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Speaker 1: There's another layer today. The Oversight Committee is not letting up.

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Speaker 1: of politicians that while they want to seek justice for

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Speaker 1: the victims of the Washington Commander's toxic workplace environment, they

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Speaker 1: have not done the requisite homework on the collective bargaining

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Speaker 1: agreement or on how thirty two owners conduct the business

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Speaker 1: and the what the purview of the commissioner's powers are

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Speaker 1: so okay, I mean, you got to do your homework.

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Speaker 1: Some of the and I get it. I mean some

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Speaker 1: of these guys are probably completely disinterested. Some of the

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Speaker 1: committee members are completely disinterested in this workplace spat as

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Speaker 1: they may call it. Um. The NFL is such a

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Speaker 1: huge public spectacle, and there's such huge public interest. We

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Speaker 1: all take it for granted that every it's it's that

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Speaker 1: everybody's out there, that everybody feels the same way all

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Speaker 1: of us do who follow it and cover it and

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00:27:39,040 --> 00:27:42,840
Speaker 1: are embedded in it. Uh, these guys are doing this.

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00:27:44,560 --> 00:27:47,359
Speaker 1: They don't. They don't, they don't have the first clue.

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Speaker 1: Some of this questions are embarrassing. They're so from out

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Speaker 1: from left field, they're embarrassing. Yeah, and it kind of

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Speaker 1: gives you an idea of how, you know, how high

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Speaker 1: on how high on the list to important things is this?

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00:28:02,840 --> 00:28:06,560
Speaker 1: And I gotta think it's low for some of these people. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: some of these elected officials. And I'm not disparaging them

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Speaker 1: because I I'm a little questioning of it myself. Why

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Speaker 1: are they before Congress? I mean, why is it only

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Speaker 1: the NFL as an industry as an entity being dragged

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00:28:22,600 --> 00:28:29,119
Speaker 1: before Congress. When every like the oil industry, the arms industry,

450
00:28:30,200 --> 00:28:35,320
Speaker 1: tech industry, entertainment industry, just go down the list. You know,

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Speaker 1: nobody else gets in there. Nobody else has a toxic

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Speaker 1: work environment, nobody else has a written no they all do,

453
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Speaker 1: or most of them do. Nobody cares a high visibility business.

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Speaker 1: So they're going to make an example of a high

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Speaker 1: visibility business, hoping it sends a message to the others

456
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Speaker 1: that may or may not have a similar workplace environment.

457
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Speaker 1: You could be next, you know, that kind of whole thing,

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Speaker 1: right whatever, But that's but that's where I see, you know,

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Speaker 1: I mean, the NFL really has to put his base

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Speaker 1: best face forward, and sometimes it's hard to do because

461
00:29:10,200 --> 00:29:14,520
Speaker 1: they do have these problems. You know, they're problems like

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Speaker 1: all of us in our own workplaces have, and they

463
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Speaker 1: gotta put theirs that they're gonna want. They're gonna put

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Speaker 1: their laundry out where everybody can see it. All Right,

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Speaker 1: we have to take a break here because when we

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Speaker 1: come back, we're gonna be joined by NFL network analyst

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Speaker 1: Brian Baldinger, as he's gonna go over with us his

468
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Speaker 1: outlook for the bills which let's just say is pretty

469
00:29:35,360 --> 00:29:39,080
Speaker 1: dang lofty and being a big ugly himself. He's pretty

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Speaker 1: happy with a couple of special offensive linemen on Buffalo's roster.

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Speaker 1: We'll get into that with Baldy next here on One

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Speaker 1: Bill's Line, presented by Collid to Health, It's Buffalo Bill's Radio.

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Speaker 1: All right, welcome back to One of Bill five. Chris Brown,

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Speaker 1: Steve Tasker, please be joined now by NFL network analyz

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Speaker 1: Brian Baldinger joining us here on the show, and we're

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Speaker 1: gonna start with this. Baldy went full coach mode this

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Speaker 1: past weekend at coach Salgado's football camp. To Bill secondary coach,

478
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Speaker 1: he helped him out down there. We actually just saw

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Speaker 1: Jimmy in the hallway today and he's like, oh yeah,

480
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Speaker 1: PAULI always helps us out. He's great. How was it

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Speaker 1: with the young kids? You know, Jimmy is unbelievable. Man.

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Speaker 1: I've been doing the Camp Riches camp up there there.

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Speaker 1: I'm talking to Jimmy, but I'm doing his brother's camp

484
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Speaker 1: now for five or six years. Jim always comes up

485
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Speaker 1: like you can tell. I told us to Richie other day.

486
00:30:42,040 --> 00:30:45,719
Speaker 1: You could just tell coaches and guys that love coaching.

487
00:30:46,120 --> 00:30:49,320
Speaker 1: They just relate to people. I don't care if you're

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Speaker 1: six years old you've never played football in your life,

489
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Speaker 1: or if you're fourteen years old, you got a chance

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Speaker 1: to go play varsity. Like Jimmy ke get through to you,

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Speaker 1: and you know, he's a coach. He's gonna push you,

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Speaker 1: but he's gonna have control, he's gonna have command. So

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Speaker 1: it's you know, and then of course we're you know,

494
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Speaker 1: we're talking, we're eating Chick fil A's after you know,

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Speaker 1: practice is over, and of course we're talking to the

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Speaker 1: bills and you know, just you know, the whole team

497
00:31:15,440 --> 00:31:17,920
Speaker 1: and the vibe and and all that stuff. So it's

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Speaker 1: always a good meeting being around Jimmy. Yeah, coaches never retire,

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Speaker 1: they just changed jobs. It's really it's a lifestyle. It's

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Speaker 1: who they are, you know, and and good for them, man.

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Speaker 1: So I'm I'm with you totally. The guys who get

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Speaker 1: into that, they get into it for a reason because

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Speaker 1: it's part of what they love to do and it

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Speaker 1: makes them feel good. And I I totally get it.

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Speaker 1: I I I gravitated away from it because I knew

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Speaker 1: I'd be one of those sleep at the office, you

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Speaker 1: know kind of things, and you know, with five offspring,

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Speaker 1: I couldn't do it. You know, I just I did.

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Speaker 1: I did not want to. I did not want to.

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Speaker 1: You know, sip that wine. So uh yeah, I I

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Speaker 1: know what it is to be one of those guys. No,

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Speaker 1: I look, Steve, you you you didn't make any mistakes

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Speaker 1: and your career path. Man, you had a great run

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Speaker 1: on the field off the field, So I would if

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Speaker 1: I was you, I wouldn't change the thing. Yeah. So

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Speaker 1: here we are four years later, we had the controversy

517
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Speaker 1: and the polarizing but maybe one of the most recently

518
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Speaker 1: polarizing quarterbacks ever to be drafted, Josh Allen Bills trade

519
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Speaker 1: up to get him. People were pooh pooing him from

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Speaker 1: the word go. He showed he was a little bit.

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Speaker 1: He was, no question of, an absolute roller coaster of

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Speaker 1: a quarterback, really really good, horribly bad to begin his career,

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Speaker 1: and then the bottom started to get a little bit

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Speaker 1: more shallow, and the top even started to rise up

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Speaker 1: a little bit. And now he's as good as there

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Speaker 1: is in the league. You noticed that and and broke it,

527
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Speaker 1: broke it down for some on Twitter. You know, Steve,

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Speaker 1: I'll never forget this day. We're at the n A

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Speaker 1: Film Network. It's a Saturday. They got like a triple

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Speaker 1: header of games. And one of the games that day

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Speaker 1: Josh Allen and the Buffalo Bills against the Cincinnati Bengals.

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Speaker 1: The Bills were not very good. Josh wasn't very good

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Speaker 1: and he had a horrible outing, Like he was under

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Speaker 1: the rest. He made poor decisions under the I'll never

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Speaker 1: forget his force preseason, but I'll never forget his first outing.

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Speaker 1: You know, if people are like right there, you know,

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Speaker 1: people want to write the epitat you know, if kay

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Speaker 1: One you know on him, but you know there, he's

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Speaker 1: just a player that is exactly what you want. You

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Speaker 1: had it and Jim Kelly, um, you know during your time,

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Speaker 1: they're Steve. But there's just certain people, not just quarterbacks.

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Speaker 1: There's certain people that can walk to a locker room

543
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Speaker 1: and cut to the cross section of your entire locker

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Speaker 1: room and relate to anybody. I don't care where they

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Speaker 1: came from, what their background is. Like, Josh Allen can

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Speaker 1: get along with you, and it's rare. I mean not

547
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Speaker 1: every quarterback has that, but he has that in spades.

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Speaker 1: And then he has this talent that literally he could

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Speaker 1: be the league's biggest running back. He can be your

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Speaker 1: star quarterback. You could put the team on his back

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00:34:02,320 --> 00:34:05,360
Speaker 1: and he could levate everybody around him. You know, he's

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Speaker 1: a true superstar. And I don't believe Steve for a

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Speaker 1: second that we've seen the zenith or the height of

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Speaker 1: where Josh Allen could take this ability of his Yeah,

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Speaker 1: we've We've actually had his offseason quarterback coach Jordan Palmer

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Speaker 1: on the show and he's even said Josh has no ceiling,

557
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Speaker 1: which is a frightening thing to think about. But the

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Speaker 1: Dolphins have tried to close the gap on the Bills

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Speaker 1: Baldi here in the off season made some pretty important acquisitions,

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Speaker 1: and while I think we'd all agree that they've closed

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Speaker 1: the gap, I still don't think they're at the Bills level.

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Speaker 1: And Bills fans have been soaking up the dominance that

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Speaker 1: Josh Allen has had over the Dolphins to the point

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Speaker 1: where they're calling it the Who's Your Daddy game every year?

565
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Speaker 1: Is what is it that makes him so successful against

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Speaker 1: them in particular because he's the bane of their existence? Well,

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Speaker 1: I mean it was like Aaron Rodgers and you know

568
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Speaker 1: against the Bears last year, I own you and he

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Speaker 1: owns the Dolphins. He's won seventh straight. But even the

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Speaker 1: game that he lost, he ran for one hundred and

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Speaker 1: thirty yards or something down there to drop. Just remember

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Speaker 1: seeing the Dolphins. I just remember seeing the Dolphins like

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Speaker 1: their tongues were dragging on the ground. They couldn't tackle him.

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Speaker 1: They couldn't they couldn't get to them. And so it's

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Speaker 1: everything I remember. Remember Week seventeen, twenty and twenty. You know,

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Speaker 1: the Dolphins win the final game of the season, they're

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Speaker 1: the playoffs. You know, the Bills put up fifty six

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Speaker 1: points on him, like they couldn't stop them, just the

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Speaker 1: way the Patriots couldn't stop them, you know in that

580
00:35:33,080 --> 00:35:35,960
Speaker 1: first round of the playoffs last year, like they get rolling,

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Speaker 1: and so, you know, the Dolphins really didn't address their defense.

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Speaker 1: They addressed the offense, which they needed to. But you know,

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Speaker 1: the Bills know they're gonna give him at zero you

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Speaker 1: know that zero coverage. Look at the you know it's

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Speaker 1: a lot of scrimmage on third downs, and you know

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00:35:50,040 --> 00:35:52,279
Speaker 1: Xavien Howard's gonna line up as much as he can

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00:35:52,320 --> 00:35:55,040
Speaker 1: on Stefan Diggs when he can, Like they're gonna play

588
00:35:55,040 --> 00:35:56,919
Speaker 1: their press band covers. They're gonna do what they do,

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00:35:57,560 --> 00:35:59,440
Speaker 1: but the Bills don't seem to have any trouble with

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Speaker 1: that effects Sometimes I watch them, Steve, and I go,

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Speaker 1: do they realize that Josh Allen has carved you up?

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Speaker 1: And if you don't account for him, like he's gonna

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Speaker 1: pull down and run right through you guys and so like,

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Speaker 1: I don't feel like they gained plan against him very

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Speaker 1: well and it won't surprise me. Is and I think

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Speaker 1: the Dolphins are better. I went down and saw him,

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00:36:18,640 --> 00:36:21,680
Speaker 1: Jordy OTAs. I believe they're better. And I think Mike McDaniel,

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Speaker 1: you know, he's uh, you know, he's he's ivy league

599
00:36:24,680 --> 00:36:27,640
Speaker 1: nerd running that program, but he's a likable guy. I

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Speaker 1: like Mike. I think he'll bring a lot to that team.

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00:36:30,800 --> 00:36:33,720
Speaker 1: They've upgraded the offense, But I don't believe the Bills

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Speaker 1: should fear the Dolphins for one second. Right now? What

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Speaker 1: do you think about Mike McDaniel the head coach. We

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Speaker 1: hear in Buffalo have gotten a very brief looks at him,

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Speaker 1: snippets of him. How is this offense going to change

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Speaker 1: or look different? I know we all believe in Western

607
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Speaker 1: New York that two is the limiting factor, and we

608
00:36:53,480 --> 00:36:56,359
Speaker 1: were interested to see what Mike McDaniel will do with two.

609
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Speaker 1: His skill set. Well, you know, one thing about Mike

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Speaker 1: is he's a game planner, Steve. He's not like, Okay,

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Speaker 1: this is our offense where it's gonna line up, and

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Speaker 1: you know, much like Marv Levy ran a Buffalo like

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Speaker 1: beat us, this is what we're running. He's gonna game

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Speaker 1: plan week to week, much like Belichick has throughout his career.

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Speaker 1: But you know, the run game in San Francisco or Cleveland, Atlanta,

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Speaker 1: wherever Mike has gone with Kyle Shannon, you know, it

617
00:37:22,520 --> 00:37:25,960
Speaker 1: can really change week to week, and I expect them to.

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Speaker 1: Now they've they've rebuilt the wide receiving corps of the

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Speaker 1: offensive line, like every single position group and offense has

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Speaker 1: been rebuilt, just talent wise. I believe that, you know,

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Speaker 1: the emphasis on running the ball will be there too.

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Speaker 1: Will be a little part of that, like there'll be

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Speaker 1: some read options and some stuff they do with them,

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Speaker 1: but I believe that that's going to be their emphasis

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Speaker 1: is to be able to run the ball, and so

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Speaker 1: I'm anxious to see that. Like everybody, we'll talk about

627
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Speaker 1: Tyreek and Jamal Waddle and you know, Mike A Siki,

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00:37:53,600 --> 00:37:56,320
Speaker 1: a franchise player. All that stuff is there. It's true.

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Speaker 1: But like the foundation of what they're gonna do is

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Speaker 1: they want to be able to run it and control

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Speaker 1: it on the ground, and a lot will come off

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00:38:03,920 --> 00:38:07,960
Speaker 1: of that and two should benefit by that. But like

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Speaker 1: I'm a to a fan, he's mechanically very sound. He

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Speaker 1: hasn't had good talent around him, but it's a big

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Speaker 1: year for him. They got a new coach and a

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Speaker 1: new system, and then you can't surround the quarterback a

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Speaker 1: whole lot better than what they've done this year. You know,

638
00:38:20,000 --> 00:38:21,920
Speaker 1: all eyes are on him. You know he can he

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Speaker 1: win in the fourth quarter? Can he win in the

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00:38:23,480 --> 00:38:26,600
Speaker 1: red zone? Can he get to the postseason? Because ultimately,

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Speaker 1: as Josh Allen knows and as you know, Steve, you

642
00:38:29,920 --> 00:38:32,160
Speaker 1: are only going to get evaluated by how you perform

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Speaker 1: in the postseason. Baldiano, one one of your recent breakdowns,

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Speaker 1: you were extolling the virtues of one Ryan Bates, who

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Speaker 1: stepped in last year and played admirably down the stretch

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Speaker 1: after Ike Pucker was lost to an achilles injury. It

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00:38:47,280 --> 00:38:50,440
Speaker 1: looks like going into camp the right guard job is

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Speaker 1: his to lose. They now have Roger Saffold at left guard,

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Speaker 1: who I would argue is, you know, a more mobile

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Speaker 1: player than some of the guards they had last year.

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Speaker 1: Can we can we infer anything from the fact that

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00:39:04,920 --> 00:39:07,600
Speaker 1: maybe the guard tandem is more mobile than it's been

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Speaker 1: in the last year or two, and what we can

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Speaker 1: anticipate from Aaron Cromer and maybe some of the blocking

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Speaker 1: schemes they are in going forward. Well, everything you just

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Speaker 1: said I agree with. Okay, Roger Saffold has been a

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Speaker 1: great player in this league. The Rams still haven't replaced him,

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Speaker 1: you know. And then Tennessee and you know you got

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Speaker 1: the rushing title. I mean, Roger Staffold is a big

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Speaker 1: part of that. Eric Romer is a great coach, He's

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Speaker 1: a great technician. Like I'm a big, big believer in

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Speaker 1: Eric Cromer, you know. And then what Ryan Bates has

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Speaker 1: done is really what the Bills to me. You could

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Speaker 1: talk about Josh Allen and that's great, But the one

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00:39:45,680 --> 00:39:49,839
Speaker 1: thing about the Bills under Sean McDermott is and this

666
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Speaker 1: is you can't argue against this. They develop players like

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Speaker 1: you know, I don't care who it is, you know,

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Speaker 1: if it's Gabriel Davis the fourth round pick, or Dawson

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Speaker 1: at ty did in the third round pick. You know,

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Speaker 1: you look at the safety tandem of Ployer and High

671
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Speaker 1: and how they came into this league, or Ryan like,

672
00:40:07,640 --> 00:40:10,520
Speaker 1: they developed players, and that's what you have to do,

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Speaker 1: because the stars are the stars. You got to pay

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Speaker 1: your stars. But they, by golly, they've done a great

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Speaker 1: job of developing middle round draft picks and free agents.

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Speaker 1: And Ryan Bates is in that category and I don't

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Speaker 1: believe they're going to get him out of there. And

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Speaker 1: I think Saffold can run with the best of them,

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Speaker 1: even at his age. And that's what I saw from

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Speaker 1: Ryan Bates at left guard last year down the stretch.

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Speaker 1: And with that, you know, you you bring in Dobbin's

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Speaker 1: little brother, you know, to go with the motor. I

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Speaker 1: think they'll run the ball out better as a result.

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Speaker 1: How do you think Jamison Crowder fits into the Bill's offense.

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Speaker 1: I mean, we've gotten Mozam McKenzie and the salad Jamison

686
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Speaker 1: Crowder looking to play there. We had Isaiah Hodgins on

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Speaker 1: the roster for a couple of years now, and there's

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Speaker 1: another guy I can't think of, Khalil Shakier, who's a

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Speaker 1: draft pick this year who is a slot receiver. So

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Speaker 1: they've got a crowding. Now, there's not too many guys outside.

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Speaker 1: There's Steph Diggs, Gabe Davis and just others. So you know,

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Speaker 1: Mackenzie's a slot guy. Crowder, but Jameson Crowder has been

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Speaker 1: an intriguing guy because he's he's hurt the Bills in

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Speaker 1: his time with the Jets, and getting him off them

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00:41:22,000 --> 00:41:23,960
Speaker 1: and on your team is a I think is a

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Speaker 1: big boost. Well it's not often, Steve, Now I get

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Speaker 1: to talk about a fellow duke blue devil, all right,

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Speaker 1: There's not many of those guys in the NFL. Jameson

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Speaker 1: is So I'm just gonna tell you right now, the

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Speaker 1: guy's smart. He's smart, and he's crafty. He's been the

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Speaker 1: jets best and most consistent offensive player since he got

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Speaker 1: to New York. He was a great player in Washington

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Speaker 1: as a returner and a receiver. Like you know, look,

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Speaker 1: you lose a really, really talented slot player. But Jameson

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Speaker 1: Crowder is going to fill those shoes, all right, And

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Speaker 1: so I think that it will be interesting to see

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Speaker 1: how quickly the rapport, especially on third downs, developed, between

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Speaker 1: Josh and Jamison, Like, I think it's gonna be pretty quick.

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Speaker 1: But he's a guy that can run all those option

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Speaker 1: routes in the slot there, Steve and m Yeah, he's

711
00:42:15,320 --> 00:42:18,400
Speaker 1: really crafty. He's a great route runner. He's got great hands.

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Speaker 1: I can't sing the praise of jameson Crowder enough. They

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00:42:22,920 --> 00:42:25,839
Speaker 1: they've replaced that position with a guy that's every bit

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Speaker 1: as good as the guy they had. Baldy were unfortunately

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Speaker 1: at a time. But we appreciate your spending some with us.

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Speaker 1: Enjoy your summer and let us know if you start

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Speaker 1: a line of headbands, because I'm in Yeah. I mean,

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Speaker 1: you got a better head of hair than me, but

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Speaker 1: I could use one of those. All right. I'll pass

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Speaker 1: him on down Hope to Hope to get up to

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Speaker 1: Rochester this summer, all right, can see everybody, alright, alright,

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Speaker 1: throw my list of tea I want to get to

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Speaker 1: for sure. Awesome. We look forward to seeing you down there.

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Speaker 1: We'll be there, all right, guys. Brian Baldinger from NFL

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00:42:56,760 --> 00:42:59,000
Speaker 1: Network joining us here and who knows if he shows

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Speaker 1: up a training camp, will throw back on the show.

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Speaker 1: See what he thinks of training camp. Always good to

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Speaker 1: check in with Baldy. We have to take a break.

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Speaker 1: When we come back. More coming your way here on

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Speaker 1: One Bill's Live, presented by Kalid to Health. It's Buffalo

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Speaker 1: Bill's Radio. All right. Steve from the Latest Files have

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Speaker 1: fumbled the bag, Trevor Lawrence, Steve oh No. Last year

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Speaker 1: at this time invested his entire signing bonus in cryptocurrency.

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Speaker 1: Don't know if you've noticed, Steve. The cryptocurrency market has

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00:43:48,520 --> 00:43:53,399
Speaker 1: lost one trillion dollars. The crypto companies have pulled their

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Speaker 1: advertising from sports broadcasts because they don't have the money

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Speaker 1: to advertise. Um, well, why don't they just sell their

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Speaker 1: assets so they're gonna be worth something. Oh, they're worth

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00:44:04,719 --> 00:44:06,640
Speaker 1: sixty percent less than what they used to be. So

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Speaker 1: here's here's your Are you ready? They're worth less? Trevor

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Speaker 1: Lawrence fumbled the bag. Twenty two point nine million dollars

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Speaker 1: signing bonus invested in crypto currency is now worth nine

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Speaker 1: million dollars. He has lost sixty percent of the value.

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Speaker 1: He's not alone. Elsewhere in the NFL, Russell o'coon, retired

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Speaker 1: offensive lineman, dumped six point five million into crypto last

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Speaker 1: February twenty twenty one, it's now worth two point five

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Speaker 1: million dollars. Lost sixty one percent of its value. Andre

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Speaker 1: Iguadolla from the NBA's Golden State Warriors put in a

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Speaker 1: cool two point sixty four million as an investment. It's

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Speaker 1: now worth one point three seven Odell Beckham Junior a

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Speaker 1: little more. We're conservative of an investor put in seven

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Speaker 1: hundred and fifty k. It's worth four hundred thirty four

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Speaker 1: thousand now. Say Quon Barkley, big investor, invested ten million

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Speaker 1: in bitcoin, is now worth six point six six million dollars.

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Speaker 1: You get lots of fun out there people. Trevor Lawrence,

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00:45:29,160 --> 00:45:31,920
Speaker 1: it's tough out there, man. He invested in three different

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Speaker 1: kinds of crypto, Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana, total of twenty

758
00:45:36,680 --> 00:45:40,359
Speaker 1: four million across all three portfolios. It's now worthy point

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00:45:40,440 --> 00:45:43,760
Speaker 1: nine six million. He lost sixty two point seven percent

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00:45:43,800 --> 00:45:48,839
Speaker 1: of its value. Yeah, yeah, that's hard. That would keep

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Speaker 1: that would lose me some. That would be a distraction

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Speaker 1: of my career. Let me just say that. Can you

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Speaker 1: imagine guys in the locker room, Hey, trav how's the

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00:45:57,280 --> 00:46:03,799
Speaker 1: market doing, dude? That's that's okay. I got a lot

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Speaker 1: of earning power left he does half his signing bonus

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Speaker 1: is gone though, right, I get it. He does have

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Speaker 1: earning power, but he ain't getting that earning back better.

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Speaker 1: And you better have a better year, and you did

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Speaker 1: last year. That is rough. It puts a little pressure

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Speaker 1: on you, no question about it. You think you'll do

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Speaker 1: that again? No house of time to get in. It's slow.

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Speaker 1: Everything's on sale now. Everything's on sale. If you invest

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00:46:34,680 --> 00:46:38,040
Speaker 1: the same amount of money now, it'll go twice as

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Speaker 1: far in terms of what you could own. Oh man,

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00:46:42,920 --> 00:46:50,560
Speaker 1: that is a bitter, bitter pill. I mean, man, he

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00:46:50,680 --> 00:46:54,759
Speaker 1: took a bath on crypto, a bath, yes he did,

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Speaker 1: and he's not. I mean we've I mean, you never

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Speaker 1: we'd never get this kind of it's all easy, you know,

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Speaker 1: cast dispersions on crypto and then you know, um other

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Speaker 1: investment venue. And but we've seen players and heard about

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Speaker 1: players doing this for decades, you know. Yeah, these guys

782
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Speaker 1: are no different guys in my air for me, you

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Speaker 1: guys befel me, guys after me, guys in between they

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00:47:22,920 --> 00:47:27,440
Speaker 1: all there's always been somebody who's like, oh, ill fated

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Speaker 1: investment exactly, trusted the wrong people or made the wrong

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Speaker 1: decisions because the guys who play in the NFL are

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Speaker 1: just like all the rest of us. They make chasing

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Speaker 1: a dollar in a dream, dollar in a dream. Throwing

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Speaker 1: that twenty two million into the he may as well

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Speaker 1: throw it into paint bottery tickets. You know that is

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Speaker 1: a painful haircut, though, man, Yeah, absolutely it is. Wow. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I mean, that's almost as bad as Levion Bell not

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Speaker 1: agreeing to the contract with the Steelers. What did he lose?

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Speaker 1: Forty mill who's this? What lady on Bill not signing

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Speaker 1: with this Steeler? Here's fifteen million he lost? That would

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Speaker 1: have been in his pocket even if everything had transpired

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00:48:08,840 --> 00:48:11,920
Speaker 1: exactly the same after that, he just walked away from

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Speaker 1: fifteen million dollars and let me just I don't want

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Speaker 1: I'm not no, I am you and me and I

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00:48:20,040 --> 00:48:24,160
Speaker 1: will say me told you so. We could see it

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Speaker 1: coming from six months away. He didn't know how good

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Speaker 1: he had it, where he had it. We told you so, idiot,

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Speaker 1: fifteen million bucks. Would you rather here's the thing, Brian,

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Speaker 1: would you rather walk away from it or just losing? Well,

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00:48:45,920 --> 00:48:51,000
Speaker 1: the reason why it was so foolish was there was

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Speaker 1: nothing anywhere else on the landscape at the time. It's

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Speaker 1: not like but ill. Should I take this because I

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00:48:56,239 --> 00:49:00,360
Speaker 1: can get this over here? Like they overestimated his market

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00:49:00,400 --> 00:49:03,200
Speaker 1: on the free market, you know what I mean. Like

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Speaker 1: Pittsburgh was going to offer him this, he said no

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Speaker 1: because he thought he could do better on the open market.

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Speaker 1: Then he gets the open market not so much. Yeah, Like,

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Speaker 1: and I know he sat for a year. That didn't help,

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Speaker 1: So then he lost a year to not play for

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Speaker 1: the Steelers. The whole thing, Man, that is worse than

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00:49:24,880 --> 00:49:29,520
Speaker 1: the total. It was totally financially. It was totally mishandled.

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Speaker 1: Now he may be able to sleep at night because

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Speaker 1: I stuck to my values and all that. Yeah, okay,

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Speaker 1: I'd rather have the fifteen million. Yeah, a lot less

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Speaker 1: money in the bank. It was absolutely positively fifteen million

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Speaker 1: dollars he walked off from. That might be the worst

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Speaker 1: player financial decision in free agency or in determining your

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Speaker 1: value as a free agent that we've had in a

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Speaker 1: long time. Yeah, because I can't, off the top of

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Speaker 1: my head, I can't think of somebody who miscalculated their

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Speaker 1: open market value as much as he did and then

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Speaker 1: chose possibly the worst destination he could have in the

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Speaker 1: New York Jets, who did not have an offensive line

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Speaker 1: to block for him, and his career was done after

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Speaker 1: that done. Yeah, he's submarined. He not only cost himself money,

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Speaker 1: he's submarined his entire career. Yeah, and he was running

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Speaker 1: behind a dominant offensive line. You know, it was Alejando,

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Speaker 1: villain A Wuava and all those guys. They would add

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Speaker 1: some guy, they had some guys, and they were busting

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Speaker 1: some people up. But then there's no question his offensive

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Speaker 1: line got old over the course of the next three

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Speaker 1: or four years. And they you know, they weren't the

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Speaker 1: players they were at that time. But lev Bell needed

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Speaker 1: to cash in right then and do it with the Steelers.

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Speaker 1: Can give an example of somebody who kind of sees

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Speaker 1: the writing on the wall and knows a thing or two.

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Speaker 1: Mike Tomlin. His name Mike Tomlins, And this is a

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Speaker 1: picture Levion Bell and Mike Tomlin. Mike Hamlin's name was

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Speaker 1: thrown around as an alternate name for one of the

845
00:51:04,040 --> 00:51:07,799
Speaker 1: guy who's like Alabama or something, and he said, no,

846
00:51:08,680 --> 00:51:11,479
Speaker 1: there is no check big enough to make me walk

847
00:51:11,520 --> 00:51:14,520
Speaker 1: away from one of the premier jobs in professional sports

848
00:51:15,360 --> 00:51:18,239
Speaker 1: as a head coach of the Pittsburgh Steelers. Left Bell

849
00:51:18,280 --> 00:51:19,960
Speaker 1: should have said the same thing. He goes, there is

850
00:51:20,000 --> 00:51:22,759
Speaker 1: no free agent market out there good enough to get

851
00:51:22,760 --> 00:51:25,040
Speaker 1: me out from behind this offensive line at this point

852
00:51:25,080 --> 00:51:27,640
Speaker 1: in history, with this franchise and this head coach. He

853
00:51:27,719 --> 00:51:31,799
Speaker 1: should have done that. He did not. We have to

854
00:51:31,840 --> 00:51:35,800
Speaker 1: take a break. When we come back. We've got Jets

855
00:51:35,880 --> 00:51:38,960
Speaker 1: to talk about as we peruse the AFC East and

856
00:51:39,000 --> 00:51:41,200
Speaker 1: who's made some improvements The Jets have done that. We

857
00:51:41,200 --> 00:51:44,080
Speaker 1: talked to ESPN Jespat reporter Rich the meeting next here

858
00:51:44,120 --> 00:51:45,960
Speaker 1: on One Bill's Live, presented by a colloid of health.

859
00:51:46,000 --> 00:52:07,319
Speaker 1: It's Buffalo Bill's Radio at a Steve Tasker who has

860
00:52:07,440 --> 00:52:09,680
Speaker 1: been all all over our fields. Kind of unique. He

861
00:52:09,680 --> 00:52:11,840
Speaker 1: was kind of a dual role player for you state

862
00:52:12,400 --> 00:52:17,279
Speaker 1: a lily, Steve a blimp. We're not even in the

863
00:52:17,400 --> 00:52:23,520
Speaker 1: strategy of normalcy here. We are our number two on

864
00:52:23,560 --> 00:52:25,640
Speaker 1: a Wednesday, Chris Brown, Steve task here with you One

865
00:52:25,680 --> 00:52:29,080
Speaker 1: Bills Live and I'm gonna talk a little AFC East

866
00:52:29,120 --> 00:52:33,920
Speaker 1: now with resident Jets beat reporter for ESPN. It just

867
00:52:33,960 --> 00:52:36,160
Speaker 1: won Rich Simini joining us on the show. Rich, thanks

868
00:52:36,160 --> 00:52:38,560
Speaker 1: for giving us some time. I know we're supposed to

869
00:52:38,600 --> 00:52:41,400
Speaker 1: be getting into the down weeks that we have before

870
00:52:41,440 --> 00:52:43,719
Speaker 1: training camp. Begins in Earns. But thanks for giving us

871
00:52:43,719 --> 00:52:45,399
Speaker 1: some time to us. We appreciate it. How you doing

872
00:52:46,320 --> 00:52:48,719
Speaker 1: My pleasure guys always get to talk to you guys

873
00:52:48,719 --> 00:52:51,480
Speaker 1: and talk to some Jets Bills. Yeah, I wanted to

874
00:52:51,560 --> 00:52:54,880
Speaker 1: start here, Rich. We've seen that. You know, the Jets

875
00:52:54,880 --> 00:52:58,000
Speaker 1: have made some pretty good moves to improve their roster,

876
00:52:58,120 --> 00:53:00,960
Speaker 1: not only in free agency but in the draft. Do

877
00:53:01,040 --> 00:53:05,120
Speaker 1: you have one that you think is not getting enough

878
00:53:05,200 --> 00:53:08,920
Speaker 1: significance attached to it? Like if you could give me

879
00:53:08,960 --> 00:53:12,120
Speaker 1: a name of an acquisition that they made, maybe in

880
00:53:12,200 --> 00:53:16,160
Speaker 1: free agency that is going overlooked, you know, maybe outside

881
00:53:16,200 --> 00:53:21,359
Speaker 1: the microscope of New York, who would you point to. Yeah,

882
00:53:21,360 --> 00:53:25,080
Speaker 1: that's a great question. I would point to Tyler Conklin,

883
00:53:25,160 --> 00:53:27,960
Speaker 1: the tight end they signed from Minnesota. You know, he

884
00:53:28,440 --> 00:53:33,000
Speaker 1: really hasn't generated much headline this offseason, but from what

885
00:53:33,080 --> 00:53:35,640
Speaker 1: I've seen and also from what people in the organization

886
00:53:35,680 --> 00:53:38,120
Speaker 1: have told me, they think he could be a surprise

887
00:53:38,239 --> 00:53:41,680
Speaker 1: this year. I know CJ. Wizama, they tight end they

888
00:53:41,680 --> 00:53:44,440
Speaker 1: got from Cincinnati, has been kind of the quote unquote

889
00:53:44,440 --> 00:53:47,240
Speaker 1: marquee addition at tight end. But keep an eye on Conklin.

890
00:53:47,920 --> 00:53:51,239
Speaker 1: He's a move tight end. He's not just a why

891
00:53:51,239 --> 00:53:53,600
Speaker 1: tight end. He can move around the formation and line

892
00:53:53,640 --> 00:53:55,880
Speaker 1: up in different spots, and I think he's someone to

893
00:53:55,960 --> 00:53:58,560
Speaker 1: keep an eye on. What about Zach Wilson, So much

894
00:53:58,560 --> 00:54:00,720
Speaker 1: has been said about him about you know, he's gone,

895
00:54:00,800 --> 00:54:03,080
Speaker 1: He's gonna ta to take a step forward this year.

896
00:54:03,120 --> 00:54:05,839
Speaker 1: They've given him some more weapons, bolster the offensive line

897
00:54:05,880 --> 00:54:08,640
Speaker 1: around him. What have what has been the vibe coming

898
00:54:08,680 --> 00:54:11,680
Speaker 1: out of the OTAs and mini camps about his progression?

899
00:54:13,480 --> 00:54:16,080
Speaker 1: I think Steve has been mostly positive with Zach. I

900
00:54:16,120 --> 00:54:20,040
Speaker 1: mean just from talking to coaches and just passing the

901
00:54:20,080 --> 00:54:22,279
Speaker 1: eye test. I mean, he just looks like a much

902
00:54:22,320 --> 00:54:26,800
Speaker 1: more confident passer than last year. More commands in the huddle,

903
00:54:26,960 --> 00:54:30,680
Speaker 1: a little more vocal. The coaches tell me that when

904
00:54:30,680 --> 00:54:33,959
Speaker 1: he makes a mistake, he knows it immediately, whereas last

905
00:54:34,000 --> 00:54:36,920
Speaker 1: year as a rookie, he was so lost that he

906
00:54:36,960 --> 00:54:39,959
Speaker 1: didn't even know that mistakes he was making until later

907
00:54:40,000 --> 00:54:42,160
Speaker 1: in the film room when the coaches pointed them out.

908
00:54:42,239 --> 00:54:45,480
Speaker 1: So he's clearly got a better understanding of the position.

909
00:54:46,040 --> 00:54:48,960
Speaker 1: I think his accuracy still needs work. You know, there

910
00:54:48,960 --> 00:54:53,719
Speaker 1: are still some days where he misses too many routine passes.

911
00:54:54,239 --> 00:54:57,560
Speaker 1: That has to get better. He was the worst in

912
00:54:57,600 --> 00:55:00,480
Speaker 1: the league last year in terms of completion for setage

913
00:55:00,560 --> 00:55:03,879
Speaker 1: on passes between zero and nine yards, I mean, dead

914
00:55:03,920 --> 00:55:06,600
Speaker 1: last in the league. So that obviously you got to

915
00:55:06,600 --> 00:55:09,399
Speaker 1: complete the layups, you know, So that's an area where

916
00:55:09,440 --> 00:55:12,680
Speaker 1: he needs to improve. And then with respect to the

917
00:55:12,719 --> 00:55:14,960
Speaker 1: offensive backfield, I know they were happy with a lot

918
00:55:15,040 --> 00:55:17,040
Speaker 1: of the things that Michael Carter did last year as

919
00:55:17,040 --> 00:55:20,560
Speaker 1: a rookie, but then Bruce Hall is added with a

920
00:55:20,600 --> 00:55:25,200
Speaker 1: second round pick, and I realize that there aren't too

921
00:55:25,239 --> 00:55:28,280
Speaker 1: many bell Cow backs in the league anymore. Does Breece

922
00:55:28,320 --> 00:55:30,279
Speaker 1: Hall have the potential to be one of those? Or

923
00:55:30,320 --> 00:55:32,360
Speaker 1: do you still think it might be a committee approach

924
00:55:32,400 --> 00:55:37,319
Speaker 1: by the Jets offensive staff. I think if there's an

925
00:55:37,360 --> 00:55:40,399
Speaker 1: area between bell Cow and committee, I think that would

926
00:55:40,440 --> 00:55:44,640
Speaker 1: be where Breeze Hall would fall because I think, just philosophically,

927
00:55:44,719 --> 00:55:48,560
Speaker 1: this coaching staff, which is basically San Francisco East, they

928
00:55:48,600 --> 00:55:51,600
Speaker 1: just believe in using more than one back. It's never

929
00:55:51,640 --> 00:55:56,280
Speaker 1: gonna be just one guy. However, I think Breeze Hall

930
00:55:56,800 --> 00:56:00,279
Speaker 1: is a more talented back than Michael Carter, and I

931
00:56:00,320 --> 00:56:02,839
Speaker 1: do think at some point in the year, perhaps even

932
00:56:02,880 --> 00:56:06,319
Speaker 1: early in the year, he's gonna surpass Carter. In terms

933
00:56:06,360 --> 00:56:08,719
Speaker 1: of number of touches. I know fantasy owners are very

934
00:56:08,719 --> 00:56:12,600
Speaker 1: interested in that tandem. I do think Bruce Hall has

935
00:56:12,600 --> 00:56:15,440
Speaker 1: the capability of being a number one back. He's just

936
00:56:15,520 --> 00:56:18,479
Speaker 1: never gonna be like the twenty five carry a game guy.

937
00:56:18,680 --> 00:56:20,480
Speaker 1: They're just going to spread it around a little bit.

938
00:56:21,120 --> 00:56:26,280
Speaker 1: Speaking of fantasy rosters, what about their wide receiving corps.

939
00:56:26,320 --> 00:56:29,560
Speaker 1: Who's gonna be You think, uh, the bell cow there,

940
00:56:29,600 --> 00:56:33,799
Speaker 1: the wide receiver number one, wide receiver number two, and

941
00:56:33,920 --> 00:56:38,120
Speaker 1: maybe the most tardy guy slot guy, those kind of things. Yeah,

942
00:56:38,200 --> 00:56:40,799
Speaker 1: that's a you know, that's a really good. First of all,

943
00:56:40,840 --> 00:56:43,560
Speaker 1: they're better at receiver than they were last year. You know,

944
00:56:43,600 --> 00:56:47,960
Speaker 1: they lost Jamison Crowder obviously to the Bills, and the

945
00:56:48,040 --> 00:56:51,400
Speaker 1: slot is going to be I think a couple of

946
00:56:51,400 --> 00:56:53,400
Speaker 1: guys in the slot. I don't think they're gonna replace

947
00:56:53,440 --> 00:56:55,239
Speaker 1: Jamison with one guy. He's going to see a lot

948
00:56:55,239 --> 00:56:57,799
Speaker 1: of Braxton Barrios in the slot. He has a great

949
00:56:57,920 --> 00:57:01,759
Speaker 1: rapport with Zach Wilson. The coach's love Braxton because he's

950
00:57:01,800 --> 00:57:04,200
Speaker 1: a really good route runner. You're also going to see

951
00:57:04,239 --> 00:57:06,840
Speaker 1: some Elijah Moore in the slot. In terms of like

952
00:57:06,960 --> 00:57:11,480
Speaker 1: who would be the quote unquote number one. It's right now,

953
00:57:11,520 --> 00:57:14,440
Speaker 1: I'd have to say probably Corey Davis, just out of

954
00:57:15,200 --> 00:57:17,720
Speaker 1: by default because of what he's done in the league.

955
00:57:17,760 --> 00:57:19,720
Speaker 1: But I think as the year goes on, I think

956
00:57:19,720 --> 00:57:22,720
Speaker 1: Elijah Moore is going to be the number one receiver

957
00:57:23,040 --> 00:57:25,280
Speaker 1: before long, as we get a month or two into

958
00:57:25,320 --> 00:57:28,440
Speaker 1: the season, Elijah Moore will be the most targeted receiver.

959
00:57:28,960 --> 00:57:32,040
Speaker 1: He was showing some really good things last year until

960
00:57:32,080 --> 00:57:34,640
Speaker 1: he got bagged up, So keep an eye out on him.

961
00:57:34,960 --> 00:57:37,280
Speaker 1: And I also think they have a potential number one

962
00:57:37,480 --> 00:57:40,640
Speaker 1: in Garrett Wilson, their first round pick. I just think

963
00:57:40,680 --> 00:57:43,200
Speaker 1: he's going to have you know, there's always the growing

964
00:57:43,240 --> 00:57:46,200
Speaker 1: pains for some rookies, so but I think down the

965
00:57:46,280 --> 00:57:50,280
Speaker 1: line he could also develop into that role. And you

966
00:57:50,360 --> 00:57:54,760
Speaker 1: mentioned already how Zach Wilson struggled from a completion percentage standpoint.

967
00:57:54,800 --> 00:57:56,919
Speaker 1: I mean, he was under fifty six percent last year,

968
00:57:57,400 --> 00:58:00,400
Speaker 1: and you mentioned that, you know, he even misses some layups. Now,

969
00:58:01,560 --> 00:58:05,080
Speaker 1: is there anything that coach Leaflora has mentioned, you know,

970
00:58:05,160 --> 00:58:09,200
Speaker 1: from an offensive standpoint in terms of trying to eliminate

971
00:58:09,280 --> 00:58:11,480
Speaker 1: that or rectify that, because I was thinking, oh, well,

972
00:58:11,520 --> 00:58:15,000
Speaker 1: maybe they go more with a high efficiency short passing

973
00:58:15,080 --> 00:58:18,040
Speaker 1: offense to supplement the run game, you know, out of

974
00:58:18,080 --> 00:58:21,240
Speaker 1: the Shanahan school. But if he's missing layups too, I

975
00:58:21,240 --> 00:58:22,920
Speaker 1: don't know if that's going to fix it. Is there

976
00:58:23,040 --> 00:58:24,800
Speaker 1: is there any solution that the floor is brought to

977
00:58:24,840 --> 00:58:28,760
Speaker 1: the table. Well, interesting, you know, interesting question. They do

978
00:58:28,880 --> 00:58:31,600
Speaker 1: think from a personnel standpoint that the addition of those

979
00:58:31,600 --> 00:58:33,960
Speaker 1: two tight ends that we talked about earlier, Ozama and

980
00:58:34,040 --> 00:58:38,520
Speaker 1: Conklin will give him a you know, a short intermediate

981
00:58:38,720 --> 00:58:41,240
Speaker 1: threat that will help him a lot. The Jets tight

982
00:58:41,320 --> 00:58:44,040
Speaker 1: ends last year we're basically terrible, you know, and so

983
00:58:44,080 --> 00:58:48,080
Speaker 1: they flipped that entire room and brought in new tight ends,

984
00:58:48,200 --> 00:58:51,080
Speaker 1: and so they think that will help now just to

985
00:58:51,080 --> 00:58:53,360
Speaker 1: get down in the weeds here a little bit in

986
00:58:53,440 --> 00:58:56,640
Speaker 1: terms of exes and ohs. They think that he can

987
00:58:56,680 --> 00:59:00,400
Speaker 1: improve his short passing with better eye discipline, and what

988
00:59:00,440 --> 00:59:02,760
Speaker 1: they mean by that is just getting his eyes in

989
00:59:02,800 --> 00:59:06,080
Speaker 1: the right place at the right time. I don't know

990
00:59:06,120 --> 00:59:08,800
Speaker 1: if that coach speaker or not, Steve would know better,

991
00:59:09,200 --> 00:59:11,760
Speaker 1: but that they just feel that his eye discipline was

992
00:59:11,840 --> 00:59:15,280
Speaker 1: lacking last year and that led to you know, mechanical

993
00:59:15,880 --> 00:59:19,280
Speaker 1: issues were maybe his feet and his eyes were in aligned,

994
00:59:19,320 --> 00:59:21,520
Speaker 1: and that's why he missed a lot of those short passes.

995
00:59:21,720 --> 00:59:25,080
Speaker 1: I mean, his completion percentage last year I think on

996
00:59:25,320 --> 00:59:29,400
Speaker 1: zero to nine yards was something like sixty five percent,

997
00:59:29,640 --> 00:59:32,520
Speaker 1: which is really what you should be overall, you know,

998
00:59:32,680 --> 00:59:36,320
Speaker 1: as a passer. But I think interesting enough, and I

999
00:59:36,320 --> 00:59:38,480
Speaker 1: think Bill Bill Spans would get a kick out of this.

1000
00:59:39,000 --> 00:59:41,560
Speaker 1: The jetsoy was pointed to Josh Allen as as a

1001
00:59:41,640 --> 00:59:44,800
Speaker 1: quarterback who really struggled with his accuracy his first year

1002
00:59:45,360 --> 00:59:48,880
Speaker 1: and really got better at it, and his completion percentage

1003
00:59:48,920 --> 00:59:53,200
Speaker 1: just spiked every year. And so that's the player the

1004
00:59:53,280 --> 00:59:55,600
Speaker 1: Jet fans and even the Jet coaches are pointing to

1005
00:59:55,720 --> 00:59:58,240
Speaker 1: as an example of a guy who can turn it around. Yeah,

1006
00:59:58,240 --> 01:00:01,480
Speaker 1: and from over here in Western New York, we have

1007
01:00:01,640 --> 01:00:04,400
Speaker 1: really kind of tipped our hats and Jets really seem

1008
01:00:04,480 --> 01:00:07,960
Speaker 1: to have done everything correct in his last offseason, plus

1009
01:00:08,520 --> 01:00:11,040
Speaker 1: knocking it out of the park in the draft. The

1010
01:00:11,040 --> 01:00:13,600
Speaker 1: first four and I'm picking the first four picks. I'm on,

1011
01:00:13,800 --> 01:00:17,680
Speaker 1: you know, Sauce Gardener, Garrett Wilson, Jermaine Johnson, Greece Hall.

1012
01:00:18,160 --> 01:00:21,240
Speaker 1: Starting with those four, how much pressures they're gonna be

1013
01:00:21,320 --> 01:00:25,040
Speaker 1: to have those four guys on the field. Almost immediately

1014
01:00:27,080 --> 01:00:30,760
Speaker 1: they will be steep because I mean Sauce Gardner quote,

1015
01:00:30,760 --> 01:00:33,840
Speaker 1: he's technically not a starter yet, but he will be

1016
01:00:34,160 --> 01:00:39,120
Speaker 1: very shortly. And you know Greecee Hall, we just discussed him.

1017
01:00:39,240 --> 01:00:41,400
Speaker 1: He's gonna be playing a lot. Will he be quote

1018
01:00:41,480 --> 01:00:44,680
Speaker 1: unquote the starter in Week one when they faced the Ravens.

1019
01:00:45,000 --> 01:00:47,000
Speaker 1: I don't know if they'll be the starter, but he's

1020
01:00:47,000 --> 01:00:49,160
Speaker 1: going to get the ball a lot. And then you meant,

1021
01:00:49,240 --> 01:00:51,680
Speaker 1: you know, Garrett Wilson, he's gonna play a lot. I

1022
01:00:51,720 --> 01:00:54,520
Speaker 1: think he'll be starting. He'll be among the top three receivers.

1023
01:00:54,960 --> 01:00:57,720
Speaker 1: And Jermaine Johnson, who we haven't mentioned yet. The Jets

1024
01:00:57,720 --> 01:01:00,720
Speaker 1: got him with the twenty sixth pick. You know, they

1025
01:01:00,720 --> 01:01:03,080
Speaker 1: have a pretty deep defensive line. But I do expect

1026
01:01:03,120 --> 01:01:07,000
Speaker 1: Jermaine Johnson to be prominent in that rotation. So I

1027
01:01:07,040 --> 01:01:09,200
Speaker 1: don't know if he'll be a starter, but I suspect

1028
01:01:09,200 --> 01:01:12,000
Speaker 1: he'll be playing on third downs. So yeah, there is

1029
01:01:12,040 --> 01:01:15,000
Speaker 1: some pressure to get all those four guys on the field,

1030
01:01:15,080 --> 01:01:20,000
Speaker 1: but their roster is so lacking in talent that I

1031
01:01:20,040 --> 01:01:22,400
Speaker 1: think they're probably going to be four of the best

1032
01:01:22,400 --> 01:01:25,960
Speaker 1: players on the team, So it shouldn't be a difficult

1033
01:01:26,040 --> 01:01:29,040
Speaker 1: pathway for them. To get on the field. Speaking of

1034
01:01:29,120 --> 01:01:32,960
Speaker 1: draft classes, the Jets twenty twenty draft class, it's kind

1035
01:01:32,960 --> 01:01:35,520
Speaker 1: of put up or shut up time here. If you

1036
01:01:35,800 --> 01:01:40,080
Speaker 1: could handicap the McKay Beckton situation, how do you think

1037
01:01:40,080 --> 01:01:42,040
Speaker 1: it turns out by the time we're at the close

1038
01:01:42,080 --> 01:01:46,360
Speaker 1: of training camp, Well, tell me what his weight is

1039
01:01:46,360 --> 01:01:49,360
Speaker 1: that I can answer that question, you know, I don't.

1040
01:01:49,800 --> 01:01:53,000
Speaker 1: You know, there were reports that he was three ninety

1041
01:01:53,120 --> 01:01:57,760
Speaker 1: and mini camp, you know, so I mean I believe it.

1042
01:01:58,040 --> 01:01:59,760
Speaker 1: You know, he did not come in too mini camp

1043
01:01:59,760 --> 01:02:03,600
Speaker 1: and shape, and so basically he's got five weeks to

1044
01:02:03,640 --> 01:02:06,080
Speaker 1: get his act together and come to training camp at

1045
01:02:06,080 --> 01:02:09,000
Speaker 1: a reasonable wait, which and by reasonable for him, I

1046
01:02:09,320 --> 01:02:11,280
Speaker 1: you know, I think that Jets would be happy if

1047
01:02:11,280 --> 01:02:15,240
Speaker 1: he were you know, mid three sixties or three seventy,

1048
01:02:15,480 --> 01:02:18,040
Speaker 1: you know, somewhere in that range. I think there's a

1049
01:02:18,080 --> 01:02:21,040
Speaker 1: good chance they'll switch his position. I think he may

1050
01:02:21,120 --> 01:02:23,760
Speaker 1: go to right tackle and they'll keep George Fant at

1051
01:02:23,840 --> 01:02:26,240
Speaker 1: left tackle. They liked the way Fans played at left

1052
01:02:26,240 --> 01:02:29,200
Speaker 1: tackle last year. The Jets are keeping those plans close

1053
01:02:29,280 --> 01:02:33,520
Speaker 1: to the vest I think probably they just don't want

1054
01:02:33,520 --> 01:02:36,680
Speaker 1: to hand anything to mccai right now. They're quite Frankly,

1055
01:02:36,720 --> 01:02:39,600
Speaker 1: the Jets are ticked off at the way he's handled

1056
01:02:39,680 --> 01:02:43,600
Speaker 1: himself this offseason, just with the conditioning, and he didn't

1057
01:02:43,640 --> 01:02:46,480
Speaker 1: show up for the voluntary workouts, and granted, you know,

1058
01:02:46,560 --> 01:02:50,160
Speaker 1: he did have a legitimate excuse his girlfriend gave birth

1059
01:02:50,200 --> 01:02:52,880
Speaker 1: to their to their first baby, but you know, he

1060
01:02:52,920 --> 01:02:56,520
Speaker 1: didn't miss all ten weeks, and so the Jets are

1061
01:02:56,560 --> 01:02:58,880
Speaker 1: not going to hand Mkai any starting job until he

1062
01:02:58,920 --> 01:03:01,560
Speaker 1: shows up and he's in shape any practice as well,

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01:03:02,000 --> 01:03:04,040
Speaker 1: and I do think he'll end up being their starting

1064
01:03:04,080 --> 01:03:08,000
Speaker 1: right tackle. What is the outlook for the media and

1065
01:03:08,000 --> 01:03:09,920
Speaker 1: the people who are close to the team about the

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01:03:09,920 --> 01:03:12,560
Speaker 1: second year of Robert Salo and how he's handled things

1067
01:03:12,600 --> 01:03:17,520
Speaker 1: to this point. Well, he's a completely different personality from

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01:03:17,560 --> 01:03:20,080
Speaker 1: Adam Gaze. Adam was kind of a gloom and doom guy.

1069
01:03:20,160 --> 01:03:22,080
Speaker 1: There always seems to be a black cloud over the

1070
01:03:22,120 --> 01:03:25,960
Speaker 1: team with Adam around, and Salo is just the exact opposite.

1071
01:03:26,200 --> 01:03:31,439
Speaker 1: He's a glass half full guy. He's very optimistic. Kind

1072
01:03:31,440 --> 01:03:35,720
Speaker 1: of reminds me in some way of Pete Carroll, who

1073
01:03:35,840 --> 01:03:38,840
Speaker 1: is one of his mentors. You know, just the that

1074
01:03:39,000 --> 01:03:43,040
Speaker 1: total optimism, very upbeat, very energetic. I think that is

1075
01:03:43,120 --> 01:03:47,280
Speaker 1: rubbed off on the players. There's a completely positive vibe

1076
01:03:47,320 --> 01:03:49,920
Speaker 1: around the team. Even though they went four and thirteen

1077
01:03:50,000 --> 01:03:52,520
Speaker 1: last year, there's still a positive vibe around the team

1078
01:03:52,520 --> 01:03:55,040
Speaker 1: that they got they got it moving in the right direction.

1079
01:03:55,480 --> 01:03:57,880
Speaker 1: But there's pressure on Roberts this year. You know, last

1080
01:03:57,960 --> 01:04:00,840
Speaker 1: year was a total honeymoon year. I mean that was like,

1081
01:04:02,120 --> 01:04:04,080
Speaker 1: you know, he could do no wrong last year because

1082
01:04:04,080 --> 01:04:07,720
Speaker 1: no one had any expectations whatsoever for the Jets. Different

1083
01:04:07,800 --> 01:04:11,520
Speaker 1: story this year. I mean, they gotta win. They gotta

1084
01:04:11,560 --> 01:04:14,760
Speaker 1: win more than four games. It's a better roster. The

1085
01:04:14,760 --> 01:04:17,640
Speaker 1: coaching staff is back. You know, they've got continuity and

1086
01:04:17,680 --> 01:04:20,800
Speaker 1: the coaching staff. The fans are tired of losing. It's

1087
01:04:20,840 --> 01:04:23,560
Speaker 1: eleven three years out of the playoffs. That's the longest

1088
01:04:23,600 --> 01:04:26,200
Speaker 1: act of drought in the NFL. So they have to

1089
01:04:26,200 --> 01:04:29,680
Speaker 1: show significant progress this year in my opinion, Otherwise you

1090
01:04:29,720 --> 01:04:31,760
Speaker 1: know there's going to be some heat on this coaching staff.

1091
01:04:32,440 --> 01:04:35,120
Speaker 1: Last one for me, Rich is what has been the

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01:04:35,240 --> 01:04:39,800
Speaker 1: response to the schedule, because, in a quirk that I

1093
01:04:40,040 --> 01:04:43,080
Speaker 1: don't know that I've ever seen before, they basically play

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01:04:43,160 --> 01:04:45,920
Speaker 1: the entire AFC North the first month of the season

1095
01:04:46,880 --> 01:04:49,240
Speaker 1: before they even play a division game, let alone any

1096
01:04:49,240 --> 01:04:54,080
Speaker 1: other opponent. And there's a couple of tough stretches in

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01:04:54,120 --> 01:04:56,880
Speaker 1: there that I don't need to expel out to you.

1098
01:04:57,000 --> 01:04:59,560
Speaker 1: But has anything been said of that quirk in the

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01:04:59,600 --> 01:05:01,920
Speaker 1: schedule at the front or the schedule at large for

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01:05:01,960 --> 01:05:05,680
Speaker 1: the Jets? Yeah, I mean it is quirk is a

1101
01:05:05,680 --> 01:05:10,440
Speaker 1: good word because you know AFT North, you know one, two, three, four,

1102
01:05:10,560 --> 01:05:13,360
Speaker 1: first four games, and the Ravens also had the same

1103
01:05:13,400 --> 01:05:16,200
Speaker 1: thing go in the opposite way against the AFC East.

1104
01:05:16,640 --> 01:05:18,840
Speaker 1: And I can tell you I believe that the first

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01:05:18,840 --> 01:05:22,400
Speaker 1: time that any team has had that with four straight

1106
01:05:22,480 --> 01:05:25,920
Speaker 1: non divisional games since two thousand and six, and I

1107
01:05:25,960 --> 01:05:29,200
Speaker 1: think that was New Orleans had that happened to them.

1108
01:05:29,840 --> 01:05:32,720
Speaker 1: So it doesn't happen that often. It's a tough start,

1109
01:05:32,840 --> 01:05:35,480
Speaker 1: you know, Baltimore, even though it's at home, that's going

1110
01:05:35,560 --> 01:05:37,240
Speaker 1: to be a really tough one for the Jets. And

1111
01:05:37,280 --> 01:05:40,040
Speaker 1: then they're at Cleveland and so obviously there's a big

1112
01:05:40,160 --> 01:05:42,640
Speaker 1: variable in that game. We don't know what DeShawn Watson's

1113
01:05:42,680 --> 01:05:44,920
Speaker 1: status is going to be. My hunches that he'll be

1114
01:05:44,960 --> 01:05:48,240
Speaker 1: suspended for that game, so the Jet catcher break. But

1115
01:05:48,320 --> 01:05:51,920
Speaker 1: you know, Cleveland still got a good team there. It's

1116
01:05:51,960 --> 01:05:55,240
Speaker 1: not just the quarterback and Cincinnati. Even though the Jet

1117
01:05:55,320 --> 01:05:58,360
Speaker 1: did deep Sincinnati last year to this day, I don't

1118
01:05:58,400 --> 01:06:02,480
Speaker 1: know how they did that, but you know, they got Somecinnati.

1119
01:06:02,680 --> 01:06:06,120
Speaker 1: And so it is a tough in Pittsburgh. You know,

1120
01:06:06,320 --> 01:06:09,440
Speaker 1: at at Pittsburgh that's always tough, regardless of who their

1121
01:06:09,520 --> 01:06:13,240
Speaker 1: quarterback is going to be. So yeah, it's really really hard.

1122
01:06:13,360 --> 01:06:15,720
Speaker 1: And no one has said it publicly, but I think

1123
01:06:15,760 --> 01:06:18,560
Speaker 1: privately the Jets were like, you know, what the heck

1124
01:06:18,640 --> 01:06:22,240
Speaker 1: is going on here? Rich, Thanks so much. It's great

1125
01:06:22,280 --> 01:06:24,480
Speaker 1: talking to you and appreciate you taking some time for us.

1126
01:06:25,240 --> 01:06:28,000
Speaker 1: Always a good time talking to you guys. Catch up

1127
01:06:28,000 --> 01:06:30,440
Speaker 1: with you down the road. Appreciate it. Yeah, enjoy your summer. Rich.

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Speaker 1: Thank good. All right, that's Rich. You meany ESPN Jets

1129
01:06:33,920 --> 01:06:36,360
Speaker 1: B reporter joining us here, And I mean that, I

1130
01:06:36,360 --> 01:06:38,800
Speaker 1: don't I don't think I've ever seen that before, Steve. Now,

1131
01:06:38,880 --> 01:06:42,280
Speaker 1: a team starts just run the gamut a Jets team,

1132
01:06:42,320 --> 01:06:46,280
Speaker 1: an AFC EA's team starts there twenty twenty two season

1133
01:06:46,360 --> 01:06:50,320
Speaker 1: by playing the entire AFC North Division front to back

1134
01:06:50,360 --> 01:06:52,560
Speaker 1: the first four weeks of the season, or any division

1135
01:06:52,600 --> 01:06:54,240
Speaker 1: front to back. You know, you always play one of

1136
01:06:54,280 --> 01:06:56,400
Speaker 1: the division, Like the build we're all playing the AFC

1137
01:06:56,480 --> 01:06:58,520
Speaker 1: East is all playing the AFC North this year, and

1138
01:06:58,600 --> 01:07:00,960
Speaker 1: you do it with an AFC North, and this year

1139
01:07:01,040 --> 01:07:05,720
Speaker 1: the Bills are also playing the uh what's the NFC

1140
01:07:05,760 --> 01:07:11,960
Speaker 1: the NFC North. So to play any division like four

1141
01:07:12,000 --> 01:07:16,520
Speaker 1: games in a row, that never happens, and and yet

1142
01:07:16,680 --> 01:07:22,120
Speaker 1: there it iss and the Yeah, I was unaware of Jets,

1143
01:07:22,800 --> 01:07:26,440
Speaker 1: but they have Jets, Dolphins, Patriots, Bills, the Ravens. So

1144
01:07:26,480 --> 01:07:29,040
Speaker 1: they play the entire AFC East the first four weeks,

1145
01:07:29,360 --> 01:07:34,960
Speaker 1: which is pretty crazy. Um, that's wild. It is you

1146
01:07:35,040 --> 01:07:39,360
Speaker 1: play a whole intraconference division in the first four weeks

1147
01:07:39,360 --> 01:07:41,000
Speaker 1: of the season. I mean, I guess it's good from

1148
01:07:41,000 --> 01:07:43,560
Speaker 1: the stand that's over and done with. But and that's

1149
01:07:43,600 --> 01:07:50,000
Speaker 1: for AFC games right out of the gate. And yes,

1150
01:07:50,360 --> 01:07:53,320
Speaker 1: Rich is right, it's probably no Deshaun Watson in week

1151
01:07:53,360 --> 01:07:59,560
Speaker 1: two because he's probably suspended. But you're playing Baltimore and

1152
01:07:59,560 --> 01:08:02,240
Speaker 1: the defense ending AFC champions in the first three weeks

1153
01:08:02,240 --> 01:08:04,360
Speaker 1: for a team that's trying to be on the come up.

1154
01:08:04,440 --> 01:08:08,040
Speaker 1: That that's a tough that's a tough opener there. Not

1155
01:08:08,080 --> 01:08:10,200
Speaker 1: to mention you're at Pittsburgh in Week four which is

1156
01:08:10,240 --> 01:08:12,520
Speaker 1: never easy, and I know the quarterback situation is different,

1157
01:08:12,520 --> 01:08:15,720
Speaker 1: but he played the Dolphins, then they got Packers at

1158
01:08:15,720 --> 01:08:19,080
Speaker 1: Green Bay and then Denver and Russell Wilson at Denver

1159
01:08:19,600 --> 01:08:22,920
Speaker 1: at mile high at the altitude, I mean, they're gonna

1160
01:08:22,920 --> 01:08:24,760
Speaker 1: have to rack up some wins at the end when

1161
01:08:24,760 --> 01:08:28,320
Speaker 1: they have Detroit, Jacksonville's Seattle and then they're at the

1162
01:08:28,320 --> 01:08:30,720
Speaker 1: Dolphins to close out the regular season. They got the

1163
01:08:30,760 --> 01:08:32,760
Speaker 1: Bears in there and the Vikings, So yeah, I mean

1164
01:08:32,800 --> 01:08:35,360
Speaker 1: they're gonna they hope, you know, they'll finish strong, perhaps,

1165
01:08:35,439 --> 01:08:37,360
Speaker 1: but it's not all that different from the Bills, you know,

1166
01:08:37,560 --> 01:08:39,240
Speaker 1: kind of tough at the front end and then it

1167
01:08:39,360 --> 01:08:43,679
Speaker 1: softens up on the backside at least. Yeah, historically speaking,

1168
01:08:43,680 --> 01:08:46,720
Speaker 1: it should look that way. But he's right, the Jets

1169
01:08:46,760 --> 01:08:51,000
Speaker 1: are gonna be better this year. And from a leadership's

1170
01:08:51,040 --> 01:08:55,120
Speaker 1: perspective and coaches I've seen coaches I've experienced, being a

1171
01:08:55,160 --> 01:08:57,680
Speaker 1: class half full guy like Robert sala Is is a

1172
01:08:57,720 --> 01:09:00,960
Speaker 1: way better way to go. If guys don't want to

1173
01:09:00,960 --> 01:09:03,160
Speaker 1: come to work in the morning. It's hard to get

1174
01:09:03,200 --> 01:09:05,680
Speaker 1: him to prepare to play well on a Sunday afternoon.

1175
01:09:06,760 --> 01:09:09,599
Speaker 1: And when I think when there's always something going on,

1176
01:09:09,760 --> 01:09:12,960
Speaker 1: something that's fighting against us. When there's something holding us back,

1177
01:09:15,479 --> 01:09:18,479
Speaker 1: it's it's tough to be positive about the results you expect.

1178
01:09:18,800 --> 01:09:20,920
Speaker 1: But when you come into work and everybody's working towards

1179
01:09:20,960 --> 01:09:23,160
Speaker 1: the same thing, and certainly there are obstacles in front

1180
01:09:23,200 --> 01:09:24,800
Speaker 1: of us, but we're climbing that mountain, you know what

1181
01:09:24,840 --> 01:09:27,120
Speaker 1: I mean. It's it's just different when there's something over

1182
01:09:27,200 --> 01:09:31,280
Speaker 1: you that you you know, you can't affect, meaning like

1183
01:09:31,479 --> 01:09:35,479
Speaker 1: bad luck or some you know, just whatever curse you

1184
01:09:35,520 --> 01:09:38,439
Speaker 1: can conjure up in your own consciousness, whatever thing that's

1185
01:09:38,479 --> 01:09:41,280
Speaker 1: out of your control that's keeping you from being successful,

1186
01:09:41,320 --> 01:09:43,799
Speaker 1: that you have no control over. That's a real downer.

1187
01:09:44,479 --> 01:09:46,360
Speaker 1: But when you got this mentality, you flip it the

1188
01:09:46,360 --> 01:09:48,559
Speaker 1: other way. Whatever obstacle there is, we're gonna we're gonna

1189
01:09:48,600 --> 01:09:51,479
Speaker 1: climb it. You know, that's a much better place to be.

1190
01:09:51,600 --> 01:09:54,639
Speaker 1: And Robert sala is opposed to Adam Gaze who before him,

1191
01:09:55,200 --> 01:09:58,240
Speaker 1: that's gotta be enough. That's gotta be a big breath

1192
01:09:58,240 --> 01:10:00,800
Speaker 1: of fresh air for that locker room. And I think

1193
01:10:00,840 --> 01:10:03,000
Speaker 1: it showed a little bit last year. No question, they

1194
01:10:03,000 --> 01:10:04,960
Speaker 1: played hard for him. I don't think that question about

1195
01:10:05,000 --> 01:10:08,599
Speaker 1: that that's that's the litmus test. Yeah. Another he mentioned

1196
01:10:08,640 --> 01:10:12,599
Speaker 1: the tight end Tyler Conklin, who they signed away from

1197
01:10:12,600 --> 01:10:17,360
Speaker 1: Minnesota as an underrated addition to their offense, because it's

1198
01:10:17,439 --> 01:10:19,639
Speaker 1: very clear to me they're going to use two tight

1199
01:10:19,720 --> 01:10:22,720
Speaker 1: end sets a good amount of time to help facilitate

1200
01:10:23,120 --> 01:10:27,080
Speaker 1: and improve Zach Wilson's completion percentage by giving them big

1201
01:10:27,080 --> 01:10:30,720
Speaker 1: targets and high efficiency throws inside the numbers. In the

1202
01:10:30,760 --> 01:10:33,960
Speaker 1: scope of their offense. But on defense, I would argue

1203
01:10:34,040 --> 01:10:37,320
Speaker 1: Jordan Whitehead, the safety they got from Tampa, is going

1204
01:10:37,400 --> 01:10:40,880
Speaker 1: to be a guy that has a calming effect on

1205
01:10:40,920 --> 01:10:43,400
Speaker 1: that secondary, knowing how young it is on the album.

1206
01:10:43,479 --> 01:10:48,880
Speaker 1: It's interesting Robert Sala with Whitehead, you said, and same

1207
01:10:48,920 --> 01:10:52,439
Speaker 1: thing with Sean McDermott and Micah Hi Jordan Poyer. Guys

1208
01:10:52,439 --> 01:10:57,080
Speaker 1: who are defensive coordinators who become head coaches tend to

1209
01:10:57,160 --> 01:11:00,840
Speaker 1: hire safeties, you know what I mean? Oh yeah, they

1210
01:11:00,960 --> 01:11:03,519
Speaker 1: tend to think, Man, those guys, I need somebody back

1211
01:11:03,560 --> 01:11:06,720
Speaker 1: there who can be my little safety net umbrella to

1212
01:11:06,800 --> 01:11:09,559
Speaker 1: make sure we're at least and I say at least,

1213
01:11:09,560 --> 01:11:14,880
Speaker 1: but at least lined upright. Interesting how that happens a

1214
01:11:14,920 --> 01:11:21,160
Speaker 1: lot with defensive guys, they have that position that they need,

1215
01:11:21,200 --> 01:11:23,400
Speaker 1: you know, offensive guys. Of course, it's quarterback and all

1216
01:11:23,479 --> 01:11:25,800
Speaker 1: out yeah yeah, yeah, and pass rusher and all of

1217
01:11:25,880 --> 01:11:29,280
Speaker 1: the primo positions. We always talk about corner wide, but

1218
01:11:30,120 --> 01:11:34,519
Speaker 1: defensive head coaches seem to grab safeties. I mean even

1219
01:11:34,600 --> 01:11:37,160
Speaker 1: you go you go back in Matt Patricia, he did

1220
01:11:37,160 --> 01:11:39,479
Speaker 1: it in Detroit when he took over in Detroit, got

1221
01:11:40,240 --> 01:11:43,120
Speaker 1: brought a safety in. You know the rams. They bring

1222
01:11:43,120 --> 01:11:46,320
Speaker 1: in Eric Weddle last year, that last of the eleventh hour. Yea,

1223
01:11:46,400 --> 01:11:48,560
Speaker 1: the second time. The second time they brought him in,

1224
01:11:48,760 --> 01:11:51,799
Speaker 1: brought him out of retirement the second time. It's uh,

1225
01:11:52,160 --> 01:11:55,599
Speaker 1: you know, Bill Belichick, he brought over Rodney Harrison after

1226
01:11:55,680 --> 01:11:57,960
Speaker 1: a great After Rodney Harrison put together a great career

1227
01:11:58,080 --> 01:12:02,320
Speaker 1: in San Diego for the Chargers, Belichick brought him over

1228
01:12:02,320 --> 01:12:04,200
Speaker 1: and he played for the Patriots for a long time.

1229
01:12:04,760 --> 01:12:06,960
Speaker 1: It's a it's an enormous I think it's an enormously

1230
01:12:07,000 --> 01:12:10,559
Speaker 1: important position that really defensive coordinators get their mind around,

1231
01:12:10,560 --> 01:12:15,280
Speaker 1: and they they they gravitate towards. So i'm um. I

1232
01:12:15,400 --> 01:12:18,880
Speaker 1: just thought it was interesting that Sala saw things a

1233
01:12:18,880 --> 01:12:20,360
Speaker 1: little bit the same way as a lot of other

1234
01:12:20,439 --> 01:12:22,920
Speaker 1: guys do I don't know if the Jets are going

1235
01:12:22,960 --> 01:12:25,920
Speaker 1: to be able to double their wind total from last year,

1236
01:12:25,960 --> 01:12:30,000
Speaker 1: which was four and thirteen. They might get to seven wins, though,

1237
01:12:30,680 --> 01:12:33,599
Speaker 1: um depends on how could they come through that first

1238
01:12:33,600 --> 01:12:36,120
Speaker 1: month of the season that we just outlined. But they

1239
01:12:36,160 --> 01:12:38,000
Speaker 1: have to run through the AFC North. I don't know

1240
01:12:38,000 --> 01:12:44,439
Speaker 1: what kind of defense they're gonna be able to put together. Um,

1241
01:12:44,479 --> 01:12:46,479
Speaker 1: the best I can get in my mind, if they

1242
01:12:46,479 --> 01:12:49,679
Speaker 1: could coming out of the first four weeks two and two,

1243
01:12:51,880 --> 01:12:54,240
Speaker 1: you know that, I'm let just say this, Let me

1244
01:12:54,240 --> 01:12:56,719
Speaker 1: just say this, and I'll say it, and I'm gonna

1245
01:12:56,760 --> 01:13:00,479
Speaker 1: I'm gonna be saying it all the way through. Bengals

1246
01:13:00,479 --> 01:13:02,960
Speaker 1: are not Bengals are not going to be the Bengals

1247
01:13:03,000 --> 01:13:04,760
Speaker 1: from a year ago. They're not going to be a

1248
01:13:04,760 --> 01:13:07,320
Speaker 1: super That's fine, you can say that. I mean, there's

1249
01:13:08,240 --> 01:13:11,240
Speaker 1: the brown team that scores points. Would you take the

1250
01:13:11,240 --> 01:13:16,160
Speaker 1: Browns and Jacoby Brissette over the Jets and Zach Wilson

1251
01:13:16,200 --> 01:13:21,840
Speaker 1: and Robert sala I just I worry about It's a

1252
01:13:22,000 --> 01:13:24,519
Speaker 1: it's a discussion. I worry about the Browns running game,

1253
01:13:24,640 --> 01:13:27,400
Speaker 1: just controlling the entire tempo of that football game and

1254
01:13:27,479 --> 01:13:29,200
Speaker 1: not really giving the Jets much of a chance, and

1255
01:13:29,240 --> 01:13:32,200
Speaker 1: then Myles Garrett and Jadevian Clowney off the edge have

1256
01:13:32,320 --> 01:13:35,880
Speaker 1: fun with that. I mean, maybe, yeah, maybe. I think

1257
01:13:35,920 --> 01:13:38,720
Speaker 1: a run game in a defense that the Browns can

1258
01:13:38,720 --> 01:13:41,040
Speaker 1: put on the field, even with brissettic quarterback, could be

1259
01:13:41,720 --> 01:13:44,200
Speaker 1: a problem. So you do do you think the Browns

1260
01:13:44,200 --> 01:13:46,840
Speaker 1: are going to handle them, not handle them, but do

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Speaker 1: enough to beat him, do enough to beat him? Right?

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Speaker 1: I don't know. We'll see, We'll see. I don't know

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Speaker 1: if the and the Browns might go. The Jets for me,

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01:13:57,120 --> 01:14:00,559
Speaker 1: are not quite the middle of the road team. I

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01:14:00,600 --> 01:14:03,120
Speaker 1: think they're just a shade under that. And that's why

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Speaker 1: I could see them being like six and eleven seven

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Speaker 1: somewhere in there. I'll say this, I think Robert Sala

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01:14:09,080 --> 01:14:10,800
Speaker 1: could push them. Oh. I like him as a coach.

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Speaker 1: I think he could coach they've had in years. I agree.

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Speaker 1: I think he could push them to the point where

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Speaker 1: they are a middle of the road team. I think

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Speaker 1: if I think he's one of those guys that's going

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01:14:21,439 --> 01:14:23,400
Speaker 1: to learn a lot from his first year as head coach.

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01:14:23,439 --> 01:14:25,320
Speaker 1: I think they're gonna come back and play a little better.

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01:14:25,320 --> 01:14:27,800
Speaker 1: And I think they may be a team that, like

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01:14:27,920 --> 01:14:31,240
Speaker 1: the Buffalo Bills under early days of Sean McDermott, they

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01:14:31,360 --> 01:14:33,439
Speaker 1: play a couple of games better than he thought they would,

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01:14:34,720 --> 01:14:37,880
Speaker 1: and he maximizes every spot on his roster a little

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01:14:37,880 --> 01:14:40,600
Speaker 1: bit better than people thought was possible. That's what I

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01:14:40,600 --> 01:14:43,280
Speaker 1: think about Robert Salo. So we'll see, but I think

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Speaker 1: those you're right. The first four weeks of that season,

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01:14:45,439 --> 01:14:47,559
Speaker 1: when they play the AFC North back to back to

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01:14:47,640 --> 01:14:53,040
Speaker 1: back to back, it's telling yeah, be a good measuring

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01:14:53,080 --> 01:14:55,320
Speaker 1: stick for them. We have to take a break here

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01:14:55,360 --> 01:14:57,920
Speaker 1: when Steve and I come back, a little NFL true

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Speaker 1: false will be coming your way here on One Live,

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Speaker 1: presented by Kalid to Health. It's Buffalo Bill's Radio. All right,

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01:15:15,520 --> 01:15:19,799
Speaker 1: welcome back to One Bills Live. Chris Brown, Steve Tasker

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01:15:19,960 --> 01:15:24,679
Speaker 1: with you, and time for a little NFL true false.

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01:15:24,720 --> 01:15:31,200
Speaker 1: Steve Kay Bye, Yancey's fancy New York's artisan cheat. I

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01:15:31,240 --> 01:15:34,840
Speaker 1: will make these calls. Here we go NFL true false.

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Speaker 1: Number one, The Broncos will end their six season playoff

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01:15:40,400 --> 01:15:47,519
Speaker 1: drought in twenty twenty two. That'd be false because I

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01:15:47,520 --> 01:15:50,960
Speaker 1: don't think it'd be good enough in that division to

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01:15:51,040 --> 01:15:53,599
Speaker 1: get in. I don't think there's gonna You're talking about

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01:15:53,960 --> 01:15:57,519
Speaker 1: the Raiders being and their their better team with Davante

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01:15:57,680 --> 01:16:01,160
Speaker 1: Adams and of course the Chiefs. The Chargers didn't get

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01:16:01,200 --> 01:16:05,519
Speaker 1: in and people were surprised by that last year. And

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01:16:05,560 --> 01:16:10,120
Speaker 1: they're really talented roster in LA and Denver's got some

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01:16:10,200 --> 01:16:12,799
Speaker 1: question or I know Russell Wilson gives them something a quarterback,

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01:16:12,840 --> 01:16:15,880
Speaker 1: but you know, I think they missed the window when

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01:16:15,920 --> 01:16:18,240
Speaker 1: they thought and all we need is a quarterback. And

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01:16:18,360 --> 01:16:20,760
Speaker 1: I think the roster is not what it was and

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01:16:20,920 --> 01:16:25,400
Speaker 1: is not good enough defensively, and I don't know that

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01:16:25,439 --> 01:16:28,040
Speaker 1: there's enough help offensively to give Russ Wilson and that

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Speaker 1: team to the playoffs. Five primetime games for the Denver

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Speaker 1: Broncos this year, Russ helps Man. People want to see that,

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01:16:35,200 --> 01:16:37,559
Speaker 1: did you? I wasn't aware of this week one for

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01:16:37,600 --> 01:16:44,200
Speaker 1: the Broncos at Seattle. Oh wow, that's a tasty morsel

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01:16:44,680 --> 01:16:49,280
Speaker 1: Monday night football. That is a tasty more. Who where

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01:16:49,280 --> 01:16:54,320
Speaker 1: I'm gonna be with my little fat one? Here is

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01:16:54,320 --> 01:16:57,360
Speaker 1: the Denver schedule. I'm gonna be sucking on a cigar

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01:16:57,520 --> 01:16:59,800
Speaker 1: on a veranda on that one. That here is the

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01:17:00,080 --> 01:17:03,400
Speaker 1: jumping off point for the Broncos schedule at Seattle that

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01:17:03,479 --> 01:17:09,599
Speaker 1: should be a win, then home against Houston, home against

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01:17:09,640 --> 01:17:14,200
Speaker 1: San Francisco on a Sunday night, and then at Las Vegas.

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01:17:14,400 --> 01:17:18,040
Speaker 1: That is the first month of the season. Yeah, they

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01:17:18,080 --> 01:17:24,360
Speaker 1: could come out of that three and one. They could. Yeah,

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01:17:24,439 --> 01:17:26,200
Speaker 1: they could also come out of their one and three

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01:17:26,280 --> 01:17:29,280
Speaker 1: two and who knows they're gonna be Seattle's a winnable game.

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01:17:29,360 --> 01:17:32,000
Speaker 1: Houston's game He's given San fran at home is a

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01:17:32,040 --> 01:17:34,400
Speaker 1: winnable game. They're gonna get off to a good start

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01:17:34,400 --> 01:17:38,680
Speaker 1: against San Francisco. I mean Seattle, no question, Houston, Um,

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01:17:41,080 --> 01:17:43,880
Speaker 1: I'm not giving them that game. I'm sorry. San Francisco

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01:17:43,960 --> 01:17:48,000
Speaker 1: is gonna beat their brains out. Are the Raiders? Wow?

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Speaker 1: I think Houston's the time. I just don't think the Broncos.

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01:17:53,520 --> 01:17:55,479
Speaker 1: I just don't think enough of them. Sorry. They have

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Speaker 1: a tough schedule too, Like, here's how their schedule ends,

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01:17:58,360 --> 01:18:03,519
Speaker 1: Steve so if they are not in playoff position by

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Speaker 1: week twelve, here's what they've got in their last six

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Speaker 1: games at Baltimore, Kansas City, Arizona, at the Rams, at

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01:18:16,600 --> 01:18:23,080
Speaker 1: the Chiefs home against the Chargers. Wolf. Just looking at

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01:18:23,120 --> 01:18:25,800
Speaker 1: their last six games of the season, I am going

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01:18:25,840 --> 01:18:28,320
Speaker 1: to agree with you and say false. They will not

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01:18:28,520 --> 01:18:32,439
Speaker 1: end their six season playoff traveling. That is a tough

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01:18:32,560 --> 01:18:37,120
Speaker 1: row to hoe at the end of the season. Mans Man,

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01:18:38,760 --> 01:18:45,280
Speaker 1: tough schedule. That's a tough one. NFL true falls Numero dos.

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Speaker 1: Jaguars are the top candidate to be this year's Bengals

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01:18:50,360 --> 01:18:54,599
Speaker 1: and reach the Super Who came up with this? Who

1340
01:18:54,720 --> 01:18:58,080
Speaker 1: is submitting these? It's not me? It's not me either.

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01:18:58,240 --> 01:19:00,880
Speaker 1: Jaguars are the top candidate to be this year's Bengals

1342
01:19:00,880 --> 01:19:03,280
Speaker 1: and reached the Super Bowl. I guess they're going off

1343
01:19:03,320 --> 01:19:08,200
Speaker 1: the second year Trevor Lawrence, second year Joe Burrow phenomenon.

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01:19:09,280 --> 01:19:11,360
Speaker 1: That's not happening. It would be a team in this

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01:19:11,520 --> 01:19:14,559
Speaker 1: kind of team out of the Cincinnati the playoffs after

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01:19:14,560 --> 01:19:16,439
Speaker 1: twenty twenty, I don't think they were out of the

1347
01:19:16,439 --> 01:19:19,000
Speaker 1: playoffs to the super Bowl. Who could go from out

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01:19:19,000 --> 01:19:22,080
Speaker 1: of the playoffs to the super Bowl? No, that would

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01:19:22,120 --> 01:19:24,479
Speaker 1: to me would be They're more likely to do that

1350
01:19:24,479 --> 01:19:26,880
Speaker 1: than the Jackuar. The Cults are more likely to do that.

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01:19:26,960 --> 01:19:29,000
Speaker 1: For sure. It'd be the Cults. But they were the

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01:19:29,080 --> 01:19:31,920
Speaker 1: eighth seed last year at the end of the regulars,

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01:19:32,120 --> 01:19:33,800
Speaker 1: at the end of the season after the Super Bowl,

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01:19:33,800 --> 01:19:36,560
Speaker 1: they were the eighth seed in the NFC. It was

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01:19:36,640 --> 01:19:43,960
Speaker 1: New Orleans. No, Um, yeah, I don't know. I would

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Speaker 1: say Cincinna Jackson. Look, no, I'm no, I'm gonna I'm

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01:19:49,400 --> 01:19:54,280
Speaker 1: going Look, you're right, the AFC is two stacked. They're

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01:19:54,320 --> 01:19:57,240
Speaker 1: just they're not ready to compete yet. I mean they

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01:19:57,320 --> 01:20:02,519
Speaker 1: might win six games, you know, maybe seven, but they're

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01:20:02,520 --> 01:20:05,240
Speaker 1: a lot like the Jets. Look, Doug Peterson's a good hire,

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01:20:05,880 --> 01:20:09,519
Speaker 1: but they're they're resetting the thing again down there with

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01:20:09,640 --> 01:20:14,160
Speaker 1: a new coach. Doug Peterson's the one that came in

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01:20:14,200 --> 01:20:18,160
Speaker 1: with a second year Carson Wentz and got that team

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01:20:18,160 --> 01:20:20,680
Speaker 1: to this well. Carson was playing like an MVP. They

1365
01:20:20,680 --> 01:20:22,679
Speaker 1: had it all role and that's when they got good.

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01:20:22,720 --> 01:20:24,760
Speaker 1: And you know, the Nick Foles drama and the big

1367
01:20:24,760 --> 01:20:26,519
Speaker 1: story happened, which you know, we're all going to see

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01:20:26,520 --> 01:20:30,920
Speaker 1: a movie in fifteen years about it. But so Doug

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01:20:30,960 --> 01:20:33,760
Speaker 1: Peterson is the guy to have that happen again and

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Speaker 1: be able to do it again. I don't know that

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01:20:37,280 --> 01:20:40,800
Speaker 1: he's got the roster for it. Yeah, and I don't

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Speaker 1: And yeah, I'm gonna say no. There are a couple

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01:20:45,600 --> 01:20:47,679
Speaker 1: other teams I would like better that come from out

1374
01:20:47,680 --> 01:20:49,880
Speaker 1: of the playoffs to the super Bowl. And I like

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01:20:50,000 --> 01:20:52,679
Speaker 1: Doug Peterson, I like Trevor Lawrence, and I think Travis

1376
01:20:52,680 --> 01:20:54,280
Speaker 1: etn could be a nice shot in the arm for

1377
01:20:54,320 --> 01:20:56,200
Speaker 1: them too. Out of him. Yeah, I've seen as how

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01:20:56,240 --> 01:21:01,240
Speaker 1: he didn't play a single snap. But the AFC is

1379
01:21:01,280 --> 01:21:05,120
Speaker 1: just so loaded. I just I don't see a way

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01:21:05,160 --> 01:21:09,120
Speaker 1: for them to get there the playoffs. Forget about the

1381
01:21:09,160 --> 01:21:15,120
Speaker 1: super Bowl, the super Bowl, super Bowl. They're just trying

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01:21:15,120 --> 01:21:17,080
Speaker 1: to win some games. Yeah, just trying to get out

1383
01:21:17,080 --> 01:21:19,280
Speaker 1: of their own way for a minute. But yeah, I

1384
01:21:19,720 --> 01:21:24,720
Speaker 1: like it. Um, but I like the Colts better. The

1385
01:21:24,800 --> 01:21:27,640
Speaker 1: Chargers are better. I like the Chargers better. You know,

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01:21:27,920 --> 01:21:31,479
Speaker 1: I like Cleveland better. Oh wow, you know now you're

1387
01:21:31,479 --> 01:21:33,720
Speaker 1: really out on that I do. You're jumping around there

1388
01:21:33,720 --> 01:21:39,200
Speaker 1: in the tree. I like Cleveland better. Okay, that's fine,

1389
01:21:40,479 --> 01:21:43,280
Speaker 1: that's fine. Oh I'm glad you think that's fine to

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01:21:43,360 --> 01:21:49,120
Speaker 1: your opinion. NFL true false Number three. With his recent

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01:21:49,280 --> 01:21:54,720
Speaker 1: injury history, Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson shouldn't practice until a

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01:21:54,800 --> 01:22:01,960
Speaker 1: new deal gets done. False. That's false, And I'll tell

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01:22:02,000 --> 01:22:08,160
Speaker 1: you why nobody hits in practice. Practices are not physically taxing.

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01:22:08,600 --> 01:22:11,320
Speaker 1: You're not making any kind of statement. You're getting to

1395
01:22:11,360 --> 01:22:15,680
Speaker 1: the point where you're you're doing yourself a disservice by

1396
01:22:15,720 --> 01:22:18,519
Speaker 1: not being prepared to play well even if you do

1397
01:22:18,720 --> 01:22:24,080
Speaker 1: or don't sign a contract. No practicing in this day

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01:22:24,080 --> 01:22:27,800
Speaker 1: and age isn't really And I get the sense from

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01:22:27,800 --> 01:22:31,400
Speaker 1: the question they're worried about injury and now if the

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Speaker 1: question is about forcing a deal to get done, that

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01:22:34,600 --> 01:22:38,439
Speaker 1: also goes against the rhetoric that both Lamar and the

1402
01:22:38,560 --> 01:22:42,000
Speaker 1: Ravens have been spouting all Obviously it's Lamar that is

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01:22:42,800 --> 01:22:45,559
Speaker 1: holding up the deal. He's like, I'll do it when

1404
01:22:45,560 --> 01:22:47,720
Speaker 1: I want to do it. And if he doesn't, if

1405
01:22:47,720 --> 01:22:49,240
Speaker 1: he wants to play it out and then go on

1406
01:22:49,240 --> 01:22:51,320
Speaker 1: a franchise tag or do all of that other stuff

1407
01:22:51,320 --> 01:22:53,240
Speaker 1: and push it to the very limit so that he

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01:22:53,280 --> 01:22:57,200
Speaker 1: can be a free agent quarterback, then no, he's keep

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01:22:57,240 --> 01:23:00,439
Speaker 1: practicing and play as well as he can play during

1410
01:23:00,479 --> 01:23:02,720
Speaker 1: that span. And he showed up for many camp and

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01:23:02,760 --> 01:23:05,040
Speaker 1: said he's going to be ready. Yeah, it's a mistake

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01:23:05,120 --> 01:23:07,720
Speaker 1: not to practice for him. I think he'll practice. I mean,

1413
01:23:08,120 --> 01:23:10,880
Speaker 1: could the freak injury happen, Yes, we saw it happened

1414
01:23:10,920 --> 01:23:13,880
Speaker 1: in Minnesota with Teddy Bridgewater non contact drops back to

1415
01:23:13,960 --> 01:23:17,519
Speaker 1: pass completely shreds his knee. Happened to Deshaun Watson and

1416
01:23:17,600 --> 01:23:21,760
Speaker 1: Houston his first year never been the same. So yeah,

1417
01:23:21,880 --> 01:23:24,519
Speaker 1: there is a risk. There's always a risk. I will

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01:23:24,600 --> 01:23:30,599
Speaker 1: say this. It hasn't been publicized much, but Lamar Jackson

1419
01:23:30,600 --> 01:23:33,360
Speaker 1: now weighs two hundred and twenty pounds. He's up fifteen

1420
01:23:33,439 --> 01:23:35,800
Speaker 1: pounds from his normal playing weight of two oh five.

1421
01:23:36,240 --> 01:23:39,240
Speaker 1: He's at two twenty, built up his body try to

1422
01:23:39,240 --> 01:23:41,959
Speaker 1: withstand more of the rigors of playing that position, especially

1423
01:23:41,960 --> 01:23:45,439
Speaker 1: as a running quarterback. So we'll see if it helps him.

1424
01:23:45,880 --> 01:23:48,960
Speaker 1: But sitting out practice until a deal gets done, first

1425
01:23:48,960 --> 01:23:51,120
Speaker 1: of all, I don't think it's in his nature. And

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01:23:51,200 --> 01:23:53,519
Speaker 1: second of all, as you pointed out, with the way

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01:23:53,520 --> 01:23:57,920
Speaker 1: he practices these days, the risk is relatively Yeah, the

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01:23:58,000 --> 01:24:00,840
Speaker 1: risk is minimal unless it's a non contact kind of

1429
01:24:00,840 --> 01:24:03,200
Speaker 1: thing like you mentioned with Teddy Bridgewater, that kind of stuff.

1430
01:24:03,240 --> 01:24:07,640
Speaker 1: So um, now practice making it because if if I

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01:24:07,720 --> 01:24:11,080
Speaker 1: think secretly, I don't know, I see really whatever, I

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01:24:11,080 --> 01:24:13,320
Speaker 1: don't know. If Lamar really wants to get a deal done,

1433
01:24:13,320 --> 01:24:16,200
Speaker 1: I think he might want to play his rookie contract

1434
01:24:16,280 --> 01:24:21,240
Speaker 1: out and force the league to force him to deal

1435
01:24:21,240 --> 01:24:23,000
Speaker 1: with him. I think he wants to win another MVP.

1436
01:24:23,880 --> 01:24:27,200
Speaker 1: Force the league to deal with him, or the Ravens

1437
01:24:27,240 --> 01:24:31,080
Speaker 1: to deal with him, or you know, acquiesce to his

1438
01:24:31,479 --> 01:24:33,840
Speaker 1: just he's gonna wait it out, and they just keep franchising.

1439
01:24:33,920 --> 01:24:37,200
Speaker 1: They franchise him. He's gonna be making He'll make forty

1440
01:24:37,240 --> 01:24:42,920
Speaker 1: million bucks a year guaranteed as soon as as soon

1441
01:24:42,920 --> 01:24:49,880
Speaker 1: as the league gear begins, right, maybe more than that. Well, yeah,

1442
01:24:49,960 --> 01:24:51,880
Speaker 1: whatever the top dollar is at that time. And some

1443
01:24:51,960 --> 01:24:54,720
Speaker 1: of these contracts are just get right a year or

1444
01:24:54,720 --> 01:24:58,480
Speaker 1: two years ago, right, So so it's gonna start ratcheting

1445
01:24:58,560 --> 01:25:04,240
Speaker 1: up higher and higher. So yeah, I I'm kind of

1446
01:25:04,280 --> 01:25:08,080
Speaker 1: on the boat with him, with Lamar, I'll do a

1447
01:25:08,120 --> 01:25:10,080
Speaker 1: deal when I'm ready to do a deal. I'm not

1448
01:25:10,120 --> 01:25:13,280
Speaker 1: going to sign six years of my life away in

1449
01:25:13,360 --> 01:25:16,519
Speaker 1: two years this deal is gonna be yeah, you know,

1450
01:25:17,000 --> 01:25:20,360
Speaker 1: So I'll just wait and then when this new CBA

1451
01:25:20,520 --> 01:25:22,800
Speaker 1: kicks or when the new TV deals kick in after

1452
01:25:22,840 --> 01:25:25,960
Speaker 1: the twenty is twenty twenty three seasons, over all of

1453
01:25:26,000 --> 01:25:32,520
Speaker 1: a sudden, it's you know, the salary caps gonna skyrocket.

1454
01:25:32,600 --> 01:25:35,280
Speaker 1: That's what I would do. I And it's easy for

1455
01:25:35,280 --> 01:25:37,439
Speaker 1: me to sit here with my you know, arms on

1456
01:25:37,640 --> 01:25:41,680
Speaker 1: firmly on the arms of my chair, saying yeah, I'd

1457
01:25:41,760 --> 01:25:44,519
Speaker 1: bet on myself because I don't have to, you know,

1458
01:25:44,560 --> 01:25:47,519
Speaker 1: I don't have to throw for forty seven hundred yards

1459
01:25:47,520 --> 01:25:51,280
Speaker 1: and fifty touchdowns and six interceptions. You know. But the

1460
01:25:51,320 --> 01:25:53,320
Speaker 1: answer to this is false. I mean he should practice.

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01:25:53,439 --> 01:25:55,439
Speaker 1: I don't think there's any questions, and I think he will.

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01:25:56,280 --> 01:25:59,559
Speaker 1: That is NFL True Falls, presented by Yancy's Fancy New

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01:25:59,600 --> 01:26:02,160
Speaker 1: York's and Cheese. We take a break here. When we

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01:26:02,240 --> 01:26:07,759
Speaker 1: come back, we outline the prognosis on another prominent NFL

1465
01:26:07,840 --> 01:26:11,519
Speaker 1: player with an ACL injury that happened three weeks after

1466
01:26:11,600 --> 01:26:15,080
Speaker 1: Trudevious White suffered his. Can we project at all what

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Speaker 1: it could mean for t White? We examine that next

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Speaker 1: here on one Bill's Line, presented by Kalota Health. It's

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Speaker 1: Buffalo Bill's Radio. All right, So there is a pretty

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Speaker 1: prominent player. As a matter of fact, he was franchised

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Speaker 1: by his current team who is coming off an ACL

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Speaker 1: injury suffered late last season, much like Trudavious White at

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Speaker 1: his Tampa Bay wide receiver Chris Godwin, who suffered his

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Speaker 1: torn ACL in Week fifteen last year, Trudevious suffered his

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Speaker 1: torn ACL in week twelve last season, so three weeks

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Speaker 1: prior to Chris Godwin's ACL tear, and the Bucks are

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Speaker 1: saying he is almost a lock to open training camp

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Speaker 1: on the active pup list, which is the less serious

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Speaker 1: of the two designations. You go to active pup that

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Speaker 1: means you can come and practice as soon as you

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Speaker 1: pass a physical and then you can be elevated to

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Speaker 1: the active roster and you're good to go. Reserve pup

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Speaker 1: means you're out until week seven is the earliest you

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Speaker 1: can begin practicing again. So, knowing this is the anticipated

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Speaker 1: prognosis for Chris Godwin, I realize every case is different, Steve,

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Speaker 1: but we're not doctors, so this is the only stuff

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Speaker 1: we have to go on. Do we think we can

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Speaker 1: infer anything about Tradevious White, knowing he is three weeks

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Speaker 1: ahead of where Godwin is, he's probably three weeks ahead

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Speaker 1: of where Godwin. Well done, doctors think about it. That's

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Speaker 1: three weeks deeper into training camp. Yeah. So so they're

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Speaker 1: saying active pup for Godwin not ready for the start

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Speaker 1: of training camp, right, but it means you gotta pass

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Speaker 1: would very well be yeah, and he could be ready

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Speaker 1: to pass a physical, right, So I think I think

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Speaker 1: that's very much on the positive side of Tredevi's not

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Speaker 1: about training camp. I'm talking about opening day of the season.

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Speaker 1: Seems almost a lock for me. I wonder though, that

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Speaker 1: he's going to be available. Yeah, if let's just say

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Speaker 1: Tredevious is good to go for the start of training camp.

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Speaker 1: Do we anticipate him being on a pitch count? Oh,

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Speaker 1: in training camp? Of course, as I think he will be. Yeah. Absolutely, Now,

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Speaker 1: training camp is not They're not two a day. They're not.

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Speaker 1: He's not gonna miss like nine practices or something, although

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Speaker 1: he miss might miss a couple. Um, he may start

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Speaker 1: a practice and go every other practice and then go

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Speaker 1: two practices miss one, two practice, miss one, then three

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Speaker 1: practices miss one, that kind of thing. I wonder if

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Speaker 1: they go, yeah, he'll be on a I wonder if

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Speaker 1: they keep him off team segments for like first two

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Speaker 1: or three days, you know what I mean, and then well, yeah,

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Speaker 1: work him into team portions of practice, but he only

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Speaker 1: gets a series. The question is this, is he on

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Speaker 1: the active roster of the eighty eight or ninety guys

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Speaker 1: that are there instead of the pup list. I believe

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Speaker 1: he will be, but I think we're looking at a

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Speaker 1: pitch count there, at least in the early going. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: hopefully all goes well from there. Steve and I back

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Speaker 1: tomorrow one. We'll see you then