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Speaker 1: Steve Tasker with you as we close in on the

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Speaker 1: NFL Draft. But Steve has a very important announcement to

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Speaker 1: as we are winners of yet another award. That's right,

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Speaker 1: Steve taken away. It's from Patrick Hammer, the you know

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Speaker 1: friend of the show. Uh. The buf Buffalo won the

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Speaker 1: twenty one twenty two Snow Globe Awards Snowiest US city

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Speaker 1: population over one hundred thousand people. Buffalo had ninety six

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Speaker 1: Buffalo we win. It was an underachieving year for Syracuse

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Speaker 1: get this. That's amazing. Nineteen eighty eight. I think my

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Speaker 1: Lee's first game is that you Wade Phillips, you know,

426
00:23:49,040 --> 00:23:57,040
Speaker 1: so I remember, after sweating buckets for the Buffalo Bills

427
00:23:57,119 --> 00:24:01,080
Speaker 1: for a decade, you know, eleven years, that opening kick

428
00:24:01,160 --> 00:24:03,480
Speaker 1: went into the air, And the first thing I thought

429
00:24:03,520 --> 00:24:06,280
Speaker 1: of was, I don't have any skin in this game.

430
00:24:07,240 --> 00:24:09,000
Speaker 1: I don't, I don't. I just want a good game.

431
00:24:09,040 --> 00:24:10,359
Speaker 1: I don't care if they went. I just want to

432
00:24:10,400 --> 00:24:12,399
Speaker 1: do a good broadcast on I don't have any pressure

433
00:24:12,480 --> 00:24:16,320
Speaker 1: to win. That's a big stress relief. So you can

434
00:24:16,400 --> 00:24:18,399
Speaker 1: be a part of the NFL and not have a scoreboard.

435
00:24:19,600 --> 00:24:21,359
Speaker 1: That was That was a little bit enticing for me

436
00:24:21,480 --> 00:24:23,159
Speaker 1: after the stress of what I went through as a

437
00:24:23,200 --> 00:24:25,000
Speaker 1: player with all those good teams I was on and

438
00:24:25,240 --> 00:24:27,680
Speaker 1: some of the teams that weren't so good. Let's go

439
00:24:27,800 --> 00:24:30,760
Speaker 1: back to the phones and we go to Jack in Baltimore. Next.

440
00:24:30,840 --> 00:24:32,119
Speaker 1: What do you got for us? Jack? You're on one

441
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Speaker 1: Bill's Life. Hey, Chris and Steve, how are you doing today?

442
00:24:36,200 --> 00:24:38,440
Speaker 1: Doing good Friday to you? Yeah? Do you as well?

443
00:24:39,280 --> 00:24:41,840
Speaker 1: Thank you? This guy A question here quick for Steve,

444
00:24:42,000 --> 00:24:45,560
Speaker 1: you know, going up to a week until the draft. Here,

445
00:24:45,600 --> 00:24:48,920
Speaker 1: what's going through the player's minds right now, you know,

446
00:24:49,040 --> 00:24:51,600
Speaker 1: waiting to hear their name called, or maybe not hear

447
00:24:51,640 --> 00:24:53,639
Speaker 1: their name called. But Steve, you know, going through the

448
00:24:53,720 --> 00:24:55,800
Speaker 1: process a week before the draft, what were you thinking

449
00:24:55,840 --> 00:24:58,720
Speaker 1: about as a player being drafted. Well, obviously I wasn't

450
00:24:58,720 --> 00:25:00,280
Speaker 1: going to be a first round draft pick, and there's

451
00:25:00,320 --> 00:25:02,160
Speaker 1: big question marks as whether I'd be picked at all.

452
00:25:02,240 --> 00:25:06,399
Speaker 1: I really, being a kid in my position, I was

453
00:25:06,560 --> 00:25:09,879
Speaker 1: very skeptical, skeptical that I'd be drafted. But the hope

454
00:25:10,040 --> 00:25:14,160
Speaker 1: was something I was going right, Maybe you get a chance,

455
00:25:14,240 --> 00:25:17,640
Speaker 1: you know. And I didn't have anything to look forward

456
00:25:17,640 --> 00:25:20,000
Speaker 1: to until after the third day of the draft. Well

457
00:25:20,040 --> 00:25:22,000
Speaker 1: back then it was all at once, right, So I

458
00:25:22,080 --> 00:25:26,520
Speaker 1: didn't have any thing to look forward to until the sixth, seventh, eighth,

459
00:25:26,640 --> 00:25:30,280
Speaker 1: ninth round. It was eleven or twelve rounds at that time. Um,

460
00:25:30,600 --> 00:25:32,440
Speaker 1: what'd you do on draft day? Did you like go

461
00:25:32,600 --> 00:25:34,920
Speaker 1: fishing or something? Or set right by my phone like

462
00:25:35,000 --> 00:25:36,520
Speaker 1: I was gonna go by like I was the first

463
00:25:36,560 --> 00:25:40,639
Speaker 1: pick of the draft. I sat by him, not leaving

464
00:25:40,720 --> 00:25:44,200
Speaker 1: the draft phone. I was in my room at Northwestern

465
00:25:44,280 --> 00:25:48,439
Speaker 1: university by myself for like nineteen hours. Oh, my lord,

466
00:25:48,920 --> 00:25:51,440
Speaker 1: didn't even have any buddies with you? Nobody, no, no,

467
00:25:51,680 --> 00:25:53,280
Speaker 1: I know what happened when you have to go to

468
00:25:53,359 --> 00:25:55,240
Speaker 1: the bathroom. Do you have somebody manned the phone? Hey,

469
00:25:55,920 --> 00:25:57,920
Speaker 1: just watch the phone. I gotta I gotta go watch

470
00:25:58,000 --> 00:25:59,480
Speaker 1: the phone. Open all the doors so I could hear

471
00:25:59,520 --> 00:26:05,120
Speaker 1: my phone. Right, Yes, you did, Yes, you absolutely did.

472
00:26:07,800 --> 00:26:09,520
Speaker 1: And I knew, and I it was it was a

473
00:26:09,600 --> 00:26:12,520
Speaker 1: pipe dream for me to get drafted open, right, so

474
00:26:12,680 --> 00:26:18,359
Speaker 1: I I was. Yeah, so it I got drafted like

475
00:26:18,520 --> 00:26:23,159
Speaker 1: at nine pm. I think on the second day of

476
00:26:23,200 --> 00:26:26,920
Speaker 1: the draft. Back then it was Saturday, Sunday, right, I

477
00:26:27,000 --> 00:26:29,000
Speaker 1: can't it wasn't during the week. I think it was.

478
00:26:29,600 --> 00:26:34,800
Speaker 1: Oh it was maybe not, I can't remember. Anyway, I was.

479
00:26:35,440 --> 00:26:38,440
Speaker 1: It was nine o'clock at night. Now, and now here's

480
00:26:38,480 --> 00:26:44,040
Speaker 1: the other question. Had the phone Uh did the phone

481
00:26:44,119 --> 00:26:47,800
Speaker 1: ring prior to the call? Oh? Yeah, of course, my

482
00:26:47,880 --> 00:26:50,320
Speaker 1: mom and dad are calling me, and I leave the

483
00:26:50,400 --> 00:26:53,840
Speaker 1: line open. Mom my girlfriends Now, she's still my wife, Sarah.

484
00:26:54,040 --> 00:26:55,960
Speaker 1: So she called me and how's it going? She was

485
00:26:56,240 --> 00:26:58,240
Speaker 1: with I think she was actually at my mom and

486
00:26:58,320 --> 00:27:02,680
Speaker 1: dad's house. Three older brothers who were who was still

487
00:27:02,760 --> 00:27:05,479
Speaker 1: they were my biggest fan. They were Yeah, they were

488
00:27:05,520 --> 00:27:07,280
Speaker 1: over them. They were over they Well they weren't over

489
00:27:07,320 --> 00:27:08,560
Speaker 1: the moon because they didn't think I was gonna get

490
00:27:08,600 --> 00:27:11,120
Speaker 1: drafted either. But then when I did, they they had

491
00:27:11,160 --> 00:27:13,760
Speaker 1: a party and I wasn't there they you know, so

492
00:27:15,359 --> 00:27:16,879
Speaker 1: because well, you know, I'm like, we grew up in

493
00:27:16,960 --> 00:27:21,600
Speaker 1: front of the team, joining your success at So I

494
00:27:21,760 --> 00:27:24,360
Speaker 1: get I'm it's like nine o'clock and it's pitched dark.

495
00:27:24,480 --> 00:27:26,480
Speaker 1: And I got my buddy, who was who was the

496
00:27:26,560 --> 00:27:30,320
Speaker 1: punter for the Bills, John Kid. He was back at Northwestern.

497
00:27:30,400 --> 00:27:32,560
Speaker 1: He'd taking a class or something in the offseason. He

498
00:27:32,640 --> 00:27:35,040
Speaker 1: was over to his apartment and the guy that did

499
00:27:35,119 --> 00:27:37,639
Speaker 1: his contract was gonna do mine if I get signed

500
00:27:37,640 --> 00:27:41,960
Speaker 1: as a free agent. So I'm sitting there and phone

501
00:27:42,040 --> 00:27:45,280
Speaker 1: rings and and she goes Steve and there's a female

502
00:27:45,359 --> 00:27:47,399
Speaker 1: voice and she says, Steve Tasker, please, I said, this

503
00:27:47,520 --> 00:27:49,879
Speaker 1: is Steve. She goes hang on for Bill Bell of

504
00:27:50,000 --> 00:27:55,240
Speaker 1: the Houston Oilers. I was like, oh, and a guy,

505
00:27:55,680 --> 00:27:57,640
Speaker 1: Bill comes on and goes, hey, Steve, how are you doing?

506
00:27:57,760 --> 00:27:59,280
Speaker 1: I go good. He goes, how do you want to be?

507
00:27:59,440 --> 00:28:01,200
Speaker 1: You want to be a You're ready to be a

508
00:28:01,240 --> 00:28:04,840
Speaker 1: Houston owner, and I said, hot damn. And and so

509
00:28:05,040 --> 00:28:07,680
Speaker 1: there you go, buddy, we got you, and we picked

510
00:28:07,720 --> 00:28:10,399
Speaker 1: you in the ninth round and we're gonna get back

511
00:28:10,440 --> 00:28:12,280
Speaker 1: with You're gonna come in town. And the ninth round

512
00:28:12,400 --> 00:28:15,200
Speaker 1: wasn't televised, so you're like, you're watching on none of

513
00:28:15,240 --> 00:28:20,880
Speaker 1: those telling like the first first round was barely televised. Yeah,

514
00:28:20,960 --> 00:28:24,720
Speaker 1: oh yeah. So you know it was the eighty six

515
00:28:24,920 --> 00:28:32,520
Speaker 1: draft draft, eighty five draft, so you know, Bruce was

516
00:28:32,560 --> 00:28:37,240
Speaker 1: the first guy picked, right, so you know. I then

517
00:28:37,280 --> 00:28:40,640
Speaker 1: I got off the phone, called my mom and dad.

518
00:28:41,560 --> 00:28:44,240
Speaker 1: They spread around with the brother my brothers, and it

519
00:28:44,320 --> 00:28:48,800
Speaker 1: was it was literally, it was literally unfathomable to me

520
00:28:48,880 --> 00:28:50,600
Speaker 1: at that point that I got drafted in the National

521
00:28:50,640 --> 00:28:52,680
Speaker 1: Football League, the league I grew up. That's what I

522
00:28:52,720 --> 00:28:55,680
Speaker 1: was going to ask you, Like, after the call from

523
00:28:55,680 --> 00:28:58,240
Speaker 1: the Oilers and you hang up the phone, did you

524
00:28:58,360 --> 00:29:00,240
Speaker 1: like have to sit there for a second to try

525
00:29:00,280 --> 00:29:02,080
Speaker 1: to process it or did you just like hang up

526
00:29:02,080 --> 00:29:03,760
Speaker 1: the phone, pick it up again and just start dialing

527
00:29:03,840 --> 00:29:05,880
Speaker 1: your parents. No. I hung up the phone. I was like,

528
00:29:06,320 --> 00:29:09,240
Speaker 1: you know, what the hell? Just Apple, holy, you know,

529
00:29:09,760 --> 00:29:11,400
Speaker 1: like this is real. It's like I can't believe that.

530
00:29:11,560 --> 00:29:13,920
Speaker 1: And yeah, back then there was no such thing as

531
00:29:13,960 --> 00:29:15,440
Speaker 1: cat fishing. We didn't know what that was. So I

532
00:29:15,520 --> 00:29:17,680
Speaker 1: knew it was real. I could tell I could recognize

533
00:29:17,680 --> 00:29:19,280
Speaker 1: the guy that got on there, that Bill Bell was

534
00:29:19,320 --> 00:29:21,760
Speaker 1: a guy that came to Northwestern worked me out. Yeah,

535
00:29:22,360 --> 00:29:25,120
Speaker 1: so I recognized his voice, even though I only you know,

536
00:29:25,160 --> 00:29:27,040
Speaker 1: met him the one day and stuff it. So he

537
00:29:27,080 --> 00:29:30,600
Speaker 1: goes hey, and I was like so yeah, So then

538
00:29:30,800 --> 00:29:33,680
Speaker 1: uh and then the way it was, and that's kind

539
00:29:33,720 --> 00:29:36,200
Speaker 1: of the way it still is. Like two days later,

540
00:29:37,240 --> 00:29:39,880
Speaker 1: I'm on a flight down there. It's mini camp. Yeah,

541
00:29:39,920 --> 00:29:45,240
Speaker 1: I'm I'm like suiting up, shoose, helmet, let's go. It

542
00:29:45,280 --> 00:29:47,320
Speaker 1: was pretty neat. And you know why I walk out

543
00:29:47,320 --> 00:29:49,560
Speaker 1: of the kind of a shame that you were by

544
00:29:49,640 --> 00:29:52,760
Speaker 1: yourself in your dorm room. Yeah, well I walked out

545
00:29:52,800 --> 00:29:53,720
Speaker 1: of the you know, you go in there in the

546
00:29:53,800 --> 00:29:56,840
Speaker 1: locker room, an NFL locker room, and like behind me,

547
00:29:56,880 --> 00:30:00,200
Speaker 1: he's like Dean stein Cooler and Buce Matthews and Mike

548
00:30:00,280 --> 00:30:06,600
Speaker 1: Munchak and then you know, next to them is Warren

549
00:30:06,720 --> 00:30:12,880
Speaker 1: freaking Moon who's the quarterback, and Micro's ear shows up.

550
00:30:12,920 --> 00:30:16,600
Speaker 1: I mean, I was it was. I was out of

551
00:30:16,640 --> 00:30:19,800
Speaker 1: my mind. Yeah, out of my mind, completely awe struck.

552
00:30:20,040 --> 00:30:22,040
Speaker 1: That's cool. Well, I'm glad to share that with us.

553
00:30:22,080 --> 00:30:24,320
Speaker 1: We got to take a break speaking of the draft,

554
00:30:24,400 --> 00:30:28,320
Speaker 1: because when we come back, Maddie glab our fine colleague,

555
00:30:28,360 --> 00:30:30,560
Speaker 1: will be joining us from down the hall for the

556
00:30:30,720 --> 00:30:34,320
Speaker 1: latest mock Draft Watch edition. She'll be bringing that to

557
00:30:34,440 --> 00:30:36,960
Speaker 1: us next here on One Bill's Live, presented by Kalida Health,

558
00:30:37,000 --> 00:30:51,280
Speaker 1: It's Buffalo Bill's Radio. All right, welcome back to One

559
00:30:51,360 --> 00:30:55,840
Speaker 1: Bills Live. Chris Brown Steve Tasker joined on set by

560
00:30:55,960 --> 00:30:59,600
Speaker 1: Bill's reporter Maddie glab who has had her ear to

561
00:30:59,680 --> 00:31:04,800
Speaker 1: the round and her eye on the mock drafts happening

562
00:31:04,960 --> 00:31:08,480
Speaker 1: all over God's creation for the better part of the

563
00:31:08,560 --> 00:31:12,120
Speaker 1: last five months. Because some of these yea, who's start

564
00:31:12,200 --> 00:31:15,560
Speaker 1: this in December before they even know who's picking where? Yeah,

565
00:31:15,720 --> 00:31:18,880
Speaker 1: have you seen those? It's unbelievable. Usually every year I'm

566
00:31:18,920 --> 00:31:21,520
Speaker 1: like to our boss, I'm like, should we start tracking

567
00:31:21,600 --> 00:31:24,800
Speaker 1: these now they're already being released, And the answer is

568
00:31:24,800 --> 00:31:27,720
Speaker 1: always wait till the season is over. I don't know

569
00:31:27,800 --> 00:31:30,920
Speaker 1: why people are releasing mock drafts and my season is

570
00:31:30,960 --> 00:31:33,440
Speaker 1: still going on, and we don't know where people are picking.

571
00:31:33,520 --> 00:31:35,920
Speaker 1: And then my favorite one that they do now is

572
00:31:36,800 --> 00:31:40,120
Speaker 1: the way too early mock draft the Monday after the

573
00:31:40,280 --> 00:31:43,960
Speaker 1: draft for the next year. Yeah, crazy people, that is

574
00:31:44,000 --> 00:31:49,880
Speaker 1: just ludicrous. Yeah, it's a cottage industry. Well, and I'm

575
00:31:49,920 --> 00:31:52,600
Speaker 1: glad you do it. It's because it's fun. It was

576
00:31:52,640 --> 00:31:56,479
Speaker 1: fun because once in a while, well when you get

577
00:31:56,560 --> 00:31:58,760
Speaker 1: so many of them, somebody's going to hit it and

578
00:31:59,000 --> 00:32:02,000
Speaker 1: tell you. I think, of this point safe to say

579
00:32:02,120 --> 00:32:05,080
Speaker 1: that somebody has gotten the first round pick of the

580
00:32:05,160 --> 00:32:07,880
Speaker 1: Buffalo Bills right already, even if they missed all the

581
00:32:07,920 --> 00:32:10,480
Speaker 1: other thirty one picks, get number twenty five, right, Yeah,

582
00:32:10,600 --> 00:32:12,880
Speaker 1: I think based on the crop that we have now,

583
00:32:13,360 --> 00:32:16,360
Speaker 1: I've tracked one hundred and one hundred and twenty seven

584
00:32:16,480 --> 00:32:20,720
Speaker 1: of these. We have one or two more, two more

585
00:32:20,800 --> 00:32:23,560
Speaker 1: coming out. I want to say one will be the

586
00:32:23,760 --> 00:32:27,120
Speaker 1: top ten prospects that have been mocked to the Buffalo Bills.

587
00:32:27,200 --> 00:32:29,160
Speaker 1: So we'll do that next week and I could come

588
00:32:29,200 --> 00:32:30,760
Speaker 1: on and talk about it, and then we'll have one

589
00:32:30,880 --> 00:32:35,960
Speaker 1: final one be released on Thursday, the day of Night one.

590
00:32:36,320 --> 00:32:38,360
Speaker 1: So I think out of one hundred twenty seven at

591
00:32:38,400 --> 00:32:41,240
Speaker 1: this point, somebody has had to get this right. Here's

592
00:32:41,280 --> 00:32:43,520
Speaker 1: the here's why I like it because it saves me.

593
00:32:44,200 --> 00:32:46,280
Speaker 1: I just want to say, what who mocked the guy

594
00:32:46,360 --> 00:32:47,960
Speaker 1: to us? And we've got a couple of guys here

595
00:32:48,000 --> 00:32:49,560
Speaker 1: that have been mocked to us. We're going to talk about.

596
00:32:50,160 --> 00:32:52,120
Speaker 1: I can go and watch that guy so that when

597
00:32:52,200 --> 00:32:55,920
Speaker 1: they do pick, and when that's the one the name

598
00:32:56,680 --> 00:33:00,400
Speaker 1: I remember that, I remember that guy that because you know,

599
00:33:00,520 --> 00:33:05,120
Speaker 1: there's even we had Yuke on yesterday was Dave Yuk

600
00:33:05,880 --> 00:33:09,760
Speaker 1: Charlie Charlie Yuk. Charlie comes on and he goes, we

601
00:33:09,880 --> 00:33:13,760
Speaker 1: got six hundred guys in our system film video video, right,

602
00:33:14,720 --> 00:33:17,560
Speaker 1: because they want to be ready for their stump truck

603
00:33:17,760 --> 00:33:20,840
Speaker 1: segment where I'm throw them a player and like the

604
00:33:20,960 --> 00:33:23,040
Speaker 1: most you know, obscure player they can think of, and

605
00:33:23,120 --> 00:33:24,880
Speaker 1: see if they have film on the and there's they

606
00:33:24,960 --> 00:33:29,160
Speaker 1: got six hundred guys, all of whom virtually are on

607
00:33:29,240 --> 00:33:31,120
Speaker 1: the table for most of these teams after you get

608
00:33:31,120 --> 00:33:33,920
Speaker 1: out of that first round. So yeah, So I like

609
00:33:34,080 --> 00:33:35,520
Speaker 1: it that they do these mock drafts because you can

610
00:33:35,520 --> 00:33:38,080
Speaker 1: get you can cherry pick. Yeah, and you know that's

611
00:33:38,080 --> 00:33:39,800
Speaker 1: what I'm here for, Steve. I'm here to help you

612
00:33:40,040 --> 00:33:42,800
Speaker 1: get ready for the NFL draft, right you are you

613
00:33:42,880 --> 00:33:45,600
Speaker 1: are Steve's chief, right, and you're all going one of

614
00:33:45,600 --> 00:33:51,440
Speaker 1: the three of us, who's I've made it in with

615
00:33:51,480 --> 00:33:54,160
Speaker 1: your cigar I get watching us work, I'm gonna be

616
00:33:54,240 --> 00:33:57,400
Speaker 1: sitting there puffing on a big fat cigar. I knew

617
00:33:57,440 --> 00:34:02,440
Speaker 1: they would take this guy first. Guys told me exactly.

618
00:34:02,560 --> 00:34:04,600
Speaker 1: All right, So let's let's jump into it. What is

619
00:34:04,640 --> 00:34:07,080
Speaker 1: this seven? This is mock draft Watch seven point zero, right,

620
00:34:07,160 --> 00:34:10,560
Speaker 1: So mock draft Watch seven point zero. And out of

621
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Speaker 1: this crop of mock drafts, there were sixteen of them.

622
00:34:15,200 --> 00:34:21,600
Speaker 1: We spanned from let's see April fourteenth to April twentieth. Okay,

623
00:34:21,840 --> 00:34:27,120
Speaker 1: so six days last week. This last week, seven corners

624
00:34:27,400 --> 00:34:29,279
Speaker 1: have been mocked to the Buffalo Bills, and that one

625
00:34:29,400 --> 00:34:34,400
Speaker 1: one defensive back, m five wide receivers, one linebacker, one

626
00:34:34,480 --> 00:34:37,560
Speaker 1: interior offensive lineman, one running back. And there was one

627
00:34:37,640 --> 00:34:39,880
Speaker 1: trade as well. I've seen a couple of trades pop up.

628
00:34:39,960 --> 00:34:42,680
Speaker 1: Some people just love to do trades in their mock draft.

629
00:34:42,760 --> 00:34:45,040
Speaker 1: I think the one trade that I tracked was an

630
00:34:45,239 --> 00:34:48,920
Speaker 1: ESPN mock draft from Bill Barnwell, and he did all

631
00:34:49,040 --> 00:34:51,759
Speaker 1: trades for every single team. So he did a mock

632
00:34:51,880 --> 00:34:56,040
Speaker 1: draft full of trades. Explaining why it would make sense. Yes,

633
00:34:56,320 --> 00:34:59,560
Speaker 1: it was a wild mock draft to go through. Out

634
00:34:59,600 --> 00:35:03,040
Speaker 1: of this sixteen, Andrew Booth Junior was mocked to the

635
00:35:03,080 --> 00:35:05,520
Speaker 1: Buffalo Bills four times. That has I think been the

636
00:35:05,680 --> 00:35:09,759
Speaker 1: most popular name out of any other corner for the

637
00:35:09,840 --> 00:35:12,680
Speaker 1: Buffalo Bills at number twenty five. And then wide receiver

638
00:35:12,800 --> 00:35:15,640
Speaker 1: Treylon Burke's out of Arkansas is also mocked to the

639
00:35:15,680 --> 00:35:19,200
Speaker 1: Buffalo Bills three times out of the sixteen. So those

640
00:35:19,239 --> 00:35:22,360
Speaker 1: were two of the most popular names in the last

641
00:35:22,680 --> 00:35:25,239
Speaker 1: mock draft watch that we did. Okay, and I know

642
00:35:25,600 --> 00:35:28,319
Speaker 1: that Steve and I have talked about this on the show.

643
00:35:28,400 --> 00:35:30,800
Speaker 1: I think I've even talked to you off here about this, Maddie.

644
00:35:31,080 --> 00:35:34,640
Speaker 1: There is a sneaky positional need for the Bills this

645
00:35:34,840 --> 00:35:36,719
Speaker 1: year that's kind of gone by the board for the

646
00:35:36,800 --> 00:35:41,120
Speaker 1: most part, and that is linebacker because of the possibility

647
00:35:41,840 --> 00:35:45,040
Speaker 1: that the Bills may need a starting linebacker as early

648
00:35:45,120 --> 00:35:48,360
Speaker 1: as next year if they cannot either a find the

649
00:35:48,480 --> 00:35:52,600
Speaker 1: money to pay Tremaine Edmunds on a long term contract

650
00:35:52,640 --> 00:35:55,640
Speaker 1: extension as he enters his option year, his fifty year

651
00:35:55,680 --> 00:36:01,239
Speaker 1: option year this year in twenty twenty two. So linebacker,

652
00:36:02,400 --> 00:36:04,880
Speaker 1: how much is that happening? Is there are there more

653
00:36:05,000 --> 00:36:08,200
Speaker 1: mocks showing line I would say, as of late, you're

654
00:36:08,239 --> 00:36:12,000
Speaker 1: seeing linebacker kind of be thrown in there here or there,

655
00:36:12,120 --> 00:36:16,680
Speaker 1: but it's definitely not a popular position. Cornerback, interior offensive line,

656
00:36:16,719 --> 00:36:19,680
Speaker 1: wide receiver are your three most popular positions. I would say,

657
00:36:19,760 --> 00:36:24,000
Speaker 1: defensive line and linebacker are your second tier, but nowhere

658
00:36:24,200 --> 00:36:28,920
Speaker 1: close to cornerback, wide receiver, or interior offensive line. But

659
00:36:29,000 --> 00:36:32,879
Speaker 1: who knows. The Bills could go linebacker somewhere in this draft.

660
00:36:32,960 --> 00:36:36,040
Speaker 1: I mean we've heard from analysts this is a sneaky

661
00:36:36,320 --> 00:36:39,680
Speaker 1: good draft class for linebackers with depth there in the

662
00:36:40,040 --> 00:36:42,200
Speaker 1: bottom of the second and the bottom of the first

663
00:36:42,239 --> 00:36:45,160
Speaker 1: in the second round. Yeah, yeah, it's you can see

664
00:36:45,200 --> 00:36:48,240
Speaker 1: the logic. You've got a guy when you're built already

665
00:36:48,320 --> 00:36:51,000
Speaker 1: like the Bills are with Josh. Most importantly, in Digs,

666
00:36:51,280 --> 00:36:52,920
Speaker 1: you're going to get into a lot of games where

667
00:36:53,000 --> 00:36:54,880
Speaker 1: teams are gonna have to keep up with you. And

668
00:36:55,400 --> 00:36:57,080
Speaker 1: if you get into those games, you're also going to

669
00:36:57,120 --> 00:36:59,600
Speaker 1: have to be able to score. And we were talking

670
00:36:59,600 --> 00:37:01,320
Speaker 1: about you say, what's going to happen if something happens

671
00:37:01,320 --> 00:37:03,359
Speaker 1: to Digs and something happens to Gabe Davis or whatever,

672
00:37:03,440 --> 00:37:07,279
Speaker 1: they get an injury. You gotta still you gotta still

673
00:37:07,360 --> 00:37:12,440
Speaker 1: produce offensive that's your bread and butter. So yeah, wide receiver, cornerbacker,

674
00:37:12,520 --> 00:37:15,120
Speaker 1: the money spots all over the league, and even more

675
00:37:15,200 --> 00:37:17,640
Speaker 1: so for a team like Buffalo who feels like all

676
00:37:17,719 --> 00:37:20,200
Speaker 1: of us, feel like they're on the cusp. They don't

677
00:37:20,200 --> 00:37:25,399
Speaker 1: want to have anything cripple them at their strength, which

678
00:37:25,480 --> 00:37:28,960
Speaker 1: is their passing game, and or give the other team

679
00:37:29,000 --> 00:37:32,799
Speaker 1: an edge, you know, by the team being lacking depth

680
00:37:32,840 --> 00:37:34,759
Speaker 1: at corner. But let's jump in with some of these

681
00:37:35,200 --> 00:37:37,719
Speaker 1: linebackers that have been thrown in there. There's been a

682
00:37:37,760 --> 00:37:41,680
Speaker 1: couple of names, including the Pack twelve. Yeah, Devin Lloyd

683
00:37:41,760 --> 00:37:43,560
Speaker 1: has been mocked to Buffalo Bills. I want to say

684
00:37:43,560 --> 00:37:45,520
Speaker 1: two or three times out of one hundred and twenty

685
00:37:45,560 --> 00:37:48,960
Speaker 1: seven that we've tracked. So nothing wild, but he has

686
00:37:49,040 --> 00:37:52,319
Speaker 1: been a popular name at linebacker when the Buffalo Bills

687
00:37:52,360 --> 00:37:54,520
Speaker 1: have been mocked a linebacker. And we actually talked about

688
00:37:54,560 --> 00:37:58,520
Speaker 1: linebackers last week with Greg ko Sell. You both weren't around,

689
00:37:58,600 --> 00:38:00,840
Speaker 1: so so we'll kind of jog your memory here with

690
00:38:00,960 --> 00:38:04,279
Speaker 1: what Greg Kosell talked about with the linebacker. So, Devin Lloyd,

691
00:38:04,400 --> 00:38:06,800
Speaker 1: he is out of Utah, He's a red shirt senior

692
00:38:06,880 --> 00:38:09,879
Speaker 1: sixty three, two hundred thirty seven. They're two hundred thirty

693
00:38:09,920 --> 00:38:13,239
Speaker 1: seven pounds. Has thirty three inch arms, so he's got

694
00:38:13,360 --> 00:38:16,280
Speaker 1: long arms. He played in forty seven games, made thirty

695
00:38:16,360 --> 00:38:20,560
Speaker 1: two starts. He recorded at least one TfL in eighteen

696
00:38:20,640 --> 00:38:24,040
Speaker 1: of his final twenty two games at Utah. This guy

697
00:38:24,280 --> 00:38:27,240
Speaker 1: is a producer. He had three interceptions that he returned

698
00:38:27,239 --> 00:38:30,160
Speaker 1: for a touchdown. He had plenty of All America First

699
00:38:30,160 --> 00:38:33,680
Speaker 1: Team honors as well. In twenty twenty one, he totaled

700
00:38:33,719 --> 00:38:37,520
Speaker 1: one hundred and ten total tackles, twenty two TFLs, eight sacks,

701
00:38:37,600 --> 00:38:41,720
Speaker 1: and four interceptions. He's a two time team team captain.

702
00:38:42,040 --> 00:38:45,319
Speaker 1: He led his team to a PAC twelve title. When

703
00:38:45,400 --> 00:38:46,960
Speaker 1: you look at the tape when you turn it on,

704
00:38:47,400 --> 00:38:50,600
Speaker 1: he's a menace and seems like he's always in the way.

705
00:38:50,719 --> 00:38:53,239
Speaker 1: He has long arms and big hands to get in

706
00:38:53,320 --> 00:38:57,279
Speaker 1: passing lanes. He reminds me of just a scary linebacker

707
00:38:57,560 --> 00:39:01,160
Speaker 1: who uses brute force and strength to get what he wants.

708
00:39:01,239 --> 00:39:04,400
Speaker 1: He's a powerful blitzer. An NFL network grades him as

709
00:39:04,480 --> 00:39:07,520
Speaker 1: someone who will eventually be a plus starter and sees

710
00:39:07,600 --> 00:39:10,600
Speaker 1: him more as an inside and strong side linebacker. Yeah,

711
00:39:10,640 --> 00:39:13,680
Speaker 1: to me, I thought he did. I thought he played

712
00:39:13,719 --> 00:39:17,320
Speaker 1: his best inside the tackle box. Can he get outside?

713
00:39:17,600 --> 00:39:19,600
Speaker 1: Does he have the speed to do that? I mean

714
00:39:19,640 --> 00:39:21,560
Speaker 1: he ran a four to six six. He's not a

715
00:39:21,640 --> 00:39:24,719
Speaker 1: super fast linebacker, so what's his range? I guess that

716
00:39:24,760 --> 00:39:27,359
Speaker 1: would be something that you know, all these personnel people

717
00:39:27,400 --> 00:39:29,600
Speaker 1: have to decide upon. I thought his best work was

718
00:39:29,640 --> 00:39:31,400
Speaker 1: in the box though, as you mentioned, as a blitzer,

719
00:39:31,719 --> 00:39:33,440
Speaker 1: you know, coming through eight gaps and stuff like that.

720
00:39:33,600 --> 00:39:35,360
Speaker 1: He's a big dude too. He's almost two hundred and

721
00:39:35,360 --> 00:39:37,359
Speaker 1: forty pounds and sixty three, so he's gonna be able

722
00:39:37,400 --> 00:39:40,960
Speaker 1: to hold up physically. He's also known as a film junkie,

723
00:39:41,120 --> 00:39:44,520
Speaker 1: so that's always a good thing. Yeah, that's especially if

724
00:39:44,520 --> 00:39:48,160
Speaker 1: you're running a defense. Yeah, coaches love that. And you're

725
00:39:48,239 --> 00:39:51,520
Speaker 1: right that this these picks, these linebacker picks, make a

726
00:39:51,600 --> 00:39:54,680
Speaker 1: lot of sense because of the uncertainty surrounding Tremaine Edmonds.

727
00:39:54,680 --> 00:39:56,080
Speaker 1: And I don't say that, you know, we all love him.

728
00:39:56,080 --> 00:39:57,880
Speaker 1: He's a great, great player, but they they've got him

729
00:39:57,880 --> 00:40:01,680
Speaker 1: signed yet, and in the league that we're sitting in,

730
00:40:02,040 --> 00:40:03,640
Speaker 1: I don't know how you pay a guy like that.

731
00:40:04,560 --> 00:40:06,839
Speaker 1: You can't pay everybody. You can't pay everybody, even if

732
00:40:06,880 --> 00:40:10,600
Speaker 1: you love him, which they do, but that position is

733
00:40:10,680 --> 00:40:15,800
Speaker 1: not valuable enough to pay him. You know, yeah, guarantee

734
00:40:15,920 --> 00:40:18,600
Speaker 1: him seventy million bucks like he did, right, you know,

735
00:40:19,160 --> 00:40:23,800
Speaker 1: Steph Diggs. The other linebacker is the guy that played

736
00:40:23,840 --> 00:40:25,560
Speaker 1: on one of the best defenses in the country, well,

737
00:40:25,600 --> 00:40:28,200
Speaker 1: the US defense, and he had tiena wait his turn

738
00:40:28,360 --> 00:40:30,920
Speaker 1: because he played on such a great defense. So it's

739
00:40:31,000 --> 00:40:35,040
Speaker 1: linebacker Quay Walker out of Georgia. He's a senior, another

740
00:40:35,200 --> 00:40:38,480
Speaker 1: tall linebacker. He's six four, two hundred and forty one pounds.

741
00:40:38,560 --> 00:40:41,640
Speaker 1: He started in all fifteen games in twenty twenty one.

742
00:40:41,760 --> 00:40:45,480
Speaker 1: Is played in fifty two career games. In twenty twenty one,

743
00:40:45,520 --> 00:40:48,640
Speaker 1: he had sixty seven tackles, five and a half TFLs,

744
00:40:48,719 --> 00:40:51,440
Speaker 1: one and a half sacks. He had five sacks in

745
00:40:51,560 --> 00:40:55,360
Speaker 1: his career. He's a big body linebacker who hustles to

746
00:40:55,440 --> 00:40:57,680
Speaker 1: the ball. When you turn on the tape and watch him,

747
00:40:58,000 --> 00:41:01,040
Speaker 1: I think he has good consistency in his skill set.

748
00:41:01,120 --> 00:41:04,440
Speaker 1: It definitely looks like he learned a lot from waiting

749
00:41:04,560 --> 00:41:07,480
Speaker 1: for his turn to start. He has good eyes and

750
00:41:07,640 --> 00:41:10,360
Speaker 1: good instincts. He ran a four or five two and

751
00:41:10,640 --> 00:41:14,200
Speaker 1: NFL Network grades him as someone who will eventually become

752
00:41:14,280 --> 00:41:16,479
Speaker 1: a starter. Yeah, he was only a one year starter

753
00:41:16,480 --> 00:41:18,120
Speaker 1: at George as you mentioned. Yeah, it's hard to get

754
00:41:18,120 --> 00:41:20,200
Speaker 1: on the field there because everybody's a five star, so

755
00:41:20,280 --> 00:41:22,120
Speaker 1: you gotta what you do, have to wait your turn there,

756
00:41:23,000 --> 00:41:25,319
Speaker 1: and that, you know, sometimes means that a guy may

757
00:41:25,400 --> 00:41:28,319
Speaker 1: need a little bit more time on the job when

758
00:41:28,360 --> 00:41:30,839
Speaker 1: he gets to the pros before he can step into

759
00:41:30,840 --> 00:41:33,600
Speaker 1: a starting lineup, even for a five star prospect, you know,

760
00:41:33,760 --> 00:41:36,440
Speaker 1: like a kway Walker, but he's tall and long. So

761
00:41:36,800 --> 00:41:39,440
Speaker 1: if you're looking for a body type similar or Tremaine like,

762
00:41:39,640 --> 00:41:41,560
Speaker 1: he's not quite as big as him, but he's pretty

763
00:41:41,600 --> 00:41:45,920
Speaker 1: close in a draft that doesn't offer you know, innumerable

764
00:41:46,000 --> 00:41:51,080
Speaker 1: number of guys with heightened length. Yeah, and at twenty five,

765
00:41:51,560 --> 00:41:53,319
Speaker 1: that's a I don't know if he's gonna be there.

766
00:41:54,160 --> 00:41:56,600
Speaker 1: De Lloyd's gonna be Yeah. I would say Devin Lloyd

767
00:41:56,800 --> 00:41:59,120
Speaker 1: is probably not gonna be there based on what he

768
00:41:59,239 --> 00:42:01,759
Speaker 1: shows on tape and quay Walker, I mean, who knows this.

769
00:42:02,000 --> 00:42:04,000
Speaker 1: This looks like a guy with a lot of upside

770
00:42:04,120 --> 00:42:07,080
Speaker 1: and somebody who, like you said, in a few years,

771
00:42:07,160 --> 00:42:10,680
Speaker 1: could become a really great player for an NFL team. Yeah,

772
00:42:10,800 --> 00:42:13,840
Speaker 1: it's it's one of those things where what do you

773
00:42:13,880 --> 00:42:16,040
Speaker 1: expect from your twenty fifth pick of your draft? And

774
00:42:16,200 --> 00:42:18,719
Speaker 1: does it mean if he's an inside linebacker, you don't

775
00:42:18,719 --> 00:42:21,760
Speaker 1: expect him to start Day one and this on this roster.

776
00:42:22,600 --> 00:42:25,239
Speaker 1: If he's a corner, maybe you do. And I don't

777
00:42:25,239 --> 00:42:27,319
Speaker 1: know if you're ready to spend a twenty fifth pick,

778
00:42:27,400 --> 00:42:29,760
Speaker 1: a first round pick on a guy at a position

779
00:42:29,880 --> 00:42:32,359
Speaker 1: where you may have to wait on him to get

780
00:42:32,400 --> 00:42:34,640
Speaker 1: his turn to play like he did at Georgia, you

781
00:42:34,719 --> 00:42:36,759
Speaker 1: know what I mean. Yeah, I think there might be

782
00:42:37,520 --> 00:42:42,040
Speaker 1: while linebackers a possibility. I don't know that I would

783
00:42:42,200 --> 00:42:44,960
Speaker 1: I would deviate from what we've been talking about. Is

784
00:42:45,040 --> 00:42:47,600
Speaker 1: some one of those players a wide receiver or or

785
00:42:48,000 --> 00:42:51,480
Speaker 1: corner who can contribute right away as a starter or

786
00:42:51,520 --> 00:42:54,200
Speaker 1: at least as a major contributor. Quickly, Maddie in about

787
00:42:54,239 --> 00:42:57,320
Speaker 1: twenty seconds, Drake London, the wide receiver from usc was

788
00:42:57,360 --> 00:43:00,239
Speaker 1: the other guy that's been out there. Yeah, he has

789
00:43:00,280 --> 00:43:02,759
Speaker 1: not popped up yet for the Buffalo Bills. This is

790
00:43:02,800 --> 00:43:06,160
Speaker 1: the first time that I've seen him being mocked THEE five.

791
00:43:06,320 --> 00:43:08,960
Speaker 1: So I was a little bit like, hmm, Drake London,

792
00:43:09,120 --> 00:43:11,320
Speaker 1: is he even gonna be around. We'll see, but this

793
00:43:11,480 --> 00:43:16,359
Speaker 1: guy's huge. He's six four two nineteen pounds. He had

794
00:43:16,560 --> 00:43:19,959
Speaker 1: nine career one hundred yard games. Last year, he only

795
00:43:20,080 --> 00:43:23,160
Speaker 1: played in seven and a half games before being sidelined

796
00:43:23,200 --> 00:43:25,400
Speaker 1: with an injury. He had a fractured right ankle, and

797
00:43:25,640 --> 00:43:28,640
Speaker 1: in those eight games, eighty eight catches for over a

798
00:43:28,760 --> 00:43:35,120
Speaker 1: thousand yards, seven touchdowns. He has crazy stat numbers. His

799
00:43:35,320 --> 00:43:38,680
Speaker 1: fifty fifty balls, they're more like eighty twenty balls. Because

800
00:43:39,000 --> 00:43:41,120
Speaker 1: of his height. He kind of reminds me of Gabe

801
00:43:41,160 --> 00:43:44,279
Speaker 1: Davis and his height and stature. Not the speediest guy,

802
00:43:44,600 --> 00:43:46,759
Speaker 1: but he's gonna make a lot of catches because of

803
00:43:46,880 --> 00:43:49,520
Speaker 1: his elite size. Yeah, so it'll be interesting to see

804
00:43:49,840 --> 00:43:53,400
Speaker 1: if he fits what they're looking for skill set wise.

805
00:43:54,040 --> 00:43:56,440
Speaker 1: Do they want to add more speed outside or do

806
00:43:56,560 --> 00:43:59,719
Speaker 1: they want to add more size outside? And it's pick

807
00:43:59,800 --> 00:44:03,000
Speaker 1: your flavor and wide receiver basically. Yeah. And you know,

808
00:44:03,080 --> 00:44:05,840
Speaker 1: with the with the edition of Jamison Crowder and Isaiah

809
00:44:05,880 --> 00:44:09,040
Speaker 1: McKenzie already in the building, you gotta think, Okay, well,

810
00:44:09,040 --> 00:44:10,880
Speaker 1: maybe we do need to go the other way because

811
00:44:10,880 --> 00:44:14,359
Speaker 1: they don't have anybody. They got. Kumero is their biggest guy.

812
00:44:14,840 --> 00:44:17,439
Speaker 1: Gabe Davis is not small, but he's too in change. Yeah,

813
00:44:18,880 --> 00:44:22,919
Speaker 1: this is London is way above that. He's big, He's

814
00:44:22,960 --> 00:44:25,160
Speaker 1: a big one. He's almost him. He's like six three

815
00:44:25,200 --> 00:44:27,839
Speaker 1: and seven eighth or two inches taller than Gabe. Yeah,

816
00:44:27,920 --> 00:44:30,840
Speaker 1: six four. The question is do they want that or

817
00:44:30,920 --> 00:44:34,080
Speaker 1: do they want speed? You know, because do you have

818
00:44:34,239 --> 00:44:36,520
Speaker 1: to get faster? And we heard coach McDermott this week

819
00:44:36,560 --> 00:44:39,080
Speaker 1: he basically said down never turned down speed, So it

820
00:44:39,080 --> 00:44:42,000
Speaker 1: would be interesting to see what flavor they want to

821
00:44:42,120 --> 00:44:44,759
Speaker 1: add at the receiver position. Maddie, we are out of time,

822
00:44:44,840 --> 00:44:46,440
Speaker 1: but thank you for bringing us up to speed on

823
00:44:46,480 --> 00:44:49,640
Speaker 1: the latest. We look forward to getting another update next week.

824
00:44:49,680 --> 00:44:51,640
Speaker 1: When does it go up on Buffalo bills dot com

825
00:44:51,760 --> 00:44:54,320
Speaker 1: next the latest edition? This one is already out. The

826
00:44:54,440 --> 00:44:56,760
Speaker 1: latest one, I believe is going to go out early

827
00:44:57,160 --> 00:45:00,239
Speaker 1: next week. I'll be counting up and figuring out, all right,

828
00:45:00,280 --> 00:45:02,799
Speaker 1: who are the ten most popular names, So we'll get

829
00:45:02,840 --> 00:45:06,480
Speaker 1: into that early next week. Alright, April twenty sixth, I believe,

830
00:45:06,600 --> 00:45:09,399
Speaker 1: all right, we will take many break here, but when

831
00:45:09,480 --> 00:45:12,840
Speaker 1: we come back, we'll prep you for the next position

832
00:45:12,960 --> 00:45:15,640
Speaker 1: group that we will be previewing with our good friend

833
00:45:15,719 --> 00:45:18,440
Speaker 1: Greg Cosell in the second hour of the show. It's

834
00:45:18,640 --> 00:45:21,719
Speaker 1: running backs. Hold onto your hats, people, Steve and I

835
00:45:21,840 --> 00:45:24,440
Speaker 1: back in a moment, thanks to Mattie, We're back here

836
00:45:24,480 --> 00:45:38,640
Speaker 1: on one Bills Live in a second. We'd be remiss

837
00:45:38,680 --> 00:45:43,160
Speaker 1: if we did not mention that the Bills lost a

838
00:45:43,640 --> 00:45:49,880
Speaker 1: member of their player family. Darryl Lamonica passed away at

839
00:45:49,960 --> 00:45:54,000
Speaker 1: the age of eighty yesterday. Former Bills quarterback who was

840
00:45:54,040 --> 00:45:57,640
Speaker 1: subsequently traded to the Raiders where he really became the

841
00:45:57,760 --> 00:46:02,400
Speaker 1: Mad Bomber as he was known. Unfortunately passed away at

842
00:46:02,440 --> 00:46:06,600
Speaker 1: the age of eighties. So our condolences to the Lamonica family.

843
00:46:07,680 --> 00:46:10,799
Speaker 1: And drafted by the Bills in nineteen sixty three out

844
00:46:10,840 --> 00:46:15,360
Speaker 1: of Notre Dame. And that was at a time Steve

845
00:46:16,239 --> 00:46:19,480
Speaker 1: where Lou Saban was the coach and did not hesitate

846
00:46:20,200 --> 00:46:22,839
Speaker 1: to pull Jack Kemp and put Lamonica in or vice

847
00:46:22,960 --> 00:46:26,359
Speaker 1: versa based on how the game was going. There were

848
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Speaker 1: no true quarterback controversies in the sixties. We just put

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Speaker 1: in whoever might play better. It was like a relief

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Speaker 1: pitcher back then. Yeah. Yeah, Darryl Lamonica is a legendary name.

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00:46:36,920 --> 00:46:40,000
Speaker 1: I mean, the Mad Bomber, the nickname and and how

852
00:46:40,160 --> 00:46:43,560
Speaker 1: things happened in the league way back in the sixties

853
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Speaker 1: when you know, the NFL AFL we're going back and forth,

854
00:46:48,120 --> 00:46:51,720
Speaker 1: and you know he had it was just a different world.

855
00:46:52,200 --> 00:46:54,440
Speaker 1: And to have him go in that big in the trade,

856
00:46:54,480 --> 00:46:58,520
Speaker 1: what would be now blockbuster of a trade was just

857
00:46:58,640 --> 00:47:01,040
Speaker 1: an everyday occurrence back in the old DAFL days, right,

858
00:47:01,120 --> 00:47:03,560
Speaker 1: I mean, they had they were switching players around, and

859
00:47:04,640 --> 00:47:07,560
Speaker 1: I remember that stories go where you know that it

860
00:47:07,719 --> 00:47:10,759
Speaker 1: was a it was a cowboy Cowboy was a you know,

861
00:47:11,320 --> 00:47:16,040
Speaker 1: rough and tumble league that the budgets weren't then what

862
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Speaker 1: they are now. In fact, one of the stories goes

863
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Speaker 1: that the Patriots flew from New England to Buffalo, picked

864
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Speaker 1: up the Buffalo Bills, flew out, dropped the Patriots off

865
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Speaker 1: in Denver wherever they're playing, and the Bills go on

866
00:47:29,800 --> 00:47:32,120
Speaker 1: to play the Raiders, and they all shared it. They

867
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Speaker 1: shared the expense of the fair of the charter flight,

868
00:47:36,239 --> 00:47:38,799
Speaker 1: and they would purposely have their schedule as such where

869
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Speaker 1: they would stay out on the West coast so they

870
00:47:41,480 --> 00:47:43,399
Speaker 1: wouldn't have to fly back and forth, so they would

871
00:47:43,400 --> 00:47:49,160
Speaker 1: inevitably have a way at Denver away at Oakland, back

872
00:47:49,239 --> 00:47:51,719
Speaker 1: to back week so that the trips weren't as long

873
00:47:52,360 --> 00:47:55,440
Speaker 1: or as costly. Um, yeah, that happened. But I think

874
00:47:55,520 --> 00:48:00,880
Speaker 1: the biggest thing about Lamonica was he was is a

875
00:48:01,120 --> 00:48:06,760
Speaker 1: perfect personification of what AFL football was in the nineteen sixties.

876
00:48:06,920 --> 00:48:11,040
Speaker 1: Air it out, throw it deep, be entertaining, and that's

877
00:48:11,080 --> 00:48:14,520
Speaker 1: how they differentiated themselves from the NFL back then and

878
00:48:14,600 --> 00:48:18,520
Speaker 1: truly became a must watch league, to the point where

879
00:48:18,560 --> 00:48:21,200
Speaker 1: the NFL said, all right, these guys aren't going away.

880
00:48:21,719 --> 00:48:24,080
Speaker 1: We're gonna have to merge and become one giant league.

881
00:48:24,200 --> 00:48:26,000
Speaker 1: And you could see it too. I mean some of

882
00:48:26,000 --> 00:48:28,520
Speaker 1: the highlight films, you know, Darryl Wilmoniculd Drive and they

883
00:48:28,560 --> 00:48:31,960
Speaker 1: were they were slinging it and go. Yeah, they were

884
00:48:31,960 --> 00:48:34,880
Speaker 1: slinging it all over. That's what it was fun. And

885
00:48:35,000 --> 00:48:37,440
Speaker 1: it was fun and it was a different look on.

886
00:48:37,560 --> 00:48:43,480
Speaker 1: The NFL saw it for what it was and joined

887
00:48:43,520 --> 00:48:47,040
Speaker 1: forces with it. And for even as late as the

888
00:48:47,200 --> 00:48:49,200
Speaker 1: eighties when I came into the league, there was still

889
00:48:49,320 --> 00:48:53,560
Speaker 1: some carryover as to the NFC. Was the real football

890
00:48:53,600 --> 00:48:56,359
Speaker 1: in the AFC was really Yeah, some of the old

891
00:48:56,400 --> 00:48:59,320
Speaker 1: time coaches thought that, you know, um, where the a

892
00:49:00,120 --> 00:49:02,080
Speaker 1: C was a kind of a finesse football kind of

893
00:49:02,160 --> 00:49:04,759
Speaker 1: league and the NFC is where the real powerhouses were

894
00:49:04,840 --> 00:49:08,200
Speaker 1: that kind of and um, of course now none of

895
00:49:08,280 --> 00:49:11,480
Speaker 1: that really exists or it's all it's all one league,

896
00:49:12,400 --> 00:49:17,160
Speaker 1: although the AFC could probably now argue that it's cyclical

897
00:49:17,239 --> 00:49:18,520
Speaker 1: now though, you know, I mean they got all the

898
00:49:18,719 --> 00:49:22,080
Speaker 1: AFC's got all the quarterbacks or most of them. The

899
00:49:22,239 --> 00:49:29,319
Speaker 1: NFC's got what two three Tom Tom A Stafford Now, okay,

900
00:49:29,760 --> 00:49:33,760
Speaker 1: he's good, Kyler Murray, maybe Ers Rogers, Yeah, it's Brady

901
00:49:33,840 --> 00:49:37,520
Speaker 1: and Rodgers. Basically I'd put Stafford in there too, just

902
00:49:37,640 --> 00:49:40,959
Speaker 1: but but you think too, and you know how Darryl

903
00:49:41,040 --> 00:49:48,480
Speaker 1: Lamonica would was viewed back then. Um, just it. It's

904
00:49:48,520 --> 00:49:51,560
Speaker 1: hard to earn a nickname when you and after you

905
00:49:51,640 --> 00:49:52,960
Speaker 1: get to it. Now they are right back to your

906
00:49:53,080 --> 00:49:57,120
Speaker 1: nickname theory. It's awesome, man, let me nicknames are an

907
00:49:57,160 --> 00:50:01,120
Speaker 1: important part of the American landscape. And I've told Brownie

908
00:50:01,200 --> 00:50:02,840
Speaker 1: this before and all that. Maybe we'll put this on

909
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Speaker 1: the top. We'll put this on the out for Twitter

910
00:50:04,840 --> 00:50:10,600
Speaker 1: as a questionnaire, how much is a name a nickname?

911
00:50:11,520 --> 00:50:13,960
Speaker 1: How valuable is it in your draft status as a

912
00:50:14,080 --> 00:50:17,160
Speaker 1: college football player? Much does it boost your drafts? Prime time?

913
00:50:18,880 --> 00:50:23,400
Speaker 1: All these guys chamilly white shoes Johnson, big Cat, Big Dad, Wilkinson,

914
00:50:23,600 --> 00:50:27,040
Speaker 1: all these. If you have a refrigerator, Yeah, if you

915
00:50:27,160 --> 00:50:31,400
Speaker 1: have a nickname, I'm telling you it cuts your draft

916
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Speaker 1: stat it if you're going to joke if you're going

917
00:50:34,040 --> 00:50:36,279
Speaker 1: in the fourth round. No, you're a second rounder with

918
00:50:36,320 --> 00:50:39,320
Speaker 1: a good nickname. Wow, second rounder, you're a first rounder.

919
00:50:39,520 --> 00:50:41,680
Speaker 1: If you're a first rounder and you've got a nickname,

920
00:50:41,760 --> 00:50:45,000
Speaker 1: you're a top ten All right, I'm telling you the

921
00:50:45,160 --> 00:50:47,120
Speaker 1: name name. We'll find you out again this year with

922
00:50:47,239 --> 00:50:49,880
Speaker 1: Sauce Gardner. So there it is Slaus's top five. We

923
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Speaker 1: have to take a we'll see top ten. He's gonna

924
00:50:53,040 --> 00:50:54,879
Speaker 1: be a top ten pick. He will be top ten.

925
00:50:55,080 --> 00:50:56,880
Speaker 1: We have to take a break here because when we

926
00:50:57,000 --> 00:51:00,920
Speaker 1: come back, it is time for our weekly visit with

927
00:51:01,120 --> 00:51:04,239
Speaker 1: the senior producer of NFL Films, Greg co Sell, as

928
00:51:04,280 --> 00:51:07,360
Speaker 1: we divvy up another position in this year's draft class.

929
00:51:07,800 --> 00:51:10,279
Speaker 1: Running backs coming your way next here on One Bill's Live,

930
00:51:10,320 --> 00:51:29,719
Speaker 1: presented by Kalid to Health, It's Buffalo Bill's Radio at

931
00:51:29,760 --> 00:51:33,240
Speaker 1: a Steve taster who has been all over the fields.

932
00:51:33,320 --> 00:51:34,920
Speaker 1: Kind of unique. He was kind of a dual role

933
00:51:35,000 --> 00:51:41,319
Speaker 1: player for you, Steve, Steve a blimp. We're not even

934
00:51:41,400 --> 00:51:47,799
Speaker 1: in the strated behere of normalcy. All right, so here

935
00:51:47,920 --> 00:51:52,480
Speaker 1: we are our number two and it's our final pre

936
00:51:52,719 --> 00:51:58,080
Speaker 1: draft visit with senior producer from NFL Films, Greg co sell. As.

937
00:51:58,160 --> 00:52:02,480
Speaker 1: He has been helping us navigate most of the position

938
00:52:02,600 --> 00:52:06,960
Speaker 1: groups in this year's draft pool, and today we go

939
00:52:07,120 --> 00:52:10,799
Speaker 1: to a position that has been mocked a little bit

940
00:52:10,960 --> 00:52:13,800
Speaker 1: more and more with each passing week. At pick twenty

941
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Speaker 1: five four the Bills. And you know, the most popular

942
00:52:18,239 --> 00:52:21,239
Speaker 1: name has been Iowa States Breecee Hall. But Greg Cosell,

943
00:52:21,960 --> 00:52:25,640
Speaker 1: you need to tell us is Breeze Hall the unequivocal

944
00:52:25,800 --> 00:52:28,680
Speaker 1: best back in the class, because there seems to be

945
00:52:28,840 --> 00:52:33,960
Speaker 1: some contingent of draftnicks who knows, maybe some personnel executives

946
00:52:34,320 --> 00:52:39,279
Speaker 1: that like Kenneth Walker the third better than Bruce Hall. Yeah,

947
00:52:39,640 --> 00:52:42,560
Speaker 1: you know, again, that's always in the eye of the beholder.

948
00:52:42,600 --> 00:52:45,400
Speaker 1: I would probably like Hall a little more. If I

949
00:52:45,480 --> 00:52:48,359
Speaker 1: had to pick one back in the draft, I would

950
00:52:48,400 --> 00:52:53,040
Speaker 1: probably pick Breece Hall. I think he's the total package.

951
00:52:53,320 --> 00:52:56,279
Speaker 1: I think Walker is a really good runner. And at

952
00:52:56,360 --> 00:52:59,440
Speaker 1: this point you don't know exactly what he gives you

953
00:52:59,520 --> 00:53:02,200
Speaker 1: in the past game. Maybe he'll give you a lot,

954
00:53:02,320 --> 00:53:04,759
Speaker 1: but you didn't see that on tape. Whereas Hall. I

955
00:53:04,840 --> 00:53:07,160
Speaker 1: think you get a better feel for Hall in the

956
00:53:07,320 --> 00:53:10,560
Speaker 1: pass game than you do Walker, So I like Greece Hall.

957
00:53:10,640 --> 00:53:13,400
Speaker 1: He would probably be my number one. I think it'd

958
00:53:13,440 --> 00:53:16,200
Speaker 1: be interesting just and again, no team at this point

959
00:53:16,280 --> 00:53:19,040
Speaker 1: really tells you what they're going to do. But we

960
00:53:19,120 --> 00:53:21,719
Speaker 1: saw what they did kind of down the stretch with Singletary.

961
00:53:22,160 --> 00:53:24,120
Speaker 1: We know that it's still going to be a past

962
00:53:24,280 --> 00:53:28,080
Speaker 1: first team with Josh Allen. I just wonder, guys if

963
00:53:28,600 --> 00:53:30,920
Speaker 1: running back would be a position they would feel they

964
00:53:31,160 --> 00:53:33,880
Speaker 1: had to get in the first round. Right. Is there

965
00:53:33,920 --> 00:53:36,839
Speaker 1: any of these guys that you think is a significant,

966
00:53:37,120 --> 00:53:40,120
Speaker 1: maybe major upgrade over what David Singletary gave him in

967
00:53:40,120 --> 00:53:43,000
Speaker 1: the last month of the last season. Well, I think

968
00:53:43,000 --> 00:53:46,040
Speaker 1: if you're talking about just talent level, you'd probably say

969
00:53:47,480 --> 00:53:51,000
Speaker 1: yes to that. Steve, maybe significance too strong, But I

970
00:53:51,080 --> 00:53:55,560
Speaker 1: think Breeze Hall is a better has better traits than Singletary.

971
00:53:55,920 --> 00:53:58,840
Speaker 1: But the question becomes how do they see their offense

972
00:53:59,120 --> 00:54:01,799
Speaker 1: and if the offense can essentially run the same way,

973
00:54:02,200 --> 00:54:04,759
Speaker 1: does Singletary do what they want to do? And the

974
00:54:04,880 --> 00:54:08,000
Speaker 1: other unknown is what does Ken Dorsey bring to the

975
00:54:08,080 --> 00:54:11,160
Speaker 1: equation Because Obviously it's a different coordinator. He's not going

976
00:54:11,239 --> 00:54:14,080
Speaker 1: to change anything dramatically. We know that. But we do

977
00:54:14,280 --> 00:54:17,000
Speaker 1: know that a new coordinator, even one that's been there,

978
00:54:17,080 --> 00:54:19,560
Speaker 1: does make a tweak here and there. So we don't

979
00:54:19,600 --> 00:54:21,800
Speaker 1: know how he sees the offense in terms of the

980
00:54:21,920 --> 00:54:24,799
Speaker 1: running game. How does and I'm talking about Buffalo's roster now,

981
00:54:24,920 --> 00:54:27,319
Speaker 1: how does Duke Johnson change all of this this mix?

982
00:54:27,440 --> 00:54:30,040
Speaker 1: I mean, he's coming over, they've got him under contract.

983
00:54:30,400 --> 00:54:32,640
Speaker 1: How does that change that your view of the Bills

984
00:54:32,760 --> 00:54:35,239
Speaker 1: running back room before you pick a guy like Bruce Hall.

985
00:54:36,200 --> 00:54:39,000
Speaker 1: And that's why I'm just wondering if running back and

986
00:54:39,160 --> 00:54:41,000
Speaker 1: I know we want to talk about something here, but

987
00:54:41,200 --> 00:54:44,399
Speaker 1: just wondering what if running back would be the pick,

988
00:54:44,560 --> 00:54:47,560
Speaker 1: because Duke Johnson is actually a pretty good back who's

989
00:54:47,560 --> 00:54:51,480
Speaker 1: an excellent receiver, and you can run him enough within

990
00:54:51,560 --> 00:54:53,840
Speaker 1: the context of what the Bills like to do or

991
00:54:53,880 --> 00:54:56,560
Speaker 1: have shown what they want to do under Brian Dable.

992
00:54:56,640 --> 00:54:59,960
Speaker 1: So unless Ken Dorsey's thinking to make a meaningful change,

993
00:55:00,200 --> 00:55:03,440
Speaker 1: which I doubt would be the case, then Duke Johnson

994
00:55:03,560 --> 00:55:06,920
Speaker 1: does add effectively into that mix because of his running

995
00:55:07,040 --> 00:55:10,959
Speaker 1: receiving combination traits. And I would tend to agree with you, Greg.

996
00:55:11,000 --> 00:55:12,719
Speaker 1: I think a running back in the first round to

997
00:55:12,800 --> 00:55:16,920
Speaker 1: the Bills happens only as a pure contingency plan if

998
00:55:17,000 --> 00:55:20,160
Speaker 1: the value at the other perceived need positions is absolute

999
00:55:20,239 --> 00:55:24,440
Speaker 1: garbage when they're on the clock. That being said, I

1000
00:55:24,520 --> 00:55:26,640
Speaker 1: think the other thing we need to note here is

1001
00:55:26,680 --> 00:55:29,240
Speaker 1: they have a new offensive line coach in Aaron Cromer

1002
00:55:29,280 --> 00:55:32,520
Speaker 1: as well. And I know he's coached a bunch of

1003
00:55:32,560 --> 00:55:35,399
Speaker 1: different schemes, but when he was here and the team

1004
00:55:35,440 --> 00:55:37,759
Speaker 1: went back to back number one in the league and rushing. Now,

1005
00:55:37,800 --> 00:55:39,480
Speaker 1: I'm not saying this team is going to suddenly become

1006
00:55:39,480 --> 00:55:40,800
Speaker 1: a rushing team. You're not going to do that with

1007
00:55:40,920 --> 00:55:44,800
Speaker 1: Josh Allen at quarterback. But I don't know, just based

1008
00:55:44,840 --> 00:55:48,680
Speaker 1: on your historical knowledge of what Kromer has done with

1009
00:55:48,920 --> 00:55:52,440
Speaker 1: respect to the blocking schemes and such, could you foresee

1010
00:55:52,920 --> 00:55:59,200
Speaker 1: tweaks in that area as well? Yes, and well we

1011
00:55:59,320 --> 00:56:03,040
Speaker 1: all agree at it's still Josh Allen's offense. I think

1012
00:56:03,080 --> 00:56:07,480
Speaker 1: the one thing that could well change unless it's absolutely

1013
00:56:07,640 --> 00:56:11,000
Speaker 1: needed in a given game is the amount of design

1014
00:56:11,120 --> 00:56:13,200
Speaker 1: runs for Josh, because I think you have to start

1015
00:56:13,239 --> 00:56:15,800
Speaker 1: to be careful about that, no matter how big he

1016
00:56:15,960 --> 00:56:18,520
Speaker 1: is no matter how tough he is, you just can't

1017
00:56:18,600 --> 00:56:21,040
Speaker 1: live like that in this league over a long period

1018
00:56:21,080 --> 00:56:24,879
Speaker 1: of time without some attrition to his body. So it's

1019
00:56:25,000 --> 00:56:27,560
Speaker 1: very possible they could see the run game with Aaron

1020
00:56:27,600 --> 00:56:31,239
Speaker 1: Cromer as being a little bit more a part of

1021
00:56:31,320 --> 00:56:33,040
Speaker 1: what they want to do. Take away some of the

1022
00:56:33,120 --> 00:56:36,000
Speaker 1: design runs with Josh because I don't I personally don't

1023
00:56:36,040 --> 00:56:38,440
Speaker 1: believe that's tenable over a long period of time. And

1024
00:56:38,560 --> 00:56:41,160
Speaker 1: then with respect to some of these backs, I think

1025
00:56:41,200 --> 00:56:43,799
Speaker 1: people are pretty familiar with Hall and Walker at this point.

1026
00:56:44,320 --> 00:56:47,400
Speaker 1: Isaiah Spiller is a player that did make a thirty

1027
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Speaker 1: visit here two one Bill's drive. What is your thumbnail

1028
00:56:52,880 --> 00:56:56,680
Speaker 1: sketch of him? Yeah? See, it's interesting because I like

1029
00:56:56,840 --> 00:57:00,279
Speaker 1: Isaiah Spiller, but I just wonder, when all said done,

1030
00:57:00,280 --> 00:57:03,400
Speaker 1: if he fits ultimately what they want. Because to me,

1031
00:57:03,600 --> 00:57:08,640
Speaker 1: Isaiah Spiller is a sustaining back who needs volume. I

1032
00:57:08,760 --> 00:57:11,359
Speaker 1: think that's the kind of runner he is. He's he's

1033
00:57:11,400 --> 00:57:15,600
Speaker 1: got size, he's got a compact bill. He's a good runner,

1034
00:57:15,680 --> 00:57:19,680
Speaker 1: patients vision, short area bursts. He works really well in

1035
00:57:19,760 --> 00:57:22,720
Speaker 1: confined space. But he struck me and I watched his

1036
00:57:22,800 --> 00:57:25,680
Speaker 1: tape from twenty twenty and from twenty twenty one. He

1037
00:57:25,800 --> 00:57:30,520
Speaker 1: actually struck me as a as a volume runner, and

1038
00:57:31,800 --> 00:57:33,560
Speaker 1: they may like the back and I think a lot

1039
00:57:33,600 --> 00:57:36,440
Speaker 1: of teams will like Isaiah Spiller because he has very

1040
00:57:36,480 --> 00:57:39,760
Speaker 1: good running trades, but I think ultimately he's an attitude

1041
00:57:39,880 --> 00:57:43,000
Speaker 1: runner who needs carries, and I just don't sense that

1042
00:57:43,120 --> 00:57:46,400
Speaker 1: that's what this offense is going to be. Yeah, I

1043
00:57:46,600 --> 00:57:48,200
Speaker 1: as we go on further, what are some of the

1044
00:57:48,240 --> 00:57:53,360
Speaker 1: other backs like this? James Cook from Georgia and his

1045
00:57:53,440 --> 00:57:56,840
Speaker 1: teammate and his team, yeah, and his teammate. Yeah. Well,

1046
00:57:56,840 --> 00:57:59,080
Speaker 1: it's funny you mentioned James Cook because he's a back guy.

1047
00:57:59,240 --> 00:58:03,680
Speaker 1: Really really now, I think he actually fits the Bills

1048
00:58:04,080 --> 00:58:07,800
Speaker 1: because James Cook is not a volume runner. James Cook

1049
00:58:07,920 --> 00:58:11,560
Speaker 1: is an explosive back and an outstanding receiver. I almost

1050
00:58:11,800 --> 00:58:13,840
Speaker 1: finished watching James Cook, who, by the way, if people

1051
00:58:13,880 --> 00:58:16,720
Speaker 1: don't know, as Dalvin Cook's younger brother and actually looks

1052
00:58:16,800 --> 00:58:19,400
Speaker 1: like him when he runs. He's actually a very very

1053
00:58:19,440 --> 00:58:21,800
Speaker 1: good runner. He's just not big enough to be a

1054
00:58:21,920 --> 00:58:24,560
Speaker 1: volume back, but I don't think the Bills need that,

1055
00:58:25,320 --> 00:58:28,440
Speaker 1: and he's an outstanding receiver who you can detach from

1056
00:58:28,480 --> 00:58:32,160
Speaker 1: the formation. He made some big plays as a basically

1057
00:58:32,200 --> 00:58:35,960
Speaker 1: a wide receiver against Alabama in his career. I don't

1058
00:58:36,000 --> 00:58:38,200
Speaker 1: think he's quite the same level of player as an

1059
00:58:38,200 --> 00:58:41,760
Speaker 1: Alvin Kamara type type back, but I think he's similar.

1060
00:58:42,280 --> 00:58:46,800
Speaker 1: I think he's actually similar in terms of how you

1061
00:58:46,840 --> 00:58:49,400
Speaker 1: would deploy him in the context of an offense. Yeah,

1062
00:58:49,520 --> 00:58:52,680
Speaker 1: I really like James Cook, I would agree with that

1063
00:58:52,840 --> 00:58:56,080
Speaker 1: because just in watching him, Like if you go through

1064
00:58:56,160 --> 00:58:59,720
Speaker 1: the top ten backs in this draft, I think you

1065
00:59:00,040 --> 00:59:02,280
Speaker 1: know what he is as a receiver, maybe better than

1066
00:59:02,360 --> 00:59:04,120
Speaker 1: any of these other bad I mean they split him

1067
00:59:04,160 --> 00:59:07,560
Speaker 1: out wide in the red zone. Yeah, you know, we're

1068
00:59:07,600 --> 00:59:10,240
Speaker 1: watching footage of him as a direct snap guy, and

1069
00:59:10,520 --> 00:59:13,840
Speaker 1: he's used to playing a part time role, which seemingly

1070
00:59:13,880 --> 00:59:16,720
Speaker 1: everybody does at Georgia because they're loaded with five stars

1071
00:59:16,800 --> 00:59:20,280
Speaker 1: and nobody gets full time jobs there apparently because they're

1072
00:59:20,320 --> 00:59:24,000
Speaker 1: so blessed with all this talent. And he's only had

1073
00:59:24,240 --> 00:59:26,640
Speaker 1: two hundred ninety seven touches in his four years old

1074
00:59:26,680 --> 00:59:29,920
Speaker 1: Miles Georgia, so you know, he's got a lot of there.

1075
00:59:30,400 --> 00:59:32,800
Speaker 1: There's no wear and tear on his body at this point.

1076
00:59:33,160 --> 00:59:36,480
Speaker 1: And see, I think that kind of back, I mean, theoretically,

1077
00:59:36,600 --> 00:59:39,360
Speaker 1: to me, he's a better Duke Johnson because I think

1078
00:59:39,400 --> 00:59:41,720
Speaker 1: you can do more with James Cook in the passing game.

1079
00:59:42,000 --> 00:59:45,200
Speaker 1: But I think that kind of back to me fits

1080
00:59:45,280 --> 00:59:48,840
Speaker 1: the Bills because look, no matter what Ken Dorsey thinks,

1081
00:59:49,120 --> 00:59:51,160
Speaker 1: and then he may not think this at all, but

1082
00:59:51,360 --> 00:59:54,760
Speaker 1: this is the offense is not going to dramatically change.

1083
00:59:55,000 --> 00:59:59,040
Speaker 1: It's still Josh Allen's offense. Josh Allen's the reason you're

1084
00:59:59,080 --> 01:00:02,120
Speaker 1: doing what you're doing, and you're and you're essentially very

1085
01:00:02,200 --> 01:00:04,560
Speaker 1: close to a super Bowl team. You're not going to

1086
01:00:04,760 --> 01:00:08,439
Speaker 1: change the whole structure and philosophy of the offense. Could

1087
01:00:08,480 --> 01:00:13,760
Speaker 1: a guy like James Cook uh be uh yeah, used

1088
01:00:13,840 --> 01:00:16,680
Speaker 1: like an Alvin Kamara kind of thing, But would he

1089
01:00:16,880 --> 01:00:21,400
Speaker 1: be there? Maybe at twenty five? Probably he could you

1090
01:00:21,560 --> 01:00:23,560
Speaker 1: get him at a like the fifty seventh pick or

1091
01:00:23,640 --> 01:00:26,200
Speaker 1: maybe even the eighty ninth pick of this draft. Yeah,

1092
01:00:26,240 --> 01:00:28,919
Speaker 1: And that's the thing, Steve, I'm bad at that. Yeah.

1093
01:00:28,960 --> 01:00:31,800
Speaker 1: I don't know either. It always bothers me when I

1094
01:00:31,880 --> 01:00:34,520
Speaker 1: hear someone on TV say, well, they could have gotten

1095
01:00:34,640 --> 01:00:36,880
Speaker 1: him in the next round. You don't know that. Now.

1096
01:00:36,960 --> 01:00:39,840
Speaker 1: I'm not saying he should go at twenty six if

1097
01:00:39,880 --> 01:00:45,320
Speaker 1: that's where they stay, right, twenty six, right, but twenty

1098
01:00:45,360 --> 01:00:49,320
Speaker 1: five I'm not saying he should or shouldn't. Let me

1099
01:00:49,560 --> 01:00:54,400
Speaker 1: say this, if you believe, let's forget about mock drafts

1100
01:00:54,480 --> 01:00:58,000
Speaker 1: and draft gurus. Maybe some people consider me that that's

1101
01:00:58,040 --> 01:01:00,640
Speaker 1: irrelevant what anybody considers me. What I have to say

1102
01:01:00,800 --> 01:01:03,280
Speaker 1: is probably not paramount on the minds of coaches and

1103
01:01:03,360 --> 01:01:06,360
Speaker 1: general managers right now. But the point is, if you

1104
01:01:06,560 --> 01:01:10,760
Speaker 1: believe James Cook can do for your offense what Alvin

1105
01:01:10,840 --> 01:01:14,680
Speaker 1: Kamara does for the Saints offense, then isn't he a

1106
01:01:14,760 --> 01:01:17,800
Speaker 1: valuable pick? Right? Doesn't matter where you pick him, he's

1107
01:01:17,800 --> 01:01:20,480
Speaker 1: gonna be worth it. Yeah, I mean to just to say, well,

1108
01:01:20,560 --> 01:01:23,040
Speaker 1: you could have gotten him at eighty seven. Oh okay,

1109
01:01:23,200 --> 01:01:25,480
Speaker 1: well thank you. Well then you know, how do you

1110
01:01:25,560 --> 01:01:27,760
Speaker 1: know that? Well, yeah, okay, we'll take him at eighty ninth.

1111
01:01:27,800 --> 01:01:30,600
Speaker 1: But who we're gonna take at fifty seven and twenty five? Then? Right?

1112
01:01:30,640 --> 01:01:34,480
Speaker 1: I mean, who's gonna be better than him? Yeah? You

1113
01:01:34,560 --> 01:01:37,800
Speaker 1: know you have to decide. Look, you could easily argue

1114
01:01:37,840 --> 01:01:40,600
Speaker 1: that Isaiah Spiller is a better runner than James Cook,

1115
01:01:40,640 --> 01:01:43,919
Speaker 1: whether you want to believe that or not, because he's

1116
01:01:44,000 --> 01:01:46,320
Speaker 1: bigger and he can be a foundation back. But that's

1117
01:01:46,360 --> 01:01:49,680
Speaker 1: probably not what the Bills are looking for right, right.

1118
01:01:50,040 --> 01:01:53,280
Speaker 1: And then his teammate at Georgia, Zamir White, was this

1119
01:01:53,560 --> 01:01:57,800
Speaker 1: highly touted high school player but then number one, Yeah

1120
01:01:57,840 --> 01:02:01,360
Speaker 1: and have but had a couple of ACL injuries and

1121
01:02:02,320 --> 01:02:04,320
Speaker 1: you know that kind of I don't want to say

1122
01:02:04,360 --> 01:02:07,400
Speaker 1: it compromised his college career, but it certainly will throw

1123
01:02:07,480 --> 01:02:10,080
Speaker 1: up red flags on the medical to get those things

1124
01:02:10,200 --> 01:02:15,240
Speaker 1: checked out. But how is he different from Cook? Oh,

1125
01:02:15,360 --> 01:02:19,160
Speaker 1: he's more of a pure runner. I mean again, I

1126
01:02:19,240 --> 01:02:21,280
Speaker 1: don't know if at this point you'd say he's a

1127
01:02:21,360 --> 01:02:26,240
Speaker 1: true volume back, although his running style fits that. He's aggressive,

1128
01:02:26,360 --> 01:02:29,960
Speaker 1: he's physical, he's competitive, he's a downhill runner, he's got

1129
01:02:30,120 --> 01:02:34,480
Speaker 1: natural power, he's got strong finishing traits, he gets hard yards.

1130
01:02:34,960 --> 01:02:37,440
Speaker 1: I mean, as you said, Chris, he came out of

1131
01:02:39,080 --> 01:02:41,280
Speaker 1: I'm forgetting where he's from exactly, but he was the

1132
01:02:41,520 --> 01:02:44,880
Speaker 1: he was a consensus five star recruit and the number

1133
01:02:44,920 --> 01:02:47,560
Speaker 1: one running back nationally, but he had I think he

1134
01:02:47,680 --> 01:02:50,000
Speaker 1: might have had three ACL injuries. I think, if I'm

1135
01:02:50,040 --> 01:02:56,160
Speaker 1: not mistaken out of North Carolina, Yeah, that's right, North Carolina,

1136
01:02:57,400 --> 01:02:59,600
Speaker 1: you know. But because of that, and because Georgia does

1137
01:02:59,680 --> 01:03:02,120
Speaker 1: get five stars, he didn't have one game in twenty

1138
01:03:02,200 --> 01:03:04,280
Speaker 1: twenty one, on which he had twenty carries. He only

1139
01:03:04,360 --> 01:03:06,480
Speaker 1: had two games in twenty twenty in which he had

1140
01:03:06,520 --> 01:03:09,440
Speaker 1: twenty carries. So he was never used as a volume

1141
01:03:09,520 --> 01:03:13,520
Speaker 1: runner simply because they get five stars every year. But

1142
01:03:13,720 --> 01:03:16,680
Speaker 1: like I said, stylistically, he is that kind of guy.

1143
01:03:18,840 --> 01:03:23,240
Speaker 1: I think he's really competitively tough, he's got power. I

1144
01:03:23,320 --> 01:03:26,960
Speaker 1: don't know if he's if he's a foundation back anyway,

1145
01:03:27,280 --> 01:03:31,720
Speaker 1: just stylistically, although I do like the back, so again

1146
01:03:31,920 --> 01:03:34,640
Speaker 1: you know he's he's not He's not going to be

1147
01:03:34,680 --> 01:03:37,040
Speaker 1: a first round pick. That I can tell you for sure. Yeah,

1148
01:03:37,120 --> 01:03:39,040
Speaker 1: he's like he's like a one cut and go guy,

1149
01:03:39,200 --> 01:03:44,040
Speaker 1: right like correct, correct, He's very decisive. He can run

1150
01:03:44,120 --> 01:03:48,040
Speaker 1: in both zone and gap scheme. There's no hesitation, no uncertainty.

1151
01:03:48,120 --> 01:03:50,320
Speaker 1: He sees it and he goes and it's two acl

1152
01:03:50,400 --> 01:03:52,360
Speaker 1: tare's not three. He strikes me as a guy that

1153
01:03:52,440 --> 01:03:54,960
Speaker 1: would fit into Kyle Shanton. Not I than anybody wouldn't,

1154
01:03:55,000 --> 01:03:57,840
Speaker 1: but Kyle Shanahan's zone scheme kind of thing where he cut,

1155
01:03:58,000 --> 01:04:01,800
Speaker 1: cut up, make one cut and hit go vertical. Yeah

1156
01:04:01,920 --> 01:04:04,880
Speaker 1: right yeah, that's kind and he and he gets hard yards.

1157
01:04:04,920 --> 01:04:06,880
Speaker 1: I mean, he's one of those backs. He does not

1158
01:04:07,040 --> 01:04:09,480
Speaker 1: go down easy, and he gets the tough yards. All right,

1159
01:04:09,520 --> 01:04:13,280
Speaker 1: let's let's talk about running back out of BYU Tyler

1160
01:04:13,320 --> 01:04:14,960
Speaker 1: And I'm not sure how you say his name, al

1161
01:04:15,040 --> 01:04:22,960
Speaker 1: gear Aler Tyler Alsier. What about him? So he's done? Um, yeah,

1162
01:04:23,040 --> 01:04:26,880
Speaker 1: he's he's a big back. He's two hundred and twenty

1163
01:04:26,920 --> 01:04:31,000
Speaker 1: five pounds. Um. I would say he's a really good

1164
01:04:31,160 --> 01:04:34,200
Speaker 1: zone runner. That's predominantly what he did at b YU.

1165
01:04:34,600 --> 01:04:36,880
Speaker 1: I thought he had a pretty subtle, nuanced field for

1166
01:04:36,960 --> 01:04:41,040
Speaker 1: the zone run game. He's patient, he's disciplined, he's efficient,

1167
01:04:41,440 --> 01:04:44,520
Speaker 1: he's got good vision. He's a pace and tempo runner.

1168
01:04:44,720 --> 01:04:47,400
Speaker 1: He sort of waits to see it all happen. Um,

1169
01:04:48,800 --> 01:04:51,560
Speaker 1: he's a pretty good back. Um. I'd say at his

1170
01:04:51,680 --> 01:04:55,400
Speaker 1: core he's a downhill north south runner. Um. He's kind

1171
01:04:55,440 --> 01:05:00,720
Speaker 1: of smooth and subtlely uh, subtle in his lateral movement.

1172
01:05:00,800 --> 01:05:04,120
Speaker 1: He's not really a shifty guy. But you might even

1173
01:05:04,160 --> 01:05:08,560
Speaker 1: say it's a little tight hip. But I'm curious as

1174
01:05:08,640 --> 01:05:10,760
Speaker 1: to where he gets drafted and how he's seen in

1175
01:05:10,840 --> 01:05:14,320
Speaker 1: the NFL. You know who he struck me as he

1176
01:05:14,400 --> 01:05:17,080
Speaker 1: struck me as a Jordan Howard kind of back. And

1177
01:05:17,200 --> 01:05:19,000
Speaker 1: you know Jordan Howard did have his first two years

1178
01:05:19,040 --> 01:05:21,520
Speaker 1: in Chicago where he was a feature back and gained

1179
01:05:21,560 --> 01:05:24,720
Speaker 1: over a thousand yards. Another back that came to mind

1180
01:05:24,760 --> 01:05:28,120
Speaker 1: when I watched Tyler Rowle's year was the backup in Minnesota,

1181
01:05:28,320 --> 01:05:30,720
Speaker 1: Alexander Madison, who was a third round pick at a

1182
01:05:30,760 --> 01:05:33,440
Speaker 1: Boise State. Tyler les year kind of reminds me of

1183
01:05:33,520 --> 01:05:36,439
Speaker 1: those kinds of backs. Yeah, he's not an elusive guy,

1184
01:05:36,760 --> 01:05:39,360
Speaker 1: and evidence of that is, like I think it's over

1185
01:05:39,480 --> 01:05:43,040
Speaker 1: seventy percent of his rushing yardage this past season came

1186
01:05:43,200 --> 01:05:49,040
Speaker 1: after contact, so that's both good and maybe bad. Um right,

1187
01:05:50,480 --> 01:05:53,600
Speaker 1: And he was a big time foundation back at b YU.

1188
01:05:53,960 --> 01:05:56,240
Speaker 1: I mean he had eight games in this past season

1189
01:05:56,320 --> 01:06:00,440
Speaker 1: with more than twenty carries. And then Brian Robinson Junior,

1190
01:06:00,560 --> 01:06:05,720
Speaker 1: the Alabama kid. Um, Yeah, you know, tall kid, but

1191
01:06:06,040 --> 01:06:10,080
Speaker 1: I I like the way he accelerates through holes. That's

1192
01:06:10,120 --> 01:06:14,360
Speaker 1: what kind of I noticed about him. He was one

1193
01:06:14,400 --> 01:06:16,439
Speaker 1: of those guys. The more I watched, the more I liked.

1194
01:06:16,480 --> 01:06:18,480
Speaker 1: And I watched a lot of tape because I actually

1195
01:06:18,480 --> 01:06:20,880
Speaker 1: watched every single one of his runs in twenty twenty

1196
01:06:20,880 --> 01:06:22,480
Speaker 1: because I think he only had ninety three of them

1197
01:06:22,720 --> 01:06:24,360
Speaker 1: and a ton of them from this year because I

1198
01:06:24,440 --> 01:06:26,840
Speaker 1: of course I saw a ton of Alabama. You know,

1199
01:06:26,880 --> 01:06:28,560
Speaker 1: there are another team that has, you know, a hundred

1200
01:06:28,560 --> 01:06:33,000
Speaker 1: guys that come out every year. I really like this kid.

1201
01:06:33,120 --> 01:06:36,080
Speaker 1: I mean, I think that he's he's urgent, he's physical,

1202
01:06:36,200 --> 01:06:40,160
Speaker 1: he's competitive, he runs with velocity and power. Another guy

1203
01:06:40,240 --> 01:06:42,760
Speaker 1: that gains hard yards. But there's also a little bit

1204
01:06:42,800 --> 01:06:45,640
Speaker 1: of a looseness to his running style. Like I don't

1205
01:06:45,680 --> 01:06:48,680
Speaker 1: know if I call him naturally shifty in that sense,

1206
01:06:49,120 --> 01:06:53,240
Speaker 1: but he's he's kind of loose. He can stop and start,

1207
01:06:53,560 --> 01:06:57,440
Speaker 1: he can change direction. Um, and he's a good blocker,

1208
01:06:57,520 --> 01:07:00,680
Speaker 1: and he caught the ball. I like him maybe more

1209
01:07:00,760 --> 01:07:04,480
Speaker 1: than others do. Again, not saying where he'll get drafted,

1210
01:07:05,280 --> 01:07:08,160
Speaker 1: but I like Brian Robinson, and I would imagine having

1211
01:07:08,240 --> 01:07:11,360
Speaker 1: been in Alabama for what five years, I believe that

1212
01:07:11,560 --> 01:07:14,680
Speaker 1: he's probably pretty well schooled in a lot of the

1213
01:07:15,120 --> 01:07:18,800
Speaker 1: details of the game. Yeah, and he Now some people

1214
01:07:18,880 --> 01:07:21,640
Speaker 1: have said that he kind of runs upright because he

1215
01:07:21,800 --> 01:07:23,800
Speaker 1: is so tall. I think it's more because he's tall

1216
01:07:23,840 --> 01:07:26,400
Speaker 1: that it looks like he's running upright. What is there

1217
01:07:26,440 --> 01:07:29,800
Speaker 1: a concern there about being exposed to bigger hits because

1218
01:07:29,840 --> 01:07:34,120
Speaker 1: of that? Um? I mean I guess you can always

1219
01:07:34,240 --> 01:07:36,640
Speaker 1: say that, but I don't think he was an upright

1220
01:07:36,720 --> 01:07:39,320
Speaker 1: runner the way we think of upright runners, like. I

1221
01:07:39,400 --> 01:07:41,880
Speaker 1: don't think he's Eric Dickerson upright, you know what I mean.

1222
01:07:42,320 --> 01:07:45,000
Speaker 1: I don't think he's that kind of upright. Um. You

1223
01:07:45,080 --> 01:07:47,400
Speaker 1: could always say that about a taller back just because

1224
01:07:47,400 --> 01:07:50,760
Speaker 1: they're taller, but I don't think he ran straight up. Yeah.

1225
01:07:50,760 --> 01:07:52,840
Speaker 1: I mean they used to say that about Adrian Peterson too,

1226
01:07:53,200 --> 01:07:55,240
Speaker 1: because the guy was six three. Yeah they did, Yeah,

1227
01:07:55,360 --> 01:07:58,360
Speaker 1: yeah they did. I mean even seeing these highlights, even

1228
01:07:58,400 --> 01:08:01,440
Speaker 1: seeing these highlights, he doesn't. He never looked to me

1229
01:08:01,680 --> 01:08:04,280
Speaker 1: watching his tape where I felt like, oh man, this

1230
01:08:04,360 --> 01:08:08,040
Speaker 1: guy's tall. He doesn't run like that, right, all right?

1231
01:08:08,120 --> 01:08:09,680
Speaker 1: Last one for me, the last running back ron to

1232
01:08:09,680 --> 01:08:12,040
Speaker 1: talk about. Running back Kyran Williams, a Nunner name kid,

1233
01:08:12,800 --> 01:08:15,400
Speaker 1: head of thousand, just over a thousand yards this last season,

1234
01:08:15,520 --> 01:08:20,080
Speaker 1: fourteen touchdowns. What do you see about him? Yeah, I'll

1235
01:08:20,160 --> 01:08:24,080
Speaker 1: make a comparison that I think fits perfectly and people

1236
01:08:24,120 --> 01:08:26,880
Speaker 1: in Buffalo will understand immediately. I think he's James White.

1237
01:08:27,560 --> 01:08:30,120
Speaker 1: I don't think he's an NFL back in terms of

1238
01:08:30,520 --> 01:08:32,760
Speaker 1: you know, cannying him the ball a lot. There's not

1239
01:08:32,840 --> 01:08:34,439
Speaker 1: a lot of juice to him. He's kind of an

1240
01:08:34,479 --> 01:08:38,599
Speaker 1: inside grinder. He's very competitive, very physical, but he's five

1241
01:08:38,760 --> 01:08:41,840
Speaker 1: nine in a quarter one ninety four. Now you can

1242
01:08:41,960 --> 01:08:45,679
Speaker 1: make the argument that in an offense where the back

1243
01:08:45,880 --> 01:08:49,760
Speaker 1: theoretically will not be featured as as the runner, you

1244
01:08:49,840 --> 01:08:53,479
Speaker 1: could make the argument that he could be maybe Austin

1245
01:08:53,560 --> 01:08:56,280
Speaker 1: Echol like with the Chargers, because Echo is probably not

1246
01:08:56,320 --> 01:08:58,240
Speaker 1: going to get two hundred and fifty carries. But I

1247
01:08:58,320 --> 01:09:00,560
Speaker 1: think when all's said and done, because Williams is a

1248
01:09:00,760 --> 01:09:04,679
Speaker 1: big time blocker and a really good receiver, I think

1249
01:09:04,760 --> 01:09:07,840
Speaker 1: then you can say that he's He's James White. That is,

1250
01:09:07,920 --> 01:09:10,799
Speaker 1: to me who I thought of when I finished watching

1251
01:09:11,040 --> 01:09:13,960
Speaker 1: uh Kirran Williams. Yeah. The thing I like about him

1252
01:09:14,000 --> 01:09:16,280
Speaker 1: the most, Greg is, I don't know what it is.

1253
01:09:16,400 --> 01:09:20,320
Speaker 1: He seems to have this knack for maximizing the yardage

1254
01:09:20,360 --> 01:09:24,559
Speaker 1: on just about every time he touches the football. Yeah,

1255
01:09:24,640 --> 01:09:27,160
Speaker 1: he does. And and again the fact that he lacks

1256
01:09:27,240 --> 01:09:31,120
Speaker 1: juice an explosiveness is not a big big factor. He's

1257
01:09:31,120 --> 01:09:34,280
Speaker 1: a really good football player, He's just not good enough

1258
01:09:34,360 --> 01:09:37,880
Speaker 1: to be that guy. But if it's Buffalo, he doesn't

1259
01:09:37,880 --> 01:09:39,960
Speaker 1: have to be that guy. He's not going to be

1260
01:09:40,000 --> 01:09:41,840
Speaker 1: a high pick. Yeah, yeah, he's not going to be

1261
01:09:41,840 --> 01:09:44,800
Speaker 1: a high pick because he's five nine ninety four and

1262
01:09:44,880 --> 01:09:47,040
Speaker 1: he ran a four six five and his ten yards

1263
01:09:47,040 --> 01:09:49,120
Speaker 1: split was awful and you know, as far as running

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Speaker 1: backs go, so he's not going to be a high pick,

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Speaker 1: although he's a very good football player, right Greg, good

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Speaker 1: stuff has always appreciate it, Enjoy the draft, and U

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Speaker 1: you know, I guess we'll find out what the heck's

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Speaker 1: happened in at twenty five and about you know a

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Speaker 1: little under early week we probably will. I'm just looking forward,

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Speaker 1: guys to when the draft is over and I can,

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Speaker 1: you know, actually maybe get a day off. I don't

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Speaker 1: think I've had a day Austins about August tenth. Yeah, well,

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Speaker 1: keep grinding, as they say, Greg, that's thanks. Always appreciate

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Speaker 1: the time, all right, guys, thanks all right. That senior

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Speaker 1: NFL producer Greg Kosell joining us breaking down the running backs.

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Speaker 1: I will say, Steve Um, I like Brian Robinson Junior

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Speaker 1: also much like Greg does um. James Cook though, to me,

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Speaker 1: is a guy that looks like he fits now. There

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Speaker 1: are knocks on James Cook two as far as his

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Speaker 1: skill sets concerned us. As Greg said, he's not a

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Speaker 1: big guy. He's five eleven, one ninety nine, so he

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Speaker 1: just doesn't have the power behind his pant. He's not

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Speaker 1: going to push the hile. You know, he's kind of

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Speaker 1: a boundary kind of guy to get him. You know what.

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Speaker 1: You know what I see when I see I see

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Speaker 1: a guy with the ball in his hands. He is

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Speaker 1: an athlete. Oh well, he's an He's an incredibly balanced guy.

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Speaker 1: You see right there, the highlight we're looking at right now,

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01:11:13,560 --> 01:11:15,639
Speaker 1: the guy puts his hand on the ground in traffic

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Speaker 1: and keeps his feet and gets to the end zone. Um,

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Speaker 1: very shit can change direction. He looks like a small

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Speaker 1: running back, one of those really shifty guys that can

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Speaker 1: run routes. Um, you know he see him in these highlights.

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Speaker 1: He catches a couple of routes. Mostly they're the same route. Um,

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01:11:32,000 --> 01:11:33,920
Speaker 1: just an out just like a flat route over the

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Speaker 1: corner or a circle route. But they would they would

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Speaker 1: split him out wide. If people want to see him

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Speaker 1: as a receiver, they should watch the Tennessee game. George

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Speaker 1: against Tennessee. They got him in the red zone. He's

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Speaker 1: all the way outside. He's outside the numbers. Yeah. See,

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Speaker 1: I love that about him, and I think that's an

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Speaker 1: important trait. Ran a four four two that's plenty fast enough. Yeah,

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01:11:55,720 --> 01:11:58,760
Speaker 1: that's and so I think his athleticism would like see

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Speaker 1: on tape plus he's Bloseph. You know, he's got some

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Speaker 1: speed and he gets from zero to sixty, you know quick,

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Speaker 1: And that's he reminds me, and he said he's not

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Speaker 1: quite an Alvin Kamara mole, but that's what he looks

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Speaker 1: like to me when he's playing at the lower level

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Speaker 1: in the you know, a Power five conference there at Georgia,

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Speaker 1: he looks like an Alvin Kamara type of guy. Catches

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Speaker 1: the ball well, runs well through traffic, seems fearless with

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Speaker 1: the ball in his hands. He's not a big guy,

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Speaker 1: but he's certainly a willing guy that runs up into contact. Yeah.

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Speaker 1: I like that. And he may be there, oh, I

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01:12:37,080 --> 01:12:39,519
Speaker 1: think he'll definitely be there in round two and round two,

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Speaker 1: he'll probably possibly round possibly, he might get him at

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Speaker 1: fifty eighty ninth, at the eighty ninth pick. If you

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Speaker 1: get him there, I think he's a guy that will

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Speaker 1: I think he can carve out a spot in the

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Speaker 1: offense that gives you a skill set that you don't have.

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Speaker 1: I would agree, because I don't think because just for

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Speaker 1: this reason, like he's got like Isam McKenzie's probably faster

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Speaker 1: than he is and can catch the ball and run routes,

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Speaker 1: probably a little better than he's ready to at least

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Speaker 1: at this point. But you can't line quick feet. But

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Speaker 1: you can't line Isam McKenzie up in the backfield and

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01:13:13,520 --> 01:13:15,320
Speaker 1: feel like the defense is gonna believe you're gonna hand

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Speaker 1: it off to him. A guy like Cook, This kid

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Speaker 1: Cook is a running back. They'll believe you hand him

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Speaker 1: the ball, and that gives them an element of a

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Speaker 1: different defensive check that they're gonna go to when Cook

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Speaker 1: is in the backfield rather than Isam McKenzie. There are

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Speaker 1: more opportunities in this era of the NFL for guys

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01:13:36,600 --> 01:13:40,639
Speaker 1: like him. Thirty years ago, this guy would be taken

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Speaker 1: in the fifth or sixth round because he's a complimentary

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Speaker 1: back that's only going to come on the field on

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Speaker 1: third down, catch a few passes, you know what I mean.

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01:13:48,600 --> 01:13:52,360
Speaker 1: And now, with the way this league throws the football,

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01:13:52,600 --> 01:13:54,439
Speaker 1: you can be a complimentary back and there are more

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01:13:54,479 --> 01:13:57,600
Speaker 1: opportunities across the league for It's why Marshall Fulk was

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01:13:57,640 --> 01:13:59,479
Speaker 1: so ahead of his time. Thurman was such a great

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01:13:59,560 --> 01:14:01,719
Speaker 1: fine for the Buffalo Bills. When they pick Thurman Thomas

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01:14:01,760 --> 01:14:03,200
Speaker 1: in the first pick of the second round or the

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01:14:03,240 --> 01:14:05,960
Speaker 1: second pick of the second round, they came out he's

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01:14:05,960 --> 01:14:09,439
Speaker 1: a really good runner, obviously, and everybody knew it. But

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01:14:09,600 --> 01:14:11,559
Speaker 1: then they get him on the field and we're splitting

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01:14:11,600 --> 01:14:14,439
Speaker 1: him out and he's running routes and he's catching the

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Speaker 1: ball well, and and that's something that was a little

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01:14:17,479 --> 01:14:19,600
Speaker 1: that's way ahead of his time. Then Marshall Fulk comes in,

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01:14:19,720 --> 01:14:22,000
Speaker 1: he's doing it Lyadiinian Tomlin comes in, he's doing it.

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01:14:23,080 --> 01:14:26,000
Speaker 1: It is a guy And now the league is even built,

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01:14:26,200 --> 01:14:28,840
Speaker 1: in my opinion, even more so for guys who are

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01:14:28,960 --> 01:14:32,560
Speaker 1: hybrids Deebo Samuel's. And it goes one way, and it

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01:14:32,560 --> 01:14:34,519
Speaker 1: would be the same for like an Alvin Kamara the

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01:14:34,600 --> 01:14:37,800
Speaker 1: other way, positionless player. Just get him out there and

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01:14:38,080 --> 01:14:39,920
Speaker 1: get find a way to get the matchup you want

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01:14:39,960 --> 01:14:41,800
Speaker 1: and get the ball to him. The only thing this

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01:14:42,000 --> 01:14:45,240
Speaker 1: is where Cook is. We're considering that's where he would fit. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: And by no means are we saying James Cook is

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01:14:48,160 --> 01:14:51,519
Speaker 1: like Thurman. I would say the one place where James

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01:14:51,600 --> 01:14:55,000
Speaker 1: Cook does not measure up to Thurman even remotely close

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01:14:56,000 --> 01:14:58,400
Speaker 1: is in pass protection. Thurman was excellent at that as

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01:14:58,439 --> 01:15:01,120
Speaker 1: we know, and James Cook is a little light in

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01:15:01,160 --> 01:15:06,439
Speaker 1: the pants, and well, yeah, he has trouble holding up

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01:15:06,479 --> 01:15:08,920
Speaker 1: in there. And I don't know if that's his role.

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01:15:09,040 --> 01:15:12,240
Speaker 1: His role is to split him out wide or get

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01:15:12,360 --> 01:15:15,120
Speaker 1: him on a toss, play right and get to the outside.

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01:15:15,560 --> 01:15:18,120
Speaker 1: Could use that four or four two speed for where

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01:15:18,160 --> 01:15:20,160
Speaker 1: it's going to help you more. Don't ask him to

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01:15:20,240 --> 01:15:23,800
Speaker 1: stand in there and pick up a blitzing linebacker. Well, yeah,

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Speaker 1: that and that's that's on the coaches. I mean, you

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01:15:26,000 --> 01:15:28,160
Speaker 1: got to you gotta know his capabilities and play to

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01:15:28,200 --> 01:15:30,040
Speaker 1: his strength. I mean, that's that's the way it aways is.

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01:15:30,120 --> 01:15:31,720
Speaker 1: But and they do a good job of that. I

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01:15:31,800 --> 01:15:34,040
Speaker 1: think if you're talking about a running back, that's the

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01:15:34,200 --> 01:15:38,120
Speaker 1: kind of guy that would really slide in and have

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01:15:38,240 --> 01:15:40,960
Speaker 1: a chance to contribute quick. Yeah, have a role, right, Yeah,

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01:15:41,360 --> 01:15:43,439
Speaker 1: all right, we gotta take a break here. When we

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Speaker 1: come back, we will take a look at the O

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Speaker 1: b L Fan Friday mail bag. We'll see what questions

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01:15:48,760 --> 01:15:51,479
Speaker 1: you sent us on Twitter at one Bills Live and

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01:15:51,560 --> 01:15:53,679
Speaker 1: any phone calls at eight O three oh five fifty

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Speaker 1: back in a moment here on One Bill's Line, presented

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Speaker 1: by Collid to health, It's Buffalo Bills Radio. All right,

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01:16:13,640 --> 01:16:16,479
Speaker 1: welcome back to One Bills Live. Chris Brown, Steve Tasker

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01:16:16,560 --> 01:16:20,760
Speaker 1: with you. Time to take a look inside the fan

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Speaker 1: Friday mailbag. And first question on the docket, Steve from Scott,

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01:16:29,080 --> 01:16:32,240
Speaker 1: when are you going to present the viewers the obi

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01:16:32,439 --> 01:16:34,840
Speaker 1: L mock draft. You could do it live on the air.

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01:16:34,960 --> 01:16:38,760
Speaker 1: Get all involved, Brownie Tasker, Maddie Jay, etc. Could be

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01:16:39,000 --> 01:16:41,240
Speaker 1: just Bills picks or just round one. Let's have some

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01:16:41,360 --> 01:16:44,680
Speaker 1: fun with it. Go Bills. Wish we could. We are

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01:16:44,760 --> 01:16:51,160
Speaker 1: prohibited from doing so what can you say? Company policy

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01:16:51,360 --> 01:16:54,960
Speaker 1: rules or rules? No mock drafts here are permitted. So

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01:16:56,840 --> 01:17:03,200
Speaker 1: unfortunately something we cannot do. Fortunately, I'm thinking fortunately it

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01:17:03,280 --> 01:17:07,559
Speaker 1: does take a lot of work. I used to do them. Yeah, yeah,

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01:17:07,800 --> 01:17:10,960
Speaker 1: and we're all throwing darts anyway. It would be fun,

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01:17:11,120 --> 01:17:16,960
Speaker 1: I agree, But yeah, against the rules here. Number two

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Speaker 1: from Beth. With the recent changes to the inductees of

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Speaker 1: the Pro Football Hall of Fame, does this make Tasker eligible?

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01:17:25,880 --> 01:17:28,560
Speaker 1: Tasker is eligible no matter what he is now a

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01:17:28,720 --> 01:17:31,719
Speaker 1: senior committee nominee as he is no longer a modern

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01:17:31,800 --> 01:17:36,080
Speaker 1: era candidate. And in case those of you that did

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01:17:36,160 --> 01:17:40,600
Speaker 1: not hear, the Pro Football Hall of Fame has increased

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01:17:41,280 --> 01:17:48,400
Speaker 1: the number of Senior Committee candidates two three. It's up

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01:17:48,479 --> 01:17:52,960
Speaker 1: from two. Usually they present two as finalists every year

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01:17:53,439 --> 01:17:57,400
Speaker 1: for the upcoming induction class for consideration for induction. Now

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01:17:57,520 --> 01:18:01,240
Speaker 1: that number has been increased from two to three. So,

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01:18:01,960 --> 01:18:04,479
Speaker 1: Steve and your first year of eligibility as a member

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Speaker 1: as a consideration for the Seniors Committee, do you feel

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01:18:09,640 --> 01:18:11,880
Speaker 1: old with me saying that, I'm sorry I felt old

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01:18:11,920 --> 01:18:15,160
Speaker 1: when my birthday we had by the way, I felt

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01:18:15,200 --> 01:18:17,040
Speaker 1: old on my birthday party last night. We had a

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Speaker 1: party last night, a surprise party last night for me. Yeah,

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01:18:20,640 --> 01:18:23,200
Speaker 1: and Brownie was there, all the guys were here, were there,

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01:18:23,240 --> 01:18:25,200
Speaker 1: And yeah, yeah I did feel old. I do feel old.

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01:18:26,760 --> 01:18:28,840
Speaker 1: But hey, it's good news for you. The pool just

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01:18:28,960 --> 01:18:34,560
Speaker 1: got bigger. So but the bottom line is, it's not

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01:18:34,640 --> 01:18:37,920
Speaker 1: a question of eligibility for Steve. It's a question of induction.

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01:18:38,400 --> 01:18:42,000
Speaker 1: And I think with an extra Senior Committee nominee being

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01:18:42,120 --> 01:18:46,599
Speaker 1: presented to the finalists list every year, that certainly helps

1422
01:18:46,600 --> 01:18:50,679
Speaker 1: Steve's odds. So yes, it is good News, Nick, thank

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01:18:50,720 --> 01:18:53,799
Speaker 1: you for that. On the o b L Fan Friday

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01:18:53,920 --> 01:18:57,000
Speaker 1: mail bag, asks how about we trade a for every

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01:18:57,040 --> 01:18:59,639
Speaker 1: single draft pick we own this year plus our first

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01:18:59,680 --> 01:19:02,599
Speaker 1: pick next year, and trade with Houston for pick number

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01:19:02,640 --> 01:19:05,760
Speaker 1: three and draft Sauce Gardner. Yes, we'd be sacrificing an

1428
01:19:05,880 --> 01:19:07,559
Speaker 1: entire draft, but we'd end up with the best, most

1429
01:19:07,600 --> 01:19:09,880
Speaker 1: complete roster in the history of the NFL. Nick, you're

1430
01:19:09,880 --> 01:19:14,360
Speaker 1: out of your mind. Yeah, you're out of your mind.

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01:19:14,479 --> 01:19:16,600
Speaker 1: The whole draft for third pick. You don't need to

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01:19:16,640 --> 01:19:18,960
Speaker 1: do that, and the first round next year. Yeah, don't

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01:19:18,960 --> 01:19:21,720
Speaker 1: do that. Just draft. Just give them all you could

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01:19:21,760 --> 01:19:23,599
Speaker 1: probably for all the picks they have got this year,

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01:19:25,160 --> 01:19:27,080
Speaker 1: you might be able to get. Nah, you could even

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01:19:27,120 --> 01:19:29,880
Speaker 1: get up there with that with a value draft. I

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01:19:30,360 --> 01:19:33,880
Speaker 1: don't now. Houston does have two picks. They picked three

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01:19:33,880 --> 01:19:37,960
Speaker 1: and thirteen, so they'd have thirteen twenty five they oh

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01:19:38,040 --> 01:19:41,240
Speaker 1: my gosh, they'd have so many picks. Yeah, I don't

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01:19:41,320 --> 01:19:48,360
Speaker 1: think you do that. Let's let's remember the last time

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01:19:48,479 --> 01:19:53,400
Speaker 1: that happened. The New Orleans Saints gave up their entire

1442
01:19:53,520 --> 01:20:00,240
Speaker 1: draft for the right to pick Ricky Williams. Right if Yeah,

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01:20:00,320 --> 01:20:04,200
Speaker 1: Ricky Williams was not the right guy so and and

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01:20:05,360 --> 01:20:08,200
Speaker 1: Mike Ditka, who's the head coach in New Orleans at

1445
01:20:08,240 --> 01:20:14,400
Speaker 1: that point, was not as engaged as a head coach

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01:20:14,600 --> 01:20:16,080
Speaker 1: as much as he was when he was with the

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01:20:16,160 --> 01:20:18,640
Speaker 1: Chicago Bears. And he would say he told you, he

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01:20:18,760 --> 01:20:20,800
Speaker 1: told people point blank, the Bears job was the only

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01:20:20,880 --> 01:20:23,479
Speaker 1: job he ever wanted. Now he took the Saints job

1450
01:20:23,720 --> 01:20:25,559
Speaker 1: and was going to give them some stability and all

1451
01:20:25,600 --> 01:20:30,280
Speaker 1: of that, but incredibility and all that. But you know,

1452
01:20:31,320 --> 01:20:34,280
Speaker 1: it was a mistake. They did it. They sold some

1453
01:20:34,400 --> 01:20:38,200
Speaker 1: tickets because of it, but they were a worse football

1454
01:20:38,240 --> 01:20:41,280
Speaker 1: team because of it. Right he was, And think about

1455
01:20:41,280 --> 01:20:43,560
Speaker 1: this short period of time there. Moved on and was

1456
01:20:43,640 --> 01:20:46,599
Speaker 1: productive in Miami for a period also, and then kind

1457
01:20:46,640 --> 01:20:50,160
Speaker 1: of went off the rails. Think about this too, and

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01:20:50,560 --> 01:20:52,640
Speaker 1: a little bit of it is maybe sauce Gardner is

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01:20:52,720 --> 01:20:54,840
Speaker 1: that is a great player. He will be a great player,

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01:20:54,880 --> 01:20:57,040
Speaker 1: and there's no reason to think he won't be. Think

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Speaker 1: about how it changes the expectations surrounding sauce Gardner in

1462
01:21:01,160 --> 01:21:04,519
Speaker 1: the attention he's going to get as a young player

1463
01:21:05,000 --> 01:21:09,760
Speaker 1: coming in where a team actually traded six other seven

1464
01:21:09,800 --> 01:21:12,320
Speaker 1: other picks just to get him. There's a lot of

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01:21:12,360 --> 01:21:14,760
Speaker 1: pressure on a kid, even if he is a great

1466
01:21:14,800 --> 01:21:18,519
Speaker 1: player like Sauce Gardner's going to be, it gets in

1467
01:21:18,600 --> 01:21:22,760
Speaker 1: the way of him just being a player, being a guy.

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01:21:22,920 --> 01:21:26,720
Speaker 1: You know, it almost makes it impossible for him to

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01:21:26,760 --> 01:21:29,200
Speaker 1: be himself. And I would I would say that it

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Speaker 1: would be While it may be worth it in a vacuum,

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01:21:33,360 --> 01:21:35,920
Speaker 1: what that would do to Sauce Gardner and the expectations,

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01:21:35,960 --> 01:21:37,479
Speaker 1: and what it would mean to the roster and the

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01:21:37,560 --> 01:21:40,920
Speaker 1: team and how he was perceived by his peers, it

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01:21:40,920 --> 01:21:45,280
Speaker 1: would almost sabotage the entire effort. Am I making sense? Yeah?

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01:21:45,800 --> 01:21:49,640
Speaker 1: I mean it changes the perception of Sauce Gardener for

1476
01:21:49,760 --> 01:21:52,880
Speaker 1: his entire career. He'll never you know, he'll never out

1477
01:21:52,960 --> 01:21:55,479
Speaker 1: get out from underneath the pressure of having an entire

1478
01:21:55,600 --> 01:21:58,639
Speaker 1: draft class traded for him, And I think that would

1479
01:21:59,439 --> 01:22:01,360
Speaker 1: hurt him him and his chances of being the great

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01:22:01,400 --> 01:22:04,200
Speaker 1: player you want him to be, even if you believe

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01:22:04,240 --> 01:22:09,960
Speaker 1: he could be. So I see that side of the

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01:22:10,040 --> 01:22:14,120
Speaker 1: coin more so than I see the fact that you're

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01:22:14,120 --> 01:22:16,280
Speaker 1: actually gonna get a guy who's gonna start plug him in,

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01:22:16,439 --> 01:22:19,360
Speaker 1: play him go. I get all that, but then again,

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01:22:19,479 --> 01:22:21,800
Speaker 1: you know, there's it's the NFL, and you know, he

1486
01:22:21,880 --> 01:22:24,599
Speaker 1: steps off the curb at training camp, cracks his ankle,

1487
01:22:25,320 --> 01:22:28,000
Speaker 1: and you lose him, and now you have zero draft

1488
01:22:28,080 --> 01:22:31,479
Speaker 1: picks on your roster. Yeah, and he's on IR But

1489
01:22:32,000 --> 01:22:34,320
Speaker 1: you know, there's just too many things that can go

1490
01:22:34,439 --> 01:22:35,960
Speaker 1: wrong with it. And I think a lot of them

1491
01:22:36,040 --> 01:22:37,519
Speaker 1: don't even have to do with football. They have to

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01:22:37,560 --> 01:22:39,280
Speaker 1: do with what that would do to a guy who

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01:22:39,400 --> 01:22:41,519
Speaker 1: got who was in the middle of a trade of

1494
01:22:41,560 --> 01:22:47,439
Speaker 1: that nature. From Joe in the OBL fan mail bag,

1495
01:22:47,960 --> 01:22:50,000
Speaker 1: I don't exactly know when to call in and ask

1496
01:22:50,080 --> 01:22:52,920
Speaker 1: the question. Today's talk was about running backs. What about

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01:22:53,040 --> 01:22:56,920
Speaker 1: Rashad White in like the third round out of Arizona State,

1498
01:22:57,360 --> 01:22:59,800
Speaker 1: six two, two hundred ten pounds, patient runner, good hands,

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01:23:00,120 --> 01:23:05,720
Speaker 1: good yards after catch, contact catch, good blocker thoughts. I

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01:23:06,000 --> 01:23:09,960
Speaker 1: don't know that he's very good at blocking. He's I know,

1501
01:23:10,080 --> 01:23:15,120
Speaker 1: he's six foot and two fourteen, but he's kind of

1502
01:23:15,280 --> 01:23:20,680
Speaker 1: got lean muscle definition throughout his frame. It's not a

1503
01:23:20,800 --> 01:23:23,080
Speaker 1: pact on two fourteen, if you know what I'm saying.

1504
01:23:23,600 --> 01:23:28,439
Speaker 1: He's kind of long and lean. He's kind of got

1505
01:23:28,520 --> 01:23:32,479
Speaker 1: that jitterbug darting running style Steve, so he can make

1506
01:23:32,560 --> 01:23:36,880
Speaker 1: people miss most definitely. So maybe there is a complimentary

1507
01:23:37,000 --> 01:23:40,000
Speaker 1: role for him somewhere like Buffalo. But I think he's

1508
01:23:40,040 --> 01:23:42,960
Speaker 1: a Day three pick. I don't think he's third round.

1509
01:23:43,000 --> 01:23:44,439
Speaker 1: I think he'll be there in the fourth or even

1510
01:23:44,479 --> 01:23:50,400
Speaker 1: fifth round. Productive player. You know, he has a pass

1511
01:23:50,479 --> 01:23:53,080
Speaker 1: catching background. He had like forty eight targets last year,

1512
01:23:53,920 --> 01:23:59,640
Speaker 1: so you know he's a he's a capable receiver. I

1513
01:23:59,760 --> 01:24:04,320
Speaker 1: think his time speed doesn't always show itself on the

1514
01:24:04,479 --> 01:24:08,280
Speaker 1: field because he does get caught from behind a lot.

1515
01:24:08,400 --> 01:24:10,400
Speaker 1: And he he clocked a four to four eight, which

1516
01:24:10,439 --> 01:24:17,720
Speaker 1: isn't bad. Yeah, he's a little bit of I mean,

1517
01:24:17,760 --> 01:24:19,560
Speaker 1: he doesn't seem like he's runs with a wide like

1518
01:24:19,680 --> 01:24:22,040
Speaker 1: one of these stocky power running backs. No, no, no,

1519
01:24:22,120 --> 01:24:24,000
Speaker 1: because he runs a little bit. He runs a little

1520
01:24:24,040 --> 01:24:27,080
Speaker 1: bit like like Eric Dickerson with his with his real

1521
01:24:27,240 --> 01:24:32,599
Speaker 1: vertical with his feet. He's running like he's running an

1522
01:24:32,640 --> 01:24:34,400
Speaker 1: eight hundred meter run, you know what I mean, he's

1523
01:24:34,439 --> 01:24:39,320
Speaker 1: got that long. Yeah. But I understand why the question

1524
01:24:39,479 --> 01:24:43,280
Speaker 1: is being asked by Joe, because this is a guy

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01:24:43,360 --> 01:24:46,880
Speaker 1: with a pass catching background, and in this offense where

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01:24:47,400 --> 01:24:51,160
Speaker 1: there might be seventeen carries for everybody all together in

1527
01:24:51,240 --> 01:24:54,439
Speaker 1: a game, because you're throwing at forty five times. Maybe

1528
01:24:54,479 --> 01:24:56,960
Speaker 1: this is a late round consideration they lie. I mean

1529
01:24:57,000 --> 01:24:59,120
Speaker 1: at Arizona State, they lined him up in the slot,

1530
01:24:59,520 --> 01:25:01,760
Speaker 1: they line him up out wide. I mean he had

1531
01:25:01,800 --> 01:25:04,640
Speaker 1: opportunities in the passing game where if you like what

1532
01:25:04,800 --> 01:25:08,080
Speaker 1: you see, maybe you think there's a complimentary role for him.

1533
01:25:08,200 --> 01:25:12,720
Speaker 1: I'm not saying up or down. I'm just saying I'll

1534
01:25:12,760 --> 01:25:15,200
Speaker 1: say this. I think he is along the lines of

1535
01:25:15,280 --> 01:25:19,040
Speaker 1: the guys you've got on your roster, Devin Singletary, Zach Moss.

1536
01:25:19,720 --> 01:25:21,679
Speaker 1: And I don't even know that he's Duke Johnson because

1537
01:25:21,720 --> 01:25:24,200
Speaker 1: I don't I don't know if he can probably so

1538
01:25:24,640 --> 01:25:26,240
Speaker 1: I think that's what you're gonna get if you if

1539
01:25:26,280 --> 01:25:29,880
Speaker 1: you get a guy like Rashad White, is more the

1540
01:25:30,000 --> 01:25:33,439
Speaker 1: same and if that's you know, and certainly Devin Singletary

1541
01:25:33,560 --> 01:25:36,040
Speaker 1: was plenty in the last month of the season last year.

1542
01:25:36,120 --> 01:25:38,280
Speaker 1: And if the offensive line is what we expected to

1543
01:25:38,360 --> 01:25:40,880
Speaker 1: be these running any running back you put back there

1544
01:25:40,920 --> 01:25:45,400
Speaker 1: should be should have some space anyway to run. But

1545
01:25:47,880 --> 01:25:51,479
Speaker 1: if you want better results from that position, you're gonna

1546
01:25:51,479 --> 01:25:55,800
Speaker 1: have to draft a guy with some special traits. I

1547
01:25:55,840 --> 01:25:57,599
Speaker 1: don't know if you can even do that at twenty five,

1548
01:25:58,120 --> 01:25:59,320
Speaker 1: and I don't even know if there's a guy in

1549
01:25:59,400 --> 01:26:02,360
Speaker 1: this draft who would stand out like that, you know

1550
01:26:02,400 --> 01:26:05,400
Speaker 1: what I mean? There's Quon Barkley's not in this draft.

1551
01:26:06,320 --> 01:26:08,479
Speaker 1: You know why two K is not in this draft.

1552
01:26:09,120 --> 01:26:14,000
Speaker 1: Adrian Peterson's not in this draft, you know what I mean? Yeah,

1553
01:26:14,040 --> 01:26:18,240
Speaker 1: CJ two ka Um. You know, they're just not in

1554
01:26:18,320 --> 01:26:21,960
Speaker 1: this draft. And I don't even know that they're you know,

1555
01:26:22,600 --> 01:26:26,960
Speaker 1: so I yeah, whoever they draft, they draft them. I

1556
01:26:26,960 --> 01:26:28,599
Speaker 1: don't think they're gonna draft a guy at twenty five.

1557
01:26:28,600 --> 01:26:30,360
Speaker 1: We've been talking about it as if as a possibility,

1558
01:26:30,400 --> 01:26:33,720
Speaker 1: and it is depending on what happens ahead of them,

1559
01:26:33,800 --> 01:26:36,360
Speaker 1: But you know, I just don't think. I think it'll

1560
01:26:36,360 --> 01:26:39,040
Speaker 1: be hard for even the top guys in this draft

1561
01:26:39,080 --> 01:26:41,880
Speaker 1: that we've been talking about. I think it hard for

1562
01:26:41,960 --> 01:26:43,760
Speaker 1: them to step in and just be like this, Wow,

1563
01:26:43,800 --> 01:26:46,360
Speaker 1: I'm glad we got that guy type of player for

1564
01:26:46,400 --> 01:26:49,160
Speaker 1: the Bills. The roster is just too good, it is,

1565
01:26:49,280 --> 01:26:52,360
Speaker 1: and Josh is too important along with Digs and Davis

1566
01:26:52,400 --> 01:26:54,280
Speaker 1: and those guys. And what we need to remember too,

1567
01:26:54,520 --> 01:26:57,719
Speaker 1: is with respected his draft pool, the meat and potatoes

1568
01:26:57,760 --> 01:27:00,400
Speaker 1: of this draft, at least from the x Spurts that

1569
01:27:00,479 --> 01:27:03,480
Speaker 1: have the trained eye for the talent that is available.

1570
01:27:04,320 --> 01:27:06,599
Speaker 1: The meat and potatoes of this draft is between rounds

1571
01:27:06,640 --> 01:27:11,560
Speaker 1: two and four, and it doesn't have elite talent in it.

1572
01:27:11,960 --> 01:27:15,080
Speaker 1: It has very good talent that can help contribute to

1573
01:27:15,160 --> 01:27:18,280
Speaker 1: a roster. Now you put that on a roster like this,

1574
01:27:19,520 --> 01:27:22,160
Speaker 1: it's probably a little harder to contribute right away. But

1575
01:27:22,360 --> 01:27:24,720
Speaker 1: that's where the value is. Rounds two, three, and four

1576
01:27:24,920 --> 01:27:27,479
Speaker 1: in this draft. That means you're not getting a ton

1577
01:27:27,520 --> 01:27:30,120
Speaker 1: of elite talent to maybe help you right away on

1578
01:27:30,200 --> 01:27:32,960
Speaker 1: a roster this good as the one they have in Buffalo.

1579
01:27:33,240 --> 01:27:35,679
Speaker 1: That's the thing to keep in mind as we watch

1580
01:27:35,760 --> 01:27:37,920
Speaker 1: the draft unfold next week, break time for us, Steve

1581
01:27:38,000 --> 01:27:39,720
Speaker 1: and I close it up next year on One Bill's Live.

1582
01:27:39,800 --> 01:27:55,519
Speaker 1: Stay tuned, all right, Welcome back to One Bills Live.

1583
01:27:55,640 --> 01:27:59,479
Speaker 1: Happy belated birthday to Mitch Morse. His birthday was yesterday,

1584
01:28:00,240 --> 01:28:04,599
Speaker 1: we missed it. Happy belated birthday to Mitch, and happy

1585
01:28:04,680 --> 01:28:08,920
Speaker 1: birthday to one of your former teammates, Glenn Parker BABA

1586
01:28:09,160 --> 01:28:14,439
Speaker 1: born on this day in nineteen sixty six. Good for him.

1587
01:28:14,680 --> 01:28:19,400
Speaker 1: Glenn Parker a youngster, a youngster, like four years younger

1588
01:28:19,400 --> 01:28:24,559
Speaker 1: than you. Yeah well um yeah. He played offensive tackle,

1589
01:28:24,680 --> 01:28:26,840
Speaker 1: played guard. He was a great very one of the

1590
01:28:26,880 --> 01:28:31,320
Speaker 1: smartest players you'll ever come across. Um Brian Cox dejected

1591
01:28:31,360 --> 01:28:35,320
Speaker 1: from a game and it was it was good. He

1592
01:28:35,600 --> 01:28:39,639
Speaker 1: was really smart and uh yeah, and was a real

1593
01:28:39,720 --> 01:28:41,960
Speaker 1: asset to the team. He was a great player. Yeah.

1594
01:28:42,280 --> 01:28:44,880
Speaker 1: Glenn Parker, happy birthday. Good for you man. Yeah. So

1595
01:28:44,960 --> 01:28:47,920
Speaker 1: a bunch of birthdays coming down the pike here in

1596
01:28:48,080 --> 01:28:52,479
Speaker 1: the spring and including yours, which just passed. That's right

1597
01:28:52,560 --> 01:28:54,639
Speaker 1: about a week or so ago. We have a big weekend,

1598
01:28:54,760 --> 01:28:56,840
Speaker 1: a lot of hard labor outside, getting a lot of

1599
01:28:57,120 --> 01:28:59,400
Speaker 1: work this week. Before this weekend, get out and enjoy it.

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01:28:59,479 --> 01:29:01,840
Speaker 1: Bill's mo. It's gonna be great. Draft week next week.

1601
01:29:02,600 --> 01:29:06,240
Speaker 1: We have a special draft announcement to bring to you

1602
01:29:06,520 --> 01:29:10,280
Speaker 1: on Monday, So make sure you are right back here

1603
01:29:10,760 --> 01:29:13,960
Speaker 1: on Monday at one o'clock. Big draft announcement coming your

1604
01:29:14,000 --> 01:29:16,519
Speaker 1: way here on one Bills Live. You don't want to

1605
01:29:16,600 --> 01:29:18,920
Speaker 1: miss it. Have a good weekend, everybody. We'll see you Monday.