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Speaker 1: Welcome to One Bills like your sugar rush version of

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Speaker 1: our daily show One Bills Live, where we shoehorn all

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Speaker 1: In this episode, we take a way too early look

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Speaker 1: at NFL Coach of the Year candidates for twenty twenty one.

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Speaker 1: Steve fakes his weekly quiz in the Numbers Game, and

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Speaker 1: ESPN's Matt Bowen joins us to talk NFL quarterback musical chairs,

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Speaker 1: and with the June first deadline coming up, we ask,

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Speaker 1: will it happen? Let's get it at a Steve Taster

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Speaker 1: who has been all over the fields. Kind of unique.

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Speaker 1: He was kind of a dual role player for you, Steve,

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Speaker 1: Steve a blimp. We're not even in the stratosphere of normalcy.

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Speaker 1: Thanks for joining us here on one Bills. Like Steve

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Speaker 1: pastor Chris Brown, here with you as we he dive

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Speaker 1: headlong into the NFL Coach of the Year candidate pool

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Speaker 1: for the twenty twenty one NFL season. It's probably too

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Speaker 1: early to do it, Steve, but I don't really care.

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Speaker 1: I just I felt the urgency to do so. And

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Speaker 1: here we are. We just do whatever the heck we want.

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Speaker 1: It's time. So last year way too early unless you

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Speaker 1: do it this time. Well that's right. So last year

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Speaker 1: we saw Cleveland head coach Kevin Stefanski put together a

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Speaker 1: big season in his first year with the Browns. Some

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Speaker 1: felt the new guy on the scene got too much

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Speaker 1: but he got the Browns to the playoffs for the

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Speaker 1: first time in eighteen years. I know you're a fan

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Speaker 1: of his, but I'm going to ask, is there anything

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Speaker 1: he did better than Sean McDermott and his thirteen win

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Speaker 1: I like Kevin Stefanski and he did an outstanding job

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Speaker 1: last year in the COVID protocols first year as a

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Speaker 1: fiery hoops that every head coach had to jump through

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Speaker 1: from scratch, and the head coach has a lot to

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Speaker 1: say about how all these things take shape within the building,

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Speaker 1: how he wants his football team to be managed handled,

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Speaker 1: what he wants to ask them to do, and what

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Speaker 1: way to set up protocols, the way to set up

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Speaker 1: testing all that comes through the head coach's desk, and

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Speaker 1: Kevin Stefanski obviously did a fantastic job, but he did

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Speaker 1: inherit a loaded roster, a really good football team with

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Speaker 1: for Sean McDermott, I think he was the expectations were

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Speaker 1: higher for the Buffalo Bills. But I can't think of

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Speaker 1: at Baker Mayfield Josh Allen that he won a lot

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Speaker 1: if there's one we didn't hat on, it's that, right.

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Speaker 1: We didn't know Josh I was going to take the

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Speaker 1: But getting him to the playoffs like they did, I

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Speaker 1: And so I think this is ultimately what coach McDermott

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Speaker 1: The dregs of the league also ran can't win cycle

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Speaker 1: that guy's unbelievable. Where if you take a closer look

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Speaker 1: Certainly Kevin Stefanski did a fantastic job, and his first

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Speaker 1: And I get it too. There was a huge narrative

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Speaker 1: a guy in Buffalo that has put together a contender

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Speaker 1: that is well considered a better football team. Yeah. Stefanski

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Speaker 1: took almost half the votes last year in the NFL

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Speaker 1: The problem here now for McDermott going forward, Steve is

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Speaker 1: be even harder for him to win that honor this

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Speaker 1: and they'll say, yeah, he you know, with Josh Allen

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Speaker 1: Sean McDermott, I think the league missed its opportunity to

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Speaker 1: prime candidate for Coach of the Year honors in the

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Speaker 1: he's got his list. Here we go, all right, we

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Speaker 1: got Steve. I think I've got four names that I

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Speaker 1: And certainly you look at new guys like Kevin Stefanski

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Speaker 1: if you win a division. Obviously, you know, if you're

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Speaker 1: Urban Meyer right at the top of the list for me.

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Speaker 1: If you can go down the list as well, Brandon

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Speaker 1: Ron Rivera could ride those guys to the division title,

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Speaker 1: something that Sean McDermott didn't get credit four taking it

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Speaker 1: This in his second year, he would get credit for

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Speaker 1: where he took it in his first year to his

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Speaker 1: second year winning the division. Ron Revere would be a

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Speaker 1: guy like that. So those are some of them, and

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Speaker 1: I there are others as well, But yeah, that's so

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Speaker 1: those are Mike. I'll give you my four. I picked four, okay,

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Speaker 1: So I went with Matt Rule and Carolina because I

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Speaker 1: they can harness the talents of Darnold properly, I think

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Speaker 1: I think Tampa Bay wins the NFC South, but I

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Speaker 1: think Carolina could very easily be the second team in

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Speaker 1: Well done, Steve. There's a there's a it's fun to

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Speaker 1: go back and think about all the coaches've had. You know,

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Speaker 1: all coaches have the kind of that roller coaster career

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Speaker 1: where you you're there and you have this or even

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Speaker 1: if you have success like Sean McDermott has, you know,

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Speaker 1: but to go back even through my career, Parcels coached

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Speaker 1: the Giants to a Super Bowl, the Patriots to Super Bowl,

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Speaker 1: and got the Jets to two AFC Championship games with

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Speaker 1: Mark Sanchez. I mean that's no, not with Sanchez. He

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Speaker 1: had test he had That's right, Rex said Sanchez, right,

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Speaker 1: he hadnet. So it's it's amazing that Bill Walsh, all

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Speaker 1: the guys that I could you know that won it

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Speaker 1: once once in eighty one, first first Super Bowl. And

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Speaker 1: I'll tell you that too, that the Niners were an

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Speaker 1: afterthought for decades before that. Yeah, and then it's nuts.

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Speaker 1: Now they've been. They've been in the conversation ever since.

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Speaker 1: All Right, good job. See I'm proud you use the

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Speaker 1: test to take the test. That was very good. I

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Speaker 1: remember my teachers used to tell me that in school time.

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Speaker 1: Now for our featured guest, ESPN's Matt bow And you

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Speaker 1: can see on the NFL Matchup show on ESPN during

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Speaker 1: the regular season. Also does some work on ESPN dot Com.

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Speaker 1: Here's Matt. Matt. We're back at it already. But something

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Speaker 1: tells me you've never stopped. Still reviewing film from twenty twenty.

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Speaker 1: How you doing doing great? I remember those days doing

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Speaker 1: OTAs up in Buffalo, and I loved it. I loved it.

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Speaker 1: I we ushed to go practicing the game field a lot,

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Speaker 1: which I thought was outstanding, and go down there to

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Speaker 1: Pete during OTAs and now, so that was a difference, CPA.

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Speaker 1: We were in the building scharlier. Back then. We were.

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Speaker 1: I remember come out Torcher Park in early March, you know,

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Speaker 1: in the weight room, then on the field, you know,

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Speaker 1: middle of March and the March, a lot of practice time. Yeah. Now,

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Speaker 1: now that you're an old guy like the rest of us,

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Speaker 1: what do you think about the benefits of what happened

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Speaker 1: last offseason when they were forced to keep their hands

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Speaker 1: off These guys didn't have any really social setting, no

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Speaker 1: in house stuff. And the field work, the field, the football,

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Speaker 1: you know, the games looked pretty darn good last season

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Speaker 1: in the regular season. What are your thoughts about that

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Speaker 1: because you went through just like I did, you know,

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Speaker 1: the padded mini camps and all of that stuff, and

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Speaker 1: you know, what do you think about the changes and

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Speaker 1: how much should be kept and shouldn't be kept. That's

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Speaker 1: a great question. See if I think it should be

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Speaker 1: a balance. I don't think we need to go back

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Speaker 1: toward the schedule you and I had where you had,

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Speaker 1: you know, multiple mini camps, and I remember we would

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Speaker 1: just make up names. Paul quarterback school coaches were called.

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Speaker 1: It's just another reasoning the field right all season then

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Speaker 1: we had two days, you know, you had long training

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Speaker 1: camps where you hit pretty consistently twice a day. So

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Speaker 1: I think there needs to be a balance. You don't

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Speaker 1: want to go back to that, but you have to

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Speaker 1: find somewhere in the middle where the coaches have enough

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Speaker 1: time to teach you work on fundamentals and technique, especially

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Speaker 1: for positions like the offensive line in the secondary where

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Speaker 1: I think communication is vital to those units. You need

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Speaker 1: time on the field to work to get it. Again,

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Speaker 1: doesn't have to be full speed with pads that we

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Speaker 1: need time on the field of practice to drill those

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Speaker 1: fundamentals and techniques that are part of your offensive defensive scheme.

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Speaker 1: And it gets from the special teams work as well.

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Speaker 1: You know, Steve, you and I both did it. Covering

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Speaker 1: kicks is not easy. You need reps at that and

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Speaker 1: you can find ways to do that or it's not

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Speaker 1: full speed, it's not totally physical. So Matt, I know

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Speaker 1: you're you're grinded on the tape all the time, and

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Speaker 1: you had a recent tweet that even caught me by

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Speaker 1: a surprise. You're going over explosive plays for the Bills

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Speaker 1: in twenty twenty, and I don't think the fact that

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Speaker 1: they ranked high in explosive plays is any surprise with

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Speaker 1: the exploits of Josh Allen last season. But then the

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Speaker 1: last one. There twenty three explosive plays in the run game,

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Speaker 1: which ranked ninth in the league all all season last year, Matt,

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Speaker 1: we heard tons of complaints about the ineffectiveness of Buffalo's

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Speaker 1: run game, and all up to the draft, we're hearing

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Speaker 1: how the Bills need a home run hitter for their

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Speaker 1: running game if they're going to take the next step.

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Speaker 1: And here it is number nine in the league in

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Speaker 1: explosive play rushes. What did you pull out of your

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Speaker 1: film study on those explosive run plays that you felt

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Speaker 1: made them so successful with that area of their game. Well,

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Speaker 1: I think when you look at the tape press Buffalo's

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Speaker 1: two quality running backs that fit exactly what they want

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Speaker 1: to do. Now there's zone heavy teams, zone running team

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Speaker 1: and with both singletary moss guys that can press the

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Speaker 1: edge of the formation, run with good vision, have good

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Speaker 1: north south burst email the thing at the running back position,

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Speaker 1: forty times are great. What you're really looking at there

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Speaker 1: is zero to ten. How fast can you get from

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Speaker 1: zero to ten? So that's how the NFL game is played.

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Speaker 1: Can you get through that second level? So you get

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Speaker 1: through that second level? Now you're talking about a fifteen

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Speaker 1: plus year run and those are hard to get in

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Speaker 1: the NFL. They are very hard to get. But I'm

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Speaker 1: with you. If I was in that Bill's draft room

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Speaker 1: last year, I understand this past April. I understand exactly

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Speaker 1: what they did. Even if let's say Harris and etm

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Speaker 1: were on the board, I still think they made the

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Speaker 1: proper call because if you're gonna win the AFC, you

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Speaker 1: have to beat Patrick Mahomes in the Chiefs. You need

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Speaker 1: pass Russure to do that. And I'm getting a little

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Speaker 1: off topic here, but since we're talking about the running

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Speaker 1: back position, no Secletary Moss and that system can be

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Speaker 1: efficient runners that have explosive playability because of how it's

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Speaker 1: blocked up front, how they set up the run game.

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Speaker 1: And also you have to add in there, Josh Allen,

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Speaker 1: because seven of those twenty three runs came from jobs.

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Speaker 1: You know, four of the run scramble attempts and three

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Speaker 1: of them quarterback design runs. So you have quarterback draw

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Speaker 1: mixing there. We know that we'll run some some on

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Speaker 1: read and also run some naked boot. You remember that

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Speaker 1: Monday night game against the Patriots and at four to

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Speaker 1: one call and Josh booted to the outside basically almost

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Speaker 1: like quarterbacks. Basically quarterback Poll gets the outside. He brings

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Speaker 1: another element to that run game because he can scheme

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Speaker 1: mental runner. You know what can do with his second reaction,

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Speaker 1: going to pull the ball down, get into olden space

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Speaker 1: and pick up first downs as a runner as well.

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Speaker 1: So we've been watching this Bill's offense in the offseason.

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Speaker 1: I've been going back and looking at the old games,

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Speaker 1: like like you did you study this film? And you

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Speaker 1: know they're talking about, Wow, the running game's got to

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Speaker 1: get better and all this, But you know they don't

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Speaker 1: really want I don't think they want to run the

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Speaker 1: ball more maybe better? Yeah, okay, but when you're talking

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Speaker 1: about a team that scored over five hundred points in

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Speaker 1: the season, you know, improvement is a subjective thing. How

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Speaker 1: you improve this offense in the league? What like you said,

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Speaker 1: there were number two in the league in explosive pass plays.

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Speaker 1: They were they were a phenomenal offense. If you're gonna

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Speaker 1: just looking at the offense, how do you improve on that?

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Speaker 1: And is it realistic to think that you can? I

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Speaker 1: agree with you, Steve in terms of run game volume,

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Speaker 1: I've always said this, can you run the ball Fisherman

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Speaker 1: that matters. I mean, it doesn't matter how many carries

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Speaker 1: you have, because Buffalo is never gonna with this style

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Speaker 1: of office. They're not going to be a top ten

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Speaker 1: team in terms of Russian tans. I don't see that

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Speaker 1: happening anytime soon with Brian Dable. But can you be

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Speaker 1: more efficient runing the football? Yes, you can be. Can

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Speaker 1: we understand that one thing? I would say, what's the

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Speaker 1: next step? Can you be a little bit more horizontal?

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Speaker 1: We know they can stress teams vertical. You understand that's

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Speaker 1: all over the take deep, fadeballs, deep prossers, deep all

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Speaker 1: versus Stefan Diggs. How they scheme up Cole Beasley, what

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Speaker 1: they can do with Davis in the vertical pass game?

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Speaker 1: And now can they stretch you more vertically? That'd be

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Speaker 1: another element I would think they would discuss this offseason.

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Speaker 1: Can we get more jet sweeps than fly sweeps? Can

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Speaker 1: we create more misdirection because that's the leading the more

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Speaker 1: efficiency for your run game, and also create more play

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Speaker 1: action opportunities for Josh Youngen because they are excellent plash

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Speaker 1: in passinger. We always talk about the heavy play action passings. Obviously,

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Speaker 1: Kyle Sharedhan in San Francisco Sean McVeigh with the Rams,

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Speaker 1: the Green Bay Packers offense obviously Cleveland and Minnesota as well,

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Speaker 1: heavy plash in passing. Tom Buffalo also led the NFL

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Speaker 1: and exposed to play throws off of play action last year.

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Speaker 1: So that doesn't isn't discussed all the time, but when

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Speaker 1: you really watch the tape, they will use the play

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Speaker 1: acts in passing, especially against man coverage. The reason they

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Speaker 1: do that, guys, they're trying to pull those linebackers time.

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Speaker 1: Those linebackers take two false steps, it's over. You can't

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Speaker 1: recover in time when you have Beasley and Diggs running

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Speaker 1: crossing routes behind it. So, now what that does. It

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Speaker 1: gives Joshua one on one an open window throw to

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Speaker 1: put it on a guy like the Diggs or a

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Speaker 1: Beasley who also have outstanding ability after the catch to

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Speaker 1: produce in the open field. So Matt to take that

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Speaker 1: a step further. Emmanuel Sanders was in that San Francisco

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Speaker 1: heavy play action offense two years ago. Now he's here

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Speaker 1: in Buffalo. I know he's not the same receiver as

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Speaker 1: John Brown. How does he fit what the Bills like

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Speaker 1: to do here? What should we expect from him within

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Speaker 1: the scope of this offense. Bill Sanders is a veteran.

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Speaker 1: He's a very nuanced, detailed robot. He can create separation.

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Speaker 1: That's the first thing you look at. He can create separation.

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Speaker 1: So how do we scheme him over? Do we use

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Speaker 1: him more on second level throws? Can we get to

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Speaker 1: third level throws like washing right here where he's playing

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Speaker 1: with Drew Bredes in New Orleans. He has the ability

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Speaker 1: to stretch you vertically. I think he has a scheme

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Speaker 1: of more at this point of his career. But more importantly,

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Speaker 1: I would use him as a guy that is a

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Speaker 1: buying target in critical downardistance situations. Another option for Josh

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Speaker 1: in third and two to six, we can create separation

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Speaker 1: immediately underneath third and seven to ten. We can run

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Speaker 1: the intermediate inbreaker, create that separation at the top of

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Speaker 1: the break, and Brian David will scheme it too. He

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Speaker 1: will occupy the backside safety. And this is one thing

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Speaker 1: I noticed. Guy's been Washington to take on the Bills

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Speaker 1: just the explosive place. Now, Josh Allen's development in the

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Speaker 1: pocket in terms of his eyes, He's ability to move

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Speaker 1: and hold and manipulate safeties and create his own throwing winds. Now.

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Speaker 1: You pair that with a route runer like the Manuel Sanders,

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Speaker 1: it gives you more opportunities to pick up first downds.

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Speaker 1: I've always said this, we don't talk first downs are

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Speaker 1: hard to get. They're hard. You get first downs, you

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Speaker 1: win football games. You get first downs, you score points.

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Speaker 1: A guy like manage Standers can elevate that offense is

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Speaker 1: a middleval field target on those second level throats. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: so this is I mean, this is a team there's

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Speaker 1: already number one and third down conversion rate last year.

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Speaker 1: So do you envision because I know I don't have

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Speaker 1: to tell you this, but I think Arizona was the

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Speaker 1: only team that ran ten personnel more than the Bills

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Speaker 1: last season, and now you have Sanders here, So are

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Speaker 1: you envisioning that to continue a lot more? You know,

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Speaker 1: not a lot of ten personnel, but somewhere between fifteen

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Speaker 1: and twenty percent ten personnel on the field for these

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Speaker 1: guys with Beasley and Sanders as double slots, you know,

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Speaker 1: Davison and Digs outside, is that what we're probably looking at.

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Speaker 1: I think you can do that in the one game

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Speaker 1: I go back to last year, guys, was because I

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Speaker 1: saw this Yester year when Washington explused to play runs

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Speaker 1: first meeting against New England and what at Brian dabel do.

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Speaker 1: I thought it was excellent because he had ten person

643
00:34:05,640 --> 00:34:06,960
Speaker 1: on the field quite a bit in that gave ten

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Speaker 1: or eleven personal but especially ten personnel. And Bill Belichick responded,

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Speaker 1: what we call it match up dollar at seven defensive

646
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Speaker 1: backs and he ran against run the ball. You got

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00:34:16,800 --> 00:34:18,440
Speaker 1: seven defensive backs in the field, you got one of

648
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Speaker 1: them playing lineback, run right at him, run zone right

649
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Speaker 1: at That's what they did. I think it gives you

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Speaker 1: options because now we're talking about one of the best

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Speaker 1: football coaches of all the time, Bill Belichick. His response

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Speaker 1: or his counter, because I'm gonna get seven dbs in

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Speaker 1: the field because I canna played man coverage. Now there's

654
00:34:33,080 --> 00:34:35,880
Speaker 1: more opportunity for mediu brackets or dedicated doubles in the

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Speaker 1: slots inside. Dable said, if you're gonna bring seven on

656
00:34:39,200 --> 00:34:41,680
Speaker 1: the field and we go eleven, you'll bring six dbs

657
00:34:41,680 --> 00:34:43,120
Speaker 1: in the field. We're gonna find a way to run

658
00:34:43,160 --> 00:34:45,440
Speaker 1: the football against you. I thought there was excellent coaching,

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00:34:46,040 --> 00:34:48,600
Speaker 1: and that's what schemes all about. The counter. You show

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Speaker 1: me one thing, I'm gonna show you another thing, but

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Speaker 1: we know what they could do in the past game

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Speaker 1: out of ten, there's no question. But I also think

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Speaker 1: it elevates your run game in certain situations. One of

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Speaker 1: the things that happened in this offseason, and we saw

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Speaker 1: very early on when the Rams and the Detroit Lions

666
00:35:03,160 --> 00:35:07,000
Speaker 1: swapped quarterbacks and draft picks and salaries and contracts and

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00:35:08,000 --> 00:35:11,480
Speaker 1: it began the quarterback movement. Eleven new quarterbacks with you

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00:35:11,719 --> 00:35:15,040
Speaker 1: rookies and veterans who have switched teams. How do you

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Speaker 1: see that shaking out? And that's something that's happened over

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00:35:18,400 --> 00:35:21,440
Speaker 1: the last two or three years in the NFL that

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00:35:21,560 --> 00:35:25,160
Speaker 1: has actually become a trend. I think that has been

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Speaker 1: unprecedented in the history of the league. You never saw

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00:35:28,160 --> 00:35:31,200
Speaker 1: quarterbacks ever move, even in the free agency period, and

674
00:35:31,360 --> 00:35:34,520
Speaker 1: now it's a lot more commonplace. Why do you think

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Speaker 1: that is and how do you think this year's movement

676
00:35:36,560 --> 00:35:39,840
Speaker 1: is going to affect the season? Well? I think that

677
00:35:40,080 --> 00:35:44,080
Speaker 1: is is because teams are looking for more schemes, specific players.

678
00:35:44,160 --> 00:35:47,240
Speaker 1: I think Los Angeles is a perfect example. Jared Goffin

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00:35:47,440 --> 00:35:49,360
Speaker 1: can be schemed in that offense. We understand that, and

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00:35:49,440 --> 00:35:50,960
Speaker 1: you look at the Super Bowl year to take you

681
00:35:51,040 --> 00:35:53,440
Speaker 1: put together, is abody throw the time of your rhythms

682
00:35:53,480 --> 00:35:56,880
Speaker 1: and system. I think Los Angeles also wants to be

683
00:35:57,000 --> 00:36:01,080
Speaker 1: more vertical. They signed to Sean Jackson, they drafted two

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Speaker 1: too at while out of Louisville. They didn't get down

685
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Speaker 1: the field, and they traded for Matthew staff Thank. Stafford

686
00:36:05,560 --> 00:36:07,680
Speaker 1: gives them a little bit more in terms of vertical

687
00:36:07,680 --> 00:36:10,759
Speaker 1: ability exposed to playability down the field. Stafford has better

688
00:36:10,840 --> 00:36:14,120
Speaker 1: movement traits inside the pocket. Look at Indianapolis made the

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Speaker 1: trade for Carson Wentz there, Obviously there's familiarity there with

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Speaker 1: Frank Wright and Carson Wentz and how they can scheme

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Speaker 1: him up because he know Carson Wentz his top five

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00:36:22,120 --> 00:36:25,200
Speaker 1: traits in terms of where he was drafted. That's why

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Speaker 1: it was the top five picks because he has the

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Speaker 1: physical tools and traits. We've seen him have pass production

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Speaker 1: in the NFL. Ryan Fitzpatrick going to Washington. I think

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00:36:32,800 --> 00:36:35,160
Speaker 1: it's a really good fit for Washington. They need to

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00:36:35,200 --> 00:36:36,880
Speaker 1: be more explosive in the pass game. Did he not

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Speaker 1: have that last season? With Scott Turner's offense, you'll put

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Speaker 1: fits in a position where you can throw those deep

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Speaker 1: end breakers, the skinny posts throw on rhythm, and with

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Speaker 1: Fits also you get that aggressive throwing style. Plus we

702
00:36:50,480 --> 00:36:53,040
Speaker 1: know what he can do as a runner. Now Fits

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Speaker 1: can pull the ball down to move as well. So

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Speaker 1: you're looking at the quarterback movement here, and obviously the drafts.

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Speaker 1: I think the draftsing continues to answer question. I think

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Speaker 1: we're gonna see quarterbacks drafted high each and every year,

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Speaker 1: and like we did this year with five going in

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Speaker 1: the first round. I think that's becoming more commonplace, especially

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Speaker 1: when you tell about young players on rookie deals. There's

710
00:37:13,480 --> 00:37:16,160
Speaker 1: not as much patience anymore, right, They're simply not as

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Speaker 1: much patience. Look at Chicago, you know, they trade up

712
00:37:18,800 --> 00:37:20,480
Speaker 1: from mister Trabisity a couple you know, three or four

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00:37:20,560 --> 00:37:23,399
Speaker 1: years ago that didn't work out for him, bringing Andy Dalton,

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Speaker 1: and they also go draft justin fields out of Ohio state.

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Speaker 1: I think everyone's trying to find that solution at the

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Speaker 1: quarterback position, like Buffalo has with Josh Allen, like Los

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Speaker 1: Angeles has with Josh Herbert. Early success at the position

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Speaker 1: with guys have the traits to be productive in today's

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Speaker 1: heavily scheme passengers. And another example of that is Zach

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Speaker 1: Wilson with the Jets because they jettison Darnold and threw

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Speaker 1: him overboard to Carolina. It looks as though the Jets

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Speaker 1: are taking the so called Josh Allen approach with him

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Speaker 1: though in terms of how they're scheming that up. With

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Speaker 1: Lafleura out there, Matt, so maybe just kind of share

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Speaker 1: with us how they're going to use pre snap motion

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Speaker 1: to kind of facilitate the reads for him. They well,

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00:38:06,360 --> 00:38:08,719
Speaker 1: it'll be a more heathly defined offense, you know, just

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Speaker 1: talking about livation and obviously mattla Thorop in Green Bay

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Speaker 1: as well. What they do from a pre snap perspective,

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Speaker 1: a lot of movement, a lot of jet, a lot

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Speaker 1: of outside his own play action. And you're giving your

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Speaker 1: quarterback board to find reads, to make a level or

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Speaker 1: layered throws in the middle field, to read, hide to low,

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Speaker 1: get the ball out in time. And what Zach wils

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Speaker 1: is going to do, he's got a national arm town

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Speaker 1: very quick release. He will get the ball out of speed.

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Speaker 1: There'll be RPOs in there as well, because he'll read

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Speaker 1: it out and throw it fearlessly. That's all over his college.

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Speaker 1: The thing he gives you, the added element is his

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Speaker 1: off schedule or second reaction ability he can create escape

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Speaker 1: minks and get outside the pocket. Throwing the move. Throw

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Speaker 1: it from multiple platforms also gives you some as a runner.

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Speaker 1: I don't think he's a heavy volume runner. He doesn't

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Speaker 1: have the frame of a Josh Allen or Justin Herbert's

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Speaker 1: or you know, Justin fields now in Chicago. But he

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00:38:59,719 --> 00:39:03,879
Speaker 1: can schemes as a situational runner for you. But it's

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00:39:03,920 --> 00:39:06,359
Speaker 1: really the pass game. I think that's where again, where

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00:39:06,400 --> 00:39:09,480
Speaker 1: the league is going with these outside zone play action offenses.

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Speaker 1: Is there giving the quarterback more of those defining throws

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Speaker 1: where he can hit his back foot off of play

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Speaker 1: action and deliver the ball on the time. And plus

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00:39:19,080 --> 00:39:21,520
Speaker 1: with that comes your scheme vertical shop plays down the field.

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Speaker 1: To see him in Buffalo consistently with Brian Dable, you

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00:39:24,239 --> 00:39:26,719
Speaker 1: will see them in New York as well well. They

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00:39:26,800 --> 00:39:30,040
Speaker 1: will use play action and max protection and put Wilson

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Speaker 1: in a spot where he can push the ball vertically

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Speaker 1: or the top of the defense. As most NFL drafts go, everybody,

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Speaker 1: or at least most football fans know the top five,

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00:39:40,560 --> 00:39:42,960
Speaker 1: top six, top ten names that are going to be

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Speaker 1: taken in the draft. They certainly know the top prospects

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Speaker 1: that their team may be in a position to draft.

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Speaker 1: But at the end of this regular season coming up,

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Speaker 1: who do you think in this draft class that nobody

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00:39:53,760 --> 00:39:56,759
Speaker 1: knows about now that people are gonna know about, who

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Speaker 1: who is gonna jump off the page for their t

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Speaker 1: team that landed in the perfect spot with the perfect

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00:40:02,400 --> 00:40:05,359
Speaker 1: team that maybe not every football fan knows about now,

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Speaker 1: but most of us will at the end of the season. Now.

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Speaker 1: One player that comes to mind for me is Elijah Molden.

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Speaker 1: The defensive background of the University of Washington ended up

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Speaker 1: going to I believe the third round of Tennessee. And

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Speaker 1: every year when I write a piece in my favorite

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Speaker 1: scheme fits also have a one section Steve, I have

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Speaker 1: the player I love the coach and this is just

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Speaker 1: based off his tape. You know, I haven't met him,

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Speaker 1: I haven't interviewed him. Elijah Molden. He's a tempo setter.

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Speaker 1: He's a tone center in your secondary. You reminded of

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Speaker 1: Bludha Baker, the safety from Arizona, because he can do

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00:40:36,560 --> 00:40:38,439
Speaker 1: so many different things, and that goes back to where

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Speaker 1: the league is going A lot of late moving into Scotts.

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00:40:41,520 --> 00:40:43,680
Speaker 1: He saw it this year when Josh played against Tennessee

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Speaker 1: and how they rotated that secondary late to make him work.

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Speaker 1: O Smat. That's what used to do against the league quarterbacks.

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Speaker 1: You have to make them work to try to gain

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00:40:51,719 --> 00:40:54,440
Speaker 1: his tramatical advantage. With Molden, I think he'd be scheming

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Speaker 1: as a blitzer. He can play in the slot, he

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00:40:56,760 --> 00:40:59,000
Speaker 1: can play as a quarter safety, he can play as

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Speaker 1: your dying seat, a lot of different things. Most well,

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Speaker 1: we use a term of match of multidimensional traits in

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Speaker 1: the secondary. Elijah Walden has it now. Not everyone might

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Speaker 1: not know Hi because it's the third round pick. That's

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Speaker 1: a guy I would look at and say, I'm really

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Speaker 1: excited to watch him play as a rookie. So Matt

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00:41:16,200 --> 00:41:19,120
Speaker 1: taking that one more step here. You know, Steve and

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00:41:19,160 --> 00:41:22,080
Speaker 1: I have talked about with guests like you and others

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Speaker 1: about how it seems like the league is moving more

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00:41:24,560 --> 00:41:29,719
Speaker 1: and more toward positionless football, and maybe the defensive side

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00:41:29,719 --> 00:41:31,479
Speaker 1: of the ball is even ahead of the offensive side

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Speaker 1: with that respect, although we see Etn almost lining up

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Speaker 1: exclusively as a receiver in OTAs, and we see Nag

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00:41:37,680 --> 00:41:41,040
Speaker 1: Harris doing that similarly in Pittsburgh. But my question to

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Speaker 1: you is if that is in fact the case. Why

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Speaker 1: did we see Jeremiah Usu Coromoa slide so far in

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Speaker 1: the draft when he is exactly that he's the positionless

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00:41:50,120 --> 00:41:52,839
Speaker 1: player that people are talking about. Is it a matter

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00:41:52,920 --> 00:41:57,080
Speaker 1: of DC's not convinced that they can find a true

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00:41:57,200 --> 00:41:59,560
Speaker 1: role for him, or is there something else at work

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00:41:59,600 --> 00:42:01,360
Speaker 1: there that that kind of flies in the face of

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Speaker 1: the positionless football that we're hearing so much about it. Well,

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00:42:04,880 --> 00:42:06,920
Speaker 1: you know the reason he slid, I don't know for

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Speaker 1: a fact. I mean, you have to look at other things,

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00:42:09,560 --> 00:42:12,239
Speaker 1: and in terms of evaluating the total player, I can

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00:42:12,320 --> 00:42:14,440
Speaker 1: really look at the tape, but I can tell you

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Speaker 1: he is probably a will linebacker. But I could see

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Speaker 1: some teams looking at him as a strong safety. If

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Speaker 1: you're playing a cover three system where he can set

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00:42:23,760 --> 00:42:25,399
Speaker 1: the edge of the run game, drop to the curl,

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00:42:25,520 --> 00:42:28,120
Speaker 1: match to wheel robs, match your man covered versus the

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00:42:28,160 --> 00:42:30,080
Speaker 1: tight end. He can do that for you as well.

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Speaker 1: I think the ultimate thing of position with players that

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Speaker 1: we have to remember, and Steve and I both know this.

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Speaker 1: You got to go to There has to be a

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Speaker 1: meeting room to go to, right. You can't just say

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Speaker 1: why I play linebacker safety and edge. You have to

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00:42:42,840 --> 00:42:44,480
Speaker 1: you have to be in a meeting room, you have

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Speaker 1: to be coached, you have to be developed. And I

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Speaker 1: think with the Wooster, Corma and Cleveland would probably start

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Speaker 1: out in that linebacker meeting where he can be a

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Speaker 1: will linebacker for you, scrape to the football, uses sideline

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Speaker 1: to sideline speed. He will scheme him as a blitzer.

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Speaker 1: And now when you get to your sub packages, now

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Speaker 1: I'll start to expand a little bit. We're talking about

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00:43:02,840 --> 00:43:06,720
Speaker 1: position as players. Can he be that hybrid safety linebacker

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Speaker 1: where you can do multiple things for you now as

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Speaker 1: a blitzer, as a coverage guy, and also as a

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Speaker 1: run defender. I think that's very important from a coaching

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Speaker 1: and teaching perspective because you have to start somewhere that

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00:43:17,360 --> 00:43:19,319
Speaker 1: first day of OTA's like you guys are going through

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Speaker 1: right now in Buffalo, where do the young players line up?

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Speaker 1: Because that's what they're gonna be coached, That's what we're

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00:43:24,440 --> 00:43:26,719
Speaker 1: gonna be developed. And once they start to master that

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00:43:26,840 --> 00:43:29,640
Speaker 1: position as a pro, now you expand a little bit more.

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00:43:29,680 --> 00:43:32,400
Speaker 1: And when you do expand, you can put it in

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00:43:32,520 --> 00:43:35,080
Speaker 1: a situation where it's not ultra complex, so these young

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Speaker 1: players can read and react with their eyes or key

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00:43:37,719 --> 00:43:41,600
Speaker 1: and diagnosed and play fast. So that's the most important thing. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: And I don't I'm an assignment is creeping into your

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Speaker 1: head before the snap of the football. You're not going

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Speaker 1: to play fast. Yeah. And I don't know if this

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Speaker 1: is a tell of any kind, but they gave jok

851
00:43:51,600 --> 00:43:55,080
Speaker 1: number twenty eight as a jersey number, so he might

852
00:43:55,200 --> 00:43:57,320
Speaker 1: start off as a dB more than even a linebacker.

853
00:43:57,400 --> 00:43:58,880
Speaker 1: We'll have to wait and see. I know the numbers

854
00:43:58,880 --> 00:44:00,279
Speaker 1: don't mean quite as much as they used to do

855
00:44:00,320 --> 00:44:02,200
Speaker 1: in the NFL with all the relaxing of the rules,

856
00:44:02,239 --> 00:44:04,960
Speaker 1: but I thought number twenty eight was very telling with

857
00:44:05,080 --> 00:44:07,759
Speaker 1: him getting that number. One last one for me, Matt.

858
00:44:08,760 --> 00:44:11,360
Speaker 1: The draft is completed, and you know, it's all about

859
00:44:11,400 --> 00:44:14,680
Speaker 1: predictions now. And I know that there are certain teams

860
00:44:14,800 --> 00:44:18,800
Speaker 1: like Jacksonville, and you know, and the Jets are in

861
00:44:18,840 --> 00:44:21,120
Speaker 1: a much different place than the Chiefs and the Bills

862
00:44:21,160 --> 00:44:25,280
Speaker 1: and the Packers. Which of these rookie classes draft classes

863
00:44:25,520 --> 00:44:28,680
Speaker 1: are going to help their team? However? It may be

864
00:44:28,840 --> 00:44:31,000
Speaker 1: whether they're going to win more games or whatever, or

865
00:44:32,160 --> 00:44:34,960
Speaker 1: you can pick the criteria, but which rookie draft class

866
00:44:35,520 --> 00:44:40,480
Speaker 1: means the most to their club? This season. Well, I

867
00:44:40,560 --> 00:44:42,839
Speaker 1: think if we're talking to the AFC, like I said

868
00:44:42,840 --> 00:44:46,520
Speaker 1: earlier in the show with Gregor Solla and Baston, you're

869
00:44:46,560 --> 00:44:48,440
Speaker 1: looking at guys that buy. If this is how I

870
00:44:48,480 --> 00:44:53,680
Speaker 1: would say, Remember this is the draft, it's not immediate results.

871
00:44:53,719 --> 00:44:56,040
Speaker 1: You are drafting for years two, three, and four as well.

872
00:44:56,680 --> 00:44:59,000
Speaker 1: But with the two defects event as they drafted who

873
00:44:59,000 --> 00:45:02,560
Speaker 1: are versatile and can play inside. In my opinion, now

874
00:45:02,640 --> 00:45:06,160
Speaker 1: it gives Buffalo a situation where when these young players

875
00:45:06,239 --> 00:45:08,200
Speaker 1: start to figure it out, starts to play at the

876
00:45:08,360 --> 00:45:11,319
Speaker 1: high end speed that's necessary. We're talking the second half

877
00:45:11,320 --> 00:45:14,239
Speaker 1: of the season. Now you have depth on the defensive line.

878
00:45:14,600 --> 00:45:17,200
Speaker 1: Now you can scheme more fronts. Now you can use

879
00:45:17,280 --> 00:45:19,920
Speaker 1: more stunts in twists and loops to get guy free.

880
00:45:20,560 --> 00:45:22,560
Speaker 1: And that's what this draft class. In my opinion, the

881
00:45:22,640 --> 00:45:25,360
Speaker 1: top two picks in both clod gives you becaus Ultimately,

882
00:45:25,880 --> 00:45:28,160
Speaker 1: like we talked about it, you are drafting. You are

883
00:45:28,239 --> 00:45:31,239
Speaker 1: building a defensive rosters that can not only compete, they

884
00:45:31,320 --> 00:45:34,120
Speaker 1: can beat Patrick Mahomes and Andy Reid because they're going

885
00:45:34,160 --> 00:45:36,799
Speaker 1: to be their year in and year out, because of Mahomes' tale,

886
00:45:37,000 --> 00:45:40,080
Speaker 1: because that offensive structure in Kansas City. You have to

887
00:45:40,160 --> 00:45:43,600
Speaker 1: put together a defense that can rush the pasture and

888
00:45:43,800 --> 00:45:48,000
Speaker 1: be disrupted to eliminate Patrick Mahomes's ability to throw on

889
00:45:48,120 --> 00:45:50,560
Speaker 1: timing and rhythm. Because that's what we saw Tampa do

890
00:45:50,920 --> 00:45:53,600
Speaker 1: in the Super Bowl and the Buffalo Draft. That tells

891
00:45:53,640 --> 00:45:55,880
Speaker 1: me they're on the same page. Yeah, and it seems

892
00:45:55,920 --> 00:45:58,120
Speaker 1: like Kansas City is wise to that. With all the

893
00:45:58,200 --> 00:46:00,600
Speaker 1: money they threw at their offensive line, which may arguably

894
00:46:00,680 --> 00:46:04,560
Speaker 1: be even better than it was last year. Crazy was good.

895
00:46:04,600 --> 00:46:08,200
Speaker 1: I mean, it's a good, you know, quick rebuild for them. Obviously. Yeah,

896
00:46:08,239 --> 00:46:10,480
Speaker 1: they did a very good job of putting that offensive

897
00:46:10,520 --> 00:46:12,360
Speaker 1: line back together, and like you said, that might be

898
00:46:12,400 --> 00:46:15,560
Speaker 1: a little bit more talented on the edge. Right, all right, Matt,

899
00:46:15,719 --> 00:46:18,120
Speaker 1: thanks as always. Man. We appreciate you dicing it up

900
00:46:18,160 --> 00:46:20,839
Speaker 1: for us. Keep keep grinding in the film room. We'll

901
00:46:20,920 --> 00:46:22,560
Speaker 1: hit you up again down the line. We appreciate it,

902
00:46:23,160 --> 00:46:25,479
Speaker 1: all right, guys, Thank you. All right, Steve, We close

903
00:46:25,600 --> 00:46:28,640
Speaker 1: things up this week with an exercise we call will

904
00:46:29,239 --> 00:46:33,560
Speaker 1: it Happened? Number one on the list, zach Ertz is

905
00:46:33,680 --> 00:46:41,719
Speaker 1: traded by the Eagles. Will it happened? Traded? And we're

906
00:46:42,280 --> 00:46:45,000
Speaker 1: talking about these scenarios because of the June first deadline,

907
00:46:45,360 --> 00:46:47,840
Speaker 1: you know, reduced the hit on your cap, etcetera, etcetera.

908
00:46:48,360 --> 00:46:50,880
Speaker 1: For me, I traded or he will not play for

909
00:46:50,880 --> 00:46:53,799
Speaker 1: the Eagles this year. Okay, but that was the question

910
00:46:53,880 --> 00:46:56,799
Speaker 1: that right traded or cut? Um. I say he will

911
00:46:56,840 --> 00:46:59,680
Speaker 1: be traded. No, I don't. He will not be His

912
00:47:00,200 --> 00:47:02,279
Speaker 1: salary's too big at this point, it's too late in

913
00:47:02,320 --> 00:47:05,479
Speaker 1: the game. The salary cap is too tight. He's gonna

914
00:47:05,480 --> 00:47:07,520
Speaker 1: have to be released and then signed to a new deal,

915
00:47:07,640 --> 00:47:09,520
Speaker 1: like a one year deal by somebody. He would not

916
00:47:09,640 --> 00:47:11,560
Speaker 1: be traded. I would tend to agree with that. He's

917
00:47:11,600 --> 00:47:14,320
Speaker 1: too expensive. He's eight and a quarter million, and with

918
00:47:14,440 --> 00:47:16,680
Speaker 1: a restrictive cap this year, a lot of teams are

919
00:47:16,719 --> 00:47:20,040
Speaker 1: not in a position to take on that salary. And everybody,

920
00:47:20,160 --> 00:47:22,239
Speaker 1: and I think everybody's playing the waiting game because they

921
00:47:22,320 --> 00:47:24,680
Speaker 1: know the Eagles don't want him on their books, so

922
00:47:24,760 --> 00:47:26,680
Speaker 1: they're just waiting for the other shoe to drop. He'll

923
00:47:26,719 --> 00:47:28,719
Speaker 1: be released and he'll probably play somewhere for three and

924
00:47:28,760 --> 00:47:30,759
Speaker 1: a half million dollars, not eating a quarter. And they're

925
00:47:30,760 --> 00:47:32,319
Speaker 1: getting to the point where they're at training camp. They

926
00:47:32,360 --> 00:47:34,360
Speaker 1: got their top fifty one guys on the rot on

927
00:47:34,440 --> 00:47:36,879
Speaker 1: the salary cap. He's gonna be that one of those

928
00:47:36,960 --> 00:47:39,680
Speaker 1: guys and you've got to work those numbers. So it's

929
00:47:39,680 --> 00:47:41,680
Speaker 1: got to be a team that has some room. I mean,

930
00:47:41,760 --> 00:47:45,640
Speaker 1: the Colts could make it work, would they. He's had

931
00:47:45,680 --> 00:47:47,960
Speaker 1: some success with Carson Wentz. There's you know, there's a

932
00:47:48,000 --> 00:47:50,320
Speaker 1: couple of spots where you could conjure up a landing

933
00:47:50,360 --> 00:47:52,960
Speaker 1: place for him. But why would the Colts do that

934
00:47:53,160 --> 00:47:56,440
Speaker 1: and just wait it out there? I mean, they're everybody's

935
00:47:56,480 --> 00:47:58,640
Speaker 1: rosters are kind of fully formed at this point for

936
00:47:58,719 --> 00:48:01,239
Speaker 1: the most part. Yes, especially in terms of the people

937
00:48:01,280 --> 00:48:04,520
Speaker 1: they're looking to count on, big time, big roles. Number

938
00:48:04,560 --> 00:48:07,759
Speaker 1: two and will it happen? Julio Jones wants to be

939
00:48:07,880 --> 00:48:14,560
Speaker 1: traded somewhere he can win. Will it happen? Is that?

940
00:48:14,760 --> 00:48:16,800
Speaker 1: Is that a breaking news that Julio Jones been traded?

941
00:48:16,880 --> 00:48:19,759
Speaker 1: Is the conference call? You should get on that right away. Um,

942
00:48:21,280 --> 00:48:24,879
Speaker 1: I will say, will it happen? I think somewhere where

943
00:48:24,960 --> 00:48:26,840
Speaker 1: he wants he said he wants to be traded, somewhere

944
00:48:26,880 --> 00:48:30,920
Speaker 1: where he can win. Will happen? The spot that everybody's

945
00:48:30,960 --> 00:48:36,640
Speaker 1: calling for is New England. They can win there. I

946
00:48:36,680 --> 00:48:40,040
Speaker 1: don't know if New England can fit fifteen points something

947
00:48:40,120 --> 00:48:44,520
Speaker 1: something under their cat. Yeah, it may I was satan.

948
00:48:45,200 --> 00:48:47,040
Speaker 1: So when the worlds are gonna be the Rams could

949
00:48:47,080 --> 00:48:49,800
Speaker 1: restructure his deal and do it. Okay, how much more restrader.

950
00:48:50,600 --> 00:48:54,160
Speaker 1: They don't care. They'll they'll throw a one. They'll throw

951
00:48:54,200 --> 00:48:58,440
Speaker 1: a twenty thirty two first round draft pick in there, right,

952
00:48:58,640 --> 00:49:01,560
Speaker 1: they don't care. So there's some and like a lot

953
00:49:01,640 --> 00:49:03,600
Speaker 1: like zach Ertz, you could conjure some places that may

954
00:49:03,680 --> 00:49:08,239
Speaker 1: have the wherewithal to get it done. Where some place

955
00:49:08,320 --> 00:49:10,400
Speaker 1: where he can win. I'm gonna say no because I

956
00:49:10,480 --> 00:49:13,000
Speaker 1: think I think Dallas is a likely landing spot. I

957
00:49:13,040 --> 00:49:15,480
Speaker 1: don't think this is the Dallas' year, although maybe in

958
00:49:15,520 --> 00:49:17,319
Speaker 1: a couple of years they can. They got more than

959
00:49:17,440 --> 00:49:20,400
Speaker 1: enough receivers there. Yeah, I just so I'm gonna say no.

960
00:49:20,719 --> 00:49:22,640
Speaker 1: I'm gonna say will not. I am going to say

961
00:49:22,719 --> 00:49:25,200
Speaker 1: no as well. I think he goes to a non

962
00:49:25,320 --> 00:49:30,000
Speaker 1: winning franchise ultimately. And I know there's some other teams

963
00:49:30,040 --> 00:49:33,279
Speaker 1: that have been brought up recently Baltimore who's looking for

964
00:49:33,360 --> 00:49:36,400
Speaker 1: true receiver help to broaden the scope of Lamar Jackson's

965
00:49:36,440 --> 00:49:40,600
Speaker 1: passing game. And while that would be fantastic for Lamar,

966
00:49:41,600 --> 00:49:44,040
Speaker 1: I don't. And Baltimore is a team that picks up

967
00:49:44,120 --> 00:49:46,640
Speaker 1: veteran guys, like guys that some teams think are over

968
00:49:46,680 --> 00:49:48,399
Speaker 1: the hill. They'll take a guy for a year or two.

969
00:49:48,520 --> 00:49:51,120
Speaker 1: But at that price, tag Man, I just don't know.

970
00:49:51,320 --> 00:49:55,279
Speaker 1: So I think he probably goes somewhere like Jacksonville, right,

971
00:49:55,400 --> 00:49:57,600
Speaker 1: you know, somewhere like that, a team that's on its

972
00:49:57,640 --> 00:50:00,840
Speaker 1: way back up. Ultimately, I believe he's got no trade clause.

973
00:50:00,920 --> 00:50:03,040
Speaker 1: But do you want to play or not? I mean,

974
00:50:03,280 --> 00:50:05,440
Speaker 1: thirty two you want to throw away a year? Question two?

975
00:50:05,719 --> 00:50:08,480
Speaker 1: Does he want to make that money or does he not?

976
00:50:08,600 --> 00:50:10,520
Speaker 1: Because if if they can release me, he's going to

977
00:50:10,560 --> 00:50:12,879
Speaker 1: sign a one year deal and that money won't be there. Yeah.

978
00:50:13,200 --> 00:50:17,680
Speaker 1: And finally, Aaron Rodgers will be traded to somewhere other

979
00:50:18,080 --> 00:50:23,160
Speaker 1: than Denver. Will it happened? Denver has been widely reported

980
00:50:23,239 --> 00:50:27,520
Speaker 1: as the most logical destination for him. He would inherit

981
00:50:28,320 --> 00:50:33,200
Speaker 1: a built in receiving cores. That's that most quarterbacks would

982
00:50:33,200 --> 00:50:38,200
Speaker 1: be envious of. Correct, Jerry Judy, Courtland, Sutton, kJ Hammler,

983
00:50:38,480 --> 00:50:42,239
Speaker 1: no offense, I mean, and good quartet. And for Green

984
00:50:42,320 --> 00:50:44,160
Speaker 1: Bay's part of it, he's out of the conference. He's

985
00:50:44,200 --> 00:50:47,319
Speaker 1: in another division's out, he's you know, so the ends

986
00:50:47,320 --> 00:50:51,960
Speaker 1: of the earth. So somewhere other than Denver, will it happen? Uh?

987
00:50:52,400 --> 00:50:55,520
Speaker 1: Not this year? No? Not this year. No. I mean

988
00:50:55,600 --> 00:50:57,680
Speaker 1: he maybe when I don't know how it's gonna end

989
00:50:57,719 --> 00:50:59,080
Speaker 1: for Aaron Rodgers, but it's not going to end in

990
00:50:59,120 --> 00:51:02,359
Speaker 1: Green Bay this year. And opinion he'll be there this year.

991
00:51:02,440 --> 00:51:04,960
Speaker 1: You think he's going to play in Green Bay in twenty.

992
00:51:05,560 --> 00:51:07,680
Speaker 1: He wants his groundwork for making sure it happens. When

993
00:51:07,920 --> 00:51:11,000
Speaker 1: just made some comments this week in Kenny Maine's final

994
00:51:11,280 --> 00:51:15,200
Speaker 1: Sports Center broadcast where he was a guest and said

995
00:51:15,719 --> 00:51:18,400
Speaker 1: and at least gave indication that it is a philosophical

996
00:51:18,520 --> 00:51:21,040
Speaker 1: issue for him in terms of the team culture and

997
00:51:21,120 --> 00:51:22,799
Speaker 1: the way of doing things and the way to treat

998
00:51:22,880 --> 00:51:27,439
Speaker 1: people correctly. He feels he's clearly been wronged. I don't

999
00:51:27,480 --> 00:51:29,560
Speaker 1: know that he has enough options to get out of there,

1000
00:51:30,280 --> 00:51:33,279
Speaker 1: even though he is the NFL MVP. Someone's going to

1001
00:51:33,320 --> 00:51:35,000
Speaker 1: really have to step up to the plate to convince

1002
00:51:35,080 --> 00:51:37,600
Speaker 1: Green Bay. And not only that, as we talked about

1003
00:51:37,640 --> 00:51:39,760
Speaker 1: on our show this week, got to give them something

1004
00:51:39,840 --> 00:51:45,120
Speaker 1: back that's that's serviceable at the quarterback position, because even

1005
00:51:45,520 --> 00:51:49,600
Speaker 1: Brian Gutencoots, the GM for the Packers, said, Jordan Love

1006
00:51:49,719 --> 00:51:52,800
Speaker 1: has a long way to go. Those are his exact words,

1007
00:51:52,840 --> 00:51:54,880
Speaker 1: so it certainly doesn't sound like they want to have

1008
00:51:55,040 --> 00:51:57,879
Speaker 1: him in the starting lineup here in twenty twenty one.

1009
00:51:58,040 --> 00:52:00,160
Speaker 1: That's that's got to be part of the deal. You

1010
00:52:00,239 --> 00:52:02,800
Speaker 1: got to give him a way to replace Aaron Rodgers

1011
00:52:02,840 --> 00:52:06,640
Speaker 1: in some way, shape or form, and Drew Locke is

1012
00:52:06,680 --> 00:52:11,520
Speaker 1: not the answer. I would concur, I would concur. All right,

1013
00:52:11,560 --> 00:52:14,200
Speaker 1: that'll do it for this edition of One Bill's Life.

1014
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