1 00:00:00,040 --> 00:00:01,560 Speaker 1: I'm the line with us right now. A guy who's 2 00:00:01,560 --> 00:00:03,320 Speaker 1: got something to do for the Bills again this year, 3 00:00:03,360 --> 00:00:06,160 Speaker 1: getting set for his third season with the Buffalo Bills 4 00:00:06,160 --> 00:00:09,320 Speaker 1: signed the contract last week. Wide receiver isa McKenzie on 5 00:00:09,320 --> 00:00:11,240 Speaker 1: the line with us. Hello, Isaiah, thanks coming on. You're 6 00:00:11,280 --> 00:00:15,000 Speaker 1: home in South Florida right now, are you? Yes? I am. 7 00:00:15,040 --> 00:00:17,040 Speaker 1: I am a sunny South Florida right now, even though 8 00:00:17,079 --> 00:00:19,720 Speaker 1: I'm in high you know. Yeah, how's it going down 9 00:00:19,760 --> 00:00:22,159 Speaker 1: there with you and your family and everybody you you 10 00:00:22,280 --> 00:00:25,800 Speaker 1: care for? Everybody's healthy? I open doing okay? Yeah? Yeah, 11 00:00:25,800 --> 00:00:27,680 Speaker 1: I hope so, because I'm staying away from them, so 12 00:00:28,160 --> 00:00:32,280 Speaker 1: no or no kidding? Yeah, yeah right, it's not worth 13 00:00:32,320 --> 00:00:34,080 Speaker 1: staying away if they're not going to be healthy. I 14 00:00:34,240 --> 00:00:37,400 Speaker 1: had congratulations on the new contract. What went into resigning 15 00:00:37,440 --> 00:00:41,600 Speaker 1: with the Bills? What were your considerations there? Um? I 16 00:00:41,720 --> 00:00:45,120 Speaker 1: just always I told my agent and everybody, I said, 17 00:00:45,280 --> 00:00:47,640 Speaker 1: I want to come back, you know, like, no matter what, 18 00:00:47,760 --> 00:00:50,480 Speaker 1: I want to come back. And they gave me opportunity 19 00:00:50,479 --> 00:00:51,880 Speaker 1: and they wanted to be back, and I wanted to 20 00:00:51,920 --> 00:00:54,680 Speaker 1: be back. So it wasn't it wasn't it wasn't met 21 00:00:54,720 --> 00:00:57,400 Speaker 1: and they had to do to get me there because 22 00:00:57,520 --> 00:01:00,800 Speaker 1: you know, I would have came back with guardless, but um, 23 00:01:00,880 --> 00:01:02,880 Speaker 1: it worked out, so you know, now I'm back, So 24 00:01:03,000 --> 00:01:06,679 Speaker 1: I like I say, I gotta I gotta know what 25 00:01:07,120 --> 00:01:09,120 Speaker 1: you know what this offseason has been like. I know 26 00:01:09,160 --> 00:01:11,319 Speaker 1: it's been different for all of us because of you know, 27 00:01:11,319 --> 00:01:15,080 Speaker 1: what's going on with being locked down and quarantine whatever 28 00:01:15,120 --> 00:01:18,000 Speaker 1: you want to call it. But football wise, how has 29 00:01:18,040 --> 00:01:21,440 Speaker 1: this affected you and your ability to stay um, I 30 00:01:21,480 --> 00:01:24,400 Speaker 1: guess in shape or how has it affected your normal 31 00:01:24,480 --> 00:01:30,480 Speaker 1: offseason routine? Every I think I don't think it affects 32 00:01:30,480 --> 00:01:33,080 Speaker 1: me at all because every morning that wake up, I 33 00:01:33,160 --> 00:01:35,320 Speaker 1: go to me and my trainer and everybody else, all 34 00:01:35,319 --> 00:01:36,880 Speaker 1: the other guys. We still go to the park and 35 00:01:36,920 --> 00:01:39,680 Speaker 1: we still work out regardless of the flat well, I mean, 36 00:01:39,680 --> 00:01:41,360 Speaker 1: we had to change the weight room because we used 37 00:01:41,360 --> 00:01:43,960 Speaker 1: to work at my old high school. Right now we 38 00:01:43,959 --> 00:01:46,640 Speaker 1: work out at my at my trainer's house, so we 39 00:01:46,760 --> 00:01:50,120 Speaker 1: still do our own thing, you know, regardless of the fact, um, 40 00:01:50,680 --> 00:01:52,280 Speaker 1: everybody has to be in the house. I think by 41 00:01:52,280 --> 00:01:55,040 Speaker 1: ten and twelve o'clock, nobody's out that lead. I'm not 42 00:01:55,040 --> 00:01:57,240 Speaker 1: out that leg anyway, So everything I do is in 43 00:01:57,240 --> 00:02:00,440 Speaker 1: the morning. And then you know from from one until 44 00:02:01,200 --> 00:02:05,040 Speaker 1: at night. I'm in the house, so it's not bad. Um. 45 00:02:05,160 --> 00:02:06,600 Speaker 1: How do you do you go to a park to 46 00:02:06,640 --> 00:02:08,959 Speaker 1: work out, Isaiah? Is that just so you can stay 47 00:02:08,960 --> 00:02:11,519 Speaker 1: apart to have a little social distancing going on there? What? 48 00:02:11,520 --> 00:02:12,880 Speaker 1: What kind of stuff do you do in a park? 49 00:02:14,440 --> 00:02:17,320 Speaker 1: Just the regular things were normally doing another I mean 50 00:02:17,440 --> 00:02:22,920 Speaker 1: in a regular season, just cons wlls, conditioning, uh matters, 51 00:02:23,120 --> 00:02:25,400 Speaker 1: all the you know, catching the ball, these winn routes, 52 00:02:25,880 --> 00:02:28,040 Speaker 1: all the things you do if you weren't quarantine and 53 00:02:28,080 --> 00:02:30,160 Speaker 1: things like that. But I mean, we still do the 54 00:02:30,240 --> 00:02:32,360 Speaker 1: norm because we do it all in the morning and 55 00:02:32,480 --> 00:02:36,200 Speaker 1: nobody's really out in the morning, nobody's watching us. Something. 56 00:02:36,280 --> 00:02:37,840 Speaker 1: We can get it. We can get it all through 57 00:02:37,880 --> 00:02:40,360 Speaker 1: it in the morning and then afternoons to ourselves and 58 00:02:40,600 --> 00:02:43,360 Speaker 1: to it the next day. What have you heard from 59 00:02:43,360 --> 00:02:48,000 Speaker 1: the Buffalo Bills regarding your schedule going forward after the 60 00:02:48,080 --> 00:02:50,760 Speaker 1: draft and that kind of thing. OTA's training camp. Have 61 00:02:50,800 --> 00:02:54,360 Speaker 1: you heard anything at all? I'll be here from them 62 00:02:54,400 --> 00:02:57,679 Speaker 1: tomorrow from my coach, my position coach. He'll tell me 63 00:02:57,720 --> 00:03:00,200 Speaker 1: everything small and I'm pretty sure you know by you 64 00:03:00,200 --> 00:03:03,120 Speaker 1: else somebody know everything else you know after the fact, 65 00:03:03,560 --> 00:03:06,480 Speaker 1: But nothing, nothing yet but tomorrow we will get some 66 00:03:06,600 --> 00:03:11,280 Speaker 1: more information. We're live with Isaia McKenzie, Bills wide receiver 67 00:03:11,400 --> 00:03:13,560 Speaker 1: who signed a contract last week to come back to 68 00:03:13,600 --> 00:03:17,240 Speaker 1: the Buffalo Bills. The wide receiver room has has changed, Isaiah, 69 00:03:17,240 --> 00:03:19,519 Speaker 1: and the big addition, of course is Stefan Jiggs. What 70 00:03:19,639 --> 00:03:21,240 Speaker 1: did you think of that pick up out of the 71 00:03:21,240 --> 00:03:22,760 Speaker 1: Bills on the trade and what do you think of 72 00:03:22,760 --> 00:03:26,080 Speaker 1: the group you have at wide out? Now? I love it. 73 00:03:26,360 --> 00:03:28,560 Speaker 1: I mean it's just like last year. We added two 74 00:03:28,560 --> 00:03:30,720 Speaker 1: pieces of last year and they came on the scene 75 00:03:30,720 --> 00:03:32,040 Speaker 1: and they did it. They did a great job with 76 00:03:32,120 --> 00:03:34,720 Speaker 1: Cole Beasley and John Brown, and now we've got to 77 00:03:34,720 --> 00:03:37,200 Speaker 1: Steffan Big. I feel like just another piece of the 78 00:03:37,200 --> 00:03:39,520 Speaker 1: pubsy that we need and we're gonna be a great season. 79 00:03:39,920 --> 00:03:43,160 Speaker 1: You know everybody, you know, everybody's talking talking about, you know, 80 00:03:43,160 --> 00:03:46,120 Speaker 1: how we needed more receivers and you know, we're getting 81 00:03:46,160 --> 00:03:49,440 Speaker 1: more and we're getting ones that you know, have production. Now. 82 00:03:49,480 --> 00:03:51,880 Speaker 1: I like that. So I don't think it's pretty fun. 83 00:03:52,800 --> 00:03:55,920 Speaker 1: When people think about you, Isaiah, they think about your versatility. 84 00:03:56,080 --> 00:03:58,040 Speaker 1: All you can run routes, you do all that, but 85 00:03:58,080 --> 00:04:01,440 Speaker 1: you're also carry the football, you run yet sweeps, you're 86 00:04:01,480 --> 00:04:04,640 Speaker 1: you're part of the rushing attack as well. Uh did 87 00:04:04,720 --> 00:04:07,200 Speaker 1: did they give you any indication that that will continue? What? 88 00:04:07,200 --> 00:04:09,200 Speaker 1: What do they tell you? And you're in your end 89 00:04:09,200 --> 00:04:12,880 Speaker 1: of season meetings with your position coach about maybe how 90 00:04:12,920 --> 00:04:19,039 Speaker 1: you could developer more ways you could contribute. Um, nothing, 91 00:04:19,120 --> 00:04:22,679 Speaker 1: really nothing. It's just I really didn't have a conversation anymore. 92 00:04:23,120 --> 00:04:25,560 Speaker 1: My position goes to have a conversation with him about 93 00:04:25,600 --> 00:04:27,680 Speaker 1: my role and things like that. Than that, I know 94 00:04:27,800 --> 00:04:30,120 Speaker 1: my role. I feel like I know my role and 95 00:04:30,160 --> 00:04:32,159 Speaker 1: I feel like I just, you know, need to do 96 00:04:32,240 --> 00:04:34,080 Speaker 1: my role and if they give me something more and 97 00:04:34,200 --> 00:04:36,000 Speaker 1: I can do that as well. Like you said one 98 00:04:36,120 --> 00:04:39,080 Speaker 1: role you know, cared about Blackfield with the jet seas 99 00:04:39,080 --> 00:04:41,480 Speaker 1: and everything like that. I feel like that's my role 100 00:04:41,800 --> 00:04:45,560 Speaker 1: on this team until they give me some furthermore. Rather 101 00:04:45,600 --> 00:04:47,800 Speaker 1: than that, I know my rod on position. I just 102 00:04:47,839 --> 00:04:50,000 Speaker 1: got a supporting and that's when I'm gonna keep doing. 103 00:04:51,440 --> 00:04:53,920 Speaker 1: How how would you describe your role? I mean, what 104 00:04:54,320 --> 00:05:02,240 Speaker 1: would you call it? Uh? Uh uh? What do you want? Like? 105 00:05:02,800 --> 00:05:04,839 Speaker 1: What's the new position to flex? I don't know. I 106 00:05:04,839 --> 00:05:09,920 Speaker 1: guess I wanted Yeah, I guess like you said Verst, 107 00:05:10,160 --> 00:05:12,360 Speaker 1: I mean a clear receiver like I went to Jet 108 00:05:12,400 --> 00:05:14,080 Speaker 1: the least. You know, I can get a couple of 109 00:05:14,279 --> 00:05:16,039 Speaker 1: you know, a couple of carries out of the back steel, 110 00:05:16,080 --> 00:05:19,200 Speaker 1: but they need me to. But also special teams. Well, 111 00:05:19,240 --> 00:05:20,640 Speaker 1: I mean I don't want to leave that out. I 112 00:05:20,680 --> 00:05:23,080 Speaker 1: also want to be a part of the special teams, 113 00:05:23,240 --> 00:05:26,040 Speaker 1: you know, whenever I get a chance. But yeah, I 114 00:05:26,720 --> 00:05:30,640 Speaker 1: feel like doing a lot. So you're not gonna play 115 00:05:30,680 --> 00:05:32,920 Speaker 1: anymore cornerback? Are you like you did in the finale 116 00:05:32,920 --> 00:05:36,080 Speaker 1: against the Jets? Oh yeah, I forgot about that, dude. 117 00:05:36,240 --> 00:05:39,599 Speaker 1: I lit a little corner I did. I did it. 118 00:05:39,640 --> 00:05:42,120 Speaker 1: I did it in high school, so I didn't feel 119 00:05:41,960 --> 00:05:43,760 Speaker 1: like I didn't do it in a while. So I 120 00:05:43,800 --> 00:05:45,479 Speaker 1: kind of got to had to get a call. Webs 121 00:05:45,480 --> 00:05:47,800 Speaker 1: out a little bit. But after the first snap at 122 00:05:47,880 --> 00:05:50,560 Speaker 1: corner that the next two th players, I was just fine. 123 00:05:52,320 --> 00:05:55,160 Speaker 1: You were an important part of the Buffalo offense last 124 00:05:55,240 --> 00:05:57,400 Speaker 1: year anyway, I mean forty two percent of the snaps. 125 00:05:57,720 --> 00:06:00,920 Speaker 1: Only Beasley and Brown played a high percentage of snaps 126 00:06:00,920 --> 00:06:03,880 Speaker 1: at the wide receiver spot. It's understandable that you would 127 00:06:03,880 --> 00:06:06,560 Speaker 1: think you have a role to play and a contribution 128 00:06:06,600 --> 00:06:08,480 Speaker 1: to make to the Bill's roster, regardless of who they 129 00:06:08,480 --> 00:06:12,840 Speaker 1: pick up this offseason. Yeah, I feel like I just 130 00:06:13,200 --> 00:06:15,440 Speaker 1: I feel like I know what I can do, and 131 00:06:15,520 --> 00:06:16,800 Speaker 1: they know what I can do, and they know what 132 00:06:16,880 --> 00:06:20,560 Speaker 1: I can bring to the table, and you know, we're 133 00:06:20,600 --> 00:06:22,680 Speaker 1: both for the same page. I just feel like, you know, 134 00:06:23,040 --> 00:06:24,919 Speaker 1: I come in there, I do my job, I do 135 00:06:24,960 --> 00:06:27,960 Speaker 1: it the right way. I helped winning games and things 136 00:06:27,960 --> 00:06:31,320 Speaker 1: like that. You know, you know, they'll they'll appreciate what 137 00:06:31,360 --> 00:06:32,960 Speaker 1: I do and they'll keep me there. And that's why 138 00:06:33,040 --> 00:06:34,840 Speaker 1: I want to be. So if I keep working and 139 00:06:34,920 --> 00:06:38,560 Speaker 1: doing my job there, I have not enough to worry about. Isaiah. 140 00:06:38,720 --> 00:06:41,760 Speaker 1: You saw the progression of Josh the quarterback from his 141 00:06:41,920 --> 00:06:44,479 Speaker 1: rookie year into his second year. What was the biggest 142 00:06:44,480 --> 00:06:47,320 Speaker 1: difference in last year than it was two years to go? 143 00:06:47,440 --> 00:06:51,840 Speaker 1: And what do you expect from them this year? Oh, 144 00:06:52,000 --> 00:06:54,000 Speaker 1: joh Well, I came in when I came in the 145 00:06:54,000 --> 00:06:56,640 Speaker 1: first half of the half of the season month and 146 00:06:56,880 --> 00:07:01,320 Speaker 1: Tom eighteen, I seen towards the to Josh. And then 147 00:07:01,400 --> 00:07:03,560 Speaker 1: last year he came on to the scene. You know, 148 00:07:03,600 --> 00:07:05,960 Speaker 1: he led us to the playoffs. You know, he did 149 00:07:05,960 --> 00:07:08,440 Speaker 1: his thing. I can't I can't say nothing about it 150 00:07:08,520 --> 00:07:10,960 Speaker 1: because I love the guy, you know, I love him 151 00:07:10,960 --> 00:07:13,400 Speaker 1: like a brother. You know, he's our quarterback, he's a leader, 152 00:07:13,640 --> 00:07:15,640 Speaker 1: and I feel like next year he's gonna take an 153 00:07:15,640 --> 00:07:17,880 Speaker 1: even bigger step. You know, he's gonna take this further. 154 00:07:18,240 --> 00:07:20,520 Speaker 1: And you know, I'm behind him one hundred percent under 155 00:07:20,520 --> 00:07:23,040 Speaker 1: the two percent because he's our quarterback and I love 156 00:07:23,120 --> 00:07:25,040 Speaker 1: him like a brother. So I wanted to see him 157 00:07:25,120 --> 00:07:26,680 Speaker 1: keep want to improve him. I want I wanted to 158 00:07:26,720 --> 00:07:28,720 Speaker 1: be one of the best quarterbacks in the league when 159 00:07:28,840 --> 00:07:30,840 Speaker 1: when it's all said, it's done. So you know, I 160 00:07:30,960 --> 00:07:33,800 Speaker 1: like what he's doing. Last thing I have for you, 161 00:07:33,960 --> 00:07:36,400 Speaker 1: Isaiah as you um you know. Who knows what's gonna 162 00:07:36,400 --> 00:07:39,600 Speaker 1: happen here, But it appears that the offseason workouts, which 163 00:07:39,640 --> 00:07:41,640 Speaker 1: were supposed to begin in a couple of weeks April 164 00:07:41,680 --> 00:07:44,360 Speaker 1: twenty year, does not look like that'll start on time. 165 00:07:44,440 --> 00:07:46,760 Speaker 1: Who knows about training camp? How do you kind of 166 00:07:46,880 --> 00:07:49,200 Speaker 1: keep focused and keep steady and just kind of getting 167 00:07:49,240 --> 00:07:51,080 Speaker 1: ready to play whenever it is. How do you how 168 00:07:51,160 --> 00:07:52,920 Speaker 1: do you keep going when you don't know when you'll 169 00:07:52,960 --> 00:07:56,280 Speaker 1: play or when you'll start practicing? Uh, you know, let's 170 00:07:56,320 --> 00:07:58,480 Speaker 1: I'll talk about the last week with my trainer. And 171 00:07:58,840 --> 00:08:01,520 Speaker 1: I feel like in the off season, like this I 172 00:08:01,600 --> 00:08:04,320 Speaker 1: feel like if you have a city schedule or you're 173 00:08:04,360 --> 00:08:07,800 Speaker 1: consistent with everything you do, and it shouldn't everything you 174 00:08:07,920 --> 00:08:10,560 Speaker 1: do in the off season, whether it's being quarantine, you're 175 00:08:10,600 --> 00:08:13,440 Speaker 1: still working out, you're still conditioning, just being prepared. But 176 00:08:13,520 --> 00:08:15,880 Speaker 1: when you go back, you don't. You don't fall off. 177 00:08:15,920 --> 00:08:18,120 Speaker 1: Because you fall off, then you're hurting the team. And 178 00:08:18,240 --> 00:08:19,800 Speaker 1: that's how I feel. I feel like, if I just 179 00:08:19,920 --> 00:08:21,920 Speaker 1: keep working out every day and keep doing what I 180 00:08:22,040 --> 00:08:24,120 Speaker 1: do every day that I've been doing in the past, 181 00:08:24,320 --> 00:08:26,720 Speaker 1: then it shouldn't hurt me. It should when I get there, 182 00:08:27,080 --> 00:08:29,280 Speaker 1: it should be just you know, let's get a roller 183 00:08:29,320 --> 00:08:30,920 Speaker 1: and know what I'm saying, it shouldn't be no fall off. 184 00:08:31,440 --> 00:08:33,360 Speaker 1: And that's what that's what my position took told me 185 00:08:33,480 --> 00:08:35,600 Speaker 1: that my train and told me it's like, you can't 186 00:08:35,600 --> 00:08:37,360 Speaker 1: fall off when it's time to go. It's time to go, 187 00:08:37,840 --> 00:08:40,640 Speaker 1: because you never know what can happen, because the season 188 00:08:40,679 --> 00:08:43,360 Speaker 1: can start right away or you can you won't be 189 00:08:43,520 --> 00:08:45,400 Speaker 1: you probably won't even get it to training camp, you know, 190 00:08:45,559 --> 00:08:48,839 Speaker 1: so you never know. You just gotta be ready. You know. 191 00:08:48,920 --> 00:08:51,160 Speaker 1: I had a friend today tell me similar thing just 192 00:08:51,240 --> 00:08:54,280 Speaker 1: about everyday life these days, just take it day by day. Right, 193 00:08:54,320 --> 00:08:56,280 Speaker 1: that's all you can do until there's more certainty. You 194 00:08:56,360 --> 00:09:00,360 Speaker 1: just go to work every day like it's another day. Right, Yes, 195 00:09:00,400 --> 00:09:02,719 Speaker 1: it is just like that, and just do what you do. 196 00:09:03,120 --> 00:09:05,000 Speaker 1: And if you're doing the right then it should help 197 00:09:05,040 --> 00:09:06,400 Speaker 1: you out in the long run. If you're doing it wrong, 198 00:09:06,480 --> 00:09:09,079 Speaker 1: you should change something before the time comes. Search when 199 00:09:09,120 --> 00:09:11,760 Speaker 1: it comes, it's gonna come fast. And the people that's 200 00:09:11,800 --> 00:09:14,679 Speaker 1: coming fast, they gonna you know, they've been working. If 201 00:09:14,720 --> 00:09:17,280 Speaker 1: you're not coming fast enough, and obviously you ain't been working. 202 00:09:17,360 --> 00:09:21,760 Speaker 1: So we'll see, all right, Great, Isaiah, Thanks great to 203 00:09:21,840 --> 00:09:23,440 Speaker 1: talk with you. Then I hope to see you soon. 204 00:09:23,559 --> 00:09:26,880 Speaker 1: Stay healthy and thanks for this. Thanks Isaiah, you too, 205 00:09:27,200 --> 00:09:27,920 Speaker 1: Thank you appreciate it.