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Speaker 1: These these One Bill's Live presented by Kalida Health.

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Speaker 2: Good to have you with US Bills fans. We're coming

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Speaker 2: to you live from High March Stadium in Orchard Park.

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Speaker 2: Chris Brown and Eric Wood here in the broadcast booth

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Speaker 2: and the passes complete to Shakir gets away from the

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Speaker 2: tackle of the forty thirty five thirty doubles back to

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Speaker 3: Still loose, is going all the way for the touchdown

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Speaker 3: eighty one yards to payter. Kalil Shakir Wow, looking to

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Speaker 3: his left, fires quickly and it's picked off. Bristol Dufflin's

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Speaker 2: So four of Touchdownlitz coming, Alex steps up in the pocket,

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Speaker 3: Josh Allan, Yeah, give him a flex, Josh all right.

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Speaker 2: Welcome into a Tuesday edition of One Bills Live. Here

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Speaker 2: on seven one six day. Chris Brown Steve Tasker back

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Speaker 2: together after alternating vacations.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, so it's nice and as you know, as you

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Speaker 4: might a guessed from this the alternate opening of the show,

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Speaker 4: it was official, made official today that Chris Brown's going

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Speaker 4: to be the voice of the Buffalo Bills going forward.

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Speaker 4: And he's been doing it for the last over year

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Speaker 4: a regular season playoff, and they made it official this

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Speaker 4: morning at eight thirty am. I imagine you found out

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Speaker 4: sometime before that, but the official word was and we knew,

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Speaker 4: for those of you are wondering here in the building,

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Speaker 4: we knew there was a process going on. They had

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Speaker 4: two hundred plus applicants for the position of Voice of

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Speaker 4: the Buffalo Bills, and they went through the entire thing.

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Speaker 4: It was no just gimme for Brownie to get the job.

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Speaker 4: And I think you'd be hard pressed to find somebody

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Speaker 4: that he hasn't earned it. So congratulations Chris Brown, Voice

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Speaker 4: of the Buffalo Bills. We'll probably get some phone calls

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Speaker 4: today from people, you know, congratulating you, but Brownie's phone

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Speaker 4: is blown up. We can't even work today because Brownie's

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Speaker 4: phone is absolutely blown up with congratulatory messages. As you

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Speaker 4: might imagine, it's a big deal in our industry to

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Speaker 4: get there's only thirty two of these jobs just like

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Speaker 4: you know, you can laugh, but it's true. It's like

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Speaker 4: a head coaching job for the broadcast industry. It means

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Speaker 4: something to a lot of guys. I know, Brownie, you've

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Speaker 4: been here since nineteen, covered the team since ninety seven. Yeah,

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Speaker 4: and you've been in the building full time.

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Speaker 2: Since six That is right. Look at you doing your.

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Speaker 4: Home and yeah. And so it's the only thing I've

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Speaker 4: earned it. You should feel really good about, Brownie, because

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Speaker 4: I'm really proud that you're You're a pro. You've done

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Speaker 4: everything the right way. You went through the process had

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Speaker 4: you had no you had no control over this process

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Speaker 4: at all, and to see you come out on top

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Speaker 4: and you're I know that there are a lot of

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Speaker 4: reasons you're the logical choice. Your depth of knowledge of

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Speaker 4: the team, you and I sitting here talking about these

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Speaker 4: guys all day every day. Yeah, nobody around, nobody has

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Speaker 4: a it's a fit and you've earned it as well.

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Speaker 4: So I think Bills fans should be proud that not

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Speaker 4: I appreciate that. And going forward, going forward, all expect

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Speaker 4: a little something extra in my paycheck for being your best friend.

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Speaker 2: I'll do what I can. Pick up dinner.

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Speaker 4: I told you this too. Here's one of the things

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Speaker 2: I appreciate that very much, Steve, and I am very thankful,

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Speaker 2: So yes, I know what I'm stepping into. I think

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Speaker 2: I was telling you that, you know, initially there was

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Speaker 2: I'm overwhelmed by the outpouring of well wishes. And it's

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Speaker 4: Yeah, it's it's great. And that's I say that a lot.

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Speaker 4: the whole kit and kaboodle of Bill's Mafia slash Buffalo

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Speaker 4: So the people who live here grew up here, and

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Speaker 2: It's difference today, Yes, in every way. Imagine we couldn't

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Speaker 4: Brownie's phone is absolutely blown up all day, So good

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Speaker 4: We're gonna have like you said, we're gonna have Murph

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Speaker 4: That's why you get two hundred applicants for a spot

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Speaker 4: And this is you know, you think about the ripple

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Speaker 2: What do you got for us? Butcher, You're on one

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Speaker 5: Thanks so much for taking my calls. Welcome back, Brownie, stay,

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Speaker 5: I expect you to walk in it. You deserve it,

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Speaker 2: Yeah, thanks for the love, Butch, I appreciate what you're

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Speaker 4: It was good for you.

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Speaker 2: to Mark in West Seneca. What's up Mark, Well, good afternoon, gentlemen.

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Speaker 8: It's a great day in Buffalo with the news I

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Speaker 8: As far as Brownie your news, I'm an old guy.

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Speaker 4: And now it's just one more cherry on top of

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Speaker 13: I mean just the beauty of Yankee Stadium and the

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Speaker 13: excitement around the fifth or sixth inning. It hit me

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Speaker 13: that something is missing, and I realized it's the announcers

435
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Speaker 13: who's telling the story of the game, and it's such

436
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Speaker 13: an essential thing. And all of us sports fans, who

437
00:23:09,520 --> 00:23:13,360
Speaker 13: no one loves sports so well, just remember besides the visual,

438
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Speaker 13: the sounds from our youth, like I grew up in

439
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Speaker 13: Long Island like you did, and I remember Marty Glickman

440
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Speaker 13: doing the Giants games and Merl Harmon doing the Jets games,

441
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Speaker 13: and the story was always essential. And it's like Herman

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Speaker 13: Melville writing Wiby Dick. So congratulations, mister Melville.

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Speaker 2: Yes, thank you, Bruce. I appreciate that.

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Speaker 4: I'll say this. You know, we've bridan and I'm really

445
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Speaker 4: old and I've been watching and listening to I grew

446
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Speaker 4: up in a part of the country that didn't have

447
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Speaker 4: a pro sports team that I could actually go and see.

448
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Speaker 4: I didn't grow up in a city of any kind.

449
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Speaker 4: I was six or seven hours away from Kansas City,

450
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Speaker 4: and I was five hours away from Denver. They didn't

451
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Speaker 4: have a baseball team at the time anyway, and they

452
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Speaker 4: did have the Broncos. So the only way to anticipate

453
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Speaker 4: or partake of pro sports was on electronic media, radio

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Speaker 4: or television.

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Speaker 2: You got KMOX in Saint louis Ata where you live,

456
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Speaker 2: because that's a fifty thousand one flamethrower.

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Speaker 4: No, it could have, but I wouldn't have listened to

458
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Speaker 4: it because I'm not a baseball guy.

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Speaker 2: Right, Oh, that's right. So, because that's why pretty much

460
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Speaker 2: the entire middle of the country is a Cardinals fan.

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Speaker 4: That's right, because of KMOX radio. My good friend may

462
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Speaker 4: rest in peace. Bruce de Haven used to do that

463
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Speaker 4: when he and his little radio in Truesdale, Kansas, and

464
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Speaker 4: he would be able to listen to a transition late

465
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Speaker 4: late at night, a little scratch, he'd listened to it.

466
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Speaker 4: It is one of the things being a broadcast voice

467
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Speaker 4: for a team, one of the things that in an

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Speaker 4: ever changing industry, has remained constant. There has to be

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Speaker 4: a voice to tell you what's going on. There has

470
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Speaker 4: to be somebody who paints the picture for those of

471
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Speaker 4: us who can't be there. I don't know if you

472
00:24:54,400 --> 00:24:58,960
Speaker 4: can over romanticize that. It's pretty awesome responsibility, and people

473
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Speaker 4: appreciate it. People really appreciate it, and uh, of course

474
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Speaker 4: it's not earth shattering, and we're not talking world politics,

475
00:25:07,440 --> 00:25:09,639
Speaker 4: and we're not talking war and peace or anything like that.

476
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Speaker 4: We're talking about something that we all love and cherishing

477
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Speaker 4: our own little sports teams and our own little interested world.

478
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Speaker 4: But to have a voice that you trust is important

479
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Speaker 4: in those moments. And and I'm and Brownie, it's a

480
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Speaker 4: it's a you know, it's a sacred mantle that's been

481
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Speaker 4: given to you and you've earned and I know, and

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Speaker 4: I'm I'm confident, and I've told people this privately and

483
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Speaker 4: I'll say it publicly. You're just gonna do the work,

484
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Speaker 4: so I know I can trust you. I've seen you work.

485
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Speaker 4: I've seen us. You grind over stuff in training camp.

486
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Speaker 4: You're out there taking attendance and stuff, and I'm like

487
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Speaker 4: asking you, Hey, why don't I see this guy? And

488
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Speaker 4: you know, so it's it's comforting. And I can just

489
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Speaker 4: tell all the bills fans, it's gonna be comforting to

490
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Speaker 4: know this. You know, your play by play guys. A

491
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Speaker 4: guy who's gonna know the numbers and and know the

492
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Speaker 4: ins and outs and the war fores and whys, and

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Speaker 4: he's gonna grind it through it for you. So when

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Speaker 4: it happens, he's going to have the story that you

495
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Speaker 4: can hear, and it's it's it's pretty awesome because in

496
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Speaker 4: this industry where now you got streaming and you can

497
00:26:08,440 --> 00:26:10,920
Speaker 4: watch any game anytime anywhere, you can go this way

498
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Speaker 4: there his you know, this is something that has not

499
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Speaker 4: changed in broadcasting. The radio medium has not changed. The

500
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Speaker 4: the home broadcast is still very very much a thing.

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Speaker 4: Even on Game Pass in the NFL, we have it

502
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Speaker 4: on the team gets it for us, we get we

503
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Speaker 4: can go back and watch the broadcast of every game,

504
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Speaker 4: and they give you the option home broadcast and away

505
00:26:36,119 --> 00:26:38,960
Speaker 4: broadcast for radio. For radio, you can listen to the

506
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Speaker 4: game with Brownie's voice on TV after the fact later

507
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Speaker 4: on if you go back and recruiter. So it's it's awesome,

508
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Speaker 4: it's absolutely awesome. And we hadn't really Ronnie and I

509
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Speaker 4: hadn't really talked about this process that he had to

510
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Speaker 4: go through, which was extensive, uh, to get the job.

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Speaker 4: And now that it's happened, you really do get a

512
00:27:02,000 --> 00:27:06,520
Speaker 4: sense of the you know, how coolness, the coolness right,

513
00:27:06,840 --> 00:27:07,639
Speaker 4: how awesome it is.

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Speaker 2: It's an important position and it was an important decision.

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Speaker 2: So I understood it, you know, and everybody that was

516
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Speaker 2: part of the process had a lot of hurdles to clear,

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Speaker 2: and you know, fortunately I was able to clear all of.

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Speaker 4: Them without clear the last one. Anyway. Yeah, that's that's awesome.

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Speaker 2: But let's get back to the phones. We go to

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Speaker 2: Randy in Rochester next. What's up, Randy, Hey, guys, how's

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Speaker 2: it going good?

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Speaker 6: Go Bills?

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Speaker 2: Yeah, Go Bills.

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Speaker 14: I've been hearing a lot on on talk radio in

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Speaker 14: the Rochester area and then some of the broadcasts out

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Speaker 14: of Buffalo about a real concern about the Bills defense. Okay,

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Speaker 14: I don't know, I don't know enough details about it.

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Speaker 14: I know that we've obviously, you know, have lost some

529
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Speaker 14: of the really prime players that we have used to

530
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Speaker 14: being seeing in the backfield there, infensive backfield. And I

531
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Speaker 14: would like to say one thing about the broadcast. I'm

532
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Speaker 14: one of those people that would actually turn on the

533
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Speaker 14: radio even though I'm watching the game on TV. I

534
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Speaker 14: appreciate that, Randy, because because the broadcast from the lit

535
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Speaker 14: stadium and away games is just fantastic. But so my

536
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Speaker 14: question is do we have a strong enough defense to

537
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Speaker 14: you know, match you know, the capabilities of Josh I mean,

538
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Speaker 14: Josh has got a bunch of people that we're hoping

539
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Speaker 14: that can catch the ball pretty well and and stretch

540
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Speaker 14: the defense. We're in kind of like a very unknown

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Speaker 14: kind of territory that right now. I was just curious

542
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Speaker 14: what your opinion is that maybe something that will help

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Speaker 14: excite fans or have them gain a little more confidence

544
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Speaker 14: from you know, some of this talk that I've been hearing.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, fair enough. You go first to you, Well, quickly,

546
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Speaker 2: I'll just say that, and then I'll toss it to you.

547
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Speaker 2: But quickly, I will just say I think it's largely

548
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Speaker 2: rooted in the fear of the unknown because of all

549
00:29:00,760 --> 00:29:03,880
Speaker 2: the change that's going to happen. People had a sense

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00:29:03,920 --> 00:29:06,920
Speaker 2: of comfort and security in knowing that the two starting

551
00:29:06,920 --> 00:29:08,960
Speaker 2: safeties were Jordan Poyer and Mike Hyde for the last

552
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Speaker 2: seven seasons. There's comfort in that because they are proven players.

553
00:29:13,280 --> 00:29:16,080
Speaker 2: You've seen them do it, you know what to expect.

554
00:29:16,280 --> 00:29:19,200
Speaker 2: Same thing with Tredevius White before he was beset by

555
00:29:19,280 --> 00:29:22,840
Speaker 2: two very serious injuries that ultimately led to his departure

556
00:29:22,880 --> 00:29:26,640
Speaker 2: from the team, and you had confidence in him. And

557
00:29:26,720 --> 00:29:29,320
Speaker 2: now those players are no longer part of the equation.

558
00:29:29,440 --> 00:29:31,959
Speaker 2: On the back end, and they're being replaced by players

559
00:29:31,960 --> 00:29:35,800
Speaker 2: who have played in the league or are rookies, and

560
00:29:36,920 --> 00:29:40,360
Speaker 2: that's concerning because they don't have the same sense of

561
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Speaker 2: security with those players yet. But I would again go

562
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Speaker 2: back to what I say all the time, Sean McDermott's

563
00:29:47,400 --> 00:29:51,080
Speaker 2: coaching staff is one of the best player development staffs

564
00:29:51,120 --> 00:29:54,080
Speaker 2: this franchise has ever had, maybe since the Levy years.

565
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Speaker 2: They make players better. This defense may not be airtight

566
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Speaker 2: in week one or week two, but I think by

567
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Speaker 2: mid season it's a system that relies on very simple

568
00:30:07,840 --> 00:30:09,719
Speaker 2: rules to fall back on when you don't know the

569
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Speaker 2: exact thing that you might need to do in a

570
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Speaker 2: given situation to get you through a play. And so

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Speaker 2: I think with Sean McDermot and Bobby Babbage at the Helm,

572
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Speaker 2: this is a group that will be fine despite the

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Speaker 2: player turnout.

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Speaker 4: I would I'm as you might imagine, Bradie and I

575
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Speaker 4: are in lockstep with this. There's gonna be some adjustment

576
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Speaker 4: period here, no question about it. They've got a lot

577
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Speaker 4: of new moving pieces, a lot of new players, but

578
00:30:32,080 --> 00:30:34,360
Speaker 4: a lot of these players are also guys with some

579
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Speaker 4: chops who have played in the NFL other places. There's

580
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Speaker 4: not too many guys who have never taken a rep

581
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Speaker 4: in the secondary. Now, you can say what you want

582
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Speaker 4: about the safety, coldish old bishop, but most of those

583
00:30:48,880 --> 00:30:50,880
Speaker 4: guys have the game's not going to be too big

584
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Speaker 4: for them. And I'll say this too, This change speaks

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Speaker 4: to the right to the heart and the wheelhouse of

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Speaker 4: what our head coach has already proven he's really good

587
00:31:00,560 --> 00:31:04,160
Speaker 4: at when he got the job. Some coaches always get

588
00:31:04,200 --> 00:31:06,719
Speaker 4: their jobs as a head coach by doing something as

589
00:31:06,720 --> 00:31:10,200
Speaker 4: a defensive coordinator, as an offensive coordinator, as a quarterback developer,

590
00:31:10,440 --> 00:31:13,760
Speaker 4: as a whatever, a defensive specialist, a defensive head coach.

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Speaker 4: This head coach, and Sean McDermott got the job as

592
00:31:17,320 --> 00:31:19,920
Speaker 4: being a top notch defensive coordinator, and one of the

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Speaker 4: first things we saw from him on the field was

594
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Speaker 4: the fact that he got more out of a roster

595
00:31:26,960 --> 00:31:31,760
Speaker 4: that was thought to be tanking than anybody thought possible.

596
00:31:31,800 --> 00:31:36,280
Speaker 4: He got that roster to the playoffs, did it largely

597
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Speaker 4: with a defense that was unproven at the time, and

598
00:31:39,280 --> 00:31:41,400
Speaker 4: he did it with players who were not that not

599
00:31:41,480 --> 00:31:44,520
Speaker 4: considered to be top notch. Poyer and Hyde were unknowns.

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Speaker 4: That kind of thing. This is the same thing, Yeah,

601
00:31:48,080 --> 00:31:51,200
Speaker 4: these are the same guys who are putting together this roster,

602
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Speaker 4: and the same head coach and a coordinator who has

603
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Speaker 4: been with this head coach for thirteen years. So you

604
00:31:58,880 --> 00:32:01,840
Speaker 4: can bet that whatever the defensive roster has to give,

605
00:32:01,920 --> 00:32:04,600
Speaker 4: they're gonna get it. They're gonna get all of it.

606
00:32:05,160 --> 00:32:08,920
Speaker 4: And while there may be some adjustment periods or some

607
00:32:09,040 --> 00:32:13,000
Speaker 4: you know, some simple, simplified defensive schemes early on, I've

608
00:32:13,000 --> 00:32:15,960
Speaker 4: said it and I'll say it again, this defense may

609
00:32:16,600 --> 00:32:19,280
Speaker 4: struggle out of the gate, but I think by the

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Speaker 4: end of the season this may be the best defensive

611
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Speaker 4: unit Saw mcdermot's ever had in Buffalo. Wow. So, and

612
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Speaker 4: I think that goes for the entire roster as well.

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Speaker 4: I think this may this has a chance to ramp

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Speaker 4: up at the end of the season, and if they

615
00:32:30,640 --> 00:32:32,720
Speaker 4: can stay healthy and do it, I think this may

616
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Speaker 4: be as good an NFL roster and team an outcome

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Speaker 4: that Shaw mcdermot's ever put together here in Buffalo.

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Speaker 2: On that note, we will take a break, but when

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Speaker 2: we come back, my broadcast partner Eric Wood and our

620
00:32:44,800 --> 00:32:48,440
Speaker 2: longtime colleague John Murphy join us for a little roundtable

621
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Speaker 2: discussion about the broadcast booth and about Bill's training camp

622
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Speaker 2: coming up in just eight days with the first practice

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Speaker 2: that's coming your way next year. On One Bill's Live,

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Speaker 2: presented by co Lot of Health. It's Buffalo Bill's Radio.

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Speaker 2: All right back here on One Bill's Live on a Tuesday,

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Speaker 2: Chris Brown, Steve Tasker with you here on seven to

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Speaker 2: one six day as well, and please to be joined

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Speaker 2: by John Murphy and Eric Wood, longtime broadcast partners on

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Speaker 2: the Bills Radio Network. And good to have you guys

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Speaker 2: in here with us today. How are you enjoying your summer, fellas.

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Speaker 15: It's been great for me. I don't want to Eric,

632
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Speaker 15: but great double with me.

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Speaker 6: Yeah. Well, you know, kids are having fun.

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Speaker 16: We've had all sorts of camps, a little bit of travel,

635
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Speaker 16: a bunch of golf, so it's been a fun summer.

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Speaker 4: Well, you guys know I mean. On the day of

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Speaker 4: this announcement, Chris Brown has now been named as Murph's

638
00:33:56,960 --> 00:34:00,000
Speaker 4: successor his voice of the Buffalo Bills. Eric, you've word

639
00:34:00,200 --> 00:34:03,960
Speaker 4: with Chris Murph, you mentored him and trained him. You've

640
00:34:04,000 --> 00:34:05,960
Speaker 4: worked with him as well for a number of years.

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00:34:06,840 --> 00:34:08,960
Speaker 4: On a day like today, Murph, you know what it's

642
00:34:09,040 --> 00:34:11,080
Speaker 4: like to take over for an icon. When you did it.

643
00:34:11,880 --> 00:34:14,600
Speaker 4: Brownie's cut out for the same thing. What advice are

644
00:34:14,560 --> 00:34:17,640
Speaker 4: you gonna give to your to Brownie as he you know,

645
00:34:18,480 --> 00:34:22,040
Speaker 4: gets anointed with this job that so many of us

646
00:34:22,440 --> 00:34:22,799
Speaker 4: come to.

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Speaker 2: Uh.

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Speaker 4: You know, you become part of the family when you're

649
00:34:25,920 --> 00:34:27,720
Speaker 4: the voice of the bills. You know that better than anybody,

650
00:34:27,760 --> 00:34:28,040
Speaker 4: right man?

651
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Speaker 17: I mean yeah, And look, he does a year during nondeed,

652
00:34:31,600 --> 00:34:34,319
Speaker 17: my dot a full year. But the one thing I

653
00:34:34,320 --> 00:34:36,960
Speaker 17: would tell him to do is enjoy it. You know

654
00:34:37,080 --> 00:34:38,200
Speaker 17: he lact and enjoy it.

655
00:34:38,280 --> 00:34:41,360
Speaker 18: And those three three and a half hours on Sunday,

656
00:34:41,840 --> 00:34:44,759
Speaker 18: there's nothing else that matter, nothing else, And you got

657
00:34:44,760 --> 00:34:47,719
Speaker 18: to adopt that standpoint every day, no matter what's going

658
00:34:47,719 --> 00:34:50,360
Speaker 18: on at home with yourself or what's going on with

659
00:34:50,480 --> 00:34:53,439
Speaker 18: election or whatever you care about, there's nothing that matter

660
00:34:53,560 --> 00:34:54,560
Speaker 18: with the game that day.

661
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Speaker 15: And I think you know when you get in on

662
00:34:56,239 --> 00:34:57,600
Speaker 15: that much, you will enjoy it.

663
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Speaker 4: You know this too, You're you worked with both these guys.

664
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Speaker 4: Is you've got to be like almost a breathing a

665
00:35:05,080 --> 00:35:08,040
Speaker 4: sigh of relief that wow, okay, I don't have to

666
00:35:08,040 --> 00:35:10,279
Speaker 4: break in a new guy. You know, you love both

667
00:35:10,320 --> 00:35:12,279
Speaker 4: these guys and you get a chance to make a

668
00:35:12,280 --> 00:35:13,720
Speaker 4: seamless transition.

669
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Speaker 6: Right, Yeah, it will be seamless.

670
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Speaker 16: And Chris has done a great job taken over for

671
00:35:18,400 --> 00:35:21,920
Speaker 16: Mirf the last year or so, and I felt like

672
00:35:21,960 --> 00:35:24,520
Speaker 16: we made a good team, and so for him to

673
00:35:24,600 --> 00:35:27,960
Speaker 16: officially be named the play by play guy for the broadcast,

674
00:35:28,560 --> 00:35:30,640
Speaker 16: that's what I was hoping for, and I'm glad to

675
00:35:30,680 --> 00:35:32,520
Speaker 16: see it come to fruition and I'm looking forward to

676
00:35:32,560 --> 00:35:35,680
Speaker 16: another season working with Brownie. I mean, you know, he's

677
00:35:36,080 --> 00:35:39,640
Speaker 16: he's been easy to work with, just like Murph was.

678
00:35:39,920 --> 00:35:42,799
Speaker 16: You know, both those guys have much more broadcast and

679
00:35:43,080 --> 00:35:47,280
Speaker 16: much more media experience than me. So from the ability

680
00:35:47,280 --> 00:35:51,319
Speaker 16: for me to go from Murf to then Chris, two professionals,

681
00:35:51,320 --> 00:35:51,759
Speaker 16: that's as.

682
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Speaker 4: Good as a gift for me, I gotta tell you.

683
00:35:53,280 --> 00:35:54,959
Speaker 4: All Right, we can all have a little laugh here

684
00:35:55,880 --> 00:35:59,279
Speaker 4: now because the team is contending every year. I mean

685
00:35:59,320 --> 00:36:02,600
Speaker 4: they are a juggernaut. But Murph you were, I mean

686
00:36:02,640 --> 00:36:04,920
Speaker 4: we all dredged through the drought years a long time,

687
00:36:04,960 --> 00:36:07,560
Speaker 4: and now to give to give the rays to Brownie

688
00:36:07,960 --> 00:36:11,759
Speaker 4: with a team that is absolutely a wagon. Uh, we

689
00:36:11,800 --> 00:36:13,560
Speaker 4: can all kind of have a chuckle about this. The

690
00:36:13,600 --> 00:36:15,560
Speaker 4: fortunes of what it is to be a play by

691
00:36:15,600 --> 00:36:16,719
Speaker 4: play guy, right, Murph.

692
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Speaker 15: Uh, yeah, I guess no, I mean dark you know

693
00:36:20,880 --> 00:36:24,920
Speaker 15: you turned out. Uh And I'm trying to think day

694
00:36:24,960 --> 00:36:27,440
Speaker 15: I want to hear that I did. They have a chance.

695
00:36:27,160 --> 00:36:30,319
Speaker 17: Of playoffs, right, I still if I'm doing it, I

696
00:36:30,320 --> 00:36:33,080
Speaker 17: still enjoyed it. But uh, it made you different to

697
00:36:33,160 --> 00:36:35,560
Speaker 17: have a good team, and that knows that you're contenting

698
00:36:35,719 --> 00:36:36,160
Speaker 17: every year.

699
00:36:36,840 --> 00:36:39,359
Speaker 2: Yeah, and I don't think we have to tell you this, Murph,

700
00:36:39,360 --> 00:36:41,319
Speaker 2: but you're always welcome in the booth on game days,

701
00:36:41,400 --> 00:36:44,160
Speaker 2: so I know you were. I know you enjoyed coming

702
00:36:44,160 --> 00:36:47,000
Speaker 2: in last year, so you're obviously more than welcome for

703
00:36:47,040 --> 00:36:48,759
Speaker 2: as long as you want, you know, want to come in,

704
00:36:49,280 --> 00:36:51,560
Speaker 2: you know, any day, anytime. Feel free to do that,

705
00:36:52,280 --> 00:36:54,000
Speaker 2: you know, because you, as I said on the air

706
00:36:54,040 --> 00:36:56,000
Speaker 2: this morning, with the w g R guys, you set

707
00:36:56,040 --> 00:36:59,000
Speaker 2: the standard. So now it's my job to uphold that standard.

708
00:36:59,080 --> 00:37:01,120
Speaker 4: So yeah, it's fun too because you know Eric and

709
00:37:01,520 --> 00:37:03,640
Speaker 4: Eric Sits sat next to murphra all those years, and

710
00:37:03,680 --> 00:37:06,880
Speaker 4: then now Brownie's right there and myself and Maddie it.

711
00:37:07,400 --> 00:37:09,719
Speaker 4: You know, every Bills fans they watched it. They watch

712
00:37:09,760 --> 00:37:11,680
Speaker 4: the games with the people they love and they get

713
00:37:11,680 --> 00:37:13,880
Speaker 4: in a routine and they don't change it. All of

714
00:37:13,960 --> 00:37:15,640
Speaker 4: us are in this kind of routine. We all watch

715
00:37:15,719 --> 00:37:18,400
Speaker 4: the game together. Now murphin is sitting back with me

716
00:37:18,440 --> 00:37:21,200
Speaker 4: instead of Brownie. He Now Brownie's in the front seat,

717
00:37:21,280 --> 00:37:23,400
Speaker 4: Murph sitting with me. Eric's right in his regular spot,

718
00:37:23,760 --> 00:37:26,399
Speaker 4: Maddie Glab's sitting there right with us, all the crew,

719
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Speaker 4: you know, Uh, we're all there together, and it's it's

720
00:37:29,000 --> 00:37:33,839
Speaker 4: kind of fitting. We're the quintessential Bills fans up in

721
00:37:33,840 --> 00:37:35,400
Speaker 4: that booth. And I don't I don't have it. I

722
00:37:35,560 --> 00:37:38,399
Speaker 4: never have apologized being a homer in any broadcast I've

723
00:37:38,400 --> 00:37:40,839
Speaker 4: done for Buffalo, because I mean, that's where we're that's

724
00:37:40,840 --> 00:37:41,879
Speaker 4: where we live, right Eric.

725
00:37:42,560 --> 00:37:44,959
Speaker 16: Yeah, and Steve, I know that you were secretly hoping

726
00:37:45,000 --> 00:37:47,840
Speaker 16: that they didn't hire someone as tall as me, because

727
00:37:47,880 --> 00:37:50,359
Speaker 16: I know I block half the booth and with Chris

728
00:37:50,480 --> 00:37:54,560
Speaker 16: up there to the field, right over the top of

729
00:37:54,640 --> 00:37:55,440
Speaker 16: Chris's head.

730
00:37:55,640 --> 00:37:58,600
Speaker 4: That's right, that's right. Yeah, But Eric's like pulling a

731
00:37:58,600 --> 00:38:02,600
Speaker 4: curtain over the front of the stands up. But yeah,

732
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Speaker 4: So guys, I really appreciate you coming in and let's

733
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Speaker 4: let's talk about this. Is this is a team with

734
00:38:06,840 --> 00:38:10,560
Speaker 4: some transition. Yeah, we've been through this a number of

735
00:38:10,640 --> 00:38:12,360
Speaker 4: times all of us have been covering. I've been in

736
00:38:12,400 --> 00:38:14,760
Speaker 4: this building for you know, thirty plus years, and Murphy

737
00:38:14,840 --> 00:38:17,319
Speaker 4: U two, Brownie's twenty plus and Eric you two now

738
00:38:17,440 --> 00:38:22,480
Speaker 4: working on two decades. We've seen this team transition before,

739
00:38:23,680 --> 00:38:25,759
Speaker 4: but with a guy like Josh and with a coach

740
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Speaker 4: and with a culture instilled already, this seems to be

741
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Speaker 4: one a transition with a big little bit of a

742
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Speaker 4: turnover in the roster that this team may be able

743
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Speaker 4: to handle. Murphy, don't you go first?

744
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Speaker 17: Yeah, I think if you're gonna have a transition, it's

745
00:38:38,600 --> 00:38:40,360
Speaker 17: the best way to do it to have a quarterback

746
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Speaker 17: in Bladze.

747
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Speaker 2: Uh.

748
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Speaker 19: You would be the transition where we'll go to be

749
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Speaker 19: the quarterback or they're gonna try this year, they're gonna

750
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Speaker 19: drive this guy quarterback, not anymore. You know, joshid the

751
00:38:50,160 --> 00:38:53,719
Speaker 19: guy and the long as he's in charge, and you know,

752
00:38:53,840 --> 00:38:56,880
Speaker 19: for the next ten years or so, he'll be uh,

753
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Speaker 19: he'll be leaning the way I think the transition it

754
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Speaker 19: will be. I think it'll be a few bumps in

755
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Speaker 19: a row, but I till think they're double digit wins,

756
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Speaker 19: and I.

757
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Speaker 11: Think Josh will lead the way and it might even

758
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Speaker 11: it might even date second alflesision to get good. You know,

759
00:39:11,760 --> 00:39:14,840
Speaker 11: the receivers might date to the second Apple diseasion. But

760
00:39:15,200 --> 00:39:17,160
Speaker 11: they'll be there when when staff comes.

761
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Speaker 16: Yeah, and there's gonna be transition each and every year,

762
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Speaker 16: and you're you're transitioning around your core pieces. Well, the

763
00:39:25,080 --> 00:39:27,960
Speaker 16: core pieces have changed over the last six seven years,

764
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Speaker 16: and so you're moving on from some guys that were

765
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Speaker 16: household names that you know, maybe Wall of famers one day,

766
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Speaker 16: but you've done a great enough job of drafting and

767
00:39:36,960 --> 00:39:39,520
Speaker 16: bringing guys in that the core has now changed. Josh

768
00:39:39,600 --> 00:39:43,000
Speaker 16: Allen remains constant. But now you have your franchise left tackle.

769
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Speaker 16: Your stalwart on the offensive line, Dion Dawkins remains the same. Okay, well,

770
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Speaker 16: you can move some pieces. There could be a different

771
00:39:48,320 --> 00:39:51,240
Speaker 16: left guard, that's okay. When you have a franchise left tackle,

772
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Speaker 16: you have two great tight ends and maybe an absolute

773
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Speaker 16: superstar and Dalton Kincaida tight end. Okay, well he's still

774
00:39:58,320 --> 00:40:01,800
Speaker 16: stagnant there. On defense, you have Matt Milano, you have Bernard,

775
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Speaker 16: you have a number of pieces. You have Ed Oliver

776
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Speaker 16: up front. You have Christian Benford, who's played incredible through

777
00:40:08,040 --> 00:40:10,480
Speaker 16: his first couple of years with the Bills. Now you

778
00:40:10,600 --> 00:40:14,960
Speaker 16: have different key pieces that were Now they are the core,

779
00:40:15,239 --> 00:40:17,880
Speaker 16: the new core of this team. It's no longer and

780
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Speaker 16: it's it's unfortunate and it happens with every organization. It's

781
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Speaker 16: no longer Jordan Poyer, Micah Hyde, Mitch Morris is kind

782
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Speaker 16: of that constant in the middle of the offensive line.

783
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Speaker 6: Okay, you move on from those guys.

784
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Speaker 16: Well, now you have a new corps, and I have

785
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Speaker 16: plenty of confidence in what this new core could be

786
00:40:32,239 --> 00:40:33,680
Speaker 16: moving into the future for the Bills.

787
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Speaker 2: And while there is a new corps, there's also going

788
00:40:37,000 --> 00:40:40,600
Speaker 2: to be new youth, a lot younger players that are

789
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Speaker 2: probably going to have some roles mixed in with that

790
00:40:43,960 --> 00:40:47,480
Speaker 2: corps that Eric mentioned Murph, And we still don't know.

791
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Speaker 2: It's the unknown, and you know, we'll be making our

792
00:40:50,560 --> 00:40:53,879
Speaker 2: assessments in training camp in the preseason obviously. But that's

793
00:40:53,920 --> 00:40:57,359
Speaker 2: also different because this is a coaching staff that has

794
00:40:57,480 --> 00:41:00,520
Speaker 2: leaned on youth in a very limited fashion through the

795
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Speaker 2: first six or seven years of McDermott's tenure.

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Speaker 20: Here, and they don't Yeah, all you know, all will

797
00:41:06,360 --> 00:41:08,640
Speaker 20: will be great. We know that right now, we don't

798
00:41:08,680 --> 00:41:11,719
Speaker 20: know which ones will will be you know, some will

799
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Speaker 20: be great. And with this group and with this down evaluators,

800
00:41:16,360 --> 00:41:18,919
Speaker 20: most will be good. Most of these young guys will

801
00:41:18,960 --> 00:41:20,520
Speaker 20: be good, but they won't all be great.

802
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Speaker 17: So that account for the traditional have you that's whether

803
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Speaker 17: they're gonna have would you know doub w dent especially

804
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Speaker 17: first tapp of the season.

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Speaker 4: Yeah. And as we as we move towards this, we

806
00:41:32,400 --> 00:41:36,200
Speaker 4: also know too there's a new defensive coordinator and technically speaking,

807
00:41:36,640 --> 00:41:40,040
Speaker 4: it's the third defensive coordinator in three years now. Their

808
00:41:40,080 --> 00:41:43,239
Speaker 4: defense has never dropped out. But if Sean McDermott has

809
00:41:43,280 --> 00:41:45,120
Speaker 4: shown us anything as a head coach, one of his

810
00:41:45,200 --> 00:41:50,040
Speaker 4: strengths is getting the most out of who's on his roster.

811
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Speaker 4: He did it in seventeen with a drought with a

812
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Speaker 4: drought roster and got him to the playoffs. And this

813
00:41:56,600 --> 00:41:58,680
Speaker 4: team will be very different at the end of the

814
00:41:58,760 --> 00:42:01,719
Speaker 4: year than it will be at the beginning. And how

815
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Speaker 4: far do you think they can go eric with this

816
00:42:04,120 --> 00:42:08,080
Speaker 4: group with their youth and some probably added athleticism from

817
00:42:08,080 --> 00:42:09,800
Speaker 4: a year ago when they were a little bit longer

818
00:42:09,840 --> 00:42:12,880
Speaker 4: in the tooth. You know, how much can Shawn McDermott

819
00:42:12,880 --> 00:42:14,360
Speaker 4: squeeze out of this defensive roster?

820
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Speaker 12: Yeah?

821
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Speaker 16: I think it's a super Bowl caliber roster again, and

822
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Speaker 16: it starts with seventeen. You got a top two quarterback

823
00:42:20,640 --> 00:42:22,719
Speaker 16: in the NFL who's going to put you in a

824
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Speaker 16: winning position in most games you play in. He's got

825
00:42:25,680 --> 00:42:29,120
Speaker 16: plenty of playoff experience. The coaching staff now has a

826
00:42:29,120 --> 00:42:31,120
Speaker 16: bunch of playoff experience. I think this is a super

827
00:42:31,120 --> 00:42:34,280
Speaker 16: Bowl caliber roster. And yes, we're gonna have to figure

828
00:42:34,280 --> 00:42:36,759
Speaker 16: it out. You know, who's playing in the second or

829
00:42:36,800 --> 00:42:40,080
Speaker 16: who's gonna start at safety. There's some other decisions that

830
00:42:40,120 --> 00:42:41,880
Speaker 16: are going to have to be made. Who's gonna be

831
00:42:41,960 --> 00:42:44,880
Speaker 16: the primary targets at receiver? What are these roles gonna be.

832
00:42:45,520 --> 00:42:48,600
Speaker 16: But I like the chances of this Bill's team to

833
00:42:48,680 --> 00:42:51,399
Speaker 16: get to the playoffs, to advance to the Super Bowl

834
00:42:51,400 --> 00:42:51,719
Speaker 16: this year.

835
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Speaker 6: I think they truly have that much talent on the roster.

836
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Speaker 16: And where they may have some slow starts and games,

837
00:42:57,239 --> 00:43:00,319
Speaker 16: I remember earlier in my career sometimes it was harder

838
00:43:00,360 --> 00:43:03,120
Speaker 16: to start fast in games early in my career because

839
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Speaker 16: you're kind of getting used to it, you're gaining that experience.

840
00:43:06,600 --> 00:43:08,399
Speaker 16: But by the end of your rookie year, you're hitting

841
00:43:08,400 --> 00:43:11,279
Speaker 16: the ground running. And so yes, there may be some

842
00:43:11,360 --> 00:43:14,439
Speaker 16: bumps along the road. There may be some more big

843
00:43:14,480 --> 00:43:16,360
Speaker 16: plays in the secondary than we're used to see, and

844
00:43:16,360 --> 00:43:18,520
Speaker 16: there may be some of those things, But I just

845
00:43:18,560 --> 00:43:21,560
Speaker 16: truly think that this is maybe as talented as a

846
00:43:21,640 --> 00:43:24,919
Speaker 16: roster as we've seen as of late. And then there's

847
00:43:25,120 --> 00:43:28,240
Speaker 16: X factors all over the place when you consider, Okay,

848
00:43:28,360 --> 00:43:31,360
Speaker 16: is von Miller going to regain his form? You know,

849
00:43:31,400 --> 00:43:33,759
Speaker 16: how's Matt Malone going to come off that injury Terrell

850
00:43:33,800 --> 00:43:36,680
Speaker 16: Bernard got dinged up last year. If those guys can

851
00:43:36,719 --> 00:43:39,320
Speaker 16: all get back to form, this could be another really

852
00:43:39,320 --> 00:43:42,320
Speaker 16: special defense. And then we obviously know what this offense

853
00:43:42,360 --> 00:43:45,760
Speaker 16: can be. And look, yes they move on from Digson Davis,

854
00:43:45,960 --> 00:43:47,880
Speaker 16: but the last five weeks of the season they did

855
00:43:47,920 --> 00:43:50,359
Speaker 16: a lot without those two guys on the offensive side

856
00:43:50,360 --> 00:43:52,359
Speaker 16: of the football. And then they've also added a bunch

857
00:43:52,400 --> 00:43:55,439
Speaker 16: of talent at the receiver position. So I'm excited about

858
00:43:55,440 --> 00:43:56,719
Speaker 16: what this team looks like for this year.

859
00:43:56,920 --> 00:43:59,279
Speaker 2: Yeah, Murph, I know we hope to see out a

860
00:43:59,280 --> 00:44:02,080
Speaker 2: training camp. Is there anything that's at the top of

861
00:44:02,120 --> 00:44:05,719
Speaker 2: your list that you're most intrigued to kind of evaluate

862
00:44:05,760 --> 00:44:06,840
Speaker 2: and witness.

863
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Speaker 21: I think the help of von Miller's key, you know,

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Speaker 21: and I think that'll be It may not be strong

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Speaker 21: right out of the bat, but you gotta be ready

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Speaker 21: to play. And I think Matt Bellan recovery should be

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Speaker 21: impoardt too. I think we need, you know, a couple

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Speaker 21: of weeks in. We're gonna need to know it well okay,

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Speaker 21: but there are a lot of parts on offense and

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Speaker 21: are new parts. Are gonna have to find a place

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Speaker 21: for those guys.

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Speaker 17: And the back end of the defense is key too,

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Speaker 17: and I don't know how that's gonna play out.

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Speaker 4: Eric Wood, John Murphy, guys, you were such a great

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Speaker 4: team in the booth. Thank you so much for spending

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Speaker 4: some time with us. In a day and a season

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Speaker 4: where we're talking a lot about the transition on the roster,

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Speaker 4: the transition in the booth has been seamless because of

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Speaker 4: you two guys, and your grace and your wisdom and

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Speaker 4: your help. Thanks for everything you've done for us. Murph,

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Speaker 4: thanks for everything you have done and think everything you're

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Speaker 4: gonna do in the future. Thanks so much for be

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Speaker 4: a part of the Bill's family now and in the

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Speaker 15: Thank you. Good luck Brownie, they have von Brownie.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, thanks appreciate it. Guys, thanks for taking some time today.

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Speaker 2: We have to take yep, we got to take a break,

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Speaker 2: David in Niagara Falls.

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Speaker 12: Next.

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Speaker 23: What do you got fir Us David, thanks for taking

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Speaker 23: my call. I just wanted to mentione first to Brownie.

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Speaker 23: I listened to the radio because when I watch the TV,

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Speaker 23: I just get too mad and angry, and I just

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Speaker 23: get a lot more of the radio. It's relaxing, and

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Speaker 23: then I'll just look at the at the you know,

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Speaker 23: all the highlights later on in fifteen minutes, I'll see

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Speaker 23: all the good things, Gosha and stuff, stuff like that.

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Speaker 23: But what I wanted to talk about was in those

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Speaker 23: defense you know, Sean McDermott's genius. He takes guys that

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Speaker 23: are rated with a PFF ratings of like or twelve,

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Speaker 23: and they'd end up being the top two defense because

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Speaker 23: he has that way of bringing them together and just

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Speaker 23: make making the unit, you know, better than the parts

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Speaker 23: that are that are making that unit, even though we've

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Speaker 23: got good players. But at the same time, it's a

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Speaker 23: it's a fast defense, it's a light defense, and I'm

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Speaker 23: just a little worried that it's not gonna be fully

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Speaker 23: together come the end of the season for the playoffs

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Speaker 23: and I'm just hoping that McDermott doesn't keep his safeties

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Speaker 23: and corners in there for ninety eight percent of the plate.

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Speaker 23: Maybe he can rest them up a little bit and

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Speaker 23: and you know, and keep them healthy for the for

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Speaker 23: the playoffs when we need them.

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Speaker 4: Well, yeah, here's the thing. You're right. I'll say this, though,

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Speaker 4: I don't know that McDermott has too much to do

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Speaker 4: with the health. Certainly on a big macro way, he

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Speaker 4: does well. You know, if the team gets an extra

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Speaker 4: day's rest in a week, or gives guys days off

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Speaker 4: here and there, certainly that helps as well. But in

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Speaker 4: the big picture, there's only so much a head coach

942
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Speaker 4: can do and if guys are healthy and ready to play.

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Speaker 4: I remember, don't forget, this is a defense. When Leslie

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Speaker 4: Fraser was coordinating it, they never changed personnel and it

945
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Speaker 4: gave offenses problems. You would see on film and watching

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Speaker 4: these games, and if you go back and rewatch them,

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Speaker 4: you'd get the sense that these offenses were doing everything

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Speaker 4: they could think of to pry the Bills out of

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Speaker 4: their nickel defense, and the Bills wouldn't do it. They

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Speaker 4: teams were going heavy trying to get you know, put

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Speaker 4: tight ends an extra offensive linemen on the field, and

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Speaker 4: the Bills just would not budge. They were going to

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Speaker 4: play Taron Johnson on the corner at nickel and leave

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Speaker 4: him on the field and you could try and run

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Speaker 4: on him if you wanted to, but Tarren Johnson was

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Speaker 4: too competitive and he wouldn't let you do it. So

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Speaker 4: they have a way to play defense that is gonna

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Speaker 4: fit who they are. It may be that at this

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Speaker 4: point now that Arren Johnson is is why I say long,

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Speaker 4: he's in his fifth year. I think it's in his

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Speaker 4: fifth year that he may be a guy that maybe

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Speaker 4: they want to, you know, get off the field and

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Speaker 4: give some rest to once in a while in his

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Speaker 4: you know, he's in his.

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Speaker 2: Seventh year, right, twenty eighteen draft.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, so he's in his seventh year, So he may

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Speaker 4: be a guy now that they'll start to think about

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Speaker 4: revolving that around. But here, neverget this is a team

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Speaker 4: that was healthier than anybody going into the playoffs in

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Speaker 4: twenty twenty, twenty twenty one. In two years in a row,

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Speaker 4: they were the least injured team has set by the

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Speaker 4: injury since and then that now the pendulum has swung

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Speaker 4: back to the norm. Now they got hit hard the

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Speaker 4: last couple of years. My point is they do everything

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Speaker 4: they can. They attack it with science, sports science, training staffs,

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Speaker 4: best practices around the league. They got, you know, the

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Speaker 4: schedules that teams share information in that kind of regard

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Speaker 4: about what players can do to stay healthy, what they

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Speaker 4: do for older players. It's all in. It's all scientific

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Speaker 4: and the statistic driven about how they handle these guys

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Speaker 4: to keep them healthy. The Bills do that, so they're

982
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Speaker 4: making every effort to get these guys to the end

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Speaker 4: of the season playing at their best and playing fresh

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Speaker 4: and healthy, one hundred percent healthy. So that's all on

985
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Speaker 4: the ros. So they try that all the time, and

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Speaker 4: it's a big part of what every team does in

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Speaker 4: its analytics department and it's sports science department.

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Speaker 2: Then they have exhaustive preventative measures, Yes, exhaustive. They actually

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Speaker 2: have a term for it here. They call it prehab.

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Speaker 2: You hear a lot about rehab after an injury. These

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Speaker 2: guys have a whole prehab program to prevent injury from

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Speaker 2: even happening. And even despite their best efforts, I still

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Speaker 2: think we know, despite all the safety measures that have

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Speaker 2: been put into this game by the league. At the

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Speaker 2: league level, it is still, you know, a barbaric sport.

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Speaker 2: Let's be honest. It's rough, Steve says all the time.

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Speaker 2: It hurts to play this game.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, so it does.

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Speaker 2: We have to take a break here. When we come back, though,

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Speaker 2: we're going to be joined by pro football analyst Trevor

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Speaker 2: Sikima who will join us. He's also the co host

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Speaker 2: of the NFL Stock Exchange podcast. Best twenty twenty four

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Speaker 2: NFL Offseason decision by every AFC team. What did the

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Speaker 2: peg as the Bills best off season move? We'll find

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Speaker 2: out when we return here. All One Bill's Live presented

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Speaker 2: by Coilida Health. It's Buffalo Bills Radio.

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Speaker 4: This This One Bills Live presented by Calida Health.

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Speaker 2: All right, here we are hour number two on a Tuesday.

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Speaker 2: now by pro football analyst Trevor Sikima. As you know,

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Speaker 2: he is the co host of the NFL Stock Exchange podcast,

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Speaker 2: and Trevor, good to have you joining us here. Again,

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Speaker 2: you know, you crank out the content, as we know,

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Speaker 2: and you know, I know you were kind of examining

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Speaker 2: off season decisions by AFC clubs and you know you

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Speaker 2: kind of listed the best decision that each of them made.

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Speaker 2: Why don't you share with our listening audience what you

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Speaker 2: decided was the best decision by the Bills this offseason.

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Speaker 10: So obviously there.

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Speaker 7: Were a lot of moving parts for the Bills this offseason.

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Speaker 7: You you're moving on from a lot of veterans who

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Speaker 7: have been around this ball club for a while, a

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Speaker 7: lot of guys who were sort of the core of

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Speaker 7: what has been the winning window for this team. And

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Speaker 7: so it was tough, right, I mean, you're shipping around

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Speaker 7: a lot of the veterans, a lot of those pieces

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Speaker 7: in the roster. But I think what they did with

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Speaker 7: von Miller, specifically restructuring his contract, saving a lot on

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Speaker 7: his contract this upcoming year. I know the Von had

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Speaker 7: played a part in that as well, but that to

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Speaker 7: me is one of the biggest and most underrated moves

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Speaker 7: that the Bills made this offseason. Of course, that could

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Speaker 7: have gone with one of their draft editions, and I

1037
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Speaker 7: think a lot of those draft guys are really going

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Speaker 7: to be able to help out this team. You've got

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Speaker 7: a lot of players who I think could be in

1040
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Speaker 7: for major roles early on, like you know, Coleman, maybe

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Speaker 7: even Cold Bishop as well. You've got depth guys like

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Speaker 7: Cedric Van Prawn, Carter, those kinds of players, and even

1043
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Speaker 7: some long term options. But man, when I look at

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Speaker 7: what this team is, I still.

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Speaker 10: Think that they are in compete mode, right.

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Speaker 7: I mean, even with them turning over a lot of

1047
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Speaker 7: those guys, a lot of those veterans not being on

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Speaker 7: the team anymore, I still think that they are a

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Speaker 7: team that can absolutely compete at the top of that division.

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Speaker 7: And with that, they needed to bring back a couple

1051
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Speaker 7: of guys and they needed von Miller's salary cap to

1052
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Speaker 7: be able to do that. And so restructuring von Miller's

1053
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Speaker 7: contract is a move that I think. You see, you know,

1054
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Speaker 7: Adam Schefter and Ian Rappaport, you know, they'll tweet it.

1055
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Speaker 7: I would be like, oh, yeah, cool, Yeah, a guy

1056
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Speaker 7: restructured his contract.

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Speaker 10: But for the Bills, I think that.

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Speaker 7: That really was a major part of their offseason to

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Speaker 7: give them that flexibility to shape the roster is still

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Speaker 7: in a way where they could compete this upcoming year.

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Speaker 4: And that's training camp is just around the corner now

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Speaker 4: really only now after the draft, after OTAs, after all

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Speaker 4: that that the franchise tag signing period is over. I mean,

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Speaker 4: training camp is right now this coming week. You can

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Speaker 4: now look at the entirety of the offseason and say, Okay,

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Speaker 4: I like everything they did. It all fit together. Even

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Speaker 4: if you love everything that the Buffalo Bills did this

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Speaker 4: last offseason, because of all the new faces, there's still

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Speaker 4: some question marks and you got to think, man, there's

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Speaker 4: gonna be an adjustment period for all the new roster

1071
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Speaker 4: trover on the defensive side of the football. So how

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Speaker 4: do even if you love those moves, you still kind

1073
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Speaker 4: of have to have some reticence about saying, yeah, the

1074
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Speaker 4: Bills are gonna do it this year.

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Speaker 10: You just need a lot of guys to be able

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Speaker 10: to step step up, right.

1077
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Speaker 7: I think there's still a lot of familiar names that

1078
00:54:53,200 --> 00:54:54,800
Speaker 7: are still there, right, I mean, like you know, you

1079
00:54:54,920 --> 00:54:57,000
Speaker 7: resign at Ta Kwon Jones, you're bringing him back. Obviously,

1080
00:54:57,040 --> 00:54:59,560
Speaker 7: you've got to Oliver still. I think that Greg Russota

1081
00:54:59,680 --> 00:55:02,040
Speaker 7: really here last year. He's got to continue to still

1082
00:55:02,160 --> 00:55:04,000
Speaker 7: play at a really high level. I think that if

1083
00:55:04,000 --> 00:55:06,800
Speaker 7: he is your best defensive lineman, then I think that's

1084
00:55:06,840 --> 00:55:08,800
Speaker 7: just because the rest of the defensive line is playing

1085
00:55:08,800 --> 00:55:10,400
Speaker 7: well as well, and he has elevated his game to

1086
00:55:10,400 --> 00:55:11,840
Speaker 7: a really high level. I don't think the rest of

1087
00:55:11,840 --> 00:55:13,960
Speaker 7: the defensive line around him is going to really fall

1088
00:55:14,000 --> 00:55:15,040
Speaker 7: through the floor or anything.

1089
00:55:15,080 --> 00:55:17,040
Speaker 10: But man, I've still got.

1090
00:55:16,840 --> 00:55:19,319
Speaker 7: The feeling that this Buffalo Bill's defensive line is going

1091
00:55:19,360 --> 00:55:20,799
Speaker 7: to be a high floor unit. And if you have

1092
00:55:21,120 --> 00:55:22,920
Speaker 7: Greg Russou taking that next step, that's going to be

1093
00:55:22,960 --> 00:55:25,600
Speaker 7: a lot of fun. I think the aj Epenesa obviously

1094
00:55:25,680 --> 00:55:27,959
Speaker 7: as an opportunity to really take that to the next level.

1095
00:55:28,000 --> 00:55:30,200
Speaker 7: But you know, just over the last couple of years,

1096
00:55:30,280 --> 00:55:33,600
Speaker 7: really we know what Michael Hyden and Jordan Poyer meant

1097
00:55:33,600 --> 00:55:35,399
Speaker 7: to this team on the back end of the safety level.

1098
00:55:36,440 --> 00:55:38,799
Speaker 7: Not having either of those guys around that's to me

1099
00:55:38,880 --> 00:55:41,319
Speaker 7: the big adjustment, right because I think, no matter what

1100
00:55:41,400 --> 00:55:43,040
Speaker 7: was going on in the front, no matter what was

1101
00:55:43,080 --> 00:55:45,760
Speaker 7: going on at the linebacker level, even at the outside corners,

1102
00:55:46,120 --> 00:55:49,719
Speaker 7: knowing that you had that duo in the backfield, if

1103
00:55:49,760 --> 00:55:54,680
Speaker 7: you will at that safety position, it's paramount. I mean,

1104
00:55:54,719 --> 00:55:57,360
Speaker 7: the guy that just have so much talent, chemistry, together.

1105
00:55:57,440 --> 00:55:59,839
Speaker 7: So that to me is really the big question mark

1106
00:56:00,000 --> 00:56:03,279
Speaker 7: with the Bill's defense is ken those new safeties. You know,

1107
00:56:03,280 --> 00:56:06,080
Speaker 7: whether it's Mike Edwards, it's Taylor Rapp obviously I mentioned

1108
00:56:06,120 --> 00:56:08,239
Speaker 7: Cold Bishop as well, whether he's going to be more

1109
00:56:08,239 --> 00:56:10,520
Speaker 7: of a slot player, more of a safety, depending on

1110
00:56:10,600 --> 00:56:13,480
Speaker 7: how they're gonna utilize him. What's the best use of

1111
00:56:13,520 --> 00:56:15,520
Speaker 7: those safeties that they have there? Are they going to

1112
00:56:15,520 --> 00:56:17,120
Speaker 7: be able to continue to play at a high level

1113
00:56:17,160 --> 00:56:19,120
Speaker 7: Because to me, when I think about Buffalo over the

1114
00:56:19,160 --> 00:56:22,320
Speaker 7: last couple of years, those two guys Poorer and Hyde

1115
00:56:22,600 --> 00:56:24,000
Speaker 7: were a big reason of why I had a lot

1116
00:56:24,040 --> 00:56:26,319
Speaker 7: of faith in this defense every single week. So it's

1117
00:56:26,360 --> 00:56:27,920
Speaker 7: just gonna be a little bit of an adjustment. And

1118
00:56:27,960 --> 00:56:29,680
Speaker 7: like I mentioned, there's some guys in the defensive line

1119
00:56:29,719 --> 00:56:31,400
Speaker 7: who I'm excited about who have a the opportunity to

1120
00:56:31,400 --> 00:56:33,960
Speaker 7: step up even more this year. But really it's solidifying

1121
00:56:33,960 --> 00:56:35,719
Speaker 7: the back end of that secondary that I think is

1122
00:56:35,760 --> 00:56:38,319
Speaker 7: gonna tell the tale about I think how successful this

1123
00:56:38,320 --> 00:56:39,320
Speaker 7: Bill's defense is going to be.

1124
00:56:40,040 --> 00:56:43,120
Speaker 2: Naturally under the microscope at Bill's training camp this summer

1125
00:56:43,200 --> 00:56:45,400
Speaker 2: is going to be their receiver position, especially when you

1126
00:56:45,480 --> 00:56:48,000
Speaker 2: consider Digs is out the door Davis is out the door,

1127
00:56:48,080 --> 00:56:50,880
Speaker 2: or so are role players and Deontay Hardy and Trent Sherfield.

1128
00:56:51,200 --> 00:56:53,160
Speaker 2: That's an awful lot of turnover at one position in

1129
00:56:53,200 --> 00:56:58,680
Speaker 2: one offseason, and while they have seemingly capably reloaded on paper,

1130
00:56:59,280 --> 00:57:01,879
Speaker 2: you know, there's a transition period that has to take

1131
00:57:01,920 --> 00:57:05,399
Speaker 2: place between quarterback and receiver, the relationship in chemistry there,

1132
00:57:05,880 --> 00:57:10,240
Speaker 2: and then player development within the system. We know Khalil

1133
00:57:10,320 --> 00:57:13,760
Speaker 2: Shakir is a holdover. How much do you think Curtis

1134
00:57:13,800 --> 00:57:16,720
Speaker 2: Samuel can be that having been in the Joe Brady

1135
00:57:16,760 --> 00:57:20,840
Speaker 2: offense before and had his most productive season of his

1136
00:57:20,920 --> 00:57:23,720
Speaker 2: career under Joe Brady, can he be kind of that

1137
00:57:24,240 --> 00:57:28,240
Speaker 2: one a option if Shakira is seeing a lot of targets,

1138
00:57:28,360 --> 00:57:30,440
Speaker 2: knowing full well kin Kate is probably going to be

1139
00:57:30,440 --> 00:57:32,720
Speaker 2: the leading target to get her on this passing game.

1140
00:57:33,640 --> 00:57:37,080
Speaker 7: Yeah, look, I think that you know Samuel is going

1141
00:57:37,120 --> 00:57:39,080
Speaker 7: to have a big opportunity on this team, and I

1142
00:57:39,080 --> 00:57:41,440
Speaker 7: think sort of the beginning of what you were talking about,

1143
00:57:41,480 --> 00:57:44,560
Speaker 7: the trust between Josh Allen, I think the receivers is

1144
00:57:44,560 --> 00:57:46,680
Speaker 7: going to be a big part of the answer to

1145
00:57:46,720 --> 00:57:48,880
Speaker 7: can this team really hit the ground running right or

1146
00:57:48,920 --> 00:57:50,440
Speaker 7: is it going to be all right, Well, the Bills

1147
00:57:50,440 --> 00:57:52,840
Speaker 7: are more of a second half type of a team

1148
00:57:52,880 --> 00:57:53,920
Speaker 7: when it comes to the season.

1149
00:57:53,960 --> 00:57:56,280
Speaker 10: You know, they're playing their best ball in November and December.

1150
00:57:56,320 --> 00:57:57,880
Speaker 7: I know you want that to be the case anyways,

1151
00:57:57,880 --> 00:58:00,320
Speaker 7: but how many wins can they steal if you with

1152
00:58:00,360 --> 00:58:03,200
Speaker 7: the new rook offense in the early parts of the season.

1153
00:58:03,240 --> 00:58:05,040
Speaker 7: I think the trust will mean a lot for that.

1154
00:58:05,080 --> 00:58:07,720
Speaker 7: And you mentioned sometimes you can get early trust with

1155
00:58:07,760 --> 00:58:11,880
Speaker 7: those rookies like guys like Keon Coleman and players who

1156
00:58:12,280 --> 00:58:13,960
Speaker 7: I think it really step up, even some of those

1157
00:58:13,960 --> 00:58:18,600
Speaker 7: younger guys as well. But you know Coleman himself, even

1158
00:58:18,640 --> 00:58:21,360
Speaker 7: if he's got great chemistry with Josh Allen right off

1159
00:58:21,360 --> 00:58:25,600
Speaker 7: the bat, he's still going to go through his learning curves.

1160
00:58:25,280 --> 00:58:26,919
Speaker 10: As just an NFL player for the first time.

1161
00:58:27,200 --> 00:58:31,320
Speaker 7: You guy like Curtis Samuel, where Curtis gets really great

1162
00:58:31,480 --> 00:58:34,640
Speaker 7: chemistry with Josh Allen right off the bat, well, he's

1163
00:58:34,640 --> 00:58:36,080
Speaker 7: more of a vet, right so he's not going to

1164
00:58:36,160 --> 00:58:38,480
Speaker 7: go through those those rookie those first year lumps, those

1165
00:58:38,520 --> 00:58:42,600
Speaker 7: first year learning lessons, and so to me, that could

1166
00:58:42,640 --> 00:58:46,000
Speaker 7: be a big piece of their puzzle to can this

1167
00:58:46,160 --> 00:58:49,880
Speaker 7: team succeed early in the season because I do think

1168
00:58:49,920 --> 00:58:52,000
Speaker 7: the Bills are a team that you know they've got

1169
00:58:52,000 --> 00:58:53,920
Speaker 7: in their DNA to play really great ball later in

1170
00:58:53,960 --> 00:58:54,360
Speaker 7: the season.

1171
00:58:54,560 --> 00:58:56,400
Speaker 10: But whether or not they're going to.

1172
00:58:56,400 --> 00:58:58,400
Speaker 7: Be able to best the Jets and the Dolphins for

1173
00:58:58,440 --> 00:59:00,720
Speaker 7: the top of that division get back to the playoffs,

1174
00:59:00,760 --> 00:59:03,240
Speaker 7: to me, it's it's gonna be the answer of how they.

1175
00:59:03,160 --> 00:59:04,720
Speaker 10: Played in the first half of the season.

1176
00:59:04,840 --> 00:59:05,440
Speaker 4: And and just.

1177
00:59:05,480 --> 00:59:07,080
Speaker 10: Kind of to your point, I think they're gonna run

1178
00:59:07,120 --> 00:59:09,400
Speaker 10: a lot of this through King Kid, and he's gonna

1179
00:59:09,400 --> 00:59:11,240
Speaker 10: be great offensive weapon for them. I got a lot

1180
00:59:11,280 --> 00:59:12,600
Speaker 10: of high hosts for Kaloshak here.

1181
00:59:12,960 --> 00:59:16,520
Speaker 7: It really it's gonna come down to that trust that

1182
00:59:16,640 --> 00:59:19,720
Speaker 7: Josh Allen can develop with keonk Coleman and even with

1183
00:59:19,800 --> 00:59:22,240
Speaker 7: a Curtis Samuel you mentioned, who had a lot of

1184
00:59:22,280 --> 00:59:24,760
Speaker 7: success when he was with Joe Brady, Like, can that

1185
00:59:24,880 --> 00:59:28,080
Speaker 7: be an early catalyst to good offensive success for this

1186
00:59:28,160 --> 00:59:30,560
Speaker 7: team to sort of, like I said at the beginning,

1187
00:59:30,560 --> 00:59:32,960
Speaker 7: almost you know, steal some wins here and there where

1188
00:59:33,000 --> 00:59:35,200
Speaker 7: maybe they're not not even playing their best ball yet.

1189
00:59:35,200 --> 00:59:37,120
Speaker 7: I think that that's something that a lot of people

1190
00:59:37,120 --> 00:59:38,520
Speaker 7: are gonna have to keep a close eye on.

1191
00:59:38,760 --> 00:59:41,320
Speaker 4: So the Bills are sitting here for time defending AFC

1192
00:59:41,360 --> 00:59:43,520
Speaker 4: East champs, and every year in the NFL there's some

1193
00:59:43,600 --> 00:59:46,520
Speaker 4: team that goes from worse to first. And when you

1194
00:59:46,600 --> 00:59:49,840
Speaker 4: talk look across the league at every division, all eight

1195
00:59:49,880 --> 00:59:52,120
Speaker 4: of them. The really one that jumps out is the

1196
00:59:52,120 --> 00:59:55,280
Speaker 4: AFC North Cincinnati. If Joe Burrow stays healthy, they may

1197
00:59:55,320 --> 00:59:57,440
Speaker 4: be the team that goes from worse to first, because

1198
00:59:57,960 --> 01:00:00,680
Speaker 4: four teams with a winning record is something we haven't

1199
01:00:00,680 --> 01:00:03,800
Speaker 4: seen in any division for a long long time. Is

1200
01:00:03,840 --> 01:00:05,960
Speaker 4: that really the the obvious answer? That there may be

1201
01:00:06,000 --> 01:00:08,800
Speaker 4: a worse to first and it'll probably be Cincinnati, because

1202
01:00:09,360 --> 01:00:11,720
Speaker 4: it's hard to get your mind around New England Patriots

1203
01:00:11,720 --> 01:00:13,880
Speaker 4: going to the top of the East. Hard to think

1204
01:00:13,960 --> 01:00:17,800
Speaker 4: Tennessee is gonna jump ahead of Houston or Jacksonville. Certainly

1205
01:00:17,800 --> 01:00:20,320
Speaker 4: the Chargers are a good football team, but the Chiefs,

1206
01:00:20,360 --> 01:00:21,720
Speaker 4: I mean, you got a I mean there are two

1207
01:00:21,800 --> 01:00:24,320
Speaker 4: time to ending champions and then of course the NFC

1208
01:00:24,880 --> 01:00:26,680
Speaker 4: has its own stories over there. What are your thoughts

1209
01:00:26,720 --> 01:00:29,960
Speaker 4: on you know which team may do that worse to

1210
01:00:30,040 --> 01:00:31,200
Speaker 4: first trip this year?

1211
01:00:32,280 --> 01:00:35,640
Speaker 7: Yeah, it's obvious to say the Bengal says one of

1212
01:00:35,640 --> 01:00:37,480
Speaker 7: those teams, right, I mean, you get a fully healthy

1213
01:00:37,520 --> 01:00:39,440
Speaker 7: Joe Burrow. Obviously, this is a team that made the

1214
01:00:39,440 --> 01:00:42,640
Speaker 7: Super Bowl two years ago, so I think a lot

1215
01:00:42,680 --> 01:00:44,680
Speaker 7: of the pieces of that roster are still there.

1216
01:00:44,680 --> 01:00:46,040
Speaker 10: Obviously, you don't have Brian Callahan.

1217
01:00:46,120 --> 01:00:48,920
Speaker 7: He's now the head coach of the Tennessee Titans, and

1218
01:00:49,040 --> 01:00:52,720
Speaker 7: he got some guys who are not necessarily super happy.

1219
01:00:52,800 --> 01:00:54,840
Speaker 7: You know, we've seen throughout the offseason, right, t Higans

1220
01:00:54,880 --> 01:00:56,840
Speaker 7: won the long term deal. Trey Hendrickson is looking for

1221
01:00:56,840 --> 01:00:57,560
Speaker 7: a long term.

1222
01:00:57,400 --> 01:00:57,840
Speaker 4: Deal, right.

1223
01:00:57,880 --> 01:00:59,520
Speaker 10: You know, you don't have Dj Reider anymore.

1224
01:00:59,560 --> 01:01:01,440
Speaker 7: So it's not like it's the exact same group that

1225
01:01:01,480 --> 01:01:03,120
Speaker 7: made it to a super Bowl. But I do like

1226
01:01:03,400 --> 01:01:06,080
Speaker 7: what Cincinnati has done. You get a fully healthy Joe Burrow,

1227
01:01:06,080 --> 01:01:08,000
Speaker 7: this team can absolutely go from worse to first in

1228
01:01:08,040 --> 01:01:11,480
Speaker 7: the division. Outside of that, it's hard to necessarily predict.

1229
01:01:11,560 --> 01:01:13,160
Speaker 7: I think number two on the list for me would

1230
01:01:13,160 --> 01:01:16,520
Speaker 7: actually be the Chicago Bears. And that's tough, right because

1231
01:01:16,520 --> 01:01:18,160
Speaker 7: you got the Detroit Lions at the very top. But

1232
01:01:18,480 --> 01:01:21,560
Speaker 7: this is a really good division, so you might have

1233
01:01:21,640 --> 01:01:23,800
Speaker 7: a handful of games where all right, if the Packers

1234
01:01:23,840 --> 01:01:25,560
Speaker 7: continue to get a little bit better, do they steal

1235
01:01:25,560 --> 01:01:27,960
Speaker 7: one away? Maybe they steal two away from the Detroit Lions.

1236
01:01:27,960 --> 01:01:29,960
Speaker 7: You know, does Minnesota maybe steal one away from the

1237
01:01:29,960 --> 01:01:32,120
Speaker 7: Lions all of a sudden, Can Chicago split one with

1238
01:01:32,160 --> 01:01:33,920
Speaker 7: the Lions? Well, then all of a sudden, Now you're

1239
01:01:33,960 --> 01:01:36,280
Speaker 7: in a situation where if the Lions just happened to

1240
01:01:36,320 --> 01:01:38,560
Speaker 7: drop a couple of games and it's to their division opponents,

1241
01:01:38,840 --> 01:01:41,080
Speaker 7: that makes a lot easier for the guys within their

1242
01:01:41,080 --> 01:01:43,520
Speaker 7: division to catch up to them. So just because of

1243
01:01:43,560 --> 01:01:46,720
Speaker 7: how different the Chicago Bears offense looks with Kayleb Williams

1244
01:01:46,720 --> 01:01:49,560
Speaker 7: now at their quarterback position, if Kayleb could really hit

1245
01:01:49,560 --> 01:01:50,960
Speaker 7: the ground run and I think the sky is the

1246
01:01:50,960 --> 01:01:52,880
Speaker 7: limit for this team, So I think they're a candidate.

1247
01:01:53,560 --> 01:01:57,080
Speaker 7: I would like to stay the Chargers next, But you

1248
01:01:57,200 --> 01:02:01,320
Speaker 7: mentioned it, it'sas City gonna win that division. I mean,

1249
01:02:01,320 --> 01:02:03,400
Speaker 7: they're going for a three pet They basically got that

1250
01:02:03,440 --> 01:02:05,800
Speaker 7: same roster there minus a couple of guys. But you know,

1251
01:02:05,800 --> 01:02:07,360
Speaker 7: you still think they're gonna get it done with Patrick

1252
01:02:07,400 --> 01:02:09,640
Speaker 7: Mahomes and Andy Reids. So even though I've got faith

1253
01:02:09,680 --> 01:02:11,400
Speaker 7: in Jim Harborough, I really like him as a head coach,

1254
01:02:11,400 --> 01:02:12,800
Speaker 7: it's hard to think that they would go from worse

1255
01:02:12,880 --> 01:02:16,440
Speaker 7: to first, maybe worse to competitive is a better realistic

1256
01:02:16,480 --> 01:02:19,680
Speaker 7: outlook there for the Chargers. The sneaky one though, is

1257
01:02:19,720 --> 01:02:22,320
Speaker 7: the Washington Commanders for me, because there's a ton of

1258
01:02:22,440 --> 01:02:26,240
Speaker 7: roster turnover on that team. I'm a big dan Quinn guy.

1259
01:02:26,280 --> 01:02:27,800
Speaker 7: I like dan Quinn. I liked him as a head

1260
01:02:27,840 --> 01:02:29,720
Speaker 7: coach when he was in Atlanta. He seems to get

1261
01:02:29,720 --> 01:02:31,440
Speaker 7: the best out of his players no matter where he

1262
01:02:31,480 --> 01:02:33,040
Speaker 7: has been, whether it was Seattle where there was a

1263
01:02:33,120 --> 01:02:36,440
Speaker 7: University of Florida where he coached the defensive coordinator. Obviously,

1264
01:02:36,440 --> 01:02:38,800
Speaker 7: what we saw with him with the Falcons making it

1265
01:02:38,800 --> 01:02:40,640
Speaker 7: to the Super Bowl, and then what we've seen him

1266
01:02:40,680 --> 01:02:41,120
Speaker 7: do with the.

1267
01:02:41,240 --> 01:02:43,640
Speaker 10: With the Dallas Cowboys. I'm glad that he's getting another shot.

1268
01:02:43,760 --> 01:02:45,959
Speaker 7: He got an interesting pairing with Jayden Games and Cliff

1269
01:02:46,040 --> 01:02:48,840
Speaker 7: Kingsbury as the offensive coordinator. There's so many new pieces,

1270
01:02:49,280 --> 01:02:52,320
Speaker 7: and you know, I look at the Cowboys, they won

1271
01:02:52,360 --> 01:02:53,280
Speaker 7: the division last year.

1272
01:02:53,880 --> 01:02:55,880
Speaker 10: I don't really think that team got better this offseason.

1273
01:02:55,920 --> 01:02:57,960
Speaker 7: So I think that they're gonna be vulnerable, especially coming

1274
01:02:58,000 --> 01:03:00,560
Speaker 7: off what was a really tough pill to swallowing that

1275
01:03:00,600 --> 01:03:04,200
Speaker 7: playoff loss in the wild Card last year. Philadelphia Eagles,

1276
01:03:04,200 --> 01:03:05,600
Speaker 7: I think they're gonna be a better football team than

1277
01:03:05,640 --> 01:03:07,160
Speaker 7: certainly what we saw at the end of the season.

1278
01:03:07,160 --> 01:03:10,000
Speaker 7: But holy cow, basically every team in the NFL would

1279
01:03:10,000 --> 01:03:11,479
Speaker 7: have beat the Eagles by the end of the season.

1280
01:03:11,520 --> 01:03:13,040
Speaker 7: In Week eighteen, I mean, they were playing like the

1281
01:03:13,080 --> 01:03:15,520
Speaker 7: worst team of the NFL outside of maybe the Carolina Panthers.

1282
01:03:15,600 --> 01:03:17,240
Speaker 10: So no guarantee they bounce back.

1283
01:03:17,440 --> 01:03:20,880
Speaker 7: I think that certainly with the New York Giants, I

1284
01:03:20,920 --> 01:03:22,840
Speaker 7: would like to see them upgrade a quarterback position.

1285
01:03:22,880 --> 01:03:24,520
Speaker 10: They tried to didn't have the ability to do it.

1286
01:03:24,600 --> 01:03:27,760
Speaker 7: So Washington, to me, maybe is that sneaky team for

1287
01:03:27,840 --> 01:03:30,560
Speaker 7: the NFC East to go from worse to first as well?

1288
01:03:31,000 --> 01:03:33,840
Speaker 4: Yeah, And what is your vibe about the LA Chargers

1289
01:03:33,840 --> 01:03:37,920
Speaker 4: and Jim Harbaugh. I mean, they certainly seem to in horrball.

1290
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Speaker 4: You would think is the kind of guy who is

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Speaker 4: going to rinse that entire building out with a new culture,

1292
01:03:45,600 --> 01:03:48,080
Speaker 4: new attitude, new way of doing things. And he's gonna

1293
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Speaker 4: be even more so than Justin Herbert the head coach.

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Speaker 4: Is going to be the face of that franchise in

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01:03:55,920 --> 01:03:56,800
Speaker 4: this new transition.

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Speaker 7: Yeah, and honestly, like he should be. And I've got

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Speaker 7: a lot of faith in Jim Harbaugh. This is my

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Speaker 7: favorite move that the Chargers made this offseason. If you

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Speaker 7: talk about other teams where I was writing my favorite

1300
01:04:08,520 --> 01:04:11,120
Speaker 7: moves for them, the Chargers was hiring Jim Harbaugh because

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Speaker 7: I think this was the best head coaching higher that

1302
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Speaker 7: there was. Look, Harbaugh has won at every single level

1303
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Speaker 7: the he's ever been a head coach at.

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Speaker 10: He wanted Stanford with Andrew.

1305
01:04:18,400 --> 01:04:20,480
Speaker 7: Luck, he got to the Super Bowl with the San

1306
01:04:20,480 --> 01:04:22,240
Speaker 7: Francisco forty nine Ers at one of the best teams

1307
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Speaker 7: in the NFL, put together an incredible resume when he

1308
01:04:24,600 --> 01:04:26,120
Speaker 7: was the head coach of the forty nine ers, and

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Speaker 7: then it took him a little bit of time at Michigan.

1310
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Speaker 7: Over the last three years, I mean, Michigan's been a powerhouse.

1311
01:04:31,440 --> 01:04:35,200
Speaker 7: I mean they've been an unstoppable locomotive. You know, nobody's

1312
01:04:35,200 --> 01:04:36,000
Speaker 7: been able to get in their.

1313
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Speaker 10: Way, and obviously they win a National championship last year

1314
01:04:39,360 --> 01:04:43,479
Speaker 10: because of it. So, look, this is a head coach

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Speaker 10: that you should absolutely believe in. And I agree with you.

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Speaker 7: It's going to take a little bit of time for

1317
01:04:47,240 --> 01:04:48,880
Speaker 7: the Chargers, just like it took a little bit of

1318
01:04:48,880 --> 01:04:53,040
Speaker 7: time with Michigan, because he's going to build this the

1319
01:04:53,400 --> 01:04:55,800
Speaker 7: identity of this team through the trenches on both sides

1320
01:04:55,800 --> 01:04:59,560
Speaker 7: of the ball, and great pass rushers, great pass protectors.

1321
01:04:59,680 --> 01:05:00,680
Speaker 10: They don't grow on trees.

1322
01:05:00,800 --> 01:05:03,320
Speaker 7: They've got some good ones in the building, but they're

1323
01:05:03,360 --> 01:05:05,280
Speaker 7: gonna have to continue to fill that out, especially with

1324
01:05:05,320 --> 01:05:08,200
Speaker 7: guys like Bosa and Khalil Mack getting up there in age.

1325
01:05:08,240 --> 01:05:10,760
Speaker 7: So just as this team is probably gonna hit their stride,

1326
01:05:10,760 --> 01:05:12,520
Speaker 7: you might have to think about replacing those guys for

1327
01:05:12,640 --> 01:05:15,480
Speaker 7: some younger models, if you will. So, I think it's

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Speaker 7: gonna take a little bit of time for the Chargers,

1329
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Speaker 7: But this is a head coach that I have a

1330
01:05:19,240 --> 01:05:21,640
Speaker 7: ton of faith in, and I think that it's gonna

1331
01:05:21,640 --> 01:05:23,360
Speaker 7: be Honestly, I think it's gonna be perfect time for

1332
01:05:23,400 --> 01:05:25,640
Speaker 7: the Chargers because not that I think the Chiefs are

1333
01:05:25,680 --> 01:05:28,680
Speaker 7: going anywhere, but after this three peat run, I think

1334
01:05:28,800 --> 01:05:30,280
Speaker 7: some of the rest of the roster could get a

1335
01:05:30,320 --> 01:05:32,200
Speaker 7: little bit older, The Chiefs could become a little bit

1336
01:05:32,200 --> 01:05:35,560
Speaker 7: more vulnerable. Even with Patrick Mahomes and Andy Reid's still there.

1337
01:05:35,720 --> 01:05:37,960
Speaker 7: I don't know how much longer Andy Reid's gonna coach, honestly,

1338
01:05:38,080 --> 01:05:40,560
Speaker 7: especially after if they potentially get a three peat this

1339
01:05:40,640 --> 01:05:43,640
Speaker 7: upcoming season, and that might usher in like all right,

1340
01:05:43,680 --> 01:05:45,680
Speaker 7: We're opening the door a little bit for the Chargers

1341
01:05:45,720 --> 01:05:48,320
Speaker 7: to maybe take the top of that division with Hardball

1342
01:05:48,360 --> 01:05:50,240
Speaker 7: having that team and that identity where he wants to

1343
01:05:50,240 --> 01:05:51,040
Speaker 7: be last one.

1344
01:05:51,040 --> 01:05:53,760
Speaker 2: I've got for you, Trevor concerns, you know, the running

1345
01:05:53,760 --> 01:05:58,280
Speaker 2: back position. Maybe it's the New York media bump, but

1346
01:05:58,400 --> 01:06:01,479
Speaker 2: you know, Breece Hall is the cats me out going

1347
01:06:01,520 --> 01:06:03,880
Speaker 2: into this season, and I look, I understand why. I mean,

1348
01:06:03,920 --> 01:06:06,240
Speaker 2: the guy had almost sixteen hundred total yards from scrimmage.

1349
01:06:06,240 --> 01:06:08,360
Speaker 2: I think it was fourth or fifth in the league.

1350
01:06:08,720 --> 01:06:11,320
Speaker 2: But the guy eighteen yards behind him was James Cook.

1351
01:06:11,400 --> 01:06:15,680
Speaker 2: Nobody's talking about James Cook. I'm kind of stupefied by it,

1352
01:06:15,760 --> 01:06:18,520
Speaker 2: quite frankly. With all the question marks in the passing game,

1353
01:06:18,880 --> 01:06:21,600
Speaker 2: this is the one thing that is a given next

1354
01:06:21,640 --> 01:06:23,880
Speaker 2: to Josh Allen on the offensive side of the football.

1355
01:06:23,880 --> 01:06:25,800
Speaker 2: And you know, you can make the argument about Kincaid

1356
01:06:25,800 --> 01:06:30,080
Speaker 2: as well. But what do you foresee as a realistic

1357
01:06:30,120 --> 01:06:33,800
Speaker 2: outlook for Cook? Knowing that Joe Brady when he took

1358
01:06:33,840 --> 01:06:37,000
Speaker 2: over last year, ran the ball fifty two percent of

1359
01:06:37,040 --> 01:06:39,120
Speaker 2: the time, I'm not expecting that this season. I think

1360
01:06:39,160 --> 01:06:41,160
Speaker 2: there's gonna be some tweaks and changes he was probably

1361
01:06:41,240 --> 01:06:44,760
Speaker 2: triaging the offense. But what do you think is realistic

1362
01:06:44,760 --> 01:06:45,240
Speaker 2: for Cook?

1363
01:06:46,200 --> 01:06:46,400
Speaker 12: Yeah.

1364
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Speaker 7: I think that's also why you draft Ray Davis, right,

1365
01:06:48,480 --> 01:06:50,160
Speaker 7: because you kind of want that to be an emphasis

1366
01:06:50,200 --> 01:06:51,920
Speaker 7: of your team. And I think that in drafting Ray

1367
01:06:52,000 --> 01:06:54,520
Speaker 7: Davis then necessarily take away from James Cook. I think

1368
01:06:54,520 --> 01:06:56,440
Speaker 7: it shows you how much they want to emphasize the

1369
01:06:56,520 --> 01:06:59,000
Speaker 7: ground game and James Cook. I think it's some inopportunity.

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01:06:59,040 --> 01:07:00,720
Speaker 7: Fumbles are a big reason why he doesn't get a

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01:07:00,760 --> 01:07:03,439
Speaker 7: lot of national narrative, right. I mean, like you've seen him,

1372
01:07:03,520 --> 01:07:05,440
Speaker 7: you know where he's fumbled the ball, He's put the

1373
01:07:05,440 --> 01:07:06,720
Speaker 7: ball on the ground a couple of times, and you

1374
01:07:06,760 --> 01:07:09,480
Speaker 7: watch on national TV and you're like, ah, nah, okay,

1375
01:07:09,160 --> 01:07:11,120
Speaker 7: this guy's not gonna last. But then of course you're

1376
01:07:11,120 --> 01:07:12,560
Speaker 7: looking at the numbers at the end of the season.

1377
01:07:12,960 --> 01:07:16,080
Speaker 7: He's incredibly productive and he's a very explosive running back.

1378
01:07:16,120 --> 01:07:18,080
Speaker 7: And somebody who when I was scouting him when he

1379
01:07:18,080 --> 01:07:19,520
Speaker 7: was coming out of Georgia, I loved what he did

1380
01:07:19,800 --> 01:07:22,400
Speaker 7: as a receiver as well. So to me, what I've

1381
01:07:22,400 --> 01:07:25,160
Speaker 7: seen from him as a rusher has been even more impressive.

1382
01:07:25,160 --> 01:07:26,520
Speaker 7: Because I thought that he was going to be a

1383
01:07:26,560 --> 01:07:28,720
Speaker 7: really nice receiving back at the NFL level. I think

1384
01:07:28,720 --> 01:07:30,360
Speaker 7: that there's even more in the tank for him to

1385
01:07:30,400 --> 01:07:32,440
Speaker 7: do that more this upcoming season.

1386
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Speaker 10: So look, Cook, should I am with you.

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Speaker 7: I think that Cook is being undervalued right now when

1388
01:07:38,560 --> 01:07:40,480
Speaker 7: we talk about some of the best backs in the

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Speaker 7: league for the twenty twenty four season. A fully healthy

1390
01:07:43,240 --> 01:07:45,480
Speaker 7: year from him if he holds onto the ball a

1391
01:07:45,520 --> 01:07:47,480
Speaker 7: little bit tighter this year, what he can do as

1392
01:07:47,520 --> 01:07:49,080
Speaker 7: a receiver and a route runner, and then what we

1393
01:07:49,120 --> 01:07:51,920
Speaker 7: saw from him as a rusher last year. Definitely somebody

1394
01:07:51,960 --> 01:07:53,080
Speaker 7: that you got to keep an eye out for.

1395
01:07:53,800 --> 01:07:56,000
Speaker 4: Trevor, thanks so much for spending some time with us.

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01:07:56,120 --> 01:07:59,200
Speaker 4: Enjoy training camp. I know you'll probably be watching all

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01:07:59,240 --> 01:08:00,760
Speaker 4: over the league. I hope you come up and spend

1398
01:08:00,800 --> 01:08:01,640
Speaker 4: some time in Buffalo.

1399
01:08:02,480 --> 01:08:04,919
Speaker 10: Yeah, I appreciate it. Guys, you enjoyed training camp as well.

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Speaker 2: All Right, that's Trevor sigamav pro football analyst joining us.

1401
01:08:09,160 --> 01:08:10,760
Speaker 2: A friend of the show. He's spent on a few

1402
01:08:10,800 --> 01:08:14,080
Speaker 2: times this offseason, so we appreciate his time and yeah,

1403
01:08:14,160 --> 01:08:15,760
Speaker 2: he'll love his ear to the ground. On the league

1404
01:08:15,800 --> 01:08:19,120
Speaker 2: side of things, we kind of suffer from Bill's myopia here.

1405
01:08:20,160 --> 01:08:21,960
Speaker 2: It's just how we roll. That's what we're doing.

1406
01:08:22,040 --> 01:08:25,040
Speaker 4: It's interesting too. You go back and it's fun to

1407
01:08:25,080 --> 01:08:27,080
Speaker 4: talk to writers who look at the whole league and

1408
01:08:27,120 --> 01:08:28,599
Speaker 4: don't and don't just do what you and I do.

1409
01:08:28,640 --> 01:08:30,080
Speaker 4: It's just cheat the bills up all the time you

1410
01:08:30,120 --> 01:08:33,679
Speaker 4: go back, you really do have to tip your hat

1411
01:08:33,760 --> 01:08:36,240
Speaker 4: to von Miller and the Bills for redoing his contract

1412
01:08:36,240 --> 01:08:38,559
Speaker 4: and Vaughn taking a haircut and a half a million

1413
01:08:38,600 --> 01:08:41,760
Speaker 4: dollars the way he did. Yeah, that probably understands that

1414
01:08:41,840 --> 01:08:43,920
Speaker 4: he didn't produce last year because of the injury and

1415
01:08:43,960 --> 01:08:46,479
Speaker 4: all that got some incentives in there. So if he

1416
01:08:46,520 --> 01:08:49,960
Speaker 4: does produce, he can get it back. But to know

1417
01:08:50,040 --> 01:08:52,640
Speaker 4: this too, and the and the Bills were probably to

1418
01:08:52,720 --> 01:08:56,559
Speaker 4: their credit forth right, And honestly, listen, looks like Mitch

1419
01:08:56,640 --> 01:08:57,960
Speaker 4: is going to be out of here. Tre Davie's is

1420
01:08:58,000 --> 01:09:00,000
Speaker 4: going to be out of here, Jordan and Mike are

1421
01:09:00,080 --> 01:09:03,280
Speaker 4: going to be out of here. We're if and your

1422
01:09:03,400 --> 01:09:06,360
Speaker 4: salary would allow us probably to keep maybe one or

1423
01:09:06,400 --> 01:09:09,960
Speaker 4: two of those guys. So what about it? And he said,

1424
01:09:10,000 --> 01:09:13,799
Speaker 4: you know what, you're right, Uh, let's do it. Getting

1425
01:09:13,840 --> 01:09:16,639
Speaker 4: a player von Miller's caliber to do make the concession

1426
01:09:16,640 --> 01:09:19,760
Speaker 4: that he did to sign that new deal to give

1427
01:09:19,760 --> 01:09:25,640
Speaker 4: eight million bucks back. Never happens, right, never.

1428
01:09:26,720 --> 01:09:29,280
Speaker 2: Just having in the NBA, Jalen Brunson took one hundred

1429
01:09:29,280 --> 01:09:31,120
Speaker 2: and thirteen million less than he could have got to

1430
01:09:31,200 --> 01:09:32,080
Speaker 2: keep his team together.

1431
01:09:32,360 --> 01:09:35,160
Speaker 4: But that, yes, but that, yeah, that's right, that's right.

1432
01:09:37,080 --> 01:09:39,960
Speaker 2: And in a couple of years he could yeah, sign

1433
01:09:39,960 --> 01:09:40,960
Speaker 2: a super Max anyway.

1434
01:09:41,040 --> 01:09:44,400
Speaker 4: So sure, but think about you know what that can

1435
01:09:44,479 --> 01:09:47,080
Speaker 4: mean to a team trying to put her together. Russ

1436
01:09:47,160 --> 01:09:49,400
Speaker 4: just that set one extra player, said, one extra guy,

1437
01:09:49,439 --> 01:09:51,559
Speaker 4: one extra two extra you know, or if it's the

1438
01:09:51,640 --> 01:09:52,120
Speaker 4: right guy.

1439
01:09:52,680 --> 01:09:55,080
Speaker 2: And I think ravon the ring is the thing. Now

1440
01:09:55,320 --> 01:09:56,840
Speaker 2: he's made his money in this league.

1441
01:09:56,880 --> 01:09:58,840
Speaker 4: He's got one with Denver, he's got one with LA

1442
01:09:59,520 --> 01:10:00,519
Speaker 4: What would he might be.

1443
01:10:01,439 --> 01:10:02,840
Speaker 2: I think there's only one other person.

1444
01:10:02,880 --> 01:10:03,920
Speaker 4: That's Charles Haley.

1445
01:10:04,360 --> 01:10:05,799
Speaker 2: No, it wasn't Charles Haley.

1446
01:10:07,200 --> 01:10:09,640
Speaker 4: Charles Haley got one with Dallas, got one with San Francisco, right,

1447
01:10:09,680 --> 01:10:11,080
Speaker 4: but not with three clubs.

1448
01:10:11,840 --> 01:10:13,559
Speaker 12: The guy's name is escaping me now.

1449
01:10:13,840 --> 01:10:18,520
Speaker 2: It's the linebacker Niners.

1450
01:10:20,479 --> 01:10:22,280
Speaker 12: I'm not gonna remember. I gotta go look it up now.

1451
01:10:22,600 --> 01:10:24,720
Speaker 2: But there's only one other player, and he was not

1452
01:10:24,800 --> 01:10:26,080
Speaker 2: a starter on the third team.

1453
01:10:26,120 --> 01:10:26,760
Speaker 12: He wanted with.

1454
01:10:26,880 --> 01:10:27,800
Speaker 4: That's the difference here.

1455
01:10:28,479 --> 01:10:31,160
Speaker 2: We'll have to see where Vaughn kind of falls in

1456
01:10:31,200 --> 01:10:34,320
Speaker 2: the pecking order in terms of rotation on that defensive line.

1457
01:10:34,640 --> 01:10:36,719
Speaker 2: But the reason I asked him about Cook is because

1458
01:10:37,120 --> 01:10:40,360
Speaker 2: everything I read it's like, brace Hall, brace Hall, He's unbelievable,

1459
01:10:40,439 --> 01:10:43,240
Speaker 2: you know, and I'm just like, oh my gosh, It's like, look,

1460
01:10:43,280 --> 01:10:46,120
Speaker 2: I respect brace Hall's game. He's a dynamic player, and

1461
01:10:46,160 --> 01:10:49,240
Speaker 2: he's a giant human being. He's just he's faster than

1462
01:10:49,320 --> 01:10:52,519
Speaker 2: James Cook and he's about two hundred and twenty eight pounds. Yeah,

1463
01:10:52,760 --> 01:10:55,920
Speaker 2: and he catches the ball just as well too. But

1464
01:10:56,120 --> 01:10:58,559
Speaker 2: you know, at the end of the season, and look,

1465
01:10:58,760 --> 01:11:01,479
Speaker 2: he's operating in an office that was broken last year,

1466
01:11:01,760 --> 01:11:04,519
Speaker 2: so don't get me wrong. And he had to carry

1467
01:11:04,520 --> 01:11:07,599
Speaker 2: that offense because of who they had a quarterback. That's

1468
01:11:07,600 --> 01:11:09,559
Speaker 2: why he had the production that he did. But he

1469
01:11:09,600 --> 01:11:12,080
Speaker 2: had eighteen more total yards from scrimmage than James Cook.

1470
01:11:12,120 --> 01:11:14,840
Speaker 2: He had fifteen eighty five. James had fifteen sixty seven.

1471
01:11:15,280 --> 01:11:18,160
Speaker 2: But James rushed for more yards than him. Cook had

1472
01:11:18,160 --> 01:11:21,479
Speaker 2: eleven hundred and twenty two rushing yards and Breeze Hall

1473
01:11:21,520 --> 01:11:26,559
Speaker 2: had nine to ninety four. So and if you look

1474
01:11:26,600 --> 01:11:34,160
Speaker 2: at it, Hall only had fourteen fewer carries than James did.

1475
01:11:34,200 --> 01:11:36,639
Speaker 2: So it's not like James had all these significantly more

1476
01:11:36,680 --> 01:11:39,639
Speaker 2: carries than him to rack up that rushing yardage and he.

1477
01:11:39,600 --> 01:11:43,799
Speaker 4: Had n't beaten by And to Trevor Sikkima, whenever anybody

1478
01:11:43,920 --> 01:11:47,400
Speaker 4: mentions James Cook, it was. And it's like a lot

1479
01:11:47,439 --> 01:11:50,639
Speaker 4: like Josh he throws too many interceptions. Well, James Cook, Yeah,

1480
01:11:50,640 --> 01:11:53,960
Speaker 4: he fumbles the ball too much. James Cook left a

1481
01:11:53,960 --> 01:11:55,120
Speaker 4: lot on the table last year.

1482
01:11:55,479 --> 01:11:57,720
Speaker 2: Well, yeah, he probably could have had a few more touchdowns.

1483
01:11:57,320 --> 01:12:01,280
Speaker 4: Three at least. That kind of stuff. When you clean

1484
01:12:01,360 --> 01:12:02,679
Speaker 4: that up, when you go back and watch the film,

1485
01:12:02,720 --> 01:12:04,880
Speaker 4: which these guys do, it'll be like, man, I am

1486
01:12:05,200 --> 01:12:06,800
Speaker 4: you know, you look at your something. I Am not

1487
01:12:06,880 --> 01:12:07,720
Speaker 4: doing that this year.

1488
01:12:07,880 --> 01:12:08,880
Speaker 12: Yeah, you know, I mean.

1489
01:12:08,760 --> 01:12:10,719
Speaker 2: That's just that's kind of what I envisioned for Cook.

1490
01:12:10,760 --> 01:12:14,240
Speaker 2: I think he's gonna blow up, like totally explode. And

1491
01:12:14,520 --> 01:12:18,439
Speaker 2: that's coming off a fifteen five yard season of total yards.

1492
01:12:19,720 --> 01:12:23,639
Speaker 4: And I get it too. You know the draft pick

1493
01:12:23,760 --> 01:12:28,240
Speaker 4: that they also got the Rays, Yeah that's gonna help.

1494
01:12:28,439 --> 01:12:32,040
Speaker 4: And yes, and Ty Johnson he's got some juice.

1495
01:12:32,080 --> 01:12:35,040
Speaker 2: So I look like you've seen him on the sideline.

1496
01:12:35,120 --> 01:12:41,040
Speaker 4: Yes, he's he's packed out. So they've got a good room,

1497
01:12:41,200 --> 01:12:45,280
Speaker 4: a really good room. And I think cook, particularly with

1498
01:12:46,320 --> 01:12:52,200
Speaker 4: Joe Brady, with Josh, it's interesting to think about if

1499
01:12:52,200 --> 01:12:55,040
Speaker 4: there's any different kind of mindset for Josh this year,

1500
01:12:55,040 --> 01:12:57,360
Speaker 4: about how he's gonna be, how he's gonna play the position.

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01:12:58,200 --> 01:13:00,000
Speaker 4: Is he going to stand back there a little more

1502
01:13:00,080 --> 01:13:01,760
Speaker 4: and just let it come to him and take you know,

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01:13:01,760 --> 01:13:04,680
Speaker 4: and just relax a little bit and just play the

1504
01:13:04,680 --> 01:13:06,679
Speaker 4: game and let it come to him. And he's had

1505
01:13:06,680 --> 01:13:10,160
Speaker 4: some unbelievable games when he did that the perfect game

1506
01:13:10,160 --> 01:13:14,080
Speaker 4: against New England, the Kansas City thirteen second game, when

1507
01:13:14,080 --> 01:13:16,479
Speaker 4: he you know, when Gabe Davis, he's making some throws

1508
01:13:16,479 --> 01:13:19,559
Speaker 4: in that game that are like like men in black.

1509
01:13:19,640 --> 01:13:21,880
Speaker 4: I mean, the guy's an alien. He's making these throws.

1510
01:13:21,960 --> 01:13:24,200
Speaker 2: Well. I mean, all you have to do is look

1511
01:13:24,280 --> 01:13:29,240
Speaker 2: up Josh Allen's playoff stats. I mean, oh, he's They're impressive.

1512
01:13:29,320 --> 01:13:31,240
Speaker 4: He's off his rock. I mean in the playoffs he's

1513
01:13:31,280 --> 01:13:31,800
Speaker 4: so good.

1514
01:13:32,000 --> 01:13:34,760
Speaker 2: He gets the blame for these playoff failures, and I

1515
01:13:34,800 --> 01:13:39,360
Speaker 2: don't think it's warranted quite frankly, because the guy the

1516
01:13:39,360 --> 01:13:41,120
Speaker 2: one thing he doesn't do in the playoffs is turn

1517
01:13:41,200 --> 01:13:44,120
Speaker 2: the ball over? Right, he doesn't do it right? Uh,

1518
01:13:45,200 --> 01:13:50,120
Speaker 2: career in the playoffs. Okay, ten games, completion percentage of

1519
01:13:50,160 --> 01:13:54,839
Speaker 2: sixty four point six percent, twenty one touchdowns, four picks.

1520
01:13:56,200 --> 01:14:00,840
Speaker 2: I mean, nice, what are we doing pass the reigning

1521
01:14:00,880 --> 01:14:02,759
Speaker 2: of one hundred he's.

1522
01:14:02,560 --> 01:14:04,920
Speaker 4: Thrown for twenty one? Has he run? Is that running?

1523
01:14:04,960 --> 01:14:05,599
Speaker 4: In passing?

1524
01:14:05,920 --> 01:14:08,559
Speaker 2: That's just throwing touchdown, that's just throwing, just throwing. Let

1525
01:14:08,600 --> 01:14:09,760
Speaker 2: me see what his rushing is?

1526
01:14:11,960 --> 01:14:18,240
Speaker 12: Did they have it here? Rushing? These are passing stats?

1527
01:14:18,240 --> 01:14:21,640
Speaker 4: Hold on, yeah, yeah, it's the he's yeah in the

1528
01:14:21,800 --> 01:14:25,479
Speaker 4: in the postseason, he is absolutely money.

1529
01:14:26,479 --> 01:14:29,200
Speaker 12: Absolutely yeah, I got a fine. They didn't list his

1530
01:14:29,280 --> 01:14:30,200
Speaker 12: rushing stats here.

1531
01:14:32,160 --> 01:14:39,000
Speaker 2: Yeah, I'm oh here it is so rushing stats he's got.

1532
01:14:39,640 --> 01:14:39,760
Speaker 23: This.

1533
01:14:39,960 --> 01:14:41,720
Speaker 12: Yeah, let me let me pull up playoffs.

1534
01:14:42,280 --> 01:14:45,000
Speaker 4: Well, the last year alone, he had three rushing.

1535
01:14:44,720 --> 01:14:47,840
Speaker 2: Tens, so five rushing touchdowns along with the twenty one

1536
01:14:47,880 --> 01:14:52,040
Speaker 2: passing and ten. So he's got twenty six touchdowns and

1537
01:14:52,120 --> 01:14:57,720
Speaker 2: four picks in ten postseason games. Alan's not the problem.

1538
01:14:58,000 --> 01:14:59,559
Speaker 6: No, no, And.

1539
01:15:01,840 --> 01:15:04,800
Speaker 4: I just can't believe, with this new offense and the

1540
01:15:04,840 --> 01:15:07,559
Speaker 4: new guys around him, that Josh doesn't have a little

1541
01:15:07,560 --> 01:15:09,880
Speaker 4: bit of a different perspective on where he's at right

1542
01:15:09,920 --> 01:15:13,479
Speaker 4: now of what it's going to look like. Certainly, they

1543
01:15:13,520 --> 01:15:14,920
Speaker 4: got to go through training camp and they got to

1544
01:15:14,960 --> 01:15:16,679
Speaker 4: put these things in, they got to see it on film.

1545
01:15:16,960 --> 01:15:18,960
Speaker 4: He's got to get a feel for the offense right

1546
01:15:19,200 --> 01:15:21,000
Speaker 4: and Brady's got to get a feel for the new

1547
01:15:21,200 --> 01:15:23,120
Speaker 4: pieces he has to work with and how to use

1548
01:15:23,160 --> 01:15:24,800
Speaker 4: them and how to deploy them and who's on the

1549
01:15:24,800 --> 01:15:27,880
Speaker 4: field with who all that stuff. But it's just interesting

1550
01:15:27,880 --> 01:15:29,559
Speaker 4: to think about what Josh is going to be like

1551
01:15:29,640 --> 01:15:31,360
Speaker 4: dropping back. I mean, he's not going to be completely

1552
01:15:31,360 --> 01:15:33,960
Speaker 4: transformed in somebody else you don't need to be, but

1553
01:15:34,080 --> 01:15:37,280
Speaker 4: his mindset dropping back. I wonder how different it's going

1554
01:15:37,360 --> 01:15:41,320
Speaker 4: to be this year without having Steph standing there and

1555
01:15:41,400 --> 01:15:41,840
Speaker 4: Gabe on it.

1556
01:15:42,080 --> 01:15:44,360
Speaker 2: So we did a show about that the last time

1557
01:15:44,360 --> 01:15:47,240
Speaker 2: we were in studio together here last week. Is it

1558
01:15:47,560 --> 01:15:49,559
Speaker 2: going to be like what Jordan Love had last year?

1559
01:15:49,640 --> 01:15:52,679
Speaker 2: No alpha dog receiver? And what did Jordan Love say

1560
01:15:53,080 --> 01:15:56,479
Speaker 2: in spring camp this week or this spring? He said,

1561
01:15:57,040 --> 01:16:01,720
Speaker 2: I can just play the play. That's what Josh will

1562
01:16:01,720 --> 01:16:04,160
Speaker 2: be able to experience this year because with no alpha

1563
01:16:04,240 --> 01:16:07,720
Speaker 2: dog number one wide out, he can just play the

1564
01:16:07,800 --> 01:16:11,360
Speaker 2: play instead of gravitating and force feeding the ball to

1565
01:16:11,400 --> 01:16:14,240
Speaker 2: dig one hundred and sixty times last season.

1566
01:16:14,240 --> 01:16:18,840
Speaker 4: That does play into or put the onus on Joe Brady, though,

1567
01:16:19,600 --> 01:16:22,880
Speaker 4: well you need by Brady's got to say, okay, in

1568
01:16:22,960 --> 01:16:26,200
Speaker 4: this game, Ken Cad is the dude and they're having

1569
01:16:26,200 --> 01:16:28,040
Speaker 4: they're strung. They have nobody that can match up with

1570
01:16:28,120 --> 01:16:31,200
Speaker 4: him when we're in this personnel here we go or

1571
01:16:31,560 --> 01:16:33,560
Speaker 4: you know what, Keon Coleman is the guy here. We

1572
01:16:33,640 --> 01:16:34,840
Speaker 4: got to do that, you know that kind of thing.

1573
01:16:34,880 --> 01:16:37,400
Speaker 4: Here's Curtis Samuel is Khalil. This is your game that

1574
01:16:38,120 --> 01:16:41,559
Speaker 4: uh Brady has got to know going in and down

1575
01:16:41,600 --> 01:16:44,200
Speaker 4: and distance. Even within the same game, it will change,

1576
01:16:44,720 --> 01:16:47,840
Speaker 4: you know where he'll say, okay, this, you know we

1577
01:16:47,920 --> 01:16:49,600
Speaker 4: got to we got to get Khalil the ball and

1578
01:16:49,680 --> 01:16:51,880
Speaker 4: this personnel package this game. You know that's this is

1579
01:16:51,920 --> 01:16:55,439
Speaker 4: the adjustment they're making. Here's how we're going to adjust that.

1580
01:16:55,439 --> 01:16:58,120
Speaker 4: That all falls on the offensive Staff's not just Joe Brady.

1581
01:16:58,120 --> 01:17:00,639
Speaker 4: All these other guys are you know, the receivers, coach,

1582
01:17:01,080 --> 01:17:03,120
Speaker 4: the tight ends, coach, the offensive line. They're all sitting

1583
01:17:03,120 --> 01:17:05,080
Speaker 4: there watching the game and they're saying, hey, here's what

1584
01:17:05,080 --> 01:17:06,920
Speaker 4: they're doing. Now, here's what they're trying to do. Now,

1585
01:17:07,000 --> 01:17:09,320
Speaker 4: hey they switch. Now they're doing this, and all that

1586
01:17:09,680 --> 01:17:11,640
Speaker 4: information has got to get distilled to Joe Brady, and

1587
01:17:11,680 --> 01:17:15,840
Speaker 4: he's got to There's a lot going on. And when

1588
01:17:16,120 --> 01:17:18,760
Speaker 4: when you finally try to funnel it down and say, Josh,

1589
01:17:18,800 --> 01:17:22,800
Speaker 4: here's the play, it's gonna be interesting to see how

1590
01:17:22,800 --> 01:17:25,559
Speaker 4: he interprets it. You know, just what it looks like. Man,

1591
01:17:25,720 --> 01:17:27,719
Speaker 4: it's gonna look different. I think it's gonna look different.

1592
01:17:27,720 --> 01:17:30,000
Speaker 4: It may, I don't know. I think the results are

1593
01:17:30,000 --> 01:17:33,960
Speaker 4: gonna be different, you know. I just the way it looks,

1594
01:17:34,080 --> 01:17:35,439
Speaker 4: you know what I mean. I think there's still gonna

1595
01:17:35,439 --> 01:17:37,000
Speaker 4: be a wagon. I they still think they're gonna score

1596
01:17:37,000 --> 01:17:40,760
Speaker 4: a ton of points. None's gonna change for Josh. He's

1597
01:17:40,760 --> 01:17:42,080
Speaker 4: gonna score a ton of touchdowns.

1598
01:17:43,240 --> 01:17:45,360
Speaker 2: Break time for us here when we come back, more

1599
01:17:45,400 --> 01:17:47,400
Speaker 2: of your phone calls on a Tuesday edition of One

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01:17:47,439 --> 01:17:47,920
Speaker 2: Bill's Live.

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01:17:47,960 --> 01:18:18,920
Speaker 24: Stay tuned.

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01:18:05,680 --> 01:18:07,800
Speaker 2: All right back here on One Bill's Live. Chris Brown,

1603
01:18:07,840 --> 01:18:10,840
Speaker 2: Steve Tasker with you on Give seven one six day,

1604
01:18:11,040 --> 01:18:14,680
Speaker 2: and we have the latest tally update as we are

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01:18:14,680 --> 01:18:18,400
Speaker 2: now up to seven hundred and seventy thousand dollars raised

1606
01:18:19,040 --> 01:18:21,479
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01:18:21,520 --> 01:18:24,320
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01:18:24,400 --> 01:18:27,360
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01:18:27,400 --> 01:18:30,920
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01:18:30,920 --> 01:18:33,439
Speaker 2: listing there at give seven one six dot org. So

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01:18:34,000 --> 01:18:36,320
Speaker 2: take a scroll through the listings of causes that you

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01:18:36,320 --> 01:18:41,240
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01:18:41,280 --> 01:18:46,920
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01:18:46,920 --> 01:18:49,920
Speaker 2: in there if you are in a giving mood. We

1615
01:18:50,000 --> 01:18:51,600
Speaker 2: go back to the phones at eight h three h

1616
01:18:51,720 --> 01:18:54,320
Speaker 2: five fifty one eight eight five fifty two five point

1617
01:18:54,320 --> 01:19:00,000
Speaker 2: fifty and waiting patiently on a sell is Rob in Connecticut.

1618
01:19:00,200 --> 01:19:02,120
Speaker 2: What do you got first, Rob, You're on one Bill's.

1619
01:19:01,800 --> 01:19:07,720
Speaker 9: Live Good Afternoon. Gentlemen, Steve, Caasker and Brownie. I am

1620
01:19:07,800 --> 01:19:11,439
Speaker 9: first off calling to say congratulations. That is awesome. They

1621
01:19:11,439 --> 01:19:14,720
Speaker 9: couldn't have chose a better man, and uh, thank you.

1622
01:19:15,080 --> 01:19:17,800
Speaker 9: You know I have to say that. Butch is one

1623
01:19:17,840 --> 01:19:21,719
Speaker 9: of my favorite callers. Thank you for your service. Butch

1624
01:19:22,439 --> 01:19:24,840
Speaker 9: I got a little emotional as well when he was

1625
01:19:24,920 --> 01:19:29,400
Speaker 9: sharing that. I always love listening to him, but you

1626
01:19:29,400 --> 01:19:31,360
Speaker 9: know I have to I have to share just a

1627
01:19:31,400 --> 01:19:33,880
Speaker 9: little bit of my story. You know, back in twenty

1628
01:19:33,960 --> 01:19:37,120
Speaker 9: twenty two, I lost my vision eighty percent of it,

1629
01:19:37,200 --> 01:19:40,400
Speaker 9: so I only see twenty five I mean twenty percent,

1630
01:19:41,160 --> 01:19:46,240
Speaker 9: So now the TV is blurred, and I definitely rely

1631
01:19:46,479 --> 01:19:49,679
Speaker 9: on you as far as play calling, and I love

1632
01:19:49,720 --> 01:19:52,679
Speaker 9: it because it's so detailed, and Steve was talking about, yes,

1633
01:19:52,760 --> 01:19:56,920
Speaker 9: painting a picture like I can visualize everything in my

1634
01:19:57,080 --> 01:20:00,439
Speaker 9: head when the play is going on. And I thoroughly

1635
01:20:00,560 --> 01:20:04,120
Speaker 9: enjoy listening to the radio when there's a game on

1636
01:20:04,280 --> 01:20:07,920
Speaker 9: because I know what down it is. I know every

1637
01:20:08,280 --> 01:20:11,439
Speaker 9: little detail, which makes it a lot easier for me,

1638
01:20:12,040 --> 01:20:14,120
Speaker 9: and you know, I don't feel sorry for myself.

1639
01:20:14,160 --> 01:20:14,360
Speaker 4: You know.

1640
01:20:14,400 --> 01:20:16,760
Speaker 9: One of the things that really kind of sucks is

1641
01:20:16,840 --> 01:20:20,759
Speaker 9: the last game that I actually saw was the thirteen

1642
01:20:20,880 --> 01:20:24,200
Speaker 9: second game, and I always have a memory of that.

1643
01:20:24,320 --> 01:20:27,160
Speaker 9: It's like that was the last Buffalo Bills game I

1644
01:20:27,240 --> 01:20:31,679
Speaker 9: actually got to see clearly. And all I could say

1645
01:20:31,800 --> 01:20:34,640
Speaker 9: is good luck to you. I know you're gonna do

1646
01:20:34,720 --> 01:20:37,000
Speaker 9: one hell of a job. And I listen to you

1647
01:20:37,040 --> 01:20:40,200
Speaker 9: guys every single day. You can ask Zach, I call

1648
01:20:40,240 --> 01:20:43,120
Speaker 9: all the time. I'm a regular caller. You guys are

1649
01:20:43,200 --> 01:20:45,519
Speaker 9: family to me. And it's not like I don't have

1650
01:20:45,600 --> 01:20:48,920
Speaker 9: anything to do with my life. It's just that this

1651
01:20:48,960 --> 01:20:51,080
Speaker 9: is what I do and this is how I find

1652
01:20:51,080 --> 01:20:53,840
Speaker 9: out information. So when I do have an argument with

1653
01:20:53,960 --> 01:20:58,439
Speaker 9: friends about football as far as the Buffalo Bills, I'll say, well,

1654
01:20:58,520 --> 01:21:01,120
Speaker 9: let me go call my posse from WGR five P.

1655
01:21:01,240 --> 01:21:04,200
Speaker 9: Fifty to back me up on this one. So you

1656
01:21:04,240 --> 01:21:07,599
Speaker 9: guys are awesome. I love you guys, everybody, the whole crew,

1657
01:21:07,720 --> 01:21:16,640
Speaker 9: shoping the Bulldog, Jak and Josh, Jeremy and Joe sal Capaccio, everybody, Nay,

1658
01:21:16,680 --> 01:21:19,080
Speaker 9: even the guys behind the board, you know, Evan. So

1659
01:21:19,439 --> 01:21:22,120
Speaker 9: you guys have been family and I rely on you

1660
01:21:22,240 --> 01:21:25,880
Speaker 9: so much. And it's not easy being blind. Like I said,

1661
01:21:25,880 --> 01:21:29,200
Speaker 9: I'm not being you know, like poor me, but it

1662
01:21:29,280 --> 01:21:31,599
Speaker 9: is a struggle. I don't like it, but I've learned

1663
01:21:31,600 --> 01:21:35,240
Speaker 9: to accept it. It's a new adjustment and that's what's

1664
01:21:35,280 --> 01:21:37,400
Speaker 9: going to happen with the Bills. It's a new adjustment.

1665
01:21:37,560 --> 01:21:39,960
Speaker 9: I have faith in this receiving core and I have

1666
01:21:40,080 --> 01:21:42,720
Speaker 9: a lot of faith in what Josh is going to

1667
01:21:42,800 --> 01:21:46,879
Speaker 9: do with this receiving core. I'm excited and the suspense

1668
01:21:47,000 --> 01:21:48,879
Speaker 9: is killing me. Bill's Mafia.

1669
01:21:49,360 --> 01:21:49,800
Speaker 4: Let's go.

1670
01:21:50,680 --> 01:21:53,559
Speaker 2: Yeah, Thanks very much, Rob for the call. Appreciate that.

1671
01:21:53,640 --> 01:21:57,639
Speaker 2: I'm glad there's a small way that I can help

1672
01:21:57,760 --> 01:22:03,080
Speaker 2: kind of paint the picture for you. I was a

1673
01:22:03,200 --> 01:22:05,960
Speaker 2: radio junkie as a kid, like I used to fall

1674
01:22:06,000 --> 01:22:08,560
Speaker 2: asleep listening to games in my bedroom. I didn't have

1675
01:22:08,560 --> 01:22:10,320
Speaker 2: a TV in my bedroom when I was a kid.

1676
01:22:10,560 --> 01:22:13,559
Speaker 2: I didn't have cable TV in my house. And right

1677
01:22:13,600 --> 01:22:16,280
Speaker 2: when I was getting to about ten, eleven, twelve years old,

1678
01:22:17,120 --> 01:22:19,960
Speaker 2: a lot of teams were starting to strike cable deals

1679
01:22:20,360 --> 01:22:23,080
Speaker 2: with teams, regional sports networks and those kinds of things.

1680
01:22:23,479 --> 01:22:25,479
Speaker 2: And I have cable in my house. So guess how

1681
01:22:25,520 --> 01:22:30,160
Speaker 2: I was listening to the games on the radio. And

1682
01:22:30,560 --> 01:22:32,320
Speaker 2: I don't know. Maybe that's what gave me the bug

1683
01:22:32,360 --> 01:22:34,559
Speaker 2: in the first place. I don't know, but I can

1684
01:22:34,600 --> 01:22:37,720
Speaker 2: tell you one thing. I did gain a great appreciation

1685
01:22:38,600 --> 01:22:42,320
Speaker 2: for the play by play broadcasters who painted the picture

1686
01:22:42,360 --> 01:22:44,479
Speaker 2: for me because I couldn't watch.

1687
01:22:44,320 --> 01:22:45,160
Speaker 4: The games.

1688
01:22:46,840 --> 01:22:50,719
Speaker 2: Just wasn't available. I had seven channels on my TV,

1689
01:22:51,120 --> 01:22:55,040
Speaker 2: right I know, Okay, I'm one of.

1690
01:22:55,040 --> 01:22:58,479
Speaker 4: The old guys. I had three channels. It's like the

1691
01:22:58,520 --> 01:23:01,960
Speaker 4: old excuse me to see, like the old comedian used

1692
01:23:01,960 --> 01:23:05,040
Speaker 4: to say, we had three channels, and I was the

1693
01:23:05,080 --> 01:23:08,639
Speaker 4: remote control because I was the youngest kid, changed the channel,

1694
01:23:08,680 --> 01:23:11,599
Speaker 4: and you know, and if the President was speaking that night,

1695
01:23:11,640 --> 01:23:13,719
Speaker 4: you didn't get to watch anything else. All three channels

1696
01:23:13,720 --> 01:23:15,519
Speaker 4: had that one thing on you had, you may as

1697
01:23:15,560 --> 01:23:24,759
Speaker 4: well go outside. Yeah, the the radio call is still,

1698
01:23:26,439 --> 01:23:29,280
Speaker 4: Like I said earlier, it's one of the iconic things

1699
01:23:29,320 --> 01:23:33,360
Speaker 4: about sports broadcasting that has not changed. Everything else has changed,

1700
01:23:33,600 --> 01:23:35,800
Speaker 4: the way you participate, the way you can get it

1701
01:23:35,840 --> 01:23:37,240
Speaker 4: on your computer, you can get it on your phone,

1702
01:23:37,240 --> 01:23:38,360
Speaker 4: you can get it in your car, you can get

1703
01:23:38,360 --> 01:23:40,840
Speaker 4: it on your TV, you can stream it, you can

1704
01:23:41,000 --> 01:23:45,040
Speaker 4: you can watch on your phone. But the quintessential radio

1705
01:23:45,160 --> 01:23:48,080
Speaker 4: call for the home team, whichever team you have, has

1706
01:23:48,280 --> 01:23:51,559
Speaker 4: not changed. It is you may as well you can

1707
01:23:51,640 --> 01:23:54,800
Speaker 4: chisel that in. Granted it is not going anywhere. It's

1708
01:23:54,800 --> 01:23:58,480
Speaker 4: something that we all that is one of the bedrock,

1709
01:23:59,280 --> 01:24:04,400
Speaker 4: foundational pieces of sports broadcasting and it's not going to change.

1710
01:24:05,280 --> 01:24:08,920
Speaker 2: Yeah, it's just I just remember, I mean, you didn't

1711
01:24:08,960 --> 01:24:11,719
Speaker 2: really have the opportunity to listen to a lot of radio,

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Speaker 2: but you know, growing up in the New York metropolitan area,

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Speaker 2: I mean like at nighttime, the AM airwaves go further.

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01:24:20,560 --> 01:24:24,040
Speaker 2: I used to pull in WBZ in Boston, pull in

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01:24:24,080 --> 01:24:27,960
Speaker 2: like WTP and DC. I'd pull in you know, w

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01:24:28,120 --> 01:24:32,640
Speaker 2: IP or KYW in Philadelphia like I was. I was

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01:24:32,760 --> 01:24:36,280
Speaker 2: joking with with a with a reporter who was interviewing

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01:24:36,280 --> 01:24:39,479
Speaker 2: me today. I said, that was kind of my Internet

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01:24:39,760 --> 01:24:42,400
Speaker 2: back then. Yeah, just spinning the dial and see what

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01:24:42,479 --> 01:24:45,160
Speaker 2: I could pull in, you know at nighttime when the

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01:24:45,160 --> 01:24:49,559
Speaker 2: way the airwaves would travel further on AM airwaves. So yeah, yeah,

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01:24:49,600 --> 01:24:52,240
Speaker 2: that was kind of the thing I did. And I

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01:24:52,400 --> 01:24:54,679
Speaker 2: sometimes I could pull in games, you know they're scratchy.

1724
01:24:54,720 --> 01:24:57,920
Speaker 2: But I was like, holy cow, I you know, I've

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01:24:57,920 --> 01:25:01,799
Speaker 2: got Detroit Tigers again, you know, the Kansas City Royals.

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01:25:01,800 --> 01:25:04,080
Speaker 2: And I'm sitting here in New York like, what's it

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01:25:04,160 --> 01:25:04,559
Speaker 2: was cool?

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Speaker 4: It's yes, it's very cool, and it's uh, it's one

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01:25:08,960 --> 01:25:10,680
Speaker 4: of the things that has not changed. It's not going

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01:25:10,760 --> 01:25:13,800
Speaker 4: to change. And the play by play if you think

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01:25:13,800 --> 01:25:16,759
Speaker 4: about it now, with the state of podcasts and everybody's

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01:25:16,760 --> 01:25:18,680
Speaker 4: got their own phone, and everybody's their own source of

1733
01:25:18,760 --> 01:25:23,679
Speaker 4: news and media and opinions and Instagram and the rest,

1734
01:25:23,760 --> 01:25:27,800
Speaker 4: you know, Facebook and Twitter and x and all the

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01:25:27,840 --> 01:25:30,760
Speaker 4: social media outlets, and everybody's got a kind of a

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01:25:30,880 --> 01:25:34,280
Speaker 4: radio voice now. But there's and so I would say,

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01:25:34,280 --> 01:25:37,320
Speaker 4: and I would assert that play by sports, play by

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01:25:37,439 --> 01:25:44,040
Speaker 4: play radio hosts, radio voices or are maybe the most

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01:25:44,720 --> 01:25:52,000
Speaker 4: listened to universally of any radio voice in this day

1740
01:25:52,000 --> 01:25:56,200
Speaker 4: and age. I don't even think political because of the divisiveness.

1741
01:25:56,200 --> 01:25:58,719
Speaker 4: You only you're only you know. And it's a little

1742
01:25:58,720 --> 01:26:00,280
Speaker 4: bit like the play by play guy. You you're the

1743
01:26:00,320 --> 01:26:03,320
Speaker 4: home radio. You're not getting the other team's fans, right,

1744
01:26:03,320 --> 01:26:06,160
Speaker 4: they got their own. So maybe it's a little bit

1745
01:26:06,240 --> 01:26:08,880
Speaker 4: like that, but it's I think it's the one, the

1746
01:26:08,920 --> 01:26:11,920
Speaker 4: one radio voice in today's day and age that is

1747
01:26:12,040 --> 01:26:16,519
Speaker 4: probably the most iconic, whether you like the team or not.

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Speaker 2: Break time for us here one more segments ago. When

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01:26:20,240 --> 01:26:22,000
Speaker 2: we come back here on a Tuesday, we'll try to

1750
01:26:22,000 --> 01:26:24,720
Speaker 2: get you a final update on where things stand on

1751
01:26:24,760 --> 01:26:28,320
Speaker 2: the Give seven to one six initiative. Last week checked,

1752
01:26:28,320 --> 01:26:31,240
Speaker 2: they were at seven hundred and seventy thousand dollars raised.

1753
01:26:31,240 --> 01:26:33,800
Speaker 2: We'll see if that number is increased since we last

1754
01:26:33,800 --> 01:26:36,080
Speaker 2: brought that update to you when we return here on

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Speaker 2: One Bill's Live, presented by Colid of Health, It's Buffalo

1756
01:26:38,400 --> 01:26:54,639
Speaker 2: Bills Radio. All right. Here we are One Bill's Live

1757
01:26:54,680 --> 01:26:57,360
Speaker 2: on a Tuesday. Chris Brown, Steve tasker with you on

1758
01:26:57,520 --> 01:27:00,719
Speaker 2: Give seven to one six day up till seven hundred

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01:27:00,720 --> 01:27:04,280
Speaker 2: and seventy five thousand dollars raised. Keep at it, people,

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01:27:04,320 --> 01:27:06,559
Speaker 2: You're doing a great job. Just go to Give seven

1761
01:27:06,560 --> 01:27:10,120
Speaker 2: to one to six dot org. There is some news

1762
01:27:10,479 --> 01:27:13,760
Speaker 2: from CBS reporter Josina Anderson, who just got off the

1763
01:27:13,800 --> 01:27:18,439
Speaker 2: phone with former Bill's corner Stefan Gilmore. He's still out

1764
01:27:18,439 --> 01:27:22,439
Speaker 2: there in free agency, and he gave her the following quote.

1765
01:27:23,000 --> 01:27:25,360
Speaker 2: There are still some good corners and safeties out there,

1766
01:27:25,400 --> 01:27:28,360
Speaker 2: like Justin Simmons and myself that are still not signed. Honestly,

1767
01:27:28,400 --> 01:27:31,280
Speaker 2: I'm still being patient and staying ready until teams see

1768
01:27:31,320 --> 01:27:33,720
Speaker 2: what they have in training camp. But you mean to

1769
01:27:33,720 --> 01:27:35,719
Speaker 2: tell me, among thirty two teams that there are sixty

1770
01:27:35,720 --> 01:27:38,559
Speaker 2: four starting corners that are better than me. I don't

1771
01:27:38,560 --> 01:27:40,840
Speaker 2: think that. If teams want to win, I think they

1772
01:27:40,840 --> 01:27:42,120
Speaker 2: should sign the best players.

1773
01:27:42,360 --> 01:27:42,519
Speaker 4: I know.

1774
01:27:42,600 --> 01:27:44,519
Speaker 2: I'm still a starter in this league. I started games

1775
01:27:44,560 --> 01:27:47,200
Speaker 2: last year, but the season doesn't start until September. We

1776
01:27:47,280 --> 01:27:51,479
Speaker 2: got a while. He's just waiting for an injury. That's

1777
01:27:51,479 --> 01:27:54,679
Speaker 2: what he's waiting for. Someone goes down in camp. Suddenly

1778
01:27:54,720 --> 01:27:57,559
Speaker 2: somebody has a shortage of corner. This guy, you couldn't

1779
01:27:57,560 --> 01:27:59,960
Speaker 2: ask for a better option than Stefan Gilmour, even at age.

1780
01:28:00,520 --> 01:28:02,960
Speaker 4: That's right. I think he's waiting for an opportunity in

1781
01:28:02,960 --> 01:28:05,360
Speaker 4: the right paycheck. I'm there's no question there are teams

1782
01:28:05,360 --> 01:28:08,400
Speaker 4: interested in signing Teff Gilmore, but he's not gonna sign

1783
01:28:08,400 --> 01:28:10,760
Speaker 4: for a veteran minimum deal period.

1784
01:28:10,840 --> 01:28:13,760
Speaker 2: And that's yeah, that's the divide. He's not signing for

1785
01:28:13,840 --> 01:28:14,719
Speaker 2: minimum because.

1786
01:28:14,479 --> 01:28:16,560
Speaker 4: He thinks and everybody's CAP's already set.

1787
01:28:16,920 --> 01:28:20,120
Speaker 2: Right, and there's not. I mean, people gms, because we

1788
01:28:20,120 --> 01:28:23,719
Speaker 2: hear this from Brandon Bean, leave themselves a little cushion,

1789
01:28:24,360 --> 01:28:27,720
Speaker 2: you know, rainy day funds, so to speak. So there

1790
01:28:27,720 --> 01:28:32,519
Speaker 2: are probably some teams with that. Yeah, I'm very curious

1791
01:28:32,560 --> 01:28:37,040
Speaker 2: to see where people players of that caliber, justin Simmons,

1792
01:28:37,080 --> 01:28:41,800
Speaker 2: I mean Stefan Gilmour, like still quality players even though

1793
01:28:41,800 --> 01:28:45,080
Speaker 2: they're at an advanced NFL age, could do a lot

1794
01:28:45,080 --> 01:28:46,080
Speaker 2: worse than those two guys.

1795
01:28:46,160 --> 01:28:51,960
Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean there're there's yes, that's that's he's gonna

1796
01:28:52,000 --> 01:28:54,519
Speaker 4: help somebody, somebody's gonna reach out to him and he's

1797
01:28:54,520 --> 01:28:58,400
Speaker 4: gonna sign. We'll see, but uh, the simple fact of

1798
01:28:58,400 --> 01:29:02,840
Speaker 4: the matter is now, and I say it a lot.

1799
01:29:03,160 --> 01:29:05,960
Speaker 4: The physical demands on the game, make it so that

1800
01:29:06,040 --> 01:29:07,880
Speaker 4: you won't pay play for just a little bit of

1801
01:29:07,960 --> 01:29:09,639
Speaker 4: you know, you're gonna have to pay it because it's

1802
01:29:09,640 --> 01:29:11,720
Speaker 4: gotta be worth it to you. Guys don't want to

1803
01:29:11,760 --> 01:29:15,040
Speaker 4: go through the physical torture of an NFL season unless

1804
01:29:15,040 --> 01:29:17,760
Speaker 4: they're getting something they think they deserve, or unless there's

1805
01:29:17,760 --> 01:29:21,200
Speaker 4: some outside reason, like he'll play like a sky like

1806
01:29:21,240 --> 01:29:23,799
Speaker 4: Steph Gilmore. He'll play for the Bills or the Chiefs,

1807
01:29:24,400 --> 01:29:27,599
Speaker 4: or for the Ravens or the Niners for less money.

1808
01:29:27,640 --> 01:29:29,320
Speaker 4: But he's not going to Carolina Panthers.

1809
01:29:29,439 --> 01:29:32,240
Speaker 2: And it's not even that much less money, right, it's

1810
01:29:32,240 --> 01:29:36,400
Speaker 2: probably a slight exactly discount because of the caliber of player.

1811
01:29:36,400 --> 01:29:38,800
Speaker 2: He still believes he is right, and that's fine. That's

1812
01:29:38,800 --> 01:29:41,320
Speaker 2: his opinion. Whether he gets employed, we'll have to wait

1813
01:29:41,320 --> 01:29:41,599
Speaker 2: and see.

1814
01:29:41,600 --> 01:29:44,000
Speaker 4: It's a big ask, so we'll see.

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01:29:44,240 --> 01:29:46,360
Speaker 2: That's it for us today. We're back at it tomorrow.

1816
01:29:46,400 --> 01:29:48,599
Speaker 2: Thanks again to everybody with all the well wishes today.

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01:29:48,600 --> 01:29:51,040
Speaker 2: I really appreciate it was very touching. We'll catch you

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Speaker 2: tomorrow at one.

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Speaker 9: This is nearly