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Speaker 1: Oh a good time by Steve Tasker's Down Down, Down Time.

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Speaker 1: Welcome to One Bills Live on a Tuesday, July twenty eight,

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Speaker 1: twenty twenty The Forgotten Year. It's gonna be a big

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Speaker 1: pause button in all of our lives here and we

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Speaker 1: look back on it in years to come. Lots going

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Speaker 1: on in the National Football League. Step task along with

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Speaker 1: Chris Brown here with you until three o'clock. Brownie, that

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Speaker 1: this just came over the wires. We came on the air.

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Speaker 1: A bunch of guys on the Patriots are opting out,

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Speaker 1: and one guy on the Buffalo Bills is opting out.

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Speaker 1: Defensive tackle star Loutu Lela is going to take a

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Speaker 1: voluntary opt out for this season. That according to NFL

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Speaker 1: Networks Mike Hearra, Folo, you just reported it about ten

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Speaker 1: minutes ago, so we'll see where it goes from here.

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Speaker 1: But the Patriots were really making waves with six players

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Speaker 1: now opting out, and the list has some very familiar names,

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Speaker 1: including starting right tackle Marcus Cannon, starting linebacker Dante high Tower,

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Speaker 1: and then just in the last ten minutes, it was

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Speaker 1: confirmed that safety Patrick Chung is going to opt out

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Speaker 1: as well. So there's there are underlying reasons for some

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Speaker 1: of these decisions that we're aware of at this point.

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Speaker 1: I'm sure everybody has a reason, But Marcus Cannon is

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Speaker 1: a cancer survivor, so he's an at risk candidate, so

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Speaker 1: you understand that. And Dante high Tower has a two

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Speaker 1: week old baby at home, so that was the reason

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Speaker 1: for him choosing to opt out. Steve, I know you

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Speaker 1: and I had this conversation when we when we heard

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Speaker 1: you just flat out didn't believe there are going to

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Speaker 1: be many of these kinds of players at all falling

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Speaker 1: and play for the most part. How surprised are you

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Speaker 1: that we've got some relatively recognizable names and through two

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Speaker 1: days since the agreement came out, you have upwards of

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Speaker 1: a dozen to fifteen players across the league choosing to

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Speaker 1: opt out. You know, you've got Chicago's Eddie Goldman, former

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Speaker 1: Bills defensive tackle Kyle Peco and Denver opted out. Now,

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Speaker 1: his wife is a cancer survivor, so that might be

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Speaker 1: the issue there. But how surprised are you with how

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Speaker 1: many have chosen to opt out to this point? It's

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Speaker 1: about what I thought. I mean, there's you know, I'm

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Speaker 1: surprised that you have like five on the Patriots. That

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Speaker 1: surprises me that you'd have that many on one team.

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Speaker 1: I figured you'd have one or two a team, because

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Speaker 1: you know, you do have cancer survivors, you've got guys

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Speaker 1: with type two diabetes, you've got guys with other health issues,

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Speaker 1: sickle cell and sickle cell, all of that stuff. So

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Speaker 1: you figured that all of those would be pretty good

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Speaker 1: candidates to say, you know what, I'm gonna pause. And

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Speaker 1: that's what it does, is it just pauses their contracts.

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Speaker 1: Charlotuls schedule to make four point five million this year

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Speaker 1: and then two point five million guaranteed the next year.

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Speaker 1: Both those are guaranteed. His contract will just be paused, right,

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Speaker 1: I mean, that's what happens. Is the year is just

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Speaker 1: to wash for them. They don't get an accrued season,

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Speaker 1: nothing else happens. They just start their career again in

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Speaker 1: twelve months or six months or seven months. When I

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Speaker 1: think there's something in there that says they're guaranteed money

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Speaker 1: becomes their salary next year. That's how they're gonna work it, right,

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Speaker 1: So they probably get a stipend this year too, right, Yes,

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Speaker 1: So the only difference is if you're diagnosed as it

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Speaker 1: as a high risk candidate and that's why you're opting it.

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Speaker 1: There's two categories for opting out under these new guidelines

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Speaker 1: that the league and the union agreed to. So you

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Speaker 1: have the voluntary opt out, where any player just because

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Speaker 1: they don't feel comfortable playing amidst the pandemic can say, yeah,

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Speaker 1: I'm out for this year. I don't have any underlying conditions,

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Speaker 1: but I just don't want to do it. Anybody can

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Speaker 1: do that as long as they provide written notification. I

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Speaker 1: believe August first is the deadline. Where July twenty eighth

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Speaker 1: year today, and they it's here's the biggest thing, Steve.

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Speaker 1: These are irrevocable. Once you do it, you're done. There's

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Speaker 1: no going back on it. So the voluntary opt out,

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Speaker 1: they get a stipend I believe of one hundred and

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Speaker 1: fifty thousand dollars. And then if you're a high risk

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Speaker 1: I mean we're still today. Is today the or Friday?

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Speaker 1: The Is it Wednesday or Friday? The deadline? It's the third.

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Speaker 1: It's August first, Hey, August first, So it's Friday, right,

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Speaker 1: So if I guess that's right, I look for Saturday.

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Speaker 1: Does it seem like, ha I told you it was

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Speaker 1: no fun to play over there? Well, it's I don't know.

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Speaker 1: It's it's kind of weird because all those guys got

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Speaker 1: legit reasons. Well, I don't know, I think so, I

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Speaker 1: mean we haven't heard all the all the reasons of

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Speaker 1: And even before the news crossed about star Low tu Lelee,

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Speaker 1: it's gotta be tough, and you look at it and

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Speaker 1: But once they do, I think they'll be okay with it.

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Speaker 1: But by the same token, maybe they're getting a guy

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Speaker 1: feels pretty good physically. Yeah, and he took and in

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Speaker 1: his defense, he did take a pay cut, so you

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Speaker 1: know this offseason and took less money, So you know,

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Speaker 1: opting out it is what it is. I know we

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Speaker 1: got the tweet sheet rocking and rolling already here, so

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Speaker 1: I'm just gonna jump to the first one, Steve from Tiffany,

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Speaker 1: one of our resident tweeters. She said, Starr opted out,

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Speaker 1: and he has every right to. My concern all along

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Speaker 1: is that if enough players opt out, the season may

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Speaker 1: not happen. As much as I hate the Patriots, they're

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Speaker 1: losing impact players left and right. The league is special

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Speaker 1: based on the immense talent of the players. Now, I

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Speaker 1: don't know where you stand, Steve, but I think I do.

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Speaker 1: I don't think we're gonna I don't think there's gonna

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Speaker 1: be enough of an exodus of players that you can't

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Speaker 1: play games. But there could be a you know, the

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Speaker 1: certain certain teams losing certain players. It could definitely impact

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Speaker 1: the level of their success this season, without question. And

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Speaker 1: that's just not to get into using the overused term

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Speaker 1: of phases that we've heard umpteen number of times during COVID.

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Speaker 1: But that's just phase one. What happens when you start

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Speaker 1: getting infections, that'll be phase two of you know, the

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Speaker 1: attrition rate. Right, There's there's gonna be a lot of

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Speaker 1: layers to this, and I don't think even if they

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Speaker 1: get sixteen regular season games in, it's gonna look like

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Speaker 1: we are used to having the NFL look like. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I think it's gonna be weird on all accounts. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: but believe it or not. I think the owners right now,

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Speaker 1: the least of their concerns is the quality of the

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Speaker 1: on field product. I think they're just trying to get

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Speaker 1: a product on the field, and whatever it looks like

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Speaker 1: is whatever it looks like. Yeah, you're right, that's that's

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Speaker 1: the basics. That's the bottom line. Now. They want it

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Speaker 1: to be competitive, they want it to come off just

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Speaker 1: like it always does. They want the games to be

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Speaker 1: good and all of that, certainly, but that right now,

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Speaker 1: that's bonus, that's icing on the cake of trying to

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Speaker 1: bake this thing into into reality. And there's a you know,

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Speaker 1: there's a lot of ingredients in that cake that seemed

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Speaker 1: to you know, maybe missing on game day. Right, it's

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Speaker 1: a it's a it's gonna be a long, long, long,

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Speaker 1: hard road for this season. Swice is nice also tweets

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Speaker 1: in on the tweet sheet brought to you by Corgan's

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Speaker 1: Moving System, the official equipment movers of the Buffalo Bills.

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Speaker 1: Just another year man, just another layer Man. Star is out.

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Speaker 1: Good thing We've got D line depth for now at least.

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Speaker 1: Also a bit ticked off, to be honest, these guys

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Speaker 1: get paid so much money to play the game. Maybe

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Speaker 1: there's some pre existing conditions. I don't know. I wish

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Speaker 1: I had the option just not to go to work.

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Speaker 1: It's true, I mean it is. It is a luxury

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Speaker 1: for these guys to have the freedom to say, you

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Speaker 1: know what, I don't get to you. But by the

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Speaker 1: same token, while if if even in seven to eleven

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Speaker 1: you go in there, they've got plastic around the outside

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Speaker 1: of the counter. So all that stuff is part of it. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I just uh. I think Bill's fans in a way

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Speaker 1: have been waiting for so long to have a team

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Speaker 1: that they feel could genuinely contend, and then you have

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Speaker 1: this pandemic that has just turned everything on its ear.

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Speaker 1: And these are some of the repercussions that we're witnessing now.

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Speaker 1: And it's through no fault of the players. This is

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Speaker 1: purely pandemic based. And so a player like Star Latula

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Speaker 1: you know, we don't know the reasons behind it. I'm

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Speaker 1: sure there are some very good ones, because I think

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Speaker 1: everybody can agree that Star is as good a teammate

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Speaker 1: as you're gonna find in that locker room. So there's

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Speaker 1: got to be very good reasons for it. It comes

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Speaker 1: down he's gotta shrug your shoulders, you know, and just say,

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Speaker 1: you know, I get it. You know he's got he's got,

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Speaker 1: you know. And even if even if some of these

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Speaker 1: guys can can dredge up a flimsy health issue because

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Speaker 1: they've got guaranteed money and they want to get all

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Speaker 1: that guaranteed money the next two years after this one,

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Speaker 1: and they don't want to go in and have you know,

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Speaker 1: three games played and they get three game checks instead

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Speaker 1: of seventeen, and that money just goes away. They never

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Speaker 1: get it. I mean, hey, that's a lot of money,

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Speaker 1: a lot of money. You're talking a couple hundred grand

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Speaker 1: a week that just goes You can just flush it.

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Speaker 1: You can't do that to your family either. You talk

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Speaker 1: about getting them sick. You don't want to. You want to.

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Speaker 1: You don't want to suck three point five million dollars

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Speaker 1: out of their pocket either. So that's a financial decision

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Speaker 1: that I think that's just that's just as easy to

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Speaker 1: understand as anything else. To me, No, I get it,

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Speaker 1: I get it. I'm I'm not arguing it for a second.

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Speaker 1: I just think, in many what it's just another way

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Speaker 1: that this year has been just dishing out disappointment, And

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Speaker 1: I think I think NFL fans on the whole have

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Speaker 1: don't think it's as earth shaking as it might be

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Speaker 1: in any normal year. But I still believe that if

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Speaker 1: you're a fan of a team that you think has

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Speaker 1: a real chance, you've just got your fingers crossed that

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Speaker 1: not too many of the players on that roster are

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Speaker 1: wire as well. Brown, I want to get your take

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Speaker 1: are pleased to announce the newest member of their ownership group,

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Speaker 1: the Kansas Kansas City Royals. Today welcome to the newest

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Speaker 1: member of the team's ownership group, Kansas City Chiefs quarterback

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Speaker 1: in Super Bowl MVP, Patrick Mahomes. Quote. We are very

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Speaker 1: proud and excited to have Patrick as our partner in

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Speaker 1: the ownership group of this franchise, said John Sherman, the

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Speaker 1: chairman and CEO and principal owner. Along with the rest

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Speaker 1: of Kansas City, I've watched Patrick compete and become an

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Speaker 1: the CEO, noted also that Mahomes spent a lot of

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Speaker 1: Consistent with the entirety of our ownership group, he has

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Speaker 1: and then Patrick Mahomes chimed in and said this I quote,

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Speaker 1: I'm honored to become part of the owners of the

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Speaker 1: owner of the Kansas City Royals. I love this city

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Speaker 1: and the people of this great town. This opportunity allows

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Speaker 1: me to deepen my roots in this community, which is

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Speaker 1: something I'm excited to do. Yeah. Paton Wilholmes now a

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Speaker 1: sports owner. Yeah, and I think we can't forget his

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Speaker 1: dad was a major league relief pitcher for eleven years,

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Speaker 1: Pat Mahomes, And he has an uncle who also pitched

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Speaker 1: in the major leagues LA Troy Hawkins. So there are

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Speaker 1: a lot of baseball ties with his family. And I

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Speaker 1: don't doubt for a second that Mahomes could have been

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Speaker 1: a major league pitcher himself with the howitzer he has

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Speaker 1: surprise me. And you know, when you get handed a

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Speaker 1: five hundred million dollar contract, you suddenly have the wherewithal

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Speaker 1: to plunk some money down and get a minority interest

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Speaker 1: in a major league franchise. Yeah, well, there you go.

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Speaker 1: One more layer of craziness. In twenty twenty, as an

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Speaker 1: NFL MVP becomes part owner of a major league baseball franchise. Brownie,

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Speaker 1: the world is upside down. Get ready for a whole

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Speaker 1: lot more different. We need a break because there's more

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Speaker 1: to Steve Tasker Chris Brown here untill three o'clock. One

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Speaker 1: Bills Live presented by Kalida Help on Buffalo Bills Radio.

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Speaker 1: Back to one of Gol's wife, Steve Tasker, Chris Brown

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Speaker 1: Here till three o'clock. At one o'clock, we've got Ross

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Speaker 1: Tucker coming onto the Ross Tucker Podcast. He'll be We'll

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Speaker 1: be talking to him about all kinds of issues that

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Speaker 1: are going on the opt outs all around the National

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Speaker 1: Football League. We've also asked you how you would feel

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Speaker 1: if a prominent Bills player opted out for the twenty

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Speaker 1: twenty season. This on the heels of Star Lotu Lala

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Speaker 1: opting out for the Buffalo Bills and about fourteen or

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Speaker 1: so players around the National Football League already taking that option.

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Speaker 1: They have until Saturday to get that done for final

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Speaker 1: and there's no going back once they opt out. What

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Speaker 1: Star Loto lay or Star Loto Laa has opted out?

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Speaker 1: Fifty two percent of you think? You know what I

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Speaker 1: understand if the guy's got player or family who have

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Speaker 1: underlying conditions. Thirty five percent of you say, hey, it's

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Speaker 1: just another layer on a crazy season, and the only

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Speaker 1: thirteen percent of you are mad because the Bills actually

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Speaker 1: have a shot this year. We also have some tweets

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Speaker 1: on the tweet sheet. Wandering Jack says he'd be disappointed

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Speaker 1: because I think we have a shot at winning the

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Speaker 1: division title, but really it's a crazy year, so nothing's

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Speaker 1: off the table. I guess I can't be surprised, as

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Speaker 1: I can't be surprised, it's disappointed. We may be the

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Speaker 1: guys have careers and families to think about. Maybe that

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Speaker 1: the guys have careers and families to think about on

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Speaker 1: their own, so it's hard to be surprised or disappointed

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Speaker 1: when you find out guys really do have lives of

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Speaker 1: their own, right, Yeah. I mean, you're a fan of

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Speaker 1: you're thinking about that first. But when you stop and

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Speaker 1: think a little bit more, you're like, well, these guys

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Speaker 1: can kind of quickly get to a place where you

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Speaker 1: understand it. And also while we were away, we were

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Speaker 1: of the sand and looked up around. And the Washington Nationals,

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Speaker 1: after the Phillies came down with COVID nineteen, the Washington

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Speaker 1: the Marlins. It was the marl I'm sorry, the Marlins

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Speaker 1: came down with COVID nineteen. The Washington Nationals have voted

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Speaker 1: as a team not to go down there. They're not

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Speaker 1: gonna They're not gonna make the trip for their next

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Speaker 1: road game over They're supposed to play down there this weekend.

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Speaker 1: That was what's on their schedule, and so they said, yeah, yeah,

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Speaker 1: we're not doing it. ESPN's reporting this, and the league,

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Speaker 1: according to Ken Rosenthal, said they will make the ultimate determination.

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Speaker 1: But according to reporters, it's very hard to see the

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Speaker 1: league going against the will of the players. So again,

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Speaker 1: Major League Baseball yesterday. When the Marlins outbreak was first reported,

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Speaker 1: But I know that the Yankees game for the second

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Speaker 1: That's canceling games or postponing games. I'm even telling the

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Speaker 1: daily press briefing today. According to reporters at the press conference,

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Speaker 1: which includes a CNBC Sports business producer Jess Golden, she

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Speaker 1: is tweeting Governor Cuomo has offered to let Major League

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Speaker 1: Baseball have all thirty teams play their games in New York. Now,

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Speaker 1: I don't know the legitimate feasibility that a WNBC is

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Speaker 1: reporting that Governor Cuomo has made that offer publicly in

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Speaker 1: his daily press briefing. Where it goes from. There remains

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Speaker 1: to be seen that that would essentially mean you'd have

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Speaker 1: to get accommodations for all thirty teams in New York,

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Speaker 1: which is not unusual. New York City's the biggest city

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Speaker 1: in the country, so you know you're gonna have hotel

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Speaker 1: accommodations available, and then on top of that you've got

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Speaker 1: to try to set up I mean it would it

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Speaker 1: would be positive from the standpoints Steve. You'd certainly reduce travel,

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Speaker 1: which would reduce you would think the exposure risk, you know,

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Speaker 1: and if you can keep those hotels where the players

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Speaker 1: are on relative lockdown, it's not a bubble, but it's

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Speaker 1: it's certainly better than staying in twenty five different hotels

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Speaker 1: over the course of a sixty game season. Yeah, the

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Speaker 1: question is from a stadium standpoint, can you make it

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Speaker 1: work if you're only using Yankee Stadium him in city field?

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Speaker 1: I mean, were you talking to do it? They have

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Speaker 1: to do it. I mean, they've got all this stuff planned,

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Speaker 1: and they've got these teams set up to be in

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Speaker 1: their home stadium. Now they'd have to change this all

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Speaker 1: on the fly and get it up and running in

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Speaker 1: New York even with with what if you had two

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Speaker 1: teams or three, you'd have to do it. At least

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Speaker 1: it'd take ten hotels, right, even if you consolidate and

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Speaker 1: put all the players in the same hotels that kind

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Speaker 1: of thing, one hotel probably wouldn't be enough, or two

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Speaker 1: hotels or four hotels, whatever it would be. And here's

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Speaker 1: the and here's the problem where they're at. Now, what's

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Speaker 1: the likelihood that a team like Washington DC, the Caps

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Speaker 1: will want the Marlins to come to the Capitol. You know,

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Speaker 1: you want the Marlins to travel into your stadium and

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Speaker 1: play against those guys. Now, here's the problem. As we've

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Speaker 1: seen new positive tests have come in almost daily, and

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Speaker 1: the incubation period means non positive tests doesn't mean the

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Speaker 1: guys still can't be carrying the virus, right because if

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Speaker 1: he's a symptomatic, right, you don't know. And that and

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Speaker 1: that's the biggest well, that's been the biggest issue across

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Speaker 1: the country, right that's the crusher. You've got asymptomatic people

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Speaker 1: walking around infecting god knows how many people, and by

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Speaker 1: the time they realize they have it, they've been in

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Speaker 1: contact with dozens of people. And now those dozens of people,

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Speaker 1: some of them are a symptomatic and they're doing the

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Speaker 1: same thing unknowingly. That's why the masks have had to

688
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Speaker 1: happen reach into the choir on that one. But I

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Speaker 1: just I mean one thing for sure, if you know,

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Speaker 1: if Major League Baseball gets desperate and say, yeah, Governor Cuomo,

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Speaker 1: let's do it, it's gonna certainly bring new meaning to

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Speaker 1: the term day night double header. I think you've been

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Speaker 1: having three four games a day at City Field, three

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Speaker 1: four games a day at Yankee Stadium just to get

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Speaker 1: them all in. You can have triple headers. And the

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Speaker 1: concern there is you're rotating a lot of people through

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Speaker 1: those clubhouses now more than you normally would and would

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Speaker 1: turn over rate for disinfecting each one before the next

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Speaker 1: team rolls in. That kind of thing. So you got

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Speaker 1: thirty teams playing, right, That's right. Major League had thirty teams,

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Speaker 1: two stadiums. Let's just say the teams and you go

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Speaker 1: triple do you go triple headers every day. You got

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Speaker 1: two state you got thirty teams that six games, six

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Speaker 1: teams a day in each stadium. So you'd have to Yeah,

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Speaker 1: you'd have to go every other day at least, and

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Speaker 1: that without stopping. Yeah, right, because then you want to

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Speaker 1: keep it. You want to keep them on the rack.

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Speaker 1: Because here's the thing. If you put like four or

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Speaker 1: five days between starts, they'd have the same pitcher pitch

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Speaker 1: all sixty games, right, Their pitchers would be their pitching

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00:39:46,239 --> 00:39:49,920
Speaker 1: rotation would have to be redone constantly because you'd have

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Speaker 1: the same you'd have your ace fresh every start. If

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Speaker 1: they don't put these games every you know, two or

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Speaker 1: three days. Right. So other other news, Steve, it looks

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Speaker 1: like Joe Burrows signed his contract with the Bengals here,

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Speaker 1: So four years, thirty six million, twenty three point nine

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Speaker 1: signing bonus. So all the top five picks are now

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Speaker 1: under contract. Well there you go. Good. Good for Joe Burrows,

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Speaker 1: except for the fact that he's playing for Cincinnati. Right. Well,

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Speaker 1: you can't have everything, Steve, Well, no, you can't. You can't.

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Speaker 1: Coming up at one o'clock, Ross Tucker or the Ross

722
00:40:26,400 --> 00:40:29,239
Speaker 1: Tucker Football Podcast is coming up He's also a radio

723
00:40:29,280 --> 00:40:31,920
Speaker 1: dot Com NFL insider. He's he contributes to the Athletic

724
00:40:32,000 --> 00:40:34,239
Speaker 1: he played seven season the National Football League and oh

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00:40:34,360 --> 00:40:36,279
Speaker 1: three and oh four he was with the Buffalo Bills.

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Speaker 1: He's coming on at the top of the hour, Steve

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Speaker 1: Tasker Chris Brown here on one Bills Live on Buffalo

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Speaker 1: Bills Radio presented by Kalida Health. We'll be right back Welco.

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Speaker 1: Just five. Steve Tasker, Chris Brown here till three o'clock.

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Speaker 1: Ross Tucker coming up at one o'clock. As we follow

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Speaker 1: the National Football League closely, things are happening even as

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Speaker 1: we're on the air. Guys are starting to opt out.

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Speaker 1: We're hearing about more and more guy, well, not more

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Speaker 1: and more more, Yeah, a couple of more. They're trickling

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Speaker 1: in where guys are starting to opt out. We just

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Speaker 1: heard that Michael Pierce Minnesota Vikings just signed as a

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Speaker 1: free agent for the Vikings. He's going to opt out

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Speaker 1: because of healthy respiratory disease. He's got a repertory issues right.

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Speaker 1: And also Mark Keith Goodwin, former Buffalo Bill who got

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Speaker 1: traded by the forty nine ers after the Super Bowl

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Speaker 1: to the Philadelphia Eagles around the draft. He has opted

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Speaker 1: out as well. He's got a young child at home,

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Speaker 1: and I also think he also takes care of and

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Speaker 1: is responsible for another family member as well. And we've

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00:41:39,800 --> 00:41:42,200
Speaker 1: been talking about Dante high Tower and more in New

746
00:41:42,239 --> 00:41:45,000
Speaker 1: England Patriots five or six to be exact, I think

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00:41:45,360 --> 00:41:49,400
Speaker 1: have opted out of the New England Patriots camp. So

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Speaker 1: and if you're wondering what it takes for health issues

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Speaker 1: to be considered, they've listed what they think those are,

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Speaker 1: and Brownie read that list to our list is about

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00:42:00,560 --> 00:42:02,480
Speaker 1: what it takes for an NFL player to opt out.

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00:42:03,360 --> 00:42:06,160
Speaker 1: This is contained in the higher risk player opt out

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Speaker 1: language in the agreement between the players union and the league.

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Speaker 1: So first and foremost, if you're gonna be in the

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Speaker 1: higher risk category, the player has to give that diagnosis

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Speaker 1: from their medical records to the team when they're opting out.

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Speaker 1: And it's not mandatory that players who qualify as higher

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Speaker 1: risk opt out, because we did hear that Pittsburgh running

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Speaker 1: back James Connor, who is a cancer survivor, is going

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Speaker 1: to play this year. It is their choice. But on

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Speaker 1: the list of things that would qualify a player to

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Speaker 1: be in that higher risk category are cancer, chronic kidney

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Speaker 1: disease COPD, a weakened immune system, serious heart conditions which

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Speaker 1: includes coronary artery disease and cardiomyopathies, sickle cell disease, type

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Speaker 1: two diabetes, asthma, so rebrovascular disease which affects the blood

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Speaker 1: blood supply to the brain, cystic fibrosis, high blood pressure,

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Speaker 1: a weakened immune system from blood or bone marrow transplants,

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Speaker 1: you know, HIV immuno deficiencies, use of cortico steroids, neurologic conditions,

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Speaker 1: liver disease, and pulmonary fibrosis. So it's a long list,

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Speaker 1: but there are guys that have certainly qualified. We've just heard,

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Speaker 1: you know, Michael Pierce's Steve mentioned the Minnesota Vikings free

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Speaker 1: agent nose tackle signe he's pulling out because he has

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Speaker 1: respiratory issues. It hasn't been specified whether it's asthma or something,

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Speaker 1: but you have to believe it's something in that realm.

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Speaker 1: And then Goodwin's got family members at issue, not unliked

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00:44:00,040 --> 00:44:02,000
Speaker 1: ta Hi Towers got a new board at home as well.

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Speaker 1: So I think these names Steve are just gonna keep

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Speaker 1: trickling in. I saw a Baltimore offensive Linon Andre Smith

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00:44:08,719 --> 00:44:11,879
Speaker 1: is now on the list. It's the right tackle. Yeah, yeah,

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Speaker 1: they've got a ton of them and also coming down.

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Speaker 1: And this just was reported today that number one overall

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Speaker 1: picked Joe Burrow signed with Cincinnati. We said that just

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Speaker 1: before the break. And if you think, yeah, if you

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Speaker 1: think about Brownie, this would be a great year to

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Speaker 1: hold out. Uh, if there's no reason to get signed.

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Speaker 1: Really you're not going you're not going OTAs or you're

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Speaker 1: not missing many camps, you're not missing all of that stuff.

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Speaker 1: You're just opting out of you know, no swabs. Basically

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Speaker 1: that's which is you know, a plus in my book.

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Speaker 1: But if you think about it going back in time,

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Speaker 1: other quarterbacks and this is James Palmer puts this out.

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Speaker 1: Other quarterbacks to go number one overall that signed later

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Speaker 1: than Joe Burrow did, which is right now. Cam Newton

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Speaker 1: signed July twenty ninth in twenty eleven, Sam Bradford July

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Speaker 1: thirtieth in twenty ten, JaMarcus Russell September twelfth of two

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Speaker 1: thousand and seven, Eli Manning July twenty ninth, that would

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Speaker 1: be tomorrow in O four and Peyton Manning signed July

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Speaker 1: twenty eighth, nineteen ninety eight. Same day twenty two years ago,

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Speaker 1: Peyton Manning signed his contracts. You know, it's not that

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Speaker 1: unusual for guys to wait this long to sign. Joe

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Speaker 1: Burrows walking away with a quick I think twenty what

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Speaker 1: six million six point something million signing bonus. Good for

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Speaker 1: him and congratulations the Bengals. They've got their guy and

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Speaker 1: he's in camp. Yeah. Where it's gonna go from here, though,

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Speaker 1: you know, remains to be seen as far as the league,

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Speaker 1: because we just keep seeing names popping up, and I

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00:45:42,360 --> 00:45:45,080
Speaker 1: think we should anticipate, you know, with teams reporting here

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Speaker 1: that more and more are going to pop up in

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Speaker 1: the coming days. You know, it was funny, Steve I

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Speaker 1: went to the NFLPA site and right on the front page,

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Speaker 1: you know, they have all that COVID information. There's still

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Speaker 1: five or sixteen whose COVID protocol regiments are still being

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Speaker 1: reviewed by the Players Association. They haven't even been accepted yet.

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Speaker 1: I know the Bills were one of the first eight

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Speaker 1: teams who's you know COVID plans and protocols were accepted

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Speaker 1: by the PA. There's still six or seven that haven't

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Speaker 1: been approved yet, right, I mean, players are showing up

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Speaker 1: to get tested what there's no place to go. That

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Speaker 1: surprised me. Yeah, that and and I've told I've said

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Speaker 1: it before on the show Brownie and my time covering

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Speaker 1: the NFL with CBS and playing in the National Football

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00:46:37,520 --> 00:46:39,840
Speaker 1: League with the Bills and the Houston Oilers back in

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Speaker 1: the day. It's amazing that we see, you know, you

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Speaker 1: see go out. These teams are so competitive, you know,

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Speaker 1: the Philadelphia Eagles, the Cowboys, the Bills, the Jets that

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Speaker 1: you're down the list. We tend to throw them all

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Speaker 1: into one basket and say, you know, they share all

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Speaker 1: the revenues. They're as equal as they can be. The

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Speaker 1: only difference is like the coaches, it's not there are

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Speaker 1: vast differences between franchises and the National Football League. You

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Speaker 1: walk into the building, you can feel the difference in franchises,

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Speaker 1: how they're run, the vibe in the building, how they're

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Speaker 1: how professional they are from top to bottom. And it

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Speaker 1: is absolutely palpable, how unbelievably different franchises are run from

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Speaker 1: the inside out. And this is just one more signal

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Speaker 1: that that you know, that tells you some of these

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Speaker 1: franchises just don't have it together in certain ways. Yeah,

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00:47:36,680 --> 00:47:40,720
Speaker 1: and it's amazing to me. I'm just reading an interesting

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Speaker 1: quote from a player agent in the league, from an

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Speaker 1: NFL reporter who said he just spoke with a guy

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Speaker 1: about this wave of opt outs, and the agent said, quote,

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00:47:50,520 --> 00:47:53,239
Speaker 1: it will slow down and there will be another wave

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00:47:53,400 --> 00:47:56,360
Speaker 1: at the deadline, which is August first. It's good for

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Speaker 1: the league. They don't want to pay the extra expense

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Speaker 1: of testing for guys who will opt out. They're saving

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Speaker 1: money with guys opting out, right, Well, okay, yeah, I

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Speaker 1: mean how much really? I mean, you've already talking you're

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Speaker 1: talking about an eye dropper in Lake Erie. Yeah. I

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Speaker 1: mean you've already committed seventy five million dollars to testing.

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Speaker 1: But you know what's ten grands saved because you know,

851
00:48:25,000 --> 00:48:27,640
Speaker 1: twenty guys aren't playing. I mean, come on, come on.

852
00:48:28,120 --> 00:48:32,879
Speaker 1: That's yeah, No, that that's not that's not making any

853
00:48:32,960 --> 00:48:36,399
Speaker 1: kind of impact. Who who put that out there? It's

854
00:48:36,800 --> 00:48:40,319
Speaker 1: it's uh. They quoted an Asian, but they didn't name

855
00:48:40,440 --> 00:48:42,840
Speaker 1: the person because they probably asked for comment on the

856
00:48:42,880 --> 00:48:44,600
Speaker 1: condition of ending. You know, let me tell you something.

857
00:48:44,600 --> 00:48:46,879
Speaker 1: That agent is Nickel and Diamond his client. I'm telling

858
00:48:46,920 --> 00:48:50,799
Speaker 1: you that right now, that client when he picks up

859
00:48:50,840 --> 00:48:53,560
Speaker 1: the phone. He's on the clock with that client. Oh

860
00:48:53,719 --> 00:48:59,560
Speaker 1: my gosh, that's saving money on tests. Give me a break.

861
00:49:00,040 --> 00:49:02,719
Speaker 1: Cincinnai Bengals Joe Burst set to sign his thirty six

862
00:49:02,800 --> 00:49:06,440
Speaker 1: million dollars deal. As you said, UM, the only UH

863
00:49:07,280 --> 00:49:10,800
Speaker 1: first round pick who is not signed is the Tennessee

864
00:49:10,920 --> 00:49:15,040
Speaker 1: Titans offensive tackle Isaiah Wilson. UH. He has not yet

865
00:49:15,120 --> 00:49:18,520
Speaker 1: comes to terms with his new team. UH. And Joe

866
00:49:18,600 --> 00:49:22,200
Speaker 1: Burrow at thirty six point one million dollar deal signed today.

867
00:49:22,760 --> 00:49:24,560
Speaker 1: That's all going on. Plus, we've got all the opt

868
00:49:24,600 --> 00:49:26,560
Speaker 1: outs of the National Football League. They're all coming around

869
00:49:26,600 --> 00:49:28,560
Speaker 1: and coming up. Right after the break is Ross Tucker,

870
00:49:28,640 --> 00:49:32,680
Speaker 1: the Ross Tucker Football Podcast, Radio dot Com NFL Insider,

871
00:49:32,719 --> 00:49:35,799
Speaker 1: the athletic contributor. He played seven seasons the National Football League.

872
00:49:35,880 --> 00:49:38,560
Speaker 1: Right after the Break one Bills Live presented by Kalida

873
00:49:38,640 --> 00:49:49,239
Speaker 1: Hell And this is Buffalo Bills Radio. Oh Ticklete blasters

874
00:49:49,280 --> 00:50:07,200
Speaker 1: down downs, do time Kee task along with Chris Brown.

875
00:50:07,280 --> 00:50:09,920
Speaker 1: We're here till three o'clock and on the line now

876
00:50:10,080 --> 00:50:13,120
Speaker 1: is Radio dot Com sports insider Ross Tucker. Insider calls

877
00:50:13,120 --> 00:50:15,480
Speaker 1: are brought to you by pens Oil motor oils made

878
00:50:15,600 --> 00:50:18,359
Speaker 1: from natural gas. The proof is in the pens Oil Ross.

879
00:50:18,440 --> 00:50:20,960
Speaker 1: Thanks for coming on, Steve Tasker Chris Brown here in Buffalo.

880
00:50:21,000 --> 00:50:23,200
Speaker 1: We gotta ask you the first question we ask all

881
00:50:23,239 --> 00:50:25,760
Speaker 1: of our guests. How are you doing during the pandemic?

882
00:50:25,960 --> 00:50:29,919
Speaker 1: Is your family safe? And well are you getting on okay? Well?

883
00:50:30,040 --> 00:50:32,440
Speaker 1: First of all, Steve, great, great to see you guys

884
00:50:32,600 --> 00:50:35,719
Speaker 1: and talk with you. It's always nice to go on

885
00:50:35,800 --> 00:50:39,080
Speaker 1: a radio station A where you played for a long time,

886
00:50:39,160 --> 00:50:43,000
Speaker 1: and B to see two guys that very familiar. Talked

887
00:50:43,040 --> 00:50:45,400
Speaker 1: with both you guys A bunch of times, you know,

888
00:50:45,400 --> 00:50:47,320
Speaker 1: a lot of times I go on these radio stations.

889
00:50:47,440 --> 00:50:50,920
Speaker 1: A it's audio only, and B I have no idea

890
00:50:50,960 --> 00:50:53,440
Speaker 1: who I'm talking to. So good to see a couple

891
00:50:53,560 --> 00:50:58,560
Speaker 1: of familiar faces and then be on in Buffalo. So yeah,

892
00:50:58,719 --> 00:51:02,600
Speaker 1: you know what, family is good. We are fortunate, everybody

893
00:51:03,320 --> 00:51:06,920
Speaker 1: is healthy, a lot of family time. Taught my daughters

894
00:51:07,000 --> 00:51:10,000
Speaker 1: how to ride their bikes. Now I'm giving them, or

895
00:51:10,000 --> 00:51:12,320
Speaker 1: at least getting them tennis lessons. That seems like a

896
00:51:12,400 --> 00:51:16,440
Speaker 1: pretty good social distance sport, you know, to be outside tennis,

897
00:51:16,520 --> 00:51:19,520
Speaker 1: So working on some of those things. Just like I

898
00:51:19,600 --> 00:51:24,239
Speaker 1: think a lot of people nervous about football season and

899
00:51:24,320 --> 00:51:27,080
Speaker 1: they'll just disappointed. I'm frustrated. I think, how could you

900
00:51:27,200 --> 00:51:30,680
Speaker 1: not be? And I know that there's a lot bigger

901
00:51:30,800 --> 00:51:34,240
Speaker 1: issues in our society right now, but it just thinks

902
00:51:34,360 --> 00:51:37,480
Speaker 1: that this is where we're at, where it seems like

903
00:51:37,520 --> 00:51:40,160
Speaker 1: a lot of things high school, college and the NFL

904
00:51:40,719 --> 00:51:43,400
Speaker 1: are somewhat up in the air. And you know, for

905
00:51:43,440 --> 00:51:47,080
Speaker 1: a broadcaster like me, I do the Eagles preseason games,

906
00:51:47,160 --> 00:51:50,439
Speaker 1: they're all gone. I think college football, I do games

907
00:51:50,480 --> 00:51:53,120
Speaker 1: for CPS Sports Network very much up in the air.

908
00:51:54,120 --> 00:51:56,600
Speaker 1: Even Westwood One I do sideline. I don't think they're

909
00:51:56,600 --> 00:51:59,000
Speaker 1: gonna have sideline this year. So I got a lot

910
00:51:59,080 --> 00:52:03,080
Speaker 1: of my gigs, Steve are dropping like flies. But I'll

911
00:52:03,120 --> 00:52:06,640
Speaker 1: be just fine. It could be a lot worse, Yeah, Ross,

912
00:52:06,760 --> 00:52:09,600
Speaker 1: I mean the every day Steve and I were just

913
00:52:09,600 --> 00:52:11,359
Speaker 1: talking about this in the last hour. Every day it's

914
00:52:11,400 --> 00:52:15,080
Speaker 1: something new that's coming down the pike, you know, between

915
00:52:15,160 --> 00:52:18,560
Speaker 1: COVID and the NFL, let alone the other sports, and

916
00:52:19,000 --> 00:52:22,640
Speaker 1: you know, now it's this wave of opt outs by players.

917
00:52:22,840 --> 00:52:25,360
Speaker 1: It seems as though a good number of them that

918
00:52:25,480 --> 00:52:28,719
Speaker 1: we've you know, seen reported are of the higher risk category.

919
00:52:28,800 --> 00:52:32,640
Speaker 1: So you certainly understand that. But as much as COVID

920
00:52:32,800 --> 00:52:36,200
Speaker 1: may claim the availability of players during the season. We're

921
00:52:36,239 --> 00:52:38,719
Speaker 1: not even there yet, and you've got guys pulling the

922
00:52:38,840 --> 00:52:43,000
Speaker 1: rip chord in some cases for legitimate reasons, but there

923
00:52:43,040 --> 00:52:47,160
Speaker 1: are others that are voluntarily opting out too. So where

924
00:52:47,760 --> 00:52:50,320
Speaker 1: does this kind of grab you in terms of what

925
00:52:50,480 --> 00:52:53,000
Speaker 1: you were expecting the opt out picture to look like

926
00:52:53,160 --> 00:52:57,600
Speaker 1: at the outset. Well, considering it's good question, and considering

927
00:52:58,040 --> 00:53:03,960
Speaker 1: that I've seen differing reports, one said Saturday, August first.

928
00:53:04,520 --> 00:53:08,160
Speaker 1: Another said Monday, August three, there's been some talk on

929
00:53:08,320 --> 00:53:11,560
Speaker 1: Twitter that maybe that even gets pushed back in terms

930
00:53:11,600 --> 00:53:15,080
Speaker 1: of the deadline for guys to make that decision. And

931
00:53:15,239 --> 00:53:17,439
Speaker 1: I guess I would tell you, guys, I'm a little

932
00:53:17,480 --> 00:53:20,600
Speaker 1: surprised how many guys are opting out. First of all,

933
00:53:20,960 --> 00:53:26,120
Speaker 1: I respect any decision anybody makes for whatever their reason, right,

934
00:53:26,239 --> 00:53:29,000
Speaker 1: I don't know their family situation, I don't know their

935
00:53:29,040 --> 00:53:32,640
Speaker 1: health situation. Anybody that makes a decision as far as

936
00:53:32,719 --> 00:53:36,200
Speaker 1: opt outs more power to them, therefore going the money

937
00:53:36,280 --> 00:53:39,200
Speaker 1: and everything else that goes along with it. But I

938
00:53:39,320 --> 00:53:45,719
Speaker 1: guess I am surprised because unlike the NBA or NHL,

939
00:53:45,960 --> 00:53:47,840
Speaker 1: where you kind of had to go into a bubble

940
00:53:47,920 --> 00:53:50,799
Speaker 1: and say goodbye to your family for an they send

941
00:53:50,840 --> 00:53:54,120
Speaker 1: a period of time. The NFL's not really asking you

942
00:53:54,400 --> 00:53:56,719
Speaker 1: to do that. You know, you're able to still live

943
00:53:56,760 --> 00:54:00,320
Speaker 1: with your family. So these guys are doing it because

944
00:54:00,360 --> 00:54:02,879
Speaker 1: they're worried about getting the virus and they're worried about

945
00:54:03,000 --> 00:54:05,600
Speaker 1: giving the virus to their family. It's not like the

946
00:54:05,640 --> 00:54:08,320
Speaker 1: guys the NBA who say, well, I'm gonna have a

947
00:54:08,440 --> 00:54:10,000
Speaker 1: baby born in the next week or two. I'm not

948
00:54:10,080 --> 00:54:11,880
Speaker 1: going into bubbles so I can't be with the baby.

949
00:54:12,320 --> 00:54:14,640
Speaker 1: These guys are able to do any of that stuff.

950
00:54:15,600 --> 00:54:18,480
Speaker 1: They just don't want to take that risk. And again

951
00:54:18,560 --> 00:54:22,279
Speaker 1: that's totally up to them. But I'm surprised. You know,

952
00:54:22,520 --> 00:54:24,600
Speaker 1: the way I look at it, I played seven years.

953
00:54:25,200 --> 00:54:29,120
Speaker 1: It was ages twenty two to twenty eight, and I

954
00:54:29,360 --> 00:54:34,160
Speaker 1: think about the risks right now, and for me, I

955
00:54:34,320 --> 00:54:40,600
Speaker 1: would still have CT, the significant orthopedic risk man of

956
00:54:40,680 --> 00:54:44,120
Speaker 1: back surgery and buffalo. My career ended with a herni

957
00:54:44,239 --> 00:54:48,520
Speaker 1: a disc in my neck in Washington. You know, I

958
00:54:48,680 --> 00:54:52,440
Speaker 1: mentioned CT, and even for me, guys like the financial risk, right,

959
00:54:52,480 --> 00:54:55,000
Speaker 1: so I made the minimum five of my seven years.

960
00:54:55,800 --> 00:55:00,160
Speaker 1: I'm not saying that COVID wouldn't be a concern. It

961
00:55:00,280 --> 00:55:03,919
Speaker 1: would be. It would just be not in the top

962
00:55:04,080 --> 00:55:08,680
Speaker 1: three or four on my risks, and I would play

963
00:55:09,360 --> 00:55:13,480
Speaker 1: because that money, the financial head start that I'd be

964
00:55:13,520 --> 00:55:16,200
Speaker 1: able to get from my family, would be worth the

965
00:55:16,320 --> 00:55:19,400
Speaker 1: risk to me at ages twenty two to twenty eight

966
00:55:19,560 --> 00:55:22,840
Speaker 1: without any of the pre existing conditions. We're talking with

967
00:55:23,000 --> 00:55:26,640
Speaker 1: Ross Tucker on the host of the Ross Tucker Football podcast,

968
00:55:26,680 --> 00:55:29,080
Speaker 1: and he's also a radio dot Com NFL inside a Ross,

969
00:55:29,800 --> 00:55:31,360
Speaker 1: I agree with you. I would have been in the

970
00:55:31,400 --> 00:55:33,800
Speaker 1: same boat. I would have made it work off the field.

971
00:55:33,840 --> 00:55:36,360
Speaker 1: The interesting thing about what you're talking about about the

972
00:55:36,480 --> 00:55:41,760
Speaker 1: NFL is this they're probably safer from getting the virus

973
00:55:41,880 --> 00:55:44,759
Speaker 1: when they're in the building than they are and this

974
00:55:44,840 --> 00:55:46,759
Speaker 1: has been the thing with college football as well. When

975
00:55:46,760 --> 00:55:49,239
Speaker 1: they get them inside the football operations thing. They've got

976
00:55:49,280 --> 00:55:51,719
Speaker 1: all these people washing their hands and leading these guys around,

977
00:55:51,760 --> 00:55:54,839
Speaker 1: They got masks on everybody's kind of everything's been disinfected.

978
00:55:55,239 --> 00:55:57,440
Speaker 1: They got these spray guns that spray everything down and

979
00:55:57,520 --> 00:56:01,600
Speaker 1: kill everything in their path, you know, So all they do,

980
00:56:02,280 --> 00:56:04,480
Speaker 1: all you really gotta do is you know what the

981
00:56:04,600 --> 00:56:08,359
Speaker 1: risk is when they leave the building. So you're talking

982
00:56:08,400 --> 00:56:11,439
Speaker 1: a guy like today Star Luti Lele Dante High Tower.

983
00:56:11,560 --> 00:56:15,520
Speaker 1: These guys opt out because they have either UH I

984
00:56:15,640 --> 00:56:19,239
Speaker 1: get it, type two diabetes, uh sickles sell. Some of

985
00:56:19,280 --> 00:56:21,719
Speaker 1: these guys do have some cancer survivors are in the

986
00:56:21,800 --> 00:56:24,880
Speaker 1: NFL as well, and they've got some underlying health issues.

987
00:56:24,920 --> 00:56:30,240
Speaker 1: Those go without a problem, but they're what you're asking

988
00:56:30,320 --> 00:56:33,080
Speaker 1: these veteran guys to do, who do have people at risk,

989
00:56:33,440 --> 00:56:35,520
Speaker 1: is to trust a twenty two year old rookie who's

990
00:56:35,560 --> 00:56:37,520
Speaker 1: fresh out of college and have money in his pocket

991
00:56:37,560 --> 00:56:40,320
Speaker 1: and fame and his in his back seat for the

992
00:56:40,400 --> 00:56:42,680
Speaker 1: first time in his life, expecting him not to go

993
00:56:42,800 --> 00:56:46,279
Speaker 1: out and mess things up for everybody. So I think

994
00:56:46,320 --> 00:56:48,680
Speaker 1: that's one of the reasons why I would be more hesitant.

995
00:56:48,880 --> 00:56:51,239
Speaker 1: But even so, I'm kind of with you. It'd be

996
00:56:51,800 --> 00:56:53,839
Speaker 1: I'd send the wife and kids away before I would

997
00:56:54,000 --> 00:56:57,319
Speaker 1: not take the money. Well, so there's there's a lot,

998
00:56:57,440 --> 00:57:00,200
Speaker 1: there's a lot there. I think you're right about out

999
00:57:00,400 --> 00:57:04,279
Speaker 1: it being safer when guys are actually in the facility

1000
00:57:04,520 --> 00:57:07,399
Speaker 1: than when they're home, there's no question. And that's really

1001
00:57:07,480 --> 00:57:10,000
Speaker 1: going to be the telltale sign of whether or not

1002
00:57:10,120 --> 00:57:14,040
Speaker 1: this season works is going to be what guys do

1003
00:57:14,160 --> 00:57:16,520
Speaker 1: away from the facility. I mean, I'll give you another one.

1004
00:57:16,600 --> 00:57:19,640
Speaker 1: I had doctor David Chow, a long time Chargers team doctor,

1005
00:57:20,280 --> 00:57:23,640
Speaker 1: on the Rosstucker Podcast, and he said, you're more likely

1006
00:57:23,760 --> 00:57:25,960
Speaker 1: to get it during the six days of the week

1007
00:57:26,560 --> 00:57:32,000
Speaker 1: other than game day because in day yeah, threes of

1008
00:57:32,160 --> 00:57:36,680
Speaker 1: like two second interactions, you're not really getting enough of

1009
00:57:37,440 --> 00:57:40,360
Speaker 1: you know whatever they call him particulates or whatever, of

1010
00:57:40,560 --> 00:57:43,000
Speaker 1: the virus from someone else that might have it. Plus

1011
00:57:43,360 --> 00:57:47,480
Speaker 1: the testing is just so significant that it's highly unlikely

1012
00:57:47,520 --> 00:57:50,200
Speaker 1: there'll be anybody out there on the field that has

1013
00:57:50,320 --> 00:57:53,040
Speaker 1: the virus. You know, a guy like Stars interesting, and

1014
00:57:53,120 --> 00:57:56,760
Speaker 1: I'm sure Chris has all the details, but he's got

1015
00:57:56,960 --> 00:58:02,240
Speaker 1: several million dollars guaranteed, so that just tolls to next year.

1016
00:58:02,920 --> 00:58:06,520
Speaker 1: So he's still getting that money, Like he's still getting that.

1017
00:58:07,120 --> 00:58:10,200
Speaker 1: It's the guys that it's not guaranteed and then it tolls,

1018
00:58:10,240 --> 00:58:12,840
Speaker 1: and it's like, I don't know if you're if you're

1019
00:58:12,840 --> 00:58:15,520
Speaker 1: actually gonna end up getting this or not. And I'd

1020
00:58:15,560 --> 00:58:18,560
Speaker 1: also say, this guy's like Star or a high Tower.

1021
00:58:19,120 --> 00:58:21,440
Speaker 1: They made a lot of money. I mean, they've made

1022
00:58:21,440 --> 00:58:23,920
Speaker 1: a lot of money already, and so I don't I

1023
00:58:23,960 --> 00:58:26,400
Speaker 1: don't know about USTe, but I was never in that position.

1024
00:58:26,480 --> 00:58:30,680
Speaker 1: You know, if I had fifteen million, twenty million dollars

1025
00:58:30,840 --> 00:58:36,520
Speaker 1: in the back, I don't know. Maybe sometimes with these

1026
00:58:36,600 --> 00:58:39,560
Speaker 1: guys that play a fifteen sixty year even Like I'll

1027
00:58:39,560 --> 00:58:42,120
Speaker 1: give you an example, Jason Peters, a guy we all

1028
00:58:42,200 --> 00:58:44,840
Speaker 1: know well, former teammate of mine in Buffalo. You know,

1029
00:58:44,920 --> 00:58:46,960
Speaker 1: he's thirty eight years old. He's coming back for three

1030
00:58:47,040 --> 00:58:54,520
Speaker 1: million dollars. He's made over one hundred million dollars. Yeah, yeah,

1031
00:58:54,560 --> 00:58:58,240
Speaker 1: we've lost Ross's internet is a little bit intermittent here.

1032
00:58:58,240 --> 00:59:00,200
Speaker 1: We're talking with Ross Tucker, the host of the Ross

1033
00:59:00,240 --> 00:59:04,120
Speaker 1: Tucker Football Podcast, Radio dot Com, NFL and Cider and

1034
00:59:04,240 --> 00:59:07,040
Speaker 1: also a contribute to the Athletic He played seven years

1035
00:59:07,080 --> 00:59:09,920
Speaker 1: in the National Football Season and oh three and o

1036
00:59:10,080 --> 00:59:13,080
Speaker 1: four he was here with Buffalo Russell. Let's move down

1037
00:59:13,400 --> 00:59:15,440
Speaker 1: down the list here of stuff we want to talk about.

1038
00:59:16,480 --> 00:59:19,640
Speaker 1: How much do you We've had this big ongoing about

1039
00:59:19,680 --> 00:59:22,840
Speaker 1: the AFC East, and for a long time during this

1040
00:59:23,000 --> 00:59:25,520
Speaker 1: offseason it looked like the Buffalo Bills were in the drivers.

1041
00:59:25,600 --> 00:59:31,280
Speaker 1: See Tom Brady was leaving New England and then and

1042
00:59:31,400 --> 00:59:33,280
Speaker 1: they lost a bunch of their key members of their

1043
00:59:33,360 --> 00:59:35,760
Speaker 1: defense that was number one in the league. Last year. Now,

1044
00:59:35,880 --> 00:59:38,360
Speaker 1: then they signed Cam Newton. Then everybody put the pump

1045
00:59:38,440 --> 00:59:40,480
Speaker 1: the brakes a little bit, and it's like, oh my gosh,

1046
00:59:40,520 --> 00:59:42,919
Speaker 1: maybe they're not going to be so bad now they've

1047
00:59:42,960 --> 00:59:46,040
Speaker 1: got all these guys opting out. How do you see

1048
00:59:46,080 --> 00:59:47,880
Speaker 1: the AFC East playing? How do you what do you

1049
00:59:47,960 --> 00:59:50,680
Speaker 1: think about the New England Patriots? What kind of field

1050
00:59:50,680 --> 00:59:53,960
Speaker 1: they're gonna team? Their team they're going to field when

1051
00:59:54,000 --> 00:59:58,400
Speaker 1: they've got zero linebackers returning from their number one defense

1052
00:59:58,440 --> 01:00:00,600
Speaker 1: and some other guys that are opting out. Patrick Chung

1053
01:00:00,720 --> 01:00:04,360
Speaker 1: is opted out today, so the right tackle is up out.

1054
01:00:04,440 --> 01:00:09,160
Speaker 1: So the Patriots, he got guys jumping ship and it's

1055
01:00:09,360 --> 01:00:12,600
Speaker 1: and I keep and I see it. But to me,

1056
01:00:13,240 --> 01:00:16,480
Speaker 1: I still don't think Bill Belichick has folded up the

1057
01:00:16,560 --> 01:00:18,600
Speaker 1: tent and said, I'm just gonna wait till twenty twenty one.

1058
01:00:18,680 --> 01:00:21,040
Speaker 1: I think they're still gonna find a way to be competitive.

1059
01:00:21,920 --> 01:00:25,560
Speaker 1: So I think they'll be competitive. But I think the

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Speaker 1: Bills are the favorites. I thought the Bills were the

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01:00:28,480 --> 01:00:32,880
Speaker 1: favorites before they know all these opt outs. The Cam

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01:00:33,000 --> 01:00:36,200
Speaker 1: Newton news didn't change it that much for me. I mean,

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01:00:36,320 --> 01:00:40,120
Speaker 1: listen the call and the Panthers didn't want them back.

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01:00:40,400 --> 01:00:43,200
Speaker 1: They cut them. They had a free role with Cam Newton.

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01:00:43,560 --> 01:00:46,480
Speaker 1: You know, they had him this year, no guaranteed money,

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01:00:47,160 --> 01:00:50,400
Speaker 1: eighteen million dollars, were the new head coach with a

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01:00:50,600 --> 01:00:54,000
Speaker 1: six year contract, and they chose to say, you know what,

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Speaker 1: we don't even want to see if Cam can be

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01:00:56,440 --> 01:00:58,320
Speaker 1: what he was before, which tells me they don't think

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01:00:58,360 --> 01:01:01,120
Speaker 1: he can be. And Ron Barrot didn't try real hard

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01:01:01,160 --> 01:01:04,320
Speaker 1: to get him in Washington either, So I'm skeptical of

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01:01:04,400 --> 01:01:07,120
Speaker 1: Cam Newton and what he can do. I think it's

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01:01:07,160 --> 01:01:10,240
Speaker 1: the Bill's time. I think Brandon Bean's done a terrific job.

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01:01:10,320 --> 01:01:13,760
Speaker 1: I think the Bills have a beautiful roster. You know,

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01:01:13,840 --> 01:01:17,080
Speaker 1: the Star News hurts for sure, but that's why they

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01:01:17,160 --> 01:01:20,960
Speaker 1: had Vernon Butler. If you look, the Bills have depth everywhere.

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01:01:20,960 --> 01:01:23,920
Speaker 1: It's the best roster they've had in a while. I

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01:01:24,080 --> 01:01:27,240
Speaker 1: think Josh Allen takes a step forward. If you've heard

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01:01:27,320 --> 01:01:31,640
Speaker 1: me anywhere on the podcast, I've been consistent. I've said

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01:01:31,720 --> 01:01:33,600
Speaker 1: this everywhere. I'm not just saying it because I'm on

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01:01:33,720 --> 01:01:36,160
Speaker 1: in Buffalo. I think it's the Bills here. I think

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01:01:36,200 --> 01:01:39,000
Speaker 1: it's the Bill's division and nothing that's happened with Cam

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01:01:39,120 --> 01:01:41,360
Speaker 1: Newton or these opt outs has changed that for me,

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01:01:42,480 --> 01:01:45,440
Speaker 1: and then Ross just with respect to you know what

1085
01:01:45,600 --> 01:01:49,200
Speaker 1: the league's doing right now with their NFL Top one hundred.

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01:01:49,800 --> 01:01:52,080
Speaker 1: You know, I think fans probably read into this more

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01:01:52,160 --> 01:01:56,160
Speaker 1: than anybody, and it's probably a program solely designed to

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01:01:56,640 --> 01:02:00,360
Speaker 1: appeal to the fans or tick them off. There's been

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Speaker 1: three Bills on the list so far. You had Josh

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01:02:03,680 --> 01:02:06,640
Speaker 1: Allen at eighty seven, and then last night they had

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01:02:06,680 --> 01:02:08,720
Speaker 1: Stefan Diggs, who hasn't even suited it up yet for

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01:02:08,800 --> 01:02:10,880
Speaker 1: the Bills. I think he was fifty four in tradevious

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01:02:10,920 --> 01:02:14,160
Speaker 1: White was forty seven. It seemed to me that the

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01:02:14,320 --> 01:02:17,960
Speaker 1: most blowback from fans on Twitter was with with White

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01:02:18,000 --> 01:02:21,440
Speaker 1: being forty seven, only forty seven, I guess was the

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01:02:21,600 --> 01:02:24,760
Speaker 1: major hang up. I mean, he is all pro. I

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01:02:24,840 --> 01:02:26,560
Speaker 1: think it's safe to say at this point in his

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01:02:26,680 --> 01:02:30,600
Speaker 1: career he's elite at the cornerback position. Why do you

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01:02:30,760 --> 01:02:34,520
Speaker 1: think the players who vote on these things made him

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01:02:34,680 --> 01:02:38,080
Speaker 1: forty seventh when he's already playing on a winning team

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01:02:38,120 --> 01:02:40,360
Speaker 1: that's gone to the playoffs two of the last three years.

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01:02:40,440 --> 01:02:44,520
Speaker 1: Why only forty seven for him? Uh? Because the way

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01:02:44,600 --> 01:02:49,400
Speaker 1: they do it, their process is really stupid. I think

1104
01:02:50,040 --> 01:02:54,280
Speaker 1: I think they're Ross Ross. Don't sugarcoat it. Don't sugarcoat

1105
01:02:56,640 --> 01:03:00,720
Speaker 1: They have each guy right down there, twenty best players

1106
01:03:00,760 --> 01:03:05,280
Speaker 1: are the fifteen best players, and then you know, when

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01:03:05,480 --> 01:03:09,120
Speaker 1: Patrick Mahomes is on every list, then he'll be number one.

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01:03:09,720 --> 01:03:13,000
Speaker 1: If you know a guy's sitting down there and they're

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01:03:13,040 --> 01:03:17,520
Speaker 1: writing the fifteen best players, I just think maybe it's

1110
01:03:17,520 --> 01:03:21,880
Speaker 1: because he plays in Buffalo. Maybe it's the name recognition.

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01:03:22,200 --> 01:03:24,000
Speaker 1: I just think that there were guys that would forget

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01:03:24,040 --> 01:03:27,200
Speaker 1: Turdavious White. You know, they would probably put down Patrick

1113
01:03:27,280 --> 01:03:30,720
Speaker 1: Peterson before him, or they put down whoever, you know,

1114
01:03:30,960 --> 01:03:34,520
Speaker 1: guys that have bigger brand names before they put down

1115
01:03:34,560 --> 01:03:39,160
Speaker 1: Turdavious White. But at the same time, who's writing down

1116
01:03:39,320 --> 01:03:41,400
Speaker 1: Josh Allen is one of the fifteen or twenty best

1117
01:03:41,480 --> 01:03:44,920
Speaker 1: players in the NFL. I mean, I'm high on Josh Allen,

1118
01:03:45,400 --> 01:03:47,720
Speaker 1: But who sat down there to write the top twenty

1119
01:03:47,760 --> 01:03:50,920
Speaker 1: and they're like, Josh Allen What I mean, Josh Allen

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01:03:51,000 --> 01:03:52,560
Speaker 1: is not one of the twenty best players in the NFL.

1121
01:03:53,200 --> 01:03:56,320
Speaker 1: I mean so, I mean, and they have Josh Allen

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01:03:56,360 --> 01:04:00,160
Speaker 1: in there, but not a guy like Carson Wentz. I mean, look, oh,

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Speaker 1: list is stupid. And I know Chris, you guys both

1124
01:04:04,320 --> 01:04:07,120
Speaker 1: probably work for the team, so you work for the Bills.

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01:04:07,320 --> 01:04:09,680
Speaker 1: I get it. You can't say it. I don't, so

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01:04:09,880 --> 01:04:13,000
Speaker 1: I can. They're getting exactly what they want out of it, right,

1127
01:04:13,120 --> 01:04:15,520
Speaker 1: I mean, they're getting people to talk about it. How

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Speaker 1: I mean in Philadelphia today, they're asking about everywhere I go,

1129
01:04:18,560 --> 01:04:21,000
Speaker 1: they're asking me about the list. I'm like, look, you're

1130
01:04:21,040 --> 01:04:25,360
Speaker 1: you're asking me to apply logic to an illogical process,

1131
01:04:25,440 --> 01:04:28,080
Speaker 1: and that's very difficult to do. Yeah, yeah, I agree

1132
01:04:28,120 --> 01:04:30,880
Speaker 1: with you one hundred percent. And anytime you get a

1133
01:04:30,960 --> 01:04:35,080
Speaker 1: fan vote in or guys players, they they're just trying

1134
01:04:35,080 --> 01:04:36,560
Speaker 1: to get it done. It's just one thing they don't

1135
01:04:36,600 --> 01:04:38,440
Speaker 1: really want to deal with, and they're they're jotting some

1136
01:04:38,560 --> 01:04:40,840
Speaker 1: things down, and I agree with you. What do you

1137
01:04:40,920 --> 01:04:44,040
Speaker 1: think about this today? Joe Burrow, the number one pick

1138
01:04:44,120 --> 01:04:46,600
Speaker 1: overall was head, just signed thirty six point one million.

1139
01:04:46,640 --> 01:04:49,080
Speaker 1: He gets I think twenty six million guaranteed or as

1140
01:04:49,080 --> 01:04:53,640
Speaker 1: a signing bonus going to Cincinnati, and I said congratulations

1141
01:04:53,680 --> 01:04:56,400
Speaker 1: to Cincinnati. I didn't know if I should congratulate Joe Burrow.

1142
01:04:56,480 --> 01:04:58,640
Speaker 1: How do you how do you think he's gonna do?

1143
01:04:58,840 --> 01:05:00,720
Speaker 1: This year in Cincinnati. Do you think it's gonna go

1144
01:05:00,800 --> 01:05:02,640
Speaker 1: for him? He had one of the all time great

1145
01:05:03,080 --> 01:05:06,800
Speaker 1: seasons as a college quarterback, and yeah, I think he's

1146
01:05:06,800 --> 01:05:10,240
Speaker 1: so yeah. So for me, Steve, I love the story,

1147
01:05:10,440 --> 01:05:13,360
Speaker 1: right like I love that he kind of a late bloomer,

1148
01:05:13,880 --> 01:05:17,600
Speaker 1: laid off in the Ohio State, had to transfer, had

1149
01:05:17,640 --> 01:05:20,160
Speaker 1: the okay year at LSU. Love the story, I mean,

1150
01:05:20,200 --> 01:05:22,680
Speaker 1: I I love the guy that has to work his

1151
01:05:22,800 --> 01:05:25,080
Speaker 1: way there. It isn't just more or less born with it.

1152
01:05:26,080 --> 01:05:28,400
Speaker 1: I think I think he's in trouble this year. I mean,

1153
01:05:28,480 --> 01:05:32,680
Speaker 1: first of all, I do offensive line rankings, and I'm

1154
01:05:32,720 --> 01:05:35,720
Speaker 1: going to talk about him on my fantasy podcast this week,

1155
01:05:35,800 --> 01:05:38,680
Speaker 1: the Fantasy Feast. But the Bengals still have the worst

1156
01:05:38,720 --> 01:05:42,160
Speaker 1: offensive line in the NFL. In the NFL and even

1157
01:05:42,240 --> 01:05:45,440
Speaker 1: if Jonah Williams back, the Bengals offensive line is terrible.

1158
01:05:46,040 --> 01:05:48,320
Speaker 1: So you've got the worst old line in the league

1159
01:05:49,040 --> 01:05:52,760
Speaker 1: with no practices together. I mean, I've seen some reports

1160
01:05:53,040 --> 01:05:57,200
Speaker 1: eight to fourteen padded practices before the first game, and

1161
01:05:57,440 --> 01:05:59,880
Speaker 1: he's trying to learn a new system. And I don't

1162
01:06:00,120 --> 01:06:02,960
Speaker 1: care how good he was on Zoom and they saw

1163
01:06:03,120 --> 01:06:06,720
Speaker 1: you taking the calls on Zoom. That's great. You know

1164
01:06:06,880 --> 01:06:11,360
Speaker 1: what Zoom doesn't do. Zoom doesn't hit you. Okay. That

1165
01:06:11,560 --> 01:06:14,200
Speaker 1: reminds me of all the quarterbacks I've played with, like

1166
01:06:14,400 --> 01:06:18,480
Speaker 1: JP Lassman or whoever that were great in practice right

1167
01:06:18,600 --> 01:06:21,160
Speaker 1: when they couldn't get hit, and then when the game end,

1168
01:06:21,920 --> 01:06:24,240
Speaker 1: things got a little bit different out there when they

1169
01:06:24,320 --> 01:06:27,120
Speaker 1: weren't wearing that red jersey anymore. So I don't care

1170
01:06:27,120 --> 01:06:30,640
Speaker 1: about Joom. I just think rookie quarterback learning a new

1171
01:06:30,760 --> 01:06:33,880
Speaker 1: offense with the worst offensive line in the NFL recipe

1172
01:06:33,960 --> 01:06:39,400
Speaker 1: for disaster. Speaking of quarterbacks, we saw the news about

1173
01:06:39,480 --> 01:06:43,080
Speaker 1: Alex Smith. I think he got put on active pup yesterday,

1174
01:06:43,160 --> 01:06:45,560
Speaker 1: but still I don't know if you watch that special

1175
01:06:45,680 --> 01:06:50,480
Speaker 1: on him that ESPN had his whole rehab sojourn if

1176
01:06:50,560 --> 01:06:54,120
Speaker 1: you will, I mean, you want to talk about extensive

1177
01:06:54,680 --> 01:06:56,880
Speaker 1: and they went behind the scenes with everything that I

1178
01:06:56,960 --> 01:07:00,160
Speaker 1: think a lot of NFL fans really don't see. You know,

1179
01:07:00,280 --> 01:07:03,920
Speaker 1: the lengths that players go through to come all the

1180
01:07:04,000 --> 01:07:07,160
Speaker 1: way back from a major injury like that, a career

1181
01:07:07,240 --> 01:07:11,000
Speaker 1: threatening injury. What do you ultimately think is gonna happen

1182
01:07:11,600 --> 01:07:13,640
Speaker 1: with Alex Smith down there? We know they've kind of

1183
01:07:13,680 --> 01:07:17,160
Speaker 1: hitched their wagon to Haskins. So what happens with Alex

1184
01:07:17,200 --> 01:07:20,800
Speaker 1: Smith ultimately? Do you think? Right? So? Perfect timing, Chris,

1185
01:07:20,880 --> 01:07:25,640
Speaker 1: because I literally yesterday had Stefanja Bell on the Rosstucker podcast.

1186
01:07:25,680 --> 01:07:28,160
Speaker 1: She's the one that did that whole sixty feet Yeah, yeah, yeah,

1187
01:07:28,200 --> 01:07:30,720
Speaker 1: the whole thing. She had the story Friday about him

1188
01:07:30,760 --> 01:07:34,480
Speaker 1: being medically cleared and the sentence I got, And I

1189
01:07:34,480 --> 01:07:36,800
Speaker 1: would encourage people to either listen to it or go

1190
01:07:36,880 --> 01:07:40,080
Speaker 1: to YouTube dot com slash Rostucker NFL if you want

1191
01:07:40,080 --> 01:07:42,200
Speaker 1: to watch it. Is it. He wants to push this

1192
01:07:42,400 --> 01:07:45,320
Speaker 1: thing as far as he can. He wants to see

1193
01:07:45,400 --> 01:07:51,480
Speaker 1: how far he can go. But I personally find it

1194
01:07:51,640 --> 01:07:56,320
Speaker 1: hard to believe that he would actually put himself in

1195
01:07:56,480 --> 01:07:59,520
Speaker 1: that lag in harm's way again. I mean he's I

1196
01:07:59,600 --> 01:08:03,680
Speaker 1: know he's competitive, but he's a really smart guy. He's

1197
01:08:03,720 --> 01:08:08,480
Speaker 1: made a ton of money, he's got three kids. I mean, guys,

1198
01:08:08,640 --> 01:08:12,200
Speaker 1: I played through a lot and I would, but I

1199
01:08:12,360 --> 01:08:15,000
Speaker 1: just find it hard. There's no chance I would play

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01:08:15,040 --> 01:08:17,200
Speaker 1: on that leg again if I were. He almost lost

1201
01:08:17,280 --> 01:08:20,200
Speaker 1: that leg. Yeah, I find it hard to believe. You know.

1202
01:08:20,360 --> 01:08:24,120
Speaker 1: I wonder, look he had when he signed that deal,

1203
01:08:24,800 --> 01:08:30,560
Speaker 1: he had three years of injury guarantees, right, so he

1204
01:08:30,800 --> 01:08:34,160
Speaker 1: has to do everything he can to try to come back,

1205
01:08:34,760 --> 01:08:37,960
Speaker 1: and then the team has to say no to get that.

1206
01:08:38,120 --> 01:08:41,439
Speaker 1: I just I guess I wonder if there's some money

1207
01:08:41,560 --> 01:08:44,080
Speaker 1: part of it involved there too, right, So I think

1208
01:08:44,200 --> 01:08:47,240
Speaker 1: number one, he wants to try to He wants to

1209
01:08:47,280 --> 01:08:50,000
Speaker 1: live his life and be able to you know, go

1210
01:08:50,200 --> 01:08:54,120
Speaker 1: snowboarding or skiing or whatever, and working his way back

1211
01:08:54,200 --> 01:08:57,080
Speaker 1: to be able to play football potentially was part of that.

1212
01:08:57,880 --> 01:09:01,080
Speaker 1: But I also think he needed everything on his end

1213
01:09:01,680 --> 01:09:05,000
Speaker 1: to make sure that, you know, on the financial end,

1214
01:09:05,000 --> 01:09:06,839
Speaker 1: that he gets taken care of. And I think Washington

1215
01:09:06,920 --> 01:09:12,200
Speaker 1: would anyway, but I'll reiterate, I'll be very surprised if

1216
01:09:12,240 --> 01:09:15,760
Speaker 1: Alex Smith is ever in a situation where someone is

1217
01:09:15,800 --> 01:09:20,040
Speaker 1: allowed to hit his leg in a live drill, live game.

1218
01:09:20,800 --> 01:09:28,639
Speaker 1: Do you really think Washington would do it anyway? Yeah,

1219
01:09:28,720 --> 01:09:33,639
Speaker 1: I think I think that the pr has been so yeah, yeah,

1220
01:09:34,120 --> 01:09:38,840
Speaker 1: that might have been. Yeah Alex Smith, after everybody saw

1221
01:09:38,960 --> 01:09:42,040
Speaker 1: those pictures. You know, he's got an injury guarantee, He's

1222
01:09:42,080 --> 01:09:44,720
Speaker 1: got a three year injury guarantee. The last thing I

1223
01:09:44,760 --> 01:09:46,479
Speaker 1: think they want to do is stiff him after all

1224
01:09:46,560 --> 01:09:49,320
Speaker 1: those pictures, and you know who knows. I mean, I

1225
01:09:49,400 --> 01:09:51,720
Speaker 1: don't think this is the case, but maybe that's part

1226
01:09:51,760 --> 01:09:54,840
Speaker 1: of the reason why he documented everything. Maybe he wanted

1227
01:09:54,880 --> 01:09:57,639
Speaker 1: to make sure that everybody saw those pictures and saw

1228
01:09:57,760 --> 01:10:02,559
Speaker 1: what he went through, so that that Washington could not say, oh, yeah,

1229
01:10:02,600 --> 01:10:04,639
Speaker 1: we're gonna try to get out of the last two

1230
01:10:04,720 --> 01:10:08,160
Speaker 1: years of your injury guarantee. It could work by the Asian. Yeah.

1231
01:10:08,760 --> 01:10:11,920
Speaker 1: Any any thoughts on the Washington Redskins and their their plight,

1232
01:10:12,360 --> 01:10:14,719
Speaker 1: not only the change of their nickname and their logo

1233
01:10:14,840 --> 01:10:18,240
Speaker 1: and all of that, but also the allegations that have

1234
01:10:18,360 --> 01:10:22,800
Speaker 1: beset them from their female employees. So on the name.

1235
01:10:23,240 --> 01:10:26,000
Speaker 1: That's that's interesting because I started my career there and

1236
01:10:26,240 --> 01:10:30,400
Speaker 1: finished it there, and I never really thought of it

1237
01:10:30,720 --> 01:10:32,960
Speaker 1: that way, and no never anybody bring it up to

1238
01:10:33,040 --> 01:10:34,720
Speaker 1: me that way. I feel like there's been a lot

1239
01:10:34,760 --> 01:10:38,120
Speaker 1: of momentum for that over the last ten years. I

1240
01:10:38,240 --> 01:10:40,280
Speaker 1: don't really care that much either way. I mean, I

1241
01:10:40,320 --> 01:10:41,920
Speaker 1: grew up an Eagles fan, you know, so I don't

1242
01:10:42,160 --> 01:10:44,679
Speaker 1: I don't really care what the name of the Washington

1243
01:10:44,760 --> 01:10:47,479
Speaker 1: football team is. But I'm looking in my home office

1244
01:10:47,560 --> 01:10:50,080
Speaker 1: right now. I got my frame jersey right there with

1245
01:10:50,400 --> 01:10:53,200
Speaker 1: the big Redskins emblem right there. I mean, I guess,

1246
01:10:53,640 --> 01:10:57,280
Speaker 1: like the helmets behind me, I guess it's all collectors items. Now,

1247
01:10:58,040 --> 01:11:02,120
Speaker 1: as for the culture there, I'm really not surprised. I mean,

1248
01:11:02,920 --> 01:11:09,040
Speaker 1: especially the part of the business guys trying to leverage

1249
01:11:09,160 --> 01:11:14,280
Speaker 1: the attire and looks of the women to get revenue.

1250
01:11:15,439 --> 01:11:20,920
Speaker 1: That does not surprise me at all. Daniel Snyder notoriously

1251
01:11:21,600 --> 01:11:24,120
Speaker 1: drives a hard bargain and I can tell you guys

1252
01:11:24,120 --> 01:11:25,880
Speaker 1: the stories some other time. But my second year in

1253
01:11:25,920 --> 01:11:29,479
Speaker 1: the league, I'm making the league minimum. The luxury box

1254
01:11:29,640 --> 01:11:34,320
Speaker 1: guy just hammered me. I mean, the luxury box guy

1255
01:11:35,080 --> 01:11:36,760
Speaker 1: was like, are you gonna get a luxury box? Do

1256
01:11:36,760 --> 01:11:38,800
Speaker 1: you want to get a luxury box? And I remember thinking, like,

1257
01:11:39,400 --> 01:11:43,040
Speaker 1: what are you talking about? I think it costs twenty

1258
01:11:43,080 --> 01:11:47,519
Speaker 1: thousand dollars. I'm making the second year minimum three hundred thousand.

1259
01:11:47,520 --> 01:11:50,400
Speaker 1: After taxes, it's one fifty. And I said, by the way,

1260
01:11:50,400 --> 01:11:52,479
Speaker 1: I don't know if I'm gonna make the team. So

1261
01:11:52,680 --> 01:11:56,240
Speaker 1: then it's like OTAs, I'm sitting there with the offensive

1262
01:11:56,280 --> 01:11:59,880
Speaker 1: line and the luxury box guy comes over me. He's like, hey, Ross.

1263
01:12:00,280 --> 01:12:04,400
Speaker 1: I'm like yeah. He's like, I checked, you're good. You're good.

1264
01:12:04,760 --> 01:12:07,920
Speaker 1: I'm literally next to the guys I'm competing with for

1265
01:12:08,080 --> 01:12:11,439
Speaker 1: a roster spot, and the luxury box guy told me

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Speaker 1: I made the team in May. It was great, And

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Speaker 1: when he walked away, the other guys are like, well,

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01:12:16,200 --> 01:12:20,360
Speaker 1: it's gotta be a pretty good feeling good in luxury

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Speaker 1: box and I just so so anyway, I said, look,

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Speaker 1: I'm not doing it, but my parents have a couple

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01:12:26,040 --> 01:12:28,479
Speaker 1: of rich friends like, oh, oh great. So I got

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Speaker 1: my parents a luxury box for the Steelers preseason game.

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Speaker 1: They loved it. We all knew I wasn't gonna get

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Speaker 1: a luxury box and neither were they, But we played

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Speaker 1: the Steelers. I was captain in the preseason. They were

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Speaker 1: all able to drink and eat and be in the

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Speaker 1: in the luxury box and love it. So who knows?

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Speaker 1: Those are the things we remember about our careers. Ross,

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Speaker 1: right there, Ross, thanks for coming on, man, it's great, Scenior.

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01:12:50,800 --> 01:12:52,599
Speaker 1: You looked great. I wish you the best the rest

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Speaker 1: of the pandemic and I hope we get sixteen games in.

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Speaker 1: Thanks a lot, Bro, of course. Likewise, guys, see you,

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Speaker 1: Let's see you. Ross. That was Radio Com Sports insider

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Speaker 1: Ross Tucker Insider calls are brought to you by Penn's

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Speaker 1: in the Penns Oil. Steve Tasker, Chris Brown coming back.

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Speaker 1: We're here till three o'clock. This is Buffalo Bill's Radio,

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Speaker 1: brought to you by Kalidah Health and this is One

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Speaker 1: Bills Live. Welcome back to One Bills Live. We'd like

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01:13:25,080 --> 01:13:27,840
Speaker 1: to thank Ross Tucker for coming on our program the

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Speaker 1: last half hour. It airs live twelve to three on

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Speaker 1: w GR of courses, that's what you're listening to us on.

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Speaker 1: We also usually are on MSG, although during the pandemic

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01:13:37,160 --> 01:13:39,760
Speaker 1: we have not been on television. You can stream us

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01:13:39,840 --> 01:13:43,440
Speaker 1: also on the Buffalo Bills app, the Buffalo Bills dot com, Spotify,

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Speaker 1: Google Play, Apple Podcast. You can go back to listen

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Speaker 1: and listen to any part of the show that you

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Speaker 1: missed on any of those platforms. We've been getting a

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Speaker 1: lot of feedback about our Twitter poll today. A lot

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01:13:55,080 --> 01:13:57,280
Speaker 1: of people are chiming in about how they feel. How

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Speaker 1: would you feel if the prominent chill out for this season,

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01:14:00,760 --> 01:14:05,479
Speaker 1: Star Lotulele is already taking that made that decision. Fifty

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01:14:05,520 --> 01:14:07,840
Speaker 1: percent of you say, hey, I'd understand if the player

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01:14:07,920 --> 01:14:11,080
Speaker 1: Slash family had an underlying condition. I get it. Thirty

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01:14:11,160 --> 01:14:13,080
Speaker 1: five percent of you say it's just another layer on

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01:14:13,160 --> 01:14:15,519
Speaker 1: a crazy season, and fifteen percent or fourteen and a

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01:14:15,520 --> 01:14:17,760
Speaker 1: half percent of you say, man, I'm mad because we

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01:14:17,840 --> 01:14:20,720
Speaker 1: got a shot this year. There's a lot in there,

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01:14:21,040 --> 01:14:23,000
Speaker 1: no question about it. We're getting a lot of feedback.

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Speaker 1: Brown We've got it. One from the first tweet sheet

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Speaker 1: of the day, tweet sheet brought to you by Corgan

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Speaker 1: Moving Systems, the official equipment movers of the Buffalo Bills.

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Speaker 1: That's right. So from Brian, he says, anyone choosing a

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01:14:35,120 --> 01:14:37,840
Speaker 1: is selfish. It's a sad life if you're ticked off

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Speaker 1: that a guy playing a game for your entertainment is

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01:14:40,200 --> 01:14:42,880
Speaker 1: trying to keep himself and his family safe during a

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01:14:43,000 --> 01:14:46,960
Speaker 1: global pandemic. So he's Brian's ticked off for a different reason.

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Speaker 1: He sticked off at you for being ticked off. Yeah,

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01:14:50,160 --> 01:14:51,880
Speaker 1: that's the world we live in, right there, Brownie in

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Speaker 1: the nutshell. Tim Donovan, also from the tweet sheet, another

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Speaker 1: step in, another step in a crazy year. That's all

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Speaker 1: you can say about these guys opting out. This season

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01:15:00,600 --> 01:15:04,080
Speaker 1: is going to be weird. I watched first Baseball go

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Speaker 1: without fans, and that was crazy and I can't even

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01:15:07,120 --> 01:15:09,839
Speaker 1: imagine what football is going to look like without fans.

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Speaker 1: I agree. I think we're all in this place now

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Speaker 1: where Brownie, because of what's going on around us, we

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Speaker 1: expect things to be weird and different, and which is

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Speaker 1: kind of because we're all kind of shut in a

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Speaker 1: little bit. We're kind of like ready for something to

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01:15:29,280 --> 01:15:30,960
Speaker 1: happen and we don't care what it is. Even if

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01:15:31,000 --> 01:15:34,519
Speaker 1: it's strange, it'll be interesting. We should mention that in

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Speaker 1: Mike Arafolo's report, the NFL network reporter on Star, he

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Speaker 1: is reporting that Star is taking a voluntary opt out

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Speaker 1: for this season. It is not a higher risk opt out.

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Speaker 1: So I just wanted to pass that along because I

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01:15:53,320 --> 01:15:54,920
Speaker 1: went back to his report and as I was going

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Speaker 1: through it, I was like, Oh, it says right here,

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Speaker 1: it's a voluntary opt out, that Scarafolo's report, So stud

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Speaker 1: I'd passed that along with respect to Star's decision. Are

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Speaker 1: we pressing ahead on the tweet sheet here? Yeah? Go ahead,

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01:16:08,439 --> 01:16:09,880
Speaker 1: let's go on the list. We've got a ton of

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Speaker 1: live from cloud Jumper one ninety. It's an unusual year.

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01:16:12,760 --> 01:16:14,920
Speaker 1: Gotta let that go. We all have to remember that

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01:16:15,080 --> 01:16:17,400
Speaker 1: NFL players are human too, and this virus doesn't care

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01:16:17,439 --> 01:16:19,840
Speaker 1: who you are. If you expose yourself to it, it's

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01:16:19,920 --> 01:16:23,240
Speaker 1: moving right in and wrecking stuff. Preservation of life should

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Speaker 1: always be top shelf on the priority list. I think

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Speaker 1: that's where most people sit and in it. And even

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Speaker 1: though and you'd heard Ross Tucker last half hour, he said,

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01:16:33,960 --> 01:16:37,000
Speaker 1: I don't care what any I respect any decision any

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Speaker 1: guy makes because he makes it for himself and his family.

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01:16:40,000 --> 01:16:42,680
Speaker 1: His conditions aren't the ones I project on him. He

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Speaker 1: knows better than anybody what the reasons are he's doing it,

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Speaker 1: and if if he wants to make a decision like this,

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Speaker 1: it's all up to him. I think that's a typical

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01:16:51,720 --> 01:16:54,840
Speaker 1: player's view, is what Ross Tucker said right there. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: Jason Mitchell went with b he said, but without the

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Speaker 1: if just I would understand. So, you know, I think

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Speaker 1: I think if there's one thing that's coming out of

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Speaker 1: this whole pandemic, Steve, it's it's helped people reassess their priorities.

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01:17:11,400 --> 01:17:14,000
Speaker 1: And it seems that the Bill's fan base is kind

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Speaker 1: of in the same boat based on some of the

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Speaker 1: responses that we've gotten. You know, you're there's one thing

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Speaker 1: that you've been able to do, it's spend a ton

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Speaker 1: more time with your family members because they're not out

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Speaker 1: and about doing their thing and you're not out and

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Speaker 1: about doing yours. And you know that's been a benefit.

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Speaker 1: I think a lot of people would say, where you

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Speaker 1: have a chance to just kind of stop and sit

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Speaker 1: out for a second and catch up with the people

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Speaker 1: that you live with, who are literally just passing at

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01:17:40,840 --> 01:17:42,680
Speaker 1: the at the door saying yeah, I'll see you later,

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01:17:42,720 --> 01:17:45,160
Speaker 1: I'll be back in five hours, or I'm off to work,

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01:17:45,400 --> 01:17:47,439
Speaker 1: you know, Oh I gotta work late. I'll see at seven.

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01:17:47,760 --> 01:17:49,920
Speaker 1: No chance to meet you up for dinner. It's like

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01:17:50,520 --> 01:17:54,400
Speaker 1: family dinners the highlight of the day. Not right, it is.

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01:17:54,680 --> 01:17:58,519
Speaker 1: I mean it's like, oh, hey, well right, let's go

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Speaker 1: to the bailbox. Yeah yeah, yeah, package come listen this

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Speaker 1: the ups Man. It's like here on first name basis

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01:18:07,160 --> 01:18:12,599
Speaker 1: with him, right, Chris, I greet the ups Man more

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01:18:12,840 --> 01:18:16,360
Speaker 1: like more heartily than I do, Santa Claus. I'm telling you.

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Speaker 1: Also down further on the list, Rob Finkel has a

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01:18:19,600 --> 01:18:24,880
Speaker 1: great thing. He voted a without even saying it, but

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01:18:25,000 --> 01:18:28,360
Speaker 1: he said we'll star star lutul still get a ring

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Speaker 1: when we win the super Bowl this year. Prop thinks

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01:18:33,360 --> 01:18:37,639
Speaker 1: it's all said and done. That's interesting. I hope somebody

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01:18:37,720 --> 01:18:39,840
Speaker 1: rings wins a ring this year. I just hope the

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01:18:39,880 --> 01:18:42,519
Speaker 1: season goes off and somebody gets there. We can get

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Speaker 1: through seventeen games, sixteen weeks, seventeen weeks and the playoffs.

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Speaker 1: That'll be so nice. How about this one though from

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01:18:50,200 --> 01:18:52,880
Speaker 1: Nick uh He's at the bottom of our latest tweet

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01:18:52,920 --> 01:18:58,320
Speaker 1: sheet here. He chose all of the above, so he's ticked.

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01:18:58,680 --> 01:19:02,240
Speaker 1: He understands, and he realizes it's just another layer in

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01:19:02,280 --> 01:19:04,400
Speaker 1: a crazy season. He went all of the above. If

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Speaker 1: that doesn't sum it up best, I don't know what does. Yeah,

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01:19:07,240 --> 01:19:11,479
Speaker 1: but again that is it's a great point because you

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01:19:11,600 --> 01:19:14,080
Speaker 1: feel all of those things at the same time. You

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01:19:14,160 --> 01:19:16,080
Speaker 1: feel all of them at the same time, and you're

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01:19:16,120 --> 01:19:19,920
Speaker 1: kind of disgusted, disappointed, mad, and it's like then it's

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Speaker 1: also at the end of it, you just shrug your

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01:19:21,320 --> 01:19:24,360
Speaker 1: shoulders and said, you know, it's just all right whatever. Yeah,

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01:19:24,520 --> 01:19:26,519
Speaker 1: I mean, I'm I'm you know, I'm going to get

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01:19:26,600 --> 01:19:29,280
Speaker 1: gas and I'm wearing a face mask, so what else

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01:19:29,320 --> 01:19:33,280
Speaker 1: could be weird? Right, It's like, yeah, it all sucks,

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01:19:33,560 --> 01:19:37,040
Speaker 1: but I get it. I'll second here we are. What

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01:19:37,800 --> 01:19:40,839
Speaker 1: else is there? Steve Tasker, Chris Brown here untill three o'clock?

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01:19:40,920 --> 01:19:43,680
Speaker 1: We got, we got what's for lunch. We got a

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01:19:43,800 --> 01:19:47,000
Speaker 1: ton of stuff going on. As the names still trickle

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Speaker 1: in with who's opting out of the National Football League season,

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Speaker 1: one Buffalo Bill that we know of that has opted

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Speaker 1: out is Starlow tu Lalay. There have been five or

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Speaker 1: six New England Patriots that have opted out. They are

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Speaker 1: ravaged by free agency, by the departure of Tom Brady,

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01:20:04,760 --> 01:20:08,080
Speaker 1: and by the number one defensive roster that they had

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01:20:08,120 --> 01:20:10,960
Speaker 1: a year ago has now been ravaged by departures both

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Speaker 1: but free agency and opt outs. They have not a

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Speaker 1: single solitary linebacker from their number one defensive a year ago.

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Speaker 1: It'll be interesting for New England Patriots this season. I

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Speaker 1: still don't think they're gonna go anywhere, but I you

1421
01:20:26,680 --> 01:20:28,760
Speaker 1: know that it's gonna be rough year for them. I

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Speaker 1: would think former Buffalo Bill's wide receiver Marquis good One

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Speaker 1: opted out because of family concerns. He's got a young

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Speaker 1: child and he has another family member that he takes

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Speaker 1: care of. A ton of guys are giving us some thoughts.

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Speaker 1: We also have some guys who are cancer survivors who

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Speaker 1: are opting out, and a cancer survivor who opted in

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Speaker 1: in Connors, the running back from Pittsburgh. So there's every

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Speaker 1: It's like society, Brownie, you get every every decision possible

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Speaker 1: for every reason possible, and the National Football League and

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01:21:04,200 --> 01:21:08,679
Speaker 1: their players seem no different. Yeah, and you know there's

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01:21:08,720 --> 01:21:12,280
Speaker 1: another one here that just came down. Mike vrabel is

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01:21:12,479 --> 01:21:17,760
Speaker 1: confirming to NFL Networks Mike Giardi that tackle Anthony McKinney

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Speaker 1: has told the Titans that he is opting out for

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01:21:21,240 --> 01:21:23,880
Speaker 1: the twenty twenty season. That just crossed a little while ago.

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Speaker 1: So the name's keep trickling in here. I don't believe

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Speaker 1: that McKinney is a starter. I'm gonna double check on that.

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01:21:36,240 --> 01:21:37,800
Speaker 1: So let me see what I come up with here

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01:21:38,360 --> 01:21:42,080
Speaker 1: as I kind of scroll through, because they have they

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01:21:42,160 --> 01:21:46,519
Speaker 1: still have Taylor Lawan. They don't have Jack Conchelin there anymore.

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01:21:46,560 --> 01:21:51,519
Speaker 1: He went to Cleveland last year, So let's see here. Yeah,

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01:21:51,600 --> 01:21:54,719
Speaker 1: he's not a starter, he's a backup. So they're losing

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01:21:54,760 --> 01:22:00,280
Speaker 1: a backup offensive tackle because they drafted Isaiah Wilson first

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01:22:00,360 --> 01:22:02,960
Speaker 1: round this year out of Georgia, and then they have

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01:22:03,360 --> 01:22:05,719
Speaker 1: Lawan as I mentioned, and Dennis Kelly's the other tackles.

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01:22:05,720 --> 01:22:08,080
Speaker 1: So yeah, you're starting to hear things around the National

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01:22:08,120 --> 01:22:10,680
Speaker 1: Football League about guys who's opting out, who's in. And

1448
01:22:10,800 --> 01:22:13,479
Speaker 1: also we're starting because training camps are starting, You're starting

1449
01:22:13,520 --> 01:22:17,960
Speaker 1: to get snippets of access to guys like John Elways

1450
01:22:18,040 --> 01:22:20,280
Speaker 1: being quoted here on Twitter throughout the day. You got

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01:22:20,360 --> 01:22:22,920
Speaker 1: Tom Talesco, who's starting to emerge. You know, we haven't

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01:22:22,960 --> 01:22:25,840
Speaker 1: heard from any of these guys all offseason, Brownie. Now

1453
01:22:26,000 --> 01:22:30,280
Speaker 1: because of training camps opening, they're gonna have regular access

1454
01:22:30,479 --> 01:22:33,360
Speaker 1: to the medium, will start to hear things. John Elways

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01:22:33,400 --> 01:22:35,639
Speaker 1: says he about the you know, he's in the AFC

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01:22:35,840 --> 01:22:40,200
Speaker 1: West with the Chiefs and Patrick Mahomes and he says, hey,

1457
01:22:40,479 --> 01:22:44,479
Speaker 1: he called Patrick Mahomes best player in football and he

1458
01:22:44,680 --> 01:22:47,080
Speaker 1: deserved that contract. And in fact, he wishes that the

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01:22:47,160 --> 01:22:49,439
Speaker 1: Kansas City Chiefs would have paid him more because because

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01:22:49,479 --> 01:22:51,479
Speaker 1: he wished, they was soaked up all their cap money

1461
01:22:51,520 --> 01:22:53,760
Speaker 1: on the guy, so they couldn't pay anybody else but

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01:22:53,880 --> 01:22:55,880
Speaker 1: not to be the Chiefs are still going to be good.

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01:22:55,920 --> 01:23:01,240
Speaker 1: And John Elways in that division, well yeah, um, and

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01:23:01,400 --> 01:23:04,040
Speaker 1: I like, you know, I think Drew Locke is kind

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01:23:04,040 --> 01:23:06,439
Speaker 1: of a sneaky quarterback this year for the Broncos when

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01:23:06,479 --> 01:23:07,640
Speaker 1: you think about it, I mean, it went four and

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01:23:07,720 --> 01:23:09,160
Speaker 1: one as a started last year. I don't think it's

1468
01:23:09,160 --> 01:23:10,760
Speaker 1: gonna set the world on fire, but I think they're

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01:23:10,800 --> 01:23:13,600
Speaker 1: gonna get some I think Vic Fangio's defense is going

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01:23:13,640 --> 01:23:16,680
Speaker 1: to hold them in some games. And I think, you know,

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Speaker 1: Locke may win a couple of games that some teams

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01:23:18,680 --> 01:23:21,439
Speaker 1: don't expect them to. So it's gonna be interesting to

1473
01:23:21,520 --> 01:23:23,599
Speaker 1: see that team this year for a host of reasons.

1474
01:23:23,920 --> 01:23:25,720
Speaker 1: And the Bills are playing in the AFC West, So

1475
01:23:26,800 --> 01:23:29,719
Speaker 1: I'm kind of just gotta hope we get there, Steve,

1476
01:23:30,120 --> 01:23:31,640
Speaker 1: I just gotta hope we get there. I have no

1477
01:23:31,800 --> 01:23:36,200
Speaker 1: worries about the league starting. I am wondering about whether

1478
01:23:36,240 --> 01:23:42,040
Speaker 1: it's gonna finish, right, Yeah, that's the thing. Is it

1479
01:23:42,120 --> 01:23:44,080
Speaker 1: gonna be paused? Is it gonna be delayed? Is it

1480
01:23:44,200 --> 01:23:47,160
Speaker 1: going to be changed? Is it gonna be extended delayed?

1481
01:23:47,640 --> 01:23:49,400
Speaker 1: Is it gonna be cut short? Is it gonna be

1482
01:23:50,479 --> 01:23:51,880
Speaker 1: you know, is it just they just gonna pull the

1483
01:23:51,960 --> 01:23:56,439
Speaker 1: plug and say forget it? Are we gonna be playing

1484
01:23:56,640 --> 01:24:01,320
Speaker 1: meaningful football? Games in April. All of that stuff is

1485
01:24:01,400 --> 01:24:05,080
Speaker 1: on the table. And and quite frankly, Brownie and I

1486
01:24:05,160 --> 01:24:09,160
Speaker 1: know you share this, none of it would surprise me. No, Well,

1487
01:24:10,680 --> 01:24:14,839
Speaker 1: we got hockey coming up in August, got NBA in August.

1488
01:24:14,960 --> 01:24:22,240
Speaker 1: So yeah, I mean, anything's possible, right it it the

1489
01:24:22,520 --> 01:24:26,320
Speaker 1: NFL's ability, this is Albert Breer says, this the NFL's

1490
01:24:26,320 --> 01:24:28,760
Speaker 1: ability to pull this off rights largely on how well

1491
01:24:28,800 --> 01:24:31,799
Speaker 1: the country does dealing with the virus. If things improve

1492
01:24:31,880 --> 01:24:34,280
Speaker 1: in the United States, the NFL's got a chance. If

1493
01:24:34,360 --> 01:24:38,120
Speaker 1: it doesn't, it's gonna be tough. Um. One of the

1494
01:24:38,200 --> 01:24:41,559
Speaker 1: things they point to in that assertion is how well

1495
01:24:41,840 --> 01:24:44,280
Speaker 1: European soccer has done. You said it yourself that they're

1496
01:24:44,320 --> 01:24:46,880
Speaker 1: getting like zero tests over there, But that was after

1497
01:24:46,960 --> 01:24:51,360
Speaker 1: the country was absolutely ravaged by the virus. So everybody

1498
01:24:51,479 --> 01:24:55,720
Speaker 1: was on board with staying socially distanced, wearing masks, doing

1499
01:24:55,800 --> 01:24:59,120
Speaker 1: everything they possibly could not to share uh, the virus.

1500
01:24:59,200 --> 01:25:02,280
Speaker 1: If they were as tramatic, that is because they were

1501
01:25:02,320 --> 01:25:06,200
Speaker 1: absolutely startled into fear of that thing. And now for

1502
01:25:06,320 --> 01:25:10,760
Speaker 1: that reason, Germany handled it really well, right. Italy had

1503
01:25:10,800 --> 01:25:14,559
Speaker 1: a longer road back, England had a longer road back,

1504
01:25:14,640 --> 01:25:17,040
Speaker 1: but they made it work so right, and that was

1505
01:25:17,080 --> 01:25:21,400
Speaker 1: after but they did go. Now, certainly, their populations aren't

1506
01:25:21,680 --> 01:25:25,800
Speaker 1: as large as the United States, and it's not as

1507
01:25:25,920 --> 01:25:28,400
Speaker 1: vast a landmass as the United States. I mean, Italy

1508
01:25:28,520 --> 01:25:32,839
Speaker 1: is a peninsula, and you know Great Britain is England

1509
01:25:32,960 --> 01:25:36,599
Speaker 1: is an island, so a little bit easier to guard

1510
01:25:36,680 --> 01:25:41,160
Speaker 1: the borders there. But the way it ravaged Italy, you know,

1511
01:25:41,360 --> 01:25:44,680
Speaker 1: everybody was shaken into a fear of it, and I

1512
01:25:44,760 --> 01:25:48,040
Speaker 1: think the healthy fear of spreading it around, you know,

1513
01:25:48,240 --> 01:25:51,719
Speaker 1: translated in their into their ability to get their soccer

1514
01:25:51,800 --> 01:25:54,120
Speaker 1: teams back on the field, and that'll affect how it

1515
01:25:54,200 --> 01:25:56,920
Speaker 1: goes in football. Coming up, What's for lunch? Coming up?

1516
01:25:57,240 --> 01:25:59,920
Speaker 1: And also more about the COVID nineteen and how the

1517
01:26:00,120 --> 01:26:02,639
Speaker 1: NFL is starting training camp. Steve Tasker and Chris Brown

1518
01:26:02,720 --> 01:26:06,160
Speaker 1: on Buffalo Bill's Radio. This is presented by Kalidah Health

1519
01:26:06,240 --> 01:26:16,400
Speaker 1: and this is one Bill's Lives. I'm gonna remind all

1520
01:26:16,400 --> 01:26:18,719
Speaker 1: of the listeners one of those lives that Captain Circles

1521
01:26:18,760 --> 01:26:20,880
Speaker 1: presented by Lebat Blue Light. It's going to return for

1522
01:26:20,960 --> 01:26:24,439
Speaker 1: the anticipated series finale on Sunday, August second. It airs

1523
01:26:24,479 --> 01:26:27,519
Speaker 1: at seven pm on the Bills YouTube channel and Facebook page,

1524
01:26:27,520 --> 01:26:30,160
Speaker 1: as well as the Sabers YouTube channel on Facebook page.

1525
01:26:30,400 --> 01:26:33,759
Speaker 1: The episode This episode, the final episode, features Bill's legends

1526
01:26:34,160 --> 01:26:38,400
Speaker 1: Lorenzo Alexander and Darryl Talley along with Sabers legends Stu

1527
01:26:38,560 --> 01:26:42,439
Speaker 1: Barnes and Danny Garet. That's coming up Captain's Circle, presented

1528
01:26:42,479 --> 01:26:45,719
Speaker 1: by Lebat Blue Lights, Sunday, August second, seven pm, Brownie.

1529
01:26:45,720 --> 01:26:49,439
Speaker 1: Have you seen any of those? I did catch the

1530
01:26:49,520 --> 01:26:51,960
Speaker 1: first one, I have not caught out the second one yet. Yeah,

1531
01:26:52,000 --> 01:26:54,080
Speaker 1: they're pretty good. You should go. You get those guys

1532
01:26:54,240 --> 01:26:56,600
Speaker 1: talking about, you know, the instances that they've in, some

1533
01:26:56,680 --> 01:26:59,760
Speaker 1: stories that they've got to tell us. It's always fun.

1534
01:27:00,040 --> 01:27:02,920
Speaker 1: I don't know if not everybody enjoys old guys talking

1535
01:27:02,920 --> 01:27:06,280
Speaker 1: about their athletic proze, but a lot of this, particularly

1536
01:27:06,280 --> 01:27:08,920
Speaker 1: the one with Kelly and Kyle Williams along with Mike

1537
01:27:08,960 --> 01:27:11,800
Speaker 1: Felino and Mike Peca, they talked about each other and

1538
01:27:11,880 --> 01:27:13,800
Speaker 1: what they noticed about each other when they were playing,

1539
01:27:14,000 --> 01:27:16,160
Speaker 1: and it was pretty interesting and it was kind of

1540
01:27:16,200 --> 01:27:18,400
Speaker 1: fun to listen to. So I recommend that to all

1541
01:27:18,439 --> 01:27:21,920
Speaker 1: our listeners. Coming up seven pm on Sunday Night on

1542
01:27:22,000 --> 01:27:25,200
Speaker 1: the Bills and Sabers YouTube channels. Also, we got time.

1543
01:27:25,200 --> 01:27:26,320
Speaker 1: I don't know if we have time for this. We

1544
01:27:26,400 --> 01:27:29,920
Speaker 1: could skip lunch today, Brown, Yeah, I will tell you that.

1545
01:27:30,920 --> 01:27:34,000
Speaker 1: You know, we were talking about the Miami Marlins outbreak

1546
01:27:34,080 --> 01:27:37,799
Speaker 1: and the ripple effects of that across Major League Baseball.

1547
01:27:38,320 --> 01:27:42,160
Speaker 1: There are some reports here, although not from the league itself,

1548
01:27:42,360 --> 01:27:45,559
Speaker 1: that the Marlins season at least temporarily has been put

1549
01:27:45,640 --> 01:27:49,519
Speaker 1: on pause to allow the team to continue to monitor

1550
01:27:50,160 --> 01:27:53,360
Speaker 1: the health and safety of their players. So if anybody

1551
01:27:53,479 --> 01:27:56,240
Speaker 1: has the Marlins on their schedule, it seems in the

1552
01:27:56,400 --> 01:27:59,519
Speaker 1: very near future those games are going to be pushed off,

1553
01:27:59,600 --> 01:28:03,360
Speaker 1: at least for now. So interesting because I think, what

1554
01:28:03,479 --> 01:28:07,080
Speaker 1: were they up to fourteen positive cases between players and

1555
01:28:07,200 --> 01:28:09,960
Speaker 1: coaches there, and you only really have a roster of

1556
01:28:10,360 --> 01:28:13,960
Speaker 1: twenty five, you know, up to about seven or eight

1557
01:28:14,000 --> 01:28:17,200
Speaker 1: coaches if it's on a large side, so you know,

1558
01:28:17,240 --> 01:28:20,519
Speaker 1: that's about hit half your squad. So interesting there. We'll

1559
01:28:20,560 --> 01:28:22,679
Speaker 1: have to see where it goes, says Major League Baseball

1560
01:28:22,760 --> 01:28:26,680
Speaker 1: kind of deals with that on an hour by hour basis, right,

1561
01:28:26,760 --> 01:28:28,680
Speaker 1: And we're still keeping our ear to the ground as

1562
01:28:29,160 --> 01:28:31,479
Speaker 1: names trickle in on the list of guys who have

1563
01:28:31,680 --> 01:28:35,240
Speaker 1: opted out, both for medical reasons, and for just action,

1564
01:28:35,439 --> 01:28:37,080
Speaker 1: you know, just not wanted to take part in it.

1565
01:28:37,200 --> 01:28:40,600
Speaker 1: Starlutu Lele just took that option, and a bunch of

1566
01:28:41,200 --> 01:28:46,160
Speaker 1: Patriot players have also jumped off that bandwagon for playing

1567
01:28:46,200 --> 01:28:49,320
Speaker 1: this season. And it looks like the player I just

1568
01:28:49,479 --> 01:28:52,200
Speaker 1: mentioned for the Titans, that first round pick, Isaiah Wilson,

1569
01:28:52,240 --> 01:28:55,160
Speaker 1: the offensive tackle out of Georgia, he was just placed

1570
01:28:55,240 --> 01:28:58,800
Speaker 1: on the COVID nineteen list by the Titans, so he'll

1571
01:28:58,840 --> 01:29:03,080
Speaker 1: be in quarantine now. So yeah, I mean, between the

1572
01:29:03,200 --> 01:29:07,040
Speaker 1: opt outs and the COVID listings, it's gonna be a

1573
01:29:07,120 --> 01:29:10,320
Speaker 1: busy week coming up here now. I don't know how

1574
01:29:10,360 --> 01:29:12,080
Speaker 1: they're gonna keep I don't know how they're gonna keep

1575
01:29:12,240 --> 01:29:17,880
Speaker 1: on top of it. It is. It's just it's ever

1576
01:29:18,080 --> 01:29:22,760
Speaker 1: changing there. And on top of this as well, every

1577
01:29:22,840 --> 01:29:25,840
Speaker 1: team is probably most teams, probably every team in the

1578
01:29:25,960 --> 01:29:28,000
Speaker 1: end is probably gonna get down to eighty guys on

1579
01:29:28,120 --> 01:29:31,000
Speaker 1: their squad. That all happens in the next couple of weeks,

1580
01:29:31,080 --> 01:29:33,800
Speaker 1: which means the Bills still have six guys, well five guys.

1581
01:29:33,880 --> 01:29:37,160
Speaker 1: They've got to kick to the curb, so to speak,

1582
01:29:37,800 --> 01:29:39,800
Speaker 1: to get down to that eighty one man roster. They're

1583
01:29:39,800 --> 01:29:42,040
Speaker 1: eighty one is Christian way. They get an exemption for

1584
01:29:42,080 --> 01:29:44,200
Speaker 1: the international player. There's probably a handful of other teams

1585
01:29:44,240 --> 01:29:47,519
Speaker 1: that also get that same exemption as well, but everybody else,

1586
01:29:47,560 --> 01:29:49,240
Speaker 1: it looks like the league and the league is bending

1587
01:29:49,320 --> 01:29:51,320
Speaker 1: the rules to make it really tough for teams to

1588
01:29:51,439 --> 01:29:54,760
Speaker 1: keep ninety players. And quite frankly, Brownie, I've said it

1589
01:29:54,840 --> 01:29:56,800
Speaker 1: from the beginning. I thought that's the opposite thing they

1590
01:29:56,840 --> 01:29:59,760
Speaker 1: should have done. They should have let these teams carry

1591
01:29:59,800 --> 01:30:02,240
Speaker 1: these ninety guys, get them up to speed so that

1592
01:30:02,320 --> 01:30:04,800
Speaker 1: they can click them back into the system, you know,

1593
01:30:04,960 --> 01:30:08,599
Speaker 1: with two weeks notice, to use them as warm bodies

1594
01:30:08,640 --> 01:30:11,599
Speaker 1: to get these teams on the field. Yeah. I think

1595
01:30:11,640 --> 01:30:14,960
Speaker 1: the only issue with that was when you're up at ninety,

1596
01:30:16,280 --> 01:30:20,599
Speaker 1: there are there's more separation that has to take place

1597
01:30:21,360 --> 01:30:24,960
Speaker 1: just based on the groupings of people when you're up

1598
01:30:24,960 --> 01:30:27,320
Speaker 1: at ninety that you don't have to do when you're

1599
01:30:27,360 --> 01:30:29,840
Speaker 1: down at eighty. I remember reading something about that, and

1600
01:30:29,960 --> 01:30:32,280
Speaker 1: that was the reason that they decided on eighty as

1601
01:30:32,320 --> 01:30:34,639
Speaker 1: the proper number. I think you would have to set

1602
01:30:34,720 --> 01:30:38,760
Speaker 1: up a whole separate grouping of people for proper distancing. Yeah,

1603
01:30:38,840 --> 01:30:42,760
Speaker 1: for proper distancing and separation in these early stages of

1604
01:30:43,080 --> 01:30:45,519
Speaker 1: strength and conditioning and all of that stuff. Why does

1605
01:30:45,520 --> 01:30:47,840
Speaker 1: it go? Why does it huge change has to happen

1606
01:30:47,880 --> 01:30:50,280
Speaker 1: with just ten extra guys? Yeah, I gotta go back

1607
01:30:50,320 --> 01:30:52,840
Speaker 1: and look. I just remember reading something in Peter King's

1608
01:30:52,880 --> 01:30:55,040
Speaker 1: column about that as to why they settled on eighty

1609
01:30:55,240 --> 01:30:58,160
Speaker 1: Because to me, that's probably true in the regular population.

1610
01:30:58,200 --> 01:31:00,599
Speaker 1: But you got a population here there's getting test every day.

1611
01:31:01,920 --> 01:31:04,760
Speaker 1: So what are we talking about those ten guys making

1612
01:31:04,800 --> 01:31:07,559
Speaker 1: that any difference. I had a hard time understanding it myself,

1613
01:31:07,960 --> 01:31:10,160
Speaker 1: So I'm gonna have to go back and check. Yeah,

1614
01:31:10,280 --> 01:31:12,920
Speaker 1: all right, Well I'll let you know what I find. Yeah,

1615
01:31:13,040 --> 01:31:17,280
Speaker 1: I'm probably at sent right and some at some point

1616
01:31:18,120 --> 01:31:20,519
Speaker 1: our ignorance of the entire situation is going to come

1617
01:31:20,600 --> 01:31:24,120
Speaker 1: full circle. And uh, but for right now, I'm still

1618
01:31:24,120 --> 01:31:32,080
Speaker 1: off in the wilderness shouting. So right, all right, Steve Tasker,

1619
01:31:33,000 --> 01:31:36,599
Speaker 1: Chris Brown here till three o'clock we come back. Right,

1620
01:31:36,680 --> 01:31:40,200
Speaker 1: We're gonna review some of the Camp countdown articles that

1621
01:31:40,280 --> 01:31:41,920
Speaker 1: you and Maddy been putting together on the bills. We're

1622
01:31:41,960 --> 01:31:43,840
Speaker 1: gonna find out about if the Bills can win the

1623
01:31:43,920 --> 01:31:46,639
Speaker 1: AFC East. We're gonna also get down to the bottom

1624
01:31:46,720 --> 01:31:48,599
Speaker 1: and the root of what we can expect from Josh

1625
01:31:48,680 --> 01:31:52,240
Speaker 1: Allen in twenty in his third year, which is twenty twenty,

1626
01:31:52,280 --> 01:31:54,720
Speaker 1: the pandemic year. All that coming up right after the

1627
01:31:54,760 --> 01:31:57,599
Speaker 1: breaks Steve Tasker Chris Brown on Buffalo Bill's Radio presented

1628
01:31:57,600 --> 01:31:59,519
Speaker 1: by Kalid to Health, And this is one Bills Live,

1629
01:32:06,320 --> 01:32:21,240
Speaker 1: Oh Great Time by Steve Taster text text text over time.

1630
01:32:26,439 --> 01:32:28,479
Speaker 1: Welcome back to one of those live Chief Tasker Chris

1631
01:32:28,600 --> 01:32:30,960
Speaker 1: Brown here till the top of the hour at three

1632
01:32:30,960 --> 01:32:35,400
Speaker 1: o'clock today, we've been talking a lot of UM opt outs,

1633
01:32:35,600 --> 01:32:38,599
Speaker 1: guys opting out of the National Football League season, guys

1634
01:32:39,080 --> 01:32:41,640
Speaker 1: checking in and getting tested. And as you heard in

1635
01:32:41,640 --> 01:32:43,720
Speaker 1: the update, a handful of guys are getting tests and

1636
01:32:43,720 --> 01:32:47,559
Speaker 1: they're tested positive. And including rookies and rookies and veterans,

1637
01:32:48,280 --> 01:32:52,479
Speaker 1: we've got young guys who are signing their contracts. Joe Burrow,

1638
01:32:52,560 --> 01:32:55,360
Speaker 1: the number one overall pick of the National Football League Draft,

1639
01:32:55,560 --> 01:32:58,000
Speaker 1: signed his deal. He's in camp. There's only one first

1640
01:32:58,120 --> 01:33:00,680
Speaker 1: rounder that has not signed. He's a tackle that was

1641
01:33:00,760 --> 01:33:04,479
Speaker 1: drafted by Tennessee in the first round. Uh, we're gonna

1642
01:33:04,479 --> 01:33:07,040
Speaker 1: take a break as this all the stuff's happening even

1643
01:33:07,120 --> 01:33:08,920
Speaker 1: as we're on the air, We're gonna take and look

1644
01:33:09,000 --> 01:33:10,800
Speaker 1: back at some of the things that are going on

1645
01:33:10,880 --> 01:33:13,599
Speaker 1: with the Buffalo Bills as they get ready for training

1646
01:33:13,680 --> 01:33:15,880
Speaker 1: camp and the series of articles that has been written

1647
01:33:15,920 --> 01:33:19,960
Speaker 1: by Chris Brown, my co host, and Maddi Glab over

1648
01:33:20,040 --> 01:33:22,519
Speaker 1: the course of the last few weeks Camp Down Camp

1649
01:33:22,640 --> 01:33:25,559
Speaker 1: Countdown twenty twenty one question is will the Bills win

1650
01:33:25,640 --> 01:33:28,439
Speaker 1: the AFC East? It was this is an article that

1651
01:33:28,560 --> 01:33:30,640
Speaker 1: came out just in the last five days or so,

1652
01:33:31,320 --> 01:33:33,280
Speaker 1: and we haven't had a chance to talk about it yet.

1653
01:33:33,400 --> 01:33:36,760
Speaker 1: Was well, actually it's out today right seven am. This

1654
01:33:36,880 --> 01:33:39,599
Speaker 1: is this is the final installment. We've got another one.

1655
01:33:39,600 --> 01:33:41,679
Speaker 1: We're also going to talk about the other Camp Countdown

1656
01:33:41,840 --> 01:33:45,120
Speaker 1: twenty twenty is what we can expect from Josh Allen.

1657
01:33:45,160 --> 01:33:47,439
Speaker 1: We got into Josh Allen yesterday on the program. We

1658
01:33:47,600 --> 01:33:50,680
Speaker 1: kind of skipped over the Camp Countdown article and we're

1659
01:33:50,680 --> 01:33:53,200
Speaker 1: gonna go back and and hit on it. What Let's

1660
01:33:53,200 --> 01:33:56,320
Speaker 1: start with it with the division first though, Brownie, Uh,

1661
01:33:57,000 --> 01:34:01,360
Speaker 1: the Patriots are writing new role coaster of a roller

1662
01:34:01,439 --> 01:34:05,559
Speaker 1: coasters of all roller coasters. This offseason. Tom Brady's gone,

1663
01:34:05,840 --> 01:34:09,559
Speaker 1: their defense is riddled by free agency defections. They got

1664
01:34:09,960 --> 01:34:13,400
Speaker 1: now they've got guys who are opting out, not a

1665
01:34:13,520 --> 01:34:17,880
Speaker 1: single starter on their linebacking corps coming back. Now they

1666
01:34:18,000 --> 01:34:20,799
Speaker 1: got Cam Newton as you're starting quarterback. All the positives

1667
01:34:20,840 --> 01:34:22,800
Speaker 1: and negatives. And Cross Tucker, who was on with us

1668
01:34:23,120 --> 01:34:25,519
Speaker 1: from the one o'clock an hour. He says, Listen, Cam Newton,

1669
01:34:26,240 --> 01:34:28,160
Speaker 1: the team who had him, they had him for almost

1670
01:34:28,200 --> 01:34:31,559
Speaker 1: for free, coming back to play for them. They didn't

1671
01:34:31,560 --> 01:34:34,320
Speaker 1: want him in Carolina. And his former head coach, who

1672
01:34:34,360 --> 01:34:37,200
Speaker 1: he was an MVP in the league for now is

1673
01:34:37,400 --> 01:34:39,479
Speaker 1: the head coach in his first year at Washington, had

1674
01:34:39,560 --> 01:34:42,360
Speaker 1: every opportunity to sign Cam Newton. He didn't want him.

1675
01:34:43,000 --> 01:34:45,519
Speaker 1: What makes you think the Patriots are gonna, you know,

1676
01:34:46,880 --> 01:34:49,360
Speaker 1: make Hay with Cam Newton. I was like, Okay, I

1677
01:34:49,479 --> 01:34:55,280
Speaker 1: get it. Nevertheless, yeah, I talked to a colleague that

1678
01:34:55,360 --> 01:34:57,840
Speaker 1: I know that covers the Patriots up there in the

1679
01:34:57,960 --> 01:35:03,120
Speaker 1: Boston area, and he was telling me, don't put Cam

1680
01:35:03,280 --> 01:35:07,160
Speaker 1: Newton in Stone as the starter. He said, especially at

1681
01:35:07,200 --> 01:35:10,760
Speaker 1: the beginning of the year. He said, We're dealing with

1682
01:35:10,840 --> 01:35:15,560
Speaker 1: an unusual offseason here, and Cam has not taken a

1683
01:35:15,600 --> 01:35:18,639
Speaker 1: snap in this scheme. He has not played with any

1684
01:35:18,720 --> 01:35:21,920
Speaker 1: of these players. He isn't you know I think what

1685
01:35:22,040 --> 01:35:24,760
Speaker 1: he's done over the past week or two is one

1686
01:35:24,880 --> 01:35:28,360
Speaker 1: by one he's begun to throw with all of the

1687
01:35:28,680 --> 01:35:32,479
Speaker 1: receivers on the roster and the tight ends. He's doing

1688
01:35:32,520 --> 01:35:34,680
Speaker 1: individual sessions, one day at a time with each of

1689
01:35:34,760 --> 01:35:37,439
Speaker 1: these guys on a high school field somewhere over the

1690
01:35:37,520 --> 01:35:40,840
Speaker 1: course in the last few weeks. So he's trying to

1691
01:35:41,040 --> 01:35:43,600
Speaker 1: gain a rapport of some sort. But the guy I

1692
01:35:43,680 --> 01:35:47,240
Speaker 1: spoke to said, look, if Belichick doesn't think that Newton's

1693
01:35:48,080 --> 01:35:51,200
Speaker 1: got the efficiency necessary to play in this offense at

1694
01:35:51,240 --> 01:35:53,680
Speaker 1: the beginning of the season, he's gonna place did him

1695
01:35:54,200 --> 01:35:59,160
Speaker 1: until Newton's ready? I said, really, He said yeah, he

1696
01:35:59,280 --> 01:36:03,000
Speaker 1: said Belichick doesn't care. I said, that's a big ego

1697
01:36:03,040 --> 01:36:04,960
Speaker 1: you're dealing with, and Cam Newton he goes, oh, yeah,

1698
01:36:05,280 --> 01:36:10,479
Speaker 1: Belichick doesn't care. Yeah, he doesn't. He's proven it, and

1699
01:36:10,600 --> 01:36:12,559
Speaker 1: that's true. And you got to know it's the right

1700
01:36:12,640 --> 01:36:14,800
Speaker 1: thing to do. And if you've got a guy who

1701
01:36:14,840 --> 01:36:17,559
Speaker 1: actually knows the offense, even if he's not physically gifted,

1702
01:36:17,560 --> 01:36:20,439
Speaker 1: at least everybody, all the other ten guys can do

1703
01:36:20,520 --> 01:36:22,120
Speaker 1: what they're supposed to do. When you got a guy

1704
01:36:22,120 --> 01:36:23,479
Speaker 1: who doesn't even know how to call the play, in

1705
01:36:23,520 --> 01:36:27,120
Speaker 1: the in the or run the cadence or know the words,

1706
01:36:27,240 --> 01:36:29,960
Speaker 1: or let alone know the reads and have been in

1707
01:36:30,040 --> 01:36:32,720
Speaker 1: the system for a year, there's no question you're going

1708
01:36:32,760 --> 01:36:35,280
Speaker 1: to run better with the guy who's less gifted. Right.

1709
01:36:35,840 --> 01:36:38,200
Speaker 1: But yeah, so when we were when I was putting

1710
01:36:38,240 --> 01:36:42,320
Speaker 1: this story together, you know, will the Bills win the AFCs?

1711
01:36:42,439 --> 01:36:46,160
Speaker 1: I meanything, We've heard from how many different prognosticators on

1712
01:36:46,280 --> 01:36:50,320
Speaker 1: this show who have labeled the Bills the favorite the

1713
01:36:50,479 --> 01:36:53,160
Speaker 1: main reasons why are they have a top five defense?

1714
01:36:54,120 --> 01:36:56,080
Speaker 1: At least they have for the last two years. There's

1715
01:36:56,160 --> 01:36:59,639
Speaker 1: no indication that that's going to change because the vast

1716
01:36:59,720 --> 01:37:01,519
Speaker 1: majoe already of the starters on that side of the

1717
01:37:01,600 --> 01:37:05,799
Speaker 1: ball are still here, and they made some good additions

1718
01:37:05,840 --> 01:37:09,080
Speaker 1: as well, right, And they've they've fortified areas where they

1719
01:37:09,120 --> 01:37:12,000
Speaker 1: saw some free agent losses, most notably the defensive line.

1720
01:37:12,400 --> 01:37:14,839
Speaker 1: And then you take it a step further. The offense

1721
01:37:14,920 --> 01:37:19,360
Speaker 1: now has more weapons, either due to addition Stefan Diggs

1722
01:37:19,960 --> 01:37:24,640
Speaker 1: or players who should contribute more based on the experience

1723
01:37:24,720 --> 01:37:26,880
Speaker 1: they got last year. And in that case, I'm talking

1724
01:37:26,920 --> 01:37:30,080
Speaker 1: about Dawson Knox and Devin Singletary. You know two players

1725
01:37:30,120 --> 01:37:32,720
Speaker 1: who I think are ready to emerge and give this

1726
01:37:32,960 --> 01:37:37,240
Speaker 1: offense more in their second NFL seasons, when you usually

1727
01:37:37,320 --> 01:37:41,639
Speaker 1: see the largest jump in a player's ability or contribution level.

1728
01:37:44,040 --> 01:37:46,960
Speaker 1: And I mean, I know they were later on in

1729
01:37:47,040 --> 01:37:51,800
Speaker 1: the draft, but after hearing both Brian Dable and Sean

1730
01:37:51,920 --> 01:37:57,920
Speaker 1: mcderbyt talk about Gabe Davis and Isaiah Hodgins, and then yesterday,

1731
01:37:58,360 --> 01:38:02,719
Speaker 1: right off the bat we see Ray Ray McLeod released.

1732
01:38:04,439 --> 01:38:07,880
Speaker 1: I mean, I think those two guys have a shot

1733
01:38:08,479 --> 01:38:10,840
Speaker 1: to make the roster. I don't think they're I think

1734
01:38:10,920 --> 01:38:13,920
Speaker 1: Gabe Davis has a better chance than Hodgens does, but

1735
01:38:14,080 --> 01:38:16,200
Speaker 1: I really do believe both of those guys are going

1736
01:38:16,240 --> 01:38:19,920
Speaker 1: to be around for sure, especially knowing that the practice

1737
01:38:19,920 --> 01:38:24,920
Speaker 1: squads now sixteen players. But they offer gigantic catch radiuses,

1738
01:38:25,400 --> 01:38:27,840
Speaker 1: which you know is something that would benefit Josh and

1739
01:38:27,920 --> 01:38:30,360
Speaker 1: the offense. And then the last part is kind of

1740
01:38:30,400 --> 01:38:33,000
Speaker 1: what you were touching on with New England. The Bill's

1741
01:38:33,040 --> 01:38:36,640
Speaker 1: timing is very good here in terms of their roster construction.

1742
01:38:37,040 --> 01:38:38,799
Speaker 1: I mean, they're ahead of the rest of the division

1743
01:38:38,880 --> 01:38:42,000
Speaker 1: on that building curve. You know, you've got Brian Flores

1744
01:38:42,040 --> 01:38:44,200
Speaker 1: still trying to rebuild that thing in Miami. He's only

1745
01:38:44,280 --> 01:38:48,479
Speaker 1: starting year two here, and he's trying to bring that

1746
01:38:48,760 --> 01:38:51,800
Speaker 1: offense and defense up from the bottom of the league

1747
01:38:52,880 --> 01:38:57,280
Speaker 1: in terms of scoring and in terms of run defense

1748
01:38:57,439 --> 01:39:00,360
Speaker 1: and scoring defense. And Adam Gas is kind of in

1749
01:39:00,439 --> 01:39:04,400
Speaker 1: the same boat because they're trying to completely revamp the

1750
01:39:04,479 --> 01:39:06,639
Speaker 1: offensive line this year. They're kind of where the Bills

1751
01:39:06,680 --> 01:39:11,240
Speaker 1: were in twenty eighteen. So and they just traded away

1752
01:39:11,280 --> 01:39:16,600
Speaker 1: one of their best defensive players. So the situation is

1753
01:39:16,720 --> 01:39:19,240
Speaker 1: ripe just by virtual where all the other teams in

1754
01:39:19,280 --> 01:39:23,640
Speaker 1: the division are right now. And not for nothing, but

1755
01:39:24,560 --> 01:39:26,240
Speaker 1: when you when you think you're gonna have a shot

1756
01:39:26,280 --> 01:39:27,920
Speaker 1: at winning the division, you got a couple of things

1757
01:39:28,000 --> 01:39:30,400
Speaker 1: to lean on. One is their defense. It's a top

1758
01:39:30,479 --> 01:39:32,920
Speaker 1: five defense. Just for those of you who are wondering

1759
01:39:33,000 --> 01:39:37,000
Speaker 1: how good they were they had They ranked third overall.

1760
01:39:37,320 --> 01:39:40,839
Speaker 1: They had top ten rankings in run defense, past defense,

1761
01:39:41,280 --> 01:39:45,519
Speaker 1: third down defense, sack percentage, interception rate, and the big one.

1762
01:39:45,560 --> 01:39:47,840
Speaker 1: They were number two overall in the National Football League

1763
01:39:47,840 --> 01:39:53,360
Speaker 1: get points allowed, which is this ultimate, the ultimate stat

1764
01:39:53,400 --> 01:39:55,160
Speaker 1: They were number two overall in the league to the

1765
01:39:55,240 --> 01:39:58,280
Speaker 1: New England Patriots on how few points they allowed teams

1766
01:39:58,320 --> 01:40:01,280
Speaker 1: to score. U they've had and like you said, they've

1767
01:40:01,280 --> 01:40:03,639
Speaker 1: had some turnover, but the guys they brought in are solid,

1768
01:40:03,800 --> 01:40:07,960
Speaker 1: proven veteran players who are the cut from the right cloth.

1769
01:40:08,360 --> 01:40:11,240
Speaker 1: And this is also a year where and one of

1770
01:40:11,280 --> 01:40:14,160
Speaker 1: the other things that gets overlooked a lot brownie I think,

1771
01:40:14,360 --> 01:40:17,840
Speaker 1: is the quality of the staff on game day. This

1772
01:40:18,000 --> 01:40:21,200
Speaker 1: is a staff that makes in game adjustments very well,

1773
01:40:21,360 --> 01:40:23,720
Speaker 1: particularly on the defensive side of the ball. They have

1774
01:40:23,880 --> 01:40:28,120
Speaker 1: done extremely well during games and they have and Sean

1775
01:40:28,200 --> 01:40:31,439
Speaker 1: McDermott said it when he hired Eric Washington d Line,

1776
01:40:31,520 --> 01:40:33,360
Speaker 1: not that he didn't like the coaches he had before,

1777
01:40:33,880 --> 01:40:37,679
Speaker 1: but now he says this staff now is constructed exactly

1778
01:40:37,760 --> 01:40:41,040
Speaker 1: the way he wants its constructed, and I think that

1779
01:40:41,320 --> 01:40:44,040
Speaker 1: bodes good things for game day decisions as well. And

1780
01:40:44,200 --> 01:40:47,960
Speaker 1: in contrast to that, take a look at the New

1781
01:40:48,000 --> 01:40:54,400
Speaker 1: England Patriots staff. Bill Belichick just yesterday announced the position

1782
01:40:54,560 --> 01:40:59,320
Speaker 1: roles for all of his staff members outside of Josh

1783
01:40:59,400 --> 01:41:03,200
Speaker 1: McDaniel us and a couple of other assistants. It is

1784
01:41:03,320 --> 01:41:07,920
Speaker 1: a green coaching staff up there in New England, which

1785
01:41:08,040 --> 01:41:13,479
Speaker 1: by the way, includes Belichick's two sons as position coaches.

1786
01:41:14,600 --> 01:41:21,799
Speaker 1: So you want to talk about really pushing the envelope here, well, Okay,

1787
01:41:21,880 --> 01:41:27,800
Speaker 1: I'll start counting on Belichick more than ever with all

1788
01:41:27,880 --> 01:41:31,160
Speaker 1: the areas of that team that have turned over from

1789
01:41:31,320 --> 01:41:36,960
Speaker 1: last year to this year, players, quarterback, opt outs, coaches.

1790
01:41:37,720 --> 01:41:40,400
Speaker 1: I mean, it's it's running the gamut up there, right.

1791
01:41:40,680 --> 01:41:43,760
Speaker 1: I'll say this though, don't don't discount His son's a

1792
01:41:43,800 --> 01:41:47,200
Speaker 1: Steve Belichick and I can't remember his other son's name, Brian. Brian.

1793
01:41:47,320 --> 01:41:49,960
Speaker 1: They've been in that system and coaching from the ground

1794
01:41:50,080 --> 01:41:52,519
Speaker 1: up for a long time. Steve Belichick's been in the

1795
01:41:52,560 --> 01:41:56,439
Speaker 1: building for a long time, and he's Steve Belichick's got

1796
01:41:56,479 --> 01:41:59,200
Speaker 1: a chance to be a coordinator over there, and he

1797
01:41:59,320 --> 01:42:02,280
Speaker 1: probably will be within the next year or two. Brian,

1798
01:42:02,360 --> 01:42:04,439
Speaker 1: I don't know. I'm not as familiar with, but I

1799
01:42:04,560 --> 01:42:07,120
Speaker 1: know this. Those guys aren't there. They are there. They

1800
01:42:07,160 --> 01:42:11,320
Speaker 1: started there because they're his kids. But they didn't stay

1801
01:42:11,360 --> 01:42:13,360
Speaker 1: there because they're his kids. They stayed there because they

1802
01:42:13,560 --> 01:42:16,479
Speaker 1: elevated through the ranks. They work hard, He worked them hard,

1803
01:42:16,520 --> 01:42:19,080
Speaker 1: and I know that there's a lot of respect in

1804
01:42:19,160 --> 01:42:22,000
Speaker 1: the building for those two young guys and what they're

1805
01:42:22,040 --> 01:42:25,000
Speaker 1: bringing to the table because they know too they they've

1806
01:42:25,040 --> 01:42:27,920
Speaker 1: gotta get it done. Because everybody looks sideways at him

1807
01:42:28,120 --> 01:42:32,799
Speaker 1: because of the nepotism that when you're the coach, right exactly,

1808
01:42:32,920 --> 01:42:35,680
Speaker 1: So they're on that program of knowing that they've got

1809
01:42:35,760 --> 01:42:38,439
Speaker 1: to prove it every day because everybody thinks it's been

1810
01:42:38,520 --> 01:42:41,800
Speaker 1: given to them. So don't don't sell that staff short.

1811
01:42:41,920 --> 01:42:44,599
Speaker 1: He's always had a very young staff. Josh McDaniels came

1812
01:42:44,640 --> 01:42:47,120
Speaker 1: from nowhere. Nobody knew who Josh McDaniels was. But I

1813
01:42:47,200 --> 01:42:49,040
Speaker 1: just think about all the guys that have left in

1814
01:42:49,120 --> 01:42:52,800
Speaker 1: the recent years, Pat Patricia who brought some assistance with him,

1815
01:42:53,400 --> 01:42:56,040
Speaker 1: and Brian Flora is pulling some assistance away with him.

1816
01:42:56,439 --> 01:43:02,080
Speaker 1: You know, eventually you have to succumb to some degree

1817
01:43:02,840 --> 01:43:05,559
Speaker 1: of the law of diminishing returns here. I mean, there's

1818
01:43:05,600 --> 01:43:10,080
Speaker 1: just I just think too much has changed here for

1819
01:43:10,320 --> 01:43:14,519
Speaker 1: even the genius that Bill Belichick is to overcome it, right.

1820
01:43:15,080 --> 01:43:19,040
Speaker 1: And I think this too about New England and what's

1821
01:43:19,040 --> 01:43:20,840
Speaker 1: going on up there, because and I'll say this, we

1822
01:43:20,920 --> 01:43:22,280
Speaker 1: can say this right off the top for you, and

1823
01:43:22,360 --> 01:43:24,439
Speaker 1: I know a lot of Bill's fans believe this. I'm

1824
01:43:24,479 --> 01:43:27,280
Speaker 1: just gonna say it out right. The Dolphins and the Jets, well,

1825
01:43:27,360 --> 01:43:29,839
Speaker 1: they're going to be better or the job. The Dolphins

1826
01:43:29,880 --> 01:43:31,360
Speaker 1: are going to be better than they were a year ago.

1827
01:43:31,439 --> 01:43:35,920
Speaker 1: I think the Jets may be worse. But those are

1828
01:43:35,960 --> 01:43:38,360
Speaker 1: the two. Those two teams are not in a position

1829
01:43:38,400 --> 01:43:43,000
Speaker 1: to win the division this year. And New England the

1830
01:43:43,080 --> 01:43:46,400
Speaker 1: only reason we put them in the conversation is because

1831
01:43:46,439 --> 01:43:48,280
Speaker 1: of what we've seen for the last two decades, and

1832
01:43:48,360 --> 01:43:50,120
Speaker 1: we just don't believe it could be true that they

1833
01:43:50,160 --> 01:43:52,519
Speaker 1: could have a down year. They were, They had a

1834
01:43:52,600 --> 01:43:55,160
Speaker 1: down year last year, and this just end. They want

1835
01:43:55,200 --> 01:43:58,240
Speaker 1: twelve games. They want twelve games. They were out in

1836
01:43:58,280 --> 01:44:00,360
Speaker 1: the first round of the playoffs and everybody threw their

1837
01:44:00,400 --> 01:44:02,160
Speaker 1: arms up and said they're done. The finish they won

1838
01:44:02,200 --> 01:44:06,280
Speaker 1: twelve games. That was a good year by any by

1839
01:44:06,400 --> 01:44:11,200
Speaker 1: any standard except for the New England Patriots standard of

1840
01:44:11,320 --> 01:44:14,360
Speaker 1: the last twenty years. So don't think the Patriots are

1841
01:44:14,360 --> 01:44:16,240
Speaker 1: gonna fall off the map. They had an offense that

1842
01:44:16,560 --> 01:44:19,479
Speaker 1: by their standards were was pathetic by everybody else the

1843
01:44:19,560 --> 01:44:22,320
Speaker 1: standards there. Yeah, they hunk thirty points on the Buffalo

1844
01:44:22,439 --> 01:44:27,479
Speaker 1: Bills at the end of the year. Right, Um, they

1845
01:44:27,600 --> 01:44:29,720
Speaker 1: did go four and four in their last eight And

1846
01:44:29,880 --> 01:44:32,280
Speaker 1: I know everybody for years has been ready to kick

1847
01:44:32,360 --> 01:44:34,760
Speaker 1: dirt on the Patriots. What the Bills say their last

1848
01:44:34,920 --> 01:44:39,160
Speaker 1: the last four or five games, you remember, No, I don't. Yeah,

1849
01:44:39,200 --> 01:44:42,240
Speaker 1: it's not pretty well, they threw away the last one.

1850
01:44:42,320 --> 01:44:45,080
Speaker 1: But yeah, I know what you're saying, Yeah that it's

1851
01:44:45,360 --> 01:44:47,640
Speaker 1: it's let me see if i'll pull it up here

1852
01:44:47,680 --> 01:44:49,720
Speaker 1: and I can two and three or something like that

1853
01:44:50,000 --> 01:44:53,759
Speaker 1: in their last five I think it was, yeah, because

1854
01:44:53,800 --> 01:44:57,640
Speaker 1: they beat the Steelers, they lost to the Patriots, and

1855
01:44:57,760 --> 01:45:02,880
Speaker 1: then they lost to the Jets. So let's see. But

1856
01:45:03,040 --> 01:45:09,040
Speaker 1: either way, you know, I just I think the Patriots

1857
01:45:09,120 --> 01:45:11,559
Speaker 1: just have too much to overcome to still be tops

1858
01:45:11,600 --> 01:45:16,400
Speaker 1: in this division. The Jets are still trying to right

1859
01:45:16,479 --> 01:45:18,720
Speaker 1: the ship, and maybe Joe Douglass gets it right in

1860
01:45:18,760 --> 01:45:20,800
Speaker 1: the draft the next two years and can start really

1861
01:45:20,880 --> 01:45:23,080
Speaker 1: building a team. Yeah, they think it's gonna be with

1862
01:45:23,160 --> 01:45:25,640
Speaker 1: Adam Gaze as his head coach. Bills were one in

1863
01:45:25,760 --> 01:45:30,360
Speaker 1: three in their last four games, Okay, one and three,

1864
01:45:30,600 --> 01:45:32,080
Speaker 1: so it was it was a rough stretch in the

1865
01:45:32,160 --> 01:45:34,120
Speaker 1: last week. And I agree with you they would have

1866
01:45:35,080 --> 01:45:37,200
Speaker 1: if they would have needed that game on December twenty

1867
01:45:37,280 --> 01:45:39,960
Speaker 1: ninth against the New York Jets, they would have stuffed

1868
01:45:40,000 --> 01:45:42,639
Speaker 1: the Jets into a pay into a pillowcase and hung

1869
01:45:42,680 --> 01:45:44,599
Speaker 1: them over a clothesline and beat them with a bat.

1870
01:45:45,400 --> 01:45:48,559
Speaker 1: I mean, I think they would have stuffed the Jets

1871
01:45:48,680 --> 01:45:50,800
Speaker 1: back into their travel bags and send them home, but

1872
01:45:50,920 --> 01:45:54,720
Speaker 1: they didn't because you know, they can only score six

1873
01:45:54,800 --> 01:45:57,479
Speaker 1: points with Matt Barkley and the rest and Josh Allen

1874
01:45:57,560 --> 01:45:59,559
Speaker 1: taking the day off and the defense taking the day off,

1875
01:45:59,640 --> 01:46:05,479
Speaker 1: and you know, you got Isaiah Mackenzie playing corner. I mean, yeah,

1876
01:46:05,680 --> 01:46:07,680
Speaker 1: the Bills were That's a loss that got away from

1877
01:46:07,720 --> 01:46:09,960
Speaker 1: They should have had twelve wins last year or eleven

1878
01:46:10,000 --> 01:46:14,720
Speaker 1: wins last year, but they didn't. But that's the way

1879
01:46:14,760 --> 01:46:16,360
Speaker 1: that's you know, so the end of the you can't

1880
01:46:16,439 --> 01:46:19,479
Speaker 1: really carry that over to this season about how things

1881
01:46:19,520 --> 01:46:21,680
Speaker 1: were going for him. And I get it they were

1882
01:46:21,800 --> 01:46:23,840
Speaker 1: nicked up were the Patriots last year at the end

1883
01:46:23,840 --> 01:46:27,720
Speaker 1: of the year, but it was especially on offense. Yeah,

1884
01:46:27,800 --> 01:46:32,799
Speaker 1: offensively he had you know, uh Senu had the ankle

1885
01:46:32,840 --> 01:46:38,360
Speaker 1: problems and uh Julian Edelman was just and couldn't hardly

1886
01:46:38,400 --> 01:46:40,439
Speaker 1: hang in there. You know, he was just so beat up. Yeah,

1887
01:46:40,479 --> 01:46:42,240
Speaker 1: they went they went to two and three in their

1888
01:46:42,320 --> 01:46:45,200
Speaker 1: last five. They beat the Bengals and they beat the

1889
01:46:45,280 --> 01:46:49,640
Speaker 1: Bills in Week sixteen. So um, they were well on

1890
01:46:49,720 --> 01:46:52,000
Speaker 1: their way. At that one point of the year, they

1891
01:46:52,080 --> 01:47:00,439
Speaker 1: were they were ten and one. Who was that Patriots?

1892
01:47:00,560 --> 01:47:03,000
Speaker 1: We're ten and one going in the g eight they

1893
01:47:03,040 --> 01:47:05,640
Speaker 1: were out of the gate eight. No, the schedule was

1894
01:47:05,840 --> 01:47:10,160
Speaker 1: admittedly easier in the first half, as was the Bills, right,

1895
01:47:11,360 --> 01:47:14,439
Speaker 1: but that's you know, and they were and that was

1896
01:47:14,479 --> 01:47:16,160
Speaker 1: a year in which they struggled. They got out of

1897
01:47:16,160 --> 01:47:18,920
Speaker 1: the gate ten and one. So I'm just I'm not

1898
01:47:19,000 --> 01:47:21,240
Speaker 1: gonna do it until they're gone. I'm not going to

1899
01:47:21,360 --> 01:47:24,559
Speaker 1: count them out as as even as the favorites, until

1900
01:47:24,840 --> 01:47:27,439
Speaker 1: I see tangible evidence of what they're gonna look like

1901
01:47:27,600 --> 01:47:30,800
Speaker 1: this year. And this is for me, it plays right

1902
01:47:30,840 --> 01:47:33,200
Speaker 1: into the hands of them not having anybody being able

1903
01:47:33,240 --> 01:47:35,680
Speaker 1: to watch their practices, knowing what their roster makeup is,

1904
01:47:35,760 --> 01:47:38,160
Speaker 1: who's starting, who's gonna play, what they're gonna look like

1905
01:47:38,240 --> 01:47:40,639
Speaker 1: on opening Day. Can you imagine going into a game

1906
01:47:41,080 --> 01:47:43,400
Speaker 1: so blind as and not even know who's gonna be

1907
01:47:43,479 --> 01:47:46,280
Speaker 1: on their roster or have seen them on film together

1908
01:47:47,439 --> 01:47:50,200
Speaker 1: going into week one of an NFL season. Yeah, we

1909
01:47:50,280 --> 01:47:52,879
Speaker 1: always talk about Week one being the week of unknowns

1910
01:47:52,920 --> 01:47:57,000
Speaker 1: for coaches. It's gonna be that times a hundred this year. Yeah,

1911
01:47:58,040 --> 01:48:02,759
Speaker 1: and it might last for several weeks because based on COVID,

1912
01:48:04,040 --> 01:48:07,719
Speaker 1: the roster you were anticipating for that Week three opponent

1913
01:48:07,880 --> 01:48:10,400
Speaker 1: might be dramatically different by the time you get there.

1914
01:48:10,720 --> 01:48:15,439
Speaker 1: This kind of season plays into the kind of process

1915
01:48:15,800 --> 01:48:18,400
Speaker 1: that the in New England Patriots are famous for. If

1916
01:48:18,479 --> 01:48:20,479
Speaker 1: they need to win a different way week to week,

1917
01:48:20,560 --> 01:48:23,400
Speaker 1: they do it. They're really good at it, and that's

1918
01:48:23,720 --> 01:48:26,120
Speaker 1: that's been their calling card for the last twenty years.

1919
01:48:26,160 --> 01:48:29,120
Speaker 1: And so I'm you can call it scar tissue from

1920
01:48:29,120 --> 01:48:30,960
Speaker 1: the last two decades, but that's what it is. I

1921
01:48:31,080 --> 01:48:32,840
Speaker 1: just don't think they're going to go away that easily.

1922
01:48:33,640 --> 01:48:39,800
Speaker 1: I just don't competitive. Ye, yeah, yeah, they are going

1923
01:48:39,880 --> 01:48:43,160
Speaker 1: to be competitive. I'm telling you, Brannie. Also, just before

1924
01:48:43,160 --> 01:48:45,519
Speaker 1: we go, let's take another five minutes here and go down,

1925
01:48:45,720 --> 01:48:47,960
Speaker 1: go down what we expect from Josh Allen this year.

1926
01:48:47,960 --> 01:48:50,639
Speaker 1: I mean, I don't want to get too deep down

1927
01:48:50,680 --> 01:48:54,400
Speaker 1: this rabbit hole. We went down this yesterday a great

1928
01:48:54,439 --> 01:48:57,800
Speaker 1: deal the analytics guys and the guy we had on

1929
01:48:58,080 --> 01:49:03,320
Speaker 1: yesterday shots. He thought, there's a range of what you

1930
01:49:03,400 --> 01:49:05,760
Speaker 1: can expect in a quarterback after they go through that

1931
01:49:05,920 --> 01:49:08,280
Speaker 1: first step, the big step from their first to second year.

1932
01:49:08,400 --> 01:49:10,000
Speaker 1: They get so much better and they become a better

1933
01:49:10,120 --> 01:49:13,719
Speaker 1: quarterback after that, it's about a three point five percent

1934
01:49:14,400 --> 01:49:17,640
Speaker 1: increase in productivity and improvement. That's at the top end.

1935
01:49:18,280 --> 01:49:20,680
Speaker 1: The back end, of course, it's a regression and it

1936
01:49:20,760 --> 01:49:23,320
Speaker 1: could get worse from year two to year three. I

1937
01:49:23,400 --> 01:49:26,000
Speaker 1: kind of doubt that's going to happen. But if Josh

1938
01:49:26,080 --> 01:49:29,400
Speaker 1: Allen does make, say of two or three percent increase

1939
01:49:29,800 --> 01:49:32,960
Speaker 1: in his productivity, this is still a really tough team

1940
01:49:33,000 --> 01:49:34,280
Speaker 1: to beat, in a team that's going to head for

1941
01:49:34,320 --> 01:49:38,040
Speaker 1: the playoffs and maybe do some damage there, right, And

1942
01:49:38,360 --> 01:49:39,920
Speaker 1: I think there are a lot of things that are

1943
01:49:39,960 --> 01:49:45,000
Speaker 1: working in Josh's favor. Chief among them is probably the

1944
01:49:45,080 --> 01:49:51,000
Speaker 1: fact that year three, same coordinator, same system, and a

1945
01:49:51,160 --> 01:49:54,280
Speaker 1: good deal of the same players around him. I mean, really,

1946
01:49:54,360 --> 01:49:57,320
Speaker 1: the only change is going to be coming at the

1947
01:49:57,400 --> 01:50:01,720
Speaker 1: receiver position in the form of digs. Everybody else has

1948
01:50:01,760 --> 01:50:04,880
Speaker 1: been there except for the rookie editions that you're talking

1949
01:50:04,920 --> 01:50:08,479
Speaker 1: about with Zach Moss, Gabe Davis, and Isaiah Hodgins. So

1950
01:50:09,520 --> 01:50:13,840
Speaker 1: you roll all that together and that's an advantage in

1951
01:50:13,920 --> 01:50:17,439
Speaker 1: an offseason like this, and then it just comes down

1952
01:50:17,479 --> 01:50:20,800
Speaker 1: to him tightening up throwing motion, which we've talked about

1953
01:50:20,880 --> 01:50:25,160
Speaker 1: and him improving his deep ball accuracy, which was down

1954
01:50:25,200 --> 01:50:28,800
Speaker 1: around twenty five percent last season, which I think ranked

1955
01:50:28,840 --> 01:50:31,599
Speaker 1: forty fourth in the league. That's got to get better.

1956
01:50:32,840 --> 01:50:35,880
Speaker 1: But he did improve his short intermediate accuracy a ton

1957
01:50:36,040 --> 01:50:38,400
Speaker 1: last year, So the next step is the deep ball accuracy.

1958
01:50:38,960 --> 01:50:43,120
Speaker 1: And I think he learned a valuable lesson in that

1959
01:50:43,240 --> 01:50:49,040
Speaker 1: playoff game last year. I think he was adversely influenced

1960
01:50:49,840 --> 01:50:53,000
Speaker 1: by what he saw Deshaun Watson do with that game.

1961
01:50:53,960 --> 01:50:56,280
Speaker 1: I mean Deshaun Watson literally put that team on his

1962
01:50:56,400 --> 01:50:59,200
Speaker 1: back overcame a sixteen nothing deficit and put his team

1963
01:50:59,240 --> 01:51:02,320
Speaker 1: in the league. And I would not put it past

1964
01:51:02,439 --> 01:51:04,720
Speaker 1: him for a second that Josh watching all that when

1965
01:51:04,760 --> 01:51:06,320
Speaker 1: it was his turn to go on the field set,

1966
01:51:06,320 --> 01:51:08,800
Speaker 1: I gotta do the same thing. I gotta make giant

1967
01:51:08,840 --> 01:51:11,519
Speaker 1: I gotta make giant plays here. And things got a

1968
01:51:11,560 --> 01:51:14,200
Speaker 1: little wacky at the end of the game, even though

1969
01:51:14,360 --> 01:51:16,120
Speaker 1: Houshko was able to tie it up with a forty

1970
01:51:16,120 --> 01:51:19,160
Speaker 1: seven yard field goal as time expired in regulation of

1971
01:51:19,240 --> 01:51:22,479
Speaker 1: force overtime. Um. You know, Josh had a couple of

1972
01:51:22,520 --> 01:51:24,280
Speaker 1: wacky plays, but he was not the main reason they

1973
01:51:24,360 --> 01:51:27,040
Speaker 1: lost that game. There were a lot of missed opportunities

1974
01:51:27,080 --> 01:51:30,479
Speaker 1: in that game by different facets of the team, whether

1975
01:51:30,560 --> 01:51:32,720
Speaker 1: it was the receiving core of the offensive line, with

1976
01:51:33,200 --> 01:51:36,080
Speaker 1: some bad breakdowns at the end of the game, and

1977
01:51:36,479 --> 01:51:39,080
Speaker 1: there were other reasons, a bad call and a touchdown

1978
01:51:39,360 --> 01:51:42,280
Speaker 1: and a touchdown that wasn't a touchdown on a kickoff, right,

1979
01:51:42,439 --> 01:51:45,680
Speaker 1: So yeah, you remember that play. I remember, I remembered.

1980
01:51:45,960 --> 01:51:48,559
Speaker 1: I was okay with that. I mean, that's really that's

1981
01:51:48,600 --> 01:51:51,880
Speaker 1: book you of all people I thought would have bet

1982
01:51:52,560 --> 01:51:55,080
Speaker 1: I know, but that's yeah, you're right though, I mean

1983
01:51:55,160 --> 01:51:58,519
Speaker 1: that's touch And you'll tell you what too. That was

1984
01:51:58,560 --> 01:52:01,160
Speaker 1: another instance and should have been a technically he should

1985
01:52:01,200 --> 01:52:03,560
Speaker 1: have been a touchdown, absolutely no question about it. You

1986
01:52:03,920 --> 01:52:06,800
Speaker 1: can't let that stuff slide. And yet Al riveron Are

1987
01:52:07,120 --> 01:52:08,680
Speaker 1: chimed in from New York and said, no, no, no,

1988
01:52:08,920 --> 01:52:11,559
Speaker 1: take that off the board. We're just moving on. Yeah,

1989
01:52:11,600 --> 01:52:13,840
Speaker 1: it was Yeah, it was totally off the off the

1990
01:52:13,920 --> 01:52:16,960
Speaker 1: record or off the board that they did that. And

1991
01:52:17,520 --> 01:52:20,080
Speaker 1: Sean McDermott said this about Josh Allen and coming back.

1992
01:52:20,120 --> 01:52:22,400
Speaker 1: He saw how he worked on his game last year,

1993
01:52:22,840 --> 01:52:24,840
Speaker 1: and he's talking about last year when when Josh came

1994
01:52:24,880 --> 01:52:27,920
Speaker 1: back after his rookie season. You heard the coaching staff say, yeah,

1995
01:52:27,920 --> 01:52:30,200
Speaker 1: it was obvious that he put in a lot of

1996
01:52:30,240 --> 01:52:34,360
Speaker 1: work on his throwing motion, on his footwork, on everything.

1997
01:52:35,040 --> 01:52:36,840
Speaker 1: I ninc Dermott said, we don't expect this year to

1998
01:52:36,880 --> 01:52:39,439
Speaker 1: be any different, and they sent him home with a

1999
01:52:39,560 --> 01:52:43,160
Speaker 1: menu of things to improve upon, just like they do

2000
01:52:43,280 --> 01:52:45,280
Speaker 1: with every player on their roster, and when they get

2001
01:52:45,320 --> 01:52:46,840
Speaker 1: back on the field, they're gonna look and see how

2002
01:52:46,920 --> 01:52:49,760
Speaker 1: it goes. He's been working with Jordan Palmer out in California.

2003
01:52:49,760 --> 01:52:51,599
Speaker 1: He's been working down in Florida with the guys. He's

2004
01:52:51,600 --> 01:52:54,120
Speaker 1: actually gonna be thrown two on game day. It seems

2005
01:52:54,160 --> 01:52:56,400
Speaker 1: as though Josh has had his nose to the grindstone

2006
01:52:57,120 --> 01:52:59,679
Speaker 1: so that he can experience some more growth in his game.

2007
01:53:00,080 --> 01:53:03,840
Speaker 1: We'll have to see what happens, but it's pretty simple

2008
01:53:03,880 --> 01:53:06,800
Speaker 1: to me, Brownie. When you do the work and you

2009
01:53:06,880 --> 01:53:09,680
Speaker 1: do it the right way, you get the results you're

2010
01:53:09,680 --> 01:53:14,040
Speaker 1: looking for. So we'll see. We'll see. Coming up, We've

2011
01:53:14,080 --> 01:53:16,679
Speaker 1: got What's for lunch coming up right after the bottom

2012
01:53:16,680 --> 01:53:19,880
Speaker 1: of the hour, Steve Tasker Chris Brown on Buffalo Bill's

2013
01:53:19,920 --> 01:53:22,120
Speaker 1: Radio presented by Kalida Health. This is One Bills Live,

2014
01:53:26,479 --> 01:53:30,200
Speaker 1: One Bills Live. Steve Chris brown here for NFL. True false.

2015
01:53:30,280 --> 01:53:32,880
Speaker 1: Brought to you by Yancey's Fancy, Yancy's Fancy, New York's

2016
01:53:32,960 --> 01:53:37,040
Speaker 1: Artist and Cheese. True false. Brownie, here we go. Jimmy

2017
01:53:37,080 --> 01:53:42,920
Speaker 1: Garoppolo deserves to be ahead of Dak Prescott in the

2018
01:53:43,080 --> 01:53:49,720
Speaker 1: NFL one hundred list. Oh that's false. The reason why

2019
01:53:50,080 --> 01:53:54,960
Speaker 1: is because Dak Prescott is is just more of a

2020
01:53:55,040 --> 01:53:58,920
Speaker 1: playmaker than Garoppolo is. And maybe people could argue that

2021
01:54:00,000 --> 01:54:02,519
Speaker 1: Pppolo just doesn't have to throw the ball because San

2022
01:54:02,560 --> 01:54:06,639
Speaker 1: Francisco runs it so dang well. But if he could

2023
01:54:06,720 --> 01:54:09,880
Speaker 1: make plays and could throw the ball and Shanahan felt

2024
01:54:09,880 --> 01:54:13,240
Speaker 1: he could trust him, he'd be throwing the ball more. So.

2025
01:54:14,960 --> 01:54:18,040
Speaker 1: I just think Dak Prescott is a far more efficient

2026
01:54:18,120 --> 01:54:23,760
Speaker 1: quarterback and a far more talented playmaking quarterback. So Garoppolo

2027
01:54:23,840 --> 01:54:26,280
Speaker 1: should not be ahead of Dak on this list. Yeah,

2028
01:54:26,280 --> 01:54:28,360
Speaker 1: I mean you could say that if you want about

2029
01:54:28,640 --> 01:54:32,720
Speaker 1: Jimmy Garoppolo. Hey, he got the Niners to the Super Bowl. Yeah, Okay,

2030
01:54:33,280 --> 01:54:37,400
Speaker 1: Dak Prescott was a better quarterback for the Dallas Cowboys

2031
01:54:37,480 --> 01:54:40,280
Speaker 1: last year than Garoppolo was. I mean, Garoppolo had like

2032
01:54:40,360 --> 01:54:43,360
Speaker 1: the number two rushing offense in football. And the number

2033
01:54:43,360 --> 01:54:45,840
Speaker 1: two defense at football to work with. Yeah, and that's

2034
01:54:45,880 --> 01:54:49,120
Speaker 1: not him that everybody you're a caretaker at that point,

2035
01:54:49,400 --> 01:54:53,120
Speaker 1: exactly exactly, So I'm with you. I'm I think Dak

2036
01:54:53,160 --> 01:54:56,920
Speaker 1: Prescott should have been high on this list. Dak's at

2037
01:54:57,000 --> 01:55:03,240
Speaker 1: number forty six and Appolo was what was Garoppolo forty three?

2038
01:55:04,480 --> 01:55:07,800
Speaker 1: I don't know, but yeah, I think that's right. So

2039
01:55:08,160 --> 01:55:12,680
Speaker 1: you know, yeah, number forty three. So yeah, it's you're

2040
01:55:12,680 --> 01:55:16,280
Speaker 1: splitting hairs. Plus, as we said, Ross Tucker was on

2041
01:55:16,440 --> 01:55:18,560
Speaker 1: the first half hour of the show, or the one

2042
01:55:18,560 --> 01:55:20,720
Speaker 1: o'clock hour, half half hour of the show, and he

2043
01:55:20,920 --> 01:55:23,640
Speaker 1: was like, it's a stupid process that they use. It's

2044
01:55:23,680 --> 01:55:27,560
Speaker 1: not scientific, it's illogical, and so he doesn't buy into

2045
01:55:27,600 --> 01:55:29,160
Speaker 1: it anyway. So yeah, you can. You can have a

2046
01:55:29,200 --> 01:55:30,680
Speaker 1: beef with any of the names on that list, and

2047
01:55:30,680 --> 01:55:32,480
Speaker 1: I would I would say, yeah, Dak Prescott had a

2048
01:55:32,520 --> 01:55:34,720
Speaker 1: better year than Jimmy Garoppolo, even though Garoppolo had his

2049
01:55:34,760 --> 01:55:38,760
Speaker 1: team in the Super Bowl. He was a game manager

2050
01:55:39,360 --> 01:55:41,840
Speaker 1: for a Super Bowl team. So I'm gonna say true.

2051
01:55:42,560 --> 01:55:44,880
Speaker 1: I mean, there were some stings in the playoffs. There's

2052
01:55:44,920 --> 01:55:47,040
Speaker 1: some games in the playoffs. We're only threw it eight

2053
01:55:47,160 --> 01:55:51,240
Speaker 1: times last year. Yeah, they were running it and running

2054
01:55:51,240 --> 01:55:56,960
Speaker 1: it well, all right, NFL True false. Number two. Should

2055
01:55:57,000 --> 01:56:02,800
Speaker 1: the NFL put a quarantine quarter back in place this season?

2056
01:56:03,160 --> 01:56:06,840
Speaker 1: Albert Brier spoke with agent Mike McCartney, who explained his

2057
01:56:06,960 --> 01:56:09,480
Speaker 1: idea is to have quarterbacks on their roster that train

2058
01:56:09,600 --> 01:56:12,200
Speaker 1: and prepare away from the team facilities, and they could

2059
01:56:12,240 --> 01:56:14,400
Speaker 1: attend team meetings remotely, stay up to date with the

2060
01:56:14,520 --> 01:56:16,640
Speaker 1: offense a week to week game plans. Would be trusted

2061
01:56:16,680 --> 01:56:19,440
Speaker 1: to stay in physical shape on their own. Give them

2062
01:56:19,480 --> 01:56:23,760
Speaker 1: twelve grand a week and say thank you just to

2063
01:56:23,840 --> 01:56:26,960
Speaker 1: stay on it. What do you think NFL should put

2064
01:56:26,960 --> 01:56:31,040
Speaker 1: a quarantine quarterback in place this season? I don't hate

2065
01:56:31,080 --> 01:56:35,040
Speaker 1: the idea because if you got all your quarterbacks in

2066
01:56:35,080 --> 01:56:40,400
Speaker 1: the same meeting room and somebody gets something. I mean,

2067
01:56:41,840 --> 01:56:45,960
Speaker 1: now you're running backs taking snaps, yeah, or your tight

2068
01:56:46,120 --> 01:56:51,000
Speaker 1: end that you know, Dawson Knox who played quarterback Andre Roberts, Yeah,

2069
01:56:51,360 --> 01:56:55,400
Speaker 1: or Andre Roberts is taking snaps, and now your whole

2070
01:56:55,440 --> 01:57:00,160
Speaker 1: season's completely been turned upside out. So it's a it's

2071
01:57:00,160 --> 01:57:03,920
Speaker 1: a three weeks before they're back on the field anyway. Yeah,

2072
01:57:04,640 --> 01:57:07,640
Speaker 1: So I'd be in favor of it, actually, I would

2073
01:57:07,720 --> 01:57:09,880
Speaker 1: try to set something up that way, and I don't

2074
01:57:09,920 --> 01:57:11,760
Speaker 1: know that you have to go to the lengths that

2075
01:57:11,880 --> 01:57:15,720
Speaker 1: McCartney described. I think as long as you have that

2076
01:57:15,880 --> 01:57:19,160
Speaker 1: guy in a different meeting room, yeah you know, with

2077
01:57:19,320 --> 01:57:21,720
Speaker 1: the screen up and he's going through the same thing

2078
01:57:21,800 --> 01:57:23,600
Speaker 1: you are, you've just got him tapped in in a

2079
01:57:23,680 --> 01:57:28,280
Speaker 1: different room. I think you can do that, especially with

2080
01:57:28,400 --> 01:57:30,800
Speaker 1: a position group as small as quarterback. You know, you

2081
01:57:30,920 --> 01:57:35,360
Speaker 1: only got three four guys tops even this year with

2082
01:57:35,520 --> 01:57:39,240
Speaker 1: expanded rosters in a larger practice squad. So yeah, I

2083
01:57:39,440 --> 01:57:43,400
Speaker 1: always split the quarterbacks up. Yeah, you know what I mean,

2084
01:57:43,560 --> 01:57:46,360
Speaker 1: put put the put Josh Allen in with the offensive line.

2085
01:57:46,920 --> 01:57:49,680
Speaker 1: Put Matt Barkley in with a wide receivers and tight ends,

2086
01:57:49,920 --> 01:57:52,680
Speaker 1: you know that kind of thing. All socially distanced anyway,

2087
01:57:52,680 --> 01:57:54,960
Speaker 1: they're all sitting across an open field. I mean there

2088
01:57:55,080 --> 01:57:56,880
Speaker 1: nobody's even near each other. But that's what I would do.

2089
01:57:56,920 --> 01:57:59,520
Speaker 1: I would never those meeting rooms never get used if

2090
01:57:59,560 --> 01:58:02,280
Speaker 1: it's me, unless it's one guy in there watching film

2091
01:58:02,360 --> 01:58:05,080
Speaker 1: by himself. I think everything's got to change, and I

2092
01:58:05,160 --> 01:58:08,120
Speaker 1: think it's you've got to make sure the quarterback I

2093
01:58:08,200 --> 01:58:12,480
Speaker 1: mean Berkeley and Josh, Josh Allen a really good buddy.

2094
01:58:12,480 --> 01:58:15,440
Speaker 1: So's Davis Webb. He's in that mix as well. They

2095
01:58:15,480 --> 01:58:19,000
Speaker 1: shouldn't even see each other all the whole season until

2096
01:58:19,040 --> 01:58:21,280
Speaker 1: they get on the game field on game day, you

2097
01:58:21,360 --> 01:58:25,800
Speaker 1: know what I mean? Yeah, I'm true as well. You

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Speaker 1: got to do something, and that's as good an idea

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Speaker 1: as any, all right, NFL true false. Number three. J

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Speaker 1: Jamal Adams trade proves teams are in a win now

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Speaker 1: mode and it's a dangerous approach. Talking about the Seattle Seahawks,

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Speaker 1: They've got Russell Wilson, who's thirty one. They've got a

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Speaker 1: window of competitive you know, competitiveness open right now and

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Speaker 1: they want to jump through it while they can. And

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Speaker 1: this is a team that dismantled the legion of boom

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Speaker 1: because they had a quarterback they could win with. And

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Speaker 1: now they're doing it with different ways. And now they're

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Speaker 1: trying to get it back and evolved back the other

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Speaker 1: direction by trading for Jamal Adams and give them two ones,

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Speaker 1: a three and a player for the guy. Yeah, trade

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Speaker 1: compensation aside. I think it does show that they are

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Speaker 1: trying to go for it to some degree. I don't know.

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Speaker 1: I'm kind of on the fence with this one, Steve,

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Speaker 1: I don't know if this is them just trying to

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Speaker 1: keep up with the Joneses in a very competitive NFC West,

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Speaker 1: or if they really are trying to go for it,

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Speaker 1: because quite frankly, I don't know if they're there. I mean,

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Speaker 1: they're a very good team, They're probably one of the

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Speaker 1: top two teams in that division. But are they definitively

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Speaker 1: the best? Well, I think you make this move because

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Speaker 1: you think you could be the best. Look back at

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Speaker 1: the three games that the Seattle Seahawks and the Super

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Speaker 1: Bowl losing San Francisco forty nine Ers played against each other.

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Speaker 1: They were all decided on the final play if not

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Speaker 1: the certainly the final series, if not the final playoff regulation. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: so maybe they feel they are right there. They are

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Speaker 1: right there, Okay, they are right So then yeah, I

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Speaker 1: think it is a win now move. Yeah, I would

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Speaker 1: say true. Then, well, those two guys those you go

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Speaker 1: back and watch the San Francisco Seattle games from last year.

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Speaker 1: They are unbelievable games. Unbelievable games, great game and they

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Speaker 1: come down to the one where that they throw it

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Speaker 1: to the tight end. I don't know, it's Jimmy Graham

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Speaker 1: or whatever where he's falling backwards and does the ball

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Speaker 1: break the plane when his back hits the ground. I mean,

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Speaker 1: you can't You couldn't cut a game finer than that.

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Speaker 1: It's like the final play of the game. It's probably

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Speaker 1: one of the best rivalries in the league right now,

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Speaker 1: there's no question about it. It's a great rivalry. Uh.

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Speaker 1: You feel bad for Arizona in that in that center.

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Speaker 1: They're trying to get better with Kyler Murray and Cliff

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Speaker 1: Kingsbury and they're kind of getting things and they are better,

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Speaker 1: no question about it. But it's gonna have to stand

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Speaker 1: up though. You're in a defense that's a wood chipper. Well, yeah,

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Speaker 1: you're number two. Last year they got maybe the best

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Speaker 1: defensive line in football, even after trade and Buckner. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: and then Seattle has got a better defense than you

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Speaker 1: right now. And the Rams were in the Super Bowl

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Speaker 1: like three years ago, two years ago, two years ago,

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Speaker 1: so they're I mean, they're not long long gone, but

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Speaker 1: they've certainly taken a step back. And they've got a

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Speaker 1: guy that can check DeAndre Hopkins. They got Jalen Ramsey either, right, right,

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Speaker 1: So they've got I mean, all these teams in that division,

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Speaker 1: I think have reason to be optimistic. Um, it's a

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Speaker 1: long way to go for the Arizona Cardinals, but I'm

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Speaker 1: telling you that the Seahawks and the forty nine Ers

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Speaker 1: are really, really good football teams and that's not going

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Speaker 1: to change this year. Whether Jimmy Garoppolo deserved to be

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Speaker 1: on the top one hundred list ahead of Zach Dak

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Speaker 1: Prescott or not. The forty nine Ers are going to

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Speaker 1: be legit again this year because of their defensive front

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Speaker 1: and they're running game, no question about it. Steve Tasker,

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Speaker 1: Chris Brown Here until three o'clock, we're gonna come back

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Speaker 1: with what do we learned? Right after the break One

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Speaker 1: Bill's Live presented by kalidah Health on Buffalo Bills Radio.

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Speaker 1: Where we learned brought to you by Skyworks, the official

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Speaker 1: construction equipment rental company of the Buffalo Bills. Today on

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Speaker 1: the program, we had Ross Tucker on twenty twenty being

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Speaker 1: the Bills year to win the AFC East. Here's what

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Speaker 1: he said. I think it's the Bills time. I think

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Speaker 1: Brandon Bean's done a terrific job. I think the Bills

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Speaker 1: have a beautiful roster. You know, the Star News hurts

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Speaker 1: for sure. But that's why they had Vernon Butler. If

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Speaker 1: you look, the Bills have depth everywhere. It's the best

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Speaker 1: roster they've had in a while. I think Josh Allen

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Speaker 1: takes a step forward. If you've heard me anywhere on

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Speaker 1: the podcast, I've been consistent. I've said this everywhere. I'm

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Speaker 1: not just saying it because I'm on in Buffalo. I

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Speaker 1: think it's the Bills here. I think it's the Bill's division.

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Speaker 1: And nothing that's happened with Cam Newton or these opt

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Speaker 1: outs has changed that for me. Ross Tucker on with

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Speaker 1: us earlier in the program, the Star news that he's

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Speaker 1: talking about. Of of course, this is a defensive tackle

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Speaker 1: for the Buffalo Bills. Star Lotulele has opted out of

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Speaker 1: the twenty twenty NFL season. He's one of a growing

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Speaker 1: number of players who have done that. We've tried to

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Speaker 1: stay on top of it. I'm sure some of the

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Speaker 1: guys are going to opt out over the next couple

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Speaker 1: of days and maybe after we go off the air today.

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Speaker 1: But Brownie, we also learned the Pat Mahomes got a

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Speaker 1: bag of money. He's just caught a ferrari in a

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Speaker 1: baseball team. He thought he's now one of the minority

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Speaker 1: owners of the Kansas City Royals in Major League Baseball.

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Speaker 1: They welcomed him with open arms. That deepens his roots

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Speaker 1: to the Kansas to the Kansas City area, and good

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Speaker 1: for him. Yeah, that's that's a lot of cash. Must

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Speaker 1: be nice, it must be well, it's kind of cool.

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Speaker 1: Think about how cool it is for him though, you know,

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Speaker 1: because as a kid there he is watching his dad

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Speaker 1: as a major league baseball pitcher, played like a host

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Speaker 1: of different teams, and even his uncle, La Troy Hawkins,

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Speaker 1: was a major league pitcher. He's watching his dad and

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Speaker 1: his uncle all through his childhood. With he's playing in

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Speaker 1: the major leagues and obviously he's the Cats me out

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Speaker 1: in the NFL and now is the MVP. But what

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Speaker 1: is to be able to own a piece of a

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Speaker 1: major League baseball team when all you did is watch

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Speaker 1: countless number of baseball games as a kid? What does

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Speaker 1: it say about sport? What's it say about Major League

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Speaker 1: Baseball and NFL football that the MVP of one sport

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Speaker 1: can buy the team you know, can beat part of

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Speaker 1: the ownership group of another teams and another sport? Do

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Speaker 1: you say anything what it says? I mean, he certainly

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Speaker 1: has the financial wherewithal to do it. But how about

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Speaker 1: a twenty four year old being able to buy a

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Speaker 1: minority stake in a Major League Baseball franchise. That just

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Speaker 1: doesn't compute for me. That's big. There's there's a part

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Speaker 1: of that that just I don't care how many calculators

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Speaker 1: you show me the answer on I'm still not believing you. Right,

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Speaker 1: it's true, it's true, he's twenty four. Yes, how'd you

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Speaker 1: like to be like a thirty year old starting pitcher

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Speaker 1: on the Royals roster and then walk into it's twenty four. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: just walk into the walk into the locker room, say guys,

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Speaker 1: I'm the minority owner. You know what I think I'm

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Speaker 1: gonna pitch today so you can see you guys can

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Speaker 1: take a seat. I owned the team. I've been shaving

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Speaker 1: for three years. What the heck? Tomorrow we've got more

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Speaker 1: Camp Countdown twenty twenty coming on. We're gonna talk about.

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Speaker 1: Tomorrow's topic is Camp Countdown twenty one is can Buffalo's

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Speaker 1: Buffalo Bill's defense be a top five unit yet again?

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Speaker 1: They have been for the last two years or the

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Speaker 1: last three years? Can they be a top five unit

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Speaker 1: yet again? This coming season. We think they can. We're

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Speaker 1: gonna talk about that tomorrow. Will also have a guest

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Speaker 1: on as well, as we continue to scour the internet

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Speaker 1: for more for more guys who are just absolutely going

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Speaker 1: crazy over the opt outs, the minutia of the contracts.

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Speaker 1: We have more news on that tomorrow for sure, and

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Speaker 1: the COVID testing as well. So Brownie Good Show today,

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Speaker 1: a lot going on. We tried to stay on top

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Speaker 1: of it. We made the joke he was a little

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Speaker 1: bit like having like something happened in the world of politics,

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Speaker 1: some tragic naturally, like a twenty four hour news program. Right,

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Speaker 1: We're just we're just coming down on the ticker, right,

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Speaker 1: we're just reading the ticker for today. Thanks for sticking

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Speaker 1: with us, everybody. This has been Buffalo Bill's Radio presented

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Speaker 1: by Khalida Health, and this has been One Bill's Live