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Speaker 1: Oh Ring Time Watch, Steve Tasper Touch Time, touch Down,

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Speaker 1: Text for Time, Good afternoon, Welcome Wednesday. One Bill's Live

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Speaker 1: presented by Klada Health for coming to you from Orchard Park.

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Speaker 1: It is a nice day in Orchard Park. It's not cold, really,

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Speaker 1: it's not warm, but it's sunny. That makes all the

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Speaker 1: difference in the world. We are on. We're at February

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Speaker 1: fifth already, we've had good We've had a very easy

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Speaker 1: winter so far. I think by any account, um, some

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Speaker 1: people would say, don't celebrate that, that's global warming. Well, okay,

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Speaker 1: just mentioning it's a nice day. It's yeah, pretty festay.

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Speaker 1: I gotta be honest with you. Kind of running out

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Speaker 1: of time, so they're gonna hit us. I mean we

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Speaker 1: always get that one parting jab you know where it's

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Speaker 1: you think, I right, it's win or something or spring

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Speaker 1: is here, it's gonna be great. And then you get

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Speaker 1: that one boof you know where you get another six

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Speaker 1: inches just for that, just for you know, as a

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Speaker 1: goodbye gift. Right, But that could happen, Yeah, I'm sure will.

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Speaker 1: But man, we had the running out of time. We're

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Speaker 1: getting into mid late February. By March it's usually you know,

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Speaker 1: it's the rainy season. Like you know, my son just

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Speaker 1: got back from Africa. It's just the rainy season over there.

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Speaker 1: It's kind of like that here. You get to March,

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Speaker 1: it's the rainy season up until about May, right, so

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Speaker 1: you better if they're going to hit us, come on, man,

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Speaker 1: come on, bring it on, Bring it on, baby. That's

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Speaker 1: our weather segment for the day, brought by Patrick Hammer,

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Speaker 1: the weather anchor and Channel two. He enjoys that part.

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Speaker 1: He got it. He cornered us one night where were

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Speaker 1: we were, we were together what we call and he

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Speaker 1: cornered us and said how much he enjoyed us talking

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Speaker 1: about the weather for the first five minute. We always

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Speaker 1: do because of the cameras shout. We always right gut,

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Speaker 1: let's face it. You get you see New Era Field

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Speaker 1: and it's the Buffalo Football Stadium. We've all been there,

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Speaker 1: you know, We've all been there in the in the

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Speaker 1: in the when it's two thousand degrees in September and

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Speaker 1: it's like, oh my gosh, and everybody's wearing tank tops,

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Speaker 1: and then of course in January when it's just the

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Speaker 1: opposite of that. So I think our stadium more than

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Speaker 1: any stadium maybe anywhere we have the spect it always

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Speaker 1: come pops into mind, the spectrum of what the weather's

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Speaker 1: going to be like right now. Now we're just showing

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Speaker 1: it again. So it just begs you to start talking

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Speaker 1: about the weather when you're in that stadium. Am I right?

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Speaker 1: It does it. We automatically do it every time, even

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Speaker 1: when we're just sitting here. We're because you remember, oh man,

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Speaker 1: we should remember, you know, the snow game and the

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Speaker 1: cold games and the ice game. So every time we

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Speaker 1: opened the show every day and for people on MSG

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Speaker 1: and people were listening on radio, we show shot of

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Speaker 1: the stadium. Inside the stadium, it's empty, of course, but man,

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Speaker 1: you just can't help it. You start talking about what

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Speaker 1: it's like. Plus, can I say this and if on MSG,

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Speaker 1: if we can see that one more time. It is

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Speaker 1: such a good looking place. The colors, when the sun

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Speaker 1: is shining, you got a little shadow of a light

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Speaker 1: standard in there. It is such a great looking place.

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Speaker 1: This is from the tunnel end zone, obviously towards the

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Speaker 1: scoreboard end zone. It just looks great. It's warm and inviting,

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Speaker 1: and we've had so many good memories in that joint.

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Speaker 1: I think it's a great looking place. All right, seeing

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Speaker 1: that since we're talking about it, I gotta talk. So

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Speaker 1: I fly. I flew for two decades. Right, you fly

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Speaker 1: into Buffalo and if you if the flight pattern is

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Speaker 1: the right, you come in over the top of Orchard Park.

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Speaker 1: You can pick it out like I mean, it is

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Speaker 1: a It is a a pimple on a supermodel, right,

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Speaker 1: I mean, you can't this building included by the way

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Speaker 1: and it stands out. You can find it because we all,

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Speaker 1: we all know it so well, and you know, you

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Speaker 1: think about it, and we don't know anything about anything.

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Speaker 1: We're we are just a hair a hair below the

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Speaker 1: decision makers on the new stadium thing that's coming down, right,

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Speaker 1: So right, we're not gonna get called right, right, So

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Speaker 1: it you gotta think, you know, in some respect, And

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Speaker 1: I know people feel have all different kinds of opinion

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Speaker 1: And I know that there's better places for it, maybe

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Speaker 1: if it win, it ever goes, and if they read whatever.

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Speaker 1: And by the way, if there is a new stadium,

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Speaker 1: future a new stadium, you got big shoes to fill. Right,

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Speaker 1: this is a great place to watch a game, and

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Speaker 1: really always has been. I was here if the first

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Speaker 1: nineteen seventy three, the Washington Redskins returned the opening catch. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: the coin I do see. I got everybody I've talked to.

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Speaker 1: I've heard people this last week saying, yeah, Mike, I

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Speaker 1: it's with the ticket stuff. And I'm like, yeah, okay,

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Speaker 1: you know you're right. That is a thinking that the

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Speaker 1: games in that joint AFC Championship games, the comeback games,

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Speaker 1: the playoff games, the historic moments and the crappy moments,

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Speaker 1: the strike game, the strike games. Yes, there's some crushing

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Speaker 1: moments in there, some terrible moments as well. The Monday

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Speaker 1: night games and all that we were talking today about

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Speaker 1: all the you know, the stunts that people have pulled

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Speaker 1: on prime time. You know what I mean, all the

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Speaker 1: nuts who have done stupid stuff in that stadium. And remember,

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Speaker 1: and I remember the fans rushing the field, your fandomonium.

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Speaker 1: I remember it started happening all the time, and it

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Speaker 1: was in all the stuff. You're right that wherever they do,

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Speaker 1: big shoes, got big shoes to fill. Yeah, that stadium's

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Speaker 1: got a lot of generations of bills fans living in it.

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Speaker 1: We're talking about I don't know. We were talking about

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Speaker 1: the weather for a minute and then always starting started

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Speaker 1: getting nostalgic. You're right, though, it's a landmark. And not

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Speaker 1: only the landmark, it's a part of the historic fabric.

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Speaker 1: You know. This is that's big. You're right, that is

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Speaker 1: that's interesting. That's I never thought about that, Murph. But

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Speaker 1: the next place he's got a lot of got big

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Speaker 1: shoes to fill. That place is historic. Over there, They've

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Speaker 1: got history going on starting right now in Kansas City?

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Speaker 1: Is is it right now? Or is the twelve noon

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Speaker 1: parade day for the Kansas City Chiefs. A two mile

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Speaker 1: where the victory rally will be held, which is a

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Speaker 1: great building. The Bills used to stay across the street.

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Speaker 1: train station, Union Union Stations. Oh, it's an impressive building.

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Speaker 1: that part of the country. I'm actually from Kansas the

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Speaker 1: home of the Chiefs. Out there, the cities tend to

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Speaker 1: and not stare at it. It is unbelievable. It's old

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Speaker 1: time historic Western train station. And it was built not

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Speaker 1: for it was built like a cathedral, right, I mean,

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Speaker 1: the thing is impressive. So that's where they're gonna end

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Speaker 1: it's pretty phenomenal. It's great, great topography there in Kansas City.

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Speaker 1: And I like Kansas City. I just realizing, Um, you know,

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Speaker 1: But there was more than that. They're just a couple

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Speaker 1: they were beyond that. I do like them. I do

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Speaker 1: We're not part of that, you know where it is

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Speaker 1: Particularly this year, um it has like every ownership group

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Speaker 1: right from from Dallas. The Dallas Texans are the progenitors

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Speaker 1: of the Kansas City Chiefs. That's where it all started.

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Speaker 1: Clark Hunts live in Texas or does he live in

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Speaker 1: I could not tell you. But they're fixtures in that city,

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Speaker 1: Oh yeah, and then they're fifty years oh yeah, and

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Speaker 1: it's they're not going anywhere. And it's uh that the

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Speaker 1: for the Kansas City Chiefs, phenomenal facility, second to none

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Speaker 1: SETUPU and they, you know, they just went through an

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Speaker 1: They got their parade this week. They're the world champions.

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Speaker 1: Fifty years between super Bowl four and super Bowl fifty

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Speaker 1: understanding that's how the business works. But think also too

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Speaker 1: from that I got and he wants to play. Yeah, um,

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Speaker 1: and he's not like, uh, you know, I don't know

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Speaker 1: he wants to play. Uh. It'll be interesting to see

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Speaker 1: what his wishes are. And I'm sure if if he

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Speaker 1: does visit here, or if he does good visit Seattle

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Speaker 1: and Washington, like it's been reported, that's gonna be the

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Speaker 1: conversation what he wants it to look like in his

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Speaker 1: next team and what he wants the atmosphere to be like,

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Speaker 1: we'll see, let's see, yeah, we'll see if reportedly he's

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Speaker 1: going to show up here this week someday and spend

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Speaker 1: some time looking around. Uh, today be a good day, right,

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Speaker 1: sunny day, especially if back to wait till tomorrow tomorrow. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: get him in today and get him out tonight. Today.

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Speaker 1: Our Twitter full. Today, we got a good one. We

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Speaker 1: think it is up, it is running. What is we?

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Speaker 1: And this this is what I spur of the moment? Yes, say, um,

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Speaker 1: what's the surefire? What's the best way for the Buffalo

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Speaker 1: Bill's offense to get better? Pretty simple question, right, But look,

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Speaker 1: there's you can add personnel, you can coach him up better,

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Speaker 1: you can change an approach. There's a lot of different

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Speaker 1: ways to get better. What do you think is the

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Speaker 1: best way? We offer a few suggestions on Twitter. We'll

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Speaker 1: hear from you eight eight eight five fifty two five

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Speaker 1: fifty or eight oh three oh five fifty if you

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Speaker 1: want to give us a call, or you can send

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Speaker 1: in a tweet for the tweet sheet. But what's the

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Speaker 1: surefire best way for the Bills offense to get better?

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Speaker 1: Is it free agent acquisitions? Mid March they will start

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Speaker 1: NFL free agency. Maybe that's the best way. I mean, look,

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Speaker 1: they got some serious free agents on offense last year.

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Speaker 1: Maybe you get a couple more this year might be

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Speaker 1: the best, It might be the most guaranteed way to

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Speaker 1: get proven performers through free agency? Is it through the draft?

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Speaker 1: Now you're taking a chance, you're projecting what these college

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Speaker 1: performers did in college and what they might do on

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Speaker 1: offense in the NFL. A bit of a chance, is it?

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Speaker 1: And this is what came up yesterday. Is the best

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Speaker 1: way for the Bills offense to get better? It's just

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Speaker 1: to have in the next step taken by Josh Allen.

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Speaker 1: Sixty three percent of you say it is, nineteen percent

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Speaker 1: say free agent acquisitions, sixteen seventeen percent say it's through

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Speaker 1: the draft, and one percent have another idea. Give us

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Speaker 1: a call eight o three five fifty twelve three one

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Speaker 1: eight eight eight five fifty two five fifty. If you're

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Speaker 1: going to identify what's the best way for the offense

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Speaker 1: to get better? You know what, Steve, I'd go with

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Speaker 1: the sixty three percent right now. Look, you can get

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Speaker 1: help in the draft, you can get help from free agents.

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Speaker 1: You can coach better on offense. Certainly they can do that.

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Speaker 1: Maybe take a different approach. But if Josh Allen takes

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Speaker 1: the next step, if he takes some big steps forward,

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Speaker 1: maybe even bigger steps that he took a year ago.

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Speaker 1: That's the best way for the offense to improve this year.

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Speaker 1: I think, I agree, I've I've you know me, it's

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Speaker 1: right in my wheel. I said it in the meeting

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Speaker 1: where we talked about this. Josh is the reason. Josh

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Speaker 1: is the way to go. Josh makes everybody better. He's

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Speaker 1: gonna make John Brown better. He's gonna make Cole Beasley better,

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Speaker 1: Dawson Knox better, Devin Singletary's gonna get better, Tyler Croft's

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Speaker 1: gonna get better. You know, all these guys are gonna

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Speaker 1: get better. And if all those guys get better, I

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Speaker 1: don't care if they've got Duke Williams or Higgins or

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Speaker 1: any of these other college wide receivers on the outside,

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Speaker 1: the whole place gets better. Josh is the is the

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Speaker 1: key to the whole thing, and he continues to be.

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Speaker 1: He's also the reason why they went from six to

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Speaker 1: six and ten to ten and six this year. He's

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Speaker 1: a big part of the reason why. Certainly their defense

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Speaker 1: had a lot to say about that, but their offense

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Speaker 1: was much better, much more competitive and consistent with a

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Speaker 1: step forward that Josh took. He needs to do more.

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Speaker 1: He needs to do more if he can. If he does,

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Speaker 1: this team is is Yeah, they're gonna be tough. I

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Speaker 1: mean they're gonna be deep into the playoffs. I really

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Speaker 1: believe that. And that's I think that's where it begins

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Speaker 1: and ends. Two things that strike me. Number One, he's

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Speaker 1: got the same prew back again to coach him up right.

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Speaker 1: And it's in particular his position coach Ken Dorsey and

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Speaker 1: his offensive coordinator Brian Dable. Those two are back the

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Speaker 1: two critical people in getting Josh Shalleon ready to play.

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Speaker 1: It'll be his second straight year with Dorsey, is third

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Speaker 1: straight with the Dable, and I think that's important to

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Speaker 1: Josh Schalleon. The other thing is it's Josh and it's

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Speaker 1: his assets right now, and he's got physical attributes that

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Speaker 1: would lend himself to being a good quarterback. But it

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Speaker 1: goes beyond that. It's his approach to the game. It's

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Speaker 1: his hard working approach to the game. It's his focus

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Speaker 1: on being competitive, you know, feeling competition everywhere he goes.

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Speaker 1: I think those things serve him well. And I do

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Speaker 1: think he needs to make as much, if not more

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Speaker 1: improvement this year in his third year than he did

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Speaker 1: going from his first year to his second year. And

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Speaker 1: what am I saying. I'm not looking at well he

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Speaker 1: needs to get his completion percentage up or anything like that.

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Speaker 1: It's not about numbers. It's about decision making, which is

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Speaker 1: hard to measure. But he needs to make better decisions.

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Speaker 1: Start to finish, and I mean start of the season

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Speaker 1: to the finish of the season. He can't have the

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Speaker 1: first four or five games like he did, you know,

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Speaker 1: culminating in the kind of the rough game he head

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Speaker 1: against New England back in September twenty nine. You can't

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Speaker 1: have that start to a season. Start to finish within games.

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Speaker 1: He can't start games as slowly as he does. You

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Speaker 1: gotta get off to a better start. So if you

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Speaker 1: want to measure his success and you want to look

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Speaker 1: at numbers, okay, I'll hear those numbers and I'll give

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Speaker 1: you those numbers. But more than that, I'm looking for

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Speaker 1: kind of a eyeball test with Josh Ellen. Is he

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Speaker 1: better than he was a year ago? Certainly he was

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Speaker 1: in twenty nineteen, better than he was as a rookie.

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Speaker 1: I want to see more of that in twenty twenty.

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Speaker 1: I want to be able to look at a game

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Speaker 1: and say he is better. And it's not just measured

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Speaker 1: by numbers, Steve, It's measured by what you see on

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Speaker 1: the field, the decisions he's making. And there's just an

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Speaker 1: awful lot of to recommend that he will get better.

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Speaker 1: But you want to see it. You got to see

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Speaker 1: it happen. Yeah, And I think one of the things

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Speaker 1: as well, is, you know, they're gonna be in a

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Speaker 1: different spot this year than they were last year. Their

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Speaker 1: schedule last year was I think it's Zabbie. It was

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Speaker 1: a little it was a little breezy. Last year, it

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Speaker 1: was you know, a lot of people were criticizing him

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Speaker 1: for the lack of you know, tough games they had.

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Speaker 1: And now this year, though, they've got the Rams, the Niners,

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Speaker 1: they've got Seattle Seahawks, they've got Pittsburgh, They've got Tennessee,

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Speaker 1: and then they've got Miami, New England in the Jets.

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Speaker 1: I mean, they've got all these teams that are playoff

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Speaker 1: teams on this schedule, and they who knows, and let's

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Speaker 1: look this, Murphy, what happens if they come out and

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Speaker 1: they've got they've got like four game stretch at the

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Speaker 1: beginning of the year where they go against the Niners,

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Speaker 1: the Titans, the Seahawks, and the Steelers. You know, that's

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Speaker 1: a gauntlet. That's a gauntlet. You don't you want to

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Speaker 1: open up the first month of the season like that.

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Speaker 1: It could happen. You know, you end up you end

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Speaker 1: up going one in three or zero and four, or

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Speaker 1: even if you go two and two, you gotta think, wow, okay,

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Speaker 1: we got a chance. But man, oh man, that's a

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Speaker 1: rough start. If if you know, now, I don't know

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Speaker 1: how the schedule is gonna unfold. They may get those

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Speaker 1: teams scattered throughout or whatever, but that's the possibility you're

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Speaker 1: looking at the schedule. This year was good for him,

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Speaker 1: and they made it. They did what they were supposed

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Speaker 1: to do. They beat teams they should have beaten, and

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Speaker 1: we lamented the fact that they couldn't beat the Cleveland

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Speaker 1: Browns midway through the season. That's a game that we

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Speaker 1: always go back to and think, ah, man, we wish

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Speaker 1: would have got him. But by the same token, you know,

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Speaker 1: they weren't gonna they were it was hard to get

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Speaker 1: at home by a bye week, you know, and getting

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Speaker 1: a home playoff game but I'd love to see him

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Speaker 1: do that this year. But that schedule is going to

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Speaker 1: be really well and they can take us. And that's

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Speaker 1: a problem with this stinking NFL. You can take a

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Speaker 1: step forward and go, you know, nine and seven is

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Speaker 1: to the ten and six and you could be a

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Speaker 1: better football team, but your schedule was rougher. You call

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Speaker 1: it a problem with the NFL. I think it's kind

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Speaker 1: of what makes the NFL great. Teams get better and

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Speaker 1: teams compete. Right now, teams some team thirty two teams

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Speaker 1: in the league at least more than a handful of

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Speaker 1: them today are thinking of ways to get better next year.

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Speaker 1: And by the way, we also have the Chiefs at home.

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Speaker 1: I think that's what makes the NFL the greatest league

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Speaker 1: that there is. All Right, we're taking a break here,

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Speaker 1: got a good lineup coming up. We'll get our state

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Speaker 1: of the bills going with the investigation of the tight

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Speaker 1: end spot. Coming up at one at one thirty, we'll

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Speaker 1: be on the line with Dan pond Pay from the

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Speaker 1: Athletic dot Com get his take on what it was

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Speaker 1: like being around Andy Reid in the Chiefs during Supermowl week.

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Speaker 1: Kyle Brand joins us at two let's hear your phone calls.

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Speaker 1: What's the surefire best way for the Bills to get

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Speaker 1: better on offense this year? Is it Josh Allen taking

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Speaker 1: the next step? Do they get better free agents this

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Speaker 1: year on offense? Do they get better through the draft?

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Speaker 1: Maybe you got a better idea? Give us a call

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Speaker 1: eight oh three oh five fifty toll free one eight

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Speaker 1: eight eight five fifty two five fifty. Phone lines open

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Speaker 1: right now. We're just getting rolling here. One Bill's Live,

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Speaker 1: no more weather talk. One Bill's Live, presented by KLATA

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Speaker 1: Health from the Seneca Studio in Archard Park. This is

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Speaker 1: Buffalo Bills Radio. All right, what's the best way for

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Speaker 1: the Bills to get better on offense? Give us a call?

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Speaker 1: Eighth three five fifty and toll free one eight eight

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Speaker 1: eight five fifty two five fifty. What were you saying?

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Speaker 1: What do you want to say? We're gonna have this

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Speaker 1: conversation this time a year from now. We're gonna say

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Speaker 1: a year it go. Today we were on the air

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Speaker 1: watching live in the breaks the Kansas City Chiefs World

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Speaker 1: Championship Parade down Kansas City, and here we are today

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Speaker 1: in Buffalo with our own parade. You know right, well,

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Speaker 1: we'll see Steve. Let's not. Yeah, I know it's a

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Speaker 1: long way away, but you know what, that's the kind

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Speaker 1: of thing that happens. You know, we're sitting there watching that.

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Speaker 1: And it was funny too because earlier today a car

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Speaker 1: broke through the parade was like zooming up and down

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Speaker 1: the parade route to the Chiefs before they go it.

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Speaker 1: The cops were chasing. They got to get your attention,

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Speaker 1: like what are you doing? But look, I'm not dismissing

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Speaker 1: it either. I would think after a ten win season

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Speaker 1: that the Bills could legitimately be considered Super Bowl contenders

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Speaker 1: next year. Well, they still seem to be on the upside.

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Speaker 1: But I'll tell you this too. The I saw one

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Speaker 1: place I remember last year the over under for wins

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Speaker 1: was six. Now it's eight point five. That's good. That's

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Speaker 1: the first one out of the box. It's not even well,

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Speaker 1: I don't know what that is. I'd have to think

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Speaker 1: about that. Why would they be a game and a

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Speaker 1: half less than the amount of games they won this year.

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Speaker 1: I it's scheducive schedule. Okay, strength of schedule means something.

639
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Speaker 1: It doesn't mean everything. Yeah, no, it doesn't. Plus there's

640
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Speaker 1: a lot of stuff to happen. Yeah, you don't know

641
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Speaker 1: what are gonna be. Yeah, they've got some stuff going on. Yeah,

642
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Speaker 1: that's I don't know. Well, the stuff we're asking today

643
00:30:17,760 --> 00:30:20,160
Speaker 1: is about one of the things, and we all agree

644
00:30:20,240 --> 00:30:22,520
Speaker 1: that offense needs to be better for the Bills. What's

645
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Speaker 1: the best way for the Bills offense to get better?

646
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Speaker 1: What do you think? Is it Josh Allen getting better?

647
00:30:27,040 --> 00:30:29,360
Speaker 1: I happen to think it is so to Steve, and

648
00:30:29,480 --> 00:30:31,360
Speaker 1: I'm not saying they don't need these other things either.

649
00:30:31,600 --> 00:30:35,440
Speaker 1: Is it drafting some offensive players, signing offensive free agents?

650
00:30:35,480 --> 00:30:37,600
Speaker 1: Maybe there's something we're not thinking of. Give us a call.

651
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Speaker 1: Eight oh three five fifty toll free one eight eight

652
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Speaker 1: eight five fifty two five fifty. Almost two thirds of

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Speaker 1: you say Josh takes the next step. Is the best

654
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Speaker 1: way for the Bills offense to get better? Let's talk

655
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Speaker 1: about it. Let's start with Brian in New York. Hell, O'Brien,

656
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Speaker 1: you're in the city of New York today? Is there

657
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Speaker 1: where we are? Brian? Brian not there. Let's go to

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Speaker 1: Tony in Buffalo. Hello, Tony around the air, Hey, how

659
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Speaker 1: are you guys? Good? Good? Good? Worried about New York?

660
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Speaker 1: No response. Yeah, um, I just wanted to kind of

661
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Speaker 1: mention um along with you know, offensive editions and the

662
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Speaker 1: draft and free agency. UM, I believe that our offensive line,

663
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Speaker 1: if they're able to you know, have everybody available and

664
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Speaker 1: they do bring back you know, Quentin Spain and whatnot,

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Speaker 1: I think um our entire offense being able to stay

666
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Speaker 1: together and work all the way through training camp may

667
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Speaker 1: be a big help this year seeing last year, you know,

668
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Speaker 1: Mitch Morris being out and and you know Tyler Croft

669
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Speaker 1: to one of the tight ends, even though he may

670
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Speaker 1: not be here again you know next year, but you

671
00:31:46,560 --> 00:31:48,800
Speaker 1: know he may. But um, I just wanted to kind

672
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Speaker 1: of throw in there that, you know, the camaraderie that

673
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Speaker 1: they built throughout free agency and obviously with the draft

674
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Speaker 1: and uh uh yeah free agency in the draft, they

675
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Speaker 1: will be able to you know, build some build something.

676
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Speaker 1: Sure that means something. I agree with you, Tony, I'm

677
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Speaker 1: not disagreeing. But if you're looking for improvement, you gotta

678
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Speaker 1: get better. You gotta get better players. I think you know,

679
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Speaker 1: and I don't know, if you bring the same crew

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Speaker 1: back offensive line, tight ends, receivers, if you bring the

681
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Speaker 1: exact same crew back that finished last season, can you

682
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Speaker 1: really anticipate they're going to be significantly better? I don't

683
00:32:23,520 --> 00:32:25,120
Speaker 1: know about that. I would not want to hang my

684
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Speaker 1: hat on that. What do you think, coach Tess? I

685
00:32:27,040 --> 00:32:30,720
Speaker 1: think you're always looking to get better and that means

686
00:32:30,760 --> 00:32:34,920
Speaker 1: better players, and it also means and he's right, Tony's right,

687
00:32:35,080 --> 00:32:37,960
Speaker 1: continuity is a big is a big plus, a huge plus.

688
00:32:38,280 --> 00:32:42,520
Speaker 1: The NFL has become so fast and it evolves so quickly.

689
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Speaker 1: I mean, you saw it in the super Bowl, and

690
00:32:45,240 --> 00:32:46,680
Speaker 1: he saw in the playoffs. You saw some of it

691
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Speaker 1: with the Bills. Throughout the regular season. These teams are

692
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Speaker 1: making adjustments on the fly during games between series, not

693
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Speaker 1: at halftime, not during the week, and their game plan.

694
00:32:56,440 --> 00:33:00,840
Speaker 1: They're changing their philosophy mid game, mid quarter. And that's

695
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Speaker 1: how nimble you have to be. But in order to

696
00:33:03,080 --> 00:33:05,480
Speaker 1: do that, you got to have guys who have been

697
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Speaker 1: through this with this offense. They got to know what

698
00:33:08,600 --> 00:33:10,920
Speaker 1: you're trying to do and know the words, and they've

699
00:33:10,960 --> 00:33:14,200
Speaker 1: got to have a handle on what the entire offensive

700
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Speaker 1: philosophy is so that they can work within it and

701
00:33:16,640 --> 00:33:20,040
Speaker 1: to make those adjustments. That continuity goes a long way

702
00:33:20,080 --> 00:33:24,240
Speaker 1: towards getting it there quick and so we harped on

703
00:33:24,280 --> 00:33:26,120
Speaker 1: it last year. I think one of the reasons, if

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Speaker 1: not maybe the major reason, why Josh Allen took a

705
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Speaker 1: big step forward this year was the fact that he

706
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Speaker 1: didn't have to change any of the language or any

707
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Speaker 1: of the verbiage in this offense. He didn't get a

708
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Speaker 1: new offensive coordinator, didn't have to run a new offense,

709
00:33:39,920 --> 00:33:41,640
Speaker 1: didn't have to learn it new. It wasn't a new

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Speaker 1: head coach. And you look at the other three guys

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Speaker 1: that were drafted with him in the first round, or

712
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Speaker 1: the other or three of the five guys that were

713
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Speaker 1: drafted with him in the first round. The two guys

714
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Speaker 1: that were the most successful this past year were the

715
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Speaker 1: two guys that had the same coaching staff, same offense.

716
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Speaker 1: It was Lamar Jackson and Josh Allen. Baker Mayfield, Sam

717
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Speaker 1: Darnold and the other got Josh Rosen all changed all

718
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Speaker 1: that stuff up, and they all took an enormous step

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Speaker 1: back or at least flat lined, at least in a

720
00:34:09,840 --> 00:34:12,480
Speaker 1: case you can make the case of Sam Darnold flat line.

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Speaker 1: Baker Mayfield took a big step backwards, I thought, and

722
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Speaker 1: Josh Rosen wasn't even on the same team. So that

723
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Speaker 1: does make a big difference. And it's no coincidence that

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Speaker 1: Lamar Jackson, who's the MVP of the league, and Josh Allen,

725
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Speaker 1: who took a big step forward and went from six

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Speaker 1: and ten to ten and six. Continuity was a big

727
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Speaker 1: reason why it is Baker Mayfield going on his third

728
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Speaker 1: head coach in his third year. He is wow fourth.

729
00:34:34,960 --> 00:34:38,120
Speaker 1: He had an interim Greg Williams. It was it was

730
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Speaker 1: it was Hugh Jackson, Greg Williams, Freddie Kitchen and now

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Speaker 1: it's yeah, Kevin's description for disaster. Really, it's wasted four

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Speaker 1: years of his contract. I just I mean, I guess

733
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Speaker 1: I knew that, but it just kind of hit me.

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Speaker 1: Here's a call from Joey and Rochester. Hello Joey, you're

735
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Speaker 1: on the airy. Hey guys, good morning, afternoon, Good afternoon.

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Speaker 1: Here's the clue. Josh Allen needs to air it out

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00:35:03,840 --> 00:35:06,799
Speaker 1: a little more often. He is not Lamar Jackson. He

738
00:35:06,920 --> 00:35:09,560
Speaker 1: is not built to do those runs and moves. He

739
00:35:09,760 --> 00:35:11,840
Speaker 1: is going to take one hit too many, and I

740
00:35:11,840 --> 00:35:14,359
Speaker 1: don't care if it's another five to tenant Rose per game.

741
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Speaker 1: We will take seven completions and one interception over an

742
00:35:18,560 --> 00:35:21,160
Speaker 1: injury any day of the week. Are you sure he's

743
00:35:21,160 --> 00:35:23,840
Speaker 1: not built to run. I'm not saying run every down,

744
00:35:23,880 --> 00:35:25,719
Speaker 1: but he's pretty good runner. I would not want to

745
00:35:25,719 --> 00:35:28,279
Speaker 1: lose that component of the Buffalo offense or if Josh's game.

746
00:35:29,440 --> 00:35:31,760
Speaker 1: I think he's a big dude, so he is built

747
00:35:31,760 --> 00:35:35,160
Speaker 1: to run, but he doesn't have those moves side to side,

748
00:35:35,520 --> 00:35:39,439
Speaker 1: going lateral. He's up and down, and he's fast when

749
00:35:39,480 --> 00:35:43,080
Speaker 1: to take the dive, he's pretty fast. He does other

750
00:35:43,160 --> 00:35:45,719
Speaker 1: speed for the side. He's got the speed. I just

751
00:35:45,719 --> 00:35:47,600
Speaker 1: don't think he's got the wherewithal to do that for

752
00:35:47,600 --> 00:35:50,919
Speaker 1: the next five or seven years. Well, yeah, yeah, here's

753
00:35:51,040 --> 00:35:53,799
Speaker 1: maybe agree. I agree with he'd to an extent, Joey.

754
00:35:53,800 --> 00:35:55,719
Speaker 1: I think you use it until he doesn't need it,

755
00:35:56,160 --> 00:35:58,600
Speaker 1: until he can stand in the pocket and make throws

756
00:35:58,640 --> 00:36:01,200
Speaker 1: and beat people in the pocket like you know, you

757
00:36:01,239 --> 00:36:03,480
Speaker 1: see a classic quarterback due Now, certainly he needs to

758
00:36:03,560 --> 00:36:07,040
Speaker 1: use his his athleticism to avoid pressure and avoid big hits.

759
00:36:07,480 --> 00:36:12,080
Speaker 1: But to the extent where you're gonna use him like

760
00:36:12,200 --> 00:36:14,520
Speaker 1: a running back where you got called quarterback runs, you

761
00:36:14,520 --> 00:36:16,440
Speaker 1: can do it now, But I think you got and

762
00:36:16,480 --> 00:36:19,200
Speaker 1: you gotta do whatever you can to win in every

763
00:36:19,200 --> 00:36:21,640
Speaker 1: given week, and there may be a week where he

764
00:36:21,680 --> 00:36:24,960
Speaker 1: will have called quarterback runs, and there may be a

765
00:36:24,960 --> 00:36:27,520
Speaker 1: lot of weeks where he does make a difference. So

766
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Speaker 1: like in the Houston Texans game where he ran that

767
00:36:30,120 --> 00:36:32,360
Speaker 1: forty two yard or early that we're seeing on MSG.

768
00:36:32,960 --> 00:36:35,200
Speaker 1: Later on in that game, he ran the exact same

769
00:36:35,239 --> 00:36:37,480
Speaker 1: play and he got lit up, you know. So I

770
00:36:37,560 --> 00:36:41,600
Speaker 1: see it, But I don't think there's any question. You're

771
00:36:41,640 --> 00:36:43,680
Speaker 1: gonna try and win games the best way you can.

772
00:36:43,840 --> 00:36:47,160
Speaker 1: If there's an opening for a quarterback run, Josh is

773
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Speaker 1: the guy that can do it. He's one of the

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Speaker 1: guys that can do it. I don't think it's what

775
00:36:51,640 --> 00:36:53,560
Speaker 1: he can do best, but it is one of the

776
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Speaker 1: things he can do best. And if you're the Bill's offense,

777
00:36:56,320 --> 00:36:58,799
Speaker 1: you gotta use it where you can. Certainly you want

778
00:36:58,840 --> 00:37:00,719
Speaker 1: to be judicious and you want to tell him not

779
00:37:00,840 --> 00:37:03,920
Speaker 1: to take a hit, and that's up to him ultimately,

780
00:37:04,200 --> 00:37:06,160
Speaker 1: But whatever he brings to the table, you got to

781
00:37:06,239 --> 00:37:09,200
Speaker 1: use all of it to win games. If it's running, yes,

782
00:37:09,320 --> 00:37:13,400
Speaker 1: if it's throwing yes, if it's whatever, you gotta do

783
00:37:13,440 --> 00:37:16,520
Speaker 1: it all. So I don't think you go in saying

784
00:37:16,560 --> 00:37:18,400
Speaker 1: you're not gonna run him, You're not gonna call certain

785
00:37:18,400 --> 00:37:20,520
Speaker 1: plays because you don't want him to get hurt. You

786
00:37:20,600 --> 00:37:22,200
Speaker 1: got to use everything he brings to the table to

787
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Speaker 1: try and win games, because it's that hard to do

788
00:37:24,520 --> 00:37:26,680
Speaker 1: than if your call eight O three five fifty the

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Speaker 1: number two call toll free one eight eight eight five

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Speaker 1: fifty two five fifty. Let's get to the tweet sheet,

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Speaker 1: of the Buffalo Bills. What's the surefire way for the

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00:37:37,719 --> 00:37:40,920
Speaker 1: Buffalo Bills offense to get better? In twenty nineteen, Steve

794
00:37:40,920 --> 00:37:43,040
Speaker 1: started off, Yeah, Jack Anderson says, as much as I

795
00:37:43,080 --> 00:37:46,160
Speaker 1: wanted to be active in un in free agencies because

796
00:37:46,320 --> 00:37:47,960
Speaker 1: that's fun and exciting, and they need to have a

797
00:37:47,960 --> 00:37:51,280
Speaker 1: good draft as well, But Alan is the key. Twenty

798
00:37:51,320 --> 00:37:53,120
Speaker 1: twenty Bills will go as far as he does. If

799
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Speaker 1: he takes a step back or stay static with a

800
00:37:55,200 --> 00:37:58,480
Speaker 1: tougher schedule, they'll disappoint. If he improves, they'll go far.

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Speaker 1: Pretty yeah, pretty um out there. I mean, I think

802
00:38:02,600 --> 00:38:06,080
Speaker 1: j Peterson is right. He's right, Alan is the key again.

803
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Speaker 1: And look, no one here I want to be clear

804
00:38:09,320 --> 00:38:11,400
Speaker 1: about this. Neither one of us are ready to anoint

805
00:38:11,480 --> 00:38:15,760
Speaker 1: Josh just yet as I'm not in anyways he's the answer.

806
00:38:15,800 --> 00:38:18,680
Speaker 1: He's the franchise quarterback. But he's certainly taken steps in

807
00:38:18,719 --> 00:38:23,840
Speaker 1: that direction, big significant steps in that direction. If he

808
00:38:23,960 --> 00:38:26,400
Speaker 1: levels off, if he plateaus in twenty twenty, if he

809
00:38:27,120 --> 00:38:29,359
Speaker 1: goes back in twenty twenty, you'd have to worry about

810
00:38:29,400 --> 00:38:31,600
Speaker 1: that a little bit. But I'm not so hung up

811
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Speaker 1: about that. I think they're just trying to find a

812
00:38:33,080 --> 00:38:34,560
Speaker 1: way to win, and if he's the guy that leads

813
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Speaker 1: him to wins, then find they'll go with that. Steve, Yeah,

814
00:38:38,200 --> 00:38:41,840
Speaker 1: and he'll evolve like he has already. He's going to

815
00:38:41,880 --> 00:38:44,719
Speaker 1: continue to change and grow as a quarterback, and there

816
00:38:44,719 --> 00:38:46,600
Speaker 1: will be things that he will do better and better

817
00:38:46,960 --> 00:38:50,480
Speaker 1: that will become strength instead of weaknesses, and he won't

818
00:38:50,480 --> 00:38:53,239
Speaker 1: have to rely on, you know, that that hero ball

819
00:38:53,320 --> 00:38:55,680
Speaker 1: mentality that gets into once in a while, that that

820
00:38:56,280 --> 00:38:57,959
Speaker 1: kind of makes you go, oh, what are you doing?

821
00:38:58,280 --> 00:39:01,919
Speaker 1: You know that'll go away theoretically, and when it does,

822
00:39:01,960 --> 00:39:03,840
Speaker 1: he's going to be a really good quarterback because of it.

823
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Speaker 1: But I've said it time and time and time again,

824
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Speaker 1: and I'll continue to say it. If he made better

825
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Speaker 1: decisions and had his vision a little bit better and

826
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Speaker 1: came off and made throws quicker, and came off of

827
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Speaker 1: his reads quicker to his secondary options and became more

828
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Speaker 1: efficient in making those plays that are already there. This

829
00:39:21,280 --> 00:39:24,120
Speaker 1: team would have been much much more dynamic offensively than

830
00:39:24,160 --> 00:39:26,000
Speaker 1: it was this last year. All right, we got a

831
00:39:26,000 --> 00:39:28,320
Speaker 1: break here. We'll get more into this the sure fireway

832
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Speaker 1: for the Bills offense to get better. What do you think?

833
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Speaker 1: Plus a couple of other issues when we return. One

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Speaker 1: I need a phone call to have an old meeting.

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Speaker 1: All right, Hey, this justin. Greg Olsen is a port

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Speaker 1: apparently in Buffalo today visiting the Bills. That's according to

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Speaker 1: at the f dot Com Joe person Tom Pellicero of

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Speaker 1: NFL Network. He's also said Olson has said that he

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Speaker 1: plans on taking his time before he makes a decision.

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Speaker 1: He scheduled to see Seattle and Washington, trying to get

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Speaker 1: some interest from the Bears as well. But Greg Olson's

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Speaker 1: tour around the NFL begins today with the Buffalo Bills

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Speaker 1: were right, they took advantage of the weather Sunday today,

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Speaker 1: get him in here, right, show him around to should

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Speaker 1: run through the hall se If he's here, get him

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Speaker 1: on the show. I'm gonna talk about tight ends in

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Speaker 1: our State of the Bills segment coming up at one

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Speaker 1: o'clock today. At one thirty, we'll talk with Dan Pompey

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Speaker 1: from the Athletic dot Com about the Super Bowl week

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Speaker 1: with the Chiefs and Kyle Brandt joins us at two

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Speaker 1: eight oh three five fifty toll free one eight eight

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Speaker 1: eight five fifty two five fifty. A couple of issues.

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Speaker 1: Let's let's deal with the calls here, Tom and Hamburg. Tom,

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Speaker 1: go ahead, you're on the air, Dylan out, we do

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Speaker 1: it today. Great and great. Well, you know, that's great

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Speaker 1: news to hear about Olson being in town today. That

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Speaker 1: is great news. But what I wanted to talk about

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Speaker 1: was Josh Allen. You guys are talking about countinuity, and

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Speaker 1: that makes a big difference. The thing is is he's

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Speaker 1: going to go back to Palmer this year offseason, Isn't he? Probably?

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Speaker 1: I don't know, yeah, probably. Well, I mean that's that's

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Speaker 1: another I mean, I trust Josh Allen's physical abilities and

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Speaker 1: his mental game to see it one more time offseason

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Speaker 1: with this guy I think is going to be a

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Speaker 1: major help with Jordan Palmer. Why do you think what

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Speaker 1: would you if you were Jordan Palmer? And keep in

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Speaker 1: mind he works on mechanics with Josh Allen? What would

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Speaker 1: you work on with Josh? I wonder what would you do?

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Speaker 1: What would be the number one thing in the top

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Speaker 1: of your list? At the top of my list would

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Speaker 1: probably be the you know, studying film again, this is

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Speaker 1: this is the play that happened, This is what you did,

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Speaker 1: this is what you could have done, you know that

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Speaker 1: kind of thing, reviewing plays that happened in the past year.

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Speaker 1: I think is would be my first thing to do. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: he would do that, though he would do that more

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Speaker 1: Brian Dable and the staff here in the build holding

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Speaker 1: more so than Jordan Palmer. Let me give you an

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Speaker 1: idea of what I know about, which is limited. But

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Speaker 1: I've talked to guys obviously, when you hear guys like

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Speaker 1: Court and I hung around a lot of quarterbacks, Boomerissias

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Speaker 1: and Phil Sims at CBS, Jim Kelly, frank Reich. I've

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Speaker 1: also rubbed up against Kurt Warner in radio work. Quarterbacks

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Speaker 1: when you can get them to start talking about how

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Speaker 1: they throw the football. It's a little bit like your

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Speaker 1: golf swing. There's some pretty technical stuff they talk about

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Speaker 1: about l put the position, where you hold the ball

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Speaker 1: when you drop back and stuff. Jordan Palmer is all

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Speaker 1: over that as well. That's what they're doing. It's not

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Speaker 1: about Josh knowing where to go with the football or

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Speaker 1: decisions he made during plays specific plays during the season.

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Speaker 1: It's about what his feet do when he drops back,

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Speaker 1: what they his feet do when his eyes change on

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Speaker 1: the looking at the defense, what his feet do when

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Speaker 1: he has to change from one side of the field

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Speaker 1: to the other. Where his eyes are and where the

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Speaker 1: ball is held, and when he has to make a

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Speaker 1: quick release with the ball, and when he has to avoid.

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Speaker 1: What his arm motion looks like when he's most accurate

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Speaker 1: and when he makes bad throws. What's that arm like

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Speaker 1: look like when he's when he makes that throw. That's

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Speaker 1: what they'll look at when they watch film. It won't

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Speaker 1: be about where he went with the football. It'll be

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Speaker 1: about why didn't it go exactly where you wanted it

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Speaker 1: to go. Where did you want to go, What were

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Speaker 1: you trying to? Where were you trying to throw the

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Speaker 1: football to? What did the receiver's body language tell you

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Speaker 1: and why you threw it there. It's your arm here

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Speaker 1: and there right Why is your arm away from your

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Speaker 1: ear when you throw it accurately, it's coming over the

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Speaker 1: top right here. You know. All of that technical stuff

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Speaker 1: is what they'll work on. With Jordan Palmer. It's about

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Speaker 1: his arm motion, about how far back he takes it

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Speaker 1: when he releases it, about how quick he releases it

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Speaker 1: and what he can do to get it better, and

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Speaker 1: how hard he works to make that happen. That's what

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Speaker 1: these quarterback coaches do. That's what Tom Brady works on.

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Speaker 1: That's what Drew Brees works on. That's what all those

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Speaker 1: guys work on. That's all they do. It's technique of

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Speaker 1: throwing the football and where when they release it, does

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Speaker 1: it go right exactly where they wanted it to go.

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Speaker 1: It's all about accuracy, quick release, and doing it every

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Speaker 1: single time. Mechanics. It's mechanics. It's not about where you

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Speaker 1: throw it, it's about how it gets there. Let's call

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Speaker 1: from Kelly and Cincinnati. Hello, Kelly, go ahead, Hey guys,

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Speaker 1: how are you misplaced? Buffalon Ian and Cincinnati? Okay for

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Speaker 1: we all, first time caller, long time listeners, I say

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Speaker 1: thanks for having me on. Sure, I wanted to also

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Speaker 1: talk a little bit about Josh Allen. I'm wondering what

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Speaker 1: your guys take is on I really like if the

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Speaker 1: potential of them stealing a little bit of Pat Mahome

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Speaker 1: Patrick Mahomes magic, whether he's coached or not. I like

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Speaker 1: you how he actually takes a few extra steps in

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Speaker 1: his drop back. Seems like it buys him a little

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Speaker 1: bit more time, allows his receivers to get open, and

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Speaker 1: he has a strong enough harm that he can ultimately

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Speaker 1: hit his receiver. So I wanted to get your take

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Speaker 1: on that thought, and then if I could also just

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Speaker 1: maybe educate me a little bit about about reffing. Why

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Speaker 1: as a fan watching the game, does it seem like

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Speaker 1: the refs are, you know, physically late getting to a play,

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Speaker 1: which alters sort of what they see and what they call.

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Speaker 1: And why it seems like as a fan, I can

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Speaker 1: see a ref who's two feet from a play and

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Speaker 1: doesn't make a call let's say passion, afferance or whatnot,

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Speaker 1: and a ref twenty yards from the play makes the call.

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Speaker 1: Is there something about the call responsibilities that the refs

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Speaker 1: have that are different. I don't really know what that

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Speaker 1: how that appreciate your perspective. Okay, let's start with the ref.

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Speaker 1: Steve No that I don't know. There's not something different.

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Speaker 1: There's something different about where they look, but not really

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Speaker 1: something different, But I don't know. Look, I'm consider myself

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Speaker 1: one of the foremost critics of NFL officiating, But for

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Speaker 1: the most part, guys are usually in position. I will

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Speaker 1: give them that. It's mostly the result, I believe of

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Speaker 1: having more officials on the field. They can pretty much

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Speaker 1: cover the field. Occasionally an official will be late, but

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Speaker 1: it doesn't happen that often. I really don't think it

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Speaker 1: happens at offense. I'll give you some of the some

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Speaker 1: insights when the conversations I've had with NFL officials. In

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Speaker 1: a lot of ways, they're the best evaluators of who

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Speaker 1: plays good and who doesn't. But the problem is this, say,

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Speaker 1: for instance, you've got an official who's a back judge

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Speaker 1: or a side judge or whatever. They have a group

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Speaker 1: of guys they're watching on a specific play. They may

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Speaker 1: not they may not even be able to tell you

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Speaker 1: where the ball went or what's going on twenty five

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Speaker 1: yards away, but they'll know this. So throughout the course

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Speaker 1: of a season and throughout a game, they'll say, man,

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Speaker 1: the right guard number whatever, he is, the right guard

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Speaker 1: for the Texans or whatever game that is, he played

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Speaker 1: really well today, he was really doing well. They'll be

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Speaker 1: able to tell you which guys are playing well because

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Speaker 1: all they do is they keep their focus on the

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Speaker 1: area of the field and the number of players in

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Speaker 1: that area that they're supposed to keep track of. They

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Speaker 1: don't care what happens outside the play, and they don't

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Speaker 1: even look for any results of the play. That's why

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Speaker 1: sometimes you'll see an official, you know, get caught because

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Speaker 1: he'll get caught close to the play, and that's usually

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Speaker 1: not what happens. Usually is his eyes are so focused

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Speaker 1: on what he's supposed to be looking at he doesn't

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Speaker 1: know the balls coming at him or there's traffic coming

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Speaker 1: at him, and you'll see him get caught out of

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Speaker 1: position or unaware that the play is at them because

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Speaker 1: their focus is on a group of players that seem

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Speaker 1: to are a little bit further away, and they're they're

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Speaker 1: officiating those guys over there, rather than you know, keeping

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Speaker 1: track of where the ball is coming at him. That's

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Speaker 1: their responsibility, and that's why sometimes you'll see a guy

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Speaker 1: close and he won't make the call because his focus

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Speaker 1: is on another area of the field where he's trying

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Speaker 1: to do it, and they when you see him, they're

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00:47:43,719 --> 00:47:46,319
Speaker 1: far long ways away. They they kind of tend to

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Speaker 1: stay there because they want to stay out of the way,

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Speaker 1: and not just for their safety steak, but for the

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00:47:52,520 --> 00:47:55,360
Speaker 1: players don't want to get distracted or have trouble picking

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Speaker 1: them up when they're running a route, or they don't

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Speaker 1: want to run a route and beat the defensive back

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Speaker 1: and then get covered by the official because he's standing

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Speaker 1: too close, so they stay out of the way. But

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Speaker 1: that's what the officials mindset is. They've got certain things

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Speaker 1: they do and there's a certain cases as well. Get

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Speaker 1: further down into this where this official the ball is snapped.

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00:48:13,760 --> 00:48:16,600
Speaker 1: They'll watch this until something until they'll get a landmark

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Speaker 1: where either they'll catch the side of the ball moving

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Speaker 1: away or like on a punt, they'll hear the punts

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Speaker 1: go off or something like that, and then it's their

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Speaker 1: responsibility to shift their gaze from this group of guys

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Speaker 1: to another area of the field. And that's where you

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00:48:33,239 --> 00:48:36,799
Speaker 1: can get some inconsistencies when when their responsibilities changed during

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Speaker 1: a play happens on special teams a little bit. I

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Speaker 1: don't know if it happens so much on offense and

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Speaker 1: defense regular down and distance, but that does come into

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Speaker 1: play once in a while. So yeah, the officials, you're right, murf.

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Speaker 1: We crush them all the time. I mean, and it's

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Speaker 1: easy to do. But man, I mean, you talk about

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Speaker 1: a monumental job, and it is a specialized job. It

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Speaker 1: is really difficult to do well, and they do a

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Speaker 1: really nice job of it. And I think when you

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Speaker 1: notice them not doing a good job, like we do

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Speaker 1: so much in replay these days, it's much different than

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Speaker 1: the reality of the industry. What about Kelly's first point,

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Speaker 1: Josh Allen needs to what extend is dropped back? I

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Speaker 1: don't know. I think stuff is pretty standard and certainly

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Speaker 1: you can break the rules, but that would change timing

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Speaker 1: of everything everything. I don't know. Yeah, Patrick Mahomes can yeah, yeah, No,

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Speaker 1: Pat Mahomes, you don't want to You don't want to

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Speaker 1: drop back further thinking it's going to give you more

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Speaker 1: time to get the playoff. It doesn't because it has

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Speaker 1: to do with the tackles guys coming off the edge.

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Speaker 1: You've seen it a million times where players come off

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Speaker 1: the edge and the offensive line pushes them deeper than

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Speaker 1: and pass the quarterback. It makes it easier for the

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Speaker 1: line to protect if you've got enough stoutness up in

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Speaker 1: the inside with the guards and center. You've seen it,

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Speaker 1: You've heard it a million times where quarterbacks don't like

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Speaker 1: rushing coming right up at the middle a because they

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Speaker 1: can't step up into the pocket away from the edge rushers.

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Speaker 1: And Pat Mahomes listen, he's a great quarterback, and those

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Speaker 1: guys and he and others like him. This young got

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Speaker 1: Deshaun Watson, Lamar Jackson and Josh Allen. They've got a

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Speaker 1: lot of athleticism, and they use it when it works

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Speaker 1: for him, and they use it instinctively at the right

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Speaker 1: moment when they need it. And it makes it seem

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Speaker 1: like it's scripted into the play when a lot of

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Speaker 1: times it's not. So don't think that just because the

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Speaker 1: quarterback drops deeper that gives everybody else on the offense

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Speaker 1: more time to do what they're doing, because it's not

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Speaker 1: really the way it works. All Right, we got a

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Speaker 1: breakcare We're gonna get into our State of the Bills.

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Speaker 1: Segment one, The tight end situation Greg Olsen reportedly visiting

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Speaker 1: the Bills today. Maybe he's a factor in what the

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Speaker 1: tight end position looks like next season. We'll talk with

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Speaker 1: Chris Brown. He'll be in studio with us as well

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Speaker 1: when we return. One Bills Live presented by Kalada Health

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Speaker 1: Live from the Seneca Studio, Seneca Resorts and Casino. Nothing

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Speaker 1: comes close. Hills Radio Network Sports Update from One Bill's Driveway. Reportedly,

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Speaker 1: veteran tight end Greg Olson is making a visit today.

1062
00:51:15,880 --> 00:51:18,239
Speaker 1: He's a free agent now after being released by the

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00:51:18,239 --> 00:51:21,239
Speaker 1: Carolina Panthers on Monday this week. He caught fifty two

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00:51:21,239 --> 00:51:23,880
Speaker 1: passes for five hundred ninety seven yards and a couple

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00:51:23,880 --> 00:51:27,320
Speaker 1: of touchdowns last year for the Panthers. Olson visiting with

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00:51:27,360 --> 00:51:30,200
Speaker 1: the Bills today. He plans on visiting with Seattle and Washington.

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00:51:30,520 --> 00:51:33,319
Speaker 1: Also may pay a visit to the Chicago Bears. Here,

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00:51:33,360 --> 00:51:35,520
Speaker 1: of course, so we went into general manager Brandon Bean

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00:51:35,800 --> 00:51:38,920
Speaker 1: and Sean McDermott. Both of them spent time obviously with

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00:51:39,400 --> 00:51:42,439
Speaker 1: Carolina Panthers, and Olson also has an opportunity, you would think,

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00:51:42,640 --> 00:51:45,760
Speaker 1: to do some television work. We'll see Greg Olson reportedly

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00:51:45,840 --> 00:51:48,800
Speaker 1: visiting with the Bills today. Super Bowl Parade is ongoing

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00:51:48,920 --> 00:51:51,080
Speaker 1: right now in Kansas City. For the first time in

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00:51:51,120 --> 00:51:53,520
Speaker 1: fifty years, the Chiefs holding the Super Bowl parade with

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00:51:53,560 --> 00:51:56,480
Speaker 1: their fans. The Chiefs have a two mile route be

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00:51:56,600 --> 00:51:59,000
Speaker 1: starting at Sixth Street ending up at Union Station, where

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00:51:59,000 --> 00:52:02,480
Speaker 1: the victory rally will be held in Kansas City. Sammy

1078
00:52:02,480 --> 00:52:05,440
Speaker 1: Watkins says he may need some downtime after the playoff run.

1079
00:52:05,680 --> 00:52:07,440
Speaker 1: He spent part of last week leading up to the

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00:52:07,440 --> 00:52:09,319
Speaker 1: Super Bowl thinking that he might take a year off

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00:52:09,320 --> 00:52:11,799
Speaker 1: from football if the Chiefs won the Super Bowl. They

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00:52:11,840 --> 00:52:15,400
Speaker 1: did and now, Watkins told Series x M NFL Radio

1083
00:52:15,640 --> 00:52:17,960
Speaker 1: he is still considering some kind of a break from

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00:52:18,000 --> 00:52:20,000
Speaker 1: the game of this offseason, whether he's a member of

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00:52:20,000 --> 00:52:23,440
Speaker 1: the Chiefs or not. The odds are out a next

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00:52:23,520 --> 00:52:26,279
Speaker 1: year's NFL MVP. A familiar face is the favorite. It

1087
00:52:26,440 --> 00:52:29,840
Speaker 1: is Super Bowl MVP Patrick Mahomes. He is favored to

1088
00:52:29,840 --> 00:52:33,000
Speaker 1: win the twenty twenty one NFL MVP at the Super

1089
00:52:33,000 --> 00:52:36,080
Speaker 1: Book in Las Vegas four to one odds. Around the league.

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00:52:36,080 --> 00:52:39,040
Speaker 1: The Cleveland Browns are interviewing Joe Woods today. He is

1091
00:52:39,239 --> 00:52:43,160
Speaker 1: interviewing for their defensive coordinator position on Kevin Stefanski's staff.

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00:52:43,160 --> 00:52:45,640
Speaker 1: He's willieved to be the front and runner. The Jaguars

1093
00:52:45,640 --> 00:52:48,200
Speaker 1: have hired former of forty nine Ers general manager Trent

1094
00:52:48,320 --> 00:52:51,000
Speaker 1: Bulky to be the director of player Personnel. He spent

1095
00:52:51,120 --> 00:52:53,600
Speaker 1: six seasons as the forty nine Ers general manager, and

1096
00:52:53,719 --> 00:52:56,760
Speaker 1: after three seasons at the helm of the Chargers, Anthony

1097
00:52:56,840 --> 00:52:59,000
Speaker 1: Lynn has been locked up for more years. Lynn and

1098
00:52:59,040 --> 00:53:01,160
Speaker 1: the Los Angeles charge just have agreed in a contract

1099
00:53:01,239 --> 00:53:04,600
Speaker 1: extension through at least the twenty twenty one season. Lynda

1100
00:53:04,680 --> 00:53:07,360
Speaker 1: entering the final year of his contract. Before that, Savers

1101
00:53:07,400 --> 00:53:09,920
Speaker 1: home against Detroit Tomona. And welcome to our number two

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00:53:09,920 --> 00:53:12,719
Speaker 1: of the show. John Murphy, Steve Tasker, joined by Chris

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00:53:12,719 --> 00:53:15,720
Speaker 1: Brown Bills inside or at Buffalo bills dot Com, joining

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00:53:15,800 --> 00:53:18,800
Speaker 1: us here for several minutes this hour, talking about variety

1105
00:53:18,800 --> 00:53:21,080
Speaker 1: of topics, and we're talking about tight ends as we

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00:53:21,200 --> 00:53:25,640
Speaker 1: do our tour of the Bill's roster. State of the

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00:53:26,080 --> 00:53:28,759
Speaker 1: Bill's roster, Chris, And as you pointed out, the Super

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00:53:28,760 --> 00:53:30,680
Speaker 1: Bowl featured a lot of tight ends. That's some pretty

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00:53:30,920 --> 00:53:33,640
Speaker 1: stellar tight ends. Well yeah, I mean you have the

1110
00:53:33,640 --> 00:53:37,080
Speaker 1: two best ones in the league, my gosh. So yeah, yeah,

1111
00:53:37,120 --> 00:53:40,279
Speaker 1: Travis Telsey got George Kittle, and you know there's gonna

1112
00:53:40,320 --> 00:53:44,759
Speaker 1: be some decisions to make and the Bills. You know

1113
00:53:44,960 --> 00:53:49,520
Speaker 1: they've got Olson here reportedly today, I get the sense

1114
00:53:49,520 --> 00:53:53,200
Speaker 1: it's more exploratory in nature on his part or Buffalo

1115
00:53:53,360 --> 00:53:55,840
Speaker 1: on Buffalo's parts, just kind of see where he's at,

1116
00:53:56,320 --> 00:53:59,759
Speaker 1: what his plans really are. I think there's a lot

1117
00:53:59,800 --> 00:54:04,839
Speaker 1: of belief upstairs in what Dawson Knox can become. And

1118
00:54:04,880 --> 00:54:08,440
Speaker 1: so the tricky part there is do you add a

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00:54:08,520 --> 00:54:11,640
Speaker 1: veteran at the position knowing it could come at the

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00:54:11,680 --> 00:54:16,760
Speaker 1: expense of Dawson Knox's development bird in the hand versus

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00:54:16,800 --> 00:54:19,160
Speaker 1: you know, two in the bush, the you know, the

1122
00:54:19,160 --> 00:54:21,200
Speaker 1: two in the bush being the potential of Dawson Knox

1123
00:54:21,239 --> 00:54:24,400
Speaker 1: and maybe even to a lesser extent, Sweeney as a supporting,

1124
00:54:24,480 --> 00:54:27,759
Speaker 1: complimentary piece. So and you also don't know really what

1125
00:54:27,840 --> 00:54:30,920
Speaker 1: you've gotten Tyler Croft, right, You just see his injury

1126
00:54:31,000 --> 00:54:33,680
Speaker 1: riddled and who you made a decent commitment to last

1127
00:54:33,719 --> 00:54:38,200
Speaker 1: year in the offseason, and do you trade one just

1128
00:54:38,280 --> 00:54:41,000
Speaker 1: I'll exaggerate to make a point, one injury prone veteran

1129
00:54:41,040 --> 00:54:44,680
Speaker 1: tied end for the possibility of getting another veteran injury

1130
00:54:44,719 --> 00:54:50,839
Speaker 1: prone tea and who gets ejected off the boat if

1131
00:54:50,840 --> 00:54:53,680
Speaker 1: you bring the guy in there, because you've got you've

1132
00:54:53,680 --> 00:54:57,520
Speaker 1: got five on the roster. You're assuming Jason Crum, being

1133
00:54:57,560 --> 00:55:00,320
Speaker 1: only an exclusive rights free agent, is an easy person

1134
00:55:00,360 --> 00:55:02,120
Speaker 1: to bring back in the fold and at least bring

1135
00:55:02,200 --> 00:55:06,120
Speaker 1: to camp, and then you know, whatever happens happens. But

1136
00:55:07,160 --> 00:55:09,160
Speaker 1: you know, yeah, you add another one, you're gonna have

1137
00:55:09,200 --> 00:55:11,520
Speaker 1: to subtract somewhere. You're not. I don't even think you're

1138
00:55:11,520 --> 00:55:14,480
Speaker 1: carrying seven on an offseason roster. Lee Smith is here

1139
00:55:14,520 --> 00:55:17,000
Speaker 1: because he's like an offensive lineman playing tight end. He's

1140
00:55:17,000 --> 00:55:19,160
Speaker 1: also a great mentor, knows how to get ready for games,

1141
00:55:19,200 --> 00:55:21,200
Speaker 1: knows how to implement game plans. He's not a guy's

1142
00:55:21,239 --> 00:55:23,360
Speaker 1: going to be out there in a third and long situation,

1143
00:55:24,040 --> 00:55:25,840
Speaker 1: but he is going to be a guy who teaches

1144
00:55:25,840 --> 00:55:27,960
Speaker 1: the young guys how to be a pro. Tyler Croft

1145
00:55:28,080 --> 00:55:29,799
Speaker 1: is a guy who I think they liked, but he

1146
00:55:30,320 --> 00:55:32,960
Speaker 1: was He played in eleven games, had six receptions. I mean,

1147
00:55:33,480 --> 00:55:35,200
Speaker 1: none of these guys lit it up as a wide

1148
00:55:35,200 --> 00:55:38,000
Speaker 1: receiver or receiving option to tight end. I mean Knox

1149
00:55:38,080 --> 00:55:41,480
Speaker 1: was there because ostensibly he got more reps than everybody else, right,

1150
00:55:41,680 --> 00:55:45,120
Speaker 1: But I don't think the team is gonna sit on

1151
00:55:45,160 --> 00:55:46,799
Speaker 1: their hands and say I don't know how good we

1152
00:55:46,840 --> 00:55:48,520
Speaker 1: can get at this spot. They're gonna do what they

1153
00:55:48,520 --> 00:55:51,040
Speaker 1: can to get better, and if they think Olsen's an upgrade,

1154
00:55:51,120 --> 00:55:54,759
Speaker 1: one of those guys will go Yeah. You also have

1155
00:55:54,800 --> 00:55:57,360
Speaker 1: to think, and I think that's why you're exploring and

1156
00:55:57,480 --> 00:56:00,239
Speaker 1: trying to do some fact finding here with old Wison

1157
00:56:01,000 --> 00:56:03,440
Speaker 1: with this visit, because you want to know, well, you know,

1158
00:56:03,600 --> 00:56:05,439
Speaker 1: you're only going to play one more year, and so

1159
00:56:06,280 --> 00:56:08,719
Speaker 1: if he's thinking I'm just gonna get my ten years

1160
00:56:08,719 --> 00:56:11,160
Speaker 1: in and then I'm done, well, that could change the

1161
00:56:11,160 --> 00:56:12,799
Speaker 1: conversation as to what you want to do. You want

1162
00:56:12,800 --> 00:56:14,920
Speaker 1: to add a guy for a year and take somebody

1163
00:56:14,920 --> 00:56:16,360
Speaker 1: off the roster that might be able to help you

1164
00:56:16,400 --> 00:56:18,640
Speaker 1: for two, three or four. You know, if they get

1165
00:56:18,680 --> 00:56:20,000
Speaker 1: him for one year, if they say, okay, you want

1166
00:56:20,040 --> 00:56:21,680
Speaker 1: to go to play one year, we'll get him for

1167
00:56:21,680 --> 00:56:23,479
Speaker 1: one year. Sign him to a one year deal. They've

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00:56:23,520 --> 00:56:25,279
Speaker 1: done that with a number of guys, right. But what

1169
00:56:25,320 --> 00:56:27,239
Speaker 1: I'm saying, oh, they shy away from it for that.

1170
00:56:27,320 --> 00:56:30,120
Speaker 1: If he's only committing to one is one year enough

1171
00:56:30,160 --> 00:56:32,239
Speaker 1: for you to say we're gonna get rid of this

1172
00:56:32,320 --> 00:56:36,680
Speaker 1: younger guy? You know what I'm saying, this guy's this

1173
00:56:36,719 --> 00:56:39,399
Speaker 1: guy can help us for multiple years and may may

1174
00:56:39,719 --> 00:56:42,160
Speaker 1: not even be near his ceiling yet. We know what

1175
00:56:42,200 --> 00:56:43,719
Speaker 1: this guy is, but we're only going to get him

1176
00:56:43,719 --> 00:56:46,279
Speaker 1: for a year. It's year ten. He's not what he

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00:56:46,320 --> 00:56:48,960
Speaker 1: once was. Is it worth it? Oh? Sure, I think

1178
00:56:49,040 --> 00:56:51,200
Speaker 1: that's the conversation. I think you weigh that against how

1179
00:56:51,200 --> 00:56:53,720
Speaker 1: long is Lee Smith gonna play? How long is Tyler

1180
00:56:53,719 --> 00:56:56,440
Speaker 1: Croft gonna play? You know, the veteran nation and croom.

1181
00:56:56,440 --> 00:56:58,120
Speaker 1: I mean, is he gonna do? They think he's gonna

1182
00:56:58,160 --> 00:57:00,920
Speaker 1: come back and contribute or or that. But if the

1183
00:57:01,120 --> 00:57:03,359
Speaker 1: upgrades at the position, even if you're gonna get him

1184
00:57:03,360 --> 00:57:06,200
Speaker 1: for one year, yeah, I think I think this is

1185
00:57:06,239 --> 00:57:09,279
Speaker 1: a crew that does it. Chris Brown joins us from

1186
00:57:09,320 --> 00:57:11,800
Speaker 1: Buffalo Bills dot Com as we start our state of

1187
00:57:11,840 --> 00:57:14,560
Speaker 1: the Bills a look at the team and start with

1188
00:57:14,640 --> 00:57:17,440
Speaker 1: tight ends. It figures that Greg Olsen is in it

1189
00:57:17,480 --> 00:57:19,120
Speaker 1: makes sense to talk about tight ends today. Let me

1190
00:57:19,120 --> 00:57:21,800
Speaker 1: start with you this way, though, Chris, how critical do

1191
00:57:21,880 --> 00:57:24,840
Speaker 1: you view the tight end position? And there are people

1192
00:57:24,840 --> 00:57:26,760
Speaker 1: out there, and I don't discount this, but people that

1193
00:57:26,840 --> 00:57:30,960
Speaker 1: will tell you that Josh Allen really needs a reliable, productive,

1194
00:57:31,040 --> 00:57:33,160
Speaker 1: pass catching tight end to take the next step in

1195
00:57:33,200 --> 00:57:36,120
Speaker 1: the NFL. Do you believe that. I mean, I think

1196
00:57:36,120 --> 00:57:39,440
Speaker 1: you can make an argument for it. Certainly. Obviously, with

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00:57:39,480 --> 00:57:42,080
Speaker 1: the production of some of the top tight ends in

1198
00:57:42,080 --> 00:57:45,240
Speaker 1: the league, that only lends further credence to that, especially

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Speaker 1: with the two Super Bowl teams having tight ends of

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00:57:48,040 --> 00:57:52,080
Speaker 1: that caliber, So you understand where the argument's coming from.

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00:57:52,600 --> 00:57:54,840
Speaker 1: I don't think that's the only way to help a

1202
00:57:54,880 --> 00:57:57,880
Speaker 1: young quarterback take the next step. It certainly is a way.

1203
00:57:59,120 --> 00:58:01,440
Speaker 1: So if you want to add that, or maybe you

1204
00:58:01,560 --> 00:58:04,800
Speaker 1: find that adding that is easier than adding a top

1205
00:58:04,840 --> 00:58:07,160
Speaker 1: flight receiver, well then yeah, maybe that's the route that

1206
00:58:07,200 --> 00:58:10,400
Speaker 1: you go. But I'm not convinced that that's the only

1207
00:58:10,440 --> 00:58:12,960
Speaker 1: way you could get Josh Allen to take the next step.

1208
00:58:13,080 --> 00:58:17,320
Speaker 1: Is it easier to add a tight end? I think

1209
00:58:17,320 --> 00:58:19,800
Speaker 1: it depends on what the landscape is in free agency

1210
00:58:19,800 --> 00:58:22,080
Speaker 1: at the tight end position, what the draft pool looks

1211
00:58:22,120 --> 00:58:24,800
Speaker 1: like at the tight end position, how quickly those tight

1212
00:58:24,880 --> 00:58:27,440
Speaker 1: ends in the draft could help your offense. Because we

1213
00:58:27,480 --> 00:58:29,520
Speaker 1: saw two young guys here last year, and while they

1214
00:58:29,520 --> 00:58:32,640
Speaker 1: certainly showed some promising signs, I think we also came

1215
00:58:32,680 --> 00:58:35,480
Speaker 1: to the fact and the realization that you know, Dawson

1216
00:58:35,520 --> 00:58:37,880
Speaker 1: Knox really wasn't ready for a prime time role yet

1217
00:58:37,960 --> 00:58:40,440
Speaker 1: due to his inexperience at the college level. So you

1218
00:58:40,520 --> 00:58:43,960
Speaker 1: have to see what you have as potential options and

1219
00:58:44,000 --> 00:58:46,600
Speaker 1: then say this is the easier route to take. There's

1220
00:58:46,640 --> 00:58:48,840
Speaker 1: more to choose from. There's more that can help us

1221
00:58:48,960 --> 00:58:51,640
Speaker 1: right now, There's more that can lift Josh's game right

1222
00:58:51,680 --> 00:58:54,400
Speaker 1: now at this position. We're gonna go this way. One

1223
00:58:54,400 --> 00:58:56,160
Speaker 1: thing I think we all learned last year was that

1224
00:58:56,320 --> 00:59:00,200
Speaker 1: Brian Dayball believes in multiple tight end, multiple tight ends

1225
00:59:00,200 --> 00:59:02,919
Speaker 1: and using more than one on the field many many times. Yeah,

1226
00:59:02,960 --> 00:59:06,880
Speaker 1: twelve personnel again was big for this offense this past season.

1227
00:59:06,920 --> 00:59:09,760
Speaker 1: I mean, eleven personnel still carried the day, you know,

1228
00:59:09,840 --> 00:59:13,360
Speaker 1: with the three wide receivers and one tight end, but

1229
00:59:13,760 --> 00:59:16,640
Speaker 1: twelve personnel was right behind it two tight ends on

1230
00:59:16,680 --> 00:59:19,040
Speaker 1: the field, although most of the time it was with

1231
00:59:19,400 --> 00:59:22,160
Speaker 1: Lee Smith, you know, serving as an in line role,

1232
00:59:23,000 --> 00:59:25,080
Speaker 1: and he's very one dimensional. I don't think there's any

1233
00:59:25,120 --> 00:59:28,320
Speaker 1: debate about that. But he's really the only guy on

1234
00:59:28,360 --> 00:59:30,480
Speaker 1: this roster right now that can serve the team in

1235
00:59:30,520 --> 00:59:32,840
Speaker 1: that capacity at the tight end position. That may be

1236
00:59:32,880 --> 00:59:35,040
Speaker 1: the reason they go to twelve more often this next

1237
00:59:35,080 --> 00:59:37,120
Speaker 1: year's they do upgrade that spot where they get two

1238
00:59:37,120 --> 00:59:38,840
Speaker 1: tight ends that are they're a bit more of a

1239
00:59:38,840 --> 00:59:41,000
Speaker 1: handful than you think back in the year's past, and

1240
00:59:41,000 --> 00:59:43,240
Speaker 1: you can look around the teams that do it. New

1241
00:59:43,240 --> 00:59:46,880
Speaker 1: England with Aaron Hernandez and Gronkowski, they kept those guys

1242
00:59:46,880 --> 00:59:48,560
Speaker 1: on the field all the time. If you've got guys

1243
00:59:48,560 --> 00:59:51,680
Speaker 1: that can upgrade, they may not need to go at

1244
00:59:51,720 --> 00:59:53,400
Speaker 1: number twenty two of the draft and get a wide

1245
00:59:53,440 --> 00:59:55,120
Speaker 1: receiver if they feel like they can get a tight

1246
00:59:55,200 --> 00:59:56,480
Speaker 1: end that can go on the field at the same

1247
00:59:56,520 --> 00:59:59,520
Speaker 1: time with Crofton be a mismatch for the secondary. So

1248
00:59:59,560 --> 01:00:01,680
Speaker 1: it may be the fact that if they upgrade that position,

1249
01:00:02,040 --> 01:00:05,200
Speaker 1: it changes their philosophy at the third wide out right. No,

1250
01:00:05,360 --> 01:00:08,880
Speaker 1: I think that's definitely a way that it can go.

1251
01:00:11,480 --> 01:00:14,480
Speaker 1: I just think it's a very fluid type thing in

1252
01:00:14,560 --> 01:00:16,880
Speaker 1: terms of what they choose as a course of action.

1253
01:00:17,320 --> 01:00:19,200
Speaker 1: If we get to the draft and you're still in

1254
01:00:19,200 --> 01:00:22,760
Speaker 1: that situation, I think the draft and how the board

1255
01:00:22,760 --> 01:00:26,040
Speaker 1: falls is going to largely determine, you know, which route

1256
01:00:26,040 --> 01:00:28,560
Speaker 1: they take. Quite frankly, let me start at the bottom

1257
01:00:28,600 --> 01:00:30,320
Speaker 1: of the tight end group, the people who were here,

1258
01:00:30,440 --> 01:00:32,200
Speaker 1: and maybe work up to the top and start with

1259
01:00:32,280 --> 01:00:34,960
Speaker 1: Jason Krum who go into his third year. He spent

1260
01:00:35,120 --> 01:00:37,680
Speaker 1: last year on injured reserve. Do you think there's enough

1261
01:00:37,760 --> 01:00:40,080
Speaker 1: left there for them to keep watching him and seeing

1262
01:00:40,200 --> 01:00:41,400
Speaker 1: what he might be able to do for them in

1263
01:00:41,400 --> 01:00:43,439
Speaker 1: the offseason. But like I said, I think they'll bring

1264
01:00:43,520 --> 01:00:46,840
Speaker 1: him back, you know, on that exclusive rights tender, get

1265
01:00:46,920 --> 01:00:50,080
Speaker 1: him back under contract, give him one more crack at

1266
01:00:50,120 --> 01:00:53,320
Speaker 1: it this offseason. You know it just couldn't stay healthy.

1267
01:00:53,640 --> 01:00:56,480
Speaker 1: That was the problem. He had shown flashes in eighteen

1268
01:00:56,920 --> 01:00:58,840
Speaker 1: when they really didn't have anybody else at the tight

1269
01:00:58,920 --> 01:01:04,560
Speaker 1: end position. Can he take the next step from that? Okay,

1270
01:01:04,600 --> 01:01:08,080
Speaker 1: you flashed athletic ability and being you know, he's a

1271
01:01:08,120 --> 01:01:10,440
Speaker 1: converted wide receiver, so you know he has that in

1272
01:01:10,520 --> 01:01:14,560
Speaker 1: his arsenal. He worked, Yeah, he worked well. He works

1273
01:01:14,560 --> 01:01:16,960
Speaker 1: hard at everything, but yes, at his blocking game, which

1274
01:01:16,960 --> 01:01:19,840
Speaker 1: he knew he knew was the deficient part of his game.

1275
01:01:20,640 --> 01:01:23,919
Speaker 1: So yeah, I mean, I think since he has subscribed

1276
01:01:23,960 --> 01:01:26,800
Speaker 1: to all the things that this coaching staff asks of

1277
01:01:26,840 --> 01:01:29,440
Speaker 1: its players, I think that earns him the benefit of

1278
01:01:29,480 --> 01:01:31,400
Speaker 1: the doubt to at least be back in spring camp

1279
01:01:31,440 --> 01:01:34,920
Speaker 1: and in training camp, and if he can take a step,

1280
01:01:35,880 --> 01:01:38,720
Speaker 1: you know, maybe they will look at him differently and

1281
01:01:38,760 --> 01:01:41,280
Speaker 1: say Oh well, maybe this is the second athletic guy,

1282
01:01:41,520 --> 01:01:44,680
Speaker 1: the second complimentary piece that we can use to work

1283
01:01:44,720 --> 01:01:47,960
Speaker 1: off of Dawson Knox to create the mismatches that we want.

1284
01:01:48,040 --> 01:01:51,959
Speaker 1: Because if you have your best tight end cover guy

1285
01:01:52,240 --> 01:01:54,920
Speaker 1: on Dawson Knox, because he runs better than Chrome, and

1286
01:01:54,920 --> 01:01:56,440
Speaker 1: he runs a four or five one, and he's a

1287
01:01:56,440 --> 01:02:00,720
Speaker 1: better athlete, and now you've got arguable not putting a

1288
01:02:00,800 --> 01:02:03,720
Speaker 1: slouch on John Brown or Cole Beasley. Is you know,

1289
01:02:03,880 --> 01:02:06,440
Speaker 1: Jason Crum's got a better chance of winning against your

1290
01:02:06,480 --> 01:02:08,320
Speaker 1: fourth or fifth best cover person that you're putting on

1291
01:02:08,360 --> 01:02:10,800
Speaker 1: the field. And that's his forte. I mean, he's an athlete.

1292
01:02:11,000 --> 01:02:13,600
Speaker 1: The guy can run. He's a big The blocking is

1293
01:02:13,600 --> 01:02:15,600
Speaker 1: the thing. The physical part of the tight end game

1294
01:02:15,680 --> 01:02:17,360
Speaker 1: is what he really needed. He's going to be detached,

1295
01:02:17,400 --> 01:02:19,960
Speaker 1: and he's young, but he's a If he's a detached

1296
01:02:20,080 --> 01:02:22,560
Speaker 1: tight end, he's a load. He's six five two forty

1297
01:02:22,560 --> 01:02:24,680
Speaker 1: six and he's an athlete, can run, he can get

1298
01:02:24,760 --> 01:02:28,960
Speaker 1: up and get it. So he's got some potential to

1299
01:02:29,080 --> 01:02:32,440
Speaker 1: be a contributor in a big way if he can

1300
01:02:32,440 --> 01:02:35,120
Speaker 1: stay healthy. Right, let me move up the depth chart

1301
01:02:35,160 --> 01:02:37,480
Speaker 1: a little bit. Tommy Sweeney seventh round pick a year ago,

1302
01:02:37,520 --> 01:02:39,600
Speaker 1: played half dozen games at the start of the year,

1303
01:02:39,680 --> 01:02:43,600
Speaker 1: started one of them. Um, I mean, you can't really say.

1304
01:02:43,640 --> 01:02:45,760
Speaker 1: I can't say whether he's developed much or not. He

1305
01:02:45,760 --> 01:02:48,840
Speaker 1: didn't play the last two thirds of the season, so

1306
01:02:48,920 --> 01:02:51,000
Speaker 1: they would like to see him developed. But does he

1307
01:02:51,040 --> 01:02:54,480
Speaker 1: have enough, I guess athleticism to get a real good

1308
01:02:54,480 --> 01:02:56,360
Speaker 1: crack at making the roster well, I mean, I think

1309
01:02:56,360 --> 01:02:58,480
Speaker 1: that's that's where he comes up a little bit short

1310
01:02:58,480 --> 01:03:00,760
Speaker 1: in comparison to the others. He's not White the athlete,

1311
01:03:00,760 --> 01:03:02,040
Speaker 1: and he'd be the first to tell you this. He's

1312
01:03:02,080 --> 01:03:04,800
Speaker 1: not quite the athlete. You know that Dawson Knox is

1313
01:03:04,920 --> 01:03:07,160
Speaker 1: or that Jason Krum is. He just doesn't run that way.

1314
01:03:08,000 --> 01:03:10,120
Speaker 1: I think what Tommy Sweeney is is a jack of

1315
01:03:10,120 --> 01:03:12,640
Speaker 1: all trades. He's a guy that can do just about everything.

1316
01:03:12,640 --> 01:03:15,160
Speaker 1: I don't think he's great at any one thing, but

1317
01:03:15,200 --> 01:03:17,960
Speaker 1: he's good at a lot of things. And you can

1318
01:03:18,000 --> 01:03:20,480
Speaker 1: carve out a ten year career in the NFL doing that.

1319
01:03:21,840 --> 01:03:24,880
Speaker 1: You may never be the number one guy, but you'll

1320
01:03:24,920 --> 01:03:26,560
Speaker 1: have a job in the NFL for a long time

1321
01:03:26,560 --> 01:03:29,800
Speaker 1: if you can do a lot of things well and

1322
01:03:29,520 --> 01:03:31,800
Speaker 1: and he works hard at it. I think he's committed

1323
01:03:31,800 --> 01:03:34,120
Speaker 1: to it, and I think he's sneaky good in the

1324
01:03:34,160 --> 01:03:36,880
Speaker 1: passing game. He got great hands. I mean he never

1325
01:03:36,960 --> 01:03:41,080
Speaker 1: drops the ball. His routes are reliable. If you talk

1326
01:03:41,120 --> 01:03:44,680
Speaker 1: to the quarterbacks on this roster, they trust him. He

1327
01:03:45,400 --> 01:03:49,080
Speaker 1: does not have busts when he's running routes. I think

1328
01:03:49,080 --> 01:03:52,920
Speaker 1: he reads coverage well and he makes plays. You go

1329
01:03:52,960 --> 01:03:55,120
Speaker 1: back to the first Jets game he made in Week one,

1330
01:03:55,160 --> 01:03:57,320
Speaker 1: he made some plays for them in the passing game

1331
01:03:57,320 --> 01:03:59,720
Speaker 1: in the second half and was a part of that

1332
01:04:00,160 --> 01:04:02,960
Speaker 1: back effort when they were down sixteen nothing. And that's

1333
01:04:03,000 --> 01:04:06,680
Speaker 1: week one as a rookie, you know. So I think

1334
01:04:06,680 --> 01:04:09,200
Speaker 1: it's said a lot that you know, they were calling

1335
01:04:09,240 --> 01:04:11,600
Speaker 1: plays for him in the second half of Week one

1336
01:04:11,680 --> 01:04:15,960
Speaker 1: in a game when they're down sixteen nothing. So I

1337
01:04:16,040 --> 01:04:18,240
Speaker 1: just think there's a numbers game at work here that

1338
01:04:18,360 --> 01:04:21,520
Speaker 1: is going to limit his opportunities on the field. But

1339
01:04:21,600 --> 01:04:23,720
Speaker 1: I don't think that means that he's not fit to

1340
01:04:23,760 --> 01:04:26,080
Speaker 1: be on this roster. Got you and again moving up

1341
01:04:26,120 --> 01:04:28,400
Speaker 1: the roster, you talked a little bit about Lee Smith earlier.

1342
01:04:28,400 --> 01:04:30,080
Speaker 1: We know what his strengths are. He is a blocking

1343
01:04:30,080 --> 01:04:35,040
Speaker 1: tight hand. He also I think brings a leadership component,

1344
01:04:35,080 --> 01:04:37,640
Speaker 1: a veteran component to this young team that is going

1345
01:04:37,680 --> 01:04:39,240
Speaker 1: to be looking for someone to pick up the slack

1346
01:04:39,280 --> 01:04:42,360
Speaker 1: after Lorenzo Alexer's retirement. I think yeah, And I think

1347
01:04:42,400 --> 01:04:46,960
Speaker 1: it's a guy who genuinely appreciates what this team is

1348
01:04:47,000 --> 01:04:52,600
Speaker 1: about in terms of character makeup, in terms of you know,

1349
01:04:52,680 --> 01:04:54,880
Speaker 1: the whole all for one, one for all kind of

1350
01:04:54,920 --> 01:04:58,000
Speaker 1: mentality that exists here. You know, Lee Smith's been a

1351
01:04:58,000 --> 01:04:59,800
Speaker 1: couple of places, and he's been around the block in

1352
01:04:59,840 --> 01:05:02,600
Speaker 1: the NFL, and you know, just talking to him on

1353
01:05:02,640 --> 01:05:05,120
Speaker 1: several occasions during the course of the season last year,

1354
01:05:06,120 --> 01:05:11,320
Speaker 1: I think he genuinely appreciates the atmosphere that exists here

1355
01:05:12,080 --> 01:05:14,520
Speaker 1: in the locker room, but with the coach, you know,

1356
01:05:14,560 --> 01:05:17,440
Speaker 1: player to coach, coach to player, all of that stuff.

1357
01:05:17,520 --> 01:05:22,160
Speaker 1: I think he genuinely treasures that and believes he's in

1358
01:05:22,200 --> 01:05:24,240
Speaker 1: the right place. He's in a happy place, I guess

1359
01:05:24,240 --> 01:05:27,320
Speaker 1: for him, and I think he's hoping that he can

1360
01:05:27,400 --> 01:05:30,200
Speaker 1: finish that contract that he's currently on here and end

1361
01:05:30,240 --> 01:05:33,360
Speaker 1: his career in Buffalo, right. I think that's exactly right.

1362
01:05:33,720 --> 01:05:35,880
Speaker 1: He knows, he's got a real sense of awareness. He's

1363
01:05:36,120 --> 01:05:39,640
Speaker 1: a selfless guy. He knows that what his role is,

1364
01:05:40,000 --> 01:05:42,560
Speaker 1: and I think he would be aware that that role

1365
01:05:42,640 --> 01:05:45,520
Speaker 1: may go away or be taken over, maybe not by

1366
01:05:45,680 --> 01:05:48,960
Speaker 1: one guy, but by a number of guys. Somebody like

1367
01:05:49,040 --> 01:05:52,240
Speaker 1: a greg Olsen or Tyler Croft who's been here for

1368
01:05:52,240 --> 01:05:55,920
Speaker 1: twelve months now, may emerge as being a leadership kind

1369
01:05:55,920 --> 01:05:58,760
Speaker 1: of mentor kind of guy, and one of the younger guys,

1370
01:05:58,920 --> 01:06:01,920
Speaker 1: or like a Croom or Knox or Sweeney or what

1371
01:06:02,040 --> 01:06:04,480
Speaker 1: have you, may emerge as a good enough blocker that

1372
01:06:04,480 --> 01:06:06,240
Speaker 1: they're willing to say, Okay, we're gonna we're gonna go

1373
01:06:06,240 --> 01:06:08,520
Speaker 1: in a different direction and give a better athlete, right

1374
01:06:08,640 --> 01:06:11,960
Speaker 1: And it's and you're right about being selfless because you know,

1375
01:06:12,040 --> 01:06:14,760
Speaker 1: you're trying to finish out your own contract. He's got

1376
01:06:14,800 --> 01:06:18,360
Speaker 1: four miles defeat at home, and he's pouring it into

1377
01:06:18,400 --> 01:06:22,760
Speaker 1: Tommy Sweeney, you know, realizing if Sweeney becomes a halfway

1378
01:06:22,800 --> 01:06:26,440
Speaker 1: decent blocker, I could very well be coaching my successor

1379
01:06:26,480 --> 01:06:29,800
Speaker 1: to take my job, you know. But he's doing it anyway,

1380
01:06:29,840 --> 01:06:32,760
Speaker 1: and that's admirable and you don't see that everywhere. That's

1381
01:06:32,760 --> 01:06:34,760
Speaker 1: why he's here too, because he is a guy like

1382
01:06:34,800 --> 01:06:37,160
Speaker 1: that State of the bills we're talking about tight ends city.

1383
01:06:37,160 --> 01:06:39,960
Speaker 1: We got Chris Brown Bills inside from Buffalo Bills dot Com,

1384
01:06:39,960 --> 01:06:41,800
Speaker 1: moving up the depth chart. I don't know what the

1385
01:06:41,840 --> 01:06:46,040
Speaker 1: Bills might do with Tyler Croft inactive first five games

1386
01:06:46,040 --> 01:06:48,760
Speaker 1: with the injuries, tried to come back, got hurt right away.

1387
01:06:50,080 --> 01:06:52,800
Speaker 1: They've got some money investment him, Chris, but they might

1388
01:06:52,840 --> 01:06:55,120
Speaker 1: be that'd be a hard decision to make. I'm not

1389
01:06:55,160 --> 01:06:57,120
Speaker 1: I'm talking about keep him around or not, or even

1390
01:06:57,120 --> 01:06:58,720
Speaker 1: how much to depend on him would be even a

1391
01:06:59,160 --> 01:07:02,200
Speaker 1: difficult decision to make based on this injury history, not

1392
01:07:02,320 --> 01:07:04,240
Speaker 1: just here before he came here. No, No, you're right,

1393
01:07:04,400 --> 01:07:07,560
Speaker 1: and you know the foot injuries have been an issue

1394
01:07:08,840 --> 01:07:12,720
Speaker 1: even before he got here, and it was unfortunate that

1395
01:07:12,800 --> 01:07:16,240
Speaker 1: the first practice that he has in a Bill's uniform

1396
01:07:16,400 --> 01:07:20,000
Speaker 1: goes awry on the first play, you know, and he

1397
01:07:20,040 --> 01:07:22,320
Speaker 1: doesn't come and he's all ready to come back in

1398
01:07:22,400 --> 01:07:24,880
Speaker 1: week three I think it was of the regular season,

1399
01:07:25,360 --> 01:07:27,240
Speaker 1: and then he has a high ankle sprain and practice

1400
01:07:27,280 --> 01:07:29,440
Speaker 1: the Thursday before he's supposed to come back. It was

1401
01:07:29,520 --> 01:07:34,960
Speaker 1: just a just a one after another type situation with injuries.

1402
01:07:34,960 --> 01:07:36,800
Speaker 1: And as we all know, the number one ability is

1403
01:07:36,800 --> 01:07:39,840
Speaker 1: availability in this league, and if he can't be available,

1404
01:07:39,840 --> 01:07:41,959
Speaker 1: other people are going to step into his place, and

1405
01:07:42,520 --> 01:07:45,240
Speaker 1: we saw what happened. I mean, Dawson Knox opened some eyes,

1406
01:07:45,880 --> 01:07:49,120
Speaker 1: made some plays, albeit you know, few and far between

1407
01:07:49,160 --> 01:07:51,800
Speaker 1: at times, and the consistency wasn't there. But I think

1408
01:07:51,880 --> 01:07:55,920
Speaker 1: Dawson Knox flashed enough to at least give this coaching

1409
01:07:56,000 --> 01:07:58,840
Speaker 1: staff and maybe this front office pause where they're saying,

1410
01:08:00,680 --> 01:08:02,880
Speaker 1: you know, do we need to make the investment that

1411
01:08:02,960 --> 01:08:06,000
Speaker 1: we did in Croft after seeing what we have in

1412
01:08:06,040 --> 01:08:10,320
Speaker 1: these young players? And this is just an opinion on

1413
01:08:10,360 --> 01:08:13,920
Speaker 1: my part. I think if things materialize with Olson, and

1414
01:08:13,960 --> 01:08:15,720
Speaker 1: I'm not saying they will or they won't, but if

1415
01:08:15,760 --> 01:08:22,000
Speaker 1: they do, Croft might be the guy that's out. You know, Yeah,

1416
01:08:22,040 --> 01:08:24,479
Speaker 1: I agree? Yeah? All right? And now too, And first

1417
01:08:24,479 --> 01:08:25,920
Speaker 1: of all, are we in agreement the top of the

1418
01:08:25,920 --> 01:08:28,960
Speaker 1: depth chart at tight end is Dawson Knox? Right, everybody

1419
01:08:29,160 --> 01:08:32,080
Speaker 1: go with that? Yeah, at the current stage, I would

1420
01:08:32,080 --> 01:08:34,439
Speaker 1: say yes. In terms of, you know, your playmaking element

1421
01:08:34,439 --> 01:08:36,040
Speaker 1: at the position. I'm surprised to hear you. A couple

1422
01:08:36,080 --> 01:08:38,360
Speaker 1: of minutes ago Chris mentioned how you thought he demonstrated

1423
01:08:38,400 --> 01:08:41,559
Speaker 1: that he wasn't quite ready. I had some drops. I'm

1424
01:08:41,560 --> 01:08:44,519
Speaker 1: talking about consistency. Yeah, Okay, I mean, I think that's

1425
01:08:44,520 --> 01:08:47,000
Speaker 1: what I think that's overstating a little bit. I think

1426
01:08:47,040 --> 01:08:49,160
Speaker 1: I can come up with three or four. I mean,

1427
01:08:49,200 --> 01:08:50,960
Speaker 1: it could have been a difference in a football game,

1428
01:08:51,000 --> 01:08:53,160
Speaker 1: the drop, you know in the end zone here, what

1429
01:08:53,240 --> 01:08:55,320
Speaker 1: was that New England or I can't remember which game

1430
01:08:55,360 --> 01:08:57,519
Speaker 1: it was. It was early in the season. He had

1431
01:08:57,560 --> 01:09:00,639
Speaker 1: some critical drops where the route was there, the play

1432
01:09:00,720 --> 01:09:02,639
Speaker 1: was there to be made, and he just didn't make it,

1433
01:09:03,000 --> 01:09:08,080
Speaker 1: and they stopped drives, they prevented, took points off the board,

1434
01:09:08,760 --> 01:09:12,479
Speaker 1: and it was just the consistency element of the game

1435
01:09:12,600 --> 01:09:15,120
Speaker 1: that is missing right now for him. And when you

1436
01:09:15,160 --> 01:09:17,800
Speaker 1: think about his lack of experience on the field at

1437
01:09:17,800 --> 01:09:21,160
Speaker 1: the college level, I think he understand why. I'm not

1438
01:09:21,200 --> 01:09:24,320
Speaker 1: saying he's getting a pass, but I think because he

1439
01:09:24,400 --> 01:09:27,880
Speaker 1: only caught fifteen passes in his entire college career and

1440
01:09:28,400 --> 01:09:32,920
Speaker 1: was horribly underutilized at Old Miss. When he's thrust into

1441
01:09:33,120 --> 01:09:36,360
Speaker 1: a giant role here, which was a complete one eighty

1442
01:09:36,439 --> 01:09:39,600
Speaker 1: from what he was doing in college, I think it

1443
01:09:39,680 --> 01:09:41,320
Speaker 1: caught up with him at times and it was just

1444
01:09:41,360 --> 01:09:44,880
Speaker 1: a little too much for him to shoulder. I don't

1445
01:09:45,240 --> 01:09:46,960
Speaker 1: I'm gonna I'll go as far as to say, I

1446
01:09:47,000 --> 01:09:48,880
Speaker 1: don't even know if it was fair. They didn't have

1447
01:09:48,920 --> 01:09:51,400
Speaker 1: the bills, didn't have any choice. He's a third round picks.

1448
01:09:52,800 --> 01:09:55,040
Speaker 1: He's got to be able to play more. Yeah, but

1449
01:09:55,240 --> 01:09:57,240
Speaker 1: you know, you think about where he's coming from and

1450
01:09:57,280 --> 01:10:01,599
Speaker 1: then what he's thrust into out of necessity. I think

1451
01:10:01,640 --> 01:10:04,800
Speaker 1: you can see why sometimes it was a little too

1452
01:10:04,800 --> 01:10:08,519
Speaker 1: big for him. Do you think Coach Tasker, I would

1453
01:10:08,520 --> 01:10:10,080
Speaker 1: agree a little bit with it. I don't think it

1454
01:10:10,080 --> 01:10:11,840
Speaker 1: has enough. I don't think it was too big for him,

1455
01:10:11,880 --> 01:10:13,800
Speaker 1: but I do think he had some things he had

1456
01:10:13,840 --> 01:10:15,680
Speaker 1: to learn. I don't think he had your right. He

1457
01:10:15,720 --> 01:10:17,800
Speaker 1: didn't have the experience coming up, getting in there and

1458
01:10:17,840 --> 01:10:20,240
Speaker 1: playing play after playing and being dependent on in the

1459
01:10:20,240 --> 01:10:22,120
Speaker 1: passing game. He looked back in his days at Old Miss,

1460
01:10:22,160 --> 01:10:24,280
Speaker 1: he had NFL players all around. And when I say

1461
01:10:24,280 --> 01:10:26,000
Speaker 1: a little too big for him, I'm not saying he

1462
01:10:26,040 --> 01:10:28,920
Speaker 1: can't play at this level. He absolutely proved that he can.

1463
01:10:29,400 --> 01:10:31,479
Speaker 1: I was what I'm getting at is I think it

1464
01:10:31,520 --> 01:10:33,320
Speaker 1: was a little too big for him to have to

1465
01:10:33,360 --> 01:10:36,960
Speaker 1: put all of it together to be a consistent player

1466
01:10:37,479 --> 01:10:40,160
Speaker 1: at the NFL level as a rookie. Yeah, he's I

1467
01:10:40,280 --> 01:10:42,320
Speaker 1: think I think he's probably you think about it, he

1468
01:10:42,360 --> 01:10:44,120
Speaker 1: was probably a little surprised at how big a role

1469
01:10:44,160 --> 01:10:47,360
Speaker 1: he played in an NFL offense when he couldn't do that. Yeah,

1470
01:10:47,360 --> 01:10:50,720
Speaker 1: at this college level. That's the really surprising thing. I

1471
01:10:50,720 --> 01:10:53,040
Speaker 1: don't know that. I think you're right though. I don't

1472
01:10:53,040 --> 01:10:54,479
Speaker 1: know that it was the mental part of it that

1473
01:10:54,520 --> 01:10:55,800
Speaker 1: was too big for him. But I think it was

1474
01:10:55,840 --> 01:10:59,000
Speaker 1: the consistency thing, the preparation thing, and the fact that

1475
01:10:59,000 --> 01:11:01,519
Speaker 1: he knew, or he didn't realize or hadn't had to

1476
01:11:01,680 --> 01:11:06,000
Speaker 1: be ready week after week after week to be available

1477
01:11:06,040 --> 01:11:10,080
Speaker 1: in a crucial situation. Um, those drops that he had,

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01:11:10,080 --> 01:11:12,280
Speaker 1: your right, I remember he had a couple of three

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01:11:12,320 --> 01:11:15,120
Speaker 1: man Well, it wasn't much, but every time he did

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01:11:15,160 --> 01:11:17,600
Speaker 1: it was like, wow, yeah, a bad drop on the

1481
01:11:17,640 --> 01:11:20,679
Speaker 1: playoff game, didn't he Houston? Yeah? Yeah, I think it's

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01:11:20,720 --> 01:11:22,360
Speaker 1: I think they stood out. I mean there was a

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01:11:22,360 --> 01:11:24,720
Speaker 1: handful of times, and they were critical points in the

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01:11:24,760 --> 01:11:27,360
Speaker 1: game where you're like, oh, you gotta have that right. Well,

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01:11:27,400 --> 01:11:30,799
Speaker 1: here's the ultimate thing I want to get your thoughts on. Finally, Brownie,

1486
01:11:31,040 --> 01:11:33,080
Speaker 1: are they set at tight end or should they be

1487
01:11:33,120 --> 01:11:35,559
Speaker 1: looking to get better, whether it's Greg Olsen or in

1488
01:11:35,600 --> 01:11:37,479
Speaker 1: the draft or another free agent what do you think.

1489
01:11:38,320 --> 01:11:40,080
Speaker 1: I think they're gonna look to do that if they

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01:11:40,120 --> 01:11:42,439
Speaker 1: feel that there's an opportunity upgrade. I think they will.

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01:11:42,520 --> 01:11:44,840
Speaker 1: I mean, that's just the natural order of things in

1492
01:11:44,880 --> 01:11:46,960
Speaker 1: the NFL. If you're not doing that, you're falling behind.

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01:11:47,520 --> 01:11:50,040
Speaker 1: So I think they try to do that, do the

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01:11:50,160 --> 01:11:53,320
Speaker 1: tight end and every other. I don't think it's a

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01:11:53,400 --> 01:11:58,400
Speaker 1: crying need, but I would say I would say, you're looking,

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01:11:58,960 --> 01:12:01,519
Speaker 1: You're you're actively looking, and if you think you can

1497
01:12:01,520 --> 01:12:03,559
Speaker 1: do better, you do better. Yeah, especially if you can

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01:12:03,560 --> 01:12:06,280
Speaker 1: do it in an affordable way. I think least I

1499
01:12:06,280 --> 01:12:08,920
Speaker 1: think this Greg Olsen is a perfect example of what

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01:12:09,040 --> 01:12:11,800
Speaker 1: would cause them to maybe think about tight end. I

1501
01:12:11,800 --> 01:12:13,360
Speaker 1: think they like the guys they've got. I don't think

1502
01:12:13,360 --> 01:12:15,439
Speaker 1: there's any question about it. But I think if they

1503
01:12:15,479 --> 01:12:18,599
Speaker 1: get a guy who's thinking, wow, he's this, like, for instance,

1504
01:12:19,280 --> 01:12:23,000
Speaker 1: Sean McDermott, Brandon Bean, they watched Greg Olsen through their

1505
01:12:23,080 --> 01:12:25,800
Speaker 1: years at Carolina. They had a good chance to look

1506
01:12:25,880 --> 01:12:28,240
Speaker 1: at what Tyler Croft brought to the table, what Tommy

1507
01:12:28,280 --> 01:12:30,479
Speaker 1: Sweeney all these guys brought to the table, and they

1508
01:12:30,479 --> 01:12:32,439
Speaker 1: get a chance to come bring Greg Olsen in, talk

1509
01:12:32,439 --> 01:12:34,759
Speaker 1: to him and say, listen, this guy is just flat

1510
01:12:34,800 --> 01:12:37,040
Speaker 1: better than this guy or this guy. They're gonna bring

1511
01:12:37,080 --> 01:12:39,080
Speaker 1: him in. They're gonna bring him in now. If they

1512
01:12:39,160 --> 01:12:40,559
Speaker 1: come in and he says, well, he's kind of like

1513
01:12:40,600 --> 01:12:42,400
Speaker 1: the same thing. You know. I don't know that they

1514
01:12:42,400 --> 01:12:44,760
Speaker 1: would upset that apple cart and say, listen, let's change

1515
01:12:44,760 --> 01:12:46,679
Speaker 1: the guy. They have good chemistry with the guys they've

1516
01:12:46,680 --> 01:12:50,440
Speaker 1: got in there, unless it's they believe it's a stark upgrade.

1517
01:12:51,120 --> 01:12:54,080
Speaker 1: I don't think they make that move. Yeah, and you know,

1518
01:12:54,120 --> 01:12:57,040
Speaker 1: people say Olson's numbers were down last year, You have

1519
01:12:57,040 --> 01:12:59,360
Speaker 1: to look at the quarterback situation in Carolina. They were

1520
01:12:59,479 --> 01:13:03,280
Speaker 1: nineteen quarterbacks line and young guys at the quarterback position

1521
01:13:03,320 --> 01:13:05,679
Speaker 1: playing with him. That's obviously going to hurt his production.

1522
01:13:06,600 --> 01:13:08,439
Speaker 1: I think it helped him that, for the most party

1523
01:13:08,520 --> 01:13:10,439
Speaker 1: was healthy last year. I was going to say two

1524
01:13:10,439 --> 01:13:13,080
Speaker 1: of the last three years he has serious foot injuries. Yeah,

1525
01:13:13,120 --> 01:13:16,519
Speaker 1: so he's thirty four, and he's thirty four years old,

1526
01:13:16,520 --> 01:13:20,080
Speaker 1: which is significantly older than Tyler Croft, who granted his

1527
01:13:20,160 --> 01:13:24,840
Speaker 1: foot injuries himself. But younger usually is better in the NFL. Chris,

1528
01:13:24,920 --> 01:13:26,599
Speaker 1: last thing, what are you working on, what's on the website,

1529
01:13:26,600 --> 01:13:29,160
Speaker 1: What are you been doing other than film. Yeah, well,

1530
01:13:29,680 --> 01:13:33,280
Speaker 1: that's right. Yeah, we're Jeffer good. Vacation is fine, Okay, Yeah,

1531
01:13:33,320 --> 01:13:36,280
Speaker 1: we we're just kind of crunching a couple of things. Uh,

1532
01:13:36,680 --> 01:13:41,880
Speaker 1: with respect to why there is such widespread optimism about

1533
01:13:41,880 --> 01:13:45,479
Speaker 1: the Bills coming up here in twenty twenty. No, I'm

1534
01:13:45,479 --> 01:13:47,800
Speaker 1: not saying it's a mistake, but there are I think

1535
01:13:47,800 --> 01:13:51,559
Speaker 1: a lot of people in their assessments of that just

1536
01:13:51,880 --> 01:13:54,200
Speaker 1: knee jerk point to the head coach and the quarterback,

1537
01:13:54,280 --> 01:13:55,960
Speaker 1: and I think it runs far deeper than that. So

1538
01:13:56,000 --> 01:13:59,040
Speaker 1: we're gonna take a deeper look at that, either late

1539
01:13:59,080 --> 01:14:01,680
Speaker 1: this week or early next week. And then there's an

1540
01:14:01,680 --> 01:14:06,799
Speaker 1: extra layer to what Buffalo's scouting department has to undertake

1541
01:14:06,840 --> 01:14:09,400
Speaker 1: this offseason, and we're gonna get into that next week.

1542
01:14:09,720 --> 01:14:11,800
Speaker 1: What's the extra layer You'll have to wait and see.

1543
01:14:13,200 --> 01:14:16,519
Speaker 1: Is an extra layer at work there because of the

1544
01:14:16,600 --> 01:14:20,559
Speaker 1: success they've had, no drama because they're down in the

1545
01:14:20,720 --> 01:14:24,080
Speaker 1: I love how he's just openly guessing. I'm guessing, Yeah,

1546
01:14:24,080 --> 01:14:25,479
Speaker 1: I thought of that. What else? I mean, they got

1547
01:14:25,479 --> 01:14:27,479
Speaker 1: to do the job a little look. I think we

1548
01:14:27,520 --> 01:14:30,080
Speaker 1: gotta get move in here. But it's a difficult job

1549
01:14:30,120 --> 01:14:32,720
Speaker 1: when you you you're drafting twenty second to fill in

1550
01:14:32,760 --> 01:14:34,680
Speaker 1: the holes you're looking to fill in for this team now,

1551
01:14:34,760 --> 01:14:37,280
Speaker 1: So there is more difficult Yeah, there is. And they

1552
01:14:37,320 --> 01:14:39,439
Speaker 1: have nine draft choices. I don't know that they use

1553
01:14:39,479 --> 01:14:42,040
Speaker 1: them all, or they use them in a different way,

1554
01:14:42,200 --> 01:14:45,120
Speaker 1: you know, to establish better draft value, or if they

1555
01:14:45,160 --> 01:14:47,519
Speaker 1: need to chase somebody up the board they've got the

1556
01:14:47,560 --> 01:14:49,920
Speaker 1: wherewithal to do that, or do they trade them for

1557
01:14:49,920 --> 01:14:52,519
Speaker 1: future draft assets because they know not. Nine guys aren't

1558
01:14:52,560 --> 01:14:55,280
Speaker 1: making the rosters a lot to unpack there. Thanks Chris,

1559
01:14:55,280 --> 01:14:57,080
Speaker 1: next you coming in. You got it. Chris Brown, bill

1560
01:14:57,120 --> 01:15:00,519
Speaker 1: sensider Buffalo bills dot Com, standby when we returned. And Pompey,

1561
01:15:00,600 --> 01:15:03,439
Speaker 1: the Athletic Senior writer, spent last week as the pool

1562
01:15:03,479 --> 01:15:06,320
Speaker 1: reporter covering the Chiefs at Super Bowl fifty four. We'll

1563
01:15:06,320 --> 01:15:08,639
Speaker 1: talk with him about what he saw on the inside

1564
01:15:08,680 --> 01:15:10,680
Speaker 1: of the Kansas City Chiefs. One Bill's Live presented by

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01:15:10,760 --> 01:15:13,400
Speaker 1: Klata Health from the Seneca Studio in Orchard Park. This

1566
01:15:13,520 --> 01:15:25,640
Speaker 1: is Buffalo Bills Radio. Midway through the show on a

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01:15:25,760 --> 01:15:29,160
Speaker 1: Wednesday afternoon, John Murphy seam Tasker one Bills Live from

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01:15:29,160 --> 01:15:31,920
Speaker 1: the Seneca Studio in Archard Park. Welcome back. Our next

1569
01:15:31,960 --> 01:15:35,240
Speaker 1: guest is the senior writer for the Athletic Website, Pro

1570
01:15:35,280 --> 01:15:38,720
Speaker 1: Football Hall of Fame selector the Pro Football Writer Association,

1571
01:15:38,800 --> 01:15:42,040
Speaker 1: Dick McCann Award recipient, Happy to have Dan Pompey on

1572
01:15:42,040 --> 01:15:44,280
Speaker 1: the line with us, Dan John Murphy's team tasker up

1573
01:15:44,280 --> 01:15:47,280
Speaker 1: here in Buffalo. Thanks coming on with us. We appreciate it. Hey,

1574
01:15:47,320 --> 01:15:50,640
Speaker 1: good to be with you today, guys. It's always a

1575
01:15:50,920 --> 01:15:52,840
Speaker 1: good week the week after the Super Bowl. Right, I

1576
01:15:52,920 --> 01:15:57,280
Speaker 1: was gonna ask, are you hanging? I am. I am recovering.

1577
01:15:57,280 --> 01:15:59,080
Speaker 1: I've been sleeping a lot the last couple of days.

1578
01:15:59,120 --> 01:16:02,880
Speaker 1: Sure we are. It feels feels good to be uh

1579
01:16:02,880 --> 01:16:05,439
Speaker 1: this this time of year, and I think it's an

1580
01:16:05,479 --> 01:16:08,760
Speaker 1: exciting time too, coming up with the draft and free

1581
01:16:08,800 --> 01:16:11,400
Speaker 1: agency and all the changes we're gonna see in the

1582
01:16:11,400 --> 01:16:13,080
Speaker 1: off season. Well, when we talk about what you did

1583
01:16:13,200 --> 01:16:15,639
Speaker 1: during Super Bowl Week, you were the beat, the pool

1584
01:16:15,720 --> 01:16:17,800
Speaker 1: reporter for the Kansas City Chiefs. You had some extra

1585
01:16:17,880 --> 01:16:21,400
Speaker 1: access and you had a lot of interaction with the

1586
01:16:21,479 --> 01:16:23,759
Speaker 1: Kansa City Chiefs in their organization. Was that a burden

1587
01:16:23,840 --> 01:16:27,040
Speaker 1: or was it? Um? You know what? What were your

1588
01:16:27,040 --> 01:16:31,120
Speaker 1: insights and your overall feelings about being that guy? Well,

1589
01:16:31,160 --> 01:16:33,760
Speaker 1: you know, I think it is UH to burden a

1590
01:16:33,800 --> 01:16:36,559
Speaker 1: little bit because it's UH, it's you know, extra work

1591
01:16:36,560 --> 01:16:39,639
Speaker 1: and extra time, and you want to make sure that

1592
01:16:40,160 --> 01:16:42,559
Speaker 1: you get things right because you're writing a report for

1593
01:16:43,320 --> 01:16:46,040
Speaker 1: all of the other people who are covering the events.

1594
01:16:46,080 --> 01:16:48,840
Speaker 1: So you know, there's a little bit of precious net standpoint.

1595
01:16:48,880 --> 01:16:50,760
Speaker 1: But I think it's also a privilege too to be

1596
01:16:50,800 --> 01:16:54,920
Speaker 1: able to be a part of the practice every day

1597
01:16:54,920 --> 01:16:57,400
Speaker 1: and be around the team more. This is actually the

1598
01:16:57,479 --> 01:16:59,519
Speaker 1: sixth time I've done this, but I hadn't done it

1599
01:16:59,520 --> 01:17:02,320
Speaker 1: in many any years, so I was kind of getting

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01:17:02,320 --> 01:17:04,599
Speaker 1: back to something I had done. I think the last

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01:17:04,640 --> 01:17:08,200
Speaker 1: time I did it was for the Seahawks when they

1602
01:17:08,200 --> 01:17:10,800
Speaker 1: were in a Super Bowl against the Steelers, and I'm

1603
01:17:10,800 --> 01:17:12,600
Speaker 1: not even sure year. That was off the top of

1604
01:17:12,600 --> 01:17:17,040
Speaker 1: my head, but it's it's very interesting to kind of

1605
01:17:17,479 --> 01:17:20,800
Speaker 1: go behind the curtain and see a team prepare for

1606
01:17:20,880 --> 01:17:24,120
Speaker 1: the big game and see what they do, how they

1607
01:17:24,600 --> 01:17:27,320
Speaker 1: change things up, if they change things up, and what

1608
01:17:27,360 --> 01:17:30,840
Speaker 1: their philosophies and approaches are. With Dan Pompeii, who was

1609
01:17:31,439 --> 01:17:34,360
Speaker 1: who was the pool reporter covering the Chiefs for the

1610
01:17:34,479 --> 01:17:37,800
Speaker 1: Super Bowl last week. He is a writer and a

1611
01:17:37,880 --> 01:17:40,880
Speaker 1: senior writer at the Athletic dot Com. I would ask you, Dan,

1612
01:17:40,960 --> 01:17:44,200
Speaker 1: if the Chiefs did anything different that led to their victory.

1613
01:17:44,240 --> 01:17:45,680
Speaker 1: But as you point out in a long piece you

1614
01:17:45,760 --> 01:17:48,680
Speaker 1: wrote for The Athletic, Andy Reid seemed determined to kind

1615
01:17:48,680 --> 01:17:50,599
Speaker 1: of play it the way he does almost every week,

1616
01:17:50,640 --> 01:17:53,080
Speaker 1: and especially the way he did in his Eagle Super

1617
01:17:53,160 --> 01:17:57,280
Speaker 1: Bowl appearance. Huh. Yeah, he really didn't make many changes

1618
01:17:57,280 --> 01:17:59,280
Speaker 1: at all. I mean, I think one of the things

1619
01:17:59,280 --> 01:18:02,400
Speaker 1: that tried to do was bring in some outside voices

1620
01:18:03,040 --> 01:18:05,400
Speaker 1: to speak with the team and give them, you know,

1621
01:18:05,680 --> 01:18:08,479
Speaker 1: maybe a perspective that was a little fresh or different,

1622
01:18:09,120 --> 01:18:11,599
Speaker 1: because I think it dd for, you know, a head

1623
01:18:11,600 --> 01:18:15,720
Speaker 1: coach to get a little stale with his players. Maybe

1624
01:18:15,760 --> 01:18:18,599
Speaker 1: it's that's not quite the right term, but you know,

1625
01:18:18,640 --> 01:18:21,120
Speaker 1: when when a group of players here as a coach

1626
01:18:21,960 --> 01:18:24,639
Speaker 1: speaking every day for an entire season, then it goes

1627
01:18:24,680 --> 01:18:27,960
Speaker 1: into the postseason, all the playoffs and found the Super Bowl,

1628
01:18:28,600 --> 01:18:31,920
Speaker 1: you know, sometimes it's easy to tune the guy out

1629
01:18:32,000 --> 01:18:35,519
Speaker 1: or maybe um, you know, not think so much about

1630
01:18:35,560 --> 01:18:38,800
Speaker 1: his words. So one of the things that Andy Reid

1631
01:18:38,800 --> 01:18:42,479
Speaker 1: did was bring in some guys to speak, and he

1632
01:18:42,560 --> 01:18:45,200
Speaker 1: brought in two of his former players, Donovan McNabb and

1633
01:18:45,439 --> 01:18:49,519
Speaker 1: Brett Farve and also Jimmy Johnson, who was recently voted

1634
01:18:49,560 --> 01:18:52,439
Speaker 1: into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Yeah, which of

1635
01:18:52,479 --> 01:18:56,080
Speaker 1: those three Farv and Donovan McNabb and Jimmy Johnson, Which

1636
01:18:56,120 --> 01:18:57,600
Speaker 1: of those three do you think had the most to

1637
01:18:57,680 --> 01:19:00,599
Speaker 1: say or the most insight to provide for Andy Reichs

1638
01:19:00,600 --> 01:19:04,840
Speaker 1: players last week? Well? I think they all probably reached

1639
01:19:05,000 --> 01:19:10,240
Speaker 1: players in different ways. You know, I think in McNabb's speech,

1640
01:19:10,280 --> 01:19:12,240
Speaker 1: he talked a little about what it's like to lose

1641
01:19:12,240 --> 01:19:14,679
Speaker 1: the Super Bowl, why they didn't want to do that,

1642
01:19:14,880 --> 01:19:16,919
Speaker 1: and you know, that was kind of a unique perspective

1643
01:19:16,920 --> 01:19:19,200
Speaker 1: and not a perspective that you hear often. You know,

1644
01:19:19,240 --> 01:19:21,880
Speaker 1: I think it's it's easier to have the other perspective.

1645
01:19:22,280 --> 01:19:24,800
Speaker 1: This is what you want, this is the you know,

1646
01:19:24,840 --> 01:19:27,400
Speaker 1: this is the trophy that you're after. And you know,

1647
01:19:27,520 --> 01:19:31,400
Speaker 1: far talked a little bit about how, you know, these

1648
01:19:31,439 --> 01:19:34,679
Speaker 1: opportunities are far and few between, and sometimes when you're

1649
01:19:34,760 --> 01:19:36,960
Speaker 1: a young player, you think you've got your whole career

1650
01:19:37,479 --> 01:19:40,320
Speaker 1: to go out and get another one of these, and

1651
01:19:40,400 --> 01:19:42,840
Speaker 1: you know they'll they'll come easy. And man, even this week,

1652
01:19:42,840 --> 01:19:44,960
Speaker 1: I've heard a lot of people say, well, it looks

1653
01:19:45,000 --> 01:19:46,840
Speaker 1: like the Chiefs are going to be here every year. Now.

1654
01:19:47,240 --> 01:19:49,200
Speaker 1: You know, it looks like they've got a young, budding

1655
01:19:49,280 --> 01:19:53,200
Speaker 1: dynasty because they've got this great quarterback and coach combination,

1656
01:19:53,280 --> 01:19:56,200
Speaker 1: and they've got obviously some other really good young players too.

1657
01:19:56,400 --> 01:19:59,400
Speaker 1: But you know, Farv's warning to this team was, look,

1658
01:19:59,640 --> 01:20:01,760
Speaker 1: it does don't always happened that way. And you know,

1659
01:20:01,840 --> 01:20:04,920
Speaker 1: he only was able to win one Super Bowl when

1660
01:20:04,960 --> 01:20:08,799
Speaker 1: he was twenty seven years old, so I think that resonated.

1661
01:20:08,880 --> 01:20:12,280
Speaker 1: And finally Jimmy Johnson too, you know, he was able

1662
01:20:12,320 --> 01:20:14,439
Speaker 1: to take it from the perspective of a of a

1663
01:20:14,479 --> 01:20:18,960
Speaker 1: head coach who he actually talked about his Super Bowl

1664
01:20:18,960 --> 01:20:21,840
Speaker 1: experience when he was with the Cowboys against the Bills,

1665
01:20:22,360 --> 01:20:25,519
Speaker 1: and he told a story about how, you know, at

1666
01:20:25,560 --> 01:20:29,120
Speaker 1: the time, the Cowboys were a young team just kind

1667
01:20:29,160 --> 01:20:32,080
Speaker 1: of coming into their own and the Bills had ready

1668
01:20:32,120 --> 01:20:34,439
Speaker 1: been to a couple of Super Bowls or were loaded

1669
01:20:34,439 --> 01:20:38,280
Speaker 1: with Pro Bowl players, including the one that we're talking

1670
01:20:38,320 --> 01:20:42,720
Speaker 1: to here today, and you know, he spoke about how,

1671
01:20:43,160 --> 01:20:45,280
Speaker 1: you know, you have to really not pay attention to

1672
01:20:45,360 --> 01:20:48,040
Speaker 1: all that you can't really get into the outside noise

1673
01:20:48,080 --> 01:20:50,760
Speaker 1: and the fact that this game is so big that

1674
01:20:50,840 --> 01:20:53,360
Speaker 1: you have to just kind of keep your eye on

1675
01:20:53,800 --> 01:20:56,160
Speaker 1: It's just a football game. Like any other football game,

1676
01:20:56,200 --> 01:20:59,040
Speaker 1: you have to go out and execute and stay grounded.

1677
01:21:00,000 --> 01:21:02,200
Speaker 1: And you talk about Andy Reid, he quickly became over

1678
01:21:02,200 --> 01:21:03,600
Speaker 1: the course of the two weeks leading up to the

1679
01:21:03,600 --> 01:21:05,400
Speaker 1: Super Bowl, kind of one of those guys. He had

1680
01:21:05,439 --> 01:21:07,439
Speaker 1: a couple of great quotes, He had a great sense

1681
01:21:07,439 --> 01:21:10,320
Speaker 1: of humor, and he got to feel for why so

1682
01:21:10,439 --> 01:21:13,439
Speaker 1: many people in the NFL love and respect Andy Reid.

1683
01:21:13,760 --> 01:21:15,479
Speaker 1: What do you think this does for him? He won

1684
01:21:15,520 --> 01:21:17,400
Speaker 1: this Super Bowl, He did it with a great offense.

1685
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Speaker 1: He built this team. And I'll take you back. You've

1686
01:21:21,000 --> 01:21:22,559
Speaker 1: been in the NFL for a long time. I brought

1687
01:21:22,600 --> 01:21:24,920
Speaker 1: it up a couple of times on this show way

1688
01:21:24,960 --> 01:21:27,559
Speaker 1: back in the day when he took over the Philadelphia Eagles,

1689
01:21:27,600 --> 01:21:32,040
Speaker 1: they were a laughing stock and he turned that franchise around.

1690
01:21:32,120 --> 01:21:34,800
Speaker 1: And now he's done that with the Kansas City Chiefs.

1691
01:21:34,800 --> 01:21:36,920
Speaker 1: They were no laughing stock when he took over, but

1692
01:21:37,000 --> 01:21:40,160
Speaker 1: now he's won the Super Bowl with them, And now

1693
01:21:40,439 --> 01:21:42,280
Speaker 1: you know what has this done? Has this done anything

1694
01:21:42,280 --> 01:21:46,599
Speaker 1: for him? Maybe a little bit, but certainly it cemented him. Yeah,

1695
01:21:46,840 --> 01:21:49,879
Speaker 1: I think it certainly has enhanced his legacy, which already

1696
01:21:50,000 --> 01:21:54,679
Speaker 1: was pretty impressive. And really, you know, when you're talking

1697
01:21:54,680 --> 01:21:58,320
Speaker 1: about the guys, has won more NFL games than I

1698
01:21:58,400 --> 01:22:02,400
Speaker 1: think all but five other coaches in history, So you know,

1699
01:22:02,520 --> 01:22:06,559
Speaker 1: he really has a great record over time. And the

1700
01:22:06,600 --> 01:22:08,600
Speaker 1: one thing that he'd never done previously was when a

1701
01:22:08,680 --> 01:22:11,200
Speaker 1: Super Bowl. Obviously he lost one when he was with

1702
01:22:11,240 --> 01:22:14,479
Speaker 1: the Eagles. So you know, now, I think he's got

1703
01:22:14,840 --> 01:22:19,680
Speaker 1: pretty much all the boxes checked in the career of

1704
01:22:20,000 --> 01:22:22,840
Speaker 1: what makes a great coach. And you know, the great

1705
01:22:22,880 --> 01:22:25,920
Speaker 1: thing about him, as that pointed out in that story,

1706
01:22:26,120 --> 01:22:28,840
Speaker 1: was that, you know, he's a guy who really has

1707
01:22:28,880 --> 01:22:32,880
Speaker 1: been kind of a cutting edge offensive guy in the

1708
01:22:33,000 --> 01:22:35,639
Speaker 1: NFL really for a number of years. He's he's never

1709
01:22:35,680 --> 01:22:38,640
Speaker 1: really done things the way he did them in the

1710
01:22:38,720 --> 01:22:42,120
Speaker 1: past offensively, He's always looking in new ways to do things,

1711
01:22:42,120 --> 01:22:47,400
Speaker 1: and obviously he evolved when he got Patrick Mahomes and

1712
01:22:47,640 --> 01:22:50,120
Speaker 1: and uh, you know, I think he's the kind of

1713
01:22:50,160 --> 01:22:54,679
Speaker 1: coach that other coaches look at his offensive game faith

1714
01:22:54,760 --> 01:22:57,960
Speaker 1: and try to emulate and duplicate and figure out what

1715
01:22:58,000 --> 01:23:01,160
Speaker 1: he's doing. But the other thing is on the flip

1716
01:23:01,200 --> 01:23:04,679
Speaker 1: side of that, you know who he is as a coach,

1717
01:23:04,720 --> 01:23:07,880
Speaker 1: as a head coach, as a CEO, and really as

1718
01:23:07,920 --> 01:23:10,840
Speaker 1: a man hasn't changed at all. You know, he's the

1719
01:23:10,960 --> 01:23:13,799
Speaker 1: same guy in his style as the Sames. It's always

1720
01:23:13,800 --> 01:23:17,080
Speaker 1: been and that combination, really I think has led to

1721
01:23:17,520 --> 01:23:19,960
Speaker 1: the greatness of Andy Reid. And then one guy I'm

1722
01:23:20,000 --> 01:23:23,080
Speaker 1: curious about is Eric Bienemy, who you know, was there

1723
01:23:23,200 --> 01:23:25,840
Speaker 1: the offensive coordinator. Has something to do with that great

1724
01:23:25,880 --> 01:23:28,280
Speaker 1: offense Kansas City has I don't know if he got

1725
01:23:28,400 --> 01:23:32,519
Speaker 1: serious head coaching consideration this past offseason, maybe for a

1726
01:23:32,600 --> 01:23:34,680
Speaker 1: variety of reasons, but does he look to you like

1727
01:23:34,720 --> 01:23:36,320
Speaker 1: a guy who might have what it takes to be

1728
01:23:36,360 --> 01:23:40,120
Speaker 1: a successful head coach in the NFL. Yeah, you know,

1729
01:23:40,280 --> 01:23:42,839
Speaker 1: I don't really don't know Eric, but from what everything

1730
01:23:43,120 --> 01:23:46,920
Speaker 1: that I hear, he's got all of the qualifications to

1731
01:23:47,000 --> 01:23:49,920
Speaker 1: make an excellent head coach. And I take Andy's word

1732
01:23:49,960 --> 01:23:52,559
Speaker 1: for it too. But when he talks about him is

1733
01:23:53,240 --> 01:23:56,080
Speaker 1: being a really rock solid candidate. I'm going to be

1734
01:23:56,120 --> 01:23:58,160
Speaker 1: surprised if he's not a head coach in the very

1735
01:23:58,160 --> 01:24:01,760
Speaker 1: near future, because you know, he's got he's got too

1736
01:24:01,840 --> 01:24:04,879
Speaker 1: much going for him to to not get at least

1737
01:24:05,439 --> 01:24:07,280
Speaker 1: his foot in the door a number of places, and

1738
01:24:07,640 --> 01:24:09,160
Speaker 1: he gets his foot in the door I think he's

1739
01:24:09,160 --> 01:24:11,559
Speaker 1: going to be able to kick it down because he's

1740
01:24:11,880 --> 01:24:15,639
Speaker 1: the type of guy who, you know, can I think

1741
01:24:15,680 --> 01:24:19,080
Speaker 1: you take a good case for himself, and then you know,

1742
01:24:19,320 --> 01:24:21,840
Speaker 1: his body of work obviously speaks for itself as well.

1743
01:24:22,040 --> 01:24:24,200
Speaker 1: No one more thing I wanted to ask you about Dan,

1744
01:24:24,280 --> 01:24:26,800
Speaker 1: and it's back to Andy Reid for a minute. You

1745
01:24:26,920 --> 01:24:29,120
Speaker 1: captured what Andy Reid was like in terms of his

1746
01:24:29,200 --> 01:24:32,160
Speaker 1: work process during the super Bowl week and how he

1747
01:24:32,200 --> 01:24:34,360
Speaker 1: got his team ready having the special guests come in.

1748
01:24:34,640 --> 01:24:36,760
Speaker 1: There's a certain humanity of Andy Reid that I think

1749
01:24:36,880 --> 01:24:39,400
Speaker 1: shone through over the last two weeks, and you wrote

1750
01:24:39,400 --> 01:24:41,840
Speaker 1: about it. You wrote about ye as during his time

1751
01:24:41,840 --> 01:24:45,559
Speaker 1: in Philadelphia, what he did with his his really very

1752
01:24:45,600 --> 01:24:47,280
Speaker 1: ill coach, Jim Johnson. I mean, this is the guy

1753
01:24:47,280 --> 01:24:49,120
Speaker 1: who really does care about people, and he works well

1754
01:24:49,160 --> 01:24:52,360
Speaker 1: with people right well, he does. I actually was just

1755
01:24:52,439 --> 01:24:56,719
Speaker 1: on the phone before I spoke with you with another

1756
01:24:57,320 --> 01:25:00,679
Speaker 1: general manager in the league and he was talking about, gosh,

1757
01:25:00,720 --> 01:25:03,320
Speaker 1: I'm happy for Andy, and I've heard that from everyone.

1758
01:25:03,360 --> 01:25:05,800
Speaker 1: I talked with John Lynch a couple of weeks before

1759
01:25:05,840 --> 01:25:09,320
Speaker 1: the Super Bowl, and you know, he was saying, you know, boy,

1760
01:25:09,360 --> 01:25:11,880
Speaker 1: if we can't win it you know, i'd like to

1761
01:25:12,000 --> 01:25:14,080
Speaker 1: you know, I'd be happy if Andy won it, because

1762
01:25:14,240 --> 01:25:16,200
Speaker 1: you know, i'd like to see him get one. You know,

1763
01:25:17,200 --> 01:25:20,120
Speaker 1: I think everyone really felt that way about him in

1764
01:25:20,120 --> 01:25:22,280
Speaker 1: the league. Who knows him and he's been around him,

1765
01:25:22,280 --> 01:25:26,000
Speaker 1: because he is such a good man, and you know,

1766
01:25:26,080 --> 01:25:30,240
Speaker 1: he's a guy I think who has been criticized. I'm

1767
01:25:30,280 --> 01:25:34,320
Speaker 1: actually for giving people second chances in life, people who

1768
01:25:34,479 --> 01:25:38,639
Speaker 1: who screwed up. But I think, you know, ultimately that's

1769
01:25:38,720 --> 01:25:42,200
Speaker 1: that's a wonderful quality. It's an endearing quality. And he's

1770
01:25:42,200 --> 01:25:44,960
Speaker 1: a guy who cares about people, and uh, you know,

1771
01:25:45,040 --> 01:25:47,960
Speaker 1: he's got a great way of making fun of himself.

1772
01:25:48,439 --> 01:25:53,280
Speaker 1: And I think he has touched so many many people.

1773
01:25:53,640 --> 01:25:57,479
Speaker 1: You know, he and his wife received so many texts

1774
01:25:57,560 --> 01:26:01,280
Speaker 1: the last couple of weeks that they couldn't even come

1775
01:26:01,320 --> 01:26:03,479
Speaker 1: close to getting back to them. All there were his

1776
01:26:03,479 --> 01:26:06,760
Speaker 1: wife told me there were foulses. So I think that's

1777
01:26:06,920 --> 01:26:10,280
Speaker 1: that's just an indication of you know, the lives that

1778
01:26:10,360 --> 01:26:13,200
Speaker 1: he has touched in his time in the NFL. Hey, Dan,

1779
01:26:13,280 --> 01:26:15,519
Speaker 1: it's a great piece. We thank you for sharing some

1780
01:26:15,600 --> 01:26:18,400
Speaker 1: of your observations about the Super Bowl champions with us.

1781
01:26:18,400 --> 01:26:21,280
Speaker 1: Good to talk to you today. Thanks my pleasure. Thanks

1782
01:26:21,320 --> 01:26:23,759
Speaker 1: for having me. Thanks Dan. Dan Pompey is a senior

1783
01:26:23,800 --> 01:26:26,040
Speaker 1: writer at the Athletic dot com Pro Football Hall of

1784
01:26:26,080 --> 01:26:29,120
Speaker 1: Fame Elector, and he has a really good piece up

1785
01:26:29,120 --> 01:26:32,400
Speaker 1: on the Athletic about Andy Reid unchanged at his coaching

1786
01:26:32,479 --> 01:26:35,519
Speaker 1: corps even after becoming a Super Bowl champion. Now, pretty

1787
01:26:35,520 --> 01:26:37,639
Speaker 1: good piece. Yeah, it's interesting. One of the points about

1788
01:26:37,640 --> 01:26:39,960
Speaker 1: it was that when he went to the Super Bowl

1789
01:26:40,000 --> 01:26:42,920
Speaker 1: with Philadelphia, Remember they went to all those NFC championship games,

1790
01:26:42,920 --> 01:26:44,720
Speaker 1: couldn't get there, couldn't and they finally did. We had

1791
01:26:44,800 --> 01:26:46,840
Speaker 1: Terrell Owens on the show last week. He was one

1792
01:26:46,880 --> 01:26:49,240
Speaker 1: of the players on that team. He went to the

1793
01:26:49,280 --> 01:26:52,599
Speaker 1: Super Bowl with the Chiefs and did almost ident held

1794
01:26:52,640 --> 01:26:55,240
Speaker 1: his schedule the same way that he believed in what

1795
01:26:55,280 --> 01:26:57,840
Speaker 1: he was doing, enough that even though the Super Bowl

1796
01:26:57,880 --> 01:27:00,200
Speaker 1: didn't go his way the first time he was there,

1797
01:27:00,800 --> 01:27:03,240
Speaker 1: he did exactly the same way again. And there's there's

1798
01:27:03,240 --> 01:27:04,600
Speaker 1: a lot to be said for that. Obviously, when it

1799
01:27:05,400 --> 01:27:08,639
Speaker 1: when it comes out your way, it seems smart. But

1800
01:27:08,800 --> 01:27:11,680
Speaker 1: a lot of teams, like I just change it just because, right.

1801
01:27:11,800 --> 01:27:15,160
Speaker 1: I remember having a long conversation, well, it's any a

1802
01:27:15,160 --> 01:27:17,920
Speaker 1: conversation with Marv Leev and Bill Polian about that. You

1803
01:27:17,960 --> 01:27:20,439
Speaker 1: guys went to fourth consecutive and by the time he

1804
01:27:20,479 --> 01:27:22,040
Speaker 1: got to the fourth one, I think it was Pollian

1805
01:27:22,160 --> 01:27:24,519
Speaker 1: or Marv said to me something like, you know, you

1806
01:27:24,640 --> 01:27:26,280
Speaker 1: go when you think, well, we didn't win less year,

1807
01:27:26,280 --> 01:27:28,320
Speaker 1: so we'll change this, or we didn't win two years ago,

1808
01:27:28,360 --> 01:27:30,360
Speaker 1: so we're going to change that. And they said, none

1809
01:27:30,360 --> 01:27:32,360
Speaker 1: of that matters. You got a good routine, you know

1810
01:27:32,400 --> 01:27:34,559
Speaker 1: what you're doing, you got a good plan to get

1811
01:27:34,560 --> 01:27:36,840
Speaker 1: ready for the game. It really only matters what happens

1812
01:27:36,880 --> 01:27:38,760
Speaker 1: once they kick off. You can change your routine all

1813
01:27:38,800 --> 01:27:40,640
Speaker 1: you want. That's not going to impact the game. I

1814
01:27:40,640 --> 01:27:43,360
Speaker 1: think it's now you never won one. But Levy and

1815
01:27:43,640 --> 01:27:45,800
Speaker 1: Pollian came to that realization by the time they got

1816
01:27:45,800 --> 01:27:47,360
Speaker 1: to the fourth. Yeah, I think the less you change

1817
01:27:47,400 --> 01:27:52,920
Speaker 1: the better. It reminds you of listening about what time

1818
01:27:52,920 --> 01:27:54,880
Speaker 1: he ate pregame meal or I mean, it's not about

1819
01:27:54,960 --> 01:27:57,000
Speaker 1: what time you're you know, you had what hotel team

1820
01:27:57,000 --> 01:28:00,080
Speaker 1: meeting or what hotel or whether you got to play.

1821
01:28:00,160 --> 01:28:02,920
Speaker 1: And the more routine it becomes, the better you're gonna

1822
01:28:02,920 --> 01:28:06,280
Speaker 1: play and the and the more um more comfortable you're

1823
01:28:06,280 --> 01:28:08,280
Speaker 1: gonna get with all the other stuff that goes on.

1824
01:28:08,560 --> 01:28:10,720
Speaker 1: Certainly that's difficult in the Super Bowl week when there's

1825
01:28:10,720 --> 01:28:14,519
Speaker 1: so many, as we've talked about, ancilliary events that you

1826
01:28:14,600 --> 01:28:17,599
Speaker 1: got to take part in. But yeah, I would agree

1827
01:28:17,600 --> 01:28:19,759
Speaker 1: with that. It's it's best to keep it as routine

1828
01:28:19,800 --> 01:28:22,080
Speaker 1: as possible. Hey, what's the Let's get back to our

1829
01:28:22,320 --> 01:28:24,519
Speaker 1: Twitter poll question of the day. What's the best way,

1830
01:28:24,600 --> 01:28:27,160
Speaker 1: the sure fireway for the Buffalo offense to get better

1831
01:28:27,160 --> 01:28:29,200
Speaker 1: next year? What do you think? Eight oh three five

1832
01:28:29,280 --> 01:28:32,719
Speaker 1: fifty toll free one eight eight five fifty two five fifty.

1833
01:28:32,840 --> 01:28:35,160
Speaker 1: We'll get back to the phones, maybe read some tweets

1834
01:28:35,160 --> 01:28:37,800
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Speaker 1: We're docking impeachment strategy with while the favorite sived tasker,

1837
01:28:58,479 --> 01:29:00,400
Speaker 1: you got to play most a political guy. Ever, I

1838
01:29:00,439 --> 01:29:03,800
Speaker 1: don't even know which is why I vote, and that's it.

1839
01:29:04,040 --> 01:29:07,240
Speaker 1: That is my political I try to be informed and

1840
01:29:07,320 --> 01:29:11,280
Speaker 1: I vote, and that's the extent of my political Once again,

1841
01:29:11,320 --> 01:29:15,200
Speaker 1: the commercial breaks provide some of the most intriguing well,

1842
01:29:15,360 --> 01:29:17,800
Speaker 1: either that or the or the Super Bowl fifty four

1843
01:29:18,200 --> 01:29:20,519
Speaker 1: parade where we're watching in the other I know the

1844
01:29:20,600 --> 01:29:22,599
Speaker 1: chief they got a stage set up there in Kansas City,

1845
01:29:22,640 --> 01:29:25,240
Speaker 1: and then we get you know, I do not want

1846
01:29:25,240 --> 01:29:27,000
Speaker 1: to listen to that. No, it's a little tired. So

1847
01:29:27,240 --> 01:29:29,760
Speaker 1: what's the best way for the Bill's offense to get better?

1848
01:29:29,960 --> 01:29:31,840
Speaker 1: Let's recheck our Twitter poll. We haven't done that in

1849
01:29:31,880 --> 01:29:33,600
Speaker 1: a while. Um, do you have a plan? Do you

1850
01:29:33,680 --> 01:29:34,960
Speaker 1: have a way to get better? Do you have a

1851
01:29:35,000 --> 01:29:37,599
Speaker 1: thought on how it can get better? Um? The sure

1852
01:29:37,680 --> 01:29:40,080
Speaker 1: fireway for the Buffalo offense to get better. Let's take

1853
01:29:40,080 --> 01:29:42,360
Speaker 1: a look at some of the results so far. Can

1854
01:29:42,439 --> 01:29:47,759
Speaker 1: we let's do it. Okay, there they are sure fireaway

1855
01:29:47,800 --> 01:29:50,200
Speaker 1: for the Buffalo offense to get better. Fifty seven point

1856
01:29:50,240 --> 01:29:53,960
Speaker 1: eight percent point nine per fifty eight percent say Josh

1857
01:29:54,000 --> 01:29:56,840
Speaker 1: Allen takes the next step. Twenty two percent say free

1858
01:29:56,840 --> 01:30:00,240
Speaker 1: agent acquisitions. Pick up some good free agents. Eighteen sent

1859
01:30:00,400 --> 01:30:03,360
Speaker 1: a draft, get better through the draft. Two percent say

1860
01:30:03,400 --> 01:30:05,080
Speaker 1: something else. Let us know what you think. Eight o

1861
01:30:05,200 --> 01:30:08,759
Speaker 1: three five fifty toll free one eight eight five fifty

1862
01:30:08,840 --> 01:30:12,080
Speaker 1: two five fifty. Barry on the line from Buffalo. Hello Barry,

1863
01:30:12,080 --> 01:30:14,400
Speaker 1: you're on the air. Hey, guys, thank you very much

1864
01:30:14,439 --> 01:30:18,840
Speaker 1: for taking my call. Sure A couple of things. First

1865
01:30:18,840 --> 01:30:26,160
Speaker 1: of all, Todd McShay has us taking in his latest

1866
01:30:26,200 --> 01:30:32,000
Speaker 1: mock draft running back DeAndre Swift with the twenty second

1867
01:30:32,000 --> 01:30:35,680
Speaker 1: pick in the first round, Number one. I wanted your

1868
01:30:35,720 --> 01:30:38,519
Speaker 1: thoughts on us taking a running back over either an

1869
01:30:38,520 --> 01:30:42,200
Speaker 1: age rusher or a wide receiver, which is what everyone

1870
01:30:42,479 --> 01:30:46,360
Speaker 1: seems to think we're gonna need. Um, Well, let's answer that,

1871
01:30:46,439 --> 01:30:47,840
Speaker 1: and we'll keep you on the line here. I don't

1872
01:30:47,880 --> 01:30:49,839
Speaker 1: have a problem with that. If he's the best player available,

1873
01:30:49,880 --> 01:30:54,160
Speaker 1: they need another running back besides besides the one they have,

1874
01:30:54,320 --> 01:30:57,400
Speaker 1: besides Devin Singletary. I think if he's the best player

1875
01:30:57,400 --> 01:31:00,880
Speaker 1: available and he's a twenty second overall and he's on

1876
01:31:00,920 --> 01:31:02,439
Speaker 1: their board, I don't have a a problem with that at all.

1877
01:31:02,439 --> 01:31:05,360
Speaker 1: I don't know the particular ins and out of that player,

1878
01:31:05,400 --> 01:31:06,880
Speaker 1: but I don't have a problem with I don't have

1879
01:31:06,920 --> 01:31:09,519
Speaker 1: a problem with any position. Yeah, Barry, I'll tell you this,

1880
01:31:09,640 --> 01:31:12,799
Speaker 1: philosophically speaking, I think it's nuts to take a running

1881
01:31:12,800 --> 01:31:15,439
Speaker 1: back that high. But if but if he's a guy

1882
01:31:15,520 --> 01:31:17,519
Speaker 1: like that, okay, and if we got you know, and

1883
01:31:17,560 --> 01:31:20,000
Speaker 1: all of a sudden through free agency, we signed three

1884
01:31:20,080 --> 01:31:22,160
Speaker 1: quality free age or guys that we've seen play that

1885
01:31:22,200 --> 01:31:25,479
Speaker 1: we know about um, yeah, I know I would say

1886
01:31:25,520 --> 01:31:29,360
Speaker 1: not to do that, but that's the only Murph's scenario

1887
01:31:29,400 --> 01:31:31,360
Speaker 1: is the only one where I would say, Okay, the

1888
01:31:31,400 --> 01:31:34,040
Speaker 1: guy must be pretty good. But other than that, I

1889
01:31:34,080 --> 01:31:36,400
Speaker 1: think it's really hard to justify taking a running back

1890
01:31:36,400 --> 01:31:39,960
Speaker 1: in today's NFL and the current climate that high unless

1891
01:31:40,000 --> 01:31:42,720
Speaker 1: he's really good. And maybe this guy is. I have

1892
01:31:42,760 --> 01:31:46,439
Speaker 1: no idea, but that's philosophically, I say, no way that high.

1893
01:31:46,479 --> 01:31:49,840
Speaker 1: What else you have, Barry? Well, well, now now let's

1894
01:31:49,880 --> 01:31:52,160
Speaker 1: talk about, Okay, the state of the bills. When when

1895
01:31:52,160 --> 01:31:55,680
Speaker 1: we're talking about tight ends, can we just assume, and

1896
01:31:55,720 --> 01:31:58,160
Speaker 1: I know you guys don't want to jenison somebody and

1897
01:31:58,280 --> 01:32:01,640
Speaker 1: all that and everything, but can we assume for a

1898
01:32:01,680 --> 01:32:05,320
Speaker 1: minute that there's no way they're going to bring back

1899
01:32:05,680 --> 01:32:08,479
Speaker 1: Tyler Croft after I realized he was hurt at the

1900
01:32:08,479 --> 01:32:10,240
Speaker 1: beginning of the year. I'll give you all that, but

1901
01:32:10,280 --> 01:32:12,479
Speaker 1: he had six catches. They gave him a two and

1902
01:32:12,520 --> 01:32:15,519
Speaker 1: a half million dollars signing bonus when he first came on.

1903
01:32:15,840 --> 01:32:19,640
Speaker 1: His contract last year was over six million dollars and

1904
01:32:19,720 --> 01:32:22,080
Speaker 1: he's due four and a half mill this year with

1905
01:32:22,240 --> 01:32:26,479
Speaker 1: a million dollars signing bonus. A roster bonus in March,

1906
01:32:26,880 --> 01:32:30,160
Speaker 1: and I can't. I find it very hard to justify

1907
01:32:30,280 --> 01:32:36,400
Speaker 1: the way Knox played that they could possibly possibly bring

1908
01:32:36,400 --> 01:32:39,800
Speaker 1: back a guy that had six catches last year and

1909
01:32:39,840 --> 01:32:42,880
Speaker 1: they never threw to him after paying him what I

1910
01:32:42,920 --> 01:32:45,880
Speaker 1: think is a ton of money. Right, here's here's my

1911
01:32:45,920 --> 01:32:48,599
Speaker 1: take on that, and it's a good point. I think

1912
01:32:48,680 --> 01:32:53,040
Speaker 1: this this organization is in a position now financially. Certainly,

1913
01:32:53,080 --> 01:32:55,839
Speaker 1: money is always an issue. It's a money you're always

1914
01:32:55,840 --> 01:32:58,600
Speaker 1: worried about that. But I think this team now is

1915
01:32:58,600 --> 01:33:00,720
Speaker 1: at a position where and I think the same thing

1916
01:33:00,720 --> 01:33:03,439
Speaker 1: about on social media, you're here the same thing about

1917
01:33:03,439 --> 01:33:08,800
Speaker 1: starlotu Lele. They're not gonna cut a guy because of

1918
01:33:08,840 --> 01:33:11,120
Speaker 1: the money. They're gonna cut him because they get better.

1919
01:33:11,160 --> 01:33:14,360
Speaker 1: In another way, they may spend more money on tight

1920
01:33:14,479 --> 01:33:18,000
Speaker 1: End and cut Tyler Croft rather than bring him back,

1921
01:33:18,120 --> 01:33:21,360
Speaker 1: or they may sign a guy like Greg Olson and

1922
01:33:21,400 --> 01:33:24,400
Speaker 1: cut somebody else if they think the roster will be

1923
01:33:24,400 --> 01:33:27,400
Speaker 1: better with those guys on. I don't think money is

1924
01:33:27,400 --> 01:33:30,679
Speaker 1: the deciding factor. I think football is this deciding factor.

1925
01:33:30,880 --> 01:33:33,360
Speaker 1: I see your point about but if they think they

1926
01:33:33,400 --> 01:33:35,840
Speaker 1: can get Greg Olson on a one year deal for

1927
01:33:35,920 --> 01:33:38,320
Speaker 1: way less than what they've paid or do to pay

1928
01:33:38,360 --> 01:33:41,800
Speaker 1: Tyler Croft. They may make that trade because they'll get

1929
01:33:41,960 --> 01:33:44,000
Speaker 1: stay the same at least on the football side of it,

1930
01:33:44,040 --> 01:33:46,639
Speaker 1: and save the money. But I don't think. I don't

1931
01:33:46,640 --> 01:33:49,960
Speaker 1: think finances is the final straw. I think football is,

1932
01:33:50,000 --> 01:33:51,640
Speaker 1: and I think that's the way it should be. And

1933
01:33:51,680 --> 01:33:53,840
Speaker 1: I think they're in that position. So if I think

1934
01:33:53,880 --> 01:33:55,439
Speaker 1: that's the way it's going to come down, if Tyler

1935
01:33:55,439 --> 01:33:58,320
Speaker 1: Croft is the best option, he's not going anywhere. Yeah,

1936
01:33:58,360 --> 01:34:01,080
Speaker 1: I think you're a little bit ahead of yourself, Barry.

1937
01:34:01,320 --> 01:34:03,400
Speaker 1: I don't think. Yeah, I wouldn't assume that is what

1938
01:34:03,520 --> 01:34:05,280
Speaker 1: I'm trying. You wouldn't say, okay, no, And I got

1939
01:34:05,439 --> 01:34:07,720
Speaker 1: asume that because you know, I respect you guys more

1940
01:34:07,720 --> 01:34:09,840
Speaker 1: than anything. I just it's just that he's his cap.

1941
01:34:10,160 --> 01:34:12,080
Speaker 1: You know, he's going to carry a cap hit of

1942
01:34:12,360 --> 01:34:15,439
Speaker 1: six and a half million dead cap with a dead

1943
01:34:15,479 --> 01:34:19,879
Speaker 1: cap at one point six. Yeah, and I just, uh,

1944
01:34:19,920 --> 01:34:22,640
Speaker 1: I guess what. I guess. I guess guys, what I what?

1945
01:34:22,840 --> 01:34:26,160
Speaker 1: I'm disappointed in anything else? And please, I got so

1946
01:34:26,200 --> 01:34:29,840
Speaker 1: sick last year, guys. I'm hearing people bashing Brian Dabo. Okay,

1947
01:34:30,000 --> 01:34:33,759
Speaker 1: if anybody bashes Brian Dabele again. They need to start

1948
01:34:33,920 --> 01:34:37,640
Speaker 1: learning football because it's not the play calling. You have

1949
01:34:37,680 --> 01:34:40,600
Speaker 1: to execute the plays out there. In my opinion, you know,

1950
01:34:40,600 --> 01:34:42,680
Speaker 1: it's so funny when you guy, when you bash a

1951
01:34:42,680 --> 01:34:45,280
Speaker 1: guy on his play calling, if he calls a play

1952
01:34:45,360 --> 01:34:48,840
Speaker 1: that's out there, out of the blue, and if it works, it's, oh,

1953
01:34:48,920 --> 01:34:51,720
Speaker 1: my god, what a great play call. And then if

1954
01:34:51,760 --> 01:34:54,400
Speaker 1: it didn't work, oh, that's the worst play call on it.

1955
01:34:54,680 --> 01:34:57,719
Speaker 1: So I don't I'm just I'm glad Brian's gonna be there.

1956
01:34:57,920 --> 01:35:03,400
Speaker 1: We talked continuity earlier, and you recognize, Steve, how important

1957
01:35:03,439 --> 01:35:06,360
Speaker 1: that is. Nobody realizes it more than you do, being

1958
01:35:06,439 --> 01:35:08,240
Speaker 1: a player for as long as you were. And by

1959
01:35:08,280 --> 01:35:10,519
Speaker 1: the way, okay, you're already on. I have a Bill's

1960
01:35:10,560 --> 01:35:12,960
Speaker 1: Wall of Fame at home in my Bill's room, and

1961
01:35:13,160 --> 01:35:16,120
Speaker 1: just for the record, you sit right in between Bruce

1962
01:35:16,280 --> 01:35:19,040
Speaker 1: and Thurman and Andrea and all those guys already on

1963
01:35:19,080 --> 01:35:21,320
Speaker 1: my h O f wall, whether you ever make it

1964
01:35:21,400 --> 01:35:24,559
Speaker 1: or not, because to me, after a fifty year Bills fan,

1965
01:35:24,800 --> 01:35:27,000
Speaker 1: you're already there, so that I wanted to get that

1966
01:35:27,000 --> 01:35:31,360
Speaker 1: out of the way. But anyway, the continuity is great.

1967
01:35:31,360 --> 01:35:33,400
Speaker 1: I'm glad that he's gonna go. You gotta remember this

1968
01:35:33,479 --> 01:35:35,400
Speaker 1: is only gonna be This is only going to be

1969
01:35:35,479 --> 01:35:40,040
Speaker 1: Josh's second full years as a full time starter all

1970
01:35:40,120 --> 01:35:42,400
Speaker 1: year long. He got a half a year in the

1971
01:35:42,439 --> 01:35:44,639
Speaker 1: first year, so I think he's coming into his own.

1972
01:35:44,840 --> 01:35:47,280
Speaker 1: I like the fact that he can run the ball. Yes,

1973
01:35:47,320 --> 01:35:48,720
Speaker 1: he's got to be a little bit careful with it,

1974
01:35:48,760 --> 01:35:50,760
Speaker 1: but please don't take that away from his game. I

1975
01:35:50,800 --> 01:35:52,880
Speaker 1: think that's a huge part of his game. He's gonna

1976
01:35:52,920 --> 01:35:54,759
Speaker 1: learn to stay in the pocket a little bit longer.

1977
01:35:55,080 --> 01:35:57,519
Speaker 1: They're gonna stay with the same system, which I think

1978
01:35:57,680 --> 01:36:00,600
Speaker 1: is great for him. I am so optimistic even with

1979
01:36:00,720 --> 01:36:04,360
Speaker 1: that schedule that they come up next year. I'm glad

1980
01:36:04,360 --> 01:36:06,479
Speaker 1: that they have a tough schedule. You've got to play

1981
01:36:06,560 --> 01:36:10,839
Speaker 1: good teams to be competitive toward the end of the year. Anyway,

1982
01:36:10,880 --> 01:36:12,920
Speaker 1: if you're gonna be a good team, let's beat the

1983
01:36:12,960 --> 01:36:15,599
Speaker 1: good teams. I have no problem in playing that schedule.

1984
01:36:15,640 --> 01:36:17,880
Speaker 1: I'm actually happy we play that schedule. And I have

1985
01:36:17,920 --> 01:36:19,360
Speaker 1: to go out on the West Coast and me and

1986
01:36:19,360 --> 01:36:21,080
Speaker 1: my buddies are all going out to Vegas for that

1987
01:36:21,200 --> 01:36:23,400
Speaker 1: Vegas game. I can't even wait for that. So the

1988
01:36:23,439 --> 01:36:25,639
Speaker 1: Bill's Mafia will be out for that. But guys, thanks

1989
01:36:25,640 --> 01:36:28,280
Speaker 1: for taking my coffer. I just wanted to say overall,

1990
01:36:28,560 --> 01:36:30,280
Speaker 1: you know, I'll make my point on Croft, and I

1991
01:36:30,600 --> 01:36:33,280
Speaker 1: wanted your opinion on the running back. There's a couple

1992
01:36:33,280 --> 01:36:35,640
Speaker 1: of wide receivers before I let to go, Guys, that

1993
01:36:36,200 --> 01:36:40,240
Speaker 1: I really that I really like a lot us That

1994
01:36:40,360 --> 01:36:46,200
Speaker 1: there's a kid out of Colorado, Yeah, Chanel, Chanel exactly,

1995
01:36:46,280 --> 01:36:49,439
Speaker 1: that I like a lot. And there's a kid that

1996
01:36:49,520 --> 01:36:53,400
Speaker 1: they say had a great at the college game. The

1997
01:36:53,479 --> 01:36:57,840
Speaker 1: kid from LSU Jefferson is also going to be a

1998
01:36:57,880 --> 01:36:59,760
Speaker 1: really good school. There's gonna be a ton of wide

1999
01:36:59,760 --> 01:37:02,400
Speaker 1: receive sievers out there. They need some more weapons, John,

2000
01:37:02,439 --> 01:37:05,240
Speaker 1: you said earlier that they needed more weapons to bring

2001
01:37:05,320 --> 01:37:08,000
Speaker 1: in and they can't keep things the same. I couldn't

2002
01:37:08,000 --> 01:37:10,240
Speaker 1: agree with you more. Thanks, Very, we gotta run. Thanks

2003
01:37:10,240 --> 01:37:12,840
Speaker 1: for your call. That's very all right. Thanks. Very's a

2004
01:37:12,840 --> 01:37:16,160
Speaker 1: good caller, boy, a lot of passion. That's fun. I

2005
01:37:16,240 --> 01:37:19,120
Speaker 1: caught a couple of times he took a breath. Yeah,

2006
01:37:19,160 --> 01:37:22,240
Speaker 1: he's got his own all of fame. Yeah. When we

2007
01:37:22,280 --> 01:37:24,400
Speaker 1: come back, we're gonna talk with We're gonna talk with

2008
01:37:24,479 --> 01:37:27,400
Speaker 1: Kyle Brandt, host of Good Morning Football and NFL Network

2009
01:37:27,600 --> 01:37:30,040
Speaker 1: he's coming up when we return One Bills Live presented

2010
01:37:30,040 --> 01:37:32,880
Speaker 1: by Kalada Health from the Seneca Studio in Archard Park.

2011
01:37:32,920 --> 01:37:59,200
Speaker 1: This is Buffalo Bills Radio Backs Down, Banks Down, We're time.

2012
01:38:01,680 --> 01:38:03,720
Speaker 1: Welcome back our three of the show One Bills Live

2013
01:38:03,760 --> 01:38:05,599
Speaker 1: presented by Come Out of Health Company or from our

2014
01:38:05,640 --> 01:38:07,880
Speaker 1: Seneca Studio in Archer Park. If you watch the show,

2015
01:38:08,320 --> 01:38:10,400
Speaker 1: you know that once a week we talked with Kyle

2016
01:38:10,479 --> 01:38:14,599
Speaker 1: Brand and we always love his Angry Runs feature where

2017
01:38:14,600 --> 01:38:17,880
Speaker 1: he focuses on one angry run per week. Today, Kyle

2018
01:38:17,960 --> 01:38:21,120
Speaker 1: Brand selected his angry run of the year. Check this out.

2019
01:38:22,800 --> 01:38:26,000
Speaker 1: Week three, the world was introduced to Dawson Knox. Was

2020
01:38:26,040 --> 01:38:28,360
Speaker 1: Dawson Knox. You know him. He was a rookie tight

2021
01:38:28,479 --> 01:38:30,760
Speaker 1: end for the Bills. Out of all mess and never

2022
01:38:30,880 --> 01:38:34,280
Speaker 1: mind this giant smile right here, he did the nastiest

2023
01:38:34,320 --> 01:38:36,519
Speaker 1: thing on the field. Let's go. It is week three,

2024
01:38:37,080 --> 01:38:39,400
Speaker 1: it is the Bills and the Bengals. And watched Dawson

2025
01:38:39,439 --> 01:38:42,400
Speaker 1: get the ball from Josh Allen. This is amazing. You

2026
01:38:42,640 --> 01:38:46,800
Speaker 1: take some of that and then watched it. That's the

2027
01:38:46,840 --> 01:38:48,680
Speaker 1: best of the year. I don't know how you've beat that.

2028
01:38:48,960 --> 01:38:52,320
Speaker 1: Come off. Burlesson gave me some of that Dawson Knox

2029
01:38:52,479 --> 01:38:56,120
Speaker 1: and absolutely fierce display, a vulgar display. If I look

2030
01:38:56,120 --> 01:38:59,639
Speaker 1: at us, it is a professional football by Kyle Holige

2031
01:38:59,680 --> 01:39:02,280
Speaker 1: team with DK Metcalf and AJ Brown. They had all

2032
01:39:02,320 --> 01:39:04,240
Speaker 1: three of them at all this. Can you even look

2033
01:39:04,240 --> 01:39:05,640
Speaker 1: at these guys in the sun? Oh no, he just

2034
01:39:05,720 --> 01:39:09,080
Speaker 1: did my did bade that way? Bad program? Though? Right?

2035
01:39:09,120 --> 01:39:12,519
Speaker 1: Look at these Oh my, we're gonna say that's all

2036
01:39:12,560 --> 01:39:14,360
Speaker 1: of us. I'm gonna go out there, Kyle far all right,

2037
01:39:15,080 --> 01:39:20,800
Speaker 1: oh look, it's the best. All right. I've never been

2038
01:39:20,840 --> 01:39:23,400
Speaker 1: so fired off and saying someone get knocks the hell out.

2039
01:39:23,439 --> 01:39:28,040
Speaker 1: It's Dawson, of all the old pros. It's a rookie

2040
01:39:28,080 --> 01:39:32,360
Speaker 1: tight end from Buffalo Dawson. There he is Kyle Brand

2041
01:39:32,479 --> 01:39:34,760
Speaker 1: host a Good Morning football on NFL never and he

2042
01:39:34,840 --> 01:39:37,439
Speaker 1: joins us live right now. Kyle, I'm so glad that

2043
01:39:37,479 --> 01:39:39,840
Speaker 1: you picked that one as the angry run of the year.

2044
01:39:39,880 --> 01:39:42,280
Speaker 1: There was Corty Glenn, former Bill's offensive lineman you were

2045
01:39:42,280 --> 01:39:43,920
Speaker 1: pointing to on the right side there. It was just

2046
01:39:44,000 --> 01:39:46,599
Speaker 1: a great reaction by Corty, but a great run by Dawson.

2047
01:39:47,640 --> 01:39:49,519
Speaker 1: It was the best and it's great timing for the

2048
01:39:49,600 --> 01:39:51,599
Speaker 1: three of us. To talk right now because we've talked

2049
01:39:51,680 --> 01:39:54,439
Speaker 1: all season. I'm getting a little emotional. This might be

2050
01:39:54,520 --> 01:39:57,600
Speaker 1: our last conversation that we have going on. And it

2051
01:39:57,800 --> 01:40:01,360
Speaker 1: is appropriate though that we end with Dawson Knox because

2052
01:40:01,400 --> 01:40:03,719
Speaker 1: that's one of our most favorite topics. We talked about

2053
01:40:03,720 --> 01:40:06,519
Speaker 1: it all year, these emerging players, and I do think

2054
01:40:06,560 --> 01:40:10,400
Speaker 1: it's incredible that every single week, for you know, almost

2055
01:40:10,439 --> 01:40:14,200
Speaker 1: twenty two weeks now, we crown the angriest, most physical

2056
01:40:14,320 --> 01:40:16,360
Speaker 1: runner of the year. And today what you just heard

2057
01:40:16,560 --> 01:40:18,840
Speaker 1: was let's look at all of them and let's pick

2058
01:40:18,920 --> 01:40:21,479
Speaker 1: the best one. And this we're talking about people like

2059
01:40:21,840 --> 01:40:27,080
Speaker 1: say Quon Barkley, mark Ingram Kittle from the Niners. These

2060
01:40:27,120 --> 01:40:29,800
Speaker 1: are big, bad dudes, all pros, guys who played in

2061
01:40:29,840 --> 01:40:32,519
Speaker 1: the Super Bowl. And the best one of the year

2062
01:40:33,080 --> 01:40:36,400
Speaker 1: was the Bills versus Bengals rookie tight end Dawson Knox.

2063
01:40:36,520 --> 01:40:38,720
Speaker 1: So the Bills did get one title this year, and

2064
01:40:38,760 --> 01:40:40,439
Speaker 1: I'm happy to be part of it. Yeah, and said,

2065
01:40:40,640 --> 01:40:43,000
Speaker 1: you talking about getting emotional. The season's over with the

2066
01:40:43,320 --> 01:40:46,080
Speaker 1: super Bowl happened, and we're talking. We're laughing to get

2067
01:40:46,120 --> 01:40:47,800
Speaker 1: you get a kind of a tearful goodbye to you.

2068
01:40:47,880 --> 01:40:49,800
Speaker 1: We'll see you you know sometime down the road, because

2069
01:40:49,920 --> 01:40:51,840
Speaker 1: we've had a great season. Having me on once a

2070
01:40:51,880 --> 01:40:53,840
Speaker 1: week on Murph was laughing me. I'm the guy who

2071
01:40:53,920 --> 01:40:56,760
Speaker 1: cries because there were a couple of Super Bowl commercials

2072
01:40:57,120 --> 01:40:59,640
Speaker 1: that made me almost openly weep when I'm down in

2073
01:40:59,640 --> 01:41:01,320
Speaker 1: the dark, miss in my basement listening to you look

2074
01:41:01,320 --> 01:41:04,040
Speaker 1: at the big TV. What about you? You say goodbye

2075
01:41:04,080 --> 01:41:06,880
Speaker 1: to this season? The Chiefs win it all? What are

2076
01:41:06,880 --> 01:41:09,160
Speaker 1: your thoughts about that? The finality of it and how

2077
01:41:09,200 --> 01:41:13,639
Speaker 1: it ended. I think it was incredible. I mean, listen,

2078
01:41:13,800 --> 01:41:17,000
Speaker 1: that was a great game. I really enjoyed watching that game.

2079
01:41:17,040 --> 01:41:19,280
Speaker 1: I thought it was tense as hell, and I was

2080
01:41:19,360 --> 01:41:23,280
Speaker 1: still a year later, sort of emotionally hungover and frustrated

2081
01:41:23,320 --> 01:41:25,280
Speaker 1: from that Patriots Rams Super Bowl, which is one of

2082
01:41:25,320 --> 01:41:28,280
Speaker 1: the most tedious things I've ever watched the Super Bowl game, guys,

2083
01:41:28,560 --> 01:41:30,439
Speaker 1: in which it wasn't just that the scoring was low

2084
01:41:30,520 --> 01:41:32,599
Speaker 1: in that game, is there was only one play running

2085
01:41:32,640 --> 01:41:34,599
Speaker 1: the red zone by either team for the whole game.

2086
01:41:34,640 --> 01:41:37,519
Speaker 1: It was bizarre. So I think this was the perfect

2087
01:41:37,800 --> 01:41:41,879
Speaker 1: antidote to that. You had Patrick Mahomes, the most talented

2088
01:41:41,960 --> 01:41:44,760
Speaker 1: player in the league, on the biggest stage in the league.

2089
01:41:44,880 --> 01:41:48,080
Speaker 1: You had Shanahan, you had read, you had everything. And really,

2090
01:41:48,200 --> 01:41:50,320
Speaker 1: if you were to sum up that game, it was

2091
01:41:50,400 --> 01:41:53,360
Speaker 1: two places. It was on a third and fifteen, Patrick

2092
01:41:53,439 --> 01:41:55,880
Speaker 1: Mahomes made a play and on a third and ten

2093
01:41:55,960 --> 01:41:58,639
Speaker 1: when he went d Jimmy Garoppolo could not make a play.

2094
01:41:58,880 --> 01:42:01,479
Speaker 1: The things got tough. Mahomes, he dealt. Things got tough

2095
01:42:01,520 --> 01:42:04,400
Speaker 1: for Garoppolo. He couldn't fantastic end to this season. I

2096
01:42:04,439 --> 01:42:06,920
Speaker 1: don't know when training camp start, but not soon enough. Hey, Cale,

2097
01:42:07,520 --> 01:42:10,160
Speaker 1: you guys celebrated the Chiefs today on your show Good

2098
01:42:10,200 --> 01:42:13,040
Speaker 1: Morning Football. You had the T shirt on the Legion

2099
01:42:13,120 --> 01:42:15,599
Speaker 1: of Zoom, the Chiefs wide receivers. And if you watched

2100
01:42:15,640 --> 01:42:18,320
Speaker 1: much of their parade or celebration today out in Kansas City,

2101
01:42:19,520 --> 01:42:22,240
Speaker 1: they're starting to fly in now and I'm seeing Mahomes

2102
01:42:22,320 --> 01:42:25,519
Speaker 1: tossing beers, tossing footballs. I thought there was a cameraman

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Speaker 1: who caught a beer. The Legion of Zoom T shirt

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01:42:28,280 --> 01:42:30,800
Speaker 1: that I wore everybody of coast, of course, remembers the

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01:42:30,920 --> 01:42:33,080
Speaker 1: Legion of Boom from Seattle, and maybe the Legion of

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01:42:33,160 --> 01:42:35,800
Speaker 1: Doom from the Pro wrestling. The Legion of Zoom was

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01:42:35,840 --> 01:42:38,880
Speaker 1: the nickname some fans gave to the Chiefs wide Receivers

2108
01:42:39,400 --> 01:42:41,360
Speaker 1: because there's a thought and maybe, you know, maybe some

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01:42:41,439 --> 01:42:44,080
Speaker 1: of your listeners could tweet in if they disagree that

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01:42:44,240 --> 01:42:47,479
Speaker 1: the Chiefs Wide receiving Corps was the fastest in NFL history.

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01:42:47,680 --> 01:42:50,680
Speaker 1: It's you'd have Sammy Watkins, who's the slow guy in

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01:42:50,760 --> 01:42:53,879
Speaker 1: the group, and then then Mikole Hardman and of course Tyreek.

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Speaker 1: I've been thinking about this for months. I'm trying to

2114
01:42:56,080 --> 01:42:58,679
Speaker 1: think if there was ever a faster group in any

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01:42:59,040 --> 01:43:01,160
Speaker 1: of the wide he was at any team. I know

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01:43:01,280 --> 01:43:04,080
Speaker 1: there was some Raiders receivers where they had Rockets Mail

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01:43:04,160 --> 01:43:06,760
Speaker 1: and James Jet at one point that might have had

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01:43:06,800 --> 01:43:08,960
Speaker 1: something to say about it. Maybe those guys the greatest

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01:43:09,000 --> 01:43:11,920
Speaker 1: show on turf, you know, Oazac, Kim and Isaac. But

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Speaker 1: I think the chief Super Bowl winning wide receiver Corps

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01:43:14,600 --> 01:43:16,920
Speaker 1: the Legions Zoom is the fastest the sport's ever seen.

2122
01:43:17,160 --> 01:43:19,400
Speaker 1: You guys spent the entire week down in Miami. You

2123
01:43:19,439 --> 01:43:20,800
Speaker 1: looked great on them on the air. It looked like

2124
01:43:20,840 --> 01:43:22,080
Speaker 1: it was a lot of fun. You got a chance

2125
01:43:22,120 --> 01:43:24,479
Speaker 1: to spend a little time with Josh Allen at the

2126
01:43:25,040 --> 01:43:28,600
Speaker 1: NFL Honors. Tell us about that. I was great you know,

2127
01:43:29,200 --> 01:43:31,800
Speaker 1: I got the privilege of working in the red carpets

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01:43:32,560 --> 01:43:35,479
Speaker 1: at the NFL Honors, and it's an amazing gig. It's

2129
01:43:35,560 --> 01:43:38,200
Speaker 1: just like it looks like if anybody, whether you watch

2130
01:43:38,280 --> 01:43:40,439
Speaker 1: the Oscars or Grammys or Honors, whatever it is, I

2131
01:43:40,520 --> 01:43:42,880
Speaker 1: grew up my whole life watching them. So to actually

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01:43:43,000 --> 01:43:46,479
Speaker 1: be the guy who's who's doing it, like seacrest Or

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01:43:46,600 --> 01:43:48,400
Speaker 1: or you know, Mary Hart or whoever it is that

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01:43:48,479 --> 01:43:52,000
Speaker 1: you watched growing up, he stand there's fifty thousand cameras

2135
01:43:52,400 --> 01:43:54,880
Speaker 1: and you just there's this stream of people that you know,

2136
01:43:55,080 --> 01:43:58,920
Speaker 1: and it's there goes Dak Prescott, and there's John Hamm,

2137
01:43:59,120 --> 01:44:01,640
Speaker 1: Don Draper, and then sometimes they stop and talk to you,

2138
01:44:02,160 --> 01:44:05,439
Speaker 1: and sometimes they don't want to. It's chaos. But one

2139
01:44:05,479 --> 01:44:07,840
Speaker 1: of the people we turned around and there's Josh Allen

2140
01:44:07,880 --> 01:44:11,040
Speaker 1: standing there. Now I've never met Josh. I had a

2141
01:44:11,080 --> 01:44:13,519
Speaker 1: correspondence with him with you guys a year ago when

2142
01:44:13,600 --> 01:44:15,639
Speaker 1: he won Angry Runs and sat down on the show,

2143
01:44:16,160 --> 01:44:18,240
Speaker 1: but I don't think i've ever met him in person.

2144
01:44:18,439 --> 01:44:21,400
Speaker 1: And I think it goes without saying. You turn around,

2145
01:44:21,560 --> 01:44:23,840
Speaker 1: the guy's absolutely massive. I mean, you think it could

2146
01:44:23,840 --> 01:44:26,640
Speaker 1: beat JJ Watt with a different haircut, he's huge. And

2147
01:44:26,920 --> 01:44:28,760
Speaker 1: this was off the air us talking. It was it

2148
01:44:28,920 --> 01:44:31,719
Speaker 1: was Josh and his lady friend and I started talking

2149
01:44:31,760 --> 01:44:34,400
Speaker 1: and Josh and said, you know my favorite teammate of

2150
01:44:34,479 --> 01:44:36,360
Speaker 1: yours and he goes, no, I know who is? I

2151
01:44:36,479 --> 01:44:40,559
Speaker 1: go it's Dawson Not And immediately the second you heard

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01:44:40,600 --> 01:44:43,879
Speaker 1: the name, I'm telling you his eyes lit up, probably

2153
01:44:43,920 --> 01:44:46,679
Speaker 1: because maybe that made necessarily been what he expected to hear.

2154
01:44:47,120 --> 01:44:51,720
Speaker 1: And then he just goes on a monologue of admiration

2155
01:44:51,920 --> 01:44:55,040
Speaker 1: for Dawson Knox about what a star he's gonna be,

2156
01:44:55,479 --> 01:44:57,760
Speaker 1: how his mentality is when he gets the ball, he's

2157
01:44:57,800 --> 01:45:01,440
Speaker 1: just so physical, he's so powerful. It was an unbelievable

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01:45:01,479 --> 01:45:03,320
Speaker 1: thing on a red carpet where otherwise people are a

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01:45:03,320 --> 01:45:05,800
Speaker 1: little tight lipped and careful what they're gonna say. Josh

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01:45:05,880 --> 01:45:08,599
Speaker 1: Allen went on and on about how much he loves

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01:45:08,680 --> 01:45:10,439
Speaker 1: this young tight end and what a bright future he has.

2162
01:45:10,479 --> 01:45:12,240
Speaker 1: It was really fun. Hey, who were some of your

2163
01:45:12,320 --> 01:45:15,160
Speaker 1: favorite celebrity encounters, not just on the red carpet there

2164
01:45:15,160 --> 01:45:17,200
Speaker 1: but throughout Super Bowl week? Who do you enjoy talking

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01:45:17,280 --> 01:45:18,760
Speaker 1: with and who was a lot of fun to talk

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Speaker 1: with last week? What a great question, Murph so with

2167
01:45:22,600 --> 01:45:25,760
Speaker 1: all due respect to Minneapolis and Houston and Atlanta, what's

2168
01:45:25,760 --> 01:45:28,800
Speaker 1: our fantastic cities. I think he goes without saying that

2169
01:45:28,960 --> 01:45:31,680
Speaker 1: maybe some of the celebrity factors were more attractive going

2170
01:45:31,760 --> 01:45:34,960
Speaker 1: to Miami, Florida. So listen. I had a glimpse of

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01:45:35,080 --> 01:45:37,840
Speaker 1: Paul McCartney at one of the parties. I got a

2172
01:45:37,920 --> 01:45:41,160
Speaker 1: picture with Sammy Sosa, who as a Chicago kid, was

2173
01:45:41,560 --> 01:45:45,120
Speaker 1: surreal to me. He listened movie stars and athletes and everything.

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Speaker 1: It was great. You know what was really the biggest

2175
01:45:47,400 --> 01:45:49,439
Speaker 1: honor for me was, for the first time ever, I

2176
01:45:49,520 --> 01:45:53,559
Speaker 1: got the job to go backstage and interview the brand

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Speaker 1: new Hall of Fame class that was announced that night,

2178
01:45:55,920 --> 01:46:00,320
Speaker 1: Saturday night. So everybody from Troy, Paula, Malus, Dan James,

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Speaker 1: Isaac Bruce, Steve Hushinson, Steve Atwater that was the class.

2180
01:46:03,680 --> 01:46:07,200
Speaker 1: And I'm talking about fifteen minutes after they're introduced on stage,

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01:46:07,320 --> 01:46:08,760
Speaker 1: I get to do a one on one of them.

2182
01:46:08,880 --> 01:46:11,439
Speaker 1: Because of the power of the NFL. And I don't

2183
01:46:11,439 --> 01:46:13,280
Speaker 1: know if you heard this, but I've been telling people

2184
01:46:13,280 --> 01:46:14,600
Speaker 1: who care about this type of thing, and I know

2185
01:46:14,640 --> 01:46:18,439
Speaker 1: this would resonate with you guys. Isaac Bruce was really

2186
01:46:18,520 --> 01:46:21,880
Speaker 1: in rare form, the great rams receiver in my rare Form.

2187
01:46:21,920 --> 01:46:25,360
Speaker 1: I mean, Isaac thinks this is long overdue. He thinks

2188
01:46:25,400 --> 01:46:27,120
Speaker 1: that he has the numbers in the production that he

2189
01:46:27,120 --> 01:46:30,160
Speaker 1: should have been in well before this. So I asked

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01:46:30,240 --> 01:46:32,639
Speaker 1: them about that moment. I said, Isaac, when the knock

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01:46:32,720 --> 01:46:35,800
Speaker 1: on the hotel room door comes from David Baker, who

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01:46:35,920 --> 01:46:38,639
Speaker 1: runs the Hall of Fame, it's this magical moment where

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Speaker 1: players are reduced to tears. I said, what was that

2194
01:46:40,680 --> 01:46:42,840
Speaker 1: moment like for you when the knock finally came? And

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01:46:42,960 --> 01:46:46,400
Speaker 1: his answer was unbelievable. He said, when the knock came,

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01:46:47,040 --> 01:46:49,360
Speaker 1: I grabbed my daughters and I took it aside as

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01:46:49,400 --> 01:46:51,840
Speaker 1: a teaching moment, and I was going to show them

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01:46:52,160 --> 01:46:54,519
Speaker 1: that I'm going to keep my power and keep my strength.

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Speaker 1: And we waited, and we made David Baker wait and

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01:46:58,200 --> 01:47:01,519
Speaker 1: knock again, because him to know what it felt like

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01:47:01,680 --> 01:47:04,160
Speaker 1: for me to wait, So I made him wait and

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01:47:04,280 --> 01:47:06,680
Speaker 1: for every other guy who's had to wait, That's what

2203
01:47:06,840 --> 01:47:10,400
Speaker 1: I did to take my power back. And I was like, WHOA,

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01:47:10,720 --> 01:47:12,640
Speaker 1: that is a mind blowing answer. And if you know why,

2205
01:47:12,720 --> 01:47:15,760
Speaker 1: Zac Bruce, he can be very steely, very business like.

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01:47:16,040 --> 01:47:19,040
Speaker 1: There was no irony. He was not joking. He made

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01:47:19,160 --> 01:47:23,080
Speaker 1: David Baker knock a second time because he wanted him

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01:47:23,120 --> 01:47:25,120
Speaker 1: to wait. And I was just blown away by that answer.

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Speaker 1: And that is that's a phenomenal answer by him. And

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Speaker 1: it's interesting too, is this season comes the Hall of

2211
01:47:30,640 --> 01:47:33,200
Speaker 1: Fame class has been elected. There's a twenty a group

2212
01:47:33,240 --> 01:47:36,000
Speaker 1: of fifteen that were you know, all time from the

2213
01:47:36,080 --> 01:47:39,880
Speaker 1: hundred years for a centennial class. The super Bowl and

2214
01:47:40,040 --> 01:47:43,000
Speaker 1: even as we're talking right now live the Kansas City

2215
01:47:43,040 --> 01:47:47,559
Speaker 1: super Bowl super Bowl Parade is taking place in Kansas City, Missouri.

2216
01:47:48,280 --> 01:47:53,400
Speaker 1: And yeah, it's yea. And so let me ask you this,

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01:47:53,840 --> 01:47:56,960
Speaker 1: what do you think is happening next year for the

2218
01:47:57,080 --> 01:47:59,439
Speaker 1: forty nine ers? Are they gonna hang over? Are they

2219
01:47:59,479 --> 01:48:02,840
Speaker 1: gonna reap? They're really talented. Not much changes except one

2220
01:48:02,960 --> 01:48:05,800
Speaker 1: game one or lost. But it changes really so much.

2221
01:48:07,200 --> 01:48:08,840
Speaker 1: It's a great question, and we've been talking about it

2222
01:48:08,840 --> 01:48:12,280
Speaker 1: all week on the show. Here's the positive. They didn't

2223
01:48:12,320 --> 01:48:14,519
Speaker 1: get fleeced. What I mean is that is if they

2224
01:48:14,640 --> 01:48:18,240
Speaker 1: keep Robert Saler defensive coordinator, they keep all their offensive coaches.

2225
01:48:19,160 --> 01:48:21,559
Speaker 1: Contract wise, there's a few questions they got to answer,

2226
01:48:21,640 --> 01:48:24,720
Speaker 1: but they're not gonna start dropping parts. So I don't

2227
01:48:24,800 --> 01:48:26,160
Speaker 1: think this is gonna be one of those teams that

2228
01:48:26,280 --> 01:48:28,240
Speaker 1: loses every coach and every player, and they got to

2229
01:48:28,320 --> 01:48:33,680
Speaker 1: make do with that. The downside is, guys, there's a

2230
01:48:33,760 --> 01:48:36,320
Speaker 1: recency bias that happens right after the Super Bowl, where

2231
01:48:36,360 --> 01:48:38,280
Speaker 1: you've seen these teams going these great runs and you

2232
01:48:38,400 --> 01:48:40,920
Speaker 1: just sort of nakedly assume, oh, I'm sure they'll be back.

2233
01:48:40,960 --> 01:48:43,479
Speaker 1: They got the same core. It doesn't work that way.

2234
01:48:43,640 --> 01:48:46,040
Speaker 1: Did you watch the Rams this year? They didn't have it.

2235
01:48:46,880 --> 01:48:50,160
Speaker 1: Even another team like the Chicago Bears this year, who

2236
01:48:50,280 --> 01:48:53,040
Speaker 1: was excellent the year before, just didn't have it. It's

2237
01:48:53,080 --> 01:48:56,719
Speaker 1: the same players, it's mostly the same coaches. It's really

2238
01:48:57,000 --> 01:49:00,040
Speaker 1: really difficult. As much as I respect the Niners, I

2239
01:49:00,080 --> 01:49:02,080
Speaker 1: have such a healthy respect for how hard it is

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Speaker 1: to get back, and especially when they're in a division

2241
01:49:06,120 --> 01:49:09,000
Speaker 1: with the Rams and with Russell Wilson and with Kyler Murra,

2242
01:49:09,080 --> 01:49:10,920
Speaker 1: who I think is going to take off next year.

2243
01:49:11,320 --> 01:49:13,040
Speaker 1: I can't sit here and say the Niners are going

2244
01:49:13,080 --> 01:49:15,280
Speaker 1: to be back there. No. They're physical and they're brutal,

2245
01:49:15,360 --> 01:49:17,360
Speaker 1: and I like the way that they've played, But right

2246
01:49:17,439 --> 01:49:20,040
Speaker 1: now the odds suggests no, it's that difficult. To get back.

2247
01:49:20,080 --> 01:49:21,760
Speaker 1: It's why you don't see teams go two years in

2248
01:49:21,800 --> 01:49:23,800
Speaker 1: a row. Live with Cale Brand host a Good Morning

2249
01:49:23,840 --> 01:49:26,200
Speaker 1: Football on NFL Network all last week. How you guys

2250
01:49:26,240 --> 01:49:28,479
Speaker 1: are doing great work. One of my favorite parts was

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01:49:28,560 --> 01:49:32,439
Speaker 1: when you went to the beach and recreated Rocky three,

2252
01:49:33,320 --> 01:49:36,920
Speaker 1: Sylvester Stallone and company working out on the beach. Who

2253
01:49:37,000 --> 01:49:39,479
Speaker 1: comes up with these ideas? Kyler? These all in your head?

2254
01:49:40,320 --> 01:49:43,920
Speaker 1: All right? So if less than anyone has not enjoyed

2255
01:49:44,000 --> 01:49:47,240
Speaker 1: the film Rocky three, there's a fantastic I don't know

2256
01:49:47,280 --> 01:49:50,679
Speaker 1: if it's fantastic, but it's memorable scene in which Rocky

2257
01:49:50,760 --> 01:49:53,200
Speaker 1: and Apollo, Sly and Carl Weathers do one of the

2258
01:49:53,280 --> 01:49:57,240
Speaker 1: classic training montages. And basically the star of the scene

2259
01:49:57,360 --> 01:50:00,559
Speaker 1: is not either Sly or Carl Weathers. It's the very

2260
01:50:00,760 --> 01:50:03,560
Speaker 1: tiny little shorts and knee socks that they run on

2261
01:50:03,640 --> 01:50:06,479
Speaker 1: the beach in and so one Nate Burlison and I

2262
01:50:06,600 --> 01:50:09,719
Speaker 1: came up with the idea to recreate the scene. That's

2263
01:50:09,760 --> 01:50:11,799
Speaker 1: no problem, we can do that all day. It became

2264
01:50:11,840 --> 01:50:15,080
Speaker 1: asserts to find the tiniest shorts we could ever find

2265
01:50:15,360 --> 01:50:18,400
Speaker 1: the highest knee socks, which even in the era of Amazon,

2266
01:50:18,840 --> 01:50:21,760
Speaker 1: to still find socks that high and shorts that high.

2267
01:50:21,760 --> 01:50:23,640
Speaker 1: It was really difficult, so we got them at the

2268
01:50:23,760 --> 01:50:26,719
Speaker 1: last minute. We did about ten takes of us jumping

2269
01:50:26,760 --> 01:50:29,639
Speaker 1: into the ocean and hugging each other, and it came

2270
01:50:29,680 --> 01:50:32,000
Speaker 1: out really well. The second I said that, when I

2271
01:50:32,080 --> 01:50:34,240
Speaker 1: posted on social I said, look, if you don't know

2272
01:50:34,400 --> 01:50:35,920
Speaker 1: Rocky three, this isn't gonna be really weird too. You

2273
01:50:35,960 --> 01:50:37,600
Speaker 1: don't know what the hell we're doing. But if you

2274
01:50:37,720 --> 01:50:40,680
Speaker 1: do know Rocky three, I think you're gonna look all right.

2275
01:50:40,720 --> 01:50:42,960
Speaker 1: So let's move. Let's put our eyes from the back

2276
01:50:43,240 --> 01:50:45,240
Speaker 1: from what happened in super Bowl week and then in

2277
01:50:45,320 --> 01:50:47,320
Speaker 1: the hundred season in the NFL. Let's turn our eyes

2278
01:50:47,360 --> 01:50:51,360
Speaker 1: towards the future. What are the offics? What's the big

2279
01:50:51,439 --> 01:50:53,880
Speaker 1: offseason issue for you? Is it about players? It's about

2280
01:50:53,920 --> 01:50:57,320
Speaker 1: Tom Brady's that is about the CBA. What's give us

2281
01:50:57,360 --> 01:50:59,320
Speaker 1: at both of those? What's on the field, what's going

2282
01:50:59,360 --> 01:51:01,000
Speaker 1: to be the big issue for the NFL? And then

2283
01:51:01,360 --> 01:51:03,720
Speaker 1: what's the big issue like policy wise we're gonna see

2284
01:51:03,760 --> 01:51:09,160
Speaker 1: come down from the NFL front offices. You know, policy wise,

2285
01:51:09,160 --> 01:51:11,800
Speaker 1: there's a few things going on, But I honestly think Steve,

2286
01:51:11,880 --> 01:51:15,360
Speaker 1: it's such a robust offseason in terms of the names

2287
01:51:15,400 --> 01:51:18,160
Speaker 1: and the players and the free agents. It's like on

2288
01:51:18,280 --> 01:51:20,120
Speaker 1: some given years there's one or two names that you're

2289
01:51:20,200 --> 01:51:23,280
Speaker 1: kind of curious about. This year there's ten, and a

2290
01:51:23,360 --> 01:51:24,960
Speaker 1: few of them are are going to be first ballot

2291
01:51:25,000 --> 01:51:28,479
Speaker 1: Hall of Famers. So Brady of course, which I'll double

2292
01:51:28,520 --> 01:51:31,200
Speaker 1: back on in a second, Derrick Henry, who just was

2293
01:51:31,240 --> 01:51:35,000
Speaker 1: a terror throughout the NFL and the playoffs, Drew Brees,

2294
01:51:36,320 --> 01:51:41,240
Speaker 1: Ryan Tannehill, Jamis Winston, it goes Aj Green. These are

2295
01:51:41,640 --> 01:51:44,960
Speaker 1: team changing players, Amari Cooper. I could go on and

2296
01:51:45,120 --> 01:51:48,200
Speaker 1: these are stars, and I think Brady is the biggest one.

2297
01:51:48,280 --> 01:51:50,120
Speaker 1: And I've said this from the get go, and I

2298
01:51:50,280 --> 01:51:52,040
Speaker 1: like to shove it in my co host spaces on

2299
01:51:52,120 --> 01:51:53,760
Speaker 1: the air because I've been I've been on a hot

2300
01:51:53,840 --> 01:51:56,519
Speaker 1: streak and being right about the Patriots. I knew Gron

2301
01:51:56,640 --> 01:51:58,879
Speaker 1: would not come back this year. I knew Josh McDaniels

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01:51:58,920 --> 01:52:01,320
Speaker 1: would not leave. And I think next year, when the

2303
01:52:01,520 --> 01:52:04,000
Speaker 1: Patriots and play their season open, I think Tom Brady

2304
01:52:04,040 --> 01:52:06,600
Speaker 1: will be their quarterback. But here's the deal. All the

2305
01:52:06,680 --> 01:52:08,600
Speaker 1: talk right now is about money. Is it going to

2306
01:52:08,680 --> 01:52:11,920
Speaker 1: take thirty million? This? I think it's secondary. I really do.

2307
01:52:12,080 --> 01:52:16,160
Speaker 1: What's going to keep Tom Brady. There is toys and weapons.

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01:52:16,360 --> 01:52:19,920
Speaker 1: So some of these names, j Green, Amari Cooper, Eric Ebron,

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Speaker 1: the tight end from Indianapolis, Austin Hooper, the one from Atlanta.

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Speaker 1: I think one or two of those guys get signed

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01:52:25,240 --> 01:52:27,800
Speaker 1: by New England as free agents. I think Brady's back.

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01:52:27,960 --> 01:52:29,880
Speaker 1: I don't think the money is the first thing. I

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01:52:29,960 --> 01:52:31,720
Speaker 1: think it's like I don't want to come back at

2314
01:52:31,800 --> 01:52:35,439
Speaker 1: my age and be thrown around to converted linebackers and

2315
01:52:35,560 --> 01:52:37,720
Speaker 1: Julian Edelman and friends. The second they get him a

2316
01:52:37,760 --> 01:52:39,599
Speaker 1: couple of guys, I think it's coming back to your

2317
01:52:39,640 --> 01:52:42,400
Speaker 1: AFC East. Yeah, I don't know if that's good news. Hey, Kyle,

2318
01:52:42,760 --> 01:52:44,599
Speaker 1: we thank you for this, We thank you for all season.

2319
01:52:44,640 --> 01:52:46,160
Speaker 1: It's been a great year. We will try to get

2320
01:52:46,200 --> 01:52:47,680
Speaker 1: you back with us next year. We hope we can.

2321
01:52:47,760 --> 01:52:50,559
Speaker 1: Because you are an entertainer, sir, let me point. Let

2322
01:52:50,640 --> 01:52:52,840
Speaker 1: me definitely say that. I think Steve and I agree,

2323
01:52:52,880 --> 01:52:54,240
Speaker 1: you've brought a lot to our show and we really

2324
01:52:54,280 --> 01:52:57,360
Speaker 1: appreciate it. You guys could have a lot of people on.

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01:52:57,600 --> 01:53:00,560
Speaker 1: I'm thrilled and flattered and honored that I came on

2326
01:53:00,760 --> 01:53:03,320
Speaker 1: all year and Honestly, I felt even more in love

2327
01:53:03,360 --> 01:53:05,200
Speaker 1: with the Buffalo Bills than I have in my whole life.

2328
01:53:05,200 --> 01:53:06,880
Speaker 1: So it's been a great thing for me. Thank you

2329
01:53:06,960 --> 01:53:08,960
Speaker 1: for having me. Guys, Thank you Kyle, Thank you have

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01:53:09,040 --> 01:53:11,560
Speaker 1: a great one co host of Good Morning Football on

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01:53:11,760 --> 01:53:14,120
Speaker 1: NFL never you can catch at seven am on weekdays,

2332
01:53:14,200 --> 01:53:15,960
Speaker 1: and we'll get them back on. We'll get them on

2333
01:53:16,400 --> 01:53:18,200
Speaker 1: a couple of times during the offseason, I think, and

2334
01:53:18,720 --> 01:53:20,840
Speaker 1: probably next year as well. All Right, we're coming back

2335
01:53:20,880 --> 01:53:23,280
Speaker 1: with more One Bill's Live, presented by Kalada Health from

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01:53:23,320 --> 01:53:26,599
Speaker 1: the Seneca Studio in Archard Park. This is Buffalo Bills Radio.

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01:53:38,600 --> 01:53:41,080
Speaker 1: Welcome back One Bill's Live. John Murphy, Steve Tasker here

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01:53:41,160 --> 01:53:45,080
Speaker 1: until three. Our Twitter poll today, what's a sure fire

2339
01:53:45,080 --> 01:53:46,920
Speaker 1: away for the Bills offense to get better? What do

2340
01:53:47,000 --> 01:53:48,960
Speaker 1: you think? Let's check the Twitter poll and see what

2341
01:53:49,120 --> 01:53:52,360
Speaker 1: you think. Most people believe that Josh Allen improving is

2342
01:53:52,400 --> 01:53:54,680
Speaker 1: going to be the best way. Fifty eight percent say

2343
01:53:54,800 --> 01:53:57,120
Speaker 1: Josh Allen takes the next step is the best way

2344
01:53:57,160 --> 01:53:59,800
Speaker 1: for the Bills offensive get better. Twenty two percent say

2345
01:54:00,120 --> 01:54:03,559
Speaker 1: agent acquisitions, eighteen percent say get better through the draft

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01:54:03,680 --> 01:54:07,840
Speaker 1: on offense, and two three percent say other let's hear

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01:54:07,880 --> 01:54:10,439
Speaker 1: from you eight o three five fifty toll free one

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01:54:10,640 --> 01:54:13,800
Speaker 1: eight eight eight five fifty two five fifty full lines

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01:54:13,800 --> 01:54:15,920
Speaker 1: are open. The tweet sheet is open, and of course

2350
01:54:15,960 --> 01:54:18,120
Speaker 1: you can always vote in our Twitter poll. The sure

2351
01:54:18,200 --> 01:54:21,240
Speaker 1: fireway for the Buffalo offense to get better this offseason

2352
01:54:21,360 --> 01:54:23,479
Speaker 1: and get better by signing the tight end. Maybe. Greg

2353
01:54:23,600 --> 01:54:27,479
Speaker 1: Olson is reportedly here in Buffalo today visiting with the Bills.

2354
01:54:27,720 --> 01:54:30,160
Speaker 1: He has scheduled to visit Seattle and Washington, may get

2355
01:54:30,160 --> 01:54:33,040
Speaker 1: a visit from Chicago as well. Thirty four years of age,

2356
01:54:34,080 --> 01:54:37,160
Speaker 1: fifty two catches last year five hundred ninety seven yards.

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01:54:37,720 --> 01:54:40,160
Speaker 1: He'll know Brandon Bean when he's here in Buffalo today.

2358
01:54:40,200 --> 01:54:42,480
Speaker 1: He'll know Sean McDermott. He's got a chance to do

2359
01:54:42,680 --> 01:54:47,040
Speaker 1: some TV. But Greg Olson talked to radio station in

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01:54:47,720 --> 01:54:50,560
Speaker 1: Charlotte earlier this week, I think it had to be yesterday,

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01:54:50,840 --> 01:54:52,680
Speaker 1: and he said they probably weren't going to well, they

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01:54:52,720 --> 01:54:54,200
Speaker 1: weren't going to bring him back. That's how he got

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01:54:54,280 --> 01:54:57,240
Speaker 1: free from Carolina Panthers. And he talked about his visits,

2364
01:54:57,280 --> 01:55:01,800
Speaker 1: including the Bills, the Seahawks, the Redskins in Chicago. Here's

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01:55:01,840 --> 01:55:06,160
Speaker 1: what Greg Olsen said about these visits. So many teams

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01:55:06,160 --> 01:55:08,720
Speaker 1: throughout the league present so many different, you know, kind

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01:55:08,760 --> 01:55:10,960
Speaker 1: of unique circumstances, and I think that's part of what

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01:55:11,120 --> 01:55:13,120
Speaker 1: this process is. I mean, you can know the coach,

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01:55:13,640 --> 01:55:16,000
Speaker 1: you can know from playing against the team, but until

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01:55:16,040 --> 01:55:18,400
Speaker 1: you go there and meet the people that you don't

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01:55:18,440 --> 01:55:20,880
Speaker 1: see and you don't you know, the trainers and the

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01:55:20,920 --> 01:55:24,280
Speaker 1: strength coaches and the support staff and what's the city like,

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01:55:24,480 --> 01:55:26,440
Speaker 1: what's you know, there's so many factors that go in,

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01:55:26,600 --> 01:55:30,520
Speaker 1: especially what would be my fourteen season. Um, this is

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01:55:30,600 --> 01:55:32,680
Speaker 1: more than just are they going to throw me the ball?

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01:55:32,840 --> 01:55:34,840
Speaker 1: You know, there's there's so much more that goes into

2377
01:55:35,560 --> 01:55:37,880
Speaker 1: you know, preparing in the off season for us, you know,

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01:55:38,040 --> 01:55:40,400
Speaker 1: for to play in the NFL, and what the summers

2379
01:55:40,440 --> 01:55:42,880
Speaker 1: look like, and what's the practice schedule look like, what

2380
01:55:43,080 --> 01:55:45,760
Speaker 1: kind of strength and conditioning program is there, what resources

2381
01:55:45,800 --> 01:55:48,520
Speaker 1: are there for recovery and and you know, obviously I

2382
01:55:48,680 --> 01:55:51,280
Speaker 1: take all that my training and everything, you know, very

2383
01:55:51,320 --> 01:55:53,400
Speaker 1: seriously in order to play at a high level every year.

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01:55:53,440 --> 01:55:55,640
Speaker 1: So there's there's just so many factors and until you

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01:55:55,720 --> 01:55:58,520
Speaker 1: go there and meet with them, um, it's it's really

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01:55:58,600 --> 01:56:01,160
Speaker 1: hard to say. So that's like I said, that's kind

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01:56:01,200 --> 01:56:03,560
Speaker 1: of part of the process right now is just gathering

2388
01:56:03,600 --> 01:56:06,760
Speaker 1: all that information and then I can lay it all

2389
01:56:06,800 --> 01:56:09,480
Speaker 1: on the table and say what's what's a priority to me,

2390
01:56:09,920 --> 01:56:11,879
Speaker 1: and then I can start kind of checking those boxes

2391
01:56:11,920 --> 01:56:14,440
Speaker 1: as I go. The report that Greg Olsen is visiting

2392
01:56:14,480 --> 01:56:17,040
Speaker 1: with the Bills today, he sounds like a thirty four

2393
01:56:17,120 --> 01:56:19,360
Speaker 1: year old veteran who knows what questions, knows what the

2394
01:56:19,480 --> 01:56:21,800
Speaker 1: right questions are to ask. There's a reason he plays

2395
01:56:21,880 --> 01:56:24,040
Speaker 1: that long in the league because he's got his lights

2396
01:56:24,080 --> 01:56:27,160
Speaker 1: are on, you know. Yeah, and pretty articulate guy. You

2397
01:56:27,200 --> 01:56:29,920
Speaker 1: can also see why he's headed towards the booth when

2398
01:56:30,000 --> 01:56:31,840
Speaker 1: he's done, if it's next year or the year after

2399
01:56:31,960 --> 01:56:37,320
Speaker 1: or whatever. But yeah, that obviously he's seems to have

2400
01:56:37,680 --> 01:56:40,920
Speaker 1: the right what McDermott refers to as the right DNA.

2401
01:56:42,480 --> 01:56:45,720
Speaker 1: We'll see. Well, it'll be interesting to watch his offseason

2402
01:56:45,800 --> 01:56:49,320
Speaker 1: odyssey unfold. The report was that he is going to

2403
01:56:49,400 --> 01:56:51,480
Speaker 1: look around. It's not I don't think the plan is

2404
01:56:51,520 --> 01:56:53,040
Speaker 1: for him to sign what. I don't know what his

2405
01:56:53,120 --> 01:56:54,520
Speaker 1: plan is, but I don't think it's going to be

2406
01:56:54,840 --> 01:56:56,760
Speaker 1: here in Buffalo signed with Buffalo. I think he's going

2407
01:56:56,800 --> 01:56:58,640
Speaker 1: to take a look around. See would Washington has to

2408
01:56:58,720 --> 01:57:02,480
Speaker 1: offer Seattle. Maybe in the Chicago Bears, but he reportedly

2409
01:57:02,600 --> 01:57:05,280
Speaker 1: is here in Buffalo today, a veteran tight end. Greg

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01:57:05,320 --> 01:57:08,480
Speaker 1: Olson making a visit with the Buffalo Bills. All Right,

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01:57:09,960 --> 01:57:11,920
Speaker 1: I want to do true or false NFL truer false, Yeah,

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01:57:11,960 --> 01:57:13,800
Speaker 1: let's do yeah. NFL tru or false is brought to

2413
01:57:13,800 --> 01:57:16,600
Speaker 1: you by Yancey's Fancy New York's artists and Cheese. You

2414
01:57:16,600 --> 01:57:18,360
Speaker 1: can call us up with any of your thoughts on

2415
01:57:18,480 --> 01:57:20,680
Speaker 1: Greg Olson or on how the Bills get better, how

2416
01:57:20,720 --> 01:57:22,600
Speaker 1: the offense gets better. But let's do tour or false.

2417
01:57:23,080 --> 01:57:25,240
Speaker 1: NFL tur or false brought to you by Yancey's Fancy

2418
01:57:25,320 --> 01:57:29,360
Speaker 1: New York's artists and Cheese. True false. An announcement came

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01:57:29,440 --> 01:57:32,240
Speaker 1: yesterday the Jacksonville Jaguars are gonna play two home games

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01:57:32,280 --> 01:57:35,600
Speaker 1: in London. They'll go back to back weeks. A report

2421
01:57:35,720 --> 01:57:39,200
Speaker 1: on Twitter dot com about the Jaguars make about six

2422
01:57:39,280 --> 01:57:42,400
Speaker 1: million dollars per home game in London. They get ticket sales.

2423
01:57:42,440 --> 01:57:44,240
Speaker 1: They also get a portion of the ad revenue, so

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01:57:44,360 --> 01:57:47,360
Speaker 1: they get about twice at thirteen or fourteen million per

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01:57:47,520 --> 01:57:51,720
Speaker 1: game in London. I don't know. Do the Jags play

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01:57:51,720 --> 01:57:54,080
Speaker 1: in two games in London good for the franchise tour

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01:57:54,160 --> 01:57:57,120
Speaker 1: or false. I'll say true, good for the franchise, not

2428
01:57:57,280 --> 01:58:00,280
Speaker 1: so good for Jacksonville. Right, it's good for the franchise. Guys,

2429
01:58:02,200 --> 01:58:05,040
Speaker 1: You're exactly right. And I don't know money thing aside,

2430
01:58:07,760 --> 01:58:14,320
Speaker 1: London is a much more enticing market than Jacksonville, Florida.

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01:58:14,920 --> 01:58:17,560
Speaker 1: U certainly, I don't. I don't know that this owner,

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01:58:17,760 --> 01:58:20,800
Speaker 1: who's owned the club since twenty twelve has much of

2433
01:58:20,920 --> 01:58:26,360
Speaker 1: a you know, loyalty to the north east coast of Florida.

2434
01:58:26,480 --> 01:58:30,360
Speaker 1: But certainly moving or having two of their home games

2435
01:58:30,640 --> 01:58:34,560
Speaker 1: moved across the pond into London says something about where

2436
01:58:34,640 --> 01:58:37,400
Speaker 1: their priorities are and what their intentions are for the future.

2437
01:58:37,440 --> 01:58:39,360
Speaker 1: It'll be interesting to see how it unfolds over the

2438
01:58:39,440 --> 01:58:43,280
Speaker 1: next decade, but certainly the momentum seems to be going

2439
01:58:43,360 --> 01:58:45,960
Speaker 1: more and more across across the Atlantic. I mean, if

2440
01:58:46,000 --> 01:58:48,560
Speaker 1: the Jaguars, well, they'll play two games there and maybe

2441
01:58:48,600 --> 01:58:51,480
Speaker 1: played more in the future. They essentially are poised to

2442
01:58:51,560 --> 01:58:55,960
Speaker 1: become the NFL team in Europe, which is worth so

2443
01:58:56,080 --> 01:58:58,400
Speaker 1: much more than being the NFL team in the northern

2444
01:58:58,440 --> 01:59:01,000
Speaker 1: part of Florida and southern George. You know, what I mean,

2445
01:59:01,120 --> 01:59:03,040
Speaker 1: there's just so much more at stake if you if

2446
01:59:03,080 --> 01:59:06,080
Speaker 1: you get Europe, you're you're big. And how it's got

2447
01:59:06,160 --> 01:59:09,720
Speaker 1: to be attractive to shotkn and the and his ownership

2448
01:59:09,760 --> 01:59:12,760
Speaker 1: group in Jacksonville. They have the chance to be that guy. Yeah,

2449
01:59:13,000 --> 01:59:16,320
Speaker 1: that team. I agree, it's huge and I think shot

2450
01:59:16,440 --> 01:59:19,839
Speaker 1: Khan probably I'm not gonna say it was a conspiracy

2451
01:59:19,920 --> 01:59:21,640
Speaker 1: he's gonna do with the old but it probably unfull.

2452
01:59:21,680 --> 01:59:25,120
Speaker 1: He made a bid to buy the stadium in twenty eighteen,

2453
01:59:26,120 --> 01:59:29,480
Speaker 1: uh and it was unsuccessful. So there's no doubt that

2454
01:59:29,640 --> 01:59:33,280
Speaker 1: his roots in Europe, in London that particular, are growing

2455
01:59:33,360 --> 01:59:37,720
Speaker 1: deeper by the by the year. So yeah, I think

2456
01:59:37,760 --> 01:59:39,400
Speaker 1: it is good for the franchise. I don't know that

2457
01:59:39,480 --> 01:59:44,360
Speaker 1: it's good for the NFL. Certainly it's not good for Jacksonville. Uh,

2458
01:59:45,000 --> 01:59:48,840
Speaker 1: but that all that's all water that we have yet

2459
01:59:48,880 --> 01:59:50,760
Speaker 1: to see go under the bridge where I don't know

2460
01:59:50,800 --> 01:59:53,680
Speaker 1: what the future holds, but certainly it looks like we

2461
01:59:53,760 --> 01:59:56,000
Speaker 1: know this. The league has always wanted to go over there. Well,

2462
01:59:56,080 --> 01:59:58,000
Speaker 1: and that brings up a good point. How do you

2463
01:59:58,080 --> 01:59:59,960
Speaker 1: say it can't be good? It might not be good

2464
02:00:00,120 --> 02:00:04,440
Speaker 1: for the league with this interest they've had for decade

2465
02:00:04,520 --> 02:00:07,360
Speaker 1: or more to expand their horizons. There's no guarantees. There's

2466
02:00:07,360 --> 02:00:10,680
Speaker 1: no guarantees it's gonna work over there. I would think

2467
02:00:10,720 --> 02:00:13,320
Speaker 1: it would. It works now it's well, it seems too

2468
02:00:15,160 --> 02:00:18,000
Speaker 1: yeah for what we know. I mean, one of the

2469
02:00:18,040 --> 02:00:20,680
Speaker 1: big hang apps has been logistics, like how do we

2470
02:00:20,720 --> 02:00:22,840
Speaker 1: get a road team over there? And what do they

2471
02:00:22,880 --> 02:00:24,440
Speaker 1: do when do you have to have a buy before

2472
02:00:24,640 --> 02:00:27,120
Speaker 1: or after a game in London? But they can work

2473
02:00:27,200 --> 02:00:31,040
Speaker 1: through those logistical issues. I think the league can. I

2474
02:00:31,160 --> 02:00:32,800
Speaker 1: think it'd be a bonus for the league. They would

2475
02:00:32,800 --> 02:00:36,240
Speaker 1: have the international U market that they've been craving since

2476
02:00:36,880 --> 02:00:40,400
Speaker 1: well forever, for fifteen years or more. I don't see

2477
02:00:40,400 --> 02:00:42,560
Speaker 1: how it's a bad thing for the league. Might it

2478
02:00:42,680 --> 02:00:44,920
Speaker 1: might not be. It might be great, Um, it might

2479
02:00:45,280 --> 02:00:47,560
Speaker 1: might be tremendous. It might lead to a game a

2480
02:00:47,640 --> 02:00:50,760
Speaker 1: team in London, no question, might lead to a team

2481
02:00:50,800 --> 02:00:56,800
Speaker 1: in Paris, might lead to a team in Berlin. Uh yeah,

2482
02:00:57,640 --> 02:01:00,720
Speaker 1: just so long as it's not this one. Bills aren't

2483
02:01:00,720 --> 02:01:02,960
Speaker 1: going anywhere, all right? NFL True or Falls Part two.

2484
02:01:03,320 --> 02:01:06,600
Speaker 1: The Indianapolis Colts should be interested in bringing in Philip Rivers.

2485
02:01:06,880 --> 02:01:09,440
Speaker 1: NFL Network insider Ian Rappaport says the Colts have an

2486
02:01:09,520 --> 02:01:12,720
Speaker 1: interest in Rivers, although there's a possibility the Chargers put

2487
02:01:12,760 --> 02:01:15,080
Speaker 1: the franchise tag at him. Should the Colts be interested

2488
02:01:15,120 --> 02:01:18,360
Speaker 1: in bringing in Philip Rivers true falls, Oh yeah, yeah,

2489
02:01:18,400 --> 02:01:22,000
Speaker 1: they got a shot at Philip Rivers. Yeah. Over Jacoby Brissett. Absolutely,

2490
02:01:22,040 --> 02:01:23,840
Speaker 1: He's got a history with Frank Wright, the head coach.

2491
02:01:24,200 --> 02:01:28,600
Speaker 1: I still think Philip Rivers can throw the football really well. Certainly,

2492
02:01:28,680 --> 02:01:31,720
Speaker 1: he's limited as an athlete in today's atmosphere. Of all

2493
02:01:31,720 --> 02:01:33,880
Speaker 1: the hot young quarterbacks who can really run around and

2494
02:01:33,920 --> 02:01:37,800
Speaker 1: do it, Philip Rivers is His depth of knowledge and

2495
02:01:37,880 --> 02:01:41,240
Speaker 1: his abilities are there, and he's played for the let's

2496
02:01:41,280 --> 02:01:43,960
Speaker 1: face it, and I don't want to be I mean,

2497
02:01:44,040 --> 02:01:46,480
Speaker 1: I'm the Buffalo Bills are the last people to be elitist.

2498
02:01:46,760 --> 02:01:50,400
Speaker 1: But the San Diego Chargers they're a franchise. That is,

2499
02:01:50,640 --> 02:01:55,200
Speaker 1: they're They're like Cincinnati and Cleveland. No, I disagree, but

2500
02:01:55,240 --> 02:01:57,720
Speaker 1: go ahead and finish your thought. Can't win, well, they're

2501
02:01:57,760 --> 02:01:59,720
Speaker 1: not too far removed from winning and being in the

2502
02:02:00,080 --> 02:02:02,040
Speaker 1: meaningful playoff games. There are only a couple of years

2503
02:02:02,040 --> 02:02:03,880
Speaker 1: away from that. Shoot, they were in the playoffs in

2504
02:02:03,920 --> 02:02:07,040
Speaker 1: twenty eighteen, Steve. They went to Baltimore and laws, what

2505
02:02:07,120 --> 02:02:08,760
Speaker 1: do you mean they can't win? They want a lot

2506
02:02:09,080 --> 02:02:11,360
Speaker 1: they cannot consistently keep. They've had one of the best

2507
02:02:11,480 --> 02:02:14,280
Speaker 1: quarterbacks in the league for fifteen or twenty years. And

2508
02:02:14,920 --> 02:02:18,600
Speaker 1: you tell and I'll just make this point. Eli Manning said,

2509
02:02:18,640 --> 02:02:20,080
Speaker 1: I'm not going to play for those guys because they

2510
02:02:20,120 --> 02:02:23,520
Speaker 1: can't get together in history. And they he traded, He

2511
02:02:23,640 --> 02:02:25,560
Speaker 1: asked for a game day trade. And you're telling me

2512
02:02:25,680 --> 02:02:29,280
Speaker 1: Eli Manning is a better quarterback than Philip Rivers. San

2513
02:02:29,320 --> 02:02:33,080
Speaker 1: Diego got the better part of that deal, and the

2514
02:02:33,200 --> 02:02:36,200
Speaker 1: other guy won two Super Bowls. There's a reason the

2515
02:02:36,280 --> 02:02:38,040
Speaker 1: Giants of the New York Giants and the San Diego

2516
02:02:38,160 --> 02:02:41,800
Speaker 1: Chargers are who they are. No, I think you're overstating it.

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02:02:41,880 --> 02:02:44,200
Speaker 1: They've been had a rough year, but they've been a

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02:02:44,240 --> 02:02:47,040
Speaker 1: playoff team for a couple of years now, and before

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02:02:47,120 --> 02:02:49,520
Speaker 1: that they're playing big playoff games. A big game in

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02:02:49,600 --> 02:02:52,320
Speaker 1: New England with Philip Rivers at quarterback, I think they

2521
02:02:52,440 --> 02:02:55,160
Speaker 1: can win, and I think they will win. And I think,

2522
02:02:55,840 --> 02:02:58,520
Speaker 1: you know, we talked about Brady yesterday going to the Chargers.

2523
02:02:58,720 --> 02:03:01,320
Speaker 1: That would make them an instant contender. I would think

2524
02:03:01,640 --> 02:03:04,400
Speaker 1: in a brand new stadium with a brand new Uh well,

2525
02:03:04,480 --> 02:03:06,839
Speaker 1: they're building a fan base out there in Los Angeles.

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02:03:06,920 --> 02:03:10,040
Speaker 1: I think the Chargers would instantly be a contender if

2527
02:03:10,280 --> 02:03:12,720
Speaker 1: Tom Brady goes out there, and I get it, no question,

2528
02:03:12,840 --> 02:03:15,760
Speaker 1: and they could be, but it'll only be for a year.

2529
02:03:15,960 --> 02:03:18,040
Speaker 1: You can't lump them in with the Bengals. And I mean,

2530
02:03:18,320 --> 02:03:19,920
Speaker 1: by the way, the Bengals are in the playoffs not

2531
02:03:20,000 --> 02:03:22,640
Speaker 1: too long ago either. I mean, look where you are.

2532
02:03:23,040 --> 02:03:25,800
Speaker 1: The Bills just snapped a seventeen year playoff route two

2533
02:03:25,880 --> 02:03:27,640
Speaker 1: years ago. They've gone to the playoffs two of the

2534
02:03:27,760 --> 02:03:29,840
Speaker 1: last three years. That's great. But man, I don't know

2535
02:03:29,920 --> 02:03:32,480
Speaker 1: how you throw stones at like a Chargers team that

2536
02:03:32,600 --> 02:03:37,080
Speaker 1: has been a very good playoff contending team for most

2537
02:03:37,160 --> 02:03:40,600
Speaker 1: of the last decade. They really have been. What's your

2538
02:03:40,640 --> 02:03:44,560
Speaker 1: problems with the Chargers? I think that's my question or leadership.

2539
02:03:45,200 --> 02:03:47,200
Speaker 1: I mean, I think that Anthony lends a fine coach.

2540
02:03:47,240 --> 02:03:51,080
Speaker 1: Anthony Lynn's great, so is Tom Talesco. Yeah that's that

2541
02:03:51,440 --> 02:03:54,680
Speaker 1: I'm talking above that. Okay, same same thing in Cincinnati.

2542
02:03:54,720 --> 02:03:56,320
Speaker 1: It's been that problem there, and it's the same thing

2543
02:03:56,360 --> 02:03:58,040
Speaker 1: in cleand it has been their problem there. It's the

2544
02:03:58,080 --> 02:04:00,640
Speaker 1: same thing in Detroit and Chicago's can't say how you

2545
02:04:00,760 --> 02:04:02,800
Speaker 1: are to throw stones at these teams. We're just coming

2546
02:04:02,840 --> 02:04:05,520
Speaker 1: out of a seventeen year play after out. Yeah, and

2547
02:04:05,600 --> 02:04:09,080
Speaker 1: I'll tell you this too. They had an owner when

2548
02:04:09,160 --> 02:04:14,120
Speaker 1: I retired, he was eighty who Ralph the top quality

2549
02:04:14,200 --> 02:04:17,760
Speaker 1: head coaches were hesitant to do that. This team was

2550
02:04:17,960 --> 02:04:20,640
Speaker 1: hamstrung because there was there was a big feeling around

2551
02:04:21,200 --> 02:04:24,520
Speaker 1: the coaches who became candidates that they didn't want to

2552
02:04:24,560 --> 02:04:27,600
Speaker 1: go in to a situation where the ownership would change

2553
02:04:27,680 --> 02:04:30,880
Speaker 1: during their tenure. The last head you had three or

2554
02:04:30,920 --> 02:04:33,760
Speaker 1: four guys quit. What's that got to do with the Chargers.

2555
02:04:34,360 --> 02:04:36,440
Speaker 1: I'm saying it's the same same problem. You have an

2556
02:04:36,560 --> 02:04:40,800
Speaker 1: uncertain ownership situation where a guy who for all the

2557
02:04:40,960 --> 02:04:42,920
Speaker 1: all of us who loved him, didn't know if he's

2558
02:04:42,920 --> 02:04:45,160
Speaker 1: going to be around the next year. And you got

2559
02:04:45,200 --> 02:04:48,240
Speaker 1: the same thing. Poor ownership who teams just don't can't

2560
02:04:48,240 --> 02:04:51,120
Speaker 1: get out of their own way, like in Cleveland and Cincinnati.

2561
02:04:52,120 --> 02:04:54,280
Speaker 1: I think you're I think you're no. I think the

2562
02:04:54,400 --> 02:04:57,640
Speaker 1: Chargers have not that far removed from being serious contenders.

2563
02:04:57,760 --> 02:04:59,640
Speaker 1: Asked the people in San Diego how good they say

2564
02:05:00,080 --> 02:05:02,240
Speaker 1: a team anymore? Unfortunately, I wish they were stilling in

2565
02:05:02,280 --> 02:05:04,040
Speaker 1: San Diego. They don't have a team. And why is

2566
02:05:04,080 --> 02:05:07,400
Speaker 1: that because their ownership made poor decisions coming down the lunge.

2567
02:05:07,400 --> 02:05:09,840
Speaker 1: They didn't get out ahead of it. Like this. Ralph

2568
02:05:09,920 --> 02:05:11,320
Speaker 1: was at least smart enough to get out ahead of

2569
02:05:11,360 --> 02:05:15,839
Speaker 1: this stadium problem. They started upgrading the stadium ten years

2570
02:05:16,240 --> 02:05:19,520
Speaker 1: before their lease was up. This county and this ownership group,

2571
02:05:19,600 --> 02:05:21,720
Speaker 1: before the Bugoulas, they were way out ahead of it.

2572
02:05:21,840 --> 02:05:24,400
Speaker 1: Ralph was way better at that than anybody else. And

2573
02:05:24,560 --> 02:05:27,800
Speaker 1: that's why this team is still here, because they started

2574
02:05:27,880 --> 02:05:29,360
Speaker 1: laying the ground where you got a good owner who

2575
02:05:29,440 --> 02:05:31,080
Speaker 1: came in and knew it, and they could. They kind

2576
02:05:31,120 --> 02:05:33,560
Speaker 1: of lined up and they started seeing it coming. They

2577
02:05:33,600 --> 02:05:35,880
Speaker 1: get out there, they're out of a stadium. It's like, oh,

2578
02:05:35,920 --> 02:05:37,480
Speaker 1: the lease is up next year. What are we gonna

2579
02:05:37,480 --> 02:05:39,160
Speaker 1: do about the stadium? Well, you just gonna take two

2580
02:05:39,240 --> 02:05:41,400
Speaker 1: billion dollars to build a new one. And now they're

2581
02:05:41,400 --> 02:05:43,680
Speaker 1: out of San Diego. For years about stadiums in Sandy

2582
02:05:43,720 --> 02:05:45,839
Speaker 1: and you talk to the people in San Diego, everybody

2583
02:05:45,880 --> 02:05:48,240
Speaker 1: points the finger at the Spanos fan because he left,

2584
02:05:48,320 --> 02:05:50,600
Speaker 1: He left him hanging. They were pointed before he left

2585
02:05:51,000 --> 02:05:53,080
Speaker 1: let's go to part three of NFL two or falls.

2586
02:05:53,160 --> 02:05:56,200
Speaker 1: The Chiefs should break the bank soon for Patrick Mahomes.

2587
02:05:56,240 --> 02:05:59,040
Speaker 1: We talked with Andrew Brand about this yesterday. He thinks

2588
02:05:59,040 --> 02:06:01,320
Speaker 1: they should do it soon before another elite player has

2589
02:06:01,320 --> 02:06:03,920
Speaker 1: all the leverage or wait. Clark Hunt said last week

2590
02:06:04,000 --> 02:06:06,600
Speaker 1: that they could wait until after the upcoming season to

2591
02:06:06,680 --> 02:06:10,160
Speaker 1: extend him. Um. Yeah, I think they should break the bank. Well,

2592
02:06:10,160 --> 02:06:11,680
Speaker 1: I don't know about break the bank. They should pay

2593
02:06:11,720 --> 02:06:14,080
Speaker 1: Patrick Mahomes and get it done as soon as possible.

2594
02:06:14,120 --> 02:06:17,880
Speaker 1: I'd go true on this. Um, it's it's interesting because

2595
02:06:17,920 --> 02:06:19,520
Speaker 1: they do have a long time to wait. They don't

2596
02:06:19,560 --> 02:06:22,920
Speaker 1: have to pay him right away, but it's not going

2597
02:06:23,000 --> 02:06:26,920
Speaker 1: to get cheaper. In my opinion, what are you gonna

2598
02:06:26,960 --> 02:06:28,960
Speaker 1: do like two years if the team doesn't play that well,

2599
02:06:28,960 --> 02:06:30,800
Speaker 1: if he you know, if his numbers are or like

2600
02:06:30,920 --> 02:06:32,680
Speaker 1: what they were this last year, all of a sudden,

2601
02:06:32,720 --> 02:06:35,880
Speaker 1: he's a worth of a quarterback. The market's going up, up,

2602
02:06:36,000 --> 02:06:38,200
Speaker 1: up up if you know you're gonna sign him, if

2603
02:06:38,200 --> 02:06:39,840
Speaker 1: there's no way you can let him get out the door,

2604
02:06:39,880 --> 02:06:43,520
Speaker 1: do it's quicker rather than later, But it is, but

2605
02:06:43,640 --> 02:06:46,400
Speaker 1: they don't have to they can wait. The guy's on

2606
02:06:46,480 --> 02:06:48,280
Speaker 1: his still on his rookie deal, and he's got a

2607
02:06:48,320 --> 02:06:50,120
Speaker 1: five year deal. You can wait for as long as

2608
02:06:50,160 --> 02:06:53,280
Speaker 1: you could, you can franchise him or whatever, but sooner

2609
02:06:53,400 --> 02:06:55,560
Speaker 1: or later you have to pony up. And the market's

2610
02:06:55,560 --> 02:06:58,680
Speaker 1: not gonna go down. So I would say get him

2611
02:06:58,720 --> 02:07:01,120
Speaker 1: now for as much as you can and for as

2612
02:07:01,160 --> 02:07:03,320
Speaker 1: little as you can, and live with it. Three years

2613
02:07:03,360 --> 02:07:05,760
Speaker 1: down the road's totally going to go up. The market's

2614
02:07:05,800 --> 02:07:08,160
Speaker 1: only going to go up, and he's not going anywhere.

2615
02:07:08,240 --> 02:07:10,960
Speaker 1: You cannot let that guy out of the door. All right,

2616
02:07:11,000 --> 02:07:12,640
Speaker 1: There you go. NFL True or false brought to you

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Speaker 1: by Yancy's Fancy, New York's Artists and Cheese. Thanks to

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Speaker 1: Yancy's Fancy, you're helping us through that. Let's take a

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02:07:18,960 --> 02:07:21,640
Speaker 1: call here from Dan in Lockport. Hello, Dan, you're on

2620
02:07:21,680 --> 02:07:25,160
Speaker 1: the air. Go ahead, Hey guys. Thanks Steve. I usually

2621
02:07:25,600 --> 02:07:27,600
Speaker 1: love your analysis and agree with you, but you're wrong

2622
02:07:27,640 --> 02:07:30,400
Speaker 1: on the Chargers. Man. The Chargers are in my mind,

2623
02:07:30,640 --> 02:07:34,560
Speaker 1: Tennessee and Houston. They're a team that will get seven, eight,

2624
02:07:34,760 --> 02:07:38,560
Speaker 1: nine wins a year, contend for the playoffs occasionally. They're

2625
02:07:38,600 --> 02:07:41,040
Speaker 1: not a great franchise. They're not. They're not you know

2626
02:07:41,160 --> 02:07:45,000
Speaker 1: what I call the true contender every year, but you

2627
02:07:45,400 --> 02:07:50,000
Speaker 1: can't put them with Cincinnati and Cleveland and unfortunately the Bills.

2628
02:07:50,440 --> 02:07:53,840
Speaker 1: It's just they've had Rivers, they've had Gates, they've had

2629
02:07:53,880 --> 02:07:57,240
Speaker 1: some talent. They've underperformed at times. But to say that

2630
02:07:57,400 --> 02:08:00,560
Speaker 1: like the Chargers are the dregs of the league, it's

2631
02:08:00,640 --> 02:08:04,280
Speaker 1: just that's not a fair assessment. They may be swimming

2632
02:08:04,360 --> 02:08:07,280
Speaker 1: a little bit right now in LA, trying to find

2633
02:08:07,320 --> 02:08:10,480
Speaker 1: their way, being overpowered by the big brother Rams, but

2634
02:08:10,960 --> 02:08:13,440
Speaker 1: but there's there's no way we can group them in

2635
02:08:13,560 --> 02:08:17,920
Speaker 1: with Cincinnati and Cleveland. Why there's better out there or

2636
02:08:18,000 --> 02:08:21,200
Speaker 1: what they've won more. I think that I think the

2637
02:08:21,320 --> 02:08:24,360
Speaker 1: right pull the record pull, Look at the talent, look

2638
02:08:24,400 --> 02:08:26,320
Speaker 1: at some of the things they've done. They went from

2639
02:08:26,400 --> 02:08:29,400
Speaker 1: Breeze to Rivers, back to back quarterbacks. They've had some

2640
02:08:29,520 --> 02:08:31,400
Speaker 1: good talent out there and they've had some good seasons.

2641
02:08:31,720 --> 02:08:33,600
Speaker 1: I obviously don't have the stands in front of me,

2642
02:08:33,680 --> 02:08:36,960
Speaker 1: but look at the playoff appearances over the last nineteen years.

2643
02:08:37,040 --> 02:08:42,240
Speaker 1: The Bills have two, Cincinnati has probably six, Cleveland has one,

2644
02:08:42,640 --> 02:08:45,280
Speaker 1: and I guarantee if San Diego has more than than

2645
02:08:45,760 --> 02:08:48,960
Speaker 1: Cincinnati in that time frame, and probably a better winning record.

2646
02:08:49,480 --> 02:08:52,400
Speaker 1: I just you look at at the franchise as a whole.

2647
02:08:52,680 --> 02:08:58,480
Speaker 1: It's not about location. It's about perception and how they perform.

2648
02:08:58,600 --> 02:09:00,480
Speaker 1: And that's why I tell you. You know, when you

2649
02:09:00,680 --> 02:09:03,720
Speaker 1: think about Houston at Tennessee, I think about teams that

2650
02:09:04,640 --> 02:09:07,200
Speaker 1: are middle of the road, and that's definitely a San

2651
02:09:07,280 --> 02:09:12,240
Speaker 1: Diego where San Diego falls to me. All right, thank you, Dan.

2652
02:09:12,480 --> 02:09:15,560
Speaker 1: The chart. The Cincinnati Bengals went to the playoffs four

2653
02:09:15,640 --> 02:09:20,720
Speaker 1: straight years. The Chargers are two years removed from a

2654
02:09:20,760 --> 02:09:23,440
Speaker 1: twelve win season, Steve. They won nine the year before that.

2655
02:09:24,480 --> 02:09:29,640
Speaker 1: They had nine win seasons through the two ten decade nine.

2656
02:09:29,640 --> 02:09:31,840
Speaker 1: And they've got a great atmosphere at their home games too.

2657
02:09:31,920 --> 02:09:34,040
Speaker 1: They won thirteen games in two thousand and nine. I

2658
02:09:34,040 --> 02:09:36,680
Speaker 1: don't mind their atmosphere of home games. It's small, listen,

2659
02:09:36,720 --> 02:09:38,520
Speaker 1: I get it. It's a cyclical business that in the

2660
02:09:38,600 --> 02:09:41,280
Speaker 1: league set up to help teams who are poor. They

2661
02:09:41,680 --> 02:09:44,440
Speaker 1: you know, they draft high, they get good players. And

2662
02:09:44,920 --> 02:09:48,080
Speaker 1: they drafted Philip Rivers sixteen well actually they were the

2663
02:09:48,160 --> 02:09:52,360
Speaker 1: benefit of a draft day trade sixteen years ago, and

2664
02:09:52,400 --> 02:09:54,360
Speaker 1: they gave him one of the great quarterbacks of his era,

2665
02:09:55,360 --> 02:09:57,480
Speaker 1: right after they kicked the other guy to the curb,

2666
02:09:58,320 --> 02:10:04,000
Speaker 1: Philip Drew Brees, you know, I don't know. I just

2667
02:10:06,200 --> 02:10:10,680
Speaker 1: there chronically come up short. Okay, we got a breakcare

2668
02:10:10,720 --> 02:10:13,040
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Speaker 1: Nothing comes close from today's show. It is brought to

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2672
02:10:40,960 --> 02:10:43,080
Speaker 1: the Buffalo Bills. And it's a It's a legitimate question,

2673
02:10:43,200 --> 02:10:45,040
Speaker 1: what have we learned from today's show? That's why we

2674
02:10:45,520 --> 02:10:47,880
Speaker 1: end every show by asking this question. So what have

2675
02:10:47,960 --> 02:10:51,000
Speaker 1: we learn from today's show? Chris brown joined us earlier

2676
02:10:51,080 --> 02:10:53,960
Speaker 1: on and we talked about Tommy Sweeney and the impact

2677
02:10:54,040 --> 02:10:56,240
Speaker 1: he might have on the Bill's roster, the seventh round

2678
02:10:56,280 --> 02:10:58,080
Speaker 1: draft pick to tight end from Boston College. Here's what

2679
02:10:58,160 --> 02:11:02,240
Speaker 1: Brownie said. I think what Tommy Sweeney is is a

2680
02:11:02,360 --> 02:11:04,240
Speaker 1: jack of all trades. He's a guy that can do

2681
02:11:04,400 --> 02:11:07,120
Speaker 1: just about everything. I don't think he's great at any

2682
02:11:07,200 --> 02:11:09,000
Speaker 1: one thing, but he's good at a lot of things.

2683
02:11:09,520 --> 02:11:11,680
Speaker 1: And you can carve out a ten year career in

2684
02:11:11,720 --> 02:11:14,480
Speaker 1: the NFL doing that. You may never be the number

2685
02:11:14,520 --> 02:11:17,360
Speaker 1: one guy, but you'll have a job in the NFL

2686
02:11:17,440 --> 02:11:18,720
Speaker 1: for a long time if you can do a lot

2687
02:11:18,760 --> 02:11:21,840
Speaker 1: of things well. And I think he's sneaky good in

2688
02:11:21,880 --> 02:11:24,040
Speaker 1: the passing game. He got great hands. I mean, he

2689
02:11:24,520 --> 02:11:27,880
Speaker 1: never drops the ball. His routes are reliable. If you

2690
02:11:27,960 --> 02:11:31,400
Speaker 1: talk to the quarterbacks on this roster, they trust him.

2691
02:11:31,680 --> 02:11:35,800
Speaker 1: He does not have busts when he's running routes. I

2692
02:11:35,920 --> 02:11:39,760
Speaker 1: think he reads coverage well and he makes plays. I

2693
02:11:39,920 --> 02:11:42,040
Speaker 1: just think there's a numbers game at work here that

2694
02:11:42,240 --> 02:11:45,280
Speaker 1: is going to limit his opportunities on the field. But

2695
02:11:45,440 --> 02:11:47,520
Speaker 1: I don't think that means that he's not fit to

2696
02:11:47,600 --> 02:11:50,000
Speaker 1: be on this roster. I always wanted to be sneaky

2697
02:11:50,040 --> 02:11:53,080
Speaker 1: good at something. Also on the show today, Dan Pompey

2698
02:11:53,200 --> 02:11:55,200
Speaker 1: from the Athletic dot Com. He spent the week as

2699
02:11:55,240 --> 02:11:58,200
Speaker 1: a pool reporter at Super Bowl fifty four covering the

2700
02:11:58,280 --> 02:12:00,760
Speaker 1: Kansas City Chiefs, and he talked about Andy Reid how

2701
02:12:00,800 --> 02:12:03,160
Speaker 1: his approach was pretty similar to his first trip to

2702
02:12:03,200 --> 02:12:07,560
Speaker 1: the Super Bowl many years ago with the Philadelphia Eagles. Yeah,

2703
02:12:07,640 --> 02:12:10,360
Speaker 1: he really didn't make many changes at all. I mean,

2704
02:12:10,440 --> 02:12:12,600
Speaker 1: I think one of the things that he tried to

2705
02:12:12,680 --> 02:12:15,880
Speaker 1: do was bring in some outside voices to speak with

2706
02:12:15,960 --> 02:12:19,120
Speaker 1: the team. And give them, you know, maybe a perspective

2707
02:12:19,160 --> 02:12:21,480
Speaker 1: that was a little fresh or different. You know, when

2708
02:12:21,680 --> 02:12:25,040
Speaker 1: when a group of players here as a coach speaking

2709
02:12:25,120 --> 02:12:27,560
Speaker 1: every day for an entire season, then it goes into

2710
02:12:27,640 --> 02:12:30,600
Speaker 1: the postseason, all the playoffs and kind of Super Bowl.

2711
02:12:31,280 --> 02:12:34,560
Speaker 1: You know, sometimes it's easy to tune the guy out

2712
02:12:34,680 --> 02:12:38,760
Speaker 1: or maybe you know, not thinks so much about his words.

2713
02:12:39,240 --> 02:12:41,880
Speaker 1: So one of the things that Andy Reid did was

2714
02:12:42,640 --> 02:12:45,520
Speaker 1: bring in some guys to speak, and he brought in

2715
02:12:45,640 --> 02:12:48,720
Speaker 1: two of his former players, Donovan McNabb and Brett Barb

2716
02:12:48,800 --> 02:12:52,480
Speaker 1: and also Jimmy Johnson, who was recently voted into the

2717
02:12:52,520 --> 02:12:55,720
Speaker 1: Pro Football Hall of Fame. When you're in the Super Bowl,

2718
02:12:55,760 --> 02:12:58,879
Speaker 1: force streight years to marve ever, bring in outsiders, anybody,

2719
02:12:58,920 --> 02:13:00,920
Speaker 1: become a special guest to talk to the team. Do

2720
02:13:00,960 --> 02:13:05,200
Speaker 1: you recall, Wow, it's hard. Did a lot did some

2721
02:13:05,400 --> 02:13:13,040
Speaker 1: in the preseason, preseason big celebs? Nobody would that? Would

2722
02:13:13,080 --> 02:13:15,520
Speaker 1: you would that resonate with players? Would that mean anything?

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Speaker 1: It depends on their message, you know, certainly depends on

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Speaker 1: how quality their message wasn't if it resonated. But yeah, sure,

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Speaker 1: I'll never forget the year he was here. Ed Reid,

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Speaker 1: former Raven Won a Super Bowl with the Ravens won two.

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Speaker 1: Actually with the Ravens, right. Edreid talk about when Muhammad

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Speaker 1: Ali came to talk to the Ravens at practice. Once

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Speaker 1: said it just knocked blew the place away. He said,

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Speaker 1: it was unbelievable. It's very good memory from Edward. Want

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