1 00:00:30,720 --> 00:00:35,360 Speaker 1: This One Bill's Live presented by Callida Health. 2 00:00:36,320 --> 00:00:38,600 Speaker 2: How the heck are you here? It is One Bill's 3 00:00:38,680 --> 00:00:42,200 Speaker 2: Live on a Wednesday. 4 00:00:42,560 --> 00:00:46,120 Speaker 3: Chris Brown, Steve Casker with you. Second day of mandatory 5 00:00:46,159 --> 00:00:50,240 Speaker 3: minicamp for the Bills. They're inside today because of wet 6 00:00:50,280 --> 00:00:54,800 Speaker 3: weather here in Western New York field a little soft. 7 00:00:55,000 --> 00:00:57,800 Speaker 3: You know, you don't want guys slipping and sliding everywhere. 8 00:00:57,800 --> 00:00:59,800 Speaker 3: So well, it's not like indoors, they go. 9 00:01:00,400 --> 00:01:03,800 Speaker 4: Yeah, they're not going to like, you know, a thousand 10 00:01:03,880 --> 00:01:06,400 Speaker 4: miles per hour at this time of year anyway, But yeah, 11 00:01:06,680 --> 00:01:07,520 Speaker 4: just come inside. 12 00:01:07,560 --> 00:01:10,200 Speaker 5: It's be smart enough to come in out of the rain. 13 00:01:10,520 --> 00:01:15,480 Speaker 3: That's right, And the Bills have officially announced it. Stefan 14 00:01:15,560 --> 00:01:23,839 Speaker 3: Diggs is at practice today, so after being absent yesterday, 15 00:01:24,480 --> 00:01:26,080 Speaker 3: he is there today. 16 00:01:26,240 --> 00:01:26,959 Speaker 5: He gave the. 17 00:01:28,720 --> 00:01:30,920 Speaker 4: He took a day off of practice so that all 18 00:01:30,959 --> 00:01:32,600 Speaker 4: the media in Western New York could take a day 19 00:01:32,600 --> 00:01:33,959 Speaker 4: off and only didn't have to talk about any all. 20 00:01:33,959 --> 00:01:35,240 Speaker 4: They had one thing to talk about. 21 00:01:35,319 --> 00:01:36,120 Speaker 5: Yeah, it was great. 22 00:01:39,319 --> 00:01:42,720 Speaker 3: So he is here, and you know, all is right 23 00:01:42,720 --> 00:01:45,920 Speaker 3: with the world. I guess, well, and that's kind of 24 00:01:45,959 --> 00:01:48,000 Speaker 3: where it sits and where it goes from here. 25 00:01:49,000 --> 00:01:53,000 Speaker 2: Probably business as usual, you know, so it's. 26 00:01:52,880 --> 00:01:55,240 Speaker 3: Like, we heard Josh address it yesterday, we heard Vaughn 27 00:01:55,280 --> 00:01:59,480 Speaker 3: address it yesterday. And I will say this, Steve, I 28 00:01:59,520 --> 00:02:08,639 Speaker 3: think von Miller summed up Stefan's absence yesterday perfectly in 29 00:02:08,639 --> 00:02:14,520 Speaker 3: in terms of NFL clubs. So he was basically pointing 30 00:02:14,560 --> 00:02:20,440 Speaker 3: out that, you know, you've got players on an NFL roster, 31 00:02:21,960 --> 00:02:24,400 Speaker 3: and one guy is very different from the next. 32 00:02:25,240 --> 00:02:28,440 Speaker 2: So I mean, you have. 33 00:02:28,360 --> 00:02:30,239 Speaker 3: To they're going to be all They're all going to 34 00:02:30,280 --> 00:02:35,160 Speaker 3: be treated differently, and so what you have is a 35 00:02:35,240 --> 00:02:39,000 Speaker 3: guy that is a little bit different than some other people, 36 00:02:39,160 --> 00:02:44,160 Speaker 3: just like Vaughn's different from Steph. Steph's different from James Cook, 37 00:02:45,280 --> 00:02:49,320 Speaker 3: and people have to be handled in different ways, and 38 00:02:49,440 --> 00:02:50,400 Speaker 3: he sees it as that. 39 00:02:51,400 --> 00:02:55,079 Speaker 2: So I thought he summed it up pretty. 40 00:02:54,760 --> 00:02:59,160 Speaker 3: Good, uh, in terms of you know, how how you 41 00:02:59,240 --> 00:03:03,600 Speaker 3: handle things that come up that need to be addressed 42 00:03:03,919 --> 00:03:04,919 Speaker 3: with different players. 43 00:03:05,440 --> 00:03:08,560 Speaker 4: Maybe I was maybe I've been inoculated to this kind 44 00:03:08,600 --> 00:03:11,360 Speaker 4: of thing. I was on a team that was known 45 00:03:11,400 --> 00:03:14,720 Speaker 4: as the Bickering Bills way back in the day, and 46 00:03:15,240 --> 00:03:18,160 Speaker 4: that same core group of guys became very close even 47 00:03:18,200 --> 00:03:22,760 Speaker 4: after they were known by that nickname. So this kind 48 00:03:22,800 --> 00:03:29,680 Speaker 4: of stuff, it's it's normal group dynamics. And we may 49 00:03:29,720 --> 00:03:33,320 Speaker 4: never know exactly why all the why he wasn't here yesterday, 50 00:03:33,400 --> 00:03:35,440 Speaker 4: what what what happened or whatever, Whether it was his 51 00:03:35,480 --> 00:03:38,360 Speaker 4: personal life, whether it's the football team, or his relationship 52 00:03:38,360 --> 00:03:40,640 Speaker 4: with his coach, or relationship with Josh or a different 53 00:03:40,640 --> 00:03:44,320 Speaker 4: player or that thought, it really doesn't matter this time 54 00:03:44,320 --> 00:03:46,760 Speaker 4: of years when that stuff comes out, because there are 55 00:03:46,840 --> 00:03:51,760 Speaker 4: more important things than practice. I hate to say that, 56 00:03:51,800 --> 00:03:53,840 Speaker 4: but there are these guys got lives and they got 57 00:03:54,040 --> 00:03:58,520 Speaker 4: stuff going on, and when you have issues, you tend 58 00:03:58,560 --> 00:04:01,080 Speaker 4: to swallow them and forget get about him during the 59 00:04:01,120 --> 00:04:06,280 Speaker 4: season because there's winning the game is ahead of football 60 00:04:06,320 --> 00:04:08,720 Speaker 4: twenty four to seven. But then in the offseason you 61 00:04:08,800 --> 00:04:12,840 Speaker 4: got room to think about other things, in some details 62 00:04:12,840 --> 00:04:14,640 Speaker 4: about how they do business or whatever that you want 63 00:04:14,680 --> 00:04:17,960 Speaker 4: to get out, and it manifests itself in a billion 64 00:04:18,040 --> 00:04:20,600 Speaker 4: different ways. This is the time of year for that. 65 00:04:21,720 --> 00:04:25,520 Speaker 4: It's normal. And I will say it again, it is 66 00:04:25,640 --> 00:04:26,359 Speaker 4: so normal. 67 00:04:27,760 --> 00:04:29,960 Speaker 3: I found the direct quote I was talking about regarding 68 00:04:30,040 --> 00:04:32,680 Speaker 3: Vaughan on this subject. He said, you've got a team 69 00:04:32,720 --> 00:04:35,160 Speaker 3: full of guys, and there's no guy above the team, 70 00:04:35,160 --> 00:04:37,120 Speaker 3: but you handle certain guys a different way and that's 71 00:04:37,200 --> 00:04:39,400 Speaker 3: just how it is. You cannot handle each and every 72 00:04:39,400 --> 00:04:41,720 Speaker 3: player on this team the same way. You've got all 73 00:04:41,720 --> 00:04:44,920 Speaker 3: different types of personalities and people come from different backgrounds. 74 00:04:45,200 --> 00:04:46,960 Speaker 3: And that's why I feel like I am good at 75 00:04:46,960 --> 00:04:48,880 Speaker 3: being a teammate and hopefully in the future in the 76 00:04:48,880 --> 00:04:51,520 Speaker 3: front office. I just have an instinct on how to 77 00:04:51,560 --> 00:04:54,200 Speaker 3: be able to treat guys. You treat everybody with respect, 78 00:04:54,720 --> 00:04:57,840 Speaker 3: but you cannot treat everybody the same. Steph is a 79 00:04:57,920 --> 00:05:00,280 Speaker 3: proven player in this league on and off the football field, 80 00:05:00,839 --> 00:05:03,240 Speaker 3: you know, and basically left it at that. 81 00:05:03,320 --> 00:05:07,080 Speaker 4: It's that old thing and back in the old days, 82 00:05:07,120 --> 00:05:09,520 Speaker 4: in the dark ages, when I was young and stuff. 83 00:05:09,560 --> 00:05:11,280 Speaker 4: You have these coaches say, hey, I'm gonna treat everybody 84 00:05:11,279 --> 00:05:13,960 Speaker 4: the same, doesn't matter, you get it. Well, that's that's fine, 85 00:05:13,960 --> 00:05:15,880 Speaker 4: But I can't tell you how to be a human being. 86 00:05:15,920 --> 00:05:19,200 Speaker 4: But that ain't it. You know, that's not it. I 87 00:05:19,240 --> 00:05:20,800 Speaker 4: know when you're I can tell you when you're failing 88 00:05:20,839 --> 00:05:22,480 Speaker 4: as a human being, but I'm not going to tell 89 00:05:22,480 --> 00:05:25,960 Speaker 4: you how to act like one. Yeah, everybody's got a 90 00:05:26,000 --> 00:05:29,360 Speaker 4: million problems you know nothing about. Find out what they 91 00:05:29,400 --> 00:05:31,080 Speaker 4: are and handle them the way they should be handled. 92 00:05:31,320 --> 00:05:34,919 Speaker 4: And that's why This team is better than a lot 93 00:05:34,920 --> 00:05:36,880 Speaker 4: of them. They got a coaching staff and a culture 94 00:05:36,960 --> 00:05:41,960 Speaker 4: that allows these guys that space, and they they. 95 00:05:41,839 --> 00:05:42,560 Speaker 5: Help them through it. 96 00:05:43,200 --> 00:05:45,440 Speaker 4: They're not there to it's not it doesn't have to 97 00:05:45,480 --> 00:05:48,320 Speaker 4: be contentious unless it needs to be, and they help 98 00:05:48,400 --> 00:05:51,240 Speaker 4: them through it and they work through it. It's it's 99 00:05:51,320 --> 00:05:54,560 Speaker 4: really really, it's really healthy. And I know it's all 100 00:05:54,600 --> 00:05:57,240 Speaker 4: of us out here because we didn't know anything, I mean, right, 101 00:05:57,279 --> 00:06:00,520 Speaker 4: and we still don't, right, so we make all kinds 102 00:06:00,520 --> 00:06:04,440 Speaker 4: of I mean, you go through social media, and it 103 00:06:04,520 --> 00:06:09,400 Speaker 4: was it was speculation after speculation, take after take A 104 00:06:09,440 --> 00:06:12,800 Speaker 4: wild guess was like a rumor after wild rumors. 105 00:06:12,680 --> 00:06:15,559 Speaker 2: A fire host, who is awesome, It's like a fire host. 106 00:06:15,560 --> 00:06:16,800 Speaker 5: We took a day off yesterday. 107 00:06:18,120 --> 00:06:20,240 Speaker 2: Yeah, in some ways we know what you're saying. 108 00:06:20,640 --> 00:06:22,080 Speaker 4: All we did was sit here and listen to people 109 00:06:22,360 --> 00:06:24,280 Speaker 4: speculate and we jumped on board too. 110 00:06:24,320 --> 00:06:27,280 Speaker 3: But to your point, you're right, Sean McDermott encourages his 111 00:06:27,360 --> 00:06:30,640 Speaker 3: players to express themselves. That's why you see Tredevious White 112 00:06:30,680 --> 00:06:33,159 Speaker 3: dancing out on the field during a time out, you know, 113 00:06:33,240 --> 00:06:36,240 Speaker 3: and stuff like that. That's why you see Ed Oliver 114 00:06:36,360 --> 00:06:38,680 Speaker 3: pretending he's riding a horse after he gets a sack 115 00:06:38,760 --> 00:06:39,599 Speaker 3: out there, you know. 116 00:06:39,560 --> 00:06:39,880 Speaker 2: What I mean. 117 00:06:39,960 --> 00:06:43,680 Speaker 3: So it's just so he he creates the space to 118 00:06:43,800 --> 00:06:47,279 Speaker 3: be yourself, but at the same time, there are guys 119 00:06:47,279 --> 00:06:48,920 Speaker 3: that have to be handled differently, and I just thought 120 00:06:49,000 --> 00:06:52,120 Speaker 3: Von did a good job of pointing all of that out. 121 00:06:52,920 --> 00:06:55,200 Speaker 2: We are going to go around the NFL here. 122 00:06:55,120 --> 00:06:58,320 Speaker 3: Presented by Collida Health, the official healthcare system of the 123 00:06:58,360 --> 00:07:02,800 Speaker 3: Buffalo Bills. And there were other players who were absent 124 00:07:03,440 --> 00:07:05,599 Speaker 3: from mandatory mini camp around the league. 125 00:07:06,080 --> 00:07:07,760 Speaker 2: Chiefs defensive tackle Chris. 126 00:07:07,640 --> 00:07:11,360 Speaker 3: Jones not at mandatory mini camp yesterday for the Chiefs. 127 00:07:12,240 --> 00:07:16,040 Speaker 3: His issue is contract related. The two sides have been 128 00:07:16,080 --> 00:07:21,160 Speaker 3: talking through a possible extension for proper value as Jones 129 00:07:21,200 --> 00:07:24,560 Speaker 3: sees it. So he's coming off a career high fifteen 130 00:07:24,600 --> 00:07:28,040 Speaker 3: and a half sack season, finished third in voting for Defensive. 131 00:07:27,560 --> 00:07:28,280 Speaker 2: Player of the Year. 132 00:07:29,040 --> 00:07:33,080 Speaker 3: So the general thought here is they will get this 133 00:07:33,800 --> 00:07:38,000 Speaker 3: ironed out, and if the Chiefs are smart, they'll get 134 00:07:38,040 --> 00:07:40,240 Speaker 3: it done sooner rather than later. Because Quinn Williams is 135 00:07:40,280 --> 00:07:42,920 Speaker 3: still sitting out there to get signed to a long 136 00:07:43,000 --> 00:07:46,160 Speaker 3: term contract extension two and you know, the numbers just 137 00:07:46,240 --> 00:07:49,520 Speaker 3: generally go up, and I think Quinn Williams is only 138 00:07:49,560 --> 00:07:50,440 Speaker 3: twenty five. 139 00:07:51,240 --> 00:07:52,680 Speaker 2: Chris Jones is twenty. 140 00:07:52,440 --> 00:07:56,400 Speaker 3: Eight, so Quinn might get a longer deal and more money, 141 00:07:57,360 --> 00:07:59,760 Speaker 3: so they might want to get that done sooner rather 142 00:07:59,800 --> 00:08:03,840 Speaker 3: than later. There is talk that it could stretch into 143 00:08:03,880 --> 00:08:07,280 Speaker 3: the early stages of training camp, and Chris Jones might 144 00:08:07,320 --> 00:08:10,120 Speaker 3: be doing the old hold in maneuver, which is more 145 00:08:10,120 --> 00:08:12,800 Speaker 3: popular now instead of holding out of training camp. They 146 00:08:12,840 --> 00:08:14,679 Speaker 3: report to training camp, but they don't do anything. 147 00:08:14,720 --> 00:08:15,000 Speaker 2: TJ. 148 00:08:15,120 --> 00:08:18,640 Speaker 3: Watt did that a couple of years ago, so we'll 149 00:08:18,640 --> 00:08:22,200 Speaker 3: see if that gets resolved, but right now not at 150 00:08:22,240 --> 00:08:24,480 Speaker 3: Mantory Mini camp. Will see if he misses again today. 151 00:08:24,840 --> 00:08:28,440 Speaker 3: For the Chiefs, we didn't get to this Jets news yesterday, Steve, 152 00:08:28,480 --> 00:08:31,000 Speaker 3: but the Jets signed free agent safety Adrian Amos to 153 00:08:31,080 --> 00:08:35,360 Speaker 3: a one year deal. Pretty good player to pick up 154 00:08:35,400 --> 00:08:38,280 Speaker 3: this late in the game, and the signing seemed a 155 00:08:38,320 --> 00:08:42,160 Speaker 3: little strange on the surface because the Jets appeared set 156 00:08:42,200 --> 00:08:45,959 Speaker 3: at safety. But then we learned that Chuck Clark, the 157 00:08:46,280 --> 00:08:49,840 Speaker 3: safety that the Ravens traded for, or the Jets traded 158 00:08:49,880 --> 00:08:52,240 Speaker 3: for with the Ravens. They traded a seventh round pick 159 00:08:52,280 --> 00:08:54,680 Speaker 3: to the Ravens to get Chuck Clark. He suffered a 160 00:08:54,679 --> 00:08:58,560 Speaker 3: serious knee injury at practice late last week, and there 161 00:08:58,600 --> 00:09:00,880 Speaker 3: is some concern that he may have torn his ACL 162 00:09:00,920 --> 00:09:04,560 Speaker 3: and might be out for the entire season. So that 163 00:09:04,600 --> 00:09:09,240 Speaker 3: would be a tough break for the Jets. And then 164 00:09:09,559 --> 00:09:11,880 Speaker 3: you know, you got to get Amos acclimated. You know, 165 00:09:11,880 --> 00:09:14,600 Speaker 3: he's a veteran player, so you would think they would 166 00:09:14,640 --> 00:09:18,560 Speaker 3: be able to accomplish that in relatively short order. 167 00:09:18,600 --> 00:09:20,199 Speaker 2: But that is a loss for them. 168 00:09:20,200 --> 00:09:22,200 Speaker 3: I thought that was a nice acquisition for them for 169 00:09:22,280 --> 00:09:24,880 Speaker 3: just a seventh round pick, and now it may be 170 00:09:25,000 --> 00:09:30,440 Speaker 3: all going up in smoke Breece. Hall is another player 171 00:09:31,240 --> 00:09:33,520 Speaker 3: that is going to be under the microscope here, maybe 172 00:09:33,520 --> 00:09:36,280 Speaker 3: not now so much as money reports to camp. We've 173 00:09:36,320 --> 00:09:39,120 Speaker 3: heard Robert Salaz say he looks great. He's hitting twenty 174 00:09:39,120 --> 00:09:41,880 Speaker 3: two miles per hour on the GPS, coming off as 175 00:09:41,920 --> 00:09:45,120 Speaker 3: ACL tear around mid season last year. So they've been 176 00:09:45,440 --> 00:09:48,880 Speaker 3: resolutely optimistic that Hall is going to be ready for 177 00:09:48,920 --> 00:09:51,600 Speaker 3: that Week one game against the Bills on Monday Night Football. 178 00:09:52,559 --> 00:09:56,840 Speaker 3: But there are some reporters in doing some research that 179 00:09:57,000 --> 00:10:02,360 Speaker 3: aren't as confident, and there are some suggestions now that 180 00:10:03,120 --> 00:10:06,320 Speaker 3: even if Hall does come back, he's going to be 181 00:10:06,480 --> 00:10:10,360 Speaker 3: eased into the job. If you remember they they drafted 182 00:10:10,480 --> 00:10:12,240 Speaker 3: Israel Abana Kanda had a pit. 183 00:10:12,600 --> 00:10:14,160 Speaker 2: I think in the fifth round. 184 00:10:14,200 --> 00:10:16,600 Speaker 3: I want to say, if I have that right, and 185 00:10:16,679 --> 00:10:19,920 Speaker 3: so it looks like in the early stages of the season, 186 00:10:20,000 --> 00:10:22,440 Speaker 3: if and when he does come back, even if it 187 00:10:22,480 --> 00:10:27,480 Speaker 3: is week one, his his snaps and his workload will 188 00:10:27,480 --> 00:10:30,760 Speaker 3: be monitored and undoubtedly on a pitch count. 189 00:10:31,760 --> 00:10:35,120 Speaker 4: So well you would expect a player like now, I 190 00:10:35,160 --> 00:10:38,720 Speaker 4: think this breist Hall. I know he's got hurt halfway 191 00:10:38,800 --> 00:10:40,200 Speaker 4: or two thirds of the way through his rook now 192 00:10:40,280 --> 00:10:42,160 Speaker 4: week seven, right, So he got hurt. 193 00:10:41,960 --> 00:10:42,920 Speaker 5: Halfway through the season. 194 00:10:43,880 --> 00:10:45,560 Speaker 4: I don't want to give him the kind of level 195 00:10:45,559 --> 00:10:47,480 Speaker 4: that we're talking about, but he's like Von Miller for 196 00:10:47,480 --> 00:10:48,920 Speaker 4: the Jets. I mean, this guy was on his way 197 00:10:48,920 --> 00:10:50,960 Speaker 4: to being rookie Offensive Rookie of the Year. He was, 198 00:10:51,120 --> 00:10:54,240 Speaker 4: and plus he's a running back, so his prime is 199 00:10:54,360 --> 00:10:57,000 Speaker 4: years one through five. So they got him right in 200 00:10:57,040 --> 00:11:00,160 Speaker 4: his prime. They're gonna they're gonna trickle him back in. 201 00:11:01,080 --> 00:11:02,960 Speaker 4: They're not going to take a chance on throwing him 202 00:11:02,960 --> 00:11:04,719 Speaker 4: in there and giving him to twenty five carries a 203 00:11:04,760 --> 00:11:06,640 Speaker 4: game right out of the gate, So they're going to 204 00:11:06,679 --> 00:11:10,000 Speaker 4: treat him a lot like Brownie Knight surmise they'll probably 205 00:11:10,040 --> 00:11:13,079 Speaker 4: treat Vaughn when he comes back no same thing. They're 206 00:11:13,120 --> 00:11:16,719 Speaker 4: both two really, really important players, and you want to 207 00:11:16,760 --> 00:11:18,880 Speaker 4: make sure when they come back, they come back and 208 00:11:18,920 --> 00:11:22,880 Speaker 4: ease into it gradually so that there's no major setting back. 209 00:11:23,000 --> 00:11:25,719 Speaker 3: We saw the Ravens do that with JK. Dobbins last year. 210 00:11:25,760 --> 00:11:28,160 Speaker 3: They kind of eased him in through the first half 211 00:11:28,160 --> 00:11:30,760 Speaker 3: of the season and then his workload increased on the 212 00:11:30,800 --> 00:11:34,240 Speaker 3: back half of the schedule. So be interesting to see 213 00:11:34,240 --> 00:11:38,600 Speaker 3: if they take that approach. Some Jets reporters have even 214 00:11:38,880 --> 00:11:42,320 Speaker 3: proposed the idea of the Jets trying to go after 215 00:11:42,480 --> 00:11:46,480 Speaker 3: Dalvin Cook if they're unsure as to whether Priests Hall 216 00:11:46,480 --> 00:11:49,160 Speaker 3: will be ready for the start of the season. So 217 00:11:50,120 --> 00:11:52,800 Speaker 3: I think that's a little bit more far fetched, but 218 00:11:53,000 --> 00:11:53,480 Speaker 3: you never know. 219 00:11:53,600 --> 00:11:54,000 Speaker 5: It may be. 220 00:11:54,240 --> 00:11:58,719 Speaker 4: But let's face it, in today's world, there's a lot 221 00:11:58,720 --> 00:12:03,080 Speaker 4: of running backs. You get good one like Playoff Lenny's 222 00:12:03,120 --> 00:12:06,320 Speaker 4: still out there, you know, Leonard Fournette's still out there. 223 00:12:06,480 --> 00:12:08,280 Speaker 5: Leonard Fournette is still out there. Now. 224 00:12:08,320 --> 00:12:10,520 Speaker 4: He's a you know, he's a little bit more of 225 00:12:10,559 --> 00:12:12,880 Speaker 4: a wild card than some of the other guys. 226 00:12:12,880 --> 00:12:14,120 Speaker 5: But I'm telling you what. That guy is. 227 00:12:14,120 --> 00:12:17,640 Speaker 4: A big back who can go and he brings a 228 00:12:17,640 --> 00:12:19,840 Speaker 4: lot of cachet to the spot. So there's some guys 229 00:12:19,880 --> 00:12:22,920 Speaker 4: available if the Jets really do are if they are 230 00:12:23,080 --> 00:12:29,800 Speaker 4: interested in, you know, shoring up that position until Hull 231 00:12:29,880 --> 00:12:34,920 Speaker 4: gets back. There's guys out there, and if they do that, 232 00:12:34,920 --> 00:12:36,600 Speaker 4: that'll tell you all you need to know about Breeze 233 00:12:36,640 --> 00:12:38,120 Speaker 4: Hall and how fast he's coming back. 234 00:12:38,600 --> 00:12:39,120 Speaker 2: Yeah. 235 00:12:39,600 --> 00:12:44,720 Speaker 3: Other AFC East news, the Patriots, we know they signed 236 00:12:45,440 --> 00:12:48,679 Speaker 3: Juju smith Schuster away from the Chiefs. He is one 237 00:12:48,679 --> 00:12:52,560 Speaker 3: of their top receivers in their pecking order. He has 238 00:12:52,760 --> 00:12:57,680 Speaker 3: did not participate in New England's mandatory mini camp. This week, 239 00:12:58,480 --> 00:13:01,880 Speaker 3: Friend of the Show Mike Gardi was reporting that smith 240 00:13:01,880 --> 00:13:05,280 Speaker 3: Schuster had to be managed through the second half of 241 00:13:05,320 --> 00:13:08,200 Speaker 3: the twenty twenty two season as he struggled with a 242 00:13:08,360 --> 00:13:12,920 Speaker 3: lingering knee issue, one of many injuries Juju has had 243 00:13:12,960 --> 00:13:17,320 Speaker 3: through his very short six year career. Now he's not 244 00:13:17,480 --> 00:13:20,640 Speaker 3: participating in mandatory mini camp, or at least he didn't. 245 00:13:20,640 --> 00:13:25,199 Speaker 2: And it's presumed that it's the same lingering knee issue. 246 00:13:25,679 --> 00:13:29,200 Speaker 3: That's not good, right, that's because we're going on six 247 00:13:29,240 --> 00:13:30,679 Speaker 3: months now, right, seven months, and. 248 00:13:30,679 --> 00:13:31,319 Speaker 5: I get it too. 249 00:13:31,400 --> 00:13:33,480 Speaker 4: You want to take it if he's your number one 250 00:13:33,520 --> 00:13:34,720 Speaker 4: guy and you want to treat him with a little, 251 00:13:34,760 --> 00:13:39,000 Speaker 4: you know, some caution. Okay, But six months into it 252 00:13:39,200 --> 00:13:41,120 Speaker 4: and he's still not right now. 253 00:13:41,120 --> 00:13:44,600 Speaker 5: I would say this too. They had to give him 254 00:13:44,600 --> 00:13:46,280 Speaker 5: a physical before they signed him. 255 00:13:46,440 --> 00:13:49,720 Speaker 4: Yeah, so they've probably got an idea that it's not 256 00:13:49,880 --> 00:13:55,040 Speaker 4: long term, and maybe they're allowing him or purposely holding 257 00:13:55,120 --> 00:13:57,520 Speaker 4: him out so that he's one hundred percent when they 258 00:13:57,520 --> 00:14:00,920 Speaker 4: do turn him loose. But you're right, with his history 259 00:14:01,520 --> 00:14:06,160 Speaker 4: of being a little bit fragile, Yeah, I would imagine 260 00:14:06,160 --> 00:14:09,200 Speaker 4: they would themselves be cautious about throwing him out there 261 00:14:09,200 --> 00:14:12,120 Speaker 4: in a mandatory mini camp and getting him hurt again. 262 00:14:13,280 --> 00:14:14,960 Speaker 2: This is what Mike g already said. I'm just going 263 00:14:15,040 --> 00:14:15,959 Speaker 2: to quote him directly. 264 00:14:16,559 --> 00:14:18,800 Speaker 3: The fact that he's still dealing with physical ailments in 265 00:14:18,880 --> 00:14:21,600 Speaker 3: June is concerning, especially as you take a deeper look 266 00:14:21,640 --> 00:14:26,080 Speaker 3: at his injury history. Remember Smith Schuster spoke on how 267 00:14:26,160 --> 00:14:29,280 Speaker 3: challenging this playbook in New England is to learn. 268 00:14:30,240 --> 00:14:31,520 Speaker 2: It's assumed he's. 269 00:14:31,280 --> 00:14:33,880 Speaker 3: Going to be the Patriots number one wide out when healthy, 270 00:14:34,720 --> 00:14:38,920 Speaker 3: unless the team signs DeAndre Hopkins in the coming weeks. 271 00:14:39,400 --> 00:14:40,560 Speaker 2: But his knee issue is. 272 00:14:40,520 --> 00:14:42,560 Speaker 3: Something that is now under the microscope and on the 273 00:14:42,640 --> 00:14:48,680 Speaker 3: radar of Patriots reporters. Hopkins is visiting today and tomorrow 274 00:14:48,800 --> 00:14:49,880 Speaker 3: in New England. 275 00:14:50,400 --> 00:14:53,320 Speaker 4: We're gonna have Mike Gardi on the show tomorrow, so 276 00:14:53,480 --> 00:14:56,160 Speaker 4: maybe we can check in with him, just check into it. 277 00:14:56,200 --> 00:15:00,400 Speaker 4: But de hop is making the rounds and face at 278 00:15:00,440 --> 00:15:04,720 Speaker 4: the Patriots. If they have a blind spot in their 279 00:15:04,760 --> 00:15:08,640 Speaker 4: player evaluation, it's a wide receiver. They can't pick a 280 00:15:08,680 --> 00:15:12,080 Speaker 4: guy that plays up to the potential. Maybe they can 281 00:15:12,240 --> 00:15:14,840 Speaker 4: get Dejandre Hopkins to bring him in and have him, 282 00:15:15,160 --> 00:15:17,200 Speaker 4: you know, resurrect a little bit of what he was 283 00:15:17,240 --> 00:15:20,120 Speaker 4: able to do as a great player. But their history 284 00:15:20,120 --> 00:15:23,400 Speaker 4: with wide receivers has been horrible, with one exception maybe 285 00:15:23,800 --> 00:15:24,560 Speaker 4: Randy Moss. 286 00:15:24,600 --> 00:15:26,840 Speaker 3: Well, they traded for Wes Welker Toos. That was a 287 00:15:26,880 --> 00:15:28,200 Speaker 3: good move for them. 288 00:15:28,360 --> 00:15:30,760 Speaker 2: They're better trading for receivers than. 289 00:15:30,680 --> 00:15:34,280 Speaker 3: They are drafting receivers. That much is known. And because 290 00:15:34,280 --> 00:15:36,400 Speaker 3: they can't draft receivers to save their life. 291 00:15:36,200 --> 00:15:39,360 Speaker 4: I'm pretty sure Tom Brady could have made you into 292 00:15:39,360 --> 00:15:43,560 Speaker 4: a pretty good slot receiver, Brownie Steve. I don't know 293 00:15:43,600 --> 00:15:47,120 Speaker 4: if I agree, Julian Edelman, but well, you'd have been 294 00:15:47,120 --> 00:15:48,880 Speaker 4: better than with a lot of guys. But yeah, I 295 00:15:48,880 --> 00:15:51,800 Speaker 4: mean not. But as far as a big time X receiver, 296 00:15:51,880 --> 00:15:54,800 Speaker 4: they have struggled. They have not been able to find 297 00:15:54,840 --> 00:15:58,480 Speaker 4: a guy. They didn't Randy Moss was there for a minute. Man, 298 00:15:58,520 --> 00:16:00,760 Speaker 4: he was he could really go. But you know, his 299 00:16:01,440 --> 00:16:05,600 Speaker 4: career in New England seemed startlingly short for how good 300 00:16:05,600 --> 00:16:06,920 Speaker 4: it was almost two or three years. 301 00:16:07,000 --> 00:16:12,880 Speaker 3: Yeah, the Rams steve created some cap space for themselves. 302 00:16:13,600 --> 00:16:17,680 Speaker 3: They converted almost fourteen million of Cooper Cup's base salary 303 00:16:18,200 --> 00:16:20,720 Speaker 3: into a signing bonus. It creates more than ten million 304 00:16:20,720 --> 00:16:25,360 Speaker 3: in cap space. And they're already speculating out there. What 305 00:16:25,440 --> 00:16:28,240 Speaker 3: are they creating the cab space for a lot of 306 00:16:28,280 --> 00:16:32,960 Speaker 3: speculation surrounds Dalvin Cook, the free agent running back who 307 00:16:32,960 --> 00:16:35,400 Speaker 3: may get an opportunity out in LA. If you have 308 00:16:35,480 --> 00:16:37,360 Speaker 3: ten million in cab space, you can use a lot 309 00:16:37,400 --> 00:16:42,240 Speaker 3: of that to satisfy what probably Cook is looking for. 310 00:16:42,520 --> 00:16:43,920 Speaker 3: I don't think he's going to make the same money 311 00:16:43,920 --> 00:16:46,160 Speaker 3: he was on the hook for in Minnesota. That's the 312 00:16:46,200 --> 00:16:48,080 Speaker 3: whole reason Minnesota released. And he'd be lucky to get 313 00:16:48,120 --> 00:16:48,440 Speaker 3: half of that. 314 00:16:48,680 --> 00:16:49,600 Speaker 5: He may get half of that. 315 00:16:49,720 --> 00:16:52,000 Speaker 4: Yeah, they need at least five or six just to 316 00:16:52,120 --> 00:16:56,280 Speaker 4: function throughout the season with injuries and practice squad rotations 317 00:16:56,280 --> 00:16:59,000 Speaker 4: and that kind of thing. But it'll be interesting to 318 00:16:59,000 --> 00:17:03,000 Speaker 4: see because the way that the Rams have built their roster, 319 00:17:04,160 --> 00:17:08,720 Speaker 4: it's extremely top heavy, and last year you get one 320 00:17:08,800 --> 00:17:12,000 Speaker 4: or two of those key, top top guys hurt and 321 00:17:12,040 --> 00:17:14,399 Speaker 4: all of a sudden, they're just they're just another group. 322 00:17:15,480 --> 00:17:18,600 Speaker 4: They go from being world champions to middle of the 323 00:17:18,680 --> 00:17:22,200 Speaker 4: road at best. So that's that's where they're at. And 324 00:17:22,480 --> 00:17:24,679 Speaker 4: you know, getting Cup in there, and if they do 325 00:17:24,760 --> 00:17:27,119 Speaker 4: sign another big name guy, which is their pension to do. 326 00:17:27,160 --> 00:17:31,280 Speaker 4: They signed star players and pay them, it'll be interesting 327 00:17:31,320 --> 00:17:33,680 Speaker 4: to see if they can rebuild it fast or how 328 00:17:33,680 --> 00:17:37,320 Speaker 4: long it takes them. Certainly, losing Matt Stafford, loosing Aaron 329 00:17:37,400 --> 00:17:41,399 Speaker 4: Donald puts a pin in your puts a pin in 330 00:17:41,440 --> 00:17:45,399 Speaker 4: your in your season. But we'll see they do it 331 00:17:45,400 --> 00:17:47,760 Speaker 4: different out there. They won a world championship doing it, 332 00:17:47,800 --> 00:17:50,199 Speaker 4: so you're gonna have a hard time convincing them they 333 00:17:50,200 --> 00:17:50,840 Speaker 4: can't do it again. 334 00:17:50,840 --> 00:17:51,720 Speaker 5: I would imagine. 335 00:17:52,000 --> 00:17:54,280 Speaker 3: One last thing that came down right before we went 336 00:17:54,320 --> 00:17:58,480 Speaker 3: on the air, the NFL owners have been told to 337 00:17:58,600 --> 00:18:03,199 Speaker 3: reserve July twentieth and August eighth as dates for a 338 00:18:03,240 --> 00:18:07,760 Speaker 3: possible special League meeting, which many people believe will be 339 00:18:07,840 --> 00:18:11,560 Speaker 3: the final vote to approve the sale of the Washington 340 00:18:11,920 --> 00:18:16,720 Speaker 3: Commanders to the Josh Harris group. Josh Harris also owns 341 00:18:16,760 --> 00:18:20,600 Speaker 3: the Philadelphia seventy six ers, among other assets. So it 342 00:18:20,680 --> 00:18:24,880 Speaker 3: looks like it will go through. I mean, the assumption 343 00:18:25,000 --> 00:18:30,639 Speaker 3: is it will go through early August. So and you know, 344 00:18:30,760 --> 00:18:33,520 Speaker 3: I'm not gonna pretend. I can't remember when the Hall 345 00:18:33,560 --> 00:18:36,760 Speaker 3: of Fame game shows up on the calendar, But couldn't 346 00:18:36,760 --> 00:18:38,000 Speaker 3: you see the NFL. 347 00:18:38,520 --> 00:18:40,960 Speaker 2: Approving the new owners and then you. 348 00:18:40,960 --> 00:18:42,680 Speaker 3: Trot them out at halftime in the Hall of Fame 349 00:18:42,720 --> 00:18:44,520 Speaker 3: game or you get them on the you get them 350 00:18:44,560 --> 00:18:46,200 Speaker 3: up in the TV booth. 351 00:18:45,920 --> 00:18:48,040 Speaker 5: That happens. Are they in the are they in the No? 352 00:18:48,080 --> 00:18:50,240 Speaker 2: I don't, No, I don't the Jets are. I don't 353 00:18:50,240 --> 00:18:51,160 Speaker 2: know who the Jets are playing. 354 00:18:51,200 --> 00:18:52,720 Speaker 4: That's a good call. I can't remember who the Jets 355 00:18:52,720 --> 00:18:57,040 Speaker 4: are playing in the Hall of Fame game. But yeah, yes, 356 00:18:57,160 --> 00:18:59,400 Speaker 4: that would be very nice, That would be very nice. 357 00:18:59,400 --> 00:19:00,320 Speaker 5: I'm you know. 358 00:19:00,840 --> 00:19:04,560 Speaker 4: But most ownerships start out with a little bit of 359 00:19:04,560 --> 00:19:07,120 Speaker 4: a flurry, in a little honeymoon period. Some of them 360 00:19:08,200 --> 00:19:10,080 Speaker 4: go south rather quickly, and the others don't. 361 00:19:12,080 --> 00:19:15,800 Speaker 3: So that is around the NFL presented by Kalida Health. 362 00:19:16,080 --> 00:19:17,480 Speaker 3: We do want to get to the phones at eight 363 00:19:17,520 --> 00:19:20,000 Speaker 3: oh three oh five point fifty one eight and eighty 364 00:19:20,000 --> 00:19:21,919 Speaker 3: five point fifty two, five fifty. 365 00:19:21,640 --> 00:19:23,040 Speaker 2: The number to get on board. We do have an 366 00:19:23,080 --> 00:19:23,920 Speaker 2: open line for you. 367 00:19:24,280 --> 00:19:26,679 Speaker 3: But we're going to lead things off today with Keith 368 00:19:26,840 --> 00:19:28,520 Speaker 3: and Holland what do you got for is Keith, you're 369 00:19:28,520 --> 00:19:29,240 Speaker 3: on One Bill's Live. 370 00:19:30,480 --> 00:19:33,080 Speaker 6: Well, listen you guys. You know I don't ever question 371 00:19:33,200 --> 00:19:36,680 Speaker 6: your integrity whatsoever. I know you guys kind of a 372 00:19:36,760 --> 00:19:38,920 Speaker 6: little bit of Homer's but you gotta be that's your job. 373 00:19:39,600 --> 00:19:43,160 Speaker 6: But something's not fitting. You know, you're kind of low 374 00:19:43,240 --> 00:19:47,760 Speaker 6: keying the whole big thing. And Stee say, these things happened. 375 00:19:47,760 --> 00:19:52,880 Speaker 6: But meanwhile, what doesn't match is that the coach said 376 00:19:52,920 --> 00:19:57,399 Speaker 6: he was concerned yesterday. So that doesn't quite match the 377 00:19:57,560 --> 00:20:01,399 Speaker 6: kind of a conversation we're having here on One Bill's 378 00:20:01,400 --> 00:20:05,480 Speaker 6: Live about the consequences. Now it was a personal thing 379 00:20:06,200 --> 00:20:09,280 Speaker 6: with step Thigs. They could simply say, look, this is personal, 380 00:20:09,320 --> 00:20:11,480 Speaker 6: has nothing to do with football. We'll take care of 381 00:20:11,560 --> 00:20:13,359 Speaker 6: it internally, and that would put it the east. But 382 00:20:13,440 --> 00:20:16,280 Speaker 6: that's not what the coach said, so, I'm really interested 383 00:20:16,280 --> 00:20:19,600 Speaker 6: in seeing how we can make these two corners meet 384 00:20:20,640 --> 00:20:22,840 Speaker 6: in such a way that it's believable. 385 00:20:24,000 --> 00:20:26,320 Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean, I don't know that we're ever going 386 00:20:26,400 --> 00:20:28,520 Speaker 3: to get that opportunity, Keith. To be honest with you, 387 00:20:29,000 --> 00:20:33,439 Speaker 3: it was pretty clear that Josh yesterday was measuring his 388 00:20:33,520 --> 00:20:39,280 Speaker 3: words very carefully and talking about this subject with Steph. 389 00:20:39,400 --> 00:20:42,320 Speaker 3: He initially said it was not football related, but then 390 00:20:42,400 --> 00:20:46,640 Speaker 3: mentioned football type things and then talked about communication within 391 00:20:46,680 --> 00:20:48,720 Speaker 3: the organization, so. 392 00:20:50,160 --> 00:20:52,359 Speaker 2: We can only speculate. 393 00:20:51,800 --> 00:20:55,720 Speaker 3: And then Josh finalized his comments by saying, we're going 394 00:20:55,800 --> 00:20:56,800 Speaker 3: to keep that internal. 395 00:20:57,640 --> 00:20:59,480 Speaker 2: So I don't know that we're. 396 00:20:59,320 --> 00:21:03,560 Speaker 3: Ever going to yet the full story on what prompted 397 00:21:03,560 --> 00:21:08,040 Speaker 3: his decision to be absent from practice yesterday. And I 398 00:21:08,080 --> 00:21:11,320 Speaker 3: think that all parties involved, and this is just a 399 00:21:11,359 --> 00:21:13,320 Speaker 3: guess on my part, but I would tend to think 400 00:21:13,640 --> 00:21:17,760 Speaker 3: that all parties involved would prefer to leave this in 401 00:21:18,960 --> 00:21:22,400 Speaker 3: the past and in the rearview mirror and just move forward, 402 00:21:22,800 --> 00:21:27,639 Speaker 3: making sure, of course, that whatever caused the issue is resolved. 403 00:21:28,359 --> 00:21:33,199 Speaker 3: And von Miller said it five times yesterday. It's not 404 00:21:33,280 --> 00:21:37,159 Speaker 3: that serious. It isn't that serious. He said it five 405 00:21:37,320 --> 00:21:41,920 Speaker 3: times in a fifteen minute interview. So Vaughn's been around 406 00:21:41,960 --> 00:21:45,240 Speaker 3: the block. He's like a twelve or thirteen year NFL veteran. 407 00:21:46,119 --> 00:21:48,879 Speaker 3: He's seen a lot of stuff and a lot of 408 00:21:48,920 --> 00:21:52,679 Speaker 3: players that have had issues over the years. If he 409 00:21:52,720 --> 00:21:56,280 Speaker 3: says it's not serious, I don't think he's downplaying it. 410 00:21:56,320 --> 00:21:57,679 Speaker 2: He's a pretty straight shooter. 411 00:21:58,880 --> 00:22:05,399 Speaker 3: So, I mean, I don't know, I understand that. You know, 412 00:22:05,480 --> 00:22:08,800 Speaker 3: Coach McDermott said he's very concerned. If you know coach 413 00:22:08,880 --> 00:22:13,400 Speaker 3: McDermott and how important every single practice is to him. 414 00:22:13,760 --> 00:22:14,800 Speaker 3: I mean, he's that's just. 415 00:22:14,760 --> 00:22:15,320 Speaker 2: Who he is. 416 00:22:15,400 --> 00:22:21,560 Speaker 3: He's a grinder and you know, practice is important. It's 417 00:22:21,680 --> 00:22:24,879 Speaker 3: part of the process, and that's why it resonates I 418 00:22:24,880 --> 00:22:27,240 Speaker 3: think with coach the way it did yesterday. 419 00:22:28,280 --> 00:22:35,719 Speaker 4: Yeah, yeah, right, like coaches. Yeah, that's head Coaches are 420 00:22:35,760 --> 00:22:37,920 Speaker 4: paid to worry about stuff like that and be concerned 421 00:22:37,920 --> 00:22:38,320 Speaker 4: about it. 422 00:22:38,760 --> 00:22:38,920 Speaker 7: Huh. 423 00:22:39,640 --> 00:22:43,040 Speaker 4: I just yeah, I get it what you're saying, you know, 424 00:22:43,280 --> 00:22:45,679 Speaker 4: as a caller from Keith from Holland, I get it. 425 00:22:45,720 --> 00:22:50,120 Speaker 5: But I just it's not that big a deal. That's 426 00:22:50,160 --> 00:22:50,800 Speaker 5: all I can say. 427 00:22:50,880 --> 00:22:53,159 Speaker 4: Yeah, I didn't think it was yesterday, I said it, 428 00:22:54,400 --> 00:22:59,080 Speaker 4: and I still don't until I see some evidence that 429 00:22:59,119 --> 00:23:00,600 Speaker 4: it is. 430 00:23:01,640 --> 00:23:04,399 Speaker 2: Back to the phones and to Ron and Alden. What 431 00:23:04,440 --> 00:23:04,960 Speaker 2: do you got for us? 432 00:23:05,000 --> 00:23:05,160 Speaker 8: Ron? 433 00:23:05,200 --> 00:23:06,080 Speaker 2: You're on one bills live. 434 00:23:06,920 --> 00:23:09,720 Speaker 9: Hey guys, hope you guys are doing well on this beautiful. 435 00:23:09,320 --> 00:23:09,800 Speaker 10: Great day. 436 00:23:10,040 --> 00:23:10,520 Speaker 11: I'm sorry. 437 00:23:10,560 --> 00:23:11,920 Speaker 9: I'm not gonna talk about digs. 438 00:23:11,960 --> 00:23:12,760 Speaker 6: I just don't want to. 439 00:23:12,880 --> 00:23:13,280 Speaker 2: That's fine. 440 00:23:13,280 --> 00:23:14,840 Speaker 11: I do a question. I do have a question. 441 00:23:14,920 --> 00:23:17,080 Speaker 9: It might be more for Steve because I don't know 442 00:23:17,080 --> 00:23:18,720 Speaker 9: how Brownie, how long you've been with the Bills, but 443 00:23:19,840 --> 00:23:21,600 Speaker 9: I you know, you have the draft and all of 444 00:23:21,640 --> 00:23:23,520 Speaker 9: a sudden, then you have these rookie camp and these 445 00:23:23,560 --> 00:23:26,160 Speaker 9: okas and these mini camps, and then take a break 446 00:23:26,200 --> 00:23:28,080 Speaker 9: for a while, then you got training camp. I've been 447 00:23:28,119 --> 00:23:31,040 Speaker 9: watching the Bill since nineteen eighty, so I'm a little old. 448 00:23:31,240 --> 00:23:33,560 Speaker 9: And all I remember is it might be a social 449 00:23:33,600 --> 00:23:36,280 Speaker 9: media thing because it wasn't there then. But it's like, oh, 450 00:23:36,359 --> 00:23:39,359 Speaker 9: preseason started, yay, and then football and then the super 451 00:23:39,400 --> 00:23:41,840 Speaker 9: Bowl and then oh the Draft and oh yeah, uh 452 00:23:42,280 --> 00:23:44,200 Speaker 9: training camp. But you know, training camp was always there. 453 00:23:44,280 --> 00:23:46,840 Speaker 9: I don't know that existed back in predoniing that. But 454 00:23:46,920 --> 00:23:49,399 Speaker 9: when did all these okas in mini camps and all 455 00:23:49,440 --> 00:23:50,560 Speaker 9: these other things like in a. 456 00:23:50,480 --> 00:23:51,360 Speaker 11: Year round operation? 457 00:23:51,480 --> 00:23:51,640 Speaker 7: Now? 458 00:23:51,880 --> 00:23:52,760 Speaker 12: See, was it like that? 459 00:23:52,880 --> 00:23:55,119 Speaker 9: When you were playing or when did this all start? 460 00:23:55,160 --> 00:23:58,720 Speaker 9: That it was like all this NonStop football now hang up. 461 00:23:58,640 --> 00:24:01,399 Speaker 4: To us and thinks the schedule that you're talking about 462 00:24:01,520 --> 00:24:04,520 Speaker 4: started at the last CBA. And what was happening was 463 00:24:04,520 --> 00:24:06,479 Speaker 4: there was starting to be a big disparity in what 464 00:24:06,640 --> 00:24:09,760 Speaker 4: some teams were doing and what others weren't. Teams were 465 00:24:09,760 --> 00:24:15,960 Speaker 4: given these like two month voluntary finger quotes, voluntary workout things, 466 00:24:16,000 --> 00:24:19,399 Speaker 4: and it was voluntary until you didn't show up, and 467 00:24:19,480 --> 00:24:21,920 Speaker 4: the coaches started getting I say, hey, where are you at? 468 00:24:22,160 --> 00:24:24,840 Speaker 4: Don't you care? And so the players are like, oh gosh, 469 00:24:24,920 --> 00:24:27,880 Speaker 4: it's not really voluntary now, is it. So the CBA 470 00:24:28,000 --> 00:24:31,280 Speaker 4: got involved and now they've got it narrowed down to 471 00:24:31,359 --> 00:24:34,520 Speaker 4: like two or three weeks Monday through Thursday. Of these 472 00:24:34,560 --> 00:24:36,919 Speaker 4: weeks three weeks in a row of where they can 473 00:24:36,960 --> 00:24:40,240 Speaker 4: come in and say it's voluntary OTAs which they say voluntary, 474 00:24:40,240 --> 00:24:41,080 Speaker 4: but if you're not there. 475 00:24:40,920 --> 00:24:41,560 Speaker 5: It's like a thing. 476 00:24:41,680 --> 00:24:45,440 Speaker 4: Right then they do have a three day mini camp, 477 00:24:45,480 --> 00:24:48,040 Speaker 4: mandatory mini camp where if you're not there you're fined, 478 00:24:48,480 --> 00:24:52,320 Speaker 4: which is what this thing is with Steph Diggs and today, yesterday, 479 00:24:52,040 --> 00:24:55,000 Speaker 4: today and tomorrow are a three. It's a three day 480 00:24:55,040 --> 00:24:56,680 Speaker 4: thing where they come in and they can actually do 481 00:24:56,720 --> 00:24:59,040 Speaker 4: some things that they haven't been able to do during 482 00:24:59,080 --> 00:25:03,280 Speaker 4: the OTAs. The organized team activities, that's what an OTA is. 483 00:25:04,000 --> 00:25:08,400 Speaker 4: They're organized team activities, but they're not mandatory. So that's 484 00:25:08,400 --> 00:25:11,000 Speaker 4: the only difference. But the schedule that you're talking about, 485 00:25:11,000 --> 00:25:13,280 Speaker 4: where has been year round now in football's coming at 486 00:25:13,280 --> 00:25:15,040 Speaker 4: this time of year and has been for a month, 487 00:25:16,160 --> 00:25:18,720 Speaker 4: all has to do with the Collective Bargaining Agreement because 488 00:25:19,280 --> 00:25:25,320 Speaker 4: before that, like I said, it voluntary, wasn't voluntary. 489 00:25:25,320 --> 00:25:25,960 Speaker 2: You didn't have to do. 490 00:25:25,960 --> 00:25:28,359 Speaker 3: A lot of that though in the spring, right, there 491 00:25:28,440 --> 00:25:29,840 Speaker 3: wasn't an inordinate number. 492 00:25:29,640 --> 00:25:31,440 Speaker 5: Of Not when I was it was thirty years ago, 493 00:25:31,480 --> 00:25:32,760 Speaker 5: so no, not when I was doing. 494 00:25:32,560 --> 00:25:34,119 Speaker 3: But I will tell you when I was covering the 495 00:25:34,160 --> 00:25:37,600 Speaker 3: team right after Y two k and two thousand and one, 496 00:25:37,680 --> 00:25:39,720 Speaker 3: two thousand and two, two thousand and three, those early 497 00:25:39,760 --> 00:25:43,600 Speaker 3: two thousands, in the very very very late nineties, the 498 00:25:43,640 --> 00:25:48,440 Speaker 3: OTA practices rookie Mini camp and Mini camp, they were endless. Yeah, 499 00:25:48,520 --> 00:25:51,840 Speaker 3: they were like three four weeks of OTAs all through 500 00:25:51,880 --> 00:25:55,000 Speaker 3: the month of May, and then there was June Mini 501 00:25:55,040 --> 00:26:00,639 Speaker 3: camp and as Steve said, they were voluntary except for 502 00:26:00,680 --> 00:26:05,880 Speaker 3: the Mini camp but they practiced in pads, helmets, they hit. 503 00:26:06,920 --> 00:26:11,199 Speaker 3: And then once the CBA expired in twenty eleven, the 504 00:26:11,280 --> 00:26:14,200 Speaker 3: new CBA, when the owners said, well, we're only giving 505 00:26:14,200 --> 00:26:16,320 Speaker 3: you this much of the revenue, the players said, all right, well, 506 00:26:16,320 --> 00:26:18,600 Speaker 3: if we're not gonna get revenue, we ain't practicing as 507 00:26:18,640 --> 00:26:20,880 Speaker 3: much in the off season. Let's take the hits off 508 00:26:20,880 --> 00:26:25,400 Speaker 3: the bodies. And they dramatically reduce the amount of contact 509 00:26:25,480 --> 00:26:27,199 Speaker 3: in the spring to the point where there is there 510 00:26:27,240 --> 00:26:30,280 Speaker 3: are no pads from the time they come back for 511 00:26:30,320 --> 00:26:33,320 Speaker 3: the offseason conditioning program to the end of Mini caamp 512 00:26:33,680 --> 00:26:36,800 Speaker 3: no pads in football during that time of the year. 513 00:26:37,200 --> 00:26:40,000 Speaker 3: They curtailed the number of days per week they could 514 00:26:40,000 --> 00:26:43,120 Speaker 3: practice in the spring. They curtailed the number of hours 515 00:26:43,400 --> 00:26:45,080 Speaker 3: they had to be at the facility. I think it's 516 00:26:45,119 --> 00:26:48,439 Speaker 3: four hours maximum in the springtime and it's only ninety 517 00:26:48,480 --> 00:26:50,800 Speaker 3: minutes on the field or two hours, I can't remember. 518 00:26:51,520 --> 00:26:54,479 Speaker 3: So the CBA in twenty eleven is what cut that 519 00:26:54,560 --> 00:26:58,000 Speaker 3: process back considerably from what it was in the early 520 00:26:58,040 --> 00:27:01,240 Speaker 3: two thousands, when there were no real regulations on time 521 00:27:01,280 --> 00:27:04,880 Speaker 3: on the field, hitting, et cetera. So it has changed 522 00:27:05,160 --> 00:27:07,520 Speaker 3: over the last two cbas and we'll see if it 523 00:27:07,600 --> 00:27:08,760 Speaker 3: changes again when the next CBA. 524 00:27:08,840 --> 00:27:09,040 Speaker 6: Yeah. 525 00:27:09,040 --> 00:27:11,280 Speaker 4: And one of the things that, yeah, there's a disparity 526 00:27:11,280 --> 00:27:13,680 Speaker 4: in what teams were allowed to do because you had 527 00:27:13,720 --> 00:27:18,200 Speaker 4: some owners saying, bring these guys in, we'll put them 528 00:27:18,240 --> 00:27:21,000 Speaker 4: up in a hotel, we'll feed them, and we'll put 529 00:27:21,000 --> 00:27:23,880 Speaker 4: some practices in and start getting better. And they'd spend 530 00:27:23,880 --> 00:27:25,719 Speaker 4: the money to do that. Other teams are like, why 531 00:27:25,760 --> 00:27:27,200 Speaker 4: am I spending money for this in July? 532 00:27:28,200 --> 00:27:28,680 Speaker 5: In May? 533 00:27:28,840 --> 00:27:32,159 Speaker 3: But you can fast track player development with more of 534 00:27:32,160 --> 00:27:35,280 Speaker 3: those practices because players are getting more reps, especially if 535 00:27:35,280 --> 00:27:38,600 Speaker 3: it's a player who who's a physical earner and has 536 00:27:38,640 --> 00:27:40,680 Speaker 3: to rep it on the field to get it. If 537 00:27:40,680 --> 00:27:44,840 Speaker 3: you get fifteen twenty extra practices in in the spring 538 00:27:45,080 --> 00:27:47,800 Speaker 3: and half of them are in pads, it's real football. 539 00:27:48,400 --> 00:27:50,760 Speaker 3: And so you can get a young player on the 540 00:27:50,800 --> 00:27:54,080 Speaker 3: fast track to really help you out come the fall, right. 541 00:27:54,520 --> 00:27:56,560 Speaker 3: And it was usually and Steve tell me if I'm wrong, 542 00:27:56,600 --> 00:28:00,560 Speaker 3: But I remember I used to write stories about rookie going. 543 00:28:00,440 --> 00:28:02,920 Speaker 2: Into year two. Year one to year two was when 544 00:28:02,960 --> 00:28:05,600 Speaker 2: they made the jump in terms of contributing to a 545 00:28:05,640 --> 00:28:06,280 Speaker 2: team more. 546 00:28:07,040 --> 00:28:11,400 Speaker 3: Now, with this scaled back spring practice schedule, we don't 547 00:28:11,400 --> 00:28:14,679 Speaker 3: see players really hit their stride until year three, and 548 00:28:14,720 --> 00:28:16,280 Speaker 3: I've talked about it on the air a lot here. 549 00:28:16,280 --> 00:28:19,680 Speaker 3: The player development here is fantastic, but without practicing in 550 00:28:19,760 --> 00:28:22,119 Speaker 3: pads in the spring, I think it takes a little 551 00:28:22,359 --> 00:28:25,479 Speaker 3: a little longer for those players to get enough reps 552 00:28:25,520 --> 00:28:29,080 Speaker 3: in pads playing real football to really mature into a 553 00:28:29,200 --> 00:28:31,480 Speaker 3: bonafide starting caliber player. 554 00:28:31,600 --> 00:28:32,760 Speaker 2: In some cases. 555 00:28:32,600 --> 00:28:36,040 Speaker 4: Yeah, some guys that they are, they do learn like that. 556 00:28:36,160 --> 00:28:38,560 Speaker 4: Other guys learn differently. They can go into meetings, they 557 00:28:38,560 --> 00:28:40,800 Speaker 4: can do it on the on the pad or the surface, 558 00:28:41,320 --> 00:28:43,640 Speaker 4: and they can learn it that way. But you're right, 559 00:28:43,720 --> 00:28:45,520 Speaker 4: some guys need to run through it. A lot of 560 00:28:45,560 --> 00:28:48,920 Speaker 4: guys do. But that's where how we got to the 561 00:28:48,960 --> 00:28:54,959 Speaker 4: schedule is just flat out had to stop the teams 562 00:28:55,000 --> 00:28:58,040 Speaker 4: from making these guys practice year round and giving them 563 00:28:58,080 --> 00:28:58,720 Speaker 4: some time off. 564 00:28:59,040 --> 00:29:02,280 Speaker 5: And that came from the yep, just that simple. 565 00:29:02,760 --> 00:29:04,200 Speaker 3: We are going to take a break here, but get 566 00:29:04,280 --> 00:29:06,960 Speaker 3: right back to the phones. Kathy in Rochester, Bill and Buffalo, 567 00:29:07,000 --> 00:29:09,000 Speaker 3: hang tight. You guys are first up after the break. 568 00:29:09,080 --> 00:29:12,000 Speaker 3: Aightoh three oh five fifty one eighty eight five fifty two, 569 00:29:12,000 --> 00:29:13,120 Speaker 3: five fifty the number. 570 00:29:12,880 --> 00:29:13,520 Speaker 2: To get on board. 571 00:29:13,600 --> 00:29:16,840 Speaker 3: Open line for you as we continue here on One 572 00:29:16,840 --> 00:29:18,920 Speaker 3: Bill's Live during mandatory mini camp week. 573 00:29:19,000 --> 00:29:25,960 Speaker 2: Stay tuned all right back here on One Bill's Live. 574 00:29:26,040 --> 00:29:28,160 Speaker 3: There is an update up in New England concerning the 575 00:29:28,200 --> 00:29:29,560 Speaker 3: DeAndre Hopkins visit. 576 00:29:29,720 --> 00:29:30,920 Speaker 2: He's traveling there today. 577 00:29:30,960 --> 00:29:35,360 Speaker 3: I guess the visit is taking place tomorrow, and Jeff 578 00:29:35,400 --> 00:29:39,640 Speaker 3: Howe from The Athletic, who's an NFL national writer for 579 00:29:39,680 --> 00:29:43,760 Speaker 3: The Athletic, is reporting there is optimism that the Patriots 580 00:29:43,800 --> 00:29:47,040 Speaker 3: will reach an agreement to sign DeAndre Hopkins during his 581 00:29:47,280 --> 00:29:50,320 Speaker 3: visit on Thursday. So we'll have to keep our ear 582 00:29:50,360 --> 00:29:53,240 Speaker 3: to the ground on that and see what comes of 583 00:29:53,280 --> 00:29:55,479 Speaker 3: it tomorrow. But let's get back to the phones at 584 00:29:55,520 --> 00:29:58,480 Speaker 3: aightoh three oh five fifty one eighty eight, five fifty two, 585 00:29:58,520 --> 00:30:00,920 Speaker 3: five fifty and we go to Kathy in Rochester next. 586 00:30:00,920 --> 00:30:01,720 Speaker 2: What you got for his Katy? 587 00:30:02,640 --> 00:30:05,360 Speaker 13: Yeah, I just wanted to point out that, you know, 588 00:30:05,560 --> 00:30:09,440 Speaker 13: he was Stefan was like this in Minnesota. He had 589 00:30:09,680 --> 00:30:14,520 Speaker 13: on field outburst against his teammates. He then would skip 590 00:30:14,560 --> 00:30:18,200 Speaker 13: practices and meetings, and he came to Buffalo when tried 591 00:30:18,240 --> 00:30:22,120 Speaker 13: to you know, spend three years trying to repair his 592 00:30:22,400 --> 00:30:25,440 Speaker 13: reputation and did a good job of what I understand, 593 00:30:25,840 --> 00:30:29,880 Speaker 13: And then yesterday he goes back to this individual, you know, 594 00:30:30,160 --> 00:30:35,440 Speaker 13: lack of team you know, team sport attitude, which you know, 595 00:30:35,920 --> 00:30:39,600 Speaker 13: it just makes him a selfish guy and you know, 596 00:30:39,680 --> 00:30:43,840 Speaker 13: reminds you of his character when when you know he 597 00:30:43,920 --> 00:30:48,280 Speaker 13: gets the second most number of targets, He's got a 598 00:30:48,360 --> 00:30:51,960 Speaker 13: great new contract, he's on a good team. 599 00:30:52,800 --> 00:30:53,400 Speaker 10: You know, I. 600 00:30:55,040 --> 00:30:56,240 Speaker 14: Wonder if he's a head case. 601 00:30:57,040 --> 00:31:00,280 Speaker 5: Thanks, okay, kat Well, Kathy real. 602 00:31:00,360 --> 00:31:03,360 Speaker 4: I mean, we don't know why he didn't practice yesterday, 603 00:31:03,400 --> 00:31:06,080 Speaker 4: whether it's personal or anything. And all of his teammates 604 00:31:06,120 --> 00:31:08,960 Speaker 4: and is and except for the statement about from Shaun's's, 605 00:31:08,960 --> 00:31:12,240 Speaker 4: he's very concerned. He's very concerned because he didn't practice, 606 00:31:12,240 --> 00:31:14,080 Speaker 4: and and Steph's the best, one of the best players 607 00:31:14,120 --> 00:31:16,040 Speaker 4: they have. I think that's where that stem from. But 608 00:31:16,080 --> 00:31:18,760 Speaker 4: I'm guessing, but we don't know why Steph didn't do it. 609 00:31:19,080 --> 00:31:20,960 Speaker 4: Von Miller and his teammates all said it's not a 610 00:31:20,960 --> 00:31:25,600 Speaker 4: big deal. And let me just say this, there's no 611 00:31:25,680 --> 00:31:27,840 Speaker 4: way you can convince me the practice yesterday was a 612 00:31:28,080 --> 00:31:28,800 Speaker 4: season maker. 613 00:31:30,040 --> 00:31:33,920 Speaker 5: Uh So, Uh, I mean I don't want to. 614 00:31:34,200 --> 00:31:37,120 Speaker 4: I just think anything other than talking about it here 615 00:31:37,160 --> 00:31:40,160 Speaker 4: for you know, today or whatever, is anything more than 616 00:31:40,200 --> 00:31:44,280 Speaker 4: making it more of it than what it is. I've 617 00:31:44,360 --> 00:31:47,120 Speaker 4: just seen it too much all, not just for the Bills, 618 00:31:47,160 --> 00:31:51,480 Speaker 4: either for every every team in the league, for one 619 00:31:51,480 --> 00:31:54,000 Speaker 4: reason or another, has some guy that's not there whatever 620 00:31:54,080 --> 00:31:57,720 Speaker 4: this that is, and it is, it's just more often, 621 00:31:59,160 --> 00:32:01,720 Speaker 4: you know, a bug on a windshield that just needs 622 00:32:01,760 --> 00:32:05,800 Speaker 4: to be wiped off, rather than a dent or an 623 00:32:05,800 --> 00:32:06,600 Speaker 4: engine failure. 624 00:32:07,120 --> 00:32:10,040 Speaker 5: This is just that's about what it is. So you know, 625 00:32:10,120 --> 00:32:10,640 Speaker 5: I get it. 626 00:32:11,200 --> 00:32:15,320 Speaker 4: He We all saw him in Minnesota do that thing 627 00:32:15,320 --> 00:32:17,360 Speaker 4: on the sidelines before the Bills got him, and when 628 00:32:17,400 --> 00:32:19,320 Speaker 4: the Bills were gonna trade for him, everybody's like, Oh, 629 00:32:19,360 --> 00:32:21,960 Speaker 4: you're gonna hate this guy. He's gonna blow your whole con, 630 00:32:22,160 --> 00:32:24,560 Speaker 4: your whole team up. He's gonna be a cancer, he's 631 00:32:24,600 --> 00:32:26,120 Speaker 4: a diva. YadA, YadA, YadA. 632 00:32:26,640 --> 00:32:27,000 Speaker 5: I don't know. 633 00:32:27,040 --> 00:32:29,320 Speaker 4: I think most Bills fans would probably make that trade 634 00:32:29,320 --> 00:32:33,840 Speaker 4: again if they had a chance the way it's gone, right, 635 00:32:34,160 --> 00:32:39,680 Speaker 4: So I'm yeah, Okay, Steph's got a person personality that 636 00:32:39,920 --> 00:32:43,240 Speaker 4: leads to a day like this, that's fine. I'll take 637 00:32:43,320 --> 00:32:45,200 Speaker 4: three seasons of what he's given us for a day 638 00:32:45,280 --> 00:32:45,960 Speaker 4: like yesterday. 639 00:32:47,360 --> 00:32:50,840 Speaker 3: And to be clear, also part of the reason he 640 00:32:51,080 --> 00:32:54,320 Speaker 3: was unhappy in Minnesota was. He was in a run 641 00:32:54,360 --> 00:32:59,960 Speaker 3: first offense that featured Dalvin Cook. He was a few 642 00:33:00,360 --> 00:33:02,000 Speaker 3: part of the passing game, but it was a run 643 00:33:02,040 --> 00:33:04,960 Speaker 3: first attack. I think he felt he could do more 644 00:33:05,040 --> 00:33:08,040 Speaker 3: to help the team win if they threw the football more. 645 00:33:09,000 --> 00:33:11,240 Speaker 2: And that's why things. 646 00:33:11,400 --> 00:33:14,680 Speaker 3: He didn't see things the same way that maybe the 647 00:33:14,680 --> 00:33:18,160 Speaker 3: coaching staff did up there. Now, again, we don't know 648 00:33:18,200 --> 00:33:21,600 Speaker 3: what's going on here back at practice today. That would 649 00:33:21,640 --> 00:33:27,040 Speaker 3: indicate that whatever it was has been resolved. So that's 650 00:33:27,360 --> 00:33:29,840 Speaker 3: I mean, that's kind of where I'm leaving it. I mean, 651 00:33:29,960 --> 00:33:30,960 Speaker 3: until we hear otherwise. 652 00:33:31,040 --> 00:33:33,080 Speaker 4: Right, You've seen video him and Josh were out there 653 00:33:33,120 --> 00:33:35,120 Speaker 4: hobnobb and talking back and forth. 654 00:33:35,280 --> 00:33:42,120 Speaker 5: Just just it's like nothing happened, And I am not surprised. 655 00:33:42,800 --> 00:33:47,040 Speaker 5: I'll just put it that way. So I it's yeah. 656 00:33:47,080 --> 00:33:51,040 Speaker 4: I and I I I'm even shaking my head at 657 00:33:51,160 --> 00:33:53,280 Speaker 4: bringing up the stuff that happened in Minnesota before he 658 00:33:53,320 --> 00:33:53,840 Speaker 4: got here. 659 00:33:55,520 --> 00:33:58,000 Speaker 5: I mean, goodness, gracious. 660 00:33:58,600 --> 00:34:02,200 Speaker 3: So I'm yeah, let's get back to the phones, go 661 00:34:02,240 --> 00:34:03,400 Speaker 3: to Bill and Buffalo next week. 662 00:34:03,440 --> 00:34:04,040 Speaker 2: Got for his Bill. 663 00:34:05,200 --> 00:34:09,480 Speaker 15: Hey, guys, I want to start off by prefacing this, 664 00:34:09,600 --> 00:34:14,040 Speaker 15: and I love Diggs great football player, love him as 665 00:34:14,040 --> 00:34:19,880 Speaker 15: a human being. He's got a really great, real nice person, 666 00:34:20,080 --> 00:34:23,000 Speaker 15: and I know he wants to win the whole nine yards, 667 00:34:23,560 --> 00:34:28,799 Speaker 15: but as a fan, and the problem here is not 668 00:34:28,960 --> 00:34:32,120 Speaker 15: from when he was with Minnesota. The problem was at 669 00:34:32,160 --> 00:34:35,680 Speaker 15: that last playoff game and the way he's acted since then. 670 00:34:36,040 --> 00:34:39,280 Speaker 15: And you could almost see this coming before it even happened. 671 00:34:39,640 --> 00:34:42,160 Speaker 15: So that somewhat bothers them to me as a fan, 672 00:34:42,520 --> 00:34:44,880 Speaker 15: But the most bothersome thing to me as a fan 673 00:34:45,280 --> 00:34:48,320 Speaker 15: and as a human being. And it's not just Stefan Diggs, 674 00:34:48,640 --> 00:34:52,400 Speaker 15: it's every one of these guys. What'stigs making about fourteen 675 00:34:52,440 --> 00:34:55,280 Speaker 15: million a year? What is there to be unhappy about 676 00:34:55,360 --> 00:34:57,600 Speaker 15: in his life? In the least bit. I mean, you've 677 00:34:57,600 --> 00:34:59,440 Speaker 15: got to be kidding me. You're getting paid a ton 678 00:34:59,480 --> 00:35:02,239 Speaker 15: of money, You're on a great team. If you really 679 00:35:02,320 --> 00:35:04,120 Speaker 15: do want to win a Super Bowl like you say, 680 00:35:04,480 --> 00:35:07,160 Speaker 15: you should be there all the time. And you know, 681 00:35:07,200 --> 00:35:09,480 Speaker 15: I'm sick of these guys just deciding they could. Well, 682 00:35:09,560 --> 00:35:11,920 Speaker 15: I'm just gonna take off because I want to. You're 683 00:35:11,960 --> 00:35:13,880 Speaker 15: making tons of money, man, you got nothing to be 684 00:35:14,040 --> 00:35:17,399 Speaker 15: unhappy about. Get on the field, play the game, try 685 00:35:17,440 --> 00:35:19,520 Speaker 15: to win some football games, try to win a Super 686 00:35:19,520 --> 00:35:21,920 Speaker 15: Bowl like you're supposed to do, be a good teammate, 687 00:35:22,000 --> 00:35:25,000 Speaker 15: be a good human being, and enough of this crap, man. 688 00:35:25,080 --> 00:35:27,400 Speaker 15: I mean, and it's not just him, it's all of 689 00:35:27,400 --> 00:35:29,560 Speaker 15: these guys. There are you know, tons of these guys 690 00:35:29,640 --> 00:35:31,680 Speaker 15: like this. You know, I say, hate it when Bruce 691 00:35:31,680 --> 00:35:34,280 Speaker 15: Smith pulled that crap when he decided he wasn't gonna 692 00:35:34,280 --> 00:35:37,279 Speaker 15: come to camp for whatever amount of time, and he 693 00:35:37,320 --> 00:35:40,200 Speaker 15: wasn't even getting nearly paid what these guys were. But 694 00:35:40,360 --> 00:35:42,160 Speaker 15: you know, it's a bunch of crap. These guys make 695 00:35:42,200 --> 00:35:43,960 Speaker 15: a ton of money and half of them are a 696 00:35:43,960 --> 00:35:46,719 Speaker 15: bunch of little spoiled babies. I mean, get to work, 697 00:35:47,080 --> 00:35:50,520 Speaker 15: shut up, and win some football games. Enough's enough, man, 698 00:35:50,680 --> 00:35:52,759 Speaker 15: And that's just the way I feel about it, all. 699 00:35:52,719 --> 00:35:54,239 Speaker 4: Right, Bill, thanks for the call. Let me let me 700 00:35:54,280 --> 00:35:57,160 Speaker 4: just address it here. You're talking out of both sides 701 00:35:57,200 --> 00:36:03,520 Speaker 4: of your mouth. You're your own worst hypocrite. Yeah, they're 702 00:36:03,520 --> 00:36:07,279 Speaker 4: making a ton of money. Absolutely, money don't mean nothing 703 00:36:07,280 --> 00:36:10,880 Speaker 4: if you want to win. And if Steph had a beef, 704 00:36:11,080 --> 00:36:12,759 Speaker 4: or if one of these players has a beef with 705 00:36:12,760 --> 00:36:14,600 Speaker 4: the way they're doing things and doesn't think it gives 706 00:36:14,640 --> 00:36:16,480 Speaker 4: them the best chance to win. Whether you're making twenty 707 00:36:16,480 --> 00:36:18,840 Speaker 4: million dollars or whether they're making two million dollars, you 708 00:36:18,880 --> 00:36:21,919 Speaker 4: should speak up, So don't give me this about Hey, 709 00:36:22,000 --> 00:36:23,959 Speaker 4: they're making all this money, they should show up to work. 710 00:36:24,040 --> 00:36:26,200 Speaker 4: If they think something's going wrong that they want to 711 00:36:26,239 --> 00:36:29,200 Speaker 4: fix and nobody's fixing it, they better speak up because 712 00:36:29,239 --> 00:36:30,880 Speaker 4: they want to win more than they want the money. 713 00:36:31,719 --> 00:36:35,120 Speaker 4: So don't talk like they don't. You're the hypocrite, not them. 714 00:36:35,600 --> 00:36:37,560 Speaker 4: You just said Steph Diggs wants to win and all that. Well, 715 00:36:37,560 --> 00:36:39,320 Speaker 4: if he wants to win, what's that mean. It means 716 00:36:39,320 --> 00:36:41,480 Speaker 4: doing everything you can to make sure everything's going the 717 00:36:41,480 --> 00:36:43,799 Speaker 4: way it should be going, so you win games. And 718 00:36:43,840 --> 00:36:46,880 Speaker 4: these players know just more than you or me about 719 00:36:46,880 --> 00:36:50,160 Speaker 4: what it's gonna take. So don't give me this about Hey, 720 00:36:50,239 --> 00:36:51,840 Speaker 4: they make so much money, they should show up for 721 00:36:51,880 --> 00:36:54,719 Speaker 4: work because you know, they do want to win. 722 00:36:54,760 --> 00:36:55,840 Speaker 5: That's why they're squawking. 723 00:36:56,560 --> 00:36:58,799 Speaker 4: That's the only reason they squawk is because they want 724 00:36:58,800 --> 00:37:01,160 Speaker 4: to win and they don't think if somebody or something 725 00:37:01,280 --> 00:37:04,279 Speaker 4: is going the right way and nobody's addressing it, so 726 00:37:04,320 --> 00:37:08,520 Speaker 4: they stand up and they say, wait, fix it because 727 00:37:08,560 --> 00:37:13,040 Speaker 4: we got a problem. That's what great players do, and 728 00:37:13,120 --> 00:37:14,759 Speaker 4: I get it. If they just don't want to show 729 00:37:14,840 --> 00:37:17,319 Speaker 4: up and they got the money to that's not this. 730 00:37:18,680 --> 00:37:22,000 Speaker 4: Nobody has said that's this. So don't you know, if 731 00:37:22,040 --> 00:37:24,440 Speaker 4: they're making all that money, they should say, yeah, okay, 732 00:37:24,480 --> 00:37:26,120 Speaker 4: I get that. They should put in a full day's 733 00:37:26,160 --> 00:37:27,680 Speaker 4: work and earn the money you're at. But if they 734 00:37:28,719 --> 00:37:32,800 Speaker 4: they want to win, and if somebody's not pulling their weight, 735 00:37:33,680 --> 00:37:36,799 Speaker 4: they're gonna hear about it. If something's not being done 736 00:37:36,880 --> 00:37:39,839 Speaker 4: the way a winner, a winning team or winning organizations 737 00:37:40,040 --> 00:37:43,840 Speaker 4: should do it, a captain should stand up to say 738 00:37:43,880 --> 00:37:44,359 Speaker 4: fix it. 739 00:37:46,400 --> 00:37:49,359 Speaker 5: That's how it's supposed to work. I get it. 740 00:37:49,400 --> 00:37:51,000 Speaker 4: You don't want to see these guys make all this 741 00:37:51,080 --> 00:37:53,400 Speaker 4: money then take it out of gear and coast and 742 00:37:52,920 --> 00:37:55,520 Speaker 4: not and not work hard. And I don't want to 743 00:37:55,560 --> 00:38:00,680 Speaker 4: practice today and start being, you know, being a malingerer. 744 00:38:02,040 --> 00:38:05,680 Speaker 4: That doesn't that's not what's happening here. Nobody has said that. 745 00:38:07,120 --> 00:38:09,720 Speaker 4: Nobody has said that Steph Diggs all of a sudden 746 00:38:09,719 --> 00:38:11,520 Speaker 4: took it out again. He's been making a lot of 747 00:38:11,560 --> 00:38:15,240 Speaker 4: money for a lot of years and he's been playing hard, 748 00:38:15,440 --> 00:38:20,160 Speaker 4: lights out hard for this club. That's when you get frustrated. 749 00:38:20,640 --> 00:38:23,080 Speaker 4: When you're a player like Steph Diggs of his caliber, 750 00:38:23,120 --> 00:38:25,200 Speaker 4: when you're a player Von Miller's caliber, when you're a 751 00:38:25,200 --> 00:38:29,759 Speaker 4: player Josh Allen's caliber, and you're bawling out and it 752 00:38:29,800 --> 00:38:32,439 Speaker 4: doesn't work and something's not working, and then somebody comes 753 00:38:32,440 --> 00:38:36,520 Speaker 4: out and something looks different or something is not right. 754 00:38:36,680 --> 00:38:38,480 Speaker 4: That's when you stand up, say listen, what am I 755 00:38:38,560 --> 00:38:41,600 Speaker 4: doing here? I'm making all this money, I'm putting up 756 00:38:41,600 --> 00:38:43,719 Speaker 4: all these numbers. I'm doing everything I can help this 757 00:38:43,760 --> 00:38:45,560 Speaker 4: team win. And you got this over here going on, 758 00:38:46,120 --> 00:38:46,600 Speaker 4: fix it? 759 00:38:50,560 --> 00:38:51,080 Speaker 5: There you go. 760 00:38:51,840 --> 00:38:55,600 Speaker 4: So that's that's that's where the fans get it wrong. 761 00:38:55,960 --> 00:38:58,400 Speaker 4: That's the hypocrite part of it, hypocritical part of it. 762 00:38:58,600 --> 00:39:01,000 Speaker 4: They no, they just want to win. But then when 763 00:39:01,040 --> 00:39:03,439 Speaker 4: they say something about it and do something saying, listen, 764 00:39:03,520 --> 00:39:06,800 Speaker 4: fix this over here, everybody's like, hey, shut up and play. Well, 765 00:39:07,520 --> 00:39:10,000 Speaker 4: you can't have it both ways. Great players know how 766 00:39:10,040 --> 00:39:12,239 Speaker 4: to win. Steph knows how to win, Josh knows how 767 00:39:12,280 --> 00:39:15,920 Speaker 4: to win, Vaughan knows how to win, Micah Poyer Milano. 768 00:39:16,200 --> 00:39:18,720 Speaker 4: Those guys know what's going on. When they see something wrong, 769 00:39:20,000 --> 00:39:22,680 Speaker 4: they address it. Now, some guys, you can say, address 770 00:39:22,719 --> 00:39:25,480 Speaker 4: it differently than Steph Diggs did. But I'll tell you 771 00:39:25,520 --> 00:39:28,920 Speaker 4: what whatever it was that Steph Diggs brought to the table. 772 00:39:29,080 --> 00:39:30,480 Speaker 5: He's practicing today. 773 00:39:31,600 --> 00:39:33,759 Speaker 2: Back to the phones and to Steve and Syracuse. 774 00:39:33,760 --> 00:39:45,760 Speaker 16: What do you got, Steve, Steve's you're killing us, go jez, Steve, gentlemen. 775 00:39:45,960 --> 00:39:50,480 Speaker 8: I just I've been following it. I've been I've been 776 00:39:50,520 --> 00:39:55,760 Speaker 8: following the bells since Blue Savings days. Okay, the Spanish, 777 00:39:55,800 --> 00:39:58,240 Speaker 8: but team we've got now is the best day've ever had. 778 00:39:58,600 --> 00:40:00,840 Speaker 8: Just leave it alone. Does Dick say he's a blowover 779 00:40:00,960 --> 00:40:04,000 Speaker 8: the dry'll handle it. They're professionals and they're going to 780 00:40:04,040 --> 00:40:07,880 Speaker 8: do this what's best for the team. And I firmly 781 00:40:07,960 --> 00:40:10,560 Speaker 8: believe that he's going to have a great year. The 782 00:40:10,600 --> 00:40:12,480 Speaker 8: whole team is. We're going to go all the way 783 00:40:12,560 --> 00:40:15,600 Speaker 8: this year. Just keep the media, rest of the media 784 00:40:15,719 --> 00:40:17,319 Speaker 8: out of this thing. Keep them out. 785 00:40:17,560 --> 00:40:18,600 Speaker 2: Okay, I was going. 786 00:40:18,840 --> 00:40:21,640 Speaker 8: I also want to ask you about middle linebaker. We 787 00:40:21,680 --> 00:40:24,839 Speaker 8: need one with experience because the mental part of it, 788 00:40:24,960 --> 00:40:28,040 Speaker 8: not the physical part. But need someone who's experienced a 789 00:40:28,040 --> 00:40:29,360 Speaker 8: middle linebaker. Thank you. 790 00:40:29,560 --> 00:40:30,359 Speaker 2: Okay, thanks Steve. 791 00:40:30,480 --> 00:40:31,680 Speaker 5: That was worth waiting for. Thank you. 792 00:40:34,080 --> 00:40:35,880 Speaker 4: I'm sorry we got we got impatient with you as 793 00:40:35,880 --> 00:40:38,719 Speaker 4: you're listening to the radio. But yes, and I've gone 794 00:40:38,719 --> 00:40:39,200 Speaker 4: on records. 795 00:40:39,280 --> 00:40:39,719 Speaker 5: I listen. 796 00:40:39,800 --> 00:40:42,800 Speaker 4: I loved Ralph Wilson, and I've never said this publicly, 797 00:40:43,680 --> 00:40:45,600 Speaker 4: and I'll say it now. I said it the last 798 00:40:45,640 --> 00:40:48,160 Speaker 4: couple of days. I've never said I loved that Ralph Wilson. 799 00:40:48,440 --> 00:40:50,840 Speaker 4: I love the people that worked here under Ralph Wilson. 800 00:40:51,120 --> 00:40:54,640 Speaker 4: I owe him and his family and the organization more 801 00:40:54,680 --> 00:40:59,600 Speaker 4: than people in this area will ever know. The ownership 802 00:40:59,600 --> 00:41:01,600 Speaker 4: and the and the management team here is better than 803 00:41:01,640 --> 00:41:04,480 Speaker 4: it's ever been, even under Ralph, even under a Ralph's 804 00:41:04,520 --> 00:41:08,280 Speaker 4: Hall of Fame career. Terry's better, Kim was better, Racooy 805 00:41:08,400 --> 00:41:11,160 Speaker 4: is better. And this building, the people they have hired 806 00:41:11,200 --> 00:41:13,359 Speaker 4: and filled it with are better. 807 00:41:14,000 --> 00:41:17,080 Speaker 5: It's it's a better place. I loved. I loved all 808 00:41:17,120 --> 00:41:18,600 Speaker 5: the guys that worked here back in the day. 809 00:41:18,600 --> 00:41:20,160 Speaker 4: I loved them and I owe them a lot, and 810 00:41:20,239 --> 00:41:23,160 Speaker 4: I'll never forget it. But as a big, as a 811 00:41:23,160 --> 00:41:26,640 Speaker 4: whole big building, this building is better than it's ever been. 812 00:41:26,719 --> 00:41:29,160 Speaker 4: Whether they win the Super Bowl this year or not, 813 00:41:29,640 --> 00:41:30,839 Speaker 4: it's better than it's ever been. 814 00:41:31,000 --> 00:41:31,680 Speaker 5: Steve is right. 815 00:41:32,120 --> 00:41:35,960 Speaker 4: And I've never said that publicly because I felt it 816 00:41:36,000 --> 00:41:39,560 Speaker 4: was somehow betraying my my my love and affection for 817 00:41:39,640 --> 00:41:43,399 Speaker 4: Ralph Wilson and I don't want to do that. But 818 00:41:43,840 --> 00:41:46,480 Speaker 4: Terry Pagoula and Kim and their family and their management 819 00:41:46,480 --> 00:41:48,960 Speaker 4: team they have put together through the years, they have 820 00:41:49,080 --> 00:41:53,840 Speaker 4: learned lessons and profited from those lessons. They have fixed 821 00:41:53,880 --> 00:41:56,479 Speaker 4: things in this building. They have gone the extra mile 822 00:41:56,520 --> 00:42:00,840 Speaker 4: in this building. They have filled it with a diverse, smart, 823 00:42:01,239 --> 00:42:05,800 Speaker 4: hard working, cohesive group who is all pulling the same direction. 824 00:42:06,680 --> 00:42:11,759 Speaker 4: And I'm I'm really proud of it. So and he, 825 00:42:11,920 --> 00:42:15,279 Speaker 4: Steve is right. They're gonna handle it. Whatever this was, 826 00:42:15,360 --> 00:42:16,000 Speaker 4: which was a. 827 00:42:18,120 --> 00:42:18,520 Speaker 5: Blip. 828 00:42:20,120 --> 00:42:21,560 Speaker 2: That's what Josh said, it was going to be a 829 00:42:21,560 --> 00:42:22,799 Speaker 2: blip right in the end. 830 00:42:23,640 --> 00:42:28,040 Speaker 4: They're gonna handle this because and I've this, even if 831 00:42:28,040 --> 00:42:30,040 Speaker 4: Steph dig if the worst case there is Steph Diggs 832 00:42:30,120 --> 00:42:31,520 Speaker 4: is mad, He's not he wants out. 833 00:42:31,520 --> 00:42:33,040 Speaker 5: A lot of you don't. 834 00:42:33,600 --> 00:42:36,000 Speaker 4: The culture doesn't mean you don't have problems like this. 835 00:42:36,120 --> 00:42:38,399 Speaker 4: The culture means you're equipped to handle it like this. 836 00:42:40,280 --> 00:42:43,360 Speaker 4: Having a culture in the NFL like Sean McDermott, Brandon 837 00:42:43,400 --> 00:42:46,680 Speaker 4: Bean and all these guys have formulated here doesn't mean 838 00:42:46,719 --> 00:42:49,759 Speaker 4: you don't have problems that arise from unhappy players or 839 00:42:49,840 --> 00:42:53,920 Speaker 4: unhappy families or undisgruntled workers in the staff whatever. It 840 00:42:53,920 --> 00:42:56,000 Speaker 4: doesn't mean you don't have problems like that. It means 841 00:42:56,000 --> 00:42:58,440 Speaker 4: the culture is such that you can address them and 842 00:42:58,480 --> 00:43:02,560 Speaker 4: move forward together better. Because that's the culture here. That's 843 00:43:02,600 --> 00:43:05,680 Speaker 4: what this thing with Steph Diggs illustrates. I mean, this 844 00:43:05,840 --> 00:43:07,840 Speaker 4: was like less than twenty four hours and it's like 845 00:43:07,920 --> 00:43:13,239 Speaker 4: this huge mushroom cloud on the horizon. No, it wasn't 846 00:43:13,280 --> 00:43:17,319 Speaker 4: even a puff of smoke. So that's what this culture does. 847 00:43:17,400 --> 00:43:23,840 Speaker 4: I mean they, I mean this. They they are able 848 00:43:23,880 --> 00:43:26,680 Speaker 4: and equipped to handle stuff like this because they're a 849 00:43:26,680 --> 00:43:30,560 Speaker 4: good organization. They have problems like this, not because they're 850 00:43:30,600 --> 00:43:33,560 Speaker 4: a bad organization. They handle it better than anybody else. 851 00:43:34,160 --> 00:43:37,080 Speaker 4: That's what makes them a good organization. Problems always come up, 852 00:43:37,160 --> 00:43:40,799 Speaker 4: challenges always come up. Now they're equipped to handle them 853 00:43:40,840 --> 00:43:43,560 Speaker 4: and move forward together, rather than let this derail them 854 00:43:43,640 --> 00:43:47,640 Speaker 4: or get sidetracked or be some sort of distorted distraction. 855 00:43:47,920 --> 00:43:52,200 Speaker 4: So having said that, I'll say it again, Steve the 856 00:43:52,239 --> 00:43:52,960 Speaker 4: caller was right. 857 00:43:53,200 --> 00:43:55,239 Speaker 5: There wasn't me. Steve the caller was right. 858 00:43:55,920 --> 00:43:58,040 Speaker 4: This management team's better than it's ever been, even going 859 00:43:58,080 --> 00:43:59,520 Speaker 4: back to the lou saving days. 860 00:44:00,080 --> 00:44:01,680 Speaker 3: Take time for us, but more of your phone calls 861 00:44:01,680 --> 00:44:03,879 Speaker 3: when we return, So if you're on hold, hang there, 862 00:44:03,920 --> 00:44:05,440 Speaker 3: we'll get to you when we come back here. On 863 00:44:05,440 --> 00:44:21,840 Speaker 3: One Bill's Live, stay tune all right, back to the 864 00:44:21,840 --> 00:44:25,280 Speaker 3: phones we go here at eight o three five fifty. 865 00:44:25,600 --> 00:44:27,719 Speaker 3: Chris Brown Steve tasked with you on One Bill's Live 866 00:44:27,800 --> 00:44:28,959 Speaker 3: to Rick in cast Dile. 867 00:44:29,000 --> 00:44:29,640 Speaker 2: What do you got for us? 868 00:44:29,680 --> 00:44:29,879 Speaker 5: Rick? 869 00:44:32,360 --> 00:44:36,320 Speaker 10: Hi, Chris Hi, Steve. I've been trying to get a 870 00:44:36,360 --> 00:44:39,399 Speaker 10: hold of you for a few but I record your game, 871 00:44:39,480 --> 00:44:41,920 Speaker 10: so I'm usually watching in it's after the fact. 872 00:44:42,200 --> 00:44:42,480 Speaker 2: Okay. 873 00:44:42,480 --> 00:44:45,239 Speaker 10: First off, I want to say that my dad was 874 00:44:45,320 --> 00:44:49,520 Speaker 10: the season ticket holder original and I still have his seats. 875 00:44:49,960 --> 00:44:50,359 Speaker 2: That's great. 876 00:44:50,719 --> 00:44:55,479 Speaker 4: The other thing, sorry, I said that's great regarding Diggs, Yeah, 877 00:44:55,520 --> 00:44:56,640 Speaker 4: go ahead. 878 00:44:57,120 --> 00:45:00,120 Speaker 10: Oh, regarding Diggs, I think there's an awful lot a 879 00:45:00,200 --> 00:45:04,239 Speaker 10: conversation and speculation, and I wouldn't be surprised if it 880 00:45:04,200 --> 00:45:07,479 Speaker 10: amounts to nothing. It's there's some kind of something going 881 00:45:07,520 --> 00:45:09,600 Speaker 10: on personally, and they're going to keep it in house. 882 00:45:09,760 --> 00:45:11,120 Speaker 10: I don't have any problem with that. 883 00:45:12,800 --> 00:45:15,120 Speaker 7: Yeah, Okay. 884 00:45:15,960 --> 00:45:18,080 Speaker 10: The other point I wanted to make going back I 885 00:45:18,080 --> 00:45:22,800 Speaker 10: think to the last week's show was I have utmost 886 00:45:22,880 --> 00:45:28,360 Speaker 10: confidence in being and McDermott. They've brought in quality players. 887 00:45:28,719 --> 00:45:31,040 Speaker 10: I think we might have the most talented team we've 888 00:45:31,080 --> 00:45:36,480 Speaker 10: ever had. And my concern is the play calling and 889 00:45:36,600 --> 00:45:41,400 Speaker 10: play design. I think of an offensive genius as a 890 00:45:41,400 --> 00:45:45,200 Speaker 10: guy like Andy Reid, and every year he comes up 891 00:45:45,239 --> 00:45:48,839 Speaker 10: with something new to keep a defense off balance. You'll 892 00:45:48,840 --> 00:45:52,480 Speaker 10: watch on any given play he might have a couple, 893 00:45:52,800 --> 00:45:55,840 Speaker 10: you know, two different forms of deception so that the 894 00:45:55,880 --> 00:45:59,799 Speaker 10: defense doesn't know what the play really is. And I'm 895 00:45:59,880 --> 00:46:04,240 Speaker 10: not I'm convinced Jet that Dorsey can end up growing 896 00:46:04,280 --> 00:46:06,799 Speaker 10: into that. I know he's only been there one year, 897 00:46:06,920 --> 00:46:09,680 Speaker 10: so I will listen to what you have to say. 898 00:46:09,840 --> 00:46:12,120 Speaker 3: All right, thanks, Rick, I appreciate the call. I mean, 899 00:46:12,719 --> 00:46:15,480 Speaker 3: Andy Reid is arguably the best play caller of his 900 00:46:15,560 --> 00:46:21,200 Speaker 3: generation of coaches, I mean this era of coaching. Offensively speaking, 901 00:46:22,400 --> 00:46:25,320 Speaker 3: there's not too many other guys in his age bracket 902 00:46:25,480 --> 00:46:28,520 Speaker 3: that have done it that well for that long now. 903 00:46:29,320 --> 00:46:31,399 Speaker 2: Having an All World quarterback certainly. 904 00:46:31,080 --> 00:46:34,919 Speaker 3: Helps, but he was even a very successful play caller 905 00:46:34,960 --> 00:46:37,440 Speaker 3: with Donovan McNabb, who I think we can all agree 906 00:46:37,480 --> 00:46:41,480 Speaker 3: is not in the same stratosphere as Patrick Mahomes. So 907 00:46:42,440 --> 00:46:44,879 Speaker 3: he's been good at this for a very, very, very 908 00:46:44,920 --> 00:46:48,279 Speaker 3: long time. But there was a stretch there where he 909 00:46:48,280 --> 00:46:51,320 Speaker 3: couldn't win playoff games either. I mean he went to 910 00:46:51,440 --> 00:46:55,400 Speaker 3: four NFC title games and lost three of them before 911 00:46:55,480 --> 00:46:57,959 Speaker 3: he finally won the fourth and went to the Super 912 00:46:58,000 --> 00:47:02,520 Speaker 3: Bowl and then lost there the Patriots. So and that 913 00:47:02,680 --> 00:47:05,960 Speaker 3: was almost twenty years ago. So he's been added a while. 914 00:47:06,560 --> 00:47:08,279 Speaker 3: And I think, Ken Doris, you will be better this 915 00:47:08,400 --> 00:47:10,880 Speaker 3: year than he was last year because of the experience 916 00:47:10,920 --> 00:47:13,799 Speaker 3: he gained last year. And not for nothing, Steve and 917 00:47:13,800 --> 00:47:17,000 Speaker 3: I say this all the time. You're talking about a 918 00:47:17,040 --> 00:47:20,680 Speaker 3: play caller in his first year who had his offense 919 00:47:20,719 --> 00:47:24,600 Speaker 3: finish first in the league in third down conversion, top 920 00:47:24,640 --> 00:47:28,000 Speaker 3: ten in the league in red zone touchdown efficiency, second 921 00:47:28,080 --> 00:47:34,439 Speaker 3: in scoring, second in total offense. I for a first 922 00:47:34,520 --> 00:47:38,520 Speaker 3: year play caller and a myriad of injuries that left 923 00:47:38,560 --> 00:47:41,360 Speaker 3: his roster short on the offensive side of the football. 924 00:47:41,480 --> 00:47:43,879 Speaker 2: He lost Jamison Crowder for the year in Week four. 925 00:47:44,120 --> 00:47:46,640 Speaker 5: I know, listen, I get it. 926 00:47:47,160 --> 00:47:48,960 Speaker 2: Somebody's gotta help me with that. 927 00:47:50,840 --> 00:47:53,200 Speaker 4: I hate doing this because it's it seems like we're 928 00:47:53,840 --> 00:47:56,720 Speaker 4: not taking some of this seriously, like the Steph Diggs 929 00:47:56,719 --> 00:47:59,640 Speaker 4: thing or whatever. But let me, it's so nice to 930 00:47:59,640 --> 00:48:02,319 Speaker 4: beat a spot like this where you're trying to you're 931 00:48:03,320 --> 00:48:05,239 Speaker 4: and he's right. I mean, you're thinking, Okay, we got 932 00:48:05,280 --> 00:48:07,360 Speaker 4: all this talent. Now it just comes down to putting 933 00:48:07,360 --> 00:48:08,880 Speaker 4: together and getting it out there and giving himself. 934 00:48:10,160 --> 00:48:12,760 Speaker 5: We are so far away from the drought. 935 00:48:13,520 --> 00:48:16,759 Speaker 4: It is unbelievable because we're we're talking about fixing a 936 00:48:16,800 --> 00:48:18,759 Speaker 4: running game that was the seventh best running game in 937 00:48:18,760 --> 00:48:21,040 Speaker 4: the league last year. And that's a problem and it's 938 00:48:21,040 --> 00:48:24,760 Speaker 4: been a problem. Wow, it's an issue. Dude, you're number 939 00:48:24,840 --> 00:48:30,680 Speaker 4: seven in the league. I mean, I'll say it again, folks, 940 00:48:31,840 --> 00:48:36,440 Speaker 4: this team is a wrecking crew. They are gonna be 941 00:48:36,719 --> 00:48:41,240 Speaker 4: hard to beat. And you're saying, you're right, we're looking 942 00:48:41,320 --> 00:48:45,480 Speaker 4: you're looking for a little cracks in the face. You 943 00:48:45,480 --> 00:48:48,239 Speaker 4: know of Mount Rushmore here, you know, I mean this 944 00:48:48,280 --> 00:48:53,279 Speaker 4: is it's they are going and they're run well, they're 945 00:48:53,640 --> 00:48:59,400 Speaker 4: they're coached well, they're better roster wise and more talented. Yes, 946 00:48:59,760 --> 00:49:03,200 Speaker 4: they're You are really struggling with this. It's a struggle 947 00:49:03,880 --> 00:49:06,080 Speaker 4: to poke holes and what the bills are. You can 948 00:49:06,120 --> 00:49:08,720 Speaker 4: look back at that last game in Cincinnati, and Brownie 949 00:49:08,719 --> 00:49:10,360 Speaker 4: and I have gone round and around about all the 950 00:49:10,400 --> 00:49:12,400 Speaker 4: reasons we think they laid an egg in that game, 951 00:49:12,920 --> 00:49:14,319 Speaker 4: and none of them are none of them make you 952 00:49:14,360 --> 00:49:16,600 Speaker 4: feel better because, oh my gosh, it was an opportunity 953 00:49:16,600 --> 00:49:17,279 Speaker 4: and that was our seat. 954 00:49:17,360 --> 00:49:21,440 Speaker 5: All that stuff. I'm telling you we're gonna be in. 955 00:49:21,560 --> 00:49:22,440 Speaker 5: I don't you. 956 00:49:22,800 --> 00:49:25,200 Speaker 4: I don't care who you put on their schedule. I 957 00:49:25,320 --> 00:49:28,680 Speaker 4: do not care how tough their schedule is. I do 958 00:49:28,719 --> 00:49:34,160 Speaker 4: not care. They are gonna plow some teams. I mean, 959 00:49:34,239 --> 00:49:38,160 Speaker 4: they are gonna road grade people. I'm telling you, there're 960 00:49:38,200 --> 00:49:40,200 Speaker 4: gonna be some tough games. They're not going seventeen and 961 00:49:40,200 --> 00:49:43,000 Speaker 4: oh or eighteen and oh I none of that. But 962 00:49:43,120 --> 00:49:46,480 Speaker 4: they are gonna be ough. Yep, they are gonna be 963 00:49:46,520 --> 00:49:47,040 Speaker 4: a load. 964 00:49:48,080 --> 00:49:49,879 Speaker 5: So yeah, you can. 965 00:49:50,120 --> 00:49:52,480 Speaker 4: We can find all these little aspects to you know, 966 00:49:52,520 --> 00:49:54,399 Speaker 4: like Ken Dorsey, he's gotta be better. 967 00:49:54,520 --> 00:49:54,880 Speaker 5: Yeah. 968 00:49:55,000 --> 00:49:57,000 Speaker 4: They can't drop the ball as much yet, they can't 969 00:49:57,000 --> 00:49:58,759 Speaker 4: turn it over in the red zone. Yeah, but I'm 970 00:49:58,760 --> 00:50:00,799 Speaker 4: telling you what their middle line back. Oh my gosh, 971 00:50:00,800 --> 00:50:05,479 Speaker 4: who's gonna play that? I'm telling you, man, I can't wait. 972 00:50:05,880 --> 00:50:09,040 Speaker 3: Yeah, we are at the break time here, so we 973 00:50:09,120 --> 00:50:10,759 Speaker 3: got to step aside. But if you're holding an eight 974 00:50:10,800 --> 00:50:12,680 Speaker 3: O three oh five fifty more of your phone calls 975 00:50:12,680 --> 00:50:14,879 Speaker 3: when we return, we'll take them all. When we get 976 00:50:14,920 --> 00:50:17,040 Speaker 3: back here on One Bill's Live presented by Colia Health, 977 00:50:17,040 --> 00:50:18,800 Speaker 3: It's Buffalo Bills Radio. 978 00:51:00,760 --> 00:51:05,399 Speaker 5: These one Bill's Live presented by called Maida Help. 979 00:51:05,920 --> 00:51:09,040 Speaker 3: All right, here we are our number two on a Wednesday. 980 00:51:09,160 --> 00:51:12,080 Speaker 3: Chris brown Steed tasker with you Mandatory Mini Camp day 981 00:51:12,120 --> 00:51:14,680 Speaker 3: two and we got to get right back to the 982 00:51:14,680 --> 00:51:16,320 Speaker 3: phone calls, a lot of people holding, a lot of 983 00:51:16,320 --> 00:51:18,160 Speaker 3: people waiting, so I want to get to as many 984 00:51:18,160 --> 00:51:18,960 Speaker 3: of you as we can. 985 00:51:19,120 --> 00:51:21,279 Speaker 2: We lead off with Charles in South Buffalo. What do 986 00:51:21,320 --> 00:51:22,000 Speaker 2: you got, Charles? 987 00:51:23,200 --> 00:51:24,520 Speaker 10: Guys happy Wednesday? 988 00:51:26,520 --> 00:51:29,320 Speaker 17: In terms of Steph Diggs, I just got this, I 989 00:51:29,320 --> 00:51:32,120 Speaker 17: guess the statement regarding that, and then just a question 990 00:51:32,200 --> 00:51:36,560 Speaker 17: if you don't mind after with the wide receiver position. 991 00:51:36,719 --> 00:51:41,239 Speaker 17: I mean, this is nothing new that these guys are eccentric, 992 00:51:41,320 --> 00:51:44,280 Speaker 17: you know, quote unquote divas. I mean, go down the list, 993 00:51:44,840 --> 00:51:50,399 Speaker 17: Trell Owens, Randy Moss, Tyreek Hill, DeVante Adams, these guys 994 00:51:50,440 --> 00:51:52,560 Speaker 17: are all superstars, and yet they all bring a little 995 00:51:52,560 --> 00:51:56,839 Speaker 17: bit of drama. So I don't understand why this is 996 00:51:57,360 --> 00:52:00,120 Speaker 17: surprising to a lot of people. It's actually a part 997 00:52:00,120 --> 00:52:02,840 Speaker 17: of what makes them great. You know, they're very ego driven, 998 00:52:02,880 --> 00:52:06,040 Speaker 17: they want to be the best, and quite frankly, that's 999 00:52:06,080 --> 00:52:10,040 Speaker 17: who you want on your team, you know, and especially 1000 00:52:10,040 --> 00:52:12,759 Speaker 17: when it comes to what we have here, Like, I'm 1001 00:52:12,840 --> 00:52:16,360 Speaker 17: fine if Diggs doesn't want to participate in mandatory minicamp 1002 00:52:16,760 --> 00:52:20,600 Speaker 17: because that just gives josh an opportunity to work with 1003 00:52:20,640 --> 00:52:23,000 Speaker 17: the other guys, more specifically the new guys. You know, 1004 00:52:23,040 --> 00:52:26,040 Speaker 17: I'm looking forward to the season and I think Diggs 1005 00:52:26,120 --> 00:52:30,440 Speaker 17: is going to be great. With a question I had, 1006 00:52:30,680 --> 00:52:32,960 Speaker 17: you know, we talk a lot about the middle linebacker position, 1007 00:52:34,560 --> 00:52:40,160 Speaker 17: more specifically, looking to fill that void with a a 1008 00:52:40,280 --> 00:52:45,160 Speaker 17: defensive leader, and I guess my question is, does the 1009 00:52:45,200 --> 00:52:49,200 Speaker 17: middle linebacker have to be your play caller on the defense, 1010 00:52:49,280 --> 00:52:51,239 Speaker 17: the guy with the green the green dot on the 1011 00:52:51,239 --> 00:52:53,400 Speaker 17: helmet that receives the play calls or could that be 1012 00:52:54,239 --> 00:52:58,560 Speaker 17: high could that be ployer? Could that be Milano? Because 1013 00:52:58,640 --> 00:53:02,160 Speaker 17: if that's really what we're looking for in the middle 1014 00:53:02,200 --> 00:53:05,560 Speaker 17: linebacker position, you know, just somebody that can be the 1015 00:53:05,640 --> 00:53:11,359 Speaker 17: quote unquote general on defense. I don't understand why it 1016 00:53:11,400 --> 00:53:14,919 Speaker 17: can't be somebody else, but if it can, I would 1017 00:53:14,960 --> 00:53:16,799 Speaker 17: just don't like to hear your thoughts on that, because 1018 00:53:16,800 --> 00:53:19,960 Speaker 17: I'm happy if it's Hied a player or somebody with 1019 00:53:20,040 --> 00:53:22,400 Speaker 17: a great defensive presence that could just make sure that 1020 00:53:22,440 --> 00:53:25,480 Speaker 17: everybody's aligned in the correct spots. 1021 00:53:25,680 --> 00:53:26,359 Speaker 14: Hang up and listen. 1022 00:53:26,440 --> 00:53:28,080 Speaker 5: Yep, thanks Charles, Thanks Charles. 1023 00:53:28,280 --> 00:53:31,560 Speaker 4: Yeah, I I don't know. I don't think it matters 1024 00:53:31,600 --> 00:53:33,600 Speaker 4: who it is. They can put the green dot on 1025 00:53:33,680 --> 00:53:39,240 Speaker 4: any helmet they want. But and I may be wrong 1026 00:53:39,280 --> 00:53:41,680 Speaker 4: about this, and I think it's pretty simple why they 1027 00:53:41,719 --> 00:53:45,360 Speaker 4: want the middle linebacker to be that guy, because the 1028 00:53:45,400 --> 00:53:48,080 Speaker 4: linebackers are kind of the mesh point between the defensive 1029 00:53:48,120 --> 00:53:50,040 Speaker 4: front and the secondary. 1030 00:53:50,560 --> 00:53:51,200 Speaker 2: There's a link. 1031 00:53:51,440 --> 00:53:54,080 Speaker 4: They have to make sure that the front and when 1032 00:53:54,080 --> 00:53:56,040 Speaker 4: the guys pass rush it all, you know, it looks like, hey, 1033 00:53:56,080 --> 00:53:57,560 Speaker 4: turn them loose, let him go to the quarterback. Well, 1034 00:53:57,600 --> 00:54:01,120 Speaker 4: there's also a method and a plan and to how 1035 00:54:01,160 --> 00:54:04,680 Speaker 4: they do that. And at times, you know, a defensive 1036 00:54:04,680 --> 00:54:07,040 Speaker 4: line will drop into coverage and someone will replace him 1037 00:54:07,040 --> 00:54:09,360 Speaker 4: in the pass rush. And there's all kinds of games 1038 00:54:09,760 --> 00:54:14,080 Speaker 4: with personnel and mixtures of that that they do. And 1039 00:54:14,120 --> 00:54:17,680 Speaker 4: you need a guy somewhere on the field who can 1040 00:54:17,719 --> 00:54:21,640 Speaker 4: make sure that the defensive front and the pass rush 1041 00:54:22,080 --> 00:54:26,920 Speaker 4: stunt or plan that they're going with meshes with the 1042 00:54:27,840 --> 00:54:32,680 Speaker 4: secondary and their coverage plan. They have to be on 1043 00:54:32,719 --> 00:54:35,399 Speaker 4: the same wavelength. They have to be the same play call. 1044 00:54:37,080 --> 00:54:39,760 Speaker 4: You need somebody to make sure that when he yells 1045 00:54:39,960 --> 00:54:41,799 Speaker 4: at them, they can hear him, and he wails at 1046 00:54:41,800 --> 00:54:43,200 Speaker 4: the other side of the field, they can hear him. 1047 00:54:43,280 --> 00:54:46,400 Speaker 4: So it sounds simple, but I really do think it 1048 00:54:46,440 --> 00:54:48,759 Speaker 4: has to be somebody in the middle that can yell 1049 00:54:48,880 --> 00:54:50,840 Speaker 4: the same distance and everybody hears. 1050 00:54:51,520 --> 00:54:54,759 Speaker 3: It's where he's situated pre snap because Micah Hyde and 1051 00:54:54,800 --> 00:54:57,680 Speaker 3: Jordan Poyer, while that might be great, hide might be 1052 00:54:58,600 --> 00:55:02,400 Speaker 3: eighteen yards from a line of scrimmage. They're nobody in 1053 00:55:02,440 --> 00:55:04,759 Speaker 3: the defensive line that's gonna hear him. If he's got 1054 00:55:04,760 --> 00:55:07,560 Speaker 3: to make a pre snap check, it's just not gonna happen. Yeah, 1055 00:55:07,600 --> 00:55:11,520 Speaker 3: and even Milano, while he's a linebacker, also, he could 1056 00:55:11,560 --> 00:55:13,560 Speaker 3: be up on the edge getting ready to blitz off 1057 00:55:13,600 --> 00:55:15,440 Speaker 3: the side. He may have to run with a back 1058 00:55:15,520 --> 00:55:19,000 Speaker 3: out into space outside the numbers if they split out wide, 1059 00:55:19,760 --> 00:55:22,040 Speaker 3: and now he's too far away to communicate with everybody. 1060 00:55:22,120 --> 00:55:24,359 Speaker 3: It's where he is situated in the defense. The middle 1061 00:55:24,400 --> 00:55:27,160 Speaker 3: linebackers the link, as Steve said, between the d line 1062 00:55:27,160 --> 00:55:30,759 Speaker 3: and the secondary, and he is the best person situated 1063 00:55:30,800 --> 00:55:33,759 Speaker 3: on the field to communicate effectively with everybody, no matter 1064 00:55:33,800 --> 00:55:34,279 Speaker 3: the play call. 1065 00:55:34,400 --> 00:55:37,600 Speaker 4: And also it does help in as a human being 1066 00:55:38,120 --> 00:55:42,719 Speaker 4: to always hear that same voice. And I know that, 1067 00:55:43,040 --> 00:55:44,640 Speaker 4: you know, you should be able to be disciplint if 1068 00:55:44,719 --> 00:55:47,239 Speaker 4: somebody said, but here's the thing I mean, I've heard 1069 00:55:47,400 --> 00:55:50,480 Speaker 4: a ton of defensive cordners have told me in meetings 1070 00:55:50,560 --> 00:55:54,000 Speaker 4: and production meetings and that they want a guy who 1071 00:55:54,080 --> 00:55:57,319 Speaker 4: is on the field all three downs. They want him 1072 00:55:57,400 --> 00:55:59,480 Speaker 4: on the field. They don't want to leader their defense, 1073 00:55:59,520 --> 00:56:02,640 Speaker 4: the voice of their defense. This coach on this finger 1074 00:56:02,719 --> 00:56:05,879 Speaker 4: quotes quote coach on the field. They don't want him 1075 00:56:06,040 --> 00:56:09,960 Speaker 4: off the field when there's a crucial third and seven. 1076 00:56:10,920 --> 00:56:12,880 Speaker 4: They don't want a guy out there who can't play 1077 00:56:12,880 --> 00:56:14,839 Speaker 4: that down because he's not an athlete enough. They don't 1078 00:56:14,840 --> 00:56:16,560 Speaker 4: want him standing. They don't want their leader on the 1079 00:56:16,560 --> 00:56:18,400 Speaker 4: field to be standing on the sidelines next to the 1080 00:56:18,440 --> 00:56:21,480 Speaker 4: defensive coordinator. So they want a guy who can do that. 1081 00:56:22,200 --> 00:56:24,239 Speaker 4: And so it's the same as you know, so there 1082 00:56:24,280 --> 00:56:26,840 Speaker 4: you have it in a and in a defense the 1083 00:56:26,880 --> 00:56:29,400 Speaker 4: way the Bills run it, you know that takes any 1084 00:56:29,440 --> 00:56:31,680 Speaker 4: of the defensive lineman out of that case because they 1085 00:56:31,760 --> 00:56:35,200 Speaker 4: rotate those guys. And in most defenses you want a 1086 00:56:35,200 --> 00:56:36,640 Speaker 4: guy there's always a guy in the middle of the 1087 00:56:36,640 --> 00:56:39,040 Speaker 4: defense looking at the quarterback. That guy needs to be 1088 00:56:39,120 --> 00:56:42,759 Speaker 4: the same guy and he can yell and he'll make 1089 00:56:42,880 --> 00:56:47,600 Speaker 4: consistent checks. There you have it. That's that's the simple 1090 00:56:47,640 --> 00:56:50,760 Speaker 4: reason you're right. And and Micah Hyde and Jordan Poyer 1091 00:56:50,800 --> 00:56:54,080 Speaker 4: are great leaders on the field. Don't get an id right, 1092 00:56:54,160 --> 00:56:55,920 Speaker 4: Just don't don't think just because they don't have the 1093 00:56:55,920 --> 00:56:58,600 Speaker 4: green dot that they're not helping, you know, because they'll 1094 00:56:58,600 --> 00:57:01,000 Speaker 4: talk to They have meetings a week with you know, 1095 00:57:01,160 --> 00:57:02,000 Speaker 4: had meetings. 1096 00:57:01,760 --> 00:57:04,160 Speaker 5: In the meet with during the week with Tremaine Edmunds 1097 00:57:04,160 --> 00:57:04,600 Speaker 5: and stuff. 1098 00:57:04,680 --> 00:57:08,080 Speaker 4: Those guys have lots of conversations about Listen, when I 1099 00:57:08,160 --> 00:57:10,719 Speaker 4: call this with this front, I'm thinking this and this 1100 00:57:10,800 --> 00:57:12,680 Speaker 4: and this, and what if they do that, we do this, 1101 00:57:13,000 --> 00:57:15,520 Speaker 4: and Mike and Jordan will say, you know what about this, 1102 00:57:15,600 --> 00:57:17,760 Speaker 4: and we'll try and do this. If they do that, 1103 00:57:17,840 --> 00:57:19,440 Speaker 4: I'm gonna make it look like, you know, all this 1104 00:57:19,480 --> 00:57:23,600 Speaker 4: stuff's going on and it's got to be instantaneous. But 1105 00:57:23,720 --> 00:57:27,400 Speaker 4: having the same voice makes a difference. So that's I 1106 00:57:28,200 --> 00:57:31,920 Speaker 4: think that answers your question, Charles about the middle linebacker. 1107 00:57:31,960 --> 00:57:33,560 Speaker 4: They want to guy, and of course you want a 1108 00:57:33,560 --> 00:57:37,240 Speaker 4: guy who's such a stud. He can do everything and everything. 1109 00:57:37,240 --> 00:57:39,560 Speaker 4: He's just you know, off the charts athletic, which was 1110 00:57:39,680 --> 00:57:42,840 Speaker 4: Tremaine was. So we'll see if they can find a 1111 00:57:42,840 --> 00:57:44,720 Speaker 4: guy who can do all of that, because most of 1112 00:57:44,720 --> 00:57:47,840 Speaker 4: what he has to do is communicate and make sure 1113 00:57:47,960 --> 00:57:50,280 Speaker 4: guys are doing the right thing because they don't want 1114 00:57:50,280 --> 00:57:52,920 Speaker 4: to rush pass rush coming off the defensive right side 1115 00:57:53,440 --> 00:57:55,120 Speaker 4: when one of them was supposed to drop into a 1116 00:57:55,120 --> 00:57:58,240 Speaker 4: hook zone and you know, then all of a sudden, 1117 00:57:58,280 --> 00:58:01,080 Speaker 4: you've got somebody that's uncovered. You know, you get beat. 1118 00:58:01,160 --> 00:58:03,640 Speaker 4: So that kind of stuff can't happen. And that's what 1119 00:58:03,680 --> 00:58:04,600 Speaker 4: that guy's job is. 1120 00:58:04,840 --> 00:58:07,040 Speaker 2: Back to the phones into Rex in Tanawanda. What do 1121 00:58:07,080 --> 00:58:07,600 Speaker 2: you got Rex? 1122 00:58:08,840 --> 00:58:13,000 Speaker 12: Hi, guys love the show, Thanks for taking my call. Uh, 1123 00:58:13,120 --> 00:58:16,080 Speaker 12: I'm calling. I'm I'm getting a little upset listening to 1124 00:58:16,160 --> 00:58:20,760 Speaker 12: some fans calling in, you know, complaining Digs the selfish 1125 00:58:21,000 --> 00:58:23,320 Speaker 12: called on trade. I'm YadA YadA, And. 1126 00:58:23,440 --> 00:58:25,400 Speaker 13: Who do they Who do you think we are? 1127 00:58:25,560 --> 00:58:28,160 Speaker 12: Who do you think we are without Stefan Diggs Because 1128 00:58:28,160 --> 00:58:32,240 Speaker 12: we're not sniffing the super Bowl without him? And uh 1129 00:58:32,360 --> 00:58:34,920 Speaker 12: and I mean we haven't won a super Bowl obviously, 1130 00:58:35,000 --> 00:58:37,840 Speaker 12: and it's it's we're we're not gonna. 1131 00:58:37,640 --> 00:58:38,280 Speaker 17: Even get close. 1132 00:58:38,360 --> 00:58:40,680 Speaker 12: I mean, we're gonna be. We're gonna be like Megan 1133 00:58:40,720 --> 00:58:43,600 Speaker 12: Markle without Harry out there. Like it's just it's not 1134 00:58:43,720 --> 00:58:46,200 Speaker 12: gonna work. It's not We're gonna be We're gonna be 1135 00:58:46,200 --> 00:58:49,200 Speaker 12: in sync without justin Timberlake. It's just if we need him, 1136 00:58:49,200 --> 00:58:50,720 Speaker 12: we need him on this team, we need this fire, 1137 00:58:50,760 --> 00:58:53,240 Speaker 12: we need a desire. And so what if he if 1138 00:58:53,240 --> 00:58:55,880 Speaker 12: he misses a day of mini camps? So what, bring 1139 00:58:56,040 --> 00:58:58,280 Speaker 12: bring the fire, bring the passion. I love him, I 1140 00:58:58,320 --> 00:58:58,880 Speaker 12: love the bills. 1141 00:58:59,320 --> 00:59:00,400 Speaker 7: Go Bill, all. 1142 00:59:00,400 --> 00:59:01,920 Speaker 2: Right, thanks, Rex, appreciate that. 1143 00:59:03,480 --> 00:59:07,560 Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean, and that's why yesterday when Josh said 1144 00:59:07,560 --> 00:59:09,520 Speaker 3: this is gonna end up being a blip on the radar, 1145 00:59:10,080 --> 00:59:11,480 Speaker 3: and when von Miller. 1146 00:59:11,240 --> 00:59:13,240 Speaker 5: Says, guys, it's not that. 1147 00:59:13,800 --> 00:59:16,240 Speaker 3: It's not that serious and then said it four more 1148 00:59:16,280 --> 00:59:19,240 Speaker 3: times in a fifteen minute press conference, I wasn't all 1149 00:59:19,240 --> 00:59:19,880 Speaker 3: that concerned. 1150 00:59:20,480 --> 00:59:23,720 Speaker 2: So and here we are today and steps at practice. 1151 00:59:23,400 --> 00:59:26,640 Speaker 4: Sets out there hob Nobyn with Josh like like like 1152 00:59:26,680 --> 00:59:28,880 Speaker 4: that commercial, like it never even happened. 1153 00:59:30,120 --> 00:59:31,600 Speaker 5: So there we go to. 1154 00:59:31,680 --> 00:59:33,760 Speaker 2: Chuck in Clarence. Next, what do you got for us? Chuck? 1155 00:59:35,800 --> 00:59:40,920 Speaker 11: Yeah, Hi, guys, I'm still very concerned about this Bigs 1156 00:59:40,920 --> 00:59:43,320 Speaker 11: thing and and there's only one person to blame for this, 1157 00:59:44,800 --> 00:59:49,120 Speaker 11: and it's Biggs. Everybody in the last twenty four hours, 1158 00:59:49,400 --> 00:59:53,440 Speaker 11: I'm going on forty eight hours locally nationwide, this has 1159 00:59:53,480 --> 00:59:56,640 Speaker 11: been the story, the sports story. He can control this. 1160 00:59:57,720 --> 01:00:02,840 Speaker 11: He forgot that his his role or he rejected his role, 1161 01:00:03,120 --> 01:00:09,400 Speaker 11: his leader, communicator, role model, spokesman. I mean, this was 1162 01:00:09,440 --> 01:00:11,840 Speaker 11: a brush fire that he could have put out quickly. 1163 01:00:12,200 --> 01:00:15,600 Speaker 11: He is loved and respected. That's why people are so upset. 1164 01:00:16,360 --> 01:00:19,080 Speaker 11: I mean, the Alan Diggs signs are out like full 1165 01:00:19,120 --> 01:00:23,160 Speaker 11: time political science. He is loved. He needs to know that. 1166 01:00:23,440 --> 01:00:25,240 Speaker 11: But we need to know he loves his back and 1167 01:00:25,280 --> 01:00:29,200 Speaker 11: that he's he he will take up the bill slag 1168 01:00:29,320 --> 01:00:32,720 Speaker 11: for you know, being a leader. But he created this 1169 01:00:32,840 --> 01:00:36,920 Speaker 11: problem and then of course we're still talking about it. 1170 01:00:37,400 --> 01:00:40,040 Speaker 11: The coach McDermott said he was very concerned. Well, now, 1171 01:00:40,040 --> 01:00:43,880 Speaker 11: when the coach says that, and he's very uh, you know, 1172 01:00:43,920 --> 01:00:47,160 Speaker 11: he's very keeps us keeps his cards close to himself. 1173 01:00:47,200 --> 01:00:49,520 Speaker 11: When he said when he's saying that, that was real. 1174 01:00:49,680 --> 01:00:51,840 Speaker 11: That really got me. I thought, was something is really 1175 01:00:51,880 --> 01:00:54,760 Speaker 11: going on. So he needs to be at the podium today. 1176 01:00:54,840 --> 01:00:56,680 Speaker 11: I would love to see him at the podium today 1177 01:00:57,120 --> 01:00:59,280 Speaker 11: and say, look, everything's going to be fine, guys. We 1178 01:00:59,360 --> 01:01:01,919 Speaker 11: have a great team, and give that speech that Steve 1179 01:01:02,040 --> 01:01:04,400 Speaker 11: just gave about how we're gonna kill it kick everybody 1180 01:01:04,680 --> 01:01:08,400 Speaker 11: because that's what we do too. All Right, that's what 1181 01:01:08,480 --> 01:01:08,880 Speaker 11: I have to say. 1182 01:01:08,960 --> 01:01:12,880 Speaker 3: Fair enough, Chuck, thanks for the call. Yeah, I mean, look, 1183 01:01:13,960 --> 01:01:16,840 Speaker 3: Steve's right, this is a great team. I mean, Steve 1184 01:01:16,880 --> 01:01:19,800 Speaker 3: and I have a podcast coming out this week about 1185 01:01:19,800 --> 01:01:23,880 Speaker 3: how the roster this year is even better. It's more talented, 1186 01:01:23,920 --> 01:01:25,840 Speaker 3: and it's deeper than the roster they had last year 1187 01:01:25,880 --> 01:01:28,760 Speaker 3: or maybe even the year before that. It's that good, 1188 01:01:28,880 --> 01:01:32,480 Speaker 3: and nobody's talking about it because they didn't trade for 1189 01:01:32,520 --> 01:01:36,800 Speaker 3: Aaron Rodgers, you know, or Derek Carr didn't move from 1190 01:01:37,280 --> 01:01:40,240 Speaker 3: you know, Las Vegas to New Orleans. You know, they 1191 01:01:40,280 --> 01:01:43,360 Speaker 3: didn't have one of those gigantic von Miller type signings, 1192 01:01:43,560 --> 01:01:44,560 Speaker 3: so nobody's noticed. 1193 01:01:45,720 --> 01:01:47,040 Speaker 5: So, but it's true. 1194 01:01:47,880 --> 01:01:49,840 Speaker 3: It might be the best roster Brandon Beans ever put 1195 01:01:49,880 --> 01:01:53,400 Speaker 3: together and nobody's talking about it. They could be even 1196 01:01:53,400 --> 01:01:56,320 Speaker 3: better than they were last year, So take it for 1197 01:01:56,400 --> 01:01:59,680 Speaker 3: what it's worth. Whether Sean McDermot addresses the media or not, 1198 01:02:00,080 --> 01:02:00,640 Speaker 3: could happen. 1199 01:02:01,120 --> 01:02:02,120 Speaker 2: We'll see and. 1200 01:02:02,200 --> 01:02:03,920 Speaker 3: If he does, we'll bring it to you here on 1201 01:02:03,960 --> 01:02:08,120 Speaker 3: the show when practice is over. But yeah, I mean, 1202 01:02:08,120 --> 01:02:10,760 Speaker 3: we'll see how the team decides to handle it. But 1203 01:02:11,280 --> 01:02:14,320 Speaker 3: it may have already been handled and resolved because steps 1204 01:02:14,320 --> 01:02:17,280 Speaker 3: out there today. So that's just kind of where it's at. 1205 01:02:17,560 --> 01:02:21,000 Speaker 2: Let's go to uh Latino Doe boy on the west side. 1206 01:02:21,040 --> 01:02:22,000 Speaker 2: What do you got for us? 1207 01:02:23,400 --> 01:02:26,800 Speaker 14: So? How you doing guys? Something? I was taking my 1208 01:02:26,880 --> 01:02:30,919 Speaker 14: lunch in my bag. Listen, I just wanted to say 1209 01:02:30,960 --> 01:02:34,160 Speaker 14: that first of all, that Bounce said that you main serious. 1210 01:02:34,160 --> 01:02:36,080 Speaker 14: So I'm gonna take a quote out of Stevie Johnson. 1211 01:02:36,520 --> 01:02:39,640 Speaker 14: Why so seriously goes about to your calm down. You know, 1212 01:02:40,520 --> 01:02:43,520 Speaker 14: Stephan dig Goldie pollin Is and I love him to death. 1213 01:02:44,120 --> 01:02:47,920 Speaker 14: That he cares too much. He hates losing. And I 1214 01:02:48,000 --> 01:02:49,680 Speaker 14: take a player on that on my teammate the day. 1215 01:02:49,720 --> 01:02:52,040 Speaker 14: He just he just hates losing. He just don't how 1216 01:02:52,040 --> 01:02:54,200 Speaker 14: to deal with losing. He knows we'll get that team 1217 01:02:54,320 --> 01:02:56,960 Speaker 14: to go to a super Bowl. That's the only thing 1218 01:02:57,280 --> 01:03:00,280 Speaker 14: Doctor's wrong with things. And yes, he cares too much. Uh, 1219 01:03:00,720 --> 01:03:03,200 Speaker 14: I want to go to the middle linebacker spot. Sure, 1220 01:03:05,080 --> 01:03:08,800 Speaker 14: and mark my words, Stephen Chris, I think Dorian, he 1221 01:03:09,360 --> 01:03:11,840 Speaker 14: picks up that defense and he learns how to play call. 1222 01:03:12,320 --> 01:03:14,720 Speaker 14: I think he'll be the middle linebacker because I see 1223 01:03:14,760 --> 01:03:17,640 Speaker 14: this guy's take from the first game to the left 1224 01:03:17,640 --> 01:03:20,880 Speaker 14: game of Tulane, and he might be six to one, 1225 01:03:20,920 --> 01:03:23,240 Speaker 14: but he got this long irons that he knows how 1226 01:03:23,240 --> 01:03:26,120 Speaker 14: to fight through tackles, knows how to squibbles, weighs like 1227 01:03:26,720 --> 01:03:30,080 Speaker 14: seek ball, get ball. That's what kind of linebacker he is. 1228 01:03:30,480 --> 01:03:33,040 Speaker 14: And I think he's gonna be the middle linebacker. I'll 1229 01:03:33,120 --> 01:03:34,760 Speaker 14: hang up and listen to your college and I just 1230 01:03:34,800 --> 01:03:36,880 Speaker 14: want to say, go build. I love this team. 1231 01:03:36,960 --> 01:03:41,240 Speaker 4: Steve, You're right, we got we got the bomb, all right, 1232 01:03:41,280 --> 01:03:42,640 Speaker 4: Thanks for the call, appreciate it. 1233 01:03:43,760 --> 01:03:46,400 Speaker 3: I think Dorian Williams is gonna have an uphill battle 1234 01:03:46,440 --> 01:03:49,000 Speaker 3: here because you've had guys that have been in this 1235 01:03:49,080 --> 01:03:52,800 Speaker 3: system for over a year, some much longer than that. 1236 01:03:53,520 --> 01:03:57,240 Speaker 3: You know, Tyrel Dotson, he's going on year four. He's 1237 01:03:57,280 --> 01:04:01,400 Speaker 3: been in this defense for three years. And obviously the 1238 01:04:01,440 --> 01:04:03,760 Speaker 3: draft choices from last year to Rel Bernard and Balon 1239 01:04:03,800 --> 01:04:07,000 Speaker 3: Spector have a year under their belt as well. So 1240 01:04:08,200 --> 01:04:11,280 Speaker 3: it's a learning curve that Dorian's gonna have to travel 1241 01:04:12,120 --> 01:04:15,240 Speaker 3: to prove he's as well versed in not only knowing 1242 01:04:15,280 --> 01:04:18,200 Speaker 3: his own assignment, but how to line everybody else up, 1243 01:04:18,640 --> 01:04:20,360 Speaker 3: and he's only got a few months to do it. 1244 01:04:20,960 --> 01:04:23,480 Speaker 2: I'm not saying he can't, but. 1245 01:04:25,000 --> 01:04:28,920 Speaker 3: It's just a fact he's behind the other guys just 1246 01:04:28,960 --> 01:04:30,160 Speaker 3: by lack of experience. 1247 01:04:30,840 --> 01:04:33,160 Speaker 2: So I think he's really gonna have to. 1248 01:04:33,120 --> 01:04:41,040 Speaker 3: Be extraordinary to leapfrog those guys just from an experience standpoint, 1249 01:04:41,200 --> 01:04:43,520 Speaker 3: no matter how talented he is, because that is the 1250 01:04:43,560 --> 01:04:47,880 Speaker 3: most important position on the defensive side of the ball, 1251 01:04:47,920 --> 01:04:50,720 Speaker 3: from not only a mental standpoint, but from a leadership 1252 01:04:50,760 --> 01:04:51,760 Speaker 3: standpoint as well. 1253 01:04:52,040 --> 01:04:54,480 Speaker 2: That's a lot to put on a rookie shoulders. Again, 1254 01:04:54,920 --> 01:04:56,440 Speaker 2: not saying he can't handle. 1255 01:04:56,160 --> 01:04:59,080 Speaker 3: It, but he's got guys with more experience on this 1256 01:04:59,200 --> 01:05:02,560 Speaker 3: roster at that spot and in this system. So it's 1257 01:05:02,600 --> 01:05:04,520 Speaker 3: not just his own abilities that he's got to put 1258 01:05:04,520 --> 01:05:06,800 Speaker 3: on display on the field. Those abilities have to be 1259 01:05:06,880 --> 01:05:09,480 Speaker 3: superior to the guys with more experience than him on 1260 01:05:09,520 --> 01:05:09,920 Speaker 3: the roster. 1261 01:05:10,320 --> 01:05:15,040 Speaker 4: Yeah, I my candidates to do this middle linebacker thing 1262 01:05:15,160 --> 01:05:17,760 Speaker 4: is you know, for one, it's going to be Tyrel Dodson, 1263 01:05:17,920 --> 01:05:22,280 Speaker 4: and then Baylen Spector, and then I think a dark 1264 01:05:22,320 --> 01:05:24,480 Speaker 4: horse of people, and I know, people think about Terrell 1265 01:05:24,560 --> 01:05:28,040 Speaker 4: Bernard as being maybe that guy. I think a guy 1266 01:05:28,080 --> 01:05:32,520 Speaker 4: that people don't know about his guy named Travan Howard. 1267 01:05:33,280 --> 01:05:38,120 Speaker 4: His athleticism is what's going to set him apart. And 1268 01:05:38,160 --> 01:05:40,840 Speaker 4: also the same thing with Spector. I don't think people 1269 01:05:40,880 --> 01:05:44,400 Speaker 4: realize how good an athlete Baile Inspector is. I think 1270 01:05:44,440 --> 01:05:48,440 Speaker 4: those guys is Travan Howard and Baylen Spector behind Tyrell Dotts, 1271 01:05:48,440 --> 01:05:51,240 Speaker 4: and I think those three guys are my pick. I 1272 01:05:51,320 --> 01:05:53,960 Speaker 4: do think, like we talked about it yesterday, at a minute, 1273 01:05:54,280 --> 01:05:58,640 Speaker 4: this middle linebacker, dude, let's face it, folks, whoever it is, 1274 01:05:58,680 --> 01:06:01,400 Speaker 4: he's on the roster. Now, yeah, that's one of these 1275 01:06:01,400 --> 01:06:02,560 Speaker 4: guys is going to be the guy. 1276 01:06:03,440 --> 01:06:07,400 Speaker 5: So I'm I'm. 1277 01:06:07,080 --> 01:06:09,920 Speaker 4: Looking at the list and you know, we're watching practice 1278 01:06:09,920 --> 01:06:13,400 Speaker 4: and all that, and you know, Dodson's a guy with 1279 01:06:13,440 --> 01:06:16,560 Speaker 4: a lot of experience. Specter's got a year under his 1280 01:06:16,600 --> 01:06:21,840 Speaker 4: belt now, so does Bernard and this, like I say, Howard, 1281 01:06:22,680 --> 01:06:27,400 Speaker 4: Travan Howard, and then I just think he's an outstanding athlete. 1282 01:06:28,640 --> 01:06:31,200 Speaker 3: His problem has been health, right, He's been with the 1283 01:06:31,280 --> 01:06:34,480 Speaker 3: Rams for over two years, he's been injured and throw 1284 01:06:34,480 --> 01:06:37,160 Speaker 3: all three, all three of them in some way, shape 1285 01:06:37,240 --> 01:06:41,040 Speaker 3: or form, missed large swaths of the season, so staying 1286 01:06:41,080 --> 01:06:43,600 Speaker 3: healthy is his biggest turtle, and if he can do that, 1287 01:06:43,640 --> 01:06:44,880 Speaker 3: maybe he gives himself a chance. 1288 01:06:44,920 --> 01:06:45,360 Speaker 2: We'll see. 1289 01:06:46,000 --> 01:06:48,200 Speaker 3: But he's getting a second chance here in Buffalo after 1290 01:06:48,680 --> 01:06:50,800 Speaker 3: washing out in LA because he couldn't stay on the field. 1291 01:06:50,960 --> 01:06:53,280 Speaker 3: So we'll see what happens. Let's go to Joel in 1292 01:06:53,360 --> 01:06:53,960 Speaker 3: New Hampshire. 1293 01:06:53,960 --> 01:06:54,520 Speaker 2: What do you got for us? 1294 01:06:54,560 --> 01:06:54,840 Speaker 5: Joel? 1295 01:06:56,040 --> 01:06:57,280 Speaker 7: Hey, guys, how you doing? 1296 01:06:57,360 --> 01:06:57,520 Speaker 10: Hey? 1297 01:06:57,720 --> 01:07:01,520 Speaker 7: Uh yeah, real quick? You know, on this step Diggs, 1298 01:07:01,680 --> 01:07:03,880 Speaker 7: you know, thing, look. 1299 01:07:03,880 --> 01:07:05,560 Speaker 13: We this way. 1300 01:07:05,600 --> 01:07:08,720 Speaker 7: I look at it. We're third and four were thrown deep. 1301 01:07:08,920 --> 01:07:12,160 Speaker 7: We're third and six were thrown deep. You know, those 1302 01:07:12,160 --> 01:07:15,080 Speaker 7: were two of the dumbest call. God, I don't know 1303 01:07:15,120 --> 01:07:18,240 Speaker 7: what happened, you know, but you know against Cincinnati, and 1304 01:07:18,320 --> 01:07:20,320 Speaker 7: I was so frustrated to him. I'm like, what are 1305 01:07:20,320 --> 01:07:23,520 Speaker 7: you doing? You know, It's like I didn't understand it either, right, 1306 01:07:24,120 --> 01:07:27,840 Speaker 7: So I'm looking at it like this, okay, poor play 1307 01:07:27,920 --> 01:07:34,040 Speaker 7: calling and maybe just maybe that little outburst by Diggs 1308 01:07:34,280 --> 01:07:38,080 Speaker 7: with Josh was like audible eyes out of it, you know, like, 1309 01:07:38,200 --> 01:07:41,200 Speaker 7: don't you know, don't go with the scripted play, Steve, 1310 01:07:41,320 --> 01:07:44,680 Speaker 7: you played with Jimbo I can't remember if it was 1311 01:07:44,680 --> 01:07:49,360 Speaker 7: a Chief A Raiders game, but I watched Marvil Levy 1312 01:07:49,680 --> 01:07:53,440 Speaker 7: and March. Yeah, it was the match of broke whatever. 1313 01:07:53,800 --> 01:07:56,680 Speaker 7: I remember Jim just wave at him. He wasn't even 1314 01:07:56,760 --> 01:07:58,920 Speaker 7: listening to him, and he kind of give him a wave. 1315 01:07:59,400 --> 01:08:02,520 Speaker 7: They threw the headsets now and he hit Loft and 1316 01:08:02,640 --> 01:08:05,440 Speaker 7: for like, you know, a key play. Maybe that's what 1317 01:08:05,480 --> 01:08:09,560 Speaker 7: it was, you know, maybe maybe Steph was saying the 1318 01:08:09,600 --> 01:08:13,720 Speaker 7: same thing. I was, why are we throwing deep on 1319 01:08:13,760 --> 01:08:18,000 Speaker 7: two plays in a row? And Josh attimplies out of 1320 01:08:18,000 --> 01:08:18,400 Speaker 7: that crack. 1321 01:08:18,720 --> 01:08:20,719 Speaker 2: I don't think it was that specific, Joel. 1322 01:08:20,920 --> 01:08:22,880 Speaker 3: I think at that point in the game, there was 1323 01:08:22,920 --> 01:08:26,280 Speaker 3: about six minutes left, the Bills were still down seventeen. 1324 01:08:26,400 --> 01:08:28,160 Speaker 3: There was not enough time on the clock to come 1325 01:08:28,200 --> 01:08:30,519 Speaker 3: back and have the right number of possessions in a 1326 01:08:30,560 --> 01:08:33,800 Speaker 3: three score game with the way Cincinnati was marching up 1327 01:08:33,840 --> 01:08:36,479 Speaker 3: and down the field on offense, and I think everything 1328 01:08:36,479 --> 01:08:38,920 Speaker 3: from the entire season just came to a head and 1329 01:08:38,960 --> 01:08:42,120 Speaker 3: Stefan Diggs realized we're not advancing in the playoffs and 1330 01:08:42,120 --> 01:08:44,960 Speaker 3: we're not winning the Super Bowl again this year, and 1331 01:08:45,120 --> 01:08:48,559 Speaker 3: I'm hot about it, and it was diarrhea of. 1332 01:08:48,479 --> 01:08:52,000 Speaker 2: The mouth on the sidelines. It all came out. 1333 01:08:51,600 --> 01:08:53,960 Speaker 3: And talking to some of his teammates, they say, that's 1334 01:08:54,000 --> 01:08:56,040 Speaker 3: how Steph is. You just got to let him run 1335 01:08:56,120 --> 01:08:58,960 Speaker 3: his course, let him run it out. He did, and 1336 01:08:59,000 --> 01:09:01,519 Speaker 3: that was the end of it. Now does this thing 1337 01:09:01,560 --> 01:09:03,960 Speaker 3: from yesterday have anything to do with that? Maybe it does. 1338 01:09:04,200 --> 01:09:04,680 Speaker 2: We don't know. 1339 01:09:05,479 --> 01:09:08,000 Speaker 3: And I think you're talking about apples and oranges when 1340 01:09:08,000 --> 01:09:11,120 Speaker 3: you're talking about this offense and Jim Kelly. The reason 1341 01:09:11,120 --> 01:09:14,479 Speaker 3: why is Jim Kelly called his own place. He didn't 1342 01:09:14,520 --> 01:09:16,240 Speaker 3: have a coordinator giving him the stuff in his ear. 1343 01:09:16,280 --> 01:09:19,120 Speaker 3: He was calling it, So it's different. 1344 01:09:19,439 --> 01:09:25,320 Speaker 4: Yeah, yeah, yeah, brown All the stuff that Brownie said 1345 01:09:25,439 --> 01:09:30,439 Speaker 4: is exactly right. And guys spout off on the sidelines 1346 01:09:30,479 --> 01:09:30,920 Speaker 4: all the time. 1347 01:09:31,760 --> 01:09:32,160 Speaker 5: Players do. 1348 01:09:32,360 --> 01:09:35,040 Speaker 4: Steph's done it before, players are going to do it 1349 01:09:35,600 --> 01:09:36,360 Speaker 4: when you come down. 1350 01:09:37,200 --> 01:09:38,080 Speaker 5: It's really for me. 1351 01:09:38,160 --> 01:09:40,080 Speaker 4: And I've said this not very often, but once in 1352 01:09:40,080 --> 01:09:43,280 Speaker 4: a while on the show, it's really. I know fans 1353 01:09:43,360 --> 01:09:45,960 Speaker 4: love doing it. They think it's easy because it does 1354 01:09:46,000 --> 01:09:50,559 Speaker 4: seem simple, but it's not. I have a hard time 1355 01:09:50,600 --> 01:09:53,920 Speaker 4: listening to fans when they start talking about play calling. 1356 01:09:54,600 --> 01:09:55,600 Speaker 5: It's complicated. 1357 01:09:55,800 --> 01:09:59,519 Speaker 4: There's a lot in there, and it comes down to 1358 01:09:59,560 --> 01:10:01,280 Speaker 4: the guys on the field where in the Helmet's not 1359 01:10:01,360 --> 01:10:04,320 Speaker 4: the play calling most of the time. Certainly you can 1360 01:10:04,360 --> 01:10:08,080 Speaker 4: make certain instances, but most of the time it's about 1361 01:10:08,160 --> 01:10:11,040 Speaker 4: the players on the field. Ninety five percent of the 1362 01:10:11,040 --> 01:10:12,679 Speaker 4: time it's the players, not the call. 1363 01:10:13,520 --> 01:10:16,000 Speaker 3: Break time here for us, and when we come back, 1364 01:10:16,040 --> 01:10:18,800 Speaker 3: more of your phone calls, and if anybody's addressing the 1365 01:10:18,840 --> 01:10:21,439 Speaker 3: media after practice, will get to them as well. Here 1366 01:10:21,439 --> 01:10:23,240 Speaker 3: on One Bill's Live, presented by Colid of Health. 1367 01:10:23,240 --> 01:10:33,559 Speaker 18: It's Buffalo Bill's Radio. 1368 01:10:34,640 --> 01:10:36,679 Speaker 3: All right, here we are One Bill's Live, Chris Brown, 1369 01:10:36,720 --> 01:10:40,400 Speaker 3: Steve Tasker, going right back to the phones. Anybody addresses 1370 01:10:40,439 --> 01:10:42,960 Speaker 3: the media here post practice, we'll bring it to you 1371 01:10:43,040 --> 01:10:44,120 Speaker 3: as soon as possible. 1372 01:10:44,479 --> 01:10:47,120 Speaker 2: But in the meantime we go to DJ in Hamburg. 1373 01:10:47,160 --> 01:10:47,680 Speaker 5: What do you got for his? 1374 01:10:47,800 --> 01:10:48,000 Speaker 2: DJ? 1375 01:10:48,760 --> 01:10:49,080 Speaker 7: Steve? 1376 01:10:49,120 --> 01:10:49,679 Speaker 6: How you doing? 1377 01:10:49,760 --> 01:10:50,320 Speaker 14: Huh? 1378 01:10:50,520 --> 01:10:51,559 Speaker 6: You know you're right, Steve. 1379 01:10:51,600 --> 01:10:53,240 Speaker 7: This team sloaded. I would have died. 1380 01:10:53,280 --> 01:10:55,080 Speaker 11: They had thirteen and three over the years. 1381 01:10:55,120 --> 01:10:58,160 Speaker 7: You know, they complain about Ken Dorsey and his play calling. 1382 01:10:58,680 --> 01:11:00,280 Speaker 8: We could have been fifteen one. 1383 01:11:00,360 --> 01:11:01,080 Speaker 10: Last year we lost. 1384 01:11:01,200 --> 01:11:03,519 Speaker 19: We've bumbled above for whatever reason at the one yard 1385 01:11:03,560 --> 01:11:04,920 Speaker 19: line in the Miami game. 1386 01:11:04,960 --> 01:11:05,960 Speaker 6: We played another three. 1387 01:11:06,040 --> 01:11:08,560 Speaker 13: The Greek temperatures and we almost pulled it out, and 1388 01:11:08,600 --> 01:11:09,879 Speaker 13: they let the quarterback play. 1389 01:11:09,720 --> 01:11:10,480 Speaker 8: With a concussion. 1390 01:11:11,560 --> 01:11:14,439 Speaker 11: I just I can't believe that they're getting on this 1391 01:11:14,520 --> 01:11:16,640 Speaker 11: guy and being a one year offensive coordinator. 1392 01:11:17,040 --> 01:11:21,200 Speaker 3: Yeah, thank you, Yeah, no problem, dj I Yeah. 1393 01:11:21,320 --> 01:11:24,320 Speaker 2: I mean, look, as Steve said. 1394 01:11:24,160 --> 01:11:27,760 Speaker 3: Earlier, ninety five to ninety eight percent of the time, 1395 01:11:27,880 --> 01:11:31,120 Speaker 3: it's the players on the field as to why something 1396 01:11:31,160 --> 01:11:36,519 Speaker 3: did not go right almost, I mean a vast majority 1397 01:11:36,560 --> 01:11:38,880 Speaker 3: of the time. And look, you look, think about the 1398 01:11:38,880 --> 01:11:39,639 Speaker 3: Minnesota game. 1399 01:11:40,360 --> 01:11:43,080 Speaker 2: Did Ken Dorsey fumble on the one yard line? Listen, 1400 01:11:43,600 --> 01:11:44,240 Speaker 2: he didn't. 1401 01:11:44,360 --> 01:11:47,080 Speaker 3: Did Ken Dorsey help Justin Jefferson catch a fourth and 1402 01:11:47,120 --> 01:11:48,000 Speaker 3: eighteen pass. 1403 01:11:47,800 --> 01:11:49,080 Speaker 5: By getting offensive coordinator? 1404 01:11:49,160 --> 01:11:49,280 Speaker 6: Yet? 1405 01:11:49,320 --> 01:11:49,479 Speaker 5: Right? 1406 01:11:49,520 --> 01:11:51,520 Speaker 2: I mean, you know what I'm saying like that. 1407 01:11:51,720 --> 01:11:52,200 Speaker 5: I get it. 1408 01:11:52,240 --> 01:11:54,280 Speaker 4: And you can say what you want about the Miami 1409 01:11:54,360 --> 01:11:57,880 Speaker 4: game at the end. Even at the end of the 1410 01:11:57,880 --> 01:12:01,080 Speaker 4: Miami game, if I say a McKenzie puts his foot 1411 01:12:01,080 --> 01:12:03,599 Speaker 4: in the ground, moves up five yards downs the ball 1412 01:12:03,600 --> 01:12:06,120 Speaker 4: they got pushing on the hash they spike it, they'd 1413 01:12:06,160 --> 01:12:07,720 Speaker 4: still have time to get a field goal and win 1414 01:12:07,800 --> 01:12:16,280 Speaker 4: that game. Yes, Ken Dorsey, you're gonna Ken Dorsey called 1415 01:12:16,320 --> 01:12:19,360 Speaker 4: a quarterback sneak and all they had to do was 1416 01:12:19,400 --> 01:12:22,040 Speaker 4: get no gain on it, and they win the game. 1417 01:12:23,640 --> 01:12:24,639 Speaker 5: They fumble it. 1418 01:12:26,200 --> 01:12:29,120 Speaker 4: And it's a touchdown the other way, and it couldn't 1419 01:12:29,120 --> 01:12:33,479 Speaker 4: have gone more catastrophically wrong. And even after that, they 1420 01:12:33,520 --> 01:12:36,080 Speaker 4: go down and tie the game up to go to overtime, 1421 01:12:37,560 --> 01:12:40,720 Speaker 4: and well, even after that they get they get the 1422 01:12:40,760 --> 01:12:44,600 Speaker 4: fourth and eighteen, all they had to do is knock that. 1423 01:12:44,680 --> 01:12:49,200 Speaker 4: I mean, uh, yeah that Ken Dorsey deserves a lot 1424 01:12:49,200 --> 01:12:51,840 Speaker 4: of credit for what he did last year. And I 1425 01:12:51,920 --> 01:12:55,080 Speaker 4: know that it's fun and easy for us to say, well, 1426 01:12:55,080 --> 01:12:56,439 Speaker 4: they should have run it here when they threw it, 1427 01:12:56,439 --> 01:12:58,280 Speaker 4: and they should have thrown it here when they ran it, 1428 01:13:00,120 --> 01:13:03,680 Speaker 4: basic stuff like that, But it it's the players. And 1429 01:13:03,720 --> 01:13:06,200 Speaker 4: I know fans don't want to blame Josh for something 1430 01:13:06,240 --> 01:13:08,559 Speaker 4: going wrong. Fans don't want to play in Steph. Blame 1431 01:13:08,560 --> 01:13:10,400 Speaker 4: Steph Diggs for this and that or the other. And 1432 01:13:10,479 --> 01:13:11,920 Speaker 4: but those guys will be the first to tell you, man, 1433 01:13:11,960 --> 01:13:13,160 Speaker 4: I should have done this, I should have done that, 1434 01:13:13,200 --> 01:13:14,040 Speaker 4: I should have caught the ball. 1435 01:13:14,040 --> 01:13:15,280 Speaker 5: I shouldn't have made a better throw. 1436 01:13:15,520 --> 01:13:18,880 Speaker 2: Receivers run the wrong route, Quarterbacks make the wrong decisions. 1437 01:13:18,520 --> 01:13:21,360 Speaker 4: Or they rehab Steph see something and Josh see something else, 1438 01:13:21,400 --> 01:13:23,360 Speaker 4: and they miscommunicate, so we go somewhere else. 1439 01:13:24,240 --> 01:13:25,120 Speaker 5: That kind of stuff. 1440 01:13:25,560 --> 01:13:29,639 Speaker 4: It's the the players always should and usually do take 1441 01:13:29,680 --> 01:13:31,960 Speaker 4: responsibility when they have a when they have a play 1442 01:13:32,000 --> 01:13:34,240 Speaker 4: go wrong like that. Not always, and and and there's 1443 01:13:34,240 --> 01:13:35,760 Speaker 4: a lot of times too where the coach where the 1444 01:13:35,800 --> 01:13:38,160 Speaker 4: coach say, Guys, I called this play, I wish I didn't. 1445 01:13:38,320 --> 01:13:40,560 Speaker 4: This is a this is a Creddy play call. We 1446 01:13:40,600 --> 01:13:44,840 Speaker 4: should have But it's so it's so deep and high 1447 01:13:44,920 --> 01:13:47,160 Speaker 4: level stuff as to why he didn't like that play call. 1448 01:13:47,479 --> 01:13:49,880 Speaker 4: We're never gonna know that. You'll never You'll never know. 1449 01:13:51,439 --> 01:13:57,120 Speaker 4: So yes, I agree with you. We're we're poking holes 1450 01:13:57,160 --> 01:14:00,360 Speaker 4: in an offense that was so good last year and 1451 01:14:00,520 --> 01:14:04,360 Speaker 4: so productive. It's hard to poke holes in what the 1452 01:14:04,360 --> 01:14:07,080 Speaker 4: Bills are doing. Everything they do this these days, they're 1453 01:14:07,120 --> 01:14:09,200 Speaker 4: doing it right. Doesn't mean they're gonna win the super 1454 01:14:09,200 --> 01:14:10,840 Speaker 4: Bowl every year, doesn't he mean they're gonna win a 1455 01:14:10,880 --> 01:14:14,800 Speaker 4: playoff game, But man oh man, they do a lot 1456 01:14:14,880 --> 01:14:16,240 Speaker 4: right everywhere. 1457 01:14:16,760 --> 01:14:17,599 Speaker 5: So we'll see. 1458 01:14:18,439 --> 01:14:20,839 Speaker 2: Let's get back to the phones and to Brian and Buffalo. 1459 01:14:20,920 --> 01:14:21,479 Speaker 2: What do you got first? 1460 01:14:21,520 --> 01:14:26,360 Speaker 20: Brian, Hey, thank you for having me. I was just 1461 01:14:26,400 --> 01:14:29,800 Speaker 20: thinking about like our draft picks, and you know, a 1462 01:14:29,840 --> 01:14:32,679 Speaker 20: lot of people talk about, like, you know, draft value. 1463 01:14:32,880 --> 01:14:34,720 Speaker 20: I was just wondering, like, who do you think is 1464 01:14:34,720 --> 01:14:37,200 Speaker 20: gonna be our first day starters, Who do you think 1465 01:14:37,240 --> 01:14:40,200 Speaker 20: will play like in the middle of season, and then 1466 01:14:40,200 --> 01:14:41,720 Speaker 20: who do you think is definitely going to play in 1467 01:14:41,760 --> 01:14:42,680 Speaker 20: the playoffs? 1468 01:14:43,200 --> 01:14:45,760 Speaker 2: Okay, so the draft class, Brian, no problem. I think 1469 01:14:45,800 --> 01:14:46,479 Speaker 2: we can answer that. 1470 01:14:46,560 --> 01:14:49,920 Speaker 3: I think Dalton Kincaid is going to be on the 1471 01:14:49,920 --> 01:14:52,680 Speaker 3: fast track to get on the field quickly. That's just 1472 01:14:52,720 --> 01:14:57,799 Speaker 3: how I feel about it. We've heard the coaching staff 1473 01:14:57,840 --> 01:15:02,400 Speaker 3: already talk about how he is a quick study, has 1474 01:15:02,439 --> 01:15:05,040 Speaker 3: a feel for space out on the field, where to 1475 01:15:05,040 --> 01:15:07,479 Speaker 3: go to get open, that kind of thing, and so 1476 01:15:07,600 --> 01:15:13,479 Speaker 3: I anticipate he's going to have, if not a significant one, 1477 01:15:13,560 --> 01:15:18,000 Speaker 3: a very respectable role right away and by mid season, 1478 01:15:18,040 --> 01:15:20,320 Speaker 3: this guy is going to be an important piece of 1479 01:15:20,360 --> 01:15:24,200 Speaker 3: the passing game. Osiris Torrance is in a position battle, 1480 01:15:24,360 --> 01:15:26,240 Speaker 3: so it's hard to really predict how that's going to 1481 01:15:26,280 --> 01:15:30,800 Speaker 3: shake out, you know, but I see him as competition 1482 01:15:32,080 --> 01:15:34,840 Speaker 3: for the starting guard position, so we'll see what happens there. 1483 01:15:35,240 --> 01:15:39,439 Speaker 3: But he's in a staunch group of talented people who 1484 01:15:39,479 --> 01:15:42,599 Speaker 3: have more experience than he does, so it's very, very 1485 01:15:42,640 --> 01:15:45,800 Speaker 3: hard to see what his role is going to be. 1486 01:15:46,720 --> 01:15:48,719 Speaker 3: Dorian Williams is in the same boat as we stated 1487 01:15:48,760 --> 01:15:51,800 Speaker 3: earlier at the linebacker position. He's got guys in front 1488 01:15:51,800 --> 01:15:54,840 Speaker 3: of him with more experience, so he's got to be 1489 01:15:54,920 --> 01:16:00,559 Speaker 3: extraordinary to leapfrog those guys and convince the code staff 1490 01:16:00,560 --> 01:16:02,000 Speaker 3: he's a better option than they are. 1491 01:16:02,960 --> 01:16:04,559 Speaker 2: And you know, you want to talk about the later 1492 01:16:04,640 --> 01:16:05,600 Speaker 2: round picks. 1493 01:16:05,479 --> 01:16:07,920 Speaker 3: Justin Shorter, People like Justin Shorter are probably gonna have 1494 01:16:08,000 --> 01:16:10,679 Speaker 3: to find a way to make an impact on special teams. 1495 01:16:10,800 --> 01:16:12,679 Speaker 5: Alex Austen Mantleman the same. 1496 01:16:12,479 --> 01:16:15,519 Speaker 3: Thing for Alex Austin, who's had an extraordinarily deep position 1497 01:16:15,600 --> 01:16:16,080 Speaker 3: at corner. 1498 01:16:16,720 --> 01:16:19,120 Speaker 4: So I think at the top of the draft you 1499 01:16:19,120 --> 01:16:21,439 Speaker 4: can always expect those guys to have a better chance 1500 01:16:21,439 --> 01:16:23,439 Speaker 4: of getting on the field, first of all, because they've 1501 01:16:23,439 --> 01:16:27,280 Speaker 4: got better measurables. They're bigger, stronger, faster than some of 1502 01:16:27,320 --> 01:16:29,640 Speaker 4: the guys that are even at the depth positions of 1503 01:16:29,680 --> 01:16:33,840 Speaker 4: their spot. Osiris Torrens is a big dude. He's got 1504 01:16:33,920 --> 01:16:37,200 Speaker 4: any strong, he's got some abilities, and you know Kinkaid 1505 01:16:37,240 --> 01:16:39,120 Speaker 4: same thing. I mean, the guy catches everything and he 1506 01:16:39,280 --> 01:16:40,720 Speaker 4: and he runs rouse and he's gonna be able to 1507 01:16:40,760 --> 01:16:44,120 Speaker 4: get separation against NFL quality opponents. When you get into 1508 01:16:44,120 --> 01:16:48,200 Speaker 4: Shorter and Austin and these kind of guys and Dorian Williams. 1509 01:16:48,240 --> 01:16:49,080 Speaker 5: You don't know about them. 1510 01:16:49,120 --> 01:16:53,400 Speaker 4: They they they're measurables, are kind of equal to or 1511 01:16:53,439 --> 01:16:55,960 Speaker 4: right in the middle of where NFL players should be. 1512 01:16:56,600 --> 01:16:57,400 Speaker 5: That puts them. 1513 01:16:57,439 --> 01:17:00,320 Speaker 4: They're gonna have to show out, so plus do it 1514 01:17:00,320 --> 01:17:02,519 Speaker 4: in the midst of other guys getting most of the reps. 1515 01:17:03,160 --> 01:17:04,360 Speaker 5: Yeah, so there you have it. 1516 01:17:04,439 --> 01:17:07,880 Speaker 3: And we forgot Nick Broker, the right backup or the 1517 01:17:07,920 --> 01:17:12,040 Speaker 3: offensive lineman who's in the same boat as Osiris and 1518 01:17:12,360 --> 01:17:15,080 Speaker 3: you know, as a sixth round draft choice, even a 1519 01:17:15,120 --> 01:17:18,720 Speaker 3: bigger hill to climb. So we saw the investment that 1520 01:17:18,760 --> 01:17:20,679 Speaker 3: this team made in the offseason at the guard position. 1521 01:17:20,720 --> 01:17:24,360 Speaker 3: There are experienced players that guys like Broker and Torrance 1522 01:17:24,720 --> 01:17:26,879 Speaker 3: have to try to leap frog with less experience. 1523 01:17:26,920 --> 01:17:28,080 Speaker 2: That's not going to be easy. 1524 01:17:27,840 --> 01:17:30,000 Speaker 4: And it continues to be a really, really good roster 1525 01:17:30,040 --> 01:17:31,280 Speaker 4: and it's difficult to break into. 1526 01:17:32,000 --> 01:17:33,840 Speaker 2: Let's go to James in North Buffalo next, what do 1527 01:17:33,840 --> 01:17:34,280 Speaker 2: you got for us? 1528 01:17:34,320 --> 01:17:37,760 Speaker 19: James, Hey, Fellas, I just wanted to take it back 1529 01:17:37,800 --> 01:17:41,160 Speaker 19: to the linebacker position real quick. I was wondering you know, 1530 01:17:41,240 --> 01:17:43,439 Speaker 19: how important is it that we have a true middle 1531 01:17:43,479 --> 01:17:46,280 Speaker 19: linebacker with as much nickel as we run, And now 1532 01:17:46,280 --> 01:17:48,320 Speaker 19: that we have Taylor Rapp, I'm hoping that we're going 1533 01:17:48,360 --> 01:17:50,639 Speaker 19: to run some more dime. So, you know, if we're 1534 01:17:50,640 --> 01:17:53,120 Speaker 19: talking about a defensive signal caller is at a job 1535 01:17:53,160 --> 01:17:55,439 Speaker 19: that Matt Mulano can do, and then you just have 1536 01:17:55,520 --> 01:17:58,439 Speaker 19: like an ancillary guy, I mean, yeah. 1537 01:17:58,240 --> 01:18:00,640 Speaker 2: It's possible. You know. 1538 01:18:00,640 --> 01:18:04,640 Speaker 3: We know Sean McDermott in his history from Carolina as 1539 01:18:04,640 --> 01:18:07,479 Speaker 3: a defensive coordinator has used a three safety look at 1540 01:18:07,479 --> 01:18:11,679 Speaker 3: times in certain defensive packages with a talent like Taylor 1541 01:18:11,800 --> 01:18:15,280 Speaker 3: Rap even if he is unable to unsee Jordan Poyer 1542 01:18:15,280 --> 01:18:17,759 Speaker 3: and Micah Hyde, which I would say is pretty unlikely. 1543 01:18:18,640 --> 01:18:21,120 Speaker 3: He's too good to have to keep off the field 1544 01:18:21,240 --> 01:18:25,280 Speaker 3: in my opinion. So I think you hear Sean McDermott 1545 01:18:25,280 --> 01:18:26,880 Speaker 3: and his coaching staff say it all the time, the 1546 01:18:26,880 --> 01:18:30,240 Speaker 3: best eleven play. If they believe Taylor Rap is one 1547 01:18:30,280 --> 01:18:33,960 Speaker 3: of the best eleven but is number twelve, they'll find 1548 01:18:33,960 --> 01:18:37,000 Speaker 3: a way to incorporate him into their defensive game plans. 1549 01:18:37,120 --> 01:18:39,120 Speaker 3: In what way, shape, or form, we don't know yet. 1550 01:18:39,360 --> 01:18:40,200 Speaker 2: We're gonna have to wait and. 1551 01:18:40,160 --> 01:18:45,160 Speaker 3: See and who knows, you know, I would I would 1552 01:18:45,200 --> 01:18:48,280 Speaker 3: assume as you do that if one of the two 1553 01:18:48,360 --> 01:18:51,559 Speaker 3: linebackers comes off the field, it's not going to be Milano. 1554 01:18:52,439 --> 01:18:55,879 Speaker 2: And so yeah, it's now it's up to Milano. 1555 01:18:56,000 --> 01:18:59,000 Speaker 3: Maybe it's Taylor rap in this scenario that you painted 1556 01:18:59,560 --> 01:19:00,839 Speaker 3: to kind of call the defense. 1557 01:19:01,280 --> 01:19:04,880 Speaker 4: Yeah, I to me, I get the question. And we 1558 01:19:04,960 --> 01:19:07,800 Speaker 4: have the same questions. We don't know enough right now, 1559 01:19:07,840 --> 01:19:12,160 Speaker 4: we haven't seen enough. Sean McDermott. Yeah, Sean McDermott call 1560 01:19:12,240 --> 01:19:16,120 Speaker 4: on the plays his philosophy versus Leslie Fraser's philosophy, who 1561 01:19:16,160 --> 01:19:16,880 Speaker 4: plays well? 1562 01:19:17,600 --> 01:19:19,680 Speaker 5: Injuries, all that. I don't know that. 1563 01:19:19,800 --> 01:19:22,680 Speaker 4: It's a really difficult question to answer because there's so 1564 01:19:22,920 --> 01:19:26,519 Speaker 4: many possibilities open, because so much change has happened. 1565 01:19:29,280 --> 01:19:31,000 Speaker 5: I can't, I can't. We can't answer it. We can 1566 01:19:31,040 --> 01:19:32,439 Speaker 5: speculate and that's all we can do. 1567 01:19:32,680 --> 01:19:36,280 Speaker 4: And but that it is one of the all of 1568 01:19:36,280 --> 01:19:38,599 Speaker 4: that stuff that we're talking about is the I think 1569 01:19:38,840 --> 01:19:41,200 Speaker 4: question on that side of the ball for all of 1570 01:19:41,240 --> 01:19:41,880 Speaker 4: training camp. 1571 01:19:42,520 --> 01:19:45,639 Speaker 2: Yeah, break time for us here, we'll come back. More 1572 01:19:45,680 --> 01:19:46,280 Speaker 2: phone calls. 1573 01:19:46,280 --> 01:19:48,880 Speaker 3: Todd in Rochester, Bill in Rochester, Hang tight, we'll get 1574 01:19:48,880 --> 01:19:50,920 Speaker 3: to you when we return here On One Bill's Live, 1575 01:19:50,960 --> 01:20:04,720 Speaker 3: presented by Colid of Health. It's Buffalo Bill's Radio. All right, 1576 01:20:04,760 --> 01:20:06,200 Speaker 3: One Bill's Live here on a Wednesday. 1577 01:20:06,280 --> 01:20:07,640 Speaker 2: Chris Brown, Steve Tasker with you. 1578 01:20:08,000 --> 01:20:11,160 Speaker 3: Mandatory Mini Camp Day two is in the books. Stefan 1579 01:20:11,240 --> 01:20:17,840 Speaker 3: Diggs a part of it. So is everything resolved? Who knows? 1580 01:20:18,400 --> 01:20:19,000 Speaker 2: Maybe it is. 1581 01:20:20,240 --> 01:20:22,160 Speaker 3: And it's a blip on the radar as Josh Allen 1582 01:20:22,200 --> 01:20:24,519 Speaker 3: said it would be, and it wasn't all that serious 1583 01:20:24,520 --> 01:20:25,559 Speaker 3: as von Miller said. 1584 01:20:25,439 --> 01:20:25,840 Speaker 2: It would be. 1585 01:20:26,400 --> 01:20:29,519 Speaker 3: Let's go though to the podium where players are addressing 1586 01:20:29,560 --> 01:20:32,800 Speaker 3: the media post practice, and it's Mitch Morse up. 1587 01:20:32,840 --> 01:20:33,800 Speaker 2: First. Let's go to Mitch. 1588 01:20:34,160 --> 01:20:36,240 Speaker 1: The most important plush that pretty can't to the Marls 1589 01:20:36,280 --> 01:20:39,000 Speaker 1: put not that we know of. Unless you know something 1590 01:20:39,000 --> 01:20:41,000 Speaker 1: that we don't, we'd love to know. But as of now, 1591 01:20:41,000 --> 01:20:43,120 Speaker 1: we're going to practice. And that's as right, and that's 1592 01:20:43,400 --> 01:20:46,639 Speaker 1: great opportunity. As much coach speak as that sounds, I think, 1593 01:20:46,680 --> 01:20:48,800 Speaker 1: when you have the opportunity to get out there and 1594 01:20:49,400 --> 01:20:51,760 Speaker 1: you know, Sean's working through being the DC and we're 1595 01:20:51,760 --> 01:20:54,080 Speaker 1: working through some new nuances and offense, you might as 1596 01:20:54,080 --> 01:20:56,640 Speaker 1: well have, you know, every chance we get to get 1597 01:20:56,640 --> 01:20:57,879 Speaker 1: out here and play some football. 1598 01:20:58,280 --> 01:21:00,600 Speaker 21: What was it like heavan Stefan out there for the 1599 01:21:00,600 --> 01:21:02,719 Speaker 21: first time this entire offseason program. 1600 01:21:02,960 --> 01:21:03,439 Speaker 5: It's great. 1601 01:21:03,680 --> 01:21:07,080 Speaker 1: I mean, Stefan is such a you know, explosive personality 1602 01:21:07,560 --> 01:21:10,080 Speaker 1: as well as a football player. You know, we all 1603 01:21:10,120 --> 01:21:14,160 Speaker 1: have our personal relationships with every player in here, and 1604 01:21:14,439 --> 01:21:16,240 Speaker 1: I feel like we have a very good one between 1605 01:21:16,320 --> 01:21:19,000 Speaker 1: us too, and it's just good to see a friend 1606 01:21:19,000 --> 01:21:21,759 Speaker 1: out here and as well as an exceptional football player. 1607 01:21:21,800 --> 01:21:25,759 Speaker 3: Could you feel could you feel like a different energy 1608 01:21:26,439 --> 01:21:28,840 Speaker 3: even in just from yesterday to today with him being 1609 01:21:28,920 --> 01:21:29,320 Speaker 3: out there. 1610 01:21:29,479 --> 01:21:31,000 Speaker 1: I mean, I feel like you guys are out here 1611 01:21:31,040 --> 01:21:33,439 Speaker 1: and through the media have been not for us. I mean, 1612 01:21:33,479 --> 01:21:35,439 Speaker 1: it's just the same old, same old. 1613 01:21:35,520 --> 01:21:36,080 Speaker 8: I appreciate you. 1614 01:21:36,320 --> 01:21:41,559 Speaker 3: Thanks appreciating all Right, that was pretty brief for Mitch Morris. 1615 01:21:42,080 --> 01:21:45,920 Speaker 3: So we understand that head coach Sean McDermott is supposed 1616 01:21:45,920 --> 01:21:48,519 Speaker 3: to be addressing the media here post practice as well, 1617 01:21:49,040 --> 01:21:50,680 Speaker 3: So if that happens. 1618 01:21:50,280 --> 01:21:52,400 Speaker 2: We will bring it to you here in short order. 1619 01:21:54,600 --> 01:21:58,519 Speaker 3: Look, does it have more energy at pratt like they've 1620 01:21:58,520 --> 01:22:01,160 Speaker 3: always got energy at practice? Is team practices in a 1621 01:22:01,160 --> 01:22:04,160 Speaker 3: pretty intense way on a daily basis, whether their in 1622 01:22:04,280 --> 01:22:06,960 Speaker 3: pads are out and it's competitive. 1623 01:22:07,600 --> 01:22:11,519 Speaker 4: Yeah, and even so there, I think what I watched, 1624 01:22:12,360 --> 01:22:16,559 Speaker 4: it's there. You can tell the guys are really happy 1625 01:22:16,600 --> 01:22:19,320 Speaker 4: to be back together. Yeah, it's been a minute, and guys, 1626 01:22:19,520 --> 01:22:21,360 Speaker 4: they're ready to get started and it feels good and 1627 01:22:21,400 --> 01:22:22,000 Speaker 4: you can tell that. 1628 01:22:22,880 --> 01:22:24,120 Speaker 2: Let's go back to the podium. 1629 01:22:24,160 --> 01:22:27,880 Speaker 3: Head coach Sean McDermott is addressing the media at this time. 1630 01:22:28,520 --> 01:22:28,680 Speaker 2: Now. 1631 01:22:28,840 --> 01:22:33,439 Speaker 22: I wanted to follow up on my comments regarding Steph's 1632 01:22:33,439 --> 01:22:39,360 Speaker 22: situation from yesterday, and doing so hope to provide better 1633 01:22:39,400 --> 01:22:42,360 Speaker 22: clarity for all right, and and a better understanding of 1634 01:22:43,520 --> 01:22:47,000 Speaker 22: the situation. So I think there's a lot of things 1635 01:22:47,000 --> 01:22:51,840 Speaker 22: out there that aren't accurate. Let me be clear, Steph 1636 01:22:51,960 --> 01:22:54,240 Speaker 22: did everything that we that he was asked to do. 1637 01:22:54,280 --> 01:22:57,840 Speaker 22: He was here Monday and executed his physical on time. 1638 01:22:58,000 --> 01:23:03,639 Speaker 22: Steph reported yesterday Tuesday, and I reported for meetings, at 1639 01:23:03,640 --> 01:23:10,080 Speaker 22: which time we had a good conversation, great communication, and 1640 01:23:10,120 --> 01:23:12,880 Speaker 22: we got to a point yesterday where I just we 1641 01:23:12,960 --> 01:23:15,519 Speaker 22: just felt like we all needed a break and some space, 1642 01:23:15,800 --> 01:23:19,719 Speaker 22: and so I gave Steph permission to get some space 1643 01:23:19,760 --> 01:23:23,160 Speaker 22: and and and uh and head out and uh and 1644 01:23:23,200 --> 01:23:27,600 Speaker 22: then picked up those conversations after practice. So let me 1645 01:23:27,640 --> 01:23:30,360 Speaker 22: make a clear it was it was not Steph leading unexcused. 1646 01:23:30,360 --> 01:23:36,280 Speaker 22: He was excused by me, And so those conversations have 1647 01:23:36,680 --> 01:23:38,880 Speaker 22: got us to a to what I think and believe 1648 01:23:38,960 --> 01:23:43,040 Speaker 22: is a great spot. And sometimes you got to have conversations. Uh, 1649 01:23:43,160 --> 01:23:48,000 Speaker 22: you need to communicate, and I appreciate, uh, Steph being 1650 01:23:48,000 --> 01:23:50,360 Speaker 22: willing to communicate. I thought he did a great job. 1651 01:23:51,040 --> 01:23:53,880 Speaker 22: And you guys need to understand Steph's a valuable member 1652 01:23:53,920 --> 01:23:56,439 Speaker 22: of this football team. Uh, He's one of our captains 1653 01:23:56,439 --> 01:23:59,240 Speaker 22: and a leader on this football team. He works extremely, 1654 01:23:59,320 --> 01:24:01,839 Speaker 22: extremely hard, as hard as any player I've been around, 1655 01:24:02,080 --> 01:24:03,639 Speaker 22: to be elite in this league. 1656 01:24:03,640 --> 01:24:06,040 Speaker 23: And that's what he is. Uh, and I love him. 1657 01:24:06,080 --> 01:24:08,639 Speaker 22: So just I want to make sure that you guys 1658 01:24:08,760 --> 01:24:14,200 Speaker 22: understand what really the situation was and is, because there's 1659 01:24:14,200 --> 01:24:16,360 Speaker 22: some things that have been said that I don't think 1660 01:24:16,400 --> 01:24:21,639 Speaker 22: are fair. So I wanted to provide clarity to those situation, 1661 01:24:21,720 --> 01:24:22,400 Speaker 22: to that situation. 1662 01:24:22,600 --> 01:24:25,040 Speaker 2: So so I'm we're all going to pubably want of 1663 01:24:25,080 --> 01:24:25,600 Speaker 2: the answer to it. 1664 01:24:25,720 --> 01:24:29,599 Speaker 24: Why why yesterday at around eleven forty five in the morning, 1665 01:24:30,120 --> 01:24:34,120 Speaker 24: you said, very concerned, what what prompt did? That's that's 1666 01:24:34,120 --> 01:24:36,560 Speaker 24: what really spun hey to put it on you, But 1667 01:24:36,640 --> 01:24:38,599 Speaker 24: that's what kind of spun the whole All right, what's 1668 01:24:38,640 --> 01:24:39,240 Speaker 24: going on here? 1669 01:24:39,360 --> 01:24:40,840 Speaker 5: Why did you use those words? 1670 01:24:40,920 --> 01:24:43,880 Speaker 22: Yeah, well, this is not your first press conference with me. 1671 01:24:43,960 --> 01:24:48,040 Speaker 22: Whenever a player has something going on or misses for 1672 01:24:48,320 --> 01:24:51,000 Speaker 22: not missing, but he's not here for some reason, I 1673 01:24:51,040 --> 01:24:56,080 Speaker 22: am concerned. That's that's my my sentiment with any player 1674 01:24:56,439 --> 01:25:00,680 Speaker 22: in particular, player as important to us as that, and 1675 01:25:00,760 --> 01:25:05,160 Speaker 22: so I get concerned when players miss for reasons off 1676 01:25:05,200 --> 01:25:07,519 Speaker 22: the field, for reasons on the field, whether it be 1677 01:25:08,400 --> 01:25:09,440 Speaker 22: they're injured. 1678 01:25:09,160 --> 01:25:12,280 Speaker 23: Or whatever it is. That's just how I am. 1679 01:25:12,479 --> 01:25:15,639 Speaker 22: So when I say very concerned, I'm very concerned because 1680 01:25:15,680 --> 01:25:19,200 Speaker 22: it's a situation with one of our players and it 1681 01:25:19,240 --> 01:25:21,240 Speaker 22: was something that we needed to work through, and it's 1682 01:25:21,320 --> 01:25:27,080 Speaker 22: those are healthy conversations that happen, and I'm extremely appreciative 1683 01:25:27,080 --> 01:25:29,960 Speaker 22: of those conversations. It gets us When you have those 1684 01:25:30,000 --> 01:25:33,560 Speaker 22: healthy conversations, it gets you to a better spot. And 1685 01:25:34,040 --> 01:25:36,000 Speaker 22: I feel good about that. I feel like we're in 1686 01:25:36,040 --> 01:25:36,439 Speaker 22: that spot. 1687 01:25:36,960 --> 01:25:41,280 Speaker 24: Sean Josh characterized it initially when he spoke yesterday as. 1688 01:25:41,240 --> 01:25:44,040 Speaker 11: Kind of non football related and then talked about. 1689 01:25:43,800 --> 01:25:46,040 Speaker 24: The need to integrate him more and the game plan 1690 01:25:46,120 --> 01:25:48,920 Speaker 24: and get him the ball more. And it seemed in 1691 01:25:49,000 --> 01:25:50,840 Speaker 24: listening to him that it was something you could see 1692 01:25:50,880 --> 01:25:53,280 Speaker 24: the tension building at the end of last season or whatever. 1693 01:25:53,960 --> 01:25:54,960 Speaker 11: Is it related to that? 1694 01:25:55,600 --> 01:25:59,320 Speaker 6: And I did it blossom into something more maybe or 1695 01:25:59,320 --> 01:26:00,880 Speaker 6: a mold into some thing beyond for. 1696 01:26:01,360 --> 01:26:04,200 Speaker 22: Yeah, I respect your question, Adam. I'm going to keep 1697 01:26:04,200 --> 01:26:08,439 Speaker 22: those conversations internal, just out of respect for the situation. 1698 01:26:08,600 --> 01:26:13,040 Speaker 22: And and uh again, extremely impressed and appreciative of the 1699 01:26:13,080 --> 01:26:16,639 Speaker 22: communication that we've had. And we all want the same thing. 1700 01:26:16,840 --> 01:26:18,880 Speaker 22: And that's that's what we kept coming back to, is 1701 01:26:18,880 --> 01:26:23,240 Speaker 22: we all want to win and and and so. 1702 01:26:25,240 --> 01:26:26,200 Speaker 23: I think we're in a good spot. 1703 01:26:26,280 --> 01:26:31,280 Speaker 21: So without crime, just the fact that that the Stephan 1704 01:26:31,479 --> 01:26:35,439 Speaker 21: was on the field today and and after all these 1705 01:26:35,760 --> 01:26:39,480 Speaker 21: series of talks, do you find yourself reaching or approaching 1706 01:26:39,520 --> 01:26:43,160 Speaker 21: a resolution where you are on the same page and 1707 01:26:43,240 --> 01:26:44,439 Speaker 21: you know, heading into training thing. 1708 01:26:44,400 --> 01:26:45,680 Speaker 23: I feel like we're in a in a in a 1709 01:26:46,000 --> 01:26:46,719 Speaker 23: real good spot. 1710 01:26:48,840 --> 01:26:52,719 Speaker 22: So the rest of it, though, the details of it again, 1711 01:26:52,800 --> 01:26:56,599 Speaker 22: I'm I want to respectfully answer your questions, but at 1712 01:26:56,600 --> 01:26:58,840 Speaker 22: the same time keep those conversations in the house. 1713 01:27:00,800 --> 01:27:03,080 Speaker 4: General it's not you know, nothing to do with the 1714 01:27:03,120 --> 01:27:06,400 Speaker 4: situation at hand, but when personalities do clash, what is 1715 01:27:06,439 --> 01:27:08,960 Speaker 4: the antidote you have to try. 1716 01:27:08,840 --> 01:27:12,519 Speaker 22: To rectify that well again, you know, I think generally speaking, 1717 01:27:12,560 --> 01:27:14,400 Speaker 22: you're you're talking about a team and you're trying every 1718 01:27:14,439 --> 01:27:16,920 Speaker 22: year to get a team heading in the right direction. 1719 01:27:17,320 --> 01:27:22,040 Speaker 22: And you got people from all different backgrounds and situations. 1720 01:27:21,400 --> 01:27:22,599 Speaker 23: And and and whatnot. 1721 01:27:22,640 --> 01:27:24,719 Speaker 22: And that's one of the challenges that you guys showing 1722 01:27:24,760 --> 01:27:26,360 Speaker 22: me talk about every years to get everyone going in 1723 01:27:26,400 --> 01:27:29,240 Speaker 22: the same direction. And Steph has been a big part 1724 01:27:29,240 --> 01:27:30,960 Speaker 22: of that, and he'll continue to be a big part 1725 01:27:30,960 --> 01:27:34,040 Speaker 22: of that and he'll lead that, right He's he's one 1726 01:27:34,040 --> 01:27:37,000 Speaker 22: of our big leaders. So that's that's part of the 1727 01:27:37,040 --> 01:27:40,240 Speaker 22: challenge every year is is uh is to get everyone 1728 01:27:41,320 --> 01:27:45,120 Speaker 22: basically you know, on the same page and then with 1729 01:27:45,240 --> 01:27:47,240 Speaker 22: the same cadence, right, the same heartbeat. 1730 01:27:47,360 --> 01:27:48,880 Speaker 23: And you guys were heard me talk about that. 1731 01:27:48,920 --> 01:27:54,680 Speaker 1: Before able to verify he was kind of our conversations 1732 01:27:54,720 --> 01:27:57,800 Speaker 1: or they're just a step for a larger Yeah. 1733 01:27:57,920 --> 01:28:02,360 Speaker 23: No, I'd just rather keep it like it is. So, yeah, 1734 01:28:02,400 --> 01:28:03,479 Speaker 23: we'll just keep those in house. 1735 01:28:03,680 --> 01:28:06,120 Speaker 19: I guess conversations ongoing, Like how do you see this 1736 01:28:06,240 --> 01:28:09,639 Speaker 19: now going forward in terms of continuing to have those conversations, Just. 1737 01:28:09,560 --> 01:28:11,000 Speaker 5: What does that look like after today? 1738 01:28:11,120 --> 01:28:11,320 Speaker 7: Yeah? 1739 01:28:11,360 --> 01:28:13,800 Speaker 22: I mean, I just think overall communication is always good. 1740 01:28:13,800 --> 01:28:19,280 Speaker 22: You never shut communication down. So I believe we're in 1741 01:28:19,320 --> 01:28:23,040 Speaker 22: a good spot. I feel feel confident about that. But 1742 01:28:23,160 --> 01:28:26,320 Speaker 22: whether it's Steph or another player or coach, and communication 1743 01:28:26,400 --> 01:28:28,400 Speaker 22: is important just like it is in our in our homes. 1744 01:28:28,560 --> 01:28:31,519 Speaker 23: So those conversations are are healthy. 1745 01:28:31,560 --> 01:28:34,639 Speaker 22: And I don't think you ever say that's a hard stop, right, 1746 01:28:34,680 --> 01:28:38,640 Speaker 22: So you're always always talking, always working through things schematically 1747 01:28:39,840 --> 01:28:40,439 Speaker 22: or whatever it is. 1748 01:28:40,520 --> 01:28:42,080 Speaker 23: I mean you do those are those are good things, 1749 01:28:42,479 --> 01:28:42,840 Speaker 23: all right. 1750 01:28:42,880 --> 01:28:46,559 Speaker 3: That's head coach Sean McDermott addressing the media basically in summary, 1751 01:28:46,720 --> 01:28:50,599 Speaker 3: saying that Steph was here for his physical coming in Monday, 1752 01:28:51,280 --> 01:28:54,360 Speaker 3: also spoke to the team or spoke with coach McDermott. 1753 01:28:54,360 --> 01:28:57,519 Speaker 3: They had some healthy conversations. Felt Steph needed some space. 1754 01:28:57,840 --> 01:29:01,880 Speaker 3: He was excused by coach McDermott from practice yesterday. He 1755 01:29:01,960 --> 01:29:04,960 Speaker 3: feels those healthy conversations have put everybody in a good 1756 01:29:04,960 --> 01:29:06,759 Speaker 3: spot going forward. 1757 01:29:07,520 --> 01:29:08,200 Speaker 2: And he said the. 1758 01:29:08,120 --> 01:29:10,000 Speaker 3: Reason he said he was very concerned Steve, as we 1759 01:29:10,000 --> 01:29:12,920 Speaker 3: said yesterday, as a coach and a grinder where every 1760 01:29:13,240 --> 01:29:16,439 Speaker 3: practice is important, that's what he was concerned about. 1761 01:29:17,680 --> 01:29:19,559 Speaker 2: Blip on the radar. We'll see you tomorrow.