaker 1: there's no way he's taken a one year deal here. 2395 02:06:57,720 --> 02:07:01,760 Speaker 1: That's yeah, not happening. Well, yeah, he's not unless especially 2396 02:07:01,760 --> 02:07:04,320 Speaker 1: shock with the injury history you're talking about. Unless it's 2397 02:07:04,320 --> 02:07:11,240 Speaker 1: a shocker. And he's still sitting there on Sunday of 2398 02:07:11,320 --> 02:07:13,760 Speaker 1: next week, right four days later, and he hasn't got 2399 02:07:13,760 --> 02:07:16,360 Speaker 1: any offers. I mean, then you may, well, okay, but 2400 02:07:16,560 --> 02:07:21,240 Speaker 1: it ain't gonna happen. Now, Quan Alexander's out there, So 2401 02:07:21,280 --> 02:07:23,920 Speaker 1: it's Matt Malana Quana who you want better than those two? Right? 2402 02:07:23,960 --> 02:07:26,440 Speaker 1: I mean so, I mean there's there's gonna be a 2403 02:07:26,480 --> 02:07:28,000 Speaker 1: bunch of guys out there, and you're gonna have to 2404 02:07:28,040 --> 02:07:31,680 Speaker 1: see what the going rate is. That's that's a question. 2405 02:07:32,840 --> 02:07:37,320 Speaker 1: So I'm you know, I'm yeah, I'm no, he's not 2406 02:07:37,400 --> 02:07:41,200 Speaker 1: signed a one year deal like that. The announcement was 2407 02:07:41,280 --> 02:07:46,800 Speaker 1: made today on compensatory picks by the league, and we 2408 02:07:46,840 --> 02:07:49,400 Speaker 1: didn't expect the Bills to get any compensatory picks, and 2409 02:07:49,440 --> 02:07:53,440 Speaker 1: they did not the biggest beneficiaries this year, Steve, are 2410 02:07:53,520 --> 02:07:57,480 Speaker 1: the teams who lost members of their coaching staff, right 2411 02:07:58,400 --> 02:08:00,960 Speaker 1: who are you know, people of color that were hired 2412 02:08:01,000 --> 02:08:04,080 Speaker 1: by other people, Because the league put that stipulation in 2413 02:08:04,160 --> 02:08:08,080 Speaker 1: this year that if you are a franchise that loses 2414 02:08:08,160 --> 02:08:12,160 Speaker 1: an assistant coach or an executive to another team and 2415 02:08:12,320 --> 02:08:14,440 Speaker 1: that employee is a person of color, you will be 2416 02:08:14,480 --> 02:08:17,200 Speaker 1: compensated with a third round draft choice. So the San 2417 02:08:17,240 --> 02:08:22,160 Speaker 1: Francisco forty nine ers who lost Robert Sala who became 2418 02:08:22,240 --> 02:08:25,000 Speaker 1: head coach of the Jets, and then they also lost 2419 02:08:25,000 --> 02:08:27,640 Speaker 1: a front office man in Martin Mayhew who went to 2420 02:08:27,680 --> 02:08:30,440 Speaker 1: a front office position in Washington, they are getting two 2421 02:08:30,920 --> 02:08:34,960 Speaker 1: third round draft choices as compensatories at the end of 2422 02:08:35,000 --> 02:08:38,280 Speaker 1: the third round. The Rams also got one with their 2423 02:08:38,320 --> 02:08:42,800 Speaker 1: front office man Brad Holmes getting the GM job in Detroit, 2424 02:08:43,360 --> 02:08:46,360 Speaker 1: so there's that, and New Orleans is getting one because 2425 02:08:46,480 --> 02:08:50,880 Speaker 1: Terry Fontano from their front office who was hired by 2426 02:08:50,920 --> 02:08:54,240 Speaker 1: the Falcons as GM. There So those three clubs all 2427 02:08:54,280 --> 02:08:58,960 Speaker 1: getting third round compensatory picks because of minority hires away 2428 02:08:59,400 --> 02:09:03,600 Speaker 1: from their club, But the Bills get nothing in terms 2429 02:09:03,640 --> 02:09:07,080 Speaker 1: of compensatories. Among the teams, getting some third round picks. 2430 02:09:07,120 --> 02:09:12,880 Speaker 1: New England got one, the Chargers got one, Saints, as 2431 02:09:12,920 --> 02:09:16,320 Speaker 1: we mentioned, hey, they actually got two. San Francisco got 2432 02:09:16,320 --> 02:09:18,600 Speaker 1: two third rounders, and the Rams got two third rounders. 2433 02:09:18,600 --> 02:09:22,960 Speaker 1: Tennessee Dallas in Baltimore also getting compensatory third round picks. 2434 02:09:22,960 --> 02:09:25,760 Speaker 1: There's a slew of teams getting fours, fives, and sixes. 2435 02:09:26,040 --> 02:09:28,320 Speaker 1: But as we said, Bill's not on the list there 2436 02:09:28,560 --> 02:09:31,680 Speaker 1: because they really haven't signed players that factor into the 2437 02:09:31,720 --> 02:09:37,040 Speaker 1: compensatory formula enough to kind of qualify there. And you know, 2438 02:09:37,120 --> 02:09:39,600 Speaker 1: Brandon being said, well, eventually we'll get to that point 2439 02:09:39,600 --> 02:09:42,160 Speaker 1: where we're doing that, you know, a little bit further 2440 02:09:42,240 --> 02:09:44,960 Speaker 1: down the line and their build, they'll be looking to 2441 02:09:45,000 --> 02:09:47,640 Speaker 1: do those kinds of things to put themselves in positions 2442 02:09:47,720 --> 02:09:51,280 Speaker 1: for that. For example, the New England Patriots just got 2443 02:09:51,760 --> 02:09:56,080 Speaker 1: Trent Brown back and shortened his contract to a one 2444 02:09:56,160 --> 02:09:59,360 Speaker 1: year deal, so they have him this year he plays. 2445 02:09:59,560 --> 02:10:02,000 Speaker 1: If he as well, it goes back into the market 2446 02:10:02,000 --> 02:10:04,520 Speaker 1: next year signs a lucative contract somewhere else. Now that 2447 02:10:04,560 --> 02:10:07,760 Speaker 1: guy factors into their compensatory pick formula. The following year, 2448 02:10:07,760 --> 02:10:09,480 Speaker 1: they get a third round pick for the guy if 2449 02:10:09,480 --> 02:10:12,760 Speaker 1: he signs a big enough contract, So that's one of 2450 02:10:12,760 --> 02:10:15,080 Speaker 1: the ways that some teams try to play that game. 2451 02:10:15,120 --> 02:10:18,280 Speaker 1: Baltimore is also very good at playing the compensatory pick 2452 02:10:18,280 --> 02:10:21,680 Speaker 1: game to refortify their roster. Steve and I have to 2453 02:10:21,720 --> 02:10:23,320 Speaker 1: take a break. We'll be back in a moment to 2454 02:10:23,360 --> 02:10:27,080 Speaker 1: close things up here on this salary cap number is 2455 02:10:27,120 --> 02:10:30,000 Speaker 1: out Wednesday edition of one Bills Live. We're back in 2456 02:10:30,040 --> 02:10:46,240 Speaker 1: a second here on Buffalo Bill's Radio time for what 2457 02:10:46,400 --> 02:10:48,880 Speaker 1: have we learned? Brought to you by Skyworks, the official 2458 02:10:48,880 --> 02:10:52,240 Speaker 1: construction equipment rental company of the Buffalo Bills. We unfortunately 2459 02:10:52,320 --> 02:10:56,120 Speaker 1: learned today that two players who were still under contract 2460 02:10:56,160 --> 02:10:58,480 Speaker 1: for the twenty twenty one season will not be on 2461 02:10:58,520 --> 02:11:04,440 Speaker 1: the roster. John Brown Quentin Jefferson released today, and then 2462 02:11:05,360 --> 02:11:09,280 Speaker 1: we heard further news that defensive tackle Vernon Butler restructured 2463 02:11:09,320 --> 02:11:12,120 Speaker 1: his deal to help the team create more cap space. 2464 02:11:12,200 --> 02:11:18,440 Speaker 1: So we're looking at transactions and business dealings this week 2465 02:11:18,480 --> 02:11:21,720 Speaker 1: by the Bills that have created approximately twenty million dollars 2466 02:11:21,720 --> 02:11:25,000 Speaker 1: in cap space. The Mitch Morrison, Vernon Butler restructures and 2467 02:11:25,040 --> 02:11:28,080 Speaker 1: the John Brown and Quentin Jefferson releases. Yes, and he 2468 02:11:28,200 --> 02:11:31,680 Speaker 1: got to offset that with the two releases of Jefferson 2469 02:11:31,720 --> 02:11:35,240 Speaker 1: and Brown. You do lose those that money goes off 2470 02:11:35,240 --> 02:11:38,080 Speaker 1: the cap, but as you pointed out, it's your top 2471 02:11:38,120 --> 02:11:40,720 Speaker 1: fifty one, so two players that are on the roster 2472 02:11:40,800 --> 02:11:42,880 Speaker 1: will move up into the top fifty one. So if 2473 02:11:42,880 --> 02:11:45,360 Speaker 1: you have two guys making base hours of six hundred 2474 02:11:45,400 --> 02:11:49,400 Speaker 1: and fifty grand, that one point three million goes back 2475 02:11:49,440 --> 02:11:51,640 Speaker 1: onto your cap because two guys move up into the 2476 02:11:51,680 --> 02:11:54,960 Speaker 1: top fifty one. So you're still you do gain the 2477 02:11:55,040 --> 02:11:58,320 Speaker 1: thirteen million, but or fifteen point four million, but you 2478 02:11:58,480 --> 02:12:02,800 Speaker 1: lose the to the one point the guys to place 2479 02:12:02,840 --> 02:12:05,200 Speaker 1: them on your roster. So it's not exactly that clean. 2480 02:12:05,280 --> 02:12:08,040 Speaker 1: So there's oh my gosh, this it'll make your head hurt. 2481 02:12:08,080 --> 02:12:10,760 Speaker 1: All the algebra you gotta do for this, Steve, we're 2482 02:12:10,760 --> 02:12:12,480 Speaker 1: in the early stages here. This is the tip of 2483 02:12:12,560 --> 02:12:14,400 Speaker 1: the I we should you know, this is the tip 2484 02:12:14,560 --> 02:12:18,040 Speaker 1: of the iceberg. My head's gonna explode because when we 2485 02:12:18,120 --> 02:12:20,320 Speaker 1: hit next when we get out of there, Monday next week, 2486 02:12:20,400 --> 02:12:23,480 Speaker 1: Monday Tuesday, Steve, I already told you, I told you 2487 02:12:23,560 --> 02:12:25,720 Speaker 1: this yesterday. We're just we're gonna be like that Jerry 2488 02:12:25,760 --> 02:12:29,000 Speaker 1: Lewis telethon. Let's check the bar and we're gonna have 2489 02:12:29,000 --> 02:12:31,080 Speaker 1: to have a crawl, crawl the screen. Say, oh, by 2490 02:12:31,080 --> 02:12:33,000 Speaker 1: the way, this you have three point two million, four 2491 02:12:33,040 --> 02:12:35,360 Speaker 1: point three million, three to this guy's release, this guy's release, 2492 02:12:35,400 --> 02:12:37,640 Speaker 1: this guy's signed that it's gonna be unbelievable. It's gonna 2493 02:12:37,640 --> 02:12:40,000 Speaker 1: happen so fast we sail this in a probably won't. 2494 02:12:40,040 --> 02:12:42,920 Speaker 1: It'll be fun. I'm looking forward to it. It's gonna 2495 02:12:42,960 --> 02:12:44,640 Speaker 1: be fun, but it's gonna be really hard to keep 2496 02:12:44,640 --> 02:12:47,760 Speaker 1: on top. The crazy thing for me is I live 2497 02:12:48,440 --> 02:12:51,120 Speaker 1: for March Madness, and obviously we did not have that 2498 02:12:51,240 --> 02:12:53,960 Speaker 1: last year with the pandemic, right, and it's back this year. 2499 02:12:54,720 --> 02:12:57,760 Speaker 1: And when does it start? Well, the playing games are 2500 02:12:57,840 --> 02:13:01,320 Speaker 1: usually Tuesday, so you're gonna have the free agent market 2501 02:13:01,360 --> 02:13:04,120 Speaker 1: opening Wednesday, and then the first games of the sixty 2502 02:13:04,160 --> 02:13:07,920 Speaker 1: four team field are usually Thursday. So oh yeah, free 2503 02:13:07,960 --> 02:13:11,920 Speaker 1: agency opening Wednesday, March Madness on Thursday. You know it's 2504 02:13:11,920 --> 02:13:14,600 Speaker 1: gonna be a wild week. Man, it's gonna be awesome. 2505 02:13:14,840 --> 02:13:17,560 Speaker 1: I'm looking. It's sixty six degrees out. Let's call it 2506 02:13:17,640 --> 02:13:21,920 Speaker 1: a day. Okay, we're gonna pack it in right now. Yeah, oh, 2507 02:13:22,400 --> 02:13:24,880 Speaker 1: we have another thirty seconds. That's fine, but it's sixty 2508 02:13:24,920 --> 02:13:28,840 Speaker 1: six degrees and it's the first daylight at the end. 2509 02:13:28,880 --> 02:13:31,640 Speaker 1: It's it's the anniversary of when we went into the tunnel. Yeah, 2510 02:13:31,680 --> 02:13:34,040 Speaker 1: and today on the one year anniversary, we've got sixty 2511 02:13:34,080 --> 02:13:35,640 Speaker 1: six degrees and we're coming, you know, all right, so 2512 02:13:35,640 --> 02:13:37,280 Speaker 1: we'll get the hell out of the tunnel. Now. We're 2513 02:13:37,320 --> 02:13:39,120 Speaker 1: back tomorrow and yeah, a lot more stuff going on. 2514 02:13:39,160 --> 02:13:42,880 Speaker 1: It's gonna be fun. ESPN's Matt Bowen from the NFL 2515 02:13:43,040 --> 02:13:45,880 Speaker 1: Matchup Show. We'll be joining us tomorrow. He's got some 2516 02:13:45,920 --> 02:13:47,840 Speaker 1: good stuff on the free agent market. He's been watching 2517 02:13:47,840 --> 02:13:49,600 Speaker 1: an awful lot of film. He'll break it down with 2518 02:13:49,680 --> 02:13:52,840 Speaker 1: us on tomorrow's show of One Bills Live, presented by 2519 02:13:52,920 --> 02:14:07,640 Speaker 1: Kalid to Health. This has been Buffalo Bills Radio