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Speaker 1: along with Chris Brown and Steve Tasker as what would

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Speaker 1: You know, we've been all over social media last couple

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Speaker 1: from Buffalo Bills dot com. We also spotted one Emmanuel

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Speaker 1: and to confirm that for us will be our intrepid

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Speaker 1: we can talk about it. Charlotte aren't here behind their back?

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Speaker 1: Did Leslie Fraser, Bill's defensive coordinator, did address the media

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Speaker 1: interesting things to say about aj Epenessa, Tremaine Edmonds, a

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Speaker 1: in the NBA game last night Denver and Portland, Okay.

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Speaker 1: and now there's two more at the same position. I mean,

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Speaker 1: if that's not going to kick in the pants, I

425
00:23:40,480 --> 00:23:42,679
Speaker 1: don't know what does not that Aj needed it because

426
00:23:42,920 --> 00:23:45,560
Speaker 1: by all accounts, he's been here in Buffalo the entire

427
00:23:45,960 --> 00:23:48,879
Speaker 1: offseason working with the strength and conditioning stuff. And think

428
00:23:48,920 --> 00:23:52,719
Speaker 1: about Ed Oliver. I mean, he's got a defensive lineman

429
00:23:52,760 --> 00:23:55,080
Speaker 1: being taken all around him, all these pass rushers, and

430
00:23:55,119 --> 00:24:00,960
Speaker 1: he's still a three technique and it's just it's pretty

431
00:24:01,000 --> 00:24:04,280
Speaker 1: amazing when you look at that how young the defensive

432
00:24:04,359 --> 00:24:06,800
Speaker 1: line is and is going to continue to be. It

433
00:24:06,800 --> 00:24:11,760
Speaker 1: looks like, but nothing's guaranteed any of these guys, even

434
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Speaker 1: the top draft picks. And Devin Singletary looking around he's

435
00:24:14,640 --> 00:24:18,200
Speaker 1: got he's gotta think. You know. I will say this though,

436
00:24:19,680 --> 00:24:21,760
Speaker 1: and this is the point I want to make. When

437
00:24:21,840 --> 00:24:25,440
Speaker 1: you come back and you are noticeably just forget about

438
00:24:25,480 --> 00:24:27,240
Speaker 1: being on the field playing and all that. But when

439
00:24:27,240 --> 00:24:29,399
Speaker 1: you come back and you've transformed your body and you

440
00:24:29,440 --> 00:24:32,600
Speaker 1: look different, and they've got mad do your body mass index,

441
00:24:32,640 --> 00:24:34,480
Speaker 1: and you'll do testing and they'll do all this stuff,

442
00:24:34,480 --> 00:24:40,520
Speaker 1: and you come back significantly at a higher level, that

443
00:24:40,720 --> 00:24:44,639
Speaker 1: is that really solidifies your spot on a roster to

444
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Speaker 1: begin training kids. Just look at that him on camera there,

445
00:24:47,119 --> 00:24:51,280
Speaker 1: he looks broader through the chest and the shoulders. It

446
00:24:51,359 --> 00:24:54,439
Speaker 1: kind of reminds me one year. You know, Fred Jackson

447
00:24:54,480 --> 00:24:56,520
Speaker 1: had been up and down off the team's practice squad

448
00:24:56,600 --> 00:24:58,280
Speaker 1: at oh five and oh six. He came back in

449
00:24:58,359 --> 00:25:01,639
Speaker 1: at oh seven. I don't even recognize him. Like it

450
00:25:01,680 --> 00:25:03,919
Speaker 1: looked like he took the hull shoulders and threw it

451
00:25:03,960 --> 00:25:08,240
Speaker 1: on his frame. I couldn't believe the size of his

452
00:25:08,240 --> 00:25:10,600
Speaker 1: his del toys, his traps, his should I mean, he

453
00:25:10,680 --> 00:25:14,119
Speaker 1: was just so broad shouldered. From one office, I couldn't

454
00:25:14,160 --> 00:25:18,520
Speaker 1: believe it. Yea, And it wound up getting him a

455
00:25:18,520 --> 00:25:21,520
Speaker 1: lot of playing time. He still wasn't a starter because

456
00:25:21,600 --> 00:25:23,760
Speaker 1: Marshawn Lynch was the first round pick at the time,

457
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Speaker 1: but he got on the field and had a much

458
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Speaker 1: larger role going forward. So I'm very interested to see

459
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Speaker 1: what it translates into for Devin Singletary and for aj

460
00:25:33,440 --> 00:25:36,560
Speaker 1: Epenessa for that matter. Yeah, and to see the amount

461
00:25:36,600 --> 00:25:40,000
Speaker 1: of effort that they've put into themselves in this offseason.

462
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Speaker 1: It really goes a long way for a coaching staff

463
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Speaker 1: and a scouting staff to go back and scour their

464
00:25:45,440 --> 00:25:47,679
Speaker 1: reports on these guys and what they thought about him

465
00:25:47,720 --> 00:25:50,280
Speaker 1: and how they how they viewed these guys before the draft,

466
00:25:50,359 --> 00:25:52,720
Speaker 1: because that type of work ethic and the end the

467
00:25:52,840 --> 00:25:57,760
Speaker 1: desire to change who you are physically and the ability

468
00:25:57,760 --> 00:26:00,880
Speaker 1: to get it done now aj was here and then

469
00:26:00,960 --> 00:26:04,800
Speaker 1: maintain it and then yeah, right, and to do that

470
00:26:04,960 --> 00:26:07,879
Speaker 1: on your own, particularly Devin Singletary was off in Florida

471
00:26:07,960 --> 00:26:12,680
Speaker 1: doing that somewhere. That's a real nod to the scouting

472
00:26:12,680 --> 00:26:14,919
Speaker 1: staff and the and the pro personnel guys and all

473
00:26:14,960 --> 00:26:18,160
Speaker 1: those guys and evaluators that hey, we got that right

474
00:26:18,200 --> 00:26:20,560
Speaker 1: on that guy. Why did we get it right on him?

475
00:26:20,760 --> 00:26:22,880
Speaker 1: And maybe we didn't get his right on some other guys.

476
00:26:22,960 --> 00:26:25,119
Speaker 1: Let's let's dig into that and they start to hone

477
00:26:26,080 --> 00:26:28,479
Speaker 1: what they knew about these guys before they got in there.

478
00:26:28,480 --> 00:26:30,440
Speaker 1: Because the ability to do that said, I mean, let's

479
00:26:30,440 --> 00:26:34,480
Speaker 1: face it. Everybody out there, you me, everybody listening to us,

480
00:26:35,359 --> 00:26:37,560
Speaker 1: knows how hard it is to transform your own body,

481
00:26:38,200 --> 00:26:40,240
Speaker 1: and these guys do it in a matter of six months,

482
00:26:41,000 --> 00:26:44,879
Speaker 1: and it's it takes a lot of commitment and a

483
00:26:44,920 --> 00:26:49,159
Speaker 1: lot of dedication, and it says something about exactly the

484
00:26:49,240 --> 00:26:50,920
Speaker 1: kind of player that Bills want to want to draft

485
00:26:50,920 --> 00:26:56,200
Speaker 1: and keep around. I think it's also a good sign

486
00:26:56,720 --> 00:27:00,639
Speaker 1: that Digs and Sanders are in this week. Anytime you

487
00:27:00,640 --> 00:27:02,959
Speaker 1: can get on the field with your quarterback, establish your

488
00:27:03,000 --> 00:27:06,280
Speaker 1: rapport or re establish your rapport, particularly for Sanders, who's

489
00:27:06,280 --> 00:27:08,199
Speaker 1: the new guy on the block. I know he's a

490
00:27:08,280 --> 00:27:12,080
Speaker 1: veteran player who's been to new teams before, but reps

491
00:27:12,080 --> 00:27:15,840
Speaker 1: with your QB never hurts any receiver as far as

492
00:27:15,840 --> 00:27:18,680
Speaker 1: I'm concerned. So it's good to see those two guys back.

493
00:27:18,760 --> 00:27:21,240
Speaker 1: We'll have to get the final word on Beasley Matt

494
00:27:21,240 --> 00:27:23,080
Speaker 1: He said that he did not have a helmet with him,

495
00:27:23,119 --> 00:27:25,280
Speaker 1: so maybe he's not participating today. Maybe he's got a

496
00:27:25,320 --> 00:27:28,040
Speaker 1: small tweak or something, and you know, they just sit

497
00:27:28,119 --> 00:27:30,280
Speaker 1: him on the side and he kind of observes and

498
00:27:30,320 --> 00:27:34,080
Speaker 1: takes mental reps. But certainly a good sign for the

499
00:27:34,160 --> 00:27:38,160
Speaker 1: receiving Corps that Digs is here, Sanders is here. Two

500
00:27:38,160 --> 00:27:42,080
Speaker 1: guys who were not here for the voluntary workouts last week.

501
00:27:42,480 --> 00:27:47,880
Speaker 1: Isaiah Hodgens still working through that Red Jersey non contact designation.

502
00:27:48,240 --> 00:27:50,200
Speaker 1: I gotta believe at this point in time it's more

503
00:27:50,240 --> 00:27:54,119
Speaker 1: precautionary than anything else. No need to take knocks on

504
00:27:54,160 --> 00:27:58,639
Speaker 1: your shoulder when you're in essentially a non contact situation anyway.

505
00:27:58,680 --> 00:28:00,520
Speaker 1: So I think it's more of a heads up to

506
00:28:00,560 --> 00:28:02,840
Speaker 1: all his teammates, like, hey, if you even getting close

507
00:28:02,920 --> 00:28:05,639
Speaker 1: proximity of this guy, pull up. Okay, you don't need

508
00:28:05,680 --> 00:28:10,160
Speaker 1: them taking any shots after having shoulder surgery last year. Nobody, yeah, nobody, Yeah,

509
00:28:10,200 --> 00:28:13,320
Speaker 1: nobody wants a concussion in mini camp, you know, or

510
00:28:13,520 --> 00:28:16,359
Speaker 1: separated shoulder or whatever. And the thing is when you

511
00:28:16,400 --> 00:28:18,360
Speaker 1: do that, you and they and they're trying to compete

512
00:28:18,840 --> 00:28:21,640
Speaker 1: and they're trying to impress coaches, and what happens typically

513
00:28:21,640 --> 00:28:24,040
Speaker 1: with younger players, they're trying to compete and playing, you know,

514
00:28:24,080 --> 00:28:26,600
Speaker 1: a little bit harder than they should, and they get

515
00:28:26,600 --> 00:28:29,240
Speaker 1: a little out of control, you know, and all it

516
00:28:29,240 --> 00:28:31,280
Speaker 1: takes is your feet to get tangled up one and

517
00:28:31,320 --> 00:28:35,000
Speaker 1: the guy goes down bank snapped collar, bone, separated shoulder.

518
00:28:35,680 --> 00:28:39,720
Speaker 1: What did even worse dislocation all us a broken finger,

519
00:28:39,800 --> 00:28:44,360
Speaker 1: broken hand. And while it's unfortunate, that's what happens when

520
00:28:44,360 --> 00:28:47,440
Speaker 1: you get guys. Somebody's going really hard and somebody's not

521
00:28:47,520 --> 00:28:52,000
Speaker 1: going really hard, and the clash between those two paces,

522
00:28:52,160 --> 00:28:54,240
Speaker 1: you know, it ends up in somebody on the ground hurt.

523
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Speaker 1: We're gonna take a break here. We heard that Star

524
00:28:58,840 --> 00:29:02,720
Speaker 1: Latoula still on an attendance at voluntary OTAs and I

525
00:29:02,760 --> 00:29:05,720
Speaker 1: know we had some calls yesterday from some fans who

526
00:29:05,760 --> 00:29:09,520
Speaker 1: were concerned about you know, him coming back after being

527
00:29:09,600 --> 00:29:12,160
Speaker 1: off for a year, choosing to opt out. We have

528
00:29:12,200 --> 00:29:14,920
Speaker 1: an update on that. Our crack staff did a little digging.

529
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Speaker 1: We will bring that to you when we return. It's

530
00:29:17,800 --> 00:29:20,720
Speaker 1: good news on Star Latoula. Coming up next here on

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Speaker 1: One Bill's Live, presented by Collid of Health. It's Buffalo

532
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Speaker 1: Bill's Radio. Welcome back to One Bill's Live. Chris Brown,

533
00:29:42,520 --> 00:29:45,600
Speaker 1: Steve Tasker with you. Yesterday, when we were talking about

534
00:29:45,600 --> 00:29:48,000
Speaker 1: the cap space that the Bills reportedly cleared with the

535
00:29:48,040 --> 00:29:53,800
Speaker 1: restructuring of Stefon Digg's contract, we got some calls from

536
00:29:53,840 --> 00:29:57,760
Speaker 1: some fans here on the show. They were concerned that

537
00:29:57,880 --> 00:30:03,200
Speaker 1: the cap space was created to accommodate Star Latoula's contract

538
00:30:03,240 --> 00:30:06,800
Speaker 1: and dead cap hit should he choose to retire, and

539
00:30:07,000 --> 00:30:10,680
Speaker 1: it struck us as kind of odd, and so we

540
00:30:10,720 --> 00:30:13,360
Speaker 1: did a little our crack staff did a little digging

541
00:30:14,240 --> 00:30:17,240
Speaker 1: on Star because he is not here at OTAs right

542
00:30:17,280 --> 00:30:21,080
Speaker 1: now the voluntary OTA practices, and so that has only

543
00:30:21,160 --> 00:30:24,720
Speaker 1: heightened I think the level of concern on the part

544
00:30:24,760 --> 00:30:28,120
Speaker 1: of Bill's fans. I kind of think people are getting

545
00:30:28,120 --> 00:30:30,040
Speaker 1: a little carried away and they're jumping the gun here.

546
00:30:30,120 --> 00:30:34,920
Speaker 1: So in an effort to quell the nerves of Bill's fans,

547
00:30:35,560 --> 00:30:39,240
Speaker 1: we were able to uncover this video footage of Star

548
00:30:39,600 --> 00:30:43,480
Speaker 1: working out right now and looking rather limber and or

549
00:30:43,600 --> 00:30:48,080
Speaker 1: rather quick in going through some defensive line drills here.

550
00:30:49,280 --> 00:30:51,960
Speaker 1: This was on I think one of his social media pages,

551
00:30:52,280 --> 00:30:56,160
Speaker 1: working with a trainer there, and we do have corroboration

552
00:30:56,200 --> 00:31:00,280
Speaker 1: that this is current, so good sign and Star moving

553
00:31:00,280 --> 00:31:03,360
Speaker 1: pretty well. Looks like the legs are feeling lively after

554
00:31:03,360 --> 00:31:08,440
Speaker 1: opting out last year. Yeah, and obviously putting in some

555
00:31:08,480 --> 00:31:11,920
Speaker 1: work and that's not something you do if you're contemplating retirement.

556
00:31:12,080 --> 00:31:15,360
Speaker 1: I don't think exactly he got a drink with an

557
00:31:15,440 --> 00:31:17,240
Speaker 1: umbrella in it and you're in a chair somewhere. I

558
00:31:17,240 --> 00:31:20,400
Speaker 1: think it's the perfect It was the perfect recipe for

559
00:31:20,480 --> 00:31:22,760
Speaker 1: a guy like Star who, let's face it down inside,

560
00:31:22,760 --> 00:31:27,440
Speaker 1: that's the most physical, physically demanding position just about anywhere.

561
00:31:28,320 --> 00:31:31,000
Speaker 1: Every play you're banging against another human being, trying to

562
00:31:31,040 --> 00:31:34,760
Speaker 1: push them or be or resist being pushed away against

563
00:31:34,800 --> 00:31:40,360
Speaker 1: your will, and a confrontation every snap. You can't escape it,

564
00:31:40,560 --> 00:31:42,640
Speaker 1: and it wears on these guys physically and mentally. And

565
00:31:42,680 --> 00:31:45,040
Speaker 1: I think a year off for Star with the idea

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Speaker 1: that yeah, he's coming back, he's still made. I think that.

567
00:31:47,640 --> 00:31:49,600
Speaker 1: I think the number was three hundred fifty grand last year.

568
00:31:49,640 --> 00:31:51,520
Speaker 1: They gave him their salary, a part of their salary,

569
00:31:51,520 --> 00:31:55,360
Speaker 1: and now he's due to make you know, seven four

570
00:31:55,400 --> 00:31:58,680
Speaker 1: and a half a half million bass and there's other

571
00:31:58,720 --> 00:32:00,960
Speaker 1: bonuses for him, right minus three fifty that he made

572
00:32:01,040 --> 00:32:05,239
Speaker 1: last year, and so he comes back. It's it's you know,

573
00:32:05,280 --> 00:32:07,040
Speaker 1: you start to feel good and it's like taking a

574
00:32:07,120 --> 00:32:09,160
Speaker 1: year off. It's like that thing where you get retired

575
00:32:09,200 --> 00:32:11,200
Speaker 1: and then think, wow, I think I can still do

576
00:32:11,240 --> 00:32:12,840
Speaker 1: it this year. You know, now that I've had some

577
00:32:12,880 --> 00:32:17,800
Speaker 1: time to rest and completely be completely tear can't imagine

578
00:32:17,920 --> 00:32:20,280
Speaker 1: to take all of that off of his body for

579
00:32:20,600 --> 00:32:23,960
Speaker 1: you know, the better part of what's gonna amount to, well, geez,

580
00:32:24,040 --> 00:32:27,520
Speaker 1: twelve almost twenty two months. I mean he's gonna feel

581
00:32:27,560 --> 00:32:29,680
Speaker 1: like a spring chicken. Yeah, at least for the first

582
00:32:29,720 --> 00:32:31,880
Speaker 1: month or so, right, I mean, we'll take long for

583
00:32:31,920 --> 00:32:34,000
Speaker 1: that to catch up with you. But yeah, I think

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Speaker 1: I think it's. Um, there's no question. I'm not saying

585
00:32:36,200 --> 00:32:38,880
Speaker 1: that he's absolutely no gonna come back and he's gonna

586
00:32:38,880 --> 00:32:41,800
Speaker 1: do it, and he may still do something different, but um,

587
00:32:42,920 --> 00:32:45,880
Speaker 1: it's nice to see him out working out, as you know,

588
00:32:46,360 --> 00:32:50,640
Speaker 1: because all you know, the thing is, every time we

589
00:32:50,680 --> 00:32:57,640
Speaker 1: see somebody work out, like receivers, cornerbacks, running backs, tight ends,

590
00:32:57,920 --> 00:33:02,719
Speaker 1: offensive lineman, whatever it is, you never see any of

591
00:33:02,760 --> 00:33:06,320
Speaker 1: them repeat the same drill. They're all doing something completely

592
00:33:06,480 --> 00:33:08,640
Speaker 1: some other drill, and most of them are drills that

593
00:33:08,760 --> 00:33:11,680
Speaker 1: I never did when I played, and they're all specialized

594
00:33:11,760 --> 00:33:16,800
Speaker 1: drills for positional, you know, purposes. But what's your point

595
00:33:16,840 --> 00:33:19,840
Speaker 1: with that? Well, I just I think most of these

596
00:33:19,840 --> 00:33:25,960
Speaker 1: guys have got a really specific training pattern and regime

597
00:33:26,120 --> 00:33:29,920
Speaker 1: and a somebody who's completely dedicated to giving them drills

598
00:33:30,000 --> 00:33:35,840
Speaker 1: that work on or train what they're not good at. Okay,

599
00:33:36,080 --> 00:33:38,280
Speaker 1: you know what I mean, Because if you're a player,

600
00:33:38,320 --> 00:33:40,840
Speaker 1: you work on the weaknesses. Yeah, it's you're crazy to

601
00:33:40,880 --> 00:33:42,280
Speaker 1: go out and just work on what you do well.

602
00:33:42,360 --> 00:33:45,360
Speaker 1: You gotta work on what you don't do well and

603
00:33:45,920 --> 00:33:47,680
Speaker 1: take that right. You got to attack what you're not

604
00:33:47,760 --> 00:33:51,040
Speaker 1: good at. And so star Lotulele, there you see him.

605
00:33:51,280 --> 00:33:54,160
Speaker 1: You got his feet up and down, switching his hips around,

606
00:33:54,160 --> 00:33:57,200
Speaker 1: doing a quick arm over on the inside, turning completely

607
00:33:57,200 --> 00:33:59,560
Speaker 1: around and doing a side step and then spinning off

608
00:33:59,560 --> 00:34:02,200
Speaker 1: the edge. A lot of that stuff. This stuff it's

609
00:34:02,240 --> 00:34:06,160
Speaker 1: hard to do down inside on defensive tackle. But you

610
00:34:06,200 --> 00:34:09,600
Speaker 1: know it's you know, that's what these guys do. They

611
00:34:09,640 --> 00:34:11,120
Speaker 1: spend all their time trying to get better at what

612
00:34:11,120 --> 00:34:13,839
Speaker 1: they're not good at. And that's that's why these guys

613
00:34:13,880 --> 00:34:16,680
Speaker 1: developed so fast. As starlo former first round draft pick,

614
00:34:16,800 --> 00:34:20,520
Speaker 1: is still out there running around dummies, hopping through them

615
00:34:20,520 --> 00:34:22,680
Speaker 1: and working hard here in May or at the beginning

616
00:34:22,680 --> 00:34:25,200
Speaker 1: of June. Now, I don't know if you witness this.

617
00:34:25,280 --> 00:34:31,000
Speaker 1: Steve but of late Miles Garrett, top pass rusher for

618
00:34:31,040 --> 00:34:35,120
Speaker 1: the Cleveland Browns, has been throwing out some videos on

619
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Speaker 1: Twitter of him playing basketball over the last several months

620
00:34:41,000 --> 00:34:48,600
Speaker 1: and I am I'm reporting now that Miles Garrett's basketball

621
00:34:48,680 --> 00:34:52,879
Speaker 1: career is officially over. This according to Cleveland Brown's head

622
00:34:52,880 --> 00:34:56,840
Speaker 1: coach Kevin Stefanski, who probably had a similar reaction after

623
00:34:56,920 --> 00:34:59,160
Speaker 1: viewing the video that you often have on this show.

624
00:35:00,120 --> 00:35:04,960
Speaker 1: What is he doing? Yeah, just the thought of Miles

625
00:35:05,000 --> 00:35:07,360
Speaker 1: Garrett jumping up in the air for a rebound and

626
00:35:07,440 --> 00:35:10,160
Speaker 1: coming down on someone else's foot. He dunks on a guy,

627
00:35:10,640 --> 00:35:13,960
Speaker 1: I know, and hey, I got no problem with what

628
00:35:14,000 --> 00:35:18,800
Speaker 1: he's able to do athletically, but there's one hundred million

629
00:35:18,840 --> 00:35:21,360
Speaker 1: reasons why you shouldn't be doing that. Dude. Yeah, Like,

630
00:35:22,400 --> 00:35:26,120
Speaker 1: what are you thinking. I'm totally with you, and I

631
00:35:26,160 --> 00:35:27,920
Speaker 1: get it. It's fun. I mean we've all gone out

632
00:35:27,960 --> 00:35:30,040
Speaker 1: and played pickup basketball and you know, they get these

633
00:35:30,040 --> 00:35:31,960
Speaker 1: guys and it's a great sport to get a run in.

634
00:35:32,840 --> 00:35:39,080
Speaker 1: But I'm telling you what, you cannot take lightly because

635
00:35:39,120 --> 00:35:43,879
Speaker 1: football is so injury riddled because of the physicality of it.

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Speaker 1: You think, like by playing tennis or basketball where there's

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Speaker 1: no physical confrontations, like I'm safe enough. Yeah, no, not

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Speaker 1: so fast, you know, particularly a game like basketball where

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Speaker 1: you jumping, even volleyball. I mean these guys, you get

640
00:35:58,280 --> 00:36:00,200
Speaker 1: up there and you jump or whatever. Anytime you're off

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Speaker 1: the ground coming down to a problem at some point.

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Speaker 1: I mean, Nate Odam's great cornerback here Um played a

643
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Speaker 1: lot a ton of years with us, was a great

644
00:36:10,520 --> 00:36:12,759
Speaker 1: corner here went to Seattle and as a free agent

645
00:36:12,800 --> 00:36:15,520
Speaker 1: plan B or something. He went to Seattle later on

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Speaker 1: his career, before he even suited up for him playing

647
00:36:18,200 --> 00:36:24,920
Speaker 1: hoops and boom Blue as acl playing hoops. And it's just,

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Speaker 1: you know, it's just crazy. How do you think that

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Speaker 1: phone call went? I'm like, here's here's Stefanski Um after

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Speaker 1: watching this video and he's like, can we get Miles

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Speaker 1: on the phone place yet? Can we get Miles on

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Speaker 1: the phone Internet. If you can't get Miles on the phone,

653
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Speaker 1: get his agent on the phone. Yeah, I'm just wondering.

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Speaker 1: Talk to that guy. How that one on one went? Yeah, Miles,

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Speaker 1: coach Stefan, no more basketball, No more hoops, dude, please,

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Speaker 1: no more. You're killing me. You're gonna give me a

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Speaker 1: heart attack in my own home. It's true, and it's

658
00:37:01,200 --> 00:37:03,520
Speaker 1: it's kind of funny, but it's no joke. Well, and

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Speaker 1: I mean you've said it before. When you're a player,

660
00:37:06,160 --> 00:37:08,960
Speaker 1: and you're twenty something, you feel like your bulletproof and

661
00:37:09,000 --> 00:37:13,400
Speaker 1: they are. But the only thing can hurt him is themselves. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: you know your decisions is what? Is't that the truth

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Speaker 1: for all of us? You're just the consequences of your

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Speaker 1: own decisions are usually what do you in? Yeah. So,

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Speaker 1: Brown's head coach Kevin Stefanski was asked about it, and

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Speaker 1: he had a very terse quote. The quote was, he's retired.

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Speaker 1: He's done. Yeah, and that's all and probably much to

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Speaker 1: the delight of some of the guys he's posterizing in

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Speaker 1: this pickup game at the Why. I mean, look at

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Speaker 1: him next to these guys playing pickup basketball at the

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Speaker 1: Why isn't this even fair? It? Absolutely this is like

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Speaker 1: Zeus playing against mortals, you know what I mean? Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I mean he's come on, I mean, at least he's

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Speaker 1: behind the back dribble crossing the guy over going in

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00:38:01,440 --> 00:38:03,279
Speaker 1: dunking right over the top, and the guy kind of

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00:38:03,320 --> 00:38:04,879
Speaker 1: hanging in there with him. But you know, he ends

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Speaker 1: up on his butt. How about the guy with the

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Speaker 1: dead butt and the headband. But it is the facial

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Speaker 1: expression right there is why at least that was smart

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Speaker 1: enough to get out of the way. I don't know

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Speaker 1: what you're doing. I'm in the background of the post.

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Speaker 1: Yeah you're on the ground. What the heck are you thinking.

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Speaker 1: I'll just swipe a hand at it and that'll be

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Speaker 1: enough for me because I don't want to look like that. Yeah. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: well that'll be the last time I imagine we see it.

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Speaker 1: Yeah we are we We have neglected the Twitter poll

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Speaker 1: to this point in the show. Yeah, we had stuff

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Speaker 1: to talk about. I had to get to that first. Um,

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Speaker 1: some interesting h predictions, shall we say, the bold predictions

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Speaker 1: of one Jason Lochan for a from CBS Sports. Among

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Speaker 1: his predictions, he is predicting that one Tremaine Edmonds will

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Speaker 1: be NFL Defensive Player of the y year. That is

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Speaker 1: a bold call and went to the Pro Bowl last

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Speaker 1: year as a starter, so you know it certainly has

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Speaker 1: the cache around the league. Is it recognized player now

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Speaker 1: on a what is a perennial playoff team, a division

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Speaker 1: winning team, team that went to the Final four last year.

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Speaker 1: But what we want to know is who would be

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Speaker 1: your pick for Bills twenty twenty one defensive MVP. Who

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Speaker 1: do you think is just gonna light it up this

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Speaker 1: year and take this defensive unit by Storm eight oh three,

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Speaker 1: five fifty one, eighty eight, five fifty two, five fifty.

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Speaker 1: Let us know who you think is your prime candidate

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Speaker 1: for the defensive player of the Year on the defensive

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Speaker 1: side of the ball for the Bills in twenty twenty one.

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Speaker 1: There are other candidates. Yeah, I mean that, you could

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Speaker 1: say Tredavious White, Jeces accomplished as that, you could say

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Speaker 1: Jerry Hughes, you could say even one of the safeties,

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Speaker 1: Milano might have a breakout year if he stays healthy. Um,

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Speaker 1: you know, and I'm just ed Oliver could bust out

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Speaker 1: and have a year where he cranks out, you know, yeah,

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Speaker 1: double digit maybe fifteen sacks or something like that. And

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Speaker 1: you just see it happening, particularly when you know this

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Speaker 1: team's gonna ring up some points and they're gonna get

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Speaker 1: a chance to rush the passer on the other playing

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Speaker 1: with the lead, and teams are gonna try and catch up,

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Speaker 1: So the pass rushers are all in play for that.

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Speaker 1: But certainly Tremaine Edmonds And it's interesting too, man. I

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Speaker 1: think the reason this is kind of interesting for Bills

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Speaker 1: fans is that Tremaine takes some criticism here from Bills fans.

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Speaker 1: He doesn't look like a quintessential middle linebacker. They played

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Speaker 1: two linebackers, not three. He's big, tall, and rangey. The

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Speaker 1: Bills run defense was really maligned last year. Was not

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Speaker 1: up to snuff, and that particularly in the beginning of

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Speaker 1: the year where they had, you know, no tackling practice,

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Speaker 1: no live practices that get into the first game of

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Speaker 1: the season and you know, it's here we go, having

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Speaker 1: tackled anybody for eight months, let's give it a shot.

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Speaker 1: And it showed a lot. He played hurt for a

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Speaker 1: while last year. Was actually actually missed the first Miami game.

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Speaker 1: He wasn't. His shoulder bothered him and you could tell

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Speaker 1: it affected his pursuit to the ball. It affected the

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Speaker 1: angles that he took to the ball. He was trying

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Speaker 1: to protect that shoulder. And he got criticized for, you know,

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Speaker 1: for really the defense taking a step back last year

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Speaker 1: from where it was two years ago, a top two

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Speaker 1: defense in the league. Last year it was not. And

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Speaker 1: he you know, he take and rightfully so. Some of

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Speaker 1: that responsibility is his as the captain, as a signal caller,

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Speaker 1: as the leader of the defense. He should take some

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Speaker 1: ownership of that. But you know, with the way his

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Speaker 1: season went, he was still by vote of the coaches

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Speaker 1: and the players he played against, as the starter for

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Speaker 1: the entire conference at that spot. So, um, there are

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Speaker 1: a lot of people who have a lot of respect

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Speaker 1: for what or for what Tremaine does, even if Bills

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Speaker 1: fans are a little bit not I'm just gonna say

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Speaker 1: they're not sold on him yet. Yeah, there's a portion

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Speaker 1: of the fan base certainly. Yeah, we take calls on

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Speaker 1: it all the time. All right, we have to take

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Speaker 1: a break here, but when we come back, Dave in

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Speaker 1: Lockport will lead us off on the caller line at

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Speaker 1: eight oh three five fifty open line for you there

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Speaker 1: if you want to get on board and join us

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Speaker 1: here on the show. Who is your pick for the

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Speaker 1: Bills defensive MVP? In twenty twenty one? Steve and I

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Speaker 1: back in a sec here on One Bill's Line, presented

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Speaker 1: by a lot of health It's Buffalo Bill's Radio. Welcome

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00:42:47,640 --> 00:42:50,000
Speaker 1: back to One Bills Live. Chris Brown, Steve Tasker with

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00:42:50,080 --> 00:42:53,920
Speaker 1: you OTA's week number two going on. As we speak,

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Speaker 1: expect to hear from some players like Micah Hi, Jordan Poyer,

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Speaker 1: Dion Dawkins. After practice today, we'll bring you some of

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00:43:00,680 --> 00:43:04,080
Speaker 1: their zoom Q and as with the media so you

764
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Speaker 1: can hear from them and get their assessment of how

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Speaker 1: things are going. We'll also have some comments from defensive

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Speaker 1: coordinator Leslie Leslie Frasier for you in the third hour

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Speaker 1: of the show. But for now we go to the

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Speaker 1: phones where we're asking you who is your defensive MVP

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Speaker 1: for twenty twenty one on this Bill's roster And leading

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Speaker 1: us off here is Dave in Lockport. Dave, what do

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Speaker 1: you have for us? You're on One Bill's Live, Rockport,

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Speaker 1: New York. Yeah, I am two things. Well, Jordan Poyer

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Speaker 1: is Defensive Player of the Year this year and because

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Speaker 1: he's improved every year and last year is really awesome.

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Speaker 1: And also startle the tool basically practice an off site.

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Speaker 1: From One Bill's Drive, you're talking about a guy two

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Speaker 1: weeks ago of another team that was a main player

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Speaker 1: that was practicing offsite, got hurt and was released. If

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00:44:07,440 --> 00:44:11,160
Speaker 1: Starlatole gets hurt off site is going to be released.

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Speaker 1: I don't think he will because it actually costs the

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00:44:13,880 --> 00:44:16,360
Speaker 1: Bills more to cut him than to keep him. So

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00:44:16,600 --> 00:44:19,480
Speaker 1: that's working in his favor right now, which probably is

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Speaker 1: one of the reasons why he's working out on his own,

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00:44:22,560 --> 00:44:27,960
Speaker 1: probably somewhere out in Utah right now. So it's a

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Speaker 1: little bit different than the Juwan James situation in Denver

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Speaker 1: that you're referring to, because Juwan James was a ten

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Speaker 1: million dollar cap savings by releasing him, and he tore

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Speaker 1: his achilles and would not be able to help them

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Speaker 1: that year. So if you had a guy that you

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Speaker 1: wouldn't be able to put on the field at any

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Speaker 1: point in the twenty twenty one season and you had

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Speaker 1: a chance to save ten million dollars on your cap

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Speaker 1: to replace him in the lineup, I hate to say it,

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Speaker 1: but it's probably the right business decision, as coldhearted as

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Speaker 1: it might seem. And it's on the players to know

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00:45:00,360 --> 00:45:03,200
Speaker 1: the risk they're taking by working out off site away

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00:45:03,200 --> 00:45:05,680
Speaker 1: from their team facility. It's like same with Miles Garrett

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00:45:05,719 --> 00:45:11,839
Speaker 1: playing hoops. Yes, same thing, same thing. So yeah, thanks

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Speaker 1: for the called, Dave, and we we were talking about

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Speaker 1: it Tremaine Edmonds before the break and I went to

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Speaker 1: the Pro Bowl and how he's still and Leslie Frasier

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00:45:20,440 --> 00:45:22,640
Speaker 1: was quoted today. We'll have his sound in the third

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Speaker 1: hour about you know, his youth and stuff. We're looking

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Speaker 1: this up on in the break. So Tremaine Edmunds, he

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00:45:28,200 --> 00:45:30,719
Speaker 1: was nineteen when the Bills drafted him. This is his

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Speaker 1: fourth season league coming up. Tremaine Edmonds is still six

807
00:45:36,320 --> 00:45:41,479
Speaker 1: months younger than Boogie Bash him. So there are guys

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Speaker 1: in the twenty twenty one draft class that are still

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Speaker 1: older than Tremaine Edmonds, who was in the twenty eighteen

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Speaker 1: draft class coming into his for a second, think about that.

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Speaker 1: You better get some Tremaine Edmonds wallpaper because he's gonna

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Speaker 1: be around four. Ever. That guy's gonna be playing. That

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Speaker 1: guy's gonna be playing. And I'm seventy. Yeah, he's like

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Speaker 1: the Ponce daleon of the Bill's roster here, Methuselah, he's

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Speaker 1: gonna be that guy. He's gonna be think about it,

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00:46:09,760 --> 00:46:11,719
Speaker 1: if they if he plays here his whole career, and

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Speaker 1: it is on that trajectory, you're literally looking at a

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Speaker 1: decade and a half. Yeah, maybe seventeen years from this point. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: and let's not forget this. And Leslie Fraser addressed this too,

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00:46:22,960 --> 00:46:25,120
Speaker 1: and again we'll we'll hear from Leslie in the third

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Speaker 1: hour of the program. The linebacker position nowadays, I mean,

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Speaker 1: look it's a physical sport. There's a lot of contact,

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Speaker 1: but it is not it's really it's a run and

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Speaker 1: cover position. Yeah, it is not nearly. There are not

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Speaker 1: nearly the number of impacts per game for a middle

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Speaker 1: linebacker nowadays that there were in the seventies, eighties or nineties.

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Speaker 1: There's just no way. There's no you know, back on

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Speaker 1: backer plays like fifteen times a game. You don't have that.

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Speaker 1: The collisions are vastly reduced because of the of the

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Speaker 1: rules of the physical point. Guys are gonna be able

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Speaker 1: to play longer if they so desire, because they're you know,

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00:47:07,120 --> 00:47:09,799
Speaker 1: they don't have guys coming out cut blocking them. They

833
00:47:09,840 --> 00:47:14,399
Speaker 1: don't have guys chop blocking them. You know, they run

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Speaker 1: and they're asked to do things in coverage at a

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Speaker 1: much higher rate than they were back in the day.

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Speaker 1: The run game is continues to be diminished. It used

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Speaker 1: to be sixty forty run Now it's forty sixty run percent.

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Speaker 1: And it's a little bit like the quarterbacks. You know,

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Speaker 1: you can't touch or hit them in the head. You

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Speaker 1: can't you know why, I can't hit them low. You

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00:47:38,800 --> 00:47:42,520
Speaker 1: can't do any of that stuff. And it's it's enabled

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00:47:42,600 --> 00:47:45,439
Speaker 1: quarterbacks to start slowly bit surely playing a little longer

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00:47:45,440 --> 00:47:47,040
Speaker 1: and a little longer, a little longer than they squeeze

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Speaker 1: another year out, they squeeze another two years out, and

845
00:47:49,680 --> 00:47:51,640
Speaker 1: they go from being a fourteen year vet like back

846
00:47:51,640 --> 00:47:53,799
Speaker 1: in the day with Dan Fouts and those guys, now

847
00:47:53,800 --> 00:47:57,680
Speaker 1: they're sixteen year guys. Yeah, so that's significant at the

848
00:47:57,719 --> 00:47:59,279
Speaker 1: end of a career when you're making the most money

849
00:47:59,320 --> 00:48:03,399
Speaker 1: you're making and you think about it, it's like, how

850
00:48:03,440 --> 00:48:06,279
Speaker 1: many linebackers have had careers that long? I mean, Ray

851
00:48:06,360 --> 00:48:10,880
Speaker 1: Lewis comes to mind, London Fletcher. London Fletcher, who yeah,

852
00:48:11,080 --> 00:48:14,600
Speaker 1: played forever and was kind of bionic in some respects.

853
00:48:15,800 --> 00:48:18,240
Speaker 1: But there's not that many. Not a long list Erlocker

854
00:48:18,280 --> 00:48:19,680
Speaker 1: played for a long time, but I don't think he

855
00:48:19,680 --> 00:48:23,360
Speaker 1: played fifteen years. Maybe twelve or thirteen, Um, look it

856
00:48:23,400 --> 00:48:26,719
Speaker 1: up quick. There aren't a ton out there that go

857
00:48:26,800 --> 00:48:28,920
Speaker 1: a decade and a half at that position, But there

858
00:48:29,000 --> 00:48:31,560
Speaker 1: might be more coming down the pike because of, as

859
00:48:31,560 --> 00:48:34,480
Speaker 1: we said, how the game has changed. It is not

860
00:48:34,680 --> 00:48:37,680
Speaker 1: nearly I mean it's physically taxing, don't get me wrong.

861
00:48:37,760 --> 00:48:41,799
Speaker 1: But the middle linebackers of the eighties and nineties had

862
00:48:41,800 --> 00:48:45,759
Speaker 1: a lot more head on collisions on average any game

863
00:48:46,239 --> 00:48:49,520
Speaker 1: than the linebackers today. Because the linebackers today played thirteen years,

864
00:48:49,680 --> 00:48:52,560
Speaker 1: the linebackers today are going in reverse. Yeah, Erlocker played

865
00:48:52,640 --> 00:48:56,759
Speaker 1: thirteen yet, and yeah, that's where I played as a

866
00:48:56,800 --> 00:49:01,279
Speaker 1: special teams guy and was considered a long career, and

867
00:49:01,320 --> 00:49:03,359
Speaker 1: it is. It's a long career. Thirteen years is long

868
00:49:03,760 --> 00:49:06,520
Speaker 1: when the average career in the league is three. Yeah,

869
00:49:06,800 --> 00:49:09,640
Speaker 1: that is odds. You're beating the odds, no question about it,

870
00:49:09,719 --> 00:49:11,799
Speaker 1: no question about it. But and so we're talking about

871
00:49:11,840 --> 00:49:14,480
Speaker 1: a guy like Tremaine Edmonds who's got four this is

872
00:49:14,480 --> 00:49:16,160
Speaker 1: gonna be his fourth. He's got three years under his

873
00:49:16,160 --> 00:49:23,080
Speaker 1: belt at twenty three. I think if he puts together

874
00:49:23,280 --> 00:49:29,080
Speaker 1: like a fifteen year career, that's that's a long long time.

875
00:49:29,080 --> 00:49:31,400
Speaker 1: He's and a starter from the jump. So you know,

876
00:49:31,440 --> 00:49:33,439
Speaker 1: his numbers are gonna be there. I mean, he's gonna

877
00:49:33,480 --> 00:49:36,800
Speaker 1: be challenging, you know, provided he continues to improve and

878
00:49:36,840 --> 00:49:38,600
Speaker 1: all of that stuff, he's gonna be challenging some all

879
00:49:38,640 --> 00:49:41,840
Speaker 1: time numbers, not just with this franchise but maybe in

880
00:49:41,880 --> 00:49:44,360
Speaker 1: the league history, certainly for the franchise. He's gonna be

881
00:49:44,400 --> 00:49:47,360
Speaker 1: there if he you know, if he gets get this extension,

882
00:49:47,520 --> 00:49:49,279
Speaker 1: he'll play through it. He'll get another extent. You know,

883
00:49:49,320 --> 00:49:56,839
Speaker 1: he get two more, you get two more five year deals. Yeah, hey,

884
00:49:56,920 --> 00:50:00,799
Speaker 1: now hey, but that it's amazing though, that stat that

885
00:50:01,200 --> 00:50:05,880
Speaker 1: Tremaine Edmonds is six months younger than Boogie Boogie Bashing,

886
00:50:06,120 --> 00:50:08,960
Speaker 1: the latest second round pick of the bill. That's almost

887
00:50:09,000 --> 00:50:11,680
Speaker 1: like if you're Tremaine, Arnichi somewhat attempted to just kind

888
00:50:11,680 --> 00:50:13,080
Speaker 1: of go up to the book and say, hey, where

889
00:50:13,080 --> 00:50:15,160
Speaker 1: you've been in the last three years I've been playing

890
00:50:15,160 --> 00:50:18,200
Speaker 1: in the league. What are you doing? That's amazing. How

891
00:50:18,239 --> 00:50:20,640
Speaker 1: did he get out? He came out of early right, yeah,

892
00:50:20,680 --> 00:50:26,080
Speaker 1: and he enrolled early too at college, so he was

893
00:50:26,120 --> 00:50:29,440
Speaker 1: ahead of the game from the drop and you know,

894
00:50:29,520 --> 00:50:33,160
Speaker 1: physically was ready. Well, yeah, I saw his dad when

895
00:50:33,560 --> 00:50:35,000
Speaker 1: a couple of years ago when we were going to

896
00:50:35,000 --> 00:50:37,000
Speaker 1: training camp we did, we went down to Carolina. You

897
00:50:37,040 --> 00:50:40,240
Speaker 1: went with us, right, yeah, all right? And I saw

898
00:50:40,320 --> 00:50:43,399
Speaker 1: him and I had played with and against him. His dad,

899
00:50:43,440 --> 00:50:48,120
Speaker 1: Farrell Edmonds, tight end for the Miami Dolphins. I forgot

900
00:50:48,120 --> 00:50:52,560
Speaker 1: how big Farrell Edmonds. Yeah, Tremaine is a long, lean dude. Well, Farrell,

901
00:50:52,640 --> 00:50:54,080
Speaker 1: Now it's like my age. You know, he's in his

902
00:50:54,280 --> 00:50:58,800
Speaker 1: mid to late fifties. He was a giant and his

903
00:50:58,920 --> 00:51:01,640
Speaker 1: mom's a Division one trail. I couldn't leave how big

904
00:51:01,680 --> 00:51:03,799
Speaker 1: his dad with Farrell ed I came up and said, hello,

905
00:51:03,840 --> 00:51:05,520
Speaker 1: he's very It was great. It was great to see him.

906
00:51:05,520 --> 00:51:07,600
Speaker 1: He's a great dude, you know, a good player. And

907
00:51:08,160 --> 00:51:09,799
Speaker 1: I was like, hey, how you know we were talking

908
00:51:09,800 --> 00:51:11,480
Speaker 1: about his sons and stuff. He's got three of them

909
00:51:11,520 --> 00:51:14,279
Speaker 1: all playing in the league. I mean, that's that's the

910
00:51:14,320 --> 00:51:17,040
Speaker 1: deep end of the gene pool. That's the deep end.

911
00:51:17,320 --> 00:51:20,240
Speaker 1: Like Farrell was a genetic guy. He was just different,

912
00:51:20,320 --> 00:51:21,839
Speaker 1: you know, he's like one of those guys like, wow,

913
00:51:21,880 --> 00:51:24,000
Speaker 1: that guy must play foot. I told you I shook

914
00:51:24,040 --> 00:51:26,760
Speaker 1: his hand. We were following Tremaine on his first couple

915
00:51:26,760 --> 00:51:30,120
Speaker 1: of days here on campus, you know, with the cameras

916
00:51:30,120 --> 00:51:32,200
Speaker 1: and everything and talking to him, you know, trying to

917
00:51:32,239 --> 00:51:35,160
Speaker 1: put a future story together for Buffalo Wheels. I com

918
00:51:35,560 --> 00:51:37,520
Speaker 1: and so I got to meet his parents and everything,

919
00:51:37,560 --> 00:51:41,000
Speaker 1: and I shook mister Edmund's hand in my hand and

920
00:51:41,080 --> 00:51:44,920
Speaker 1: half of my forearman, my gosh. So it's like I

921
00:51:44,960 --> 00:51:47,120
Speaker 1: felt like I was shaking that hands with an octopus.

922
00:51:47,160 --> 00:51:49,040
Speaker 1: It was crazy. It's funny because you get. It's that's

923
00:51:49,120 --> 00:51:50,799
Speaker 1: one of the great things about the sport. You get

924
00:51:50,800 --> 00:51:52,759
Speaker 1: guys like they were You get just like, wow, look

925
00:51:53,040 --> 00:51:56,400
Speaker 1: like Greg Rousseau, he walks in. It's like, you know,

926
00:51:57,719 --> 00:52:00,319
Speaker 1: and then who is that? Every so often you get

927
00:52:00,320 --> 00:52:03,000
Speaker 1: a guy like like me who walks in, Who I

928
00:52:03,080 --> 00:52:05,759
Speaker 1: look like? You know, the sixth grade winner of the

929
00:52:05,920 --> 00:52:12,720
Speaker 1: Bill for a Day contest right self deprecation? Are you walking?

930
00:52:12,800 --> 00:52:15,239
Speaker 1: And it's you get? And you know, both guys can

931
00:52:15,280 --> 00:52:17,000
Speaker 1: contribute in their own way and stuff. But it's it's

932
00:52:17,040 --> 00:52:19,799
Speaker 1: a great It is such a great time to be

933
00:52:19,840 --> 00:52:21,959
Speaker 1: in a locker room that's real healthy. It has guys

934
00:52:22,000 --> 00:52:23,960
Speaker 1: like that and they all come from different It's so fun.

935
00:52:24,160 --> 00:52:27,440
Speaker 1: It's so fun. Yeah, great time for us here, Sam

936
00:52:27,440 --> 00:52:29,319
Speaker 1: and beamis point hang tight. We will get to you

937
00:52:29,360 --> 00:52:32,120
Speaker 1: first after the break as we will speak with you

938
00:52:32,200 --> 00:52:34,800
Speaker 1: and others holding an eight oh three oh five fifty

939
00:52:35,080 --> 00:52:38,200
Speaker 1: asking you for your Defensive MVP or Defensive Player of

940
00:52:38,200 --> 00:52:41,319
Speaker 1: the Year for the Bills for twenty twenty one. We

941
00:52:41,360 --> 00:52:45,200
Speaker 1: also hope to hear from Micah, Micah High, Jordan Poyer,

942
00:52:45,520 --> 00:52:47,719
Speaker 1: Dion Dawkins, all coming up here in the second hour

943
00:52:47,760 --> 00:52:49,560
Speaker 1: of the show. Stay tuned here on one Bills Live

944
00:52:49,640 --> 00:53:09,839
Speaker 1: presented by Collide to Health, It's Buffalo Bills Radio. At

945
00:53:09,840 --> 00:53:12,880
Speaker 1: a Steve Tasker who has been all all over the

946
00:53:13,040 --> 00:53:14,759
Speaker 1: fields kind of unique. He was kind of a dual

947
00:53:14,840 --> 00:53:21,439
Speaker 1: role player for save Steve a blimp. We're not even

948
00:53:21,480 --> 00:53:28,319
Speaker 1: in the stratire of normalcy and we're back our number

949
00:53:28,360 --> 00:53:33,239
Speaker 1: two here on a Wednes's Day, Steve Tasker. So I

950
00:53:33,280 --> 00:53:35,000
Speaker 1: get a little I just get a little bit of

951
00:53:35,000 --> 00:53:39,560
Speaker 1: a like chicken skin because we're doing like live practices now.

952
00:53:39,719 --> 00:53:46,359
Speaker 1: We can't wait, all right, uh, and we can't wait

953
00:53:46,400 --> 00:53:49,279
Speaker 1: for your comments either, as we are asking you for

954
00:53:49,320 --> 00:53:51,600
Speaker 1: your defensive Player of the Year on the Bills on

955
00:53:51,680 --> 00:53:55,440
Speaker 1: the heels of one. CBS Sports dot COM's Jason Lacampora

956
00:53:55,520 --> 00:54:00,759
Speaker 1: throwing out a bold prediction picking Tremaine Edmonds as his

957
00:54:01,120 --> 00:54:05,520
Speaker 1: NFL Defensive Player of the Year for twenty twenty one.

958
00:54:07,200 --> 00:54:11,960
Speaker 1: Just did that today. So pretty impressive call being made

959
00:54:12,000 --> 00:54:15,520
Speaker 1: by him. And so we thought, well, let's ask everybody

960
00:54:15,520 --> 00:54:18,640
Speaker 1: else who's there Bill's Defensive Player of the Year for

961
00:54:18,640 --> 00:54:22,160
Speaker 1: twenty twenty one and here to take their next stab

962
00:54:22,200 --> 00:54:25,600
Speaker 1: at it is one Sam in beamis point Sam, what

963
00:54:25,640 --> 00:54:27,160
Speaker 1: do you have for us? You're on One Bill's Live,

964
00:54:28,560 --> 00:54:35,920
Speaker 1: I want I voted for Tremanious White tradevious White yep, okay.

965
00:54:36,520 --> 00:54:39,960
Speaker 1: I thought he did a fantastic job at cornerback last year,

966
00:54:40,520 --> 00:54:43,560
Speaker 1: and I think he could be a MVP in a

967
00:54:43,600 --> 00:54:46,040
Speaker 1: couple of years. I mean, he's one year removed from

968
00:54:46,040 --> 00:54:48,160
Speaker 1: being first team All Pro, so I wouldn't put it

969
00:54:48,200 --> 00:54:51,400
Speaker 1: past anybody that he can pull that off. It seems

970
00:54:51,440 --> 00:54:54,040
Speaker 1: like corners, though Steve, have to have the interception numbers

971
00:54:54,040 --> 00:54:55,919
Speaker 1: to even have a look at that stake. I'll say

972
00:54:55,960 --> 00:54:59,080
Speaker 1: this too, it depends as well. Now, certainly the Bills

973
00:54:59,080 --> 00:55:01,040
Speaker 1: are on the radar for everybody in the league. Now

974
00:55:01,080 --> 00:55:05,280
Speaker 1: even casual fans know the Bills are or good football team.

975
00:55:05,560 --> 00:55:08,200
Speaker 1: They gonna they're gonna have to put out some defensive numbers.

976
00:55:09,080 --> 00:55:11,480
Speaker 1: Trade's gonna have some have to have some numbers. Tremaine's

977
00:55:11,480 --> 00:55:15,120
Speaker 1: gonna have to have some numbers. They're gonna have to do.

978
00:55:15,200 --> 00:55:17,840
Speaker 1: And but I'll say this as well, they don't have

979
00:55:17,880 --> 00:55:20,080
Speaker 1: to have really the kind of seasonal numbers you might

980
00:55:20,120 --> 00:55:23,480
Speaker 1: think they do. But when they're on primetime games, which

981
00:55:23,480 --> 00:55:25,919
Speaker 1: they got a bunch of this year, when you show

982
00:55:26,000 --> 00:55:29,879
Speaker 1: up big in those games, it happens for you. That's

983
00:55:29,920 --> 00:55:33,640
Speaker 1: when it happens. Certainly to get defensive MVP, you gotta

984
00:55:33,680 --> 00:55:37,520
Speaker 1: do it for seventeen eighteen weeks. Now. You can't let up.

985
00:55:38,400 --> 00:55:40,160
Speaker 1: Just like we saw with the with the MVP the

986
00:55:40,200 --> 00:55:43,600
Speaker 1: league last year, Russell Russell Wilson when they came here

987
00:55:43,640 --> 00:55:46,320
Speaker 1: to Buffalo was on that radar along with Josh and stuff,

988
00:55:46,320 --> 00:55:50,000
Speaker 1: and Russ went away that week and you never regained it.

989
00:55:50,520 --> 00:55:56,280
Speaker 1: So you gotta have seventeen solid weeks with some spectacular

990
00:55:56,360 --> 00:55:59,560
Speaker 1: plays sprinkled in at the right time to get in

991
00:55:59,640 --> 00:56:03,120
Speaker 1: that game, get into that conversation. And unfortunately for corners,

992
00:56:03,560 --> 00:56:05,759
Speaker 1: a lot of it rides on your interception total. I mean,

993
00:56:06,120 --> 00:56:09,680
Speaker 1: Dredavious White has one First Team All Pro nod to

994
00:56:09,920 --> 00:56:12,160
Speaker 1: his credit in his career. It was the ear he

995
00:56:12,200 --> 00:56:15,040
Speaker 1: was tied for the league leading interceptions with Stefan Gilmore.

996
00:56:15,080 --> 00:56:16,560
Speaker 1: You have to have some plays like that. If you

997
00:56:16,600 --> 00:56:18,799
Speaker 1: don't have interceptions, what it would take is on some

998
00:56:18,880 --> 00:56:23,040
Speaker 1: primetime games, you absolutely covering a guy up on a

999
00:56:23,440 --> 00:56:25,640
Speaker 1: red zone on a long round, shutting them down like

1000
00:56:25,680 --> 00:56:27,160
Speaker 1: they're trying to get this guy the ball in the

1001
00:56:27,160 --> 00:56:28,839
Speaker 1: red zone to win the game. Stuff, and you tip

1002
00:56:28,840 --> 00:56:30,919
Speaker 1: it away just as clean as a whistle. You gotta

1003
00:56:30,920 --> 00:56:32,560
Speaker 1: do that a couple of times to make up for

1004
00:56:32,600 --> 00:56:35,600
Speaker 1: like no interceptions, like you hold DeAndre Hopkins to two

1005
00:56:35,640 --> 00:56:39,560
Speaker 1: catches for eleven yards right and or like and even

1006
00:56:39,600 --> 00:56:42,440
Speaker 1: the Dane Jackson play on DeAndre Hopkins when Kyla Murray

1007
00:56:42,440 --> 00:56:44,280
Speaker 1: tried to hit him and Dane Jackson knocked it away.

1008
00:56:44,600 --> 00:56:46,960
Speaker 1: That's a great play by a young rookie. You got

1009
00:56:46,960 --> 00:56:48,960
Speaker 1: to do that kind of thing on primetime games and

1010
00:56:49,160 --> 00:56:51,640
Speaker 1: people saying, man, they're really struggling to throw on this guy.

1011
00:56:52,480 --> 00:56:54,640
Speaker 1: That's how you got to do it. Steph Gilmour did

1012
00:56:54,640 --> 00:56:56,919
Speaker 1: it for the New England Patriots two or three years ago.

1013
00:56:57,440 --> 00:57:00,799
Speaker 1: And you've just got to be that good. And it

1014
00:57:00,880 --> 00:57:07,400
Speaker 1: comes also from your opponents talking about you and with

1015
00:57:07,400 --> 00:57:09,719
Speaker 1: with with love and respect. I mean, they gotta say, listen,

1016
00:57:09,760 --> 00:57:12,400
Speaker 1: we get this guy's really a player. We've really struggled

1017
00:57:12,400 --> 00:57:14,400
Speaker 1: to handle that kind of thing. So you got to

1018
00:57:14,400 --> 00:57:17,080
Speaker 1: get it from the guys you're playing against as well

1019
00:57:17,160 --> 00:57:21,480
Speaker 1: it and in short, you got if you're the defensive

1020
00:57:21,560 --> 00:57:25,400
Speaker 1: MVP of the league, you are for real every week

1021
00:57:26,400 --> 00:57:30,040
Speaker 1: and it's not just an up and down thing. I

1022
00:57:30,040 --> 00:57:34,480
Speaker 1: could see trees I could too, particularly with an upgraded

1023
00:57:34,560 --> 00:57:38,120
Speaker 1: front around him. He'll get a lot of credit if

1024
00:57:38,120 --> 00:57:40,080
Speaker 1: they're like, for instance, if they're running, if they come

1025
00:57:40,080 --> 00:57:42,280
Speaker 1: out this year and have a number one run defense

1026
00:57:42,600 --> 00:57:46,720
Speaker 1: and they're just like strikingly effective, he gets credit for that.

1027
00:57:47,240 --> 00:57:49,000
Speaker 1: Because he's a middle linebacker, he's going to be in

1028
00:57:49,040 --> 00:57:50,960
Speaker 1: the midst of all that, and that's what happens when

1029
00:57:50,960 --> 00:57:53,800
Speaker 1: you do that. So that's a big plus for him

1030
00:57:53,880 --> 00:57:56,520
Speaker 1: if that were to happen. But you can kind of

1031
00:57:56,560 --> 00:57:58,880
Speaker 1: paint that scenario in your head if you're talking about

1032
00:57:58,880 --> 00:58:03,720
Speaker 1: Tremaine Edmonds as Defensive Player of the Year, you know,

1033
00:58:03,760 --> 00:58:08,920
Speaker 1: because at middle linebacker it's not easy to do. Because

1034
00:58:08,960 --> 00:58:12,080
Speaker 1: at corner and edge rusher, if you get twenty sacks,

1035
00:58:12,440 --> 00:58:17,080
Speaker 1: you're in. If you get ten interceptions, you're in. You

1036
00:58:17,080 --> 00:58:20,520
Speaker 1: can make six hundred tackles at middle linebackers like in

1037
00:58:20,600 --> 00:58:23,400
Speaker 1: his you know, unless they're for a loss or forced

1038
00:58:23,400 --> 00:58:25,480
Speaker 1: fumbles or something, they're like, yeah, he's supposed to be

1039
00:58:25,480 --> 00:58:28,720
Speaker 1: making those tackles. It's a different Everybody tackles on every play, right,

1040
00:58:28,760 --> 00:58:32,800
Speaker 1: somebody gets tackled on every play. That's a difference. So,

1041
00:58:33,760 --> 00:58:39,320
Speaker 1: you know, tackles aren't a splashy stat like sacks. Interceptions

1042
00:58:39,400 --> 00:58:41,680
Speaker 1: or forced fumbles or recovered fumbles, that kind of thing.

1043
00:58:42,120 --> 00:58:43,680
Speaker 1: Let's go back to the phones and we go to

1044
00:58:43,760 --> 00:58:46,160
Speaker 1: Danny and Mount Morris. Danny, what do you have for

1045
00:58:46,240 --> 00:58:50,000
Speaker 1: us here on One Bill's Live. Hey guys, Hey, Steve Chris,

1046
00:58:50,040 --> 00:58:53,919
Speaker 1: how are you doing today? Well? Thanks for calling? All right?

1047
00:58:54,040 --> 00:58:57,920
Speaker 1: Thank you? Um wow, Steve. To start off, I remember

1048
00:58:58,040 --> 00:58:59,480
Speaker 1: I was the little boy you came out to York

1049
00:58:59,560 --> 00:59:03,200
Speaker 1: Central's Stay Basketball with all the others and big linebackers,

1050
00:59:03,200 --> 00:59:07,240
Speaker 1: and there you were dunking, and I thought, man, who's

1051
00:59:07,240 --> 00:59:11,360
Speaker 1: guy's an animal? Say that again? Say that again? What

1052
00:59:11,400 --> 00:59:14,920
Speaker 1: was I doing? He was dunking? Yeah, you've told me that.

1053
00:59:15,120 --> 00:59:20,600
Speaker 1: Thank you. I know it's different one okay, okay, Danny

1054
00:59:20,680 --> 00:59:23,840
Speaker 1: from Mount Morris is corroborating my story of what I

1055
00:59:23,920 --> 00:59:27,600
Speaker 1: used to be able to do when I was young. That's,

1056
00:59:27,720 --> 00:59:31,840
Speaker 1: you know, remind me of how different is it now?

1057
00:59:31,880 --> 00:59:34,680
Speaker 1: Because the Bills did have an offseason basketball team. We

1058
00:59:34,800 --> 00:59:38,040
Speaker 1: go out and played charity fundraisers. How different is things now?

1059
00:59:38,640 --> 00:59:42,240
Speaker 1: Miles Garrett's being told don't plays. I don't do that

1060
00:59:42,560 --> 00:59:45,880
Speaker 1: now they used to, you know, they had to stop

1061
00:59:45,880 --> 00:59:49,200
Speaker 1: it because of that team. What's that I'm probably going

1062
00:59:49,440 --> 00:59:51,200
Speaker 1: I was gonna say the reason they stopped, the reason

1063
00:59:51,240 --> 00:59:54,040
Speaker 1: they stopped doing that is because, no, lie, because of

1064
00:59:54,040 --> 00:59:57,600
Speaker 1: the salary cap. We're making, like we're making like one

1065
00:59:57,680 --> 00:59:59,320
Speaker 1: hundred and fifty bucks a game. You know, they just

1066
00:59:59,320 --> 01:00:02,160
Speaker 1: hand us one hundred and because the hundreds, like because

1067
01:00:02,160 --> 01:00:04,560
Speaker 1: of the what thousand dollars they gave ten of us

1068
01:00:04,600 --> 01:00:07,680
Speaker 1: to come play? You would have to go against the

1069
01:00:07,720 --> 01:00:10,880
Speaker 1: salary cap. Oh my god. And John Butler and Bill

1070
01:00:10,920 --> 01:00:13,080
Speaker 1: Poli were like going to what I gotta think about that.

1071
01:00:13,760 --> 01:00:19,240
Speaker 1: He didn't know him. The fans, the kids you made

1072
01:00:19,280 --> 01:00:21,520
Speaker 1: their life. You know, if I come into that game,

1073
01:00:21,600 --> 01:00:24,760
Speaker 1: there was a lot of fun, man, remember a lot

1074
01:00:24,760 --> 01:00:27,200
Speaker 1: of fun. Yeah. I always remember you Duncan. And we

1075
01:00:27,240 --> 01:00:29,280
Speaker 1: gave you a ride another van in the parking lot.

1076
01:00:29,560 --> 01:00:32,440
Speaker 1: We gave you a ride to your car. Awesome, there

1077
01:00:32,520 --> 01:00:37,360
Speaker 1: you go. Awesome. But I didn't know about that. I

1078
01:00:37,440 --> 01:00:41,640
Speaker 1: just wanted to say that I think at Oliver, I

1079
01:00:41,720 --> 01:00:44,560
Speaker 1: haven't listened. I haven't listened to your soul up and

1080
01:00:44,840 --> 01:00:47,280
Speaker 1: told me about fifteen minutes ago. I don't know how

1081
01:00:47,360 --> 01:00:49,360
Speaker 1: much you talked about at Oliver, but a little bit

1082
01:00:49,600 --> 01:00:51,800
Speaker 1: every game last year I got tell him my father

1083
01:00:51,920 --> 01:00:56,280
Speaker 1: that said we're lifelong. I heard those fans and I

1084
01:00:56,320 --> 01:00:58,440
Speaker 1: would tell him, you know that at Oliver, he's better

1085
01:00:58,440 --> 01:01:00,680
Speaker 1: than this, he could do better. You got a lot

1086
01:01:00,720 --> 01:01:04,080
Speaker 1: of talent. My dad's got his jersey when we drafted him,

1087
01:01:04,080 --> 01:01:06,480
Speaker 1: and I'm just waiting for him to explore it. I

1088
01:01:06,480 --> 01:01:11,120
Speaker 1: think this year the year where is heeler up with him? Yeah,

1089
01:01:11,160 --> 01:01:14,600
Speaker 1: it's it's interesting that you mentioned that, and Danny, thanks

1090
01:01:14,600 --> 01:01:17,479
Speaker 1: for the call. We appreciate it, including help taking Steve

1091
01:01:17,520 --> 01:01:23,320
Speaker 1: down memory lane in a chariot my outlandish story. Um no,

1092
01:01:23,440 --> 01:01:27,640
Speaker 1: we mentioned that a little bit Steve did. And there's

1093
01:01:27,640 --> 01:01:31,640
Speaker 1: something about the third year where sometimes it just clicks

1094
01:01:31,640 --> 01:01:33,920
Speaker 1: for a player. We saw it last year for Josh Allen.

1095
01:01:34,200 --> 01:01:37,040
Speaker 1: I still remember nineteen ninety eight and Eric Moltz when

1096
01:01:37,080 --> 01:01:39,360
Speaker 1: he took over the universe. I mean he went from

1097
01:01:39,400 --> 01:01:42,280
Speaker 1: being like a third option in the offense to be

1098
01:01:42,400 --> 01:01:45,320
Speaker 1: in the alpha male and there was nobody that was

1099
01:01:45,360 --> 01:01:48,120
Speaker 1: going to stop him, and it just it just happened

1100
01:01:48,400 --> 01:01:50,440
Speaker 1: in his third year. It just all came together and

1101
01:01:50,480 --> 01:01:54,400
Speaker 1: it all clicked. And could it happen for someone like

1102
01:01:54,440 --> 01:01:57,800
Speaker 1: it Oliver Shore? I mean Steve talks about Dawson Knox

1103
01:01:58,200 --> 01:01:59,960
Speaker 1: here in his third year, you know you kind of

1104
01:02:00,120 --> 01:02:02,680
Speaker 1: see signs of it. You know there's some games like,

1105
01:02:02,680 --> 01:02:05,040
Speaker 1: oh oh there's something here, you know, or he's in

1106
01:02:05,080 --> 01:02:07,120
Speaker 1: the red had some good finishes in the red zone

1107
01:02:07,200 --> 01:02:10,640
Speaker 1: last year, but you know he has COVID, he gets injured,

1108
01:02:10,840 --> 01:02:13,560
Speaker 1: and it kind of stunts his growth or is consistency.

1109
01:02:14,120 --> 01:02:17,560
Speaker 1: You know, maybe in year three everything clicks and you're like, Wow,

1110
01:02:17,560 --> 01:02:20,080
Speaker 1: we really got something. It's interesting because the third year

1111
01:02:20,120 --> 01:02:21,360
Speaker 1: is I think you come in as a rookie and

1112
01:02:21,360 --> 01:02:23,160
Speaker 1: you think you just kind of get through it right.

1113
01:02:23,200 --> 01:02:25,120
Speaker 1: You're trying to survive, you're playing hard, and you do

1114
01:02:25,200 --> 01:02:27,400
Speaker 1: all that. It's just too much. You know, you're just

1115
01:02:27,440 --> 01:02:29,840
Speaker 1: trying to focus on the games and do that and stuff.

1116
01:02:30,040 --> 01:02:31,919
Speaker 1: Then in your second year you think, Okay, I'm gonna

1117
01:02:31,920 --> 01:02:34,480
Speaker 1: get this done, and then I'm you know, start to practice,

1118
01:02:34,480 --> 01:02:36,240
Speaker 1: start to work on your craft a little bit. But

1119
01:02:36,560 --> 01:02:40,760
Speaker 1: the problem is your your life outside of football is

1120
01:02:40,760 --> 01:02:42,680
Speaker 1: still a little bit helter skelter. You're starting to get

1121
01:02:42,680 --> 01:02:44,680
Speaker 1: it together on the field in the practice rooms and

1122
01:02:44,760 --> 01:02:48,080
Speaker 1: starting to understand the routine of the week. You're understanding

1123
01:02:49,200 --> 01:02:51,480
Speaker 1: you got how to get ready for the game, but

1124
01:02:51,640 --> 01:02:54,160
Speaker 1: your your life outside of the game and in the

1125
01:02:54,200 --> 01:02:59,640
Speaker 1: offseason isn't fully formed towards the season in six months.

1126
01:03:00,280 --> 01:03:03,160
Speaker 1: Then in your third year you think, okay, wait a minute, wait,

1127
01:03:03,520 --> 01:03:05,600
Speaker 1: I got this. Here's in my off seat. I'm gonna

1128
01:03:05,640 --> 01:03:07,760
Speaker 1: do this. I'm gonna do this. I'm gonna live here,

1129
01:03:07,760 --> 01:03:10,240
Speaker 1: I'm gonna do this. I'm gonna schedule this. I got

1130
01:03:10,320 --> 01:03:12,040
Speaker 1: this guy lined up to help me. Here, I got

1131
01:03:12,040 --> 01:03:13,800
Speaker 1: that guy lined up. I'm gonna get together with the

1132
01:03:13,800 --> 01:03:16,480
Speaker 1: guys and do it. In your third year, you've put

1133
01:03:16,520 --> 01:03:18,880
Speaker 1: the off the field and the on the field, and

1134
01:03:18,960 --> 01:03:25,440
Speaker 1: your support system for during season altogether, and you learn

1135
01:03:25,520 --> 01:03:28,000
Speaker 1: what's important and what's not After two years, you know

1136
01:03:28,040 --> 01:03:30,320
Speaker 1: what I'm saying. Your first year you don't know anything

1137
01:03:30,320 --> 01:03:32,880
Speaker 1: about anything. You get a little inflammation, and you're a

1138
01:03:32,920 --> 01:03:34,920
Speaker 1: coach you till you get a little inflammation right here

1139
01:03:34,960 --> 01:03:36,960
Speaker 1: in your head. And then on your second year that

1140
01:03:37,000 --> 01:03:39,480
Speaker 1: inflammation dies down and you can start to think like

1141
01:03:39,480 --> 01:03:43,480
Speaker 1: a human being again, because as a rookie, like you say,

1142
01:03:43,520 --> 01:03:45,640
Speaker 1: it's like drinking out of a firearm. Yes, you are

1143
01:03:45,960 --> 01:03:51,080
Speaker 1: totally a drift at sea, just trying to just trying

1144
01:03:51,080 --> 01:03:53,959
Speaker 1: to stay on the boat. And by the third year

1145
01:03:54,840 --> 01:03:57,080
Speaker 1: you're driving the thing. You know what you're doing in

1146
01:03:57,120 --> 01:03:59,440
Speaker 1: the off season. You've got everything and I can't I

1147
01:03:59,480 --> 01:04:02,240
Speaker 1: can't say it enough. The support system these guys have

1148
01:04:02,320 --> 01:04:05,160
Speaker 1: away from football in the off season, the routine and

1149
01:04:05,280 --> 01:04:09,640
Speaker 1: the ability to set things aside and focus every day

1150
01:04:09,720 --> 01:04:13,960
Speaker 1: during a long off season on what's coming down the

1151
01:04:14,040 --> 01:04:15,800
Speaker 1: road in a couple of months in training camp and

1152
01:04:15,840 --> 01:04:19,080
Speaker 1: OTAs and getting ready for those you weren't even thinking

1153
01:04:19,080 --> 01:04:21,720
Speaker 1: about that. You're trying to you know, what was happening

1154
01:04:21,720 --> 01:04:24,000
Speaker 1: in your first year, you weren't doing that. So your

1155
01:04:24,040 --> 01:04:26,400
Speaker 1: third years when all this comes together and you really

1156
01:04:26,440 --> 01:04:30,160
Speaker 1: should be and you're young, still in your career. Yeah,

1157
01:04:30,200 --> 01:04:32,560
Speaker 1: so you know, there's certainly things that are derail that,

1158
01:04:32,680 --> 01:04:34,920
Speaker 1: like injuries and all that. Other are changing your teams

1159
01:04:35,000 --> 01:04:37,880
Speaker 1: or coaches and all that stuff gets in the way.

1160
01:04:38,400 --> 01:04:41,080
Speaker 1: But in a place like Buffalo where there's some stability here,

1161
01:04:42,040 --> 01:04:46,640
Speaker 1: guys like Ed Oliver and Dawson Knox and Devin Singletary

1162
01:04:47,120 --> 01:04:51,240
Speaker 1: Cody Ford, even this is about those four guys if

1163
01:04:51,280 --> 01:04:56,400
Speaker 1: they have breakout third seasons on this roster. Yeah, who Yeah,

1164
01:04:56,400 --> 01:04:59,520
Speaker 1: that's but that's that's kind of the cycle that you

1165
01:04:59,600 --> 01:05:04,120
Speaker 1: go through your whole as a professional athlete. It's hard

1166
01:05:04,160 --> 01:05:06,760
Speaker 1: to say it, but it really is true. It's true

1167
01:05:06,800 --> 01:05:08,120
Speaker 1: for me, true for a bunch of guys. I think

1168
01:05:08,120 --> 01:05:12,040
Speaker 1: it's true for everybody. It's a full time, three hundred

1169
01:05:12,080 --> 01:05:15,840
Speaker 1: and sixty five day year lifestyle. It's not a career.

1170
01:05:15,880 --> 01:05:20,840
Speaker 1: It's a lifestyle. And until you learn and get acclimated

1171
01:05:20,880 --> 01:05:23,800
Speaker 1: into that, you don't get the full benefits of living

1172
01:05:23,800 --> 01:05:26,800
Speaker 1: that year round lifestyle. And it takes you know, third

1173
01:05:26,880 --> 01:05:28,400
Speaker 1: years when you find it kind of like, you know,

1174
01:05:28,880 --> 01:05:31,400
Speaker 1: straighten it out and get get it steadied up so

1175
01:05:31,800 --> 01:05:36,080
Speaker 1: your lifestyle will support your career. Yeah. I just you

1176
01:05:36,120 --> 01:05:40,440
Speaker 1: think about those guys from the nineteen class. I mean,

1177
01:05:41,640 --> 01:05:45,160
Speaker 1: if Singletary with all his offseason work, looks like a

1178
01:05:45,160 --> 01:05:48,520
Speaker 1: different guy this year. If Knox puts it all together

1179
01:05:48,960 --> 01:05:53,120
Speaker 1: and becomes not maybe not a dynamic tight end, but

1180
01:05:53,560 --> 01:05:55,800
Speaker 1: somebody who's there a week end and week out giving

1181
01:05:55,800 --> 01:05:58,080
Speaker 1: you five catches for sixty yards and is a red

1182
01:05:58,160 --> 01:06:01,200
Speaker 1: zone threat. And then you have Cody Ford bouncing back

1183
01:06:01,240 --> 01:06:03,600
Speaker 1: from a knee injury, laying you know, nailing down a

1184
01:06:03,680 --> 01:06:08,200
Speaker 1: starting guard position and crushing people in the run game. Um,

1185
01:06:09,440 --> 01:06:12,480
Speaker 1: and then who's the last guy again, Cody Ford? Cod No, No,

1186
01:06:12,520 --> 01:06:16,760
Speaker 1: I just said Cody Ford. And and if Ed starts

1187
01:06:16,800 --> 01:06:19,280
Speaker 1: tearing things up on the interior because all the guys

1188
01:06:19,320 --> 01:06:22,600
Speaker 1: they're running to people from the outside. I mean, you

1189
01:06:22,680 --> 01:06:27,760
Speaker 1: get those four guys to elevate the talent and production

1190
01:06:27,920 --> 01:06:31,120
Speaker 1: on on this roster. With the other guys, you're going

1191
01:06:31,160 --> 01:06:34,080
Speaker 1: to the show. Yeah, there's they're really they're gonna be.

1192
01:06:34,120 --> 01:06:35,880
Speaker 1: It's really tough out. They were They're gonna be a

1193
01:06:35,880 --> 01:06:39,120
Speaker 1: tough out anyway, but those you're right, if those guys

1194
01:06:39,360 --> 01:06:41,920
Speaker 1: career mushrooms in that third year, like you've seen in

1195
01:06:42,000 --> 01:06:43,880
Speaker 1: other places, and I you know, I've described even my

1196
01:06:43,920 --> 01:06:46,480
Speaker 1: own career like that. I've and you've seen it with

1197
01:06:46,600 --> 01:06:50,680
Speaker 1: Eric Moulds and others. It's just kind of a magic year,

1198
01:06:50,800 --> 01:06:54,880
Speaker 1: kind of a mystical year for guys when everything in

1199
01:06:54,880 --> 01:06:57,080
Speaker 1: their life starts to point towards what they're doing in

1200
01:06:57,120 --> 01:07:00,919
Speaker 1: their professional life. And these off season games that you've

1201
01:07:00,920 --> 01:07:03,520
Speaker 1: seen Devin Singletary make, and you know, we'll see what

1202
01:07:03,640 --> 01:07:05,720
Speaker 1: Ed Oliver does. You know, if he comes back and

1203
01:07:05,760 --> 01:07:09,000
Speaker 1: expands and Cody Ford coming off an injury but still

1204
01:07:09,440 --> 01:07:12,320
Speaker 1: getting the point now where he's an established veteran player,

1205
01:07:13,120 --> 01:07:15,400
Speaker 1: you know, that's a big, big move and it's a big,

1206
01:07:15,440 --> 01:07:18,520
Speaker 1: big difference that it makes. And I think that's the

1207
01:07:18,600 --> 01:07:20,880
Speaker 1: hard thing for a lot of young players, particularly college

1208
01:07:20,920 --> 01:07:23,280
Speaker 1: players to see, even when they're in college, and you know,

1209
01:07:23,280 --> 01:07:24,960
Speaker 1: once they get in the pros the first year or two,

1210
01:07:26,040 --> 01:07:28,200
Speaker 1: it's hard to connect what you're doing in March and

1211
01:07:28,280 --> 01:07:32,120
Speaker 1: April with what happens is at Timber, October, November. It

1212
01:07:32,200 --> 01:07:34,800
Speaker 1: just seems a long way away. And as young kids,

1213
01:07:34,800 --> 01:07:36,800
Speaker 1: you think what you're doing, you don't really see what

1214
01:07:36,840 --> 01:07:39,360
Speaker 1: you're doing today is affecting you tomorrow. You know, I'll

1215
01:07:39,400 --> 01:07:41,480
Speaker 1: bounce back and we'll go because you know you're you're young,

1216
01:07:41,520 --> 01:07:44,360
Speaker 1: and you recover so fast. You know, you know you

1217
01:07:44,400 --> 01:07:46,240
Speaker 1: have a few pops. One day in college you can

1218
01:07:46,280 --> 01:07:48,600
Speaker 1: still go out and dominate as a as a great athlete.

1219
01:07:49,200 --> 01:07:52,600
Speaker 1: You know the next day it doesn't work like that.

1220
01:07:53,120 --> 01:07:56,160
Speaker 1: You know, you and the connection you start to make,

1221
01:07:56,160 --> 01:07:59,640
Speaker 1: the connections between how you look today. If I don't

1222
01:07:59,720 --> 01:08:01,720
Speaker 1: take and he steps back, which means if I eat

1223
01:08:01,800 --> 01:08:04,880
Speaker 1: right and cut back on all the fund that I

1224
01:08:04,920 --> 01:08:08,520
Speaker 1: had tomorrow, I start from a higher spot than I

1225
01:08:08,520 --> 01:08:10,400
Speaker 1: would have if I were to tore it down overnight.

1226
01:08:11,120 --> 01:08:13,600
Speaker 1: So they start to make connections like that and by

1227
01:08:13,600 --> 01:08:15,760
Speaker 1: the time they get back. He looked, you know, Devin singles.

1228
01:08:15,760 --> 01:08:18,760
Speaker 1: I think these guys can transform themselves the way they look,

1229
01:08:18,800 --> 01:08:21,320
Speaker 1: and it's it's a hard connection to make for young

1230
01:08:21,360 --> 01:08:24,599
Speaker 1: guys sometimes. I'm really going to be interested to see

1231
01:08:25,000 --> 01:08:30,160
Speaker 1: how Devin Singletary's game looks different based on the work

1232
01:08:30,240 --> 01:08:33,120
Speaker 1: that he has put in, you know, with a running

1233
01:08:33,160 --> 01:08:37,080
Speaker 1: coach to teach him about acceleration and driving off the

1234
01:08:37,120 --> 01:08:41,000
Speaker 1: balls of your feet and you know, putting pressure down

1235
01:08:41,120 --> 01:08:44,120
Speaker 1: into the ground to drive up off of the ground.

1236
01:08:44,160 --> 01:08:47,160
Speaker 1: I mean, there's a technique there that has proven to

1237
01:08:47,200 --> 01:08:49,519
Speaker 1: improve your speech. Josh Allen did it with a running guy.

1238
01:08:49,960 --> 01:08:55,080
Speaker 1: He did it with a track guy pre draft, prior

1239
01:08:55,120 --> 01:08:58,960
Speaker 1: to coming out, and I remember people saying, you know,

1240
01:08:59,080 --> 01:09:00,519
Speaker 1: and this is when he was running around a lot

1241
01:09:00,520 --> 01:09:03,479
Speaker 1: as a rookie. He has a lot players from the

1242
01:09:03,479 --> 01:09:05,840
Speaker 1: other team. You say, he's a lot faster than I

1243
01:09:05,880 --> 01:09:10,240
Speaker 1: had anticipated, And Josh attributed it to some of the

1244
01:09:10,280 --> 01:09:13,559
Speaker 1: work he did with a track coach to maximize his

1245
01:09:13,680 --> 01:09:18,920
Speaker 1: stride and I mean everything. So I'm really intrigued to

1246
01:09:18,960 --> 01:09:23,080
Speaker 1: see how that will change motors game going forward here.

1247
01:09:23,080 --> 01:09:25,920
Speaker 1: And then if he's packed on lean muscle mass through

1248
01:09:25,960 --> 01:09:29,200
Speaker 1: his shoulder and shoulders and chest. You know, now he's

1249
01:09:29,240 --> 01:09:32,880
Speaker 1: even tougher to bring down. And there's sometimes where I

1250
01:09:32,920 --> 01:09:37,240
Speaker 1: watched the way Devin Singletary. You know, he's he's not

1251
01:09:37,320 --> 01:09:41,200
Speaker 1: a pile pusher per se, but he has a way

1252
01:09:41,439 --> 01:09:45,920
Speaker 1: of at least falling forward and getting the extra half yard.

1253
01:09:46,479 --> 01:09:50,280
Speaker 1: And I wonder if this body composition change will make

1254
01:09:50,360 --> 01:09:54,200
Speaker 1: him look a little bit more like Travis Henry. If

1255
01:09:54,200 --> 01:09:56,960
Speaker 1: you remember Travis Henry, he was built like a fire

1256
01:09:57,040 --> 01:10:03,880
Speaker 1: hydrant too, and that guy was welcomed contact, Yeah, welcome contact.

1257
01:10:04,280 --> 01:10:06,960
Speaker 1: He wasn't shaking people out of their shoes like Devin does.

1258
01:10:08,040 --> 01:10:11,040
Speaker 1: The wanted part of it. That guy people bounced off

1259
01:10:11,080 --> 01:10:15,000
Speaker 1: of him because he was built so low to the ground. Um.

1260
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Speaker 1: I wonder if he has added that element to his

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01:10:18,280 --> 01:10:20,960
Speaker 1: game so when the tough yards are needed, and it's

1262
01:10:21,000 --> 01:10:23,479
Speaker 1: not about shaking anybody out of their shoes, it's about

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01:10:23,560 --> 01:10:26,400
Speaker 1: grinding with somebody in the hole and winning the battle.

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01:10:27,040 --> 01:10:29,360
Speaker 1: If if that is what he has now added to

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Speaker 1: his game with this body composition change, Yeah, it'll be

1266
01:10:32,840 --> 01:10:35,759
Speaker 1: interesting to see and it's going to be a different roster.

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01:10:36,479 --> 01:10:38,360
Speaker 1: These draft picks are certainly going to be in the

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Speaker 1: mix the offensive lineman and the defensive lineman and the

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Speaker 1: guys that we've seen come out and who were young,

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Speaker 1: who thought were really young players last year, Ajpanezza and

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Speaker 1: of course Ed Oliver in his second year last year.

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Speaker 1: Cody Ford. We're gonna see him come back after you know,

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01:10:55,240 --> 01:10:57,240
Speaker 1: we didn't get to see that much of him. He

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01:10:57,240 --> 01:10:58,840
Speaker 1: was out in the first half of the season last year.

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01:10:59,280 --> 01:11:02,800
Speaker 1: So it's going to be a different team as they

1276
01:11:02,840 --> 01:11:06,760
Speaker 1: are every year. But I think personnel wise, this year

1277
01:11:06,840 --> 01:11:11,400
Speaker 1: has to be probably have the least turnover than any

1278
01:11:11,439 --> 01:11:15,040
Speaker 1: other season because of the success they had last year,

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01:11:15,240 --> 01:11:17,880
Speaker 1: you know, winning fifteen games overall. And yeah, there will

1280
01:11:17,920 --> 01:11:20,160
Speaker 1: still be turnover, as there is every year, but yeah,

1281
01:11:20,240 --> 01:11:22,880
Speaker 1: not to the degree that we've seen. You're one to

1282
01:11:23,000 --> 01:11:28,160
Speaker 1: year two under McDermott. You're one under McDermott, and people

1283
01:11:28,200 --> 01:11:32,360
Speaker 1: are getting thrown overboard and traded. Yeah, and people accuse

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01:11:32,479 --> 01:11:34,519
Speaker 1: them of tanking among other things. Right before they went

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01:11:34,560 --> 01:11:36,960
Speaker 1: to the playoffs. I was still that's still an amazing

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01:11:37,080 --> 01:11:40,679
Speaker 1: That's the year where Sean McDermott got robbed of the

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01:11:40,680 --> 01:11:43,599
Speaker 1: Coach of the Year. Yeah, absolutely got robbed. We talked

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01:11:43,600 --> 01:11:45,960
Speaker 1: about that on a one Bill's Life podcast just this

1289
01:11:46,040 --> 01:11:48,519
Speaker 1: past week, which you can still pick up on your

1290
01:11:48,560 --> 01:11:51,760
Speaker 1: Apple podcast, Spotify, or anywhere where you're listening to your podcasts,

1291
01:11:52,040 --> 01:11:55,760
Speaker 1: and we discussed the Coach of the Year candidates this

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01:11:55,880 --> 01:11:58,960
Speaker 1: year and how it's now going to be harder for

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01:11:59,040 --> 01:12:01,600
Speaker 1: coach McDermott, who finished his runner up last year, to

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01:12:01,760 --> 01:12:04,880
Speaker 1: get that honor because now the Bills are seen as

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01:12:04,880 --> 01:12:08,559
Speaker 1: a perennial winner and after a thirteen and three season,

1296
01:12:11,200 --> 01:12:13,559
Speaker 1: what more is the guy gonna do to convince people,

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01:12:14,240 --> 01:12:16,439
Speaker 1: you know, I'm worthy. I don't know you can come

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01:12:16,439 --> 01:12:19,000
Speaker 1: out and win fourteen games and people are like, oh, well, yeah,

1299
01:12:19,000 --> 01:12:20,960
Speaker 1: that team won thirteen games last year. They're supposed to

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01:12:20,960 --> 01:12:24,760
Speaker 1: do that, right. The only way he's gonna win is

1301
01:12:24,760 --> 01:12:27,280
Speaker 1: if he's if he plows through everybody, gets home field

1302
01:12:27,320 --> 01:12:29,360
Speaker 1: advantage through the playoffs, goes to the Super Bowl, and

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01:12:29,400 --> 01:12:31,400
Speaker 1: wins it. They got a long people up like they

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01:12:31,400 --> 01:12:33,040
Speaker 1: did in the second half of last season, They got

1305
01:12:33,120 --> 01:12:36,200
Speaker 1: a lump people up like they did in weeks fifteen, sixteen,

1306
01:12:36,240 --> 01:12:39,160
Speaker 1: seventeen last year. They gotta lump everybody up like that.

1307
01:12:40,640 --> 01:12:43,680
Speaker 1: And it's and I'm not saying they can't do it

1308
01:12:44,120 --> 01:12:49,320
Speaker 1: because man oh man they were really good. I mean,

1309
01:12:49,439 --> 01:12:53,880
Speaker 1: really they were. They were laughingly good last year and

1310
01:12:53,960 --> 01:12:56,519
Speaker 1: the last month of the regular season, and in the

1311
01:12:56,560 --> 01:12:59,200
Speaker 1: first couple of weeks of the playoffs they were laffably good.

1312
01:13:00,040 --> 01:13:03,679
Speaker 1: And so to say that, I don't think they're gonna

1313
01:13:03,680 --> 01:13:05,760
Speaker 1: take a step back this year. Now there's a lot

1314
01:13:05,800 --> 01:13:07,919
Speaker 1: of teams that are gaining on them, No question, Miami's

1315
01:13:07,960 --> 01:13:11,040
Speaker 1: gonna be better. New England's gonna be significantly better. The

1316
01:13:11,120 --> 01:13:18,639
Speaker 1: Jets don't know, but yeah, you guess. But but their

1317
01:13:18,720 --> 01:13:22,240
Speaker 1: schedule and the teams that they're gonna play do not

1318
01:13:22,479 --> 01:13:24,880
Speaker 1: look as daunting as they did twelve months ago when

1319
01:13:24,880 --> 01:13:27,479
Speaker 1: they were gonna take on the NFC West. Now they're

1320
01:13:27,520 --> 01:13:29,680
Speaker 1: taking on the AFC South, and the front end of

1321
01:13:29,680 --> 01:13:32,880
Speaker 1: the schedule is very favorable, particularly in the first month, right,

1322
01:13:33,080 --> 01:13:35,680
Speaker 1: you know, I mean, there's no reason they should not

1323
01:13:35,720 --> 01:13:39,240
Speaker 1: start four and oh right, headed into the Chiefs Chiefs Titans,

1324
01:13:39,280 --> 01:13:42,080
Speaker 1: Chiefs Titans, like yeah, and that's that's exactly where they

1325
01:13:42,080 --> 01:13:44,679
Speaker 1: were last year, Chiefs Titans, except it was Titans Chiefs

1326
01:13:44,760 --> 01:13:46,759
Speaker 1: weeks five and six. Now it's gonna be Chiefs Titans.

1327
01:13:47,080 --> 01:13:51,360
Speaker 1: And then they headed the buye week. That's there. I'm

1328
01:13:51,360 --> 01:13:55,559
Speaker 1: telling you, man, they're a really good football team. They're

1329
01:13:55,560 --> 01:13:57,240
Speaker 1: gonna look a little bit different than they did a

1330
01:13:57,320 --> 01:14:00,960
Speaker 1: year ago. I'm really excited to see what Brian Dayboll

1331
01:14:01,200 --> 01:14:04,080
Speaker 1: is gonna unleash and what he's what his philosophy's gonna be.

1332
01:14:04,560 --> 01:14:07,080
Speaker 1: Certainly he's gonna have enough toys to tinker with and

1333
01:14:07,120 --> 01:14:10,120
Speaker 1: be creative with depending on who they're playing, what the

1334
01:14:10,160 --> 01:14:14,120
Speaker 1: matchups look like. Defensively, I cannot wait to see these

1335
01:14:14,160 --> 01:14:17,960
Speaker 1: young defensive front guys play Rousseau Boogie basham At Oliver

1336
01:14:18,000 --> 01:14:20,720
Speaker 1: At Starltu Lela back in the lineup. I can't wait

1337
01:14:20,720 --> 01:14:22,439
Speaker 1: to see them. And I want to see who the

1338
01:14:22,479 --> 01:14:26,120
Speaker 1: other corner's going to be because I think as good

1339
01:14:26,160 --> 01:14:30,200
Speaker 1: as Levey Wallace has played, and people malign him, the

1340
01:14:30,240 --> 01:14:37,200
Speaker 1: guy's held off all challengers and you think he's gonna

1341
01:14:37,200 --> 01:14:41,040
Speaker 1: do that willingly sit down. He's not though he's not.

1342
01:14:41,160 --> 01:14:43,479
Speaker 1: So I'm this is gonna be a lot of fun

1343
01:14:43,560 --> 01:14:45,800
Speaker 1: this preseason and to see this team take shape and

1344
01:14:45,840 --> 01:14:49,400
Speaker 1: training camp great time here for us when we return.

1345
01:14:49,520 --> 01:14:53,360
Speaker 1: Morir comments including the tweet sheet in terms of who

1346
01:14:53,439 --> 01:14:56,439
Speaker 1: is your pick for Bill's Defensive Player of the Year.

1347
01:14:56,600 --> 01:14:59,320
Speaker 1: Jason Lockcamp for a from CBS sports dot Com pick

1348
01:14:59,360 --> 01:15:02,240
Speaker 1: Tremaine ed for his league Defensive Player of the Year.

1349
01:15:02,680 --> 01:15:05,000
Speaker 1: Who is yours from this Bill's roster? Let us know

1350
01:15:05,040 --> 01:15:07,040
Speaker 1: at eight oh three, oh five fifty one eight eight

1351
01:15:07,120 --> 01:15:10,200
Speaker 1: eight five fifty two five fifty open line for you

1352
01:15:10,280 --> 01:15:13,200
Speaker 1: there or on the tweet sheet at One Bill's Live.

1353
01:15:13,280 --> 01:15:28,080
Speaker 1: Steve and I back in the second. Stay tuned, Well,

1354
01:15:28,120 --> 01:15:30,080
Speaker 1: you're back in the one Bills Live. Chris Brown, Steve

1355
01:15:30,120 --> 01:15:34,200
Speaker 1: Gasker with you. Some breaking news in college basketball. Mike

1356
01:15:34,240 --> 01:15:37,920
Speaker 1: Shashevsky plans to retire after this upcoming season. I believe

1357
01:15:37,920 --> 01:15:40,759
Speaker 1: he's been the head coach at Duke since nineteen eighty five.

1358
01:15:42,160 --> 01:15:46,599
Speaker 1: It's a long time, seventy four years old. And I

1359
01:15:46,600 --> 01:15:48,800
Speaker 1: gotta tell you have to wonder, because I mean, that

1360
01:15:48,840 --> 01:15:51,479
Speaker 1: guy's got the staying power of, you know, a man

1361
01:15:51,600 --> 01:15:55,200
Speaker 1: half his age. You wonder how much the pandemic took

1362
01:15:55,200 --> 01:15:57,439
Speaker 1: out of some of the older guys in the coaching profession.

1363
01:15:57,479 --> 01:15:59,599
Speaker 1: It's had to wear on him, and I think wear

1364
01:15:59,600 --> 01:16:01,720
Speaker 1: it up war on everybody, young animal. If you think

1365
01:16:01,760 --> 01:16:04,600
Speaker 1: about it, I mean that it's a long time to

1366
01:16:04,640 --> 01:16:08,560
Speaker 1: be a coach. They love their work, Their work energizes

1367
01:16:08,640 --> 01:16:11,519
Speaker 1: those guys, but they probably got into a point where

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01:16:13,520 --> 01:16:15,479
Speaker 1: I want to do something else for a minute, you know. Yeah,

1369
01:16:15,600 --> 01:16:18,080
Speaker 1: for they've got they've all got families, you know, like

1370
01:16:18,080 --> 01:16:19,960
Speaker 1: a wife, and I think he's got three daughters, you know.

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01:16:20,040 --> 01:16:22,920
Speaker 1: I mean they've been making money for a long time

1372
01:16:23,000 --> 01:16:26,639
Speaker 1: to enough tournaments. Yeah, you know, five national times. Yeah,

1373
01:16:26,680 --> 01:16:28,360
Speaker 1: so he you know, certainly he can sit back and

1374
01:16:28,360 --> 01:16:30,920
Speaker 1: put his He's got a healthy enough resume to go

1375
01:16:31,040 --> 01:16:33,479
Speaker 1: fish it right off into the sunset he wants to do.

1376
01:16:33,560 --> 01:16:36,439
Speaker 1: But yeah, it's good for him, and he's been a

1377
01:16:36,479 --> 01:16:41,040
Speaker 1: fixture for most people's lives and one of the all timers. Yea,

1378
01:16:41,560 --> 01:16:44,639
Speaker 1: when you think about it. Uh, the Bills are off

1379
01:16:44,680 --> 01:16:48,400
Speaker 1: the practice field, done with their OTA practice for today

1380
01:16:48,880 --> 01:16:52,679
Speaker 1: and addressing the radio the media right now is Bill

1381
01:16:52,800 --> 01:16:56,360
Speaker 1: safety Jordan Poyer. So let's jump in on that conversation here.

1382
01:16:57,600 --> 01:16:59,920
Speaker 1: I know you, and I believe Mike and others. Last

1383
01:17:00,040 --> 01:17:03,639
Speaker 1: to your reference, how not having this offseason portion kind

1384
01:17:03,640 --> 01:17:05,800
Speaker 1: of put you guys maybe behind the eight ball and

1385
01:17:05,840 --> 01:17:09,320
Speaker 1: behind things to start last season. Do you feel that

1386
01:17:09,320 --> 01:17:11,679
Speaker 1: that this is gonna make you guys hit the ground

1387
01:17:11,760 --> 01:17:15,920
Speaker 1: running better having this portion of the offseason program. Yeah,

1388
01:17:15,960 --> 01:17:17,680
Speaker 1: of course, you know, I mean, obviously, I don't think

1389
01:17:17,720 --> 01:17:19,960
Speaker 1: it hurts us and be able to come here, be

1390
01:17:20,000 --> 01:17:23,280
Speaker 1: around the guys, UM, get on the field with our coaches, UM,

1391
01:17:23,880 --> 01:17:26,880
Speaker 1: and and just you know, find a ways to get better. UM.

1392
01:17:26,960 --> 01:17:29,320
Speaker 1: And the time that we have here. So UM, I

1393
01:17:29,400 --> 01:17:31,599
Speaker 1: definitely think it's you. I'm starting our season and you know,

1394
01:17:32,000 --> 01:17:35,800
Speaker 1: I think we have what ninety's the guys here. You know,

1395
01:17:35,880 --> 01:17:37,880
Speaker 1: Diggs came today, so it was it was a cool

1396
01:17:37,920 --> 01:17:40,400
Speaker 1: sight to see UM. And you know, you know, guys

1397
01:17:40,400 --> 01:17:42,479
Speaker 1: are here. We're working. You know, we gotta goal that

1398
01:17:42,479 --> 01:17:45,439
Speaker 1: we want, So guys here and we're working. It's certainly

1399
01:17:45,479 --> 01:17:48,599
Speaker 1: has been a topic the NFLPA kind of encouraging guys

1400
01:17:48,640 --> 01:17:50,360
Speaker 1: not to show up here. What does it say about

1401
01:17:50,439 --> 01:17:53,240
Speaker 1: this team? And maybe what were the conversations amongst you

1402
01:17:53,320 --> 01:17:56,599
Speaker 1: guys that has led to such a high attendance rate

1403
01:17:56,640 --> 01:18:00,960
Speaker 1: for this voluntary period. Yeah, there's a lot of conversation. UM.

1404
01:18:01,560 --> 01:18:05,400
Speaker 1: I mean, you know, I mean, I guess you can

1405
01:18:05,439 --> 01:18:07,559
Speaker 1: look at it from both sides, but you know, the guys,

1406
01:18:07,960 --> 01:18:10,000
Speaker 1: you know, at end of the day, it's all voluntary.

1407
01:18:10,080 --> 01:18:12,400
Speaker 1: So the guys, you know, they decided to show up here,

1408
01:18:12,680 --> 01:18:15,719
Speaker 1: it's voluntary. Then you know, nobody's forcing anybody who should

1409
01:18:15,760 --> 01:18:18,360
Speaker 1: be here, and you know, obviously you know, we respect

1410
01:18:18,439 --> 01:18:20,280
Speaker 1: everybody's decision. But at the end of the day, you know,

1411
01:18:20,280 --> 01:18:23,120
Speaker 1: we're here, we're working. Um, and even the guys I

1412
01:18:23,160 --> 01:18:25,320
Speaker 1: know that are not here, they're still working continuing to

1413
01:18:25,960 --> 01:18:28,439
Speaker 1: keep contact with the guys that are here. So, um,

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01:18:28,479 --> 01:18:31,760
Speaker 1: you know it's very positive. Thanks Man, good to see you. Yeah,

1415
01:18:31,800 --> 01:18:35,600
Speaker 1: thanks John. Hey, Jordan's Jay with the Buffalo News. How

1416
01:18:35,600 --> 01:18:37,559
Speaker 1: are you doing. What's up today? How are you good?

1417
01:18:37,600 --> 01:18:41,040
Speaker 1: Thank you? Um. How at this point in the season,

1418
01:18:41,160 --> 01:18:44,320
Speaker 1: how do you prepare in terms of do you even

1419
01:18:44,320 --> 01:18:48,439
Speaker 1: bother looking at film of upcoming opponents? Given how much

1420
01:18:48,439 --> 01:18:51,360
Speaker 1: has changed in terms of like potential new quarterbacks or

1421
01:18:51,360 --> 01:18:54,920
Speaker 1: potential new offensive coordinators, Is there any real benefit to

1422
01:18:55,000 --> 01:18:57,920
Speaker 1: studying opponents or is it more self study at this

1423
01:18:57,960 --> 01:18:59,880
Speaker 1: point in the offseason. Yeah, I think a lot of it,

1424
01:19:00,120 --> 01:19:03,280
Speaker 1: mostly especially OTA's time. It's a lot of self Um.

1425
01:19:03,360 --> 01:19:05,360
Speaker 1: You know, you know what hurt us last year and

1426
01:19:05,479 --> 01:19:08,640
Speaker 1: kind of you know, uh, fixing fixing a lot. You know,

1427
01:19:09,080 --> 01:19:10,920
Speaker 1: there's a couple of routes that they heard us last year,

1428
01:19:10,960 --> 01:19:12,679
Speaker 1: and you know, we're at practice and we're fixing those

1429
01:19:12,800 --> 01:19:16,400
Speaker 1: specific routes and different coverages. Um, and you know it's

1430
01:19:16,400 --> 01:19:18,640
Speaker 1: not necessarily we're planning for our next opponent. You know,

1431
01:19:18,640 --> 01:19:21,679
Speaker 1: we're getting better. Um, you know, are getting better ourselves

1432
01:19:21,680 --> 01:19:25,320
Speaker 1: within our scheme. Um. You know, it's it's been, it's

1433
01:19:25,320 --> 01:19:27,920
Speaker 1: been good practices. And then I wanted to ask you

1434
01:19:27,960 --> 01:19:30,559
Speaker 1: about Jaquan Johnson. You guys, uh, you know, didn't re

1435
01:19:30,640 --> 01:19:33,040
Speaker 1: sign Dean Marlow, who was sort of the veteran behind

1436
01:19:33,080 --> 01:19:35,559
Speaker 1: you and Micah. Jaquan has been around for at least

1437
01:19:35,560 --> 01:19:37,920
Speaker 1: a couple of years though here. Um, what have you

1438
01:19:38,000 --> 01:19:40,160
Speaker 1: seen from him? And you know, how has he sort

1439
01:19:40,200 --> 01:19:43,360
Speaker 1: of developed underneath you and Mica since he's been here. Hey,

1440
01:19:43,360 --> 01:19:45,920
Speaker 1: guy who's really growing. Man, guy who's really bought into

1441
01:19:45,960 --> 01:19:49,160
Speaker 1: the system. Um, you know, going into his third year,

1442
01:19:49,200 --> 01:19:51,080
Speaker 1: you can tell how much more comfortable he is within

1443
01:19:51,120 --> 01:19:53,320
Speaker 1: the defense. Um. You know, I was training with him

1444
01:19:53,320 --> 01:19:54,760
Speaker 1: in the off season and so I I you know,

1445
01:19:54,800 --> 01:19:56,840
Speaker 1: I see his work ethic and you know he's a

1446
01:19:56,840 --> 01:19:58,920
Speaker 1: special kid. He's got a lot of heart and you

1447
01:19:58,920 --> 01:20:00,720
Speaker 1: know he you know, I think he can he can,

1448
01:20:00,800 --> 01:20:02,280
Speaker 1: he can play in this league for a long time.

1449
01:20:02,479 --> 01:20:05,160
Speaker 1: Keeps his head up so UM, you know, I know,

1450
01:20:05,240 --> 01:20:07,839
Speaker 1: I know coaches here are excited about him. I definitely,

1451
01:20:08,040 --> 01:20:09,880
Speaker 1: I definitely see him being a big part of this

1452
01:20:09,880 --> 01:20:16,360
Speaker 1: this team's success. Thanks Jan Yeah, Hey, Jordan, John L

1453
01:20:17,800 --> 01:20:22,960
Speaker 1: H Good Good. Um, It's you've gotten me in a

1454
01:20:22,960 --> 01:20:25,559
Speaker 1: difficult position because I respect your point of view and

1455
01:20:25,560 --> 01:20:27,760
Speaker 1: you don't want to answer questions, So I'm gonna I'm

1456
01:20:27,800 --> 01:20:31,080
Speaker 1: gonna tread lightly here in a sense that do you

1457
01:20:31,160 --> 01:20:36,000
Speaker 1: foresee this team having training camp in Rochester? You know? Um,

1458
01:20:36,080 --> 01:20:39,680
Speaker 1: and and the freedoms to have all the benefits that

1459
01:20:39,840 --> 01:20:45,320
Speaker 1: come um with with that, like that, come with that,

1460
01:20:45,760 --> 01:20:49,320
Speaker 1: come with the with the NFL rules. I'm not exactly

1461
01:20:49,320 --> 01:20:53,519
Speaker 1: share your question. There's a limited there. There's a ceiling

1462
01:20:53,720 --> 01:20:57,280
Speaker 1: ceiling as far as the NFL put out UM numbers

1463
01:20:57,320 --> 01:21:00,599
Speaker 1: that teams need to reach certain levels of that nations

1464
01:21:00,680 --> 01:21:05,719
Speaker 1: and there's that word UM that and and I think

1465
01:21:05,840 --> 01:21:08,960
Speaker 1: you would this team if you reach those levels, you

1466
01:21:08,960 --> 01:21:11,320
Speaker 1: would be able to go to Saint John Fisher and

1467
01:21:11,439 --> 01:21:16,519
Speaker 1: actually have a reternal normalcy um in some sense do

1468
01:21:16,560 --> 01:21:20,639
Speaker 1: you foresee that happening? John? I appreciate you and and

1469
01:21:20,640 --> 01:21:23,200
Speaker 1: and you know even we've you've done interviews with me

1470
01:21:23,240 --> 01:21:25,719
Speaker 1: a long time too. But I'm just not answering any

1471
01:21:25,760 --> 01:21:29,120
Speaker 1: questions I have anything to do with that seam and right,

1472
01:21:30,360 --> 01:21:32,680
Speaker 1: and I understand I don't even want to you know,

1473
01:21:32,760 --> 01:21:35,000
Speaker 1: I don't even want to put that in the in

1474
01:21:35,080 --> 01:21:37,679
Speaker 1: the you know, you know I like Camp Saint John Fisher,

1475
01:21:37,720 --> 01:21:40,839
Speaker 1: I like Camp here. They're too totally different. Um places.

1476
01:21:40,880 --> 01:21:42,960
Speaker 1: Camp here you get all the facility, you know, Camp

1477
01:21:43,000 --> 01:21:46,200
Speaker 1: there obviously you get them the camaraderie with the guy staying.

1478
01:21:46,240 --> 01:21:48,000
Speaker 1: But you know, at the end of the day, that's

1479
01:21:48,040 --> 01:21:50,320
Speaker 1: not my decision to make UM And so you know,

1480
01:21:50,360 --> 01:21:52,400
Speaker 1: I'm just I'm just here with my team right now.

1481
01:21:53,240 --> 01:21:55,120
Speaker 1: Like I said, John, you know, it's all respect. But

1482
01:21:55,360 --> 01:21:58,720
Speaker 1: that's that's how I'm going to answer that. I get

1483
01:21:58,760 --> 01:22:00,439
Speaker 1: that it's it's been a hot time thick here and

1484
01:22:00,520 --> 01:22:03,920
Speaker 1: understand that you you've been part of the focus. So, um,

1485
01:22:04,000 --> 01:22:08,080
Speaker 1: how how does this team move I guess how does this?

1486
01:22:08,600 --> 01:22:14,160
Speaker 1: How does this team move forward? Are you? How does

1487
01:22:14,240 --> 01:22:17,280
Speaker 1: how does this not become a distraction or or has it?

1488
01:22:17,320 --> 01:22:20,519
Speaker 1: Because the fact that you actually started this thing, we

1489
01:22:20,720 --> 01:22:24,000
Speaker 1: know it's it has become a hot a hot topic.

1490
01:22:24,120 --> 01:22:26,519
Speaker 1: I don't want to I hate to be pressing you here,

1491
01:22:26,720 --> 01:22:28,679
Speaker 1: but the fact that you am I telling you guys

1492
01:22:28,760 --> 01:22:30,719
Speaker 1: right now in the locker room or focus off football.

1493
01:22:30,800 --> 01:22:34,880
Speaker 1: So that's that's that's the that's the answer we give you.

1494
01:22:34,920 --> 01:22:38,600
Speaker 1: Guys are in our phomus of for roll. I appreciate that.

1495
01:22:38,720 --> 01:22:45,519
Speaker 1: Thank you, Jordan, Thanks John. Hey Jordan Staal here from WHR.

1496
01:22:45,560 --> 01:22:48,479
Speaker 1: Get to see him in I know, so I'm good. Hey,

1497
01:22:48,720 --> 01:22:50,599
Speaker 1: you've been at part of a lot of training camps

1498
01:22:50,640 --> 01:22:51,760
Speaker 1: now and not calling you old that you've been the

1499
01:22:51,800 --> 01:22:54,200
Speaker 1: league long enough to be new teams, old, older teams,

1500
01:22:54,280 --> 01:22:56,960
Speaker 1: veteran teams, experienced teams, somewhere in the middle. I mean

1501
01:22:57,080 --> 01:22:59,080
Speaker 1: struck me today just being out there. You guys are

1502
01:22:59,640 --> 01:23:01,760
Speaker 1: hitting the round, running in and out of huddles. There's

1503
01:23:01,800 --> 01:23:04,160
Speaker 1: not I mean, there's teaching going on, but it's not

1504
01:23:04,240 --> 01:23:06,000
Speaker 1: maybe like it would be if you had a whole

1505
01:23:06,000 --> 01:23:08,360
Speaker 1: bunch of new guys together. Do you get that sense?

1506
01:23:08,360 --> 01:23:10,200
Speaker 1: Can you give us a sense between the difference in

1507
01:23:10,240 --> 01:23:12,760
Speaker 1: a training camp we have such an experienced group like

1508
01:23:12,800 --> 01:23:15,040
Speaker 1: this versus maybe when you get to a new team

1509
01:23:15,040 --> 01:23:18,200
Speaker 1: like you were in twenty seventeen. Yeah, you know, as

1510
01:23:18,200 --> 01:23:20,280
Speaker 1: your questions out, because I've never really been a part

1511
01:23:20,360 --> 01:23:22,040
Speaker 1: I mean, you know, the more I get older and

1512
01:23:22,120 --> 01:23:24,519
Speaker 1: Obviously the more years I've been in Buffalo, you know,

1513
01:23:24,520 --> 01:23:27,120
Speaker 1: our team obviously gains that much more experience. So you

1514
01:23:27,120 --> 01:23:29,360
Speaker 1: could say this is the most experienced team that I've

1515
01:23:29,400 --> 01:23:32,000
Speaker 1: been around as far as in the offseason and going

1516
01:23:32,000 --> 01:23:34,800
Speaker 1: into a training camp. You know, I mean we got

1517
01:23:34,800 --> 01:23:37,880
Speaker 1: guys Main going into the fourth year or a dirt

1518
01:23:38,000 --> 01:23:41,280
Speaker 1: yet fourth year, Day Milana going into this fifth year,

1519
01:23:41,439 --> 01:23:44,000
Speaker 1: Levi going you know, we've all played together for a

1520
01:23:44,000 --> 01:23:46,880
Speaker 1: long time and you don't necessarily see that a lot

1521
01:23:46,960 --> 01:23:49,120
Speaker 1: in the league, and so it is special to have.

1522
01:23:49,240 --> 01:23:51,000
Speaker 1: But we know we got to continue to work to

1523
01:23:51,600 --> 01:23:53,760
Speaker 1: get to where we got to go. And that's this

1524
01:23:53,920 --> 01:23:56,479
Speaker 1: the mindset that you know we have on the defensive

1525
01:23:56,520 --> 01:23:57,800
Speaker 1: side of all. You know, we know the talents that

1526
01:23:57,920 --> 01:23:59,719
Speaker 1: we got to work and that's you know, I truely

1527
01:24:00,080 --> 01:24:02,080
Speaker 1: has been doing that. Um you know, even leading nothing

1528
01:24:02,160 --> 01:24:04,200
Speaker 1: until before we got out here, guys into working because

1529
01:24:04,200 --> 01:24:06,479
Speaker 1: they understand, you know, this window probably not gonna get

1530
01:24:06,479 --> 01:24:08,120
Speaker 1: it many times, and so you know, we want to

1531
01:24:08,160 --> 01:24:10,000
Speaker 1: take advantage of the opportunity that we have right now.

1532
01:24:10,640 --> 01:24:17,439
Speaker 1: Thanks Jordan, Yeah, thanks so, Jordan Poyer Mookie Yarkins were

1533
01:24:17,479 --> 01:24:19,719
Speaker 1: for Sports Tenadi has it gone? What's up? The movie

1534
01:24:19,760 --> 01:24:22,400
Speaker 1: are you I'm good man? How is your off season?

1535
01:24:22,720 --> 01:24:24,519
Speaker 1: It was good, brother, it was good. Played a lot

1536
01:24:24,520 --> 01:24:27,559
Speaker 1: of golf. Well, I need to you work for a

1537
01:24:27,600 --> 01:24:30,640
Speaker 1: few pointers. I gotta go up against Jason the end

1538
01:24:30,640 --> 01:24:33,639
Speaker 1: of this month. But nevertheless, man, the side of relief

1539
01:24:33,760 --> 01:24:36,800
Speaker 1: that le coach Legie Fraser is back. And you know

1540
01:24:36,880 --> 01:24:41,080
Speaker 1: how how how easy is it for YouTube just just

1541
01:24:41,200 --> 01:24:44,160
Speaker 1: relay everything to you know, the younger guys knowing that

1542
01:24:44,160 --> 01:24:46,479
Speaker 1: coach Frasier is back and everybody's back in the team.

1543
01:24:46,479 --> 01:24:48,559
Speaker 1: How easy it for you guys just to hit the

1544
01:24:48,560 --> 01:24:51,320
Speaker 1: ground running. Now. Yeah, you know, I think you know,

1545
01:24:51,400 --> 01:24:54,759
Speaker 1: you understand the structure and understand what the coaches around

1546
01:24:54,760 --> 01:24:56,640
Speaker 1: here expect that of you. And so it's you know,

1547
01:24:56,800 --> 01:24:59,759
Speaker 1: when young guys come in, you can kind of explain

1548
01:24:59,840 --> 01:25:01,360
Speaker 1: to I'm like, you know, this is how we this

1549
01:25:01,400 --> 01:25:03,280
Speaker 1: is how we practice, this is how we go about

1550
01:25:03,280 --> 01:25:05,240
Speaker 1: our day, this is how we meet, you know, and

1551
01:25:05,280 --> 01:25:07,320
Speaker 1: so you know, they've all been into this system long

1552
01:25:07,400 --> 01:25:09,360
Speaker 1: enough to understand what the coaches expect out of us,

1553
01:25:09,360 --> 01:25:11,040
Speaker 1: and so us as leaders, you know, we try to,

1554
01:25:11,600 --> 01:25:13,479
Speaker 1: you know, we try to kind of be the leaders

1555
01:25:13,560 --> 01:25:15,640
Speaker 1: for example for the young guys, showing them you know,

1556
01:25:15,840 --> 01:25:17,360
Speaker 1: this is how we work at like saying that's how

1557
01:25:17,360 --> 01:25:19,479
Speaker 1: we practice, how we work out and whatnot. So yeah,

1558
01:25:19,479 --> 01:25:21,200
Speaker 1: you can say it's a lot easier now. I mean

1559
01:25:21,479 --> 01:25:23,080
Speaker 1: it ain't done easy in this league. But at the

1560
01:25:23,120 --> 01:25:25,559
Speaker 1: same time, having coach Razer to coming back, you know,

1561
01:25:25,600 --> 01:25:28,519
Speaker 1: with the guys that we have, everybody coming back coaching staff, Um,

1562
01:25:28,880 --> 01:25:30,400
Speaker 1: you know, it is a lot smoother to be able

1563
01:25:30,400 --> 01:25:33,000
Speaker 1: to understand what they expect out of us, and really

1564
01:25:33,000 --> 01:25:34,360
Speaker 1: not kind of you know when first year we came

1565
01:25:34,400 --> 01:25:37,400
Speaker 1: in here twenty seventeen, we didn't really understand, you know,

1566
01:25:37,400 --> 01:25:39,639
Speaker 1: what they expected out out of us. We learned quick,

1567
01:25:39,720 --> 01:25:42,599
Speaker 1: but at the same time, now we know as soon

1568
01:25:42,640 --> 01:25:44,360
Speaker 1: as we get here this is what they expect. You know,

1569
01:25:44,360 --> 01:25:45,760
Speaker 1: we hit the ground running and you see how we

1570
01:25:45,840 --> 01:25:49,719
Speaker 1: practice today right expecting us. Speaking on the newer guys,

1571
01:25:49,760 --> 01:25:52,080
Speaker 1: you know, I mean how quickly how are they to

1572
01:25:52,320 --> 01:25:54,360
Speaker 1: you know, pick up things? And what are your impressions

1573
01:25:54,400 --> 01:25:56,840
Speaker 1: of the younger guys? Yeah, man, I mean this isn't

1574
01:25:56,840 --> 01:25:59,160
Speaker 1: a you know, I'll talk on the defense side of

1575
01:25:59,160 --> 01:26:02,080
Speaker 1: the ball, but um, this is an easy, easy defense

1576
01:26:02,120 --> 01:26:04,000
Speaker 1: to pick up. Um, you know it took me. I

1577
01:26:04,000 --> 01:26:06,120
Speaker 1: mean I'm still wearing it now. Um, but it took

1578
01:26:06,160 --> 01:26:08,400
Speaker 1: me quite a while to actually figure it out. But

1579
01:26:08,400 --> 01:26:10,400
Speaker 1: they're picking up, man, you can tell. You know. It's

1580
01:26:10,439 --> 01:26:12,679
Speaker 1: just the type of guys that that Being and Sean

1581
01:26:12,760 --> 01:26:15,280
Speaker 1: bring in here. They're all all hard working guys who

1582
01:26:15,360 --> 01:26:17,400
Speaker 1: you know, down greedy guys down in the playbook and

1583
01:26:17,479 --> 01:26:20,320
Speaker 1: and and want to get better man. So um, you know,

1584
01:26:20,320 --> 01:26:23,080
Speaker 1: it's been fun to see the young guys continuing to grow. Um.

1585
01:26:23,400 --> 01:26:25,559
Speaker 1: You know, Greg is a big guy. I mean I've

1586
01:26:25,560 --> 01:26:28,120
Speaker 1: seen him for the first time. I do is is huge. Man,

1587
01:26:28,200 --> 01:26:30,240
Speaker 1: it's dougs. I mean he's gonna get his hand up

1588
01:26:30,280 --> 01:26:33,120
Speaker 1: and give you opportunities to make plays on football. So, um,

1589
01:26:33,160 --> 01:26:34,680
Speaker 1: you know, it's also to see these guys come in

1590
01:26:34,720 --> 01:26:39,000
Speaker 1: here working hard, um and buying instance system. Absolutely man,

1591
01:26:39,040 --> 01:26:42,639
Speaker 1: Welcome to football, and welcome back to football. Appreciate a movie.

1592
01:26:43,479 --> 01:26:49,439
Speaker 1: So you're gonna talk to you man, see soon all day. Hey, Jordan. Um,

1593
01:26:49,479 --> 01:26:51,080
Speaker 1: you know, I think Sale mentioned it that you know,

1594
01:26:51,080 --> 01:26:53,320
Speaker 1: it had the feel of like a training camp practice

1595
01:26:53,320 --> 01:26:55,200
Speaker 1: out there today. You though you guys were you weren't

1596
01:26:55,240 --> 01:26:58,920
Speaker 1: going full speed? What's what's it like having Emmanuel Sanders

1597
01:26:58,920 --> 01:27:02,000
Speaker 1: on the other side there? Um, how familiar are you

1598
01:27:02,120 --> 01:27:04,000
Speaker 1: with him? And what do you think he could bring

1599
01:27:04,560 --> 01:27:06,000
Speaker 1: on the other side of the ball if you've ever

1600
01:27:06,040 --> 01:27:08,680
Speaker 1: gone up against him before. I mean, yeah, I mean

1601
01:27:08,760 --> 01:27:11,559
Speaker 1: just a new just a new weapon for Josh to have. Man.

1602
01:27:11,600 --> 01:27:13,000
Speaker 1: I mean, you see the guy with the ball in

1603
01:27:13,080 --> 01:27:15,599
Speaker 1: his hands. Um, you know, he's a he's a vet,

1604
01:27:15,880 --> 01:27:17,759
Speaker 1: you know, and he's only been here a couple of days.

1605
01:27:17,960 --> 01:27:20,479
Speaker 1: I think I played him maybe one time when I

1606
01:27:20,520 --> 01:27:23,720
Speaker 1: was in Cleveland younger, and I remember he freaking they

1607
01:27:23,760 --> 01:27:26,200
Speaker 1: had a bomb down the sideline, dude, and like you know,

1608
01:27:26,200 --> 01:27:28,639
Speaker 1: its officer the races. But you know, just another weab

1609
01:27:28,680 --> 01:27:30,800
Speaker 1: for Josh to have, man, another veteran in the in

1610
01:27:30,840 --> 01:27:33,120
Speaker 1: the room. Um, to continue to help help us my

1611
01:27:33,240 --> 01:27:37,280
Speaker 1: game man. And Um, I think it was Leslie said

1612
01:27:37,280 --> 01:27:41,240
Speaker 1: it earlier today, Dane Jackson. Um showed up this year

1613
01:27:41,360 --> 01:27:44,000
Speaker 1: with a with a little bit of a different, you know,

1614
01:27:44,120 --> 01:27:46,400
Speaker 1: confidence level. Obviously, you make plays in this league, you're

1615
01:27:46,400 --> 01:27:49,360
Speaker 1: gonna develop that. What have you noticed here early on

1616
01:27:49,439 --> 01:27:51,360
Speaker 1: here from him and him kind of you know, had

1617
01:27:51,360 --> 01:27:53,600
Speaker 1: another good day here today. I know it's only you know,

1618
01:27:53,640 --> 01:27:55,519
Speaker 1: the spring, but a guy that I think there's a

1619
01:27:55,520 --> 01:27:58,400
Speaker 1: lot of expectations within the fan base and probably within

1620
01:27:58,400 --> 01:28:00,680
Speaker 1: the team as well well. I mean, I know you

1621
01:28:00,720 --> 01:28:02,920
Speaker 1: guys saw him training this off season who he was

1622
01:28:02,960 --> 01:28:05,799
Speaker 1: training with, So I mean that dude. I mean, first

1623
01:28:05,800 --> 01:28:07,240
Speaker 1: of all, when I first met Dan and I knew

1624
01:28:07,240 --> 01:28:09,160
Speaker 1: he was a dog. Um. You know, the dude and

1625
01:28:09,320 --> 01:28:11,960
Speaker 1: play and he's only he's only gonna game his confidence

1626
01:28:12,120 --> 01:28:14,760
Speaker 1: more he plays. Um, And I mean, I think this guy,

1627
01:28:15,000 --> 01:28:18,360
Speaker 1: the skuy's the limit for that dude. Man. The first

1628
01:28:18,400 --> 01:28:20,000
Speaker 1: play out there today, I think he had a one

1629
01:28:20,040 --> 01:28:22,400
Speaker 1: on one Repper Bigs and and you know, broke up

1630
01:28:22,400 --> 01:28:24,760
Speaker 1: the pass. And some dude likes to compete and likes

1631
01:28:24,800 --> 01:28:26,360
Speaker 1: to play out there. The trainer with Aaron Donald, he

1632
01:28:26,439 --> 01:28:28,400
Speaker 1: motivated me this off season some of the training that

1633
01:28:28,439 --> 01:28:30,880
Speaker 1: he was doing, you know. So um, you know, his

1634
01:28:31,000 --> 01:28:32,920
Speaker 1: confidence is going to continue to grow as he as

1635
01:28:32,960 --> 01:28:36,719
Speaker 1: he continues to make plays. All Right. That's Jordan Poyer,

1636
01:28:37,200 --> 01:28:39,960
Speaker 1: uh getting the Q and A from the media there.

1637
01:28:40,479 --> 01:28:46,880
Speaker 1: Chris Brownie was question man Dane jack that's Brownie's UH player,

1638
01:28:47,560 --> 01:28:50,960
Speaker 1: player of the off season. That's my I'm his sponsor,

1639
01:28:51,400 --> 01:28:54,280
Speaker 1: I am his I am his sponsor. You are his name,

1640
01:28:54,360 --> 01:28:58,840
Speaker 1: Dan Jackson's sponsor, supporter. Um, Yeah, he was He's right.

1641
01:28:59,040 --> 01:29:01,280
Speaker 1: Jordan Porter is right. He was training with Aaron Donald.

1642
01:29:01,320 --> 01:29:05,120
Speaker 1: The pit Gang was trading training in the offseason down

1643
01:29:05,160 --> 01:29:09,240
Speaker 1: in Pittsburgh, and yeah, Dane was training with Aaron Donald,

1644
01:29:09,280 --> 01:29:11,880
Speaker 1: who was kind of the pied piper down there among

1645
01:29:12,000 --> 01:29:14,639
Speaker 1: pitt alums in the league who try to get ready

1646
01:29:14,680 --> 01:29:16,920
Speaker 1: for the next season. And you can keep up with

1647
01:29:16,960 --> 01:29:20,000
Speaker 1: Aaron Donald, You're probably gonna be on a roster someone

1648
01:29:20,360 --> 01:29:22,479
Speaker 1: we're in the league and you the reason we bring

1649
01:29:22,560 --> 01:29:27,759
Speaker 1: it up. When Dane Jackson played last year, he flashed

1650
01:29:28,439 --> 01:29:32,200
Speaker 1: for was an undrafted rookie for Ages seventh, seventh round rookie.

1651
01:29:33,240 --> 01:29:38,080
Speaker 1: Dan Jackson showed more than what you would expect out

1652
01:29:38,120 --> 01:29:39,640
Speaker 1: of him when he got his opportunity was in the

1653
01:29:39,680 --> 01:29:42,200
Speaker 1: Arizona game. I believe he got he got. They did

1654
01:29:42,280 --> 01:29:45,760
Speaker 1: a nice job Arizona did getting targeted the rookie when

1655
01:29:45,760 --> 01:29:47,560
Speaker 1: he came on the field, getting him matched up with

1656
01:29:48,080 --> 01:29:50,800
Speaker 1: DeAndre Hopkins. Dan Jackson knocked it away like it was

1657
01:29:50,960 --> 01:29:52,599
Speaker 1: you know, it was like a seven on seven period

1658
01:29:52,600 --> 01:29:55,920
Speaker 1: against the freshman team. And you know he had the

1659
01:29:55,960 --> 01:29:57,960
Speaker 1: fumble recovery as well that you know, it's kind of

1660
01:29:58,040 --> 01:30:02,679
Speaker 1: Johnny on the spot, but he just he plays with grit.

1661
01:30:02,880 --> 01:30:05,519
Speaker 1: And you've said it before, and Aaron Donald maybe is

1662
01:30:05,560 --> 01:30:07,599
Speaker 1: the pied piper of it. But guys who come out

1663
01:30:07,600 --> 01:30:08,720
Speaker 1: of pit and I don't know who. I don't even

1664
01:30:08,760 --> 01:30:10,720
Speaker 1: know who their defensive coordinator is down there or what

1665
01:30:10,760 --> 01:30:12,960
Speaker 1: their culture ard do is. He's the head coach, I believe,

1666
01:30:13,120 --> 01:30:18,639
Speaker 1: But pitt defenders play with an attitude at an edge.

1667
01:30:18,760 --> 01:30:20,800
Speaker 1: They got a little they've got some grit. You know,

1668
01:30:20,960 --> 01:30:23,280
Speaker 1: they're fourth liners in the NHL. You know, they got

1669
01:30:23,360 --> 01:30:25,400
Speaker 1: a little they got a little sand with him. And

1670
01:30:27,439 --> 01:30:29,920
Speaker 1: Dane Jackson is that. And he's undersized and that's why

1671
01:30:29,960 --> 01:30:32,200
Speaker 1: he's a seventh round draft pick. Physically, he doesn't tick

1672
01:30:32,280 --> 01:30:34,680
Speaker 1: off the box. When you look at him, he's he's

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01:30:34,680 --> 01:30:36,600
Speaker 1: a little short and a little frail looking, you know,

1674
01:30:37,160 --> 01:30:41,200
Speaker 1: but he's six foot right. Yeah, but he looks lean.

1675
01:30:41,880 --> 01:30:43,360
Speaker 1: But that's it. I mean, he's the guy can play.

1676
01:30:43,360 --> 01:30:45,960
Speaker 1: He's got letticism, he's fast enough, he jumps high enough

1677
01:30:46,000 --> 01:30:47,840
Speaker 1: and all that, but he's a little light. Interesting to

1678
01:30:47,880 --> 01:30:51,400
Speaker 1: see if his body composition has changed. Yeah, Well, I

1679
01:30:51,479 --> 01:30:53,240
Speaker 1: think a little bit of that has to do with

1680
01:30:53,840 --> 01:30:56,320
Speaker 1: do the bills. Do the bills ask him to change it?

1681
01:30:56,520 --> 01:30:57,920
Speaker 1: Do they want do they say listen, we need you

1682
01:30:57,960 --> 01:30:59,200
Speaker 1: to get a little heavier and need to get a

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01:30:59,200 --> 01:31:03,479
Speaker 1: little thicker. Just stronger, Yeah, stronger, and you know if

1684
01:31:03,560 --> 01:31:05,479
Speaker 1: he can. But the question is you know you can

1685
01:31:05,560 --> 01:31:08,360
Speaker 1: do that, no question. But can you stay fast? Yeah?

1686
01:31:08,720 --> 01:31:10,680
Speaker 1: While you're doing it? Can you stay nimble? And you

1687
01:31:10,800 --> 01:31:14,400
Speaker 1: know all that's all that's on the table and the

1688
01:31:14,560 --> 01:31:16,559
Speaker 1: Bill day Jackson is a guy that you know, even

1689
01:31:16,640 --> 01:31:19,960
Speaker 1: Jordan Poyer said. And the Bills have another late round

1690
01:31:20,000 --> 01:31:23,120
Speaker 1: pick from Pitt this year, Intomar Hamlin, who Leslie Frasier

1691
01:31:23,240 --> 01:31:26,479
Speaker 1: was talking about today. He likes him too, Who's going

1692
01:31:26,560 --> 01:31:28,599
Speaker 1: to have probably a real good look at the fourth

1693
01:31:28,640 --> 01:31:32,040
Speaker 1: safety spot, I think more so than anything. Not like

1694
01:31:32,200 --> 01:31:33,920
Speaker 1: on the offensive side of the ball, they like it,

1695
01:31:34,040 --> 01:31:36,760
Speaker 1: but not to the same extent defender defensive coordinators do.

1696
01:31:36,920 --> 01:31:39,000
Speaker 1: They like players who play with a little bit of

1697
01:31:39,080 --> 01:31:42,000
Speaker 1: anger in them and you know, play with that aggressive

1698
01:31:42,120 --> 01:31:44,680
Speaker 1: Coach McDermott hasn't set the coach McDermot hasn't said it

1699
01:31:44,680 --> 01:31:46,639
Speaker 1: in a couple of years, but I remember him saying

1700
01:31:46,640 --> 01:31:48,400
Speaker 1: two years ago, we want our defense to have some

1701
01:31:48,560 --> 01:31:52,240
Speaker 1: nasty to him. Yeah, and they do. They go back

1702
01:31:52,240 --> 01:31:55,000
Speaker 1: to that. Well at Pitt more time. We have to

1703
01:31:55,080 --> 01:31:57,000
Speaker 1: take a break here. When we come back, we will

1704
01:31:57,040 --> 01:31:58,880
Speaker 1: get some of your comments on the tweet sheet. We've

1705
01:31:58,960 --> 01:32:00,800
Speaker 1: yet to hit that. We will get to that next

1706
01:32:00,880 --> 01:32:03,519
Speaker 1: on who you think your Bills Defensive Player of the

1707
01:32:03,600 --> 01:32:09,200
Speaker 1: Year will be for twenty one pool of candidates, not

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01:32:09,400 --> 01:32:11,479
Speaker 1: just one or two pool of candidates. We want to

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01:32:11,520 --> 01:32:13,559
Speaker 1: know who yours is when we return here on One

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Speaker 1: Bills Live, presented by Kalota Health, it's Buffalo Bills Radio.

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01:32:27,960 --> 01:32:30,599
Speaker 1: Welcome back to One Bills Live. Chris Brown, Steve Tasker

1712
01:32:30,800 --> 01:32:34,120
Speaker 1: with you, and it is time to get to the

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01:32:34,200 --> 01:32:37,000
Speaker 1: tweet sheet brought to you by Corrigan Moving Systems, the

1714
01:32:37,080 --> 01:32:41,560
Speaker 1: official equipment moving company of the Buffalo Bills. As we

1715
01:32:41,680 --> 01:32:44,160
Speaker 1: are asking you, who is your pick for the Bills

1716
01:32:44,240 --> 01:32:48,519
Speaker 1: twenty twenty one Defensive Player of the Year. Dinah says,

1717
01:32:49,120 --> 01:32:51,800
Speaker 1: I'm hoping it's a hotly contested race, but I think

1718
01:32:51,880 --> 01:32:55,479
Speaker 1: Trey White will come out on top. And you know

1719
01:32:55,600 --> 01:32:57,760
Speaker 1: we already touched on Trey and how he's probably gonna

1720
01:32:57,760 --> 01:32:59,879
Speaker 1: have to rack up some interceptions to be in contention

1721
01:33:00,120 --> 01:33:03,240
Speaker 1: for something like that, but I wouldn't put it past him,

1722
01:33:03,360 --> 01:33:07,920
Speaker 1: not for a second. Eli says, Well, if everybody shows

1723
01:33:08,000 --> 01:33:10,400
Speaker 1: up this season, and if everybody stays healthy, I'm picking

1724
01:33:10,439 --> 01:33:13,880
Speaker 1: at Oliver, this will be a really important season for him.

1725
01:33:14,280 --> 01:33:16,400
Speaker 1: And if he gets the quarterback as we would love

1726
01:33:16,479 --> 01:33:19,479
Speaker 1: to see, I think we will be in good hands

1727
01:33:20,120 --> 01:33:23,639
Speaker 1: for the future. Telling you, man, those third year guys,

1728
01:33:24,680 --> 01:33:30,679
Speaker 1: if they all come through with strong seasons, look out. Yeah. Yeah,

1729
01:33:30,760 --> 01:33:34,840
Speaker 1: And it's that's what they're supposed to do. I mean,

1730
01:33:35,080 --> 01:33:37,640
Speaker 1: and it's not like these guys were drafted and then

1731
01:33:38,200 --> 01:33:41,640
Speaker 1: they've been off the radar, like you know, none of

1732
01:33:41,720 --> 01:33:46,000
Speaker 1: them have been a complete bust. I mean like throwaway, like,

1733
01:33:46,040 --> 01:33:48,479
Speaker 1: oh what are we doing? Like they you could argue

1734
01:33:48,560 --> 01:33:53,439
Speaker 1: that they're all tops, They're all starters at they're respective positions, Singletary, Oliver,

1735
01:33:54,040 --> 01:34:01,960
Speaker 1: knocks Ford. Yeah, yeah, you're right. Just seize the opportunity now,

1736
01:34:02,120 --> 01:34:05,000
Speaker 1: right right, And I think they've you know, with Knox

1737
01:34:05,160 --> 01:34:08,760
Speaker 1: last year injuries in COVID with Ed Oliver, it was

1738
01:34:09,360 --> 01:34:10,840
Speaker 1: he was asked to do a lot of different things

1739
01:34:10,880 --> 01:34:12,880
Speaker 1: than he was. He's a three technique, which means he's

1740
01:34:12,880 --> 01:34:15,799
Speaker 1: on the outside shade of the guard when he rushes

1741
01:34:15,840 --> 01:34:18,679
Speaker 1: the passers, right inside the tackle, right outside the guard.

1742
01:34:19,439 --> 01:34:21,840
Speaker 1: Last year he was forced because of the absence of

1743
01:34:22,360 --> 01:34:25,920
Speaker 1: Star to do some different things. They asked him to

1744
01:34:25,960 --> 01:34:28,000
Speaker 1: move around a little bit, and you know, and I

1745
01:34:28,000 --> 01:34:30,599
Speaker 1: don't think it was conducive to him developing that fast.

1746
01:34:32,840 --> 01:34:34,680
Speaker 1: If that changes and they let him do what he

1747
01:34:34,800 --> 01:34:39,200
Speaker 1: does best and he and his envelope enlarges, you know, Yeah,

1748
01:34:39,280 --> 01:34:40,880
Speaker 1: he could be that guy. And I think he's gonna

1749
01:34:40,880 --> 01:34:43,080
Speaker 1: feel and I think there's no question in your third year,

1750
01:34:43,120 --> 01:34:46,360
Speaker 1: gonna feel a ton more comfortable, a ton more comfortable.

1751
01:34:46,560 --> 01:34:50,599
Speaker 1: Billy says, I think Milano finally gets full recognition after

1752
01:34:50,760 --> 01:34:54,680
Speaker 1: his first fully healthy season. I like that prediction. I'll

1753
01:34:54,720 --> 01:34:59,760
Speaker 1: take a fully healthy season for Milano. That'd be something. Yeah,

1754
01:35:01,120 --> 01:35:03,280
Speaker 1: people know who he is around the league. I mean

1755
01:35:03,360 --> 01:35:05,560
Speaker 1: he's not a guy that's just a throw in. That

1756
01:35:05,720 --> 01:35:07,919
Speaker 1: guy makes plays. He's got a nose for the football.

1757
01:35:08,280 --> 01:35:11,920
Speaker 1: And the thing I like about Milano and I saw

1758
01:35:11,960 --> 01:35:13,960
Speaker 1: it in a couple of instances last year and crucial

1759
01:35:14,040 --> 01:35:16,519
Speaker 1: downs that turned into yeah, of course downs. You know

1760
01:35:16,560 --> 01:35:18,800
Speaker 1: what I mean, he's the third down stop guy. Yes,

1761
01:35:18,960 --> 01:35:21,320
Speaker 1: that gets lost in translation. It's a stat that is

1762
01:35:21,400 --> 01:35:24,360
Speaker 1: not kept in the books, third down stops. That should

1763
01:35:24,360 --> 01:35:28,200
Speaker 1: be a stat for that guy is as good open

1764
01:35:28,240 --> 01:35:32,120
Speaker 1: field tackler as you'll find. I remember he made a

1765
01:35:32,200 --> 01:35:36,080
Speaker 1: couple of tackles last year where if he doesn't make

1766
01:35:36,120 --> 01:35:38,080
Speaker 1: the tackle, the drives on and you know, game's in

1767
01:35:38,200 --> 01:35:41,240
Speaker 1: doubt and he makes a tackle, boom done. Fourth it's

1768
01:35:41,280 --> 01:35:44,080
Speaker 1: fourth down, punted away. You know. His Week sixteen game

1769
01:35:44,160 --> 01:35:49,320
Speaker 1: against the Patriots was that's right, that's kind when that

1770
01:35:49,400 --> 01:35:52,200
Speaker 1: game it was late, but even you know, so they

1771
01:35:52,280 --> 01:35:54,800
Speaker 1: come in he's you're showing here a sack on Jared

1772
01:35:54,880 --> 01:35:57,960
Speaker 1: Goff in the Rams game and that late game late

1773
01:35:58,080 --> 01:36:01,120
Speaker 1: against the Patriots when they've got Jared Stidham in there.

1774
01:36:01,160 --> 01:36:04,720
Speaker 1: Stidham's gonna run for the first down, all kinds of

1775
01:36:04,840 --> 01:36:07,679
Speaker 1: space to the sideline. Milano was chasing him, and no dice.

1776
01:36:07,880 --> 01:36:12,600
Speaker 1: Milana just nonchalantly tackles him. Bam down right there, no

1777
01:36:12,800 --> 01:36:15,759
Speaker 1: gain or one yard loss, and it's fourth down punted

1778
01:36:15,800 --> 01:36:17,760
Speaker 1: away late in the game. Was put it away. This

1779
01:36:17,880 --> 01:36:19,760
Speaker 1: is the play right here that MSG people are watching

1780
01:36:19,800 --> 01:36:21,759
Speaker 1: it just it tackles him for a two yard loss.

1781
01:36:22,960 --> 01:36:27,000
Speaker 1: It's just that kind of sure tackling. You know. I'll

1782
01:36:27,040 --> 01:36:30,320
Speaker 1: say it again, the best defenses in the NFL are

1783
01:36:30,360 --> 01:36:32,360
Speaker 1: the ones where the first guy that gets to the

1784
01:36:32,400 --> 01:36:35,320
Speaker 1: football makes the tackle. That's the best defense in the league.

1785
01:36:35,640 --> 01:36:38,200
Speaker 1: You don't have to You don't have to sugarcoat it

1786
01:36:38,400 --> 01:36:40,920
Speaker 1: or say would scheme or this, or pass rushing in.

1787
01:36:40,960 --> 01:36:43,439
Speaker 1: The first guy to the ball makes the tackle, there's

1788
01:36:43,479 --> 01:36:47,280
Speaker 1: your number one defense. Never a broken tackle, Always a

1789
01:36:47,360 --> 01:36:51,080
Speaker 1: defender there and they and the guy's down, and people

1790
01:36:51,160 --> 01:36:54,000
Speaker 1: forget In that Baltimore playoff game, people are watching some

1791
01:36:54,120 --> 01:36:56,880
Speaker 1: of it right now, there was like three plays for

1792
01:36:56,960 --> 01:36:59,639
Speaker 1: the Ravens at the goal line. Everybody remembers the Terren

1793
01:36:59,720 --> 01:37:02,360
Speaker 1: John's an interception return for a touchdown. People don't remember

1794
01:37:02,439 --> 01:37:04,759
Speaker 1: his pass break up and by the front left pylon

1795
01:37:05,080 --> 01:37:07,040
Speaker 1: on a throw to Andrews the tight end that he

1796
01:37:07,080 --> 01:37:10,679
Speaker 1: had in coverage. Um, I mean, you'll live another down

1797
01:37:11,640 --> 01:37:14,320
Speaker 1: that way. And those are the kinds of plays he makes.

1798
01:37:14,360 --> 01:37:16,160
Speaker 1: So yeah, I like to. They just run out of

1799
01:37:16,160 --> 01:37:18,560
Speaker 1: opportunities if you when you keep stopping them getting a

1800
01:37:18,600 --> 01:37:20,479
Speaker 1: knocked or a tip pass or a knockdown or a

1801
01:37:20,640 --> 01:37:23,880
Speaker 1: good tackle, they just run out of plays. And even

1802
01:37:23,920 --> 01:37:27,120
Speaker 1: when they there was a time when, um, even when

1803
01:37:27,160 --> 01:37:29,519
Speaker 1: the Bills, I think that was a Pittsburgh game where

1804
01:37:29,520 --> 01:37:31,880
Speaker 1: they had like eight plays inside the one or two

1805
01:37:32,000 --> 01:37:34,960
Speaker 1: yard line that and they took a couple of deliberate

1806
01:37:35,040 --> 01:37:39,160
Speaker 1: pass interference, defensive pass interferences, and he still got him

1807
01:37:39,160 --> 01:37:41,280
Speaker 1: off the field. I mean, you just give yourself a

1808
01:37:41,400 --> 01:37:45,200
Speaker 1: chance and it's just smart play. But it's it comes

1809
01:37:45,280 --> 01:37:49,639
Speaker 1: down to the basics. The first defender of the ball

1810
01:37:49,720 --> 01:37:53,519
Speaker 1: always makes the tackle. Break time for us here. When

1811
01:37:53,600 --> 01:37:57,200
Speaker 1: we come back, we'll hear from defensive coordinator Leslie Frasier.

1812
01:37:57,560 --> 01:38:01,160
Speaker 1: Hopefully we'll hear from Dion Dawkins as well. Addressing the

1813
01:38:01,320 --> 01:38:05,000
Speaker 1: media and more of your comments on the tweet sheet.

1814
01:38:05,160 --> 01:38:06,840
Speaker 1: It's all coming up in the third hour of the show.

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01:38:06,880 --> 01:38:08,760
Speaker 1: Here on One Bill's Line, presented by Collid of Health,

1816
01:38:08,760 --> 01:38:29,760
Speaker 1: It's Buffalo Bill's Radio at a Steve Tasker who has

1817
01:38:29,840 --> 01:38:32,160
Speaker 1: been all over the fields. Kind of unique. He was

1818
01:38:32,200 --> 01:38:35,920
Speaker 1: kind of a dual role player for you, Steve, Steve

1819
01:38:37,360 --> 01:38:45,080
Speaker 1: a blimp. We're not even in the strategy here of normalcy. Ah,

1820
01:38:45,360 --> 01:38:49,840
Speaker 1: we're number three here on one Bills Live on a Wednesday,

1821
01:38:50,040 --> 01:38:53,960
Speaker 1: Ota week number two. Players off the field now after

1822
01:38:54,200 --> 01:38:57,040
Speaker 1: getting to work in, getting some work in earlier today

1823
01:38:57,680 --> 01:39:02,880
Speaker 1: right around noon to one issue hish and Uh. They'll

1824
01:39:02,920 --> 01:39:07,479
Speaker 1: do the same tomorrow as they get week two going.

1825
01:39:08,080 --> 01:39:11,120
Speaker 1: And we're gonna be bringing some comments to you from

1826
01:39:11,200 --> 01:39:14,760
Speaker 1: Leslie Fraser here shortly, but just really quick. We wanted

1827
01:39:14,800 --> 01:39:16,840
Speaker 1: to wrap up some of the comments on a tweet

1828
01:39:16,880 --> 01:39:19,599
Speaker 1: sheet from Jack where we're asking you who's your pick

1829
01:39:19,680 --> 01:39:22,120
Speaker 1: for Bill's twenty twenty one Defensive Player of the Year,

1830
01:39:22,240 --> 01:39:27,200
Speaker 1: Billy or sorry, Jack says big Ed Oliver. I think

1831
01:39:27,240 --> 01:39:29,680
Speaker 1: he takes a big leap in twenty twenty one. With

1832
01:39:30,080 --> 01:39:33,360
Speaker 1: Star hopefully returning two new rookie defensive ends and Aja

1833
01:39:33,439 --> 01:39:35,760
Speaker 1: a year older, all setting the line, it should help

1834
01:39:36,040 --> 01:39:39,120
Speaker 1: Ed play more of a slashing, penetrating three tech and

1835
01:39:39,200 --> 01:39:42,640
Speaker 1: Reek having an opposing backfields. Maybe it's wishful thinking, but

1836
01:39:42,800 --> 01:39:46,880
Speaker 1: I'm here for it. Yeah, Like I like explosive. Ed's

1837
01:39:46,960 --> 01:39:51,160
Speaker 1: whole game is explosiveness and quickness, and he's he's you

1838
01:39:51,200 --> 01:39:54,639
Speaker 1: would hope in his best days, he's like an an

1839
01:39:54,680 --> 01:39:58,599
Speaker 1: Aaron Donald. Aaron Donald is not a massive, physically imposing guy.

1840
01:39:58,840 --> 01:40:02,519
Speaker 1: He's a strong, explosive guy that's hard to contain with

1841
01:40:02,640 --> 01:40:06,240
Speaker 1: great hand use, great lateral movement, great explosion. That's what

1842
01:40:06,439 --> 01:40:10,439
Speaker 1: Ed Oliver is. That's the strength of his game. That's

1843
01:40:10,680 --> 01:40:14,479
Speaker 1: what you've got to ask Ed Oliver to be. I mean,

1844
01:40:14,520 --> 01:40:17,120
Speaker 1: you know, set the bar low because Aaron Donald is

1845
01:40:17,120 --> 01:40:19,720
Speaker 1: a freakish guy. You ask your guy to play like that,

1846
01:40:20,120 --> 01:40:23,960
Speaker 1: and Ed does it at times. But I don't think

1847
01:40:24,000 --> 01:40:27,040
Speaker 1: he gets as many snaps as Aaron Donald because of

1848
01:40:27,080 --> 01:40:30,800
Speaker 1: the rotational nature of the Bill's front. But I've got

1849
01:40:30,920 --> 01:40:32,800
Speaker 1: high hopes for him as well, and I think I

1850
01:40:32,920 --> 01:40:35,519
Speaker 1: think I don't. I'm not afraid to set the bar

1851
01:40:35,720 --> 01:40:38,640
Speaker 1: very high. If a double digit sack here from him,

1852
01:40:39,439 --> 01:40:42,360
Speaker 1: it'll be interesting to see if it can happen. Tiffany says,

1853
01:40:42,400 --> 01:40:44,599
Speaker 1: in my opinion, Tremaine Edmonds is heading into the prime

1854
01:40:44,680 --> 01:40:46,360
Speaker 1: years of his career. He played last year on a

1855
01:40:46,400 --> 01:40:49,160
Speaker 1: bum shoulder and earned another Pro Bowl honor. Strikes me

1856
01:40:49,280 --> 01:40:51,200
Speaker 1: as odd that he doesn't get more respect thirty one

1857
01:40:51,240 --> 01:40:54,719
Speaker 1: other teams to be lining up to sign him. There's

1858
01:40:54,760 --> 01:40:58,360
Speaker 1: some support for Tremaine Edmonds usually here from the naysayers. Yeah,

1859
01:40:58,479 --> 01:41:02,680
Speaker 1: we do, and I you know at it, But she's right.

1860
01:41:04,400 --> 01:41:07,840
Speaker 1: Fifteen other AFC teams voted him to as the starter

1861
01:41:08,520 --> 01:41:11,559
Speaker 1: at his position, and that says something that says something

1862
01:41:11,600 --> 01:41:14,200
Speaker 1: I don't know, and particularly you know, coming from Buffalo,

1863
01:41:14,200 --> 01:41:16,000
Speaker 1: you always think about New York guys get a lot

1864
01:41:16,040 --> 01:41:18,360
Speaker 1: of votes. LA guys get a lot of votes. Houston

1865
01:41:18,439 --> 01:41:20,439
Speaker 1: guys get a lot of votes. Chicago guys get a

1866
01:41:20,439 --> 01:41:23,040
Speaker 1: lot of it. Chicago is a different conference, but you know,

1867
01:41:23,360 --> 01:41:27,840
Speaker 1: the large market teams. You know, Buffalo guys earned it

1868
01:41:27,960 --> 01:41:30,280
Speaker 1: by the way they played and where they played last

1869
01:41:30,320 --> 01:41:33,479
Speaker 1: year in Tremaine is a that guy. I'm telling you

1870
01:41:33,720 --> 01:41:37,120
Speaker 1: right now, when Tua, when Tom Brady, when these other

1871
01:41:37,240 --> 01:41:40,280
Speaker 1: quarterbacks get under center or even in shotgun and they

1872
01:41:40,320 --> 01:41:42,200
Speaker 1: look across the line and the guy is a foot

1873
01:41:42,240 --> 01:41:46,160
Speaker 1: taller than they are. I mean, he's just and he's

1874
01:41:46,160 --> 01:41:48,879
Speaker 1: got his hand he gets down that's alarms like a condor.

1875
01:41:49,200 --> 01:41:52,280
Speaker 1: It looks like a like a sugarcane spider out there, right,

1876
01:41:52,360 --> 01:41:54,360
Speaker 1: I'm like one of those like ten inch spiders that

1877
01:41:54,479 --> 01:41:59,080
Speaker 1: they're like, ah, you know, he's like a cane spider.

1878
01:41:59,400 --> 01:42:05,479
Speaker 1: And I've never seen one of those, but that you know,

1879
01:42:05,640 --> 01:42:07,800
Speaker 1: he's just a different guy. And so to have him

1880
01:42:07,840 --> 01:42:10,200
Speaker 1: playing there, and then you know, watch him play on film,

1881
01:42:10,240 --> 01:42:12,719
Speaker 1: he's always he's he's you know, having to throw around

1882
01:42:12,840 --> 01:42:16,040
Speaker 1: him and over him, you know. So I um, I

1883
01:42:16,160 --> 01:42:18,200
Speaker 1: think a lot of teams is like, man, that guy.

1884
01:42:18,760 --> 01:42:21,680
Speaker 1: I think they really he really catches their attention for

1885
01:42:21,800 --> 01:42:24,839
Speaker 1: some reason. Bills fans and he catches their attention. Sometimes

1886
01:42:24,960 --> 01:42:27,200
Speaker 1: they don't give him any of that. They've been asking

1887
01:42:27,280 --> 01:42:28,600
Speaker 1: him to change, but they think he should be on

1888
01:42:28,640 --> 01:42:30,519
Speaker 1: the edge, should have his hand on the dirt, all

1889
01:42:30,640 --> 01:42:35,240
Speaker 1: that stuff. And I'll tell you what AFC teams kind

1890
01:42:35,240 --> 01:42:37,320
Speaker 1: of wish the Bills would change his position because man,

1891
01:42:37,360 --> 01:42:40,519
Speaker 1: oh man, I think he's he He really causes problems

1892
01:42:40,560 --> 01:42:43,600
Speaker 1: down inside and down the field too. I mean, I

1893
01:42:43,680 --> 01:42:45,800
Speaker 1: still remember the first training camp. He's out there on

1894
01:42:45,840 --> 01:42:49,960
Speaker 1: the field and A. J. Mccaron was still here, and

1895
01:42:50,240 --> 01:42:53,519
Speaker 1: he drops back to pass and he's trying to throw

1896
01:42:53,600 --> 01:42:58,960
Speaker 1: a deep over route and he didn't put enough air

1897
01:42:59,160 --> 01:43:02,600
Speaker 1: under it, and Tremaine Edmonds almost had a pick. It

1898
01:43:02,680 --> 01:43:05,040
Speaker 1: went for an incompletion, but he almost picked the ball off,

1899
01:43:05,520 --> 01:43:08,640
Speaker 1: and we're talking twenty yards downfield because you got to

1900
01:43:08,720 --> 01:43:12,000
Speaker 1: drop it over Tremaine and underneath the safety there, and

1901
01:43:12,160 --> 01:43:14,880
Speaker 1: you've got to overcompensate for Edmond's length. So now you're

1902
01:43:14,920 --> 01:43:16,960
Speaker 1: throwing it higher. Now you're a little hesitant because you're

1903
01:43:16,960 --> 01:43:19,719
Speaker 1: worried if it sails just a little bit, the safety's

1904
01:43:19,760 --> 01:43:22,559
Speaker 1: picking it off. And I watched him after he threw

1905
01:43:22,640 --> 01:43:25,120
Speaker 1: that ball because he was shaking his head and he

1906
01:43:25,240 --> 01:43:28,800
Speaker 1: came to the sidelines and I was within earshot and

1907
01:43:28,880 --> 01:43:31,240
Speaker 1: he's talking to the other quarterbacks, going, I don't know

1908
01:43:31,240 --> 01:43:33,080
Speaker 1: if I can throw that thing with Tremaine out there,

1909
01:43:33,160 --> 01:43:35,680
Speaker 1: he's too long. Yeah, it's like trying to It's like

1910
01:43:35,800 --> 01:43:37,519
Speaker 1: trying to throw the ball into the top of a

1911
01:43:38,439 --> 01:43:40,360
Speaker 1: most people don't even know what this is, but start

1912
01:43:40,479 --> 01:43:42,880
Speaker 1: trying to throw it into a top of a phone booth. Yeah,

1913
01:43:43,040 --> 01:43:45,160
Speaker 1: from twenty five yards away. I mean, you gotta like

1914
01:43:46,080 --> 01:43:49,400
Speaker 1: and do it with some velocity and some art, and

1915
01:43:49,400 --> 01:43:52,080
Speaker 1: it's you know, it's wrong. You can't do it. You

1916
01:43:52,200 --> 01:43:54,200
Speaker 1: can't do it. You gotta start trying. You gotta start

1917
01:43:54,240 --> 01:43:57,400
Speaker 1: pulling out calculus. Well, yeah, because area under the curve

1918
01:43:57,760 --> 01:44:00,439
Speaker 1: is there's a thing. You can do it when you're

1919
01:44:00,479 --> 01:44:02,120
Speaker 1: standing like six feet from because you put a little

1920
01:44:02,160 --> 01:44:04,400
Speaker 1: arc on it. And when you get out fifteen yards

1921
01:44:04,439 --> 01:44:07,120
Speaker 1: you've got to throw it hard enough to get it

1922
01:44:07,240 --> 01:44:10,920
Speaker 1: there with enough arc on it. He can't get his

1923
01:44:11,040 --> 01:44:13,920
Speaker 1: hand on it. Higher degree of difficulty while the guy

1924
01:44:14,000 --> 01:44:16,080
Speaker 1: while they're running it flat out away from you. It's

1925
01:44:16,880 --> 01:44:21,200
Speaker 1: it's a rough throw. Yeah. Let's get to some comments

1926
01:44:21,520 --> 01:44:26,479
Speaker 1: from one Leslie Frasier, who was interviewed by the media

1927
01:44:26,600 --> 01:44:32,040
Speaker 1: today And I actually asked Coach Frasier this question about

1928
01:44:32,479 --> 01:44:34,439
Speaker 1: Levi Wallace because we've talked about it here on the

1929
01:44:34,479 --> 01:44:37,240
Speaker 1: show several times. But I think what's interesting here because

1930
01:44:37,479 --> 01:44:40,559
Speaker 1: he's been able to fight off a veteran and win

1931
01:44:40,640 --> 01:44:43,840
Speaker 1: the starting job each of the last three years, and

1932
01:44:44,040 --> 01:44:47,519
Speaker 1: now going into his fourth season, the competition is all

1933
01:44:47,720 --> 01:44:50,960
Speaker 1: younger than him. It's a completely different dynamic. So I

1934
01:44:51,120 --> 01:44:54,880
Speaker 1: asked Coach Frasier about that dynamic and Levi fending off

1935
01:44:55,280 --> 01:45:00,640
Speaker 1: younger players now seems like each year Levi once he

1936
01:45:00,800 --> 01:45:05,240
Speaker 1: became our starting corner as at to fend off different

1937
01:45:05,280 --> 01:45:08,640
Speaker 1: guys coming in and buying for the position, and he

1938
01:45:08,760 --> 01:45:12,160
Speaker 1: stood the test, you know, every single time. And I'm

1939
01:45:12,200 --> 01:45:15,960
Speaker 1: sure he's looking forward to training camp and he's working

1940
01:45:16,040 --> 01:45:18,200
Speaker 1: hard here in the OTAs and doing everything we asked

1941
01:45:18,280 --> 01:45:20,960
Speaker 1: him to do like he always does, and his attitude

1942
01:45:21,000 --> 01:45:23,320
Speaker 1: has been terrific. And I don't know if he really

1943
01:45:23,400 --> 01:45:27,360
Speaker 1: gets concerned, Chris about who we draft or who we signed.

1944
01:45:27,560 --> 01:45:29,479
Speaker 1: I don't think he gets concerned about all those things.

1945
01:45:29,520 --> 01:45:33,240
Speaker 1: He lines up and he just comes and competes, you know,

1946
01:45:33,360 --> 01:45:36,360
Speaker 1: every practice, every camp. I mean, that's just who le

1947
01:45:36,479 --> 01:45:40,120
Speaker 1: values when I talk to our players about competing, Chris

1948
01:45:40,320 --> 01:45:44,280
Speaker 1: always talked him about your greatest competition as yourself. I

1949
01:45:44,280 --> 01:45:47,240
Speaker 1: don't care who's in line with me. That doesn't I

1950
01:45:47,360 --> 01:45:50,840
Speaker 1: can't control with the general manager or the coaches do

1951
01:45:51,040 --> 01:45:54,000
Speaker 1: when it comes to signing players or not signing certain players.

1952
01:45:54,520 --> 01:45:57,720
Speaker 1: But I can't control my preparation and what I have

1953
01:45:57,840 --> 01:46:00,160
Speaker 1: to get done to go out and compete every single day.

1954
01:46:00,200 --> 01:46:02,759
Speaker 1: And that's how we're approaching in LEVI is no different.

1955
01:46:03,400 --> 01:46:07,320
Speaker 1: We don't look at a Dane Jackson or someone else

1956
01:46:07,479 --> 01:46:11,040
Speaker 1: is my competition. It's about me taking care of my responsibility.

1957
01:46:11,200 --> 01:46:13,880
Speaker 1: Whatever happens happens. You know, it's interesting what he says

1958
01:46:13,960 --> 01:46:17,680
Speaker 1: about how he and presumably the other members of the

1959
01:46:17,760 --> 01:46:25,920
Speaker 1: coaching staff describe competition in terms of how they present

1960
01:46:26,040 --> 01:46:28,559
Speaker 1: it to their players. It's not about you against that guy.

1961
01:46:29,760 --> 01:46:31,560
Speaker 1: It's about you doing the best that you can do

1962
01:46:31,680 --> 01:46:36,200
Speaker 1: on that play and on this series and with this assignment.

1963
01:46:36,840 --> 01:46:42,800
Speaker 1: And so what that does is it eliminates the opportunity

1964
01:46:43,160 --> 01:46:47,439
Speaker 1: for selfishness to creep in. Because if if you say

1965
01:46:47,640 --> 01:46:53,160
Speaker 1: you're competing against that guy, now you're interested in having

1966
01:46:53,320 --> 01:46:58,559
Speaker 1: that guy struggle and fail, right, Whereas if you present

1967
01:46:58,680 --> 01:47:02,519
Speaker 1: competition as you need to do your best on this

1968
01:47:02,760 --> 01:47:05,760
Speaker 1: play and on the same play tomorrow and the next

1969
01:47:05,840 --> 01:47:07,720
Speaker 1: day and the next day and the next day. And

1970
01:47:07,840 --> 01:47:10,479
Speaker 1: if you do that, you give yourself the best shot

1971
01:47:10,520 --> 01:47:15,080
Speaker 1: at success. That doesn't prohibit you, however, from hoping for

1972
01:47:15,160 --> 01:47:17,360
Speaker 1: the best for that guy as your team. That's exactly

1973
01:47:17,400 --> 01:47:19,160
Speaker 1: you know what I'm saying. Yeah, it opens your mind

1974
01:47:19,200 --> 01:47:21,040
Speaker 1: to the fact you can cheer for a guy who's

1975
01:47:21,080 --> 01:47:23,880
Speaker 1: in competition for a roster spot just like you are.

1976
01:47:23,920 --> 01:47:25,600
Speaker 1: There's nothing that says both of you can't make it,

1977
01:47:26,360 --> 01:47:29,479
Speaker 1: you know what I'm saying. So there's no reason. It

1978
01:47:30,160 --> 01:47:33,840
Speaker 1: generates the kind of production that the coaching staff is

1979
01:47:33,880 --> 01:47:36,320
Speaker 1: looking for and that you gotta gotta have to win

1980
01:47:36,479 --> 01:47:39,519
Speaker 1: games by having everybody pulling in the same direction and

1981
01:47:39,600 --> 01:47:42,240
Speaker 1: cheering for each other. And I think that's I remember

1982
01:47:42,320 --> 01:47:44,120
Speaker 1: that as a player as well. You really never you

1983
01:47:44,160 --> 01:47:46,200
Speaker 1: didn't want to measure yourself or you know, I think

1984
01:47:46,520 --> 01:47:47,960
Speaker 1: that guy. You know, you can say, hey they took

1985
01:47:48,000 --> 01:47:49,760
Speaker 1: a bad rep there, but hey that was a good rep.

1986
01:47:49,840 --> 01:47:51,439
Speaker 1: That kind of thing. You never have cheer against the

1987
01:47:51,479 --> 01:47:54,320
Speaker 1: guy because about you, Right, You've got to You've got

1988
01:47:54,400 --> 01:47:56,960
Speaker 1: to play your game on your rep because you're you

1989
01:47:57,040 --> 01:47:59,000
Speaker 1: may never run that exact play that that guy just

1990
01:47:59,160 --> 01:48:02,599
Speaker 1: ran and failed that and you'd be running you may

1991
01:48:02,680 --> 01:48:05,000
Speaker 1: run a more difficult player or have a different matchup.

1992
01:48:05,320 --> 01:48:12,280
Speaker 1: You know. It's it's it's crazy to sit there and

1993
01:48:12,360 --> 01:48:14,400
Speaker 1: cheer against the people that are around you when they're

1994
01:48:14,479 --> 01:48:19,000
Speaker 1: they're teammates. But that but that can happen absolutely if

1995
01:48:19,240 --> 01:48:22,120
Speaker 1: as a coaching staff you say, well, you want to

1996
01:48:22,160 --> 01:48:23,760
Speaker 1: make this team, you better do better than that guy.

1997
01:48:24,439 --> 01:48:27,519
Speaker 1: If that's the approach, what I think that lends to

1998
01:48:28,520 --> 01:48:30,599
Speaker 1: what that lens is, Yeah, you might get the most

1999
01:48:30,680 --> 01:48:32,479
Speaker 1: out of that guy who's working his tail off to

2000
01:48:32,560 --> 01:48:34,920
Speaker 1: outperform the other guy, But that guy is also rooting

2001
01:48:35,000 --> 01:48:37,880
Speaker 1: against a person who's supposed to be his teammate. Now

2002
01:48:37,960 --> 01:48:40,400
Speaker 1: you've compromised the camaraderie of your locker room. Or what

2003
01:48:40,439 --> 01:48:43,600
Speaker 1: happens when they both make it. Yeah, now you've compromised

2004
01:48:43,600 --> 01:48:45,320
Speaker 1: the camaraderie of your locker room. And I think this

2005
01:48:45,400 --> 01:48:48,479
Speaker 1: coaching staff, the way they present it, as coach Frasier

2006
01:48:48,560 --> 01:48:52,679
Speaker 1: just described, gets the best out of the players without

2007
01:48:52,800 --> 01:48:57,719
Speaker 1: compromising the team concept and the team mindsets and raising

2008
01:48:57,840 --> 01:49:00,320
Speaker 1: all boats at the same time. And it's playered player.

2009
01:49:00,360 --> 01:49:02,519
Speaker 1: Because here's the thing too, it's not just about those

2010
01:49:02,520 --> 01:49:04,920
Speaker 1: two guys in competitions about them, and it gets you

2011
01:49:04,960 --> 01:49:07,280
Speaker 1: in the habit of cheering fruit the guys you're not

2012
01:49:07,960 --> 01:49:11,040
Speaker 1: not in the same position group with. You get a chance,

2013
01:49:11,080 --> 01:49:14,360
Speaker 1: You get a cheer for everybody, and it creates a

2014
01:49:14,439 --> 01:49:17,920
Speaker 1: more positive atmosphere for everybody to elevate their game. And

2015
01:49:18,120 --> 01:49:20,519
Speaker 1: that's that's what it's all about. And the coaching staff

2016
01:49:20,640 --> 01:49:23,759
Speaker 1: does that for the big picture. They want the best

2017
01:49:24,120 --> 01:49:27,439
Speaker 1: productive environment they can have, and that does it because

2018
01:49:27,479 --> 01:49:32,280
Speaker 1: when you start, guys start isolating themselves by you know,

2019
01:49:32,400 --> 01:49:36,280
Speaker 1: by sabotaging other guys in their mind or you know whatever,

2020
01:49:37,600 --> 01:49:39,680
Speaker 1: I'm gonna make sure this guy doesn't get a red,

2021
01:49:39,760 --> 01:49:43,920
Speaker 1: you know what I mean. Whatever it is that that

2022
01:49:44,080 --> 01:49:46,760
Speaker 1: has a ripple effect of negativity around the locker room,

2023
01:49:46,760 --> 01:49:48,960
Speaker 1: and it's it's a little bit of a cancer selfish guys.

2024
01:49:49,880 --> 01:49:52,280
Speaker 1: And it sounds a little bit contradictory where you worry

2025
01:49:52,320 --> 01:49:55,760
Speaker 1: about your own game, but don't be selfish. But don't

2026
01:49:55,760 --> 01:49:59,360
Speaker 1: be selfish. Yeah, it's your game, not your game against

2027
01:49:59,400 --> 01:50:01,720
Speaker 1: their game. It's our game and me being a part

2028
01:50:01,760 --> 01:50:03,519
Speaker 1: of that, and how good can we be And can

2029
01:50:03,600 --> 01:50:06,240
Speaker 1: I be a part of this team that makes them

2030
01:50:06,320 --> 01:50:08,479
Speaker 1: the best and he can only do it by playing

2031
01:50:08,520 --> 01:50:11,879
Speaker 1: your best. I just thought it was an interesting dynamic

2032
01:50:11,960 --> 01:50:14,080
Speaker 1: that Coach Frasier kind of mentioned there, and it just

2033
01:50:14,479 --> 01:50:16,160
Speaker 1: makes your ears perk up when you hear it, like, oh,

2034
01:50:16,320 --> 01:50:20,600
Speaker 1: that is how they coach these guys. Tremaine Edmonds is

2035
01:50:20,640 --> 01:50:25,000
Speaker 1: a player that Leslie Frasier was asked about, and as

2036
01:50:25,040 --> 01:50:28,639
Speaker 1: Steve and I were mentioning earlier in the show, Tremaine's

2037
01:50:28,680 --> 01:50:31,320
Speaker 1: still younger than some guys in this year's draft class

2038
01:50:31,400 --> 01:50:33,680
Speaker 1: for the Bills, which is crazy to think about it,

2039
01:50:34,080 --> 01:50:37,680
Speaker 1: and coach Coach Frasier actually addressed that, along with the

2040
01:50:37,760 --> 01:50:40,720
Speaker 1: fact that he believes Tremaine's best football is still in

2041
01:50:40,760 --> 01:50:43,960
Speaker 1: front of him. That's exactly how we look at it

2042
01:50:44,040 --> 01:50:46,719
Speaker 1: when you realize that some of the guys we drafted

2043
01:50:47,360 --> 01:50:50,160
Speaker 1: older than Tremaine. I mean, he's been ready to go

2044
01:50:50,280 --> 01:50:52,280
Speaker 1: into this, but what's it a year in the league,

2045
01:50:52,320 --> 01:50:55,519
Speaker 1: and so he's still pup in so many ways and

2046
01:50:55,760 --> 01:50:59,920
Speaker 1: still growing and still learning, and so his best football

2047
01:51:00,080 --> 01:51:02,360
Speaker 1: for sure as ahead of him. He just needs to

2048
01:51:02,400 --> 01:51:06,479
Speaker 1: stay healthy and that is the key for any football player.

2049
01:51:06,600 --> 01:51:10,000
Speaker 1: But as he stays healthy and continues to grow and develop.

2050
01:51:10,800 --> 01:51:12,720
Speaker 1: His best football's ahead of him. He's going to grow

2051
01:51:13,560 --> 01:51:16,160
Speaker 1: as a leader, He's going to grow and some of

2052
01:51:16,200 --> 01:51:17,879
Speaker 1: the things we asked him to do on the football

2053
01:51:17,960 --> 01:51:22,080
Speaker 1: field just being in those situations, just being exposed to

2054
01:51:22,280 --> 01:51:27,479
Speaker 1: more situations. So yeah, the store has definitely not written

2055
01:51:27,520 --> 01:51:29,920
Speaker 1: on his career yet. There there's a lot more good

2056
01:51:30,000 --> 01:51:33,240
Speaker 1: to come as he continues to develop. And you know,

2057
01:51:33,360 --> 01:51:36,240
Speaker 1: nothing there is surprising. I mean, I think a lot

2058
01:51:36,280 --> 01:51:40,360
Speaker 1: of people see Edmonds on the ascent in terms of

2059
01:51:40,880 --> 01:51:44,360
Speaker 1: his career trajectory, which is saying something. Know when he

2060
01:51:44,439 --> 01:51:47,400
Speaker 1: made a Pro Bowl last year and has been a

2061
01:51:47,439 --> 01:51:51,400
Speaker 1: team captain, I think for two years now. There's a

2062
01:51:51,479 --> 01:51:55,360
Speaker 1: long way up for Tremaine and he's already playing at

2063
01:51:55,360 --> 01:51:57,360
Speaker 1: a pretty darn good level. Yeah, and I think the

2064
01:51:57,479 --> 01:52:00,479
Speaker 1: thing about playing and I'm not I was never defender,

2065
01:52:01,080 --> 01:52:03,360
Speaker 1: but from what my experience and what I you know,

2066
01:52:03,439 --> 01:52:06,120
Speaker 1: the language I hear coming from defenders and talking to

2067
01:52:06,200 --> 01:52:08,680
Speaker 1: guys about what they think about and how they they

2068
01:52:08,800 --> 01:52:12,280
Speaker 1: view the game. So much of what makes a defender

2069
01:52:12,400 --> 01:52:16,400
Speaker 1: effective is their ability to anticipate and the more reps

2070
01:52:16,439 --> 01:52:19,720
Speaker 1: you get exposed to and the more thing and it's

2071
01:52:19,720 --> 01:52:21,600
Speaker 1: about you know, you know the defense that you're in,

2072
01:52:22,000 --> 01:52:24,200
Speaker 1: which Tremaine by this time is well versed in what

2073
01:52:24,280 --> 01:52:27,720
Speaker 1: they're doing defensively here. You know, if you're playing a

2074
01:52:27,800 --> 01:52:30,880
Speaker 1: really good team, as they do a lot, you know

2075
01:52:30,920 --> 01:52:34,040
Speaker 1: where they're going to try and attack, and your recognition

2076
01:52:34,120 --> 01:52:37,840
Speaker 1: becomes faster and faster and faster. And that's what makes

2077
01:52:37,880 --> 01:52:40,600
Speaker 1: the difference is you know how much experience you have,

2078
01:52:40,800 --> 01:52:44,200
Speaker 1: how much you've seen, and you know what teams try

2079
01:52:44,240 --> 01:52:48,160
Speaker 1: to do against your defense in this set. And as

2080
01:52:48,240 --> 01:52:52,760
Speaker 1: these games transpire, then you get like, Okay, this team

2081
01:52:52,880 --> 01:52:55,360
Speaker 1: doesn't have the ability to attack us there because their

2082
01:52:55,560 --> 01:52:57,880
Speaker 1: their talent on their offensive side of the ball is

2083
01:52:57,960 --> 01:53:01,519
Speaker 1: over here, and so they're gonna do this Instead of that,

2084
01:53:01,680 --> 01:53:04,720
Speaker 1: you can recognize it that much. Quicker matchups, all of

2085
01:53:04,760 --> 01:53:08,160
Speaker 1: that stuff concepts you get. You see it so much,

2086
01:53:08,960 --> 01:53:11,960
Speaker 1: but that goes into your bank of knowledge and you

2087
01:53:12,080 --> 01:53:14,120
Speaker 1: retrieve it at a moment's notice. You get faster and

2088
01:53:14,160 --> 01:53:17,160
Speaker 1: your reeds get better, You get quicker, you anticipate things,

2089
01:53:17,240 --> 01:53:19,479
Speaker 1: You start to yell things out before they happen. You

2090
01:53:19,560 --> 01:53:22,479
Speaker 1: start to alert your teammates. That's what a middle linebacker

2091
01:53:22,600 --> 01:53:24,920
Speaker 1: can do, and that's where Tremaine is headed. That's where

2092
01:53:24,920 --> 01:53:27,519
Speaker 1: he's at a lot of the time. Now he knows

2093
01:53:27,600 --> 01:53:31,080
Speaker 1: what's coming because he's he's run this defense before. He

2094
01:53:31,240 --> 01:53:34,240
Speaker 1: knows what teams need to do to beat it, and

2095
01:53:34,320 --> 01:53:35,840
Speaker 1: he knows how they're going to do it from certain

2096
01:53:35,920 --> 01:53:38,680
Speaker 1: formations and personnel people, and that when you can communicate

2097
01:53:38,760 --> 01:53:40,439
Speaker 1: that to the younger guys, the guys who aren't as

2098
01:53:40,479 --> 01:53:43,280
Speaker 1: well versed, haven't seen a thousand reps of it, then

2099
01:53:43,320 --> 01:53:47,160
Speaker 1: you can elevate their play as well. Coach Frasier was

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01:53:47,479 --> 01:53:51,160
Speaker 1: also asked about ajp and Esse and his body composition,

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01:53:51,320 --> 01:53:53,519
Speaker 1: knowing the struggle that it was last year for him

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01:53:53,560 --> 01:53:56,679
Speaker 1: to keep weight on and the answer that Coach Frasier

2103
01:53:57,479 --> 01:54:00,880
Speaker 1: gave today, I know Steve ears. Steve's here has perked

2104
01:54:01,000 --> 01:54:05,120
Speaker 1: up mind did as well. If you're hopeful for getting

2105
01:54:05,280 --> 01:54:08,200
Speaker 1: more contributions out of AJP and s of this season

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01:54:08,560 --> 01:54:11,160
Speaker 1: as a Bills fan, you're about to be very happy

2107
01:54:11,520 --> 01:54:13,400
Speaker 1: with what you're going to hear here from Coach Fraser.

2108
01:54:14,680 --> 01:54:16,479
Speaker 1: This time of the year for the d line is

2109
01:54:16,760 --> 01:54:19,479
Speaker 1: really tough about past to get the county evaluation, you won't,

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01:54:19,560 --> 01:54:24,439
Speaker 1: but what we've seen of aj just I don't want

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01:54:24,439 --> 01:54:27,519
Speaker 1: to see a total body makeover, but where he is

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01:54:27,600 --> 01:54:30,439
Speaker 1: weight wise and his approach has been really really good.

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01:54:30,520 --> 01:54:32,839
Speaker 1: He spent most of his off season here in Buffalo

2114
01:54:33,360 --> 01:54:36,640
Speaker 1: working with our strength coach, Eric Piano, and it's paying off.

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01:54:36,680 --> 01:54:38,720
Speaker 1: He's able to maintain his weight, which was an issue

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01:54:38,760 --> 01:54:41,080
Speaker 1: for him doing the season last year. He was fluctuating

2117
01:54:41,160 --> 01:54:43,400
Speaker 1: and really was hard for him to keep weight up.

2118
01:54:44,200 --> 01:54:48,280
Speaker 1: But now he's more stabilized, he's gotten stronger, he's more explosive.

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01:54:48,960 --> 01:54:52,360
Speaker 1: He's really benefited from staying here and working out with

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01:54:52,480 --> 01:54:55,720
Speaker 1: our strength staff, something he couldn't do last off season

2121
01:54:56,080 --> 01:54:58,200
Speaker 1: because of all the things that were going on. So

2122
01:55:00,200 --> 01:55:02,000
Speaker 1: to see once we get to training camp, but some

2123
01:55:02,080 --> 01:55:05,160
Speaker 1: of the things that we're seeing now with transfer to

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01:55:05,560 --> 01:55:07,000
Speaker 1: what we're going to do when we put pads on.

2125
01:55:07,280 --> 01:55:10,440
Speaker 1: But man, he looks he looks really really good at

2126
01:55:10,480 --> 01:55:14,960
Speaker 1: this point. Explosion is the thing that caught my attention

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01:55:15,080 --> 01:55:18,520
Speaker 1: maybe the most. I think we were confident that with

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01:55:18,640 --> 01:55:23,440
Speaker 1: a full NFL offseason where he's with this strength and

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01:55:23,520 --> 01:55:28,160
Speaker 1: conditioning staff and on an NFL level program, that he

2130
01:55:28,280 --> 01:55:29,920
Speaker 1: was going to get his weight where it needed to be.

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01:55:30,120 --> 01:55:33,080
Speaker 1: But to hear also that he's added explosion to his game.

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01:55:35,480 --> 01:55:40,040
Speaker 1: That's exciting now. As Frazier said, it's got to continue

2133
01:55:40,080 --> 01:55:43,240
Speaker 1: when the pads go on, because sometimes you've got players

2134
01:55:43,280 --> 01:55:46,080
Speaker 1: that look lights out in May and then you get

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01:55:46,120 --> 01:55:48,720
Speaker 1: to camp and it doesn't look the same. Yeah, but

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01:55:49,440 --> 01:55:54,400
Speaker 1: all indications with him are arrow up. I know I

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01:55:54,480 --> 01:55:57,000
Speaker 1: sound like an old man when I say this, but

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01:55:58,600 --> 01:56:02,080
Speaker 1: there's really no substitute for being in the building all

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01:56:02,160 --> 01:56:05,640
Speaker 1: year round. I mean, I get it too. Guys guys

2140
01:56:05,720 --> 01:56:07,600
Speaker 1: have they're young, they have families, they got money, they

2141
01:56:07,640 --> 01:56:09,880
Speaker 1: got free time, they got the freedom to do anything

2142
01:56:09,920 --> 01:56:12,120
Speaker 1: they want, and they should have I get it. But

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01:56:12,240 --> 01:56:14,840
Speaker 1: if you're gonna be committed enough to stay in the

2144
01:56:14,920 --> 01:56:17,640
Speaker 1: city you're playing in, go in every day because the

2145
01:56:17,720 --> 01:56:22,280
Speaker 1: guys are training with here have more skin in that

2146
01:56:22,480 --> 01:56:27,280
Speaker 1: game for their improvement than the guys out there. The

2147
01:56:27,360 --> 01:56:29,640
Speaker 1: guys they pay on their own. You come in here,

2148
01:56:29,680 --> 01:56:32,560
Speaker 1: you got guys on staff on salary. There. They get

2149
01:56:32,560 --> 01:56:34,320
Speaker 1: a whole medical staff, you got a training staff, you

2150
01:56:34,360 --> 01:56:36,680
Speaker 1: got a recovery staff. They're all here. You don't have

2151
01:56:36,760 --> 01:56:38,680
Speaker 1: to pay for that. You come in and that the

2152
01:56:38,760 --> 01:56:41,040
Speaker 1: doors open and they're waiting for you, and their jobs

2153
01:56:41,120 --> 01:56:44,640
Speaker 1: depend on your improvement. Their jobs depend on how much

2154
01:56:44,760 --> 01:56:47,920
Speaker 1: production you get. And if they're if aj Epeneza came

2155
01:56:47,960 --> 01:56:49,640
Speaker 1: in here this year and spent every day in the

2156
01:56:49,680 --> 01:56:51,280
Speaker 1: off season here and they come back and goes, he's

2157
01:56:51,760 --> 01:56:55,080
Speaker 1: not where we want it, the whole staff's got to

2158
01:56:55,080 --> 01:56:59,280
Speaker 1: answer for it, not some jamoke that he paid to training.

2159
01:56:59,720 --> 01:57:01,680
Speaker 1: The heck happened, Well, well we didn't get that. The

2160
01:57:01,680 --> 01:57:03,520
Speaker 1: guy can make up any excuse he wants, you know.

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01:57:03,960 --> 01:57:06,240
Speaker 1: But here they're on they they talked to the strength

2162
01:57:06,280 --> 01:57:09,000
Speaker 1: conditioning coaches, talk to the positional coaches, the head coach,

2163
01:57:09,280 --> 01:57:11,480
Speaker 1: the coordinators, what do you want this guy to look like?

2164
01:57:12,040 --> 01:57:13,400
Speaker 1: What do we need to do? And they'll say, we

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01:57:13,480 --> 01:57:15,640
Speaker 1: want him at this weight with this explosion, and he

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01:57:15,720 --> 01:57:17,520
Speaker 1: needs to work on explosion. He wouldn't need to work

2167
01:57:17,560 --> 01:57:20,440
Speaker 1: on strength and needs to work on his flexibility. Whatever.

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01:57:21,440 --> 01:57:24,560
Speaker 1: You got guys here that are in it, you know,

2169
01:57:24,760 --> 01:57:28,080
Speaker 1: they've they've got skin in that game. And that's really

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01:57:28,200 --> 01:57:31,200
Speaker 1: really a difference maker, you know. And to have aj

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01:57:31,480 --> 01:57:34,440
Speaker 1: come in and see the results he has supposedly now

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01:57:34,560 --> 01:57:37,680
Speaker 1: with Leslie Fraser saying what he just said, that's a

2173
01:57:38,520 --> 01:57:40,760
Speaker 1: I did it. That's how I and I had a

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Speaker 1: long career where I might have not ever had a

2175
01:57:43,680 --> 01:57:45,960
Speaker 1: career at all, and one of the things that I

2176
01:57:46,040 --> 01:57:48,760
Speaker 1: did was he's never left. Hey put the extra hours

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01:57:48,800 --> 01:57:51,960
Speaker 1: in here every offseason. He's never left whatever they asked

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01:57:52,000 --> 01:57:55,360
Speaker 1: me to do that and that's you know. It's yeah,

2179
01:57:55,440 --> 01:57:57,720
Speaker 1: there's certain times when you'd rather be on a beach somewhere,

2180
01:57:58,680 --> 01:58:01,320
Speaker 1: but man oh man, on a Sunday afternoon, you want

2181
01:58:01,360 --> 01:58:03,880
Speaker 1: to make sure you're on the field. Interesting development with

2182
01:58:04,320 --> 01:58:10,600
Speaker 1: the nickel corner position for two reasons. One, it's Terren

2183
01:58:10,680 --> 01:58:14,680
Speaker 1: Johnson as the incumbent, obviously, but there will be competition there.

2184
01:58:14,840 --> 01:58:17,680
Speaker 1: Cam Lewis was his competition last year. He's back and

2185
01:58:17,800 --> 01:58:20,000
Speaker 1: there will probably be others in the mix as well.

2186
01:58:20,120 --> 01:58:25,600
Speaker 1: Coach Fraser elaborated on that in this comment. Jimmy works

2187
01:58:25,760 --> 01:58:29,120
Speaker 1: primarily with our knuckles, although this year Mark he's going

2188
01:58:29,240 --> 01:58:33,600
Speaker 1: to also split some time with our linebackers because the

2189
01:58:33,840 --> 01:58:37,640
Speaker 1: nickel position is in a lot of ways and outside linebackers,

2190
01:58:37,720 --> 01:58:40,440
Speaker 1: so he's going to assist Bob Babbage and some of

2191
01:58:40,480 --> 01:58:44,560
Speaker 1: the things they're doing coverage wise between our outside backers

2192
01:58:44,880 --> 01:58:48,840
Speaker 1: and our knuckleback because of the similarity in the positions.

2193
01:58:49,840 --> 01:58:52,880
Speaker 1: In the backups. You mentioned Soran, but we also have

2194
01:58:53,080 --> 01:58:56,040
Speaker 1: Cam Lewis who was fighting for a spot, and we

2195
01:58:56,160 --> 01:58:58,680
Speaker 1: want to see eventually and some of our young guys

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01:58:59,040 --> 01:59:04,040
Speaker 1: that we signed, whether it's Rashard wild Goose or Elijah

2197
01:59:04,120 --> 01:59:07,600
Speaker 1: Griffin or DeMar Hamlin as well, those guys a chance

2198
01:59:07,680 --> 01:59:12,080
Speaker 1: to compete for the position. But we're counting on obviously

2199
01:59:12,320 --> 01:59:14,720
Speaker 1: for what Taran did for us last year was tremendous

2200
01:59:15,160 --> 01:59:17,560
Speaker 1: along with sarrand Camp and didn't bring it a young

2201
01:59:17,640 --> 01:59:20,520
Speaker 1: guys along as well. So this is going to be

2202
01:59:22,080 --> 01:59:29,839
Speaker 1: an interesting collection of different body types playing this hybrid position.

2203
01:59:29,920 --> 01:59:33,000
Speaker 1: We saw it to some degree with Tarren Johnson, Dean

2204
01:59:33,120 --> 01:59:36,040
Speaker 1: Marlowe and Serrand Neil. All three of those guys would

2205
01:59:36,080 --> 01:59:38,320
Speaker 1: line up depending on the personnel grouping they were facing.

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01:59:38,360 --> 01:59:40,960
Speaker 1: If it was twelve personnel, somebody like Sarran Neil would

2207
01:59:41,000 --> 01:59:44,320
Speaker 1: be out there. If it was eleven or ten, it

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01:59:44,600 --> 01:59:49,560
Speaker 1: was Taron Johnson for primary coverage responsibilities. It now looks

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01:59:49,600 --> 01:59:52,000
Speaker 1: like the group has gotten larger in terms of finding

2210
01:59:52,080 --> 01:59:55,360
Speaker 1: a fit that they feel as good there and Jim

2211
01:59:55,520 --> 01:59:58,920
Speaker 1: that they were referring to there is Nickel coach Jim

2212
01:59:59,040 --> 02:00:02,760
Speaker 1: Salgado who is going to have his role expand he's

2213
02:00:02,760 --> 02:00:05,360
Speaker 1: gonna work with Bob Babbage and the linebackers because of

2214
02:00:05,480 --> 02:00:08,960
Speaker 1: this cross hybrid nature of the position in the scheme.

2215
02:00:09,000 --> 02:00:11,280
Speaker 1: In this defense, it's further down the road towards what

2216
02:00:11,360 --> 02:00:14,160
Speaker 1: we were talking around draft time of positionless football defense.

2217
02:00:14,200 --> 02:00:15,640
Speaker 1: You got a guy that can play the nickel, he

2218
02:00:15,640 --> 02:00:17,960
Speaker 1: can also you know, step up into the box. If

2219
02:00:18,000 --> 02:00:20,000
Speaker 1: you can find a guy that's got the size, strength

2220
02:00:20,040 --> 02:00:22,600
Speaker 1: and durability and speed and quickness and all other stuff.

2221
02:00:23,720 --> 02:00:25,720
Speaker 1: You know, it's a little bit like finding that that

2222
02:00:27,200 --> 02:00:29,200
Speaker 1: magic elixir of a great tight end a guy that

2223
02:00:29,240 --> 02:00:31,400
Speaker 1: can block it. You know, you know, the guys who

2224
02:00:31,440 --> 02:00:33,640
Speaker 1: are difference makers at that position. You got a guy

2225
02:00:33,680 --> 02:00:35,520
Speaker 1: on that like that on defense, that's what he's like.

2226
02:00:35,880 --> 02:00:37,640
Speaker 1: He's a guy that can cover out of the slot,

2227
02:00:38,600 --> 02:00:40,600
Speaker 1: but also step up into the box and take on

2228
02:00:40,960 --> 02:00:44,600
Speaker 1: a guard or offensive lineman and hold his gap. So

2229
02:00:45,200 --> 02:00:47,480
Speaker 1: it's that positionless football, and the more a guy can

2230
02:00:47,560 --> 02:00:50,880
Speaker 1: do better off your are as a defense because you

2231
02:00:50,920 --> 02:00:52,800
Speaker 1: don't have to start pulling guys off the field and

2232
02:00:52,800 --> 02:00:55,240
Speaker 1: putting them back on. Then you start to become predictable,

2233
02:00:55,400 --> 02:00:57,960
Speaker 1: and then the offense can predict what guy you're gonna

2234
02:00:57,960 --> 02:00:59,760
Speaker 1: put on the field because they know why you're doing it,

2235
02:01:00,240 --> 02:01:01,800
Speaker 1: then all of a sudden they'll take advantage of you

2236
02:01:01,880 --> 02:01:05,720
Speaker 1: someplace else or right there. You've got to guys who

2237
02:01:05,760 --> 02:01:10,000
Speaker 1: don't have to come off the field. It's a huge

2238
02:01:10,120 --> 02:01:12,480
Speaker 1: plus for you. It's huge plus for you. But you've

2239
02:01:12,480 --> 02:01:14,720
Speaker 1: got to have the athletes to do it, and you

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02:01:14,800 --> 02:01:17,400
Speaker 1: got to be versatile enough to do big guy things

2241
02:01:17,520 --> 02:01:20,680
Speaker 1: and little guy things. And Taran, to his credit, did

2242
02:01:20,760 --> 02:01:23,360
Speaker 1: some big guy things last year, especially in helping to

2243
02:01:24,280 --> 02:01:26,920
Speaker 1: maintain the edge, maybe not set it, but at least

2244
02:01:26,960 --> 02:01:29,480
Speaker 1: maintain it where he wasn't getting run over when they

2245
02:01:29,520 --> 02:01:31,240
Speaker 1: would pull a guard and run him at that he

2246
02:01:31,320 --> 02:01:34,040
Speaker 1: wasn't getting he wasn't getting dominated were they're getting demolished.

2247
02:01:34,520 --> 02:01:37,000
Speaker 1: He was holding his water at least. And some of

2248
02:01:37,080 --> 02:01:38,880
Speaker 1: these other guys are gonna have to show that same

2249
02:01:38,920 --> 02:01:41,280
Speaker 1: ability if they want to unseat him or at least

2250
02:01:41,320 --> 02:01:44,680
Speaker 1: prove themselves to be more versatile than Terran. And it's

2251
02:01:44,920 --> 02:01:47,560
Speaker 1: interesting too because Tarn he's going to remember the fact

2252
02:01:47,800 --> 02:01:51,000
Speaker 1: he lost his job last year for a minute, and

2253
02:01:51,640 --> 02:01:54,960
Speaker 1: you know he came back, he didn't leave, and he's

2254
02:01:55,000 --> 02:02:00,200
Speaker 1: in a contract here. That's it's a tough spot to

2255
02:02:00,320 --> 02:02:02,320
Speaker 1: play in because they ask you to go to your

2256
02:02:02,400 --> 02:02:07,120
Speaker 1: limits and beyond physically. They want you to cover a

2257
02:02:07,160 --> 02:02:11,880
Speaker 1: guy that's faster than you, or or they want you

2258
02:02:11,960 --> 02:02:13,720
Speaker 1: to take on a guy that's way bigger than you,

2259
02:02:14,840 --> 02:02:17,200
Speaker 1: or they want you to rush the passer, or they

2260
02:02:17,280 --> 02:02:19,920
Speaker 1: want you to drop back into coverage zone and man

2261
02:02:20,920 --> 02:02:23,800
Speaker 1: um It's it's one of those spots where in the slot,

2262
02:02:24,240 --> 02:02:27,200
Speaker 1: as a slot corner, you're kind of in the box,

2263
02:02:27,280 --> 02:02:29,840
Speaker 1: but you're not and like a tight end that you're

2264
02:02:29,880 --> 02:02:32,240
Speaker 1: flexed out. You're kind of a big dude, but you're not,

2265
02:02:32,440 --> 02:02:34,040
Speaker 1: or you can flex it down in and stand up

2266
02:02:34,080 --> 02:02:36,120
Speaker 1: that kind of thing, you know. It's like a cluster formation.

2267
02:02:36,200 --> 02:02:37,920
Speaker 1: It's all the stuff you can do with these guys,

2268
02:02:39,320 --> 02:02:42,040
Speaker 1: and and they're asking them, and they're finding out right now.

2269
02:02:42,080 --> 02:02:44,120
Speaker 1: They're not asking them, they're just finding out who can

2270
02:02:44,160 --> 02:02:46,400
Speaker 1: be versatile enough as a big guy and a little

2271
02:02:46,440 --> 02:02:51,200
Speaker 1: guy or some cross in between to play that role.

2272
02:02:51,280 --> 02:02:53,680
Speaker 1: That's and they got to, like you said, they got

2273
02:02:53,720 --> 02:02:55,480
Speaker 1: a lot of body types to pick from. Who's gonna

2274
02:02:55,480 --> 02:02:59,720
Speaker 1: who's gonna perform better against their body type. There's a

2275
02:02:59,760 --> 02:03:01,440
Speaker 1: big guy gonna be able to cover, as a small

2276
02:03:01,480 --> 02:03:03,160
Speaker 1: guy gonna be able to be physical enough to jump

2277
02:03:03,240 --> 02:03:06,800
Speaker 1: inside three safeties and three corners that Leslie Fraser mentioned.

2278
02:03:06,880 --> 02:03:08,840
Speaker 1: I mean, it's gonna be a schmausle in there. It's

2279
02:03:08,840 --> 02:03:13,080
Speaker 1: gonna be interesting. It's a chemistry to experiments training camp. Yeah,

2280
02:03:13,600 --> 02:03:15,360
Speaker 1: we have to take a break because Steve and I

2281
02:03:15,400 --> 02:03:17,880
Speaker 1: are not that great a chemistry. But when we come back,

2282
02:03:18,520 --> 02:03:20,360
Speaker 1: we'll have more of your comments on the tweet sheet.

2283
02:03:20,440 --> 02:03:24,440
Speaker 1: We may hear from Deon Dawkins. I believe, yes, we're

2284
02:03:24,440 --> 02:03:28,040
Speaker 1: getting that confirmed. Okay, good little little d Doc when

2285
02:03:28,120 --> 02:03:31,080
Speaker 1: we return. As he addressed the media here on One

2286
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Speaker 1: Bills Live presented by Collid to Health, It's Buffalo Bill's Radio.

2287
02:03:46,880 --> 02:03:49,480
Speaker 1: Welcome back to One Bill's Live. Chris Brown, Steve Tasker

2288
02:03:49,600 --> 02:03:53,600
Speaker 1: with you, and without further ado, we turn to one

2289
02:03:53,760 --> 02:04:00,560
Speaker 1: d On Dawkins, who's addressing the media as the off season.

2290
02:04:00,680 --> 02:04:04,680
Speaker 1: As you left yet last year, knowing the status free

2291
02:04:04,680 --> 02:04:07,360
Speaker 1: agency of John and Darryl, I mean, could you have

2292
02:04:07,440 --> 02:04:11,520
Speaker 1: imagined the band getting back together and rolling in here

2293
02:04:11,960 --> 02:04:15,160
Speaker 1: for another run at it? You know that's a great question.

2294
02:04:15,320 --> 02:04:19,440
Speaker 1: But if you know, being Bean always has a plan

2295
02:04:20,080 --> 02:04:23,920
Speaker 1: and I wouldn't put nothing past them. So for the

2296
02:04:24,040 --> 02:04:26,440
Speaker 1: outcome that we got last year, there was a reason

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Speaker 1: for it, and I think that upstairs is what I

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Speaker 1: call it, like the management and the gms and stuff

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Speaker 1: like that. The upper class upstairs, I feel like that

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02:04:36,560 --> 02:04:39,680
Speaker 1: they seen the chemistry of the guys and they didn't

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02:04:39,680 --> 02:04:42,840
Speaker 1: want any chinks in our armors. So the best way

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Speaker 1: is going through the hard times with guys that we

2303
02:04:46,280 --> 02:04:48,480
Speaker 1: know when the coaches know it. So they brought the

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Speaker 1: band back. So some guys are gonna play their drums,

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02:04:51,600 --> 02:04:53,960
Speaker 1: some guys are gonna play their guitar, some guys are

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02:04:54,000 --> 02:04:58,560
Speaker 1: gonna rock out. Being mentioned at the end of last

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Speaker 1: season when asked about the running game, it was a

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02:05:00,640 --> 02:05:04,000
Speaker 1: collective effort in regards to why it wasn't necessarily where

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02:05:04,240 --> 02:05:06,760
Speaker 1: you guys had hoped it would be from an offensive

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Speaker 1: line standpoint. What are you focusing on now to whether

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02:05:10,960 --> 02:05:14,840
Speaker 1: you're changing something or whatnot to maybe correct some of

2312
02:05:14,840 --> 02:05:17,960
Speaker 1: the things that were an issue last year, John, I

2313
02:05:18,040 --> 02:05:21,880
Speaker 1: don't want to be simple, but as you know, we're

2314
02:05:21,920 --> 02:05:25,360
Speaker 1: just trying to be the best versions of ourselves individually,

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Speaker 1: so it could be the best version collectively. And there's

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Speaker 1: simply that. Man, Like whether we have to throw the

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02:05:32,520 --> 02:05:34,560
Speaker 1: ball a million times, run the ball a many times,

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Speaker 1: we don't really care. Whatever we have to do to

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Speaker 1: get an end zone, we're gonna do it, just on

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Speaker 1: a confident level. You know, it's not about just running

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Speaker 1: and making the running game the best in the country

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02:05:46,280 --> 02:05:48,160
Speaker 1: and making it the best now, like we just have

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02:05:48,280 --> 02:05:52,320
Speaker 1: to do what we do well and just keep that

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Speaker 1: foot forward. But you know, the mindset is just being

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Speaker 1: the best version of ourselves. And we're gonna die island

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02:06:00,720 --> 02:06:03,320
Speaker 1: and we know where it could have been better, you know,

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02:06:03,520 --> 02:06:06,640
Speaker 1: but we're not perfect and we're not meant to be perfect,

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02:06:07,040 --> 02:06:09,720
Speaker 1: and we all know it. And uh, this is a

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02:06:09,800 --> 02:06:13,760
Speaker 1: tough sport. And you know there's a lot of critics.

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02:06:13,800 --> 02:06:16,560
Speaker 1: So you know, like we got as far as and

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02:06:16,680 --> 02:06:20,160
Speaker 1: we did, and you and and the world and still

2332
02:06:20,240 --> 02:06:22,480
Speaker 1: says that, you know, the run game could have been

2333
02:06:22,560 --> 02:06:25,720
Speaker 1: this and could have been that. Yeah, absolutely, but you know,

2334
02:06:26,840 --> 02:06:30,880
Speaker 1: further than we've ever been as an offensive line um.

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Speaker 1: And I'm obviously I've never played offensive line. So this

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02:06:33,720 --> 02:06:36,840
Speaker 1: is why I asked, is there anything too when you

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02:06:36,960 --> 02:06:39,240
Speaker 1: pass that much, it's harder to get back in the

2338
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Speaker 1: groove to to run the ball or is there anything

2339
02:06:42,320 --> 02:06:50,920
Speaker 1: to that idea? Well, another great question as a wrench um,

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02:06:52,600 --> 02:06:57,400
Speaker 1: you know, in a way. I guess analogy for it

2341
02:06:57,600 --> 02:07:00,240
Speaker 1: is what like you're driving a stick shift every day

2342
02:07:00,280 --> 02:07:03,600
Speaker 1: and then you drive automatic, which one's easier, you know,

2343
02:07:03,840 --> 02:07:10,120
Speaker 1: But reps reps help. But what can we do? Man?

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02:07:10,280 --> 02:07:13,320
Speaker 1: Like where where we have a quarterback that and I

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02:07:13,400 --> 02:07:17,880
Speaker 1: can throw, we have superstars that can catch, So I

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02:07:17,960 --> 02:07:20,120
Speaker 1: would want the ball in whose hands? And I would

2347
02:07:20,160 --> 02:07:22,360
Speaker 1: want the guy behind us doing doing what throwing it?

2348
02:07:22,720 --> 02:07:27,520
Speaker 1: So whatever we have to do to keep Josh protected,

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02:07:27,720 --> 02:07:30,640
Speaker 1: that's what it is. Whether it's running, passing, we don't care, man,

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02:07:30,920 --> 02:07:33,440
Speaker 1: We really don't care, and it doesn't matter. Um. But

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02:07:34,040 --> 02:07:37,400
Speaker 1: of course anything can affect and tip a scale on

2352
02:07:37,600 --> 02:07:40,240
Speaker 1: any form. That's just like saying, oh I drink Solda,

2353
02:07:40,520 --> 02:07:42,600
Speaker 1: is the water side like going to be less or

2354
02:07:42,720 --> 02:07:45,360
Speaker 1: is the waterside like going to be more? Yeah? Absolutely,

2355
02:07:45,400 --> 02:07:47,640
Speaker 1: if you drink more Solda, there's gonna be more water left.

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Speaker 1: You know, it's just life. Hey, I appreciate man again,

2357
02:07:53,120 --> 02:07:58,400
Speaker 1: much love bro. I'm trying to stay away from all Solda.

2358
02:07:59,400 --> 02:08:01,080
Speaker 1: I try to stay away from artists, so the big

2359
02:08:01,080 --> 02:08:03,560
Speaker 1: guy and drink enough water as I can. So right,

2360
02:08:04,200 --> 02:08:07,680
Speaker 1: you choose your old life life life kinks. You know.

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02:08:09,080 --> 02:08:12,720
Speaker 1: I'm a root beer guy, absolutely, we should have had

2362
02:08:12,760 --> 02:08:15,200
Speaker 1: that mug, gotta have that, gotta had that or end

2363
02:08:15,280 --> 02:08:19,920
Speaker 1: up you either once preferable. But um, off season man, logan,

2364
02:08:20,400 --> 02:08:22,760
Speaker 1: you know that's say that's a buffalo thing all day. Man,

2365
02:08:23,880 --> 02:08:26,080
Speaker 1: the old line, the old line had a baby. Man

2366
02:08:26,200 --> 02:08:28,640
Speaker 1: this off season man kered to talk about the impressions

2367
02:08:28,680 --> 02:08:32,160
Speaker 1: of your new little brothers and how much being so close,

2368
02:08:32,280 --> 02:08:34,280
Speaker 1: basically one game away from that Super Bowl, how much

2369
02:08:34,320 --> 02:08:39,640
Speaker 1: of a bat taste did that leave? So? Um, sorry much?

2370
02:08:39,680 --> 02:08:42,080
Speaker 1: I didn't really understand And your question, so you said

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02:08:42,440 --> 02:08:44,120
Speaker 1: the old line, I had a baby, And when I

2372
02:08:44,280 --> 02:08:47,840
Speaker 1: think of that, I'm like, Okay, So we drafted young guys, right,

2373
02:08:47,920 --> 02:08:50,200
Speaker 1: that's what you're like talking about. Right, you got you

2374
02:08:50,280 --> 02:08:52,520
Speaker 1: got a little brothers. You got three little brothers. What

2375
02:08:52,640 --> 02:08:55,360
Speaker 1: are your pressions are your new three little brothers? Yeah?

2376
02:08:55,480 --> 02:08:58,600
Speaker 1: So uh and the young guys are good big kids. Uh,

2377
02:08:59,240 --> 02:09:03,600
Speaker 1: big kids, like I mean big kids. The size is

2378
02:09:03,680 --> 02:09:06,800
Speaker 1: definitely there, but the talent is definitely there, and the

2379
02:09:06,880 --> 02:09:10,440
Speaker 1: will is definitely there. And uh, I'm I'm extremely excited

2380
02:09:10,880 --> 02:09:14,120
Speaker 1: for these guys. And they all have great like personalities,

2381
02:09:14,200 --> 02:09:19,080
Speaker 1: they all listen, learn, they understand the playbook extremely well. Already,

2382
02:09:19,240 --> 02:09:22,840
Speaker 1: Bobby is doing a great job dialing, dialing into each

2383
02:09:22,880 --> 02:09:27,160
Speaker 1: and every individual one of them, and it's been going well. Man.

2384
02:09:27,240 --> 02:09:30,640
Speaker 1: And I'm really really excited to watch these kids growth.

2385
02:09:31,040 --> 02:09:35,360
Speaker 1: And they're here to take jobs and they're here to

2386
02:09:35,440 --> 02:09:37,880
Speaker 1: put pressure on the older guys, and that's what this

2387
02:09:38,000 --> 02:09:41,440
Speaker 1: sport is all about. So I am happy to see

2388
02:09:42,000 --> 02:09:45,880
Speaker 1: where these kids go and and their growth, you know,

2389
02:09:46,360 --> 02:09:50,600
Speaker 1: with making us better and us making them better. Speaking

2390
02:09:50,600 --> 02:09:52,840
Speaker 1: of growth and making the community better, man, we know

2391
02:09:52,920 --> 02:09:54,720
Speaker 1: what you're all seeing was alike. I mean you've been

2392
02:09:54,760 --> 02:09:58,120
Speaker 1: all over Dion Dreamers and been diving into the communities

2393
02:09:58,160 --> 02:09:59,880
Speaker 1: all the way from your whole time and Ryan Way

2394
02:10:00,240 --> 02:10:04,280
Speaker 1: to you know, teen year olds in Ohio to people's

2395
02:10:04,320 --> 02:10:08,400
Speaker 1: getting married as Bills fans and now with Christmas in July. Man,

2396
02:10:08,480 --> 02:10:14,360
Speaker 1: you got to talk about Dreamers in Christmas in July. Man. Yeah. So, uh,

2397
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Speaker 1: if anybody like knows me, I'm big in the community,

2398
02:10:17,440 --> 02:10:20,120
Speaker 1: and I'm big with trying to put smiles on people's

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Speaker 1: faces and just giving people things to do, honestly. And uh,

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02:10:24,480 --> 02:10:28,920
Speaker 1: Teacher Parker, she uh like she's been helping me with everything,

2401
02:10:29,160 --> 02:10:31,760
Speaker 1: and the rest of my team like they've been doing

2402
02:10:31,800 --> 02:10:35,480
Speaker 1: a great job. But Christmas in July, it's gonna be

2403
02:10:35,800 --> 02:10:38,080
Speaker 1: a seven one sixth day event. So as we know,

2404
02:10:38,200 --> 02:10:41,040
Speaker 1: seven one six is the Eric code for Buffalo. But

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02:10:41,080 --> 02:10:43,600
Speaker 1: it'll be a seven one sixth day h like a

2406
02:10:43,720 --> 02:10:46,160
Speaker 1: festival for like type of thing where we're gonna shut

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Speaker 1: down a couple of blocks on Hurdle and we're gonna

2408
02:10:49,080 --> 02:10:51,760
Speaker 1: have vendors like out there. There's gonna be popcorn, ice cream,

2409
02:10:52,160 --> 02:10:55,240
Speaker 1: snow cones, like lit music, like like all type of

2410
02:10:55,280 --> 02:10:57,360
Speaker 1: like fun stuff for people to get out and just

2411
02:10:57,480 --> 02:11:01,440
Speaker 1: celebrate Buffalo because as we all know, Buffalo does not

2412
02:11:01,560 --> 02:11:04,840
Speaker 1: get the recognition and the love that it should. And

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Speaker 1: from me being here for the five years that I

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02:11:07,760 --> 02:11:11,040
Speaker 1: have been and been here, I have fully embraced Buffalo.

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02:11:11,200 --> 02:11:13,960
Speaker 1: So I and consider myself Buffalo and I just want

2416
02:11:14,040 --> 02:11:16,400
Speaker 1: Buffalo to shine and for it to get the right

2417
02:11:16,480 --> 02:11:20,400
Speaker 1: shine that it needs and deserves. But Christmas and July

2418
02:11:20,680 --> 02:11:23,440
Speaker 1: it would be extremely fun. I'm gonna keep posting stuff

2419
02:11:23,440 --> 02:11:26,040
Speaker 1: about it on my Instagram and my Twitter, so to

2420
02:11:26,200 --> 02:11:31,360
Speaker 1: stay tuned and please come out on seven six. All right,

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Speaker 1: that's Dion Jawkins, who he's like the big Aristotle of

2422
02:11:35,640 --> 02:11:38,320
Speaker 1: this roster. Remember they used to call Shack the big Aristotle.

2423
02:11:38,960 --> 02:11:41,120
Speaker 1: He's like the big Aristotle of this roster with his

2424
02:11:41,200 --> 02:11:47,160
Speaker 1: analogies and his references. He's a thinker. I would have

2425
02:11:47,280 --> 02:11:51,200
Speaker 1: to say his most exciting comment was his take on

2426
02:11:51,920 --> 02:11:55,240
Speaker 1: the rookie linemen that are now in the fold. They're big,

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02:11:56,120 --> 02:12:00,760
Speaker 1: They're really big. They're big, and they're talented. And I

2428
02:12:00,920 --> 02:12:03,240
Speaker 1: think it's a various stude observation on his part. He

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02:12:03,320 --> 02:12:06,400
Speaker 1: knows why they're here. Sure, they're here to take other

2430
02:12:06,720 --> 02:12:09,600
Speaker 1: there's here to take older players jobs. They're cheaper labor.

2431
02:12:10,440 --> 02:12:13,480
Speaker 1: It's gonna push those guys. Yeah, it is. And and

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02:12:13,600 --> 02:12:16,680
Speaker 1: it when you sign two of your you know, or

2433
02:12:16,800 --> 02:12:18,680
Speaker 1: three of your offensive line. You got three or four

2434
02:12:18,720 --> 02:12:20,760
Speaker 1: of your offensive linemen that are lined up on a

2435
02:12:20,880 --> 02:12:23,440
Speaker 1: kind of long term deals. It keeps them from taking

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02:12:23,480 --> 02:12:26,240
Speaker 1: it out of gear, you know, and and kind of

2437
02:12:26,840 --> 02:12:30,200
Speaker 1: kind of just getting through the year. The game really

2438
02:12:30,320 --> 02:12:33,480
Speaker 1: grinds on guys. And when you look for a chance

2439
02:12:33,560 --> 02:12:35,360
Speaker 1: to take a deep breath and say, maybe I'm not

2440
02:12:35,400 --> 02:12:38,680
Speaker 1: gonna push it so hard today, you need something to say,

2441
02:12:38,760 --> 02:12:40,520
Speaker 1: you know what, I better push it hard because I'm

2442
02:12:40,800 --> 02:12:42,440
Speaker 1: gonna be sitting down and be out of here. So

2443
02:12:43,320 --> 02:12:46,280
Speaker 1: it sounds cruel, but it's that's the way it is.

2444
02:12:46,360 --> 02:12:48,360
Speaker 1: You gotta have you gotta have a fire lit under

2445
02:12:48,360 --> 02:12:51,200
Speaker 1: the entire team all the time, and young players hungry

2446
02:12:51,240 --> 02:12:52,680
Speaker 1: to get on the field is a is a great

2447
02:12:52,720 --> 02:12:55,200
Speaker 1: way to keep the older guys on their toes. Break

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Speaker 1: time for us. Now, we'll close it up. When we

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Speaker 1: were turning here on one, Bill's Live stay tuned, What

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Speaker 1: construction equipment rental company of the Buffalo Bills, And we've

2452
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Speaker 1: learned a few things about the defense today from Leslie Frasier.

2453
02:13:25,960 --> 02:13:30,320
Speaker 1: Aj Epenesa has totally reshaped his body composition and is

2454
02:13:30,440 --> 02:13:36,720
Speaker 1: looking explosive. That's good to hear. Devin Singletary also looking

2455
02:13:37,160 --> 02:13:41,760
Speaker 1: noticeably buff with a lot more muscle definition through the

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Speaker 1: chest and shoulders, presumably for a short yardage. So some

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Speaker 1: exciting things going on here Ota Week two, Steve. The

2458
02:13:48,600 --> 02:13:51,400
Speaker 1: team is coming back and some of these guys are

2459
02:13:51,680 --> 02:13:54,880
Speaker 1: in primed at this early stage to have really good seasons.

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02:13:54,920 --> 02:13:57,760
Speaker 1: You can tell they're thinking about it as it's on

2461
02:13:57,800 --> 02:13:59,240
Speaker 1: the horizon. It's going to be a lot of fun

2462
02:13:59,320 --> 02:14:02,760
Speaker 1: this preseason, much different than last year. Jam Pacchoe tomorrow,

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Speaker 1: be sure to join us. We've got three guests in

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Speaker 1: the lineup. I can't remember any of them right now,

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02:14:07,240 --> 02:14:09,640
Speaker 1: but it's gonna be good. Join us. Then we'll see

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Speaker 1: on one day forward