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Speaker 1: in the strated here of normalcy. How welcome to a

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Speaker 1: Tuesday edition. What is it Tuesday? Yeah, it's Tuesday man

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Speaker 1: or training camp for you to chew on savor. They're

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Speaker 1: in pads. Thirty minutes of special teams. I like that message.

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Speaker 1: You must have loved that message. That's kind of boring

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Speaker 1: for special teams. It was good they and they did

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Speaker 1: It was which he did. That shows you all star

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Speaker 1: going on. I thought today, generally speaking for those of

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Speaker 1: where this offense went last year, which basically was, yeah,

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Speaker 1: he is currently getting on the field. He's wearing a

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Speaker 1: fullback number now forty one, and he's he's getting reps

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Speaker 1: Happy birthday to Bill's Hall of Fame head coach Marv

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Speaker 1: Levy ninety six years young. Today. You get a salute

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Speaker 1: God bless him, my friend and former head coach. He

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Speaker 1: is a national treasure. There is these He is one

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Speaker 1: just the tremendous and congratulate. I went to a surprise

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Speaker 1: he's twenty two. Good for him, he's only got seventy

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Speaker 1: four years to get to Marv that is ninety six, man,

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Speaker 1: that's great. I told him at his I toasted him

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Speaker 1: at his ninetieth birthday. I said, Marv, you have lived

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Speaker 1: So happy birthday to him. Brady, by the way, is

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Speaker 1: will be out five to twelve weeks. In an occurrence

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Speaker 1: that defies any and all logic, the Colts have now

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Speaker 1: lost Quentin Nelson, their pro Bowl guard, to the exact

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Speaker 1: same foot injury and the same prognosis five to twelve weeks,

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Speaker 1: he can you can use the techniques you want as

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Speaker 1: a head coach, no question about it. And he wants

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Speaker 1: to set a tone for his players. That's fine, and

427
00:24:28,800 --> 00:24:33,159
Speaker 1: that's his prerogative to do that. But this is it's weird.

428
00:24:33,640 --> 00:24:35,920
Speaker 1: There's in this day and age of the NFL that's

429
00:24:35,960 --> 00:24:38,159
Speaker 1: a that's a weird scenario that were that he was

430
00:24:38,240 --> 00:24:40,760
Speaker 1: laid out for us today. So it's going to be

431
00:24:40,760 --> 00:24:44,600
Speaker 1: interesting to see how it plays in the regular season.

432
00:24:44,680 --> 00:24:47,960
Speaker 1: Sometimes stuff like this has a surprising effect of being

433
00:24:47,960 --> 00:24:50,640
Speaker 1: a positive in the long run, and maybe this will

434
00:24:50,680 --> 00:24:54,760
Speaker 1: for the Giants, but it's unusual. Daniel Jones just finished

435
00:24:55,000 --> 00:24:57,919
Speaker 1: his press conference with the New York Media. He was asked,

436
00:24:58,520 --> 00:25:00,960
Speaker 1: was that as angry as he' seen Joe Judge, and

437
00:25:00,960 --> 00:25:03,320
Speaker 1: he said he can get excited. Guys certainly got the

438
00:25:03,359 --> 00:25:09,920
Speaker 1: message today. Meanwhile, in New England, Ben Voland, the beat

439
00:25:09,960 --> 00:25:12,920
Speaker 1: reporter for the Boston Globe, also an NFL reporter for them,

440
00:25:13,920 --> 00:25:18,399
Speaker 1: just reported, well, it's an opinion on his part, but

441
00:25:18,440 --> 00:25:22,240
Speaker 1: he's there every day and he's watching this. He basically said,

442
00:25:22,760 --> 00:25:26,440
Speaker 1: if there is a quarterback competition in New England. I'm

443
00:25:26,480 --> 00:25:32,439
Speaker 1: not seeing it. Cam Newton unquestionably QB one. Now, we

444
00:25:32,520 --> 00:25:34,760
Speaker 1: also need to remind ourselves we're also a week into

445
00:25:34,800 --> 00:25:37,440
Speaker 1: training camp. A lot can happen between now and then,

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00:25:38,840 --> 00:25:41,600
Speaker 1: but I guess early returns at least in Ben Voland's

447
00:25:41,600 --> 00:25:45,000
Speaker 1: opinion out of New England is Newton has been clearly

448
00:25:45,040 --> 00:25:49,840
Speaker 1: a step above mac Jones in the practice setting. So

449
00:25:51,000 --> 00:25:54,160
Speaker 1: we'll see where it goes. I think mac Jones will

450
00:25:54,640 --> 00:25:56,600
Speaker 1: perform admirably. I don't know if it'll be enough to

451
00:25:56,680 --> 00:25:59,480
Speaker 1: unsee Cam for the beginning of the season. There are

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Speaker 1: a lot of people that still believe Cam is going

453
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Speaker 1: to be better this year than he was last year.

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Speaker 1: So something to keep an eye on as well is

455
00:26:07,680 --> 00:26:09,280
Speaker 1: we kind of try to survey the rest of the

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00:26:09,400 --> 00:26:12,840
Speaker 1: NFL landscape while keeping our focus squarely on the Bills.

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Speaker 1: Here and speaking of the Bills, Twitter conversation for you today,

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00:26:18,880 --> 00:26:23,679
Speaker 1: which player will have the most unexpected impact on the

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Speaker 1: Bills in twenty twenty one. We saw two major examples

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Speaker 1: of that last year in the form of Gabriel Davis

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Speaker 1: and Tyler Bass. Do you want to talk about unexpected

462
00:26:35,880 --> 00:26:39,359
Speaker 1: impact anybody? Anybody make the call that Tyler bass was

463
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Speaker 1: going to break the single season record for scoring last

464
00:26:41,560 --> 00:26:43,960
Speaker 1: year as a field goal kicker as a rookie. I

465
00:26:44,000 --> 00:26:48,720
Speaker 1: don't think anybody had that. I know I didn't anybody

466
00:26:48,720 --> 00:26:52,600
Speaker 1: have Gabriel Davis with seven receiving touchdowns last year. I

467
00:26:52,640 --> 00:26:56,320
Speaker 1: don't think anybody had that either. So do your best

468
00:26:56,359 --> 00:27:01,399
Speaker 1: crystal ball seeking work today. Which player will have the

469
00:27:01,440 --> 00:27:05,800
Speaker 1: most unexpected impact on the Bills in twenty twenty one? Yeah?

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Speaker 1: Any thoughts about that? Yeah? I mean, I've been knocking

471
00:27:08,720 --> 00:27:13,160
Speaker 1: around some names in my head. I'm convinced that AJ

472
00:27:13,359 --> 00:27:15,400
Speaker 1: is gonna do some stuff off the edge this year.

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Speaker 1: The only thing that keeps me from definitively saying AJP

474
00:27:20,200 --> 00:27:22,640
Speaker 1: and S is my pick for this is the rotation

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00:27:22,720 --> 00:27:25,000
Speaker 1: that we see on the defensive line. So I just

476
00:27:25,040 --> 00:27:27,920
Speaker 1: wonder about are the opportunities going to match up enough

477
00:27:28,480 --> 00:27:32,880
Speaker 1: to lead to the production that I think he could provide. Yeah,

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00:27:32,880 --> 00:27:37,560
Speaker 1: it's a good question because certainly at any point of

479
00:27:37,600 --> 00:27:39,199
Speaker 1: this you always look at the high draft picks like

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00:27:39,320 --> 00:27:46,119
Speaker 1: Rousseau and Bassia, and you look at Spencer Brown, Tommy Boyle,

481
00:27:46,560 --> 00:27:48,200
Speaker 1: all four of those guys are gonna have a chance

482
00:27:48,200 --> 00:27:50,640
Speaker 1: to maybe get on the field at some point It's hard.

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00:27:50,640 --> 00:27:52,960
Speaker 1: I don't know. If Spencer Brown gets on the field

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00:27:52,960 --> 00:27:56,679
Speaker 1: at say, right tackle, is that going to be as

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00:27:56,760 --> 00:28:00,399
Speaker 1: big as a big impact or will he be that

486
00:28:00,520 --> 00:28:04,159
Speaker 1: much better than Darryl Williams would be if Darrell Williams

487
00:28:04,200 --> 00:28:06,320
Speaker 1: moved down to guard or whatever they shuffled around, or

488
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Speaker 1: if he gets injured or whatever, and Spencer Brown ends

489
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Speaker 1: up being a starting right tackle, does that really make

490
00:28:11,160 --> 00:28:13,120
Speaker 1: the kind of impact you're looking at? Is his played

491
00:28:13,160 --> 00:28:15,280
Speaker 1: that much different than anybody else that would have played there,

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Speaker 1: even though he does have a nice season and all

493
00:28:17,520 --> 00:28:20,600
Speaker 1: of that. Um, Daryl Williams had a nice season last year,

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Speaker 1: does that count as a as being as impactful as

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00:28:26,840 --> 00:28:29,399
Speaker 1: let's say, like we were talking about Reggie Gilliam coming

496
00:28:29,440 --> 00:28:31,439
Speaker 1: in and there they become a two back set a

497
00:28:31,440 --> 00:28:34,640
Speaker 1: lot more this season. Gillian would certainly be unexpected, right,

498
00:28:34,720 --> 00:28:38,840
Speaker 1: that would be safe to say, right, So, Um, but

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00:28:39,000 --> 00:28:41,280
Speaker 1: you look at the impact that had last year. I

500
00:28:41,560 --> 00:28:44,280
Speaker 1: can't We've talked off and on about this a lot.

501
00:28:44,400 --> 00:28:46,640
Speaker 1: Gabe Davis forcing the Bills or being the kind of

502
00:28:46,640 --> 00:28:50,120
Speaker 1: player that forces an NFL team to say, you know what,

503
00:28:50,160 --> 00:28:53,720
Speaker 1: we gotta go forward wide with this guy. We got

504
00:28:53,920 --> 00:28:57,840
Speaker 1: Beasley Digs, John Brown and kids, but we need him.

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00:28:57,880 --> 00:28:59,800
Speaker 1: We need him on the field. That's the best option

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00:28:59,840 --> 00:29:03,360
Speaker 1: for us. Forget Lee Smith and and all these end

507
00:29:03,640 --> 00:29:07,440
Speaker 1: and Pat DeMarco and all that. Let's go single back

508
00:29:07,480 --> 00:29:11,480
Speaker 1: and for wide. That's big. That's really big for rookie

509
00:29:11,480 --> 00:29:15,680
Speaker 1: to do. That would totally unexpected, and he delivered, and

510
00:29:15,760 --> 00:29:19,400
Speaker 1: he delivered. So so what would we're thinking what new

511
00:29:19,440 --> 00:29:21,160
Speaker 1: player on the team. He could say, you know, maybe

512
00:29:21,200 --> 00:29:23,120
Speaker 1: Sanders may you know, he can't expect him to be

513
00:29:23,440 --> 00:29:26,160
Speaker 1: on the field al he's one hundred percent of the

514
00:29:26,200 --> 00:29:28,840
Speaker 1: snaps and he'll have the kind of impact that can have.

515
00:29:29,640 --> 00:29:32,480
Speaker 1: Same thing with Gabe Davis. Who's going to be unexpected

516
00:29:33,200 --> 00:29:38,120
Speaker 1: could be Matt Breda, could be it could be yeah,

517
00:29:38,160 --> 00:29:41,280
Speaker 1: it could be Tommy Sweeney. You know somebody like that

518
00:29:41,320 --> 00:29:45,240
Speaker 1: who unseats do Dawson Knox or unexpectedly they go two

519
00:29:45,280 --> 00:29:48,120
Speaker 1: tights with Dawson Knox on the field as well, something

520
00:29:48,160 --> 00:29:54,320
Speaker 1: like that. Defensively, because of because of the nature the

521
00:29:54,320 --> 00:29:56,480
Speaker 1: way that defensive backfield is structured and the way that

522
00:29:56,520 --> 00:29:57,760
Speaker 1: you know, they got these guys that are in there,

523
00:29:57,800 --> 00:29:59,960
Speaker 1: you just can't get him out of there. You kind

524
00:30:00,000 --> 00:30:01,520
Speaker 1: I have to look at that front four like you were.

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00:30:01,760 --> 00:30:04,040
Speaker 1: It's fewer. There are fewer options on the defensive side

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00:30:04,080 --> 00:30:06,560
Speaker 1: of the ball in terms of unexpected impact, right, I

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00:30:06,560 --> 00:30:11,959
Speaker 1: mean unless you like, maybe if Siran Neil has a

528
00:30:11,960 --> 00:30:16,280
Speaker 1: fantastic preseason, maybe he unseats Tarren Johnson as the nickel, Well,

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00:30:16,320 --> 00:30:20,800
Speaker 1: then there could be some unexpected impact there. M right,

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00:30:20,960 --> 00:30:23,400
Speaker 1: if that turns into a major position battle, or if

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00:30:23,440 --> 00:30:26,400
Speaker 1: somebody him does one of these guys like you know,

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00:30:26,480 --> 00:30:30,400
Speaker 1: Cam Lewis or Dane Jackson, Rashad wild Goose ends up

533
00:30:30,400 --> 00:30:33,240
Speaker 1: as a corner second cornerback, that would be unexpected I

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00:30:33,280 --> 00:30:36,560
Speaker 1: think at this point. But then you have to play.

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00:30:36,920 --> 00:30:39,480
Speaker 1: Once you win the role, it's not over. Like he

536
00:30:39,600 --> 00:30:41,720
Speaker 1: made all these changes for Gabe Davis and then they're

537
00:30:41,760 --> 00:30:44,320
Speaker 1: crossing their fingers hoping it's gonna work, and he came

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00:30:44,360 --> 00:30:48,200
Speaker 1: through for them. So it's it's almost like double layered here.

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00:30:48,240 --> 00:30:52,400
Speaker 1: It's not only where you think it's coming from. Does

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00:30:52,440 --> 00:30:55,200
Speaker 1: it happen? Does the guy actually come through and deliver?

541
00:30:55,280 --> 00:30:57,240
Speaker 1: You also have to ask yourself. We had this question

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00:30:57,240 --> 00:30:59,840
Speaker 1: on our Twitter poll last week, what's the how's the

543
00:30:59,840 --> 00:31:02,200
Speaker 1: eye didentity gonna change this year? From last year because

544
00:31:02,200 --> 00:31:05,000
Speaker 1: it changed so much from twenty nineteen to twenty twenty,

545
00:31:05,280 --> 00:31:07,040
Speaker 1: when the defense was middle of the road, the offense

546
00:31:07,160 --> 00:31:09,520
Speaker 1: was this juggernaut and it was just the opposite of

547
00:31:09,560 --> 00:31:11,200
Speaker 1: that year before and when they were in the playoffs

548
00:31:12,200 --> 00:31:13,920
Speaker 1: and we asked, you know, how it's gonna change. You

549
00:31:13,920 --> 00:31:17,000
Speaker 1: almost have to anticipate what it's gonna look like on

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00:31:17,040 --> 00:31:20,040
Speaker 1: the field for this Buffalo Bills offense or defense. And

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00:31:20,560 --> 00:31:23,080
Speaker 1: who's gonna be the beneficiary of that. Who's it gonna

552
00:31:23,120 --> 00:31:25,760
Speaker 1: be Jerry, Who's gonna have a fifteen sack season? Yeah,

553
00:31:25,760 --> 00:31:29,120
Speaker 1: you know that kind of thing. Who's gonna be a

554
00:31:29,200 --> 00:31:32,560
Speaker 1: guy that's like, all right, good year for him? No

555
00:31:32,720 --> 00:31:35,800
Speaker 1: kind of guy. And most of the guys you're looking

556
00:31:35,840 --> 00:31:38,160
Speaker 1: at are like, no, that could happen. It's not that

557
00:31:38,240 --> 00:31:41,240
Speaker 1: unexpected because of the depth and the quality of the

558
00:31:41,320 --> 00:31:43,640
Speaker 1: roster in the way it's been. Yeah, so dig deep

559
00:31:43,680 --> 00:31:45,560
Speaker 1: on this one. Which player will have the most unexpected

560
00:31:45,600 --> 00:31:47,480
Speaker 1: impact on the Bills in twenty twenty one? Eight to

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Speaker 1: three oh five fifty one eight eight five fifty two

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00:31:50,520 --> 00:31:52,640
Speaker 1: five fifty Got an open line for you there. You

563
00:31:52,640 --> 00:31:54,040
Speaker 1: can hit us up on the tweet sheet at one

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00:31:54,080 --> 00:31:58,200
Speaker 1: Bills Live Coming up next, Sean McDermott addressed the media

565
00:31:58,280 --> 00:32:00,680
Speaker 1: this morning. We're gonna give you some of his more

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00:32:00,760 --> 00:32:04,160
Speaker 1: notable comments from that press conference when we return. Also

567
00:32:04,320 --> 00:32:07,400
Speaker 1: on the horizon on today's show, we've also gotten Mario

568
00:32:07,480 --> 00:32:10,880
Speaker 1: Addison who's addressing the media today, as well as the

569
00:32:10,880 --> 00:32:15,000
Speaker 1: aforementioned Gabriel Davis, and then from NFL dot Com and

570
00:32:15,040 --> 00:32:18,200
Speaker 1: the Around the NFL podcast, Dan Hanzous joins us in

571
00:32:18,280 --> 00:32:20,880
Speaker 1: the third hour of today's show. We're jam packed plenty

572
00:32:20,920 --> 00:32:23,120
Speaker 1: for you. Come back, stick and stay. Steve and I

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00:32:23,240 --> 00:32:25,400
Speaker 1: back in a second here on One Bill's Live, presented

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00:32:25,400 --> 00:32:38,960
Speaker 1: by Kalaida Health. It's Buffalo Bill's Radio. Welcome back, It's

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00:32:38,960 --> 00:32:41,360
Speaker 1: One Bills Live here on a Tuesday. Chris Brown, Steve

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00:32:41,400 --> 00:32:44,400
Speaker 1: Tasker with you and bringing you now some of the

577
00:32:44,640 --> 00:32:48,760
Speaker 1: more pointed comments from head coach Sean McDermott today as

578
00:32:48,760 --> 00:32:52,600
Speaker 1: he addressed the media this morning prior to practice, and

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Speaker 1: we begin with the obvious here first day in pad

580
00:32:56,000 --> 00:32:59,680
Speaker 1: So naturally, coach McDermott was asked on how you gauge

581
00:32:59,720 --> 00:33:02,400
Speaker 1: the increase in intensity and the balance you try to

582
00:33:02,440 --> 00:33:06,959
Speaker 1: strike between doing too much and risking hurting people and

583
00:33:07,160 --> 00:33:10,080
Speaker 1: still getting the proper work in. So here is coach

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Speaker 1: McDermott addressing that balance. Well, that's one of the goals

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00:33:13,920 --> 00:33:15,959
Speaker 1: of training camp is not only just to come together

586
00:33:16,040 --> 00:33:18,040
Speaker 1: as a team, but also build the toughness of our

587
00:33:18,040 --> 00:33:22,000
Speaker 1: football team. And I found that's it's it's a you

588
00:33:22,040 --> 00:33:25,880
Speaker 1: really can't do that come November. It's it's pasted at

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00:33:25,920 --> 00:33:28,080
Speaker 1: that point. So this is a time where we build

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00:33:28,080 --> 00:33:30,040
Speaker 1: the toughness of our football team. And you do that

591
00:33:30,080 --> 00:33:32,600
Speaker 1: by winning at the line of scrimmage. And that's where

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00:33:32,640 --> 00:33:36,000
Speaker 1: it's built these days right here in camp, and and

593
00:33:36,080 --> 00:33:41,400
Speaker 1: our players are well aware of that. Not surprising. This

594
00:33:41,480 --> 00:33:46,360
Speaker 1: is where your run run game gets some tread because

595
00:33:46,440 --> 00:33:50,520
Speaker 1: the blocking is more real, the contact is more in

596
00:33:50,600 --> 00:33:52,880
Speaker 1: tune with the timing of an actual run play in

597
00:33:52,920 --> 00:33:55,680
Speaker 1: a game, which gives the running back the better look,

598
00:33:56,280 --> 00:33:57,920
Speaker 1: so he's more in tune with what's going to be

599
00:33:58,000 --> 00:34:01,720
Speaker 1: coming his way. You can't evaluate where your running games

600
00:34:01,720 --> 00:34:05,080
Speaker 1: at unless the pads are on and you go live.

601
00:34:05,960 --> 00:34:07,520
Speaker 1: That's that's all there is to it. So all the

602
00:34:07,560 --> 00:34:09,360
Speaker 1: stuff they've been doing up to this point is the

603
00:34:09,400 --> 00:34:14,239
Speaker 1: passing game. Fine, you can do that certainly, but even

604
00:34:14,239 --> 00:34:18,040
Speaker 1: the past protection and all of that is is rudimentary

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00:34:18,320 --> 00:34:24,640
Speaker 1: and halfway so so now they can really start to

606
00:34:24,680 --> 00:34:26,759
Speaker 1: evaluate have they gotten better on the offensive line, have

607
00:34:26,800 --> 00:34:29,360
Speaker 1: they gotten better on the defensive line, have they gotten

608
00:34:29,360 --> 00:34:32,360
Speaker 1: more physical? Or those you know are the you know,

609
00:34:32,520 --> 00:34:34,600
Speaker 1: is the competition gonna be the way we thought it

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00:34:34,640 --> 00:34:36,560
Speaker 1: would be, And that's you know, you can't know that

611
00:34:36,680 --> 00:34:39,839
Speaker 1: until you start trying to push people around the way

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00:34:39,880 --> 00:34:42,000
Speaker 1: you do on a football game. And they even today,

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00:34:42,040 --> 00:34:44,080
Speaker 1: I didn't think they did that, so and I think

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00:34:44,120 --> 00:34:47,319
Speaker 1: it's and I said told somebody I was with, it's

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00:34:47,360 --> 00:34:51,279
Speaker 1: a smart thing to do because you can't just like

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00:34:51,440 --> 00:34:54,440
Speaker 1: all in all one jump in. You'll have you'll have

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00:34:54,520 --> 00:34:57,880
Speaker 1: six guys go down in practice because of the difference,

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00:34:57,920 --> 00:35:00,319
Speaker 1: and you gotta work up to it. You gotta ramp

619
00:35:00,400 --> 00:35:02,040
Speaker 1: up to it. And when they do and now that

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00:35:02,160 --> 00:35:04,000
Speaker 1: you know, maybe they'll do that, have an off day

621
00:35:04,040 --> 00:35:08,000
Speaker 1: probably tomorrow, and they'll come back and go at it.

622
00:35:08,040 --> 00:35:10,040
Speaker 1: But they got to work into it in acclaimate. I

623
00:35:10,040 --> 00:35:11,960
Speaker 1: think it's one of the things they learned during COVID

624
00:35:12,320 --> 00:35:15,759
Speaker 1: when they came back with Zerota zero mini camps, the

625
00:35:15,960 --> 00:35:19,839
Speaker 1: escalation up to full contact really helped them alleviate a

626
00:35:19,840 --> 00:35:23,040
Speaker 1: lot of soft tissue injuries that they get at this

627
00:35:23,080 --> 00:35:25,680
Speaker 1: time of year. So even now they're just getting to

628
00:35:25,680 --> 00:35:28,120
Speaker 1: the point where they can even evaluate how they look

629
00:35:28,160 --> 00:35:31,760
Speaker 1: in the running game. I asked Coach this morning about

630
00:35:31,840 --> 00:35:35,520
Speaker 1: how the rookies as a collective are doing in terms

631
00:35:35,520 --> 00:35:38,040
Speaker 1: of getting up to speed with what I think we

632
00:35:38,080 --> 00:35:41,120
Speaker 1: can all agree is a very unique practice tempo that

633
00:35:41,160 --> 00:35:44,440
Speaker 1: goes on out here with as much continuity as this

634
00:35:44,560 --> 00:35:46,640
Speaker 1: roster has had. Guys know where they're going, Guys know

635
00:35:46,719 --> 00:35:49,160
Speaker 1: how to play off each other, and it moves. I mean,

636
00:35:49,200 --> 00:35:53,759
Speaker 1: it is a fast, up tempo practice setting. And if

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00:35:53,800 --> 00:35:57,520
Speaker 1: you don't know your stuff backwards and forwards, or you

638
00:35:57,560 --> 00:35:59,640
Speaker 1: don't know the next period that's coming because you didn't

639
00:35:59,640 --> 00:36:02,640
Speaker 1: review the sheet in the meeting in the morning, you're

640
00:36:02,640 --> 00:36:05,440
Speaker 1: going to be lost. So I asked Coach how the

641
00:36:05,520 --> 00:36:09,880
Speaker 1: rookies as a collective are handling the up tempo nature

642
00:36:09,920 --> 00:36:12,160
Speaker 1: of the practices that exist here in Buffalo. Here's what

643
00:36:12,200 --> 00:36:15,439
Speaker 1: Coach said to that, you count on Chris, the player

644
00:36:15,520 --> 00:36:20,439
Speaker 1: driven leadership, the senior leaders on our team to come

645
00:36:20,480 --> 00:36:23,279
Speaker 1: through so that those guys said a great example, and

646
00:36:23,320 --> 00:36:27,000
Speaker 1: the young guys follow and so and you know that helps, right,

647
00:36:27,080 --> 00:36:30,600
Speaker 1: And then again clear communication. We just got out of

648
00:36:30,600 --> 00:36:33,120
Speaker 1: a meeting where try and tea up. Hey, this is

649
00:36:33,160 --> 00:36:35,360
Speaker 1: what the drills are today, especially the new ones, so

650
00:36:35,440 --> 00:36:37,439
Speaker 1: the guys know what to expect and how the drill

651
00:36:37,480 --> 00:36:40,160
Speaker 1: is going to be run. What the tempo is today

652
00:36:40,200 --> 00:36:44,120
Speaker 1: will be mostly thud, so that again you stay away

653
00:36:44,160 --> 00:36:48,400
Speaker 1: from hopefully god willing injuries when sometimes injuries happen when

654
00:36:48,400 --> 00:36:50,839
Speaker 1: people are working at two different temples. So but yeah,

655
00:36:50,880 --> 00:36:54,680
Speaker 1: we pride ourselves and practicing fast. That's one of the

656
00:36:54,719 --> 00:36:58,560
Speaker 1: things I learned being around Andy in Philadelphia, the environment

657
00:36:58,600 --> 00:37:01,600
Speaker 1: around the around Hey, you cross over that line, it's

658
00:37:01,640 --> 00:37:04,320
Speaker 1: time to move and it's time to you know, hustle

659
00:37:04,400 --> 00:37:06,200
Speaker 1: and all those things that we do. You can be

660
00:37:06,239 --> 00:37:08,880
Speaker 1: a quieter guy off the field, but on the field

661
00:37:09,200 --> 00:37:12,399
Speaker 1: you got to flip the switch. So I think it's

662
00:37:12,400 --> 00:37:14,480
Speaker 1: a tough balance though, because you know the kinds of

663
00:37:14,520 --> 00:37:18,640
Speaker 1: competitors that play in this league, and if you're a

664
00:37:18,680 --> 00:37:20,640
Speaker 1: young player and you're not one hundred percent sure, it's

665
00:37:20,719 --> 00:37:24,880
Speaker 1: very helpful to have an example from a veteran that

666
00:37:25,000 --> 00:37:27,120
Speaker 1: you can watch right in front of you the rep

667
00:37:27,200 --> 00:37:30,680
Speaker 1: before you go, Okay, he's he's not going all out,

668
00:37:30,719 --> 00:37:32,839
Speaker 1: he's not trying to kill that guy over there, but

669
00:37:33,120 --> 00:37:35,239
Speaker 1: I gotta move, I gotta be in position, I gotta

670
00:37:35,280 --> 00:37:37,600
Speaker 1: you know, all that stuff. I just think it's it's

671
00:37:37,640 --> 00:37:40,040
Speaker 1: got to be an adjustment for a young player to

672
00:37:40,200 --> 00:37:43,359
Speaker 1: strike that proper balance where you're not making yourself look

673
00:37:43,360 --> 00:37:46,200
Speaker 1: bad but you're also not hurting anybody. It Also it

674
00:37:46,280 --> 00:37:48,520
Speaker 1: goes back to what they've learned up to this point

675
00:37:48,560 --> 00:37:51,279
Speaker 1: as well. I mean, they've been going through drills and

676
00:37:51,440 --> 00:37:54,480
Speaker 1: practices and running hard, and there's been a little bit

677
00:37:54,480 --> 00:37:57,720
Speaker 1: of physicality out there even without pads, where they're starting

678
00:37:57,719 --> 00:38:00,720
Speaker 1: to get acclimated, and you just the only only question

679
00:38:00,800 --> 00:38:03,399
Speaker 1: mark most of these guys have is, Okay, how big

680
00:38:03,440 --> 00:38:06,160
Speaker 1: a step is this today? You know we got pads

681
00:38:06,200 --> 00:38:08,719
Speaker 1: on how I said we're not going live? I heard

682
00:38:08,760 --> 00:38:12,759
Speaker 1: I know that, But how not live are we going?

683
00:38:13,239 --> 00:38:15,120
Speaker 1: And that you gotta see it done. You gotta watch

684
00:38:15,120 --> 00:38:18,319
Speaker 1: it and feel it and you risk. And for a

685
00:38:18,360 --> 00:38:22,839
Speaker 1: young player, the big thing that you hate is when

686
00:38:22,840 --> 00:38:26,239
Speaker 1: you're not going fast enough and you look bad because

687
00:38:26,239 --> 00:38:28,080
Speaker 1: then you think you're gonna get cut. Yeah, and you

688
00:38:28,280 --> 00:38:31,360
Speaker 1: oh my gosh, I just I just ruined. My lifelong

689
00:38:31,440 --> 00:38:33,319
Speaker 1: dream is gone because of this one rep. You know,

690
00:38:33,320 --> 00:38:36,320
Speaker 1: you kind of get into that mindset. So it's it's

691
00:38:36,360 --> 00:38:38,800
Speaker 1: that tendency for rookies to have to be dialed back

692
00:38:38,920 --> 00:38:41,560
Speaker 1: rather than to turn it up. And you know, once

693
00:38:41,600 --> 00:38:44,400
Speaker 1: they get confident and they realize that they're gonna be

694
00:38:44,400 --> 00:38:48,080
Speaker 1: around for another practice, you learn the pace pretty quickly. Yeah,

695
00:38:48,640 --> 00:38:50,480
Speaker 1: a JP and S has been a player that a

696
00:38:50,560 --> 00:38:53,240
Speaker 1: lot of people are keeping their eye on because of

697
00:38:53,680 --> 00:38:57,400
Speaker 1: the very good early offseason that he had. Leslie Frasier

698
00:38:57,480 --> 00:39:00,600
Speaker 1: back in the spring was speaking glowingly of him and

699
00:39:00,680 --> 00:39:02,960
Speaker 1: the work that he put in here in Buffalo for

700
00:39:03,080 --> 00:39:07,120
Speaker 1: almost the entire offseason to be ready for his second

701
00:39:07,120 --> 00:39:10,080
Speaker 1: season in the league. But what does coach McDermott think

702
00:39:10,160 --> 00:39:12,399
Speaker 1: of what aj Epenessa has done to this point? Here

703
00:39:12,440 --> 00:39:15,520
Speaker 1: are his thoughts on the second year defensive end. I

704
00:39:15,520 --> 00:39:17,719
Speaker 1: thought I got off on the right foot when he

705
00:39:17,880 --> 00:39:20,400
Speaker 1: came back here as early as he did in the offseason,

706
00:39:21,560 --> 00:39:23,640
Speaker 1: and that was that was his of his own doing.

707
00:39:24,040 --> 00:39:26,400
Speaker 1: UM and the work he's put in with Eric Siano

708
00:39:26,440 --> 00:39:29,840
Speaker 1: and our coaches, our strength coaches. UH, you're seeing the

709
00:39:29,880 --> 00:39:32,640
Speaker 1: fruits of that labor to this point. Now today starts

710
00:39:32,640 --> 00:39:35,759
Speaker 1: another chapter right with pads and and UH and all

711
00:39:35,800 --> 00:39:38,880
Speaker 1: that goes into that so, um, you know, it'll be

712
00:39:38,920 --> 00:39:40,880
Speaker 1: interesting to see how he continues to grow. I mean

713
00:39:40,880 --> 00:39:42,640
Speaker 1: he's just in his second year, early part of his

714
00:39:42,680 --> 00:39:45,239
Speaker 1: second year now, and um, but I've been I've been

715
00:39:45,280 --> 00:39:48,279
Speaker 1: pleased at this point with his progress. I don't think

716
00:39:48,280 --> 00:39:55,520
Speaker 1: we're gonna know how aj has pushed his game forward

717
00:39:56,640 --> 00:39:59,200
Speaker 1: until we see him in like a preseason game, right, Like,

718
00:39:59,200 --> 00:40:02,879
Speaker 1: we're not really going to have a handle on him

719
00:40:02,960 --> 00:40:06,440
Speaker 1: until he's able to cut it loose. Yeah, And I

720
00:40:06,480 --> 00:40:11,440
Speaker 1: think for players like that, I mean, don't we all

721
00:40:11,440 --> 00:40:13,480
Speaker 1: just want to see him get a bunch of sacks, right?

722
00:40:14,200 --> 00:40:16,840
Speaker 1: I mean sure, I mean it makes some tack Okay,

723
00:40:16,920 --> 00:40:19,040
Speaker 1: make some tackles. They're running the ball, Okay. There he

724
00:40:19,120 --> 00:40:21,560
Speaker 1: had was in on three run plays in a past play.

725
00:40:22,120 --> 00:40:25,520
Speaker 1: You know, for a guy like a Japanezza, for Greg Russo,

726
00:40:25,600 --> 00:40:30,120
Speaker 1: Boogie basham, Jerry Hughes. The only way most of us

727
00:40:30,160 --> 00:40:33,279
Speaker 1: can evaluate what that guy does. Do we see it

728
00:40:33,320 --> 00:40:36,120
Speaker 1: in the stat sheet? Does he does he make a

729
00:40:36,120 --> 00:40:39,400
Speaker 1: play that wows you? It's hard to do, no question

730
00:40:39,440 --> 00:40:41,520
Speaker 1: about it. And you know a lot of guys never

731
00:40:41,600 --> 00:40:43,919
Speaker 1: get that chance to do it, never never are that good.

732
00:40:44,560 --> 00:40:46,960
Speaker 1: But you got a high expectations a Japanesza. You're right,

733
00:40:46,960 --> 00:40:48,560
Speaker 1: we've heard a lot about him, and I don't think

734
00:40:48,840 --> 00:40:51,600
Speaker 1: it'd be interesting to see what he thought of his

735
00:40:51,680 --> 00:40:55,600
Speaker 1: season last year inactive first couple of games, came back,

736
00:40:55,640 --> 00:40:58,480
Speaker 1: had struggled with his weight to get it back on

737
00:40:59,000 --> 00:41:03,560
Speaker 1: that kind of thing. Just didn't you know, bad body

738
00:41:03,560 --> 00:41:07,600
Speaker 1: composition just wasn't right right, plus plus COVID protocols, couldn't

739
00:41:07,600 --> 00:41:09,520
Speaker 1: practice and all that stuff, and he's like everything is

740
00:41:09,560 --> 00:41:13,399
Speaker 1: all messed up. He could not possibly have been all

741
00:41:13,400 --> 00:41:16,600
Speaker 1: that thrilled with his first year in the NFL, and

742
00:41:16,640 --> 00:41:18,200
Speaker 1: I think that stuck with him, and it's one of

743
00:41:18,200 --> 00:41:20,600
Speaker 1: the reasons he came back earlier. If I don't know,

744
00:41:20,640 --> 00:41:23,120
Speaker 1: I'm spoken to him, but it seems obvious. Let's make

745
00:41:23,160 --> 00:41:24,839
Speaker 1: it right, kind of like I'm not I'm not going

746
00:41:24,840 --> 00:41:26,879
Speaker 1: through that again. I'm gonna get I'm gonna show these

747
00:41:26,920 --> 00:41:29,160
Speaker 1: people what I can do. Yeah, and be more and

748
00:41:29,280 --> 00:41:32,360
Speaker 1: be more than ready break time for us here, but

749
00:41:32,400 --> 00:41:35,440
Speaker 1: when we come back. Coach McDermott on a couple of

750
00:41:35,640 --> 00:41:40,719
Speaker 1: unheralded players that he believes are the representation of the

751
00:41:40,760 --> 00:41:44,880
Speaker 1: glue that holds this team together. Who is he talking

752
00:41:44,920 --> 00:41:47,279
Speaker 1: about we'll find out next when we return here on

753
00:41:47,280 --> 00:41:49,400
Speaker 1: One Bill's Live, presented by Kalid to Health. This is

754
00:41:49,400 --> 00:42:06,480
Speaker 1: Buffalo Bill's Radio. Welcome back. And when we left you

755
00:42:06,520 --> 00:42:08,799
Speaker 1: at the break, we told you that head coach Sean

756
00:42:08,880 --> 00:42:13,720
Speaker 1: McDermott had mentioned two examples of players on this roster

757
00:42:13,800 --> 00:42:17,719
Speaker 1: that he sees as glue guys. You know, he talked

758
00:42:17,760 --> 00:42:20,319
Speaker 1: about all the big name players that get a lot

759
00:42:20,360 --> 00:42:22,880
Speaker 1: of the oppress, a lot of the attention, and deservedly so.

760
00:42:23,800 --> 00:42:28,399
Speaker 1: But it's clear that coach McDermott values some of those

761
00:42:28,440 --> 00:42:32,640
Speaker 1: guys that take on different roles, niche roles in some

762
00:42:32,719 --> 00:42:36,360
Speaker 1: cases fly under the radar. One guy he was asked

763
00:42:36,880 --> 00:42:40,319
Speaker 1: about in particular was one of Steve's personal favorites. It

764
00:42:40,360 --> 00:42:43,120
Speaker 1: was Justin Zimmer. He was coach McDermott on that you

765
00:42:43,120 --> 00:42:46,319
Speaker 1: know last year. It probably wasn't yet, but he joined

766
00:42:46,400 --> 00:42:49,239
Speaker 1: us later on in camp, and you know, you get

767
00:42:49,280 --> 00:42:51,680
Speaker 1: guys later in camp and you're just hoping that they

768
00:42:51,719 --> 00:42:54,880
Speaker 1: can give us some good reps. And you know, it

769
00:42:54,960 --> 00:42:59,160
Speaker 1: came down to him and keeping another another body, another person,

770
00:42:59,280 --> 00:43:02,760
Speaker 1: and and we kept Zim. There's just something about him,

771
00:43:02,800 --> 00:43:05,360
Speaker 1: you know that you can't really put your finger on it.

772
00:43:05,400 --> 00:43:08,440
Speaker 1: I'm watching him now over your shoulder. He's one of

773
00:43:08,480 --> 00:43:10,640
Speaker 1: the first ones out here to practice. You talk about

774
00:43:11,200 --> 00:43:15,279
Speaker 1: like why why things happen. And I think he played

775
00:43:15,320 --> 00:43:19,880
Speaker 1: at fair State. I mean, just credit to him and

776
00:43:20,480 --> 00:43:25,000
Speaker 1: going to a small school right against all odds, works

777
00:43:25,040 --> 00:43:28,480
Speaker 1: his tail off. It's to me no mistake why he's

778
00:43:28,480 --> 00:43:31,360
Speaker 1: had the success he's had and why this team respects

779
00:43:31,440 --> 00:43:35,440
Speaker 1: him for who he is. That's pretty strong for a

780
00:43:35,480 --> 00:43:38,040
Speaker 1: guy that's fighting to be the fourth defensive tackle on

781
00:43:38,040 --> 00:43:42,279
Speaker 1: this roster. Yeah, it's one of those guys you just

782
00:43:42,360 --> 00:43:45,000
Speaker 1: kind of find him and for some reason he clicks.

783
00:43:45,040 --> 00:43:48,880
Speaker 1: And I said it before on the show. Certain guys

784
00:43:49,000 --> 00:43:51,839
Speaker 1: thrive in certain environments, and a lot of guys thrive

785
00:43:51,880 --> 00:43:54,040
Speaker 1: in the environment here in Buffalo. It's to me, it's

786
00:43:54,400 --> 00:43:57,560
Speaker 1: the environment's got a great culture, great locker room, is healthy,

787
00:43:58,320 --> 00:44:01,080
Speaker 1: great leadership, the coach. I mean, this is one of

788
00:44:01,120 --> 00:44:03,560
Speaker 1: the reasons they've blossomed over the last three or four

789
00:44:03,600 --> 00:44:05,560
Speaker 1: years was because what Sean McDermott has built here in

790
00:44:05,560 --> 00:44:07,200
Speaker 1: this locker room with the kind of guys he has gotten.

791
00:44:07,760 --> 00:44:11,920
Speaker 1: A guy like Zimmer, Yeah, I mean this is his

792
00:44:12,000 --> 00:44:14,359
Speaker 1: spot and this guy's like a mushroom in a cave. Now.

793
00:44:14,400 --> 00:44:17,279
Speaker 1: I mean he's like he's like getting bigger, you know,

794
00:44:17,480 --> 00:44:19,920
Speaker 1: more important. As we watch, wedn't know who he was

795
00:44:20,360 --> 00:44:23,840
Speaker 1: until he punched that ball out of Cam Newton's grasp

796
00:44:23,920 --> 00:44:26,799
Speaker 1: last year to win a ball game, right and now,

797
00:44:26,920 --> 00:44:31,200
Speaker 1: and then he's running down with Tyreek Hill chasing him down.

798
00:44:34,120 --> 00:44:39,480
Speaker 1: Guys like that are important to teams because they proved

799
00:44:39,520 --> 00:44:41,160
Speaker 1: to other guys on the team that if you do

800
00:44:41,200 --> 00:44:42,879
Speaker 1: what you're supposed to do, you're gonna hang in there

801
00:44:42,880 --> 00:44:44,920
Speaker 1: and get an opportunity and get it yeah, and get

802
00:44:44,960 --> 00:44:50,239
Speaker 1: an honest chance to have a career because you did

803
00:44:50,280 --> 00:44:52,840
Speaker 1: all the right things, not some of the time, not

804
00:44:53,040 --> 00:44:55,640
Speaker 1: most of the time, all of the time, because his

805
00:44:55,760 --> 00:44:59,760
Speaker 1: natural god given ability only makes him a fringe NFL player.

806
00:45:00,080 --> 00:45:04,440
Speaker 1: When you roll in the daily commitment that Sean McDermott

807
00:45:04,440 --> 00:45:06,560
Speaker 1: demands of everybody on this roster, and you're a guy

808
00:45:06,640 --> 00:45:09,520
Speaker 1: like that, your career can end up being a lot

809
00:45:09,520 --> 00:45:11,319
Speaker 1: longer than maybe a lot of people think. I have

810
00:45:11,440 --> 00:45:14,319
Speaker 1: not seen Zimmer take any offensive snaps, which is I

811
00:45:14,360 --> 00:45:16,359
Speaker 1: know you're a little disappointed. A mag in somebody's ear.

812
00:45:16,440 --> 00:45:19,440
Speaker 1: Reggie Gilliam might be the reason why might be the

813
00:45:19,480 --> 00:45:24,759
Speaker 1: reason why we see Speaking of glue guys, there was

814
00:45:24,800 --> 00:45:27,319
Speaker 1: another player that coach McDermott mentioned when he was asked

815
00:45:27,320 --> 00:45:31,120
Speaker 1: about him specifically. Here was coach McDermott on Jake Kumero.

816
00:45:31,800 --> 00:45:36,040
Speaker 1: I mean, his road has been rocky right to this point.

817
00:45:36,640 --> 00:45:39,160
Speaker 1: I can tell you this though. When he left towards

818
00:45:39,200 --> 00:45:41,760
Speaker 1: the end of the year last season, he was missed

819
00:45:42,120 --> 00:45:44,480
Speaker 1: right just in the locker room, the vibe of the team.

820
00:45:44,920 --> 00:45:47,359
Speaker 1: And so to have the chance to get him back

821
00:45:47,400 --> 00:45:50,920
Speaker 1: here was a big was a big opportunity for us.

822
00:45:50,960 --> 00:45:53,840
Speaker 1: And so you know, I think he's off to a

823
00:45:53,880 --> 00:45:55,960
Speaker 1: great starting camp. He made a big play the other

824
00:45:56,040 --> 00:45:59,640
Speaker 1: day and practice over here, and he's off to a

825
00:45:59,680 --> 00:46:02,120
Speaker 1: good art and he too, brings a lot to our

826
00:46:02,160 --> 00:46:07,160
Speaker 1: team that, like I know, certain people get talked about

827
00:46:07,160 --> 00:46:14,440
Speaker 1: a lot, right like the head coach, the the main positions, receiver, quarterback, middle, linebacker,

828
00:46:14,480 --> 00:46:17,439
Speaker 1: that's what gets talked about. But there's there's a lot

829
00:46:17,440 --> 00:46:20,399
Speaker 1: of glue on this team that goes kind of that

830
00:46:20,440 --> 00:46:23,520
Speaker 1: flies under the radar. Guys that connect the team, Guys

831
00:46:23,560 --> 00:46:25,719
Speaker 1: that make us who we are. And I would say

832
00:46:25,800 --> 00:46:30,319
Speaker 1: Zimmer and Kumero are a big part of that. How

833
00:46:30,320 --> 00:46:35,480
Speaker 1: about that. How about that. It's pretty glowing report for

834
00:46:35,560 --> 00:46:39,400
Speaker 1: this point in Glue guys though, I mean they they're

835
00:46:39,440 --> 00:46:44,440
Speaker 1: on every championship team, any championship team that has ever

836
00:46:44,520 --> 00:46:48,319
Speaker 1: hoisted a trophy or whatever. They have glue guys like that,

837
00:46:48,440 --> 00:46:50,040
Speaker 1: and you say, well, what the heck does that mean?

838
00:46:50,920 --> 00:46:55,759
Speaker 1: They're guys that just by doing their job, however big,

839
00:46:55,800 --> 00:47:00,719
Speaker 1: however small, maybe multifaceted. I mean, you're gonna see Jay

840
00:47:00,800 --> 00:47:03,680
Speaker 1: Kumar on special teams if he's on this roster. Probably

841
00:47:03,680 --> 00:47:06,359
Speaker 1: gonna see Justin Zimmer on special teams, guy, if he's

842
00:47:06,400 --> 00:47:08,520
Speaker 1: on this rod. It's hard to explain except that when

843
00:47:08,560 --> 00:47:12,080
Speaker 1: you witness it, you understand it's it's and people and

844
00:47:12,760 --> 00:47:14,880
Speaker 1: listeners out there will maybe know some people or can

845
00:47:14,960 --> 00:47:17,560
Speaker 1: think of people like this that they're just people who

846
00:47:17,880 --> 00:47:22,000
Speaker 1: bring who are uniters. You know they you know, they're

847
00:47:23,080 --> 00:47:27,360
Speaker 1: the kind of people that unite people around them. You know,

848
00:47:27,360 --> 00:47:29,920
Speaker 1: they bring people together. They don't they're they're not divisive.

849
00:47:29,920 --> 00:47:33,960
Speaker 1: They're uniters and they're um and that It's hard to

850
00:47:34,000 --> 00:47:36,800
Speaker 1: explain any better than that. People who's the very personality,

851
00:47:36,840 --> 00:47:40,600
Speaker 1: the way they do their job includes the people around them.

852
00:47:40,800 --> 00:47:43,120
Speaker 1: And there's a I think there's a built in respect

853
00:47:44,200 --> 00:47:46,520
Speaker 1: for guys who have gotten here the hard way. I mean,

854
00:47:47,120 --> 00:47:49,840
Speaker 1: Justin Zimmer has been on about six different rosters and

855
00:47:49,920 --> 00:47:52,600
Speaker 1: probably four different practice squads and he comes out of

856
00:47:52,640 --> 00:47:57,480
Speaker 1: Fairish State. Okay, Jake Kumero is already twenty nine years old.

857
00:47:58,160 --> 00:48:00,279
Speaker 1: I mean, he's been trying to live this dream for

858
00:48:00,320 --> 00:48:04,919
Speaker 1: a long time and he's Division three athlete D three Nation.

859
00:48:05,000 --> 00:48:09,200
Speaker 1: What's up? Um You know? He Wisconsin Whitewater. Steve Like,

860
00:48:09,360 --> 00:48:11,400
Speaker 1: you know what I'm saying. There aren't too many guys

861
00:48:11,640 --> 00:48:14,480
Speaker 1: from Wisconsin Whitewater at age twenty nine. They're still fighting

862
00:48:14,880 --> 00:48:17,120
Speaker 1: to get a job in this league on a regular basis.

863
00:48:17,600 --> 00:48:21,880
Speaker 1: And there's there's a built in respect on NFL rosters

864
00:48:21,920 --> 00:48:24,400
Speaker 1: for guys like that, especially when they do everything the

865
00:48:24,480 --> 00:48:26,680
Speaker 1: right way like those two. And then it is also

866
00:48:27,040 --> 00:48:30,399
Speaker 1: when the old when they show up, nobody knows who

867
00:48:30,400 --> 00:48:34,320
Speaker 1: they are. Who's this great Jake Wisconsin Whitewater, Who's Justin Zimmer?

868
00:48:34,320 --> 00:48:36,840
Speaker 1: Where do you go? Ferris? Where the heck is Ferris?

869
00:48:37,080 --> 00:48:39,279
Speaker 1: You know, it's that kind of thing you get out

870
00:48:39,320 --> 00:48:41,080
Speaker 1: on the field and they're like, you know what the

871
00:48:41,080 --> 00:48:47,319
Speaker 1: guy can play? That's big. That enhances the respect you

872
00:48:47,360 --> 00:48:49,840
Speaker 1: have for these guys that came from these other places

873
00:48:49,880 --> 00:48:52,680
Speaker 1: that you don't know and never saw, never known anybody

874
00:48:52,680 --> 00:48:55,160
Speaker 1: that have ever been there, and they show up and

875
00:48:55,200 --> 00:49:00,000
Speaker 1: they can really play. It enhances their persona as they

876
00:49:00,239 --> 00:49:03,000
Speaker 1: make their way on the team, and it um it

877
00:49:03,080 --> 00:49:06,480
Speaker 1: helps them in the long run because to go that

878
00:49:06,840 --> 00:49:10,200
Speaker 1: route and not get noticed or get slipped through the

879
00:49:10,200 --> 00:49:13,839
Speaker 1: cracks of Division one Power five conference and not get there,

880
00:49:14,239 --> 00:49:17,040
Speaker 1: or just to keep scrapping year after year after year

881
00:49:17,080 --> 00:49:18,839
Speaker 1: to get on a roster, and then they find out

882
00:49:18,880 --> 00:49:21,800
Speaker 1: some young guy finds out your house, you're twenty nine, dude,

883
00:49:22,160 --> 00:49:26,120
Speaker 1: Yeah you're yeah. And then to have the rookie thinking

884
00:49:26,640 --> 00:49:30,319
Speaker 1: because it makes this young kid think, wow, this it

885
00:49:30,320 --> 00:49:32,920
Speaker 1: really is an opportunity for me. I really, you know,

886
00:49:33,040 --> 00:49:34,319
Speaker 1: I gotta make it the most of it. Now. I

887
00:49:34,320 --> 00:49:38,440
Speaker 1: gotta do it now. Right, That's that's huge. It's huge.

888
00:49:38,440 --> 00:49:40,000
Speaker 1: And you know, a guy like komer On, a guy

889
00:49:40,000 --> 00:49:41,640
Speaker 1: like Justin Zimmer, they got you know, you like them.

890
00:49:41,640 --> 00:49:46,719
Speaker 1: They're great guys. They're they're you know, bros. And so

891
00:49:46,840 --> 00:49:50,959
Speaker 1: it's it's he's right, glue. Guys are more than just

892
00:49:51,719 --> 00:49:53,719
Speaker 1: a guy who can contribute on the fringe or a

893
00:49:53,760 --> 00:49:55,479
Speaker 1: guy who can he has a role at play. He doesn't.

894
00:49:55,520 --> 00:49:57,279
Speaker 1: It's it's about who they are, what they are, their

895
00:49:57,360 --> 00:50:02,160
Speaker 1: their journey and what they've been able to accomplish from

896
00:50:02,200 --> 00:50:07,280
Speaker 1: where they started. And when guys start comparing notes, it's

897
00:50:07,360 --> 00:50:09,920
Speaker 1: it's very telling about, you know, the locker room and

898
00:50:10,040 --> 00:50:13,440
Speaker 1: where they fit. It's it's pretty awesome break time for

899
00:50:13,560 --> 00:50:16,640
Speaker 1: us here. You heard from Sean McDermott. In the next hour,

900
00:50:16,719 --> 00:50:20,000
Speaker 1: you're gonna hear from Gabriel Davis and Mario Addison, who,

901
00:50:20,000 --> 00:50:22,480
Speaker 1: as we understand, it was pretty entertaining today, so you

902
00:50:22,480 --> 00:50:25,560
Speaker 1: want to stay tuned for that. Mario Addison, Gabriel Davis

903
00:50:25,600 --> 00:50:28,200
Speaker 1: coming up next here on One Bill's Live, presented by

904
00:50:28,239 --> 00:50:48,080
Speaker 1: Colloid of Health. This is Buffalo Bill's Radio. Add a

905
00:50:48,280 --> 00:50:51,759
Speaker 1: Steve tester who has been all over the field, kind

906
00:50:51,760 --> 00:50:53,600
Speaker 1: of unique. He was kind of a dual role player

907
00:50:53,680 --> 00:50:59,719
Speaker 1: for you, Steve, Steve a blimp. We're not even in

908
00:50:59,800 --> 00:51:07,480
Speaker 1: this traded here of normalcy. Our number two on a Tuesday,

909
00:51:07,840 --> 00:51:12,160
Speaker 1: Chris Brown, Steve Tasker with you and set now to

910
00:51:12,280 --> 00:51:16,880
Speaker 1: bring to you some player comments as we have since

911
00:51:16,920 --> 00:51:20,239
Speaker 1: training camp began here on this fair show, and the

912
00:51:20,320 --> 00:51:25,000
Speaker 1: latest installment comes from one of Buffalo's defensive ends. He

913
00:51:25,120 --> 00:51:29,239
Speaker 1: got here last year and I believe he led the

914
00:51:29,239 --> 00:51:34,040
Speaker 1: team in sacks with five and a half, which sure

915
00:51:34,360 --> 00:51:36,920
Speaker 1: it could that number should be higher for anybody on

916
00:51:36,960 --> 00:51:40,600
Speaker 1: the roster hopefully that plays that position. But that will

917
00:51:40,640 --> 00:51:43,920
Speaker 1: hopefully be the case this season, as that position certainly

918
00:51:43,960 --> 00:51:46,840
Speaker 1: got deeper and more talented, thanks in large part to

919
00:51:46,840 --> 00:51:51,560
Speaker 1: the draft editions. But here is Mario Addison addressing the

920
00:51:51,600 --> 00:51:59,279
Speaker 1: media after practice today, speak how fast look came into

921
00:51:59,400 --> 00:52:02,800
Speaker 1: great shape? Yeah, trying to talk about that you feeling

922
00:52:03,160 --> 00:52:11,040
Speaker 1: as the first Um, I feel amazing, to be quite honest, Um,

923
00:52:11,080 --> 00:52:13,239
Speaker 1: since I didn't come to like OTA's but I came

924
00:52:13,239 --> 00:52:15,399
Speaker 1: back from an account. I had to get my legs

925
00:52:15,440 --> 00:52:18,279
Speaker 1: back on to me. Um. I finished though, you know, Um,

926
00:52:18,960 --> 00:52:21,640
Speaker 1: I was moving fast, but I didn't have everything putting

927
00:52:21,640 --> 00:52:24,080
Speaker 1: the I wan't putting everything together. But now since we

928
00:52:24,200 --> 00:52:27,040
Speaker 1: you know what I'm saying, what we at now, I'm back.

929
00:52:27,280 --> 00:52:30,439
Speaker 1: I feel real good. Let's go back to the draft.

930
00:52:30,440 --> 00:52:33,080
Speaker 1: We got it. What was your immediate reaction when they

931
00:52:33,120 --> 00:52:35,440
Speaker 1: go defensive end of the first round and then turn

932
00:52:35,480 --> 00:52:37,200
Speaker 1: around into the second round and do the same thing.

933
00:52:37,440 --> 00:52:40,839
Speaker 1: What were you thinking at that point? That's amazing, you know, Um,

934
00:52:41,800 --> 00:52:44,680
Speaker 1: you know, I don't want to play fifty snaps a game,

935
00:52:45,040 --> 00:52:47,799
Speaker 1: you know, stats game. These guys that can you know,

936
00:52:47,880 --> 00:52:51,760
Speaker 1: play as well. And when you have guys in there,

937
00:52:51,760 --> 00:52:55,160
Speaker 1: you know, young guys that can't contribute the same way

938
00:52:55,200 --> 00:52:58,640
Speaker 1: you you do. You know, they were the teenees and um,

939
00:52:58,719 --> 00:53:00,600
Speaker 1: you know I'm here to coach old guys up, you know,

940
00:53:00,640 --> 00:53:02,319
Speaker 1: and play my role whatever my role is on this

941
00:53:02,360 --> 00:53:05,200
Speaker 1: team and playing the best of my building. And like

942
00:53:05,239 --> 00:53:07,479
Speaker 1: you said, when they drafted the young guys, I would

943
00:53:07,520 --> 00:53:10,239
Speaker 1: have for the team. Follow on that, Brandon said, I

944
00:53:10,280 --> 00:53:13,720
Speaker 1: think maybe as soon as the draft had ended, before

945
00:53:13,920 --> 00:53:15,560
Speaker 1: maybe it was even over, that you would have already

946
00:53:15,560 --> 00:53:17,839
Speaker 1: reached out to them to welcome them to the team,

947
00:53:17,880 --> 00:53:23,040
Speaker 1: to say congratulations. Yeah, that idea of being that veteran leader,

948
00:53:23,080 --> 00:53:25,520
Speaker 1: I mean some guys could maybe you feel threatened by that. Yeah,

949
00:53:25,600 --> 00:53:28,280
Speaker 1: more definitely, man. And at the end of the day,

950
00:53:28,440 --> 00:53:31,239
Speaker 1: you know, dude, young guys gotta show up the same

951
00:53:31,280 --> 00:53:33,600
Speaker 1: way I do every morning. They got a brush, their tea,

952
00:53:34,000 --> 00:53:35,719
Speaker 1: you know, they gotta put their pass on. They gotta

953
00:53:35,719 --> 00:53:37,600
Speaker 1: come out of here and dominate a motivated man who

954
00:53:37,719 --> 00:53:39,680
Speaker 1: trying to feed their family. But if you don't do

955
00:53:39,719 --> 00:53:41,440
Speaker 1: that you won't be playing. So at the end of

956
00:53:41,440 --> 00:53:43,239
Speaker 1: the day, they got to pull themselves. You know, I

957
00:53:43,280 --> 00:53:45,480
Speaker 1: ain't just gonna get into you. I'm gonna coach you up.

958
00:53:45,560 --> 00:53:47,320
Speaker 1: You know what I'm saying, Pushing the right point in

959
00:53:47,360 --> 00:53:48,920
Speaker 1: the right direction, but at the end of the day,

960
00:53:48,920 --> 00:53:51,920
Speaker 1: you gotta do it for yourself. This morning was it's

961
00:53:52,000 --> 00:53:54,839
Speaker 1: ground man's league when you put the pads on. Yeah,

962
00:53:55,000 --> 00:53:56,919
Speaker 1: do you want to know what I mean? Bon on ball?

963
00:53:58,400 --> 00:54:00,480
Speaker 1: You know what I mean now? I mean, you gotta

964
00:54:00,480 --> 00:54:02,520
Speaker 1: dominated the man in front of you, and if you don't,

965
00:54:02,520 --> 00:54:06,160
Speaker 1: you're gonna get dominated. You said something like thinking about today,

966
00:54:06,280 --> 00:54:08,200
Speaker 1: You've been doing this a while when you put the

967
00:54:08,200 --> 00:54:10,200
Speaker 1: path to me and are you mentally getting ready for

968
00:54:10,239 --> 00:54:14,960
Speaker 1: a day like today? You know, um like this my

969
00:54:15,000 --> 00:54:17,440
Speaker 1: eleven training account. At the end of the day, I

970
00:54:17,520 --> 00:54:19,480
Speaker 1: know these guys gonna come hard, so I know I

971
00:54:19,480 --> 00:54:21,960
Speaker 1: got to elevate my game. No matter what young guy,

972
00:54:22,200 --> 00:54:24,040
Speaker 1: vettering guy, They're gonna go hard when they put the

973
00:54:24,040 --> 00:54:27,080
Speaker 1: pass on. So a day like this, I know, I

974
00:54:27,120 --> 00:54:29,480
Speaker 1: gotta wake up with the right mindset and that's the

975
00:54:30,200 --> 00:54:32,120
Speaker 1: play low and dominate the man in front of me

976
00:54:32,200 --> 00:54:35,120
Speaker 1: every play. When you're with a young guy like that.

977
00:54:35,280 --> 00:54:37,200
Speaker 1: Are you more of a vocal leader or are you

978
00:54:37,239 --> 00:54:40,000
Speaker 1: more of a lead by example type? I do them both,

979
00:54:40,320 --> 00:54:43,000
Speaker 1: you know. Um The reason I doing both because you

980
00:54:43,000 --> 00:54:46,760
Speaker 1: know some guys, you know, they like they like veteran

981
00:54:46,800 --> 00:54:48,799
Speaker 1: guys to lead by example and something like for you

982
00:54:48,880 --> 00:54:51,120
Speaker 1: to talk to them. So I do on both because

983
00:54:51,120 --> 00:54:52,839
Speaker 1: you don't know how they're gonna in take it, how

984
00:54:52,840 --> 00:54:55,400
Speaker 1: they're gonna take it, you know. So, UM, I do

985
00:54:55,400 --> 00:54:58,200
Speaker 1: them both of them out there, you mentioned fifty plus

986
00:54:58,200 --> 00:55:00,920
Speaker 1: snaps is not what you want to do. Brandon had

987
00:55:00,920 --> 00:55:03,160
Speaker 1: even mentioned maybe you've got a bigger role that that

988
00:55:03,239 --> 00:55:06,880
Speaker 1: didn't wasn't putting you in the best position last season?

989
00:55:07,200 --> 00:55:10,440
Speaker 1: How did maybe playing more than you're used to affect

990
00:55:10,480 --> 00:55:14,480
Speaker 1: you will get? Um. I know they brought me in

991
00:55:14,520 --> 00:55:18,840
Speaker 1: to pass rush and that's what I'm good at. But

992
00:55:18,960 --> 00:55:21,960
Speaker 1: when when you woe down, you ain't gonna had the

993
00:55:22,040 --> 00:55:24,719
Speaker 1: energy you need it take injury to rush. So but

994
00:55:24,840 --> 00:55:26,759
Speaker 1: if you don't have the energy, you can't rush as

995
00:55:26,760 --> 00:55:28,759
Speaker 1: a lead pass rushing in this game. I never seen

996
00:55:28,880 --> 00:55:32,279
Speaker 1: a tie pad rusher. Go I didn't kill it. It

997
00:55:32,360 --> 00:55:34,840
Speaker 1: don't work like that. So if you can bring a

998
00:55:34,880 --> 00:55:37,319
Speaker 1: guy now you know that can do the thing that

999
00:55:37,400 --> 00:55:40,680
Speaker 1: you do, but to keep each other fresh and that's

1000
00:55:40,719 --> 00:55:42,400
Speaker 1: what you need. Stella. You know what I'm saying. One

1001
00:55:42,400 --> 00:55:44,719
Speaker 1: guy playing so many snaps, then when it's time to

1002
00:55:45,040 --> 00:55:47,360
Speaker 1: you know, end the game or two minute drive, you

1003
00:55:47,480 --> 00:55:49,759
Speaker 1: had an energy to close it out. And that's what

1004
00:55:49,840 --> 00:55:51,839
Speaker 1: I didn't have, all the ends that I know him

1005
00:55:51,880 --> 00:55:56,320
Speaker 1: to have to close the game out. Mark Field, You

1006
00:55:57,160 --> 00:55:59,560
Speaker 1: now that you've gone going off season where you're coming

1007
00:55:59,600 --> 00:56:02,520
Speaker 1: back to normal, you know everything's not virtual. You not

1008
00:56:02,640 --> 00:56:04,520
Speaker 1: just reading guys for the first time when you shouldn't

1009
00:56:04,560 --> 00:56:07,799
Speaker 1: to train a Canada not. Um it feel good, man,

1010
00:56:08,160 --> 00:56:11,000
Speaker 1: um and all they feel good. You know, really be

1011
00:56:11,040 --> 00:56:14,279
Speaker 1: in front of you guys. You know, Um, when we

1012
00:56:14,280 --> 00:56:16,880
Speaker 1: were doing everything virtual, it was it was different. It

1013
00:56:16,960 --> 00:56:19,680
Speaker 1: was so different. Um, even when I was doing means

1014
00:56:20,120 --> 00:56:22,080
Speaker 1: I beat. I can hear you guys when y'all was talking.

1015
00:56:22,360 --> 00:56:23,840
Speaker 1: I know you guys probably can hear what I was

1016
00:56:23,880 --> 00:56:26,319
Speaker 1: saying as well. But um, you know, to be back

1017
00:56:26,360 --> 00:56:29,160
Speaker 1: in front of everybody, you know, debated, you know, really

1018
00:56:29,200 --> 00:56:31,400
Speaker 1: just touch each other and do everything normal. You know

1019
00:56:31,640 --> 00:56:34,279
Speaker 1: it ain't all the way normal, but for what it worked, man,

1020
00:56:34,400 --> 00:56:37,840
Speaker 1: I'm leaving it said today that you thought that you

1021
00:56:37,880 --> 00:56:40,759
Speaker 1: were in the right mental space, not to say that

1022
00:56:40,760 --> 00:56:43,840
Speaker 1: maybe you weren't last year, but yeah, is there something

1023
00:56:43,880 --> 00:56:45,840
Speaker 1: to that in terms of you know, last year was

1024
00:56:45,920 --> 00:56:50,080
Speaker 1: challenging for everybody in so many different ways. But um, yeah,

1025
00:56:50,160 --> 00:56:52,680
Speaker 1: last year, um my mental one, it wasn't alway there.

1026
00:56:53,080 --> 00:56:55,640
Speaker 1: You know. Um the year before on two to nineteen,

1027
00:56:55,760 --> 00:56:58,920
Speaker 1: my baby brother got killed, and um, it was heavy

1028
00:56:58,920 --> 00:57:04,160
Speaker 1: on me. It was really heaven um And if I'm around,

1029
00:57:04,760 --> 00:57:07,840
Speaker 1: just be honest. My mind. It was on football, but

1030
00:57:07,920 --> 00:57:11,839
Speaker 1: it wasn't on football, you know. Um Outland it controlled me.

1031
00:57:12,120 --> 00:57:15,520
Speaker 1: You know, I wanted to feel me, but it reversed

1032
00:57:15,520 --> 00:57:17,560
Speaker 1: on me. It kind of like, you know, had me

1033
00:57:17,600 --> 00:57:19,640
Speaker 1: down all the time. You know, I always still was

1034
00:57:19,680 --> 00:57:21,880
Speaker 1: a heavy guy. A lot of people ain't know that

1035
00:57:21,960 --> 00:57:24,560
Speaker 1: it was heavy on me, but it was. So that

1036
00:57:24,720 --> 00:57:26,040
Speaker 1: was the main thing that were kind of you know,

1037
00:57:26,120 --> 00:57:28,280
Speaker 1: had me out of the last year. But um, this year,

1038
00:57:28,760 --> 00:57:32,240
Speaker 1: like like they say, man um time heal wounds. It

1039
00:57:32,280 --> 00:57:35,040
Speaker 1: ain't so much time you gotta you would never get

1040
00:57:35,040 --> 00:57:37,200
Speaker 1: over it, but you just gotta learn a little with it.

1041
00:57:37,240 --> 00:57:38,840
Speaker 1: And that's what I'm doing now. So I'm like in

1042
00:57:38,840 --> 00:57:44,240
Speaker 1: a better middle state right now. Yes, sir, can you

1043
00:57:44,320 --> 00:57:50,200
Speaker 1: kind of just talk about him and his development? Man?

1044
00:57:51,040 --> 00:57:55,200
Speaker 1: So al Faid is this um young strong guy that

1045
00:57:55,760 --> 00:57:59,240
Speaker 1: didn't play you know, literally football middle school, high school,

1046
00:57:59,520 --> 00:58:02,680
Speaker 1: not even college. But when I first met him, Man,

1047
00:58:02,720 --> 00:58:05,600
Speaker 1: I like, you know, just picking the head and see

1048
00:58:05,840 --> 00:58:08,640
Speaker 1: for have you ever played football? You're like, no, I

1049
00:58:08,720 --> 00:58:12,440
Speaker 1: never played any football, like none whatsoever? No. Man. So

1050
00:58:12,560 --> 00:58:17,680
Speaker 1: he did on like the London program, the um the

1051
00:58:17,760 --> 00:58:21,040
Speaker 1: year a football program and made it and um, one

1052
00:58:21,080 --> 00:58:23,920
Speaker 1: thing I sail about Itim, he's very coachable and um,

1053
00:58:23,960 --> 00:58:26,520
Speaker 1: he wouldn't have learned and I taught him. I taught

1054
00:58:26,560 --> 00:58:29,080
Speaker 1: him this one move that you know he kind of

1055
00:58:29,120 --> 00:58:32,280
Speaker 1: he perfected and he do it almost bad than me.

1056
00:58:32,560 --> 00:58:35,120
Speaker 1: It's the long arm and you grabbed you know, it's

1057
00:58:35,120 --> 00:58:37,440
Speaker 1: an outside hand and you've been back and he perfect

1058
00:58:37,480 --> 00:58:40,320
Speaker 1: the move. But um, by a guy you know, not

1059
00:58:40,320 --> 00:58:43,280
Speaker 1: playing football as long as I did and can get

1060
00:58:43,280 --> 00:58:46,160
Speaker 1: out there and do everything I do, Park can do

1061
00:58:46,160 --> 00:58:49,680
Speaker 1: it better. You know. Um, you know it shows tremanus.

1062
00:58:49,680 --> 00:58:52,480
Speaker 1: You know what I'm saying, what kind of character he got? So? Um,

1063
00:58:52,480 --> 00:59:03,960
Speaker 1: he very coachable? Jack, What did you projected? You know? Yeah?

1064
00:59:04,080 --> 00:59:06,360
Speaker 1: More definitely because I played with him and I know

1065
00:59:06,400 --> 00:59:08,840
Speaker 1: what he can do. Did you see this man body all?

1066
00:59:08,840 --> 00:59:12,360
Speaker 1: He needed coaching and he'll be uh, he'll be a beast.

1067
00:59:12,920 --> 00:59:21,600
Speaker 1: He are a beast. Yeah, I projected, Well, you know

1068
00:59:21,640 --> 00:59:24,360
Speaker 1: that song right there, I'm cute out o Maga sci fi.

1069
00:59:24,840 --> 00:59:27,520
Speaker 1: It's my fraternity. He's the best fraternity in the world.

1070
00:59:27,760 --> 00:59:29,680
Speaker 1: So when that when that song come on or Tom

1071
00:59:29,760 --> 00:59:31,520
Speaker 1: of Dal, you know, I got a loosen up a

1072
00:59:31,520 --> 00:59:33,040
Speaker 1: little and show you know what I'm saying. So the

1073
00:59:33,200 --> 00:59:34,920
Speaker 1: cats a right, I still got it. So then what

1074
00:59:35,000 --> 00:59:41,000
Speaker 1: I did, Yeah, just you guys have here, like there's

1075
00:59:41,040 --> 00:59:44,680
Speaker 1: so much familiarity. I mean, Eric Washington, I'm starring out

1076
00:59:44,760 --> 00:59:47,600
Speaker 1: back playing with him. Ye, what's like to take what

1077
00:59:47,720 --> 00:59:52,160
Speaker 1: you guys? Go there? And now I kind of, Um,

1078
00:59:52,200 --> 00:59:55,880
Speaker 1: I feel good. You feel good because, um, playing with

1079
00:59:55,920 --> 00:59:58,120
Speaker 1: old guys, I know what they're gonna do, you know,

1080
00:59:58,120 --> 00:59:59,800
Speaker 1: because I've been in trenching with him for a while,

1081
01:00:00,400 --> 01:00:02,320
Speaker 1: so I know what they're gonna bring to the table.

1082
01:00:02,760 --> 01:00:06,280
Speaker 1: And um, those guys missed with all the newer guys

1083
01:00:06,320 --> 01:00:08,880
Speaker 1: that once we were playing everything together, which we're doing

1084
01:00:08,880 --> 01:00:11,440
Speaker 1: a tremendous job with bringing this thing together, you know

1085
01:00:11,440 --> 01:00:16,960
Speaker 1: what I'm saying. Skys the level Skys and a lot

1086
01:00:17,600 --> 01:00:20,840
Speaker 1: I missed up. Man. Yeah, let's stod out to you

1087
01:00:20,880 --> 01:00:28,720
Speaker 1: about UM. I stole m booging, booging. UM a bigger frame.

1088
01:00:29,200 --> 01:00:31,000
Speaker 1: You know what I'm saying. He's real powerful, but he

1089
01:00:31,080 --> 01:00:34,160
Speaker 1: run like a d n so speed of power. You know,

1090
01:00:34,200 --> 01:00:36,600
Speaker 1: he used his hand. He's gonna dominate whoever in from

1091
01:00:36,680 --> 01:00:41,880
Speaker 1: him every time. And Greg long guy, you know Amazon,

1092
01:00:42,040 --> 01:00:44,440
Speaker 1: you know Godzilla. You know, you gotta look up to

1093
01:00:44,520 --> 01:00:45,880
Speaker 1: him all the time. So when I'm talking to him,

1094
01:00:45,920 --> 01:00:48,040
Speaker 1: looking up like, dangn bro, you're a big guy, you

1095
01:00:48,040 --> 01:00:49,960
Speaker 1: know what I'm saying. So looking out to him, and

1096
01:00:50,080 --> 01:00:51,560
Speaker 1: you know, seeing how he's set in the edge and

1097
01:00:51,640 --> 01:00:56,400
Speaker 1: rushing and using all his lynt. It's tremendous, Like he's

1098
01:00:57,040 --> 01:01:00,360
Speaker 1: he's coming off the ball, punching, you know I'm saying.

1099
01:01:00,360 --> 01:01:02,280
Speaker 1: And the guy barely getting out of his stands. I'm like, damn,

1100
01:01:02,280 --> 01:01:03,840
Speaker 1: we got long arms, you know what I'm saying. You

1101
01:01:03,920 --> 01:01:06,560
Speaker 1: gotta use those to your adventage. And UM, both of

1102
01:01:06,560 --> 01:01:11,360
Speaker 1: those guys very coachable. I'm seeing as kind of developed

1103
01:01:11,720 --> 01:01:15,919
Speaker 1: from this time last year to now. AJ is ridden.

1104
01:01:17,080 --> 01:01:20,520
Speaker 1: Hands down, AJ is ridden. The things that he did

1105
01:01:20,600 --> 01:01:22,560
Speaker 1: last year, you know he did, he did good last year.

1106
01:01:23,160 --> 01:01:26,760
Speaker 1: But the things he's doing now, watch out for a

1107
01:01:26,880 --> 01:01:32,080
Speaker 1: j Watch out for AJ Mario Addison given the four

1108
01:01:32,200 --> 01:01:35,600
Speaker 1: one one on the defensive line group H and also

1109
01:01:35,840 --> 01:01:40,320
Speaker 1: kind of being a little vulnerable and admitting last year

1110
01:01:40,400 --> 01:01:42,600
Speaker 1: was not his best year and that he wasn't in

1111
01:01:42,600 --> 01:01:44,840
Speaker 1: the right head space, not only because of the pandemic

1112
01:01:44,880 --> 01:01:48,760
Speaker 1: and how it impacted him, but he lost his older

1113
01:01:48,760 --> 01:01:54,439
Speaker 1: brother and uh, you know, a tragic shooting. So uh

1114
01:01:54,520 --> 01:01:57,400
Speaker 1: and tell me that doesn't weigh on a player and

1115
01:01:58,360 --> 01:02:03,320
Speaker 1: distract you, you're hiding yourself. So good on Mario for

1116
01:02:03,800 --> 01:02:06,960
Speaker 1: you know, being as self effacing as he was number

1117
01:02:06,960 --> 01:02:13,000
Speaker 1: one and then number two, not being afraid to help

1118
01:02:13,120 --> 01:02:16,560
Speaker 1: younger players on the roster. It's a very difficult balance

1119
01:02:16,640 --> 01:02:19,080
Speaker 1: sometimes for veteran players in this league. They know it's

1120
01:02:19,080 --> 01:02:21,000
Speaker 1: a cutthrow league. They're trying to stay in the league

1121
01:02:21,000 --> 01:02:23,360
Speaker 1: as long as they can, as long as football is

1122
01:02:23,360 --> 01:02:26,520
Speaker 1: what drives them. And you see young players coming up

1123
01:02:27,040 --> 01:02:29,560
Speaker 1: and they think about this. He comes in the door

1124
01:02:29,680 --> 01:02:33,480
Speaker 1: last year as a free agent, their first pick in

1125
01:02:33,520 --> 01:02:37,520
Speaker 1: the draft is a defensive end AJ Epinessa. The next

1126
01:02:37,600 --> 01:02:44,160
Speaker 1: year the draft two more at your position. So to

1127
01:02:44,320 --> 01:02:49,440
Speaker 1: have his approach and attitude and be willing to lend

1128
01:02:49,520 --> 01:02:55,400
Speaker 1: your experience and expertise to guys like that and just say,

1129
01:02:55,480 --> 01:02:57,520
Speaker 1: hey man, we're all a team here, we're all operating

1130
01:02:57,520 --> 01:03:00,280
Speaker 1: as one. I make you better. We're better as a team.

1131
01:03:01,680 --> 01:03:04,280
Speaker 1: Not everybody in this league can do that. Well, not

1132
01:03:04,320 --> 01:03:07,600
Speaker 1: everybody's secure in themselves. If Mario Addison is, I mean

1133
01:03:08,720 --> 01:03:12,480
Speaker 1: he's right, better players make your team better. You've got

1134
01:03:12,480 --> 01:03:14,200
Speaker 1: to have enough confidence in yourself. Said, I'm gonna be

1135
01:03:14,280 --> 01:03:18,959
Speaker 1: one of those guys standing when this thing comes comes

1136
01:03:18,960 --> 01:03:22,360
Speaker 1: around full circle, when when training camp is over, I'm

1137
01:03:22,360 --> 01:03:24,640
Speaker 1: gonna be one of those guys left standing. I want

1138
01:03:24,640 --> 01:03:26,120
Speaker 1: the guys around me to be as good as they

1139
01:03:26,160 --> 01:03:27,520
Speaker 1: can be, and I'm gonna help him get there, no

1140
01:03:27,520 --> 01:03:31,000
Speaker 1: matter who that is. And that's it's where I think

1141
01:03:31,040 --> 01:03:34,240
Speaker 1: most players need to be. And certainly, if you're insecure

1142
01:03:34,280 --> 01:03:37,480
Speaker 1: about your job and your abilities, it's going to manifest

1143
01:03:37,520 --> 01:03:39,560
Speaker 1: itself in a number of ways. But there's no question

1144
01:03:39,680 --> 01:03:41,800
Speaker 1: guys like Mario Addison who've been around for a while

1145
01:03:42,480 --> 01:03:46,320
Speaker 1: and are confident knows that everybody brings something to the table.

1146
01:03:46,360 --> 01:03:48,760
Speaker 1: There's no reason to hide from it. You be you

1147
01:03:48,960 --> 01:03:51,720
Speaker 1: and trust. Trust what's going to happen. He knows he's

1148
01:03:51,760 --> 01:03:54,760
Speaker 1: got a place in this league and he's secure in that.

1149
01:03:55,040 --> 01:03:58,320
Speaker 1: Good for him. Mario Addison is now the second person

1150
01:03:59,480 --> 01:04:04,200
Speaker 1: that has spoken pretty highly of AJ epin s's game

1151
01:04:04,880 --> 01:04:07,800
Speaker 1: here in year two. Leslie Frasier did it back in June.

1152
01:04:09,520 --> 01:04:12,919
Speaker 1: Coach McDermott is encouraged by what he's done so far,

1153
01:04:12,960 --> 01:04:15,960
Speaker 1: but wants to see him in pads. He said, pad's

1154
01:04:16,000 --> 01:04:19,479
Speaker 1: practice is another chapter for AJ. So Coach McDermott's playing

1155
01:04:19,520 --> 01:04:22,600
Speaker 1: the way and see game, which I totally get. But

1156
01:04:22,720 --> 01:04:25,360
Speaker 1: here's Mario Addison, a veteran in this league at the

1157
01:04:25,360 --> 01:04:28,440
Speaker 1: same position that AJ plays, and he said he's ready

1158
01:04:28,800 --> 01:04:34,080
Speaker 1: watch out for AJ. I don't know if they're trying

1159
01:04:34,080 --> 01:04:36,400
Speaker 1: to speak it into existence, but they're not saying it

1160
01:04:36,440 --> 01:04:41,000
Speaker 1: for no reason, right And yeah, certainly, And I know

1161
01:04:41,400 --> 01:04:43,800
Speaker 1: sometimes they get specifically asked about players and they they'll

1162
01:04:43,840 --> 01:04:46,600
Speaker 1: comment on them. They're not going to be disparaging about anybody,

1163
01:04:46,640 --> 01:04:49,720
Speaker 1: but you're right, it's a lot of these guys have

1164
01:04:49,800 --> 01:04:52,800
Speaker 1: said favorable things about AJ and what he's doing. And

1165
01:04:52,840 --> 01:04:55,080
Speaker 1: I think it starts with and Sean McDermott said it

1166
01:04:55,080 --> 01:04:57,840
Speaker 1: in his sound bite. It says something that the guy

1167
01:04:57,920 --> 01:05:00,680
Speaker 1: was here in Buffalo all offseason, came back and he

1168
01:05:00,760 --> 01:05:04,920
Speaker 1: was working hard here. And when you know, coaching staffs

1169
01:05:04,920 --> 01:05:07,280
Speaker 1: are coaching staff, they have staff meetings, they have player reports,

1170
01:05:07,280 --> 01:05:08,960
Speaker 1: they have thinking, they check up on players in the

1171
01:05:08,960 --> 01:05:11,720
Speaker 1: off season. And if you've got coaches in the room

1172
01:05:11,800 --> 01:05:14,360
Speaker 1: who are working with him on a daily basis and

1173
01:05:14,440 --> 01:05:17,280
Speaker 1: they're telling you the guy's doing absolutely everything we ask

1174
01:05:17,600 --> 01:05:21,280
Speaker 1: he's he's really doing well for us, who can't say

1175
01:05:21,360 --> 01:05:23,720
Speaker 1: enough good things about him? That goes a long way.

1176
01:05:23,800 --> 01:05:27,200
Speaker 1: During training camp when you show up and they know

1177
01:05:27,400 --> 01:05:30,000
Speaker 1: they that you've already done more than what they'd ever

1178
01:05:30,040 --> 01:05:33,000
Speaker 1: asked and they know it for certain, it goes a

1179
01:05:33,040 --> 01:05:39,520
Speaker 1: long way towards a favorable review. So if so, that's

1180
01:05:39,920 --> 01:05:42,560
Speaker 1: that's to begin with. That's what AJ's got going for him.

1181
01:05:42,560 --> 01:05:44,800
Speaker 1: This evaluation isn't about the last week and a half

1182
01:05:44,840 --> 01:05:48,120
Speaker 1: of training camp. It's about this entire offseason, right And

1183
01:05:49,320 --> 01:05:51,920
Speaker 1: if you put in that work and your teammates know

1184
01:05:52,000 --> 01:05:53,840
Speaker 1: you put in that work and then they see a

1185
01:05:53,880 --> 01:05:56,760
Speaker 1: difference in your play on the field, I mean, I

1186
01:05:56,800 --> 01:05:59,480
Speaker 1: don't know how much more instant respect there can be

1187
01:06:00,160 --> 01:06:02,800
Speaker 1: than from that. And that you talk about Sean McDermott

1188
01:06:02,800 --> 01:06:05,520
Speaker 1: trying to build something here in Buffalo. Certainly every coaching

1189
01:06:05,520 --> 01:06:07,480
Speaker 1: staff would love to have all their players in the

1190
01:06:07,520 --> 01:06:10,280
Speaker 1: building most of the off season, like AJ was, right,

1191
01:06:10,640 --> 01:06:13,000
Speaker 1: when AJ comes back and has a year like he

1192
01:06:13,080 --> 01:06:15,120
Speaker 1: may have, or like they're thinking he might have, or

1193
01:06:15,160 --> 01:06:17,280
Speaker 1: if he comes back and crushes it and and word

1194
01:06:17,280 --> 01:06:18,919
Speaker 1: he gets out that yeah, he's a guy that got

1195
01:06:18,920 --> 01:06:23,000
Speaker 1: coached by these guys off all off season. You might

1196
01:06:23,040 --> 01:06:26,440
Speaker 1: have a handful more or two handful more as of

1197
01:06:26,440 --> 01:06:29,000
Speaker 1: players coming in and spending time in the off season here,

1198
01:06:29,000 --> 01:06:31,480
Speaker 1: Like the coaches wanted guys like that who set examples

1199
01:06:31,480 --> 01:06:33,720
Speaker 1: and reap the benefits of it and rewards of it,

1200
01:06:33,720 --> 01:06:37,400
Speaker 1: and the team benefits from it. You get more the same,

1201
01:06:37,440 --> 01:06:40,160
Speaker 1: and that's that's another reason the coaches like that kind

1202
01:06:40,200 --> 01:06:47,480
Speaker 1: of thing. There are some updates NFL wise today. First,

1203
01:06:47,600 --> 01:06:51,680
Speaker 1: there are more details trickling out from the Joe Judge

1204
01:06:52,200 --> 01:06:56,400
Speaker 1: exploitive field tirade for his players after there was a

1205
01:06:56,440 --> 01:07:04,560
Speaker 1: full team brawl on the field today. Ralph Facciano, one

1206
01:07:04,560 --> 01:07:08,680
Speaker 1: of the Giants BE reporters, said, after doing one hundred

1207
01:07:08,760 --> 01:07:12,560
Speaker 1: yard runs and not hard enough for Joe Judge's liking,

1208
01:07:13,040 --> 01:07:16,600
Speaker 1: players are now lined up on the goal line doing

1209
01:07:16,680 --> 01:07:20,200
Speaker 1: push ups, so I mentioned push ups earlier. There apparently

1210
01:07:20,240 --> 01:07:24,960
Speaker 1: were a hundred yard gassers prior to that. Then he

1211
01:07:25,000 --> 01:07:28,680
Speaker 1: followed up by saying, there is dead silence except for

1212
01:07:28,800 --> 01:07:39,080
Speaker 1: Joe Judge's whistle and his expletives, so many expletives. And

1213
01:07:39,240 --> 01:07:44,840
Speaker 1: then I saw NFL Memes, which is a hilarious Twitter handle.

1214
01:07:44,880 --> 01:07:46,640
Speaker 1: If you don't have it, you should follow it. It's funny.

1215
01:07:47,520 --> 01:07:51,880
Speaker 1: NFL Memes proceeds to tweet Joe Judge right about now,

1216
01:07:52,520 --> 01:07:56,200
Speaker 1: and there is a gift there of Kurt Russell as

1217
01:07:56,640 --> 01:08:00,480
Speaker 1: US men's Olympic hockey team coach Herb Brooks in the

1218
01:08:00,520 --> 01:08:03,960
Speaker 1: movie Miracle, which is based on the nineteen eighty US

1219
01:08:03,960 --> 01:08:07,080
Speaker 1: Olympic Hockey team, where he is making them do gassers

1220
01:08:07,080 --> 01:08:08,919
Speaker 1: out to the blue line and back. If you've never

1221
01:08:08,920 --> 01:08:15,200
Speaker 1: seen it, he basically says again again, again, like fifty times,

1222
01:08:15,360 --> 01:08:17,280
Speaker 1: to the point where his own assistant coaches are like,

1223
01:08:17,320 --> 01:08:19,000
Speaker 1: all right, I think that's enough, and he just keeps

1224
01:08:19,000 --> 01:08:20,880
Speaker 1: doing it. He didn't he did it so long. He's

1225
01:08:20,960 --> 01:08:24,600
Speaker 1: kept doing it like like forever. And they want the

1226
01:08:24,760 --> 01:08:27,280
Speaker 1: guys who run the building. We're trying to close the

1227
01:08:27,280 --> 01:08:29,040
Speaker 1: building to go home for the night. Yea. And this

1228
01:08:29,120 --> 01:08:32,559
Speaker 1: was after a night game they'd already they lost to

1229
01:08:32,680 --> 01:08:37,960
Speaker 1: the Swiss. Yeah, and he was livid. Yeah. So he's

1230
01:08:38,040 --> 01:08:40,240
Speaker 1: doing the same thing Joe Judge did. The only difference

1231
01:08:40,400 --> 01:08:43,960
Speaker 1: is that was nineteen eighty. Yeah, it's twenty twenty one, right,

1232
01:08:44,680 --> 01:08:47,799
Speaker 1: and and things in terms of the coach player relationship,

1233
01:08:47,880 --> 01:08:51,639
Speaker 1: especially at the professional are a little bit different now. Um, well,

1234
01:08:51,439 --> 01:08:55,639
Speaker 1: you see if Joe Judge's approach that works. He sent

1235
01:08:55,760 --> 01:08:58,559
Speaker 1: him on the running these hundreds. And here's the thing

1236
01:08:58,600 --> 01:09:01,719
Speaker 1: about the NFL. Sign this contract. You're a pro athlete,

1237
01:09:01,720 --> 01:09:03,679
Speaker 1: and they tell you to go out and run run hundreds.

1238
01:09:04,280 --> 01:09:08,479
Speaker 1: All right, I'll run as many as you want, but

1239
01:09:08,560 --> 01:09:11,160
Speaker 1: you can't make me run him any faster than I'm

1240
01:09:11,160 --> 01:09:14,400
Speaker 1: gonna run him. So that's you know, that's the gift

1241
01:09:14,400 --> 01:09:17,160
Speaker 1: back on the players. I'll go out and run, and

1242
01:09:17,200 --> 01:09:19,800
Speaker 1: they go out there and literally, you know, walk a

1243
01:09:19,920 --> 01:09:22,599
Speaker 1: hundred yard dash. What are you gonna do? Now? He

1244
01:09:22,600 --> 01:09:24,519
Speaker 1: did push ups on the goal line. Okay, I'll do

1245
01:09:24,560 --> 01:09:27,280
Speaker 1: some push ups. You know. That's where you get you're at.

1246
01:09:27,360 --> 01:09:30,080
Speaker 1: They start you they start to like say, you know what,

1247
01:09:31,160 --> 01:09:34,439
Speaker 1: forget it, coach. Yeah, there's a law of diminishing returns

1248
01:09:34,479 --> 01:09:37,320
Speaker 1: here right, like there's only so much a coach can push.

1249
01:09:37,400 --> 01:09:41,200
Speaker 1: It starts to be not about the brawl now it's

1250
01:09:41,240 --> 01:09:43,639
Speaker 1: about the coach. Yeah, why is the coach being such

1251
01:09:43,640 --> 01:09:46,679
Speaker 1: a Is this how you're gonna handle a fight in practice? Really?

1252
01:09:46,760 --> 01:09:49,040
Speaker 1: What happens if I jump off sides in a game?

1253
01:09:49,040 --> 01:09:50,479
Speaker 1: What are you gonna do? You're gonna make me run

1254
01:09:50,479 --> 01:09:51,960
Speaker 1: it on the side. I'm gonna do a lapse while

1255
01:09:52,000 --> 01:09:57,040
Speaker 1: the game's going on. It's yeah, he's I get it's

1256
01:09:57,080 --> 01:09:58,840
Speaker 1: his team. He can do what he wants and that's

1257
01:09:58,880 --> 01:10:01,120
Speaker 1: his thing. I get it. And but walking a tight

1258
01:10:01,200 --> 01:10:02,880
Speaker 1: road there. I'll tell you you're not dealing with high

1259
01:10:02,920 --> 01:10:04,920
Speaker 1: school kids or college kids for that matter. You're dealing

1260
01:10:04,960 --> 01:10:09,760
Speaker 1: with guys who have a brand, ye families, they got

1261
01:10:10,880 --> 01:10:13,479
Speaker 1: they got a seven figured deal with an equipment company.

1262
01:10:14,840 --> 01:10:18,559
Speaker 1: Let me tell you, they'll just quite frankly, coach, let

1263
01:10:18,640 --> 01:10:22,840
Speaker 1: me tell you how this is gonna go that. That's

1264
01:10:22,880 --> 01:10:25,920
Speaker 1: that's gonna you know, they'll they're they'll mind it. They'll say, Okay,

1265
01:10:26,120 --> 01:10:27,680
Speaker 1: I got you, coach, you're making a point, right, I'm

1266
01:10:27,720 --> 01:10:30,519
Speaker 1: with you. I'll do this, and they're pretty soon it's

1267
01:10:30,560 --> 01:10:32,880
Speaker 1: gonna be like, Hey, you don't have to make that

1268
01:10:32,920 --> 01:10:35,040
Speaker 1: point to me anymore. If those guys are the guys

1269
01:10:35,040 --> 01:10:39,240
Speaker 1: over here fighting, fine, what what am I involved in

1270
01:10:39,240 --> 01:10:44,599
Speaker 1: this for? We're a team. You're a team. Yeah, what

1271
01:10:44,640 --> 01:10:47,640
Speaker 1: are you doing about that? If you want me to

1272
01:10:47,640 --> 01:10:48,960
Speaker 1: do it, come over and talk to me, tell me

1273
01:10:49,000 --> 01:10:50,320
Speaker 1: you want me to take care of it, and I will.

1274
01:10:50,360 --> 01:10:52,000
Speaker 1: I'll do what I can do. But if if you're

1275
01:10:52,000 --> 01:10:53,880
Speaker 1: gonna just jump in with two feet and have us

1276
01:10:53,920 --> 01:10:57,040
Speaker 1: running up and down the what are you doing? What

1277
01:10:57,080 --> 01:10:59,599
Speaker 1: did we learn from our hundred yard dashes today, coach?

1278
01:10:59,720 --> 01:11:02,040
Speaker 1: What if we learned? Yes? Do you do we learn

1279
01:11:02,080 --> 01:11:03,519
Speaker 1: that if there's a fight, I don't go over and

1280
01:11:03,560 --> 01:11:06,120
Speaker 1: break it up. If there's a you know, is that

1281
01:11:06,160 --> 01:11:08,800
Speaker 1: what we learned? What are you talking about that? It's you?

1282
01:11:08,920 --> 01:11:12,120
Speaker 1: It goes south really quick, and all it takes is

1283
01:11:12,200 --> 01:11:14,760
Speaker 1: one important player to get fed up. Yeah. I think

1284
01:11:15,120 --> 01:11:17,840
Speaker 1: he's walking a tight room. I don't think there's any question.

1285
01:11:18,200 --> 01:11:23,400
Speaker 1: If right now today Saquon Barkley has Joe Judge's job

1286
01:11:23,520 --> 01:11:26,800
Speaker 1: in his hands, think about that. Well, if he walks

1287
01:11:26,800 --> 01:11:30,720
Speaker 1: into the locker room after today and he stands in

1288
01:11:30,760 --> 01:11:32,840
Speaker 1: the middle of that locker room, and he goes, I

1289
01:11:32,840 --> 01:11:35,759
Speaker 1: don't know how any you feel, but that was freaking stupid,

1290
01:11:36,640 --> 01:11:39,160
Speaker 1: Like we were wrong doing the brawl thing, but all

1291
01:11:39,200 --> 01:11:41,080
Speaker 1: that other jazz he had us do, all those hoops

1292
01:11:41,080 --> 01:11:43,639
Speaker 1: he had us jumped through, that was dumb. Sa Quon

1293
01:11:43,720 --> 01:11:49,679
Speaker 1: Barkley and Daniel Jones have Joe Judge's job right right

1294
01:11:49,680 --> 01:11:51,840
Speaker 1: in the palms of their hands right now. If they

1295
01:11:51,960 --> 01:11:55,840
Speaker 1: do a post practice SoundBite and want to right now,

1296
01:11:56,200 --> 01:11:57,800
Speaker 1: Joe Judge will be gone by the end of the week.

1297
01:12:00,200 --> 01:12:02,439
Speaker 1: They're uh, yeah, think about it. That'll be something to

1298
01:12:02,479 --> 01:12:04,439
Speaker 1: keep the eye on. And and you can't tell me

1299
01:12:04,439 --> 01:12:06,160
Speaker 1: for a second. The New York media isn't having a

1300
01:12:06,160 --> 01:12:07,600
Speaker 1: field day with that. I can tell you what the

1301
01:12:07,640 --> 01:12:09,800
Speaker 1: back of the New York Post is gonna say tomorrow.

1302
01:12:10,840 --> 01:12:12,360
Speaker 1: Well he can't tell him, but it's gonna say something.

1303
01:12:14,160 --> 01:12:16,720
Speaker 1: You know, it's gonna like that. That because that's why

1304
01:12:16,760 --> 01:12:19,880
Speaker 1: it's gonna be, and that because that's this is not Judge,

1305
01:12:19,960 --> 01:12:24,200
Speaker 1: not less ye be judged. I mean, New York Post

1306
01:12:24,280 --> 01:12:26,559
Speaker 1: need a need a headline, guy, I'm here, you're the guy,

1307
01:12:26,720 --> 01:12:29,840
Speaker 1: call me, give me. It's gonna be if you can

1308
01:12:29,880 --> 01:12:33,519
Speaker 1: get my point. Yeah, pretty soon, something's gonna happen. And

1309
01:12:33,960 --> 01:12:40,040
Speaker 1: because that's what almost happened with Tom Coughlin, Eli and

1310
01:12:40,640 --> 01:12:44,400
Speaker 1: Michael Strahan and that crew said when they go to

1311
01:12:45,560 --> 01:12:49,880
Speaker 1: John Marra and they said, Bro, himmer Us, that's it.

1312
01:12:50,400 --> 01:12:55,880
Speaker 1: This isn't We're done. I'm I'm thirty years old. I'm

1313
01:12:55,880 --> 01:12:57,920
Speaker 1: i gotta call. I don't need that. I don't need

1314
01:12:57,960 --> 01:12:59,640
Speaker 1: I don't need the harrys if I want to if

1315
01:12:59,640 --> 01:13:02,439
Speaker 1: he says to me he's at ten o'clock, I'm showing

1316
01:13:02,520 --> 01:13:05,760
Speaker 1: up a minute before ten, not at nine forty five,

1317
01:13:05,880 --> 01:13:09,519
Speaker 1: and then get reamed or embarrassed because I'm ten minutes

1318
01:13:09,560 --> 01:13:12,320
Speaker 1: early to a nine o'clock meeting instead of fifteen minutes early.

1319
01:13:13,000 --> 01:13:15,880
Speaker 1: Don't do that to me. So that and that's what happened.

1320
01:13:15,880 --> 01:13:18,760
Speaker 1: And Coughlin said, oh okay, okay, okay, and he changed

1321
01:13:18,800 --> 01:13:22,000
Speaker 1: his entire flow. You know, he changed mid season and

1322
01:13:22,000 --> 01:13:26,839
Speaker 1: they got him to a super Bowl twice. So that happens,

1323
01:13:26,880 --> 01:13:30,040
Speaker 1: particularly in New York because the players who any of them,

1324
01:13:30,040 --> 01:13:34,439
Speaker 1: who have half a brain, No, all it takes is

1325
01:13:34,479 --> 01:13:36,160
Speaker 1: a word from them, and all of a sudden, it's

1326
01:13:36,200 --> 01:13:41,400
Speaker 1: a firestorm. It's gonna be something to keep an eye on.

1327
01:13:41,840 --> 01:13:45,360
Speaker 1: I'm telling you. He keeps his foot on the pedal

1328
01:13:45,479 --> 01:13:49,040
Speaker 1: like that, he's gonna lose people. Well, that's it. He's

1329
01:13:49,080 --> 01:13:51,880
Speaker 1: gonna lose. And here's the thing. You you cannot lose

1330
01:13:52,080 --> 01:13:57,479
Speaker 1: guys like Daniel Jones. You can't lose. You can't lose

1331
01:13:57,520 --> 01:14:02,559
Speaker 1: those guys. You can't lose those guys. If you do,

1332
01:14:02,640 --> 01:14:05,439
Speaker 1: you never the team goes with them. There is other

1333
01:14:06,160 --> 01:14:09,040
Speaker 1: vaccination news on the NFL front. This from Mark Maski,

1334
01:14:09,120 --> 01:14:12,920
Speaker 1: the Washington Post NFL writer. For them a new milestone

1335
01:14:12,960 --> 01:14:16,280
Speaker 1: for the NFL. Ninety percent of players league wide we

1336
01:14:16,479 --> 01:14:21,880
Speaker 1: have received at least one vaccine dose, which is far

1337
01:14:21,920 --> 01:14:25,519
Speaker 1: outpacing the general public in this country. So good on

1338
01:14:25,560 --> 01:14:29,400
Speaker 1: them for that. That is certainly an encouraging sign. Sure

1339
01:14:29,479 --> 01:14:32,080
Speaker 1: there are some teams that are lagging behind others, but

1340
01:14:32,280 --> 01:14:35,639
Speaker 1: that is definitely an encouraging sign. Ninety percent of players

1341
01:14:35,760 --> 01:14:40,400
Speaker 1: league wide have received at least one vaccine dose. Break

1342
01:14:40,439 --> 01:14:43,120
Speaker 1: time for Steve and I here, but when we return,

1343
01:14:43,479 --> 01:14:46,400
Speaker 1: we will bring you the comments from Gabriel Davis, who

1344
01:14:46,400 --> 01:14:49,360
Speaker 1: addressed the media today after practice. That's coming your way

1345
01:14:49,400 --> 01:14:51,680
Speaker 1: next here on One Bill's Live, presented by Kalid to Health,

1346
01:14:51,720 --> 01:15:07,800
Speaker 1: It's Buffalo Bills Radio All right, So we've got more

1347
01:15:07,800 --> 01:15:12,120
Speaker 1: comments coming your way from a player we mentioned right

1348
01:15:12,160 --> 01:15:15,439
Speaker 1: before the break. Gabriel Davis is up next. Obviously, he

1349
01:15:16,160 --> 01:15:19,240
Speaker 1: took the Bills roster by storm last season. Him and

1350
01:15:19,320 --> 01:15:25,040
Speaker 1: Tyler Bass probably two of the more influential playmakers in

1351
01:15:25,120 --> 01:15:28,880
Speaker 1: the twenty twenty season for the Bills from that twenty

1352
01:15:28,920 --> 01:15:31,960
Speaker 1: twenty draft class, not that Zack Moss didn't have a

1353
01:15:32,000 --> 01:15:34,000
Speaker 1: hand in it as well. He had some nice contributions,

1354
01:15:34,120 --> 01:15:36,240
Speaker 1: especially in the latter stages of the season last year,

1355
01:15:36,280 --> 01:15:40,080
Speaker 1: and there were others. But year two, the expectations are

1356
01:15:40,080 --> 01:15:42,400
Speaker 1: even higher for Gabriel Davis, even though he might not

1357
01:15:42,520 --> 01:15:45,120
Speaker 1: be moving up the depth chart in any way, shape

1358
01:15:45,160 --> 01:15:48,280
Speaker 1: or form at the receiver position with Emmanuel Sanders now

1359
01:15:48,320 --> 01:15:50,800
Speaker 1: here to be paired with Beasley and Diggs at the

1360
01:15:50,800 --> 01:15:53,719
Speaker 1: top of the receiver pecking order. But here is Gabriel

1361
01:15:53,840 --> 01:15:59,240
Speaker 1: Davis addressing the media after practice today. Describe the difference

1362
01:15:59,280 --> 01:16:05,240
Speaker 1: for you now compared to last year on UM A

1363
01:16:05,240 --> 01:16:08,200
Speaker 1: lot more comfortable with the system, knowing the playbook, knowing

1364
01:16:08,240 --> 01:16:11,280
Speaker 1: what to do, being around the guys. UM. We got

1365
01:16:11,320 --> 01:16:13,479
Speaker 1: a great team here and I'm happy to UM for

1366
01:16:13,520 --> 01:16:15,320
Speaker 1: this year to go out and compete every single week.

1367
01:16:15,880 --> 01:16:17,920
Speaker 1: So it's a lot of confidence coming into this year

1368
01:16:19,720 --> 01:16:23,640
Speaker 1: with any other teammates, Like, I don't know if you

1369
01:16:23,640 --> 01:16:26,360
Speaker 1: want to Florida with staff or where you out in

1370
01:16:26,400 --> 01:16:29,519
Speaker 1: California at all? Yeah, we had we had went to Florida.

1371
01:16:29,560 --> 01:16:31,200
Speaker 1: We had met down in Florida for a little bit

1372
01:16:31,280 --> 01:16:34,800
Speaker 1: ransom rouse and did some things, um, just freshen it up.

1373
01:16:35,560 --> 01:16:37,760
Speaker 1: I went out there with Diggs. Yeah, I was out there.

1374
01:16:38,600 --> 01:16:41,160
Speaker 1: Uh no Josh Pinson there, But was out there with

1375
01:16:41,240 --> 01:16:43,240
Speaker 1: him and running some rouse, cleaning up some things, trying

1376
01:16:43,280 --> 01:16:46,599
Speaker 1: to work on my game a little bit, and Digs

1377
01:16:46,720 --> 01:16:48,080
Speaker 1: is a big help. You know, he has a different

1378
01:16:48,120 --> 01:16:50,400
Speaker 1: style of play than I do, so I'm always trying to,

1379
01:16:50,479 --> 01:16:52,000
Speaker 1: you know, pick his brain on what he likes to

1380
01:16:52,040 --> 01:16:53,599
Speaker 1: do and what he does and watching what he does

1381
01:16:53,640 --> 01:16:56,639
Speaker 1: and being able to add that to my Arsenal Orlando

1382
01:16:56,800 --> 01:17:03,600
Speaker 1: or South Florida, South Florida. Right. Do you have you

1383
01:17:03,760 --> 01:17:07,879
Speaker 1: always been where responsible and ready to go and prepared

1384
01:17:08,000 --> 01:17:10,000
Speaker 1: that way? Is that always been or is that something

1385
01:17:10,040 --> 01:17:14,040
Speaker 1: you've learned how to be as you've gotten Um, I

1386
01:17:14,040 --> 01:17:15,800
Speaker 1: feel like I've always been like that since I was

1387
01:17:15,880 --> 01:17:17,880
Speaker 1: nine years old started playing the game. Always felt like

1388
01:17:17,920 --> 01:17:20,679
Speaker 1: I was responsible and ready to go. UM, but really

1389
01:17:20,680 --> 01:17:23,000
Speaker 1: stepped it up was I went to Tom Shaw performance

1390
01:17:23,000 --> 01:17:24,760
Speaker 1: out on the Orlando in high school and I was

1391
01:17:24,800 --> 01:17:28,400
Speaker 1: around Dak say Quan, Derrick, Henry, UM, those type of

1392
01:17:28,400 --> 01:17:31,000
Speaker 1: guys boot serving and seeing the way they trained and

1393
01:17:31,040 --> 01:17:33,760
Speaker 1: got ready for the game, and you know, picked their

1394
01:17:33,840 --> 01:17:36,559
Speaker 1: brains too as well, and seeing what they did, how

1395
01:17:36,560 --> 01:17:39,400
Speaker 1: they lived this pros. Just took everything from them and

1396
01:17:39,400 --> 01:17:42,280
Speaker 1: and and now I'm running with it. And how much

1397
01:17:42,320 --> 01:17:44,000
Speaker 1: did that help you? Especially in the year like the

1398
01:17:44,479 --> 01:17:47,960
Speaker 1: year when it was strange coming into the league. UM,

1399
01:17:47,960 --> 01:17:49,519
Speaker 1: it helped a lot. You know, seeing those guys and

1400
01:17:50,000 --> 01:17:51,880
Speaker 1: the success they have and the fun that they have,

1401
01:17:51,960 --> 01:17:53,400
Speaker 1: you want to do the same thing that they're doing.

1402
01:17:53,479 --> 01:17:55,120
Speaker 1: You know, having the dream to go to the NFL

1403
01:17:55,520 --> 01:17:57,760
Speaker 1: and being around such dominant players in the league like that,

1404
01:17:57,840 --> 01:17:59,840
Speaker 1: you want to you want to be like them as well.

1405
01:18:00,040 --> 01:18:02,080
Speaker 1: So you take as much as you can from him

1406
01:18:02,080 --> 01:18:04,400
Speaker 1: and and run with and apply it to the game.

1407
01:18:05,439 --> 01:18:09,639
Speaker 1: You exceeded I mean thirty five or five fifty nine

1408
01:18:09,720 --> 01:18:14,400
Speaker 1: last year, UM, did that exceeded most of our expectations.

1409
01:18:14,400 --> 01:18:19,240
Speaker 1: To see your expectation, somebody told you thirty five catches, UM,

1410
01:18:19,560 --> 01:18:21,439
Speaker 1: I really didn't come in there with any expectation. I

1411
01:18:21,479 --> 01:18:23,080
Speaker 1: just said, I'm just trying to be the best teammate

1412
01:18:23,120 --> 01:18:25,120
Speaker 1: and whenever my number is called, to make a play

1413
01:18:25,240 --> 01:18:27,800
Speaker 1: and be the best out there. So never said any

1414
01:18:27,800 --> 01:18:29,439
Speaker 1: goals or anything or what I wanted. Just try to

1415
01:18:29,520 --> 01:18:31,240
Speaker 1: keep going out there and every time my number was

1416
01:18:31,280 --> 01:18:34,840
Speaker 1: called to execute. Going to be hard for you too,

1417
01:18:34,880 --> 01:18:38,160
Speaker 1: And do you think it's gonna be hard to play

1418
01:18:38,200 --> 01:18:51,559
Speaker 1: as well as you did last year? Um? Um, I'm

1419
01:18:51,600 --> 01:18:54,680
Speaker 1: happy with everything that's going on right now and got

1420
01:18:54,720 --> 01:18:57,160
Speaker 1: a lot of learning to do still, and it's gonna

1421
01:18:57,160 --> 01:19:04,559
Speaker 1: be a good year. How do you guard show yourself

1422
01:19:05,160 --> 01:19:12,840
Speaker 1: yourself to everybody to watch? So? How how how do

1423
01:19:12,840 --> 01:19:20,880
Speaker 1: you guard it? Gets expectations from being you know, just um,

1424
01:19:20,920 --> 01:19:23,160
Speaker 1: I feel like that's our job as professional athletes to

1425
01:19:23,280 --> 01:19:25,280
Speaker 1: try to get that out of your head, try to

1426
01:19:25,320 --> 01:19:28,280
Speaker 1: attack the task at hand. Don't worry about the past. Um.

1427
01:19:29,160 --> 01:19:33,599
Speaker 1: For me, it's just the opportunity is gonna come, you know,

1428
01:19:33,680 --> 01:19:36,120
Speaker 1: whether it's less than last year or more than last year.

1429
01:19:36,640 --> 01:19:38,360
Speaker 1: As long as you get on the field and execute

1430
01:19:38,439 --> 01:19:40,519
Speaker 1: every time you're out there, then everything goes to far

1431
01:19:40,600 --> 01:19:44,600
Speaker 1: right into places up. Do you pick his brain? A

1432
01:19:44,600 --> 01:19:47,160
Speaker 1: lot to you know, just to give as much information

1433
01:19:47,240 --> 01:19:49,880
Speaker 1: that you can't have a better like him. It's been

1434
01:19:49,920 --> 01:19:52,040
Speaker 1: around as much as hes. Yeah, of course you got

1435
01:19:52,120 --> 01:19:53,519
Speaker 1: a guy's been in league as long as he has

1436
01:19:53,560 --> 01:19:55,160
Speaker 1: seen a lot of things, once some super Bowl, has

1437
01:19:55,160 --> 01:19:57,479
Speaker 1: been a part of some great teams. You know when

1438
01:19:57,520 --> 01:19:59,360
Speaker 1: he speaks, you listen because you know he knows what

1439
01:19:59,360 --> 01:20:02,240
Speaker 1: he's talking about. So again, once they said that Sanders

1440
01:20:02,280 --> 01:20:04,200
Speaker 1: is coming along, I was more than happy, um to

1441
01:20:04,240 --> 01:20:05,800
Speaker 1: have him on the team because again, this is a

1442
01:20:05,800 --> 01:20:08,720
Speaker 1: team sport. We're trying to win, go big and UM

1443
01:20:08,760 --> 01:20:10,080
Speaker 1: I felt we can do that this year with the

1444
01:20:10,080 --> 01:20:13,439
Speaker 1: team that we have. Shit stopped the Brian game yesterday.

1445
01:20:13,560 --> 01:20:17,720
Speaker 1: He made comment about how long you know playbook side

1446
01:20:17,760 --> 01:20:22,919
Speaker 1: like any of the receiver. Response, maybe know him playbook

1447
01:20:22,960 --> 01:20:26,559
Speaker 1: better than the receiver. Um. Again, you see, you see

1448
01:20:26,560 --> 01:20:28,080
Speaker 1: the guys that are out there, You see the time

1449
01:20:28,120 --> 01:20:29,639
Speaker 1: that we have the vet guys, I've been out there

1450
01:20:29,640 --> 01:20:32,040
Speaker 1: for years. Um, you have to make yourself available the

1451
01:20:32,040 --> 01:20:34,080
Speaker 1: best way possible and the best way to know every

1452
01:20:34,120 --> 01:20:35,519
Speaker 1: single position to be able to back up any of

1453
01:20:35,560 --> 01:20:38,680
Speaker 1: those guys if they go out. Um. It was just

1454
01:20:38,720 --> 01:20:40,360
Speaker 1: to make sure that I had no excuse on why

1455
01:20:40,360 --> 01:20:41,920
Speaker 1: I couldn't get on in that field and I knew

1456
01:20:41,920 --> 01:20:45,040
Speaker 1: everything to do and was available. What you were six

1457
01:20:45,080 --> 01:20:50,320
Speaker 1: to sixteen listed last year? What I'm still two fifteen? Um?

1458
01:20:50,320 --> 01:20:52,799
Speaker 1: Actually last year I played more like two nineteen to twenty.

1459
01:20:53,120 --> 01:20:55,760
Speaker 1: I was more on the higher range um getting to

1460
01:20:55,840 --> 01:20:58,760
Speaker 1: Buffalo and playing as you guys saw, I was doing

1461
01:20:58,800 --> 01:21:01,400
Speaker 1: some coming in on intern some blocks and cover zero stuff.

1462
01:21:01,400 --> 01:21:04,160
Speaker 1: So still be doing the same thing. Feel lighter, feel stronger.

1463
01:21:05,000 --> 01:21:09,960
Speaker 1: What's an area you felt after you? Steff back Sea said,

1464
01:21:09,960 --> 01:21:13,720
Speaker 1: you know what's one thing you want to get better at? Um? Oh?

1465
01:21:13,800 --> 01:21:15,880
Speaker 1: Just rote running, you know, rot running. Want to be

1466
01:21:15,920 --> 01:21:18,519
Speaker 1: able to make everything look this game look the same disguise,

1467
01:21:18,560 --> 01:21:21,040
Speaker 1: every single route, being able to keep my shoulders square

1468
01:21:21,080 --> 01:21:23,160
Speaker 1: and be able to to break off one foot. So

1469
01:21:23,400 --> 01:21:25,760
Speaker 1: it's abably been working on a different day when the

1470
01:21:25,800 --> 01:21:28,400
Speaker 1: pads come on. Is it different for everybody the guys

1471
01:21:28,439 --> 01:21:31,600
Speaker 1: talking about it. No, you know you get to do

1472
01:21:31,680 --> 01:21:33,200
Speaker 1: SEP going because you know the pads are on. But

1473
01:21:33,240 --> 01:21:35,120
Speaker 1: we've been doing this since we were all little kids.

1474
01:21:35,120 --> 01:21:37,439
Speaker 1: So that's what I was saying in locker room today.

1475
01:21:37,479 --> 01:21:39,439
Speaker 1: You know it is the first day of pads, but

1476
01:21:39,439 --> 01:21:40,960
Speaker 1: it's been the first day of pads, you know, for

1477
01:21:41,840 --> 01:21:45,720
Speaker 1: twelve thirteen years for me, So excitement. Oh yeah, it's

1478
01:21:45,720 --> 01:21:47,400
Speaker 1: always exciting because you know, you' getting closer to place

1479
01:21:47,400 --> 01:21:49,160
Speaker 1: some football, some games and go out there and compete

1480
01:21:49,160 --> 01:21:51,280
Speaker 1: to get some other people. You know, you go get

1481
01:21:51,320 --> 01:21:53,040
Speaker 1: the same guys every single week. It kind of gets

1482
01:21:53,040 --> 01:21:54,439
Speaker 1: a little tiring and you're trying to go out there

1483
01:21:54,439 --> 01:21:58,360
Speaker 1: and go get some some new people. So deepness wide

1484
01:21:58,360 --> 01:22:02,080
Speaker 1: receiving the rooms, you have guys Digs and Sanders and Beasley.

1485
01:22:02,520 --> 01:22:05,160
Speaker 1: How fortunate do you feel to be able to pick

1486
01:22:05,240 --> 01:22:07,719
Speaker 1: their brains on a daily basis. We talk about route running,

1487
01:22:07,760 --> 01:22:10,719
Speaker 1: you talk about experience. How fortunate do you feel? Yeah,

1488
01:22:10,720 --> 01:22:12,160
Speaker 1: they even said it last year. I don't know how

1489
01:22:12,160 --> 01:22:13,280
Speaker 1: I look at them to be a part of a

1490
01:22:13,320 --> 01:22:15,600
Speaker 1: team like this, with the guys that I have in

1491
01:22:15,600 --> 01:22:19,040
Speaker 1: the receiver room and as a whole obviously, but you

1492
01:22:19,080 --> 01:22:21,400
Speaker 1: know I see it and I and I take advantage

1493
01:22:21,439 --> 01:22:23,760
Speaker 1: of the best way I can and again, couldn't be

1494
01:22:23,760 --> 01:22:26,599
Speaker 1: in a better position. How would you describe your demeanor

1495
01:22:26,680 --> 01:22:28,880
Speaker 1: out other fields? Because Payer said you're like the only

1496
01:22:28,960 --> 01:22:34,120
Speaker 1: receiver that doesn't talk. Yeah. Um, I've always been about

1497
01:22:34,160 --> 01:22:37,000
Speaker 1: you know, humility and you know, I can get the

1498
01:22:37,040 --> 01:22:39,720
Speaker 1: juice going, get up. But you know, I'm always I've

1499
01:22:39,760 --> 01:22:43,520
Speaker 1: always been super humble and always know that. Um, there's opportunity,

1500
01:22:43,520 --> 01:22:46,360
Speaker 1: but there's also going to be some mistakes. So just

1501
01:22:46,400 --> 01:22:47,559
Speaker 1: try to go out there and be the best my

1502
01:22:47,560 --> 01:22:49,120
Speaker 1: ability to shut my mouth. But then when I do

1503
01:22:49,120 --> 01:22:52,000
Speaker 1: do something, you might hear it. So you'd rather dance

1504
01:22:52,080 --> 01:22:55,360
Speaker 1: the time. Oh yeah, into the play, into the great play.

1505
01:22:55,360 --> 01:22:59,320
Speaker 1: I'll do something. Talking a lot about what you're able

1506
01:22:59,360 --> 01:23:03,120
Speaker 1: to do terms of Sanders, Diggs and Beasley get knowledge

1507
01:23:03,120 --> 01:23:05,479
Speaker 1: from that. How much does a guy like Isaiah Hodgens

1508
01:23:05,560 --> 01:23:07,400
Speaker 1: he said you've been close with how much? Is he

1509
01:23:07,479 --> 01:23:09,800
Speaker 1: kind of looked to you because of the success that

1510
01:23:09,840 --> 01:23:11,960
Speaker 1: you had, how many reps you had last year and

1511
01:23:12,240 --> 01:23:14,160
Speaker 1: kind of picked your brain. Yeah, I mean me and

1512
01:23:14,200 --> 01:23:17,160
Speaker 1: Isai even help each other. Um, he's another guy that again, Um,

1513
01:23:17,200 --> 01:23:18,840
Speaker 1: he got hurt last year so he really didn't get

1514
01:23:18,840 --> 01:23:20,559
Speaker 1: to do anything. But he knows the playbook just as

1515
01:23:20,560 --> 01:23:23,240
Speaker 1: good as me. Um, he was available in and gets

1516
01:23:23,240 --> 01:23:26,840
Speaker 1: in at different spots everywhere. So he's another guy that

1517
01:23:26,920 --> 01:23:29,040
Speaker 1: again he'll pick the brains. Well, help me out, I'll

1518
01:23:29,080 --> 01:23:31,840
Speaker 1: help him out. Um, so we both we both you know,

1519
01:23:31,920 --> 01:23:34,960
Speaker 1: do it back and forth. You're in grand four five

1520
01:23:35,080 --> 01:23:40,040
Speaker 1: four and the program. Yeah, man, player trains to run

1521
01:23:40,120 --> 01:23:44,280
Speaker 1: the forty after that day. But I mean, after a

1522
01:23:44,439 --> 01:23:54,320
Speaker 1: year in the NFL strength and conditioning program, I know, Um,

1523
01:23:54,360 --> 01:23:57,160
Speaker 1: I feel like the forty is just you know, it's

1524
01:23:57,200 --> 01:23:58,519
Speaker 1: just the forty. At the end of that, I feel

1525
01:23:58,560 --> 01:24:00,479
Speaker 1: like my game speed. A lot of guys can running

1526
01:24:00,479 --> 01:24:02,400
Speaker 1: four two, but can they run a four two running routes?

1527
01:24:02,640 --> 01:24:04,040
Speaker 1: And I feel like that's the difference to me is

1528
01:24:04,040 --> 01:24:06,000
Speaker 1: when I run my five four Corona five four and

1529
01:24:06,040 --> 01:24:08,599
Speaker 1: I can actually run my routes at that speed. Um,

1530
01:24:08,720 --> 01:24:11,160
Speaker 1: So I feel like it's it's it's pretty right when

1531
01:24:11,200 --> 01:24:14,280
Speaker 1: it comes to doing that. Obviously, a couple of your

1532
01:24:14,320 --> 01:24:19,479
Speaker 1: biggest highlights any game. You know that those sideline plays

1533
01:24:19,600 --> 01:24:22,320
Speaker 1: which you don't beat. You don't win a game without

1534
01:24:22,320 --> 01:24:24,439
Speaker 1: those plays. That a bunch of others. But I mean,

1535
01:24:24,920 --> 01:24:26,519
Speaker 1: you know that does kind of seem like a sign

1536
01:24:26,600 --> 01:24:29,479
Speaker 1: that you really a scramble drill. But you're on the

1537
01:24:29,520 --> 01:24:32,120
Speaker 1: same page as Josh. What do you when you look

1538
01:24:32,160 --> 01:24:35,160
Speaker 1: at Matt, you know, yeah, jo Josh is a playmaker,

1539
01:24:35,280 --> 01:24:38,840
Speaker 1: and um, those are his best moments. So I knew

1540
01:24:38,880 --> 01:24:40,920
Speaker 1: that once he started rolling out every single time, I

1541
01:24:41,000 --> 01:24:42,880
Speaker 1: knew if I can just get into his vision, I

1542
01:24:42,960 --> 01:24:44,599
Speaker 1: know he can put the ball right where it needs

1543
01:24:44,600 --> 01:24:47,439
Speaker 1: to be. And he did it every single time. They're

1544
01:24:47,600 --> 01:24:49,320
Speaker 1: more of a sign like when you got a guy

1545
01:24:49,400 --> 01:24:54,000
Speaker 1: like Josh, Um, how much is that scripted? Okay? Okay,

1546
01:24:54,000 --> 01:24:56,920
Speaker 1: on this play, Josh breaks because he could break out. Yeah,

1547
01:24:57,040 --> 01:25:00,280
Speaker 1: any moment. This is exactly how we're going out break

1548
01:25:00,320 --> 01:25:03,080
Speaker 1: off our scrambled d Yeah, exactly. We we we have

1549
01:25:03,120 --> 01:25:05,040
Speaker 1: certain ways and we practice the ways on where people

1550
01:25:05,080 --> 01:25:07,759
Speaker 1: are going to be in certain zones and uh, deep players,

1551
01:25:07,800 --> 01:25:10,320
Speaker 1: low players, middle players, so we we sort of have

1552
01:25:10,760 --> 01:25:12,760
Speaker 1: Josh sort of knows where everybody's gonna be once he

1553
01:25:12,760 --> 01:25:15,200
Speaker 1: starts rolling. Now, where where the spots are that players

1554
01:25:15,240 --> 01:25:21,160
Speaker 1: will start coming running into. Better have those scrambled drills ready.

1555
01:25:21,200 --> 01:25:24,640
Speaker 1: If Josh Allen's your quarterback, I mean you're running that

1556
01:25:25,400 --> 01:25:28,280
Speaker 1: and there are there are landmarks that those guys have

1557
01:25:28,320 --> 01:25:30,280
Speaker 1: to hit, and Josh expects them to be there even

1558
01:25:30,280 --> 01:25:32,759
Speaker 1: when the play breaks down. There's landmarks and there's rules

1559
01:25:32,760 --> 01:25:34,400
Speaker 1: about where you do go and where you don't. If

1560
01:25:34,400 --> 01:25:36,559
Speaker 1: you're if you're short, you go long. If you're long,

1561
01:25:36,640 --> 01:25:39,400
Speaker 1: you come back short um. If you're one side of

1562
01:25:39,439 --> 01:25:42,719
Speaker 1: the field, you go with the quarterback into a vacant

1563
01:25:42,760 --> 01:25:46,160
Speaker 1: area and and that that's the ones we used to use.

1564
01:25:46,400 --> 01:25:48,639
Speaker 1: And then there are others as well. They can change

1565
01:25:48,720 --> 01:25:52,600
Speaker 1: them up as they as they go. So it's yeah,

1566
01:25:52,880 --> 01:25:54,880
Speaker 1: here's the thing you're you're talking about a game, and

1567
01:25:54,880 --> 01:25:57,320
Speaker 1: I'll say it again, a lot of these games come

1568
01:25:57,320 --> 01:26:00,240
Speaker 1: down to like five plays that make a difference, set

1569
01:26:00,280 --> 01:26:01,760
Speaker 1: the course for a stretch of the game. You know,

1570
01:26:01,800 --> 01:26:03,519
Speaker 1: for the last of the third quarter, they couldn't get

1571
01:26:03,520 --> 01:26:05,679
Speaker 1: the ball back or whatever whatever, and it was set

1572
01:26:05,720 --> 01:26:09,200
Speaker 1: up by this play being able to make those plays

1573
01:26:10,479 --> 01:26:13,160
Speaker 1: usually out of broken place by a quarterback who can

1574
01:26:13,240 --> 01:26:15,840
Speaker 1: run or he gets a first down or throws for

1575
01:26:15,840 --> 01:26:17,360
Speaker 1: a first down, or you get a touchdown off a

1576
01:26:17,360 --> 01:26:19,439
Speaker 1: big play when the coverage breaks down in the quarterback

1577
01:26:19,479 --> 01:26:22,240
Speaker 1: puts pressure on him because of his scrambling ability. Just

1578
01:26:22,280 --> 01:26:24,080
Speaker 1: a handful of plays is all it takes. So when

1579
01:26:24,120 --> 01:26:27,639
Speaker 1: you're talking about when the pass rush does get through,

1580
01:26:29,240 --> 01:26:31,479
Speaker 1: turning that play that could be a sack for them

1581
01:26:31,600 --> 01:26:34,400
Speaker 1: into a big play for you, it's huge. It's a

1582
01:26:34,479 --> 01:26:37,040
Speaker 1: huge moment. And if you can win enough of those,

1583
01:26:37,120 --> 01:26:40,360
Speaker 1: you're gonna win games and that. So you got to

1584
01:26:40,360 --> 01:26:44,840
Speaker 1: practice that because those are the plays that even though

1585
01:26:44,880 --> 01:26:51,920
Speaker 1: they're off script, you can because of your rehearsals, make

1586
01:26:51,960 --> 01:26:54,840
Speaker 1: it go in your favor. We are gonna take a

1587
01:26:54,880 --> 01:26:56,960
Speaker 1: break here. When we come back, we got to crack

1588
01:26:57,000 --> 01:26:58,680
Speaker 1: open the tweet sheet. Have you yet to do that?

1589
01:26:58,760 --> 01:27:00,960
Speaker 1: We also have Dan Hanzuo from NFL dot Com and

1590
01:27:01,000 --> 01:27:03,680
Speaker 1: Around the NFL podcast coming up in the third hour

1591
01:27:03,720 --> 01:27:05,599
Speaker 1: of the show. Stay tuned for all that's coming your way.

1592
01:27:05,640 --> 01:27:07,800
Speaker 1: Next Here on One Bill's Live, presented by Kalid to Health,

1593
01:27:07,800 --> 01:27:25,240
Speaker 1: it's Buffalo Bills Radio. Welcome back, Chris Brown, Steve Tasker

1594
01:27:25,320 --> 01:27:27,559
Speaker 1: with you. It is that time in the show where

1595
01:27:27,640 --> 01:27:31,280
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Speaker 1: Krregan Moving Systems, the official equipment moving company of the

1597
01:27:33,920 --> 01:27:37,120
Speaker 1: Buffalo Bills. In case you're just joining us, we're asking

1598
01:27:37,120 --> 01:27:40,519
Speaker 1: you today which player will have the most unexpected impact

1599
01:27:41,040 --> 01:27:44,120
Speaker 1: on the Bills in twenty twenty one, Someone that comes

1600
01:27:44,160 --> 01:27:47,920
Speaker 1: from out of the shadows to provide contributions you did

1601
01:27:47,960 --> 01:27:51,800
Speaker 1: not believe possible, Maybe like a Gabe Davis last year

1602
01:27:51,880 --> 01:27:56,599
Speaker 1: or a Tyler Bass. Louise leads us off today Steve

1603
01:27:57,439 --> 01:28:00,439
Speaker 1: with the proper training camp. I'd love to see Ed

1604
01:28:00,479 --> 01:28:04,559
Speaker 1: Oliver boogie Basham and Rousseau dominating after a very difficult

1605
01:28:04,560 --> 01:28:08,920
Speaker 1: twenty twenty for both pro and college players. He just

1606
01:28:08,960 --> 01:28:15,280
Speaker 1: went right across the line to pick a lane. But yeah,

1607
01:28:15,600 --> 01:28:20,040
Speaker 1: that's I think on defense, that's the most worthy spot

1608
01:28:20,080 --> 01:28:21,640
Speaker 1: to look. We talked about it. The front four is

1609
01:28:21,680 --> 01:28:23,600
Speaker 1: going to be the team place where somebody's going to

1610
01:28:23,640 --> 01:28:26,599
Speaker 1: be unexpected. The back end is kind of set, except

1611
01:28:26,600 --> 01:28:28,960
Speaker 1: for maybe cornerback two, which is still set with the

1612
01:28:29,000 --> 01:28:31,639
Speaker 1: same guy's been there four years, so that's it's hard

1613
01:28:31,640 --> 01:28:35,080
Speaker 1: to be a surprise back there. In that group upfront, however,

1614
01:28:35,080 --> 01:28:37,680
Speaker 1: there's a lot of faces that have yet to have

1615
01:28:37,800 --> 01:28:42,040
Speaker 1: one of those surprising seasons, so we'll see. Um. Yeah,

1616
01:28:42,080 --> 01:28:44,280
Speaker 1: but just to name all those guys, just that's what

1617
01:28:44,360 --> 01:28:47,280
Speaker 1: you do. Yeah, dominate might be a strong word for

1618
01:28:47,360 --> 01:28:50,200
Speaker 1: Basham and Rousseau, but be nice to see that from

1619
01:28:50,360 --> 01:28:54,479
Speaker 1: Ed Oliver in year three. A lot of that's going

1620
01:28:54,560 --> 01:28:57,800
Speaker 1: to be predicated on matchups and how teams choose to

1621
01:28:57,800 --> 01:29:01,600
Speaker 1: to protect themselves against Oliver's x bloyds. But yeah, that

1622
01:29:01,640 --> 01:29:04,240
Speaker 1: would be great breakout season for Matt Oliver would be

1623
01:29:04,640 --> 01:29:07,080
Speaker 1: certainly well. I don't know if it's unexpected. I think

1624
01:29:07,080 --> 01:29:11,639
Speaker 1: it's hoped for in year three with what's expected to him,

1625
01:29:11,680 --> 01:29:15,080
Speaker 1: but it's all a wait and see. Tiffany says, Harrison

1626
01:29:15,160 --> 01:29:18,080
Speaker 1: Phillips was playing his best football before his injury in

1627
01:29:18,120 --> 01:29:20,519
Speaker 1: twenty nineteen. I believe he's going to get back to

1628
01:29:20,560 --> 01:29:23,160
Speaker 1: the way he was playing pre injury. He looks to

1629
01:29:23,160 --> 01:29:24,880
Speaker 1: be in great shape and can only help the rest

1630
01:29:24,880 --> 01:29:27,200
Speaker 1: of the d line, the interior rotation as the potential

1631
01:29:27,640 --> 01:29:31,240
Speaker 1: to dominate this season. There's that word again. What do

1632
01:29:31,240 --> 01:29:35,040
Speaker 1: you think Harrison Phillips now two years removed from the

1633
01:29:35,080 --> 01:29:39,280
Speaker 1: knee injury, He's got some competition inside though. Yeah, he

1634
01:29:39,360 --> 01:29:41,640
Speaker 1: had his two years removed from that injury, which it

1635
01:29:41,680 --> 01:29:44,200
Speaker 1: took two surgeries to fix, and it took some ligament

1636
01:29:44,200 --> 01:29:46,360
Speaker 1: from his other knee, so he had like both knees

1637
01:29:46,400 --> 01:29:49,040
Speaker 1: worked on two years ago. Yeah, so yeah, it would

1638
01:29:49,080 --> 01:29:54,080
Speaker 1: He's probably back to feeling like he's himself again. An

1639
01:29:54,080 --> 01:29:57,559
Speaker 1: interesting call. It would be unexpected because we have so much,

1640
01:29:57,640 --> 01:30:01,960
Speaker 1: you know, expectations for the interior the defensive line, you know,

1641
01:30:01,960 --> 01:30:07,360
Speaker 1: starting with Starlo to Leleay at Oliver Um God like

1642
01:30:07,479 --> 01:30:11,519
Speaker 1: Vernon Butler, Brandon Bryant, is also down inside. They got

1643
01:30:11,520 --> 01:30:16,720
Speaker 1: some guys, so we'll see. Um, yeah, he's he's got

1644
01:30:16,720 --> 01:30:19,280
Speaker 1: to make a splash. I would say, yeah, I think

1645
01:30:19,320 --> 01:30:23,400
Speaker 1: that's a safe assumption. Um he's got he's got a

1646
01:30:23,439 --> 01:30:26,519
Speaker 1: show exactly what Tiffany is for him. Yeah, to get

1647
01:30:26,520 --> 01:30:28,640
Speaker 1: back to twenty nineteen four, for him to get to

1648
01:30:28,680 --> 01:30:32,040
Speaker 1: the top of that list, I would say that would

1649
01:30:32,160 --> 01:30:34,960
Speaker 1: definitely be unexpected. If he takes more reps than most

1650
01:30:35,000 --> 01:30:38,000
Speaker 1: of those guys, even that would be a huge step

1651
01:30:38,040 --> 01:30:39,840
Speaker 1: for him. I think, yeah, that it's gonna be hard

1652
01:30:39,880 --> 01:30:42,400
Speaker 1: to get Star off the field, Vernon Butler off the field.

1653
01:30:43,040 --> 01:30:45,679
Speaker 1: It's a big preseason for him. Yeah, Yeah, that's good

1654
01:30:45,680 --> 01:30:48,760
Speaker 1: point too. It's a huge preseason. Brandon Bryant is in there.

1655
01:30:49,680 --> 01:30:52,720
Speaker 1: Even Treyvon Hester is a big body guy down in there.

1656
01:30:52,760 --> 01:30:56,040
Speaker 1: Of course, with Justin Zimmer and Harrison Phillips, you got

1657
01:30:56,200 --> 01:30:59,280
Speaker 1: there's a ton of guys in there rotating Rusty says

1658
01:30:59,640 --> 01:31:03,439
Speaker 1: Ma and Brita Moss if fully healthy, as the size

1659
01:31:03,560 --> 01:31:06,160
Speaker 1: and strength to run between the tackles is good and

1660
01:31:06,240 --> 01:31:09,320
Speaker 1: pass pro and as nice hands. Brita is the X factor.

1661
01:31:09,720 --> 01:31:12,599
Speaker 1: He has something the other backs don't, break away speed

1662
01:31:12,960 --> 01:31:16,080
Speaker 1: after a down year in Miami, I expect he'll want

1663
01:31:16,080 --> 01:31:19,479
Speaker 1: to show his skills and should be a matchup nightmare

1664
01:31:20,000 --> 01:31:22,479
Speaker 1: on offense. Now, that is a part of the Matt

1665
01:31:22,560 --> 01:31:24,719
Speaker 1: Brita equation that I don't know that we've talked about

1666
01:31:24,760 --> 01:31:27,640
Speaker 1: all that much. Number One guy couldn't get on the

1667
01:31:27,640 --> 01:31:31,040
Speaker 1: field in Miami because there was an affinity for Miles

1668
01:31:31,120 --> 01:31:32,920
Speaker 1: Gasket on the part of Brian Floor as the head

1669
01:31:32,920 --> 01:31:37,040
Speaker 1: coach down there, and Brita was essentially a third stringer

1670
01:31:37,600 --> 01:31:40,720
Speaker 1: on that roster last year, did not see a whole

1671
01:31:40,760 --> 01:31:43,559
Speaker 1: lot of action. Now he comes to Buffalo, he's in

1672
01:31:43,560 --> 01:31:46,800
Speaker 1: a dynamic offense. Yes, it's crowded in the backfield, but

1673
01:31:46,840 --> 01:31:49,280
Speaker 1: it doesn't sound like anybody's gonna get any more favoritism

1674
01:31:49,280 --> 01:31:51,479
Speaker 1: than the other. Unless you're showing you've got a hot

1675
01:31:51,520 --> 01:31:53,599
Speaker 1: hand in a game. They're gonna go with the hot

1676
01:31:53,640 --> 01:31:55,720
Speaker 1: hand in the game. That seems to be the approach here.

1677
01:31:56,640 --> 01:32:00,800
Speaker 1: And let's throw this in one year contract after a

1678
01:32:00,880 --> 01:32:03,320
Speaker 1: down year last year, and you're on a one year

1679
01:32:03,400 --> 01:32:06,120
Speaker 1: contract this year. If you're not motivated to make it happen,

1680
01:32:06,160 --> 01:32:08,559
Speaker 1: you're probably not gonna be in the league very much longer. Right,

1681
01:32:08,680 --> 01:32:12,000
Speaker 1: Think about this as well, now the San Francisco forty

1682
01:32:12,080 --> 01:32:15,200
Speaker 1: nine ers. He did some nice things for them on

1683
01:32:15,240 --> 01:32:17,599
Speaker 1: his rookie contract. Then went to Miami and it looked

1684
01:32:17,640 --> 01:32:19,679
Speaker 1: like he was headed for good things there. They went

1685
01:32:19,720 --> 01:32:22,280
Speaker 1: a different direction with Miles gask and now he's released there.

1686
01:32:22,320 --> 01:32:25,280
Speaker 1: Now he's in Buffalo. It's his third team. And whenever

1687
01:32:25,280 --> 01:32:27,680
Speaker 1: that happens, it's a little bit like I felt with

1688
01:32:27,800 --> 01:32:31,920
Speaker 1: Jake Kumero. Why did Green Bay cut him Buffalo because

1689
01:32:31,960 --> 01:32:34,040
Speaker 1: maybe some injury stuff or where he wasn't hiding up

1690
01:32:34,040 --> 01:32:36,040
Speaker 1: on the pecking order. They release him after he had

1691
01:32:36,040 --> 01:32:38,120
Speaker 1: his best game ever, as you know, caught a touchdown

1692
01:32:38,120 --> 01:32:40,120
Speaker 1: in Denver and everything. Then the next week he's gone

1693
01:32:41,120 --> 01:32:43,439
Speaker 1: to New Orleans because they had some injury stuff. They

1694
01:32:43,960 --> 01:32:46,240
Speaker 1: did it and they released Hi Night comes back to Buffalo.

1695
01:32:47,320 --> 01:32:50,720
Speaker 1: There is something that keeps players like Jake Kumero and

1696
01:32:50,840 --> 01:32:53,120
Speaker 1: Matt Breda off the field. You can say, well, they

1697
01:32:53,120 --> 01:32:55,200
Speaker 1: were in tough situations or guys off the field, or

1698
01:32:55,240 --> 01:32:58,200
Speaker 1: they're better guys ahead of them. Well, yeah, that's the

1699
01:32:58,240 --> 01:33:01,880
Speaker 1: way it is in the NFL. There's good players everywhere.

1700
01:33:02,040 --> 01:33:04,200
Speaker 1: You got to find a way to be your best

1701
01:33:04,439 --> 01:33:06,479
Speaker 1: often enough to get on the field a lot and

1702
01:33:06,680 --> 01:33:10,040
Speaker 1: guys like Matt Brita. It doesn't look like I have

1703
01:33:10,400 --> 01:33:12,360
Speaker 1: been able to do that. Couldn't do it in Miami

1704
01:33:12,439 --> 01:33:14,519
Speaker 1: last year on an offense that wasn't a jugg or not,

1705
01:33:15,280 --> 01:33:18,320
Speaker 1: and he couldn't do it, couldn't make himself valuable enough

1706
01:33:18,400 --> 01:33:24,080
Speaker 1: in San Francisco. But because he has that one trait

1707
01:33:24,280 --> 01:33:26,280
Speaker 1: that a lot of Bills fans and obviously the coaching

1708
01:33:26,280 --> 01:33:28,799
Speaker 1: staff and general manager are looking for that raw speed,

1709
01:33:28,880 --> 01:33:31,960
Speaker 1: they're getting him a shot here. What has kept him

1710
01:33:32,000 --> 01:33:39,360
Speaker 1: from becoming the kind of player you know teams want? Yeah,

1711
01:33:39,400 --> 01:33:41,400
Speaker 1: and that's the question he has to answer in this

1712
01:33:41,439 --> 01:33:43,439
Speaker 1: training camp here in Buffalo, same kind of question that

1713
01:33:43,520 --> 01:33:45,920
Speaker 1: Jake Kumar has to answer. Why what has kept him

1714
01:33:45,960 --> 01:33:48,200
Speaker 1: from taking off at twenty nine years old, finally getting

1715
01:33:48,200 --> 01:33:50,559
Speaker 1: on the field or getting a chance here in Buffalo.

1716
01:33:50,960 --> 01:33:52,479
Speaker 1: Those are the kind of players that are that are

1717
01:33:52,560 --> 01:33:54,680
Speaker 1: question marks. Not so much for their trades that we

1718
01:33:54,720 --> 01:33:56,600
Speaker 1: can see in the physical trade, the running jump, but

1719
01:33:56,880 --> 01:33:59,479
Speaker 1: you know what what is it about then? The history? Yeah?

1720
01:33:59,520 --> 01:34:02,000
Speaker 1: What about them that has kept held them back? Because

1721
01:34:02,000 --> 01:34:04,400
Speaker 1: you can't like point to everybody else now, you know,

1722
01:34:04,400 --> 01:34:07,720
Speaker 1: there's been too many people. Can't be everybody else's fault. Yeah,

1723
01:34:08,080 --> 01:34:12,519
Speaker 1: we'll see. We will step aside here when we return.

1724
01:34:12,760 --> 01:34:18,360
Speaker 1: We have one Dan han Zeus contributor on NFL dot com. Also,

1725
01:34:18,680 --> 01:34:21,080
Speaker 1: you can hear him on the Around the NFL podcast

1726
01:34:21,600 --> 01:34:24,600
Speaker 1: So we need to talk to him next because he

1727
01:34:24,680 --> 01:34:28,760
Speaker 1: has just put Josh Allen in the Superstar category for

1728
01:34:28,800 --> 01:34:33,160
Speaker 1: the twenty twenty one season. We don't disagree, but we'd

1729
01:34:33,160 --> 01:34:35,920
Speaker 1: like to know why and we'll get those answers among

1730
01:34:35,920 --> 01:34:38,080
Speaker 1: others when we return with Dan Hanzus here on One

1731
01:34:38,080 --> 01:34:40,639
Speaker 1: Bill's Live presented by Kalid to Health, It's Buffalo Bill's

1732
01:34:40,720 --> 01:35:01,400
Speaker 1: Radio at a Steve Tasker has been all over the

1733
01:35:01,560 --> 01:35:03,320
Speaker 1: fields kind of unique. He was kind of a dual

1734
01:35:03,400 --> 01:35:09,680
Speaker 1: role player for you state Steve a blimp. We're not

1735
01:35:09,760 --> 01:35:15,160
Speaker 1: even in the strated here of normalcy here. It is

1736
01:35:15,200 --> 01:35:17,439
Speaker 1: our number three of the program here on a Tuesday,

1737
01:35:17,520 --> 01:35:20,160
Speaker 1: Chris Brown. Steve Tasker with you as always and pleased

1738
01:35:20,160 --> 01:35:24,200
Speaker 1: to be joined now. I'm a very popular writer at

1739
01:35:24,320 --> 01:35:27,680
Speaker 1: NFL dot Com. Also hosted the Around the NFL podcasts.

1740
01:35:27,880 --> 01:35:29,920
Speaker 1: A lot of higgens goes on in that program if

1741
01:35:29,920 --> 01:35:32,040
Speaker 1: you've ever listened to it, Steve, I've been with the

1742
01:35:32,120 --> 01:35:34,840
Speaker 1: NFL media since twenty ten. It is one. Dan Hanzo

1743
01:35:34,920 --> 01:35:36,920
Speaker 1: is kind enough to join us on the program. Dan,

1744
01:35:37,320 --> 01:35:39,519
Speaker 1: how are you doing here? We're ramping up man, pants

1745
01:35:39,520 --> 01:35:42,400
Speaker 1: are on and practices around the league. We're getting closer

1746
01:35:42,439 --> 01:35:45,800
Speaker 1: to real football. Here. Are you pumped? I'm very pumped.

1747
01:35:45,800 --> 01:35:48,719
Speaker 1: I actually thought you said that pants are on instead

1748
01:35:48,720 --> 01:35:50,760
Speaker 1: of pads are on, But that's true too. Pants are

1749
01:35:50,760 --> 01:35:53,080
Speaker 1: on the Well, it's a very exciting time of year

1750
01:35:53,360 --> 01:35:55,400
Speaker 1: in the NFL. I'm excited. Yeah, it would be bad

1751
01:35:55,439 --> 01:35:57,599
Speaker 1: if the pants weren't on. We'd be a whole different show,

1752
01:35:58,280 --> 01:36:01,160
Speaker 1: even if we do sit behind the desk. But yeah,

1753
01:36:01,320 --> 01:36:04,280
Speaker 1: So I wanted to start here because I believe you've

1754
01:36:04,280 --> 01:36:06,599
Speaker 1: done this the last couple of years now. But you're

1755
01:36:06,640 --> 01:36:12,120
Speaker 1: Superstar Club and to no surprise to Bills fans who

1756
01:36:12,120 --> 01:36:15,720
Speaker 1: are obviously horribly biased but deservedly so, after the year

1757
01:36:15,720 --> 01:36:19,559
Speaker 1: that Josh put together. But you've got Josh in your

1758
01:36:19,600 --> 01:36:22,040
Speaker 1: Superstar Club for twenty twenty one. He wasn't the only

1759
01:36:22,040 --> 01:36:23,920
Speaker 1: Bills player, which we'll get to in a second, but

1760
01:36:24,520 --> 01:36:28,040
Speaker 1: maybe I think for Buffalo fans, well, of course he is.

1761
01:36:28,040 --> 01:36:31,280
Speaker 1: Why wouldn't he be. But you, from a national perspective,

1762
01:36:31,280 --> 01:36:33,000
Speaker 1: have to look at this in a completely different way

1763
01:36:33,040 --> 01:36:35,679
Speaker 1: because there are other pretty good quarterbacks around the league

1764
01:36:36,080 --> 01:36:39,040
Speaker 1: that might qualify for such a title. So maybe just

1765
01:36:39,160 --> 01:36:43,000
Speaker 1: take me through your process in arriving at Josh as

1766
01:36:43,000 --> 01:36:47,080
Speaker 1: a member of this club. Well, you know, the national

1767
01:36:47,120 --> 01:36:49,759
Speaker 1: guys like me were no nothings in terms of people

1768
01:36:49,760 --> 01:36:53,160
Speaker 1: that are really boots on the ground. So I could

1769
01:36:53,200 --> 01:36:54,760
Speaker 1: say that I blew it and I should have been

1770
01:36:54,760 --> 01:36:57,479
Speaker 1: ahead of the curve and put in Josh Allen last year,

1771
01:36:57,520 --> 01:37:01,280
Speaker 1: but listen what Josh Allen did from year two to three,

1772
01:37:01,439 --> 01:37:02,760
Speaker 1: and really, if you want to go from year one

1773
01:37:02,800 --> 01:37:05,679
Speaker 1: to three, it's remarkable and there's really not very little

1774
01:37:05,680 --> 01:37:09,200
Speaker 1: precedent in the NFL for a quarterback who was okay,

1775
01:37:09,360 --> 01:37:11,640
Speaker 1: and yes there were gains year one to two, but

1776
01:37:11,720 --> 01:37:14,920
Speaker 1: what happened year two to three was unbelievable. And you

1777
01:37:14,960 --> 01:37:17,080
Speaker 1: have to give a lot of credit obviously, first and

1778
01:37:17,080 --> 01:37:19,479
Speaker 1: foremost to Josh Allen who put in the work and

1779
01:37:19,560 --> 01:37:24,280
Speaker 1: maximized his abilities, but also Brian Dayball and his knowing

1780
01:37:24,760 --> 01:37:27,880
Speaker 1: that all right, we know that some people outside the

1781
01:37:28,000 --> 01:37:31,439
Speaker 1: organization see Allen as someone maybe we have to work around,

1782
01:37:31,520 --> 01:37:34,200
Speaker 1: but I see his potential. We see his potential, so

1783
01:37:34,240 --> 01:37:37,439
Speaker 1: they completely changed the offense in Buffalo entering twenty twenty,

1784
01:37:37,479 --> 01:37:39,280
Speaker 1: and I think they surprised a lot of people. Like

1785
01:37:39,439 --> 01:37:42,200
Speaker 1: full disclosure and anybody listens to my podcast knows I'm

1786
01:37:42,200 --> 01:37:44,560
Speaker 1: a Jets fan. Bill's played the Jets week one to

1787
01:37:44,640 --> 01:37:47,679
Speaker 1: twenty twenty, and Josh Allen threw it almost fifty times,

1788
01:37:47,920 --> 01:37:49,960
Speaker 1: and then he also was the leading rusher. He had

1789
01:37:50,400 --> 01:37:52,479
Speaker 1: far more rushes than anybody, any running back, and it

1790
01:37:52,520 --> 01:37:54,640
Speaker 1: was just like, WHOA, what is going on here? And

1791
01:37:54,680 --> 01:37:57,559
Speaker 1: you thought maybe it's an anomaly against the Jet defense.

1792
01:37:57,560 --> 01:37:59,280
Speaker 1: They thought they could exploit through the air, but no,

1793
01:37:59,360 --> 01:38:02,040
Speaker 1: that's what happened all year. And I think Brian Dayball

1794
01:38:02,120 --> 01:38:06,519
Speaker 1: deserves so much credit for having faith and believing in

1795
01:38:06,600 --> 01:38:09,439
Speaker 1: Allan and then Alan making him look smart. As a result.

1796
01:38:09,520 --> 01:38:11,760
Speaker 1: Sean mcderhamt obviously as well, gets a huge pat on

1797
01:38:11,760 --> 01:38:13,800
Speaker 1: the back. And one of the interesting things about your

1798
01:38:14,040 --> 01:38:16,519
Speaker 1: Superstar Club is that if you let Josh Allen in

1799
01:38:16,600 --> 01:38:19,080
Speaker 1: and this is first year in, somebody's got to get

1800
01:38:19,160 --> 01:38:23,200
Speaker 1: kicked off the boat. And this year you threw Ben

1801
01:38:23,280 --> 01:38:26,240
Speaker 1: Roethlisberger out of the boat. Tell me you know what

1802
01:38:26,720 --> 01:38:28,880
Speaker 1: for a team that went I think of what twelve

1803
01:38:28,880 --> 01:38:31,800
Speaker 1: and four and had an eleven and one start to

1804
01:38:31,840 --> 01:38:36,639
Speaker 1: their season. Ben Roethlisberger showed quite a bit, but then

1805
01:38:36,680 --> 01:38:38,640
Speaker 1: you know, with the wheels fell off boys, does that

1806
01:38:38,720 --> 01:38:41,080
Speaker 1: sour taste carry over into the off season or do

1807
01:38:41,120 --> 01:38:44,360
Speaker 1: you remember that the fact that they won twelve games. Yeah,

1808
01:38:44,400 --> 01:38:46,320
Speaker 1: I think they started eleven or oo and went into

1809
01:38:46,360 --> 01:38:51,439
Speaker 1: December undefeated. But if you looked closer, even during that start,

1810
01:38:51,479 --> 01:38:55,120
Speaker 1: in the first three months of the season, it wasn't

1811
01:38:55,160 --> 01:39:00,639
Speaker 1: all pretty. And Roethlisberger came off reconstructive elbow surgery heading

1812
01:39:00,680 --> 01:39:05,160
Speaker 1: into last season, and his numbers were okay. If you

1813
01:39:05,200 --> 01:39:07,280
Speaker 1: were watching the highlights, it seemed like Big Ben was

1814
01:39:07,320 --> 01:39:09,920
Speaker 1: still Big Ben. But there see there was some concern

1815
01:39:10,000 --> 01:39:12,280
Speaker 1: and the offense was becoming more and more stagnant and

1816
01:39:12,360 --> 01:39:15,320
Speaker 1: more and more based and predicated on getting the ball

1817
01:39:15,320 --> 01:39:18,040
Speaker 1: out of his hand immediately. And the Big Ben that

1818
01:39:18,080 --> 01:39:20,600
Speaker 1: we all remember, the superstar Big Ben, the guy that

1819
01:39:20,680 --> 01:39:21,880
Speaker 1: the reason why he's going to be in the Hall

1820
01:39:21,880 --> 01:39:24,280
Speaker 1: of Fame one day, in my opinion, is his ability

1821
01:39:24,360 --> 01:39:26,920
Speaker 1: to make plays off platform to try to drag him

1822
01:39:26,920 --> 01:39:29,400
Speaker 1: down again, not spring up the Jets. But I remember

1823
01:39:29,439 --> 01:39:32,639
Speaker 1: in the AFC Championship Game two thousand and nine, Rex's

1824
01:39:32,680 --> 01:39:35,479
Speaker 1: first season, big Ben rolling to his right with a

1825
01:39:35,600 --> 01:39:38,000
Speaker 1: defender trying to drag him down and hitting a young

1826
01:39:38,040 --> 01:39:40,799
Speaker 1: receiver named Antonio Brown for a first down. That guy's

1827
01:39:40,800 --> 01:39:43,719
Speaker 1: gone and he's not coming back. So while I think

1828
01:39:43,960 --> 01:39:46,439
Speaker 1: that having a new offensive scheme, which they will have

1829
01:39:46,560 --> 01:39:50,280
Speaker 1: to a certain extent, and continuing to try to figure

1830
01:39:50,320 --> 01:39:52,000
Speaker 1: out how to play within the realm of who Big

1831
01:39:52,000 --> 01:39:54,040
Speaker 1: Ben is now, I think the Steelers can still be

1832
01:39:54,080 --> 01:39:56,280
Speaker 1: a productive offense. But the days where he could put

1833
01:39:56,280 --> 01:39:58,479
Speaker 1: a team on his back are long gone, and I

1834
01:39:58,520 --> 01:40:01,040
Speaker 1: think the Steelers know that still it's a major risk

1835
01:40:01,280 --> 01:40:03,519
Speaker 1: because they don't really have a safety net behind him.

1836
01:40:03,840 --> 01:40:06,400
Speaker 1: So Dan, we know that Josh wasn't the only guy

1837
01:40:06,520 --> 01:40:10,080
Speaker 1: that made it into your superstar club here. The situation though,

1838
01:40:10,120 --> 01:40:12,360
Speaker 1: in terms of the criteria, I think is just a

1839
01:40:12,400 --> 01:40:16,720
Speaker 1: little bit different with respect to Stefon Diggs here because

1840
01:40:17,240 --> 01:40:20,040
Speaker 1: he does have some production history in this league. He

1841
01:40:20,080 --> 01:40:23,240
Speaker 1: actually has a big time performance in what's going to

1842
01:40:23,320 --> 01:40:26,760
Speaker 1: be a famous NFL playoff game in the history of

1843
01:40:26,760 --> 01:40:30,519
Speaker 1: the league. So I guess what put him over the

1844
01:40:30,560 --> 01:40:34,479
Speaker 1: top for you, knowing he had production in his past,

1845
01:40:34,600 --> 01:40:39,240
Speaker 1: that was pretty impressive. Yeah, again, the silly little conceit

1846
01:40:39,400 --> 01:40:43,719
Speaker 1: of that particular exercises. One man in, one man out,

1847
01:40:44,040 --> 01:40:47,040
Speaker 1: zero sum game. So to really to get over that

1848
01:40:47,120 --> 01:40:49,920
Speaker 1: hump and be in the Superstar Club, you have to

1849
01:40:49,960 --> 01:40:52,120
Speaker 1: take your game up to a whole other level where

1850
01:40:52,120 --> 01:40:54,400
Speaker 1: you can carry a team on offense. And I just

1851
01:40:54,439 --> 01:40:59,000
Speaker 1: thought Stefan Diggs was just borderline uncoverable last season. The

1852
01:40:59,080 --> 01:41:02,960
Speaker 1: numbers back it up. Twenty seven catches over fifteen hundred yards.

1853
01:41:03,680 --> 01:41:05,880
Speaker 1: There were games where he would just kind of go

1854
01:41:06,000 --> 01:41:08,200
Speaker 1: off for quarters at a time, and it was just

1855
01:41:08,280 --> 01:41:10,960
Speaker 1: like wow, And you think about that trade, it's one

1856
01:41:11,000 --> 01:41:13,920
Speaker 1: of my favorite trades in recent NFL history. The Bills

1857
01:41:14,000 --> 01:41:17,040
Speaker 1: needed a true number one wide receiver. They could have

1858
01:41:17,040 --> 01:41:20,240
Speaker 1: went through the draft and hoped for the best, but

1859
01:41:20,320 --> 01:41:22,519
Speaker 1: instead they said, we love this guy, we love what

1860
01:41:22,600 --> 01:41:24,800
Speaker 1: he brings, you can bring to our roster, and they

1861
01:41:24,840 --> 01:41:27,280
Speaker 1: sent the first round pick to Minnesota, who used that pick,

1862
01:41:27,320 --> 01:41:29,960
Speaker 1: of course, on Justin Jefferson, who has turned into a

1863
01:41:29,960 --> 01:41:32,840
Speaker 1: guy knocking on the door the Superstar Club entering his

1864
01:41:32,920 --> 01:41:35,920
Speaker 1: second season. But I think Diggs was the missing piece.

1865
01:41:36,000 --> 01:41:39,320
Speaker 1: And I gave Brian Dayball a lot of credit earlier,

1866
01:41:39,360 --> 01:41:41,280
Speaker 1: and Josh Allen deserves a ton of credit. And the

1867
01:41:41,320 --> 01:41:43,880
Speaker 1: whole organization. But I think having Diggs is that true

1868
01:41:43,960 --> 01:41:47,040
Speaker 1: number one allowed everything else to fall into place on

1869
01:41:47,080 --> 01:41:51,280
Speaker 1: that offense, and I expect similarly huge numbers from I

1870
01:41:51,280 --> 01:41:53,519
Speaker 1: don't this year. I don't think this is an aberration.

1871
01:41:53,560 --> 01:41:55,439
Speaker 1: I think he could be the most productive wide receiver

1872
01:41:55,720 --> 01:41:57,360
Speaker 1: in the league for the next couple of years. One

1873
01:41:57,400 --> 01:41:59,680
Speaker 1: of the things you also did went down both conferences

1874
01:41:59,720 --> 01:42:01,759
Speaker 1: in the AC and the NFC and said which team's

1875
01:42:01,840 --> 01:42:05,360
Speaker 1: most likely MVP candidate? And what I'm gonna ask you

1876
01:42:05,520 --> 01:42:09,080
Speaker 1: this way, what does a player not a quarterback have

1877
01:42:09,240 --> 01:42:12,720
Speaker 1: to do to be a big enough presence or a

1878
01:42:12,720 --> 01:42:15,360
Speaker 1: purse a player of enough qualities so that this doesn't

1879
01:42:15,400 --> 01:42:17,920
Speaker 1: this MVP list doesn't just become a list of who's

1880
01:42:18,200 --> 01:42:21,519
Speaker 1: starting quarterback. You know, what does a position player and

1881
01:42:21,600 --> 01:42:25,960
Speaker 1: particularly a defensive player have to do to be consider

1882
01:42:26,040 --> 01:42:28,519
Speaker 1: like he's going to be their MVP? What sets a

1883
01:42:28,520 --> 01:42:31,400
Speaker 1: guy like that apart? And you go, you guys know

1884
01:42:31,560 --> 01:42:33,599
Speaker 1: how how it is because you do it all year around,

1885
01:42:34,160 --> 01:42:37,160
Speaker 1: in the offseason and spring, in the summer, post draft,

1886
01:42:37,200 --> 01:42:40,280
Speaker 1: pre training camp, You're coming up with different ideas of

1887
01:42:40,280 --> 01:42:42,360
Speaker 1: what to talk about, what to write about. And yeah,

1888
01:42:42,360 --> 01:42:45,280
Speaker 1: I could he's Josh Allen is obviously the true favorite

1889
01:42:45,439 --> 01:42:48,120
Speaker 1: to be the Bill's MVP, but that's not fun. I

1890
01:42:48,160 --> 01:42:51,559
Speaker 1: think Diggs is the reason why a non quarterback can

1891
01:42:51,600 --> 01:42:53,280
Speaker 1: get the foot up is he has to put up

1892
01:42:53,320 --> 01:42:58,320
Speaker 1: truly kind of team record breaking type numbers, and I

1893
01:42:58,360 --> 01:43:00,639
Speaker 1: think Diggs has that ability to do because he did

1894
01:43:00,640 --> 01:43:03,320
Speaker 1: it this past year and for all the reasons I

1895
01:43:03,360 --> 01:43:05,759
Speaker 1: just said how he was kind of like he unlocked

1896
01:43:05,840 --> 01:43:07,760
Speaker 1: that offense in a lot of ways and allowed Josh

1897
01:43:07,760 --> 01:43:11,799
Speaker 1: Allen to become great. And I think Diggs deserves almost

1898
01:43:11,800 --> 01:43:14,960
Speaker 1: more credit than he was given last season for taking

1899
01:43:15,000 --> 01:43:16,920
Speaker 1: that next step as a player, because yes he was

1900
01:43:18,040 --> 01:43:20,320
Speaker 1: he was a big time player with Minnesota, but I

1901
01:43:20,320 --> 01:43:22,240
Speaker 1: don't think Minnesota lets him out the door if they

1902
01:43:22,320 --> 01:43:25,120
Speaker 1: knew that his ceiling was this high. And perhaps the

1903
01:43:25,200 --> 01:43:28,800
Speaker 1: upgrade from going from Kirk Cousins to Josh Allen plays

1904
01:43:28,840 --> 01:43:31,000
Speaker 1: a part in that as well. But I would say

1905
01:43:31,040 --> 01:43:33,640
Speaker 1: the same thing with the defensive players. You need to

1906
01:43:33,720 --> 01:43:36,439
Speaker 1: put up a truly huge numbers like Xavien Howard in

1907
01:43:36,520 --> 01:43:39,519
Speaker 1: Miami last year with the ten interceptions the Moston's two

1908
01:43:39,560 --> 01:43:42,080
Speaker 1: thousand and seven, or or someone that threatens the sack

1909
01:43:42,160 --> 01:43:44,880
Speaker 1: record is putting up seventeen to twenty sex. Otherwise, the

1910
01:43:44,920 --> 01:43:47,960
Speaker 1: offensive skill players they get the love, Steve, you get.

1911
01:43:47,960 --> 01:43:51,360
Speaker 1: The special teams guys they get overlooked. It's usually the

1912
01:43:51,439 --> 01:43:54,880
Speaker 1: skill players or the quarterback. Talking to Dan Handzus from

1913
01:43:54,960 --> 01:43:58,479
Speaker 1: NFL dot Com and the Around the NFL podcast, all right, Dan,

1914
01:43:58,600 --> 01:44:00,960
Speaker 1: being the resident Jets fan you are, you have your

1915
01:44:00,960 --> 01:44:03,360
Speaker 1: ear close to the ground on the AFC East. What

1916
01:44:03,400 --> 01:44:08,080
Speaker 1: do you deem the best prediction on what the pecking

1917
01:44:08,160 --> 01:44:10,479
Speaker 1: order in this division is going to be? I mean,

1918
01:44:10,520 --> 01:44:14,000
Speaker 1: are the Bills still a step ahead or do you

1919
01:44:14,040 --> 01:44:18,040
Speaker 1: see people closing the gap? Anybody gonna challenge them legitimately?

1920
01:44:18,160 --> 01:44:21,880
Speaker 1: What's your pecking order for the AFC East this year? Yeah?

1921
01:44:21,880 --> 01:44:24,160
Speaker 1: I think the Bills to me are the biggest favorite.

1922
01:44:24,200 --> 01:44:27,599
Speaker 1: And I don't know Bill's mafia watching right now. This

1923
01:44:27,680 --> 01:44:30,080
Speaker 1: is not a reverse jinx. I don't, I don't. I'm

1924
01:44:30,120 --> 01:44:32,080
Speaker 1: not against the Bills. I like the Bills, you know.

1925
01:44:32,560 --> 01:44:35,320
Speaker 1: I think they are the biggest favorite of any team

1926
01:44:35,400 --> 01:44:37,640
Speaker 1: to win a division. And I count the Chiefs and

1927
01:44:37,680 --> 01:44:41,000
Speaker 1: the Bucks in that conversation just because they're just such

1928
01:44:41,040 --> 01:44:45,160
Speaker 1: a complete team. And I think it's went way under

1929
01:44:45,160 --> 01:44:47,320
Speaker 1: the radar. I don't know how Brian day Bole didn't

1930
01:44:47,320 --> 01:44:50,880
Speaker 1: get a job after what he did last season, the

1931
01:44:50,920 --> 01:44:54,440
Speaker 1: bold moves he made and the changes to the strategy

1932
01:44:54,479 --> 01:44:56,439
Speaker 1: of the team and believing in the quarterback, which is

1933
01:44:56,479 --> 01:44:58,360
Speaker 1: such a thing that all teams are, how do we

1934
01:44:58,400 --> 01:45:00,960
Speaker 1: make my quarterback better? Look with Brian Davile, then how

1935
01:45:01,000 --> 01:45:02,439
Speaker 1: does he how does he not get a job? Well,

1936
01:45:02,479 --> 01:45:05,000
Speaker 1: that bad news for Brian Dable was really good news

1937
01:45:05,000 --> 01:45:08,160
Speaker 1: for the Bills. You keep him in this offense, and

1938
01:45:09,160 --> 01:45:11,679
Speaker 1: I think with that in place, they're going to continue

1939
01:45:11,680 --> 01:45:14,160
Speaker 1: to surge. And I think in terms of pecking order,

1940
01:45:14,280 --> 01:45:17,280
Speaker 1: I do put the Patriots below them. I think the

1941
01:45:17,320 --> 01:45:20,479
Speaker 1: Patriots are on defense, have a lot of potential here.

1942
01:45:20,520 --> 01:45:22,880
Speaker 1: They're getting a lot of guys back after COVID opt outs.

1943
01:45:23,439 --> 01:45:26,479
Speaker 1: You know, Bill Belichick's prominently involved here, and they're going

1944
01:45:26,520 --> 01:45:28,400
Speaker 1: to continue to improve. But I think there are too

1945
01:45:28,439 --> 01:45:30,640
Speaker 1: many questions on the offensive side of the ball for

1946
01:45:30,680 --> 01:45:32,600
Speaker 1: them to really make that push in the division. I

1947
01:45:32,640 --> 01:45:34,880
Speaker 1: think I see the Bills as a twelve or thirteen

1948
01:45:34,920 --> 01:45:37,519
Speaker 1: win team. I see the Patriots as a team that

1949
01:45:37,560 --> 01:45:41,120
Speaker 1: can win nine or perhaps ten games. The Jets are

1950
01:45:41,120 --> 01:45:43,320
Speaker 1: at least a year away, and then the Dolphins are

1951
01:45:43,360 --> 01:45:45,920
Speaker 1: kind of the wild guard in the division because, as

1952
01:45:45,960 --> 01:45:47,679
Speaker 1: you guys know too, it was very up and down

1953
01:45:48,200 --> 01:45:51,360
Speaker 1: as a rookie. If he takes the next step and

1954
01:45:51,439 --> 01:45:55,000
Speaker 1: becomes the guy, if he takes a Josh Allen like step, yeah,

1955
01:45:55,080 --> 01:45:56,800
Speaker 1: all bets are off. They can make a run at this,

1956
01:45:56,920 --> 01:45:59,080
Speaker 1: but I kind of see them as more middle of

1957
01:45:59,120 --> 01:46:00,760
Speaker 1: the pack right now as well. So I think this

1958
01:46:00,840 --> 01:46:03,679
Speaker 1: is a clear and present that this is the time

1959
01:46:03,720 --> 01:46:07,599
Speaker 1: for the Buffalo Bills. Yeah, and from a from the inside,

1960
01:46:07,680 --> 01:46:10,720
Speaker 1: from a national guy like you, also being a Jet fan,

1961
01:46:10,800 --> 01:46:12,800
Speaker 1: what is the best case scenario for the Jets this

1962
01:46:12,880 --> 01:46:18,479
Speaker 1: year Zach Wilson. Obviously with Robert Sala that they've done

1963
01:46:18,520 --> 01:46:21,479
Speaker 1: some good things this last offseason, how good can you

1964
01:46:21,520 --> 01:46:27,720
Speaker 1: expect those to translate into wins losses? And Yeah, I've

1965
01:46:27,720 --> 01:46:31,200
Speaker 1: been burned so many times in my life of getting

1966
01:46:31,240 --> 01:46:33,760
Speaker 1: behind and believing in young quarterbacks and hoping they are

1967
01:46:33,800 --> 01:46:37,479
Speaker 1: the true successor to Joe Namath as a franchise quarterback

1968
01:46:37,479 --> 01:46:40,679
Speaker 1: in New York. So I'm tempering my enthusiasm with Zach

1969
01:46:40,760 --> 01:46:44,559
Speaker 1: Wilson and we'll see what happens. You hope that he

1970
01:46:44,640 --> 01:46:47,679
Speaker 1: does progress and becomes the guy that they've been looking for.

1971
01:46:48,200 --> 01:46:50,280
Speaker 1: But I do think there's adults in the room now,

1972
01:46:50,320 --> 01:46:52,560
Speaker 1: and I think the power structure is so important. The

1973
01:46:52,640 --> 01:46:56,600
Speaker 1: Jets organizationally had this all wrong and had it backwards,

1974
01:46:56,600 --> 01:46:59,439
Speaker 1: where they had the GM and the head coach reporting

1975
01:46:59,439 --> 01:47:01,639
Speaker 1: to the owner and the real owner was in England

1976
01:47:01,680 --> 01:47:05,559
Speaker 1: and the brother was the co acting owner and it

1977
01:47:05,600 --> 01:47:07,960
Speaker 1: was just really sloppy. Now that there's a chain of command,

1978
01:47:08,000 --> 01:47:12,360
Speaker 1: Joe Douglas, the GM is there, the head coach Roberts

1979
01:47:12,720 --> 01:47:15,600
Speaker 1: answers to Joe Douglas, and I just think they have

1980
01:47:15,600 --> 01:47:18,280
Speaker 1: a good brain trust in place. What deemed success not

1981
01:47:18,360 --> 01:47:21,559
Speaker 1: a playoff run. Although Jets fans can dream if Zach

1982
01:47:21,600 --> 01:47:24,559
Speaker 1: Wilson has a Justin Herbert type rookie season, I think

1983
01:47:24,600 --> 01:47:26,879
Speaker 1: six or seven wins coming off of two and fourteen,

1984
01:47:27,560 --> 01:47:31,240
Speaker 1: with progress shown by the young quarterback and good chemistry

1985
01:47:31,520 --> 01:47:35,080
Speaker 1: with Michael Lefloor, the new offensive coordinator, I think that's progress.

1986
01:47:35,120 --> 01:47:36,680
Speaker 1: I think the Jets are a year away, but as

1987
01:47:36,720 --> 01:47:39,840
Speaker 1: you guys know, change happens fast in the NFL. There's

1988
01:47:39,840 --> 01:47:42,720
Speaker 1: a reason for optimism in Flora Park. Yeah, and Dan,

1989
01:47:42,840 --> 01:47:46,000
Speaker 1: being a Long Island native, I've witnessed this angst a lot.

1990
01:47:46,960 --> 01:47:49,080
Speaker 1: Oh yeah, But what is it going to be like?

1991
01:47:49,560 --> 01:47:51,800
Speaker 1: And I know you can speak firsthand to is being

1992
01:47:51,840 --> 01:47:53,479
Speaker 1: a Jets fan. What is it going to be like

1993
01:47:53,640 --> 01:47:57,000
Speaker 1: for you in Week one when the Jets go down

1994
01:47:57,000 --> 01:47:59,600
Speaker 1: to Carolina and play against Sam Darnold? Like, what is

1995
01:47:59,640 --> 01:48:04,040
Speaker 1: going to be your mental state in a game like

1996
01:48:04,200 --> 01:48:07,639
Speaker 1: that with the quarterback? You just hit the eject button

1997
01:48:07,680 --> 01:48:10,960
Speaker 1: on facing a Jets team that you know is not

1998
01:48:11,120 --> 01:48:13,360
Speaker 1: there yet, they still have a lot to put together.

1999
01:48:13,800 --> 01:48:16,160
Speaker 1: What is that going to be like for you as

2000
01:48:16,160 --> 01:48:19,840
Speaker 1: a Jets fan? Oh, it's gonna be terrible. You're a

2001
01:48:19,880 --> 01:48:21,760
Speaker 1: Long Island guy. You're a Long Island guy, so you

2002
01:48:21,840 --> 01:48:24,600
Speaker 1: get it. Like there's a fatalism involved with being a

2003
01:48:24,720 --> 01:48:27,920
Speaker 1: Jets fan and the immediately and it's it's good to

2004
01:48:27,920 --> 01:48:30,800
Speaker 1: see the schedule makers stuck in that little office on

2005
01:48:30,840 --> 01:48:33,120
Speaker 1: three forty five Park. Even you have a sense of

2006
01:48:33,200 --> 01:48:35,280
Speaker 1: humor because as soon as you saw the schedule as

2007
01:48:35,320 --> 01:48:38,400
Speaker 1: a Jets fan and you saw Sam Darnold against Zach Wilson,

2008
01:48:38,840 --> 01:48:42,280
Speaker 1: every Jets fan that's been through the ringer over the

2009
01:48:42,280 --> 01:48:45,280
Speaker 1: decades said, up, yep, Sam's gonna go twenty seven for

2010
01:48:45,400 --> 01:48:48,000
Speaker 1: thirty four for three hundred and twelve yards. And four touchdowns,

2011
01:48:48,200 --> 01:48:50,640
Speaker 1: including the game winner late in the fourth quarter, just

2012
01:48:50,680 --> 01:48:53,640
Speaker 1: because you expect that to happen. Now, Listen, there is

2013
01:48:53,720 --> 01:48:55,880
Speaker 1: plenty of evidence over the last three years that Sam

2014
01:48:55,960 --> 01:48:57,720
Speaker 1: wasn't the guy, but it also was so hard to

2015
01:48:57,720 --> 01:49:00,800
Speaker 1: figure out because the Jets were a total disaster in

2016
01:49:00,880 --> 01:49:04,920
Speaker 1: all phases organizationally, including a head coach with Adam Gaze.

2017
01:49:05,320 --> 01:49:09,040
Speaker 1: So for me, like I'll never forget it. Draft Day

2018
01:49:09,040 --> 01:49:12,280
Speaker 1: twenty eighteen, me and my close friend and podcast cohart

2019
01:49:12,520 --> 01:49:15,760
Speaker 1: Mark Sessler, who's a diehard Browns fan. Baker Mayfield was

2020
01:49:15,800 --> 01:49:18,439
Speaker 1: the number one pick. Sam Darnold was the number three pick.

2021
01:49:18,479 --> 01:49:21,760
Speaker 1: We went down after our draft coverage in Culver City

2022
01:49:21,800 --> 01:49:24,120
Speaker 1: here in Los Angeles, down to the local watering hole,

2023
01:49:24,200 --> 01:49:26,479
Speaker 1: the Cozy, and we got a big shot and we

2024
01:49:26,600 --> 01:49:30,479
Speaker 1: toasted the end of sadness for the Jets and Browns

2025
01:49:31,040 --> 01:49:34,320
Speaker 1: and listen, for my buddy Mark, it's worked out pretty

2026
01:49:34,360 --> 01:49:37,040
Speaker 1: well for Cleveland since that. That toast. For Jets fans

2027
01:49:37,080 --> 01:49:39,439
Speaker 1: like me, not so much. I believed in Darnald, but

2028
01:49:39,479 --> 01:49:43,040
Speaker 1: I thought the circumstances really harmed him, and I hope

2029
01:49:43,200 --> 01:49:45,600
Speaker 1: for the best. I just hope he doesn't destroy the

2030
01:49:45,680 --> 01:49:48,680
Speaker 1: Jets and lead to some horrific New York Post and

2031
01:49:48,760 --> 01:49:51,479
Speaker 1: Daily News headlines come Monday morning. Give us a little

2032
01:49:51,520 --> 01:49:53,800
Speaker 1: rundown of the top couple of quarterbacks that were taking

2033
01:49:53,840 --> 01:49:56,000
Speaker 1: him this year's draft. Which one's set up to succeed

2034
01:49:56,040 --> 01:49:58,400
Speaker 1: by by the team, by the what's around him here,

2035
01:49:58,520 --> 01:50:02,080
Speaker 1: Zach Wilson, Trevor Lawrence, Justin Fields and the rest. Give

2036
01:50:02,160 --> 01:50:04,720
Speaker 1: us a little quick thumbnail of what you expect from

2037
01:50:04,760 --> 01:50:07,760
Speaker 1: this rookie class of quarterbacks this year in each different situation.

2038
01:50:08,800 --> 01:50:11,639
Speaker 1: I think everybody's excited just to see what Trevor Lawrence

2039
01:50:11,720 --> 01:50:15,799
Speaker 1: is all about. A generational prospect, more hype than anyone

2040
01:50:16,000 --> 01:50:18,840
Speaker 1: coming out of the draft since Andrew Lux. We'll see

2041
01:50:18,840 --> 01:50:20,360
Speaker 1: what he does with urban Meyer, although I don't know

2042
01:50:20,360 --> 01:50:24,519
Speaker 1: what urban Meyer is doing splitting reps with Lawrence and

2043
01:50:24,680 --> 01:50:27,360
Speaker 1: Gardner Minshew and another dude. It's like, I would love

2044
01:50:27,439 --> 01:50:29,680
Speaker 1: to just get Lawrence ready and none of this raw

2045
01:50:29,760 --> 01:50:31,920
Speaker 1: rock college stuff that may the best man win. Lawrence

2046
01:50:32,000 --> 01:50:34,559
Speaker 1: is the future. The guy I'm most excited about to

2047
01:50:34,600 --> 01:50:37,120
Speaker 1: see other than Zach Wilson for obvious reasons. For me

2048
01:50:37,680 --> 01:50:42,479
Speaker 1: is Trey Lance and early reports out of San Francisco

2049
01:50:42,560 --> 01:50:45,720
Speaker 1: forty nine ers camp is that Lance is totally on

2050
01:50:45,760 --> 01:50:49,880
Speaker 1: board and absorbing everything that he needs absorbed in making

2051
01:50:49,920 --> 01:50:53,280
Speaker 1: plays right away, and it creates a really interesting decision

2052
01:50:53,840 --> 01:50:57,800
Speaker 1: for Kyle Shanahan and the forty nine ers, who you

2053
01:50:57,800 --> 01:50:59,880
Speaker 1: know they have a super Bowl team. Otherwise, do you

2054
01:51:00,080 --> 01:51:02,240
Speaker 1: roll with the kid or do you bring back Jimmy

2055
01:51:02,240 --> 01:51:04,720
Speaker 1: G at least to start the season. If you do

2056
01:51:04,880 --> 01:51:06,600
Speaker 1: roll with the kid, does that put Jimmy G in

2057
01:51:06,640 --> 01:51:09,000
Speaker 1: plays as a trade candidate? He has two years left

2058
01:51:09,000 --> 01:51:12,040
Speaker 1: on his contract. He's very high paid quarterback with middling

2059
01:51:12,160 --> 01:51:14,559
Speaker 1: production over the last couple of years. But I would

2060
01:51:14,600 --> 01:51:16,800
Speaker 1: imagine there are some teams that'd be interested in Jimmy G.

2061
01:51:17,160 --> 01:51:21,240
Speaker 1: The Colts jump out after the Carson Wentz injury, for example,

2062
01:51:21,320 --> 01:51:23,000
Speaker 1: and then the one other name I'll throw out there

2063
01:51:23,640 --> 01:51:26,960
Speaker 1: justin fields, and I'd love to see him get in

2064
01:51:27,000 --> 01:51:29,280
Speaker 1: the lineup immediately. I know they're playing a little coy

2065
01:51:29,320 --> 01:51:32,400
Speaker 1: in Chicago right now with Andy Dalton there, But I

2066
01:51:32,439 --> 01:51:36,120
Speaker 1: feel like, if you're the GM Ryan Pace and head

2067
01:51:36,160 --> 01:51:38,400
Speaker 1: coach Matt Nagy, that guy holds the key to your

2068
01:51:38,479 --> 01:51:40,840
Speaker 1: job security if he lights it up and sends that

2069
01:51:41,040 --> 01:51:44,880
Speaker 1: organization in a positive direction and put some electricity back

2070
01:51:45,600 --> 01:51:48,440
Speaker 1: into Bears football and it's been a long time. Everybody's

2071
01:51:48,479 --> 01:51:51,640
Speaker 1: going to be better off. Andy Dalton is, let's face it,

2072
01:51:51,720 --> 01:51:54,479
Speaker 1: Andy Dalton, give the kid a shot. Right up to bat,

2073
01:51:54,520 --> 01:51:58,080
Speaker 1: I would say, yeah. And that brings me to my question, Dan,

2074
01:51:58,160 --> 01:52:01,360
Speaker 1: which kind of deals with the presidented quarterback movement. We

2075
01:52:01,439 --> 01:52:03,880
Speaker 1: witnessed this offseason and it might not be done yet

2076
01:52:04,240 --> 01:52:06,759
Speaker 1: due to the Carson Wentz situation that you just raised.

2077
01:52:07,000 --> 01:52:09,840
Speaker 1: I know you mentioned Jimmy g already. We saw Nick

2078
01:52:09,880 --> 01:52:13,800
Speaker 1: Foles lobbying to get back with Frank. Right, it's my

2079
01:52:13,880 --> 01:52:15,960
Speaker 1: favorite coach of all time. Come get me. I'm with

2080
01:52:16,000 --> 01:52:18,600
Speaker 1: the threes at Chicago. Frank held me out. Get it.

2081
01:52:18,680 --> 01:52:20,519
Speaker 1: I mean I get it too. I mean, good on

2082
01:52:20,560 --> 01:52:23,080
Speaker 1: you man, sell yourself, toot your own horn, do whatever

2083
01:52:23,120 --> 01:52:26,360
Speaker 1: you gotta do. My question you, Dan, is, I can't

2084
01:52:26,360 --> 01:52:29,680
Speaker 1: see Frank doing that to Carson Wentz again. You're not

2085
01:52:29,760 --> 01:52:33,000
Speaker 1: bringing Foles in again to do it all? Oh? I

2086
01:52:33,000 --> 01:52:34,800
Speaker 1: mean my god, I mean, could you think of a

2087
01:52:34,840 --> 01:52:38,439
Speaker 1: worse scenario psyche wise for Carson Wentz? Good lord, but

2088
01:52:38,760 --> 01:52:42,559
Speaker 1: what do you think about maybe the possibility provided Justin

2089
01:52:42,680 --> 01:52:47,120
Speaker 1: Fields does as well as summer anticipating through the preseason,

2090
01:52:47,760 --> 01:52:51,320
Speaker 1: what about flipping the redhead over there and letting him

2091
01:52:51,360 --> 01:52:54,960
Speaker 1: be like the bridge until Wentz can get back in

2092
01:52:55,000 --> 01:52:59,880
Speaker 1: the lineup. Andy Dalton to Indy, what do you think? Mm? Okay,

2093
01:53:00,080 --> 01:53:02,440
Speaker 1: I mean, I think at Dalton is a great placeholder

2094
01:53:02,479 --> 01:53:05,000
Speaker 1: guy at this stage of his career. I thought he

2095
01:53:05,040 --> 01:53:07,519
Speaker 1: did nice work with the Cowboys after Dak went down.

2096
01:53:07,560 --> 01:53:09,920
Speaker 1: And I've always been a Dalton fan. But I don't

2097
01:53:09,960 --> 01:53:11,800
Speaker 1: think he's even the same guy, even though he's not

2098
01:53:12,200 --> 01:53:14,400
Speaker 1: he's not old. I think he's around thirty three now.

2099
01:53:14,479 --> 01:53:16,040
Speaker 1: I don't think he's even the same guy who was

2100
01:53:16,320 --> 01:53:20,080
Speaker 1: at the end of his Bengals time. You know, I

2101
01:53:20,160 --> 01:53:22,160
Speaker 1: look at Gardner Minshew as a guy that could be

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01:53:22,160 --> 01:53:25,479
Speaker 1: a stop gad, but who I really like for them

2103
01:53:25,520 --> 01:53:27,320
Speaker 1: to go for. And I get the Nick Foles thing.

2104
01:53:27,920 --> 01:53:30,000
Speaker 1: You probably want to avoid that. It's just a little

2105
01:53:30,040 --> 01:53:34,200
Speaker 1: it's a little messy. Marcus Mariota with the Raiders. He's

2106
01:53:34,240 --> 01:53:38,479
Speaker 1: sitting back there behind Derek Carr, and I know he's

2107
01:53:38,479 --> 01:53:41,479
Speaker 1: a very disappointing former number two overall pick with the Titans.

2108
01:53:41,520 --> 01:53:44,120
Speaker 1: But anybody to watch that Thursday night game against the

2109
01:53:44,160 --> 01:53:47,760
Speaker 1: Dolphins last season when he replaced an injured Derek Card

2110
01:53:47,800 --> 01:53:50,519
Speaker 1: and really played out of his mind. You just wonder

2111
01:53:50,600 --> 01:53:54,320
Speaker 1: if a fresh start with a really a really good

2112
01:53:54,360 --> 01:53:57,320
Speaker 1: offensive head coach in Frank Reich, if Marcus Mariota might

2113
01:53:57,360 --> 01:54:00,160
Speaker 1: be able to take that the opportunity and run with it.

2114
01:54:00,280 --> 01:54:04,040
Speaker 1: And I can't imagine there would be a huge amount

2115
01:54:04,080 --> 01:54:07,439
Speaker 1: to give up to get him. Although John Gruden could

2116
01:54:07,439 --> 01:54:09,599
Speaker 1: always be a pain in the butt because he's John Gruden,

2117
01:54:09,800 --> 01:54:11,479
Speaker 1: But Mariota would be the guy I would go for

2118
01:54:11,560 --> 01:54:13,840
Speaker 1: in the short term if I were the Colts. One

2119
01:54:13,960 --> 01:54:17,639
Speaker 1: last thing I've got for you, We've Ryan Fitzpatrick's still

2120
01:54:17,640 --> 01:54:20,519
Speaker 1: in the National Football League and his ninth team. He's

2121
01:54:20,560 --> 01:54:24,519
Speaker 1: gonna start for a ninth franchise, the Washington Football Team.

2122
01:54:25,040 --> 01:54:28,680
Speaker 1: How do you think it's gonna go in Washington? And

2123
01:54:29,120 --> 01:54:31,679
Speaker 1: we've we've laughed about a time and time again here

2124
01:54:31,680 --> 01:54:36,240
Speaker 1: about how beloved fits is by every team he's played for. Yeah,

2125
01:54:36,320 --> 01:54:38,920
Speaker 1: so how do you think it's gonna go with Ron Rivera?

2126
01:54:39,120 --> 01:54:42,200
Speaker 1: The Washington football team with all the transformation that's happened

2127
01:54:42,200 --> 01:54:45,280
Speaker 1: in and from top to bottom of that organization. Um,

2128
01:54:45,920 --> 01:54:48,040
Speaker 1: what do you see fitz doing in Washington? We've got

2129
01:54:48,080 --> 01:54:52,440
Speaker 1: them in Week three this season, right, and Bills fans.

2130
01:54:52,680 --> 01:54:55,320
Speaker 1: Everybody's all about fitz Magic. Well, if you're a true

2131
01:54:55,760 --> 01:54:58,640
Speaker 1: fan of Ryan Fitzpatrick, you liked his old nickname way

2132
01:54:58,640 --> 01:55:00,640
Speaker 1: back in his Bill's day, the Amish Rifle. I like

2133
01:55:00,760 --> 01:55:03,840
Speaker 1: that was good. That was the nickname I preferred for

2134
01:55:03,960 --> 01:55:08,400
Speaker 1: Ryan Fitzpatrick. I don't know. I mean, I like everyone else,

2135
01:55:08,480 --> 01:55:11,040
Speaker 1: you love Ryan Fitzpatrick. It's so cool that here we

2136
01:55:11,080 --> 01:55:15,840
Speaker 1: are in twenty twenty one and he's starting Week one

2137
01:55:16,000 --> 01:55:18,920
Speaker 1: for an NFL franchise. And that really speaks to the

2138
01:55:18,960 --> 01:55:21,160
Speaker 1: hard work he put in as he got deeper into

2139
01:55:21,200 --> 01:55:24,720
Speaker 1: his thirties to continue to grow as a player, and

2140
01:55:24,760 --> 01:55:28,080
Speaker 1: he's been a positive everywhere he's gone really over the

2141
01:55:28,120 --> 01:55:31,720
Speaker 1: last five or six years. That said, it just goes

2142
01:55:31,760 --> 01:55:35,880
Speaker 1: to show you what a massive with Dwayne Haskins was

2143
01:55:36,920 --> 01:55:40,080
Speaker 1: for Washington first round pick in the twenty eighteen draft

2144
01:55:40,200 --> 01:55:43,560
Speaker 1: or twenty nineteen draft, and he was so bad that

2145
01:55:43,600 --> 01:55:45,640
Speaker 1: they had to say goodbye to him. And it puts

2146
01:55:45,640 --> 01:55:47,440
Speaker 1: you in a position now where you've otherwise built a

2147
01:55:47,480 --> 01:55:50,040
Speaker 1: really strong roster. We know this is a great defensive

2148
01:55:50,040 --> 01:55:53,000
Speaker 1: team they have. They have skill players on offense. I

2149
01:55:53,080 --> 01:55:56,680
Speaker 1: like the offensive line. If you had a quarterback that

2150
01:55:56,960 --> 01:55:58,880
Speaker 1: I feel like was a little more steady or had

2151
01:55:58,880 --> 01:56:01,480
Speaker 1: a little more upside. You look at Washington as a

2152
01:56:01,480 --> 01:56:04,200
Speaker 1: real player and a favorite at the NFC East Instead,

2153
01:56:04,240 --> 01:56:06,600
Speaker 1: you really have to hope for this fitz magic to

2154
01:56:06,640 --> 01:56:09,560
Speaker 1: carry across a seventeen game schedule, and I guess it

2155
01:56:09,640 --> 01:56:11,920
Speaker 1: just feels like a lot to me to be asking

2156
01:56:11,920 --> 01:56:15,760
Speaker 1: for Fitzpatrick to deliver that. I'll be excited to watch it.

2157
01:56:15,960 --> 01:56:17,800
Speaker 1: Taylor Heineke is also on the roster, and I know

2158
01:56:17,800 --> 01:56:19,560
Speaker 1: a lot of people were high on him based on

2159
01:56:19,560 --> 01:56:21,840
Speaker 1: his playoff performance in January against the Bucks. He's not

2160
01:56:21,880 --> 01:56:24,360
Speaker 1: looked good in camp, We've been told to this point.

2161
01:56:24,560 --> 01:56:26,720
Speaker 1: So this is Fitzpatrick's job. Will be fun to see

2162
01:56:26,720 --> 01:56:29,880
Speaker 1: how it goes. But I wonder if if you privately

2163
01:56:30,120 --> 01:56:32,880
Speaker 1: pulled Ron rivera aside and said, you know, would you

2164
01:56:32,920 --> 01:56:34,920
Speaker 1: have liked this to be in a different direction right now?

2165
01:56:35,000 --> 01:56:37,720
Speaker 1: I wonder what he would say, Yeah, that would be

2166
01:56:37,720 --> 01:56:41,840
Speaker 1: an interesting answer. I didn't. I'm not under the under

2167
01:56:41,880 --> 01:56:44,480
Speaker 1: any illusion that he's gonna win eleven or twelve games

2168
01:56:44,480 --> 01:56:46,520
Speaker 1: for them. I just know it's gonna be entertaining either way.

2169
01:56:46,600 --> 01:56:49,200
Speaker 1: So yes, that's what I'm signing up for, at least

2170
01:56:49,200 --> 01:56:51,320
Speaker 1: the postgame interview with I know I'm being too negative.

2171
01:56:51,360 --> 01:56:53,720
Speaker 1: I can't wait to watch him play. I've always liked him.

2172
01:56:53,760 --> 01:56:56,400
Speaker 1: He's a good dude. Yeah, Dan, listen, thanks very much

2173
01:56:56,440 --> 01:56:59,400
Speaker 1: for the time, especially with the time change and everything.

2174
01:56:59,480 --> 01:57:01,680
Speaker 1: We appreciate you're sharing some of your time and some

2175
01:57:01,760 --> 01:57:03,560
Speaker 1: of your insight. We look forward to the season. I'm

2176
01:57:03,560 --> 01:57:05,200
Speaker 1: sure we'll catch up with you down the line, and

2177
01:57:05,440 --> 01:57:07,800
Speaker 1: we'll be listening to that around the NFL Podcast. It's

2178
01:57:07,800 --> 01:57:11,240
Speaker 1: really entertaining. Thanks man, I promised more hijinks to come

2179
01:57:11,280 --> 01:57:13,680
Speaker 1: in twenty twenty one. Sounds good, all right, Dan Hanzo's

2180
01:57:13,720 --> 01:57:15,600
Speaker 1: joining us here on the program from NFL dot Com

2181
01:57:15,640 --> 01:57:18,800
Speaker 1: and they around the NFL Podcast. We will step aside

2182
01:57:18,800 --> 01:57:20,480
Speaker 1: here when we come back. We'll get some of your

2183
01:57:20,480 --> 01:57:22,400
Speaker 1: other thoughts on the tweet sheet. As we have been

2184
01:57:22,400 --> 01:57:27,240
Speaker 1: asking you today, who is the player that you think

2185
01:57:27,240 --> 01:57:31,200
Speaker 1: will have the most unexpected impact on the Bills in

2186
01:57:31,320 --> 01:57:34,240
Speaker 1: twenty twenty one? Back to your tweet sheet comments. Next

2187
01:57:34,280 --> 01:57:36,040
Speaker 1: here on One Bill's Line, presented by Kalid to Health,

2188
01:57:36,040 --> 01:57:51,600
Speaker 1: it's Buffalo Bills Radio. Here we are One Bills Live,

2189
01:57:52,280 --> 01:57:53,880
Speaker 1: taking you up to the top of the hour. Here

2190
01:57:53,880 --> 01:57:56,400
Speaker 1: on a Tuesday, Chris Brown Steve Tasker with you. It

2191
01:57:56,560 --> 01:58:01,200
Speaker 1: is time to return to the tweet sheets. That's what

2192
01:58:01,240 --> 01:58:06,760
Speaker 1: we do here. We want your comments to provide context

2193
01:58:06,840 --> 01:58:09,600
Speaker 1: to the show, which is why we pose a Twitter

2194
01:58:09,720 --> 01:58:12,480
Speaker 1: question every day. Which player will have the most unexpected

2195
01:58:12,520 --> 01:58:16,880
Speaker 1: impact on the Bills in twenty twenty one? Someone who

2196
01:58:16,960 --> 01:58:19,720
Speaker 1: just comes out of nowhere and helps this team in

2197
01:58:19,840 --> 01:58:23,680
Speaker 1: much bigger ways than anybody anticipated. And last year probably

2198
01:58:23,680 --> 01:58:26,480
Speaker 1: your top two on that list, where Gabriel Davis and

2199
01:58:26,840 --> 01:58:29,280
Speaker 1: Tyler Bass. There were others, but those are probably your

2200
01:58:29,320 --> 01:58:32,520
Speaker 1: top two. Where do you stand and who do you

2201
01:58:32,600 --> 01:58:37,480
Speaker 1: have for twenty twenty one? Doctor snarky chiming in and

2202
01:58:37,680 --> 01:58:42,960
Speaker 1: says Isaiah mackenzie at wide receiver a bigger role and

2203
01:58:43,840 --> 01:58:46,640
Speaker 1: the return man. That's not a bad pick. It's not.

2204
01:58:46,960 --> 01:58:49,200
Speaker 1: It's get your mind around how he thinks. You know

2205
01:58:49,280 --> 01:58:56,120
Speaker 1: why he thinks, Isaiah McKenzie, Would you know supplant Gabe Davis, Sanders,

2206
01:58:56,200 --> 01:59:00,280
Speaker 1: Digs or Beasley remember this? And I brought this up

2207
01:59:00,320 --> 01:59:03,720
Speaker 1: to somebody today for for whatever reason, last year Week seventeen,

2208
01:59:03,880 --> 01:59:06,040
Speaker 1: when they were trying to rest people and not rest people,

2209
01:59:06,120 --> 01:59:08,440
Speaker 1: Josh Allen came out of the game. Matt Barkley finished

2210
01:59:08,440 --> 01:59:11,400
Speaker 1: and they hung fifty six points on the Dolphins defense.

2211
01:59:11,440 --> 01:59:15,520
Speaker 1: In Week seventeen, Remember what happened. Isaiah McKenzie was like

2212
01:59:15,560 --> 01:59:18,240
Speaker 1: the centerpiece. They said, let's let Isaiah carry the offense.

2213
01:59:18,240 --> 01:59:20,000
Speaker 1: Will put him in the centerpiece. We'll give him the

2214
01:59:20,000 --> 01:59:28,120
Speaker 1: targets rested Coal, even Diggs was limited that he caught

2215
01:59:28,160 --> 01:59:30,520
Speaker 1: some balls, no question, but Isaiah McKenzie was like running

2216
01:59:30,600 --> 01:59:32,560
Speaker 1: ends around. They were throwing him the football. He was

2217
01:59:32,560 --> 01:59:35,720
Speaker 1: the punt return guy. They rested Andrey Roberts all that stuff.

2218
01:59:35,760 --> 01:59:37,720
Speaker 1: Isaiah McKenzie was the guy that was in the middle

2219
01:59:37,720 --> 01:59:41,400
Speaker 1: of it. And he came through with three first half touchdowns.

2220
01:59:41,840 --> 01:59:44,360
Speaker 1: One is a seventy two yard or seventy yard plus

2221
01:59:44,360 --> 01:59:47,320
Speaker 1: two eighty two yard punt return for a touchdown, and

2222
01:59:47,360 --> 01:59:50,400
Speaker 1: he had two touchdown catches, and he was carrying the

2223
01:59:50,440 --> 01:59:52,800
Speaker 1: ball out of those with the with the quick sweeps

2224
01:59:53,400 --> 02:00:00,280
Speaker 1: and everything it so he and that putting the own

2225
02:00:00,360 --> 02:00:03,800
Speaker 1: us of that entire game plan really offensively in Isaiah

2226
02:00:03,880 --> 02:00:07,080
Speaker 1: McKenzie's hands and having him come through like that gives

2227
02:00:07,160 --> 02:00:09,160
Speaker 1: the has got to give the coaching staff you know what,

2228
02:00:10,640 --> 02:00:14,600
Speaker 1: maybe we're not using him enough. The problem is, and

2229
02:00:14,640 --> 02:00:17,160
Speaker 1: we've been saying it all offseason and Bills fans know it.

2230
02:00:17,160 --> 02:00:20,200
Speaker 1: It's a tough team to bust into. You can say, wow,

2231
02:00:20,200 --> 02:00:22,200
Speaker 1: which we could use Isaiah McKenzie more. But when you

2232
02:00:22,240 --> 02:00:26,640
Speaker 1: say that, somebody is getting has to sit down, and

2233
02:00:26,760 --> 02:00:30,000
Speaker 1: that's where it becomes a problem. Who is coming off

2234
02:00:30,040 --> 02:00:32,120
Speaker 1: the field so that Isaiah McKenzie can do more. The

2235
02:00:32,160 --> 02:00:36,320
Speaker 1: other thing to consider too is this, you have a

2236
02:00:36,360 --> 02:00:40,320
Speaker 1: balance that you need to strike with these smaller diminutive players.

2237
02:00:41,520 --> 02:00:43,040
Speaker 1: You want to give him a bigger role because you

2238
02:00:43,080 --> 02:00:45,880
Speaker 1: want more out of him. Okay, but that means you're

2239
02:00:45,880 --> 02:00:50,160
Speaker 1: exposing him to more hits and greater risk of injury

2240
02:00:50,240 --> 02:00:54,080
Speaker 1: because the smaller guys get dinged a lot easier and

2241
02:00:54,200 --> 02:00:57,240
Speaker 1: miss time on the field because of it. So the

2242
02:00:57,280 --> 02:01:00,240
Speaker 1: Bills struck a very good balance with how often they

2243
02:01:00,280 --> 02:01:02,640
Speaker 1: did use him. Now he's going to be exposed to

2244
02:01:02,720 --> 02:01:06,080
Speaker 1: more hits if he proves to be the primary return man,

2245
02:01:06,200 --> 02:01:08,040
Speaker 1: which I think a lot of people think he's got

2246
02:01:08,040 --> 02:01:11,000
Speaker 1: a good look at this year with Andre Roberts now

2247
02:01:11,040 --> 02:01:15,000
Speaker 1: and he's got to be considered the incumbent. So where

2248
02:01:15,040 --> 02:01:18,680
Speaker 1: do you where this team and this coaching staff comes

2249
02:01:18,720 --> 02:01:21,840
Speaker 1: down on how much is too much? Where we're risking

2250
02:01:21,880 --> 02:01:27,320
Speaker 1: injury will probably involve their sports science department. But yeah,

2251
02:01:27,360 --> 02:01:33,320
Speaker 1: the smaller, more diminutive players, more often than not do

2252
02:01:33,400 --> 02:01:36,040
Speaker 1: not demonstrate the same durability. I mean, it's a big

2253
02:01:36,080 --> 02:01:38,720
Speaker 1: man's game. So if you expand the role too much,

2254
02:01:38,800 --> 02:01:41,760
Speaker 1: I think you have to find where that balance is.

2255
02:01:42,120 --> 02:01:44,800
Speaker 1: So you have him every week, as opposed to using

2256
02:01:44,840 --> 02:01:47,040
Speaker 1: him too much and having him miss three weeks and

2257
02:01:47,040 --> 02:01:48,880
Speaker 1: then he comes back, you put him in the same

2258
02:01:48,880 --> 02:01:52,200
Speaker 1: exact role, big role, exposure to hits out of the

2259
02:01:52,240 --> 02:01:54,280
Speaker 1: lineup again, you know what I mean. It's that kind

2260
02:01:54,320 --> 02:01:56,440
Speaker 1: of risk that you run when you have a smaller,

2261
02:01:56,480 --> 02:02:00,520
Speaker 1: more dominion availabilities a consideration, no question about it. Um.

2262
02:02:01,200 --> 02:02:08,600
Speaker 1: I will say though that I thought last year week seventeen,

2263
02:02:08,680 --> 02:02:15,000
Speaker 1: notwithstanding they used him a proper amount, that he was job.

2264
02:02:15,120 --> 02:02:17,160
Speaker 1: He was in the mix every game. It wasn't for

2265
02:02:17,240 --> 02:02:19,560
Speaker 1: like twenty five snaps. It's like a package of plays.

2266
02:02:19,600 --> 02:02:25,120
Speaker 1: It's like five snaps, maybe six eight, right tops, between

2267
02:02:25,200 --> 02:02:28,200
Speaker 1: three to eight snaps a game. But he was always

2268
02:02:28,200 --> 02:02:30,880
Speaker 1: in there. So it was always something that the defense

2269
02:02:31,080 --> 02:02:35,520
Speaker 1: had to think about and prepare for without it being

2270
02:02:35,520 --> 02:02:37,840
Speaker 1: the centerpiece of your offense. And really you run through

2271
02:02:37,840 --> 02:02:40,560
Speaker 1: the one of those a game a week in practice,

2272
02:02:40,880 --> 02:02:43,560
Speaker 1: but their team has to has to run through it

2273
02:02:43,640 --> 02:02:47,280
Speaker 1: to defend it, like six or seven or eight times

2274
02:02:47,320 --> 02:02:49,760
Speaker 1: in practice to see it, to get an idea from

2275
02:02:49,760 --> 02:02:52,240
Speaker 1: every defensive look they could be and in that personnel

2276
02:02:52,280 --> 02:02:54,840
Speaker 1: group what it's going to look like for them. So

2277
02:02:54,880 --> 02:02:57,520
Speaker 1: they've got more reps in practice to dedicate to just

2278
02:02:57,560 --> 02:03:00,520
Speaker 1: a few reps of your Isaiah McKenzie package, then your

2279
02:03:00,560 --> 02:03:03,040
Speaker 1: offense has to dedicate to it. So you're you're winning

2280
02:03:03,360 --> 02:03:06,000
Speaker 1: during the week by forcing them to prepare for something

2281
02:03:06,000 --> 02:03:10,960
Speaker 1: you may not use that much, but when it works,

2282
02:03:11,680 --> 02:03:13,080
Speaker 1: you got the ball in the hands of one of

2283
02:03:13,080 --> 02:03:15,800
Speaker 1: the fastest guys on the field, and it's a it's

2284
02:03:15,800 --> 02:03:18,640
Speaker 1: a home run. It's a home run if it works,

2285
02:03:19,120 --> 02:03:21,040
Speaker 1: and they've got to defend it like it's going to

2286
02:03:21,080 --> 02:03:24,520
Speaker 1: be a home run. So given him that chance and

2287
02:03:24,640 --> 02:03:26,280
Speaker 1: having that in there, I thought they handled it really

2288
02:03:26,280 --> 02:03:28,720
Speaker 1: well last week because last year, because he was there

2289
02:03:28,760 --> 02:03:31,520
Speaker 1: every week, he was on the field helping every week,

2290
02:03:31,920 --> 02:03:34,160
Speaker 1: you never and you never really remember seeing him get

2291
02:03:34,160 --> 02:03:38,400
Speaker 1: whacked real hard. Yeah, And like like you said, the

2292
02:03:38,480 --> 02:03:40,960
Speaker 1: more you go to that well, the more chances you

2293
02:03:40,960 --> 02:03:43,960
Speaker 1: are the bucket coming up empty. Let's go to the

2294
02:03:43,960 --> 02:03:47,800
Speaker 1: phones at eight oh three, five fifty one, eight fifty two,

2295
02:03:47,840 --> 02:03:50,840
Speaker 1: five fifty got Rich in New Jersey waiting there for us. Rich,

2296
02:03:50,880 --> 02:03:54,160
Speaker 1: what do you have for us? You're on one Bill's life. Hey, guys,

2297
02:03:54,200 --> 02:03:57,360
Speaker 1: thank you. I appreciate the time. A great time and

2298
02:03:57,480 --> 02:04:01,800
Speaker 1: year right now, And you guys kind of touched down

2299
02:04:01,880 --> 02:04:05,680
Speaker 1: it there. I think I've forgotten about unsung hero to

2300
02:04:05,840 --> 02:04:09,560
Speaker 1: this team's success last year, and Steve just briefly mentioned

2301
02:04:09,560 --> 02:04:13,920
Speaker 1: it was Andre Roberts, And I'm interested who is going

2302
02:04:13,960 --> 02:04:16,800
Speaker 1: to fill that job because Andre Roberts did such a

2303
02:04:16,880 --> 02:04:20,960
Speaker 1: great job of flipping field position and getting this offense

2304
02:04:21,000 --> 02:04:24,360
Speaker 1: in the positive starts, which takes a lot of stress

2305
02:04:24,400 --> 02:04:28,320
Speaker 1: off a lot of drives. When you're starting in positive territory,

2306
02:04:29,200 --> 02:04:31,200
Speaker 1: you know, it opens up the playbook. I don't have

2307
02:04:31,240 --> 02:04:34,720
Speaker 1: to tell Steve or you, Chris, you guys know. And

2308
02:04:34,760 --> 02:04:37,160
Speaker 1: I think that gets lost in the shuffle with all

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Speaker 1: the other moves that's gone on this offseason. I'm really

2310
02:04:40,960 --> 02:04:45,440
Speaker 1: interested to see who fills that spot because that has

2311
02:04:45,480 --> 02:04:48,320
Speaker 1: a huge impact that I think a lot of people

2312
02:04:48,400 --> 02:04:52,240
Speaker 1: forget about where these drives started last year on so

2313
02:04:52,360 --> 02:04:57,600
Speaker 1: many of Roberts's key returns. It was exceptional to be

2314
02:04:57,640 --> 02:05:00,120
Speaker 1: able to start the ball from the other team's forty

2315
02:05:00,160 --> 02:05:03,600
Speaker 1: forty one, whatever the case may be, not backed up

2316
02:05:03,640 --> 02:05:06,760
Speaker 1: to your goal goal line that often. Um. You know,

2317
02:05:06,880 --> 02:05:10,000
Speaker 1: Josh can really sing it at that point and Briant

2318
02:05:10,040 --> 02:05:14,240
Speaker 1: can call pretty much anything you want. Um. So I'd

2319
02:05:14,320 --> 02:05:16,440
Speaker 1: like to eat your thoughts because it's it's been a

2320
02:05:16,480 --> 02:05:19,200
Speaker 1: little quiet as far as who's taking the majority of

2321
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Speaker 1: the reps back there. Yeah, it's interesting because both the

2322
02:05:24,120 --> 02:05:28,520
Speaker 1: Mark Mark Quez Stevenson and also Isaiah McKenzie. You've got

2323
02:05:28,800 --> 02:05:32,400
Speaker 1: Christian Wade back there, Brandon Powell is back there. They've

2324
02:05:32,400 --> 02:05:35,440
Speaker 1: got guys that have done it at collegiate level and

2325
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Speaker 1: some in the pros like Isah McKenzie. They've got guys

2326
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Speaker 1: back there doing it. But there's been no pads, there's

2327
02:05:41,120 --> 02:05:43,400
Speaker 1: been no All it is is them catching the ball

2328
02:05:43,440 --> 02:05:46,400
Speaker 1: out of the jugs machine. There's really no live and

2329
02:05:46,440 --> 02:05:48,840
Speaker 1: that's the problem with special teams. You can't practice live

2330
02:05:48,920 --> 02:05:51,600
Speaker 1: special teams. You have to wait till the preseason pretty much, right.

2331
02:05:51,680 --> 02:05:55,040
Speaker 1: So we'll find out really with you Rich, when they

2332
02:05:55,040 --> 02:05:59,880
Speaker 1: when they line up and starts taking reps in preseason games.

2333
02:06:00,160 --> 02:06:03,240
Speaker 1: That's the base those are the primary candidates, I would think,

2334
02:06:03,360 --> 02:06:06,000
Speaker 1: and it's not gonna be just plugging another guy in.

2335
02:06:06,040 --> 02:06:07,560
Speaker 1: They think it's gonna be just like it was with

2336
02:06:07,600 --> 02:06:11,280
Speaker 1: Andre Roberts. Andre Roberts is really, really good. He's a

2337
02:06:11,320 --> 02:06:13,880
Speaker 1: pro Bowl level decision maker back there. He's got all

2338
02:06:13,880 --> 02:06:17,920
Speaker 1: the skills you want. Um, he's more often than not,

2339
02:06:18,120 --> 02:06:22,160
Speaker 1: I he doesn't turn it over, which is enormous for

2340
02:06:22,200 --> 02:06:25,640
Speaker 1: a return guy. And you take it for granted a

2341
02:06:25,640 --> 02:06:27,440
Speaker 1: lot of times mostly because you've got a guy that

2342
02:06:27,440 --> 02:06:28,840
Speaker 1: doesn't turn it over. It When you've got a guy

2343
02:06:29,000 --> 02:06:30,280
Speaker 1: once in a while he lays it on the ground,

2344
02:06:30,320 --> 02:06:34,000
Speaker 1: it's that's crusher. The only time Andrey Roberts I can

2345
02:06:34,000 --> 02:06:36,000
Speaker 1: ever remember in his time as a Buffalo Bill was

2346
02:06:36,040 --> 02:06:39,560
Speaker 1: in the Denver game when he called it was a

2347
02:06:39,640 --> 02:06:41,800
Speaker 1: turnover for them, and that was the It was a

2348
02:06:41,920 --> 02:06:44,200
Speaker 1: in a twenty five point win or something forty six

2349
02:06:44,240 --> 02:06:46,440
Speaker 1: point forty six point day for the offense, so it

2350
02:06:46,440 --> 02:06:48,640
Speaker 1: didn't really matter. That's the only time I can ever

2351
02:06:48,680 --> 02:06:52,280
Speaker 1: remember him that happening to him. That's huge for a

2352
02:06:52,320 --> 02:06:57,600
Speaker 1: return guy. And it's a hard balance to draw for

2353
02:06:57,600 --> 02:06:59,760
Speaker 1: a coaching staff and a player because here's the thing.

2354
02:06:59,760 --> 02:07:02,160
Speaker 1: The player wants to take chances and make something happen

2355
02:07:02,400 --> 02:07:05,240
Speaker 1: so we can win the job. But the more chances

2356
02:07:05,280 --> 02:07:09,680
Speaker 1: you take and the more reckless you are. Certainly you

2357
02:07:09,720 --> 02:07:11,440
Speaker 1: have to give yourself a chance for a big play.

2358
02:07:12,200 --> 02:07:15,400
Speaker 1: But if you turn it over, it's lights out, forget it.

2359
02:07:15,520 --> 02:07:18,000
Speaker 1: I mean, you almost take yourself out of the competition.

2360
02:07:18,120 --> 02:07:21,320
Speaker 1: And that's and that's a catastrophic mistake that no coaching

2361
02:07:21,360 --> 02:07:26,000
Speaker 1: staff can tolerate. I heard some fans that were down

2362
02:07:26,080 --> 02:07:29,240
Speaker 1: on Andre Roberts because I think they saw his Pro Bowl,

2363
02:07:29,560 --> 02:07:32,800
Speaker 1: Pro Bowl credentials, said, oh, we're gonna have a guy

2364
02:07:32,880 --> 02:07:35,920
Speaker 1: returning these things for touchdowns. It is harder than ever

2365
02:07:36,600 --> 02:07:39,720
Speaker 1: to do that now with the new kickoff rule. Ball

2366
02:07:39,760 --> 02:07:43,040
Speaker 1: at the thirty five touchback percentage as high as it's

2367
02:07:43,080 --> 02:07:46,920
Speaker 1: ever been in the league. And yet despite all of that,

2368
02:07:47,280 --> 02:07:49,200
Speaker 1: or light years ahead of where they were played, and

2369
02:07:49,280 --> 02:07:52,520
Speaker 1: yet despite all of that, the Bills were at the

2370
02:07:52,520 --> 02:07:56,000
Speaker 1: top of the league an average drive start last season,

2371
02:07:58,400 --> 02:08:01,400
Speaker 1: Roberts was in the top three in kick return average

2372
02:08:01,800 --> 02:08:04,720
Speaker 1: and I think in the top five in pun return average.

2373
02:08:05,000 --> 02:08:08,280
Speaker 1: So he did not have any touchdowns to speak of,

2374
02:08:08,760 --> 02:08:11,640
Speaker 1: but he was instrumental in this team putting five hundred

2375
02:08:11,640 --> 02:08:15,200
Speaker 1: points on the board last year, and coach McDermott talks

2376
02:08:15,200 --> 02:08:20,040
Speaker 1: about it all the time. Hidden yards. That guy provided

2377
02:08:20,240 --> 02:08:23,280
Speaker 1: a ton of hidden yards over the last two seasons

2378
02:08:23,320 --> 02:08:25,400
Speaker 1: playing for this team. And if you want to know

2379
02:08:25,520 --> 02:08:30,640
Speaker 1: how much Sean McDermott felt Andre roberts importance was to

2380
02:08:31,400 --> 02:08:34,320
Speaker 1: the success of this team, look no further than Week

2381
02:08:34,400 --> 02:08:37,800
Speaker 1: seventeen when he made him inactive. Yeah, he did not

2382
02:08:37,920 --> 02:08:40,680
Speaker 1: want to risk him getting hurt in a Week seventeen game,

2383
02:08:40,800 --> 02:08:44,480
Speaker 1: his return man. How many return men are inactive, it's

2384
02:08:44,600 --> 02:08:47,840
Speaker 1: late in the season, nobody. It's all about the decision making.

2385
02:08:47,920 --> 02:08:50,760
Speaker 1: Those guys do they feel the ball when they can,

2386
02:08:50,960 --> 02:08:52,680
Speaker 1: They get to the ball and they feel it never

2387
02:08:52,720 --> 02:08:55,960
Speaker 1: bounces around towards their end zone. But only bad things

2388
02:08:56,000 --> 02:08:58,280
Speaker 1: can happen for the return team when it's bouncing around

2389
02:08:58,280 --> 02:09:02,040
Speaker 1: down there and he gets every yard that's coming to him.

2390
02:09:02,040 --> 02:09:04,040
Speaker 1: You look back at a game that was really critical

2391
02:09:04,120 --> 02:09:06,400
Speaker 1: last year in the early going of the season, the

2392
02:09:06,400 --> 02:09:09,640
Speaker 1: Seattle Seahawks game. The Seahawks come out, they come down

2393
02:09:09,680 --> 02:09:11,360
Speaker 1: and I think they had a nice drive to begin

2394
02:09:11,400 --> 02:09:13,240
Speaker 1: the game where they got a field goal or something.

2395
02:09:14,000 --> 02:09:16,200
Speaker 1: Move the ball a little bit. They kick off to

2396
02:09:16,320 --> 02:09:18,240
Speaker 1: the Bills. Maybe it was the opening kickoff, or maybe

2397
02:09:18,240 --> 02:09:20,000
Speaker 1: it was the first kickoff of the second half. I

2398
02:09:20,040 --> 02:09:23,040
Speaker 1: can't remember. Andre Roberts's boom out over the out over

2399
02:09:23,120 --> 02:09:26,400
Speaker 1: midfield into Seattle territory and they go down and they

2400
02:09:26,440 --> 02:09:31,200
Speaker 1: open up the scoring um. Stuff like that grabs momentum

2401
02:09:31,200 --> 02:09:35,720
Speaker 1: for the club. And just having a guy back there

2402
02:09:35,760 --> 02:09:37,520
Speaker 1: that you don't have to worry about whether he's gonna

2403
02:09:37,520 --> 02:09:39,440
Speaker 1: know where to the fair catch it or to run

2404
02:09:39,520 --> 02:09:42,000
Speaker 1: with it, to feel the ball, or to let it bounce,

2405
02:09:42,840 --> 02:09:47,360
Speaker 1: all of that stuff. It sounds easy, but you literally

2406
02:09:47,400 --> 02:09:51,960
Speaker 1: have like no time to make that decision, and you

2407
02:09:52,160 --> 02:09:54,680
Speaker 1: gotta be right under the decision, and you've got to execute.

2408
02:09:54,680 --> 02:09:56,680
Speaker 1: You got to catch a ball that's dropping straight out

2409
02:09:56,680 --> 02:10:00,360
Speaker 1: of the sky and with guys running down the field

2410
02:10:00,360 --> 02:10:02,400
Speaker 1: ready to rip your head with some violence on its way.

2411
02:10:02,520 --> 02:10:05,360
Speaker 1: And that's it's hard to. It's hard to, it's hard

2412
02:10:05,400 --> 02:10:07,960
Speaker 1: to keep cool and do it. And riches one hundred percent. Right,

2413
02:10:09,000 --> 02:10:11,880
Speaker 1: you get a big return, you're on the plus forty.

2414
02:10:12,480 --> 02:10:16,280
Speaker 1: Brian Dable's options are innumerable, right, I mean, he could

2415
02:10:16,280 --> 02:10:18,960
Speaker 1: call whatever the hell he wants. You know, you're backed

2416
02:10:19,000 --> 02:10:22,640
Speaker 1: up inside your own fifteen. It's a different animal. Your

2417
02:10:22,640 --> 02:10:25,280
Speaker 1: options are limited there because of the risks you want

2418
02:10:25,280 --> 02:10:29,800
Speaker 1: to take. Gonna rifle through some of these last few

2419
02:10:30,360 --> 02:10:32,680
Speaker 1: Twitter comments before we have to go to break here,

2420
02:10:32,760 --> 02:10:35,240
Speaker 1: Rachel says, I know Rousseau and Boogie Basham were drafted

2421
02:10:35,240 --> 02:10:37,520
Speaker 1: as guys to develop, but both have so much talent

2422
02:10:37,560 --> 02:10:39,440
Speaker 1: and physical ability. I'm predicting at least one of them

2423
02:10:39,480 --> 02:10:41,879
Speaker 1: becomes a regular part of the pass rush and approaches

2424
02:10:41,920 --> 02:10:45,560
Speaker 1: double digit sacks at least eight plus. Eli says, so far,

2425
02:10:45,600 --> 02:10:49,240
Speaker 1: it seems to be aj Epenesa, Rousseau and Jake Kumero.

2426
02:10:49,440 --> 02:10:52,440
Speaker 1: I think Kumero will crack the roster. Seth says, I

2427
02:10:52,480 --> 02:10:55,760
Speaker 1: think it'll be Matt Brita that has the unexpected impact

2428
02:10:55,800 --> 02:10:57,400
Speaker 1: this year. I just have a feeling you'll show he

2429
02:10:57,400 --> 02:10:59,840
Speaker 1: can still be the type of dynamic back he was

2430
02:11:00,040 --> 02:11:04,200
Speaker 1: in San Francisco, particularly in the screen game. Carry says,

2431
02:11:04,240 --> 02:11:06,800
Speaker 1: every time I hear him speak, he's always poised and confident.

2432
02:11:06,880 --> 02:11:09,440
Speaker 1: Rousseau for sure, got a great feeling about him, and

2433
02:11:09,440 --> 02:11:11,560
Speaker 1: seeing how excited he was on draft day made my

2434
02:11:11,680 --> 02:11:15,680
Speaker 1: heart happy. Finally, JT I say, Dawson Knox is going

2435
02:11:15,720 --> 02:11:18,720
Speaker 1: to flourish this season after he attended tight end camp

2436
02:11:19,200 --> 02:11:21,040
Speaker 1: and shows he wants to be the guy and improve

2437
02:11:21,080 --> 02:11:23,280
Speaker 1: ementally this season. I think he'll be a top five

2438
02:11:23,360 --> 02:11:26,360
Speaker 1: tight end. Wow on d epines, it turns it up

2439
02:11:26,440 --> 02:11:27,920
Speaker 1: this year, and I say Bookie's going to be a

2440
02:11:27,920 --> 02:11:32,400
Speaker 1: big surprise rookie of the year question mark Wow. Some

2441
02:11:32,480 --> 02:11:35,640
Speaker 1: bold predictions there from our tweeters. And it's fun to

2442
02:11:35,680 --> 02:11:38,800
Speaker 1: see everybody's going down the roster and they've all got

2443
02:11:38,840 --> 02:11:41,080
Speaker 1: their favorites. But it's gonna be a fun year no

2444
02:11:41,120 --> 02:11:42,720
Speaker 1: matter what. We got a lot of training camp, a

2445
02:11:42,720 --> 02:11:44,760
Speaker 1: lot of three preseason games to go, and we're gonna

2446
02:11:44,760 --> 02:11:46,960
Speaker 1: get a better handle on this as this thing winds down,

2447
02:11:47,040 --> 02:11:48,840
Speaker 1: gets to opening a weekend. It's gonna be fun. What

2448
02:11:48,920 --> 02:11:51,640
Speaker 1: if we learned next? Stay where you are. We'll tell

2449
02:11:51,640 --> 02:12:09,720
Speaker 1: you what that is when we return. What have we learned?

2450
02:12:09,960 --> 02:12:13,840
Speaker 1: Brought to you by Skyworks, the official construction equipment rental

2451
02:12:13,840 --> 02:12:15,960
Speaker 1: company of the Buffalo Bills. Learned a lot of stuff today.

2452
02:12:16,560 --> 02:12:19,000
Speaker 1: Things got out of hand at Carolina Panther's practice. It

2453
02:12:19,120 --> 02:12:22,680
Speaker 1: cost a player his job for hitting a defensive receiver

2454
02:12:22,760 --> 02:12:26,320
Speaker 1: in a padded situation. There was a brawl at Giant's

2455
02:12:26,360 --> 02:12:29,240
Speaker 1: practice today that led Joe Judge to turn into Herb

2456
02:12:29,240 --> 02:12:34,240
Speaker 1: Brooks in the Miracle movie. Again again again. They were

2457
02:12:34,280 --> 02:12:36,200
Speaker 1: running a hundred yard gassers and then when they didn't

2458
02:12:36,280 --> 02:12:38,160
Speaker 1: run those fast enough, he made them do push ups.

2459
02:12:38,680 --> 02:12:41,280
Speaker 1: A man is on the precipice of mutiny, I think.

2460
02:12:42,520 --> 02:12:45,520
Speaker 1: And then there's this. Peter King, in his Football Morning

2461
02:12:45,520 --> 02:12:49,200
Speaker 1: in America column on Monday, mentioned how the forty nine

2462
02:12:49,240 --> 02:12:51,680
Speaker 1: ers can track how many hours their players study the

2463
02:12:51,720 --> 02:12:56,640
Speaker 1: playbook on their iPads, and Peter King reported that rookie

2464
02:12:56,720 --> 02:12:59,520
Speaker 1: Trey Lance had spent the most time on it. This

2465
02:13:00,040 --> 02:13:03,360
Speaker 1: ring to Peter King, So Kyle Shanahan on Tuesday was

2466
02:13:03,400 --> 02:13:07,400
Speaker 1: asked about it in his press conference and he said

2467
02:13:07,440 --> 02:13:09,720
Speaker 1: he wasn't aware of it, but he was. He was

2468
02:13:09,760 --> 02:13:12,560
Speaker 1: made it was made known to him that they can

2469
02:13:12,560 --> 02:13:15,120
Speaker 1: track that. But then in the next breath he said,

2470
02:13:15,600 --> 02:13:19,080
Speaker 1: I also understand how electronics work. You can press play

2471
02:13:19,080 --> 02:13:21,520
Speaker 1: on the iPad and then watch a movie in another

2472
02:13:21,560 --> 02:13:23,480
Speaker 1: window and act like it was on for eight hour.

2473
02:13:24,600 --> 02:13:29,720
Speaker 1: He's not stupid. He knows the workarounds that players may

2474
02:13:29,840 --> 02:13:33,360
Speaker 1: or may not try at times. So good on Kyle

2475
02:13:33,440 --> 02:13:37,520
Speaker 1: for being keen to some of the workarounds that players

2476
02:13:37,560 --> 02:13:40,360
Speaker 1: do when you know the next episode of their bingeworthy

2477
02:13:40,400 --> 02:13:43,480
Speaker 1: program is on. They might side that way right. Worry

2478
02:13:43,480 --> 02:13:46,560
Speaker 1: about the playbook tomorrow. Also, in the huge fight that was,

2479
02:13:46,800 --> 02:13:48,720
Speaker 1: there was a big brawl at the Giants and the

2480
02:13:48,760 --> 02:13:50,800
Speaker 1: players are down playing this is This is a chippy,

2481
02:13:50,880 --> 02:13:53,560
Speaker 1: grimy team. I've been on teams but had this happen before.

2482
02:13:53,600 --> 02:13:56,200
Speaker 1: We'll be fine with no worries the right. So we'll

2483
02:13:56,200 --> 02:13:57,840
Speaker 1: see how it goes and the papers will have a

2484
02:13:57,840 --> 02:14:00,240
Speaker 1: blast with it. We'll see you folks to all right,

2485
02:14:00,280 --> 02:14:02,120
Speaker 1: we'll do the same thing again from noon to three.

2486
02:14:02,200 --> 02:14:03,920
Speaker 1: Make sure you join us here on one Bill's Live