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Speaker 1: Welcome to One Bill's Light, the quick hitting version of

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Speaker 1: our daily show, One Bills Live, where we jampack everything

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Speaker 1: you need on the Bills in about forty minutes. Coming

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Speaker 1: up on today's show, we look at the positions that

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Speaker 1: should offer the best value and opportunity for the Bills

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Speaker 1: in Round one. I quiz Steve on the history of

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Speaker 1: pick thirty in the Numbers Game, and NFL Network Draft

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Speaker 1: analyst Bucky Brooks offers some interesting takes on the rest

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Speaker 1: of the AFC East's options in the draft as they

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Speaker 1: play catch up with the Bills. Let's break it off

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Speaker 1: at a Steve taster who has been all over the fields.

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Speaker 1: Kind of unique. He was kind of a dual role

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Speaker 1: players for you. Stave of a lily, Steve a blimp.

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Speaker 1: We're not even in the stratosphere of normalcy. Thank you

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Speaker 1: for joining us here on One Bill's Light, available on

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Speaker 1: YouTube and all of your podcast platforms. We are now

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Speaker 1: less than two weeks away from the twenty twenty one

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Speaker 1: NFL Draft, and it's time to look at the Bills

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Speaker 1: pick at thirty Steve from a different angle. Steve and

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Speaker 1: I have been discussing on the Daily Show what position

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Speaker 1: we believe the Bills will address, but what kind of

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Speaker 1: opportunity might they have to attack their perceived positions of

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Speaker 1: need in round one. To examine this more closely, we

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Speaker 1: took a look at NFL Network Daniel Jeremiah's Top fifty prospects,

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Speaker 1: and here is the breakdown Steve of the greatest population

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Speaker 1: of players by position ranked twenty to forty in his

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Speaker 1: top fifty. Ready for this, so, defensive end and offensive

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Speaker 1: line lead the list in terms of most number of

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Speaker 1: four defensive ends or edge rushers, whatever you want to term.

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Speaker 1: three wide receivers, three linebackers, two corners, one defensive tackle,

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Speaker 1: one quarterback. No tight ends or safeties, although I should

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Speaker 1: mention there's a safety that's expected to go in the

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Speaker 1: top twenty somewhere Trevon Mooring. I believe so edge rusher

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Speaker 1: has four players in the twenty to forty range, Steve,

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Speaker 1: as does the offensive line. So do you see an

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Speaker 1: edge rusher or an offensive tackle as a more likely

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Speaker 1: I don't think so, mostly because you know you're gonna

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Speaker 1: get a good player at thirty, if not a difference maker.

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Speaker 1: And and I think most positions go at least as

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Speaker 1: deep as the Bills needed to go for any of

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Speaker 1: their needs. Corner, defensive end, running back, tight end, ever,

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Speaker 1: tied end maybe a little light, and defensive tackle maybe

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Speaker 1: be a player that's going to have a good pro

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Speaker 1: at thirty. The question is can you get a player

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Speaker 1: that's a difference maker on this roster. It's not the

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Speaker 1: same roster it was two years ago. Yeah, it's vastly different.

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Speaker 1: It's not going to be easy for even a high

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Speaker 1: So I'm not really worried about him. Get him a

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Speaker 1: That doesn't mean the Bills feel that way. They may

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Speaker 1: only like two of those four guys and even remotely

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Speaker 1: to make for an interesting discussion I think later in

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Speaker 1: The landscape has changed around the Bills. We know that

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Speaker 1: the Bills come out, they played two linebackers. Some teams

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Speaker 1: play four linebackers. The Bills played two. Yeah, predominantly, they

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Speaker 1: got Tremaine Edmonds and Matt Milano and four defensive for

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Speaker 1: Even if none of those teams played two tight ends

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Speaker 1: sixteen that's been a chore for him. You need he

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Speaker 1: want to find an athlete at linebacker early in the draft.

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Speaker 1: It is Tulsa linebackers Zaven Collins sixty three, two sixty

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Speaker 1: I am genuinely concerned that if the Bills would like

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Speaker 1: up with only two rated between twenty and forty. And

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Speaker 1: I know it's difficult when you start ranking players from

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Speaker 1: different positions and how good a pro they're going to be.

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Speaker 1: And I think that's what you do is you know

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Speaker 1: everybody looks at these players and that this guy's a

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Speaker 1: best player, this guy's a different player, even though they

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Speaker 1: play different positions. That's when it becomes difficult to rank them.

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Speaker 1: But a lot of people have a player ranked at

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Speaker 1: the very top of this draft in Kyle Pitts as

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Speaker 1: the tight end who's gonna be a generational kind of player.

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Speaker 1: And I poop poop poo this a lot, Bucky. I

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Speaker 1: gotta be honest with you, because I've seen great tight

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Speaker 1: ends and athletic tight ends come out before. What do

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Speaker 1: you think about the top of this draft and the

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Speaker 1: guys that are outside the quarterback position. Yeah, Caliphis is

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Speaker 1: really talented. And Steve, I'm with you on Dad Like

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Speaker 1: it was tough for me because I wrote about it

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Speaker 1: last week in the notebook about him arguably being the

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Speaker 1: best player in the draft. When you look at the

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Speaker 1: skill set, one you're talking about someone as a six

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Speaker 1: five six six two five, two hundred and fifty pounds

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Speaker 1: running times in the four fours. But then when you

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Speaker 1: watch the skill set, he's basically a jumble wide receiver

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Speaker 1: playing on the perimeter, tremendous stop start quickness, does a

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Speaker 1: great job of creating separation against dB safeties, linebackers. So

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Speaker 1: he's a really really unique weapon. And when he catches

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Speaker 1: the ball and he makes plays down in the red zone,

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Speaker 1: he puts a lot of stress on defensive coordinators because

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Speaker 1: how do you treat him when he's on the field.

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Speaker 1: Do you treat him as a wild or do you

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Speaker 1: treat him as a tight end? Who do you want

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Speaker 1: to put in the game? Nickel dime Bass makes it

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Speaker 1: really really complex. But when you think about the guys

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Speaker 1: who have dominated position of late Travis Kelcey, Darren Waller,

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Speaker 1: those guys were laid around picks. George Kittle laid round pick,

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Speaker 1: fifth round or whatever, and so as much as I

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Speaker 1: love him, as much as we've celebrated him as being

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Speaker 1: kind of a gold jacket type guy in terms of

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Speaker 1: a generational talent. Yeah, we'll see, because the last times

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Speaker 1: that we've seen tied End taken in the top ten,

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Speaker 1: they certainly have him played to expectation. We'll see if

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Speaker 1: he goes to a place that fits what he can do. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: And with that in mind, Bucky, for the first time

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Speaker 1: in a long time, the Bills are picking after every

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Speaker 1: one of their division rivals, and the Dolphins and the Jets,

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Speaker 1: as you know, have two picks before the Bills are

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Speaker 1: even on the clock in the first round, two picks each.

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Speaker 1: And as we know, New England picks at fifteen at

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Speaker 1: least right now. So with that in mind, I mean,

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Speaker 1: the Dolphins at six could be in play for somebody

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Speaker 1: like Pits. But how do you see the Dolphins and

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Speaker 1: the Jets utilizing their first round draft selections this year

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Speaker 1: to try to close the gap on the Bills, who

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Speaker 1: are the defending division champs. Well, I think it'd be

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Speaker 1: very very similar to how the Bills kind of put

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Speaker 1: themselves in a position to pick thirty. The Bills identify

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Speaker 1: their quarterback, they got Josh Allen, and in the next

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Speaker 1: two years they made sure that they built the offense

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Speaker 1: around him and not necessarily making Josh more important than

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Speaker 1: the rest of the team. But it's very clear in

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Speaker 1: apparent they wanted to upgrade the weapons on offense. They

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Speaker 1: help the quarterback play at a higher level. And so

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Speaker 1: I would expect the Jets want to identify their quarterback

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Speaker 1: we assume it's going to be Zach Wilson, and then

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Speaker 1: two to put weapons around him to allow him to

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Speaker 1: play at a higher level. The Miami Dolphins took their

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Speaker 1: quarterback last year with two of tons about Loyd. This

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Speaker 1: year is about adding weapons around him to see if

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Speaker 1: they can get them to play up to expectation. We

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Speaker 1: need to buffalo builds. And you're sitting at thirty and

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Speaker 1: part of the reason you're sitting at thirties because you

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Speaker 1: won a division, you won games, and you advanced in

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Speaker 1: the playoffs. That's part of the deal. And so now

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Speaker 1: is how can you stay one step ahead of the curve?

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Speaker 1: And so that is maybe a little different mindset and mentality,

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Speaker 1: but when you win, that's kind of what comes along

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Speaker 1: with it. How do you stay ahead of the rivals

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Speaker 1: while picking at the bottom of the round each and

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Speaker 1: every round. And so in that case, how is it

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Speaker 1: slightly different for New England who looks like they have

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Speaker 1: Cam Newton on board at the very least to serve

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Speaker 1: as a bridge quarterback, perhaps, but they only have one

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Speaker 1: first round pick. They don't have multiple picks in a

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Speaker 1: round until round four. How is the task different for

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Speaker 1: New England maybe as compared to Miami and the Jets

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Speaker 1: in terms of catching back up with Buffalo. Well, I mean,

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Speaker 1: I think the Pages are a team that this offseason

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Speaker 1: they made a flurry of moves to really fix the

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Speaker 1: defense by bringing in veterans. I have a person believe

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Speaker 1: Bill Belichick is better with veterans than younger players because

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Speaker 1: they allow it allows him to be multiple on defense

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Speaker 1: and do some of these snowflake game plans that they

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Speaker 1: like to utilize offensively. They have to figure out who

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Speaker 1: they are from an identity standpoint. Cam Newton came in,

519
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Speaker 1: gave them some good work early, had the COVID situation

520
00:28:26,280 --> 00:28:28,560
Speaker 1: didn't quite play the same, but he still scored twelve

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Speaker 1: rushing touchdown. And so if you're Josh mc daniels and

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Speaker 1: Bill Belichick, how do you take advantage of Cam Newton's

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Speaker 1: skills in year two, but the full offseason and those things,

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Speaker 1: more weapons are needed on the outside. Jeweling element retires,

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Speaker 1: they have Nelson Aguilard, they bring over Kendrick Bourne, but

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Speaker 1: they still need another piece. I would say offensively because

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Speaker 1: the two tight ends that they sign a creator see

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Speaker 1: Hunter Henry and John Smith. They're problematic for opponents, and

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Speaker 1: so I would expect this to be a team that

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Speaker 1: is a thorn in the side of the Buffalo Bills.

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Speaker 1: I think Buffalo over took the division. They will have

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Speaker 1: to fend off the Pages and the rest of it

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Speaker 1: to retain their hold on the crown. One of the

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Speaker 1: reasons I like having you on the show, BUCkies, because

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Speaker 1: you agree with me on so many fronts. So I'm

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Speaker 1: gonna say this, your bock draft. You've got mac Jones

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Speaker 1: fallen all the way down to the Buccaneers at thirty two.

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Speaker 1: And we've said this all along. A lot was made

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Speaker 1: of the trade up by the forty nine ers to

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Speaker 1: get to number three, and there was a lot of

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Speaker 1: smoking mirrors about them taking mac Jones, being interested in

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Speaker 1: mac Jones. They did it for a quarterback, no question

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Speaker 1: about it. But I have long from the day one.

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Speaker 1: I said, there's no way they're moving up to take

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Speaker 1: a quarterback who doesn't check a lot of physical boxes.

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Speaker 1: It's got to be fields or trade lance at number three.

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Speaker 1: And you've got, you know how far down And if

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Speaker 1: it was a perfect world, how far down the board

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Speaker 1: would Mac Jones fall in this draft if it was

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Speaker 1: strictly a draft on physical traits? I mean, if it

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Speaker 1: was strictly on physical trades, Like he's that in the

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Speaker 1: same category as the top four Trevor Lawrence, Zack Wilson,

553
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Speaker 1: Trey Lance and justin Fields and whatever order. They all

554
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Speaker 1: have like superpowers, as I always say, Like you guys,

555
00:30:06,440 --> 00:30:09,080
Speaker 1: sit and watch it every Sunday with Josh Allen. Josh

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Speaker 1: Allen's physical ability is a combination of athleticism and arm talent.

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Speaker 1: He allows you to expand your playbook. He allows the

558
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Speaker 1: play caller to get away with some erroneous play calls

559
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Speaker 1: because he can make them right and at a time.

560
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Speaker 1: In this game where the pass rushers are, they're like

561
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Speaker 1: superheroes leaping tall buildings in the single bout, you have

562
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Speaker 1: to have someone that can escape and create and extend

563
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Speaker 1: plays and offer these second reaction plays, and with mac Jones,

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Speaker 1: he doesn't offer that, and so it just becomes increasingly

565
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Speaker 1: tougher to play with those kinds of guys of the position.

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Speaker 1: It doesn't mean that he can't be a first rounder.

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Speaker 1: It just means that if he is your first round pick,

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Speaker 1: if he's your franchise quarterback man, the margin for error

569
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Speaker 1: at the rest of the positions and the play calling

570
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Speaker 1: is so slim that you have to be dialed in

571
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Speaker 1: and on your game each and every week. I know,

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Speaker 1: a couple of weeks ago, you put out your top

573
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Speaker 1: five at position on nfl dot Com, and I immediately

574
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Speaker 1: gravitated to the edge defender group because where the Bills

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Speaker 1: pick at thirty. Knowing there aren't truly elite top ten

576
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Speaker 1: pass rushers in this class, It's very interesting to me

577
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Speaker 1: how those guys are going to fall, whether they're going

578
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Speaker 1: to all come off the board in a jumble. I'm

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Speaker 1: sure they differ in terms of grade from team to

580
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Speaker 1: team and who likes who better. But did Jalen Phillips,

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Speaker 1: who you have as your number one guy, at least

582
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Speaker 1: you did two weeks ago. I don't know if that's changed.

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Speaker 1: But after his Pro Day, did he solidify himself at

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Speaker 1: the top of that top tier. You know, I think

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Speaker 1: on the field, he would solidify himself as one of

586
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Speaker 1: those guys because this was the guy. You have to remember,

587
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Speaker 1: he was Todd Raton recruit, maybe number one recruit coming

588
00:31:45,720 --> 00:31:48,080
Speaker 1: out of high school. He has always been lauded for

589
00:31:48,160 --> 00:31:51,280
Speaker 1: his athleticism in those things. When you watch him in Miami,

590
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Speaker 1: what he's become is really a technician. His hand skills,

591
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Speaker 1: his combination of understanding which moves are necessary to defeat

592
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Speaker 1: certain block. He has it, and then when he comes

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Speaker 1: up on his prote it just kind of confirms what

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Speaker 1: you thought about him as an athlete. And as rather

595
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Speaker 1: as you get a high end athlete who's also a

596
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Speaker 1: very refined technician, that's it. He has some injury issues

597
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Speaker 1: in the past. He has some concussions and some things

598
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Speaker 1: that he didn't deal with when he was at UCLA,

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Speaker 1: and there's some people that will just kind of wonder

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Speaker 1: whether that fit when it comes to the risk rewards scenario.

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Speaker 1: But this is an outstanding player. I mean, he is

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Speaker 1: a dynamite player as an as defendant. Bucky one last

603
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Speaker 1: one for me. You know, so much about this draft

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Speaker 1: is set up in the free agent process. Running up

605
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Speaker 1: to it, we saw and we knew that there was

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Speaker 1: a bunch of teams, Chicago, Carolina that we're in the

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Speaker 1: market for a quarterback like Jacksonville is gonna get and

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Speaker 1: the Jets of course now and the only reason the

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Speaker 1: Jets are is because they traded Darnald to Carolina. What

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Speaker 1: do you think Carolina is going to do offensively or

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Speaker 1: how do you think Sam Darneld will look in Carolina

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Speaker 1: with Matt Rule as his head coach in that offense?

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Speaker 1: You know, I would expect that Carolina secured the quarterback.

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Speaker 1: I would expect them to turn their attention to maybe

615
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Speaker 1: getting the offensive tackle, fixing the offensive line, making sure

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Speaker 1: that Okay, now that you have him, let's treat this

617
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Speaker 1: like a game of chess. Let's make sure we protect

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Speaker 1: the team. Let's make sure that he is able to

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Speaker 1: throw comfortably from the pocket and not necessarily have to

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Speaker 1: deal with the dress and the pressure that he had

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Speaker 1: to deal with when he was with the Jets. For

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Speaker 1: Sam Donald, from a personal standpoint, you know, it's it's

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Speaker 1: a low risk proposition for the Carolina Panthers because the

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Speaker 1: money has pretty much been paid out by the Jets. Yes,

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Speaker 1: they can pick up the fifth year option. But if

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Speaker 1: you do the math, that equates to two years eleven

627
00:33:35,880 --> 00:33:38,760
Speaker 1: million dollars per year. That's not significant money for a

628
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Speaker 1: starting quarterback, regardless of how well he plays and does that.

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Speaker 1: What I am interested to see is how is he

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Speaker 1: going to fit in with this offense on the Joe Brady.

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Speaker 1: Can Joe Brady make it a quick rhythm offense but

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Speaker 1: also mixes in some play action. Can they run the

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Speaker 1: ball and take pressure off of him? He has not

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Speaker 1: been great when having a lot on him. I do

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Speaker 1: believe that his best football be ahead of them, though

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Speaker 1: Bucky has always We thank you for the insight. We

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Speaker 1: know you pound this out three hundred and sixty five

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Speaker 1: days a year, so we're more than happy to tap

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Speaker 1: into the knowledge. Thanks for giving it to us. Hey,

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Speaker 1: thanks so much for having me on guys. All right, Steve,

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Speaker 1: So we close up this episode of One Bill's Light

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Speaker 1: with the question should we be concerned? As we discussed

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Speaker 1: at the top of the show, there's a real chance

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Speaker 1: that the value at cornerback might not be there at

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Speaker 1: pick thirty, as the anticipated run on that position likely

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Speaker 1: to begin in the early twenty somewhere with cornerback. Needy

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Speaker 1: teams like the Titans, Jets, Steelers, Jaguars, even the Saints

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Speaker 1: and the Packers at twenty eight and twenty nine, all

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Speaker 1: picking right in front of Buffalo. Should we be concerned.

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Speaker 1: There's always a concern that a player that you might

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Speaker 1: have could have gotten earlier in the desk going to

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Speaker 1: be gone, that the position group that you really like

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Speaker 1: to get a guy in is gone. Maybe there's even

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Speaker 1: a luxury of having a kind of a group of guys,

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Speaker 1: like at one position, at cornerback or at defensive end

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Speaker 1: or defensive tackle, a group of guys that you would

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Speaker 1: take any one of the group. All of a sudden

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Speaker 1: there's a run on those guys. So yeah, it's a concern.

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Speaker 1: Whenever you're drafting down lower in the draft, it's harder

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Speaker 1: to get a player that's impactful for your squad. Also,

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Speaker 1: given the fact that if you're drafting thirtieth usually and

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Speaker 1: you earn that spot, your roster's too difficult for a

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Speaker 1: young guy like that to make if he's not a

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Speaker 1: top talent. We know in two of the last three

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Speaker 1: drafts over which Brandon Bean has presided on behalf of

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Speaker 1: the bills he has traded up. Trading back has not

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Speaker 1: been a part of his repertoire to this point, So

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Speaker 1: you wonder which way does he go if the run starts.

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Speaker 1: Does he try to join the party and part with

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Speaker 1: some future draft capital, or does he like the second

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Speaker 1: tier of corners enough to slide back into the second

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Speaker 1: round and get the top of the second tier group

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Speaker 1: and get a corner there that can compete for a

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Speaker 1: starting job with the likes of Levi Wallace and Dane Jackson.

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Speaker 1: We shall see. Edge rush edge rusher is the other

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Speaker 1: popular position many think the Bills should address at pick

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Speaker 1: thirty in light of the lack of pass rush production

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Speaker 1: last season. Most outside observers believe corner or edge rusher

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Speaker 1: are the most likely positions at pick thirty if for

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Speaker 1: some reason it can't be or isn't would you like

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Speaker 1: them to take the best player on the board, or

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Speaker 1: is it time to move back and add some picks?

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Speaker 1: So corner edge rusher, the options aren't good. What do

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Speaker 1: you do? Do you take best player on the board

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Speaker 1: or are you inclined to move back? Steve you are

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Speaker 1: Brandon Bean put your GM hat on now, I'm I'm

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Speaker 1: not inclined to move back. You're up in the draft.

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Speaker 1: You got if you get a great deal, Yeah, of

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Speaker 1: course you do. You mean, you don't turn down a

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Speaker 1: deal that you like. But there's always offensive line that

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Speaker 1: can be that can be added, There's always another skill

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Speaker 1: set that can be added. You're gonna get a good

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Speaker 1: players's gonna put together a really pro career at number thirty.

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Speaker 1: There's been some guys who have had fantastic careers. So

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Speaker 1: I would say no, I would let the phone ring.

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Speaker 1: I wouldn't try I had to trade out of the pick.

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Speaker 1: I would have a guy in mind, whether it's an

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Speaker 1: offensive lineman, even a linebacker, whatever, whatever the position, would

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Speaker 1: I would make the pick. I think that the phone

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Speaker 1: will be ringing. I too. We often see at the

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Speaker 1: bottom of round one teams move out because there are

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Speaker 1: other teams eager to move in and beat the teams

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Speaker 1: at the top of the board on day two two

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Speaker 1: players that they cover it, and we see that almost

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Speaker 1: every year, somewhere between twenty eight and thirty two, some

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Speaker 1: of these teams near the top half of the second

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Speaker 1: round say I got a leap frog. You know whoever

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Speaker 1: Jacksonville with their first pick on day two. If I'm

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Speaker 1: gonna get this guy. Let me call the Bills at

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Speaker 1: thirty see if I can get up there and get

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Speaker 1: this guy we really want. Oh, we got to really

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Speaker 1: sweeten the pot here to make this happen, you know

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Speaker 1: what I mean. So I think there's the phone's gonna

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Speaker 1: be ringing, Brandon Bean's Phone's gonna be ringing before he

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Speaker 1: is on the clock, and he's gonna have some options.

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Speaker 1: I believe I don't have a problem doing that, trading

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Speaker 1: out of the top, because your roster is so well

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Speaker 1: put together right now. In a perfect world, it would

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Speaker 1: be different if the cap hadn't been chopped by thirty

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Speaker 1: million dollars, because then the Bills would have the flexibility

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Speaker 1: and what could have signed some other guys, some more

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Speaker 1: quality guys to fill the roster before the draft. Yes,

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Speaker 1: that's the issue this year. So perhaps I'm a little

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Speaker 1: bit more willing to, you know, to add some draft

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Speaker 1: picks that I would have been able to say. Now,

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Speaker 1: I don't need him this year because I've got some

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Speaker 1: guys this year. I don't know, the draft picks may

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Speaker 1: be more valuable. So we'll see. If he picks up

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Speaker 1: the phone. It's gonna be really interesting to see if

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Speaker 1: Brandon Bean takes an a bowed face from his normal

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Speaker 1: mo that we've come to expect from him, which is

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Speaker 1: usually going up the board. Does he go the other

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Speaker 1: way this year? Steve and I'll be slicing that probably

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Speaker 1: a thousand ways between now and the twenty one NFL

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Speaker 1: Draft on April twenty ninth, Live in Cleveland. That's gonna

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Speaker 1: do it for this edition of One Bill's Life. Be

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Speaker 1: sure to subscribe so you know when our next episode drops.

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Speaker 1: And remember when there isn't enough time for One Bills Live,

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Speaker 1: there is always enough time for One Bill's Life. Received tasker,

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Speaker 1: I'm Chris Brown. We'll see you next time. Everybody,