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Speaker 1: Kind of unique. He was kind of a dual role

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Speaker 1: player for you, Steve, Steve a blimp. We're not even

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Speaker 1: in the stratedyre of normalcy. Welcome to another week of

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Speaker 1: One Bills Live Chris Brown. Steve Tasker back in the

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Speaker 1: co pilot's chair after a playing one hundred holes over

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Speaker 1: the weekend, which, in Steve's description, was largely a blur. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I Yeah, the missus and I went out. We had

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Speaker 1: actually had our anniversary dinner, like Saturday. It's Saturday, even

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Speaker 1: though it's today. Yeah, our thirty fifth anniversary anniversary anniversary.

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Speaker 1: Very nice. My my lovely bride, Sarah, and so it's

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Speaker 1: thirty five years today. It's her birthday as well. I

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Speaker 1: brilliant move. But if you do say yourself absolutely time.

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Speaker 1: to why it's a brilliant move. What has been your

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Speaker 1: experience that is that convinces you of this fact? First

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Speaker 1: in riep yogurt. Man. It's like, I mean anniversary birthday combo. Man.

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Speaker 1: Another interesting not good. We grew up you know, we

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Speaker 1: And our her birthday and the anniversary date is sixth June. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: Eighty six six seven eighty six. The zip code for

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Speaker 1: That was also a little bit of serendipity. Okay, so

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Speaker 1: um any astrology to go along with No, No, I

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Speaker 1: didn't go any deeper than that. Anyone gets scared, you know, right,

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Speaker 1: I don't know what you guys doing out in Kansas,

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Speaker 1: And plus she's of a mind now where she'll combine

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Speaker 1: especially as a kid that gets screwed the most Christmas birthdays. Yes,

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Speaker 1: guys for that crazy weekend in sports. Steve, I mean, first,

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Speaker 1: So what we're asking you on the Twitter poll today

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Speaker 1: with respect to the Julio Jones trade is where does

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Speaker 1: the Jones acquisition put the Titans in the AFC ranks.

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Speaker 1: We were just doing a show last Thursday, Steve, you

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Speaker 1: know who was the biggest threat to the Bills in

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Speaker 1: the AFC besides the Chiefs, and we had on the

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Speaker 1: list the Browns, the Ravens, and who was the third team,

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Speaker 1: the Colts, and then we had other we didn't even

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Speaker 1: list the Titans. Does that change now? Would they be

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Speaker 1: one of your top three AFC threats to the Bills

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Speaker 1: going forward? Where does this put the Titans in the

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Speaker 1: AFC ranks? Do you think it makes them a top

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Speaker 1: three AFC team, a top four, top five AFC team.

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Speaker 1: I gotta say no, I don't think it does. And

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Speaker 1: the reason why I love Julio Jones. Now, no, dude,

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Speaker 1: and hey, make no mistakes. If you're a defense going

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Speaker 1: against this crew like it is truly a pick your poison,

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Speaker 1: you want to put it in the box and stop

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Speaker 1: Derrick Henry and go one on one outside where a

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Speaker 1: j Brown, Julio Jones, that doesn't sound like a good idea.

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Speaker 1: So okay, let's go seven in the box. We'll play

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Speaker 1: cover two, you know whatever. Whatever. And now Derrick Henry's

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Speaker 1: coming out of seven man box like that. That's a

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Speaker 1: problem also, so it is it is an offense now

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Speaker 1: that presents a myriad of problems for defensive coordinators and

448
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Speaker 1: NFL defenses around the league. But the problem for the Titans,

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Speaker 1: as I see it, is with their defense. Yes, they've

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Speaker 1: added Bud Dupree for a pass rusher, but what is

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Speaker 1: he going to look like coming off an ACL injury

452
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Speaker 1: twelve months after Aco and they basically gutted their secondary.

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Speaker 1: Kenny Vacaro's not there, Dorry Jackson's not there. I mean,

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Speaker 1: you can run down the list I think they're starting.

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Speaker 1: Secondary is completely vanquished, with the exception of Buyered corner,

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Speaker 1: Yes they did, but that's the guy that was that

457
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Speaker 1: had a couple of back surgeries. That's right, Caleb Farley. Farley.

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Speaker 1: And the other corner is Genoras Jenkins, who they may

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Speaker 1: ask to be a number one corner, and at disadvanced

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Speaker 1: stage of his career, I don't know if that's a

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Speaker 1: role he can handle. He was a number two corner

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Speaker 1: in New Orleans opposite Marshawn Lattimore and did okay in

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Speaker 1: that role. If he's got to be your number one guy,

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Speaker 1: that could be a problem for them. And so I

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Speaker 1: think there are issues for their seconds, for their defense

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Speaker 1: that they have to figure out, and I don't know

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Speaker 1: that they have all the answers right now on their

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Speaker 1: roster as it currently exists, and because of that, you

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Speaker 1: better have some healthy leads in some games if you

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Speaker 1: want to finish them off. As the Titans, and maybe

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Speaker 1: with that running game, they feel they can finish most

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Speaker 1: of them off and they don't need a juggernaut defense,

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Speaker 1: but history has proven otherwise. For the true championship teams,

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Speaker 1: you would and I don't wish any bet anything, nobody

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Speaker 1: wishes anything bad on any of these players at all.

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Speaker 1: But you know he pulled a hamstring last year and

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Speaker 1: missed you know, seven games? Um? Did Julio Jones? Yeah,

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Speaker 1: he's thirty two. I mean it's hard to bounce back

479
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Speaker 1: as the season wears on. Did they get a full

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Speaker 1: sixty seventeen games this season out of him? Is Derrick Henry?

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Speaker 1: When is the mileage gonna show on his odometer for

482
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Speaker 1: the carries that he's gotten over the last two or

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Speaker 1: three years? And he may be cresting. Their defense is suspect,

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Speaker 1: particularly in the secondary. Their pass rush is okay, right,

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Speaker 1: So it's not it's not you know, it's not an

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Speaker 1: elite pass rush. Um. Yeah, So they're deef. They're gonna

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Speaker 1: they're gonna give up some points. And certainly you'd like

488
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Speaker 1: those three guys, A J. Brown, Julio and Derrick Henry.

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Speaker 1: They also added Josh Reynolds, who was like the fourth

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Speaker 1: receiver with the La Rams tall long target it. But

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Speaker 1: you got Ryan Tannehill, who's gonna be okay. I think

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Speaker 1: Ryan Tannehill is good because of Derrick Henry. Their offensive

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Speaker 1: line is suspect, which means Derrick Henry is not going

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Speaker 1: to be as productive. Um. Yeah, I just think there's

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Speaker 1: a lot of reasons to like say yeah, In some ways,

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Speaker 1: Tennessee does look really good. In other ways, there's some

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Speaker 1: big question marks. And I'll tell you this, just because

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Speaker 1: Tennessee got Julio Jones, I don't think that leap frogs

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Speaker 1: them past the Indianapolis Colts in my mind. So you

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Speaker 1: don't even have him as the division favorite, let alone

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Speaker 1: in power in the AFC. Do not. I like the

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Speaker 1: Colts in the conference. They're tough. I would agree the

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Speaker 1: Colts have a more complete roster than the Times I do.

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Speaker 1: I do I think they do, And the quarterback question

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Speaker 1: is the big thing there. Both teams are well coached.

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Speaker 1: I like both those guys, but I just think Indianapolis

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00:28:55,200 --> 00:28:58,840
Speaker 1: has got a much deeper and more complete roster with

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Speaker 1: fewer question marks about the guys they're depending on. So

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Speaker 1: let us know what you think at eight oh three

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Speaker 1: five fifty one eighty eight five fifty two, five fifty

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Speaker 1: open line for you there. Where does the Julio Jones

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Speaker 1: acquisition put the Titans in the AFC ranks? You can

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Speaker 1: also hit us up on the tweet sheet at one

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Speaker 1: Bills Live. We'll discuss this further. We're going to take

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Speaker 1: a break now. And also there was a little social

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Speaker 1: media hijinks among some Bills players with a former teammate.

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Speaker 1: We'll let you know what happened. As let's just say

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Speaker 1: people are in line for a certain jersey swap when

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Speaker 1: the Bills and Falcons play. We'll give you details when

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Speaker 1: we return here on one Bills Live presented by Kalid

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Speaker 1: to Health, It's Buffalo Bills Radio. Where does the Julio

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Speaker 1: Jones acquisition put the Titans in the AFC ranks? Let

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

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Speaker 1: fifty or on the tweet sheet at one Bill's Live.

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Speaker 1: Wanted to bring to your attention over the weekend or

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Speaker 1: right before the weekend, I should say, Dawson Knox addressed

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Speaker 1: the media did little Q and A. We played some

528
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Speaker 1: of his more telling comments on the show on Friday,

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Speaker 1: and one comment that we did not play at the

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Speaker 1: time was how much he missed Lee Smith, who is

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Speaker 1: now in Atlanta after the trade. And he said, Oh,

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Speaker 1: I'm going to miss him to death, this, that and

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Speaker 1: the other. And he says, I want to do the

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Speaker 1: jersey swap with him when Atlanta comes up here to

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Speaker 1: play Buffalo, which has become somewhat of a common practice

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Speaker 1: by players who have some kind of prior relationship with

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Speaker 1: one another. And after that interview was given John Feliciano,

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Speaker 1: who was a very close friend of Lee Smith. They

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Speaker 1: were teammates with the Raiders together and then here in

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Speaker 1: Buffalo afterwards. And I think a lot of people remember

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Speaker 1: John Feliciano tackling Lee Smith in the end zone after

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Speaker 1: his touchdown against the Patriots last year. In Week sixteen,

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00:31:05,360 --> 00:31:09,760
Speaker 1: he goes on Twitter and tells Dawson you will not

544
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Speaker 1: get the jersey swap with Lee Smith because I will

545
00:31:14,280 --> 00:31:17,000
Speaker 1: know your place or you know, something to that effect,

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00:31:17,560 --> 00:31:23,320
Speaker 1: and Dawson Knox quietly sits down and says, yes, sir, sorry, father. However,

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00:31:23,720 --> 00:31:29,200
Speaker 1: Lee Smith becomes the all ruling voice here and tweets

548
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Speaker 1: at John Feliciano saying sorry, Dawson Knox asked first, but

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Speaker 1: I'll sign and frame my jockstrap for you, good buddy.

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Speaker 1: I can't describe to you how Lee Smith this is like,

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Speaker 1: if you know Lee and believe me, marriage and becoming

552
00:31:52,720 --> 00:31:55,960
Speaker 1: a father has calmed him noticeably. This guy when he

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Speaker 1: was here the first time back in like twenty thirteen

554
00:31:59,000 --> 00:32:03,680
Speaker 1: and fourteen, he was a nut job, Like he was

555
00:32:03,960 --> 00:32:06,600
Speaker 1: legendary stuff. Oh he was out there, man, Yeah, like

556
00:32:06,760 --> 00:32:08,360
Speaker 1: you didn't know what he was going to do next

557
00:32:08,440 --> 00:32:11,640
Speaker 1: on the field. At practice, he talks in the meeting room.

558
00:32:11,680 --> 00:32:15,000
Speaker 1: He talks a lot when he plays, mostly to his opponents.

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Speaker 1: Like he he just enjoys mixing it up and he

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00:32:18,480 --> 00:32:21,320
Speaker 1: laughs with him and he tries to joy and he says,

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00:32:21,360 --> 00:32:23,840
Speaker 1: good job. He loves He just loves the Competition's like

562
00:32:23,880 --> 00:32:27,120
Speaker 1: a big fun game to him. Fantastic leader at the

563
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Speaker 1: same time, which was the main reason he was brought

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Speaker 1: in here for his second stint by Sean McDermott and

565
00:32:32,120 --> 00:32:35,480
Speaker 1: Brandon Bean, and he was phenomenal in that role on

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Speaker 1: the leadership council all that stuff. But this guy has

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Speaker 1: a wild side to him as well, so I am

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Speaker 1: not surprised in the least that this is his response Feliciano. Uh.

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Speaker 1: No word yet as to whether Feliciano has accepted this offer.

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Speaker 1: I would be inclined not to if I was John,

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Speaker 1: But that's just me. So we'll try to We'll try

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Speaker 1: to stay on top of this developing story as Week

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Speaker 1: sixteen approaches this year. I believe that's the week that

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Speaker 1: the Bills are hosting the Falcons Week sixteen, but we

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Speaker 1: wanted to pass that along to you. Good for a

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Speaker 1: chuckle at the very least. Yeah, it's all the way

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Speaker 1: week seventeen. I'm sorry because there's eighteen weeks now, so

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Speaker 1: it's all the seventh January. But yeah, that's a lot

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Speaker 1: of a lot of football and a lot of games

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Speaker 1: have to transpire before January second, before the Falcons come

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Speaker 1: into Buffalo. But yeah, that's yeah. The culture is such

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00:33:33,680 --> 00:33:35,600
Speaker 1: here that guys really keep track of each other once

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00:33:35,640 --> 00:33:37,440
Speaker 1: they leave go to the teams and stuff. You saw

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Speaker 1: that when the Bills played Cleveland shortly after well no

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Speaker 1: it's months after Wyatt Teller had been traded. There was

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Speaker 1: literally a line of Buffalo Bills waiting one by one

587
00:33:49,760 --> 00:33:53,360
Speaker 1: to say hello and give Wyatt Teller a hug and

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Speaker 1: just tell him how you know, how great he was.

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Speaker 1: And all that was after the game in which the

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Speaker 1: Bills got I think the Bills lost that nineteen six

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Speaker 1: see right, and there was a literally a line guys

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Speaker 1: standing behind each other wanting to talk to Wyatt. Yeah,

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00:34:07,600 --> 00:34:10,120
Speaker 1: so that's kind of that kind of atmosphere here in Buffalo.

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00:34:10,200 --> 00:34:13,120
Speaker 1: Guys leaving there, they're missed, and I think they appreciate

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00:34:13,160 --> 00:34:15,480
Speaker 1: that when they go to other places, and perhaps it's

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00:34:15,520 --> 00:34:18,120
Speaker 1: not the same. The Bills will be facing the Falcons

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Speaker 1: without Julio Jones, they will be facing the Titans with

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Speaker 1: Julio Jones. And we're asking you at eight O three

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Speaker 1: five fifty, where does the Julio Jones acquisition put the

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Speaker 1: Titans in the AFC ranks. Let's go to the phones,

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Speaker 1: and leading us off today is Dave in Lockport. Dave,

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Speaker 1: what do you have for us? You're on one Bill's Live.

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Speaker 1: The first off, Chris, Steve, Chris, You've got a good

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Speaker 1: piece on Tremade Amonds. He's a blue chip player and

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Speaker 1: Steve's right about what are you there? Dave? Dave what's

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Speaker 1: Steve right about? What did you say, Steve, Julio Jones

607
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Speaker 1: being old and this and that and they're gonna he's

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Speaker 1: fighting for the ball in Tennessee between Brown and Julio Jones. Yeah,

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00:35:05,920 --> 00:35:09,040
Speaker 1: well they trade. The Titans lost Corey Davis who had

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Speaker 1: sixty five receptions last year, almost a thousand yards. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: and almost a thousand. Julio Jones will come in. He's

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Speaker 1: gonna and you think if Julio Jones stays healthy, he's

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Speaker 1: gonna be better than that, no question. And I'd like

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Speaker 1: a J. Brown and Brownie said he's the guy down

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Speaker 1: there and all that. But let me tell you something.

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Speaker 1: If Julio Jones comes in there and he's refreshed from

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Speaker 1: the time off from last year and comes in and

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Speaker 1: plays with a chip on his shoulder, A J. Brown

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Speaker 1: got no chance against Julio Jones. Julio Jones going to

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Speaker 1: be the guy. So you think he could still be

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Speaker 1: a number one? Steve, Yeah, for a minute, I think

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Speaker 1: he will be. I think he will be time for

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Speaker 1: certain games in this season. I do not think Julio

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Speaker 1: Jones can play seventeen games this year for the for

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Speaker 1: the Titans. But when he's out there and when he's

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Speaker 1: healthy early in the year, or when he's you know,

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Speaker 1: after coming off the boy, whatever you want to say.

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Speaker 1: When he's healthy, Yes, Julio Jones can still play at

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Speaker 1: a very high level. The question is how many games

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Speaker 1: can he give you and will he be healthy and

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Speaker 1: will he last the entire season? Thanks for the call, Dave, Yeah,

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Speaker 1: Dave obviously does not think that is the case. My

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Speaker 1: justification for not putting the Titans in the top three

634
00:36:16,160 --> 00:36:18,360
Speaker 1: or four teams in the AFC has more to do

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00:36:18,440 --> 00:36:21,960
Speaker 1: with their defense than what they've assembled here. On the

636
00:36:22,000 --> 00:36:24,399
Speaker 1: offensive side of the ball, we should not forget they

637
00:36:24,440 --> 00:36:29,120
Speaker 1: no longer have John Hu Smith. Anthony Firkser is the

638
00:36:29,160 --> 00:36:33,200
Speaker 1: projected number one tight end strictly a pass catcher, runs well,

639
00:36:33,719 --> 00:36:36,640
Speaker 1: but is by no means a John Hu Smith. So

640
00:36:37,880 --> 00:36:40,759
Speaker 1: you've enhanced your receiving corps with Julio Jones as an

641
00:36:40,840 --> 00:36:46,239
Speaker 1: upgrade over Corey Davis, but you've probably taken at least

642
00:36:46,239 --> 00:36:49,000
Speaker 1: a half step back at tight end, and you've definitely

643
00:36:49,040 --> 00:36:52,640
Speaker 1: taken a step back in your secondary changing three out

644
00:36:52,640 --> 00:36:56,120
Speaker 1: of the four projected starters there. You might be a

645
00:36:56,160 --> 00:36:59,200
Speaker 1: little better, but there's a question mark with Caleb Farley,

646
00:36:59,239 --> 00:37:01,919
Speaker 1: their first round hick. Is he going to be good

647
00:37:01,920 --> 00:37:03,879
Speaker 1: to go, Is he going to be ready to play?

648
00:37:04,000 --> 00:37:05,320
Speaker 1: Is he going to be able to stay healthy? Or

649
00:37:05,360 --> 00:37:07,840
Speaker 1: are the bad problems going to crop up again. Genorris

650
00:37:07,920 --> 00:37:11,560
Speaker 1: Jenkins on the other side, veteran player, proven player. How

651
00:37:11,640 --> 00:37:14,560
Speaker 1: much does he have left? It's interesting some of the

652
00:37:14,560 --> 00:37:19,920
Speaker 1: decisions that they've made. They've invested in players with injury histories,

653
00:37:20,440 --> 00:37:25,000
Speaker 1: Caleb Farley, Bud Dupree, and they've invested in older players

654
00:37:25,280 --> 00:37:27,560
Speaker 1: that they're hoping they can squeeze another year out of

655
00:37:27,760 --> 00:37:33,440
Speaker 1: Genorris Jenkins, Julio Jones. It's high risk acquisitions that the

656
00:37:33,480 --> 00:37:36,200
Speaker 1: Titans have taken part in on the whole, and you

657
00:37:36,239 --> 00:37:40,040
Speaker 1: can said Genorris Jenkins and Julio Jones. Julio Jones has

658
00:37:40,080 --> 00:37:43,360
Speaker 1: been a superstar. Genorris Jenkins has been a good player.

659
00:37:44,520 --> 00:37:47,319
Speaker 1: Now they're asking Genorris Jenkins to come in and be

660
00:37:47,800 --> 00:37:50,759
Speaker 1: a done corner, a defensive back along the lines of

661
00:37:50,800 --> 00:37:52,680
Speaker 1: the kind of receiver that Julio Jones has been on

662
00:37:52,680 --> 00:37:54,320
Speaker 1: the other side of the ball in the last ten years.

663
00:37:54,480 --> 00:37:57,000
Speaker 1: Genorris Jenkins has never done that. I mean, he's been good,

664
00:37:58,840 --> 00:38:01,000
Speaker 1: but he hasn't been a Julio Jones kind of wide

665
00:38:01,000 --> 00:38:04,239
Speaker 1: receiver at dB. He's been a good player. And now

666
00:38:04,280 --> 00:38:06,759
Speaker 1: you're gonna have to cover those guys every week. And

667
00:38:06,800 --> 00:38:11,080
Speaker 1: that's a big ask, Um, And you got to you

668
00:38:11,120 --> 00:38:13,239
Speaker 1: gotta tell these guys. I hope these guys, both of

669
00:38:13,280 --> 00:38:17,960
Speaker 1: them in their early thirties, can stay healthy. Um, you

670
00:38:18,040 --> 00:38:20,880
Speaker 1: gotta think season where they'd be playing an additional regular

671
00:38:20,880 --> 00:38:24,640
Speaker 1: season game. And the Tennessee Titans offensive line has, in

672
00:38:24,719 --> 00:38:30,400
Speaker 1: my opinion, has eroded with talent over the last couple

673
00:38:30,400 --> 00:38:34,640
Speaker 1: of years. They lost Um the tackle to Cleveland. I

674
00:38:34,640 --> 00:38:41,280
Speaker 1: believe in it. Yeah, Conklin Jack Conklind gone. Um Luan

675
00:38:41,480 --> 00:38:44,560
Speaker 1: was injured last year. Yeah he should be back. But

676
00:38:44,760 --> 00:38:48,640
Speaker 1: basically they have Kendall Lamb playing is projected as the

677
00:38:48,680 --> 00:38:52,000
Speaker 1: starting right tackle. He was largely a backup in Cleveland.

678
00:38:52,080 --> 00:38:55,479
Speaker 1: Now he's going to be in a starting role here. Yeah,

679
00:38:55,480 --> 00:38:58,040
Speaker 1: so there, And Derreck Henry is not going to be

680
00:38:58,080 --> 00:39:00,920
Speaker 1: as effective if his offensive line is not really good.

681
00:39:02,280 --> 00:39:04,640
Speaker 1: He's a great back, no question about it, but he's

682
00:39:04,719 --> 00:39:08,200
Speaker 1: carried the ball like more than any of the running

683
00:39:08,200 --> 00:39:09,759
Speaker 1: back in the last couple of years. In the last

684
00:39:09,800 --> 00:39:12,319
Speaker 1: three years, over and I'm telling you, I don't care

685
00:39:12,360 --> 00:39:14,640
Speaker 1: how big and strong you are, that beats you up.

686
00:39:15,040 --> 00:39:16,880
Speaker 1: I mean, you get tired of doing. And he's freakish,

687
00:39:17,000 --> 00:39:21,040
Speaker 1: but he is freakish. And even all those carries wearas

688
00:39:21,040 --> 00:39:23,160
Speaker 1: on somebody that's got some point it will. You never

689
00:39:23,160 --> 00:39:25,000
Speaker 1: know when it's going to be and when the end comes,

690
00:39:25,040 --> 00:39:27,359
Speaker 1: it tends for running backs, it tends to come very

691
00:39:27,560 --> 00:39:32,600
Speaker 1: quickly and you drop off very quickly. So that's why

692
00:39:32,760 --> 00:39:36,000
Speaker 1: I think while the Titans offense is unquestionably better with

693
00:39:36,080 --> 00:39:39,240
Speaker 1: Julio Jones, I don't know if it's enough to push

694
00:39:39,239 --> 00:39:42,719
Speaker 1: them into the upper echelon of the AFC clubs because

695
00:39:42,719 --> 00:39:46,520
Speaker 1: of what's happened to their defense. Eight oh three five

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Speaker 1: fifty one eight eight five fifty two, five fifty Let's

697
00:39:50,440 --> 00:39:54,600
Speaker 1: see what we've got on the tweet sheet, as you've

698
00:39:54,640 --> 00:39:58,920
Speaker 1: been chiming in there, and Scott says, as long as

699
00:39:59,040 --> 00:40:02,200
Speaker 1: Tannehill is lead eating them, the fact they lost their

700
00:40:02,280 --> 00:40:05,520
Speaker 1: OC and are basically a running offense, combined with his

701
00:40:05,680 --> 00:40:09,720
Speaker 1: declining production last year, age career lows in some areas,

702
00:40:10,120 --> 00:40:13,800
Speaker 1: not much of an improvement. Still definitely behind Buffalo and

703
00:40:13,880 --> 00:40:17,600
Speaker 1: we'll be getting taken out now Scott brings up a

704
00:40:17,719 --> 00:40:21,239
Speaker 1: very good point. No, Arthur Smith, the OC who is

705
00:40:21,280 --> 00:40:23,640
Speaker 1: now the head coach in Atlanta, ironically, and I forgot

706
00:40:23,680 --> 00:40:27,520
Speaker 1: about that. That's a huge loss. That's a huge loss.

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00:40:28,040 --> 00:40:31,719
Speaker 1: How apprehensive would Bills fans be if that happened to them?

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00:40:32,280 --> 00:40:34,399
Speaker 1: If Brian Dabele got the Atlanta job or the San

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00:40:34,440 --> 00:40:37,719
Speaker 1: Diego or the LA job, the Chargers job, and they

710
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Speaker 1: were sitting here breaking in an offensive coordinator they weren't

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00:40:41,120 --> 00:40:42,919
Speaker 1: as familiar with as Brian Dabele, a lot of people

712
00:40:42,960 --> 00:40:44,759
Speaker 1: would have a lot of anxiety about it. They have

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Speaker 1: a lot of apprehension. Tennessee fans probably have that same

714
00:40:48,400 --> 00:40:51,760
Speaker 1: apprehension after the job Arthur Smith did for the Tennessee

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Speaker 1: Titans and the resurrection job he did with Ryan Tannehill's

716
00:40:56,320 --> 00:41:02,280
Speaker 1: career totally refurbished his what we think about Ryan Tannehill.

717
00:41:02,680 --> 00:41:08,120
Speaker 1: So that's huge. I forgot gosh, I forgot about. So

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00:41:08,160 --> 00:41:11,120
Speaker 1: their new OC is Todd Downing, who actually was the

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00:41:11,200 --> 00:41:15,080
Speaker 1: quarterbacks coach here for a year in twenty fourteen and

720
00:41:15,239 --> 00:41:18,239
Speaker 1: then moved on to the Raiders where he was quarterbacks

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00:41:18,320 --> 00:41:20,319
Speaker 1: coach and then he was OC for a year there

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00:41:20,360 --> 00:41:23,279
Speaker 1: in twenty seventeen. Then had been tight ends coach in

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Speaker 1: Minnesota and Tennessee before being promoted to OC this year.

724
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Speaker 1: So he has play calling experience in the league for

725
00:41:31,640 --> 00:41:36,880
Speaker 1: one season with the Raiders, so that will be interesting

726
00:41:37,000 --> 00:41:41,279
Speaker 1: to see. And you know, we've had callers on our

727
00:41:41,320 --> 00:41:44,400
Speaker 1: show Steve say how fortunate the Bills are that they

728
00:41:44,560 --> 00:41:47,319
Speaker 1: kept Brian Dable and Leslie Fraser and that they did

729
00:41:47,400 --> 00:41:50,640
Speaker 1: not get head coaching jobs this offseason. That was not

730
00:41:50,840 --> 00:41:53,839
Speaker 1: the fate of the Tennessee Titans, who did lose their OC.

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00:41:54,480 --> 00:41:56,440
Speaker 1: It's going to be interesting to see how much that

732
00:41:56,640 --> 00:41:59,840
Speaker 1: hurts them as they make this transition to Todd Downing

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Speaker 1: going forward. We do have to take a break when

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Speaker 1: Steve and I come back. There's a little soccer news

735
00:42:06,120 --> 00:42:09,280
Speaker 1: I have to pass along to Steve after an exhilarating

736
00:42:10,400 --> 00:42:15,040
Speaker 1: final match between the US and Mexico in the Nation's League.

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00:42:15,480 --> 00:42:20,400
Speaker 1: So some stuff happened that involved fans that was not pretty,

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Speaker 1: and we'll cover that when we return here on One

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

740
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Speaker 1: Welcome back to One Bills Live. We'll get back to

741
00:42:41,200 --> 00:42:44,719
Speaker 1: the Julio Jones conversation in just a second. Had to

742
00:42:44,840 --> 00:42:47,840
Speaker 1: bring this to Steve's attention. Far be it for me

743
00:42:47,920 --> 00:42:49,960
Speaker 1: to bring up baseball stuff to Steve, because I know

744
00:42:50,040 --> 00:42:53,000
Speaker 1: he lows that a close second might be soccer. But

745
00:42:54,120 --> 00:42:57,840
Speaker 1: in the Nation League tournament last night, the US defeated

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00:42:57,920 --> 00:43:02,400
Speaker 1: Mexico three to two in overtime extra time as they

747
00:43:02,480 --> 00:43:07,120
Speaker 1: call it, and avoided penalty kicks to a penalty kick

748
00:43:07,160 --> 00:43:12,080
Speaker 1: shootout to determine the winner, and Christian Policic with what

749
00:43:12,280 --> 00:43:14,279
Speaker 1: proved to be the game winning goal on a PK

750
00:43:15,360 --> 00:43:17,360
Speaker 1: when he was taken down in the box and Vaar

751
00:43:17,440 --> 00:43:19,920
Speaker 1: reviewed it and said, yes, it's a penalty kick. He

752
00:43:20,320 --> 00:43:24,200
Speaker 1: after scoring the goal, he runs straight to the Mexican

753
00:43:24,400 --> 00:43:28,040
Speaker 1: fans section and is using the shush sign with his

754
00:43:28,160 --> 00:43:32,120
Speaker 1: finger up to his mouth, and they start throwing stuff

755
00:43:32,160 --> 00:43:34,520
Speaker 1: at him and all of his teammates who are celebrating.

756
00:43:34,920 --> 00:43:38,000
Speaker 1: I'm telling you, stuff is flying out of the stands

757
00:43:38,040 --> 00:43:40,480
Speaker 1: with this, and one of the US players actually got

758
00:43:40,560 --> 00:43:42,520
Speaker 1: hit in the head. He got a big knot on

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00:43:42,640 --> 00:43:45,480
Speaker 1: his dome from it. And then later in the game

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00:43:45,920 --> 00:43:48,520
Speaker 1: when they had to lead, the fans were mad because

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00:43:48,560 --> 00:43:51,919
Speaker 1: they accused the US of, you know, stalling and doing

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00:43:51,960 --> 00:43:53,840
Speaker 1: everything else. You know, taking extra long to do a

763
00:43:54,000 --> 00:43:56,480
Speaker 1: ball on a throw in or whatever, and they're throwing

764
00:43:56,560 --> 00:43:59,359
Speaker 1: more stuff down on the field. They actually hit one

765
00:43:59,400 --> 00:44:02,880
Speaker 1: of their own Mexican team players in the head with

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00:44:03,000 --> 00:44:05,800
Speaker 1: a bottle and he like went down for a second

767
00:44:05,840 --> 00:44:08,560
Speaker 1: and like stumbled back to his feet. It was ugly

768
00:44:08,640 --> 00:44:11,440
Speaker 1: in Denver last night with these fans that were I

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Speaker 1: rate this is the end of the game here where

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00:44:15,880 --> 00:44:20,000
Speaker 1: Polisic got tripped by Mexican team captain and they're shoving,

771
00:44:20,080 --> 00:44:21,960
Speaker 1: and here comes the stuff on the field. One of

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00:44:22,000 --> 00:44:23,920
Speaker 1: the players from Mexico is gonna get hit square in

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00:44:23,960 --> 00:44:25,839
Speaker 1: the head, like right in the middle of the screen

774
00:44:25,960 --> 00:44:27,960
Speaker 1: or to the right of the screen. He gets drilled

775
00:44:28,480 --> 00:44:31,359
Speaker 1: by a bottle. And it's just like you're gonna throw

776
00:44:31,440 --> 00:44:34,080
Speaker 1: stuff on the field, at least have some good aim.

777
00:44:34,120 --> 00:44:36,640
Speaker 1: Don't hit your own guys. But it got ugly up

778
00:44:36,680 --> 00:44:39,800
Speaker 1: there last night. But the US one they lifted the trophy.

779
00:44:39,840 --> 00:44:44,239
Speaker 1: It was great heated rivalry. They hate each other, like

780
00:44:44,400 --> 00:44:47,760
Speaker 1: when it comes in terms of North America and Central America,

781
00:44:48,440 --> 00:44:51,080
Speaker 1: it's usually the US and Mexico that show up in

782
00:44:51,120 --> 00:44:55,200
Speaker 1: a lot of these finals, and they detest each other.

783
00:44:55,640 --> 00:44:57,680
Speaker 1: And the fans might hate each other even more than

784
00:44:57,760 --> 00:45:01,520
Speaker 1: the players too. But it's tents. Like anytime it's USA

785
00:45:01,600 --> 00:45:04,319
Speaker 1: in Mexico, it gets and there's a large fan base.

786
00:45:05,400 --> 00:45:07,560
Speaker 1: There were more Mexican fans in the stands last night

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00:45:07,680 --> 00:45:10,240
Speaker 1: in Denver. In Denver, Yeah, there's a there's a large

788
00:45:10,719 --> 00:45:13,880
Speaker 1: fan base out there, and uh, it's a big segment

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00:45:13,920 --> 00:45:16,719
Speaker 1: of the population. Got heated, I mean it. And those

790
00:45:16,800 --> 00:45:18,600
Speaker 1: games are always intense, So I always make sure I

791
00:45:18,640 --> 00:45:20,919
Speaker 1: don't miss any of those because you know you're gonna

792
00:45:20,960 --> 00:45:22,719
Speaker 1: get a good game. It's gonna be intense, it's gonna

793
00:45:22,760 --> 00:45:26,040
Speaker 1: be chippy, there's gonna be extra stuff going on. So

794
00:45:26,160 --> 00:45:29,160
Speaker 1: if you like drama mixed in with your sports, you

795
00:45:29,239 --> 00:45:32,480
Speaker 1: don't miss a US Mexico game. There's always something going on.

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00:45:33,239 --> 00:45:35,799
Speaker 1: Um yeah, if that clip actually runs a little longer,

797
00:45:35,880 --> 00:45:37,799
Speaker 1: some guy gets drilled in the head for the Mexican team.

798
00:45:37,840 --> 00:45:41,880
Speaker 1: But yeah, it was Uh. I stayed up late to

799
00:45:41,960 --> 00:45:43,719
Speaker 1: watch the end of that. It didn't start till nine

800
00:45:43,920 --> 00:45:46,880
Speaker 1: thirty because it was in no time. You're a huge

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00:45:47,280 --> 00:45:49,399
Speaker 1: I mean, you played college soccer, so you're a huge

802
00:45:49,480 --> 00:45:52,040
Speaker 1: fan of it. I I could never have found that game.

803
00:45:52,080 --> 00:45:54,960
Speaker 1: I didn't even have it on CBS Sports Network. It's

804
00:45:55,000 --> 00:45:58,960
Speaker 1: like Channel three something, I gotta get up into the

805
00:45:59,000 --> 00:46:02,840
Speaker 1: four hundred. It was I oh, yes, it was a trophy,

806
00:46:02,960 --> 00:46:05,440
Speaker 1: Like what trophy are they given out? So this is

807
00:46:05,560 --> 00:46:08,200
Speaker 1: so they used to have, Well they're actually going to have.

808
00:46:08,320 --> 00:46:09,879
Speaker 1: I think they're still going to have the Gold Cup

809
00:46:09,920 --> 00:46:12,400
Speaker 1: in the summer. That was the tournament that was usually

810
00:46:12,480 --> 00:46:16,360
Speaker 1: played for North American and Central American teams. They've added

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Speaker 1: this United Nations League Nations League tournament here for the

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00:46:23,000 --> 00:46:25,759
Speaker 1: region of teams that try to qualify for the World

813
00:46:25,840 --> 00:46:28,840
Speaker 1: Cup as well. And World Cup qualifying follows this tournament.

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Speaker 1: Because they have this Nation's tournament in Africa, they have

815
00:46:32,600 --> 00:46:34,440
Speaker 1: it in Europe, they have it in all these other places,

816
00:46:35,560 --> 00:46:37,759
Speaker 1: at least to my knowledge. So this is the first

817
00:46:37,800 --> 00:46:40,760
Speaker 1: time it's taken place for North American and Central American

818
00:46:40,800 --> 00:46:42,920
Speaker 1: teams because they usually have just their Gold Cup thing.

819
00:46:43,480 --> 00:46:47,480
Speaker 1: So this is an additional tournament. And as we understand it,

820
00:46:47,560 --> 00:46:50,480
Speaker 1: after this, they're not going to really have this quote

821
00:46:50,600 --> 00:46:53,759
Speaker 1: unquote young a team. All the players won't be available

822
00:46:53,840 --> 00:46:59,120
Speaker 1: for various reasons. So it was and Mexicans were heavily

823
00:46:59,160 --> 00:47:02,839
Speaker 1: favored because they have veteran team, but this young US

824
00:47:02,880 --> 00:47:05,799
Speaker 1: team really showed some spunk because they had to come

825
00:47:05,840 --> 00:47:08,360
Speaker 1: back from two deficits and the back and the backup

826
00:47:08,440 --> 00:47:11,200
Speaker 1: goalie saved the penalty kicked out. The backup goalkeeper was

827
00:47:11,280 --> 00:47:13,680
Speaker 1: like the hero of the game. So the starting goalkeeper

828
00:47:13,719 --> 00:47:18,160
Speaker 1: for the US injures his knee non contact injures his knee,

829
00:47:18,320 --> 00:47:21,040
Speaker 1: has to come out of the game. So the backup

830
00:47:21,120 --> 00:47:25,080
Speaker 1: keeper has to come in cold, like midway through the

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Speaker 1: second or early in the second half. And so so

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00:47:29,080 --> 00:47:32,719
Speaker 1: Policic scores the PK to put the US ahead three

833
00:47:32,800 --> 00:47:38,120
Speaker 1: to two in extra time, and then Mexico on va

834
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Speaker 1: R gets awarded a penalty kick with like three minutes

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Speaker 1: left in the game in extra time. Otherwise it's going

836
00:47:43,360 --> 00:47:46,560
Speaker 1: a penalty kick shootout right right. Oh no, it goes

837
00:47:46,560 --> 00:47:49,040
Speaker 1: to penalty kick shootout if he scores the PK to

838
00:47:49,160 --> 00:47:52,920
Speaker 1: tie it at three, right. So they're like, oh, it's

839
00:47:52,960 --> 00:47:55,719
Speaker 1: the biggest moment of his life for Efan Horvath and

840
00:47:55,880 --> 00:47:59,359
Speaker 1: whatever whatever. And so they have their veteran captain taking

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00:47:59,400 --> 00:48:03,600
Speaker 1: the penalty kick for Mexico and horve As just stones

842
00:48:03,760 --> 00:48:07,480
Speaker 1: him blocks the penalty kick. People are going bananas, and

843
00:48:07,640 --> 00:48:09,640
Speaker 1: three minutes, three or four minutes later the game was

844
00:48:09,719 --> 00:48:12,000
Speaker 1: over and they win three to two in extra time.

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00:48:12,040 --> 00:48:15,200
Speaker 1: It was crazy, absolutely crazy. And I'm in my house

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00:48:15,760 --> 00:48:19,600
Speaker 1: and it's like twelve fifteen and I am doing my

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Speaker 1: best to be quiet because if I wake up my house,

848
00:48:23,080 --> 00:48:26,960
Speaker 1: there's hell to pay on a late game. So yeah,

849
00:48:26,960 --> 00:48:28,480
Speaker 1: and I get it. Let's just say I get a

850
00:48:28,480 --> 00:48:33,279
Speaker 1: little excited. So yeah, nice. I don't know how I

851
00:48:33,360 --> 00:48:35,759
Speaker 1: held it together, but it was. It was the kind

852
00:48:35,840 --> 00:48:37,879
Speaker 1: of soccer game that if you weren't a soccer fan,

853
00:48:38,080 --> 00:48:40,080
Speaker 1: you probably would have been glued to it. It was

854
00:48:40,160 --> 00:48:42,560
Speaker 1: that intense. It was nice. Those are one of the game.

855
00:48:42,560 --> 00:48:44,480
Speaker 1: If you're trying to sell somebody at soccer, that's the

856
00:48:44,520 --> 00:48:47,000
Speaker 1: game you tell them to watch. So we have to

857
00:48:47,080 --> 00:48:49,000
Speaker 1: take a break, though. I just I had to pass

858
00:48:49,040 --> 00:48:51,319
Speaker 1: it along. It was it was electric game last night,

859
00:48:51,400 --> 00:48:53,600
Speaker 1: and who can't get behind Team USA, you know what

860
00:48:53,680 --> 00:48:55,320
Speaker 1: I mean? So I figured I'd just bring it to

861
00:48:55,360 --> 00:48:57,080
Speaker 1: everybody's attention. But we have to take a break. We'll

862
00:48:57,120 --> 00:49:00,200
Speaker 1: get back into the Julio Jones conversation, but before we

863
00:49:00,280 --> 00:49:03,960
Speaker 1: do that, we're gonna speak with CBS Sports Pete Priscoe,

864
00:49:04,320 --> 00:49:08,000
Speaker 1: who has rocketed Josh Allen up to the top ten

865
00:49:08,719 --> 00:49:11,640
Speaker 1: of his top one hundred player rankings for the twenty

866
00:49:11,760 --> 00:49:15,680
Speaker 1: twenty one season. We'll ask him the sizeable leap that

867
00:49:15,880 --> 00:49:19,239
Speaker 1: Josh made and why he feels it's deserving, among some

868
00:49:19,320 --> 00:49:21,759
Speaker 1: other things. When we return here on one Bill's Live,

869
00:49:21,840 --> 00:49:41,560
Speaker 1: presented by Collid to Health, It's Buffalo Bill's Radio at

870
00:49:41,600 --> 00:49:45,040
Speaker 1: a Steve tester who has been all over her field.

871
00:49:45,160 --> 00:49:46,759
Speaker 1: Kind of unique. He was kind of a dual role

872
00:49:46,840 --> 00:49:53,279
Speaker 1: players for Steve. Steve a blimp. We're not even in

873
00:49:53,360 --> 00:50:00,040
Speaker 1: the stratgyre of normalcy. Welcome to our number two. You

874
00:50:00,120 --> 00:50:02,440
Speaker 1: have one Bills Live, first round. Steve Jasker with you

875
00:50:02,600 --> 00:50:05,600
Speaker 1: here on a Monday, third week of OTA's four of

876
00:50:05,680 --> 00:50:08,759
Speaker 1: the Bills. We'll have more coverage tomorrow when there is

877
00:50:09,239 --> 00:50:13,440
Speaker 1: the media access portion of the practice week tomorrow, so

878
00:50:13,560 --> 00:50:16,799
Speaker 1: we'll have that coverage for you. But right now we're

879
00:50:16,920 --> 00:50:21,399
Speaker 1: joined by CBS Sports senior NFL columnist Pete Prisco also

880
00:50:21,480 --> 00:50:24,239
Speaker 1: hosted the Pick six podcast. Pete, how are you doing?

881
00:50:24,280 --> 00:50:27,319
Speaker 1: Thanks for giving us some time. How are you guys doing?

882
00:50:27,560 --> 00:50:29,600
Speaker 1: Doing all right? We're doing all right. I don't know

883
00:50:29,640 --> 00:50:31,600
Speaker 1: if we're doing as well as Josh Allen did in

884
00:50:31,640 --> 00:50:35,239
Speaker 1: your Top one hundred player rankings, though, did you even

885
00:50:35,360 --> 00:50:39,239
Speaker 1: have him in your top one hundred and twenty nineteen No,

886
00:50:39,440 --> 00:50:42,600
Speaker 1: I did not, and that makes it a huge leap

887
00:50:42,719 --> 00:50:45,400
Speaker 1: for him. I've been a big Josh Allen guy for

888
00:50:45,440 --> 00:50:47,080
Speaker 1: a long time I've been coming out. I had him

889
00:50:47,080 --> 00:50:49,600
Speaker 1: in my top round quarterback I taught, I defended him

890
00:50:49,600 --> 00:50:52,080
Speaker 1: to no end. Took a lot of pushback from people

891
00:50:52,120 --> 00:50:54,239
Speaker 1: in the media, the national media and so forth and

892
00:50:54,320 --> 00:50:56,440
Speaker 1: so on. But he wasn't in my top one hundred

893
00:50:56,520 --> 00:51:00,399
Speaker 1: last year. That tells you how well and that he's

894
00:51:00,440 --> 00:51:03,280
Speaker 1: in there. I don't think he's going anywhere. The funny

895
00:51:03,360 --> 00:51:06,359
Speaker 1: thing is, though, guys, I actually got some pushback from

896
00:51:06,400 --> 00:51:08,279
Speaker 1: Bill's fans who didn't think he was high about the

897
00:51:08,440 --> 00:51:11,960
Speaker 1: number ten. Yeah, oh yeah. Well, well, here's the question

898
00:51:12,200 --> 00:51:15,279
Speaker 1: do you have. Can you recall in the history of

899
00:51:15,360 --> 00:51:19,279
Speaker 1: your top one hundred player rankings if you've ever had

900
00:51:19,360 --> 00:51:21,440
Speaker 1: somebody that was out of your top one hundred that

901
00:51:21,560 --> 00:51:24,680
Speaker 1: made a leap this large for you? Now, this is

902
00:51:24,719 --> 00:51:27,000
Speaker 1: the biggest leap, but there's no doubt about it. I mean,

903
00:51:27,080 --> 00:51:29,319
Speaker 1: you go from not being in it to top ten.

904
00:51:30,360 --> 00:51:32,480
Speaker 1: I haven't had a leap like that ever, and so

905
00:51:33,320 --> 00:51:35,320
Speaker 1: I think when you look at this. It's one of

906
00:51:35,360 --> 00:51:37,920
Speaker 1: those situations where Josh Allen did all the work to

907
00:51:37,960 --> 00:51:40,120
Speaker 1: become a better player, and there were a lot of

908
00:51:40,160 --> 00:51:43,239
Speaker 1: people questioning him. And give the organization credit for helping

909
00:51:43,320 --> 00:51:46,479
Speaker 1: him by getting gigs and so alidifying the offensive line

910
00:51:46,480 --> 00:51:48,799
Speaker 1: and being better. Now they have to run the ball

911
00:51:48,840 --> 00:51:50,680
Speaker 1: better to take a little bit more pressure off of him,

912
00:51:50,680 --> 00:51:53,800
Speaker 1: and now he has to become better staying in the pocket.

913
00:51:54,040 --> 00:51:56,200
Speaker 1: I love what he can do outside the pocket, but

914
00:51:56,320 --> 00:51:58,400
Speaker 1: I think the next growth for him will be standing

915
00:51:58,440 --> 00:52:01,960
Speaker 1: in there and staying there and making his reasons progressions

916
00:52:01,960 --> 00:52:04,040
Speaker 1: all the way through and then getting rid of the football.

917
00:52:04,120 --> 00:52:07,040
Speaker 1: So I love the kids game. I think he's a star,

918
00:52:07,239 --> 00:52:08,440
Speaker 1: and I think you will be a star for a

919
00:52:08,520 --> 00:52:11,080
Speaker 1: long time. Now. You did you You had a couple

920
00:52:11,080 --> 00:52:12,799
Speaker 1: of years, you know, when it came out, you had

921
00:52:12,920 --> 00:52:15,360
Speaker 1: him as your top quarterback, and despite the fact that

922
00:52:15,520 --> 00:52:17,680
Speaker 1: you know he needed some development, you did defend him.

923
00:52:17,719 --> 00:52:19,880
Speaker 1: And I got to ask you this, now, he was

924
00:52:20,000 --> 00:52:22,359
Speaker 1: so poll Have you ever seen a guy, well, maybe

925
00:52:22,400 --> 00:52:25,680
Speaker 1: Tim Tebow was that polarizing when he came out. He

926
00:52:25,760 --> 00:52:29,520
Speaker 1: did so much to prove his detractors and his supporters

927
00:52:29,600 --> 00:52:32,160
Speaker 1: right every week. I mean, he was all over the

928
00:52:32,239 --> 00:52:34,440
Speaker 1: map for a while, was Josh Allen. But do you

929
00:52:34,600 --> 00:52:37,320
Speaker 1: think after the year he put together last year, do

930
00:52:37,400 --> 00:52:39,719
Speaker 1: you think he's less polarizing now? And you just have

931
00:52:39,840 --> 00:52:42,440
Speaker 1: to even his critics have to accept that he's a

932
00:52:42,520 --> 00:52:45,439
Speaker 1: really good q QBA. You know, it was funny because

933
00:52:45,480 --> 00:52:48,680
Speaker 1: he's one of those evaluations where everybody you know said, oh,

934
00:52:48,760 --> 00:52:50,960
Speaker 1: he can't he's never gonna be accurate, he can't throw

935
00:52:51,200 --> 00:52:54,200
Speaker 1: because the character awful and da da da da dada,

936
00:52:54,280 --> 00:52:56,400
Speaker 1: and they held on to it. And every time he

937
00:52:56,480 --> 00:52:58,399
Speaker 1: had a good game, Lazell, well, you know what, he'll

938
00:52:58,400 --> 00:53:00,520
Speaker 1: have another game where he skips the ball. Highlight all

939
00:53:00,520 --> 00:53:03,279
Speaker 1: of bad plays. And even last year when he had

940
00:53:03,320 --> 00:53:05,960
Speaker 1: the great season, they don't were highlighting his bad plays

941
00:53:06,080 --> 00:53:07,880
Speaker 1: because you know how that is. Everybody wants to be

942
00:53:07,920 --> 00:53:11,160
Speaker 1: proven right, well, they're wrong about him. And I think

943
00:53:11,320 --> 00:53:13,719
Speaker 1: now they're gonna have to admit that they were wrong

944
00:53:13,760 --> 00:53:17,000
Speaker 1: about him, and nobody likes to do that. So even

945
00:53:17,040 --> 00:53:19,080
Speaker 1: the guys that you know with the tebow and I

946
00:53:19,400 --> 00:53:21,239
Speaker 1: was one of the biggest critics to Tibo still am.

947
00:53:21,239 --> 00:53:23,040
Speaker 1: I never thought he could play quarterback in the league,

948
00:53:23,239 --> 00:53:25,279
Speaker 1: and I never came around. I never thought he could.

949
00:53:25,360 --> 00:53:27,480
Speaker 1: There were a lot of people who did, and in

950
00:53:27,600 --> 00:53:29,839
Speaker 1: the end it proved to be right. They will all

951
00:53:29,920 --> 00:53:34,960
Speaker 1: be wrong about this kid because he is a legitimate star. So, Pete,

952
00:53:35,120 --> 00:53:39,880
Speaker 1: where do you kind of come down on because I

953
00:53:40,000 --> 00:53:42,040
Speaker 1: noticed that, you know, you did a piece on where

954
00:53:42,080 --> 00:53:44,680
Speaker 1: you regrade the twenty eighteen NFL Draft. I know you

955
00:53:45,360 --> 00:53:47,920
Speaker 1: increase the Bill's grade from a B plus to an A.

956
00:53:48,160 --> 00:53:53,040
Speaker 1: That's obviously Josh Tremaine as the chief headliners of that

957
00:53:53,239 --> 00:53:58,719
Speaker 1: draft class. It's interesting here in Buffalo, specifically Pete, that

958
00:53:59,080 --> 00:54:03,480
Speaker 1: there are some Bills fans that feel that Tremaine Edmonds

959
00:54:04,080 --> 00:54:07,120
Speaker 1: should be doing more. It's a small minority, but it's

960
00:54:07,160 --> 00:54:10,560
Speaker 1: a vocal one. And I think they're getting hung up

961
00:54:10,600 --> 00:54:14,160
Speaker 1: on the fact that they see him as a middle linebacker.

962
00:54:15,080 --> 00:54:17,400
Speaker 1: They see him as the sixteenth pick in the draft,

963
00:54:17,920 --> 00:54:19,920
Speaker 1: and I think they're expecting him to be this like

964
00:54:20,239 --> 00:54:24,960
Speaker 1: bone crunching, runs stuffing linebacker and Steve and I are

965
00:54:25,000 --> 00:54:27,000
Speaker 1: of the opinion, at least I think I'm safe in

966
00:54:27,040 --> 00:54:30,760
Speaker 1: speaking for Steve this way, that he is the modern

967
00:54:30,840 --> 00:54:37,000
Speaker 1: day linebacker, coverage, sideline to sideline athlete, high end athlete,

968
00:54:37,040 --> 00:54:39,399
Speaker 1: not a two hundred and fifty pound run stuffer. That's

969
00:54:39,440 --> 00:54:41,719
Speaker 1: not what this lee is anymore. So. Where do you

970
00:54:41,800 --> 00:54:45,000
Speaker 1: come down on Tremaine in your evaluation of the twenty

971
00:54:45,040 --> 00:54:49,600
Speaker 1: eighteen Yeah, I think Tremaine Edmonds is a really good player.

972
00:54:49,680 --> 00:54:52,280
Speaker 1: I don't think he's a great player. Yet it's a potential,

973
00:54:52,360 --> 00:54:55,319
Speaker 1: They're sure, And I think a lot of people, uh,

974
00:54:55,600 --> 00:54:58,399
Speaker 1: you know, when you're evaluating those linebackers, you go look

975
00:54:58,400 --> 00:55:00,759
Speaker 1: at Devin White, and that's kind where, you know, I

976
00:55:00,800 --> 00:55:02,960
Speaker 1: could see where Bill's fans say, hey, why is it

977
00:55:04,080 --> 00:55:07,040
Speaker 1: Jermaine Enband's getting the numbers and the and the plays,

978
00:55:07,080 --> 00:55:09,480
Speaker 1: the splash plays that Devin White is making. So I

979
00:55:09,680 --> 00:55:13,200
Speaker 1: understand there's some concern there, but you're right, he is

980
00:55:13,560 --> 00:55:16,280
Speaker 1: the typical linebacker for the way the game is played.

981
00:55:16,600 --> 00:55:20,160
Speaker 1: You have to be able to cover you after chase down.

982
00:55:20,280 --> 00:55:23,319
Speaker 1: It's not you know, lineup top on the guard, shut

983
00:55:23,400 --> 00:55:29,279
Speaker 1: him and make it. That's not the way the game

984
00:55:29,360 --> 00:55:32,560
Speaker 1: is played anymore. So. I think the Bills have a good, sound,

985
00:55:32,760 --> 00:55:36,759
Speaker 1: solid linebacker Jermaine Edmond. Can he be better? Absolutely? Is

986
00:55:36,800 --> 00:55:39,600
Speaker 1: there potential there? Yep? And I think he still has

987
00:55:39,640 --> 00:55:41,720
Speaker 1: a composed to reaching when he can be as a player.

988
00:55:42,560 --> 00:55:46,440
Speaker 1: What are your thoughts about the trade of Julio Jones.

989
00:55:46,480 --> 00:55:49,040
Speaker 1: How We've got this on our show today, asking our

990
00:55:49,239 --> 00:55:53,560
Speaker 1: listeners how far up does this move the Titans in

991
00:55:53,680 --> 00:55:55,680
Speaker 1: their opinions about where the Titans are going to finish

992
00:55:55,719 --> 00:55:58,480
Speaker 1: this year, about their prospects of finishing higher than they

993
00:55:58,520 --> 00:56:00,960
Speaker 1: would have without Julio Joe, what do you think about

994
00:56:01,600 --> 00:56:05,319
Speaker 1: the addition of Julio Jones and the Tennessee Titan offense. Look,

995
00:56:05,360 --> 00:56:08,200
Speaker 1: I don't think it changes much for the Titans. And

996
00:56:08,280 --> 00:56:11,000
Speaker 1: here's why they were prolific on offense last year. They

997
00:56:11,040 --> 00:56:13,000
Speaker 1: scored a ton of points. They ran the ball, you know,

998
00:56:13,080 --> 00:56:15,439
Speaker 1: Derrick Henry rush for over two thousand yards. Tanneh had

999
00:56:15,480 --> 00:56:18,160
Speaker 1: a good season. They did have Davis Uh you know

1000
00:56:18,320 --> 00:56:20,439
Speaker 1: last year. He's not there anymore. And A. J. Brown

1001
00:56:20,520 --> 00:56:22,399
Speaker 1: was a start. But also John W. Smith was there.

1002
00:56:22,560 --> 00:56:25,759
Speaker 1: So the problem for the Titans wasn't the offense. The

1003
00:56:25,880 --> 00:56:29,400
Speaker 1: problems for the Titans were on defense. They had nineteen facts.

1004
00:56:29,960 --> 00:56:31,960
Speaker 1: It was one of the lowest numbers for a playoff

1005
00:56:32,000 --> 00:56:34,719
Speaker 1: team in decade. And you have to be able to

1006
00:56:34,800 --> 00:56:37,719
Speaker 1: influence the quarterback. If you're gonna beat Buffalo, if you're

1007
00:56:37,760 --> 00:56:41,200
Speaker 1: gonna beat Kansas City, Uh, you know, you're gonna have

1008
00:56:41,280 --> 00:56:43,800
Speaker 1: to get after the quarterback, and they didn't do it

1009
00:56:43,880 --> 00:56:46,480
Speaker 1: well enough. So for me, that's still what's going to

1010
00:56:46,560 --> 00:56:49,719
Speaker 1: decide how good they are defensively, will they cover better

1011
00:56:49,800 --> 00:56:51,680
Speaker 1: on the back end, and will they rush the passwords.

1012
00:56:51,680 --> 00:56:54,320
Speaker 1: They did sign bud Dupree, but he's coming off a

1013
00:56:54,400 --> 00:56:57,000
Speaker 1: major injury, and so there are questions still about their

1014
00:56:57,000 --> 00:56:59,040
Speaker 1: pass rush. What do you what do you make of

1015
00:56:59,360 --> 00:57:03,760
Speaker 1: their choice of acquisitions on the hole here, Pete, Because

1016
00:57:03,840 --> 00:57:07,080
Speaker 1: as you mentioned, you've got bud Dupree who's a talented player,

1017
00:57:07,120 --> 00:57:09,920
Speaker 1: but coming off a major injury, maybe not, maybe not,

1018
00:57:10,120 --> 00:57:12,319
Speaker 1: might not get the full bud Dupree in his first

1019
00:57:12,400 --> 00:57:15,920
Speaker 1: year back from an ACL And then you've got Julio

1020
00:57:16,080 --> 00:57:18,720
Speaker 1: Jones who's coming off a hamstring that cost him in

1021
00:57:18,800 --> 00:57:21,200
Speaker 1: seven games last year or whatever it was seven or nine,

1022
00:57:21,200 --> 00:57:23,880
Speaker 1: I can't remember. And then you know, Generas Jenkins is

1023
00:57:23,880 --> 00:57:26,280
Speaker 1: a free agent siding, but he's long in the tooth,

1024
00:57:26,400 --> 00:57:29,720
Speaker 1: so it seems like they're they're free agent acquisitions at

1025
00:57:29,800 --> 00:57:32,720
Speaker 1: least the more notable ones either have an injury history

1026
00:57:33,240 --> 00:57:35,840
Speaker 1: or an age question. I don't know, I just find

1027
00:57:35,880 --> 00:57:38,720
Speaker 1: it kind of peculiar. Maybe just the last kick at

1028
00:57:38,800 --> 00:57:42,200
Speaker 1: it with this current group and then they revamp. I

1029
00:57:42,240 --> 00:57:44,720
Speaker 1: don't know, why do you how do you see it? Well,

1030
00:57:44,760 --> 00:57:46,440
Speaker 1: it looks that way because they have no cap room

1031
00:57:46,480 --> 00:57:48,000
Speaker 1: and they got to make some moves to free up

1032
00:57:48,040 --> 00:57:52,040
Speaker 1: the cap room for Julio Jones, So it looks that way. Look,

1033
00:57:52,200 --> 00:57:55,080
Speaker 1: they're probably saying, we have Derrick Henry, he's got his prime.

1034
00:57:55,160 --> 00:57:57,040
Speaker 1: We know running backs, they go off the cliff quickly

1035
00:57:57,080 --> 00:57:58,680
Speaker 1: and when you have a lot of carry to usually

1036
00:57:58,720 --> 00:58:01,800
Speaker 1: happen in a her So let's take advantage of the

1037
00:58:01,840 --> 00:58:03,800
Speaker 1: fact we have one of the best runners in the league.

1038
00:58:04,080 --> 00:58:06,640
Speaker 1: Let's get an outside threat. Now when you defend them,

1039
00:58:06,720 --> 00:58:08,720
Speaker 1: if you play eight the box, you're gonna get one

1040
00:58:08,800 --> 00:58:11,480
Speaker 1: on one. If you playoff, you're gonna pound Derrick Henry.

1041
00:58:11,520 --> 00:58:13,960
Speaker 1: And I think that's what they're looking at with that acquisition.

1042
00:58:14,280 --> 00:58:16,160
Speaker 1: But I agree with you. I mean, Denico Auchard is

1043
00:58:16,200 --> 00:58:17,920
Speaker 1: another guy they side. He's a pretty good player. But

1044
00:58:18,520 --> 00:58:20,960
Speaker 1: when you look at their moves, it looks like they're

1045
00:58:21,000 --> 00:58:24,000
Speaker 1: making moves to try and win this year and try

1046
00:58:24,040 --> 00:58:26,080
Speaker 1: and take full advantage of what they have. And Derrick Henry.

1047
00:58:26,400 --> 00:58:28,360
Speaker 1: You gave the Buffalo Bills and B minus on their

1048
00:58:28,440 --> 00:58:30,800
Speaker 1: draft for twenty twenty one. What would it take on

1049
00:58:30,960 --> 00:58:33,280
Speaker 1: the field for you to say, yeah, I should have

1050
00:58:33,360 --> 00:58:35,480
Speaker 1: graded them a little higher. Who would you look for

1051
00:58:36,200 --> 00:58:40,000
Speaker 1: to exceed expectations in the Bills draft? Have to be

1052
00:58:40,040 --> 00:58:41,880
Speaker 1: the two pass rushers. I mean, if you if you

1053
00:58:42,280 --> 00:58:45,680
Speaker 1: and they drafted with the idea that ga, there's got

1054
00:58:45,840 --> 00:58:48,360
Speaker 1: some age outside in their at rushers. I get that.

1055
00:58:48,800 --> 00:58:51,080
Speaker 1: But also to beat the Chiefs, you got to knock

1056
00:58:51,120 --> 00:58:53,080
Speaker 1: the Chiefs down. He got knocked Patrick Mahomes down. I

1057
00:58:53,160 --> 00:58:56,320
Speaker 1: think that you saw that the playoff game. I mean

1058
00:58:56,360 --> 00:58:58,840
Speaker 1: in the Super Bowl with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. They

1059
00:58:58,920 --> 00:59:03,120
Speaker 1: knocked them down me and won the game. And Buffalo

1060
00:59:03,200 --> 00:59:04,720
Speaker 1: has to do that. If you're going to beat the

1061
00:59:04,800 --> 00:59:07,720
Speaker 1: Chiefs and they're the chief rival in the AFC right now,

1062
00:59:08,080 --> 00:59:10,000
Speaker 1: you have to be able to get after Patrick Mahomes

1063
00:59:10,000 --> 00:59:11,960
Speaker 1: and I think they drafted to that. I think that's

1064
00:59:13,200 --> 00:59:15,240
Speaker 1: why they drafted the players they did with their first

1065
00:59:15,280 --> 00:59:18,160
Speaker 1: two picks. And one of those guys has to be

1066
00:59:18,240 --> 00:59:21,680
Speaker 1: a legitimate, you know, ten to twelve fat guy going forward,

1067
00:59:22,080 --> 00:59:24,320
Speaker 1: and the other one has to be a nice complimentary player.

1068
00:59:24,320 --> 00:59:26,160
Speaker 1: If they get that out of those two guys, and

1069
00:59:26,280 --> 00:59:28,920
Speaker 1: that draft to become an a draft. Steve and I

1070
00:59:29,040 --> 00:59:31,680
Speaker 1: were talking about this last week when you know, the

1071
00:59:31,760 --> 00:59:35,880
Speaker 1: news came down about the USFL making a return next year,

1072
00:59:36,440 --> 00:59:38,720
Speaker 1: and we were trying, we were just quizzing ourselves, like

1073
00:59:38,880 --> 00:59:40,560
Speaker 1: live on the air, can we remember the names of

1074
00:59:40,640 --> 00:59:42,400
Speaker 1: all the teams? I think we got what six or

1075
00:59:42,480 --> 00:59:45,720
Speaker 1: seven deep? There's a lot more teams than I remember. Yeah, well, yeah,

1076
00:59:45,760 --> 00:59:49,120
Speaker 1: and they had some expansion and whatnot. But what is

1077
00:59:49,240 --> 00:59:52,400
Speaker 1: your Steve and I were talking about this, Pete, and

1078
00:59:52,600 --> 00:59:55,880
Speaker 1: we're of the opinion that you almost have to operate

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00:59:56,120 --> 01:00:00,320
Speaker 1: now with what the NFL has become as if feeder

1080
01:00:00,440 --> 01:00:03,040
Speaker 1: league for the NFL, Like you almost have to operate

1081
01:00:03,080 --> 01:00:05,600
Speaker 1: as a triple A operation and you know, have some

1082
01:00:05,800 --> 01:00:08,600
Speaker 1: kind of two way system where you know, players can

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01:00:08,680 --> 01:00:11,480
Speaker 1: get promoted to the NFL almost. I don't know if

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01:00:11,520 --> 01:00:13,080
Speaker 1: the NFL is going to work in concert with the

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01:00:13,160 --> 01:00:14,840
Speaker 1: league like that, but I kind of think that that's

1086
01:00:14,880 --> 01:00:18,200
Speaker 1: the business model that these spring leagues have to operate under.

1087
01:00:18,280 --> 01:00:21,560
Speaker 1: Don't thing you would think. And you're not going to

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01:00:21,600 --> 01:00:23,640
Speaker 1: be able to compete in terms of getting the high

1089
01:00:23,680 --> 01:00:26,760
Speaker 1: priced guys like the UFFL did when they went after players,

1090
01:00:27,880 --> 01:00:29,320
Speaker 1: and you know, you're not going to see a Jim

1091
01:00:29,400 --> 01:00:32,400
Speaker 1: Kelly go to the USFL and play that instead of

1092
01:00:32,480 --> 01:00:35,880
Speaker 1: playing in the NFL like he did. So no, I

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01:00:36,600 --> 01:00:38,080
Speaker 1: agree with you. I think they need to find a

1094
01:00:38,120 --> 01:00:40,640
Speaker 1: feeder system. Here's what that that league can be really

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01:00:40,720 --> 01:00:43,920
Speaker 1: good at. Its taking young offensive linemen and teaching him

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01:00:43,960 --> 01:00:46,360
Speaker 1: how to play a pro style game. You know, the

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01:00:46,440 --> 01:00:49,120
Speaker 1: way these guys committed the league. Now it's all passed

1098
01:00:49,120 --> 01:00:51,520
Speaker 1: and tapping. Granted, the NFL starting to move that way too,

1099
01:00:51,560 --> 01:00:52,720
Speaker 1: but at some point you got to be able to

1100
01:00:52,760 --> 01:00:55,360
Speaker 1: put your hand to the ground and drive somebody off

1101
01:00:55,440 --> 01:00:57,120
Speaker 1: the ball, and in college you don't have to do

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01:00:57,280 --> 01:01:00,160
Speaker 1: that that much other than a few programs. So I

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01:01:00,240 --> 01:01:03,240
Speaker 1: think that the offensive line play has deteriorated as a whole,

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01:01:03,480 --> 01:01:06,400
Speaker 1: particularly when you get past the original five on each team.

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01:01:06,720 --> 01:01:08,600
Speaker 1: So I think that's gonna be a good league for

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01:01:08,840 --> 01:01:11,560
Speaker 1: young offensive lineman who might not be good enough to

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01:01:11,640 --> 01:01:13,760
Speaker 1: play right away, to get some good experience and learn

1108
01:01:13,800 --> 01:01:18,440
Speaker 1: how to play in the NFL style game. What's Aaron

1109
01:01:18,560 --> 01:01:22,480
Speaker 1: Rodgers season gonna look like in twenty twenty one. He's

1110
01:01:22,520 --> 01:01:24,480
Speaker 1: gonna get a new contract, he's gonna be happy, and

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01:01:24,560 --> 01:01:26,560
Speaker 1: he's gonna be back in Green Bay. I mean from

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01:01:26,600 --> 01:01:29,120
Speaker 1: everybody I talked to in Green Bay, there's no chance

1113
01:01:29,200 --> 01:01:32,400
Speaker 1: of training him. And you keep hearing more and more

1114
01:01:32,520 --> 01:01:35,320
Speaker 1: this is about gay. It's about money, but it's also

1115
01:01:35,360 --> 01:01:38,280
Speaker 1: about respect. And by that I mean if you give

1116
01:01:38,360 --> 01:01:41,240
Speaker 1: him a new deal that makes them the highest faith quarterback.

1117
01:01:41,280 --> 01:01:43,040
Speaker 1: And he was the MVP last year and he saw

1118
01:01:43,080 --> 01:01:46,440
Speaker 1: the deals go out to Watson and Mahomes got a

1119
01:01:46,520 --> 01:01:50,480
Speaker 1: new deal and also Dak Prescott. Then also structure where

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01:01:50,840 --> 01:01:52,720
Speaker 1: it's not going to be a deal where after a

1121
01:01:52,840 --> 01:01:55,000
Speaker 1: year or two you could just say, see you we

1122
01:01:55,120 --> 01:01:57,760
Speaker 1: have George Love. In other words, show him respect with

1123
01:01:57,880 --> 01:02:00,200
Speaker 1: the money, but show him was respect with the watch

1124
01:02:00,240 --> 01:02:02,880
Speaker 1: that structuring. And I think Aaron Rodgers would be more

1125
01:02:02,920 --> 01:02:04,400
Speaker 1: than willing to go back to Green Bay, and I

1126
01:02:04,480 --> 01:02:07,360
Speaker 1: think ultimately he will. They will not trade him, nor

1127
01:02:07,440 --> 01:02:10,600
Speaker 1: should they trade him either play for the Packers who retire,

1128
01:02:10,640 --> 01:02:12,960
Speaker 1: and if he retires, everybody goes, oh well, it'd be

1129
01:02:13,000 --> 01:02:14,640
Speaker 1: easy for him to pay back all that money if

1130
01:02:14,640 --> 01:02:17,160
Speaker 1: you had to. It's never easy to play a payback

1131
01:02:17,280 --> 01:02:19,600
Speaker 1: millions and millions of dollars. I don't care how much

1132
01:02:19,640 --> 01:02:22,680
Speaker 1: you have, do you. I mean, we've seen this now

1133
01:02:22,720 --> 01:02:25,600
Speaker 1: with Aaron Rodgers We've seen it with Deshaun Watson before

1134
01:02:26,160 --> 01:02:28,080
Speaker 1: his off the field issue is cropped up, you know,

1135
01:02:28,200 --> 01:02:31,160
Speaker 1: not wanting to play in Houston. I mean, I would

1136
01:02:31,200 --> 01:02:35,400
Speaker 1: tend to think that quarterbacks can maybe wield this kind

1137
01:02:35,560 --> 01:02:39,800
Speaker 1: of player power. Do you ever see it getting to

1138
01:02:39,880 --> 01:02:44,840
Speaker 1: the point where they're as power wielding, shall we say,

1139
01:02:45,560 --> 01:02:48,560
Speaker 1: as these NBA players who just ask out and they

1140
01:02:48,680 --> 01:02:51,640
Speaker 1: move or they assemble these power teams. It's easier to

1141
01:02:51,720 --> 01:02:53,800
Speaker 1: do when you have a twelve or thirteen player roster

1142
01:02:53,920 --> 01:02:57,120
Speaker 1: in the NBA. But I just can't get around seeing

1143
01:02:57,800 --> 01:03:01,520
Speaker 1: even NFL quarterbacks rising to the level of power wielding

1144
01:03:01,560 --> 01:03:04,240
Speaker 1: that we see in the NBA. Do you feel differently, No,

1145
01:03:04,480 --> 01:03:06,640
Speaker 1: they won't. They can't. I mean the cap kind of

1146
01:03:06,720 --> 01:03:10,520
Speaker 1: mandates that they won't. It's hard to trade guys when

1147
01:03:10,560 --> 01:03:13,960
Speaker 1: they have mega contracts and it all accelerates into the cap.

1148
01:03:14,040 --> 01:03:16,680
Speaker 1: It's a different it's a different situation. And not only that,

1149
01:03:17,640 --> 01:03:22,440
Speaker 1: if you trade a franchise quarterback in his prime, like

1150
01:03:22,920 --> 01:03:25,440
Speaker 1: you know, Deshaun Watson, say he were to get traded,

1151
01:03:25,880 --> 01:03:28,040
Speaker 1: how many more years and how many more drafts do

1152
01:03:28,080 --> 01:03:30,960
Speaker 1: you chase the idea of trying to fill that spot

1153
01:03:31,000 --> 01:03:32,680
Speaker 1: with a guy that's close to being as good as

1154
01:03:32,720 --> 01:03:36,520
Speaker 1: he is. DeShawn Watson is twenty five years old, he's

1155
01:03:36,560 --> 01:03:39,280
Speaker 1: playing at a high level. He just got a new contract.

1156
01:03:39,840 --> 01:03:42,120
Speaker 1: Why would you trade him? I wouldn't. If you're not

1157
01:03:42,240 --> 01:03:44,520
Speaker 1: playing for me, you're not playing. And how people say,

1158
01:03:44,560 --> 01:03:46,760
Speaker 1: well you get something back for him, Well, if you

1159
01:03:46,840 --> 01:03:48,520
Speaker 1: don't get anything back for him me, he doesn't play,

1160
01:03:48,560 --> 01:03:50,560
Speaker 1: your team's gonna be awful anyways. You'd be drafted first.

1161
01:03:50,560 --> 01:03:53,880
Speaker 1: You're gonna get another quarterback anyway, so his leverage goes

1162
01:03:53,920 --> 01:03:56,520
Speaker 1: even lower. I just don't think that the teams are

1163
01:03:56,560 --> 01:03:59,280
Speaker 1: going to sit there and be held hostess by their quarterbacks,

1164
01:03:59,360 --> 01:04:01,480
Speaker 1: nor shoot the One of the things that popped up

1165
01:04:01,480 --> 01:04:03,439
Speaker 1: on the NFL radar around the league was the fact

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01:04:03,480 --> 01:04:07,640
Speaker 1: that Tim Tebow resurfaced in Jacksonville. Certainly, you know a lot,

1167
01:04:07,920 --> 01:04:09,800
Speaker 1: you gotta have a lot of respect for Tim Tebow.

1168
01:04:09,800 --> 01:04:11,600
Speaker 1: He stood for a lot of you know, his value

1169
01:04:11,640 --> 01:04:15,160
Speaker 1: system throughout his career. He's regarded by many as one

1170
01:04:15,200 --> 01:04:19,880
Speaker 1: of the all time great guys, and certainly urban Meyer

1171
01:04:20,600 --> 01:04:22,640
Speaker 1: has a great relationship with him. What do you think

1172
01:04:23,120 --> 01:04:25,680
Speaker 1: is the reasoning behind signing him as a tight end

1173
01:04:25,720 --> 01:04:27,760
Speaker 1: in Jacksonville? How do you think that's gonna go, and

1174
01:04:28,360 --> 01:04:31,640
Speaker 1: just give us your take on that entire situation. Yeah,

1175
01:04:31,680 --> 01:04:34,000
Speaker 1: I think he's doing his buddy a favor. I mean,

1176
01:04:34,080 --> 01:04:36,800
Speaker 1: he gave him a workout, he bought him. Man. When

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01:04:36,840 --> 01:04:39,960
Speaker 1: they run tight endros whenevery picture you ever see, it's

1178
01:04:39,960 --> 01:04:41,560
Speaker 1: like a six foot four and a half guy, six

1179
01:04:41,600 --> 01:04:43,800
Speaker 1: foot four guy, six foot four guys, and then you

1180
01:04:43,840 --> 01:04:45,600
Speaker 1: have Tim Tebow at six one and a half, six

1181
01:04:45,680 --> 01:04:48,320
Speaker 1: two whatever he is. He's small for the position. He's

1182
01:04:48,360 --> 01:04:51,480
Speaker 1: not studded for the position. He's never been a guy

1183
01:04:51,560 --> 01:04:54,680
Speaker 1: that's gonna block the heck out. He was a physical

1184
01:04:54,760 --> 01:04:57,080
Speaker 1: runner as a quarterback. There's a big difference, you know that.

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01:04:57,800 --> 01:05:00,280
Speaker 1: I just don't see any way shape of war. He

1186
01:05:00,320 --> 01:05:02,400
Speaker 1: makes the football team, and everybody says, well, maybe he

1187
01:05:02,400 --> 01:05:04,640
Speaker 1: could put some gimmick plays in for him. If you're

1188
01:05:04,680 --> 01:05:06,720
Speaker 1: putting gimmick plays in for him, that means you're taking

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01:05:06,720 --> 01:05:09,000
Speaker 1: the ball out of the guy you're drafted number one overall,

1190
01:05:09,400 --> 01:05:13,040
Speaker 1: which is total stupidity. So I don't understand it. I

1191
01:05:13,080 --> 01:05:14,840
Speaker 1: thought they built up a ton of good will by

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01:05:14,880 --> 01:05:18,040
Speaker 1: signing Urban Meyer in the National Meet, or hiring Urban Meyers,

1193
01:05:18,080 --> 01:05:20,480
Speaker 1: then drafting Trevor laward and then you don't make a

1194
01:05:20,600 --> 01:05:22,880
Speaker 1: move like that. I just don't understand it and makes

1195
01:05:22,880 --> 01:05:25,400
Speaker 1: no sense to me, and I don't think it's gonna

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01:05:25,520 --> 01:05:29,280
Speaker 1: be one that pays any dividends whatsoever. Pete has always

1197
01:05:29,320 --> 01:05:31,720
Speaker 1: thanks very much for the time. We appreciate your insight

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01:05:31,840 --> 01:05:35,760
Speaker 1: on all things Bills in NFL. Thanks see you guys,

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01:05:35,840 --> 01:05:39,479
Speaker 1: take care of Thanks Pete. Pete Prisco, senior NFL writer

1200
01:05:39,600 --> 01:05:44,560
Speaker 1: for CBS Sports. You know he's got his finger on

1201
01:05:44,600 --> 01:05:47,560
Speaker 1: the pulse of league issues. It's always nice to get

1202
01:05:47,640 --> 01:05:50,320
Speaker 1: him to kind of chime in from a bird's eye

1203
01:05:50,400 --> 01:05:52,160
Speaker 1: view perspective on the Bills, because you know, we have

1204
01:05:52,240 --> 01:05:54,400
Speaker 1: Bills might opia here, so it's nice to get the

1205
01:05:54,480 --> 01:05:57,080
Speaker 1: national perspective on that. I think he's right. I think

1206
01:05:57,080 --> 01:05:59,680
Speaker 1: he's right about the Bills draft class. You know they

1207
01:05:59,720 --> 01:06:02,520
Speaker 1: would be. I think they like the I think most

1208
01:06:02,600 --> 01:06:04,560
Speaker 1: people like the talent level of the guys they got.

1209
01:06:04,600 --> 01:06:07,120
Speaker 1: They certainly like the positions that they got those guys at,

1210
01:06:07,680 --> 01:06:10,640
Speaker 1: but they got to play, and it all comes down

1211
01:06:10,640 --> 01:06:12,680
Speaker 1: to and just like it is in every draft, it's

1212
01:06:12,760 --> 01:06:14,680
Speaker 1: up to the Bill. I think they like the thought

1213
01:06:14,800 --> 01:06:18,080
Speaker 1: and the logic and the plan the Bills had going

1214
01:06:18,160 --> 01:06:20,560
Speaker 1: into the draft. They like the execution of it, but

1215
01:06:20,800 --> 01:06:22,880
Speaker 1: they were drafting thirtieth. How good are they going to get?

1216
01:06:23,040 --> 01:06:24,920
Speaker 1: You know? And that's what it's going to come down to.

1217
01:06:25,360 --> 01:06:29,360
Speaker 1: The Bills have released a statement, just put it out

1218
01:06:29,400 --> 01:06:33,080
Speaker 1: about five minutes ago. They have announced today they will

1219
01:06:33,160 --> 01:06:36,480
Speaker 1: hold their twenty twenty one training camp here at the

1220
01:06:36,520 --> 01:06:40,800
Speaker 1: ad Pro Sports Training Center in Orchard Park. The Bills

1221
01:06:40,840 --> 01:06:43,760
Speaker 1: informed Saint John Fisher of their intentions over the weekend

1222
01:06:43,880 --> 01:06:47,280
Speaker 1: and appreciate the school's efforts to try to accommodate the

1223
01:06:47,360 --> 01:06:50,840
Speaker 1: Bills this summer. However, due to the complexities of the

1224
01:06:51,000 --> 01:06:54,920
Speaker 1: NFL's current COVID nineteen health protocols that are still in place,

1225
01:06:55,480 --> 01:06:58,200
Speaker 1: the team has decided to stay in Orchard Park for

1226
01:06:58,280 --> 01:07:02,200
Speaker 1: a second consecutive summer. Bill's training camps slated to begin

1227
01:07:02,280 --> 01:07:04,880
Speaker 1: in late July. As we know, exact days and times

1228
01:07:04,920 --> 01:07:07,240
Speaker 1: of practice will be announced at a later date. So

1229
01:07:07,360 --> 01:07:10,280
Speaker 1: for the second straight summer, Bill's training camp will be

1230
01:07:10,520 --> 01:07:13,680
Speaker 1: here in Orchard Park at one Bill's Drive. I don't

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01:07:14,800 --> 01:07:17,040
Speaker 1: I get the feeling and chime and tell me what

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01:07:17,160 --> 01:07:19,120
Speaker 1: you think I mean. We've we've heard scuttle about and

1233
01:07:19,320 --> 01:07:23,280
Speaker 1: I've never talked to Sean McDermott about this or Brandon Bean. Um.

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01:07:23,640 --> 01:07:27,720
Speaker 1: I get the feeling they they like going to Saint John. Yeah,

1235
01:07:27,720 --> 01:07:29,600
Speaker 1: and they've said as much. I think. I don't think

1236
01:07:29,640 --> 01:07:33,920
Speaker 1: that's just them being it's not hot air they do.

1237
01:07:34,240 --> 01:07:36,640
Speaker 1: I think Sean McDermott likes taking his team away for

1238
01:07:36,720 --> 01:07:40,640
Speaker 1: training camp, and they were They waited as long as

1239
01:07:40,720 --> 01:07:42,560
Speaker 1: they could wait to see if they could make it happen.

1240
01:07:42,600 --> 01:07:44,560
Speaker 1: But the protocols just we're going to change in time

1241
01:07:44,600 --> 01:07:46,160
Speaker 1: for them to do it, and they got to start

1242
01:07:46,240 --> 01:07:48,560
Speaker 1: getting it now. I mean now is the time. It

1243
01:07:48,600 --> 01:07:51,040
Speaker 1: takes weeks and weeks to get this thing up and running,

1244
01:07:51,520 --> 01:07:53,680
Speaker 1: and it just they just ran out of time with

1245
01:07:53,800 --> 01:07:55,360
Speaker 1: protocols and all the things that we're gonna have to

1246
01:07:55,400 --> 01:07:58,320
Speaker 1: be in place for them to use Saint John Fisher

1247
01:07:58,880 --> 01:08:01,200
Speaker 1: and they just had to make the call and they're

1248
01:08:01,200 --> 01:08:04,400
Speaker 1: staying here at ad Pro. Yeah. I don't think I

1249
01:08:04,440 --> 01:08:07,919
Speaker 1: think Sean McDermott really did want to go to Saint

1250
01:08:08,000 --> 01:08:10,600
Speaker 1: John Fisher. I think Brandon Bean echoes that they like

1251
01:08:10,720 --> 01:08:13,680
Speaker 1: getting their guys away from all the distractions, putting them

1252
01:08:13,720 --> 01:08:17,960
Speaker 1: on that island on campus and they eat together, practice together.

1253
01:08:18,720 --> 01:08:20,840
Speaker 1: You know, they're in the locker room together together, they

1254
01:08:20,880 --> 01:08:23,200
Speaker 1: study together, they're in meetings together. Then they go eat

1255
01:08:23,240 --> 01:08:26,280
Speaker 1: again together, then they go practice together, they play video

1256
01:08:26,360 --> 01:08:28,680
Speaker 1: games together. They're in the team building. I mean, they

1257
01:08:28,720 --> 01:08:32,840
Speaker 1: don't leave the group for three weeks, and that's and

1258
01:08:32,920 --> 01:08:35,200
Speaker 1: they like that. There's a team building element to that

1259
01:08:35,400 --> 01:08:39,439
Speaker 1: that is unmatched and bringing new new players on the

1260
01:08:39,520 --> 01:08:44,160
Speaker 1: roster into the collective. That gets done very very effectively

1261
01:08:44,240 --> 01:08:46,840
Speaker 1: in an environment like that, and I think Sean McDermott

1262
01:08:46,840 --> 01:08:49,360
Speaker 1: and Brandon being for that matter, recognize the value of that.

1263
01:08:50,080 --> 01:08:54,200
Speaker 1: But with these COVID protocols still in place, it just

1264
01:08:54,360 --> 01:08:56,320
Speaker 1: seems like it was going to be too heavy a

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Speaker 1: lift to orchestrate training camp as normal again this summer.

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Speaker 1: So I think we all hoped that Saint John Fisher

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Speaker 1: could happen, and even as recently as a few weeks ago,

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Speaker 1: Brandon or Seawan I think Sean said it in a

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Speaker 1: press conference with the media, said it is still a possibility.

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Speaker 1: But as you said, they were waiting until as long

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Speaker 1: as they could, and with no changes on the NFL

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Speaker 1: landscape with the COVID nineteen protocols, I don't think there

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Speaker 1: was any way for them to conceivably pull off training

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Speaker 1: camp at Saint John Fisher. But we'll know officially in

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Speaker 1: just about a half hour because GM Brandon Bean will

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Speaker 1: be addressing the media at two pm today. We will

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Speaker 1: carry that press conference live here on one Bill's Live,

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01:09:40,800 --> 01:09:43,000
Speaker 1: so you can get all the answers you need as

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Speaker 1: to why this training camp decision was made. But I

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Speaker 1: think based on the statement which cited COVID nineteen protocols

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Speaker 1: and the complexities in navigating those, I think that's the

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Speaker 1: crux of why this decision was made, and that they'll

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Speaker 1: be back here in Orchard Park for training camp for

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Speaker 1: a second straight summer, right. I don't think, Yeah, we

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Speaker 1: haven't seen the last of Saint John Fisher, but it's

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Speaker 1: gonna be a tough stretch now with two straight training

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Speaker 1: camps away from it. So yeah, yeah, And you feel

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Speaker 1: for the fans um because obviously this takes daily attendance

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Speaker 1: at practice off the table um because everything was completely

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Speaker 1: closed last year. I guess we'll find out from Brandon

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Speaker 1: what level of fan attendance can happen, if if any

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Speaker 1: at all, knowing the same COVID nineteen protocols for the

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Speaker 1: most part are still in place, so again. Jim Brandon

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Speaker 1: being will address the media at the top of the

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Speaker 1: hour two o'clock. We will carry it live here on

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Speaker 1: one Bill's Live. Um, how does it grab you? Training

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Speaker 1: camp in Org your park again. I guess you feel

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Speaker 1: for the fans, don't you. I liked it. I like

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Speaker 1: going over there, and you know, when Murph was doing

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Speaker 1: the show, we'd drive over every more together, you know.

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Speaker 1: I mean figured I remember popping on with you guys.

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Speaker 1: Just go up there. It's a great atmosphere. Fans are great. Um,

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01:11:00,800 --> 01:11:03,040
Speaker 1: the setup is great. We always get a chance to

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Speaker 1: talk to the officials that come in. Uh, national media

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01:11:06,360 --> 01:11:08,160
Speaker 1: drops by from time to time. We get them to

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Speaker 1: come on with us during training camp. Um, you know

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Speaker 1: the Yeah, the atmosphere is just great. The players are

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Speaker 1: you know, available and out there. You get a chance

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Speaker 1: to see him in person. Yeah, it's just a bummer

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01:11:20,880 --> 01:11:24,000
Speaker 1: because this now, even with the new protocols in the

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Speaker 1: fact that won't be as lockdown probably as last year.

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Speaker 1: You're not going to see these guys. I mean you

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Speaker 1: gonna chance to lay eyes on them. At least we

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Speaker 1: get some preseason games, but it's still it's not the same. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I would agree. Um, yeah, it's tough. I mean because

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Speaker 1: it's a and make no mistake, the Bills organization recognizes

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Speaker 1: the value that being away a training camp has on

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Speaker 1: the players and team building, but they also recognize the

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Speaker 1: value it has for their fans. It's it's a it's

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Speaker 1: a touch point area for fans to get up close

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Speaker 1: with the players in normal circumstance. It is without COVID,

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Speaker 1: you know, whether it's people waiting in line for autographs

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Speaker 1: or just being almost literally at an arm's length from

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Speaker 1: a player, you know, just waving high to him, say

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Speaker 1: good luck this season. I mean you hear that all

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Speaker 1: the time as players come on and off the practice field,

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Speaker 1: you know, and just cheering for him and providing an

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Speaker 1: atmosphere at practice, you know, big play, big pass play

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01:12:22,720 --> 01:12:25,320
Speaker 1: people are whoa, you know, they're they're cheering and stuff.

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Speaker 1: I mean, it's different. It's a different vibe for sure.

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Speaker 1: Fans get it's the most up close most of these

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Speaker 1: fans will ever have an opportunity to be with these guys,

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Speaker 1: particularly in a football setting. Anybody see them at a

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Speaker 1: meet and greet at a mall or a public appearance

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01:12:37,280 --> 01:12:38,880
Speaker 1: or something like that. But on a football team, when

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Speaker 1: they're in the context of their sport, getting a chance

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01:12:42,280 --> 01:12:47,120
Speaker 1: to stand ten feet from them. It's different, and it's fun.

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Speaker 1: It's it's and you get a chance to see these guys.

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Speaker 1: And most fans get it too. That It's like when

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Speaker 1: we were doing the games from the booth this year,

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01:12:54,880 --> 01:12:57,600
Speaker 1: when we were you know, you're in the stadium. We

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Speaker 1: had a home game, Murph and our standing right there

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01:12:59,320 --> 01:13:01,559
Speaker 1: and we're watching the game as normal with no obviously

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01:13:01,600 --> 01:13:04,120
Speaker 1: with an empty stadium, but and we can talk about

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01:13:04,200 --> 01:13:07,040
Speaker 1: everything we see and like fans can see so much

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01:13:07,120 --> 01:13:09,360
Speaker 1: like being in the stadium, you can see the side.

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01:13:09,360 --> 01:13:11,160
Speaker 1: You don't have to watch what's going on in the field,

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01:13:11,680 --> 01:13:13,680
Speaker 1: you know, between downs and all that, you're looking at

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01:13:13,680 --> 01:13:15,639
Speaker 1: that you look at the sideline, see who's laughing, see

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01:13:15,640 --> 01:13:19,000
Speaker 1: who's engaged, See what the coaches are doing on the sidelines.

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01:13:19,400 --> 01:13:21,439
Speaker 1: You know, see the which players are talking to each

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01:13:21,439 --> 01:13:24,599
Speaker 1: other offensively or defensively, or a cross across the line

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01:13:24,640 --> 01:13:28,479
Speaker 1: of scrimmage with each other. It's just so interesting to

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01:13:28,560 --> 01:13:30,759
Speaker 1: be at an NFL practice for a lot of people

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01:13:30,920 --> 01:13:35,080
Speaker 1: because you don't you're not subject to the TV screen

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01:13:35,200 --> 01:13:38,080
Speaker 1: as to what you can look at. And it's a

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01:13:38,240 --> 01:13:41,840
Speaker 1: great experience, and it's up close, and that's that's the

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01:13:41,920 --> 01:13:44,479
Speaker 1: best part about it, and it's that's too bad it's

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Speaker 1: not going to happen again this year. Break time for

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Speaker 1: us here more on the Julio Jones edition in Tennessee

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Speaker 1: and what it means to the powers of the AFC landscape.

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01:13:54,640 --> 01:13:57,040
Speaker 1: And we'll also talk a little bit more about this

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Speaker 1: latest development as Bill's training camp for the second straight

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Speaker 1: summer will be held here in Orchard Park. Take a

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Speaker 1: break here, be back in a second on One Bills

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Speaker 1: Live presented by collid to Health. It's Buffalo Bills Radio.

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Speaker 1: Welcome back to One Bills Live. Chris Brown, Steve Tasker

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Speaker 1: with you and talking about well. The first bit of

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Speaker 1: news was that the Bills have announced that their training

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Speaker 1: camp for the second consecutive summer will be held here

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Speaker 1: at One Bill's Drive. Brandon Bean will be addressing the

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Speaker 1: media at the top of the hour at two pm,

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Speaker 1: twenty five minutes from now. We will carry that press

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01:14:43,560 --> 01:14:46,639
Speaker 1: conference live here on One Bills Live in the final

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Speaker 1: hour of the program here on Monday. As it sounds,

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Speaker 1: based on the statement released by the team that the

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Speaker 1: COVID nineteen protocols, which the League still has in place,

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Speaker 1: was going to make it too heavy a lift for

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Speaker 1: the Bills to wull off training camp at Saint John Fisher,

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01:15:02,560 --> 01:15:06,759
Speaker 1: which was their number one choice in terms of training

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01:15:06,800 --> 01:15:08,800
Speaker 1: camp this summer, but it seems like it was going

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01:15:08,840 --> 01:15:12,120
Speaker 1: to be too difficult to navigate the COVID nineteen protocols

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01:15:12,600 --> 01:15:15,760
Speaker 1: at training camp. So they will be back here at

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Speaker 1: One Bill's Drive for a second consecutive summer. And I

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Speaker 1: wonder if, if everything, if things accelerate, if they'll let

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Speaker 1: fans come in and watch practice here at One Bill's

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Speaker 1: Drive or in the stadium, maybe on a practice day

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Speaker 1: at the State. Yeah, I mean I I I'm not

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Speaker 1: going to speak for Brandon being will let him address it,

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01:15:34,200 --> 01:15:38,920
Speaker 1: but it sounds reasonable if they get to a place where,

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Speaker 1: you know, it's deemed to be particular. But if they're

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Speaker 1: gonna make no mistake, they're gonna go by the letter

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01:15:44,840 --> 01:15:47,720
Speaker 1: of the law with New York State, the CDC, and

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Speaker 1: with the League's protocols as well. We just heard from

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Speaker 1: the may the mayor, the governor Cuomo put out this

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Speaker 1: morning that if they get another gosh, what is it,

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Speaker 1: it's like one and a half percent of the adult

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Speaker 1: population vaccinated. They're gonna drop a vast majority of all protocols,

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Speaker 1: are all restrictions on businesses and all that. So I

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Speaker 1: wonder if that would extend to a point where they

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01:16:12,520 --> 01:16:15,120
Speaker 1: could get it to all of a sudden they can

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01:16:15,160 --> 01:16:17,560
Speaker 1: open up a practice in the stadium for fans. But

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01:16:17,680 --> 01:16:21,479
Speaker 1: just knowing that scrimmage or something. Knowing that, the Bills

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01:16:21,560 --> 01:16:24,040
Speaker 1: informed Saint John Fisher over the weekend like, hey, look,

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01:16:24,120 --> 01:16:26,920
Speaker 1: we tried every which way to Sunday to make this happen.

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Speaker 1: It's not gonna happen. We're gonna be back in Orchard

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Speaker 1: Park here for training camp this summer. Sorry, it didn't

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Speaker 1: work out. It seems like they had a deadline already

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Speaker 1: as to how far they could push the calendar before

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Speaker 1: having to make a decision on where training camp would be,

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Speaker 1: and it sounds like that was Friday of last week,

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Speaker 1: after informing Saint John Fisher over the weekend, according to

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Speaker 1: the statement that they were not going to be able

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Speaker 1: to hold training camp in Pittsburgh. So here we are.

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Speaker 1: We're also discussing the Julio Jones acquisition by the Tennessee

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Speaker 1: Titans and where that might now put them in the AFC.

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Speaker 1: Rankings order, did it move them up at all or

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01:17:06,080 --> 01:17:08,759
Speaker 1: do they still have some troubling problems on the defensive

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01:17:08,800 --> 01:17:11,720
Speaker 1: side of the ball that may not change things all

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Speaker 1: that much despite acquiring an elite talent like Julio Jones.

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Speaker 1: So we'll go back to the tweet sheet and Dinah says,

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Speaker 1: I think it'll come down to either Titans or Colts

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Speaker 1: in the South. Still very early to be certain. I

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01:17:24,960 --> 01:17:28,200
Speaker 1: think Jones helps them, but not sure if he helps

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Speaker 1: them enough. I wonder if she thinks that because it's

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Speaker 1: Julio Jones at age thirty two, or because there are

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Speaker 1: other problems on the roster, namely on defense. Yeah, their

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01:17:39,760 --> 01:17:42,160
Speaker 1: defense was a big question mark last year, and certainly

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01:17:42,200 --> 01:17:44,400
Speaker 1: a wide receiver is gonna help. Ask no go any

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01:17:44,439 --> 01:17:46,839
Speaker 1: further than Steph Diggs to find out what a difference

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Speaker 1: of wide receiver can make for an offense. I don't

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01:17:50,640 --> 01:17:52,280
Speaker 1: know if Jones is going to be that kind. I

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01:17:52,320 --> 01:17:54,679
Speaker 1: don't know if their offense is in the exact same

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01:17:54,760 --> 01:17:58,360
Speaker 1: spot that the Bill's offense was in after twenty nineteen

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01:17:58,960 --> 01:18:01,960
Speaker 1: in order to take another step of the magnitude that

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Speaker 1: they did in twenty twenty. That wasn't about Diggs so

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Speaker 1: much as it was about Josh Allen and having that

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Speaker 1: one extra option, because it wasn't just Diggs, it was

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Speaker 1: also Brian dave Ball and Gabriel Davis, you know, and

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Speaker 1: their willingness to go four wide early in the season.

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01:18:20,120 --> 01:18:22,000
Speaker 1: You know, they did a lot of things to open

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Speaker 1: it up for Josh Allen and make it a little

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01:18:24,000 --> 01:18:26,320
Speaker 1: easier on him not only to read defenses, but also

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01:18:26,880 --> 01:18:29,680
Speaker 1: to find space to move to into the pocket and

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Speaker 1: extend plays and throw it or run it. That four

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Speaker 1: wide set as much as Gabe Davis and Steph Diggs,

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01:18:36,840 --> 01:18:41,120
Speaker 1: of course were as bigger you know, difference for the

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Speaker 1: Bill's offense in twenty twenty as opposed to twenty nineteen.

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Speaker 1: I don't know that Julio Jones is that kind of

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Speaker 1: transformative presence coming onto its Titans, you know what I mean. Yeah,

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01:18:51,280 --> 01:18:55,719
Speaker 1: I mean their top three are basically Julio, AJ Brown

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Speaker 1: and Josh Reynolds. They have other receivers, but I don't

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Speaker 1: think they're quite that caliber. And your number one tight

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01:19:03,800 --> 01:19:09,439
Speaker 1: end is now Anthony Ferkster after John who Smith signed

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01:19:09,439 --> 01:19:13,720
Speaker 1: in free agency with the Patriots, So you don't have

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Speaker 1: the playmaker that you had previously. A tight end. I mean,

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Speaker 1: ferks is a nice player, but he's not John F.

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Speaker 1: Smith Reynolds. Reynolds was a four in LA behind the

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Speaker 1: contingent they had out there with Robert Woods and Cooper

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Speaker 1: Cup and others. He was the fourth receiver there. He'll

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Speaker 1: be the three in Tennessee. And then they have their

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Speaker 1: fourth round pick, Dez Fitzpatrick, you know, backing them up

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Speaker 1: along with you know, some other got a college free agent,

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Speaker 1: and Cameron Batson was a college free agent twenty eighteen.

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Speaker 1: Cody Hollister is still there. Who's Jacob Hollister's brother, so

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Speaker 1: you know, and they have a six round pick Racy McMath.

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Speaker 1: So it's not a proven group behind that top three

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Speaker 1: by any stretch of the imagination. And Anthony Firkser, you

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Speaker 1: could argue, still has improving to do with the tight

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Speaker 1: end position. So for wide, I don't know if that's

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Speaker 1: the way they're gonna go. I think they're more likely

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Speaker 1: to do more eleven personnel, maybe even twelve personnel, knowing

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Speaker 1: how much they like to run the football. So I

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01:20:27,040 --> 01:20:30,559
Speaker 1: can't see them going ten very often, even though they

1475
01:20:30,640 --> 01:20:34,639
Speaker 1: have supreme elite talents in Jones and Brown. Yeah, I'm

1476
01:20:35,600 --> 01:20:38,720
Speaker 1: Julio Jones a great player, and A J. Brown is

1477
01:20:38,720 --> 01:20:43,320
Speaker 1: a great player. Derreck Henry's a great player. I'll say this,

1478
01:20:43,720 --> 01:20:48,040
Speaker 1: Ryan Tannehill is no Josh Allen, and their offensive line,

1479
01:20:48,040 --> 01:20:51,040
Speaker 1: I would say, is not as deep, even if it

1480
01:20:51,160 --> 01:20:53,160
Speaker 1: is as talented a couple of spots as the Bill's

1481
01:20:53,200 --> 01:20:56,120
Speaker 1: offensive line. And I think the Bill's offensive line is

1482
01:20:56,120 --> 01:20:59,680
Speaker 1: going to take a step forward this year, a significant

1483
01:20:59,680 --> 01:21:01,960
Speaker 1: step forward this year because of the competition, in the

1484
01:21:02,080 --> 01:21:05,320
Speaker 1: depth of competition in training camp. I don't know that

1485
01:21:05,439 --> 01:21:07,720
Speaker 1: the five guys we expected to start last year, they

1486
01:21:07,760 --> 01:21:09,439
Speaker 1: only got three snaps. We've talked about that a lot

1487
01:21:09,479 --> 01:21:15,240
Speaker 1: on the show. Uh, Cody Ford and John Feliciano and

1488
01:21:15,400 --> 01:21:17,880
Speaker 1: Mitch Morse had three snaps together in the positions where

1489
01:21:17,920 --> 01:21:22,200
Speaker 1: we envisioned them being, and then you know, Feliciano goes

1490
01:21:22,200 --> 01:21:24,120
Speaker 1: to center, Mitch Morse is out, Cody Ford gets hurt,

1491
01:21:24,160 --> 01:21:26,160
Speaker 1: Mitch Morse's back end, and then it was never the

1492
01:21:26,280 --> 01:21:29,639
Speaker 1: five guys there. I don't know that those I don't

1493
01:21:29,680 --> 01:21:31,400
Speaker 1: think that those five guys are gonna be the five

1494
01:21:31,479 --> 01:21:34,880
Speaker 1: guys this year. With the draft class that they had

1495
01:21:34,920 --> 01:21:41,880
Speaker 1: with Spencer Butker for Slamp coming into the fold, all

1496
01:21:41,920 --> 01:21:43,479
Speaker 1: of those guys are going to be in the mix

1497
01:21:43,560 --> 01:21:46,000
Speaker 1: on the offensive line, and I don't know that the

1498
01:21:46,080 --> 01:21:50,320
Speaker 1: best five is gonna be three, two or three or

1499
01:21:50,520 --> 01:21:53,760
Speaker 1: four of the best guys from last year. And I

1500
01:21:53,880 --> 01:21:56,599
Speaker 1: think because of that, it's going to be better. Yeah,

1501
01:21:57,479 --> 01:22:00,600
Speaker 1: no competition raises all exact exactly, and I think so.

1502
01:22:00,680 --> 01:22:05,080
Speaker 1: I think the Bill's offensive line they made a real

1503
01:22:05,160 --> 01:22:09,840
Speaker 1: concerted effort to get it better at every position. So

1504
01:22:10,000 --> 01:22:13,080
Speaker 1: we'll see. Yeah, we'll see for sure. But that's the thought.

1505
01:22:13,160 --> 01:22:17,280
Speaker 1: And I and I they you can't you can't ignore

1506
01:22:17,720 --> 01:22:21,679
Speaker 1: the effort and the assets they threw at the offense

1507
01:22:21,760 --> 01:22:24,519
Speaker 1: and defensive line this year, plus the fact, particularly on

1508
01:22:24,520 --> 01:22:26,479
Speaker 1: the defensive line, they get started low to lelay back.

1509
01:22:27,320 --> 01:22:30,040
Speaker 1: He'll be well, it'll be interesting to see him back

1510
01:22:30,120 --> 01:22:34,919
Speaker 1: in OTAs or actually mini camp when it's a mandatory

1511
01:22:35,000 --> 01:22:37,680
Speaker 1: mini camp next week. Um, what he'll look like and

1512
01:22:37,760 --> 01:22:40,000
Speaker 1: what things are said about him as he gets back

1513
01:22:40,040 --> 01:22:42,479
Speaker 1: on the field for the first time in two years.

1514
01:22:43,320 --> 01:22:48,640
Speaker 1: There was a post over the weekend by your good

1515
01:22:48,680 --> 01:22:53,160
Speaker 1: friend Jim Kelly, who had a football signed by himself

1516
01:22:53,720 --> 01:22:59,400
Speaker 1: and Josh Allen and they're they're in hunting Garb and

1517
01:23:00,040 --> 01:23:03,840
Speaker 1: it says passing the torch on the football and Jim

1518
01:23:03,920 --> 01:23:08,320
Speaker 1: even wrote an arrow pointing to Josh Allen and then

1519
01:23:08,360 --> 01:23:10,800
Speaker 1: they posed together with the football. So I don't know

1520
01:23:10,840 --> 01:23:12,600
Speaker 1: if they went on a hunting trip together over the

1521
01:23:12,640 --> 01:23:14,599
Speaker 1: weekend or something, or maybe this was from I don't

1522
01:23:14,600 --> 01:23:17,720
Speaker 1: think they were earlier time there was. I talked to

1523
01:23:17,840 --> 01:23:21,560
Speaker 1: Josh yesterday and he chit chatted and said he was

1524
01:23:21,600 --> 01:23:24,080
Speaker 1: down talking to It was a fundraiser. One of the

1525
01:23:24,160 --> 01:23:28,400
Speaker 1: things that Jim at his golf tournament auctions off every

1526
01:23:28,479 --> 01:23:31,560
Speaker 1: year are experiences with himself and obviously Josh was in

1527
01:23:31,640 --> 01:23:33,360
Speaker 1: on this one, and they had the people who won

1528
01:23:33,479 --> 01:23:36,760
Speaker 1: the auction down at Jim's hunting lodge in Ellicottville and

1529
01:23:36,760 --> 01:23:40,240
Speaker 1: there was a private, small get together cool and they

1530
01:23:40,320 --> 01:23:43,040
Speaker 1: got a chance to hobnob with Jim and Josh and

1531
01:23:43,080 --> 01:23:45,439
Speaker 1: then spend some time with him together on a real

1532
01:23:45,520 --> 01:23:50,280
Speaker 1: casual thing at Jim's placed down in Elcotville. And yeah,

1533
01:23:50,280 --> 01:23:52,760
Speaker 1: I don't know, I might bid on that. It's not

1534
01:23:52,880 --> 01:23:55,680
Speaker 1: beat especially if you're a hunter. Yeah. Yeah, So those

1535
01:23:55,720 --> 01:23:58,640
Speaker 1: two guys, obviously they've become pretty good buddies over the

1536
01:23:59,040 --> 01:24:02,240
Speaker 1: Josh's time here and Joshumas tell me it was fun.

1537
01:24:02,360 --> 01:24:03,800
Speaker 1: It was a good time for him to go down there.

1538
01:24:03,840 --> 01:24:07,479
Speaker 1: And ye and the people who look like blast in

1539
01:24:07,520 --> 01:24:09,400
Speaker 1: the photos, So that was pretty cool just to kind

1540
01:24:09,400 --> 01:24:11,280
Speaker 1: of see that. And plus it's perfect time a year

1541
01:24:11,280 --> 01:24:14,519
Speaker 1: to be I was down there Friday. Oh it was nice. Well,

1542
01:24:14,560 --> 01:24:16,120
Speaker 1: I know, I know you and I talked about it

1543
01:24:16,200 --> 01:24:18,080
Speaker 1: all the time, but made to September. You can't beat

1544
01:24:18,120 --> 01:24:21,559
Speaker 1: it here. You cannot beat its elite. My sisters sent

1545
01:24:21,680 --> 01:24:25,720
Speaker 1: me a text of rain like I have never seen

1546
01:24:25,840 --> 01:24:29,280
Speaker 1: before outside of a tropical storm going on in South

1547
01:24:29,360 --> 01:24:32,200
Speaker 1: Carolina over the weekend. It looked like the end of days.

1548
01:24:33,080 --> 01:24:36,160
Speaker 1: I said, you can have your thunderstorms that you guys

1549
01:24:36,240 --> 01:24:42,120
Speaker 1: have violent thunderstorms summer here for all those months you mentioned.

1550
01:24:42,120 --> 01:24:45,240
Speaker 1: You can get out. You're outside. Yeah, and it's comfortable,

1551
01:24:45,240 --> 01:24:47,200
Speaker 1: it's fun, it's great. Certainly it's warm and hot and

1552
01:24:47,280 --> 01:24:49,360
Speaker 1: maybe humid some days whatever, but you're out in it.

1553
01:24:49,520 --> 01:24:53,679
Speaker 1: It's great. The same time frame in the South, you're inside.

1554
01:24:53,920 --> 01:24:56,880
Speaker 1: Oh yeah, you spend I've met this. I've made this

1555
01:24:56,960 --> 01:25:01,679
Speaker 1: point before and I'm probably overstating it, but people in Florida,

1556
01:25:01,880 --> 01:25:06,200
Speaker 1: in Arizona and those southern Texas spend as much time

1557
01:25:06,280 --> 01:25:08,800
Speaker 1: indoors in the summer as we do indoors, and less

1558
01:25:09,080 --> 01:25:11,200
Speaker 1: more time indoors in the summer than we do indoors

1559
01:25:11,280 --> 01:25:13,560
Speaker 1: in the winter here in Buffalo. Probably you know what

1560
01:25:13,640 --> 01:25:16,439
Speaker 1: I'm saying. Yeah, it's it's nuts. So there's a giving

1561
01:25:16,479 --> 01:25:18,400
Speaker 1: take there. It's dangerous. Gott to weigh it out. Oh

1562
01:25:18,479 --> 01:25:20,560
Speaker 1: yeah it is. We have to take a break. But

1563
01:25:20,640 --> 01:25:22,240
Speaker 1: when we come back, more of your comments on the

1564
01:25:22,280 --> 01:25:24,800
Speaker 1: tweet sheet, and don't forget top of the hour GM

1565
01:25:24,920 --> 01:25:28,120
Speaker 1: Brandon Bean addressing the media on the decision by the

1566
01:25:28,200 --> 01:25:30,960
Speaker 1: team to hold training camp for a second straight summer

1567
01:25:31,360 --> 01:25:33,640
Speaker 1: here in Orchard Park. Steve and I back in a

1568
01:25:33,720 --> 01:25:35,920
Speaker 1: sec here on One Bill's Live presented by Kalid to Health.

1569
01:25:35,960 --> 01:25:51,400
Speaker 1: It's Buffalo Bills Radio. Welcome back, Chris Brown. Steve Tasker

1570
01:25:51,520 --> 01:25:55,439
Speaker 1: with you, probably about ten minutes away from the Brandon

1571
01:25:55,520 --> 01:25:58,960
Speaker 1: Bean press conference, as he will be addressing the media

1572
01:25:59,160 --> 01:26:02,800
Speaker 1: on the team's statement issued earlier this hour that for

1573
01:26:03,000 --> 01:26:05,439
Speaker 1: the second straight summer, the Bills will hold training camp

1574
01:26:06,000 --> 01:26:10,000
Speaker 1: here at One Bill's Drive. Sounds as though the COVID

1575
01:26:10,280 --> 01:26:12,840
Speaker 1: nineteen protocols we're going to make it a heavy lift

1576
01:26:13,080 --> 01:26:15,599
Speaker 1: for the Bills to pull off training camp at Saint

1577
01:26:15,720 --> 01:26:22,320
Speaker 1: John Fisher. So I'm expecting that will be the main

1578
01:26:22,520 --> 01:26:26,800
Speaker 1: reason why the Bills chose to do training camp here.

1579
01:26:26,920 --> 01:26:29,120
Speaker 1: Probably reached the point of no return on the calendar

1580
01:26:29,160 --> 01:26:34,000
Speaker 1: where a decision had to be made. And I've heard

1581
01:26:34,000 --> 01:26:36,400
Speaker 1: it too, and I mentioned that the CUOMO has said

1582
01:26:36,439 --> 01:26:38,719
Speaker 1: that when they get to a certain percentage of adults vaccinated,

1583
01:26:38,760 --> 01:26:40,760
Speaker 1: all the restrictions are going to come off. That's not

1584
01:26:40,840 --> 01:26:42,680
Speaker 1: going to come for a while. And even if and

1585
01:26:42,760 --> 01:26:44,519
Speaker 1: it's getting to the point where even if they delay

1586
01:26:44,560 --> 01:26:46,439
Speaker 1: it three days or four days or a week or so,

1587
01:26:46,920 --> 01:26:48,720
Speaker 1: it's too late for the Bills to get it up

1588
01:26:48,760 --> 01:26:51,680
Speaker 1: and running over there. Right now. There's no way they

1589
01:26:51,720 --> 01:26:53,559
Speaker 1: can do it. There's too many hoops to jump through.

1590
01:26:54,640 --> 01:26:56,600
Speaker 1: And that's where it sits, at the point of no

1591
01:26:56,760 --> 01:26:59,240
Speaker 1: return date, and here we sit. Yeah, more than anything,

1592
01:26:59,320 --> 01:27:02,000
Speaker 1: it just sounds like a case of bad timing in

1593
01:27:02,200 --> 01:27:04,240
Speaker 1: terms of where we are in terms of coming out

1594
01:27:04,320 --> 01:27:07,360
Speaker 1: of the pandemic and where the protocol still lie with

1595
01:27:07,479 --> 01:27:10,519
Speaker 1: respect to the league, the state, and the cd And

1596
01:27:10,920 --> 01:27:13,760
Speaker 1: you and I also said it. Sean McDermott has made

1597
01:27:13,800 --> 01:27:15,679
Speaker 1: it plain and we think it's he's telling the truth.

1598
01:27:16,439 --> 01:27:18,519
Speaker 1: He wants to go. He wants to go to Saint

1599
01:27:18,600 --> 01:27:20,840
Speaker 1: John Fisher for training camp. They want to get away

1600
01:27:21,040 --> 01:27:24,200
Speaker 1: from one build's drive with their team and build it

1601
01:27:24,439 --> 01:27:28,120
Speaker 1: on the you know, away secluded, sequestered from you know,

1602
01:27:28,240 --> 01:27:30,720
Speaker 1: all the outside influences that guys have when they don't

1603
01:27:30,760 --> 01:27:32,679
Speaker 1: live in the same building at night, and they don't

1604
01:27:32,720 --> 01:27:34,439
Speaker 1: go to the meeting, they don't eat together. They're doing

1605
01:27:34,439 --> 01:27:36,080
Speaker 1: all that, do all the stuff that you do at

1606
01:27:36,120 --> 01:27:38,800
Speaker 1: training camp. They think it's extremely important to do that

1607
01:27:40,120 --> 01:27:42,840
Speaker 1: at an off site training camp. And he is I

1608
01:27:42,920 --> 01:27:45,800
Speaker 1: don't think he's He's not making that up and he's

1609
01:27:45,800 --> 01:27:47,720
Speaker 1: not it's not for show. I think Sean McDermott really

1610
01:27:47,720 --> 01:27:51,000
Speaker 1: believes that, and that's why I'm I'm a little surprised

1611
01:27:51,040 --> 01:27:53,559
Speaker 1: that they made this call. But I know this too,

1612
01:27:55,200 --> 01:27:57,559
Speaker 1: thinking back on years that I've done and what it's

1613
01:27:57,600 --> 01:27:59,880
Speaker 1: been since ninety eighty six that I've watched these things happen.

1614
01:28:01,320 --> 01:28:05,519
Speaker 1: It takes weeks to get this, get everything moved, and

1615
01:28:05,680 --> 01:28:08,000
Speaker 1: get it up and running at another off site. I mean,

1616
01:28:08,040 --> 01:28:11,680
Speaker 1: it's a huge logistical chore and if they don't get

1617
01:28:11,720 --> 01:28:14,080
Speaker 1: an early start, they can't make it happen. Here we

1618
01:28:14,160 --> 01:28:17,960
Speaker 1: are on a much lighter note. Uh, and we have

1619
01:28:18,040 --> 01:28:21,760
Speaker 1: to give credit to Bill's fan Mark Thornhill for this one,

1620
01:28:22,520 --> 01:28:26,760
Speaker 1: but he spotted while watching an episode, presumably watching an

1621
01:28:26,760 --> 01:28:33,040
Speaker 1: episode of South Park, he noticed one Steve Tasker in

1622
01:28:33,160 --> 01:28:37,080
Speaker 1: the foreground at the extreme left of the image that

1623
01:28:37,840 --> 01:28:41,240
Speaker 1: MSG viewers are looking at now. So something's going on

1624
01:28:41,320 --> 01:28:43,880
Speaker 1: in the and the episode where the Bills are playing

1625
01:28:43,880 --> 01:28:47,360
Speaker 1: obviously the La Chargers, and there's a number eighty nine

1626
01:28:47,680 --> 01:28:52,599
Speaker 1: covering kicks. Yeah, he's in the foreground there that you're

1627
01:28:52,760 --> 01:28:56,439
Speaker 1: R five or don't that'd be? Looks like it's two.

1628
01:28:56,640 --> 01:28:59,720
Speaker 1: Looks like he's an R three, Yeah for three next

1629
01:28:59,760 --> 01:29:03,160
Speaker 1: to the kicker there. But the Bills with the white helmets,

1630
01:29:03,720 --> 01:29:06,400
Speaker 1: well sort of. It's not really a Bill's logo obviously

1631
01:29:06,400 --> 01:29:08,360
Speaker 1: because they they can't do it. But they got great

1632
01:29:08,520 --> 01:29:12,639
Speaker 1: face masks, white on blue jerseys, white jerseys on blue pants. Yeah,

1633
01:29:13,040 --> 01:29:16,720
Speaker 1: and basically they have a number eighty nine guy in

1634
01:29:16,840 --> 01:29:19,960
Speaker 1: the foreground of of the image here getting ready to

1635
01:29:20,080 --> 01:29:23,920
Speaker 1: cover kick. Yeah. Well you know some of the right

1636
01:29:24,040 --> 01:29:28,920
Speaker 1: numbers there, you know, so, uh, yeah, it's nice to

1637
01:29:29,000 --> 01:29:32,439
Speaker 1: still be getting some props there, Steve. Right, that was

1638
01:29:32,479 --> 01:29:36,880
Speaker 1: a rendition of me, right, Come on, man, nobody's doing

1639
01:29:36,920 --> 01:29:39,360
Speaker 1: that in twenty twenty one. It's hard to putting muscles

1640
01:29:39,400 --> 01:29:42,160
Speaker 1: on cartoon characters like that. Why would they do, especially

1641
01:29:42,200 --> 01:29:46,280
Speaker 1: the South south Park ones? Yeah, the heights, right though,

1642
01:29:47,200 --> 01:29:51,559
Speaker 1: those South Park characters are not you're gonna go cross

1643
01:29:51,600 --> 01:29:55,720
Speaker 1: the line, We're gonna All those South Park characters are

1644
01:29:55,760 --> 01:29:58,599
Speaker 1: what like three feet tall. It's like a bunch of means.

1645
01:29:58,800 --> 01:30:03,280
Speaker 1: That's um, So we wanted to pass that along. It's

1646
01:30:03,320 --> 01:30:06,760
Speaker 1: good to see Steve still getting some props and kid.

1647
01:30:06,800 --> 01:30:08,719
Speaker 1: The answer to that is no, I had no idea

1648
01:30:09,040 --> 01:30:11,200
Speaker 1: until somebody showed it to me. But it's not like

1649
01:30:11,320 --> 01:30:14,800
Speaker 1: I'm yeah, I don't I have a voice in that

1650
01:30:14,920 --> 01:30:17,040
Speaker 1: decision that they're gonna do that kind of cool to

1651
01:30:17,240 --> 01:30:19,680
Speaker 1: pop up in different areas of pop culture, though, Well,

1652
01:30:19,720 --> 01:30:22,639
Speaker 1: I can certainly claim, yeah, I wore that number twenty

1653
01:30:22,800 --> 01:30:25,040
Speaker 1: plus years ago, so yeah, I can certainly claim that's

1654
01:30:25,040 --> 01:30:27,439
Speaker 1: a rendition of me. But that's there's Yeah, I'm trying

1655
01:30:27,479 --> 01:30:32,240
Speaker 1: to see the kickoff guy is number forty two, which

1656
01:30:32,360 --> 01:30:35,000
Speaker 1: is so he's the three or you think he's Okay,

1657
01:30:35,080 --> 01:30:37,080
Speaker 1: he's the two. You know, think the kickers weigh in

1658
01:30:37,120 --> 01:30:40,280
Speaker 1: the backers behind the Yeah, okay, that's what I'm guessing.

1659
01:30:41,080 --> 01:30:45,360
Speaker 1: There's a forty two there who's covering inside of me? Yeah,

1660
01:30:45,479 --> 01:30:47,320
Speaker 1: I say me, look at me. I've already claimed it.

1661
01:30:47,520 --> 01:30:50,040
Speaker 1: Forty two, I mean, and then forty one. The current

1662
01:30:50,080 --> 01:30:52,040
Speaker 1: Bill is Joe Giles Harris and he does play on

1663
01:30:52,120 --> 01:30:56,280
Speaker 1: special team. Let's Go kick Eighty two is Duke Williams,

1664
01:30:56,320 --> 01:30:58,760
Speaker 1: who's been on some punk coverage. I don't know about

1665
01:30:58,800 --> 01:31:02,519
Speaker 1: Kickoff cover. He's been on punk coverage. And who else

1666
01:31:02,560 --> 01:31:05,080
Speaker 1: do they got there? Eighty? They'll say another eighty. It's

1667
01:31:05,160 --> 01:31:07,680
Speaker 1: eighty two next next to the stand next to me,

1668
01:31:07,840 --> 01:31:10,080
Speaker 1: not forty two. It's eighty two. Yeah, forty two is

1669
01:31:10,120 --> 01:31:11,719
Speaker 1: in the middle there, and I'm trying to see who's

1670
01:31:11,760 --> 01:31:13,800
Speaker 1: on the far side. But yeah, it was interesting to

1671
01:31:13,800 --> 01:31:16,679
Speaker 1: see it. Anyway, we have to take a break because

1672
01:31:16,680 --> 01:31:18,679
Speaker 1: when we come back, we hope to have the Brandon

1673
01:31:18,760 --> 01:31:22,160
Speaker 1: Bean press conferences. He'll be addressing the media on the

1674
01:31:22,240 --> 01:31:25,559
Speaker 1: team's decision to hold training camp for a second straight summer.

1675
01:31:26,280 --> 01:31:28,960
Speaker 1: Here at one Bill's Drive, you'll obviously have the reasons

1676
01:31:29,000 --> 01:31:31,880
Speaker 1: behind that decision when we return. Here on one Bill's Live,

1677
01:31:31,920 --> 01:31:53,080
Speaker 1: presented by Kalida Health, It's Buffalo Bill's Radio at a

1678
01:31:53,320 --> 01:31:56,800
Speaker 1: Steve Tasker who has been all over the field, kind

1679
01:31:56,800 --> 01:31:58,639
Speaker 1: of unique. He was kind of a dual role player

1680
01:31:58,720 --> 01:32:04,720
Speaker 1: for you, Lily, save a blimp. We're not even in

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Speaker 1: the straged beer of normalcy. Here our number three of

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Speaker 1: a Monday edition of One Bills Live. Chris Brown, Steve

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01:32:13,760 --> 01:32:16,639
Speaker 1: Tasker with you, and we just got word that Brandon

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01:32:16,680 --> 01:32:18,840
Speaker 1: Beans press conference has been pushed back a little bit.

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Speaker 1: It will start at two fifteen. We will still carry

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01:32:21,720 --> 01:32:26,639
Speaker 1: it live here as he no doubt outlines the reasons

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Speaker 1: behind the team announcement last hour that training camp for

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01:32:31,120 --> 01:32:35,160
Speaker 1: the second consecutive summer will be held here at one

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Speaker 1: Bill's Drive. Sounds like the COVID nineteen protocols, which are

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01:32:38,760 --> 01:32:41,559
Speaker 1: still very much in place, made it a heavy lift

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Speaker 1: for the team to orchestrate training camp at Saint John Fisher,

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01:32:48,040 --> 01:32:52,840
Speaker 1: and the statement said that they informed Saint John Fisher

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01:32:52,880 --> 01:32:56,479
Speaker 1: officials last weekend that they would in fact have to

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01:32:56,600 --> 01:33:00,240
Speaker 1: hold Bill's training camp here in Orchard Park for a

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Speaker 1: second consecutive summer. We'll get details on what I'm sure

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01:33:03,960 --> 01:33:05,880
Speaker 1: he'll give us a me details as he can about

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01:33:05,960 --> 01:33:08,040
Speaker 1: why the decision, how they got to this point, what

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01:33:08,200 --> 01:33:12,960
Speaker 1: the timeline was and some of the more prohibitive hoops

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01:33:13,000 --> 01:33:15,400
Speaker 1: that they couldn't jump through to make a training camp

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Speaker 1: happen in Saint John Fisher. All that will be laid out,

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01:33:17,600 --> 01:33:20,840
Speaker 1: and I'm sure the media is gonna, you know, baragam

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01:33:20,840 --> 01:33:22,840
Speaker 1: with questions that are pertinent to this, and yeah, and

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01:33:22,920 --> 01:33:25,560
Speaker 1: I think they'll also ask him questions about, you know,

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01:33:25,960 --> 01:33:30,599
Speaker 1: opportunities for fans to attend any kind of practice sessions

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01:33:30,680 --> 01:33:34,120
Speaker 1: at all anywhere on the training camp calendar, whether those

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01:33:34,520 --> 01:33:38,640
Speaker 1: have been decided upon or not at this point. You know,

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01:33:38,720 --> 01:33:41,240
Speaker 1: I'm sure Brandon will address it. He's very and also

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01:33:41,400 --> 01:33:45,559
Speaker 1: he's a very self effacing interview anyway, so I'll share

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01:33:45,640 --> 01:33:47,599
Speaker 1: whatever he has that he can share. I would think

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01:33:47,720 --> 01:33:50,920
Speaker 1: also that people in Rochester in particular, fans everywhere who

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01:33:51,080 --> 01:33:53,519
Speaker 1: go to Saint John Fisher to watch practice will be

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01:33:53,640 --> 01:33:57,960
Speaker 1: interested to hear and reassured that a listen. Is this

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01:33:58,080 --> 01:34:00,280
Speaker 1: going to is this just kind of a stepping stone

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01:34:00,320 --> 01:34:02,880
Speaker 1: towards training camp is going to be at one Bill's

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01:34:02,960 --> 01:34:06,719
Speaker 1: drive all the time? You know? Is this a stepping

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01:34:06,800 --> 01:34:09,000
Speaker 1: stone towards taking it and putting it on site all

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01:34:09,040 --> 01:34:11,479
Speaker 1: the time. And that'll be addressed too, probably in the

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01:34:11,600 --> 01:34:14,280
Speaker 1: questions that come up with Brandon Bean, You and I

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01:34:14,400 --> 01:34:16,960
Speaker 1: don't think it will. I think we still think this

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01:34:17,120 --> 01:34:20,000
Speaker 1: coaching staff and the general manager in the organization values

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01:34:20,040 --> 01:34:22,280
Speaker 1: going away for training camp. But we could be wrong.

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01:34:22,800 --> 01:34:25,240
Speaker 1: I'm sure that the people who you know, the media

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01:34:25,320 --> 01:34:26,800
Speaker 1: is going to ask them about that as well. So

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01:34:27,000 --> 01:34:29,479
Speaker 1: it'll be an interesting listen here and you don't know,

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01:34:29,560 --> 01:34:33,240
Speaker 1: four or five, six minutes. Yeah, so we'll get you

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01:34:33,400 --> 01:34:36,040
Speaker 1: all of that when it goes live. So as soon

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Speaker 1: as it's up and running, we'll bring it to you

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Speaker 1: here on One Bills Live. We did want to get

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Speaker 1: back to the tweet sheet as we were discussing the

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01:34:42,560 --> 01:34:45,800
Speaker 1: Julio Jones acquisition by the Tennessee Titans and if it

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01:34:46,000 --> 01:34:51,080
Speaker 1: moves that team up on your AFC rankings list. Steve

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01:34:51,160 --> 01:34:54,080
Speaker 1: and I just did a show last week where we

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Speaker 1: had asked, you know, who are the biggest threats in

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01:34:57,080 --> 01:35:00,600
Speaker 1: the AFC to the Bills besides the Chiefs, and we

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01:35:00,680 --> 01:35:03,920
Speaker 1: didn't even list the Titans among the choices. We had

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01:35:04,000 --> 01:35:07,720
Speaker 1: the Browns, the Ravens, and the Colts, and then we

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Speaker 1: had others down there at the bottom. And our MSG

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01:35:11,439 --> 01:35:13,240
Speaker 1: viewers are seeing the results of that poll. It was

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01:35:13,280 --> 01:35:18,400
Speaker 1: overwhelmingly the Browns. So does this change things? Steve and

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01:35:18,479 --> 01:35:20,880
Speaker 1: I do not believe it does. Steve has even gone

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01:35:20,920 --> 01:35:22,479
Speaker 1: so far as to say he doesn't even think the

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01:35:22,560 --> 01:35:25,400
Speaker 1: Titans are the favorite in the AFC South. He still

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01:35:25,479 --> 01:35:28,640
Speaker 1: believes that to be the Colts. So you can tell

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01:35:28,720 --> 01:35:30,800
Speaker 1: us what you think at eight oh three, five fifty

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01:35:31,320 --> 01:35:33,120
Speaker 1: or on the tweet sheet. And let's check some of

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01:35:33,160 --> 01:35:35,360
Speaker 1: those other tweet sheet comments. Brought to you by Corrigan

1747
01:35:35,439 --> 01:35:38,400
Speaker 1: Moving Systems, the official equipment moving company of the Buffalo Bills,

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01:35:39,120 --> 01:35:42,600
Speaker 1: and Tiffany says, I believe it puts them past the

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01:35:42,720 --> 01:35:46,240
Speaker 1: Colts in the South. Adding Jones should help Derrick Henry

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01:35:46,360 --> 01:35:49,680
Speaker 1: a Ton defenses will have a tough time packing the

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01:35:49,760 --> 01:35:52,360
Speaker 1: box with safeties. He should see more open running lanes

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01:35:52,400 --> 01:35:55,439
Speaker 1: with Jones and Brown forcing a defensive coordinator to double

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01:35:55,520 --> 01:35:58,320
Speaker 1: one or both of them. It is a pick your

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01:35:58,360 --> 01:36:01,360
Speaker 1: poison offense. Now, if you're an opposing defense, I don't

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01:36:01,360 --> 01:36:06,360
Speaker 1: think there's any question about that. Yeah, if certainly, But

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01:36:06,479 --> 01:36:09,000
Speaker 1: I think also it comes down to how much respect

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01:36:09,160 --> 01:36:13,200
Speaker 1: your opponent, whoever, whatever defense the Titans are playing, how

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01:36:13,280 --> 01:36:15,519
Speaker 1: much respect they have for the offensive line of the Titans.

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01:36:16,160 --> 01:36:18,800
Speaker 1: If they think they can stop the run with seven

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01:36:18,880 --> 01:36:21,880
Speaker 1: in the box, and they can do it. Would never

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01:36:21,960 --> 01:36:23,400
Speaker 1: be some teams that really give it a good go

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01:36:24,840 --> 01:36:27,360
Speaker 1: that puts the Titans in a bind, in a big bind.

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01:36:30,560 --> 01:36:32,280
Speaker 1: We'll see if they can get that done, and not

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01:36:32,400 --> 01:36:34,000
Speaker 1: every team we'll be able to do it. Some teams

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01:36:34,000 --> 01:36:35,800
Speaker 1: will be able to do it some weeks and not

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01:36:36,000 --> 01:36:38,400
Speaker 1: be able to other weeks. Some teams will be healthy

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Speaker 1: enough to get it done with seven guys in the

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01:36:40,160 --> 01:36:43,040
Speaker 1: box and guess right and drop a guy out of

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01:36:43,040 --> 01:36:45,400
Speaker 1: the box and coverage on play action, get some guys

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01:36:45,439 --> 01:36:48,360
Speaker 1: athletic enough to get back into coverage after a hard

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01:36:48,400 --> 01:36:51,400
Speaker 1: play fake to Derrick Henry, that kind of thing. Some

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01:36:51,560 --> 01:36:54,320
Speaker 1: teams will have a good enough pass rush off play

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01:36:54,400 --> 01:36:58,320
Speaker 1: action to get back there and Harry Tannehill. You know,

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01:36:58,360 --> 01:37:02,280
Speaker 1: some teams are gonna be built for that, sou But

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01:37:02,439 --> 01:37:07,599
Speaker 1: if Tennessee's offensive line doesn't play and play really well,

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01:37:09,760 --> 01:37:12,599
Speaker 1: they're gonna struggle. How do you think the Bills match

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01:37:12,680 --> 01:37:15,719
Speaker 1: up now with the Titans because they are an opponent

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01:37:15,800 --> 01:37:18,640
Speaker 1: on Buffalo schedule? I don't in Week five, I'm or

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01:37:18,680 --> 01:37:21,800
Speaker 1: a week six. Sorry. The Bills are gonna be my

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01:37:21,880 --> 01:37:24,240
Speaker 1: favorite in every game they play this year from in

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01:37:24,439 --> 01:37:27,320
Speaker 1: here in June. You know, unless somebody go you know,

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01:37:27,439 --> 01:37:30,200
Speaker 1: less guys start dropping off with injuries or whatever, something

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01:37:30,240 --> 01:37:33,160
Speaker 1: happens to Josh or their offensive line gets a rash

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01:37:33,200 --> 01:37:36,160
Speaker 1: of injuries, something like that. But I'm you know the Bills,

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01:37:36,200 --> 01:37:39,400
Speaker 1: will you know? I think the Bills are the better team.

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01:37:39,600 --> 01:37:42,479
Speaker 1: But as far as offense and defense, how do you

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01:37:42,520 --> 01:37:47,080
Speaker 1: feel about your receiver corner matchups there? Yeah, it's tough. Yeah,

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01:37:47,160 --> 01:37:49,120
Speaker 1: you're gonna have to You have to try and pick

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01:37:49,240 --> 01:37:52,080
Speaker 1: down in distance and formation as to who you're gonna double,

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01:37:52,800 --> 01:37:55,920
Speaker 1: and you gotta double either a j. Brown or or Julio.

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01:37:57,160 --> 01:37:59,240
Speaker 1: Somebody's got to get doubled up, or you're gonna have

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01:37:59,280 --> 01:38:01,519
Speaker 1: to double both those guys and try and single up

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01:38:01,560 --> 01:38:04,240
Speaker 1: on the tight end and the running back in the

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01:38:04,320 --> 01:38:07,559
Speaker 1: passing game, depending on who they've got. You may ask

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01:38:07,640 --> 01:38:12,040
Speaker 1: your lower level guys to step up double team the

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01:38:12,160 --> 01:38:17,240
Speaker 1: top of their rotation with A j and Julio. Take

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01:38:17,320 --> 01:38:18,800
Speaker 1: those guys out and see if they can beat you

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01:38:18,880 --> 01:38:22,519
Speaker 1: with somebody else one on one. We've got Matt Milano

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01:38:22,600 --> 01:38:26,360
Speaker 1: on there on Ferkser, I may take that matchup. I

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01:38:26,439 --> 01:38:32,360
Speaker 1: mean Karen Johnson presumably on Josh Reynolds. So yeah, it'll

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01:38:32,360 --> 01:38:35,160
Speaker 1: be interesting to see how it all shakes out. Break

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Speaker 1: time for us here when we return, we will have

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01:38:37,560 --> 01:38:41,000
Speaker 1: GM Brandon Bean addressing the media on the team's decision

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01:38:41,400 --> 01:38:44,599
Speaker 1: to hold training camp for the second consecutive summer here

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01:38:44,640 --> 01:38:47,599
Speaker 1: at One Bill's Drive in Orchard Park. Back in a moment,

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Speaker 1: we'll see him. Welcome back to One Bill's Live. Chris Brown,

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Speaker 1: Steve Tasker with you. Welcome to those watching on all

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01:39:06,000 --> 01:39:10,160
Speaker 1: the Bills social platforms as we await the beginning of

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01:39:10,400 --> 01:39:13,360
Speaker 1: the press conference of one GM Brandon Bean. I'm waiting

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Speaker 1: at all the people. That's right. Good for you, see everybody,

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01:39:16,320 --> 01:39:19,360
Speaker 1: Thanks for joining us. That's right. So Brandon Bean will

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Speaker 1: beginning be starting momentarily his press conference with the media

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01:39:23,640 --> 01:39:28,280
Speaker 1: as he addresses the team decision to hold training camp

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01:39:28,360 --> 01:39:32,800
Speaker 1: for the second consecutive summer at One Bill's Drive here

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01:39:33,360 --> 01:39:36,799
Speaker 1: in Orchard Park. And based on the tone of the statement,

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01:39:37,360 --> 01:39:40,760
Speaker 1: it sounds as though the COVID nineteen protocols, which are

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Speaker 1: still very much in place on the part of the

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01:39:42,720 --> 01:39:47,200
Speaker 1: NFL unless your team is eighty five percent vaccinated, which

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01:39:47,640 --> 01:39:49,479
Speaker 1: by the sounds of it, no team is at this

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01:39:49,600 --> 01:39:54,280
Speaker 1: point in time, it sounds as though training camp off

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01:39:54,360 --> 01:39:58,920
Speaker 1: site with fans and with Saint John Fisher personnel was

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01:39:58,960 --> 01:40:00,640
Speaker 1: going to prove to be a of the lift and

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01:40:00,760 --> 01:40:03,400
Speaker 1: just one more hurdle that they didn't need to jump

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01:40:03,479 --> 01:40:06,320
Speaker 1: through or jump over right to try to make this,

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01:40:07,040 --> 01:40:09,200
Speaker 1: you know, and they're running out of time. We've made

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01:40:09,240 --> 01:40:11,760
Speaker 1: the point on the show earlier that it's it's not

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01:40:11,920 --> 01:40:13,840
Speaker 1: just like Okay, we're gonna go, and let's go, let's

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Speaker 1: start moving. It takes a month to get all the

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01:40:17,120 --> 01:40:19,040
Speaker 1: equipment and everything, because I got to do it in

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01:40:19,160 --> 01:40:23,240
Speaker 1: stage is. Plus the amount of equipment the bills move

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01:40:23,439 --> 01:40:26,760
Speaker 1: to Saint John Fisher prohibits them being able to use

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01:40:26,840 --> 01:40:29,479
Speaker 1: it here for the time that they're in training camp

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01:40:29,520 --> 01:40:31,439
Speaker 1: and also win the build up, So they move the

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Speaker 1: weight room out of here. Yeah, so they move a

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01:40:33,920 --> 01:40:35,960
Speaker 1: ton of stuff that they need to keep guys working

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01:40:36,040 --> 01:40:39,519
Speaker 1: out here. They move it to Saint John Fisher well

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01:40:39,560 --> 01:40:43,040
Speaker 1: in advance of training camp, and the medical staff and

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01:40:43,280 --> 01:40:45,120
Speaker 1: all the other stuff too. So all the equipment and

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01:40:45,200 --> 01:40:46,920
Speaker 1: a number of the things that they use every day

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01:40:47,000 --> 01:40:49,840
Speaker 1: here get moved to training camp over there, and in

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01:40:49,920 --> 01:40:52,439
Speaker 1: the meantime they can't use it while they're waiting for

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01:40:52,520 --> 01:40:55,080
Speaker 1: training camp to start, so there's some of that going on.

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01:40:56,040 --> 01:40:59,280
Speaker 1: There's also the protocols of COVID that haven't been lifted yet,

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01:40:59,479 --> 01:41:03,120
Speaker 1: and when they might be lifted is never a certain thing.

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01:41:03,960 --> 01:41:07,559
Speaker 1: And you know, because it takes so much to move

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01:41:07,600 --> 01:41:12,200
Speaker 1: an organization this size over to Rochester, they got to

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01:41:12,240 --> 01:41:14,280
Speaker 1: get started on it, and they just couldn't do it,

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01:41:14,840 --> 01:41:18,320
Speaker 1: not knowing what they don't know about when they're going

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01:41:18,360 --> 01:41:20,000
Speaker 1: to be able to if they're going to be able

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Speaker 1: to do it, or whether it's going to be worth it.

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01:41:21,520 --> 01:41:23,160
Speaker 1: It's too heavy a lift to do it right now,

1852
01:41:23,320 --> 01:41:25,639
Speaker 1: no question about it. For those that did not see

1853
01:41:25,680 --> 01:41:28,479
Speaker 1: the statement, it reads as follows. The Buffalo Bills today

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01:41:28,479 --> 01:41:31,120
Speaker 1: announced they will hold their twenty twenty one training camp

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01:41:31,200 --> 01:41:33,880
Speaker 1: at the ad Pro Training Center in Orchard Park, New York.

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01:41:34,320 --> 01:41:37,240
Speaker 1: The Bills informed Saint John Fisher of their intentions over

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01:41:37,320 --> 01:41:40,560
Speaker 1: the weekend and appreciate their efforts to try to accommodate

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01:41:40,640 --> 01:41:43,960
Speaker 1: the Bills this summer. However, due to the complexities of

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01:41:44,040 --> 01:41:48,240
Speaker 1: the NFL's current COVID nineteen health protocols in place, the

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01:41:48,360 --> 01:41:51,160
Speaker 1: team decided to stay in Orchard Park for a second

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01:41:51,479 --> 01:41:54,880
Speaker 1: consecutive summer. Bills training camp is slated to begin in

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01:41:54,960 --> 01:41:58,000
Speaker 1: late July. Exact days and times of practice will be

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01:41:58,040 --> 01:42:00,160
Speaker 1: announced at a later date. I do expect me your

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01:42:00,240 --> 01:42:05,880
Speaker 1: members to ask Brandon being if there will be any

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Speaker 1: opportunities for fans to take in a training camp practice.

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Speaker 1: So we'll listen now as Brandon Bean is set to

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Speaker 1: address the media and answer questions. Yeah, I think it

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01:42:18,360 --> 01:42:21,960
Speaker 1: was released her a little while ago that we're going

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Speaker 1: to do training camp again here this summer at one

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01:42:25,560 --> 01:42:28,000
Speaker 1: Bill's drive and not be able to go to Saint

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Speaker 1: John Fisher. Tough decision. We've you know, we sent a

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Speaker 1: crew up there a few weeks back and they looked

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Speaker 1: at everything based on what the protocols are today. We've

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01:42:40,479 --> 01:42:43,840
Speaker 1: been in constant contact with the league because we really

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01:42:43,880 --> 01:42:45,920
Speaker 1: wanted to make it work at Saint John Fisher. I

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01:42:46,000 --> 01:42:48,439
Speaker 1: think you guys have heard Sean and myself how much

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01:42:49,320 --> 01:42:51,280
Speaker 1: we think it's a It's a great setup for us,

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01:42:51,360 --> 01:42:54,840
Speaker 1: and we were trying every which way we could to

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01:42:55,000 --> 01:42:58,280
Speaker 1: make it work. But in the end, as we sit

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01:42:58,360 --> 01:43:01,479
Speaker 1: here today, the current protocol it's just make it really

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01:43:01,600 --> 01:43:04,080
Speaker 1: hard for us to do what we need to do

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01:43:04,240 --> 01:43:07,400
Speaker 1: and not be a distraction for our team with all

1883
01:43:07,439 --> 01:43:10,160
Speaker 1: the distancing and some things would just have to be

1884
01:43:10,680 --> 01:43:14,320
Speaker 1: virtual that we can do in person here with the setup.

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01:43:14,439 --> 01:43:18,320
Speaker 1: So we just decided the best way to get our

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01:43:18,320 --> 01:43:20,640
Speaker 1: team ready for this season was to do it here

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01:43:20,680 --> 01:43:25,120
Speaker 1: again this year. But you know, we'll see down the road.

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01:43:25,520 --> 01:43:27,599
Speaker 1: As I said a minute ago, Sean, I love camp

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01:43:27,680 --> 01:43:31,360
Speaker 1: and we're disappointed that it wouldn't work out. But at

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01:43:31,400 --> 01:43:33,200
Speaker 1: the same time, we have a great set up here

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01:43:33,280 --> 01:43:36,280
Speaker 1: and our guys did a great job here last year,

1892
01:43:37,160 --> 01:43:40,479
Speaker 1: all of our operations staff and all the people behind

1893
01:43:40,520 --> 01:43:43,800
Speaker 1: the scenes putting it together, and we'll now focus one

1894
01:43:43,840 --> 01:43:45,880
Speaker 1: hundred percent of our efforts on what that will look

1895
01:43:45,920 --> 01:43:49,599
Speaker 1: like here. So with that said, any questions out there

1896
01:43:49,800 --> 01:43:55,000
Speaker 1: far away, Hey Brandon, John Warrel, Hey John, all the

1897
01:43:55,040 --> 01:44:00,599
Speaker 1: way from Canada. Self isolating here, good, but just wondering,

1898
01:44:00,840 --> 01:44:05,599
Speaker 1: um is this reflect? Is this personally the decision, personal

1899
01:44:05,760 --> 01:44:08,720
Speaker 1: reflection of the team not being able to meet the

1900
01:44:08,880 --> 01:44:12,439
Speaker 1: vaccination threadholds and how much how much a setback might

1901
01:44:12,520 --> 01:44:16,120
Speaker 1: that be to you? Now? John, it's actually zero to

1902
01:44:16,200 --> 01:44:19,360
Speaker 1: do with the with the vaccines. It's it's literally the

1903
01:44:19,439 --> 01:44:22,760
Speaker 1: protocols that we're operating under right now. You know, the

1904
01:44:22,920 --> 01:44:25,760
Speaker 1: league updates them, but they don't tell us when it

1905
01:44:25,840 --> 01:44:30,080
Speaker 1: will happen. And as of now, UM, you know, we

1906
01:44:30,200 --> 01:44:33,000
Speaker 1: have certain things that have to be distanced. How we

1907
01:44:33,120 --> 01:44:36,040
Speaker 1: do meals, how the locker room space is all of

1908
01:44:36,120 --> 01:44:39,880
Speaker 1: that stuff. Um, as we sit here today, no matter

1909
01:44:40,080 --> 01:44:43,120
Speaker 1: who's vaccinated and who's not, those are the rules that

1910
01:44:43,200 --> 01:44:46,600
Speaker 1: were under Could they change between now and camp possibly,

1911
01:44:47,240 --> 01:44:50,000
Speaker 1: but there's no certainty and no clarity. And you know,

1912
01:44:50,040 --> 01:44:53,519
Speaker 1: we're running up against um all the setup that would

1913
01:44:53,560 --> 01:44:56,080
Speaker 1: need to get going at Saint John Fisher, and so

1914
01:44:57,200 --> 01:44:58,920
Speaker 1: we just we didn't feel like we could delay the

1915
01:44:59,000 --> 01:45:02,360
Speaker 1: decision any longer. Gotcha. And just as a follow up,

1916
01:45:02,400 --> 01:45:04,920
Speaker 1: just on vaccine, on the vaccination front, which has become

1917
01:45:05,400 --> 01:45:07,840
Speaker 1: a bit of a hot topic with the bills, do

1918
01:45:08,000 --> 01:45:11,360
Speaker 1: you think that this team will not be will not

1919
01:45:11,520 --> 01:45:14,920
Speaker 1: face any setbacks when it comes to thresholds once once

1920
01:45:15,000 --> 01:45:17,560
Speaker 1: once they come into play. Well, we don't know what

1921
01:45:17,640 --> 01:45:20,759
Speaker 1: the thresholds are. John. Uh, that's part of the clarity

1922
01:45:20,800 --> 01:45:24,000
Speaker 1: that we don't have today. And so, UM, you know,

1923
01:45:24,080 --> 01:45:28,360
Speaker 1: we've we've obviously educated our guys on as much as

1924
01:45:28,439 --> 01:45:31,599
Speaker 1: we have and and you know, I think it has

1925
01:45:31,680 --> 01:45:33,720
Speaker 1: been a hot topic. But in the building, the guys

1926
01:45:33,760 --> 01:45:36,080
Speaker 1: have been very focused on football here. I think it's

1927
01:45:36,680 --> 01:45:40,600
Speaker 1: it's probably grown more legs outside, whether social media or

1928
01:45:40,840 --> 01:45:43,559
Speaker 1: articles in here. We're all on the same page. We've

1929
01:45:43,600 --> 01:45:46,240
Speaker 1: had a lot of great discussion and we have a

1930
01:45:46,280 --> 01:45:49,280
Speaker 1: healthy locker room of guys that can be mature and

1931
01:45:49,640 --> 01:45:53,000
Speaker 1: have you know whether you're which side of defense you're on, UM,

1932
01:45:53,240 --> 01:45:56,120
Speaker 1: and that's what Sean and I really respect about. Not

1933
01:45:56,240 --> 01:45:59,200
Speaker 1: only are our teammates and our players, but our staff

1934
01:45:59,280 --> 01:46:02,680
Speaker 1: members as well. So UM, at the end of the day,

1935
01:46:02,800 --> 01:46:04,880
Speaker 1: we don't we don't know what the thresholds will be

1936
01:46:05,040 --> 01:46:08,920
Speaker 1: and m but it won't be a distraction. We're excited

1937
01:46:08,920 --> 01:46:11,720
Speaker 1: about the season and whatever it is, we'll deal with

1938
01:46:11,800 --> 01:46:16,799
Speaker 1: it at that time. Thanks Brendan, you got it. Hey Brandon,

1939
01:46:16,840 --> 01:46:20,280
Speaker 1: it's John. UM. What does this do not going to

1940
01:46:20,360 --> 01:46:22,360
Speaker 1: Fisher the past two years? How does that affect the

1941
01:46:22,439 --> 01:46:25,680
Speaker 1: contract you guys had with the school and where do

1942
01:46:25,800 --> 01:46:29,120
Speaker 1: things stand with that currently? Yeah? I don't know everything

1943
01:46:29,680 --> 01:46:32,400
Speaker 1: on that, John, to be honest with you, Kim and

1944
01:46:32,760 --> 01:46:35,320
Speaker 1: some of the other ones are handling that, so I

1945
01:46:35,479 --> 01:46:38,280
Speaker 1: know there will be discussions down the road, UM with

1946
01:46:38,400 --> 01:46:41,240
Speaker 1: the representatives at Saint John's Fisher about what that would

1947
01:46:41,280 --> 01:46:43,720
Speaker 1: look like. But Um, at the end of the day,

1948
01:46:43,800 --> 01:46:46,120
Speaker 1: we're just we're just focused on this year and I'll

1949
01:46:46,200 --> 01:46:48,760
Speaker 1: let Kim and them handle what it looks like going

1950
01:46:48,840 --> 01:46:51,320
Speaker 1: forward and then as a follow up for things in

1951
01:46:51,520 --> 01:46:54,080
Speaker 1: Orchard Park. It may be too soon to say, but

1952
01:46:54,439 --> 01:46:57,839
Speaker 1: have there been any discussions or thoughts to having fans

1953
01:46:58,200 --> 01:47:01,840
Speaker 1: a part of things at the facility? Yeah, that's that's

1954
01:47:01,880 --> 01:47:04,160
Speaker 1: the hard part. We love, uh, you know, a camp

1955
01:47:04,280 --> 01:47:06,599
Speaker 1: is being able to involve our fans, and so we're

1956
01:47:06,920 --> 01:47:10,800
Speaker 1: we're having internal discussions. You know, we always have that scrimmage,

1957
01:47:11,040 --> 01:47:13,479
Speaker 1: you know, a week before the preseason game. We're looking

1958
01:47:13,520 --> 01:47:17,719
Speaker 1: at that, plus you know, another opportunity or two. Nothing's

1959
01:47:17,920 --> 01:47:20,519
Speaker 1: in stone, but we're trying to find some ways to

1960
01:47:21,120 --> 01:47:24,560
Speaker 1: have some open practices in the stadium so that we

1961
01:47:24,680 --> 01:47:27,200
Speaker 1: can allow our fans to come. Obviously it doesn't work

1962
01:47:27,240 --> 01:47:30,200
Speaker 1: as well on the practice field, but we hope to

1963
01:47:30,920 --> 01:47:33,920
Speaker 1: down the road have some dates a date or dates

1964
01:47:34,200 --> 01:47:38,160
Speaker 1: too that will be open open to the public. Thanks Brandon,

1965
01:47:38,680 --> 01:47:41,599
Speaker 1: you got a chat. Hey Brandon's dad, good to see him.

1966
01:47:42,000 --> 01:47:44,960
Speaker 1: You're too fat. Thanks, man Um. I know you kind

1967
01:47:44,960 --> 01:47:47,040
Speaker 1: of want to concentrate on this year, but with the

1968
01:47:47,240 --> 01:47:51,080
Speaker 1: contract at least being up for the moment. Is there

1969
01:47:51,120 --> 01:47:53,200
Speaker 1: a thought for this team if they want to go

1970
01:47:53,280 --> 01:47:55,840
Speaker 1: away to camp, that it possibly could be somewhere other

1971
01:47:55,880 --> 01:48:00,800
Speaker 1: than Fisher whenever the next deal becomes reality for your team, Yeah,

1972
01:48:00,800 --> 01:48:04,200
Speaker 1: I mean, until until something's done. I guess that's always

1973
01:48:04,760 --> 01:48:08,640
Speaker 1: an option, Thad. That's not really our focus. Our one

1974
01:48:08,720 --> 01:48:10,800
Speaker 1: hundred percent of our inference has been on trying to

1975
01:48:10,880 --> 01:48:13,840
Speaker 1: make it work this year, and once that became not

1976
01:48:13,960 --> 01:48:16,600
Speaker 1: a reality for us, and we just had to focus on,

1977
01:48:17,320 --> 01:48:19,640
Speaker 1: you know, what we're gonna do camp here? We you know,

1978
01:48:19,880 --> 01:48:22,479
Speaker 1: we haven't had discussions. You know, Kim will will be

1979
01:48:22,600 --> 01:48:25,200
Speaker 1: all over that, and she has her team of people

1980
01:48:25,320 --> 01:48:28,519
Speaker 1: that I'm sure we'll discuss that and then circle back

1981
01:48:28,600 --> 01:48:30,800
Speaker 1: with me and Sean down the road on what that

1982
01:48:30,920 --> 01:48:33,559
Speaker 1: looks like. And then Sean talked about, you know, how

1983
01:48:33,680 --> 01:48:35,840
Speaker 1: much the team enjoys connecting with fans, not on even

1984
01:48:35,920 --> 01:48:38,560
Speaker 1: Rochester but from other places that come to Rochester to

1985
01:48:38,600 --> 01:48:40,800
Speaker 1: see camp. Is there a message that you want to

1986
01:48:40,840 --> 01:48:43,479
Speaker 1: convey to all those people who will not have the

1987
01:48:43,520 --> 01:48:46,400
Speaker 1: opportunity again this year to see you guys in person. Yeah,

1988
01:48:46,479 --> 01:48:49,320
Speaker 1: I mean it's it's disappointing. I'm I feel bad for

1989
01:48:49,439 --> 01:48:52,559
Speaker 1: them because I know how many people love to come

1990
01:48:52,640 --> 01:48:54,639
Speaker 1: up there. It's such a great set up, the weather's

1991
01:48:55,160 --> 01:48:59,840
Speaker 1: generally really really good, and and again selfishly, I'm I'm

1992
01:49:00,000 --> 01:49:02,240
Speaker 1: disappointed not to see the fans and not to not

1993
01:49:02,360 --> 01:49:04,720
Speaker 1: to have camp up there. I could promise you we

1994
01:49:04,760 --> 01:49:08,720
Speaker 1: could have easily made this decision weeks ago to stay here,

1995
01:49:09,560 --> 01:49:12,200
Speaker 1: but we we tried every which way we could to

1996
01:49:12,360 --> 01:49:15,479
Speaker 1: get it to happen, and tried to even find out

1997
01:49:15,640 --> 01:49:19,640
Speaker 1: dates when the League might amend the protocols. But a

1998
01:49:19,720 --> 01:49:21,760
Speaker 1: lot of that has to be negotiated with the union

1999
01:49:22,040 --> 01:49:24,720
Speaker 1: and there's still uncertainty, and we were just this was

2000
01:49:24,800 --> 01:49:27,000
Speaker 1: kind of a hard deadline that we needed clarity. So

2001
01:49:28,000 --> 01:49:31,040
Speaker 1: I'm disappointed for our fans up in that region that

2002
01:49:31,200 --> 01:49:34,360
Speaker 1: that come religiously. And you know, again, hopefully we can

2003
01:49:34,439 --> 01:49:37,120
Speaker 1: get back to being able to hold training camp away

2004
01:49:37,160 --> 01:49:39,960
Speaker 1: down down the line, but at this time, you know,

2005
01:49:40,000 --> 01:49:42,839
Speaker 1: that's all I can really say that. Thanks, Brand, appreciate

2006
01:49:42,880 --> 01:49:46,720
Speaker 1: it as always, Yes, sir, Hey Bradon, good to see you, Bud.

2007
01:49:47,240 --> 01:49:52,759
Speaker 1: What's up sal Not too much besides by weight? Hopefully

2008
01:49:52,800 --> 01:49:55,200
Speaker 1: your golf scorers going the other way? Yeah, no, no,

2009
01:49:55,360 --> 01:49:59,760
Speaker 1: doll still can't play anyway logistically, if you guys were

2010
01:49:59,840 --> 01:50:02,960
Speaker 1: not to go back to Fisher or anywhere else down

2011
01:50:03,080 --> 01:50:05,320
Speaker 1: the road, if you decide that you want to be

2012
01:50:05,439 --> 01:50:08,600
Speaker 1: like many other teams and just stay home, logistically, what

2013
01:50:08,760 --> 01:50:11,360
Speaker 1: would have to happen for that to be a reality

2014
01:50:11,439 --> 01:50:13,880
Speaker 1: to bring fans into your practice facility? Because I know

2015
01:50:14,400 --> 01:50:15,880
Speaker 1: you don't want to be on turf every day. What

2016
01:50:15,960 --> 01:50:17,559
Speaker 1: would you have to do? Have you even thought about

2017
01:50:17,560 --> 01:50:21,479
Speaker 1: that yet? Yeah? I think if what we what we'd

2018
01:50:21,520 --> 01:50:24,680
Speaker 1: have to do is sometimes you see those stands that

2019
01:50:24,760 --> 01:50:27,160
Speaker 1: have risers in them and you know, maybe got tents

2020
01:50:27,240 --> 01:50:29,080
Speaker 1: or stuff like that. So we probably have to come

2021
01:50:29,200 --> 01:50:32,720
Speaker 1: up with a way to have some stands that are,

2022
01:50:33,360 --> 01:50:35,960
Speaker 1: you know, a little higher than normal so they can

2023
01:50:36,000 --> 01:50:39,439
Speaker 1: at least look above the fence, you know how. You know,

2024
01:50:39,560 --> 01:50:41,320
Speaker 1: I'm sure there's other things we could do, as far

2025
01:50:41,360 --> 01:50:44,200
Speaker 1: as maybe take down some of that blue tarp, and

2026
01:50:44,880 --> 01:50:48,800
Speaker 1: I mean that, you know, nothing's ideal. That's why going

2027
01:50:48,880 --> 01:50:51,320
Speaker 1: to a place like Fisher that's set up for that

2028
01:50:51,760 --> 01:50:54,160
Speaker 1: is better. And we do You're right, we do want

2029
01:50:54,160 --> 01:50:56,400
Speaker 1: to be on grass as much as we can, especially

2030
01:50:56,439 --> 01:50:58,799
Speaker 1: at that time of a year when guys are practicing

2031
01:50:58,880 --> 01:51:01,560
Speaker 1: every day. And they're not those build in days in

2032
01:51:01,640 --> 01:51:04,360
Speaker 1: the season that they're off, but those would be probably

2033
01:51:04,400 --> 01:51:06,439
Speaker 1: the first things that come to mind, But we would

2034
01:51:06,479 --> 01:51:09,000
Speaker 1: look at all avenues if that happened down the road

2035
01:51:09,040 --> 01:51:13,599
Speaker 1: for sure. Okay, thanks Brandon, you got some Hey Brandon,

2036
01:51:14,120 --> 01:51:18,160
Speaker 1: just a follow up on the vaccination question. You had

2037
01:51:18,240 --> 01:51:21,639
Speaker 1: made your comments on one Bills Live and Sean when

2038
01:51:21,680 --> 01:51:24,479
Speaker 1: we talked to him most recently, I think it's fair

2039
01:51:24,520 --> 01:51:26,160
Speaker 1: to say he expressed a fair level and he used

2040
01:51:26,200 --> 01:51:28,960
Speaker 1: the word concern about the situation, that it could potentially

2041
01:51:29,040 --> 01:51:32,599
Speaker 1: impact the season based on what you would or wouldn't

2042
01:51:32,600 --> 01:51:36,160
Speaker 1: be able to do if you hadn't met the vaccination threshold.

2043
01:51:36,200 --> 01:51:38,720
Speaker 1: So I would ask you just kind of directly right now,

2044
01:51:39,680 --> 01:51:43,879
Speaker 1: given where things stand on that issue, are you concerned

2045
01:51:43,920 --> 01:51:46,280
Speaker 1: about it, are you satisfied with where things or how

2046
01:51:46,320 --> 01:51:50,000
Speaker 1: would you characterize your view of that situation at the

2047
01:51:50,080 --> 01:51:52,080
Speaker 1: time we're at right now looking toward the season and

2048
01:51:52,160 --> 01:51:55,960
Speaker 1: training camp. Yeah, I get the question, Adam, I guess

2049
01:51:56,280 --> 01:52:00,479
Speaker 1: first off, you know my comment was a hypothetical, and

2050
01:52:01,040 --> 01:52:03,200
Speaker 1: again I spoke to the union, spoke to the league,

2051
01:52:03,240 --> 01:52:05,080
Speaker 1: and we all got on the same page on that.

2052
01:52:05,240 --> 01:52:08,200
Speaker 1: It wasn't I think it got blown out as far

2053
01:52:08,280 --> 01:52:11,640
Speaker 1: as you know, me cutting players that weren't vaccinated, that

2054
01:52:11,800 --> 01:52:14,760
Speaker 1: was That was not the gist of what I said,

2055
01:52:14,920 --> 01:52:16,920
Speaker 1: but it is what it is. It was all in

2056
01:52:17,000 --> 01:52:20,120
Speaker 1: the context of looking for you know, my job is

2057
01:52:20,160 --> 01:52:22,200
Speaker 1: to find competitive managers for our team, and it was

2058
01:52:22,360 --> 01:52:25,920
Speaker 1: it was really from that context. And again, um, it

2059
01:52:26,040 --> 01:52:29,120
Speaker 1: was all hypothetical to Sean's you know what he said.

2060
01:52:29,280 --> 01:52:31,320
Speaker 1: You know, we're trying to stay out in front of

2061
01:52:31,360 --> 01:52:33,840
Speaker 1: it and figure out what the thresholds are and also

2062
01:52:34,040 --> 01:52:37,919
Speaker 1: educate our guys on on everything we can about the vaccines,

2063
01:52:37,960 --> 01:52:40,160
Speaker 1: whether it's medical people, whether it's other people that have

2064
01:52:40,240 --> 01:52:42,840
Speaker 1: had at other sports. And that's really all we could

2065
01:52:42,880 --> 01:52:46,280
Speaker 1: do is just educate. And it's a personal decision. And

2066
01:52:47,040 --> 01:52:50,519
Speaker 1: as I said earlier, whether where are you a lie

2067
01:52:50,560 --> 01:52:52,479
Speaker 1: on the fence is what it is. But I can

2068
01:52:52,520 --> 01:52:55,160
Speaker 1: tell you our locker room is very strong. It's together,

2069
01:52:55,760 --> 01:52:59,080
Speaker 1: and guys support each other whatever their decisions are, and

2070
01:52:59,320 --> 01:53:02,000
Speaker 1: Sean and are right there to support them. And it's

2071
01:53:02,040 --> 01:53:05,080
Speaker 1: not going to impact our season negatively or anything like that.

2072
01:53:05,200 --> 01:53:07,120
Speaker 1: We're gonna we're gonna make the most of it. Whatever

2073
01:53:07,200 --> 01:53:10,439
Speaker 1: the thresholds are and whatever restrictions we have to deal

2074
01:53:10,520 --> 01:53:12,800
Speaker 1: with just a quick follow if I could, And this

2075
01:53:12,920 --> 01:53:15,920
Speaker 1: kind of comes from the wall we have you here category,

2076
01:53:16,080 --> 01:53:18,080
Speaker 1: but a lot of interest obviously in the in the

2077
01:53:18,160 --> 01:53:20,960
Speaker 1: Josh Allen negotiations. Can you give us some type of

2078
01:53:21,040 --> 01:53:24,400
Speaker 1: update or indication of where things stand on that shot?

2079
01:53:25,280 --> 01:53:27,160
Speaker 1: You're not gonna like my answer at them, But now

2080
01:53:27,240 --> 01:53:30,639
Speaker 1: there's really nothing to give you on that. If if

2081
01:53:30,720 --> 01:53:33,560
Speaker 1: something were to happen, uh, you know this summer, you know,

2082
01:53:33,600 --> 01:53:37,080
Speaker 1: would definitely let you know, hopefully it's coming from us

2083
01:53:37,120 --> 01:53:39,640
Speaker 1: and not being broke somewhere else. But other than that,

2084
01:53:39,800 --> 01:53:42,559
Speaker 1: there's there's nothing I could give you. Is it ongoing?

2085
01:53:43,240 --> 01:53:47,479
Speaker 1: Is it fair to say that I just there's nothing

2086
01:53:47,520 --> 01:53:50,920
Speaker 1: I could give you on it. I'm sorry. I try

2087
01:53:50,960 --> 01:53:52,960
Speaker 1: to be transparent, but I just I don't like to

2088
01:53:53,000 --> 01:53:56,519
Speaker 1: talk about that stuff until you know, if an end,

2089
01:53:56,800 --> 01:53:59,639
Speaker 1: you know, a deal happens. All Right, you get the question.

2090
01:53:59,680 --> 01:54:02,200
Speaker 1: I know I do. I respect it. I'd ask you

2091
01:54:02,280 --> 01:54:04,040
Speaker 1: if I were in your shoes, but hopefully you respect

2092
01:54:04,120 --> 01:54:09,320
Speaker 1: my answer as well. Thank you. Yes, sir, you know

2093
01:54:09,479 --> 01:54:11,639
Speaker 1: you and Sean have talked about all of the things

2094
01:54:11,720 --> 01:54:15,200
Speaker 1: that you like about going away to training camp in Rochester.

2095
01:54:15,320 --> 01:54:17,840
Speaker 1: I'm wondering in the one year where you were able

2096
01:54:17,880 --> 01:54:21,320
Speaker 1: to have training camp in Orchard Park, what, if anything,

2097
01:54:21,439 --> 01:54:25,080
Speaker 1: were the positives, What was maybe you know, a better

2098
01:54:25,200 --> 01:54:27,519
Speaker 1: thing about being here in Buffalo as opposed to being

2099
01:54:27,520 --> 01:54:30,560
Speaker 1: down the nineties. Well, I think the one thing is

2100
01:54:31,040 --> 01:54:34,000
Speaker 1: guys have access to our facilities, and you know, the

2101
01:54:34,080 --> 01:54:36,680
Speaker 1: Bagoulas put a lot of money in here and they're

2102
01:54:36,720 --> 01:54:39,040
Speaker 1: getting use of it now, which is very helpful. And

2103
01:54:39,560 --> 01:54:42,840
Speaker 1: then in the season, so you can't replicate what we

2104
01:54:43,040 --> 01:54:47,040
Speaker 1: have here. The reason for the getaway is just that

2105
01:54:47,280 --> 01:54:50,960
Speaker 1: team camaraderie building, which still happens here. It's just you

2106
01:54:51,040 --> 01:54:53,640
Speaker 1: don't get the stuff at night, maybe because guys have

2107
01:54:53,760 --> 01:54:56,360
Speaker 1: obligations to go home, or they have things that pull

2108
01:54:56,440 --> 01:54:59,800
Speaker 1: them away, kids at games or whatever's going on. But no,

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01:55:00,040 --> 01:55:02,560
Speaker 1: we have a great set up here, and um, it's

2110
01:55:02,640 --> 01:55:06,880
Speaker 1: not a negative, it's really not. We love We love

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01:55:06,920 --> 01:55:08,680
Speaker 1: what we have here. We love to set up and

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01:55:09,000 --> 01:55:11,600
Speaker 1: so I think, um, from that standpoint, it'll be a

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01:55:11,720 --> 01:55:13,560
Speaker 1: very good camp. You know, the one thing we did

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01:55:13,640 --> 01:55:15,400
Speaker 1: last year when we set up those tents out there,

2115
01:55:15,440 --> 01:55:17,520
Speaker 1: I think that was a good setup. We may we

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01:55:17,600 --> 01:55:19,040
Speaker 1: may do some of that again. I don't know if

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01:55:19,080 --> 01:55:21,520
Speaker 1: it'll look exactly the same. And and then I'm sure

2118
01:55:21,600 --> 01:55:24,400
Speaker 1: guys will tell you their bed is more comfortable than

2119
01:55:25,280 --> 01:55:28,760
Speaker 1: a dorm bed or or a rented bed. Um, you know,

2120
01:55:28,880 --> 01:55:31,560
Speaker 1: my bed's more comfortable here than it is there, but

2121
01:55:31,640 --> 01:55:34,600
Speaker 1: I'd still prefer camp. It's you know, you ask fifty

2122
01:55:34,640 --> 01:55:36,480
Speaker 1: people twenty five, we're gonna tell you they love camp.

2123
01:55:36,560 --> 01:55:39,080
Speaker 1: Twenty five, we're gonna say they'd rather stay home. You're

2124
01:55:39,080 --> 01:55:42,280
Speaker 1: not gonna please everybody, but it'll it'll still be very

2125
01:55:42,320 --> 01:55:44,960
Speaker 1: productive here. Yeah, the play is taking the two dorm

2126
01:55:45,000 --> 01:55:46,800
Speaker 1: beds and put in them together, so you got one

2127
01:55:46,920 --> 01:55:50,760
Speaker 1: regular size bed instead of a little twin bed. Sounds

2128
01:55:50,760 --> 01:55:54,800
Speaker 1: like you've been there once, of course. Yeah, sounds good.

2129
01:55:56,960 --> 01:56:00,680
Speaker 1: Hey Brandon, Um, you know, in talking to ends about

2130
01:56:01,440 --> 01:56:04,320
Speaker 1: the training camp, whether it be in Buffalo or Fisher,

2131
01:56:04,400 --> 01:56:06,040
Speaker 1: one of the things that always comes up is just

2132
01:56:06,680 --> 01:56:08,920
Speaker 1: a disappointment of last year not being able to be

2133
01:56:08,960 --> 01:56:11,200
Speaker 1: out there and see it. And so you mentioned one

2134
01:56:11,280 --> 01:56:14,480
Speaker 1: or two times for open practices. I'm curious if you've

2135
01:56:14,520 --> 01:56:19,280
Speaker 1: talked additionally about maybe some type of video type of

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01:56:19,360 --> 01:56:22,680
Speaker 1: elements so fans can watch more than two or three practices,

2137
01:56:22,800 --> 01:56:26,920
Speaker 1: or if there's any ongoing conversations on that front. We

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01:56:27,080 --> 01:56:29,720
Speaker 1: have a fair question, but no, Matt, we've really just

2139
01:56:29,880 --> 01:56:34,040
Speaker 1: been more talking about what live exposures we could give

2140
01:56:34,080 --> 01:56:37,520
Speaker 1: them in person, not the videos. You know, probably less

2141
01:56:37,560 --> 01:56:40,840
Speaker 1: of that. Just you get that because you know, if

2142
01:56:40,880 --> 01:56:43,800
Speaker 1: you're filming everything, every team's going to have access to

2143
01:56:44,000 --> 01:56:47,320
Speaker 1: what you put out there. So anything we did like that,

2144
01:56:47,400 --> 01:56:50,160
Speaker 1: we'd had to make sure it didn't be a competitive

2145
01:56:50,160 --> 01:56:54,480
Speaker 1: disadvantage for us. And you mentioned, you know how everybody's

2146
01:56:54,480 --> 01:56:56,680
Speaker 1: on the same page in the building. I'm curious, like

2147
01:56:57,000 --> 01:56:59,280
Speaker 1: you know, it's a tough a lot of tough conversation

2148
01:56:59,360 --> 01:57:03,080
Speaker 1: to have, but how much has this kind of environment

2149
01:57:03,200 --> 01:57:06,280
Speaker 1: brought you guys together and in what ways? Yeah, I

2150
01:57:06,320 --> 01:57:09,280
Speaker 1: mean I think you know, Sean and I pride ourselves

2151
01:57:09,360 --> 01:57:12,320
Speaker 1: on the type of team that we have here and

2152
01:57:12,600 --> 01:57:14,880
Speaker 1: the guys we've got in this locker room. And and

2153
01:57:15,880 --> 01:57:20,120
Speaker 1: you always deal with adversity throughout each season. Okay, every

2154
01:57:20,160 --> 01:57:23,400
Speaker 1: season has ups and downs. Rarely do you go start

2155
01:57:23,440 --> 01:57:26,080
Speaker 1: to finish and everything was perfect. Even when you're winning games,

2156
01:57:26,120 --> 01:57:28,440
Speaker 1: sometimes there's things going on in a locker room, or

2157
01:57:28,560 --> 01:57:31,720
Speaker 1: certain players are dealing with this or whatever. And the

2158
01:57:31,840 --> 01:57:35,240
Speaker 1: strong locker rooms can deal with that in a mature fashion.

2159
01:57:35,400 --> 01:57:39,280
Speaker 1: And so, you know, with this topic, I've been very

2160
01:57:39,320 --> 01:57:42,480
Speaker 1: impressed with how our guys have had open, honest dialogue,

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01:57:42,520 --> 01:57:45,520
Speaker 1: whether it's with the medical people, whether it's coached a player,

2162
01:57:46,640 --> 01:57:51,760
Speaker 1: player to myself, whoever player to player is. We don't

2163
01:57:51,800 --> 01:57:54,240
Speaker 1: always have to see everything through the same prism, but

2164
01:57:54,400 --> 01:57:57,240
Speaker 1: we can respect each other's opinions, and that's what I'm

2165
01:57:57,280 --> 01:57:59,360
Speaker 1: probably most proud of how our guys have handled it

2166
01:57:59,440 --> 01:58:01,640
Speaker 1: to this point. Like I said earlier, I think it's

2167
01:58:01,720 --> 01:58:07,880
Speaker 1: probably grown more legs on social media or nationally than

2168
01:58:08,080 --> 01:58:12,320
Speaker 1: what it has here inside these walls. Thanks Brandon, you

2169
01:58:12,440 --> 01:58:18,400
Speaker 1: got it. Hey, Brandon, Matt Fairburn here, you know, kind

2170
01:58:18,440 --> 01:58:22,000
Speaker 1: of along that that's same line. And I'm curious what

2171
01:58:22,160 --> 01:58:26,800
Speaker 1: the perhaps benefit has been of the fact that you're

2172
01:58:26,800 --> 01:58:29,560
Speaker 1: in the building and having these conversations as opposed to

2173
01:58:29,600 --> 01:58:31,920
Speaker 1: twelve months ago. I mean, it's a tough topic. Tough

2174
01:58:32,000 --> 01:58:35,760
Speaker 1: topics have come up before in your ten years GM,

2175
01:58:35,880 --> 01:58:37,400
Speaker 1: But the fact that you guys have been able to

2176
01:58:37,560 --> 01:58:39,600
Speaker 1: have a good chunk of guys in the building to

2177
01:58:39,720 --> 01:58:42,960
Speaker 1: hash this out in person, what's been the benefit of that. Yeah,

2178
01:58:43,000 --> 01:58:45,880
Speaker 1: I mean, I think we've got some good guys whether

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01:58:45,920 --> 01:58:50,160
Speaker 1: they're captains or whether they're on Sean's leadership council. Even

2180
01:58:50,280 --> 01:58:52,800
Speaker 1: back to you know, how we were going to do

2181
01:58:52,880 --> 01:58:56,080
Speaker 1: our OTAs this year. Those are some tough discussions, a

2182
01:58:56,160 --> 01:58:59,600
Speaker 1: lot of teams going different avenues of shortening things or

2183
01:59:00,080 --> 01:59:03,760
Speaker 1: only walk throughs or whatever. And you know, Sean, I

2184
01:59:03,880 --> 01:59:06,760
Speaker 1: had at least four or five of those with a

2185
01:59:06,840 --> 01:59:09,280
Speaker 1: lot of the leaders on this team, and we shared

2186
01:59:09,320 --> 01:59:12,960
Speaker 1: ideas and even if we weren't always in agreement on

2187
01:59:13,200 --> 01:59:15,680
Speaker 1: how one of them or two of them saw something,

2188
01:59:16,200 --> 01:59:18,320
Speaker 1: we had great dialogue and we talked it through and

2189
01:59:18,400 --> 01:59:22,320
Speaker 1: both sides listened to each other. And that's that's how

2190
01:59:22,400 --> 01:59:25,040
Speaker 1: you that's how you move on, and that's how you understand.

2191
01:59:25,120 --> 01:59:28,760
Speaker 1: You respect each other's opinions and your viewpoints, and then

2192
01:59:28,800 --> 01:59:31,440
Speaker 1: you make the best decision for your team. And I

2193
01:59:31,560 --> 01:59:36,120
Speaker 1: think our players really appreciated the open dialogue that we

2194
01:59:36,240 --> 01:59:40,040
Speaker 1: had of the structure of OTAs. And again, another tough

2195
01:59:40,120 --> 01:59:43,200
Speaker 1: topic you know that's been out there across the country

2196
01:59:43,800 --> 01:59:46,680
Speaker 1: is vaccines, and like I said, it's been no different.

2197
01:59:46,760 --> 01:59:50,920
Speaker 1: It's been very mature conversations, even when people maybe not

2198
01:59:51,040 --> 01:59:53,800
Speaker 1: agree with you know, one's decision too or to not

2199
01:59:53,960 --> 01:59:57,280
Speaker 1: get vaccinated. I know you mentioned, you know, the comment

2200
01:59:57,360 --> 01:59:59,840
Speaker 1: you made on the radio. Kind of guy took on

2201
02:00:00,160 --> 02:00:02,000
Speaker 1: legs of its own a little bit, and you know

2202
02:00:02,080 --> 02:00:04,000
Speaker 1: you had the conversation with the PA in the league.

2203
02:00:04,000 --> 02:00:07,320
Speaker 1: I'm curious if if you know any players, if you

2204
02:00:07,400 --> 02:00:09,520
Speaker 1: had to have any conversations like that, or if you

2205
02:00:09,560 --> 02:00:11,640
Speaker 1: know what you're talking about as far as what you've

2206
02:00:11,680 --> 02:00:14,720
Speaker 1: guys set up as open communication made that a little

2207
02:00:14,720 --> 02:00:17,840
Speaker 1: bit easier, like they know you well enough or just

2208
02:00:18,000 --> 02:00:20,720
Speaker 1: how that dynamic was. Yeah, I think they know me

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02:00:20,800 --> 02:00:23,640
Speaker 1: well enough. I spoke to uh, you know, several of them,

2210
02:00:23,680 --> 02:00:26,160
Speaker 1: their leaders, and we talked about it, and you know,

2211
02:00:26,280 --> 02:00:28,760
Speaker 1: make sure they understood the context because I doubt they

2212
02:00:28,800 --> 02:00:31,360
Speaker 1: were going to pull up to the interview. But it's

2213
02:00:31,400 --> 02:00:36,160
Speaker 1: a very I think people know right now. I'm brutally honest,

2214
02:00:36,200 --> 02:00:39,760
Speaker 1: sometimes to a fault, and um, but I am who

2215
02:00:39,800 --> 02:00:43,000
Speaker 1: I am, and I think they respect that, even if

2216
02:00:43,040 --> 02:00:45,480
Speaker 1: they disagree with it. And that's that's what I respect

2217
02:00:45,520 --> 02:00:48,960
Speaker 1: about them, that we can have these conversations. And um,

2218
02:00:49,120 --> 02:00:51,120
Speaker 1: I love this locker room. I love these guys, and

2219
02:00:51,600 --> 02:00:53,400
Speaker 1: do I agree with everyone. I'm on everything they do,

2220
02:00:53,640 --> 02:00:57,160
Speaker 1: no matter what. No, But and that's Okay, that's that's

2221
02:00:57,200 --> 02:01:00,920
Speaker 1: what makes the world great. If it's been said, you

2222
02:01:01,000 --> 02:01:03,640
Speaker 1: know a lot. I think if you could take a

2223
02:01:03,760 --> 02:01:06,000
Speaker 1: lot of NFL locker rooms and especially ours, and put

2224
02:01:06,040 --> 02:01:08,040
Speaker 1: them out in society, I think it'd be a lot

2225
02:01:08,120 --> 02:01:11,920
Speaker 1: better on how they handle tough issues, whether it's race,

2226
02:01:11,960 --> 02:01:16,040
Speaker 1: where there's vaccines, whatever, whatever situation's out there. Thanks Brandon,

2227
02:01:16,520 --> 02:01:23,760
Speaker 1: you got it. Hey Brandon, it's Kimi. Hi. I think

2228
02:01:23,840 --> 02:01:26,040
Speaker 1: when Roger Goodell said at the end of March that

2229
02:01:26,160 --> 02:01:30,360
Speaker 1: he looked forward to anticipating full stadiums, whatever his exact

2230
02:01:30,440 --> 02:01:33,400
Speaker 1: language were, but he certainly was expecting full stadiums, I

2231
02:01:33,480 --> 02:01:37,080
Speaker 1: think I thought the optimistic side of me thought, wow, great,

2232
02:01:37,360 --> 02:01:40,080
Speaker 1: you know we're through this, and you know we're not

2233
02:01:40,280 --> 02:01:43,600
Speaker 1: through it obviously completely. And my question to you with

2234
02:01:43,800 --> 02:01:48,280
Speaker 1: that context is do you think COVID and COVID protocols

2235
02:01:48,840 --> 02:01:53,960
Speaker 1: are still going to affect your team this season? Yeah?

2236
02:01:53,960 --> 02:01:56,720
Speaker 1: I mean, Kim, right now, we're operating as if there's

2237
02:01:56,760 --> 02:02:00,240
Speaker 1: going to be some type of protocols that we have

2238
02:02:00,360 --> 02:02:03,520
Speaker 1: top you know, whether that's you know, our guys we

2239
02:02:03,640 --> 02:02:06,640
Speaker 1: enjoy eating lunch together, and right now that's still you

2240
02:02:06,720 --> 02:02:09,360
Speaker 1: can't do it. It's grab and go further process and

2241
02:02:09,920 --> 02:02:13,960
Speaker 1: certain things. You know, SNA's not open still, there's certain

2242
02:02:14,040 --> 02:02:17,960
Speaker 1: things that guys just can't do were it's better it's

2243
02:02:18,080 --> 02:02:21,400
Speaker 1: less virtual stuff more in person. I think the needle

2244
02:02:21,440 --> 02:02:24,680
Speaker 1: has moved, just like we're moving to full stadiums, but

2245
02:02:25,200 --> 02:02:29,160
Speaker 1: it's not back to twenty nineteen yet, which we all

2246
02:02:29,200 --> 02:02:32,240
Speaker 1: will look forward to when that happens. So we're still

2247
02:02:32,320 --> 02:02:34,880
Speaker 1: under the under the impression that we're going to have

2248
02:02:35,240 --> 02:02:38,920
Speaker 1: through camp, you know, some type of protocols, some type

2249
02:02:38,960 --> 02:02:41,560
Speaker 1: of restrictions. But I think last year taught us a

2250
02:02:41,640 --> 02:02:44,160
Speaker 1: lot that we'll find a way to deal with whatever

2251
02:02:44,240 --> 02:02:47,720
Speaker 1: they are, and it definitely won't be an excuse. I

2252
02:02:47,880 --> 02:02:50,160
Speaker 1: wasn't going to follow up, Brandon, but if you don't mind,

2253
02:02:50,200 --> 02:02:52,600
Speaker 1: I do have a I think a quick follow up.

2254
02:02:52,880 --> 02:02:56,280
Speaker 1: I remember when when Darryl Williams made that fumble recovery

2255
02:02:56,320 --> 02:02:59,200
Speaker 1: against the Cults, and I can't remember if it was me.

2256
02:02:59,320 --> 02:03:01,440
Speaker 1: I think it might have been who asked Sean on

2257
02:03:01,640 --> 02:03:04,360
Speaker 1: Zoom you know about that play and how he reacted

2258
02:03:04,400 --> 02:03:08,200
Speaker 1: to Williams, And I remember being saddened because Sean said,

2259
02:03:08,280 --> 02:03:12,080
Speaker 1: like across the room, he got William's attention, like gave

2260
02:03:12,160 --> 02:03:14,640
Speaker 1: him a thumbs up because at that point, you know,

2261
02:03:14,720 --> 02:03:17,040
Speaker 1: you weren't allowed to, you know, hug a guy. You know,

2262
02:03:17,200 --> 02:03:19,839
Speaker 1: you know, if you made a great play for you football.

2263
02:03:19,880 --> 02:03:22,640
Speaker 1: It seems to me the ultimate team game needs that

2264
02:03:22,880 --> 02:03:26,480
Speaker 1: kind of interaction. Do you guys miss that you have

2265
02:03:26,600 --> 02:03:29,040
Speaker 1: such a together franchise? As far as I can tell,

2266
02:03:29,360 --> 02:03:32,280
Speaker 1: do you guys miss that opportunity, my goodness, for a

2267
02:03:32,360 --> 02:03:35,400
Speaker 1: head coach to to hug a big lineman who just

2268
02:03:35,560 --> 02:03:38,840
Speaker 1: might have saved your season. Yeah, no doubt. It's Uh,

2269
02:03:39,040 --> 02:03:42,360
Speaker 1: that's that's what made last year so hard, and you know,

2270
02:03:42,560 --> 02:03:45,760
Speaker 1: spaced out locker rooms and you know, just you know

2271
02:03:46,040 --> 02:03:48,840
Speaker 1: sometimes you know, I said, I missed sitting down at

2272
02:03:48,880 --> 02:03:52,440
Speaker 1: lunch sometimes and just you know, hearing each each guy

2273
02:03:52,560 --> 02:03:54,440
Speaker 1: talk about somebody in their family or what's going on

2274
02:03:54,480 --> 02:03:57,360
Speaker 1: in their lives, just not talking about football for fifteen

2275
02:03:57,440 --> 02:04:01,200
Speaker 1: twenty minutes. And we've lost that. But that's what's made

2276
02:04:01,240 --> 02:04:03,440
Speaker 1: this offseason fun, now that the guys have been back

2277
02:04:03,720 --> 02:04:05,680
Speaker 1: and we've been able to have more. Last year, at

2278
02:04:05,720 --> 02:04:08,400
Speaker 1: this time, everything was remote and we didn't even know

2279
02:04:08,480 --> 02:04:11,120
Speaker 1: what the season was going to look like. So I'm

2280
02:04:11,160 --> 02:04:14,960
Speaker 1: excited about where things are camp and I'm looking at

2281
02:04:15,000 --> 02:04:17,600
Speaker 1: it from the glass half full that it's only going

2282
02:04:17,640 --> 02:04:20,800
Speaker 1: to get better. Okay, I like that. Thanks Brandon, you

2283
02:04:20,880 --> 02:04:24,920
Speaker 1: got a good scening camp of attendance at OTAs. I

2284
02:04:25,040 --> 02:04:30,000
Speaker 1: know Dion complimented you for dealing with other players schedules

2285
02:04:30,200 --> 02:04:32,480
Speaker 1: and families and working with them. I know it was

2286
02:04:32,520 --> 02:04:34,600
Speaker 1: a logistics thing you guys talk about with training Camper.

2287
02:04:34,720 --> 02:04:37,400
Speaker 1: Was their player input on training camp or what was

2288
02:04:37,480 --> 02:04:39,400
Speaker 1: their reaction when you guys told them today that they'd

2289
02:04:39,440 --> 02:04:43,720
Speaker 1: be staying in Buffalo? Yeah, I think there really wasn't

2290
02:04:43,840 --> 02:04:46,280
Speaker 1: a lot we do talk. You know, Sean did have

2291
02:04:46,320 --> 02:04:49,080
Speaker 1: a conversation with a few of them after one practice,

2292
02:04:49,480 --> 02:04:51,760
Speaker 1: telling them that we were still working through the decision

2293
02:04:51,840 --> 02:04:55,960
Speaker 1: and with these protocols, would they have a preference either

2294
02:04:56,080 --> 02:04:57,720
Speaker 1: way or do they just want to put the decision

2295
02:04:57,800 --> 02:05:01,000
Speaker 1: on us? And so that conversation as did happen, But

2296
02:05:01,400 --> 02:05:05,440
Speaker 1: we really tried. Like I said, Friday afternoon, we kind

2297
02:05:05,480 --> 02:05:08,360
Speaker 1: of knew our time and ended and this week we

2298
02:05:08,360 --> 02:05:11,080
Speaker 1: would need to move forward. But like I said, we'll

2299
02:05:11,120 --> 02:05:14,360
Speaker 1: make the most of it. Our guys. It's like anything

2300
02:05:14,600 --> 02:05:17,000
Speaker 1: you asked, like I said earlier, you asked fifty of them,

2301
02:05:17,320 --> 02:05:19,880
Speaker 1: twenty five probably love Camp twenty five brothers sleep in

2302
02:05:19,880 --> 02:05:23,080
Speaker 1: their own bed, so that's probably more of an individual question.

2303
02:05:23,720 --> 02:05:26,480
Speaker 1: I appreciate it, Brandon, go Brads, you got it. Thanks,

2304
02:05:28,880 --> 02:05:32,400
Speaker 1: Hey Brandon, can hear me all right? Yes? I got you, Marcel, Yeah, sorry,

2305
02:05:32,560 --> 02:05:35,200
Speaker 1: video is not working right now. But I just wanted

2306
02:05:35,240 --> 02:05:38,480
Speaker 1: to clarify because the Boston Globe, I believe it was

2307
02:05:38,840 --> 02:05:42,120
Speaker 1: and recently ran a story about how difficult time that

2308
02:05:42,240 --> 02:05:46,400
Speaker 1: teams are having in getting its players getting their players vaccinated.

2309
02:05:46,960 --> 02:05:52,120
Speaker 1: I just want to make clear that your players vaccination

2310
02:05:52,200 --> 02:05:54,320
Speaker 1: rate had nothing to do with your decision at Saint

2311
02:05:54,400 --> 02:06:00,200
Speaker 1: John Fisher zero, because it was the protocols, Marcel was

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Speaker 1: that was the current protocols. With the size of the

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Speaker 1: meeting rooms that we need to have, we just couldn't

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Speaker 1: fit all the meeting rooms in the space that we're

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Speaker 1: allotted up there, and you can only do so many

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Speaker 1: things outside with whether not effect in the locker room

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Speaker 1: space as well. Appreciating the CAU, I think I'm muting

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Speaker 1: myself and that just and then this is another, I guess,

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Speaker 1: speculatory hypothetical question, but have you either given any consideration

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Speaker 1: to or actually asked players that are vaccinated to withhold

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Speaker 1: their vaccination status when asked about it, just so that

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Speaker 1: nobody can speculate whether or not. Okay, well, if this

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Speaker 1: guy said he is vaccinated and this guy doesn't want

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Speaker 1: to talk about it, that must mean this guy's unvaccinated. Like,

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Speaker 1: has there been ever been that kind of conversation within

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Speaker 1: your building? No, not that I'm aware of, not that

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Speaker 1: I've been a part of. Or No, I haven't heard

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Speaker 1: that at all. Gotcha. All right, I appreciate your time

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Speaker 1: as always, Brandon, thank you, you got it? Thanks myself.

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Speaker 1: All right, that's Bills GM Brandon Being addressing the media. Primarily,

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Speaker 1: he was addressing the media about training camp and the

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Speaker 1: decision to hold it here for the second straight summer.

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Speaker 1: At one Bill's Drive. It kind of spun into a

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Speaker 1: series of vaccination questions as well, but Brandon Being did

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Speaker 1: make it clear more than once that the decision had

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Speaker 1: zero to do with the vaccination rate of their player roster.

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Speaker 1: It had more to do with the league's COVID nineteen protocols,

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Speaker 1: which are still one thing. One thing that I didn't

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Speaker 1: realize when we were talking about this earlier. You know,

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Speaker 1: we thought they got to a place where, you know,

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Speaker 1: the league has its own protocols. Each state is different,

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Speaker 1: and the NFL has to kind of go with the

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02:07:53,720 --> 02:07:56,520
Speaker 1: slowest state opening up because they want to keep it fair.

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Speaker 1: They can't open some buildings and not. They're getting some

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Speaker 1: pushback from that. They could if they wanted to, I guess,

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Speaker 1: but they don't want to do that. They want to

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Speaker 1: keep the field playing level, the playing field level. So

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Speaker 1: when New York teams are opened up, and say Colorado

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Speaker 1: is not opened up, or whatever other state, Minnesota, whatever

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02:08:14,440 --> 02:08:16,840
Speaker 1: you want, it doesn't matter. They want to open them

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Speaker 1: all up the same way, the same rate, to give

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02:08:18,760 --> 02:08:20,840
Speaker 1: everybody the same amount of time with their players in

2353
02:08:20,920 --> 02:08:24,240
Speaker 1: the offseason, to keep the field as level as they can,

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Speaker 1: and all of these protocols, and while New York State

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02:08:28,160 --> 02:08:30,160
Speaker 1: may be opening up, all these protocols have to be

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02:08:30,360 --> 02:08:34,920
Speaker 1: negotiated with the union and that takes time. That takes

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Speaker 1: a lot of time, time that they didn't have time

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Speaker 1: terms of making this decision. We will take a break here,

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Speaker 1: but Steve and I will be back to close things

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Speaker 1: up with some final thoughts on some of Brandon Bean's

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02:08:45,440 --> 02:08:48,560
Speaker 1: comments on the decision to have training camp here. At

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Speaker 1: one Bill's Drive for the second consecutive summer. Back in

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Speaker 1: a minute. What have we learned, brought to you by Skyworks,

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Speaker 1: the official construction equipment rental company of the Buffalo Bills. Well,

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02:09:15,240 --> 02:09:17,800
Speaker 1: we learned that the Bills tried every which way they

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02:09:17,880 --> 02:09:20,920
Speaker 1: could to make training camp work at Saint John Fisher,

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02:09:21,000 --> 02:09:24,160
Speaker 1: but the COVID protocols made it hard to do what

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Speaker 1: the Bills needed to do to conduct training camp without

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02:09:27,520 --> 02:09:32,240
Speaker 1: it being a distraction. Brandon mentioned specifically some meeting space.

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Speaker 1: They just simply did not have the meeting space, knowing

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Speaker 1: under the COVID protocols they would still have to be distanced.

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Speaker 1: So you know, you say, oh, we've got a lecture

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02:09:41,920 --> 02:09:44,280
Speaker 1: hall here, that's big enough. Well, at Saint John Fisher

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Speaker 1: it's small campus. It doesn't seat more than maybe a

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Speaker 1: hundred seats in its largest lecture hall. Then you have

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Speaker 1: to do it on a distanced basis. You can't do it.

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Speaker 1: They'd have to use the entire gymnasium at Saint John

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Speaker 1: Fisher for indoor practice. Meet from me to do some

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02:09:56,240 --> 02:09:58,280
Speaker 1: of it outside if they'd have these guys hols. But

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Speaker 1: they used the entire floor of the ad Pro Training

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Speaker 1: Center here, the whole Fields Field House the whole field

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Speaker 1: house is covered with all those events. Did a lot

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Speaker 1: of bills. Fans have been to pregame and some of

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02:10:10,080 --> 02:10:12,160
Speaker 1: the like the draft party they have inside ad Pro

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02:10:12,640 --> 02:10:17,200
Speaker 1: on Draft Night. It's all covered with six foot squared

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02:10:17,240 --> 02:10:20,160
Speaker 1: off desks and chairs in front of a table. And

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Speaker 1: they got coaches coaching these meetings over the whole thing.

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Speaker 1: It's like some crazy, you know, movie set that they

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02:10:28,760 --> 02:10:30,880
Speaker 1: got out there. Everybody's spread out all over everything. So

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Speaker 1: it's you know, and they can't do that, as Saint

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Speaker 1: John Fisher and and and while like we all think

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02:10:35,360 --> 02:10:38,000
Speaker 1: everything's loosening up and the protocols are going to change

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02:10:38,000 --> 02:10:40,000
Speaker 1: and the restrictions are going to change or be loosened,

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02:10:40,400 --> 02:10:44,280
Speaker 1: but they guarantee when Yeah, they can't make plans based

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Speaker 1: on what might happen. Yeah, it might only slightly be

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02:10:47,520 --> 02:10:49,760
Speaker 1: loosened at that point. They just can't do it. Brandon

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Speaker 1: even said he's fully expecting there to still be some

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Speaker 1: COVID restrictions in place to some degree when they get

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Speaker 1: to the regular season. Right, I mean, this is not

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Speaker 1: going to be wiped. The slate's not going to be

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Speaker 1: wiped clean with spect to COVID protocols from the league,

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Speaker 1: and as we said right at the end of that

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Speaker 1: last segment, a lot of what's going to happen has

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Speaker 1: to be negotiated with the players union as well. And

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Speaker 1: you talk about bringing stuff to a grinding halt, that'll

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Speaker 1: do it well. Right. The most important thing, though, as

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Speaker 1: it pertains to Bills fans, that we learned from the

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Speaker 1: press conference was this Brandon said, they are working on

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02:11:24,280 --> 02:11:29,600
Speaker 1: opportunities for fans to take in practice here at one

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Speaker 1: Bill's Drive, whether it's a date or dates plural. He said, quote,

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Speaker 1: We're doing what we can to try to find a

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Speaker 1: couple of dates that will be open practice to the public.

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Speaker 1: So I know that a lot of times when practice

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Speaker 1: was at Saint John Fisher they would still have a

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Speaker 1: couple of dates here back in the stadium. They would

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Speaker 1: call it the return of the Blue and Red something

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02:11:51,920 --> 02:11:54,839
Speaker 1: like that. So maybe it would be something something similar

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Speaker 1: to that. We're just speculating, but it looks as though

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Speaker 1: the team is trying to find an opportunity or a

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Speaker 1: couple of opportunities to have practice open to the public

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02:12:05,840 --> 02:12:08,760
Speaker 1: so they can take in some special teams practices at

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Speaker 1: least in some capacity. And I bet you they get

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Speaker 1: a lot of attendance at one of those here. You know,

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Speaker 1: they put that in the stadium, they'll get some people

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Speaker 1: shown up for that. I'm sure. I'm sure. Yeah, So

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Speaker 1: we'll see where it goes. And you know, Brandon was

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Speaker 1: asked about the vaccination situation with his team and how

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Speaker 1: comfortable he is with that, and he said, quote, we're

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Speaker 1: trying to stay out in front of it and educate

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Speaker 1: our players. It's a personal decision. Our locker room is

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02:12:33,080 --> 02:12:36,880
Speaker 1: strong and guys support each other. It won't impact our

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02:12:36,920 --> 02:12:41,720
Speaker 1: season negatively, no matter the restrictions. So that's kind of

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Speaker 1: where it stands on that front. Okay, it's gonna be tough.

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Speaker 1: So but that covid Linger, it's gonna be better. It's

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02:12:49,880 --> 02:12:51,280
Speaker 1: gonna be better than it will be better. It'll be

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Speaker 1: easier than last year, better than last year. And it'll

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Speaker 1: and as we can all tell, the grip that it

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Speaker 1: had on me, You think back of the grip it

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Speaker 1: had on all for months months. It's it's loosening and

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Speaker 1: there's no doubt about it. Ot A coverage we'll resume

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Speaker 1: tomorrow on the Tuesday edition of One Bill's Live. You

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Speaker 1: won't want to miss it. We'll have all your updates

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Speaker 1: right here. We'll see you tomorrow.