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Speaker 1: New show, Open, New football season. Here we go out.

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Speaker 1: Welcome to One Bills Live, Chris Brown Steve Tasker, a

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Speaker 1: special three hour Monday edition, as will be the case

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Speaker 1: Here at one Bills Live we will be noon to three.

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Speaker 1: Welcome in as we get set for a game that

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Speaker 1: he's one of the most amazing athletes I've ever seen

426
00:25:02,400 --> 00:25:05,920
Speaker 1: in this League's an that I've covered. He's a freaking nature. Yeah,

427
00:25:05,920 --> 00:25:09,440
Speaker 1: he's an absolute first ballot Hall of Famer. And he

428
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Speaker 1: was undrafted, Yeah, just because he was. I think that's

429
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Speaker 1: one of the reasons he's so freakish. Nobody wanted to

430
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Speaker 1: waste a draft pick on a guy who, you know

431
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Speaker 1: what I mean, They hadn't seen him play any place

432
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Speaker 1: for long enough to know if he could really really

433
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Speaker 1: do it. Man oh man, good for them, that, Jason

434
00:25:27,640 --> 00:25:31,400
Speaker 1: Peters good answer to have when you have a hole

435
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Speaker 1: in your roster due to an unforeseen injury. What we've

436
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Speaker 1: got on the table for you today concerns you directly

437
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Speaker 1: Twitter conversation. What are your final preparations for a Thursday

438
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Speaker 1: Nights opener? Well, you know you all have plans. What

439
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Speaker 1: are you doing between now? And Thursday to make sure

440
00:25:51,240 --> 00:25:53,760
Speaker 1: all your ducks are in a row. So come a

441
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Speaker 1: twenty Thursday night Eastern time. You are camped out where

442
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Speaker 1: you need to be to drink this in tire season

443
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Speaker 1: opener in eight oh three oh five fifty one, eight

444
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Speaker 1: five fifty two five fifty number to get on boarder

445
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Speaker 1: hit us up on the tweet sheet at one bills Live.

446
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Speaker 1: Let's go to the phones and leading us off today

447
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Speaker 1: is Rick in Denver. What do you got for us?

448
00:26:13,840 --> 00:26:20,840
Speaker 1: Rick here on one bills Live. Rick, are you there? Question?

449
00:26:23,359 --> 00:26:26,400
Speaker 1: Go ahead? Rick? Rick, turn your radio or your TV

450
00:26:26,600 --> 00:26:29,879
Speaker 1: down or something. He's in Denver and my radio is

451
00:26:29,920 --> 00:26:35,480
Speaker 1: not on. But I'm just in the car. Okay. Anyway, Steve, seriously,

452
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Speaker 1: you're gonna question the mafia in La. I'm We're I'm time.

453
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Speaker 1: I'm flying my entire family out there. There'll be nine

454
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Speaker 1: of us, I guarantee you, and you'll see it from

455
00:26:45,880 --> 00:26:49,159
Speaker 1: the party at Rmoso Beach with Sell. I mean, we

456
00:26:49,280 --> 00:26:51,359
Speaker 1: are taking over that stadium. It is gonna be like

457
00:26:51,480 --> 00:26:54,880
Speaker 1: a home game. The crowd's gonna be going nuts. It's

458
00:26:54,920 --> 00:26:58,359
Speaker 1: the opener. Josh Allen is gonna absolutely piss on the

459
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Speaker 1: Rams parade and that's how it's gonna end. They can

460
00:27:01,600 --> 00:27:04,399
Speaker 1: celebrate up front, but I guarantee you we're gonna be

461
00:27:04,440 --> 00:27:06,960
Speaker 1: pounding bears in the parking lot before the game, and

462
00:27:07,000 --> 00:27:10,159
Speaker 1: we're gonna be drinking champagne afterwards. Well that's gonna a

463
00:27:10,200 --> 00:27:13,320
Speaker 1: big win, Bud, Yeah coming. I M yeah. I wasn't

464
00:27:13,359 --> 00:27:16,400
Speaker 1: doubting the mafia. I was doubting more so the LA fan.

465
00:27:16,720 --> 00:27:19,520
Speaker 1: I'm questioned whether it's a big deal in La. Yeah,

466
00:27:19,560 --> 00:27:22,720
Speaker 1: he was questioning. I know Bill's fans are gonna be

467
00:27:22,720 --> 00:27:25,240
Speaker 1: out there, and there's no doubt about it. Um, it's

468
00:27:25,280 --> 00:27:27,800
Speaker 1: been looked forward to. In fact, I it's hard to

469
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Speaker 1: remember the time when this wasn't the opening game, right,

470
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Speaker 1: I Mean we were thinking, what's gonna be Who's gonna

471
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Speaker 1: be that Thursday night game? It's gonna be Buffalo in La?

472
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Speaker 1: Is it gonna be a San Francisco in La? Or

473
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Speaker 1: one of the other teams. Is gonna be Rush Denver

474
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Speaker 1: in Seattle or one of those kind of things. But yeah,

475
00:27:42,720 --> 00:27:46,399
Speaker 1: once it was announced, Uh, Bills fans started buying plane

476
00:27:46,400 --> 00:27:49,639
Speaker 1: tickets immediately. I mean, all my all my you know

477
00:27:49,800 --> 00:27:53,120
Speaker 1: cronies are all headed out there. Yeah, so you're gonna

478
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Speaker 1: see a lot of Bill's alumni out there, I would

479
00:27:54,840 --> 00:27:57,639
Speaker 1: imagine as well, Well, anybody that's West Coast based, you

480
00:27:57,640 --> 00:27:59,440
Speaker 1: would think, right, I mean it's a ton of guys.

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Speaker 1: Do you think alone, how many thanks for the call, Frank,

482
00:28:03,560 --> 00:28:09,280
Speaker 1: how many Bills fans transplants, you know, Buffalo transplants living

483
00:28:09,520 --> 00:28:13,280
Speaker 1: the state of Arizona alone? Yeah, I mean it's a

484
00:28:13,520 --> 00:28:16,240
Speaker 1: it's not a long drive up to LA from Arizona.

485
00:28:16,280 --> 00:28:19,240
Speaker 1: I mean people are gonna be coming in droves from there.

486
00:28:19,480 --> 00:28:22,840
Speaker 1: There's a ton of Buffalo transplants in Arizona, you know,

487
00:28:23,320 --> 00:28:25,680
Speaker 1: living out retirement or getting out of the weather for good.

488
00:28:26,400 --> 00:28:28,880
Speaker 1: They're gonna be making that drive up there. That's that's

489
00:28:28,880 --> 00:28:31,120
Speaker 1: a that's a piece of cake. And then Frank just called.

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Speaker 1: He's from Denver, He's coming in from Denver, and anybody

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Speaker 1: west of the Rockies that's a Bills fan, there's a

492
00:28:38,520 --> 00:28:41,600
Speaker 1: good chance they're going to that game, that's right. Yeah,

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00:28:41,680 --> 00:28:44,600
Speaker 1: And not to mention the fact it's Thursday night. So

494
00:28:44,720 --> 00:28:47,880
Speaker 1: even if you're somebody like Frank traveling from Denver, you

495
00:28:47,960 --> 00:28:49,880
Speaker 1: take Thursday and Friday off of work. You got your

496
00:28:49,920 --> 00:28:54,240
Speaker 1: whole weekend to recover. It absolutely dude, it's gonna be

497
00:28:54,680 --> 00:28:58,480
Speaker 1: like Donkey Kong. Well, right, I mean the Bills have

498
00:28:58,640 --> 00:29:01,040
Speaker 1: the usual suspect. They go everybody goes down to Miami

499
00:29:01,160 --> 00:29:04,320
Speaker 1: for those games, and they go in Kansas City. That's

500
00:29:04,360 --> 00:29:07,120
Speaker 1: a you know, it's a destination. But other than that,

501
00:29:07,240 --> 00:29:11,920
Speaker 1: it's at Detroit, at New England, Chicago, Cincinnati. That's about it.

502
00:29:12,200 --> 00:29:14,920
Speaker 1: This is the road game besides Miami that everybody goes

503
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Speaker 1: to always. This is the road game for everybody to

504
00:29:17,800 --> 00:29:22,000
Speaker 1: go to. This is kind of a sparse road trip

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00:29:22,160 --> 00:29:24,200
Speaker 1: year for the Bills. I mean, right, there's not a

506
00:29:24,280 --> 00:29:28,479
Speaker 1: lot of huge destinations at Baltimore, at Kansas City, at

507
00:29:28,560 --> 00:29:33,720
Speaker 1: the Jets, at Detroit, at New England, at Chicago, at Cincinnati.

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00:29:33,800 --> 00:29:36,760
Speaker 1: It's not a big Yeah, it's not a big road

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Speaker 1: trip year for the Bills. Breaker fans, I'm talking about

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00:29:40,080 --> 00:29:42,440
Speaker 1: break time for us here. That was frankindn or Rick,

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Speaker 1: and Denver. Sorry, break time for us here. When we

512
00:29:45,400 --> 00:29:47,360
Speaker 1: come back, more of your thoughts on the tweet sheet

513
00:29:47,400 --> 00:29:49,720
Speaker 1: as well as your phone calls. What are your final

514
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Speaker 1: preparations for Thursday Nights Opener will also be bringing to

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Speaker 1: you some comments from defensive coordinator Leslie Fraser. All coming

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Speaker 1: up next here on one Bill's Line presented by Colloid

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Speaker 1: of Health, It's Buffalo Bills Radio. All right, welcome back

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Speaker 1: to One Bills Live. Chris Brown, Steve Tasker with you

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Speaker 1: here on an extended edition on a Monday of One

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00:30:21,240 --> 00:30:24,840
Speaker 1: Bills Live. Will be three hour shows Monday's after games

521
00:30:24,880 --> 00:30:28,720
Speaker 1: through the regular season, just as an appointment reminder, and

522
00:30:28,840 --> 00:30:33,800
Speaker 1: then Tuesday through Friday one to three our normal time

523
00:30:34,080 --> 00:30:38,240
Speaker 1: Eastern time, that is. And we wanted to pass along

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Speaker 1: some comments from defensive coordinator Leslie Frasier, addressed the media

525
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Speaker 1: prior to practice today covered some interesting topics, including one

526
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Speaker 1: that we'll talk about more after you hear from coach Frasier,

527
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Speaker 1: and that being the playing time of one Kaye Elam

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Speaker 1: and Christian Benford. Coach Frasier, you can make the judgment

529
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Speaker 1: for yourself when you hear him address it. It sounds

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Speaker 1: as though both of those rookies are going to play

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Speaker 1: on defense on Thursday night. So, without any further ado,

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Speaker 1: here is defensive coordinator Leslie Fraser. Good morning everyone, Good

533
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Speaker 1: morning at a good walk through this morning. Exciting times

534
00:31:20,640 --> 00:31:23,040
Speaker 1: would be the team that's going to be a part

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Speaker 1: of Opening Day in the National Football League. I think

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Speaker 1: our guys are looking forward to it. We've had good

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Speaker 1: practices up to this point, and hopefully this afternoon will

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Speaker 1: be more the same and just keep moving forward. But

539
00:31:34,040 --> 00:31:43,160
Speaker 1: so far, so good, Miller, this squad in a real game. Yeah,

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00:31:43,240 --> 00:31:45,040
Speaker 1: looking forward to it. I think we all are, you know,

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Speaker 1: looking forward to Von getting out there with his teammates

542
00:31:47,520 --> 00:31:50,600
Speaker 1: and getting some live action. So it should be fun

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Speaker 1: to watch. It's been a lot of fun for things

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Speaker 1: to shake out between my year and Christian. You know,

545
00:31:58,000 --> 00:32:01,320
Speaker 1: we're still going through the process with them, John, they

546
00:32:01,400 --> 00:32:04,720
Speaker 1: both had good training camps force and you know, we'll

547
00:32:05,400 --> 00:32:07,080
Speaker 1: mix it up in the ball game and see how

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00:32:07,160 --> 00:32:11,280
Speaker 1: things are going as the game goes on. You're a

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Speaker 1: guy like Dan has helped them have such a close

550
00:32:14,960 --> 00:32:18,240
Speaker 1: relationship being drafted together. But you someone maybe believe the

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Speaker 1: first round pick and threatens playing time wise by six

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Speaker 1: that they wouldn't you feel Dan's had a possibility wants

553
00:32:24,520 --> 00:32:29,200
Speaker 1: on how to handle that competitive type of relationship. I

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00:32:29,320 --> 00:32:31,640
Speaker 1: think so. You know, Dane has been thrust into a

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Speaker 1: leadership role, probably sooner than he would have imagined with

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Speaker 1: the absence of Todays being on the field, you know,

557
00:32:39,560 --> 00:32:42,400
Speaker 1: being in the classroom, being in the meetings and come

558
00:32:42,440 --> 00:32:45,000
Speaker 1: into practices, but that's not quite the same as being

559
00:32:45,000 --> 00:32:47,760
Speaker 1: out on the field and practicing with your teammates. So

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00:32:48,600 --> 00:32:50,400
Speaker 1: Dane has been the one who's had to kind of

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Speaker 1: step up and continue to encourage both of our young corners,

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Speaker 1: and he's done that. And I think that that's had

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Speaker 1: a lot to do with the chemistry between the three

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00:32:58,680 --> 00:33:01,080
Speaker 1: of them. They get along so well and they encourage

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00:33:01,120 --> 00:33:04,200
Speaker 1: one another uh no ego uh And a lot of

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Speaker 1: that for sure goes to to Dane. Credit him for

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Speaker 1: keeping that conversation going and encouraging both our young guys. Sure,

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Speaker 1: I think that Tearing faces that challenge of like you

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Speaker 1: gets obviously it's a team scheme, but he'll get some

570
00:33:20,080 --> 00:33:24,240
Speaker 1: uh some snaps there, I'm sure one on one with that. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I mean one of the premier receivers in our league

572
00:33:27,160 --> 00:33:29,880
Speaker 1: for sure. And Cooper Cup and he had a terrific

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Speaker 1: uh twoy twenty one season and Tearing is uh an

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Speaker 1: outstanding defensive back. I'll standing nickel corner for us and

575
00:33:38,320 --> 00:33:42,040
Speaker 1: it'll be a good challenge, big challenge, and m he

576
00:33:42,160 --> 00:33:44,440
Speaker 1: works extremely hard. He spends a lot of time watching

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Speaker 1: tape and getting familiar with his opponents, so it won't

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Speaker 1: be any different this week, but for sure he'll have

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Speaker 1: his hands full. Yeah, has a big iron's land. He's

580
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Speaker 1: really a factor throwing downfield. Think about the challenge of

581
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Speaker 1: you know, provading makes blows of the playoffs against Yeah,

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00:34:06,240 --> 00:34:08,800
Speaker 1: I mean that's something that you definitely want to prevent

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00:34:08,840 --> 00:34:10,759
Speaker 1: if you can. In a ball game like this. They've

584
00:34:10,800 --> 00:34:13,239
Speaker 1: had a lot of success in the pass uh in

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Speaker 1: two thy twenty one of getting those explosives. And you're right,

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00:34:16,920 --> 00:34:20,319
Speaker 1: Matthew Stafford has a strong arm. Uh. He can make

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00:34:20,400 --> 00:34:24,759
Speaker 1: those deep ball accurate throws and we've seen that on

588
00:34:24,880 --> 00:34:26,920
Speaker 1: tape time and time again. We've talked about it, and

589
00:34:27,760 --> 00:34:30,319
Speaker 1: that's one of our goals to try to minimize uh,

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00:34:30,480 --> 00:34:33,200
Speaker 1: their chances of making big plays down the field. Now,

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00:34:33,640 --> 00:34:35,839
Speaker 1: sometimes easiers had been done, but that's our goal. We're

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00:34:35,880 --> 00:34:39,000
Speaker 1: gonna be working to minimize those opportunities for them down

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Speaker 1: the field. And he's sort of working bad in the

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00:34:43,920 --> 00:34:49,560
Speaker 1: practice now, who's worth Yeah, he moved, he's moving well.

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Speaker 1: We had the pads on yesterday. Um, he came up

596
00:34:52,840 --> 00:34:54,920
Speaker 1: and wrapped up one of the ball carriers. It was

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00:34:55,120 --> 00:34:57,440
Speaker 1: really really good. I highlighted in front of his teammates,

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Speaker 1: just to show them that he's ready to go. And

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Speaker 1: so we're excited to have him back. You know, we

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00:35:02,960 --> 00:35:05,160
Speaker 1: missed him a lot, but it's good to see him

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00:35:05,160 --> 00:35:07,400
Speaker 1: back on the practice field and his leadership in the

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00:35:07,480 --> 00:35:10,799
Speaker 1: classroom as well. Just good to have him back. How

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00:35:10,880 --> 00:35:16,480
Speaker 1: do you project a new addition to their offense when

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00:35:16,520 --> 00:35:19,200
Speaker 1: you're trying to prepare there's no regular season game film,

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00:35:19,360 --> 00:35:21,640
Speaker 1: there's not even any preseason film because they don't play

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Speaker 1: anybody in the preseason. You know, how do you kind

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00:35:25,560 --> 00:35:28,759
Speaker 1: of pull pull that projected into their offense so you're

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Speaker 1: as ready as possible. Yeah, you know, some of it Christian.

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Speaker 1: You're trying to project because of what you just said.

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Speaker 1: I mean, there's no real tape footage, so you're trying

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Speaker 1: to trust your scouts with some of the information they

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00:35:40,880 --> 00:35:44,759
Speaker 1: share with you, and then some of your intel from

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00:35:44,800 --> 00:35:46,960
Speaker 1: what they've done in the past. So it's a little

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00:35:46,960 --> 00:35:49,200
Speaker 1: bit more challenging. But uh, and then you got to

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Speaker 1: be ready to adjust in the ball game, you know,

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Speaker 1: based on what they're doing and how they're doing things.

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Speaker 1: And that's probably the biggest two. Being able to adjust

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Speaker 1: in the ball game or oh maybe softened little, the

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Speaker 1: load light the load for those young corners, especially in

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Speaker 1: this early gains the test like this. Yeah, it's definitely

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Speaker 1: a positive to have, you know, two all pro safetists

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Speaker 1: on the back end when you're gonna be playing a

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Speaker 1: rookie corner in the ballgame like this. To have guys

624
00:36:20,440 --> 00:36:23,000
Speaker 1: who've done it before and done it at a high

625
00:36:23,120 --> 00:36:26,399
Speaker 1: level very successfully kind of comes the waters a little

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00:36:26,440 --> 00:36:29,879
Speaker 1: bit and they can in some ways give that young

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Speaker 1: corner some protection, uh, to where you feel like I'm

628
00:36:33,480 --> 00:36:35,440
Speaker 1: not out here alone because of the two guys that

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Speaker 1: are really roaming the back end. So I think having

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00:36:39,120 --> 00:36:42,439
Speaker 1: those two really helps to buffer some of the anks

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00:36:42,560 --> 00:36:45,040
Speaker 1: that you might would have, uh. And we're fortunate to

632
00:36:45,120 --> 00:36:51,760
Speaker 1: have them wrestle with two young corners out there versus

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00:36:52,320 --> 00:37:00,200
Speaker 1: going out and getting study of the ship. Yeah, uh,

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00:37:00,280 --> 00:37:02,439
Speaker 1: you know, Joe, for sure. I mean that was something

635
00:37:02,480 --> 00:37:04,960
Speaker 1: that went through our minds throughout the all season as

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Speaker 1: well as h you know camp. But we set alone

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Speaker 1: that this is the direction that we wanted to go,

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Speaker 1: and I think it's to this point it's worked out well.

639
00:37:13,160 --> 00:37:15,279
Speaker 1: It's a good decision, and you know, we just keep

640
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Speaker 1: moving forward and keep giving those young guys opportunities to

641
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Speaker 1: go out and perform, and uh, they've done a good

642
00:37:20,160 --> 00:37:22,680
Speaker 1: job up to this point. So you know, we'll see

643
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Speaker 1: how it all shakes out comes to u Rrell Bernard

644
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Speaker 1: and Tyrell Dodson. Like I know, how you you list

645
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Speaker 1: them on the depth chart. Maybe is Thirell being the

646
00:37:33,400 --> 00:37:36,840
Speaker 1: backup and I mean Terrell being the strong side, Tyrell

647
00:37:36,920 --> 00:37:40,920
Speaker 1: being the backup to both Matt and Tremaine. But how

648
00:37:41,000 --> 00:37:43,120
Speaker 1: does that shake out between these two? Are they kind

649
00:37:43,160 --> 00:37:45,759
Speaker 1: of interchangeable? It's won the backup to the Will and

650
00:37:45,840 --> 00:37:49,719
Speaker 1: one the backup to the Mic. You know, throughout the preseason,

651
00:37:49,760 --> 00:37:52,879
Speaker 1: even in the off season OTAs we practiced to both

652
00:37:52,920 --> 00:37:55,200
Speaker 1: of them at both positions so that they can learn

653
00:37:55,440 --> 00:37:57,560
Speaker 1: those positions. And that's kind of way we've gone into

654
00:37:57,600 --> 00:37:59,200
Speaker 1: it that they have to be able to play both.

655
00:37:59,680 --> 00:38:02,080
Speaker 1: And they've done a good job throughout the preseason. You

656
00:38:02,200 --> 00:38:04,920
Speaker 1: probably saw what we moved them around a little bit. Uh,

657
00:38:05,160 --> 00:38:07,200
Speaker 1: if we get an injury, we feel like either one

658
00:38:07,239 --> 00:38:09,160
Speaker 1: could go in and do a good do a good

659
00:38:09,239 --> 00:38:11,839
Speaker 1: job at either Mike or in our system the will

660
00:38:11,880 --> 00:38:14,560
Speaker 1: line back a position because they've been practicing it. Uh,

661
00:38:15,000 --> 00:38:17,319
Speaker 1: they're good in a classroom with it, so they are

662
00:38:17,440 --> 00:38:26,040
Speaker 1: interchangeable in a lot of ways. Yes, for sure, does

663
00:38:26,320 --> 00:38:36,120
Speaker 1: any anywise, It's for sure. That's a good question, you know.

664
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Speaker 1: It's it's funny later I think what it did when

665
00:38:39,840 --> 00:38:42,320
Speaker 1: that decision was made, it's kind of like gave you

666
00:38:42,440 --> 00:38:44,560
Speaker 1: some direction. You know, this is the way we're going

667
00:38:44,640 --> 00:38:46,719
Speaker 1: to be at least before weeks, like you mentioned, and uh,

668
00:38:47,520 --> 00:38:49,920
Speaker 1: major narra your focus a little bit, which is I

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Speaker 1: think a plus in the circumstances because otherwise you're for

670
00:38:54,000 --> 00:38:56,239
Speaker 1: a long period of time you're wondering, you know, is

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Speaker 1: it gonna be back this week, It's gonna be back

672
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Speaker 1: in a couple of days, and you have these intingency

673
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Speaker 1: plans and but once that decision was made, it really

674
00:39:04,360 --> 00:39:07,239
Speaker 1: drew some conclusions. And then you know, we decided we're

675
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Speaker 1: going to roll with the young guys, and so you

676
00:39:09,400 --> 00:39:12,360
Speaker 1: start getting them ready for sure. But at first regular

677
00:39:12,440 --> 00:39:16,759
Speaker 1: season game, all right. So that's Leslie Frasier addressing some

678
00:39:16,920 --> 00:39:20,400
Speaker 1: of the elements with respect to the defensive lineup for

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Speaker 1: Thursday night's game. I don't know how you interpreted Steve,

680
00:39:23,880 --> 00:39:25,719
Speaker 1: but he said they're going to mix it up. My

681
00:39:25,920 --> 00:39:28,680
Speaker 1: suspicion is and We've kind of seen some of this

682
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Speaker 1: through the course of training camp where Elam and Benford,

683
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Speaker 1: in the absence of Tredavious White, who as we know,

684
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Speaker 1: is going to miss at least the first four games

685
00:39:39,320 --> 00:39:43,279
Speaker 1: being on reserve pup, move their way up the depth

686
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Speaker 1: chart to where they were lining up with the ones

687
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Speaker 1: in training camp, and Elam would kind of get first

688
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Speaker 1: crack and then after a few plays they would rotate

689
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Speaker 1: Benford in. So it gave the impression that they were

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Speaker 1: kind of competing on a level playing field and we're

691
00:39:57,960 --> 00:40:02,920
Speaker 1: performing pretty comparably. And it sounds as though those two

692
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Speaker 1: are both going to see the field on defense through

693
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Speaker 1: the course of Thursday Night's game. The question is if

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Speaker 1: one is performing demonstrably better than the other, maybe that

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Speaker 1: one ends up getting the bulk of the playing time. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: of course that's what will happen. I think one of

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Speaker 1: the things you and I were having this conversation obviously earlier,

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Speaker 1: you know, at this point, and I'm conjected, I don't know,

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Speaker 1: you know, because Elam came out as this man to

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Speaker 1: man guy or whatever. So we'll say this, if man

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Speaker 1: and man's situations, they're gonna give to Elam's own situations

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Speaker 1: they're gonna give to Benford. I doubt it will be

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Speaker 1: cut and dried like that, because they'll start to become

704
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Speaker 1: predictable pretty quickly. But I do think they're probably giving

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Speaker 1: these guys a chance to say, Okay, opening night of

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Speaker 1: the NFL season, let's see which one of these guys

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Speaker 1: can really show up and play big, and we'll give

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Speaker 1: them both a chance. You know what I mean. It's

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Speaker 1: hard for me to think that both these guys are

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Speaker 1: so closely performing that they can't make a decision. I

711
00:41:05,239 --> 00:41:08,560
Speaker 1: think it's more like, listen, we got to reward these guys.

712
00:41:08,600 --> 00:41:10,640
Speaker 1: They have both been working hard, they're both doing everything

713
00:41:10,719 --> 00:41:13,239
Speaker 1: we ask. You know, we don't want to, you know,

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Speaker 1: we don't want to sabotage one of them development by

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Speaker 1: taking him sitting him down, right. I think there's also

716
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Speaker 1: the element of keeping their thumb on these two guys,

717
00:41:26,440 --> 00:41:28,600
Speaker 1: not to say they haven't done all the right things

718
00:41:28,719 --> 00:41:32,279
Speaker 1: from day one. Both of them have. But you know

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00:41:32,400 --> 00:41:37,040
Speaker 1: how coach McDermot and his staff like to keep guys competing.

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Speaker 1: Just because you got to the end of your first

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00:41:39,320 --> 00:41:43,640
Speaker 1: training camp in preseason, competition is not over. Guess what, guys,

722
00:41:43,960 --> 00:41:46,480
Speaker 1: it's still going right. You want to earn the right

723
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Speaker 1: to play in tradevious white spot while he's out Show

724
00:41:50,320 --> 00:41:53,759
Speaker 1: me every day in practice, show me in the game

725
00:41:54,160 --> 00:41:56,279
Speaker 1: that you deserve to be out there, and if you do,

726
00:41:56,880 --> 00:41:59,480
Speaker 1: we'll keep platooning this position between the two of you

727
00:42:00,080 --> 00:42:02,479
Speaker 1: hill one of you separates. I think that just keeps

728
00:42:02,560 --> 00:42:05,719
Speaker 1: the thumb on top of them and inspires them all

729
00:42:05,760 --> 00:42:08,200
Speaker 1: the more to keep keep on keeping on if you

730
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Speaker 1: want to keep playingsolutely. Absolutely, I agree with that completely.

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Speaker 1: Dane Jackson's in that mix there. Dane's gonna start on

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Speaker 1: the other side. You don't have to worry about him.

733
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Speaker 1: Benford and Kayer Elam. I think those two guys are

734
00:42:20,280 --> 00:42:22,960
Speaker 1: gonna share it on the other side unless one cam

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00:42:23,080 --> 00:42:25,600
Speaker 1: Lewis's defenside the nickel and is you know that you

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Speaker 1: look at the depth chart, don't know, but yeah, I

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Speaker 1: think it's really interesting as well. And I think you're right,

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Speaker 1: it's gonna be a way that they light the fire.

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00:42:32,680 --> 00:42:35,200
Speaker 1: And I'm much like this. On the depth chart that

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Speaker 1: they've released, you've got James Cook third behind Devin Singletary

741
00:42:40,920 --> 00:42:44,560
Speaker 1: and Zach Moss, So you're the rookie earn it. That's right.

742
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Speaker 1: I think They're going to continue to be that way

743
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Speaker 1: in this culture and make these guys continue to work

744
00:42:49,400 --> 00:42:51,720
Speaker 1: hard early in the season. Once the regular season starts,

745
00:42:51,920 --> 00:42:54,160
Speaker 1: you really turn it on. You don't say, okay, this

746
00:42:54,320 --> 00:42:57,400
Speaker 1: is my slot. Break time for us here. When we

747
00:42:57,520 --> 00:42:59,279
Speaker 1: come back, we'll get to your phone calls and your

748
00:42:59,320 --> 00:43:02,799
Speaker 1: thoughts on the tweet. Cheat, what are your final preparations

749
00:43:02,880 --> 00:43:04,920
Speaker 1: for Thursday nights opener? We'll get to that when we

750
00:43:05,040 --> 00:43:07,239
Speaker 1: return here on One Bills Live presenter by collt of Health.

751
00:43:07,239 --> 00:43:21,880
Speaker 1: It's Buffalo Bill's Radio. All right, what are your final

752
00:43:22,000 --> 00:43:24,960
Speaker 1: preparations for Thursday nights opener? You let us know at

753
00:43:25,000 --> 00:43:27,719
Speaker 1: eight O three five fifty one eighty eight five fifty two,

754
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Speaker 1: five fifty the number to get on board. We go

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Speaker 1: to the phones and we go to DJ in Connecticut.

756
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Speaker 1: What do you got first? DJ? Hey, guys, how are

757
00:43:36,120 --> 00:43:39,399
Speaker 1: you doing good? Hey? Thank you very much you guys.

758
00:43:39,440 --> 00:43:43,440
Speaker 1: Always I always learn a lot from you guys. Two questions. First, one,

759
00:43:43,920 --> 00:43:46,879
Speaker 1: what have you guys seen from in the practice that's

760
00:43:46,920 --> 00:43:50,239
Speaker 1: impress you about Jamison Crowder Because it doesn't seem like

761
00:43:50,360 --> 00:43:53,759
Speaker 1: there's any kind of buzzer and it's I didn't I

762
00:43:53,880 --> 00:43:56,280
Speaker 1: missed the injury report, So I don't know if Isaiah

763
00:43:56,400 --> 00:43:59,399
Speaker 1: starting ahead of them. That's question number one and number

764
00:43:59,520 --> 00:44:02,400
Speaker 1: question number two us Steve. When you guys we're on

765
00:44:02,800 --> 00:44:06,359
Speaker 1: about the cutdown day, you kind of explained a little

766
00:44:06,400 --> 00:44:10,600
Speaker 1: bit how happy you were, So can you explain kind

767
00:44:10,640 --> 00:44:14,080
Speaker 1: of your experience you earn when you are at Houston

768
00:44:14,280 --> 00:44:17,520
Speaker 1: your first year and then when you were your first

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Speaker 1: year with the Bills, how they told you and that

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00:44:21,280 --> 00:44:24,000
Speaker 1: you made the team. All right, So we'll yeah, yeah,

771
00:44:24,040 --> 00:44:25,920
Speaker 1: we'll get to that in a second. We'll answer your

772
00:44:25,960 --> 00:44:30,160
Speaker 1: first question first with regard to the slot receiver position

773
00:44:31,160 --> 00:44:35,840
Speaker 1: and Mackenzie's role there. So mackenzie is back practicing. The

774
00:44:36,000 --> 00:44:38,960
Speaker 1: first injury report of the week will come out today.

775
00:44:39,920 --> 00:44:44,040
Speaker 1: Nothing came out yesterday. It's today, Tomorrow, and Wednesday will

776
00:44:44,080 --> 00:44:47,879
Speaker 1: be the only three injury reports listed for a Thursday game.

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00:44:48,320 --> 00:44:51,160
Speaker 1: So we'll get that later this afternoon, probably when we're

778
00:44:51,160 --> 00:44:56,680
Speaker 1: already off the air. But McKenzie is practicing, and the

779
00:44:56,840 --> 00:45:01,200
Speaker 1: general consensus is he is quote unquote the starting slot

780
00:45:01,280 --> 00:45:05,400
Speaker 1: receiver and I think we all expect him to have

781
00:45:05,440 --> 00:45:08,680
Speaker 1: an expanded role on offense. But I did talk to

782
00:45:09,760 --> 00:45:12,320
Speaker 1: Bills receivers coach Chad Hall on Our Bills by the

783
00:45:12,400 --> 00:45:15,680
Speaker 1: Numbers podcast during training camp, and I said, could you

784
00:45:15,800 --> 00:45:20,640
Speaker 1: foresee that being a shared role chiefly between mackenzie and

785
00:45:21,360 --> 00:45:24,760
Speaker 1: Jamison crowd or the veteran And he said, yeah, it's possible.

786
00:45:24,840 --> 00:45:27,520
Speaker 1: It could happen. And I think the reason it could

787
00:45:27,760 --> 00:45:29,080
Speaker 1: is for some of the reasons that Steve and I

788
00:45:29,160 --> 00:45:33,080
Speaker 1: have talked about in the past, which is, namely, Isaiah

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00:45:33,160 --> 00:45:37,600
Speaker 1: McKenzie is kind of a diminutive receiver, and if he

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Speaker 1: has even a part time role on special teams, that's

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00:45:40,640 --> 00:45:44,080
Speaker 1: another area where he's getting snaps. There's wear and tear,

792
00:45:44,760 --> 00:45:48,399
Speaker 1: and you have a seventeen game schedule. And I also

793
00:45:48,480 --> 00:45:51,319
Speaker 1: think Jamison Crowder is proven enough in this league where

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00:45:51,320 --> 00:45:52,920
Speaker 1: you're gonna want to get him on the field in

795
00:45:53,000 --> 00:45:56,400
Speaker 1: some instances sometimes it'll probably be when they go for wide,

796
00:45:56,920 --> 00:45:59,839
Speaker 1: but apps in that you're gonna want to get him

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00:46:00,000 --> 00:46:03,480
Speaker 1: and work too. I mean, every year except one of

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Speaker 1: his previous six, he's had at least fifty receptions for

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00:46:08,040 --> 00:46:12,200
Speaker 1: pretty lousy offenses, to be quite frank rum. And the

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00:46:12,280 --> 00:46:14,399
Speaker 1: only reason, the only reason he didn't have a fifty

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00:46:14,480 --> 00:46:16,000
Speaker 1: catch season the one year that he did not, is

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00:46:16,040 --> 00:46:17,880
Speaker 1: he played in only nine games due to injury. So

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Speaker 1: it's a guy that I think they want to have

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00:46:20,920 --> 00:46:24,240
Speaker 1: on the field. How that all works, I think remains

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00:46:24,320 --> 00:46:28,400
Speaker 1: to be seen. Now Steve will answer his situation between

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00:46:28,480 --> 00:46:30,640
Speaker 1: Houston and Buffalo and how he was told he made

807
00:46:30,680 --> 00:46:33,480
Speaker 1: the squad. Yeah, and the first time my rookie season,

808
00:46:33,480 --> 00:46:37,040
Speaker 1: I couldn't believe I could make the squad. I didn't think. Yeah,

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00:46:37,239 --> 00:46:39,360
Speaker 1: it was just team seemed out to reach. And I

810
00:46:39,440 --> 00:46:44,080
Speaker 1: actually called the oiler's office, the secretary's office, you know,

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00:46:44,160 --> 00:46:46,759
Speaker 1: and I said, hey, you know, are they gonna want

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00:46:46,800 --> 00:46:48,719
Speaker 1: to talk to me because I got late in the

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00:46:48,800 --> 00:46:51,840
Speaker 1: day and any of my playbook? Yeah, somebody trying to

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00:46:51,960 --> 00:46:54,080
Speaker 1: Are they trying to reach me? Basically? I said, what's

815
00:46:54,120 --> 00:46:56,520
Speaker 1: going And he goes, what do you mean? I do need?

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00:46:56,960 --> 00:46:58,800
Speaker 1: Do I need to come in? And he goes, oh no.

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00:46:58,960 --> 00:47:00,359
Speaker 1: She goes, no, no, Steve, I saw all the list.

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00:47:00,400 --> 00:47:03,520
Speaker 1: You're okay. That's how I found out. So you foucked

819
00:47:03,560 --> 00:47:06,360
Speaker 1: out from the I called the administrative assistant. Yeah, I

820
00:47:06,400 --> 00:47:08,120
Speaker 1: called him. She was no, I saw the list, You're okay.

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00:47:09,200 --> 00:47:10,960
Speaker 1: That's how I found out. And then you know, after that,

822
00:47:11,120 --> 00:47:16,600
Speaker 1: congratulations nothing. I don't Yeah, you're good like duh, Welcome

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00:47:16,640 --> 00:47:20,720
Speaker 1: to the Oilers. So the next year I don't remember,

824
00:47:20,760 --> 00:47:24,560
Speaker 1: and after that I don't remember anything any year specifically,

825
00:47:24,640 --> 00:47:28,840
Speaker 1: But that first time, I simply could not be convinced

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Speaker 1: that I was going to make that team. Not because

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00:47:30,800 --> 00:47:32,120
Speaker 1: I wasn't good enough, it because I didn't know what

828
00:47:32,200 --> 00:47:35,000
Speaker 1: it felt like. I didn't know. I didn't use reverse

829
00:47:35,040 --> 00:47:38,399
Speaker 1: psychology on yourself a little bit. It seemed too good

830
00:47:38,520 --> 00:47:41,960
Speaker 1: to be true for me. Yeah. Now Buffalo is a

831
00:47:41,960 --> 00:47:44,160
Speaker 1: little different because you came here off waivers, so you

832
00:47:44,200 --> 00:47:46,520
Speaker 1: were already on the roster. So there wasn't like a

833
00:47:46,600 --> 00:47:49,279
Speaker 1: real tryout period for you in eighty six, and I

834
00:47:49,400 --> 00:47:51,360
Speaker 1: think by the time you got to eighty seven you

835
00:47:51,440 --> 00:47:53,200
Speaker 1: kind of knew what you're standing. Well, eighteen was, so

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Speaker 1: it was less of a concern. Six. When I came

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Speaker 1: back in eighty seven, I was. There was some anks

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00:47:59,560 --> 00:48:01,800
Speaker 1: there are guess I'm hoping to make it, But I

839
00:48:01,880 --> 00:48:03,920
Speaker 1: had a good feeling about it because Marv liked me,

840
00:48:04,000 --> 00:48:05,480
Speaker 1: and I was I was a new players part of

841
00:48:05,560 --> 00:48:08,239
Speaker 1: that regime, and so I was. And then after eighty

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00:48:08,320 --> 00:48:11,000
Speaker 1: seven and going into eighty eighty eight, I was, I

843
00:48:11,080 --> 00:48:12,880
Speaker 1: was a Pro Bowl. Yeah, so I kind of figured

844
00:48:12,920 --> 00:48:15,040
Speaker 1: I was pretty safe at that point. Let's take a

845
00:48:15,160 --> 00:48:17,719
Speaker 1: quick call here from Dan in West Seneca before we

846
00:48:17,760 --> 00:48:20,800
Speaker 1: go to break where he got first. Dan, I just

847
00:48:20,960 --> 00:48:25,080
Speaker 1: had a question and the new partner, Sam Martin, yep,

848
00:48:25,520 --> 00:48:28,560
Speaker 1: why I've read he did very well in Denver, he

849
00:48:28,640 --> 00:48:31,759
Speaker 1: had very good statistics. He even sets the records here

850
00:48:32,360 --> 00:48:35,560
Speaker 1: and I can't understand why he was let go. By

851
00:48:35,640 --> 00:48:39,720
Speaker 1: the Denver records, he's thirty two years old, but partners says, okay,

852
00:48:39,960 --> 00:48:42,480
Speaker 1: thirty two. I would say, yeah, that's my question. I

853
00:48:43,600 --> 00:48:46,239
Speaker 1: sure the reports are that he wouldn't take a pay

854
00:48:46,400 --> 00:48:48,840
Speaker 1: He wouldn't. The Broncos were looking to ask him to

855
00:48:48,920 --> 00:48:51,040
Speaker 1: take a pay cut. He did not want to take one.

856
00:48:51,200 --> 00:48:53,240
Speaker 1: After a record setting year. You can, after a record

857
00:48:53,280 --> 00:48:57,719
Speaker 1: setting year, top five punter across the board statistically, he

858
00:48:58,400 --> 00:49:00,640
Speaker 1: did not want to take a pay cut him as much,

859
00:49:00,680 --> 00:49:02,960
Speaker 1: and they released him. They had a younger punter in

860
00:49:03,080 --> 00:49:06,920
Speaker 1: camp with him, So their loss is Buffalo's game. I mean,

861
00:49:07,000 --> 00:49:09,680
Speaker 1: you could make the argument that despite the fact that

862
00:49:09,760 --> 00:49:12,400
Speaker 1: the Bills invested a draft choice and a punter who

863
00:49:12,560 --> 00:49:16,920
Speaker 1: was very accomplished in terms of his punting skills. I'm

864
00:49:16,960 --> 00:49:18,680
Speaker 1: just gonna say this, the Bills have a better punter

865
00:49:18,800 --> 00:49:22,040
Speaker 1: right now than they did before. So as bad as

866
00:49:22,120 --> 00:49:26,040
Speaker 1: that situation may have been, the Bills as a football team,

867
00:49:26,600 --> 00:49:30,120
Speaker 1: particularly on special teams, are better with Sam Martin on

868
00:49:30,120 --> 00:49:32,360
Speaker 1: the rust. Yeah, and there's some concern about you know,

869
00:49:32,400 --> 00:49:34,560
Speaker 1: he punted in high altitude. Everything goes further. Listen, he

870
00:49:34,640 --> 00:49:37,560
Speaker 1: punted ten games that weren't or eight games well and odd.

871
00:49:37,600 --> 00:49:40,640
Speaker 1: And he's a good punter. He's a very good punter.

872
00:49:40,920 --> 00:49:44,160
Speaker 1: Here's the thing. The Bills are better because their punter

873
00:49:44,440 --> 00:49:48,480
Speaker 1: is a better all around punter, whether it's directional kicking, coffin,

874
00:49:48,560 --> 00:49:53,560
Speaker 1: corner kicking, hang time, forcing fair catches, dropping them inside

875
00:49:53,600 --> 00:49:56,520
Speaker 1: the twenty. He is accomplished in every single one of

876
00:49:56,600 --> 00:49:58,919
Speaker 1: those areas, not to mention the fact he's a damn

877
00:49:58,960 --> 00:50:02,080
Speaker 1: good holder. So the Bills are a better football team

878
00:50:02,239 --> 00:50:04,920
Speaker 1: on the field with Sam Martin on this roster than

879
00:50:04,960 --> 00:50:07,320
Speaker 1: they were before. Bottom line, we have to take a

880
00:50:07,400 --> 00:50:10,719
Speaker 1: break here. When we come back second hour, the show

881
00:50:10,840 --> 00:50:13,799
Speaker 1: will be kicked off with our good friend Eric Wood,

882
00:50:13,880 --> 00:50:17,239
Speaker 1: Bills radio color analyst, will join us next as he

883
00:50:17,960 --> 00:50:21,600
Speaker 1: is getting himself prepared for the first regular season broadcast

884
00:50:21,760 --> 00:50:24,040
Speaker 1: of the year. We'll catch up with Eric. Next here

885
00:50:24,120 --> 00:50:26,360
Speaker 1: on one Bill's Live presented by Kalata Health. It's Buffalo

886
00:50:26,400 --> 00:50:35,759
Speaker 1: Bills Radio. All right, Here we are our number two,

887
00:50:37,000 --> 00:50:41,040
Speaker 1: Chris Brown, Steve Tasker with you special three hour edition

888
00:50:41,200 --> 00:50:44,680
Speaker 1: on Mondays, as will be the case all season long

889
00:50:45,080 --> 00:50:47,839
Speaker 1: after Bill's games. So here on an extended three hour

890
00:50:47,960 --> 00:50:51,600
Speaker 1: program on a Labor day Monday, and happy to be

891
00:50:51,719 --> 00:50:56,920
Speaker 1: joined now by Radio color analyst for the Bills Radio network,

892
00:50:57,360 --> 00:51:00,239
Speaker 1: it is one Eric Wood, who is getting in his

893
00:51:00,360 --> 00:51:05,160
Speaker 1: final preparations for Thursday's opener. Eric, how you doing. I'm

894
00:51:05,200 --> 00:51:08,319
Speaker 1: doing good. Yeah, I'm getting my preparations in. We hit

895
00:51:08,800 --> 00:51:13,640
Speaker 1: Disneyland and California Adventure yesterday, Tomorrow will be hitting Universal

896
00:51:13,840 --> 00:51:16,520
Speaker 1: Studios and you know we're getting the last minute of

897
00:51:16,560 --> 00:51:18,920
Speaker 1: prep on the broadcast. But I could leave you guys

898
00:51:19,000 --> 00:51:21,000
Speaker 1: hanging today. I know you had three hours without a

899
00:51:21,120 --> 00:51:24,759
Speaker 1: Bills game to analyze on this Monday, a previous Bills game,

900
00:51:24,800 --> 00:51:27,440
Speaker 1: so I figured I'd help you out for a few minutes. Well,

901
00:51:27,480 --> 00:51:29,319
Speaker 1: what are your first thoughts about this? We've been looking

902
00:51:29,360 --> 00:51:31,320
Speaker 1: forward to this game for months. It's on a Thursday.

903
00:51:31,600 --> 00:51:34,840
Speaker 1: The getting the seasons, the weekly schedules moved up in

904
00:51:34,840 --> 00:51:38,640
Speaker 1: a little bit skewed. How does that affect the team's preparation,

905
00:51:38,760 --> 00:51:42,799
Speaker 1: particularly when you're going out to LA and they're gonna

906
00:51:42,920 --> 00:51:44,879
Speaker 1: raise the banner and do all this hoopla and you're

907
00:51:44,920 --> 00:51:47,759
Speaker 1: the opening game. There's a lot of added rigamar role

908
00:51:47,840 --> 00:51:49,440
Speaker 1: to this game. How does that affect the team In

909
00:51:49,440 --> 00:51:52,880
Speaker 1: the locker room? You know, you gotta stay focused, and

910
00:51:53,200 --> 00:51:56,000
Speaker 1: it's you hate the adage it's just another game because

911
00:51:56,000 --> 00:51:58,040
Speaker 1: it's the opener, and you're so excited and you're so

912
00:51:58,239 --> 00:52:01,160
Speaker 1: ready to get that taste of the Kansas City defeat

913
00:52:01,239 --> 00:52:03,040
Speaker 1: out of your mouth. This is your first time back

914
00:52:03,120 --> 00:52:05,840
Speaker 1: in a real regular season game, but ultimately it's just

915
00:52:06,120 --> 00:52:08,680
Speaker 1: another game and you have to approach it like that.

916
00:52:09,320 --> 00:52:12,279
Speaker 1: You can't get caught up in all the hoopla before

917
00:52:12,360 --> 00:52:15,000
Speaker 1: the game. At halftime, Ozzy Osbourne's playing, you'll be able

918
00:52:15,000 --> 00:52:16,640
Speaker 1: to hear that. In the locker room. You cannot be

919
00:52:16,760 --> 00:52:19,200
Speaker 1: distracted by any of that because you're playing such a

920
00:52:19,320 --> 00:52:22,440
Speaker 1: good football team and you need to play an excellent game.

921
00:52:22,440 --> 00:52:24,279
Speaker 1: I'm not saying you have to play a flawless game

922
00:52:24,480 --> 00:52:27,000
Speaker 1: to beat LA, but you're gonna have to play one

923
00:52:27,040 --> 00:52:29,160
Speaker 1: of your better games of the season to beat them

924
00:52:29,520 --> 00:52:31,880
Speaker 1: in their house. When all that is on it, you

925
00:52:31,960 --> 00:52:34,360
Speaker 1: get the added i don't want to say distraction, but

926
00:52:34,440 --> 00:52:36,560
Speaker 1: the added challenge of heading west to You have the

927
00:52:36,640 --> 00:52:39,480
Speaker 1: time change, you have the long flight, and you have

928
00:52:39,560 --> 00:52:41,440
Speaker 1: all that that you're trying to adapt to as well.

929
00:52:41,719 --> 00:52:44,280
Speaker 1: But you're excited about this. If you're a Buffalo Bills player,

930
00:52:44,360 --> 00:52:46,600
Speaker 1: this is what you work for. This is the primetime

931
00:52:46,719 --> 00:52:50,080
Speaker 1: spotlight that this organization is built to over these last

932
00:52:50,160 --> 00:52:53,120
Speaker 1: five years following that playoff drought. So it's a lot

933
00:52:53,160 --> 00:52:55,279
Speaker 1: of fun. It's fun to be a part of. You know,

934
00:52:55,760 --> 00:52:58,719
Speaker 1: when got coffee this morning walking around down here and

935
00:52:58,800 --> 00:53:02,279
Speaker 1: there's Bills fans everywhere. I'm down here Anaha, you know,

936
00:53:02,560 --> 00:53:05,120
Speaker 1: an hour south of the stadium. So it's a fun

937
00:53:05,200 --> 00:53:09,360
Speaker 1: time out here. So we heard from coach Frasier today,

938
00:53:09,560 --> 00:53:11,399
Speaker 1: Eric and just to bring you up to speed, when

939
00:53:11,400 --> 00:53:15,120
Speaker 1: he was asked about, you know, Kayer Elam and Christian

940
00:53:15,160 --> 00:53:17,560
Speaker 1: Benford and who might get the bulk of the work

941
00:53:18,080 --> 00:53:20,960
Speaker 1: at the corner spot opposite Dane Jackson with tradevious white

942
00:53:21,000 --> 00:53:25,040
Speaker 1: on reserve pup. As we know, he basically said, we're

943
00:53:25,080 --> 00:53:26,919
Speaker 1: gonna mix it up a little bit with those two.

944
00:53:28,200 --> 00:53:31,719
Speaker 1: We had seen a platooning of sorts through the course

945
00:53:31,760 --> 00:53:34,279
Speaker 1: of training camp and even the preseason with those two,

946
00:53:34,920 --> 00:53:37,879
Speaker 1: it looks like that's gonna spill into Week one here.

947
00:53:38,840 --> 00:53:41,520
Speaker 1: What do you think about that idea and mixing it

948
00:53:41,640 --> 00:53:44,880
Speaker 1: up with two rookies presumably subbing in and out at

949
00:53:44,960 --> 00:53:47,239
Speaker 1: least through the early stages of the game from what

950
00:53:47,320 --> 00:53:52,440
Speaker 1: we understand based on coach Frasier's description, Yeah, to me,

951
00:53:52,880 --> 00:53:55,120
Speaker 1: you know, it's a situation that you get into because

952
00:53:55,160 --> 00:53:57,080
Speaker 1: you have two quality players. If either of them would

953
00:53:57,080 --> 00:53:59,960
Speaker 1: have played themselves out of that competition, then you wouldn't

954
00:54:00,080 --> 00:54:02,399
Speaker 1: have this platooning. So you have the luxury of seeing

955
00:54:02,480 --> 00:54:05,200
Speaker 1: both guys, and you've never seen them in real NFL games,

956
00:54:05,480 --> 00:54:08,359
Speaker 1: so you don't know who exactly gives you the best

957
00:54:08,400 --> 00:54:10,440
Speaker 1: advantage of being out there. I would assume that this

958
00:54:10,600 --> 00:54:12,680
Speaker 1: is not a permanent fix. This is something that you

959
00:54:12,800 --> 00:54:15,759
Speaker 1: build into. But man, I know from playing offensive line

960
00:54:15,800 --> 00:54:19,040
Speaker 1: play and it seems weird to say because our body

961
00:54:19,120 --> 00:54:21,279
Speaker 1: types are so much different, But the closest position too

962
00:54:21,320 --> 00:54:25,279
Speaker 1: offensive line is cornerback. In defensive backs in general, there's

963
00:54:25,320 --> 00:54:28,000
Speaker 1: so much continuity that needs to happen. Everyone's got to

964
00:54:28,040 --> 00:54:30,479
Speaker 1: be on the same page. You get beat one time

965
00:54:30,560 --> 00:54:32,759
Speaker 1: you could have a great game. Otherwise you get beat

966
00:54:32,880 --> 00:54:35,200
Speaker 1: one time and everyone knows about and talks about you

967
00:54:35,280 --> 00:54:38,000
Speaker 1: in the paper. That being said, I know for me,

968
00:54:38,480 --> 00:54:40,719
Speaker 1: I wanted to get into rhythm throughout the game. I

969
00:54:40,800 --> 00:54:44,000
Speaker 1: wanted to you know, early on, especially earlier in my career,

970
00:54:44,280 --> 00:54:46,640
Speaker 1: you might take a couple of lumps early in a game,

971
00:54:46,719 --> 00:54:48,759
Speaker 1: but then you get in a rhythm, the game slows down.

972
00:54:49,239 --> 00:54:52,719
Speaker 1: I fear that in a platoon system, those that get

973
00:54:52,800 --> 00:54:55,680
Speaker 1: into a rhythm doesn't happen as fast for either of

974
00:54:55,760 --> 00:54:59,000
Speaker 1: the guys, whether it's Benford or Elam. But that being said,

975
00:54:59,320 --> 00:55:03,120
Speaker 1: this coaching, this coaching staff is traditionally always made excellent

976
00:55:03,160 --> 00:55:06,640
Speaker 1: personnel decisions, and I'd assume this is one as well.

977
00:55:07,840 --> 00:55:11,120
Speaker 1: Give us an idea. Since you played center, what the

978
00:55:11,239 --> 00:55:14,359
Speaker 1: offensive line, what kind of mental gymnastics are they going

979
00:55:14,400 --> 00:55:18,640
Speaker 1: through getting ready for a player like Aaron Donald. So

980
00:55:19,120 --> 00:55:22,640
Speaker 1: the rams make it extremely tough. So you have just

981
00:55:22,760 --> 00:55:25,120
Speaker 1: an all world player, maybe the best defensive tackle at

982
00:55:25,160 --> 00:55:27,800
Speaker 1: all of all time, especially when you consider rushing the

983
00:55:27,840 --> 00:55:30,480
Speaker 1: passer and at Aaron Donald, and then for most of

984
00:55:30,560 --> 00:55:33,400
Speaker 1: the game you essentially have five guys on the line

985
00:55:33,440 --> 00:55:37,480
Speaker 1: of skirmish. They'll line up Leonard Floyd. They're sam linebacker,

986
00:55:37,560 --> 00:55:40,000
Speaker 1: they'll line up him on the ball. So that puts

987
00:55:40,040 --> 00:55:42,120
Speaker 1: you in a lot of one on one situations where

988
00:55:42,160 --> 00:55:45,239
Speaker 1: all five guys on the offensive line are occupied and

989
00:55:45,320 --> 00:55:47,759
Speaker 1: then one guy's got to beat Aaron Donald one on one. Now,

990
00:55:48,120 --> 00:55:50,759
Speaker 1: you're still going to get attention on Aaron Donald from

991
00:55:50,800 --> 00:55:53,120
Speaker 1: the center at times, maybe being able to slide over

992
00:55:53,200 --> 00:55:56,320
Speaker 1: and help maybe a running back chipping. You're gonna find

993
00:55:56,440 --> 00:55:59,759
Speaker 1: ways to double team Aaron Donald anyway you can. That

994
00:56:00,000 --> 00:56:02,040
Speaker 1: being said, you're gonna have to win someone on one

995
00:56:02,120 --> 00:56:06,200
Speaker 1: matchups against maybe the best player in all of football.

996
00:56:06,280 --> 00:56:08,560
Speaker 1: So he's a guy that's gonna make some plays when

997
00:56:08,600 --> 00:56:10,960
Speaker 1: he does. You just can't let that affect you as

998
00:56:11,000 --> 00:56:13,520
Speaker 1: an offensive lineman because I've played against Aaron Donald before

999
00:56:13,880 --> 00:56:17,120
Speaker 1: and man, he's exceptional. And people will often ask me

1000
00:56:17,200 --> 00:56:20,000
Speaker 1: who's the toughest defensive lineman I ever went against? And

1001
00:56:20,360 --> 00:56:23,840
Speaker 1: you know, I'm not going against a three technique on

1002
00:56:23,920 --> 00:56:25,719
Speaker 1: a down to down basis, but he's the best I

1003
00:56:25,800 --> 00:56:29,480
Speaker 1: saw throughout my career. So why don't you let us

1004
00:56:29,560 --> 00:56:33,279
Speaker 1: know if there's any value in this. Roger Staffold was

1005
00:56:33,360 --> 00:56:36,640
Speaker 1: his teammate for five seasons. I know he's not gonna

1006
00:56:36,840 --> 00:56:39,239
Speaker 1: square up against him much of the game. It looks

1007
00:56:39,280 --> 00:56:41,399
Speaker 1: like that's gonna fall to Ryan Bates and probably Mitch

1008
00:56:41,480 --> 00:56:47,400
Speaker 1: helping him out. But what can Roger maybe offer Bates

1009
00:56:47,800 --> 00:56:51,800
Speaker 1: just from that day to day practice familiarity for five seasons,

1010
00:56:51,880 --> 00:56:55,839
Speaker 1: that's a long body of work against that guy. Yeah,

1011
00:56:55,840 --> 00:56:57,239
Speaker 1: I think there's a ton of value in that. I

1012
00:56:57,320 --> 00:56:59,439
Speaker 1: think there's a ton of value in Aaron Cromer having

1013
00:56:59,480 --> 00:57:02,120
Speaker 1: been in that as well, and seeing Aaron Donald on

1014
00:57:02,200 --> 00:57:05,560
Speaker 1: a down to down basis, understanding maybe some character trades,

1015
00:57:05,680 --> 00:57:07,759
Speaker 1: maybe you know, different ways that you could potentially get

1016
00:57:07,800 --> 00:57:09,680
Speaker 1: in his head. It doesn't look like that often happens

1017
00:57:09,880 --> 00:57:12,759
Speaker 1: to Aaron Donald, but I think like a guy like that,

1018
00:57:13,040 --> 00:57:16,640
Speaker 1: any anything you could possibly pick up is to your

1019
00:57:16,680 --> 00:57:20,320
Speaker 1: advantage there, and so Saffold's knowledge Aaron Cromer's knowledge, I

1020
00:57:20,400 --> 00:57:23,560
Speaker 1: think both help in going against a player like Aaron Donald,

1021
00:57:23,840 --> 00:57:26,240
Speaker 1: especially if a guy like Bay two, to my knowledge,

1022
00:57:26,280 --> 00:57:29,160
Speaker 1: has not faced him in his career. So having somebody

1023
00:57:29,280 --> 00:57:31,400
Speaker 1: be able to tell you, hey, he's gonna be lined

1024
00:57:31,480 --> 00:57:34,040
Speaker 1: up this far off the ball, and this is what

1025
00:57:34,520 --> 00:57:37,280
Speaker 1: you can expect right away. Hey, when he crowds the ball,

1026
00:57:37,600 --> 00:57:41,920
Speaker 1: expect this, and so those little nuances come from practice,

1027
00:57:42,160 --> 00:57:45,920
Speaker 1: practicing against a player of his caliber. You know, he

1028
00:57:45,960 --> 00:57:48,560
Speaker 1: would probably say he's as good. But Kyle Williams I

1029
00:57:48,600 --> 00:57:50,680
Speaker 1: went against so many times throughout my career. Maybe not

1030
00:57:50,760 --> 00:57:53,680
Speaker 1: the same player as Aaron Donald, but an exceptional defensive tackle.

1031
00:57:53,880 --> 00:57:55,600
Speaker 1: And I feel like if I went to another team,

1032
00:57:56,400 --> 00:57:58,480
Speaker 1: not that I could tell a guy how to stop

1033
00:57:58,560 --> 00:58:01,080
Speaker 1: Kyle exactly, but I could probably give you a few

1034
00:58:01,160 --> 00:58:05,240
Speaker 1: tendencies of his game that could help out another offensive lineman.

1035
00:58:05,560 --> 00:58:07,760
Speaker 1: How much of a problem is it that there's no

1036
00:58:07,920 --> 00:58:10,600
Speaker 1: film on this year's edition of the Rams? Don't you

1037
00:58:10,680 --> 00:58:12,640
Speaker 1: haven't seen the guys play together. You haven't seen any

1038
00:58:12,760 --> 00:58:16,160
Speaker 1: changes nuances? How big a problem is that for both sides,

1039
00:58:16,280 --> 00:58:18,480
Speaker 1: not only the Bills facing the Rams, but the Rams

1040
00:58:18,520 --> 00:58:22,480
Speaker 1: facing the Bills. Yeah, that's the beauty of Week one.

1041
00:58:22,840 --> 00:58:25,000
Speaker 1: You know you're gonna get to see maybe some different

1042
00:58:25,080 --> 00:58:28,080
Speaker 1: nuances of this Buffalo Bills offense with Ken Dorsey as

1043
00:58:28,160 --> 00:58:30,720
Speaker 1: offensive coordinator, what's the defense going to look like on

1044
00:58:30,800 --> 00:58:34,120
Speaker 1: a downy down basis? With adding a von Miller of

1045
00:58:34,200 --> 00:58:37,080
Speaker 1: Tim Settle, a Dequan Jones. How do they rotate those guys?

1046
00:58:37,520 --> 00:58:40,960
Speaker 1: Does Bernard get On the field more because he's an athletic,

1047
00:58:41,120 --> 00:58:45,800
Speaker 1: smaller linebacker, you know, and maybe you want to protect

1048
00:58:45,880 --> 00:58:47,480
Speaker 1: some of that secondary. How are you going to plat

1049
00:58:47,520 --> 00:58:50,240
Speaker 1: tune those guys. There's so many different nuances for the

1050
00:58:50,360 --> 00:58:52,560
Speaker 1: Bills in particular, and then when you look at the Rams,

1051
00:58:52,600 --> 00:58:55,360
Speaker 1: a Bobby Wagon or how does that change their defense

1052
00:58:55,360 --> 00:58:57,480
Speaker 1: because he's gonna have a different skill set than the

1053
00:58:57,560 --> 00:59:00,360
Speaker 1: guys from last year. What does adding an Alan Robinson

1054
00:59:00,480 --> 00:59:03,440
Speaker 1: looked like on the offense where you virtually add another

1055
00:59:03,640 --> 00:59:07,720
Speaker 1: number one receiver opposite Cooper Cup How does that change things?

1056
00:59:07,760 --> 00:59:09,560
Speaker 1: So it's gonna be a ton of fun to watch,

1057
00:59:09,720 --> 00:59:12,720
Speaker 1: you know, you can always assume how someone's gonna come

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00:59:12,760 --> 00:59:15,720
Speaker 1: out and play you, but with different coordinators, you know,

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00:59:15,800 --> 00:59:18,200
Speaker 1: with Ken Dorsey and a little bit of influence from

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00:59:18,240 --> 00:59:20,480
Speaker 1: Aaron Cromer. It appears in the run game. From some

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00:59:20,680 --> 00:59:23,880
Speaker 1: comments in the media, I've heard, that's probably the big

1062
00:59:24,000 --> 00:59:26,520
Speaker 1: that's probably the biggest wrinkle. I'm looking forward to seeing

1063
00:59:26,880 --> 00:59:29,720
Speaker 1: what does the run game look like, especially when you

1064
00:59:29,760 --> 00:59:31,120
Speaker 1: go back and turn on the film, like what are

1065
00:59:31,160 --> 00:59:33,600
Speaker 1: the different like little nuances that we haven't seen here?

1066
00:59:33,960 --> 00:59:38,840
Speaker 1: And then defensively for the Rams, do they stick with

1067
00:59:39,000 --> 00:59:41,680
Speaker 1: that kind of five guys on the line of scrimmage, look,

1068
00:59:42,040 --> 00:59:45,400
Speaker 1: which is very advantageous for pass rushers like Aaron Donald

1069
00:59:45,440 --> 00:59:47,040
Speaker 1: because you get a lot of one on ones. But

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00:59:47,120 --> 00:59:49,000
Speaker 1: if they put five guys in the line of scrimmage,

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00:59:49,000 --> 00:59:51,280
Speaker 1: if they can play with all those big bodies up there,

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00:59:51,800 --> 00:59:54,040
Speaker 1: I don't know how you slow down eleven personnel and

1073
00:59:54,120 --> 00:59:57,320
Speaker 1: even ten personnel for the Bills. Yeah, right, we tend

1074
00:59:57,360 --> 00:59:59,680
Speaker 1: to agree with that. What do you think taking that

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00:59:59,720 --> 01:00:05,800
Speaker 1: a st further about maybe the Rams coverage choices. It's

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01:00:05,880 --> 01:00:09,840
Speaker 1: not a foreign concept, but some teams, and I think

1077
01:00:09,880 --> 01:00:12,080
Speaker 1: the Rams have done this on occasion, the frequency of

1078
01:00:12,120 --> 01:00:13,960
Speaker 1: which I'm not yet sure. We have to investigate this

1079
01:00:14,080 --> 01:00:19,120
Speaker 1: after the show. Putting Jalen Ramsey one on one on

1080
01:00:19,200 --> 01:00:23,000
Speaker 1: an opponent's number two receiver and then just double teaming

1081
01:00:23,040 --> 01:00:26,040
Speaker 1: their number one with two other guys. What do you

1082
01:00:26,120 --> 01:00:28,760
Speaker 1: think might be the likelihood of us seeing that on

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01:00:28,920 --> 01:00:36,040
Speaker 1: Thursday night? It seems like a very It seems like

1084
01:00:36,080 --> 01:00:38,280
Speaker 1: a concept that could be fun to talk about in meetings.

1085
01:00:38,360 --> 01:00:40,840
Speaker 1: You could do it at times, maybe not do it

1086
01:00:40,920 --> 01:00:42,760
Speaker 1: in a Super Bowl, And do you do it with

1087
01:00:42,840 --> 01:00:45,400
Speaker 1: all the lights on you in week one? You know what?

1088
01:00:45,480 --> 01:00:47,840
Speaker 1: I mean like, you have maybe the best corner in

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01:00:47,920 --> 01:00:52,600
Speaker 1: football and a top five receiver in Stefon Diggs. If

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01:00:52,640 --> 01:00:55,280
Speaker 1: you go with that approach and you put Jalen Ramsey

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01:00:55,840 --> 01:00:59,919
Speaker 1: on a Gabe Davis and Diggs goes off your last

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01:01:00,000 --> 01:01:01,880
Speaker 1: out of your own stadium, you know what I mean?

1093
01:01:02,200 --> 01:01:05,440
Speaker 1: And so that's easier to do on a Sunday at

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01:01:05,520 --> 01:01:08,560
Speaker 1: one o'clock when you're playing a you know, out of

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01:01:08,640 --> 01:01:12,560
Speaker 1: conference opponent. But you play in that game where every

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01:01:13,040 --> 01:01:16,280
Speaker 1: single set of eyes that's even the least casual football

1097
01:01:16,320 --> 01:01:19,040
Speaker 1: fan out there, when you have all them tuned in,

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01:01:19,280 --> 01:01:21,800
Speaker 1: do you have the guts as a defensive coordinator to say,

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Speaker 1: you know what, I'm not putting Ramsey on Digs. I'm

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01:01:24,760 --> 01:01:27,520
Speaker 1: gonna roll the dice. I'm thinking maybe a couple other

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01:01:27,600 --> 01:01:29,680
Speaker 1: guys could hang with them, and I'm gonna put them

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Speaker 1: against game Davis. I don't know that that's the best approach,

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01:01:32,680 --> 01:01:35,600
Speaker 1: but we'll see come game time. Because when you have

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Speaker 1: a full offseason to prepare, and Steve you know this, Chris,

1105
01:01:38,800 --> 01:01:40,760
Speaker 1: you follow the game long enough to know it. You

1106
01:01:40,920 --> 01:01:45,320
Speaker 1: give enough coaches a full offseason to prepare, you could

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01:01:45,320 --> 01:01:47,800
Speaker 1: come up with a whole lot of good and not

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01:01:47,960 --> 01:01:50,720
Speaker 1: so good ideas throughout the course of an off season. Yeah,

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01:01:50,720 --> 01:01:53,760
Speaker 1: and it's my understanding too. A lot of defensive coordinators

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01:01:53,800 --> 01:01:57,440
Speaker 1: will they'll say, Okay, we think our number one corner,

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01:01:57,560 --> 01:01:59,440
Speaker 1: like Jalen Ramsey in this case, you gotta think they

1112
01:01:59,480 --> 01:02:02,240
Speaker 1: feel pretty confident about his ability to cover. He's about anybody.

1113
01:02:02,280 --> 01:02:04,520
Speaker 1: So they put him on the number two on Gabe

1114
01:02:04,600 --> 01:02:07,920
Speaker 1: Davis and then double team digs wherever he goes. And

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01:02:08,080 --> 01:02:10,360
Speaker 1: that's all well and good until those two guys are

1116
01:02:10,440 --> 01:02:13,000
Speaker 1: lined up next to each other or you start moving

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01:02:13,080 --> 01:02:15,360
Speaker 1: them around, and then it becomes yeah, you stack him

1118
01:02:15,440 --> 01:02:17,960
Speaker 1: or whatever. Then it becomes an issue of well, well,

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01:02:18,120 --> 01:02:21,800
Speaker 1: well that's our plan, but to execute it, we got,

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Speaker 1: you know, six guys on our defense that are jumping

1121
01:02:24,400 --> 01:02:27,280
Speaker 1: through mental hoops pre snap, before the balls even snap.

1122
01:02:27,440 --> 01:02:31,720
Speaker 1: So if they do decide to man up on Gabe

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Speaker 1: Davis with Jalen Ramsey and double team digs, what are

1124
01:02:37,000 --> 01:02:39,440
Speaker 1: some of the things that you know, Ken Dorsey and

1125
01:02:39,520 --> 01:02:41,640
Speaker 1: this offense are gonna go right too as soon as

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Speaker 1: they realize that. So I'm digging this conversation. I could

1127
01:02:46,360 --> 01:02:49,280
Speaker 1: have this conversation for an hour. The chess match of

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Speaker 1: football is my favorite thing about football. That's my favorite

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01:02:52,200 --> 01:02:55,080
Speaker 1: thing about being a broadcast. That's my favorite part about

1130
01:02:55,160 --> 01:02:57,480
Speaker 1: when we get a great broadcast view like we do

1131
01:02:57,560 --> 01:02:59,600
Speaker 1: in Buffalo and many other stadiums. Right it's a fifty

1132
01:02:59,640 --> 01:03:03,080
Speaker 1: yard about halfway or midway up the stadium because you

1133
01:03:03,160 --> 01:03:05,360
Speaker 1: can just watch that chess match unfold and you think

1134
01:03:05,400 --> 01:03:07,120
Speaker 1: all these things are going to happen, and then you

1135
01:03:07,200 --> 01:03:09,959
Speaker 1: watch him go back and forth. So you're right, Steve,

1136
01:03:10,040 --> 01:03:13,800
Speaker 1: you can stack those receivers. You could put Digs wide

1137
01:03:13,840 --> 01:03:16,560
Speaker 1: out left to one side, to the wide side of

1138
01:03:16,560 --> 01:03:19,480
Speaker 1: the field by himself. So you basically have to show

1139
01:03:19,560 --> 01:03:22,600
Speaker 1: your cards every play. If you're the Rams, you motion

1140
01:03:22,800 --> 01:03:24,960
Speaker 1: him back to that position I just talked about on

1141
01:03:25,000 --> 01:03:27,360
Speaker 1: the white side of the field. You constantly run him

1142
01:03:27,400 --> 01:03:30,040
Speaker 1: back and forth in motion, You run crossing routes and

1143
01:03:30,080 --> 01:03:33,640
Speaker 1: try and rub both those guys off of Essentially it's

1144
01:03:33,680 --> 01:03:35,600
Speaker 1: gonna be one on him and one over the top,

1145
01:03:35,680 --> 01:03:39,720
Speaker 1: but you're trying to run that guy into Jalen Ramsey

1146
01:03:39,720 --> 01:03:42,000
Speaker 1: who's covering Digs. What are they gonna do on crossing routes?

1147
01:03:42,040 --> 01:03:44,760
Speaker 1: And that's the beauty of the chess match of football.

1148
01:03:44,960 --> 01:03:47,920
Speaker 1: And then all that being said, if you have all

1149
01:03:48,000 --> 01:03:51,040
Speaker 1: that attention dictated there. You know, what do they looking

1150
01:03:51,040 --> 01:03:54,680
Speaker 1: like in ten? Perconnel, who's got Crowder and Isaiah McKenzie.

1151
01:03:54,720 --> 01:03:56,480
Speaker 1: And Isaiah McKenzie is one of the guys I'm most

1152
01:03:56,520 --> 01:03:59,600
Speaker 1: excited to see about this year. You know, the NFL

1153
01:03:59,640 --> 01:04:01,800
Speaker 1: is such a copycat league. And the Bills did a

1154
01:04:01,840 --> 01:04:04,520
Speaker 1: little bit a bit last year, but the NFL is

1155
01:04:04,520 --> 01:04:06,200
Speaker 1: such a copycat league. I think you're going to see

1156
01:04:06,200 --> 01:04:10,160
Speaker 1: a lot of Deebo Samuel type roles from teams where

1157
01:04:10,400 --> 01:04:13,160
Speaker 1: they get into ten personnel or they get even in

1158
01:04:13,320 --> 01:04:16,720
Speaker 1: a you know, you don't even have a running back

1159
01:04:16,720 --> 01:04:19,080
Speaker 1: on the field, you have five receivers and then Isaiah

1160
01:04:19,120 --> 01:04:22,160
Speaker 1: McKenzie becomes that running back. But you can also split

1161
01:04:22,200 --> 01:04:24,960
Speaker 1: out with five wads maybe as four receivers a tight end.

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01:04:24,960 --> 01:04:27,200
Speaker 1: All that being said, I'm excited to see how they

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01:04:27,320 --> 01:04:30,280
Speaker 1: utilize Isaiah McKenzie. What a great camp he had, what

1164
01:04:30,480 --> 01:04:32,520
Speaker 1: a great you know, second half of the season he

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01:04:32,680 --> 01:04:35,160
Speaker 1: had last year in Buffalo, and so I think you

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Speaker 1: could see some interesting kind of chess match plays there

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01:04:38,200 --> 01:04:41,360
Speaker 1: with him. Right. What about that Rams run game, Eric

1168
01:04:41,560 --> 01:04:43,360
Speaker 1: is the last one for me, The Rams run game.

1169
01:04:43,680 --> 01:04:45,880
Speaker 1: You know, cam Akers is back healthy. Now they've got

1170
01:04:45,960 --> 01:04:49,720
Speaker 1: their one two punch with Darryl Henderson. Henderson's got some juice.

1171
01:04:51,280 --> 01:04:56,960
Speaker 1: How might the bills seemingly improved defensive front which is bigger, stronger,

1172
01:04:57,040 --> 01:04:59,640
Speaker 1: more athletic than the group they had last year? How

1173
01:04:59,680 --> 01:05:03,040
Speaker 1: am I that fair in trying to neutralize what the

1174
01:05:03,160 --> 01:05:06,680
Speaker 1: Rams like to do in the run game. Yeah, and

1175
01:05:06,840 --> 01:05:10,600
Speaker 1: that's a great question because everyone sees Matt Stafford and

1176
01:05:10,960 --> 01:05:13,240
Speaker 1: you hear about Cooper Cup lighting the league on fire

1177
01:05:13,320 --> 01:05:16,160
Speaker 1: last year. But at the core, Sean McVeigh is a

1178
01:05:16,240 --> 01:05:20,280
Speaker 1: Shanahan Tree run play action type of coach. He uses

1179
01:05:20,280 --> 01:05:22,640
Speaker 1: a lot of motions and they use a lot of

1180
01:05:22,680 --> 01:05:25,520
Speaker 1: different play action looks, but at the core, he wants

1181
01:05:25,560 --> 01:05:27,320
Speaker 1: to be a run play action and so when he's

1182
01:05:27,360 --> 01:05:29,760
Speaker 1: got two effective running backs, you're going to get a

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01:05:29,800 --> 01:05:32,480
Speaker 1: heavy dose of the run game. So all that being said,

1184
01:05:34,000 --> 01:05:36,560
Speaker 1: I think the Bill's front will help in the run

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01:05:36,640 --> 01:05:38,880
Speaker 1: game this year. You get another year of experience with

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01:05:38,960 --> 01:05:42,640
Speaker 1: Tremada Evans, with Matt Mulatto, You got both your safeties healthy,

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01:05:43,360 --> 01:05:46,560
Speaker 1: both these cornerbacks and Dane Jackson and the combo of

1188
01:05:46,640 --> 01:05:48,920
Speaker 1: Elam and Benford. They can tackle on the outside and

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01:05:48,960 --> 01:05:51,680
Speaker 1: set that edge I'm not that concerned about the run

1190
01:05:51,760 --> 01:05:55,320
Speaker 1: game unless you say, hey, we're gonna give you that

1191
01:05:55,520 --> 01:05:58,000
Speaker 1: five yards of popping the run game. We're gonna give

1192
01:05:58,000 --> 01:05:59,800
Speaker 1: you that, but we're not gonna let Robinson and Cup

1193
01:05:59,880 --> 01:06:02,800
Speaker 1: to take over this game. Then you go two light

1194
01:06:02,880 --> 01:06:05,520
Speaker 1: of a box. If you only have six guys in there,

1195
01:06:05,640 --> 01:06:07,360
Speaker 1: then I think you could be an issue at times.

1196
01:06:07,440 --> 01:06:09,040
Speaker 1: But I don't think the Bills are gonna do that.

1197
01:06:09,080 --> 01:06:11,640
Speaker 1: I think they're gonna stay aggressive. And you know, as

1198
01:06:11,760 --> 01:06:14,320
Speaker 1: much credit as von Miller gets as a pass rusher

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Speaker 1: I played against the multiple times, he's excellent in the

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01:06:17,120 --> 01:06:20,200
Speaker 1: run game as well. I mean he can Olay tackles

1201
01:06:20,520 --> 01:06:23,320
Speaker 1: and tight ends with the absolute best of them, and

1202
01:06:23,680 --> 01:06:26,960
Speaker 1: Ola basically the let the guy fall on his face

1203
01:06:27,040 --> 01:06:29,480
Speaker 1: go by you. He thinks he's gonna, you know, crush you,

1204
01:06:29,600 --> 01:06:31,400
Speaker 1: and you let him fall in his face, and Bond

1205
01:06:31,480 --> 01:06:33,360
Speaker 1: does that with the best of him. He's also physical

1206
01:06:33,400 --> 01:06:35,120
Speaker 1: out there, so I think he helps him the run game.

1207
01:06:35,160 --> 01:06:38,480
Speaker 1: And Takuan Jones and then very limited basis and I

1208
01:06:38,600 --> 01:06:40,720
Speaker 1: made a big deal about this in the broadcast, but

1209
01:06:40,920 --> 01:06:44,840
Speaker 1: Tim Settle against Ryan Kelly, the center for Indy who's

1210
01:06:44,840 --> 01:06:48,880
Speaker 1: a Pro Bowl center, just dominated him for a few

1211
01:06:49,120 --> 01:06:51,080
Speaker 1: run snaps prior to coming out of that game with

1212
01:06:51,240 --> 01:06:55,640
Speaker 1: a slight injury. So I'm interested to see how this

1213
01:06:55,760 --> 01:06:58,080
Speaker 1: Bill's defense fares against the run this year. Last one

1214
01:06:58,160 --> 01:07:00,880
Speaker 1: for me, Eric, we talk about, you know how there's

1215
01:07:00,880 --> 01:07:02,840
Speaker 1: a lot of unknowns coming into this game. You know,

1216
01:07:02,920 --> 01:07:05,600
Speaker 1: new offensive coordinator for the Bills, and everybody's got a different,

1217
01:07:05,640 --> 01:07:08,920
Speaker 1: little bit different cast of characters. And Leslie Fraser alluded

1218
01:07:08,960 --> 01:07:11,960
Speaker 1: to it today in his remarks, in game adjustments are

1219
01:07:12,000 --> 01:07:14,160
Speaker 1: going to be crucial in this week one matchup because

1220
01:07:14,200 --> 01:07:16,160
Speaker 1: you're gonna get surprised by a couple of things that

1221
01:07:16,280 --> 01:07:18,800
Speaker 1: they do. A couple of schematics, you kind of get

1222
01:07:18,840 --> 01:07:22,160
Speaker 1: a handle of what they think about your team. Walk

1223
01:07:22,280 --> 01:07:25,520
Speaker 1: us through how those in game adjustments work. Obviously it's

1224
01:07:25,560 --> 01:07:27,680
Speaker 1: series to series. You come off, you talk about it,

1225
01:07:28,000 --> 01:07:30,320
Speaker 1: what they're thinking, How does that work, and how does

1226
01:07:30,360 --> 01:07:34,840
Speaker 1: that get communicated down the ranks from the guys upstairs. Yeah,

1227
01:07:34,920 --> 01:07:37,840
Speaker 1: So you'll have a on offense, You'll have a Ken

1228
01:07:37,960 --> 01:07:40,560
Speaker 1: Dorsey and he'll be calling down to maybe an Aaron

1229
01:07:40,640 --> 01:07:43,760
Speaker 1: Cromer at Chad Hall, the receiver's coach. He'll be talking

1230
01:07:43,840 --> 01:07:47,240
Speaker 1: to them to relay the communication. All throughout the offense.

1231
01:07:47,320 --> 01:07:50,640
Speaker 1: But you come to the sideline on offense or defense,

1232
01:07:50,760 --> 01:07:53,840
Speaker 1: you don't have the luxury of watching the replays on video,

1233
01:07:53,920 --> 01:07:56,200
Speaker 1: but you do get a snapshot. It's old school and

1234
01:07:56,280 --> 01:07:58,320
Speaker 1: a lot of people still use the binders with the

1235
01:07:58,680 --> 01:08:03,000
Speaker 1: paper slid into the almost like the autograph book deals

1236
01:08:03,080 --> 01:08:05,760
Speaker 1: the telephane, and so you put them in there and

1237
01:08:05,840 --> 01:08:08,240
Speaker 1: you're going through the pictures and you get four snapshots

1238
01:08:08,280 --> 01:08:11,080
Speaker 1: of the play and anything that's different from what you

1239
01:08:11,160 --> 01:08:14,520
Speaker 1: saw on film throughout the week. Now you make the adjustments.

1240
01:08:14,560 --> 01:08:17,240
Speaker 1: And that's where having smart football players and smart coaches

1241
01:08:17,520 --> 01:08:21,280
Speaker 1: becomes really valuable, because rarely in a football game does

1242
01:08:21,320 --> 01:08:23,960
Speaker 1: it play out exactly how you thought schematically, so being

1243
01:08:24,000 --> 01:08:26,120
Speaker 1: able to make those in game adjustments, and that's where

1244
01:08:26,200 --> 01:08:29,880
Speaker 1: having experience as well, having guys that are experienced, like

1245
01:08:29,920 --> 01:08:32,600
Speaker 1: a Josh Allen, all the guys on defense that have

1246
01:08:32,920 --> 01:08:36,440
Speaker 1: just tremendous experience, because often you can make those adjustments

1247
01:08:36,560 --> 01:08:38,960
Speaker 1: within a series. Hey guys, this is what we're seeing

1248
01:08:39,000 --> 01:08:41,479
Speaker 1: out there. You know, if you see this blitz slide

1249
01:08:41,520 --> 01:08:43,920
Speaker 1: the protection out there, we're good. Hey break the route

1250
01:08:43,960 --> 01:08:46,479
Speaker 1: off this way, and I think there's enough trust amongst

1251
01:08:46,560 --> 01:08:48,680
Speaker 1: this coaching staff and the players that you can even

1252
01:08:48,760 --> 01:08:52,519
Speaker 1: make those within a series. Eric, thanks for the time.

1253
01:08:52,560 --> 01:08:54,240
Speaker 1: We'll let you get back to the rides and the

1254
01:08:54,320 --> 01:08:56,800
Speaker 1: phone with the family and I'll see you out there

1255
01:08:56,840 --> 01:08:59,040
Speaker 1: on Thursday for the pregame show on the radio side.

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01:08:59,120 --> 01:09:02,360
Speaker 1: Thanks for the time, Wood, Yeah, my players, we're looking

1257
01:09:02,360 --> 01:09:04,240
Speaker 1: forward to seeing you out here. Steve, have a great week,

1258
01:09:04,320 --> 01:09:06,639
Speaker 1: all right, man, All right, that's Eric Wood, Bill's radio

1259
01:09:06,680 --> 01:09:09,720
Speaker 1: color analyst, joining us here on One Bill's Live, giving

1260
01:09:09,800 --> 01:09:12,439
Speaker 1: us his thoughts on the upcoming matchup just three days away. Now.

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01:09:12,560 --> 01:09:18,280
Speaker 1: Bill's at Rams Thursday night kickoff game Football Night and

1262
01:09:18,360 --> 01:09:23,880
Speaker 1: America moves to Thursday. Yeah, it's here's the best, the

1263
01:09:23,920 --> 01:09:25,560
Speaker 1: best part about him, Pete. And we've been chewing this

1264
01:09:25,640 --> 01:09:28,000
Speaker 1: up all offseason. Man. You get the whole weekend, you

1265
01:09:28,880 --> 01:09:32,759
Speaker 1: just watch it, watch all the football games and relax

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01:09:32,880 --> 01:09:35,920
Speaker 1: and just you know, not no stress. Yeah yeah, get

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01:09:36,000 --> 01:09:38,720
Speaker 1: ready for work on Monday. I mean just kind of

1268
01:09:38,760 --> 01:09:42,479
Speaker 1: relax and get some sleep and it's so awesome. Yeah,

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01:09:42,560 --> 01:09:44,400
Speaker 1: it'll be great for sure. And it's the same thing

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01:09:44,439 --> 01:09:46,280
Speaker 1: the next weekend too. You got to except that you're

1271
01:09:46,320 --> 01:09:50,280
Speaker 1: gonna look forward to the game at the end of it, right, yeah,

1272
01:09:50,800 --> 01:09:52,760
Speaker 1: because it'll be Monday night, Monday night game for a

1273
01:09:52,840 --> 01:09:56,479
Speaker 1: week two, so primetime prime time back to back at

1274
01:09:56,520 --> 01:10:00,680
Speaker 1: complete opposite ends of the football playing week. When you

1275
01:10:00,760 --> 01:10:03,160
Speaker 1: think about that, they're kicking off the week of week

1276
01:10:03,240 --> 01:10:05,680
Speaker 1: one with the Thursday night game. They'll be putting a

1277
01:10:05,800 --> 01:10:08,120
Speaker 1: rap on it in week two with the Monday night

1278
01:10:08,200 --> 01:10:11,760
Speaker 1: home opener against the Titans, which is gonna be If

1279
01:10:11,840 --> 01:10:16,479
Speaker 1: you think Thursday Night's gonna be nuts, Monday Night here

1280
01:10:16,560 --> 01:10:20,559
Speaker 1: week two, are you kidding me? Holy Yeah, it's gonna

1281
01:10:20,560 --> 01:10:24,080
Speaker 1: be like two games from the last preseason game down

1282
01:10:24,160 --> 01:10:26,560
Speaker 1: in Carolina. It's gonna be like two games within like

1283
01:10:27,439 --> 01:10:30,559
Speaker 1: twenty eight days or something like that before they play.

1284
01:10:30,600 --> 01:10:35,080
Speaker 1: Actually the Week three game, it's they're really stretched out

1285
01:10:35,120 --> 01:10:38,200
Speaker 1: in there. They got Yeah, it's actually but yeah, when

1286
01:10:38,200 --> 01:10:41,120
Speaker 1: you think about it, it's good because number one, the

1287
01:10:41,240 --> 01:10:43,519
Speaker 1: Bills get their longest road trip of the season out

1288
01:10:43,600 --> 01:10:45,600
Speaker 1: of the way in Week one, and not only that,

1289
01:10:45,720 --> 01:10:49,280
Speaker 1: they get extended rest off of that long trip, not

1290
01:10:49,479 --> 01:10:53,240
Speaker 1: playing again until the following Monday night. Um, that was

1291
01:10:53,320 --> 01:10:56,160
Speaker 1: a very favorable way that the schedule fell for them.

1292
01:10:56,520 --> 01:10:59,000
Speaker 1: Because I'm telling you, when you're bottom, you can speak

1293
01:10:59,000 --> 01:11:01,360
Speaker 1: to this better than I can when your body's hanging

1294
01:11:01,880 --> 01:11:05,040
Speaker 1: week twelve thirteen, and then you got to make a

1295
01:11:05,160 --> 01:11:08,040
Speaker 1: five hour flight across the country and back and then

1296
01:11:08,160 --> 01:11:10,640
Speaker 1: get ready for another game in six days. That's a

1297
01:11:10,720 --> 01:11:13,080
Speaker 1: tough turnaround right now, it will be it'll be easier

1298
01:11:13,120 --> 01:11:16,200
Speaker 1: because the second game, the Monday night game against Tennessee's

1299
01:11:16,200 --> 01:11:18,040
Speaker 1: at home, no travel, go ahead and go to bed

1300
01:11:18,280 --> 01:11:22,080
Speaker 1: extra couple days and then yeah, and then uh, going

1301
01:11:22,160 --> 01:11:24,840
Speaker 1: to Miami, which is for most of these veterans is

1302
01:11:25,000 --> 01:11:28,200
Speaker 1: just it's like you're so familiar with headed down there.

1303
01:11:28,439 --> 01:11:31,040
Speaker 1: You know, everything's kind of you know, well oiled and

1304
01:11:31,080 --> 01:11:34,479
Speaker 1: every familiar down there because of the division rivalry that

1305
01:11:34,520 --> 01:11:40,200
Speaker 1: you go down there exactly. So field conditions led by

1306
01:11:40,240 --> 01:11:42,880
Speaker 1: a Sunday one o'clock game, by by three Sunday one

1307
01:11:42,880 --> 01:11:48,360
Speaker 1: o'clock games Miami and then Baltimore and then Pittsburgh. Um, yeah,

1308
01:11:48,439 --> 01:11:52,840
Speaker 1: that's it's a it's schedule wise, except for the teams

1309
01:11:52,880 --> 01:11:56,360
Speaker 1: you're playing are really tough. Yeah, it's it's tough. Schedule.

1310
01:11:56,600 --> 01:11:59,559
Speaker 1: Schedule is really favorable time and place wise. I think

1311
01:11:59,560 --> 01:12:03,320
Speaker 1: there's only one game where the Bills are playing a

1312
01:12:03,439 --> 01:12:07,920
Speaker 1: team that has less rest than they do. Because even

1313
01:12:08,000 --> 01:12:11,320
Speaker 1: their Thursday night game the week after the Thanksgiving game

1314
01:12:11,400 --> 01:12:14,720
Speaker 1: still gives them a full week to prepare. And New

1315
01:12:14,800 --> 01:12:20,439
Speaker 1: England's also i think playing on Thanksgiving, so they're only

1316
01:12:20,479 --> 01:12:22,000
Speaker 1: going to have a week to prepare too. They don't

1317
01:12:22,040 --> 01:12:23,960
Speaker 1: get an extra few days to prepare for you. So

1318
01:12:24,800 --> 01:12:28,080
Speaker 1: the schedule in terms of the rest and the travel

1319
01:12:29,320 --> 01:12:32,240
Speaker 1: has really fallen pretty favorably with this layout for the

1320
01:12:32,280 --> 01:12:35,400
Speaker 1: Bills in twenty twenty two. It's good to see we

1321
01:12:35,880 --> 01:12:38,280
Speaker 1: are going to take a break here. When we come back,

1322
01:12:38,720 --> 01:12:41,760
Speaker 1: we're gonna get you the comments of Bill's offensive coordinator

1323
01:12:41,880 --> 01:12:46,080
Speaker 1: Ken Dorsey address the media just before practice today. We'll

1324
01:12:46,120 --> 01:12:48,720
Speaker 1: get you his thoughts next here on One Bill's Live,

1325
01:12:48,760 --> 01:13:03,400
Speaker 1: presented by Kalat of Health, It's Buffalo Bill's Radio. All right,

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01:13:03,439 --> 01:13:06,000
Speaker 1: welcome back to One Bill's Live. Chris Brown, Steve Tasker

1327
01:13:06,120 --> 01:13:10,599
Speaker 1: with you as we close in on the season open

1328
01:13:10,920 --> 01:13:15,720
Speaker 1: the kickoff game for the National Football League Bills at

1329
01:13:15,880 --> 01:13:21,200
Speaker 1: Rams Thursday night at Sofi Stadium in La. We want

1330
01:13:21,280 --> 01:13:25,360
Speaker 1: to turn now though, to offensive coordinator Ken Dorsey, who

1331
01:13:25,439 --> 01:13:29,200
Speaker 1: will be embarking on his first season in the NFL

1332
01:13:29,360 --> 01:13:32,800
Speaker 1: as an offensive play caller, and he will be doing

1333
01:13:32,880 --> 01:13:37,160
Speaker 1: it presumably from the booth up in the coach's booth,

1334
01:13:37,240 --> 01:13:39,920
Speaker 1: so we wanted to check in with him as he

1335
01:13:40,000 --> 01:13:42,920
Speaker 1: addressed the media prior to practice today. So here he

1336
01:13:43,080 --> 01:13:51,719
Speaker 1: is Bill's offensive coordinator Ken Dorsey. Obviously, they're incredibly talented

1337
01:13:51,720 --> 01:13:54,519
Speaker 1: all over the board, and you know, he's one of

1338
01:13:54,560 --> 01:13:57,880
Speaker 1: the best players in football, so they po pose a

1339
01:13:57,920 --> 01:14:01,639
Speaker 1: lot of different problems h only personnel wise, but schemes.

1340
01:14:01,680 --> 01:14:04,639
Speaker 1: So it's a great challenge for us and and something

1341
01:14:04,800 --> 01:14:08,719
Speaker 1: you know we're we're excited about and uh, um looking

1342
01:14:08,760 --> 01:14:14,400
Speaker 1: forward to that challenge. Um, it'll be obviously, UM trying

1343
01:14:14,439 --> 01:14:17,080
Speaker 1: to trying to slow not only him down, but that

1344
01:14:17,240 --> 01:14:20,320
Speaker 1: front is uh is a very talented group and he's

1345
01:14:20,360 --> 01:14:23,720
Speaker 1: the guy who kind of leads that charge. So it's

1346
01:14:24,000 --> 01:14:27,000
Speaker 1: it's gonna be a really good challenge for us. How

1347
01:14:27,160 --> 01:14:29,120
Speaker 1: was it as a first time play caller trying to

1348
01:14:29,240 --> 01:14:32,600
Speaker 1: balance getting everything you want to get in versus not

1349
01:14:32,760 --> 01:14:36,599
Speaker 1: showing that much during preseason if you will, Yeah, I think, uh,

1350
01:14:36,720 --> 01:14:39,160
Speaker 1: I think we're at the point of our offense where

1351
01:14:39,240 --> 01:14:45,040
Speaker 1: it's you know, um, we've we've been running our stuff

1352
01:14:45,080 --> 01:14:48,040
Speaker 1: for a while, so UM, there's some things where it's like,

1353
01:14:48,280 --> 01:14:50,280
Speaker 1: you know, people know we're gonna run them and and

1354
01:14:50,840 --> 01:14:53,760
Speaker 1: you know that type of thing. So, um, you know,

1355
01:14:53,840 --> 01:14:56,960
Speaker 1: I think there's there's that balance of yeah, there there

1356
01:14:57,040 --> 01:14:58,800
Speaker 1: might be some wrinkles that you don't want to show.

1357
01:14:58,920 --> 01:15:00,560
Speaker 1: But at the same time, you know, you want to

1358
01:15:00,560 --> 01:15:02,960
Speaker 1: be able to get work on stuff too, So it's

1359
01:15:03,000 --> 01:15:06,760
Speaker 1: definitely a balance of trying to make sure you're getting

1360
01:15:06,800 --> 01:15:09,680
Speaker 1: the right work done, but you're also intentional about what

1361
01:15:09,760 --> 01:15:15,200
Speaker 1: you're doing. Eventually, joshaction yesterday to Seohn dot the job

1362
01:15:15,640 --> 01:15:19,120
Speaker 1: putting in the offense in tough situation in practice, how

1363
01:15:19,240 --> 01:15:23,000
Speaker 1: much is the continuity between staff gave Josh in now

1364
01:15:23,160 --> 01:15:26,680
Speaker 1: year three together help them get out of bad situations?

1365
01:15:26,920 --> 01:15:29,479
Speaker 1: You know, I think don't go well. Yeah, and I

1366
01:15:29,560 --> 01:15:32,800
Speaker 1: think that's a big stress for for us. You know,

1367
01:15:32,920 --> 01:15:36,559
Speaker 1: it's a seasons as a roller coaster right at times

1368
01:15:36,600 --> 01:15:38,640
Speaker 1: if you let it be, you know, and and uh,

1369
01:15:39,000 --> 01:15:41,320
Speaker 1: there's highs and lows and and all that stuff. But

1370
01:15:41,520 --> 01:15:43,519
Speaker 1: you know, the biggest trauma is to stay the biggest

1371
01:15:43,600 --> 01:15:46,720
Speaker 1: challenges to stay steady throughout that and that's our that's

1372
01:15:46,760 --> 01:15:50,680
Speaker 1: kind of our constant mission, whether it's a season, a game, uh,

1373
01:15:51,000 --> 01:15:53,200
Speaker 1: you know, a training camp, practice, Because yeah, I think

1374
01:15:53,280 --> 01:15:55,000
Speaker 1: Sean did a great job of putting us in some

1375
01:15:55,160 --> 01:15:59,519
Speaker 1: really difficult situations. Um, you know, in a variety of

1376
01:15:59,520 --> 01:16:01,799
Speaker 1: different is that that really put a lot of pressure

1377
01:16:01,840 --> 01:16:04,639
Speaker 1: on me as a play caller and us as an offense.

1378
01:16:04,720 --> 01:16:08,640
Speaker 1: And I think that will only help us moving forwards.

1379
01:16:08,800 --> 01:16:12,479
Speaker 1: For early in the season, do you want to extend

1380
01:16:12,600 --> 01:16:15,559
Speaker 1: your your playbook and calls to get a good feel

1381
01:16:15,560 --> 01:16:18,160
Speaker 1: of what you got? Um, and how much is it?

1382
01:16:18,680 --> 01:16:20,280
Speaker 1: We're just going to kind of go week by week

1383
01:16:20,360 --> 01:16:24,040
Speaker 1: and expand the things. However, maybe game players, Yeah, I

1384
01:16:24,120 --> 01:16:26,240
Speaker 1: think we're at the point now where it's it's you know,

1385
01:16:26,320 --> 01:16:29,360
Speaker 1: you're game planning for each opponent, you know, so, um,

1386
01:16:29,840 --> 01:16:32,960
Speaker 1: we're we're we're picking what we feel like is gonna

1387
01:16:33,479 --> 01:16:36,280
Speaker 1: be effective against the defense we're playing each and every week.

1388
01:16:36,360 --> 01:16:38,400
Speaker 1: So it might look a little differently from one week

1389
01:16:38,439 --> 01:16:41,000
Speaker 1: to the next. Um, but at this point in the season,

1390
01:16:41,120 --> 01:16:43,719
Speaker 1: every game is every game is important, Every game matters.

1391
01:16:43,960 --> 01:16:46,160
Speaker 1: You know, it's the it's the regular season in the NFL.

1392
01:16:46,280 --> 01:16:49,920
Speaker 1: We don't have, uh, you know, an infinite amount of games.

1393
01:16:49,960 --> 01:16:52,720
Speaker 1: You know, you only got seventeen of these things. So, UM,

1394
01:16:53,160 --> 01:16:55,760
Speaker 1: I've been in it as a long enough to know

1395
01:16:56,160 --> 01:16:58,920
Speaker 1: that you don't want one to slip away because you're

1396
01:16:58,960 --> 01:17:01,200
Speaker 1: trying to hide something or you want you don't want

1397
01:17:01,200 --> 01:17:04,240
Speaker 1: to show something. You know, so uh, every every game

1398
01:17:04,320 --> 01:17:05,960
Speaker 1: you go out and you put the best bank game

1399
01:17:06,040 --> 01:17:09,400
Speaker 1: plan you can possibly put together, uh together and UH

1400
01:17:09,800 --> 01:17:12,000
Speaker 1: making sure your guys could go out and play fast

1401
01:17:12,040 --> 01:17:15,240
Speaker 1: and execute it. You know, you work side by the

1402
01:17:15,280 --> 01:17:17,479
Speaker 1: side of Mike Ula and watch him call him player

1403
01:17:17,479 --> 01:17:19,439
Speaker 1: for five years. It works out by side with Brian

1404
01:17:19,520 --> 01:17:22,280
Speaker 1: Davil and why him call them player three years? How

1405
01:17:22,320 --> 01:17:25,200
Speaker 1: do you feel like you played the game at the

1406
01:17:25,360 --> 01:17:28,439
Speaker 1: highest level of It's like you feel like you paid

1407
01:17:28,560 --> 01:17:30,800
Speaker 1: a bout of many dues to get to this five

1408
01:17:31,360 --> 01:17:35,519
Speaker 1: coordinator and you could reasonably be expected to pay Yeah,

1409
01:17:35,560 --> 01:17:37,920
Speaker 1: I think um, And I think that's part of this

1410
01:17:38,120 --> 01:17:42,160
Speaker 1: league that makes it, uh makes it special in my mind.

1411
01:17:42,360 --> 01:17:44,960
Speaker 1: You know, as a whether you're a position coach or

1412
01:17:45,000 --> 01:17:47,760
Speaker 1: a play caller or a head coach, I really feel

1413
01:17:47,760 --> 01:17:49,600
Speaker 1: like you gotta go earn it. No one's gonna no

1414
01:17:49,640 --> 01:17:52,240
Speaker 1: one's gonna hand you anything in this league. And I

1415
01:17:52,320 --> 01:17:55,080
Speaker 1: think that's what makes it makes it special. And I think, uh,

1416
01:17:55,720 --> 01:17:59,000
Speaker 1: when you do, UM, get to the point where you know,

1417
01:17:59,040 --> 01:18:01,760
Speaker 1: I've been fortunate enough to get to right now, you don't,

1418
01:18:01,840 --> 01:18:04,040
Speaker 1: you don't take it for granted because you realize how

1419
01:18:04,080 --> 01:18:13,120
Speaker 1: hard it is to get there. Sort that mean he

1420
01:18:13,800 --> 01:18:17,439
Speaker 1: he helps in all aspects. Yeah, so, I mean he's

1421
01:18:17,479 --> 01:18:19,519
Speaker 1: a great sounding board for me to really provide some

1422
01:18:19,680 --> 01:18:22,920
Speaker 1: insight and experience in terms of, you know, putting a

1423
01:18:23,000 --> 01:18:26,680
Speaker 1: game plan together in terms of game day, whether it's

1424
01:18:26,680 --> 01:18:30,240
Speaker 1: adjustments or what he's seeing. So he's just a tremendous

1425
01:18:30,439 --> 01:18:33,280
Speaker 1: another set of eyes for me that could kind of

1426
01:18:33,479 --> 01:18:37,840
Speaker 1: provide that bird's eye view um outside of somebody who's

1427
01:18:37,840 --> 01:18:41,160
Speaker 1: specifically coaching their position group. And then you know, looking

1428
01:18:41,200 --> 01:18:43,880
Speaker 1: from that lens, you know he's able to really provide

1429
01:18:43,920 --> 01:18:46,920
Speaker 1: a complete view of the offense over as a as

1430
01:18:47,000 --> 01:18:50,679
Speaker 1: a as a whole um to really provide some great insight.

1431
01:18:51,640 --> 01:18:53,640
Speaker 1: Last year, as you know, when you look at the

1432
01:18:53,720 --> 01:19:00,040
Speaker 1: way he's laid out, Ryan and a team like to

1433
01:19:00,200 --> 01:19:04,240
Speaker 1: roll a lot adjustments evolutions that had to be made.

1434
01:19:04,280 --> 01:19:06,200
Speaker 1: I mean, you start out in the opener running four

1435
01:19:06,320 --> 01:19:10,080
Speaker 1: wid a lot. Uh, you know, you have some ups

1436
01:19:10,160 --> 01:19:13,280
Speaker 1: and down the Jacksonville game that needs to be okay,

1437
01:19:13,320 --> 01:19:15,120
Speaker 1: every reason, let's say a step back, and what do

1438
01:19:15,240 --> 01:19:17,200
Speaker 1: we learn from that? We have to make some changes

1439
01:19:17,280 --> 01:19:20,000
Speaker 1: after the Jacksonville game and then you know, by the

1440
01:19:20,200 --> 01:19:23,920
Speaker 1: end you really were the machine was rolling. Uh. You

1441
01:19:24,000 --> 01:19:26,920
Speaker 1: know what does that say about? You know, this season

1442
01:19:27,960 --> 01:19:30,360
Speaker 1: knows what you're gonna have to be Pretty I think

1443
01:19:30,400 --> 01:19:33,680
Speaker 1: the it says the league's about adjustments. It's about making adjustments,

1444
01:19:33,720 --> 01:19:36,120
Speaker 1: It's about evolving as an offense kind of as the

1445
01:19:36,200 --> 01:19:39,559
Speaker 1: season goes along. Um, you know, no one, no one

1446
01:19:39,600 --> 01:19:41,840
Speaker 1: I don't think starts the season the same way as

1447
01:19:41,880 --> 01:19:45,679
Speaker 1: they ended, whether it's guys getting dinged up, whether it's

1448
01:19:45,920 --> 01:19:48,120
Speaker 1: you know, just the evolution of your offense of what's

1449
01:19:48,160 --> 01:19:50,519
Speaker 1: working for you. So I think it's more about that

1450
01:19:50,640 --> 01:19:57,679
Speaker 1: than it is anything. When you mention it does steal specialism,

1451
01:19:57,680 --> 01:20:06,040
Speaker 1: you range disappointed, not take it for granted. It's it's

1452
01:20:06,080 --> 01:20:11,759
Speaker 1: funny because you you think so um in the training

1453
01:20:11,800 --> 01:20:13,960
Speaker 1: camp and everything, it feels like, gosh, is a season

1454
01:20:14,000 --> 01:20:16,280
Speaker 1: going to ever get here? And it's just so you know,

1455
01:20:16,439 --> 01:20:18,200
Speaker 1: so far away, and it takes so long for a

1456
01:20:18,280 --> 01:20:20,120
Speaker 1: season to get here. Then all of a sudden you're

1457
01:20:20,120 --> 01:20:22,200
Speaker 1: in game week and it goes by pretty fast. So

1458
01:20:22,880 --> 01:20:26,680
Speaker 1: you know, honestly, it's uh, right now, nothing's really uh

1459
01:20:27,040 --> 01:20:29,080
Speaker 1: gotten to that point. You know, it's a it's just

1460
01:20:29,280 --> 01:20:32,880
Speaker 1: kind of full full throttle of preparing and trying to

1461
01:20:32,960 --> 01:20:35,120
Speaker 1: do everything we can to to go out there and

1462
01:20:35,400 --> 01:20:41,120
Speaker 1: be successful. He has he never had four year parties.

1463
01:20:41,560 --> 01:20:43,680
Speaker 1: He did his career and if he ends up your

1464
01:20:43,720 --> 01:20:49,479
Speaker 1: prime racy last year, that easily goals. And hear that.

1465
01:20:51,120 --> 01:20:52,880
Speaker 1: I mean, I think Isaiah has done a great job

1466
01:20:52,960 --> 01:20:56,000
Speaker 1: throughout his whole career. And I think he's like any

1467
01:20:56,080 --> 01:20:58,519
Speaker 1: young player. It's like he just wants an opportunity and

1468
01:20:58,760 --> 01:21:02,200
Speaker 1: and uh, he's really kind of waited and been a

1469
01:21:02,280 --> 01:21:07,160
Speaker 1: great teammate behind these guys and in his role and uh,

1470
01:21:07,240 --> 01:21:09,519
Speaker 1: and now he's in a position where his role can expand,

1471
01:21:09,600 --> 01:21:12,200
Speaker 1: and I think he's excited about that opportunity and eager

1472
01:21:12,280 --> 01:21:14,200
Speaker 1: to take advantage of it. And you know, as a

1473
01:21:14,400 --> 01:21:17,479
Speaker 1: as a a coordinator and as a coach, you really

1474
01:21:17,520 --> 01:21:20,240
Speaker 1: want guys who are hungry, you know, who really want

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01:21:20,240 --> 01:21:22,160
Speaker 1: to go out and uh and be a part of

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01:21:22,200 --> 01:21:25,439
Speaker 1: an offense and go out and prove themselves. And I think, uh,

1477
01:21:25,720 --> 01:21:27,599
Speaker 1: you know, he's one of those guys on the young

1478
01:21:27,720 --> 01:21:29,479
Speaker 1: end of the spectrum. And then you want those guys

1479
01:21:29,520 --> 01:21:32,160
Speaker 1: who are on their second, third, fourth, whatever it is

1480
01:21:32,280 --> 01:21:36,280
Speaker 1: contract to still stay hungry and still you'll have that mentality,

1481
01:21:36,520 --> 01:21:39,679
Speaker 1: and so having guys like Isaiah around I think really

1482
01:21:39,720 --> 01:21:43,000
Speaker 1: helps feed that energy for everybody else. Aside from the

1483
01:21:43,080 --> 01:21:46,120
Speaker 1: big picture, how Aaron Cromer can help you, what about

1484
01:21:46,160 --> 01:21:48,160
Speaker 1: a week like this where he kind of went against

1485
01:21:48,200 --> 01:21:50,479
Speaker 1: that defense almost on a daily basis for a couple

1486
01:21:50,479 --> 01:21:52,559
Speaker 1: of years. Yeah, and he knows how tough they are,

1487
01:21:53,640 --> 01:21:55,640
Speaker 1: you know, what type of personnel they got, and the

1488
01:21:55,760 --> 01:21:59,599
Speaker 1: challenge it is for us. So he definitely provides some insight.

1489
01:21:59,680 --> 01:22:02,479
Speaker 1: At the same time, you know, schematically and everything, we're

1490
01:22:02,560 --> 01:22:05,560
Speaker 1: different than than what they do. So um, there is

1491
01:22:05,800 --> 01:22:07,760
Speaker 1: a little bit of that. But I think from for

1492
01:22:07,920 --> 01:22:10,160
Speaker 1: those guys up front, you know, I think he provides

1493
01:22:10,200 --> 01:22:12,519
Speaker 1: some some good insight to those guys in terms of,

1494
01:22:13,560 --> 01:22:15,800
Speaker 1: you know, the different nuances of their defense and the

1495
01:22:15,840 --> 01:22:18,240
Speaker 1: different nuances of their players. But at the same time,

1496
01:22:19,000 --> 01:22:21,479
Speaker 1: as coaches, we're not out there, you know, playing. It's

1497
01:22:21,560 --> 01:22:24,519
Speaker 1: that's uh um, those those eleven guys out on the

1498
01:22:24,600 --> 01:22:27,160
Speaker 1: field going out and executing and and us trying to

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01:22:27,200 --> 01:22:29,240
Speaker 1: put them in the best position possible for them to do.

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Speaker 1: That talk you talked about earlier, all about wanting to

1501
01:22:32,560 --> 01:22:35,760
Speaker 1: see yards after cash corporate, How do you coach that?

1502
01:22:35,880 --> 01:22:37,840
Speaker 1: How do you evaluate that? I think it's just a

1503
01:22:38,240 --> 01:22:40,960
Speaker 1: focus you got to have, you know, it's a um

1504
01:22:42,800 --> 01:22:44,280
Speaker 1: you kind of you kind of get that question a

1505
01:22:44,360 --> 01:22:46,280
Speaker 1: lot on a lot of those things that coaches kind

1506
01:22:46,280 --> 01:22:48,519
Speaker 1: of say, you know, of like, well how do you

1507
01:22:48,640 --> 01:22:51,559
Speaker 1: do that? And I think, uh, personally, as a coach,

1508
01:22:51,680 --> 01:22:54,240
Speaker 1: when you focus on something and you harp on it

1509
01:22:54,360 --> 01:22:56,439
Speaker 1: and bring it up on a daily basis, then it

1510
01:22:56,560 --> 01:23:00,880
Speaker 1: becomes a uh something that the players are thinking about.

1511
01:23:00,920 --> 01:23:03,720
Speaker 1: The guys are constantly like, Okay, you know this, this

1512
01:23:03,960 --> 01:23:06,040
Speaker 1: means something to us, whether it's hey, you know we

1513
01:23:06,120 --> 01:23:07,400
Speaker 1: got to take care of the ball, Well, how do

1514
01:23:07,439 --> 01:23:09,720
Speaker 1: you practice that right? You know? Well, you know you

1515
01:23:10,040 --> 01:23:12,600
Speaker 1: practice it by going out and executing right. And so

1516
01:23:12,720 --> 01:23:14,400
Speaker 1: it's the same thing for that. I feel like as

1517
01:23:14,520 --> 01:23:16,760
Speaker 1: a coach, you just try to, you know, you try

1518
01:23:16,800 --> 01:23:18,960
Speaker 1: to point out the examples of hey, when it's done,

1519
01:23:19,000 --> 01:23:22,639
Speaker 1: good of guys breaking tackles and maximizing rack opportunities, whether

1520
01:23:22,720 --> 01:23:25,479
Speaker 1: it's after the catch or a ball placement by the quarterback,

1521
01:23:26,040 --> 01:23:29,679
Speaker 1: um the line, just that extra second of strain and blocking,

1522
01:23:30,120 --> 01:23:32,479
Speaker 1: you know, to give the quarterback a pocket to make

1523
01:23:32,560 --> 01:23:35,120
Speaker 1: the throw. Um and not get hit. So I think

1524
01:23:35,160 --> 01:23:38,439
Speaker 1: you you you celebrate and focus on those things, um

1525
01:23:38,600 --> 01:23:41,639
Speaker 1: as much as possible, because you're right, rack is something

1526
01:23:41,760 --> 01:23:44,920
Speaker 1: hard to like practice. You know. It's um, you know,

1527
01:23:45,000 --> 01:23:47,400
Speaker 1: you you you you focus on in terms of, hey,

1528
01:23:47,479 --> 01:23:49,280
Speaker 1: when guys catch a ball, give me a burst, give

1529
01:23:49,320 --> 01:23:52,240
Speaker 1: me a finish, uh and all that stuff. But uh,

1530
01:23:52,680 --> 01:23:54,519
Speaker 1: you know, it's a it's a it's a mindset. I

1531
01:23:54,600 --> 01:23:57,320
Speaker 1: think more so than anything, what do you what do

1532
01:23:57,400 --> 01:24:00,360
Speaker 1: you view James Cook's role here early in the season,

1533
01:24:00,439 --> 01:24:03,160
Speaker 1: and are there touching is available to him going in

1534
01:24:03,200 --> 01:24:05,640
Speaker 1: the first game. It's a great question because I mean,

1535
01:24:05,680 --> 01:24:07,720
Speaker 1: I think that's a that's a question for a lot

1536
01:24:07,760 --> 01:24:11,400
Speaker 1: of different guys on our offense, you know, and I think, honestly, uh,

1537
01:24:11,800 --> 01:24:14,360
Speaker 1: to be honestly, that's that's gonna be something that just

1538
01:24:14,600 --> 01:24:17,400
Speaker 1: unfolds naturally and throughout the course of the game, and

1539
01:24:17,640 --> 01:24:20,320
Speaker 1: folks naturally throughout the course of game planning the defense.

1540
01:24:20,560 --> 01:24:24,720
Speaker 1: You know, what what opportunities present themselves for each guy, um,

1541
01:24:24,920 --> 01:24:26,880
Speaker 1: and then how does the game unfold based off of

1542
01:24:27,000 --> 01:24:29,439
Speaker 1: what they're doing and what we're doing. So I think

1543
01:24:29,560 --> 01:24:31,160
Speaker 1: that has a little bit more to do with it

1544
01:24:31,240 --> 01:24:34,240
Speaker 1: than anything. Obviously, James is an extremely talented player and

1545
01:24:34,320 --> 01:24:37,559
Speaker 1: we drafted him for a reason, you know, and uh so, well,

1546
01:24:37,920 --> 01:24:40,680
Speaker 1: you know, hopefully there's there's touches in their forum, but

1547
01:24:40,880 --> 01:24:42,800
Speaker 1: a lot of that just depends on kind of the

1548
01:24:42,880 --> 01:24:46,240
Speaker 1: flow of the game and how how things go throughout

1549
01:24:46,240 --> 01:24:49,040
Speaker 1: the course of the game. All right. So that's offensive

1550
01:24:49,040 --> 01:24:53,040
Speaker 1: coordinator Ken Dorsey addressing the media this morning. And interesting

1551
01:24:53,120 --> 01:24:56,960
Speaker 1: last question there about the usage or potential usage of

1552
01:24:57,640 --> 01:24:59,840
Speaker 1: rookie running back James Cook, who I think we can

1553
01:25:00,000 --> 01:25:05,000
Speaker 1: all agree right now is the best and most polished

1554
01:25:05,479 --> 01:25:09,240
Speaker 1: route runner of the running backs right now on the roster,

1555
01:25:09,640 --> 01:25:13,720
Speaker 1: even at his inexperienced status as a rookie, He's just

1556
01:25:13,920 --> 01:25:16,400
Speaker 1: very polished in that area of his game, and so

1557
01:25:16,520 --> 01:25:18,840
Speaker 1: people are wondering what is his role going to look like?

1558
01:25:19,040 --> 01:25:22,240
Speaker 1: And I thought coach Dorsey gave a very accurate answer.

1559
01:25:22,360 --> 01:25:23,760
Speaker 1: A lot of it's going to depend on the floor

1560
01:25:23,800 --> 01:25:26,280
Speaker 1: of the game, especially if they want to use him

1561
01:25:26,320 --> 01:25:29,880
Speaker 1: in that capacity. So I'm sure they have thoughts in

1562
01:25:30,080 --> 01:25:34,000
Speaker 1: mind and maybe even a package of plays that they

1563
01:25:34,120 --> 01:25:37,920
Speaker 1: may try to call for him specifically, but it's going

1564
01:25:38,040 --> 01:25:41,320
Speaker 1: to largely depend on how the Rams choose to defend

1565
01:25:41,360 --> 01:25:44,679
Speaker 1: this Bill's offense, and they won't know that until after

1566
01:25:44,760 --> 01:25:47,760
Speaker 1: the first couple of series. You know, it may change again. Yeah,

1567
01:25:47,840 --> 01:25:50,400
Speaker 1: and it'll continue to evolve throughout the game. I think

1568
01:25:52,520 --> 01:25:54,720
Speaker 1: how he's used to begin with. They're going to give

1569
01:25:54,840 --> 01:25:57,120
Speaker 1: him some stuff that they've seen him do well during

1570
01:25:57,200 --> 01:26:02,160
Speaker 1: practice and training camp and ask him to do that.

1571
01:26:02,600 --> 01:26:06,080
Speaker 1: They'll probably give him both runs and passes, just as

1572
01:26:06,160 --> 01:26:08,960
Speaker 1: a as a nod to analytics. Other teams looking at

1573
01:26:09,000 --> 01:26:11,240
Speaker 1: the Bills will say, well, he runs it. If he's

1574
01:26:11,240 --> 01:26:12,840
Speaker 1: in there, they're not always throwing it. If he's in there,

1575
01:26:12,840 --> 01:26:16,080
Speaker 1: they're not always running it. So he'll probably get you know,

1576
01:26:16,720 --> 01:26:20,360
Speaker 1: fifty fifty run pass attempts, even if it's one of

1577
01:26:20,439 --> 01:26:23,439
Speaker 1: each or two of each. Yeah, that's probably in the

1578
01:26:23,840 --> 01:26:26,599
Speaker 1: cards as well for him, and where they sprinkle him

1579
01:26:26,640 --> 01:26:28,479
Speaker 1: in and when he comes in and out, because on

1580
01:26:28,560 --> 01:26:33,599
Speaker 1: the depth chart it's Singletary then Moss, then Cook. Yeah,

1581
01:26:34,800 --> 01:26:38,840
Speaker 1: so you got to stand in line await your turn. Yeah.

1582
01:26:39,120 --> 01:26:41,519
Speaker 1: Apparently may get some work on kick return two. We'll

1583
01:26:41,520 --> 01:26:44,680
Speaker 1: have to wait and see. On Thursday night we take

1584
01:26:44,720 --> 01:26:46,880
Speaker 1: a break here. When we come back, we'll get to

1585
01:26:46,880 --> 01:26:48,800
Speaker 1: your phone calls and your thoughts on the tweet sheet,

1586
01:26:48,840 --> 01:26:51,800
Speaker 1: your final preparations for Thursday night? Make sure you have

1587
01:26:51,880 --> 01:26:53,240
Speaker 1: all your ducks in a roll. What are you doing

1588
01:26:53,320 --> 01:26:55,920
Speaker 1: between now and then to make sure you're camped out

1589
01:26:55,920 --> 01:26:57,920
Speaker 1: in front of your television set or dropped in your

1590
01:26:58,000 --> 01:27:01,040
Speaker 1: seat at SOFI Stadium and l we want to know.

1591
01:27:01,200 --> 01:27:03,479
Speaker 1: Next here on One Bill's Live presented Body Colloid to Health,

1592
01:27:03,520 --> 01:27:10,200
Speaker 1: It's Buffalo Bill's Radio. All right, welcome back to One

1593
01:27:10,240 --> 01:27:13,360
Speaker 1: Bill's Live. Chris Brown Steep Jasker with you, and I'm

1594
01:27:13,360 --> 01:27:15,240
Speaker 1: gonna go right to the phones here as we are

1595
01:27:15,320 --> 01:27:20,240
Speaker 1: asking you, what are your final preparations that you still

1596
01:27:20,280 --> 01:27:22,920
Speaker 1: have to take care of between now and Thursday night

1597
01:27:23,479 --> 01:27:29,160
Speaker 1: for the season opener. And we go to Marie and Amherst.

1598
01:27:29,240 --> 01:27:34,600
Speaker 1: Next we have Hirst. Marie, Hey, guys, So not the preparations,

1599
01:27:34,640 --> 01:27:38,400
Speaker 1: but I was calling about the matchup. I was calling

1600
01:27:38,479 --> 01:27:42,400
Speaker 1: a say that I think it's well, they just alluded

1601
01:27:42,439 --> 01:27:45,960
Speaker 1: to it with the James Cook but man, that James

1602
01:27:46,040 --> 01:27:49,760
Speaker 1: Cook versus Bobby Wagner matchup, I think we got a

1603
01:27:49,920 --> 01:27:52,400
Speaker 1: great chance with that. Not to take anything away from

1604
01:27:52,479 --> 01:27:55,759
Speaker 1: Bobby Wagner, but James Cook, Man, he has some juice.

1605
01:27:56,160 --> 01:27:58,680
Speaker 1: He's flew it with those moves. And I think he

1606
01:27:58,720 --> 01:28:01,120
Speaker 1: should get a couple of touchdowns out there for us.

1607
01:28:01,160 --> 01:28:03,839
Speaker 1: So IMM wondering what's your thoughts on that. Bobby Wagner

1608
01:28:04,280 --> 01:28:07,639
Speaker 1: says Cook matchup, Yeah, I mean it depends on whether

1609
01:28:07,680 --> 01:28:10,599
Speaker 1: they can get him matched up out in space with him,

1610
01:28:10,680 --> 01:28:14,559
Speaker 1: you know, motion him out and if Wagner follows, then

1611
01:28:14,600 --> 01:28:16,640
Speaker 1: you know what the coverage is going to be. That

1612
01:28:16,840 --> 01:28:21,240
Speaker 1: kind of thing. But I think this is a typical thing.

1613
01:28:21,360 --> 01:28:23,439
Speaker 1: I know a lot of people are excited about James Cook.

1614
01:28:23,479 --> 01:28:26,080
Speaker 1: I'm sure he'll have some kind of role. How extensive

1615
01:28:26,160 --> 01:28:29,000
Speaker 1: it is in week one remains to be seen. I mean,

1616
01:28:29,040 --> 01:28:31,160
Speaker 1: they may have been keeping him under wraps the whole time,

1617
01:28:31,200 --> 01:28:33,640
Speaker 1: and maybe they completely unleash him and it's him in

1618
01:28:33,720 --> 01:28:37,479
Speaker 1: singletary most of the day. Who the heck knows, but

1619
01:28:37,760 --> 01:28:40,519
Speaker 1: we know that Sean McDermott has always been a proponent

1620
01:28:40,600 --> 01:28:44,680
Speaker 1: of earning your time on the field, and who knows,

1621
01:28:44,760 --> 01:28:46,519
Speaker 1: there may still be some dues for him to pay.

1622
01:28:47,880 --> 01:28:50,559
Speaker 1: And I think, you know, getting matched up with Bobby Wagner.

1623
01:28:50,600 --> 01:28:53,519
Speaker 1: While it may happen and he may exploit that matchup,

1624
01:28:54,120 --> 01:28:55,920
Speaker 1: he's not going to exploit it very long before the

1625
01:28:56,040 --> 01:28:57,960
Speaker 1: Rams will do something different. They'll match him up with

1626
01:28:58,000 --> 01:29:00,800
Speaker 1: somebody else. That's the way this game's played. But you're right,

1627
01:29:00,880 --> 01:29:03,320
Speaker 1: I mean, I I like him against most, if not

1628
01:29:03,439 --> 01:29:07,000
Speaker 1: all linebackers in the league. If you can get that

1629
01:29:07,120 --> 01:29:09,880
Speaker 1: matchup and just set him out there someplace and get

1630
01:29:09,960 --> 01:29:14,519
Speaker 1: him in space, that's a matchup he should win. Easier

1631
01:29:14,600 --> 01:29:17,800
Speaker 1: said than done. Yeah, so we'll have to see. And

1632
01:29:18,080 --> 01:29:19,880
Speaker 1: you know, you're dealing with two of the sharper head

1633
01:29:19,920 --> 01:29:22,680
Speaker 1: coaches in the league in terms of game planning, adjustments

1634
01:29:22,760 --> 01:29:25,960
Speaker 1: in the game, etc. Etc. Back to the phones and

1635
01:29:26,400 --> 01:29:29,000
Speaker 1: we go to Ken into Pew. Next we got for us. Ken,

1636
01:29:29,960 --> 01:29:32,880
Speaker 1: I ask got one quick question. There's rumors going all

1637
01:29:32,960 --> 01:29:35,800
Speaker 1: over social media sites that Georgian Poyer is going to

1638
01:29:35,880 --> 01:29:39,200
Speaker 1: the Giants. I don't know how true that is, but

1639
01:29:39,439 --> 01:29:43,160
Speaker 1: it would be a big mistake if that ever happened. Well, yeah, yeah,

1640
01:29:43,280 --> 01:29:45,680
Speaker 1: I have not heard any of that. Yeah, I mean,

1641
01:29:45,960 --> 01:29:48,080
Speaker 1: there's a lot of stuff that goes out on social media.

1642
01:29:48,240 --> 01:29:53,000
Speaker 1: I will say this. You know, you don't have a

1643
01:29:53,120 --> 01:29:56,080
Speaker 1: new contract agreement with him as if yet. I don't

1644
01:29:56,160 --> 01:29:58,840
Speaker 1: know how Poyer though, goes to the Giants in light

1645
01:29:58,880 --> 01:30:03,040
Speaker 1: of their cap Probably they are in cap jail right now.

1646
01:30:03,160 --> 01:30:07,080
Speaker 1: The Giants. That would not be a destination that would

1647
01:30:07,080 --> 01:30:09,439
Speaker 1: make a whole lot of sense to me. Yeah, the

1648
01:30:09,560 --> 01:30:13,040
Speaker 1: Giants can't afford him right now, and on his current contracts,

1649
01:30:13,120 --> 01:30:15,280
Speaker 1: forget about signing him to a new one right and

1650
01:30:15,680 --> 01:30:17,680
Speaker 1: he's not going anywhere unless they sign him to a

1651
01:30:17,760 --> 01:30:22,759
Speaker 1: new deal. Giants can't afford a new deal. And quite frankly,

1652
01:30:23,720 --> 01:30:25,799
Speaker 1: if that was going to happen, it would have already

1653
01:30:25,880 --> 01:30:30,000
Speaker 1: happened now and he wouldn't be practicing full I mean,

1654
01:30:30,000 --> 01:30:33,720
Speaker 1: they're not gonna Yeah, so that's now. I don't think

1655
01:30:33,760 --> 01:30:36,639
Speaker 1: it's gonna it's not true. I don't think that's gonna happen.

1656
01:30:37,040 --> 01:30:39,880
Speaker 1: We don't know anything. We're not in that loop. And

1657
01:30:40,040 --> 01:30:43,240
Speaker 1: certainly Brandon Bee's not calling me for advice. But I

1658
01:30:43,400 --> 01:30:47,880
Speaker 1: think we would have gotten an inkling before today that

1659
01:30:48,040 --> 01:30:51,799
Speaker 1: that was on the table. Yeah, you're not gonna trade

1660
01:30:51,960 --> 01:30:55,880
Speaker 1: him three days before you're opening game and not having

1661
01:30:56,240 --> 01:30:59,720
Speaker 1: a whiff of it, plus him being more a part

1662
01:30:59,760 --> 01:31:04,360
Speaker 1: of your practice rotation, not less. So I think ken

1663
01:31:04,560 --> 01:31:07,479
Speaker 1: you that that answers your question. Just the evidence we

1664
01:31:07,560 --> 01:31:09,920
Speaker 1: can see with our own eyes break time for us

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01:31:10,040 --> 01:31:13,240
Speaker 1: here when we come back. It is a special announcement

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Speaker 1: I wanted everyone to really look close on the shot.

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Speaker 1: This is passion. Mike rob is sweating like rob talk

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Speaker 1: about a fan of ladies and gentlemen. That's a man

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Speaker 1: with passion. We had to get the guy on the show,

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Speaker 1: and he's not going to be here for a one

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Speaker 1: time only showing. Here with us for the twenty twenty

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Speaker 1: two regular season and a anticipated long playoff run. Is

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Speaker 1: the man they call real Mike rob On Twitter, it

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Speaker 1: is Mike Robinson enjoining us not only today but every

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1681
01:32:47,840 --> 01:32:51,000
Speaker 1: hopefully the whole dang in Schilada. And we're talking to

1682
01:32:51,120 --> 01:32:54,240
Speaker 1: him in mid February after Valentine's Day when the Bills

1683
01:32:54,280 --> 01:32:58,360
Speaker 1: are hosting Lombardi. Mike, thanks for joining us, Welcome aboard

1684
01:32:58,760 --> 01:33:02,600
Speaker 1: the Bills Train mag Thank you guys for having me.

1685
01:33:02,720 --> 01:33:06,320
Speaker 1: Bills Mafia, stand up, Let's get it man, I cannot

1686
01:33:06,439 --> 01:33:10,519
Speaker 1: wait for this season, this championship season. I'm already calling it, guys,

1687
01:33:10,720 --> 01:33:13,880
Speaker 1: this is the championship season. Yeah. This has been huge

1688
01:33:13,920 --> 01:33:16,400
Speaker 1: expectations all through the off season. It started with the

1689
01:33:16,439 --> 01:33:21,000
Speaker 1: way the Chiefs game ended this last January, where you know,

1690
01:33:21,120 --> 01:33:23,880
Speaker 1: the Bills offense was clicking on all cyliners. They had

1691
01:33:23,920 --> 01:33:26,360
Speaker 1: a game of perfection the week before the Chiefs game,

1692
01:33:26,720 --> 01:33:29,599
Speaker 1: beating the New England Patriots. We've led to this point. Okay,

1693
01:33:29,640 --> 01:33:33,799
Speaker 1: so now we're like less, We're like eighty hours away

1694
01:33:34,200 --> 01:33:36,880
Speaker 1: from the opener. What are your thoughts now? You walk

1695
01:33:36,960 --> 01:33:39,519
Speaker 1: into game one of the NFL season. You're you're a

1696
01:33:39,640 --> 01:33:43,920
Speaker 1: standalone Thursday night game against the defending champions. What's up

1697
01:33:44,000 --> 01:33:47,200
Speaker 1: with that? Well? You know, guys, you know I was

1698
01:33:47,320 --> 01:33:50,480
Speaker 1: in training camp. I spent a couple of days in Rochester,

1699
01:33:51,000 --> 01:33:52,920
Speaker 1: went to training camp. Got a chance to talk to

1700
01:33:53,000 --> 01:33:55,679
Speaker 1: all the guys out there with the team with Buffalo,

1701
01:33:56,280 --> 01:33:59,360
Speaker 1: and these guys aren't scared, They're not backing down. I

1702
01:33:59,439 --> 01:34:01,840
Speaker 1: got a chance to talk to Josh off camera, Josh Allen,

1703
01:34:01,880 --> 01:34:05,040
Speaker 1: a quarterback off camera, and this team is ready to go,

1704
01:34:05,160 --> 01:34:07,840
Speaker 1: and it reminds me of that bully of a team

1705
01:34:07,920 --> 01:34:10,439
Speaker 1: that I played for the Seattle Seahawks to twenty thirteen

1706
01:34:10,880 --> 01:34:13,400
Speaker 1: Seattle Seahawks, which everybody know. We were led by beasts

1707
01:34:13,439 --> 01:34:16,240
Speaker 1: mode obviously the running game, myself in the fullback position

1708
01:34:17,040 --> 01:34:19,880
Speaker 1: in the LB legion of Boom, the defense right. And

1709
01:34:19,960 --> 01:34:21,960
Speaker 1: when I was up there at training camp, I saw

1710
01:34:22,160 --> 01:34:25,479
Speaker 1: waves of pass rushers. I saw Von Miller putting on

1711
01:34:25,720 --> 01:34:28,320
Speaker 1: like you know, the pass Rush Summit two point oh,

1712
01:34:28,520 --> 01:34:31,720
Speaker 1: teaching all of the tricks of the trade. And to

1713
01:34:31,880 --> 01:34:34,360
Speaker 1: have a guy like von Miller on this team, he's

1714
01:34:34,400 --> 01:34:37,479
Speaker 1: the finisher, He's the guy that if I believe that

1715
01:34:38,000 --> 01:34:40,280
Speaker 1: if we had I'm gonna say we guys, excuse me.

1716
01:34:40,360 --> 01:34:42,240
Speaker 1: I know I didn't grow up a Buffalo Bills fan,

1717
01:34:42,320 --> 01:34:44,720
Speaker 1: but I mean I just love the squad when we

1718
01:34:44,960 --> 01:34:47,120
Speaker 1: a guy like von Miller on your team. If we

1719
01:34:47,160 --> 01:34:50,479
Speaker 1: would have had him in that Divisional round game last year,

1720
01:34:50,880 --> 01:34:52,640
Speaker 1: I believe we would have came away with the win.

1721
01:34:52,680 --> 01:34:54,160
Speaker 1: I believe we would have moved on. I believe we

1722
01:34:54,200 --> 01:34:56,040
Speaker 1: would have won the Super Bowl. That team last year,

1723
01:34:56,040 --> 01:34:58,519
Speaker 1: the Buffalo Bills, reminds me of my twenty twelve Seattle

1724
01:34:58,560 --> 01:35:02,080
Speaker 1: Seahawks team. We lost of the Atlanta Falcons and the

1725
01:35:02,160 --> 01:35:05,080
Speaker 1: Division around the playoffs the year before, and we went

1726
01:35:05,200 --> 01:35:08,520
Speaker 1: on a mission throughout that offseason to prove to everyone

1727
01:35:08,680 --> 01:35:10,720
Speaker 1: that we belonged and approved everyone that we were the

1728
01:35:10,800 --> 01:35:13,040
Speaker 1: best team in the National Football League. When I was

1729
01:35:13,040 --> 01:35:15,439
Speaker 1: out there training camp, it felt like that with the

1730
01:35:15,479 --> 01:35:17,720
Speaker 1: Buffalo Bills, it felt like they were the bullies of

1731
01:35:17,760 --> 01:35:20,280
Speaker 1: the National Football League. It felt like they were the

1732
01:35:20,320 --> 01:35:22,560
Speaker 1: best team in the NFL. Yeah, And we heard a

1733
01:35:22,600 --> 01:35:25,040
Speaker 1: couple of the veteran players kind of talking about that

1734
01:35:25,160 --> 01:35:29,720
Speaker 1: to a certain extent Mike because media was asking them, Oh,

1735
01:35:29,840 --> 01:35:31,120
Speaker 1: you know, you know you're gonna have the pomp and

1736
01:35:31,200 --> 01:35:34,000
Speaker 1: circumstance with the banner raising Thursday night, the Rams are

1737
01:35:34,040 --> 01:35:38,320
Speaker 1: gonna be, you know, crowned again, the coronation, all this stuff.

1738
01:35:38,400 --> 01:35:41,439
Speaker 1: How are you going to handle that and still get

1739
01:35:41,520 --> 01:35:43,960
Speaker 1: ready for a football game? And a couple of vets,

1740
01:35:44,000 --> 01:35:47,160
Speaker 1: including Digs, we're saying, I'm using that as motivation because

1741
01:35:47,160 --> 01:35:50,000
Speaker 1: I want that to be us next year. I thought

1742
01:35:50,000 --> 01:35:54,200
Speaker 1: it was an interesting take because there is some compartmentalizing

1743
01:35:54,240 --> 01:35:56,160
Speaker 1: you got to do there to kind of stay focused

1744
01:35:56,200 --> 01:35:59,120
Speaker 1: on the game and not get lost in the popping circumstance,

1745
01:35:59,200 --> 01:36:01,720
Speaker 1: even if it's about the opponent and not you, So

1746
01:36:01,880 --> 01:36:04,559
Speaker 1: it almost kind of reminds me of how laser focused

1747
01:36:04,640 --> 01:36:07,559
Speaker 1: these guys seemed to be. And nothing's gonna get him

1748
01:36:07,560 --> 01:36:10,880
Speaker 1: off their track this year. Absolutely, And then you just

1749
01:36:11,000 --> 01:36:14,559
Speaker 1: gotta just gotta put it in perspective. That was last

1750
01:36:14,640 --> 01:36:17,200
Speaker 1: year's Super Bowl champion. To me, it feeds the hunger.

1751
01:36:17,600 --> 01:36:19,720
Speaker 1: And that's one of the questions I still have with

1752
01:36:19,840 --> 01:36:22,680
Speaker 1: the Los Angeles rams. Are they still hungry? Guys? I

1753
01:36:22,760 --> 01:36:26,439
Speaker 1: swear I don't think I've seen Aaron Donald talk as

1754
01:36:26,560 --> 01:36:29,439
Speaker 1: much as I saw him talk after they won the

1755
01:36:29,520 --> 01:36:31,680
Speaker 1: Super Bowl. And I believe Von Miller had a lot

1756
01:36:31,720 --> 01:36:33,360
Speaker 1: to do it that. I believe von Miller brought that

1757
01:36:33,479 --> 01:36:37,360
Speaker 1: leadership style out of Aaron Donald. But my question is,

1758
01:36:37,400 --> 01:36:41,120
Speaker 1: are they still hungry? Matthew Stafford hadn't won nothing his

1759
01:36:41,240 --> 01:36:46,120
Speaker 1: whole life until last year. Is he still hungry? Aaron Donald,

1760
01:36:46,120 --> 01:36:48,040
Speaker 1: as he was winning the Super Bowl, he's talking about

1761
01:36:48,080 --> 01:36:50,720
Speaker 1: ring me, ring, ring me? Is he still hungry? He

1762
01:36:50,720 --> 01:36:52,280
Speaker 1: has a ring? They're gonna be putting up the banner.

1763
01:36:52,280 --> 01:36:55,320
Speaker 1: They're fat now, they're fed buffalo bills. They're not fed.

1764
01:36:55,439 --> 01:36:58,200
Speaker 1: They're still hungry again. I was up there a training

1765
01:36:58,320 --> 01:37:00,160
Speaker 1: camp when Josh kind of got into that to go

1766
01:37:00,240 --> 01:37:04,120
Speaker 1: aftercation with it. I forget the Dane's name, but Jordan Phillips, Yeah, man,

1767
01:37:04,200 --> 01:37:08,240
Speaker 1: but that's the fire. That's what's needed to go into

1768
01:37:08,320 --> 01:37:10,760
Speaker 1: the championship season. Guys, I think they're gonna beat the

1769
01:37:10,800 --> 01:37:12,439
Speaker 1: hell out of Rams. I don't think it's gonna be close.

1770
01:37:13,080 --> 01:37:15,599
Speaker 1: Well maybe, and certainly you don't know how the Rams

1771
01:37:15,600 --> 01:37:16,880
Speaker 1: are gonna show up. But you know this too and

1772
01:37:17,000 --> 01:37:18,800
Speaker 1: I and I saw it as well. One of the

1773
01:37:18,880 --> 01:37:21,000
Speaker 1: reasons the teams I was on in the nineties went

1774
01:37:21,040 --> 01:37:23,240
Speaker 1: to four straights because they were never got fed. I mean,

1775
01:37:23,320 --> 01:37:26,120
Speaker 1: we were still hungry though. You were part of the

1776
01:37:26,320 --> 01:37:29,320
Speaker 1: Seattle team who had won it and then got back again,

1777
01:37:29,479 --> 01:37:32,400
Speaker 1: and you know how hard it is. Tell me about

1778
01:37:32,439 --> 01:37:35,720
Speaker 1: what it takes to reaba after you win it to

1779
01:37:35,880 --> 01:37:39,160
Speaker 1: come back hungry enough to get there again. Well, I

1780
01:37:39,280 --> 01:37:40,920
Speaker 1: think at the end of the day, it's just a

1781
01:37:41,000 --> 01:37:44,719
Speaker 1: it's a different perspective, right. You're hungry when you're building

1782
01:37:44,880 --> 01:37:47,120
Speaker 1: up to get there, and then once you get there,

1783
01:37:47,360 --> 01:37:49,519
Speaker 1: you know, it's kind of like human nature to kind

1784
01:37:49,520 --> 01:37:51,160
Speaker 1: of relax a little bit, and then the next year

1785
01:37:51,360 --> 01:37:55,040
Speaker 1: you're the hunted. People can talk about the Bills didn't

1786
01:37:55,040 --> 01:37:57,200
Speaker 1: go to the Super Bowl. They lost in that division

1787
01:37:57,240 --> 01:37:58,880
Speaker 1: around last year. But at the end of the day,

1788
01:37:59,320 --> 01:38:03,400
Speaker 1: people that that do the job that we do, especially

1789
01:38:03,400 --> 01:38:05,479
Speaker 1: in the national media, we got odds we can see

1790
01:38:05,960 --> 01:38:08,599
Speaker 1: Buffalo Bills are the most talented team in the NFL.

1791
01:38:09,160 --> 01:38:11,439
Speaker 1: To me, the expectation this year is that they go

1792
01:38:11,560 --> 01:38:13,400
Speaker 1: all the way. The expectation it should be in that

1793
01:38:13,520 --> 01:38:15,920
Speaker 1: locker room, the expectation is that, yeah, we're gonna be

1794
01:38:15,960 --> 01:38:18,160
Speaker 1: playing in February. They got to know it, and that's

1795
01:38:18,240 --> 01:38:21,439
Speaker 1: part of kind of what happens two great teams. You

1796
01:38:21,520 --> 01:38:24,080
Speaker 1: got to start that mental process of knowing it, and

1797
01:38:24,200 --> 01:38:26,960
Speaker 1: then once you know that you're supposed to be playing

1798
01:38:26,960 --> 01:38:30,960
Speaker 1: in February, then you're equipmentally to take on everybody's best

1799
01:38:31,080 --> 01:38:33,800
Speaker 1: version of themselves every single week. And that's really what

1800
01:38:34,040 --> 01:38:36,840
Speaker 1: this team, this Buffalo Bills team has to do. They

1801
01:38:36,920 --> 01:38:41,200
Speaker 1: have to get ready for seventeen weeks of the opponent's

1802
01:38:41,600 --> 01:38:45,439
Speaker 1: best football. Because again a lot of times, especially when

1803
01:38:45,439 --> 01:38:47,479
Speaker 1: you talk about teams like the Jets, all mean to

1804
01:38:47,680 --> 01:38:49,720
Speaker 1: disrespect the Jets, but teams like the Jets that's in

1805
01:38:49,760 --> 01:38:53,200
Speaker 1: the afcast, that's gonna be the super Bowl playing the

1806
01:38:53,240 --> 01:38:55,759
Speaker 1: Buffalo Bills is going to be their super Bowl. Josh

1807
01:38:55,840 --> 01:38:57,560
Speaker 1: Allen and all the leaders on that team, they have

1808
01:38:57,640 --> 01:38:59,680
Speaker 1: to match the intensity. Yeah, and I think we have

1809
01:38:59,760 --> 01:39:02,439
Speaker 1: to do our listening audience of service here, Mike, because

1810
01:39:02,560 --> 01:39:06,800
Speaker 1: for those that may not be familiar with Mike Robinson's

1811
01:39:06,840 --> 01:39:10,280
Speaker 1: work on NFL Network, this guy isn't jumping on the

1812
01:39:10,320 --> 01:39:13,920
Speaker 1: Bills bandwagon this year. He's been ringing this bell for

1813
01:39:13,960 --> 01:39:17,160
Speaker 1: about four years now. He was kind of on this

1814
01:39:17,439 --> 01:39:20,080
Speaker 1: thing on the come up before it got to the

1815
01:39:20,160 --> 01:39:22,960
Speaker 1: monster that it is now here in Buffalo with Josh

1816
01:39:23,000 --> 01:39:27,080
Speaker 1: Allen and company. And we've already talked about the passion

1817
01:39:27,160 --> 01:39:30,400
Speaker 1: that Mike shows for this football team. This is how

1818
01:39:31,240 --> 01:39:33,840
Speaker 1: passionate Mike can be. Can we roll this clip we got?

1819
01:39:33,920 --> 01:39:39,640
Speaker 1: Because Mike's even partaken in the table smashing exercise that

1820
01:39:39,800 --> 01:39:41,800
Speaker 1: most of you Bill's Mafia members have. He did this

1821
01:39:41,840 --> 01:39:45,880
Speaker 1: a training camp. Walk us through this, Mike. Yeah. So, guys,

1822
01:39:45,920 --> 01:39:47,479
Speaker 1: as you can see, I didn't mean to land on

1823
01:39:47,600 --> 01:39:50,880
Speaker 1: my feet on the table. Usually the tables are a

1824
01:39:50,960 --> 01:39:55,920
Speaker 1: little bit broken already. It was not broken already. And no,

1825
01:39:56,080 --> 01:39:58,360
Speaker 1: I was not sauced up. I had no drinks, no

1826
01:39:58,400 --> 01:40:02,000
Speaker 1: alcoholic beverages, so I was very sober. It was very

1827
01:40:02,120 --> 01:40:05,000
Speaker 1: early in the day. But you know what, when I

1828
01:40:05,120 --> 01:40:07,960
Speaker 1: see all the Buffalo Bills fans and the sacrifices they

1829
01:40:08,080 --> 01:40:10,360
Speaker 1: make to go to games, and sacrifices they make and

1830
01:40:10,439 --> 01:40:12,840
Speaker 1: weather and all of those things to support the Buffalo Bills.

1831
01:40:12,880 --> 01:40:15,800
Speaker 1: And Josh Allen, who I think is QB one in

1832
01:40:15,920 --> 01:40:18,679
Speaker 1: the National Football He's the best quarterback in the league.

1833
01:40:18,680 --> 01:40:21,800
Speaker 1: I don't care who you ask, Okay, when I see

1834
01:40:21,840 --> 01:40:23,920
Speaker 1: our fans doing that, hey, man, at the end of

1835
01:40:23,960 --> 01:40:26,720
Speaker 1: the day, I felt it was my duty to jump off,

1836
01:40:27,520 --> 01:40:29,080
Speaker 1: jump off the bleachers, to jump on the table. And

1837
01:40:29,080 --> 01:40:31,799
Speaker 1: now I will say this, I got a call from BSMO.

1838
01:40:32,520 --> 01:40:35,680
Speaker 1: He cursed me completely out. What the hell is one

1839
01:40:35,760 --> 01:40:37,519
Speaker 1: with you? Man? What are you doing? Man? Don't break

1840
01:40:37,560 --> 01:40:39,599
Speaker 1: your back. Man. People drink before they do that. Man,

1841
01:40:39,640 --> 01:40:41,800
Speaker 1: you were sober, and that's a friend coming to a

1842
01:40:41,880 --> 01:40:44,040
Speaker 1: friend's defense. But at the end of the day, he

1843
01:40:44,240 --> 01:40:46,800
Speaker 1: was happy. I made the fan base happy. Yeah, no

1844
01:40:46,920 --> 01:40:49,160
Speaker 1: question about it. It's it's kind of a rite of

1845
01:40:49,240 --> 01:40:51,160
Speaker 1: passage now. It's become kind of the thing to do.

1846
01:40:51,320 --> 01:40:53,599
Speaker 1: And Josh has said if they win, and they'll he'll

1847
01:40:53,680 --> 01:40:55,400
Speaker 1: go through one that's on fire. You know. It's one

1848
01:40:55,439 --> 01:40:57,360
Speaker 1: of those things right, that guys will do anything right

1849
01:40:57,439 --> 01:41:01,360
Speaker 1: once it's done. Coming up on that, the Bills have

1850
01:41:01,560 --> 01:41:05,599
Speaker 1: their first six games, a bunch of playoff teams, the Rams,

1851
01:41:05,640 --> 01:41:09,760
Speaker 1: the Titans, the Steelers, the Chiefs, the Packers, a lot

1852
01:41:09,800 --> 01:41:12,160
Speaker 1: of teams that were in the in the playoffs last year.

1853
01:41:12,200 --> 01:41:13,880
Speaker 1: They got the bye week at week seven, then they

1854
01:41:13,960 --> 01:41:16,840
Speaker 1: come back with the Packers it's their seventh game of

1855
01:41:16,880 --> 01:41:20,240
Speaker 1: the year. How important is it? And the Bills have

1856
01:41:20,360 --> 01:41:21,880
Speaker 1: done a nice job and are They've been four and

1857
01:41:22,000 --> 01:41:24,599
Speaker 1: one four out of the last five seasons with Sean

1858
01:41:24,680 --> 01:41:26,559
Speaker 1: McDermott coming out, you know, coming out of the first

1859
01:41:26,640 --> 01:41:29,679
Speaker 1: month of the season, how important is it? Because there's

1860
01:41:29,680 --> 01:41:31,719
Speaker 1: still a lot of football to be played, no question,

1861
01:41:32,439 --> 01:41:35,760
Speaker 1: but you know, getting off to a fast start, how

1862
01:41:35,840 --> 01:41:39,360
Speaker 1: much does that carry you throughout the regular season. I

1863
01:41:39,520 --> 01:41:42,280
Speaker 1: think it's one of those things that look every team

1864
01:41:42,320 --> 01:41:45,400
Speaker 1: in the NFL, and I know I'm gonna get I

1865
01:41:45,520 --> 01:41:47,960
Speaker 1: know some players aren't gonna like this, but look, teams

1866
01:41:48,000 --> 01:41:50,280
Speaker 1: don't figure out who they are until after the first

1867
01:41:50,320 --> 01:41:52,839
Speaker 1: month of the season. We just don't hit enough at practice,

1868
01:41:53,040 --> 01:41:55,439
Speaker 1: We don't hit enough in training camp anymore. That's just

1869
01:41:55,600 --> 01:41:58,439
Speaker 1: the way it is. Right And at the end of

1870
01:41:58,479 --> 01:42:02,360
Speaker 1: the day. The championship teams, they looked back into the

1871
01:42:02,439 --> 01:42:04,519
Speaker 1: season and they say, oh, man, the first half of

1872
01:42:04,560 --> 01:42:07,080
Speaker 1: the season, we may not have knew who we were,

1873
01:42:07,360 --> 01:42:09,280
Speaker 1: who we were exactly, We may not have had our

1874
01:42:09,320 --> 01:42:13,360
Speaker 1: identity yet, but our best players showed up. Our Josh Allen's,

1875
01:42:13,360 --> 01:42:16,559
Speaker 1: our Stefan Diggs, our von Miller's, our guys showed up,

1876
01:42:16,800 --> 01:42:20,240
Speaker 1: and we did enough to win the games. Teams that, um,

1877
01:42:20,680 --> 01:42:22,400
Speaker 1: you know, have the losers lament at the end of

1878
01:42:22,439 --> 01:42:24,400
Speaker 1: the season with which they would have could have showed us.

1879
01:42:24,720 --> 01:42:26,800
Speaker 1: They're the ones who say, man, if we would have

1880
01:42:26,920 --> 01:42:28,880
Speaker 1: just did this in Week two, if we would have

1881
01:42:28,960 --> 01:42:31,040
Speaker 1: just did that, we would have had that game and

1882
01:42:31,120 --> 01:42:32,479
Speaker 1: would have been a game close, and we would have

1883
01:42:32,479 --> 01:42:35,280
Speaker 1: got into the playoffs. I think when you look at

1884
01:42:35,320 --> 01:42:38,040
Speaker 1: the talent of this roster and Brandon being I got

1885
01:42:38,120 --> 01:42:41,120
Speaker 1: to give a shout out to Brandon Bean and Sean McDermott.

1886
01:42:41,400 --> 01:42:43,719
Speaker 1: First of all, I know I've known players that's played

1887
01:42:43,760 --> 01:42:46,320
Speaker 1: in Sean mcdermot's defense when he was in Philly, and

1888
01:42:46,600 --> 01:42:49,240
Speaker 1: that's part of why I love this team since since

1889
01:42:49,320 --> 01:42:52,600
Speaker 1: twenty eighteen, is because I love Sean McDermott. I like

1890
01:42:52,720 --> 01:42:56,920
Speaker 1: his mentality. I liked his approach to football, you see

1891
01:42:56,920 --> 01:42:58,800
Speaker 1: what I'm saying. And in Brandon being the way he

1892
01:42:58,880 --> 01:43:01,880
Speaker 1: builds a team, I mean, you look at this roster.

1893
01:43:02,040 --> 01:43:05,599
Speaker 1: I mean, if there isn't a better roster in football,

1894
01:43:06,040 --> 01:43:08,960
Speaker 1: it just isn't. So at the end of the day,

1895
01:43:09,400 --> 01:43:12,360
Speaker 1: when I just look at just how this team is constructed,

1896
01:43:13,439 --> 01:43:16,960
Speaker 1: it's best players are so good that I think early

1897
01:43:17,080 --> 01:43:19,320
Speaker 1: on in the season that the talent will just take over.

1898
01:43:19,640 --> 01:43:22,200
Speaker 1: And then again once this team finds itself, which I

1899
01:43:22,360 --> 01:43:25,000
Speaker 1: think you have the addition to James Cook, that rookie

1900
01:43:25,040 --> 01:43:27,640
Speaker 1: out of Georgia getting that run game to pair up

1901
01:43:27,840 --> 01:43:30,320
Speaker 1: with Devin Singletary, you know, in the back in the

1902
01:43:30,360 --> 01:43:32,599
Speaker 1: backfield with Zach Mass to be able to slow games

1903
01:43:32,680 --> 01:43:34,720
Speaker 1: down when they need to. To me, that's the that's

1904
01:43:34,760 --> 01:43:38,120
Speaker 1: the missing element. A sharpshooter like Josh, like von Miller

1905
01:43:38,200 --> 01:43:41,200
Speaker 1: on defense and then being able to slow the game

1906
01:43:41,280 --> 01:43:42,920
Speaker 1: down when you need to and go in the four

1907
01:43:43,000 --> 01:43:45,679
Speaker 1: minute offense. To me, that's what's gonna win games early,

1908
01:43:45,920 --> 01:43:47,800
Speaker 1: and I think the team has the personnel to do it.

1909
01:43:48,120 --> 01:43:50,519
Speaker 1: So Mike, you know, in your time at training camp,

1910
01:43:50,600 --> 01:43:53,759
Speaker 1: it might have just been like a snapshot, But anybody

1911
01:43:53,840 --> 01:43:57,000
Speaker 1: that came to training camp could probably see this pretty plainly.

1912
01:43:57,760 --> 01:44:00,600
Speaker 1: Just about everybody in this draft class lashed. And this

1913
01:44:00,800 --> 01:44:04,840
Speaker 1: is a deep roster of talented players. And I mean,

1914
01:44:04,880 --> 01:44:06,559
Speaker 1: I know you already tipped your hat to being here,

1915
01:44:06,640 --> 01:44:09,400
Speaker 1: but you look at this draft class almost from top

1916
01:44:09,479 --> 01:44:12,920
Speaker 1: to bottom, every one of them flashed at one point

1917
01:44:13,000 --> 01:44:15,840
Speaker 1: or another in a training camp with that's loaded on

1918
01:44:15,960 --> 01:44:20,040
Speaker 1: a roster. So you mentioned Cook, We know kay Eelam

1919
01:44:20,120 --> 01:44:23,240
Speaker 1: and Christian Benford may both play. They may platoon at

1920
01:44:23,280 --> 01:44:25,639
Speaker 1: that one corner spot on Thursday night, according to coach

1921
01:44:25,720 --> 01:44:29,560
Speaker 1: Leslie Frasier, on the defensive side of the ball. And

1922
01:44:29,680 --> 01:44:31,800
Speaker 1: then you know you have Khalil Shakier, who's going to

1923
01:44:31,840 --> 01:44:34,280
Speaker 1: be their primary punt returner it looks like, and will

1924
01:44:34,360 --> 01:44:38,680
Speaker 1: probably factor in at some point on offense. How surprising

1925
01:44:38,840 --> 01:44:44,240
Speaker 1: is it that rookies on a roster this talented could

1926
01:44:44,400 --> 01:44:48,640
Speaker 1: very well be making significant contributions by mid season, if

1927
01:44:48,720 --> 01:44:53,400
Speaker 1: not sooner. I mean, look, I mean, that's the name

1928
01:44:53,400 --> 01:44:56,560
Speaker 1: of the game. That's why you have the architect and

1929
01:44:56,640 --> 01:44:59,160
Speaker 1: Brandon Bean, That's why that's why a Sean McDermott and

1930
01:44:59,240 --> 01:45:02,599
Speaker 1: his coaches do such a great job you know, are developing, right.

1931
01:45:02,920 --> 01:45:05,080
Speaker 1: I think you know when you went into this training camp,

1932
01:45:05,160 --> 01:45:08,960
Speaker 1: there probably only really was two or three positions that

1933
01:45:09,280 --> 01:45:12,439
Speaker 1: may have been up for grabs because again, this roster

1934
01:45:12,640 --> 01:45:16,320
Speaker 1: was so deep. This rosters, it's so talented. But at

1935
01:45:16,360 --> 01:45:20,000
Speaker 1: the end of the day, to me, this team has

1936
01:45:20,160 --> 01:45:22,960
Speaker 1: a lot of depth, and to me, this draft added

1937
01:45:23,040 --> 01:45:25,479
Speaker 1: to that depth. And to me, that depth is really

1938
01:45:25,520 --> 01:45:27,880
Speaker 1: what get you over the hump. When we won our

1939
01:45:27,880 --> 01:45:29,880
Speaker 1: Super Bowl, it wasn't that we just had two or

1940
01:45:29,920 --> 01:45:33,000
Speaker 1: three pass rushers. We had six or seven. It's the

1941
01:45:33,120 --> 01:45:35,200
Speaker 1: guys that come off the bench. It's the guys that

1942
01:45:35,600 --> 01:45:38,479
Speaker 1: when vonb. Miller gets tired, it's the it's the you know,

1943
01:45:38,680 --> 01:45:41,519
Speaker 1: the boogie Basham's, it's it's the other guys that can

1944
01:45:41,600 --> 01:45:45,200
Speaker 1: come in and will the level drop off? You see

1945
01:45:45,200 --> 01:45:47,280
Speaker 1: what I'm saying. And I think the development of the

1946
01:45:47,360 --> 01:45:49,920
Speaker 1: young guys so far, you can see that the level

1947
01:45:49,920 --> 01:45:52,479
Speaker 1: won't drop off much when the starters go out. We've

1948
01:45:52,560 --> 01:45:54,600
Speaker 1: had this come to our attention as well. And this

1949
01:45:55,040 --> 01:45:57,759
Speaker 1: day and age, you know, the Bills get Josh Allen.

1950
01:45:58,479 --> 01:46:02,439
Speaker 1: He's polarizing. People love him, people hate him, and he's

1951
01:46:02,479 --> 01:46:04,160
Speaker 1: proven to be a guy that you know you should

1952
01:46:04,240 --> 01:46:06,720
Speaker 1: love because he's you know, he's that good, but he's

1953
01:46:06,760 --> 01:46:09,040
Speaker 1: also indicative of what it takes to play in the NFL.

1954
01:46:09,160 --> 01:46:11,439
Speaker 1: Brownie and I were having this conversation early in the show.

1955
01:46:11,840 --> 01:46:16,320
Speaker 1: Nine games this opening weekend have quarterbacks for each team

1956
01:46:16,840 --> 01:46:19,400
Speaker 1: who were drafted in the first round. Josh Allen Matt

1957
01:46:19,439 --> 01:46:22,560
Speaker 1: Stafford on Thursday Night, Jamis Winston and New Orleans and

1958
01:46:22,640 --> 01:46:27,519
Speaker 1: Marcus Mariota, Trey Lance against Justin Fields, either Mitch Trubisky

1959
01:46:27,640 --> 01:46:30,760
Speaker 1: or Pickett for Pittsburgh against Joe Burrow. Both those guys

1960
01:46:30,800 --> 01:46:33,720
Speaker 1: for Pittsburgh are in the first round, Mac Jones and

1961
01:46:33,800 --> 01:46:38,160
Speaker 1: tatonka Ioloa. Trevor Lawrence versus Carson Wentz, Daniel Jones versus

1962
01:46:38,240 --> 01:46:42,840
Speaker 1: Ryan Tannehill, Pat Mahomes versus Kyler Murray, Lamar Jackson versus

1963
01:46:42,960 --> 01:46:45,640
Speaker 1: either Joe Flacker or Zach Wilson. If he can take

1964
01:46:45,720 --> 01:46:49,559
Speaker 1: snaps all those guys drafting the first round, nine games,

1965
01:46:50,320 --> 01:46:54,840
Speaker 1: I mean, it takes something special be a quarterback. But

1966
01:46:54,920 --> 01:46:57,280
Speaker 1: all these guys are different. I mean, they got some

1967
01:46:57,439 --> 01:47:01,160
Speaker 1: things in common, obviously, but there's a whole spectrum of

1968
01:47:01,360 --> 01:47:05,320
Speaker 1: abilities there. But first round is first round? Why is it?

1969
01:47:05,479 --> 01:47:07,960
Speaker 1: Do you think that that is the case. Certainly the

1970
01:47:08,000 --> 01:47:11,280
Speaker 1: guys who are absent, Russ Wilson, third rounder, Tom Brady

1971
01:47:11,360 --> 01:47:15,439
Speaker 1: sixth rounder, guys like that. That's about it. That's about it.

1972
01:47:15,600 --> 01:47:18,920
Speaker 1: So what are your thoughts on these teams and how

1973
01:47:19,000 --> 01:47:22,280
Speaker 1: important the quarterback position is and what these teams do

1974
01:47:22,400 --> 01:47:25,600
Speaker 1: who don't have one. Well, I think it's indicative of

1975
01:47:25,880 --> 01:47:28,640
Speaker 1: just how important the position is the fact that you

1976
01:47:28,760 --> 01:47:31,960
Speaker 1: have that many first round matchups in just a weekend,

1977
01:47:32,360 --> 01:47:33,680
Speaker 1: you know what I mean. And it looks like the

1978
01:47:33,720 --> 01:47:37,920
Speaker 1: first round is turning into you know, great quarterbacks, great

1979
01:47:38,280 --> 01:47:41,160
Speaker 1: touf of the tackles or a pass rusher or a

1980
01:47:41,200 --> 01:47:44,720
Speaker 1: corner like it's turning into you know, first round is

1981
01:47:45,439 --> 01:47:48,439
Speaker 1: you only go after certain positions, certain guys. But I

1982
01:47:48,520 --> 01:47:51,600
Speaker 1: also think it's indicative of how much our scouts in

1983
01:47:51,680 --> 01:47:54,840
Speaker 1: our in the International Football League have messed up. I

1984
01:47:54,920 --> 01:47:58,720
Speaker 1: think it's also indicative of just, uh, you know, the

1985
01:47:58,960 --> 01:48:02,200
Speaker 1: change in the CBA, where we used to pay quarterbacks

1986
01:48:02,240 --> 01:48:05,800
Speaker 1: in first round picks so much money at first and

1987
01:48:06,000 --> 01:48:08,799
Speaker 1: now you can draft a guy it's kind of slotted,

1988
01:48:08,840 --> 01:48:10,439
Speaker 1: you kind of know what he's gonna make. You get

1989
01:48:10,479 --> 01:48:13,120
Speaker 1: that fifth year option. And so because you get that

1990
01:48:13,240 --> 01:48:16,200
Speaker 1: fifth year option, and the quarterback is such an important position.

1991
01:48:16,600 --> 01:48:19,880
Speaker 1: It's almost like I think teams almost forced into trying

1992
01:48:19,960 --> 01:48:23,200
Speaker 1: to reach for a quarterback in the first round. So

1993
01:48:23,360 --> 01:48:26,800
Speaker 1: that's why, you know, the business sometimes starts to shape

1994
01:48:27,920 --> 01:48:30,320
Speaker 1: team building dynamics, and I think that's why you see

1995
01:48:30,439 --> 01:48:33,320
Speaker 1: so many first round quarterback matchups in this weekend's games.

1996
01:48:33,360 --> 01:48:35,960
Speaker 1: You already mentioned von Miller, and he obviously had an

1997
01:48:36,000 --> 01:48:38,360
Speaker 1: impact on the Rams Super Bowl run last year. Now

1998
01:48:38,479 --> 01:48:41,559
Speaker 1: he is here and coach McDermot was already talking about

1999
01:48:41,600 --> 01:48:45,400
Speaker 1: this Mike, about how his impact was even greater than

2000
01:48:46,040 --> 01:48:49,760
Speaker 1: his expectations were because it goes beyond just his own

2001
01:48:49,840 --> 01:48:54,240
Speaker 1: play on the field. He's been an instrumental mentor to

2002
01:48:54,360 --> 01:48:58,080
Speaker 1: Greg Rousseau, Boogie basham aj Epenesa, those kinds of guys.

2003
01:48:58,880 --> 01:49:02,240
Speaker 1: And you know he's voted a team captain. I mean,

2004
01:49:02,280 --> 01:49:05,240
Speaker 1: he just got here. I understand he comes in with

2005
01:49:05,320 --> 01:49:09,040
Speaker 1: a lot of casher, but it seems like there is

2006
01:49:09,120 --> 01:49:12,360
Speaker 1: going to be a von Miller ripple effect with this

2007
01:49:12,560 --> 01:49:16,920
Speaker 1: defensive front that's gonna go way beyond his own exploits

2008
01:49:17,240 --> 01:49:20,720
Speaker 1: on the field. Do you have a teammate in your

2009
01:49:20,920 --> 01:49:24,800
Speaker 1: history that you remember that had a similar effect. I mean,

2010
01:49:24,840 --> 01:49:27,080
Speaker 1: I don't know why I'm channeling Richard Sherman a little bit,

2011
01:49:27,120 --> 01:49:28,840
Speaker 1: and maybe the impact he had on the other corners

2012
01:49:28,880 --> 01:49:32,560
Speaker 1: on that Seahawks roster. Can you just kind of explain

2013
01:49:32,840 --> 01:49:37,439
Speaker 1: how that ripple effect works with players of this stature. Well, again,

2014
01:49:37,560 --> 01:49:41,160
Speaker 1: first of all, von Miller comes with street credibility. Okay,

2015
01:49:41,320 --> 01:49:45,000
Speaker 1: so you already know walking into a defensive room, when

2016
01:49:45,120 --> 01:49:47,920
Speaker 1: von Miller walks in there, he comes with a level

2017
01:49:47,960 --> 01:49:51,240
Speaker 1: of expertise, He comes with a level of experience, he

2018
01:49:51,320 --> 01:49:54,240
Speaker 1: comes with a level of focus because look how successful

2019
01:49:54,240 --> 01:49:56,240
Speaker 1: he's been in the National Football League. Look how much

2020
01:49:56,240 --> 01:49:58,479
Speaker 1: money he's made. So you don't make that much money

2021
01:49:58,520 --> 01:50:02,679
Speaker 1: without having a level of talent, a level of work

2022
01:50:02,760 --> 01:50:06,800
Speaker 1: ethic and all of those things. But Vaughan is also

2023
01:50:06,880 --> 01:50:09,920
Speaker 1: a glue guy. Okay, Von is a guy that I

2024
01:50:10,000 --> 01:50:12,320
Speaker 1: have a lot of respect for. I've played against Vaughan

2025
01:50:12,400 --> 01:50:16,200
Speaker 1: a lot in the past, and I would consider Vaughan

2026
01:50:16,720 --> 01:50:20,240
Speaker 1: a really good associate because he always lends an there.

2027
01:50:20,479 --> 01:50:23,000
Speaker 1: He's always there to listen, he's always there to get

2028
01:50:23,040 --> 01:50:25,840
Speaker 1: some give real advice. And he's even told me if

2029
01:50:25,880 --> 01:50:27,639
Speaker 1: he was playing in that Super Bowl that we beat

2030
01:50:27,680 --> 01:50:29,720
Speaker 1: Denver that there was no way that we would have

2031
01:50:29,760 --> 01:50:31,519
Speaker 1: got to ring, so made him kind of go back

2032
01:50:31,560 --> 01:50:34,400
Speaker 1: and forth about that. But he was a glue guy.

2033
01:50:34,560 --> 01:50:36,360
Speaker 1: I was a glue guy in my locker room. And

2034
01:50:36,640 --> 01:50:40,200
Speaker 1: and and I'll say this Vaughan when I talked to

2035
01:50:40,320 --> 01:50:42,000
Speaker 1: guys that were in the locker room with Vaughn, not

2036
01:50:42,080 --> 01:50:45,240
Speaker 1: just in Los Angeles, but especially in Denver. Right, That's

2037
01:50:45,240 --> 01:50:46,679
Speaker 1: why it was hard to get him out of Denver,

2038
01:50:47,320 --> 01:50:51,160
Speaker 1: because he meant more to the team other than just

2039
01:50:51,479 --> 01:50:54,280
Speaker 1: the plays he was making on the field. I life

2040
01:50:54,320 --> 01:50:55,760
Speaker 1: coach a lot of guys, a lot of young guys

2041
01:50:55,800 --> 01:50:58,000
Speaker 1: in the National Football League right now, and I always

2042
01:50:58,040 --> 01:51:01,320
Speaker 1: tell him, make them really think about cutting you, Okay,

2043
01:51:01,360 --> 01:51:03,439
Speaker 1: if they if they have to make a business decision

2044
01:51:03,479 --> 01:51:06,000
Speaker 1: about letting you go out of the locker room, make

2045
01:51:06,080 --> 01:51:08,840
Speaker 1: it make it very hard for them to let you

2046
01:51:08,960 --> 01:51:12,200
Speaker 1: go in. And and not just for your physical abilities.

2047
01:51:12,880 --> 01:51:15,840
Speaker 1: And a guy like von Miller, when you decide to

2048
01:51:15,920 --> 01:51:18,080
Speaker 1: either bring him into your locker room or take him

2049
01:51:18,080 --> 01:51:20,400
Speaker 1: out of your locker room, you have to think about

2050
01:51:20,720 --> 01:51:23,320
Speaker 1: the effect of it on everybody in the locker room.

2051
01:51:23,400 --> 01:51:25,280
Speaker 1: Like for me, if I was the RAMS, it's been

2052
01:51:25,360 --> 01:51:27,160
Speaker 1: very difficult for me to let Von Miller walk out

2053
01:51:27,160 --> 01:51:31,280
Speaker 1: that locker room seeing the effect he had, in my opinion,

2054
01:51:31,320 --> 01:51:33,160
Speaker 1: on the best player in the National Football League and

2055
01:51:33,160 --> 01:51:36,639
Speaker 1: Aaron Donn. The fact that Von Miller had that type

2056
01:51:36,640 --> 01:51:39,200
Speaker 1: of effect on Aaron Donald would have forced me to

2057
01:51:39,280 --> 01:51:42,599
Speaker 1: pay whatever Von Miller one. And it's especially Von Miller

2058
01:51:42,640 --> 01:51:44,519
Speaker 1: is a good player as well. But what I mean

2059
01:51:44,600 --> 01:51:48,360
Speaker 1: by glue guy also is on Tuesdays or Monday nights,

2060
01:51:48,400 --> 01:51:50,400
Speaker 1: when you know you have a day off on Tuesdays,

2061
01:51:50,760 --> 01:51:52,439
Speaker 1: Von was the guy to have all the guys that

2062
01:51:52,600 --> 01:51:55,280
Speaker 1: is at his house. Vine is the guy to make

2063
01:51:55,360 --> 01:51:58,240
Speaker 1: things fun. Von is the guy during a training camp

2064
01:51:58,439 --> 01:52:00,640
Speaker 1: to have what we call falls and through as you

2065
01:52:00,680 --> 01:52:01,880
Speaker 1: know what I mean, to make it a little bit

2066
01:52:01,960 --> 01:52:04,639
Speaker 1: more lighthearted, to make guys want to be at practice.

2067
01:52:05,200 --> 01:52:08,160
Speaker 1: So you always have to have glue guys. And every

2068
01:52:08,240 --> 01:52:11,360
Speaker 1: championship team, um, no matter what level I've been a

2069
01:52:11,400 --> 01:52:15,080
Speaker 1: part of, no matter what level I've seen, every championship

2070
01:52:15,120 --> 01:52:18,559
Speaker 1: team has guys like a Michael Robinson or Von Miller.

2071
01:52:18,640 --> 01:52:21,640
Speaker 1: So to me, it's it's it's the ability to be

2072
01:52:21,680 --> 01:52:24,240
Speaker 1: able to bring all of his teammates together and get

2073
01:52:24,280 --> 01:52:26,240
Speaker 1: all of their ears all at once. So just to

2074
01:52:26,320 --> 01:52:28,080
Speaker 1: wrap this one, up, Mike, because we heard you mentioned

2075
01:52:28,120 --> 01:52:30,519
Speaker 1: it at the top. You feel good about this one

2076
01:52:30,600 --> 01:52:36,120
Speaker 1: for the Bills? You absolutely I do. And I know

2077
01:52:36,240 --> 01:52:40,080
Speaker 1: it's Monday or Tuesday. Well I think it's my dad Monday. Okay,

2078
01:52:40,400 --> 01:52:43,560
Speaker 1: it's Monday. I know it's Monday. But this is not

2079
01:52:43,680 --> 01:52:46,479
Speaker 1: going to change. This prediction is not going to change.

2080
01:52:46,760 --> 01:52:48,320
Speaker 1: Y'all want to score and all of that too. If

2081
01:52:48,360 --> 01:52:50,200
Speaker 1: you if you got it, yeah you don't have to

2082
01:52:50,280 --> 01:52:52,479
Speaker 1: come up with one. But yeah, whatever you're comfort, I

2083
01:52:52,520 --> 01:52:54,439
Speaker 1: can get you a little bit of a score. I love.

2084
01:52:54,800 --> 01:53:00,280
Speaker 1: I think the Bills win this game thirty six twenty three.

2085
01:53:00,760 --> 01:53:03,160
Speaker 1: I don't think it's gonna be that close. Guys. Wow,

2086
01:53:03,640 --> 01:53:05,519
Speaker 1: all right, well I hope you're right. I know that.

2087
01:53:08,439 --> 01:53:10,200
Speaker 1: Thanks for bringing it here in week one. Mike will

2088
01:53:10,240 --> 01:53:11,760
Speaker 1: catch up with did a week two. We look forward

2089
01:53:11,800 --> 01:53:14,760
Speaker 1: to having you this season. Thanks Mike, Thank you, guys,

2090
01:53:14,840 --> 01:53:17,400
Speaker 1: look forward to it, all right. That's NFL Network analyst

2091
01:53:17,560 --> 01:53:20,920
Speaker 1: Mike Robinson, gonna be joining us for the entire twenty

2092
01:53:21,080 --> 01:53:23,920
Speaker 1: twenty two season on a weekly basis. Really happy to

2093
01:53:24,000 --> 01:53:26,560
Speaker 1: have him. Guy that's been on this Bill's train for

2094
01:53:26,640 --> 01:53:28,800
Speaker 1: about four or five years now. He saw this team

2095
01:53:29,120 --> 01:53:31,760
Speaker 1: kind of he saw where this thing was headed. And

2096
01:53:31,920 --> 01:53:35,439
Speaker 1: to know that from Afar, I think it is pretty

2097
01:53:35,479 --> 01:53:37,639
Speaker 1: astute on his part, and that's kind of the that's

2098
01:53:37,720 --> 01:53:39,759
Speaker 1: kind of the insight we want from him. He started,

2099
01:53:40,000 --> 01:53:42,439
Speaker 1: He started back in twenty eighteen, which was the only

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01:53:42,560 --> 01:53:45,839
Speaker 1: year of McDermott's career here that he wasn't in the playoffs,

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01:53:46,479 --> 01:53:49,040
Speaker 1: and that was a hard year to jump on board.

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01:53:49,080 --> 01:53:50,960
Speaker 1: But he saw something in the way Josh Allen played,

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01:53:51,000 --> 01:53:53,519
Speaker 1: He saw something in the way the McDermott was headed

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01:53:53,600 --> 01:53:57,000
Speaker 1: this team in the right direction, and he started back

2105
01:53:57,080 --> 01:53:59,400
Speaker 1: then kind of taking note. He likes Sean McDermott when

2106
01:53:59,400 --> 01:54:01,360
Speaker 1: he's all the way back in Philadelphia when he was there.

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01:54:01,400 --> 01:54:04,800
Speaker 1: So he's been following it for a long time and

2108
01:54:04,880 --> 01:54:07,000
Speaker 1: obviously has been a part of some great teams too,

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01:54:07,120 --> 01:54:09,400
Speaker 1: so he's got some perspectives we'd love to hear. Yeah,

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01:54:09,760 --> 01:54:11,519
Speaker 1: So we look forward to catching up with Mike each

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01:54:11,560 --> 01:54:14,960
Speaker 1: and every week during the twenty twenty two season. So

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Speaker 1: we look forward to the future conversations coming down the

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01:54:17,760 --> 01:54:19,679
Speaker 1: pike here. We want to talk to you though next

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Speaker 1: at eight oh three, five fifty one, eight eight five

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Speaker 1: fifty two, five fifty As we are discussing your final

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01:54:24,840 --> 01:54:29,080
Speaker 1: preparations for Thursday nights kickoff game between the Bills and

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01:54:29,160 --> 01:54:32,200
Speaker 1: the Rams. We've waited seven months for this thing and

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01:54:32,320 --> 01:54:34,480
Speaker 1: now it is finally here. So let us know what

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01:54:34,800 --> 01:54:37,520
Speaker 1: final teas you gotta cross and eyes. You've got a

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01:54:37,600 --> 01:54:39,600
Speaker 1: dot to get ready for Thursday. We go back to

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01:54:39,680 --> 01:54:42,240
Speaker 1: the phones and we go to Frank in Woodstock. Next,

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01:54:42,320 --> 01:54:47,680
Speaker 1: we got first Frank Thursday night. Frank, turn your radio down, Bud,

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01:54:48,040 --> 01:54:53,920
Speaker 1: you're up. Yeah, go ahead, Frank, you're on. Okay, I'm

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01:54:53,960 --> 01:54:56,560
Speaker 1: calling from Woodstock to New York. I'm the only Buffalo

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01:54:56,720 --> 01:55:01,280
Speaker 1: Bills span in Woodstock. I'm in Giants debt play preparation

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01:55:01,400 --> 01:55:04,720
Speaker 1: for Thursday wings and pizza, and I got tickets for

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01:55:04,800 --> 01:55:08,880
Speaker 1: the Monday night game. All right, so you're driving up awesome. Yeah,

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01:55:08,880 --> 01:55:10,960
Speaker 1: I'm going to spend the weekend up there, my daughter

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01:55:11,080 --> 01:55:15,760
Speaker 1: and myself worst site. This is our second pro game. Steve,

2130
01:55:15,840 --> 01:55:18,640
Speaker 1: you're the best you always were. You should be in

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01:55:18,760 --> 01:55:23,160
Speaker 1: the hall. Well, I appreciate it. That's nice, thanks, Frank,

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01:55:23,320 --> 01:55:27,040
Speaker 1: appreciate you. That's a drive from Woodstock, man, that's not

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01:55:27,160 --> 01:55:30,400
Speaker 1: a it's not across the street. But he's right. Yeah,

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01:55:30,920 --> 01:55:34,120
Speaker 1: that's the thing too. Especially for this opening game where

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01:55:34,120 --> 01:55:36,520
Speaker 1: there's no routine. You got this wind up. Plus you've

2136
01:55:36,560 --> 01:55:41,360
Speaker 1: got the unprecedented three day weekend after that, or you know, Friday,

2137
01:55:41,480 --> 01:55:44,080
Speaker 1: but you know what I mean, how many people are

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01:55:44,120 --> 01:55:47,000
Speaker 1: taking off Friday more than usually? I'll just say that.

2139
01:55:48,040 --> 01:55:50,720
Speaker 1: But you got this this weekend of football where you've

2140
01:55:50,720 --> 01:55:52,280
Speaker 1: already got at your game in the bag and you

2141
01:55:52,360 --> 01:55:54,480
Speaker 1: got to listen and you can watch whatever you want.

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01:55:55,720 --> 01:55:58,400
Speaker 1: It really makes for some interesting prep. Plus the fact

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01:55:58,440 --> 01:56:00,360
Speaker 1: that you've had seven months to think about maybe what

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01:56:00,880 --> 01:56:02,560
Speaker 1: a lot of people think it's gonna be the greatest

2145
01:56:02,600 --> 01:56:04,880
Speaker 1: season of all in the history of football, right, So

2146
01:56:05,760 --> 01:56:08,600
Speaker 1: a lot of fun thinking about it. And there isn't

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01:56:08,640 --> 01:56:10,400
Speaker 1: wind up to this is This is not just a

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01:56:10,480 --> 01:56:12,560
Speaker 1: question that kind of goes out every year. This is

2149
01:56:13,520 --> 01:56:16,480
Speaker 1: this is a special, special game to be a part of,

2150
01:56:16,760 --> 01:56:21,200
Speaker 1: and the expectations make it even more different. We're gonna

2151
01:56:21,320 --> 01:56:24,280
Speaker 1: step aside here and take a break when we come back,

2152
01:56:24,320 --> 01:56:29,040
Speaker 1: though we have some comments from the locker room post

2153
01:56:29,120 --> 01:56:32,960
Speaker 1: practice up when we return will be Bill's wide receiver

2154
01:56:33,240 --> 01:56:36,879
Speaker 1: Gabe Davis. What are his thoughts going into this season

2155
01:56:37,040 --> 01:56:39,720
Speaker 1: opener against the Rams. We'll catch up with him next

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01:56:39,760 --> 01:56:41,800
Speaker 1: here on One Bill's Live, presented by Colloid of Health.

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01:56:42,080 --> 01:56:55,800
Speaker 1: It's Buffalo Bill's Radio. How fired up are we to

2158
01:56:55,960 --> 01:56:59,280
Speaker 1: be ready for the season opener? Al MSG viewers are

2159
01:56:59,320 --> 01:57:02,000
Speaker 1: getting a taste of it now. Chris Brown, Steve Tasker

2160
01:57:02,040 --> 01:57:04,960
Speaker 1: with you One Bills Live and our special Thanks to

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01:57:05,040 --> 01:57:07,680
Speaker 1: the loyal Order of the Water Buffalo Club seven one

2162
01:57:07,840 --> 01:57:14,440
Speaker 1: six Chapter, we were afforded honorary memberships as well as

2163
01:57:14,520 --> 01:57:17,240
Speaker 1: Water Buffalo hats similar to those you find in the

2164
01:57:17,280 --> 01:57:21,280
Speaker 1: Flintstone cartoons. Not we're certificate of membership. I'm not on

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01:57:21,720 --> 01:57:24,720
Speaker 1: We're not honorary. Well we are honorary. I'm sure we

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01:57:24,760 --> 01:57:27,280
Speaker 1: haven't done it kind of special initiations. I don't know

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01:57:27,320 --> 01:57:32,160
Speaker 1: if um, but thanks to drop these off for us.

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01:57:32,240 --> 01:57:35,840
Speaker 1: I like the uniforms. Oh yeah, this is stuff warm too.

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01:57:36,160 --> 01:57:38,920
Speaker 1: This will be yeah, be rocking and rolling with these

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01:57:39,040 --> 01:57:41,800
Speaker 1: for sure. Um. This is the most hair I've had

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01:57:41,800 --> 01:57:44,400
Speaker 1: in a while. I know that. So, so that's good.

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01:57:45,360 --> 01:57:49,120
Speaker 1: We wanted, though, to bring you some post practice comments

2173
01:57:49,240 --> 01:57:53,080
Speaker 1: from a couple of players. First up is Bill's wide

2174
01:57:53,120 --> 01:57:57,600
Speaker 1: receiver Gabe Davis, who addressed his final preparations for Thursday

2175
01:57:57,680 --> 01:58:01,520
Speaker 1: Nights opener. Here is Gabe. You know the cast, your

2176
01:58:01,560 --> 01:58:05,080
Speaker 1: offensive key players are all the same as last year.

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01:58:05,400 --> 01:58:09,400
Speaker 1: You know, does it feel does the offense feel a

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01:58:09,480 --> 01:58:11,360
Speaker 1: lot like last year? I mean with it You've got

2179
01:58:11,400 --> 01:58:15,360
Speaker 1: a new coordinator, but the key pieces are all the same. Yeah. Um,

2180
01:58:16,360 --> 01:58:19,200
Speaker 1: I'm excited for the offense this year. In fact, we've

2181
01:58:19,200 --> 01:58:21,360
Speaker 1: been looking pretty good and doing everything that needs to

2182
01:58:21,400 --> 01:58:23,760
Speaker 1: be done to be the offense that we want to be. Uh,

2183
01:58:23,840 --> 01:58:25,800
Speaker 1: it's been a long time coming, you know, OTAs and

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01:58:26,440 --> 01:58:29,000
Speaker 1: camp time and now we're finally about to go into

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01:58:29,000 --> 01:58:38,160
Speaker 1: week one. So we're excited. Big transition from Um. There's

2186
01:58:38,160 --> 01:58:41,160
Speaker 1: a little things that are different, but um, great offensive

2187
01:58:41,200 --> 01:58:43,920
Speaker 1: minds and um Doors has a little twist on you

2188
01:58:44,000 --> 01:58:46,840
Speaker 1: know how he wants to run certain things and you know, Um,

2189
01:58:47,800 --> 01:58:51,280
Speaker 1: so it's definitely different, but both you know, great ocs

2190
01:58:51,320 --> 01:58:53,360
Speaker 1: to be a part of, and UM happy to have

2191
01:58:53,480 --> 01:58:56,240
Speaker 1: Doors here. Yeah, I think I should have a bigger

2192
01:58:56,320 --> 01:58:58,920
Speaker 1: role with whole no longer being here. What has he

2193
01:58:59,080 --> 01:59:03,840
Speaker 1: done too? From parent him for that Momentum, I feel

2194
01:59:03,880 --> 01:59:06,080
Speaker 1: like Isaiah you know, you know it was always ready

2195
01:59:06,520 --> 01:59:08,560
Speaker 1: again last year when his number was called, he always

2196
01:59:08,600 --> 01:59:12,560
Speaker 1: made plays. Um. Now with coldbes being gun being gun,

2197
01:59:12,640 --> 01:59:14,320
Speaker 1: it's kind of his turn to step up and you know,

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01:59:14,480 --> 01:59:16,240
Speaker 1: make plays in Um, I feel like he was always

2199
01:59:16,240 --> 01:59:18,960
Speaker 1: prepared for it. Um, he just knows how to play

2200
01:59:19,080 --> 01:59:21,840
Speaker 1: his game and play to his strengths and excited to

2201
01:59:21,880 --> 01:59:25,280
Speaker 1: see what the year has for him. To have been

2202
01:59:25,360 --> 01:59:28,480
Speaker 1: prepared even in the past too, I mean just always

2203
01:59:28,520 --> 01:59:31,120
Speaker 1: being ready. I mean being in the playbook, learning from

2204
01:59:31,120 --> 01:59:32,880
Speaker 1: the guys that are in front of him. Bees was, uh,

2205
01:59:33,360 --> 01:59:35,360
Speaker 1: you know, definitely the best slot I've ever been around,

2206
01:59:35,400 --> 01:59:37,440
Speaker 1: so I know Isaiah feels the same way, and just

2207
01:59:37,480 --> 01:59:39,120
Speaker 1: being able to take notes from him and knowing when

2208
01:59:39,120 --> 01:59:40,760
Speaker 1: his number is called. Let's to be able to go

2209
01:59:40,800 --> 01:59:44,280
Speaker 1: out and perform your perspective going up against the young

2210
01:59:44,400 --> 01:59:47,520
Speaker 1: corners and Kayer and Christian, how have you seen them

2211
01:59:47,600 --> 01:59:50,280
Speaker 1: grow from maybe when he first went against him in

2212
01:59:50,320 --> 01:59:52,280
Speaker 1: the spring to getting a training camps and now as

2213
01:59:52,320 --> 01:59:53,880
Speaker 1: we head in a week one. Yeah, I mean that's

2214
01:59:53,880 --> 01:59:57,080
Speaker 1: a hard position to uh, transition from college to NFL

2215
01:59:57,320 --> 02:00:00,200
Speaker 1: is you know, coming and playing a corner back and

2216
02:00:00,240 --> 02:00:01,840
Speaker 1: having to go against guys have been doing it like

2217
02:00:02,000 --> 02:00:05,160
Speaker 1: a guy like Stephan Diggs. Um been playing in this

2218
02:00:05,240 --> 02:00:06,720
Speaker 1: game for years, going against the best of the best

2219
02:00:06,800 --> 02:00:09,200
Speaker 1: and xqing at a high level. Um, so hats off

2220
02:00:09,240 --> 02:00:11,440
Speaker 1: to those guys for coming in and being able to

2221
02:00:11,520 --> 02:00:13,840
Speaker 1: handle that pressure on them to have to perform every

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02:00:13,880 --> 02:00:15,760
Speaker 1: single day. I feel like they've done a great job

2223
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Speaker 1: with it, and excited for them as well. The player.

2224
02:00:20,480 --> 02:00:23,400
Speaker 1: One of the biggest things you over the last couple

2225
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Speaker 1: of years you've taken away from Diggs, you know, being

2226
02:00:25,800 --> 02:00:28,040
Speaker 1: a teammate with him and being in the meeting room

2227
02:00:28,080 --> 02:00:31,320
Speaker 1: with them. Just being relentless no matter what you do,

2228
02:00:31,560 --> 02:00:35,120
Speaker 1: no matter what, Uh like, how you how you played

2229
02:00:35,280 --> 02:00:37,640
Speaker 1: one week and um, how you played all your years

2230
02:00:37,680 --> 02:00:40,839
Speaker 1: in the NFL, you know, speaking on fourteen, Just being relentless,

2231
02:00:40,920 --> 02:00:43,760
Speaker 1: never being satisfied, um with what you've done and always

2232
02:00:43,760 --> 02:00:46,040
Speaker 1: wanted more and being better. And you know that's one

2233
02:00:46,080 --> 02:00:49,440
Speaker 1: thing I see it in him every single days. Been

2234
02:00:49,520 --> 02:00:51,040
Speaker 1: for you to to apply it to your own game

2235
02:00:51,080 --> 02:00:52,920
Speaker 1: when you know, you know you did the last team

2236
02:00:52,920 --> 02:00:55,520
Speaker 1: of blast season, I want to continue that, I feel

2237
02:00:55,520 --> 02:00:58,040
Speaker 1: like naturally just that's just also you know just how

2238
02:00:58,080 --> 02:01:01,080
Speaker 1: I am. Um. You know, I said it in a

2239
02:01:01,160 --> 02:01:05,440
Speaker 1: previous interview that the Chiefs game was you know then

2240
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Speaker 1: you know that's the pass and this is the future

2241
02:01:07,440 --> 02:01:10,600
Speaker 1: and kind of put that game behind me and moving

2242
02:01:10,640 --> 02:01:14,000
Speaker 1: on to this year. All right, that's Cabe Davis addressing

2243
02:01:14,080 --> 02:01:17,120
Speaker 1: the media after practice today. A lot of people believe

2244
02:01:17,600 --> 02:01:21,360
Speaker 1: he is poised for a pretty big season, and after

2245
02:01:21,480 --> 02:01:23,720
Speaker 1: watching the way he dominated in training camp, wouldn't be

2246
02:01:23,720 --> 02:01:25,680
Speaker 1: surprised if he puts up ten touchdowns by the time

2247
02:01:25,720 --> 02:01:29,280
Speaker 1: the season is over. Steve and I do want to

2248
02:01:29,360 --> 02:01:32,520
Speaker 1: turn now, though, to a guy who is speaking for

2249
02:01:32,600 --> 02:01:36,360
Speaker 1: the first time since the tragic passing of his younger brother,

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Speaker 1: Luke Knox. It is Dawson Knox, who's been back with

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Speaker 1: the team for a couple of weeks now, but this

2252
02:01:42,080 --> 02:01:44,600
Speaker 1: is the first time he's addressing the media since the

2253
02:01:44,680 --> 02:01:49,960
Speaker 1: tragic passing of his younger brother. Here is Dawson, So, firstly,

2254
02:01:50,040 --> 02:01:53,440
Speaker 1: I just wanted to thank everybody for being so considerate.

2255
02:01:55,280 --> 02:01:57,360
Speaker 1: It really felt a lot of love and support over

2256
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Speaker 1: the last few weeks with my brother. My family has

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02:02:00,880 --> 02:02:06,040
Speaker 1: been very thankful, and just everybody in Buffalo has been incredible.

2258
02:02:06,480 --> 02:02:09,200
Speaker 1: The amount of texts I've gotten, the messages, the posts,

2259
02:02:10,920 --> 02:02:13,160
Speaker 1: you know, the moment of silence for the preseason game.

2260
02:02:13,360 --> 02:02:17,640
Speaker 1: It's just been everything I would everything that I expected

2261
02:02:17,680 --> 02:02:21,000
Speaker 1: out of Buffalo and more because this city's incredible it's

2262
02:02:21,040 --> 02:02:22,560
Speaker 1: mean the world. It's meant the world to me, and

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02:02:22,680 --> 02:02:25,280
Speaker 1: I mean I think they raised over two hundred thousand

2264
02:02:25,280 --> 02:02:28,600
Speaker 1: dollars for the Pump Foundation in my brother's name. So

2265
02:02:28,720 --> 02:02:32,440
Speaker 1: it's just been an absolute blessing to see everybody from

2266
02:02:32,480 --> 02:02:36,440
Speaker 1: Buffalo show us love in that way. So, um, I

2267
02:02:36,520 --> 02:02:38,600
Speaker 1: just kind of wanted to put that out there. Thank

2268
02:02:38,640 --> 02:02:41,800
Speaker 1: everybody for being so respectful and for not bombarding me

2269
02:02:42,000 --> 02:02:46,480
Speaker 1: with questions over the last week or so. But yeah,

2270
02:02:46,520 --> 02:02:48,600
Speaker 1: so thank you guys. It means it means the world

2271
02:02:48,640 --> 02:02:51,800
Speaker 1: to me. I love all the people in Buffalo, and

2272
02:02:52,280 --> 02:02:55,800
Speaker 1: hopefully I'll be here for a long time. So yeah,

2273
02:02:55,880 --> 02:02:58,640
Speaker 1: thank you guys. Now I'll open it up to any

2274
02:02:58,680 --> 02:03:03,920
Speaker 1: football questions if y'all. Guys. Also, football almost therapeutic for you,

2275
02:03:04,080 --> 02:03:08,680
Speaker 1: I mean, to be with the guys, Yeah, yeah, for sure,

2276
02:03:09,680 --> 02:03:12,280
Speaker 1: just getting back up here, getting the routine, seeing all

2277
02:03:12,320 --> 02:03:17,600
Speaker 1: my teammates, seeing my coaches. Um, definitely from a distraction standpoint,

2278
02:03:17,640 --> 02:03:20,480
Speaker 1: it's great too, but it's also very therapeutic just doing

2279
02:03:20,560 --> 02:03:24,360
Speaker 1: what I love with the guys I love. Um. You know,

2280
02:03:24,440 --> 02:03:26,960
Speaker 1: I knew or I know that my brother would want

2281
02:03:26,960 --> 02:03:28,640
Speaker 1: it that way too. He wants me to give everything

2282
02:03:28,680 --> 02:03:31,680
Speaker 1: I got Um, I know he's gonna be watching somehow,

2283
02:03:31,840 --> 02:03:36,040
Speaker 1: some way, so um, so yeah, it's definitely been great

2284
02:03:36,080 --> 02:03:38,120
Speaker 1: being back up here, getting getting back with all the

2285
02:03:38,160 --> 02:03:46,400
Speaker 1: guys that large strangers helped carry you through such a challenge. It's, uh,

2286
02:03:46,720 --> 02:03:51,680
Speaker 1: it's really mind blowing just the I mean the size,

2287
02:03:52,000 --> 02:03:55,160
Speaker 1: you know, the the amount of support that I've had, Um,

2288
02:03:55,720 --> 02:03:59,440
Speaker 1: just the sheer number of texts and messages, and I

2289
02:03:59,520 --> 02:04:01,680
Speaker 1: mean just I mean even just the dollar amount of

2290
02:04:01,800 --> 02:04:05,120
Speaker 1: donations that have been made in my brother's name to

2291
02:04:05,160 --> 02:04:08,880
Speaker 1: the Punt Foundation. It's more than I could have ever expected.

2292
02:04:10,280 --> 02:04:12,640
Speaker 1: But at the same time, it's weirdly not surprising, just

2293
02:04:12,760 --> 02:04:14,960
Speaker 1: because this is such an incredible city with such an

2294
02:04:15,000 --> 02:04:20,240
Speaker 1: incredible fan base and people, and it's really it really

2295
02:04:20,280 --> 02:04:22,680
Speaker 1: truly does feel like home. I know I've said that before,

2296
02:04:22,800 --> 02:04:25,680
Speaker 1: but I kind of realized that for the first time

2297
02:04:25,720 --> 02:04:28,640
Speaker 1: when I came back up here after everything, that it

2298
02:04:28,680 --> 02:04:31,440
Speaker 1: really does feel like a second home to me. See

2299
02:04:31,520 --> 02:04:34,640
Speaker 1: a thing earlier, how you know, he wants to expand

2300
02:04:34,720 --> 02:04:37,680
Speaker 1: your role, and obviously he's the one who gets to

2301
02:04:37,720 --> 02:04:40,040
Speaker 1: help do that too. From his standpoint, what are you

2302
02:04:40,160 --> 02:04:42,600
Speaker 1: looking forward to this year? From that standpoint of building

2303
02:04:42,600 --> 02:04:45,480
Speaker 1: off the last year's breakout season and you know, made

2304
02:04:45,560 --> 02:04:49,640
Speaker 1: some new opportunities. Yeah, for sure. I've always just took

2305
02:04:49,680 --> 02:04:51,120
Speaker 1: the stance that I want to do whatever I can

2306
02:04:51,160 --> 02:04:54,240
Speaker 1: to help the team win games. You know, Selfishly, I'd

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Speaker 1: love to be scoring touchdowns every game, ten twelve catches

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Speaker 1: every game. But I mean, if there's a game where

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Speaker 1: I need to block most of the time, that's great.

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02:05:03,880 --> 02:05:05,600
Speaker 1: If we're winning. Um, you know, if I need to

2311
02:05:05,600 --> 02:05:08,800
Speaker 1: be in pass protection, it's the tight end positions, just

2312
02:05:09,000 --> 02:05:11,480
Speaker 1: kind of it needs to be unselfish in that way

2313
02:05:11,520 --> 02:05:13,560
Speaker 1: of just doing whatever it takes to get the team

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Speaker 1: a win. But I'd also love to, you know, continue

2315
02:05:17,120 --> 02:05:21,200
Speaker 1: contributing in the passing game as well. Um, just because

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02:05:21,240 --> 02:05:23,280
Speaker 1: I know the weapon that I can be. I kind

2317
02:05:23,320 --> 02:05:27,080
Speaker 1: of want to use last year as a foundation going forward.

2318
02:05:28,040 --> 02:05:30,160
Speaker 1: I help you that not only are you coming off

2319
02:05:30,160 --> 02:05:32,360
Speaker 1: a season like that, but now Ken stepping into this

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02:05:32,520 --> 02:05:34,920
Speaker 1: role where he wants to, you know, put his own

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Speaker 1: fingerprints on his offense. They're happening at the same time. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: it's been awesome because obviously he's been here the last

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02:05:40,560 --> 02:05:43,520
Speaker 1: few years and so by m so it's just kind

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Speaker 1: of been a slow progression of the offense just expanding

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Speaker 1: and getting a little more complex every year. But now

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Speaker 1: that he's putting his own, his own signature on it, Um,

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Speaker 1: there's some really cool stuff we got going in. Um,

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Speaker 1: So there's a lot of versatility that we'll see very

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02:06:00,360 --> 02:06:03,280
Speaker 1: similar offense, but there's a lot of pretty awesome wrinkles

2330
02:06:04,600 --> 02:06:10,000
Speaker 1: tangible that you either sense will see jobs when the

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02:06:10,200 --> 02:06:14,400
Speaker 1: stage is higher than than maybe the dormal week. Yeah,

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02:06:14,520 --> 02:06:17,520
Speaker 1: I mean, you know, we all perceive him as the

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02:06:17,560 --> 02:06:20,080
Speaker 1: best quarterback in the league, the best player in the league,

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02:06:21,200 --> 02:06:22,920
Speaker 1: and we know when the lights come on he's at

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02:06:22,960 --> 02:06:26,680
Speaker 1: his best. It's uh, you know, there's never any doubt

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Speaker 1: that he's gonna give it all that he's got and

2337
02:06:29,440 --> 02:06:33,920
Speaker 1: makes some incredible, jaw dropping plays every single time. Um,

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02:06:34,000 --> 02:06:37,640
Speaker 1: we're on primetime games, so I think most of the

2339
02:06:37,680 --> 02:06:42,200
Speaker 1: team would agree that we prefer playing when it's nationally televised,

2340
02:06:42,240 --> 02:06:44,800
Speaker 1: when all eyes are on us. We always say the

2341
02:06:44,840 --> 02:06:47,400
Speaker 1: pressure is a privilege. So, um, it's gonna be pretty

2342
02:06:47,400 --> 02:06:53,040
Speaker 1: fun to go out there Thursday night when everybody's watching Yesterday.

2343
02:06:53,080 --> 02:06:55,040
Speaker 1: About a couple of games last year where just things

2344
02:06:55,080 --> 02:06:57,640
Speaker 1: didn't go right with Jacksonville, obviously one of them. Do

2345
02:06:57,760 --> 02:07:00,280
Speaker 1: you guys feel like with the conduity between the self

2346
02:07:00,440 --> 02:07:06,400
Speaker 1: Josh Gabe stuffitely that you're more built to withstand those

2347
02:07:06,440 --> 02:07:10,600
Speaker 1: problems and fix things almost more so quicker. Yeah, there's

2348
02:07:10,720 --> 02:07:14,920
Speaker 1: um there's a lot of adaptability that comes with this offense. UM,

2349
02:07:15,240 --> 02:07:19,360
Speaker 1: whether it's an adjustment on the sideline. UM. Josh is

2350
02:07:19,400 --> 02:07:22,880
Speaker 1: great with us having suggestions for him or you know,

2351
02:07:23,000 --> 02:07:24,960
Speaker 1: for certain routes we need to call more for certain

2352
02:07:25,040 --> 02:07:31,680
Speaker 1: little ways to very um certain plays very adaptive to that.

2353
02:07:31,800 --> 02:07:33,760
Speaker 1: But also at halftime, you know, Doris comes in with

2354
02:07:33,880 --> 02:07:37,000
Speaker 1: some great suggestions, we need to do more of this

2355
02:07:37,320 --> 02:07:40,600
Speaker 1: less of this. UM. So this offense is pretty awesome.

2356
02:07:40,640 --> 02:07:43,200
Speaker 1: Even in practice, we'll come to him like, hey, look

2357
02:07:43,240 --> 02:07:45,360
Speaker 1: at this route this way on this next play, let's

2358
02:07:45,360 --> 02:07:48,560
Speaker 1: see how it looks, UM, And usually it turns out

2359
02:07:48,600 --> 02:07:50,560
Speaker 1: pretty well because we've got some smart guys on this team,

2360
02:07:51,760 --> 02:07:54,400
Speaker 1: big tummy Sweeney supporter for a long time. What have

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02:07:54,480 --> 02:07:57,240
Speaker 1: you seen out of him this toss offseason? You know,

2362
02:07:57,520 --> 02:08:01,440
Speaker 1: also expand his role in how is he approaching? Yeah,

2363
02:08:02,240 --> 02:08:05,400
Speaker 1: he's made some incredible plays all camp. He's been very consistent.

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02:08:07,040 --> 02:08:08,680
Speaker 1: You know, everyone on the team trusts him to go

2365
02:08:08,760 --> 02:08:10,200
Speaker 1: in and do his job. Too, So it's gonna be

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02:08:10,280 --> 02:08:12,200
Speaker 1: fun to be out there with him. I know we've

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02:08:12,880 --> 02:08:15,200
Speaker 1: shared playing time a little bit over the last few years,

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02:08:15,280 --> 02:08:18,360
Speaker 1: but just coming in the same draft class, spent a

2369
02:08:18,400 --> 02:08:20,040
Speaker 1: lot of time with each other off the field. He

2370
02:08:20,160 --> 02:08:21,920
Speaker 1: really is a great friend of mine as well, but

2371
02:08:23,480 --> 02:08:25,839
Speaker 1: just a great football player, and he's just continued to develop,

2372
02:08:27,200 --> 02:08:29,560
Speaker 1: like I said, made some awesome plays in camp, continues

2373
02:08:29,600 --> 02:08:32,280
Speaker 1: to do that. So everyone has all the confidence in

2374
02:08:32,280 --> 02:08:35,800
Speaker 1: the world and him and the dulness there. It can

2375
02:08:35,880 --> 02:08:37,640
Speaker 1: help the team as a whole, but also just as

2376
02:08:37,680 --> 02:08:40,839
Speaker 1: a friend would to late to see him. Oh it's awesome.

2377
02:08:41,000 --> 02:08:44,560
Speaker 1: I mean, especially after the complication he had with COVID

2378
02:08:44,800 --> 02:08:46,520
Speaker 1: that set him out the whole year. Everyone was just

2379
02:08:46,600 --> 02:08:49,280
Speaker 1: devastated for him. Just something that was out of his

2380
02:08:49,360 --> 02:08:51,400
Speaker 1: control at the time, just put him out for a

2381
02:08:51,440 --> 02:08:53,080
Speaker 1: whole year. Like he wasn't even allowed to work out,

2382
02:08:53,120 --> 02:08:56,960
Speaker 1: so he couldn't even stay in shape. So it was incredible,

2383
02:08:57,040 --> 02:08:59,520
Speaker 1: Just a great testament to him all the work he's

2384
02:08:59,560 --> 02:09:02,040
Speaker 1: put into get back after missing basically a whole year

2385
02:09:02,080 --> 02:09:06,280
Speaker 1: of doing any type of activity. So you know, we're

2386
02:09:06,400 --> 02:09:09,680
Speaker 1: we're all in on Tommy Sweeney. One of the things

2387
02:09:09,760 --> 02:09:12,520
Speaker 1: he likes about you is there could be a bad

2388
02:09:12,600 --> 02:09:15,400
Speaker 1: play on the field and you can let it go

2389
02:09:15,640 --> 02:09:18,120
Speaker 1: right away and the next play is a good play.

2390
02:09:18,640 --> 02:09:20,720
Speaker 1: How are you able to develop that as a crow?

2391
02:09:20,960 --> 02:09:23,760
Speaker 1: You know that fine set? Yeah, I think you just

2392
02:09:23,840 --> 02:09:25,840
Speaker 1: got to have a short memory. Just play one play

2393
02:09:25,840 --> 02:09:27,600
Speaker 1: at a time. You can't get too high, can't get

2394
02:09:27,640 --> 02:09:30,560
Speaker 1: too low. I mean, you know, sometimes you see it

2395
02:09:30,760 --> 02:09:33,040
Speaker 1: the opposite way where guys will make a huge play

2396
02:09:33,120 --> 02:09:36,000
Speaker 1: and they're almost too hyped up that the next play

2397
02:09:36,080 --> 02:09:39,720
Speaker 1: isn't so good. So you just have to stay consistent. Um,

2398
02:09:40,400 --> 02:09:43,480
Speaker 1: it's something that needs to be practiced a lot too.

2399
02:09:44,280 --> 02:09:46,760
Speaker 1: We talk about not riding the roller coaster and just

2400
02:09:46,800 --> 02:09:50,160
Speaker 1: staying consistent the whole game. So it's just all about

2401
02:09:50,160 --> 02:09:51,840
Speaker 1: having a short memory, playing the next play and not

2402
02:09:52,000 --> 02:09:54,640
Speaker 1: let not letting anything that had already happened affect what's

2403
02:09:54,640 --> 02:09:58,480
Speaker 1: going to happen next to you guys who have all

2404
02:09:58,520 --> 02:10:00,240
Speaker 1: come up through this team. That when it was a

2405
02:10:00,360 --> 02:10:02,680
Speaker 1: change of offensive war year, that was spoken from with him,

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02:10:02,720 --> 02:10:05,920
Speaker 1: what's the advantage with you guys about the advantage of

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02:10:05,960 --> 02:10:08,880
Speaker 1: having a new coordinator, but somebody who's from the staff

2408
02:10:08,880 --> 02:10:12,720
Speaker 1: as opposed. Oh yeah, that's it's huge for us, you know,

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02:10:13,760 --> 02:10:18,480
Speaker 1: very similar terminology. I mean he's been Josh's quarterback coach,

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02:10:18,640 --> 02:10:21,160
Speaker 1: I think this whole time in the league, so I mean,

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02:10:21,600 --> 02:10:24,120
Speaker 1: you know they're like almost friends. You know, at this

2412
02:10:24,240 --> 02:10:28,480
Speaker 1: point they are friends. So it's just having that foundation

2413
02:10:28,520 --> 02:10:31,880
Speaker 1: that was put in with coach Dabs and now with Doris,

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02:10:32,000 --> 02:10:34,720
Speaker 1: he's you know, keeping that foundation and adding some new

2415
02:10:34,800 --> 02:10:37,640
Speaker 1: stuff that we kind of already knew from other plays

2416
02:10:37,680 --> 02:10:40,040
Speaker 1: and might get twisted around I get added to something,

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02:10:40,120 --> 02:10:42,560
Speaker 1: So it's all. It's great just having that same terminology

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Speaker 1: for most stuff. Yeah, good, all right. That's Jawson Knox

2419
02:10:48,680 --> 02:10:51,520
Speaker 1: addressing the media for the first time since rejoined the

2420
02:10:51,560 --> 02:10:54,600
Speaker 1: team a few weeks ago, clearly appreciative of all the

2421
02:10:54,640 --> 02:10:58,200
Speaker 1: well wishes from the fan base from the organization, everything

2422
02:10:58,320 --> 02:11:00,920
Speaker 1: from the moment of silence at the season game here

2423
02:11:01,760 --> 02:11:04,040
Speaker 1: right after the passing of his younger brother and the

2424
02:11:04,160 --> 02:11:08,840
Speaker 1: outpouring of support and condolences. He clearly appreciates it all.

2425
02:11:09,200 --> 02:11:13,840
Speaker 1: Also had some interesting comments too about the diversity in

2426
02:11:13,960 --> 02:11:16,920
Speaker 1: the offense that coach Ken Dorsey is bringing to it.

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Speaker 1: Steve and I will discuss that when we return here

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Speaker 1: on One Bill's Live presented by Kalat of Health. It's

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Speaker 1: Buffalo Bill's Radio. All right, welcome back to One Bill's Live.

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02:11:37,120 --> 02:11:39,160
Speaker 1: Chris Brown, Steve Task here with you here on Labor

2431
02:11:39,240 --> 02:11:42,560
Speaker 1: Day Monday, putting a kapper on this three hour program.

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02:11:43,200 --> 02:11:48,000
Speaker 1: And Steve, what Dawson Knox said has been said before

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02:11:48,120 --> 02:11:50,080
Speaker 1: by some other players on the offensive side of the

2434
02:11:50,160 --> 02:11:53,680
Speaker 1: ball concerning Ken Dorsey's approach on offense, and it is

2435
02:11:53,800 --> 02:11:59,200
Speaker 1: that there will be greater diversity, which to me means

2436
02:12:00,040 --> 02:12:05,680
Speaker 1: more personnel groupings, more people rotating through on the offensive

2437
02:12:05,720 --> 02:12:08,120
Speaker 1: side of the ball. The roster is deeper, as we know.

2438
02:12:09,680 --> 02:12:12,080
Speaker 1: What do you what do you think when you hear

2439
02:12:12,160 --> 02:12:14,640
Speaker 1: him say that, I see the same thing, different people

2440
02:12:14,720 --> 02:12:19,080
Speaker 1: on the field, different combinations, you know, a lot of

2441
02:12:20,160 --> 02:12:24,840
Speaker 1: unexpected alignments, tight ends, wide running backs, tight those kind

2442
02:12:24,880 --> 02:12:27,920
Speaker 1: of things. And also personnel, more tight end usage, more

2443
02:12:28,040 --> 02:12:32,160
Speaker 1: running back usage, and being able to run or pass

2444
02:12:32,240 --> 02:12:35,720
Speaker 1: out of more personnel sets as well. So that's just

2445
02:12:35,840 --> 02:12:40,320
Speaker 1: generally speaking, so not within you know, pass concepts. And

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02:12:40,400 --> 02:12:42,280
Speaker 1: I think I'd also be surprised if they don't have

2447
02:12:42,360 --> 02:12:45,040
Speaker 1: a more strong screen game than they've had over the

2448
02:12:45,080 --> 02:12:47,920
Speaker 1: past few years with the addition of James Cook. So

2449
02:12:47,960 --> 02:12:52,600
Speaker 1: all those things become different and added facets of the

2450
02:12:52,720 --> 02:12:55,560
Speaker 1: offense that maybe we've missed or maybe that Ken Dorsey

2451
02:12:55,640 --> 02:12:58,560
Speaker 1: has seen that because of the personnel we had and

2452
02:12:58,680 --> 02:13:00,600
Speaker 1: the personnel we now have, we got a chance to

2453
02:13:00,680 --> 02:13:02,480
Speaker 1: run and be better at If you want to know

2454
02:13:02,600 --> 02:13:05,520
Speaker 1: more about Dorsey's approach and where it comes from, you

2455
02:13:05,600 --> 02:13:08,320
Speaker 1: can check out a full blown feature story that we

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02:13:08,400 --> 02:13:11,000
Speaker 1: have up in Buffalo Bills dot com. Aggressive and ultra

2457
02:13:11,040 --> 02:13:15,440
Speaker 1: competitive Ken Dorsey poised to lift the Bills offense higher

2458
02:13:15,880 --> 02:13:19,160
Speaker 1: in twenty twenty two. Steve and I should also tell

2459
02:13:19,240 --> 02:13:23,240
Speaker 1: you that the latest edition of our weekly podcast, Bills

2460
02:13:23,360 --> 02:13:26,160
Speaker 1: by the Numbers is out as well, where we crunch

2461
02:13:26,240 --> 02:13:30,880
Speaker 1: some numbers concerning season openers and defending Super Bowl champs spoil.

2462
02:13:31,280 --> 02:13:33,800
Speaker 1: I got crushed in the numbers game. Yes, the Numbers

2463
02:13:33,880 --> 02:13:36,320
Speaker 1: Game is like a weekly comedy bit with one Stephen,

2464
02:13:36,360 --> 02:13:39,160
Speaker 1: a tasker trying to guess the answers. We tried to

2465
02:13:39,240 --> 02:13:41,200
Speaker 1: make it easy for him this week with an either

2466
02:13:41,560 --> 02:13:43,560
Speaker 1: or not, try and make it easy. You've picked the

2467
02:13:43,680 --> 02:13:45,720
Speaker 1: Rams or the Bills. You had a fifty fifty shot

2468
02:13:45,800 --> 02:13:48,280
Speaker 1: on every question, right, Well, yeah, that's a good point,

2469
02:13:48,600 --> 02:13:50,920
Speaker 1: but still it was hard. It was hard. We'd never

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02:13:51,000 --> 02:13:53,160
Speaker 1: make it easy. We'll see you tomorrow here at one

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Speaker 1: m