1 00:00:06,840 --> 00:00:09,960 Speaker 1: At a Steve Tasker who has been all all over 2 00:00:10,080 --> 00:00:11,760 Speaker 1: the field. Kind of unique. He was kind of a 3 00:00:11,800 --> 00:00:18,400 Speaker 1: dual roll flighter for you, Steve, a blimp. We're not 4 00:00:18,480 --> 00:00:26,440 Speaker 1: even in the strated beer of normalcy. Happy Saint Patrick's Day, everybody, 5 00:00:26,760 --> 00:00:29,760 Speaker 1: to all of you of Irish descent and those that 6 00:00:29,880 --> 00:00:32,920 Speaker 1: just like celebrating the day in general, have a happy 7 00:00:32,920 --> 00:00:35,479 Speaker 1: Saint Patrick's Day. I just got my I got my 8 00:00:35,520 --> 00:00:37,279 Speaker 1: little marker here, Steve. I don't know if you can 9 00:00:37,280 --> 00:00:39,320 Speaker 1: see it on the television for our MST view is 10 00:00:39,640 --> 00:00:43,400 Speaker 1: brought a little little clover in for everybody. Well, no, 11 00:00:43,560 --> 00:00:46,000 Speaker 1: because we have a green screen behind us. As you 12 00:00:46,000 --> 00:00:48,559 Speaker 1: know the secrets of television, we would have looked like 13 00:00:48,600 --> 00:00:51,080 Speaker 1: floating heads. If you know. We wore green shirts on 14 00:00:51,320 --> 00:00:54,800 Speaker 1: set today. Oh you went with the green socks. Okay, 15 00:00:55,000 --> 00:00:57,000 Speaker 1: I have green socks on so you gotta do some 16 00:00:57,200 --> 00:00:59,120 Speaker 1: green boxer shorts. That's about as good as I can do. 17 00:00:59,200 --> 00:01:01,120 Speaker 1: I'll take your word for it. Yeah, I'm not letting 18 00:01:01,160 --> 00:01:04,920 Speaker 1: you a check still though I always want to. You know, 19 00:01:04,959 --> 00:01:06,800 Speaker 1: I'm not Irish. I don't, at least you're not. I 20 00:01:06,840 --> 00:01:08,280 Speaker 1: don't think. I don't know. Maybe I have maybe a 21 00:01:08,280 --> 00:01:10,520 Speaker 1: little somewhere down a task you could pass for Irish 22 00:01:10,600 --> 00:01:14,039 Speaker 1: name one of those uh what do you call it? Unetic? 23 00:01:16,840 --> 00:01:19,319 Speaker 1: But still send it in still a happy day, I 24 00:01:19,360 --> 00:01:24,400 Speaker 1: think I generally I'm a quarter Irish. Yes, that's where rundown. 25 00:01:24,400 --> 00:01:26,480 Speaker 1: What is it? Quarter Iris had a large percentage? Or 26 00:01:26,480 --> 00:01:29,240 Speaker 1: do you have like I'm twenty five percent Irish, I'm 27 00:01:29,240 --> 00:01:32,520 Speaker 1: twenty five percent Swiss and I am half Italian. So 28 00:01:32,720 --> 00:01:35,600 Speaker 1: though that's the breakdown essentially, did you do one of 29 00:01:35,600 --> 00:01:38,600 Speaker 1: those or do you just just I did probably about 30 00:01:38,680 --> 00:01:42,080 Speaker 1: five or six years ago, and it were it was 31 00:01:42,120 --> 00:01:45,000 Speaker 1: fairly accurate in terms of pegging me. I mean, I 32 00:01:45,040 --> 00:01:48,840 Speaker 1: we have I gotta say it. We have pretty good 33 00:01:49,760 --> 00:01:54,160 Speaker 1: family history records stuff because my whole family on both 34 00:01:54,160 --> 00:01:57,720 Speaker 1: sides emigrated through New York City where they kept good records. 35 00:01:57,920 --> 00:02:03,120 Speaker 1: Yeah this island. Yeah, just my grandmother on my mom's 36 00:02:03,120 --> 00:02:05,440 Speaker 1: side came over on the boat in nineteen twenty one. 37 00:02:05,480 --> 00:02:07,960 Speaker 1: I know the name of the ship. I've got a picture. 38 00:02:08,120 --> 00:02:10,120 Speaker 1: It's really cool. It is cool stuff Like if you 39 00:02:10,160 --> 00:02:12,360 Speaker 1: get into that stuff, it's it's pretty cool. But she 40 00:02:12,440 --> 00:02:16,600 Speaker 1: came over with her mom and her brother and her dad. 41 00:02:16,680 --> 00:02:19,000 Speaker 1: The way they used to do it was the dad 42 00:02:19,080 --> 00:02:23,280 Speaker 1: used to come over first, find work and make enough money, 43 00:02:23,800 --> 00:02:27,560 Speaker 1: send money back to the mother country so to pay 44 00:02:27,600 --> 00:02:29,120 Speaker 1: for the trip to get the rest of the family 45 00:02:29,120 --> 00:02:31,960 Speaker 1: back over here. So yeah, that's they didn't like it. 46 00:02:32,160 --> 00:02:35,280 Speaker 1: Thousands of people did it. Yeah. And then the other 47 00:02:35,280 --> 00:02:37,440 Speaker 1: side of my family, the Irish and the Swiss side, 48 00:02:37,480 --> 00:02:41,040 Speaker 1: was here even before that, so not I don't believe 49 00:02:41,400 --> 00:02:44,560 Speaker 1: pre Civil war though, post civil war, but yeah, so 50 00:02:45,520 --> 00:02:47,799 Speaker 1: I gotta I gotta checked, because the one thing that's 51 00:02:47,880 --> 00:02:50,480 Speaker 1: unclear is when they got when that the brown side 52 00:02:50,480 --> 00:02:53,320 Speaker 1: of my family got over here, because it's unclear. We 53 00:02:53,360 --> 00:02:56,400 Speaker 1: don't have an exact year time, so I we're guessing 54 00:02:56,480 --> 00:02:59,880 Speaker 1: post civil war, but not sure, so we'll have to see. Anyway, 55 00:03:00,000 --> 00:03:02,320 Speaker 1: I didn't have anybody in the Revolutionary War or anything 56 00:03:02,360 --> 00:03:06,079 Speaker 1: around here, so I just wish you instead of that's right, 57 00:03:07,680 --> 00:03:10,720 Speaker 1: Patrick's Day. I'm sure my ancestors would be rather disappointed 58 00:03:10,720 --> 00:03:13,800 Speaker 1: in me because I am not a big drinker. But yeah, 59 00:03:15,840 --> 00:03:18,639 Speaker 1: there's only you. Is it disappointment? You give him a 60 00:03:18,680 --> 00:03:20,440 Speaker 1: beer and he's gone, What do you get he won't 61 00:03:20,480 --> 00:03:25,600 Speaker 1: even drink the disappointment? Yeah, sure, But in any event, Yes, 62 00:03:25,680 --> 00:03:31,680 Speaker 1: happy Saint Patrick's Day. Everybody out there king pretty uh, 63 00:03:32,040 --> 00:03:35,400 Speaker 1: universally well thought of. I mean, it's not much to 64 00:03:36,400 --> 00:03:39,720 Speaker 1: the holiday we're talking about here, I think, yeah, I 65 00:03:39,760 --> 00:03:42,160 Speaker 1: mean I don't. I'm not going to profess to know 66 00:03:42,360 --> 00:03:46,160 Speaker 1: if it's celebrated in every country, but it's celebrated here. 67 00:03:46,160 --> 00:03:51,320 Speaker 1: I know, well, yes, yes, so so there's that, uh, 68 00:03:51,360 --> 00:03:54,720 Speaker 1: and you know it's it's a green day, and and 69 00:03:54,760 --> 00:03:57,480 Speaker 1: it's most notably a green day. Steve for one, Trent 70 00:03:57,640 --> 00:04:00,960 Speaker 1: Williams of the San Francisco forty nine ers given the 71 00:04:01,080 --> 00:04:06,520 Speaker 1: NUM six years, one hundred and thirty eight million dollars 72 00:04:07,200 --> 00:04:14,200 Speaker 1: fifty five million guaranteed. I mean, for holy crow, wouldn't 73 00:04:14,200 --> 00:04:17,040 Speaker 1: you be right? I can't even, I really just can't even. 74 00:04:17,160 --> 00:04:20,200 Speaker 1: Wouldn't you be tempted? Picture these numbers in my head? Anymore? 75 00:04:20,320 --> 00:04:23,880 Speaker 1: Like would you be tempted, though, just to buy an island? Seriously? 76 00:04:24,440 --> 00:04:26,360 Speaker 1: Just say what? You know? Your shot? Wouldn't it be? 77 00:04:26,400 --> 00:04:29,000 Speaker 1: You know? Just say, I wonder what that costs. I 78 00:04:29,080 --> 00:04:31,760 Speaker 1: am going to go out on a limb here and 79 00:04:31,839 --> 00:04:36,279 Speaker 1: say he's gone before the halfway mark of that deal 80 00:04:37,000 --> 00:04:40,320 Speaker 1: is he's turning thirty four in July or so? It 81 00:04:40,320 --> 00:04:44,000 Speaker 1: would be forty well, I mean yeah, I mean, we've 82 00:04:44,000 --> 00:04:47,640 Speaker 1: seen guys play offensive line in Andrew is an exception 83 00:04:47,680 --> 00:04:52,280 Speaker 1: into their late forties, late thirties. You know, Jason Peters 84 00:04:52,320 --> 00:04:54,480 Speaker 1: done it, has done it. He played this last year 85 00:04:54,480 --> 00:04:56,760 Speaker 1: and he's like what thirty nine. I mean Trent Williams 86 00:04:56,800 --> 00:04:59,240 Speaker 1: is in that class. Don't get me wrong, but man, yeah, 87 00:04:59,279 --> 00:05:03,400 Speaker 1: he's there physically different fifty five guaranteed, I mean, good 88 00:05:03,400 --> 00:05:05,600 Speaker 1: for him. He's probably pulling the rip cord in twenty 89 00:05:05,640 --> 00:05:08,320 Speaker 1: twenty three. I gotta think getting after years, after the 90 00:05:08,320 --> 00:05:11,120 Speaker 1: twenty twenty three season, it's like, yeah, I'm jumping out 91 00:05:11,120 --> 00:05:13,240 Speaker 1: of the playing guys. It's been nice. Here's what'll happen 92 00:05:13,240 --> 00:05:15,680 Speaker 1: picking my fifty five. They'll continue and getting out of here, 93 00:05:15,720 --> 00:05:18,040 Speaker 1: they'll probably here's here's what he's thinking. They're gonna stay healthy, 94 00:05:18,040 --> 00:05:20,000 Speaker 1: they'll get back probably, you know, maybe get a chance 95 00:05:20,000 --> 00:05:22,560 Speaker 1: to win the Super Bowl this year. He'll have one 96 00:05:22,600 --> 00:05:24,640 Speaker 1: more year after that to like, you know, take it 97 00:05:24,680 --> 00:05:27,839 Speaker 1: out of gear, and then he'll like pull the rip cord. Right. 98 00:05:28,440 --> 00:05:30,080 Speaker 1: There's no way he's seeing the end of that deal. 99 00:05:30,360 --> 00:05:32,920 Speaker 1: He won't. Don't think he'll see four years of it. 100 00:05:34,920 --> 00:05:38,360 Speaker 1: Three three, I think tops. I don't feel he gets 101 00:05:38,400 --> 00:05:41,080 Speaker 1: to year four, you know, no, but thinking about it, 102 00:05:41,080 --> 00:05:43,640 Speaker 1: when we get the year four with the new TV deals, 103 00:05:44,080 --> 00:05:47,440 Speaker 1: that deal may be like, wow, that's a bargain even 104 00:05:47,480 --> 00:05:52,160 Speaker 1: for thirty eight year old. I mean, guys are playing later, 105 00:05:52,200 --> 00:05:56,039 Speaker 1: and it's impressive because with all the leaning on each 106 00:05:56,080 --> 00:05:59,479 Speaker 1: other and the heavy bodies down in there, even a 107 00:05:59,520 --> 00:06:01,960 Speaker 1: guy his size. You know, I know it's true. It 108 00:06:02,360 --> 00:06:05,000 Speaker 1: just crying. I know it's true. For quarterbacks, they protect 109 00:06:05,000 --> 00:06:06,919 Speaker 1: those guys. And now you got a guy playing in 110 00:06:06,960 --> 00:06:11,840 Speaker 1: these forty three. Drew Brees just left, he's forty. Roethlisberger's 111 00:06:11,880 --> 00:06:16,320 Speaker 1: coming back at thirty nine. You know, Philip Rivers just 112 00:06:16,480 --> 00:06:21,160 Speaker 1: this offseason decided he was gonna quit at what thirty eight? 113 00:06:21,240 --> 00:06:25,440 Speaker 1: Thirty nine? Now, so I it's taken its toll on 114 00:06:25,520 --> 00:06:28,160 Speaker 1: the ability, and I say take a toll. It's actually 115 00:06:28,240 --> 00:06:33,640 Speaker 1: benefited guys at that position because there's no way you 116 00:06:33,760 --> 00:06:37,840 Speaker 1: play past thirty five back in nineteen seventies, well not 117 00:06:37,960 --> 00:06:42,040 Speaker 1: on those surfaces, those turf surfaces with the rules. Have 118 00:06:41,680 --> 00:06:44,960 Speaker 1: you seen film with those guys, it's a bar fight. 119 00:06:45,839 --> 00:06:49,279 Speaker 1: They you don't last. So I you know, for whatever 120 00:06:49,279 --> 00:06:50,840 Speaker 1: it's worth, and I don't care, I mean, I think 121 00:06:50,839 --> 00:06:53,479 Speaker 1: it's great. The longer these great players can play, great, 122 00:06:53,520 --> 00:06:56,040 Speaker 1: it's more fun to watch the game. So but there's 123 00:06:56,080 --> 00:06:59,520 Speaker 1: no question it's benefited, particularly the guys at that spot, 124 00:07:00,040 --> 00:07:05,200 Speaker 1: at that position. Free agent news around the league. I'm 125 00:07:05,200 --> 00:07:09,520 Speaker 1: taking particular pleasure, Steve in watching the Dolphins and the 126 00:07:09,600 --> 00:07:13,000 Speaker 1: Patriots signed players away from one another. Yeah, it's like 127 00:07:13,040 --> 00:07:16,080 Speaker 1: a tit for tat thing in full effect now. And 128 00:07:16,160 --> 00:07:23,240 Speaker 1: it happened again today because we saw that the Patriots 129 00:07:23,240 --> 00:07:29,720 Speaker 1: signed Devon Godshaw, the defensive tackle, away from Miami. The 130 00:07:29,880 --> 00:07:36,400 Speaker 1: very next day, the Dolphins sign Adam Butler away from 131 00:07:37,080 --> 00:07:38,960 Speaker 1: I believe that's who they hold on. Let me double 132 00:07:39,040 --> 00:07:40,760 Speaker 1: check here, because there's been so many signings I've been 133 00:07:40,760 --> 00:07:42,080 Speaker 1: trying to keep track of. I want to make sure 134 00:07:42,080 --> 00:07:44,640 Speaker 1: I have this right. Yes, Adam Butler signs a two 135 00:07:44,720 --> 00:07:48,160 Speaker 1: year deal with Miami. He's the defensive tackle from New England. 136 00:07:48,680 --> 00:07:53,280 Speaker 1: And then a year after the Dolphins signed center Ted 137 00:07:53,400 --> 00:07:55,760 Speaker 1: Carris away from New England, he goes back and signs 138 00:07:55,760 --> 00:07:58,560 Speaker 1: with New England after spending a year in Miami. And 139 00:07:58,640 --> 00:08:02,800 Speaker 1: so I am enjoying this. Keep doing that, you guys, 140 00:08:02,880 --> 00:08:07,160 Speaker 1: keep concerning yourselves with one another, and uh, it'll be 141 00:08:07,240 --> 00:08:11,200 Speaker 1: it'll be great. If David Andrews the Center for New England, 142 00:08:12,000 --> 00:08:13,840 Speaker 1: they're not going to spend the Yeah, they're not going 143 00:08:13,880 --> 00:08:15,320 Speaker 1: to keep him. They're not going to keep him. If 144 00:08:15,320 --> 00:08:17,640 Speaker 1: he goes to Miami, then we'll have to get wet 145 00:08:17,640 --> 00:08:19,840 Speaker 1: to get the commissioner involved. Then it's it's on like 146 00:08:19,960 --> 00:08:25,320 Speaker 1: Donkey Kong. So it's a little bit and it's creepy incestuously. Yeah, 147 00:08:25,360 --> 00:08:27,560 Speaker 1: it's it's it's kind of getting to that point kind 148 00:08:27,560 --> 00:08:29,560 Speaker 1: of I would agree with that. I'm so with you. 149 00:08:29,720 --> 00:08:33,199 Speaker 1: So yeah, it's uh, I'm just glad the Bills aren't involved. 150 00:08:34,040 --> 00:08:37,319 Speaker 1: Uh so, yeah, so there's involved. We signed well there 151 00:08:37,679 --> 00:08:39,920 Speaker 1: there's reported that they're trying to sign the pun or Hack. 152 00:08:40,000 --> 00:08:42,760 Speaker 1: That's not official yet, but if that, he's agreed terms, 153 00:08:42,880 --> 00:08:46,000 Speaker 1: agreed to terms. But yeah, nothing's official has been reported, right, 154 00:08:46,040 --> 00:08:48,200 Speaker 1: And same thing with the rest of the guys that 155 00:08:48,240 --> 00:08:50,320 Speaker 1: the Bills are involved. There's a report out there about 156 00:08:50,360 --> 00:08:53,080 Speaker 1: Emmanuel Sanders agreeing on a one year deal. There's a 157 00:08:53,120 --> 00:08:56,559 Speaker 1: report on the Bills trading Lee Smith to the Falcons 158 00:08:56,640 --> 00:09:01,040 Speaker 1: for a late draft choice next year. So we'll just 159 00:09:01,120 --> 00:09:03,040 Speaker 1: wait for all those ducks to get in a row. 160 00:09:03,400 --> 00:09:05,559 Speaker 1: None of that's all none of it's reported, but none 161 00:09:05,559 --> 00:09:08,600 Speaker 1: of none of it's been fed by the team. Nobody's Yeah, um, 162 00:09:08,720 --> 00:09:11,280 Speaker 1: the zach Ertz is out there and he's been Oh 163 00:09:11,320 --> 00:09:14,760 Speaker 1: my god, was that getting social media momentum last so 164 00:09:14,880 --> 00:09:17,120 Speaker 1: delicious as you see that because zach Ertz now is 165 00:09:17,160 --> 00:09:20,360 Speaker 1: doing the thing that jj Watt did where he likes 166 00:09:20,480 --> 00:09:22,800 Speaker 1: Josh Allen on Instagram and then you know, and he 167 00:09:23,760 --> 00:09:27,080 Speaker 1: posts something with the Bills liking it, and so he's 168 00:09:27,080 --> 00:09:30,120 Speaker 1: just he's absolutely thrown gas. It was. It was pretty 169 00:09:30,120 --> 00:09:33,680 Speaker 1: funny last night, is because you know, just watching I 170 00:09:33,720 --> 00:09:36,080 Speaker 1: mean everybody, I mean, I'll throw myself in this, but 171 00:09:36,120 --> 00:09:40,559 Speaker 1: like local media, everybody's just scrambling to verify what's verifiable 172 00:09:40,600 --> 00:09:43,679 Speaker 1: and what's not and you know, you fake account try 173 00:09:43,720 --> 00:09:46,040 Speaker 1: to look carefully. Oh there was some face social media 174 00:09:46,040 --> 00:09:49,240 Speaker 1: accounts flying around out there last night, you know. And 175 00:09:49,280 --> 00:09:51,640 Speaker 1: it's all in good fun because we none of this 176 00:09:51,840 --> 00:09:54,000 Speaker 1: is gonna be official or anything, but there's no question 177 00:09:54,040 --> 00:09:56,559 Speaker 1: it's really true. It's been reported and confirmed that zach 178 00:09:56,679 --> 00:09:59,800 Speaker 1: Ertz is being has been allowed to seek a trade. Yes, 179 00:10:00,040 --> 00:10:02,280 Speaker 1: so there's a ton of teams involved, not It's not 180 00:10:02,320 --> 00:10:04,000 Speaker 1: just Buffalo Bills and nobody else there's a lot of 181 00:10:04,040 --> 00:10:08,520 Speaker 1: teams involved, and we know this. Bills kicked the tires 182 00:10:08,520 --> 00:10:10,880 Speaker 1: on all of that. I mean, they always usually they 183 00:10:11,040 --> 00:10:12,480 Speaker 1: least you pick up the phone and say hey, what 184 00:10:12,559 --> 00:10:14,400 Speaker 1: about it, and they think, you know, whether that's not 185 00:10:14,440 --> 00:10:18,600 Speaker 1: for us, hang up the phone. But zach Ertz has 186 00:10:18,640 --> 00:10:21,480 Speaker 1: been a guy who ever since it looked, you know, 187 00:10:21,720 --> 00:10:23,520 Speaker 1: it was like John he was a John Brown kind 188 00:10:23,520 --> 00:10:28,080 Speaker 1: of instance. People looked at his arts, his contract, his 189 00:10:28,160 --> 00:10:29,960 Speaker 1: age and said, that's a guy that will help the 190 00:10:29,960 --> 00:10:32,600 Speaker 1: Eagles if they release him. Right, So he was. He's 191 00:10:32,600 --> 00:10:34,480 Speaker 1: been on the same list that John Brown has. Now 192 00:10:34,520 --> 00:10:36,480 Speaker 1: he seems to be a little bit more in demand, 193 00:10:37,000 --> 00:10:40,760 Speaker 1: I think because of his position because tight end, good 194 00:10:40,760 --> 00:10:43,760 Speaker 1: tight ends are harder to find. So I think the 195 00:10:43,800 --> 00:10:45,520 Speaker 1: Philly's like, when we don't want to get rid of 196 00:10:45,520 --> 00:10:47,760 Speaker 1: the guy, but it would really help us if we 197 00:10:47,840 --> 00:10:49,880 Speaker 1: get rid of his cap number, and if we can 198 00:10:49,880 --> 00:10:52,760 Speaker 1: get something for him, let's do it. So let's put 199 00:10:52,800 --> 00:10:54,960 Speaker 1: him out there and let him get let him see 200 00:10:54,960 --> 00:10:57,880 Speaker 1: what he can get. And let's not forget this. It's 201 00:10:57,880 --> 00:11:00,520 Speaker 1: a copycat league. And the two teams in the Super 202 00:11:00,559 --> 00:11:02,920 Speaker 1: Bowl had guys by the name of Rob Gronkowski and 203 00:11:02,920 --> 00:11:07,080 Speaker 1: Travis Kelcey at tight end, and they were instrumental and 204 00:11:07,559 --> 00:11:10,160 Speaker 1: get helping to get both those teams to the Ultimate Game. 205 00:11:10,679 --> 00:11:16,240 Speaker 1: So people are putting a premium on high end pass 206 00:11:16,280 --> 00:11:21,160 Speaker 1: catching athletic tight ends. We did not talk about this yesterday, 207 00:11:21,360 --> 00:11:23,400 Speaker 1: very much only in passing. And I'd be interested to 208 00:11:23,440 --> 00:11:26,120 Speaker 1: hear what you have to say. Were you surprised. It's 209 00:11:26,160 --> 00:11:30,520 Speaker 1: been reported by Gronkowski's people and by Mike Silver that 210 00:11:30,640 --> 00:11:33,560 Speaker 1: Gronkowski had an offer from the Bills to consider before 211 00:11:33,559 --> 00:11:36,560 Speaker 1: he resigned with the Buccaneers. He's a Buffalo kid, and yeah, 212 00:11:36,600 --> 00:11:39,280 Speaker 1: it doesn't surprise me. It's kind of what do you 213 00:11:39,360 --> 00:11:42,840 Speaker 1: What's that make you think? Well, it just convinces me. 214 00:11:42,880 --> 00:11:46,000 Speaker 1: They'll they'll take a swing at anybody, right. You know, 215 00:11:47,120 --> 00:11:50,720 Speaker 1: they have their own value on what they're willing to offer, 216 00:11:50,800 --> 00:11:54,400 Speaker 1: and I'm not going to know the percentages, but I 217 00:11:54,440 --> 00:11:57,000 Speaker 1: would say probably a good portion of the time it 218 00:11:57,040 --> 00:12:01,560 Speaker 1: doesn't meet what the interested party is looking for. But 219 00:12:01,960 --> 00:12:05,199 Speaker 1: I admire the fact that they take their swings because 220 00:12:05,240 --> 00:12:07,400 Speaker 1: you never know, maybe you do get a guy who's 221 00:12:07,440 --> 00:12:09,679 Speaker 1: interested in being a part of a winner, which is 222 00:12:09,720 --> 00:12:12,559 Speaker 1: what the Bills have extra in their back pocket to sell. Now, 223 00:12:13,120 --> 00:12:16,520 Speaker 1: so it's all it's all the more reason and to 224 00:12:17,000 --> 00:12:20,360 Speaker 1: offer something, I mean, you don't want to insult the player. 225 00:12:20,840 --> 00:12:24,240 Speaker 1: But at the same time, there's more to offer here 226 00:12:24,320 --> 00:12:27,560 Speaker 1: in Buffalo than just money. It's a winning organization with 227 00:12:27,679 --> 00:12:32,560 Speaker 1: a franchise quarterback that's big for and a veteran coaching 228 00:12:32,600 --> 00:12:35,319 Speaker 1: staff that's been together for four years now. That's that's 229 00:12:35,480 --> 00:12:37,400 Speaker 1: that's no small thing. When you point to the guy 230 00:12:37,520 --> 00:12:41,800 Speaker 1: taking snaps, especially for tight ends and receivers, like, listen, 231 00:12:41,840 --> 00:12:43,720 Speaker 1: you're coming here. This guy, this is the guy. He 232 00:12:43,760 --> 00:12:46,440 Speaker 1: was a runner up in the MVP, and we're a 233 00:12:46,480 --> 00:12:50,160 Speaker 1: throw first team. So if you want to come in, 234 00:12:50,240 --> 00:12:52,760 Speaker 1: be a part of it, and we're good, so come 235 00:12:52,760 --> 00:12:57,120 Speaker 1: on in. And that's there's something enticing about that, particularly 236 00:12:58,240 --> 00:13:00,199 Speaker 1: for a free agent who's sitting out there like what 237 00:13:00,320 --> 00:13:02,200 Speaker 1: him worth. When you get a good team who's at 238 00:13:02,240 --> 00:13:05,599 Speaker 1: the championship level, championship game level this last season and 239 00:13:05,679 --> 00:13:10,000 Speaker 1: they want you, it is a little bit of a 240 00:13:10,000 --> 00:13:11,920 Speaker 1: little bit of a stroke to your ego that some 241 00:13:12,000 --> 00:13:13,520 Speaker 1: of the one of the best teams in the league 242 00:13:13,640 --> 00:13:15,720 Speaker 1: is looking for you to help make them better. That's 243 00:13:17,000 --> 00:13:19,319 Speaker 1: that makes this feels pretty good to a lot of guys. Yeah, 244 00:13:19,400 --> 00:13:22,280 Speaker 1: it feels pretty good. Reports out there are John Brown 245 00:13:22,400 --> 00:13:24,559 Speaker 1: has found a landing spot. He has signed with the 246 00:13:24,640 --> 00:13:27,679 Speaker 1: Raiders out in Las Vegas. So the Raiders and trying 247 00:13:27,720 --> 00:13:30,240 Speaker 1: to make up for the loss of Nelson Agilore in 248 00:13:30,280 --> 00:13:34,640 Speaker 1: my opinion upgraded. I'd take John Brown over Nelson Agilore 249 00:13:34,720 --> 00:13:38,800 Speaker 1: any day of the week. So so he is now 250 00:13:38,840 --> 00:13:42,640 Speaker 1: a member of the Raiders. One year deal for him. 251 00:13:42,679 --> 00:13:45,120 Speaker 1: He was down to Las Vegas and Houston as his 252 00:13:45,160 --> 00:13:50,520 Speaker 1: final two considerations and ultimately decided to go to Las Vegas, 253 00:13:50,559 --> 00:13:54,000 Speaker 1: which odds are will be a better landing spot for 254 00:13:54,080 --> 00:13:56,000 Speaker 1: him in terms of the quarterback he'll be playing with, 255 00:13:56,280 --> 00:13:58,800 Speaker 1: because I don't think Deshaun Watson's going to be interesting 256 00:13:58,880 --> 00:14:02,240 Speaker 1: Houston comes to them, or to deal that Emmanuel Sanders 257 00:14:02,280 --> 00:14:05,439 Speaker 1: is considering with the Bills. One year deal, John Brown, 258 00:14:05,760 --> 00:14:07,959 Speaker 1: one year deal. Yeah, I mean we were, we were, 259 00:14:08,160 --> 00:14:10,200 Speaker 1: We called it yesterday. We knew that this was going 260 00:14:10,280 --> 00:14:12,480 Speaker 1: to happen, particularly for that long list of free agents 261 00:14:12,520 --> 00:14:15,800 Speaker 1: that we had of wide receivers and depressed receiver market. 262 00:14:15,880 --> 00:14:19,720 Speaker 1: There's there's there was a huge draft of receivers two 263 00:14:19,800 --> 00:14:22,880 Speaker 1: years ago. There was an even bigger draft of receivers. 264 00:14:22,920 --> 00:14:26,240 Speaker 1: This last year, there's a good cropper receivers coming out 265 00:14:26,400 --> 00:14:34,000 Speaker 1: this year. It's crowded market, and these guys are starting 266 00:14:34,000 --> 00:14:35,880 Speaker 1: to get a sense that that's exactly what it is. 267 00:14:35,920 --> 00:14:39,000 Speaker 1: Take what you can get now, give yourself a short contract, 268 00:14:39,520 --> 00:14:41,800 Speaker 1: and get back in the market next year. John Brown's 269 00:14:41,800 --> 00:14:45,280 Speaker 1: a perfect example of the economics of the league this year. 270 00:14:45,480 --> 00:14:50,160 Speaker 1: I mean, his salary basically took a fifty percent haircut. Yeah, 271 00:14:50,200 --> 00:14:52,480 Speaker 1: they're saying one year deal, three and a half million. 272 00:14:52,680 --> 00:14:54,000 Speaker 1: I mean, that's half of what he was going to 273 00:14:54,080 --> 00:14:56,080 Speaker 1: make here in the final year of his contract. And 274 00:14:56,160 --> 00:14:59,840 Speaker 1: if the if the pandemic doesn't negatively impact the salary cabin, 275 00:15:00,000 --> 00:15:03,280 Speaker 1: a good chance he's finishing out that deal here right, right, 276 00:15:03,600 --> 00:15:06,200 Speaker 1: or at the very least, they're spreading out his money 277 00:15:06,200 --> 00:15:07,880 Speaker 1: and tacking oni here. If they need it, right, they 278 00:15:07,880 --> 00:15:09,640 Speaker 1: would even yeah, they would find a way to keep him. 279 00:15:09,720 --> 00:15:12,560 Speaker 1: And that's that's just the simple you're right, it's it's 280 00:15:12,720 --> 00:15:14,520 Speaker 1: the economics of the league. But it's also on the 281 00:15:14,600 --> 00:15:18,240 Speaker 1: on the player's side. Something they're getting into, something that 282 00:15:18,680 --> 00:15:22,520 Speaker 1: has not been prevalent up until the last three or 283 00:15:22,520 --> 00:15:24,800 Speaker 1: four years, and the Bills have exploited it to great 284 00:15:25,080 --> 00:15:28,000 Speaker 1: to great benefit. And that's those one year deals. You 285 00:15:28,200 --> 00:15:31,120 Speaker 1: never used to see one year deals. Nobody signed one 286 00:15:31,200 --> 00:15:35,640 Speaker 1: year deals. Now that's gonna be Yeah, maybe I will. 287 00:15:35,680 --> 00:15:38,400 Speaker 1: And it's it was prevalent, you know, being and McDermott 288 00:15:38,400 --> 00:15:40,400 Speaker 1: did it with the middle of the road prospects and 289 00:15:40,440 --> 00:15:42,040 Speaker 1: got lucky a couple of times. You know, look at 290 00:15:42,040 --> 00:15:46,360 Speaker 1: the at the U Darryl Williams contract, and there's been others. 291 00:15:47,520 --> 00:15:50,000 Speaker 1: You get a guy and you try him out. If 292 00:15:50,040 --> 00:15:53,800 Speaker 1: you like him, extend him and if not, try it again, 293 00:15:54,440 --> 00:15:56,360 Speaker 1: or if he does so well that he prizes himself 294 00:15:56,400 --> 00:15:58,480 Speaker 1: out of your price range to keep him, you'll let 295 00:15:58,520 --> 00:16:02,800 Speaker 1: him walk Jordan Phillips, for example. We also saw the 296 00:16:02,880 --> 00:16:06,360 Speaker 1: reports about the Bills trading tight end Lee Smith to 297 00:16:06,400 --> 00:16:08,840 Speaker 1: the Falcons for a late round draft choice in twenty 298 00:16:08,880 --> 00:16:12,400 Speaker 1: twenty two. That's the report out there. I also saw 299 00:16:12,440 --> 00:16:16,960 Speaker 1: it written in that report that knowing full well, because 300 00:16:16,960 --> 00:16:19,600 Speaker 1: we heard him on a Nashville radio station about a 301 00:16:19,600 --> 00:16:22,760 Speaker 1: month ago saying he was contemplating retirement with a year 302 00:16:22,840 --> 00:16:29,360 Speaker 1: left on his contract. I wouldn't be surprised if he 303 00:16:29,480 --> 00:16:31,920 Speaker 1: chooses to retire. If I mean, that whole thing's going 304 00:16:31,960 --> 00:16:34,240 Speaker 1: to blow up and there will be no compensation. The 305 00:16:34,280 --> 00:16:37,720 Speaker 1: Bills would still save money on the cap whether he 306 00:16:37,760 --> 00:16:41,600 Speaker 1: retires or whether he's traded, but it looks like he 307 00:16:41,720 --> 00:16:44,280 Speaker 1: still has a decision to make on that. Provided he 308 00:16:44,320 --> 00:16:47,600 Speaker 1: decides to play this season. It looks like he'll be 309 00:16:47,640 --> 00:16:51,520 Speaker 1: playing in Atlanta, and if that in fact does become 310 00:16:51,520 --> 00:16:55,040 Speaker 1: the case, then it looks like the Bills would receive 311 00:16:55,480 --> 00:16:59,760 Speaker 1: a seventh round draft choice in twenty twenty two for that. 312 00:17:00,320 --> 00:17:03,160 Speaker 1: And that's what led to the whole speculation about zach 313 00:17:03,280 --> 00:17:07,240 Speaker 1: Ertz and the tight end position. Naturally, Brandon Bean's comments 314 00:17:07,520 --> 00:17:09,359 Speaker 1: about taking a long, hard look at the tight end 315 00:17:09,359 --> 00:17:12,000 Speaker 1: position in his season wrap up press conference kind of 316 00:17:12,359 --> 00:17:15,560 Speaker 1: led people in that direction. Then they saw this report 317 00:17:16,040 --> 00:17:18,919 Speaker 1: about trading a tight end and clearing two and a 318 00:17:19,000 --> 00:17:22,560 Speaker 1: quarter million in cap space, and immediately the speculation was on, 319 00:17:22,680 --> 00:17:25,280 Speaker 1: and that led to the social media frenzy last night, right, 320 00:17:26,800 --> 00:17:30,320 Speaker 1: And that's you know, it's it's it's the atmosphere where 321 00:17:30,400 --> 00:17:32,400 Speaker 1: it's really it's gonna be a it's been a fun 322 00:17:32,440 --> 00:17:35,720 Speaker 1: off season already. Um, you know, I know that you 323 00:17:35,840 --> 00:17:37,920 Speaker 1: got to say goodbye to some really quality guys and 324 00:17:38,280 --> 00:17:40,520 Speaker 1: your team kind of gets a little bit wrinkled from 325 00:17:40,520 --> 00:17:43,439 Speaker 1: where it was at the end of the season, and 326 00:17:43,520 --> 00:17:47,120 Speaker 1: for a Bill's you know, fan base that was way 327 00:17:47,160 --> 00:17:49,920 Speaker 1: into a team that won thirteen or fifteen games. Overall, 328 00:17:50,760 --> 00:17:54,800 Speaker 1: it's hard to see, you know, to have the apple 329 00:17:54,880 --> 00:17:58,080 Speaker 1: cart shaken up a little bit, but it's still a 330 00:17:58,080 --> 00:18:01,000 Speaker 1: lot of fun. And you know, if if things come through. 331 00:18:01,320 --> 00:18:02,920 Speaker 1: Think about it, if if the Bills come out of 332 00:18:02,920 --> 00:18:05,800 Speaker 1: this offseason, for instance, if all this stuff happens, if 333 00:18:05,880 --> 00:18:09,480 Speaker 1: Emmanuel Sanders ends up a Bill and Zach Ertz ends 334 00:18:09,560 --> 00:18:12,640 Speaker 1: up a Bill and you get your offensive lineman back 335 00:18:13,359 --> 00:18:19,320 Speaker 1: going into the draft, yeah, people are gonna be That's 336 00:18:19,400 --> 00:18:23,280 Speaker 1: like you're looking around like when really, Yeah, I mean, 337 00:18:23,359 --> 00:18:26,480 Speaker 1: Emmanuel Sanders can play. I'm just gonna say this about 338 00:18:26,520 --> 00:18:32,399 Speaker 1: Emmanuel Sanders. We talked last year at this time about 339 00:18:32,480 --> 00:18:38,880 Speaker 1: how Stefan Diggs was an elite receiver that was still 340 00:18:39,040 --> 00:18:41,439 Speaker 1: not a household name because he had to share the 341 00:18:41,480 --> 00:18:44,800 Speaker 1: receiving load with Adam Feeling up there. Nobody it was 342 00:18:44,880 --> 00:18:47,440 Speaker 1: one A and one B in terms of the receivers 343 00:18:47,520 --> 00:18:53,359 Speaker 1: up there, and nobody knew what an elite route runner 344 00:18:54,680 --> 00:18:57,560 Speaker 1: that Stefan Diggs was, at least unless he watched every 345 00:18:57,600 --> 00:19:02,200 Speaker 1: game that he played. Would you recognize that. And so 346 00:19:02,400 --> 00:19:05,120 Speaker 1: you know, we tried to kind of clue everybody into 347 00:19:05,160 --> 00:19:07,080 Speaker 1: that this guy is an elite route runner. He's gonna 348 00:19:07,119 --> 00:19:09,600 Speaker 1: have separation. It's gonna help Josh Allen. We didn't know 349 00:19:09,640 --> 00:19:11,879 Speaker 1: it would help it to help Josh Allen to this degree. 350 00:19:12,320 --> 00:19:17,040 Speaker 1: But great. Then you have Beasley, who, as we know, 351 00:19:17,240 --> 00:19:20,600 Speaker 1: is almost always open. I mean, Stefane Digg said it himself, 352 00:19:20,640 --> 00:19:24,160 Speaker 1: he's always open because he gets such quick separation off 353 00:19:24,160 --> 00:19:29,160 Speaker 1: the line. Now you throw in Emmanuel Sanders if this 354 00:19:29,600 --> 00:19:33,199 Speaker 1: reports turns out to be legit, and you know, the 355 00:19:33,240 --> 00:19:39,399 Speaker 1: move becomes official. This is another guy with premier route 356 00:19:39,480 --> 00:19:42,679 Speaker 1: running acumen. I mean, you want to talk about a 357 00:19:42,800 --> 00:19:48,600 Speaker 1: precise route runner, this guy is it. And just the 358 00:19:48,640 --> 00:19:52,280 Speaker 1: thought of having your I would presume he's going to 359 00:19:52,359 --> 00:19:56,320 Speaker 1: push Gabe Davis for that third spot and maybe even 360 00:19:56,359 --> 00:20:04,080 Speaker 1: take it. So the top three are arguably three of 361 00:20:04,359 --> 00:20:11,600 Speaker 1: probably the top fifteen route runners in the league. My god, 362 00:20:11,960 --> 00:20:16,600 Speaker 1: I mean that he had sixty man helps the quarters 363 00:20:16,720 --> 00:20:19,960 Speaker 1: years so much. He had sixty one catches for seven 364 00:20:19,840 --> 00:20:24,880 Speaker 1: hundred twenty six yards five touchdowns for the Saints. Right, 365 00:20:25,640 --> 00:20:29,119 Speaker 1: and let's not forget this, Steve Okay, and this was 366 00:20:29,160 --> 00:20:32,000 Speaker 1: pointed out, I know I mentioned this guy, Warren Sharp. 367 00:20:32,080 --> 00:20:35,080 Speaker 1: He's got a whole analytics site, does some good stuff, 368 00:20:35,119 --> 00:20:39,120 Speaker 1: turns out some good numbers. He had this post on 369 00:20:39,119 --> 00:20:44,879 Speaker 1: Twitter earlier today. Emmanuel Sanders and the quarterbacks who have 370 00:20:44,960 --> 00:20:47,440 Speaker 1: thrown him the ball the last five years? Are you ready? 371 00:20:48,720 --> 00:20:54,040 Speaker 1: Trevor Simeon case Keenum all right, Drew Brees threw him 372 00:20:54,040 --> 00:20:59,400 Speaker 1: seventy nine passes, Jimmy g sixty one passes, Joe Flacco 373 00:20:59,480 --> 00:21:04,640 Speaker 1: forty four passes, Paxton Lynch thirty two passes, brock Osweiler 374 00:21:04,920 --> 00:21:09,680 Speaker 1: twenty nine passes, Taysom Hill seventeen passes. The only guy 375 00:21:09,800 --> 00:21:12,879 Speaker 1: standing out on that list is Drew Brees and maybe 376 00:21:12,960 --> 00:21:16,760 Speaker 1: Joe Flacco, Jimmy Ge probably at San Francisco, but only 377 00:21:16,760 --> 00:21:18,960 Speaker 1: through him sixty one passes. If you want to get 378 00:21:19,400 --> 00:21:23,920 Speaker 1: an idea of what people around the league think about 379 00:21:24,080 --> 00:21:28,960 Speaker 1: Emmanuel Sanders on on Twitter, go to uh Kyle Shanahan. Oh, 380 00:21:29,040 --> 00:21:30,800 Speaker 1: after they made the trade for after they made the 381 00:21:30,800 --> 00:21:32,840 Speaker 1: trade for him, here's what they saw, you know, it's 382 00:21:32,880 --> 00:21:36,480 Speaker 1: what they saw in um, Emmanuel Sanders. And he said, 383 00:21:36,560 --> 00:21:38,480 Speaker 1: just what you said, He's this is a guy that 384 00:21:39,000 --> 00:21:43,520 Speaker 1: um he's not big, but he plays big, plays big, 385 00:21:44,280 --> 00:21:47,120 Speaker 1: great physical catch, strong on the ball, hard out of breaks, 386 00:21:47,280 --> 00:21:50,119 Speaker 1: great separation, he can go over the middle. Um. You know, 387 00:21:50,160 --> 00:21:54,920 Speaker 1: he's just went on and on about and so he's 388 00:21:55,000 --> 00:21:59,360 Speaker 1: you know, um, there's a lot of respect for Emmanuel 389 00:21:59,400 --> 00:22:02,240 Speaker 1: Sanders out there. So the Bills are you know, even 390 00:22:02,440 --> 00:22:06,600 Speaker 1: as much as we like John Brown, they are different. Um. 391 00:22:07,960 --> 00:22:12,879 Speaker 1: Emmanuel Sanders ran a four four one. Yeah. Now he 392 00:22:13,040 --> 00:22:17,080 Speaker 1: is thirty four years old, so there is that. And 393 00:22:17,240 --> 00:22:20,520 Speaker 1: it looks like he has successfully returned to continue his 394 00:22:20,560 --> 00:22:24,800 Speaker 1: career from an achilles injury a few years ago. And 395 00:22:24,840 --> 00:22:27,760 Speaker 1: then the other cool thing about that is he's a 396 00:22:28,000 --> 00:22:30,479 Speaker 1: he's former college teammates with Cole Beasley. They played at 397 00:22:30,520 --> 00:22:33,520 Speaker 1: SMU together for two seasons, you know, eight No. Nine. 398 00:22:36,080 --> 00:22:40,000 Speaker 1: That's just cool. Man. Yeah, there's a picture as well 399 00:22:40,160 --> 00:22:43,520 Speaker 1: with Cole Beasley and Sanders exchanging jerseys. Uh oh yeah, 400 00:22:43,520 --> 00:22:45,919 Speaker 1: when he was with the Broncos. Yeah, and and Beasley 401 00:22:46,000 --> 00:22:48,280 Speaker 1: was with the Cowboys. Well that's kind of cool to 402 00:22:48,400 --> 00:22:53,639 Speaker 1: think about that. Certainly, there's a lot to like about 403 00:22:53,680 --> 00:22:57,680 Speaker 1: that possibility of Emmanuel Sanders becoming a Bill. He will 404 00:22:57,680 --> 00:23:02,679 Speaker 1: help them, but we'll see, um, And this is just 405 00:23:02,720 --> 00:23:04,360 Speaker 1: the tip of the Iceberg. Now you know we wanted 406 00:23:04,400 --> 00:23:08,479 Speaker 1: him stay healthy obviously, but he played. He played in 407 00:23:08,680 --> 00:23:16,280 Speaker 1: uh sixteen games last year and uh caught sixty one balls. 408 00:23:16,320 --> 00:23:18,440 Speaker 1: That's if you could have a you'd love to have 409 00:23:18,720 --> 00:23:22,440 Speaker 1: him have a year like that here, right, I would 410 00:23:22,480 --> 00:23:24,000 Speaker 1: take it. But at the point I was trying to 411 00:23:24,000 --> 00:23:27,480 Speaker 1: make with Warren Sharp's statistical breakdown at the quarterbacks and 412 00:23:27,520 --> 00:23:29,600 Speaker 1: threw to him, you don't have outside of Breeze, who 413 00:23:29,600 --> 00:23:32,840 Speaker 1: only threw him about eighty passes. You don't have any 414 00:23:32,880 --> 00:23:35,800 Speaker 1: franchise guys there except for maybe Flacco in his prime, 415 00:23:36,200 --> 00:23:37,480 Speaker 1: and he was throwing to him when he was a 416 00:23:37,520 --> 00:23:40,439 Speaker 1: backup in Denver. You'd think that a guy with Josh 417 00:23:40,440 --> 00:23:44,560 Speaker 1: Allen right right, he played fourteen games last year. Think 418 00:23:44,600 --> 00:23:49,400 Speaker 1: about for guys of the ILK you're talking about Brock 419 00:23:49,440 --> 00:23:52,919 Speaker 1: os Wiler and Trevor Simmon. You gotta think for those guys. 420 00:23:53,000 --> 00:23:55,639 Speaker 1: The logic is for people who look at that and 421 00:23:55,720 --> 00:23:58,800 Speaker 1: saying he must have big You gotta have big windows 422 00:23:58,840 --> 00:24:01,280 Speaker 1: for lesser quarterbacks to throw you the ball. Yeah, you 423 00:24:01,320 --> 00:24:05,760 Speaker 1: gotta be in bigger windows. That speaks to separation, speaks 424 00:24:05,760 --> 00:24:08,120 Speaker 1: to being open, speaks to you know everything you're looking 425 00:24:08,119 --> 00:24:09,919 Speaker 1: for and look at the two draft choices that the 426 00:24:09,920 --> 00:24:12,920 Speaker 1: Bills made at the wide receiver position last year. Gabriel 427 00:24:13,000 --> 00:24:17,040 Speaker 1: Davis a separation receiver, Isaiah Hodgens a separation receiver. There 428 00:24:17,119 --> 00:24:22,760 Speaker 1: is a clear checklist that this front office is looking 429 00:24:22,800 --> 00:24:27,320 Speaker 1: for in wide receivers. It's not always pure speed. I mean, 430 00:24:27,359 --> 00:24:29,639 Speaker 1: speed is nice to have, but it's not the end 431 00:24:29,720 --> 00:24:32,000 Speaker 1: all be all as the Bills front office sees it, 432 00:24:32,040 --> 00:24:34,240 Speaker 1: at least in my estimation based on the receivers that 433 00:24:34,240 --> 00:24:36,160 Speaker 1: have been added to this roster the last few years. 434 00:24:36,320 --> 00:24:41,520 Speaker 1: It is all about separation. Consistent separators is what they 435 00:24:41,560 --> 00:24:44,080 Speaker 1: are after. It's first and foremost what you gotta have. 436 00:24:44,160 --> 00:24:46,640 Speaker 1: Because even in the best case scenario where you've got 437 00:24:46,640 --> 00:24:48,440 Speaker 1: all this speed on the fit like the Kansas City 438 00:24:48,480 --> 00:24:52,639 Speaker 1: Chiefs or whatever, where you can stretch a defense vertically 439 00:24:52,960 --> 00:24:57,639 Speaker 1: quicker and create more space underneath, the simple fact of 440 00:24:57,640 --> 00:25:01,280 Speaker 1: the matter is more often than not, you create that 441 00:25:01,359 --> 00:25:02,960 Speaker 1: space so you can throw the ball to guys with 442 00:25:03,000 --> 00:25:07,840 Speaker 1: bigger windows underneath. And what it boils down to is 443 00:25:07,880 --> 00:25:12,399 Speaker 1: this every series, forget about the ones in the wild, 444 00:25:12,440 --> 00:25:14,240 Speaker 1: big big play, no question about it. You can go 445 00:25:14,280 --> 00:25:16,120 Speaker 1: over the top and hit a speed guy. He beats 446 00:25:16,160 --> 00:25:18,400 Speaker 1: somebody catches them with their feet flat on the ground 447 00:25:18,440 --> 00:25:21,480 Speaker 1: and he goes by him. The difference is every series, 448 00:25:21,560 --> 00:25:23,720 Speaker 1: not just once in a while like with a deep ball, 449 00:25:23,760 --> 00:25:26,000 Speaker 1: but every series you're gonna get to a third down 450 00:25:26,080 --> 00:25:28,000 Speaker 1: or a you know, a third and long, third and 451 00:25:28,119 --> 00:25:30,520 Speaker 1: medium where you need guys to separate and keep your 452 00:25:30,760 --> 00:25:35,199 Speaker 1: offense on the field. You need an option all the 453 00:25:35,240 --> 00:25:37,760 Speaker 1: time of a guy who can get open and get 454 00:25:37,840 --> 00:25:42,640 Speaker 1: separations that helps your offense stay on the field. When 455 00:25:42,640 --> 00:25:44,840 Speaker 1: you stay on the field offensively, you're gonna win a 456 00:25:44,840 --> 00:25:48,560 Speaker 1: ton of games, and you're gonna help every other aspect 457 00:25:48,560 --> 00:25:50,800 Speaker 1: of your team. Your defense is not gonna play as often, 458 00:25:50,880 --> 00:25:53,320 Speaker 1: your your special teams aren't going to cover as many 459 00:25:53,359 --> 00:25:55,760 Speaker 1: punts because you're hard to get off the field. It's 460 00:25:55,800 --> 00:25:58,800 Speaker 1: gonna help you in your red zone. Offense is gonna 461 00:25:58,840 --> 00:26:02,240 Speaker 1: help everything. So when you get guys that can separate, 462 00:26:02,960 --> 00:26:04,840 Speaker 1: whether you can take the lid off the top or not, 463 00:26:05,680 --> 00:26:09,440 Speaker 1: you're gonna stay on the field because every single series 464 00:26:09,680 --> 00:26:11,960 Speaker 1: you're gonna have an opportunity to convert a third down 465 00:26:12,359 --> 00:26:15,040 Speaker 1: with and you've got Steph Digs and Emmanuel Sanders and 466 00:26:15,080 --> 00:26:17,840 Speaker 1: a Cole Beasley, guys who can get open in a 467 00:26:17,880 --> 00:26:21,560 Speaker 1: phone booth. That's gonna mean your drives are gonna get 468 00:26:21,560 --> 00:26:23,760 Speaker 1: extended for an extra three. You're gonna have answers every 469 00:26:23,800 --> 00:26:26,000 Speaker 1: single snap. You're gonna have an answer, and you're gonna 470 00:26:26,000 --> 00:26:29,520 Speaker 1: have an answer on crucial downs in games consistently. And 471 00:26:29,680 --> 00:26:33,520 Speaker 1: that's that's why separation is a huge thing. And to me, 472 00:26:33,640 --> 00:26:36,840 Speaker 1: it's not as but as important to speed because you 473 00:26:37,119 --> 00:26:39,560 Speaker 1: talk about speed, and I get it, but you know, 474 00:26:39,560 --> 00:26:42,400 Speaker 1: Emmanuel Sanders a four four guy, and he's and he's 475 00:26:42,440 --> 00:26:45,919 Speaker 1: not known as a fast. That's fast. All of these 476 00:26:45,960 --> 00:26:48,640 Speaker 1: guys the same way, and those guys aren't. Most guys 477 00:26:48,680 --> 00:26:50,120 Speaker 1: aren't in the league or have a career if they're 478 00:26:50,160 --> 00:26:52,960 Speaker 1: running slower than four six. In most cases ant Quon 479 00:26:53,040 --> 00:26:55,960 Speaker 1: Bolden guys like that, or there are some exceptions, but 480 00:26:56,040 --> 00:26:58,120 Speaker 1: more often than not, you're running slower than four six five, 481 00:26:58,119 --> 00:26:59,480 Speaker 1: you're not gonna be in the league. Very Yeah, you're 482 00:26:59,480 --> 00:27:01,080 Speaker 1: not in You're out on the field. You're not putting 483 00:27:01,080 --> 00:27:03,240 Speaker 1: a helmet on unless you have the physical attributes to 484 00:27:03,240 --> 00:27:05,800 Speaker 1: get out there and compete and do something. So speed 485 00:27:05,960 --> 00:27:10,920 Speaker 1: is a given, and it's the exceptional guy that comes along. 486 00:27:10,960 --> 00:27:12,760 Speaker 1: There's not all that many of them who say, wow, 487 00:27:12,800 --> 00:27:14,720 Speaker 1: he's a fast guy, and a bunch of fast guys. 488 00:27:14,760 --> 00:27:17,800 Speaker 1: That's a fast guy, right. You don't have to have 489 00:27:18,040 --> 00:27:21,280 Speaker 1: six of those. All you need is like a bunch 490 00:27:21,280 --> 00:27:23,760 Speaker 1: of guys who can get separation. Maybe a guy and 491 00:27:23,880 --> 00:27:25,680 Speaker 1: one of those guys to take turns taking the lid 492 00:27:25,680 --> 00:27:30,720 Speaker 1: off because they can. So, Yeah, separation is crucial for 493 00:27:30,800 --> 00:27:33,240 Speaker 1: a receiver. And we've seen it with Cole Beasley, we 494 00:27:33,240 --> 00:27:36,639 Speaker 1: saw it with John Brown, and it's been proven you 495 00:27:36,680 --> 00:27:39,240 Speaker 1: can carve it and grant it by the season that 496 00:27:39,320 --> 00:27:44,040 Speaker 1: Steph Diggs just had. Yeah, no question. Speaking of receivers, 497 00:27:44,160 --> 00:27:47,880 Speaker 1: NFL Networks and in Rapiport is reporting the Arizona Cardinals 498 00:27:47,880 --> 00:27:50,600 Speaker 1: are working on a deal to sign former Bengals wide 499 00:27:50,600 --> 00:27:55,040 Speaker 1: receiver AJ Green entering his age thirty two or thirty 500 00:27:55,080 --> 00:27:59,159 Speaker 1: three season. I believe I wouldn't be surprised Steve if 501 00:27:59,200 --> 00:28:02,880 Speaker 1: they see him as a replacement for the Larry Fitzgerald role. 502 00:28:03,240 --> 00:28:05,560 Speaker 1: Larry Fitzgerald is a free agent. I don't know if 503 00:28:05,560 --> 00:28:09,280 Speaker 1: he'll be back with Arizona. AJ Green probably offers you 504 00:28:09,320 --> 00:28:11,760 Speaker 1: a little bit more than Larry Fitzgerald can at this 505 00:28:11,800 --> 00:28:14,800 Speaker 1: point in Larry's career, So that would be deemed an 506 00:28:14,840 --> 00:28:17,800 Speaker 1: upgrade for sure to that receiving corps as they look 507 00:28:17,840 --> 00:28:21,360 Speaker 1: to bring Kyler Murray's game along further in what will 508 00:28:21,400 --> 00:28:24,480 Speaker 1: be his third season. So and we have to keep 509 00:28:24,480 --> 00:28:26,720 Speaker 1: an eye on that to see if that gets finalized, 510 00:28:27,800 --> 00:28:33,320 Speaker 1: as it seems like more of the secondary receiver market 511 00:28:34,080 --> 00:28:37,720 Speaker 1: is finding homes prior to the top end to the market, 512 00:28:37,760 --> 00:28:40,960 Speaker 1: which is usually the opposite way it typically works. Big 513 00:28:41,000 --> 00:28:44,000 Speaker 1: money is usually handed out to wide receivers. I know. 514 00:28:44,120 --> 00:28:46,600 Speaker 1: Diana Rassini from ESPN has been kind of on that 515 00:28:46,720 --> 00:28:50,760 Speaker 1: train for a while trying to ascertain why the market 516 00:28:50,880 --> 00:28:54,280 Speaker 1: is so soft for the top tier of free agent receivers. 517 00:28:54,640 --> 00:28:58,960 Speaker 1: She talked to a front office executive from an NFL 518 00:28:59,000 --> 00:29:03,600 Speaker 1: team that actually need receiver help, asked him or her 519 00:29:04,160 --> 00:29:07,960 Speaker 1: why the receiver market is the way it is right now, 520 00:29:08,440 --> 00:29:10,680 Speaker 1: and he said that a lot of the receivers are 521 00:29:10,720 --> 00:29:16,440 Speaker 1: asking for double digit per year type contracts and most 522 00:29:16,480 --> 00:29:21,760 Speaker 1: of the league is balking at that. Absolutely, there's just 523 00:29:21,760 --> 00:29:25,160 Speaker 1: too many guys out there. There's just too many guys 524 00:29:25,200 --> 00:29:31,040 Speaker 1: out there, and the atmosphere is that and it's like 525 00:29:31,080 --> 00:29:32,720 Speaker 1: I've been saying for a couple of weeks, you've got 526 00:29:32,720 --> 00:29:34,720 Speaker 1: to find a way as a general manager in an 527 00:29:34,800 --> 00:29:37,280 Speaker 1: organization to spend your money in a way that these 528 00:29:37,320 --> 00:29:39,720 Speaker 1: guys are going to earn it and maybe even overperforming, 529 00:29:39,880 --> 00:29:42,120 Speaker 1: like we've seen Levi Wallace do is an undrafted rookie, 530 00:29:42,160 --> 00:29:47,080 Speaker 1: free agent, three year starter that's overperforming. You know, that's 531 00:29:47,120 --> 00:29:50,040 Speaker 1: what you're looking for guys to do. Wide receiver. That's 532 00:29:50,080 --> 00:29:52,800 Speaker 1: hard to do. That's hard to find a guy who's 533 00:29:52,800 --> 00:29:56,280 Speaker 1: going to overperform a twelve million dollar contract, a ten 534 00:29:56,280 --> 00:29:59,360 Speaker 1: million dollar contract. That's really hard to do. You got 535 00:29:59,360 --> 00:30:03,280 Speaker 1: to be a number one You gotta be paid like 536 00:30:03,360 --> 00:30:05,480 Speaker 1: that and then be a number one guy. That's that's 537 00:30:05,520 --> 00:30:07,760 Speaker 1: hard to find guys like that. But there's a ton 538 00:30:07,800 --> 00:30:09,480 Speaker 1: of guys out there who will take a swing at it, 539 00:30:09,520 --> 00:30:12,840 Speaker 1: and that drives the price down on the Twitter poll today, 540 00:30:13,000 --> 00:30:15,520 Speaker 1: even though all of these moves are not official and 541 00:30:15,680 --> 00:30:17,800 Speaker 1: confirmed by the team, we want to know what's been 542 00:30:17,800 --> 00:30:20,719 Speaker 1: your favorite move from the Bill so far. Maybe it 543 00:30:20,760 --> 00:30:23,320 Speaker 1: was just getting Darryl Williams and John Feliciano back on 544 00:30:23,360 --> 00:30:26,520 Speaker 1: the offensive line. Maybe it was the Matt Mulano resigning, 545 00:30:26,760 --> 00:30:28,960 Speaker 1: or maybe it's one of these reported moves that the 546 00:30:28,960 --> 00:30:31,880 Speaker 1: Bills are ready to make once the clock reaches four 547 00:30:31,920 --> 00:30:36,080 Speaker 1: pm here today and the new league year officially begins. 548 00:30:36,160 --> 00:30:38,520 Speaker 1: Let us know on the tweet sheet at one Bills 549 00:30:38,560 --> 00:30:41,640 Speaker 1: Live or give us a call eight oh three five fifty. 550 00:30:41,680 --> 00:30:44,600 Speaker 1: Also second hour of the show today, we will have 551 00:30:44,920 --> 00:30:47,000 Speaker 1: play by play man for the new England Patriots, Bob 552 00:30:47,040 --> 00:30:49,480 Speaker 1: Soci joining us. We want to get his take on 553 00:30:49,520 --> 00:30:51,760 Speaker 1: some of the moves, the myriad of moves that the 554 00:30:51,920 --> 00:30:55,560 Speaker 1: Patriots have made thus far in the free agent market. 555 00:30:55,720 --> 00:30:57,320 Speaker 1: Steve and I back in a moment here on One 556 00:30:57,360 --> 00:31:12,400 Speaker 1: Bills Live, presented by Kalid to health. It's Buffalo Bills, Ray, 557 00:31:14,080 --> 00:31:16,480 Speaker 1: what has been your favorite moved from the bill so 558 00:31:16,640 --> 00:31:20,480 Speaker 1: far and why? Let us know at eight o three 559 00:31:20,680 --> 00:31:24,120 Speaker 1: five fifty one eighty eight five fifty two five fifty. 560 00:31:24,120 --> 00:31:27,200 Speaker 1: It could be just the Bills successfully resigning some of 561 00:31:27,200 --> 00:31:31,320 Speaker 1: their most important free agents like Matt Milano or Darryl Williams. 562 00:31:31,400 --> 00:31:34,400 Speaker 1: Or maybe it's one of these reported deals that are 563 00:31:34,960 --> 00:31:38,400 Speaker 1: yet to be confirmed by the team that interests you 564 00:31:38,520 --> 00:31:42,480 Speaker 1: even more. Let us know at eight fifty five fifty 565 00:31:42,520 --> 00:31:46,800 Speaker 1: two five fifty. We go now, Steve to the ever 566 00:31:46,920 --> 00:31:49,880 Speaker 1: present tweet sheet, brought to you by Corrigan Moving Systems, 567 00:31:49,880 --> 00:31:52,920 Speaker 1: the official equipment moving company of the Buffalo Bills, and 568 00:31:53,160 --> 00:31:57,520 Speaker 1: Jack leads us off today saying, resigning our good players 569 00:31:57,640 --> 00:32:00,240 Speaker 1: has been my favorite so far. Keeping Milano and the 570 00:32:00,240 --> 00:32:03,720 Speaker 1: offensive lineman should help pave the way for success. Is 571 00:32:03,760 --> 00:32:07,840 Speaker 1: Hawk an upgrade over Bojo? Question Mark Sanders can hopefully 572 00:32:07,880 --> 00:32:10,720 Speaker 1: stay on the field more and battle off press better, 573 00:32:11,040 --> 00:32:14,200 Speaker 1: but feels a bit lateral of a move. May change 574 00:32:14,240 --> 00:32:19,160 Speaker 1: my mind if we add a tight end. So let's 575 00:32:19,160 --> 00:32:23,920 Speaker 1: start with Hawk and Bojo. He's asking, do you see 576 00:32:24,400 --> 00:32:28,320 Speaker 1: Matt Hawk as an upgrade over Bojo? I don't know. 577 00:32:28,360 --> 00:32:30,760 Speaker 1: I want to see. Yeah, I gotta wait. I will 578 00:32:30,800 --> 00:32:34,560 Speaker 1: say this. I was mining through his statistics yesterday after 579 00:32:34,600 --> 00:32:39,120 Speaker 1: the news became official, and the one thing that encouraged 580 00:32:39,160 --> 00:32:42,880 Speaker 1: me is he is the most effective punter in terms 581 00:32:42,880 --> 00:32:46,760 Speaker 1: of distance and net punting average when he's punting from 582 00:32:46,760 --> 00:32:50,760 Speaker 1: between his own one and twenty yard line. That encourages me. 583 00:32:50,880 --> 00:32:53,480 Speaker 1: Like it's it might be a small thing, but I'm like, 584 00:32:53,520 --> 00:32:55,600 Speaker 1: all right, when this guy's backed up and the pressure's on, 585 00:32:56,080 --> 00:32:57,840 Speaker 1: you know, I know you're really trying to put some 586 00:32:57,960 --> 00:33:00,440 Speaker 1: leg into it anyway, but you also don't I'll kick 587 00:33:00,480 --> 00:33:03,480 Speaker 1: your coverage, so well, you don't mind out kicking your coverage. 588 00:33:03,480 --> 00:33:05,160 Speaker 1: If you know, if your coverage, if you kick a 589 00:33:05,160 --> 00:33:08,719 Speaker 1: sixty five yard or the guy gets a fifteen yard return, 590 00:33:08,920 --> 00:33:12,440 Speaker 1: which is usually really bad, it's still a fifty yard net. Yeah, 591 00:33:12,600 --> 00:33:17,680 Speaker 1: you'll take it. But yeah, that you're right, having a 592 00:33:17,720 --> 00:33:20,320 Speaker 1: big leg and being able to get it when you 593 00:33:20,600 --> 00:33:22,840 Speaker 1: need it, when you're backed up, and do it consistently. 594 00:33:23,160 --> 00:33:25,200 Speaker 1: That's big because how many times you see a guy 595 00:33:25,480 --> 00:33:27,280 Speaker 1: try and do that and it's off the side of 596 00:33:27,320 --> 00:33:29,479 Speaker 1: his foot or it's a wobbler and it never goes anywhere. 597 00:33:29,480 --> 00:33:31,520 Speaker 1: You know, you can't have a bad kick when you 598 00:33:31,560 --> 00:33:34,720 Speaker 1: need a good kick. And net punting average is kind 599 00:33:34,760 --> 00:33:38,080 Speaker 1: of a misleading statistic to apply to a punter because 600 00:33:38,480 --> 00:33:41,680 Speaker 1: he is very much dependent on his coverage team. It's 601 00:33:41,760 --> 00:33:43,640 Speaker 1: that's not a number that should be tied solely to 602 00:33:43,640 --> 00:33:46,120 Speaker 1: the punter all the time. Yeah, we you know. The 603 00:33:46,560 --> 00:33:49,080 Speaker 1: thought is, and there's a couple of philosophy. Two philosophies 604 00:33:49,080 --> 00:33:50,440 Speaker 1: you can use one as you get a punter with 605 00:33:50,480 --> 00:33:52,640 Speaker 1: an enormous leg and he's you know, light it up, 606 00:33:52,680 --> 00:33:54,680 Speaker 1: let's go. You kick at eighty five yard and if 607 00:33:54,680 --> 00:33:56,480 Speaker 1: they get a twenty yard return, it's still and that 608 00:33:56,680 --> 00:34:00,880 Speaker 1: sixty five yard punt, that kind of philosophy, we'll tackle 609 00:34:00,920 --> 00:34:02,440 Speaker 1: the guy, just hit it. And then there's the others 610 00:34:02,440 --> 00:34:05,040 Speaker 1: as they listen, why take the chance hit that thing 611 00:34:05,120 --> 00:34:07,880 Speaker 1: forty five yards as high as you can possibly hit it. 612 00:34:07,960 --> 00:34:09,640 Speaker 1: By the time it comes down, we're gonna be standing 613 00:34:09,640 --> 00:34:11,080 Speaker 1: in a circle around the guy and he's gonna fair 614 00:34:11,120 --> 00:34:14,040 Speaker 1: catch it. With Chris More, that's right, And you'll never 615 00:34:14,080 --> 00:34:17,480 Speaker 1: give up a touchdown return a guy that has fair 616 00:34:17,520 --> 00:34:20,080 Speaker 1: catching at nineteen one hundred percent of the time. So 617 00:34:20,120 --> 00:34:22,800 Speaker 1: there's those two philosophies, and that's there's somewhere in the 618 00:34:22,640 --> 00:34:24,879 Speaker 1: in the middle of those is where most punters fall. 619 00:34:25,480 --> 00:34:29,120 Speaker 1: So it depends on the confidence you have and you 620 00:34:29,200 --> 00:34:32,480 Speaker 1: return in your coverage teams. And it also and one 621 00:34:32,480 --> 00:34:34,920 Speaker 1: of the things we harped on with Bojoe a lot 622 00:34:34,960 --> 00:34:38,279 Speaker 1: about on the radio broadcast was his consistency. And he 623 00:34:38,360 --> 00:34:40,400 Speaker 1: got better and much better, but it was more consistent 624 00:34:40,440 --> 00:34:42,960 Speaker 1: this pass. He didn't get used very much this last year. 625 00:34:43,000 --> 00:34:46,319 Speaker 1: He was the least worked punter in the NFL, and 626 00:34:46,400 --> 00:34:50,359 Speaker 1: I think to his credit, it was his most consistent year. 627 00:34:51,520 --> 00:34:54,759 Speaker 1: Interesting thing about Matt Hawk is he's been part of 628 00:34:54,760 --> 00:34:58,919 Speaker 1: some pretty interesting trick plays in his career. The most 629 00:34:58,960 --> 00:35:01,640 Speaker 1: notable one was the play what was voted by the 630 00:35:01,719 --> 00:35:03,840 Speaker 1: NFL as the Play of the Year in twenty nineteen 631 00:35:03,880 --> 00:35:06,239 Speaker 1: when the Dolphins played the Eagles. That's when they ran 632 00:35:06,640 --> 00:35:10,240 Speaker 1: that wacky looking formation at the goal line after initially 633 00:35:10,320 --> 00:35:12,840 Speaker 1: lining up for what looked like a field goal. Um, 634 00:35:12,880 --> 00:35:16,040 Speaker 1: they spread out. They yeah, they spread out. It wasn't 635 00:35:16,040 --> 00:35:18,120 Speaker 1: a touchdown or a two point. It was two two point. 636 00:35:18,120 --> 00:35:24,120 Speaker 1: It was a two pointer, and they spread out and 637 00:35:25,680 --> 00:35:29,520 Speaker 1: the kicker ended up catching the pass after like like 638 00:35:29,600 --> 00:35:31,239 Speaker 1: he was gonna pass protech. But it was like that 639 00:35:31,600 --> 00:35:33,400 Speaker 1: lineman spread out. It's interesting. It must have been a 640 00:35:33,440 --> 00:35:37,200 Speaker 1: field goal, fake field goal because um, and that's yeah, 641 00:35:37,239 --> 00:35:38,359 Speaker 1: that's what it was. It had to be a fake 642 00:35:38,400 --> 00:35:40,440 Speaker 1: field goal and they got to touchdown a touchdown, that's right. 643 00:35:40,800 --> 00:35:44,160 Speaker 1: They got a touchdown out of it. And he was 644 00:35:44,200 --> 00:35:46,480 Speaker 1: back handed it to him because he went running out 645 00:35:46,520 --> 00:35:48,520 Speaker 1: to the left, the defense closed on him and he 646 00:35:48,520 --> 00:35:49,960 Speaker 1: just kind of tossed it this way. And it was 647 00:35:49,960 --> 00:35:53,120 Speaker 1: a smart play. And you think he underhand threw it 648 00:35:53,160 --> 00:35:57,560 Speaker 1: forward like a shovel pass about six yards UM deep 649 00:35:57,560 --> 00:35:59,360 Speaker 1: in the end. Yeah, it's about a ten yard flip 650 00:35:59,360 --> 00:36:00,879 Speaker 1: and about six of it was in the end zone. 651 00:36:01,640 --> 00:36:04,239 Speaker 1: Flipped it forward like an option, and the reason you 652 00:36:04,320 --> 00:36:06,200 Speaker 1: do that is as soon as you raise that thing 653 00:36:06,239 --> 00:36:10,200 Speaker 1: up to throw, there's not that much they just bat 654 00:36:10,239 --> 00:36:12,480 Speaker 1: it down. So he flipped it around, but he didn't 655 00:36:12,480 --> 00:36:14,919 Speaker 1: even know. They didn't even know he was gonna do that. Yeah, 656 00:36:15,880 --> 00:36:18,000 Speaker 1: it turned into a forward pass that the defense never 657 00:36:18,040 --> 00:36:19,839 Speaker 1: knew was in the air until it was caught. So 658 00:36:19,880 --> 00:36:24,279 Speaker 1: it was pretty good, really good trick play. So I 659 00:36:24,320 --> 00:36:29,320 Speaker 1: looked up whether he had done any of that in college. 660 00:36:29,320 --> 00:36:32,560 Speaker 1: He went to college at Arizona State. One for one 661 00:36:33,200 --> 00:36:36,960 Speaker 1: for twenty seven yards, presumably on a fake punt. I 662 00:36:37,320 --> 00:36:41,840 Speaker 1: was unable to find the game specifically, but yeah, so 663 00:36:42,280 --> 00:36:44,640 Speaker 1: there's that. And there's a story out there that he 664 00:36:44,719 --> 00:36:49,600 Speaker 1: became a punter purely by happenstance. He was at a 665 00:36:49,640 --> 00:36:54,520 Speaker 1: football camp and he was he was receiving punts as 666 00:36:54,560 --> 00:36:58,200 Speaker 1: a punt returner, and to get the ball back to 667 00:36:58,280 --> 00:37:00,719 Speaker 1: the guy that was punting them, he kicked it down there. 668 00:37:01,239 --> 00:37:03,680 Speaker 1: One of the coaches saw it and said, hang out 669 00:37:03,680 --> 00:37:05,480 Speaker 1: a second, get to the other end of the field. 670 00:37:05,600 --> 00:37:08,439 Speaker 1: Start punting right now. That's how he became a isn't 671 00:37:08,480 --> 00:37:11,200 Speaker 1: that crazy? I mean that is you want to talk about, 672 00:37:13,480 --> 00:37:17,160 Speaker 1: it happens, and it's a little different now because guys, 673 00:37:17,160 --> 00:37:19,520 Speaker 1: the word is out and you can do that. Sean Landetta, 674 00:37:19,640 --> 00:37:23,960 Speaker 1: same thing. So I'm never gonna be a pro football player, 675 00:37:24,239 --> 00:37:28,439 Speaker 1: but I'll bet jack and punt. And he just learned, Yeah, 676 00:37:28,680 --> 00:37:31,800 Speaker 1: just flat out learned it and became, you know, super 677 00:37:31,840 --> 00:37:35,640 Speaker 1: Bowl winning punter. So so with the Giants, had a 678 00:37:35,719 --> 00:37:38,640 Speaker 1: nice career. Yeah, well he played, he played fifteen years, 679 00:37:38,640 --> 00:37:41,680 Speaker 1: he played forever, and it's it's a skill that you 680 00:37:41,719 --> 00:37:45,719 Speaker 1: can learn and guys have proven it. That's yeah. I 681 00:37:45,960 --> 00:37:47,520 Speaker 1: always told that, if you gotta if you got a 682 00:37:47,600 --> 00:37:50,640 Speaker 1: kid who's really big, not really big, but wants to 683 00:37:50,640 --> 00:37:55,240 Speaker 1: play pro football, long snapper, long snapper, baby long snapper. 684 00:37:55,280 --> 00:37:57,400 Speaker 1: Ferguson's have turned it into an art for it's a 685 00:37:57,440 --> 00:38:02,680 Speaker 1: family business, you know, so you can do it. Yeah, 686 00:38:02,719 --> 00:38:05,000 Speaker 1: I mean you work long what do they say, ten 687 00:38:05,040 --> 00:38:07,920 Speaker 1: thousand repetitions to be an expert at something thousand hours 688 00:38:07,920 --> 00:38:09,759 Speaker 1: of practice? Oh, ten thousand hours, that's what it is. 689 00:38:10,520 --> 00:38:12,359 Speaker 1: Let's go to the phones eight oh three oh five 690 00:38:12,520 --> 00:38:15,600 Speaker 1: fifty one, eight eight five fifty two, five fifty and 691 00:38:15,760 --> 00:38:17,960 Speaker 1: we go to Jeff in West Seneca, who wants to 692 00:38:17,960 --> 00:38:20,560 Speaker 1: weigh in with his favorite free agent signing. Jeff, what 693 00:38:20,560 --> 00:38:23,200 Speaker 1: do you have for us? Oh, gentlemen, I want you 694 00:38:23,280 --> 00:38:25,600 Speaker 1: to lighten me on a few subjects here. You've talked 695 00:38:25,640 --> 00:38:28,279 Speaker 1: about the punner. I still think we could have kept 696 00:38:28,320 --> 00:38:31,920 Speaker 1: Bojoe because he's a he'd be a lower price than 697 00:38:31,960 --> 00:38:35,239 Speaker 1: a Hawk. And I don't know what they're thinking of 698 00:38:35,280 --> 00:38:38,160 Speaker 1: signing Emmanuel Sanders. I mean, he's like five years older 699 00:38:38,160 --> 00:38:42,279 Speaker 1: than Brown. They signed him for a lot of money, 700 00:38:42,320 --> 00:38:45,640 Speaker 1: and I think with Isaiah Hodgins coming back, that's gonna 701 00:38:45,680 --> 00:38:50,200 Speaker 1: put even more pressure on everybody into receiving corn order 702 00:38:50,239 --> 00:38:53,839 Speaker 1: to make the team. Right. Yeah, I mean I see 703 00:38:53,840 --> 00:38:56,359 Speaker 1: where you're coming from, Jeff, go ahead, Steve Well. First 704 00:38:56,360 --> 00:38:59,160 Speaker 1: of all, Sanders is a one year deal and he's 705 00:38:59,239 --> 00:39:03,279 Speaker 1: less than John Brown was gonna cost originally. Yeah, Yeah, 706 00:39:03,280 --> 00:39:07,480 Speaker 1: bo Joe, you're gonna he's gonna go out on the 707 00:39:07,480 --> 00:39:09,600 Speaker 1: free agent market and you've got a guy who's a 708 00:39:09,680 --> 00:39:12,120 Speaker 1: quality punter, and they're gonna They made the move, and 709 00:39:13,080 --> 00:39:16,799 Speaker 1: it's about what you can expect Bojo will sign for 710 00:39:16,920 --> 00:39:19,520 Speaker 1: maybe a little less. Who knows in this market. It's 711 00:39:19,520 --> 00:39:22,000 Speaker 1: a good question, but they probably wanted to get some 712 00:39:22,040 --> 00:39:24,640 Speaker 1: certainty there and have a guy in house who had 713 00:39:24,719 --> 00:39:27,839 Speaker 1: some experience. That's a short contract, two year deals. So 714 00:39:29,000 --> 00:39:32,000 Speaker 1: there's that and hot And as far as what was 715 00:39:32,000 --> 00:39:35,280 Speaker 1: the other thing the punter that John Brown and Emmanuel 716 00:39:35,280 --> 00:39:38,920 Speaker 1: Sanders and Hodgins, Yeah, there's there's nothing that says Emmanuel 717 00:39:38,960 --> 00:39:41,239 Speaker 1: Sanders automatically is gonna be on the feet on the team. 718 00:39:41,320 --> 00:39:43,439 Speaker 1: He's got to earn it. So if Hodgins comes out 719 00:39:43,880 --> 00:39:47,680 Speaker 1: and plays better than those guys, you can bet those 720 00:39:47,719 --> 00:39:51,800 Speaker 1: guys won't play. Yeah, and I think Sanders is veteran 721 00:39:51,840 --> 00:39:54,719 Speaker 1: insurance in case Hodgens shows up to camp and he 722 00:39:54,760 --> 00:39:57,600 Speaker 1: doesn't look like he's ready to take on some kind 723 00:39:57,640 --> 00:40:01,000 Speaker 1: of role. Uh. As far as making the roster, I 724 00:40:01,040 --> 00:40:04,200 Speaker 1: don't think you should forget. Andre Roberts is in Houston now, 725 00:40:04,719 --> 00:40:07,960 Speaker 1: so he's out of the wide receiver equation on this roster, 726 00:40:08,440 --> 00:40:11,200 Speaker 1: and so too is Isaiah McKenzie. As of right now, 727 00:40:11,600 --> 00:40:14,240 Speaker 1: he's an unrestrict it'll be an unrestricted free agent effective 728 00:40:14,239 --> 00:40:18,640 Speaker 1: at four o'clock today. So those two guys were part 729 00:40:18,640 --> 00:40:21,160 Speaker 1: of the top six that are out of the equation. 730 00:40:21,680 --> 00:40:25,160 Speaker 1: Provided this Emmanuel Sanders deal gets confirmed by the team, 731 00:40:25,640 --> 00:40:28,560 Speaker 1: that brings you back up to five, Isaiah Hodgins is 732 00:40:28,600 --> 00:40:31,000 Speaker 1: six in terms of who would be on the roster 733 00:40:31,680 --> 00:40:34,719 Speaker 1: you know right away, and you still have Jake Coumereau 734 00:40:34,760 --> 00:40:37,520 Speaker 1: and Duke Williams who are on this roster as reserve 735 00:40:38,040 --> 00:40:41,640 Speaker 1: future free agents. And just to be clear, Emmanuel Sanders 736 00:40:41,760 --> 00:40:45,040 Speaker 1: is only three years older than John Brown, not five. 737 00:40:45,239 --> 00:40:47,560 Speaker 1: John Brown's thirty one years old. Believe he turns thirty 738 00:40:47,560 --> 00:40:52,759 Speaker 1: two very soon. So there's that. And I don't know 739 00:40:52,760 --> 00:40:55,080 Speaker 1: about you, Steve, while I do think that Emmanuel Sanders 740 00:40:55,160 --> 00:40:59,359 Speaker 1: is certainly going to contribute to this passing game, he's 741 00:40:59,360 --> 00:41:02,200 Speaker 1: a bridge. I don't know if he's even here after 742 00:41:02,400 --> 00:41:05,360 Speaker 1: this season. So one year deal, yeah, So it gives 743 00:41:05,360 --> 00:41:12,560 Speaker 1: you further time for Crumeroum, Duke Williams, Davis Hoggens, all 744 00:41:12,560 --> 00:41:14,960 Speaker 1: those guys. It gives you a longer time for those 745 00:41:15,000 --> 00:41:17,239 Speaker 1: guys to mature, a little bit of seasoning. Plug them 746 00:41:17,280 --> 00:41:19,960 Speaker 1: in then and you can bet Biden, perhaps late in 747 00:41:20,000 --> 00:41:23,040 Speaker 1: the season as they start to develop, one of those guys, 748 00:41:23,040 --> 00:41:25,400 Speaker 1: if not a couple of them, are gonna start to 749 00:41:25,440 --> 00:41:30,840 Speaker 1: force their way into the consideration the coaching staff. So um, yeah, 750 00:41:31,000 --> 00:41:35,080 Speaker 1: Emmanuel Sanders is a really smart signing for me because 751 00:41:35,120 --> 00:41:37,319 Speaker 1: of his experience and the fact that you know what 752 00:41:37,440 --> 00:41:39,279 Speaker 1: you're this is a guy that's been on a couple 753 00:41:39,280 --> 00:41:44,520 Speaker 1: of different teams, knows what it is dams, right, and 754 00:41:44,600 --> 00:41:46,799 Speaker 1: he's acclimated to those and this is you know, he's 755 00:41:46,800 --> 00:41:49,000 Speaker 1: coming in a one year deal. He's done this before 756 00:41:49,640 --> 00:41:53,560 Speaker 1: and been productive. So it's just and in this environment, 757 00:41:53,640 --> 00:41:55,319 Speaker 1: it's a little bit I'm not saying it is all 758 00:41:55,400 --> 00:41:57,920 Speaker 1: dictated by the the economics of the league right now 759 00:41:57,960 --> 00:41:59,600 Speaker 1: because of the cap and the free agency and the 760 00:41:59,600 --> 00:42:02,000 Speaker 1: flooded market and all that, but it does seem like 761 00:42:02,040 --> 00:42:07,920 Speaker 1: the Bills tag a guy with the right characteristics, right, veteran, 762 00:42:08,560 --> 00:42:10,319 Speaker 1: been on a couple of different teams, knows what it 763 00:42:10,400 --> 00:42:13,600 Speaker 1: is to acclimate, been productive and been productive recently, had 764 00:42:13,920 --> 00:42:18,120 Speaker 1: fourteen games this last season. So that's you know, if 765 00:42:18,160 --> 00:42:20,200 Speaker 1: it wasn't Emmanuel Sanders, you when you look down the 766 00:42:20,200 --> 00:42:22,319 Speaker 1: list and find a guy just like it, that's who 767 00:42:22,320 --> 00:42:24,040 Speaker 1: you're looking at it. And John Brown it's hard for 768 00:42:24,120 --> 00:42:27,200 Speaker 1: him to get cut and then sign a one year 769 00:42:27,200 --> 00:42:31,200 Speaker 1: deal to come back for half the money for half 770 00:42:31,200 --> 00:42:33,720 Speaker 1: the money, although that's what he did for the Raiders, 771 00:42:34,160 --> 00:42:39,320 Speaker 1: and it's that's why I was surprised at you couldn't 772 00:42:39,360 --> 00:42:43,440 Speaker 1: like John Brown's representation, couldn't call the Bills and say 773 00:42:43,480 --> 00:42:46,560 Speaker 1: we you know, and maybe the Bills believe in their 774 00:42:46,560 --> 00:42:49,000 Speaker 1: heart of hearts than Emmanuel Sanders is better than John Brown. 775 00:42:49,080 --> 00:42:51,239 Speaker 1: Maybe they did different He's got a different skill set 776 00:42:51,280 --> 00:42:54,919 Speaker 1: a little bit. But you know there's that as well. 777 00:42:55,239 --> 00:42:57,160 Speaker 1: We'll take a break, but when we come back, more 778 00:42:57,200 --> 00:42:59,120 Speaker 1: of your comments on the tweet sheet as far as 779 00:42:59,160 --> 00:43:02,040 Speaker 1: your favorite of the free agent moves performed by the 780 00:43:02,080 --> 00:43:05,640 Speaker 1: Bills to this point, and we'll talk about some of 781 00:43:05,640 --> 00:43:08,800 Speaker 1: the quarterbacks who found new homes in the last twenty 782 00:43:08,800 --> 00:43:12,319 Speaker 1: four hours in the free agent market and Chicago and 783 00:43:12,480 --> 00:43:17,160 Speaker 1: their desperate attempt to land Russell Wilson via trade. We 784 00:43:17,239 --> 00:43:21,040 Speaker 1: know it didn't work, but find out exactly how much 785 00:43:21,480 --> 00:43:24,960 Speaker 1: they offered the Seahawks crazy. We'll talk about it when 786 00:43:24,960 --> 00:43:27,200 Speaker 1: we come back here on One Bills Live, presented by 787 00:43:27,239 --> 00:43:41,600 Speaker 1: Collid to Health. This is Buffalo Bills Radio Bug in 788 00:43:41,680 --> 00:43:44,160 Speaker 1: the One Bills Live. Chris Brown, Steve Jasker here with 789 00:43:44,239 --> 00:43:48,440 Speaker 1: you on this Saint Patrick's day. Some news being reported 790 00:43:48,440 --> 00:43:52,880 Speaker 1: by NFL Network, the New England Patriots have tendered cornerback J. C. 791 00:43:53,160 --> 00:43:56,359 Speaker 1: Jackson at the second round level one year. Three point 792 00:43:56,440 --> 00:43:59,759 Speaker 1: three eight million is the qualifying offer there. So if 793 00:43:59,760 --> 00:44:02,520 Speaker 1: you wanted to sign him away from the Patriots, you'd 794 00:44:02,520 --> 00:44:06,239 Speaker 1: have to cough up a second round pick for J. C. 795 00:44:07,040 --> 00:44:10,440 Speaker 1: Jackson plus the money plus. Yeah, you'd sign him to 796 00:44:10,480 --> 00:44:14,800 Speaker 1: an offer sheet, right. I wonder about that one. The 797 00:44:15,400 --> 00:44:19,960 Speaker 1: Patriots are hedging their bets there. They're hedging their bets 798 00:44:20,000 --> 00:44:25,040 Speaker 1: there in a big way because they're confident that some 799 00:44:25,160 --> 00:44:27,480 Speaker 1: team is not going to swoop in with a giant 800 00:44:27,600 --> 00:44:31,680 Speaker 1: offer sheet for arguably one of the ten best corners 801 00:44:31,680 --> 00:44:35,279 Speaker 1: in football right now and just twenty five years old. 802 00:44:36,040 --> 00:44:41,919 Speaker 1: So I'm sure they did their advanced analytics and feel 803 00:44:42,000 --> 00:44:45,719 Speaker 1: that this is enough to be a deterrent in this 804 00:44:45,800 --> 00:44:49,720 Speaker 1: depressed economic climate of free agency this year in the league. 805 00:44:50,760 --> 00:44:57,200 Speaker 1: You have enough team with enough room. Indianapolis, they just 806 00:44:57,239 --> 00:45:00,400 Speaker 1: law they're gonna lose avier roads in free agency. Twenty 807 00:45:00,400 --> 00:45:02,839 Speaker 1: five year old corner added to that defense. God man, 808 00:45:02,880 --> 00:45:05,000 Speaker 1: they got a ton of don't They have a lot 809 00:45:05,040 --> 00:45:07,440 Speaker 1: of draft picks. Indeed they don't. They do. They have 810 00:45:07,480 --> 00:45:09,200 Speaker 1: a lot of cap room too, They have sixty three 811 00:45:09,239 --> 00:45:13,279 Speaker 1: million dollars in cap room. They haven't done much. Some 812 00:45:13,360 --> 00:45:17,320 Speaker 1: quarterbacks found some homes over the course of the last 813 00:45:17,320 --> 00:45:20,640 Speaker 1: twenty four hours on the free agent market, we saw 814 00:45:20,760 --> 00:45:23,480 Speaker 1: Jacobe Brissette of those Colts go to Miami on a 815 00:45:23,520 --> 00:45:27,520 Speaker 1: one year deal to serve as a backup to Tua. 816 00:45:27,840 --> 00:45:31,640 Speaker 1: We saw Tyrod Taylor go to Houston where he will 817 00:45:31,680 --> 00:45:35,600 Speaker 1: either be a backup or a potential starter. And if 818 00:45:35,600 --> 00:45:37,840 Speaker 1: we remember, David Culley was here on the Bills coaching 819 00:45:37,880 --> 00:45:41,000 Speaker 1: staff when Tyrod was here, so there's a fire relationship there. 820 00:45:42,480 --> 00:45:47,640 Speaker 1: And then Andy Dalton goes to Chicago on a one year, 821 00:45:48,160 --> 00:45:53,320 Speaker 1: ten million dollar contract because the Bears and their full 822 00:45:53,360 --> 00:45:57,319 Speaker 1: court press to land Russell Wilson via trade was not 823 00:45:57,480 --> 00:46:01,560 Speaker 1: accepted by the Seahawks. And since come out that the 824 00:46:01,640 --> 00:46:07,320 Speaker 1: Bears offered three first round picks, a third, and two 825 00:46:07,520 --> 00:46:10,960 Speaker 1: starters from their roster, and the Seahawks said, thank you 826 00:46:11,000 --> 00:46:17,440 Speaker 1: know now you've got you've got you you you're an 827 00:46:17,440 --> 00:46:20,120 Speaker 1: even bigger risk taker with the thing you were purported. Well, 828 00:46:20,160 --> 00:46:24,080 Speaker 1: I thought, if I was the Seahawks three ones and 829 00:46:24,200 --> 00:46:27,440 Speaker 1: all that other stuff, three ones, two starters and a three, yeah, 830 00:46:28,120 --> 00:46:31,399 Speaker 1: I say, okay, I'll do that, and I'll take those 831 00:46:31,440 --> 00:46:35,480 Speaker 1: three ones, a starter, two starters in a three, and 832 00:46:35,520 --> 00:46:37,920 Speaker 1: I'll add whatever I want to it. Another one? Ye, 833 00:46:39,040 --> 00:46:42,200 Speaker 1: another one? So you got four number ones, two starters 834 00:46:42,239 --> 00:46:45,279 Speaker 1: from Chicago and a third rounder from Chicago. I give 835 00:46:45,320 --> 00:46:48,799 Speaker 1: it to Houston for Deshaun Watson. Yeah, to get fill 836 00:46:48,920 --> 00:46:50,920 Speaker 1: up my spot that I was vacated by Russ. You 837 00:46:51,040 --> 00:46:54,520 Speaker 1: gotta know that Houston's in on that, don't you before 838 00:46:54,520 --> 00:47:00,120 Speaker 1: you pull the trigger with the Bears. I think you do, maybe, 839 00:47:00,440 --> 00:47:03,080 Speaker 1: because what happens if you offer that and Houston says no, 840 00:47:03,200 --> 00:47:06,520 Speaker 1: thank you? I mean, I know you've got three ones, 841 00:47:06,560 --> 00:47:08,680 Speaker 1: but the Bears are picking twentieth. Yeah, then I'd then 842 00:47:08,719 --> 00:47:10,760 Speaker 1: I'd show up at the Now I have no quarterback, 843 00:47:10,840 --> 00:47:14,440 Speaker 1: and I'd show up at the Jets doorstep and get Darnold. Yeah. Um, 844 00:47:14,760 --> 00:47:18,040 Speaker 1: you know, and he got a big package to work with. Yeah. 845 00:47:18,080 --> 00:47:19,600 Speaker 1: That's and you wouldn't have to give it all up 846 00:47:19,640 --> 00:47:21,960 Speaker 1: so you could get somebody you're confident you could get 847 00:47:21,960 --> 00:47:24,880 Speaker 1: somebody with that haul, which I would tend to believe 848 00:47:24,960 --> 00:47:31,240 Speaker 1: you could too. Right. Um, it's interesting. I'm I wonder 849 00:47:31,239 --> 00:47:36,280 Speaker 1: how long Seattle thought about that three once the Russell 850 00:47:36,280 --> 00:47:43,000 Speaker 1: Wilson's thirty one, Um, you're gonna get another half dozen 851 00:47:43,080 --> 00:47:46,600 Speaker 1: years out of him? Tops. Yeah, you figure um, although 852 00:47:46,640 --> 00:47:48,640 Speaker 1: he's one of those guys that spends a million dollars 853 00:47:48,640 --> 00:47:50,080 Speaker 1: a year on his body as well. He's got the 854 00:47:50,160 --> 00:47:54,160 Speaker 1: hyperbarick chambers, he's got the personal massus, he's got nutritionists, 855 00:47:54,320 --> 00:47:57,239 Speaker 1: two chefs, the whole nine, because he wants to play 856 00:47:57,239 --> 00:48:01,160 Speaker 1: as long as Brady's playing. Okay, I just this just 857 00:48:01,160 --> 00:48:08,120 Speaker 1: didn't Father time has yet to lose, right, So yeah, 858 00:48:08,160 --> 00:48:12,000 Speaker 1: I still I would have done that deal. I gotta 859 00:48:12,040 --> 00:48:14,200 Speaker 1: say I would have done the deal for russ And 860 00:48:14,400 --> 00:48:16,879 Speaker 1: I like Russell. I think he's a great quarterback. He's 861 00:48:16,920 --> 00:48:21,319 Speaker 1: just a phenomenal story, all of that stuff. But I 862 00:48:21,400 --> 00:48:24,480 Speaker 1: take all that stuff from Chicago, package it up and say, 863 00:48:24,520 --> 00:48:30,640 Speaker 1: all right, let me get another one. Here we go, Jets, Texans, 864 00:48:31,120 --> 00:48:33,440 Speaker 1: who else? I mean, you should go go down the list. Probably, 865 00:48:33,640 --> 00:48:37,920 Speaker 1: I don't know, if you want Teddy Bridgewater. Probably not Vegas. 866 00:48:38,400 --> 00:48:41,279 Speaker 1: Take Derek Carr. I don't know. They're coughing him up 867 00:48:41,280 --> 00:48:45,880 Speaker 1: though for that for that package. Maybe John Gruden couldn't 868 00:48:45,880 --> 00:48:48,160 Speaker 1: stick his finger down his throat fast enough. But he 869 00:48:48,239 --> 00:48:50,719 Speaker 1: doesn't like young guys. That's his problem. He doesn't like 870 00:48:50,880 --> 00:48:55,200 Speaker 1: young developmental quarterbacks. He's always looking for the veterans. You 871 00:48:55,280 --> 00:49:00,719 Speaker 1: know he hates rookie quarterbacks. I've seen it on him. 872 00:49:01,320 --> 00:49:04,440 Speaker 1: He hates he hates a lot of things. Uh, you know, 873 00:49:04,440 --> 00:49:06,600 Speaker 1: they're they're down to what do they plan? See now? 874 00:49:06,640 --> 00:49:09,640 Speaker 1: Down in Vegas, he's starting to feel a little bit. 875 00:49:09,640 --> 00:49:11,320 Speaker 1: I think they're starting to feel the heat in Vegas. 876 00:49:11,360 --> 00:49:15,120 Speaker 1: They they need to turn that around. It's it has 877 00:49:15,239 --> 00:49:17,640 Speaker 1: not gotten better there that ten year contract. What's he 878 00:49:17,680 --> 00:49:19,719 Speaker 1: gonna be into a year three? Now, this will be 879 00:49:19,800 --> 00:49:21,799 Speaker 1: year three, but he's got a ten year contract. Oh 880 00:49:21,840 --> 00:49:24,200 Speaker 1: you want to fire me? Okay, three for another seven 881 00:49:24,280 --> 00:49:26,920 Speaker 1: year three or four? I think it's year three. I 882 00:49:26,920 --> 00:49:29,440 Speaker 1: think it's year three. I don't know. Yeah, maybe maybe 883 00:49:29,480 --> 00:49:31,640 Speaker 1: in any event, And he's got more than half of 884 00:49:31,680 --> 00:49:35,799 Speaker 1: it left. And Mike Mayock's out there and they you know, 885 00:49:36,120 --> 00:49:40,040 Speaker 1: it's hard. It's hard to build. Yeah, you can't. Particularly 886 00:49:40,120 --> 00:49:43,240 Speaker 1: the guy like Gruten's a problem as a coach because 887 00:49:43,239 --> 00:49:46,560 Speaker 1: he shops all the time for players and he's yeah 888 00:49:46,600 --> 00:49:50,799 Speaker 1: and none way he wants it is usually inflexible. There's 889 00:49:50,840 --> 00:49:53,799 Speaker 1: not a lot of bending and compromise with him. He's 890 00:49:53,840 --> 00:49:56,439 Speaker 1: got a guy who's being productive, playing hard, playing well. 891 00:49:56,520 --> 00:50:00,960 Speaker 1: Instead of building around it, he's looking to change if 892 00:50:00,960 --> 00:50:03,440 Speaker 1: there's somebody out there that looks better. It looks change 893 00:50:03,440 --> 00:50:08,719 Speaker 1: it out. You can't get any you can't get any 894 00:50:08,880 --> 00:50:13,280 Speaker 1: camaraderie or cohesion for your club if you're always changing 895 00:50:13,320 --> 00:50:17,000 Speaker 1: out the parts, and when you have the parts, you're 896 00:50:17,040 --> 00:50:21,719 Speaker 1: not happy with them all. Never never happy with him. Yeah, 897 00:50:22,400 --> 00:50:25,759 Speaker 1: that's a tough work environment. It is break time for us. 898 00:50:25,800 --> 00:50:28,080 Speaker 1: When we come back, it's the play by play man 899 00:50:28,120 --> 00:50:31,120 Speaker 1: for the New England Patriots joining us Bob Sochi as 900 00:50:31,160 --> 00:50:33,439 Speaker 1: we get his thoughts on the wild start to free 901 00:50:33,440 --> 00:50:36,160 Speaker 1: agency for the New England Patriots. That's next here on 902 00:50:36,160 --> 00:50:38,280 Speaker 1: One Bill's Live, presented by Kalid to Health. It's Buffalo 903 00:50:38,360 --> 00:50:53,760 Speaker 1: Bill's Radio. Hello Bills Radio Network Sports Dates your sports 904 00:50:53,840 --> 00:50:56,279 Speaker 1: update from One Bill's Drive. With their losing streak hitting 905 00:50:56,280 --> 00:50:59,200 Speaker 1: twelve games, the Sabers have relieved head coach Ralph Krueger 906 00:50:59,239 --> 00:51:02,040 Speaker 1: of his duties today. Kruger was in his second season 907 00:51:02,080 --> 00:51:04,600 Speaker 1: with the Sabers, originally hired in May of twenty nineteen, 908 00:51:04,920 --> 00:51:07,280 Speaker 1: for the record of thirty six, forty nine and twelve 909 00:51:07,600 --> 00:51:10,160 Speaker 1: in his two seasons behind the bench. GM Kevin Adams 910 00:51:10,200 --> 00:51:13,440 Speaker 1: met with the media earlier today, and replacing Kruger on 911 00:51:13,480 --> 00:51:16,920 Speaker 1: an interim basis will be Don Granado, and developmental coaches 912 00:51:16,920 --> 00:51:20,120 Speaker 1: Matt Ellis and Dan Girardi will serve as assistant coaches 913 00:51:20,160 --> 00:51:23,440 Speaker 1: along with Krueger. Assistant coach Steve Smith was also let go. 914 00:51:24,000 --> 00:51:26,960 Speaker 1: NFL free agency officially begins at four pm this afternoon, 915 00:51:27,000 --> 00:51:28,960 Speaker 1: but plenty of news around the league. For the Bills. 916 00:51:29,280 --> 00:51:31,239 Speaker 1: They've come to an agreement on a three year deal 917 00:51:31,320 --> 00:51:34,640 Speaker 1: with former Dolphins punter Matt Hawk, a left footed punter 918 00:51:34,719 --> 00:51:37,240 Speaker 1: holds the Dolphins record an all time net punting average 919 00:51:37,239 --> 00:51:40,040 Speaker 1: with thirty nine point nine net yards per punt. He's 920 00:51:40,080 --> 00:51:42,560 Speaker 1: also pinned at least five punts inside the twenty yard 921 00:51:42,560 --> 00:51:45,200 Speaker 1: line during a six during a game six different times 922 00:51:45,200 --> 00:51:48,440 Speaker 1: in his career. Also reports last night that the Bills 923 00:51:48,640 --> 00:51:52,040 Speaker 1: have come to an agreement with veteran wide receiver Emmanuel Sanders. Sanders, 924 00:51:52,040 --> 00:51:54,399 Speaker 1: who caught sixty one passes for just over seven hundred 925 00:51:54,480 --> 00:51:57,200 Speaker 1: yards and five touchdowns in fourteen games last season with 926 00:51:57,239 --> 00:52:00,280 Speaker 1: the Saints, caught another eight passes for fifty one aren't 927 00:52:00,320 --> 00:52:03,439 Speaker 1: in the playoffs. It's reportedly a one year agreement. One 928 00:52:03,480 --> 00:52:06,880 Speaker 1: other reported move from Tuesday, the Bills have reportedly traded 929 00:52:06,920 --> 00:52:09,560 Speaker 1: tight end Lee Smith to the Atlanta Falcons for a 930 00:52:09,680 --> 00:52:13,080 Speaker 1: late round pick. In twenty twenty two, forty nine Ers 931 00:52:13,080 --> 00:52:15,799 Speaker 1: broke the bank in order to retain their best free 932 00:52:15,800 --> 00:52:18,400 Speaker 1: agent available. Trent Williams has agreed to terms on a 933 00:52:18,480 --> 00:52:21,040 Speaker 1: six year, one hundred and thirty eight million dollar deal 934 00:52:21,400 --> 00:52:23,640 Speaker 1: to stay with the forty nine Ers. It includes fifty 935 00:52:23,680 --> 00:52:27,600 Speaker 1: five million dollars in guaranteed money. Former Bills and Chargers 936 00:52:27,680 --> 00:52:30,080 Speaker 1: quarterback Tyrod Taylor reached agreement on a one year deal 937 00:52:30,120 --> 00:52:31,680 Speaker 1: worth up to twelve and a half million with the 938 00:52:31,680 --> 00:52:34,359 Speaker 1: Houston Texans. They'll join de Shaun Watson is the only 939 00:52:34,360 --> 00:52:37,800 Speaker 1: two quarterbacks on Houston's roster, although Watson continues to express 940 00:52:38,120 --> 00:52:40,400 Speaker 1: he wants out of Houston and its demanded a trade. 941 00:52:40,680 --> 00:52:43,560 Speaker 1: Andy Dalton to the Chicago Bears on a one year deal, 942 00:52:43,800 --> 00:52:46,080 Speaker 1: and the Detroit Lions and Rams are at it again. 943 00:52:46,160 --> 00:52:49,839 Speaker 1: After previously agreeing to swap quarterbacks, they finalized a deal 944 00:52:49,880 --> 00:52:52,800 Speaker 1: to send veteran defensive lineman Michael Brocker's to the Lions. 945 00:52:53,040 --> 00:52:56,040 Speaker 1: It's another swap involving new Lions GM Brad Holmes and 946 00:52:56,120 --> 00:52:59,360 Speaker 1: his old team, following the previous swap of Matthew Stafford 947 00:52:59,400 --> 00:53:02,400 Speaker 1: in exchange for Jared goff and draft picks. That is 948 00:53:02,400 --> 00:53:05,240 Speaker 1: your sports update from One Bill's Drive. Chris Brown Steve 949 00:53:05,280 --> 00:53:09,759 Speaker 1: Tasker with you our number two of a shortened edition 950 00:53:09,840 --> 00:53:12,440 Speaker 1: of One Bill's Live here Today and joining us on 951 00:53:12,480 --> 00:53:15,440 Speaker 1: the line right now, the play by play voice of 952 00:53:15,480 --> 00:53:18,400 Speaker 1: the New England Patriots since twenty thirteen, also a studio 953 00:53:18,480 --> 00:53:23,279 Speaker 1: host and host of the Gridiron and Beyond podcast. It 954 00:53:23,440 --> 00:53:26,200 Speaker 1: is Auburn, New York native Bob Sochi joining us on 955 00:53:26,239 --> 00:53:28,320 Speaker 1: the line. Bob, how are you, Sarah? Thanks for spending 956 00:53:28,360 --> 00:53:31,160 Speaker 1: some time with us. Well, thanks for having me Chris 957 00:53:31,160 --> 00:53:33,160 Speaker 1: and Steve. Good to be with you, guys. Guys, have 958 00:53:33,440 --> 00:53:35,960 Speaker 1: the Patriots have been busy here? The first few days 959 00:53:36,000 --> 00:53:38,640 Speaker 1: we knew they had money to spend, we speculated that 960 00:53:38,680 --> 00:53:41,799 Speaker 1: they might be jumping head first into the market, which 961 00:53:41,880 --> 00:53:45,680 Speaker 1: kind of runs rather contrary to what they've done in 962 00:53:45,719 --> 00:53:49,520 Speaker 1: recent years. Was this the degree of activity you expected 963 00:53:49,600 --> 00:53:53,840 Speaker 1: or have they even exceeded your expectations? I would say exceeded, 964 00:53:54,000 --> 00:53:56,680 Speaker 1: particularly with going top of the market for the two 965 00:53:56,719 --> 00:54:00,840 Speaker 1: tight ends. Certainly for the Patriots usually you expect them 966 00:54:00,960 --> 00:54:04,600 Speaker 1: to go bargain shopping and it's usually day two or 967 00:54:04,680 --> 00:54:06,480 Speaker 1: three or free agency when they go out and get 968 00:54:06,520 --> 00:54:09,360 Speaker 1: the guys that other people have passed over with a 969 00:54:09,400 --> 00:54:11,359 Speaker 1: tight end position. We knew they'd be aggressive, or they 970 00:54:11,360 --> 00:54:13,480 Speaker 1: had to be aggressive. And this goes back really, I 971 00:54:13,480 --> 00:54:15,759 Speaker 1: think over the course of the last decade or so, 972 00:54:15,880 --> 00:54:18,360 Speaker 1: it's a position where they had set a standard with 973 00:54:18,360 --> 00:54:21,360 Speaker 1: Gronkowski and Hernandez, but really did not address it at 974 00:54:21,440 --> 00:54:25,560 Speaker 1: least with any investment of draft capital to substantial degree 975 00:54:26,000 --> 00:54:28,080 Speaker 1: over the course of the last decade. And last year 976 00:54:28,120 --> 00:54:29,759 Speaker 1: they found themselves in a position where they had to 977 00:54:29,840 --> 00:54:32,680 Speaker 1: draft for a need, and as often happens when you 978 00:54:32,680 --> 00:54:35,040 Speaker 1: look to draft for a need, it didn't go well, 979 00:54:35,040 --> 00:54:38,160 Speaker 1: particularly in a COVID affected year. They used two of 980 00:54:38,200 --> 00:54:40,160 Speaker 1: the top one hundred and one draft picks last year 981 00:54:40,480 --> 00:54:44,040 Speaker 1: at the tight end position on Devin Asiassi and Dalton Keene, 982 00:54:44,560 --> 00:54:47,239 Speaker 1: and that has been a non productive position for them, 983 00:54:47,280 --> 00:54:49,600 Speaker 1: not only twenty twenty, but the previous season as well. 984 00:54:49,760 --> 00:54:54,160 Speaker 1: So we expected them locally to go after a tight end. 985 00:54:54,440 --> 00:54:56,520 Speaker 1: I didn't think honestly that they could get a Hunter 986 00:54:56,640 --> 00:55:00,200 Speaker 1: Henry and john Y Smith. I thought Gerald Everett be 987 00:55:00,239 --> 00:55:02,439 Speaker 1: a guy more in their range, but they got both 988 00:55:02,480 --> 00:55:04,600 Speaker 1: of them, and I think the aggressiveness on Day one 989 00:55:04,640 --> 00:55:07,640 Speaker 1: some of those signings. You probably could have seen reporter 990 00:55:07,760 --> 00:55:10,919 Speaker 1: that they could have closed the deal on the first 991 00:55:11,000 --> 00:55:14,320 Speaker 1: day of free agency today or tomorrow. Godja from Miami 992 00:55:14,400 --> 00:55:16,680 Speaker 1: perhaps you know, you look at Jalen Mills a bit 993 00:55:16,719 --> 00:55:18,120 Speaker 1: of a surprise as well. But I think it's a 994 00:55:18,160 --> 00:55:20,640 Speaker 1: statement as well, Chris and Steve. This team won seven 995 00:55:20,640 --> 00:55:24,600 Speaker 1: and nine last year. Bill Belichick often zigs when everybody 996 00:55:24,680 --> 00:55:26,960 Speaker 1: else zags. The market was lined up very well for 997 00:55:27,040 --> 00:55:29,840 Speaker 1: them favorably this year because of the salary cap situation, 998 00:55:30,160 --> 00:55:32,600 Speaker 1: the predicaments only teams around the league were in and 999 00:55:32,719 --> 00:55:36,200 Speaker 1: he takes advantage of the market and at the same time, 1000 00:55:36,480 --> 00:55:38,439 Speaker 1: and a tight end is not the only position. It's 1001 00:55:38,480 --> 00:55:40,440 Speaker 1: something they really had to do in a sense because 1002 00:55:40,520 --> 00:55:43,040 Speaker 1: they haven't drafted very well in recent years. When you 1003 00:55:43,080 --> 00:55:45,799 Speaker 1: look at the track record in April and does this 1004 00:55:46,200 --> 00:55:48,759 Speaker 1: from the locals point of view, people who've watched this club, 1005 00:55:48,880 --> 00:55:51,080 Speaker 1: is this really a kind of a shift in philosophy, 1006 00:55:51,120 --> 00:55:53,120 Speaker 1: the fact that they did kind of go for the 1007 00:55:53,160 --> 00:55:55,560 Speaker 1: top shelf talent. They didn't try to get guys who 1008 00:55:55,560 --> 00:55:58,640 Speaker 1: are seemingly it's going to be more difficult for John H. 1009 00:55:58,760 --> 00:56:02,520 Speaker 1: Smith and Hunter Henry to earn that money in that contract, 1010 00:56:02,840 --> 00:56:04,880 Speaker 1: whereas you see him sign other guys, it's like Rod, 1011 00:56:04,920 --> 00:56:06,879 Speaker 1: They're going to earn every cent of that. They're gonna 1012 00:56:06,920 --> 00:56:09,360 Speaker 1: get value for the money they spent. It seems a 1013 00:56:09,360 --> 00:56:12,719 Speaker 1: little different these contracts they're handing out in the first 1014 00:56:12,800 --> 00:56:14,560 Speaker 1: day of free agency than they've done in the past. 1015 00:56:14,600 --> 00:56:17,360 Speaker 1: As you mentioned, Yeah, you know, Steve, it's kind of 1016 00:56:17,400 --> 00:56:19,200 Speaker 1: interesting too when you look at the wide receiver position 1017 00:56:19,200 --> 00:56:22,399 Speaker 1: with Nelson Aglore and Kendrick Bourne. I think those were 1018 00:56:22,400 --> 00:56:24,360 Speaker 1: two signings that were a bit of a surprise than 1019 00:56:24,440 --> 00:56:26,800 Speaker 1: the fact again that they got the deals done on 1020 00:56:26,920 --> 00:56:28,200 Speaker 1: day one, and of course for so many of the 1021 00:56:28,200 --> 00:56:31,200 Speaker 1: free agents that they signed, there's a common denominator as well. 1022 00:56:31,280 --> 00:56:34,319 Speaker 1: Drew Rosenhouse, an agent is worked very well with Bill 1023 00:56:34,320 --> 00:56:37,000 Speaker 1: Belichick through the years. But you know, to me, you know, 1024 00:56:37,000 --> 00:56:39,080 Speaker 1: you look at the wide receiver market right now and 1025 00:56:39,080 --> 00:56:42,120 Speaker 1: the names that are still out there available, it was 1026 00:56:42,160 --> 00:56:45,040 Speaker 1: interesting that Aglore and Born were the two guys that 1027 00:56:45,080 --> 00:56:47,719 Speaker 1: they saw it. And I think although the terms as 1028 00:56:47,760 --> 00:56:50,400 Speaker 1: initially reported, of course they're different with the what's in 1029 00:56:50,440 --> 00:56:55,200 Speaker 1: the language of the contract as officially submitted to the league. Nonetheless, 1030 00:56:55,719 --> 00:56:58,960 Speaker 1: I think it's a case where they identified areas they 1031 00:56:59,000 --> 00:57:03,840 Speaker 1: wanted to address, not positions, but within those positions areas 1032 00:57:03,840 --> 00:57:06,760 Speaker 1: of the field that they wanted to layer in their offense. 1033 00:57:06,760 --> 00:57:10,600 Speaker 1: For example, facets of the defense very vulnerable against the 1034 00:57:10,719 --> 00:57:13,360 Speaker 1: run and not able to sustain a lot of pressure 1035 00:57:13,400 --> 00:57:17,080 Speaker 1: the last year or so, and in particular on the edges. 1036 00:57:17,080 --> 00:57:20,120 Speaker 1: So they get Jude On from Baltimore. Some people believe 1037 00:57:20,120 --> 00:57:22,520 Speaker 1: they overpaid for him, but he's a good, versatile enough player. 1038 00:57:22,520 --> 00:57:25,080 Speaker 1: I think you'll fit well in their scheme. Gotchas a 1039 00:57:25,120 --> 00:57:27,400 Speaker 1: guy is a good run stuffing defensive tack which played 1040 00:57:27,440 --> 00:57:30,000 Speaker 1: well against the Patriots when healthy for the Dolphins through 1041 00:57:30,040 --> 00:57:31,720 Speaker 1: the years, and I think those are guys that they 1042 00:57:31,800 --> 00:57:34,520 Speaker 1: targeted and said, we need those guys not only to 1043 00:57:34,560 --> 00:57:37,000 Speaker 1: play those positions, but to play specific roles. And I 1044 00:57:37,040 --> 00:57:38,800 Speaker 1: think the same thing goes with aglare as a guy 1045 00:57:38,840 --> 00:57:41,720 Speaker 1: who can effect coverage a bit with his speed downfield 1046 00:57:42,200 --> 00:57:44,880 Speaker 1: born as well as more of an intermediate guy. And 1047 00:57:45,000 --> 00:57:47,480 Speaker 1: the fact that all of those guys, including the tight ends, 1048 00:57:47,640 --> 00:57:51,600 Speaker 1: have pretty substantial catch radiuses. That's important for this team, 1049 00:57:51,640 --> 00:57:54,600 Speaker 1: particularly if, and it's a big if, they go into 1050 00:57:54,640 --> 00:57:57,240 Speaker 1: this season with Cam Newton as their starting quarterback. So 1051 00:57:57,480 --> 00:58:00,360 Speaker 1: with Hunter, Henry and John who Smith. Now in the fold, 1052 00:58:00,400 --> 00:58:02,560 Speaker 1: I have to imagine up there in New England, it's 1053 00:58:02,600 --> 00:58:05,440 Speaker 1: conjured a memories of, you know, previous guys of a 1054 00:58:05,480 --> 00:58:08,600 Speaker 1: similar caliber in the form of Aaron Hernandez and Rob Gronkowski. 1055 00:58:08,720 --> 00:58:11,640 Speaker 1: Is I realize this is an educated guest on your part, 1056 00:58:11,680 --> 00:58:14,480 Speaker 1: but is the general consensus up there that they may 1057 00:58:14,520 --> 00:58:17,200 Speaker 1: be drifting back to some of those offensive principles that 1058 00:58:17,240 --> 00:58:20,720 Speaker 1: they employed with those two guys, well, Chris, last year 1059 00:58:20,720 --> 00:58:24,160 Speaker 1: they played a twelve personnel set, one back, two tight 1060 00:58:24,240 --> 00:58:27,480 Speaker 1: ends two percent of the snaps roughly twenty to twenty 1061 00:58:27,480 --> 00:58:30,600 Speaker 1: five snaps overall on the season with two tight ends 1062 00:58:30,600 --> 00:58:33,520 Speaker 1: on the field, and it's been the worst production in 1063 00:58:33,560 --> 00:58:35,880 Speaker 1: the league for the Patriots at that tight end spot, 1064 00:58:35,920 --> 00:58:37,760 Speaker 1: and a last year for the previous season with Matt 1065 00:58:37,800 --> 00:58:40,760 Speaker 1: lacost At an aging Benjamin Watson, and so for the 1066 00:58:40,800 --> 00:58:44,000 Speaker 1: Patriots it's really been a non existing factor in their offense. 1067 00:58:44,160 --> 00:58:47,080 Speaker 1: And even in the twenty sixteenth season, they had Rob 1068 00:58:47,120 --> 00:58:50,080 Speaker 1: Gronkowski and Martelli Spennett. Now Bronck was injured for much 1069 00:58:50,080 --> 00:58:52,320 Speaker 1: of that year, but you still had two quality tight 1070 00:58:52,400 --> 00:58:55,520 Speaker 1: ends who were both good blockers in Pascatchers. I think 1071 00:58:55,520 --> 00:58:56,960 Speaker 1: with Smith. You look at a guy that they can 1072 00:58:57,000 --> 00:58:59,920 Speaker 1: move around a lot. And I think also to add 1073 00:59:00,040 --> 00:59:02,080 Speaker 1: to the lack of production last year at the tight 1074 00:59:02,160 --> 00:59:05,800 Speaker 1: end spot for them, there was the inability to affect 1075 00:59:05,840 --> 00:59:08,520 Speaker 1: matchups on the field with the same personnel groupings. They 1076 00:59:08,520 --> 00:59:12,200 Speaker 1: were unable to manipulate and exploit matchups by moving people around. 1077 00:59:12,520 --> 00:59:14,680 Speaker 1: You know, once they broke the huddle, you want to 1078 00:59:14,680 --> 00:59:17,400 Speaker 1: match us with your base defense will do this. You 1079 00:59:17,440 --> 00:59:20,240 Speaker 1: want to put a lighter package out there your subdefense, 1080 00:59:20,400 --> 00:59:22,600 Speaker 1: Well we're going to shift out of what we came 1081 00:59:22,640 --> 00:59:24,800 Speaker 1: out of the huddle in and do that. And I 1082 00:59:24,840 --> 00:59:27,000 Speaker 1: think this team was on a Josh McDaniel's hands were 1083 00:59:27,000 --> 00:59:29,680 Speaker 1: really tie last year because of a lack of personnel 1084 00:59:30,120 --> 00:59:33,880 Speaker 1: when it came to try to create favorable personnel matchups 1085 00:59:33,880 --> 00:59:37,200 Speaker 1: for them. A year ago, all we heard from the 1086 00:59:37,200 --> 00:59:39,720 Speaker 1: Patriots up until the time they signed Cam Newton was 1087 00:59:39,760 --> 00:59:41,360 Speaker 1: that they were going to go with Jared Stidham. He 1088 00:59:41,400 --> 00:59:43,080 Speaker 1: was going to be their guy. Then they signed Cam 1089 00:59:43,120 --> 00:59:45,680 Speaker 1: Newton and the season happened seven and nine. As she said, 1090 00:59:46,200 --> 00:59:48,840 Speaker 1: they didn't have a quarterback on their roster besides those dude. 1091 00:59:48,840 --> 00:59:51,960 Speaker 1: They signed Cam Newton just before free agency, ostensibly to 1092 00:59:52,320 --> 00:59:55,280 Speaker 1: let people know at least they had somebody there. What 1093 00:59:55,480 --> 00:59:58,080 Speaker 1: is the belief locally as to the likelihood that Cam 1094 00:59:58,120 --> 01:00:01,760 Speaker 1: Newton is the guy taking snaps on day one, Steve, 1095 01:00:01,800 --> 01:00:04,040 Speaker 1: There's been a strong reaction to the signing of Cam 1096 01:00:04,120 --> 01:00:05,760 Speaker 1: new and now, of course it's been tempered a bit 1097 01:00:05,800 --> 01:00:07,640 Speaker 1: by what's happened over the course of the last forty 1098 01:00:07,680 --> 01:00:09,920 Speaker 1: eight hours. Now, certainly a lot of things worked against 1099 01:00:09,920 --> 01:00:12,160 Speaker 1: Cam new last year. As you know, he came in 1100 01:00:12,280 --> 01:00:15,280 Speaker 1: late side with a team and a completely foreign offense 1101 01:00:15,320 --> 01:00:18,240 Speaker 1: for him in late June, in a shortened training camp, 1102 01:00:18,280 --> 01:00:21,040 Speaker 1: without a preseason, got covid in the third week of 1103 01:00:21,080 --> 01:00:23,120 Speaker 1: the year or after the third game of the season, 1104 01:00:23,600 --> 01:00:26,360 Speaker 1: missed a substantial amount of practice time, and had no 1105 01:00:26,400 --> 01:00:30,240 Speaker 1: weapons around him. And the Patriots I think always kept 1106 01:00:30,240 --> 01:00:32,240 Speaker 1: open that possibility. It's not a surprise that it was 1107 01:00:32,280 --> 01:00:36,240 Speaker 1: a possibility, but some people felt it would be a 1108 01:00:36,280 --> 01:00:39,800 Speaker 1: break glass in case of emergency kind of possibility. Maybe 1109 01:00:39,840 --> 01:00:43,040 Speaker 1: after the draft, but as you indicated, they had to 1110 01:00:43,080 --> 01:00:46,560 Speaker 1: have a quarterback in place going into free agency. They 1111 01:00:46,560 --> 01:00:49,800 Speaker 1: have explored every avenue thus far. They've looked through the 1112 01:00:49,840 --> 01:00:53,240 Speaker 1: trade route and the asking price reportedly has been too 1113 01:00:53,320 --> 01:00:56,440 Speaker 1: high for some of the quarterbacks of interest, most notably, 1114 01:00:56,480 --> 01:00:59,840 Speaker 1: I think the conjecture here is the conventional thought as 1115 01:01:00,160 --> 01:01:02,800 Speaker 1: Garoppolo in San Francisco. I think they're going to continue 1116 01:01:02,840 --> 01:01:04,640 Speaker 1: to do that. You know, maybe in this case too. 1117 01:01:04,680 --> 01:01:06,320 Speaker 1: And when you look at the structures some of the 1118 01:01:06,320 --> 01:01:08,000 Speaker 1: deals that they have signed over the course the last 1119 01:01:08,040 --> 01:01:11,120 Speaker 1: couple of days, and the ages of those players, maybe 1120 01:01:11,120 --> 01:01:14,480 Speaker 1: they're gearing up to draft a quarterback. Got Belichick to 1121 01:01:14,560 --> 01:01:16,520 Speaker 1: Garoppolo in the second round. That's the highest he's ever 1122 01:01:16,560 --> 01:01:19,680 Speaker 1: picked a QB at number sixty two back in twenty fourteen. 1123 01:01:20,240 --> 01:01:22,560 Speaker 1: But at fifteen, it's gonna be tough to get one 1124 01:01:22,600 --> 01:01:25,120 Speaker 1: of those top four or five quarterbacks moving up. But 1125 01:01:25,400 --> 01:01:27,480 Speaker 1: maybe this is a case where they do what they 1126 01:01:27,520 --> 01:01:29,760 Speaker 1: haven't done before and let's try to load up and 1127 01:01:29,800 --> 01:01:32,240 Speaker 1: trade future assets to move up higher in the draft. 1128 01:01:32,440 --> 01:01:34,120 Speaker 1: That's going to be interesting to see. But I think 1129 01:01:34,200 --> 01:01:37,080 Speaker 1: right now the expectation is the Cam Newton as a placeholder. 1130 01:01:37,200 --> 01:01:39,400 Speaker 1: There's going to be a competition. Even if he is 1131 01:01:39,440 --> 01:01:40,840 Speaker 1: the guy in Day one, he's going to have to 1132 01:01:40,840 --> 01:01:43,080 Speaker 1: earn it. But I think they're going to continue to 1133 01:01:43,080 --> 01:01:45,960 Speaker 1: explore every avenue to find another quarterback to compete for 1134 01:01:45,960 --> 01:01:47,919 Speaker 1: the job, or at least to be groomed to take 1135 01:01:48,000 --> 01:01:51,200 Speaker 1: over beyond twenty twenty one. Talking to New England Patriots 1136 01:01:51,240 --> 01:01:53,800 Speaker 1: played by playing man Bob soci and Bob Steve and 1137 01:01:53,800 --> 01:01:56,120 Speaker 1: I are kind of chuckling about this because we expect 1138 01:01:56,120 --> 01:01:59,600 Speaker 1: it to continue. But I think incestuous is a little 1139 01:01:59,640 --> 01:02:01,760 Speaker 1: too wrong a word. But the back and forth between 1140 01:02:01,800 --> 01:02:04,600 Speaker 1: the Dolphins and the Patriots in terms of stealing each 1141 01:02:04,600 --> 01:02:07,160 Speaker 1: other's players back and forth, due in part to the 1142 01:02:07,160 --> 01:02:10,360 Speaker 1: fact that their defensive schemes are are vast are pretty similar. 1143 01:02:11,320 --> 01:02:13,840 Speaker 1: But even at the center position. You know, they take 1144 01:02:13,880 --> 01:02:17,080 Speaker 1: Ted Carriss back today from the Dolphins after he spent 1145 01:02:17,120 --> 01:02:19,000 Speaker 1: a year down there, and now there's talk of David 1146 01:02:19,040 --> 01:02:21,600 Speaker 1: Andrews being of interest to the Dolphins down there at 1147 01:02:21,600 --> 01:02:27,040 Speaker 1: the very same position. Is this getting adversarial or is 1148 01:02:27,080 --> 01:02:29,440 Speaker 1: this just a matter of, well, the guy fits what 1149 01:02:29,520 --> 01:02:32,080 Speaker 1: we do here, let's just take that guy and weaken 1150 01:02:32,120 --> 01:02:35,320 Speaker 1: the other team in the process in our division. Yeah, 1151 01:02:35,320 --> 01:02:37,680 Speaker 1: it's interesting, Chris, because they did it on the defensive 1152 01:02:37,720 --> 01:02:40,480 Speaker 1: line with Adam Butler as well going to Miami and 1153 01:02:40,680 --> 01:02:44,040 Speaker 1: devind Devon Godshaw coming to New England, and there's a 1154 01:02:44,040 --> 01:02:47,400 Speaker 1: possibility that Kyle van Noy, who sided with the Dolphins 1155 01:02:47,440 --> 01:02:49,640 Speaker 1: last year after leaving the Patriots, you know, could still 1156 01:02:49,680 --> 01:02:51,520 Speaker 1: be on New England's radar, might wind up back in 1157 01:02:51,560 --> 01:02:54,200 Speaker 1: Foxborough as well. I think I think it's just a 1158 01:02:54,240 --> 01:02:56,840 Speaker 1: matter of and we've seen it before with the other 1159 01:02:56,840 --> 01:02:59,760 Speaker 1: Belichick disciples, Brian Flores and as you mentioned, the schemes 1160 01:02:59,760 --> 01:03:02,560 Speaker 1: matter up as well as really what Joe Judge and 1161 01:03:02,600 --> 01:03:04,360 Speaker 1: Patrick grab have been doing in New York with the 1162 01:03:04,400 --> 01:03:06,400 Speaker 1: Giants so thin, that you're going to continue to see 1163 01:03:06,440 --> 01:03:07,960 Speaker 1: more of that as long as those guys are in 1164 01:03:07,960 --> 01:03:10,560 Speaker 1: the league. We certainly saw the Lions last year have 1165 01:03:10,600 --> 01:03:12,960 Speaker 1: an impact on the Patriots roster with bringing in people 1166 01:03:13,040 --> 01:03:17,320 Speaker 1: like Jamie Collins and Danny Shelton and trading Ford Rod Harmon. 1167 01:03:17,600 --> 01:03:21,320 Speaker 1: So I think it's something you come to expect when 1168 01:03:21,360 --> 01:03:25,120 Speaker 1: a Belichick assistant gets his opportunity as a head coach. 1169 01:03:25,480 --> 01:03:28,919 Speaker 1: The philosophy's are pretty consistent, generally speaking, and you're gonna 1170 01:03:28,920 --> 01:03:31,600 Speaker 1: see some Patriots go to that other place. We saw 1171 01:03:31,640 --> 01:03:34,680 Speaker 1: when Parcels took over for New England brought in some 1172 01:03:34,720 --> 01:03:37,360 Speaker 1: former Jets, and then when Belichick took over for Parcels, 1173 01:03:37,360 --> 01:03:38,680 Speaker 1: you brought in some of his guys. It's been a 1174 01:03:38,760 --> 01:03:41,920 Speaker 1: kind of a consistent theme throughout the two bills careers 1175 01:03:41,960 --> 01:03:45,560 Speaker 1: as coaches. How many of the eight opt outs? I 1176 01:03:45,560 --> 01:03:47,080 Speaker 1: guess all of them are going to come back and 1177 01:03:47,160 --> 01:03:49,720 Speaker 1: play for the Patriots. How big a difference will they make? 1178 01:03:49,760 --> 01:03:53,960 Speaker 1: Because I thought it was a significant injury to their 1179 01:03:54,080 --> 01:03:56,120 Speaker 1: roster when all eight of the women drink. Yeah, I 1180 01:03:56,560 --> 01:03:58,920 Speaker 1: thought they were really talented guys who opted out. How 1181 01:03:58,920 --> 01:04:00,880 Speaker 1: big a difference will that can have There been any 1182 01:04:00,920 --> 01:04:04,840 Speaker 1: free agent signings maybe too as a redundancy to those 1183 01:04:04,840 --> 01:04:07,040 Speaker 1: guys coming back. Are they a little too deep now 1184 01:04:07,080 --> 01:04:10,200 Speaker 1: at some positions? Yeah, Steve, I think there's one that's 1185 01:04:10,200 --> 01:04:12,640 Speaker 1: really of interest to me now. Dante high Tower should 1186 01:04:12,640 --> 01:04:15,400 Speaker 1: help immensely. I think he's a guy that they really 1187 01:04:15,440 --> 01:04:18,120 Speaker 1: missed last year, particularly because they not only lost high 1188 01:04:18,120 --> 01:04:21,520 Speaker 1: Tower to the opt out, but high Towers stood goodbye 1189 01:04:21,760 --> 01:04:24,000 Speaker 1: Eland and Roberts, who had had a role on this 1190 01:04:24,160 --> 01:04:26,600 Speaker 1: defense as a run stuffer for most of his career 1191 01:04:26,600 --> 01:04:29,560 Speaker 1: in New England. He left Collins, who went as well 1192 01:04:29,600 --> 01:04:33,120 Speaker 1: as Kyle van Noy, and without high Tower last year, 1193 01:04:33,440 --> 01:04:35,880 Speaker 1: they were without a guy who was really their best 1194 01:04:36,000 --> 01:04:39,360 Speaker 1: pass rusher and I think their best run defender at 1195 01:04:39,400 --> 01:04:41,760 Speaker 1: least from the second level. You had Laurence Guy inside 1196 01:04:41,840 --> 01:04:44,120 Speaker 1: who's a very valuable piece of this team the last 1197 01:04:44,120 --> 01:04:46,800 Speaker 1: four years, who may be bound from Miami perhaps as 1198 01:04:46,840 --> 01:04:49,720 Speaker 1: well when we talk about that theme, but there's no 1199 01:04:49,800 --> 01:04:53,080 Speaker 1: question to me High Tower is a significant piece of 1200 01:04:53,160 --> 01:04:56,280 Speaker 1: that defense coming back and should change things a lot 1201 01:04:56,320 --> 01:04:58,760 Speaker 1: for them because they were so vulnerable against the run 1202 01:04:58,760 --> 01:05:00,560 Speaker 1: on the edges. I mean, the bill, a team that 1203 01:05:00,600 --> 01:05:02,640 Speaker 1: had not run it well last year going into that 1204 01:05:02,680 --> 01:05:05,360 Speaker 1: first meeting of the teams ran almost at will throughout 1205 01:05:05,400 --> 01:05:07,320 Speaker 1: that game, and it was a consistent theme and it it 1206 01:05:07,400 --> 01:05:09,960 Speaker 1: really went back to the previous year as well late 1207 01:05:10,000 --> 01:05:12,880 Speaker 1: in the twenty nineteen season. Now, Patrick Chung is the 1208 01:05:12,880 --> 01:05:15,440 Speaker 1: one that's especially interesting to me because he's played a 1209 01:05:15,520 --> 01:05:18,640 Speaker 1: lot of snaps on this defense and in the Patriots 1210 01:05:18,640 --> 01:05:21,160 Speaker 1: special teams units through the years, particularly in a second 1211 01:05:21,240 --> 01:05:23,400 Speaker 1: stint as a Patriot. He left for a year to 1212 01:05:23,400 --> 01:05:25,240 Speaker 1: go to the Eagles, came back, and he's been a 1213 01:05:25,320 --> 01:05:27,680 Speaker 1: box safety, a guy that pound for pound is probably 1214 01:05:27,720 --> 01:05:31,120 Speaker 1: as tough as anybody, certainly in New England and maybe 1215 01:05:31,120 --> 01:05:34,200 Speaker 1: in the entire NFL. But in his last year in 1216 01:05:34,240 --> 01:05:38,040 Speaker 1: twenty nineteen, we saw him continually get beat up week 1217 01:05:38,080 --> 01:05:40,680 Speaker 1: after week, and the snapcount went down, and also the 1218 01:05:40,800 --> 01:05:43,800 Speaker 1: role was diminished on special teams. And since that time, 1219 01:05:44,040 --> 01:05:46,800 Speaker 1: they have drafted Kyle Dugger with their top pick last year, 1220 01:05:46,920 --> 01:05:48,920 Speaker 1: and he's one of the few apparent hits in the 1221 01:05:49,000 --> 01:05:51,360 Speaker 1: draft they've had over the course of the last several years, 1222 01:05:51,400 --> 01:05:55,400 Speaker 1: particularly high. He's a kid that plays very aggressively in 1223 01:05:55,400 --> 01:05:56,800 Speaker 1: the box, and I think there's a lot to like 1224 01:05:56,920 --> 01:05:59,560 Speaker 1: about him as a potential successor to that role. Plus 1225 01:05:59,600 --> 01:06:02,800 Speaker 1: there's are In Phillips, who was essentially a linebacker for 1226 01:06:02,840 --> 01:06:05,560 Speaker 1: the Patriots last year, another veteran safety, and the signing 1227 01:06:05,600 --> 01:06:08,760 Speaker 1: of Mills gives them a virtu little piece, a guy 1228 01:06:08,760 --> 01:06:13,120 Speaker 1: who's played cornerback and really every position of the secondary outside, inside, 1229 01:06:13,240 --> 01:06:16,800 Speaker 1: and in the safety positions, both deep and in the box. 1230 01:06:16,800 --> 01:06:18,120 Speaker 1: So I think Chung is a guy that's gonna be 1231 01:06:18,160 --> 01:06:21,600 Speaker 1: very unrest new Marcus Cannon they traded to the Houston Texans. 1232 01:06:21,800 --> 01:06:24,200 Speaker 1: I don't think that was really a surprise. As far 1233 01:06:24,240 --> 01:06:25,920 Speaker 1: as the other guys go, I don't really see much 1234 01:06:25,920 --> 01:06:28,360 Speaker 1: of an impact. Maybe Brandon Bolden of course as a 1235 01:06:28,360 --> 01:06:30,920 Speaker 1: core special teamer, and Morris in the locker room as 1236 01:06:30,920 --> 01:06:34,280 Speaker 1: a real leader of this team. So, Bob looking ahead, Now, 1237 01:06:34,480 --> 01:06:37,880 Speaker 1: what are we anticipating will happen at the running back 1238 01:06:37,920 --> 01:06:40,640 Speaker 1: position for the Patriots? Obviously, Burkehead is a free agent, 1239 01:06:40,680 --> 01:06:44,200 Speaker 1: so too is James White. It doesn't sound like they 1240 01:06:44,240 --> 01:06:49,240 Speaker 1: are high priorities, at least right now. We know they 1241 01:06:49,280 --> 01:06:51,720 Speaker 1: still have Sony Michelle. But this is a team that 1242 01:06:52,320 --> 01:06:56,480 Speaker 1: historically has operated with a committee backfield and they need numbers. 1243 01:06:56,480 --> 01:06:59,880 Speaker 1: So where are they going to be investing to kind 1244 01:06:59,880 --> 01:07:04,120 Speaker 1: of refortify those ranks? Do you think? Well, they have 1245 01:07:04,200 --> 01:07:06,000 Speaker 1: Damien Harris, who they liked a lot with good reason, 1246 01:07:07,040 --> 01:07:10,120 Speaker 1: most consistent offensive player for a good portion of last year. 1247 01:07:10,320 --> 01:07:12,320 Speaker 1: And then beyond that you have j. J. Taylor, who 1248 01:07:12,360 --> 01:07:14,200 Speaker 1: was an undrafted free agent who made the team last 1249 01:07:14,240 --> 01:07:17,160 Speaker 1: year out of Air Arizona. He's a little dynamo and 1250 01:07:17,320 --> 01:07:21,640 Speaker 1: kind of cutting that Danny Woodhead roll mold of a 1251 01:07:21,680 --> 01:07:23,880 Speaker 1: little guy that kind of gets lost in the defense 1252 01:07:23,960 --> 01:07:25,840 Speaker 1: when he runs, and there's a lot of quickness and 1253 01:07:25,840 --> 01:07:28,480 Speaker 1: it's a pretty good catch pass catcher as well. There 1254 01:07:28,480 --> 01:07:30,960 Speaker 1: have been reports that they've been in on the talks 1255 01:07:30,960 --> 01:07:34,120 Speaker 1: for Leonard Fournette and Chris Carson the last couple of days, 1256 01:07:34,360 --> 01:07:37,040 Speaker 1: So I think that's a position I'll continue to address 1257 01:07:37,320 --> 01:07:40,840 Speaker 1: with James White. It wouldn't surprise me if he signs 1258 01:07:40,920 --> 01:07:44,840 Speaker 1: with one of the Florida teams, Tampa Bay, Tom Brady, 1259 01:07:45,160 --> 01:07:47,200 Speaker 1: of course, especially if the Bucks and I haven't seen 1260 01:07:47,240 --> 01:07:50,200 Speaker 1: the latest news since we've begun talking, you know, decide 1261 01:07:50,200 --> 01:07:53,480 Speaker 1: to part ways with Fournette and signed White. That wouldn't 1262 01:07:53,480 --> 01:07:56,160 Speaker 1: be a surprise here even Miami. If James White Walls 1263 01:07:56,240 --> 01:07:58,560 Speaker 1: lines up as a Dolphin. He's been a great patriot, 1264 01:07:58,600 --> 01:08:01,120 Speaker 1: He's a great guy on the field, is better person 1265 01:08:01,200 --> 01:08:03,560 Speaker 1: off the field. That would be a loss for this team. 1266 01:08:03,600 --> 01:08:05,280 Speaker 1: But you know, last year he didn't have much of 1267 01:08:05,280 --> 01:08:08,120 Speaker 1: a role the way we're accustomed to seeing from him, 1268 01:08:08,480 --> 01:08:09,760 Speaker 1: and all that had to do with the state of 1269 01:08:09,760 --> 01:08:12,480 Speaker 1: the offensive in cam in particular. Would it change in 1270 01:08:12,480 --> 01:08:14,640 Speaker 1: twenty twenty one for them if he returns. I'm not 1271 01:08:14,720 --> 01:08:17,160 Speaker 1: so sure. As far as Burkehead goes, I think they 1272 01:08:17,160 --> 01:08:18,479 Speaker 1: have time to wait if they want to bring Rex 1273 01:08:18,520 --> 01:08:22,600 Speaker 1: Burkhead back on a very limited deal, maybe a veterans minimum, 1274 01:08:22,600 --> 01:08:25,759 Speaker 1: coming off a torn acl last year. What's the future 1275 01:08:25,800 --> 01:08:29,760 Speaker 1: hold for Steph Gilmore, you know, Steve. That's interesting to 1276 01:08:29,800 --> 01:08:32,360 Speaker 1: me because I think a lot of people here believe 1277 01:08:32,360 --> 01:08:35,080 Speaker 1: it's a foregone conclusion that he will be gone. And 1278 01:08:35,160 --> 01:08:37,320 Speaker 1: last year at the trade deadline, there was much surprise 1279 01:08:37,760 --> 01:08:40,360 Speaker 1: that Stefan Gilmour, on the other side of that trade headline, 1280 01:08:40,520 --> 01:08:43,559 Speaker 1: remained a Patriot. He had even reportedly put his house 1281 01:08:43,640 --> 01:08:47,200 Speaker 1: on the market outside the city, and then after he 1282 01:08:47,240 --> 01:08:49,760 Speaker 1: remained a patriot, his wife on social media indicated that 1283 01:08:50,320 --> 01:08:52,719 Speaker 1: they just wanted to move to the city and away 1284 01:08:52,760 --> 01:08:54,559 Speaker 1: from the suburbs, so that's why they put the house 1285 01:08:54,560 --> 01:08:56,360 Speaker 1: in the market. So again, I maybe was a surprise 1286 01:08:56,439 --> 01:09:01,040 Speaker 1: to them as well, or sheer coincidence. Nonetheless, regardless, he 1287 01:09:01,120 --> 01:09:03,719 Speaker 1: played through the season, was injured a bit. He comes 1288 01:09:03,760 --> 01:09:06,160 Speaker 1: back this year after salary bump last year where they 1289 01:09:06,200 --> 01:09:08,559 Speaker 1: took money from twenty twenty one and put it into 1290 01:09:08,560 --> 01:09:11,240 Speaker 1: twenty twenty. And right now he's on the books for 1291 01:09:11,280 --> 01:09:13,920 Speaker 1: seven million dollars and nobody here expects him to play 1292 01:09:14,080 --> 01:09:16,439 Speaker 1: for that figure. And again, as I said, I think 1293 01:09:16,439 --> 01:09:18,040 Speaker 1: a lot of people don't expect him to be a 1294 01:09:18,080 --> 01:09:21,960 Speaker 1: patriot in a matter of weeks. But today they just 1295 01:09:21,960 --> 01:09:25,320 Speaker 1: put a second round tender on JC Jackson, and I 1296 01:09:25,400 --> 01:09:28,080 Speaker 1: think it's still a big question mark, you know, whether 1297 01:09:28,120 --> 01:09:31,240 Speaker 1: they believe. In fact, I tend to think that they 1298 01:09:31,240 --> 01:09:34,000 Speaker 1: don't believe the JC Jackson has a true number one quarterback. 1299 01:09:34,320 --> 01:09:37,479 Speaker 1: He's got the stats, he's great, great ball skills. The 1300 01:09:37,600 --> 01:09:41,479 Speaker 1: nine interceptions from a year ago, you know, certainly substantiate that. 1301 01:09:42,080 --> 01:09:46,000 Speaker 1: But in Gilmour's case, if there's a possibility of working 1302 01:09:46,040 --> 01:09:48,439 Speaker 1: something out and taking some of that money, if Jackson, 1303 01:09:48,439 --> 01:09:50,639 Speaker 1: and it's a big iff again, if Jackson goes elsewhere 1304 01:09:50,640 --> 01:09:52,320 Speaker 1: they don't match another team's off, or if a team's 1305 01:09:52,320 --> 01:09:54,519 Speaker 1: willing to take a chance on a second round tender 1306 01:09:54,560 --> 01:09:56,880 Speaker 1: with J. C. Jackson, you know, maybe that's money they 1307 01:09:56,920 --> 01:09:58,880 Speaker 1: shift from what they would have had to pay him 1308 01:09:59,600 --> 01:10:01,760 Speaker 1: and try to work something out for Gilmore, who at 1309 01:10:01,800 --> 01:10:05,519 Speaker 1: thirty one may not find the market that he of 1310 01:10:05,560 --> 01:10:07,280 Speaker 1: course had awaiting him as soon as he hit free 1311 01:10:07,320 --> 01:10:09,840 Speaker 1: agency when he left the Bills. Inside of the Patriots, 1312 01:10:10,120 --> 01:10:11,960 Speaker 1: I know, Bob, and speaking at Jackson, I mean that 1313 01:10:12,040 --> 01:10:14,080 Speaker 1: is a calculated risk. There. There are a lot of 1314 01:10:14,080 --> 01:10:17,880 Speaker 1: people who thought that the Patriots, just for one point 1315 01:10:17,880 --> 01:10:20,640 Speaker 1: four more million dollars should just tender him at the 1316 01:10:20,640 --> 01:10:23,240 Speaker 1: first round level and be done with it. In terms 1317 01:10:23,280 --> 01:10:26,080 Speaker 1: of JC Jackson, they chose not to. They're kind of 1318 01:10:26,080 --> 01:10:28,040 Speaker 1: hedging their bets there a little bit, don't you think 1319 01:10:28,040 --> 01:10:31,800 Speaker 1: they're They're they're counting on enough teams not having enough 1320 01:10:31,840 --> 01:10:35,080 Speaker 1: cap space to make some kind of impressive offer sheet 1321 01:10:35,720 --> 01:10:38,080 Speaker 1: h to J. C. Jackson to try to sign him away. 1322 01:10:38,120 --> 01:10:39,960 Speaker 1: They're kind of they're kind of banking on that. It 1323 01:10:39,960 --> 01:10:43,360 Speaker 1: seems right now, right well, that that that's been one 1324 01:10:43,400 --> 01:10:46,920 Speaker 1: train of thought that certainly has reverberated on social media, Chris, 1325 01:10:47,600 --> 01:10:49,840 Speaker 1: But there could be some other factors at play. Nobody 1326 01:10:49,840 --> 01:10:53,200 Speaker 1: knows your players better than you do. JC Jackson is 1327 01:10:53,400 --> 01:10:55,679 Speaker 1: someone who came into the league as an undrafted free 1328 01:10:55,680 --> 01:10:58,680 Speaker 1: agent despite his talent, and you know, he had a 1329 01:10:58,680 --> 01:11:01,559 Speaker 1: bit of a I don't want to say a checker 1330 01:11:01,640 --> 01:11:04,400 Speaker 1: pass per se, because it really was one primary incident 1331 01:11:04,400 --> 01:11:06,480 Speaker 1: when he was at the University of Florida before transferring 1332 01:11:06,880 --> 01:11:09,280 Speaker 1: to Maryland. But you know, I think he's a guy 1333 01:11:09,320 --> 01:11:11,120 Speaker 1: that you know. In the case of Gilmore, now Gilmour 1334 01:11:11,160 --> 01:11:14,360 Speaker 1: wasn't happy at times last year, particularly going into the 1335 01:11:14,360 --> 01:11:17,760 Speaker 1: season before they worked with him to adjust his salary, 1336 01:11:17,920 --> 01:11:21,240 Speaker 1: it seems. But nonetheless, with Stephan Gilmore, there's no doubt 1337 01:11:21,280 --> 01:11:23,120 Speaker 1: about his commitment. You know what you're gonna get from 1338 01:11:23,160 --> 01:11:25,600 Speaker 1: him day in day out. I don't know how you 1339 01:11:25,600 --> 01:11:28,360 Speaker 1: know they truly viewed, you know, that part of j. C. 1340 01:11:28,520 --> 01:11:31,960 Speaker 1: Jackson also whether he can be a number one quarterback physically. 1341 01:11:32,000 --> 01:11:35,400 Speaker 1: Despite the stats, the times when Gilmore was out and 1342 01:11:35,479 --> 01:11:38,360 Speaker 1: Jackson was given that kind of responsibility in the defense, 1343 01:11:38,920 --> 01:11:40,840 Speaker 1: it things didn't go as well. You know. I know 1344 01:11:40,880 --> 01:11:43,919 Speaker 1: the numbers look great you see on Pro Football Focus overall, 1345 01:11:44,160 --> 01:11:46,240 Speaker 1: but go back and watch the Jets game for example 1346 01:11:46,280 --> 01:11:48,040 Speaker 1: in the middle of last year when he got torched 1347 01:11:48,040 --> 01:11:50,479 Speaker 1: by Brashot Perriman, whid up making a big interception on 1348 01:11:50,520 --> 01:11:52,960 Speaker 1: a poor decision by Joe Flacco that kind of turned 1349 01:11:53,000 --> 01:11:56,000 Speaker 1: that game around late in the third or fourth quarter. 1350 01:11:56,479 --> 01:11:59,479 Speaker 1: But still I think it's still it's not I don't 1351 01:11:59,479 --> 01:12:01,559 Speaker 1: think the pat it's ready to sign on as an 1352 01:12:01,640 --> 01:12:05,240 Speaker 1: organization that thinking that, you know, he is a guy 1353 01:12:05,280 --> 01:12:07,519 Speaker 1: that should be a first romping now could be that 1354 01:12:07,520 --> 01:12:10,360 Speaker 1: they're hedge in the bats. Mike Grease certainly, you know, 1355 01:12:10,400 --> 01:12:13,479 Speaker 1: took that route in his Sunday column here for ESPN 1356 01:12:13,520 --> 01:12:16,840 Speaker 1: dot Com, and nobody covers the Patriots better than Mike. 1357 01:12:17,320 --> 01:12:19,360 Speaker 1: But I do think there's other factors of play here, 1358 01:12:19,439 --> 01:12:22,000 Speaker 1: at least the way I see it all right, Bob, Well, listen, 1359 01:12:22,080 --> 01:12:24,320 Speaker 1: we appreciate the insight as always. Thanks for giving us 1360 01:12:24,360 --> 01:12:27,040 Speaker 1: some time and letting us know maybe what the Patriots 1361 01:12:27,080 --> 01:12:29,080 Speaker 1: are thinking here, not only now, but going forward here 1362 01:12:29,080 --> 01:12:31,679 Speaker 1: through the offseason. We appreciate it. Thanks Bob. Hey, guys, 1363 01:12:31,720 --> 01:12:33,679 Speaker 1: appreciate the time. Thanks for having me. All right. That's 1364 01:12:33,680 --> 01:12:36,679 Speaker 1: Patriots played by play man Bob Sochi joining us here. 1365 01:12:38,360 --> 01:12:41,479 Speaker 1: It's it's interesting. It's interesting because I think they are 1366 01:12:41,520 --> 01:12:44,519 Speaker 1: hedging their bets. I tend to agree with Mike Grease. Now, 1367 01:12:44,560 --> 01:12:48,240 Speaker 1: Bob brings up a good point in the times when J. C. 1368 01:12:48,439 --> 01:12:50,559 Speaker 1: Jackson had to be the number one corner when Gilmore 1369 01:12:50,640 --> 01:12:53,920 Speaker 1: was out with injury. He had a little tough go 1370 01:12:54,080 --> 01:12:56,800 Speaker 1: of it, and so maybe that was I opening to 1371 01:12:56,800 --> 01:12:59,439 Speaker 1: the Patriots staff and they're like, look, we like the guy, 1372 01:13:00,120 --> 01:13:02,800 Speaker 1: but we're not going to tender him at a first 1373 01:13:02,880 --> 01:13:06,960 Speaker 1: round level and make him believe that we think he's, 1374 01:13:07,040 --> 01:13:09,799 Speaker 1: you know, the second coming of a number one corner, 1375 01:13:10,400 --> 01:13:13,800 Speaker 1: And so they do that. I I don't know, Maybe 1376 01:13:13,840 --> 01:13:17,120 Speaker 1: they're confident that what these what they see in J. C. 1377 01:13:17,360 --> 01:13:19,320 Speaker 1: Jackson is going to be seen by a lot of 1378 01:13:19,360 --> 01:13:21,800 Speaker 1: other people around the league, and they'll think second round 1379 01:13:21,840 --> 01:13:23,280 Speaker 1: pick for that guy, that's a little too rich for 1380 01:13:23,360 --> 01:13:26,120 Speaker 1: my blood. And I say this as well. One of 1381 01:13:26,120 --> 01:13:28,519 Speaker 1: the things that Patriots have when they're they're a really 1382 01:13:28,560 --> 01:13:31,879 Speaker 1: good football team is a lockdown corner. They got one 1383 01:13:32,439 --> 01:13:35,080 Speaker 1: um Durrell Reeves came in as a kind of a 1384 01:13:35,120 --> 01:13:37,800 Speaker 1: mercenary contract. He came in, went a super won a 1385 01:13:37,800 --> 01:13:40,280 Speaker 1: Super Bowl with them, and then they got Steph Gilmour 1386 01:13:40,640 --> 01:13:42,599 Speaker 1: who was in a couple of super Bowls, three super 1387 01:13:42,640 --> 01:13:45,320 Speaker 1: Bowls with them, and a defensive Player of the Year 1388 01:13:45,640 --> 01:13:50,400 Speaker 1: for them. They believe in that position a ton um 1389 01:13:50,840 --> 01:13:52,799 Speaker 1: and it may be one of the things that Bill Belichick. 1390 01:13:53,800 --> 01:13:55,200 Speaker 1: You know, he knows what he's looking at when he 1391 01:13:55,240 --> 01:13:57,519 Speaker 1: sees it, and he's not going to compromise on that spot. 1392 01:13:58,040 --> 01:13:59,680 Speaker 1: Either give me the value I need or you're not 1393 01:13:59,720 --> 01:14:01,559 Speaker 1: going to get it from us. We're gonna go a 1394 01:14:01,560 --> 01:14:04,000 Speaker 1: different direction. So there may be some of that in 1395 01:14:04,080 --> 01:14:07,840 Speaker 1: that as well. But philosophically, I think deep down they 1396 01:14:08,120 --> 01:14:10,000 Speaker 1: feel like they need a guy right there and it 1397 01:14:10,320 --> 01:14:12,880 Speaker 1: gives him a lot of ability to do other things defensively. 1398 01:14:13,640 --> 01:14:17,320 Speaker 1: And then the next question is do they extend Gilmore 1399 01:14:17,400 --> 01:14:19,960 Speaker 1: a year, pay him more of what he thinks he's 1400 01:14:19,960 --> 01:14:23,320 Speaker 1: worth or is that headed towards a crossroads? Because we've 1401 01:14:23,360 --> 01:14:27,639 Speaker 1: seen time and time again when when the Patriots get 1402 01:14:27,640 --> 01:14:32,400 Speaker 1: closer to the end of a player's career, usually cut bait. 1403 01:14:32,760 --> 01:14:35,080 Speaker 1: They're not extending guys an extra year. They did it 1404 01:14:35,080 --> 01:14:37,040 Speaker 1: with Ty Law, they did it with Lawyer Malloy, They 1405 01:14:37,040 --> 01:14:39,000 Speaker 1: did it with a bunch of players they get They 1406 01:14:39,040 --> 01:14:41,000 Speaker 1: think they even did it with Richard Seymour. They get him, 1407 01:14:41,080 --> 01:14:43,040 Speaker 1: they get rid of him early rather than too late. 1408 01:14:43,800 --> 01:14:47,120 Speaker 1: And at seven million bucks this year for Steph Gilmore 1409 01:14:47,360 --> 01:14:50,040 Speaker 1: is what's left on the deal that they extended with 1410 01:14:50,120 --> 01:14:54,880 Speaker 1: a restructure. Steph Gilmore may look out at the market 1411 01:14:54,920 --> 01:14:59,280 Speaker 1: and say, I'll play for that this year. I think 1412 01:14:59,320 --> 01:15:05,360 Speaker 1: he probably should to me in this from what we're 1413 01:15:05,360 --> 01:15:07,439 Speaker 1: seeing at all these positions with the corners that are 1414 01:15:07,479 --> 01:15:09,519 Speaker 1: out there, and he might he might just wait and 1415 01:15:09,600 --> 01:15:12,120 Speaker 1: see as well. I mean, you see what what Richard 1416 01:15:12,120 --> 01:15:15,120 Speaker 1: Sherman's looking like, what these other guys sign for these 1417 01:15:15,439 --> 01:15:19,800 Speaker 1: the other corners that are out there. Uh, and just say, 1418 01:15:19,960 --> 01:15:22,640 Speaker 1: you know there's another one who is the other one, Uh, 1419 01:15:26,280 --> 01:15:29,160 Speaker 1: George Jenkins. He's already signed in Tennessee, right, So look 1420 01:15:29,160 --> 01:15:31,120 Speaker 1: at those deals say, what are those guys getting? And 1421 01:15:31,160 --> 01:15:33,280 Speaker 1: if I'm not getting what they're getting, then I am 1422 01:15:33,280 --> 01:15:36,080 Speaker 1: gonna leave. I'm gonna go get it. Uh. This just 1423 01:15:36,200 --> 01:15:40,479 Speaker 1: in from the Bills. They have tendered a qualifying tender 1424 01:15:40,520 --> 01:15:44,160 Speaker 1: offer to restricted free agent Ike Butker. That'll keep him 1425 01:15:44,200 --> 01:15:48,280 Speaker 1: off the free agent market. So restricted free agent Ike 1426 01:15:48,360 --> 01:15:52,639 Speaker 1: Butker right, his rights will remain tied to the Bills, UH, 1427 01:15:52,840 --> 01:15:55,120 Speaker 1: at least for now. So that doesn't mean a team 1428 01:15:55,160 --> 01:15:57,160 Speaker 1: couldn't sign him to an offer sheet if they wanted to. 1429 01:15:57,680 --> 01:16:00,600 Speaker 1: But a team will have to come to him with 1430 01:16:00,640 --> 01:16:02,280 Speaker 1: an offer sheet. The Bills will have the right of 1431 01:16:02,320 --> 01:16:05,519 Speaker 1: first refusal at the very least to match. So we'll 1432 01:16:05,560 --> 01:16:07,679 Speaker 1: have to see where that goes going forward. But Ike 1433 01:16:07,720 --> 01:16:11,679 Speaker 1: Butcker tender to qualifying offer as a restricted free agent 1434 01:16:12,000 --> 01:16:13,920 Speaker 1: by the Bill. Steve and I'll take a break back 1435 01:16:13,920 --> 01:16:16,880 Speaker 1: with more, including your comments on the tweet sheet as 1436 01:16:16,880 --> 01:16:19,479 Speaker 1: to your favorite free agent move by the Bills thus 1437 01:16:19,520 --> 01:16:22,080 Speaker 1: far that more when we return here on One Bills 1438 01:16:22,080 --> 01:16:24,719 Speaker 1: Live presented by Colloid to Health. This is Buffalo Bills Radio. 1439 01:16:36,880 --> 01:16:39,719 Speaker 1: Welcome back to One Bills Live. Chris Brown, Steve Tasker 1440 01:16:39,800 --> 01:16:42,760 Speaker 1: with you final half hour of the program here on 1441 01:16:42,840 --> 01:16:47,000 Speaker 1: a Wednesday, and Steve, I am once again scratching my 1442 01:16:47,080 --> 01:16:51,599 Speaker 1: head with the Raiders because we know that they've already 1443 01:16:51,640 --> 01:16:57,240 Speaker 1: traded Trent Brown correct to the Patriots. They intend to 1444 01:16:57,360 --> 01:17:04,280 Speaker 1: release Gabe Jackson, Okay, pro Bowl level guard for them now. 1445 01:17:04,520 --> 01:17:08,160 Speaker 1: Josina Anderson is reporting that the Raiders are trying to 1446 01:17:08,360 --> 01:17:13,719 Speaker 1: trade center Rodney Hudson. What the hell are they doing? 1447 01:17:15,160 --> 01:17:20,680 Speaker 1: They must not like their offensive line too much? Well, okay, 1448 01:17:20,840 --> 01:17:23,040 Speaker 1: I mean, I get it if you don't like what 1449 01:17:23,120 --> 01:17:26,960 Speaker 1: you have or you felt they horribly underachieved, but you 1450 01:17:27,040 --> 01:17:32,559 Speaker 1: also released Richie Incognito, and last I checked, you haven't 1451 01:17:32,560 --> 01:17:36,160 Speaker 1: signed anybody back. I'll check to see if they resigned 1452 01:17:36,600 --> 01:17:40,519 Speaker 1: Denzil Good, who started some games for them, but man alive, 1453 01:17:40,760 --> 01:17:44,400 Speaker 1: Like who they gonna Now? I get it, there's some 1454 01:17:44,439 --> 01:17:47,640 Speaker 1: guys out there that you could go and sign, but 1455 01:17:47,760 --> 01:17:51,120 Speaker 1: don't you want to do that first, or maybe they're 1456 01:17:51,160 --> 01:17:52,519 Speaker 1: close to it, or maybe they're gonna, you know, they're 1457 01:17:52,560 --> 01:17:54,759 Speaker 1: gonna greet the terms with those guys, and thedn't release players. 1458 01:17:54,760 --> 01:17:58,880 Speaker 1: I don't know, but I have all you know how 1459 01:17:58,920 --> 01:18:02,559 Speaker 1: I feel about the offensive line. That's like job one, 1460 01:18:03,520 --> 01:18:07,720 Speaker 1: particularly if you got a Derek Carr at quarterback. You 1461 01:18:07,800 --> 01:18:10,519 Speaker 1: gotta protect that guy. Yeah, and if you got to go, 1462 01:18:10,640 --> 01:18:12,640 Speaker 1: if you got an offensive line that can protect and 1463 01:18:12,840 --> 01:18:17,040 Speaker 1: run block your offense is kind of okay, Well, let's 1464 01:18:17,040 --> 01:18:19,240 Speaker 1: get some guys to throw it to. You know, certainly 1465 01:18:19,240 --> 01:18:23,520 Speaker 1: they can get some good guys. But oh my gosh, 1466 01:18:23,680 --> 01:18:28,880 Speaker 1: how is Derek Carr gonna drop back alone and not 1467 01:18:28,960 --> 01:18:31,200 Speaker 1: carry a couple of defensive linemen on his back. Yeah, 1468 01:18:32,280 --> 01:18:36,120 Speaker 1: I don't know. So, I don't know. Yeah, I mean 1469 01:18:36,120 --> 01:18:40,960 Speaker 1: they haven't if they have not resigned Denzel Good So yeah. 1470 01:18:41,000 --> 01:18:45,320 Speaker 1: I mean they've got free agents and they're gonna release two. 1471 01:18:45,800 --> 01:18:49,200 Speaker 1: They traded one and they may trade another. I mean 1472 01:18:49,479 --> 01:18:51,920 Speaker 1: maybe you're looking to get alignment in return. But man, 1473 01:18:52,040 --> 01:18:57,880 Speaker 1: I don't know. Yeah, I'm always it's it's it's kind 1474 01:18:57,880 --> 01:19:00,880 Speaker 1: of fun in this offseason particular, now that we have 1475 01:19:00,920 --> 01:19:02,519 Speaker 1: all this, you know, we have the timeline. I mean, 1476 01:19:02,640 --> 01:19:04,439 Speaker 1: you can do this stuff in real time. This stuff's 1477 01:19:04,439 --> 01:19:07,880 Speaker 1: clicking across you know, the timeline, your Twitter and stuff, 1478 01:19:07,920 --> 01:19:12,080 Speaker 1: and it comes out all all simultaneously. It's so fun 1479 01:19:12,120 --> 01:19:17,360 Speaker 1: because it really is the reminder of how different NFL 1480 01:19:17,439 --> 01:19:21,760 Speaker 1: teams are run and how different they are in their philosophies. 1481 01:19:22,439 --> 01:19:25,000 Speaker 1: And how they see things coming down the line, and 1482 01:19:25,000 --> 01:19:28,160 Speaker 1: whether what their plan was, whether they had a plan, 1483 01:19:28,720 --> 01:19:32,200 Speaker 1: how well are they sticking to it, what their philosophy is. 1484 01:19:32,200 --> 01:19:35,800 Speaker 1: It reveals so much about the mindset of each organization, 1485 01:19:37,280 --> 01:19:40,040 Speaker 1: and it gives you some insights to why some of 1486 01:19:40,080 --> 01:19:42,000 Speaker 1: them are successful and how it works, because you know, 1487 01:19:42,280 --> 01:19:44,920 Speaker 1: to get a team like the Patriots, they've been whining. 1488 01:19:45,000 --> 01:19:46,960 Speaker 1: You can just tell by the way this all came down. 1489 01:19:47,080 --> 01:19:50,439 Speaker 1: They winding up for this for months. They were getting 1490 01:19:50,479 --> 01:19:52,280 Speaker 1: their ducks in a row, and when it got time, 1491 01:19:52,280 --> 01:19:55,280 Speaker 1: when they reached that milestone of that tampering period, boom 1492 01:19:55,320 --> 01:19:58,160 Speaker 1: boom boom, boom boom, they got, you know, four guys 1493 01:19:58,760 --> 01:20:02,280 Speaker 1: that they've been looking at. Now you've got teams still 1494 01:20:03,080 --> 01:20:06,680 Speaker 1: trying to get their ducks in a row or just 1495 01:20:07,000 --> 01:20:12,080 Speaker 1: reacting to what other teams are doing. I think having 1496 01:20:12,080 --> 01:20:16,080 Speaker 1: a plan is a little better. Yeah, it seems it 1497 01:20:16,080 --> 01:20:18,120 Speaker 1: doesn't sound it. I mean, I mean, it looks like 1498 01:20:18,120 --> 01:20:20,840 Speaker 1: they got all the writers the tamporary periods today and 1499 01:20:20,840 --> 01:20:22,680 Speaker 1: we're how far over the Oh gosh, we better we 1500 01:20:22,800 --> 01:20:25,479 Speaker 1: better do something. Yeah, that's you really get that feeling. 1501 01:20:26,000 --> 01:20:28,360 Speaker 1: It's just very strange. I don't know, what they intend 1502 01:20:28,400 --> 01:20:30,880 Speaker 1: to do there. Maybe they feel they have the kind 1503 01:20:30,920 --> 01:20:33,599 Speaker 1: of lineman that can't execute some new version of their 1504 01:20:33,720 --> 01:20:36,760 Speaker 1: scheme that they intend to execute. But man, I I mean, 1505 01:20:36,840 --> 01:20:41,240 Speaker 1: Rodney Hudson, very good player in the pivot, Trent Brown, 1506 01:20:41,880 --> 01:20:46,479 Speaker 1: solid tackle, giant human being. I understand maybe you want 1507 01:20:46,479 --> 01:20:48,639 Speaker 1: to release Richie incognito because he's long in the tooth. 1508 01:20:48,720 --> 01:20:52,439 Speaker 1: So I could see that one other but cutting Gabe Jackson. 1509 01:20:52,479 --> 01:20:55,439 Speaker 1: I think he's still a very good guard. I mean, 1510 01:20:55,479 --> 01:20:57,680 Speaker 1: he's the reason that John Feliciano couldn't get on the 1511 01:20:57,680 --> 01:21:01,960 Speaker 1: field when they were still in Oakland. Right. So, and 1512 01:21:02,360 --> 01:21:06,240 Speaker 1: we mentioned right before the break that the Bills tendered 1513 01:21:06,320 --> 01:21:11,559 Speaker 1: a qualifying offer to restricted free agent Ike Butker. So 1514 01:21:11,800 --> 01:21:15,480 Speaker 1: while that does keep him from becoming a restricted unrestricted 1515 01:21:15,479 --> 01:21:18,880 Speaker 1: free agent at four o'clock today, it does not keep 1516 01:21:19,000 --> 01:21:24,320 Speaker 1: other teams from inquiring and negotiating with his representatives. Another 1517 01:21:24,360 --> 01:21:28,040 Speaker 1: team could come in and sign him to an offer sheet. 1518 01:21:28,800 --> 01:21:33,639 Speaker 1: And since and I'm only I don't know this for sure, Steve, 1519 01:21:33,720 --> 01:21:37,679 Speaker 1: but I am going to guess that because it wasn't 1520 01:21:37,720 --> 01:21:41,720 Speaker 1: specifically spelled out as a second round tender offer or 1521 01:21:41,760 --> 01:21:46,000 Speaker 1: a first round tender offer, that it is the low tender, 1522 01:21:48,120 --> 01:21:52,200 Speaker 1: and if that is the case, then another team could 1523 01:21:52,280 --> 01:21:54,720 Speaker 1: sign him to an offer sheet and the Bills would 1524 01:21:54,760 --> 01:21:57,040 Speaker 1: only have the right of first refusal. They would have 1525 01:21:57,040 --> 01:22:00,240 Speaker 1: the right to match that offer sheet if they wanted 1526 01:22:00,280 --> 01:22:03,400 Speaker 1: to keep Butcker, Otherwise they would lose him without any 1527 01:22:03,479 --> 01:22:07,880 Speaker 1: draft pick compensation, since Butcker himself was an undrafted rookie. 1528 01:22:08,360 --> 01:22:11,800 Speaker 1: So that just spells out where it probably sits in 1529 01:22:11,840 --> 01:22:15,599 Speaker 1: all likelihood, because usually when teams tender a restricted free 1530 01:22:15,640 --> 01:22:17,559 Speaker 1: agent at the second or a first round level, they 1531 01:22:17,600 --> 01:22:20,439 Speaker 1: spell it out much like much like the Patriots. Did 1532 01:22:20,720 --> 01:22:22,960 Speaker 1: you know they tender J. C. Jackson today? And they 1533 01:22:23,000 --> 01:22:26,800 Speaker 1: said at the second round level. So we'll see where 1534 01:22:26,800 --> 01:22:31,080 Speaker 1: it goes. But I don't think the Bills are done 1535 01:22:31,240 --> 01:22:35,000 Speaker 1: on the offensive line, No, I don't think so. I 1536 01:22:35,040 --> 01:22:39,559 Speaker 1: foresee a similar circumstance there that we saw with these 1537 01:22:39,560 --> 01:22:42,800 Speaker 1: reports of the one year deal for Emmanuel Sanders. I'm envisioning, 1538 01:22:44,040 --> 01:22:46,080 Speaker 1: you know, a veteran coming in on a one year deal, 1539 01:22:46,120 --> 01:22:49,000 Speaker 1: compete for a starting spot, that kind of thing. If 1540 01:22:49,680 --> 01:22:52,439 Speaker 1: the Raiders do decide in draft, if the Raiders do 1541 01:22:52,560 --> 01:22:55,160 Speaker 1: decide to full out release these guys rather than I 1542 01:22:55,280 --> 01:22:57,559 Speaker 1: look for trades or whatever, one of those raiders. Guys 1543 01:22:57,560 --> 01:23:01,240 Speaker 1: could end up yeah, Buffalo on a one year deal, 1544 01:23:01,840 --> 01:23:06,240 Speaker 1: and I think that more than anything, speaks as to 1545 01:23:06,360 --> 01:23:08,479 Speaker 1: what you can And it's gonna be one of those things. 1546 01:23:08,560 --> 01:23:10,240 Speaker 1: Everybody's gonna be on these one year deals and we 1547 01:23:10,360 --> 01:23:12,680 Speaker 1: might be kind of won't be quite like it is 1548 01:23:12,720 --> 01:23:15,160 Speaker 1: this year, But next year there will also be a 1549 01:23:15,200 --> 01:23:17,479 Speaker 1: glut of good players coming off one year deals who 1550 01:23:17,520 --> 01:23:19,840 Speaker 1: wanted to cash in and who bet on themselves to 1551 01:23:19,840 --> 01:23:21,800 Speaker 1: be able to cash in on a bigger cap, an 1552 01:23:21,800 --> 01:23:26,840 Speaker 1: expanded financial market. So there's gonna be another year of 1553 01:23:26,880 --> 01:23:32,040 Speaker 1: this glutted market of free agent veteran free agents out there. 1554 01:23:33,320 --> 01:23:36,360 Speaker 1: But I could, just like you and I sit here, 1555 01:23:36,920 --> 01:23:38,920 Speaker 1: the bills are sitting here doing the exact same thing, 1556 01:23:39,360 --> 01:23:42,920 Speaker 1: looking at all these names popping up. Because especially a 1557 01:23:42,960 --> 01:23:46,400 Speaker 1: guy like Brandon Bean, they have relationships with all this 1558 01:23:46,520 --> 01:23:48,960 Speaker 1: representation too. They're gonna be on the phone in a 1559 01:23:49,080 --> 01:23:52,280 Speaker 1: heartbeat with these guys that are cut saying what are 1560 01:23:52,280 --> 01:23:56,440 Speaker 1: you looking for? And they're gonna start the conversation like that. Yeah, 1561 01:23:56,479 --> 01:23:58,719 Speaker 1: I think it's safe to assume at this point, with 1562 01:23:58,840 --> 01:24:02,160 Speaker 1: Matt Hawk now on this roster, that Corey Bjorkez will 1563 01:24:02,200 --> 01:24:05,320 Speaker 1: get the opportunity to become an unrestricted free agent at 1564 01:24:05,320 --> 01:24:08,920 Speaker 1: four pm today, you know, they signed Hawk to a 1565 01:24:09,000 --> 01:24:13,640 Speaker 1: three year deal, so Bjorkes will not be in the 1566 01:24:13,680 --> 01:24:16,759 Speaker 1: plans for twenty twenty one and beyond here in Buffalo. 1567 01:24:16,920 --> 01:24:19,679 Speaker 1: So he is a restricted free agent for about another 1568 01:24:19,720 --> 01:24:23,080 Speaker 1: hour or so, and then as effective four pm, since 1569 01:24:23,080 --> 01:24:26,559 Speaker 1: he was not given a qualifying offer from the Bills, 1570 01:24:26,600 --> 01:24:29,360 Speaker 1: he will become an unrestricted free agent. The other one 1571 01:24:29,960 --> 01:24:33,120 Speaker 1: is Levi Wallace. He too is a restricted free agent, 1572 01:24:33,479 --> 01:24:36,280 Speaker 1: and at least to this point, he has not been 1573 01:24:36,439 --> 01:24:40,000 Speaker 1: given a qualifying tender offer by the Bills, so he 1574 01:24:40,120 --> 01:24:43,760 Speaker 1: too will become an unrestricted free agent. And then that 1575 01:24:43,920 --> 01:24:48,240 Speaker 1: I think that will open up an opportunity at the 1576 01:24:48,280 --> 01:24:52,320 Speaker 1: cornerback position for it to be addressed in some other way, 1577 01:24:52,360 --> 01:24:56,360 Speaker 1: because now you lose him off your roster. You also 1578 01:24:56,520 --> 01:24:59,599 Speaker 1: lost Josh Norman, who is going to enter free agency 1579 01:24:59,600 --> 01:25:02,320 Speaker 1: and probably will not be back. So do the Bills 1580 01:25:02,400 --> 01:25:05,240 Speaker 1: choose to go the one year veteran free agent round 1581 01:25:05,439 --> 01:25:08,479 Speaker 1: for a fourth straight off season, or do they invest 1582 01:25:08,600 --> 01:25:10,920 Speaker 1: in youth at the position. I know I made the 1583 01:25:11,000 --> 01:25:14,040 Speaker 1: argument for youth yesterday on the show, so I won't 1584 01:25:14,080 --> 01:25:18,120 Speaker 1: repeat it, but Levi Wallace could be out on the 1585 01:25:18,160 --> 01:25:21,080 Speaker 1: market here in an hour. Yeah, and I think too. 1586 01:25:22,080 --> 01:25:23,760 Speaker 1: How if if he does go out on the market 1587 01:25:23,760 --> 01:25:28,360 Speaker 1: and leaves, I think the Bills may do both of 1588 01:25:28,400 --> 01:25:32,679 Speaker 1: what you just mentioned. A one year wiley veteran, got 1589 01:25:32,760 --> 01:25:37,800 Speaker 1: like a Richard Sherman or somebody like that, and some 1590 01:25:37,880 --> 01:25:41,639 Speaker 1: draft capital. Depending how the rest of this free agency goes, 1591 01:25:41,640 --> 01:25:43,640 Speaker 1: we'll get a better idea and better handle on what 1592 01:25:43,640 --> 01:25:45,720 Speaker 1: they're going to do in the draft. I think you're 1593 01:25:45,760 --> 01:25:49,200 Speaker 1: gonna see this team get to a point where we 1594 01:25:49,240 --> 01:25:51,680 Speaker 1: won't be able to predict who they're gonna take in 1595 01:25:51,720 --> 01:25:55,200 Speaker 1: the first round at thirty, if indeed they pick it thirty. Yeah. 1596 01:25:55,320 --> 01:25:58,240 Speaker 1: I think they're gonna be solid at every position. They're 1597 01:25:58,240 --> 01:26:00,639 Speaker 1: gonna have a you know, they're you know, everybody will 1598 01:26:00,680 --> 01:26:03,360 Speaker 1: have their opinions, like I don't like Emmanuel Sanders, I 1599 01:26:03,360 --> 01:26:04,800 Speaker 1: think you're gonna take a wide out, or I don't 1600 01:26:04,800 --> 01:26:06,200 Speaker 1: like the two running backs. I think they'll take a 1601 01:26:06,280 --> 01:26:08,960 Speaker 1: running back. Or I'm still not convinced that Richard Sherman's 1602 01:26:08,960 --> 01:26:11,439 Speaker 1: got enough left in him to be a corner, you know, 1603 01:26:11,479 --> 01:26:13,080 Speaker 1: So I think they're gonna draft a corner. I think 1604 01:26:13,120 --> 01:26:15,200 Speaker 1: we'll get to that point, I'm just saying Richard Sherman 1605 01:26:15,240 --> 01:26:17,680 Speaker 1: as an example, I have no insight in from I'm 1606 01:26:17,760 --> 01:26:21,280 Speaker 1: using him. I'm just just a handy, just as a name. 1607 01:26:21,840 --> 01:26:24,519 Speaker 1: Uh So that's where I think they're gonna get how 1608 01:26:24,520 --> 01:26:26,000 Speaker 1: they get there. We're gonna find out in the next 1609 01:26:26,040 --> 01:26:28,800 Speaker 1: few days, certainly at four o'clock, we're gonna find out 1610 01:26:28,840 --> 01:26:32,200 Speaker 1: as as all these deals become get signed and all that. Also, 1611 01:26:32,360 --> 01:26:34,720 Speaker 1: this memo just out for all of us. In this 1612 01:26:35,240 --> 01:26:38,680 Speaker 1: COVID mentality, the league has loosened up the ability of 1613 01:26:38,680 --> 01:26:42,120 Speaker 1: teams to bring guys in. You get a COVID's test 1614 01:26:42,280 --> 01:26:44,559 Speaker 1: seventy two hours, you can go in, fly into the city, 1615 01:26:44,600 --> 01:26:47,040 Speaker 1: you can get you can do physicals, you can do workouts, 1616 01:26:47,040 --> 01:26:49,439 Speaker 1: you can do signings in person. All of that stuff 1617 01:26:49,520 --> 01:26:51,880 Speaker 1: is back on the table, which is kind of the 1618 01:26:52,000 --> 01:26:59,040 Speaker 1: first different, first lightning of the COVID protocols we have 1619 01:26:59,120 --> 01:27:04,439 Speaker 1: seen since last September. Yeah, it's the first time that 1620 01:27:04,600 --> 01:27:07,160 Speaker 1: the NFL has said, Okay, we're gonna take a breath here. 1621 01:27:07,200 --> 01:27:08,880 Speaker 1: You can bring these guys in to look at him 1622 01:27:08,920 --> 01:27:11,240 Speaker 1: in person, you can work him out, all that stuff. 1623 01:27:11,280 --> 01:27:13,800 Speaker 1: So there is that going around, So we might be 1624 01:27:13,840 --> 01:27:17,479 Speaker 1: able to catch these guys at the airport. If you remember, 1625 01:27:17,520 --> 01:27:19,760 Speaker 1: that's the reason why Cam Newton took so long to sign, 1626 01:27:19,760 --> 01:27:21,840 Speaker 1: because he was coming off a surgical procedure and he 1627 01:27:21,880 --> 01:27:24,000 Speaker 1: couldn't prove to everybody that he was healthy. It's right, 1628 01:27:24,040 --> 01:27:26,360 Speaker 1: because he couldn't go anywhere to take a physical, that's right. 1629 01:27:26,880 --> 01:27:30,880 Speaker 1: And doctors were tied up with coronavirus cases and couldn't 1630 01:27:30,920 --> 01:27:34,439 Speaker 1: open hospitals for things that weren't as important as saving 1631 01:27:34,439 --> 01:27:37,880 Speaker 1: people's lives. Fortunately, it's a different story this offseason break 1632 01:27:37,920 --> 01:27:39,880 Speaker 1: time for us. We're back to close things up here 1633 01:27:39,920 --> 01:27:41,800 Speaker 1: on one Bills Live presented Body collid to Health. It's 1634 01:27:41,840 --> 01:28:00,760 Speaker 1: Buffalo Bills Radio time for what have you learned? Brought 1635 01:28:00,760 --> 01:28:03,840 Speaker 1: to you by Skyworks, the official construction equipment rental company 1636 01:28:03,840 --> 01:28:05,720 Speaker 1: of the Buffalo Bills. We learned that the Bills have 1637 01:28:05,800 --> 01:28:09,479 Speaker 1: tendered restricted free agent Ike Bucker today. I don't know. 1638 01:28:09,520 --> 01:28:11,000 Speaker 1: Tell me you think there's going to be a market 1639 01:28:11,000 --> 01:28:13,559 Speaker 1: out there for Ike Butcker because teams can sign him 1640 01:28:13,600 --> 01:28:15,559 Speaker 1: to an offer sheet if they want to. Twelve games 1641 01:28:15,640 --> 01:28:17,880 Speaker 1: last year, including the first seven starts of his career 1642 01:28:17,880 --> 01:28:20,240 Speaker 1: in three playoffs, starts at left guard. Yeah, I mean 1643 01:28:20,240 --> 01:28:22,879 Speaker 1: he's just got some chops. Now. The guy's a veteran 1644 01:28:22,960 --> 01:28:25,280 Speaker 1: who started on a really good football team with an 1645 01:28:25,320 --> 01:28:27,760 Speaker 1: offense that was scoring a lot of points, and he 1646 01:28:27,840 --> 01:28:31,200 Speaker 1: played guard and earned his way in there. And certainly 1647 01:28:31,200 --> 01:28:33,519 Speaker 1: he got that by the injury to Cody Ford, but 1648 01:28:34,240 --> 01:28:37,840 Speaker 1: with the competition and the way the Bills operated, he 1649 01:28:37,920 --> 01:28:40,759 Speaker 1: earned it and he held onto it and that says 1650 01:28:40,760 --> 01:28:42,360 Speaker 1: something about him, I think, And the fact that they 1651 01:28:42,400 --> 01:28:46,439 Speaker 1: tendered him makes it feel like the Bills have some 1652 01:28:46,520 --> 01:28:48,400 Speaker 1: plans for him. They want they want to keep him 1653 01:28:48,400 --> 01:28:51,120 Speaker 1: around somehow. Someway don't know, and you know, I don't 1654 01:28:51,120 --> 01:28:52,920 Speaker 1: know what he's gonna get on the open market, because 1655 01:28:52,920 --> 01:28:55,799 Speaker 1: there's some pretty good guys out there. Yeah, but certainly 1656 01:28:55,920 --> 01:28:58,320 Speaker 1: this is as good as anybody has seen ike Butcker 1657 01:28:58,320 --> 01:29:00,120 Speaker 1: play was. At the end of this last season, we 1658 01:29:00,120 --> 01:29:03,320 Speaker 1: were mentioning Denzel Good, the guard who is becoming a 1659 01:29:03,320 --> 01:29:06,040 Speaker 1: free agent for the Raiders. They just resigned him to 1660 01:29:06,120 --> 01:29:09,200 Speaker 1: a two year deal, according to ESPN's Jeremy Fowler. So 1661 01:29:09,640 --> 01:29:12,280 Speaker 1: they plugged one hole, but they keep cutting people. I 1662 01:29:12,280 --> 01:29:13,840 Speaker 1: don't know who they're gonna line up up there in 1663 01:29:13,880 --> 01:29:15,720 Speaker 1: front of Derek Carr. We'll have to see plenty of 1664 01:29:15,800 --> 01:29:19,160 Speaker 1: time between now and September, but you gotta wonder sometime. 1665 01:29:19,240 --> 01:29:21,519 Speaker 1: Steve and I back tomorrow. Enjoy the rest of your 1666 01:29:21,520 --> 01:29:24,080 Speaker 1: Saint Patrick's Day. We'll see you here Thursday at noon