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Speaker 1: if you everybody, Chris Brown, Steve Tasker with you, back

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Speaker 1: in the saddle, coming off vacation for me. Good to

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Speaker 1: be back free agency under way, back in a sile.

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Speaker 1: You missed it, I did well. I didn't miss it.

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Speaker 1: goings on today. We'll get into all of that in

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Speaker 1: there are new additions to Buffalo's roster being introduced to

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Speaker 1: the media today, Brandon being also expected to address the media.

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Speaker 1: We're going to cover all of that for you here

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Speaker 1: on One Bill's Live Today, and we begin with a

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Speaker 1: guy who's taking the podium right now to address the media.

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Speaker 1: It is one of their newest offensive lineman. It is

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Speaker 1: Connor McGovern. Let's go to the media room. Now, describe

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Speaker 1: how can you help Buffalo retails? Yeah, definitely, Um, I

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Speaker 1: Ryan Bates, get in your rear about here a little

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Speaker 1: And then next thing, you know, here I am a

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Speaker 1: of buff But uh, one thing, it's close at home,

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Speaker 1: So that's nice and all that. Um, there's gonna be

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Speaker 1: Just a little bit. I also just only heard good things.

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Speaker 1: Playing weight, last season three eight, you're listed a three

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Speaker 1: from this offseason. All right, that's Buffalo's newest free agent

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Speaker 1: offensive lineman signed on the dotted line, Connor McGovern, formerly

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Speaker 1: So that is not an optical illusion. Yeah, he's uh yeah,

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Speaker 1: it's he's a really good signing. I think for the Bills, certainly,

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Speaker 1: the NFC with the Cowboys. He's gonna fit right into

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Speaker 1: funny offensive lineman a different cut. Their personalities show through.

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Speaker 1: They're really good communicators. He's really articulate, you could tell

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Speaker 1: You know, not only is he a good friend of me,

428
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Speaker 1: but just from a just from a quarterback standpoint, around

429
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Speaker 1: the entire end felt he's one of the one of

430
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Speaker 1: the best in the league, and he does it the

431
00:22:47,080 --> 00:22:49,920
Speaker 1: right way. And and there's a bunch of other factors too,

432
00:22:49,960 --> 00:22:52,760
Speaker 1: you know. I just I've really respected this franchise over

433
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Speaker 1: my career in the NFL. We've played him probably three

434
00:22:55,359 --> 00:22:58,520
Speaker 1: or four times, and it's been just a tough, hard

435
00:22:58,600 --> 00:23:01,200
Speaker 1: nosed game every time, hard fought. I feel like we've

436
00:23:01,240 --> 00:23:05,000
Speaker 1: always played in Buffalo too, and just the energy in

437
00:23:05,000 --> 00:23:08,479
Speaker 1: the stadium and the fans, and and how tough it

438
00:23:08,520 --> 00:23:10,840
Speaker 1: really is to come in here and win. I just

439
00:23:11,400 --> 00:23:16,200
Speaker 1: wanted to be a part of something like that. I

440
00:23:16,240 --> 00:23:18,119
Speaker 1: don't have to pitch much. It's just it's probably mad.

441
00:23:18,160 --> 00:23:19,600
Speaker 1: I'm gonna bet him in golf now and up here

442
00:23:19,760 --> 00:23:23,040
Speaker 1: that's about it. Yeah, when you first I think this

443
00:23:23,160 --> 00:23:26,960
Speaker 1: might be a possibility. Um, I mean I think it

444
00:23:27,000 --> 00:23:28,880
Speaker 1: was always a target going in the offseason to try

445
00:23:28,880 --> 00:23:31,120
Speaker 1: and you know, so many things have to shake out,

446
00:23:31,280 --> 00:23:33,840
Speaker 1: especially this year in the backup quarterback market. There's just

447
00:23:34,280 --> 00:23:36,719
Speaker 1: there's so many people on the market, so it's more

448
00:23:36,760 --> 00:23:38,439
Speaker 1: just kind of letting things shake out and see and

449
00:23:38,440 --> 00:23:42,560
Speaker 1: then um just kind of happened pretty quickly yesterday. Really,

450
00:23:42,920 --> 00:23:47,040
Speaker 1: where do you see fitting what you do as a quarterback?

451
00:23:47,680 --> 00:23:50,800
Speaker 1: I think if it's great, you know, I think when

452
00:23:50,800 --> 00:23:53,120
Speaker 1: you watch this offense and you watch Josh in this offense,

453
00:23:53,200 --> 00:23:55,720
Speaker 1: you know, it's only he can only do that. Like

454
00:23:55,800 --> 00:23:57,080
Speaker 1: no one else in the league is going to do that.

455
00:23:57,200 --> 00:23:59,600
Speaker 1: Maybe a couple of people. But when you really just

456
00:23:59,640 --> 00:24:01,359
Speaker 1: break on the offense and you break down the place

457
00:24:01,400 --> 00:24:04,520
Speaker 1: where he's not shaking guys off and you know, throwing

458
00:24:04,600 --> 00:24:08,320
Speaker 1: hill Mary's, It's it's an exceptional offense and it's really

459
00:24:08,320 --> 00:24:10,200
Speaker 1: fun to watch. And it's it's similar if you watch

460
00:24:10,400 --> 00:24:12,440
Speaker 1: the Giants too, you know, with Dabile over there, it's

461
00:24:12,480 --> 00:24:15,560
Speaker 1: the same offense. So, um, it's it's been fun to

462
00:24:15,560 --> 00:24:17,720
Speaker 1: watch this offense evolve over the years and see how

463
00:24:17,720 --> 00:24:19,560
Speaker 1: he's plays in it, but also see other guys playing

464
00:24:19,560 --> 00:24:22,840
Speaker 1: it too. Could you too become close or friends? Or

465
00:24:24,119 --> 00:24:27,480
Speaker 1: we both came out of the college the same year

466
00:24:27,640 --> 00:24:30,200
Speaker 1: and we trained together for the draft, so we lived

467
00:24:30,200 --> 00:24:34,240
Speaker 1: together for a while trained and then um, we both

468
00:24:34,280 --> 00:24:35,960
Speaker 1: just ended up coming back to the same spot in

469
00:24:36,040 --> 00:24:38,520
Speaker 1: offseason and hang out. Can you say about Josh as

470
00:24:38,560 --> 00:24:42,080
Speaker 1: a roommate, Well, he took the he took the master

471
00:24:42,240 --> 00:24:45,080
Speaker 1: room with the best shower, and then there's three of

472
00:24:45,160 --> 00:24:48,920
Speaker 1: us sharing one bathroom in another shower, So it's pretty

473
00:24:48,960 --> 00:24:57,000
Speaker 1: selfish roommate. I'd say, can you beat him? What struck you? Yes? What?

474
00:24:57,040 --> 00:24:59,440
Speaker 1: What what struck you about him? Back to them and Muiforcem,

475
00:25:00,880 --> 00:25:04,719
Speaker 1: I think, you know, obviously the physical is apparent always,

476
00:25:04,800 --> 00:25:06,920
Speaker 1: you know, But I just think the kind of person

477
00:25:06,960 --> 00:25:08,600
Speaker 1: he is, and I think you've guys have really gotten

478
00:25:08,600 --> 00:25:10,920
Speaker 1: to see that over the years, and and how much

479
00:25:10,920 --> 00:25:12,480
Speaker 1: he cares about the community and how much he cares

480
00:25:12,480 --> 00:25:15,560
Speaker 1: about his teammates and his family. And I think that

481
00:25:15,720 --> 00:25:18,480
Speaker 1: just like radiats off of him. And I think as

482
00:25:18,520 --> 00:25:21,920
Speaker 1: a leader of a franchise, it's it's all you'd want.

483
00:25:22,320 --> 00:25:25,000
Speaker 1: Will it be a golf match to figure out who's

484
00:25:25,000 --> 00:25:27,520
Speaker 1: going to wear the abbreviation on the back of the Jedi.

485
00:25:28,840 --> 00:25:32,800
Speaker 1: I'll wear it. I'll take it courses up here yet

486
00:25:33,800 --> 00:25:35,399
Speaker 1: I know I haven't, but I do want to go

487
00:25:35,440 --> 00:25:38,520
Speaker 1: play Okill at some point. I know someone had the

488
00:25:38,560 --> 00:25:40,439
Speaker 1: quarters up on earlier today, so I gotta find it.

489
00:25:41,359 --> 00:25:43,040
Speaker 1: Kind of, I don't. I know there's been a lot

490
00:25:43,080 --> 00:25:45,240
Speaker 1: of connections between the Panthers and the Bills, and you

491
00:25:45,280 --> 00:25:47,120
Speaker 1: spend some time there. I don't know if there's any

492
00:25:47,119 --> 00:25:49,160
Speaker 1: cross over there. I don't think so with Brady or Dorsey,

493
00:25:49,200 --> 00:25:50,760
Speaker 1: but anybody that you know in the building here while

494
00:25:50,760 --> 00:25:55,119
Speaker 1: you're there. Um so Brady. I was resigned to Carolina

495
00:25:55,240 --> 00:25:57,679
Speaker 1: for two weeks before they traded me to Washington, so

496
00:25:57,760 --> 00:26:00,800
Speaker 1: I had some contact with Brady. I've talked to him

497
00:26:00,840 --> 00:26:02,480
Speaker 1: over the years. I've seen him in games, so a

498
00:26:02,480 --> 00:26:05,200
Speaker 1: little familiarity with their Brady. But you know, there's a

499
00:26:05,200 --> 00:26:07,000
Speaker 1: couple guys around the building who I was there with,

500
00:26:07,119 --> 00:26:10,119
Speaker 1: you know, and it's a similar tree, so you know,

501
00:26:10,119 --> 00:26:12,040
Speaker 1: when I was in Carolina, people were talking about all

502
00:26:12,040 --> 00:26:14,840
Speaker 1: the people here too, so there's some a decent amount

503
00:26:14,840 --> 00:26:18,640
Speaker 1: of familiarity for me. Your relationship with Josh can help

504
00:26:19,640 --> 00:26:21,760
Speaker 1: both of you grow in terms of you kind of

505
00:26:22,040 --> 00:26:24,720
Speaker 1: coming into this offense picking it up. But then obviously

506
00:26:24,760 --> 00:26:27,199
Speaker 1: a big part of the backup's job is to you know,

507
00:26:27,280 --> 00:26:29,719
Speaker 1: in the meeting room and on the sidelines during games,

508
00:26:30,000 --> 00:26:31,800
Speaker 1: you know, talking with the starter or what you're seeing

509
00:26:31,800 --> 00:26:34,000
Speaker 1: and things like that. Do you think that your previous

510
00:26:34,119 --> 00:26:37,240
Speaker 1: relationship with Josh will give you a head start on that? Yeah,

511
00:26:37,280 --> 00:26:39,600
Speaker 1: I mean for me picking up the offense, for sure,

512
00:26:39,680 --> 00:26:41,720
Speaker 1: that's gonna help. You know, a guy that's gonna be

513
00:26:41,720 --> 00:26:44,240
Speaker 1: willing to help me for sure. And then I think,

514
00:26:44,720 --> 00:26:46,360
Speaker 1: I mean, I'm just here to support him in any

515
00:26:46,359 --> 00:26:49,320
Speaker 1: way I can't. You know, I think our relationship over

516
00:26:49,320 --> 00:26:51,760
Speaker 1: the last six years, we're super close. We're boys, and

517
00:26:51,800 --> 00:26:55,600
Speaker 1: so same with same with Barclay and him there boys

518
00:26:55,640 --> 00:26:57,359
Speaker 1: you know, in case became that way last year. But

519
00:26:58,200 --> 00:27:02,040
Speaker 1: I think that we can really help him and have

520
00:27:02,119 --> 00:27:05,160
Speaker 1: real conversations with him and he can respect our opinions

521
00:27:05,200 --> 00:27:07,520
Speaker 1: and you know other ways where sometimes you're in different

522
00:27:07,560 --> 00:27:09,680
Speaker 1: quarterback rooms where guys don't really know each other, and

523
00:27:09,840 --> 00:27:12,720
Speaker 1: you know, maybe the respect isn't there, but I think

524
00:27:12,720 --> 00:27:15,800
Speaker 1: the respect is fully there all around in the room

525
00:27:15,840 --> 00:27:17,959
Speaker 1: to that point, just being such good friends with him.

526
00:27:17,960 --> 00:27:20,080
Speaker 1: It's different to be working with someone in that sense.

527
00:27:20,119 --> 00:27:22,080
Speaker 1: What from training with him, do you think you guys

528
00:27:22,080 --> 00:27:24,320
Speaker 1: can carry it over to like, you know, knowing his

529
00:27:24,400 --> 00:27:26,640
Speaker 1: tendencies or maybe knowing like here's how you like speed

530
00:27:26,680 --> 00:27:29,800
Speaker 1: back and vice versa too, Like what is that working relationship? Like?

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Speaker 1: I think just the competitiveness, Like I think we feed

532
00:27:33,280 --> 00:27:35,879
Speaker 1: off each other out there from a competitive standpoint, and

533
00:27:36,200 --> 00:27:38,320
Speaker 1: so it's anything we do in life, and anything he

534
00:27:38,400 --> 00:27:40,600
Speaker 1: does in life is ultra competitive. You guys have seen that.

535
00:27:40,680 --> 00:27:44,399
Speaker 1: But I think when just hanging out, like you know, throwing,

536
00:27:44,520 --> 00:27:48,639
Speaker 1: working out, golfing, like doing whatever, it's always super competitive.

537
00:27:48,680 --> 00:27:51,080
Speaker 1: So I think hopefully that I'll push both of us.

538
00:27:51,359 --> 00:27:53,359
Speaker 1: What would it be like to be planning with our

539
00:27:53,760 --> 00:27:56,840
Speaker 1: Aggie a moment? Von? Oh, it's gonna be awesome. Von's

540
00:27:56,880 --> 00:27:58,920
Speaker 1: the man. I don't know Von super well, but I've

541
00:27:58,920 --> 00:28:00,719
Speaker 1: always you know, talked to him over the years here

542
00:28:00,720 --> 00:28:03,719
Speaker 1: and there, and obviously I always looked up to him.

543
00:28:03,760 --> 00:28:05,520
Speaker 1: And when I went to a M he was he

544
00:28:05,600 --> 00:28:07,320
Speaker 1: still has a and M legend, but he was like

545
00:28:07,520 --> 00:28:10,800
Speaker 1: fresh off super Bowl, you know, And so it's gonna

546
00:28:10,800 --> 00:28:16,760
Speaker 1: be awesome to play with him. Yes, thanks guys all right.

547
00:28:16,800 --> 00:28:20,000
Speaker 1: So that's Kyle Allen, the newest member of the quarterback

548
00:28:20,040 --> 00:28:22,720
Speaker 1: depth chart on the Buffalo Bill's roster, addressing the media

549
00:28:22,840 --> 00:28:26,200
Speaker 1: here today. Just for a little background, just turned twenty

550
00:28:26,240 --> 00:28:29,520
Speaker 1: seven last week. His birthday was March eighth, so kind

551
00:28:29,520 --> 00:28:32,520
Speaker 1: of a nice birthday present there having a contract with

552
00:28:32,600 --> 00:28:35,199
Speaker 1: the Bills, and we'll see where things shake out for

553
00:28:35,320 --> 00:28:39,400
Speaker 1: him in the quarterback pecking order in the offseason. Workouts

554
00:28:39,440 --> 00:28:43,560
Speaker 1: to come. Little background. Played his first two college years

555
00:28:43,560 --> 00:28:46,360
Speaker 1: at Texas A and M. He's a Scottsdale, Arizona native.

556
00:28:46,400 --> 00:28:51,320
Speaker 1: Then played his final year after choosing to transfer, so

557
00:28:51,320 --> 00:28:53,720
Speaker 1: he missed this is back when it wasn't a you

558
00:28:53,760 --> 00:28:56,400
Speaker 1: had to sit out a year right back. Then sat

559
00:28:56,400 --> 00:28:59,720
Speaker 1: out twenty sixteen, played in twenty seventeen for the University

560
00:28:59,720 --> 00:29:04,000
Speaker 1: of Houston, then declared for the draft. When undrafted, Carolina

561
00:29:04,160 --> 00:29:07,840
Speaker 1: signed him. Played a few years down there, traded to Washington,

562
00:29:08,320 --> 00:29:11,760
Speaker 1: washed out there, signed with Houston last year. So that's

563
00:29:11,840 --> 00:29:16,000
Speaker 1: kind of his career in a nutshell, and I think

564
00:29:16,040 --> 00:29:19,360
Speaker 1: the most extensive action he got was with Carolina in

565
00:29:19,400 --> 00:29:22,600
Speaker 1: the twenty nineteen season. Steve cam Newton gets hurt after

566
00:29:22,680 --> 00:29:27,240
Speaker 1: four games shoulder injury. Out for the season, Ron Rivera

567
00:29:27,320 --> 00:29:32,240
Speaker 1: gets fired and Perry fuel takes over his interim head coach.

568
00:29:32,240 --> 00:29:35,760
Speaker 1: He plays in thirteen games, starts, twelve of them, goes

569
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Speaker 1: five and seven, complete, sixty two percent of his passes,

570
00:29:38,560 --> 00:29:43,280
Speaker 1: seventeen touchdown, sixteen picks, So that's kind of the most

571
00:29:43,320 --> 00:29:47,080
Speaker 1: extensive action he's seen. Played in twenty three total games

572
00:29:47,080 --> 00:29:51,880
Speaker 1: in his career, nineteen starts. But pretelling that, Ron Rivera,

573
00:29:51,920 --> 00:29:54,440
Speaker 1: after being named the head coach in Washington, signed him

574
00:29:54,520 --> 00:29:57,239
Speaker 1: rather quickly to get him as a backup there. So

575
00:29:57,320 --> 00:30:01,320
Speaker 1: clearly at a positive influence on Ron Rivera as a

576
00:30:01,360 --> 00:30:03,320
Speaker 1: young player in Carolina as he got picked up in

577
00:30:03,360 --> 00:30:06,320
Speaker 1: Washington by Rivera. Yeah, like, and you know, obviously Rivera

578
00:30:06,400 --> 00:30:08,800
Speaker 1: liked what he saw from him, at least the progress

579
00:30:08,920 --> 00:30:11,240
Speaker 1: that he saw or the ceiling or the posible maybe

580
00:30:11,240 --> 00:30:15,240
Speaker 1: the floor whatever. Now Carolina lost seven games of the

581
00:30:15,240 --> 00:30:19,120
Speaker 1: twelve he started, but you know, he was supposed to

582
00:30:19,160 --> 00:30:23,360
Speaker 1: be the backup. Carolina wasn't very good anyway, despite because

583
00:30:23,400 --> 00:30:27,880
Speaker 1: they fired their head coach anyway, So yeah, that says

584
00:30:27,880 --> 00:30:29,720
Speaker 1: a lot about him, and he's probably got a little

585
00:30:29,720 --> 00:30:33,200
Speaker 1: something in the tank. Certainly, quarterbacks are one position that

586
00:30:34,920 --> 00:30:37,040
Speaker 1: you can't hide if you're if you're any good, you know,

587
00:30:37,080 --> 00:30:39,840
Speaker 1: if you're no good, and to have a coach to

588
00:30:39,960 --> 00:30:42,080
Speaker 1: go back and get you after he's coached before, and

589
00:30:42,120 --> 00:30:43,720
Speaker 1: if you've played for him, that says a lot about

590
00:30:43,720 --> 00:30:46,200
Speaker 1: a guy. I think. Yeah, we have to take a

591
00:30:46,240 --> 00:30:50,240
Speaker 1: break here, but plenty more coming your way, as we anticipate.

592
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Speaker 1: We will be hearing from Brandon Bean, who's scheduled to

593
00:30:52,760 --> 00:30:55,320
Speaker 1: address the media this afternoon. When that happens, we'll bring

594
00:30:55,360 --> 00:30:58,840
Speaker 1: it to you alive, as well as one Jordan Poyer

595
00:30:59,400 --> 00:31:02,640
Speaker 1: supposed to address the media here shortly as well. We'll

596
00:31:02,680 --> 00:31:05,240
Speaker 1: bring that to you as we are wall to wall

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00:31:05,320 --> 00:31:08,280
Speaker 1: Bills free agency here on One Bills Live, presented by

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Speaker 1: Kalota Health. It's Buffalo Bills Radio. All right, welcome back

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00:31:15,080 --> 00:31:17,400
Speaker 1: to one Bills Live. In case you're just joining us,

600
00:31:17,400 --> 00:31:20,520
Speaker 1: we're wall to wall free agency today. We already heard

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Speaker 1: from the newest offensive lineman signed in free agency by

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00:31:24,200 --> 00:31:26,880
Speaker 1: the Bills, Connor McGovern, right off the rip at the

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00:31:26,920 --> 00:31:30,360
Speaker 1: start of the show, and he was followed soon thereafter

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00:31:31,120 --> 00:31:35,400
Speaker 1: by the newest quarterback on Buffalo's roster, Kyle Allen, who

605
00:31:35,720 --> 00:31:38,000
Speaker 1: reportedly agreed to terms last night. But it looks like

606
00:31:38,040 --> 00:31:40,440
Speaker 1: that's all been put to bed and as Penn has

607
00:31:40,480 --> 00:31:43,640
Speaker 1: been put to paper, so they have signed the former

608
00:31:43,680 --> 00:31:47,000
Speaker 1: Texans QB played for Houston last year, originally an undrafted

609
00:31:47,440 --> 00:31:50,720
Speaker 1: rookie free agent in twenty eighteen, signed by the Carolina Panthers,

610
00:31:50,760 --> 00:31:54,040
Speaker 1: also played a couple of seasons for Washington. So well

611
00:31:54,120 --> 00:31:57,680
Speaker 1: traveled but only twenty seven years old and really tight

612
00:31:58,280 --> 00:32:01,360
Speaker 1: with Josh Allen. They pal around all in the off season,

613
00:32:01,400 --> 00:32:06,560
Speaker 1: always have as they both came in together, Kyle Allen

614
00:32:06,720 --> 00:32:11,400
Speaker 1: playing down at the University of Houston obviously Josh at Wyoming.

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00:32:11,840 --> 00:32:15,720
Speaker 1: So that is that still to come. We anticipate hearing

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00:32:15,760 --> 00:32:19,680
Speaker 1: from GM Brandon Bean about free agency thus far and

617
00:32:19,760 --> 00:32:23,240
Speaker 1: where the Bills could be headed going forward. In that regard,

618
00:32:23,920 --> 00:32:28,400
Speaker 1: we also anticipate hearing from Jordan Poyer, who the team

619
00:32:28,480 --> 00:32:31,480
Speaker 1: announced yesterday had agreed to terms on a new to

620
00:32:31,720 --> 00:32:35,120
Speaker 1: year contract to stay in the Fold, which I think

621
00:32:35,280 --> 00:32:38,840
Speaker 1: got the most positive response by Bill's Mafia on social

622
00:32:38,880 --> 00:32:41,719
Speaker 1: media guess today by far, that's by far the highlight

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00:32:41,760 --> 00:32:45,400
Speaker 1: of free agency so far for Bills Mafia. Getting poorer

624
00:32:45,440 --> 00:32:48,200
Speaker 1: back in the full and we lost Termaine Edmonds early

625
00:32:48,240 --> 00:32:50,720
Speaker 1: and as you might imagine, a young up and coming

626
00:32:50,760 --> 00:32:54,600
Speaker 1: player who's you know, done extremely well, started every game

627
00:32:54,840 --> 00:32:57,280
Speaker 1: and played well for the team. Going into free agency,

628
00:32:57,400 --> 00:32:59,840
Speaker 1: knew he was going to be a high ticket commodity.

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00:33:00,080 --> 00:33:02,480
Speaker 1: Certainly the Bears jumped up and got him. But Jordan

630
00:33:02,560 --> 00:33:08,800
Speaker 1: Poyer at thirty two probably well at thirty two and

631
00:33:08,840 --> 00:33:12,800
Speaker 1: playing longer, he's probably more accomplished than Tremaine. But we

632
00:33:12,840 --> 00:33:16,880
Speaker 1: thought both those guys were out the door. I think

633
00:33:17,040 --> 00:33:20,200
Speaker 1: the Poyer story coming out that he was gonna come

634
00:33:20,200 --> 00:33:29,360
Speaker 1: back to Buffalo was shockingly a shockingly positive move for Buffalo.

635
00:33:29,400 --> 00:33:31,280
Speaker 1: This fear. I did not think it was gonna happen.

636
00:33:31,320 --> 00:33:33,080
Speaker 1: I thought there were too many teams out there. But

637
00:33:33,120 --> 00:33:36,560
Speaker 1: then as it got deeper into it, as we said earlier,

638
00:33:37,000 --> 00:33:39,640
Speaker 1: there's just a ton of safeties out there. You saw

639
00:33:39,680 --> 00:33:41,800
Speaker 1: those young guys, a lot of teams signing their guys

640
00:33:41,840 --> 00:33:44,280
Speaker 1: back that had lost him. Some guys moved, but there

641
00:33:44,280 --> 00:33:46,000
Speaker 1: was a couple of guys that signed back with their team,

642
00:33:46,760 --> 00:33:49,440
Speaker 1: and you thought, uh, and you kind of got the

643
00:33:49,480 --> 00:33:51,600
Speaker 1: inkling that had made some after you heard the deal.

644
00:33:52,040 --> 00:33:55,880
Speaker 1: It made some sense for both parties. And yeah, certainly

645
00:33:55,920 --> 00:33:58,760
Speaker 1: I'd love to hear what Jordan Poyer has to say

646
00:33:58,760 --> 00:34:01,280
Speaker 1: about his time out. I've told you this and some

647
00:34:01,320 --> 00:34:02,840
Speaker 1: of the guys here. I was a free agent for

648
00:34:02,840 --> 00:34:04,920
Speaker 1: a minute during my career, and all it meant to

649
00:34:04,960 --> 00:34:07,880
Speaker 1: me was that I was I was unemployed. You didn't

650
00:34:07,880 --> 00:34:10,319
Speaker 1: really feel like you were. I didn't feel like I

651
00:34:10,360 --> 00:34:13,120
Speaker 1: was out there making money. I thought I was him.

652
00:34:13,160 --> 00:34:16,520
Speaker 1: I didn't have a job. I don't think poorer felt

653
00:34:16,560 --> 00:34:22,200
Speaker 1: like that. But certainly coming back to Buffalo has got

654
00:34:22,400 --> 00:34:24,960
Speaker 1: and I said, it has gotta feel great for him.

655
00:34:25,000 --> 00:34:29,680
Speaker 1: It's gotta feel great. Yeah. People were kind of made

656
00:34:29,680 --> 00:34:32,800
Speaker 1: wise to how the situation could be. Micah Hide tweets

657
00:34:32,800 --> 00:34:37,720
Speaker 1: out hey Jordan on Twitter with you know, a waving

658
00:34:37,800 --> 00:34:41,520
Speaker 1: hand that didn't really give everything away, but people read

659
00:34:41,560 --> 00:34:44,239
Speaker 1: into anything, and so people thought, oh, maybe he's coming back,

660
00:34:44,840 --> 00:34:49,480
Speaker 1: And look, the timing just didn't work for him, unfortunately,

661
00:34:50,080 --> 00:34:52,800
Speaker 1: because he was first team All Pro in twenty twenty

662
00:34:52,800 --> 00:34:56,759
Speaker 1: one and he still had a year left on his contract.

663
00:34:57,800 --> 00:35:00,719
Speaker 1: Had his contract ended in twenty twenty one as a

664
00:35:00,760 --> 00:35:04,040
Speaker 1: first team All Pro season, well then he might have

665
00:35:04,120 --> 00:35:06,840
Speaker 1: gotten big money, you know, on the open market, but

666
00:35:06,880 --> 00:35:08,600
Speaker 1: he still had a year left on his contract. And

667
00:35:08,640 --> 00:35:10,439
Speaker 1: don't get me wrong, he had a great year last

668
00:35:10,520 --> 00:35:14,480
Speaker 1: year two, but it was injury riddled number one and

669
00:35:14,640 --> 00:35:16,840
Speaker 1: he was a warrior playing and he still went to

670
00:35:16,880 --> 00:35:19,480
Speaker 1: his first Pro Bowl and led the team in interceptions.

671
00:35:21,440 --> 00:35:24,080
Speaker 1: He won the game in Baltimore, which our MSG viewers

672
00:35:24,080 --> 00:35:27,279
Speaker 1: are watching right now. He single handedly closed that game out.

673
00:35:27,880 --> 00:35:31,239
Speaker 1: He had two picks in that game. So you know,

674
00:35:31,360 --> 00:35:36,640
Speaker 1: I think that I think it worked out best for

675
00:35:36,680 --> 00:35:39,520
Speaker 1: the Bills. You kind of feel for Poorer a little

676
00:35:39,520 --> 00:35:42,239
Speaker 1: bit because right when his career reached its peak, he

677
00:35:42,320 --> 00:35:44,360
Speaker 1: was still under contract. That's why he was trying to

678
00:35:44,360 --> 00:35:46,919
Speaker 1: ask for more money last year, because I think all

679
00:35:46,920 --> 00:35:49,320
Speaker 1: these players trying to strike while the iron is hot.

680
00:35:49,600 --> 00:35:51,799
Speaker 1: But the Bills just weren't in a position to honor that.

681
00:35:51,840 --> 00:35:54,520
Speaker 1: They tried to put him incentives in his contract to

682
00:35:54,640 --> 00:35:56,960
Speaker 1: enable him to earn more money, but then he missed

683
00:35:56,960 --> 00:36:00,239
Speaker 1: five games, right, so it was almost impossible for him

684
00:36:00,280 --> 00:36:05,480
Speaker 1: to achieve some of those statistical incentives. It just sometimes

685
00:36:05,560 --> 00:36:07,600
Speaker 1: that's the way things go, and it sucks for the

686
00:36:07,640 --> 00:36:10,320
Speaker 1: player because you know your careers are limited in this league.

687
00:36:10,520 --> 00:36:13,759
Speaker 1: They're only so long and you can only maximize your

688
00:36:13,840 --> 00:36:17,080
Speaker 1: value for a very short window of time. But it

689
00:36:17,280 --> 00:36:19,759
Speaker 1: in the long run, it benefited the Bills because it

690
00:36:19,840 --> 00:36:22,040
Speaker 1: opened the door for him to come back, because, as

691
00:36:22,080 --> 00:36:23,880
Speaker 1: we saw and you pointed out at the top of

692
00:36:23,880 --> 00:36:29,120
Speaker 1: the show, the safety market was flooded with a ton

693
00:36:29,120 --> 00:36:32,840
Speaker 1: of talent, some of which was considerably younger than Jordan.

694
00:36:33,239 --> 00:36:35,399
Speaker 1: I mean, Jesse Bates is a twenty six year old

695
00:36:35,480 --> 00:36:38,200
Speaker 1: player at the top of the market and got paid

696
00:36:38,840 --> 00:36:40,960
Speaker 1: big time. It's all you say this you hate. You

697
00:36:40,960 --> 00:36:46,839
Speaker 1: don't want to sound and make it belittle his abilities

698
00:36:46,840 --> 00:36:53,280
Speaker 1: and his playing, but it's almost good for him that

699
00:36:53,480 --> 00:36:57,600
Speaker 1: he does mean so much the team he left. This

700
00:36:58,040 --> 00:37:00,439
Speaker 1: wasn't like it could have been a different situation where

701
00:37:00,440 --> 00:37:02,719
Speaker 1: the team, you know, they didn't have the relationship they did,

702
00:37:02,760 --> 00:37:05,400
Speaker 1: or they didn't have hadn't had the on field success

703
00:37:05,640 --> 00:37:08,200
Speaker 1: that they did, or the team wasn't on the cusp.

704
00:37:08,719 --> 00:37:10,960
Speaker 1: You know, if if he had had even the seasons

705
00:37:11,000 --> 00:37:13,920
Speaker 1: he had had with a team that wasn't every year

706
00:37:14,000 --> 00:37:15,839
Speaker 1: on the cusp of going to and winning the Super

707
00:37:15,880 --> 00:37:18,560
Speaker 1: Bowl like the Bills have been, maybe they're like, uh,

708
00:37:19,120 --> 00:37:22,240
Speaker 1: you know, or maybe he's not so you know, ready

709
00:37:22,280 --> 00:37:25,920
Speaker 1: to come back and do this. But the team, you know,

710
00:37:26,000 --> 00:37:29,040
Speaker 1: the team needs a guy like Poil. They need him

711
00:37:29,040 --> 00:37:31,320
Speaker 1: as much as he needs them, you know, so I

712
00:37:32,880 --> 00:37:35,200
Speaker 1: it works for both parties. It's a two year deal.

713
00:37:35,200 --> 00:37:36,880
Speaker 1: It's perfect and this is you think about it. If

714
00:37:36,880 --> 00:37:39,160
Speaker 1: he would have signed a two year extension last year,

715
00:37:39,160 --> 00:37:41,480
Speaker 1: we'd have had three more years and that's probably where

716
00:37:41,480 --> 00:37:44,280
Speaker 1: he would be. But you know, the team just couldn't

717
00:37:44,280 --> 00:37:47,800
Speaker 1: do it, particularly after signing Vaughan last year. So that

718
00:37:48,680 --> 00:37:55,080
Speaker 1: changed everything. So Payer was played the absolute really good

719
00:37:55,120 --> 00:37:56,960
Speaker 1: soldier came back and played on the last year of

720
00:37:56,960 --> 00:37:59,640
Speaker 1: his deal after he was an All Pro driving out

721
00:37:59,640 --> 00:38:02,279
Speaker 1: to a game in Kansas City with a collapsed long

722
00:38:02,440 --> 00:38:05,520
Speaker 1: or fractured rib, whatever the heck it was. Yeah, because

723
00:38:05,520 --> 00:38:09,440
Speaker 1: he couldn't fly wearing the elbow brace all season, I mean,

724
00:38:09,480 --> 00:38:14,799
Speaker 1: just playing through everything and playing extremely well again, Yeah,

725
00:38:14,880 --> 00:38:17,560
Speaker 1: it's yeah. I think the club's really happy to have

726
00:38:17,680 --> 00:38:20,400
Speaker 1: him back. Oh yeah, I mean, I don't think you

727
00:38:20,400 --> 00:38:22,319
Speaker 1: could have asked for a better outcome as far as

728
00:38:22,360 --> 00:38:27,120
Speaker 1: the Bill's roster is concerned. And I think in an

729
00:38:27,120 --> 00:38:30,800
Speaker 1: offseason where a lot of us really contemplated this team

730
00:38:30,800 --> 00:38:33,439
Speaker 1: not having Tremaine Edmonds or Jordan Poyer back, the fact

731
00:38:33,440 --> 00:38:35,320
Speaker 1: that you got one of those guys back in the fold,

732
00:38:36,280 --> 00:38:39,799
Speaker 1: I think is gigantic and speaking of Edmonds. He did

733
00:38:39,920 --> 00:38:45,160
Speaker 1: put out a tweet earlier today thanking the Bills organization.

734
00:38:45,239 --> 00:38:48,360
Speaker 1: It reads as follows, I am so grateful to the

735
00:38:48,360 --> 00:38:52,320
Speaker 1: Bills organization for giving me my first NFL opportunity. Buffalo

736
00:38:52,400 --> 00:38:54,400
Speaker 1: is a special city that will always be close to me.

737
00:38:54,480 --> 00:38:57,720
Speaker 1: I appreciate the fans, the coaches, and the entire Buffalo

738
00:38:57,760 --> 00:38:59,960
Speaker 1: community for embracing me and my family. Thank you for

739
00:39:00,200 --> 00:39:04,839
Speaker 1: five amazing years. That's from Tremaine Edmonds, now a Chicago Bear,

740
00:39:04,880 --> 00:39:09,040
Speaker 1: after getting a contract worth seventeen million a season, which

741
00:39:09,120 --> 00:39:12,120
Speaker 1: I think we all anticipated could happen, and we just

742
00:39:12,239 --> 00:39:14,200
Speaker 1: knew with the Bill's cap situation, they were not going

743
00:39:14,239 --> 00:39:17,240
Speaker 1: to be able to compete with that kind of average

744
00:39:17,320 --> 00:39:20,040
Speaker 1: annual value on a salary, and it was. It was

745
00:39:20,080 --> 00:39:24,480
Speaker 1: a fantastic run here those five years he had. What

746
00:39:24,880 --> 00:39:26,840
Speaker 1: a ride has been for the fans as well, and

747
00:39:27,400 --> 00:39:29,800
Speaker 1: continues here. I think it's going to continue here in Buffalo.

748
00:39:29,880 --> 00:39:32,120
Speaker 1: We'll keep track of him. One he's in Chicago, it'll

749
00:39:32,120 --> 00:39:34,600
Speaker 1: be we'll see how it goes over there. We will

750
00:39:34,640 --> 00:39:37,239
Speaker 1: take a break here. We're still hoping to hear from

751
00:39:37,400 --> 00:39:41,840
Speaker 1: Brandon Bean, Bill's general manager, as well as Jordan Poyer

752
00:39:42,640 --> 00:39:45,200
Speaker 1: both are scheduled to address the media at some point today.

753
00:39:45,200 --> 00:39:46,799
Speaker 1: As soon as they do, we will bring it to

754
00:39:46,880 --> 00:39:49,319
Speaker 1: you here on One Bill's Live, presented by Collot of Health.

755
00:39:49,320 --> 00:40:06,520
Speaker 1: It's Buffalo Bill's Radio. All right, welcome back to One

756
00:40:06,560 --> 00:40:10,200
Speaker 1: Bill's Live. Chris Brown, Steve Tasker with you. It's free agency.

757
00:40:10,320 --> 00:40:13,320
Speaker 1: Wall to wall here on a Thursday edition to the show.

758
00:40:14,000 --> 00:40:17,120
Speaker 1: We told you we anticipated we'd be hearing from one

759
00:40:17,200 --> 00:40:19,479
Speaker 1: Jordan Poyer, who agreed the terms on a two year

760
00:40:19,520 --> 00:40:23,600
Speaker 1: deal yesterday. He is in the building. He's addressing the

761
00:40:23,640 --> 00:40:27,600
Speaker 1: media now, So let's go right back to the media room.

762
00:40:28,080 --> 00:40:31,080
Speaker 1: As I guess surprised, as most people are, a lot

763
00:40:31,080 --> 00:40:33,040
Speaker 1: of people are about being back and sitting here today.

764
00:40:33,760 --> 00:40:36,759
Speaker 1: I would say, like fifty fifty man, honestly didn't know

765
00:40:37,160 --> 00:40:39,520
Speaker 1: what was gonna you know. The free agency is my

766
00:40:39,520 --> 00:40:41,480
Speaker 1: first time being a free agent in my career, really

767
00:40:42,080 --> 00:40:44,319
Speaker 1: kind of hitting the market, I guess, as you call it.

768
00:40:44,360 --> 00:40:46,640
Speaker 1: But I knew that this is why I wanted to be.

769
00:40:47,120 --> 00:40:49,640
Speaker 1: I knew that this is why I wanted to play.

770
00:40:49,960 --> 00:40:52,880
Speaker 1: Then these are my people. I've been here six years.

771
00:40:53,400 --> 00:40:57,320
Speaker 1: I love I love it here. I'm comfortable here, and

772
00:40:57,400 --> 00:41:01,759
Speaker 1: I know the expectations that this organization hasn't me and

773
00:41:01,880 --> 00:41:06,400
Speaker 1: the expectations that I have elsewhere, you know, with my teammates,

774
00:41:06,400 --> 00:41:10,240
Speaker 1: with the coaches, um. And like I said, I feel

775
00:41:10,680 --> 00:41:13,960
Speaker 1: pretty salty about the way that this season ended last year. Um,

776
00:41:14,080 --> 00:41:17,279
Speaker 1: with everything that had gone on and then losing the

777
00:41:17,320 --> 00:41:20,200
Speaker 1: home playoff game against Cincinnati. It was tough. And then

778
00:41:20,600 --> 00:41:22,120
Speaker 1: you know, you go into the off seasons just with

779
00:41:22,160 --> 00:41:25,400
Speaker 1: a lot of questions about you know, a lot of things. Um,

780
00:41:25,440 --> 00:41:27,520
Speaker 1: you know, me wondering what the hell is gonna happen,

781
00:41:27,640 --> 00:41:29,960
Speaker 1: you shoot, if I'm even gonna play again? And you know,

782
00:41:29,960 --> 00:41:32,000
Speaker 1: I knew I wanted to play again. I knew I

783
00:41:32,040 --> 00:41:33,840
Speaker 1: can still play at a high level. Just where that

784
00:41:33,920 --> 00:41:35,840
Speaker 1: was gonna be and who was going to be for

785
00:41:36,080 --> 00:41:39,040
Speaker 1: that was the question. And it was pretty stressful, Uh,

786
00:41:39,280 --> 00:41:43,000
Speaker 1: pretty stressful about month. So I didn't golf as much.

787
00:41:43,120 --> 00:41:44,480
Speaker 1: I try to go out there and golf, and I

788
00:41:44,480 --> 00:41:46,600
Speaker 1: just couldn't really concentrate because all I was thinking about

789
00:41:46,600 --> 00:41:48,840
Speaker 1: was football. So now I might be able to go

790
00:41:48,840 --> 00:41:51,480
Speaker 1: out there and and swing a little bit better, but uh,

791
00:41:51,719 --> 00:41:53,879
Speaker 1: now this is this is home, man. Um. I love

792
00:41:53,920 --> 00:41:56,239
Speaker 1: these fans out here, I love this community. I know

793
00:41:56,320 --> 00:41:58,160
Speaker 1: I said some stuff about the taxes. I think we

794
00:41:58,160 --> 00:42:00,359
Speaker 1: can all agree that we're like, what the hell? Yes,

795
00:42:00,520 --> 00:42:03,600
Speaker 1: that shit? So I mean, sorry, I said it. I said,

796
00:42:03,800 --> 00:42:06,520
Speaker 1: I said the truth. But um, that had nothing to

797
00:42:06,560 --> 00:42:08,200
Speaker 1: do with my decision on whether or not I was

798
00:42:08,239 --> 00:42:11,480
Speaker 1: gonna come here or or or or leave. I didn't

799
00:42:11,520 --> 00:42:15,040
Speaker 1: want to leave. Um, and I'm home now, and um,

800
00:42:15,040 --> 00:42:16,920
Speaker 1: this is where I'm gonna finish my career and I'm

801
00:42:16,920 --> 00:42:19,799
Speaker 1: really excited about that. Was it, like, you know, let's

802
00:42:19,840 --> 00:42:21,840
Speaker 1: talking about you know what was it like speed dating

803
00:42:21,960 --> 00:42:25,839
Speaker 1: throughout the NY I wouldn't call it speed dating, Um,

804
00:42:25,880 --> 00:42:28,600
Speaker 1: you know it was you know, I said, there were

805
00:42:28,640 --> 00:42:31,719
Speaker 1: teams that were interested. Um, there were teams that that

806
00:42:31,880 --> 00:42:34,359
Speaker 1: wanted me on their on their football team and thought

807
00:42:34,400 --> 00:42:37,720
Speaker 1: that you know that I would be a huge asset

808
00:42:37,760 --> 00:42:40,520
Speaker 1: to help them win. And like I said, I didn't.

809
00:42:41,120 --> 00:42:43,680
Speaker 1: There was a lot of calls, a lot of being

810
00:42:43,719 --> 00:42:46,920
Speaker 1: on the phone, a lot of conversations with my wife, UM,

811
00:42:46,920 --> 00:42:49,719
Speaker 1: just about being here or being there, or or or

812
00:42:49,760 --> 00:42:53,799
Speaker 1: being in Buffalo. Um. And you know, ultimately it came

813
00:42:53,840 --> 00:42:56,600
Speaker 1: down to, you know, what I thought was gonna make

814
00:42:56,600 --> 00:42:59,759
Speaker 1: me happy and what I thought it was gonna be

815
00:42:59,760 --> 00:43:03,000
Speaker 1: best for you know, myself and my family moving forward.

816
00:43:03,200 --> 00:43:06,520
Speaker 1: I'm not just in my career, but in life. You know,

817
00:43:08,000 --> 00:43:09,640
Speaker 1: I don't know how many more years I have left

818
00:43:09,640 --> 00:43:12,040
Speaker 1: to play. I know I have this this year guaranteed

819
00:43:12,040 --> 00:43:14,000
Speaker 1: that I'm gonna be able to play football and be

820
00:43:14,040 --> 00:43:16,440
Speaker 1: able to play at a high level. And uh, you know,

821
00:43:16,480 --> 00:43:18,879
Speaker 1: I'm healthy now. I just needed some time to get

822
00:43:18,960 --> 00:43:21,479
Speaker 1: my body right. I'm healthy now, and I'm I'm ready

823
00:43:21,520 --> 00:43:23,480
Speaker 1: to play. I know people are probably, you know, people

824
00:43:23,480 --> 00:43:25,880
Speaker 1: probably saying this stut the other, about this study the other.

825
00:43:25,960 --> 00:43:28,080
Speaker 1: I really don't give a damn because I'm a football player.

826
00:43:28,320 --> 00:43:30,839
Speaker 1: I'm a ball player. I'm all pro, I'm a Pro Bowl.

827
00:43:31,200 --> 00:43:33,440
Speaker 1: I'm here to help the team win a championship, and

828
00:43:33,520 --> 00:43:36,160
Speaker 1: that's been my goal since I came here in twenty seventeen.

829
00:43:36,200 --> 00:43:38,560
Speaker 1: I remember talking to Mica, you know, the first time.

830
00:43:38,600 --> 00:43:40,319
Speaker 1: I know it wasn't the first time I met him,

831
00:43:40,360 --> 00:43:41,960
Speaker 1: but the first time we saw each other in Buffalo.

832
00:43:42,000 --> 00:43:44,760
Speaker 1: It was like, Bro, we are gonna turn this city around,

833
00:43:44,880 --> 00:43:48,000
Speaker 1: and we're gonna give this city a championship. And that's

834
00:43:48,040 --> 00:43:50,040
Speaker 1: been our goal since we got here and it hasn't changed.

835
00:43:50,440 --> 00:43:52,080
Speaker 1: And that was another reason why I wanted to come

836
00:43:52,120 --> 00:43:54,320
Speaker 1: back because I truly want to help this team in

837
00:43:54,360 --> 00:43:56,920
Speaker 1: a championship and I truly believe that we do have

838
00:43:57,000 --> 00:44:00,080
Speaker 1: the right team to do that, and so run it

839
00:44:00,200 --> 00:44:09,279
Speaker 1: back like it, Uh, I guess, just the like I said,

840
00:44:09,360 --> 00:44:12,680
Speaker 1: just the unknown. Really I thought that maybe I would

841
00:44:12,719 --> 00:44:15,160
Speaker 1: be having to I don't know, maybe fly there, fly there,

842
00:44:15,239 --> 00:44:17,239
Speaker 1: or do this or do that. But you know, it

843
00:44:17,320 --> 00:44:19,560
Speaker 1: was really kind of just me going to workouts and

844
00:44:19,600 --> 00:44:22,600
Speaker 1: then coming home and just I guess, just waiting, just

845
00:44:22,680 --> 00:44:24,719
Speaker 1: waiting to see what happens. You started seeing guys come

846
00:44:24,719 --> 00:44:27,399
Speaker 1: off the board, Jesse Bates super happy for him coming

847
00:44:27,400 --> 00:44:29,239
Speaker 1: off the board, and then you see, uh, you know,

848
00:44:29,280 --> 00:44:32,640
Speaker 1: Marcus eppsko to go to Vegas. Um, you know, a

849
00:44:32,640 --> 00:44:35,080
Speaker 1: couple other transactions that that happened, and you're just kind

850
00:44:35,080 --> 00:44:38,320
Speaker 1: of still sitting there wondering um at the same time.

851
00:44:38,600 --> 00:44:40,120
Speaker 1: You know, I just I was able to let Bean

852
00:44:40,239 --> 00:44:42,800
Speaker 1: and and Drew handle it, and they handled it in

853
00:44:42,840 --> 00:44:45,560
Speaker 1: a professional manner, and I just sat back and and

854
00:44:45,560 --> 00:44:48,239
Speaker 1: and and just stay positive, you know. And like I said,

855
00:44:48,280 --> 00:44:50,120
Speaker 1: my wife was helping me stay positive through it all.

856
00:44:50,719 --> 00:44:53,760
Speaker 1: My daughters just keeping me, keeping me entertained and keeping

857
00:44:53,760 --> 00:44:55,840
Speaker 1: my mind off the things she's six now she's running

858
00:44:55,880 --> 00:44:58,960
Speaker 1: my house. It's crazy. Um, but yeah, I mean, she

859
00:44:59,160 --> 00:45:01,560
Speaker 1: it was. It was stressful, but at the same time

860
00:45:01,600 --> 00:45:03,640
Speaker 1: I was able to kind of sit back in and

861
00:45:03,719 --> 00:45:06,160
Speaker 1: just let things kind of play into it. So countering

862
00:45:06,280 --> 00:45:10,520
Speaker 1: up exactly. But there's at least eighteen starting safety is

863
00:45:10,560 --> 00:45:12,759
Speaker 1: who hit the market this year. Just kind of a

864
00:45:12,800 --> 00:45:15,600
Speaker 1: weird one of those things, you know, I mean, a

865
00:45:15,680 --> 00:45:18,839
Speaker 1: lot start real you know, full time starters. Did Drew

866
00:45:18,880 --> 00:45:21,360
Speaker 1: You get a sense at all from Drew in the

867
00:45:21,440 --> 00:45:26,279
Speaker 1: process that well, the Bill's door isn't closed. Yeah, I've

868
00:45:26,280 --> 00:45:30,040
Speaker 1: had that. I mean since the end of the season.

869
00:45:30,200 --> 00:45:32,520
Speaker 1: You know, I knew that. You know, one of the

870
00:45:32,520 --> 00:45:36,520
Speaker 1: main things going into all season was to not alienate

871
00:45:36,600 --> 00:45:42,920
Speaker 1: any relationships in this organization. I have no ill feelings

872
00:45:42,960 --> 00:45:47,120
Speaker 1: towards anybody out here, anybody in this building or anything

873
00:45:47,160 --> 00:45:49,839
Speaker 1: like that. And I wanted to if that was my

874
00:45:49,960 --> 00:45:52,640
Speaker 1: last game as a Buffalo Bill, I wanted to go

875
00:45:52,680 --> 00:45:56,600
Speaker 1: out on a positive note with no negativity wherever it

876
00:45:56,719 --> 00:45:58,960
Speaker 1: was that I ended up playing, whether I played somewhere

877
00:45:58,960 --> 00:46:03,440
Speaker 1: else or I retired. Um, you know, but you know,

878
00:46:03,480 --> 00:46:06,399
Speaker 1: I think, like I said, I forgot your question because

879
00:46:06,400 --> 00:46:08,680
Speaker 1: I was just he's on the market. So I mean,

880
00:46:08,719 --> 00:46:10,920
Speaker 1: it was just a weird year that, like there's it

881
00:46:11,080 --> 00:46:14,360
Speaker 1: was a buyer's market for teams right this year. So

882
00:46:14,440 --> 00:46:17,560
Speaker 1: I was like that if there were eight, it might

883
00:46:17,560 --> 00:46:19,880
Speaker 1: have been different. Yea, so they can. I mean again,

884
00:46:20,080 --> 00:46:23,040
Speaker 1: I was my first time in free agency. I didn't

885
00:46:23,080 --> 00:46:24,759
Speaker 1: really know what to expect. As soon as I mean,

886
00:46:25,000 --> 00:46:27,120
Speaker 1: I'm thirty one now, it's not I'm sure I'm not

887
00:46:27,239 --> 00:46:30,200
Speaker 1: on people's boards like oh damn Jordan Poyer, like dang,

888
00:46:30,440 --> 00:46:32,160
Speaker 1: we can go get him. But I know I'm a

889
00:46:32,160 --> 00:46:33,840
Speaker 1: football player. I know I'm a ball player. I know

890
00:46:33,840 --> 00:46:35,840
Speaker 1: wherever I ended up with, I'm gonna be a ball player,

891
00:46:36,080 --> 00:46:38,160
Speaker 1: and helped that team win football games. And I'm just

892
00:46:38,160 --> 00:46:42,200
Speaker 1: super blessed and super thankful and excited that it's here.

893
00:46:42,680 --> 00:46:46,480
Speaker 1: After publicly after knowing Germany, I heard great helping like

894
00:46:46,600 --> 00:46:51,520
Speaker 1: that did a minute probably I was probably still just

895
00:46:51,600 --> 00:46:53,480
Speaker 1: hanging up the phone as my phone was dialing to

896
00:46:53,640 --> 00:46:55,440
Speaker 1: calling him. I was, I was he got calling him

897
00:46:55,520 --> 00:46:59,719
Speaker 1: right away. Man, other than Micah was recruiting us to stay.

898
00:47:01,000 --> 00:47:03,279
Speaker 1: I mean that we were all having conversations, all all

899
00:47:03,320 --> 00:47:05,640
Speaker 1: the boys on the back end, um, you know, all

900
00:47:05,719 --> 00:47:07,399
Speaker 1: the all the boys up front. We were all talking

901
00:47:07,440 --> 00:47:11,640
Speaker 1: throughout the offseason and and and the guys on this team,

902
00:47:12,680 --> 00:47:15,439
Speaker 1: all everybody really around the league understands the business side

903
00:47:15,480 --> 00:47:18,239
Speaker 1: of this this league, and you guys understand it. We

904
00:47:18,360 --> 00:47:21,439
Speaker 1: understand it. And so um, you know, we're all super

905
00:47:21,520 --> 00:47:23,840
Speaker 1: happy for Tremaine. We I mean, everybody wishes yet we

906
00:47:23,840 --> 00:47:25,719
Speaker 1: can have we can have Tremaine back. But you know,

907
00:47:25,880 --> 00:47:28,400
Speaker 1: everybody's super happy for Tremaine going to Chicago getting his

908
00:47:28,560 --> 00:47:31,480
Speaker 1: getting what he deserves. And um, you know, it's tough,

909
00:47:31,600 --> 00:47:33,359
Speaker 1: it'll be tough not to happen. But at the same time,

910
00:47:33,440 --> 00:47:36,080
Speaker 1: we will continue to move forward and we still got

911
00:47:36,160 --> 00:47:37,920
Speaker 1: to We still got some dogs on this team, you know.

912
00:47:38,000 --> 00:47:40,319
Speaker 1: And we're gonna get Vaughan back and that's just gonna

913
00:47:40,360 --> 00:47:43,239
Speaker 1: make our team even better. Um, Matt Balone is the

914
00:47:43,280 --> 00:47:45,560
Speaker 1: one of the best outside the best outside linebacker in

915
00:47:45,600 --> 00:47:47,360
Speaker 1: the game, and you got the best safety duo on

916
00:47:47,400 --> 00:47:48,600
Speaker 1: the game. And then you got I believe, one of

917
00:47:48,600 --> 00:47:50,719
Speaker 1: the best corners in the game. So um, when he

918
00:47:50,760 --> 00:47:52,719
Speaker 1: when healthy and he's gonna come back, I bet you

919
00:47:52,840 --> 00:47:54,719
Speaker 1: Trey's gonna come back better than he's ever been before.

920
00:47:54,760 --> 00:47:56,800
Speaker 1: And that's just just because I know Trey and I

921
00:47:56,920 --> 00:47:59,200
Speaker 1: know how he's working right now. And in same with

922
00:47:59,280 --> 00:48:01,520
Speaker 1: kyer Man Cairo. Over the weekend, he came to my

923
00:48:01,600 --> 00:48:04,160
Speaker 1: house in South Florida and we just sat and chopped

924
00:48:04,160 --> 00:48:06,560
Speaker 1: it up man, and he's he's working hard too, and

925
00:48:06,680 --> 00:48:09,280
Speaker 1: he really came along, especially towards the end of the season.

926
00:48:09,320 --> 00:48:10,759
Speaker 1: So it's just a bunch of guys that I'm really

927
00:48:10,760 --> 00:48:13,320
Speaker 1: excited to work with again. And even Terren Johnson, the

928
00:48:13,360 --> 00:48:15,719
Speaker 1: best nickel in the game. I mean, it's it's a

929
00:48:15,760 --> 00:48:17,360
Speaker 1: bunch of guys that I'm really excited to work with.

930
00:48:17,480 --> 00:48:20,160
Speaker 1: And it was a huge, huge part of why I

931
00:48:20,320 --> 00:48:23,719
Speaker 1: was excited to come back here. Right now, its not

932
00:48:23,880 --> 00:48:27,960
Speaker 1: funny that the last April you switch agents and you

933
00:48:28,120 --> 00:48:31,919
Speaker 1: wanted to feel validated, and now it kind of comes

934
00:48:32,000 --> 00:48:34,560
Speaker 1: for a full circle in which you do feel valid

935
00:48:34,600 --> 00:48:37,040
Speaker 1: and that this team did want you. Is it kind

936
00:48:37,080 --> 00:48:40,160
Speaker 1: of strange or funny or I don't know, ironic how

937
00:48:40,280 --> 00:48:43,440
Speaker 1: how it turned out that way? In some ways, I'm

938
00:48:43,480 --> 00:48:46,600
Speaker 1: not sure. I kind of confused the question. You're looking

939
00:48:46,760 --> 00:48:55,279
Speaker 1: for a reward in April, we all, that's right, but

940
00:48:55,680 --> 00:48:58,480
Speaker 1: but you were rewarded by by and you said you

941
00:48:58,520 --> 00:49:01,000
Speaker 1: didn't want to burn any bridges. You were effected everybody here.

942
00:49:01,400 --> 00:49:04,520
Speaker 1: But it's kind of funny that, um, you did get

943
00:49:04,640 --> 00:49:08,480
Speaker 1: rewarded at a time when you were looking for a future,

944
00:49:08,920 --> 00:49:11,239
Speaker 1: you know, right back where it began, right right back

945
00:49:11,280 --> 00:49:14,839
Speaker 1: where it was. Yeah, I mean, I was just I mean,

946
00:49:14,920 --> 00:49:18,000
Speaker 1: I was just testing, testing, testing the market. I was

947
00:49:18,200 --> 00:49:20,560
Speaker 1: I was a free agent, you know, I was you know,

948
00:49:20,719 --> 00:49:23,920
Speaker 1: I was seeing just you know, what else is out there,

949
00:49:24,040 --> 00:49:27,440
Speaker 1: like and there wasn't anything out there that I was

950
00:49:28,680 --> 00:49:30,840
Speaker 1: I would have been happy about going to do I

951
00:49:31,320 --> 00:49:34,319
Speaker 1: and UM, at the end of the day, it really

952
00:49:34,360 --> 00:49:36,880
Speaker 1: came down to what is gonna make this is one

953
00:49:36,880 --> 00:49:38,120
Speaker 1: of the things my wife was telling me, What is

954
00:49:38,160 --> 00:49:40,640
Speaker 1: gonna make Jordan Poort happy? What is gonna make you happy?

955
00:49:40,960 --> 00:49:44,080
Speaker 1: Because whatever makes you happy is gonna make everybody else

956
00:49:44,120 --> 00:49:47,239
Speaker 1: around you happy here and so being here was gonna

957
00:49:47,280 --> 00:49:49,120
Speaker 1: make me happy, being here with the guys that I'm

958
00:49:49,160 --> 00:49:51,680
Speaker 1: here with, being here with the with the being in

959
00:49:51,719 --> 00:49:54,759
Speaker 1: the community, with the community that I've grown to love, um,

960
00:49:55,320 --> 00:49:58,239
Speaker 1: you know, and and and just seeing seeing all the

961
00:49:58,280 --> 00:50:02,200
Speaker 1: people in here today just damn just start crying because

962
00:50:02,200 --> 00:50:04,680
Speaker 1: it's like, you see all the people in here that

963
00:50:04,760 --> 00:50:07,680
Speaker 1: you've built a relationship over the last six years, and

964
00:50:08,600 --> 00:50:10,440
Speaker 1: just how excited they are to have you back in

965
00:50:10,480 --> 00:50:15,680
Speaker 1: the building. You know, Um, it's pretty special out a

966
00:50:15,760 --> 00:50:19,160
Speaker 1: minute ago. Go ahead, thank you. That's right. Can you

967
00:50:19,280 --> 00:50:21,640
Speaker 1: update a sign touch on what you went through last

968
00:50:21,719 --> 00:50:25,399
Speaker 1: year physically and where you are now far? Uh? Yeah,

969
00:50:25,640 --> 00:50:28,400
Speaker 1: I mean last year is probably the hardest year I

970
00:50:28,440 --> 00:50:32,040
Speaker 1: probably ever had to go through mentally and physically. When

971
00:50:32,120 --> 00:50:34,759
Speaker 1: Michael went down, it was really hard. Um, you know,

972
00:50:34,800 --> 00:50:38,239
Speaker 1: that's that's my right hand man. Uh. And then you know,

973
00:50:38,320 --> 00:50:40,560
Speaker 1: you got you playing with the just it almost seemed

974
00:50:40,560 --> 00:50:43,040
Speaker 1: like a different line up all the time. Um, and

975
00:50:43,520 --> 00:50:46,080
Speaker 1: you know it kind of then dealing with the injuries

976
00:50:46,120 --> 00:50:47,839
Speaker 1: that I was dealing with on top of that, um,

977
00:50:48,280 --> 00:50:51,560
Speaker 1: you know, and then everybody was saying, oh, we're six

978
00:50:51,600 --> 00:50:54,040
Speaker 1: and o important players. There was seven and o important plays.

979
00:50:54,040 --> 00:50:55,960
Speaker 1: And I'm like, I'm sitting there like, well, damn, I'm

980
00:50:56,560 --> 00:50:58,640
Speaker 1: I got one elbow. I'm trying to just get right,

981
00:50:58,800 --> 00:51:01,279
Speaker 1: you know, and it's like and now I gotta gotta

982
00:51:01,320 --> 00:51:02,680
Speaker 1: go out here and play for it, you know. So

983
00:51:02,840 --> 00:51:05,160
Speaker 1: it's it was a lot of it was a lot

984
00:51:05,239 --> 00:51:07,880
Speaker 1: of pressure. Um, it was a lot of stress. But

985
00:51:07,960 --> 00:51:10,960
Speaker 1: at the same time, you know, I wouldn't have changed

986
00:51:11,000 --> 00:51:13,360
Speaker 1: it at all. You know, I feel like I'm a

987
00:51:13,440 --> 00:51:16,279
Speaker 1: better man and a better player because of it. I

988
00:51:16,360 --> 00:51:18,319
Speaker 1: feel like I just needed some time after the season

989
00:51:18,400 --> 00:51:22,120
Speaker 1: to get healthy, and you know, I feel great now, um,

990
00:51:22,560 --> 00:51:24,840
Speaker 1: And you know, I'm excited to you know, I'll be

991
00:51:24,880 --> 00:51:26,880
Speaker 1: out here for OTA because I don't got any contract

992
00:51:26,920 --> 00:51:30,200
Speaker 1: issues now, So I'll be out here for OTAM and

993
00:51:30,440 --> 00:51:32,239
Speaker 1: we'll be you know, we're gonna hit the ground running, man.

994
00:51:32,239 --> 00:51:33,640
Speaker 1: And like I said, I'm excited to be a part

995
00:51:33,680 --> 00:51:35,319
Speaker 1: of this team and be a part of a lot

996
00:51:35,400 --> 00:51:38,640
Speaker 1: of these guys. You know a lot of these guys

997
00:51:38,760 --> 00:51:41,279
Speaker 1: career again and try to help, you know, help this

998
00:51:41,320 --> 00:51:45,360
Speaker 1: team win football games. All right. That's Jordan Poyer addressing

999
00:51:45,400 --> 00:51:47,719
Speaker 1: the media here at One Bill's Drive, as brought to

1000
00:51:47,760 --> 00:51:50,080
Speaker 1: you by us here on one Bills Live after his

1001
00:51:50,200 --> 00:51:53,680
Speaker 1: new two year contract extension back in the Bill's uniform,

1002
00:51:53,760 --> 00:51:56,719
Speaker 1: wearing that very familiar jersey number twenty one. We have

1003
00:51:56,800 --> 00:51:59,239
Speaker 1: to take a break. Plenty more coming your way in

1004
00:51:59,400 --> 00:52:02,000
Speaker 1: our number two. We're also waiting to hear from general

1005
00:52:02,080 --> 00:52:04,839
Speaker 1: manager Brandon Bean. We will bring that to you as

1006
00:52:04,920 --> 00:52:08,000
Speaker 1: soon as he steps to the podium in the Bills

1007
00:52:08,120 --> 00:52:10,719
Speaker 1: media room. This afternoon, Steve and I take a break.

1008
00:52:10,760 --> 00:52:12,800
Speaker 1: Big hour number two coming next here on one Bill's

1009
00:52:12,840 --> 00:52:47,760
Speaker 1: Live presented by collid to Health. It's Buffalo Bill's Radios,

1010
00:52:47,840 --> 00:52:53,239
Speaker 1: One Bills Live presented by collid to Health. All right,

1011
00:52:53,280 --> 00:52:55,800
Speaker 1: here we are our number two as we have wall

1012
00:52:55,920 --> 00:52:58,759
Speaker 1: to wall free agency here on a Thursday, Chris Brown,

1013
00:52:58,840 --> 00:53:01,720
Speaker 1: Steve Tasker with you. We've already heard from the newest

1014
00:53:01,760 --> 00:53:04,960
Speaker 1: offensive lineman signed by the Bills, Connor McGovern, and the

1015
00:53:05,080 --> 00:53:08,440
Speaker 1: cliff notes there are he is expected to be lining

1016
00:53:08,520 --> 00:53:12,800
Speaker 1: up in left guard, his words, and that probably means

1017
00:53:13,440 --> 00:53:17,160
Speaker 1: that unless there are some other major signings on the

1018
00:53:17,280 --> 00:53:21,320
Speaker 1: offensive line, the starting five could very well be in

1019
00:53:21,480 --> 00:53:27,800
Speaker 1: pencil already Dion Dawkins, Connor McGovern, Mitch Morris, Ryan Bates

1020
00:53:28,360 --> 00:53:31,959
Speaker 1: and then Spencer Brown again barring any other major editions

1021
00:53:32,080 --> 00:53:34,200
Speaker 1: or draft choices which could come down the pike and

1022
00:53:34,280 --> 00:53:36,480
Speaker 1: factory into the competition as well. But that's how it

1023
00:53:36,600 --> 00:53:41,879
Speaker 1: looks right now. And then at you know, we also

1024
00:53:42,000 --> 00:53:45,880
Speaker 1: heard from Kyle Allen, who's new in Buffalo's quarterbacks rooms.

1025
00:53:45,960 --> 00:53:48,399
Speaker 1: Super tight with Josh Allen. They've been buds for a while,

1026
00:53:49,239 --> 00:53:51,759
Speaker 1: so two guys with the same surname in the same

1027
00:53:51,840 --> 00:53:55,880
Speaker 1: position room. I'm sure that won't cause any confusion. And

1028
00:53:56,040 --> 00:53:58,880
Speaker 1: then we just heard from Jordan Poyer, who I know

1029
00:53:59,040 --> 00:54:01,400
Speaker 1: fans were over the moon about the fact that he

1030
00:54:01,680 --> 00:54:04,200
Speaker 1: agreed to terms on a new two year deal late yesterday,

1031
00:54:04,719 --> 00:54:08,200
Speaker 1: signed it when he got into the facility here today

1032
00:54:08,239 --> 00:54:11,400
Speaker 1: and just addressed the media. And if you need to

1033
00:54:11,480 --> 00:54:13,960
Speaker 1: see more on that or you missed it here, you

1034
00:54:14,040 --> 00:54:16,120
Speaker 1: can listen to our rerack of the show, which is

1035
00:54:16,120 --> 00:54:18,439
Speaker 1: available on Buffalo bills dot com or on the Bills

1036
00:54:18,480 --> 00:54:21,480
Speaker 1: YouTube channel later this afternoon. You can also go to

1037
00:54:21,520 --> 00:54:24,560
Speaker 1: Buffalo bills dot com for full write ups on these

1038
00:54:24,600 --> 00:54:28,000
Speaker 1: press conferences. We are still awaiting to hear from general

1039
00:54:28,080 --> 00:54:32,160
Speaker 1: manager Brandon Bean about this first wave of free agency

1040
00:54:32,280 --> 00:54:36,000
Speaker 1: for Buffalo. The one guy we have not yet heard from,

1041
00:54:36,800 --> 00:54:41,640
Speaker 1: the new wide receiver Deonte Hardy, So I heard he

1042
00:54:41,800 --> 00:54:46,960
Speaker 1: was in He was in town tooling around. I don't

1043
00:54:46,960 --> 00:54:49,040
Speaker 1: know if he's in the building yet or whateter has signed,

1044
00:54:49,400 --> 00:54:53,200
Speaker 1: officially signed papers or not, but he is in Buffalo

1045
00:54:53,840 --> 00:54:55,879
Speaker 1: today and we'll be around. I don't know if he'll

1046
00:54:55,880 --> 00:54:57,520
Speaker 1: be on. He probably won't be on with us. But

1047
00:54:58,120 --> 00:55:01,800
Speaker 1: here's an interesting thing about Connor McGovern and he mentioned

1048
00:55:01,840 --> 00:55:05,279
Speaker 1: this when he just had his press conference last hour.

1049
00:55:06,200 --> 00:55:08,759
Speaker 1: Kellen Moore, the former OC of the Cowboys now with

1050
00:55:08,840 --> 00:55:12,200
Speaker 1: the Chargers, when he was down there with McGovern, he

1051
00:55:12,480 --> 00:55:17,960
Speaker 1: lined up McGovern at tight end, fullback, and even wide

1052
00:55:18,040 --> 00:55:24,399
Speaker 1: receiver in some of their scheming looks. And that kind

1053
00:55:24,480 --> 00:55:27,680
Speaker 1: of excites me a little bit because what have we

1054
00:55:27,760 --> 00:55:30,400
Speaker 1: seen the last couple of years, Steve. We've seen Tommy

1055
00:55:30,480 --> 00:55:34,799
Speaker 1: Doyle as a tight end eligible, We've seen Bobby Hart

1056
00:55:35,000 --> 00:55:38,359
Speaker 1: last year. After Tommy Doyle tore his ACL in Week three,

1057
00:55:38,880 --> 00:55:42,040
Speaker 1: the job fell to Bobby Hart. I wonder if McGovern

1058
00:55:43,120 --> 00:55:46,120
Speaker 1: kicks out at all in certain down and distance situations,

1059
00:55:46,200 --> 00:55:47,840
Speaker 1: you know what I mean, maybe you bring buttger on

1060
00:55:47,920 --> 00:55:50,160
Speaker 1: the field play guard for his snap, putting McGovern out

1061
00:55:50,200 --> 00:55:54,000
Speaker 1: there everybody. And you're right, guys are athletes, and people

1062
00:55:54,000 --> 00:55:55,879
Speaker 1: don't give him the credit there because they're so big.

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00:55:56,400 --> 00:55:58,279
Speaker 1: And I mentioned it when I met him today, how

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00:55:58,320 --> 00:56:00,719
Speaker 1: big he is. And he's thick from the top of

1065
00:56:00,800 --> 00:56:02,440
Speaker 1: his head all the way to the soles of his feet.

1066
00:56:02,520 --> 00:56:05,319
Speaker 1: So he's just he's a perfect guard. You know. He's

1067
00:56:05,360 --> 00:56:07,320
Speaker 1: one of those guys that's built like a refrigerator. So

1068
00:56:08,520 --> 00:56:10,680
Speaker 1: but the thing that these guys don't get credit for

1069
00:56:10,800 --> 00:56:13,040
Speaker 1: is their athleticism. Because they're so big, people think they're

1070
00:56:13,040 --> 00:56:16,080
Speaker 1: gonna be big and dumpy and mover don't move too good.

1071
00:56:16,160 --> 00:56:18,640
Speaker 1: They do. And in fact, most of the offensive linemen

1072
00:56:18,680 --> 00:56:22,480
Speaker 1: in the NFL, they didn't start out big and heavy

1073
00:56:22,600 --> 00:56:25,600
Speaker 1: like giants of the men. They started out tall, which

1074
00:56:25,640 --> 00:56:28,520
Speaker 1: means they played quarterback, they played wide receiver, they played

1075
00:56:28,600 --> 00:56:31,040
Speaker 1: tight end, then they played defensive line, then they played

1076
00:56:31,080 --> 00:56:33,480
Speaker 1: all you know, they kind of moved down the ladder

1077
00:56:33,560 --> 00:56:36,359
Speaker 1: or moved up the ladder physically, and they got moved

1078
00:56:36,400 --> 00:56:38,680
Speaker 1: as a result of that. Most of them have the

1079
00:56:38,760 --> 00:56:41,960
Speaker 1: athleticism of their youth because they are all kind of

1080
00:56:42,040 --> 00:56:44,839
Speaker 1: young guys and they can still move around really well.

1081
00:56:44,960 --> 00:56:47,719
Speaker 1: So this versatility. And McGovern did say this in his

1082
00:56:48,120 --> 00:56:51,080
Speaker 1: press conference today. One of the things about him he's

1083
00:56:51,440 --> 00:56:53,319
Speaker 1: played right side, left side, he's played a little bit

1084
00:56:53,360 --> 00:56:56,480
Speaker 1: outside when he was younger. So none of that's from

1085
00:56:56,840 --> 00:57:00,279
Speaker 1: you know, foreign territory for these guys. And and I'm

1086
00:57:00,320 --> 00:57:02,239
Speaker 1: telling you, in the NFL, so there's a guy like

1087
00:57:02,360 --> 00:57:05,360
Speaker 1: Ken Dorsey or Brian Dabole or Kellen Moore, get a

1088
00:57:05,400 --> 00:57:09,080
Speaker 1: look at these guys, say look at he runs pretty good,

1089
00:57:09,880 --> 00:57:12,480
Speaker 1: you know that big thing all of a sudden, they're

1090
00:57:12,680 --> 00:57:14,439
Speaker 1: you know, they're playing over. The big thing you want

1091
00:57:14,520 --> 00:57:17,920
Speaker 1: with those guards too, now is the ability to hinge,

1092
00:57:18,480 --> 00:57:21,240
Speaker 1: you know, like a door and wall off, you know,

1093
00:57:21,320 --> 00:57:23,640
Speaker 1: get your feet out to the side, hinge and wall

1094
00:57:23,760 --> 00:57:27,960
Speaker 1: off you know, an oncoming rusher, especially in the run game,

1095
00:57:28,440 --> 00:57:30,320
Speaker 1: because if you can wall off the one side of

1096
00:57:30,360 --> 00:57:32,200
Speaker 1: the field, you'll leave a bigger lane open for the

1097
00:57:32,240 --> 00:57:35,320
Speaker 1: back running behind you. And he seems to have the

1098
00:57:35,480 --> 00:57:39,080
Speaker 1: lower half capable of doing that. The other development that

1099
00:57:39,240 --> 00:57:41,320
Speaker 1: happened yesterday and it kind of went by the board.

1100
00:57:41,400 --> 00:57:45,880
Speaker 1: I tweeted it out late yesterday. The Bills had one

1101
00:57:46,240 --> 00:57:51,320
Speaker 1: remaining restricted free agent. They had Tyrrell Dodson, they resigned him.

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00:57:51,400 --> 00:57:55,320
Speaker 1: They had Cam Lewis, they resigned him. The third was

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00:57:55,480 --> 00:57:59,840
Speaker 1: Dane Jackson. And the Bills had until four pm yesterday

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00:58:00,440 --> 00:58:04,240
Speaker 1: to tender Dane Jackson a qualifying offer as a restricted

1105
00:58:04,280 --> 00:58:08,480
Speaker 1: free agent to retain the right of first refusal, which

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00:58:08,560 --> 00:58:13,000
Speaker 1: means they retain the rights the contractual rights to Dane Jackson. Now,

1107
00:58:13,120 --> 00:58:15,080
Speaker 1: other teams could swoop in and sign him to an

1108
00:58:15,120 --> 00:58:17,320
Speaker 1: offer sheet if they wanted to, as we saw with

1109
00:58:17,480 --> 00:58:20,240
Speaker 1: Ryan Bates last year when Chicago tried to sign him away.

1110
00:58:20,640 --> 00:58:22,800
Speaker 1: The Bills would then have seven days to match that

1111
00:58:22,920 --> 00:58:28,400
Speaker 1: contract offer or receive compensation. The compensation for Dane Jackson

1112
00:58:28,960 --> 00:58:31,919
Speaker 1: at the low tender amount was the round in which

1113
00:58:31,960 --> 00:58:33,840
Speaker 1: he was drafted, so they would be given a seventh

1114
00:58:33,920 --> 00:58:35,720
Speaker 1: round pick if somebody were to sign him away and

1115
00:58:35,760 --> 00:58:39,320
Speaker 1: they chose not to match. Jackson can also sign the

1116
00:58:39,400 --> 00:58:42,040
Speaker 1: one year tender offer and play here in Buffalo this

1117
00:58:42,240 --> 00:58:46,400
Speaker 1: coming season. The low tender is one year two point

1118
00:58:46,480 --> 00:58:52,040
Speaker 1: six two million. So they did extend the qualifying offer

1119
00:58:52,640 --> 00:58:56,480
Speaker 1: to Dane Jackson yesterday before the four pm deadline, so

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00:58:57,480 --> 00:59:00,520
Speaker 1: they have his contractual rights. Now, how it's up to

1121
00:59:00,600 --> 00:59:02,880
Speaker 1: Dane to make a decision here. Do you want to

1122
00:59:02,920 --> 00:59:06,200
Speaker 1: sit around and wait to see if some team gives

1123
00:59:06,240 --> 00:59:08,920
Speaker 1: you a better contract offer that you can then sign

1124
00:59:09,400 --> 00:59:12,680
Speaker 1: and make more money. Or do you want to return

1125
00:59:12,760 --> 00:59:16,080
Speaker 1: to familiarity, a system that you know, with a coaching

1126
00:59:16,160 --> 00:59:19,600
Speaker 1: staff you know, and play here free year and try

1127
00:59:19,640 --> 00:59:21,960
Speaker 1: to maximize your value this year as you enter as

1128
00:59:21,960 --> 00:59:25,320
Speaker 1: an unrestricted free agent next year. It's an interesting dilemma

1129
00:59:25,440 --> 00:59:29,280
Speaker 1: for Dane two point six million. It's nothing to sneeze at. Oh,

1130
00:59:30,280 --> 00:59:32,960
Speaker 1: but then again, you're going to come back to a

1131
00:59:33,040 --> 00:59:39,200
Speaker 1: team that's got you know, Kyer Elam, Christian Benford, Tredavious

1132
00:59:39,240 --> 00:59:42,440
Speaker 1: White ahead of you, along with the safeties that they

1133
00:59:42,520 --> 00:59:44,919
Speaker 1: just you know, pour your and hide. So you're gonna

1134
00:59:44,960 --> 00:59:51,960
Speaker 1: be a backup depth piece and you get a one

1135
00:59:52,080 --> 00:59:54,880
Speaker 1: year deal, are you? How much do you believe you

1136
00:59:55,000 --> 00:59:57,919
Speaker 1: can enhance your value over the course of this next

1137
00:59:57,960 --> 01:00:01,680
Speaker 1: season to get a better deal next year? Right? I

1138
01:00:01,800 --> 01:00:05,160
Speaker 1: think that two point six million figure is more than

1139
01:00:05,200 --> 01:00:07,240
Speaker 1: he made in his first three years combined as a

1140
01:00:07,320 --> 01:00:10,920
Speaker 1: seventh round draft choice. Oh. Sure, he's he made rookie.

1141
01:00:11,240 --> 01:00:14,400
Speaker 1: It's a step up for him. Oh, it's great, he'll

1142
01:00:14,480 --> 01:00:17,959
Speaker 1: love it. I mean, it's think about it. Eighteen weeks

1143
01:00:18,000 --> 01:00:20,440
Speaker 1: in the year, you're gonna get You're gonna get over

1144
01:00:20,520 --> 01:00:23,880
Speaker 1: one hundred thousand dollars check every Monday of the season. Yeah,

1145
01:00:24,000 --> 01:00:26,919
Speaker 1: it's a that's a nice feeling. It's a nice feeling.

1146
01:00:27,640 --> 01:00:31,920
Speaker 1: It does feel good, so right, So it it's cool

1147
01:00:32,200 --> 01:00:34,680
Speaker 1: and it really is a breath of fresh air for him.

1148
01:00:34,720 --> 01:00:36,680
Speaker 1: I mean, it's validation for what he's done so far

1149
01:00:36,760 --> 01:00:38,920
Speaker 1: in his career, and bless his heart, he deserves it.

1150
01:00:38,960 --> 01:00:41,080
Speaker 1: An undrafted rookie free agent, and he has played for

1151
01:00:41,160 --> 01:00:44,200
Speaker 1: the seventh round pick, right, a seventh round pick, and

1152
01:00:44,360 --> 01:00:46,480
Speaker 1: he has played for this team and contributed and done

1153
01:00:46,520 --> 01:00:49,600
Speaker 1: some things. Um, I would say it's safe to say

1154
01:00:49,720 --> 01:00:52,560
Speaker 1: he overachieved. I mean, the guy's got starts under his belt.

1155
01:00:52,640 --> 01:00:58,280
Speaker 1: I mean, I'm surprised it got to the point that

1156
01:00:58,360 --> 01:01:00,840
Speaker 1: it did. Nobody's talking. Maybe they have talked to him,

1157
01:01:00,920 --> 01:01:03,080
Speaker 1: maybe this, maybe he does have some piece of choice.

1158
01:01:03,840 --> 01:01:08,000
Speaker 1: My guess is this. The Bills, as we know, are

1159
01:01:08,280 --> 01:01:12,360
Speaker 1: scrounging for cap space. Right, even if they love Dane

1160
01:01:12,480 --> 01:01:14,920
Speaker 1: and wanted to sign him to like a three year extension,

1161
01:01:15,520 --> 01:01:17,520
Speaker 1: I don't know if they're in a position to do that. Yes,

1162
01:01:17,600 --> 01:01:19,840
Speaker 1: like they were with poor year last year. Yeah, and

1163
01:01:20,400 --> 01:01:22,040
Speaker 1: much like they've been with a lot of their other

1164
01:01:22,240 --> 01:01:24,240
Speaker 1: restricted free agents over the year. The only reason they

1165
01:01:24,720 --> 01:01:27,880
Speaker 1: matched the contract offered to Bates was because of what

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01:01:28,080 --> 01:01:30,440
Speaker 1: Chicago did. I think they would have been happy to

1167
01:01:30,520 --> 01:01:32,520
Speaker 1: sign Bates to a one year deal last year, but

1168
01:01:32,600 --> 01:01:35,240
Speaker 1: then Chicago swoops in signed them to a four year,

1169
01:01:35,320 --> 01:01:37,440
Speaker 1: seventeen million dollar deal, and it's like, oh geee. And

1170
01:01:37,480 --> 01:01:40,600
Speaker 1: it may be right now that that Dane Jackson's two

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01:01:40,680 --> 01:01:42,680
Speaker 1: point six and that might not put him in the

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Speaker 1: top fifty one. Yeah, well, we'd have to look, but

1173
01:01:46,200 --> 01:01:48,960
Speaker 1: it might be close. So he may not even count

1174
01:01:48,960 --> 01:01:53,520
Speaker 1: against the cap at that number because the salary cap

1175
01:01:53,600 --> 01:01:56,280
Speaker 1: goes there's fifty three guys on the roster, but only

1176
01:01:56,360 --> 01:01:58,680
Speaker 1: the top fifty one at this point. Yeah, this counting

1177
01:01:58,760 --> 01:02:00,480
Speaker 1: the season. At this point of the season, only those

1178
01:02:00,560 --> 01:02:03,760
Speaker 1: fifty one count towards the cap because they're gonna get

1179
01:02:03,800 --> 01:02:05,680
Speaker 1: the roster all the way out to eighty five guys.

1180
01:02:06,360 --> 01:02:09,600
Speaker 1: So now with the top fifty one and Dane Jackson

1181
01:02:09,640 --> 01:02:13,480
Speaker 1: at two point six two, I don't know whether that's

1182
01:02:13,560 --> 01:02:16,080
Speaker 1: the minimum they can offer a guy of his stature

1183
01:02:16,120 --> 01:02:17,800
Speaker 1: in the league. Yeah, that's what the rest of the

1184
01:02:17,840 --> 01:02:22,200
Speaker 1: few is there. It is because or and there could

1185
01:02:22,200 --> 01:02:24,440
Speaker 1: be a chance to say, listen, he's got an offer

1186
01:02:24,720 --> 01:02:29,360
Speaker 1: that is making a two year deal from another club,

1187
01:02:29,680 --> 01:02:32,600
Speaker 1: but it's less salary than that. You know, they may

1188
01:02:32,640 --> 01:02:35,680
Speaker 1: have done that. He might have the tampering window might

1189
01:02:35,720 --> 01:02:37,560
Speaker 1: have given him an opportunity to talk to other clubs.

1190
01:02:37,560 --> 01:02:39,240
Speaker 1: And there are not even at that point over a

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01:02:39,320 --> 01:02:42,440
Speaker 1: two year period. So the Bills make him that tender, know,

1192
01:02:42,560 --> 01:02:44,240
Speaker 1: and they got a pretty good chance and maybe landing

1193
01:02:44,360 --> 01:02:48,080
Speaker 1: him back at with the club, right, but that's at

1194
01:02:48,080 --> 01:02:52,360
Speaker 1: the top fifty one. He may not crack that. Yeah,

1195
01:02:52,400 --> 01:02:54,800
Speaker 1: it'll be interesting to see what he decides to do.

1196
01:02:55,200 --> 01:02:59,640
Speaker 1: I mean, I would think I would think he'd come back,

1197
01:02:59,760 --> 01:03:04,040
Speaker 1: because it's not like cornerback is a position of extraordinary

1198
01:03:04,160 --> 01:03:07,160
Speaker 1: depth here. Even if he can't win a starting job

1199
01:03:08,640 --> 01:03:11,920
Speaker 1: this year, you know, Kyrie Elam in year two, trey

1200
01:03:12,040 --> 01:03:15,920
Speaker 1: back to normal and hopefully his pro Bowl type self.

1201
01:03:17,400 --> 01:03:20,360
Speaker 1: You know, he's probably the third corner on a roster.

1202
01:03:21,000 --> 01:03:25,520
Speaker 1: It's not too bad, um, And if Benford is transitioned

1203
01:03:25,520 --> 01:03:29,200
Speaker 1: to safety, maybe he's the third quarter, then the third corner,

1204
01:03:29,520 --> 01:03:32,920
Speaker 1: he's the maybe the fourth now well, I mean, I again,

1205
01:03:33,000 --> 01:03:35,160
Speaker 1: we're not caught. We're not counting Tarren Johnson in this

1206
01:03:35,280 --> 01:03:38,040
Speaker 1: mix because he's kind of lock Stock and Barrel Nickel anyway.

1207
01:03:38,040 --> 01:03:42,720
Speaker 1: But if you got Elam, Tredavious and Benford, he may

1208
01:03:42,760 --> 01:03:45,320
Speaker 1: be fourth behind those guys. Now he wasn't at the

1209
01:03:45,360 --> 01:03:48,680
Speaker 1: beginning of last year. Yeah, we would have to see,

1210
01:03:48,720 --> 01:03:50,200
Speaker 1: and I think a lot of it would depend on

1211
01:03:51,480 --> 01:03:54,960
Speaker 1: are they dividing Benford's time or are they strictly grooming

1212
01:03:55,040 --> 01:03:59,480
Speaker 1: him to play safety, because let's face that for a

1213
01:03:59,520 --> 01:04:01,480
Speaker 1: second here. They do have to get some people on

1214
01:04:01,560 --> 01:04:04,160
Speaker 1: the pipeline. Yeah, they do. I mean they can't go in. Yes,

1215
01:04:04,280 --> 01:04:07,120
Speaker 1: player's got two more years on his deal now Hides

1216
01:04:07,240 --> 01:04:09,000
Speaker 1: entering the last year of his contract. You gotta get

1217
01:04:09,000 --> 01:04:11,160
Speaker 1: some people are ready behind them. But they're both entering

1218
01:04:11,200 --> 01:04:13,920
Speaker 1: into their mid thirties, and then they the durability is

1219
01:04:13,920 --> 01:04:16,080
Speaker 1: an issue. Both of them were hurt last year. Pour

1220
01:04:16,160 --> 01:04:19,640
Speaker 1: Your fought through it. Hide couldn't because his was more serious.

1221
01:04:20,760 --> 01:04:23,680
Speaker 1: So you gotta think, you know, you gotta have some

1222
01:04:23,760 --> 01:04:26,120
Speaker 1: guys behind him that can step in and play. And

1223
01:04:26,200 --> 01:04:28,720
Speaker 1: of course you know Damar is still a huge question mark.

1224
01:04:29,640 --> 01:04:32,520
Speaker 1: So yeah, yeah, they don't have anybody. Like I said earlier,

1225
01:04:32,640 --> 01:04:35,000
Speaker 1: they got twenty two guys eleven on offense, eleven on

1226
01:04:35,080 --> 01:04:37,520
Speaker 1: defense to go. I don't know that they have twelve

1227
01:04:37,720 --> 01:04:40,959
Speaker 1: on either side of the ball. Yeah, we've been busy

1228
01:04:41,040 --> 01:04:46,040
Speaker 1: with press conferences here on this free agency media access today.

1229
01:04:46,240 --> 01:04:48,680
Speaker 1: Still waiting to hear from Brandon Bean. We'll bring that

1230
01:04:48,760 --> 01:04:51,280
Speaker 1: to you as soon as possible. But we also have

1231
01:04:51,360 --> 01:04:54,720
Speaker 1: a topic of discussion which is following this first wave

1232
01:04:54,800 --> 01:04:57,200
Speaker 1: of free agency, what do you think is the next

1233
01:04:57,240 --> 01:05:00,320
Speaker 1: step for the Bills. You can join us at eight

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01:05:00,360 --> 01:05:03,240
Speaker 1: O three five fifty one eighty eight five fifty two,

1235
01:05:03,320 --> 01:05:06,040
Speaker 1: five fifty the number to get on board, or you

1236
01:05:06,080 --> 01:05:08,320
Speaker 1: can hit us up on the tweet sheet at one

1237
01:05:08,600 --> 01:05:11,520
Speaker 1: Bills Live. And the tweet sheet is where we're going

1238
01:05:11,600 --> 01:05:15,959
Speaker 1: to go. Now and we begin. Tweet sheet, of course,

1239
01:05:16,120 --> 01:05:18,960
Speaker 1: brought to you by Corrigan Moving Systems, the official equipment

1240
01:05:19,000 --> 01:05:21,400
Speaker 1: moving company of the Buffalo Bills. Tank leads us off

1241
01:05:22,200 --> 01:05:26,800
Speaker 1: and he says, sign free agent Chargers linebacker Drew Tranquil,

1242
01:05:27,120 --> 01:05:30,120
Speaker 1: who recorded one hundred and forty four tackles, five sacks,

1243
01:05:30,120 --> 01:05:32,560
Speaker 1: and an additional five tackles for loss, force, fumble, an

1244
01:05:32,600 --> 01:05:37,400
Speaker 1: interception in seventeen games last season. It is true Drew

1245
01:05:37,520 --> 01:05:43,280
Speaker 1: Tranquill had a career best season last year for the Chargers.

1246
01:05:44,440 --> 01:05:47,320
Speaker 1: Now defense was on the field a lot, which may

1247
01:05:47,360 --> 01:05:51,120
Speaker 1: have ballooned those numbers a little bit for Los Angeles

1248
01:05:51,200 --> 01:05:54,480
Speaker 1: and for Tranquil personally. I do like him as a player.

1249
01:05:54,800 --> 01:06:00,400
Speaker 1: He is a coverage linebacker. He hasn't signed, and yet

1250
01:06:00,560 --> 01:06:03,560
Speaker 1: each passing day you would think that price tag comes down.

1251
01:06:05,880 --> 01:06:08,120
Speaker 1: I think it depends on what he's still hoping to

1252
01:06:08,360 --> 01:06:13,600
Speaker 1: make and what the Bills can afford. Clearly they cannot

1253
01:06:13,640 --> 01:06:16,520
Speaker 1: afford top of the market money. Otherwise they would have

1254
01:06:16,560 --> 01:06:19,520
Speaker 1: made a run at Edmonds. The thing that's that's good

1255
01:06:19,600 --> 01:06:23,560
Speaker 1: that about his numbers, the five sacks, that's a really

1256
01:06:23,600 --> 01:06:26,120
Speaker 1: good number for for us. Well, they moved him around

1257
01:06:26,160 --> 01:06:29,920
Speaker 1: a lot, right, but he only has one forced fumble

1258
01:06:30,720 --> 01:06:34,520
Speaker 1: and one interception. I know it's hard for linebackers to

1259
01:06:34,600 --> 01:06:38,560
Speaker 1: get those, and he's a coverage linebacker. Um, this was

1260
01:06:38,640 --> 01:06:41,840
Speaker 1: by far his best season. I yeah, I mean, I'm

1261
01:06:41,880 --> 01:06:44,919
Speaker 1: all about it. They're gonna have to sign a guy

1262
01:06:45,280 --> 01:06:48,000
Speaker 1: that plays his position that kind of thing. But um,

1263
01:06:50,760 --> 01:06:53,800
Speaker 1: right now, after the season he had that we're talking about,

1264
01:06:53,800 --> 01:06:55,680
Speaker 1: I don't know if they can afford him. Yeah, they're

1265
01:06:55,680 --> 01:06:57,440
Speaker 1: gonna have to. Wait what I'm thinking now, they're getting

1266
01:06:57,440 --> 01:06:59,520
Speaker 1: closer and closer the long more, Like you said, the

1267
01:06:59,600 --> 01:07:01,640
Speaker 1: more time that goes by, the closer that number gets

1268
01:07:01,720 --> 01:07:04,880
Speaker 1: to being able to afford it, because you know, he's

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Speaker 1: not signed with anybody else and nobody you know, so

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Speaker 1: he hasn't gotten an offer he likes. Well there's all

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Speaker 1: of that. So yeah, yes, they're gonna have to sign somebody.

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Speaker 1: I don't know that it's going to be a name

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Speaker 1: like Drew tranquil though. I mean that guy. Yeah, that

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Speaker 1: guy right now seems to be elevating towards the top

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Speaker 1: of the class. From Bill's News Consolidated being once again

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Speaker 1: used free agency as a tool to fill hole's pre draft.

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Speaker 1: I say, we enter the draft, see what we come

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Speaker 1: out with, then go back into free agency for the

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Speaker 1: non sought after players. The risk you run there, though,

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Speaker 1: is now you're into May and the cupboard is bare,

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Speaker 1: Like you might be able to sign some people that

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Speaker 1: are sitting out there twisting in the wind. I just

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01:07:50,880 --> 01:07:52,360
Speaker 1: don't know that they're going to help you on a

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Speaker 1: roster of this caliber. Yeah there, Yeah, you're not gonna

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Speaker 1: get anybody. It's going to be a difference maker, and

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Speaker 1: there's going to be a significant drop off from a

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Speaker 1: starter down with the guy you get in the last

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Speaker 1: day of free agency before training camp starts. So but

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Speaker 1: that may be what you're relegated to do. And that's

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01:08:09,520 --> 01:08:15,520
Speaker 1: where teams like the Bills throw that say for that,

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01:08:15,680 --> 01:08:17,400
Speaker 1: they throw that on the play to the coaches to say,

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Speaker 1: get these guys are ready. You gotta get this guy

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Speaker 1: ready to play, and it coaches look at him watching

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01:08:22,640 --> 01:08:25,920
Speaker 1: practice a little bit and they're going no wonder this

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01:08:26,000 --> 01:08:29,000
Speaker 1: guy was available. That kind of stuff. But it's some

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Speaker 1: merit to that line of thinking. But there is, but

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01:08:31,240 --> 01:08:32,880
Speaker 1: there is some guys out there. There are some guys

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Speaker 1: out there and said, now we can work with him,

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01:08:34,320 --> 01:08:36,519
Speaker 1: he'll be all right. And you know, as long as

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Speaker 1: we give us a month here before the season starts

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Speaker 1: to get him up and running in the system, he'll

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Speaker 1: be okay. That kind of stuff, But it takes some time.

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Speaker 1: That's what coaches do in the NFL. They got to

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01:08:45,360 --> 01:08:48,920
Speaker 1: get their whole roster ready and then install a game

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01:08:48,960 --> 01:08:52,360
Speaker 1: plan and week by week. But this this staff has

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01:08:52,400 --> 01:08:55,240
Speaker 1: been really good under Sean McDermott, getting guys ready to

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Speaker 1: play and developing young players. So we'll see only six

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Speaker 1: draft picks to us from, though those six guys are

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01:09:02,240 --> 01:09:06,400
Speaker 1: not going to fill out the entire roster. True Matt

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Speaker 1: on the tweet sheet says Bobby Wagner and Derrick Henry

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01:09:10,320 --> 01:09:12,280
Speaker 1: then goes straight up old line and D line in

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Speaker 1: the draft. The money is not there to do that.

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Speaker 1: I think. I wonder if Wagner played last year Steve

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Speaker 1: as a thirty two year old, one year ten million

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01:09:22,040 --> 01:09:25,120
Speaker 1: dollars for the Rams, can you get him for eight

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01:09:26,600 --> 01:09:29,800
Speaker 1: you know, sign him one year, eight million. If you

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01:09:29,840 --> 01:09:32,280
Speaker 1: can't do that, I'm listening, you know what I mean? Yeah,

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01:09:32,439 --> 01:09:34,360
Speaker 1: you could do a lot worse than Bobby Wagner. I mean,

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01:09:34,360 --> 01:09:37,400
Speaker 1: I know he's an eleven year guy, but if he

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Speaker 1: could be affordable, if you if he's still out there

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Speaker 1: another week from now, yeah, and he strikes me. I

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01:09:42,439 --> 01:09:44,800
Speaker 1: don't know him that well. I haven't heard about him

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Speaker 1: that much. Certainly in his prime he was a dominant.

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Speaker 1: But to me, I think Bobby Wagner at this point

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01:09:54,000 --> 01:09:55,600
Speaker 1: he would be able to give you a year like that.

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Speaker 1: And I also think he brings a lot of what

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Speaker 1: Vaughan brought to the team. The guy elevates people around him,

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01:10:03,240 --> 01:10:05,000
Speaker 1: you know what I mean. He's one of those locker

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01:10:05,120 --> 01:10:10,040
Speaker 1: room leader warrior type, respected voices like wow, he's got

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Speaker 1: a lot of wisdom, you know, kind of guys in

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Speaker 1: the locker room. That would be a plus. You need

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01:10:15,280 --> 01:10:18,920
Speaker 1: guys because, like we saw last year, when things go sideways,

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Speaker 1: you need guys like that stand up in locker room

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01:10:21,080 --> 01:10:23,080
Speaker 1: say hey, guys, this house is gonna be let's go,

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Speaker 1: and guys rally around him. That's you know, they would

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Speaker 1: have done that for Vaughan. They were doing that with

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01:10:28,120 --> 01:10:30,760
Speaker 1: Vaughan until he got hurt. You need guys like that

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01:10:30,880 --> 01:10:33,280
Speaker 1: because the season does go sideways sometimes, So a guy

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01:10:33,320 --> 01:10:35,599
Speaker 1: like Bobby Wagner would be as valuable that way as

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01:10:35,600 --> 01:10:37,280
Speaker 1: he would be on the field. And I still I

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01:10:37,360 --> 01:10:43,920
Speaker 1: still think the guy can play m not for four years. No,

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Speaker 1: I would sign him. Try to sign him. Yeah, see

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01:10:48,160 --> 01:10:49,840
Speaker 1: if he could come in and a little bit like

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01:10:49,920 --> 01:10:53,800
Speaker 1: OBJ come in, have a great season and win a championship.

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01:10:54,280 --> 01:10:59,840
Speaker 1: Derek Henry is a little more difficult proposition Number one.

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01:11:00,160 --> 01:11:02,519
Speaker 1: He's still under contract, so you would have to trade

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01:11:02,600 --> 01:11:05,960
Speaker 1: for him. So now you're parting with assets to take

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01:11:06,080 --> 01:11:10,960
Speaker 1: on a pretty sizable contract. Number one, and a player

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01:11:11,000 --> 01:11:15,080
Speaker 1: who's reaching the decline stage of his career. We know

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Speaker 1: that there are exceptions Steve, but more often than not,

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01:11:20,080 --> 01:11:23,160
Speaker 1: once the running back, especially with the miles on his

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01:11:23,320 --> 01:11:28,519
Speaker 1: tires that he has, he's twenty nine years old after

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01:11:28,640 --> 01:11:31,160
Speaker 1: they turned twenty eight, that's when the decline tends to

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01:11:31,320 --> 01:11:34,640
Speaker 1: kick in. History has shown that analytics have proven that.

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01:11:35,760 --> 01:11:40,439
Speaker 1: So look, he can still be a dominant player, but

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Speaker 1: I would be very reluctant to part with assets to

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01:11:44,760 --> 01:11:46,960
Speaker 1: acquire him. Yeah, he's still had, you know. I mean

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01:11:46,960 --> 01:11:50,320
Speaker 1: he had three hundred and fifty just shy three hundred

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Speaker 1: and fifty carries last year. And there was a time

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Speaker 1: when three hundred carries was a threshold, you know, and

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Speaker 1: he's had two fifty used to be a lot, right,

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Speaker 1: he had almost three hundred and fifty last year. He

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Speaker 1: had two hundred and nineteen. The year before. Three seventy

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Speaker 1: eight was his highest in twenty twenty when he had

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Speaker 1: twenty twenty seven rushing yards. Before that he had three

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Speaker 1: h three. He's had three of the last four years

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Speaker 1: he's had three hundred plus rushings attempts, and last year

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01:12:20,400 --> 01:12:22,439
Speaker 1: was three forty nine, his second highest of his career.

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01:12:23,560 --> 01:12:26,720
Speaker 1: Still had fifteen hundred and thirty eight yards, thirteen tds.

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Speaker 1: He had thirty plus receptions. I mean, the guy is

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Speaker 1: a real he's the real deal. And if he comes

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Speaker 1: in and you can motivate him and get him in

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01:12:34,640 --> 01:12:36,680
Speaker 1: there and make him feel good about it and get

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01:12:36,760 --> 01:12:43,360
Speaker 1: his engine and revved, he's gonna help you. But he's pricey. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I would. The only reason I'm reluctant is because that's

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01:12:48,240 --> 01:12:50,880
Speaker 1: not the identity of the offense. And I understand if

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01:12:50,920 --> 01:12:53,839
Speaker 1: you had he wouldn't be having three carries on this offense.

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01:12:53,920 --> 01:12:56,599
Speaker 1: And so then you have to ask yourself, not only

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01:12:56,680 --> 01:12:58,360
Speaker 1: do we want to acquire him, but do we want

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01:12:58,400 --> 01:13:01,439
Speaker 1: to change the philosophy of our offense to accommodate him

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01:13:01,479 --> 01:13:05,400
Speaker 1: and justify the assets were giving up just to acquire him.

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01:13:05,800 --> 01:13:07,559
Speaker 1: Then you start getting into because he's not a guy.

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01:13:07,600 --> 01:13:09,960
Speaker 1: It's catching a lot out of the backfield, right, you

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01:13:10,080 --> 01:13:15,760
Speaker 1: get into a problem where you're playing football with your

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01:13:15,800 --> 01:13:18,000
Speaker 1: pocket book instead of the guys on the field. And

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01:13:18,120 --> 01:13:21,240
Speaker 1: what what wins? You know? M certainly Derrick Henry's a

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01:13:21,280 --> 01:13:24,360
Speaker 1: guy that you can win with and play with. But um,

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01:13:25,280 --> 01:13:30,439
Speaker 1: there would have to be a balance between a guy

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01:13:30,520 --> 01:13:33,479
Speaker 1: like Derrick Henry and a guy like Josh Allen and

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Speaker 1: Steph Diggs and all the other guys in the offense.

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Speaker 1: I mean, Derrick Henry had all these carries and all

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Speaker 1: these years with Ryan Tannehill at quarterback, not Josh Allen.

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Speaker 1: Ryan Tannehill. Yeah, he was the identity of the offense. Question,

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01:13:52,439 --> 01:13:55,160
Speaker 1: he's the faith and that's the hey they did They

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01:13:55,200 --> 01:13:57,160
Speaker 1: were not they were the one seed two years ago.

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01:13:57,280 --> 01:13:59,400
Speaker 1: Remember they were. They were getting it done in twenty

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01:13:59,479 --> 01:14:01,920
Speaker 1: twenty one, and he only had two hundred nineteen carries

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01:14:01,960 --> 01:14:04,960
Speaker 1: and that's the year they were the one seat. So

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Speaker 1: you know that balance is what you're looking at. You

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01:14:08,160 --> 01:14:11,000
Speaker 1: can't overpay for somebody who's not going to carry the offense.

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01:14:11,120 --> 01:14:14,120
Speaker 1: Josh is going to carry the offense. And Derek Henry

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01:14:14,160 --> 01:14:17,960
Speaker 1: while he would be a weapon, no question, it's a

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01:14:18,240 --> 01:14:22,360
Speaker 1: weapon that negates your other, your biggest weapon, that's Josh Allen.

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01:14:22,360 --> 01:14:24,200
Speaker 1: Because Josh, you're gonna turn around handed to him and

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01:14:24,240 --> 01:14:28,720
Speaker 1: that there you may as well have you know case

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01:14:28,840 --> 01:14:31,680
Speaker 1: Keenom doing that. Now, well, you have to take a

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01:14:31,760 --> 01:14:35,559
Speaker 1: break here. The Bills have added a receiver, an offensive lineman,

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01:14:35,640 --> 01:14:39,320
Speaker 1: They brought back Jordan Poyer, handful of special teamers, and

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01:14:39,600 --> 01:14:43,479
Speaker 1: a backup quarterback. Following that first wave of free agency.

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01:14:43,560 --> 01:14:45,040
Speaker 1: What's the next step for the Bills. You can let

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01:14:45,080 --> 01:14:47,120
Speaker 1: us know at eight O three five fifty one eight

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01:14:47,200 --> 01:14:49,479
Speaker 1: eight eight five fifty two five fifty the toll free

1413
01:14:49,560 --> 01:14:51,920
Speaker 1: number open line for you as we'll get to your

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01:14:51,960 --> 01:14:53,800
Speaker 1: phone calls and more of your tweets next. Here on

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Speaker 1: one Bills Live, presented by Klott of Health, It's Buffalo

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Speaker 1: Bills Radio. All right, welcome back to one Bills Live.

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Speaker 1: Chris Brown, Steve tasking with you here on a Thursday.

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01:15:08,800 --> 01:15:12,200
Speaker 1: As soon as we have more people approaching the microphone

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01:15:12,280 --> 01:15:14,880
Speaker 1: in the media room to address the media, we'll bring

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01:15:14,960 --> 01:15:18,240
Speaker 1: it to you. But in the meantime, we are covering

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01:15:18,320 --> 01:15:20,560
Speaker 1: the topic of the day following this first wave of

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01:15:20,600 --> 01:15:22,479
Speaker 1: free agency. What do you think is the next step

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01:15:23,040 --> 01:15:25,080
Speaker 1: for the Bills? Open line for you at eight oh

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01:15:25,160 --> 01:15:27,719
Speaker 1: three oh five fifty one eight eight eight five fifty

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01:15:27,800 --> 01:15:31,080
Speaker 1: two five fifty and we go to the phones, and

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Speaker 1: leading us off this segment is Travis in cheek to Waga.

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Speaker 1: What do you got first? Travis, Hey, how are you doing?

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Speaker 1: Thanks for having me on, guys, Sure you bet, Hey,

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01:15:40,200 --> 01:15:42,040
Speaker 1: I was just I heard you guys talking about dirt

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01:15:42,120 --> 01:15:44,519
Speaker 1: Yet I think he would be a great asset to

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01:15:44,600 --> 01:15:46,880
Speaker 1: the Bills. And I heard you know the status about

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01:15:46,880 --> 01:15:49,679
Speaker 1: how much he's running the ball in the past years.

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01:15:49,720 --> 01:15:51,800
Speaker 1: And I don't think you would have to meet There's

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01:15:51,800 --> 01:15:54,600
Speaker 1: not a quota for him. And he would be a

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01:15:54,720 --> 01:15:56,840
Speaker 1: great asset, a great threat. Because the Bills are more

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01:15:56,840 --> 01:15:59,000
Speaker 1: of a throwing team, he wouldn't run as much. And

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01:16:00,080 --> 01:16:06,320
Speaker 1: oh it'd be great back there. Yeah, say that last

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01:16:06,360 --> 01:16:09,960
Speaker 1: part cut out a little bit there at the end. Oh,

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01:16:10,280 --> 01:16:12,080
Speaker 1: I was saying that he would also be a great

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01:16:12,360 --> 01:16:16,559
Speaker 1: protection for um for Josh Allen. Yeah, okay, checked him

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01:16:16,560 --> 01:16:18,679
Speaker 1: a little bit, and then we also had um cook

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01:16:18,760 --> 01:16:22,880
Speaker 1: back there, um and then they just had that double treat.

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01:16:23,120 --> 01:16:25,200
Speaker 1: I think he'd be a great ass after the Bills.

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01:16:25,360 --> 01:16:27,360
Speaker 1: And I know the offensive Lion has some issues, and

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01:16:27,400 --> 01:16:30,320
Speaker 1: I think Derrick Henry adds a little positivity to that

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01:16:30,439 --> 01:16:33,760
Speaker 1: as well. Yeah here's the thing. Yeah, but if you're

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01:16:33,800 --> 01:16:36,360
Speaker 1: gonna trade for him, I think the guy's making ten

1448
01:16:36,479 --> 01:16:39,400
Speaker 1: plus a year at least, uh, if not more than that.

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01:16:40,479 --> 01:16:42,400
Speaker 1: If you're gonna bring him in and pay him that much,

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01:16:43,160 --> 01:16:45,000
Speaker 1: I don't know there's gonna get value out of it

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01:16:45,120 --> 01:16:47,920
Speaker 1: when he If he doesn't carry the ball enough. Um,

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01:16:48,000 --> 01:16:49,600
Speaker 1: I mean, if you're gonna give him like ten or

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01:16:49,880 --> 01:16:54,360
Speaker 1: twelve fifteen carry fifteen, let's say carries a game. Um,

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01:16:55,479 --> 01:16:58,560
Speaker 1: I don't know that. And plus I don't think he

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01:16:58,680 --> 01:17:01,880
Speaker 1: catches the ball well enough to be out there and

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01:17:02,000 --> 01:17:05,640
Speaker 1: third and seven plus, So he's gonna come off the

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01:17:05,720 --> 01:17:08,000
Speaker 1: field and a lot more than you did in Tennessee.

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01:17:08,560 --> 01:17:11,439
Speaker 1: Certainly there's a Listen, he's a the last year of

1459
01:17:11,479 --> 01:17:15,360
Speaker 1: his deal ten and a half base. If you come in,

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01:17:15,560 --> 01:17:18,320
Speaker 1: if you sign him to a two year deal or whatever,

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01:17:18,840 --> 01:17:21,320
Speaker 1: if you fit him in for the right price and

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01:17:21,520 --> 01:17:23,960
Speaker 1: use him the right way, absolutely, because the guy can

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01:17:24,000 --> 01:17:26,880
Speaker 1: still play. He's one of a kind running back in

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01:17:26,920 --> 01:17:29,479
Speaker 1: the league right now. He's the only guy that big,

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01:17:29,640 --> 01:17:33,120
Speaker 1: that fast. He would certainly change the thoughts of a

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01:17:33,320 --> 01:17:37,680
Speaker 1: defense when they came out on the field if if

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01:17:37,720 --> 01:17:40,720
Speaker 1: you put him in there with Josh and you go

1468
01:17:41,000 --> 01:17:44,439
Speaker 1: spread it out with four other wideouts and no tight end.

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01:17:44,920 --> 01:17:47,160
Speaker 1: They've got to make a decision as to how they're

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01:17:47,200 --> 01:17:52,720
Speaker 1: going to play that personnel group. But you got five

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01:17:52,800 --> 01:17:58,200
Speaker 1: offensive lineman, Josh and Derrick Henry in the box, are

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01:17:58,240 --> 01:17:59,680
Speaker 1: you really going to be able to run it like that?

1473
01:18:00,280 --> 01:18:02,439
Speaker 1: Run the ball with the behind those five guys with

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01:18:02,560 --> 01:18:07,280
Speaker 1: Derrick Henry? If you can, awesome, But if you can't,

1475
01:18:08,600 --> 01:18:10,840
Speaker 1: you know they're not. You know they're gonna go back there.

1476
01:18:10,840 --> 01:18:12,880
Speaker 1: They're gonna go nickel or dime package and you know

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01:18:12,920 --> 01:18:15,960
Speaker 1: what are you gonna do? Um It does give the

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01:18:16,120 --> 01:18:19,840
Speaker 1: defense something to think about, no question. But he's expensive.

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01:18:20,840 --> 01:18:23,439
Speaker 1: And if you get him, if he's that expensive and

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01:18:23,560 --> 01:18:25,600
Speaker 1: you don't use him, what are you doing? Spend the

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01:18:25,640 --> 01:18:29,360
Speaker 1: money someplace else? So I'm and right now, the bills

1482
01:18:29,400 --> 01:18:31,960
Speaker 1: are the way they're at. They've got to maximize. So

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01:18:32,040 --> 01:18:34,800
Speaker 1: if they get him for the right pricee yes, absolutely,

1484
01:18:34,920 --> 01:18:38,600
Speaker 1: But I just don't think that's a possibility. If they do,

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01:18:38,680 --> 01:18:41,240
Speaker 1: I'm not Yeah, the guy can play, but you're not.

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01:18:41,400 --> 01:18:43,080
Speaker 1: You're not going to hand it to him twenty times

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01:18:43,280 --> 01:18:45,160
Speaker 1: or even. And I'm like saying, I don't think he'd

1488
01:18:45,160 --> 01:18:49,320
Speaker 1: handed it to him fifteen times, right, you throw it

1489
01:18:49,400 --> 01:18:53,080
Speaker 1: too much? Yeah, And that's the rub for me not

1490
01:18:53,200 --> 01:18:55,920
Speaker 1: to mention the fact that you can get a running

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01:18:55,920 --> 01:18:57,639
Speaker 1: back anywhere. And I know people are gonna say, well,

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01:18:57,680 --> 01:19:00,800
Speaker 1: I'm not deny, you're right. Look, you're right, that is right,

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01:19:01,720 --> 01:19:04,400
Speaker 1: But what is age twenty nine Derrick Henry giving me?

1494
01:19:04,960 --> 01:19:06,880
Speaker 1: And what kind of assets do I have to part

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01:19:06,960 --> 01:19:10,120
Speaker 1: with to get him here? I just think there's more

1496
01:19:10,240 --> 01:19:15,200
Speaker 1: layers to it than people might be wanting to think about.

1497
01:19:15,320 --> 01:19:18,360
Speaker 1: Just all they're thinking about is, oh, Derrick Henry's nbelievable,

1498
01:19:18,400 --> 01:19:20,599
Speaker 1: Let's get them. And it's just like, well, there's more

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01:19:20,720 --> 01:19:22,760
Speaker 1: layers to it than that. And I think that's what

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01:19:23,000 --> 01:19:24,720
Speaker 1: kind of gobs up the works a little bit. Great

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01:19:24,760 --> 01:19:26,559
Speaker 1: players are great, and you're better when you get good

1502
01:19:26,600 --> 01:19:30,120
Speaker 1: players on your roster, and Derreck Henry is an asset

1503
01:19:30,200 --> 01:19:34,519
Speaker 1: to any team. He's on, no question about it. If

1504
01:19:34,600 --> 01:19:37,640
Speaker 1: you can fit him in financially. Absolutely, I'm all about it.

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01:19:39,160 --> 01:19:41,439
Speaker 1: That's all I can say. Yeah, let's go back to

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01:19:41,520 --> 01:19:43,960
Speaker 1: the phones and to Mark in West Seneca. What you

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01:19:44,000 --> 01:19:46,280
Speaker 1: got for us? Mark here on one Bill's Live. Well,

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01:19:46,360 --> 01:19:50,439
Speaker 1: first of all, welcome back Brownie. Yeah, thanks you. Yeah.

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01:19:52,120 --> 01:19:54,600
Speaker 1: I wasn't called about the running backs, but I have

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01:19:54,760 --> 01:19:56,960
Speaker 1: some moves that I have in mind. But I just

1511
01:19:57,080 --> 01:20:00,360
Speaker 1: like to make a real quick comment. Are all the

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01:20:00,400 --> 01:20:03,360
Speaker 1: people out there who keep talking about let's get a

1513
01:20:03,439 --> 01:20:05,320
Speaker 1: running back, Let's get a running back that we can

1514
01:20:05,360 --> 01:20:07,760
Speaker 1: turn around and give the ball to over and over

1515
01:20:07,840 --> 01:20:10,479
Speaker 1: and over again. These are the same people that have

1516
01:20:10,640 --> 01:20:13,960
Speaker 1: been crying and complaining that we need another dynamic player

1517
01:20:14,000 --> 01:20:16,680
Speaker 1: at the white out position, and that we didn't get

1518
01:20:16,800 --> 01:20:20,080
Speaker 1: James Cook and we didn't use naihiem Han Hymes more

1519
01:20:20,160 --> 01:20:22,720
Speaker 1: often because they're dynamic, And then they want to turn

1520
01:20:22,800 --> 01:20:25,240
Speaker 1: around and make us a plotting offense. It makes no

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01:20:25,400 --> 01:20:28,800
Speaker 1: sense to me whatsoever. We've got two guys we can

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01:20:28,920 --> 01:20:31,800
Speaker 1: run with. Let's get a third supplemental guy. If he's

1523
01:20:31,840 --> 01:20:34,439
Speaker 1: a third down guy that he's a big guy. That's fine,

1524
01:20:34,800 --> 01:20:36,680
Speaker 1: but we got the guys we should run with. So

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01:20:36,880 --> 01:20:39,760
Speaker 1: that's all I'd like to say about that as far

1526
01:20:39,840 --> 01:20:42,680
Speaker 1: as moves go. The first thing I think they should do,

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01:20:42,880 --> 01:20:45,240
Speaker 1: and you mentioned it, I love the idea of Bobby

1528
01:20:45,320 --> 01:20:47,479
Speaker 1: Wagner for eight to ten million. If they need to

1529
01:20:47,479 --> 01:20:49,600
Speaker 1: give him a two year deal, go ahead and do that.

1530
01:20:49,920 --> 01:20:53,360
Speaker 1: That's the first thing I'd be pursuing. Number two, I

1531
01:20:53,520 --> 01:20:55,680
Speaker 1: think they need to do everything they have to to

1532
01:20:55,840 --> 01:20:59,040
Speaker 1: get at Oliver's contract off the doll and off the books.

1533
01:20:59,439 --> 01:21:02,200
Speaker 1: I think they need to resign Jordan Phillips because they're

1534
01:21:02,200 --> 01:21:05,040
Speaker 1: a different football team with him in the lineup. If

1535
01:21:05,080 --> 01:21:08,439
Speaker 1: they do those things, then when draft Day comes, I

1536
01:21:08,640 --> 01:21:10,360
Speaker 1: think it frees them up to do one or two

1537
01:21:10,479 --> 01:21:14,120
Speaker 1: things to get the best value. If Campbell is there

1538
01:21:14,200 --> 01:21:16,920
Speaker 1: from Iowa, they take him if they think he's worth it,

1539
01:21:17,080 --> 01:21:20,640
Speaker 1: or the kid from Clemson middle linebackers there, or they

1540
01:21:20,720 --> 01:21:23,920
Speaker 1: take the best fright tackle available. I think that frees

1541
01:21:23,960 --> 01:21:25,639
Speaker 1: them up to do those two things. One of those

1542
01:21:25,680 --> 01:21:27,559
Speaker 1: two things, and then if they want to look at

1543
01:21:27,640 --> 01:21:29,600
Speaker 1: wide out, because I don't believe there's going to be

1544
01:21:29,640 --> 01:21:33,080
Speaker 1: a wide out worth first round status, at twenty seven,

1545
01:21:33,320 --> 01:21:35,680
Speaker 1: I think the two or three or four guys available

1546
01:21:36,080 --> 01:21:38,640
Speaker 1: will be long gone. So let's hold wide receiver to

1547
01:21:38,680 --> 01:21:41,240
Speaker 1: the second round and affort. I think they should do

1548
01:21:41,560 --> 01:21:45,200
Speaker 1: all right. Thanks, Thanks, Mark, appreciate the well thought out.

1549
01:21:45,360 --> 01:21:47,439
Speaker 1: The one thing that he did mention that is kind

1550
01:21:47,479 --> 01:21:49,840
Speaker 1: of a sneaky need for Buffalo at least right now

1551
01:21:50,840 --> 01:21:54,599
Speaker 1: is defensive tackle. Yeah. I mean, you've got Tim Settle

1552
01:21:55,080 --> 01:22:00,679
Speaker 1: still under contract for another year. You've got Ed Oliver

1553
01:22:01,240 --> 01:22:03,720
Speaker 1: last year of his contract, and Mark would prefer to

1554
01:22:03,800 --> 01:22:06,519
Speaker 1: reduce that cap figure. And I totally understand why ten

1555
01:22:06,600 --> 01:22:10,200
Speaker 1: point seven is a fat number, and Ed Oliver the

1556
01:22:10,320 --> 01:22:12,880
Speaker 1: consistency of his game. I don't think it's measured up

1557
01:22:12,920 --> 01:22:15,920
Speaker 1: to that in terms of a level of production. And

1558
01:22:16,080 --> 01:22:18,920
Speaker 1: then you have another guy entering the last year of

1559
01:22:19,000 --> 01:22:21,360
Speaker 1: his contract in de Quan Jones. And then you have

1560
01:22:21,439 --> 01:22:27,479
Speaker 1: Jordan Phillips who's your free agent. So that has to

1561
01:22:27,560 --> 01:22:30,040
Speaker 1: be addressed not only for this coming year to add

1562
01:22:30,080 --> 01:22:33,680
Speaker 1: to your ranks, but this time next year, three of

1563
01:22:33,760 --> 01:22:37,719
Speaker 1: those guys contracts are going to be upright, So Brandon

1564
01:22:37,760 --> 01:22:41,519
Speaker 1: Bean has to do some some look ahead planning as well. Yeah,

1565
01:22:41,560 --> 01:22:44,840
Speaker 1: and I get it. In addition to fortifying the position now, right,

1566
01:22:44,880 --> 01:22:49,080
Speaker 1: and I get it, ed Oliver is on a lot

1567
01:22:49,160 --> 01:22:55,519
Speaker 1: of people's list at ten point five yeah, I mean

1568
01:22:56,600 --> 01:23:01,200
Speaker 1: not guaranteed, but at ten point five seven seven, that's

1569
01:23:01,200 --> 01:23:07,160
Speaker 1: a lot of money on the cap. Yeah, how are

1570
01:23:07,160 --> 01:23:10,720
Speaker 1: you going to spend it? You spend that on Bobby Wagner, right,

1571
01:23:11,120 --> 01:23:14,320
Speaker 1: and it let's not forget it's additioned by subtraction too.

1572
01:23:14,439 --> 01:23:18,800
Speaker 1: If you if you move him off your roster, sure

1573
01:23:18,880 --> 01:23:21,400
Speaker 1: you save yourself ten seven on the cap, but you

1574
01:23:21,479 --> 01:23:25,559
Speaker 1: also have an extra spot to fill. Yes, So there's

1575
01:23:25,600 --> 01:23:28,360
Speaker 1: something to be said for that as well. And there

1576
01:23:28,400 --> 01:23:31,200
Speaker 1: are different ways you can massage such things, whether you

1577
01:23:31,280 --> 01:23:33,200
Speaker 1: want to extend him a year and spread his money out,

1578
01:23:33,840 --> 01:23:35,760
Speaker 1: or whether you want to ride it out and say

1579
01:23:35,840 --> 01:23:38,840
Speaker 1: we'll figure it out next year. But then that figure

1580
01:23:38,960 --> 01:23:41,200
Speaker 1: leaves you a little hamstrung in terms of doing other things.

1581
01:23:41,760 --> 01:23:45,080
Speaker 1: So yeah, it's it's not it's not a cut and

1582
01:23:45,200 --> 01:23:49,400
Speaker 1: dry call on what you do with Oliver to afford

1583
01:23:49,479 --> 01:23:52,599
Speaker 1: yourself the cap space to do other things to help

1584
01:23:52,640 --> 01:23:55,880
Speaker 1: your roster. Let's go to Dan in Hamburg next. What

1585
01:23:55,920 --> 01:23:58,680
Speaker 1: do you got for us? Dan? You're on one Bill's Live. Hey,

1586
01:23:58,720 --> 01:24:02,360
Speaker 1: how are you guys? Showing today. I was wondering about

1587
01:24:02,640 --> 01:24:07,439
Speaker 1: Shack Lawson and Jordan Phillips. I'm just not sure what

1588
01:24:09,320 --> 01:24:12,280
Speaker 1: what they're doing with him. I mean, Shack had a

1589
01:24:12,360 --> 01:24:17,200
Speaker 1: great season last year, I thought, and Jordan Phillips our

1590
01:24:17,280 --> 01:24:20,400
Speaker 1: defensive line needs some help playing simplousette and I was

1591
01:24:20,439 --> 01:24:22,280
Speaker 1: just one of your guy's thoughts on it. Yeah, I mean,

1592
01:24:22,640 --> 01:24:26,160
Speaker 1: I think Shack was valuable depth for this team and

1593
01:24:26,280 --> 01:24:29,519
Speaker 1: proved it when Greg russoumas time with a high ankle

1594
01:24:29,600 --> 01:24:34,080
Speaker 1: sprain and when aj Epenessa miss some time with injury.

1595
01:24:34,680 --> 01:24:36,840
Speaker 1: Shack was a valuable guy that they could just plug

1596
01:24:36,920 --> 01:24:39,120
Speaker 1: and play. They knew he'd be able to set the

1597
01:24:39,240 --> 01:24:41,559
Speaker 1: edge every now and again, he gets some pass pressure,

1598
01:24:41,840 --> 01:24:44,920
Speaker 1: maybe logs a sack. So yeah, I mean, you could

1599
01:24:44,920 --> 01:24:47,760
Speaker 1: do a whole lot worse than Shack Lawson for your

1600
01:24:47,880 --> 01:24:52,080
Speaker 1: fifth defensive end, right, and then when Von Miller went

1601
01:24:52,120 --> 01:24:54,920
Speaker 1: out for the year, Shack logged some major snap time

1602
01:24:55,560 --> 01:24:59,080
Speaker 1: and held up. I mean, he wasn't Von Miller, but

1603
01:24:59,280 --> 01:25:01,760
Speaker 1: like I said, a fifth defensive end on your roster,

1604
01:25:01,840 --> 01:25:05,840
Speaker 1: you do a lot worse than Shack. Jordan Phillips was Hammond.

1605
01:25:05,880 --> 01:25:08,360
Speaker 1: He was playing with one arm for the last third

1606
01:25:08,439 --> 01:25:12,400
Speaker 1: of the season and in the playoffs. He's a guy

1607
01:25:12,520 --> 01:25:15,600
Speaker 1: that I think makes a big difference down inside for

1608
01:25:15,680 --> 01:25:19,000
Speaker 1: this club. I'd love to see him resign him somehow,

1609
01:25:19,160 --> 01:25:23,160
Speaker 1: some way, So I yeah, I'm kind of with you there,

1610
01:25:23,160 --> 01:25:24,720
Speaker 1: and Brownie and I've been talking about it off and

1611
01:25:24,800 --> 01:25:28,479
Speaker 1: on the defensive tackle. Is is a sneaky need for

1612
01:25:28,560 --> 01:25:31,639
Speaker 1: this club because you because of the way the contracts

1613
01:25:31,680 --> 01:25:34,600
Speaker 1: are struggled structured and the way they're timing up at

1614
01:25:34,640 --> 01:25:36,360
Speaker 1: the other end of them, there's a lot of guys

1615
01:25:36,520 --> 01:25:39,360
Speaker 1: that come free next year. Next year, they're not gonna

1616
01:25:39,360 --> 01:25:41,439
Speaker 1: have anybody. You know, they aren'tna have anybody on the roster.

1617
01:25:41,960 --> 01:25:44,720
Speaker 1: So that's that's a big deal. They need to get

1618
01:25:44,760 --> 01:25:48,080
Speaker 1: some guys start staggering those contracts. I think the thing

1619
01:25:48,160 --> 01:25:51,760
Speaker 1: with Jordan Phillips because in my estimation, I think the

1620
01:25:51,800 --> 01:25:53,599
Speaker 1: Bills would like to have him back, but I think

1621
01:25:55,000 --> 01:25:58,040
Speaker 1: he's still in rehab mode and I think they want

1622
01:25:58,040 --> 01:26:00,960
Speaker 1: to wait to see. You know, you don't sign anybody

1623
01:26:01,040 --> 01:26:05,080
Speaker 1: unless they're healthy in most cases, and he just had

1624
01:26:05,160 --> 01:26:07,320
Speaker 1: surgery at the end of the season. We're talking end

1625
01:26:07,360 --> 01:26:11,320
Speaker 1: of January and we're only in mid March. Rotator cuff

1626
01:26:11,400 --> 01:26:14,760
Speaker 1: surgery so my belief and I don't know anything, but

1627
01:26:15,040 --> 01:26:18,400
Speaker 1: I would surmise that they're gonna wait for him to

1628
01:26:18,439 --> 01:26:21,360
Speaker 1: get one hundred percent healthy, have the doctors look him over,

1629
01:26:21,840 --> 01:26:23,840
Speaker 1: say is he good to go, and then they're going

1630
01:26:23,880 --> 01:26:26,200
Speaker 1: to talk about contract at that point in time. I

1631
01:26:26,280 --> 01:26:28,679
Speaker 1: think Jordan wants to be back here, and I would

1632
01:26:28,680 --> 01:26:30,800
Speaker 1: be implying to think that the Bills would want him back.

1633
01:26:31,520 --> 01:26:33,599
Speaker 1: So I think it's just a matter of him getting

1634
01:26:33,720 --> 01:26:38,520
Speaker 1: healthy first before they plunge into that kind of negotiating

1635
01:26:38,560 --> 01:26:40,040
Speaker 1: and ultimate as soon as he starts to get back,

1636
01:26:40,080 --> 01:26:41,760
Speaker 1: as soon as he's back in the building and starts

1637
01:26:41,800 --> 01:26:43,800
Speaker 1: working out and they couldn't look at him and they're saying, yeah,

1638
01:26:43,840 --> 01:26:46,439
Speaker 1: he looks like his old self, that those talks will

1639
01:26:46,439 --> 01:26:48,680
Speaker 1: probably start heating up pretty quickly. We have to take

1640
01:26:48,720 --> 01:26:51,280
Speaker 1: a break here, but some final thoughts on the tweet sheet.

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01:26:51,360 --> 01:26:53,400
Speaker 1: Next here on One Bills Live, presented by a lot

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01:26:53,479 --> 01:27:09,920
Speaker 1: of Health. It's Buffalo Bills Radio. All right back here

1643
01:27:09,960 --> 01:27:12,439
Speaker 1: on One Bill's Live. Some final thoughts on the tweet sheet.

1644
01:27:12,479 --> 01:27:15,080
Speaker 1: For Mike make a trade for a wide out. With

1645
01:27:15,240 --> 01:27:17,439
Speaker 1: the team's win now window, they don't have time to

1646
01:27:17,520 --> 01:27:19,920
Speaker 1: develop a wide receiver and that's if they even pan out.

1647
01:27:20,000 --> 01:27:23,040
Speaker 1: Lock up that position, then get your middle linebacker slash

1648
01:27:23,120 --> 01:27:27,600
Speaker 1: tight end in the draft. What say, DeAndre Hopkins is

1649
01:27:27,640 --> 01:27:30,600
Speaker 1: out there? Can you afford the price tag? I don't know.

1650
01:27:30,880 --> 01:27:33,160
Speaker 1: That's not only in terms of what you're giving up. Again,

1651
01:27:33,280 --> 01:27:35,479
Speaker 1: much like the Derrick Henry conversation, can you pay what

1652
01:27:35,600 --> 01:27:38,240
Speaker 1: he's out? Yeah? I get it? Can you get him?

1653
01:27:38,600 --> 01:27:41,880
Speaker 1: Can you trade for him? Redo his deal? And then

1654
01:27:41,920 --> 01:27:44,280
Speaker 1: you'd have to do something like trade him, give them

1655
01:27:44,360 --> 01:27:46,920
Speaker 1: at Oliver and take DeAndre Hopkins back. That kind of

1656
01:27:47,000 --> 01:27:49,160
Speaker 1: thing this is in the money would be a wash,

1657
01:27:49,240 --> 01:27:53,080
Speaker 1: a little bit close. That kind of thing is a possibility.

1658
01:27:53,240 --> 01:27:55,439
Speaker 1: Whether they're looking for that or not, I do not know.

1659
01:27:56,160 --> 01:27:58,639
Speaker 1: But DeAndre Hopkins has been said to being being shot

1660
01:27:58,680 --> 01:28:00,840
Speaker 1: by the Arizona Carls. That's the guy I would go after.

1661
01:28:01,720 --> 01:28:05,680
Speaker 1: That would be dude, He's a that'd be something. Yes,

1662
01:28:05,840 --> 01:28:07,720
Speaker 1: sure I would, Yes, I would be tickled by that.

1663
01:28:07,880 --> 01:28:12,679
Speaker 1: Jason says, O BJ combined with DIGS that would be awesome,

1664
01:28:12,920 --> 01:28:17,479
Speaker 1: all caps exclamation point. Yeah, either one ob J or

1665
01:28:17,600 --> 01:28:21,719
Speaker 1: d hop OBJ doesn't cost you assets, just no money,

1666
01:28:21,920 --> 01:28:24,120
Speaker 1: just money. But he wants big money, probably a little

1667
01:28:24,160 --> 01:28:28,520
Speaker 1: longer term Jack need to find some help at linebacker.

1668
01:28:28,560 --> 01:28:31,280
Speaker 1: I would love Wagner, but Drew Trank will also intrigues me.

1669
01:28:31,360 --> 01:28:34,439
Speaker 1: He's not as big, but as good in coverage. All true. Also,

1670
01:28:34,560 --> 01:28:36,760
Speaker 1: might be time to look at D line help at

1671
01:28:36,840 --> 01:28:39,240
Speaker 1: either tackle or end. Probably an aging vent looking for

1672
01:28:39,280 --> 01:28:41,719
Speaker 1: a last year or two on a competitor to bolster

1673
01:28:41,840 --> 01:28:44,280
Speaker 1: the D line. Yeah, I mean, those those are all

1674
01:28:44,439 --> 01:28:48,000
Speaker 1: needs for sure, and money is going to come into

1675
01:28:48,080 --> 01:28:50,479
Speaker 1: play first and foremost just by virtue of the fact

1676
01:28:50,560 --> 01:28:54,080
Speaker 1: of where the Bill's cap situation sits, which we are

1677
01:28:54,120 --> 01:28:56,120
Speaker 1: still going to try to get an update on because

1678
01:28:56,120 --> 01:28:58,320
Speaker 1: we didn't even know the terms of Poyer's contract yet.

1679
01:28:58,439 --> 01:28:59,880
Speaker 1: We know it's two years, but we don't know the

1680
01:29:00,000 --> 01:29:01,720
Speaker 1: money involved. We have to find out what their cap

1681
01:29:01,800 --> 01:29:04,200
Speaker 1: situation is going into this, into the draft and all

1682
01:29:04,240 --> 01:29:06,160
Speaker 1: that stuff. They gotta have about seven million for that.

1683
01:29:06,320 --> 01:29:09,800
Speaker 1: So yeah, it's still going on. We'll see a Saint

1684
01:29:09,880 --> 01:29:13,439
Speaker 1: Patrick's Day Friday edition of One Bill's Live is coming

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Speaker 1: your way tomorrow. We'll have more coverage of Bills free

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Speaker 1: agency and some comments from Brandon being as well. We'll

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Speaker 1: see it one