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Speaker 1: as well, Maddie. Some NFL news and notes to start

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Speaker 1: I think that would intrigue some people, maybe even puzzle

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Speaker 1: some people. Um, defensive tackle, which I think a lot

433
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Speaker 1: of people thought might be a worthwhile choice there early

434
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Speaker 1: in the offseason, Probably not so much now, right with

435
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Speaker 1: what they've done in free agency with Daquan Jones and

436
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Speaker 1: Jordan Phillips and the kid from Washington whose name is

437
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Speaker 1: Kim Jim Settle. Thank you, that's why you're here, Maddie. Um,

438
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Speaker 1: it's probably less of a need now. So you let

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Speaker 1: us know at eight oh three five fifty fifty two

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Speaker 1: five fifty, which Bill's first round selection in this year's

441
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Speaker 1: draft would intrigue you the most in terms of, you know,

442
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Speaker 1: something you weren't expecting. For me, Maddie, it would be

443
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Speaker 1: the position that Charles Davis took, linebacker. That would intrigue

444
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Speaker 1: me greatly. I can understand the lodge there. I think

445
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Speaker 1: first round is pretty ambitious, but I understand the logic

446
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Speaker 1: in terms of this fact. We were just talking about

447
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Speaker 1: how it's going to be very hard next offseason for

448
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Speaker 1: the Bills to keep everyone. Yeah, because you've got it

449
00:26:16,840 --> 00:26:22,120
Speaker 1: comes a serious conversation, because you've got Tremaine Edmonds, Devin Singletary,

450
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Speaker 1: Dawson Knox are probably the three biggies, two of them

451
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Speaker 1: coming off their rookie contract. One coming off is fifty

452
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Speaker 1: year option. And now that the Dig's money has been

453
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Speaker 1: handed out, and now that the Josh Allen money has

454
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Speaker 1: been handed out, that's gobbling up a good portion of

455
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Speaker 1: the cap. What are you going to do? Not to

456
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Speaker 1: mention the fact that Jamison Crowder, who's only twenty eight

457
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Speaker 1: years old, is here on a one year deal. What

458
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Speaker 1: if he lights it up for ninety receptions for nine

459
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Speaker 1: hundred and fifty yards and seven touchdowns? Like now, he's

460
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Speaker 1: part of the conversation too, And as we were saying earlier,

461
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Speaker 1: there's just no way you can keep everybody. So are

462
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Speaker 1: the Bills perhaps looking a year down the line and

463
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Speaker 1: maybe getting a young player in the pipeline who may

464
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Speaker 1: not start this year but might be ready to do

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Speaker 1: that next year. And I'm curious. I'm going to ask

466
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Speaker 1: Charles when we get him on if that was his

467
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Speaker 1: thinking with that pick. There is there a position that

468
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Speaker 1: intrigues you? Or I was going to say linebacker, Yeah, linebacker,

469
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Speaker 1: We've seen a couple linebackers in these NFL mock drafts

470
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Speaker 1: that we've been tracking. I think there's only been two

471
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Speaker 1: mocked to the Bills at number twenty five in the

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Speaker 1: first round. Now, not talking about any mock drafts that

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Speaker 1: have come out today or yesterday, because we just released

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Speaker 1: one yesterday morning, so I'll track more of those in

475
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Speaker 1: and come out with one next week. But I think

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Speaker 1: there's only been two or three guys who've been mocked

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Speaker 1: to the Buffalo Bills that are linebackers in the first round,

478
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Speaker 1: which I thought was an intriguing position, Like, Okay, we

479
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Speaker 1: are not seeing this a lot, but now that the

480
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Speaker 1: Stefon Diggs money has been reported, it's kind of like

481
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Speaker 1: everybody can't get a piece of the pie. So what

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Speaker 1: is this roster going to look like next year or

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Speaker 1: in two years. Another position that we've seen a few

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Speaker 1: times as well, and a few times as of late

485
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Speaker 1: is running back, and Breece Hall has been a new

486
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Speaker 1: popular name for the Buffalo Bills as a running back

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Speaker 1: coming off the board at that number twenty five pick,

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Speaker 1: So I think that's a little bit interesting as well.

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Speaker 1: Those are two positions that I look at that would

490
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Speaker 1: be an intriguing position for sure. I think the Bills

491
00:28:38,560 --> 00:28:42,880
Speaker 1: do want to add a speed element to their offensive backfield.

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Speaker 1: Whether they choose to do that in round one, I

493
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Speaker 1: think remains to be seen. I think it would be

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Speaker 1: intriguing from a value perspective, because a lot of people

495
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Speaker 1: are of the opinion that, oh, you don't draft running

496
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Speaker 1: backs in round one, it's the most punishing position. You'll

497
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Speaker 1: never get your value back. I would say, on the

498
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Speaker 1: flip side of that argument, though, you do hold onto

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Speaker 1: that back for a fifth year. If you so choose

500
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Speaker 1: being a first round pick, you have the fifty year

501
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Speaker 1: option at your disposal, So maybe that is a hook.

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Speaker 1: We tend to see that as a hook more with quarterbacks.

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Speaker 1: You know, Lamar Jackson gets right. You know, the Ravens

504
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Speaker 1: trade up to pick thirty two, so they have the

505
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Speaker 1: fifty year option on Lamar if they want it. So, yeah,

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Speaker 1: I don't. I wouldn't put myself in. The running back

507
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Speaker 1: in round one is completely off limits to me. I

508
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Speaker 1: don't think I would be there. But if we're taking

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Speaker 1: a running back in round one, the guy better be

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Speaker 1: the starter come Week one in September, right, Yeah, I

511
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Speaker 1: mean he's got to be If you're going to spend

512
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Speaker 1: a first round pick on him, he's got to be

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Speaker 1: like the guy, YEA, like no committee, He's the guy.

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Speaker 1: Which is an interesting thing to even think about that

515
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Speaker 1: that could be a possible ability. Of course, he would

516
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Speaker 1: have to be the guy because he's the first round pick.

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Speaker 1: You're spending a first round pick on him, right, but

518
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Speaker 1: you have guys in the room already. Yep. Now, Breece

519
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Speaker 1: Hall is to do everything back. I don't think there's

520
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Speaker 1: any question about that. I mean, clock to four three

521
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Speaker 1: nine at the combine, fifty rushing touchdowns in three seasons. Yeah,

522
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Speaker 1: and he's got he's smooth out of the backfield too

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Speaker 1: to catch the football, and he's stout enough where he

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Speaker 1: can pick up blitzers and hold his ground. So he

525
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Speaker 1: is a complete package back. And I understand why he's

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Speaker 1: considered to be the most likely candidate to be the

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Speaker 1: first back off the board in the draft. So you'd

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Speaker 1: certainly be getting a quality player round one, though it's

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Speaker 1: I don't know, I don't know where I come down

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Speaker 1: on that, but that's what makes it intriguing. So I

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Speaker 1: think that's a good pick. So linebacker running back is

532
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Speaker 1: where Maddie and I are, Where are you on that spectrum?

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Speaker 1: You tell us which Bill's first round selection player or

534
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Speaker 1: position in this year's draft would intrigue you the most.

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Speaker 1: Eight three five fifty one eight eight five fifty two,

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Speaker 1: five fifty. We'll get to your phone calls after the

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Speaker 1: break and a little mock draft watch update as well.

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Speaker 1: That's coming your way next. Here on one Bills Live,

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Speaker 1: presented by Collid to Health, It's Buffalo Bills Radio. All right,

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Speaker 1: you tell us which Bill's first round selection player or

541
00:31:28,880 --> 00:31:32,360
Speaker 1: position and this year's NFL draft would intrigue you the most.

542
00:31:32,480 --> 00:31:35,280
Speaker 1: Eight oh three oh five fifty one eight eight eight

543
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Speaker 1: five fifty two, five fifty. Chris Brown, Mandy Glad here

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Speaker 1: with you until three p m. Charles Davis coming up

545
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Speaker 1: in the second hour of the show, and we go

546
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Speaker 1: to the phones now though, and leading us off here

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Speaker 1: today is Chuck in Hamburg. Chuck, what do you got

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Speaker 1: for us? You're on one Bills Live. Chuck You there, Yeah, Hello, Yeah,

549
00:31:55,080 --> 00:31:58,120
Speaker 1: you're on buddy. What do we got for us? For me?

550
00:31:58,240 --> 00:32:00,920
Speaker 1: I mean, the most intriguing place that we can go

551
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Speaker 1: in the draft is safety. Um, you know, we got

552
00:32:03,800 --> 00:32:05,560
Speaker 1: two guys that are up there in age you know,

553
00:32:05,560 --> 00:32:07,040
Speaker 1: as much as we love them, they're gonna have to

554
00:32:07,080 --> 00:32:10,400
Speaker 1: be replaced soon. I doubt that, you know, Kyle Hamilton

555
00:32:10,440 --> 00:32:13,720
Speaker 1: will be anywhere near us when it comes to where

556
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Speaker 1: we're picking in the draft. But I love Jikwan Brisker.

557
00:32:17,040 --> 00:32:20,280
Speaker 1: I'm a huge Penn State fan. He's definitely somebody to

558
00:32:20,360 --> 00:32:22,120
Speaker 1: keep an eye on. At least maybe in like the

559
00:32:22,160 --> 00:32:25,080
Speaker 1: back end of the first round, maybe we trade back

560
00:32:25,200 --> 00:32:27,920
Speaker 1: or something like that. I know Daxton Hills pretty high

561
00:32:28,000 --> 00:32:32,280
Speaker 1: ranking safety prospect as well. And who knows where this

562
00:32:32,280 --> 00:32:35,640
Speaker 1: thing is going to lead with player hiring Drew Rosenhouse, UM,

563
00:32:35,720 --> 00:32:38,880
Speaker 1: you know those tend to lead to um steep and

564
00:32:39,040 --> 00:32:42,920
Speaker 1: stern contract negotiations. So with us paying digs, you know,

565
00:32:43,000 --> 00:32:45,400
Speaker 1: there's only so much money to go around. Hang up

566
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Speaker 1: and listen, all right, Thanks for the call, Chuck. I

567
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Speaker 1: will say this. You know you talk about putting people

568
00:32:50,520 --> 00:32:53,200
Speaker 1: in the pipeline. The Bills have people in the pipeline.

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Speaker 1: It's safe. I know that Sean McDermott really likes Tamar

570
00:32:59,160 --> 00:33:01,440
Speaker 1: Hamlin had some lowing things to say about him at

571
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Speaker 1: the end of the year last year, and that was

572
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Speaker 1: as a rookie. UM. And then you also have a

573
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Speaker 1: former undrafted player that they signed as a rookie, Josh

574
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Speaker 1: Thomas from Appalachian State. They have said a lot of

575
00:33:13,120 --> 00:33:15,320
Speaker 1: great things about it. Like him a lot also, and

576
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Speaker 1: he's been on the practice squad each of the last

577
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Speaker 1: two years. So the cupboard, by no means is bare

578
00:33:21,360 --> 00:33:24,840
Speaker 1: behind Jordan Poyer and Micah had just tough because you

579
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Speaker 1: you're never gonna get an opportunity unless one of those

580
00:33:27,680 --> 00:33:30,400
Speaker 1: guys get hurt or at the end of a game

581
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Speaker 1: if the Bills are up by thirty points or something

582
00:33:32,880 --> 00:33:34,760
Speaker 1: like that. You don't because I'm see them too often

583
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Speaker 1: on the field. Nineteen twenty twenty one. Yeah, this is

584
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Speaker 1: Jaquon Johnson's fourth NFL season. He's at the end of

585
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Speaker 1: his rookie contract this year. He hadn't interception last year.

586
00:33:43,120 --> 00:33:48,440
Speaker 1: I want to say, yeah, he played, um didn't. Didn't

587
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Speaker 1: one of them miss his start last year? It was

588
00:33:50,880 --> 00:33:53,480
Speaker 1: Jordan Poyer missed one start last year, and I think

589
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Speaker 1: he started in his place. It was a Houston game,

590
00:33:56,200 --> 00:33:58,080
Speaker 1: That's what it was. That's where he got his interception

591
00:33:58,400 --> 00:34:03,880
Speaker 1: against Houston and Davis Mills. Week four, see the puzzle

592
00:34:03,880 --> 00:34:09,120
Speaker 1: pieces eventually come together. Week four seems like three years

593
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Speaker 1: ago from last season. So I guess my point is,

594
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Speaker 1: you know, while there are some talented kids in the draft,

595
00:34:15,680 --> 00:34:18,400
Speaker 1: no question, the Bills have people that have been on

596
00:34:18,440 --> 00:34:21,719
Speaker 1: the job in this scheme for the last two or

597
00:34:21,760 --> 00:34:26,080
Speaker 1: three seasons that are poised to step in and make

598
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Speaker 1: contributions if necessary, if God forbid. You know, hide Er

599
00:34:29,719 --> 00:34:31,960
Speaker 1: Poyer gets dinged up, can't play a game or two.

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Speaker 1: They have more than capable guys on the roster right now.

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Speaker 1: That's three guys that all are pretty darn good athletes,

602
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Speaker 1: and no of this system backwards and forwards, having been

603
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Speaker 1: immersed in it the last couple of years. So safety

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Speaker 1: is a good pick there, Chuck, But I'm not convinced

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Speaker 1: based on who they already have on the roster. Let's

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Speaker 1: go to Mark and Jersey City next. Wait, you got first, Mark,

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Speaker 1: How you doing, Chris Maddie, I would say, you guys

608
00:35:03,440 --> 00:35:08,880
Speaker 1: already touched on it. It's it is linebacker. Nobody's talking

609
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Speaker 1: about aj Klein. He he saved their bake in your

610
00:35:12,560 --> 00:35:14,840
Speaker 1: season before last once he got his feet wet in

611
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Speaker 1: that defense that Seattle game, a couple of the other games,

612
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Speaker 1: and then last year I know he missed a few

613
00:35:20,400 --> 00:35:24,080
Speaker 1: games because the C nineteen. But teams are going to

614
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Speaker 1: try to play keep away from them, particularly the ones

615
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Speaker 1: in the division. The Dolphins signed a fullback, they signed

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Speaker 1: a running back, and that scheme. They're just gonna try

617
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Speaker 1: to do all those crazy run run schemes that they

618
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Speaker 1: do from the forty nine ers. The Jets do the

619
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Speaker 1: same stuff. We know what the Patriots are gonna do.

620
00:35:43,640 --> 00:35:45,680
Speaker 1: They're gonna be more tight end heavy. They said they

621
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Speaker 1: want to return on their investment from those two guys

622
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Speaker 1: they signed last season. It's gonna be linebacker. They've both

623
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Speaker 1: missed games the last they're Milano missed games his whole

624
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Speaker 1: every season that he's played. Last season was the first

625
00:35:58,719 --> 00:36:03,080
Speaker 1: time with sixteen games. Still seventeen games. Edmunds missed a

626
00:36:03,200 --> 00:36:07,600
Speaker 1: game last year. He's a free agent that after this

627
00:36:07,800 --> 00:36:10,520
Speaker 1: they has to be linebacker, and that linebacker is going

628
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Speaker 1: to play because teams are going to try to play

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Speaker 1: keep away from them. All right. That's that's a good call, Mark,

630
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Speaker 1: and thanks for chiming in there. And you know, I

631
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Speaker 1: think the division point is a very good one because

632
00:36:21,680 --> 00:36:24,360
Speaker 1: the Bills are going to be playing three teams that

633
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Speaker 1: are gonna be running the football. The Jets are going

634
00:36:27,480 --> 00:36:30,480
Speaker 1: to do it to support Zach Wilson better than they

635
00:36:30,520 --> 00:36:33,640
Speaker 1: did last year. They've been signing offensive lineman in free

636
00:36:33,640 --> 00:36:38,040
Speaker 1: agency to do that. We know the Patriots need to

637
00:36:38,160 --> 00:36:41,160
Speaker 1: run the ball to make Mac Jones a more effective quarterback,

638
00:36:41,600 --> 00:36:44,920
Speaker 1: and they've got a steamroller in Romandre Stevenson, you know,

639
00:36:44,960 --> 00:36:47,600
Speaker 1: in a juke and a jive guy as well. Up there.

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Speaker 1: I'm I'm pretty sure that Miami's going to try to

641
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Speaker 1: institute the same run scheme that you know, Mike McDaniel

642
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Speaker 1: ran with Kyle Shanahan and San Francisco. I'll have to

643
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Speaker 1: look it up. I'm trying to remember the back they

644
00:37:04,920 --> 00:37:09,520
Speaker 1: signed in free agency as well. Was it David Johnson?

645
00:37:10,160 --> 00:37:12,680
Speaker 1: They signed David Johnson a free agency I think that's right.

646
00:37:12,800 --> 00:37:16,200
Speaker 1: Sounds familiar. I'll check it. I'll check the files and

647
00:37:16,239 --> 00:37:18,200
Speaker 1: see what I come up with. But I do remember

648
00:37:18,200 --> 00:37:22,880
Speaker 1: them signing a running back, so oh, Raheem Mostert, right,

649
00:37:22,920 --> 00:37:25,439
Speaker 1: who knows that system inside and out? Yes, having been

650
00:37:25,880 --> 00:37:28,200
Speaker 1: Chase Edmonds, That's who I was thinking, Chase Edmonds. They

651
00:37:28,239 --> 00:37:32,279
Speaker 1: signed Chase Edmonds and Raheem Mostert, so two guys that

652
00:37:32,719 --> 00:37:36,120
Speaker 1: they will use in that system undoubtedly. So yeah, I

653
00:37:36,160 --> 00:37:38,239
Speaker 1: mean the division you play in, there will be a

654
00:37:38,239 --> 00:37:41,080
Speaker 1: lot of running, so maybe there will be times where

655
00:37:41,120 --> 00:37:43,439
Speaker 1: instead of playing your nickel defense all the time, you'll

656
00:37:43,440 --> 00:37:46,000
Speaker 1: have to have a third linebacker out there. And as

657
00:37:46,040 --> 00:37:49,400
Speaker 1: Mark mentioned, no Aj Klein anymore. You know, the wily

658
00:37:49,520 --> 00:37:51,880
Speaker 1: veteran that you could just plug in whenever you needed him.

659
00:37:51,960 --> 00:37:55,560
Speaker 1: That's gone. And as we've mentioned, Tremayne Emma is in

660
00:37:55,560 --> 00:37:58,000
Speaker 1: the last year of his contract. Yeah, it'll be interesting

661
00:37:58,040 --> 00:38:02,799
Speaker 1: to see if the division makes the Buffalo Bills play

662
00:38:02,800 --> 00:38:05,720
Speaker 1: a little bit more for three rather than four two,

663
00:38:05,760 --> 00:38:08,320
Speaker 1: which is what they have normally been in the last

664
00:38:08,360 --> 00:38:11,400
Speaker 1: two seasons, going nickel heavy on defense. But yeah, if

665
00:38:11,440 --> 00:38:13,560
Speaker 1: you signed some good running backs within the division, you're

666
00:38:13,560 --> 00:38:15,439
Speaker 1: going to have to stop those running backs. I also

667
00:38:15,480 --> 00:38:19,640
Speaker 1: think the conversation around linebacker in the last five years

668
00:38:20,040 --> 00:38:23,080
Speaker 1: has really changed because of the NFL has become way

669
00:38:23,120 --> 00:38:26,000
Speaker 1: more pass heavy and linebackers are now asked to do

670
00:38:26,080 --> 00:38:28,440
Speaker 1: a lot more things rather than just stop the run.

671
00:38:28,560 --> 00:38:30,520
Speaker 1: They also have to be able to drop into coverage.

672
00:38:30,560 --> 00:38:33,160
Speaker 1: So the type, the type of linebacker you're looking for

673
00:38:33,320 --> 00:38:36,080
Speaker 1: has become a lot a lot more niche I would say,

674
00:38:36,719 --> 00:38:40,280
Speaker 1: with what you need is that available at number twenty five.

675
00:38:41,120 --> 00:38:43,479
Speaker 1: Would they even think about that at number twenty five.

676
00:38:44,000 --> 00:38:46,280
Speaker 1: I just talked to Charles Davis. We'll talk to him later.

677
00:38:46,360 --> 00:38:48,799
Speaker 1: He said there's good, good depth at linebacker in this

678
00:38:48,880 --> 00:38:52,200
Speaker 1: year's draft, so he sees that as possibly a day

679
00:38:52,200 --> 00:38:54,560
Speaker 1: to pick for a lot of teams because they're going

680
00:38:54,600 --> 00:38:58,399
Speaker 1: to be available on Day two. So I do think

681
00:38:58,560 --> 00:39:01,399
Speaker 1: linebacker is very intriguing position to talk about this year

682
00:39:01,480 --> 00:39:03,840
Speaker 1: and next year if the Bills don't address it in

683
00:39:03,880 --> 00:39:06,399
Speaker 1: the NFL Draft. Yeah, there's that other small school kid

684
00:39:06,400 --> 00:39:08,640
Speaker 1: that's getting a lot of buzz that plays linebacker, Troy

685
00:39:08,719 --> 00:39:13,040
Speaker 1: Anderson from Montana State. He's considered like a borderline second

686
00:39:13,160 --> 00:39:16,440
Speaker 1: third round pick. So even if the Bills don't go

687
00:39:16,520 --> 00:39:18,960
Speaker 1: that route in round one, there should be some other

688
00:39:19,000 --> 00:39:22,680
Speaker 1: options on Day two. For sure. I've seen some projections

689
00:39:22,680 --> 00:39:26,680
Speaker 1: where they're saying they're expecting about twelve linebackers to come

690
00:39:26,680 --> 00:39:29,319
Speaker 1: off the board in the first three rounds. That would

691
00:39:29,320 --> 00:39:32,960
Speaker 1: indicate decent depth, I would say, especially when you consider

692
00:39:33,400 --> 00:39:36,120
Speaker 1: how good the pass rushers are at the defensive end

693
00:39:36,160 --> 00:39:38,200
Speaker 1: position in this draft, which is deemed by most of

694
00:39:38,239 --> 00:39:41,400
Speaker 1: the draftnicks to be the deepest position in the entire draft.

695
00:39:42,080 --> 00:39:44,560
Speaker 1: Back to the phones though, and to David in Hamburg,

696
00:39:44,600 --> 00:39:47,520
Speaker 1: what do you got for us? David? Hey, how's it

697
00:39:47,560 --> 00:39:50,520
Speaker 1: going guys? Sort Of similar point to the last two

698
00:39:50,560 --> 00:39:55,200
Speaker 1: dollars here. I think probably linebacker and safety are definitely

699
00:39:55,239 --> 00:39:58,720
Speaker 1: the most intriguing, just given who's on the roster player

700
00:39:58,760 --> 00:40:01,920
Speaker 1: and Edmunds being in their last I guess a question

701
00:40:01,960 --> 00:40:03,440
Speaker 1: for you guys, and maybe this is a bit of

702
00:40:03,680 --> 00:40:06,400
Speaker 1: an armchair GM, you know, kind of missing football in

703
00:40:06,520 --> 00:40:10,040
Speaker 1: the April. But you know, if if they were looking

704
00:40:10,040 --> 00:40:12,600
Speaker 1: to trade player or Edmunds, say at the draft, what

705
00:40:12,960 --> 00:40:15,440
Speaker 1: do you think would be their market value? So if

706
00:40:15,440 --> 00:40:17,960
Speaker 1: they wanted to maybe move Admints and draft another linebacker

707
00:40:18,000 --> 00:40:22,719
Speaker 1: in the first if they picked one up, thanks, Yeah,

708
00:40:22,920 --> 00:40:26,280
Speaker 1: interesting point, It's an interesting thing to think about. Interesting scenario.

709
00:40:26,480 --> 00:40:31,560
Speaker 1: I don't see that happening, only because you are going

710
00:40:31,640 --> 00:40:34,399
Speaker 1: for the whole kitten kaboodle this year and you don't

711
00:40:34,440 --> 00:40:39,000
Speaker 1: help yourself by subtracting two starters, including a first team

712
00:40:39,000 --> 00:40:43,799
Speaker 1: All Pro, from your number one ranked defense. That's not

713
00:40:43,840 --> 00:40:46,880
Speaker 1: how you get to where you're trying to get. Yeah,

714
00:40:47,000 --> 00:40:49,640
Speaker 1: by subtracting them and then adding someone in the draft

715
00:40:49,719 --> 00:40:52,240
Speaker 1: that you're hoping is going to be able to capably

716
00:40:52,239 --> 00:40:54,959
Speaker 1: fill whatever hole you just created by moving them. Yeah,

717
00:40:55,080 --> 00:40:58,000
Speaker 1: that's more of I would say scenario of a team

718
00:40:58,040 --> 00:41:00,439
Speaker 1: who has some veterans that they could trade and they're

719
00:41:00,440 --> 00:41:03,879
Speaker 1: in a rebuilding situation, that that would totally make sense

720
00:41:03,880 --> 00:41:06,319
Speaker 1: for a team that's on a rebuild and wants more

721
00:41:06,360 --> 00:41:09,719
Speaker 1: first round picks, wants more second round picks or Day one,

722
00:41:09,800 --> 00:41:13,160
Speaker 1: Day two picks. But I think for this team, they're

723
00:41:13,200 --> 00:41:16,280
Speaker 1: going after the Super Bowl and you need everybody who's

724
00:41:16,360 --> 00:41:19,160
Speaker 1: familiar with the way that the defense and the offense

725
00:41:19,320 --> 00:41:21,360
Speaker 1: is played to be a part of this team. You

726
00:41:21,400 --> 00:41:24,719
Speaker 1: can't afford to be teaching ten different guys how the

727
00:41:24,800 --> 00:41:26,879
Speaker 1: defense is played. Yeah, it's at all hands on deck

728
00:41:26,960 --> 00:41:29,680
Speaker 1: situation this year. So if you have veteran performers that

729
00:41:29,719 --> 00:41:32,920
Speaker 1: are proven in this system, which Jordan Poyer and Tremaine

730
00:41:33,000 --> 00:41:37,560
Speaker 1: Edmunds undoubtedly are, you don't even give that idea a

731
00:41:37,640 --> 00:41:41,480
Speaker 1: second thought because the odds of you replacing those people

732
00:41:42,120 --> 00:41:46,399
Speaker 1: with players who are just as capable or even more

733
00:41:46,480 --> 00:41:49,920
Speaker 1: capable of making more plays. I don't like those odds

734
00:41:49,920 --> 00:41:53,279
Speaker 1: at all, especially knowing that in all likelihood they would

735
00:41:53,280 --> 00:41:57,320
Speaker 1: be new to this defense and all ten players around them.

736
00:41:57,440 --> 00:42:01,640
Speaker 1: That's a pretty tough thing to ask of a new

737
00:42:01,680 --> 00:42:03,560
Speaker 1: player to be just as good as the two guys

738
00:42:03,560 --> 00:42:06,160
Speaker 1: you just subtracted from the defense. So that's why I

739
00:42:06,239 --> 00:42:08,600
Speaker 1: don't see it happening. Break time for us here. When

740
00:42:08,600 --> 00:42:10,279
Speaker 1: Maddie and I come back, we'll get back to more

741
00:42:10,280 --> 00:42:14,319
Speaker 1: of your phone calls. Bruce and Buffalo. Is that Chris?

742
00:42:14,719 --> 00:42:16,680
Speaker 1: The name got cut off here? What do we have there?

743
00:42:17,280 --> 00:42:19,880
Speaker 1: Christine and Tonawana, Hang tight. We'll get to you guys

744
00:42:19,880 --> 00:42:22,560
Speaker 1: when we return here on One Bill's Live, presented by

745
00:42:22,640 --> 00:42:38,239
Speaker 1: Collota Health, It's Buffalo Bill's Radio. All right, welcome back

746
00:42:38,239 --> 00:42:40,480
Speaker 1: to One Bill's Live. You're gonna jump right back onto

747
00:42:40,480 --> 00:42:43,040
Speaker 1: the phones here as we're short on time in this segment,

748
00:42:43,040 --> 00:42:46,160
Speaker 1: which Bill's first round selection player or position and this

749
00:42:46,239 --> 00:42:49,960
Speaker 1: year's draft would intrigue you the most? And leading us

750
00:42:49,960 --> 00:42:52,440
Speaker 1: off here in this segment is Bruce and Buffalo. What

751
00:42:52,440 --> 00:42:55,160
Speaker 1: do you got first? Bruce? How are you doing? Guys?

752
00:42:55,160 --> 00:42:58,400
Speaker 1: Good to hear from you. Good glad you called. I

753
00:42:58,560 --> 00:43:01,719
Speaker 1: think of like being here. He's not gonna take anybody

754
00:43:01,719 --> 00:43:04,320
Speaker 1: at twenty five unless it's a value. He's not gonna

755
00:43:05,200 --> 00:43:07,239
Speaker 1: go for need instead of what the value of the

756
00:43:07,320 --> 00:43:09,879
Speaker 1: pick is. If I was him, I look back into

757
00:43:09,960 --> 00:43:14,879
Speaker 1: trading into the second round, I'd give Detroit or Jacksonville call.

758
00:43:15,480 --> 00:43:18,000
Speaker 1: I'd ask him for their second and their third round

759
00:43:18,000 --> 00:43:22,400
Speaker 1: picks first, and then with those within those next forty picks,

760
00:43:22,400 --> 00:43:25,920
Speaker 1: I'd make a pick of the linebacker Mamba wide receiver

761
00:43:26,120 --> 00:43:30,200
Speaker 1: sky More, and I'd go for running back Off Cooks,

762
00:43:30,200 --> 00:43:34,120
Speaker 1: the brother of Brandon Cooks. What do these guys think? Yeah,

763
00:43:34,280 --> 00:43:37,400
Speaker 1: none at all, figured out, Bruce. Yeah. The only the

764
00:43:37,440 --> 00:43:41,319
Speaker 1: only part of is James Cook is Dalvin Cook's brother.

765
00:43:41,840 --> 00:43:47,200
Speaker 1: He's not Brandon. Yeah, but uh yeah, I still gotta

766
00:43:47,200 --> 00:43:48,879
Speaker 1: I was telling Maddy during the break, I still gotta

767
00:43:48,920 --> 00:43:51,759
Speaker 1: do linebackers. I'm a little behind. Um. I do like

768
00:43:51,840 --> 00:43:55,000
Speaker 1: James Cook a lot, though He's an intriguing player and

769
00:43:55,040 --> 00:43:57,040
Speaker 1: a guy you don't have to spend a first round

770
00:43:57,040 --> 00:44:00,880
Speaker 1: pick on if you want to go that way. Be

771
00:44:01,000 --> 00:44:06,239
Speaker 1: interesting to see. I'm not convinced that Detroit or Jacksonville

772
00:44:06,360 --> 00:44:08,200
Speaker 1: would give up their pick at the top of round

773
00:44:08,200 --> 00:44:10,279
Speaker 1: two and their pick at the top of round three

774
00:44:10,400 --> 00:44:12,719
Speaker 1: for your one at twenty five. If you're picking in

775
00:44:12,800 --> 00:44:14,719
Speaker 1: the top fifteen, you might be able to get that

776
00:44:15,600 --> 00:44:18,200
Speaker 1: down at twenty five. I think it's probably a two

777
00:44:18,239 --> 00:44:22,920
Speaker 1: and a four at best, so knowing they pick so

778
00:44:23,040 --> 00:44:26,640
Speaker 1: high in each round, so I'm not convinced the two

779
00:44:26,640 --> 00:44:29,800
Speaker 1: and three is coming back your way. Sky Moore is

780
00:44:29,800 --> 00:44:35,719
Speaker 1: an interesting player as well. Yeah, I mean those are

781
00:44:35,800 --> 00:44:38,600
Speaker 1: positions you could see the Bills addressing linebacker, wide receiver,

782
00:44:38,719 --> 00:44:42,080
Speaker 1: running back. Yeah, it makes sense. And you better believe

783
00:44:42,120 --> 00:44:43,800
Speaker 1: that Brandon Bean is probably going to pick up the

784
00:44:43,800 --> 00:44:46,319
Speaker 1: phone in the first round and that he's probably gonna

785
00:44:46,360 --> 00:44:48,360
Speaker 1: make some calls in the first round, especially if he

786
00:44:48,360 --> 00:44:50,719
Speaker 1: doesn't like the value that's coming down the board. Yeah.

787
00:44:50,719 --> 00:44:53,320
Speaker 1: I mean he's five picks away and he sees maybe

788
00:44:53,560 --> 00:44:56,480
Speaker 1: maybe one guy that he likes, and there's still four

789
00:44:56,480 --> 00:44:58,560
Speaker 1: picks before he's on the clock. Yes, he will be

790
00:44:58,560 --> 00:45:01,080
Speaker 1: on the phone looking at They grade all their players

791
00:45:01,080 --> 00:45:04,320
Speaker 1: then they have first round grades on x amount of players,

792
00:45:04,400 --> 00:45:06,640
Speaker 1: second round grades on x amount of players. So if

793
00:45:06,640 --> 00:45:09,600
Speaker 1: there's nobody left that's a first round grade on their board,

794
00:45:09,960 --> 00:45:12,320
Speaker 1: they'll probably try and trade out of the first round.

795
00:45:13,520 --> 00:45:18,040
Speaker 1: I think it was Gabriel Davis when they drafted Gabe Davis,

796
00:45:18,640 --> 00:45:21,040
Speaker 1: Brandon Bean talked about after he was drafted that he

797
00:45:21,160 --> 00:45:24,040
Speaker 1: was somebody who was sticking out on their board that

798
00:45:24,200 --> 00:45:26,799
Speaker 1: was still maybe a second round grade. I think he

799
00:45:26,880 --> 00:45:30,520
Speaker 1: said something like that. Um so if there's players that

800
00:45:30,560 --> 00:45:33,400
Speaker 1: are hanging out that are are up there and still available,

801
00:45:33,440 --> 00:45:36,319
Speaker 1: they're gonna grab them. If there's not anybody available, you

802
00:45:36,400 --> 00:45:37,920
Speaker 1: better believe they're going to try and get some more

803
00:45:38,000 --> 00:45:41,120
Speaker 1: draft picks for it. Yeah, let's go to Christian in

804
00:45:41,239 --> 00:45:45,560
Speaker 1: Tonawanda quickly, quickly, Christian, what do you got for us? Hey?

805
00:45:45,800 --> 00:45:48,520
Speaker 1: I think at twenty five i'd like to see him

806
00:45:48,560 --> 00:45:52,920
Speaker 1: draft Christian Watson. Okay, it's not the definitely not a need,

807
00:45:53,000 --> 00:45:55,320
Speaker 1: but I mean I think he'll be the best player

808
00:45:55,320 --> 00:45:58,200
Speaker 1: that could impact the Bills for next year. I mean,

809
00:45:58,239 --> 00:46:01,239
Speaker 1: he played, he played inside outside I did at North

810
00:46:01,280 --> 00:46:06,040
Speaker 1: Dakota stating also pun return and you know Molde. He's

811
00:46:06,040 --> 00:46:08,520
Speaker 1: an aggressive player. That's him to block as well. I mean,

812
00:46:08,560 --> 00:46:11,520
Speaker 1: I think that would be the next year out of

813
00:46:11,640 --> 00:46:15,640
Speaker 1: at the twenty five picks there, Yeah, um there, like

814
00:46:15,680 --> 00:46:19,080
Speaker 1: to see what you think up, Yeah, Christian, Christian picking

815
00:46:19,120 --> 00:46:22,400
Speaker 1: a prospect named Christian? Was that by accident or I'm wondering?

816
00:46:22,440 --> 00:46:25,440
Speaker 1: But yeah, no, I mean, and he's got an interesting

817
00:46:25,480 --> 00:46:30,200
Speaker 1: skill set. There is the FCS. You know competition. Steve

818
00:46:30,239 --> 00:46:33,680
Speaker 1: often joked that, yeah, Christian Watson has all these giant stats,

819
00:46:33,680 --> 00:46:36,400
Speaker 1: but he was playing against dental students. Um. I think

820
00:46:36,480 --> 00:46:39,319
Speaker 1: that's a little bit of an extreme comment by Steve.

821
00:46:39,640 --> 00:46:44,280
Speaker 1: That was a little extreme. You do that, it's probably unfair, um,

822
00:46:44,400 --> 00:46:47,799
Speaker 1: but it was funny. Uh. In any event, you know,

823
00:46:47,880 --> 00:46:50,760
Speaker 1: I think Watson's game does translate well to the NFL,

824
00:46:50,840 --> 00:46:52,720
Speaker 1: and he's going to probably be a high pick because

825
00:46:52,719 --> 00:46:54,359
Speaker 1: of it. Is he a first round pick? There are

826
00:46:54,360 --> 00:46:56,399
Speaker 1: some people that are debating whether he's a late first

827
00:46:56,480 --> 00:47:00,200
Speaker 1: or an early two. He tested off the charts. I mean,

828
00:47:00,200 --> 00:47:03,000
Speaker 1: he's a six four six little over six four, two

829
00:47:03,080 --> 00:47:06,240
Speaker 1: hundred eight pounds. He's got ten and one eighth inch hands.

830
00:47:06,360 --> 00:47:09,160
Speaker 1: Those will wrap around of football pretty nicely. And he

831
00:47:09,239 --> 00:47:11,239
Speaker 1: ran a four three six as Matty said, thirty eight

832
00:47:11,239 --> 00:47:13,879
Speaker 1: and a half inch vertical, eleven four on the broad jump.

833
00:47:14,600 --> 00:47:18,439
Speaker 1: Those all were good. So yeah, I mean, you could

834
00:47:18,440 --> 00:47:20,680
Speaker 1: see the team taking a receiver in this draft. You

835
00:47:20,680 --> 00:47:22,560
Speaker 1: could see the team taking a running back somewhere in

836
00:47:22,600 --> 00:47:24,600
Speaker 1: this draft. You could see the team probably taking a

837
00:47:24,680 --> 00:47:28,320
Speaker 1: linebacker somewhere in the draft. The question is when and where,

838
00:47:28,960 --> 00:47:32,160
Speaker 1: which round? Who's coming first? You know all of that

839
00:47:32,160 --> 00:47:36,080
Speaker 1: stuff conce so many different positions on so many different

840
00:47:36,080 --> 00:47:39,200
Speaker 1: places at this point. Yeah, Oh, you can talk yourself

841
00:47:39,200 --> 00:47:41,919
Speaker 1: into anything, which is what makes which is what makes

842
00:47:41,960 --> 00:47:44,799
Speaker 1: the draft so intriguing to begin with and why people

843
00:47:44,840 --> 00:47:47,040
Speaker 1: talk about it for about three months after the football

844
00:47:47,080 --> 00:47:50,040
Speaker 1: season is over. We have to take a break here,

845
00:47:50,520 --> 00:47:53,160
Speaker 1: but when we come back, we're going to be joined

846
00:47:53,200 --> 00:47:57,160
Speaker 1: by the NFL on CBS n NFL Network Draft Analyst

847
00:47:57,320 --> 00:48:00,160
Speaker 1: Charles Davis. He will be joining us for our where

848
00:48:00,239 --> 00:48:02,480
Speaker 1: Number two has got his mock draft out. We'll talk

849
00:48:02,520 --> 00:48:05,120
Speaker 1: to him about that and some of the strategies the

850
00:48:05,160 --> 00:48:07,880
Speaker 1: Bills may want to employ at pick twenty five and beyond.

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Speaker 1: Next Here on One Bills Live, presented by Kalid to Health,

852
00:48:10,360 --> 00:48:31,239
Speaker 1: It's Buffalo Bills Radio at a Steve Tasker who has

853
00:48:31,280 --> 00:48:33,640
Speaker 1: been all over the fields. Kind of unique. He was

854
00:48:33,680 --> 00:48:37,400
Speaker 1: kind of a dual role player for you, Steve, Steve

855
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Speaker 1: a blimp. We're not even in the strategyere of normalcy,

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Speaker 1: all right, Welcome to our number two, Chris Brown Anti

857
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Speaker 1: glad with you. One Bills Live is the show and

858
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Speaker 1: please to be joined here for the second hour of

859
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Speaker 1: the program by NFL Network Draft analyst NFL on CBS

860
00:48:57,840 --> 00:49:03,360
Speaker 1: color analyst Madden NFL commentator. Yeah, it's one Charles Davis

861
00:49:03,440 --> 00:49:08,280
Speaker 1: joining us, and tis the season to do mock drafts. Charles,

862
00:49:09,120 --> 00:49:12,520
Speaker 1: and you've and you've submitted one which can be found

863
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Speaker 1: for those of you wondering at NFL dot com, and

864
00:49:15,800 --> 00:49:19,520
Speaker 1: I guess for our eager Bills fan listeners. We will

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Speaker 1: begin with your pick at twenty five and you go

866
00:49:23,840 --> 00:49:27,880
Speaker 1: wide receiver. Tell us the choice and the reasons behind it,

867
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Speaker 1: if you could, sir, certainly you know when I did it.

868
00:49:31,480 --> 00:49:34,560
Speaker 1: I went with Jamison Williams, wide receiver from Alabama, who

869
00:49:34,600 --> 00:49:37,360
Speaker 1: I think is the best receiver in the draft, but

870
00:49:37,480 --> 00:49:40,160
Speaker 1: coming off of a knee injury in the National Championship Game,

871
00:49:40,719 --> 00:49:44,799
Speaker 1: I dropped him down in my mock draft. Well, what's

872
00:49:44,840 --> 00:49:47,960
Speaker 1: interesting is that mock draft dropped what Tuesday I think

873
00:49:47,960 --> 00:49:51,600
Speaker 1: of this week, and here we are on Thursday. I

874
00:49:51,719 --> 00:49:55,000
Speaker 1: heard from a number of NFL people already who said, hey, man,

875
00:49:56,080 --> 00:49:59,080
Speaker 1: he's a head of schedule on his rehab. He's not

876
00:49:59,120 --> 00:50:02,279
Speaker 1: getting a twenty five. But it was a very interesting deal.

877
00:50:02,520 --> 00:50:04,719
Speaker 1: The right out of the gate, I was told that

878
00:50:04,800 --> 00:50:07,800
Speaker 1: my choice was wrong for that reason, but they liked

879
00:50:07,920 --> 00:50:09,759
Speaker 1: where you know a few people liked where I was

880
00:50:09,800 --> 00:50:13,040
Speaker 1: going with it. You already have a strength at wide receiver. Look,

881
00:50:13,040 --> 00:50:16,200
Speaker 1: you just resigned Stefon Diggs. That's a huge deal. Gabriel

882
00:50:16,320 --> 00:50:19,160
Speaker 1: Davis was a revelation in the playoffs last year. Although

883
00:50:19,400 --> 00:50:21,759
Speaker 1: you guys knew he was good already, but the rest

884
00:50:21,840 --> 00:50:24,240
Speaker 1: of the world got to see it up. Closing personal

885
00:50:24,239 --> 00:50:26,720
Speaker 1: in that Kansas City game, the picking up of Jamison

886
00:50:26,760 --> 00:50:30,680
Speaker 1: Crowder to be your slot receiver. Isaiah McKenzie's performance against

887
00:50:30,680 --> 00:50:33,080
Speaker 1: New England in the regular season last year has not

888
00:50:33,200 --> 00:50:37,239
Speaker 1: been forgotten, and the emergence of Dawson Knox. But sometimes

889
00:50:37,239 --> 00:50:40,880
Speaker 1: you take a strength and make it even stronger and

890
00:50:40,960 --> 00:50:44,120
Speaker 1: make everyone chase you, which is something Kansas City has

891
00:50:44,120 --> 00:50:45,920
Speaker 1: done for a while now. It's kind of top of

892
00:50:45,960 --> 00:50:48,840
Speaker 1: the food chain in the AFC. This would give Buffalo

893
00:50:48,880 --> 00:50:50,520
Speaker 1: a chance to do that. That's one of the reasons

894
00:50:50,560 --> 00:50:53,240
Speaker 1: I went with Jamison Williams. So if James and Williams

895
00:50:53,360 --> 00:50:56,520
Speaker 1: is not available at number twenty five, a popular position,

896
00:50:56,880 --> 00:50:59,120
Speaker 1: at least in the mock drafts that we have been tracking,

897
00:50:59,120 --> 00:51:01,719
Speaker 1: have been corner back for the Buffalo Bills in the

898
00:51:01,800 --> 00:51:05,080
Speaker 1: first round. Convince us why cornerback could make sense for

899
00:51:05,120 --> 00:51:08,120
Speaker 1: Buffalo at number twenty five and if guys are even

900
00:51:08,120 --> 00:51:12,040
Speaker 1: going to be available that late in the first round, Maddie,

901
00:51:12,080 --> 00:51:15,759
Speaker 1: I think that's it won't take much convincing because when

902
00:51:15,760 --> 00:51:19,680
Speaker 1: you look at your cornerback roster in depth, tell me

903
00:51:19,719 --> 00:51:23,520
Speaker 1: if I'm wrong here, right, because you lost a young

904
00:51:23,560 --> 00:51:26,840
Speaker 1: man out of album named Levi Wallace, who I always

905
00:51:26,840 --> 00:51:29,000
Speaker 1: just always thought. And I had this conversation with Brandon

906
00:51:29,040 --> 00:51:32,560
Speaker 1: being your GM, and Brandon said it perfectly because I

907
00:51:32,560 --> 00:51:34,799
Speaker 1: always said, I don't know about his gifts, but he

908
00:51:34,840 --> 00:51:37,760
Speaker 1: plays well, and he said, yeah, he's a better eleven

909
00:51:37,800 --> 00:51:40,200
Speaker 1: on eleven player than one on one player, which means

910
00:51:40,280 --> 00:51:43,279
Speaker 1: within a team concept, etc. He plays pretty darn well. Well,

911
00:51:43,280 --> 00:51:46,680
Speaker 1: he's no longer there is. Dan Jackson really stamped that

912
00:51:46,760 --> 00:51:49,880
Speaker 1: corner position. You're trying to get Trdavious White back to

913
00:51:49,960 --> 00:51:52,400
Speaker 1: being Trdavious White coming off the injury last year. I

914
00:51:52,440 --> 00:51:55,200
Speaker 1: believe that happened around Thanksgiving. So when you put it

915
00:51:55,239 --> 00:51:58,759
Speaker 1: all together, you're still looking for those lockdown corners in

916
00:51:58,800 --> 00:52:00,840
Speaker 1: the division. Now, that just changed a little bit with

917
00:52:00,880 --> 00:52:03,800
Speaker 1: Tyreek Hill going to Miami unless he, if two, is

918
00:52:03,800 --> 00:52:06,600
Speaker 1: gonna unleash him. Zach Wilson trying to get his legs

919
00:52:06,960 --> 00:52:10,799
Speaker 1: underneath him in New York and throw the football. And

920
00:52:10,840 --> 00:52:12,840
Speaker 1: don't be surprised, guys if the Jets go for a

921
00:52:12,840 --> 00:52:15,479
Speaker 1: wide receiver one of their two first round picks. So

922
00:52:15,640 --> 00:52:17,560
Speaker 1: when you put it all together and everyone's trying to

923
00:52:17,560 --> 00:52:20,680
Speaker 1: figure it all out, absolutely so, who could be there

924
00:52:20,680 --> 00:52:23,719
Speaker 1: at that point, Mattie, you asked that question. There are

925
00:52:23,760 --> 00:52:26,400
Speaker 1: two corners at the University of Washington, Trent McDuffie and

926
00:52:26,520 --> 00:52:30,040
Speaker 1: Kyler Gordon. Most people have Trent mcduffey rated higher. I

927
00:52:30,120 --> 00:52:33,240
Speaker 1: have him going higher in the teens in my mock draft.

928
00:52:34,120 --> 00:52:37,520
Speaker 1: Kyler Gordon could be that guy that pops up late

929
00:52:37,560 --> 00:52:40,200
Speaker 1: in the first round and becomes a first round pick

930
00:52:40,239 --> 00:52:43,600
Speaker 1: playing on the corner. Kayer Elam from the University of

931
00:52:43,640 --> 00:52:46,920
Speaker 1: Florida could be a guy around that range. Roger McCreary

932
00:52:47,000 --> 00:52:49,920
Speaker 1: corner from Auburn could be in that range. All of

933
00:52:50,000 --> 00:52:53,880
Speaker 1: them possible, all of them available at that time frame,

934
00:52:54,160 --> 00:52:57,240
Speaker 1: and it makes absolute sense because you need some depth

935
00:52:57,360 --> 00:53:00,880
Speaker 1: and you're still looking probably for a starter on one

936
00:53:00,920 --> 00:53:03,200
Speaker 1: of the corners here in Buffalo. What do you think,

937
00:53:03,680 --> 00:53:06,600
Speaker 1: Charles about the Andrew Booth kid out of Clemson I mean,

938
00:53:06,640 --> 00:53:08,840
Speaker 1: he's a guy that, at least from what I understand,

939
00:53:08,840 --> 00:53:11,880
Speaker 1: had to get some sports herne a surgery and so

940
00:53:12,080 --> 00:53:15,440
Speaker 1: he hasn't really tested. He's expected to be recovered by

941
00:53:15,520 --> 00:53:19,520
Speaker 1: training camp. Um. You know, you you mentioned how Jamison

942
00:53:19,560 --> 00:53:22,279
Speaker 1: Williams apparently his status is going to be unaffected by

943
00:53:22,280 --> 00:53:25,000
Speaker 1: his ACL This is an injury that I think most

944
00:53:25,040 --> 00:53:29,200
Speaker 1: would deem even less serious than that. Do you see

945
00:53:29,280 --> 00:53:32,160
Speaker 1: him still on the board in the mid to late twenties.

946
00:53:33,040 --> 00:53:35,920
Speaker 1: It's a possibility, Chris. I've got him going in my

947
00:53:35,920 --> 00:53:38,080
Speaker 1: mock draft. And as we all know, mock drafts are

948
00:53:38,080 --> 00:53:40,920
Speaker 1: not exactly be all end dolls. Right. What's what's our

949
00:53:40,960 --> 00:53:44,160
Speaker 1: famous expression about mock drafts when you prep, when you

950
00:53:44,160 --> 00:53:47,200
Speaker 1: put out a mock draft, prepared to be mocked, Okay,

951
00:53:47,280 --> 00:53:49,799
Speaker 1: because that's what's going to happen to you, right, And

952
00:53:49,960 --> 00:53:52,759
Speaker 1: that's that's just the hazards of the business. We understand that.

953
00:53:53,000 --> 00:53:55,000
Speaker 1: But I don't you know, in my mock draft, I've

954
00:53:55,000 --> 00:53:58,000
Speaker 1: got him going to Philadelphia, Okay, And that's a little

955
00:53:58,000 --> 00:54:00,480
Speaker 1: bit earlier again in the teens. The he's not got

956
00:54:00,560 --> 00:54:04,040
Speaker 1: him going there is They've got Darry Slay as there

957
00:54:04,239 --> 00:54:07,279
Speaker 1: as their CB one they're looking for a CB two

958
00:54:07,600 --> 00:54:10,040
Speaker 1: and they play a comezone with Jonathan Gannon as their

959
00:54:10,120 --> 00:54:13,200
Speaker 1: defensive coordinator. If you flip on the tape with Andrew

960
00:54:13,239 --> 00:54:15,480
Speaker 1: Booth and watch how he plays, there's a lot of

961
00:54:15,480 --> 00:54:18,560
Speaker 1: what we call bail technique side saddle, looking back in

962
00:54:18,640 --> 00:54:21,160
Speaker 1: at the quarterback. A lot of his own coverage, has

963
00:54:21,160 --> 00:54:23,200
Speaker 1: some toughness. They'll come up and tackle you. He'll do

964
00:54:23,239 --> 00:54:25,520
Speaker 1: all things you're looking for. That's why I had him

965
00:54:25,520 --> 00:54:28,239
Speaker 1: going into teams. But to your question specifically, does that

966
00:54:28,280 --> 00:54:30,960
Speaker 1: mean he's not available, No, not at all. Depends on

967
00:54:31,000 --> 00:54:33,840
Speaker 1: the flavor, depends on what run we get during the draft.

968
00:54:34,160 --> 00:54:37,000
Speaker 1: There maybe some guys that emerge that we so called

969
00:54:37,040 --> 00:54:40,520
Speaker 1: analysts don't have rated as highly. And how come every year,

970
00:54:41,040 --> 00:54:44,520
Speaker 1: no matter what you do, who gets thirty two guys

971
00:54:44,640 --> 00:54:46,839
Speaker 1: in the first round? The right thirty two and I'm

972
00:54:46,880 --> 00:54:48,600
Speaker 1: not even talking about going to the right team, just

973
00:54:48,680 --> 00:54:51,600
Speaker 1: the same thirty two go in the first round. There's

974
00:54:51,600 --> 00:54:54,600
Speaker 1: always a Peyton Turner who goes in the first round

975
00:54:54,600 --> 00:54:57,720
Speaker 1: from Houston that no one saw coming with New Orleans.

976
00:54:57,800 --> 00:55:00,200
Speaker 1: You know that sort of a deal. So an you're

977
00:55:00,239 --> 00:55:03,560
Speaker 1: both available potentially, and he'd be a good choice if

978
00:55:03,560 --> 00:55:06,640
Speaker 1: the run on corner starts early though, because this first

979
00:55:06,719 --> 00:55:08,360
Speaker 1: round in the NFL Draft I think is going to

980
00:55:08,400 --> 00:55:11,520
Speaker 1: be absolutely wild. With not as many quarterbacks coming off

981
00:55:11,560 --> 00:55:13,719
Speaker 1: of the board in the first round, who knows when

982
00:55:13,760 --> 00:55:16,719
Speaker 1: some of these positions groups could start going. One thing

983
00:55:16,760 --> 00:55:18,959
Speaker 1: that we've seen in the mock draft watches that we've

984
00:55:18,960 --> 00:55:23,160
Speaker 1: tracked is interior offensive line seems to be a popular

985
00:55:23,200 --> 00:55:25,600
Speaker 1: position for the Bills at number twenty five as well

986
00:55:25,600 --> 00:55:28,920
Speaker 1: as specific name that I've seen a lot is Zion Johnson.

987
00:55:29,280 --> 00:55:31,440
Speaker 1: So do you think the Bills could maybe decide to

988
00:55:31,480 --> 00:55:34,239
Speaker 1: go offensive line in the number twenty five spot if

989
00:55:34,280 --> 00:55:37,160
Speaker 1: there's no depth left or not as much depth left

990
00:55:37,239 --> 00:55:41,560
Speaker 1: that corner or wide receiver. Perhaps absolutely, And you guys

991
00:55:41,560 --> 00:55:43,640
Speaker 1: have seen it up close and personal, having you over

992
00:55:43,680 --> 00:55:45,759
Speaker 1: the last couple of seasons, what they've had to do.

993
00:55:45,880 --> 00:55:48,600
Speaker 1: Bobby Johnson was your offensive line coach during that time.

994
00:55:48,880 --> 00:55:51,319
Speaker 1: How much mixing and matching did he have to do

995
00:55:51,400 --> 00:55:54,080
Speaker 1: to keep things afloat? Just in the two years that

996
00:55:54,120 --> 00:55:57,280
Speaker 1: I've been able to cover with CBS and do Buffalo

997
00:55:57,360 --> 00:55:59,680
Speaker 1: Bills games, I'll bet you if I went back and

998
00:55:59,719 --> 00:56:02,480
Speaker 1: grab my boards from each one of those games, the

999
00:56:02,560 --> 00:56:06,640
Speaker 1: starting offensive line would be different in all of those injuries,

1000
00:56:07,040 --> 00:56:10,160
Speaker 1: having to make changes, guys being versatile. I thought what

1001
00:56:10,360 --> 00:56:13,160
Speaker 1: Ryan Bates did last year was exceptional, being able to

1002
00:56:13,160 --> 00:56:16,000
Speaker 1: solidify things at left guard, even though he had been

1003
00:56:16,040 --> 00:56:20,080
Speaker 1: a swing guard, tackle center. He's played at all and

1004
00:56:20,200 --> 00:56:22,960
Speaker 1: it was widely thought the right tackle was his best spot.

1005
00:56:23,360 --> 00:56:27,200
Speaker 1: But he's solidified things at left guard. So now where

1006
00:56:27,200 --> 00:56:30,920
Speaker 1: we going Morris's back. Bates, you you've matched the salary

1007
00:56:31,000 --> 00:56:34,160
Speaker 1: that Pittsburgh put out there, I believe. So he's coming back.

1008
00:56:34,440 --> 00:56:37,279
Speaker 1: I'm gonna plug him in a left guard. Who's your

1009
00:56:37,360 --> 00:56:40,359
Speaker 1: right guard? Right tackle? I think it's gonna be Spencer Brown,

1010
00:56:40,400 --> 00:56:43,359
Speaker 1: the rookie out of Northern Iowa. Remember Daryl Williams kicked

1011
00:56:43,360 --> 00:56:46,080
Speaker 1: inside last year, so it makes perfect sense to have

1012
00:56:46,160 --> 00:56:49,840
Speaker 1: a Zion Johnson. What if a Kenyan Green from Texas

1013
00:56:49,880 --> 00:56:51,200
Speaker 1: A and M is sitting there, who I think is

1014
00:56:51,200 --> 00:56:54,600
Speaker 1: the best guard in his draft. If he's sitting there

1015
00:56:55,480 --> 00:56:57,879
Speaker 1: and guard is where you want to go, I'd run

1016
00:56:57,880 --> 00:56:59,760
Speaker 1: to you know, I'd send that message to the podium

1017
00:56:59,760 --> 00:57:01,760
Speaker 1: pretty quick. We always talk about running to the podium.

1018
00:57:02,040 --> 00:57:04,280
Speaker 1: We don't do that anymore because no one is sitting

1019
00:57:04,320 --> 00:57:06,879
Speaker 1: there in the audience doing that, but I would call

1020
00:57:06,920 --> 00:57:09,040
Speaker 1: it in awfully fast and make sure that I would

1021
00:57:09,040 --> 00:57:11,080
Speaker 1: get him. So, even if you don't go in the

1022
00:57:11,080 --> 00:57:13,799
Speaker 1: first round, though, there is depth to be found with

1023
00:57:13,920 --> 00:57:16,400
Speaker 1: these offensive linemen. I'm gonna give you a kind of

1024
00:57:16,400 --> 00:57:19,080
Speaker 1: a It's not a sleeper, but as someone not widely

1025
00:57:19,160 --> 00:57:22,480
Speaker 1: known as Tyler Smith that of Tulsa, a guard tackle

1026
00:57:22,960 --> 00:57:25,080
Speaker 1: who I think is going to find his way into

1027
00:57:25,120 --> 00:57:28,960
Speaker 1: the first round in this draft. He's an absolute road grader,

1028
00:57:29,320 --> 00:57:32,920
Speaker 1: and your coach Sean McDermott, I do believe wants to

1029
00:57:33,000 --> 00:57:35,880
Speaker 1: run the ball with more authority going forward. Yeah, I

1030
00:57:35,920 --> 00:57:39,280
Speaker 1: mean Tyler Smith and Kenyon Green. I mean Will Ferrell

1031
00:57:39,320 --> 00:57:42,919
Speaker 1: would call those guys angry else they play. They played

1032
00:57:42,960 --> 00:57:45,520
Speaker 1: with some attitude, man, and they like that up here,

1033
00:57:45,560 --> 00:57:48,200
Speaker 1: So that wouldn't that wouldn't be too surprising. A pick

1034
00:57:48,520 --> 00:57:53,120
Speaker 1: two part question here, Charles. As you know there are

1035
00:57:53,840 --> 00:57:55,680
Speaker 1: go slow Chris, when you go two parts of the

1036
00:57:55,760 --> 00:57:59,760
Speaker 1: yay you gotta I got you. There are eight teams

1037
00:58:00,400 --> 00:58:04,160
Speaker 1: that do not have a first round draft choice. So

1038
00:58:04,280 --> 00:58:08,280
Speaker 1: part one of this question is do you think that

1039
00:58:08,360 --> 00:58:13,960
Speaker 1: will spur more trade activity in Round one because of that?

1040
00:58:14,600 --> 00:58:16,960
Speaker 1: And then the second part of that question, if there

1041
00:58:17,080 --> 00:58:20,400
Speaker 1: is more trade activity. Do you think it continues along

1042
00:58:20,440 --> 00:58:23,560
Speaker 1: the trend we've seen this offseason where it's been more

1043
00:58:23,720 --> 00:58:29,320
Speaker 1: player for pick trade rather than pick for pick trade.

1044
00:58:30,240 --> 00:58:33,760
Speaker 1: I'll take the second part first. I do think more

1045
00:58:33,840 --> 00:58:38,600
Speaker 1: player for pick activity than pick for pick. I do

1046
00:58:38,640 --> 00:58:41,520
Speaker 1: see it that way. I don't know that the teams

1047
00:58:41,520 --> 00:58:44,080
Speaker 1: who aren't in the first round are going to be

1048
00:58:44,120 --> 00:58:47,520
Speaker 1: super motivated to just decide to dive in and find

1049
00:58:47,560 --> 00:58:51,280
Speaker 1: a player. If it happens, Chris, my personal belief will

1050
00:58:51,320 --> 00:58:55,000
Speaker 1: be lower in the draft late in the first round.

1051
00:58:55,400 --> 00:59:01,080
Speaker 1: And if so, how many times is it for a quarterback? Now?

1052
00:59:01,120 --> 00:59:03,520
Speaker 1: This draft is not what i'd call superstocked at the

1053
00:59:03,600 --> 00:59:06,680
Speaker 1: quarterback position, and I have to be very careful about

1054
00:59:06,680 --> 00:59:08,640
Speaker 1: what I'm saying because I think my words will get

1055
00:59:08,680 --> 00:59:11,880
Speaker 1: twisted down the road. I'm not saying none of these

1056
00:59:11,960 --> 00:59:15,360
Speaker 1: kids can be top match quarterbacks in the NFL. What

1057
00:59:15,480 --> 00:59:18,040
Speaker 1: I am saying is, if you look at the grades

1058
00:59:18,040 --> 00:59:22,000
Speaker 1: that were put on last year's top five versus this

1059
00:59:22,080 --> 00:59:26,800
Speaker 1: year's crop of quarterbacks, the first quarterback the highest graded

1060
00:59:26,880 --> 00:59:29,800
Speaker 1: quarterback in this year's draft likely Canny pickt Out a bit.

1061
00:59:30,520 --> 00:59:33,880
Speaker 1: I don't think he matches the fifth grade of last year,

1062
00:59:33,880 --> 00:59:38,560
Speaker 1: which was probably Zack Jones. I mean Zach Wilson. Mac

1063
00:59:38,640 --> 00:59:41,400
Speaker 1: Jones is student from New England. So that's all I'm

1064
00:59:41,400 --> 00:59:46,240
Speaker 1: saying is that evaluation wise, it's not the same. But

1065
00:59:46,320 --> 00:59:48,360
Speaker 1: how many times have we seen teams come back at

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Speaker 1: thirty two? Right, that's your number and get that quarterback?

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00:59:52,360 --> 00:59:55,360
Speaker 1: Because now what do you get the fifth year? Right?

1068
00:59:55,720 --> 00:59:58,760
Speaker 1: You have a chance develop him. Oh, I'm gonna give

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00:59:58,800 --> 01:00:02,080
Speaker 1: you two names that teams did that. Minnesota traded in

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01:00:02,280 --> 01:00:05,480
Speaker 1: and gat who Teddy Bridgewater who went to a Pro

1071
01:00:05,600 --> 01:00:08,440
Speaker 1: Bowl before hurting his knee and that changed the trajectory

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Speaker 1: of his career. And the second team is Baltimore Razel

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01:00:12,280 --> 01:00:15,800
Speaker 1: Lamar Jackson. How'd that work out for the Ravens? Worked

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Speaker 1: out pretty well for the Ravens. Thinking about the quarterbacks

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Speaker 1: that could go in the first round the second round,

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Speaker 1: wondering where those four guys are the top four guys

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Speaker 1: go that have been talked about a lot. There's also

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01:00:28,800 --> 01:00:33,280
Speaker 1: unicorn prospects that everybody loves to obsess over guys who

1079
01:00:33,320 --> 01:00:35,600
Speaker 1: may go way higher than people think they will go,

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01:00:36,000 --> 01:00:39,320
Speaker 1: or different players who you just fall in love with

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01:00:39,400 --> 01:00:42,080
Speaker 1: them because of their backstory. Maybe, So who are some

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01:00:42,120 --> 01:00:44,720
Speaker 1: of those unicorn prospects that you think people should pay

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Speaker 1: attention to. Well, one unicorn is Tyreek woolin the cornerback

1084
01:00:50,400 --> 01:00:54,120
Speaker 1: from UTSA University of Texas and Antonio ran four two

1085
01:00:54,240 --> 01:00:58,600
Speaker 1: three at the Combine, which is point o one away

1086
01:00:58,640 --> 01:01:01,520
Speaker 1: from tying the all time record at the Combine. But

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01:01:01,600 --> 01:01:03,920
Speaker 1: he's a wide receiver who just flipped over the corner,

1088
01:01:04,080 --> 01:01:06,680
Speaker 1: still learning how to play. But he's six foot four.

1089
01:01:07,240 --> 01:01:08,720
Speaker 1: So when you start to take a look and you

1090
01:01:08,760 --> 01:01:11,320
Speaker 1: say to yourself, are you kidding me? Six four runs

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01:01:11,320 --> 01:01:13,440
Speaker 1: four two three, there's not a coach out there that

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01:01:13,480 --> 01:01:15,560
Speaker 1: won't say, hey, I want a chance to work with

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01:01:15,640 --> 01:01:18,880
Speaker 1: that young man. Now, Maddie, I'm gonna tell you, I'd

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01:01:18,920 --> 01:01:21,720
Speaker 1: be surprised if he gets picked before day three. Now,

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01:01:21,720 --> 01:01:23,640
Speaker 1: I can hear people going day three, are you kidding me?

1096
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Speaker 1: Most Day three is rounds four through seven. Day three

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01:01:27,640 --> 01:01:30,680
Speaker 1: isn't just round seven. That's what everyone hears when I

1098
01:01:30,760 --> 01:01:34,240
Speaker 1: hear day three. He's a project, but it's a project

1099
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Speaker 1: that you're talking about doing a lot of work with.

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Speaker 1: He's a unicorn guy. Look safety position. I think Kyle

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Speaker 1: Hamilton's the unicorn this year out of Notre Dame and

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Speaker 1: I know early in the mock season some people had

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01:01:45,600 --> 01:01:48,280
Speaker 1: him going number two to Detroit. I don't know that

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Speaker 1: he'll go that high. Now, remember he ran four or

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Speaker 1: five nine, four or five six. I wouldn't worry about

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01:01:53,600 --> 01:01:55,760
Speaker 1: that as much. You see his length, you see his

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01:01:55,800 --> 01:01:58,920
Speaker 1: playmaking ability, You see him how many times can we

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01:01:58,920 --> 01:02:01,160
Speaker 1: watch the Florida State in reception from you know, the

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01:02:01,160 --> 01:02:03,080
Speaker 1: opposite side of the field to the other side, and

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Speaker 1: he picks it off. He offers all that. Plus he's

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01:02:06,080 --> 01:02:08,120
Speaker 1: a chest up tackler. He's not a guy who's just

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01:02:08,160 --> 01:02:10,320
Speaker 1: going to scoop your feet out. He brings that two

1113
01:02:10,400 --> 01:02:12,840
Speaker 1: hundred and twenty pounds with him and runs through people.

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01:02:13,160 --> 01:02:15,160
Speaker 1: I think he's a unicorn kind of a guy. At

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01:02:15,200 --> 01:02:17,960
Speaker 1: the free safety spot. He could very well be going

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Speaker 1: to top ten, maybe no later than eleven to the

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Speaker 1: Washington Commanders. So those are a couple of Maddie, but

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01:02:24,720 --> 01:02:27,400
Speaker 1: your goat guys through throughout this draft that we're gonna

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Speaker 1: look at it and go, I've got to get him

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Speaker 1: just for those traits. You know he can I can

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Speaker 1: I go get a guy like that, because he runs fast,

1122
01:02:36,160 --> 01:02:38,360
Speaker 1: because he jumped high, because he lifted a lot of weight.

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Speaker 1: Deeper into the draft is when some of those guys

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Speaker 1: start to come off, because this draft isn't quite what

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Speaker 1: we've seen before with certain people just headlining it and

1126
01:02:48,320 --> 01:02:51,520
Speaker 1: her head and shoulders above everyone else. The three top

1127
01:02:51,600 --> 01:02:56,040
Speaker 1: age rushers at the top in the beginning, Aidan Hutchinson, right,

1128
01:02:56,240 --> 01:03:01,440
Speaker 1: Travon Walker and Cavon Tippoda. How much difference is between

1129
01:03:01,440 --> 01:03:02,800
Speaker 1: the three of them. I don't think there's one that

1130
01:03:02,840 --> 01:03:06,040
Speaker 1: just totally stands out. I think Hutchinson probably is solidified

1131
01:03:06,320 --> 01:03:08,680
Speaker 1: because of the whole package and you feel like you

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01:03:08,800 --> 01:03:13,800
Speaker 1: know what you're getting with him. Charles, what about positional

1133
01:03:14,320 --> 01:03:16,960
Speaker 1: depth in this draft? We've heard that it's a great

1134
01:03:17,080 --> 01:03:19,560
Speaker 1: pass rusher draft and that the depth goes, you know,

1135
01:03:19,640 --> 01:03:22,520
Speaker 1: well well into Day two and maybe even further than that.

1136
01:03:23,360 --> 01:03:26,720
Speaker 1: What are the positions you would tuck right behind pass

1137
01:03:26,840 --> 01:03:29,720
Speaker 1: rusher in terms of depth where you could get a

1138
01:03:29,800 --> 01:03:33,959
Speaker 1: quality player, maybe even as late as round four, Chris,

1139
01:03:34,000 --> 01:03:36,360
Speaker 1: the way we're playing football, now, write this down and

1140
01:03:36,440 --> 01:03:41,760
Speaker 1: just use it every year. Wide receivers, there's depth wide repiing. Okay,

1141
01:03:42,800 --> 01:03:45,880
Speaker 1: when I was a kid, it was running backs. Who

1142
01:03:45,920 --> 01:03:48,000
Speaker 1: would have thought the Great State of Texas would go

1143
01:03:48,080 --> 01:03:54,280
Speaker 1: from wishbone pitches to air raid offense quarterbacks throwing it. Yeah,

1144
01:03:54,320 --> 01:03:57,120
Speaker 1: that's where we are, right, That's how it's gone. So

1145
01:03:57,200 --> 01:04:00,440
Speaker 1: receiver is always going to be a loaded position. I

1146
01:04:00,520 --> 01:04:02,760
Speaker 1: do think that there's depth in the offensive line and

1147
01:04:02,880 --> 01:04:05,560
Speaker 1: tear your guard tackle, the whole deal. We're going to

1148
01:04:05,640 --> 01:04:09,000
Speaker 1: have that. You already mentioned defensive line, not just edge rushers.

1149
01:04:09,560 --> 01:04:11,680
Speaker 1: But I think once we get into rounds two, three, four,

1150
01:04:12,320 --> 01:04:14,560
Speaker 1: some of those tackles come into play. Some of those

1151
01:04:14,760 --> 01:04:16,840
Speaker 1: you know, we always wanted to call them run stoppers.

1152
01:04:17,520 --> 01:04:19,440
Speaker 1: Nowadays they got to be able to stop the run

1153
01:04:19,480 --> 01:04:21,480
Speaker 1: on their way to the quarterback because we're gonna throw

1154
01:04:21,520 --> 01:04:24,880
Speaker 1: it way more. Remember Brian day boll, Hey, we're a

1155
01:04:24,920 --> 01:04:27,720
Speaker 1: passing team to mixes in the run. Yeah, He's not

1156
01:04:27,840 --> 01:04:30,360
Speaker 1: alone in that type of attitude in the NFL. So

1157
01:04:30,560 --> 01:04:32,240
Speaker 1: those are some of the spots that I see, And

1158
01:04:32,280 --> 01:04:35,520
Speaker 1: I really think the running backs we could miss having

1159
01:04:35,520 --> 01:04:37,840
Speaker 1: a runner in the first round. We usually sneak one

1160
01:04:37,880 --> 01:04:40,919
Speaker 1: in at some point, and by the way, you're kind

1161
01:04:40,920 --> 01:04:43,680
Speaker 1: of a prime spot. We're thinking if a runner sneaks in,

1162
01:04:43,760 --> 01:04:45,720
Speaker 1: Buffalo could be the one to take him. With Breece

1163
01:04:45,800 --> 01:04:49,360
Speaker 1: Hall or Kenneth Walker or someone like that. But I

1164
01:04:49,360 --> 01:04:52,720
Speaker 1: think the running backs start in round two and get

1165
01:04:52,720 --> 01:04:55,640
Speaker 1: through two rounds, rounds two through four. I've got one

1166
01:04:55,680 --> 01:04:58,160
Speaker 1: more question for you, Charles. Do you have another mock

1167
01:04:58,280 --> 01:05:00,560
Speaker 1: draft that's coming out that we can look forward to?

1168
01:05:01,200 --> 01:05:04,080
Speaker 1: And how long do these take for you to complete?

1169
01:05:04,160 --> 01:05:06,080
Speaker 1: I feel like if I was doing a mock draft,

1170
01:05:06,160 --> 01:05:09,640
Speaker 1: I would just obsess over each pick and each team

1171
01:05:09,720 --> 01:05:13,600
Speaker 1: and go back and forth twenty different ways, and I'd

1172
01:05:13,640 --> 01:05:17,480
Speaker 1: be throwing out so much paper, my paper that I

1173
01:05:17,640 --> 01:05:20,080
Speaker 1: drove in, Maddie, you're not typing that up on the laptop.

1174
01:05:20,280 --> 01:05:23,040
Speaker 1: I feel like that's a paper activity. I don't know.

1175
01:05:23,120 --> 01:05:24,959
Speaker 1: I feel like mock draft, like I'm going to write

1176
01:05:24,960 --> 01:05:27,320
Speaker 1: it out. So do you have another one coming out?

1177
01:05:27,440 --> 01:05:32,000
Speaker 1: And how long do these take you to get done? Well, Maddie,

1178
01:05:32,040 --> 01:05:34,240
Speaker 1: I've got two more coming out. I've got one coming

1179
01:05:34,240 --> 01:05:38,400
Speaker 1: out on the fifteenth, somewhere in that neighborhood, and then

1180
01:05:38,480 --> 01:05:42,360
Speaker 1: one more either Tuesday or Wednesday, the week of the draft.

1181
01:05:43,040 --> 01:05:46,440
Speaker 1: So two more left to do. And I'm with you.

1182
01:05:46,560 --> 01:05:51,760
Speaker 1: I'm old school, Maddie. I'm paper okay, oh yeah, all

1183
01:05:51,840 --> 01:05:54,360
Speaker 1: right with a pen. And do you're write a lot

1184
01:05:54,400 --> 01:05:57,080
Speaker 1: of balled up papers? Going and what have you. And

1185
01:05:57,160 --> 01:06:00,720
Speaker 1: I'll tell you this. I can't think for anyone else

1186
01:06:00,760 --> 01:06:02,440
Speaker 1: doing a mock draft, but I think we all have

1187
01:06:02,520 --> 01:06:04,560
Speaker 1: similar thoughts in that as uh out. I got a

1188
01:06:04,600 --> 01:06:07,400
Speaker 1: mock draft due to Okay, I know these positions, let's

1189
01:06:07,400 --> 01:06:10,680
Speaker 1: just knock it out. But then you know what kicks in? Right?

1190
01:06:11,040 --> 01:06:13,160
Speaker 1: What's the word do you use? Obsess over every pick

1191
01:06:14,200 --> 01:06:16,880
Speaker 1: as your name's on it, so now you want it

1192
01:06:16,920 --> 01:06:19,320
Speaker 1: to be the best it can be. So instead of

1193
01:06:19,360 --> 01:06:21,280
Speaker 1: just writing names down, you're like, oh no, I don't

1194
01:06:21,320 --> 01:06:23,480
Speaker 1: know about that, all boy, they just drafted a tackle

1195
01:06:23,520 --> 01:06:25,240
Speaker 1: last year. Oh god, they just signed this guy in

1196
01:06:25,240 --> 01:06:28,800
Speaker 1: free agency. So it changes everything that you do. Yeah,

1197
01:06:28,960 --> 01:06:31,280
Speaker 1: I totally get it. I obsess over it. And I

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01:06:31,440 --> 01:06:34,600
Speaker 1: let you guys in on a secret. The first mock

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01:06:34,720 --> 01:06:39,920
Speaker 1: draft I did, I probably did four five passes at it.

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01:06:40,720 --> 01:06:42,640
Speaker 1: Do you know in the first four passes, I didn't

1201
01:06:42,640 --> 01:06:44,960
Speaker 1: have a single quarterback in my mock draft going into

1202
01:06:45,000 --> 01:06:49,240
Speaker 1: first round? Oh wow wow? And then I had to

1203
01:06:49,240 --> 01:06:51,200
Speaker 1: look into the mirror and go, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey,

1204
01:06:51,280 --> 01:06:54,960
Speaker 1: hold up a second. I have them rated as first

1205
01:06:55,040 --> 01:06:58,160
Speaker 1: round guys. But how often in the NFL do you

1206
01:06:58,200 --> 01:07:00,640
Speaker 1: go through a first round and no quarterbacks are taking

1207
01:07:00,800 --> 01:07:03,640
Speaker 1: That's just not realistic, right, So I went back in

1208
01:07:03,720 --> 01:07:06,200
Speaker 1: and tried to figure out where the quarterback spots would be,

1209
01:07:06,960 --> 01:07:10,320
Speaker 1: and that's where I determined and did. Look, Carolina, it

1210
01:07:10,360 --> 01:07:12,240
Speaker 1: wouldn't shock me if it took Kenny Pickett at six

1211
01:07:12,320 --> 01:07:15,080
Speaker 1: instead of Malique Willis, all right, it wouldn't shock me.

1212
01:07:15,120 --> 01:07:18,640
Speaker 1: Belique Willis lasted to twenty with Pittsburgh. Wouldn't shock me

1213
01:07:18,680 --> 01:07:22,240
Speaker 1: if Desmond Ritter or somehow became someone's flavor and stuck

1214
01:07:22,240 --> 01:07:26,000
Speaker 1: into the first round, including the Pittsburgh Steelers thirty two?

1215
01:07:26,120 --> 01:07:29,080
Speaker 1: How many times we talked about it already? Detroit holds

1216
01:07:29,080 --> 01:07:32,000
Speaker 1: the thirty two spot. How many calls are they going

1217
01:07:32,080 --> 01:07:34,440
Speaker 1: to get from people who may have some interest? What

1218
01:07:34,520 --> 01:07:36,600
Speaker 1: if Matt Kraus still sitting there? Who might be my

1219
01:07:36,640 --> 01:07:40,200
Speaker 1: favorite quarterback in this draft. That's why I had to

1220
01:07:40,240 --> 01:07:43,520
Speaker 1: go back and go a fifth time, and I did

1221
01:07:43,560 --> 01:07:46,120
Speaker 1: more than five before I came with my final one.

1222
01:07:46,320 --> 01:07:48,439
Speaker 1: I had to do that. Maddie. The amount of time

1223
01:07:48,920 --> 01:07:52,080
Speaker 1: I don't bother calculating it, because this amount of time

1224
01:07:52,120 --> 01:07:54,520
Speaker 1: like you have to do to get ready for your shows,

1225
01:07:54,520 --> 01:07:56,200
Speaker 1: just like what Chris has you to get ready for

1226
01:07:56,240 --> 01:07:59,160
Speaker 1: his shows. We don't count that time. We just want

1227
01:07:59,160 --> 01:08:01,200
Speaker 1: to find out whatever amount of time it takes to

1228
01:08:01,280 --> 01:08:05,240
Speaker 1: be ready right and to look somewhat intelligent, which is

1229
01:08:05,240 --> 01:08:10,640
Speaker 1: hard with mock drafts. It's impossible. Listen, there's too many. Yeah,

1230
01:08:10,880 --> 01:08:13,480
Speaker 1: he's got possible, but we all have opinions, and I

1231
01:08:13,560 --> 01:08:17,240
Speaker 1: understand it. My word is plausible. Is it plausible for

1232
01:08:17,320 --> 01:08:20,040
Speaker 1: that person to be picked by that team? That's what

1233
01:08:20,200 --> 01:08:23,200
Speaker 1: reasons as opposed to just sli bait. That's what I

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01:08:23,240 --> 01:08:25,040
Speaker 1: try and do with mine. Yeah. I like that approach.

1235
01:08:25,360 --> 01:08:27,240
Speaker 1: That's that's pretty good. All right, Charles. Well, we look

1236
01:08:27,280 --> 01:08:29,679
Speaker 1: forward to your We look forward to your upcoming Max

1237
01:08:29,720 --> 01:08:31,320
Speaker 1: on the fifteenth and the week of the draft. Will

1238
01:08:31,360 --> 01:08:33,200
Speaker 1: keep an eye out for those on NFL dot com.

1239
01:08:33,240 --> 01:08:34,840
Speaker 1: Thanks as always for the time. We'll catch up with

1240
01:08:34,880 --> 01:08:37,840
Speaker 1: you down the line. I appreciate it. Maddie, send me

1241
01:08:37,880 --> 01:08:40,280
Speaker 1: a couple of your extra pads, okay, because I'm gonna

1242
01:08:40,280 --> 01:08:43,920
Speaker 1: need him, please, I got you, all right? Cool? Thanks Charles,

1243
01:08:43,920 --> 01:08:47,799
Speaker 1: as always, we appreciate it. That's Charles Davis, NFL on CBS,

1244
01:08:47,880 --> 01:08:51,680
Speaker 1: also NFL Draft analyst for the NFL Network. He's like, uh,

1245
01:08:51,880 --> 01:08:53,920
Speaker 1: he's like an accountant. This time of year, it's a

1246
01:08:53,920 --> 01:08:57,120
Speaker 1: little busy. I cannot even imagine the hours that they're

1247
01:08:57,120 --> 01:09:00,240
Speaker 1: putting in around this time, especially when you're like, okay,

1248
01:09:00,320 --> 01:09:02,960
Speaker 1: we're only weeks away from the NFL Draft. The amount

1249
01:09:03,000 --> 01:09:05,760
Speaker 1: of study, the amount of reading, the amount of mock

1250
01:09:05,880 --> 01:09:08,519
Speaker 1: drafts that these guys have to do to prepare for

1251
01:09:08,560 --> 01:09:11,320
Speaker 1: the draft. And he's on the desk for the draft

1252
01:09:11,439 --> 01:09:14,679
Speaker 1: breaking down these picks. So you have to know so much.

1253
01:09:14,720 --> 01:09:19,160
Speaker 1: I feel like so much. And we only have what

1254
01:09:19,360 --> 01:09:22,760
Speaker 1: eight picks in this year's draft, right, So yeah, I

1255
01:09:22,840 --> 01:09:25,880
Speaker 1: used to do a mock draft for the website, and

1256
01:09:25,920 --> 01:09:27,960
Speaker 1: I used to wait until the week of the draft.

1257
01:09:28,000 --> 01:09:30,720
Speaker 1: I'm like, I'm not doing five of these, Yeah, just

1258
01:09:30,840 --> 01:09:33,200
Speaker 1: doing one. And I'm like, I'm waiting as long as

1259
01:09:33,200 --> 01:09:35,080
Speaker 1: I can because I want all the free agency hey

1260
01:09:35,080 --> 01:09:38,280
Speaker 1: in the barn, because that's where you got trades to happen. Well,

1261
01:09:38,280 --> 01:09:39,920
Speaker 1: that's where you got to look first, though, because you

1262
01:09:39,960 --> 01:09:42,040
Speaker 1: got to see like, oh, well this team really needs

1263
01:09:42,040 --> 01:09:43,479
Speaker 1: a corner. Well did you see they signed to the

1264
01:09:43,600 --> 01:09:46,120
Speaker 1: owners in free agency? Maybe they don't like Yeah, So

1265
01:09:46,160 --> 01:09:47,880
Speaker 1: those are the things you just got to research so

1266
01:09:47,920 --> 01:09:50,519
Speaker 1: you can make the best educated guests you can. Because

1267
01:09:50,560 --> 01:09:54,040
Speaker 1: in the end, it's it's all guesswork, because to think

1268
01:09:54,080 --> 01:09:57,920
Speaker 1: that anybody knows definitively what each of the thirty two

1269
01:09:57,960 --> 01:10:01,519
Speaker 1: teams are thinking and then to know what their board

1270
01:10:01,520 --> 01:10:03,160
Speaker 1: looks like in terms of I mean, it's just like

1271
01:10:03,280 --> 01:10:06,920
Speaker 1: Charles said, like you may think this guy is a

1272
01:10:06,960 --> 01:10:09,920
Speaker 1: perfect pick for the Cincinnati Bengals and they might not

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Speaker 1: even have him with the first round grade. Well, he's

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Speaker 1: not getting taken in the first round. And I think

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Speaker 1: what makes this first round this year even more topsy

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Speaker 1: turvy is the lack of consensus on the quarterbacks. There

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Speaker 1: is no consensus on the quarterbacks this year, and we

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Speaker 1: don't know what a team prefers. Are the Carolina Panthers

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Speaker 1: so desperate for a quarterback that they're going to take

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Speaker 1: the high floor player, which is Kenny Pickett that may

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Speaker 1: have a more limited ceiling, or are they going for

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Speaker 1: the guy that's got the highest ceiling, which is believed

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Speaker 1: to be Malik Willis, but it's probably not gonna be

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Speaker 1: ready for a year or two. Yeah, those are decision.

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Speaker 1: There's no way of knowing what the Carolina Panthers prefer

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Speaker 1: and who they would take over the other if both

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Speaker 1: happened to be on the board for them where they

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Speaker 1: at eleven. I think so it's that's why it's a

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Speaker 1: it's a crap shoot. It's total crapshoot for people like

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Speaker 1: us on the outside trying to guess what people on

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Speaker 1: the inside are thinking, would prefer to do and would

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Speaker 1: have players ranked accordingly. There's just no way to do it.

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Speaker 1: And in previous years, where you have quarterbacks that are

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Speaker 1: going to go off number one, number two, number three, possibly,

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Speaker 1: you usually know what teams are going to draft those quarterbacks,

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Speaker 1: and you can have a pretty educated guess or for

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Speaker 1: sure guess of who's going to draft who at number one,

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Speaker 1: number two, number three, Not saying that that's the case

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Speaker 1: for this draft. It may not be a quarterback, but

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Speaker 1: you can probably guess the two players who are going

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Speaker 1: to go in the top three. But I mean when

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Speaker 1: you look at the top five, it's gonna even be

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Speaker 1: hard to guess the top five in this year's NFL draft,

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Speaker 1: no question, because the quarterback certainty is out the window,

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Speaker 1: and that just makes the top of the draft all

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Speaker 1: the more topsy turvy. Let's go to the phones at

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Speaker 1: eight oh three, oh five fifty before we go to

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Speaker 1: break here because we got someone's waiting patiently, Mary in Williamsville.

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Speaker 1: What you got for us? Mary, Well, first of all,

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Speaker 1: one say that I love you guys. Oh thanks all

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Speaker 1: the time with my husband, Um, Maddie, you do great awards,

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Speaker 1: and thank you. I have something. I have something to say.

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Speaker 1: It's Chris even though or too uh, Steve, even though

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Speaker 1: he's not out there. But mostly I called because and

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Speaker 1: just so, I just I think we have a silent

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Speaker 1: majority in Bill's stands, and that majority is the people

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Speaker 1: who think that Tremaine has a distabulator. He's a gift,

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Speaker 1: he's got great arms, he's he's a quiet guy. No,

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Speaker 1: he's not been Dawkins and mister personality. He's at out

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Speaker 1: there like I beloved Josh Allen. But he is a

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Speaker 1: fabulous player, a Pro Bowl player and probably a future

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Speaker 1: Hall of Famer. And I'm really royally tired of heavin.

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Speaker 1: Callers say let's trade him. Yeah, I don't. I don't

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Speaker 1: blame you. Mary, You're you're kind of preaching to the

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01:12:54,040 --> 01:12:57,839
Speaker 1: choir here. Steve and I have had to defend Tremaine

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Speaker 1: on the air, and look's I think he has assets

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Speaker 1: that are unique to playing the linebacker position, and what

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Speaker 1: I mean by that is he's got sidelines to sideline

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Speaker 1: coverage ability. He is the perfect skill set for the

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Speaker 1: modern day linebacker. And I think there is still a

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01:13:17,560 --> 01:13:19,960
Speaker 1: portion of the fan base that is looking for a

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Speaker 1: Dick Buckets type to smash a running back in the hole.

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Speaker 1: And more and more and more that kind of linebacker

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01:13:27,080 --> 01:13:30,599
Speaker 1: is disappearing in this league because of what linebackers need

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Speaker 1: to do in what is now a throwing league more

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Speaker 1: than anything else. Are there going to be teams that

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Speaker 1: still run the football that you have to stop, Yes, obviously,

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Speaker 1: and that's still going to be in a linebacker's requirements

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Speaker 1: or prerequisites. You have to stop the run, there's no

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Speaker 1: question about that. But if you're not stopping people in

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Speaker 1: the passing game, and you can't cover running backs and

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Speaker 1: tight ends, you're not going to have a very long

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01:13:53,520 --> 01:13:55,920
Speaker 1: career in the NFL as a linebacker because they're gonna

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Speaker 1: have to take you off the field after first down.

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Speaker 1: And even now, teams are passing more than ever on

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Speaker 1: first down, So people that look like Tremaine Edmonds are

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01:14:05,040 --> 01:14:07,040
Speaker 1: going to become more and more plentiful in this league.

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Speaker 1: Fred Warner, same kind of player out in San Francisco.

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Speaker 1: You know, I could run down the list. Is a

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01:14:12,320 --> 01:14:17,320
Speaker 1: numerable amount of players that look more physically like Tremaine

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01:14:17,400 --> 01:14:19,600
Speaker 1: Edmonds than the two hundred and fifty two hundred and

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01:14:19,640 --> 01:14:22,920
Speaker 1: sixty pound linebackers you saw fifteen twenty years ago. And

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01:14:22,960 --> 01:14:25,600
Speaker 1: it's only going to continue. Yeah, I'm on the Tremaine

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01:14:25,720 --> 01:14:28,639
Speaker 1: Edmunds is fabulous hype train. I think he is great

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01:14:28,680 --> 01:14:31,320
Speaker 1: for the defense. I think with what he's asked to do,

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01:14:31,439 --> 01:14:35,240
Speaker 1: he definitely does that. I mean to hear how his teammates,

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01:14:35,240 --> 01:14:38,720
Speaker 1: how Leslie Fraser, how coach McDermott talks about Tremaine. They

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01:14:38,720 --> 01:14:42,120
Speaker 1: are big fans of him. He is a unique player,

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01:14:42,160 --> 01:14:45,720
Speaker 1: like you talked about, for his size and for what

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Speaker 1: he does in the defense. Next to Matt Milano. He

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Speaker 1: is the linebacker that you're looking at in today's NFL.

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Speaker 1: Like you said, you don't find many old style linebackers

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01:14:56,840 --> 01:14:59,599
Speaker 1: who are smashing into running backs, as you said, coming

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Speaker 1: out of the college football game anymore, just because of

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01:15:03,040 --> 01:15:06,080
Speaker 1: what college football looks like now you look at college football,

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Speaker 1: that's what the NFL is going to copycat into. Because

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Speaker 1: of the type of players that you have coming out

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Speaker 1: of college football going into the draft. Yeah, and I

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Speaker 1: think linebackers on average now are twenty pounds lighter than

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Speaker 1: they were twenty twenty five years ago because of the

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Speaker 1: coverage responsibilities that they need to have now. They need

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Speaker 1: to be able to move. They're not working inside the

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01:15:27,600 --> 01:15:30,720
Speaker 1: tackle box anymore. They're going sideline to sideline. So you

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Speaker 1: need athletes, and Tremaine Edmonds is an unquestionable athlete of

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Speaker 1: the highest degree. And that's why just last hour we

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01:15:37,840 --> 01:15:41,000
Speaker 1: were telling Chuck in Hamburg or whoever it was, you

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01:15:41,040 --> 01:15:44,040
Speaker 1: can't be training Tremaine Edmonds and Jordan Poyer off your roster.

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Speaker 1: Then you're still winning the Super Bowl. You need those guys.

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01:15:47,000 --> 01:15:49,120
Speaker 1: They were the number one defense at football last year.

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Speaker 1: Jordan Poyer was a first team All Pro and as

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01:15:52,160 --> 01:15:54,920
Speaker 1: Mary mentioned, Tremaine Edmonds has gone to the Pro Bowl twice.

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Speaker 1: You want to get to the Super Bowl, you gonna

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01:15:57,160 --> 01:16:00,040
Speaker 1: need those two guys playing and simple. We got to

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

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01:16:02,040 --> 01:16:04,200
Speaker 1: pushed it back an hour, but now we are ready

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Speaker 1: to talk Mocked Draft Watch. As the latest installment came

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Speaker 1: out earlier this week, Maddie will dice it up for

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01:16:10,960 --> 01:16:14,280
Speaker 1: us as she has her ear to the ground on

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Speaker 1: what all of the draftnicks are picking for the Bills

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Speaker 1: at twenty five. We'll get into that next. Here on

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Speaker 1: one Bills Live, presented by Klata Health, it's Buffalo Bills Radio.

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Speaker 1: All right, welcome back to one Bills Live. Chris Brown,

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Speaker 1: Maddi glab with you, and it is time for Mock

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Speaker 1: Draft Watch. Yea mab If you frequent our fine website,

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01:16:46,439 --> 01:16:49,400
Speaker 1: Buffalo Bills dot com, you will see that through the

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Speaker 1: course of the pre draft process, Maddie puts up Mock

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Speaker 1: Draft Watch written pieces which basically collects all of the

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Speaker 1: mock draft choice to work for you guys. That's right.

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Speaker 1: It's a one. It's a clearinghouse basically for all of

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Speaker 1: the mock draft picks for the Bills, most of them

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Speaker 1: round one, although occasionally there might be a round two

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01:17:11,280 --> 01:17:15,840
Speaker 1: in there, right, and Maddie kind of compiles them all

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Speaker 1: into one convenient list so you can see what all

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Speaker 1: the draft knicks think would be best for the Bills.

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01:17:22,320 --> 01:17:23,840
Speaker 1: And I know a lot of you fans out there

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01:17:23,880 --> 01:17:26,559
Speaker 1: do that already, but we decided to bring it to

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Speaker 1: the light of day here on one Bills Live to

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Speaker 1: see just where the draft nick and these are relatively current.

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Speaker 1: These aren't from mock drafts in January. We update them

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Speaker 1: as we go along. What do we usually end up with? Nine, ten,

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Speaker 1: twelve before the draft? Yeah, we're gonna do eight. I

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01:17:43,960 --> 01:17:47,720
Speaker 1: think before this NFL draft. We just released a mock

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Speaker 1: draft watch five point We started tracking five point zero

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Speaker 1: on March twenty fourth was the earliest one, and the

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Speaker 1: latest one was April fifth, so just a couple days ago,

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Speaker 1: so this is super updated. We tracked twenty two mock

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Speaker 1: drafts in this latest mock draft watch. Of the twenty two,

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Speaker 1: the most popular position, no shock at all, cornerback eleven

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01:18:12,960 --> 01:18:17,240
Speaker 1: different eleven different not different corners, but eleven times cornerbacks

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Speaker 1: were mocked to the Buffalo Bills at number twenty five.

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Speaker 1: The second favorite position, which has usually been wide receiver

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Speaker 1: in this latest mock draft watch, interior offensive lineman Zion

1423
01:18:29,479 --> 01:18:34,360
Speaker 1: Johnson was named three different times in this mock draft watch.

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Speaker 1: He's been kind of a popular name, honestly throughout when

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Speaker 1: we started tracking these in January. I think the earliest

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Speaker 1: that I saw his name was probably in February maybe,

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Speaker 1: so he's been kind of a popular name. We also

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Speaker 1: had three wide receivers being mocked to the Buffalo Bills.

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01:18:50,840 --> 01:18:54,759
Speaker 1: Jameson Williams, of course, has been a popular name. Johan

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01:18:54,880 --> 01:18:58,080
Speaker 1: Dotson I see once in the latest one, or Johan

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Speaker 1: Dotson twice. So those are names that have been kind

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Speaker 1: of familiar with these mock draft watches since we've been

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Speaker 1: tracking them. One safety, that's Daxton Hill. He's also been

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Speaker 1: a familiar name of mock draft for watches that we've tracked.

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01:19:13,000 --> 01:19:17,880
Speaker 1: And one defensive lineman, boy A Maffe. I don't know

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Speaker 1: if I'm saying his name correctly, but the Minnesota, Minnesota

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Speaker 1: defensive lineman. He was CBS Sports mock Draft. Tom Pornelly

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Speaker 1: mocked him to the Buffalo Bills. So interesting to see

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01:19:29,680 --> 01:19:33,400
Speaker 1: how many times different positions were mocked to the Buffalo Bills.

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Speaker 1: I think an interesting name who we heard Charles Davis

1441
01:19:37,800 --> 01:19:41,759
Speaker 1: talk about more of a Day three guy who somebody

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01:19:41,800 --> 01:19:45,080
Speaker 1: has going off the board in the first round is

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Speaker 1: the cornerback from UTSA. He's the really tall corner that

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01:19:50,520 --> 01:19:53,080
Speaker 1: Charles was talking about. Yeah, Teriq Woollen is his name?

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01:19:53,400 --> 01:19:56,080
Speaker 1: Round like a deer at the combine. He was four

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01:19:56,160 --> 01:20:01,759
Speaker 1: two three, Come on, the new favorite cornerback? Yes, now

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01:20:02,040 --> 01:20:04,240
Speaker 1: here's the thing with him, though, you have to be

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Speaker 1: resolutely confident in your player development, particularly amongst your defensive staff,

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01:20:11,080 --> 01:20:14,640
Speaker 1: your DC, your DB's coach, they've You've got to be

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Speaker 1: resolutely confident that those guys can develop people and make

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01:20:17,720 --> 01:20:20,240
Speaker 1: them into better players after they get in the door,

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Speaker 1: because that's that's the task with Tarik Wooland we had

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01:20:24,280 --> 01:20:28,479
Speaker 1: great cosel on last Friday. He did not think that

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01:20:28,520 --> 01:20:31,360
Speaker 1: Woolen skill set was a fit for the Bills. He

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01:20:31,400 --> 01:20:35,519
Speaker 1: played press man almost exclusively. It doesn't have time on

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01:20:35,560 --> 01:20:39,160
Speaker 1: the job to kind of understand all the zone fits

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01:20:39,160 --> 01:20:41,960
Speaker 1: within his team. So he would be maybe an even

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01:20:42,040 --> 01:20:45,040
Speaker 1: longer term project for a team like the Bills. Let's

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01:20:45,040 --> 01:20:47,160
Speaker 1: say he couldn't be a fit. Yeah, it just might

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01:20:47,360 --> 01:20:49,960
Speaker 1: take a little bit more time on the job before

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Speaker 1: he's on the field playing meaningful snaps on defense. That's

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Speaker 1: the one thing. The favorite corner in this past mocked

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Speaker 1: draft to watch, Andrew Booth Jr. Has been a name

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Speaker 1: that we have seen so much as of late, like

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01:21:04,000 --> 01:21:05,840
Speaker 1: five times. I want to see his name. I just

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01:21:05,880 --> 01:21:08,520
Speaker 1: think he fits a lot of what the Bills do defensively.

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Speaker 1: Number one and then number two, he's a juice player.

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Speaker 1: Guy plays with an attitude, loves to tackle, loves the

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Speaker 1: physical part of the game. So I'd be over the

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Speaker 1: moon if they got a guy like that. We have

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Speaker 1: to take a break here. When we come back, we'll

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Speaker 1: see is there any news on Stefan Diggs. There will

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Speaker 1: be media availability today. It's officially official. Just came out.

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Speaker 1: It's awesome, So it is officially official. Stefan Diggs contract

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01:21:34,000 --> 01:21:36,919
Speaker 1: extension sign tiled and delivered. We'll see if he's addressing

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01:21:36,920 --> 01:21:39,360
Speaker 1: the media by the time we're back. If so, we'll

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Speaker 1: carry it live here on One Bill's Live. Stay tuned.

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Speaker 1: All right, welcome back to one Bills Live. We're going

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Speaker 1: straight to the Bills media room as Stefan Diggs is

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Speaker 1: ready to address the media after officially signing its four

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01:22:02,000 --> 01:22:05,880
Speaker 1: year contract extension. It was extremely important to me. It

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Speaker 1: was important to my family, important to my you know,

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01:22:09,040 --> 01:22:11,760
Speaker 1: my support system. Everybody felt like this was the best

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01:22:11,760 --> 01:22:15,840
Speaker 1: place for me, and I anticipated that going in your

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01:22:15,880 --> 01:22:19,839
Speaker 1: career as um to me, my family, my support system,

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Speaker 1: my agent. It was something that we talked about, you know,

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01:22:23,000 --> 01:22:24,800
Speaker 1: prior to me even coming here. You know, I felt

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01:22:24,800 --> 01:22:27,000
Speaker 1: like my next spot was my last spot. I wanted

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Speaker 1: it to be my home and I didn't want to

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Speaker 1: ever go anywhere, so I anticipated that it was important

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Speaker 1: to me, especially the first year. In the second year,

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01:22:34,760 --> 01:22:36,600
Speaker 1: you just felt like you kind of like built in

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01:22:36,640 --> 01:22:38,920
Speaker 1: that family. And it's harder that when you have a

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01:22:39,000 --> 01:22:40,760
Speaker 1: job and it's you know, try to stay professional, but

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01:22:40,800 --> 01:22:42,640
Speaker 1: you get those relationships like the one I had with

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01:22:42,760 --> 01:22:45,240
Speaker 1: jobs and the other guys on the team, it's just

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01:22:45,280 --> 01:22:47,559
Speaker 1: like all right, and it started feeling a lot like home.

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01:22:47,600 --> 01:22:49,800
Speaker 1: You don't want to leave it so um to be

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01:22:49,920 --> 01:22:53,680
Speaker 1: someone engraved for a good period of time forever appreciated.

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Speaker 1: You mentioned that you wanted, no matter where it was,

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01:22:56,240 --> 01:23:01,880
Speaker 1: to be her next last was that really it was?

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01:23:02,040 --> 01:23:04,280
Speaker 1: It was for me it was more that family, that

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01:23:04,439 --> 01:23:08,400
Speaker 1: family oriented just from the top to the bottom, um

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01:23:08,439 --> 01:23:11,040
Speaker 1: you know, commentary, and then like the coaching staff and

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01:23:11,320 --> 01:23:14,240
Speaker 1: how they brought up, how we developed, how our conversations are,

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01:23:14,280 --> 01:23:16,599
Speaker 1: and the relationships that I've built in such a short

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01:23:16,640 --> 01:23:19,160
Speaker 1: span of time. Like you know, prior to this, I

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01:23:19,160 --> 01:23:21,000
Speaker 1: feel like we cheated a little bit because we had

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01:23:21,000 --> 01:23:23,120
Speaker 1: that COVID year and we had no choice but to

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01:23:23,160 --> 01:23:25,599
Speaker 1: be around the team, and I felt like it benefits

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01:23:25,600 --> 01:23:27,479
Speaker 1: me in a way, I built relationship with guys that

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01:23:27,760 --> 01:23:30,040
Speaker 1: you know, you typically don't build on football teams. Yeah

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01:23:30,080 --> 01:23:32,799
Speaker 1: you're you're you're cool with a guy or like y'all friends,

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01:23:32,840 --> 01:23:34,640
Speaker 1: but you kind of built that family because you with

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01:23:34,800 --> 01:23:36,360
Speaker 1: them every day and that's the only people you see

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01:23:36,360 --> 01:23:39,599
Speaker 1: in a consistent basis. So for me, uh, spending that time,

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01:23:39,640 --> 01:23:41,519
Speaker 1: I feel like God that that was a sign from God.

1518
01:23:41,560 --> 01:23:43,719
Speaker 1: He putting me at the right place at the right time,

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01:23:44,120 --> 01:23:48,320
Speaker 1: and it all worked out. From teammates, so yeah, you know,

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01:23:48,840 --> 01:23:50,479
Speaker 1: you get a lot of text messages, and I got

1521
01:23:50,439 --> 01:23:52,280
Speaker 1: a text message from guys across the league as far

1522
01:23:52,320 --> 01:23:54,960
Speaker 1: as being in the AFC and playing with the Bills,

1523
01:23:54,960 --> 01:23:57,639
Speaker 1: and I was like when I it's crazy because when

1524
01:23:57,640 --> 01:24:01,519
Speaker 1: I first got traded the Buffalo, besides the mafia and

1525
01:24:01,520 --> 01:24:03,639
Speaker 1: the people who are fans of Buffalo, not too many

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01:24:03,680 --> 01:24:05,280
Speaker 1: people thought it was gonna work out. A lot of

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01:24:05,280 --> 01:24:08,919
Speaker 1: people were like this, we all the builds and uh

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01:24:09,000 --> 01:24:11,720
Speaker 1: two years from now, now, now I can I can

1529
01:24:11,760 --> 01:24:14,679
Speaker 1: smile and say, you know, God works in mysterious ways,

1530
01:24:14,680 --> 01:24:16,719
Speaker 1: and I'm I'm with my family, I'm with the right people,

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01:24:16,720 --> 01:24:21,840
Speaker 1: and I got I got the right support system. So

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01:24:21,960 --> 01:24:25,640
Speaker 1: I mean, how do you take your scrims and you know,

1533
01:24:25,840 --> 01:24:28,240
Speaker 1: make them stronger as being insistent. That's why I receiving

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01:24:28,800 --> 01:24:32,160
Speaker 1: now I'm not gonna you know, they say, if it's

1535
01:24:32,160 --> 01:24:34,120
Speaker 1: not broke, don't fit. It's not broke, don't try to

1536
01:24:34,120 --> 01:24:37,439
Speaker 1: fix it. So we were onto a good little row.

1537
01:24:37,479 --> 01:24:39,080
Speaker 1: As far as like the first two years, I kind

1538
01:24:39,120 --> 01:24:40,920
Speaker 1: of want to hone it and spend a little bit

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01:24:40,920 --> 01:24:42,800
Speaker 1: more time with Josh. You know, we spent a lot

1540
01:24:42,840 --> 01:24:44,800
Speaker 1: of time and yesteryear, Yes, that is one of my

1541
01:24:44,880 --> 01:24:47,080
Speaker 1: best friends. But I feel like we got a lot,

1542
01:24:47,360 --> 01:24:49,799
Speaker 1: you know, a lot more work to do. You know, uh,

1543
01:24:49,840 --> 01:24:52,360
Speaker 1: two years is not six years or five years. So

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01:24:52,479 --> 01:24:54,479
Speaker 1: as far as I scratching that potential in building that

1545
01:24:54,560 --> 01:24:57,639
Speaker 1: relationship quarterback or receiver, UM, I feel like it came

1546
01:24:57,680 --> 01:24:59,640
Speaker 1: now so natural to us, but it's so much more

1547
01:24:59,680 --> 01:25:02,799
Speaker 1: out there. So for me, UM, keep building a relationship

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01:25:02,840 --> 01:25:05,200
Speaker 1: in that chemistry with my quarterback and can continue to

1549
01:25:05,240 --> 01:25:06,880
Speaker 1: be a leader, you know, continue to be a leader

1550
01:25:06,920 --> 01:25:09,639
Speaker 1: on this on this four all fielding on this team. UM.

1551
01:25:09,680 --> 01:25:11,559
Speaker 1: I was so happy, you know, that was one of

1552
01:25:11,560 --> 01:25:13,640
Speaker 1: my goals is to be a captain in my second year.

1553
01:25:13,680 --> 01:25:16,120
Speaker 1: I wanted my first year so bad. Um, But my

1554
01:25:16,160 --> 01:25:18,360
Speaker 1: second year. I wanted it to be like, I'm a

1555
01:25:18,439 --> 01:25:19,920
Speaker 1: leader on this team and I want to continue to

1556
01:25:20,000 --> 01:25:21,680
Speaker 1: lead this team the right way, you know, doing the

1557
01:25:21,760 --> 01:25:23,800
Speaker 1: right things, you know, the way that you know. Of

1558
01:25:23,840 --> 01:25:26,960
Speaker 1: course mcdermock and everybody kind of it kind of sounds like,

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01:25:27,200 --> 01:25:30,200
Speaker 1: uh what it is is a say cliche, but it's something

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01:25:30,240 --> 01:25:31,880
Speaker 1: that I live by. I live by hard work, and

1561
01:25:31,880 --> 01:25:34,600
Speaker 1: I live by, you know, scratching your potential. Scratching the

1562
01:25:34,640 --> 01:25:37,920
Speaker 1: surface of your potential comes from everyday commitment, and that's

1563
01:25:37,960 --> 01:25:45,519
Speaker 1: something I'm trying to do. Yeah, yeah, yeah. We've talked

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01:25:45,560 --> 01:25:47,679
Speaker 1: a couple of times, especially you know, because it's offseason.

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01:25:47,720 --> 01:25:49,240
Speaker 1: Everybody has it down thetime. But a lot of that

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01:25:49,400 --> 01:25:51,080
Speaker 1: a lot of those guys spend their times here is

1567
01:25:51,120 --> 01:25:53,840
Speaker 1: their downtime. But we've we've spoken a couple of times,

1568
01:25:53,840 --> 01:25:56,639
Speaker 1: and it's you know, that's when I say that family thing.

1569
01:25:56,640 --> 01:25:59,280
Speaker 1: It's not the same because in other places, you see,

1570
01:25:59,520 --> 01:26:01,519
Speaker 1: you might not I haven't necessarily a relationship with your

1571
01:26:01,600 --> 01:26:04,360
Speaker 1: quarterback coach because he's not your specific coach. But here,

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01:26:04,439 --> 01:26:06,800
Speaker 1: you know, I talked to Dorsey every morning. We crack

1573
01:26:06,840 --> 01:26:09,000
Speaker 1: a joker every morning. That was before he became the OC.

1574
01:26:09,240 --> 01:26:11,799
Speaker 1: So um, and I had that relationship throughout the season

1575
01:26:11,880 --> 01:26:14,679
Speaker 1: of you know, him kind of being that middleman between

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01:26:14,720 --> 01:26:16,640
Speaker 1: me and Josh as well, like as far as like

1577
01:26:16,680 --> 01:26:19,000
Speaker 1: with certain things that I like and I can tell Josh,

1578
01:26:19,000 --> 01:26:20,639
Speaker 1: but you know, it kind of got to circle around

1579
01:26:20,720 --> 01:26:22,840
Speaker 1: that in that coaching in that coaching room as well.

1580
01:26:22,920 --> 01:26:25,360
Speaker 1: So I kind of somewhat built a relationship with doors

1581
01:26:25,360 --> 01:26:27,200
Speaker 1: Stare and kind of just with some rollover with him

1582
01:26:27,200 --> 01:26:29,400
Speaker 1: becoming an ose, I'm like, damn, oh, you know, I

1583
01:26:29,760 --> 01:26:31,519
Speaker 1: didn't even I didn't break a sweat at all. I

1584
01:26:31,560 --> 01:26:34,000
Speaker 1: got one hundred same confidence in Doors and we kind

1585
01:26:34,000 --> 01:26:35,960
Speaker 1: of like when I was like having a conversation with

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01:26:36,080 --> 01:26:38,400
Speaker 1: him in the season as far as like with plays

1587
01:26:38,400 --> 01:26:39,920
Speaker 1: and routes that I like, and he was like this,

1588
01:26:40,040 --> 01:26:41,760
Speaker 1: well we could do it this way, we could do

1589
01:26:41,800 --> 01:26:45,280
Speaker 1: it that way. And just having that a creative offensive mind,

1590
01:26:46,120 --> 01:26:50,040
Speaker 1: got it got me got me excited conversation with Joe

1591
01:26:50,160 --> 01:26:56,559
Speaker 1: Rady because years at the season now not too many actually,

1592
01:26:56,600 --> 01:27:00,840
Speaker 1: but you know, hopefully coming soon earlier that when you

1593
01:27:00,880 --> 01:27:03,120
Speaker 1: got traded here, not a lot of people thought it

1594
01:27:03,160 --> 01:27:05,880
Speaker 1: was gonna work at it so obviously okay, so the

1595
01:27:05,880 --> 01:27:07,560
Speaker 1: majority of people didn't think it was gonna work out it.

1596
01:27:07,760 --> 01:27:10,519
Speaker 1: So now we're sitting here, is there any one thing

1597
01:27:10,800 --> 01:27:13,439
Speaker 1: that surprised you about how well it did work out,

1598
01:27:13,479 --> 01:27:16,160
Speaker 1: whether that be on the field or off the field. No,

1599
01:27:17,800 --> 01:27:20,880
Speaker 1: Because when I anticipated in coming here, I knew Josh

1600
01:27:20,920 --> 01:27:24,080
Speaker 1: Allen was a good quarterback. I watched him beat us

1601
01:27:24,120 --> 01:27:26,599
Speaker 1: like thirty something and we had zero points and he

1602
01:27:26,640 --> 01:27:28,719
Speaker 1: was just bawling crazy. So I had confidence in Jos

1603
01:27:28,760 --> 01:27:30,439
Speaker 1: and I was like, I don't really know what y'are

1604
01:27:30,439 --> 01:27:32,840
Speaker 1: talking about, like saying anything other than he's a good

1605
01:27:32,920 --> 01:27:35,439
Speaker 1: QUI good quarterback. And then just a team and how

1606
01:27:35,479 --> 01:27:37,120
Speaker 1: they were and how they were built as far as

1607
01:27:37,160 --> 01:27:39,760
Speaker 1: like the group of guys that they had, the guys

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01:27:39,760 --> 01:27:41,960
Speaker 1: that I knew personally. I might not have spoke to

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01:27:42,040 --> 01:27:43,639
Speaker 1: him all the time, but I knew they had a relationship.

1610
01:27:43,640 --> 01:27:46,080
Speaker 1: But those are great guys. So going into it, I

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01:27:46,120 --> 01:27:48,240
Speaker 1: had to write mindset. It was saying like this is

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01:27:48,280 --> 01:27:52,120
Speaker 1: a good team, and I want to earn the respect

1613
01:27:52,120 --> 01:27:54,439
Speaker 1: of my teammates and my coaches rather than coming in

1614
01:27:54,520 --> 01:27:56,559
Speaker 1: and I don't know any other way I could have been,

1615
01:27:57,040 --> 01:27:59,800
Speaker 1: but earned the respect of my team, my coaches, and

1616
01:28:00,200 --> 01:28:02,080
Speaker 1: my best before it. Every day, all right, that's Stefon

1617
01:28:02,160 --> 01:28:05,559
Speaker 1: Diggs addressing the media here this afternoon at one Bills

1618
01:28:05,640 --> 01:28:09,479
Speaker 1: Drive after signing his contract extension, making it official a

1619
01:28:09,520 --> 01:28:11,639
Speaker 1: four year extension on top of the two years left

1620
01:28:11,640 --> 01:28:14,920
Speaker 1: on his deal. But Maddie, we're out of time. We

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Speaker 1: have to go off the air here, but look for

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Speaker 1: full coverage of Stefon Diggs press conference on Buffalo bills

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01:28:21,720 --> 01:28:25,240
Speaker 1: dot com later today, and we'll have full coverage tomorrow

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01:28:25,640 --> 01:28:29,000
Speaker 1: here on the show as well. So Maddie back in

1625
01:28:29,040 --> 01:28:31,320
Speaker 1: that chair with me here tomorrow. We will see you

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Speaker 1: at one pm.