WEBVTT - Balancing Free Agency and the Draft in 2026 | Buffalo Bills | Bills By The Numbers 0:00:00.240 --> 0:00:02.080 Glad you're here for Bills by the Numbers, where we 0:00:02.120 --> 0:00:03.760 let the stats tell you where the Bills are at. 0:00:03.760 --> 0:00:06.720 We're presented by fand will make every moment more coming up. 0:00:06.760 --> 0:00:10.400 The balance between free agency and the draft. Is the 0:00:10.480 --> 0:00:14.800 equation different for GM Brandon Bean this time around? And 0:00:15.040 --> 0:00:18.599 why how much of the cap dollars have to go 0:00:18.720 --> 0:00:19.040 to the. 0:00:19.000 --> 0:00:20.400 Defensive side of the ball. 0:00:20.840 --> 0:00:25.120 And we'll have our one burning question, can somebody get 0:00:25.160 --> 0:00:41.559 cap compliance online? One? Please to have you listening to 0:00:41.640 --> 0:00:43.400 us here on Bills by the Numbers. He has Bill's 0:00:43.400 --> 0:00:45.080 Wall of Fame re Steve Tasker on Bills play by 0:00:45.120 --> 0:00:47.879 Playman Chris Brown. And as we approach the NFL Combine 0:00:47.880 --> 0:00:49.800 at the end of the month, this is where the 0:00:49.880 --> 0:00:54.160 rubber meets the road for all NFL club decision making 0:00:54.640 --> 0:00:58.320 with respect to the roster, the free agent plan comes 0:00:58.320 --> 0:01:01.600 into focus in terms of a budget and player targets 0:01:01.720 --> 0:01:04.560 to sign. It's also where the final stage of information 0:01:04.680 --> 0:01:09.039 gathering happens on draft prospects, whether they have a clean 0:01:09.080 --> 0:01:12.479 bill of health and most importantly, are they a fit 0:01:13.280 --> 0:01:16.040 for the Bills. But despite a change made a head 0:01:16.040 --> 0:01:18.680 coach this offseason and a scheme change on the defensive 0:01:18.720 --> 0:01:22.000 side of the ball. A step back in twenty twenty 0:01:22.080 --> 0:01:25.120 six from where they've been the last seven years running 0:01:25.360 --> 0:01:30.360 is not an option. How might that mandate change jam 0:01:30.480 --> 0:01:33.800 Brandon Bean's approach in improving the roster this offseason. 0:01:34.240 --> 0:01:35.600 You and I've talked about it a little bit on 0:01:35.640 --> 0:01:39.399 the Daily Show. I think the trade market is going 0:01:39.480 --> 0:01:42.000 to be a little bit juiced up this year because 0:01:42.040 --> 0:01:48.760 of ten head coaching vacancies, a large number of teams 0:01:48.800 --> 0:01:50.760 going from four to three to three four and three 0:01:50.920 --> 0:01:54.360 four to four to three, vice versa. There'll be players 0:01:54.360 --> 0:01:58.400 on those ten rosters on the defensive side who fit 0:01:58.520 --> 0:02:01.400 or don't fit. If they fit in a three to 0:02:01.400 --> 0:02:03.360 four and they're not running a three to four anymore, 0:02:04.520 --> 0:02:08.239 you can trade that guy, and vice versa. I think 0:02:08.280 --> 0:02:14.600 there's gonna be more lateral movement for players and gms 0:02:14.880 --> 0:02:17.040 in this season than there has been, just because of 0:02:17.080 --> 0:02:20.720 how many regime changes there are and the scheme fits. 0:02:23.480 --> 0:02:27.800 The cap continues to go up, so they'll you should 0:02:27.800 --> 0:02:30.840 be able to kind of squeeze a more expensive player 0:02:31.680 --> 0:02:36.400 under your cap if you've got the room. Teams have 0:02:36.520 --> 0:02:39.680 known this is coming. The Bills are in better shape 0:02:39.720 --> 0:02:42.200 than they have been in years past. At this point, 0:02:42.639 --> 0:02:44.760 it doesn't mean they'll get to better shape than they 0:02:45.160 --> 0:02:50.480 need to get, but so I'm I really think this year, 0:02:50.760 --> 0:02:53.800 as far as philosophically changing your roster, I think the 0:02:53.919 --> 0:02:58.000 trade route is gonna be I think a little bit 0:02:58.040 --> 0:02:59.880 more juicy than it has been in years past. 0:03:00.200 --> 0:03:04.200 Sense to think that the trade market would be more robust, 0:03:04.360 --> 0:03:07.600 and then you couple that with the teams that are 0:03:07.639 --> 0:03:13.040 typically in need of making moves just to become cap compliant, 0:03:14.960 --> 0:03:19.400 and then on top of that salary structures on players 0:03:19.440 --> 0:03:22.880 that have just gotten too fat to justify the expense, 0:03:23.560 --> 0:03:27.519 and those players getting pushed potentially into the market. I 0:03:27.600 --> 0:03:29.600 think it's going to be a very intriguing off season 0:03:30.040 --> 0:03:32.960 for the Bills, knowing what has to change and the 0:03:33.000 --> 0:03:35.880 degree of change on the defensive side of the ball, 0:03:36.000 --> 0:03:40.560 and how the Bills are going to find the financial 0:03:40.600 --> 0:03:44.600 space to address all of that while also entertaining a 0:03:44.680 --> 0:03:47.200 draft shortly thereafter. I think it's going to be a 0:03:47.200 --> 0:03:50.680 fascinating offseason for this team because of how much has 0:03:50.760 --> 0:03:55.520 to change so as to adjust to the new scheme defensively, 0:03:55.800 --> 0:03:59.760 while also not losing any ground in their contender status. 0:04:00.200 --> 0:04:03.240 If you will, taking a step back really does not 0:04:03.440 --> 0:04:07.560 sound like an option here, even though when you make 0:04:07.600 --> 0:04:09.880 a change like this, there is a chance you slide 0:04:09.920 --> 0:04:12.560 back a little bit from what you've been the last 0:04:12.560 --> 0:04:13.280 several years. 0:04:13.680 --> 0:04:15.559 As we know, job. 0:04:15.280 --> 0:04:18.560 One will be for the Bills to become cap compliant. 0:04:18.640 --> 0:04:20.599 Even with a cap set to go up between twenty 0:04:20.600 --> 0:04:23.320 to twenty five million dollars, Buffalo still has work to 0:04:23.320 --> 0:04:25.479 do to not only get under the cap, but create 0:04:25.600 --> 0:04:28.960 enough space to fortify the roster in some capacity in 0:04:29.040 --> 0:04:32.679 free agency. In years past, we've largely seen Brandon Bean's 0:04:32.680 --> 0:04:35.320 swing for value in the free agent market rather than 0:04:35.360 --> 0:04:38.839 go big game hunting, and with cap constraints, they're likely 0:04:38.920 --> 0:04:42.039 to do the same this offseason. The question is what 0:04:42.240 --> 0:04:45.840 percentage of their free agent budget do you believe goes 0:04:45.880 --> 0:04:48.719 to the defensive side of the ball, knowing that's where 0:04:48.760 --> 0:04:53.000 they have far more holes, at least on a surface look. 0:04:55.160 --> 0:04:57.680 I was gonna kind of do the obviously, certainly they're 0:04:57.680 --> 0:04:59.120 going to spend more money on the defensive side. I 0:04:59.160 --> 0:05:03.080 don't know that those guys are out there. I think 0:05:03.080 --> 0:05:06.000 it probably be fifty to fifty. I think if they're 0:05:06.000 --> 0:05:08.040 gonna spend money, it's gonna be on a high end 0:05:08.080 --> 0:05:12.599 wide out, which will you know, balance out the ledger 0:05:14.760 --> 0:05:17.000 of the guys they don't need they're gonna try and 0:05:17.000 --> 0:05:19.240 get on defense that aren't available. I mean, you're not 0:05:19.279 --> 0:05:22.520 gonna get Miles Garrett on the free agent market or TJ. 0:05:22.720 --> 0:05:27.840 Watt or Kyle Hamilton or some of these guys. Right, 0:05:29.080 --> 0:05:35.200 Defenders are more valuable and are more costly. So I 0:05:35.240 --> 0:05:38.680 think Brandon Bereen's probably gonna continue to go value on 0:05:38.720 --> 0:05:40.960 the defensive side, particularly in this first year of a 0:05:40.960 --> 0:05:45.840 new defense, rather than go all in try and get 0:05:46.160 --> 0:05:48.760 a you know, swing for the fence on a home run. Now, 0:05:48.880 --> 0:05:51.080 there may be one that's presented to him by another 0:05:51.120 --> 0:05:53.599 team that we don't know about. Maybe, but I would 0:05:53.640 --> 0:05:57.200 think there's gonna spend more on fewer guys on the 0:05:57.240 --> 0:06:00.200 offensive side of the ball to make sure they can 0:06:00.240 --> 0:06:03.880 still keep scoring touchdowns even if it takes them a 0:06:03.920 --> 0:06:05.560 minute to find their their legs. 0:06:05.560 --> 0:06:09.479 On defense, Yeah, if you're talking dollars in cents, I 0:06:09.480 --> 0:06:11.600 would tend to agree it's probably going to wind up 0:06:11.600 --> 0:06:13.799 being balanced when it all comes out in the wash. 0:06:14.120 --> 0:06:19.120 If you're talking bodies though, right, it's probably eighty twenty defense. 0:06:19.240 --> 0:06:21.080 Well, yes, by sheer number. 0:06:21.240 --> 0:06:22.000 Yeah, and I. 0:06:21.920 --> 0:06:24.360 Think there are going to be some players on that 0:06:24.400 --> 0:06:26.359 side of the ball that just flat out don't fit. 0:06:26.200 --> 0:06:28.799 Anymore with the new scheme change. 0:06:29.400 --> 0:06:33.599 And even if they're under contract, you know, they might 0:06:33.640 --> 0:06:37.279 be a cap casualty or just deemed not a fit 0:06:37.320 --> 0:06:39.359 and moved via trade, you know, to get back to 0:06:39.440 --> 0:06:42.320 your earlier point. And so I think, if you're talking 0:06:42.320 --> 0:06:45.880 in terms of bodies, the defense is going to endure 0:06:46.080 --> 0:06:49.640 far more change over than the offensive side of the ball. 0:06:49.680 --> 0:06:54.000 This offseason we have often seen being fill as many 0:06:54.120 --> 0:06:58.440 perceived roster holes as possible with free agents, so his 0:06:58.520 --> 0:07:01.440 hand is enforced in theft and more often than not, 0:07:01.560 --> 0:07:04.920 he's been successful in doing that. But knowing the pressure 0:07:05.000 --> 0:07:08.400 is there to get over the playoff hump right now, 0:07:09.240 --> 0:07:13.680 does Bean have to acquire more proven commodities in free 0:07:13.720 --> 0:07:18.720 agency to improve the roster rather than drafting players and 0:07:18.800 --> 0:07:21.640 hoping a few of them are starting caliber anthers answers 0:07:21.680 --> 0:07:23.440 for their offensive or defensive lineup. 0:07:24.360 --> 0:07:29.880 That's a good question. H No, I think they're gonna 0:07:29.880 --> 0:07:31.800 do both. I think they're gonna draft guys and they're 0:07:31.800 --> 0:07:33.400 gonna try and get as good a guys as they 0:07:33.440 --> 0:07:36.600 possibly can, and I think they'll probably lean on their 0:07:36.600 --> 0:07:41.600 coaching staffs expertise about saying, what about this, particularly in 0:07:41.600 --> 0:07:44.400 the free agent market, but what do you think about 0:07:44.440 --> 0:07:47.160 this guy versus this guy, that guy versus this guy. 0:07:48.520 --> 0:07:51.760 I think the coaching staff will have a large, a 0:07:51.800 --> 0:07:54.880 loud voice in the guys they pluck out of the 0:07:54.920 --> 0:07:59.080 free agent market, and I that's the way it's always 0:07:59.080 --> 0:08:02.080 gonna draft. Now, the draft may be a different story. 0:08:02.080 --> 0:08:04.840 It may be the college scouts who have the bigger voice. 0:08:05.640 --> 0:08:09.119 The coach will say I like this, you know, they'll 0:08:09.120 --> 0:08:11.600 say I like this type of guy. The scouts will say, 0:08:11.640 --> 0:08:16.480 this is that guy. So that's what I think. That's 0:08:16.520 --> 0:08:22.080 how I think it will go. But I they'll get 0:08:22.080 --> 0:08:23.920 as proven of players as they can and fit them 0:08:23.960 --> 0:08:26.000 under the cap. But I just don't think there are 0:08:26.040 --> 0:08:31.679 gonna be any elite players available on the defensive side. 0:08:31.800 --> 0:08:34.720 I'm gonna I'm attacking this question from a different angle 0:08:34.760 --> 0:08:37.280 than you are. I don't think they're looking for elite 0:08:37.280 --> 0:08:39.880 players per se on the free agent market. They first 0:08:39.880 --> 0:08:44.520 of all, they can't afford them. But I think more 0:08:44.600 --> 0:08:51.720 than in recent years, they are looking for known fits 0:08:52.280 --> 0:08:57.080 in this system. Because as much as their coaches watch 0:08:57.200 --> 0:09:00.240 the guys that are under contract on this roster and 0:09:00.280 --> 0:09:02.040 deem them a fit for this defense. 0:09:02.640 --> 0:09:03.720 It's still a projection. 0:09:04.000 --> 0:09:07.120 Now, you might have a more accurate projection on a 0:09:07.120 --> 0:09:09.959 guy like Terrell Bernard who's played in a three to 0:09:10.000 --> 0:09:12.800 four in college and was very successful, or a Landon 0:09:12.880 --> 0:09:16.160 Jackson who played in a three man front at Arkansas 0:09:16.200 --> 0:09:18.040 and you've seen him in this role, and so the 0:09:18.080 --> 0:09:21.440 projection you feel better about. The vast majority of these 0:09:21.480 --> 0:09:27.040 guys are projections. So knowing you have players under contract 0:09:27.040 --> 0:09:31.040 from previous years that you're projecting into this scheme, and 0:09:31.040 --> 0:09:35.440 then everyone you draft might be a projection into that 0:09:35.480 --> 0:09:38.680 scheme on the defensive side of the ball man, you 0:09:38.760 --> 0:09:43.040 need some sure things and so I think this offseason 0:09:43.920 --> 0:09:48.480 even more so than previous ones, you need more sure 0:09:48.559 --> 0:09:51.720 fire fits that you know can line up and play 0:09:52.200 --> 0:09:54.480 and be productive for you in this system in the 0:09:54.480 --> 0:09:58.160 free agent market than maybe in the last five years, 0:09:58.720 --> 0:10:01.320 because you already had guys in your pipeline on your 0:10:01.360 --> 0:10:03.520 roster that you knew or fit. You had Matt Mullane, 0:10:03.600 --> 0:10:06.319 you had Jordan Poyer, you know, you had Taron Johnson, 0:10:06.480 --> 0:10:08.679 you had Tredevious. What you had Christian Beffer. You had 0:10:08.760 --> 0:10:12.400 defensive lineman. Whatever it was that you knew fit this system, 0:10:12.840 --> 0:10:18.640 that's all gone. Now you're starting fresh, and as convinced 0:10:18.679 --> 0:10:21.720 as you might be that Dion Walker can be a 0:10:21.760 --> 0:10:26.320 nose tackle in a two gap system, I'm still finding 0:10:26.320 --> 0:10:28.240 myself a nose tackle on the free agent market that 0:10:28.360 --> 0:10:31.040 I know for sure can play nose tackle. 0:10:31.320 --> 0:10:33.520 I'm not like, I gotta have that. 0:10:34.240 --> 0:10:38.400 And so I think because of and desperation is not 0:10:38.440 --> 0:10:41.319 the word I'm looking for here, but because you have 0:10:41.400 --> 0:10:46.800 to have positional certainty at some positions in this three 0:10:46.920 --> 0:10:50.520 four defense, I think you unequivocally have to find free 0:10:50.559 --> 0:10:51.240 agent answers. 0:10:51.320 --> 0:10:53.000 They can be budgetary, but. 0:10:53.040 --> 0:10:57.280 As long as you know day one I put the 0:10:57.320 --> 0:10:59.760 ball on the ground that guy can play nose tackle 0:10:59.760 --> 0:11:02.240 for me's have to have answers. 0:11:02.400 --> 0:11:04.520 That's the gray area we're talking about. If you've got 0:11:04.520 --> 0:11:06.520 a guy like an Ed Oliver who's a first round 0:11:06.600 --> 0:11:09.679 draft pick, he's got first round capabilities, and when he's 0:11:09.720 --> 0:11:11.920 out there and healthy, he's a difference maker and a real, 0:11:12.559 --> 0:11:14.280 you know, kind of a problem in a four to 0:11:14.400 --> 0:11:16.960 three and you pulled them over to three four and 0:11:16.960 --> 0:11:19.079 you think, okay, it's gonna take some getting used to 0:11:19.160 --> 0:11:24.920 it. But his athleticism and his traits are better than Joey 0:11:24.960 --> 0:11:27.160 bagg of Donuts, who his traits whatever they are, and 0:11:27.200 --> 0:11:29.440 his gifts are which are not as good as eds. 0:11:29.679 --> 0:11:32.719 But he's built for the four three three four. I mean, 0:11:33.440 --> 0:11:35.920 he's built for the system. That's the gray area. You 0:11:35.960 --> 0:11:38.840 have his ed with his gifts and maybe not exactly 0:11:38.880 --> 0:11:43.079 what you want, but his athleticism and his skills allow 0:11:43.160 --> 0:11:45.640 him to figure it out and be productive. Or is 0:11:45.679 --> 0:11:48.240 he better as a guy who doesn't fit but is 0:11:48.280 --> 0:11:50.920 a better athlete than a guy who does fit who's 0:11:50.920 --> 0:11:52.400 not as good an athlete. You know what I'm saying. 0:11:52.640 --> 0:11:54.880 That's the gray are the call you got to make. 0:11:55.559 --> 0:11:57.160 That's the call you got to make as a as 0:11:57.200 --> 0:12:00.720 a coaching staff. It's it's not easy until you actually 0:12:00.720 --> 0:12:02.280 you know, because you don't get a chance to line 0:12:02.280 --> 0:12:03.920 He's get in a game and find That's. 0:12:03.760 --> 0:12:07.840 Why I think Being's gonna lean toward guys that he 0:12:08.000 --> 0:12:11.880 sees on film being productive in a three four scheme. 0:12:12.000 --> 0:12:13.679 Oh and we can get him for six million a year. 0:12:13.840 --> 0:12:15.800 Done get him in here, like you know what I mean, 0:12:15.840 --> 0:12:18.199 Like it's that kind of you. I think that's the scenario. 0:12:18.360 --> 0:12:20.280 He's gonna put himself in more often. 0:12:20.040 --> 0:12:22.800 The problem And as crazy as it sounds, you're gonna 0:12:22.800 --> 0:12:24.400 pay the guys six million a year, You're gonna get 0:12:24.440 --> 0:12:26.920 six million in value when everybody around him is making 0:12:26.960 --> 0:12:29.480 twenty and they're getting twenty million dollars in value. That's 0:12:29.520 --> 0:12:30.160 a problem. 0:12:30.760 --> 0:12:36.439 Yeah. So I just think they gotta find that kind 0:12:36.480 --> 0:12:36.880 of value. 0:12:36.880 --> 0:12:38.960 Oh, they're looking for different types of athletes, now, no 0:12:39.080 --> 0:12:39.760 question about it. 0:12:39.800 --> 0:12:44.520 Affordable but proven productive in this kind of a scheme 0:12:44.760 --> 0:12:48.320 is the highest of highest priorities. All Right, we just 0:12:48.480 --> 0:12:51.000 we discussed this and broach this subject a little bit. 0:12:51.120 --> 0:12:52.360 I'm gonna tweak it a little. 0:12:52.400 --> 0:12:56.240 But knowing that cap constraints could make the ability to 0:12:56.280 --> 0:12:59.760 sign a higher number of free agents difficult, do you 0:13:00.000 --> 0:13:03.040 expect the Bills personnel department to be more apt to 0:13:03.160 --> 0:13:07.920 execute a few player for player or player for draft 0:13:08.080 --> 0:13:12.920 capital trades to move money out and create more cap space. 0:13:13.120 --> 0:13:18.360 It does open up a logical window for players rather 0:13:18.400 --> 0:13:22.719 than draft picks to go out to go out. It 0:13:22.760 --> 0:13:25.760 opens that up on all ten of the new regimes, 0:13:26.679 --> 0:13:30.280 and with that many teams moving around like that, it 0:13:30.360 --> 0:13:33.079 will also kind of reach out and make its way 0:13:33.080 --> 0:13:35.320 into other teams who aren't making regime changes but have 0:13:35.400 --> 0:13:38.080 guys available or who they're deep at this position or 0:13:38.200 --> 0:13:42.800 shallow at the position and they need the guys. So, yes, 0:13:43.040 --> 0:13:48.079 I do. I think it really widens the market for 0:13:48.240 --> 0:13:53.800 players to be available in trades rather than draft picks. Now, 0:13:53.800 --> 0:13:55.679 certainly we're going to see the same number. Listen, we're 0:13:55.679 --> 0:13:57.400 going to give you our one this year for your 0:13:57.400 --> 0:14:00.960 one next year, and you can pick your guy, will 0:14:00.960 --> 0:14:03.040 take your one for next year. We're seeing that all. 0:14:03.080 --> 0:14:06.280 We see that all the time. Right, we'll move back 0:14:06.679 --> 0:14:09.520 fifteen spots, but you're gonna give us your one next 0:14:09.600 --> 0:14:11.960 year and a two next year or a three next year. 0:14:12.600 --> 0:14:15.240 That's always happening, And that's gonna that's gonna be exactly 0:14:15.280 --> 0:14:17.199 the same this year as it always is, because it's 0:14:17.280 --> 0:14:21.560 draft picks for draft picks, and they're all unknowns. This 0:14:21.680 --> 0:14:24.720 year more so than any other. I believe it opens 0:14:24.800 --> 0:14:27.880 up the possibility that players that you love and respect 0:14:27.920 --> 0:14:31.240 on your respective teams are around the knee league, they're 0:14:31.320 --> 0:14:32.360 up on they're on the block. 0:14:32.800 --> 0:14:36.440 Yes, the Bills, because of their cap constraints, are in 0:14:36.480 --> 0:14:41.040 a much different position than a regime change in Tennessee 0:14:41.680 --> 0:14:44.440 or in Las Vegas. They're tight against the cap and 0:14:44.440 --> 0:14:48.120 they're making a scheme change. They want to move players out. 0:14:48.880 --> 0:14:51.400 The Titans and the Raiders lead the league in cap 0:14:51.400 --> 0:14:54.360 space this offseason one hundred and four million, ninety one 0:14:54.400 --> 0:14:57.960 and a half million. Those are teams that, just by 0:14:58.040 --> 0:15:01.120 virtue of example, Brandon Bean could call and say, Hey, 0:15:01.160 --> 0:15:05.760 I've got player X is their interest. I know you 0:15:05.800 --> 0:15:09.680 can stomach the salary. Either give me draft capital back 0:15:09.840 --> 0:15:13.080 so I have dollars out, or give me a player 0:15:13.120 --> 0:15:15.800 on his rookie deal so I can have dollars in 0:15:15.840 --> 0:15:18.840 that I can absorb. And I'm giving you a frontline 0:15:18.880 --> 0:15:23.400 player for your new scheme because you can stomach the money. 0:15:25.240 --> 0:15:29.000 Those are valuable potential trade partners. Titans with almost one 0:15:29.120 --> 0:15:31.960 hundred and five million in cap space, you can give 0:15:32.000 --> 0:15:33.800 them a fifteen million dollar a year player. 0:15:33.840 --> 0:15:39.880 They don't even blink, right, and the thing that you'll 0:15:39.920 --> 0:15:41.920 get back is something. But you have to get something 0:15:41.960 --> 0:15:44.520 back that they don't value as much as the player. 0:15:45.880 --> 0:15:48.160 Or is it to Andre Sweat, I'm gonna keep talking 0:15:48.160 --> 0:15:50.800 about that guy until we land them in a trade. 0:15:50.840 --> 0:15:53.440 The more you talk about the less likely this might be. 0:15:54.160 --> 0:15:56.920 That's like, that's a guy in his rookie deal. That's 0:15:56.960 --> 0:15:57.440 why I was. 0:15:58.120 --> 0:16:02.480 I mean, that's yeah, but yet easier said than Doe is. 0:16:02.560 --> 0:16:06.200 I get it, but you're right. I do think players 0:16:06.240 --> 0:16:09.240 will be more available to move teams this year in 0:16:09.320 --> 0:16:12.480 the trade market rather than draft capital and cap space 0:16:12.960 --> 0:16:15.680 than all of that. I just think that's more likely 0:16:15.760 --> 0:16:16.160 this year. 0:16:17.000 --> 0:16:20.200 We move along to the numbers game where Steve is 0:16:20.240 --> 0:16:24.040 going to be quizzed on NFL Combine history. It is 0:16:24.120 --> 0:16:26.320 on the doorsteps, So why knock? 0:16:27.280 --> 0:16:28.280 Question number one? 0:16:28.360 --> 0:16:34.320 Steve Max Harston had the fastest forty time at the 0:16:34.400 --> 0:16:39.160 combine last year. He clocked a four to eight. Where 0:16:39.160 --> 0:16:41.640 does his forty time rank in the history of the 0:16:41.680 --> 0:16:45.520 combine since two thousand and six, when the modern timing 0:16:45.680 --> 0:16:47.560 system was implemented. 0:16:49.680 --> 0:16:50.160 Top ten? 0:16:51.560 --> 0:16:56.120 You are correct, he is exactly tenth tenth fastest time 0:16:56.200 --> 0:17:01.480 since two thousand and six, fourth fastest corners. 0:17:00.840 --> 0:17:02.840 That listen, that's four to two. 0:17:03.040 --> 0:17:03.560 That's moving. 0:17:03.720 --> 0:17:05.480 It's yeah, he's fast. 0:17:05.520 --> 0:17:08.760 So he trails only Kaylon Barnes, DJ Turner who's with 0:17:08.800 --> 0:17:12.480 the Bengals, and Riek Woolen of the Seahawks in fastest 0:17:13.040 --> 0:17:17.800 forty times among quarterbacks since cornerbacks since two thousand and six. 0:17:17.920 --> 0:17:22.800 Question number two, what Buffalo Bill's draft choice holds the 0:17:22.920 --> 0:17:27.280 team record for bench press reps at the NFL COMBA 0:17:28.000 --> 0:17:31.000 bench press rep? Oh, yeah, not really done that much 0:17:31.040 --> 0:17:32.960 anymore by a lot of prospects at the combat. 0:17:33.000 --> 0:17:35.800 What year was it done? Can I ask her? 0:17:36.320 --> 0:17:38.920 I don't have it my era or was it somebody else? 0:17:39.240 --> 0:17:41.560 It's after your era. 0:17:42.840 --> 0:17:48.000 Bench press reps Kyle Wood, It is not Kyle Williams. 0:17:48.000 --> 0:17:55.120 All right, I'll say Quiat Teller. 0:17:55.880 --> 0:17:58.680 It's not Wyatt Teller. It's a little bit earlier than that. 0:17:58.840 --> 0:18:03.880 All right, give you one more US reps. 0:18:08.119 --> 0:18:09.600 It is a big guy as you would expect. 0:18:09.680 --> 0:18:13.639 Yeah, I'll say Dion, No, it's before deal. Hold on, 0:18:13.920 --> 0:18:18.600 that's not guess uh. I put the card down, but 0:18:18.640 --> 0:18:23.479 I didn't take my hand down. I will say, let 0:18:23.520 --> 0:18:29.000 me think, boy, I couldn't tell it. 0:18:29.040 --> 0:18:33.399 I don't know. It is life Larsen, Remember I do 0:18:33.560 --> 0:18:35.720 remember him powerlifter. 0:18:35.520 --> 0:18:37.399 Forty five reps on. 0:18:37.280 --> 0:18:43.359 The bench, the five That is a fat number. Question 0:18:43.480 --> 0:18:48.840 number three, how long did Dion Dawkins arms measure at 0:18:48.880 --> 0:18:51.199 the NFL COMBA. 0:18:51.480 --> 0:18:53.359 You had to guess? What would you say is arm. 0:18:53.280 --> 0:18:55.600 Length was between thirty four and thirty five inches. 0:18:56.280 --> 0:19:01.119 It is exactly thirty five inches for Dionda Hawkins thirty 0:19:01.160 --> 0:19:03.879 five inch arms. That's why he's getting it done at 0:19:03.920 --> 0:19:08.680 just six foot three. He's got vines for arms. Kidding 0:19:09.040 --> 0:19:13.320 and question number four, what Buffalo Bill's draft choice holds 0:19:13.359 --> 0:19:19.280 the team record for highest vertical leap at the NFL combine? 0:19:20.080 --> 0:19:21.119 Do you wonder what the number is? 0:19:21.480 --> 0:19:21.760 Sure? 0:19:22.359 --> 0:19:33.879 Forty one and a half inches? Aaron who got forty 0:19:33.920 --> 0:19:36.040 one and a half inches between the bottom of their 0:19:36.040 --> 0:19:37.159 shoes and the floor. 0:19:37.359 --> 0:19:46.840 It's not Aaron, it is not. I will say I'm 0:19:47.320 --> 0:19:50.879 leaning towards as an offensive player. 0:19:51.840 --> 0:19:52.240 It is not. 0:19:52.600 --> 0:19:54.480 I will tell you it's a defensive player. 0:19:58.680 --> 0:20:01.200 I'll say Tredavious White. 0:20:01.440 --> 0:20:04.760 It is not Tredavious White. But your position is correct? 0:20:04.960 --> 0:20:08.679 Right now? Is it like post two thousand, Yes, it is. 0:20:09.520 --> 0:20:11.640 I'll say it's within the last ten years. 0:20:12.240 --> 0:20:20.040 I'll say, uh, if you wouldn't say Max Harriston all passes, 0:20:20.880 --> 0:20:21.879 it's not Max. 0:20:21.680 --> 0:20:24.959 Right, No, he is third all time thirty nine and 0:20:24.960 --> 0:20:25.840 a half inches. 0:20:26.280 --> 0:20:32.520 I'm gonna say, I sure know I knew this. 0:20:34.080 --> 0:20:36.520 Trel Bernard. It is not Terrell Bernard. 0:20:36.560 --> 0:20:40.280 It is Ronald Darby forty one and a half inches, 0:20:40.440 --> 0:20:43.480 the first pick in the twenty fifteen draft. In round two, 0:20:44.560 --> 0:20:47.959 Saran Neil second all time at forty and a half inches, 0:20:48.480 --> 0:20:51.080 and Max Harrison third all time at thirty nine and 0:20:51.080 --> 0:20:54.680 a half. The DB's holding it down on the vertical. 0:20:54.680 --> 0:20:59.080 Eat those guys or they're different cats, man. I go 0:20:59.119 --> 0:21:02.800 on and on telling story about it. The dbs in 0:21:02.840 --> 0:21:07.440 the NFL are faster than anybody you've ever you've ever 0:21:07.560 --> 0:21:11.000 competed against, and they're better athletes anybody you've ever competed against. 0:21:11.000 --> 0:21:11.080 It. 0:21:11.119 --> 0:21:14.920 Play the whole game in reverse there. They're unbelievable. Yeah, 0:21:15.119 --> 0:21:16.280 unbelievable athletes. 0:21:16.680 --> 0:21:17.320 Bill's fans. 0:21:17.320 --> 0:21:20.080 Get in on the action with FanDuel, America's number one sportsbook. 0:21:20.160 --> 0:21:22.240 Just download the app today to play anyway you want. 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Do you expect 0:21:39.960 --> 0:21:43.520 Brandon Bean to be more aggressive and part with draft 0:21:43.520 --> 0:21:46.639 capital to move up the board, or do you think 0:21:46.800 --> 0:21:50.200 after possibly being somewhat limited in free agency, that Bean 0:21:50.280 --> 0:21:53.120 will be more app to trade back out of positions 0:21:53.640 --> 0:21:57.879 to acquire more draft capital and take a volume approach. 0:21:59.640 --> 0:22:01.320 I think think it's more likely that it takes a 0:22:01.359 --> 0:22:08.639 volume approach because they're picking twenty sixth overall. Now, I 0:22:08.680 --> 0:22:11.640 don't know how many guys they have a first round 0:22:11.680 --> 0:22:15.280 grade on, so nobody does. They probably haven't even decided 0:22:15.320 --> 0:22:21.880 that themselves. But if there's like thirty, maybe they do 0:22:22.080 --> 0:22:27.400 move up. If it's you know, twenty or fifteen, then 0:22:27.440 --> 0:22:31.760 they'll probably move back and get more picks. Last year, 0:22:31.840 --> 0:22:33.800 it was one of those drafts where most of the 0:22:33.880 --> 0:22:36.119 value is between the second and fourth round. There was 0:22:36.160 --> 0:22:40.040 a ton of players in that spot there, which meant, 0:22:40.080 --> 0:22:44.200 you know, that's where you want to pick. I think 0:22:44.200 --> 0:22:46.480 it's more I think it's more likely this year that 0:22:46.520 --> 0:22:50.880 he drops back, grabs a bunch more picks, and makes selections. 0:22:51.640 --> 0:22:54.600 I think volume is the way they're going to go. 0:22:54.640 --> 0:22:57.280 Only because they're picking twenty six to begin with. 0:22:57.400 --> 0:23:00.880 Yeah, it's gonna be hard to move up to get somebody, 0:23:01.040 --> 0:23:02.879