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Speaker 1: It's One Bill's Live, presented by Calledlida Health.

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Speaker 2: Welcome into a Thursday slash Friday edition of One Bill's Live.

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Speaker 2: Matty glab in for Chris Brown today alongside of my

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Speaker 2: friend Steve Tasker. It's another beautiful day and sunny Orchard Park.

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Speaker 2: That's why I'm just gonna start calling this place because

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Speaker 2: the weather has been immaculate this week. We got a

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Speaker 2: little bit of rain yesterday halfway through the day, but

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Speaker 2: it started off pretty gorgeous yesterday and Steve, the building

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Speaker 2: was empty.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, you were gonna come over. I had Christah Passo

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Speaker 1: in yesterday and he and I drove the ship because

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Speaker 1: we were the only two in the building. The building

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Speaker 1: was vacant yesterday because we had to do the show,

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Speaker 1: so we couldn't take part in it. But you and

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Speaker 1: the ticket office, the media relations staff, p rtists, have

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Speaker 1: the video department, everybody and the players. A bunch of

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Speaker 1: players were out volunteering around the stadium. They went, you

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Speaker 1: guys went everywhere, right.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, we were all across Western New York. So Sean McDermott,

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Speaker 2: what a great guy, had the idea to do a

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Speaker 2: full community day across twelve different schools, in western New York.

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Speaker 2: So each school had a group of players go out

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Speaker 2: to that school and the school organized cool activities to

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Speaker 2: do with the players, whether it was a parade, some

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Speaker 2: activities reading. At the school that I went to an

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Speaker 2: elementary school in Lakawana Martin Road Elementary, we planted some

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Speaker 2: as you can see on MSG if you're watching right now.

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Speaker 2: They also made some bracelets. There was some book reading,

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Speaker 2: and the day finished off with an epic.

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Speaker 3: Parade throughout the school.

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Speaker 2: Some schools had field days, some schools did Q and

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Speaker 2: a's with the players. My school had Josh Allen at it,

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Speaker 2: Keaton Bills, kyer Elam, Curtis Samuel, and Ray Davis. It

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Speaker 2: was so fun to see the players in the community

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Speaker 2: with the kids. The kids' eyes absolutely lit up.

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Speaker 3: When Josh Allen was introduced.

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Speaker 2: We were outside in a field where players were helping

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Speaker 2: And then they held it for a few seconds and

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Speaker 2: teacher was like, all right, guys, the players are going

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Speaker 2: No getting up, no going up to the players. There

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Speaker 2: The kids were so well behaved, nobody got up and

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Speaker 2: went wild for Josh Allen. I mean the kids were

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Speaker 2: like that. So it was a memorable day I think

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Speaker 2: for everyone. The guys got to skip out on some

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Speaker 2: on MSG, they had a reptile show and apparently Mac

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Speaker 3: And a baby kangaroo like an.

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Speaker 2: seeing these kids days. Their months were made by getting

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Speaker 2: so they were saying, it's just been it's been a

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Speaker 2: It was a great idea from Sean McDermott. I think

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Speaker 3: This was not community relations idea.

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Speaker 2: This was Sean McDermott's idea and he went to community

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Speaker 1: It was also well done that we I mean, we

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Speaker 1: so we had everybody was there, all the ticket people,

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Speaker 2: The building was spooky summer Friday.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, it was spooky empty. So everybody was out. They

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Speaker 1: It was a lot of fun to see the videos.

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Speaker 1: If you want, you can go to the Bill's website

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Speaker 1: and check out all the highlights and films. Our crews

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Speaker 1: were chronicling all of it, and it was the players loved.

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Speaker 3: See their smiles.

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Speaker 2: I got to talk to a few of the kids

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Speaker 3: And she said forever?

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Speaker 2: And it's the moments you hear things like that that

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Speaker 3: So in an incredible day. It was a lot of fun.

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Speaker 2: And kudos to our business staff, our business side of

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Speaker 1: And then you know they took a day and it's nice.

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Speaker 1: It's this time of year where you can do this.

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Speaker 1: You take a day, go out and do stuff like

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Speaker 1: The thing about a group dynamics, and I love this

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Speaker 1: an awesome event. And now you know, today, as beautiful

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Speaker 1: I had meeting this morning and I guess you know,

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Speaker 1: you know, you you're the same way. You go out

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Speaker 1: They go Hey, Steve you know, what do you think, man,

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Speaker 1: what do you think about the team this year? You know, yeah,

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Speaker 1: what do you think? What are they going to do?

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Speaker 1: You know? And I'm I'm people know this too. I'm

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Speaker 1: always optimistic. But you know I can now I can

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Speaker 1: back it up with facts, you know. I say, listen,

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Speaker 1: I know this team is going to be good. So

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Speaker 1: it's gonna be a fun team to watch. It's gonna

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Speaker 1: be another great year for this club. And just going

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Speaker 1: and they're gonna be They're gonna be a good football

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Speaker 2: Well only the groundwork for today. We've got rich Smini

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Speaker 2: coming up at two o'clock. He's the Jets reporter for ESPN.

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Speaker 2: We'll talk about Aaron Rodgers and these prolific practices.

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Speaker 3: That he's been having.

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Speaker 2: I'm interested to hear his take because if you're on

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Speaker 2: more beautiful than anybody to exist in this world. Which, okay,

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Speaker 2: he's coming off the Achilles injury. Fine, but it's OTA's

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Speaker 2: there's no pads or anything like that. You're not you're

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Speaker 1: Basically, I'll say this though, it's just in the brief

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Speaker 1: they can't wait to compete against you each other, you know,

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Speaker 1: whether they're just doing a drill or whatever. A lot

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Speaker 1: got it turned up already, and it's it's going to

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Speaker 2: sheet later on in the show. Steve, I want to

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Speaker 2: go back to what you said about the community day,

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Speaker 2: because Okay, great, they help in the community, but how

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Speaker 2: does this help the team on the football field. Well,

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Speaker 2: it helps the team on the football field in that

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Speaker 2: there's so many new faces on this roster, and sometimes

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Speaker 2: getting the guys outside of the building together can help

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Speaker 2: build camaraderie, especially when the groups that they had at

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Speaker 2: the schools were a mix of offensive and defensive players.

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Speaker 2: Like you said, I think even just being outside of

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Speaker 2: I trust you. When it comes time to play games.

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Speaker 1: Yeah it. Good football teams have some things in common,

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Speaker 2: And we don't know what those meetings, those closed door

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Speaker 1: say hey, guys, what do you really think about this guy?

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Speaker 1: Because they know he's gonna play somewhere, right, and it's

436
00:22:33,440 --> 00:22:35,480
Speaker 1: all better that they call it and tell the Bills, yeah,

437
00:22:35,520 --> 00:22:37,120
Speaker 1: you should take him. We don't want him in our

438
00:22:37,119 --> 00:22:41,840
Speaker 1: division kind of thing, or just the opposite. We don't

439
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Speaker 1: think he can play at all, So we would like you,

440
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Speaker 1: the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, to sign him because we're gonna

441
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Speaker 1: we'd love to play against this guy that was on

442
00:22:48,480 --> 00:22:51,840
Speaker 1: our team because he's stunk. None of that's going on,

443
00:22:52,600 --> 00:22:54,760
Speaker 1: Well it may be going on, but you know the

444
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Speaker 1: Bills are calling about it. Teams find out who you

445
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Speaker 1: are when they're coaching, when you're trying to win, when

446
00:23:01,000 --> 00:23:03,000
Speaker 1: they when you feel like you're trying your hardest, they

447
00:23:03,040 --> 00:23:06,120
Speaker 1: know how good that can be. And guys like mc

448
00:23:06,160 --> 00:23:09,359
Speaker 1: hollins and even Chase Claypool, who's had a very different

449
00:23:10,520 --> 00:23:15,400
Speaker 1: journey than mac hollins, a very different journey than Curtis Samuel,

450
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Speaker 1: it's interesting to see the feedback you get from people

451
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Speaker 1: who were trying to help them and playing with them

452
00:23:24,040 --> 00:23:28,680
Speaker 1: as teammates, as coaches. That's feedback that is invaluable and

453
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Speaker 1: is saying, Okay, you know what I think. Because teams

454
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Speaker 1: will do this accounting department, you'll hear the conversations, I

455
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Speaker 1: think they're missing something with this guy. I think they're

456
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Speaker 1: missing or right exactly, or they'll say or even worse,

457
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Speaker 1: they'll say, you know what, I I know why it

458
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Speaker 1: didn't I know why it didn't work in Miami. I

459
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Speaker 1: know why it didn't work in Chicago. This is his spot.

460
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Speaker 1: And if you can convince, if you're convinced of that,

461
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Speaker 1: you start working on the kids, agent and the player

462
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Speaker 1: himself and saying, listen, you need Buffalo Bills in your life,

463
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Speaker 1: right So, and you get guys that are convinced, get

464
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Speaker 1: convinced of that, they come in, try it and it

465
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Speaker 1: turns out to be either true or not true, depending

466
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Speaker 1: on the guy. But that's how you get him in

467
00:24:12,400 --> 00:24:14,480
Speaker 1: and you sign them and you think, yeah, we're right

468
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Speaker 1: here we go.

469
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Speaker 2: And that's why the Bills draft a player like Travis

470
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Speaker 2: Clayton in the seventh round who's never played a snap

471
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Speaker 2: of football in his life because he's six ' seven

472
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Speaker 2: and he ran a four to seven, nine to forty

473
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Speaker 2: and he weighs over three hundred pounds. Because hey, here's

474
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Speaker 2: some immeasurables right here.

475
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Speaker 3: We've seen what.

476
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Speaker 2: You can do when it comes to combine drills. You've

477
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Speaker 2: been a part of the Pathway program, so you have

478
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Speaker 2: a little bit.

479
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Speaker 3: Of taste of this sport already.

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Speaker 2: You're an athlete, you played rugby, you have a background

481
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Speaker 2: in boxing.

482
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Speaker 3: Let's get you in here.

483
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Speaker 2: We'll spend a seventh round pick on you and see

484
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Speaker 2: if we can turn you into a fast, great offensive

485
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Speaker 2: lineman and pair him with a coach like Aaron Kromer.

486
00:25:03,440 --> 00:25:06,240
Speaker 2: I've been standing over by the offensive liner and practices

487
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Speaker 2: to just soak up what Aaron Kromer is teaching to

488
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Speaker 2: a player like Travis Klington, because it's so interesting the

489
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Speaker 2: way that you can mold people who have these skills

490
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Speaker 2: that you can't get them.

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Speaker 3: You.

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Speaker 2: You can't get a six seven player to run a

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Speaker 2: four seven in two months.

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Speaker 3: These are these are skills that you're born with.

495
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Speaker 2: These are you know, You've got the speed trait to

496
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Speaker 2: you got the size trait to you.

497
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Speaker 3: You can't teach a player how to.

498
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Speaker 1: Be tall, right, Yeah. The chromer has a reputation as well,

499
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Speaker 1: and and young coaches or high school coaches, should you know,

500
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Speaker 1: take a take a tip from what is said about

501
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Speaker 1: Aaron Kromer. He coaches every player differently. Clayton has a

502
00:25:53,960 --> 00:25:59,240
Speaker 1: different skill set than Ryan Vandermark or Connor McGovern. Certainly

503
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Speaker 1: they played different positions, but the way the techniques he

504
00:26:02,680 --> 00:26:06,160
Speaker 1: will teach as an offensive tackle to Clayton are different

505
00:26:06,200 --> 00:26:08,400
Speaker 1: than the techniques he might teach to Dion Dawkins, who

506
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Speaker 1: plays the exact same position, because Dion has different strengths.

507
00:26:13,160 --> 00:26:17,119
Speaker 1: Chromer has a real ability to see a guy's what

508
00:26:17,200 --> 00:26:20,040
Speaker 1: a guy can do and what he cannot do, and

509
00:26:20,160 --> 00:26:22,440
Speaker 1: how you can fix both or whether you can fix

510
00:26:22,520 --> 00:26:25,520
Speaker 1: both or either. He's got a really good reputation for

511
00:26:25,640 --> 00:26:27,919
Speaker 1: making the guy the best he can be in his

512
00:26:27,960 --> 00:26:31,199
Speaker 1: own strengths and weaknesses. And it's a perfect spot for

513
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Speaker 1: a guy like Clayton and I, you know, we we

514
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Speaker 1: have a lot of fun because Clayton played rugby, and

515
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Speaker 1: if you're familiar with rugby, everybody on the field carries

516
00:26:39,640 --> 00:26:43,280
Speaker 1: the football just about at some point. They're all they

517
00:26:43,320 --> 00:26:45,840
Speaker 1: all have a certain amount of ball skills, and it's

518
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Speaker 1: fun to think about a six eight, three hundred and

519
00:26:47,720 --> 00:26:50,880
Speaker 1: eight pounds, you know, wing back coming in on short

520
00:26:50,920 --> 00:26:53,120
Speaker 1: yardage or whatever and going out and catching the ball

521
00:26:53,240 --> 00:26:55,480
Speaker 1: or you know, taking a pitch from Josh or whatever,

522
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Speaker 1: you know, as a rugby player, a lot of fun

523
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Speaker 1: to think about the creativity you could have with that.

524
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Speaker 1: But he's got a long way to go, I'm sure,

525
00:27:03,000 --> 00:27:04,879
Speaker 1: and it'll be fun to watch. It's just one of

526
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Speaker 1: one of the storylines we're gonna be following in training

527
00:27:06,920 --> 00:27:09,040
Speaker 1: camp when we get there and this roster takes shape.

528
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Speaker 1: But I'm I'm with you. We began this segment talking

529
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Speaker 1: about it. There's so many new faces, even the local

530
00:27:18,320 --> 00:27:21,040
Speaker 1: media who grind this team out. You know, we all

531
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Speaker 1: talk about it all day every day. It's like, oh

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Speaker 1: my god, what who's that? Oh yeah, okay, so that's

533
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Speaker 1: what he looks like. Yeah, okay, yeah, who's that guy? Yeah? Okay,

534
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Speaker 1: oh yeah, yeah yeah. Hollins is the one with the

535
00:27:30,680 --> 00:27:33,040
Speaker 1: big lion's main hairdoge. Okay, I got it right, that

536
00:27:33,160 --> 00:27:35,920
Speaker 1: kind of thing, you know, And that's what Okay, Chase

537
00:27:35,960 --> 00:27:39,080
Speaker 1: Claypool are he looks like that all that by by

538
00:27:39,119 --> 00:27:42,159
Speaker 1: training camp. Midway through training camp, you could take the

539
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Speaker 1: numbers off the players and the people could you could

540
00:27:44,359 --> 00:27:46,880
Speaker 1: recognize them. It's it gets that good. But right now,

541
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Speaker 1: I mean you need a program.

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Speaker 2: And that's to some degree, how these guys are feeling too,

543
00:27:52,080 --> 00:27:55,560
Speaker 2: is they're learning a new playbook as they're learning a.

544
00:27:55,520 --> 00:27:58,160
Speaker 3: New position coach. Because it's just not the players.

545
00:27:58,200 --> 00:28:01,280
Speaker 2: There's several new position coaches in this building as well,

546
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Speaker 2: and OTA's and mandatory Mini camp. That's the time to

547
00:28:05,359 --> 00:28:08,640
Speaker 2: start getting to know everything, getting to learn everything. I mean,

548
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Speaker 2: Mandatory Mini Camp is just a couple of weeks away.

549
00:28:11,600 --> 00:28:14,320
Speaker 2: We start that thing June eleventh, go a few days.

550
00:28:14,400 --> 00:28:17,119
Speaker 2: So yeah, this is the time.

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Speaker 1: We can talk about this after the break in a minute.

552
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Speaker 1: But yesterday Christa Prasso came in and he noted that

553
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Speaker 1: remember John Brown, Cole Beasley, Steph Diggs, when they came

554
00:28:28,880 --> 00:28:32,520
Speaker 1: to the Buffalo Bills, they started playing with Josh and

555
00:28:32,760 --> 00:28:35,240
Speaker 1: all of them had career years the very next year,

556
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Speaker 1: their first year here in Buffalo. We can talk about

557
00:28:37,280 --> 00:28:42,080
Speaker 1: what I'm excited to hear. What you think Hollin's Claypool,

558
00:28:42,240 --> 00:28:44,640
Speaker 1: what they can do, Samuel could do in their first year.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I think it could be a lot. I think

560
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Speaker 3: it could be fun.

561
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Speaker 2: We're going to take a break here, but when we return,

562
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Speaker 2: we'll also get into a little bit of NFL news

563
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Speaker 2: and notes because there's a couple of topics we want

564
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Speaker 2: to discuss with you. Remember obl Friday fan mail back.

565
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Speaker 2: Today's a Friday for us because we are off Friday

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Speaker 2: and Monday for Memorial Day weekend. Stick with us here

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Speaker 2: on One Bill's Live. Or present by Client of Health

568
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Speaker 2: on Buffalo Bills Radio. We're back here on One Bill's Live,

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Speaker 2: Mattie Glab alongside of Steve Tasker. Before we get to

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Speaker 2: some NFL news and notes, we wanted to hit the

571
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Speaker 2: phone lines because Butch from the East Side has been

572
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Speaker 2: hanging on.

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Speaker 5: Hey, Butch, how you doing, Hello, miss Queen of One

574
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Speaker 5: Bill's Live. So good to hear your voice.

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Speaker 3: Good to hear you pee.

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Speaker 5: Thank you so much. Steve, my brother is good. He

577
00:29:40,560 --> 00:29:43,440
Speaker 5: was yesterday when I called Steve. And Chris is against

578
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Speaker 5: the against the line, so I had to rush and

579
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Speaker 5: speak kind of like, you know, like I was angry,

580
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Speaker 5: but I wasn't. But I just wanting to get it

581
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Speaker 5: off because I know you how you guys are on time.

582
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Speaker 5: Let me get right to it. See, let me go

583
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Speaker 5: back to his own rear. I got three two things

584
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Speaker 5: to say. I'm the off the phone. I love you guys,

585
00:29:57,080 --> 00:30:00,120
Speaker 5: Thank you so much, Steve. Want to reiterate something I

586
00:30:00,120 --> 00:30:02,959
Speaker 5: said to you yesterday about the wide receiver room being

587
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Speaker 5: the best in history. Now listen, let me tell you.

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Speaker 1: Something you.

589
00:30:09,080 --> 00:30:15,200
Speaker 5: Lofton read beating that was something real special. If you

590
00:30:15,240 --> 00:30:18,600
Speaker 5: add Brad Lamb Chris Losh to that. Al Edwards, that

591
00:30:18,760 --> 00:30:21,840
Speaker 5: was all right. I mean not y'all on that end part.

592
00:30:21,920 --> 00:30:23,720
Speaker 5: Y'all was all right. That's what I mean. No disrespect.

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Speaker 5: But when I say what we have now, even though

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Speaker 5: they don't have the yellow jackets or the accolades, or

595
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Speaker 5: because I don't really get into, as they say, the statistics,

596
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Speaker 5: I don't get in that right now. I'll go based

597
00:30:39,720 --> 00:30:43,280
Speaker 5: off talent. They have the challenge to speed. They ready

598
00:30:43,320 --> 00:30:45,600
Speaker 5: to hungry, ready to eat. They know they had one

599
00:30:45,640 --> 00:30:48,280
Speaker 5: of the best quarterbacks in the NFL. That's why everybody

600
00:30:48,320 --> 00:30:51,320
Speaker 5: wanted to come here. They played this game called PlayStation.

601
00:30:51,640 --> 00:30:54,080
Speaker 5: When man, they see and watch how Jiss Allen can throw,

602
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Speaker 5: they picture themselves catching the past from them. I'm expecting

603
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Speaker 5: big things from this room. It's gonna be difficult if

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00:31:00,400 --> 00:31:03,040
Speaker 5: I'm not. If it's up to me and I want

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00:31:03,040 --> 00:31:05,000
Speaker 5: to see this right now, I'm gonna bring this out

606
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Speaker 5: theater I'm putting it on the record right now in

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Speaker 5: front everybody. Is anybody I've been calling for forty years?

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Speaker 5: Now I'm saying thirty thirty years. I'm sorry I exaggerated.

609
00:31:13,360 --> 00:31:15,720
Speaker 5: Carlton Bailey when he came out of Woodland High School

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00:31:15,720 --> 00:31:17,760
Speaker 5: and went to North Carolina got drafted by the Bills

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Speaker 5: and his family members, as you already know, Steve Lucian

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00:31:19,800 --> 00:31:22,240
Speaker 5: Shampon's my cousin, and we've been following the Bills and

613
00:31:22,280 --> 00:31:24,320
Speaker 5: be back in their days. Oja Simpson at the Warmont

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00:31:24,360 --> 00:31:27,880
Speaker 5: Staele my great grandfather. My father used to always drink

615
00:31:27,880 --> 00:31:30,200
Speaker 5: homemade want with him and all the rest of the guys.

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Speaker 5: But I've been following the Bills that long. So when

617
00:31:32,400 --> 00:31:34,880
Speaker 5: I say Steve, and I gotta really say this about

618
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Speaker 5: Steve because I respect what he meant when he said

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Speaker 5: he had to disagree with me yesterday about being the

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Speaker 5: best wide receiver room. I'm speaking about the speed, the talent,

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Speaker 5: the activity. That's it. I'm not talking about what you got.

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Speaker 5: You guys got yellow jacket. They don't now let me

623
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Speaker 5: to skip over because I got get off the phone.

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00:31:53,480 --> 00:31:57,080
Speaker 5: I want to say this to all the fans. Really,

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00:31:57,120 --> 00:31:58,680
Speaker 5: I love each and every one of you. You guys

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00:31:58,720 --> 00:32:00,840
Speaker 5: already know for thirty years, I was say that I

627
00:32:00,880 --> 00:32:03,040
Speaker 5: love MG, I love WG. I've been saying that for

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Speaker 5: thirty years. I want you guys to understand. The past

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Speaker 5: is the past. We are in the new regime. The

630
00:32:09,000 --> 00:32:13,040
Speaker 5: Buffalo Bill's organization is moving into Kansas City, moved into

631
00:32:13,080 --> 00:32:14,760
Speaker 5: two years ago. They got extra ring out of it.

632
00:32:15,680 --> 00:32:17,960
Speaker 5: A lot of other teams will. We got young players

633
00:32:18,000 --> 00:32:20,800
Speaker 5: now that's ready to play. Back in the days, I

634
00:32:20,800 --> 00:32:24,160
Speaker 5: remember when Stu Barber drafted my cousin, Luciah Sanford, so

635
00:32:24,280 --> 00:32:26,800
Speaker 5: he had to wait then he play. Nowadays, these kids

636
00:32:26,840 --> 00:32:30,000
Speaker 5: don't wait. It's called Michael Waves football. They ready to play.

637
00:32:30,160 --> 00:32:32,120
Speaker 5: Just heat them up like like a hot pocket. They

638
00:32:32,240 --> 00:32:34,600
Speaker 5: ready to go. This is what we're playing. So all

639
00:32:34,680 --> 00:32:37,680
Speaker 5: the fans do their favorite. If Sean McDermott wouldn't have

640
00:32:37,720 --> 00:32:41,440
Speaker 5: never said something good about Claypool the other day, a

641
00:32:41,440 --> 00:32:43,680
Speaker 5: lot of us wouldn't even be talking about Claypool today.

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00:32:44,200 --> 00:32:46,400
Speaker 5: But at the same time, as Sean could have kept

643
00:32:46,480 --> 00:32:49,840
Speaker 5: that comment privately and Claypool sheit would have been doing

644
00:32:49,880 --> 00:32:53,200
Speaker 5: the same thing as Sean said, But by him saying it,

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00:32:53,200 --> 00:32:56,440
Speaker 5: it made his focus on Claypool. Claypool already knew what

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00:32:56,480 --> 00:32:59,000
Speaker 5: he made a mistake before Shawnee had said it. It's

647
00:32:59,040 --> 00:33:03,040
Speaker 5: not just Claypool, it's a lot of other players that's outdated,

648
00:33:03,160 --> 00:33:05,120
Speaker 5: went through a lot of things in their life, mental

649
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Speaker 5: health situations, that's ready to play anyway. I love you guys,

650
00:33:09,080 --> 00:33:14,280
Speaker 5: Maddy Queen King, my brother's from another mother, wgr MSG

651
00:33:14,480 --> 00:33:16,920
Speaker 5: you know I love y'all. The fans who love the

652
00:33:16,960 --> 00:33:19,400
Speaker 5: Buffalo Bills, you know I love them. And one Bill's drive,

653
00:33:19,440 --> 00:33:20,800
Speaker 5: you know I love them. Thank you so much for

654
00:33:20,840 --> 00:33:23,560
Speaker 5: taking with San franscol I love you guys, and take

655
00:33:23,600 --> 00:33:24,360
Speaker 5: care and have a good day.

656
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Speaker 1: Thanks.

657
00:33:25,000 --> 00:33:27,120
Speaker 3: Thanks Butch, Thanks so much, Butch. We hope you have

658
00:33:27,160 --> 00:33:28,240
Speaker 3: a great weekend.

659
00:33:29,200 --> 00:33:32,720
Speaker 2: So I counted twelve wide receivers on the roster right now.

660
00:33:32,800 --> 00:33:36,520
Speaker 2: Will see what that number is once cuts happen after

661
00:33:36,640 --> 00:33:39,800
Speaker 2: training camp. But it's a big group right now, and

662
00:33:39,840 --> 00:33:41,920
Speaker 2: everybody's trying to figure out, you know, as we're out

663
00:33:41,920 --> 00:33:44,720
Speaker 2: there watching practices, who are going to be the guys

664
00:33:44,760 --> 00:33:48,160
Speaker 2: that are lining up there on Sundays. And we could

665
00:33:48,240 --> 00:33:50,040
Speaker 2: guess some of the names. We know some of the

666
00:33:50,160 --> 00:33:52,000
Speaker 2: names that are going to be part of this fifty three.

667
00:33:52,040 --> 00:33:54,080
Speaker 2: But who are going to be the last couple guys in.

668
00:33:54,280 --> 00:33:57,520
Speaker 2: These guys are competing for spots, and there's a couple

669
00:33:57,520 --> 00:34:00,520
Speaker 2: of guys who have been practice squad players for the

670
00:34:00,600 --> 00:34:03,440
Speaker 2: last couple of seasons. Tyrrell Shavers is a name who's

671
00:34:03,440 --> 00:34:06,880
Speaker 2: been around for a couple of years. Brian Thompson as well.

672
00:34:07,120 --> 00:34:10,880
Speaker 2: Justin Shorter, drafted by the Bills, had an injury this

673
00:34:10,960 --> 00:34:13,760
Speaker 2: past season, so he wasn't a part of the roster.

674
00:34:14,280 --> 00:34:18,040
Speaker 2: So there's some younger wide receivers to this group as well.

675
00:34:18,080 --> 00:34:20,400
Speaker 2: It'll be interesting to see what they can do with

676
00:34:20,520 --> 00:34:26,080
Speaker 2: this moment, with this opportunity that they've been given. But Steve,

677
00:34:26,120 --> 00:34:28,879
Speaker 2: tell me about what you and Chris were talking about

678
00:34:28,960 --> 00:34:34,640
Speaker 2: yesterday when relating this roster to the one with John Brown,

679
00:34:35,120 --> 00:34:38,719
Speaker 2: Cole Beasley, the Bills of a few years ago.

680
00:34:39,360 --> 00:34:42,759
Speaker 1: Yeah, I'm these guys that were coming in. We had

681
00:34:42,760 --> 00:34:44,919
Speaker 1: a we'll show you the graphic in just a minute

682
00:34:44,960 --> 00:34:48,680
Speaker 1: where it was about Curtis Samuel where he could be

683
00:34:48,800 --> 00:34:51,360
Speaker 1: as a result of moving over to Josh Allen based

684
00:34:51,400 --> 00:34:56,920
Speaker 1: on the tangible improvement that Cole Beasley saw in his production,

685
00:34:57,360 --> 00:34:59,919
Speaker 1: John Brown saw in his production, and of course step

686
00:35:00,120 --> 00:35:02,680
Speaker 1: dig saw in his production. Now, we traded for Steph

687
00:35:02,680 --> 00:35:05,360
Speaker 1: Diggs as he was doing really well in Minnesota with

688
00:35:05,440 --> 00:35:08,759
Speaker 1: Kirk Cousins as his quarterback. He was better with Josh.

689
00:35:09,320 --> 00:35:09,680
Speaker 4: So was.

690
00:35:11,640 --> 00:35:13,960
Speaker 1: Cole Beasley when he came from Dallas where he was

691
00:35:14,000 --> 00:35:17,600
Speaker 1: with Dak Prescott, came to Buffalo, he was better right away.

692
00:35:18,000 --> 00:35:20,640
Speaker 1: John Brown same thing he was in Arizona or with

693
00:35:20,800 --> 00:35:24,200
Speaker 1: Baltimore and came to buffal I think he was with Baltimore,

694
00:35:24,560 --> 00:35:27,839
Speaker 1: came to Buffalo and he was better right away. In fact,

695
00:35:27,880 --> 00:35:30,319
Speaker 1: all three of those guys had their career best year

696
00:35:31,280 --> 00:35:36,880
Speaker 1: right after moving to Buffalo. The thought is with Curtis, Samuel, Chase, Claypool,

697
00:35:37,360 --> 00:35:40,040
Speaker 1: with Mac Hollins and these guys coming over from other

698
00:35:40,160 --> 00:35:43,840
Speaker 1: NFL places, is the same thing going to happen. I

699
00:35:43,840 --> 00:35:45,799
Speaker 1: think it's reasonable to assume those guys will have an

700
00:35:45,840 --> 00:35:50,359
Speaker 1: uptick in their production. In fact, I would count on it,

701
00:35:51,320 --> 00:35:54,600
Speaker 1: particularly since and they're going to be a little bit

702
00:35:54,600 --> 00:35:58,200
Speaker 1: more like Steph Diggs. Somebody's gonna move into that top

703
00:35:58,239 --> 00:36:02,200
Speaker 1: slot in targets for the Bills. Steph had way over

704
00:36:02,200 --> 00:36:06,959
Speaker 1: one hundred targets last year, and the guy who takes

705
00:36:07,000 --> 00:36:08,719
Speaker 1: over for him is probably gonna have close to that

706
00:36:08,880 --> 00:36:14,440
Speaker 1: at least. I think it's really interesting to see how

707
00:36:14,560 --> 00:36:17,160
Speaker 1: good a player can play when the guy throwing it

708
00:36:17,200 --> 00:36:20,719
Speaker 1: to him is the best player on the team. Not

709
00:36:20,840 --> 00:36:23,600
Speaker 1: too many guys around the league get that chance. You know,

710
00:36:23,680 --> 00:36:26,160
Speaker 1: some of them doing Kansas City, some of them doing Baltimore.

711
00:36:27,320 --> 00:36:30,200
Speaker 1: There's some pretty good quarterbacks around the league in Cincinnati

712
00:36:30,239 --> 00:36:34,760
Speaker 1: and in LA and the Chargers. And look at Puka

713
00:36:34,800 --> 00:36:36,799
Speaker 1: Nikola last year, coming into the league as a fifth

714
00:36:36,880 --> 00:36:39,000
Speaker 1: round draft pick, and he's got Matt Stafford throwing it

715
00:36:39,040 --> 00:36:42,440
Speaker 1: to him, and all of a sudden, he's already a

716
00:36:42,480 --> 00:36:48,640
Speaker 1: Pro Bowl wide receiver. I think you can expect whoever

717
00:36:48,719 --> 00:36:52,200
Speaker 1: takes the field for the Buffalo Bills, particularly this season,

718
00:36:52,320 --> 00:36:57,280
Speaker 1: is maybe is absolutely going to have their best statistical

719
00:36:57,400 --> 00:37:02,240
Speaker 1: the best statistical season of their career, whether it's Samuel

720
00:37:02,440 --> 00:37:07,440
Speaker 1: Claypool or Hollins. I think Shakiir is gonna have his

721
00:37:07,520 --> 00:37:09,760
Speaker 1: best season ever. I think kin Kid will have another

722
00:37:09,920 --> 00:37:12,480
Speaker 1: good season like he did last year. He'll he'll get better,

723
00:37:12,520 --> 00:37:15,480
Speaker 1: he'll improve. I think all of those guys have a

724
00:37:15,560 --> 00:37:18,799
Speaker 1: chance at that, and I think it's due to the

725
00:37:18,840 --> 00:37:22,760
Speaker 1: fact that they've got a great culture here. They're gonna

726
00:37:22,760 --> 00:37:26,279
Speaker 1: be it's gonna be competitive. So from the outside looking in,

727
00:37:26,960 --> 00:37:29,439
Speaker 1: whoever actually gets on the field for the Buffalo Bills

728
00:37:29,560 --> 00:37:34,880
Speaker 1: is gonna run through a fiery hoops to earn a spot, because,

729
00:37:35,239 --> 00:37:39,160
Speaker 1: like you said, there's thirteen guys trying to get like

730
00:37:40,200 --> 00:37:43,680
Speaker 1: three or four top spots. Yeah, the three or four

731
00:37:43,719 --> 00:37:45,440
Speaker 1: that are gonna play all the time, You have a

732
00:37:45,440 --> 00:37:47,399
Speaker 1: fifth and a sixth, the one's gonna be a return guy.

733
00:37:47,520 --> 00:37:49,600
Speaker 1: One might be the backup. You know, he might get

734
00:37:49,640 --> 00:37:51,359
Speaker 1: in on a couple of things. But those first four

735
00:37:51,400 --> 00:37:55,120
Speaker 1: spots are gonna get a vast majority of the reps.

736
00:37:55,480 --> 00:37:58,000
Speaker 1: And to get on the field for the Buffalo Bills

737
00:37:58,040 --> 00:38:01,759
Speaker 1: this year, it starts on days like today, you're gonna

738
00:38:01,760 --> 00:38:07,239
Speaker 1: have you know, you're gonna have to impress throughout throughout,

739
00:38:07,520 --> 00:38:09,960
Speaker 1: and you're not gonna be able to go. And like

740
00:38:10,040 --> 00:38:14,239
Speaker 1: sometimes we see young players, they look great at this

741
00:38:14,360 --> 00:38:18,200
Speaker 1: time of year in May and in June, they look fantastic,

742
00:38:19,000 --> 00:38:21,920
Speaker 1: and then they come out in the first week of

743
00:38:22,000 --> 00:38:24,640
Speaker 1: training camp and it's like all anybody can talk about

744
00:38:24,760 --> 00:38:26,920
Speaker 1: is player A that we didn't know was gonna be

745
00:38:26,960 --> 00:38:28,880
Speaker 1: this good. And then all of a sudden, for some reason,

746
00:38:29,200 --> 00:38:31,000
Speaker 1: there's a day, Well, he didn't make a catch today,

747
00:38:31,080 --> 00:38:33,399
Speaker 1: you know, and then the next day they're talking about

748
00:38:33,400 --> 00:38:35,399
Speaker 1: other guys, and then you next thing, you know, it's

749
00:38:35,400 --> 00:38:37,239
Speaker 1: a week later and you haven't mentioned him once, and

750
00:38:37,280 --> 00:38:42,440
Speaker 1: he's absolutely disappeared. That happens all the time in NFL

751
00:38:42,520 --> 00:38:46,719
Speaker 1: training camps. The pads go on, and a handful of

752
00:38:46,719 --> 00:38:50,040
Speaker 1: guys on your roster at a lot of different positions

753
00:38:50,120 --> 00:38:57,560
Speaker 1: just flat disappear, just disappear. Anybody who plays wide receiver

754
00:38:57,600 --> 00:39:00,279
Speaker 1: for the Buffalo Bills this year is gonna have run

755
00:39:00,320 --> 00:39:04,440
Speaker 1: the gauntlet of these OTAs, of these many camps, rookie

756
00:39:04,440 --> 00:39:09,040
Speaker 1: mini camps, veteran mini camps, training camp in the preseason

757
00:39:09,160 --> 00:39:11,840
Speaker 1: and never disappear. They're gonna have to be at the

758
00:39:11,880 --> 00:39:16,799
Speaker 1: top of the pecking order throughout and when they get there,

759
00:39:18,080 --> 00:39:19,840
Speaker 1: you can bet they're gonna be ready.

760
00:39:20,480 --> 00:39:25,480
Speaker 2: If you had a list of wide receiver dreams where

761
00:39:25,600 --> 00:39:28,719
Speaker 2: wide receivers would want to play in the NFL, the

762
00:39:28,760 --> 00:39:30,240
Speaker 2: Bills would make that list.

763
00:39:30,400 --> 00:39:32,719
Speaker 3: They would top three, top four, top five.

764
00:39:32,760 --> 00:39:35,080
Speaker 2: The Buffalo Bills are on that list because of their

765
00:39:35,160 --> 00:39:39,080
Speaker 2: quarterback Josh Allen. Curtis Samuel is the guy who has

766
00:39:39,120 --> 00:39:41,560
Speaker 2: a lot of traits to how he plays the position,

767
00:39:42,000 --> 00:39:44,479
Speaker 2: a lot of different skill sets. He can be used

768
00:39:44,520 --> 00:39:47,200
Speaker 2: out wide, he can be used in the backfield, he

769
00:39:47,200 --> 00:39:50,080
Speaker 2: can be used as a slot receiver. This is gonna

770
00:39:50,080 --> 00:39:52,839
Speaker 2: be a chess piece for the offense. He's matching back

771
00:39:52,920 --> 00:39:56,160
Speaker 2: up with Joe Brady of who was his former offensive

772
00:39:56,200 --> 00:40:00,880
Speaker 2: coordinator when he was with the Carolina Panthers. Curtis Samuel

773
00:40:00,920 --> 00:40:03,840
Speaker 2: had his best season in twenty twenty. His quarterback was

774
00:40:03,880 --> 00:40:05,160
Speaker 2: Teddy Bridgewater in PJ.

775
00:40:05,320 --> 00:40:05,720
Speaker 3: Walker.

776
00:40:06,239 --> 00:40:10,239
Speaker 2: Curtis Samuel has been in the NFL for seven seasons.

777
00:40:10,400 --> 00:40:12,839
Speaker 2: He had a couple years with Cam Newton, but then

778
00:40:12,880 --> 00:40:16,440
Speaker 2: in twenty nineteen he goes to Kyle Allen, then Teddy Bridgewater,

779
00:40:16,920 --> 00:40:21,839
Speaker 2: then Sam Darnold, and then he goes to Washington and

780
00:40:21,880 --> 00:40:25,560
Speaker 2: plays with quarterbacks like Taylor Heineke, Carson Wentz.

781
00:40:25,560 --> 00:40:26,560
Speaker 3: And Sam Howell.

782
00:40:26,640 --> 00:40:30,040
Speaker 2: He has not had the opportunity yet to play with

783
00:40:30,080 --> 00:40:34,280
Speaker 2: a quarterback like Josh Allen who is in the prime

784
00:40:34,520 --> 00:40:38,280
Speaker 2: time of his career, who is playing his best football.

785
00:40:38,920 --> 00:40:41,520
Speaker 2: He got a taste of Cam Newton when Cam Newton

786
00:40:41,800 --> 00:40:46,120
Speaker 2: was getting in his final years of his playing days.

787
00:40:46,160 --> 00:40:49,720
Speaker 2: Twenty seventeen twenty eighteen is the years that he had

788
00:40:50,000 --> 00:40:55,480
Speaker 2: with Cam Newton. So matching a wide receiver like Curtis

789
00:40:55,480 --> 00:41:01,000
Speaker 2: Samuel who has had some great seasons with a quarterback

790
00:41:01,120 --> 00:41:03,319
Speaker 2: like Josh Allen who is one of the best in

791
00:41:03,400 --> 00:41:07,600
Speaker 2: the NFL and an offensive coordinator that he is familiar with.

792
00:41:08,920 --> 00:41:11,480
Speaker 2: I think what you're gonna get is a wide receiver

793
00:41:11,520 --> 00:41:14,560
Speaker 2: who takes that next step in his NFL career, even

794
00:41:14,560 --> 00:41:17,080
Speaker 2: though he's in his eighth NFL season. I think you're

795
00:41:17,080 --> 00:41:20,080
Speaker 2: gonna see an uptick in production. You're gonna see an

796
00:41:20,160 --> 00:41:23,399
Speaker 2: uptick in his usage, in the stats that you see

797
00:41:23,440 --> 00:41:26,080
Speaker 2: him put on the field and the stats that you

798
00:41:26,120 --> 00:41:30,000
Speaker 2: see him collect throughout the season. And it's not just

799
00:41:30,040 --> 00:41:32,440
Speaker 2: gonna be Kurtis Samuel. I think you could say the

800
00:41:32,480 --> 00:41:34,279
Speaker 2: same for a few other guys too.

801
00:41:34,320 --> 00:41:34,520
Speaker 1: MATC.

802
00:41:34,560 --> 00:41:37,239
Speaker 2: Collins is another wide receiver who has not played with

803
00:41:37,280 --> 00:41:40,799
Speaker 2: the caliber quarterback like Josh Allen. When you pair a

804
00:41:40,800 --> 00:41:43,920
Speaker 2: wide receiver up with a quarterback like Josh Allen, you're

805
00:41:43,920 --> 00:41:47,040
Speaker 2: gonna get that the best version of that wide receiver

806
00:41:47,440 --> 00:41:50,279
Speaker 2: if he is healthy. Because of what Josh Allen can bring.

807
00:41:50,239 --> 00:41:50,680
Speaker 3: Out of guys.

808
00:41:50,760 --> 00:41:52,319
Speaker 1: Yeah, and the guys that are that are you know,

809
00:41:52,400 --> 00:41:54,360
Speaker 1: Curtis Samuel, We're talking about it because he was the

810
00:41:54,360 --> 00:41:56,360
Speaker 1: first guy that the Bill signed in free agency, and

811
00:41:56,400 --> 00:41:59,160
Speaker 1: he seems to be a guy there counting on at

812
00:41:59,160 --> 00:42:01,239
Speaker 1: this early stage of the season. But you might be

813
00:42:01,239 --> 00:42:03,560
Speaker 1: able to put mac Hollins and Chase Claypool in that

814
00:42:03,600 --> 00:42:07,680
Speaker 1: as well. Keon Coleman certainly is in the mix. These guys,

815
00:42:07,760 --> 00:42:11,000
Speaker 1: I think throughout this process of this preseason, more so

816
00:42:11,080 --> 00:42:15,320
Speaker 1: than any of the time, you got this. I'll just

817
00:42:15,400 --> 00:42:18,719
Speaker 1: say this, there's more reps to go around because Gabe

818
00:42:18,800 --> 00:42:23,120
Speaker 1: Davis and Steph Diggs aren't taking any So whoever's new

819
00:42:23,360 --> 00:42:25,719
Speaker 1: are going to get a chance to get assimilated into

820
00:42:25,719 --> 00:42:30,680
Speaker 1: this offense really fast because there's nobody else standing. It's

821
00:42:30,719 --> 00:42:32,960
Speaker 1: not like you've got these incumbents that well, I think

822
00:42:33,000 --> 00:42:35,279
Speaker 1: it's time for them to go, but not really. The

823
00:42:35,400 --> 00:42:39,280
Speaker 1: decks are cleared here in Buffalo, and I think this season,

824
00:42:39,880 --> 00:42:43,320
Speaker 1: this offseason for Buffalo and around the National Football League

825
00:42:43,880 --> 00:42:47,800
Speaker 1: players know you got Josh Allen sitting here, who's gonna

826
00:42:47,840 --> 00:42:51,480
Speaker 1: be in the MVP conversation as he always is. You've

827
00:42:51,480 --> 00:42:53,919
Speaker 1: got a team that has won a playoff game each

828
00:42:53,920 --> 00:42:57,440
Speaker 1: of the last four or five years. I mean, they've

829
00:42:57,520 --> 00:43:03,399
Speaker 1: won four division titles in a row. You, I want

830
00:43:03,440 --> 00:43:05,080
Speaker 1: to jump on You got to get on board with that.

831
00:43:05,600 --> 00:43:08,240
Speaker 1: If you're a wide receiver, you're hoping the phone rings

832
00:43:08,400 --> 00:43:10,319
Speaker 1: with a seven to one six area code on it.

833
00:43:11,000 --> 00:43:13,960
Speaker 1: You want to be a part of this wagon because

834
00:43:14,000 --> 00:43:15,480
Speaker 1: this is where you could, you know, make a name

835
00:43:15,480 --> 00:43:16,799
Speaker 1: for you. This is where you could do it. This

836
00:43:16,840 --> 00:43:20,600
Speaker 1: is all your hopes and dreams are waiting for you here. Uh.

837
00:43:20,640 --> 00:43:23,040
Speaker 1: And now you get in the building and it's like

838
00:43:23,040 --> 00:43:25,680
Speaker 1: we've been talking about, there are thirteen guys in the room,

839
00:43:26,160 --> 00:43:28,359
Speaker 1: and there are a lot of supreme athletes in there.

840
00:43:28,440 --> 00:43:34,200
Speaker 1: Chase Claypool, Justin Shorter, Tyrrel Shavers, Curtis, Samuel Keon Coleman,

841
00:43:34,600 --> 00:43:37,759
Speaker 1: you got some there's some dudes. I mean, I go

842
00:43:37,800 --> 00:43:39,719
Speaker 1: out there and watch these I watched these guys walk

843
00:43:39,719 --> 00:43:45,160
Speaker 1: on Price for my home. Wow, they look like they

844
00:43:45,239 --> 00:43:47,920
Speaker 1: look like big time football players, and they've got all

845
00:43:47,920 --> 00:43:50,960
Speaker 1: the athletes. You see him catch the ball. It's that's

846
00:43:51,000 --> 00:43:54,600
Speaker 1: a high bar to get into that room physically, And

847
00:43:55,280 --> 00:43:58,360
Speaker 1: so I'm really optimistic that after all the riggers of

848
00:43:58,440 --> 00:44:01,400
Speaker 1: training camp and all the stuff that's going on, the

849
00:44:01,440 --> 00:44:03,960
Speaker 1: guys who emerge out of this group are really gonna

850
00:44:03,960 --> 00:44:06,120
Speaker 1: be sharp, really gonna be sharp.

851
00:44:06,680 --> 00:44:10,560
Speaker 2: Yeah, it'll be cool to see how that receiver's room

852
00:44:10,680 --> 00:44:13,840
Speaker 2: comes together as we watch these guys throughout. Ota is

853
00:44:13,880 --> 00:44:16,359
Speaker 2: in mandatory mini camp, which is coming up in just

854
00:44:16,440 --> 00:44:19,600
Speaker 2: a couple of weeks. Remember, we've got ESPN Jets reporter

855
00:44:19,680 --> 00:44:22,799
Speaker 2: Rich Meenie joining the show at two o'clock. We're gonna

856
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Speaker 2: take a break, but when we return, we're gonna hit

857
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861
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862
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Speaker 2: how things are going on there, coming out Rogers whipping

864
00:44:58,239 --> 00:44:59,280
Speaker 2: the ball around guys.

865
00:44:59,280 --> 00:45:03,440
Speaker 1: We'll go no restrictions. He probably feels great after taking

866
00:45:03,440 --> 00:45:06,000
Speaker 1: a year off, but staying in shape, being around the building,

867
00:45:06,040 --> 00:45:09,520
Speaker 1: being still thought of as a football player, probably feels

868
00:45:09,560 --> 00:45:13,400
Speaker 1: really good physically at this point, and he should the Jets.

869
00:45:14,160 --> 00:45:16,360
Speaker 1: I'll say this too, and I'll probably say this to

870
00:45:16,440 --> 00:45:21,160
Speaker 1: Rich when he comes on. I think the Jets are

871
00:45:21,239 --> 00:45:23,560
Speaker 1: to me a much bigger threat to the Buffalo Bills

872
00:45:23,600 --> 00:45:25,640
Speaker 1: than the Miami Dolphins are. At this point, I think

873
00:45:25,640 --> 00:45:29,959
Speaker 1: the Dolphins are wobbling on. I don't think their roster

874
00:45:30,040 --> 00:45:33,120
Speaker 1: is strong enough defensively anymore. They've got another defensive coordinator

875
00:45:33,160 --> 00:45:38,279
Speaker 1: coming in this year. I think their offensive line and

876
00:45:38,320 --> 00:45:41,279
Speaker 1: their injuries that they got last year have maybe some

877
00:45:41,400 --> 00:45:45,400
Speaker 1: question marks about him. Certainly, they got skill guys and

878
00:45:45,480 --> 00:45:48,440
Speaker 1: tou can get it to them, but I think the

879
00:45:48,480 --> 00:45:51,360
Speaker 1: rest of their roster, with the thing with the departures

880
00:45:51,400 --> 00:45:53,400
Speaker 1: that have happened to them, I think that the Dolphins

881
00:45:53,440 --> 00:45:55,920
Speaker 1: are now behind the Jets. And the Jets, let's face it,

882
00:45:56,000 --> 00:45:59,080
Speaker 1: the Jets have always given the Bills problems. They've always

883
00:45:59,080 --> 00:46:01,760
Speaker 1: given the Bills problem, particularly of late after Robert Salad

884
00:46:01,800 --> 00:46:05,279
Speaker 1: took over as head coach. They're a tough team to beat.

885
00:46:05,320 --> 00:46:09,959
Speaker 1: Their defense seems to have some sort of better luck

886
00:46:10,000 --> 00:46:14,120
Speaker 1: against Buffalo than other teams do. They're better prepared, they

887
00:46:14,160 --> 00:46:17,080
Speaker 1: play harder, They're obviously very gifted, and they got a

888
00:46:17,080 --> 00:46:19,080
Speaker 1: lot of talent on both sides of the football. And

889
00:46:19,080 --> 00:46:22,839
Speaker 1: if Aaron Rodgers comes in and plays like we've seen

890
00:46:22,920 --> 00:46:26,520
Speaker 1: him play in the past, the Jets are the threat

891
00:46:26,640 --> 00:46:28,960
Speaker 1: to the AFC East to take it away from the

892
00:46:28,960 --> 00:46:31,600
Speaker 1: Bills for the first time in four years. So we'll

893
00:46:31,640 --> 00:46:34,759
Speaker 1: talk to Samani about that rich Semani when he comes

894
00:46:34,800 --> 00:46:38,000
Speaker 1: on with us in a few minutes. But I think

895
00:46:38,040 --> 00:46:42,480
Speaker 1: the Jets are a team that Bills fans really should

896
00:46:42,760 --> 00:46:45,080
Speaker 1: think of as the threat to the division title.

897
00:46:45,360 --> 00:46:47,640
Speaker 2: Remember the Bills played the Jets for the first time

898
00:46:47,880 --> 00:46:52,240
Speaker 2: Week six, Monday Night Football at their place. We remember

899
00:46:52,440 --> 00:46:55,920
Speaker 2: we play them week one, Monday Night Football at their place.

900
00:46:56,000 --> 00:46:58,359
Speaker 1: So four snaps in and the entire season change.

901
00:46:58,480 --> 00:47:00,560
Speaker 3: You see what happens this time. Want to go back

902
00:47:00,600 --> 00:47:01,359
Speaker 3: to the phone lines.

903
00:47:01,440 --> 00:47:04,560
Speaker 2: Mike from Hamburg has been waiting, Mike, how are you

904
00:47:04,600 --> 00:47:06,680
Speaker 2: doing today?

905
00:47:07,480 --> 00:47:07,760
Speaker 6: Good?

906
00:47:07,760 --> 00:47:09,880
Speaker 3: How are you We're doing good? What question you have

907
00:47:10,000 --> 00:47:10,399
Speaker 3: for us?

908
00:47:11,640 --> 00:47:14,680
Speaker 6: Well, it's not necessarily a question, there's kind of observation,

909
00:47:15,040 --> 00:47:21,040
Speaker 6: of course. I believe. I believe that that the Bills

910
00:47:21,200 --> 00:47:24,520
Speaker 6: are gonna have He was talking about four receivers in

911
00:47:24,600 --> 00:47:28,680
Speaker 6: the location. I believe it's gonna be five. I think

912
00:47:29,400 --> 00:47:33,600
Speaker 6: I think the number one receiver is gonna be Curtis Samuel,

913
00:47:34,040 --> 00:47:36,960
Speaker 6: which we all agree on. I think the number two

914
00:47:37,040 --> 00:47:40,799
Speaker 6: receiver is gonna be Cheer cheer.

915
00:47:41,680 --> 00:47:41,799
Speaker 4: Uh.

916
00:47:41,960 --> 00:47:45,520
Speaker 7: I think number three is gonna be Claypool. I think

917
00:47:45,560 --> 00:47:49,360
Speaker 7: the Claypool is gonna show up, uh to where his

918
00:47:49,520 --> 00:47:54,600
Speaker 7: title was when he played in day. And I think

919
00:47:54,680 --> 00:47:55,440
Speaker 7: the reason.

920
00:47:55,200 --> 00:47:56,520
Speaker 6: That Claypole.

921
00:47:57,640 --> 00:48:02,600
Speaker 7: Had such a problem as a as an NFL player

922
00:48:03,320 --> 00:48:11,799
Speaker 7: recently is because he has been with a very a

923
00:48:11,920 --> 00:48:16,880
Speaker 7: very disciplined college in Notre Dame. Might I don't know

924
00:48:17,040 --> 00:48:19,840
Speaker 7: very much in high school, but he might have also

925
00:48:19,920 --> 00:48:23,560
Speaker 7: been very disciplined in high school as well. And I

926
00:48:23,560 --> 00:48:25,600
Speaker 7: think that once he come into the NFL and he

927
00:48:25,680 --> 00:48:30,000
Speaker 7: got money in his hands, he became kind of let

928
00:48:30,040 --> 00:48:33,560
Speaker 7: out of the bubble and he turned around and you know,

929
00:48:34,200 --> 00:48:38,359
Speaker 7: based some stupid mistation, did some stupid things. But I

930
00:48:38,400 --> 00:48:43,080
Speaker 7: think he's learned from that. His age is now, he's

931
00:48:43,080 --> 00:48:46,319
Speaker 7: a mature player, and I believe that he is going

932
00:48:46,400 --> 00:48:52,480
Speaker 7: to be I think number four, it's probably gonna be

933
00:48:52,800 --> 00:48:56,200
Speaker 7: to start, it's gonna be Keyan Coleman. He might end

934
00:48:56,280 --> 00:48:58,440
Speaker 7: up at number two or three by the end of

935
00:48:58,480 --> 00:49:02,200
Speaker 7: the year, and then a number four. It's gonna be mvs.

936
00:49:02,320 --> 00:49:04,440
Speaker 7: But I think they're all going to be in the rotation.

937
00:49:05,719 --> 00:49:07,799
Speaker 7: That's my thoughts.

938
00:49:07,840 --> 00:49:11,080
Speaker 3: All right, Thank you so much, Mike appreciate those thoughts.

939
00:49:11,360 --> 00:49:12,959
Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean that's a pretty strong set.

940
00:49:13,160 --> 00:49:14,960
Speaker 3: Chase Claypool number three wide receiver.

941
00:49:15,040 --> 00:49:17,480
Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean, okay, people might not think that. Curtis,

942
00:49:17,480 --> 00:49:22,400
Speaker 1: Samuel Khalil, Chase Claypool, Mark Quiz Valdez Scantley, and Keon Coleman.

943
00:49:22,440 --> 00:49:27,960
Speaker 1: That's a pretty good five group. And yeah, you can

944
00:49:28,000 --> 00:49:30,600
Speaker 1: take you can pick whoever you want out of that group.

945
00:49:30,680 --> 00:49:34,440
Speaker 1: That's that's a pretty good guess. As to the guys,

946
00:49:34,719 --> 00:49:38,240
Speaker 1: it's certainly five guys that have got some some chops

947
00:49:38,239 --> 00:49:45,160
Speaker 1: in this game, but they're also another eight guys who

948
00:49:45,160 --> 00:49:46,799
Speaker 1: will have something to say about it. If with the

949
00:49:46,800 --> 00:49:50,040
Speaker 1: thirteen guys they have on the roster, it's gonna be

950
00:49:50,040 --> 00:49:58,680
Speaker 1: interesting to see how this shakes out. Andy Isabella, Xavier Johnson, Shavers, Shorter, Thompson,

951
00:49:59,120 --> 00:50:02,080
Speaker 1: all these guys are gonna or kJ Hamler as well.

952
00:50:02,760 --> 00:50:05,439
Speaker 1: There's gonna be some specific roles for players out there.

953
00:50:05,520 --> 00:50:08,240
Speaker 1: I don't know if any of these five guys. Kean

954
00:50:08,280 --> 00:50:10,319
Speaker 1: has done it and so is Claypool a little bit.

955
00:50:10,840 --> 00:50:13,279
Speaker 1: Return kicks. You gotta have somebody to do that, and

956
00:50:13,280 --> 00:50:14,840
Speaker 1: they've got to be on the roster. And unless you

957
00:50:14,840 --> 00:50:16,719
Speaker 1: have a defensive back that you're gonna try and do

958
00:50:16,760 --> 00:50:19,520
Speaker 1: it with, maybe they've got somebody better than one of

959
00:50:19,520 --> 00:50:23,040
Speaker 1: these guys at that and on game day, it's about

960
00:50:23,080 --> 00:50:26,120
Speaker 1: how many snaps a guy will give you that can

961
00:50:26,160 --> 00:50:27,719
Speaker 1: really make a difference in the game. Now, all five

962
00:50:27,719 --> 00:50:30,000
Speaker 1: of these guys could give you wide receiver snaps, but

963
00:50:30,080 --> 00:50:32,239
Speaker 1: not all of them at once, and somebody's gonna have

964
00:50:32,280 --> 00:50:35,800
Speaker 1: to sit down. That leaves you with special team snaps.

965
00:50:36,440 --> 00:50:43,200
Speaker 1: And if Claypool or Keon Coleman or mvs or kJ

966
00:50:43,320 --> 00:50:46,000
Speaker 1: Hammler or Andy as Abellas can give you better reps

967
00:50:46,960 --> 00:50:50,239
Speaker 1: out of the twelve remaining special team snaps than one

968
00:50:50,239 --> 00:50:53,279
Speaker 1: of those guys at the bottom, there they're in and

969
00:50:53,320 --> 00:50:55,080
Speaker 1: the other guy those five guys, one of those five

970
00:50:55,120 --> 00:50:59,600
Speaker 1: guys is out. It's that simple, and that all has

971
00:50:59,640 --> 00:51:03,120
Speaker 1: to be worked out during training camp. It really does

972
00:51:03,280 --> 00:51:06,560
Speaker 1: come down to snap counts and who can contribute the

973
00:51:06,600 --> 00:51:10,640
Speaker 1: most on a given down and distance down in distance

974
00:51:11,000 --> 00:51:15,360
Speaker 1: plays are obviously really important, but there's other snaps that

975
00:51:15,360 --> 00:51:17,640
Speaker 1: you got to take into consideration too, and those skill

976
00:51:17,719 --> 00:51:18,320
Speaker 1: sets matter.

977
00:51:18,760 --> 00:51:21,759
Speaker 2: That spot for that last wide receiver spot is going

978
00:51:21,840 --> 00:51:25,799
Speaker 2: to be a battle amongst several different players who are

979
00:51:25,840 --> 00:51:28,680
Speaker 2: competing for that spot. Right now, we're going to take

980
00:51:28,719 --> 00:51:31,920
Speaker 2: a break, but when we return, we'll have ESPN Jets

981
00:51:32,040 --> 00:51:36,040
Speaker 2: reporter Rich Simini joining the show to talk about everything

982
00:51:36,200 --> 00:51:40,000
Speaker 2: going on at Jets camp at their OTA practices that

983
00:51:40,040 --> 00:51:42,759
Speaker 2: are happening right now. So stick with us here on

984
00:51:42,760 --> 00:51:45,480
Speaker 2: One Bill's Live. We're presented by Claude Health on Buffalo

985
00:51:45,480 --> 00:52:45,520
Speaker 2: Bills Radio.

986
00:52:22,440 --> 00:52:26,440
Speaker 1: Is One Bill's Live presented by called Lida Health.

987
00:52:27,120 --> 00:52:32,279
Speaker 2: Welcomen to One Bill's Live on this sunny Thursday afternoon

988
00:52:32,360 --> 00:52:35,520
Speaker 2: in Orchard Park, Maddi Glab alongside of Steve Tasker, and

989
00:52:35,560 --> 00:52:38,759
Speaker 2: in our number two we bring you an interview. We've

990
00:52:38,760 --> 00:52:42,640
Speaker 2: got ESPN Jets reporter Rich Samini joining us right now,

991
00:52:42,680 --> 00:52:47,720
Speaker 2: and Rich has been at Jets practice and all around

992
00:52:47,760 --> 00:52:51,400
Speaker 2: what's going on inside and outside of that building. And

993
00:52:51,680 --> 00:52:55,200
Speaker 2: we over here in Bill's Land have heard about Aaron

994
00:52:55,320 --> 00:52:59,280
Speaker 2: Rodgers in these practices. Tell us what has been going

995
00:52:59,360 --> 00:53:02,319
Speaker 2: on with Aaron Rodgers since he has been back on

996
00:53:02,400 --> 00:53:05,240
Speaker 2: the field. People are saying, he looks like he's full

997
00:53:05,280 --> 00:53:08,759
Speaker 2: go doing everything. But what has been the most surprising

998
00:53:08,800 --> 00:53:11,760
Speaker 2: thing to you watching him in the last couple of weeks.

999
00:53:14,040 --> 00:53:16,960
Speaker 8: Yesterday it was like the OTA practice heard around the world.

1000
00:53:17,160 --> 00:53:19,200
Speaker 8: You know, you would have thought that Aaron Rodgers was

1001
00:53:19,239 --> 00:53:23,040
Speaker 8: back to his MVP form from a few years ago.

1002
00:53:23,719 --> 00:53:26,080
Speaker 8: The important thing is that is that he's healthy. You know,

1003
00:53:26,160 --> 00:53:29,799
Speaker 8: he's healthy. He did everything with all the other quarterbacks.

1004
00:53:30,120 --> 00:53:32,319
Speaker 8: He was not limited in any way. He ran the

1005
00:53:32,360 --> 00:53:36,720
Speaker 8: starting offense. I think I counted sixteen reps in eleven

1006
00:53:36,760 --> 00:53:39,399
Speaker 8: on eleven. He looked good throwing the ball. He didn't

1007
00:53:39,440 --> 00:53:42,520
Speaker 8: really have many difficult throws. A lot of it was

1008
00:53:42,560 --> 00:53:45,799
Speaker 8: just short stuff underneath, but you could I didn't see.

1009
00:53:45,840 --> 00:53:48,479
Speaker 8: If you didn't know he had achilles surgery eight months ago,

1010
00:53:48,880 --> 00:53:50,800
Speaker 8: you would not have been able to tell from watching

1011
00:53:50,880 --> 00:53:53,800
Speaker 8: him practice. So it was a good first couple of

1012
00:53:53,880 --> 00:53:54,960
Speaker 8: days of practice for him.

1013
00:53:55,200 --> 00:53:59,040
Speaker 1: And this roster seems to be maybe even a little

1014
00:53:59,040 --> 00:54:02,440
Speaker 1: bit better, particularly up front offensive line wise, then last

1015
00:54:02,480 --> 00:54:06,640
Speaker 1: year's squad and this under Robert Salah. The Jets have

1016
00:54:06,719 --> 00:54:09,680
Speaker 1: been the team who's consistently given the Bills in their

1017
00:54:09,719 --> 00:54:13,520
Speaker 1: four year run a championship of the division. The Chiefs

1018
00:54:13,520 --> 00:54:16,280
Speaker 1: have been the team in the division that has really

1019
00:54:16,320 --> 00:54:19,360
Speaker 1: been a problem for the Buffalo Bills, last year being

1020
00:54:19,480 --> 00:54:21,480
Speaker 1: you know, the game where they split when Rogers really

1021
00:54:21,520 --> 00:54:27,399
Speaker 1: didn't even play This is a year really where you

1022
00:54:27,480 --> 00:54:29,879
Speaker 1: have to you have to consider the Jets when you're

1023
00:54:29,880 --> 00:54:32,520
Speaker 1: talking about contenders at least in the division, right.

1024
00:54:34,480 --> 00:54:37,080
Speaker 8: I think so, if not now, then when you know,

1025
00:54:37,320 --> 00:54:41,799
Speaker 8: I mean the Bills lost some key players, Miami lost

1026
00:54:41,800 --> 00:54:44,239
Speaker 8: some key players on defense. You know, although I think

1027
00:54:44,239 --> 00:54:46,840
Speaker 8: both of those teams are still contenders in the division.

1028
00:54:46,880 --> 00:54:49,120
Speaker 8: The Patriots are probably a few years away.

1029
00:54:49,160 --> 00:54:51,640
Speaker 4: They're rebuilding. We all know that. So I think the

1030
00:54:51,719 --> 00:54:54,240
Speaker 4: Jets are right up there with the other two teams.

1031
00:54:55,120 --> 00:54:55,319
Speaker 5: You know.

1032
00:54:55,400 --> 00:54:58,239
Speaker 8: The difference is, you know, the Bills have a great quarterback.

1033
00:54:58,440 --> 00:55:00,440
Speaker 8: You know, the Dolphins have a very good quar quarterback,

1034
00:55:01,080 --> 00:55:04,800
Speaker 8: and Rogers can be in that group if he's healthy,

1035
00:55:04,880 --> 00:55:07,399
Speaker 8: and we just don't know that. He's forty years old now.

1036
00:55:07,680 --> 00:55:09,920
Speaker 8: But I agree with you, Steve. I think the Jets

1037
00:55:10,160 --> 00:55:14,160
Speaker 8: certainly see themselves that way. We asked Sauce Gardner yesterday,

1038
00:55:14,160 --> 00:55:16,920
Speaker 8: I said, what's the ceiling for this team? And he said,

1039
00:55:17,160 --> 00:55:19,839
Speaker 8: a championship, a super Bowl. We think we have all

1040
00:55:19,840 --> 00:55:21,840
Speaker 8: the pieces. So they're confident.

1041
00:55:22,120 --> 00:55:25,160
Speaker 2: Right when looking at the offense as a whole, the

1042
00:55:25,280 --> 00:55:27,920
Speaker 2: Jets went offense in their first two picks in the

1043
00:55:28,040 --> 00:55:32,280
Speaker 2: NFL Draft. They go Olufashanu with that first pick, eleventh overall,

1044
00:55:32,280 --> 00:55:34,279
Speaker 2: and then in the third round of the draft they

1045
00:55:34,360 --> 00:55:36,400
Speaker 2: went with a wide receiver, Malachai Corley.

1046
00:55:36,640 --> 00:55:38,800
Speaker 3: How are those two fitting into things?

1047
00:55:38,840 --> 00:55:40,600
Speaker 2: I know rookie mini camp was just a couple of

1048
00:55:40,640 --> 00:55:43,000
Speaker 2: weeks ago, but how are they gelling with the team

1049
00:55:43,080 --> 00:55:43,480
Speaker 2: so far?

1050
00:55:45,840 --> 00:55:49,440
Speaker 8: The interesting thing about Olu, who is drafted eleventh overall,

1051
00:55:49,719 --> 00:55:53,280
Speaker 8: is that he's basically going to be a backup this year.

1052
00:55:54,040 --> 00:55:56,520
Speaker 4: They signed Tyron Smith from the Cowboys.

1053
00:55:56,560 --> 00:55:59,920
Speaker 8: He's an eight time Pro Bowler, He's probably a future

1054
00:56:00,160 --> 00:56:02,319
Speaker 8: Hall of Famer, and he's coming in to be their

1055
00:56:02,400 --> 00:56:05,680
Speaker 8: left tackle. And you know Olu is going to work

1056
00:56:05,760 --> 00:56:09,120
Speaker 8: behind Smith. He's the heir apparent at left tackle.

1057
00:56:09,160 --> 00:56:09,279
Speaker 5: Now.

1058
00:56:09,320 --> 00:56:11,280
Speaker 4: The one caveat there is that.

1059
00:56:11,480 --> 00:56:15,120
Speaker 8: Tyron Smith has had a lot of injuries in recent years.

1060
00:56:15,160 --> 00:56:18,000
Speaker 8: He has not played a complete season since twenty fifteen.

1061
00:56:18,680 --> 00:56:21,000
Speaker 8: So I would be willing to bet there's a pretty

1062
00:56:21,000 --> 00:56:24,080
Speaker 8: good chance that at some point that Olufshana is going

1063
00:56:24,160 --> 00:56:25,919
Speaker 8: to have to go in and play left tackle this year.

1064
00:56:25,960 --> 00:56:28,800
Speaker 8: So the Jets really they sort of doubled down, I

1065
00:56:28,840 --> 00:56:31,920
Speaker 8: guess you could say on left tackle and esper Malachi Corley.

1066
00:56:32,600 --> 00:56:34,760
Speaker 8: I expect him to be very involved in the offense

1067
00:56:34,840 --> 00:56:38,399
Speaker 8: this year, probably out of the slot. You know, they

1068
00:56:38,400 --> 00:56:40,680
Speaker 8: have some moving parts at wide receiver, but I could

1069
00:56:40,680 --> 00:56:43,640
Speaker 8: see Corley being a slot receiver for them. He was

1070
00:56:43,840 --> 00:56:47,680
Speaker 8: very explosive at college in Western Kentucky. He led the

1071
00:56:47,760 --> 00:56:52,239
Speaker 8: nation and yards after catch and hence his nickname Jack King,

1072
00:56:52,880 --> 00:56:54,879
Speaker 8: which he likes a lot, and.

1073
00:56:54,800 --> 00:56:57,040
Speaker 4: The Jets are hoping he can be that player for them.

1074
00:56:57,440 --> 00:56:59,840
Speaker 1: What do you think about, you know, the guys that

1075
00:56:59,880 --> 00:57:04,880
Speaker 1: are going to be protecting overall about this front offensive line,

1076
00:57:05,680 --> 00:57:09,360
Speaker 1: certainly some departures. Makai Becton no longer there, moved on,

1077
00:57:09,560 --> 00:57:12,359
Speaker 1: and you've actually gotten a little bit younger, if I'm

1078
00:57:12,360 --> 00:57:14,680
Speaker 1: not mistaken, also at the other tackle. So you know,

1079
00:57:15,239 --> 00:57:17,480
Speaker 1: tell me about the offensive line.

1080
00:57:19,200 --> 00:57:21,200
Speaker 8: It has to be better than last year. Last year

1081
00:57:21,360 --> 00:57:23,960
Speaker 8: was just a It was a revolving door. I think

1082
00:57:23,960 --> 00:57:28,840
Speaker 8: they started thirteen different offensive line combinations. I think it

1083
00:57:28,880 --> 00:57:31,640
Speaker 8: was a total of sixteen different players on the offensive line.

1084
00:57:31,720 --> 00:57:34,680
Speaker 4: It was just a weekly. It was like a weekly.

1085
00:57:34,880 --> 00:57:38,200
Speaker 8: It was chaos basically, and they couldn't get any consistency

1086
00:57:38,240 --> 00:57:40,240
Speaker 8: and they were one of the worst offensive.

1087
00:57:39,760 --> 00:57:40,479
Speaker 4: Lines in the league.

1088
00:57:40,520 --> 00:57:42,920
Speaker 8: So now they you know, they bring in Tyron Smith,

1089
00:57:42,960 --> 00:57:45,560
Speaker 8: who you know needs no introduction. They bring in Morgan

1090
00:57:45,640 --> 00:57:49,720
Speaker 8: Moses as their right tackle. Avy Elijah Barah Tucker, who

1091
00:57:49,840 --> 00:57:53,760
Speaker 8: was probably their best offensive lineman, should be healthy this year.

1092
00:57:53,800 --> 00:57:56,200
Speaker 8: He missed most of last year with the torn achilles,

1093
00:57:57,480 --> 00:57:58,360
Speaker 8: so he's back.

1094
00:57:58,600 --> 00:57:59,840
Speaker 4: And so they have and.

1095
00:57:59,800 --> 00:58:02,160
Speaker 8: They've route in John Simpson from the Raider from the

1096
00:58:02,240 --> 00:58:04,280
Speaker 8: Ravens to be their left guard. So they have three

1097
00:58:04,320 --> 00:58:06,240
Speaker 8: new starters on the offensive line.

1098
00:58:06,400 --> 00:58:09,360
Speaker 4: It's a veteran group. They have Fashanu as.

1099
00:58:09,240 --> 00:58:11,280
Speaker 8: The guy coming off the bench if they need another

1100
00:58:11,640 --> 00:58:14,120
Speaker 8: a fill in. So it's a better group than it

1101
00:58:14,200 --> 00:58:18,040
Speaker 8: was last year. So and it had to be because

1102
00:58:18,120 --> 00:58:21,320
Speaker 8: Rogers would not survive a month, you know, with the

1103
00:58:21,360 --> 00:58:22,800
Speaker 8: offensive line they had last year.

1104
00:58:23,200 --> 00:58:26,640
Speaker 2: What has Rogers said about the new offensive lineman around

1105
00:58:26,720 --> 00:58:29,600
Speaker 2: him and some of the new skill positions, skill receivers

1106
00:58:29,720 --> 00:58:32,280
Speaker 2: and players that he'll have a part of his offense.

1107
00:58:34,120 --> 00:58:36,920
Speaker 8: Oh, two guys we haven't even mentioned yet, and I

1108
00:58:36,960 --> 00:58:38,680
Speaker 8: think are two of the best in the league at

1109
00:58:38,680 --> 00:58:41,800
Speaker 8: their positions. Or Breis Hall at running back and Garrett

1110
00:58:41,800 --> 00:58:44,640
Speaker 8: Wilson and wide receiver. And I think Rogers is most

1111
00:58:44,720 --> 00:58:48,760
Speaker 8: excited about having those guys back. You know, they are

1112
00:58:48,920 --> 00:58:51,360
Speaker 8: to me, they're you know, top ten.

1113
00:58:51,200 --> 00:58:52,760
Speaker 4: At their position easily.

1114
00:58:52,800 --> 00:58:54,960
Speaker 8: Breece Hall is I think, in my opinion, one of

1115
00:58:55,000 --> 00:58:56,560
Speaker 8: the best five running backs in the league.

1116
00:58:57,160 --> 00:58:59,440
Speaker 4: And they're both healthy, you know, they're both.

1117
00:58:59,240 --> 00:59:01,880
Speaker 8: Coming off good year, and so now they just have

1118
00:59:01,960 --> 00:59:04,840
Speaker 8: to reacquaint themselves with Aaron Rodgers and build that chemistry

1119
00:59:04,880 --> 00:59:08,280
Speaker 8: back up. And so Rogers loves them, and I think

1120
00:59:08,320 --> 00:59:11,760
Speaker 8: he's hoping that Mike Williams, you know, they signed him

1121
00:59:11,800 --> 00:59:15,120
Speaker 8: from the Chargers. I think they're hoping Williams can get healthy.

1122
00:59:15,200 --> 00:59:18,160
Speaker 8: He's coming off at ACL and he's not going to

1123
00:59:18,200 --> 00:59:21,720
Speaker 8: be ready until probably late August or early September, so

1124
00:59:21,760 --> 00:59:24,200
Speaker 8: I think they're hoping they could get him involved as

1125
00:59:24,640 --> 00:59:27,240
Speaker 8: soon as he's healthy. So I think Rogers likes his

1126
00:59:27,280 --> 00:59:30,720
Speaker 8: supporting cast. I think for him, it's getting healthy, you know,

1127
00:59:31,000 --> 00:59:35,280
Speaker 8: just getting reacclimated, getting healthy and building chemistry with these guys.

1128
00:59:35,320 --> 00:59:37,040
Speaker 1: One of the reports we saw coming out of New

1129
00:59:37,120 --> 00:59:41,480
Speaker 1: York was that the club not really in the front page,

1130
00:59:41,560 --> 00:59:43,960
Speaker 1: but tried to go out and find a replacement for

1131
00:59:44,280 --> 00:59:47,760
Speaker 1: Nathaniel Hackett. They felt like they could upgrade their offensive staff. Certainly,

1132
00:59:48,440 --> 00:59:52,680
Speaker 1: rogers relationship with Hackett is well known. What is the

1133
00:59:53,280 --> 00:59:56,200
Speaker 1: sense about the coaching staff, any changes or anything that's

1134
00:59:56,240 --> 01:00:00,960
Speaker 1: going on there with you know, certainly Robert Salah is

1135
01:00:01,000 --> 01:00:03,800
Speaker 1: a really respected head coach, at least outside of New York.

1136
01:00:03,800 --> 01:00:05,520
Speaker 1: I don't know what you guys think of him there

1137
01:00:05,520 --> 01:00:08,240
Speaker 1: in the city. What is the thoughts about the coaching

1138
01:00:08,280 --> 01:00:10,240
Speaker 1: staff going forward in any changes they might have made.

1139
01:00:11,920 --> 01:00:16,480
Speaker 8: Yeah, they did look into hiring. They wouldn't have gotten

1140
01:00:16,560 --> 01:00:19,760
Speaker 8: rid of Nathaniel Hackett because, as you mentioned, Steve, I mean,

1141
01:00:19,760 --> 01:00:22,240
Speaker 8: he's very close with Aaron Rodgers, and so there was

1142
01:00:22,280 --> 01:00:24,240
Speaker 8: no chance that they were going to get rid of Hackett.

1143
01:00:24,240 --> 01:00:28,400
Speaker 8: But they did look into hiring kind of like a

1144
01:00:28,440 --> 01:00:32,000
Speaker 8: senior offensive coach who would have come in above Hackett.

1145
01:00:33,040 --> 01:00:36,800
Speaker 8: They definitely explored that possibility, did not go that route.

1146
01:00:36,880 --> 01:00:40,200
Speaker 8: So Nathaniel Hackett is back. He's the play caller. I

1147
01:00:40,240 --> 01:00:43,400
Speaker 8: think we all know who really runs this offense. I

1148
01:00:43,440 --> 01:00:46,640
Speaker 8: think is number eight. Aaron Rodgers is almost like the

1149
01:00:46,680 --> 01:00:50,040
Speaker 8: de facto coordinator, so I think he's going to have

1150
01:00:50,080 --> 01:00:52,920
Speaker 8: a major role. But they did tweak a couple of positions.

1151
01:00:52,960 --> 01:00:55,560
Speaker 8: They got a running backs coach, a new receivers coach,

1152
01:00:56,880 --> 01:01:00,520
Speaker 8: But it's eventually it's essentially the same offense staff in

1153
01:01:00,640 --> 01:01:02,240
Speaker 8: terms of the top guys.

1154
01:01:02,720 --> 01:01:05,760
Speaker 2: I know we've only seen a little bit of practices

1155
01:01:05,880 --> 01:01:08,960
Speaker 2: so far, but is there anything else worth noting out

1156
01:01:09,000 --> 01:01:12,280
Speaker 2: of OTAs so far that's been going on with the Jets.

1157
01:01:15,040 --> 01:01:19,160
Speaker 8: You know, I think they're excited about their defense once again.

1158
01:01:19,360 --> 01:01:22,000
Speaker 8: You know, we've been focusing on the offense, and with

1159
01:01:22,160 --> 01:01:25,160
Speaker 8: good reason, but their defense is going to be good again.

1160
01:01:25,400 --> 01:01:28,400
Speaker 8: I mean, they were I think fourth in total defense

1161
01:01:28,520 --> 01:01:32,080
Speaker 8: last year. You know, they they They did make some

1162
01:01:32,200 --> 01:01:34,360
Speaker 8: changes though, which I think will be interesting. They got

1163
01:01:34,440 --> 01:01:36,760
Speaker 8: rid of two key guys on the offensive line. They

1164
01:01:36,760 --> 01:01:39,760
Speaker 8: didn't re sign Bryce Stuff, their best edge rusher. He's

1165
01:01:39,760 --> 01:01:43,440
Speaker 8: now in Philadelphia. They traded John Franklin Myers, one of

1166
01:01:43,480 --> 01:01:46,680
Speaker 8: their starting ends, and they brought in has Son Reddick,

1167
01:01:46,720 --> 01:01:49,760
Speaker 8: who we all know has been a very good pass

1168
01:01:49,840 --> 01:01:52,880
Speaker 8: rusher for many years in the league, and so he'll

1169
01:01:52,920 --> 01:01:55,880
Speaker 8: start at one defensive end spot. So it's kind of

1170
01:01:55,880 --> 01:01:59,480
Speaker 8: a new look defensive line a little bit. I'm curious

1171
01:01:59,760 --> 01:02:01,720
Speaker 8: my own opinion, I think they might take a little

1172
01:02:02,040 --> 01:02:04,360
Speaker 8: bit of a step back on the defensive line, but

1173
01:02:05,000 --> 01:02:07,280
Speaker 8: they still have Quinn Williams, who is one of the

1174
01:02:07,440 --> 01:02:09,880
Speaker 8: top in my opinion. One of the top two or

1175
01:02:09,920 --> 01:02:11,640
Speaker 8: three defensive tackles in the league.

1176
01:02:11,760 --> 01:02:13,120
Speaker 4: They still have Jermaine Johnson.

1177
01:02:13,480 --> 01:02:16,200
Speaker 8: It's a deep group, and they still have two of

1178
01:02:16,240 --> 01:02:18,240
Speaker 8: the best corners in the league and the Sauce Gardner

1179
01:02:18,240 --> 01:02:20,720
Speaker 8: and DJ Reids. So this will be a really good

1180
01:02:20,760 --> 01:02:23,960
Speaker 8: defense again. And I think they're going to have to

1181
01:02:24,040 --> 01:02:27,440
Speaker 8: carry the team early in the year as Rogers gets

1182
01:02:27,480 --> 01:02:31,440
Speaker 8: acclimated and gets comfortable and starts building chemistry with the offense.

1183
01:02:31,560 --> 01:02:34,160
Speaker 1: Certainly, expectations are higher than they've been in a long

1184
01:02:34,200 --> 01:02:37,560
Speaker 1: time in New York, and rightfully, so what is say

1185
01:02:37,560 --> 01:02:40,240
Speaker 1: this and Aaron said it yesterday and is saying, listen,

1186
01:02:40,280 --> 01:02:42,520
Speaker 1: if we don't perform, we're all out of here anyway?

1187
01:02:43,360 --> 01:02:47,320
Speaker 1: What is the bare minimum that make sure nobody is

1188
01:02:47,360 --> 01:02:49,560
Speaker 1: out of there after this year? Is it Super Bowl

1189
01:02:49,720 --> 01:02:52,440
Speaker 1: or everybody are sweeping house? Or is it the AFC Championship?

1190
01:02:52,520 --> 01:02:55,720
Speaker 1: Is it winning a playoff game? Is it returning to prominence?

1191
01:02:55,880 --> 01:02:59,600
Speaker 1: What's the lowest bar that can be reached that they

1192
01:02:59,640 --> 01:03:01,800
Speaker 1: don't detonate the entire operation.

1193
01:03:04,040 --> 01:03:05,760
Speaker 4: I wish I had an answer on that one. Steve.

1194
01:03:05,800 --> 01:03:09,040
Speaker 8: It's hard to say, because you know, I certainly think

1195
01:03:09,080 --> 01:03:11,520
Speaker 8: that they had the bar. I think they have to

1196
01:03:11,520 --> 01:03:15,080
Speaker 8: make the playoffs at the bare minimum. It would be

1197
01:03:15,160 --> 01:03:20,280
Speaker 8: really hard to justify another non playoff season. I mean,

1198
01:03:20,760 --> 01:03:23,720
Speaker 8: they've gone thirteen straight years without making the playoffs.

1199
01:03:23,720 --> 01:03:25,520
Speaker 4: It's the longest active streak in the league.

1200
01:03:25,560 --> 01:03:28,280
Speaker 8: I know Bills fans can relate to that because it

1201
01:03:28,360 --> 01:03:30,880
Speaker 8: wasn't that long ago where the Bills had what sixteen

1202
01:03:31,000 --> 01:03:32,480
Speaker 8: or seventeen straight years?

1203
01:03:32,520 --> 01:03:33,040
Speaker 1: It was seven.

1204
01:03:34,040 --> 01:03:36,680
Speaker 8: You know. The Jets they're going through that, yeah, and

1205
01:03:36,760 --> 01:03:39,400
Speaker 8: they're trying to trying to break through. They think they

1206
01:03:39,440 --> 01:03:41,480
Speaker 8: have the roster to do it. But if they go

1207
01:03:41,680 --> 01:03:44,320
Speaker 8: nine and eight or eight and nine and they're not

1208
01:03:44,400 --> 01:03:48,600
Speaker 8: in the playoffs, I could definitely see some wholesale changes

1209
01:03:48,640 --> 01:03:51,440
Speaker 8: for sure, especially with coaching with GM.

1210
01:03:52,040 --> 01:03:54,880
Speaker 4: But the X factor is Aaron Rodgers.

1211
01:03:54,960 --> 01:03:59,600
Speaker 8: I mean, if Rogers really likes the coaching staff, you know,

1212
01:04:00,080 --> 01:04:03,080
Speaker 8: he will carry some significant influence on the final decision.

1213
01:04:03,240 --> 01:04:05,960
Speaker 8: So there's it's not just a cut and dry decision

1214
01:04:06,000 --> 01:04:08,200
Speaker 8: with the Jets. It's always a little It's never cut

1215
01:04:08,200 --> 01:04:10,240
Speaker 8: and dry with the Jets, right, There's always something else

1216
01:04:10,320 --> 01:04:13,080
Speaker 8: going on. And in this case, you know, you have

1217
01:04:13,120 --> 01:04:16,080
Speaker 8: the Rogers factor. But if they don't make the playoffs,

1218
01:04:16,160 --> 01:04:18,560
Speaker 8: it's going to be a very very upset fan base

1219
01:04:19,000 --> 01:04:21,200
Speaker 8: and a very upset owner Woody Johnson.

1220
01:04:21,400 --> 01:04:23,440
Speaker 4: So yeah, they better make the playoffs.

1221
01:04:23,440 --> 01:04:29,080
Speaker 1: Certainly, no one anticipated, I mean, even farcically in a farce.

1222
01:04:29,160 --> 01:04:33,000
Speaker 1: You couldn't have pictured what happened last year happening to

1223
01:04:33,040 --> 01:04:35,720
Speaker 1: the New York Jets. And of course Jets fans commiserate

1224
01:04:35,800 --> 01:04:37,960
Speaker 1: a lot like the Bills fans did for seventeen years.

1225
01:04:38,000 --> 01:04:41,560
Speaker 1: It's like one bad break after another. Certainly, the Rogers

1226
01:04:41,600 --> 01:04:46,200
Speaker 1: thing last year was the ultimate getting stabbed in the

1227
01:04:46,280 --> 01:04:49,480
Speaker 1: back by fate? What about this now? What about this year?

1228
01:04:49,520 --> 01:04:52,840
Speaker 1: What if things are going exactly as they planned and

1229
01:04:52,880 --> 01:04:55,840
Speaker 1: then something happens to Rogers late in the year where

1230
01:04:55,840 --> 01:04:58,360
Speaker 1: it sabotages their ability to do all those things where

1231
01:04:58,400 --> 01:05:02,080
Speaker 1: it looks like there's there a camp contender. And then

1232
01:05:02,480 --> 01:05:05,880
Speaker 1: at the worst possible time, you know, Roberts get Rogers

1233
01:05:05,960 --> 01:05:08,440
Speaker 1: gets a hangnail or twisted ankle or what have you,

1234
01:05:08,760 --> 01:05:11,760
Speaker 1: something even more serious whatever, you know, what happens in

1235
01:05:11,760 --> 01:05:12,480
Speaker 1: that scenario.

1236
01:05:15,000 --> 01:05:17,120
Speaker 8: Well, that's why they went out and got Tyrod Taylor.

1237
01:05:17,360 --> 01:05:20,000
Speaker 8: I mean again, you guys are very familiar with Tyrod.

1238
01:05:20,960 --> 01:05:24,240
Speaker 8: He you know, they spent eight million dollars in guaranteed

1239
01:05:24,320 --> 01:05:26,840
Speaker 8: money to get him, so they gave him a nice price.

1240
01:05:27,480 --> 01:05:29,680
Speaker 8: They outbid the Giants and took him away from the

1241
01:05:29,720 --> 01:05:32,440
Speaker 8: Giants because they felt like they had to get a

1242
01:05:32,440 --> 01:05:35,800
Speaker 8: better insurance policy than last year. Last year, Zach Wilson

1243
01:05:36,240 --> 01:05:38,680
Speaker 8: was a disaster for the Jets. You know, he came in.

1244
01:05:38,720 --> 01:05:41,840
Speaker 8: I mean, granted, he was not expecting to play that soon,

1245
01:05:43,280 --> 01:05:45,240
Speaker 8: and he came in and he actually helped them win

1246
01:05:45,320 --> 01:05:49,760
Speaker 8: that opener against Buffalo. And after that though, it was

1247
01:05:50,000 --> 01:05:52,880
Speaker 8: it was tough slutting for Zach Wilson and he basically

1248
01:05:52,920 --> 01:05:56,760
Speaker 8: got benched, well he did get benched and basically outed,

1249
01:05:57,400 --> 01:05:59,440
Speaker 8: and they just he wanted to move on.

1250
01:05:59,560 --> 01:06:00,600
Speaker 4: They wanted to move on.

1251
01:06:00,560 --> 01:06:03,240
Speaker 8: So they got Tyrod Taylor, who they feel is a

1252
01:06:03,440 --> 01:06:05,880
Speaker 8: can step in and do a good job for Rogers.

1253
01:06:06,520 --> 01:06:08,520
Speaker 4: And so it's I.

1254
01:06:08,560 --> 01:06:10,640
Speaker 8: Don't think the injury excuse is going to cut it

1255
01:06:10,680 --> 01:06:14,400
Speaker 8: anymore for the Jets hierarchy. If something happens to Rogers,

1256
01:06:14,680 --> 01:06:17,040
Speaker 8: I think you get one Mulligan with something like that.

1257
01:06:17,360 --> 01:06:19,520
Speaker 8: I don't think they're going to get another Mulligan right.

1258
01:06:19,760 --> 01:06:22,040
Speaker 3: Last question for me has to do with the schedule.

1259
01:06:22,120 --> 01:06:26,520
Speaker 2: You guys open up with the San Francisco forty nine

1260
01:06:26,600 --> 01:06:30,080
Speaker 2: ers in Week one. That's a Monday Night football game.

1261
01:06:30,120 --> 01:06:33,040
Speaker 2: Then you'll see the Bills in Week six on Monday

1262
01:06:33,080 --> 01:06:37,320
Speaker 2: Night Football. But the Jets have a slew of eight

1263
01:06:37,640 --> 01:06:41,000
Speaker 2: pm kicks. They are going to be the primetime Jets

1264
01:06:41,040 --> 01:06:45,240
Speaker 2: this season. Rich what's your biggest takeaway from this schedule

1265
01:06:45,280 --> 01:06:49,280
Speaker 2: when you first saw it, Oh.

1266
01:06:49,160 --> 01:06:50,480
Speaker 4: I just mentioned the word mulligan.

1267
01:06:50,560 --> 01:06:52,720
Speaker 8: I think the NFL is giving the Jets a mulligan

1268
01:06:52,840 --> 01:06:56,680
Speaker 8: on the Rogers injury from last year because six primetime

1269
01:06:56,760 --> 01:06:59,520
Speaker 8: games in the first eleven weeks is a record that

1270
01:06:59,560 --> 01:07:02,280
Speaker 8: has never been done before in the NFL since the

1271
01:07:02,320 --> 01:07:05,600
Speaker 8: merger in nineteen seventy. So America is going to see

1272
01:07:05,600 --> 01:07:08,480
Speaker 8: a lot of the Jets, whether whether they're good or not,

1273
01:07:08,680 --> 01:07:10,320
Speaker 8: They're going to see a lot of the Jets in

1274
01:07:10,360 --> 01:07:11,440
Speaker 8: the first eleven weeks.

1275
01:07:11,960 --> 01:07:13,520
Speaker 4: And so that's my takeaway.

1276
01:07:13,720 --> 01:07:18,720
Speaker 8: Obviously, a really tough opener at San Francisco, But then

1277
01:07:19,080 --> 01:07:22,040
Speaker 8: I think there is actually a stretch where they will

1278
01:07:22,400 --> 01:07:26,080
Speaker 8: they could face a slew of rookie quarterbacks. They could

1279
01:07:26,080 --> 01:07:30,920
Speaker 8: get Drake may Bow, Nicks, and JJ McCarthy in weeks three, four.

1280
01:07:30,720 --> 01:07:31,240
Speaker 4: And five.

1281
01:07:31,400 --> 01:07:33,960
Speaker 8: I would think the Jet defense would be able to

1282
01:07:33,960 --> 01:07:37,200
Speaker 8: feast on that opportunity and then things get tough for

1283
01:07:37,760 --> 01:07:41,280
Speaker 8: a couple of weeks with Buffalo and Pittsburgh. So I

1284
01:07:41,320 --> 01:07:44,720
Speaker 8: think it's a manageable schedule. I think there's no excuse

1285
01:07:44,800 --> 01:07:46,960
Speaker 8: for they can't say the schedule is the reason they

1286
01:07:47,000 --> 01:07:49,120
Speaker 8: don't make the playoffs this year. I think it's the

1287
01:07:49,240 --> 01:07:52,640
Speaker 8: twenty first hardest schedule based on last year's records. So

1288
01:07:53,160 --> 01:07:57,680
Speaker 8: the schedule is not ideal. Again with the start, they

1289
01:07:57,680 --> 01:08:00,360
Speaker 8: start with three games in ten days, which is not idea,

1290
01:08:00,400 --> 01:08:05,120
Speaker 8: But there's no excuses for play the schedule, win the games,

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Speaker 8: make the playoffs, and then put all the critics, silence

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Speaker 8: the critics.

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Speaker 1: Rich, thanks so much for spending some time with us.

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Speaker 1: Good luck. We'll see it in the regular season. Maybe

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Speaker 1: have you back on right before week six?

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Speaker 3: Yeah, thanks so much, Rich, that'd be great.

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Speaker 4: Thanks guys, appreciate it. Take care all right.

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Speaker 2: That was ESPN Jets reporter Rich Samini who joined us

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Speaker 2: on the show for a little bit there, talking all

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Speaker 2: things coming out of Jets camp as they begin. OTA's

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Speaker 2: just like the Bills, and it seems like Aaron Rodgers

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Speaker 2: is practicing as if the Achilles injury never even Yeah,

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Speaker 2: I'll say it.

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Speaker 1: I'm very bullish on the Jets. I think they're going

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Speaker 1: to be really good football team last year the way

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Speaker 1: they played. And I'll say this too. We've said this

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Speaker 1: a lot. Brownie knows how I feel about this. On

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Speaker 1: I got a lot of respect for Robert Sola on

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Speaker 1: the job he has done with the New York Jets.

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Speaker 1: It's a very difficult play to be a head coach,

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Speaker 1: particularly given the things that have happened to him since

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Speaker 1: he took over that are out of his control. I'll

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Speaker 1: say this too, Joe Douglas and Robert Salah have put

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Speaker 1: together a tremendous roster, in my opinion, obviously headlined by

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Speaker 1: Aaron Rodgers, who of course is now forty years old

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Speaker 1: and not thirty, but still, the rest of that roster

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Speaker 1: is really really difficult to beat. Particularly and I think

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Speaker 1: this too, Maddie. I think they're built to beat this team,

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Speaker 1: the Bills. They're built to beat this team because of

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Speaker 1: the way the Bills have dominated the division. They run

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Speaker 1: it good, and they play hard defense, and with Rogers

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Speaker 1: and the weapons they've got offensively, they can hang in

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Speaker 1: there in a shootout as well. So I think the

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Speaker 1: Jets are the team in the AFC East that you

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Speaker 1: got to look at and say they're the biggest threat

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Speaker 1: to the Bills supremacy over the last four years, at

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Speaker 1: least in the current moment.

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Speaker 2: The question mark with the Jets is in week one,

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Speaker 2: is Aaron Rodgers going to look like himself? If not,

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Speaker 2: how how long is it going to take? We're just

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01:10:02,840 --> 01:10:05,720
Speaker 2: in OT's right now. These guys haven't put pads on yet.

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Speaker 2: Training camp is months away. What does it look like

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Speaker 2: when the pads come on and they start to go

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Speaker 2: a little bit more full go in practices? Does he

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Speaker 2: still look like there was never an achilles injury? Is

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Speaker 2: he gonna look like a healthy Aaron Rodgers week one, two, three, four, five, six,

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Speaker 2: or is it gonna take until week six to be

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Speaker 2: in tune with everything to be full go? And with

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01:10:31,120 --> 01:10:37,160
Speaker 2: that are the offensive line additions enough to make a

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01:10:37,200 --> 01:10:40,160
Speaker 2: difference enough for the offense to take a step forward.

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Speaker 2: They added some big names along that offensive line. They

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Speaker 2: used that first round pick on an offensive lineman. So

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Speaker 2: what you assume The answer is yes, but we're not

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Speaker 2: sure when it until Week one happens. When it all

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01:10:54,479 --> 01:11:00,800
Speaker 2: comes together. They've got some really talented players along that offense, receivers,

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Speaker 2: running backs, and that defense. While they did lose some players,

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01:11:06,040 --> 01:11:09,920
Speaker 2: they added some important ones as well. Rich to immediate

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01:11:10,000 --> 01:11:13,920
Speaker 2: mentioned Hassan Reddick another defensive lineman that was added to

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Speaker 2: the mix this year.

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Speaker 3: So they do have the pieces.

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Speaker 2: They've been a top ten defense the last couple seasons.

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Speaker 2: Can it all come together this season for them?

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Speaker 1: Yeah? I think they're gonna if if Rogers stays upright.

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Speaker 1: The Jets are a problem for everybody. They're just too

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01:11:29,200 --> 01:11:31,680
Speaker 1: talented not to be and Sala's had them playing at

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01:11:31,720 --> 01:11:37,439
Speaker 1: a high level without without even minimal quarterbacking play. They've

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01:11:37,439 --> 01:11:42,960
Speaker 1: been competitive in every game. With competitive and competent quarterback play,

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01:11:43,000 --> 01:11:46,160
Speaker 1: they're going to be exponentially better. I think they're a

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Speaker 1: real problem. I think that the optimism that you hear

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01:11:48,240 --> 01:11:50,320
Speaker 1: from and I know Bills fans, we hear it all

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01:11:50,360 --> 01:11:52,280
Speaker 1: the time. And Jets fans are always going to the

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Speaker 1: Super Bowl every year. This could be their year. This year.

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Speaker 1: You might want to look at them say maybe the

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Speaker 1: Jets are a problem. If Aaron Rodgers can stay healthy

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01:12:02,680 --> 01:12:07,719
Speaker 1: and at forty years old, I know I couldn't stay healthy.

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01:12:07,920 --> 01:12:11,400
Speaker 1: I couldn't stay healthy at thirty five. Of course I

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01:12:11,479 --> 01:12:15,720
Speaker 1: was covering kicks. I wasn't standing in the pocket. We've

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Speaker 1: seen a lot of players play, not very many of

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Speaker 1: them at forty not very many now, certainly a quarterback.

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Speaker 1: We've seen a lot of guys play a long time

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01:12:26,600 --> 01:12:32,639
Speaker 1: at that position. Ben Roethlisberger, Peyton Manning, Tom Brady, Philip Rivers.

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Speaker 1: A number of players now in the last recent years

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01:12:36,320 --> 01:12:38,640
Speaker 1: have begun to extend the quarterbacks like because of the

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01:12:38,680 --> 01:12:42,520
Speaker 1: protections they have, because of the smart way offensive coordinators

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01:12:42,520 --> 01:12:46,280
Speaker 1: protect their quarterbacks. Guys, the rulers are different and they

1376
01:12:46,280 --> 01:12:48,720
Speaker 1: can last a little longer these days than they have

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01:12:48,840 --> 01:12:53,960
Speaker 1: in the past. But forty years old is forty. I

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01:12:54,000 --> 01:12:56,560
Speaker 1: don't know if you can You can't escape it. You

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01:12:56,640 --> 01:12:58,599
Speaker 1: may be able to stiff arm it once or twice,

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01:12:58,680 --> 01:13:03,760
Speaker 1: but man oh Man, last year's an illustration when it

1381
01:13:03,840 --> 01:13:06,599
Speaker 1: comes in, when when you're forty years old comes crashing in,

1382
01:13:06,720 --> 01:13:09,160
Speaker 1: you can't escape it. So we'll see if he can

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01:13:09,200 --> 01:13:12,320
Speaker 1: stay completely healthy for the rest for an entire year.

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Speaker 1: I think it's a big ask. I think it's a

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01:13:15,120 --> 01:13:17,599
Speaker 1: big ask. And rich Semeni's right.

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Speaker 2: Though, that's why they spent money on tyrod Tamaills fans.

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Speaker 1: No, Tyrod Taylor is no slouch. Yeah, he's got his limitations,

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01:13:24,760 --> 01:13:27,559
Speaker 1: no question about it. But you know this, when Tyrod

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01:13:27,600 --> 01:13:29,479
Speaker 1: goes in there to take snaps, that team is gonna

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01:13:29,479 --> 01:13:33,840
Speaker 1: love him. They're gonna play hard for that guy. They're

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Speaker 1: a problem.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, the roster loved him and he was here.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, he is a great dude. They're gonna love him

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01:13:38,840 --> 01:13:40,640
Speaker 1: and they're gonna play hard for him. And I think

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Speaker 1: the Jets are a problem.

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01:13:41,720 --> 01:13:43,960
Speaker 2: I think the two games against the Jets during the

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01:13:44,000 --> 01:13:47,280
Speaker 2: regular season are slated at interesting times. We hear people

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01:13:47,400 --> 01:13:50,400
Speaker 2: say over and over again, you figure out who you

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01:13:50,479 --> 01:13:53,840
Speaker 2: are as an NFL team in whatever season you're playing

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Speaker 2: in the first six weeks. You come together as an

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01:13:56,800 --> 01:14:00,799
Speaker 2: identity in those first six weeks of a regular season.

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01:14:01,720 --> 01:14:05,120
Speaker 2: The Bills get the Jets week six, both teams should

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01:14:05,240 --> 01:14:07,880
Speaker 2: know who they are at that point, have a good

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01:14:07,920 --> 01:14:10,720
Speaker 2: idea of who they are at that point. Then they

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01:14:10,720 --> 01:14:14,280
Speaker 2: won't see the Jets again until week seventeen. Guys, this

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01:14:14,360 --> 01:14:18,080
Speaker 2: is the end of December. This could be a huge

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01:14:18,200 --> 01:14:21,160
Speaker 2: game for the Bills and the Jets. If you're talking

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01:14:21,240 --> 01:14:25,960
Speaker 2: about a game or two away of being AFC East champs.

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Speaker 1: Rich alluded to it, and you know, we've talked about

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01:14:29,240 --> 01:14:32,320
Speaker 1: it a little bit off the top. When we get

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Speaker 1: to Week six and the Bills are playing the Jets,

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01:14:36,520 --> 01:14:38,840
Speaker 1: the Jets, I think, and we're gonna write it on

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01:14:38,880 --> 01:14:40,880
Speaker 1: the whiteboard. The Jets are going to be the number

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01:14:40,920 --> 01:14:43,080
Speaker 1: one defense in the league at that point. Now, they're

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01:14:43,080 --> 01:14:45,240
Speaker 1: gonna have a tough game against the San Francisco forty

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Speaker 1: nine ers, but it's early in the year, and the

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Speaker 1: forty nine ers maybe not hitting on all siliners. Maybe

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01:14:49,120 --> 01:14:52,559
Speaker 1: maybe not, but even so, the Jets defense is gonna

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01:14:52,560 --> 01:14:55,600
Speaker 1: play well. Then they play Tennessee second year quarterback and

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Speaker 1: Will Levis, then the New England Patriots and Drake May,

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01:14:58,920 --> 01:15:04,360
Speaker 1: the Denver Broncos and bow Knicks, the Minnesota Vikings and

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01:15:05,880 --> 01:15:09,280
Speaker 1: their new quarterback, and who I can't is a JJ McCarthy.

1423
01:15:10,240 --> 01:15:13,839
Speaker 1: All of those quarterbacks are, you know, except for Brock Purdy.

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01:15:15,080 --> 01:15:17,600
Speaker 1: All those quarterbacks are brand new. Will Levis is the

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01:15:17,680 --> 01:15:20,600
Speaker 1: veteran there as a second year player.

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Speaker 3: So they might have the feasts they are.

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Speaker 1: Gonna The Jets defense is going to be extremely successful

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01:15:25,560 --> 01:15:27,760
Speaker 1: through those first five weeks of the season, and when

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01:15:27,800 --> 01:15:30,160
Speaker 1: they get to Week six playing the Buffalo Bills. The

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01:15:30,200 --> 01:15:32,040
Speaker 1: Bills are gonna be up against the number one defense

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01:15:32,439 --> 01:15:34,600
Speaker 1: in the league at that point, and that's gonna be

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01:15:34,640 --> 01:15:37,360
Speaker 1: a showdown. That's gonna be worth watching, particularly if Aaron

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01:15:38,080 --> 01:15:41,880
Speaker 1: is playing well, that's gonna be I think that the

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Speaker 1: Broncos may walk into that game four and one, five and.

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Speaker 2: Zero, and the Bills in the first six weeks of

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01:15:49,120 --> 01:15:52,720
Speaker 2: the season, They've got some tough opponents leading up to

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01:15:52,760 --> 01:15:53,639
Speaker 2: that Jets game.

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01:15:53,920 --> 01:15:56,759
Speaker 1: I mean, Dolphins, Jags who have had the Bills numbers,

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01:15:56,800 --> 01:15:57,879
Speaker 1: Baltimore and Houston.

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01:15:59,000 --> 01:16:00,760
Speaker 3: That's no easy to test right there.

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01:16:00,840 --> 01:16:02,240
Speaker 1: So playoff teams in there.

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Speaker 2: It's well, the Jets are going to be facing rookie quarterbacks,

1443
01:16:04,920 --> 01:16:07,280
Speaker 2: We're going to be facing playoff teams.

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01:16:07,760 --> 01:16:08,240
Speaker 1: That's right.

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01:16:08,439 --> 01:16:10,920
Speaker 3: Quite a different start to the schedule.

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01:16:11,560 --> 01:16:14,160
Speaker 1: Yeah, I think that's. Uh, we'll see how those first

1447
01:16:14,200 --> 01:16:16,719
Speaker 1: games go both teams. You know, you got to find

1448
01:16:16,760 --> 01:16:18,599
Speaker 1: your way very quickly and find a way to win

1449
01:16:18,640 --> 01:16:20,720
Speaker 1: games early in the season when you're not playing your

1450
01:16:20,720 --> 01:16:22,960
Speaker 1: best or you don't feel like you know who you

1451
01:16:23,040 --> 01:16:25,160
Speaker 1: are yet, you still got to win games that way.

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01:16:25,200 --> 01:16:27,559
Speaker 1: And because you're not alone. You know, when the Bills

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01:16:27,560 --> 01:16:29,519
Speaker 1: play the Cardinals and Dolphins and Jags. It's going to

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01:16:29,560 --> 01:16:31,920
Speaker 1: be three week season. Those teams are going to be

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01:16:32,280 --> 01:16:38,240
Speaker 1: explore self exploring as well. Yeah, but that's there's no

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01:16:38,280 --> 01:16:40,160
Speaker 1: doubt in my mind when they get to week six

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01:16:40,240 --> 01:16:42,280
Speaker 1: that Jet defense will be number one in the league.

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Speaker 3: OBL Fan mail Bag.

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Speaker 2: we read off our tweet sheet from Tom, what are

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Speaker 2: your thoughts on Joe Andresen? He looks like he could

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Speaker 2: possibly get on the field this year and the kid

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Speaker 2: has got a good resume.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, he definitely does.

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Speaker 2: He played at Bryant University and then played for UB

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01:17:40,040 --> 01:17:43,360
Speaker 2: for a season. In his graduate season, which was this

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Speaker 2: past season, started in all twelve games at linebacker for UB.

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Speaker 2: He led the team in tackles with ninety and tackles

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01:17:52,240 --> 01:17:56,559
Speaker 2: for loss with twelve. He was a stat machine at

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Speaker 2: his first school that he went to.

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Speaker 3: Pulling up his.

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Speaker 2: Bio right now, but he earned All America honors at

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01:18:04,680 --> 01:18:10,280
Speaker 2: Bryant and was somebody who was all over the field,

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01:18:10,760 --> 01:18:15,240
Speaker 2: knocking players down, knocking the quarterback down, lots of tackles,

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Speaker 2: lots of tackles for loss, and the linebacker room is

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01:18:20,080 --> 01:18:23,519
Speaker 2: interesting when you look at this linebacker room. He had

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Speaker 2: one hundred and seventeen total tackles in twenty twenty two

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Speaker 2: eighty and twenty twenty one totaled seven sacks in his

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01:18:32,680 --> 01:18:37,080
Speaker 2: career with Bryant as well. He was someone as we

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Speaker 2: were looking at, Okay, who is trying out for this

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01:18:40,520 --> 01:18:45,240
Speaker 2: team at rookie mini camp tryouts, we started to learn

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Speaker 2: the guy's names and kind of did a preview on

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01:18:47,800 --> 01:18:50,000
Speaker 2: each guy. Okay, here's who's going to be a part

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Speaker 2: of tryouts, and I wrote up Joe Andresen and I

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01:18:53,040 --> 01:18:56,880
Speaker 2: was like, dang, this kid was productive in college and

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01:18:57,000 --> 01:18:59,519
Speaker 2: turns out he's signed and now he's a part of

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01:18:59,560 --> 01:19:02,639
Speaker 2: this raw. So I'm not surprised by that. But when

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Speaker 2: you look at the linebacker's room. You've got Matt Mlano

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01:19:07,479 --> 01:19:11,479
Speaker 2: who's coming off of an injury and hasn't been a

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01:19:11,520 --> 01:19:14,040
Speaker 2: part of the on field workouts yet. We heard from

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Speaker 2: Sean McDermott a couple days ago and he said, you know,

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Speaker 2: I would anticipate that ramp up happening during training camp.

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01:19:20,960 --> 01:19:23,880
Speaker 2: Maybe Matt gets out there a little bit earlier, but

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01:19:24,160 --> 01:19:27,160
Speaker 2: maybe not. Didn't really have an exact timetable. He did

1504
01:19:27,200 --> 01:19:29,840
Speaker 2: say the athletic training staff is saying that he is

1505
01:19:30,000 --> 01:19:34,040
Speaker 2: on schedule in terms of his timing of returning back,

1506
01:19:34,080 --> 01:19:37,040
Speaker 2: but did not give a specific date. Said training camp

1507
01:19:37,120 --> 01:19:39,880
Speaker 2: is when he expects him to be back. You've got

1508
01:19:39,920 --> 01:19:44,080
Speaker 2: Terrell Bernard out there, who had a great first season

1509
01:19:44,320 --> 01:19:47,840
Speaker 2: as a full time starter at that mike linebacker spot

1510
01:19:48,520 --> 01:19:51,759
Speaker 2: during Williams, who the Bills drafted a year ago. Baalon

1511
01:19:51,840 --> 01:19:55,960
Speaker 2: Spector also played some time at the linebacker spots last season.

1512
01:19:56,000 --> 01:19:58,519
Speaker 2: Because that is a position group that had quite a

1513
01:19:58,560 --> 01:20:01,920
Speaker 2: few injuries last year, and if you look at the playoffs,

1514
01:20:02,160 --> 01:20:04,599
Speaker 2: Terrell Bernard was not on the field for that final

1515
01:20:04,640 --> 01:20:07,360
Speaker 2: playoff game. He was not healthy. So you had guys

1516
01:20:07,600 --> 01:20:09,880
Speaker 2: like aj Klein in there. You had guys like Baial

1517
01:20:09,960 --> 01:20:13,240
Speaker 2: inspector in there. Drian Williams even had some time toward

1518
01:20:13,280 --> 01:20:15,360
Speaker 2: the end of the season. The Bills also signed in

1519
01:20:15,400 --> 01:20:21,400
Speaker 2: the offseason Nicholas Morrow at that linebacker position, who comes

1520
01:20:21,439 --> 01:20:25,800
Speaker 2: to the Bills from the Philadelphia Eagles and has played

1521
01:20:25,800 --> 01:20:29,599
Speaker 2: a few seasons. So that room I look at as

1522
01:20:30,400 --> 01:20:32,840
Speaker 2: as a bit of an open door because you have

1523
01:20:32,960 --> 01:20:36,120
Speaker 2: some younger guys competing for those final few spots on

1524
01:20:36,160 --> 01:20:38,360
Speaker 2: the roster, and you throw a guy like Joe Andreesen

1525
01:20:38,760 --> 01:20:43,080
Speaker 2: into things, and he's somebody who's a young player who

1526
01:20:43,160 --> 01:20:46,920
Speaker 2: has put together a nice collegiate career, who has an

1527
01:20:46,960 --> 01:20:50,479
Speaker 2: opportunity now with the Bills. Will he make a spot

1528
01:20:50,520 --> 01:20:52,720
Speaker 2: on the fifty three man roster, I don't know, but

1529
01:20:52,800 --> 01:20:56,120
Speaker 2: he's going to have the opportunity to compete with a

1530
01:20:56,160 --> 01:21:00,280
Speaker 2: group who saw injuries last season, and I I think

1531
01:21:00,280 --> 01:21:00,879
Speaker 2: a group.

1532
01:21:00,680 --> 01:21:03,360
Speaker 3: Who they had to go out and sign aj Klein.

1533
01:21:04,040 --> 01:21:05,400
Speaker 3: This isn't this isn't a.

1534
01:21:05,360 --> 01:21:08,400
Speaker 2: Position group that was set throughout the entire season. They

1535
01:21:08,400 --> 01:21:10,639
Speaker 2: had to go out and get guys during the season.

1536
01:21:10,880 --> 01:21:13,639
Speaker 2: So maybe coming into this season, Brandon Being and Sean

1537
01:21:13,720 --> 01:21:16,360
Speaker 2: McDermott are thinking, Hey, maybe we got to go one

1538
01:21:16,400 --> 01:21:19,760
Speaker 2: player heavier on this roster this year, or maybe we

1539
01:21:19,800 --> 01:21:22,120
Speaker 2: need to look at this position group a little bit

1540
01:21:22,160 --> 01:21:25,480
Speaker 2: differently because last season we had problems with injuries.

1541
01:21:25,280 --> 01:21:29,960
Speaker 1: Right, And it says something about Baile inspector Dorian Williams

1542
01:21:30,240 --> 01:21:32,920
Speaker 1: that they went out and aj Klein was on the

1543
01:21:32,920 --> 01:21:35,120
Speaker 1: field at the end. Those guys were here all year,

1544
01:21:35,200 --> 01:21:38,519
Speaker 1: they were in the rooms, and they didn't get on

1545
01:21:38,560 --> 01:21:42,640
Speaker 1: the field when it became an until nobody else was available.

1546
01:21:44,120 --> 01:21:46,559
Speaker 1: And then they brought aj Klein in because they needed

1547
01:21:46,560 --> 01:21:49,360
Speaker 1: somebody who knew the defense well enough, and these guys

1548
01:21:49,600 --> 01:21:52,800
Speaker 1: obviously did not. The coaches didn't trust them. I think

1549
01:21:52,800 --> 01:21:55,879
Speaker 1: that's a nod to why they brought in Dion Jones,

1550
01:21:56,360 --> 01:21:58,799
Speaker 1: the nine year veteran. That's why they brought in Nick Morrow,

1551
01:21:59,520 --> 01:22:01,960
Speaker 1: seven years veteran. They got in some guys here who

1552
01:22:02,040 --> 01:22:04,760
Speaker 1: have been around the block in the NFL. I think

1553
01:22:04,800 --> 01:22:09,400
Speaker 1: there is a spot for andreeson Or because if he

1554
01:22:09,479 --> 01:22:11,640
Speaker 1: can be smart enough to pick it up, pick up

1555
01:22:11,640 --> 01:22:14,800
Speaker 1: the defense and be in the right spot and make

1556
01:22:14,840 --> 01:22:18,519
Speaker 1: sure it's and when you're playing linebacker, especially inside, it's

1557
01:22:18,520 --> 01:22:20,479
Speaker 1: not just about you doing your job. It's like you

1558
01:22:20,640 --> 01:22:22,679
Speaker 1: making sure everybody else is in a position to do theirs.

1559
01:22:22,720 --> 01:22:25,880
Speaker 1: You line up the defense, you marry the front, the

1560
01:22:25,920 --> 01:22:29,320
Speaker 1: defensive front and the pass rush with the secondary coverage.

1561
01:22:30,479 --> 01:22:33,000
Speaker 1: You've got to have everything sound and that's up to you.

1562
01:22:33,040 --> 01:22:35,479
Speaker 1: And if you're a young player who has the ability

1563
01:22:35,560 --> 01:22:39,920
Speaker 1: mentally to do that, you got a chance to make

1564
01:22:39,960 --> 01:22:42,920
Speaker 1: this team. I think Andresen is in a competition with

1565
01:22:43,000 --> 01:22:46,040
Speaker 1: guys like Dorian Williams and BAlN Spector, who young guys

1566
01:22:46,040 --> 01:22:48,679
Speaker 1: who have been here, who when it came crunch time,

1567
01:22:48,720 --> 01:22:50,960
Speaker 1: they put a veteran in ahead of them, a veteran

1568
01:22:51,000 --> 01:22:56,120
Speaker 1: who was on vacation with his wife and kids. That

1569
01:22:56,240 --> 01:22:59,439
Speaker 1: says something. It's a it's a game that is played

1570
01:22:59,479 --> 01:23:03,080
Speaker 1: between the years at the highest level, and that's something

1571
01:23:03,120 --> 01:23:06,519
Speaker 1: I think with the like I said, with the signing

1572
01:23:06,520 --> 01:23:10,840
Speaker 1: of Nick Morrow and Dion Jones, this team's making sure

1573
01:23:10,880 --> 01:23:14,720
Speaker 1: they got somebody whose lights are on, who can get

1574
01:23:14,720 --> 01:23:17,000
Speaker 1: guys lined up, because at the end of the season

1575
01:23:17,080 --> 01:23:21,120
Speaker 1: last year, when you know when Terrell Bernard and Matt

1576
01:23:21,160 --> 01:23:24,640
Speaker 1: Malona were both standing over there in sweatshirts, you know

1577
01:23:25,439 --> 01:23:27,519
Speaker 1: they got to have somebody out there they can trust. So, yeah,

1578
01:23:27,520 --> 01:23:32,439
Speaker 1: a kid like Joe Andreesen, this is an opportunity. But

1579
01:23:32,439 --> 01:23:36,439
Speaker 1: he's you need to spend as much time in the

1580
01:23:36,439 --> 01:23:38,280
Speaker 1: film room, more time in the film room than you

1581
01:23:38,320 --> 01:23:39,759
Speaker 1: do in the weight room at this point.

1582
01:23:39,840 --> 01:23:41,680
Speaker 2: And he may earn a spot on the roster this

1583
01:23:41,760 --> 01:23:43,920
Speaker 2: year if he is a part of that final fifty

1584
01:23:43,920 --> 01:23:46,240
Speaker 2: three because of what he can do on special teams.

1585
01:23:46,240 --> 01:23:50,280
Speaker 2: First and foremost, he's a UDFA. He was a rookie

1586
01:23:50,280 --> 01:23:53,280
Speaker 2: who is a part of the tryout squad. So it's

1587
01:23:53,320 --> 01:23:55,920
Speaker 2: not somebody who was a first, second, third round pick.

1588
01:23:56,560 --> 01:23:58,800
Speaker 2: This is a kid who will probably come in and

1589
01:23:58,840 --> 01:24:00,600
Speaker 2: if he does make the roster is going to be

1590
01:24:00,640 --> 01:24:03,799
Speaker 2: because of what he can do on special teams, first

1591
01:24:04,080 --> 01:24:07,840
Speaker 2: and foremost. Second, from rev with the June first, With

1592
01:24:07,920 --> 01:24:10,200
Speaker 2: June First a little over a week away, do you

1593
01:24:10,240 --> 01:24:12,680
Speaker 2: foresee the Bills making any roster moves with the ten

1594
01:24:12,680 --> 01:24:15,240
Speaker 2: million dollars in savings from the post June one release

1595
01:24:15,439 --> 01:24:20,720
Speaker 2: of Tradevious White. As the roster sits right now, I'm

1596
01:24:20,720 --> 01:24:23,760
Speaker 2: not jumping to say, yes, I think we really need

1597
01:24:23,800 --> 01:24:26,559
Speaker 2: this one more player, this one more position group that

1598
01:24:26,600 --> 01:24:29,599
Speaker 2: I don't believe is filled yet. Sure, I think something

1599
01:24:29,640 --> 01:24:33,200
Speaker 2: like that could happen, But we've heard Brandon Bean discuss

1600
01:24:33,520 --> 01:24:35,840
Speaker 2: over and over again with us over the last couple

1601
01:24:36,360 --> 01:24:39,640
Speaker 2: months when we've gotten to speak with him, is the

1602
01:24:39,680 --> 01:24:41,559
Speaker 2: fact that they do not have a lot of money

1603
01:24:41,560 --> 01:24:45,080
Speaker 2: to spend. Even when the post June one release of

1604
01:24:45,160 --> 01:24:49,200
Speaker 2: Tradevious White becomes time, because of time to do so,

1605
01:24:49,640 --> 01:24:51,200
Speaker 2: they still need to sign their rookies.

1606
01:24:51,520 --> 01:24:53,200
Speaker 1: Yeah, that's the roster moves you're going to see. The

1607
01:24:53,280 --> 01:24:56,800
Speaker 1: rookie class will get signed, yeah, after June first, Yeah,

1608
01:24:56,880 --> 01:25:00,559
Speaker 1: and then they'll move on from there. So that's yeah,

1609
01:25:00,600 --> 01:25:02,519
Speaker 1: they've got ninety they had like eighty eight or ninety

1610
01:25:02,560 --> 01:25:04,479
Speaker 1: ninety one guys here, so they're not going to make

1611
01:25:04,479 --> 01:25:07,920
Speaker 1: any roster moves. They'll do some stuff like like they

1612
01:25:07,960 --> 01:25:10,200
Speaker 1: did last week they release a receiver and they signed

1613
01:25:10,200 --> 01:25:11,280
Speaker 1: a linebacker kind.

1614
01:25:11,160 --> 01:25:14,760
Speaker 3: Of thing, but which we'll get that throughout the entire offseason.

1615
01:25:14,800 --> 01:25:16,759
Speaker 1: But no, I don't. I think they're pretty much set.

1616
01:25:17,760 --> 01:25:22,479
Speaker 1: But you're gonna see Keon Coleman sign his deal. You're

1617
01:25:22,560 --> 01:25:27,280
Speaker 1: you're going to see you know, Cole Bishop and Dwayne

1618
01:25:27,360 --> 01:25:29,960
Speaker 1: Carter and all these guys are going to get signed

1619
01:25:29,960 --> 01:25:34,519
Speaker 1: to their to their roster spots and their their contract.

1620
01:25:34,640 --> 01:25:36,519
Speaker 1: So that's that's the roster moves you're going to see

1621
01:25:36,520 --> 01:25:37,799
Speaker 1: after June one. In my opinion.

1622
01:25:38,040 --> 01:25:39,599
Speaker 3: Yep, I definitely agree.

1623
01:25:40,160 --> 01:25:42,960
Speaker 2: One of those questions was about when these rookies are

1624
01:25:43,000 --> 01:25:46,519
Speaker 2: going to be signing, And I'm looking at the story

1625
01:25:46,560 --> 01:25:49,759
Speaker 2: we wrote on Dalton Kincaid when he signed his rookie

1626
01:25:49,800 --> 01:25:53,200
Speaker 2: contract he signed last year, it was May thirteenth, So

1627
01:25:53,280 --> 01:25:57,320
Speaker 2: I think you're gonna start seeing these rookies signed soon enough.

1628
01:25:57,520 --> 01:26:02,720
Speaker 2: We are obviously post May thirteen right now, but we

1629
01:26:02,760 --> 01:26:05,600
Speaker 2: started to sign some rookies last year around May. I

1630
01:26:05,640 --> 01:26:07,760
Speaker 2: would say within the next couple weeks you could see

1631
01:26:08,040 --> 01:26:11,200
Speaker 2: a couple of players sign. We did sign Travis Clayton already.

1632
01:26:11,200 --> 01:26:13,960
Speaker 2: He was the one guy who did sign that rookie contract.

1633
01:26:14,840 --> 01:26:16,880
Speaker 2: All right, we're gonna take a break. When we return,

1634
01:26:17,760 --> 01:26:21,000
Speaker 2: close things up here on One Bill's Live. We're presented

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01:26:21,000 --> 01:26:23,040
Speaker 2: by Clyde Health on Buffalo Bills Radio.

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01:26:39,560 --> 01:26:41,680
Speaker 3: All right, we're back here on One Bill's Live.

1637
01:26:41,760 --> 01:26:46,400
Speaker 2: One more question from our obl fan mail bag from Tony.

1638
01:26:46,479 --> 01:26:48,920
Speaker 2: Do we expect this is going to be a top

1639
01:26:49,200 --> 01:26:51,719
Speaker 2: ten defense again, Steve?

1640
01:26:51,800 --> 01:26:52,400
Speaker 3: What do you think?

1641
01:26:52,520 --> 01:26:55,559
Speaker 1: I do? I think they're more athletic on the back end.

1642
01:26:55,600 --> 01:26:57,479
Speaker 1: I think they're going to have some better athletes in

1643
01:26:57,479 --> 01:26:59,720
Speaker 1: the secondary, even though they may not be able to

1644
01:26:59,720 --> 01:27:02,120
Speaker 1: fool little quarterback as well as Poyer and High did

1645
01:27:02,120 --> 01:27:04,800
Speaker 1: at the safety positions. They're gonna get better at it

1646
01:27:04,840 --> 01:27:08,360
Speaker 1: and they're gonna be more athletic. So yes, I think

1647
01:27:08,360 --> 01:27:10,880
Speaker 1: they're gonna be. Really I think they're gonna be a

1648
01:27:10,920 --> 01:27:11,799
Speaker 1: top ten defense.

1649
01:27:11,960 --> 01:27:13,800
Speaker 3: Again, I agree with that.

1650
01:27:14,080 --> 01:27:17,240
Speaker 2: I agree with that because of the additions that we've

1651
01:27:17,280 --> 01:27:19,720
Speaker 2: had this offseason, it is gonna look different, it is

1652
01:27:19,760 --> 01:27:27,120
Speaker 2: gonna look new. But Sean McDermott is a defensive minded guru.

1653
01:27:27,280 --> 01:27:30,400
Speaker 2: You've got Bobby Babbage as the defensive coordinator this season.

1654
01:27:30,439 --> 01:27:32,719
Speaker 2: Now we don't know who's going to call plays yet,

1655
01:27:33,400 --> 01:27:37,759
Speaker 2: but Sean McDermott last year and in years past, when

1656
01:27:38,640 --> 01:27:41,879
Speaker 2: the defense has been down guys, when they've been injured,

1657
01:27:42,640 --> 01:27:46,240
Speaker 2: he has still put backups on the field and they

1658
01:27:46,280 --> 01:27:50,360
Speaker 2: have played up to a starting caliber. Last season, when

1659
01:27:50,439 --> 01:27:54,240
Speaker 2: the defense was riddled with injuries, they were still playing

1660
01:27:54,360 --> 01:27:58,719
Speaker 2: up to a top ten defense caliber. And I believe

1661
01:27:58,720 --> 01:28:01,679
Speaker 2: they're gonna do it again this season, just because there's

1662
01:28:01,720 --> 01:28:05,080
Speaker 2: some new faces, just because we lost Micah Hyde and

1663
01:28:05,400 --> 01:28:08,439
Speaker 2: Jordan Poyer, and we're not sure about Micah Hyde yet

1664
01:28:08,439 --> 01:28:12,280
Speaker 2: because he hasn't decided to announce that he's gonna retire

1665
01:28:12,439 --> 01:28:13,160
Speaker 2: or play yet.

1666
01:28:13,200 --> 01:28:14,880
Speaker 3: We're still waiting to hear on that.

1667
01:28:15,120 --> 01:28:19,120
Speaker 2: But right now, being down those two players, just because

1668
01:28:19,160 --> 01:28:22,080
Speaker 2: of those things, I don't think that's enough to say, oh,

1669
01:28:22,120 --> 01:28:25,080
Speaker 2: we're gonna be We're gonna be twentieth in the league

1670
01:28:25,080 --> 01:28:25,519
Speaker 2: this year.

1671
01:28:25,640 --> 01:28:25,880
Speaker 1: No.

1672
01:28:26,080 --> 01:28:30,080
Speaker 2: I think because of Sean McDermott, because of Bobby Babbage,

1673
01:28:30,080 --> 01:28:33,720
Speaker 2: because of the position coaches, along with some guys that

1674
01:28:33,840 --> 01:28:36,920
Speaker 2: are taking going to take a step forward in their

1675
01:28:36,960 --> 01:28:39,719
Speaker 2: careers this season, I see this being a top ten defense.

1676
01:28:39,880 --> 01:28:41,960
Speaker 1: I do too, and I'll say this too. The next

1677
01:28:42,040 --> 01:28:44,080
Speaker 1: question from Andrew is do we believe that mcdermot' is

1678
01:28:44,120 --> 01:28:46,919
Speaker 1: gonna hand over the defensive play calling to Bobby Babbage?

1679
01:28:46,960 --> 01:28:49,400
Speaker 1: And you know if is the preseason going to be

1680
01:28:49,400 --> 01:28:52,680
Speaker 1: the deciding factor in that. I think this secret. I

1681
01:28:52,680 --> 01:28:56,360
Speaker 1: haven't talked to Sean about this, but secretly I would

1682
01:28:56,360 --> 01:28:59,519
Speaker 1: think this. As what I know about head coaches, I

1683
01:28:59,520 --> 01:29:01,640
Speaker 1: think secret he would like to give it away. He

1684
01:29:01,680 --> 01:29:04,280
Speaker 1: would like Bobby Babbage to take it and take that

1685
01:29:04,400 --> 01:29:08,040
Speaker 1: off of his plate. But Sean McDermott is really good

1686
01:29:08,040 --> 01:29:10,280
Speaker 1: at it. As you said, he showed up last year

1687
01:29:10,280 --> 01:29:13,599
Speaker 1: in a big way that defense. It wasn't as ranked

1688
01:29:13,600 --> 01:29:15,679
Speaker 1: as high statistically as it was the year before because

1689
01:29:15,720 --> 01:29:18,760
Speaker 1: of all the injuries. But they were more spectacular last

1690
01:29:18,840 --> 01:29:20,760
Speaker 1: year because they made plays and more time he plays

1691
01:29:20,800 --> 01:29:24,040
Speaker 1: and got more turnovers and sacks. Because Sean McDermott is

1692
01:29:24,080 --> 01:29:27,080
Speaker 1: a really gifted play caller. I'd like to help. Bobby

1693
01:29:27,080 --> 01:29:28,519
Speaker 1: Babbage is good enough to get it. I don't know

1694
01:29:28,520 --> 01:29:29,599
Speaker 1: if he will be. We'll find out.

1695
01:29:29,880 --> 01:29:32,679
Speaker 2: That's our show today. We are off tomorrow and Monday.

1696
01:29:32,880 --> 01:29:34,240
Speaker 2: Enjoy your Memorial Day weekend.

1697
01:29:34,320 --> 01:29:43,479
Speaker 3: We'll be back on Tuesday.