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Speaker 1: nfl PR Steve rubbing elbows with the big wigs man,

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Speaker 1: Thank you for It's a wonderful day out on the course.

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Speaker 1: A little bit jealous that we couldn't join him as well. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: Carl Lawson for the season with a torn achilles suffered

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Speaker 1: in the joint practices with the Green Bay Packers. And

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Speaker 1: the weekend. Former Bill's offensive tackle Connor McDermot, who has

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Speaker 1: been with the Jets now for a couple of seasons,

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Speaker 1: he got carted off in the game against the Packers,

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Speaker 1: the preseason game. And they also lost Gerard Davis, another

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Speaker 1: linebacker who's going to be out according to report through

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Speaker 1: Week six with an ankle injury. So these two days

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Speaker 1: the Jets roster in terms of players that they lost.

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Speaker 1: And these aren't the only joint practices where we've seen

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Speaker 1: players go down in a big way. And the thing

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Speaker 1: that's so interesting there to me, Maddie, is a lot

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Speaker 1: of the reasons why coaches engage in the joint practice

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Speaker 1: setting is because they feel it provides them with an

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Speaker 1: opportunity to get a greater state of readiness for regular

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Speaker 1: season football for their team because they're going against live

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Speaker 1: competition as much as it can be manufactured in a

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Speaker 1: joint scrimmage setting. And they also feel that they have

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Speaker 1: greater control of what goes on in that scenario than

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Speaker 1: they do in an actual preseason game. And I understand

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Speaker 1: have as much control as they think because stupid stuff

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Speaker 1: me think, well, I'm happy Sean and Brandon did not

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Speaker 1: It would be better for our team when it comes

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Speaker 1: we've seen fights, we've seen things that lend his hand

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Speaker 1: I mean, I know we suffered some injuries in that

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Speaker 1: but I think we're in a lot better of a

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Speaker 1: Week one. Yeah, and I know you were saying you're

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Speaker 1: worried about offensive linemen that maybe don't make this roster

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Speaker 1: Jets address their pass rushing problems before final cuts two because,

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Speaker 1: knowing how overloaded this team is at defensive end, anybody

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Speaker 1: that gets lopped off of this roster when they make

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Speaker 1: the cut to fifty three, you better believe that the

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Speaker 1: Jets are going to be on the horn with that

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Speaker 1: player's agent because they're going to be looking to fill

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Speaker 1: up after this season, so obviously they're not going to

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Speaker 1: practices this week. I think that's what I read. I'll

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Speaker 1: double check that because I'm not one hundred percent sure,

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Speaker 1: and because those two teams are supposed to be practicing together,

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Speaker 1: they're figuring that the front offices will be chatting and

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Speaker 1: blah blah blah, and then a deal will magically happen.

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Speaker 1: Poof come out of the air and the Jets will

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Speaker 1: have a pass rusher. I don't know if they go

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Speaker 1: to those lengths, but we'll have to wait and see.

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Speaker 1: Twitter conversation. What were your biggest takeaways from the bills

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Speaker 1: forty one fifteen win over the Bears. Let us know

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Speaker 1: add one Bills live on the tweet cheater. Give us

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Speaker 1: a call eight oh three oh five fifty one eighty

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Speaker 1: eight five fifty two five fifty. Don't forget third hour

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Speaker 1: of the program. We got our film review guru, Greg

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Speaker 1: Cosell from NFL Films will be joining Maddie and I

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Speaker 1: to discuss some specific players and how they looked on tape.

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Speaker 1: That's coming up in the third hour the program. But

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Speaker 1: between now and then, it's your comments. Your phone calls

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Speaker 1: at eight o three five fifty. Let us know what

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Speaker 1: you took away from the Bills beat down to the

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Speaker 1: Bears last Saturday. Maddie and I back in a moment

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Speaker 1: here on One Bills Live presented by KLADA Health. It's

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Speaker 1: Buffalo Bills Radio. Welcome back One Bills Live, Chris Brown,

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Speaker 1: Maddie glad with you, and it is time for our

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Speaker 1: Hunt red zone play of the game. Oh, next segment,

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Speaker 1: we don't have it, do we have it? Sorry? Fourth

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Speaker 1: and above a yard Dribisky pitches out left side motor

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Speaker 1: Singletary looks for room, gets inside the tent. He's got

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Speaker 1: he in? Yes, touchdown Buffalo Devin Singletary goes around the

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Speaker 1: that is your huntred Zone play. Of the game. That's

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Speaker 1: my bad. Visit hunt real estate dot com to score

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Speaker 1: on all your real estate needs. I jumped the gun, Maddie.

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Speaker 1: I was so excited about Devin Singletary's touchdown run. I

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Speaker 1: couldn't wait for it. Had to do it right now.

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Speaker 1: Totally understand that. Yeah, he had an exciting game against

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Speaker 1: the Bears, and that was on a fourth in one play.

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Speaker 1: We've seen coach McDermot pretty much go for it in

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Speaker 1: every fourth down situation, even on his own half of

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Speaker 1: the field. It's an interesting approach here, almost kind of

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Speaker 1: testing the metal of his team, and they've come through

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Speaker 1: for the most part here in the preseason. And Maddie,

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Speaker 1: as I was saying in the first segment, that play

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Speaker 1: was an example of me wrestling in my head with

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Speaker 1: how excited should I get about Devin Singletary's explosion versus

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Speaker 1: how bad is the Bears tackling on defense? Good God,

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Speaker 1: they had five people in the vicinity and nobody could

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Speaker 1: make a play. I'm totally right right there with you.

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Speaker 1: And it was even on more than that Devin Singletary

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Speaker 1: to pause as well, and I think a lot of

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Speaker 1: other people had to pause and think, all right, this

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Speaker 1: has the riding on the wall to be a very,

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Speaker 1: very exciting season based on what we're seeing in this

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Speaker 1: preseason game. But how much do we really need to

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Speaker 1: pump the brakes right now and understand that, yes, it

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Speaker 1: is just preseason. These guys are not always going up

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Speaker 1: against starters. It's some depth guys who are working out

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Speaker 1: to make the roster and be a part of the team.

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Speaker 1: So how much is this gonna carry over? How much

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Speaker 1: is this gonna be true? But I think one thing

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Speaker 1: that we can take away from Devin Singletary and his

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Speaker 1: performance in preseason games and really what he's shown us

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Speaker 1: to us in camp, is that this is a different

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Speaker 1: Devin Singletary than what we saw last season. He looks stronger.

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Speaker 1: His vision of the field has always been one of

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Speaker 1: his strengths, and we've been able to see that shiftiness

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Speaker 1: in him and his ability to find the holes. But

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Speaker 1: I think now we're seeing that power added on to

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Speaker 1: how he runs the football, and when you add those

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Speaker 1: things together, I think we could see his best season

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Speaker 1: yet in his third year. And this is something that

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Speaker 1: he's hoping for as well. Obviously anytime he talks to

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Speaker 1: of training camp of Okay, what did you do in

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Speaker 1: the offseason, what are your goals for this season? And

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Speaker 1: he was very candid in explaining, you know, last season,

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Speaker 1: I did not think I had my best football there

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Speaker 1: The second season, I don't think I played up to

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Speaker 1: preseason game so far. Yeah, And I know when Steve

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Speaker 1: and I were knocking around on the show third year

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Speaker 1: players where if they can make an impact and add

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Speaker 1: to what is already a loaded roster, it could help

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Speaker 1: put this team over the top this season. Steve has

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Speaker 1: been very high on Dawson Knox believes he can be

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Speaker 1: a breakout player this year. And then when he asked

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Speaker 1: me to pick somebody, I picked Singletary. But just because

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Speaker 1: work pays off. And that's why with him. Even though

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Speaker 1: it's clear to all of us that this team's gonna

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Speaker 1: opportunities may not be as frequent as it might be

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Speaker 1: where it looks like they're going to be a run

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Speaker 1: first offense, I still think he has a chance to

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Speaker 1: be and in packful player and hopefully, yeah, he does

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Speaker 1: have a breakout year for the Bills. We want to

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Speaker 1: get to some of the comments on the tweet sheet

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Speaker 1: as they were rolling in fast and furious. Here early

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Speaker 1: the official equipment moving company of the Buffalo Bills. What

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Speaker 1: were your biggest takeaways from the Bills forty one fifteen

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Speaker 1: romp over the Bears. Matt leads us off today and says,

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Speaker 1: speedy is speedy mee? I guess he's doing the roadrunner

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Speaker 1: sound effect there. That was my best attempt at it.

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Speaker 1: Two Money Mitch gets revenge. Three D line looks like

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Speaker 1: a swarm of murder hornets. Four, everyone must wear bubble

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Speaker 1: rap against the Packers. Five national media only talking about

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Speaker 1: the Bears. Question mark, let's go in reverse order here, Maddie,

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Speaker 1: I think the only reason the national media are only

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Speaker 1: playing their backup quarterback look great, There's nothing controversial there. Meanwhile,

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Speaker 1: on at quarterback. Nobody can tackle and they were a mess.

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Speaker 1: And if you guys just want a little bit of

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Speaker 1: entertainment this week, please turn on Chicago Talk radio because

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Speaker 1: it is going to be electric. I'm sure it was

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Speaker 1: electric after the game. I meant to turn it on

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Speaker 1: but didn't have time to. But these guys were probably

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Speaker 1: ripping the coaching staff, the players apart. I mean, the

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Speaker 1: I'm sure people are talking about the Bears also because hey,

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Speaker 1: Mitch Drubisky looked really good in a Buffalo Bills uniform.

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Speaker 1: There's a lot to talk about right there. With the

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Speaker 1: fact that he goes to another team to be a

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Speaker 1: backup quarterback and looks like, maybe not a completely different player,

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Speaker 1: but looks like a more complete player in what he

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Speaker 1: was able to do with the offense that the Bills ran.

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Speaker 1: That's a huge talking point right there. The Bears might

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Speaker 1: have messed up. The Bears might have not ran the

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Speaker 1: right offense. When Mitch Trubisky was on the team. Had

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Speaker 1: they ran the right offense, had they connected in different ways,

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Speaker 1: maybe Mitch would still be a starting cornerback for the Bears.

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Speaker 1: That's not the case right now. You add in the

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Speaker 1: fact that the Bears looked like a mess. Yes, that's

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Speaker 1: going to get a lot of national attention and media

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Speaker 1: just because they're in Chicago. Yeah, and I'll say this

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Speaker 1: because I even tweeted this as soon as the game ended.

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Speaker 1: It was a three phase clinic by the Bills in

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Speaker 1: their execution over the Bears. We already talked about how

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Speaker 1: defensively the bears biggest problem was tackling, and Matt Naggie

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Speaker 1: confirmed that. He said, what was your biggest issue with

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Speaker 1: the game? He said, poor tackling. So that's number one.

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Speaker 1: Number two. We know the problem that the Bears have

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Speaker 1: on their offensive line, it is scattershot at best. And

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Speaker 1: then number three for me, Maddie is they didn't look

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Speaker 1: like they had their stuff together on special teams. Their

658
00:38:00,520 --> 00:38:06,600
Speaker 1: coverage units were atrocious. Look, I'm the biggest believer in

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Speaker 1: Isaiah mackenzie and even in Marquez Stevenson from what I

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Speaker 1: saw him do in college as a return man. But

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Speaker 1: that seventy nine yard punt return that Stevenson had the

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Speaker 1: kicker completely outkicked his coverage. Stevenson gets the ball, he's

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Speaker 1: got thirty yards to work with in front of him.

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Speaker 1: Pick your lane, Marquez, pick your lane because you've got

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Speaker 1: three or four to choose from here. With all the

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Speaker 1: space in front of you. There is no reason for

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Speaker 1: a return man in the NFL to be given twenty

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Speaker 1: to thirty yards of room in front of him after

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Speaker 1: he catches the football. That is unheard of and unacceptable

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Speaker 1: at the NFL level, even in the pollute all that space.

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Speaker 1: I mean, when he caught the ball, I knew he

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Speaker 1: was going to take that close to the house, if

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Speaker 1: not to the house because of the room that he

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Speaker 1: was given. You cannot do that in the NFL. Anybody

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Speaker 1: that's catching punts or catching returns for you is talented enough.

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Speaker 1: If you give them twenty yards of space to work with,

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00:39:08,600 --> 00:39:11,920
Speaker 1: they're gonna find multiple lanes and that's gonna set up

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Speaker 1: their offense perfectly for the next drive. That's why special

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Speaker 1: teams is so important. And to not have that figured out,

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Speaker 1: at least in that type of way for a preseason game, yeah,

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Speaker 1: it does say a lot about their special teams and

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Speaker 1: what they have yet to do and yet to figure out. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: and it wasn't just that play, Maddie. I mean, you

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Speaker 1: saw Isaiah McKenzie with a thirty six yard return. He

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Speaker 1: also had a fourteen yard return a twelve yard returns.

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Speaker 1: At twelve fourteen yards, that is one less first down

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Speaker 1: that the offense now needs to get. So to me,

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Speaker 1: the coverage units, particularly on punk coverage for the Bears,

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Speaker 1: not good, not good at all. And it was more

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Speaker 1: of an execution thing because you know, you tell, you know,

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Speaker 1: all right, here's our play. We are punt right and

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Speaker 1: let's angle it out of bounce. Okay, that's great, but

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Speaker 1: don't out kick your coverage. I mean, unless the film

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Speaker 1: reveals and I haven't seen the All twenty two yet,

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Speaker 1: which would provide a better picture of this. Maybe those

696
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Speaker 1: guys just aren't hustling enough to get down the field,

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Speaker 1: but the amount of I mean, Steve even mentioned it

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Speaker 1: on the broadcast. Because I'm watching Marcus Stevenson catch the ball,

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Speaker 1: I'm like, where the hell of the Bears? Like where

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Speaker 1: they weren't even in the camera shot on television. It

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Speaker 1: was crazy. I've never I have not seen anything that

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Speaker 1: bad in a long time on special teams. They've got

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Speaker 1: a lot of work to do now. Again, I don't

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Speaker 1: want to take anything away from McKenzie and Stevenson because

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Speaker 1: because when you're given that opportunity, you still have to

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Speaker 1: go out there and execute and pick the right lane

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Speaker 1: and make the right decisions and not block in the

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Speaker 1: back for the guys that are block and formed but

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Speaker 1: man alive. I mean, these guys did a really good

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Speaker 1: job of executing when a golden opportunity was presented to them.

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Speaker 1: So they get credit for that, because I don't want

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Speaker 1: to completely you know, saying wow, the only reason they

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Speaker 1: retar it is because you know, the Bears are terrible. No,

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Speaker 1: they still have to execute, but the Bears have work

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Speaker 1: to do. Yeah, apologies to my family, to all my

716
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Speaker 1: friends who watch the Bears and have to deal with

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Speaker 1: what they're going to have to deal with throughout the

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Speaker 1: entire season because as of right now doesn't look too

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00:41:18,000 --> 00:41:20,080
Speaker 1: good for you guys. Well, at least they get to

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Speaker 1: play the Lions twice, so there's that. We have to

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Speaker 1: take a break here, but when we come back, more

722
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Speaker 1: of your comments on the tweet sheet, as we want

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Speaker 1: to know from you, what were your biggest takeaways from

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Speaker 1: the Bills forty one fifteen romp over the Bears. You

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00:41:34,520 --> 00:41:36,000
Speaker 1: can also give us a call at eight O three

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Speaker 1: five fifty if you want to do it that way,

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Speaker 1: You're more than welcome to do so. Open line for

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Speaker 1: you there. Maddy and I back in a second here

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Speaker 1: on One Bill's Live presented by Colli to Health. It's

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Speaker 1: Buffalo Bill's Radio. Welcome back christ Round. Maddy glab with

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Speaker 1: you here on a Monday. And Steve, as we mentioned,

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Speaker 1: is out at the Jim Kelly golf tournament which had

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Speaker 1: to get rescheduled due to COVID issues. And there is

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Speaker 1: Steve talking to the NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell today, so

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Speaker 1: be interesting to see what he has to say about

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Speaker 1: that conversation when he's back on the show. Tomorrow. I'll

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Speaker 1: be sure to pump him for all the information he has.

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Speaker 1: But Commissioner Goodell, who was interviewed by the media as

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Speaker 1: he is every year when he comes out to participate

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Speaker 1: in this golf tournament, was naturally asked about the stadium

741
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Speaker 1: negotiations between the Bills and New York State and Erie County.

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Speaker 1: And so I'm just going to read you a quote

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Speaker 1: and then Maddie and I will just comment on this

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00:42:43,360 --> 00:42:45,480
Speaker 1: a little bit. But he said, quote, I think almost

745
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Speaker 1: every year I come up here, this has been something

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Speaker 1: that's been discussed. But it actually even goes back to

747
00:42:50,080 --> 00:42:52,080
Speaker 1: the nineties when I was part of the negotiations, and

748
00:42:52,080 --> 00:42:54,040
Speaker 1: at that point we were talking about, well, yeah, we

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Speaker 1: can renovate the stadium, but it's not going to last

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Speaker 1: much longer through renovations. At some point, we've got to

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00:42:58,440 --> 00:43:00,560
Speaker 1: talk about a new stadium, and we're certainly beyond that.

752
00:43:00,960 --> 00:43:03,040
Speaker 1: And I think a new stadium is what's needed. I

753
00:43:03,080 --> 00:43:05,920
Speaker 1: think it's going to require a public private partnership. I

754
00:43:05,960 --> 00:43:08,000
Speaker 1: think the Bills, in the community, and probably the NFL

755
00:43:08,040 --> 00:43:10,400
Speaker 1: are all going to have to come together and figure

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00:43:10,440 --> 00:43:13,319
Speaker 1: out how to do that in a smart way. And

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00:43:13,360 --> 00:43:16,560
Speaker 1: I think we will I went on to say, it's

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Speaker 1: time to get a new stadium done that we think

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00:43:18,640 --> 00:43:21,160
Speaker 1: and make sure the Bills are here and successful for many,

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Speaker 1: many decades going forward. We're focused on keeping the Bills

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Speaker 1: here in a new stadium, in a public private partnership.

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Speaker 1: That's what this is all about, and that's where we're focusing. So,

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Speaker 1: while it's important that the Commissioner has said all this,

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Speaker 1: you really didn't say anything new, right, No, I feel

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Speaker 1: like it's been the same conversation that he's had any

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Speaker 1: time he's been asked about a new stadium for Buffalo

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Speaker 1: or renovations or whatever that may be. It's always been

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00:43:52,600 --> 00:43:55,640
Speaker 1: we want the Bills to stay in Buffalo, and it's

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00:43:55,680 --> 00:43:57,920
Speaker 1: always been we have to find something that's going to

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Speaker 1: work a long term for the team and for the state.

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Speaker 1: And so here we are in August twenty twenty one,

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Speaker 1: still having the same conversations, although I think those conversations

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00:44:09,800 --> 00:44:13,560
Speaker 1: will change now sooner than later to actively having a

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Speaker 1: plan in place of what that will look like in

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Speaker 1: the future. Yeah, Goodell. Goodell did get asked about the

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Speaker 1: public contributions that may be required to make this a reality,

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Speaker 1: and the Commissioner said, quote I don't know the timeline

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Speaker 1: other than I know serious discussions are happening now. I

779
00:44:33,920 --> 00:44:35,680
Speaker 1: think it's going to take a lot of that. It's

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Speaker 1: going to take a tremendous focus. We've had a lot

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00:44:38,520 --> 00:44:41,799
Speaker 1: of experience around the county doing these They require that

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Speaker 1: public private partnership and a process where everyone gets to

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Speaker 1: understand what's needed, what's required. It'll have to be something

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Speaker 1: that's built for Buffalo. The same thing that was built

785
00:44:52,560 --> 00:44:55,399
Speaker 1: in Dallas may not work here in Buffalo. It's got

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Speaker 1: to fit Buffalo, and I think that's one of the

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Speaker 1: things that's the focus and where the focus has to

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Speaker 1: be finding solutions for Buffalo and the bills so they

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Speaker 1: can continue to be successful here in Western New York.

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Speaker 1: So that's where it's at. And basically, what does that mean.

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Speaker 1: Negotiations are ongoing, which we've kind of known for several

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Speaker 1: weeks now, and I anticipate that those will continue based

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Speaker 1: on Commissioner Goodell's characterization of the situation there. So you're

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00:45:20,560 --> 00:45:23,719
Speaker 1: up to date on that, and so you know, we

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Speaker 1: just patiently wait and see where it goes. That's this.

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Speaker 1: This is way above our pay grade, Maddie. We're not

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Speaker 1: We're not in the throes of this discussion at all.

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Speaker 1: We're just trying to update our fans as best we can,

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Speaker 1: and when Roger Goodell speaks, we're all going to listen. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I was gonna say, It's not like Chris and I

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00:45:42,239 --> 00:45:45,320
Speaker 1: know a lot more information than anybody listening on the radio.

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00:45:45,360 --> 00:45:48,400
Speaker 1: It's not like we've got the secret sauce that we

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Speaker 1: cannot reveal. We are. We are just as informed as

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00:45:51,960 --> 00:45:54,440
Speaker 1: you guys, and we're just waiting to hear what's going

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00:45:54,480 --> 00:45:57,239
Speaker 1: to happen next. Yeah, so that's where it's at. You're

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00:45:57,320 --> 00:46:02,800
Speaker 1: up to speed on that. Now, some other stuff going

807
00:46:02,920 --> 00:46:08,080
Speaker 1: on around the league. It looks like Tennessee has placed

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00:46:08,160 --> 00:46:12,840
Speaker 1: another player on their COVID reserve list, Anthony Rush. So

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00:46:13,000 --> 00:46:16,200
Speaker 1: that's another player that's sidelined and on the COVID list.

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Speaker 1: We've seen this around the league. A player here, a

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Speaker 1: player there. Nothing major, just tiny little issues. Although the

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Speaker 1: Cam Newton thing is certainly interesting, and I did confirm

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Speaker 1: he will be back Thursday, provided he continues to test negative.

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Speaker 1: And I also confirm Addie that yes, the Jets and

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Speaker 1: the Eagles are having joint practices later this week, which

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Speaker 1: is why we saw those trade rumor reports because ESPN's

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Speaker 1: Adam Schefter has reported that the Jets are interested in

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Speaker 1: trading for a pass rusher after they lost Carl Lawson

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Speaker 1: to a season ending Achilles injury. The reason they're connecting

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Speaker 1: the dots to the Eagles isn't only because they're having

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Speaker 1: joined scrimmages, but because they're GM. Joe Douglas was previously

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Speaker 1: working for the Eagles and has a good relationship with

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Speaker 1: Eagles GM Howie Roseman. Knowing those two are going to

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Speaker 1: be meeting up this week at the joint practices, presumably

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Speaker 1: the rumors are running like wildfire now, so we'll see.

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Speaker 1: I mean, the Eagles do have a surplus of ends

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Speaker 1: and they're not going to keep all of them beyond

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Speaker 1: next season, so you know, it makes sense to connect

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Speaker 1: those dots. We'll just see if the two parties can

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Speaker 1: strike an agreement. Yeah, I gotta say I hope Carl

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Speaker 1: Lawson comes back healthy, but to not have him on

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Speaker 1: the end for the Jets this year, knowing the Buffalo

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Speaker 1: Bills play against them twice a year, I can't say

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Speaker 1: I'm I'm gonna miss him being on the end. That's

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Speaker 1: someone who when he was a free agent I was,

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Speaker 1: you know, low key hoping maybe he could fit in Buffalo.

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Speaker 1: This is a pretty good defensive end. So we'll see

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Speaker 1: what type of career he has with the New York Jets. Bummer,

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Speaker 1: to see him go out early and miss an entire season,

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00:48:00,480 --> 00:48:02,879
Speaker 1: that's not something you want out of someone who's just

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00:48:03,040 --> 00:48:05,600
Speaker 1: starting to progress in their career, and I feel like

842
00:48:05,680 --> 00:48:08,000
Speaker 1: he was at that point. But yeah, it'll be interesting

843
00:48:08,000 --> 00:48:10,160
Speaker 1: to see who the Jets get because they're going to

844
00:48:10,239 --> 00:48:12,920
Speaker 1: need somebody on the other side of that defensive line.

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Speaker 1: All right, break time for Maddie and I here, But

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Speaker 1: when we come back, more of your thoughts on the

847
00:48:17,840 --> 00:48:21,200
Speaker 1: tweet sheet, and we're also going to kind of take

848
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Speaker 1: a look at the roster a little bit closely, a

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Speaker 1: roster breakdown, if you will, that we like to call

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Speaker 1: who and how many. We're going to take a look

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Speaker 1: at the position numbers and see where some of the

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00:48:32,840 --> 00:48:36,440
Speaker 1: tougher decisions lie for this coaching staff, as they've got

853
00:48:36,440 --> 00:48:39,439
Speaker 1: to make some big decisions in about a week. We'll

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Speaker 1: get into that when we return here. On one Bill's

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Speaker 1: Line presented by Kalid to Health, It's Buffalo Bills Radio

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Speaker 1: at a Steve Tasker who has been all over the fields,

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

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Speaker 1: player for State. Stave a blimp. We're not even in

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Speaker 1: the stratiphere of normalcy. Now. We're number two here on

860
00:49:18,239 --> 00:49:22,280
Speaker 1: a Monday after a triumphant beat down to the Bears

861
00:49:22,360 --> 00:49:24,960
Speaker 1: by the Bills. Chris Brown, Maddie glab with you. Our

862
00:49:25,160 --> 00:49:30,040
Speaker 1: number two is here so we can discuss a roster

863
00:49:30,200 --> 00:49:34,440
Speaker 1: breakdown as we now have one preseason game left. Maddie,

864
00:49:34,719 --> 00:49:38,600
Speaker 1: I think a lot has been learned about the back

865
00:49:38,640 --> 00:49:43,359
Speaker 1: half of the roster, chiefly which seemed to be the

866
00:49:43,400 --> 00:49:46,359
Speaker 1: main aim of this coaching staff, to get a better

867
00:49:46,400 --> 00:49:49,520
Speaker 1: handle on those players and what they can offer to

868
00:49:49,560 --> 00:49:53,120
Speaker 1: this team, either on offense, defense, or special teams. So

869
00:49:53,320 --> 00:49:58,240
Speaker 1: we're gonna play a little game called who and how many?

870
00:49:59,360 --> 00:50:02,799
Speaker 1: I think one of the biggest areas where this is

871
00:50:02,840 --> 00:50:06,279
Speaker 1: going to be tricky for the coaching staff, Maddie is

872
00:50:06,440 --> 00:50:10,320
Speaker 1: on the defensive line, and chiefly with the defensive end position,

873
00:50:10,840 --> 00:50:17,160
Speaker 1: because you have a number of talented players here. Certainly

874
00:50:18,280 --> 00:50:22,840
Speaker 1: almost all of them are fifty three man roster worthy

875
00:50:22,880 --> 00:50:25,960
Speaker 1: at the defensive end position, maybe with an exception or two,

876
00:50:27,160 --> 00:50:29,680
Speaker 1: but I just don't know how you're going to work

877
00:50:29,880 --> 00:50:33,600
Speaker 1: these numbers out and I'm going to throw something at

878
00:50:33,640 --> 00:50:37,600
Speaker 1: you regarding one of the players at this position. We

879
00:50:37,719 --> 00:50:42,719
Speaker 1: know Greg Rousseau and Boogie Basham are going to be

880
00:50:42,800 --> 00:50:45,080
Speaker 1: on this roster, as well as aj Epanessa. I think

881
00:50:45,080 --> 00:50:48,280
Speaker 1: we feel good about Jerry Hughes. We probably even feel

882
00:50:48,920 --> 00:50:51,080
Speaker 1: pretty good about Mario Addison. But I am going to

883
00:50:51,120 --> 00:50:55,440
Speaker 1: say this right now, after last week's game, I think

884
00:50:55,800 --> 00:51:00,560
Speaker 1: Bam Johnson has made this roster. What do you think

885
00:51:02,560 --> 00:51:05,879
Speaker 1: it's so tough because I think every single person I'm

886
00:51:05,920 --> 00:51:11,359
Speaker 1: running through this roster for defense defensive ends. I think

887
00:51:11,440 --> 00:51:14,319
Speaker 1: every single guy that's a part of our defensive end

888
00:51:14,400 --> 00:51:18,839
Speaker 1: group has the capability of making their roster. I mean

889
00:51:18,880 --> 00:51:22,400
Speaker 1: this is tough. Of course, you have Mario and you

890
00:51:22,400 --> 00:51:25,640
Speaker 1: have Jerry, and you know you name these guys, two rookies,

891
00:51:26,520 --> 00:51:30,600
Speaker 1: Bam Johnson, fa Obada. It's gonna be tough when it

892
00:51:30,600 --> 00:51:33,280
Speaker 1: comes time to cut numbers because this group in total

893
00:51:33,480 --> 00:51:36,759
Speaker 1: is fifteen players, not defensive ends, but just the defensive

894
00:51:36,800 --> 00:51:40,040
Speaker 1: line in total. We know the defensive line and offensive line,

895
00:51:40,040 --> 00:51:42,800
Speaker 1: those are where your numbers are going to be higher,

896
00:51:42,920 --> 00:51:45,680
Speaker 1: just because you really need depth at that position and

897
00:51:45,760 --> 00:51:48,000
Speaker 1: you have more guys on the field at the position

898
00:51:48,280 --> 00:51:52,080
Speaker 1: than any other position when they're playing. So I think

899
00:51:52,120 --> 00:51:55,280
Speaker 1: they love Bam for what he can offer on special

900
00:51:55,280 --> 00:51:57,600
Speaker 1: teams and I think that carries a lot of weight

901
00:51:57,680 --> 00:52:01,200
Speaker 1: on this team and with this coaching daff. They love

902
00:52:01,320 --> 00:52:06,960
Speaker 1: his length, they love his athleticism. Heath Farwell, Leslie Frasier

903
00:52:07,120 --> 00:52:11,000
Speaker 1: have all commented on why they like Bam Johnson on

904
00:52:11,040 --> 00:52:14,359
Speaker 1: this team, And like I said, I think last week

905
00:52:15,239 --> 00:52:17,960
Speaker 1: he is someone who is always good for a couple

906
00:52:18,239 --> 00:52:21,799
Speaker 1: game changing plays a year. Based on what we've seen

907
00:52:22,200 --> 00:52:26,200
Speaker 1: in his first couple seasons with the Buffalo Bills, this

908
00:52:26,280 --> 00:52:28,800
Speaker 1: is someone who I want to see on the roster

909
00:52:29,719 --> 00:52:32,160
Speaker 1: this season. I would be bummed if he was not

910
00:52:32,239 --> 00:52:34,920
Speaker 1: a part of this group because I think he adds

911
00:52:34,920 --> 00:52:36,800
Speaker 1: to it and I think he does have a future

912
00:52:36,840 --> 00:52:40,200
Speaker 1: in the NFL. Even more than being a really good

913
00:52:40,239 --> 00:52:43,359
Speaker 1: special teams player. I think that length six six, two

914
00:52:43,440 --> 00:52:46,000
Speaker 1: hundred and sixty two pounds is something that you don't

915
00:52:46,040 --> 00:52:49,440
Speaker 1: see often and I think it can be used to

916
00:52:49,920 --> 00:52:52,759
Speaker 1: a strength on a defensive line. So I agree with

917
00:52:52,800 --> 00:52:55,800
Speaker 1: you when when you talk about his performance this past

918
00:52:55,840 --> 00:52:58,640
Speaker 1: week against the Chicago Bears. But I mean when you're

919
00:52:58,680 --> 00:53:00,799
Speaker 1: looking at all these guys, how do you kind of

920
00:53:00,840 --> 00:53:04,040
Speaker 1: decipher who's in who's out. And of course we're not

921
00:53:04,120 --> 00:53:08,480
Speaker 1: the coaching staff, so we are our guests is as

922
00:53:08,520 --> 00:53:10,239
Speaker 1: good as yours at the end of the day. I mean,

923
00:53:10,320 --> 00:53:13,320
Speaker 1: we've seen practices and we know what these guys can offer,

924
00:53:14,320 --> 00:53:18,400
Speaker 1: and it's it's a head scratcher going through the defensive ends. Yeah,

925
00:53:18,520 --> 00:53:21,319
Speaker 1: I think this is I think what makes it so

926
00:53:21,400 --> 00:53:27,319
Speaker 1: tough is how quickly Greg Rousseau has picked up the

927
00:53:27,360 --> 00:53:30,120
Speaker 1: pro game. I mean it's not like he's been going

928
00:53:30,160 --> 00:53:34,440
Speaker 1: against second and third teamers. He's been going against starters

929
00:53:34,960 --> 00:53:37,800
Speaker 1: at least at the outset of these first two preseason games,

930
00:53:37,800 --> 00:53:40,280
Speaker 1: and he has made his presence felt early and often

931
00:53:41,040 --> 00:53:43,920
Speaker 1: in games. And I thought coach was dead on. I mean,

932
00:53:43,960 --> 00:53:45,759
Speaker 1: you would expect it because you know he's got kind

933
00:53:45,760 --> 00:53:49,360
Speaker 1: of a trained eye to look for this stuff. But

934
00:53:49,560 --> 00:53:53,880
Speaker 1: after the game on Saturday, he said, yeah, Greg is

935
00:53:53,920 --> 00:53:57,000
Speaker 1: playing well against the run as much as he is

936
00:53:57,600 --> 00:53:59,759
Speaker 1: with his pass rush portion of the game. And I

937
00:54:00,239 --> 00:54:04,040
Speaker 1: think when you have a rookie who is able to

938
00:54:04,200 --> 00:54:08,480
Speaker 1: have a well rounded performance this early in his career,

939
00:54:08,560 --> 00:54:13,640
Speaker 1: and again I know it's preseason, that is super encouraging

940
00:54:14,320 --> 00:54:18,320
Speaker 1: from your first round pick. And I thought Boogie Basham

941
00:54:18,320 --> 00:54:21,279
Speaker 1: took a step last week in the game. He did

942
00:54:21,320 --> 00:54:22,960
Speaker 1: get a lot of playing time, but he ends up

943
00:54:22,960 --> 00:54:27,439
Speaker 1: as the team's leading tackler last week and he made

944
00:54:27,440 --> 00:54:29,919
Speaker 1: an impact. He got a sack late, had a couple

945
00:54:29,960 --> 00:54:33,200
Speaker 1: of tackles for lost, couple of quarterback hits. Now he

946
00:54:33,360 --> 00:54:36,719
Speaker 1: was playing against some third teamers at the end of

947
00:54:36,760 --> 00:54:39,719
Speaker 1: the game, but still in all, I felt his game

948
00:54:39,800 --> 00:54:44,560
Speaker 1: took a step. It's almost like the first preseason game.

949
00:54:44,960 --> 00:54:46,560
Speaker 1: He had to kind of get his feet wet and

950
00:54:46,600 --> 00:54:49,359
Speaker 1: get his bearings and then I think he took that

951
00:54:49,480 --> 00:54:53,200
Speaker 1: game film and built off it, and I thought he

952
00:54:53,239 --> 00:54:57,200
Speaker 1: played a much better game this past week. So those

953
00:54:57,200 --> 00:55:00,560
Speaker 1: two guys, plus the steady and consistent didn't play of

954
00:55:00,560 --> 00:55:07,480
Speaker 1: ajp Andesa has me believing in the influx in youth

955
00:55:08,080 --> 00:55:11,080
Speaker 1: at the end position. But what that does is it

956
00:55:11,120 --> 00:55:14,160
Speaker 1: now makes for a very very crowded room, and I

957
00:55:14,239 --> 00:55:21,440
Speaker 1: wonder what compromises the coaching staff makes if they determine, well,

958
00:55:22,160 --> 00:55:24,960
Speaker 1: we've got five defensive ends who we absolutely have to

959
00:55:25,040 --> 00:55:29,600
Speaker 1: keep on this roster. Daryl Johnson makes a very very

960
00:55:29,680 --> 00:55:33,719
Speaker 1: compelling case for himself in last week's game, particularly on

961
00:55:33,760 --> 00:55:36,080
Speaker 1: the defensive side of the ball. I mean, this guy

962
00:55:36,160 --> 00:55:39,200
Speaker 1: in two preseason games has a sack and a half,

963
00:55:39,280 --> 00:55:41,719
Speaker 1: three quarterback hits, a tackle for loss, and a pass

964
00:55:41,760 --> 00:55:45,359
Speaker 1: breakup in limited time on the field. And that's just

965
00:55:45,480 --> 00:55:47,759
Speaker 1: on defense. Not to mention what you pointed out, he

966
00:55:48,280 --> 00:55:53,040
Speaker 1: provides on special teams. So you can't keep six defensive ends.

967
00:55:53,080 --> 00:55:55,600
Speaker 1: We know that. So how do they work this out?

968
00:55:56,160 --> 00:55:59,279
Speaker 1: Do they try to package somebody in a trade. I

969
00:55:59,360 --> 00:56:02,719
Speaker 1: don't know, but I think we know. Even as much

970
00:56:02,719 --> 00:56:05,560
Speaker 1: as you want to bend the numbers to make sure

971
00:56:05,560 --> 00:56:08,040
Speaker 1: you keep the best fifty three players for your roster,

972
00:56:08,080 --> 00:56:11,600
Speaker 1: I'd be very surprised if they keep six defensive ends

973
00:56:11,600 --> 00:56:15,000
Speaker 1: because that just leaves you woefully short inside, even if

974
00:56:15,040 --> 00:56:18,719
Speaker 1: you have some of those guys with position flexibility. Yeah,

975
00:56:18,760 --> 00:56:20,759
Speaker 1: that's what I was going to add, is do they

976
00:56:20,800 --> 00:56:22,840
Speaker 1: look at this as an all right, we're going to

977
00:56:22,960 --> 00:56:26,400
Speaker 1: keep one less defensive tackle because we do have that

978
00:56:26,480 --> 00:56:28,680
Speaker 1: position flexibility at the end of the day, and we

979
00:56:28,719 --> 00:56:32,160
Speaker 1: can maybe count a couple. They got a couple of

980
00:56:32,200 --> 00:56:36,680
Speaker 1: these guys as players who will constantly rotate in and

981
00:56:36,680 --> 00:56:39,279
Speaker 1: out from the end to the tackle, And does that

982
00:56:39,360 --> 00:56:42,799
Speaker 1: play into their final decision of who they keep when

983
00:56:42,840 --> 00:56:45,480
Speaker 1: it comes to defensive tackles. But also, at the end

984
00:56:45,480 --> 00:56:47,479
Speaker 1: of the day, you can't get away with just having

985
00:56:47,480 --> 00:56:50,000
Speaker 1: a couple defensive tackles. You need more than just a

986
00:56:50,000 --> 00:56:53,640
Speaker 1: couple to get the job done there. You're not always

987
00:56:53,719 --> 00:56:57,440
Speaker 1: going to be rotating and rotating and rotating, rotating. Yes,

988
00:56:57,480 --> 00:56:58,839
Speaker 1: I think it's going to be a lot more than

989
00:56:58,880 --> 00:57:01,680
Speaker 1: they did last year because I think the roster and

990
00:57:01,719 --> 00:57:05,320
Speaker 1: the type of players allow you to do that, versus

991
00:57:05,400 --> 00:57:08,320
Speaker 1: last year where they kind of just settled on playing. Okay,

992
00:57:08,360 --> 00:57:10,279
Speaker 1: these guys are going to be our defensive ends. These

993
00:57:10,320 --> 00:57:12,200
Speaker 1: guys are going to be our defensive tackles. We're not

994
00:57:12,239 --> 00:57:14,480
Speaker 1: going to rotate as much as we did. But I

995
00:57:14,520 --> 00:57:17,200
Speaker 1: think this season it's a different case for the guys

996
00:57:17,200 --> 00:57:19,480
Speaker 1: that you have on this roster. But yeah, I mean,

997
00:57:19,960 --> 00:57:23,200
Speaker 1: you can't have two or three defensive tackles and called

998
00:57:23,200 --> 00:57:25,960
Speaker 1: a day there, all right, So next up, let's talk

999
00:57:26,000 --> 00:57:29,080
Speaker 1: d Eb's here, because I think there is a fascinating battle.

1000
00:57:30,640 --> 00:57:32,520
Speaker 1: This is where we are with this roster, Maddie. There's

1001
00:57:32,520 --> 00:57:35,920
Speaker 1: like no starting roles that are really up for grabs

1002
00:57:36,320 --> 00:57:39,360
Speaker 1: at this point. But I don't know I'm still fascinated

1003
00:57:39,360 --> 00:57:42,520
Speaker 1: by some of the reserve positions on this roster, and

1004
00:57:42,640 --> 00:57:46,040
Speaker 1: defensive back is one of them because you look, if

1005
00:57:46,080 --> 00:57:51,840
Speaker 1: you look beyond Tredavious White, Levi Wallace, Taryn Johnson, the

1006
00:57:51,960 --> 00:57:55,440
Speaker 1: back half of that group, there is a fascinating competition

1007
00:57:55,520 --> 00:57:59,720
Speaker 1: going on there. So Rand Neil, Nick McLeod, Dane Jackson,

1008
00:58:00,200 --> 00:58:03,320
Speaker 1: Cam Lewis, Shot Wild Goose, I would say, are the

1009
00:58:03,720 --> 00:58:06,920
Speaker 1: primary guys I'm looking at here as far as that

1010
00:58:06,920 --> 00:58:10,560
Speaker 1: equation goes. We already heard coach McDermott on Saturday say

1011
00:58:10,600 --> 00:58:13,120
Speaker 1: he thought wild Goose took a tremendous step forward from

1012
00:58:13,120 --> 00:58:15,560
Speaker 1: his performance in the first preseason game to the second.

1013
00:58:16,000 --> 00:58:19,480
Speaker 1: We saw Nick McLeod flash in both of the games.

1014
00:58:19,480 --> 00:58:24,560
Speaker 1: Maddie and Dan Jackson unfortunately gets dinged and goes out

1015
00:58:24,560 --> 00:58:26,920
Speaker 1: of last week's game and didn't really make much of

1016
00:58:26,960 --> 00:58:29,440
Speaker 1: an impact in the first game. So I don't know

1017
00:58:29,480 --> 00:58:31,560
Speaker 1: which way you see some of these things trending, but

1018
00:58:31,600 --> 00:58:34,680
Speaker 1: the two rookies McLeod and wild Goose have shown up,

1019
00:58:36,480 --> 00:58:38,360
Speaker 1: and at the beginning of camp, you know, you look

1020
00:58:38,400 --> 00:58:40,880
Speaker 1: at the cornerback room. There's nine players that are part

1021
00:58:40,920 --> 00:58:44,040
Speaker 1: of the cornerback room, right now and some later round

1022
00:58:44,120 --> 00:58:46,240
Speaker 1: draft picks and some guys who were picked up as

1023
00:58:46,360 --> 00:58:49,640
Speaker 1: undrafted free agents. And at first I was kind of like,

1024
00:58:49,960 --> 00:58:52,240
Speaker 1: I mean, I think we know who these players are,

1025
00:58:52,400 --> 00:58:55,280
Speaker 1: at least in terms of the front half of the

1026
00:58:55,360 --> 00:58:58,640
Speaker 1: cornerback room, and I wasn't thinking that maybe some of

1027
00:58:58,680 --> 00:59:01,360
Speaker 1: these back half guys, guys who are newer to the

1028
00:59:01,400 --> 00:59:05,680
Speaker 1: team this year, would make that much noise to put

1029
00:59:05,720 --> 00:59:10,120
Speaker 1: a guy like sirand Neil or Dane Jackson or Kim

1030
00:59:10,280 --> 00:59:14,320
Speaker 1: Lewis maybe on the chopping block. Do I think that

1031
00:59:14,400 --> 00:59:15,920
Speaker 1: all those guys are not going to be a part

1032
00:59:15,920 --> 00:59:18,480
Speaker 1: of the roster this year, No, I think most of

1033
00:59:18,480 --> 00:59:22,960
Speaker 1: them will be. But Rashod Wild Goose, Nick McCleod, they

1034
00:59:23,040 --> 00:59:27,439
Speaker 1: have had plays in camp in preseason games that make

1035
00:59:27,520 --> 00:59:31,920
Speaker 1: you think maybe this would be a good addition to

1036
00:59:32,000 --> 00:59:33,880
Speaker 1: be a part of the room. Maybe this would be

1037
00:59:33,920 --> 00:59:38,240
Speaker 1: a good depth player. This is a team that plays

1038
00:59:38,400 --> 00:59:41,240
Speaker 1: nickel a whole lot of the time, so you're going

1039
00:59:41,320 --> 00:59:44,440
Speaker 1: to have more more people involved in your secondary on

1040
00:59:44,520 --> 00:59:47,360
Speaker 1: the field. In terms of what we saw last year,

1041
00:59:47,680 --> 00:59:50,840
Speaker 1: we saw two linebacker sets quite a bit last year.

1042
00:59:50,880 --> 00:59:53,400
Speaker 1: Of course, like we've talked about, you do have your

1043
00:59:53,400 --> 00:59:57,640
Speaker 1: base defense bases four three for them, but they played

1044
00:59:57,720 --> 01:00:00,680
Speaker 1: more nickel than they did their base defense last year.

1045
01:00:01,040 --> 01:00:06,120
Speaker 1: They have a nickel coach on their team, so these

1046
01:00:06,160 --> 01:00:09,439
Speaker 1: are also players who shift into a position like that

1047
01:00:09,480 --> 01:00:13,200
Speaker 1: as well when it comes to the cornerback room and

1048
01:00:13,320 --> 01:00:15,960
Speaker 1: what these guys can offer. But yeah, I've been impressed

1049
01:00:16,120 --> 01:00:19,320
Speaker 1: with what I've seen from Rashad Wilde Goose and from

1050
01:00:19,440 --> 01:00:22,280
Speaker 1: Nick McLeod. I mean, these are two guys who have

1051
01:00:22,320 --> 01:00:25,640
Speaker 1: shown up to camping and have made a difference, which

1052
01:00:25,720 --> 01:00:28,200
Speaker 1: is hard to do when you're an undrafted or when

1053
01:00:28,320 --> 01:00:31,520
Speaker 1: you're a late round draft pick coming into a room

1054
01:00:31,960 --> 01:00:35,960
Speaker 1: that has tradevious white a part of it, right, And

1055
01:00:36,240 --> 01:00:39,480
Speaker 1: I will say, and Coach McDermott pointed this out as well.

1056
01:00:39,840 --> 01:00:42,880
Speaker 1: While Goose and McLeod play a very different game, I

1057
01:00:43,000 --> 01:00:46,680
Speaker 1: think what's working in McLeod's favor here is his size,

1058
01:00:47,320 --> 01:00:53,440
Speaker 1: because all too often we see size receivers present problems

1059
01:00:53,480 --> 01:00:59,120
Speaker 1: to this Bill's secondary at times, particularly in jump all situations,

1060
01:00:59,160 --> 01:01:01,720
Speaker 1: sometimes down in the red zone. I mean, don't get

1061
01:01:01,760 --> 01:01:04,920
Speaker 1: me wrong, it's a quality secondary that makes more plays

1062
01:01:04,960 --> 01:01:08,600
Speaker 1: than they give up. But I think what McLeod has

1063
01:01:08,640 --> 01:01:11,160
Speaker 1: to offer is very intriguing It's why I listed him

1064
01:01:11,200 --> 01:01:13,479
Speaker 1: as a sleeper on our sleeper's list during our camp

1065
01:01:13,520 --> 01:01:17,760
Speaker 1: countdown because it's six foot and what does he now?

1066
01:01:17,840 --> 01:01:22,080
Speaker 1: Let me just make sure this right, But he's solid.

1067
01:01:22,520 --> 01:01:25,920
Speaker 1: I mean he's a solid like his physique, he's a

1068
01:01:26,000 --> 01:01:29,440
Speaker 1: solid player. He's not going to get pushed around by

1069
01:01:29,520 --> 01:01:34,320
Speaker 1: the bigger receivers. And I think that physical game is

1070
01:01:34,560 --> 01:01:38,880
Speaker 1: something that's attractive to this Bill's coaching staff because as

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01:01:38,920 --> 01:01:42,680
Speaker 1: great as Tradavious White is as a technician, he's not

1072
01:01:42,760 --> 01:01:45,160
Speaker 1: a guy that's going to be muscling people off the ball.

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01:01:45,720 --> 01:01:49,360
Speaker 1: He's about technique and positioning himself in a way that

1074
01:01:49,440 --> 01:01:52,880
Speaker 1: helps him make plays. McLeod can bang with people. I

1075
01:01:52,920 --> 01:01:55,760
Speaker 1: mean he's big and thick enough to do that. So

1076
01:01:56,360 --> 01:01:59,040
Speaker 1: I'm intrigued by what he can offer that might be

1077
01:01:59,080 --> 01:02:02,600
Speaker 1: a little bit different in playing style from some of

1078
01:02:02,640 --> 01:02:05,640
Speaker 1: the other corners on the roster. I think Wild Goose,

1079
01:02:05,640 --> 01:02:08,600
Speaker 1: even though he's not quite as big as McLeod, he

1080
01:02:08,720 --> 01:02:11,520
Speaker 1: plays a physical style as well. That was his calling

1081
01:02:11,560 --> 01:02:16,360
Speaker 1: card in college at Wisconsin. So I think that the

1082
01:02:16,440 --> 01:02:19,560
Speaker 1: Bills are taking a little bit of a page out

1083
01:02:19,560 --> 01:02:25,160
Speaker 1: of the Baltimore Ravens playbook in trying to add physical

1084
01:02:25,280 --> 01:02:28,760
Speaker 1: corners to their roster. They've had guys that have won

1085
01:02:28,920 --> 01:02:31,920
Speaker 1: largely on technique. These guys are going to bang with

1086
01:02:32,000 --> 01:02:35,080
Speaker 1: people and you do run a risk sometimes of drawing

1087
01:02:35,080 --> 01:02:37,840
Speaker 1: some flags when that's the case. But Baltimore has done

1088
01:02:37,840 --> 01:02:40,080
Speaker 1: a heck of a job with physical corners and I

1089
01:02:40,080 --> 01:02:42,439
Speaker 1: wouldn't be surprised if that's kind of the aim here.

1090
01:02:42,840 --> 01:02:46,080
Speaker 1: And you know, whether they keep McLeod and Wild Goose

1091
01:02:46,160 --> 01:02:49,240
Speaker 1: remains to be seen, but those two young guys have

1092
01:02:49,320 --> 01:02:53,320
Speaker 1: shown up well. I think yeah. Nick McLeod is definitely

1093
01:02:53,480 --> 01:02:55,880
Speaker 1: pointed to a size when you look at six foot

1094
01:02:55,920 --> 01:02:58,360
Speaker 1: corners that we have on our roster. I mean Levy

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01:02:58,480 --> 01:03:02,080
Speaker 1: Wallace fits in that mold Serrand Neil um so does

1096
01:03:02,400 --> 01:03:05,960
Speaker 1: Elijah McGriffin, who's another younger guy, but in terms of

1097
01:03:05,960 --> 01:03:09,840
Speaker 1: weight he's right up there. I means Sirrand Neil and

1098
01:03:09,920 --> 01:03:12,880
Speaker 1: Nick McLeod are are two of your heaviest corners that

1099
01:03:12,960 --> 01:03:15,560
Speaker 1: we have on this roster two h six with Sirrand

1100
01:03:15,560 --> 01:03:18,760
Speaker 1: Neil as you pointed to Nick McLeod at one ninety three.

1101
01:03:18,920 --> 01:03:22,200
Speaker 1: And if that's something we are missing last year, is

1102
01:03:22,240 --> 01:03:26,160
Speaker 1: those those type of corners who get physical at the line.

1103
01:03:26,200 --> 01:03:28,560
Speaker 1: Of scrimmage. That's that's something that I would like to

1104
01:03:28,600 --> 01:03:31,200
Speaker 1: see out of the group this year. I don't think

1105
01:03:31,200 --> 01:03:34,280
Speaker 1: Tradavious White lacks it, but I think it's an added

1106
01:03:34,320 --> 01:03:37,520
Speaker 1: element to this defense that would that would help them

1107
01:03:37,520 --> 01:03:40,840
Speaker 1: this next year. So shifting shifting over to safety now,

1108
01:03:40,880 --> 01:03:44,840
Speaker 1: Maddie Um, you know, Poyer and Hide, we know that situation.

1109
01:03:44,920 --> 01:03:49,800
Speaker 1: Nobody's unseating them. But Josh Thomas, who was another guy

1110
01:03:49,840 --> 01:03:53,800
Speaker 1: we listed among our camp sleepers, undrafted rookie last year

1111
01:03:53,800 --> 01:03:56,920
Speaker 1: on the practice squad all of twenty twenty, is making

1112
01:03:56,960 --> 01:04:00,360
Speaker 1: a play for one of the backup safety spots. And

1113
01:04:00,520 --> 01:04:02,720
Speaker 1: right there along with him is the rookie sixth round

1114
01:04:02,720 --> 01:04:06,600
Speaker 1: pick Damar Hamlin, who has taken advantage of Jaquan Johnson

1115
01:04:07,240 --> 01:04:11,440
Speaker 1: not being in the lineup and had another, you know, steady,

1116
01:04:12,040 --> 01:04:17,320
Speaker 1: if not spectacular performance in the game against the Bears. Yeah,

1117
01:04:17,360 --> 01:04:20,400
Speaker 1: you've got six safeties a part of this group right now,

1118
01:04:20,440 --> 01:04:23,320
Speaker 1: and it's been a bummer for Jaquan Johnson to not

1119
01:04:23,520 --> 01:04:27,000
Speaker 1: get those reps that are probably really valuable reps for him.

1120
01:04:27,440 --> 01:04:29,560
Speaker 1: He's been out of practice a couple days. We didn't

1121
01:04:29,600 --> 01:04:32,480
Speaker 1: see him a part of the Bears game. We'll see

1122
01:04:32,520 --> 01:04:35,480
Speaker 1: what he does going forward. Did not see him on

1123
01:04:35,520 --> 01:04:39,560
Speaker 1: the field on Sunday, so hopefully he's able to heal

1124
01:04:39,640 --> 01:04:42,760
Speaker 1: up and get back on the practice field because there

1125
01:04:42,800 --> 01:04:46,200
Speaker 1: are limited practices left until they cut down to that

1126
01:04:46,320 --> 01:04:49,160
Speaker 1: fifty three man roster. Josh Thomas, I have been very

1127
01:04:49,200 --> 01:04:51,880
Speaker 1: impressed with what I've seen out of him at camp.

1128
01:04:53,200 --> 01:04:56,520
Speaker 1: Leslie Frasier joked when he was asked about him, and

1129
01:04:56,920 --> 01:04:59,880
Speaker 1: Leslie Fraser said, oh, we were joking around, saying like

1130
01:05:00,040 --> 01:05:02,120
Speaker 1: when Josh Thomas puts on the pads, he won't be

1131
01:05:02,120 --> 01:05:04,640
Speaker 1: able to make a difference. He's one of those smaller guys.

1132
01:05:04,640 --> 01:05:06,200
Speaker 1: He's not going to be able to make an impact.

1133
01:05:06,280 --> 01:05:09,400
Speaker 1: And then Leslie said, I was surprised that kid put

1134
01:05:09,440 --> 01:05:12,000
Speaker 1: on the pads and he got even better in training camps.

1135
01:05:12,000 --> 01:05:14,960
Speaker 1: So I think your defensive staff is also seeing what

1136
01:05:15,000 --> 01:05:17,960
Speaker 1: he's been able to do for the defense in camp

1137
01:05:18,120 --> 01:05:21,240
Speaker 1: and in those preseason games. It's it's players like Josh

1138
01:05:21,280 --> 01:05:26,040
Speaker 1: Thomas and Damar Hamlin who those preseason games means so

1139
01:05:26,160 --> 01:05:28,480
Speaker 1: much too. I mean, think back to last year when

1140
01:05:28,480 --> 01:05:31,840
Speaker 1: we didn't have preseason games and the evaluation that our

1141
01:05:31,880 --> 01:05:35,600
Speaker 1: coaching staff had to do without those preseason games. Does

1142
01:05:35,680 --> 01:05:38,760
Speaker 1: Josh Thomas make a roster this year when we didn't

1143
01:05:38,760 --> 01:05:42,000
Speaker 1: have preseason games, I don't know. If we didn't have

1144
01:05:42,040 --> 01:05:45,240
Speaker 1: preseason games, I don't know. But I think a preseason

1145
01:05:45,400 --> 01:05:48,120
Speaker 1: is really good for players like him and DeMar Hamlin

1146
01:05:48,200 --> 01:05:51,440
Speaker 1: who have been able to have some of those plays

1147
01:05:51,480 --> 01:05:54,840
Speaker 1: where you want to do a double tape run that

1148
01:05:54,920 --> 01:05:58,040
Speaker 1: replay back and see what he was able to do.

1149
01:05:58,120 --> 01:06:00,400
Speaker 1: So I've been impressed with both of those guys through

1150
01:06:00,440 --> 01:06:02,680
Speaker 1: training camp. Yeah, and just getting back to some of

1151
01:06:02,680 --> 01:06:06,560
Speaker 1: the things that Leslie Fraser preaches with his players, especially

1152
01:06:06,680 --> 01:06:10,600
Speaker 1: his young players, is don't be afraid to be wrong,

1153
01:06:11,080 --> 01:06:14,520
Speaker 1: especially now you know in the practice setting in preseason,

1154
01:06:15,200 --> 01:06:18,760
Speaker 1: if you think you see something, trust your instincts, be aggressive,

1155
01:06:18,840 --> 01:06:22,080
Speaker 1: come downhill and make a play. And I think Josh

1156
01:06:22,080 --> 01:06:25,720
Speaker 1: Thomas and DeMar Hamlin have bought into that completely and

1157
01:06:25,800 --> 01:06:28,760
Speaker 1: that's why we see them being aggressive out there on

1158
01:06:28,760 --> 01:06:32,680
Speaker 1: the field as they've been given license by their coach, like, hey,

1159
01:06:33,040 --> 01:06:36,400
Speaker 1: if you think you see something, go make a play now.

1160
01:06:36,440 --> 01:06:40,720
Speaker 1: If you're wrong, will correct it in film and in practice,

1161
01:06:40,800 --> 01:06:44,040
Speaker 1: but for now, play the game. Because I think by

1162
01:06:44,120 --> 01:06:47,240
Speaker 1: giving them the license to do that, Maddie the coaching

1163
01:06:47,280 --> 01:06:51,680
Speaker 1: staff gets a better evaluation, like, what are the instincts

1164
01:06:51,680 --> 01:06:54,960
Speaker 1: of this player? Do they trust their eyes enough to

1165
01:06:55,120 --> 01:06:58,160
Speaker 1: let their athletic ability take over and make an impact

1166
01:06:58,160 --> 01:07:01,400
Speaker 1: on a football game. And through two preseason games, Josh

1167
01:07:01,400 --> 01:07:05,080
Speaker 1: Thomas and DeMar Hamlin have done that, so I would

1168
01:07:05,120 --> 01:07:08,040
Speaker 1: kind of put them as safety three and four right now.

1169
01:07:08,200 --> 01:07:11,840
Speaker 1: Derek Thompson hasn't played bad either, another undrafted rookie, an

1170
01:07:11,840 --> 01:07:14,440
Speaker 1: opportunistic player. He's been around the ball a lot, was

1171
01:07:14,440 --> 01:07:18,280
Speaker 1: around the ball again on Saturday. But yeah, Jaquan Johnson's

1172
01:07:18,280 --> 01:07:21,160
Speaker 1: got some catching up to do, just by virtue of

1173
01:07:21,160 --> 01:07:23,160
Speaker 1: the fact that he's been out and did not play

1174
01:07:23,160 --> 01:07:26,800
Speaker 1: on Saturday, so he's running out of time. He's gonna

1175
01:07:26,840 --> 01:07:29,160
Speaker 1: make up some ground here where he could find himself

1176
01:07:29,160 --> 01:07:34,240
Speaker 1: on the outside looking in. Yeah, poor guy. I mean,

1177
01:07:34,360 --> 01:07:37,840
Speaker 1: like I said, this is someone who these practices mean

1178
01:07:37,880 --> 01:07:40,040
Speaker 1: a lot too, and this last preseason game will mean

1179
01:07:40,080 --> 01:07:43,360
Speaker 1: a lot to Terreke Thompson. He's had a couple interceptions

1180
01:07:43,440 --> 01:07:45,840
Speaker 1: in training camp practices as well, So it's sound like

1181
01:07:45,880 --> 01:07:49,000
Speaker 1: Tree Thompson is out of the mix because he's made

1182
01:07:49,080 --> 01:07:52,439
Speaker 1: his fair share of plays and Jaquan Johnson, going back

1183
01:07:52,440 --> 01:07:55,840
Speaker 1: to last year, is someone that the defense and the

1184
01:07:56,400 --> 01:07:59,720
Speaker 1: special team's coach, Heath Farwell, the special team's coordinator, talked

1185
01:07:59,720 --> 01:08:03,240
Speaker 1: about as being one of their favorite players when it

1186
01:08:03,280 --> 01:08:06,920
Speaker 1: came to special teams and why he's such a valuable

1187
01:08:06,960 --> 01:08:09,080
Speaker 1: player to this roster. This is one of these players

1188
01:08:09,080 --> 01:08:11,760
Speaker 1: that we talk about. You you make the roster based

1189
01:08:11,760 --> 01:08:13,560
Speaker 1: on what you're able to do on special teams. In

1190
01:08:13,640 --> 01:08:16,160
Speaker 1: Jaquan Johnson has been that for the Buffalo Bills and

1191
01:08:16,920 --> 01:08:19,680
Speaker 1: entering now his third or fourth season, you think that

1192
01:08:19,760 --> 01:08:23,120
Speaker 1: he would be able to naturally take that step forward

1193
01:08:23,520 --> 01:08:27,639
Speaker 1: into taking reps if Jordan Poy or Micah hid Word

1194
01:08:27,720 --> 01:08:30,160
Speaker 1: to come out of a game, just based on how

1195
01:08:30,160 --> 01:08:33,000
Speaker 1: he's been able to learn from him them the last

1196
01:08:33,040 --> 01:08:35,920
Speaker 1: couple of years. But now you have a case where

1197
01:08:36,040 --> 01:08:38,839
Speaker 1: do you have enough time to put stuff on display

1198
01:08:38,920 --> 01:08:42,200
Speaker 1: because people behind you have been making even more plays

1199
01:08:42,240 --> 01:08:45,360
Speaker 1: while you've been out. Yeah, let's move to tight end

1200
01:08:45,400 --> 01:08:47,839
Speaker 1: because I think there's an interesting discussion there as well.

1201
01:08:48,400 --> 01:08:50,920
Speaker 1: We know that Dawson Knox is the entrenched starter. It

1202
01:08:50,960 --> 01:08:53,840
Speaker 1: doesn't look like that's going to change by anybody else

1203
01:08:53,840 --> 01:08:56,599
Speaker 1: who is on the roster right now. We did finally

1204
01:08:56,600 --> 01:08:59,120
Speaker 1: see Jacob Hollis your flash in the game on Saturday

1205
01:08:59,200 --> 01:09:02,479
Speaker 1: had a touchdown catching the game for Mitchell Trubisky. So

1206
01:09:02,520 --> 01:09:06,040
Speaker 1: it's encouraging to see him fully bouncing back from the

1207
01:09:06,080 --> 01:09:08,439
Speaker 1: back injury that forced him to miss more than a

1208
01:09:08,439 --> 01:09:13,559
Speaker 1: week of training camp practices behind him. Though, and I

1209
01:09:13,600 --> 01:09:16,400
Speaker 1: do have to ask you, Maddie, was Tommy Sweeney out

1210
01:09:16,439 --> 01:09:21,400
Speaker 1: at the walkthrough on Sunday participating in any capacity? He

1211
01:09:21,560 --> 01:09:26,360
Speaker 1: was not out at practice participating in walkthrough, So yeah,

1212
01:09:26,400 --> 01:09:28,120
Speaker 1: not the thing you want to hear out of a

1213
01:09:28,120 --> 01:09:31,479
Speaker 1: guy like him, right, especially knowing it's a foot injury

1214
01:09:31,760 --> 01:09:34,200
Speaker 1: and we don't know if it's the same foot that

1215
01:09:34,600 --> 01:09:37,000
Speaker 1: he had to have surgery on last offseason, so you

1216
01:09:37,040 --> 01:09:39,439
Speaker 1: hope that's not the case and that it's not a

1217
01:09:39,439 --> 01:09:43,839
Speaker 1: long term thing. But you look at that position group, Maddie,

1218
01:09:43,840 --> 01:09:47,880
Speaker 1: and there's some unproven talent obviously behind Dawson Knox and

1219
01:09:47,960 --> 01:09:51,120
Speaker 1: Jacob Hollister. You know, we mentioned Sweeney who missed all

1220
01:09:51,160 --> 01:09:53,360
Speaker 1: of last season, as we know he does have some

1221
01:09:53,439 --> 01:09:55,920
Speaker 1: time in the league though from his rookie year making

1222
01:09:55,960 --> 01:09:58,080
Speaker 1: this roster. Then you have Becker who has been on

1223
01:09:58,120 --> 01:10:00,960
Speaker 1: the practice squad a few years with this team. Quentin Morris,

1224
01:10:01,000 --> 01:10:03,479
Speaker 1: the undrafted rookie and then Bug Howard the late training

1225
01:10:03,520 --> 01:10:06,439
Speaker 1: camp edition. But I'm going to submit to you this, Maddie,

1226
01:10:06,960 --> 01:10:10,720
Speaker 1: with what we've seen from Reggie Gilliam and his versatility

1227
01:10:11,360 --> 01:10:15,360
Speaker 1: at fullback slash running back, and knowing he has tight

1228
01:10:15,439 --> 01:10:17,960
Speaker 1: end experience from his college days and was actually listed

1229
01:10:17,960 --> 01:10:21,839
Speaker 1: as a tight end here last year, I wonder if

1230
01:10:21,920 --> 01:10:25,679
Speaker 1: he makes the roster, if that ultimately impacts the numbers

1231
01:10:25,720 --> 01:10:30,080
Speaker 1: that are carried here. Knowing his position versatility, I wonder

1232
01:10:30,120 --> 01:10:33,360
Speaker 1: if they only keep three at this position because of

1233
01:10:33,479 --> 01:10:38,200
Speaker 1: Reggie Gilliam. I think that makes a whole lot of sense. Chris.

1234
01:10:38,200 --> 01:10:42,280
Speaker 1: I mean, Reggie Gilliam had two touchdowns yesterday. He led

1235
01:10:42,360 --> 01:10:45,320
Speaker 1: the team in terms of carrying the rock. He had

1236
01:10:45,400 --> 01:10:48,479
Speaker 1: eight carries for twenty four rushing yards, led the group

1237
01:10:48,520 --> 01:10:52,639
Speaker 1: with rushing yards. I think he's shown enough to where

1238
01:10:52,920 --> 01:10:55,760
Speaker 1: he can be someone that this roster can rely on

1239
01:10:55,960 --> 01:10:59,120
Speaker 1: when they need him. And again I've talked about this before.

1240
01:10:59,680 --> 01:11:02,559
Speaker 1: You look at our tight ends right now, and it's

1241
01:11:02,680 --> 01:11:06,559
Speaker 1: not like you have a Lee Smith blocker on this

1242
01:11:06,720 --> 01:11:10,320
Speaker 1: roster this year. And that's okay. That's that the Bills

1243
01:11:10,320 --> 01:11:13,240
Speaker 1: can get away with not having a type of tight

1244
01:11:13,360 --> 01:11:16,280
Speaker 1: end blocker like that. But I think Reggie gilliam is

1245
01:11:16,360 --> 01:11:19,240
Speaker 1: your guy who can help out in the blocking game

1246
01:11:19,320 --> 01:11:21,920
Speaker 1: and has done a good job in the blocking game

1247
01:11:21,920 --> 01:11:24,800
Speaker 1: when we when we've seen him in practices and when

1248
01:11:24,840 --> 01:11:27,559
Speaker 1: we've seen him in preseason games, and the fact that

1249
01:11:28,000 --> 01:11:31,680
Speaker 1: he's had some tight end experience, can catch falls, can

1250
01:11:31,760 --> 01:11:34,240
Speaker 1: be a rusher when they need him to be to

1251
01:11:34,320 --> 01:11:37,759
Speaker 1: get those tough two yards down near the goal line.

1252
01:11:38,080 --> 01:11:41,559
Speaker 1: I think he has a good case for himself as

1253
01:11:41,720 --> 01:11:43,840
Speaker 1: why he should make this roster. And when you look

1254
01:11:43,880 --> 01:11:46,519
Speaker 1: at the position groups and you look at, Okay, how

1255
01:11:46,560 --> 01:11:49,559
Speaker 1: many are you going to carry here versus there? I

1256
01:11:49,680 --> 01:11:51,880
Speaker 1: look at tight end as one of the one of

1257
01:11:51,920 --> 01:11:54,720
Speaker 1: those positions as where you could keep one or two

1258
01:11:54,840 --> 01:11:58,200
Speaker 1: less players and get away with it, because it's it's

1259
01:11:58,240 --> 01:12:02,240
Speaker 1: not like we rely on the tight ends all the

1260
01:12:02,320 --> 01:12:04,559
Speaker 1: time to catch passes. Either. We do not have a

1261
01:12:04,560 --> 01:12:07,000
Speaker 1: George Kittle, we do not have a Travis Kelsey a

1262
01:12:07,040 --> 01:12:10,439
Speaker 1: part of this offense. We have a very deep wide

1263
01:12:10,479 --> 01:12:13,759
Speaker 1: receiver group who can catch the football. Dawson Knox takes

1264
01:12:13,800 --> 01:12:15,800
Speaker 1: to step forward this year. I think he's going to

1265
01:12:16,000 --> 01:12:19,960
Speaker 1: help this offense. But it's not like everything is on

1266
01:12:20,080 --> 01:12:23,240
Speaker 1: Dawson's shoulders to be able to take a step forward

1267
01:12:23,439 --> 01:12:25,439
Speaker 1: this season, and if he doesn't, it's not like the

1268
01:12:25,479 --> 01:12:27,920
Speaker 1: offense is going to fall apart. So yeah, I agree.

1269
01:12:27,960 --> 01:12:30,439
Speaker 1: I think tight end is a position where you can

1270
01:12:30,479 --> 01:12:33,639
Speaker 1: maybe keep a guy or two less, so you can

1271
01:12:33,760 --> 01:12:36,720
Speaker 1: keep a guy or two more in different position groups. Yeah,

1272
01:12:36,800 --> 01:12:38,840
Speaker 1: because the more that Reggie Gilley, I mean he finished

1273
01:12:38,840 --> 01:12:40,880
Speaker 1: the game a tailback at the end of the game,

1274
01:12:40,920 --> 01:12:43,719
Speaker 1: because they were short on running backs going into the game,

1275
01:12:45,160 --> 01:12:48,280
Speaker 1: you know, with Antonio Williams and Christian Wade down, so

1276
01:12:48,320 --> 01:12:50,640
Speaker 1: they were short running backs already. Obviously, they didn't want

1277
01:12:50,640 --> 01:12:52,600
Speaker 1: to give Zach Moss too much work coming off of

1278
01:12:52,600 --> 01:12:55,519
Speaker 1: his hamstring strain, and they didn't want to give Devin

1279
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Speaker 1: Singletary too much work for obvious reasons, or Brita for

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Speaker 1: that matter. So so yeah, I mean, I think I

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Speaker 1: really think Reggie Gilliam's versatility just in general. I mean,

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01:13:06,160 --> 01:13:08,599
Speaker 1: we heard him after the game, what position do you play?

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01:13:08,640 --> 01:13:11,000
Speaker 1: He said, I'm an athlete, and he is, and they

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01:13:11,080 --> 01:13:12,680
Speaker 1: use him in a lot of different ways, and so

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Speaker 1: I think that may afford them the opportunity to maybe

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Speaker 1: keep one fewer tight end. Knowing in a pinch if necessary,

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01:13:18,560 --> 01:13:21,720
Speaker 1: he could capably fill in there at the very least

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Speaker 1: in a blocking role. And then, speaking of carrying fewer

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Speaker 1: numbers at a position, Maddie, linebacker is an interesting one

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01:13:28,960 --> 01:13:32,639
Speaker 1: as well, because we know I think pretty I think

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Speaker 1: it's pretty safe to assume that it's Edmunds Milano aj

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Speaker 1: Klein as your top three because there seems to be

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Speaker 1: a trust factor with aj Klein. And then Maddakavich is

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01:13:44,840 --> 01:13:48,800
Speaker 1: probably your lock number four because of his Special Team's contributions.

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Speaker 1: So that's four right there. You're probably keeping at least five.

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Speaker 1: But if you go heavy at defensive line, as we

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01:13:56,560 --> 01:14:00,400
Speaker 1: have intimated Maddie, could this be a position where they

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01:14:00,400 --> 01:14:05,240
Speaker 1: take one fewer player, much like tight end, to accommodate

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Speaker 1: what you keep at defensive end, knowing you only usually

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01:14:09,200 --> 01:14:13,040
Speaker 1: have two on the field because you're in nickel so much. Yep,

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Speaker 1: I think this is another position group where they could

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01:14:15,800 --> 01:14:19,120
Speaker 1: keep one or two players less just because of what

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01:14:19,200 --> 01:14:22,080
Speaker 1: they want on the defensive line, what they want at

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01:14:22,120 --> 01:14:25,920
Speaker 1: another position, because of how important it is to their

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01:14:26,000 --> 01:14:29,479
Speaker 1: defense or to their offense. When you're counting numbers in

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01:14:29,560 --> 01:14:31,960
Speaker 1: terms of how many players can fit here, can fit there?

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01:14:33,439 --> 01:14:35,679
Speaker 1: You have two linebackers on the field most of the time,

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01:14:35,760 --> 01:14:39,439
Speaker 1: so I think that also is just a giveaway. Yes,

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01:14:39,479 --> 01:14:42,000
Speaker 1: you can keep one less because you're only playing two

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01:14:42,120 --> 01:14:47,439
Speaker 1: usually at a time. But also to that point, like

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01:14:47,560 --> 01:14:52,200
Speaker 1: Andre Smith and Joe Giles Harris have had a good

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01:14:52,200 --> 01:14:55,400
Speaker 1: camp and have made plays in the preseason, and so

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01:14:56,240 --> 01:14:58,599
Speaker 1: talk about head scratchers. I mean, those are two guys

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01:14:58,600 --> 01:15:00,719
Speaker 1: who I would think would would make the roster based

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01:15:00,720 --> 01:15:03,200
Speaker 1: on what they've shown in training camp. But do you

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01:15:03,640 --> 01:15:05,559
Speaker 1: do you have enough room for both of those players.

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01:15:05,680 --> 01:15:08,280
Speaker 1: I don't know. I don't know what this coaching staff

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01:15:08,360 --> 01:15:11,679
Speaker 1: wants to do for groups like that where they may say, oh,

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01:15:11,720 --> 01:15:14,920
Speaker 1: we can get by with one less because we need

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01:15:15,000 --> 01:15:20,200
Speaker 1: more in this position group. But I think I agree.

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01:15:20,240 --> 01:15:22,280
Speaker 1: I think that's another place where you could you could

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01:15:22,360 --> 01:15:24,920
Speaker 1: keep one less, just like the tight ends. Yeah, it's

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01:15:25,840 --> 01:15:29,080
Speaker 1: that's why we're having this discussion, because this is there's

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01:15:29,120 --> 01:15:31,360
Speaker 1: some tough nuts to crack here for the coaching staff

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01:15:31,880 --> 01:15:34,839
Speaker 1: trying to find the best fifty three while also keeping

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01:15:34,880 --> 01:15:39,760
Speaker 1: proper numbers minimum at these positions. Because linebacker is a

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01:15:39,880 --> 01:15:44,320
Speaker 1: very big special teams position that is drawn from to

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01:15:44,479 --> 01:15:48,360
Speaker 1: fill out your special teams units. So might that necessitate

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01:15:48,400 --> 01:15:51,080
Speaker 1: that they keep six as normal, or do they go

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01:15:51,240 --> 01:15:53,760
Speaker 1: lighter and go down to five because of what they

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01:15:53,800 --> 01:15:57,040
Speaker 1: may have to do at defensive end. We shall see

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01:15:57,080 --> 01:16:00,360
Speaker 1: in just over a week's time. Incidentally, the Bills do

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01:16:00,479 --> 01:16:03,679
Speaker 1: have to get down to eighty one roster players from

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01:16:03,680 --> 01:16:06,320
Speaker 1: eighty six to eighty one because they have Christian Wade

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01:16:06,360 --> 01:16:09,680
Speaker 1: the international player, so they can carry one more than

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01:16:09,680 --> 01:16:12,320
Speaker 1: the required eighty. But they have to get down to

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01:16:12,479 --> 01:16:17,400
Speaker 1: eighty one players by tomorrow at four pm. So we

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Speaker 1: await those decisions which are forthcoming as well. Mannie and

1339
01:16:21,320 --> 01:16:22,840
Speaker 1: I have to take a break here when we come

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01:16:22,880 --> 01:16:24,640
Speaker 1: back more of your thoughts on the tweet sheet in

1341
01:16:24,720 --> 01:16:27,519
Speaker 1: terms of your biggest takeaways from the Bills beat down

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01:16:27,600 --> 01:16:29,840
Speaker 1: to the Bears over the weekend. We're back in a

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01:16:29,880 --> 01:16:43,320
Speaker 1: moment here on One Bill's Live. Stay tuned, and we're

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01:16:43,360 --> 01:16:46,040
Speaker 1: back here on One Bills Live. Chris Brown, Maddie glab

1345
01:16:46,120 --> 01:16:48,639
Speaker 1: with you on a Monday, and we want to get

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01:16:48,760 --> 01:16:51,679
Speaker 1: right back to your comments on the tweet sheet where

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01:16:51,680 --> 01:16:53,800
Speaker 1: we were asking you your biggest takeaways from the bills

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01:16:53,840 --> 01:16:57,280
Speaker 1: forty one fifteen beat down to the Bears over the weekend,

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01:16:57,640 --> 01:17:01,400
Speaker 1: and we didn't even finish real, Maddie with Matt's common

1350
01:17:01,439 --> 01:17:06,400
Speaker 1: because he touched on five different things. But I guess

1351
01:17:06,439 --> 01:17:08,320
Speaker 1: in a way we did because he was talking about

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01:17:08,320 --> 01:17:10,760
Speaker 1: how speedy is speedy. But we talked about how that

1353
01:17:10,800 --> 01:17:13,599
Speaker 1: special teams play was partly the fall to the Bears

1354
01:17:13,600 --> 01:17:15,680
Speaker 1: out kicking their own coverage and giving him makers of

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01:17:15,720 --> 01:17:18,840
Speaker 1: space to run. So we'll move ahead to Dinah, who

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01:17:18,840 --> 01:17:22,519
Speaker 1: says we have some really great players, too many really

1357
01:17:22,560 --> 01:17:25,800
Speaker 1: great players. We'll lose some of them. The ones we

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01:17:25,920 --> 01:17:28,080
Speaker 1: keep should be able to put us in the playoffs,

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01:17:28,080 --> 01:17:29,960
Speaker 1: win in the playoffs, go to the super Bowl, and

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01:17:29,960 --> 01:17:33,160
Speaker 1: win the super Bowl. Biggest takeaway is I am pumped.

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01:17:34,000 --> 01:17:37,360
Speaker 1: I think a lot of people were. As much as

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01:17:37,360 --> 01:17:41,640
Speaker 1: people can get grossly disappointed by preseason games, Maddie, I

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01:17:41,680 --> 01:17:46,400
Speaker 1: think they can get equally over exuberant. Shall we say yeah?

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01:17:46,439 --> 01:17:49,240
Speaker 1: I think that was our end of the spectrum when

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01:17:49,240 --> 01:17:51,760
Speaker 1: it comes to Bill's fans and what our team has

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01:17:51,800 --> 01:17:55,439
Speaker 1: put on display in preseason game. I think we win

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01:17:55,560 --> 01:17:59,200
Speaker 1: full send the other way into why we should be

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01:17:59,320 --> 01:18:02,360
Speaker 1: super ex cited about the team this year, And you

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01:18:02,439 --> 01:18:05,760
Speaker 1: mentioned it, and so did I Like, it's tough to

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01:18:05,840 --> 01:18:09,519
Speaker 1: watch these games and not get really excited and pumped

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01:18:09,600 --> 01:18:14,000
Speaker 1: up about what could be because it's just preseason and

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01:18:14,080 --> 01:18:16,679
Speaker 1: we need to remind ourselves, or at least I needed

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01:18:16,680 --> 01:18:19,120
Speaker 1: to do that over and over in the first half

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01:18:19,160 --> 01:18:23,200
Speaker 1: of the game, like, these are not all starters that

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01:18:23,280 --> 01:18:25,800
Speaker 1: our team is playing against right now, So let's pump

1376
01:18:25,880 --> 01:18:28,960
Speaker 1: the brakes and let's wait till week one, week two,

1377
01:18:29,000 --> 01:18:31,880
Speaker 1: week three to see what we really have in this team.

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01:18:32,840 --> 01:18:35,880
Speaker 1: Rusty on the tweet sheets says d line remains the

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01:18:35,920 --> 01:18:40,720
Speaker 1: toughest call for roster decisions. Rousseau looks great. We know

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01:18:40,760 --> 01:18:44,160
Speaker 1: what the Vets can do, and AJ, Boogie Fa and

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01:18:44,240 --> 01:18:47,400
Speaker 1: Bam are all fighting for two, maybe three spots. I

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01:18:47,439 --> 01:18:52,160
Speaker 1: can't see them keeping seven defensive ends six seems likely.

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01:18:52,479 --> 01:18:56,640
Speaker 1: That is a lot what other positions suffers. Zimmer continues

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01:18:56,680 --> 01:18:59,519
Speaker 1: to impress. All right, So, as we discussed in the

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01:18:59,600 --> 01:19:04,799
Speaker 1: last Maddie, even six would be a lot because usually

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01:19:04,840 --> 01:19:08,840
Speaker 1: on the high end you keep ten defensive linemen. So

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01:19:09,160 --> 01:19:13,040
Speaker 1: in that scenario, okay, you can if you keep ten

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01:19:13,080 --> 01:19:18,000
Speaker 1: defensive linemen, you keep six ends and four dts. So

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01:19:18,080 --> 01:19:23,120
Speaker 1: there is a scenario where you can get there. But

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01:19:23,240 --> 01:19:25,960
Speaker 1: there's still an odd man out from all those players

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01:19:26,000 --> 01:19:31,080
Speaker 1: that they mentioned fa Obata has some elite physical traits.

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Speaker 1: I think the one thing that he doesn't have in

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01:19:34,240 --> 01:19:39,960
Speaker 1: as plentiful supply as Boogie basham aj Epanessa and Greg Rousseau.

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Speaker 1: Number one are the instincts number because if he's young

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01:19:44,479 --> 01:19:49,800
Speaker 1: in football. And number two, I haven't really seen the

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01:19:50,000 --> 01:19:55,479
Speaker 1: off the ball explosion or elite lateral agility that you

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01:19:55,560 --> 01:19:59,360
Speaker 1: can see from a loose athlete like Rousseau. There just

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01:19:59,400 --> 01:20:02,400
Speaker 1: seems to be something that's just a hair off in

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01:20:02,439 --> 01:20:06,479
Speaker 1: that department. It's good, but it's not high end, if

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01:20:06,479 --> 01:20:09,080
Speaker 1: you know what I mean. Yeah, And I think this

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01:20:09,200 --> 01:20:12,280
Speaker 1: defensive line is taken a big step forward from last season.

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01:20:12,360 --> 01:20:14,400
Speaker 1: This is a defensive line that ranks middle of the

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01:20:14,439 --> 01:20:19,200
Speaker 1: pack when it came terms when it was involving sacks

1404
01:20:19,240 --> 01:20:21,240
Speaker 1: and how they were able to get to the quarterback

1405
01:20:21,280 --> 01:20:23,880
Speaker 1: and rush to the quarterback. And that's what they wanted

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01:20:23,920 --> 01:20:25,560
Speaker 1: to do in the off season was we want to

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01:20:25,560 --> 01:20:28,880
Speaker 1: add pieces to this defensive line that is going to

1408
01:20:29,200 --> 01:20:34,000
Speaker 1: pressure the quarterback more with just four and fa has

1409
01:20:34,080 --> 01:20:37,920
Speaker 1: those physical traits, has that makeup, has that elite athlete

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01:20:38,320 --> 01:20:40,760
Speaker 1: that Steve Taskers talked about a lot. When you look

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01:20:40,760 --> 01:20:43,879
Speaker 1: at a roster, but he may just be a step behind,

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01:20:43,960 --> 01:20:46,280
Speaker 1: and it totally makes sense why he would be a

1413
01:20:46,280 --> 01:20:48,360
Speaker 1: step behind. This is someone who picked up football a

1414
01:20:48,400 --> 01:20:51,280
Speaker 1: lot later than all the guys on these roster as

1415
01:20:51,640 --> 01:20:55,559
Speaker 1: he's a part of the international player pathway program, had

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01:20:55,600 --> 01:20:58,599
Speaker 1: a good season last year. But we'll see if he's

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01:20:58,640 --> 01:21:00,360
Speaker 1: a part of the mix or a part of the

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01:21:00,360 --> 01:21:03,640
Speaker 1: group this year. This may be a defensive line that

1419
01:21:03,840 --> 01:21:07,920
Speaker 1: is just a step above what he's able to do

1420
01:21:08,040 --> 01:21:10,639
Speaker 1: right now, and maybe he needs another year or two

1421
01:21:10,680 --> 01:21:13,760
Speaker 1: to be able to take that step forward to where

1422
01:21:13,760 --> 01:21:17,760
Speaker 1: he can truly be a difference maker on a defensive

1423
01:21:17,800 --> 01:21:22,599
Speaker 1: line that's a four three type caliber group. Yeah, and

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01:21:22,800 --> 01:21:27,240
Speaker 1: Rusty also mentioned how Zimmer continues to impress. I mean,

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01:21:27,320 --> 01:21:31,280
Speaker 1: his most impressive play on Saturday was probably the way

1426
01:21:31,320 --> 01:21:34,960
Speaker 1: he ran down that screenplay from behind. We all know

1427
01:21:35,040 --> 01:21:37,920
Speaker 1: what his next gen stats numbers were on the miles

1428
01:21:37,960 --> 01:21:40,800
Speaker 1: per hour gun last year when he got up to

1429
01:21:40,800 --> 01:21:44,599
Speaker 1: about eighteen miles per hour, But running down screenplays from

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01:21:44,600 --> 01:21:48,080
Speaker 1: behind out near the sideline even a two hundred and

1431
01:21:48,160 --> 01:21:52,240
Speaker 1: ninety five pounds, I mean, that's just that's elite physical

1432
01:21:52,320 --> 01:21:57,439
Speaker 1: skills and it wouldn't shock me, not only if Zimmer

1433
01:21:57,479 --> 01:22:00,840
Speaker 1: makes the roster, but wouldn't shock me if in the rotation.

1434
01:22:01,600 --> 01:22:05,360
Speaker 1: You know, he's kind of that penetrating backup, you know,

1435
01:22:05,439 --> 01:22:09,519
Speaker 1: Fred Oliver. I think he can be that guy. We

1436
01:22:09,680 --> 01:22:12,040
Speaker 1: saw that last year out of him, and we continue

1437
01:22:12,040 --> 01:22:14,719
Speaker 1: to see that in training camp. And I keep going

1438
01:22:14,720 --> 01:22:17,160
Speaker 1: back to what this coaching staff has said about several

1439
01:22:17,360 --> 01:22:21,080
Speaker 1: of the defensive players on the roster. Leslie Fraser really

1440
01:22:21,120 --> 01:22:24,120
Speaker 1: likes Justin Zimmer and what he can offer. They like

1441
01:22:24,320 --> 01:22:28,440
Speaker 1: his grit, they like his mentality, they like his mindset,

1442
01:22:28,479 --> 01:22:31,240
Speaker 1: They like the chip on the shoulder that he brings

1443
01:22:31,280 --> 01:22:34,400
Speaker 1: to the group and that this team is really made

1444
01:22:34,439 --> 01:22:36,640
Speaker 1: up of that type of mentality of always having a

1445
01:22:36,720 --> 01:22:40,320
Speaker 1: chip on your shoulder. And he's someone that I hope

1446
01:22:40,400 --> 01:22:42,680
Speaker 1: is on this roster because I think he can be

1447
01:22:42,800 --> 01:22:45,920
Speaker 1: a really great depth player and someone who can rotate

1448
01:22:46,000 --> 01:22:48,160
Speaker 1: in when you look at how quickly they may want

1449
01:22:48,200 --> 01:22:52,080
Speaker 1: to rotate guys, whether that's from defensive ended, defensive tackle,

1450
01:22:52,479 --> 01:22:55,479
Speaker 1: or truly just bring fresh legs in to wear out

1451
01:22:55,520 --> 01:22:58,920
Speaker 1: the offensive line that they're going up against. Right, And

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01:22:59,080 --> 01:23:01,120
Speaker 1: there is a decision to be made there as well,

1453
01:23:01,200 --> 01:23:03,240
Speaker 1: because if you go on the assumption that you're only

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01:23:03,320 --> 01:23:08,800
Speaker 1: keeping four defensive tackles. You're talking Star Latoula, Harrison Phillips,

1455
01:23:09,600 --> 01:23:14,000
Speaker 1: Vernon Butler, ed Oliver Justin Zimmer. I think those are

1456
01:23:14,000 --> 01:23:17,720
Speaker 1: probably the top five at the group right now. And

1457
01:23:17,760 --> 01:23:21,000
Speaker 1: if you're only keeping four again, one is going to

1458
01:23:21,040 --> 01:23:23,719
Speaker 1: be a victim of the numbers game there, So another

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01:23:23,840 --> 01:23:28,080
Speaker 1: tough decision to make there. Max on the tweet sheet says,

1460
01:23:28,520 --> 01:23:31,360
Speaker 1: not just talking about him because of the fields hit.

1461
01:23:31,439 --> 01:23:34,600
Speaker 1: But Andre Smith has surprised me, played very well in

1462
01:23:34,680 --> 01:23:39,120
Speaker 1: both games. Surprised he's never started before. Also, Rousseau is

1463
01:23:39,160 --> 01:23:42,400
Speaker 1: just oozing potential all over the place. I didn't know

1464
01:23:42,439 --> 01:23:44,640
Speaker 1: you could ooze that, but I guess he's doing that.

1465
01:23:45,040 --> 01:23:48,519
Speaker 1: Obada and bash him are nice two. I like this defense,

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01:23:48,520 --> 01:23:50,840
Speaker 1: all right. So let's start with Andre Smith here, Maddie,

1467
01:23:50,880 --> 01:23:53,439
Speaker 1: because as we were just discussing in the last segment,

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01:23:54,200 --> 01:23:58,759
Speaker 1: you've got a linebacker who has been omnipresent on defense

1469
01:23:58,800 --> 01:24:02,840
Speaker 1: in these first two Preseas games. Sideline to sideline range.

1470
01:24:03,080 --> 01:24:05,880
Speaker 1: He showed me more range than I thought he had.

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01:24:06,200 --> 01:24:09,240
Speaker 1: I think we all felt comfortable in the fact that

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01:24:09,560 --> 01:24:11,920
Speaker 1: he had straight line speed, which is what makes him

1473
01:24:11,920 --> 01:24:14,519
Speaker 1: a weapon on special teams getting down the field. And

1474
01:24:14,560 --> 01:24:20,120
Speaker 1: making plays. But his lateral range just completely took me

1475
01:24:20,160 --> 01:24:23,439
Speaker 1: by surprise in the first preseason game against Detroit, because

1476
01:24:23,640 --> 01:24:25,920
Speaker 1: not only did we not have preseason here last year,

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01:24:25,920 --> 01:24:28,840
Speaker 1: as you remember, Mattie, but Andre Smith was also a

1478
01:24:28,920 --> 01:24:31,080
Speaker 1: late ad. We didn't really get to look at him

1479
01:24:31,240 --> 01:24:34,120
Speaker 1: bang we were already into the regular season. So seeing

1480
01:24:34,200 --> 01:24:36,200
Speaker 1: him in a preseason game getting as much time on

1481
01:24:36,280 --> 01:24:39,120
Speaker 1: defense as he did against Detroit and then again here

1482
01:24:39,439 --> 01:24:43,639
Speaker 1: this past weekend, I was stunned by his lateral range.

1483
01:24:43,640 --> 01:24:47,479
Speaker 1: It really was impressive. Yeah, in terms of not really

1484
01:24:47,520 --> 01:24:50,679
Speaker 1: being able to see him last year in training camp

1485
01:24:50,760 --> 01:24:53,960
Speaker 1: or preseason. I mean, yeah, this is someone who played

1486
01:24:54,120 --> 01:24:57,439
Speaker 1: in twelve games last season for the Buffalo Bills. But

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01:24:57,479 --> 01:24:59,679
Speaker 1: I mean when you look at twenty nineteen and twenty eighteen,

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01:24:59,680 --> 01:25:01,800
Speaker 1: he was part of the Carolina Panthers. So he's a

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Speaker 1: part of that pipeline to the Buffalo Bills that a

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01:25:04,800 --> 01:25:08,800
Speaker 1: lot of players have come from the Panthers into the

1491
01:25:08,800 --> 01:25:13,880
Speaker 1: Buffalo Bills organization. But he's someone that this fan base

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01:25:13,960 --> 01:25:16,719
Speaker 1: doesn't really know too much about because of the fact

1493
01:25:16,720 --> 01:25:18,679
Speaker 1: that he came in later like you were talking about,

1494
01:25:18,720 --> 01:25:21,439
Speaker 1: and someone who we really haven't gotten to see in

1495
01:25:21,720 --> 01:25:24,000
Speaker 1: a training camp. I mean, yes, a training camp, but

1496
01:25:24,080 --> 01:25:28,599
Speaker 1: in preseason games no. And he's played special teams pretty

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01:25:28,680 --> 01:25:31,120
Speaker 1: much every game that he's gone into last year in

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01:25:31,160 --> 01:25:33,720
Speaker 1: those twelve games, and so we haven't been able to

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01:25:33,760 --> 01:25:36,599
Speaker 1: see a lot of reps from him at linebacker. I mean,

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01:25:36,640 --> 01:25:39,320
Speaker 1: the coaching staff has said good things about him and

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01:25:39,360 --> 01:25:41,679
Speaker 1: what he can offer and what they like out of him.

1502
01:25:41,880 --> 01:25:43,800
Speaker 1: But it's really been nice to see him in two

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01:25:43,800 --> 01:25:48,160
Speaker 1: preseason games and see the potential that this guy has

1504
01:25:47,960 --> 01:25:51,080
Speaker 1: as well as his strength and his quickness. I mean,

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01:25:51,240 --> 01:25:55,040
Speaker 1: I've been very impressed and a little bit surprised out

1506
01:25:55,040 --> 01:25:57,160
Speaker 1: of what we've seen out of him, just because we

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01:25:57,320 --> 01:26:01,280
Speaker 1: necessarily haven't seen that, I guess in practices during the

1508
01:26:01,360 --> 01:26:05,559
Speaker 1: season or the previous training camp. He's definitely someone that

1509
01:26:05,600 --> 01:26:09,639
Speaker 1: has stood out in my eyes at that linebacker position. Yeah,

1510
01:26:09,680 --> 01:26:12,120
Speaker 1: Unfortunately for Andre, he is probably going to get a

1511
01:26:12,160 --> 01:26:15,040
Speaker 1: fine from the league this coming week for the hit

1512
01:26:15,160 --> 01:26:18,000
Speaker 1: on Justin Fields. I was surprised to see that fa

1513
01:26:18,040 --> 01:26:22,240
Speaker 1: Obada got fined for his hit below the knees on

1514
01:26:22,640 --> 01:26:25,960
Speaker 1: Lions quarterback Tim Boyle, which technically is a hit you

1515
01:26:26,000 --> 01:26:29,080
Speaker 1: can't make. It didn't look egregious to me, but he

1516
01:26:29,160 --> 01:26:31,759
Speaker 1: still got fine, like sixty four hundred dollars or something.

1517
01:26:32,080 --> 01:26:34,559
Speaker 1: So if that's thing's going to get a fine. I

1518
01:26:34,600 --> 01:26:36,320
Speaker 1: hate to tell Andre, but he's going to be getting

1519
01:26:36,320 --> 01:26:38,000
Speaker 1: a FedEx in the mail that he's not gonna like

1520
01:26:38,960 --> 01:26:41,680
Speaker 1: later this week for his helmet to helmet hit on

1521
01:26:41,880 --> 01:26:44,160
Speaker 1: Justin Fields. All right, we have to take a break,

1522
01:26:44,160 --> 01:26:46,559
Speaker 1: but when Mannie and I come back, there was an

1523
01:26:46,560 --> 01:26:50,639
Speaker 1: interesting story that took place not long after the Bears game.

1524
01:26:51,040 --> 01:26:54,040
Speaker 1: It wasn't football related, but it did deal in the

1525
01:26:54,080 --> 01:26:57,559
Speaker 1: sporting arena, and it's something you don't exactly see every

1526
01:26:57,640 --> 01:26:59,840
Speaker 1: day on your highway. We will tell you what that

1527
01:27:00,200 --> 01:27:02,400
Speaker 1: is when we return here on one Bill's Live, presented

1528
01:27:02,400 --> 01:27:16,599
Speaker 1: by Collid to Health. It's Buffalo Bill's Radio. All right.

1529
01:27:16,720 --> 01:27:19,840
Speaker 1: So from the files of where is Ed Oliver when

1530
01:27:19,880 --> 01:27:24,479
Speaker 1: you need him? Over the weekend, there was a race

1531
01:27:24,560 --> 01:27:29,120
Speaker 1: horse who bucked his rider shortly after a race started,

1532
01:27:30,000 --> 01:27:35,000
Speaker 1: escaped the racetrack and found his way on to US

1533
01:27:35,120 --> 01:27:41,280
Speaker 1: Route forty one, where highway drivers were somewhat surprised to

1534
01:27:41,400 --> 01:27:45,479
Speaker 1: see the horse running without a rider down the highway.

1535
01:27:46,960 --> 01:27:48,960
Speaker 1: I do have to give the horse full marks here.

1536
01:27:49,800 --> 01:27:52,280
Speaker 1: I think he knows I am only a one horsepower

1537
01:27:52,360 --> 01:27:55,200
Speaker 1: vehicle as opposed to these other cars. So he's wisely

1538
01:27:55,240 --> 01:27:57,240
Speaker 1: staying in the slow lane, so I give him credit

1539
01:27:57,240 --> 01:28:03,400
Speaker 1: for that. This is nuts. What would you do if

1540
01:28:03,400 --> 01:28:08,160
Speaker 1: you saw a horse on the highway, Maddie. I would

1541
01:28:08,640 --> 01:28:10,439
Speaker 1: have to do a couple of laps, you know. I

1542
01:28:10,439 --> 01:28:13,000
Speaker 1: would want to check out the scene, get off the highway,

1543
01:28:13,040 --> 01:28:15,400
Speaker 1: get right back on, try and track where this horse

1544
01:28:15,520 --> 01:28:18,160
Speaker 1: is going, or it would just follow behind it to

1545
01:28:18,200 --> 01:28:20,439
Speaker 1: see where it was going. Because this horse looks like

1546
01:28:20,720 --> 01:28:23,120
Speaker 1: it's a horse with a plan. Yeah, it doesn't look

1547
01:28:23,120 --> 01:28:25,479
Speaker 1: like a horse that is confused as to where it's going.

1548
01:28:25,520 --> 01:28:29,559
Speaker 1: This horse is going straight down the highway to wherever,

1549
01:28:29,760 --> 01:28:31,719
Speaker 1: and I want to know where that horse is going.

1550
01:28:32,200 --> 01:28:34,719
Speaker 1: I would not be able to capture it. Don't don't

1551
01:28:34,840 --> 01:28:36,800
Speaker 1: loop me into someone who would be able to help

1552
01:28:37,680 --> 01:28:40,320
Speaker 1: the scene, or stop the scene, or help this horse

1553
01:28:40,360 --> 01:28:42,240
Speaker 1: get back to where it needs to get back to,

1554
01:28:42,320 --> 01:28:47,080
Speaker 1: because that horse is going way too fast for me

1555
01:28:47,160 --> 01:28:49,519
Speaker 1: to catch it. I think it's a job for Like

1556
01:28:49,560 --> 01:28:52,360
Speaker 1: you said, at Oliver, Ed would be the perfect person

1557
01:28:52,400 --> 01:28:54,360
Speaker 1: if you happen to be driving by on the highway

1558
01:28:54,520 --> 01:28:57,519
Speaker 1: because he loves animals to begin with, especially horses. He

1559
01:28:57,560 --> 01:29:01,080
Speaker 1: has horses of his own. He rides around town sometimes

1560
01:29:01,120 --> 01:29:03,160
Speaker 1: in the fields on these things along the side of

1561
01:29:03,160 --> 01:29:07,559
Speaker 1: the road, riding a horse. So if I bet Edward,

1562
01:29:07,640 --> 01:29:10,960
Speaker 1: just pull right over and try to corral this thing

1563
01:29:11,040 --> 01:29:12,840
Speaker 1: as best he could. And there is a good end

1564
01:29:12,840 --> 01:29:15,280
Speaker 1: to the story. They were able to corral the horse,

1565
01:29:15,360 --> 01:29:17,839
Speaker 1: find him as trainer. I mean, there's a horse trainer's

1566
01:29:17,920 --> 01:29:22,000
Speaker 1: nightmare here. You got a valuable commodity on the highway.

1567
01:29:22,360 --> 01:29:23,880
Speaker 1: I mean, your worst fear is that he gets hit

1568
01:29:23,880 --> 01:29:25,759
Speaker 1: by a car. I mean, he could dart across traffic

1569
01:29:25,760 --> 01:29:29,559
Speaker 1: and you got a major problem. But they did corral

1570
01:29:29,600 --> 01:29:32,360
Speaker 1: the horse, bring him under control. He only had like

1571
01:29:32,400 --> 01:29:34,320
Speaker 1: a little cut. He had a cut on his legs.

1572
01:29:34,360 --> 01:29:37,240
Speaker 1: Who he's bleeding on his leg But otherwise the reports

1573
01:29:37,240 --> 01:29:40,960
Speaker 1: where he was fine. The funny thing about this that

1574
01:29:41,000 --> 01:29:43,360
Speaker 1: you can laugh about now because you know he was

1575
01:29:43,439 --> 01:29:47,240
Speaker 1: fine and they corralled him, was he was found at

1576
01:29:47,280 --> 01:29:51,599
Speaker 1: the Evansville water department. I'm guessing this is in Indiana,

1577
01:29:52,080 --> 01:29:55,360
Speaker 1: found at the Evansville water department, which prompted a joke,

1578
01:29:55,560 --> 01:29:58,320
Speaker 1: a dad joke from me and everybody else that apparently

1579
01:29:58,320 --> 01:30:00,439
Speaker 1: you don't need to always lead a horse to water

1580
01:30:00,680 --> 01:30:03,040
Speaker 1: because he found the water department no problem. But I

1581
01:30:03,040 --> 01:30:05,599
Speaker 1: think this is where you asked Maddie where he was going.

1582
01:30:06,400 --> 01:30:08,479
Speaker 1: He was going to wherever he didn't have to be

1583
01:30:08,479 --> 01:30:12,360
Speaker 1: a race horse anymore. Because they showed bonus footage of

1584
01:30:12,439 --> 01:30:16,360
Speaker 1: this horse before the race from the racetrack, and you'll

1585
01:30:16,400 --> 01:30:18,400
Speaker 1: see this every once in a while. You know, they

1586
01:30:18,400 --> 01:30:20,280
Speaker 1: have to put him in those gates at the beginning

1587
01:30:20,280 --> 01:30:24,640
Speaker 1: of the race. This horse was had no interest in

1588
01:30:24,800 --> 01:30:26,679
Speaker 1: going in the lock gate, you know, when they closed

1589
01:30:26,680 --> 01:30:29,519
Speaker 1: the gate behind him so they can't back out. He

1590
01:30:29,600 --> 01:30:33,320
Speaker 1: was fighting it all the way. This horse was ready

1591
01:30:33,360 --> 01:30:38,400
Speaker 1: to hang up his cleats, his horridors fire, He's ready

1592
01:30:38,439 --> 01:30:41,400
Speaker 1: to go back to a pasture somewhere he can just

1593
01:30:41,479 --> 01:30:45,400
Speaker 1: hang out with his friends. Yeah. I didn't think about

1594
01:30:45,400 --> 01:30:47,760
Speaker 1: the fact that this horse is probably worth a lot

1595
01:30:47,760 --> 01:30:52,160
Speaker 1: of money and the owner is probably freaking out knowing, oh,

1596
01:30:52,240 --> 01:30:55,320
Speaker 1: my prize possession, who could win me a lot of money,

1597
01:30:55,560 --> 01:30:57,880
Speaker 1: and who's worth a lot in terms of how much

1598
01:30:57,920 --> 01:31:00,280
Speaker 1: money and care I put into it every week, is

1599
01:31:00,280 --> 01:31:04,639
Speaker 1: now running down the highway to who knows where. Yeah.

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01:31:04,720 --> 01:31:07,360
Speaker 1: So fortunately there was a good ending to that story.

1601
01:31:07,360 --> 01:31:09,519
Speaker 1: But I saw that on social media, like right after

1602
01:31:09,560 --> 01:31:12,439
Speaker 1: the Bills Bears game. I was like, what is going on?

1603
01:31:13,120 --> 01:31:16,599
Speaker 1: Like that is not something you see every day. There

1604
01:31:16,720 --> 01:31:21,160
Speaker 1: is an updated NFL news note. Everybody down in Dallas

1605
01:31:21,280 --> 01:31:24,120
Speaker 1: is still freaking out. Where's Dak? Why is he not playing?

1606
01:31:24,200 --> 01:31:26,280
Speaker 1: What's going on? When's he gonna play? Is he gonna

1607
01:31:26,320 --> 01:31:29,720
Speaker 1: be ready? So Jerry Jones in a recent interview apparently

1608
01:31:29,760 --> 01:31:34,360
Speaker 1: said quote, if we were lining up against Tampa tonight,

1609
01:31:35,720 --> 01:31:38,720
Speaker 1: he'd be starting and we'd feel great about it. And

1610
01:31:38,760 --> 01:31:42,960
Speaker 1: then I know NFL Networks. Ian Rappaport has since gone

1611
01:31:42,960 --> 01:31:45,519
Speaker 1: on the Pad McAfee show and he said he is

1612
01:31:45,560 --> 01:31:47,960
Speaker 1: on track for Week one. He's gonna be good in

1613
01:31:48,000 --> 01:31:51,280
Speaker 1: a hundred percent. So it sounds like the Cowboys are

1614
01:31:51,320 --> 01:31:54,680
Speaker 1: just taking a very cautious approach in his return to

1615
01:31:54,760 --> 01:31:58,799
Speaker 1: practice and then eventually gained, so I wouldn't anticipate seeing

1616
01:31:58,920 --> 01:32:06,040
Speaker 1: him the Cowboys final preseason game. So there's that to

1617
01:32:06,080 --> 01:32:09,280
Speaker 1: discuss as well. We also had New Orleans Saints head

1618
01:32:09,280 --> 01:32:13,600
Speaker 1: coach Sean Payton saying he is not yet ready to

1619
01:32:14,120 --> 01:32:19,200
Speaker 1: name his starting quarterback. He's hoping to name one by Saturday,

1620
01:32:19,520 --> 01:32:21,960
Speaker 1: coming out of their last preseason game, which is obviously

1621
01:32:22,000 --> 01:32:24,960
Speaker 1: going to be Jamis Winston or Taysom Hill. I don't

1622
01:32:24,960 --> 01:32:26,960
Speaker 1: know if you followed that one closely, Maddie, you have

1623
01:32:27,000 --> 01:32:29,200
Speaker 1: any you want to put odds on anybody there in

1624
01:32:29,280 --> 01:32:31,360
Speaker 1: two terms of which quarterback you think he's going to

1625
01:32:31,439 --> 01:32:36,720
Speaker 1: ultimately go with. My heart says he's ultimately going to

1626
01:32:36,800 --> 01:32:41,760
Speaker 1: go with Jamis at first, and then we'll see what

1627
01:32:41,880 --> 01:32:45,960
Speaker 1: happens from there. But I see Jamis starting off with

1628
01:32:46,000 --> 01:32:50,080
Speaker 1: the job. I do feel like they'll rotate Taysom in

1629
01:32:50,200 --> 01:32:52,519
Speaker 1: for a first stern place because he's that type of

1630
01:32:52,600 --> 01:32:55,680
Speaker 1: quarterback who can come in and do different things that

1631
01:32:55,800 --> 01:32:58,240
Speaker 1: Jamis can't. So that's kind of where my head's at

1632
01:32:58,320 --> 01:33:01,640
Speaker 1: right now with that. But we'll see. It'll it'll be

1633
01:33:01,680 --> 01:33:05,840
Speaker 1: an interesting year for the Saints overall. I mean, this

1634
01:33:05,960 --> 01:33:08,559
Speaker 1: is new territory for them and for Sean Payton. Yeah,

1635
01:33:08,560 --> 01:33:10,960
Speaker 1: it's gonna be very different. Actually, Sean Payton talked to

1636
01:33:11,000 --> 01:33:13,600
Speaker 1: Peter King on these Football Morning in America column and

1637
01:33:13,960 --> 01:33:16,720
Speaker 1: he was talking about how weird it is without Drew

1638
01:33:16,760 --> 01:33:19,360
Speaker 1: Brees and how it's going to be adjustment for that

1639
01:33:19,600 --> 01:33:21,240
Speaker 1: entire team. But I agree with you. I think it's

1640
01:33:21,280 --> 01:33:24,840
Speaker 1: Winston because he's more of a pure quarterback who will start.

1641
01:33:25,160 --> 01:33:26,880
Speaker 1: But I do think Taysom Hill will be in there

1642
01:33:26,880 --> 01:33:28,800
Speaker 1: for a package of plays. He's going to come in

1643
01:33:28,920 --> 01:33:30,680
Speaker 1: the red zone and be a running threat, kind of

1644
01:33:30,680 --> 01:33:32,960
Speaker 1: the way Josh is here. So yeah, I think they

1645
01:33:32,960 --> 01:33:36,320
Speaker 1: will both play for the Saints a lot this season.

1646
01:33:36,360 --> 01:33:38,320
Speaker 1: We have to take a break because when we come back,

1647
01:33:38,800 --> 01:33:41,960
Speaker 1: ready to break down all the film from Bill's Bears

1648
01:33:42,000 --> 01:33:46,519
Speaker 1: on Saturday, is senior producer from NFL Films, Greg Cosell,

1649
01:33:46,960 --> 01:33:49,599
Speaker 1: ready to join us next here on one Bill's Live

1650
01:33:49,680 --> 01:34:08,639
Speaker 1: presented by Collot to help. It's Buffalo Bill's Radio at

1651
01:34:08,640 --> 01:34:12,080
Speaker 1: a Steve Tasker who has been all over the field.

1652
01:34:12,200 --> 01:34:13,800
Speaker 1: Kind of unique. He was kind of a dual role

1653
01:34:13,880 --> 01:34:20,240
Speaker 1: player for you, Steve, Steve a blimp. We're not even

1654
01:34:20,280 --> 01:34:25,679
Speaker 1: in the strato beere of normalcy, all right, Our number

1655
01:34:25,760 --> 01:34:27,840
Speaker 1: three Chris Brown, Matty Glad with you here on a

1656
01:34:27,920 --> 01:34:31,559
Speaker 1: Monday and please to be joined now by the senior

1657
01:34:31,600 --> 01:34:35,280
Speaker 1: producer from NFL Films, also the co host of the

1658
01:34:35,439 --> 01:34:39,880
Speaker 1: NFL Matchup show on ESPN, which will be rejoining the

1659
01:34:39,920 --> 01:34:42,400
Speaker 1: football universe in the not too distant future. I know

1660
01:34:42,439 --> 01:34:45,439
Speaker 1: everybody waits with bated breath for that breakdown show. It

1661
01:34:45,640 --> 01:34:49,599
Speaker 1: is Greg Cosell joining us here and Greg. It was

1662
01:34:49,640 --> 01:34:53,600
Speaker 1: a beatdown of the Bears by the Bills on Saturday

1663
01:34:53,640 --> 01:34:57,240
Speaker 1: for a number of reasons, but first and foremost the

1664
01:34:57,280 --> 01:35:01,879
Speaker 1: headline story Mitchell trubis He returns to put a thumping

1665
01:35:02,520 --> 01:35:06,000
Speaker 1: on his former team, as Brian Dable sets him up

1666
01:35:06,040 --> 01:35:09,280
Speaker 1: for success with a quick passing game that seemed to

1667
01:35:09,280 --> 01:35:13,639
Speaker 1: put him in an early rhythm. Ah. It was so

1668
01:35:13,720 --> 01:35:16,960
Speaker 1: beautiful because obviously Trubisky does not have the talent of

1669
01:35:17,080 --> 01:35:20,240
Speaker 1: Josh Allen, so the offense was different and it was

1670
01:35:20,400 --> 01:35:24,360
Speaker 1: all quick rhythm. It was quick game, it was RPOs.

1671
01:35:25,240 --> 01:35:29,200
Speaker 1: It allowed Trubisky to be decisive. There were really one

1672
01:35:29,280 --> 01:35:31,800
Speaker 1: read throws. The thing that really stood out to me

1673
01:35:32,240 --> 01:35:34,439
Speaker 1: also is how many times they would put the tight

1674
01:35:34,560 --> 01:35:37,840
Speaker 1: end as the single receiver to the short side of

1675
01:35:37,840 --> 01:35:40,719
Speaker 1: the field with the back offset to the boundary as well,

1676
01:35:41,360 --> 01:35:43,559
Speaker 1: and he'd either throw it to the tight end Knox,

1677
01:35:44,040 --> 01:35:47,479
Speaker 1: or he'd throw it to the back singletary. It's basically

1678
01:35:47,520 --> 01:35:51,080
Speaker 1: you're reading the underneath defender. But everything made it such

1679
01:35:51,120 --> 01:35:55,519
Speaker 1: that Trubisky could be really decisive and play with timing

1680
01:35:55,560 --> 01:35:59,600
Speaker 1: and structure and it just it just looked pretty I

1681
01:35:59,600 --> 01:36:04,000
Speaker 1: mean performance like Trubisky had on Saturday against the Bears.

1682
01:36:04,080 --> 01:36:07,880
Speaker 1: Does this kind of say this is a quarterback who

1683
01:36:07,960 --> 01:36:11,799
Speaker 1: does have another shot at being a starting quarterback maybe

1684
01:36:11,840 --> 01:36:16,200
Speaker 1: after this year with the Buffalo Bills. You know, Maddie,

1685
01:36:16,240 --> 01:36:20,559
Speaker 1: that'll be fascinating because obviously the league told him this

1686
01:36:20,680 --> 01:36:24,160
Speaker 1: year that he was not a starter, because if someone

1687
01:36:24,240 --> 01:36:27,040
Speaker 1: saw him as a true starter or even competing as

1688
01:36:27,240 --> 01:36:30,400
Speaker 1: a starter, he wouldn't be in Buffalo. So we don't

1689
01:36:30,439 --> 01:36:33,200
Speaker 1: have to interpret that, Maddie. The league told us that,

1690
01:36:33,560 --> 01:36:35,960
Speaker 1: and that's why he signed with Buffalo, where he's clearly

1691
01:36:36,000 --> 01:36:40,120
Speaker 1: a backup, and we all hope that he doesn't take that.

1692
01:36:40,200 --> 01:36:42,160
Speaker 1: The only snaps he might take this year are at

1693
01:36:42,160 --> 01:36:43,880
Speaker 1: the end of games if the Bills, you know, are

1694
01:36:43,920 --> 01:36:47,000
Speaker 1: winning forty to ten. But otherwise, we hope he doesn't

1695
01:36:47,000 --> 01:36:49,599
Speaker 1: see the field. So that's a tough question to answer,

1696
01:36:50,800 --> 01:36:54,800
Speaker 1: but you would think, and again it's preseason and you

1697
01:36:54,800 --> 01:36:56,320
Speaker 1: don't want to make too much of it, but I'm

1698
01:36:56,360 --> 01:36:59,880
Speaker 1: just talking about Schematically. I thought what Brian Dable did

1699
01:37:00,439 --> 01:37:03,800
Speaker 1: really played to what Trubisky is because Trubisky is not

1700
01:37:04,200 --> 01:37:06,960
Speaker 1: a sit in the pocket, late in the down thrower.

1701
01:37:07,280 --> 01:37:09,080
Speaker 1: If he does that where he sort of sits on

1702
01:37:09,120 --> 01:37:12,479
Speaker 1: his back foot because he's a locked front leg thrower,

1703
01:37:12,520 --> 01:37:15,360
Speaker 1: which means he can't really drive the football. He has

1704
01:37:15,400 --> 01:37:18,120
Speaker 1: to play in rhythm, he has to play with timing,

1705
01:37:18,479 --> 01:37:21,559
Speaker 1: and Brian Davel obviously knows that, and he did such

1706
01:37:21,600 --> 01:37:23,800
Speaker 1: a good job, So who knows. Maybe someone will look

1707
01:37:23,840 --> 01:37:27,000
Speaker 1: at that and say, hey, if he can play that way,

1708
01:37:27,040 --> 01:37:29,439
Speaker 1: if we can get him to play that way, maybe

1709
01:37:29,439 --> 01:37:31,439
Speaker 1: he can be a starter because he does have mobility

1710
01:37:31,479 --> 01:37:34,960
Speaker 1: obviously as well. Let's move on to the backs here,

1711
01:37:35,000 --> 01:37:37,320
Speaker 1: because they were a story coming into this game, chiefly

1712
01:37:37,360 --> 01:37:40,559
Speaker 1: because Zach Moss missed the first game against Detroit due

1713
01:37:40,560 --> 01:37:43,519
Speaker 1: to a hamstring injury, so he was up and played some,

1714
01:37:44,160 --> 01:37:47,599
Speaker 1: so too did Singletary and Manny and I talked about

1715
01:37:47,600 --> 01:37:51,880
Speaker 1: this earlier in the show, Greg because Motor really worked

1716
01:37:51,920 --> 01:37:53,720
Speaker 1: hard in the off season. I know all these guys

1717
01:37:53,760 --> 01:37:55,680
Speaker 1: work hard in the off season, but really worked on

1718
01:37:56,160 --> 01:38:00,000
Speaker 1: improving his burst and his speed, particularly to the edge,

1719
01:38:00,120 --> 01:38:02,880
Speaker 1: which was a problem for this running game last year. Now,

1720
01:38:03,920 --> 01:38:06,479
Speaker 1: Maddie and I were joking about this because the tackling

1721
01:38:06,520 --> 01:38:09,680
Speaker 1: by the Bears, especially on his touchdown play, was horrendous.

1722
01:38:10,040 --> 01:38:13,479
Speaker 1: But what have you seen from Singletary in terms of

1723
01:38:13,560 --> 01:38:19,360
Speaker 1: burst and explosion this year maybe in comparison to last year. Well,

1724
01:38:19,400 --> 01:38:22,439
Speaker 1: it's funny you say that, because I actually thought that

1725
01:38:23,360 --> 01:38:25,679
Speaker 1: you saw something on it. He caught a five yard

1726
01:38:25,760 --> 01:38:28,439
Speaker 1: swing pass to the boundary out of that one by

1727
01:38:28,479 --> 01:38:30,760
Speaker 1: three set that I was talking about earlier, and I

1728
01:38:30,800 --> 01:38:33,920
Speaker 1: thought that he showed really good balance and lateral quickness,

1729
01:38:33,960 --> 01:38:37,240
Speaker 1: showed great agility to string moves together. It's only five yards,

1730
01:38:37,400 --> 01:38:40,360
Speaker 1: but I thought you saw it there. But you know, overall, guys,

1731
01:38:40,439 --> 01:38:42,920
Speaker 1: I think with the run game, because obviously Josh is

1732
01:38:42,920 --> 01:38:44,920
Speaker 1: going to be the quarterback and this will be a

1733
01:38:45,280 --> 01:38:48,519
Speaker 1: passing team for the most part, I think what they

1734
01:38:48,520 --> 01:38:51,880
Speaker 1: want with the run game is just efficiency because this

1735
01:38:51,960 --> 01:38:54,200
Speaker 1: is not a team with few exceptions. There may be

1736
01:38:54,360 --> 01:38:57,000
Speaker 1: games and we're looking at singletary now. Although that was

1737
01:38:57,080 --> 01:39:00,759
Speaker 1: Robert Quinn and that misstackle and that was really good balance.

1738
01:39:00,920 --> 01:39:05,240
Speaker 1: But I think with this run game it's secondary to

1739
01:39:05,320 --> 01:39:07,519
Speaker 1: the pass game. They just wanted to be efficient when

1740
01:39:07,560 --> 01:39:10,160
Speaker 1: they run the ball. Which is interesting then how it

1741
01:39:10,200 --> 01:39:13,320
Speaker 1: relates to Moss because I always believed Moss when I

1742
01:39:13,320 --> 01:39:16,000
Speaker 1: watched his tape in college, that he was really more

1743
01:39:16,040 --> 01:39:19,280
Speaker 1: of a volume back because he's more of a grinder,

1744
01:39:19,360 --> 01:39:24,800
Speaker 1: a sustainer, a competitive runner. I don't think Moss necessarily,

1745
01:39:24,800 --> 01:39:27,000
Speaker 1: and maybe I'm wrong, but I don't think Moss is

1746
01:39:27,040 --> 01:39:28,760
Speaker 1: the kind of back that you give the ball to

1747
01:39:28,960 --> 01:39:31,240
Speaker 1: seven or eight times a game. But I think in

1748
01:39:31,280 --> 01:39:34,120
Speaker 1: the context of this offense, if it's working the way

1749
01:39:34,120 --> 01:39:36,680
Speaker 1: it's supposed to, I don't think he's really going to

1750
01:39:36,760 --> 01:39:38,639
Speaker 1: get a whole lot more than that. Do you guys

1751
01:39:38,720 --> 01:39:41,080
Speaker 1: think so? I mean I don't. He's certainly not going

1752
01:39:41,120 --> 01:39:43,719
Speaker 1: to be a foundation back. He's not getting eighteen carries

1753
01:39:43,720 --> 01:39:47,200
Speaker 1: a game. Yeah, it's interesting just with the running backs.

1754
01:39:47,200 --> 01:39:49,080
Speaker 1: I mean, we were talking about what the roster is

1755
01:39:49,120 --> 01:39:51,479
Speaker 1: going to look like and who could make the final

1756
01:39:51,600 --> 01:39:53,839
Speaker 1: fifty three, and you look at some of the position

1757
01:39:53,880 --> 01:39:57,280
Speaker 1: groups that they may heed more players a part of

1758
01:39:57,439 --> 01:40:00,840
Speaker 1: defensive line, offensive line, and running back or tight end

1759
01:40:00,960 --> 01:40:03,960
Speaker 1: or lineback, linebacker, maybe a couple of those positions where

1760
01:40:03,960 --> 01:40:07,360
Speaker 1: they keep a guy or two less. But I agree

1761
01:40:07,400 --> 01:40:09,000
Speaker 1: with you. I think this running game is going to

1762
01:40:09,080 --> 01:40:11,840
Speaker 1: be a running game that needs to work when they

1763
01:40:11,880 --> 01:40:13,599
Speaker 1: need to go to the run game. Other than that,

1764
01:40:13,680 --> 01:40:16,519
Speaker 1: it's gonna be Josh Allen's passing offense what it was

1765
01:40:16,680 --> 01:40:19,559
Speaker 1: last year, what he was so successful at and the

1766
01:40:19,640 --> 01:40:22,920
Speaker 1: offensive coordinator Brian day Ball and Sean McDermott aren't afraid

1767
01:40:22,960 --> 01:40:26,120
Speaker 1: to say that they know what this offense is. They

1768
01:40:26,160 --> 01:40:27,680
Speaker 1: know what it was last year and they know it's

1769
01:40:27,760 --> 01:40:31,000
Speaker 1: what it's going to be this year. But staying on offense,

1770
01:40:31,560 --> 01:40:34,840
Speaker 1: another position group where we're still trying to figure out

1771
01:40:34,960 --> 01:40:38,000
Speaker 1: what it is is the tight ends. I mean, Dawson

1772
01:40:38,080 --> 01:40:41,920
Speaker 1: Knox last year had injuries. He wasn't on the field

1773
01:40:41,920 --> 01:40:44,960
Speaker 1: as much as we hoped he would suffered an injury.

1774
01:40:45,080 --> 01:40:47,679
Speaker 1: Was also on the COVID nineteen list. We've been able

1775
01:40:47,720 --> 01:40:50,439
Speaker 1: to see other tight ends step up in training camp

1776
01:40:50,479 --> 01:40:53,719
Speaker 1: this year. Unfortunately, Tommy Sweeney is dealing with a foot

1777
01:40:53,760 --> 01:40:55,960
Speaker 1: injury right now. So we were able to see Jacob

1778
01:40:56,000 --> 01:40:59,240
Speaker 1: Hollister in the game against the Chicago Bears. He had

1779
01:40:59,280 --> 01:41:02,960
Speaker 1: three catches for fifty three yards. What did you see

1780
01:41:02,960 --> 01:41:05,960
Speaker 1: out of his performance on Saturday and maybe what he

1781
01:41:06,000 --> 01:41:09,760
Speaker 1: can add to that group when his number is called. Yeah,

1782
01:41:09,800 --> 01:41:11,840
Speaker 1: Hollister has been in the league and he's he's one

1783
01:41:11,880 --> 01:41:15,600
Speaker 1: of those tight ends that's a little more athletic, not

1784
01:41:15,840 --> 01:41:18,280
Speaker 1: high level athletic, or he'd be more than he is,

1785
01:41:18,320 --> 01:41:21,640
Speaker 1: but he's more of an athlete than a big bodied grinder.

1786
01:41:22,479 --> 01:41:25,160
Speaker 1: You know, we caught that boundary seam throw where no

1787
01:41:25,200 --> 01:41:27,240
Speaker 1: one carried him and it was actually it was a

1788
01:41:27,280 --> 01:41:31,320
Speaker 1: pitch and catch kind of throw through Drubisky. But Hollister

1789
01:41:31,439 --> 01:41:34,759
Speaker 1: is a guy that has good athleticism. You know, Knox

1790
01:41:34,840 --> 01:41:38,559
Speaker 1: does two. Obviously, in this kind of offense, they would

1791
01:41:38,600 --> 01:41:41,160
Speaker 1: really like the tight end to be a factor as

1792
01:41:41,200 --> 01:41:44,120
Speaker 1: a receiver. They like to split out the tight end.

1793
01:41:44,120 --> 01:41:46,240
Speaker 1: They liked those one by three sets where the tight

1794
01:41:46,360 --> 01:41:48,559
Speaker 1: end is the single receiver to the short side of

1795
01:41:48,560 --> 01:41:52,439
Speaker 1: the field. So you know, Hollister could well be that guy. Look,

1796
01:41:52,720 --> 01:41:56,479
Speaker 1: I've always liked Dawson Knox. He's at times struggle to

1797
01:41:56,520 --> 01:41:58,040
Speaker 1: catch the ball. I don't know if they view that

1798
01:41:58,080 --> 01:42:01,040
Speaker 1: as an issue, but because I think he's got a

1799
01:42:01,080 --> 01:42:05,360
Speaker 1: lot of talent, he's very athletic kid, Hollister could easily

1800
01:42:05,439 --> 01:42:09,080
Speaker 1: fit into this group and then taking it a step

1801
01:42:09,120 --> 01:42:12,639
Speaker 1: further in the passing game. Greg I thought Isaiah McKenny

1802
01:42:12,720 --> 01:42:15,280
Speaker 1: did an excellent job of making a case for himself

1803
01:42:15,680 --> 01:42:18,200
Speaker 1: to be the backup to Cole Beasley in the slot.

1804
01:42:18,240 --> 01:42:21,800
Speaker 1: I going into this camp, I still thought that mackenzie

1805
01:42:21,880 --> 01:42:25,080
Speaker 1: was going to be a package player and nothing more

1806
01:42:25,120 --> 01:42:27,200
Speaker 1: on the offense, especially if he winds up being the

1807
01:42:27,200 --> 01:42:29,439
Speaker 1: primary return man, which looks like it's going to be

1808
01:42:29,479 --> 01:42:34,040
Speaker 1: the case. He showed me something these last two games,

1809
01:42:34,040 --> 01:42:36,960
Speaker 1: just his ability to get early separation in the down,

1810
01:42:38,320 --> 01:42:41,640
Speaker 1: working in the short to intermediate areas. What do you

1811
01:42:41,720 --> 01:42:45,679
Speaker 1: think about his you know, down the road role here

1812
01:42:45,720 --> 01:42:48,559
Speaker 1: as we move into the season. Could he serve as

1813
01:42:48,600 --> 01:42:52,880
Speaker 1: a backup to Cole Beasley? Oh, without question, Chris, without question.

1814
01:42:53,160 --> 01:42:55,080
Speaker 1: I mean he was featured in the RPO game. You

1815
01:42:55,080 --> 01:42:57,640
Speaker 1: saw him do such a good job getting off the

1816
01:42:57,640 --> 01:43:01,080
Speaker 1: line of scrimmage versus press coverage. It's two different corners.

1817
01:43:01,080 --> 01:43:03,439
Speaker 1: As I recall, it might have been Shelley, I think

1818
01:43:03,439 --> 01:43:05,720
Speaker 1: it was Christian as well. And just the way he

1819
01:43:05,800 --> 01:43:09,240
Speaker 1: was able with that quick, hard step outside to create

1820
01:43:09,320 --> 01:43:12,640
Speaker 1: separation on the inside right away with the slants. They

1821
01:43:12,680 --> 01:43:15,200
Speaker 1: got him the ball in the screen game to take

1822
01:43:15,200 --> 01:43:18,800
Speaker 1: advantage of his run after catchability. So oh, I think

1823
01:43:18,800 --> 01:43:21,200
Speaker 1: there's no question. Look, he had some success last year.

1824
01:43:21,400 --> 01:43:23,599
Speaker 1: He caught a number of touchdowns. I can remember one

1825
01:43:23,920 --> 01:43:26,519
Speaker 1: against I think it was against Seattle where he ran

1826
01:43:26,880 --> 01:43:29,800
Speaker 1: the over route against cover three caught a touchdown on

1827
01:43:29,840 --> 01:43:33,000
Speaker 1: a good throw from Josh Allen, so he definitely can

1828
01:43:33,120 --> 01:43:36,240
Speaker 1: fit that. But hey, Chris, I can't let this whole

1829
01:43:36,280 --> 01:43:41,080
Speaker 1: segment go though without talking about Spider two. Why Banana

1830
01:43:41,560 --> 01:43:43,519
Speaker 1: that was the touchdown to Kumaro. You got to talk

1831
01:43:43,560 --> 01:43:47,799
Speaker 1: about that? Well, yeah, sure, And I didn't see Kumar

1832
01:43:47,960 --> 01:43:50,799
Speaker 1: on your list. Well they just to say that, yeah,

1833
01:43:50,800 --> 01:43:53,120
Speaker 1: well yeah, and I didn't see Kumara on our list here,

1834
01:43:53,160 --> 01:43:55,360
Speaker 1: so I didn't want to want to throw you a

1835
01:43:55,400 --> 01:43:57,840
Speaker 1: guy that maybe it didn't grind on as heavily as

1836
01:43:57,880 --> 01:44:02,240
Speaker 1: some of the others. But yeah, yeah, I know, I

1837
01:44:02,320 --> 01:44:04,400
Speaker 1: think John Gruden there for a minute, you know Spider

1838
01:44:04,439 --> 01:44:06,439
Speaker 1: two White Men out? Oh yeah, absolutely, And I mean

1839
01:44:06,520 --> 01:44:09,599
Speaker 1: Kumarro's had a really good camp. And if they keep

1840
01:44:09,720 --> 01:44:12,599
Speaker 1: six receivers, I mean, at this point in time, it's

1841
01:44:12,680 --> 01:44:15,280
Speaker 1: probably Mackenzie and Kumarro is the five and the six

1842
01:44:16,880 --> 01:44:19,160
Speaker 1: and Kumar a look, he played some last year. I

1843
01:44:19,200 --> 01:44:22,920
Speaker 1: remember he caught that scene seed from Josh against the

1844
01:44:22,960 --> 01:44:27,560
Speaker 1: Broncos last year and that was his seed. Yeah, Kumarro's

1845
01:44:27,760 --> 01:44:30,600
Speaker 1: and fun player to watch. I mean the catches that

1846
01:44:30,640 --> 01:44:32,559
Speaker 1: he's been able to make a training camp. We all

1847
01:44:32,600 --> 01:44:35,120
Speaker 1: know Josh Allen is is good for a couple of

1848
01:44:35,160 --> 01:44:39,360
Speaker 1: those really impressive throws every few practices. I mean to

1849
01:44:39,400 --> 01:44:41,920
Speaker 1: watch the offense this year. It looks that it looks

1850
01:44:41,960 --> 01:44:44,840
Speaker 1: like that group is truly taking a step forward. And

1851
01:44:44,880 --> 01:44:47,439
Speaker 1: it's been nice to see Kumarro add to that mix

1852
01:44:47,520 --> 01:44:49,880
Speaker 1: because he wasn't on the team all of last year,

1853
01:44:49,880 --> 01:44:51,920
Speaker 1: and he was on the team for part of the year,

1854
01:44:52,000 --> 01:44:55,200
Speaker 1: but I feel like the fans and US media members

1855
01:44:55,200 --> 01:44:57,439
Speaker 1: have really been able to see, Okay, this this is

1856
01:44:57,439 --> 01:44:59,559
Speaker 1: a guy that can make an impact when his number

1857
01:44:59,640 --> 01:45:02,920
Speaker 1: is called. He has nice hands, he has a taller

1858
01:45:03,000 --> 01:45:06,160
Speaker 1: body and frame for a wide receiver. But moving to

1859
01:45:06,200 --> 01:45:10,200
Speaker 1: the defense, I want to talk about these young defensive

1860
01:45:10,280 --> 01:45:13,320
Speaker 1: linemen that are now part of this group, and Chris

1861
01:45:13,360 --> 01:45:15,200
Speaker 1: and I talked about it a little bit earlier in

1862
01:45:15,240 --> 01:45:18,479
Speaker 1: the show, but I feel like Boogie Basham was a

1863
01:45:18,479 --> 01:45:22,080
Speaker 1: little bit lost in that first preseason performance against the

1864
01:45:22,120 --> 01:45:24,120
Speaker 1: Detroit Lions, and it might have been a case of

1865
01:45:24,200 --> 01:45:26,439
Speaker 1: you know, your rookie, you got you gotta have one

1866
01:45:26,479 --> 01:45:29,080
Speaker 1: game to kind of figure it all out, get into it.

1867
01:45:29,439 --> 01:45:32,719
Speaker 1: But against the Bears, he looked like a defensive lineman

1868
01:45:32,960 --> 01:45:35,599
Speaker 1: who could make an impact and was taking on double

1869
01:45:35,640 --> 01:45:37,760
Speaker 1: teams and was doing some of the dirty work at

1870
01:45:37,800 --> 01:45:40,880
Speaker 1: times for this defensive line to help out guys right

1871
01:45:40,960 --> 01:45:44,240
Speaker 1: next to him. What did you learn from his performance

1872
01:45:44,400 --> 01:45:47,760
Speaker 1: on Saturday, Well, I think you hit it on the heads.

1873
01:45:47,760 --> 01:45:51,920
Speaker 1: He is not a sudden, twitchy, natural bender type player.

1874
01:45:52,320 --> 01:45:54,320
Speaker 1: He's he almost reminded me, and I thought this when

1875
01:45:54,320 --> 01:45:56,679
Speaker 1: I watched as lay far As tape as well, Maddie.

1876
01:45:56,800 --> 01:46:01,080
Speaker 1: He's almost an old school for three strong IDN. His

1877
01:46:01,200 --> 01:46:06,760
Speaker 1: game is built on power, strain, hand usage, technique, relentlessness, competitiveness.

1878
01:46:07,760 --> 01:46:10,920
Speaker 1: I think every defensive line, particularly a four three D line,

1879
01:46:10,960 --> 01:46:14,640
Speaker 1: needs that kind of player. And I think as we

1880
01:46:14,680 --> 01:46:18,080
Speaker 1: saw again this past week he lined up both outside

1881
01:46:18,120 --> 01:46:20,840
Speaker 1: at d end and inside at d tackle, I think

1882
01:46:20,840 --> 01:46:23,360
Speaker 1: you'll continue to see that because I think he might

1883
01:46:23,400 --> 01:46:26,680
Speaker 1: be at his best as a pass rusher working inside

1884
01:46:26,760 --> 01:46:30,559
Speaker 1: in the subfronts. And then the other two guys, the

1885
01:46:30,640 --> 01:46:35,759
Speaker 1: young players that they invested highly in upfront, Epinessa and Rousseau.

1886
01:46:36,640 --> 01:46:40,080
Speaker 1: I think the thing about Rousseau and coach McDermott mentioned

1887
01:46:40,120 --> 01:46:44,360
Speaker 1: this after the game, Greg, it's not just that he's

1888
01:46:44,439 --> 01:46:48,400
Speaker 1: flashing some ability to make an early impact, even though

1889
01:46:48,400 --> 01:46:50,240
Speaker 1: he probably doesn't have it all figured out as a

1890
01:46:50,360 --> 01:46:53,080
Speaker 1: rookie in the pass rush, but he's done pretty well

1891
01:46:53,120 --> 01:46:56,920
Speaker 1: in the run front as well. Uh, glad you said

1892
01:46:56,960 --> 01:46:59,160
Speaker 1: that because I made a note of a play I

1893
01:46:59,400 --> 01:47:02,200
Speaker 1: started there a second possession where he set the edge

1894
01:47:02,240 --> 01:47:04,600
Speaker 1: on a one yard run by Williams because he was

1895
01:47:04,640 --> 01:47:07,519
Speaker 1: the boundary d ND on that play and you saw

1896
01:47:07,560 --> 01:47:10,920
Speaker 1: the arm extension. He kept his body and his feet clean. No,

1897
01:47:11,080 --> 01:47:13,120
Speaker 1: that was a really the kind of play that you

1898
01:47:13,160 --> 01:47:16,000
Speaker 1: don't really notice because he didn't make the tackle, but

1899
01:47:16,280 --> 01:47:18,800
Speaker 1: a really good play. And then he had I guess

1900
01:47:18,800 --> 01:47:20,680
Speaker 1: he got credit for a sack on that where he

1901
01:47:20,800 --> 01:47:24,760
Speaker 1: again he had that one arm stab, that inside one

1902
01:47:24,840 --> 01:47:28,320
Speaker 1: arm stab, and he's shown that now for two weeks

1903
01:47:28,320 --> 01:47:31,720
Speaker 1: in a row. And you mentioned a last Chris. He

1904
01:47:31,840 --> 01:47:35,920
Speaker 1: really looks long on tape. I mean he just he

1905
01:47:36,080 --> 01:47:38,920
Speaker 1: is a big body. And then Epinessa had a really

1906
01:47:38,920 --> 01:47:44,000
Speaker 1: good pass rush I guess late in the second quarter

1907
01:47:44,040 --> 01:47:46,360
Speaker 1: I believe, round the two minimar and he also had

1908
01:47:46,360 --> 01:47:50,000
Speaker 1: that inside arm stab and he just drove back the

1909
01:47:50,080 --> 01:47:53,679
Speaker 1: left tackle. That was an impressive rush. Yeah, really quickly, Maddie,

1910
01:47:53,720 --> 01:47:56,840
Speaker 1: before you jump in again, I know that after the game, Epinessa,

1911
01:47:56,920 --> 01:48:00,120
Speaker 1: when he was interviewed, he said that they were watching

1912
01:48:00,520 --> 01:48:04,400
Speaker 1: the Bears on tape and that what they discerned was

1913
01:48:05,000 --> 01:48:08,519
Speaker 1: when they saw them go into a quick kickslide, they

1914
01:48:08,560 --> 01:48:13,639
Speaker 1: immediately use that queue to bull rush to get up

1915
01:48:13,680 --> 01:48:17,960
Speaker 1: under them, drive them onto their heels so they could

1916
01:48:18,000 --> 01:48:20,680
Speaker 1: push into the pocket. So it was a it was

1917
01:48:20,720 --> 01:48:25,400
Speaker 1: a film study thing that these young players recognized and

1918
01:48:25,479 --> 01:48:28,519
Speaker 1: took advantage of in the game. And that's why those

1919
01:48:28,560 --> 01:48:31,840
Speaker 1: tackles at times were on roller skates. Oh yeah, because

1920
01:48:31,880 --> 01:48:34,360
Speaker 1: if you can strike first, Because if you can get

1921
01:48:34,439 --> 01:48:38,320
Speaker 1: inside of an offensive tackle, then no matter how strong

1922
01:48:38,320 --> 01:48:41,320
Speaker 1: he is, it doesn't matter, yeah, because you can just

1923
01:48:41,439 --> 01:48:44,559
Speaker 1: drive him back. And I thought Rousseau and Russa only

1924
01:48:44,600 --> 01:48:46,320
Speaker 1: played nine or ten snaps in the whole game. But

1925
01:48:46,400 --> 01:48:50,080
Speaker 1: Evanessa on that rush we were talking about, man, he

1926
01:48:50,200 --> 01:48:52,360
Speaker 1: just took I think it was Wilkinson and the left

1927
01:48:52,400 --> 01:48:55,200
Speaker 1: tackle and he just literally it's like he lifted him

1928
01:48:55,240 --> 01:48:58,280
Speaker 1: off the ground. Yeah. I mean, it's exciting to see

1929
01:48:58,320 --> 01:49:01,720
Speaker 1: from a defensive line that that this coaching staff and

1930
01:49:01,760 --> 01:49:04,920
Speaker 1: Brandon Bean, they've invested in so much in the last

1931
01:49:04,960 --> 01:49:07,599
Speaker 1: couple of drafts, in the last three drafts really with

1932
01:49:07,720 --> 01:49:10,439
Speaker 1: high draft picks, so it's nice to see it paying

1933
01:49:10,439 --> 01:49:13,080
Speaker 1: off in preseason. I know it's just preseason, so hopefully

1934
01:49:13,120 --> 01:49:16,439
Speaker 1: it translates to week one, two, three, and beyond where

1935
01:49:16,479 --> 01:49:19,880
Speaker 1: this defensive line takes a step forward from last year

1936
01:49:19,920 --> 01:49:23,320
Speaker 1: in terms of rushing the passer and really being effective rushing.

1937
01:49:23,360 --> 01:49:25,479
Speaker 1: Just four guys, and I want to bring up one

1938
01:49:25,520 --> 01:49:28,360
Speaker 1: more person on defense. It's a part of the cornerback group,

1939
01:49:28,400 --> 01:49:30,479
Speaker 1: or he's a part of the cornerback group. And of

1940
01:49:30,520 --> 01:49:32,519
Speaker 1: course we know of Tredavious Why, we know of Lee

1941
01:49:32,600 --> 01:49:34,040
Speaker 1: by Wallace, and we know of some of the guys

1942
01:49:34,080 --> 01:49:35,720
Speaker 1: who have been on the roster for a little bit

1943
01:49:35,760 --> 01:49:38,240
Speaker 1: longer and what they can provide. But some of these

1944
01:49:38,360 --> 01:49:41,760
Speaker 1: later round draft picks, some of these undrafted guys who

1945
01:49:41,760 --> 01:49:44,240
Speaker 1: are younger a part of this group have had a

1946
01:49:44,320 --> 01:49:46,960
Speaker 1: nice camp and Rashad wild Goose is one of those

1947
01:49:47,000 --> 01:49:50,120
Speaker 1: players who have made some plays that have really stood

1948
01:49:50,120 --> 01:49:52,439
Speaker 1: out in the last couple of weeks. What did you

1949
01:49:52,479 --> 01:49:55,120
Speaker 1: see from him against the Bears. Yeah, he was a

1950
01:49:55,160 --> 01:49:58,280
Speaker 1: good college player and he played left corner, so we

1951
01:49:58,360 --> 01:50:00,800
Speaker 1: played both to the boundary in the field. I thought

1952
01:50:00,800 --> 01:50:03,640
Speaker 1: he ran stride for stride on some vertical routes. I

1953
01:50:03,720 --> 01:50:07,320
Speaker 1: thought he actually made a really good play. It was

1954
01:50:07,439 --> 01:50:09,599
Speaker 1: third and three in the third quarter, and the Bills

1955
01:50:09,600 --> 01:50:11,640
Speaker 1: were playing cover three And this really stood out to

1956
01:50:11,680 --> 01:50:14,200
Speaker 1: me because I learned from my buddy Matt Bowen, who

1957
01:50:14,240 --> 01:50:16,920
Speaker 1: loves to say, don't cover grass, and this was a

1958
01:50:16,960 --> 01:50:19,040
Speaker 1: play where a wild goose was the boundary corner, but

1959
01:50:19,120 --> 01:50:23,360
Speaker 1: they were playing zone and the receiver Adams stemmed inside

1960
01:50:23,800 --> 01:50:26,080
Speaker 1: and instead of just staying outside, which a lot of

1961
01:50:26,080 --> 01:50:28,519
Speaker 1: cover three corners due because they're responsible for that deep

1962
01:50:28,560 --> 01:50:33,320
Speaker 1: outside third, he squeezed inside with Adams and he was

1963
01:50:33,360 --> 01:50:35,360
Speaker 1: in position to break up the past. I don't know

1964
01:50:35,360 --> 01:50:37,080
Speaker 1: if you remember that play, guys, but it was just

1965
01:50:37,320 --> 01:50:39,519
Speaker 1: one of those plays that I noticed on tape and thought,

1966
01:50:40,080 --> 01:50:43,360
Speaker 1: that's just really good savvy. Instead of just standing outside

1967
01:50:43,400 --> 01:50:46,519
Speaker 1: and saying, hey, it's covered three, I'm playing my outside third,

1968
01:50:46,800 --> 01:50:49,760
Speaker 1: he squeezed inside and made a really good play to

1969
01:50:49,800 --> 01:50:52,839
Speaker 1: create an incompletion, and I thought that showed for a rookie,

1970
01:50:53,360 --> 01:50:58,200
Speaker 1: really good savvy. Yeah, and that's gonna be That's one

1971
01:50:58,240 --> 01:51:01,080
Speaker 1: of those fascinating reserved position battles that I have a

1972
01:51:01,080 --> 01:51:05,439
Speaker 1: sickness with, Greg because it's no you just like saying

1973
01:51:05,439 --> 01:51:07,599
Speaker 1: the name wild goose, Chris, Well, that's part of it.

1974
01:51:07,720 --> 01:51:10,360
Speaker 1: I'll admit it, um. But him and Nick McLeod, the

1975
01:51:10,400 --> 01:51:13,720
Speaker 1: Notre Dame product, you know, formerly of NC State, are

1976
01:51:13,720 --> 01:51:18,160
Speaker 1: two guys that have flashed in this secondary wild goose,

1977
01:51:18,200 --> 01:51:20,320
Speaker 1: more so in the Detroit game or in this game

1978
01:51:20,360 --> 01:51:24,200
Speaker 1: against Chicago. But McLeod has shown up in both games

1979
01:51:24,240 --> 01:51:27,000
Speaker 1: and flashed. And he's a bigger corner. I think he

1980
01:51:27,160 --> 01:51:31,439
Speaker 1: offers the Bills maybe something they don't have in plentiful supply.

1981
01:51:31,600 --> 01:51:34,639
Speaker 1: He's a six foot corner and he's one ninety three.

1982
01:51:34,800 --> 01:51:37,320
Speaker 1: I mean, he's got some meat to him, and I

1983
01:51:37,400 --> 01:51:40,760
Speaker 1: just think he I wonder if the Bills are experimenting

1984
01:51:40,800 --> 01:51:43,800
Speaker 1: and seeing maybe if they can take a page out

1985
01:51:43,800 --> 01:51:47,240
Speaker 1: of the Ravens playbook. With knowing the physical corners that

1986
01:51:47,280 --> 01:51:49,559
Speaker 1: the Ravens have, maybe they want to see if they

1987
01:51:49,560 --> 01:51:53,320
Speaker 1: can add a little more physicality to their back end. Well,

1988
01:51:53,360 --> 01:51:56,840
Speaker 1: everybody likes bigger if you can play. Believe you know

1989
01:51:56,920 --> 01:52:00,639
Speaker 1: that that's a big ift. Though you talk any scout,

1990
01:52:00,720 --> 01:52:02,559
Speaker 1: they'll say, I like big if that they can still

1991
01:52:02,640 --> 01:52:05,400
Speaker 1: run and play. What quick question, because I'm not there

1992
01:52:05,439 --> 01:52:06,960
Speaker 1: every day and maybe you can help me here. How

1993
01:52:07,040 --> 01:52:11,240
Speaker 1: is Hamlin doing? Hamlin's done very well as a matter

1994
01:52:11,280 --> 01:52:14,360
Speaker 1: of fact, I think he's He and Josh Thomas, the

1995
01:52:14,400 --> 01:52:18,280
Speaker 1: app State product, are two safeties that are firmly in

1996
01:52:18,320 --> 01:52:23,320
Speaker 1: the running to be backups to Hide and Poyer. Maddie

1997
01:52:23,360 --> 01:52:26,040
Speaker 1: and I were discussing this, and I think we both

1998
01:52:26,080 --> 01:52:29,479
Speaker 1: agree that Jaquan Johnson, who's been here for two years

1999
01:52:29,479 --> 01:52:32,840
Speaker 1: but has missed the last few days of practice and

2000
01:52:32,880 --> 01:52:35,599
Speaker 1: did not play in the game against Chicago, now has

2001
01:52:35,680 --> 01:52:39,840
Speaker 1: some catching up to do. Yeah, it's a shame because

2002
01:52:39,840 --> 01:52:43,679
Speaker 1: he's the Miami product, right, Yes, Yeah, because I remember

2003
01:52:43,680 --> 01:52:46,920
Speaker 1: watching his college tape and loving the player, but just

2004
01:52:47,040 --> 01:52:49,559
Speaker 1: thinking the way in which he played he was too small,

2005
01:52:49,720 --> 01:52:53,160
Speaker 1: But I love the player. Yeah, but yeah, Thomas and

2006
01:52:54,160 --> 01:52:58,080
Speaker 1: Hamlin have been very aggressive, particularly coming up and filling

2007
01:52:58,080 --> 01:53:01,960
Speaker 1: in the run front, and I know that's usually priority

2008
01:53:02,000 --> 01:53:05,240
Speaker 1: one for young players when they come to this defense

2009
01:53:05,280 --> 01:53:07,519
Speaker 1: they want. Manny and I were just talking about on

2010
01:53:07,560 --> 01:53:11,479
Speaker 1: the show today. We're basically Coach Frasier basically encourages these guys,

2011
01:53:11,880 --> 01:53:15,920
Speaker 1: if they see something, trust their instincts, go make a play,

2012
01:53:16,160 --> 01:53:19,040
Speaker 1: and if they're wrong, they'll correct it later. But he

2013
01:53:19,120 --> 01:53:21,120
Speaker 1: wants to see that from them in practice and in

2014
01:53:21,120 --> 01:53:24,760
Speaker 1: preseason games. And I like Tamlin's tape a lot. I

2015
01:53:24,840 --> 01:53:27,680
Speaker 1: just wondered if he would be athletic enough, you know,

2016
01:53:27,720 --> 01:53:30,599
Speaker 1: as his true safety. I mean, I think he's much

2017
01:53:30,640 --> 01:53:32,920
Speaker 1: better closer to the line of scrimmage. But I thought

2018
01:53:32,920 --> 01:53:36,439
Speaker 1: he was a really good player at Pitt madd you

2019
01:53:36,479 --> 01:53:40,759
Speaker 1: got anything else for Greg, Nope, Thank you so much. Greg.

2020
01:53:40,840 --> 01:53:43,679
Speaker 1: It's it's exciting to know that we're just a couple

2021
01:53:43,760 --> 01:53:46,000
Speaker 1: weeks away here from week one. I know you're going

2022
01:53:46,040 --> 01:53:50,439
Speaker 1: to be looking forward to seeing some regular season games.

2023
01:53:50,479 --> 01:53:54,120
Speaker 1: I know it's tough. It's tough to evaluate all these

2024
01:53:54,160 --> 01:53:57,920
Speaker 1: guys in preseason. I mean, you're seeing players that are

2025
01:53:58,439 --> 01:54:01,840
Speaker 1: players who were drafted, players who who have been on

2026
01:54:02,040 --> 01:54:04,920
Speaker 1: different teams every single year. So these are guys that

2027
01:54:05,000 --> 01:54:07,920
Speaker 1: usually don't get talked about as much that are being

2028
01:54:07,960 --> 01:54:10,720
Speaker 1: talked about a whole lot right now. Hey, Maddie, even

2029
01:54:10,800 --> 01:54:12,559
Speaker 1: high Every once in a while, I have to look

2030
01:54:12,640 --> 01:54:14,400
Speaker 1: up a guy and see where he's from, you know,

2031
01:54:14,840 --> 01:54:17,240
Speaker 1: So that tells me, man, we're still playing with a

2032
01:54:17,320 --> 01:54:19,880
Speaker 1: hundred guys here. Yeah, we're getting really deep in the

2033
01:54:19,880 --> 01:54:22,160
Speaker 1: weeds in the preseason. But that's okay, as what else

2034
01:54:22,200 --> 01:54:23,599
Speaker 1: are we going to do until we get the regular

2035
01:54:23,640 --> 01:54:26,400
Speaker 1: season football? Greg is always Thanks for the breakdown. We

2036
01:54:26,439 --> 01:54:29,519
Speaker 1: appreciate it. We'll catch up with you all right. Thanks, guys,

2037
01:54:29,560 --> 01:54:32,440
Speaker 1: appreciate it. All right. That's senior producer from NFL Films,

2038
01:54:32,760 --> 01:54:35,920
Speaker 1: Greg Kosell, joining us here on the program to break

2039
01:54:35,920 --> 01:54:38,360
Speaker 1: down some of the players in their performances from last

2040
01:54:38,400 --> 01:54:40,720
Speaker 1: week's game against Chicago. We're back in a moment here

2041
01:54:40,720 --> 01:54:43,040
Speaker 1: on One Bill's Live, presented by Collida Health. It's Buffalo

2042
01:54:43,040 --> 01:54:57,200
Speaker 1: Bill's Radio. We're back here on One Bill's Live. Chris

2043
01:54:57,240 --> 01:55:00,720
Speaker 1: Brown joined by Maddie Clab who's cape be filling in

2044
01:55:00,760 --> 01:55:04,080
Speaker 1: for one Steve Tasker, who will be back tomorrow after

2045
01:55:04,400 --> 01:55:07,600
Speaker 1: participating in the Jim Kelly golf tournament today, which was

2046
01:55:07,680 --> 01:55:11,640
Speaker 1: rescheduled from June due to the pandemic. We do want

2047
01:55:11,640 --> 01:55:13,320
Speaker 1: to get back to the tweet sheet where we were

2048
01:55:13,320 --> 01:55:16,720
Speaker 1: asking you for your biggest takeaways from Saturday's game, and

2049
01:55:17,000 --> 01:55:19,800
Speaker 1: Brad says, my biggest takeaway from the game against the

2050
01:55:19,840 --> 01:55:21,600
Speaker 1: Bears would be I can't wait to see the damage

2051
01:55:21,600 --> 01:55:24,320
Speaker 1: our starters can bring in week one. That game got

2052
01:55:24,320 --> 01:55:29,200
Speaker 1: me excited. So where did you come down on that, Mattie?

2053
01:55:29,240 --> 01:55:34,080
Speaker 1: Because as excited as the performance would naturally make all

2054
01:55:34,080 --> 01:55:38,240
Speaker 1: of us about the depth of this roster. We still

2055
01:55:38,280 --> 01:55:41,280
Speaker 1: to a large degree have not even seen the starters

2056
01:55:41,280 --> 01:55:45,000
Speaker 1: in action. Really, so I think a lot of us

2057
01:55:45,000 --> 01:55:47,880
Speaker 1: are going based on what we saw last year at

2058
01:55:47,880 --> 01:55:50,240
Speaker 1: the start of the season, where there was no preseason

2059
01:55:50,280 --> 01:55:53,160
Speaker 1: and they got off to a flying start, particularly on offense.

2060
01:55:54,440 --> 01:55:57,000
Speaker 1: Are we safe to assume that? Again, I think we

2061
01:55:57,080 --> 01:56:00,640
Speaker 1: are right. I think we're safe to assume that because

2062
01:56:00,720 --> 01:56:03,280
Speaker 1: I think if our backups or our second half of

2063
01:56:03,320 --> 01:56:06,720
Speaker 1: the roster is playing this well, i think it's fair

2064
01:56:06,760 --> 01:56:10,360
Speaker 1: to say, well, if these guys are balling out, just

2065
01:56:10,960 --> 01:56:14,120
Speaker 1: wait till we get to see the starters and action

2066
01:56:14,280 --> 01:56:17,040
Speaker 1: week one. So that's I am right in the same

2067
01:56:17,120 --> 01:56:20,880
Speaker 1: line as Brad, because that was another takeaway for me

2068
01:56:21,200 --> 01:56:25,600
Speaker 1: was we have depth, but I'm even more excited to

2069
01:56:25,720 --> 01:56:28,520
Speaker 1: see what our guys from last year are going to

2070
01:56:28,600 --> 01:56:31,520
Speaker 1: put on display when they play the Steelers at home

2071
01:56:31,560 --> 01:56:35,480
Speaker 1: on September twelfth. Yeah. I mean, logic says, if you

2072
01:56:35,600 --> 01:56:40,480
Speaker 1: have your second and third stringers with airtight execution like this,

2073
01:56:41,760 --> 01:56:46,360
Speaker 1: that means that the starting group, which obviously is even

2074
01:56:46,480 --> 01:56:50,680
Speaker 1: more talented because that's why they're the starters, they're going

2075
01:56:50,720 --> 01:56:53,280
Speaker 1: to execute at just as high a level. If not better.

2076
01:56:53,880 --> 01:56:58,560
Speaker 1: So I think it's an indication of you should tip

2077
01:56:58,560 --> 01:57:00,800
Speaker 1: your hat to this coaching staff and the way that

2078
01:57:00,880 --> 01:57:06,240
Speaker 1: they have rounded this roster in its entirety into form.

2079
01:57:06,280 --> 01:57:09,000
Speaker 1: It's not like there and we even saw it in

2080
01:57:09,040 --> 01:57:11,640
Speaker 1: this game. I mean, when the Bears third stringers came in,

2081
01:57:11,800 --> 01:57:13,760
Speaker 1: it was a drop off from where it was at

2082
01:57:13,760 --> 01:57:16,040
Speaker 1: the beginning of the game, which wasn't all that impressive

2083
01:57:16,080 --> 01:57:20,200
Speaker 1: to begin with. And with the Bills, you don't really

2084
01:57:20,320 --> 01:57:24,879
Speaker 1: see that. There is not this dramatic drop off from

2085
01:57:25,280 --> 01:57:28,200
Speaker 1: second to third string or first to second string, and

2086
01:57:28,560 --> 01:57:31,800
Speaker 1: I think that speaks to the job that this coaching

2087
01:57:31,840 --> 01:57:36,280
Speaker 1: staff does to get everybody ready to play. It's not like, hey,

2088
01:57:36,560 --> 01:57:38,920
Speaker 1: look our priority here. I mean, I know it's training

2089
01:57:38,920 --> 01:57:41,320
Speaker 1: camp and we got to evaluate, but you know, we

2090
01:57:41,320 --> 01:57:43,360
Speaker 1: gotta get our starters ready for the regular season. That's

2091
01:57:43,440 --> 01:57:45,400
Speaker 1: job one. And you know, if we happen to get

2092
01:57:45,440 --> 01:57:48,120
Speaker 1: around to, you know, getting you guys and making new

2093
01:57:48,200 --> 01:57:50,280
Speaker 1: better players, well then so be it. But if not,

2094
01:57:50,360 --> 01:57:52,440
Speaker 1: you know, you're out of luck. There are some coaching

2095
01:57:52,480 --> 01:57:56,400
Speaker 1: staffs that do that. They focus solely on getting their

2096
01:57:56,400 --> 01:57:59,000
Speaker 1: starters ready to play for the regular season and everybody

2097
01:57:59,000 --> 01:58:00,960
Speaker 1: else kind of falls by the wayside and their left

2098
01:58:01,000 --> 01:58:03,760
Speaker 1: to their own devices. That's not how it's run here.

2099
01:58:04,040 --> 01:58:06,680
Speaker 1: They get the roster top to bottom ready, and I

2100
01:58:06,720 --> 01:58:10,720
Speaker 1: think their performance on Saturday was a very strong indication

2101
01:58:10,760 --> 01:58:12,880
Speaker 1: in that. So tip my head to the coaching staff

2102
01:58:15,000 --> 01:58:17,680
Speaker 1: to move on to a number six. Yeah, I guess

2103
01:58:17,720 --> 01:58:20,160
Speaker 1: we're at From Tiffany, she says Brian dave Ball would

2104
01:58:20,160 --> 01:58:23,280
Speaker 1: be a head coach sooner than later. He's done more

2105
01:58:23,280 --> 01:58:25,920
Speaker 1: with Trubisky in a short period of time than coach

2106
01:58:26,040 --> 01:58:29,360
Speaker 1: Nagi is able to accomplish in years. It's a testament

2107
01:58:29,400 --> 01:58:31,720
Speaker 1: to the quality of coaching that we have at all

2108
01:58:31,800 --> 01:58:37,160
Speaker 1: three phases compared to other organizations. Tiffany, You're right, Brian

2109
01:58:37,240 --> 01:58:39,840
Speaker 1: dave Ball is going to be a head coach one day,

2110
01:58:39,880 --> 01:58:42,360
Speaker 1: and so will Leslie Frasier. I think it's one of

2111
01:58:42,400 --> 01:58:47,280
Speaker 1: the more unfortunate things that we're realizing, and we're lucky

2112
01:58:47,320 --> 01:58:50,240
Speaker 1: to have him a part of the coaching staff this year, honestly,

2113
01:58:50,280 --> 01:58:52,200
Speaker 1: and I think a lot of us feel that way.

2114
01:58:52,240 --> 01:58:55,760
Speaker 1: I mean, dave Ball and Frasier both got head coaching interviews.

2115
01:58:55,800 --> 01:58:59,000
Speaker 1: For whatever reason, they did not get those jobs. I

2116
01:58:59,000 --> 01:59:01,080
Speaker 1: would have hired them on the spot because I know

2117
01:59:01,120 --> 01:59:03,320
Speaker 1: what they can bring to the table, and I know

2118
01:59:03,880 --> 01:59:06,240
Speaker 1: who they are as people as well as coaches from

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Speaker 1: what we've seen during their time with the Buffalo Bills.

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Speaker 1: But yeah, this guy can scheme a really great offense

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01:59:12,720 --> 01:59:17,640
Speaker 1: for Josh Allen and make Mitch Trubisky look like a

2122
01:59:17,680 --> 01:59:22,960
Speaker 1: different quarterback in different ways against his former team. He's

2123
01:59:23,000 --> 01:59:25,680
Speaker 1: a pretty dang good offensive coordinator who's going to find

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01:59:25,680 --> 01:59:29,320
Speaker 1: a home as a head coach sooner than later. Yeah,

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01:59:29,360 --> 01:59:32,040
Speaker 1: And you know, I think we all know that the

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01:59:32,120 --> 01:59:34,920
Speaker 1: Bills are playing with house money here. I mean just

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01:59:35,000 --> 01:59:36,760
Speaker 1: by virtue of the fact that you've got all your

2128
01:59:36,800 --> 01:59:39,320
Speaker 1: coordinators back. I mean, this is a third season for

2129
01:59:39,400 --> 01:59:42,640
Speaker 1: Heath Farwell, let alone, the fifth season for Frasier, and

2130
01:59:42,680 --> 01:59:45,640
Speaker 1: the fourth from Dable in the McDermott regime, So the

2131
01:59:45,720 --> 01:59:50,560
Speaker 1: continuity is uncommon. I think there's only five other teams

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01:59:50,600 --> 01:59:54,880
Speaker 1: that have the same head coach, offensive coordinator, defensive coordinator,

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01:59:54,960 --> 01:59:58,680
Speaker 1: special teams coordinator, and starting quarterback that are the same

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01:59:59,080 --> 02:00:02,520
Speaker 1: just from last year. The Bills have had the same

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Speaker 1: for the last I think it's three years, so going

2136
02:00:05,880 --> 02:00:10,640
Speaker 1: out counting this year with Heath Farwell. So they're fortunate

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02:00:10,680 --> 02:00:13,400
Speaker 1: and I think everybody knows how fortunate the Bills are

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02:00:13,440 --> 02:00:16,680
Speaker 1: to have those two coordinators back. And I think day

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02:00:16,720 --> 02:00:21,960
Speaker 1: Ball was already a proven play caller, but he's largely

2140
02:00:22,040 --> 02:00:27,240
Speaker 1: credited with what he's helped Josh Allen develop into over

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02:00:27,640 --> 02:00:31,320
Speaker 1: a number of years, three years, but what he has

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02:00:31,320 --> 02:00:33,960
Speaker 1: been able to do with Mitche Trubisky in a matter

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02:00:34,040 --> 02:00:36,960
Speaker 1: of months and then put on display. As we heard

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Speaker 1: Greg Kosel just say in the last segment, Maddy, he

2145
02:00:40,080 --> 02:00:44,839
Speaker 1: did a great job of playing to Mitchell Trubisky's strengths,

2146
02:00:44,960 --> 02:00:50,240
Speaker 1: which are short to intermediate rhythm passing game with easy reads,

2147
02:00:50,720 --> 02:00:54,040
Speaker 1: and he did that. He gave him exactly the kinds

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Speaker 1: of things where he can excel, both with his physical

2149
02:00:58,040 --> 02:01:01,880
Speaker 1: abilities and his decision making. So another feather in the

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02:01:01,920 --> 02:01:05,920
Speaker 1: cap for Brian Dable from last Saturday's game. Zach on

2151
02:01:05,960 --> 02:01:09,920
Speaker 1: the tweet Cheet says, the old line looks good and

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02:01:10,000 --> 02:01:13,200
Speaker 1: Singletary looks decisive in the second and third levels. He's

2153
02:01:13,200 --> 02:01:14,960
Speaker 1: always hit the hole pretty well, but I feel like

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02:01:15,000 --> 02:01:18,320
Speaker 1: he was always trying to make unnecessary cuts down field

2155
02:01:18,640 --> 02:01:20,600
Speaker 1: or running to the middle of the field when he

2156
02:01:20,640 --> 02:01:25,400
Speaker 1: should be angling to the sideline. I think that probably

2157
02:01:25,400 --> 02:01:30,160
Speaker 1: speaks to some degree, Maddie to his improved short area quickness.

2158
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Speaker 1: I mean, he was always elusive, we know that, but

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Speaker 1: I think it's his burst that makes him even more elusive. Now. Yeah,

2160
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Speaker 1: it's definitely that burst that we've been seeing through training

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Speaker 1: camp at strength. I think that you have that burst

2162
02:01:43,480 --> 02:01:47,160
Speaker 1: because you have that strength. Like we talked about earlier,

2163
02:01:47,160 --> 02:01:49,520
Speaker 1: he's someone who worked on his speed in the offseason.

2164
02:01:50,120 --> 02:01:53,400
Speaker 1: He feels like he's the strongest he's ever been heading

2165
02:01:53,400 --> 02:01:56,560
Speaker 1: into training camp in the preseason. So it was definitely

2166
02:01:56,680 --> 02:01:59,520
Speaker 1: nice to see that out of him and how he

2167
02:01:59,640 --> 02:02:02,880
Speaker 1: was to break off some of those runs. Again, miss

2168
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Speaker 1: tackles in some areas, but still he had to make

2169
02:02:06,920 --> 02:02:09,080
Speaker 1: it work and he did in a lot of ways

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Speaker 1: when he was fed the ball, whether that was carrying

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02:02:12,320 --> 02:02:15,320
Speaker 1: or being passed the ball. And the offensive line, Yeah,

2172
02:02:15,360 --> 02:02:18,480
Speaker 1: the offensive line looks good. I am really pumped about

2173
02:02:18,520 --> 02:02:20,920
Speaker 1: the depth we have at offensive line. I thought we

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Speaker 1: had great depth that offensive line last season, and I

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Speaker 1: think we do this season as well. I mean, last season,

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02:02:27,120 --> 02:02:31,080
Speaker 1: we saw our starters go out, we saw depth guys

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02:02:31,480 --> 02:02:34,680
Speaker 1: roll in, and the offensive line picked up where it

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02:02:34,760 --> 02:02:37,080
Speaker 1: left off, and it didn't really feel like they ever

2179
02:02:37,120 --> 02:02:40,200
Speaker 1: missed a beat when they were without key starters, and

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Speaker 1: I feel the same way about that group this year.

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Speaker 1: It's a it's a group who doesn't have a bunch

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02:02:46,280 --> 02:02:48,120
Speaker 1: of new players a part of it. I mean, of

2183
02:02:48,160 --> 02:02:51,720
Speaker 1: course you add the rookies in there, but we haven't

2184
02:02:51,720 --> 02:02:54,960
Speaker 1: seen all the starters in preseason. I don't think we will.

2185
02:02:55,400 --> 02:02:58,640
Speaker 1: But it's nice to know the depth that this position

2186
02:02:58,720 --> 02:03:01,839
Speaker 1: group has. And it was also good to see Spencer

2187
02:03:01,880 --> 02:03:05,080
Speaker 1: Brown have a good game working on the other side

2188
02:03:05,080 --> 02:03:09,080
Speaker 1: of the offensive line, just showing what he can offer

2189
02:03:09,160 --> 02:03:11,360
Speaker 1: and in the skill set that he has as a

2190
02:03:11,440 --> 02:03:15,160
Speaker 1: rookie being thrown into the fire early. Yeah, and he

2191
02:03:15,240 --> 02:03:19,080
Speaker 1: played right tackle predominantly at Northern Iowa, so it was

2192
02:03:19,120 --> 02:03:21,520
Speaker 1: probably no big deal to flip over there. His transition

2193
02:03:21,560 --> 02:03:24,320
Speaker 1: has been flipping things to the left side, where he's been,

2194
02:03:24,640 --> 02:03:26,960
Speaker 1: you know, for a good portion of camp, getting used

2195
02:03:26,960 --> 02:03:29,360
Speaker 1: to that side where you have to kind of reverse

2196
02:03:29,400 --> 02:03:32,800
Speaker 1: your whole mindset with all of your techniques and whatnot.

2197
02:03:33,240 --> 02:03:37,040
Speaker 1: And like you pointed out, really the injury problems were

2198
02:03:37,040 --> 02:03:40,320
Speaker 1: from guard to guard last year. Fortunately for the Bills,

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02:03:40,320 --> 02:03:43,400
Speaker 1: the tackle stayed healthy pretty much all season long. It

2200
02:03:43,440 --> 02:03:47,280
Speaker 1: was the guard to guard that was a mess. Mike Butcker,

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Speaker 1: for example, that guy wasn't a starter at this time

2202
02:03:50,000 --> 02:03:53,440
Speaker 1: last year. He comes in plays I think seven get

2203
02:03:53,520 --> 02:03:56,480
Speaker 1: seven starts last year, and now he's in the running

2204
02:03:56,480 --> 02:04:00,280
Speaker 1: to be a starting guard. So you know, you think

2205
02:04:00,280 --> 02:04:02,440
Speaker 1: about some of those things that happened to the Bills

2206
02:04:02,440 --> 02:04:04,960
Speaker 1: from guard to guard last year, it may actually end

2207
02:04:05,040 --> 02:04:07,320
Speaker 1: up working out for the better this year because you

2208
02:04:07,360 --> 02:04:10,600
Speaker 1: have that much more depth, and not only depth, but

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Speaker 1: depth with playing experience, which is even more valuable. So

2210
02:04:15,600 --> 02:04:20,280
Speaker 1: hopefully that bears itself out if it is needed. Bills

2211
02:04:20,320 --> 02:04:23,400
Speaker 1: Fan twelve to eighty three. Mattie touches on something we

2212
02:04:23,520 --> 02:04:28,080
Speaker 1: just discussed, singletary, quick and decisive, Rousseau and aj set

2213
02:04:28,120 --> 02:04:29,800
Speaker 1: to break out, and we have one of the best

2214
02:04:29,840 --> 02:04:32,400
Speaker 1: coaching staff slash front offices in the league. Most of

2215
02:04:32,400 --> 02:04:36,320
Speaker 1: the starters sat and we steamrolled Chicago, much like in

2216
02:04:36,360 --> 02:04:39,480
Speaker 1: Week seventeen against the Dolphins. Having your depth ready for

2217
02:04:39,480 --> 02:04:42,400
Speaker 1: those situations is all coaching. That's just what I was

2218
02:04:42,400 --> 02:04:44,480
Speaker 1: talking about. When you have your roster top to bottom

2219
02:04:44,520 --> 02:04:48,440
Speaker 1: ready to play, that is coaching one hund. I mean,

2220
02:04:48,960 --> 02:04:52,760
Speaker 1: there's some staffs that just don't do it, and it

2221
02:04:52,920 --> 02:04:58,919
Speaker 1: just says Manny the Bears were one of those examples. Yeah,

2222
02:04:58,720 --> 02:05:02,360
Speaker 1: no training camp practice, at least for the Buffalo Bills

2223
02:05:02,400 --> 02:05:05,280
Speaker 1: are very fair in the terms of reps that they're

2224
02:05:05,400 --> 02:05:09,200
Speaker 1: giving different guys from the starters, second string, third string,

2225
02:05:09,240 --> 02:05:13,720
Speaker 1: and beyond. They are rotating players out constantly and getting,

2226
02:05:13,760 --> 02:05:16,800
Speaker 1: like you said, the entire roster ready for the season.

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Speaker 1: You never know when someone's going to come out, You

2228
02:05:18,920 --> 02:05:21,440
Speaker 1: never know when someone is going to have to come in,

2229
02:05:21,720 --> 02:05:23,680
Speaker 1: And I think it says a lot about the second

2230
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Speaker 1: half of the roster being ready in case their name

2231
02:05:26,440 --> 02:05:30,800
Speaker 1: is called week one, week two, you name it. These

2232
02:05:30,800 --> 02:05:32,720
Speaker 1: guys are going to be ready because of how they

2233
02:05:32,760 --> 02:05:36,240
Speaker 1: prepared and how they played in training camp. Yeah, last

2234
02:05:36,280 --> 02:05:38,760
Speaker 1: one here from veto before we get to NFL true falls.

2235
02:05:39,080 --> 02:05:41,320
Speaker 1: This team's probably deeper on the roster than any other

2236
02:05:41,320 --> 02:05:44,240
Speaker 1: in the NFL. I wouldn't be surprised if we release

2237
02:05:44,320 --> 02:05:47,720
Speaker 1: four or five guys that immediately get signed to fifty

2238
02:05:47,800 --> 02:05:50,360
Speaker 1: three man rosters. I think it's safe to say, Maddie

2239
02:05:50,400 --> 02:05:53,800
Speaker 1: that whoever the released players are when they get down

2240
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Speaker 1: to fifty three, other teams in this league that are

2241
02:05:56,800 --> 02:05:58,640
Speaker 1: short at certain positions are going to be going through

2242
02:05:58,680 --> 02:06:02,920
Speaker 1: these roster cuts with a fine tooth calm looking for pickups. Yeah,

2243
02:06:02,960 --> 02:06:04,880
Speaker 1: I think you'll be able to find a lot of

2244
02:06:04,880 --> 02:06:08,640
Speaker 1: that on the Bill's roster. Guys that get cut. We've

2245
02:06:08,640 --> 02:06:12,520
Speaker 1: been saying it since the beginning of training camp, especially

2246
02:06:12,600 --> 02:06:15,080
Speaker 1: with the wide receiver group, and I think that extends

2247
02:06:15,120 --> 02:06:17,720
Speaker 1: beyond based on what we've seen the first two preseason

2248
02:06:17,800 --> 02:06:20,800
Speaker 1: games is that there's a lot of position groups on

2249
02:06:20,840 --> 02:06:23,600
Speaker 1: this team that have players that won't be a part

2250
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Speaker 1: of the fifty three man roster that have the opportunity

2251
02:06:27,320 --> 02:06:30,240
Speaker 1: to go out and to make a fifty three elsewhere.

2252
02:06:30,280 --> 02:06:33,360
Speaker 1: Like Sean McDermott said, these preseason games aren't just to

2253
02:06:33,400 --> 02:06:35,960
Speaker 1: try out for the Buffalo Bills or a tryout for

2254
02:06:36,000 --> 02:06:40,240
Speaker 1: the entire NFL. Absolutely, time now for some NFL True Falls.

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Speaker 1: You're ready, Maddie, I'm ready. Let's do it all right,

2256
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Speaker 1: So NFL True Falls brought to you by Yancy's Fancy

2257
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Speaker 1: New York's Artists and Cheese. And we begin with this

2258
02:06:50,120 --> 02:06:52,480
Speaker 1: something we touched on earlier in the show. The Jets

2259
02:06:52,520 --> 02:06:55,600
Speaker 1: need to make a trade for a pass rusher following

2260
02:06:55,720 --> 02:07:02,440
Speaker 1: Carl Lawson's injury. True or false, I think this's pretty obvious.

2261
02:07:02,480 --> 02:07:05,840
Speaker 1: I'm gonna say, true, you don't have Carl Lawson, who

2262
02:07:06,000 --> 02:07:08,240
Speaker 1: is a really great player. I think you need to

2263
02:07:08,240 --> 02:07:12,680
Speaker 1: add someone else to the mix at defensive end as

2264
02:07:12,720 --> 02:07:15,520
Speaker 1: a part of your defensive line group. Like we talked about,

2265
02:07:15,560 --> 02:07:18,880
Speaker 1: does it happen this week with joint practices with the

2266
02:07:18,960 --> 02:07:22,040
Speaker 1: Jets and the Eagles, you said that their defensive line

2267
02:07:22,080 --> 02:07:24,160
Speaker 1: room is a little bit stacked. I'm sure they're not

2268
02:07:24,200 --> 02:07:27,040
Speaker 1: the only team who has defensive lineman that they could

2269
02:07:27,040 --> 02:07:30,680
Speaker 1: trade away. So I think the Jets do need to

2270
02:07:30,720 --> 02:07:33,040
Speaker 1: make a trade for a pass rusher. It would definitely

2271
02:07:33,080 --> 02:07:36,080
Speaker 1: help them on defense. Right. And this is a situation

2272
02:07:36,120 --> 02:07:39,320
Speaker 1: where some on the outside might say, what are the

2273
02:07:39,360 --> 02:07:41,200
Speaker 1: Jets gonna do this year? They're gonna win five or

2274
02:07:41,240 --> 02:07:43,120
Speaker 1: six games. I'm gonna win anything. Why are they gonna

2275
02:07:43,160 --> 02:07:46,320
Speaker 1: worry about going out and filling a hole here after

2276
02:07:46,360 --> 02:07:49,800
Speaker 1: paying giant money for Carl Lawson in free agency? But

2277
02:07:50,240 --> 02:07:53,800
Speaker 1: I think this new regime with Joe Douglas and Robert

2278
02:07:53,840 --> 02:07:58,160
Speaker 1: Sala think differently. They are trying to win every single week,

2279
02:07:58,440 --> 02:08:00,760
Speaker 1: and that's why the rumors are out there that they

2280
02:08:00,800 --> 02:08:05,680
Speaker 1: are looking for a pass rusher to trade four. They're

2281
02:08:05,720 --> 02:08:08,880
Speaker 1: not even waiting until final cuts are made to get

2282
02:08:08,920 --> 02:08:11,960
Speaker 1: somebody off a scrap heap, hoping that's good enough. They're

2283
02:08:11,960 --> 02:08:15,560
Speaker 1: looking to make a trade, and they have I want

2284
02:08:15,560 --> 02:08:18,840
Speaker 1: to say they have two ones and two twos in

2285
02:08:18,960 --> 02:08:20,960
Speaker 1: next year's draft, which is going to be one of

2286
02:08:20,960 --> 02:08:24,440
Speaker 1: the deepest drafts in about twenty years because of all

2287
02:08:24,440 --> 02:08:27,240
Speaker 1: the kids that went back to school being granted another

2288
02:08:27,280 --> 02:08:30,480
Speaker 1: year of NCAA eligibility because of the pandemic, and a

2289
02:08:30,480 --> 02:08:33,280
Speaker 1: lot of seasons getting canceled. So you're gonna have one

2290
02:08:33,280 --> 02:08:36,080
Speaker 1: of the deepest draft classes that we've seen in a

2291
02:08:36,120 --> 02:08:39,560
Speaker 1: long time. And so those are hot commodities, so you

2292
02:08:39,640 --> 02:08:43,280
Speaker 1: might be able to get a pretty good veteran player

2293
02:08:43,280 --> 02:08:46,440
Speaker 1: to plug in. And I kind of believe the reports.

2294
02:08:46,480 --> 02:08:48,960
Speaker 1: I think the Jets are going to actively seek a replacement.

2295
02:08:49,160 --> 02:08:52,440
Speaker 1: They know definitively they're not getting Carl Lawson back the

2296
02:08:52,480 --> 02:08:55,240
Speaker 1: rest of this year. So yeah, I say true. I

2297
02:08:55,280 --> 02:08:57,600
Speaker 1: think they do need to do something and they will.

2298
02:08:58,560 --> 02:09:01,920
Speaker 1: NFL true false. Number two, The forty nine ers are

2299
02:09:01,960 --> 02:09:06,120
Speaker 1: better off by starting rookie quarterback Trey Lance Maddie a

2300
02:09:06,240 --> 02:09:11,800
Speaker 1: quarterback competition that is heating up out West. Do I

2301
02:09:11,840 --> 02:09:13,840
Speaker 1: think Trey Lance at the end of the Day is

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Speaker 1: going to be the better quarterback for the forty nine ers, Yes,

2303
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Speaker 1: I do. I think he offers a little bit more

2304
02:09:21,040 --> 02:09:24,800
Speaker 1: versatility wise than Jimmy G does. Do I think they're

2305
02:09:24,840 --> 02:09:28,800
Speaker 1: better off starting with rookie Tray Lance. I don't know.

2306
02:09:28,920 --> 02:09:31,920
Speaker 1: I see this as a situation where Jimmy G is

2307
02:09:31,960 --> 02:09:33,840
Speaker 1: going to get the ball first, and then they're going

2308
02:09:33,920 --> 02:09:38,000
Speaker 1: to figure out, according to how he performs, who gets

2309
02:09:38,040 --> 02:09:42,560
Speaker 1: to be the starting quarterback week two, week three, and beyond.

2310
02:09:42,760 --> 02:09:47,080
Speaker 1: So I think it's better if they start off with

2311
02:09:47,160 --> 02:09:50,360
Speaker 1: Jimmy G rather than Trey Lance, and then move to

2312
02:09:50,360 --> 02:09:53,120
Speaker 1: Tray Lance whenever they deem him ready. So I'm gonna

2313
02:09:53,160 --> 02:09:56,400
Speaker 1: say falls, but I do believe that Tray Lance overall

2314
02:09:56,480 --> 02:09:59,480
Speaker 1: is the better quarterback. Yeah, I think, Brownie, I'm in

2315
02:09:59,480 --> 02:10:02,000
Speaker 1: the same him kind of reserving judgment on Lance. There's

2316
02:10:02,000 --> 02:10:04,480
Speaker 1: been some encouraging flashes. I thought he took another step

2317
02:10:04,560 --> 02:10:08,520
Speaker 1: in the game against the Chargers over the weekend that

2318
02:10:08,720 --> 02:10:11,000
Speaker 1: made him look better than he did in the first game.

2319
02:10:11,520 --> 02:10:15,720
Speaker 1: So he's making noticeable strides that even the most casual

2320
02:10:15,760 --> 02:10:18,640
Speaker 1: fan would be able to notice. That doesn't mean he's

2321
02:10:18,720 --> 02:10:21,600
Speaker 1: not going to make mistakes as well. So I think

2322
02:10:21,760 --> 02:10:26,520
Speaker 1: a lot is going to hinge on this last preseason game.

2323
02:10:26,840 --> 02:10:30,200
Speaker 1: If he takes another big step like he did against

2324
02:10:30,240 --> 02:10:32,600
Speaker 1: the Chargers. I think it's gonna be a tough call

2325
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Speaker 1: for coach Shanahan, who went asked after the game said Nope,

2326
02:10:37,600 --> 02:10:40,400
Speaker 1: not ready to make that call yet. So that means

2327
02:10:40,400 --> 02:10:44,400
Speaker 1: it's close, and I think Lance is closing the gap.

2328
02:10:44,480 --> 02:10:46,160
Speaker 1: The question is he going to be able to close

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Speaker 1: it in time to win the job from week one?

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Speaker 1: All right? That is NFL true false, brought to you

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Speaker 1: by Yancey's fancy break time for us. But Maddie and

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Speaker 1: I will close things up when we returned here on

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Speaker 1: One Bill's Live, presented by Collot of Health, It's Buffalo

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Speaker 1: Bills Radio. All right, welcome back to One Bills Live

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Speaker 1: Monday edition. On the heels of the game. What do

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Speaker 1: you think we learned from the game? Maybe more than

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Speaker 1: anything else, Mannie, I think it's that this team is

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Speaker 1: probably if the second and third strangers look this good,

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Speaker 1: this group's regular season ready after two preseason games, right,

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Speaker 1: they don't even need the third one. Mail it in,

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Speaker 1: We don't need the third. You and I can playing

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Speaker 1: the third preseason game. Whatever home game against the Packers.

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Speaker 1: Let's let's bring in the four string players. Bill Staff. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I think we totally get a handle on this entire team.

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Speaker 1: I mean we've been able to see what the back

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Speaker 1: end of the roster can bring to the table. I

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Speaker 1: think that means that the front end of the roster

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Speaker 1: is ready for the regular season. And we've seen practices too.

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Speaker 1: It's not like this is shocking. What we're seeing. This

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Speaker 1: is what we've been seeing every day in practice. Is

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Speaker 1: a lot of competition out of every single position group

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Speaker 1: and out of more than just your starters. You're seeing

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Speaker 1: a team that's ready to take a step forward and

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Speaker 1: build on their success from last season. I think we

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Speaker 1: should also, I think it's safe to be encouraged by

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Speaker 1: one of the areas of this team that the organization

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Speaker 1: made a major priority, which was size on the defensive

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Speaker 1: line for an improved pass rush. And through two games

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Speaker 1: and I know it's basic schemes, but they do play

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Speaker 1: quick game also these opponents which prevent you from getting

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Speaker 1: to the quarterback. And still in all I think we're

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Speaker 1: going to see a major improvement in this team's pass

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Speaker 1: rush ability this season, which would take care of one

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Speaker 1: of the few boxes the Bills had trouble checking last

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Speaker 1: year when they made it to the Final four. Yeah.

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Speaker 1: I think that's something that I'm most excited about for

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Speaker 1: this season is is just seeing the pass rush out

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Speaker 1: of the last two preseason games and what we've seen

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Speaker 1: from practices. This is a group who has obviously taken

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Speaker 1: a step forward and gotten better. And I'm really excited

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Speaker 1: out of what we have in our younger guys. Really

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Speaker 1: aj Epenessa the step that he's been able to take forward.

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Speaker 1: So excited to see what he can bring to the

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Speaker 1: table when it's time for regular season, when these games

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Speaker 1: really matter. Yeah. And then the only one left for

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Speaker 1: me is seeing coach going for it on all these

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Speaker 1: fourth downs. I wonder how liberal he is going to

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Speaker 1: be with those, one of the analytics people upstairs told him.

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Speaker 1: Because he's certainly pushing the envelope in the preseason, how

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Speaker 1: much does it carry into the regular season. I can't

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Speaker 1: wait to see that because they've been in the lab

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Speaker 1: on that one. We'll see where it goes. Maddie. Thanks

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Speaker 1: is always for filling in once again, just like you

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Speaker 1: did on Friday. We appreciate it. I'm sure we'll have

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Speaker 1: you on sooner rather than later with some of the

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Speaker 1: stuff you see out there. Steve back tomorrow. We'll see

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Speaker 1: you here tomorrow as well on One Bill's Live m