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Speaker 1: This is One Bills Live presented by Called Light of Health. Hey,

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Speaker 1: how you being on this Tuesday? Chris Brown, Steve Tasker

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Speaker 1: with you. One Bills Live is the show. Thanks for

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Speaker 1: joining us, Happy to have you with us. And some

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Speaker 1: more free agent doings. Players coming in, players going out

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Speaker 1: and at the same position. As a matter of fact,

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Speaker 1: based on reports, nothing confirmed from the Bills as of yet,

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Speaker 1: but Damian Harris him himself tweeting out to Buffalo Bills

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Speaker 1: fans last night and basically giving strong indication that the

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Speaker 1: reports that he is set to sign a contract with

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Speaker 1: penn being put to paper and a deal becoming official,

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Speaker 1: But it looks as though Damian Harris is going to

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Speaker 1: be the newest Buffalo Bills running back. Meanwhile, signing elsewhere

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Speaker 1: in free agency, Buffalo Bill's former third round pick and

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Speaker 1: last four seasons, Devin's Singletary signing with Houston a one

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Speaker 1: In your initial thoughts one Steve Tasker, well, Damien Harris.

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Speaker 1: If if you're a Bills fan, you know Damien Harris

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Speaker 1: has absolutely squashed the Bills over the last time a

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Speaker 1: few times they've played him. When he's in the game,

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Speaker 1: he's he plays really well against our defense. Of course,

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Speaker 1: Devin Singletary is a guy that Bills fans have loved.

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Speaker 1: I mean, he's he's played really hard for this club,

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Speaker 1: you know every every back has his wartz, Devin Singletaries,

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Speaker 1: you know, he was you know, he was a Bill

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Speaker 1: on some really good he was really good football teams.

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Speaker 1: He was part of. Um you can make. The only

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Speaker 1: criticism you could have of him really is what that

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Speaker 1: he he wasn't good enough on a really good team.

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Speaker 1: I don't know. But he got everything he earned when

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Speaker 1: he was on the field is because he earned it,

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Speaker 1: no question about a third round draft pick the Bill's

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Speaker 1: coaching staff. He was out there early on in his career,

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Speaker 1: had some fumble problems early in his career, but over

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Speaker 1: the last two years, I think he got over the

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Speaker 1: of totally and the yards from scrimmage is he not.

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Speaker 1: Isn't he one of the top ten running backs in

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Speaker 1: Bill's history now or running ball carriers? Anyway, Josh will

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Speaker 1: probably pass him. He'll never get the I don't know

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Speaker 1: if he'll ever get the love and respect he deserves

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Speaker 1: because of the quarterback he played with. And maybe he

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Speaker 1: But certainly, I mean, he'd be hard pressed not to

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Speaker 1: say nice things about the guy from the from his

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Speaker 1: time here in Buffalo. Great person, good player, productive when

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Speaker 1: And I think his reliability for the most part as

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Speaker 1: even his latest last season, it was clear coach McDermott

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Speaker 1: Couldn't say enough nice things about Devin Singletary after games,

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Speaker 1: you know, in postgame press conferences. So yeah, I mean,

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Speaker 1: I guess the only thing you would you would ask

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Speaker 1: yourself that, you know, is a fair question I think

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Speaker 1: the market is not kind to running backs. I mean,

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Speaker 1: the free agent market. And I don't know about you, Steve,

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Speaker 1: seen more one year contracts in a free agent period

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Speaker 1: So I've got that money in my pocket, just you

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Speaker 1: they've got to spend money there. Their backs to the wall.

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Speaker 1: There is also breaking news concerning Bills free agents. Isaiah McKenzie,

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Speaker 1: And I wouldn't be shocked if that's another one year

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Speaker 1: Getting back to Damian Harris Steve, we've said many times

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Speaker 1: on this show that he has been a veritable Bills killer,

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Speaker 1: and so I decided to pull up his career games

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Speaker 1: against Buffalo Okay so as a rookie in twenty twenty

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Speaker 1: Harris sixteen carries, one hundred two yards and a touchdown

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Speaker 1: Damian Harris eighteen carries for one oh three and three touchdowns. Okay,

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Speaker 1: Steve a player that has success against an opponent, Sometimes

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Speaker 1: it looks like Damian Harris. As we said, nothing confirmed

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Speaker 1: Damian Harris bigger in stature, you know, just about six

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Speaker 1: He accelerates fast his top ends probably like everybody. He's

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Speaker 1: That's that's what explosion does for you. Even if you

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Speaker 1: the best professional football player that's left on the board,

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Speaker 1: that's the guy they want to take. Whether it's regardless

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Speaker 1: of positions, whether it's a defensive end or a corner.

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Speaker 1: They don't they can't care. They've got to take the

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Speaker 1: best guy and let him evolve into on their being

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Speaker 1: on their roster and being on the field for them

433
00:25:41,280 --> 00:25:45,520
Speaker 1: because they'll get better for it. You can't get into

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Speaker 1: the fact that said, well, who's the best defensive player, Well,

435
00:25:49,359 --> 00:25:52,639
Speaker 1: the defensive players may not. Yeah. There, you can't go

436
00:25:52,720 --> 00:25:55,480
Speaker 1: in that like that. Well yeah, but it is interesting,

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00:25:56,760 --> 00:26:03,360
Speaker 1: as Alex pointed, out, of the six free agents signed

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Speaker 1: by the Bills so far, if in fact Harris becomes

439
00:26:06,720 --> 00:26:10,920
Speaker 1: the sixth five of the six on the offensive side

440
00:26:10,920 --> 00:26:13,080
Speaker 1: of the ball, the only defensive free agent that they

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00:26:13,119 --> 00:26:17,439
Speaker 1: signed that was not already on their roster is Zane Anderson,

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00:26:17,920 --> 00:26:22,040
Speaker 1: a special team's safety from Kansas City, who was the

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00:26:22,040 --> 00:26:24,680
Speaker 1: first guy to sign. It's the only defensive free agent

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00:26:24,720 --> 00:26:30,600
Speaker 1: they've signed, so as we sit today, it is screaming

445
00:26:31,280 --> 00:26:34,640
Speaker 1: that the Bills may have to take a larger focus

446
00:26:34,720 --> 00:26:38,080
Speaker 1: on the defensive side of the ball in the draft. Now.

447
00:26:38,760 --> 00:26:44,080
Speaker 1: They did resign Jordan Poyer, they did resign Dane Jackson,

448
00:26:44,480 --> 00:26:48,040
Speaker 1: they did resign Cam Lewis and a couple other special

449
00:26:48,080 --> 00:26:52,720
Speaker 1: teamers like Tyrrell Dodson and Tyler Matacavich. All those guys

450
00:26:52,760 --> 00:26:54,840
Speaker 1: play on the defensive side of the ball, but most

451
00:26:54,840 --> 00:26:58,240
Speaker 1: of them make their money by playing on special teams.

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Speaker 1: So the new guys are on the offensive side, but

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00:27:01,359 --> 00:27:05,119
Speaker 1: the resignings have been on the defensive side, most of

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00:27:05,119 --> 00:27:09,120
Speaker 1: whom are special teamers. Cam Lewis, you know what I mean,

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00:27:09,880 --> 00:27:12,800
Speaker 1: Tyrell Dots and Tyler Manda Cabridge. I mean those are three,

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00:27:13,040 --> 00:27:14,919
Speaker 1: and then you have Poyer and Dane Jackson for a

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00:27:15,000 --> 00:27:18,159
Speaker 1: total of five. So it's almost balanced out offense defense

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00:27:18,200 --> 00:27:23,760
Speaker 1: in terms of resignings and signings. But they've made a

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Speaker 1: point of making the new additions in free agency on

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00:27:27,119 --> 00:27:30,160
Speaker 1: the offensive side of the ball predominantly here right, So

461
00:27:30,960 --> 00:27:33,760
Speaker 1: does it mean they lean more defense in the draft.

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00:27:33,760 --> 00:27:36,320
Speaker 1: It could. We're still a month away from the draft.

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00:27:36,520 --> 00:27:39,840
Speaker 1: Let's see what else is added first before we jump

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00:27:39,880 --> 00:27:42,879
Speaker 1: for Ideally, though, that's where they want to Don't don't

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00:27:42,960 --> 00:27:45,760
Speaker 1: fool yourself into thinking this is going to be an

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00:27:45,760 --> 00:27:48,560
Speaker 1: all offense draft. They're going to get to a point

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00:27:48,560 --> 00:27:50,800
Speaker 1: where they can take the best guy, whether he's offense

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00:27:50,880 --> 00:27:54,840
Speaker 1: or defense, no matter what's what position. I'm that's that's

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00:27:54,840 --> 00:27:56,880
Speaker 1: the way they've done it. That's the way they try

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Speaker 1: to get it to be. Anyway, and they go from there,

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00:28:00,200 --> 00:28:03,080
Speaker 1: and that is what has gotten them to be year in,

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00:28:03,240 --> 00:28:06,320
Speaker 1: year out a contender, and that's not going to change.

473
00:28:06,440 --> 00:28:11,240
Speaker 1: So they're gonna do that and trying and they're trying

474
00:28:11,280 --> 00:28:14,680
Speaker 1: to hit it every time. And you don't want to

475
00:28:14,720 --> 00:28:18,600
Speaker 1: miss because your value, it's all in your evaluation, because

476
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Speaker 1: you may have these three guys that are gonna be, oh,

477
00:28:20,640 --> 00:28:22,680
Speaker 1: this is great. One of these guys going to be

478
00:28:22,720 --> 00:28:24,240
Speaker 1: our guy, and all three of them may stink, and

479
00:28:24,359 --> 00:28:27,320
Speaker 1: six guys right behind them may all hit, you know,

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00:28:27,520 --> 00:28:29,800
Speaker 1: for the other teams, of which whoever grabs those guys,

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00:28:29,840 --> 00:28:33,160
Speaker 1: you know, it's that kind of thing. You just don't

482
00:28:33,160 --> 00:28:36,640
Speaker 1: want to miss on those guys. That's all. We have

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00:28:36,720 --> 00:28:41,000
Speaker 1: to take a break here. When we come back, it

484
00:28:41,240 --> 00:28:44,400
Speaker 1: is more of your phone calls. So Tom and Lackawana,

485
00:28:44,480 --> 00:28:46,600
Speaker 1: Doc and Williams Vill David and we Field hang tight.

486
00:28:46,640 --> 00:28:49,160
Speaker 1: We will get to you when we return. As we

487
00:28:49,200 --> 00:28:52,280
Speaker 1: are asking you today, if these reports of Damian Harris

488
00:28:52,360 --> 00:28:56,280
Speaker 1: signing with Buffalo are accurate? Are the bills set at

489
00:28:56,360 --> 00:28:58,640
Speaker 1: running back for twenty twenty three? You tell us at

490
00:28:58,640 --> 00:29:00,960
Speaker 1: eight oh three fifty back in a flash year on

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00:29:01,000 --> 00:29:02,720
Speaker 1: one bill's line presented by to a lot of health.

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00:29:02,880 --> 00:29:16,440
Speaker 1: It's Buffalo Bills Radio. All right, right back to the

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Speaker 1: phones we go, as we are asking you at eight

494
00:29:20,000 --> 00:29:23,760
Speaker 1: fifty with the reports of Damian Harris set to sign

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00:29:23,800 --> 00:29:26,680
Speaker 1: with the Bills, if it in fact happens, do you

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00:29:26,720 --> 00:29:30,080
Speaker 1: believe the Bills to be set at the running back

497
00:29:30,080 --> 00:29:32,560
Speaker 1: position for twenty twenty three? You tell us at eight three,

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00:29:32,840 --> 00:29:34,760
Speaker 1: five fifty We go to the phones, and leading us

499
00:29:34,760 --> 00:29:39,680
Speaker 1: off is Tom in Lackawanna. What do you got for us? Tom? Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I think while I, like Steve said, those are probably

501
00:29:42,880 --> 00:29:45,440
Speaker 1: the starters, they may try to bring back Thailand Jones

502
00:29:45,480 --> 00:29:49,880
Speaker 1: if he can still operate on special teams at his

503
00:29:49,920 --> 00:29:52,400
Speaker 1: advanced age. And I think they've done a good job

504
00:29:52,400 --> 00:29:54,400
Speaker 1: of a filling on the pieces as he talked about,

505
00:29:54,440 --> 00:29:59,719
Speaker 1: except linebackers. So I'm hoping and depending on what they

506
00:29:59,760 --> 00:30:04,000
Speaker 1: are scouting department says about Campbell or Sanders, if they

507
00:30:04,040 --> 00:30:06,920
Speaker 1: think they are a twenty seventh pick. If not, maybe

508
00:30:06,960 --> 00:30:09,640
Speaker 1: trade down to early in the second round and pick

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00:30:09,720 --> 00:30:12,520
Speaker 1: up another third or fourth and take a linebacker then,

510
00:30:13,480 --> 00:30:16,840
Speaker 1: and then one other thing before you hang up on

511
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Speaker 1: the Are there some owners meetings next week or something? Yes? Yes,

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Speaker 1: Out in Arizona, do you know, has anybody from the

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00:30:25,280 --> 00:30:29,040
Speaker 1: Bills or anybody else talked about Miami having to have

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00:30:29,240 --> 00:30:34,720
Speaker 1: four o'clock starts in September and October or allowing if

515
00:30:34,760 --> 00:30:37,719
Speaker 1: they don't have fans on their side because their field

516
00:30:37,880 --> 00:30:41,680
Speaker 1: is constructed, that it is not just a you know,

517
00:30:41,840 --> 00:30:44,080
Speaker 1: the weather in Buffalo is all over the field and

518
00:30:44,320 --> 00:30:46,440
Speaker 1: it's not that way one of the way that stadium

519
00:30:46,480 --> 00:30:48,760
Speaker 1: is set up. If they really are worried about the

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00:30:48,800 --> 00:30:52,680
Speaker 1: health of their players like they proclaimed to be, didn't

521
00:30:52,720 --> 00:30:56,840
Speaker 1: we have a Minnesota tackle die about fifteen years ago

522
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Speaker 1: in preseason from heat exhaustion that was in a practice

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00:31:01,200 --> 00:31:07,120
Speaker 1: at training Stringer. Yeah, but you know, if they're talking safety,

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Speaker 1: then I don't care. You know how they want to

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00:31:09,760 --> 00:31:12,680
Speaker 1: look at whether it's legal or legal for illegal for

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Speaker 1: what Miami does. They're talking safety, they need to address

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Speaker 1: the Yeah. I don't think you're wrong at all, Tom,

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Speaker 1: I don't and thanks for the call. To my knowledge,

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Speaker 1: I haven't heard anything brought up, you know that makes

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Speaker 1: a concrete argument that would put it on the owner's

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00:31:29,760 --> 00:31:32,640
Speaker 1: agenda or even the Competition committee agenda or the Safety

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00:31:32,640 --> 00:31:35,920
Speaker 1: committee agenda. But is it there? Could it be brought up?

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00:31:35,960 --> 00:31:38,280
Speaker 1: I suppose it could. The Bills weren't the only team

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00:31:38,920 --> 00:31:40,600
Speaker 1: that had an issue with the heat down there this

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00:31:40,680 --> 00:31:45,280
Speaker 1: past season. I distinctly remember the Dolphins playing the Vikings

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00:31:45,640 --> 00:31:49,160
Speaker 1: and this was late This was like mid November, and

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00:31:49,200 --> 00:31:54,560
Speaker 1: they had Vikings players having problems with the heat in November.

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00:31:54,600 --> 00:31:56,760
Speaker 1: It was a humid day there, an unusually humid day

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00:31:56,800 --> 00:31:59,200
Speaker 1: for November in Miami, and they suffered some of the

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00:31:59,240 --> 00:32:01,560
Speaker 1: same problems to the same degree that the Bills did

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00:32:01,560 --> 00:32:04,280
Speaker 1: in Week three. But it was a problem for them too.

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00:32:04,360 --> 00:32:07,960
Speaker 1: So if the Bills did want to bring it to light,

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00:32:09,720 --> 00:32:11,719
Speaker 1: I think there's some teams that would back them up

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00:32:11,760 --> 00:32:16,240
Speaker 1: on that. And you're not asking them to change home

545
00:32:16,280 --> 00:32:19,040
Speaker 1: field advantage per se. You're just asking them to do

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00:32:19,120 --> 00:32:21,920
Speaker 1: something in the name of safety, as you suggest. So

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00:32:22,160 --> 00:32:24,160
Speaker 1: I'll say this too, I think they'd have a leg

548
00:32:24,240 --> 00:32:27,280
Speaker 1: to stand on. But oh yeah, is it gonna get

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00:32:27,280 --> 00:32:30,080
Speaker 1: a resolution that they're looking for that I'm not so

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00:32:30,120 --> 00:32:32,480
Speaker 1: sure about. I'll say this too. I pooh poohed this

551
00:32:32,680 --> 00:32:35,520
Speaker 1: heat thing last year before that game because when we

552
00:32:35,640 --> 00:32:37,480
Speaker 1: played and we played down there at one o'clocks up,

553
00:32:37,920 --> 00:32:41,840
Speaker 1: it was it never seemed to be that big of

554
00:32:41,880 --> 00:32:44,640
Speaker 1: an issue. Now, the stadium was differently configured. I mean

555
00:32:45,040 --> 00:32:46,320
Speaker 1: we were in the heat, and I don't think that

556
00:32:46,520 --> 00:32:50,120
Speaker 1: the awning wasn't over the stands. So their sideline was

557
00:32:50,160 --> 00:32:51,800
Speaker 1: as much in the sun I think as ours, maybe

558
00:32:51,840 --> 00:32:56,000
Speaker 1: at a different angle. I pooh pooed it before the game,

559
00:32:56,960 --> 00:32:59,000
Speaker 1: and then the Bills went down there and melted, and

560
00:32:59,120 --> 00:33:04,920
Speaker 1: I was like, well, I was wrong. I'm surprised global warming.

561
00:33:06,600 --> 00:33:09,000
Speaker 1: Maybe I'm just maybe I'm just a rocket didn't know.

562
00:33:09,600 --> 00:33:12,720
Speaker 1: It's hard enough to We got ice shelves falling off

563
00:33:12,720 --> 00:33:17,080
Speaker 1: in Antarctica, so I had no problem staying staying cool

564
00:33:17,160 --> 00:33:20,440
Speaker 1: over on the sidelines. I took one play every ten plays,

565
00:33:20,440 --> 00:33:22,560
Speaker 1: you know, special teams, So maybe that was it. But

566
00:33:22,960 --> 00:33:26,480
Speaker 1: I didn't work hard enough during those games. But yeah,

567
00:33:27,000 --> 00:33:31,880
Speaker 1: it will be brought up at some point to change that,

568
00:33:32,120 --> 00:33:37,880
Speaker 1: and particularly for when it's egregious, when it really is

569
00:33:37,920 --> 00:33:40,240
Speaker 1: a difference maker, like it is Miami because their sideline

570
00:33:40,320 --> 00:33:43,800
Speaker 1: is in the shade and the Bills is not. That's

571
00:33:43,800 --> 00:33:46,880
Speaker 1: a big difference, along with the rule that whatever the

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00:33:46,920 --> 00:33:49,560
Speaker 1: home team does not use, you cannot make use of

573
00:33:49,640 --> 00:33:52,680
Speaker 1: to create an unfair advantage too. So there's the Bills

574
00:33:52,720 --> 00:33:57,440
Speaker 1: with their six missing fans on the sideline unplugged and

575
00:33:57,600 --> 00:34:00,560
Speaker 1: not being used when they wanted to use them because

576
00:34:00,600 --> 00:34:02,960
Speaker 1: the home team wasn't using them, right, So if the

577
00:34:03,000 --> 00:34:04,960
Speaker 1: home team doesn't use them, you can't use them either,

578
00:34:05,040 --> 00:34:07,120
Speaker 1: So that you know, fair is fair. So you don't

579
00:34:07,160 --> 00:34:09,960
Speaker 1: want and if you're and you can imagine, say, for instance,

580
00:34:10,000 --> 00:34:12,759
Speaker 1: if you're Buffalo and your guys are used to the

581
00:34:12,800 --> 00:34:16,319
Speaker 1: cold weather and you don't have heated benches and don't

582
00:34:16,360 --> 00:34:19,160
Speaker 1: want to give them to the other, you know it's unfair. Uh.

583
00:34:19,360 --> 00:34:21,960
Speaker 1: For then if you want to go without because your

584
00:34:21,960 --> 00:34:25,200
Speaker 1: guys are acclimated, why would Miami come in and be

585
00:34:25,280 --> 00:34:27,640
Speaker 1: able to turn on their heated benches and you then

586
00:34:27,719 --> 00:34:30,120
Speaker 1: you you know, so what I'm saying, So you get

587
00:34:30,120 --> 00:34:32,719
Speaker 1: a you know, if you have an advantage, home field

588
00:34:32,719 --> 00:34:36,359
Speaker 1: advantage is home field advantage? Um, it should be something

589
00:34:36,840 --> 00:34:39,200
Speaker 1: right though, because safety does come into play there. You're

590
00:34:39,200 --> 00:34:44,680
Speaker 1: talking about heat exhaustion, players cramping, Yeah, I mean people throwing,

591
00:34:44,800 --> 00:34:47,719
Speaker 1: People are thrown up at halftime. Five players thrown up

592
00:34:47,719 --> 00:34:49,759
Speaker 1: at halftime taking ivs. I mean, I don't know, Maybe

593
00:34:49,800 --> 00:34:52,000
Speaker 1: that's just par for the course in football. A long

594
00:34:52,040 --> 00:34:55,719
Speaker 1: way from dying. Yeah, And I and I get it

595
00:34:56,000 --> 00:35:00,439
Speaker 1: player's safety, and all that is is a is some words,

596
00:35:00,440 --> 00:35:02,879
Speaker 1: and the league takes them very seriously, no question, we've

597
00:35:02,880 --> 00:35:05,880
Speaker 1: seen it. So maybe that would be your best bet

598
00:35:06,080 --> 00:35:08,399
Speaker 1: is to say, listen, we can't have them be doing that.

599
00:35:08,400 --> 00:35:10,279
Speaker 1: That's the angle. It's only a minute. It's only a

600
00:35:10,280 --> 00:35:14,200
Speaker 1: minute before they, you know, say hey it's it's cold too,

601
00:35:14,239 --> 00:35:16,000
Speaker 1: so you got to put a dome over or whatever.

602
00:35:16,320 --> 00:35:19,320
Speaker 1: I wonder if you, if you know, as an organization,

603
00:35:19,360 --> 00:35:22,400
Speaker 1: you're better served to go the players association angle. Go

604
00:35:22,440 --> 00:35:25,120
Speaker 1: to the union and say, hey, we have a number

605
00:35:25,160 --> 00:35:27,000
Speaker 1: of players you know, or you have the players on

606
00:35:27,040 --> 00:35:30,480
Speaker 1: your roster. Bring that to their union and say, hey,

607
00:35:30,520 --> 00:35:32,560
Speaker 1: we got to make a stink about this because this

608
00:35:32,640 --> 00:35:35,880
Speaker 1: is dangerous. We had guys dropping like flies. We need

609
00:35:35,920 --> 00:35:38,359
Speaker 1: to rectify this. Just ask them to move the games.

610
00:35:38,560 --> 00:35:40,040
Speaker 1: It's not out of the realm of pup I'll say this,

611
00:35:40,239 --> 00:35:41,839
Speaker 1: that's the way you'd probably want to go. I'll say

612
00:35:41,880 --> 00:35:44,560
Speaker 1: this too. Deep down. League doesn't care. I mean, they

613
00:35:44,560 --> 00:35:47,600
Speaker 1: care about the players and as long as it's fair

614
00:35:48,080 --> 00:35:50,399
Speaker 1: and a team says all right, we want this this week.

615
00:35:50,440 --> 00:35:53,239
Speaker 1: We want the coolers on Miami Sideline, even if they

616
00:35:53,239 --> 00:35:57,160
Speaker 1: don't have them they don't care, just so long you

617
00:35:57,200 --> 00:35:59,439
Speaker 1: know what I mean, that's it's not a big deal.

618
00:35:59,640 --> 00:36:01,759
Speaker 1: If if it might have changed the outcome of that

619
00:36:01,880 --> 00:36:05,400
Speaker 1: particular game in Miami, if the Bills hadn't had guys

620
00:36:05,520 --> 00:36:09,680
Speaker 1: fallen down, Okay, I get that, But the league doesn't

621
00:36:09,719 --> 00:36:11,279
Speaker 1: care who wins these games. They just wanted to be

622
00:36:11,320 --> 00:36:14,839
Speaker 1: fair and look on the up and up. So as

623
00:36:14,840 --> 00:36:17,399
Speaker 1: long as they can keep it fair, they don't care.

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00:36:17,440 --> 00:36:19,440
Speaker 1: If yeah, let them have it, they don't. You know,

625
00:36:19,440 --> 00:36:21,920
Speaker 1: it's not that big a deal. It's not like all

626
00:36:22,000 --> 00:36:24,520
Speaker 1: Miami's gonna lose all their you know, they're not gonna

627
00:36:24,560 --> 00:36:27,000
Speaker 1: have any home field advantage because the heat is the

628
00:36:27,080 --> 00:36:29,360
Speaker 1: only thing they got going for him. Well, their team's

629
00:36:29,400 --> 00:36:32,399
Speaker 1: pretty good too, and their fans are okay, right, So

630
00:36:32,600 --> 00:36:37,600
Speaker 1: if you're gonna say Miami gets an unfair advantage by it,

631
00:36:39,600 --> 00:36:44,520
Speaker 1: that's a that's kind of a reach rum. But as

632
00:36:44,520 --> 00:36:46,799
Speaker 1: long as you can say, listen, the Bills come down.

633
00:36:46,840 --> 00:36:49,080
Speaker 1: They want access to all this stuff to make sure

634
00:36:49,120 --> 00:36:52,319
Speaker 1: that they're fresh going out on the field every every

635
00:36:52,400 --> 00:36:55,239
Speaker 1: series because they can't get they can't get rest. You

636
00:36:55,280 --> 00:36:57,120
Speaker 1: can't get away from the heat on the sidelines, So

637
00:36:57,160 --> 00:37:00,719
Speaker 1: you got to help find The league doesn't care as

638
00:37:00,760 --> 00:37:02,880
Speaker 1: long as if, if, if you want it, you should

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Speaker 1: be able to have it. And with all the technologies available,

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Speaker 1: I think it's stupid that one one team can't go

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Speaker 1: with it because the other team doesn't want one team's

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00:37:12,000 --> 00:37:14,839
Speaker 1: home field. Because now you've got roost right, you've got

643
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Speaker 1: one home You've got one team making a choice for

644
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Speaker 1: the other team, and that doesn't seem fair. So that's

645
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Speaker 1: another angle, and that's where I have a problem with it. Yeah,

646
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Speaker 1: because if you've got a way to fix it and

647
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Speaker 1: make your team better, they don't get to make my

648
00:37:27,480 --> 00:37:29,520
Speaker 1: choice for me. That's a long way of saying. We

649
00:37:29,520 --> 00:37:31,719
Speaker 1: haven't heard any rumblings on that being brought to light,

650
00:37:31,800 --> 00:37:34,239
Speaker 1: but we'll out more next week. There's a bunch of

651
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Speaker 1: rule changes that are being proposed, and I just I

652
00:37:37,840 --> 00:37:39,520
Speaker 1: saw him. I'm gonna get back to him and I'll

653
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Speaker 1: come back and and we can talk about those in

654
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Speaker 1: another segment. There's a bunch of rules that are being proposed. Um,

655
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Speaker 1: so we'll we'll give you a rundown on those later

656
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Speaker 1: in the shows. Let's get back to the phone though.

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Speaker 1: We go to Doc and Williamsville next. What do you

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Speaker 1: got for us, Doc, Well, first of all, thanks for

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Speaker 1: taking my call. Sure, and uh, secondly, I want to

660
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Speaker 1: talk about the salary cap and then I'll get into

661
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Speaker 1: the running game. I don't I think what the salary

662
00:38:05,280 --> 00:38:09,120
Speaker 1: cap is something that's permanent. I would rather call it

663
00:38:09,160 --> 00:38:12,839
Speaker 1: a budget. And our general manager Bean is the head

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Speaker 1: of the household. He determines where the money's gonna go,

665
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Speaker 1: who gets it, who doesn't get it. He has done

666
00:38:18,440 --> 00:38:21,080
Speaker 1: an excellent job and I know he will do another

667
00:38:21,160 --> 00:38:25,359
Speaker 1: excellent job this year. Now into the running game, I

668
00:38:25,400 --> 00:38:28,200
Speaker 1: don't call a running game. Josh Allen standing had a

669
00:38:28,239 --> 00:38:31,520
Speaker 1: shotgun handing the ball, so the back next to him

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00:38:31,520 --> 00:38:34,600
Speaker 1: on the writer list and our line zone blocking, this

671
00:38:34,760 --> 00:38:37,560
Speaker 1: to me, is not a running game. We need to

672
00:38:37,600 --> 00:38:41,560
Speaker 1: develop trap blocking, combo blocking, pulling, and everything else in

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Speaker 1: the game. Then I'll get excited about who comes to

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Speaker 1: Buffalo as a running back. I'll let you comment. Thanks. Yeah, okay, Doc,

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Speaker 1: I appreciate it. I mean, I get what you're saying.

676
00:38:49,880 --> 00:38:51,759
Speaker 1: It's not like the Bills did not use pin and

677
00:38:51,760 --> 00:38:55,680
Speaker 1: pull schemes. They did do that this past season. And

678
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Speaker 1: I will say this, I wouldn't mind seeing Josh Allen

679
00:38:59,760 --> 00:39:01,680
Speaker 1: under center a little bit more Offen gonna say the

680
00:39:01,680 --> 00:39:05,520
Speaker 1: same thing to get the running game to be more respected,

681
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Speaker 1: because I will say this, and I know Steve you

682
00:39:08,360 --> 00:39:10,120
Speaker 1: saw this too, because we've talked about it. We did

683
00:39:10,239 --> 00:39:13,080
Speaker 1: during the season last year. He's in a shotgun. He

684
00:39:13,120 --> 00:39:15,640
Speaker 1: gives a half ball fake to the running back and

685
00:39:15,680 --> 00:39:18,680
Speaker 1: then pulls it and he's throwing the football linebackers aren't

686
00:39:18,719 --> 00:39:21,520
Speaker 1: biting on that stuff. They only bite on the play action.

687
00:39:21,560 --> 00:39:24,319
Speaker 1: When the quarterbacks under the center drops back and then

688
00:39:24,360 --> 00:39:26,680
Speaker 1: fakes the handoff. You have to respect that kind of

689
00:39:26,680 --> 00:39:29,200
Speaker 1: a handoff fake because if it is a handoff, you've

690
00:39:29,200 --> 00:39:30,759
Speaker 1: got to be in position to make the play at

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Speaker 1: the line of scrimmage. If not sooner, and if you're

692
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Speaker 1: a half second late, that guy's getting three or four yards,

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Speaker 1: and that's a problem. It is going under center. While

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Speaker 1: you know, guys like me, I grew up. I remember

695
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Speaker 1: when it was the Cowboys who started doing shotgun with

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Speaker 1: Roger Staubach. They used to moved him off the line

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Speaker 1: four yards and snapped it like that, and everybody's like, oh,

698
00:39:54,760 --> 00:39:56,839
Speaker 1: then one team they did it, and then another team

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Speaker 1: did it. And I remember too, I was a rookie

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Speaker 1: with the Houston Oilers and Warren Warren Moon was the

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Speaker 1: quarterback and he didn't like shotgun because he had to

702
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Speaker 1: take his eyes off the defense to get the ball

703
00:40:15,040 --> 00:40:16,640
Speaker 1: in the ball would snap, he had to watch the

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Speaker 1: ball and take his eyes off the defense for that,

705
00:40:18,480 --> 00:40:20,200
Speaker 1: you know, that amount of time the ball had to

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Speaker 1: get back, had just before the snap to just after

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Speaker 1: getting it. And he didn't like taking his eyes off

708
00:40:24,840 --> 00:40:28,760
Speaker 1: the defense. But when you get a quarterback under center

709
00:40:29,280 --> 00:40:34,799
Speaker 1: in today's NFL and picture Josh under center, it changes

710
00:40:34,840 --> 00:40:37,640
Speaker 1: everything about what the defense expects and what they're gonna do.

711
00:40:37,680 --> 00:40:41,080
Speaker 1: And quite frankly, I don't think Ken Dorsey or Brian

712
00:40:41,200 --> 00:40:43,920
Speaker 1: day Ball or Josh for that matter, like it all

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Speaker 1: that much because it changes the way the defense sets up.

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Speaker 1: And maybe and it's you know, maybe Josh doesn't feel

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Speaker 1: as comfortable when he when he takes the time to

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Speaker 1: drop back. I think he I don't think it's as

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00:41:01,440 --> 00:41:06,320
Speaker 1: easy to see it, to see the defense and whatever

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00:41:06,400 --> 00:41:08,799
Speaker 1: that takes away from him in the run fakes or

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Speaker 1: even in the run game because they have to get

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Speaker 1: under center to run it. Then with some of these concepts,

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Speaker 1: you know, then you become predictable, and then that's the

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Speaker 1: last place you want to be. I wouldn't. I'm with you, though, Brownie.

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Speaker 1: I think under center a little bit more would really

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Speaker 1: help them, particularly in play action, and you've just got

725
00:41:29,880 --> 00:41:32,200
Speaker 1: to get it married up so some It would help

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Speaker 1: also to get some of the run game concepts to

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00:41:35,400 --> 00:41:38,279
Speaker 1: look exactly like some of the passing game concepts the

728
00:41:38,320 --> 00:41:40,440
Speaker 1: other Once you do that, then the defense is like

729
00:41:40,880 --> 00:41:43,640
Speaker 1: deep into the play count and they still don't know

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Speaker 1: what you're gonna do. The other thing I like about

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Speaker 1: Damian Harris, if it in fact comes to fruition here

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00:41:49,520 --> 00:41:53,600
Speaker 1: and he signs officially, he runs really good with a

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Speaker 1: fullback in front of him. And we know that Reggie

734
00:41:56,239 --> 00:41:58,520
Speaker 1: Hillium will be on this roster, so that adds another

735
00:41:58,560 --> 00:42:01,279
Speaker 1: dimension in terms of personneloping. I mean not that this

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00:42:01,280 --> 00:42:03,839
Speaker 1: team is shy about running twenty one personnel. They have

737
00:42:04,880 --> 00:42:09,080
Speaker 1: and with Damian Harris, he's a guy who does very

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Speaker 1: well and has been very productive in his career with

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Speaker 1: a fullback in front of him. We have to take

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00:42:14,280 --> 00:42:16,200
Speaker 1: a break here, but more of your phone calls and next,

741
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Speaker 1: as we're asking you, is the running back room set

742
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Speaker 1: for twenty twenty three. If the reports of Damian Harris

743
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Speaker 1: signing with Buffalo prove accurate. We'll get back to your

744
00:42:26,000 --> 00:42:37,040
Speaker 1: phone calls when we return here on one Bill's lively tension.

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00:42:37,160 --> 00:42:40,280
Speaker 1: The Bills Store will be closing on March twenty fourth

746
00:42:40,320 --> 00:42:43,440
Speaker 1: for some big changes. Upon reopening on April first, there

747
00:42:43,480 --> 00:42:45,880
Speaker 1: will be a new operator, better assortment of your favorite

748
00:42:45,920 --> 00:42:50,880
Speaker 1: team apparel and products, along with improved services. All the

749
00:42:50,880 --> 00:42:53,640
Speaker 1: famer Therman Thomas will be part of the reopening festivities,

750
00:42:54,000 --> 00:42:56,840
Speaker 1: although you can still shop online at shop dot Buffalo

751
00:42:56,840 --> 00:43:00,560
Speaker 1: bills dot com. In the meantime, look forward to that

752
00:43:01,600 --> 00:43:04,440
Speaker 1: when that's coming up and I and don't worry, it

753
00:43:04,520 --> 00:43:06,520
Speaker 1: is not an April Fools joke. That's on the up

754
00:43:06,520 --> 00:43:10,680
Speaker 1: and up. They are reopening April first, so please ignore

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00:43:10,760 --> 00:43:14,279
Speaker 1: anything I did not regarding April first, and that being

756
00:43:14,320 --> 00:43:16,960
Speaker 1: April Fools Day, not trying to pull a fast one

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00:43:16,960 --> 00:43:23,000
Speaker 1: on you. Ballpark brownie. How many pieces of logoed Bills

758
00:43:23,000 --> 00:43:27,600
Speaker 1: apparel do you have in your closet? I don't know,

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00:43:27,600 --> 00:43:31,040
Speaker 1: because we werewhere between twenty and thirty. I'd say, really,

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00:43:31,200 --> 00:43:33,560
Speaker 1: you probably have born than that. I had last count

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Speaker 1: I had sixty good Lord on hangers. Yeah, I quarters

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00:43:37,960 --> 00:43:42,359
Speaker 1: that kind of polo shirts sixty. Yeah, I don't have

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00:43:42,400 --> 00:43:45,640
Speaker 1: that at sixty. Apparently your supplier does a much better

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00:43:45,719 --> 00:43:48,960
Speaker 1: job than mine. Well, I've been I've been at it longer,

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00:43:49,000 --> 00:43:51,480
Speaker 1: and plus I've got probably I've probably got pieces of

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Speaker 1: Bill's logoed where that are older than my married children.

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Speaker 1: Oh wow. But nevertheless, I don't get rid of it.

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00:44:00,280 --> 00:44:03,960
Speaker 1: But yeah, sixty, I still and let me just tell

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Speaker 1: you this, I still go through the bill store like

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00:44:05,760 --> 00:44:09,040
Speaker 1: a kid. Well that we know, we've seen that in action.

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Speaker 1: That's so good. Let's get back to the phones because

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00:44:12,520 --> 00:44:15,200
Speaker 1: we've got people waiting here. We got David in Wheatfield. Next,

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Speaker 1: what do you got first, David? Hey, guys, I'm gonna

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Speaker 1: preface this by saying that I don't think this is

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00:44:22,520 --> 00:44:25,000
Speaker 1: going to happen because I don't think twenty six other

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00:44:25,000 --> 00:44:27,160
Speaker 1: teams are going to be this dumb. But if Bijean

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00:44:27,280 --> 00:44:30,120
Speaker 1: Robinson is still there at twenty seven, I don't see

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00:44:30,120 --> 00:44:33,280
Speaker 1: how we cannot draft him. That guy is an absolute

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00:44:33,320 --> 00:44:36,240
Speaker 1: game changer. You talk about taking pressure off Josh Allen

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00:44:36,560 --> 00:44:40,879
Speaker 1: and making the play action game more effective. That guy

781
00:44:41,040 --> 00:44:42,800
Speaker 1: is a threat to take it to the house every

782
00:44:42,800 --> 00:44:47,000
Speaker 1: time he touches the ball. Draft Bijean and trade James

783
00:44:47,080 --> 00:44:50,680
Speaker 1: Cook and or Nihiem Hines and move up in the

784
00:44:50,719 --> 00:44:55,520
Speaker 1: second round and get your guard or your linebacker. Yeah.

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00:44:55,560 --> 00:44:58,279
Speaker 1: I mean I hear what you're saying, David personally. And

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00:44:58,360 --> 00:45:00,000
Speaker 1: I said this a month ago when we had Sam

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00:45:00,040 --> 00:45:03,399
Speaker 1: Macho on, who is a Texas Alaman, has his ear

788
00:45:03,440 --> 00:45:05,160
Speaker 1: to the ground on the Texas program, because we were

789
00:45:05,160 --> 00:45:07,959
Speaker 1: talking to him about be Jean Robinson about three weeks ago,

790
00:45:08,600 --> 00:45:10,879
Speaker 1: and I said, is there any way this guy even

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00:45:10,960 --> 00:45:15,080
Speaker 1: gets to twenty seven? Even with how devalued the running

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00:45:15,080 --> 00:45:17,240
Speaker 1: back position is, he goes. I don't see how it happens.

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00:45:17,680 --> 00:45:19,759
Speaker 1: I mean, if he's as good as Dave. I mean,

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00:45:19,800 --> 00:45:22,440
Speaker 1: even David, you said it yourself. If he's a threat

795
00:45:22,480 --> 00:45:24,920
Speaker 1: to to hit the end zone every time he touches

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00:45:24,920 --> 00:45:29,080
Speaker 1: the football, why the hell is he lasting until twenty seven?

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00:45:29,120 --> 00:45:34,560
Speaker 1: I mean, that's just not gonna happen, right Well, probably not.

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00:45:35,160 --> 00:45:43,319
Speaker 1: But if he's that dynamic four quarterbacks, who's gonna take him?

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Speaker 1: It's a down receiver year. You got tight end talent

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00:45:47,320 --> 00:45:49,440
Speaker 1: that you know may sneak into the first round with

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00:45:49,520 --> 00:45:53,080
Speaker 1: one or two. It's a good defensive end talent, a

802
00:45:53,080 --> 00:45:56,600
Speaker 1: good defensive end draft or edge rusher draft. Good cornerback draft,

803
00:45:56,840 --> 00:46:00,080
Speaker 1: but it's loud, it's not good at safety, and I

804
00:46:00,120 --> 00:46:02,279
Speaker 1: could make five quarterbacks in the first round. You could

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Speaker 1: make a case for a team like Chicago at number

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00:46:04,640 --> 00:46:09,680
Speaker 1: nine taking a guy to help fields, right, but that

807
00:46:09,680 --> 00:46:11,839
Speaker 1: would be a very Bears pick. But it's the it's

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00:46:11,880 --> 00:46:16,440
Speaker 1: the Bears. They may take a linebacker. I mean, people

809
00:46:16,640 --> 00:46:18,960
Speaker 1: talk to just signing Tremaine Edmonds to the big contrary

810
00:46:19,000 --> 00:46:21,560
Speaker 1: they may take because the Bears are the Bears. So

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Speaker 1: but yeah, that would make sense to me. Philadelphia has

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Speaker 1: been said to be interested in Bijean Robinson and they're

813
00:46:28,280 --> 00:46:32,399
Speaker 1: at number ten, the Titans. Why not keep their same

814
00:46:32,480 --> 00:46:35,879
Speaker 1: philosophy and let Bijean Robins to come in and take

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Speaker 1: a load off Derrick Henry at a cheaper cost. You know,

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Speaker 1: the Texas, the Jets won't take him because they've got

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Speaker 1: Bryce Hall. Patriots. You think he gets by the Patriots

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Speaker 1: at fourteen? Probably not a running teams. I know, the

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Speaker 1: got Romandre Stevenson. You think the Packers with Jordan Love

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Speaker 1: give him something. They got Aaron Jones, right, Okay, yeah,

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Speaker 1: you're right, I forgot about him. Yeah, Commanders, the Steelers, Dealers,

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Speaker 1: have Nagi right Detroit, Tampa, Tampa Bay. Detroit just its

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00:47:10,800 --> 00:47:15,120
Speaker 1: signed David Montgomery free agency. You know, Chargers can't come

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Speaker 1: to terms with Ell Eckler wants out. I mean I

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00:47:18,440 --> 00:47:22,160
Speaker 1: could go there. I don't know if he is as

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Speaker 1: dynamic and look, I've watched tape. I mean he's a stud,

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Speaker 1: don't get me wrong. But if he's that good, why

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Speaker 1: the hell is he lasting until twenty seven? I mean

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00:47:30,840 --> 00:47:32,719
Speaker 1: you could talk about running back hit and devalued it

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Speaker 1: eight ways to Sunday. If he's that good, he's gonna

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Speaker 1: get picked high. To his credit, David from Wheatfield, who

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00:47:37,960 --> 00:47:39,279
Speaker 1: called in, got us off on this. He says, this

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00:47:39,320 --> 00:47:42,080
Speaker 1: is probably not gonna happen, but if it were, if

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Speaker 1: Bejean Robinson is there at twenty seven, what are your thoughts.

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Speaker 1: And I'm still of a mind that I'm not a

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Speaker 1: I'm not a first round running back guy and I'm

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Speaker 1: still not. Yeah, but hey, Bejean Robinson would be the

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Speaker 1: guy you take. Right. We have some other news concerning

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Speaker 1: the Bills. NFL Networks Mike Carafolo is reporting that the

840
00:48:04,680 --> 00:48:09,080
Speaker 1: Bills have agreed to terms with offensive lineman David Quessenberry.

841
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Speaker 1: So he was here last year. He has reportedly resigned

842
00:48:13,400 --> 00:48:15,880
Speaker 1: with the Bills. Nothing official from the team yet, but

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00:48:16,000 --> 00:48:19,160
Speaker 1: that is according to Mike Carafolo from NFL Network. Let's

844
00:48:19,160 --> 00:48:21,040
Speaker 1: get back to the phones and squeeze in Chuck in

845
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Speaker 1: Hamburg here before the break. What do you got for us? Chuck?

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Speaker 1: You're on one bills? Hold on, let me pull you

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00:48:25,960 --> 00:48:28,080
Speaker 1: up here. What do you got for us? Chuck? You're

848
00:48:28,080 --> 00:48:30,879
Speaker 1: on one bills? Live? Hey, guys, thanks for taking my calls.

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Speaker 1: There's a couple of questions. The first one is on

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Speaker 1: defensive tackle and more specifically at Oliver. I'm really concerned

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Speaker 1: about our depths there, especially behind da Kuon Jones and

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Speaker 1: Tim Suttle. You know, we really have Oliver who's kind

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Speaker 1: of up in the air right now. I don't know

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Speaker 1: why they haven't extended him yet if they don't really

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Speaker 1: believe that they're keeping him around, and if they're not

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Speaker 1: keeping them around, why haven't they looked to move him yet?

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Speaker 1: For any type of asset, you know, prior to the draft,

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Speaker 1: the values perceives to be the highest. And then my

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Speaker 1: second question is on draft day, who do you think

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Speaker 1: is making the final call? You know on these picks.

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Speaker 1: I know it's the team approach, and you know they

862
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Speaker 1: all kind of talk back and forth. But you know,

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Speaker 1: most organizations are you know, pretty much ran about the

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Speaker 1: general manager who make the decisions for person, and the

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Speaker 1: head coach and the other coaches they you know cooks

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Speaker 1: as Bill Parcels I think made the reference to back

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Speaker 1: in the day, like you know, I'm the chef, you know,

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Speaker 1: you bringing the ingredients that make what you give me

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Speaker 1: m But it seems to be different here, you know,

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Speaker 1: and it seems you know, I'll go back to Terrell

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Speaker 1: Bernard last year. That that's to me, screamed like the

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Speaker 1: mcdermock thick. Excuse me, because I would have think that

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Speaker 1: there would have been better value. If I'm a general manager,

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Speaker 1: I have a value on every player in this draft

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Speaker 1: and where it's falling. I don't know where Terrell Bernard

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Speaker 1: came out and that, but it seemed like, you know,

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Speaker 1: we have a thing for special teams, guys. You know,

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Speaker 1: it seems to be you know, a thing and I

879
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Speaker 1: get it. But you know again, just watch your opinion

880
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Speaker 1: on that and I'll hang up and listen. Yeah, there's

881
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Speaker 1: a lot in there, but yeah, go ahead, go ahead,

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Speaker 1: brand you go first, it's pretty straightforward. I mean, it's

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Speaker 1: Brandon Bean's draft room. You can even watch it and

884
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Speaker 1: some of the embedded pieces that our PSC staff along

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Speaker 1: with our Bills video staff put together every spring. I mean,

886
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Speaker 1: he makes the call and pulls a number, the name

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Speaker 1: off the board, and the thing. Yeah, it's that way

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Speaker 1: for most, if not all, NFL clubs. You can make

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Speaker 1: this case that some head coaches act as a de

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Speaker 1: facto GM, but the GM has rule over the fifty

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Speaker 1: three guys or the eighty five guys in training camp

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Speaker 1: or whatever the number is. At any time of year,

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Speaker 1: he gets to call who's gonna sign a contract. It

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Speaker 1: works best, of course, when your head coach is standing,

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Speaker 1: they're going, this is more of the guy we want

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Speaker 1: than this guy. If you could find a guy like

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Speaker 1: this or more like that, do that, And the GM goes, okay,

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Speaker 1: you want a guy like this, but not this. That

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Speaker 1: coach says yeah, he goes how about this guy and

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Speaker 1: coaches yeah, that kind of thing. That's how it works best.

901
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Speaker 1: When the GM knows who all's out there and finds

902
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Speaker 1: players that the coach can use now in draft and

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Speaker 1: in free agent. That's why you want to get to

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Speaker 1: the point where the draft where it doesn't matter what

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Speaker 1: position it is. If you get a guy who's better

906
00:51:19,640 --> 00:51:22,719
Speaker 1: than anybody else on the board, you grab him, even

907
00:51:22,719 --> 00:51:24,799
Speaker 1: if it's in a place where you've got strength. All right,

908
00:51:24,960 --> 00:51:27,480
Speaker 1: But what you have to always remember is, and every

909
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Speaker 1: team in the league does this when they sit down

910
00:51:30,600 --> 00:51:33,520
Speaker 1: in their meetings. They don't say who's the best player,

911
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Speaker 1: They say who is the best player for the Bills?

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Speaker 1: Who best fits our scheme, who best fits our team.

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Speaker 1: And so that's why there is such a variance across

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Speaker 1: the league. Some team might have a guy as a

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Speaker 1: low one. He might be a mid two. For another team,

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Speaker 1: why maybe they play a three to four instead of

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Speaker 1: a four to three, and this guy doesn't fit a

918
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Speaker 1: four three defense, so he's ranked higher on the board

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Speaker 1: where the team does play the four three years. And

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Speaker 1: now that's why you have that variant. Here's the thing

921
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Speaker 1: with players like a Terrell Bernard, an undersized linebacker who's

922
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Speaker 1: fast and instinctive. Don't forget last year. At this point,

923
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Speaker 1: the Bills are sitting their neck deep in talent and depth,

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Speaker 1: and they were looking like they were looking for somebody

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Speaker 1: who could actually just contribute. And the only place and

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Speaker 1: a young guy was going to contribute on the defensive side,

927
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Speaker 1: was probably on special teams, and if you could play

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Speaker 1: some linebacker or anything, that's it. But they were looking

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Speaker 1: for a guy who could contribute last year. They weren't

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Speaker 1: looking for a guy who had traits who had time

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Speaker 1: to develop. They were trying to get a guy who

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Speaker 1: could contribute now, and the only way to do that

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Speaker 1: last year on this roster was special teams because the

934
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Speaker 1: roster was so talent. At the same time, you got

935
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Speaker 1: to look ahead, and I think they knew there was

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Speaker 1: a distinct possibility they weren't gonna be able to keep

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Speaker 1: Edmunds a year from then, and that proved to be

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Speaker 1: the case. So now you got a guy who's been

939
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Speaker 1: a year in your system and now can compete to

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Speaker 1: play in that linebacker role. As we heard Brandon being

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Speaker 1: alluded to quickly on ed Oliver. We don't know. Maybe

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Speaker 1: they have tried to move him in some way, shape

943
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Speaker 1: or form because of his large cap figure, but that's

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Speaker 1: the biggest fly in the ointment. He's got one year

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Speaker 1: left on his deal. It's a fat number at ten

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Speaker 1: point seven that a lot of teams can't take on.

947
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Speaker 1: So if you wanted to move him in the first place,

948
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Speaker 1: you'd have to find another team that would want to

949
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Speaker 1: sign him to an extension, and I think that's easier

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Speaker 1: said than done. So you can't just move a ten

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Speaker 1: seven cap figure off your books because some other team's

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Speaker 1: gonna have to inherit it. We've seen a lot of

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Speaker 1: teams with fat cap figure players, Brandon Cooks the latest example,

954
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Speaker 1: eighteen million a year. The Houston Texans agreed to play

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Speaker 1: pay twelve million of that to not have him on

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Speaker 1: their roster. So I would assume, and I think it's

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Speaker 1: safe to assume that the Bills, if in fact they're

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Speaker 1: even interested in moving him, would be in the same

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Speaker 1: type of boat. And I don't know that they're convinced

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Speaker 1: that they want to sign him to a contract extension

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Speaker 1: because of the inconsistent production they've gotten from him thus far.

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Speaker 1: So it's got many layers to it, and it's very complicated.

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Speaker 1: We got a break here, but when we come back

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Speaker 1: our number two, we're going to be joined by our

965
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Speaker 1: colleague Maddie glab who's got the latest on the latest

966
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Speaker 1: installment of Mock Draft Watch four point zero. Who do

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Speaker 1: the experts have the Bills taking at pick twenty seven.

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Speaker 1: We'll dive into that next Here on one Bill's Live lease,

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Speaker 1: these one Bills Live presented by called Light to Health.

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Speaker 1: All right, here we are our number two on a Monday,

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Speaker 1: Chris Brown, Steve Tasker, and the Bills reporter Maddi Glabin

972
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Speaker 1: Studio with us to go over the latest installment of

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Speaker 1: mock Draft Watch on Buffalo bills dot com. It's there

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Speaker 1: for your viewing and reading pleasure all throughout the pre

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Speaker 1: draft process. This is four pointzer that was installed over

976
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Speaker 1: the weekend and it looks as though Maddie that the

977
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Speaker 1: free agent departure of one Tremaine Edmonds has influenced the Draftnicks.

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Speaker 1: Oh yeah, we're starting to see linebackers pop up. Which

979
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Speaker 1: we have seen linebackers here and there, but it hasn't

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Speaker 1: been consistent. And this trend is starting to be more

981
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Speaker 1: consistent than it has been since free agency started. So

982
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Speaker 1: we'll see if this next round of mock drafts that

983
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Speaker 1: I track that's going to be released on Friday has

984
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Speaker 1: even more linebackers. But yeah, you're starting to see maybe

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Speaker 1: some positions type take shape. I want to say, starting

986
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Speaker 1: to see maybe the writing on the wall of what

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Speaker 1: the Bills could want to go after, because really, up

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Speaker 1: until free agency, you have no idea yea. And so

989
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Speaker 1: now with free agency, in the middle of free agency,

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Speaker 1: I should say, you're starting to see what this roster

991
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Speaker 1: is going to look like, which means you have a

992
00:56:13,960 --> 00:56:17,239
Speaker 1: better idea of the holes heading into the NFL Draft.

993
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Speaker 1: At the end of aation we get down is I

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Speaker 1: mean this is before, I mean yesterday's before, so the

995
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Speaker 1: Harris signing. So even so you just said before we

996
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Speaker 1: came on fewer and fewer running backs getting mocked to

997
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Speaker 1: the Bill. Yeah, as in free agency. So overall, I've

998
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Speaker 1: tracked eighty eight mock drafts. In this latest Mock Draft

999
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Speaker 1: Watch four point zero, we had twelve mock drafts, so

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Speaker 1: we're releasing these once a week now leading up to

1001
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Speaker 1: the NFL Draft. And of those twelve, the favorite position

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Speaker 1: this time, which we've seen a lot of running backs,

1003
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Speaker 1: really just be Jean Robinson. But running back has been

1004
00:56:52,320 --> 00:56:54,799
Speaker 1: the favorite position quite a bit. Offensive line has been

1005
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Speaker 1: the favorite position. Offensive Line this time around was the

1006
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Speaker 1: favorite position, combining towns and interior offensive lineman. Four offensive

1007
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Speaker 1: linemen were mocked to the Bills, So that's the most

1008
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Speaker 1: popular position. Second most popular was linebacker being mocked to

1009
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Speaker 1: the Bills twice, and then safety and defensive back I

1010
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Speaker 1: put together because it was the same name in Brian Branch,

1011
00:57:16,840 --> 00:57:19,120
Speaker 1: but they were mocked to the Bills. He was mocked

1012
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Speaker 1: to the Bills twice as well. The favorite name of

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Speaker 1: the latest mock Draft Watch four point zero that was

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Speaker 1: o Cyrus Torrance. We only saw Bijean Robinson once, which

1015
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Speaker 1: is new three times. O Cyrus Torrance was mocked to

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Speaker 1: the Bills three times of the twelve that I tried

1017
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Speaker 1: to find that interesting because I was trying to look

1018
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Speaker 1: at the dates as to when a lot of these

1019
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Speaker 1: mocks came out, and they were last week, right as

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Speaker 1: free agency was, you know, the first day when deals

1021
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Speaker 1: could become official, and you know, the Bills did sign

1022
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Speaker 1: Connor McGovern who was also a guard, primarily right at

1023
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Speaker 1: the start of free agency. And yet some people still

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Speaker 1: took Osyrius Torrance in their mock drafts for Buffalo. The

1025
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Speaker 1: thing that I don't know, I mean, maybe they're aware

1026
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Speaker 1: of this or not, but usually the Bills like offensive

1027
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Speaker 1: lineman with some position flex and most of the people

1028
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Speaker 1: that you know cover the draft and the prospects in

1029
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Speaker 1: the pool will tell you that Osiris Torrance is a

1030
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Speaker 1: guard only. He is not a center. He's not a

1031
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Speaker 1: guy with tackle flex. Not that that's a bad thing.

1032
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Speaker 1: I mean, if he can be an All Pro guard,

1033
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Speaker 1: who the hell cares if he can play another position,

1034
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Speaker 1: But he played. I find that interesting because more often

1035
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Speaker 1: than not, the Bills look for guys that offer position flex,

1036
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Speaker 1: you know what I mean. Yeah, you've seen that quite

1037
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Speaker 1: a bit. And since we're talking about Osiris Torrance, we

1038
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Speaker 1: wanted to break a couple of these guys down. So

1039
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Speaker 1: we'll just start with Osiris Torrance. Since we've kind of

1040
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Speaker 1: talked about him a little bit, We're also going to

1041
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Speaker 1: talk linebacker. But I mean, he has six five, three thirty.

1042
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Speaker 1: This is a bigger guy. He played right guard throughout college.

1043
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Speaker 1: He played his first three seasons at the University of

1044
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Speaker 1: Louisiana before transferring to Florida. He followed his college football

1045
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Speaker 1: coach over there. He did not give up a sack

1046
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Speaker 1: in his career. That's pretty crazy. When you turn on

1047
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Speaker 1: the tape for him, his strength within his hands really

1048
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Speaker 1: shows up on tape. He's got really strong hands. His

1049
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Speaker 1: hands eleven in one quarter inches is what they measure

1050
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Speaker 1: to add the combine for him. He's got wide body,

1051
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Speaker 1: a wide body that can pretty much move people out

1052
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Speaker 1: of the way. That's one thing that you also see

1053
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Speaker 1: on tape with him is he can turn people around

1054
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Speaker 1: at will, kind of moving and paving away for his

1055
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Speaker 1: running backs to come through in the offense to take

1056
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Speaker 1: off at Florida, he's blocked for a mobile quarterback. Josh

1057
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Speaker 1: Allen is the quarterback of the Bills, so he kind

1058
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Speaker 1: of knows not the same system, but he's been with

1059
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Speaker 1: the mobile quarterback. He can stay in his blocks for

1060
00:59:48,360 --> 00:59:50,360
Speaker 1: a long period of time. That's another thing that I

1061
00:59:50,440 --> 00:59:52,760
Speaker 1: noticed on film. He can hold his blocks for a

1062
00:59:52,800 --> 00:59:55,960
Speaker 1: while because of those strong hands. Per pff. He was

1063
00:59:56,040 --> 00:59:58,960
Speaker 1: penalty free in twenty twenty two. That's what you want

1064
00:59:59,120 --> 01:00:02,480
Speaker 1: out of an offense of Lineman and per NFL dot Com,

1065
01:00:02,800 --> 01:00:05,520
Speaker 1: he held his own against Jalen Carter. I didn't watch

1066
01:00:05,600 --> 01:00:09,760
Speaker 1: much tape of him against Jalen Carter, but NFL dot

1067
01:00:09,760 --> 01:00:12,920
Speaker 1: Com thinks he did a good job. Sometimes the quickness

1068
01:00:13,040 --> 01:00:16,200
Speaker 1: does not show up on tape. There's not a lot

1069
01:00:16,200 --> 01:00:20,520
Speaker 1: of bend to him, I believe, So maybe it's a

1070
01:00:20,560 --> 01:00:22,880
Speaker 1: feat thing, maybe it's it's it's using your feet a

1071
01:00:22,880 --> 01:00:25,080
Speaker 1: little bit more. Maybe that's something that could be brought

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01:00:25,080 --> 01:00:27,240
Speaker 1: along once he gets into the NFL. The thing with

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01:00:27,320 --> 01:00:29,920
Speaker 1: his feet is he is flat footed. He has almost

1074
01:00:29,920 --> 01:00:33,480
Speaker 1: no arch to his foot. But actually there are some

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01:00:33,560 --> 01:00:37,200
Speaker 1: scouts that see that as an advantage because with his

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01:00:37,440 --> 01:00:40,480
Speaker 1: entire foot on the ground, they believe in pass pro

1077
01:00:40,640 --> 01:00:43,520
Speaker 1: he can actually anchor better because more of his foot

1078
01:00:43,560 --> 01:00:46,520
Speaker 1: services on the ground. So when he anchors down, it's over.

1079
01:00:46,600 --> 01:00:49,640
Speaker 1: And we just saw it in that highlight against Georgia

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01:00:49,680 --> 01:00:52,440
Speaker 1: and Jalen Carter. He's one on one with Jalen Carter

1081
01:00:52,920 --> 01:00:55,400
Speaker 1: and he's just locking him up and he's not moving

1082
01:00:55,440 --> 01:00:58,440
Speaker 1: backwards at all. Yeah, Now, Jalen Carter gave him a bullrush.

1083
01:00:58,440 --> 01:01:00,080
Speaker 1: It wasn't like a side to side things, so he

1084
01:01:00,120 --> 01:01:02,440
Speaker 1: really get a chance to see him move laterally and

1085
01:01:02,560 --> 01:01:04,440
Speaker 1: try to stay on the guy. But that's an example

1086
01:01:04,440 --> 01:01:07,200
Speaker 1: of his anchor. But he can anchor, and you're right, Matt.

1087
01:01:07,280 --> 01:01:09,400
Speaker 1: He played his entire career. He played a little bit

1088
01:01:09,400 --> 01:01:12,600
Speaker 1: in twenty nineteen, most at twenty nineteen at left guard,

1089
01:01:12,680 --> 01:01:15,320
Speaker 1: but the other three years of his career he was

1090
01:01:15,360 --> 01:01:19,280
Speaker 1: a right guard, and he never gave up a sack

1091
01:01:19,360 --> 01:01:22,760
Speaker 1: and now he played three years at Louisiana Lafayette Wild

1092
01:01:23,000 --> 01:01:25,280
Speaker 1: and never gave a sack. So he said, listen, I

1093
01:01:25,320 --> 01:01:27,120
Speaker 1: get to step up. So he goes to Florida played

1094
01:01:27,120 --> 01:01:30,440
Speaker 1: in the SEC to get a little bit better competition.

1095
01:01:30,560 --> 01:01:32,480
Speaker 1: Is last year he still never gave up a sack.

1096
01:01:32,560 --> 01:01:35,800
Speaker 1: And that's playing you know, Georgia and Clemson and all

1097
01:01:35,840 --> 01:01:41,600
Speaker 1: those jokers. Six five, three thirty. What are the Bills

1098
01:01:41,680 --> 01:01:47,320
Speaker 1: draft traits that's that guy is. Yeah, he's gonna be

1099
01:01:47,320 --> 01:01:51,320
Speaker 1: a first round offensive lineman and he may last to

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01:01:51,360 --> 01:01:54,560
Speaker 1: the Buffalo Bills because of guard. That may be the

1101
01:01:54,600 --> 01:01:56,800
Speaker 1: reason he's there at twenty seven. And I feel because

1102
01:01:56,800 --> 01:01:59,360
Speaker 1: he's only a guard, you one thing you have to

1103
01:01:59,400 --> 01:02:03,320
Speaker 1: teach offensive lineman coming into the NFL that maybe isn't perfect.

1104
01:02:03,360 --> 01:02:05,439
Speaker 1: I'm not saying that he's perfect at this, but hand

1105
01:02:05,440 --> 01:02:08,120
Speaker 1: placement is a huge thing once you get into the NFL.

1106
01:02:08,440 --> 01:02:10,520
Speaker 1: And based on what I read and based on what

1107
01:02:10,600 --> 01:02:13,400
Speaker 1: I watched, it seems like he's there with his hand

1108
01:02:13,400 --> 01:02:16,520
Speaker 1: placement and that's a huge strength for strength for what

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01:02:16,560 --> 01:02:18,400
Speaker 1: he can offer. All right, So let's take a look

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01:02:18,440 --> 01:02:21,040
Speaker 1: at the linebacker position, because you mentioned that that's gaining

1111
01:02:21,120 --> 01:02:24,520
Speaker 1: steam for Bills in mock drafts, and we understand why

1112
01:02:24,680 --> 01:02:27,320
Speaker 1: Edmonds is out the door. Who are who are the

1113
01:02:27,400 --> 01:02:30,560
Speaker 1: names that are popping up the most at the linebacker

1114
01:02:30,600 --> 01:02:34,080
Speaker 1: position when they are mocking linebackers to Buffalo linebacker We've

1115
01:02:34,080 --> 01:02:38,360
Speaker 1: seen Jack Campbell once, who who has been a favorite

1116
01:02:38,440 --> 01:02:41,360
Speaker 1: name of some media members, I want to say, including myself,

1117
01:02:41,400 --> 01:02:45,040
Speaker 1: based on how he spoke at the NFL scouting combine.

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01:02:45,080 --> 01:02:47,320
Speaker 1: It just seemed like he was he would be an

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01:02:47,320 --> 01:02:50,800
Speaker 1: immediate culture fit in Buffalo. We've also seen Trent and

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01:02:50,880 --> 01:02:53,680
Speaker 1: Simpson pop up as well at linebackers. So those are

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01:02:53,720 --> 01:02:56,440
Speaker 1: two names in the latest mock draft watch that has

1122
01:02:56,480 --> 01:03:00,000
Speaker 1: popped up. Drew Sanders was a name in mock Draft

1123
01:03:00,120 --> 01:03:02,720
Speaker 1: to Watch three point zero that popped up out of Arkansas,

1124
01:03:02,880 --> 01:03:07,240
Speaker 1: another linebacker. So you're seeing at twenty seven the Bills

1125
01:03:07,280 --> 01:03:10,439
Speaker 1: could have the pick of the best linebacker. Whoever they

1126
01:03:10,600 --> 01:03:14,080
Speaker 1: deem the best linebacker in the NFL Draft might be

1127
01:03:14,120 --> 01:03:18,120
Speaker 1: available for them. Trent Simpson is right there number one

1128
01:03:18,280 --> 01:03:21,920
Speaker 1: forty eight rank, but the highest for linebacker Drew Sanders

1129
01:03:21,960 --> 01:03:24,960
Speaker 1: and Jack Campbell one two three. The Bills might not

1130
01:03:25,240 --> 01:03:28,880
Speaker 1: list them like exactly like that, but all three of

1131
01:03:28,920 --> 01:03:31,160
Speaker 1: them have now been mocked to the Bills. Jack Campbell

1132
01:03:31,200 --> 01:03:33,120
Speaker 1: is a name that we've seen in the second round,

1133
01:03:33,120 --> 01:03:35,439
Speaker 1: but it looks like he's popping into the first round.

1134
01:03:35,440 --> 01:03:37,720
Speaker 1: This is the first time that I've seen his name

1135
01:03:38,200 --> 01:03:40,520
Speaker 1: be attached to the Buffalo Bills. And we can talk

1136
01:03:40,560 --> 01:03:42,960
Speaker 1: about Jack Campbell. I mean, he's six five, he's two

1137
01:03:43,000 --> 01:03:46,880
Speaker 1: forty nine. This is a big linebacker. He's a senior,

1138
01:03:47,000 --> 01:03:50,880
Speaker 1: so has a lot of time on task. At Iowa

1139
01:03:51,280 --> 01:03:54,320
Speaker 1: played in the forty three games started in twenty eight.

1140
01:03:54,520 --> 01:03:57,880
Speaker 1: His athleticism score Next Gen Stats is now doing scores

1141
01:03:57,960 --> 01:04:01,000
Speaker 1: for a lot of these prospects, and he had the

1142
01:04:01,160 --> 01:04:05,720
Speaker 1: highest athleticism score among linebackers at eighty nine. He ran

1143
01:04:05,760 --> 01:04:08,280
Speaker 1: a four six five forty. He could have played D

1144
01:04:08,360 --> 01:04:11,360
Speaker 1: one basketball. He won the Dick Buckas Award as the

1145
01:04:11,440 --> 01:04:14,480
Speaker 1: nation's top linebacker in twenty twenty two. He also won

1146
01:04:14,480 --> 01:04:18,400
Speaker 1: the Academic Heisman Award. So this guy is a smart player.

1147
01:04:18,440 --> 01:04:20,520
Speaker 1: He had over one hundred tackles in each of his

1148
01:04:20,600 --> 01:04:24,840
Speaker 1: last two seasons and four interceptions over the last two seasons,

1149
01:04:24,840 --> 01:04:27,920
Speaker 1: five over the last three seasons. When you watch the

1150
01:04:27,960 --> 01:04:32,080
Speaker 1: tape on him, he's a good coverage linebacker. He's got

1151
01:04:32,160 --> 01:04:35,080
Speaker 1: length to him, which helps him play the position, especially

1152
01:04:35,360 --> 01:04:37,760
Speaker 1: in today's NFL. He can play the pass, he can

1153
01:04:37,760 --> 01:04:40,240
Speaker 1: play the run. He's a versatile running back. He's got

1154
01:04:40,280 --> 01:04:44,120
Speaker 1: good awareness to him. He looks like that text book linebacker.

1155
01:04:44,160 --> 01:04:46,400
Speaker 1: You feed him something, this is what you need to do.

1156
01:04:46,640 --> 01:04:49,000
Speaker 1: This is the defense that we play, and I think

1157
01:04:49,000 --> 01:04:50,800
Speaker 1: he's a type of player that's going to be able

1158
01:04:50,800 --> 01:04:53,080
Speaker 1: to regurgitate that and put it on film in his

1159
01:04:53,160 --> 01:04:56,760
Speaker 1: first NFL season. He lacks the burst on tape though.

1160
01:04:56,760 --> 01:05:00,640
Speaker 1: There's not that crazy quickness or speed to him. So

1161
01:05:00,760 --> 01:05:02,520
Speaker 1: it depends on what you want. Do you want a

1162
01:05:02,640 --> 01:05:04,640
Speaker 1: text but guy or do you want a freak that

1163
01:05:04,720 --> 01:05:06,960
Speaker 1: stands out on film and has a lot of pop

1164
01:05:07,000 --> 01:05:10,320
Speaker 1: to him. Yeah, I think he wanted Most coaches will

1165
01:05:10,320 --> 01:05:11,720
Speaker 1: tell you they want a guy who is in the

1166
01:05:11,760 --> 01:05:14,200
Speaker 1: spot he's supposed to be all the time. Not all

1167
01:05:14,200 --> 01:05:17,160
Speaker 1: the time. There's a good reason why not. One of

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01:05:17,200 --> 01:05:22,480
Speaker 1: the things I saw about Campbell was that they highlighted

1169
01:05:22,600 --> 01:05:24,680
Speaker 1: what he does after the ball is snapped on a

1170
01:05:24,680 --> 01:05:27,680
Speaker 1: pass play, when he drops into coverage, he you know

1171
01:05:27,720 --> 01:05:30,880
Speaker 1: when you're in zone. We always hear about players who

1172
01:05:30,880 --> 01:05:32,640
Speaker 1: can keep their eyes on the quarterback. He does a

1173
01:05:32,680 --> 01:05:34,400
Speaker 1: great job of that. He keeps his eyes on the

1174
01:05:34,480 --> 01:05:37,640
Speaker 1: quarterback but also understands what he's supposed to be looking at,

1175
01:05:37,680 --> 01:05:39,840
Speaker 1: so he'll back off as soon as he realized it's

1176
01:05:39,840 --> 01:05:42,440
Speaker 1: a past. He'll turn one way or the other. He'll

1177
01:05:42,480 --> 01:05:46,400
Speaker 1: find where the receivers are, then find the quarterback again

1178
01:05:46,560 --> 01:05:49,760
Speaker 1: and extrapolate the information about where he should where he

1179
01:05:49,800 --> 01:05:53,880
Speaker 1: shouldn't be in a zone coverage. It just shows a

1180
01:05:53,920 --> 01:05:56,840
Speaker 1: lot of awareness, a lot of confidence that most guys

1181
01:05:56,920 --> 01:05:59,680
Speaker 1: just get mesmerized by when the quarterback just watch him

1182
01:05:59,720 --> 01:06:01,600
Speaker 1: and when he looks one way, they kind of go

1183
01:06:01,720 --> 01:06:03,160
Speaker 1: that way, and then he looks the other way, he

1184
01:06:03,160 --> 01:06:05,600
Speaker 1: goes the other way. He showed some great discipline in

1185
01:06:06,000 --> 01:06:08,200
Speaker 1: and the fact that when the quarterback looked that way,

1186
01:06:08,280 --> 01:06:10,960
Speaker 1: he looked that way to make see where the quarterback

1187
01:06:11,000 --> 01:06:13,720
Speaker 1: was looking at and there was nobody over there. He

1188
01:06:13,800 --> 01:06:16,280
Speaker 1: had the discipline to hang where he was at and

1189
01:06:16,360 --> 01:06:18,200
Speaker 1: knowing the quarterback was going to come back because he

1190
01:06:18,200 --> 01:06:20,080
Speaker 1: had already checked on the two man route, and he's like,

1191
01:06:20,200 --> 01:06:22,960
Speaker 1: you ended up getting an interception because of it. But

1192
01:06:23,080 --> 01:06:26,200
Speaker 1: his ability to process all that so fast, Yes, it's

1193
01:06:26,200 --> 01:06:29,480
Speaker 1: a little crazy for a guy who hasn't came into

1194
01:06:29,520 --> 01:06:32,040
Speaker 1: the NFL yet for a guy who's played four years

1195
01:06:32,040 --> 01:06:34,520
Speaker 1: in college football. Also got to listen to him at

1196
01:06:34,520 --> 01:06:37,600
Speaker 1: the NFL scouting combine and within the first five minutes

1197
01:06:37,640 --> 01:06:39,600
Speaker 1: of listening to him, this is a player that you go,

1198
01:06:39,960 --> 01:06:43,160
Speaker 1: oh my gosh, he would definitely fit in with this team,

1199
01:06:43,240 --> 01:06:46,160
Speaker 1: within the culture, within the DNA. He just seems like

1200
01:06:46,240 --> 01:06:49,200
Speaker 1: he has that type of mindset, mentality, blue collar work

1201
01:06:49,240 --> 01:06:53,920
Speaker 1: ethic that Sean McDermott loves. Right, and when you are

1202
01:06:53,960 --> 01:06:56,600
Speaker 1: that instinctive, even if you're only running a four six five,

1203
01:06:56,640 --> 01:06:59,440
Speaker 1: your instincts gets you to place. It's faster and you

1204
01:06:59,480 --> 01:07:01,400
Speaker 1: can make where plays as a result, And I think

1205
01:07:01,400 --> 01:07:04,840
Speaker 1: you can recognize that on tape with him. The other

1206
01:07:04,840 --> 01:07:07,880
Speaker 1: guy is a Clemson product. Yeah, Trenton Simpson is a

1207
01:07:07,880 --> 01:07:10,920
Speaker 1: Clemson product. He's a junior, so he's played a few

1208
01:07:11,000 --> 01:07:13,800
Speaker 1: years in college football and is coming out of college

1209
01:07:13,800 --> 01:07:17,640
Speaker 1: football this season. His athleticism score per Next Gen Stats

1210
01:07:17,720 --> 01:07:21,520
Speaker 1: was third amongst linebackers In this group of linebackers. He

1211
01:07:21,600 --> 01:07:24,640
Speaker 1: ran a four four three forty guys, this guy is

1212
01:07:24,720 --> 01:07:27,920
Speaker 1: super fast and quick and that pops out on tape

1213
01:07:27,920 --> 01:07:30,000
Speaker 1: when you watch him. He's got the burst to him

1214
01:07:30,040 --> 01:07:32,880
Speaker 1: he's got the speed. He has closed in speed. They

1215
01:07:32,960 --> 01:07:35,720
Speaker 1: used him as a blitzer quite a bit. He had

1216
01:07:35,760 --> 01:07:39,600
Speaker 1: twelve twelve and a half sacks in three seasons at Clemson.

1217
01:07:39,640 --> 01:07:42,360
Speaker 1: He played in thirty seven games, started in twenty seven,

1218
01:07:42,560 --> 01:07:45,680
Speaker 1: had one hundred and sixty four tackles in three seasons.

1219
01:07:45,720 --> 01:07:49,520
Speaker 1: He's got good physicality, He's got raw talent. The physical

1220
01:07:49,560 --> 01:07:52,120
Speaker 1: traits are there when you watch this guy on film,

1221
01:07:52,120 --> 01:07:54,760
Speaker 1: but it seems like he needs to get some more

1222
01:07:54,800 --> 01:07:58,400
Speaker 1: textbook traits. So Jack Campbell and him are quite different,

1223
01:07:58,560 --> 01:08:00,880
Speaker 1: and this guy is the raw, but he might need

1224
01:08:00,920 --> 01:08:03,960
Speaker 1: to learn a little bit more. Jack Campbell knows his stuff,

1225
01:08:03,960 --> 01:08:06,880
Speaker 1: but he doesn't have the burst or the pop to

1226
01:08:07,000 --> 01:08:09,520
Speaker 1: him like Trent and Simpson does. So he could clean

1227
01:08:09,600 --> 01:08:11,720
Speaker 1: up some things, like the way he tackles. I think

1228
01:08:11,760 --> 01:08:14,160
Speaker 1: he uses his arms a lot when he tackles. It

1229
01:08:14,160 --> 01:08:18,240
Speaker 1: doesn't look like he's necessarily necessarily using his entire body sometimes.

1230
01:08:18,840 --> 01:08:22,000
Speaker 1: But he looks very impressive, and he looks like maybe

1231
01:08:22,040 --> 01:08:24,720
Speaker 1: he could be molded into the type of linebacker that

1232
01:08:24,760 --> 01:08:27,240
Speaker 1: you want him to be. Are the Bill's gonna if

1233
01:08:27,280 --> 01:08:29,640
Speaker 1: they choose to draft a linebacker in the first or

1234
01:08:29,680 --> 01:08:32,120
Speaker 1: second round? Who do they want. Do they want somebody

1235
01:08:32,120 --> 01:08:34,479
Speaker 1: like Jack Campbell who kind of has it all but

1236
01:08:34,520 --> 01:08:37,000
Speaker 1: maybe doesn't have the quickness and speed, or do they

1237
01:08:37,040 --> 01:08:40,519
Speaker 1: want somebody like Trent Simpson who is that raw talent,

1238
01:08:40,600 --> 01:08:43,160
Speaker 1: that wow guy when you turn on his film, but

1239
01:08:43,240 --> 01:08:46,120
Speaker 1: maybe he needs to be molded a little bit. Another

1240
01:08:46,160 --> 01:08:50,640
Speaker 1: thing about Trent Simpson, his father serves seventeen overseas tours

1241
01:08:50,680 --> 01:08:53,479
Speaker 1: with the US Army Rangers. So this is a guy

1242
01:08:53,520 --> 01:09:00,280
Speaker 1: who's probably been brought up in an army type disciplined household. Yeah. Yeah.

1243
01:09:00,280 --> 01:09:02,320
Speaker 1: The thing about him, he doesn't have the physical traits

1244
01:09:02,360 --> 01:09:05,200
Speaker 1: that the other two like the Campbell's. Yeah, he's six

1245
01:09:05,280 --> 01:09:08,280
Speaker 1: two two thirty five two two thirty five. He's built

1246
01:09:08,280 --> 01:09:12,120
Speaker 1: a little bit more like Bernard is that the Bills

1247
01:09:12,280 --> 01:09:18,840
Speaker 1: picked last year, except he runs three four three. It's

1248
01:09:18,880 --> 01:09:20,800
Speaker 1: really fast, and so he's going to be able to

1249
01:09:20,800 --> 01:09:22,479
Speaker 1: make up for some even if he takes a wrong

1250
01:09:22,520 --> 01:09:24,559
Speaker 1: step one direction, he's gonna make up for it quickly.

1251
01:09:25,320 --> 01:09:30,240
Speaker 1: Instincts and all that stuff are crucial, and you're right. Athletically,

1252
01:09:30,439 --> 01:09:32,800
Speaker 1: he's at the top of this class. I will say

1253
01:09:32,840 --> 01:09:35,639
Speaker 1: this though about Campbell. Campbell doesn't have the forty time,

1254
01:09:36,360 --> 01:09:39,719
Speaker 1: but what he does. He had a great three cone drill.

1255
01:09:39,800 --> 01:09:41,920
Speaker 1: He ran a six seven four in the three cone.

1256
01:09:41,960 --> 01:09:45,920
Speaker 1: Anything under seven seconds for a linebacker is considered high end.

1257
01:09:46,120 --> 01:09:49,360
Speaker 1: He didn't run just sub seven. He ran six seven four,

1258
01:09:49,479 --> 01:09:52,639
Speaker 1: which is an ultimate agility drill right the three cone.

1259
01:09:52,840 --> 01:09:55,800
Speaker 1: And he had the number one athleticism score out of

1260
01:09:56,080 --> 01:09:58,640
Speaker 1: out of the other linebackers. So, I mean, while his

1261
01:09:58,920 --> 01:10:01,839
Speaker 1: forty time in a straight line may not be elite,

1262
01:10:02,600 --> 01:10:06,479
Speaker 1: his side to side range, especially when you watch him

1263
01:10:06,520 --> 01:10:08,800
Speaker 1: on tape and then you look at him on the watch. Yeah,

1264
01:10:09,280 --> 01:10:12,200
Speaker 1: whether it's the twenty yards shuttle where he ran a

1265
01:10:12,240 --> 01:10:15,519
Speaker 1: four to four or it's the three cone where he

1266
01:10:15,600 --> 01:10:18,840
Speaker 1: ran a six to seven four, he's got elite agility

1267
01:10:18,920 --> 01:10:22,120
Speaker 1: and change of direction skills, which I feel are more

1268
01:10:22,120 --> 01:10:25,679
Speaker 1: important than the straight line speed at the linebacker position.

1269
01:10:25,760 --> 01:10:28,320
Speaker 1: It's different if you're talking wide receiver or corner or

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01:10:28,360 --> 01:10:31,840
Speaker 1: something like that. But that those numbers, I think put

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01:10:31,920 --> 01:10:34,679
Speaker 1: him into the first round conversation before we go before

1272
01:10:34,680 --> 01:10:36,639
Speaker 1: we move on, because we're we're getting to the bottom

1273
01:10:36,680 --> 01:10:37,920
Speaker 1: of the hour. I want to get to this guy

1274
01:10:38,120 --> 01:10:40,639
Speaker 1: before we go away. We're talking about all these guys

1275
01:10:40,680 --> 01:10:43,280
Speaker 1: that have all this upside and some question marks, but

1276
01:10:43,520 --> 01:10:46,240
Speaker 1: they seem great on tape. The one guy that has

1277
01:10:46,280 --> 01:10:49,599
Speaker 1: been linked to interest by the Bills is the huge

1278
01:10:49,680 --> 01:10:56,640
Speaker 1: tackle Juan Jones six eight, three hundred and seventy four pounds,

1279
01:10:57,520 --> 01:11:01,360
Speaker 1: arms that go for days. Right, he's he gave up.

1280
01:11:01,680 --> 01:11:04,160
Speaker 1: He played in twenty seven games at Ohio State and

1281
01:11:04,200 --> 01:11:06,519
Speaker 1: gave up a total of four sacks. Three of them

1282
01:11:06,520 --> 01:11:08,920
Speaker 1: were in his junior year last year. This year, he

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01:11:08,960 --> 01:11:12,400
Speaker 1: gave up zero sacks playing right tackle. Yeah, he is

1284
01:11:12,439 --> 01:11:19,439
Speaker 1: a tackle amongst tackles. He is. I don't know, he's

1285
01:11:19,479 --> 01:11:22,600
Speaker 1: a to me and I haven't seen teammates gonna go

1286
01:11:22,640 --> 01:11:25,000
Speaker 1: before and Paris Johnson life tack would go higher in

1287
01:11:25,040 --> 01:11:27,519
Speaker 1: the round. Right, This is a guy that's really good,

1288
01:11:27,560 --> 01:11:29,439
Speaker 1: but he could be there down at the bottom of round.

1289
01:11:30,160 --> 01:11:32,160
Speaker 1: You envisioned him as a right tackle. That's what he

1290
01:11:32,200 --> 01:11:35,559
Speaker 1: played in college. He is huge. He looks huge on film.

1291
01:11:35,640 --> 01:11:37,960
Speaker 1: He looks like he could literally eat some of these

1292
01:11:37,960 --> 01:11:42,599
Speaker 1: college players for lunch. Players would literally fold in half

1293
01:11:42,720 --> 01:11:45,519
Speaker 1: once he made contact. Because of his size and his

1294
01:11:45,640 --> 01:11:48,639
Speaker 1: higher pad level and his arm length, his hand size

1295
01:11:48,760 --> 01:11:51,960
Speaker 1: is an immediate strength against a lot of defensive lineman

1296
01:11:52,520 --> 01:11:56,559
Speaker 1: eleven and five eighth inches, So you would think of

1297
01:11:56,600 --> 01:11:59,439
Speaker 1: a guy with this size and stature as somebody who

1298
01:11:59,560 --> 01:12:01,680
Speaker 1: might be a little bit slow, But that's not the

1299
01:12:01,720 --> 01:12:04,280
Speaker 1: case at all. He's got good movement to him. He

1300
01:12:04,320 --> 01:12:07,760
Speaker 1: looks off balance at times because of his size, not

1301
01:12:07,800 --> 01:12:10,479
Speaker 1: moving with his hands, arms, and feet all in unison.

1302
01:12:11,080 --> 01:12:13,599
Speaker 1: This shows up and how he blocks and what does

1303
01:12:13,680 --> 01:12:18,000
Speaker 1: blocks look like sometimes, which you can't You can't hate

1304
01:12:18,080 --> 01:12:20,240
Speaker 1: him too much for that because he is six eight

1305
01:12:20,280 --> 01:12:24,439
Speaker 1: and it's hard to operate, you know, comfortably and in

1306
01:12:24,640 --> 01:12:27,840
Speaker 1: unison with all the parts of your body when you're

1307
01:12:27,840 --> 01:12:31,320
Speaker 1: that tall and when you're that big. But watching reps

1308
01:12:31,439 --> 01:12:34,679
Speaker 1: of what he did on tape in college, it's wild.

1309
01:12:35,680 --> 01:12:38,519
Speaker 1: Most of the defensive lineman did not stand a chance

1310
01:12:38,600 --> 01:12:41,240
Speaker 1: against him because of his size and because he would

1311
01:12:41,240 --> 01:12:44,040
Speaker 1: just put his arms up high because he's so tall,

1312
01:12:44,200 --> 01:12:47,320
Speaker 1: and guys would just fall. They would just fall right.

1313
01:12:47,479 --> 01:12:50,920
Speaker 1: And the thing is, with that kind of arm length,

1314
01:12:51,520 --> 01:12:54,479
Speaker 1: he would usually get his hands on the pass rusher

1315
01:12:54,560 --> 01:12:57,200
Speaker 1: before they got their hands on him, to either rake

1316
01:12:57,280 --> 01:13:01,040
Speaker 1: him away or rip through or what have you. And

1317
01:13:01,120 --> 01:13:03,439
Speaker 1: because of that arm length, he would just even if

1318
01:13:03,439 --> 01:13:06,599
Speaker 1: he did not have the same agility or athletic ability

1319
01:13:06,640 --> 01:13:09,519
Speaker 1: as the oncoming pass rusher. Once he got his hands

1320
01:13:09,520 --> 01:13:11,599
Speaker 1: on them, he would just steer them wide of the

1321
01:13:11,640 --> 01:13:14,840
Speaker 1: pocket and make them take a wide circle around the

1322
01:13:14,880 --> 01:13:17,439
Speaker 1: pocket and they'd never get home in time. And that's

1323
01:13:17,479 --> 01:13:20,240
Speaker 1: what usually made him affective. But you're right, it's the bend.

1324
01:13:20,880 --> 01:13:24,599
Speaker 1: When you have these taller players, they worry scouts worried

1325
01:13:24,640 --> 01:13:27,519
Speaker 1: like can he sit? Can he bend? And can he

1326
01:13:27,640 --> 01:13:30,240
Speaker 1: target with his hands properly? Because he is so high

1327
01:13:30,560 --> 01:13:32,920
Speaker 1: you don't want it to almost skim off the guy's

1328
01:13:32,920 --> 01:13:36,720
Speaker 1: shoulder pads because he's got a half can see an

1329
01:13:36,760 --> 01:13:39,080
Speaker 1: edge rusher dipping their shoulder and coming up underneath and

1330
01:13:39,160 --> 01:13:41,639
Speaker 1: him whiff him on him and getting him off the edge.

1331
01:13:44,200 --> 01:13:49,040
Speaker 1: He is, I think, really intriguing because he's a guy

1332
01:13:49,080 --> 01:13:50,680
Speaker 1: that would come in and all of a sudden, you

1333
01:13:50,720 --> 01:13:53,599
Speaker 1: know he would compete with Spencer Brown at right tackle

1334
01:13:53,720 --> 01:14:00,000
Speaker 1: right away. Absolutely. I think he's a professional offensive lineman

1335
01:14:00,200 --> 01:14:04,000
Speaker 1: waiting to be drafted. He's gonna line up and play

1336
01:14:04,000 --> 01:14:07,160
Speaker 1: wherever whoever gets him. And he's a guy that could

1337
01:14:07,160 --> 01:14:10,040
Speaker 1: play right tackle for fifteen years now. I don't know,

1338
01:14:10,479 --> 01:14:13,840
Speaker 1: the only thing about him would be the unknowns. Does

1339
01:14:13,880 --> 01:14:17,320
Speaker 1: he have a weight problem, does he work hard? Does

1340
01:14:17,320 --> 01:14:19,160
Speaker 1: he work at it now. He hung in there at

1341
01:14:19,160 --> 01:14:21,880
Speaker 1: Ohio State, did not play his first two years, played

1342
01:14:21,880 --> 01:14:24,080
Speaker 1: like three games one year, four games the next year.

1343
01:14:24,360 --> 01:14:26,200
Speaker 1: Finally got on the field as a junior. Now you

1344
01:14:26,200 --> 01:14:29,240
Speaker 1: can imagine it. At Ohio State, some pretty good guys

1345
01:14:29,280 --> 01:14:33,320
Speaker 1: ahead of him first couple of years. But he wasn't

1346
01:14:33,320 --> 01:14:34,639
Speaker 1: a kid that came in and all of a sudden

1347
01:14:34,680 --> 01:14:36,760
Speaker 1: he's the guy. So he kind of hung in there

1348
01:14:36,800 --> 01:14:38,720
Speaker 1: for two years. I don't know what that says about him,

1349
01:14:38,760 --> 01:14:41,280
Speaker 1: Whether he wasn't good enough and had to develop, had

1350
01:14:41,280 --> 01:14:43,479
Speaker 1: to get some things out of control, didn't adjust a

1351
01:14:43,520 --> 01:14:45,920
Speaker 1: college life. There's a lot of question marks that we

1352
01:14:45,960 --> 01:14:50,000
Speaker 1: don't know the answer to. But they've talked. They'll talk

1353
01:14:50,040 --> 01:14:52,160
Speaker 1: to him and they'll find out what kind of guy

1354
01:14:52,200 --> 01:14:53,960
Speaker 1: he is. They'll talk to Ohio State guys. What kind

1355
01:14:53,960 --> 01:14:55,760
Speaker 1: of guy is he? Why didn't he play for two years?

1356
01:14:56,200 --> 01:14:59,120
Speaker 1: He's still weighed three hundred and fifty as a freshman

1357
01:14:59,240 --> 01:15:01,360
Speaker 1: or three thirty a freshman, even if he gained weight.

1358
01:15:01,560 --> 01:15:03,360
Speaker 1: Why wasn't he on the field. That kind of thing.

1359
01:15:04,800 --> 01:15:06,479
Speaker 1: That's why the other guy's probably gonna go to the the

1360
01:15:06,560 --> 01:15:09,639
Speaker 1: left tackle will go before he does. Yeah, But until

1361
01:15:09,680 --> 01:15:12,200
Speaker 1: you find out about Duan and why a guy with

1362
01:15:12,240 --> 01:15:14,840
Speaker 1: those tools wasn't on the field his first two years.

1363
01:15:15,640 --> 01:15:19,720
Speaker 1: If you get satisfactory answers, it looks he looks like

1364
01:15:19,760 --> 01:15:23,439
Speaker 1: a guy that's going to be a professional football player

1365
01:15:23,600 --> 01:15:27,599
Speaker 1: for at least a decade, and a really good one.

1366
01:15:28,000 --> 01:15:31,439
Speaker 1: If if that he's got the traits. Yeah, it's it's

1367
01:15:31,439 --> 01:15:33,040
Speaker 1: interesting because there's a lot of stuff we don't know

1368
01:15:33,080 --> 01:15:34,559
Speaker 1: about him, but there's a lot of stuff you see

1369
01:15:34,560 --> 01:15:36,760
Speaker 1: that man, it's it's easy to like him. Okay, So

1370
01:15:36,840 --> 01:15:39,000
Speaker 1: before we let you go, Maddie, when is the next

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01:15:39,200 --> 01:15:41,720
Speaker 1: edition of Mock Draft Watch going up? Five point zero?

1372
01:15:42,000 --> 01:15:44,639
Speaker 1: Next edition five point zero is going to go out

1373
01:15:44,640 --> 01:15:49,759
Speaker 1: Friday morning, So every Friday or Saturday leading up until

1374
01:15:49,800 --> 01:15:52,519
Speaker 1: the NFL Draft at the end of April. We will

1375
01:15:52,600 --> 01:15:55,840
Speaker 1: have these released weekly now because they're they're coming out

1376
01:15:56,240 --> 01:15:59,840
Speaker 1: crazy curious. Yeah, all right, so Friday, Buffalo Bill's out

1377
01:16:00,200 --> 01:16:02,800
Speaker 1: is where you want to check Mock Draft five point zero.

1378
01:16:03,040 --> 01:16:05,080
Speaker 1: Thanks for bringing us up to speed, Matty, appreciate it.

1379
01:16:05,120 --> 01:16:07,479
Speaker 1: As always, we will catch up with you again before

1380
01:16:07,520 --> 01:16:10,439
Speaker 1: we get to the NFL Draft. Here at the end

1381
01:16:10,520 --> 01:16:12,599
Speaker 1: of April, we take a break here, come back with

1382
01:16:12,640 --> 01:16:14,519
Speaker 1: more of your phone calls, including some thoughts on the

1383
01:16:14,560 --> 01:16:18,280
Speaker 1: tweet sheet about Buffalo's running back room? Is it set

1384
01:16:18,280 --> 01:16:21,040
Speaker 1: for twenty twenty three? If in fact, Damian Harris deal

1385
01:16:21,240 --> 01:16:23,880
Speaker 1: gets done. We're back with more here on One Bill's Live.

1386
01:16:23,920 --> 01:16:32,439
Speaker 1: Stay tuned all right back here on One Bills Live.

1387
01:16:32,520 --> 01:16:35,160
Speaker 1: Chris Brown, Steve Tasker with you, and we've been talking

1388
01:16:35,200 --> 01:16:38,599
Speaker 1: today about the reports about Damian Harris signing with the Bills.

1389
01:16:38,640 --> 01:16:43,959
Speaker 1: Nothing official just yet, but if those proved to be accurate,

1390
01:16:44,479 --> 01:16:47,400
Speaker 1: which we're anticipating they will since he was tweeting A

1391
01:16:47,640 --> 01:16:51,280
Speaker 1: Bill's Mafia last night, is the Bills running back Room

1392
01:16:51,400 --> 01:16:53,400
Speaker 1: set for twenty twenty three? You let us know at

1393
01:16:53,439 --> 01:16:55,559
Speaker 1: eight o three five fifty one eight eight eight five

1394
01:16:55,680 --> 01:16:58,240
Speaker 1: fifty two five fifty Let's go back to the phones.

1395
01:16:58,280 --> 01:17:00,880
Speaker 1: We go to Mark and Jersey City Neck. What do

1396
01:17:00,920 --> 01:17:02,439
Speaker 1: you go for? His Mark? Here on One Bill's Life.

1397
01:17:03,720 --> 01:17:07,479
Speaker 1: A good afternoon, gentlemen. You guys touched on something earlier.

1398
01:17:07,520 --> 01:17:10,320
Speaker 1: I think you did, Chris, in particular, the state of

1399
01:17:10,400 --> 01:17:15,959
Speaker 1: their defensive tackle position even last year, you know, constantly

1400
01:17:16,080 --> 01:17:20,800
Speaker 1: rotating up, you know with brind and bryant ilianku Um.

1401
01:17:21,479 --> 01:17:23,280
Speaker 1: You saw what happened when they didn't have de Quan

1402
01:17:23,400 --> 01:17:26,000
Speaker 1: Jones in that last game, it was it was it

1403
01:17:26,040 --> 01:17:29,120
Speaker 1: was pretty much game over. And then at Oliver's just

1404
01:17:29,320 --> 01:17:31,000
Speaker 1: I don't know, there's too much noise around him for

1405
01:17:31,200 --> 01:17:34,160
Speaker 1: something not to be I'm not saying they can move him,

1406
01:17:34,200 --> 01:17:37,320
Speaker 1: but they don't. I don't believe they have anybody under

1407
01:17:37,320 --> 01:17:40,320
Speaker 1: contract after this year at that position. That's correct. Yeah,

1408
01:17:40,400 --> 01:17:44,160
Speaker 1: I got de Quan, and you've got Subtle, Settle and

1409
01:17:44,920 --> 01:17:46,920
Speaker 1: ed All on the last year of their deals. And

1410
01:17:47,000 --> 01:17:51,080
Speaker 1: obviously Jordan Phillips remains a free agent right now. Yeah,

1411
01:17:51,160 --> 01:17:55,479
Speaker 1: the kid from Michigan seems to be gaining steam, Maizie

1412
01:17:55,560 --> 01:17:58,280
Speaker 1: Smith and then the other kids seems to be like

1413
01:17:58,320 --> 01:18:02,000
Speaker 1: an Edge has the name that's extremely hard to pronounce,

1414
01:18:02,040 --> 01:18:08,200
Speaker 1: but yeah, Northwestern he is, oh my god, hell on wheels,

1415
01:18:09,520 --> 01:18:11,880
Speaker 1: and I think he would play inside in the league.

1416
01:18:11,920 --> 01:18:15,280
Speaker 1: And you say traits if they wanted the bigger bodies

1417
01:18:15,400 --> 01:18:19,559
Speaker 1: Smiths and the way that the vision is. They didn't

1418
01:18:19,600 --> 01:18:22,360
Speaker 1: play against Bruce Hall last year, They're gonna play against

1419
01:18:22,360 --> 01:18:25,080
Speaker 1: them this year. The way New England likes to play.

1420
01:18:25,120 --> 01:18:29,679
Speaker 1: They have the Eagles coming in, Sayquan coming in. Pollard

1421
01:18:30,479 --> 01:18:34,880
Speaker 1: Um probably gonna vase Dravant Williams with Denvers. I think

1422
01:18:34,960 --> 01:18:38,000
Speaker 1: Bill fans have to wrap their head around the interior

1423
01:18:38,040 --> 01:18:41,880
Speaker 1: defensive lineman. I'm not saying around one, but maybe Yeah, yeah,

1424
01:18:41,880 --> 01:18:43,280
Speaker 1: I don't have a problem with it if it's the

1425
01:18:43,360 --> 01:18:48,080
Speaker 1: right guy. I mean, yeah, you're right when the season

1426
01:18:48,240 --> 01:18:50,160
Speaker 1: ended and you looked at the contracts and who was

1427
01:18:50,240 --> 01:18:55,479
Speaker 1: landing and who wasn't. Certainly, um, it's nice to have

1428
01:18:56,320 --> 01:18:58,400
Speaker 1: a couple of guys in there, Tim Settle, de Quan

1429
01:18:59,080 --> 01:19:05,640
Speaker 1: Um and ed but they're gone after this year, and

1430
01:19:05,680 --> 01:19:07,320
Speaker 1: you gotta have some and you really would like to

1431
01:19:07,320 --> 01:19:09,760
Speaker 1: have him play better and have more quality depth. We

1432
01:19:09,960 --> 01:19:14,160
Speaker 1: learned the hard way. That's where it all starts. Edmonds

1433
01:19:14,160 --> 01:19:16,360
Speaker 1: had his best year ever, Milano had his best year

1434
01:19:16,439 --> 01:19:18,800
Speaker 1: year ever, and it's no secret that the reason was

1435
01:19:18,840 --> 01:19:22,080
Speaker 1: that because of the four guys wrote you mentioned, day

1436
01:19:22,120 --> 01:19:25,200
Speaker 1: Quan has an unblosable Sea da Que was a monster,

1437
01:19:25,240 --> 01:19:29,280
Speaker 1: and Jordan Phillips was playing lights out until Thanksgiving when

1438
01:19:29,280 --> 01:19:31,760
Speaker 1: he dislocated his shoulder and had to play the rest

1439
01:19:31,800 --> 01:19:33,400
Speaker 1: of the year with one arm. Those they had some

1440
01:19:33,479 --> 01:19:37,160
Speaker 1: guys going on. They're not going to forget that lesson.

1441
01:19:37,960 --> 01:19:40,799
Speaker 1: So if you want your linebackers to play well, particularly

1442
01:19:40,840 --> 01:19:43,760
Speaker 1: if it's a young linebacker. Get some guys up in

1443
01:19:43,760 --> 01:19:46,519
Speaker 1: front of him. And you're right. Those two guys you mentioned, Yeah,

1444
01:19:46,600 --> 01:19:50,200
Speaker 1: they're good. We'll see if if they're there. The kid

1445
01:19:50,200 --> 01:19:58,120
Speaker 1: from Northwestern, Uh, I can't remember. Yeah, he's a right,

1446
01:19:58,160 --> 01:20:01,640
Speaker 1: he's a different six two two eighty. He's underside. He's

1447
01:20:01,640 --> 01:20:03,960
Speaker 1: an edge guy, and I don't yeah, and I think

1448
01:20:03,960 --> 01:20:06,680
Speaker 1: he's a perfect edge in a three four. He's a

1449
01:20:06,680 --> 01:20:09,960
Speaker 1: perfect five technique. He's not long enough to maybe play five,

1450
01:20:10,040 --> 01:20:14,840
Speaker 1: but he's he's thick enough. He's shaped like a refrigerator box.

1451
01:20:15,360 --> 01:20:18,480
Speaker 1: So I don't know if he's a fit down inside.

1452
01:20:18,479 --> 01:20:21,439
Speaker 1: And you know, as as Mark mentioned on the call,

1453
01:20:22,680 --> 01:20:25,960
Speaker 1: you're gonna be facing Breece Hall, You're gonna be facing

1454
01:20:26,000 --> 01:20:29,120
Speaker 1: Ramondre Stevenson, both of those guys twice a year. And

1455
01:20:29,160 --> 01:20:31,720
Speaker 1: then you got the NFC East to deal with. And

1456
01:20:32,040 --> 01:20:34,080
Speaker 1: I saw some mocks. You know, people are always talking

1457
01:20:34,080 --> 01:20:37,320
Speaker 1: about Bijean Robinson to the Bills. The Philadelphia Eagles just

1458
01:20:37,360 --> 01:20:40,840
Speaker 1: lost Miles Sanders. Bijean Robinson's on the board for them.

1459
01:20:40,840 --> 01:20:44,439
Speaker 1: I don't think they hesitate Bijean Robinson in that offense

1460
01:20:44,479 --> 01:20:47,040
Speaker 1: with A J. Brown and Jalen Hurts. Don't forget the Bills.

1461
01:20:47,040 --> 01:20:50,719
Speaker 1: You gotta play those guys too, So I'd be inclined

1462
01:20:50,800 --> 01:20:54,240
Speaker 1: give me the bigger player, please. I mean, if you

1463
01:20:54,400 --> 01:20:57,799
Speaker 1: if you're gonna take a defensive tackle, take the traits.

1464
01:20:58,240 --> 01:21:01,000
Speaker 1: Give me Mazie Smith at three thirty. Mazie Smith is

1465
01:21:01,080 --> 01:21:03,680
Speaker 1: a guy. Yeah, I would take Mazie Smith ahead of

1466
01:21:03,880 --> 01:21:07,880
Speaker 1: at a Ware out of Northwestern because of his traits

1467
01:21:08,240 --> 01:21:10,320
Speaker 1: and because he plays inside. Out of Ware is only

1468
01:21:10,360 --> 01:21:12,120
Speaker 1: two eighty two. He's six. He's listed at six to

1469
01:21:12,200 --> 01:21:14,600
Speaker 1: one on the website I'm looking at Yeah, he's just

1470
01:21:14,640 --> 01:21:16,760
Speaker 1: not He didn't have the trades to be inside and

1471
01:21:16,800 --> 01:21:19,800
Speaker 1: hold up against the kind of guards we're looking at

1472
01:21:19,840 --> 01:21:22,760
Speaker 1: like the Bills are looking to draft, you know. I

1473
01:21:22,800 --> 01:21:28,280
Speaker 1: mean there's big, heavy, strong dudes down inside, and it's

1474
01:21:28,320 --> 01:21:30,280
Speaker 1: hard enough. You've got to be really special, you know.

1475
01:21:30,320 --> 01:21:32,960
Speaker 1: You got and Ed Oliver at time's been up and down.

1476
01:21:33,000 --> 01:21:35,280
Speaker 1: Certainly he can make some things happen, but on a

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Speaker 1: consistent basis, that's hard. So that's where I'm at two.

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01:21:40,360 --> 01:21:44,719
Speaker 1: I think right now that to me is the most

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01:21:46,080 --> 01:21:49,640
Speaker 1: urgent roster spot on the club is down inside a

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Speaker 1: defensive tackle. Want both those spots you need to get

1481
01:21:54,439 --> 01:21:56,680
Speaker 1: them back to the level they were in better right

1482
01:21:56,760 --> 01:21:58,600
Speaker 1: where you need to do with cheap labor. Now, you

1483
01:21:58,600 --> 01:22:00,479
Speaker 1: maybe be able to get Jordan Phillips off a torn

1484
01:22:00,600 --> 01:22:03,080
Speaker 1: rotator cuff at an affordable price on a one year deal,

1485
01:22:03,240 --> 01:22:04,960
Speaker 1: but you're still in the same boat come next year

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01:22:05,000 --> 01:22:07,280
Speaker 1: with nobody on your roster under contract of that position,

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01:22:07,400 --> 01:22:08,840
Speaker 1: I think you've got to get a young player in

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01:22:08,880 --> 01:22:11,160
Speaker 1: the pipeline there that you know you're gonna be able

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01:22:11,160 --> 01:22:14,120
Speaker 1: to hold onto at an affordable price for four years.

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01:22:14,800 --> 01:22:18,240
Speaker 1: And that means draft. And you know, speak of the devil.

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01:22:18,280 --> 01:22:20,719
Speaker 1: I'm just talking about how the Eagles lost Miles Sanders,

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01:22:21,479 --> 01:22:24,040
Speaker 1: and you know, if Bejean Robinson's on the board, they

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01:22:24,120 --> 01:22:29,679
Speaker 1: might be interested. Mike Carafolo, NFL Network Bijean Robinson paying

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01:22:29,720 --> 01:22:35,080
Speaker 1: a pre draft visit to the Eagles today. So there

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01:22:35,120 --> 01:22:38,640
Speaker 1: you go. I'm telling you if if Bejean Robinson is

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01:22:38,680 --> 01:22:40,960
Speaker 1: on the board when the Eagles are on the clock,

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01:22:41,960 --> 01:22:44,439
Speaker 1: that's where he's going. He's gonna go there. He's not

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01:22:44,560 --> 01:22:46,479
Speaker 1: making it to twenty seven to the Bills. I'd be

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01:22:46,560 --> 01:22:49,639
Speaker 1: shocked if he gets there. He's too good a talent.

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01:22:50,160 --> 01:22:53,719
Speaker 1: He's according to all it's a case of consensus top

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01:22:53,800 --> 01:22:56,160
Speaker 1: running back talent in the draft, and I know that

1502
01:22:56,280 --> 01:23:00,240
Speaker 1: the position is devalued. I'll be very surprised if he

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01:23:00,240 --> 01:23:04,120
Speaker 1: gets down to twenty seven. I really will, so to me,

1504
01:23:04,240 --> 01:23:06,720
Speaker 1: it's kind of a mood point. Yeah, for Buffalo. Now

1505
01:23:06,760 --> 01:23:13,679
Speaker 1: he's five eleven, two fifteen. About like Damien Harris, Damien

1506
01:23:13,760 --> 01:23:16,960
Speaker 1: Harris we've been talking about today. Certainly Damien Harris doesn't,

1507
01:23:17,000 --> 01:23:19,839
Speaker 1: didn't never doesn't have the chops that be Jean Robinson

1508
01:23:19,840 --> 01:23:21,800
Speaker 1: seems to have had coming out of college. But he

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01:23:21,880 --> 01:23:25,639
Speaker 1: does have, you know, thirty eight games under his belt

1510
01:23:25,640 --> 01:23:28,040
Speaker 1: in the pros. So there's a little bit of difference there.

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01:23:31,160 --> 01:23:34,880
Speaker 1: Maybe that tips off worth the Bills. Bills are thinking

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01:23:34,920 --> 01:23:36,720
Speaker 1: about be Jean Robinson. I don't know they want a

1513
01:23:36,720 --> 01:23:40,760
Speaker 1: guy just like him or physically anyway. Yeah, but I

1514
01:23:40,800 --> 01:23:43,320
Speaker 1: think I think much like me. I'm wondering if the

1515
01:23:43,320 --> 01:23:45,400
Speaker 1: Bills don't think he's gonna get to twenty seven either.

1516
01:23:45,720 --> 01:23:50,240
Speaker 1: I don't think he will. There's too much buzz around him.

1517
01:23:48,360 --> 01:23:54,599
Speaker 1: I mean, yeah, Okay, running backs are running backs are.

1518
01:23:55,240 --> 01:23:58,160
Speaker 1: It's hard because everybody's got their own feelings about what

1519
01:23:58,200 --> 01:24:02,160
Speaker 1: they want in the guy. Everybody wants thinks this running

1520
01:24:02,200 --> 01:24:05,720
Speaker 1: back whatever running back it's gonna be. Whether it's be

1521
01:24:05,760 --> 01:24:08,719
Speaker 1: the magic elixer is you're actually right, it's a magic

1522
01:24:08,800 --> 01:24:12,719
Speaker 1: elixer that's gonna fix all their offenses problems. Bejean Robinson

1523
01:24:12,760 --> 01:24:14,799
Speaker 1: is going to take all the pressure off of Josh Allen.

1524
01:24:15,080 --> 01:24:17,400
Speaker 1: Bejean Robinson's going to be a weapon in the passing

1525
01:24:17,439 --> 01:24:23,160
Speaker 1: game like Alvin Kamara. You know, those players do stuff

1526
01:24:23,160 --> 01:24:25,559
Speaker 1: that it's wows you, but there's some other stuff that

1527
01:24:25,560 --> 01:24:29,000
Speaker 1: they don't do too good. And that's what that's why

1528
01:24:29,040 --> 01:24:33,400
Speaker 1: they're not a magic elixer. You know, there's there's not

1529
01:24:33,439 --> 01:24:36,799
Speaker 1: a La Damian Thominson and a Thurman Thomas in this draft.

1530
01:24:36,840 --> 01:24:39,240
Speaker 1: I don't think you say what you want about be

1531
01:24:39,320 --> 01:24:41,759
Speaker 1: Jean Robinson. He's a good player and he's got some stuff,

1532
01:24:43,120 --> 01:24:45,640
Speaker 1: but you don't you know, those guys don't show up

1533
01:24:45,720 --> 01:24:48,280
Speaker 1: until you know they put on a gold jacket. Then

1534
01:24:48,320 --> 01:24:50,120
Speaker 1: it's like, yeah, we knew it all the time, right,

1535
01:24:53,200 --> 01:24:56,720
Speaker 1: it's true, Now I get it. Um. Thurman was the

1536
01:24:56,720 --> 01:25:01,360
Speaker 1: first pick of the second round. Yeah, let's go quickly

1537
01:25:01,520 --> 01:25:04,360
Speaker 1: here to the tweet sheet, brought to you by Corrigan

1538
01:25:04,400 --> 01:25:07,360
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01:25:08,080 --> 01:25:12,640
Speaker 1: Will the reported Damien Harris signing with Buffalo set the

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01:25:12,680 --> 01:25:16,559
Speaker 1: Bills running back room up for good. In twenty twenty three,

1541
01:25:16,640 --> 01:25:18,960
Speaker 1: Jack says, it's fine. I didn't want them to go

1542
01:25:19,040 --> 01:25:21,840
Speaker 1: pay whatever price for a guy like Derrick Henry who

1543
01:25:21,840 --> 01:25:23,760
Speaker 1: needs the ball twenty to twenty five times a game

1544
01:25:23,800 --> 01:25:25,280
Speaker 1: to be effective. Nor did I want to use a

1545
01:25:25,360 --> 01:25:27,519
Speaker 1: first round pick on a running back. I don't want

1546
01:25:27,520 --> 01:25:29,800
Speaker 1: to be a run first team and I want Cook

1547
01:25:29,840 --> 01:25:33,120
Speaker 1: given a chance to be the guy. Harris will compliment that,

1548
01:25:33,760 --> 01:25:36,519
Speaker 1: which I think is pretty much accurate. That takes off

1549
01:25:36,520 --> 01:25:39,720
Speaker 1: all the boxes we've been talking about. Yeah, I don't give.

1550
01:25:39,920 --> 01:25:41,479
Speaker 1: I don't care if you hand the ball off twenty

1551
01:25:41,479 --> 01:25:43,960
Speaker 1: twenty five times. If you know you're gonna get seventy

1552
01:25:43,960 --> 01:25:46,679
Speaker 1: five snaps in the game, yeah, But if you're gonna

1553
01:25:46,720 --> 01:25:51,240
Speaker 1: get fifty five, I don't want to do that. Yeah,

1554
01:25:51,280 --> 01:25:53,920
Speaker 1: I don't. If you're getting fifty snaps a game, twenty

1555
01:25:53,920 --> 01:25:56,439
Speaker 1: five too many to be handing it off, yes, well,

1556
01:25:56,439 --> 01:25:58,559
Speaker 1: and I don't think that would happen in this offense anyway.

1557
01:25:59,120 --> 01:26:01,559
Speaker 1: Tank on the Sweet Cheat says, I believe we are set,

1558
01:26:01,600 --> 01:26:02,920
Speaker 1: but we need to go get a running back in

1559
01:26:02,960 --> 01:26:06,640
Speaker 1: the later rounds or undrafted for depth or injuries. Sure linebacker,

1560
01:26:06,720 --> 01:26:09,280
Speaker 1: D line, d N, safety, and corner are most important

1561
01:26:09,280 --> 01:26:12,000
Speaker 1: in the draft for rotation starters in depth. Defense must

1562
01:26:12,040 --> 01:26:14,080
Speaker 1: be better to make a run at the Super Bowl.

1563
01:26:14,120 --> 01:26:16,519
Speaker 1: The defense is gonna kind of shift. The focus is

1564
01:26:16,520 --> 01:26:17,760
Speaker 1: going to kind of shift to that side of the

1565
01:26:17,760 --> 01:26:19,920
Speaker 1: ball with all the attention paid to the offense so far.

1566
01:26:20,040 --> 01:26:24,280
Speaker 1: So it's gonna be tough, that's yeah. But I Leslie

1567
01:26:24,280 --> 01:26:27,840
Speaker 1: Frasier isn't here this year. There's a lot of things

1568
01:26:27,880 --> 01:26:30,360
Speaker 1: going to change on that defense. I'm that's something that

1569
01:26:30,400 --> 01:26:34,560
Speaker 1: hasn't been talked about enough. Not changing the scheme, yeah, yeah,

1570
01:26:34,600 --> 01:26:37,440
Speaker 1: but everything changing when a different guys calling the plays

1571
01:26:37,880 --> 01:26:41,400
Speaker 1: and when he puts in the game plan that there's

1572
01:26:41,439 --> 01:26:44,360
Speaker 1: a there's a level of creativity in that, there's a

1573
01:26:44,479 --> 01:26:50,040
Speaker 1: level of understanding, a level of you know, collaboration that's

1574
01:26:50,080 --> 01:26:52,839
Speaker 1: gonna change dramatically, I think in that in that defensive

1575
01:26:52,840 --> 01:26:57,519
Speaker 1: side of the ball. I think that is probably the

1576
01:26:57,600 --> 01:27:00,600
Speaker 1: most unknown thing, even with all these knows about these

1577
01:27:00,640 --> 01:27:02,840
Speaker 1: guys in the draft, similar to last year with Dorsey

1578
01:27:02,920 --> 01:27:05,080
Speaker 1: taking over, you know, on the offensive side of the

1579
01:27:06,000 --> 01:27:08,599
Speaker 1: same scheme, but it's gonna look different a little. It's

1580
01:27:08,640 --> 01:27:13,479
Speaker 1: almost the same. But I don't know. You don't have

1581
01:27:13,520 --> 01:27:16,800
Speaker 1: a Josh Allen on the defensive side who can like,

1582
01:27:16,960 --> 01:27:19,960
Speaker 1: you know, it's like Miller. He's the great butter knife

1583
01:27:20,000 --> 01:27:22,679
Speaker 1: that can spread everything. Oh, you know, fix everything, right,

1584
01:27:22,720 --> 01:27:25,439
Speaker 1: So I don't know what. I just a butter knife.

1585
01:27:26,439 --> 01:27:28,600
Speaker 1: He's just the great fix it right, He's he's the

1586
01:27:28,640 --> 01:27:32,080
Speaker 1: guy that can cover everything. Um, I don't know that

1587
01:27:32,120 --> 01:27:34,559
Speaker 1: there's a guy like that on defense. Vaughan's only gonna

1588
01:27:34,560 --> 01:27:36,160
Speaker 1: be out there, what thirty eight percent of the snaps

1589
01:27:36,200 --> 01:27:41,640
Speaker 1: probably maybe more, maybe playing times, maybe that could be.

1590
01:27:41,960 --> 01:27:43,519
Speaker 1: We gotta take a break, Steve and I to wrap

1591
01:27:43,560 --> 01:27:45,000
Speaker 1: it up when we return here on one of Bill's

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01:27:45,000 --> 01:27:59,120
Speaker 1: live stay tuned all right back here. I want to

1593
01:27:59,120 --> 01:28:01,679
Speaker 1: Bill's Lives. The final thoughts on a tweet sheet from Floyd.

1594
01:28:01,760 --> 01:28:05,080
Speaker 1: Won't be shocked if they sign an undrafted free agent

1595
01:28:05,160 --> 01:28:07,080
Speaker 1: running back for training camp. I think we kind of

1596
01:28:07,120 --> 01:28:10,040
Speaker 1: anticipate that as well. They have their feature back, their

1597
01:28:10,120 --> 01:28:12,840
Speaker 1: short yardage third down back, and their speedy gadgetback for

1598
01:28:12,880 --> 01:28:17,439
Speaker 1: the season. Though basically feature back Cook, we assume short

1599
01:28:17,520 --> 01:28:23,200
Speaker 1: yardage Harris and then gadgetback is Hines todd simple answer.

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01:28:23,560 --> 01:28:26,120
Speaker 1: They still could and most likely will add another running

1601
01:28:26,120 --> 01:28:27,840
Speaker 1: back in the mid to light rounds of this very

1602
01:28:27,880 --> 01:28:31,479
Speaker 1: deep and talented running back class. John said, I thought

1603
01:28:31,520 --> 01:28:33,519
Speaker 1: the Bills were set with cooking Hines. I thought there

1604
01:28:33,560 --> 01:28:34,880
Speaker 1: was no need to get a running back and free

1605
01:28:34,880 --> 01:28:36,800
Speaker 1: agency and they should have used the third round pick

1606
01:28:36,840 --> 01:28:39,719
Speaker 1: to draft a big power back for short yardage. Finally,

1607
01:28:39,720 --> 01:28:42,120
Speaker 1: Frank says, I think we're good. But the question is,

1608
01:28:42,120 --> 01:28:44,720
Speaker 1: if Bjean Robinson is available at twenty seven, do we

1609
01:28:44,760 --> 01:28:48,439
Speaker 1: pass on that talent or scoop him up. Yeah. Again,

1610
01:28:49,120 --> 01:28:52,320
Speaker 1: I'd be very surprised if he's there. I really would.

1611
01:28:52,400 --> 01:28:54,400
Speaker 1: If he's there and he's the best guy, get him.

1612
01:28:55,200 --> 01:28:57,840
Speaker 1: He's not going to be there unless there's another guy

1613
01:28:57,880 --> 01:29:01,960
Speaker 1: that's there, like of Jalen Carter falls to that spot,

1614
01:29:02,160 --> 01:29:04,400
Speaker 1: you know that one of those kind of yeah, I'm exaggerating.

1615
01:29:04,560 --> 01:29:06,960
Speaker 1: That isn't exaggeration, but you know what I mean. Yes, right,

1616
01:29:07,000 --> 01:29:11,240
Speaker 1: so there you go. Yeah, I mean I think these

1617
01:29:11,280 --> 01:29:13,080
Speaker 1: are the three that are going to be on the roster.

1618
01:29:13,640 --> 01:29:17,559
Speaker 1: Gilliam's your fullback, and I mean unless there's some undrafted

1619
01:29:17,640 --> 01:29:19,599
Speaker 1: kid that really lights it up, there is a probably

1620
01:29:19,640 --> 01:29:22,599
Speaker 1: your three I don't really need unless you get one

1621
01:29:22,600 --> 01:29:25,439
Speaker 1: of the fourth or fifth, A big power back. Maybe, Yeah,

1622
01:29:25,880 --> 01:29:28,240
Speaker 1: we'll see. That's it for us today. We will see

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01:29:28,240 --> 01:29:30,760
Speaker 1: you back here tomorrow at one pm. Make it a

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Speaker 1: Wednesday with us. Thanks for listening.