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Speaker 1: This is One Bill's Live, presented by Calledlida Health.

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Speaker 2: We are back, We are back. We are back. Maddie

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Speaker 2: Glab and Steve Tasker here for a Monday edition of

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Speaker 2: One Bill's Live. We were off last week. It was

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Speaker 2: so nice to have a couple of days to chill,

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Speaker 2: relax before we go all in on training camp in

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Speaker 2: just a few weeks.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, it's great to have some trum it's I told

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Speaker 1: Maddie's like having the bye week for the players. It

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Speaker 1: feels like like a month that we got off.

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Speaker 3: For me, it was it was like five days I didn't.

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Speaker 1: I haven't worked since two weeks ago. I worked Monday,

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Speaker 1: I think that week, and the next day I was off,

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Speaker 1: and we were We were gone for the for the

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Speaker 1: fourth and or for the rest of that week because

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Speaker 1: of I don't know what it was, but we were

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Speaker 1: off the entire month, their entire Oh I know. I

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Speaker 1: took a trip to Alaska see the new grand baby.

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Speaker 1: So I was gone for that and then came back

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Speaker 1: and fourth of July week here in this in Western

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Speaker 1: New York.

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Speaker 3: Awesome to get time off.

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Speaker 2: Task what'd you do?

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Speaker 1: You went to Alaska, said hello to grand baby number ten?

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Speaker 2: Oh, my gosh.

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Speaker 3: Right, so I'm an old dude. So everything's going great

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Speaker 3: up there.

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Speaker 1: We adopted a dog, one of my one of our family,

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Speaker 1: my daughter's dog. He came home with us, so we

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Speaker 1: now we have two. Fourth of July weekend was epic

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Speaker 1: because of you know, the four falling on a Friday,

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Speaker 1: and over in East Roar, most of the regional people here,

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Speaker 1: people live locally know this. East Or is one of

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Speaker 1: the towns they celebrate the fourth on the third, big parade, fireworks,

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Speaker 1: and then on the fourth that everybody else does theirs, right,

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Speaker 1: so EA gets crushed. Yeah, it's like music Fest over

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Speaker 1: there or Borderland or one of the other things they do.

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Speaker 1: Huge crowds, big parade. I was surprised. I didn't think

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Speaker 1: anybody else was in town that could watch the parade,

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Speaker 1: because everybody I knew was in the parade. So that

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Speaker 1: was kind of cool. Just spectacular weather. I mean, it

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Speaker 1: couldn't have been better. It was just an awesome, awesome

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Speaker 1: time off, awesome time off.

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Speaker 2: Did you golf? Ten times?

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Speaker 1: Twenty seven holes? Is all I got in and one

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Speaker 1: of those was I played eighteen in Alaska? How was

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Speaker 1: that Moose Run golf course?

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Speaker 3: Very nice?

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Speaker 1: I had played in at Moose Run Golf Course in

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Speaker 1: nineteen ninety five in a scrambled tournament for the Teamsters Union.

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Speaker 1: The NFLPA and the Teamsters are all kind we're kind

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Speaker 1: of friendly, so they had the NFL sent up a

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Speaker 1: whole bunch of players. We all came up to Anchorage

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Speaker 1: and went and did a golf tournament, fishing tournament, you know,

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Speaker 1: salmon fishing.

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Speaker 3: And I hadn't been up there. I hadn't played it

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Speaker 1: I'd been up there a bunch because my boom, my

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Speaker 1: daughter's been up there for fifteen years, so we go

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Speaker 1: up there all the time. But I hadn't played golf

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Speaker 1: up there forever, and so I did that and it

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Speaker 1: was great. In fact, I remember because of ninety eight

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Speaker 1: back in the day, my team that I got put with,

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Speaker 1: we won the tournament.

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Speaker 3: So yeah, moved back at.

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Speaker 1: Moose Run Golf and then I played nine holes in

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Speaker 1: a league and that's all I had time for.

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Speaker 3: We just neck deep and busy to hear from Chicago.

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Speaker 1: So it may be the same for you, all right,

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Speaker 1: hit me, you know, you get through the winter and

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Speaker 1: every every season here in Buffalo and Western New York

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Speaker 3: Maybe spring doesn't because it rains all the time there is,

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Speaker 3: but summer, the fall is elite.

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Speaker 1: The winters you get out in and you know, Buffalo

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Speaker 1: but it's the mud season that we don't like. But

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Speaker 1: other than that, nobody appreciates the warm summer weather like Buffalonians.

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Speaker 1: And everything we do is packed into every weekend of

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Speaker 1: the summer, right, I mean we all got like nine

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Speaker 1: things to do every weekend.

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Speaker 3: Right? Do you notice that?

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Speaker 2: Yes?

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Speaker 3: Is it same in Chicago?

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Speaker 2: It's very similar in Chicago. It's drawn out a little

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Speaker 2: Buffalonians love to pack it in. And there is nothing

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Speaker 2: I just always look around and I think to myself,

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Speaker 2: nobody enjoys this weather as much as Buffalo.

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Speaker 1: It's all worth it, you know. The summer is spectacular

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Speaker 3: The fall. People travel.

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Speaker 2: The fall is amazing.

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Speaker 1: People come here for fall, you know, to visit for

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Speaker 1: weekends and stuff, because of the foliage, because of the festival,

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Speaker 1: you know, all the the apple side, the whole thing.

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Speaker 1: The football season, I mean, the fall is incredible spectacular

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Speaker 1: as well. And so I have always said, my wife

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Speaker 1: has a great saying. She has what you know, what's

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Speaker 1: your favorite season in Buffalo? She is the next one,

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Speaker 1: the next one.

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Speaker 3: It's always the next one like that. It is.

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Speaker 1: It's people in Buffalo. And you know us talking about

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Speaker 1: our time off that we just had. Man, we max

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Speaker 2: Man, Yeah, I gotta take advantage of it. What's the

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Speaker 2: weather like in Alaska right now?

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Speaker 1: It was well, I was only there there four days.

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Speaker 1: I was only there for four days. It never got dark.

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Speaker 3: And so you got to deal with that.

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Speaker 2: Is it weird going to bed?

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Speaker 1: Yeah, but they've got the thing. They got black eyed

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Speaker 1: crons that work really well. And you know, so it

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Speaker 1: never got dark. But the days were seventies okay, and

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Speaker 1: the night's got chili so you know, fire pit night,

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Speaker 1: you know that kind of stuff. Walks, You could do

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Speaker 1: anything you want all the time. Because it's always daylight,

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Speaker 1: like we could play they let you play golf. You

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Speaker 1: it's really cool for that reason. Yeah, and everything up

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Speaker 1: dandelions they're like two feet tall.

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Speaker 2: Oh my gosh, everything's huge. Wow.

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Speaker 1: So yeah, it's it's awesome, cool time. And for those

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Speaker 1: of you don't have never been to Alaska, I do

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Speaker 2: I've never gone. I really want it.

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Speaker 1: It is the size of the lower forty eight states

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Speaker 1: west of the Mississippi, so it's vast huge, and there's

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Speaker 1: only a million permanent residents, so it's it's like the

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Speaker 1: of the Ississippi, and that's it. Everything else is vacant, and.

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Speaker 2: What like seventy percent of the population lives in Anchorage

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Speaker 1: People half of it anyway, a couple hundred thousand people

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Speaker 1: in and around. And then you hear towns about towns

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Speaker 1: like Juno, the Fairbanks, Sitka, Catcha Can all these, you know,

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Speaker 3: I'm positive East Aurora is way bigger.

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Speaker 1: Whoa Juno has like ten miles of paved road and

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Speaker 1: you can't drive there to You can't drive to Juno.

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Speaker 3: You have to either come by boat or.

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Speaker 1: Fly in because it's completely isolated by the landscape. Whoa,

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Speaker 1: fly in or boating. And that's the capital. And of

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Speaker 1: course the capital is like twenty two hundred miles from Fairbanks.

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Speaker 1: I mean it's like it's unbelievably vast. So yeah, it's

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Speaker 1: mean it never got dark. It was daylight constantly. We

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Speaker 1: played golf, saw the new member of the family. Yeah,

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Speaker 3: So yeah, it was very busy week or two off

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Speaker 2: That's awesome.

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Speaker 3: And did you travel good?

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Speaker 2: To hear I was in not last week because we

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Speaker 2: which was awesome. But then this past week was in

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Speaker 2: it was my wedding anniversary celebrated three years, and my

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Speaker 2: husband and I went to Ithaca for the weekend. We

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Speaker 2: in a small town called Trumansburg, New York, which is

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Speaker 3: The way home and did you see a race or

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Speaker 2: Race, just went through, hiked a couple miles, and then

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Speaker 2: went to a winery in Ithaca called six Mile Creek

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Speaker 2: Vineyard and the owner was like, are you who I

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Speaker 2: got to talking Big Bills fans. They come in for

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Speaker 2: every single home game, which is just awesome to meet

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Speaker 2: who are so committed that they come into town for

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Speaker 2: every Bill's home game. Like that's a drive to do,

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Speaker 2: like eight or nine weekends out of the years.

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Speaker 3: It's three hours.

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Speaker 2: One way and three hours back and it's a short trip.

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Speaker 2: But anyways, the owner told me to say hello to

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Speaker 3: Very nice. Ye.

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Speaker 1: Ithaca is a fantastic town. And most people here in Buffalo,

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Speaker 1: in the western New York area have spent time in

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Speaker 1: the Finger Lakes, you know, go out vacation or camp out.

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Speaker 3: Or whatever, spend the fourth Oh my gosh. Yeah.

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Speaker 1: I'll say I grew up out west in Kansas and

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Speaker 1: we were very close to the Colorado line. And Colorado

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Speaker 1: is spectacular as well for its own but I'll say

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Speaker 1: this New York is they've got more camping experiences here

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Speaker 1: in New York they do in Colorado.

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Speaker 3: They really do.

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Speaker 1: There are more camp sites in New York than they

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Speaker 1: are in Colorado, I believe it. And so you get

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Speaker 1: a really big population of people who go out and

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Speaker 1: live in it and go out and do that in

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Speaker 1: the summer. And we've always done with our kids when

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Speaker 2: Little Now, yeah, you guys are a camping family.

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Speaker 3: Very big camping family.

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Speaker 1: You know, I'd take the boy, my sons take me

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Speaker 1: in the winter camping You're crazy, Yeah, in the sub zeros.

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Speaker 1: So it's yeah, we do it, but New York State

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Speaker 1: is the place to do it. Man, the Adirondacks, the

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Speaker 1: cat Skills, finger Lakes.

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Speaker 2: It does not make me want to consume hot dogs.

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Speaker 2: They released number ninety and number eighty nine. Buffalo's running

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Speaker 2: Cook had eighteen total touchdowns last year, sixteen on the ground.

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Speaker 3: That's up to James Cook. Brownie and I have talked.

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Speaker 1: I think he'll play and I think he'll obviously, I

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Speaker 2: happening right now, but taking place throughout mandatory Mini camp

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Speaker 2: possibly or during this dead time before training camp. We

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Speaker 2: heard from NFL reporter Cam Wolf last week. Chris Brown

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Speaker 2: and I interviewed him. One of the questions we had

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Speaker 2: for him was what's the update on the James Cook situation?

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Speaker 2: And Wolf said that the door is not closed on

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Speaker 2: the negotiations. Wolf did say he believes the two parties

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Speaker 2: are still pretty far apart in agreeing on a number,

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Speaker 2: but said that there is still a crack in the

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Speaker 2: door in terms of those conversations leading to somewhere before

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Speaker 2: the season begins. But it's awesome to see James Cook

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Speaker 2: land at number eighty nine. The only other running back

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Speaker 2: that's been announced on the top one hundred so far

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Speaker 2: in addition to James Cook was Aaron Jones at ninety eight.

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Speaker 3: Right, Yeah, that's right.

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Speaker 1: We nobody will be prized if a deal gets done

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Speaker 1: at the end of training camp for James Cook to

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Speaker 1: sign an extension with the Bills. Like I said, the Bills,

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Speaker 1: it has been their practice. And I get it. It's

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Speaker 1: a finger quotes a league thing. Running backs are too

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Speaker 1: easily replaceable at much the same production as these elite

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Speaker 1: guys like the Derek Well Derrick Henry's and the you know,

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Speaker 1: the Leveon Bells when he was with Pittsburgh.

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Speaker 3: The whole thing.

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Speaker 1: It's just too easy to find a guy to plug

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Speaker 1: in that gives you a lot of what that guy does,

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Speaker 1: or give you the same production as that guy in

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Speaker 1: two different guys who are less than a third of

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Speaker 1: the price. It becomes a math equation with money and production.

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Speaker 1: But like I said, it's painfully obvious. Man, there's nobody

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Speaker 1: like James Cook who you can plug in and does

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Speaker 1: everything he does so well. He whatever his limitations are,

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Speaker 1: his size, his power, he doesn't run. The guy gets

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Speaker 1: every yard come to him. He catches the ball extremely well,

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Speaker 1: and he's a breakaway threat. Yeah, it wouldn't surprise me

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Speaker 1: if the Bills changed from that philosophy of letting a

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Speaker 1: guy like Devin Singletary go or a guy like Tremaine

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Speaker 1: Edmunds walk, just because it might be hard harder to

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Speaker 1: replace James Cook after this season, even if he comes

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Speaker 1: in plays great this year, to do it next year.

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Speaker 1: Is there a guy out there that can do what

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Speaker 1: he does?

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Speaker 3: I don't know.

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Speaker 2: I also think one telling thing about what Buffalo where

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Speaker 2: Buffalo stands on James Cook was the fact that they

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Speaker 2: didn't draft a running back in a draft class that

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Speaker 2: was deemed an incredible running back draft class in terms

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Speaker 2: of value and where you could get talented running backs

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Speaker 2: way beyond the first round. You're talking day two, day three,

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Speaker 2: you can still find productive running backs. And they decided

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Speaker 2: not to draft a running back. Not that a rookie

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Speaker 2: would take the place of James Cook next year, but

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Speaker 2: I think that does say we believe in the running

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Speaker 2: backs that we currently have on this roster, and we're

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Speaker 2: invested in.

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Speaker 3: We may find out later. There's no way to know that.

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Speaker 1: Them not drafting a running back at that at any

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Speaker 1: point in this draft may speak to us about what

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Speaker 1: was going on behind the scenes with James Cook. They

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Speaker 1: might have said, no, he's told us he's going to

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Speaker 1: come in and play, whether he's got a deal or not,

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Speaker 1: or we're close enough to a deal that we think

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Speaker 1: will get it done, so we're not going to draft it.

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Speaker 3: We don't know that, but we may.

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Speaker 1: We may find that out after he's either gone or

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Speaker 1: he signs an extension.

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Speaker 2: Our topic for you today, where is your confidence in

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Speaker 2: the Bill's running back room. Since we're talking about James Cook,

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Speaker 2: we figured let's talk about all the running backs. We

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Speaker 2: want to know your answers, So give us call it

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Speaker 2: eight oh three oh five point fifty or tweet at us.

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Speaker 2: Also coming up at two o'clock, Fox NFL Reporter Fox

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Speaker 2: Sports NFL reporter Greg Ahman joins the show to talk

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Speaker 2: about the NFC South, who Buffalo is playing this season,

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Speaker 2: Tush Bush and more, and coming up next, James Cook

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Speaker 2: is on another list. We'll tell you about it shortly

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Speaker 2: here on One Bill's Live or presented by Clyidehealth on

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Speaker 2: Buffalo Bills Radio. We're back here on One Bill's Ive

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Speaker 2: Maddi Glab alongside of Bill's Hall of Famer Steve Tasker.

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Speaker 2: We've been talking about James Cook because he landed at

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Speaker 2: number eighty nine on the NFL's Top one hundred list.

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Speaker 2: I kind of thought he could even be number earlier

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Speaker 2: in the eighties. I know they're unveiling it like one

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Speaker 2: hundred up until number one. They did ninety and eighty

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Speaker 2: nine today tomorrow is going to be number eighty eight

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Speaker 2: in eighty seven. I thought he could land somewhere around

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Speaker 2: eighty eighty one, eighty two. That might just be the

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Speaker 2: Bills bias here in this room, thinking he is such

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Speaker 2: a fantastic running back that he deserves a little bit

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Speaker 2: more respect than being number eighty nine. With that being said,

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Speaker 2: I'm interested to see where all these other running backs

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Speaker 2: get put on this top one hundred list. Where's the

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Speaker 2: next running back and who is it? And how does

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Speaker 2: that running back compare to James Cook's skill sets?

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Speaker 1: Right, you're talking about let's say twenty two guys from

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Speaker 1: each team, you know, as starters, right, so the best

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Speaker 1: players in the league, and they got to be starters, right,

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Speaker 1: I mean for their team. So that and I'm how

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Speaker 1: to do the math is you know, was this six

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Speaker 1: hundred guys or somewhere six hundred and fifty guys.

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Speaker 3: As starters?

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Speaker 1: So to be in the top one hundred of those, Yeah,

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Speaker 1: you would think a team with like the Buffalo Bills

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Speaker 1: who were undefeated at home, got to the championship round

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Speaker 1: of the league and had a guy who scored eighteen touchdowns,

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Speaker 1: ran for a thousand, snapped off more than a handful

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Speaker 1: of long runs in games that mattered.

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Speaker 2: Had the most rushing touchdowns in the lague.

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Speaker 1: Right, you make a case eighty nine is not not

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Speaker 1: low enough. Yeah, certainly there are guys like Derrick Henry

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Speaker 1: you had a phenomena, or Saquon Barkley, those guys you

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Speaker 1: and and those are guys where and this is why

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Speaker 1: it's it's hard to how do you how do you

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Speaker 1: quantify a guard like a guy as good as Creed

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Speaker 1: for the Cancer Chiefs, so Cyrus Torrens and one of

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Speaker 1: these guys is so good with a guy who a

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Speaker 1: large part of your offensive philosophy centers around this guy

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Speaker 1: and how what he does and what he can do.

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Speaker 1: I mean, the offensive line is dictated by what they

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Speaker 1: want this guy to do. So it's hard to quantify

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Speaker 1: that and and compare what those guys do up front

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Speaker 1: with him.

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Speaker 2: And comparing them to other defensive players.

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Speaker 3: That's why not easy to do. Yeah, that's why it's hard.

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Speaker 1: You can you could put James Cook inside the top

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Speaker 1: twenty five for all I you know, for that along

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Speaker 1: with quarterbacks and all of that, because those guys alter

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Speaker 1: the landscape of the entire team. Their skill set alters

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Speaker 1: what they ask everybody else on the offense to do.

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Speaker 1: Wide receivers like Justin Jefferson dude, like Diggs did when

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Speaker 1: he was here. Other wide receivers like that, Chase Claypool

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Speaker 1: or Chase Lamar, Jamar Chase, all of these guys. Those

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Speaker 1: guys tilt the philosophical decisions of the team. They don't

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Speaker 1: just like play well. It's hard to quantify that, and

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Speaker 1: that's that's why a guy like James Cook at eighty nine,

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Speaker 1: I'm like, I don't.

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Speaker 3: Know, I think you know what I mean, Yeah, I

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Speaker 3: think so, because it's hard.

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Speaker 1: It's hard to you know, put that in a tangible

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Speaker 1: measurement as to what he does for the team and

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Speaker 1: what he does for the coach's decisions on the sidelines

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Speaker 1: and in the preparation for those games.

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Speaker 2: The top one hundred players are voted by the players

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Speaker 2: themselves elves. They're going to be unveiled through the rest

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Speaker 2: of the summer. Top ten will be announced on Sunday,

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Speaker 2: September first, at eight o'clock live on NFL Network. Now.

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Speaker 2: The Top one hundred wasn't the only list that James

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Speaker 2: Cook was named on. ESPN released an article naming the

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Speaker 2: ten best running backs according to NFL executives, coaches, and scouts.

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Speaker 2: Here's the breakdown of the list. Number one Saquon Barkley,

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Speaker 2: number two, Derek Henley Henry number three, James Jamier Gibbs,

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Speaker 2: number four, b Jon Robinson, number five, Christian McCaffrey six,

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Speaker 2: Josh Jacobs, seven, Jonathan Taylor. Eight is where James Cook lands,

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Speaker 2: nine is Joe Mixon, and ten is Alvin Kamara. What

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Speaker 2: does that number? Number? Eight? According to NFL coaches, execs

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Speaker 2: and scouts, Is that a fair number for James Cook

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Speaker 2: on that list because we're just looking at running backs?

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Speaker 1: Sure, I mean I can live with that. Uh yeah, Okay,

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Speaker 1: he's got to be in the top ten.

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Speaker 2: You're fine with Jonathan Taylor, Josh Jacobs, Bjean Robinson being

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Speaker 2: in front of him.

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Speaker 3: I understand that. One of the things I don't know.

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Speaker 1: Jonathan Taylor, Yeah, he's been a he was a really

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Speaker 1: good player when he was with the Colts, now's with

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Speaker 1: the Titans. Yeah, I'm sure they're very good players. That's

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Speaker 1: what I don't know enough about those other guys to

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Speaker 1: put them anywhere, let alone ahead or behind James Cook.

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Speaker 2: Yeah.

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Speaker 1: I think the interesting Sakwan and Derrick Henry Okay, right right.

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Speaker 2: The interesting thing with some of those other names is

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Speaker 2: some of them have been in the league a little

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Speaker 2: bit longer than James Cook has. James Cook's you know,

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Speaker 2: coming onto the scene season was last year. Some of

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Speaker 2: these players above him had that season earlier on and

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Speaker 2: it's what you can do in the season after you

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Speaker 2: have those incredible numbers that you rank number one or

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Speaker 2: number two in rushing yards and rushing touchdowns. So here's

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Speaker 2: what the execs had to say about James Cook and

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Speaker 2: why he fits in at number eight. An NFL personnel

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Speaker 2: exec called Cook dangerous and explosive. An AFC execs said

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Speaker 2: he's perfect for that offense with a good quarterback that

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Speaker 2: spreads things out. He's good in the passing game, catches

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Speaker 2: the ball really well, good and open space. Not sure

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Speaker 2: he's elite yet, but he's really really good. More than

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Speaker 2: seventy voters submitted a ballot on at least one position.

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Speaker 2: ESPN is going to release these throughout the next couple

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Speaker 2: weeks at each position group. Running back one of the

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Speaker 2: first position groups to be unveiled in this top ten

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Speaker 2: list format. In that quote that the AFC exec had

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Speaker 2: to say about James Cook being a good in the

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Speaker 2: passing game, it made me think last season, I think

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Speaker 2: James Cook made a giant step forward in his contribution

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Speaker 2: in the passing game. The numbers may not show that

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Speaker 2: he had around a three hundred receiving yards last season.

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Speaker 2: Two receiving touchdowns. But if you remember early on in

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Speaker 2: James Cook's career, there were some of those balls thrown

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Speaker 2: Cook's way in big time moments where they were drops

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Speaker 2: and it was unfortunate because it was got to have

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Speaker 2: it moments. We talked about that touchdown that he had

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Speaker 2: and that got to have a moment. He had catches

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Speaker 2: this year that were got to have it catches, and

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Speaker 2: I think that's one reason why James Cook really took

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Speaker 2: a step forward in his game this season. I think

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Speaker 2: there are still ways that he can improve in the

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Speaker 2: passing game and become an even better pass catcher for

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Speaker 2: Buffalo's offense. But I think that's one thing that maybe

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Speaker 2: hasn't been talked about enough as to why James Cook

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Speaker 2: had such a great season.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, he did.

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Speaker 1: Get away from those You go back to the the

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Speaker 1: season he had maybe worgular with a second year player

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Speaker 1: where there were three times where he dropped stone cold TDS,

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Speaker 1: stone cold in the Philly in the Philly game. There's

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Speaker 1: a couple of others as well, and he did away

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Speaker 1: with that stuff. He had won this year. It would

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Speaker 1: have been a very good catch over the over the

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Speaker 1: shoulder from Josh uh It was in a game they won,

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Speaker 1: so it kind of gets washed away.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, that you're right, Mattie.

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Speaker 1: His ability to catch the balls he's supposed to catch

663
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Speaker 1: improve greatly, and he kind of that was he changed

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Speaker 1: his identity as a receiver out of the backfield. I'm so,

665
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Speaker 1: I'm I'm with you on that. I And you know,

666
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Speaker 1: what these execs say is really interesting to me because

667
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Speaker 1: they talk not only to their you know, to their

668
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Speaker 1: pro personnel people who scout other teams. So what I'm saying,

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00:34:54,560 --> 00:34:58,400
Speaker 1: you know, every team knows the Bills roster and scouts

670
00:34:58,440 --> 00:35:00,759
Speaker 1: him and has a plus minus. Here's what their skill

671
00:35:00,800 --> 00:35:02,520
Speaker 1: set is, Here's how we would use him if they

672
00:35:02,520 --> 00:35:04,759
Speaker 1: were on our team, so that they're ready, like if

673
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Speaker 1: trade talks come up, or if the guy is released

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Speaker 1: unexpectedly whatever.

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Speaker 3: They know him.

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Speaker 1: And so these execs do have a level of familiarity

677
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Speaker 1: with James Cook, and so that's why, but they do

678
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Speaker 1: it with unbiased They want to know exactly what the

679
00:35:22,560 --> 00:35:24,719
Speaker 1: guy is. So I'm it's really interesting to hear what

680
00:35:24,760 --> 00:35:27,799
Speaker 1: other people say about your players, and that to have

681
00:35:27,840 --> 00:35:30,640
Speaker 1: execs say this about James Cook, they hit it right

682
00:35:30,640 --> 00:35:35,400
Speaker 1: on the head. He is he's a really good player.

683
00:35:35,440 --> 00:35:38,960
Speaker 1: And he's in a situation that fits him perfectly.

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Speaker 2: Which is you know, if I was James Cook and

685
00:35:41,520 --> 00:35:43,640
Speaker 2: he has said this that he wants to stay in

686
00:35:43,680 --> 00:35:47,160
Speaker 2: Buffalo and play in Buffalo. It makes a lot of

687
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Speaker 2: sense because of the system that he plays in, what

688
00:35:50,640 --> 00:35:53,080
Speaker 2: we're talking about right now, what NFL execs had to

689
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Speaker 2: say about how he fits so well, and I don't

690
00:35:56,000 --> 00:35:58,880
Speaker 2: think he's reached his ceiling yet in Buffalo's system. I

691
00:35:58,920 --> 00:36:02,000
Speaker 2: think there's more for him. Yes, you may see a

692
00:36:02,040 --> 00:36:04,720
Speaker 2: little bit more about outa Ray Davis this year because

693
00:36:05,000 --> 00:36:08,359
Speaker 2: he had a great rookie year and also deserves to

694
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Speaker 2: touch the ball more this season. But I believe there's

695
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Speaker 2: ways that Joe Brady can use James Cook in this

696
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Speaker 2: offense that showcases his talents even more.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I think it's gonna be really interesting because he

698
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Speaker 1: Cook does have a skill set that's versatile and you

699
00:36:26,760 --> 00:36:28,120
Speaker 1: can use him on so many of You can put

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Speaker 1: him out as a wide receiver that kind of thing,

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Speaker 1: because he is such a good route runner and he's

702
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Speaker 1: so fast. I mean, they're gonna they're not gonna put

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Speaker 1: a safety on him, I don't think usually. I'm Yeah,

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00:36:42,360 --> 00:36:47,279
Speaker 1: it's he's in a great spot for a player like him.

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Speaker 1: Certainly he's got to prove it and earn the next contract.

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Speaker 1: Not to say in some situations he wouldn't have already

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Speaker 1: done that. But the Bills have other guys they want

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00:36:56,760 --> 00:36:58,520
Speaker 1: to pay, you know, they had other guys that were

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Speaker 1: closer to their the deadline.

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Speaker 3: Right.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I'm there's a lot there, and it's still not resolved,

712
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Speaker 1: but I have a lot more hope now that the

713
00:37:12,160 --> 00:37:14,040
Speaker 1: Bills are going to get something done with him rather

714
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Speaker 1: than I did. I'm Brown and I've been talking about

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Speaker 1: this for weeks and weeks, and I've always kind of.

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Speaker 3: Poo pooed the idea of him.

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Speaker 1: You have been extended, Yeah, because because he's too easy

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Speaker 1: to replace. And I don't know what happened over my vacation,

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Speaker 1: but I'm tasker.

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Speaker 2: When got James Cook tattoo.

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Speaker 1: Over, he is one of the top players in his

722
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Speaker 1: positioned in the league. You don't want to let him go.

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Speaker 1: How easily is he replaceable. I have said time and

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Speaker 1: time again that running backs are what a diamond doesen

725
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Speaker 1: kind of thing. It's you know, I'm a little bit

726
00:37:48,040 --> 00:37:51,360
Speaker 1: of a hyperbole either or not, but you know, but

727
00:37:51,400 --> 00:37:54,120
Speaker 1: you got a guy like, you know, Ray Davis sitting

728
00:37:54,120 --> 00:37:57,920
Speaker 1: there and Ty Johnson, they're both really good players. But

729
00:37:59,000 --> 00:38:01,600
Speaker 1: James Cook is the one that's snapping off a sixty

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Speaker 1: five yard run against the Niners in a snow game.

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Speaker 1: You know, he's the one that's running through the secondary

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Speaker 1: in Detroit against a running down that gauntlet of four

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Speaker 1: games in the season where you're playing the Chiefs, the

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Speaker 1: Niners and the Lions, and three out of those four

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Speaker 1: games and you whoop up on all of them because

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Speaker 1: James Cook's snapping off a second half run for a

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Speaker 1: touchdown on a one play drive. Right, I might have

738
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Speaker 1: to rethink my value system.

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00:38:30,520 --> 00:38:33,520
Speaker 2: It's okay, you're coming clean to us publicly.

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Speaker 3: I confess my shortcomings. I have to rethink my life

741
00:38:38,960 --> 00:38:42,480
Speaker 3: over the James Cook incident. But ah, you know you've.

742
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Speaker 2: Been on this journey together with you.

743
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Speaker 3: I have, so there you go.

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00:38:45,600 --> 00:38:48,319
Speaker 2: So there you go. Well, speaking of James Cook, we

745
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Speaker 2: thought why not just involve all the running backs in

746
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Speaker 2: the conversation. That's our topic today. Where is your confidence

747
00:38:55,120 --> 00:38:57,680
Speaker 2: in the Bills running back room? You can tweet at

748
00:38:57,760 --> 00:39:00,719
Speaker 2: us or give his call at eight o three. We

749
00:39:00,760 --> 00:39:05,000
Speaker 2: have open phone lines for you. Finishing up on some

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Speaker 2: news and notes. Want to catch up on one of

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Speaker 2: the biggest headlines that happened last week when we were

752
00:39:10,920 --> 00:39:13,839
Speaker 2: away because it deals with two teams that Buffalo will see.

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00:39:13,880 --> 00:39:16,320
Speaker 2: One of them they will see multiple times this season.

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Speaker 2: So when we were away last week, the Dolphins found

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00:39:19,520 --> 00:39:23,760
Speaker 2: a new home for cornerback Jalen Ramsey. The Steelers traded

756
00:39:23,760 --> 00:39:26,920
Speaker 2: three time All Pro safety Minka Fitzpatrick to of the

757
00:39:26,960 --> 00:39:31,320
Speaker 2: Dolphins in exchange for three time All Pro cornerback Jalen Ramsey,

758
00:39:31,640 --> 00:39:36,080
Speaker 2: a rare player for player trade. The Dolphins also traded

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Speaker 2: titan John new Smith to the Steelers for a late

760
00:39:39,120 --> 00:39:43,279
Speaker 2: round pick swap. Smith also gets a one year contract

761
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Speaker 2: extension for twelve million, and the picks are the Steelers

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Speaker 2: get a twenty twenty seven seventh round pick and the

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Speaker 2: Dolphins get a twenty twenty seven to fifth And then,

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Speaker 2: not too long after, more news broke that the Dolphins

765
00:39:56,080 --> 00:39:59,520
Speaker 2: traded a conditional twenty twenty six sixth round pick to

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Speaker 2: the Giants for a twenty twenty seventh seventh round pick

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Speaker 2: and a tight end in Darren Waller. Waller actually comes

768
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Speaker 2: out of retirement for this deal after agreeing to a

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Speaker 2: one year deal with the Dolphins up to five millions.

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Speaker 1: Dollars they had they traded with. I believe it was

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Speaker 1: the Giants because the Giants had Waller's rights. Yes, he

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Speaker 1: hadn't signed his contract.

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Speaker 3: His retirement, tipers or all.

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Speaker 1: That yet, and so that they have to give up

775
00:40:26,719 --> 00:40:28,640
Speaker 1: something for him because the team had his rights even

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Speaker 1: though he didn't play.

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Speaker 2: What do you make of this?

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Speaker 1: I thought that the Steelers came out of this better

779
00:40:35,800 --> 00:40:38,080
Speaker 1: in the short term because they get two good players.

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Speaker 1: They get Ramsey and John new Smith for Minca.

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Speaker 3: And a pick and a pick.

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Speaker 1: It's two different trades, but that's kind of the total package. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: the Steelers get better quicker because they get they get

784
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Speaker 1: Jalen and John new Smith.

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Speaker 2: The Steelers are kind of saying, we're all in, we're trying.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, we got a chance.

787
00:41:00,239 --> 00:41:03,480
Speaker 2: Experience, We've got DK Metcalf. Now we've got Jalen Ramsey.

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00:41:03,480 --> 00:41:04,279
Speaker 2: He's got a few more.

789
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Speaker 1: Years left, right, So they they come out in the

790
00:41:06,960 --> 00:41:09,760
Speaker 1: short term. I think the Steelers look good now. Certainly

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00:41:09,800 --> 00:41:11,759
Speaker 1: the you make what you want about the picks when

792
00:41:11,760 --> 00:41:14,080
Speaker 1: they come down, we'll we'll forget where they ever got.

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00:41:13,880 --> 00:41:15,680
Speaker 3: The pick from. And there's that.

794
00:41:16,400 --> 00:41:21,279
Speaker 1: But I Jalen Ramsey's still good now. He it may

795
00:41:21,280 --> 00:41:25,320
Speaker 1: be he's very overpriced, but he's still a good player.

796
00:41:25,640 --> 00:41:28,560
Speaker 1: So they're gonna get his good play from him in Pittsburgh,

797
00:41:28,640 --> 00:41:31,680
Speaker 1: maybe even a bump because of the culture there or

798
00:41:31,719 --> 00:41:34,040
Speaker 1: what have you. And because of the players surrounding. He's

799
00:41:34,040 --> 00:41:37,560
Speaker 1: gonna have a pass rush in Pittsburgh that's gonna help him.

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Speaker 1: So he's gonna You're gonna get the best Jalen Ramsey

801
00:41:39,840 --> 00:41:43,040
Speaker 1: that there is to get. John new Smith same thing.

802
00:41:43,080 --> 00:41:46,120
Speaker 1: The Steelers. You know, you look at their their roster

803
00:41:46,200 --> 00:41:48,560
Speaker 1: over the past few years, they've always got a tight end,

804
00:41:48,719 --> 00:41:54,680
Speaker 1: you know, Heath Firemouth, yep, all these guys they've they've

805
00:41:54,680 --> 00:41:56,319
Speaker 1: always had a tight end that has been a big

806
00:41:56,320 --> 00:41:58,040
Speaker 1: part of their offense. And John new Smith can fill

807
00:41:58,080 --> 00:42:02,520
Speaker 1: that role easily. So the Steelers get better right away.

808
00:42:02,560 --> 00:42:02,759
Speaker 3: Now.

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00:42:02,760 --> 00:42:06,160
Speaker 1: The math may be out of whack in their salaries,

810
00:42:06,160 --> 00:42:10,080
Speaker 1: they may be making too much money or whatever, who cares.

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00:42:10,239 --> 00:42:13,800
Speaker 1: They're they're better on the field with these two guys

812
00:42:13,800 --> 00:42:16,839
Speaker 1: than they are than they were before they made these picks. So,

813
00:42:17,040 --> 00:42:20,359
Speaker 1: and I because Minka Fitzpatrick, while he's a good player.

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00:42:20,080 --> 00:42:21,399
Speaker 2: He's getting up there.

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00:42:21,840 --> 00:42:23,760
Speaker 3: Yes, he's He's.

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00:42:23,680 --> 00:42:28,920
Speaker 1: Two years younger than Jalen Ramsey, but he's never been

817
00:42:29,000 --> 00:42:32,640
Speaker 1: Jalen Draam Ramsey. So he's a good player, but he's

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00:42:32,640 --> 00:42:35,240
Speaker 1: not Jalen Ramsey. So I think the Steelers get better

819
00:42:35,640 --> 00:42:40,200
Speaker 1: immediately and for the short term anyway. The draft picks

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00:42:40,239 --> 00:42:42,720
Speaker 1: will work themselves out in the wash in years to come.

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00:42:43,360 --> 00:42:45,719
Speaker 1: But I don't mind the Steelers doing this. If they

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00:42:45,719 --> 00:42:47,520
Speaker 1: want to eat them, eat the money and have these

823
00:42:47,520 --> 00:42:50,879
Speaker 1: players make them better right away and give John hus

824
00:42:50,920 --> 00:42:54,800
Speaker 1: Smith another twelve million dollars. Bless their hearts, they are better.

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00:42:55,600 --> 00:42:57,920
Speaker 1: They may not, their bank account may not be, but

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Speaker 1: their roster is.

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Speaker 2: And with Jalen Ramsey leaving the Dolphins to go to

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00:43:03,320 --> 00:43:06,640
Speaker 2: the Steelers, we knew it was going to happen at

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Speaker 2: some point, but now that it's official, the question is

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00:43:10,520 --> 00:43:14,279
Speaker 2: there about the Dolphins cornerbacks room. You're moving on with

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Speaker 2: the younger cornerbacks. There are question marks there as to

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00:43:17,040 --> 00:43:19,759
Speaker 2: what it's going to look like. And you add a

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00:43:19,800 --> 00:43:23,760
Speaker 2: safety and mink of Fitzpatrick, which does answer some questions there,

834
00:43:24,680 --> 00:43:27,560
Speaker 2: But the Dolphins are still a team who have several

835
00:43:27,680 --> 00:43:31,680
Speaker 2: questions about their rosters. This team heads into training camp.

836
00:43:32,160 --> 00:43:35,760
Speaker 2: One of those being cornerback situation, secondary as a whole,

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00:43:36,200 --> 00:43:39,120
Speaker 2: and their offensive line, defensive line, the health of their

838
00:43:39,120 --> 00:43:43,400
Speaker 2: defensive line. So it'll be interesting to follow Miami throughout

839
00:43:43,440 --> 00:43:45,560
Speaker 2: training camp. I think that's one team that I will

840
00:43:45,600 --> 00:43:49,160
Speaker 2: be following pretty closely because of the question marks that

841
00:43:49,239 --> 00:43:51,759
Speaker 2: remain on their roster. To this point, we got to

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Speaker 2: take a break. But when we return, reading off your

843
00:43:55,239 --> 00:43:57,799
Speaker 2: answers from the tweet sheet, where is your confidence in

844
00:43:57,840 --> 00:43:59,840
Speaker 2: the Bills Running back Room? Remember, you can give us

845
00:43:59,840 --> 00:44:02,719
Speaker 2: a call eight three five fifty open full lines for you.

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Speaker 2: Next on One Bills Live or presented by Collide Health

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Speaker 2: on Buffalo Bills Radio. All right, we're back here on

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Speaker 2: One Bill's Live. We've got a topic for you today

849
00:44:23,880 --> 00:44:27,160
Speaker 2: surrounding our running backs. Where is your confidence in the

850
00:44:27,160 --> 00:44:29,360
Speaker 2: Bills running back Room? You can give us call it

851
00:44:29,440 --> 00:44:32,760
Speaker 2: eighth three oh five fifty. Have several people that tweeted

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00:44:32,840 --> 00:44:35,680
Speaker 2: at us, so thanks for that. You can also tweet

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00:44:35,680 --> 00:44:37,920
Speaker 2: at us if you'd like to send in your answer

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00:44:38,120 --> 00:44:41,200
Speaker 2: to the question. Let's get to our tweet sheet. It's

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Speaker 2: brought to you by Corgan Moving Systems, the official equipment

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Speaker 2: moving company of the Buffalo Bills and first from Connor

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Speaker 2: ten out of ten. James Cook is in a contract year.

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00:44:52,440 --> 00:44:55,520
Speaker 2: That is an extreme motivator, and I think we will

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00:44:55,560 --> 00:44:58,680
Speaker 2: see an even better Cook this season. Davis and Johnson

860
00:44:58,760 --> 00:45:02,080
Speaker 2: are great compliments to go. I fully believe all three

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00:45:02,120 --> 00:45:05,000
Speaker 2: will be utilized throughout the season. I couldn't agree with

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00:45:05,040 --> 00:45:08,760
Speaker 2: this more. I think every single one of Buffalo's running

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00:45:08,760 --> 00:45:11,319
Speaker 2: backs who saw playing time on the field last year

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00:45:11,400 --> 00:45:14,200
Speaker 2: is going to see that and maybe even more this

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00:45:14,360 --> 00:45:17,840
Speaker 2: year because they have proved that they are worthy of

866
00:45:17,920 --> 00:45:22,000
Speaker 2: having a role on this offense and showed that with

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Speaker 2: them on the field, Buffalo's offense is even better.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, as good as James Cook is, and how much

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00:45:30,000 --> 00:45:32,440
Speaker 1: better he has gotten each of his seasons here in Buffalo,

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00:45:32,520 --> 00:45:34,600
Speaker 1: and how much more they've utilized him. Same thing's gonna

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00:45:34,600 --> 00:45:37,040
Speaker 1: happen with Ty Johnson and Ray Davis. They're going to

872
00:45:37,120 --> 00:45:41,640
Speaker 1: take a step forward. They grow as well. They don't

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00:45:41,680 --> 00:45:44,719
Speaker 1: just stand there on the sidelines and watch James Cook. Right,

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00:45:44,920 --> 00:45:49,200
Speaker 1: They get better, And the coaching staff and the support

875
00:45:49,280 --> 00:45:52,720
Speaker 1: staff and the training staff are all over those guys

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00:45:52,760 --> 00:45:55,920
Speaker 1: as well, getting them better, getting them more acclimated, getting

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00:45:55,960 --> 00:45:59,840
Speaker 1: them more elite, you know, in better shape, working on

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Speaker 1: their weaknesses. So yeah, I the longer players stay in

879
00:46:06,080 --> 00:46:10,480
Speaker 1: this building, the better they get. And that's exciting to

880
00:46:10,480 --> 00:46:12,320
Speaker 1: think about. When you got guys like Ray Davis and

881
00:46:12,360 --> 00:46:14,839
Speaker 1: Ty Johnson who you're gonna give the ball to and

882
00:46:15,080 --> 00:46:17,080
Speaker 1: you're gonna get a chance to really see how much.

883
00:46:16,960 --> 00:46:17,480
Speaker 3: Better they are.

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00:46:17,719 --> 00:46:20,360
Speaker 1: I believe those guys will get better and they will grow,

885
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Speaker 1: just like James Cook has done.

886
00:46:21,680 --> 00:46:25,239
Speaker 2: There's two stats from last year regarding Ray Davis and

887
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Speaker 2: Ty Johnson that I just thought, Wow. Ty Johnson averaged

888
00:46:29,560 --> 00:46:32,120
Speaker 2: fifteen point eight yards per catch last season as a

889
00:46:32,200 --> 00:46:34,600
Speaker 2: running back. That is a huge number for a running back.

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Speaker 2: You don't see that out of running backs. It's his

891
00:46:37,160 --> 00:46:40,560
Speaker 2: ability to get out of the backfield and find yack

892
00:46:40,880 --> 00:46:44,000
Speaker 2: yards after contact. Johnson was really good at doing so.

893
00:46:44,400 --> 00:46:46,720
Speaker 2: And then you have Ray Davis who had seven total

894
00:46:46,760 --> 00:46:49,959
Speaker 2: touchdowns last season if you count his playoff touchdown as well.

895
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Speaker 2: That is a big number for a rookie to have

896
00:46:52,200 --> 00:46:53,520
Speaker 2: seven total touchdowns.

897
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Speaker 1: Yeah, and you think that this everybody eats mantra that

898
00:46:56,440 --> 00:46:58,799
Speaker 1: we've heard so much about and was so successful last year.

899
00:46:59,239 --> 00:47:03,880
Speaker 1: That and that actually goes for the running backs as well.

900
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Speaker 1: Ty Johnson comes from almost nowhere last year and then

901
00:47:08,800 --> 00:47:11,120
Speaker 1: jumps out in the Detroit game, has like four catches

902
00:47:11,160 --> 00:47:13,040
Speaker 1: for a buck twenty five and a touchdown. He like

903
00:47:13,080 --> 00:47:16,520
Speaker 1: crushes the Lions in the game. And then James Cook

904
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Speaker 1: jumps on and gets snaps off a long run. The

905
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Speaker 1: running back room really made that game for the Bills

906
00:47:21,960 --> 00:47:26,440
Speaker 1: and they were up seventeen twice and the Lions cut

907
00:47:26,520 --> 00:47:30,000
Speaker 1: the lead, but that was never in doubt and Ty

908
00:47:30,120 --> 00:47:32,600
Speaker 1: Johnson man showed up big time and that.

909
00:47:32,600 --> 00:47:33,200
Speaker 2: Was a big game.

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00:47:33,280 --> 00:47:35,839
Speaker 1: Yeah, And like I said, I was like, who is

911
00:47:35,920 --> 00:47:39,120
Speaker 1: that guy? The Lions must have been going, what what? Ty?

912
00:47:39,480 --> 00:47:42,520
Speaker 3: We got beat by Ty Johnson, But that's what happened.

913
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Speaker 1: So Yeah, the chemistry and the vibe and the philosophy

914
00:47:46,120 --> 00:47:48,839
Speaker 1: the Bills are using right now or this last year

915
00:47:50,120 --> 00:47:53,160
Speaker 1: really did pay dividends. And all of these guys got

916
00:47:53,160 --> 00:47:56,040
Speaker 1: a chance to showcase their talent and they all got

917
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Speaker 1: betters the season rolled along.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, Johnson did play for the Lions in twenty nineteen

919
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Speaker 2: in twenty twenty, so it was great to see him

920
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Speaker 2: have that type of game against his former team. Gotta

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Speaker 2: take a break, but when we return coming up next,

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Speaker 2: Fox Sports NFL reporter Greg Ahman joins the show on

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Speaker 2: One Bill's Live. We're presented by Clatt Health on Buffalo

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Speaker 1: Mis mi's One Bills Live presented by called Lida Health.

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Speaker 2: Welcome into a Monday edition of One Bills Live and

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Speaker 2: our number two we bring you an interview with Fox

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Speaker 2: Sports NFL reporter Greg Ahman where we tackle home field advantage,

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Speaker 2: the Tush push, and playing the NFC South. Now, we'd

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Speaker 2: like to welcome into our conversation. Fox Sports NFL reporter

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Speaker 2: Greg Ahman joins us right now. Greg, thanks for taking

932
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Speaker 2: the time to be on with us in the middle

933
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Speaker 2: of the off season. The busyness is right in front

934
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Speaker 2: of us, a couple weeks away from training camp. Greg,

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Speaker 2: thanks for being on.

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Speaker 4: Oh no, thanks for having me. Hope you guys are

937
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Speaker 4: doing well so Greg.

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Speaker 2: We dove into one of the articles you wrote about

939
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Speaker 2: home field advantage and it's something that the Bills have

940
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Speaker 2: been lucky enough to have for the last several seasons.

941
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Speaker 2: In your article, you write that the Bills have the

942
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Speaker 2: best home record over the last four seasons twenty eight

943
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Speaker 2: and six. The Bills have quite a few home games

944
00:49:58,440 --> 00:50:00,720
Speaker 2: to start the twenty twenty five seas and in fact,

945
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Speaker 2: four out of their first five games are at home.

946
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Speaker 2: They're gonna have some great weather in Buffalo there in

947
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Speaker 2: September and early October. Why does Buffalo have such great

948
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Speaker 2: home field advantage?

949
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Speaker 4: Yeah, I don't know if that's any one thing.

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Speaker 5: I mean, obviously weather can be a part of it,

951
00:50:16,760 --> 00:50:18,200
Speaker 5: but I mean a decent amount of your divisions up

952
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Speaker 5: north as well. Yeah, I was trying to look as

953
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Speaker 5: we went through things. You know, best home record in

954
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Speaker 5: the NFL, and honestly, it's one of those where those

955
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Speaker 5: are obviously pretty good on the road as well.

956
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Speaker 4: Twenty and thirteen, the last four years still.

957
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Speaker 5: Has one of the biggest disparities between home and away

958
00:50:32,920 --> 00:50:34,680
Speaker 5: in terms of eight more home wins than they have

959
00:50:34,760 --> 00:50:37,080
Speaker 5: on the road in the same timeframe. I'm sure weather

960
00:50:37,200 --> 00:50:38,439
Speaker 5: is a big part of it. I think the home field,

961
00:50:38,480 --> 00:50:40,799
Speaker 5: the crowd is a big part of it there. But no,

962
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Speaker 5: I mean, they've been a successful team everywhere they've gone,

963
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Speaker 5: and never more so than they're in Buffalo.

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Speaker 1: And your research and doing this because it's really because

965
00:50:48,880 --> 00:50:51,080
Speaker 1: most people don't get around all thirty two teams and

966
00:50:51,400 --> 00:50:53,680
Speaker 1: kind of have a national view like you do. What

967
00:50:53,719 --> 00:50:55,800
Speaker 1: are some of the because you also note in your article.

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Speaker 1: Sometimes this Sometimes it swings wildly within a year or two.

969
00:51:00,000 --> 00:51:02,839
Speaker 1: A team can be can stink at home and from

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00:51:02,840 --> 00:51:06,160
Speaker 1: being a really good home team. What if anything can

971
00:51:06,239 --> 00:51:07,759
Speaker 1: you put your finger on that changes that?

972
00:51:08,880 --> 00:51:09,799
Speaker 4: Just how fickle it is.

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Speaker 5: I mean like, if you look, I think I don't

974
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Speaker 5: have the story in front of me, But I meant

975
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Speaker 5: like the Cowboys were a crazy example where the Cowboys

976
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Speaker 5: from twenty three to twenty four went from being literally

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Speaker 5: I think Cowboys were like plus one seventy two, outscoring

978
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Speaker 5: their opponents by one hundred and seventy two points at

979
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Speaker 5: home in twenty three, and then literally a year later, obviously,

980
00:51:26,360 --> 00:51:28,160
Speaker 5: Dak Prescott, we've heard decent part of the season, but

981
00:51:29,040 --> 00:51:31,160
Speaker 5: we're like the worst team in the NFL. A year later,

982
00:51:31,160 --> 00:51:33,520
Speaker 5: Commanders were the semi Commanders were bad in twenty three.

983
00:51:33,880 --> 00:51:36,640
Speaker 5: Obviously they get Jayden Daniels, but then one of the

984
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Speaker 5: better NFL.

985
00:51:37,360 --> 00:51:37,960
Speaker 4: Teams at home.

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Speaker 5: So no, it changes a lot, and it's it's not

987
00:51:40,600 --> 00:51:42,560
Speaker 5: always something that makes a ton of sense. There's teams

988
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Speaker 5: that I think we used to think about Seattle as

989
00:51:45,160 --> 00:51:46,840
Speaker 5: being you know, legion to Doom and one of the

990
00:51:46,840 --> 00:51:50,239
Speaker 5: best home twelf man toughest places to play. See how

991
00:51:50,280 --> 00:51:52,080
Speaker 5: has been a better road team in the last four

992
00:51:52,160 --> 00:51:54,319
Speaker 5: years than they have been on at home. So some

993
00:51:54,360 --> 00:51:56,560
Speaker 5: of the traditional things that we associate with tough places

994
00:51:56,600 --> 00:52:00,799
Speaker 5: to play or biggest home field advantages play out. As

995
00:52:00,800 --> 00:52:03,799
Speaker 5: we mentioned the story, like homefield in general has never

996
00:52:03,840 --> 00:52:07,040
Speaker 5: meant less. I think the win percentage for home teams

997
00:52:07,080 --> 00:52:10,560
Speaker 5: the NFL was fifty three percent last year. It's four

998
00:52:10,600 --> 00:52:13,120
Speaker 5: times in the last six years it's been that or lower,

999
00:52:13,600 --> 00:52:15,600
Speaker 5: and in the previous fifty years there were only four

1000
00:52:15,640 --> 00:52:17,760
Speaker 5: Sessionly you used to be you know, you'd expect closer

1001
00:52:17,760 --> 00:52:20,359
Speaker 5: to sixty percent, you know, kind of the real home

1002
00:52:20,400 --> 00:52:23,400
Speaker 5: field advantage that we associate with the NFL off places

1003
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Speaker 5: to play a lot to overcome, and lately it basically

1004
00:52:27,719 --> 00:52:29,759
Speaker 5: being a home team basically makes you about a nine

1005
00:52:29,800 --> 00:52:31,200
Speaker 5: and eight team, is what it does.

1006
00:52:31,560 --> 00:52:32,680
Speaker 4: Barely an advantage at all.

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00:52:33,200 --> 00:52:37,000
Speaker 1: Is that a nod you think to a concession to

1008
00:52:37,160 --> 00:52:39,960
Speaker 1: the area of free agency. Certainly free agency started like

1009
00:52:40,000 --> 00:52:43,480
Speaker 1: thirty years ago, but you get such a change over

1010
00:52:43,600 --> 00:52:47,200
Speaker 1: now with teams and the trend that we've noticed in Buffalo.

1011
00:52:47,320 --> 00:52:50,480
Speaker 1: Buffalo when Brandon Bean and Sean McDermott took over started

1012
00:52:50,520 --> 00:52:54,759
Speaker 1: signing a ton of one year contracts, there is a

1013
00:52:54,840 --> 00:52:58,040
Speaker 1: much bigger turnover, and therefore the chemistry the team, the

1014
00:52:58,760 --> 00:53:01,680
Speaker 1: attitude of the team, you know, the vibe of the team,

1015
00:53:01,719 --> 00:53:04,279
Speaker 1: whatever you want to call it, tends to change more

1016
00:53:04,320 --> 00:53:05,279
Speaker 1: so year over years.

1017
00:53:05,360 --> 00:53:06,239
Speaker 3: That kind of.

1018
00:53:06,280 --> 00:53:09,520
Speaker 1: Maybe has a hand in why these teams swing wildly

1019
00:53:09,560 --> 00:53:11,960
Speaker 1: from being good in a venue one year and not

1020
00:53:12,000 --> 00:53:14,279
Speaker 1: being able to win and then the next year.

1021
00:53:15,000 --> 00:53:16,640
Speaker 5: Yeah, I think so much of the NFL is built

1022
00:53:16,640 --> 00:53:19,120
Speaker 5: towards competitive balance and parody. That's what they're always going for.

1023
00:53:19,200 --> 00:53:21,000
Speaker 5: They're always talking about how close games are, how many

1024
00:53:21,040 --> 00:53:23,479
Speaker 5: games are just outed by one score. You think about

1025
00:53:23,480 --> 00:53:25,319
Speaker 5: the draft, you think about the salary cap. These are

1026
00:53:25,360 --> 00:53:28,439
Speaker 5: all things designed to keep everybody close. So it makes

1027
00:53:28,440 --> 00:53:30,200
Speaker 5: sense that if you do that, then the ball games

1028
00:53:30,239 --> 00:53:32,879
Speaker 5: are gonna be close, and home field won't be quite

1029
00:53:32,920 --> 00:53:35,239
Speaker 5: the advantage it is. I mean, in terms of you

1030
00:53:35,280 --> 00:53:38,759
Speaker 5: don't have the dominant in the NFL you used to

1031
00:53:38,760 --> 00:53:40,279
Speaker 5: see where again teams would run the same.

1032
00:53:40,280 --> 00:53:41,800
Speaker 4: I mean, obviously the Bills bet years where.

1033
00:53:41,640 --> 00:53:43,600
Speaker 5: They're perfect at home and they go eight to oh

1034
00:53:43,719 --> 00:53:46,120
Speaker 5: or nine and oh. But I think teams in general,

1035
00:53:46,160 --> 00:53:48,480
Speaker 5: now you'll see teams, I mean, Packers last year were,

1036
00:53:49,480 --> 00:53:51,400
Speaker 5: you know, not nearly as good as they could have been,

1037
00:53:51,480 --> 00:53:53,640
Speaker 5: just because they weren't as dominant in some places. So

1038
00:53:54,200 --> 00:53:57,680
Speaker 5: I think the NFL strives to have every game be close,

1039
00:53:57,719 --> 00:53:59,719
Speaker 5: to have the standings be close. When you're in Week

1040
00:53:59,760 --> 00:54:02,600
Speaker 5: six team in Week seventeen. You get more teams with

1041
00:54:02,719 --> 00:54:04,759
Speaker 5: seasons still on the line, And I think part of

1042
00:54:04,800 --> 00:54:08,000
Speaker 5: that just translates to we used to think about three

1043
00:54:08,040 --> 00:54:10,239
Speaker 5: points and have the lines in Vegas always kind of

1044
00:54:10,280 --> 00:54:12,920
Speaker 5: gave three points to the home team. It's probably not

1045
00:54:12,960 --> 00:54:15,399
Speaker 5: a three point advantage anymore. It's probably less than two

1046
00:54:15,840 --> 00:54:17,719
Speaker 5: if you look at it numerically. What it helps the

1047
00:54:17,760 --> 00:54:18,840
Speaker 5: home team to be at home.

1048
00:54:19,520 --> 00:54:22,680
Speaker 2: Yeah, Buffalo thankfully this year. You look at their schedule,

1049
00:54:22,680 --> 00:54:24,560
Speaker 2: a lot of the tough games they're going to play

1050
00:54:24,680 --> 00:54:28,160
Speaker 2: against the Ravens, against the Chiefs, against the Eagles are

1051
00:54:28,280 --> 00:54:31,879
Speaker 2: at home. It makes sense to couple, Well, your home

1052
00:54:31,960 --> 00:54:34,920
Speaker 2: field advantage is a thing, but you also have to

1053
00:54:35,000 --> 00:54:38,280
Speaker 2: have a team that can compete at home. You mentioned

1054
00:54:38,280 --> 00:54:40,920
Speaker 2: the Packers not being as good as they could have

1055
00:54:40,960 --> 00:54:43,279
Speaker 2: been last year in home field advantage not as much

1056
00:54:43,280 --> 00:54:46,439
Speaker 2: of a thing for the Packers. Moving on, You also

1057
00:54:46,520 --> 00:54:49,800
Speaker 2: wrote an article recently just about how teams are going

1058
00:54:49,880 --> 00:54:53,200
Speaker 2: for more on fourth down, and Buffalo seems to be

1059
00:54:53,239 --> 00:54:55,799
Speaker 2: a team where if they're in a position to go

1060
00:54:55,880 --> 00:54:58,759
Speaker 2: for it on fourth down, they usually opt to go

1061
00:54:58,840 --> 00:55:01,920
Speaker 2: for it and are very sick successful at going for it.

1062
00:55:02,400 --> 00:55:05,040
Speaker 2: When writing this article, what type of research did you

1063
00:55:05,080 --> 00:55:07,640
Speaker 2: do to figure out why this is a trend now

1064
00:55:07,680 --> 00:55:09,200
Speaker 2: in the last couple of years.

1065
00:55:09,640 --> 00:55:12,480
Speaker 5: Yeah, I literally looked at charted at every I think seven

1066
00:55:12,560 --> 00:55:14,959
Speaker 5: hundred and fifty fourth down offensive plays in the NFL

1067
00:55:15,040 --> 00:55:17,200
Speaker 5: last season and just looked at when teams going for

1068
00:55:17,280 --> 00:55:17,960
Speaker 5: it when they don't.

1069
00:55:18,960 --> 00:55:20,120
Speaker 4: I mean, I think we knew.

1070
00:55:20,160 --> 00:55:22,359
Speaker 5: I had covered the Commanders in the postseason a little

1071
00:55:22,360 --> 00:55:24,279
Speaker 5: bit this past year, and Washington was a team that

1072
00:55:24,440 --> 00:55:27,359
Speaker 5: just went for it and had amazing success on fourth down.

1073
00:55:27,400 --> 00:55:29,120
Speaker 5: They were like eighty seven percent I think in the

1074
00:55:29,160 --> 00:55:32,239
Speaker 5: regular season. Jayden Daniels even as a rookie, was like

1075
00:55:32,239 --> 00:55:34,759
Speaker 5: fifteen for seventeen when he ran it or threw it

1076
00:55:34,800 --> 00:55:36,440
Speaker 5: on fourth down. So I knew the teams are going

1077
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Speaker 5: for it more. I just was trying to quantify how

1078
00:55:38,920 --> 00:55:41,319
Speaker 5: much more, and the hard numbers, if you look at it,

1079
00:55:41,320 --> 00:55:44,040
Speaker 5: it's like fourth down was kind of a fairly predictable

1080
00:55:44,040 --> 00:55:46,000
Speaker 5: thing in the NFL in terms of how often teams

1081
00:55:46,040 --> 00:55:48,839
Speaker 5: went for it and the success they had, and going

1082
00:55:48,880 --> 00:55:51,680
Speaker 5: back like three decades, going back to when Steve played

1083
00:55:52,560 --> 00:55:55,239
Speaker 5: very predictable, and then in the last ten years there's

1084
00:55:55,280 --> 00:55:57,440
Speaker 5: kind of been a change. Some would say analytics and

1085
00:55:57,480 --> 00:55:59,759
Speaker 5: stuff like that, but I think coaches have gotten more

1086
00:55:59,760 --> 00:56:03,239
Speaker 5: commonfident not only that they can make it on fourth down,

1087
00:56:03,560 --> 00:56:05,640
Speaker 5: but that they can kind of manage the consequences that

1088
00:56:05,680 --> 00:56:08,239
Speaker 5: they don't they could trust their defense to limit the damage.

1089
00:56:08,600 --> 00:56:11,920
Speaker 5: So the hard numbers are that NFL teams went for

1090
00:56:12,000 --> 00:56:14,680
Speaker 5: it's sixty percent more this past season than they did

1091
00:56:14,719 --> 00:56:17,920
Speaker 5: in twenty fourteen, a decade earlier, and then the success rate,

1092
00:56:17,960 --> 00:56:20,319
Speaker 5: I forget, it's like fifty six percent. I think, which

1093
00:56:20,400 --> 00:56:23,160
Speaker 5: the most successful the league has been as long as

1094
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Speaker 5: I can find. I only found data back to like

1095
00:56:25,080 --> 00:56:28,279
Speaker 5: nineteen ninety, I think, but the most successful in that

1096
00:56:28,480 --> 00:56:31,040
Speaker 5: entire thirty five year run. And it's one of those

1097
00:56:31,080 --> 00:56:32,960
Speaker 5: where I think what it's done is it's kind of

1098
00:56:33,000 --> 00:56:36,080
Speaker 5: changed the field. You know, you think about special teams,

1099
00:56:36,120 --> 00:56:38,279
Speaker 5: all right, You think about you know what used to

1100
00:56:38,360 --> 00:56:41,200
Speaker 5: be where the lines were for where you stopped, you know,

1101
00:56:41,200 --> 00:56:42,799
Speaker 5: when the offense kind of gave up. I think fourth

1102
00:56:42,840 --> 00:56:44,759
Speaker 5: down used to kind of be that concession down where

1103
00:56:44,800 --> 00:56:47,080
Speaker 5: it's like, hey, it didn't happen, at least get some

1104
00:56:47,200 --> 00:56:49,120
Speaker 5: yards and make for a long field for the opponent.

1105
00:56:49,480 --> 00:56:52,600
Speaker 5: So like the punting and plus territory numbers were crazy,

1106
00:56:52,680 --> 00:56:54,800
Speaker 5: Like I think there were only you look at fourth

1107
00:56:54,800 --> 00:56:56,840
Speaker 5: and one in plus territories or in the on the

1108
00:56:56,880 --> 00:56:59,560
Speaker 5: other side of the fifty. There were only three punts

1109
00:56:59,640 --> 00:57:01,640
Speaker 5: in the NFL last year on fourth and one in

1110
00:57:01,680 --> 00:57:02,480
Speaker 5: plus territory.

1111
00:57:02,719 --> 00:57:04,880
Speaker 4: Same thing. Ten years ago, I think there were fifteen.

1112
00:57:04,960 --> 00:57:06,520
Speaker 4: I think so, I just think.

1113
00:57:06,440 --> 00:57:11,440
Speaker 5: Again there's an overall trend away from conservatives and play calling.

1114
00:57:12,200 --> 00:57:14,960
Speaker 5: They're going forward earlier. The number of plays inside your

1115
00:57:15,000 --> 00:57:16,760
Speaker 5: own forty yard line. It used to be, you know,

1116
00:57:16,920 --> 00:57:18,880
Speaker 5: even if you had fourth and one, you really had

1117
00:57:19,160 --> 00:57:21,800
Speaker 5: trust in your offense to get that. You wouldn't do

1118
00:57:21,880 --> 00:57:24,200
Speaker 5: it when you're given the other team the ball in

1119
00:57:24,280 --> 00:57:27,320
Speaker 5: field goal territory if you will field goal range, and

1120
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Speaker 5: there's a ton more. I mean, I think there were

1121
00:57:30,040 --> 00:57:33,120
Speaker 5: nine plays inside the forty where teams went for it

1122
00:57:33,160 --> 00:57:35,120
Speaker 5: a decade ago, and they were like sixty seven this

1123
00:57:35,160 --> 00:57:37,600
Speaker 5: past year. So just a lot more confidence and the

1124
00:57:37,600 --> 00:57:39,760
Speaker 5: cool thing that's come with that. I don't think we

1125
00:57:39,840 --> 00:57:43,120
Speaker 5: necessarily realize it year to year, but from a decade

1126
00:57:43,120 --> 00:57:45,680
Speaker 5: ago to now, it's basically three hundred plays this season

1127
00:57:45,720 --> 00:57:47,920
Speaker 5: that used to be punts and now our team's going

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00:57:47,960 --> 00:57:50,480
Speaker 5: forward on fourth down. So you take away you go

1129
00:57:50,520 --> 00:57:52,919
Speaker 5: from the punts, probably one of the more fore gone

1130
00:57:52,960 --> 00:57:55,520
Speaker 5: conclusion plays in the NFL. Half the time it's a

1131
00:57:55,560 --> 00:57:57,880
Speaker 5: touchback or a fair catch. All you really got to

1132
00:57:57,880 --> 00:57:59,680
Speaker 5: do is get the punt off and you're in good shape.

1133
00:58:00,800 --> 00:58:02,439
Speaker 5: And then you go to one of the more high

1134
00:58:02,480 --> 00:58:04,240
Speaker 5: leverage plays there is. The NFL is going for it

1135
00:58:04,280 --> 00:58:06,120
Speaker 5: and fourth down. So I thought it was neat just

1136
00:58:06,160 --> 00:58:09,840
Speaker 5: to see overall, how many plays a year are now

1137
00:58:10,840 --> 00:58:15,440
Speaker 5: big leverage, game changing plays compared to playing it safe

1138
00:58:15,480 --> 00:58:16,960
Speaker 5: and taking a punt like they used to.

1139
00:58:17,240 --> 00:58:19,680
Speaker 1: Yeah, Buffalo has a different view of things than maybe

1140
00:58:19,680 --> 00:58:21,560
Speaker 1: than other teams. They've got this guy who's the MVP

1141
00:58:21,720 --> 00:58:24,919
Speaker 1: and Josh who's this you know, literal Buffalo playing football, right,

1142
00:58:25,160 --> 00:58:29,440
Speaker 1: So you see teams like Philly, like Buffalo and Washington.

1143
00:58:29,560 --> 00:58:31,200
Speaker 1: Washington was a good team on fourth down?

1144
00:58:31,400 --> 00:58:32,320
Speaker 3: Do they go for it?

1145
00:58:32,360 --> 00:58:35,560
Speaker 1: And and I get it. Analytics has tilted the field

1146
00:58:35,560 --> 00:58:37,760
Speaker 1: in this area. They say, well, you know, the chances are.

1147
00:58:37,800 --> 00:58:40,720
Speaker 1: You know, we're playing percentages. Let's go here, And you're right,

1148
00:58:40,760 --> 00:58:43,480
Speaker 1: the field position or all that has a say in it.

1149
00:58:43,800 --> 00:58:47,280
Speaker 1: But do teams. Did you notice a trend in the

1150
00:58:47,360 --> 00:58:50,400
Speaker 1: type of play call? Because you've got some teams like

1151
00:58:50,520 --> 00:58:53,040
Speaker 1: Chicago and Washington who's ten you know, I got or

1152
00:58:53,080 --> 00:58:55,040
Speaker 1: Bo Nicks and the guys in your article. Some of

1153
00:58:55,080 --> 00:58:59,240
Speaker 1: these guys have five touchdown passes on fourth down and

1154
00:58:59,280 --> 00:59:02,240
Speaker 1: no interception between the two young quarterbacks.

1155
00:59:02,280 --> 00:59:03,640
Speaker 3: And then you got guys like Buffalo.

1156
00:59:03,840 --> 00:59:06,880
Speaker 1: Teams like Buffalo and Philly, they don't throw touchdowns, they

1157
00:59:06,960 --> 00:59:07,480
Speaker 1: just run it.

1158
00:59:08,000 --> 00:59:10,600
Speaker 3: Right. Is it the guy or is it the plan?

1159
00:59:10,840 --> 00:59:11,480
Speaker 3: You know what I mean?

1160
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Speaker 5: Yeah, I think it definitely has to start with the

1161
00:59:13,880 --> 00:59:16,919
Speaker 5: quarterback you have confidence in. And Josh Allen absolutely leads

1162
00:59:16,920 --> 00:59:18,680
Speaker 5: the way in that. It's funny. We wrote a piece

1163
00:59:19,000 --> 00:59:22,160
Speaker 5: maybe a month earlier when all everything was going on

1164
00:59:22,200 --> 00:59:24,120
Speaker 5: with the NFL trying to change the rules to ban

1165
00:59:24,200 --> 00:59:26,200
Speaker 5: the toush push, and I made a point to say,

1166
00:59:26,240 --> 00:59:29,560
Speaker 5: like toush push wasn't even necessarily the most efficient short

1167
00:59:29,640 --> 00:59:31,880
Speaker 5: yardage play in the NFL. There were other offenses like

1168
00:59:31,920 --> 00:59:36,120
Speaker 5: Buffalo that were more consistent. Toush push is a high

1169
00:59:36,160 --> 00:59:39,080
Speaker 5: volume play and is a high profile play, but in

1170
00:59:39,200 --> 00:59:41,280
Speaker 5: terms of just efficiency, in terms of getting it done

1171
00:59:41,640 --> 00:59:44,080
Speaker 5: a high percentage of the time, Buffalo is better, Washington

1172
00:59:44,160 --> 00:59:46,640
Speaker 5: was better. There are teams that were better. I always

1173
00:59:46,640 --> 00:59:49,720
Speaker 5: think about the biggest proof in the pudding is do

1174
00:59:49,760 --> 00:59:51,600
Speaker 5: you do it more or less than the playoffs when

1175
00:59:51,600 --> 00:59:54,040
Speaker 5: it counts more when your season's on the line. And

1176
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Speaker 5: Buffalo went off in the playoff. Buffalo went seven for

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Speaker 5: nine on fourth down of the playoffs this year, three

1178
00:59:58,720 --> 01:00:02,840
Speaker 5: touchdowns on four down plays in the postseason their entire

1179
01:00:03,440 --> 01:00:06,000
Speaker 5: playoff years, where the entire league doesn't have a fourth

1180
01:00:06,040 --> 01:00:09,400
Speaker 5: down touchdown in the playoffs, and Buffalo had three of them. Obviously,

1181
01:00:09,400 --> 01:00:11,880
Speaker 5: they didn't get everyone when they needed it, but I

1182
01:00:11,880 --> 01:00:13,840
Speaker 5: thought just how often they went for it, and again

1183
01:00:13,960 --> 01:00:15,880
Speaker 5: seven out of nine. I mean, I would have confidence

1184
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Speaker 5: if I could do something seventy eight percent of the

1185
01:00:17,760 --> 01:00:18,320
Speaker 5: time as well.

1186
01:00:18,840 --> 01:00:19,000
Speaker 4: Well.

1187
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Speaker 2: I mean, speaking of the tush push, Buffalo was incredible

1188
01:00:22,560 --> 01:00:24,800
Speaker 2: at it last season, and there's a few teams who

1189
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Speaker 2: have really taken advantage of figuring out how are we

1190
01:00:28,440 --> 01:00:30,400
Speaker 2: going to run this play and how are we going

1191
01:00:30,480 --> 01:00:33,240
Speaker 2: to be successful at it? I mean, Josh went seventeen

1192
01:00:33,400 --> 01:00:36,880
Speaker 2: of eighteen during the twenty twenty four regular season doing so.

1193
01:00:37,360 --> 01:00:40,240
Speaker 2: And since it's going to continue on in the NFL

1194
01:00:40,320 --> 01:00:43,000
Speaker 2: this year, you would expect Buffalo as well as those

1195
01:00:43,040 --> 01:00:46,720
Speaker 2: other few teams to continue to try to do their

1196
01:00:46,720 --> 01:00:50,080
Speaker 2: best to wreck opposing teams by going for it and

1197
01:00:50,160 --> 01:00:51,840
Speaker 2: doing that tush push.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, be neat to see how defenses take this off season.

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Speaker 5: I mean, it's definitely something that has grown. It's not

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01:00:56,920 --> 01:00:58,320
Speaker 5: like it just came back in twenty four, but I

1201
01:00:58,360 --> 01:01:01,000
Speaker 5: think in terms of the prominence and confidence team has

1202
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Speaker 5: in using it, will you be more willing to put

1203
01:01:04,520 --> 01:01:07,440
Speaker 5: a goal line defense on the field at midfield or

1204
01:01:07,480 --> 01:01:10,680
Speaker 5: where you definitely are. What the counter move would be

1205
01:01:11,200 --> 01:01:13,080
Speaker 5: is to have the what looks like the tush push

1206
01:01:13,120 --> 01:01:14,440
Speaker 5: and then you throw out of it and they got

1207
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Speaker 5: a single safety and you got a sixty yard touchdown

1208
01:01:16,440 --> 01:01:19,240
Speaker 5: instead of a two yard fourth down conversion.

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Speaker 4: The Bucks brought in a guy.

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Speaker 5: There's a defensive tackle, a rookie from Florida that weighed

1211
01:01:23,360 --> 01:01:26,280
Speaker 5: four hundred and sixty pounds at the Combine Pro Day.

1212
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Speaker 4: I should say, I.

1213
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Speaker 5: Don't know if he's going to make their roster, but

1214
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Speaker 5: I think people have taken his pre They already have

1215
01:01:31,640 --> 01:01:33,880
Speaker 5: a big guy down here in Tampa and Vitavea. But

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Speaker 5: I think people have thought of him as a tush

1217
01:01:36,560 --> 01:01:39,160
Speaker 5: push neutralizer type where if you bring him in on

1218
01:01:39,280 --> 01:01:41,480
Speaker 5: just your short yardage plays, if you have a three

1219
01:01:41,520 --> 01:01:43,440
Speaker 5: hundred and sixty pound guy in via Veya and I

1220
01:01:43,560 --> 01:01:45,920
Speaker 5: think I think Desmond Watson is his name. I think

1221
01:01:46,040 --> 01:01:48,040
Speaker 5: probably be closer to four to twenty or last if

1222
01:01:48,080 --> 01:01:51,560
Speaker 5: he actually gets on the field. But some big bodies

1223
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Speaker 5: that would be specialty sub packages that could work just

1224
01:01:55,680 --> 01:01:59,160
Speaker 5: in short yardage. And it's kind of the tush push antidote,

1225
01:01:59,160 --> 01:01:59,640
Speaker 5: if you will.

1226
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Speaker 3: One of the interesting things.

1227
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Speaker 1: And you've touched on so many topics this last offseason,

1228
01:02:04,760 --> 01:02:06,600
Speaker 1: you did a thing on the two point conversion. I

1229
01:02:06,680 --> 01:02:09,520
Speaker 1: didn't really think about this, but the two point conversion

1230
01:02:09,640 --> 01:02:11,800
Speaker 1: like went away. I mean not that it's not there,

1231
01:02:12,200 --> 01:02:14,360
Speaker 1: nobody's going for it.

1232
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Speaker 3: It really they really.

1233
01:02:15,720 --> 01:02:19,360
Speaker 1: Push the attempt to go to for two wait late

1234
01:02:19,400 --> 01:02:21,600
Speaker 1: in the game until you got to do it. The

1235
01:02:22,120 --> 01:02:25,800
Speaker 1: analytics must be telling them to take points early in

1236
01:02:25,840 --> 01:02:27,920
Speaker 1: the game and push off the need for a new

1237
01:02:28,400 --> 01:02:31,960
Speaker 1: you know, for the extra point till absolute last possible moment,

1238
01:02:31,960 --> 01:02:35,439
Speaker 1: and sometimes those moments don't come to the two point

1239
01:02:35,440 --> 01:02:36,880
Speaker 1: conversion fifteen year low.

1240
01:02:37,920 --> 01:02:40,160
Speaker 5: Yeah, and people I think people you have the numbers

1241
01:02:40,160 --> 01:02:41,760
Speaker 5: in their head where it's kind of like when they

1242
01:02:41,840 --> 01:02:44,040
Speaker 5: first had that two point version and moved out the

1243
01:02:44,080 --> 01:02:46,600
Speaker 5: extra point, it was kind of forty eight percent if

1244
01:02:46,600 --> 01:02:48,480
Speaker 5: you went for two and ninety five percent if you

1245
01:02:48,560 --> 01:02:51,560
Speaker 5: kicked it, or it seemed like almost a wash.

1246
01:02:51,640 --> 01:02:53,160
Speaker 4: But divisits have kind of figured it out.

1247
01:02:53,200 --> 01:02:54,760
Speaker 5: I mean it's one of those where I talked to

1248
01:02:55,480 --> 01:02:57,720
Speaker 5: Jeff Hasley in Green Bay, I talked to Joe Witt

1249
01:02:57,760 --> 01:03:01,960
Speaker 5: in Washington about what they did, and honestly, it's one

1250
01:03:02,000 --> 01:03:04,560
Speaker 5: of those things where NFL offenses can be predictable. I mean,

1251
01:03:04,680 --> 01:03:08,040
Speaker 5: there's only so much time put into your two point offense,

1252
01:03:08,600 --> 01:03:11,040
Speaker 5: and as a result, they kind of know what to see.

1253
01:03:11,760 --> 01:03:14,240
Speaker 5: Washington was saying, I think Washington did really well. Washington

1254
01:03:14,320 --> 01:03:17,520
Speaker 5: was like eight for nine at stopping two point conversions

1255
01:03:17,560 --> 01:03:20,040
Speaker 5: last year, and one of the reasons is that, I mean,

1256
01:03:20,040 --> 01:03:21,960
Speaker 5: they had they lined up in the same defense on

1257
01:03:22,040 --> 01:03:25,240
Speaker 5: six of their nine two point conversions. They knew what

1258
01:03:25,320 --> 01:03:26,920
Speaker 5: was coming, and they had a defense that was kind

1259
01:03:26,920 --> 01:03:29,160
Speaker 5: of what you want to do is get some pressure

1260
01:03:29,240 --> 01:03:32,160
Speaker 5: make a throw come in quickly. I think it probably

1261
01:03:32,160 --> 01:03:34,800
Speaker 5: helps Washington that in practice they go against Jadon Daniels,

1262
01:03:34,800 --> 01:03:37,440
Speaker 5: who's one of those dangerous types that can extend plays

1263
01:03:37,640 --> 01:03:40,760
Speaker 5: and run or throw. But as a whole, I just

1264
01:03:40,840 --> 01:03:43,480
Speaker 5: thought it was neat that the defenses have kind of

1265
01:03:43,480 --> 01:03:45,600
Speaker 5: caught on and figured this out. So now when teams

1266
01:03:45,600 --> 01:03:48,200
Speaker 5: are going for it, some of these teams are you know,

1267
01:03:48,480 --> 01:03:51,240
Speaker 5: didn't go didn't give up a two point conversion all season.

1268
01:03:51,640 --> 01:03:54,200
Speaker 5: So I think as much as there's analytics now where

1269
01:03:54,520 --> 01:03:57,120
Speaker 5: you see teams that are like if you're down fourteen

1270
01:03:57,160 --> 01:03:59,840
Speaker 5: and you score, you see teams going for two kind

1271
01:03:59,840 --> 01:04:03,240
Speaker 5: of new situation, not just the down two or up

1272
01:04:03,280 --> 01:04:06,600
Speaker 5: one or the easiest why it's smart to go for

1273
01:04:06,640 --> 01:04:10,080
Speaker 5: two type plays. But it was neat to see that

1274
01:04:10,080 --> 01:04:13,120
Speaker 5: that's one area of all these kind of offensive trends we've

1275
01:04:13,120 --> 01:04:15,320
Speaker 5: looked at this summer where the defenses have kind of

1276
01:04:15,320 --> 01:04:18,080
Speaker 5: gotten ahead and owned things at least this past season.

1277
01:04:18,760 --> 01:04:22,360
Speaker 2: Last week, one of the big headlined items was the

1278
01:04:22,440 --> 01:04:25,960
Speaker 2: fact that the Steelers got a couple new players as

1279
01:04:26,000 --> 01:04:29,200
Speaker 2: well as the Dolphins. The Steelers got Jalen Ramsey, a

1280
01:04:29,280 --> 01:04:32,600
Speaker 2: John Newsmith, and a twenty twenty seven seventh round pick

1281
01:04:32,880 --> 01:04:36,080
Speaker 2: and a trade and Dolphins got Minka Fitzpatrick and a

1282
01:04:36,120 --> 01:04:39,200
Speaker 2: twenty twenty seven to fifth round pick. Darren Laller also

1283
01:04:39,320 --> 01:04:43,160
Speaker 2: coming out of retirement as well. Who won that trade?

1284
01:04:43,200 --> 01:04:46,120
Speaker 2: Buffalo's going to see both of these teams this season.

1285
01:04:47,040 --> 01:04:48,680
Speaker 4: Yeah, it's a tough call. I kind of felt like

1286
01:04:48,760 --> 01:04:50,160
Speaker 4: Pittsburgh did a little bit androm.

1287
01:04:50,960 --> 01:04:52,800
Speaker 5: I don't know that Jalen Ramsey is worth the money

1288
01:04:52,800 --> 01:04:55,120
Speaker 5: he's getting paid this year, but I think Pittsburgh definitely

1289
01:04:55,160 --> 01:04:57,480
Speaker 5: has had a push the chips to the center of

1290
01:04:57,480 --> 01:05:00,160
Speaker 5: the table kind of mentality with Aaron Rodgers, you know,

1291
01:05:00,200 --> 01:05:03,160
Speaker 5: you have a tight window to try and win. I

1292
01:05:03,200 --> 01:05:04,720
Speaker 5: think one of the things with Pittsburg is they've been

1293
01:05:04,760 --> 01:05:06,600
Speaker 5: so consistent that Mike Tomlin in terms of having a

1294
01:05:06,640 --> 01:05:08,720
Speaker 5: winning record every year, and he has this amazing streak

1295
01:05:08,720 --> 01:05:10,880
Speaker 5: of having at least a five hundred record every single

1296
01:05:10,960 --> 01:05:11,880
Speaker 5: year he's been a head coach.

1297
01:05:12,600 --> 01:05:14,560
Speaker 4: But they've also lost their last five playoff games.

1298
01:05:14,560 --> 01:05:16,200
Speaker 5: I mean, their last playoff win I think is twenty

1299
01:05:16,280 --> 01:05:18,560
Speaker 5: seventeen maybe, And I felt like these are the kind

1300
01:05:18,600 --> 01:05:21,800
Speaker 5: of things you do to try and get yourself over

1301
01:05:21,840 --> 01:05:24,320
Speaker 5: the top to actually make a postseason run. This is

1302
01:05:24,320 --> 01:05:27,480
Speaker 5: probably Aaron Rodgers' last chance to kind of do something

1303
01:05:27,720 --> 01:05:30,080
Speaker 5: that's a post lude to his Green Bay.

1304
01:05:29,920 --> 01:05:31,600
Speaker 4: Years, and I think they want to do that.

1305
01:05:31,640 --> 01:05:33,960
Speaker 5: You know, I think you saw obviously you saw Baltimore

1306
01:05:33,960 --> 01:05:36,440
Speaker 5: at Ji R Alexander, where they'd already within the division

1307
01:05:36,800 --> 01:05:38,960
Speaker 5: kind of ramped up what was already a good secondary.

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Speaker 4: Miami a little tougher to figure Miami out. John new Smith,

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Speaker 4: Arthur Smith loves John new Smith.

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Speaker 5: I would surprised to see them bring those two back

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Speaker 5: together again.

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Speaker 3: Miami.

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Speaker 4: You know, Darren Waller might be the answer.

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Speaker 5: But I mean, Darren Waller had six total touchdowns in

1315
01:05:52,720 --> 01:05:54,440
Speaker 5: his last three years before he retired.

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Speaker 4: He's thirty two.

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Speaker 5: So if he can have anything close to what John

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Speaker 5: new Smith for had for them, Jenny Smith had like

1319
01:06:00,320 --> 01:06:03,840
Speaker 5: eighty eight catches eight hundred yards. If they get half

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Speaker 5: that from Darren Waller, they've done really well for Miami.

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Speaker 5: I felt like they got a little younger. They know,

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Speaker 5: Minka Fitzpatrick down there. They drafted him. He's two years

1323
01:06:11,960 --> 01:06:14,720
Speaker 5: younger than Ramsey. He's probably a little bit more affordable

1324
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Speaker 5: than Ramsey. But now Miami has a whole corner. My

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01:06:18,480 --> 01:06:21,040
Speaker 5: Miami is going to get by with either an undrafted

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01:06:21,120 --> 01:06:24,160
Speaker 5: second year guy or a fifth round rookie. There's not

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01:06:24,440 --> 01:06:26,480
Speaker 5: an obvious thing in place. Maybe they still have another

1328
01:06:26,520 --> 01:06:29,120
Speaker 5: move to make to add a veteran corner and kind

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01:06:29,120 --> 01:06:31,760
Speaker 5: of shore things up there. But I was concerned about

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01:06:31,800 --> 01:06:34,400
Speaker 5: Miami's cornerback situation before they got rid of Ramsey.

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Speaker 1: I know, as the season approaches, everybody starts to line

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Speaker 1: out the schedule. I know you spent some time covering

1333
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Speaker 1: the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Coincidentally, the Bills play the NFC

1334
01:06:44,480 --> 01:06:50,000
Speaker 1: South this year, a division that has been well, the

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Speaker 1: Bucks have won it, maybe by default at times. Carolina

1336
01:06:53,960 --> 01:06:57,760
Speaker 1: has really struggled. Obviously, New Orleans now and still in transition.

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Speaker 1: From what I would say is that Drew Era, Derek

1338
01:07:01,360 --> 01:07:04,480
Speaker 1: Carr came in. Really they couldn't get around that. And

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01:07:04,560 --> 01:07:09,920
Speaker 1: of course the rest of the Atlanta Falcons you know,

1340
01:07:10,000 --> 01:07:12,480
Speaker 1: still you know, getting finding their quarterbacks. So you know,

1341
01:07:12,520 --> 01:07:15,160
Speaker 1: the Bills plowing through the NFC South, how do you

1342
01:07:15,160 --> 01:07:17,560
Speaker 1: think those matchups go? Certainly the Bills will be favored

1343
01:07:17,560 --> 01:07:19,480
Speaker 1: in every every game they play, whether it's at home

1344
01:07:19,600 --> 01:07:23,440
Speaker 1: or on the road. Walk us through the South, the

1345
01:07:23,560 --> 01:07:24,720
Speaker 1: NFC South real quick.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, sure, I think Bucks are everybody's kind of prohibitive favorite.

1347
01:07:28,280 --> 01:07:30,080
Speaker 5: I mean, even though they've won four in a row,

1348
01:07:30,120 --> 01:07:32,280
Speaker 5: they haven't necessarily been the favorite in all those years. Thing,

1349
01:07:32,280 --> 01:07:33,920
Speaker 5: a lot of people liked Atlanta a year ago and

1350
01:07:33,920 --> 01:07:36,520
Speaker 5: thought Kirk Cousins would be a difference there. So this

1351
01:07:36,560 --> 01:07:38,840
Speaker 5: is really the first time, maybe since twenty one when

1352
01:07:38,840 --> 01:07:41,800
Speaker 5: Brady was here, that they've been a prohibitive favorite and

1353
01:07:41,840 --> 01:07:43,080
Speaker 5: everybody's picked to win this out.

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01:07:43,160 --> 01:07:43,760
Speaker 3: They like that.

1355
01:07:43,920 --> 01:07:45,360
Speaker 4: I think they want to build on that.

1356
01:07:45,600 --> 01:07:47,920
Speaker 5: They get a lot of motivation in Tampa from not

1357
01:07:48,040 --> 01:07:51,200
Speaker 5: being picked or being slighted or but I think they

1358
01:07:51,240 --> 01:07:53,800
Speaker 5: also like the idea of coming in with expectations and

1359
01:07:53,840 --> 01:07:57,440
Speaker 5: wanting to exceed them. So for Baker Mayfield, for Mike Evans,

1360
01:07:58,320 --> 01:08:00,480
Speaker 5: that means having a playoff run, not just getting in,

1361
01:08:00,600 --> 01:08:03,880
Speaker 5: but doing some damage in the playoffs. Yeah, Buffalo, and

1362
01:08:03,920 --> 01:08:06,440
Speaker 5: you think about Buffalo should go three and one against

1363
01:08:06,440 --> 01:08:09,000
Speaker 5: Ancy's South. Maybe four and oh, like you said, a

1364
01:08:09,000 --> 01:08:11,960
Speaker 5: lot of young quarterbacks. Atlanta has a lot hinging on

1365
01:08:12,000 --> 01:08:15,000
Speaker 5: Michael Pennix. He's got to came in high draft pick

1366
01:08:15,040 --> 01:08:16,760
Speaker 5: a year ago, came in, only had three starts at

1367
01:08:16,760 --> 01:08:19,280
Speaker 5: the end of last season. How they do will hinge

1368
01:08:19,280 --> 01:08:20,800
Speaker 5: a lot on what he's able to do as a

1369
01:08:20,840 --> 01:08:22,960
Speaker 5: second year quarterback. Obviously has a lot of nice to

1370
01:08:23,360 --> 01:08:26,479
Speaker 5: targets to throw two with Rake London, with Jon Robinson,

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01:08:27,160 --> 01:08:30,880
Speaker 5: Darnell Mooney, Kyle Pitts. Lots of talent there. Offensive line

1372
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Speaker 5: is back, Atlanta's defense is probably still pretty suspect. Carolina

1373
01:08:35,520 --> 01:08:36,880
Speaker 5: is a team on the rise, probably a team that

1374
01:08:36,920 --> 01:08:39,160
Speaker 5: can challenge Atlanta in terms of who will be the

1375
01:08:39,280 --> 01:08:42,320
Speaker 5: second team. Maybe the best challenger to the Bucks that

1376
01:08:42,360 --> 01:08:44,200
Speaker 5: could be Carolina. I mean, I think they finished four

1377
01:08:44,200 --> 01:08:47,360
Speaker 5: and five second half of last season. Dave Canalis is there.

1378
01:08:47,400 --> 01:08:49,439
Speaker 5: He was the oc here in Tampa two years ago,

1379
01:08:50,360 --> 01:08:52,559
Speaker 5: kind of turned a corner, you know, had bench. Bryce

1380
01:08:52,600 --> 01:08:55,840
Speaker 5: Young at one point has kind of won despite him

1381
01:08:55,920 --> 01:08:58,400
Speaker 5: so far. And now he's got a little bit more personnel.

1382
01:08:58,439 --> 01:09:00,200
Speaker 5: That used their top pick on a receiver for the

1383
01:09:00,240 --> 01:09:02,800
Speaker 5: secondyear in a row again named ted Roha McMillan, big

1384
01:09:02,840 --> 01:09:05,160
Speaker 5: six to five guy, reminds some people of Mike Evans.

1385
01:09:06,439 --> 01:09:08,519
Speaker 4: Added some help on the offensive side.

1386
01:09:08,760 --> 01:09:11,000
Speaker 5: Their offensive line is improved, So I think this is

1387
01:09:11,040 --> 01:09:13,120
Speaker 5: a year where they can start winning with Bryce Young

1388
01:09:13,160 --> 01:09:15,559
Speaker 5: and instead of winning despite him. He has one three

1389
01:09:15,680 --> 01:09:19,040
Speaker 5: hundred yard game in two seasons in the NFL. Could

1390
01:09:19,120 --> 01:09:21,280
Speaker 5: easily get into the habit of doing that more regularly

1391
01:09:21,360 --> 01:09:23,639
Speaker 5: with the talent he has. They're still in that spot

1392
01:09:23,680 --> 01:09:26,639
Speaker 5: where if they even get to seven or eight wins,

1393
01:09:26,680 --> 01:09:28,559
Speaker 5: that's a big step forward in year two for Dave

1394
01:09:28,600 --> 01:09:31,200
Speaker 5: Canalis and then New Orleans, you know, might be the

1395
01:09:31,200 --> 01:09:34,240
Speaker 5: worst team in the NFL right now. An aging defense,

1396
01:09:34,439 --> 01:09:38,000
Speaker 5: a first year head coach, twenty six year old rookie

1397
01:09:38,080 --> 01:09:41,439
Speaker 5: quarterback in Tyler Shuck. Most people don't know him very well,

1398
01:09:41,479 --> 01:09:44,360
Speaker 5: played at Louisville last year, seven seasons of college football.

1399
01:09:44,680 --> 01:09:46,360
Speaker 5: You know, I think if New Orleans can be healthy,

1400
01:09:46,640 --> 01:09:49,960
Speaker 5: if their receivers like Chris Alabby and Rashid Shaheed can

1401
01:09:50,000 --> 01:09:52,479
Speaker 5: be healthy all season, They've put their last two draft

1402
01:09:52,520 --> 01:09:54,360
Speaker 5: picks into bookend tackles, so I think they'll be a

1403
01:09:54,400 --> 01:09:57,320
Speaker 5: lot stouter at the line of scrimmage. That defense has

1404
01:09:57,360 --> 01:09:59,880
Speaker 5: to not show his age. You get to Mario Davis,

1405
01:10:00,040 --> 01:10:04,240
Speaker 5: you got Cam Jordan, got Tyron Matthew, three guys that

1406
01:10:04,280 --> 01:10:05,880
Speaker 5: are all getting up there in age that they can't

1407
01:10:05,880 --> 01:10:07,400
Speaker 5: look like their ages. If they're going to have a

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01:10:07,439 --> 01:10:10,200
Speaker 5: defense that the gives New Orleans a chance to be competitive,

1409
01:10:10,920 --> 01:10:12,800
Speaker 5: even even just to be in the wild part mix

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01:10:12,800 --> 01:10:14,479
Speaker 5: in the NFC. So I think you look at those

1411
01:10:14,479 --> 01:10:17,400
Speaker 5: four it's a nice division for Buffalo to draw. If

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01:10:17,400 --> 01:10:19,519
Speaker 5: that isn't at least three wins, they've they've done something

1413
01:10:19,560 --> 01:10:20,040
Speaker 5: wrong there.

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Speaker 2: One last question for me, what's your biggest question for Buffalo,

1415
01:10:24,880 --> 01:10:27,160
Speaker 2: whether it be on offense or defense as the team

1416
01:10:27,200 --> 01:10:29,759
Speaker 2: heads into training camp here in just a couple of weeks.

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01:10:30,320 --> 01:10:31,040
Speaker 4: Oh, that's a good question.

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01:10:31,120 --> 01:10:32,400
Speaker 5: I mean it's one of those where I mean Buffalo,

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01:10:32,479 --> 01:10:35,360
Speaker 5: there's so many of these AFC teams that have operated

1420
01:10:35,400 --> 01:10:37,760
Speaker 5: in the shadow of Kansas City and have struggled to

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01:10:37,800 --> 01:10:39,720
Speaker 5: get past that. And I think the perception across the

1422
01:10:39,760 --> 01:10:41,400
Speaker 5: league is a Kansas City could be down a little bit,

1423
01:10:41,400 --> 01:10:45,360
Speaker 5: you know, took some losses. There's a vulnerability there. So

1424
01:10:45,400 --> 01:10:47,400
Speaker 5: I think Buffalo, you know, offensively, you want to see

1425
01:10:47,400 --> 01:10:49,759
Speaker 5: what they can do to take it to the next level,

1426
01:10:49,800 --> 01:10:52,479
Speaker 5: to have some depth at receiver and an upgrade there.

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01:10:53,600 --> 01:10:56,080
Speaker 5: All it is right now is setting up the postseason

1428
01:10:56,160 --> 01:10:59,000
Speaker 5: and setting up does the postseason go through Arrowhead, does

1429
01:10:59,000 --> 01:11:00,760
Speaker 5: it go through Baltimore, does it go through Buffalo? We

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01:11:00,760 --> 01:11:02,320
Speaker 5: talked about how good Buffalo.

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01:11:01,960 --> 01:11:02,439
Speaker 4: Is at home.

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01:11:03,120 --> 01:11:05,320
Speaker 5: You play every single game there at home in Buffalo.

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01:11:05,640 --> 01:11:08,920
Speaker 5: If you can get to it probably takes fourteen wins

1434
01:11:08,920 --> 01:11:10,720
Speaker 5: to win the top seed in the AFC this year,

1435
01:11:10,720 --> 01:11:13,360
Speaker 5: but fourteen and three, thirteen and four, if you can

1436
01:11:13,400 --> 01:11:16,240
Speaker 5: do that and put it on your field, especially with

1437
01:11:16,280 --> 01:11:18,240
Speaker 5: the weather, I mean all those places you got some

1438
01:11:18,360 --> 01:11:22,920
Speaker 5: nasty outside, outdoor, cold January games. You want that on

1439
01:11:22,960 --> 01:11:25,880
Speaker 5: your field with your fans. And I'm really intrigued to

1440
01:11:25,920 --> 01:11:28,080
Speaker 5: see who you know, you think about all these AFC

1441
01:11:28,160 --> 01:11:32,000
Speaker 5: quarterbacks that have just had success without getting to.

1442
01:11:31,960 --> 01:11:32,920
Speaker 4: The big game if you will.

1443
01:11:32,960 --> 01:11:35,400
Speaker 5: I mean Burrow got there once, but Burrow and Lamar Jackson,

1444
01:11:35,479 --> 01:11:39,360
Speaker 5: Josh Allen have all operated all their careers in the

1445
01:11:39,400 --> 01:11:41,960
Speaker 5: shadow of Patrick Mahomes. So if there's a vulnerability, if

1446
01:11:41,960 --> 01:11:44,200
Speaker 5: there's a weak spot where they're not the team they've been,

1447
01:11:45,200 --> 01:11:47,240
Speaker 5: somebody's going to have to kind of grab the opportunity

1448
01:11:47,320 --> 01:11:49,360
Speaker 5: to take over and be the team to be in

1449
01:11:49,400 --> 01:11:51,840
Speaker 5: the AFC. And that just gets you to the super Bowl.

1450
01:11:51,920 --> 01:11:55,480
Speaker 5: But I think if you're all those second tier challengers

1451
01:11:55,520 --> 01:11:58,240
Speaker 5: in the AFC, getting to the Super Bowl and then

1452
01:11:58,320 --> 01:12:00,360
Speaker 5: having a chance to win is a huge app that

1453
01:12:00,360 --> 01:12:02,519
Speaker 5: everybody's been missing just because the Chiefs keep taking her

1454
01:12:02,520 --> 01:12:03,439
Speaker 5: of business every year.

1455
01:12:04,360 --> 01:12:06,760
Speaker 2: Greg, thanks for joining us. That's what all fans are

1456
01:12:06,800 --> 01:12:10,040
Speaker 2: hoping for, is that this is the year because they've

1457
01:12:10,080 --> 01:12:12,240
Speaker 2: got a lot of good games at home and home

1458
01:12:12,280 --> 01:12:15,160
Speaker 2: field advantage for Buffalo has been a thing the last

1459
01:12:15,160 --> 01:12:17,519
Speaker 2: few years and hopefully it continues to be in twenty

1460
01:12:17,560 --> 01:12:19,400
Speaker 2: twenty five. Greg granks for the time.

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Speaker 4: What a problem. Thanks for having y'all. Take care.

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01:12:22,120 --> 01:12:22,439
Speaker 3: All right.

1463
01:12:22,479 --> 01:12:26,200
Speaker 2: That was Greg Aman of Fox Sports and NFL reporter

1464
01:12:26,360 --> 01:12:28,840
Speaker 2: for Fox Sports. We're going to take a break here,

1465
01:12:28,840 --> 01:12:30,920
Speaker 2: but we're going to be right back on One Bill's

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01:12:30,960 --> 01:12:45,400
Speaker 2: Live or presented by Clyde Health on Buffalo Bills Radio.

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01:12:47,080 --> 01:12:49,800
Speaker 2: All right, we're back here on One Bill's Live Mattie

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Speaker 2: glablong side of Steve Tasker. Wh're going back to our tweetsheet.

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01:12:54,200 --> 01:12:57,480
Speaker 2: Our topic for you today is where is your confidence

1470
01:12:57,560 --> 01:13:00,200
Speaker 2: with Buffalo's running back for And we want to know

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Speaker 2: what you think about Buffalo's running back room and if

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01:13:03,400 --> 01:13:06,519
Speaker 2: you believe that they can take step forward in twenty

1473
01:13:06,560 --> 01:13:09,760
Speaker 2: twenty five. You can tweet your thoughts at us or

1474
01:13:09,760 --> 01:13:12,400
Speaker 2: give us a call at eight h three five point fifty.

1475
01:13:12,439 --> 01:13:15,639
Speaker 2: But going back to the tweet sheet to house Man

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01:13:15,680 --> 01:13:20,000
Speaker 2: time extremely high. You could make a case that is

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01:13:20,040 --> 01:13:22,200
Speaker 2: the best running back room in the league from a

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01:13:22,240 --> 01:13:25,799
Speaker 2: depth perspective. That's that's a pretty big statement.

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01:13:25,960 --> 01:13:27,759
Speaker 1: Yeah, we had talked about that in the last segment

1480
01:13:27,800 --> 01:13:30,000
Speaker 1: about you know how good Ty Johnson and Ray Davis

1481
01:13:30,040 --> 01:13:32,000
Speaker 1: looked at times last year and how well the team

1482
01:13:32,120 --> 01:13:35,240
Speaker 1: used him. Certainly, the Bills treat their running backs a

1483
01:13:35,280 --> 01:13:37,920
Speaker 1: little bit, not a completely, but a little bit like

1484
01:13:37,960 --> 01:13:40,639
Speaker 1: they treat their defensive line room. They rotate those guys through.

1485
01:13:41,400 --> 01:13:45,080
Speaker 1: James Cook gets the lion's share because, let's face it,

1486
01:13:45,080 --> 01:13:49,439
Speaker 1: he earns it and he's more versatile than those guys

1487
01:13:49,479 --> 01:13:52,160
Speaker 1: appear to be in their first year with the Bills.

1488
01:13:53,680 --> 01:13:56,120
Speaker 1: He's got a point. I like all three of those guys.

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01:13:56,600 --> 01:13:59,280
Speaker 1: Ty Johnson's game against Detroit really jumped out. I mean

1490
01:13:59,320 --> 01:14:04,080
Speaker 1: we mentioned that last segment. The guy was everywhere. Ray Davis.

1491
01:14:04,320 --> 01:14:06,519
Speaker 1: I think we need to learn more about Ray totally,

1492
01:14:06,560 --> 01:14:09,320
Speaker 1: and he widen is a ray of skills maybe or

1493
01:14:09,360 --> 01:14:10,840
Speaker 1: at least get a chance to show them.

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01:14:12,640 --> 01:14:14,400
Speaker 3: I agree. I like all three of these guys.

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01:14:14,960 --> 01:14:18,040
Speaker 2: The versatility what you said, really stands out about this

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01:14:18,080 --> 01:14:20,960
Speaker 2: group because it's one thing to have a couple of

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01:14:21,080 --> 01:14:24,040
Speaker 2: running backs, and maybe one is a little bit different

1498
01:14:24,160 --> 01:14:26,759
Speaker 2: than the other, but there's two that are just the same,

1499
01:14:26,800 --> 01:14:31,360
Speaker 2: makeup the same type of play style. And Buffalo has

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01:14:31,400 --> 01:14:33,960
Speaker 2: three different players that can do three different things. Yes,

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01:14:34,080 --> 01:14:36,559
Speaker 2: they can play similarly when they need to, but they

1502
01:14:36,560 --> 01:14:39,760
Speaker 2: can also play very different from each other when they

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01:14:39,800 --> 01:14:42,040
Speaker 2: need to. And I think that's what makes each running

1504
01:14:42,080 --> 01:14:44,880
Speaker 2: back so good on the field is you don't know

1505
01:14:44,880 --> 01:14:47,719
Speaker 2: what you're getting from them, and you know you're getting

1506
01:14:47,760 --> 01:14:50,519
Speaker 2: something different when they are on the field. I think

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01:14:50,520 --> 01:14:54,200
Speaker 2: that's kudos to coach Skipper, Buffalo's running backs coach, for

1508
01:14:54,560 --> 01:14:57,920
Speaker 2: coaching these guys up to be what they are. And

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01:14:58,120 --> 01:15:01,160
Speaker 2: it's not easy to find three different players who offer

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01:15:01,240 --> 01:15:04,320
Speaker 2: you three different things. Ty Johnson being you know, your

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01:15:04,400 --> 01:15:07,360
Speaker 2: three down back, Ray Davis being somebody who can be

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01:15:07,360 --> 01:15:11,640
Speaker 2: a bruiser, James Cook some home run er, has been

1513
01:15:11,680 --> 01:15:13,760
Speaker 2: a yes, a home run hitter, and somebody who's been

1514
01:15:13,920 --> 01:15:17,479
Speaker 2: used in short yardage situations this year, which was a

1515
01:15:17,520 --> 01:15:20,280
Speaker 2: new addition to his plate in terms of what he

1516
01:15:20,439 --> 01:15:23,280
Speaker 2: was asked to do. Josh Allen takes a step back

1517
01:15:23,280 --> 01:15:25,880
Speaker 2: from doing that and in walks James Cook to successfully

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01:15:25,920 --> 01:15:26,799
Speaker 2: get James.

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01:15:26,640 --> 01:15:29,120
Speaker 1: Cook at six foot, you know, five to nine a

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01:15:29,160 --> 01:15:32,720
Speaker 1: buck in ninety being a short yardage back, it's rare,

1521
01:15:32,840 --> 01:15:35,200
Speaker 1: but because of his speed and his elusiveness, and I

1522
01:15:35,200 --> 01:15:38,000
Speaker 1: think one of the things that never gets talked about

1523
01:15:38,040 --> 01:15:42,360
Speaker 1: is his patience. I've been watching replays of these games

1524
01:15:42,720 --> 01:15:45,240
Speaker 1: from last year's season in the schedule.

1525
01:15:44,920 --> 01:15:47,120
Speaker 2: Corouching Tiger Sometimes, Yeah.

1526
01:15:46,960 --> 01:15:49,400
Speaker 1: He'll come in and you'll see him his eye. You

1527
01:15:49,439 --> 01:15:52,439
Speaker 1: can almost feel his eyes going from right to left

1528
01:15:53,160 --> 01:15:57,000
Speaker 1: and then punching it up in for a short yardage run.

1529
01:15:57,360 --> 01:15:59,559
Speaker 1: He was This was a really good short yardage team.

1530
01:15:59,600 --> 01:16:00,960
Speaker 1: And of course a lot of that goes to the

1531
01:16:00,960 --> 01:16:03,000
Speaker 1: offensive line, which some of the people on our tweetsheet

1532
01:16:03,040 --> 01:16:04,200
Speaker 1: have mentioned and will mention.

1533
01:16:05,040 --> 01:16:06,560
Speaker 3: But man, James Cook.

1534
01:16:08,280 --> 01:16:12,320
Speaker 1: Is a really intelligent, smart, instinctive player, and he's got

1535
01:16:12,360 --> 01:16:15,600
Speaker 1: a lot of physical ability and that's a tough combination.

1536
01:16:16,040 --> 01:16:20,000
Speaker 2: All right. Next from believer, very high confidence. The offensive

1537
01:16:20,000 --> 01:16:23,080
Speaker 2: line is so good any running back will be successful.

1538
01:16:23,439 --> 01:16:26,120
Speaker 2: This is a big part of the conversation because you

1539
01:16:26,200 --> 01:16:28,680
Speaker 2: are not James Cook, You are not Ray Davis or

1540
01:16:28,760 --> 01:16:32,840
Speaker 2: Ty Johnson. Without Buffalo's offensive line. James Cook is an

1541
01:16:32,920 --> 01:16:35,920
Speaker 2: elite running back, very talented. I do think James Cook

1542
01:16:35,960 --> 01:16:39,240
Speaker 2: would have success with any team that has a decent

1543
01:16:39,320 --> 01:16:43,280
Speaker 2: offensive line, but having the offensive line that Buffalo does

1544
01:16:43,520 --> 01:16:46,920
Speaker 2: really propels these running backs forward to the point where

1545
01:16:47,080 --> 01:16:52,559
Speaker 2: last year we heard from offensive lineman and running backs

1546
01:16:52,600 --> 01:16:56,160
Speaker 2: about something new that was happening in meeting rooms. It

1547
01:16:56,200 --> 01:16:58,880
Speaker 2: was the fact that Buffalo's running backs and offensive lineman

1548
01:16:58,960 --> 01:17:01,559
Speaker 2: started to meet to get other about the plan ahead

1549
01:17:01,880 --> 01:17:04,320
Speaker 2: for the team they were going to face, and the

1550
01:17:04,320 --> 01:17:07,840
Speaker 2: fact that they could talk it out, figure out what's

1551
01:17:07,880 --> 01:17:10,720
Speaker 2: the plan, and see, this is what the offensive line

1552
01:17:10,760 --> 01:17:12,439
Speaker 2: is going to do, this is what the running backs

1553
01:17:12,439 --> 01:17:15,120
Speaker 2: are going to do, putting it on paper, putting it

1554
01:17:15,120 --> 01:17:18,240
Speaker 2: in front of them on a screen, or however they

1555
01:17:18,280 --> 01:17:21,120
Speaker 2: did so. I think really made sure everybody was on

1556
01:17:21,240 --> 01:17:25,920
Speaker 2: the same page. And I think is one underrated storyline

1557
01:17:26,040 --> 01:17:29,240
Speaker 2: of about why those two groups were so good last year.

1558
01:17:29,479 --> 01:17:33,680
Speaker 1: I think the one thing you can point to and

1559
01:17:33,760 --> 01:17:37,080
Speaker 1: say that it's about the running backs and the offensive line.

1560
01:17:37,600 --> 01:17:38,720
Speaker 3: It's very simple, and.

1561
01:17:38,680 --> 01:17:43,439
Speaker 1: It's the run pass percentage for the Bills.

1562
01:17:43,439 --> 01:17:45,840
Speaker 3: They're fifty to fifty.

1563
01:17:45,600 --> 01:17:49,400
Speaker 1: That's way different than it was three years ago with

1564
01:17:49,479 --> 01:17:51,519
Speaker 1: Josh in twenty twenty when they were winning all those games,

1565
01:17:51,680 --> 01:17:55,960
Speaker 1: they were like sixty five thirty five. I mean, it

1566
01:17:56,080 --> 01:17:58,719
Speaker 1: was vastly different just two or three years ago.

1567
01:17:59,320 --> 01:18:01,040
Speaker 3: Now they have.

1568
01:18:02,600 --> 01:18:04,760
Speaker 1: Because of the offensive line, because of the running backs,

1569
01:18:04,800 --> 01:18:07,280
Speaker 1: and because probably a little bit of analytics and the

1570
01:18:07,320 --> 01:18:10,719
Speaker 1: way their team plays. Well, a little bit of little

1571
01:18:10,840 --> 01:18:13,880
Speaker 1: shorten the game because we're so high efficient on all

1572
01:18:13,960 --> 01:18:17,080
Speaker 1: highly efficient on offense. We're going to score on eighty

1573
01:18:17,160 --> 01:18:19,840
Speaker 1: percent of our drives or whatever the number is. I'm

1574
01:18:19,840 --> 01:18:23,120
Speaker 1: pulling that out of the air. The other team won't.

1575
01:18:23,880 --> 01:18:28,240
Speaker 1: So let's give them even fewer drives to score on.

1576
01:18:28,600 --> 01:18:31,559
Speaker 1: If we keep scoring on eighty percent, we're going, Yeah,

1577
01:18:31,640 --> 01:18:33,719
Speaker 1: we're going six out of eight drives in the game

1578
01:18:33,800 --> 01:18:36,800
Speaker 1: and they're only going four out of eight. We win

1579
01:18:37,160 --> 01:18:39,720
Speaker 1: every time. So I think a little bit of that

1580
01:18:39,800 --> 01:18:41,599
Speaker 1: has to do with it. But it's the offensive line,

1581
01:18:41,600 --> 01:18:43,960
Speaker 1: in the running backs. There's no way you can make

1582
01:18:44,000 --> 01:18:46,680
Speaker 1: an argument that they're not responsible for the confidence the

1583
01:18:46,720 --> 01:18:49,960
Speaker 1: coaching staff has to go fifty to fifty run pass

1584
01:18:50,000 --> 01:18:52,720
Speaker 1: when you got an MVP quarterback. I mean, there's just

1585
01:18:53,600 --> 01:18:56,040
Speaker 1: that says a lot about those guys up front and

1586
01:18:56,080 --> 01:18:58,120
Speaker 1: a lot about the guys that are standing behind Josh

1587
01:18:58,160 --> 01:18:59,160
Speaker 1: where he hands it off.

1588
01:18:59,080 --> 01:19:02,160
Speaker 2: Puts your prediction cap on it's out there. The Buffalo

1589
01:19:02,280 --> 01:19:06,080
Speaker 2: win fifty to fifty last year because the tape exists.

1590
01:19:06,720 --> 01:19:09,120
Speaker 2: Will it continue in twenty twenty five.

1591
01:19:10,840 --> 01:19:12,000
Speaker 3: That's a great question.

1592
01:19:14,320 --> 01:19:17,280
Speaker 1: That's a great question because I think the league's evolving

1593
01:19:18,200 --> 01:19:21,120
Speaker 1: and teams will be like, all right, well, yeah, but

1594
01:19:21,200 --> 01:19:22,880
Speaker 1: when you're fifty to fifty, what are you gonna do.

1595
01:19:23,160 --> 01:19:25,880
Speaker 1: You're gonna ask him to like, let Josh drop back

1596
01:19:25,920 --> 01:19:26,640
Speaker 1: and throw it.

1597
01:19:26,840 --> 01:19:29,600
Speaker 2: Yeah.

1598
01:19:29,880 --> 01:19:32,439
Speaker 1: That's a really good question because it may be different

1599
01:19:32,640 --> 01:19:34,960
Speaker 1: for the teams they're facing, Like the Patriots may line

1600
01:19:35,000 --> 01:19:38,040
Speaker 1: up and say, we'll take the short game, We're gonna

1601
01:19:38,320 --> 01:19:41,000
Speaker 1: we're gonna back out, We're gonna get a light box,

1602
01:19:41,360 --> 01:19:43,200
Speaker 1: invite you to run the football and hope we can

1603
01:19:43,200 --> 01:19:45,439
Speaker 1: get a stop on third down and get you out

1604
01:19:45,479 --> 01:19:47,880
Speaker 1: of your drive and let you run it a couple

1605
01:19:47,960 --> 01:19:51,120
Speaker 1: of times to get the ball out of Josh's hands.

1606
01:19:51,640 --> 01:19:54,920
Speaker 1: Or you might get a team like Tampa Bay or

1607
01:19:55,439 --> 01:19:58,000
Speaker 1: one of these others in Houston or whatever that says

1608
01:19:58,080 --> 01:20:00,920
Speaker 1: you're not in no way up and the run first,

1609
01:20:01,040 --> 01:20:02,479
Speaker 1: and we'll see what they can do in the passing.

1610
01:20:02,560 --> 01:20:04,760
Speaker 1: Because we like our corners on the outside to match

1611
01:20:04,840 --> 01:20:08,000
Speaker 1: up with Shakir and all these other jokers have there.

1612
01:20:08,040 --> 01:20:10,439
Speaker 1: We like our matchups on the outside better, so we're

1613
01:20:10,439 --> 01:20:13,200
Speaker 1: gonna take away the inside and lean on our corners

1614
01:20:13,439 --> 01:20:15,479
Speaker 1: and our pass rush.

1615
01:20:15,760 --> 01:20:16,439
Speaker 3: I think it could.

1616
01:20:16,720 --> 01:20:18,640
Speaker 1: I don't know how that'll stack up at the end

1617
01:20:18,680 --> 01:20:22,000
Speaker 1: of the season, but I think that's how the league's

1618
01:20:22,000 --> 01:20:22,840
Speaker 1: work in these days.

1619
01:20:24,640 --> 01:20:25,880
Speaker 3: Great question. I don't know.

1620
01:20:26,000 --> 01:20:28,559
Speaker 2: That may be a good question to debate a topic

1621
01:20:29,200 --> 01:20:32,240
Speaker 2: like the week before the season starts, as we're asking

1622
01:20:32,280 --> 01:20:35,600
Speaker 2: ourselves all these things about what Buffalo will be in

1623
01:20:35,600 --> 01:20:38,280
Speaker 2: twenty twenty five. But speaking of your response and the

1624
01:20:38,280 --> 01:20:41,200
Speaker 2: fact that it may be different depending on what team

1625
01:20:41,240 --> 01:20:44,400
Speaker 2: you're about to play. That's why everybody eats worked so

1626
01:20:44,560 --> 01:20:47,160
Speaker 2: well for Buffalo last year. That's why it's going to

1627
01:20:47,280 --> 01:20:50,120
Speaker 2: work well again for Buffalo this year. Is because each

1628
01:20:50,320 --> 01:20:54,160
Speaker 2: NFL defense has what they deem our their strengths, and

1629
01:20:54,200 --> 01:20:56,400
Speaker 2: what they deem is this is how we are going

1630
01:20:56,439 --> 01:20:58,680
Speaker 2: to shut down the Buffalo Bills. So what may be

1631
01:20:58,720 --> 01:21:01,160
Speaker 2: the outside corners wont be one week, It may be

1632
01:21:01,280 --> 01:21:04,160
Speaker 2: the safety is another week, it may be stacking the

1633
01:21:04,200 --> 01:21:07,519
Speaker 2: box the next week, And no matter what an opposing

1634
01:21:07,560 --> 01:21:09,519
Speaker 2: defense does, Buffalo has an answer for it.

1635
01:21:09,600 --> 01:21:13,680
Speaker 1: Yeh, I think I may be outdated in this in

1636
01:21:13,760 --> 01:21:17,240
Speaker 1: my thinking as well, because it used to be team

1637
01:21:17,880 --> 01:21:21,400
Speaker 1: defenses would try to dictate what the offense will do.

1638
01:21:21,479 --> 01:21:26,120
Speaker 1: If an offense becomes predictable, saying, whenever they get seven

1639
01:21:26,160 --> 01:21:30,040
Speaker 1: in the box or six in the box, teams, you know,

1640
01:21:30,280 --> 01:21:33,719
Speaker 1: whenever team they run against that defense, right and off.

1641
01:21:33,840 --> 01:21:35,799
Speaker 1: If our defense, if we want to go into this alignment,

1642
01:21:35,840 --> 01:21:38,760
Speaker 1: they're going to run the ball a bunch until we

1643
01:21:38,760 --> 01:21:40,640
Speaker 1: get a stopping its third and long, then they may not.

1644
01:21:42,120 --> 01:21:44,760
Speaker 1: I don't know if Buffalo has ever been that predictable

1645
01:21:44,800 --> 01:21:46,639
Speaker 1: because of their ability to run it into an eight

1646
01:21:46,680 --> 01:21:49,360
Speaker 1: man front or their ability to throw it into a

1647
01:21:49,400 --> 01:21:52,680
Speaker 1: three man rush because of Josh. You rush four on

1648
01:21:52,760 --> 01:21:55,880
Speaker 1: Josh and drop seven into coverage, and you got, yeah,

1649
01:21:55,920 --> 01:21:57,479
Speaker 1: this is great. We're covering them up, and all of

1650
01:21:57,520 --> 01:21:59,120
Speaker 1: a sudden, Josh is run up through the middle of

1651
01:21:59,160 --> 01:22:02,160
Speaker 1: the defense and he's snapping off a nineteen yard run

1652
01:22:02,560 --> 01:22:08,120
Speaker 1: on third and thirteen. And so I don't know that

1653
01:22:08,120 --> 01:22:10,960
Speaker 1: Buffalo has been is predictable even in that sense because

1654
01:22:11,000 --> 01:22:16,680
Speaker 1: of the value that Josh brings and all this other stuff. Yeah,

1655
01:22:15,080 --> 01:22:21,640
Speaker 1: I'm Buffalo's a handful because they go so deep in

1656
01:22:21,720 --> 01:22:25,120
Speaker 1: their pecking order of wide receiver that Josh will throw

1657
01:22:25,120 --> 01:22:29,920
Speaker 1: it to anybody and hand it to anybody. That I

1658
01:22:29,920 --> 01:22:32,120
Speaker 1: don't know that many teams can go that deep in

1659
01:22:32,120 --> 01:22:37,439
Speaker 1: their roster to match up Manda Man and the Bills.

1660
01:22:37,479 --> 01:22:39,679
Speaker 1: I mean it was I'm watching these games. It's second

1661
01:22:39,680 --> 01:22:46,000
Speaker 1: and twelve and they're handing it off. Yeah, they get

1662
01:22:46,040 --> 01:22:48,280
Speaker 1: like fourth down, they get five yards, so it's now

1663
01:22:48,320 --> 01:22:50,719
Speaker 1: it's third and seven. Bills don't even they don't bat

1664
01:22:50,720 --> 01:22:53,800
Speaker 1: an eye, they don't care. So I don't know how

1665
01:22:54,240 --> 01:22:57,080
Speaker 1: predictable the Bills can be our offense. I don't think

1666
01:22:57,080 --> 01:23:00,719
Speaker 1: they are because of their confidences. Like that's third, literally,

1667
01:23:00,840 --> 01:23:01,679
Speaker 1: second and twelve.

1668
01:23:01,520 --> 01:23:03,000
Speaker 2: We're playing a game with you, yeah, and.

1669
01:23:03,000 --> 01:23:03,760
Speaker 3: They're handing and off.

1670
01:23:03,800 --> 01:23:06,200
Speaker 1: I'm going, man, you never saw that in my day.

1671
01:23:06,640 --> 01:23:12,439
Speaker 1: So I don't know that season long stat of fifty

1672
01:23:12,439 --> 01:23:16,840
Speaker 1: to fifty run pass is startling given where they were

1673
01:23:17,160 --> 01:23:21,880
Speaker 1: within Josh's career, and he was MVP last year at

1674
01:23:21,880 --> 01:23:24,360
Speaker 1: fifty to fifty.

1675
01:23:24,400 --> 01:23:27,760
Speaker 3: They're a problem. The Bills are a real problem.

1676
01:23:27,960 --> 01:23:30,680
Speaker 2: And here's the thing you mentioned, Josh Allen taking it

1677
01:23:30,840 --> 01:23:36,040
Speaker 2: on his own and finding finding those perfect scenarios where yes,

1678
01:23:36,160 --> 01:23:40,200
Speaker 2: it is a light box and everybody is covered up.

1679
01:23:40,360 --> 01:23:42,960
Speaker 2: So I'm just going to take the first down myself

1680
01:23:43,000 --> 01:23:45,280
Speaker 2: because I see a lot of green grass. And here

1681
01:23:45,400 --> 01:23:49,760
Speaker 2: Josh Allen is going into his eighth NFL season and

1682
01:23:49,840 --> 01:23:52,360
Speaker 2: Alan is still going to run the football at a

1683
01:23:52,439 --> 01:23:54,800
Speaker 2: high rate. It may not be the numbers that we

1684
01:23:55,240 --> 01:23:58,519
Speaker 2: saw out of his early you know NFL years when

1685
01:23:58,800 --> 01:24:01,160
Speaker 2: they didn't have the running that they do now so

1686
01:24:01,240 --> 01:24:05,439
Speaker 2: Alan they had to rely on Alan's leg. But it's

1687
01:24:05,479 --> 01:24:08,839
Speaker 2: not like Alan is getting up there in his career

1688
01:24:08,960 --> 01:24:11,560
Speaker 2: yet and is still in such great shape. And I

1689
01:24:12,479 --> 01:24:15,080
Speaker 2: think this for years to come, that Josh Allen is

1690
01:24:15,120 --> 01:24:17,360
Speaker 2: still going to be a weapon on his feet when

1691
01:24:17,360 --> 01:24:18,920
Speaker 2: he decides to take it on his own.

1692
01:24:19,000 --> 01:24:22,600
Speaker 1: Sure, he's always going to have that about him. And

1693
01:24:23,360 --> 01:24:26,280
Speaker 1: you know that gives that the Bills that extra gear

1694
01:24:27,160 --> 01:24:30,760
Speaker 1: and the extra level of difficulty, extra degree of difficulty

1695
01:24:30,800 --> 01:24:33,080
Speaker 1: for teams to defend him.

1696
01:24:33,640 --> 01:24:36,080
Speaker 3: You know, that's why this show exists.

1697
01:24:36,080 --> 01:24:39,240
Speaker 1: That's why the Bills mafia is is foaming at the

1698
01:24:39,320 --> 01:24:40,920
Speaker 1: mouth ready for this season to start.

1699
01:24:41,000 --> 01:24:43,200
Speaker 2: I mean, twelve rushing touchdowns from him last year.

1700
01:24:43,280 --> 01:24:48,439
Speaker 1: Yeah, and James Cook had sixteen sixteen. No, I don't

1701
01:24:48,479 --> 01:24:50,479
Speaker 1: know if anybody else does that, you know, I mean

1702
01:24:50,520 --> 01:24:56,920
Speaker 1: the just yeah, they've got so much going on. Offensively,

1703
01:24:57,479 --> 01:25:01,519
Speaker 1: their offensive line has been outstad over the last two seasons.

1704
01:25:01,520 --> 01:25:05,120
Speaker 1: They've lost one player for one game on the offensive lines.

1705
01:25:05,200 --> 01:25:07,559
Speaker 1: Bencer Brown took a week off last year with a

1706
01:25:07,680 --> 01:25:08,360
Speaker 1: with an injury.

1707
01:25:08,560 --> 01:25:10,479
Speaker 2: Kntynood right, So.

1708
01:25:12,040 --> 01:25:14,960
Speaker 1: There's just not too much to poke holes in. But

1709
01:25:15,439 --> 01:25:18,720
Speaker 1: and when you're trying to defend him, I don't know

1710
01:25:18,720 --> 01:25:19,360
Speaker 1: where you start.

1711
01:25:22,200 --> 01:25:26,280
Speaker 2: It's going to be fun because we're gonna see this group,

1712
01:25:26,720 --> 01:25:28,280
Speaker 2: I think, take a step for it in a lot

1713
01:25:28,280 --> 01:25:30,840
Speaker 2: of ways. Yes, there's a lot of the same characters

1714
01:25:30,960 --> 01:25:32,800
Speaker 2: on the offense, but I think that's a good thing

1715
01:25:32,840 --> 01:25:34,880
Speaker 2: because I think Joe Brady just gets to get dig

1716
01:25:34,920 --> 01:25:39,080
Speaker 2: deeper into his play sheet, into the book and add

1717
01:25:39,160 --> 01:25:41,720
Speaker 2: some new things as well, because he wants to hear

1718
01:25:41,920 --> 01:25:45,000
Speaker 2: what player's opinions are and he values their opinions. So

1719
01:25:45,479 --> 01:25:48,160
Speaker 2: I think that's one of the reasons why it's it's

1720
01:25:48,200 --> 01:25:50,960
Speaker 2: going to be such an exciting season in twenty twenty five.

1721
01:25:50,960 --> 01:25:52,680
Speaker 2: We got to take a break. But closing things up

1722
01:25:52,680 --> 01:25:55,080
Speaker 2: here next on One Bill's Live, represented by Clyde Health

1723
01:25:55,080 --> 01:26:14,840
Speaker 2: on Buffalo Builds Radio, We're back here on One Bill's Live.

1724
01:26:14,920 --> 01:26:18,080
Speaker 2: A couple more responses from the tweet sheets. Our question

1725
01:26:18,280 --> 01:26:20,920
Speaker 2: was about the running back room. Where's your confidence in

1726
01:26:20,960 --> 01:26:23,920
Speaker 2: Buffalo's running back room? Joey says, it's about time I've

1727
01:26:23,920 --> 01:26:26,680
Speaker 2: been going through withdrawal. Maddie. I hope you've had a

1728
01:26:26,720 --> 01:26:29,879
Speaker 2: great enough time to review all your pictures from Italy.

1729
01:26:30,200 --> 01:26:33,040
Speaker 2: I hope you shaved a few strokes off your golf game.

1730
01:26:33,240 --> 01:26:35,280
Speaker 2: You know, I'm hoping that too. I don't think it's

1731
01:26:35,320 --> 01:26:38,280
Speaker 2: happened yet. I would put the running backs room up

1732
01:26:38,320 --> 01:26:41,719
Speaker 2: there with any group in the league. Sign Cook.

1733
01:26:41,880 --> 01:26:42,080
Speaker 4: You know.

1734
01:26:42,200 --> 01:26:44,519
Speaker 2: We'll see what happens in the next few weeks and

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01:26:44,600 --> 01:26:47,360
Speaker 2: throughout training camp to see if a deal happens with

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01:26:47,479 --> 01:26:51,320
Speaker 2: James Cook before the season begins. Alan says the triple

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01:26:51,320 --> 01:26:54,120
Speaker 2: headed monster at running back will open up Josh's game

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01:26:54,479 --> 01:26:57,200
Speaker 2: even more this season. I definitely think that could be

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01:26:57,240 --> 01:27:00,960
Speaker 2: a possibility. And then last, Jacob says, I feel like

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01:27:01,000 --> 01:27:04,799
Speaker 2: the Bills have excellent depth, perhaps too much depth without injury.

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01:27:05,160 --> 01:27:07,880
Speaker 2: I feel like Gore and Evans could be capable running

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01:27:07,880 --> 01:27:10,479
Speaker 2: backs and they probably won't even make the roster. It

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01:27:10,520 --> 01:27:12,960
Speaker 2: makes me wonder if the Bills have been drafting and

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01:27:13,040 --> 01:27:14,639
Speaker 2: wasting too many running backs.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, that's reminiscent of my position that's been on James Cook.

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01:27:17,280 --> 01:27:19,120
Speaker 1: I mean, you've got too many good players at that

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01:27:19,160 --> 01:27:21,120
Speaker 1: position around the league that are floating around. You can

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01:27:21,160 --> 01:27:24,120
Speaker 1: pick up a really good player for a lot less money,

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01:27:25,120 --> 01:27:26,960
Speaker 1: and I've kind of been rethinking that over the course

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01:27:27,000 --> 01:27:30,280
Speaker 1: of this show. But that's where a lot of people

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01:27:30,360 --> 01:27:33,960
Speaker 1: are philosophically on running backs. You got this room that's

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01:27:34,040 --> 01:27:36,559
Speaker 1: really good, and certainly James Cook is the centerpiece of

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01:27:36,600 --> 01:27:40,680
Speaker 1: it and the cherry on the cake. But man, oh man,

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01:27:41,120 --> 01:27:43,320
Speaker 1: We've seen Ty Johnson play at a high level. We've

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01:27:43,320 --> 01:27:45,439
Speaker 1: seen Ray Davis do a lot of really good things.

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01:27:45,479 --> 01:27:47,519
Speaker 1: You've got some other guys that are very promising in

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01:27:47,560 --> 01:27:49,480
Speaker 1: the room.

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Speaker 3: It's a tough call to make.

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01:27:51,640 --> 01:27:55,400
Speaker 1: But nobody is gonna think twice about giving James Cook

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01:27:55,960 --> 01:28:00,200
Speaker 1: an extension. No, And that's a different set for me.

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Speaker 1: That's a different place for me than I've been. I

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01:28:02,240 --> 01:28:05,920
Speaker 1: don't want to give him, you know, quarterback money, but

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01:28:06,880 --> 01:28:08,519
Speaker 1: if you can find a way to sign the guy

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01:28:08,560 --> 01:28:14,800
Speaker 1: to a good contract, yeah, I'm hopefully they can do it.

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Speaker 2: Yeah. I would want that for Buffalo. I'd want that

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01:28:18,479 --> 01:28:19,200
Speaker 2: for James Cook.

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Speaker 1: You can bet too, they signed to a four year deal.

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01:28:21,120 --> 01:28:23,679
Speaker 1: It'll it'll be a bargain by the time it's over.

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01:28:23,520 --> 01:28:27,000
Speaker 2: Right, right, and and that's the that's the question there

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01:28:27,080 --> 01:28:28,800
Speaker 2: is what if you are going to do that, what's

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01:28:28,840 --> 01:28:32,360
Speaker 2: the length? Who wants less, who wants more? And how

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01:28:32,360 --> 01:28:36,160
Speaker 2: do they find a good place to be and agree

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01:28:36,240 --> 01:28:39,519
Speaker 2: upon doing so? Before we break, wanted to share some

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01:28:39,560 --> 01:28:43,439
Speaker 2: fun things that happened last week with our Buffalo Bills.

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01:28:43,600 --> 01:28:47,839
Speaker 2: Alec Anderson got married, Dwayne Carter also got married. Micah

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01:28:47,880 --> 01:28:52,000
Speaker 2: Hyde had a surprise retirement party. Several Bills players were there,

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01:28:52,160 --> 01:29:00,320
Speaker 2: Josh Allen, Matt Mulano, employer, Dean Marlowe, Levi Wallace, Trey White,

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01:29:00,880 --> 01:29:05,759
Speaker 2: Jerry Hughes, Tremaine Edmunds, Ran, Neil cam Wallace, everybody showed

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01:29:05,840 --> 01:29:10,080
Speaker 2: up to celebrate Micah Hyde. How cool for him and

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01:29:10,120 --> 01:29:14,120
Speaker 2: his family. Love that he got celebrated. He definitely deserves it.

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01:29:14,439 --> 01:29:18,200
Speaker 2: And some baby news for some of our players. Dawson

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01:29:18,280 --> 01:29:22,080
Speaker 2: Knox is having a baby as well as Khalil Shakir.

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01:29:22,200 --> 01:29:26,400
Speaker 2: Their wives made the announcement on Instagram last week. So

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01:29:26,760 --> 01:29:30,639
Speaker 2: some fun news this offseason for our Buffalo Bills players

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01:29:30,720 --> 01:29:33,080
Speaker 2: taking vacations, getting married.

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01:29:33,560 --> 01:29:34,919
Speaker 3: Baby's on the well remembers.

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01:29:34,960 --> 01:29:38,360
Speaker 2: Here we go, Yes, let's go, I know, And soon

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01:29:38,479 --> 01:29:41,240
Speaker 2: enough we'll be back at training camp. July twenty third

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01:29:41,400 --> 01:29:43,559
Speaker 2: is the start time. We want to thank you for

1790
01:29:43,640 --> 01:29:46,960
Speaker 2: tuning into One Bills Live on this Monday afternoon. We'll

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01:29:47,000 --> 01:29:49,880
Speaker 2: be back at it tomorrow from one to three. See

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Speaker 2: you then,