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Speaker 1: This the One Bills Live presented by Calida Health.

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Speaker 2: All right, back here on a Monday, Chris Brown, Steve

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Speaker 2: Tasker with you on a very soggy Monday here in

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Speaker 2: Western New York One Pills Live.

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Speaker 3: Thanks for joining us, and we will be spending most

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Speaker 3: of the show rehashing Saturday night in Pittsburgh, which was

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Speaker 3: a little dicey leading up to the game weatherwise. There

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Speaker 3: was some unbelievable weather flowing through there.

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Speaker 4: They had they had got there and it started to sprinkle,

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Speaker 4: and they got the tarp over the field and it's like, okay,

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Speaker 4: I got the tarpover. Be got so they it rains

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Speaker 4: and the tarps on it. It's like a downpour, right,

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Speaker 4: So then they take the tarp offf says, okay, here

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Speaker 4: we go, and then it's a fire hose.

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Speaker 1: The field gets fire hosed.

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Speaker 4: After they take the tarp off, the players run off

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Speaker 4: the field for cover.

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Speaker 1: It goes for about ten right, fifteen.

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Speaker 3: Right, But it greatly abbreviated the warm up for the players,

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Speaker 3: which was one of the reasons.

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Speaker 1: Yeah.

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Speaker 2: The wet field conditions and the abbreviated warm up prompted

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Speaker 2: head coach Sean McDermott to say, yeah, Josh, not tonight.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, Josh was teasing him the soft move hes the

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Speaker 1: thing the player.

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Speaker 4: Listen, if I'm gonna play, I'll play the whole game

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Speaker 4: or none of it. I don't want to play like

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Speaker 4: half the game, like part of the game threes. That's

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Speaker 4: the worst thing ever. And you got everybody does it

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Speaker 4: because everybody got ninety guys. They all want to play.

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Speaker 4: You want to get them all on the field. But

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Speaker 4: like in the regular seat, you want to play all

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Speaker 4: of them. Okay, final play all of it or I

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Speaker 4: don't want to play any of it because it doesn't

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Speaker 4: feel like you're trying to win.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, and that's that's a bummer.

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Speaker 3: I do think that the injury bug that has certainly

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Speaker 3: bit the Bills at the receiver position and at the

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Speaker 3: safety position primarily is being felt by coach McDermott and

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Speaker 3: his staff. Indication of that was some of the decisions

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Speaker 3: he made in terms of who was up and who

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Speaker 3: was down on Saturday night. Josh Allen, thanks, but no

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Speaker 3: thanks to l Bernard fortunately does not have an injury,

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Speaker 3: but did not play on Saturday, and that was due

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Speaker 3: in part to the loss of Milano. Coach McDermott didn't

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Speaker 3: really like the idea of losing Milano indefinitely, presumably till

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Speaker 3: December at the earliest, and then run the risk of

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Speaker 3: losing the other starter at linebacker.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, he didn't want to sign up for that. So

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Speaker 2: Bernard did not play.

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Speaker 3: And I wouldn't anticipate he's gonna pay this weekend either,

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Speaker 3: because you know what, Bernard played pretty darn well last

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Speaker 3: kind of gives them the confidence be like, he's gonna

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Speaker 2: We don't need him to play.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, it's not a question of whether they're gonna be

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Speaker 1: They gonna be?

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Speaker 4: Yeah, and you know, yes, they're gonna be fine, but

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Speaker 4: the wide receiver crew or the tight ends the running

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Speaker 4: backs if he hasn't had that much reps with him

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Speaker 4: at full speed And as of now he's had like

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Speaker 1: Right that, you know, you'd like to see a.

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Speaker 4: Little bit more of it, but you know that it's

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Speaker 4: always you don't want to go one play too long either,

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Speaker 4: and then you gotta wait.

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Speaker 3: The injury list. He'd get a little longer too. Unfortunately,

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Speaker 3: first and foremost, Tamar Hamlin did not play due to

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Speaker 3: probably get more word on that late this afternoon, coach

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Speaker 3: McDermott said to address the media at three point thirty

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Speaker 3: this afternoon.

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Speaker 2: There were other injuries. Curtis Samuel did not play. He's

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Speaker 3: Mark wes Valdez Scantling, of course everyone saw, left the

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Speaker 3: The defensive tackle Mitchell Trubisky left with a knee injury

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Speaker 3: and was in street close in the second half. We'll

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Speaker 3: make the final preseason game a tricky one if there

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Speaker 3: are not plans to play Josh Allen in that game.

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Speaker 3: If Trubisky is hurt to the point where he can't

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Speaker 3: got to work out another quarterback and get one in

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Speaker 4: Yeah, if you don't want to risk Mitch anyway.

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Speaker 2: Right, so, especially if if his mobility is compromised by

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Speaker 2: a knee injury. Right, So, you didn't need another guy

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Speaker 4: Right, and Danucci can I guess Danucci could go. What

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Speaker 4: happens if Danucci gets nicked?

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Speaker 2: Well, but it's not only that. Danucci still learning the

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Speaker 4: But you can commit and hand it off and do

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Speaker 4: all that like he which is what he did, Which

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Speaker 4: is what he did by and large. But he could

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Speaker 4: gets ding. Now you got to put Josh out there. Yeah,

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Speaker 4: because Mitch isn't available. You ain't gonna You're not gonna

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Speaker 2: No, You're gonna have to add a quarterback.

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Speaker 1: I have Curtis Samuel playing quarterback.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, you have to add a quarterback sooner rather than later,

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Speaker 3: because in fairness to that player, whoever it might be,

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Speaker 3: you got to get them ready just to run enough

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Speaker 3: of Trubisky's knee injury, not making him suitable to play,

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Speaker 5: Right.

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Speaker 4: But it's interesting because you got all these guys.

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Speaker 1: With like, there's a bunch of calf injuries this year.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, it's kind of weird.

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Speaker 4: And even in training camp there was guys in and

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Speaker 4: see it a lot with football teams because they all

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Speaker 3: We saw Dawson Knox on a pitch count Saturday due

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Speaker 3: Nicholas Moro did not play, still dealing with his injury

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Speaker 3: that's gone over a week now. Baile inspector injured I

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Speaker 3: I believe was a groin ailment. And rookie wide receiver

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Speaker 2: Either. Whether that was an injury decision or.

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Speaker 3: Whether he's just down on the depth chart to the

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Speaker 2: That's the timing left practice early on Tuesday.

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Speaker 4: The club, this club under McDermott has always airred on

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Speaker 4: the side of safety with players despite the fact that

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Speaker 4: level that, Okay, you're gonna protect me from myself because

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Speaker 4: I'll go if you want me to go. That's what

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Speaker 4: a good thing, not a bad thing, although it does

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Speaker 4: lead to things like this. You got like three six

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Speaker 4: you got fourteen guys on the injury list.

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Speaker 3: I'm not even counting the two safeties that are still

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Speaker 3: not that's right. That's sixteen guys, Edards and Bishop.

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Speaker 1: Right.

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Speaker 4: So it's it's that time of year and everybody's walking

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Speaker 4: on eggshells because the the you know, the Arizona Cardinals

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Speaker 4: on eggshells around the health of everybody. So if you've

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Speaker 4: it doesn't matter what it is, You're not going out

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Speaker 3: The Steelers had some bad injury news themselves. Their starting

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Speaker 3: center Nate Herbig, had a torn rotator cuff suffered in

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Speaker 3: the game. Fortunately, they have a second round pick by

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Speaker 3: the name of Zach Fraser out of West Virginia, who

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Speaker 2: And then they're running back Jalen Warren bad hamstring injury.

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Speaker 2: He might not be ready for week one, so that's

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Speaker 2: kind of a loss for them. He's he's got juice,

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Speaker 2: certainly more juice than Nagie Harris.

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Speaker 3: That's a tough loss for them, especially there with two

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Speaker 4: Yeah, you were saying Warren is the guy that's really

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Speaker 2: And a lot better than not.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, Naji Harris has been ranked very low in his

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Speaker 2: He just doesn't strike me as explosive.

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Speaker 1: He's powerful, Harris. He's powerful, but he was hot coming

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Speaker 3: Powerful back, but not fast, no pull away home run speed.

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Speaker 2: Just he's just a big back. That's kind of what

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Speaker 3: We are going to get into this game, so we

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Speaker 3: do want your takeaways from the preseason game number two

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Speaker 3: Saturday night at Pittsburgh. Let us know what you liked,

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Speaker 3: what you're a little worried about, and you know maybe

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Speaker 3: what your four sea going forward. We'll get to your

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Speaker 2: But we are going to whip around the NFL.

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Speaker 3: fallout from the Mat Judon trade to Atlanta has revealed

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Speaker 3: some details on how it went down. Patriots de facto

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Speaker 3: GM Elliot Wolf said the team was not looking to

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Speaker 4: Athlete, and if they see in Joe Andresen the upside.

441
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Speaker 4: And let's face it, from last week to this week,

442
00:21:50,800 --> 00:21:53,960
Speaker 4: he got better, you know, and certainly from the beginning

443
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Speaker 4: of OT.

444
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Speaker 1: And he didn't play bad last Rooki from rookie tryout.

445
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Speaker 4: I mean, the guy's getting better and better and better

446
00:21:59,440 --> 00:22:01,159
Speaker 4: and better if they see light at the end of

447
00:22:01,200 --> 00:22:02,560
Speaker 4: that tunnel where this guy is going to be a

448
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Speaker 4: solid pro and hang around for half a decade or

449
00:22:05,600 --> 00:22:07,919
Speaker 4: maybe even eight years.

450
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Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, you that guy is alas Yeah, because if

451
00:22:12,119 --> 00:22:14,640
Speaker 3: he puts, if he puts too much good play on tape,

452
00:22:15,240 --> 00:22:16,640
Speaker 3: you can't get him through waivers.

453
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Speaker 4: Yeah, you can't. He'll he'll never make it. He'll get you,

454
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Speaker 4: He'll get the Steelers are gonna pick him up.

455
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Speaker 1: I mean, you know.

456
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Speaker 7: Yeah.

457
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Speaker 4: But here's the thing too, and then your other thing

458
00:22:24,119 --> 00:22:26,040
Speaker 4: point about Mitch tr Bisky. There's not much you can

459
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Speaker 4: say about the way Mitch tr Biskey play. Didn't play well.

460
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Speaker 4: I didn't think and I said it on the broadcast

461
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Speaker 4: that he's got it. There are times when you just

462
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Speaker 4: want to see him let a rip. He's got to

463
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Speaker 4: get rid of the football, and it does, and it's

464
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Speaker 4: like he just takes an extra half a second, an

465
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Speaker 4: extra count to get rid of it. There's nothing you

466
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Speaker 4: can say, but I'll say this, I'll say it again.

467
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Speaker 1: You know how I feel about it. Backup, quarterbacks.

468
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Speaker 4: I don't care if if you lose your guy, your

469
00:22:49,240 --> 00:22:52,000
Speaker 4: stick A four can you anyway? Now you can say well,

470
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Speaker 4: what if we only get him losing for three games

471
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Speaker 4: and you could get maybe win one or maybe two

472
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Speaker 4: of those games instead of losing all three games.

473
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Speaker 1: Whatever. That's the unpre predictability of it.

474
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Speaker 4: But if you're gonna lose your starting quarterback, your backup

475
00:23:06,720 --> 00:23:10,639
Speaker 4: guy is is largely irrelevant, with few exceptions. Now you

476
00:23:10,680 --> 00:23:13,520
Speaker 4: can go out and get a Tannehill. Okay, he'd been

477
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Speaker 4: out of it for like going on three years.

478
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Speaker 2: Tannehill. No, he played last year where he was a backup.

479
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Speaker 2: Where I think a Tennessee I think he was a

480
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Speaker 2: backup there?

481
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Speaker 1: Are you sure?

482
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Speaker 2: I'm not one hundred percent sure, but I thought he was.

483
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Speaker 4: I thought he was out. Okay, Okay, so if he's out,

484
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Speaker 4: you work him out.

485
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Speaker 1: Let's see. But you're Brownie's right.

486
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Speaker 4: If the way it looks now, if Mitch's got a knee,

487
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Speaker 4: and your best option is is.

488
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Speaker 2: You know Danucci he started eight games last year for Tennessee, you.

489
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Speaker 4: Better you better get a guy in here to see

490
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Speaker 4: if you can finish up. I get it, but I'm

491
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Speaker 4: I'm I am disinterested in backup quarterback talk. Here is

492
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Speaker 4: Mitch Trubisky went out and he didn't play well.

493
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Speaker 1: I get it. I'm I am not interested in that conversation.

494
00:24:03,200 --> 00:24:05,880
Speaker 2: Our caller said he did not feel that Trubisky looks

495
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Speaker 2: like the same guy that was here two years ago.

496
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Speaker 2: I would agree with that. He does not look like

497
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Speaker 2: the same player.

498
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Speaker 3: I don't know what's missing, but he does not look

499
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Speaker 3: like the same guy we saw here in his first

500
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Speaker 3: stint with the Bills back in the twenty one or.

501
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Speaker 2: Twenty two season.

502
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Speaker 1: Different coordinator.

503
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Speaker 3: It was a different coordinator, yes, so, I mean it

504
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Speaker 3: was dable. It was two coordinators ago. So I don't

505
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Speaker 3: know if that's the reason, though. I mean, how you

506
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Speaker 3: call plays in the preseason. I mean, I suppose, you know,

507
00:24:36,240 --> 00:24:38,399
Speaker 3: maybe Brian Dabeles schemes things up a little bit more

508
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Speaker 3: in the preseason. I'm not going to pretend to know

509
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Speaker 3: the answer to that, but I would tend to agree

510
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Speaker 3: with the caller. I don't think he looks like the

511
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Speaker 3: same guy. And I can't really put my finger on

512
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Speaker 3: why that is. Steve talked about just letting it rip.

513
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Speaker 3: The one time he did let it rip, he overthrew

514
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Speaker 3: the target and it was an easy interception. Another time

515
00:24:55,680 --> 00:24:56,919
Speaker 3: he let it rip, it was to a guy that

516
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Speaker 3: wasn't open in the end zone.

517
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Speaker 1: Right.

518
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Speaker 4: I'm not saying let it rip to throw it down

519
00:25:00,720 --> 00:25:02,320
Speaker 4: the field. I'm saying get rid of the ball on

520
00:25:02,400 --> 00:25:04,919
Speaker 4: time with the first in rhythm, Yeah, in rhythm, the

521
00:25:04,920 --> 00:25:06,080
Speaker 4: ball's got to be out of there. It was a

522
00:25:06,119 --> 00:25:08,760
Speaker 4: couple of times when he just you know, even on

523
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Speaker 4: the first third down of the game when they had

524
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Speaker 4: three and out, it was there. All he had to

525
00:25:12,680 --> 00:25:15,080
Speaker 4: do is take the snap, hitch step and let it

526
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Speaker 4: rip and it wouldn't have been I mean, let it rip.

527
00:25:17,720 --> 00:25:21,600
Speaker 4: Is a five yard throw to James Cook or to Kincaid,

528
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Speaker 4: either one, neither one saw the ball.

529
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Speaker 1: He's got to get a rip. He gotta get rid

530
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Speaker 1: of it.

531
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Speaker 3: As for Tannehill, I don't know this, but my feeling

532
00:25:30,080 --> 00:25:32,240
Speaker 3: is with his stock in the league over the years,

533
00:25:33,080 --> 00:25:36,199
Speaker 3: I think he's looking for sitting and waiting for an

534
00:25:36,200 --> 00:25:40,080
Speaker 3: opportunity similar to the one Joe Flacco walked into last year.

535
00:25:41,240 --> 00:25:43,360
Speaker 3: Joe Flacco did not want to be a third stringer

536
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Speaker 3: or a second stringer on a roster. He wanted to

537
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Speaker 3: walk into an opportunity to start when an injury was

538
00:25:50,000 --> 00:25:53,160
Speaker 3: season ending, like Deshaun Watson last year, and he had

539
00:25:53,160 --> 00:25:55,800
Speaker 3: the opportunity to be a veteran starter coming off the

540
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Speaker 3: couch and playing. I think Tannehill is looking for something

541
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Speaker 3: like that.

542
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Speaker 4: I think if if that's the case, this is the

543
00:26:01,800 --> 00:26:02,760
Speaker 4: perfect place for him.

544
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Speaker 1: Well, I don't think you.

545
00:26:04,800 --> 00:26:07,680
Speaker 4: Got a roster and go Yeah, but you're not supposed

546
00:26:07,680 --> 00:26:09,480
Speaker 4: to play anywhere. He wasn't supposed to play in Cleveland.

547
00:26:09,680 --> 00:26:11,639
Speaker 4: There's no way he was gonna take Deshaun Watson with

548
00:26:11,640 --> 00:26:13,600
Speaker 4: a two hundred and thirty six million dollar guaranteed contract.

549
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Speaker 1: Deshaun Watson is not going anywhere. He went in there

550
00:26:16,000 --> 00:26:17,480
Speaker 1: just to sit in case.

551
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Speaker 3: He set the nine halfway through the season. That's why

552
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Speaker 3: I think Tannehill is gonna do the same thing. He's

553
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Speaker 3: gonna wait for the injury to happen.

554
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Speaker 2: They don't have a backup option that's worth their salt,

555
00:26:28,359 --> 00:26:32,800
Speaker 2: and then step in. That's I I think, you know,

556
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Speaker 2: think he does that.

557
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Speaker 4: He yeah, he could, and I and I see the

558
00:26:35,760 --> 00:26:39,840
Speaker 4: I see the validity of it. But to me, I'd

559
00:26:39,920 --> 00:26:41,560
Speaker 4: rather be on the on the roster. Get it, and

560
00:26:41,600 --> 00:26:42,840
Speaker 4: when you do come in bank.

561
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Speaker 2: It would make sense because you're more ready.

562
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Speaker 3: I totally get that, and but I I just look

563
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Speaker 3: at Flacco's situation last year. The guy comes off the couch,

564
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Speaker 3: steps into October and he's playing in the playoffs.

565
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Speaker 2: He gets Comeback Player of the Year, which.

566
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Speaker 3: We have another opinion about, but that's another story for

567
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Speaker 3: another day.

568
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Speaker 2: But he wins, you know, yeah, come.

569
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Speaker 3: Back Player of the Year, and Tannehills probably sitting there going, well,

570
00:27:02,600 --> 00:27:05,000
Speaker 3: I could do that. I'll just wait till somebody gets hurt, right,

571
00:27:05,040 --> 00:27:06,399
Speaker 3: I wouldn't be shocked if that happens.

572
00:27:06,480 --> 00:27:08,040
Speaker 1: No, I wouldn't either not and I get it.

573
00:27:08,080 --> 00:27:11,640
Speaker 4: But and he a let's face it, Ryan Tannehills, because

574
00:27:11,640 --> 00:27:14,280
Speaker 4: our callers, that's that's the name on everybody's list.

575
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Speaker 1: He's he's got a chance to play.

576
00:27:15,440 --> 00:27:18,120
Speaker 4: Well, we've seen him and to have him come in, yeah, okay,

577
00:27:18,160 --> 00:27:21,600
Speaker 4: that's pretty good. And I and I think he probably

578
00:27:21,640 --> 00:27:25,400
Speaker 4: would be an upgrade. But can he get him?

579
00:27:25,440 --> 00:27:25,879
Speaker 1: Probably not.

580
00:27:26,320 --> 00:27:28,760
Speaker 3: Yeah, let's squeeze in Ryan and West Seneca here before

581
00:27:28,800 --> 00:27:29,080
Speaker 3: the break.

582
00:27:29,119 --> 00:27:30,040
Speaker 2: What do you got for us? Ryan?

583
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Speaker 8: Yeah? So, I when I noticed from last week, I

584
00:27:34,000 --> 00:27:36,520
Speaker 8: have a couple of things, you know, the penalties which

585
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Speaker 8: we had we had eleven against Chicago two weeks ago,

586
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Speaker 8: and then we had I think it was eight, yeah,

587
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Speaker 8: eight last week, which I know where most of them

588
00:27:45,560 --> 00:27:47,960
Speaker 8: were I think kind of at the line, you know,

589
00:27:48,119 --> 00:27:51,760
Speaker 8: fall start, which we're you know, obviously they got to

590
00:27:51,760 --> 00:27:53,960
Speaker 8: improve on that, you know, with the new line. But

591
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Speaker 8: I definitely think there are special teams. You know, de

592
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Speaker 8: Kwon Hardy has a shot to be the the tick

593
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Speaker 8: returner this season, which I know, or the part returner

594
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Speaker 8: I should say, so, I definitely think he has a

595
00:28:06,560 --> 00:28:09,400
Speaker 8: shot at that. But you know, Tyler Bass has rebounded.

596
00:28:09,400 --> 00:28:12,520
Speaker 8: He's five for five in the preseason, and I definitely

597
00:28:12,560 --> 00:28:15,040
Speaker 8: think that hopefully he does better the season.

598
00:28:15,400 --> 00:28:17,919
Speaker 3: Yeah, hopefully it's given him confidence. We get that Ryan

599
00:28:19,359 --> 00:28:21,480
Speaker 3: hasn't had a lot of long distance ones. He had

600
00:28:21,520 --> 00:28:24,399
Speaker 3: won in the preseason Week one against the Bears that

601
00:28:24,440 --> 00:28:27,159
Speaker 3: was a long distance kick. Everything else has been pretty

602
00:28:27,200 --> 00:28:31,159
Speaker 3: close to the uprights because the red zone has not

603
00:28:31,240 --> 00:28:34,439
Speaker 3: been very good for this offense. Granted not game planning

604
00:28:34,480 --> 00:28:38,360
Speaker 3: and that stuff, but you know, sticking it. No touchdown

605
00:28:38,440 --> 00:28:42,480
Speaker 3: yet in the preseason, so that's something. As for the penalties,

606
00:28:43,040 --> 00:28:47,800
Speaker 3: I'm somewhat leary to the fact, Steve that they had

607
00:28:47,840 --> 00:28:49,680
Speaker 3: a new quarterback in there for more than half the

608
00:28:49,720 --> 00:28:52,240
Speaker 3: game in Ben Denucci. A lot of those linemen don't

609
00:28:52,280 --> 00:28:54,120
Speaker 3: have a lot of reps with him. They don't know

610
00:28:54,200 --> 00:28:58,040
Speaker 3: his cadence, they're not familiar with it, so we had

611
00:28:58,080 --> 00:28:59,040
Speaker 3: some false starts there.

612
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Speaker 1: Wouldn't even recognize his voice.

613
00:29:00,520 --> 00:29:01,920
Speaker 2: If you can't, that's what I'm talking about.

614
00:29:02,040 --> 00:29:04,000
Speaker 3: Yeah, so I think that led to a couple of

615
00:29:04,000 --> 00:29:08,200
Speaker 3: the pre snat penalties we saw Saturday night. So maybe

616
00:29:08,240 --> 00:29:11,080
Speaker 3: you're a little more lenient with that because the guys

617
00:29:11,120 --> 00:29:13,440
Speaker 3: had what two practices with these guys, they don't know

618
00:29:13,480 --> 00:29:16,120
Speaker 3: his voice, right, Yeah, that's it makes a difference. It

619
00:29:16,160 --> 00:29:17,680
Speaker 3: sounds like a little thing, but it's a big thing.

620
00:29:17,720 --> 00:29:20,400
Speaker 4: That's easy to that's easy to understand. Tanucci's rhythm and

621
00:29:20,440 --> 00:29:24,760
Speaker 4: his cadence are completely different. And and that's it's a

622
00:29:24,840 --> 00:29:26,880
Speaker 4: ripple effect, no question it can. It affects all those

623
00:29:26,880 --> 00:29:30,680
Speaker 4: guys differently. But that's yeah. The kickoff, the kick return,

624
00:29:30,920 --> 00:29:34,720
Speaker 4: punt return, Daikwon Hardy did a nice job. Yeah, I'll

625
00:29:34,720 --> 00:29:36,600
Speaker 4: say this. I couldn't even think. I can't even think

626
00:29:36,600 --> 00:29:38,240
Speaker 4: of the guy's name right now. But the punter for

627
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Speaker 4: the Steelers.

628
00:29:39,400 --> 00:29:40,280
Speaker 2: Oh, Cameron Johnson.

629
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Speaker 4: He had he had three sixty plus yarders and three

630
00:29:43,200 --> 00:29:46,040
Speaker 4: and three of them landed inside the ten and daik

631
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Speaker 4: One got him. He had a nice return average he had.

632
00:29:49,880 --> 00:29:51,920
Speaker 4: His first one was twelve yards. It was a sixty

633
00:29:51,960 --> 00:29:54,640
Speaker 4: one yard punt. A twelve yard return net forty nine yards.

634
00:29:54,880 --> 00:29:56,720
Speaker 4: The Steelers will take that, but so will the Bills.

635
00:29:57,120 --> 00:29:59,440
Speaker 4: If you can average twelve yards of punt return, you're

636
00:29:59,440 --> 00:30:03,280
Speaker 4: gonna be high in the NFL in rankings.

637
00:30:02,840 --> 00:30:03,800
Speaker 2: For the first down year.

638
00:30:03,960 --> 00:30:06,200
Speaker 1: It's one less first down year offense needs to get

639
00:30:06,280 --> 00:30:07,280
Speaker 1: and that's a huge deal.

640
00:30:07,320 --> 00:30:09,040
Speaker 2: So, and he had a thirty one yard return late

641
00:30:09,040 --> 00:30:09,360
Speaker 2: in the game.

642
00:30:09,400 --> 00:30:11,600
Speaker 4: The thirty one or thirty one was good too, So

643
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Speaker 4: I'm thinking you're right dayk one Hardy. We said this

644
00:30:13,960 --> 00:30:16,560
Speaker 4: on the broadcast too. It's gonna come down to uh

645
00:30:17,240 --> 00:30:20,520
Speaker 4: kJ Hamler and dayk one Hardy for those two slots

646
00:30:20,600 --> 00:30:23,480
Speaker 4: kick returner punt return. And it may come down to

647
00:30:23,640 --> 00:30:26,400
Speaker 4: which position group they want one the return guy to

648
00:30:26,400 --> 00:30:27,920
Speaker 4: come from, either the defensive side of the.

649
00:30:27,880 --> 00:30:30,080
Speaker 1: Ball or the offensive Let's not forget this. Well they

650
00:30:30,520 --> 00:30:31,360
Speaker 1: they may both make it.

651
00:30:31,440 --> 00:30:33,000
Speaker 2: Hardy had a darn good game at corner.

652
00:30:33,320 --> 00:30:36,360
Speaker 3: Yes, I mean on a couple of pass breakups, could

653
00:30:36,400 --> 00:30:38,840
Speaker 3: have had an interception, just misstime, just jump on the one,

654
00:30:39,160 --> 00:30:42,000
Speaker 3: but he jumped that route, broke up the pass so

655
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Speaker 3: I think the way he's playing at corner may enhance

656
00:30:45,960 --> 00:30:48,760
Speaker 3: his abilities to land the punt return job because he

657
00:30:48,880 --> 00:30:52,160
Speaker 3: gives them something there as well. From a depth perspective,

658
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Speaker 3: I wouldn't be surprised if this team keeps six corners,

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Speaker 3: which sounds crazy, but you count Taron Johnson, you know,

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Speaker 3: and you got your two starters on the outside in

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Speaker 3: Benford and Douglas.

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Speaker 2: Then you got Elim and Ingram, and I think Hardy

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Speaker 2: makes the team.

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Speaker 3: So that's six corners and cam Lewis is your swing guy,

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Speaker 3: you know, safety end corner. Gotta take a break here,

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Speaker 3: but more of your phone calls when we come back.

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Speaker 3: So if you're holding at eight h three oh five fifty,

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Speaker 3: stay where you are. We'll get to you when we

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Speaker 3: return here. On one Bill's Live presented by Colada Health,

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Speaker 3: it's Buffalo Bills Radio. On Saturday, August twenty fourth, Buffalo Bills,

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Speaker 3: we'll welcome the Carolina Panthers for their last home preseason

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Speaker 3: match up at one pm. Kids Day presented by Fisher Price,

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Speaker 3: is the perfect time to enjoy a Bill's game at

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Speaker 3: the whole family. Starting at nine am in the bus

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Speaker 3: and limo a lot at Highmark Stadium. The festivities kick

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Speaker 3: off with a junior tailgate at nine which we'll have games, activities, giveaways,

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Speaker 3: along with a dance party hosted by DJ Milk. I

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Speaker 3: must see experience this year will be in banded power wheels,

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Speaker 3: track and photo opportunities with Bill's mascot, Billy Buffalo, as

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Speaker 3: well as fun games and activities.

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Speaker 2: For all ages.

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Speaker 3: That's one of those things where they say, whether you

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Speaker 3: are six or sixty, you'll have a blast. Everyone's a

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Speaker 3: kid today, something like that.

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Speaker 1: Something like that.

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Speaker 2: Welcome back to One Bill's Live.

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Speaker 3: Chris Brown, Steve Tasker with you, asking you for your

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Speaker 3: takeaways from Saturday nights preseason performance against the Steelers, a

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Speaker 3: nine to three victory.

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Speaker 2: You let us know eight oh three, five fifty. Let's

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Speaker 2: go to Steve in Orchard Park next. What's up, Steve?

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Speaker 9: How you doing, guys?

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Speaker 2: Good?

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Speaker 10: Just a couple of things on the offensive side. I

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Speaker 10: watched a lot of games this preseason, and the Bills

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Speaker 10: couldn't play anymore vanilla or call anymore vanilla plays. Some

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Speaker 10: teams are throwing the ball deep running reversus. Mahomes is

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Speaker 10: thrown behind his back and we're just running. Basically looks

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Speaker 10: like almost a little league offense where it's you know,

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Speaker 10: really basic. So I'm really not that worried. Mitch Trazwitsky

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Speaker 10: does worry me a bit, he sings off, So I

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Speaker 10: guess the Bills will have to decide whether they're going

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Speaker 10: to keep them or going in another direction. On defense,

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Speaker 10: Really encouraged by what you know, how they played, especially

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Speaker 10: you know Rousseau and not Oliver and not having our

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Speaker 10: starting middle linebacker in there. It was encouraging. And just

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Speaker 10: really to touch about what you said about the increasing kids.

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Speaker 10: This kid's an athlete. Watching him play in high school,

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Speaker 10: some in college runs a four to six. He's got

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Speaker 10: a thirty nine inch vertical. He's not just some guy

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Speaker 10: that you know can't handle it. I mean to really

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Speaker 10: understand what he did in that game. He called the

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Speaker 10: defense yep, and he played downhill, He dissected the place.

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Speaker 10: He looked like a guy that was playing in the

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Speaker 10: league four years. That's how good of a game he had.

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Speaker 10: How good can he be with a game plan and

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Speaker 10: a whole year of NFL experience in this organization. That's

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Speaker 10: the question you got to ask yourself, because if they

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Speaker 10: think they're going to put him on a practice squad

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Speaker 10: or still never clear waivers. He's just I think he's

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Speaker 10: a diamond in the rough and the Bills are lucky

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Speaker 10: that that, you know, they gave this kidd a shot.

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Speaker 10: That's what I think.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, thanks very much, Steve.

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Speaker 3: I'm glad that you pointed out how vanilla the offense

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Speaker 3: has been. And I had an interesting conversation over the

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Speaker 3: weekend with an NFL coach and I talked to him

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Speaker 3: about this, and there are different schools of thought from

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Speaker 3: different teams as to what they want to accomplish in

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Speaker 3: the preseason. If you are a team that is young,

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Speaker 3: super young, and you know you're a new coach and

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Speaker 3: you feel like you need to give your team some

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Speaker 3: confidence through some prese he's in success.

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Speaker 2: Maybe you game plan.

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Speaker 3: A little bit more and use scheme to help your

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Speaker 3: players succeed in their execution. I think the Chicago Bears

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Speaker 3: are doing that in spades in the first two games.

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Speaker 1: So were the Denver Broncos.

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Speaker 3: So were the Denver Broncos with rookie quarterback Bo Nicks.

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Speaker 3: The Bills are not doing that. They might be the

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Speaker 3: most opposite of that of any team in the league

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Speaker 3: right now. So I'm glad you pointed that out number

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Speaker 3: one and then number two regarding andrees, and it's like

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Speaker 3: we said in the last segment, I don't think he

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Speaker 3: gets I don't think he can get him through waivers

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Speaker 3: now he's got too much good tape.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, he's playing really well.

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Speaker 4: He's got and plus he's a young kid who's who's

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Speaker 4: got an upside. And like you said, is he's not

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Speaker 4: really fair. You say, four to six forty, that's not

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Speaker 4: fast enough. But he plays fast enough. His explosion and

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Speaker 4: all the other stuff is great. He's just not as

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Speaker 4: fast as you'd like him to be. But he reads

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Speaker 4: fast and he gets to the ball and you saw

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Speaker 4: it Saturday night against the Steelers.

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Speaker 1: He plays fast enough to be in the NFL. Uh.

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Speaker 4: The upside that a guy like Andresen offers is irresistible

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Speaker 4: because he's cheap well, and he's also got an upside

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Speaker 4: and he's yeah, he's on the ascent. So as good

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Speaker 4: as he ever gets, that's pretty good. And already he's

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Speaker 4: playing well enough to say, hey.

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Speaker 2: And then where can you take it with us?

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Speaker 4: The fact that you said he was if he was

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Speaker 4: calling the plays on that defense, that's an added degree

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Speaker 4: of difficulty that not every young player can handle. And

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Speaker 4: they let they said, all right, here's and they they

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Speaker 4: put it on his plate, and the kid came through

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Speaker 4: with a and the defense, you know, the defensive guys rallied.

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Speaker 4: They put together a really nice defensive effort against the

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Speaker 4: Steelers this last night. Now, certainly it was the Steelers

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Speaker 4: and their offenses a shambles. Their quarterback play has been

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Speaker 4: iffy at best, all of that, all of that, all

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Speaker 4: of that, but they still did it. I mean, he

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Speaker 4: still got it done. He still did it, and he

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Speaker 4: in the opportunity he was given. I thought he hit

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Speaker 4: a home run. And it's going to be interesting. Certainly,

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Speaker 4: there's a lot to do in the next fourteen days

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Speaker 4: and they got a ton of decisions to make, and

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Speaker 4: there's a lot of things that are out of Joe

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Speaker 4: Andreeson's control. But for what he has and what he

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Speaker 4: can control, hard to argue with his with his success.

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Speaker 2: Yep, agree, one hundred percent. Let's go to Ryan in Toronto. Next.

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Speaker 1: What's up?

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Speaker 11: Ryan, Chris Steve love the show, guys. I want to

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Speaker 11: do a question for Steve. Steve, You've been saying that

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Speaker 11: how this this offense need to be on par to

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Speaker 11: keep the game and check so that until the defense

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Speaker 11: catch us up. But to be quite honest, based on

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Speaker 11: the last two games, eight quotas only have five field

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Speaker 11: goals and zero touchdout. To be honest, that's a scary,

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Speaker 11: scary Todd. I want to hear your talks on this.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, you're right, it damn scored a touchdown yet. But

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Speaker 4: I'll say this, and Brownie and I were just kind

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Speaker 4: of alluding to it there. I hate to say it

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Speaker 4: like this, but I'm just going to hyperbolize.

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Speaker 1: It, nay even trying.

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Speaker 4: I mean, they're they're going down there running what looks

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Speaker 4: like to me like plays from two years ago.

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Speaker 1: I mean, they're they're running.

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Speaker 4: Plays that they haven't run for a while. It's just

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Speaker 4: vanilla that everybody's already seen them run. There's nothing new

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Speaker 4: in this in this package. I think for the Buffalo Bills,

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Speaker 4: I like the sense it's on purpose. It's on purpose.

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Speaker 4: I'm not saying they're not trying. The players on the

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Speaker 4: field are really trying, but the coaching staff is not

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Speaker 4: helping them in any way, shape or form. Plus, if

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Speaker 4: Josh Allen's on the field instead of Mitch Trubisky, the

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Speaker 4: defense knows the run game. Even if it's third and fifteen,

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Speaker 4: the run game is a factor because number seventeen is

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Speaker 4: just tuck it up on a pass and run. I

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Speaker 4: mean so this, and I still believe this offense is

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Speaker 4: gonna have to carry the day early in the season.

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Speaker 4: As good as the defense played the other night, They're

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Speaker 4: gonna have to carry the day early in the season

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Speaker 4: for this team to be successful. But you're right, this

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Speaker 4: offense has looked maddeningly simple. I will say this, however,

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Speaker 4: their run game the other night, it's pretty much on point.

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Speaker 2: Look good.

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Speaker 1: It looked good the other night.

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Speaker 4: So take some solace in that when they try to

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Speaker 4: do something, they've actually been able to get it done.

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Speaker 2: And if you know already that.

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Speaker 3: They're keeping things under wraps between the twenties, you best

824
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Speaker 3: believe that the best plays Joe Brady has in this

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Speaker 3: scheme this year in the red zone are not going

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Speaker 3: to see the light of day anywhere.

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Speaker 2: Before September eighth.

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Speaker 4: You're not even going to see the people on the

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Speaker 4: field right that Joe Brady's gonna use it.

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Speaker 3: And that's another thing too, because you might run a

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Speaker 3: play and it might be from a year ago, but

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Speaker 3: you like that play and it's already on tape, so

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Speaker 3: you're not on earth that you're not revealing any secrets

834
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Speaker 3: to any other future opponents during the regular season. So

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Speaker 3: you want to run the play, but it's the third

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Speaker 3: quarter and it's a run play where you need a

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Speaker 3: receiver to block and kJ Hammler's in the game or

838
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Speaker 3: Andy Isabella is in the game. Right, You're not using

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Speaker 3: your best personnel for that play because you're trying to

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Speaker 3: get an evaluation on players.

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Speaker 4: Yah, even in the red zone, you'll on a play

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Speaker 4: and it'll be it'll be thirteen personnel or twenty two

843
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Speaker 4: personnel rather than eleven personnel. You'll have completely different human

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Speaker 4: beings running the same play and it'll look very different.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, just so just take a breath, Ryan, Wait till

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Speaker 3: you see it in the regular sis.

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Speaker 1: Right.

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Speaker 4: I'm not saying it's gonna be all as soon as

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Speaker 4: they get in there, it's all gonna go smooth and

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Speaker 4: swimmingly and all that. You know, there's it's a it's

851
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Speaker 4: an NFL season. They're gonna be bumps and fits and

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Speaker 4: starts along the way. But when they start humming along,

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Speaker 4: and I really believe this offense is gonna hum when

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Speaker 4: they hit. When they get in the regular season. It

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Speaker 4: may not look like it right out of the gate,

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Speaker 4: but I think this offense is going to be formidable

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Speaker 4: and and I don't think this preseason is a poor

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Speaker 4: reflection on that at all. I'm I just see through

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Speaker 4: the the taking it out of gear, you know, I

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Speaker 4: just see through all that.

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Speaker 2: Break time for us. Here more of your phone calls.

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Speaker 3: When we come back on one Pills Live by Kalida Heltons

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Speaker 3: Buffalo Bills.

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Speaker 12: Radio handoff goes to Patterson and he is wrapped up

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Speaker 12: and dropped behind the line of scrimmage and who is

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Speaker 12: it again?

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Speaker 2: Joe and Dreason having the night of his life. Field

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Speaker 2: takes the handoff, takes the option and keeps it.

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Speaker 3: But the Bills are wise to the play and they

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Speaker 3: wrestle them to the ground for.

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Speaker 2: A loss of ten.

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Speaker 3: Joe Andresen, JaMarcus Ingram and a cavalcade of Bills on

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Speaker 3: the scene to make the play.

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Speaker 2: It's a turnover on downs. This week's Player of the

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Speaker 2: Game is linebacker Joe Andrees in twelve tackles.

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Speaker 3: That was a game high. Two of them for lost.

877
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Speaker 3: You saw one of them there. Player of the Game

878
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Speaker 3: presented by Wegmans, the official tailgate headquarters of the Buffalo Hills.

879
00:42:02,320 --> 00:42:05,080
Speaker 3: Gonna get right back to your phone calls here as

880
00:42:05,080 --> 00:42:08,319
Speaker 3: we're looking for your takeaways from Saturday night's win over

881
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Speaker 3: the Pittsburgh Steelers. We got a lot of people holding,

882
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Speaker 3: so we'll get to as many of you as we can.

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Speaker 3: To Bob in Stockton, next, what do you got Bob?

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Speaker 9: Thank guys, thanks for taking my call. You already talked

885
00:42:20,280 --> 00:42:23,239
Speaker 9: about Andres, and I'm curious what your thoughts are and

886
00:42:23,320 --> 00:42:26,320
Speaker 9: Solomon and I thought he stood out. I was excited

887
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Speaker 9: about him when they drafted. I called in and spoke

888
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Speaker 9: to you guys about him. I wonder, you know, if

889
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Speaker 9: he could maybe make the team as a special teamer.

890
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Speaker 9: And I got a question for Steve, is this guy

891
00:42:37,239 --> 00:42:41,040
Speaker 9: MIxS the rafter is a special teamer? How does he

892
00:42:41,080 --> 00:42:44,840
Speaker 9: split his time in practice and the meetings between special

893
00:42:44,880 --> 00:42:48,680
Speaker 9: teams in his natural position? Thanks?

894
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Speaker 4: Thanks, Bob, that's a good question, all right, Yeah, Solomon,

895
00:42:51,880 --> 00:42:55,720
Speaker 4: I forget about making it as a special team because

896
00:42:55,800 --> 00:42:57,960
Speaker 4: Solomon Javon Solomon, I think he's going to make it

897
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Speaker 4: as a rotationary player. Up front, I think he's going

898
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Speaker 4: to get a regular rotation on the defensive line. I

899
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Speaker 4: think he's going to be a player, and I'm with you.

900
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Speaker 4: I think he's great. I loved watching him play at camp.

901
00:43:08,320 --> 00:43:10,800
Speaker 4: He's got great physical skills, He's got a lot of juice.

902
00:43:11,320 --> 00:43:14,800
Speaker 4: He's built the right way. And I'm talking about outside,

903
00:43:14,800 --> 00:43:16,360
Speaker 4: not I don't know what he's like inside, don't know

904
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Speaker 4: what his mentality is. But he also played, had a

905
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Speaker 4: couple of plays on special teams. He's covering kicks along

906
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Speaker 4: with Kingley Jonathan. I think both those guys have a

907
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Speaker 4: shot at it. So, yes, I'm with you on king

908
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Speaker 4: On Javon Solomon. I think I've been saying I've been

909
00:43:28,880 --> 00:43:32,400
Speaker 4: pumping his tires. Yeah since OTAs, So I'm with you

910
00:43:32,480 --> 00:43:34,880
Speaker 4: on that. It's been his campaign manager, right, and so

911
00:43:35,000 --> 00:43:41,360
Speaker 4: now special teams, guys, listen, I say this when I played,

912
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Speaker 4: and I hate to do this old guy when I played,

913
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Speaker 4: But guys, I played wide receiver from Monday through Saturday.

914
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Speaker 4: You practice to play, you practice defensive back, you practice linebacker.

915
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Speaker 4: A guy like Javon Solomon and Kingsley Jonathan, they're going

916
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Speaker 4: to be defensive ends during the week, all week, and

917
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Speaker 4: now they'll take reps on special teams whenever they practice it,

918
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Speaker 4: they'll be out there practicing it, and they'll go to

919
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Speaker 4: special teams meetings, which a lot of guys do, and

920
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Speaker 4: they'll start to focus in on it as the regular

921
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Speaker 4: season takes take shape. But and on game days when

922
00:44:15,400 --> 00:44:19,320
Speaker 4: that's their role, man, dude, you're focused on those kicking plays.

923
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Speaker 4: You're on it, and you got your game, you got

924
00:44:21,680 --> 00:44:23,520
Speaker 4: a game plan. You digest it just like you do

925
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Speaker 4: in a regular down and distance play. But during the

926
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Speaker 4: week you take reps with everybody else, just like you

927
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Speaker 4: do now. Most of the time, most positions are like

928
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Speaker 4: the quarterback. The top guys take the reps and they

929
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Speaker 4: get ready to play. It's not about getting two guys

930
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Speaker 4: half ready to play. You get one guy ready to

931
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Speaker 4: play and the other guy gets ready on his own

932
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Speaker 4: without taking reps. That's how the pros work. And so

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Speaker 4: there'll be some of that for these guys who aren't

934
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Speaker 4: frontline players, but on the defensive line, you know this.

935
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Speaker 4: They rotate the guys through, So those eight guys on

936
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Speaker 4: game day, they all get reps during the week, and

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Speaker 4: under scenario that would be Jonathan and Solomon, those guys

938
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Speaker 4: will take reps during the week, but if they're going

939
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Speaker 4: to play special teams as well. They practice it during

940
00:45:10,600 --> 00:45:13,440
Speaker 4: those team periods during the week, and they go to

941
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Speaker 4: extra meetings and they make sure they have the game

942
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Speaker 4: plan digested.

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Speaker 2: Yep, Kingsley, Jonathan made a nice play on coverage.

944
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Speaker 1: He did.

945
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Speaker 2: He brought the hammer down. Yes, he looked really good.

946
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Speaker 2: And I think there's a good chance they keep six

947
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Speaker 2: ends lit.

948
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Speaker 1: The dude up and you're right.

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Speaker 4: I think there's a chance, and I think both those

950
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Speaker 4: guys have a chance to be on the fifty three.

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Speaker 2: Let's go to Jason in Rhode Island next.

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Speaker 13: What's up Jason, Hey, Chrystal Steve, thanks for chicking my call. Sure,

953
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Speaker 13: with respect to the quarterback position and whether the Bills

954
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Speaker 13: have to bring in another quarterback just to get through

955
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Speaker 13: this last game and last a little bit of camp,

956
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Speaker 13: how do you think that might impact the coach's ability

957
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Speaker 13: to assess the rest of the roster, particularly a wide

958
00:45:55,560 --> 00:45:59,480
Speaker 13: receiver room or do you think they're pretty close? I

959
00:45:59,480 --> 00:46:02,239
Speaker 13: would mess at this point. There's probably still a couple

960
00:46:02,280 --> 00:46:04,759
Speaker 13: of spots at the back end of the roster up

961
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Speaker 13: for grabs in that room, and it might be compromised

962
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Speaker 13: by not really being able to see what they can

963
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Speaker 13: do with another, you know, another new guy out there.

964
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Speaker 13: So it gets you take on.

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Speaker 2: That it's an absolutely fair concern.

966
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Speaker 3: It's a good one to bring up because if you

967
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Speaker 3: have some evaluations to finish, they are undoubtedly going to

968
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Speaker 3: be compromised by a quarterback that's walking in the door

969
00:46:25,880 --> 00:46:27,879
Speaker 3: with no knowledge of the system until he sits down

970
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Speaker 3: and does a cram session for the next three days.

971
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Speaker 3: And I think that's likely no matter how severely Trubisky

972
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Speaker 3: is injured with his knee.

973
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Speaker 2: I think if if there is, if the plan going

974
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Speaker 2: forward is he is our number two. He's on the

975
00:46:44,520 --> 00:46:45,880
Speaker 2: roster already.

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Speaker 1: Right, So.

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Speaker 3: If he's already nicked up, there's no way he's playing Saturday.

978
00:46:51,719 --> 00:46:53,439
Speaker 3: So you got to get somebody in here to play

979
00:46:53,440 --> 00:46:57,520
Speaker 3: with Danucci and they got to play probably half.

980
00:46:57,320 --> 00:46:58,520
Speaker 2: The game, maybe more.

981
00:46:58,560 --> 00:47:00,960
Speaker 4: And you're right, look at the game the other night

982
00:47:01,000 --> 00:47:04,120
Speaker 4: in Pittsburgh, Denucci handed the ball off eighty percent of

983
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Speaker 4: the time or ninety percent of the time when he

984
00:47:05,920 --> 00:47:08,239
Speaker 4: was in there. They're handing the football off, So how

985
00:47:08,520 --> 00:47:11,440
Speaker 4: you know what's Ken Coleman getting out of that? Bumps

986
00:47:11,440 --> 00:47:14,239
Speaker 4: and bruises from blocking people you know you and you

987
00:47:14,239 --> 00:47:15,800
Speaker 4: don't know, is he gonna run routes?

988
00:47:15,840 --> 00:47:17,400
Speaker 1: Is he gonna get open? Is all that stuff?

989
00:47:17,440 --> 00:47:19,320
Speaker 4: You're right, it's a legitimate question, and that's part of

990
00:47:19,360 --> 00:47:21,680
Speaker 4: the challenge of the preseason. You'd like to have a

991
00:47:21,760 --> 00:47:23,960
Speaker 4: quarterback go out there and drop back and make the

992
00:47:24,000 --> 00:47:26,239
Speaker 4: throws and on target and on time and making the

993
00:47:26,280 --> 00:47:28,160
Speaker 4: right reads and all that so that you can know

994
00:47:28,200 --> 00:47:31,600
Speaker 4: what those receivers are gonna look like. But you don't.

995
00:47:30,719 --> 00:47:35,480
Speaker 4: You don't get that luxury. You know, what are you

996
00:47:35,480 --> 00:47:37,799
Speaker 4: gonna do if in this last preseason game say so,

997
00:47:38,360 --> 00:47:42,280
Speaker 4: Josh lobbies McDermott and says, I want to play past

998
00:47:42,280 --> 00:47:45,239
Speaker 4: halftime so I get a feel for this, you know,

999
00:47:45,480 --> 00:47:49,640
Speaker 4: And McDermott. And even if McDermott says yes, that's fine,

1000
00:47:50,160 --> 00:47:53,480
Speaker 4: but that still means, you know, Curtis, Samuel Khalil, Shakir

1001
00:47:53,640 --> 00:47:55,439
Speaker 4: Kinkaid and those guys who are you know, you're gonna

1002
00:47:55,480 --> 00:47:57,200
Speaker 4: make those guys. Those guys are on the roster. You're

1003
00:47:57,239 --> 00:47:59,719
Speaker 4: not putting Josh out there with you know, the rest

1004
00:47:59,840 --> 00:48:03,879
Speaker 4: the other guys. So it's going to be the number

1005
00:48:03,920 --> 00:48:06,840
Speaker 4: one offense with Josh in order to protect him and

1006
00:48:06,880 --> 00:48:07,560
Speaker 4: give him what he.

1007
00:48:07,480 --> 00:48:08,200
Speaker 1: Needs to get ready.

1008
00:48:08,239 --> 00:48:13,759
Speaker 4: Yeah, So You're right, it's a real problem evaluating the

1009
00:48:13,760 --> 00:48:17,120
Speaker 4: lower the back half of the roster when you got

1010
00:48:17,160 --> 00:48:20,640
Speaker 4: a quarterback that was, in Denucci's case, playing golf a

1011
00:48:20,640 --> 00:48:21,120
Speaker 4: week ago.

1012
00:48:21,800 --> 00:48:24,000
Speaker 2: Yeah, it definitely compromises the picture.

1013
00:48:24,520 --> 00:48:26,600
Speaker 3: You're not going to get the full breadth of an

1014
00:48:26,600 --> 00:48:29,440
Speaker 3: evaluation that you probably hope for. But it's probably not

1015
00:48:29,520 --> 00:48:31,360
Speaker 3: the first time, and it probably won't be the last

1016
00:48:31,600 --> 00:48:34,000
Speaker 3: due to the injury rate in this game, and it

1017
00:48:34,040 --> 00:48:36,520
Speaker 3: happens in the preseason. Let's go to Dave in Rochester here,

1018
00:48:36,560 --> 00:48:37,160
Speaker 3: what do you got for us?

1019
00:48:37,239 --> 00:48:37,439
Speaker 14: Dave?

1020
00:48:39,400 --> 00:48:41,400
Speaker 7: Hey, guys, thanks for having me on. I appreciate it,

1021
00:48:41,440 --> 00:48:46,880
Speaker 7: love the show. Thanks so understand the Bills offseason and

1022
00:48:47,080 --> 00:48:52,360
Speaker 7: understand that they had to transition from player and hide

1023
00:48:52,360 --> 00:48:54,520
Speaker 7: and get younger back there and had to remake over

1024
00:48:54,560 --> 00:48:59,200
Speaker 7: the receivers. But there's two things that are really pretty

1025
00:48:59,200 --> 00:49:02,560
Speaker 7: troubling in the first is bringing in no competition for

1026
00:49:02,760 --> 00:49:05,560
Speaker 7: Tyler Bass. He obviously struggled at the end of last

1027
00:49:05,560 --> 00:49:08,040
Speaker 7: Season's carried over to training camp. I know he's three

1028
00:49:08,120 --> 00:49:12,759
Speaker 7: or three in preseason here, but obviously I think there's

1029
00:49:12,760 --> 00:49:15,359
Speaker 7: more issues going on, and I think at some point

1030
00:49:15,400 --> 00:49:17,440
Speaker 7: he's going to cost this team, whether they bring somebody

1031
00:49:17,440 --> 00:49:21,080
Speaker 7: in after the the trade deadline. I'm sorry, after the

1032
00:49:21,160 --> 00:49:24,359
Speaker 7: roster cuts or not, we'll see. But the second thing

1033
00:49:24,680 --> 00:49:28,840
Speaker 7: is Michter Bisky. He's just he's just not a quality

1034
00:49:28,960 --> 00:49:31,600
Speaker 7: enough backup quarterback for this team. I know he's tight

1035
00:49:31,640 --> 00:49:33,840
Speaker 7: with Josh Hallen, I know that Alan likes him in

1036
00:49:33,840 --> 00:49:36,080
Speaker 7: the room. But the reality of it is is that

1037
00:49:37,000 --> 00:49:39,799
Speaker 7: you know, Chicago traded up for him, gave a way

1038
00:49:39,800 --> 00:49:43,759
Speaker 7: a lot. He flopped out there. Some may say not

1039
00:49:43,920 --> 00:49:45,879
Speaker 7: may not have had great enough chance or played well

1040
00:49:46,000 --> 00:49:49,040
Speaker 7: enough or earn more time, but bottom line, he flopped out,

1041
00:49:49,520 --> 00:49:52,880
Speaker 7: comes here really does nothing. Played in a couple of

1042
00:49:52,920 --> 00:49:56,680
Speaker 7: preseason games. Uh, the first in his first stint really

1043
00:49:57,080 --> 00:50:00,920
Speaker 7: was unimpressive. Goes to Pittsburgh he was awful, and comes

1044
00:50:00,960 --> 00:50:04,160
Speaker 7: back here and so far he's been awful. And I

1045
00:50:04,280 --> 00:50:08,040
Speaker 7: just think that outside with Brandon beings done with this team,

1046
00:50:08,040 --> 00:50:12,600
Speaker 7: which is done fantastic, those two things, Trubiskya and Bass

1047
00:50:13,360 --> 00:50:15,560
Speaker 7: have a high likelihood of coming back to bite the

1048
00:50:15,640 --> 00:50:18,719
Speaker 7: Bills and cost the Bills some games this season. Just

1049
00:50:18,760 --> 00:50:19,840
Speaker 7: wanted to get your thoughts on that.

1050
00:50:21,000 --> 00:50:26,680
Speaker 3: Yeah, fair concerns. Bass has been five or five in

1051
00:50:26,760 --> 00:50:30,440
Speaker 3: the games he has had missus in practice. He's twelve

1052
00:50:30,440 --> 00:50:33,640
Speaker 3: for his last eighteen in practice. That's not good enough.

1053
00:50:34,360 --> 00:50:36,959
Speaker 3: It's certainly not the standard that Tyler Bass has even

1054
00:50:37,000 --> 00:50:39,960
Speaker 3: said for himself based on his previous career numbers. So

1055
00:50:40,800 --> 00:50:43,920
Speaker 3: you're not telling him anything he doesn't know. But in

1056
00:50:43,960 --> 00:50:48,920
Speaker 3: the games he's hit him so and I just believe

1057
00:50:48,960 --> 00:50:53,400
Speaker 3: that the coaching staff, the personnel department believe resolutely in

1058
00:50:53,480 --> 00:50:56,719
Speaker 3: Tyler Bass as a clutch kicker. He did not have

1059
00:50:57,239 --> 00:50:59,239
Speaker 3: a season that he wanted to have last year, and

1060
00:50:59,280 --> 00:51:01,440
Speaker 3: I think he's worked very hard to redouble his efforts

1061
00:51:01,480 --> 00:51:03,960
Speaker 3: to be back to the standard of kicker that he

1062
00:51:04,040 --> 00:51:06,920
Speaker 3: established his first few years in the league. So he's

1063
00:51:06,960 --> 00:51:09,080
Speaker 3: going to get every opportunity to prove that he's that

1064
00:51:09,200 --> 00:51:12,520
Speaker 3: guy again this season. If it doesn't happen, well, then yeah,

1065
00:51:12,560 --> 00:51:16,000
Speaker 3: you're right. Probably some changes may be entertained and made

1066
00:51:17,040 --> 00:51:19,400
Speaker 3: because I don't know about Steve, but I tend to

1067
00:51:19,400 --> 00:51:22,000
Speaker 3: think with this very difficult schedule, games are going to

1068
00:51:22,040 --> 00:51:23,560
Speaker 3: be a lot closer for this team this year, and

1069
00:51:23,560 --> 00:51:26,319
Speaker 3: field goals are going to be of added importance. So

1070
00:51:26,920 --> 00:51:30,280
Speaker 3: I think that's a very real thing. So hopefully baskets

1071
00:51:30,320 --> 00:51:32,520
Speaker 3: off to a great start and just takes off from there.

1072
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Speaker 3: And then Trubiskuy. We've already said, Steve, he just doesn't

1073
00:51:36,160 --> 00:51:37,759
Speaker 3: look like the same guy that was here two years ago.

1074
00:51:37,960 --> 00:51:39,960
Speaker 4: No, and I don't know why the other choices you

1075
00:51:40,000 --> 00:51:41,799
Speaker 4: have certainly that you can throw the names out any

1076
00:51:41,840 --> 00:51:44,200
Speaker 4: name out there you want. Don't think Brandon Bean hasn't

1077
00:51:44,280 --> 00:51:47,319
Speaker 4: kicked the tires on every name you can name. So

1078
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Speaker 4: the reason if they're not there is because they're not

1079
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Speaker 4: an option.

1080
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Speaker 1: We're not a better option.

1081
00:51:51,719 --> 00:51:53,399
Speaker 2: Yeah, we have to step aside here.

1082
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Speaker 3: But when we come back, we're going to be joined

1083
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Speaker 3: by the man who reviews more film than anyone on

1084
00:51:58,160 --> 00:52:02,479
Speaker 3: the planet. It's NFL Films Senior producer Greg Cosell. Gonna

1085
00:52:02,480 --> 00:52:05,560
Speaker 3: give us his takeaways from preseason game number two for

1086
00:52:05,640 --> 00:52:08,319
Speaker 3: the Bills and let us know what he thinks about

1087
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Speaker 3: some of the individual performances as well. We'll catch up

1088
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Speaker 3: with Greg next here on One Bill's Live presented by

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Speaker 3: Colida Health, It's Buffalo Bills.

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Speaker 1: This One Bills Live presented by Kaleida Health.

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Speaker 3: All right back here in the second hour of the

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Speaker 3: show One Bill's Live, Chris Brown, Steve Tasker with you

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Speaker 3: please joined now, senior producer from NFL Films and also

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Speaker 3: a co host of ESPN's NFL Matchup show.

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Speaker 2: It is Greg co Sale joining us.

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Speaker 3: On the line as we've made our way past another

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Speaker 3: week of the preseason.

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Speaker 2: Only one to go, Greg, We're almost there.

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Speaker 14: Olmoh yeah, and I imagine not a lot of the

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Speaker 14: main guys will play in the last one. You know

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Speaker 14: how that goes. But I hope you guys are having

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Speaker 14: a better day than Roder Jones did the other night.

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Speaker 1: Yes, we are, we are.

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Speaker 2: Yes.

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Speaker 3: I don't know that you can have a worse day

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Speaker 3: than that, because I was stupefied that, you know, a

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Speaker 3: guy that you know is a first round caliber players

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Speaker 3: certainly has some elite physical traits fell victim to Greg Russeau.

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Speaker 3: But at the same time, I'm kind of excited about

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Speaker 3: Greg Russeau.

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Speaker 14: Greg, I know, I mean, God, that looked really good

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Speaker 14: with Rousseau. I mean, he it was. It was a

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Speaker 14: really good performance. The speed to power, I mean just

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Speaker 14: it was. It was a really good good performance. I mean,

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Speaker 14: you want him to become that guy. I think we

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Speaker 14: talked about that. It might have been last week, Brownie,

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Speaker 14: and I know Steve wasn't on last week when I

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Speaker 14: spoke with you, but you know, we talked about the

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Speaker 14: fact that you want someone on that defensive line to

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Speaker 14: really become a somewhat dominant individual pass rusher, and Rousseau

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Speaker 14: could well become that guy. But he showed strong speed

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Speaker 14: to power. I mean that second sack when he just

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Speaker 14: literally moved Jones like Jones weighed one hundred and fifty pounds.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, it was the.

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Speaker 4: Old kind of hump move that Reggie White used to use,

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Speaker 4: you know, when he came up and got the inside

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Speaker 4: arm and just shot putted Jones's weight off the line

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Speaker 4: of scrimmage and then cut underneath him for the sack.

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Speaker 4: I mean, it was quite essential power. And yeah, we

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Speaker 4: haven't seen that from Greg too much. He's always been

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Speaker 4: kind of one of those slippery, long guys that would

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Speaker 4: get to the quarterback that way.

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Speaker 14: Yeah, that was really a positive because Jones is going

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Speaker 14: to be a starting player in this league's I wasn't

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Speaker 14: as if he was doing it against a backup player,

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Speaker 14: So that was really good to see the other player,

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Speaker 14: I thought, I mean, we'll get to a number of

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Speaker 14: guys here, but as long as we're talking about edge

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Speaker 14: players and pass rushers, I thought the rookie Solomon showed well,

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Speaker 14: you know, I thought he showed up in the run game.

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Speaker 14: There are a couple of plays where he showed point

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Speaker 14: of attack, strength and force and as a pass rusher

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Speaker 14: again he'd beat Jones as well. He challenged him on

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Speaker 14: the high side, then worked underneath the close to the quarterback.

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Speaker 14: I think it turned out to be an incompletion if

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Speaker 14: if memory serves me correctly, it wasn't a sack. But

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Speaker 14: Solomon showed up on tape.

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Speaker 4: I have been I've been pumping Solomon's tires up for

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Speaker 4: two months now.

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Speaker 2: Steve is his campaign man.

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Speaker 4: I'm and because of his because of his burst off,

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Speaker 4: he ends the only to me, Greg, the only reason

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Speaker 4: he didn't get drafted higher than the fifth round was

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Speaker 4: because he's short. He's got all the other he's got

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Speaker 4: all the other measurables, his explosion, his weight, his strength,

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Speaker 4: everything except he's maybe maybe three inches too short.

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Speaker 14: Has long arms, and I think the other fact was

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Speaker 14: he wasn't a power five player. So I think that

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Speaker 14: you know that right or wrong, Steve, As you know

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Speaker 14: sometimes that drops a player around or too simply for

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Speaker 14: that reason.

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Speaker 2: Right, Yeah, Well, if.

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Speaker 4: He was three inches taller, he would not have been

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Speaker 4: he would be a power five player. I'm pretty sure, right,

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Speaker 4: I mean that's he had he would have every measurable then.

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Speaker 14: But oh for sure. Yeah, because we talked about him

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Speaker 14: last week, Brownie, as you recall, and you know, I

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Speaker 14: really liked him coming out of college. I liked him

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Speaker 14: a lot. But you're right, Steve, it's it's the length,

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Speaker 14: you know, the body length, not the arm length. Is

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Speaker 14: he has long arms, but the body length was not

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Speaker 14: what you want.

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Speaker 3: Unfortunately, he had to leave the game late with a

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Speaker 3: calf injury. We're hoping that's not serious, uh and impacts

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Speaker 3: his availability for the start of the regular season. Dorian

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Speaker 3: Williams has a big job in front of him now,

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Speaker 3: Greg with Matt Mulano out indefinitely, presumably at least till

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Speaker 3: December after needle to undergo bicep surgery. I think we

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Speaker 3: all agree that Dorian Williams is a seaball get ball

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Speaker 3: player in his dynamic. Going forward, the test will be

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Speaker 3: can he handle going in reverse and understand coverage concepts

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Speaker 3: and what's coming at him in the passing game. I

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Speaker 3: don't know how much evidence of that we got on Saturday,

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Speaker 3: but maybe just tell us your thoughts.

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Speaker 14: Yeah, and you're right about him. He showed always shows

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Speaker 14: flashes of that kind of scrape and flow, quickness and

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Speaker 14: burst to make plays in the run game. That's the

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Speaker 14: way he plays. But at times too, the other potential

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Speaker 14: issue and teams will attack him this way is he

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Speaker 14: can be a beat slow at times to key and diagnose.

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Speaker 14: Sometimes we'll take a false step, and no matter how

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Speaker 14: good you are, how quick you are are, if you

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Speaker 14: take a false step, this is the NFL. It's it

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Speaker 14: doesn't work out the way you wanted to work out.

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Speaker 14: So you know, the main thing for him is just

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Speaker 14: to be able to process it the right way, because

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Speaker 14: there's no question that the kid is athletic. And when

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Speaker 14: you when you do see him make those scrape and

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Speaker 14: flow plays, he looks really good doing it.

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Speaker 1: So we saw him.

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Speaker 4: We saw him flash at the end of last year

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Speaker 4: when he was kind of forced into action and the

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Speaker 4: and it was obvious that at that time the coaching

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Speaker 4: staff really didn't trust him because they bring aj Klein

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Speaker 4: back off the couch and put him in and plug

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Speaker 4: him in ahead of him.

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Speaker 1: But this year it.

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Speaker 4: Does seem by the fact that he's getting these reps

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Speaker 4: and the and that what he's been through and proven,

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Speaker 4: they are starting to trust him a little more. Maybe

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Speaker 4: it's out of necessity, but it does seem like they

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Speaker 4: get put more on his plate and he's risen to

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Speaker 4: the occasion.

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Speaker 14: Yeah, I mean, I think at this point you have

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Speaker 14: to give him a shot because obviously with Milano out,

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Speaker 14: I mean we can talk about Joe Indriesen as well,

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Speaker 14: who played I think, uh significant a number of snaps

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Speaker 14: in that game. But Williams certainly is an athletic player.

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Speaker 14: He's long, he's fluid, There's some explosiveness and suddenness to

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Speaker 14: the way in which he moves. Now it becomes his

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Speaker 14: ability to process, his ability to understand route concepts in

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Speaker 14: zone coverage and understand what he should be looking at.

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Speaker 14: You know, you hear a lot Steve, you know this.

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Speaker 14: You hear a lot from about defensive backs and eye discipline.

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Speaker 14: But that's also true for underneath coverage, defenders and zone

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Speaker 14: They have to understand splits. They have to understand what

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Speaker 14: kind of route concepts come from different splits. They can't

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Speaker 14: just drop back and stare at the quarterback without any

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Speaker 14: understanding of what kind of routes might be run. From

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Speaker 14: certain formation looks, and that can take time, especially I'm

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Speaker 14: sure in college. As Brownie said, he's one hundred percent right.

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Speaker 14: He's such a good athlete and a playmaker type in

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Speaker 14: college that at Seaball getball. It can't just be that

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Speaker 14: in the NFL.

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Speaker 4: So you mentioned it really quick, and we've been and

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Speaker 4: taking calls about it, and everybody's a little excited about

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Speaker 4: a local guy, Joe Andreesen. You watched him play, he

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Speaker 4: got into the game and really because of the injuries,

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Speaker 4: he was it was him all night. You know, he

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Speaker 4: took every rep. What'd you think of Joe andrees What

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Speaker 4: are his pluses and minuses?

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Speaker 14: Well, I hope you guys will forgive me that I

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Speaker 14: didn't watch him when he was at Bryant College.

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Speaker 1: If that's okay, I'll let that go.

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Speaker 14: Well, okay, I could you know, I know, Steve, because

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Speaker 14: you watch all this stuff. I want to make sure

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Speaker 14: it was okay that I missed him there. You know,

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Speaker 14: I actually enjoyed watching him. I mean I really liked

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Speaker 14: the way he plays. I thought, see, now here's an

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Speaker 14: example of a guy that did show excellent key in

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Speaker 14: diagnosed in the run game and what that results in

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Speaker 14: is a quick trigger downhill, and I thought there were

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Speaker 14: some plays where he showed some pop and short stroke

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Speaker 14: power in his hands on contact with offensive linemen. I mean,

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Speaker 14: he he did not get shoved back. And I thought

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Speaker 14: there were times because he was so quick with his

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Speaker 14: trigger that he beat offensive lineman to the spot and

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Speaker 14: was able to hit and shoot gaps and make plays.

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Speaker 1: Again.

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Speaker 14: You know, we don't want to sit here and start

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Speaker 14: acting like he's Zach Thomas, but I mean, if you're

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Speaker 14: just looking at that tape and you didn't know anything

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Speaker 14: about him, you'd say it was a really good performance.

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Speaker 14: And and he did show enough play speed and range.

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Speaker 14: You know, he's probably not a four to four guy,

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Speaker 14: but he did show some plays where he was able

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Speaker 14: to get outside and make some plays outside the numbers.

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Speaker 14: He did. I don't want to say he ran down fields,

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Speaker 14: but he tackled fields outside the numbers on one play.

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Speaker 14: It was a good performance overall.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, And you mentioned his knockback ability, you know, at

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Speaker 3: the line of scrimmage.

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Speaker 2: You know, I thought he was I.

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Speaker 14: Mean, look a look at the player we're looking at

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Speaker 14: right now, right at the block with a trigger, you know,

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Speaker 14: because he sees it, you know, that is such a

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Speaker 14: big deal. It's why some guys at linebacker don't have

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Speaker 14: to be great athletes. You know, it's funny we're talking

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Speaker 14: about him after after Dorian Williams. You know that's the difference.

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Speaker 14: If Dorian Williams had this kid's key and diagnose and

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Speaker 14: trigger Williams, could you know, would be an All Pro

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Speaker 14: type player.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, right, Ray Davis ah really nice job running the football. Admittedly,

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Speaker 3: the offensive line played a much better game as well

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Speaker 3: in terms of opening holes. But he sees it and

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Speaker 3: he hits it. I mean, there isn't much hesitation there.

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Speaker 3: And he's just built so low to the ground that

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Speaker 3: tacklers just can't seem to get a good rap on him.

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Speaker 14: I loved Ray Davis coming out. I guess he was

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Speaker 14: a fourth round pick. Obviously, he's, you know, not a

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Speaker 14: quote unquote burner, and he's five eight a little over

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Speaker 14: five eight, but he's got a very low center of gravity.

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Speaker 14: He's got a really strong lower half. He's got great patience,

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Speaker 14: great vision, he's short, airy, explosive, he's got leg dried,

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Speaker 14: he's got contact balance, he finishes. I just think when

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Speaker 14: I watched him at Kentucky, I thought he had a

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Speaker 14: very refined sense of pace and tempo and vision. I

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Speaker 14: just thought he was a really good back, and you

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Speaker 14: saw even though he bounced a few out, he's primarily

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Speaker 14: an in side runner. And he's sort of an interesting

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Speaker 14: compliment to Cook because there are different kinds of runners,

1302
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Speaker 14: not that we didn't see Cook run inside runs a

1303
01:03:09,160 --> 01:03:11,600
Speaker 14: year ago. Obviously, when you carry over two hundred times,

1304
01:03:11,720 --> 01:03:14,160
Speaker 14: there's going to be a large number of inside runs.

1305
01:03:14,880 --> 01:03:18,520
Speaker 14: But Davis is probably better suited for those kinds of

1306
01:03:18,640 --> 01:03:21,560
Speaker 14: runs given his his body type. His low center of

1307
01:03:21,600 --> 01:03:24,720
Speaker 14: gravity gives him kind of a natural power and when

1308
01:03:24,720 --> 01:03:27,960
Speaker 14: I say power, not necessarily to run through people, but

1309
01:03:28,480 --> 01:03:31,320
Speaker 14: the contact balance to kind of finish forward and always

1310
01:03:31,360 --> 01:03:34,080
Speaker 14: seemingly to get two or three extra yards. And I

1311
01:03:34,120 --> 01:03:36,200
Speaker 14: thought this was a great run. This was his long run,

1312
01:03:36,360 --> 01:03:39,160
Speaker 14: the nineteen yarder. You could see kind of the little

1313
01:03:39,200 --> 01:03:42,240
Speaker 14: shiftiness and elusiveness to him. Very compact.

1314
01:03:42,840 --> 01:03:44,960
Speaker 3: And there was a guy on this roster last year

1315
01:03:45,000 --> 01:03:48,880
Speaker 3: who wore the same number, but his season ended prematurely

1316
01:03:48,960 --> 01:03:52,080
Speaker 3: due to injury and then he ultimately retired. I kind

1317
01:03:52,080 --> 01:03:55,480
Speaker 3: of see Ray Davis in the Damian Harris role for

1318
01:03:55,560 --> 01:03:59,000
Speaker 3: this run game this year. How would you compare those

1319
01:03:59,040 --> 01:03:59,720
Speaker 3: two players.

1320
01:04:00,520 --> 01:04:03,480
Speaker 14: Oh, interesting, Harris retired. Huh, I didn't realize that.

1321
01:04:03,640 --> 01:04:05,680
Speaker 2: Yeah, he announced his retirement in the offseason.

1322
01:04:05,720 --> 01:04:09,720
Speaker 14: I think, yeah, well he unfortunately he was just hurt

1323
01:04:09,800 --> 01:04:12,400
Speaker 14: so much. Maybe he just his body couldn't do it anymore.

1324
01:04:14,360 --> 01:04:18,560
Speaker 14: I would say that's a great question. There probably somewhat similar.

1325
01:04:19,640 --> 01:04:22,360
Speaker 14: I would say that Harris might be a little more

1326
01:04:22,560 --> 01:04:25,920
Speaker 14: long speed, explosive. Not that Harris was a burner, but

1327
01:04:26,040 --> 01:04:28,720
Speaker 14: I don't But again, in the NFL, how many fifty

1328
01:04:28,800 --> 01:04:30,919
Speaker 14: yard touchdown runs do you see? You know, you don't

1329
01:04:30,960 --> 01:04:35,000
Speaker 14: see that many of those. Davis is a grinder, a sustainer.

1330
01:04:35,040 --> 01:04:37,800
Speaker 14: He's got a little juice to him. You saw the

1331
01:04:37,880 --> 01:04:41,640
Speaker 14: shiftiness in a small space. What he does really well.

1332
01:04:42,120 --> 01:04:45,440
Speaker 14: And I've had this conversation with Fred Taylor, who has

1333
01:04:45,560 --> 01:04:48,160
Speaker 14: really taught me a lot about running the football, and

1334
01:04:48,160 --> 01:04:51,200
Speaker 14: he was great. One thing Davis does really well is

1335
01:04:51,240 --> 01:04:54,200
Speaker 14: he works effectively in confined space. And to be a

1336
01:04:54,240 --> 01:04:56,680
Speaker 14: really good back in this league, you've got to be

1337
01:04:56,720 --> 01:04:59,360
Speaker 14: able to do that. It's not college football where you

1338
01:04:59,400 --> 01:05:02,280
Speaker 14: face a lot of light boxes and everything seems so

1339
01:05:02,320 --> 01:05:04,680
Speaker 14: spread out. You've got to be able to work in

1340
01:05:04,760 --> 01:05:08,040
Speaker 14: confined space and Davis has a natural feel for that.

1341
01:05:08,680 --> 01:05:10,520
Speaker 4: Let's talk a little bit about the other side of

1342
01:05:10,520 --> 01:05:13,000
Speaker 4: the football. The safety position is a little bit in flux.

1343
01:05:13,000 --> 01:05:15,640
Speaker 4: We've got Mike Edwards for the Bills injured. We've got

1344
01:05:15,680 --> 01:05:17,080
Speaker 4: Cole Bishop who's injured.

1345
01:05:17,440 --> 01:05:18,320
Speaker 1: We've got.

1346
01:05:19,960 --> 01:05:23,320
Speaker 4: DeMar Hamlin didn't play because he's become more valuable because

1347
01:05:23,320 --> 01:05:25,720
Speaker 4: he's the last guy's standing. Taylor Rapp did play the

1348
01:05:25,760 --> 01:05:28,360
Speaker 4: other night, and also we saw Da k One Hardy

1349
01:05:28,360 --> 01:05:30,920
Speaker 4: as court. Of course he was not playing safety. But

1350
01:05:31,440 --> 01:05:34,400
Speaker 4: give us your assessment, Yeah, give us your assessment of

1351
01:05:34,440 --> 01:05:36,600
Speaker 4: the Bill's secondary and some of the highlights and low lights.

1352
01:05:37,600 --> 01:05:42,080
Speaker 14: Yeah, you know, it's a tough deal for this reason

1353
01:05:42,120 --> 01:05:44,920
Speaker 14: that in an ideal world, Rapp will be a starter

1354
01:05:45,040 --> 01:05:47,840
Speaker 14: in an ideal world, but who plays next to him

1355
01:05:47,920 --> 01:05:50,160
Speaker 14: is not really playing. Now, if all goes I think

1356
01:05:50,200 --> 01:05:53,040
Speaker 14: the way the Bills want it to go. Now, you

1357
01:05:53,080 --> 01:05:55,160
Speaker 14: guys are there, I'm not have Edwards and Bishop not

1358
01:05:55,200 --> 01:05:56,840
Speaker 14: even practiced yet yet.

1359
01:05:57,040 --> 01:05:59,960
Speaker 1: They're ramping up slowly. They're taking some walkthrough reps.

1360
01:06:00,280 --> 01:06:02,080
Speaker 4: You know, they're obviously been in meetings and all of that,

1361
01:06:02,240 --> 01:06:04,840
Speaker 4: so mentally right, they should be prepared. But no, no

1362
01:06:05,000 --> 01:06:05,880
Speaker 4: full reps at all.

1363
01:06:06,480 --> 01:06:10,200
Speaker 14: So I mean, you you guys being there, no sean

1364
01:06:10,280 --> 01:06:12,360
Speaker 14: better than I as far as this kind of thing.

1365
01:06:12,720 --> 01:06:15,960
Speaker 14: But is it likely given that situation that neither one

1366
01:06:16,000 --> 01:06:17,320
Speaker 14: would be a starter week one?

1367
01:06:18,080 --> 01:06:20,480
Speaker 4: Maybe not neither one. I think it depends on where

1368
01:06:20,480 --> 01:06:22,840
Speaker 4: they're at mental. We would never know. They may do

1369
01:06:22,960 --> 01:06:25,400
Speaker 4: that because they did it last year with the linebacker spot,

1370
01:06:25,440 --> 01:06:29,000
Speaker 4: and you know, Terrell Bernard no reps during the regular

1371
01:06:29,080 --> 01:06:32,080
Speaker 4: season at all, and they one or no preseason reps

1372
01:06:32,240 --> 01:06:34,680
Speaker 4: at all, and day one of the regular season he's

1373
01:06:34,720 --> 01:06:37,120
Speaker 4: in there. So they may do that with a safety

1374
01:06:37,120 --> 01:06:38,160
Speaker 4: position as well.

1375
01:06:38,680 --> 01:06:39,280
Speaker 1: But I don't think.

1376
01:06:39,360 --> 01:06:41,960
Speaker 4: I mean, I'm Mike Edwards and Cole Bishop aren't going anywhere.

1377
01:06:41,960 --> 01:06:44,120
Speaker 4: I think they're going to be on the roster, oh

1378
01:06:44,160 --> 01:06:44,640
Speaker 4: for sure.

1379
01:06:44,840 --> 01:06:46,600
Speaker 14: But Mike Edwards has played in the league for a

1380
01:06:46,640 --> 01:06:48,560
Speaker 14: number of years and I thought that was a good

1381
01:06:48,600 --> 01:06:51,840
Speaker 14: signing because he's he's a quality safety. And I really

1382
01:06:51,840 --> 01:06:54,080
Speaker 14: loved Cole Bishop coming out of Utah. I mean, to me,

1383
01:06:54,200 --> 01:06:56,440
Speaker 14: he's a starting safety in this league. Now, again, that

1384
01:06:56,480 --> 01:06:58,960
Speaker 14: doesn't mean I thought he'd be a starter day one.

1385
01:06:59,040 --> 01:07:01,160
Speaker 14: You never know that until the guy gets in the league.

1386
01:07:01,480 --> 01:07:05,520
Speaker 14: But if either one's ready to go week week one, Steve.

1387
01:07:05,560 --> 01:07:08,400
Speaker 14: I don't think their safety position is weak. I mean,

1388
01:07:09,040 --> 01:07:11,280
Speaker 14: you know, Rapp's been in the league a bit, and

1389
01:07:11,320 --> 01:07:14,840
Speaker 14: I think most people would probably say that he's he's

1390
01:07:14,920 --> 01:07:17,480
Speaker 14: not maybe the best starting safety in the league. You know,

1391
01:07:17,560 --> 01:07:20,480
Speaker 14: he's he's kind of been more of a of a

1392
01:07:20,640 --> 01:07:23,520
Speaker 14: sub package player. But you know, it's not as if

1393
01:07:23,520 --> 01:07:25,840
Speaker 14: he's thirty or thirty two years old, so maybe he's

1394
01:07:26,000 --> 01:07:28,200
Speaker 14: he's ready to take that mantle and be a starter.

1395
01:07:28,680 --> 01:07:31,880
Speaker 14: But they're really counting on Edwards and Bishop because you know, Hamlin,

1396
01:07:32,000 --> 01:07:33,680
Speaker 14: we kind of know what he is. I know he's

1397
01:07:33,680 --> 01:07:36,720
Speaker 14: got experience in their scheme, but I think we know

1398
01:07:36,800 --> 01:07:39,520
Speaker 14: what he is. And this past week they played Lewis,

1399
01:07:39,520 --> 01:07:42,680
Speaker 14: who's been around as well, so yeah, at least they're

1400
01:07:42,680 --> 01:07:46,560
Speaker 14: playing guys that aren't new to their system. So you know,

1401
01:07:46,720 --> 01:07:49,120
Speaker 14: you might what it does, and you guys know this.

1402
01:07:49,280 --> 01:07:51,520
Speaker 14: What it does if you don't feel super comfortable at

1403
01:07:51,520 --> 01:07:54,680
Speaker 14: a position on defense, is it limits your options what

1404
01:07:54,760 --> 01:07:58,440
Speaker 14: you call in specific situations because you just don't want

1405
01:07:58,480 --> 01:08:01,520
Speaker 14: a guy making a mistake or even physically getting beat

1406
01:08:01,760 --> 01:08:04,160
Speaker 14: because you don't feel he's capable of doing what you're

1407
01:08:04,200 --> 01:08:07,000
Speaker 14: asking him to do, and that limits what you call

1408
01:08:08,280 --> 01:08:09,200
Speaker 14: daikwon hardy.

1409
01:08:09,600 --> 01:08:11,959
Speaker 2: Greg looked a little better in the return game.

1410
01:08:12,120 --> 01:08:14,520
Speaker 3: The win wasn't blowing like crazy like it was here

1411
01:08:14,560 --> 01:08:18,280
Speaker 3: against Chicago two weeks ago. Had a couple of long

1412
01:08:18,360 --> 01:08:21,479
Speaker 3: returns in the punk game, but then played a ton

1413
01:08:22,080 --> 01:08:22,719
Speaker 3: on defense.

1414
01:08:22,760 --> 01:08:23,639
Speaker 2: He played just as much.

1415
01:08:23,560 --> 01:08:27,320
Speaker 3: As outside, and he had two pass breakups, almost had

1416
01:08:27,320 --> 01:08:30,519
Speaker 3: an interception. So just your assessment of him, because I

1417
01:08:30,520 --> 01:08:32,960
Speaker 3: think coming in the door, a lot of us looked

1418
01:08:32,960 --> 01:08:35,439
Speaker 3: at his stature and said, oh, you know, he'll be

1419
01:08:35,520 --> 01:08:38,240
Speaker 3: a slot guy. And he's lined up outside and he

1420
01:08:38,280 --> 01:08:40,080
Speaker 3: hasn't looked bad. He's made plays.

1421
01:08:41,200 --> 01:08:42,840
Speaker 14: No, you're right, and I thought he'd be a slot

1422
01:08:42,880 --> 01:08:47,479
Speaker 14: guy too. I guess the guy I'm still wondering about,

1423
01:08:47,520 --> 01:08:49,280
Speaker 14: and he obviously played in this game, but he didn't

1424
01:08:49,280 --> 01:08:52,639
Speaker 14: play I think till maybe late second quarter, even second half,

1425
01:08:52,720 --> 01:08:55,240
Speaker 14: is Elam. I mean, what are you guys hearing about

1426
01:08:55,320 --> 01:08:57,600
Speaker 14: him through practice? You know, because again you're dealing with

1427
01:08:57,640 --> 01:08:59,160
Speaker 14: a guy that's got a lot of traits.

1428
01:08:59,439 --> 01:09:01,639
Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean, I think he's I don't think he's

1429
01:09:01,680 --> 01:09:04,559
Speaker 3: gonna unseat Benford or Rasul Douglass.

1430
01:09:05,240 --> 01:09:07,439
Speaker 2: So I would put him that third corner right now on.

1431
01:09:07,400 --> 01:09:12,960
Speaker 3: The outside, and then JaMarcus Ingram, you know, the former

1432
01:09:13,040 --> 01:09:16,439
Speaker 3: undrafted out of Buffalo is nipping at his heels.

1433
01:09:16,439 --> 01:09:18,760
Speaker 2: He's had a very good camp. Uh And.

1434
01:09:20,200 --> 01:09:22,240
Speaker 3: Yeah, that was well And I think that was due

1435
01:09:22,280 --> 01:09:24,400
Speaker 3: in part to the fact that Taron Johnson's out of

1436
01:09:24,400 --> 01:09:27,960
Speaker 3: the game already and Cam Lewis was playing safety and

1437
01:09:28,040 --> 01:09:31,280
Speaker 3: Lewis also doubles as Taron Johnson's backup in the nickel,

1438
01:09:31,680 --> 01:09:32,680
Speaker 3: so Ingram.

1439
01:09:32,439 --> 01:09:34,360
Speaker 2: Was the next guy in.

1440
01:09:34,760 --> 01:09:37,320
Speaker 3: But again that brings us back to Hardy because you

1441
01:09:37,400 --> 01:09:40,680
Speaker 3: think about body type, and Ingram does line up outside,

1442
01:09:40,680 --> 01:09:43,519
Speaker 3: but I think you would you would almost anticipate it

1443
01:09:43,520 --> 01:09:45,080
Speaker 3: would be Hardy moving into the middle.

1444
01:09:45,120 --> 01:09:46,840
Speaker 2: But that's a six foot.

1445
01:09:46,560 --> 01:09:49,639
Speaker 3: Two slot, and then they got a five to nine

1446
01:09:49,680 --> 01:09:51,679
Speaker 3: guy on the outside. But I gotta give it to Hardy,

1447
01:09:51,720 --> 01:09:52,679
Speaker 3: he's tough out there.

1448
01:09:53,439 --> 01:09:53,639
Speaker 1: Well.

1449
01:09:53,680 --> 01:09:55,559
Speaker 14: The other thing too, is you wonder with Hardy if

1450
01:09:55,560 --> 01:09:58,080
Speaker 14: they wanted to get him some experience out there, because

1451
01:09:58,120 --> 01:10:00,040
Speaker 14: think about some of the guys that they're going you

1452
01:10:00,160 --> 01:10:02,559
Speaker 14: have to face in their division. I mean, neither Hill

1453
01:10:02,600 --> 01:10:05,599
Speaker 14: nor Watdall is tall. You know, Garrett Wilson, I think

1454
01:10:05,600 --> 01:10:07,840
Speaker 14: it's five to ten. I mean, you know, if they

1455
01:10:07,880 --> 01:10:10,840
Speaker 14: feel that he can play outside, Brownie and you know,

1456
01:10:10,920 --> 01:10:14,519
Speaker 14: and really truly play outside. There might be some matchups

1457
01:10:14,520 --> 01:10:16,880
Speaker 14: where do they feel that he's worth putting out there.

1458
01:10:17,080 --> 01:10:19,280
Speaker 3: Yeah, and I was kind of convinced with the way

1459
01:10:19,320 --> 01:10:21,720
Speaker 3: he played last night, I mean, or on Saturday night.

1460
01:10:21,720 --> 01:10:23,919
Speaker 3: I mean, he almost had an interception, he just mistimed

1461
01:10:23,920 --> 01:10:27,639
Speaker 3: his jump ever so slightly. Has two pass breakups. I mean,

1462
01:10:27,840 --> 01:10:31,120
Speaker 3: he's tackled pretty well in the practice setting. And you know,

1463
01:10:31,200 --> 01:10:33,760
Speaker 3: I don't think he's embarrassed himself in either of the

1464
01:10:33,800 --> 01:10:34,559
Speaker 3: preseason games.

1465
01:10:34,680 --> 01:10:36,840
Speaker 2: I mean, he doesn't look like he doesn't He looks

1466
01:10:36,880 --> 01:10:37,599
Speaker 2: like he belongs.

1467
01:10:37,680 --> 01:10:38,080
Speaker 1: Yeah.

1468
01:10:38,760 --> 01:10:41,200
Speaker 14: Yeah, no, And that's and you know, you know how

1469
01:10:41,240 --> 01:10:43,280
Speaker 14: teams think about their division and about how they have

1470
01:10:43,320 --> 01:10:46,280
Speaker 14: to win their division. That's first and foremost. So you know,

1471
01:10:46,400 --> 01:10:48,880
Speaker 14: when you're playing against five nine or five ten, if

1472
01:10:48,920 --> 01:10:51,760
Speaker 14: you're five nine or five ten, there's no height disadvantage there.

1473
01:10:52,479 --> 01:10:53,240
Speaker 1: Yeah, that's good point.

1474
01:10:53,320 --> 01:10:55,360
Speaker 4: That's a good point before we let you go and

1475
01:10:55,479 --> 01:10:56,960
Speaker 4: ask you about it, kind of a little bit of

1476
01:10:56,960 --> 01:10:58,680
Speaker 4: give us an umbrella look at the league, or a

1477
01:10:58,760 --> 01:11:01,200
Speaker 4: ten thousand foot view of the league. He had a

1478
01:11:01,240 --> 01:11:04,760
Speaker 4: couple of young quarterbacks this last weekend. Drake may Bow

1479
01:11:04,840 --> 01:11:08,280
Speaker 4: Knicks Caleb Williams. They all showed out pretty well and

1480
01:11:08,439 --> 01:11:11,040
Speaker 4: have people in those towns, you know, thinking highly of them.

1481
01:11:11,040 --> 01:11:13,920
Speaker 4: Give us your rundown. Bow Knicks, Drake May, Caleb Williams.

1482
01:11:13,920 --> 01:11:15,920
Speaker 4: Where do you see the chips following with those three?

1483
01:11:17,000 --> 01:11:18,559
Speaker 14: Yeah, I mean, I don't think there's any question that

1484
01:11:18,560 --> 01:11:22,160
Speaker 14: bow Nicks will be the starting quarterback. Week won for Denver.

1485
01:11:22,280 --> 01:11:25,880
Speaker 14: I mean, I thought he was significantly better this game

1486
01:11:25,920 --> 01:11:28,559
Speaker 14: than he was in the first game. The first game,

1487
01:11:28,600 --> 01:11:30,599
Speaker 14: he had a tendency to break down a little quick,

1488
01:11:30,680 --> 01:11:33,080
Speaker 14: and that never surprises me, particularly with guys that have

1489
01:11:33,200 --> 01:11:36,719
Speaker 14: movement ability. I thought in this game he was more settled.

1490
01:11:37,080 --> 01:11:37,479
Speaker 14: I thought.

1491
01:11:37,920 --> 01:11:38,080
Speaker 1: You know.

1492
01:11:38,280 --> 01:11:40,160
Speaker 14: The other thing too, is which I always noticed when

1493
01:11:40,200 --> 01:11:42,559
Speaker 14: I watched tape, is the route concepts and how they

1494
01:11:42,560 --> 01:11:45,360
Speaker 14: help a quarterback. And we know Sean Payton is really

1495
01:11:45,439 --> 01:11:48,200
Speaker 14: really good at that. And you know, and I'm not

1496
01:11:48,280 --> 01:11:50,639
Speaker 14: just talking about one on one matchups. I'm talking about

1497
01:11:50,880 --> 01:11:54,479
Speaker 14: situations where there's the route concept is three or four

1498
01:11:54,560 --> 01:11:57,720
Speaker 14: guys and it really helps the quarterback so that he

1499
01:11:57,760 --> 01:12:00,519
Speaker 14: has somewhere to go with the ball with entire of

1500
01:12:00,520 --> 01:12:03,559
Speaker 14: the play. So and Sean Payton does a really good

1501
01:12:03,640 --> 01:12:07,040
Speaker 14: job with that, and that makes Nicks real feel comfortable

1502
01:12:07,080 --> 01:12:11,560
Speaker 14: because he's not back there stuck. And you know, obviously

1503
01:12:11,600 --> 01:12:14,280
Speaker 14: they're not asking any of these quarterbacks to do a

1504
01:12:14,320 --> 01:12:17,400
Speaker 14: lot right now in terms of uh, you know who

1505
01:12:17,400 --> 01:12:20,559
Speaker 14: they're playing against or anything like that, but just basic

1506
01:12:20,600 --> 01:12:24,680
Speaker 14: stuff executed at a really good level. Caleb Williams, I mean,

1507
01:12:24,720 --> 01:12:27,559
Speaker 14: obviously we know what he can do as far as

1508
01:12:27,600 --> 01:12:30,720
Speaker 14: outside of structured plays. We know that, We've seen that.

1509
01:12:30,960 --> 01:12:31,439
Speaker 1: You know that.

1510
01:12:31,600 --> 01:12:34,000
Speaker 14: To me, obviously, the throw he made last week to

1511
01:12:34,040 --> 01:12:36,879
Speaker 14: a dune' day running left, that's special stuff. Not everyone

1512
01:12:36,920 --> 01:12:39,559
Speaker 14: can do that. He can do that. As I said,

1513
01:12:39,600 --> 01:12:42,240
Speaker 14: we kind of know that. So the issue with Williams.

1514
01:12:42,479 --> 01:12:46,839
Speaker 14: Williams to me is kind of he sort of presents

1515
01:12:46,880 --> 01:12:50,240
Speaker 14: that that question that is becoming more and more prevalent

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01:12:50,360 --> 01:12:53,000
Speaker 14: right now with the quarterbacks that the that the league

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01:12:53,760 --> 01:12:56,880
Speaker 14: are given. You know, what is the balance between pocket

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01:12:56,880 --> 01:13:00,960
Speaker 14: efficiency and high level second reaction of you know, plays

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01:13:00,960 --> 01:13:04,240
Speaker 14: outside of structure. Because Williams has some work to do

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01:13:04,320 --> 01:13:06,840
Speaker 14: as far as playing from the pocket, But the question

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01:13:07,080 --> 01:13:10,439
Speaker 14: is can he do it well enough that he could

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01:13:10,479 --> 01:13:12,519
Speaker 14: be a really good player this year because he is

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01:13:12,640 --> 01:13:15,479
Speaker 14: going to make those special kinds of plays that not

1524
01:13:15,600 --> 01:13:19,200
Speaker 14: everybody can make so you know that's I don't know

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01:13:19,240 --> 01:13:21,240
Speaker 14: the answer to that. That's a hard question. I'm not

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01:13:21,240 --> 01:13:24,439
Speaker 14: sure coaches know the answer to that. Drake May hasn't

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01:13:24,479 --> 01:13:26,920
Speaker 14: played a ton, but I thought he did some good

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01:13:26,920 --> 01:13:31,200
Speaker 14: things in this last game, executed some basic concepts. Really well,

1529
01:13:31,280 --> 01:13:33,200
Speaker 14: that's what you're looking for in the preseason. You want

1530
01:13:33,240 --> 01:13:36,640
Speaker 14: to make sure you execute basic concepts because that's what

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01:13:36,720 --> 01:13:38,120
Speaker 14: that's what they're asking them to do.

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Speaker 2: Greg, thanks as always for the time. We appreciate it.

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01:13:41,360 --> 01:13:42,559
Speaker 2: We'll catch up with you next week.

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01:13:43,479 --> 01:13:45,200
Speaker 14: All right, appreciate it, guys, Thanks so much.

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Speaker 1: Thanks Greg.

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01:13:45,720 --> 01:13:46,080
Speaker 2: That's great.

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Speaker 3: CoA sales senior producer from NFL Films with his review

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01:13:50,320 --> 01:13:53,720
Speaker 3: of some of the individual performances by the Bills on

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01:13:53,840 --> 01:13:58,000
Speaker 3: Satdy Night against the Steelers. And Yeah, I mean I was.

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01:13:58,240 --> 01:14:00,960
Speaker 3: I was big on Ray Davis when the Bills took

1541
01:14:01,040 --> 01:14:04,000
Speaker 3: him as well. Anybody that's got a thousand yards for

1542
01:14:04,080 --> 01:14:07,760
Speaker 3: three different schools in the SEC, Yeah, two of them

1543
01:14:07,760 --> 01:14:08,479
Speaker 3: in the SEC.

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01:14:08,600 --> 01:14:10,320
Speaker 2: One of them was at Western Ktucky.

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01:14:10,439 --> 01:14:16,000
Speaker 4: Western Kentucky, Vanderbilt and Kentucky and not the powerhouse. Sees

1546
01:14:16,080 --> 01:14:19,719
Speaker 4: it wasn't like, yeah, it wasn't Alabama or Georgia. Yeah,

1547
01:14:19,760 --> 01:14:22,080
Speaker 4: you know what I mean. It was Vanderbilt in Kentucky.

1548
01:14:22,080 --> 01:14:23,960
Speaker 4: He's rushing for a thousand yards for those teams. Good

1549
01:14:23,960 --> 01:14:29,679
Speaker 4: for him and he Yeah, he showed up and played

1550
01:14:29,800 --> 01:14:31,280
Speaker 4: very well in that game.

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01:14:31,479 --> 01:14:35,200
Speaker 3: I don't know definitively that the number two running back

1552
01:14:35,240 --> 01:14:38,640
Speaker 3: competition is over and put to bed. Ty Johnson is

1553
01:14:38,760 --> 01:14:41,759
Speaker 3: just getting healthy now, and he packed some punch too,

1554
01:14:42,400 --> 01:14:45,880
Speaker 3: So I'm gonna be very interested to see how the

1555
01:14:45,920 --> 01:14:50,160
Speaker 3: workload is shared in this final preseason game. And maybe

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01:14:50,240 --> 01:14:52,960
Speaker 3: it's neither of them. Maybe it is a day for

1557
01:14:53,040 --> 01:14:56,840
Speaker 3: Darrynton Evans and Frank Gore, But if either of those

1558
01:14:56,880 --> 01:14:59,519
Speaker 3: two guys are on the field, I'm just kind of

1559
01:14:59,520 --> 01:15:03,760
Speaker 3: curious to see how the carry share goes to give

1560
01:15:03,840 --> 01:15:07,240
Speaker 3: maybe anybody one last bit of opportunity to make their case.

1561
01:15:08,520 --> 01:15:12,040
Speaker 3: Either way, super good problem to have, because right now

1562
01:15:12,080 --> 01:15:16,200
Speaker 3: your top three is you know, Cook and Davis and Johnson.

1563
01:15:16,840 --> 01:15:19,360
Speaker 3: That's pretty good trio. Pretty good trio with guys that

1564
01:15:19,400 --> 01:15:21,960
Speaker 3: can do a lot of different things. So gotta take

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01:15:21,960 --> 01:15:24,080
Speaker 3: a break here, back to your phone calls. When we return,

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Speaker 3: we'll get to Greg and West Seneca next. Here on

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Speaker 3: One Bill's Live, presented by Colid of Health, it's Buffalo

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Speaker 3: Bill's Radio. All right, back here on One Bill's Live,

1569
01:15:41,360 --> 01:15:44,160
Speaker 3: asking you for your takeaways from Saturday night's preseason performance

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01:15:44,200 --> 01:15:45,000
Speaker 3: against the Steelers.

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01:15:45,040 --> 01:15:46,280
Speaker 2: Eighth three oh five fifty.

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Speaker 3: Phone lines back open for you, and we go back

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01:15:48,840 --> 01:15:53,160
Speaker 3: to the phones and to Greg in West Seneca. Well, yeah, first, Greg,

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01:15:53,160 --> 01:15:54,040
Speaker 3: you're on one Bill's Live.

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Speaker 5: Hi, guys, knowing man, Good afternoon, afternoon. Obviously, I hope

1576
01:15:58,760 --> 01:16:02,320
Speaker 5: you enjoyed your trip to Pittsburgh. But it's got a

1577
01:16:02,320 --> 01:16:04,920
Speaker 5: couple of things. Man, I'm tired of disrespect every time

1578
01:16:04,960 --> 01:16:07,519
Speaker 5: I turned the TV on. You know, it's about every

1579
01:16:07,560 --> 01:16:10,559
Speaker 5: other team in the league except for Buffalo. Like I'm

1580
01:16:10,600 --> 01:16:15,920
Speaker 5: watching NFL Live and things like that, like this Morning

1581
01:16:16,200 --> 01:16:20,080
Speaker 5: ESPN and Good Morning Football, and they're talking about the

1582
01:16:20,080 --> 01:16:22,840
Speaker 5: Pittsburgh Steelers. They lost, you know what I mean, They're

1583
01:16:22,880 --> 01:16:26,240
Speaker 5: not talking about the Buffalo Bills. Like the defense smothered them.

1584
01:16:26,880 --> 01:16:32,799
Speaker 5: And there's another thing too, Like they were the Bills

1585
01:16:32,880 --> 01:16:36,320
Speaker 5: moved the ball pretty good running and they got down inside.

1586
01:16:36,360 --> 01:16:38,000
Speaker 5: I don't know if it was like the third quarter

1587
01:16:38,080 --> 01:16:41,160
Speaker 5: or fourth, but anyway, it's preseason. They got down inside

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01:16:41,240 --> 01:16:44,320
Speaker 5: like the fifteen yard line and it was fourth down,

1589
01:16:44,360 --> 01:16:46,439
Speaker 5: and I think they had like two yards to go,

1590
01:16:47,320 --> 01:16:50,719
Speaker 5: why wouldn't they try to go for it at that point,

1591
01:16:51,200 --> 01:16:54,719
Speaker 5: and you know, to like try to build confidence for

1592
01:16:55,080 --> 01:16:57,920
Speaker 5: you know, some of these guys. And I noticed that

1593
01:16:57,960 --> 01:17:00,759
Speaker 5: Pittsburgh had went for it I think like three times

1594
01:17:00,800 --> 01:17:03,920
Speaker 5: on fourth down where the Bill stopped him all three times.

1595
01:17:05,360 --> 01:17:08,760
Speaker 5: And another thing too, is obviously this quarterback thing. I

1596
01:17:08,800 --> 01:17:12,439
Speaker 5: noticed Houston has. They have four quarterbacks right now on

1597
01:17:12,479 --> 01:17:15,120
Speaker 5: their roster, and I just wonder why we don't have

1598
01:17:15,200 --> 01:17:19,080
Speaker 5: another quarterback or two just sitting around, like, you know,

1599
01:17:19,200 --> 01:17:21,680
Speaker 5: for at least the practice squatter something like that. But

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01:17:21,720 --> 01:17:25,880
Speaker 5: it's good talking to you guys, and I hope to

1601
01:17:25,920 --> 01:17:28,160
Speaker 5: hear some good comments from you guys, and I watch

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01:17:28,200 --> 01:17:29,000
Speaker 5: you guys a lot man.

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01:17:29,200 --> 01:17:30,280
Speaker 2: Thanks appreciating Greg.

1604
01:17:30,360 --> 01:17:30,880
Speaker 1: Thanks Greg.

1605
01:17:31,560 --> 01:17:36,479
Speaker 3: I'll address the fourth down thing. Coach McDermott was literally

1606
01:17:36,640 --> 01:17:38,880
Speaker 3: right down on the sideline near the first down marker

1607
01:17:38,880 --> 01:17:40,360
Speaker 3: at the end of that play to see what the

1608
01:17:40,400 --> 01:17:43,240
Speaker 3: distance was, and it was listed as a fourth and two.

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01:17:43,280 --> 01:17:44,680
Speaker 2: It was a long two. It was like two and

1610
01:17:44,680 --> 01:17:45,160
Speaker 2: a half.

1611
01:17:45,960 --> 01:17:50,760
Speaker 3: Now, in a regular season game, you know, maybe they

1612
01:17:50,800 --> 01:17:51,400
Speaker 3: are going.

1613
01:17:51,240 --> 01:17:53,800
Speaker 1: For it Josh Allen at quarterback, yes, but.

1614
01:17:54,640 --> 01:17:58,120
Speaker 3: In this scenario with a kicker, who some of our

1615
01:17:58,160 --> 01:18:01,840
Speaker 3: callers have mentioned has had some missus in practice.

1616
01:18:02,479 --> 01:18:03,960
Speaker 2: Maybe the greater.

1617
01:18:04,160 --> 01:18:07,320
Speaker 3: Benefit in that instance is to get your kicker some

1618
01:18:07,320 --> 01:18:10,679
Speaker 3: reps in a game situation and boost his confidence even more.

1619
01:18:11,040 --> 01:18:12,760
Speaker 3: He hit two in a row already, let's let him

1620
01:18:12,760 --> 01:18:15,599
Speaker 3: take a third and finish with three field goals. That

1621
01:18:15,640 --> 01:18:18,400
Speaker 3: could be part. I don't know that, but those are

1622
01:18:18,400 --> 01:18:22,639
Speaker 3: the kinds of decisions that come into play in preseason games.

1623
01:18:23,040 --> 01:18:27,759
Speaker 3: Maybe they weren't satisfied with the field goal protection unit

1624
01:18:28,080 --> 01:18:30,040
Speaker 3: and they're like, look, I want to get work on

1625
01:18:30,080 --> 01:18:32,000
Speaker 3: the wings here on the field goal protection unit.

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01:18:32,000 --> 01:18:34,080
Speaker 2: I didn't like it in the first half. Let's get

1627
01:18:34,120 --> 01:18:34,719
Speaker 2: another rep.

1628
01:18:35,080 --> 01:18:37,280
Speaker 3: And I mean it could be stuff as simple as

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01:18:37,360 --> 01:18:39,720
Speaker 3: that as to why that decision was made, Just so you.

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01:18:39,640 --> 01:18:41,600
Speaker 4: Know, yeah, they're not Yeah, the decision that making the

1631
01:18:41,600 --> 01:18:45,080
Speaker 4: preseason are often not predicated on winning the game, which

1632
01:18:45,120 --> 01:18:47,720
Speaker 4: is what you're talking about, Greg, about why they didn't

1633
01:18:47,760 --> 01:18:49,559
Speaker 4: go for it on four down. I get, I hear you,

1634
01:18:49,920 --> 01:18:53,920
Speaker 4: and you're right. That's why it's sometimes preseason is as

1635
01:18:53,920 --> 01:18:57,160
Speaker 4: frustrating for fans as it is for players who wish

1636
01:18:57,240 --> 01:18:59,880
Speaker 4: they could just run this play that we've been working

1637
01:19:00,080 --> 01:19:01,760
Speaker 4: on and the coaches won't do it because they don't

1638
01:19:01,760 --> 01:19:05,559
Speaker 4: want to show it. That kind of stuff, the quebac

1639
01:19:05,840 --> 01:19:10,880
Speaker 4: QB thing, why we don't have Listen, here's the thing,

1640
01:19:12,960 --> 01:19:15,519
Speaker 4: the quarterback situation. I don't know that any team in

1641
01:19:15,520 --> 01:19:17,080
Speaker 4: the league is going to be really There may be

1642
01:19:17,280 --> 01:19:20,160
Speaker 4: less than a handful of teams in the league who really.

1643
01:19:19,920 --> 01:19:21,320
Speaker 1: Love their quarterback situation.

1644
01:19:22,360 --> 01:19:26,320
Speaker 4: Behind the starter, the Chiefs rints guys through, just like

1645
01:19:26,360 --> 01:19:28,280
Speaker 4: the Bills do. They have a different guy every year

1646
01:19:28,360 --> 01:19:32,439
Speaker 4: or two. So do Cincinnati, So do all these teams.

1647
01:19:33,520 --> 01:19:37,360
Speaker 4: It's just that's the way of the world. And for

1648
01:19:37,439 --> 01:19:42,639
Speaker 4: whatever reason, this year, the Bill's got Mitch Trubisky back.

1649
01:19:42,800 --> 01:19:44,400
Speaker 4: They liked the vibe when he was in the room

1650
01:19:44,439 --> 01:19:46,960
Speaker 4: two years ago. They like him as a better option

1651
01:19:47,040 --> 01:19:49,200
Speaker 4: than they had Kyle Allen. Now Kyle Allen's with Pittsburgh

1652
01:19:49,240 --> 01:19:51,559
Speaker 4: and Mitch Trubisky's with Buffalo. They just switched him back

1653
01:19:52,120 --> 01:19:52,839
Speaker 4: back and forth.

1654
01:19:53,200 --> 01:19:55,800
Speaker 1: So I get it.

1655
01:19:55,920 --> 01:19:59,960
Speaker 4: And certainly the backup quarterback is always a hot top,

1656
01:20:00,880 --> 01:20:06,439
Speaker 4: particularly when he got Josh. But I'll say it again,

1657
01:20:07,240 --> 01:20:09,880
Speaker 4: the backup quarterback's job is to help Josh play good

1658
01:20:09,920 --> 01:20:13,400
Speaker 4: and get prepared to play well and finish a game.

1659
01:20:13,880 --> 01:20:15,840
Speaker 4: If he has to come in for anything more than

1660
01:20:16,000 --> 01:20:18,519
Speaker 4: three games or actual say two games. If he has

1661
01:20:18,520 --> 01:20:20,519
Speaker 4: to come in and play and start three games and

1662
01:20:20,560 --> 01:20:23,360
Speaker 4: finish the first one, finish the first one, then start

1663
01:20:23,360 --> 01:20:24,120
Speaker 4: three games.

1664
01:20:24,040 --> 01:20:25,479
Speaker 1: Stick a FOURK in it. You're done.

1665
01:20:25,360 --> 01:20:29,519
Speaker 4: Yeah, you're not gonna win long term with any backup

1666
01:20:29,600 --> 01:20:31,639
Speaker 4: quarterback available to the Buffalo Bills.

1667
01:20:31,680 --> 01:20:35,479
Speaker 3: And the reason why the national shows after a nine

1668
01:20:35,479 --> 01:20:38,479
Speaker 3: to three loss by the Steelers are talking about the

1669
01:20:38,479 --> 01:20:40,960
Speaker 3: Steelers more than the Bills is no knock on the Bills.

1670
01:20:41,760 --> 01:20:44,240
Speaker 3: They have to go for what the sexiest headline is

1671
01:20:44,520 --> 01:20:48,240
Speaker 3: to draw viewers, and the sexiest headline is the Steelers

1672
01:20:48,360 --> 01:20:51,960
Speaker 3: quarterback position is a shmozzle right now and they're two

1673
01:20:52,000 --> 01:20:54,800
Speaker 3: weeks away from the regular season. They brought in a

1674
01:20:54,840 --> 01:20:57,280
Speaker 3: veteran in Russell Wilson, they brought in a former first

1675
01:20:57,360 --> 01:21:00,400
Speaker 3: round pick in Justin Fields, and their offense looks like

1676
01:21:00,439 --> 01:21:04,760
Speaker 3: it's nowhere with new offensive coordinator Arthur Smith. That's the

1677
01:21:04,760 --> 01:21:10,400
Speaker 3: sexy story. It's a disaster, but that's why it's sexy.

1678
01:21:10,520 --> 01:21:12,320
Speaker 3: It's like a big tire fire on the side of

1679
01:21:12,320 --> 01:21:12,799
Speaker 3: the highway.

1680
01:21:12,880 --> 01:21:14,599
Speaker 4: Yeah, that's why they're talking about it. And I'll say

1681
01:21:14,640 --> 01:21:17,760
Speaker 4: that and say We've seen this with other teams too.

1682
01:21:17,760 --> 01:21:20,400
Speaker 4: You get tired of talking about the Bill. When this

1683
01:21:20,520 --> 01:21:26,240
Speaker 4: regular season starts, there's gonna be like four teams flexed

1684
01:21:26,240 --> 01:21:29,280
Speaker 4: out and watched every single chance anybody gets. They're gonna

1685
01:21:29,280 --> 01:21:31,320
Speaker 4: be on Prime. The Bills got four out of their

1686
01:21:31,320 --> 01:21:35,000
Speaker 4: first six. I think some unbelievable thing like that night

1687
01:21:35,240 --> 01:21:37,519
Speaker 4: at night. They're all because everybody wants to see him,

1688
01:21:37,720 --> 01:21:40,719
Speaker 4: because of Josh and this offense. They want to see

1689
01:21:40,760 --> 01:21:42,519
Speaker 4: these teams, so all they can talk about all they

1690
01:21:42,520 --> 01:21:44,920
Speaker 4: want about these other teams. But when push comes to

1691
01:21:45,000 --> 01:21:47,280
Speaker 4: shove and they got to show a game that everybody

1692
01:21:47,280 --> 01:21:50,240
Speaker 4: wants to see, it's gonna be the Bills on September twelfth,

1693
01:21:50,280 --> 01:21:52,879
Speaker 4: the Bills on September twenty third, the Bills on September

1694
01:21:52,920 --> 01:21:56,160
Speaker 4: twenty ninth, the Bills on October fourteenth, the Bills on

1695
01:21:56,200 --> 01:21:59,719
Speaker 4: October twenty seventh, the Bills on November seventeenth, the Bills

1696
01:21:59,760 --> 01:22:02,840
Speaker 4: on December first, the Bills on December eighth, the Bills

1697
01:22:02,840 --> 01:22:05,439
Speaker 4: on December fifteenth. Those are all the games out of

1698
01:22:05,479 --> 01:22:09,479
Speaker 4: one o'clock on Primetime or at four PM. They may

1699
01:22:09,520 --> 01:22:11,599
Speaker 4: talk about those other teams now, but when push comes

1700
01:22:11,600 --> 01:22:13,719
Speaker 4: to shove. The Bills are going to be the topic

1701
01:22:13,760 --> 01:22:14,400
Speaker 4: of conversation.

1702
01:22:14,479 --> 01:22:16,519
Speaker 3: And I personally, I think the Bills play better when

1703
01:22:16,560 --> 01:22:19,200
Speaker 3: they're under the radar. I mean, when everybody was talking

1704
01:22:19,240 --> 01:22:21,559
Speaker 3: about them as the team in twenty twenty one after

1705
01:22:21,560 --> 01:22:25,320
Speaker 3: the Von Miller acquisition, you know, or twenty twenty two,

1706
01:22:27,520 --> 01:22:28,519
Speaker 3: Bills fans were calling up.

1707
01:22:28,520 --> 01:22:29,840
Speaker 2: They're like, I don't like this. I don't like all

1708
01:22:29,840 --> 01:22:30,360
Speaker 2: this attention.

1709
01:22:30,479 --> 01:22:30,679
Speaker 1: Yeah.

1710
01:22:30,720 --> 01:22:32,679
Speaker 2: Now they're not getting any attention, and people are still

1711
01:22:33,040 --> 01:22:35,120
Speaker 2: still difference. They're better.

1712
01:22:35,680 --> 01:22:37,760
Speaker 3: I think they're better when they're counted out. I think

1713
01:22:37,760 --> 01:22:41,200
Speaker 3: they play more intense. Yeah, and so I would rather

1714
01:22:41,240 --> 01:22:42,840
Speaker 3: have them keep talking about everybody.

1715
01:22:42,840 --> 01:22:46,360
Speaker 4: I'll give you an example. Last year the Bills lash.

1716
01:22:46,640 --> 01:22:49,840
Speaker 4: Remember last year, early in the season, the Bills jump

1717
01:22:49,880 --> 01:22:52,040
Speaker 4: out and they look bad. On opening night, Josh throws

1718
01:22:52,040 --> 01:22:54,320
Speaker 4: the interception against the Jets, and they beat the Raiders

1719
01:22:54,360 --> 01:22:57,639
Speaker 4: pretty good. Then they beat a Washington team pretty good.

1720
01:22:57,880 --> 01:23:01,400
Speaker 4: But Miami the Miami, and they jump out. They go

1721
01:23:01,479 --> 01:23:03,640
Speaker 4: thirty six, thirty four, They beat the Chargers, then they

1722
01:23:03,680 --> 01:23:07,120
Speaker 4: beat the Patriots, then they hang seventy on Denver. Let's go,

1723
01:23:07,600 --> 01:23:09,960
Speaker 4: My maam is three and oh let's go. And they

1724
01:23:09,960 --> 01:23:13,120
Speaker 4: come in and Buffalo is like, Okay, let's see and

1725
01:23:13,439 --> 01:23:18,680
Speaker 4: Buffalo hangs it on them. Buffalo, I mean loveless eight

1726
01:23:19,200 --> 01:23:21,400
Speaker 4: it was, Yeah, it was forty eight twenty.

1727
01:23:22,200 --> 01:23:24,600
Speaker 1: So the Bills play better.

1728
01:23:25,920 --> 01:23:28,400
Speaker 4: When they're not the center of when they have something

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Speaker 4: to rally around, like disrespect, like you said in your thing.

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01:23:31,800 --> 01:23:35,000
Speaker 4: So I'm much more happy with the way the national

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01:23:35,080 --> 01:23:38,720
Speaker 4: narrative is with the Bills this year. And I get it,

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01:23:38,720 --> 01:23:40,519
Speaker 4: and I get why. A lot of new, lot of turnover,

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01:23:40,560 --> 01:23:42,639
Speaker 4: a lot of familiar faces. And I'll say this too,

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01:23:42,760 --> 01:23:44,760
Speaker 4: they've talked about the Bills for the last four years

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01:23:44,800 --> 01:23:48,280
Speaker 4: in a row, and they feel they're the storylines are

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01:23:48,320 --> 01:23:49,000
Speaker 4: tired for them.

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Speaker 1: They're they're done.

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01:23:50,680 --> 01:23:52,320
Speaker 4: They want to talk about something new and fresh, like

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01:23:52,360 --> 01:23:54,800
Speaker 4: the train wreck that Pittsburgh's offense is in right now.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, And everybody's talking about the Houston Texans because all

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01:23:57,320 --> 01:23:58,400
Speaker 3: the player ack.

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Speaker 1: Was James Strown.

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01:23:59,800 --> 01:24:04,360
Speaker 3: Yeah, Danille Hunter on defense and Stefan Diggs on offense,

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01:24:04,400 --> 01:24:05,960
Speaker 3: and a bunch of other free agents Caleb Weis.

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01:24:06,080 --> 01:24:08,840
Speaker 4: Chicago's a hot topic around the league. And think about this,

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01:24:09,520 --> 01:24:13,040
Speaker 4: While Detroit is a team that everybody expects to be good,

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01:24:14,200 --> 01:24:16,800
Speaker 4: most people they're talking about Caleb Williams, they're talking about

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01:24:16,840 --> 01:24:19,479
Speaker 4: the Bears, they're talking about CJ. Strout, they're talking about

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01:24:19,560 --> 01:24:23,000
Speaker 4: Jordan Love, those kind of young the stuff that we

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01:24:23,040 --> 01:24:26,479
Speaker 4: haven't really fleshed out as of yet. The NFL is

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01:24:26,479 --> 01:24:30,320
Speaker 4: a year round league, and everybody, you know, once you've

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01:24:30,360 --> 01:24:33,120
Speaker 4: talked about it, nobody wants to revisit it, you know

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01:24:33,240 --> 01:24:35,840
Speaker 4: too much. So the Bills have been in the center

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01:24:35,840 --> 01:24:37,439
Speaker 4: of it for a long time, and I think people

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01:24:37,479 --> 01:24:39,960
Speaker 4: are just wanting something fresh to talk about it, particularly

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Speaker 4: our end of the business.

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Speaker 3: Let's crack open the tweetsheet on your biggest takeaways from

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01:24:44,000 --> 01:24:46,000
Speaker 3: the Bills game against the Steelers. Tweet sheet brought to

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Speaker 3: you by Corgan Moving Systems, the official equipment moving company

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Speaker 3: of the Buffalo Bills. Where we lead off with Steve's

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01:24:51,760 --> 01:24:54,920
Speaker 3: common who says it is impossible to evaluate the receivers

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Speaker 3: other than their willingness to block without Josh Allen throwing

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01:24:58,320 --> 01:24:58,880
Speaker 3: them the ball.

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Speaker 2: So I sent Steve is little perturbed that Josh.

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Speaker 3: Didn't play, but you're not wrong. I mean, you want

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Speaker 3: to see how this passing game is going to function

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Speaker 3: with your number one quarterback. We really haven't seen much

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01:25:09,680 --> 01:25:12,799
Speaker 3: of that, but even though you haven't seen it, doesn't

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01:25:12,800 --> 01:25:14,760
Speaker 3: mean that the Bills haven't seen it. They've seen it

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01:25:14,760 --> 01:25:16,919
Speaker 3: every day in the practice setting. And I know practice

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01:25:16,960 --> 01:25:20,440
Speaker 3: is not a game, but they wouldn't feel so comfortable

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01:25:20,439 --> 01:25:22,920
Speaker 3: in sitting down Josh Allen if it didn't look good

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01:25:22,920 --> 01:25:24,439
Speaker 3: in practice, I guess, is my point.

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Speaker 1: I'll say this too.

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01:25:25,200 --> 01:25:29,040
Speaker 4: I mean it's hard because the coaches and if you

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01:25:29,080 --> 01:25:31,200
Speaker 4: go back and watch the All twenty two for those

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01:25:31,240 --> 01:25:33,719
Speaker 4: of you who have NFL plus all of that stuff,

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01:25:34,920 --> 01:25:37,280
Speaker 4: you can watch the plays over and over again. You

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01:25:37,280 --> 01:25:39,000
Speaker 4: can see who's open and who's not. And there are

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01:25:39,040 --> 01:25:42,040
Speaker 4: some plays even when Trubisky was in there where I

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01:25:42,080 --> 01:25:44,760
Speaker 4: accused him on the broadcast a couple of times right

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01:25:44,760 --> 01:25:47,080
Speaker 4: where he just needs to let it go, and then

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01:25:47,160 --> 01:25:49,840
Speaker 4: other times where he's sitting back there and there's nobody open.

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Speaker 1: So whether on the.

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Speaker 4: Broadcast, it's really difficult for fans to see it if

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01:25:54,960 --> 01:25:58,440
Speaker 4: you're watching it on TV, because we don't as a broadcast,

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01:25:58,439 --> 01:26:01,000
Speaker 4: we don't talk about who should have thrown the football

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01:26:01,000 --> 01:26:03,240
Speaker 4: to or where he should have gone or whatever, only

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01:26:03,240 --> 01:26:07,880
Speaker 4: in general senses. There were times on Saturday Night when

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01:26:08,760 --> 01:26:10,760
Speaker 4: Mitch Trubisky needed to cut it loose and throw it

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01:26:11,760 --> 01:26:14,800
Speaker 4: other times when yeah, it was bad because there was

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01:26:14,840 --> 01:26:17,320
Speaker 4: nobody getting open that kind of thing. So it's hard

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01:26:17,360 --> 01:26:21,599
Speaker 4: to evaluate for viewers at home, like our guy Steve,

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01:26:23,160 --> 01:26:25,120
Speaker 4: when it is easier for the coaches who can go

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01:26:25,160 --> 01:26:26,800
Speaker 4: back and dissect it and know exactly what the guy

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01:26:26,880 --> 01:26:28,640
Speaker 4: was supposed to do and whether he did it well,

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01:26:28,640 --> 01:26:30,120
Speaker 4: whether the ball got thrown to him or not.

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Speaker 1: So there is that as well.

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Speaker 3: Gotta take a break here when we come back. Some

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Speaker 3: final thoughts on the tweet sheet here on one Bill's Live.

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Speaker 1: Stay with Us.

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Speaker 3: Some final thoughts on the tweet sheet here on one

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Speaker 3: Bill's Live. Gary says both lines played far better, Andres

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01:27:03,160 --> 01:27:06,519
Speaker 3: and Rousseau, Ingram and Davis played very well. Jonathan and

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01:27:06,560 --> 01:27:10,360
Speaker 3: Solomon were good. Davis has comparable size, balance, vision and

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01:27:10,439 --> 01:27:14,439
Speaker 3: run style to Emmett Smith and Coleman needs to improve,

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01:27:14,560 --> 01:27:17,599
Speaker 3: and injuries are somewhat concerning. Let's start with point number

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01:27:17,600 --> 01:27:20,479
Speaker 3: one we taught. We heard coach mcdermy coming out of

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01:27:20,520 --> 01:27:22,519
Speaker 3: that first preseason game saying we did not win at

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01:27:22,560 --> 01:27:24,240
Speaker 3: the line of scrimmage on either side of the ball.

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Speaker 3: It was a much different story on Saturday night. I'll

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01:27:26,840 --> 01:27:28,840
Speaker 3: tip my hat to the lines I mean the old

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01:27:28,880 --> 01:27:31,840
Speaker 3: line was opening some holes in the run game all

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01:27:31,880 --> 01:27:34,800
Speaker 3: the way through pretty much, and the defensive line was

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01:27:34,840 --> 01:27:36,280
Speaker 3: wreaking havoc on those quarterbacks.

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01:27:36,560 --> 01:27:39,479
Speaker 4: I mentioned a bunch on TV that you could tell

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01:27:39,479 --> 01:27:42,200
Speaker 4: the sideline of the team when they were the players

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01:27:42,240 --> 01:27:43,840
Speaker 4: were at the eleven were on the field, whether it

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01:27:43,840 --> 01:27:46,519
Speaker 4: was offense or defense. Everybody else was really engaged standing

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01:27:46,600 --> 01:27:49,920
Speaker 4: up watching when a play happened in there for the

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01:27:49,920 --> 01:27:51,880
Speaker 4: good of the team, for good, good for the Bills.

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01:27:52,240 --> 01:27:54,759
Speaker 4: Sidelines erupted and you said on the on the horse

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01:27:54,760 --> 01:27:56,439
Speaker 4: collar tackle, the sideline made the call.

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01:27:56,479 --> 01:27:58,080
Speaker 2: You know, they were all got them to throw the flag.

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01:27:58,160 --> 01:28:00,360
Speaker 4: The energy level was off the charts. Paired to the

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01:28:00,400 --> 01:28:03,400
Speaker 4: Chicago Bears, and you could tell on the field that

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01:28:03,479 --> 01:28:04,519
Speaker 4: the emotion was higher.

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01:28:04,640 --> 01:28:05,680
Speaker 2: Yeah.

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01:28:05,720 --> 01:28:08,960
Speaker 3: From Bill's Mafia season, Greg Russou is on a mission

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01:28:09,000 --> 01:28:11,639
Speaker 3: and Osiris Torreans needs to progress more. So I'm get

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01:28:11,680 --> 01:28:14,639
Speaker 3: distinctly beat three to four times in a row. Again,

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01:28:15,240 --> 01:28:17,880
Speaker 3: this is where scheme comes into play. Number one and

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01:28:18,000 --> 01:28:21,760
Speaker 3: number two. This was the offense's first exposure to an underfront,

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01:28:22,920 --> 01:28:26,600
Speaker 3: so they have eight games against three four fronts, so

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01:28:26,720 --> 01:28:32,880
Speaker 3: it was important. But that is a valuable outing. So

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Speaker 3: coach Cromer can now take that film and go to

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01:28:35,439 --> 01:28:38,120
Speaker 3: Osiris and say, hey, here's what happened here, Here's what

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01:28:38,200 --> 01:28:40,679
Speaker 3: happened here. Here's what happened here. Get ready.

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01:28:40,720 --> 01:28:43,280
Speaker 2: Because we're playing against eight teams that run that underfront.

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Speaker 4: You win the game. Lots of guys, a lot of

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01:28:45,880 --> 01:28:47,840
Speaker 4: you know, the running backs, wide receiver, the court. Everybody

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01:28:47,840 --> 01:28:50,000
Speaker 4: plays a lot better. The defense plays really better. But

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01:28:50,040 --> 01:28:51,920
Speaker 4: there's also some guys in there that need to work

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01:28:51,960 --> 01:28:54,120
Speaker 4: on stuff, you know, and everybody can't have a Joe

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01:28:54,120 --> 01:28:58,320
Speaker 4: Andreesen Knight. And if Osiris Torrens didn't, you can bet

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01:28:58,360 --> 01:28:59,920
Speaker 4: that he's going to work on and try and get better.

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01:29:00,160 --> 01:29:01,800
Speaker 2: Yeah, last one from Jack.

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Speaker 3: They should be able to run the ball this season,

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01:29:03,439 --> 01:29:05,280
Speaker 3: pick up where they left off, and hopefully that should

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01:29:05,280 --> 01:29:07,280
Speaker 3: open up shots down field. Also, I think they're going

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01:29:07,360 --> 01:29:09,679
Speaker 3: to be fine on d while I'm still concerned about safety.

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01:29:09,720 --> 01:29:11,880
Speaker 3: I think McDermott and Babbage will have these guys ready

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01:29:11,920 --> 01:29:14,400
Speaker 3: to play. The defensive performance I think calmed a lot

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01:29:14,400 --> 01:29:14,880
Speaker 3: of nerves.

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Speaker 4: Yes, absolutely, yeah, on both sides of the ball, the

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01:29:18,880 --> 01:29:21,320
Speaker 4: running game and the offensive line and the defensive line

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01:29:21,320 --> 01:29:24,160
Speaker 4: pass rush. With Russo doing what he did, end the secondary. Yeah,

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01:29:24,240 --> 01:29:26,120
Speaker 4: a lot of things to be happy about in this game.

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01:29:26,280 --> 01:29:27,800
Speaker 3: Now, you just got to hope the team can get

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01:29:27,840 --> 01:29:31,200
Speaker 3: healthy between now and two weeks from now when they're

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Speaker 3: getting ready for an opener.

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Speaker 2: That is it for us today.

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Speaker 3: We'll get some injury updates passed along to you tomorrow,

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Speaker 3: but stay tuned to Buffalo Bills dot com as well

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Speaker 3: for that. We'll see you tomorrow at one