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Speaker 1: heck are you?

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Speaker 2: We're right back into preparation for another game here, fresh

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Speaker 2: off the Monday night went over, the Jets game install

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Speaker 2: begins for the Week seven matchup with the Tennessee Titans.

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Speaker 2: Players only getting a walkthrough session today, so soon off

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Speaker 2: the Monday night game, an extra day to rest up

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Speaker 2: the bodies a little bit and focus on the mentals

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Speaker 2: as far as doing the walkthrough are using, Yeah, I

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Speaker 2: mean you're kind of going through the game plan more

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Speaker 2: mentally than physically on a daylight today with the walkthrough session,

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Speaker 2: and that's what they're doing.

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Speaker 1: They've done have they moved everything back a little bit

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Speaker 1: just because of the late night and you know, getting

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Speaker 1: them started. They'll probably be back a little bit more

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Speaker 1: than normal tomorrow, even though it'll well, it'll no, it'll

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Speaker 1: be a regular Thursday practice tomorrow, probably right on schedule, yep.

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Speaker 2: And then Friday, usual Saturday stuff and then boom, you're

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Speaker 2: back in another game. Head coach Sean McDermott addressed the

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Speaker 2: media yesterday. Naturally, was asked a ton of questions about

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Speaker 2: the addition of Amari Cooper via trade. So Amari Cooper

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Speaker 2: in Mark wez Valdez scantling out and that is the

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Speaker 2: roster change. And this is the third time in a

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Speaker 2: Mari Cooper's career that he has been traded, got traded

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Speaker 2: from the Raiders to the Cowboys, Cowboys to the Browns,

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Speaker 2: and now the Browns to the Bills. And people were

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Speaker 2: weighing out the two big trades yesterday, Cooper being one

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Speaker 2: the arms race or maybe in this case, the hands

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Speaker 2: advantages for the Bills acquisition much less of an impact

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Speaker 2: on your salary cap a receiver who is two years younger.

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Speaker 2: Davante Adams is thirty two, Cooper is thirty. So yeah,

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Speaker 2: I mean, but both guys immediately go to the top

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Speaker 2: I mean, maybe Garrett Wilson could still be perceived as

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Speaker 1: Davante's got two years left on his deal as well. Well,

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Speaker 1: they just well, they ripped it up, Yeah, ripped it up.

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Speaker 2: Which was the only way I could see the Bills

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Speaker 2: to rip up his current contract to alleviate the financial

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Speaker 2: burden of twenty twenty five and twenty twenty six. Yeah,

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Speaker 2: but they're still on the hook for eleven and a

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Speaker 3: They don't have that room.

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Speaker 1: That's the current. Yeah, that think about it. That's you know,

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Speaker 1: you tune in here for the current, most up to

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Speaker 1: date and analysis. And I was just finished telling you

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Speaker 1: why this was never going to happen.

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Speaker 3: Oh yesterday, right yesterday.

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Speaker 2: The funny thing was you said that, and the next

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Speaker 2: listen to that, right And then sure enough we were

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Speaker 1: Yeah, And so you know, I'm it's amazing how much

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Speaker 1: a man that's why Brandon is so good at his job.

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Speaker 1: I mean that, it's amazing how much it makes after

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Speaker 3: Well, financially.

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Speaker 2: You know, you knew the Bills were biting the salary

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Speaker 1: Yeah, but that's also the truth matter is that's all

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Speaker 3: It's a rental.

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Speaker 1: It's a rental.

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Speaker 3: And if you like what you see, yeah.

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Speaker 1: And if if he likes the situation all that, I mean,

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Speaker 2: Yeah, And I think the other thing that I have

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Speaker 2: to believe was taken into account is you've seen Amari

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Speaker 3: He's done it before. Like you know, when you acquire

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Speaker 2: Mid season, you usually have more questions than answers. And

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Speaker 2: I think a player like Amari Cooper who has gone

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Speaker 2: to teams mid season before and produced, gave you a

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Speaker 3: You're being traded. I found this take very interesting.

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Speaker 2: I happened to pawn a little roundtable discussion and I

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Speaker 2: want to say it was Fox Sports, but I can't

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Speaker 2: Michael Irvin was asked for his take on the two

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Speaker 2: As you would expect, He's around the Cowboys franchise a lot,

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Speaker 2: know him and they asked him. They asked, Michael Irvin,

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Speaker 2: how is the Amari Cooper acquisition most different from when

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Speaker 2: the Bills acquired Stefan Diggs via trade? This is Michael

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Speaker 2: Irvin saying this, Okay, who knows Amari Cooper pretty well?

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Speaker 3: Like he's more than an acquaintance.

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Speaker 2: He said, the Bills get all the production without the drama.

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Speaker 2: He said, Amari Cooper is a good soldier type of

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Speaker 3: That's just not who he is.

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Speaker 2: So that's Michael Irvin's opinion, not mine. Just want to

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Speaker 2: and I think we all know, you know, Michael Irvins

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Speaker 1: Yeah, and it's interesting too because he's been traded a

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Speaker 1: He's a quiet guy. He's not in the headlines.

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Speaker 2: I mean, he had a contract dispute with the Browns here.

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Speaker 2: He wanted an extension, you know, and because he was

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Speaker 2: So well, I mean that's a small example, I guess,

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Speaker 2: guess what I'm saying is the bills DNA, you know,

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Speaker 2: guidelines that Sean McDermott and Brandon being subscribed to. In

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Speaker 2: it seems like Amari Cooper fits right in line with

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Speaker 3: I think he checked a lot of those boxes.

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Speaker 1: Sure, And most importantly, it seems and from all the

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Speaker 1: things I've read, they a lot of people have gone

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Speaker 1: And it'll be a question of how fast they can

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Speaker 1: I think like we were saying yesterday, And I'm not

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Speaker 1: I believe it's true. I think they liked the guys

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Speaker 1: I think he's gonna be a really good player. And

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Speaker 1: I think this is just an eight hundred thousand dollars around.

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Speaker 1: It makes a lot of sense, not just for the Bills.

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Speaker 1: And I was telling you this, this makes so much

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Speaker 1: If the Browns had him out there and was available,

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Speaker 2: The whole reason, if you remember why they converted a

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Speaker 2: we can't take on his salary, which was twenty something

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Speaker 2: And so the Browns take the necessary steps and then

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Speaker 1: It makes Cooper so attractive to so many different teams.

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Speaker 1: I mean, like where why not the you know, these

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Speaker 2: Or the Steelers who are in the AYUK talks exactly, Steelers.

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Speaker 1: You can go down the list of teams, the Kansas

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Speaker 2: There is another encouraging connection too in terms of the

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Speaker 2: Bill Staff and Amari Cooper. Receivers coach Adam Henry coached

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Speaker 2: him for two seasons as the wide receivers coach in Dallas,

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Speaker 2: so there's familiarity there as well. So I think because

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Speaker 2: he may only have a package of plays as he

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Speaker 2: gets up to speed with the offensive system, But this

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Speaker 2: so you know what I mean, Like you imagine he's

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Speaker 1: Yeah, they're gonna give him a handful of routes to

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Speaker 1: I just he it's the same thing that happened with

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Speaker 1: Leveon Bell. He's left a ton of money on the table.

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Speaker 1: He did not want to play for the Jets.

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Speaker 2: And he didn't and he's ended up signing a long

441
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Speaker 2: term deal that was two thirds the value of the

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Speaker 2: one that the Steelers offered him.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, So Son, Reddick's gonna be just the same. He's

444
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Speaker 1: gonna leave, He's gonna he's gonna drop was eight digits

445
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Speaker 1: on the table. He's gonna just flush down, literally, flush

446
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Speaker 1: it down the toilet. It's gone. He'll never get it back.

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Speaker 3: There is kicker news in Green Bay.

448
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Speaker 2: Packers officially signed veteran kicker Brandon McManus and released kicker

449
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Speaker 2: Bryden narvisen uh I was kind of just keeping my

450
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Speaker 2: eyes open as to who was available out there in

451
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Speaker 2: the kicking free agent world, knowing something, who knew if

452
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Speaker 2: something could be afoot even here at One Bill's Drive

453
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Speaker 2: in light of the kicking h issues that have cropped

454
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Speaker 2: up here in the early part of the year, Brandon

455
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Speaker 2: McManus off the market and now a Green Bay Packer.

456
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Speaker 2: Colts head coach Saint Steichen told reporters Anthony Richardson is

457
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Speaker 2: going to practice fully today's dealing with an oblique injury, has.

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Speaker 3: Missed some time.

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Speaker 2: The hits keep on coming for the New York Giants.

460
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Speaker 2: Steve looks like they've lost left tackle Andrew Thomas to

461
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Speaker 2: a season ending foot injury that will require surgery. Happened

462
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Speaker 2: in the third quarter of last week's game against Cincinnati.

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Speaker 2: There is one bit of good news for the Giants, though,

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Speaker 2: rookie wide receiver Molik Neighbors has made progress and will

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Speaker 2: practice in a red non contact jersey today. According to

466
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Speaker 2: the head coach Brian Dable, he missed last week's game

467
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Speaker 2: in concussion protocol, so they're hoping he will be available

468
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Speaker 2: for their next game. Not out of protocol yet, but

469
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Speaker 2: in stage four as he is practicing and doing football

470
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Speaker 2: related activity. So that is around the NFL presented by

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Speaker 2: Kalida Health. It's time for us to get to the

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Speaker 2: phones at eight oh three five point fifty won eight

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Speaker 2: eight eight five fifty two, five point fifty as we've

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Speaker 2: got open lines for you there. What concerns about the

475
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Speaker 2: Bills offense? Do the Amari Cooper edition eliminate for you?

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Speaker 2: We lead off today with Jeff in Buffalo.

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Speaker 3: What do you got for us? Jeff, you're on one

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Speaker 3: Bill's Live.

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Speaker 5: Thanks for taking a call, and uh, real quick on

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Speaker 5: your on your question, I would say, I don't know

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Speaker 5: if it alleviates anything for me. It just havn't been

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Speaker 5: a veteran H quality receiver.

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Speaker 6: Get off.

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Speaker 5: I think that makes me feel better about our receiving.

485
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Speaker 5: The reason I called is as soon as you know

486
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Speaker 5: the trade and this and that and me and my

487
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Speaker 5: son we always talk back and forth. That it takes

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Speaker 5: so long. It always and I.

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Speaker 4: Are you there? Jeff?

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Speaker 3: Did we lose you?

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Speaker 1: I don't know. I think Jeff hang up on us.

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Speaker 3: I think he was. I don't know I didn't hang up.

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Speaker 3: I think he is in a bad cell location. Yet

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Speaker 3: we lost him.

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Speaker 2: Sorry about that, Jeff, I think what he was getting

496
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Speaker 2: at was acclamation period for Cooper. I think, as I

497
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Speaker 2: was saying earlier, one of the positives is your receivers

498
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Speaker 2: coach here in Buffalo knows Hooper's strengths, weaknesses, skill set

499
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Speaker 2: because he spent two seasons with him as his receivers

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Speaker 2: coach in Dallas. So maybe just how can that be

501
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Speaker 2: communicated to Joe Brady to facilitate the acclamation period and

502
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Speaker 2: put Cooper in a place where he can give you

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Speaker 2: an instant impact or at least some kind of impact

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Speaker 2: sooner rather than later.

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Speaker 1: Well, just putting him out there gives you some impact

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Speaker 1: because they got to match up with him, and they're

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Speaker 1: gonna give him the ben As a defense, you got

508
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Speaker 1: to give him the benefit of the doubt that he's

509
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Speaker 1: got the whole route tree under his belt, because even

510
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Speaker 1: if they didn't give him the whole route tree, you

511
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Speaker 1: don't know what part they gave him and what part

512
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Speaker 1: they he doesn't have. So you got to treat him

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Speaker 1: with some deference as a defense. But the Bills are

514
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Speaker 1: going to give him as much as he can handle,

515
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Speaker 1: and the coaching staff will probably have will know exactly

516
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Speaker 1: what that is. A couple of days from now, they're

517
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Speaker 1: gonna to load him up and get him acclimated if

518
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Speaker 1: they can. He can. You might be surprised at how

519
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Speaker 1: much he can be used. And even if he's on

520
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Speaker 1: the field and they're running the ball and you know,

521
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Speaker 1: all that stuff, that'll give him some benefit as well,

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Speaker 1: and it'll and there's this too, So you line him

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Speaker 1: up and all of a sudden, the defense of the

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Speaker 1: Titans is giving you a look that they wouldn't give

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Speaker 1: you if he wasn't on the field. All of that

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Speaker 1: goes into the stew so there's a lot of unknowns.

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Speaker 1: But they're gonna give him as much of this offense

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Speaker 1: as they think he can stand, and they're gonna call

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Speaker 1: it and they'll just expect him to run it. And

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Speaker 1: he's done this before, he's done it before, and it's

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Speaker 1: we're not talking. You know, this isn't rocket science, but

532
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Speaker 1: it is. It is choreography. If you will, you've got

533
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Speaker 1: to do it and do it just right so that

534
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Speaker 1: a guy who's gonna throw you the football knows what

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Speaker 1: you're gonna do and has confidence that you're going to

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Speaker 1: be in the right spot. So there's a lot in it,

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Speaker 1: and there is an acclamation process that you got to

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Speaker 1: go through. It's I think it's really an intriguing spot

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00:28:11,280 --> 00:28:13,879
Speaker 1: for the Bills and Amari to see how fast he

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00:28:13,920 --> 00:28:17,919
Speaker 1: can get acclimated. Because because I'll say this too, for

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Speaker 1: the next game after the Titans game, which is what

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Speaker 1: is it Seattle here or something? What is it it's Seattle,

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Speaker 1: They're gonna expect him to have, you know, close to

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Speaker 1: one hundred percent of everything in two weeks. That's what

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Speaker 1: you would have in a training camp. You get two

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Speaker 1: weeks and everybody's playing a game, so it'll go fast.

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Speaker 1: I'm I think that's maybe the most interesting part of

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Speaker 1: this scenario for you know, for you know, people like me.

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Speaker 1: How much can they give him and how much can

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Speaker 1: they use him. I don't know that he's gonna come

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Speaker 1: out and have fifteen targets, twelve catches and one hundred

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Speaker 1: and ninety yards and all that, but the guy's gonna

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Speaker 1: be on the field, there is no doubt about it.

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Speaker 3: Yeah.

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Speaker 2: The last time Amari Cooper went to a new team

556
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Speaker 2: in the middle of the season was back in twenty eighteen,

557
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Speaker 2: and he played in nine games for the Cowboys, fifty

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00:29:10,320 --> 00:29:13,600
Speaker 2: three receptions, seven hundred twenty five yards and six touchdowns.

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Speaker 2: He's going to play eleven games for the Bills, so

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Speaker 2: just something to keep in mind as he gets acclimated here,

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Speaker 2: presumably with his first day in the building. Gotta take

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Speaker 2: a break here, but we're wide open for your phone

563
00:29:26,400 --> 00:29:28,200
Speaker 2: calls here in the first hour, So if you're holding

564
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Speaker 2: at eight h three oh five fifty, stay where you are.

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Speaker 3: We'll get to you when we return here.

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Speaker 2: All one Bill's live, stay with us. Game day mentality

567
00:29:46,080 --> 00:29:50,320
Speaker 2: is presented by Best Self Behavioral Health, the official mental

568
00:29:50,320 --> 00:29:53,160
Speaker 2: health partner of the Buffalo Bills. Give me the game

569
00:29:53,240 --> 00:29:56,800
Speaker 2: day mentality. Here's the coaching staff with Amari Cooper this week.

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Speaker 1: Let me tell you here's what I do here. We

571
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Speaker 1: go throughout the week, you find out a couple of

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Speaker 1: routes that a Maury Cooper's comfortable with, and right out

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Speaker 1: of the gate. Game day at Home Orchard Park, one

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Speaker 1: o'clock on a Sunday afternoon. The first three shots of

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Speaker 1: the game are to MARII Cooper. Send him out, Let

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Speaker 1: him run some routes. If it's a go route, send

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Speaker 1: him on a goal route. If it's a deep dig,

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Speaker 1: give it to him. If it's a quick hitch, give

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Speaker 1: it to him. You got to throat target him early

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Speaker 1: and often to get him in the mindset. Not only

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Speaker 1: your offense and Josh and all that, but it's also

582
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Speaker 1: the Titan defense, which is number one in the league.

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Speaker 1: Get him on their menu quick and then let them

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Speaker 1: think about that while you're doing your regular offense. And

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Speaker 1: I'm not saying completely abandon your run game that's been

586
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Speaker 1: so good for you, but this is a Titans team

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Speaker 1: that's number one defensively in the league. I say, you

588
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Speaker 1: try and hit him in the mouth right out of

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Speaker 1: the gate.

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Speaker 2: And we heard Dan Orlovsky was on with us yesterday saying,

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Speaker 2: you have to attack the perimeter in the run game

592
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Speaker 2: against this type defense because Jeffrey Simmons and to and

593
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Speaker 2: Andre sweat in the middle of it.

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Speaker 3: Boy, I don't know if you want to be running

595
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Speaker 3: into this heath of that all afternoon.

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Speaker 2: Not saying you don't run between the tackles, but I

597
00:31:09,600 --> 00:31:10,720
Speaker 2: don't know if I make it a habit.

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Speaker 1: But that's what I do. I come out and I

599
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Speaker 1: target Amari Cooper early and often, maybe even trying him

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Speaker 1: on a try him on a deep ball right out

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Speaker 1: of the gate. You're at home Uh, you got that

602
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Speaker 1: kind of crowd. Uh, and give the guy a chance

603
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Speaker 1: to to get out the early jitters.

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Speaker 4: You know.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I'll see if you can hit one. That's what

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Speaker 1: I would do, and then go back to you know,

607
00:31:34,320 --> 00:31:37,800
Speaker 1: then settle in and let the Titan defense think about

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Speaker 1: that for a minute before you start spreading it around

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Speaker 1: to the other guys.

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Speaker 2: There are a couple of Titans updates before we get

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Speaker 2: back to the phones. First, Brian Callahan, first year head coach, says,

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Speaker 2: we're one and four and it's not fun. Guys want

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Speaker 2: to win games. Credit to them for coming in with

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Speaker 2: a good attitude and fighting like they are. He did

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Speaker 2: also announce that one of their top two running backs,

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Speaker 2: ty J. Spears, is considered weaked week with his hamstring injury,

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Speaker 2: which sounds like he might be down this week against

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Speaker 2: the Bills. That would put the full workload on Tony Pollard,

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Speaker 2: who is a pretty dynamic back and multipurpose as well.

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Speaker 2: Let's get back to the phones though, at eight oh

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Speaker 2: three h five point fifty, as we are asking you

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Speaker 2: if you had a concern about the Bills offense, what

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Speaker 2: part of those concerns did the Amari Cooper addition, eliminate

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Speaker 2: for you. We go to Steve in Wheatfield next, what

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Speaker 2: do you got for a Steve?

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Speaker 7: Thank guys, good to talk to you. Before I get

627
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Speaker 7: to my point about that, I'm a nostalgic guy. I

628
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Speaker 7: like a lot of things that remind me of, you know, games,

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Speaker 7: and I used to watch games with my dad before

630
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Speaker 7: he passed and listened to them on the radio. And

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Speaker 7: Murphy was a great guy to listen to. And I

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Speaker 7: love the way he talked on the you know, just

633
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Speaker 7: the way he did the broadcast was excellent. And then

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Speaker 7: when you took over, Chris, obviously it's a new thing

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Speaker 7: and we're wondering how it's gonna be. And I look

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Speaker 7: forward every Sunday listening to you on the radio. You're

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Speaker 7: doing a phenomenal job. Thank you for doing that, just

638
00:33:04,440 --> 00:33:06,440
Speaker 7: stepping in and just killing it. You're doing great.

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Speaker 3: Thank you.

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Speaker 7: I appreciate that. So to my point about the Cooper contract.

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Speaker 7: You know, when the Bills made the trade yesterday, I

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00:33:15,360 --> 00:33:18,960
Speaker 7: texted my buddy and said, hey, Amari Cooper exclamation point,

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Speaker 7: exclamation point, and he called me and he says, you know,

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Speaker 7: he goes, he goes.

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Speaker 8: It's okay.

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Speaker 7: You know, he's older, I'm not super excited about it.

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Speaker 7: And then I said to it, I said, his contracts

648
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Speaker 7: eight hundred thousand dollars and then he goes, okay, I'm

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Speaker 7: really excited about its completely flip the script. And I

650
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Speaker 7: heard Sala sal Capacu said this morning, he said, you

651
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Speaker 7: really have to dig deep to find a way to

652
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Speaker 7: dislike this trade. Yeah, you know so. So after saying

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Speaker 7: that to him, it was kind of funny how he

654
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Speaker 7: was just like, yep, I'm good with it when he

655
00:33:48,920 --> 00:33:52,440
Speaker 7: found out the salary. So what I think is the

656
00:33:52,440 --> 00:33:55,440
Speaker 7: first couple of weeks of the season, even I think

657
00:33:55,480 --> 00:33:58,640
Speaker 7: it was even in the Cardinals game. I feel like

658
00:33:58,680 --> 00:34:01,520
Speaker 7: when we had Kincaid out, they zeroed in on him.

659
00:34:02,280 --> 00:34:04,800
Speaker 7: When Shakir's out there, they're starting to zero in on him,

660
00:34:04,880 --> 00:34:07,400
Speaker 7: and Coleman they didn't really have to worry too much

661
00:34:07,400 --> 00:34:09,480
Speaker 7: about because he's a rookie and you know, one on

662
00:34:09,480 --> 00:34:12,560
Speaker 7: one coverage maybe was okay. Now, this scantling never really

663
00:34:12,600 --> 00:34:15,560
Speaker 7: seemed like a threat. And I think what Cooper does

664
00:34:15,719 --> 00:34:20,720
Speaker 7: more than bring receptions in yards is he significantly opens

665
00:34:20,840 --> 00:34:23,279
Speaker 7: up the other guys on the field, and I think

666
00:34:23,320 --> 00:34:27,080
Speaker 7: that we might see an increase in production from Kinkaid,

667
00:34:27,160 --> 00:34:31,440
Speaker 7: from Shakir, from even Coleman. Someone mentioned earlier that bringing

668
00:34:31,480 --> 00:34:35,120
Speaker 7: Cooper in it to one slides everybody down into their

669
00:34:35,280 --> 00:34:37,440
Speaker 7: proper roles of where they should be in the depth

670
00:34:37,480 --> 00:34:40,040
Speaker 7: chart and on the field, and I think that's what

671
00:34:40,080 --> 00:34:41,880
Speaker 7: he's going to do have more of an impact with

672
00:34:42,280 --> 00:34:44,360
Speaker 7: I think he'll still get his targets, his yards, and

673
00:34:44,360 --> 00:34:46,920
Speaker 7: his receptions, but I think it's going to open up

674
00:34:46,960 --> 00:34:49,319
Speaker 7: the passing offense for the other guys a lot more

675
00:34:49,360 --> 00:34:52,560
Speaker 7: because now they have that clear cut number one that

676
00:34:52,600 --> 00:34:55,239
Speaker 7: the defense has to focus in on. So I'll hang

677
00:34:55,320 --> 00:34:57,279
Speaker 7: up and listen. But you guys are you guys are

678
00:34:57,320 --> 00:34:59,120
Speaker 7: killing it? Thanks for keeping us engaged all week.

679
00:34:59,120 --> 00:35:00,480
Speaker 1: Man's thanks to.

680
00:35:02,400 --> 00:35:05,759
Speaker 2: The last couple of weeks, especially with Shakira out of

681
00:35:05,760 --> 00:35:07,400
Speaker 2: the lineup, but even when he was in the lineup.

682
00:35:07,600 --> 00:35:11,759
Speaker 2: In Week four, like the Ravens, made a point to

683
00:35:11,880 --> 00:35:14,480
Speaker 2: close off the middle of the field in the passing

684
00:35:14,520 --> 00:35:15,439
Speaker 2: game for the.

685
00:35:15,320 --> 00:35:17,799
Speaker 3: Bills because the two biggest threats are.

686
00:35:17,719 --> 00:35:20,840
Speaker 2: Kincaid and Shakir, and they don't want them working in

687
00:35:20,920 --> 00:35:23,240
Speaker 2: between the numbers at all, so they shut that off.

688
00:35:24,400 --> 00:35:27,000
Speaker 2: Houston tried to do some similar things in that regard

689
00:35:27,080 --> 00:35:29,759
Speaker 2: and even the Jets last week tried to close down

690
00:35:29,800 --> 00:35:32,759
Speaker 2: the middle of the field to Shakir and Kinkate. That

691
00:35:32,880 --> 00:35:35,440
Speaker 2: basically say into the Bills, we don't think your outside

692
00:35:35,480 --> 00:35:37,040
Speaker 2: guys can win against our corners.

693
00:35:37,840 --> 00:35:39,000
Speaker 3: Prove to us they can't.

694
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Speaker 2: And I think that approach was going to continue unless

695
00:35:43,560 --> 00:35:45,200
Speaker 2: they made a change. And I think it was readily

696
00:35:45,200 --> 00:35:48,640
Speaker 2: apparent to Brandon Bean the offensive coaching staff. And so

697
00:35:48,719 --> 00:35:53,040
Speaker 2: here comes Cooper, who routinely works outside, and now you're thinking,

698
00:35:53,080 --> 00:35:55,680
Speaker 2: as a defensive coordinator, playing the Bills has to change.

699
00:35:56,400 --> 00:35:59,759
Speaker 1: Absolutely, You've got to have some at least now you

700
00:35:59,800 --> 00:36:04,320
Speaker 1: got to have a plan B. So I yes, it does.

701
00:36:04,480 --> 00:36:08,400
Speaker 1: It's gonna drastically change the way teams view the Bills offense.

702
00:36:08,440 --> 00:36:13,120
Speaker 1: With Amari Cooper on it and Shakir and Kinkaid, now

703
00:36:13,120 --> 00:36:16,600
Speaker 1: you've got some guys with some that can scare you,

704
00:36:16,880 --> 00:36:20,360
Speaker 1: and you're gonna have to go deep into your roster

705
00:36:20,560 --> 00:36:23,239
Speaker 1: and play really good or play really good defense in

706
00:36:23,280 --> 00:36:26,319
Speaker 1: the back end team defense in order to shut all

707
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Speaker 1: of those guys off. I I was not surprised, but

708
00:36:35,320 --> 00:36:38,640
Speaker 1: I just didn't think the drop off was gonna be

709
00:36:38,719 --> 00:36:40,440
Speaker 1: as big as it was when Shaki was out of

710
00:36:40,480 --> 00:36:44,359
Speaker 1: the lineup, it almost looked non functional. Shakira is a

711
00:36:44,360 --> 00:36:47,080
Speaker 1: really good slot receiver, really good, and I think teams

712
00:36:47,120 --> 00:36:50,080
Speaker 1: are realizing that. We saw it in Week one when

713
00:36:50,120 --> 00:36:54,400
Speaker 1: Arizona was squatting all over with three guys in a

714
00:36:54,440 --> 00:36:59,520
Speaker 1: triangle around Dalton Kincaid. They didn't believe that Coleman or

715
00:36:59,560 --> 00:37:02,240
Speaker 1: Sam You or Hollins was going to take the pressure

716
00:37:02,440 --> 00:37:04,440
Speaker 1: or be able to carry the passing game. So they

717
00:37:04,480 --> 00:37:07,680
Speaker 1: took Kinkaid away, and then Shakir did a nice job,

718
00:37:07,719 --> 00:37:09,680
Speaker 1: and so team started to do that. Now it's just

719
00:37:09,719 --> 00:37:16,080
Speaker 1: getting to be too much. I think with Cooper on

720
00:37:16,080 --> 00:37:19,399
Speaker 1: on the roster, that's gonna be a different animal as

721
00:37:19,400 --> 00:37:21,120
Speaker 1: an offense to try and defend, and they're gonna have

722
00:37:21,160 --> 00:37:23,640
Speaker 1: to play really good team defense in the back end

723
00:37:23,719 --> 00:37:27,360
Speaker 1: now instead of just snapping off one guy and taking

724
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Speaker 1: your chances with the rest.

725
00:37:28,560 --> 00:37:31,319
Speaker 3: Let's go to Robin Toronto next. Let's pull him up here.

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Speaker 1: What do you got for his rob Hey.

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Speaker 9: Guys, you're doing a fabulous job, Steve. I commend your

728
00:37:37,320 --> 00:37:40,799
Speaker 9: aggressiveness with using Amari Cooper. The challenge that I have

729
00:37:41,040 --> 00:37:45,600
Speaker 9: is coach mcleevy. There, we'll send him out another two

730
00:37:45,680 --> 00:37:48,120
Speaker 9: weeks like he did that great pickup we made a

731
00:37:48,120 --> 00:37:50,759
Speaker 9: few years ago Hines and made him wait a month

732
00:37:50,800 --> 00:37:53,600
Speaker 9: to learn the playbook. Great comments. I think the offense,

733
00:37:53,840 --> 00:37:57,880
Speaker 9: you know, has solidified itself. Amari Cooper, Mari Cooper is

734
00:37:57,920 --> 00:38:00,960
Speaker 9: just filling in because of the mistake that they didn't address.

735
00:38:01,000 --> 00:38:04,480
Speaker 9: They tried with Samuel, they tried with Hamuel, Uh with Hallins.

736
00:38:04,680 --> 00:38:08,000
Speaker 9: They're not long term players. I think our biggest challenge,

737
00:38:08,040 --> 00:38:11,520
Speaker 9: guys once again, great point kicker, he's over priced. We

738
00:38:11,560 --> 00:38:13,839
Speaker 9: can't get rid of them. But tunns this gotch Rue.

739
00:38:13,880 --> 00:38:16,160
Speaker 9: We got to create a great quicker. Is this gotch

740
00:38:16,239 --> 00:38:19,120
Speaker 9: Rue will cost one third the price In terms of

741
00:38:19,120 --> 00:38:22,279
Speaker 9: the overall team, I think our biggest challenge, guys, is

742
00:38:22,320 --> 00:38:26,919
Speaker 9: an undermined and an undersized defense that eventually will show

743
00:38:27,080 --> 00:38:29,279
Speaker 9: its weaknesses and we're not gonna be able to get

744
00:38:29,280 --> 00:38:31,640
Speaker 9: to that next level. We need Belichick here.

745
00:38:31,719 --> 00:38:32,040
Speaker 1: Boys.

746
00:38:32,480 --> 00:38:34,719
Speaker 6: Thanks for the comments. You guys do a great job.

747
00:38:34,880 --> 00:38:37,440
Speaker 1: Thanks Robing, Thanks for if you're gonna wait, if you're

748
00:38:37,440 --> 00:38:40,520
Speaker 1: waiting on Bill Belichick show up, don't hold your hold

749
00:38:40,600 --> 00:38:44,840
Speaker 1: your breath because you're gonna pass out. Yeah. As for

750
00:38:45,000 --> 00:38:47,480
Speaker 1: the you know, undersized defense, Yeah, a lot of that is,

751
00:38:48,160 --> 00:38:50,400
Speaker 1: you're gonna be that way when you have a defensive

752
00:38:50,400 --> 00:38:52,680
Speaker 1: philosophy like they have where they want one of their

753
00:38:52,680 --> 00:38:54,720
Speaker 1: defensive tackles to be on the other side of the ball.

754
00:38:55,840 --> 00:38:59,560
Speaker 1: And that's what Ed Oliver does. And Ed's not a

755
00:38:59,600 --> 00:39:04,839
Speaker 1: three hundre pounder. And also they the reason they run

756
00:39:04,840 --> 00:39:06,719
Speaker 1: their One of the reasons they're able to run their

757
00:39:06,760 --> 00:39:10,600
Speaker 1: defense the way they can is because of Josh and

758
00:39:10,640 --> 00:39:15,040
Speaker 1: the offense. If and I think one of the things

759
00:39:15,040 --> 00:39:16,960
Speaker 1: that about it is in Brownie and I talk, We've

760
00:39:16,960 --> 00:39:19,600
Speaker 1: been talking about it ever since the Baltimore game they

761
00:39:19,640 --> 00:39:23,320
Speaker 1: got exposed, is not being able to stop that run game. Now,

762
00:39:23,480 --> 00:39:25,719
Speaker 1: whether they have a reason other than the fact that

763
00:39:25,760 --> 00:39:30,440
Speaker 1: they're too small in the coaching side of the of

764
00:39:30,480 --> 00:39:33,400
Speaker 1: the team, maybe they feel it's a different kind of issue.

765
00:39:33,719 --> 00:39:36,399
Speaker 1: Maybe it is, but they could not get it done

766
00:39:36,400 --> 00:39:39,359
Speaker 1: on that day. But it's also a fact that their

767
00:39:39,400 --> 00:39:42,560
Speaker 1: offense didn't show up either. Their offense was struggling to score.

768
00:39:44,280 --> 00:39:46,400
Speaker 1: When things are clicking on this team, this is one

769
00:39:46,400 --> 00:39:50,040
Speaker 1: of those teams like it was in Week one through three.

770
00:39:50,320 --> 00:39:53,040
Speaker 1: They're gonna hang thirty points on the board. They're hard

771
00:39:53,080 --> 00:39:56,960
Speaker 1: to keep off the scoreboard with Josh at quarterback, and

772
00:39:57,000 --> 00:39:59,000
Speaker 1: it should continue to be that way now that they've

773
00:39:59,000 --> 00:40:04,239
Speaker 1: made this trade that makes their defense big enough in

774
00:40:04,320 --> 00:40:07,000
Speaker 1: a perfect world. It may never be perfect, but it's

775
00:40:07,000 --> 00:40:08,920
Speaker 1: gonna be perfect enough because the other team can't be

776
00:40:08,960 --> 00:40:12,799
Speaker 1: perfect either. If they're gonna be played perfect, they're they're

777
00:40:12,840 --> 00:40:15,080
Speaker 1: still gonna have, you know, they're still gonna struggle to

778
00:40:15,080 --> 00:40:20,520
Speaker 1: beat us. That's I think that's the philosophy behind this defense.

779
00:40:21,320 --> 00:40:23,680
Speaker 1: They rarely get out of nickel, you know, and now

780
00:40:23,719 --> 00:40:25,839
Speaker 1: that Terran is back, they'll probably go back and start

781
00:40:25,920 --> 00:40:29,640
Speaker 1: keep doing that. I think the real proof of that

782
00:40:29,800 --> 00:40:31,840
Speaker 1: is gonna be when they get back in the arena

783
00:40:31,920 --> 00:40:35,120
Speaker 1: with a team like Baltimore, maybe even Baltimore in the playoffs.

784
00:40:37,160 --> 00:40:40,320
Speaker 1: Can they play like that and stop the run? Or

785
00:40:40,360 --> 00:40:42,400
Speaker 1: are they gonna have to do something drastic to stop

786
00:40:42,440 --> 00:40:44,040
Speaker 1: it on a do or die game? In a do

787
00:40:44,120 --> 00:40:47,200
Speaker 1: or die game? But yeah, you've got it's a point

788
00:40:47,239 --> 00:40:49,520
Speaker 1: well taken. They weren't big enough or physical enough to

789
00:40:49,560 --> 00:40:53,719
Speaker 1: stop Baltimore's running game, and they're gonna have to find

790
00:40:53,719 --> 00:40:55,399
Speaker 1: an answer for that if they meet them again.

791
00:40:56,600 --> 00:40:58,920
Speaker 3: Let's go to Chuck in Clarence next. What do you

792
00:40:58,960 --> 00:40:59,319
Speaker 3: got for us?

793
00:40:59,400 --> 00:40:59,600
Speaker 1: Chuck.

794
00:41:01,480 --> 00:41:05,399
Speaker 6: Yeah, I think we've been talking around the fringes of

795
00:41:05,440 --> 00:41:10,160
Speaker 6: my concern, and actually it's been Josh's safety. He's going

796
00:41:10,200 --> 00:41:13,440
Speaker 6: back and he's not seeing the separation he's looking for

797
00:41:13,560 --> 00:41:17,120
Speaker 6: with the receivers we had now, and he's forcing him

798
00:41:17,120 --> 00:41:19,439
Speaker 6: to do things and run for his life. He's great

799
00:41:19,440 --> 00:41:21,840
Speaker 6: at running forward when he's planning it out himself, but

800
00:41:23,040 --> 00:41:25,759
Speaker 6: I don't like the blindside hits and the tackles he's

801
00:41:25,840 --> 00:41:30,160
Speaker 6: had to endure, and so I've been concerned about that

802
00:41:30,200 --> 00:41:33,480
Speaker 6: for the last two or three games, and I just

803
00:41:33,520 --> 00:41:36,799
Speaker 6: think it's gonna help out tremendously now he's got more

804
00:41:36,800 --> 00:41:39,160
Speaker 6: targets down there. Can you do me a favorite? Can

805
00:41:39,239 --> 00:41:42,520
Speaker 6: you give me give us a little bit of background

806
00:41:43,400 --> 00:41:47,200
Speaker 6: on Amari some of his skills.

807
00:41:47,239 --> 00:41:49,799
Speaker 3: Yep, absolutely so. He is a four to four speed guy.

808
00:41:50,840 --> 00:41:53,640
Speaker 2: Doesn't look like he's moving, but he is at six '

809
00:41:53,719 --> 00:41:55,600
Speaker 2: one in a two hundred and nineteen pound frame.

810
00:41:56,280 --> 00:41:56,799
Speaker 1: It doesn't know.

811
00:41:57,040 --> 00:42:00,600
Speaker 2: His suddenness is not readily apparent to the eye. But

812
00:42:00,680 --> 00:42:03,120
Speaker 2: you watch him against man coverage get separation, which he

813
00:42:03,160 --> 00:42:06,279
Speaker 2: can still do now at age thirty, and you see

814
00:42:06,360 --> 00:42:08,880
Speaker 2: very quickly why he is as effective as he is

815
00:42:10,239 --> 00:42:15,120
Speaker 2: really good on releases. He's got a multi dimensional toolbox

816
00:42:15,600 --> 00:42:17,719
Speaker 2: in terms of his release skill set, and he is

817
00:42:17,920 --> 00:42:22,799
Speaker 2: very good against press man, very strong. And then on

818
00:42:22,880 --> 00:42:25,120
Speaker 2: top of that, people are like, oh, he's thirty years old,

819
00:42:25,120 --> 00:42:27,520
Speaker 2: can he still do it? The guy is coming off

820
00:42:27,560 --> 00:42:30,680
Speaker 2: his most productive season of his career. Twelve hundred and

821
00:42:30,719 --> 00:42:34,480
Speaker 2: fifty yards receiving is his highest receiving yardage total of

822
00:42:34,520 --> 00:42:37,440
Speaker 2: his career. And he did it with quarterbacks named Deshaun

823
00:42:37,480 --> 00:42:40,520
Speaker 2: Watson and Joe Flacco. Now he's playing with Josh Allen.

824
00:42:40,760 --> 00:42:42,960
Speaker 2: I mean, I only get people too excited, but the

825
00:42:42,960 --> 00:42:44,560
Speaker 2: guy is still at the top of his game in

826
00:42:44,560 --> 00:42:48,120
Speaker 2: my estimation, and is going to be make a world

827
00:42:48,120 --> 00:42:50,959
Speaker 2: of difference against man coverage, which the Bills have seen

828
00:42:51,000 --> 00:42:52,920
Speaker 2: more and more each of the last three weeks.

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00:42:53,840 --> 00:42:57,920
Speaker 1: Yeah, I'm the people who are watching film are excited

830
00:42:57,920 --> 00:43:00,319
Speaker 1: about his ability to get open and get and get

831
00:43:00,360 --> 00:43:02,759
Speaker 1: away from man coverage. The Bills are getting as much

832
00:43:02,800 --> 00:43:04,839
Speaker 1: man coverage as any team in the league, maybe more.

833
00:43:06,920 --> 00:43:08,319
Speaker 1: That's gonna this is gonna help him.

834
00:43:08,400 --> 00:43:11,479
Speaker 2: Yeah, great hands and elite footwork along the sideline as well.

835
00:43:11,719 --> 00:43:14,920
Speaker 1: There and I'll say this too, who knows how this

836
00:43:15,000 --> 00:43:16,839
Speaker 1: is all gonna work out and how long it's gonna

837
00:43:16,880 --> 00:43:18,839
Speaker 1: take to get here. But if Mark Cooper comes in,

838
00:43:18,880 --> 00:43:20,479
Speaker 1: he put him at the top of the food chain

839
00:43:20,680 --> 00:43:23,839
Speaker 1: in this receiver room. On any given play, everybody else

840
00:43:23,880 --> 00:43:27,120
Speaker 1: gets knocked down a notch, which means Keon Coleman's getting

841
00:43:27,560 --> 00:43:32,600
Speaker 1: a notch lower on the opponent's cornerback roster. So he's

842
00:43:32,600 --> 00:43:34,200
Speaker 1: gonna get a guy who's not as good as the

843
00:43:34,200 --> 00:43:38,439
Speaker 1: guy he's been getting. Theoretically, yeah, he'll get the number

844
00:43:38,440 --> 00:43:41,120
Speaker 1: three corner instead of the number two corner. Or now

845
00:43:41,120 --> 00:43:43,160
Speaker 1: he may get the number four corner that kind of thing,

846
00:43:44,160 --> 00:43:46,880
Speaker 1: or a backup safety, that kind of stuff. So everything

847
00:43:47,080 --> 00:43:50,080
Speaker 1: is exponential in the effect of a guy going in

848
00:43:50,120 --> 00:43:52,560
Speaker 1: at the top of that food chain. It'll be interesting

849
00:43:52,600 --> 00:43:57,560
Speaker 1: to see how the ripple effects make a difference.

850
00:43:57,239 --> 00:43:58,520
Speaker 3: For everybody else.

851
00:43:58,560 --> 00:43:59,680
Speaker 1: Everybody else on the roster.

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868
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Speaker 1: the you know, you go into that trance you start

869
00:45:12,960 --> 00:45:14,759
Speaker 1: eating a bag of rethos.

870
00:45:14,840 --> 00:45:16,960
Speaker 3: Sorry, I mean, I know we got them for product placement,

871
00:45:16,960 --> 00:45:18,280
Speaker 3: but a bag.

872
00:45:18,200 --> 00:45:21,640
Speaker 1: Of tostitos and you just don't stop. You just keep

873
00:45:22,000 --> 00:45:23,080
Speaker 1: you just keep eating them.

874
00:45:23,080 --> 00:45:24,960
Speaker 3: So I was Steve and I were devouring these. The

875
00:45:25,000 --> 00:45:27,719
Speaker 3: other day. Our producer Jay comes in, He's like, what

876
00:45:27,760 --> 00:45:29,920
Speaker 3: are you doing with the product placement stuff. I was like,

877
00:45:29,960 --> 00:45:31,560
Speaker 3: we're high, great and this stuff's good.

878
00:45:31,600 --> 00:45:32,320
Speaker 1: We're gonna eat it.

879
00:45:32,320 --> 00:45:35,239
Speaker 3: We're gonna a lot of us inspect us to ignore it.

880
00:45:35,520 --> 00:45:36,479
Speaker 3: It's it's not gonna happen.

881
00:45:36,920 --> 00:45:38,319
Speaker 1: It was one of those days where we didn't have

882
00:45:38,400 --> 00:45:40,440
Speaker 1: lunch or whatever, and we were both starving, and man,

883
00:45:40,480 --> 00:45:42,800
Speaker 1: we plowed through those tostitos.

884
00:45:42,160 --> 00:45:43,560
Speaker 3: Like it's like a quarter of a bag.

885
00:45:43,960 --> 00:45:47,359
Speaker 2: We have laid waste so good because uh, you can't

886
00:45:47,360 --> 00:45:47,919
Speaker 2: eat just one.

887
00:45:48,280 --> 00:45:49,000
Speaker 3: So there you go.

888
00:45:49,480 --> 00:45:49,600
Speaker 6: Uh.

889
00:45:49,600 --> 00:45:51,160
Speaker 2: We got to get back to the phones though, at

890
00:45:51,160 --> 00:45:53,680
Speaker 2: eight oh three oh five point fifty one eight eight

891
00:45:53,680 --> 00:45:56,880
Speaker 2: eight five fifty two five fifty as we are asking

892
00:45:56,920 --> 00:46:00,840
Speaker 2: you with the concerns that you may have had about

893
00:46:00,840 --> 00:46:06,200
Speaker 2: the Bill's offense, did the Amari Cooper acquisition eliminate those

894
00:46:06,200 --> 00:46:06,560
Speaker 2: for you?

895
00:46:06,880 --> 00:46:09,200
Speaker 3: We go back to the phones and to TJ on

896
00:46:09,320 --> 00:46:10,600
Speaker 3: a cell. What do you got for TJ?

897
00:46:11,880 --> 00:46:12,399
Speaker 10: How we doing?

898
00:46:12,480 --> 00:46:14,000
Speaker 11: Fellow is going to talk to you this Wednesday?

899
00:46:14,239 --> 00:46:14,279
Speaker 12: No?

900
00:46:14,560 --> 00:46:14,840
Speaker 3: Sure.

901
00:46:16,200 --> 00:46:18,840
Speaker 11: So there was a couple of good calls and some

902
00:46:18,880 --> 00:46:20,839
Speaker 11: good responses from you guys. So I had to kind

903
00:46:20,840 --> 00:46:22,759
Speaker 11: of calling audible here and switch gears because what I

904
00:46:22,760 --> 00:46:25,920
Speaker 11: was gonna say the somebody still my thunder. But what

905
00:46:26,000 --> 00:46:28,239
Speaker 11: I want to say is who does Josh Allen go

906
00:46:28,320 --> 00:46:31,200
Speaker 11: to on third down? Like who is this guy? And

907
00:46:31,239 --> 00:46:33,400
Speaker 11: we just did not have that guy. You know, it

908
00:46:33,480 --> 00:46:36,120
Speaker 11: was leaning towards Shakir and people are going to be

909
00:46:36,160 --> 00:46:38,840
Speaker 11: that guy. And now we have that guy When I

910
00:46:38,840 --> 00:46:41,360
Speaker 11: need a first down on third and seven? Who am

911
00:46:41,400 --> 00:46:43,200
Speaker 11: I going to? Who's the defense think I'm going to

912
00:46:43,280 --> 00:46:45,400
Speaker 11: go to. They're gonna think I'm going to Cooper. That

913
00:46:45,440 --> 00:46:48,680
Speaker 11: opens up everybody else again. It's exponential. I love, love,

914
00:46:48,880 --> 00:46:49,520
Speaker 11: love this move.

915
00:46:49,600 --> 00:46:49,880
Speaker 4: Guys.

916
00:46:50,160 --> 00:46:51,880
Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah's hard not to like it.

917
00:46:52,000 --> 00:46:54,440
Speaker 1: It's hard. Yeah, it's hard to find a flaw in

918
00:46:54,480 --> 00:46:57,719
Speaker 1: this deal for the Bills. Certainly, you can say, well,

919
00:46:57,800 --> 00:46:59,400
Speaker 1: it's only for one year. They only got him for

920
00:46:59,400 --> 00:47:02,120
Speaker 1: the rest of the year. But it's a dirt cheap

921
00:47:02,160 --> 00:47:04,200
Speaker 1: move for I say, dirt cheap eight hundred and six

922
00:47:04,239 --> 00:47:08,800
Speaker 1: thousand dollars, But it's dirt cheap for them. It will

923
00:47:08,840 --> 00:47:11,680
Speaker 1: give them a chance to evaluate tomorrow and no doubt,

924
00:47:11,719 --> 00:47:14,240
Speaker 1: if they want, they can certainly offer them a contract

925
00:47:14,280 --> 00:47:15,799
Speaker 1: at the end of the season and maybe he'll take

926
00:47:15,840 --> 00:47:17,480
Speaker 1: and maybe he won't, but at least they'll know what

927
00:47:17,520 --> 00:47:21,080
Speaker 1: they're getting and they can place a real, an accurate

928
00:47:21,160 --> 00:47:21,879
Speaker 1: value on him.

929
00:47:21,920 --> 00:47:24,239
Speaker 2: Well, and on top of that, he's motivated to maximize

930
00:47:24,239 --> 00:47:24,760
Speaker 2: his value.

931
00:47:24,800 --> 00:47:26,320
Speaker 1: That's right, you're going to get going back into the

932
00:47:26,360 --> 00:47:29,000
Speaker 1: market next year. So it's it's a win win for

933
00:47:29,040 --> 00:47:32,840
Speaker 1: everybody involved. For the Bills, anyway, and and Amari Cooper

934
00:47:32,880 --> 00:47:35,000
Speaker 1: as well, because now he's on a team that's got

935
00:47:35,040 --> 00:47:36,520
Speaker 1: a shot at it at four and two instead of

936
00:47:36,560 --> 00:47:40,319
Speaker 1: one and five. And you know, there's some light at

937
00:47:40,320 --> 00:47:43,160
Speaker 1: the end of the tunnel this season for him, and

938
00:47:43,960 --> 00:47:49,919
Speaker 1: he just seems to be that perfect ingredient for what

939
00:47:50,280 --> 00:47:55,120
Speaker 1: the Bills offense has been criticized for not happening having. Yeah,

940
00:47:55,160 --> 00:47:57,160
Speaker 1: and that's it's gonna be fun to watch happen if

941
00:47:57,160 --> 00:47:59,919
Speaker 1: it If it comes out and turns out like everybody thinks,

942
00:48:00,080 --> 00:48:03,280
Speaker 1: should you know, we're going to be you know, waving

943
00:48:03,320 --> 00:48:04,800
Speaker 1: palm palms and beating our chests.

944
00:48:05,400 --> 00:48:11,920
Speaker 2: From TJ on a cell to DJ in Connecticut, what's up, DJ, Hi.

945
00:48:11,880 --> 00:48:15,920
Speaker 8: Guys, thanks for sluckting my call, Stee. Great point about

946
00:48:16,000 --> 00:48:20,719
Speaker 8: Kon moving down with regards to the defenders that are

947
00:48:20,800 --> 00:48:24,359
Speaker 8: going to be against him. I was thinking that h

948
00:48:24,400 --> 00:48:27,000
Speaker 8: this takes a lot of pressure off of him where

949
00:48:27,000 --> 00:48:30,160
Speaker 8: he doesn't sit there, so he's stopped Shakir, who's caught

950
00:48:30,280 --> 00:48:33,880
Speaker 8: you know whatever, thirty forty of his first passes in

951
00:48:33,920 --> 00:48:38,120
Speaker 8: his career. But this allows Kean just to relax and

952
00:48:38,200 --> 00:48:40,280
Speaker 8: kind of like, you know, I can catch I don't

953
00:48:40,320 --> 00:48:42,279
Speaker 8: have to catch every single ball that comes to me.

954
00:48:43,480 --> 00:48:45,320
Speaker 8: But also I love the point that he's going to

955
00:48:45,360 --> 00:48:51,000
Speaker 8: get less talented dbs against him. I think there's another

956
00:48:51,040 --> 00:48:54,760
Speaker 8: part of the trade that I haven't really heard anybody

957
00:48:54,800 --> 00:48:58,239
Speaker 8: talk about, which I think is another brilliant party by

958
00:48:58,480 --> 00:49:03,120
Speaker 8: being and I love the trade they're trading. Let's say

959
00:49:03,120 --> 00:49:06,520
Speaker 8: the Bills do decently and finish in the top eight

960
00:49:06,640 --> 00:49:07,319
Speaker 8: or top four.

961
00:49:08,120 --> 00:49:08,239
Speaker 13: Uh.

962
00:49:08,400 --> 00:49:11,799
Speaker 8: That means their seventh round pick is somewhere around two

963
00:49:11,880 --> 00:49:16,520
Speaker 8: hundred uh or to twenty. And let's say the Browns

964
00:49:16,560 --> 00:49:19,040
Speaker 8: continue to stink, they're going to be in the top

965
00:49:19,120 --> 00:49:21,759
Speaker 8: of the sixth round, which is about one sixty. So

966
00:49:21,800 --> 00:49:25,800
Speaker 8: they're actually the swap of six to seven is moving

967
00:49:25,880 --> 00:49:28,160
Speaker 8: from the back end of seven to the top end

968
00:49:28,200 --> 00:49:31,440
Speaker 8: of six, which is about sixty spots.

969
00:49:31,800 --> 00:49:31,920
Speaker 11: Right.

970
00:49:31,920 --> 00:49:34,200
Speaker 8: I think that's a you know, that's a great, a

971
00:49:34,280 --> 00:49:38,480
Speaker 8: real coup because that's basically moving up two full rounds.

972
00:49:38,560 --> 00:49:42,520
Speaker 8: And uh, I just love the love the trade, and uh,

973
00:49:43,000 --> 00:49:44,880
Speaker 8: I think you guys are spot on. It's going to

974
00:49:45,320 --> 00:49:49,600
Speaker 8: really make a difference, not only now, but I think

975
00:49:49,640 --> 00:49:52,759
Speaker 8: they're they're you know, they give up a third, but

976
00:49:53,160 --> 00:49:55,200
Speaker 8: you know, they go from back of seven to the

977
00:49:55,200 --> 00:49:56,839
Speaker 8: front of six. I think it's a great move.

978
00:49:57,320 --> 00:49:58,480
Speaker 3: Yep, good point, DJ.

979
00:49:58,719 --> 00:50:01,239
Speaker 2: I believe the seven is in twenty twenty six, so

980
00:50:01,280 --> 00:50:04,719
Speaker 2: I don't know if they're gonna reap the benefits of

981
00:50:04,880 --> 00:50:07,439
Speaker 2: how the Browns finish this.

982
00:50:07,480 --> 00:50:09,680
Speaker 3: Year, I believe.

983
00:50:10,440 --> 00:50:12,760
Speaker 2: Let me see, I think I'm trying to remember exactly,

984
00:50:12,760 --> 00:50:14,480
Speaker 2: so I want to get this right. So I'm gonna

985
00:50:14,480 --> 00:50:18,360
Speaker 2: look at my so sixth round pick is twenty twenty

986
00:50:18,360 --> 00:50:23,520
Speaker 2: five coming to the Bills, which to your point, will

987
00:50:23,560 --> 00:50:26,520
Speaker 2: be higher in the round if the brown season continues

988
00:50:26,560 --> 00:50:29,920
Speaker 2: the way it is. Cleveland's seventh round pick that they

989
00:50:29,960 --> 00:50:33,719
Speaker 2: inherit from the Bills is for twenty twenty six, so

990
00:50:34,239 --> 00:50:37,960
Speaker 2: they're undoubtedly hoping that the Bills still aren't contenders. Something

991
00:50:37,960 --> 00:50:41,240
Speaker 2: tells me they will be even after the twenty five season.

992
00:50:41,520 --> 00:50:43,840
Speaker 2: Gotta take a break here. We will take more of

993
00:50:43,880 --> 00:50:46,719
Speaker 2: your phone calls. But first, in hour number two, Pro

994
00:50:46,760 --> 00:50:49,400
Speaker 2: Football focuses, Trevor Sikhama joins us. We're gonna have him

995
00:50:49,440 --> 00:50:51,760
Speaker 2: break down this trade as well as the Jets trade

996
00:50:51,800 --> 00:50:52,480
Speaker 2: for Adams.

997
00:50:52,680 --> 00:50:54,480
Speaker 3: We'll do that with him when we return here.

998
00:50:54,480 --> 00:50:56,760
Speaker 2: On One Bill's Live, presented by Colida Health, It's Buffalo

999
00:50:56,840 --> 00:51:34,200
Speaker 2: Bills Radio.

1000
00:51:35,040 --> 00:51:39,720
Speaker 3: The one Bill's Live presented by Calida Health.

1001
00:51:40,719 --> 00:51:42,959
Speaker 2: All right, back here on one Bill's Live Hour number

1002
00:51:42,960 --> 00:51:45,560
Speaker 2: two on a Wednesday, Chris Brown Steve Tasker with you.

1003
00:51:46,520 --> 00:51:49,520
Speaker 2: Pleased to be joined now by the man who is

1004
00:51:50,600 --> 00:51:54,879
Speaker 2: basically the lead draft analyst for Pro Football Focus, also

1005
00:51:55,000 --> 00:51:57,520
Speaker 2: the co host of the NFL Stock Exchange podcast and

1006
00:51:57,560 --> 00:51:59,000
Speaker 2: the PFF NFL Show.

1007
00:51:59,040 --> 00:52:00,640
Speaker 3: He's a busy man, but he's in us some time.

1008
00:52:00,680 --> 00:52:00,839
Speaker 1: Here.

1009
00:52:00,880 --> 00:52:04,080
Speaker 3: It's Trevor Sickhma joining us and Trevor.

1010
00:52:04,160 --> 00:52:06,680
Speaker 2: Kind of a wild day in the NFL yesterday you

1011
00:52:06,719 --> 00:52:09,440
Speaker 2: have owners meetings, but you got trades going on two

1012
00:52:09,480 --> 00:52:11,839
Speaker 2: weeks before the deadline.

1013
00:52:12,080 --> 00:52:13,120
Speaker 3: Pretty busy day.

1014
00:52:13,640 --> 00:52:17,120
Speaker 2: What was your biggest takeaway from what we witnessed yesterday

1015
00:52:17,120 --> 00:52:19,720
Speaker 2: and including Tom Brady becoming a minority owner of the Raiders

1016
00:52:19,719 --> 00:52:20,640
Speaker 2: for goodness, six.

1017
00:52:21,239 --> 00:52:23,160
Speaker 10: Yeah, I mean that was you know, it felt like

1018
00:52:23,239 --> 00:52:25,759
Speaker 10: the least talked about thing that we had yesterday, and

1019
00:52:25,800 --> 00:52:29,040
Speaker 10: it's just looked to me the theme was the arms race. Right,

1020
00:52:29,080 --> 00:52:31,240
Speaker 10: you have a couple of wide receivers move. Obviously, Devontae

1021
00:52:31,239 --> 00:52:33,960
Speaker 10: Adams goes to the Jets, Mariy Cooper has the Bills.

1022
00:52:33,960 --> 00:52:36,000
Speaker 10: But then you know, right after those moves are made,

1023
00:52:36,000 --> 00:52:38,000
Speaker 10: you can't help but think, all right, well, what's next,

1024
00:52:38,040 --> 00:52:40,239
Speaker 10: what's the other domino to fall? And it feels like

1025
00:52:40,480 --> 00:52:43,680
Speaker 10: it's already going to be a busy trade deadline because

1026
00:52:43,680 --> 00:52:46,080
Speaker 10: you've got these teams that are in playoff pushes. And

1027
00:52:46,400 --> 00:52:48,040
Speaker 10: I think it's very interesting that you also have a

1028
00:52:48,040 --> 00:52:50,799
Speaker 10: couple of teams that thought they were in playoff modes

1029
00:52:50,880 --> 00:52:53,839
Speaker 10: sort of before the season began. It hasn't exactly gone

1030
00:52:53,880 --> 00:52:56,000
Speaker 10: the way they wanted to to start the season, and

1031
00:52:56,040 --> 00:52:58,520
Speaker 10: maybe a lack of firepower is a reason why. And

1032
00:52:58,560 --> 00:53:01,200
Speaker 10: so then you sort of look around the league, you say, okay, well,

1033
00:53:01,560 --> 00:53:04,040
Speaker 10: if Cooper got dealt, if Devonte Adams got dealt, you know,

1034
00:53:04,120 --> 00:53:07,040
Speaker 10: is Mike Williams next? Is DeAndre Hopkins next? Like you

1035
00:53:07,120 --> 00:53:09,560
Speaker 10: just wonder where the next sort of domino is going

1036
00:53:09,600 --> 00:53:11,759
Speaker 10: to fall? And it just feels though teams are gonna

1037
00:53:11,760 --> 00:53:13,799
Speaker 10: get really aggressive for these pass catchers, as we have

1038
00:53:13,880 --> 00:53:16,080
Speaker 10: already seen a couple of weeks before the trade deadline.

1039
00:53:16,120 --> 00:53:18,919
Speaker 1: We've also seen too Pittsburgh's starting to feel the heat

1040
00:53:18,960 --> 00:53:21,320
Speaker 1: a little bit, starting to Russ Wilson is now healthy,

1041
00:53:21,440 --> 00:53:23,279
Speaker 1: gonna start taking number one snaps. I mean, all this

1042
00:53:23,320 --> 00:53:26,040
Speaker 1: stuff's going on because this is. I mean, you can

1043
00:53:26,040 --> 00:53:28,440
Speaker 1: tell me better. It's maybe Statistically it holds up too.

1044
00:53:28,800 --> 00:53:30,600
Speaker 1: This is the season where you either got to make

1045
00:53:30,640 --> 00:53:33,600
Speaker 1: it or you're gonna lose out on the division race

1046
00:53:33,640 --> 00:53:37,680
Speaker 1: because you're gonna start running out of time to catch up.

1047
00:53:38,040 --> 00:53:40,480
Speaker 1: If you've dug yourself a hole, you know well. And

1048
00:53:40,600 --> 00:53:43,600
Speaker 1: there's some teams like the Patriots, the Browns, you know

1049
00:53:44,520 --> 00:53:46,759
Speaker 1: they are what they're gonna be. But there are other

1050
00:53:46,800 --> 00:53:49,120
Speaker 1: teams that are the three and three, the two and fours,

1051
00:53:49,400 --> 00:53:51,719
Speaker 1: like the Jets, who still have a shot at this

1052
00:53:51,800 --> 00:53:53,800
Speaker 1: and this is a desperate time for these gms.

1053
00:53:54,680 --> 00:53:56,280
Speaker 14: Yeah, no, it is one hundred percent.

1054
00:53:56,360 --> 00:54:01,160
Speaker 10: And look, I'm a little confused with the Russell Wilson move.

1055
00:54:01,200 --> 00:54:03,520
Speaker 10: It's not like Justin Field has been playing bad, right,

1056
00:54:03,680 --> 00:54:06,560
Speaker 10: I think that the Pittsburgh Steelers are coming off a

1057
00:54:06,560 --> 00:54:09,240
Speaker 10: fantastic game against the Las Vegas Raiders. And look, the Raiders,

1058
00:54:09,239 --> 00:54:10,920
Speaker 10: you know they're not one of the better teams in

1059
00:54:10,960 --> 00:54:13,960
Speaker 10: the NFL. I don't think I'm breaking any secrets by

1060
00:54:14,000 --> 00:54:16,120
Speaker 10: saying that. And so for the fact that Pittsburgh was

1061
00:54:16,120 --> 00:54:17,880
Speaker 10: able to best them, I mean that's not a shock.

1062
00:54:17,960 --> 00:54:21,640
Speaker 10: But how well Justin Fields has been playing, it's really

1063
00:54:21,680 --> 00:54:23,759
Speaker 10: hard to not give him. Okay, well, this is the

1064
00:54:23,760 --> 00:54:24,680
Speaker 10: hot hand treatment.

1065
00:54:24,680 --> 00:54:24,840
Speaker 4: You know.

1066
00:54:24,880 --> 00:54:26,879
Speaker 14: Are they lighting the world on fire in the passing game.

1067
00:54:26,960 --> 00:54:29,319
Speaker 10: No, but it's working for this team, especially with a

1068
00:54:29,360 --> 00:54:32,200
Speaker 10: really good defense behind them. And I think it's very

1069
00:54:32,239 --> 00:54:35,799
Speaker 10: confusing how the Pittsburgh Steelers are going through a lot

1070
00:54:35,840 --> 00:54:39,000
Speaker 10: of offensive line injuries. You want to put the less

1071
00:54:39,040 --> 00:54:42,000
Speaker 10: smobile quarterback in there behind that offensive line. Now, it's

1072
00:54:42,040 --> 00:54:44,680
Speaker 10: just very shocking to me that they make this move

1073
00:54:45,040 --> 00:54:47,640
Speaker 10: unless there was something, you know, when they signed Russell

1074
00:54:47,640 --> 00:54:51,360
Speaker 10: Wilson that said like, hey, he's getting the legitimate start

1075
00:54:51,800 --> 00:54:54,400
Speaker 10: on this team, and maybe they felt like, okay, well

1076
00:54:54,440 --> 00:54:56,240
Speaker 10: he was sort of robbed with that because of the injury,

1077
00:54:56,239 --> 00:54:58,200
Speaker 10: and so whenever he is fully healthy, we're putting him

1078
00:54:58,200 --> 00:55:00,840
Speaker 10: back in there. The timing seems odd, The success on

1079
00:55:00,880 --> 00:55:02,840
Speaker 10: the offensive side of the ball seems odd. I just

1080
00:55:02,840 --> 00:55:04,840
Speaker 10: don't really get this move for the Pittsburgh Steelers. But

1081
00:55:04,880 --> 00:55:06,640
Speaker 10: I'm gonna be honest. There have been times over the

1082
00:55:06,719 --> 00:55:09,560
Speaker 10: last ten years of Tomlins era where they've made moves

1083
00:55:09,600 --> 00:55:10,719
Speaker 10: one way or the other and be like.

1084
00:55:10,800 --> 00:55:13,240
Speaker 14: I don't know if I love this, and Tomin keeps winning.

1085
00:55:13,239 --> 00:55:15,840
Speaker 10: So I guess if anybody has been able to garner

1086
00:55:15,880 --> 00:55:17,719
Speaker 10: the respect of like, hey, we gotta let it. We

1087
00:55:17,760 --> 00:55:20,080
Speaker 10: gotta wait and see how this decision plays out. I

1088
00:55:20,120 --> 00:55:23,120
Speaker 10: suppose it is Mike Tomlin. There so an interesting timing

1089
00:55:23,160 --> 00:55:24,880
Speaker 10: with the Steelers, but you're right, it is sort of

1090
00:55:24,880 --> 00:55:26,640
Speaker 10: gut check time for a lot of those teams around

1091
00:55:26,640 --> 00:55:27,160
Speaker 10: the NFL.

1092
00:55:27,320 --> 00:55:31,520
Speaker 2: Getting back to the Cooper acquisition by the Bills, You know, we,

1093
00:55:32,360 --> 00:55:34,839
Speaker 2: Steve and I kind of suspect that the alarm bell

1094
00:55:34,920 --> 00:55:38,520
Speaker 2: started going off in Week five with how the passing

1095
00:55:38,560 --> 00:55:40,840
Speaker 2: game looked against the Texans one Shakir was out of

1096
00:55:40,840 --> 00:55:46,840
Speaker 2: the lineup with an ankle injury. Man coverage basically was

1097
00:55:47,000 --> 00:55:50,600
Speaker 2: the answer for the Bills passing game, and nobody in

1098
00:55:50,640 --> 00:55:54,440
Speaker 2: the Bills receiving corps had consistent answers as a counter punch.

1099
00:55:56,480 --> 00:55:59,920
Speaker 2: Cooper can still separate from man coverage even at age thirty.

1100
00:56:00,080 --> 00:56:02,360
Speaker 2: That much is readily apparent just from watching there the

1101
00:56:02,400 --> 00:56:06,239
Speaker 2: Browns first six games this season. So taking that a

1102
00:56:06,280 --> 00:56:09,840
Speaker 2: step further, Trevor, all right, he helps against man coverage.

1103
00:56:10,400 --> 00:56:13,200
Speaker 2: He also helps by pushing everybody down in the pecking

1104
00:56:13,320 --> 00:56:16,160
Speaker 2: order to more favorable matchups every every week.

1105
00:56:16,239 --> 00:56:19,399
Speaker 10: Right, Yeah, No, I agree with that completely. I mean,

1106
00:56:19,440 --> 00:56:21,880
Speaker 10: I love this trade for a lot of different reasons.

1107
00:56:22,120 --> 00:56:24,480
Speaker 10: You mentioned how big of a struggle it was for

1108
00:56:24,520 --> 00:56:28,080
Speaker 10: them against man coverage, and just plainly with Kalo Shakir

1109
00:56:28,320 --> 00:56:30,279
Speaker 10: out of the lineup, there wasn't somebody that was that

1110
00:56:30,360 --> 00:56:32,400
Speaker 10: go to presence, And you know, sort of when I

1111
00:56:32,440 --> 00:56:34,399
Speaker 10: watch the rest of this team, there's not a lot

1112
00:56:34,400 --> 00:56:37,400
Speaker 10: of guys that win with those inbreaking routes over the

1113
00:56:37,440 --> 00:56:39,560
Speaker 10: middle of the field, whether it's quick slants or whether

1114
00:56:39,600 --> 00:56:43,319
Speaker 10: it's you know, deep crossers, intermediate crossers, things like that,

1115
00:56:43,440 --> 00:56:46,600
Speaker 10: like even even mesh concepts and dig routes right behind

1116
00:56:46,640 --> 00:56:48,000
Speaker 10: the line of scrimmage, right in front of the line

1117
00:56:48,000 --> 00:56:49,799
Speaker 10: of scrimmage. I should say, there's just not a lot

1118
00:56:49,800 --> 00:56:52,880
Speaker 10: of inbreaking winners at the wide receiver spot on this

1119
00:56:53,000 --> 00:56:55,319
Speaker 10: team other than Khalo Shakira. I know, you've got tight

1120
00:56:55,400 --> 00:56:57,440
Speaker 10: ends that I could obviously win over the middle, but

1121
00:56:57,480 --> 00:56:59,279
Speaker 10: it's a little bit different. The route trees a little

1122
00:56:59,280 --> 00:56:59,680
Speaker 10: bit different.

1123
00:56:59,719 --> 00:57:00,000
Speaker 14: Cooper.

1124
00:57:00,440 --> 00:57:03,480
Speaker 10: I mean, he's made a living beating up on corners,

1125
00:57:03,600 --> 00:57:05,759
Speaker 10: beating them inside. They don't know when he is going

1126
00:57:05,800 --> 00:57:07,799
Speaker 10: to break, whether it is that quick slant, whether it

1127
00:57:07,880 --> 00:57:10,560
Speaker 10: is a deeper intermediate crosser, or what he is going

1128
00:57:10,600 --> 00:57:13,120
Speaker 10: to do, certainly against man coverage. You watch him this

1129
00:57:13,160 --> 00:57:16,520
Speaker 10: past year and look, he's not as spry off the

1130
00:57:16,520 --> 00:57:18,760
Speaker 10: line of scrimmage as he has been in the past,

1131
00:57:18,960 --> 00:57:21,760
Speaker 10: but he certainly knows how to separate. And most importantly,

1132
00:57:22,040 --> 00:57:24,680
Speaker 10: he just has a great iq for the game. He

1133
00:57:24,800 --> 00:57:28,600
Speaker 10: understands the soft spots. He understands how far, you know,

1134
00:57:28,640 --> 00:57:30,720
Speaker 10: how deep I should veer, whether it's you know, five

1135
00:57:30,800 --> 00:57:32,640
Speaker 10: yards down the field or three yards down the field,

1136
00:57:32,680 --> 00:57:35,200
Speaker 10: depending on where the linebackers are, where the coverage is

1137
00:57:35,200 --> 00:57:37,760
Speaker 10: settling into. He has such a great understanding of how

1138
00:57:38,240 --> 00:57:41,280
Speaker 10: to create and sit in those throwing windows. And even

1139
00:57:41,320 --> 00:57:44,280
Speaker 10: that is a parent in his film with the Cleveland

1140
00:57:44,280 --> 00:57:47,480
Speaker 10: Browns amidst their offensive struggles. And so you know, not

1141
00:57:47,560 --> 00:57:49,880
Speaker 10: only do you have the advantage of okay, you put

1142
00:57:49,920 --> 00:57:51,920
Speaker 10: him in the lineup and it kind of brings everybody down.

1143
00:57:51,960 --> 00:57:55,240
Speaker 10: They've got more favorable matchups there. But I honestly believe that, hey,

1144
00:57:55,280 --> 00:57:58,400
Speaker 10: you bringing Amari Cooper because you hope that he's actually

1145
00:57:58,760 --> 00:58:02,200
Speaker 10: helping teach those guys, whether it's by word or actions,

1146
00:58:02,640 --> 00:58:04,960
Speaker 10: how to win inside, how to be these one on

1147
00:58:04,960 --> 00:58:07,479
Speaker 10: one winners, and just again, those sauce spots in the zone,

1148
00:58:07,520 --> 00:58:10,000
Speaker 10: eating up those off coverage reps and everything like that.

1149
00:58:10,120 --> 00:58:14,000
Speaker 10: So this is a multi faceted plus trade for me.

1150
00:58:14,240 --> 00:58:16,440
Speaker 10: Even if you look at Amari Cooper and say, Okay,

1151
00:58:16,480 --> 00:58:18,840
Speaker 10: he's not athletically what he was when he was twenty

1152
00:58:18,880 --> 00:58:21,520
Speaker 10: two years old, this is still a really good trade

1153
00:58:21,520 --> 00:58:23,400
Speaker 10: for me for what it brings to the Buffalo Bills

1154
00:58:23,440 --> 00:58:24,560
Speaker 10: on a lot of different angles.

1155
00:58:24,920 --> 00:58:27,600
Speaker 1: How fast and really the question is sixty four dollars

1156
00:58:27,640 --> 00:58:30,480
Speaker 1: question for this week. How fast can he acclimate? And

1157
00:58:30,560 --> 00:58:33,200
Speaker 1: how big a route tree does he really need just

1158
00:58:33,240 --> 00:58:35,800
Speaker 1: to get out there and help just because of his presence.

1159
00:58:35,800 --> 00:58:37,000
Speaker 1: How big an effect can that have?

1160
00:58:38,000 --> 00:58:39,800
Speaker 10: Yeah, obviously they're going to try to get as much

1161
00:58:39,880 --> 00:58:41,720
Speaker 10: use as they possibly can out of it in week one.

1162
00:58:41,800 --> 00:58:42,440
Speaker 14: You know they need it.

1163
00:58:42,440 --> 00:58:44,240
Speaker 10: This is a team that obviously needs to continue to

1164
00:58:44,280 --> 00:58:46,400
Speaker 10: win ball games. It's a tough AFC and they've got

1165
00:58:46,400 --> 00:58:48,120
Speaker 10: to keep their foot on the gas at the top

1166
00:58:48,120 --> 00:58:50,400
Speaker 10: of that division now. And so you know, it is

1167
00:58:50,840 --> 00:58:53,520
Speaker 10: an interesting question with Cooper because I just bring up

1168
00:58:53,520 --> 00:58:56,800
Speaker 10: the fact that hey, he's really great at those inbreaking routes,

1169
00:58:56,880 --> 00:59:01,120
Speaker 10: something that clearly is missing from this blow Bill's passing game.

1170
00:59:01,440 --> 00:59:04,960
Speaker 10: And unfortunately, if you're looking for a major splash this week,

1171
00:59:05,480 --> 00:59:08,800
Speaker 10: that is something that takes repetition, That is something that

1172
00:59:08,840 --> 00:59:11,320
Speaker 10: takes some timing, and so really, to me, it just

1173
00:59:11,360 --> 00:59:13,640
Speaker 10: boils down to how much can he get in the

1174
00:59:13,640 --> 00:59:15,840
Speaker 10: building and on the practice field, how many reps can

1175
00:59:15,840 --> 00:59:17,520
Speaker 10: he get with Josh Allen, and does it get to

1176
00:59:17,560 --> 00:59:20,560
Speaker 10: a point where they really do feel comfortable calling a

1177
00:59:20,600 --> 00:59:24,480
Speaker 10: lot of that stuff this upcoming week. So to me,

1178
00:59:24,920 --> 00:59:28,200
Speaker 10: that is is the big question of whether or not

1179
00:59:28,280 --> 00:59:31,080
Speaker 10: they can really get it get that timing down this week,

1180
00:59:31,120 --> 00:59:34,120
Speaker 10: because for other guys, sometimes you get these one on

1181
00:59:34,120 --> 00:59:36,280
Speaker 10: one ball winners on the outside, like for example, you

1182
00:59:36,320 --> 00:59:38,520
Speaker 10: know Davante Adams, Aaron Rodgers. I know they got history,

1183
00:59:38,560 --> 00:59:40,840
Speaker 10: but even if they didn't have the history, Davante is

1184
00:59:40,840 --> 00:59:43,400
Speaker 10: an outside one on one winner. Hey, just throw them

1185
00:59:43,400 --> 00:59:44,720
Speaker 10: the ball. He'll be able to go up and get

1186
00:59:44,720 --> 00:59:47,520
Speaker 10: it over man coverage. With Amari and how he wins,

1187
00:59:47,920 --> 00:59:50,080
Speaker 10: it's a little bit more nuanced. It takes a little

1188
00:59:50,120 --> 00:59:52,480
Speaker 10: bit more time, but when you get that time, it

1189
00:59:52,560 --> 00:59:54,720
Speaker 10: is really tough to cover. So might not be a

1190
00:59:54,880 --> 00:59:56,680
Speaker 10: like the World on Fire week for him this week,

1191
00:59:56,680 --> 00:59:58,479
Speaker 10: but I think moving forward it should be pretty great.

1192
00:59:58,880 --> 01:00:03,040
Speaker 2: So Trevor, we've got Brandon Bean back in January, kind

1193
01:00:03,080 --> 01:00:05,000
Speaker 2: of knowing what was afoot in terms of biting the

1194
01:00:05,000 --> 01:00:08,360
Speaker 2: salary cap bullet. Moving on from Diggs all that stuff,

1195
01:00:08,440 --> 01:00:11,400
Speaker 2: he said, we have to nail this draft, plain and simple.

1196
01:00:12,880 --> 01:00:16,440
Speaker 2: By all accounts, it looks pretty good in the early

1197
01:00:16,480 --> 01:00:19,480
Speaker 2: going here, based on the contributions he's getting from some

1198
01:00:19,520 --> 01:00:21,920
Speaker 2: of his draft class right now, the most recent of

1199
01:00:21,920 --> 01:00:25,720
Speaker 2: which was Ray Davis. Steve's favorite picking this draft for

1200
01:00:25,760 --> 01:00:27,840
Speaker 2: the Bills was Javon Solomon, who he thinks is going

1201
01:00:27,880 --> 01:00:29,560
Speaker 2: to blow up and be a double DIGITSAC guy in

1202
01:00:29,600 --> 01:00:33,040
Speaker 2: a couple of years. Ray Davis was my favorite, and

1203
01:00:33,120 --> 01:00:35,840
Speaker 2: he lived up to the billing, carrying the lion's share

1204
01:00:35,880 --> 01:00:40,600
Speaker 2: of the load on Monday Night football is what we

1205
01:00:40,640 --> 01:00:43,280
Speaker 2: saw from him Monday Night, about what you expected to

1206
01:00:43,280 --> 01:00:45,160
Speaker 2: see from him when given an opportunity.

1207
01:00:46,120 --> 01:00:48,120
Speaker 10: Yeah, the lights were never going to be too bright

1208
01:00:48,120 --> 01:00:50,160
Speaker 10: for Ray Davis. I mean, he's got a fantastic story

1209
01:00:50,200 --> 01:00:51,640
Speaker 10: on how he got to the NFL. I'm sure the

1210
01:00:51,680 --> 01:00:54,400
Speaker 10: audience kind of knows about that. Just with him all

1211
01:00:54,440 --> 01:00:57,120
Speaker 10: throughout childhood and making a name for himself and getting

1212
01:00:57,120 --> 01:01:00,560
Speaker 10: into multiple schools and succeeding it. You know, wherever it

1213
01:01:00,600 --> 01:01:03,040
Speaker 10: has been, he has succeeded, whether it's high school, college

1214
01:01:03,120 --> 01:01:05,600
Speaker 10: or now the NFL. And so no, I'm not shocked

1215
01:01:05,640 --> 01:01:07,800
Speaker 10: in the least that Ray Davis was able to play

1216
01:01:08,120 --> 01:01:09,960
Speaker 10: very well and almost rush for one hundred yards in

1217
01:01:10,000 --> 01:01:12,080
Speaker 10: his first start at the NFL level. I don't know

1218
01:01:12,120 --> 01:01:14,480
Speaker 10: if it was officially his first start because starts a

1219
01:01:14,560 --> 01:01:17,160
Speaker 10: little weird, but his first time when he is getting,

1220
01:01:17,160 --> 01:01:18,800
Speaker 10: like you said, the lion's share of the carrieres and

1221
01:01:18,840 --> 01:01:21,680
Speaker 10: so this is something that I think that they can

1222
01:01:22,000 --> 01:01:23,960
Speaker 10: lean upon. And I felt like he was a steal

1223
01:01:24,000 --> 01:01:25,960
Speaker 10: of the draft because of everything that we saw at

1224
01:01:26,000 --> 01:01:28,480
Speaker 10: Kentucky last year and knowing where he comes from, and

1225
01:01:28,600 --> 01:01:30,160
Speaker 10: he goes to a great team in Buffalo, who I

1226
01:01:30,240 --> 01:01:32,440
Speaker 10: knew was gonna believe in him, whether that was for

1227
01:01:32,560 --> 01:01:34,840
Speaker 10: five carries a game, fifteen carries a game, twenty five

1228
01:01:34,880 --> 01:01:37,480
Speaker 10: carries a game, whatever it was. So to me, he

1229
01:01:37,560 --> 01:01:40,000
Speaker 10: is the type of player that no workload is too

1230
01:01:40,040 --> 01:01:41,840
Speaker 10: much for him. I think he's going to give you everything,

1231
01:01:41,960 --> 01:01:43,960
Speaker 10: every single thing that he can, every time he touches

1232
01:01:44,000 --> 01:01:46,120
Speaker 10: the football. So it's no shock to me that Ray

1233
01:01:46,200 --> 01:01:47,560
Speaker 10: Davis played well this past week.

1234
01:01:47,760 --> 01:01:50,560
Speaker 1: One of the things about as you talk about Amari

1235
01:01:50,640 --> 01:01:55,520
Speaker 1: Cooper acclimating, it's the time of year when you know,

1236
01:01:55,760 --> 01:01:58,000
Speaker 1: Aaron Rodgers, Josh Allen, I mean, they're not going to

1237
01:01:58,080 --> 01:01:59,680
Speaker 1: want to go out and throw an extra five hundred

1238
01:01:59,760 --> 01:02:01,720
Speaker 1: routes to get this get to know this guy. I

1239
01:02:01,760 --> 01:02:03,760
Speaker 1: mean they're gonna have to do it within the confines

1240
01:02:03,800 --> 01:02:05,960
Speaker 1: of a practice. I mean both those both you know,

1241
01:02:06,040 --> 01:02:08,200
Speaker 1: Josh Allen's out of you know, they got Nicks and

1242
01:02:08,320 --> 01:02:10,880
Speaker 1: Nixon cuts from the razors of the NFL, right, I mean,

1243
01:02:10,880 --> 01:02:14,440
Speaker 1: they're gonna they're bumped up. It's gonna be a lot

1244
01:02:14,680 --> 01:02:19,840
Speaker 1: more difficult to acclimate these guys into these offenses when

1245
01:02:20,560 --> 01:02:26,160
Speaker 1: they're in the you know, somewhat toned down practice intensity

1246
01:02:26,360 --> 01:02:28,560
Speaker 1: of the regular season rather than a training camp or

1247
01:02:28,600 --> 01:02:30,280
Speaker 1: an off season where they can go out and they

1248
01:02:30,320 --> 01:02:36,680
Speaker 1: can throw, you know, fifty routes against air. Nobody's gonna

1249
01:02:36,680 --> 01:02:38,919
Speaker 1: want to throw this guy. Everybody's beat up from the season, right,

1250
01:02:39,000 --> 01:02:43,040
Speaker 1: So you know, what is your reasonable expectation for both

1251
01:02:43,120 --> 01:02:47,440
Speaker 1: Davante and New York and Cooper here in Buffalo on

1252
01:02:47,480 --> 01:02:49,720
Speaker 1: a week one? I'm talking about the first week you hear,

1253
01:02:49,840 --> 01:02:50,040
Speaker 1: you know?

1254
01:02:50,200 --> 01:02:50,480
Speaker 15: Sure?

1255
01:02:50,640 --> 01:02:50,760
Speaker 7: Right?

1256
01:02:50,840 --> 01:02:53,720
Speaker 10: Yeah, I mean Davante's obviously the easier question to answer,

1257
01:02:53,800 --> 01:02:57,960
Speaker 10: because I think that Rogers, along with Nate Hackett, right

1258
01:02:58,000 --> 01:02:59,840
Speaker 10: when when you go back to sort of how they

1259
01:02:59,880 --> 01:03:04,120
Speaker 10: were installing the offense, there's pretty much a Davonte Adams role,

1260
01:03:04,240 --> 01:03:07,919
Speaker 10: maybe not exactly, but this sort of outside receiver type

1261
01:03:07,920 --> 01:03:09,760
Speaker 10: of number one type of player that I can go

1262
01:03:09,840 --> 01:03:12,000
Speaker 10: to when I need it. I think that role already

1263
01:03:12,040 --> 01:03:13,880
Speaker 10: exists in their offense. They were just running it with

1264
01:03:13,920 --> 01:03:16,400
Speaker 10: somebody that wasn't Davonte Adams. And I feel as though,

1265
01:03:16,600 --> 01:03:18,160
Speaker 10: you know, not that it all came down to that

1266
01:03:18,240 --> 01:03:21,120
Speaker 10: last throw that didn't happen between him and Mike Williams,

1267
01:03:21,120 --> 01:03:23,240
Speaker 10: but I feel like that weighed a lot. And I'm

1268
01:03:23,280 --> 01:03:25,800
Speaker 10: sure that they were already interested in really looking into

1269
01:03:25,840 --> 01:03:28,320
Speaker 10: the Devonte Adams trade well before that, but it felt

1270
01:03:28,360 --> 01:03:30,440
Speaker 10: like that was the straw that broke the camel's back,

1271
01:03:30,440 --> 01:03:33,200
Speaker 10: where it's like, hey, you know if and look, I

1272
01:03:33,320 --> 01:03:37,200
Speaker 10: said this on the on the PFF Review show that

1273
01:03:37,240 --> 01:03:41,000
Speaker 10: we had this past week, if the Jets had Davante

1274
01:03:41,080 --> 01:03:44,120
Speaker 10: Adams over the last two weeks, I think they probably

1275
01:03:44,160 --> 01:03:46,919
Speaker 10: win both of those football games because the third down

1276
01:03:46,960 --> 01:03:48,760
Speaker 10: issues that they had when they were in London and

1277
01:03:48,760 --> 01:03:51,320
Speaker 10: even some of the issues that they had this past week,

1278
01:03:51,360 --> 01:03:53,880
Speaker 10: you know, when it came to just really falling short.

1279
01:03:54,040 --> 01:03:55,680
Speaker 10: I think that they win both of those games with

1280
01:03:55,760 --> 01:03:59,120
Speaker 10: Davante Adams because I already see that role in their offense,

1281
01:03:59,120 --> 01:04:00,800
Speaker 10: so that one, I think they're able to hit the

1282
01:04:00,800 --> 01:04:04,080
Speaker 10: ground running pretty well because of that chemistry background, And

1283
01:04:04,160 --> 01:04:06,720
Speaker 10: like you said, it takes some setup in the offseason,

1284
01:04:06,720 --> 01:04:08,720
Speaker 10: I think the setup is already there for them to succeed.

1285
01:04:09,040 --> 01:04:11,600
Speaker 10: For Amri, it is a little bit different, right, because

1286
01:04:11,840 --> 01:04:13,920
Speaker 10: you are correct to sort of point out it's not

1287
01:04:14,240 --> 01:04:17,080
Speaker 10: like the summer and training camp where you got infinite

1288
01:04:17,120 --> 01:04:20,080
Speaker 10: time to really play with these guys. But I do

1289
01:04:20,120 --> 01:04:21,720
Speaker 10: think that there is something too. It just kind of

1290
01:04:21,760 --> 01:04:24,080
Speaker 10: depends how much they want it, right. It kind of

1291
01:04:24,120 --> 01:04:26,280
Speaker 10: just depends on how much of Mari wants to be

1292
01:04:26,320 --> 01:04:28,600
Speaker 10: around the building and Josh wants to be around the building.

1293
01:04:28,680 --> 01:04:31,000
Speaker 10: And not that they don't already put in a ton

1294
01:04:31,080 --> 01:04:32,760
Speaker 10: of time to get ready and be the best they

1295
01:04:32,760 --> 01:04:35,760
Speaker 10: could be every single Sunday, But it's just what it takes.

1296
01:04:35,800 --> 01:04:39,200
Speaker 10: And honestly, that's probably why a lot more trades don't

1297
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Speaker 10: happen in the NFL around the trade block than we

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Speaker 10: would maybe assume because there's probably a lot more buyers

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Speaker 10: and well, there, I would say there's a lot more

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Speaker 10: buyers than there would be guys that actually pulled the

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Speaker 10: trigger and make trades. It's because a guy has to

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01:04:52,280 --> 01:04:54,160
Speaker 10: come in a brand new environment and you wonder what

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01:04:54,240 --> 01:04:55,760
Speaker 10: that's going to look like for him at the second

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Speaker 10: half of the season.

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Speaker 14: So that is a factor.

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Speaker 10: I'm glad you brought it up, because I do think

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Speaker 10: it's something you got to think about.

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Speaker 14: Devonte.

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01:05:01,480 --> 01:05:04,200
Speaker 10: It'll be a little bit easier and for Amri and

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01:05:04,200 --> 01:05:05,880
Speaker 10: the Bills, it just kind of depends on how much

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Speaker 10: they want to put into it here at this point

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Speaker 10: in the season.

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Speaker 2: Last one for me, Trevor concerns a couple other guys

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01:05:11,320 --> 01:05:14,160
Speaker 2: in Buffalo's draft class that are getting significant playing time.

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Speaker 2: Keon Coleman, obviously, and then Dwayne Carter, the defensive tackle.

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01:05:18,320 --> 01:05:22,000
Speaker 2: Carter flashes in the Houston game filling in for an

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01:05:22,000 --> 01:05:24,800
Speaker 2: injured at Oliver. You know, has a few tackles for loss,

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01:05:24,880 --> 01:05:27,280
Speaker 2: is reading the screen game really well and making plays.

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01:05:27,840 --> 01:05:31,840
Speaker 2: And then you know, Keon steadily maybe not in terms

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01:05:31,840 --> 01:05:37,600
Speaker 2: of volume, but in terms of impact despite limited opportunities,

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01:05:37,760 --> 01:05:40,080
Speaker 2: is making some things happen, whether it's moving the sticks

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Speaker 2: or taking a catch and run for a long touchdown.

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Speaker 2: What have you seen in the development from those two

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01:05:45,480 --> 01:05:47,840
Speaker 2: guys knowing they are getting playing time here on a

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Speaker 2: weekly basis.

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Speaker 10: Yeah, I'll start with Kean and over the last couple

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Speaker 10: of weeks, I've watched you know, a handful of his

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Speaker 10: snaps every single game, and you know, when I'm watching him,

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Speaker 10: it is sort of still to me, he's just progressing

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Speaker 10: into that complete receiver and they're still some steps that

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Speaker 10: he needs to take to get there. We know that

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Speaker 10: he is going to be somebody who is very fierce

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Speaker 10: at the catch point. He's not afraid of tight man coverage.

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Speaker 10: He'll go up and get the ball over any defender.

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Speaker 10: But I think that the areas where I really want

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Speaker 10: to see him improve. I mentioned those inbreaking routes. I

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01:06:15,120 --> 01:06:17,200
Speaker 10: feel like he didn't see enough of it. Keon Coleman

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Speaker 10: is one of those players who specifically I want him

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Speaker 10: to develop a consistent release package for those quick slants,

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Speaker 10: you know, for those quick routes where he is making

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Speaker 10: inbreaking routes very quickly. Because right now I'm watching corners

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01:06:32,320 --> 01:06:35,760
Speaker 10: play inside leverage against him. And be very quick to

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Speaker 10: open up their hips to the outside to the sideline

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Speaker 10: because they know that's what Kean is going to do.

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Speaker 10: The route tree is not diversified enough, and he's just

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Speaker 10: not breaking into the middle of the field enough to

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Speaker 10: really threaten that and make these corners play him straight up,

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Speaker 10: because if they do, he's athletic and strong enough and

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Speaker 10: explosive enough to get off the ball and create separation

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Speaker 10: down the field. But right now, it's like corners can

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Speaker 10: cheat a little bit, play him inside leverage already, have

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Speaker 10: their hips turned a little bit and just be able

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Speaker 10: to run with him up the sideline, even if he

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Speaker 10: has a pretty explosive and crisp release. They just know

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Speaker 10: that he's not going inside. So you need to see

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Speaker 10: that a little bit more from him. But I do

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Speaker 10: think that he's coming along there. When it comes to

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Speaker 10: Dwayne Carter, it's sort of the way that the scouting

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Speaker 10: report read. We're seeing that on the field now. There

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Speaker 10: are some plays where he does have some quickness. He

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Speaker 10: was a multi year captain when he was at Duke.

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Speaker 10: He was somebody who the team loved, the coaches loved,

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Speaker 10: and he had a very very high football like q

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Speaker 10: so you're talking about being able to make plays in

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Speaker 10: the backfield, get in the backfield, recognize some of those screens,

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Speaker 10: be one step ahead where the ball is going. That

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Speaker 10: is all stuff that was in his scouting report. Now, unfortunately,

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Speaker 10: what was also in the scouting report is a little

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Speaker 10: bit light. So when you double team in the middle

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Speaker 10: as an interior defensive lineman, it's tough for him to

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Speaker 10: hold up against those and so you have some lower

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Speaker 10: run defense grades for him this season.

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Speaker 14: Because of it.

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Speaker 10: And I think that that's something that he's just got

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Speaker 10: to get better. He's got to get stronger, he's got

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01:07:58,240 --> 01:08:01,120
Speaker 10: to be able to get off blocks quicker. Specifically, he's

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Speaker 10: got to try to survive against those double teams, because

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Speaker 10: if he doesn't play well, if his floor isn't higher

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Speaker 10: as a run defender, there's too many teams they're going

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01:08:09,040 --> 01:08:10,720
Speaker 10: to be able to point out when he is on

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01:08:10,760 --> 01:08:13,920
Speaker 10: the field and take a combo block his direction, or

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01:08:13,960 --> 01:08:17,000
Speaker 10: shift the offensive line one direction to where they're washing

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Speaker 10: him out of the playoffs.

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Speaker 14: I saw that too much from him.

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Speaker 10: So it's just as this year goes on, he's getting

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Speaker 10: valuable snaps, he's getting valuable experience. He's got to be

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Speaker 10: stronger at the NFL level, and that's something that we

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Speaker 10: kind of new coming in and it's something we're still

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Speaker 10: looking for him to remedy.

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Speaker 1: Trevor, thanks for spending some time with us. I know

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Speaker 1: it's a busy time of year for all the analysts

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Speaker 1: and stuff. Appreciate you take carving out some time for us.

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Speaker 14: Appreciate it, guys, any time.

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Speaker 3: All right.

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Speaker 2: That's Trevor Sikima from Pro Football Focus. He is their

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Speaker 2: lead draft analyst, also does a couple of podcasts for them.

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Speaker 2: We are going to step aside here when we come back.

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Speaker 2: We'll see if head coach Sean McDermott is addressing the media.

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Speaker 2: He's scheduled to do so very soon, so we'll check

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Speaker 2: back on that when we return here. On One Bill's

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Speaker 3: Heating Up.

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Speaker 2: Steve is Buffalo's run game thanks to the exploits of

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Speaker 2: Ray Davis.

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Speaker 3: On Monday Night, football. Bill's now up.

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Speaker 2: To eleventh in the league in rushing at one hundred

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Speaker 2: and twenty three yards per game, and going forward, you

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01:09:39,960 --> 01:09:43,519
Speaker 2: would think that the performance of Davis probably gives Joe

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01:09:43,520 --> 01:09:47,000
Speaker 2: Brady confidence to give him more playing time going forward

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01:09:47,040 --> 01:09:49,120
Speaker 2: and maybe lighten the load a little bit on James Cook.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, perhaps, but it also, yeah, it also gives them

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Speaker 1: some confidence that they've got more guys in their stable. Plus,

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Speaker 1: there's no question Ray Davis is a little different runner

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Speaker 1: than Cook. He was not. He was running through guys.

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Speaker 1: Cook gives him a little wiggle. He's got a little

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Speaker 1: more wiggle, a little more speed, a little more finesse,

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Speaker 1: and he's got more speed. But man, oh man, Ray

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Speaker 1: Davis and we talked about this the day after the game.

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01:10:13,240 --> 01:10:18,080
Speaker 1: They got tired of that defense, just got tired of it.

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01:10:18,080 --> 01:10:20,800
Speaker 1: It is I think that there's no question when a

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01:10:20,840 --> 01:10:24,479
Speaker 1: guy comes out and has a game like Ray Davis did,

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01:10:25,800 --> 01:10:28,640
Speaker 1: it begs for more touches and more opportunity. You know,

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01:10:28,680 --> 01:10:30,400
Speaker 1: you can only hand the ball to one guy, though,

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01:10:31,760 --> 01:10:36,200
Speaker 1: but no doubt they've got He's got a bigger, bigger

1429
01:10:36,240 --> 01:10:39,639
Speaker 1: repertoire coming going forward than he did before this game.

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Speaker 1: I mean he came out and carried the load. I

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01:10:41,920 --> 01:10:44,120
Speaker 1: mean he wasn't. He wasn't just a guy who's filling

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01:10:44,160 --> 01:10:46,800
Speaker 1: in for somebody. They gave him the ball a ton

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01:10:47,600 --> 01:10:49,519
Speaker 1: and he came through in every way, didn't turn it over.

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Speaker 1: It wasn't even close to turning over and was an

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Speaker 1: enormous compliment of that game the other night. They at

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01:10:55,200 --> 01:10:58,240
Speaker 1: a time when they really needed it, Khalil Shakir was

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Speaker 1: limited in his ability to help. And I think too,

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01:11:04,320 --> 01:11:06,759
Speaker 1: despite what we saw on this Josh Allen running around

1439
01:11:06,840 --> 01:11:08,760
Speaker 1: for his life, when you run the ball the way

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01:11:08,800 --> 01:11:13,519
Speaker 1: they did, that helps keep the pass rush under control. Yeah,

1441
01:11:14,160 --> 01:11:17,639
Speaker 1: and uh really didn't happen. Yeah, So yeah, I'm with you, Brownie.

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01:11:17,680 --> 01:11:20,679
Speaker 1: I think there's no question Ray Davis gets gets more.

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01:11:20,680 --> 01:11:24,920
Speaker 2: Cooling down complaints about the passing game after the team

1444
01:11:24,960 --> 01:11:28,120
Speaker 2: acquires Amari Cooper. It's kind of hard to knock the

1445
01:11:28,160 --> 01:11:30,240
Speaker 2: Bills for trying to make themselves better in that area

1446
01:11:30,280 --> 01:11:30,839
Speaker 2: of their offense.

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01:11:31,400 --> 01:11:34,400
Speaker 1: Yeah, and I think if you're talking about cooling down,

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01:11:34,400 --> 01:11:40,760
Speaker 1: I think the Bills felt it too. Although if if

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01:11:40,760 --> 01:11:43,960
Speaker 1: they keep up the pace offensively that they ran off

1450
01:11:44,000 --> 01:11:47,040
Speaker 1: with in week one, two and three, do they make

1451
01:11:47,080 --> 01:11:52,840
Speaker 1: this trade hanging thirty poives. Maybe right, maybe for eight

1452
01:11:52,880 --> 01:11:59,679
Speaker 1: hundred grand, yeah maybe maybe. Better players make you better,

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01:12:00,120 --> 01:12:05,040
Speaker 1: and Mari Cooper is a better player. So I'm this

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01:12:05,120 --> 01:12:07,560
Speaker 1: is a this is a you know, this is a

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Speaker 1: rain or Sun, Rain or Sun trade for me. He's

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01:12:11,240 --> 01:12:13,240
Speaker 1: a good player and they get him for the rest

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Speaker 1: of the season.

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Speaker 2: Bill jam Brandon Bean just appeared on the Pat McAfee

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Speaker 2: show and said the following quote, We're still all in

1460
01:12:20,160 --> 01:12:22,439
Speaker 2: and we've still got a few weeks until the trade deadline.

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Speaker 2: We have been all in all along, and we're going

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Speaker 2: to do everything we can to win this thing. When

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01:12:27,200 --> 01:12:29,280
Speaker 2: he was asked about getting a Mari Cooper, he said,

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Speaker 2: we had been having conversations quietly with a couple of teams,

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Speaker 2: just seeing where they were at. We talked to the

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Speaker 2: Browns again on Sunday night and things got hot and

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Speaker 2: heavy yesterday morning. He said he will sometimes let Josh

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Speaker 2: Allen know that he's looking at certain players. He said

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Speaker 2: they have a great relationship and he loves to give

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Speaker 2: his input. And then when asked about whether he was

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Speaker 2: aware of the DeVante Adams deal going on, almost simultaneously

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Speaker 2: being said, by the time we heard the Devonte Adams

1473
01:12:55,680 --> 01:12:57,840
Speaker 2: deal was done. We were at the finish line with

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Speaker 2: our deal. We were almost there, and a couple of

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Speaker 2: hours later we got a debt. Head coach Sean McDermott

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Speaker 2: is addressing the media now at the podium, so let's

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Speaker 2: go there to get his comments on the upcoming matchup

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Speaker 2: with the Titans.

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Speaker 16: Injury update today, partially because of it's to walk through.

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Speaker 1: Everyone will practice today.

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Speaker 16: We'll see how James and Ed doing the walkthrough and

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Speaker 16: and then go from there into a normal practice tomorrow.

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Speaker 1: Times yours, Thank Sean.

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Speaker 7: Tennessee, despite the record, a lot of good defensive this

1485
01:13:32,560 --> 01:13:35,160
Speaker 7: suspans what allows them to make stots.

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Speaker 16: You know, they got a talent roster when you look,

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Speaker 16: not just defensively, which the numbers speak for themselves, but

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Speaker 16: offensively as well with their receiving corps, running back position

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Speaker 16: and so on and so forth. So big challenge for

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Speaker 16: us at home and look forward to getting back at home.

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Speaker 16: And again, like I said after the game, we can't

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Speaker 16: take that for granted. We've got to put in the

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Speaker 16: work this week.

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Speaker 15: Mario here, Mario is here.

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Speaker 13: What have the initial interactions and conversations been like now

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Speaker 13: that he's in the building.

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Speaker 16: Yeah, happy, to have him here, pleasant to be around.

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Speaker 16: You know, It's been as you'd expect, kind of process

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Speaker 16: driven with him getting here last night and then getting

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Speaker 16: into some meetings with the coaches and again this morning.

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Speaker 16: So I'm sure to some extent a little bit of

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Speaker 16: a whirlwind for for him.

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Speaker 4: Albeit he you know, he.

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Speaker 16: Came from about two and a half three hours away,

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Speaker 16: which which worked out well for us. So just more

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01:14:29,720 --> 01:14:32,960
Speaker 16: than anything, just trying to get his feet firmly planted

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Speaker 16: in the ground and adjusting to the terminology that we use.

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Speaker 15: What is that breaking period or were the challenges of

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Speaker 15: the breaking period?

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Speaker 13: And what expectations can anyone have, you know, come Sunday.

1511
01:14:46,000 --> 01:14:48,800
Speaker 16: Yeah, again, I think you have to manage them regardless

1512
01:14:48,840 --> 01:14:52,400
Speaker 16: of Sunday or beyond. But you know, I like the

1513
01:14:52,439 --> 01:14:54,920
Speaker 16: fact that we've got it done when we.

1514
01:14:54,800 --> 01:14:55,920
Speaker 14: Did, as it relates to that.

1515
01:14:56,160 --> 01:14:58,000
Speaker 16: You know, every year the trade deadline is X and

1516
01:14:58,439 --> 01:15:00,000
Speaker 16: this this year we were able to get it done

1517
01:15:01,120 --> 01:15:03,240
Speaker 16: weeks before, which which is good. And I know that,

1518
01:15:03,479 --> 01:15:06,360
Speaker 16: you know, every year presents different challenges with things like that.

1519
01:15:06,439 --> 01:15:09,519
Speaker 16: But you know, again, we'll see, we'll see how we

1520
01:15:09,680 --> 01:15:11,720
Speaker 16: how we goes this week, and we'll see how we

1521
01:15:11,800 --> 01:15:15,040
Speaker 16: go and again it's it's never about one person or

1522
01:15:15,040 --> 01:15:18,479
Speaker 16: one player, it's about the team. And and I thought

1523
01:15:18,520 --> 01:15:19,800
Speaker 16: we were in a good rhythm the other night on

1524
01:15:19,880 --> 01:15:22,240
Speaker 16: offense and continuing with that rhythm.

1525
01:15:22,560 --> 01:15:24,439
Speaker 15: Made a decision whether go place under it or not.

1526
01:15:24,560 --> 01:15:31,400
Speaker 1: No any initials talking to him, I'm sure it wasn't extensive.

1527
01:15:30,920 --> 01:15:34,120
Speaker 16: But yeah, like I just I said, he's a pleasant

1528
01:15:34,160 --> 01:15:35,760
Speaker 16: got to be around. I mean I talked to him

1529
01:15:35,760 --> 01:15:38,280
Speaker 16: for probably fifteen minutes the other night, uh five on

1530
01:15:38,320 --> 01:15:43,400
Speaker 16: the phone before he got here. Pleasant pro. You know,

1531
01:15:43,439 --> 01:15:45,160
Speaker 16: he's he's a grown man. I mean he's he's been

1532
01:15:45,200 --> 01:15:47,519
Speaker 16: in the league ten years now, and he's seen a

1533
01:15:47,520 --> 01:15:49,760
Speaker 16: lot of things, a couple of different teams, and he's

1534
01:15:50,439 --> 01:15:52,400
Speaker 16: experienced the ebbs and flows like we all do of

1535
01:15:52,400 --> 01:15:55,559
Speaker 16: the NFL. And you know, like I said, we're happy

1536
01:15:55,600 --> 01:15:55,960
Speaker 16: to have him.

1537
01:15:57,560 --> 01:16:00,160
Speaker 1: You want to see you allowed him to play this week.

1538
01:16:01,280 --> 01:16:05,000
Speaker 16: For for Yeah, I mean again it's you know, I'll

1539
01:16:05,000 --> 01:16:07,479
Speaker 16: be checking in with the offensive staff and just seeing

1540
01:16:07,520 --> 01:16:13,120
Speaker 16: how he's picking up things, and you know, like anything

1541
01:16:13,120 --> 01:16:15,080
Speaker 16: that you want to get him worked in as quickly

1542
01:16:15,080 --> 01:16:19,559
Speaker 16: as we can. But there's also moving parts that there's

1543
01:16:19,600 --> 01:16:22,400
Speaker 16: other players that we have to factor in as well,

1544
01:16:22,439 --> 01:16:25,040
Speaker 16: and and who's going to play where and who gets

1545
01:16:25,080 --> 01:16:29,200
Speaker 16: the ball. And you know, so sometimes with wide receivers

1546
01:16:29,240 --> 01:16:32,360
Speaker 16: there's different skill sets and sometimes they're overlapping skill sets,

1547
01:16:32,400 --> 01:16:35,360
Speaker 16: and so you have to figure the pieces pieces out

1548
01:16:35,520 --> 01:16:38,439
Speaker 16: and making sure it again we're able to get into

1549
01:16:38,479 --> 01:16:41,360
Speaker 16: a rhythm, maintain our rhythm. And more than anything, Josh

1550
01:16:41,479 --> 01:16:46,280
Speaker 16: is comfortable with with everything Terrence position.

1551
01:16:46,320 --> 01:16:48,760
Speaker 1: He's a cornerback, so naturally against the past, we know

1552
01:16:48,880 --> 01:16:50,240
Speaker 1: he comes up against the run.

1553
01:16:50,800 --> 01:16:54,080
Speaker 15: How big was it? And is it Terrence IQ of

1554
01:16:54,120 --> 01:16:55,639
Speaker 15: the run game and run fits.

1555
01:16:55,720 --> 01:16:57,200
Speaker 14: It can help everything upfront.

1556
01:16:57,240 --> 01:16:58,439
Speaker 15: Seem like even when he wasn't.

1557
01:16:58,240 --> 01:17:00,599
Speaker 1: Making a tackle, he was spilling so thing to someone

1558
01:17:00,640 --> 01:17:01,519
Speaker 1: else on Monday night.

1559
01:17:01,720 --> 01:17:05,160
Speaker 16: Yeah, he's a valuable player and it was good to

1560
01:17:05,160 --> 01:17:07,679
Speaker 16: have him back in the in the lineup. And he's

1561
01:17:07,720 --> 01:17:09,720
Speaker 16: he's seen a lot of football, you know, similar to

1562
01:17:09,760 --> 01:17:11,679
Speaker 16: Amari in the sense that I was talking about with

1563
01:17:11,680 --> 01:17:14,559
Speaker 16: with Amari's experience, Terran has seen a lot of football,

1564
01:17:14,560 --> 01:17:16,840
Speaker 16: and so you know what it's like in there, what

1565
01:17:16,960 --> 01:17:19,320
Speaker 16: it's like to fit in the box, you know, inside

1566
01:17:19,360 --> 01:17:21,320
Speaker 16: the core guard tackle box, what it's like to fit

1567
01:17:21,400 --> 01:17:27,040
Speaker 16: outside the tight end area, and and so he's just

1568
01:17:27,040 --> 01:17:29,360
Speaker 16: seen a lot of football, knows how we play defensively

1569
01:17:29,400 --> 01:17:32,960
Speaker 16: and systematically and works well. Because he has that experience

1570
01:17:33,040 --> 01:17:36,759
Speaker 16: with with TV and Dorian, Why.

1571
01:17:36,880 --> 01:17:39,200
Speaker 13: Would you consider this maybe one of the best units

1572
01:17:39,240 --> 01:17:40,080
Speaker 13: in the league.

1573
01:17:40,240 --> 01:17:41,599
Speaker 1: Probably the biggest for sure.

1574
01:17:41,680 --> 01:17:46,000
Speaker 16: I mean they're they're massive upfront and and very good,

1575
01:17:46,360 --> 01:17:49,639
Speaker 16: very good. Uh went against a similar defensive line last

1576
01:17:49,640 --> 01:17:52,559
Speaker 16: week in terms of how good, they were built a

1577
01:17:52,560 --> 01:17:56,360
Speaker 16: little differently than than this defensive line. So uh, this

1578
01:17:56,479 --> 01:18:00,679
Speaker 16: defensive line is again very talented. They've got the number

1579
01:18:00,680 --> 01:18:03,280
Speaker 16: one defense in the league for a reason. Usually, when

1580
01:18:03,280 --> 01:18:05,519
Speaker 16: you have that and a good defense, as you've heard

1581
01:18:05,520 --> 01:18:08,080
Speaker 16: me say time and time again, it starts up front.

1582
01:18:09,360 --> 01:18:09,679
Speaker 4: Blind.

1583
01:18:10,040 --> 01:18:11,600
Speaker 13: You talked last night a little bit about a j

1584
01:18:11,800 --> 01:18:16,040
Speaker 13: flashy last week across the board, edges and interior players.

1585
01:18:16,280 --> 01:18:19,479
Speaker 13: Do you feel like you've gotten consistent play there and

1586
01:18:19,560 --> 01:18:22,040
Speaker 13: have met your expectations for that group as a whole.

1587
01:18:22,479 --> 01:18:26,080
Speaker 16: Well, I think it's hard to say exactly, Matt, in

1588
01:18:26,120 --> 01:18:29,320
Speaker 16: this case, if we've been able to get that because

1589
01:18:29,320 --> 01:18:31,200
Speaker 16: we've been banged up a little bit. In fairness to

1590
01:18:31,240 --> 01:18:34,400
Speaker 16: the guys you know, and Von being out you know,

1591
01:18:34,439 --> 01:18:38,599
Speaker 16: with the outside piece, I would say that I see

1592
01:18:38,640 --> 01:18:42,640
Speaker 16: us developing you know, we bring in Zion and you know,

1593
01:18:42,680 --> 01:18:46,640
Speaker 16: he's he's developing. DC is developing. Are they there yet? No,

1594
01:18:46,880 --> 01:18:50,120
Speaker 16: but it's to be expected as as rookie players. Austin

1595
01:18:50,200 --> 01:18:52,000
Speaker 16: comes off of the injury and I thought played one

1596
01:18:52,040 --> 01:18:56,280
Speaker 16: of his better games this past week, and then getting

1597
01:18:56,360 --> 01:18:59,600
Speaker 16: ed back hopefully also will allow us to continue to

1598
01:18:59,640 --> 01:19:02,960
Speaker 16: develop him. A j flashing outside is I think is

1599
01:19:03,000 --> 01:19:05,679
Speaker 16: a good sign, and getting him in the right spot,

1600
01:19:05,800 --> 01:19:09,120
Speaker 16: you know, and and in his role and and then

1601
01:19:09,120 --> 01:19:13,519
Speaker 16: eventually we'll see about when Vaughn comes back here. So

1602
01:19:14,920 --> 01:19:17,040
Speaker 16: you know, all of it is just work in progress,

1603
01:19:17,080 --> 01:19:19,160
Speaker 16: and the guys are working hard, the coaches are doing

1604
01:19:19,160 --> 01:19:22,000
Speaker 16: a fantastic job, and and you know, we take it

1605
01:19:22,040 --> 01:19:22,760
Speaker 16: one week at a time.

1606
01:19:24,560 --> 01:19:27,360
Speaker 17: Dorian Williams on the field for almost every third and

1607
01:19:27,400 --> 01:19:30,200
Speaker 17: long in New York all but three. I think the

1608
01:19:30,880 --> 01:19:33,040
Speaker 17: as opposed to go into the dime every third and long.

1609
01:19:33,160 --> 01:19:34,880
Speaker 17: Does that say anything about Dorian?

1610
01:19:35,760 --> 01:19:36,000
Speaker 5: Uh?

1611
01:19:36,240 --> 01:19:38,560
Speaker 16: Dorian's a good football player again, another young player a

1612
01:19:38,680 --> 01:19:43,040
Speaker 16: year two that's developing, you know. So every every week

1613
01:19:43,080 --> 01:19:47,439
Speaker 16: we're learning, the players are learning, you know, and that's

1614
01:19:47,479 --> 01:19:49,599
Speaker 16: that's really the right approach, trying to keep our focus

1615
01:19:49,600 --> 01:19:52,479
Speaker 16: where it needs to be and just us getting better

1616
01:19:52,520 --> 01:19:55,559
Speaker 16: every week. Dorian included in this case as well.

1617
01:19:57,320 --> 01:19:59,760
Speaker 15: I think he has at least the season second most

1618
01:19:59,760 --> 01:20:00,400
Speaker 15: in the league.

1619
01:20:01,240 --> 01:20:03,559
Speaker 18: I know how you feel about the pre snapped ones

1620
01:20:03,560 --> 01:20:04,800
Speaker 18: and being no negotiable.

1621
01:20:05,479 --> 01:20:07,080
Speaker 15: He had one the other night where it was a

1622
01:20:07,080 --> 01:20:07,800
Speaker 15: physical play.

1623
01:20:09,120 --> 01:20:11,439
Speaker 18: What do you do in a situation like that, because

1624
01:20:11,640 --> 01:20:13,639
Speaker 18: you know that's kind of how he plays and probably

1625
01:20:13,640 --> 01:20:14,280
Speaker 18: how you want your.

1626
01:20:14,160 --> 01:20:18,160
Speaker 15: Offensive lineman to play. How do you balance that?

1627
01:20:18,200 --> 01:20:20,840
Speaker 18: I guess with him in trying to maybe limit that

1628
01:20:20,960 --> 01:20:21,759
Speaker 18: kund of the numbers.

1629
01:20:22,000 --> 01:20:25,639
Speaker 16: Yeah, I do like the physical play overall. I thought

1630
01:20:25,680 --> 01:20:28,280
Speaker 16: we were physical the other night and that has to

1631
01:20:28,400 --> 01:20:29,880
Speaker 16: continue as a team.

1632
01:20:29,960 --> 01:20:31,839
Speaker 1: And then there is a balance.

1633
01:20:32,520 --> 01:20:35,240
Speaker 16: You never want to beat yourself, and that's what it

1634
01:20:35,280 --> 01:20:39,400
Speaker 16: really boils down to is you've got to make sure

1635
01:20:39,400 --> 01:20:43,960
Speaker 16: that you put the team first and are able to

1636
01:20:44,000 --> 01:20:48,160
Speaker 16: control your mindset in those situations to not hurt your team.

1637
01:20:48,240 --> 01:20:52,280
Speaker 16: And so that is something overall as a team, not

1638
01:20:52,360 --> 01:20:54,320
Speaker 16: just Spencer, but as a team that we have to

1639
01:20:54,680 --> 01:20:58,160
Speaker 16: we have to get corrected because it's hard enough to

1640
01:20:58,200 --> 01:21:00,479
Speaker 16: win as it is, let alone, when you're making it

1641
01:21:00,520 --> 01:21:02,560
Speaker 16: really hard on yourself with penalties.

1642
01:21:02,920 --> 01:21:05,320
Speaker 2: All right, that's head coach Sean McDermot addressing the media

1643
01:21:05,360 --> 01:21:08,240
Speaker 2: here today on Wednesday, their schedule a little different coming

1644
01:21:08,280 --> 01:21:09,880
Speaker 2: off the Monday night game. They will have only a

1645
01:21:09,920 --> 01:21:13,519
Speaker 2: walk through today, coach McDermott said, because in part it

1646
01:21:13,600 --> 01:21:16,559
Speaker 2: is only a walk through. Everyone will participate and they'll

1647
01:21:16,640 --> 01:21:19,200
Speaker 2: keep their eye on James Cook and at Oliver once

1648
01:21:19,240 --> 01:21:23,240
Speaker 2: they get to tomorrow, when real practice begins and you know,

1649
01:21:23,320 --> 01:21:26,280
Speaker 2: full blown install and shells are on, helmets are on

1650
01:21:26,320 --> 01:21:29,640
Speaker 2: and everything where they'll be able to make a better assessment.

1651
01:21:30,080 --> 01:21:34,480
Speaker 2: So looks like he's trying hard to manage some expectations

1652
01:21:34,479 --> 01:21:37,439
Speaker 2: for Amari Cooper going into week one here because I

1653
01:21:37,479 --> 01:21:39,519
Speaker 2: think he and the rest of the offensive staff do

1654
01:21:39,640 --> 01:21:42,559
Speaker 2: not know yet how quickly he'll be able to absorb

1655
01:21:42,640 --> 01:21:46,200
Speaker 2: and then implement and execute on Sunday what they might

1656
01:21:46,240 --> 01:21:46,840
Speaker 2: ask of him.

1657
01:21:46,960 --> 01:21:50,479
Speaker 1: Yeah, it's a picture of this. It literally is like

1658
01:21:50,760 --> 01:21:53,360
Speaker 1: he dropped into town. He's got to learn a new language.

1659
01:21:54,439 --> 01:21:56,160
Speaker 1: So if he's in the huddle, they can call a plane.

1660
01:21:56,240 --> 01:21:59,720
Speaker 1: He knows what to do. That's step one, and that's

1661
01:21:59,720 --> 01:22:01,479
Speaker 1: a hard thing, the hard stuff to get.

1662
01:22:01,320 --> 01:22:04,639
Speaker 2: Past, and he's done it before, so hopefully that helps

1663
01:22:04,720 --> 01:22:07,400
Speaker 2: him with this transition here in Buffalo you're going to

1664
01:22:07,479 --> 01:22:10,000
Speaker 2: go back to the podium now as GM Brandon Bean

1665
01:22:10,200 --> 01:22:12,879
Speaker 2: is addressing the media obviously on the trade to acquire

1666
01:22:12,960 --> 01:22:13,719
Speaker 2: Amari Cooper.

1667
01:22:15,720 --> 01:22:20,200
Speaker 17: Their move speed up your process acquiring Cooper?

1668
01:22:21,320 --> 01:22:22,960
Speaker 4: No, it, I mean not really.

1669
01:22:23,000 --> 01:22:27,800
Speaker 19: I guess by the time their move was announced, we had.

1670
01:22:27,720 --> 01:22:29,760
Speaker 4: Honed in on Amar kind of knew.

1671
01:22:30,080 --> 01:22:34,600
Speaker 19: I was monitoring that one, checking around, and I would say.

1672
01:22:36,160 --> 01:22:38,639
Speaker 4: By Monday afternoon.

1673
01:22:39,080 --> 01:22:43,240
Speaker 19: Felt there was a fairly decent chance that we could

1674
01:22:43,280 --> 01:22:45,600
Speaker 19: do this with Cleveland. They'd played their game Sunday. I

1675
01:22:45,640 --> 01:22:47,600
Speaker 19: had a conversation with them Sunday.

1676
01:22:47,240 --> 01:22:51,720
Speaker 4: Evening and a couple more on Monday, maybe even a

1677
01:22:51,760 --> 01:22:52,840
Speaker 4: couple hours before the game.

1678
01:22:52,880 --> 01:22:55,040
Speaker 19: And so I just altimate when you're that close to

1679
01:22:55,120 --> 01:22:56,920
Speaker 19: the game, you're kind of focused on that, like, hey,

1680
01:22:56,960 --> 01:22:59,120
Speaker 19: let us get through, let us see where we are

1681
01:22:59,160 --> 01:23:03,880
Speaker 19: health wise, and and and I'll call you tomorrow. So

1682
01:23:04,840 --> 01:23:06,800
Speaker 19: we were not to the finish line. I would say

1683
01:23:06,840 --> 01:23:10,080
Speaker 19: we were really close. By the time that was announced,

1684
01:23:10,080 --> 01:23:13,920
Speaker 19: we kind of had moved on. My last conversation was

1685
01:23:14,000 --> 01:23:21,639
Speaker 19: Monday morning, kind of monitoring the DeVante situation, and at

1686
01:23:21,640 --> 01:23:25,439
Speaker 19: that point kind of moved our chips into trying to

1687
01:23:25,439 --> 01:23:26,120
Speaker 19: acquire Mary.

1688
01:23:27,280 --> 01:23:29,000
Speaker 17: Do you see on the field in the maron that

1689
01:23:29,080 --> 01:23:31,439
Speaker 17: you like and you think will make a fit here.

1690
01:23:31,840 --> 01:23:32,040
Speaker 1: Yeah.

1691
01:23:32,080 --> 01:23:36,479
Speaker 19: I mean, obviously he's a well respected guy for you know,

1692
01:23:36,520 --> 01:23:38,000
Speaker 19: what he's done in the league as long as.

1693
01:23:37,880 --> 01:23:41,479
Speaker 4: He's been part of the pre draft process.

1694
01:23:41,520 --> 01:23:42,920
Speaker 19: When I was in Carolina, I got to spend some

1695
01:23:42,960 --> 01:23:46,080
Speaker 19: time with him, and he's very football smart.

1696
01:23:46,080 --> 01:23:48,120
Speaker 4: He's a quiet He's probably.

1697
01:23:47,840 --> 01:23:50,639
Speaker 19: Not gonna be a long interview for you guys when

1698
01:23:50,640 --> 01:23:53,280
Speaker 19: you get to talk to him, but he loves ball

1699
01:23:53,640 --> 01:23:57,760
Speaker 19: and he's very very smart outside perimeter receiver, not that

1700
01:23:57,800 --> 01:24:00,479
Speaker 19: he can't play inside, but very good out run or

1701
01:24:00,560 --> 01:24:04,320
Speaker 19: smooth you know, he can stretch the field vertically. I

1702
01:24:04,320 --> 01:24:06,920
Speaker 19: think he was high four threes when he came out. Uh,

1703
01:24:07,000 --> 01:24:07,880
Speaker 19: you still see that.

1704
01:24:09,040 --> 01:24:11,000
Speaker 4: You know, he's had a you know, a high average

1705
01:24:11,000 --> 01:24:11,559
Speaker 4: per catch.

1706
01:24:11,800 --> 01:24:14,760
Speaker 19: You know, his career, he had a two hundred something

1707
01:24:14,840 --> 01:24:17,719
Speaker 19: yard game late in the season with with Flacco last year.

1708
01:24:18,160 --> 01:24:21,720
Speaker 19: I think four of his last five years, Yeah, I mean,

1709
01:24:21,720 --> 01:24:23,200
Speaker 19: he's on the backside of his career, but four of

1710
01:24:23,240 --> 01:24:25,320
Speaker 19: his last five. I think he went for over eleven

1711
01:24:25,400 --> 01:24:31,160
Speaker 19: hundred and slower start this year, but hopefully, you know

1712
01:24:31,160 --> 01:24:33,160
Speaker 19: it's gonna take him some time. You don't just walk

1713
01:24:33,200 --> 01:24:36,240
Speaker 19: in and just PLoP him in and say go. He's

1714
01:24:36,280 --> 01:24:38,360
Speaker 19: got to get up to speed, our calls, our checks,

1715
01:24:39,560 --> 01:24:42,040
Speaker 19: where he's you know, alignments for each play, so it'll

1716
01:24:42,120 --> 01:24:42,920
Speaker 19: take a little time.

1717
01:24:43,040 --> 01:24:44,599
Speaker 4: I think we need to be fair to him from that.

1718
01:24:44,600 --> 01:24:51,720
Speaker 12: Standpoint, given which made all obviously, since given everything they had,

1719
01:24:52,200 --> 01:24:56,760
Speaker 12: do you see him flanker as you've got on playing

1720
01:24:56,840 --> 01:24:59,639
Speaker 12: mostly acts, do you see him being able to play flanker?

1721
01:25:00,320 --> 01:25:01,559
Speaker 15: Well, yeah, I think I.

1722
01:25:01,520 --> 01:25:03,840
Speaker 4: Think Joe and the staff will figure that out.

1723
01:25:03,880 --> 01:25:07,599
Speaker 19: Adam Henry coached him in Dallas, so I was able to.

1724
01:25:09,240 --> 01:25:10,680
Speaker 4: Ask Adam a few things.

1725
01:25:10,400 --> 01:25:14,240
Speaker 19: About him when we were in New York, you know,

1726
01:25:14,280 --> 01:25:18,400
Speaker 19: after the Jets game, just to kind of get you know,

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01:25:18,840 --> 01:25:20,920
Speaker 19: make sure everything was adding up from the guy that

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01:25:21,000 --> 01:25:23,760
Speaker 19: I knew coming out of college. But yeah, I mean,

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01:25:23,760 --> 01:25:25,360
Speaker 19: I'm not going to pin him into one spot. I

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01:25:25,360 --> 01:25:28,760
Speaker 19: think he can play either one. He's football smart, and

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01:25:29,040 --> 01:25:31,640
Speaker 19: you know, we move our guys around, you know, I know,

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01:25:31,720 --> 01:25:36,040
Speaker 19: Shakir plays mostly inside, but he's smart and can play outside,

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01:25:36,360 --> 01:25:39,080
Speaker 19: and Curtis, Samuel, all those guys. So it's really just

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01:25:39,640 --> 01:25:43,439
Speaker 19: add this to Joe's pieces and let him and Josh

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01:25:43,479 --> 01:25:44,720
Speaker 19: and the coaches figure that out.

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Speaker 20: Urgency with this move, because you said a couple of

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01:25:49,200 --> 01:25:52,000
Speaker 20: weeks ago, going in this season, where you liked this group,

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01:25:52,600 --> 01:25:54,200
Speaker 20: you make this move to bring in a guy like

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01:25:54,240 --> 01:25:57,920
Speaker 20: you mentioned, his credentials, a real number one receiver. Where

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01:25:58,000 --> 01:26:00,280
Speaker 20: was the urgency level after what off so offen the

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01:26:00,280 --> 01:26:01,000
Speaker 20: first six games?

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01:26:01,200 --> 01:26:04,400
Speaker 19: Yeah, I mean, listen, I'm always looking. I mean, it

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01:26:04,400 --> 01:26:08,200
Speaker 19: doesn't mean I didn't like the group. You know, I

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01:26:08,240 --> 01:26:11,000
Speaker 19: can't make a team like Cleveland do the deal. So

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01:26:12,400 --> 01:26:14,280
Speaker 19: if we didn't do this deal for him, I still

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01:26:14,320 --> 01:26:17,680
Speaker 19: like our group. It's not anything there. But anytime you

1747
01:26:17,720 --> 01:26:21,200
Speaker 19: can add a player, just like we added Resovl last year,

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01:26:22,800 --> 01:26:24,880
Speaker 19: you know, I'm always going to monitor that. You guys

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01:26:24,920 --> 01:26:28,240
Speaker 19: know me, I've been here long enough, and I said,

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01:26:28,360 --> 01:26:31,680
Speaker 19: for some reason, there's another player that comes along between

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01:26:31,760 --> 01:26:33,800
Speaker 19: now and the deadline that makes sense for us, a

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01:26:33,800 --> 01:26:34,240
Speaker 19: good fit.

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01:26:34,400 --> 01:26:36,639
Speaker 4: It's got to fit within the cap, you know, we.

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01:26:37,120 --> 01:26:38,920
Speaker 19: You know you may hear a pool of players as

1755
01:26:38,920 --> 01:26:43,080
Speaker 19: we know are available, but can we fit them, you know,

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01:26:43,280 --> 01:26:45,280
Speaker 19: separate of the draft pick. Can we fit them within

1757
01:26:45,320 --> 01:26:49,400
Speaker 19: our cap constraints? You know, whether that team's already you know,

1758
01:26:49,520 --> 01:26:52,240
Speaker 19: renegotiated their deal like Amari's was, or they're willing to

1759
01:26:52,280 --> 01:26:55,720
Speaker 19: eat cash. So even though there's a pool this big

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01:26:55,760 --> 01:26:58,599
Speaker 19: of players that may be available, I was just probably,

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01:26:59,240 --> 01:27:03,080
Speaker 19: you know, considerable less. That's why this move made so

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01:27:03,160 --> 01:27:06,400
Speaker 19: much sense for us with where his salary is and

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01:27:06,439 --> 01:27:10,679
Speaker 19: where our salary cap is. But no separate of a MARI.

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01:27:10,960 --> 01:27:14,040
Speaker 19: I really do like our guys in the mix. It's

1765
01:27:14,120 --> 01:27:16,719
Speaker 19: early in the season, you know, just like an O line,

1766
01:27:16,760 --> 01:27:19,400
Speaker 19: you're still forming thing. We had so many new pieces

1767
01:27:20,040 --> 01:27:22,759
Speaker 19: in that receiver room other than Shakir, so in fairness

1768
01:27:22,800 --> 01:27:25,960
Speaker 19: to those guys, we're still early in the season, just

1769
01:27:25,960 --> 01:27:26,679
Speaker 19: getting going.

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01:27:27,520 --> 01:27:27,840
Speaker 4: All right.

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01:27:27,840 --> 01:27:28,280
Speaker 3: That's JM.

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01:27:28,320 --> 01:27:31,960
Speaker 2: Brandon being addressing the media and all but confirming the

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01:27:32,000 --> 01:27:34,040
Speaker 2: reports that were out there last week that they were

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01:27:34,040 --> 01:27:37,000
Speaker 2: making calls about DeVante. Adams said, by Monday morning, we

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01:27:37,000 --> 01:27:39,200
Speaker 2: were out on that and put all our chips to

1776
01:27:39,200 --> 01:27:41,200
Speaker 2: the middle of the table for a MARI and they

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01:27:41,200 --> 01:27:42,120
Speaker 2: get it done a day later.

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01:27:42,200 --> 01:27:44,679
Speaker 1: And I think also the comments he says, I still

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01:27:44,680 --> 01:27:47,000
Speaker 1: think they were seeing the development they wanted to see

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01:27:47,080 --> 01:27:50,080
Speaker 1: from the guys in the room already, but no doubt

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01:27:50,520 --> 01:27:52,640
Speaker 1: I think they wanted to upgrade and make sure that

1782
01:27:52,680 --> 01:27:54,639
Speaker 1: they were in the running and give Josh all the help.

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01:27:54,680 --> 01:27:56,439
Speaker 3: They could break time for us.

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01:27:56,479 --> 01:27:58,479
Speaker 2: We'll close things up with one final segment. See we

1785
01:27:58,479 --> 01:28:00,559
Speaker 2: can squeeze in a phone call. Here on one Bills Live,

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01:28:00,600 --> 01:28:13,320
Speaker 2: presented by co Lot of Health, It's Buffalo Bills Radio.

1787
01:28:15,360 --> 01:28:18,599
Speaker 2: All Right, I got a relationship hotline question from Larry

1788
01:28:19,320 --> 01:28:22,400
Speaker 2: and Relationship Hotline is presented by Pepsi, official soft drink

1789
01:28:22,439 --> 01:28:25,439
Speaker 2: of the Buffalo Bills. My best friend is a diehard

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01:28:25,479 --> 01:28:28,040
Speaker 2: Vikings fan. We've always commiserated with each other that our

1791
01:28:28,080 --> 01:28:30,160
Speaker 2: teams are each zero to four in the Super Bowl.

1792
01:28:30,200 --> 01:28:32,639
Speaker 2: Our biggest fear is that we meet in the Big

1793
01:28:32,680 --> 01:28:35,120
Speaker 2: Game one day. Hypothetically, how do I take joy in

1794
01:28:35,200 --> 01:28:38,439
Speaker 2: the Bill's winning but show compassion for his loss? So

1795
01:28:38,520 --> 01:28:41,679
Speaker 2: he's already assuming a Bill's victory in the Super Bowl

1796
01:28:41,760 --> 01:28:42,479
Speaker 2: over the Vikings.

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01:28:42,560 --> 01:28:46,519
Speaker 1: Yeah, I would say, Hey, you got to if he's

1798
01:28:46,560 --> 01:28:48,679
Speaker 1: gonna be there, he's got to be ready to celebrate

1799
01:28:48,800 --> 01:28:51,080
Speaker 1: your win, and both of you got to be happy

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01:28:51,080 --> 01:28:53,040
Speaker 1: for the other at some level, no question about it.

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01:28:53,080 --> 01:28:58,000
Speaker 1: But you know, you got to handle it with some

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01:28:58,080 --> 01:29:01,639
Speaker 1: grace and composure if you're the winner, because there's three

1803
01:29:01,720 --> 01:29:03,280
Speaker 1: hundred and sixty five days in the year that you

1804
01:29:03,360 --> 01:29:05,680
Speaker 1: can celebrate Aside from your friend.

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01:29:06,080 --> 01:29:07,760
Speaker 3: Right when you're not right next when you're not right

1806
01:29:07,760 --> 01:29:08,280
Speaker 3: next to him.

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01:29:08,960 --> 01:29:13,679
Speaker 2: Nobody likes a sore winner like an ugly winner, right,

1808
01:29:13,760 --> 01:29:16,639
Speaker 2: So yeah, discretion is the better part of valor here.

1809
01:29:16,720 --> 01:29:19,120
Speaker 2: So yes, I would agree with Steve. I think what

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01:29:19,200 --> 01:29:23,160
Speaker 2: you have to do there is show a measure of compassion. Clearly,

1811
01:29:23,439 --> 01:29:25,320
Speaker 2: you wouldn't even send us this question if you didn't

1812
01:29:25,360 --> 01:29:28,360
Speaker 2: have respect for his fandom of the Vikings. I would

1813
01:29:28,400 --> 01:29:31,559
Speaker 2: hope he mutually respects your fandom of the Bills and

1814
01:29:31,600 --> 01:29:35,719
Speaker 2: you have suffering that you share as a common denominator.

1815
01:29:35,720 --> 01:29:38,919
Speaker 1: I would say this too. I would keep your celebration

1816
01:29:39,000 --> 01:29:41,760
Speaker 1: philosophical about wow, what it means for to finally have

1817
01:29:41,840 --> 01:29:43,800
Speaker 1: done it, and be philosophical about it.

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01:29:44,640 --> 01:29:46,080
Speaker 3: So thanks for the submission, Larry.

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01:29:46,120 --> 01:29:47,840
Speaker 2: We'll be happy to take others in the future here

1820
01:29:47,880 --> 01:29:49,519
Speaker 2: on the Football Relationship Hotline.

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01:29:49,560 --> 01:29:49,880
Speaker 1: That's up.

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01:29:50,439 --> 01:29:52,920
Speaker 2: That's it for us on a Wednesday. We'll see you

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Speaker 2: tomorrow one o'clock.