1 00:00:06,800 --> 00:00:10,560 Speaker 1: At a Steve Tasker who has been all over the fields, 2 00:00:10,640 --> 00:00:12,240 Speaker 1: kind of unique. He was kind of a dual role 3 00:00:12,320 --> 00:00:18,759 Speaker 1: player for you, Steve a blimp. We're not even in 4 00:00:18,840 --> 00:00:26,680 Speaker 1: the straded beer of normalcy. It's another week of the 5 00:00:26,800 --> 00:00:32,360 Speaker 1: off season, free agency dying down, and buildings steadily as 6 00:00:32,400 --> 00:00:36,239 Speaker 1: we now sit a mere month away one Stephen Tasker 7 00:00:37,640 --> 00:00:42,760 Speaker 1: from the twenty twenty one n f L Draft. I 8 00:00:42,800 --> 00:00:44,200 Speaker 1: don't know if we can, any of us can watch 9 00:00:44,240 --> 00:00:48,519 Speaker 1: the draft anymore. Trevor Lawrence decide. He's not even gonna go, oh, 10 00:00:48,560 --> 00:00:50,640 Speaker 1: you're all broken up about that. You saw that news 11 00:00:50,680 --> 00:00:54,120 Speaker 1: this weekend. He's not even crushed. The sunshine won't be there. 12 00:00:54,160 --> 00:00:55,760 Speaker 1: I will say this, I tip my hat to that guy, 13 00:00:55,760 --> 00:00:57,320 Speaker 1: because that's how I would like to do it too. 14 00:00:57,480 --> 00:00:59,760 Speaker 1: I mean, it's you think about it, and if you're 15 00:00:59,800 --> 00:01:01,440 Speaker 1: one of those kids, you know you want to be 16 00:01:01,640 --> 00:01:03,480 Speaker 1: in the green room, you want to be on ESPN, 17 00:01:03,560 --> 00:01:05,760 Speaker 1: you want to walk down that thing hug Roger Goodell, 18 00:01:06,160 --> 00:01:10,520 Speaker 1: you want tomize the moment. It's a very out there 19 00:01:10,880 --> 00:01:12,960 Speaker 1: show biz kind of moment, your first one in the 20 00:01:13,000 --> 00:01:15,959 Speaker 1: spotlight as an NFL player. I get all that, but 21 00:01:16,000 --> 00:01:18,400 Speaker 1: if you want to beat one hundred percent true to yourself. 22 00:01:18,840 --> 00:01:22,200 Speaker 1: You do it with your your mom, your dad, your 23 00:01:22,440 --> 00:01:25,839 Speaker 1: your brothers at college, your teammates, your high school coach, 24 00:01:26,280 --> 00:01:29,000 Speaker 1: your family, people that back just since you were you know, 25 00:01:29,240 --> 00:01:31,000 Speaker 1: that's who you want to do it for. All those 26 00:01:31,000 --> 00:01:32,920 Speaker 1: are the ones you share it with. You don't share 27 00:01:32,959 --> 00:01:37,520 Speaker 1: it with, you know, like our buddy Dave Iikinger, who 28 00:01:37,560 --> 00:01:41,080 Speaker 1: hands the hat to the guy from a new era, Right, Dave, 29 00:01:41,640 --> 00:01:45,160 Speaker 1: who's a Buffalo guy. He's at every draft, every All 30 00:01:45,240 --> 00:01:49,400 Speaker 1: Star game, every Pro Bowl, every Super Bowl, every World 31 00:01:49,480 --> 00:01:52,600 Speaker 1: Series game, and he hands out that the commemorative hats 32 00:01:52,600 --> 00:01:55,280 Speaker 1: from new era. Right. You know, don't you want to? 33 00:01:55,480 --> 00:01:56,760 Speaker 1: I love Dave, but you don't want to share it 34 00:01:56,800 --> 00:01:59,880 Speaker 1: with Dave. You want to share it with mom and dad, right, 35 00:02:00,040 --> 00:02:03,400 Speaker 1: And I'm sure there'll be a hat there. Last year 36 00:02:03,440 --> 00:02:06,720 Speaker 1: with the virtual Drake, I loved it that he said, 37 00:02:06,920 --> 00:02:09,000 Speaker 1: you know, I'm not I'm good. Yeah, I don't need 38 00:02:09,080 --> 00:02:10,720 Speaker 1: I want to. I got people I want to share 39 00:02:10,760 --> 00:02:15,000 Speaker 1: this with. I think that's a huge plus. He just 40 00:02:15,160 --> 00:02:18,360 Speaker 1: basically got engaged. I think it was right after the 41 00:02:19,800 --> 00:02:22,840 Speaker 1: the college football season. I think he got engaged on 42 00:02:22,880 --> 00:02:27,280 Speaker 1: the field in Death Valley, UM. So presumably his fiance 43 00:02:27,440 --> 00:02:30,639 Speaker 1: will be there also as he will be doing it. Well, yeah, 44 00:02:30,680 --> 00:02:33,280 Speaker 1: that or near the Clemson campus that you could probably 45 00:02:33,280 --> 00:02:36,440 Speaker 1: take what three they could probably take some people with you, 46 00:02:36,440 --> 00:02:38,720 Speaker 1: an entourage with you to the green room. Yeah, I 47 00:02:38,760 --> 00:02:40,200 Speaker 1: don't know what the limit is. Yeah, there'll be a 48 00:02:40,240 --> 00:02:45,200 Speaker 1: limit this year. Yeah, but I thought it was I 49 00:02:45,200 --> 00:02:48,120 Speaker 1: thought it was real. It really reflected well on him 50 00:02:48,720 --> 00:02:52,840 Speaker 1: to say no, thank you, because that's I'm not about 51 00:02:52,880 --> 00:02:55,399 Speaker 1: the glitz and glamor about people that supported me. Yeah, 52 00:02:55,400 --> 00:02:57,440 Speaker 1: that's what it says. I think. I think that's huge 53 00:02:57,480 --> 00:02:59,400 Speaker 1: and I and and I get a lot of these 54 00:02:59,400 --> 00:03:02,480 Speaker 1: guys can't. They have lived for that. That's the moment 55 00:03:02,520 --> 00:03:04,799 Speaker 1: they live for. Forget about forget about training camp and 56 00:03:04,919 --> 00:03:07,040 Speaker 1: Opening Day and all that that this is the moment 57 00:03:07,639 --> 00:03:11,840 Speaker 1: because that's when with no one and undoubtedly no matter 58 00:03:11,880 --> 00:03:15,560 Speaker 1: how their career goes, the NFL's eyes are and everybody 59 00:03:16,240 --> 00:03:19,640 Speaker 1: was on that guy for that moment. They are like 60 00:03:19,720 --> 00:03:23,160 Speaker 1: the MVP, and that's you know, that's a moment. A 61 00:03:23,160 --> 00:03:26,839 Speaker 1: lot of guys just can't walk away from owners meetings 62 00:03:26,840 --> 00:03:30,839 Speaker 1: early this week, as it sounds as though the main 63 00:03:31,000 --> 00:03:35,800 Speaker 1: crux of the discussions will be centered around formally approving 64 00:03:36,320 --> 00:03:40,960 Speaker 1: the seventeenth regular season game for the twenty twenty one 65 00:03:41,040 --> 00:03:46,960 Speaker 1: season and beyond that would also cut the preseason two 66 00:03:47,120 --> 00:03:51,760 Speaker 1: three games, So that seems more like a formality than 67 00:03:51,840 --> 00:03:54,400 Speaker 1: anything else. It's also a part of our Twitter poll, 68 00:03:54,440 --> 00:03:56,600 Speaker 1: which we'll get to in a second. But I found 69 00:03:56,640 --> 00:03:59,120 Speaker 1: an interesting Peter King, who we had on the show 70 00:03:59,240 --> 00:04:03,160 Speaker 1: last week of his Football Morning in America column, gave 71 00:04:03,280 --> 00:04:09,440 Speaker 1: indication that all of the Competition Committee recommendations that are 72 00:04:09,440 --> 00:04:12,520 Speaker 1: going to be put before ownership have been tabled until 73 00:04:12,560 --> 00:04:16,480 Speaker 1: the May meeting. And the main reason this is great, Stephen. 74 00:04:16,760 --> 00:04:21,640 Speaker 1: The main reason why is because they're convinced that after 75 00:04:21,760 --> 00:04:25,560 Speaker 1: being on a zoom call for more than two hours, 76 00:04:26,000 --> 00:04:31,919 Speaker 1: the attention span will be waning. How about that? Then? 77 00:04:32,480 --> 00:04:36,920 Speaker 1: How about two hours? Like I think, I think there 78 00:04:36,920 --> 00:04:40,839 Speaker 1: are people, you know, probably on the Competition Committee. In part, 79 00:04:40,920 --> 00:04:43,200 Speaker 1: this was Peter King reporting this, so that's why I'm 80 00:04:43,279 --> 00:04:46,720 Speaker 1: kind of relaying at second hand, but I trust his reporting. Um, 81 00:04:47,200 --> 00:04:49,280 Speaker 1: But he said, yeah, a lot of this stuff that 82 00:04:49,320 --> 00:04:52,320 Speaker 1: the Competition Committee presents to ownership is going to be 83 00:04:52,360 --> 00:04:56,440 Speaker 1: tabled until May to be voted on officially, you know, 84 00:04:56,520 --> 00:05:00,160 Speaker 1: thumbs up, thumbs down or whatever it is. It is 85 00:05:00,160 --> 00:05:03,000 Speaker 1: going to be tabled because this owner's meeting is taking 86 00:05:03,040 --> 00:05:06,400 Speaker 1: place virtually as just about everything is these days, and 87 00:05:06,920 --> 00:05:10,840 Speaker 1: they are they're concerned that, you know, these meetings can 88 00:05:10,920 --> 00:05:12,920 Speaker 1: drag on all day. You break, you know, they meet 89 00:05:12,920 --> 00:05:15,320 Speaker 1: at nine, they're in there for like two or three hours, 90 00:05:15,320 --> 00:05:17,240 Speaker 1: they break for lunch, they come back, they meet for 91 00:05:17,279 --> 00:05:20,400 Speaker 1: another two or three hours. It's long in person. Now 92 00:05:20,480 --> 00:05:23,599 Speaker 1: do it online where you're looking at fifteen, you know, 93 00:05:23,720 --> 00:05:27,839 Speaker 1: thirty one other little boxes and who's talking this? Who's talking? 94 00:05:27,880 --> 00:05:30,280 Speaker 1: I don't you know what? I gotta go get a sandwich, 95 00:05:30,400 --> 00:05:32,679 Speaker 1: like you know what I mean? Like the attention span 96 00:05:32,960 --> 00:05:36,960 Speaker 1: will wax and wayne here. It's just human nature. So 97 00:05:37,440 --> 00:05:40,200 Speaker 1: with the importance of some of the items that the 98 00:05:40,240 --> 00:05:42,919 Speaker 1: Competition Committee's bringing to the table this year, some of 99 00:05:42,920 --> 00:05:46,200 Speaker 1: which we've discussed on this show, you know, the giving 100 00:05:46,240 --> 00:05:49,599 Speaker 1: extra authority to the replay booth official, among other things. 101 00:05:49,600 --> 00:05:52,960 Speaker 1: We did a whole show on that last week, they said, look, 102 00:05:54,080 --> 00:05:57,599 Speaker 1: let's just save that for May. Maybe we can meet 103 00:05:57,600 --> 00:06:01,560 Speaker 1: in person at the very least. Will our focus will 104 00:06:01,600 --> 00:06:06,800 Speaker 1: be just on that, just the Competition Committee proposals, and 105 00:06:06,839 --> 00:06:08,880 Speaker 1: we won't be worried about all this other stuff like 106 00:06:08,880 --> 00:06:14,039 Speaker 1: the seventeenth game, how to divvy up the pie with 107 00:06:14,080 --> 00:06:16,640 Speaker 1: the new media rights deal and when the money kicks in, 108 00:06:16,720 --> 00:06:19,400 Speaker 1: and all of that stuff that's gonna be handled this week, 109 00:06:19,640 --> 00:06:22,040 Speaker 1: so that on top of the seventeenth game, three game 110 00:06:22,040 --> 00:06:25,560 Speaker 1: preseason is gonna sounds like it's gonna be the crux 111 00:06:25,920 --> 00:06:29,479 Speaker 1: of what's discussed this week. And then all that rule 112 00:06:29,560 --> 00:06:33,080 Speaker 1: proposal stuff that we've been talking about gets tabled until May. 113 00:06:33,880 --> 00:06:36,720 Speaker 1: I'm okay with that. I mean, there's no urgency right now. 114 00:06:36,720 --> 00:06:38,760 Speaker 1: We're still a ways off from the regular season here. 115 00:06:38,760 --> 00:06:41,640 Speaker 1: I can certainly relate to the reasoning behind tabling it. 116 00:06:42,320 --> 00:06:44,920 Speaker 1: I don't want to sit in Are you kidding me? 117 00:06:45,320 --> 00:06:50,880 Speaker 1: My top end is like thirty minutes. Our good friend 118 00:06:51,040 --> 00:06:56,240 Speaker 1: Mark Dalton tweeted, who's the PR guy with the Arizona Cardinals. 119 00:06:57,720 --> 00:07:03,920 Speaker 1: He tweeted this last week he had determined that they 120 00:07:04,000 --> 00:07:07,760 Speaker 1: had a full calendar year of Zoom calls, and so 121 00:07:07,920 --> 00:07:09,920 Speaker 1: I don't know how he came to the total for 122 00:07:09,960 --> 00:07:13,160 Speaker 1: the year, but someone was keeping tabs on the total. 123 00:07:13,200 --> 00:07:15,160 Speaker 1: I don't know. Maybe Zoom keeps track of it for you. 124 00:07:15,240 --> 00:07:18,920 Speaker 1: I'm not even sure, but he said, in one calendar year, 125 00:07:19,360 --> 00:07:25,200 Speaker 1: the Arizona Cardinals conducted four hundred fifty one zoom calls 126 00:07:25,360 --> 00:07:31,080 Speaker 1: between player interviews, coach interviews, you know, ownership, draft, all 127 00:07:31,120 --> 00:07:36,120 Speaker 1: of that in one calendar. Four hundred and fifty one. 128 00:07:36,160 --> 00:07:38,880 Speaker 1: That probably doesn't even touch on the player meetings every 129 00:07:38,960 --> 00:07:43,480 Speaker 1: day every week in the virtual off season. I well, wow, no, no, no, 130 00:07:43,720 --> 00:07:46,480 Speaker 1: I'm saying strictly with the public, like with the media. 131 00:07:46,560 --> 00:07:49,440 Speaker 1: Oh my gosh, yeah, four hundred and fifty one. Yeah, 132 00:07:49,480 --> 00:07:51,960 Speaker 1: that's that had nothing to do with the coaching staff 133 00:07:52,280 --> 00:07:54,840 Speaker 1: and the players in the virtual off season zoom calls 134 00:07:55,280 --> 00:07:59,680 Speaker 1: media wise, four hundred fifty one. Yeah, that's that's a 135 00:07:59,720 --> 00:08:03,360 Speaker 1: ball part figure. So we've all probably been in the 136 00:08:03,440 --> 00:08:07,960 Speaker 1: vicinity of some three to four hundred zooms, whether it's 137 00:08:08,360 --> 00:08:10,560 Speaker 1: work related where you know, you have a meeting with 138 00:08:10,600 --> 00:08:13,640 Speaker 1: a department head, or whether you and I have to 139 00:08:13,680 --> 00:08:15,320 Speaker 1: do an interview with a player because they can't be 140 00:08:15,400 --> 00:08:17,840 Speaker 1: in studio here with us, you know, for the show, 141 00:08:18,840 --> 00:08:22,720 Speaker 1: or just doing postgame interviews after the games. Yeah, I 142 00:08:22,760 --> 00:08:26,119 Speaker 1: mean we're all up there on the talent second nature. 143 00:08:26,160 --> 00:08:29,040 Speaker 1: Now it's second nature. You just hop on pop hit, 144 00:08:29,080 --> 00:08:30,960 Speaker 1: you know, you hit the clicks and you're like okay 145 00:08:30,960 --> 00:08:33,720 Speaker 1: and you. You know, there's always a little test, the 146 00:08:33,760 --> 00:08:37,760 Speaker 1: mic test, the audio test, the camera might yeah, right, 147 00:08:37,800 --> 00:08:39,920 Speaker 1: can you hear me? All right, let's go, you know, 148 00:08:40,600 --> 00:08:46,000 Speaker 1: I mean it's second nature. And I was like before, 149 00:08:46,040 --> 00:08:47,880 Speaker 1: you know, a year ago, we were like, what we're 150 00:08:47,880 --> 00:08:52,960 Speaker 1: gonna do? What? I don't know? Yeah, it's it gonna work. 151 00:08:53,040 --> 00:08:54,440 Speaker 1: Are you gonna be able to don't have a choice. 152 00:08:54,480 --> 00:08:57,160 Speaker 1: Are you gonna be able to see me just my 153 00:08:57,240 --> 00:09:00,680 Speaker 1: head and shoulders? Okay, that gives me an idea. Right, 154 00:09:01,360 --> 00:09:04,760 Speaker 1: it's something. Oh I have to I'm gonna have to 155 00:09:04,800 --> 00:09:07,199 Speaker 1: look good from my neck up. All right, I can 156 00:09:07,240 --> 00:09:11,880 Speaker 1: do that. Some housekeeping news and notes concerning both the 157 00:09:11,880 --> 00:09:14,720 Speaker 1: Bills and around the league after we got off the 158 00:09:14,760 --> 00:09:19,360 Speaker 1: air on Friday, the Bills signed wide receivers slash kick 159 00:09:19,400 --> 00:09:25,040 Speaker 1: returner Brandon Powell to a one year contract. And he 160 00:09:25,120 --> 00:09:28,840 Speaker 1: had previously been with the Atlanta Falcons. Diminutive guy in 161 00:09:28,920 --> 00:09:33,560 Speaker 1: terms of stature five eight, one seventy seven, but he 162 00:09:33,600 --> 00:09:35,320 Speaker 1: can move, he can scoot. He's kind of like an 163 00:09:35,360 --> 00:09:40,400 Speaker 1: Isaiah McKenzie type. So undoubtedly he'll be here for kick 164 00:09:40,440 --> 00:09:44,280 Speaker 1: return competition and that's probably the best way that he 165 00:09:44,400 --> 00:09:46,480 Speaker 1: is going to make this roster I would think if 166 00:09:46,480 --> 00:09:49,720 Speaker 1: he can show out on kick return, now, how many 167 00:09:49,720 --> 00:09:51,679 Speaker 1: opportunities are you gonna get in the preseason, you know 168 00:09:51,679 --> 00:09:53,480 Speaker 1: what I mean, That's got to be a hard position 169 00:09:54,000 --> 00:09:58,400 Speaker 1: to justify, Hey, I deserve a roster spot nowadays, because 170 00:09:58,559 --> 00:10:00,679 Speaker 1: what are these guys doing in the preseas If you're 171 00:10:00,679 --> 00:10:02,760 Speaker 1: a kicker going for a job in the preseason, what 172 00:10:02,800 --> 00:10:04,240 Speaker 1: are you doing. You're booting through the back of the 173 00:10:04,320 --> 00:10:05,920 Speaker 1: end zone to show, hey, I can get you a 174 00:10:05,920 --> 00:10:09,120 Speaker 1: touchback anytime you want. And so that takes opportunities out 175 00:10:09,120 --> 00:10:12,040 Speaker 1: of the hands of guys like Powell who's scraping and 176 00:10:12,120 --> 00:10:15,160 Speaker 1: Clawn to make a roster like this, especially knowing he's 177 00:10:15,200 --> 00:10:19,160 Speaker 1: also a receiver with this contingent that they have here 178 00:10:19,160 --> 00:10:22,040 Speaker 1: at receiver, you know what I mean. Like, I think 179 00:10:22,160 --> 00:10:23,719 Speaker 1: be tough. I think it's a trend. I mean, I 180 00:10:23,760 --> 00:10:26,000 Speaker 1: think it's started in the trend setters or teams like 181 00:10:26,400 --> 00:10:29,280 Speaker 1: well now like Buffalo and I think like Kansas City 182 00:10:30,120 --> 00:10:34,079 Speaker 1: they had this MVP candidate quarterback, like the Bills did 183 00:10:34,080 --> 00:10:38,960 Speaker 1: this last year, and obviously the Chiefs do and they're like, 184 00:10:39,400 --> 00:10:41,640 Speaker 1: let's it, man, We're riding it. We're gonna get all 185 00:10:41,640 --> 00:10:44,160 Speaker 1: the receivers we can get. We're gonna bolster our offensive line, 186 00:10:44,200 --> 00:10:48,280 Speaker 1: get deep and big, get some you know, get a 187 00:10:48,320 --> 00:10:50,480 Speaker 1: stable of running backs, try and get a tight end. 188 00:10:50,679 --> 00:10:54,120 Speaker 1: Sign a couple of those guys, and we're gonna do 189 00:10:54,160 --> 00:10:56,240 Speaker 1: that every year. We're gonna we're gonna if we lose 190 00:10:56,240 --> 00:11:00,719 Speaker 1: a receiver, we're gonna get another one back quick. It 191 00:11:00,880 --> 00:11:03,680 Speaker 1: seems to be the trend. If you've got a guy, 192 00:11:03,880 --> 00:11:08,120 Speaker 1: the guy playing quarterback, you're all in on giving him 193 00:11:08,160 --> 00:11:11,240 Speaker 1: everything he needs to be successful. And there's a we've 194 00:11:11,280 --> 00:11:14,400 Speaker 1: been talking at length and even we're gonna Steve Polozolo 195 00:11:14,520 --> 00:11:17,640 Speaker 1: from Pro Football Focus on today, and you listen to 196 00:11:17,640 --> 00:11:25,440 Speaker 1: them talk it is you get the guy, and yeah, okay, 197 00:11:25,480 --> 00:11:26,840 Speaker 1: you gotta have a running back. He wanted to do 198 00:11:26,840 --> 00:11:28,760 Speaker 1: a running game, and the Bills said at the end 199 00:11:28,760 --> 00:11:30,120 Speaker 1: of the year they want to run the ball better. 200 00:11:30,120 --> 00:11:32,319 Speaker 1: They didn't say they wanted to run it more. This 201 00:11:32,400 --> 00:11:34,320 Speaker 1: is the throwing team. Is a throwing league, and the 202 00:11:34,360 --> 00:11:37,880 Speaker 1: Bills are on right out front, and we laugh at 203 00:11:38,000 --> 00:11:39,840 Speaker 1: you laughed at me, and I'm laughing at myself because 204 00:11:40,080 --> 00:11:41,440 Speaker 1: I kind of spurted it out and now I gotta 205 00:11:41,480 --> 00:11:43,640 Speaker 1: live with it. Josh, You're gonna throw it for five 206 00:11:43,679 --> 00:11:46,600 Speaker 1: thousand this year. They ain't gonna They don't care, they 207 00:11:46,640 --> 00:11:49,560 Speaker 1: ain't gonna hand it off. I don't care a little bit. 208 00:11:49,600 --> 00:11:51,400 Speaker 1: I don't care if they got Earl Campbell back there. 209 00:11:51,559 --> 00:11:55,200 Speaker 1: Earl better to learn how to pass pro because they're 210 00:11:55,240 --> 00:11:58,280 Speaker 1: throwing it. And that's it. If if you get five 211 00:11:58,280 --> 00:11:59,880 Speaker 1: in the box, okay, we'll hand it off, see what 212 00:12:00,040 --> 00:12:04,520 Speaker 1: he can get. But Josh's gonna throw it. That's the 213 00:12:04,559 --> 00:12:06,400 Speaker 1: way it is, and that's the league, and I'm not 214 00:12:06,440 --> 00:12:08,160 Speaker 1: afraid of it. And I don't think the Bills are. 215 00:12:08,480 --> 00:12:11,120 Speaker 1: I don't think Bills fans should be. And I get it. 216 00:12:11,160 --> 00:12:12,320 Speaker 1: You'd like to see, you know, you'd like to see 217 00:12:12,360 --> 00:12:14,440 Speaker 1: him run for a nice six yards when they hand 218 00:12:14,440 --> 00:12:20,640 Speaker 1: the ball off. Now, I don't care throw it. They 219 00:12:20,679 --> 00:12:23,760 Speaker 1: cannot stop though they spread that out. Josh is thrown 220 00:12:23,800 --> 00:12:26,079 Speaker 1: as well as he is with the Army. You can't 221 00:12:26,120 --> 00:12:30,480 Speaker 1: stop that. They were sixty percent in change throw to 222 00:12:32,080 --> 00:12:34,880 Speaker 1: That's what they'll be this year. Do you well, I 223 00:12:34,920 --> 00:12:36,280 Speaker 1: was going to ask you, do you think it goes 224 00:12:36,280 --> 00:12:40,760 Speaker 1: maybe a tick higher? The only way that changes is 225 00:12:40,840 --> 00:12:43,600 Speaker 1: yards per carry if they start, if they go from 226 00:12:43,640 --> 00:12:45,480 Speaker 1: whatever they were at this year, and let me look, 227 00:12:45,480 --> 00:12:48,640 Speaker 1: I've got it here. Oh what they average per carry 228 00:12:48,679 --> 00:12:52,200 Speaker 1: on the season this past year. Yeah, I don't remember 229 00:12:52,200 --> 00:12:55,160 Speaker 1: that number off the top of my head. Let's see rushing. 230 00:12:56,080 --> 00:12:58,800 Speaker 1: But what I was saying was they were they were 231 00:12:58,800 --> 00:13:02,000 Speaker 1: four point two as a team. Which that got up 232 00:13:02,120 --> 00:13:05,200 Speaker 1: it's largely and that was largely Josh. Right, if that 233 00:13:05,280 --> 00:13:09,160 Speaker 1: got up to five point zero with Josh running less 234 00:13:09,640 --> 00:13:12,120 Speaker 1: or four point five with Josh running less, now you 235 00:13:12,160 --> 00:13:16,560 Speaker 1: may see it tick up to like forty two two, 236 00:13:17,320 --> 00:13:18,959 Speaker 1: forty three percent. I was going to ask, if it 237 00:13:19,040 --> 00:13:23,360 Speaker 1: gets to forty five percent, people will start belly aching. Well, 238 00:13:23,880 --> 00:13:26,080 Speaker 1: I think you misunderstood my question I was gonna I 239 00:13:26,160 --> 00:13:29,520 Speaker 1: was asking you if the passing was gonna tick up 240 00:13:30,080 --> 00:13:32,120 Speaker 1: like st two And that's the other side of the three, 241 00:13:32,240 --> 00:13:33,840 Speaker 1: that's the other side of that. If it stays at 242 00:13:33,880 --> 00:13:37,319 Speaker 1: four point two and Josh runs less, it'll go to fifty, 243 00:13:37,400 --> 00:13:41,520 Speaker 1: It'll go to sixty five, sixty five, it'll go between, 244 00:13:41,559 --> 00:13:43,839 Speaker 1: it'll jump up from sixty between sixty and sixty five, 245 00:13:43,840 --> 00:13:49,360 Speaker 1: it'll go towards because I'm trying, because they won't waste time, 246 00:13:50,640 --> 00:13:53,880 Speaker 1: No I if it's not working, they won't try. They 247 00:13:53,920 --> 00:13:57,520 Speaker 1: forget it. It'll be a token effort at best, a 248 00:13:57,640 --> 00:14:00,920 Speaker 1: token effort, he says in game. Game. Yeah, I mean 249 00:14:00,960 --> 00:14:02,480 Speaker 1: they'll come out and they'll still have a game next 250 00:14:02,520 --> 00:14:04,360 Speaker 1: year where they're gonna rush for a buck ninety or 251 00:14:04,360 --> 00:14:06,440 Speaker 1: two hundred yards. They're gonna have a couple of games 252 00:14:06,440 --> 00:14:08,720 Speaker 1: like that where the other team's just gonna like the 253 00:14:08,760 --> 00:14:11,800 Speaker 1: Bills did Kansas City here on Monday night. So we 254 00:14:11,840 --> 00:14:15,440 Speaker 1: don't think you will and then they will. But other 255 00:14:15,480 --> 00:14:21,200 Speaker 1: than that, man, give the ball to Josh. I'm not 256 00:14:21,320 --> 00:14:23,480 Speaker 1: arguing with you. You know that's what they're thinking. You 257 00:14:23,560 --> 00:14:25,200 Speaker 1: got to come up with a plan. I just wonder 258 00:14:25,240 --> 00:14:31,240 Speaker 1: how far you can push that envelope. And you know, 259 00:14:31,320 --> 00:14:36,160 Speaker 1: you hear this whole thing about being predictable, but the 260 00:14:36,280 --> 00:14:40,960 Speaker 1: Bills were such an unstoppable force passing wise, does that 261 00:14:41,080 --> 00:14:46,880 Speaker 1: take the concern about predictability completely off the table. I'm 262 00:14:46,880 --> 00:14:51,280 Speaker 1: curious where where is the intersection there where this is 263 00:14:51,320 --> 00:14:55,680 Speaker 1: too much passing? Now we're predictable, They've got to they've 264 00:14:55,720 --> 00:14:57,640 Speaker 1: got to read on you know what I mean by game? 265 00:14:57,960 --> 00:15:00,240 Speaker 1: It's a game? Well true? True? And also take take 266 00:15:00,280 --> 00:15:03,000 Speaker 1: for instance, the Patriots game where they rush for one 267 00:15:03,040 --> 00:15:05,960 Speaker 1: hundred and ninety or the Colts or the Chargers game 268 00:15:05,960 --> 00:15:07,880 Speaker 1: where they rush for a bunch of yards and then 269 00:15:07,920 --> 00:15:11,280 Speaker 1: think about the Seattle game where they threw it like 270 00:15:11,360 --> 00:15:14,360 Speaker 1: seventeen times in a row to start the game. I 271 00:15:14,400 --> 00:15:15,880 Speaker 1: don't know if that's exact number, but you know what 272 00:15:15,880 --> 00:15:18,520 Speaker 1: I mean. They came out and said, and after the game, 273 00:15:18,560 --> 00:15:20,240 Speaker 1: Pete Carroll was like, going, well, we thought they at 274 00:15:20,280 --> 00:15:23,960 Speaker 1: least they try to run it, right. Well, that's so. 275 00:15:24,000 --> 00:15:26,800 Speaker 1: It's it. That's when you're unpredictable. Yeah, you know, and 276 00:15:27,360 --> 00:15:29,480 Speaker 1: your willingness to do whatever it takes to win is 277 00:15:29,600 --> 00:15:34,400 Speaker 1: makes you unpredictable. But I'm telling you you can be 278 00:15:34,440 --> 00:15:37,400 Speaker 1: as predictable as you want. They can't stop it. We're 279 00:15:37,440 --> 00:15:40,880 Speaker 1: gonna throw it again. Here it comes. So you know, 280 00:15:40,960 --> 00:15:44,920 Speaker 1: that's so this. You know, I got off on this 281 00:15:44,960 --> 00:15:47,520 Speaker 1: because Steve Palazola's coming on and they're talking about running 282 00:15:47,520 --> 00:15:49,840 Speaker 1: backs and making the you know, getting the running game 283 00:15:49,880 --> 00:15:51,680 Speaker 1: going a little bit. But you know, even that, they're 284 00:15:51,720 --> 00:15:53,400 Speaker 1: just like us. They're talking about a corner in this 285 00:15:53,640 --> 00:15:57,280 Speaker 1: draft at the top, you know, or an offensive lineman. 286 00:16:00,240 --> 00:16:04,080 Speaker 1: Running Backs are they're down the list. They're down the list, 287 00:16:04,720 --> 00:16:07,120 Speaker 1: believe it or not. The Bills were thirteenth in the 288 00:16:07,200 --> 00:16:11,920 Speaker 1: league in passing percentage sixty point three percent of the 289 00:16:11,960 --> 00:16:14,840 Speaker 1: time they threw the ball. But who's the league leader? 290 00:16:15,080 --> 00:16:18,000 Speaker 1: Was Jacksonville because they were behind in every game sixty 291 00:16:18,080 --> 00:16:24,000 Speaker 1: six point two percent. It was second Steelers, Yeah, sixty 292 00:16:24,040 --> 00:16:27,240 Speaker 1: four point two because they could not run it. They 293 00:16:27,280 --> 00:16:30,800 Speaker 1: could not run the right and they right their offensive 294 00:16:30,840 --> 00:16:35,040 Speaker 1: line got old quick, yeah, and they got they were 295 00:16:35,040 --> 00:16:37,360 Speaker 1: winning games and they got to week I think somebody 296 00:16:37,440 --> 00:16:39,320 Speaker 1: said it, I've listened to Pits a little bit of 297 00:16:39,320 --> 00:16:42,520 Speaker 1: Pittsburgh dialogue, and they got into the season really a 298 00:16:42,560 --> 00:16:45,600 Speaker 1: good a good bit like week six or week seven, 299 00:16:45,680 --> 00:16:47,680 Speaker 1: week ate someplace in their first third of the season, 300 00:16:47,760 --> 00:16:50,440 Speaker 1: up to half of the season. Somewhere in there, they 301 00:16:50,520 --> 00:16:55,640 Speaker 1: just Ben just said, that's it. We're not doing this 302 00:16:55,680 --> 00:16:59,200 Speaker 1: anymore because it's too hard. We're we're throwing it. And 303 00:16:59,240 --> 00:17:02,080 Speaker 1: they did for the of the season and then they 304 00:17:02,200 --> 00:17:03,640 Speaker 1: just they ran out of it. But I think that 305 00:17:03,720 --> 00:17:07,359 Speaker 1: puts a player like Roethlisberger far more at risk because 306 00:17:07,440 --> 00:17:10,320 Speaker 1: he can't move anymore. And if you're throwing that much. 307 00:17:10,720 --> 00:17:13,120 Speaker 1: See that's why I wonder how far can the Bills 308 00:17:13,600 --> 00:17:17,200 Speaker 1: push the envelope in terms of passing percentage of plays. 309 00:17:17,520 --> 00:17:20,440 Speaker 1: I think they can get up to like sixty three 310 00:17:20,680 --> 00:17:25,040 Speaker 1: percent passing and bokay top ten and be over with 311 00:17:25,160 --> 00:17:29,320 Speaker 1: the Chiefs. Well, the Chiefs were tenth at sixty one 312 00:17:29,400 --> 00:17:32,040 Speaker 1: point nine percent, so they're they're just ahead of the 313 00:17:32,040 --> 00:17:35,200 Speaker 1: Bills and Washington was. So here's the top ten Okay 314 00:17:35,520 --> 00:17:40,399 Speaker 1: Jacksonville sixty six point two percent pass to run, Pittsburgh 315 00:17:40,440 --> 00:17:44,840 Speaker 1: sixty four point two, Tampa sixty three point seven, Houston 316 00:17:44,960 --> 00:17:48,720 Speaker 1: sixty three point four, again behind all the time, Houston 317 00:17:49,440 --> 00:17:54,280 Speaker 1: Detroit behind all the time sixty three percent, Chicago sixty 318 00:17:54,320 --> 00:17:59,120 Speaker 1: two point three, Philly sixty two point two, Atlanta sixty 319 00:17:59,119 --> 00:18:02,520 Speaker 1: two point one one, Washington sixty one point nine, Kansas 320 00:18:02,560 --> 00:18:06,080 Speaker 1: City sixty one point nine, and then Dallas, Cincinnati, Buffalo. 321 00:18:06,160 --> 00:18:09,280 Speaker 1: Wait a minute, So the four teams in the championship 322 00:18:09,359 --> 00:18:16,200 Speaker 1: round Tampa Bay, Tampa Bay, Green Bay, Buffalo, Kansas City. Yeah, 323 00:18:16,240 --> 00:18:20,520 Speaker 1: Green Bay is down the list where Running Bay is 324 00:18:20,560 --> 00:18:23,480 Speaker 1: twenty sixth. They only throw at fifty five. They're the outlier. 325 00:18:24,119 --> 00:18:26,280 Speaker 1: They are, but it's because they can run the damn ball. 326 00:18:26,280 --> 00:18:28,119 Speaker 1: They got a top five running back and Aaron Jones. 327 00:18:28,160 --> 00:18:32,240 Speaker 1: The world champions Tampa Bay is what three Tampa was 328 00:18:32,359 --> 00:18:36,600 Speaker 1: third in the league. Yeah, the sixty three point Kansas 329 00:18:36,640 --> 00:18:40,800 Speaker 1: City's ten and Pitts Bills are thirteen. But yeah, Pittsburgh 330 00:18:40,800 --> 00:18:42,879 Speaker 1: was up there and they were the second of four seed, 331 00:18:42,960 --> 00:18:48,120 Speaker 1: five seed. But you have non playoff teams Jacksonville, Houston, Detroit, 332 00:18:48,600 --> 00:18:53,080 Speaker 1: did Chicago make the playoffs? No, no Chicago, and then 333 00:18:53,240 --> 00:18:59,920 Speaker 1: Philly Atlanta. So six of the top ten non play 334 00:19:00,119 --> 00:19:01,920 Speaker 1: off teams who could not win games and had to 335 00:19:01,960 --> 00:19:05,920 Speaker 1: throw the ball all the time. Right, So that's a 336 00:19:07,440 --> 00:19:09,800 Speaker 1: that's part of the equation here too. But I do 337 00:19:09,920 --> 00:19:15,600 Speaker 1: think Steve the did make the postseason. They played the Saints. Um, 338 00:19:15,640 --> 00:19:17,800 Speaker 1: the NFC was a schmozle. I can't even remember what 339 00:19:17,840 --> 00:19:22,520 Speaker 1: the hell happened over there. Um the Bills, I think 340 00:19:24,160 --> 00:19:27,160 Speaker 1: I think we might see an uptick. Nothing super dramatic, 341 00:19:27,200 --> 00:19:28,800 Speaker 1: but I think they could get up to a round 342 00:19:28,920 --> 00:19:31,800 Speaker 1: sixty two. I think they're gonna be somewhere between sixty 343 00:19:31,800 --> 00:19:36,560 Speaker 1: two and sixty three percent pass Yeah, they're gonna Yeah, 344 00:19:36,560 --> 00:19:38,000 Speaker 1: I think they're gonna put the hands on the ball. 345 00:19:38,040 --> 00:19:42,200 Speaker 1: I think, should I throw that on our predictions? No, no, 346 00:19:42,359 --> 00:19:45,600 Speaker 1: I'm this is not this is not prognostication. I'm just gonna. 347 00:19:45,600 --> 00:19:47,639 Speaker 1: This is where I think this is a scenario that 348 00:19:47,680 --> 00:19:49,560 Speaker 1: could play out over the course of the long season. 349 00:19:49,600 --> 00:19:52,960 Speaker 1: And that is because I think Josh gonna get better, right, 350 00:19:53,200 --> 00:19:56,800 Speaker 1: and when he gets better, that means you give him 351 00:19:56,800 --> 00:19:59,399 Speaker 1: more opportunity and that that does not mean tucking the 352 00:19:59,440 --> 00:20:01,399 Speaker 1: ball under his arm and running, you know what I 353 00:20:01,440 --> 00:20:06,680 Speaker 1: mean With Emmanuel Sanders and Digs and Beasley and Gabe 354 00:20:06,760 --> 00:20:12,320 Speaker 1: Davis and Dawson Knox and Singletary and Moss and I mean, 355 00:20:13,040 --> 00:20:15,639 Speaker 1: what are we talking about. You're not gonna, They're not 356 00:20:15,640 --> 00:20:19,040 Speaker 1: gonna grind it out. You're gonna. You may have teams 357 00:20:19,080 --> 00:20:22,400 Speaker 1: going with four in the box to try and entice 358 00:20:22,440 --> 00:20:23,760 Speaker 1: them to do that, and then you got a chance 359 00:20:23,800 --> 00:20:29,000 Speaker 1: to do that. But man, oh man, and you know, 360 00:20:29,080 --> 00:20:33,160 Speaker 1: your five thousand yard prediction for Josh is probably well 361 00:20:33,240 --> 00:20:35,840 Speaker 1: founded due to the fact that there's going to be 362 00:20:36,200 --> 00:20:39,040 Speaker 1: an extra regular season game this year. It's another week 363 00:20:39,040 --> 00:20:42,000 Speaker 1: to throw for another three hundred yards that I'm way 364 00:20:42,000 --> 00:20:43,840 Speaker 1: out of ahead of this. You are, You're way out 365 00:20:43,840 --> 00:20:46,280 Speaker 1: of Hey, so what we don't call you a trendsetter 366 00:20:46,320 --> 00:20:48,960 Speaker 1: for nothing, Steve, So that's not all you call me though, 367 00:20:48,960 --> 00:20:57,959 Speaker 1: But well that's Josh through for and which is you know, 368 00:20:58,920 --> 00:21:00,680 Speaker 1: I don't even know what the average and in there 369 00:21:00,840 --> 00:21:02,560 Speaker 1: is a game where he only where he threw for 370 00:21:02,600 --> 00:21:04,159 Speaker 1: less than two hundred. There was one game where he 371 00:21:04,200 --> 00:21:09,000 Speaker 1: threw for less than two hundred. Wasn't that the the 372 00:21:09,040 --> 00:21:13,120 Speaker 1: first Kansas City game? He didn't throw for a lot 373 00:21:13,119 --> 00:21:16,320 Speaker 1: in that game. In any event, the reason we're bringing 374 00:21:16,359 --> 00:21:19,119 Speaker 1: that up is because today's Twitter poll, knowing the owners 375 00:21:19,160 --> 00:21:21,600 Speaker 1: are voting on this in the next day or so, 376 00:21:22,359 --> 00:21:26,240 Speaker 1: what do you like most about the new seventeenth regular 377 00:21:26,280 --> 00:21:28,760 Speaker 1: season game? We've got choices for you on the Twitter poll. 378 00:21:29,760 --> 00:21:33,439 Speaker 1: They are as follows. A. Depending on the year, I 379 00:21:33,560 --> 00:21:37,480 Speaker 1: like the added home game, B chance for unique matchups 380 00:21:38,040 --> 00:21:42,440 Speaker 1: see the more football the better. Or D I don't 381 00:21:42,480 --> 00:21:46,640 Speaker 1: like it at all. Now it's interesting, Steve, because Alvin Kamara. 382 00:21:46,760 --> 00:21:49,639 Speaker 1: Did you see his tweet over the weekend. You know 383 00:21:49,720 --> 00:21:52,560 Speaker 1: he read the story about the seventeenth regular season games 384 00:21:52,600 --> 00:21:55,919 Speaker 1: going to happen, and He's like, oh, jeez, you know 385 00:21:56,359 --> 00:21:59,600 Speaker 1: this is dumb. What are we doing such all of that? 386 00:22:00,119 --> 00:22:03,920 Speaker 1: Such an old guy. Now, I'm such a crotchety old man, 387 00:22:04,400 --> 00:22:09,520 Speaker 1: an old football man. Everyone listen. I My take on 388 00:22:09,520 --> 00:22:12,960 Speaker 1: this is this. You're right He's right. Football's it's hard, 389 00:22:13,000 --> 00:22:15,359 Speaker 1: it's dangerous, it's a rough sport, and guys get beat up, 390 00:22:15,480 --> 00:22:18,400 Speaker 1: no question. And we're probably the least surprise that it's 391 00:22:18,400 --> 00:22:21,280 Speaker 1: a running back voicing that opinion because they take the most. 392 00:22:21,560 --> 00:22:26,080 Speaker 1: But also this, over the past I'll just say decade, 393 00:22:26,840 --> 00:22:29,640 Speaker 1: not even that. Not over the past decade, you've seen 394 00:22:29,680 --> 00:22:34,439 Speaker 1: the league do tangible and real fundamental changes in the 395 00:22:34,560 --> 00:22:37,760 Speaker 1: safety and the care they take of their players. It's 396 00:22:37,960 --> 00:22:40,200 Speaker 1: and I think it has made a real difference. Oh yeah, 397 00:22:40,280 --> 00:22:43,720 Speaker 1: there's no doubt about it. Quarterbacks are healthy for far more. 398 00:22:43,800 --> 00:22:45,520 Speaker 1: And you can say what you want about, hey, taking 399 00:22:45,560 --> 00:22:48,000 Speaker 1: care of quarterbacks and nobody else, I don't think that's true. 400 00:22:48,080 --> 00:22:52,240 Speaker 1: The offseason, the unpadded practices, the ease on training camp, 401 00:22:52,480 --> 00:22:54,760 Speaker 1: all of that stuff has taken a great risk of 402 00:22:54,800 --> 00:23:00,439 Speaker 1: the game out. Kickoffs are a non thing anymore. Everything. So, 403 00:23:00,600 --> 00:23:03,359 Speaker 1: I think the league has done some real, tangible, fundamental 404 00:23:03,480 --> 00:23:07,560 Speaker 1: and sweeping changes that have made the game vastly more 405 00:23:09,160 --> 00:23:14,680 Speaker 1: safe than it was ten years ago. So in response 406 00:23:14,720 --> 00:23:18,399 Speaker 1: to that, the league wants to play another game, I 407 00:23:18,440 --> 00:23:19,960 Speaker 1: think they kind of earned the right to do that, 408 00:23:20,480 --> 00:23:22,840 Speaker 1: in my opinion. Yeah, I think that's you can make 409 00:23:22,840 --> 00:23:24,920 Speaker 1: a case that, Okay, you can certainly make a case 410 00:23:24,920 --> 00:23:27,159 Speaker 1: it is for the reasons of the players safe that 411 00:23:27,200 --> 00:23:30,639 Speaker 1: I just outlined. Maybe we can have a longer season 412 00:23:31,200 --> 00:23:33,879 Speaker 1: of the preseason, they get time off, they get bye weeks. 413 00:23:36,119 --> 00:23:40,439 Speaker 1: The offseason. It seems as though is evolving towards less 414 00:23:41,040 --> 00:23:43,400 Speaker 1: commitment by the players, which I think is a good thing. 415 00:23:44,280 --> 00:23:50,560 Speaker 1: The acclamation period and they'll run up to padded practices. Yeah, 416 00:23:50,600 --> 00:23:52,640 Speaker 1: and I get it. Players are going to be players, 417 00:23:54,600 --> 00:23:58,960 Speaker 1: But I think the I think the seventeenth game is 418 00:23:59,000 --> 00:24:02,080 Speaker 1: not I like you say, like you know eighteen games 419 00:24:02,119 --> 00:24:05,640 Speaker 1: will be is the thing, But well, it'll probably get 420 00:24:05,640 --> 00:24:08,000 Speaker 1: there before this CBA is out. I mean, we got 421 00:24:08,040 --> 00:24:12,520 Speaker 1: a ten year CBA here. I think before it's over, 422 00:24:14,440 --> 00:24:17,800 Speaker 1: they'll be at eighteen games. Yeah, and they'll do whatever 423 00:24:17,840 --> 00:24:19,960 Speaker 1: they have to do to get there. They'll expand rosters, 424 00:24:20,240 --> 00:24:23,320 Speaker 1: they'll cut the preseason even further. They'll add another bye week. 425 00:24:24,000 --> 00:24:27,280 Speaker 1: You know, they'll make the practice squad sixteen guys like 426 00:24:27,320 --> 00:24:29,439 Speaker 1: they did in the pandemic. Here. There's also a window 427 00:24:29,480 --> 00:24:33,280 Speaker 1: here after seven years, the NFL has an outclause, which 428 00:24:33,320 --> 00:24:36,200 Speaker 1: you know they'll exercise. We may have this seventeen game 429 00:24:36,240 --> 00:24:40,200 Speaker 1: schedule until the twenty twenty seven season. If they do that, 430 00:24:40,280 --> 00:24:44,200 Speaker 1: and depending on the language of the the television contracts, 431 00:24:44,200 --> 00:24:45,679 Speaker 1: and I haven't seen obviously, I don't know, but I'm 432 00:24:45,760 --> 00:24:49,720 Speaker 1: conjecturing that may be the point at which the league says, Okay, 433 00:24:49,760 --> 00:24:51,520 Speaker 1: we're gonna redo these deals and we're gonna give you 434 00:24:51,520 --> 00:24:55,360 Speaker 1: an eighteenth game. Yeah. So then the deal gets redone 435 00:24:55,760 --> 00:24:59,399 Speaker 1: there's extra enticement for the broadcast partners to even up 436 00:24:59,440 --> 00:25:02,159 Speaker 1: the andy and they'll take off from there, you know 437 00:25:02,160 --> 00:25:04,920 Speaker 1: what I'm saying. So this seventeenth game, people can get 438 00:25:04,920 --> 00:25:06,840 Speaker 1: their mind around it, they'll get acclimated to it. Guys 439 00:25:06,840 --> 00:25:09,119 Speaker 1: will play their whole careers with a seven game season 440 00:25:09,480 --> 00:25:13,240 Speaker 1: over these next five or seven years, six years, and 441 00:25:13,320 --> 00:25:15,680 Speaker 1: it'll be yeah, okay, we can do it now. Okay, 442 00:25:15,760 --> 00:25:17,119 Speaker 1: this is going to be the eighteenth game. This is 443 00:25:17,160 --> 00:25:19,440 Speaker 1: the holy grail we've been searching for for so long. 444 00:25:19,760 --> 00:25:24,000 Speaker 1: And they'll they'll move it from there. That's you can 445 00:25:24,000 --> 00:25:25,920 Speaker 1: write that down because in six years when it comes 446 00:25:25,920 --> 00:25:29,240 Speaker 1: street twenty seven, twenty twenty seven, okay, So that's that's 447 00:25:29,240 --> 00:25:31,520 Speaker 1: what I think, you know, because there's nothing that the 448 00:25:31,560 --> 00:25:34,960 Speaker 1: owners have to hurry about it with this new deal 449 00:25:35,000 --> 00:25:37,960 Speaker 1: already in place, So tell us what you think. What 450 00:25:38,000 --> 00:25:40,360 Speaker 1: do you like most about a seventeenth regular season game? 451 00:25:40,400 --> 00:25:42,960 Speaker 1: It may be as simple as hey, the more football 452 00:25:43,040 --> 00:25:46,560 Speaker 1: the better. Depending on the year, the added home game. 453 00:25:46,640 --> 00:25:48,560 Speaker 1: You may like that, you may not like that. You 454 00:25:48,560 --> 00:25:50,720 Speaker 1: may not like it. When the Bills have nine away 455 00:25:50,800 --> 00:25:53,520 Speaker 1: games and eight home games. That's not the case this year. 456 00:25:53,520 --> 00:25:56,480 Speaker 1: They've got nine at home because the AFC is going 457 00:25:56,520 --> 00:25:58,879 Speaker 1: to get the added home game this year. The NFC 458 00:25:59,000 --> 00:26:03,399 Speaker 1: gets it next next year. Chance for unique matchups, you know, 459 00:26:03,440 --> 00:26:05,400 Speaker 1: maybe in a year where you're not expecting to play 460 00:26:05,440 --> 00:26:08,720 Speaker 1: that team in the NFC from two years ago that 461 00:26:08,840 --> 00:26:10,960 Speaker 1: finished in the same place as you did. All of 462 00:26:11,000 --> 00:26:13,480 Speaker 1: a sudden, you are he You were talking about that 463 00:26:13,520 --> 00:26:17,480 Speaker 1: seventeenth game and my prediction of five thousand yards if 464 00:26:17,600 --> 00:26:22,320 Speaker 1: Josh Josh average two eighty four game this last season, okay, 465 00:26:22,400 --> 00:26:25,360 Speaker 1: forty five hundred and forty four yards divided by sixteen, Yeah, 466 00:26:25,400 --> 00:26:27,120 Speaker 1: it's two hundred and eighty four yards. If you add 467 00:26:27,119 --> 00:26:29,520 Speaker 1: that to what he got, that would put him already 468 00:26:30,000 --> 00:26:33,000 Speaker 1: at forty eight hundred and twenty eight yards. So he's close, 469 00:26:33,520 --> 00:26:37,600 Speaker 1: close already, right, that's one hundred and seventy two yards 470 00:26:37,640 --> 00:26:41,359 Speaker 1: away from five thousand. Yeah, it's attainable. I don't debate 471 00:26:41,400 --> 00:26:44,280 Speaker 1: that for a second. But looking at the early polling 472 00:26:44,320 --> 00:26:47,280 Speaker 1: here on the Twitter poll, most of the people are like, 473 00:26:48,119 --> 00:26:51,800 Speaker 1: more football. I'm not just the player's safety. It's not 474 00:26:51,880 --> 00:26:57,199 Speaker 1: really the top Well, no, and again I wasn't surprised 475 00:26:57,240 --> 00:26:59,199 Speaker 1: that it was a running back voicing that opinion. And 476 00:26:59,200 --> 00:27:01,639 Speaker 1: I'm sure he's not a own. I mean the running 477 00:27:01,640 --> 00:27:05,959 Speaker 1: backs think about it this way. For a guy like 478 00:27:06,000 --> 00:27:09,680 Speaker 1: Alvin Kamara, he's with as much as he has utilized 479 00:27:09,680 --> 00:27:13,119 Speaker 1: in that offense. Yeah, it's another he's thinking to himself, 480 00:27:14,480 --> 00:27:17,760 Speaker 1: to get through another year, another season of my career, 481 00:27:17,920 --> 00:27:21,440 Speaker 1: I have to play one extra game. So if I 482 00:27:21,480 --> 00:27:25,760 Speaker 1: play eight years, that's an equivalent of another half season 483 00:27:25,800 --> 00:27:28,480 Speaker 1: of games that I'm playing that the guys who came 484 00:27:28,520 --> 00:27:31,960 Speaker 1: before me didn't have to play. How much more wear 485 00:27:32,000 --> 00:27:34,200 Speaker 1: and tear is that going to be on my body? 486 00:27:34,359 --> 00:27:37,160 Speaker 1: Plus my team goes to you know, well, at least recently, 487 00:27:37,240 --> 00:27:39,160 Speaker 1: my team goes to the playoffs every year. That's two 488 00:27:39,200 --> 00:27:42,000 Speaker 1: or three extra games there. Now you're throwing that game 489 00:27:42,000 --> 00:27:46,399 Speaker 1: on top two. He's like, and that and that, Steve 490 00:27:46,640 --> 00:27:52,919 Speaker 1: is going to bring up an extremely interesting development on 491 00:27:52,960 --> 00:27:56,360 Speaker 1: the sports science front. We know that the Bills are 492 00:27:56,440 --> 00:27:59,640 Speaker 1: very progressive in that area with their sports science department here, 493 00:28:00,800 --> 00:28:05,400 Speaker 1: but how much more into the forefront does the term 494 00:28:05,440 --> 00:28:09,840 Speaker 1: load management creep in now? Big with a seventeenth game 495 00:28:11,119 --> 00:28:15,080 Speaker 1: to consider? When you have primo players who you want 496 00:28:15,119 --> 00:28:17,520 Speaker 1: on the field for seventy five eighty percent of the 497 00:28:17,560 --> 00:28:20,960 Speaker 1: snaps and now you've got an extra game to consider, 498 00:28:21,000 --> 00:28:23,840 Speaker 1: how much are you backing guys off in practice? How 499 00:28:23,840 --> 00:28:26,520 Speaker 1: many reps are you limiting them too? Where is the 500 00:28:26,560 --> 00:28:29,880 Speaker 1: load management? Do you sit a guy for two series 501 00:28:29,920 --> 00:28:33,760 Speaker 1: in a game, you know, in week fifteen because you 502 00:28:33,760 --> 00:28:36,040 Speaker 1: have a more important game than next week, and his 503 00:28:36,160 --> 00:28:39,960 Speaker 1: load management chip is saying he's nearing injury risk. Here, 504 00:28:39,960 --> 00:28:43,120 Speaker 1: he's nearing injury risk, and you're up ten points, and 505 00:28:43,160 --> 00:28:45,440 Speaker 1: you're like, let's take him out these next two series 506 00:28:45,440 --> 00:28:47,000 Speaker 1: and hope we can do it without him. I think 507 00:28:47,040 --> 00:28:48,840 Speaker 1: that's going to become a factor. Well, I think I 508 00:28:48,960 --> 00:28:51,560 Speaker 1: think in some cases for some players it's already a factor. 509 00:28:51,560 --> 00:28:54,760 Speaker 1: And I think also it'll it'll also put into sharp 510 00:28:54,840 --> 00:29:00,000 Speaker 1: focus roster sizes, it'll put into you know, practice squad 511 00:29:00,160 --> 00:29:01,800 Speaker 1: Like you mentioned that they're just gonna give them more 512 00:29:01,800 --> 00:29:04,400 Speaker 1: guys to work with so that they can share the load. 513 00:29:05,040 --> 00:29:10,880 Speaker 1: You'll have more and more positions sharing the load. Tight end. 514 00:29:10,920 --> 00:29:12,960 Speaker 1: You see the Bills rotate their tight ends and their 515 00:29:13,000 --> 00:29:17,560 Speaker 1: running backs rotate them. In the defensive line, they always 516 00:29:17,640 --> 00:29:20,920 Speaker 1: rotate those guys through. The only players that are really 517 00:29:20,960 --> 00:29:22,960 Speaker 1: on the field for every snap on their side of 518 00:29:23,000 --> 00:29:25,600 Speaker 1: the ball, offense and defense that is or you know, 519 00:29:25,680 --> 00:29:29,920 Speaker 1: safety's corners for the Bills, the offensive lineman, even those 520 00:29:29,920 --> 00:29:32,200 Speaker 1: guys will take they'll have a guy that they'll rotate 521 00:29:32,240 --> 00:29:34,200 Speaker 1: in like they did it. They've they've done that early 522 00:29:34,240 --> 00:29:37,240 Speaker 1: in seasons where they'll rotate guards and they'll rotate tackles 523 00:29:37,280 --> 00:29:41,720 Speaker 1: in uh, you know for that mostly that's evaluation I 524 00:29:42,080 --> 00:29:44,520 Speaker 1: had thought in the past. But you can see it happening. 525 00:29:44,800 --> 00:29:47,200 Speaker 1: If they enlarge the rosters and they got guys that 526 00:29:47,240 --> 00:29:49,760 Speaker 1: they think that can go, they will load manage it 527 00:29:49,800 --> 00:29:52,240 Speaker 1: like that. They'll they'll say, hey, this series, we're gonna 528 00:29:52,240 --> 00:29:56,719 Speaker 1: put a different set of guards in there or whatever. 529 00:29:57,840 --> 00:30:00,280 Speaker 1: But there are some some positions where man, that's a 530 00:30:00,360 --> 00:30:03,240 Speaker 1: risky thing, a center, you know, risk the ball handling, 531 00:30:03,280 --> 00:30:05,600 Speaker 1: you know, yeah, I don't think so. So there'll be 532 00:30:05,640 --> 00:30:07,680 Speaker 1: more and more My point is there'll be more and 533 00:30:07,720 --> 00:30:10,320 Speaker 1: more positions where they with more bodies, they'll be able 534 00:30:10,320 --> 00:30:13,680 Speaker 1: to share the load for the game and practice as well. 535 00:30:14,080 --> 00:30:15,680 Speaker 1: All Right, we have to take a break here, but 536 00:30:15,720 --> 00:30:17,960 Speaker 1: we get to your phone calls when we return. So 537 00:30:18,080 --> 00:30:20,680 Speaker 1: Gary on a sale, Gordon and Buffalo, Anthony and Buffalo, 538 00:30:20,720 --> 00:30:23,000 Speaker 1: hang tight. We'll get to you guys first when we return. 539 00:30:23,920 --> 00:30:27,200 Speaker 1: What do you like most about a seventeenth regular season game? 540 00:30:27,280 --> 00:30:30,000 Speaker 1: Because it's a coming as the NFL owners will be 541 00:30:30,080 --> 00:30:32,160 Speaker 1: voting on it in the next day or so. We're 542 00:30:32,200 --> 00:30:34,600 Speaker 1: back with that and your thoughts when we return here 543 00:30:34,600 --> 00:30:37,080 Speaker 1: on One Bill's Live presented by Kalida Health, It's Buffalo 544 00:30:37,120 --> 00:30:52,880 Speaker 1: Bills Radio. We are back on a Monday, Chris Proud, 545 00:30:52,920 --> 00:30:55,360 Speaker 1: Steve Tasker, One Bills Live asking you what you like 546 00:30:55,480 --> 00:31:01,120 Speaker 1: most about a forthcoming seventeen regular season game for the 547 00:31:01,160 --> 00:31:04,400 Speaker 1: twenty twenty one season. Choices are there for you on 548 00:31:04,400 --> 00:31:06,239 Speaker 1: the Twitter poll and one Bills Live, or you can 549 00:31:06,280 --> 00:31:08,080 Speaker 1: give us a call ead h three oh five fifty 550 00:31:08,160 --> 00:31:11,920 Speaker 1: one fifty two five fifty open line for you there, 551 00:31:11,960 --> 00:31:14,640 Speaker 1: but we have people waiting in line. Gary in a 552 00:31:14,760 --> 00:31:17,000 Speaker 1: cell is gonna lead us off today. Gary, what do 553 00:31:17,000 --> 00:31:19,680 Speaker 1: you have for us. You're on one bills live. Hey guys, 554 00:31:19,720 --> 00:31:23,240 Speaker 1: how y'all doing good? Um? I like the top three. 555 00:31:23,280 --> 00:31:26,600 Speaker 1: You said all of them, all of the above fall 556 00:31:28,080 --> 00:31:30,560 Speaker 1: that's more one you said nobody like I love it 557 00:31:30,680 --> 00:31:34,320 Speaker 1: more football please? Yeah, yeah, you know, I mean they 558 00:31:34,320 --> 00:31:37,480 Speaker 1: could take away I'm down like two preseason games. And 559 00:31:37,640 --> 00:31:40,240 Speaker 1: my thinking on it is these guys, you know you 560 00:31:40,280 --> 00:31:42,080 Speaker 1: used to use preseason games and getting shape, you know, 561 00:31:42,120 --> 00:31:45,280 Speaker 1: training camp. It's not like getting anymore. These players they 562 00:31:45,400 --> 00:31:48,840 Speaker 1: train offs, you know, offseason to these places. They come 563 00:31:48,880 --> 00:31:52,480 Speaker 1: ready to go when they when the report for training camp. Yeah, 564 00:31:52,560 --> 00:31:55,840 Speaker 1: that's true, that's very true. Yeah, it is different to 565 00:31:56,200 --> 00:31:58,800 Speaker 1: different in games for you know the time. The I 566 00:31:58,840 --> 00:32:01,239 Speaker 1: understandal that's Steve, you know more than I do. But 567 00:32:01,320 --> 00:32:04,840 Speaker 1: I believe these players are in better shape now. They're 568 00:32:04,880 --> 00:32:07,600 Speaker 1: getting paid better, so they better compared to shape. But 569 00:32:07,920 --> 00:32:11,200 Speaker 1: I believe two priests the games eventually eighteen regular season 570 00:32:11,240 --> 00:32:13,840 Speaker 1: games and like you guys said, they'll they'll they'll give 571 00:32:13,840 --> 00:32:15,760 Speaker 1: another buy, they'll do all those things they need to do. 572 00:32:16,320 --> 00:32:19,640 Speaker 1: But yeah, it's a course more football. Yeah, I kind of, 573 00:32:19,680 --> 00:32:23,120 Speaker 1: I'm I'm kind of with you. I agree with you. 574 00:32:23,200 --> 00:32:27,120 Speaker 1: In my career, I was part of the I was 575 00:32:27,160 --> 00:32:29,800 Speaker 1: part of the young guys that got into the league 576 00:32:29,800 --> 00:32:31,520 Speaker 1: in nineteen eighty five is my first year, just to 577 00:32:31,600 --> 00:32:33,920 Speaker 1: date myself when I got into the league, and thanks 578 00:32:33,920 --> 00:32:38,840 Speaker 1: for the call, Gary. The old guys that I came 579 00:32:38,880 --> 00:32:42,840 Speaker 1: into the league with were the last ones who actually 580 00:32:42,880 --> 00:32:45,680 Speaker 1: had to get jobs in the offseason. That was in 581 00:32:45,720 --> 00:32:48,080 Speaker 1: the eighty five. So when through the seventies and early 582 00:32:48,120 --> 00:32:49,800 Speaker 1: eight you had guys going on, they had to do 583 00:32:49,880 --> 00:32:53,520 Speaker 1: some stuff to kind of have time to train three hours, right, 584 00:32:54,040 --> 00:32:56,120 Speaker 1: so they would come back to training camp and there 585 00:32:56,200 --> 00:32:58,200 Speaker 1: and back then before I got in the league, right 586 00:32:58,200 --> 00:32:59,760 Speaker 1: after I got in league, my second year in the league, 587 00:32:59,800 --> 00:33:03,440 Speaker 1: or maybe is my first year, they only allowed eighty 588 00:33:03,480 --> 00:33:06,520 Speaker 1: five guys in camp. Before that, it was like bring 589 00:33:06,520 --> 00:33:11,200 Speaker 1: whoever you want, hundred and fifteen guys and they had, 590 00:33:11,240 --> 00:33:12,880 Speaker 1: you know, when I got there and they had like 591 00:33:12,920 --> 00:33:14,760 Speaker 1: eighty five guys. You know, some of the old guys 592 00:33:14,800 --> 00:33:16,880 Speaker 1: would laugh. I remember that guy that had one fifteen 593 00:33:16,960 --> 00:33:19,040 Speaker 1: on his jersey that you know, that kind of stuff 594 00:33:19,840 --> 00:33:22,840 Speaker 1: and three digits nobody you know, And most of those 595 00:33:22,880 --> 00:33:25,680 Speaker 1: guys would tell you, hey, it was great, we were 596 00:33:25,680 --> 00:33:28,200 Speaker 1: getting paid to play football. But I'd have another offseason 597 00:33:28,280 --> 00:33:30,560 Speaker 1: job and we could live pretty good that way. Well, 598 00:33:30,680 --> 00:33:34,719 Speaker 1: you could live good, but you weren't getting rich. Yeah. 599 00:33:34,800 --> 00:33:38,960 Speaker 1: Now these guys are getting rich. And during my time 600 00:33:39,000 --> 00:33:41,040 Speaker 1: when I came out of Hype College, I was, you know, 601 00:33:41,040 --> 00:33:44,200 Speaker 1: it was a young single kid, and I made enough 602 00:33:44,200 --> 00:33:46,160 Speaker 1: of money. I was doing it year round. I trained 603 00:33:46,200 --> 00:33:48,560 Speaker 1: all year round, and I and I was not unusual. 604 00:33:48,760 --> 00:33:52,040 Speaker 1: I mean I was. I was a professional sport, professional athlete, 605 00:33:52,120 --> 00:33:55,760 Speaker 1: not a part time professional athlete. And a generation or 606 00:33:55,800 --> 00:33:59,160 Speaker 1: two before me, everybody was a part time professional. So 607 00:33:59,240 --> 00:34:01,760 Speaker 1: now as you pressed down the road where we are now, 608 00:34:03,120 --> 00:34:07,640 Speaker 1: I told you make them show up for work. Yeah, 609 00:34:07,760 --> 00:34:10,120 Speaker 1: you're paying them a million bucks. They can't show up 610 00:34:10,160 --> 00:34:14,600 Speaker 1: for work for six months, they just leave. And then 611 00:34:14,400 --> 00:34:16,839 Speaker 1: in response to that, I say, listen, if you want 612 00:34:16,840 --> 00:34:23,160 Speaker 1: to entice a free agent, like your team gives guys 613 00:34:23,640 --> 00:34:25,759 Speaker 1: five months off and they don't even talk to them. 614 00:34:27,680 --> 00:34:30,480 Speaker 1: This team, you're there all year round. Now, you're there 615 00:34:30,480 --> 00:34:32,600 Speaker 1: all year round, And maybe they do that in Miami, 616 00:34:33,640 --> 00:34:35,160 Speaker 1: you're you're they're all year und we at least you're 617 00:34:35,160 --> 00:34:36,960 Speaker 1: in Miami. In Buffalo, you're five months off. You can 618 00:34:37,000 --> 00:34:38,560 Speaker 1: go wherever you want. You have you can't do whatever 619 00:34:38,560 --> 00:34:42,240 Speaker 1: you want. So that would be one of the ways 620 00:34:42,280 --> 00:34:44,920 Speaker 1: that teams would entice guys to come to their programs 621 00:34:44,960 --> 00:34:46,839 Speaker 1: because they give them free time, they treat them well, 622 00:34:46,840 --> 00:34:49,239 Speaker 1: they got and plus all the stuff that like in 623 00:34:49,280 --> 00:34:53,680 Speaker 1: this building, you said it, the eighteen game schedules, load management, 624 00:34:53,800 --> 00:34:58,400 Speaker 1: Management's going to be huge. This whole facility is is 625 00:34:58,520 --> 00:35:02,719 Speaker 1: dedicated to recovery. Red light there. It's recovery stuff you 626 00:35:02,800 --> 00:35:06,480 Speaker 1: never even heard of. Right, So that's all part of 627 00:35:06,760 --> 00:35:11,120 Speaker 1: what makes a team or a city or an organization 628 00:35:11,560 --> 00:35:14,440 Speaker 1: a destination for free agents? Is it what you use 629 00:35:14,520 --> 00:35:16,840 Speaker 1: to entice them? And I think it'd be a great 630 00:35:17,520 --> 00:35:21,480 Speaker 1: another way in a league where every team is the 631 00:35:21,520 --> 00:35:23,560 Speaker 1: same with it, they draft from the same crew, they 632 00:35:23,640 --> 00:35:25,560 Speaker 1: draft from the same pool, they get the same amount 633 00:35:25,600 --> 00:35:28,520 Speaker 1: of money to spend on their players. You know, everything's 634 00:35:28,560 --> 00:35:31,400 Speaker 1: the same. It'd be one more way they could differentiate 635 00:35:31,400 --> 00:35:34,360 Speaker 1: each other from each other. Let's go back to the phones. 636 00:35:34,600 --> 00:35:36,759 Speaker 1: Let's see what Gordon and Buffalo has to say. Gordon, 637 00:35:36,800 --> 00:35:38,719 Speaker 1: you're on one Bill's Live. What do you have a 638 00:35:38,960 --> 00:35:42,919 Speaker 1: good afternoon, gentlemen, Thank you for taking my call. I 639 00:35:42,960 --> 00:35:46,480 Speaker 1: too am for the seventeenth game, and I would like 640 00:35:46,560 --> 00:35:49,680 Speaker 1: to see eight team games and do away with the 641 00:35:49,760 --> 00:35:54,160 Speaker 1: preseason two preseason games. And also if they need more 642 00:35:54,239 --> 00:35:57,319 Speaker 1: practice than hend schedule those scrimmages like they have where 643 00:35:57,320 --> 00:35:59,879 Speaker 1: they go to somebody else's place if somebody else comes here. 644 00:36:01,000 --> 00:36:03,320 Speaker 1: I am a union guy, but I want the games 645 00:36:03,360 --> 00:36:07,200 Speaker 1: because that creates more jobs. And I think they have 646 00:36:07,320 --> 00:36:11,320 Speaker 1: to be creative in how they structure the roster. The 647 00:36:11,480 --> 00:36:14,359 Speaker 1: roster has to be a little bigger, you're like use 648 00:36:14,480 --> 00:36:16,719 Speaker 1: guys have said before, the practice spot has to be 649 00:36:16,760 --> 00:36:19,640 Speaker 1: a little bigger. But it's four jobs for people. Yeah 650 00:36:19,920 --> 00:36:23,160 Speaker 1: maybe you know, low end jobs or whatever. And I 651 00:36:23,520 --> 00:36:26,080 Speaker 1: would fetch you repeat some of the jobs these guys 652 00:36:26,239 --> 00:36:28,720 Speaker 1: have to take if they don't make an NFL spot. 653 00:36:29,440 --> 00:36:33,600 Speaker 1: And Vernal last point is I love football. I wish 654 00:36:33,600 --> 00:36:37,360 Speaker 1: fantasy would go forever. So that's two more games of 655 00:36:37,400 --> 00:36:40,640 Speaker 1: fantasy football for me. Yeah, that's right. Yeah, we were 656 00:36:41,000 --> 00:36:42,840 Speaker 1: waiting to bring up the fantasy angle, but I was 657 00:36:42,880 --> 00:36:44,640 Speaker 1: going to leave it to you guys, the callers, to 658 00:36:45,400 --> 00:36:47,520 Speaker 1: do that in our second call of the day. Already 659 00:36:48,280 --> 00:36:50,640 Speaker 1: an extra week of or at least two weeks maybe 660 00:36:50,640 --> 00:36:56,080 Speaker 1: a fantasy because usually most leagues end, you know, regular 661 00:36:56,120 --> 00:36:59,200 Speaker 1: season in week fourteen or fifteen, depending on it, because 662 00:36:59,239 --> 00:37:01,960 Speaker 1: nobody wants the championship week to be played in Week 663 00:37:02,040 --> 00:37:07,280 Speaker 1: seventeen when there's the potential for teams to sit players 664 00:37:07,320 --> 00:37:09,360 Speaker 1: that have clinged and then the player you've been counting 665 00:37:09,360 --> 00:37:12,919 Speaker 1: on all year long is suddenly inactive and you're like, wow, Yeah, 666 00:37:12,920 --> 00:37:16,319 Speaker 1: the fantasy juggernaut is all of a sudden on the bench. Yeah, 667 00:37:16,360 --> 00:37:20,000 Speaker 1: I get it, but it's I would say it's probably 668 00:37:20,080 --> 00:37:24,160 Speaker 1: trending that way with eighteen games and two preseason games, 669 00:37:24,160 --> 00:37:27,279 Speaker 1: Like we were saying, probably before this CBA is over, 670 00:37:27,680 --> 00:37:31,320 Speaker 1: and yes, they've already taken steps to make the roster 671 00:37:31,480 --> 00:37:36,400 Speaker 1: more fluid to give coaches as many options as possible. 672 00:37:36,440 --> 00:37:38,880 Speaker 1: Think about how the IR rules have been relaxed in 673 00:37:38,920 --> 00:37:41,680 Speaker 1: the last five years. I mean, you put a guy 674 00:37:41,680 --> 00:37:43,680 Speaker 1: on IR, you didn't see him the rest of the year. 675 00:37:43,800 --> 00:37:46,840 Speaker 1: Then it was two guys could be designated to return. 676 00:37:47,239 --> 00:37:49,440 Speaker 1: Now it's like six weeks and the guys back with 677 00:37:49,480 --> 00:37:52,600 Speaker 1: a serious injury anything less than that, they don't put 678 00:37:52,640 --> 00:37:55,080 Speaker 1: them on IR at all. And they may relax that 679 00:37:55,160 --> 00:37:58,560 Speaker 1: rule even further going forward to try to make as 680 00:37:58,560 --> 00:38:01,480 Speaker 1: many people available to get back on the field is possible. 681 00:38:02,120 --> 00:38:04,640 Speaker 1: Let's go to Anthony and Buffalo Anthony, what do you 682 00:38:04,640 --> 00:38:07,000 Speaker 1: have for is you're on one Bills Live. Hey guys, 683 00:38:07,040 --> 00:38:10,279 Speaker 1: thanks for taking my call. Sure, I guess I'm gonna 684 00:38:10,320 --> 00:38:13,400 Speaker 1: go against the grain with everyone else, And I'm not 685 00:38:13,440 --> 00:38:18,279 Speaker 1: a huge fan of adding an additional seventeenth game because 686 00:38:18,680 --> 00:38:21,440 Speaker 1: you know my gut instincts, think you know about player safety. 687 00:38:21,480 --> 00:38:23,600 Speaker 1: You add more games, injuries are going to go up. 688 00:38:23,920 --> 00:38:27,279 Speaker 1: And as a Bills fans perspective, if you have key 689 00:38:27,320 --> 00:38:29,719 Speaker 1: guys out for the playoffs, that's going to hurt us 690 00:38:29,719 --> 00:38:32,399 Speaker 1: in the playoffs. The only way I guess I would 691 00:38:32,400 --> 00:38:35,600 Speaker 1: be cool with adding more games is if you bring 692 00:38:35,680 --> 00:38:39,160 Speaker 1: back the bye week for the number two seed, because obviously, 693 00:38:39,239 --> 00:38:41,480 Speaker 1: the first time we make the playoffs and we get 694 00:38:41,480 --> 00:38:44,400 Speaker 1: the number two seed, we don't get a buy And added, 695 00:38:44,560 --> 00:38:47,040 Speaker 1: I guess add an additional eighth team to the playoffs 696 00:38:47,040 --> 00:38:49,840 Speaker 1: to make the at least there's more incentive for adding 697 00:38:49,840 --> 00:38:54,040 Speaker 1: more regular season games. Yeah, I mean, I can see 698 00:38:54,040 --> 00:38:57,960 Speaker 1: where you're coming from to a certain extent, but again, 699 00:38:58,080 --> 00:39:01,279 Speaker 1: I think I think with what the league's done, and 700 00:39:01,320 --> 00:39:03,480 Speaker 1: thanks for the call, Anthony, we're a little tight on time. 701 00:39:05,400 --> 00:39:07,960 Speaker 1: As Steve said, with what the league has done to 702 00:39:08,080 --> 00:39:11,680 Speaker 1: make it safer. And they've done that over a period 703 00:39:11,719 --> 00:39:14,200 Speaker 1: of years. This wasn't like, hey, we're taking this out 704 00:39:14,200 --> 00:39:16,600 Speaker 1: this out in this out bang, here's the seventeenth game. 705 00:39:17,320 --> 00:39:19,879 Speaker 1: They've been doing these safety measures for five or six 706 00:39:20,000 --> 00:39:22,600 Speaker 1: years now to try to take certain things out of 707 00:39:22,600 --> 00:39:26,080 Speaker 1: the game. Whether it's the peel back block, you can't 708 00:39:26,080 --> 00:39:29,640 Speaker 1: block anybody running back towards your own end zone. You know, 709 00:39:29,719 --> 00:39:33,160 Speaker 1: there's a myriad of tackle right, I mean, there's a 710 00:39:33,840 --> 00:39:37,560 Speaker 1: litany of rules of a pound place that doesn't completely 711 00:39:37,640 --> 00:39:39,840 Speaker 1: rule out the risk of injury. We know that football 712 00:39:39,960 --> 00:39:44,680 Speaker 1: at its essence is a collision sport, but injuries have 713 00:39:44,800 --> 00:39:49,200 Speaker 1: come down, at least the serious ones to a great degree. 714 00:39:49,520 --> 00:39:51,640 Speaker 1: I think it's like, what ten twelve percent they're down, 715 00:39:52,160 --> 00:39:55,680 Speaker 1: So that's a that's a significant number. So they've done 716 00:39:55,719 --> 00:39:58,239 Speaker 1: the right thing by the players in trying to make 717 00:39:58,280 --> 00:40:01,359 Speaker 1: the game safer. You're we're going to completely rule out 718 00:40:01,400 --> 00:40:04,920 Speaker 1: injury in a sport as physical as this one. But 719 00:40:05,280 --> 00:40:07,879 Speaker 1: they've done a lot of the of their a lot 720 00:40:07,920 --> 00:40:13,279 Speaker 1: of their measures have helped, and I think eventually you're 721 00:40:13,320 --> 00:40:15,840 Speaker 1: gonna have to get to a place whereas you suggest 722 00:40:15,960 --> 00:40:20,680 Speaker 1: or our previous caller, uh, suggested, you're gonna have to 723 00:40:20,719 --> 00:40:23,239 Speaker 1: expand the roster. You're gonna need more people. When you 724 00:40:23,239 --> 00:40:25,440 Speaker 1: get to eighteen games, you're gonna need more people. It 725 00:40:25,520 --> 00:40:29,799 Speaker 1: becomes it becomes about load management, like you said, and 726 00:40:30,200 --> 00:40:33,120 Speaker 1: the more people you have to share that the better. Um. 727 00:40:33,600 --> 00:40:37,480 Speaker 1: I think the next I think the I don't know 728 00:40:37,520 --> 00:40:41,319 Speaker 1: what do you call it? The next step evolution in 729 00:40:41,360 --> 00:40:45,200 Speaker 1: player's safety when they stop, when they stop letting the game. 730 00:40:46,239 --> 00:40:49,360 Speaker 1: Let's just call it soften or what have you where 731 00:40:49,440 --> 00:40:51,400 Speaker 1: you know, you know that where it gets a little 732 00:40:51,719 --> 00:40:54,800 Speaker 1: they don't want to be less physical. They will answer 733 00:40:54,840 --> 00:41:00,200 Speaker 1: that by load management. And they'll have guys who through sports, 734 00:41:00,239 --> 00:41:02,040 Speaker 1: they'll say, okay, you've got to you've gotta you can 735 00:41:02,080 --> 00:41:05,560 Speaker 1: have four guys who can go the whole way, but 736 00:41:05,640 --> 00:41:07,840 Speaker 1: everybody else has got to take a series offers or 737 00:41:07,880 --> 00:41:10,200 Speaker 1: a playoff or a quarter off or whatever whatever. Whatever 738 00:41:10,480 --> 00:41:13,919 Speaker 1: they're gonna they will mandate load management and that will 739 00:41:13,960 --> 00:41:17,439 Speaker 1: make it even safer and lessen the risk. That would 740 00:41:17,480 --> 00:41:19,920 Speaker 1: be an out of the box way to do it, 741 00:41:20,080 --> 00:41:22,200 Speaker 1: but with the statistics and the technology they have at 742 00:41:22,200 --> 00:41:28,160 Speaker 1: their disposal, they could probably do it. So yeah, they'll 743 00:41:29,080 --> 00:41:32,560 Speaker 1: they can manage the game as they have extremely well 744 00:41:33,360 --> 00:41:38,839 Speaker 1: with rules changes, players safety measures and a different philosophy 745 00:41:38,840 --> 00:41:43,560 Speaker 1: of officiating and education of the players themselves. Plus the 746 00:41:43,600 --> 00:41:46,000 Speaker 1: way they handle the off season and the training and 747 00:41:46,040 --> 00:41:48,720 Speaker 1: the recovery. And now that every a lot more teams 748 00:41:48,719 --> 00:41:51,840 Speaker 1: are up to speed on how much recovery aids and 749 00:41:51,880 --> 00:41:54,040 Speaker 1: a team's ability to stay healthy and get healthy for 750 00:41:54,120 --> 00:41:57,719 Speaker 1: game day. So all that stuff in the mix is 751 00:41:59,239 --> 00:42:02,680 Speaker 1: it makes it possible for the game to extend their season. Yeah, 752 00:42:03,239 --> 00:42:06,800 Speaker 1: and do it. They have all that stuff at their disposal. 753 00:42:06,800 --> 00:42:10,440 Speaker 1: They haven't even used all of it yet. And they 754 00:42:10,440 --> 00:42:12,640 Speaker 1: also haven't gone mad. I mean, you know, we we're 755 00:42:12,640 --> 00:42:15,319 Speaker 1: talking here like eighteen games is gonna be all? Who knows? 756 00:42:15,719 --> 00:42:17,759 Speaker 1: I mean in twenty five years, they may be going 757 00:42:17,800 --> 00:42:20,960 Speaker 1: twenty games. You know that kind of thing, right, It 758 00:42:21,040 --> 00:42:24,439 Speaker 1: sounds impossible, Well it does at the current roster size. 759 00:42:24,440 --> 00:42:26,160 Speaker 1: I think if you're gonna do twenty games, you're talking 760 00:42:26,160 --> 00:42:28,560 Speaker 1: about a sixty five man roster, and that's probably a 761 00:42:28,560 --> 00:42:31,680 Speaker 1: fifteen player practice. Hence the evolution I'm talking about. You'll 762 00:42:31,680 --> 00:42:34,239 Speaker 1: get load management and they'll they'll be able to do it. 763 00:42:34,560 --> 00:42:36,960 Speaker 1: And the and the fluidity which with which you can 764 00:42:37,040 --> 00:42:39,640 Speaker 1: call players up from the practice squad. Once you get 765 00:42:39,680 --> 00:42:42,239 Speaker 1: to that point, we'll probably be reminiscent of what we 766 00:42:42,239 --> 00:42:45,360 Speaker 1: saw last year and it and it boils down to 767 00:42:45,480 --> 00:42:47,239 Speaker 1: can they pay all those guys? And then I mean 768 00:42:47,280 --> 00:42:50,000 Speaker 1: the money comes. I would think, yeah, I would think 769 00:42:51,000 --> 00:42:55,719 Speaker 1: the media writes, Moneys, you're gonna You're gonna finish, You're 770 00:42:55,719 --> 00:42:58,480 Speaker 1: gonna come out ahead, even if you have you know, 771 00:42:59,000 --> 00:43:03,600 Speaker 1: six seven extra players on your practice squad, making you're 772 00:43:03,640 --> 00:43:05,640 Speaker 1: not adding players at the top of the pace game 773 00:43:05,680 --> 00:43:08,480 Speaker 1: you'd had him at the bottom. Right, we have to 774 00:43:08,520 --> 00:43:11,160 Speaker 1: take a break. But when we come back, we'll discuss 775 00:43:11,200 --> 00:43:13,640 Speaker 1: the seventeenth regular season game a bit more. It looks 776 00:43:13,640 --> 00:43:16,520 Speaker 1: like the super Bowl date will be pushed back a 777 00:43:16,600 --> 00:43:19,000 Speaker 1: week as a result of that. That has to be 778 00:43:19,080 --> 00:43:21,920 Speaker 1: voted on as well. But you're looking around Valentine's Day 779 00:43:21,960 --> 00:43:26,279 Speaker 1: now for the super Bowl? Uh? Why not? Right, that's 780 00:43:26,280 --> 00:43:28,000 Speaker 1: what you gotta do when you add a game with 781 00:43:28,200 --> 00:43:30,359 Speaker 1: the calendar back a week. Give me eighteen games, but 782 00:43:30,400 --> 00:43:34,360 Speaker 1: not on Valentine's Day. Hit. Yeah, that would be a 783 00:43:34,480 --> 00:43:38,080 Speaker 1: day to battle football or the misses super Bowl on Valentine. 784 00:43:38,160 --> 00:43:40,279 Speaker 1: Have fun with that one, all right. We'll be back 785 00:43:40,280 --> 00:43:42,080 Speaker 1: in a moment here on one Bills Live, presented by 786 00:43:42,120 --> 00:43:57,239 Speaker 1: Kalid to Health. It's Buffalo Bill's Radio. Welcome back to 787 00:43:57,320 --> 00:44:00,239 Speaker 1: one Bills Live. Chris Brown, Steve Tasker with you ten 788 00:44:00,280 --> 00:44:04,960 Speaker 1: minutes away from Steve Paletzolo joining us from Pro Football Focus. 789 00:44:05,000 --> 00:44:09,720 Speaker 1: We'll be talking to him about some of his draft 790 00:44:09,840 --> 00:44:13,880 Speaker 1: findings in anticipation of the twenty twenty one NFL Draft, 791 00:44:13,880 --> 00:44:16,560 Speaker 1: which is now just a month away, as well as 792 00:44:16,719 --> 00:44:21,120 Speaker 1: a free agency review through the division. So we'll get 793 00:44:21,120 --> 00:44:23,359 Speaker 1: to Steve in about ten minutes time after the top 794 00:44:23,360 --> 00:44:24,920 Speaker 1: of the hour break, So we look forward to that 795 00:44:25,000 --> 00:44:30,319 Speaker 1: conversation Steve. We we did not really run down the 796 00:44:31,040 --> 00:44:33,279 Speaker 1: list that I had put together for Buffalo bills dot 797 00:44:33,320 --> 00:44:35,960 Speaker 1: Com eight things we learned about the Bills, the AFC East, 798 00:44:36,000 --> 00:44:38,879 Speaker 1: and the twenty twenty one opponents in free agency. Now, 799 00:44:38,920 --> 00:44:40,640 Speaker 1: I know we've talked about this on the show, but 800 00:44:41,040 --> 00:44:45,120 Speaker 1: with the signing of Brita late last week, they now 801 00:44:45,160 --> 00:44:49,439 Speaker 1: have speed to the edge in their backfield, something that 802 00:44:49,719 --> 00:44:53,600 Speaker 1: they didn't really have in any great supply with Devin 803 00:44:53,680 --> 00:44:56,200 Speaker 1: Singletary and Zach Moss. As you know they their strengths 804 00:44:56,200 --> 00:45:00,440 Speaker 1: are in other areas. But where might fourth three eight 805 00:45:00,600 --> 00:45:05,520 Speaker 1: speed from your running back help the most within the 806 00:45:05,560 --> 00:45:09,920 Speaker 1: scope of this offense. Do you think, well, it just 807 00:45:09,960 --> 00:45:12,760 Speaker 1: puts that much pressure on the defense? Is I think 808 00:45:14,480 --> 00:45:16,640 Speaker 1: every little bit's going to help. And I think one 809 00:45:16,640 --> 00:45:20,080 Speaker 1: of the things that I think a guy like Brita 810 00:45:20,160 --> 00:45:22,560 Speaker 1: with his kind of speed can force the defense to 811 00:45:22,600 --> 00:45:24,919 Speaker 1: do something with their personnel, you know what I mean, 812 00:45:25,800 --> 00:45:29,120 Speaker 1: if you put him out there, they may see him 813 00:45:29,120 --> 00:45:32,160 Speaker 1: as a matchup differently than they do Moss or Singletary. 814 00:45:32,160 --> 00:45:33,960 Speaker 1: Because I think we all agree, I don't know if 815 00:45:33,960 --> 00:45:36,319 Speaker 1: you do. We've talked a lot about how Moss and 816 00:45:36,360 --> 00:45:39,759 Speaker 1: Singletary are pretty similar. Moss a little more physical, Singletary 817 00:45:39,800 --> 00:45:42,359 Speaker 1: is a little more elusive, but they're both you know, 818 00:45:42,440 --> 00:45:47,080 Speaker 1: five nine five ten backs maybe five. You know, Singletary 819 00:45:47,160 --> 00:45:49,000 Speaker 1: is not quite that tall, but they're you know, just 820 00:45:49,239 --> 00:45:51,640 Speaker 1: right out at a little more than two hundred pounds, 821 00:45:52,360 --> 00:45:57,040 Speaker 1: and they're shiftying down inside runners. Breeda is not that. 822 00:45:57,920 --> 00:45:59,760 Speaker 1: So if you're going to get a defense to change 823 00:45:59,760 --> 00:46:02,640 Speaker 1: because of your personnel, because of who the personnel is, 824 00:46:03,200 --> 00:46:06,960 Speaker 1: Brita might get that once in a while because of 825 00:46:06,960 --> 00:46:10,160 Speaker 1: his ability to get out of the backfield faster or 826 00:46:11,360 --> 00:46:13,640 Speaker 1: just get to the edge quicker. I don't know that 827 00:46:13,640 --> 00:46:15,880 Speaker 1: that some teams will do that. You'd have to earn that, 828 00:46:15,960 --> 00:46:19,640 Speaker 1: I think on film. But Breeda is also a guy 829 00:46:19,680 --> 00:46:21,600 Speaker 1: that the Bills know very well. They've watched him a 830 00:46:21,640 --> 00:46:24,279 Speaker 1: ton in Miami this last year. Yeah, didn't get a 831 00:46:24,320 --> 00:46:26,680 Speaker 1: lot of time on the field. They liked Myles Gaskin, 832 00:46:26,800 --> 00:46:30,360 Speaker 1: who was their primary back last year. So I'm sure 833 00:46:30,480 --> 00:46:32,800 Speaker 1: that Brita was probably asked about that in his media 834 00:46:32,880 --> 00:46:36,080 Speaker 1: conference call. Today. We will cover that and bring you 835 00:46:36,200 --> 00:46:38,279 Speaker 1: some of his comments. In the third hour of the show, 836 00:46:38,360 --> 00:46:41,480 Speaker 1: we saw the Bills signed a couple of players from 837 00:46:41,520 --> 00:46:47,120 Speaker 1: teams they actually faced this last year, the tight end Hollister. 838 00:46:47,960 --> 00:46:52,439 Speaker 1: Hollister and now Brita. They watched both those guys play, 839 00:46:52,440 --> 00:46:55,799 Speaker 1: and it would be interesting I guess maybe too. Not 840 00:46:55,840 --> 00:46:58,799 Speaker 1: only we mentioned how Hollister had a really good game 841 00:46:58,800 --> 00:47:01,040 Speaker 1: against the at least I think really effective game against 842 00:47:01,080 --> 00:47:05,520 Speaker 1: Buffalo here in the in Bill Stadium. Brita, I think 843 00:47:05,560 --> 00:47:07,520 Speaker 1: could be a guy that the Bills washing When he 844 00:47:07,560 --> 00:47:09,560 Speaker 1: went on, they probably saw some things on film they like, 845 00:47:09,680 --> 00:47:12,799 Speaker 1: they liked. Maybe he gave them pause when they were 846 00:47:12,800 --> 00:47:15,040 Speaker 1: looking at film they go maybe they were hoping gasking 847 00:47:15,080 --> 00:47:17,960 Speaker 1: get the ball. You know, I don't know how much 848 00:47:18,000 --> 00:47:19,799 Speaker 1: of an impact he's going to be able to have 849 00:47:20,000 --> 00:47:21,440 Speaker 1: just by virtue of the fact that he's going to 850 00:47:21,480 --> 00:47:23,319 Speaker 1: be in a committee backfield on a team that doesn't 851 00:47:23,360 --> 00:47:26,759 Speaker 1: run it a ton. But you know, if he just 852 00:47:26,840 --> 00:47:29,640 Speaker 1: flares out, you know, as a safety valve option in 853 00:47:29,680 --> 00:47:33,560 Speaker 1: the pass game, him in space is an intriguing thing 854 00:47:33,560 --> 00:47:35,920 Speaker 1: to think about. I agree, I agree. I don't know, 855 00:47:36,160 --> 00:47:39,320 Speaker 1: and I couldn't tell you if he's a route runner 856 00:47:39,360 --> 00:47:43,879 Speaker 1: or pass catcher, but he is explosive though. Four three forty. 857 00:47:43,960 --> 00:47:47,759 Speaker 1: The guy's got some forty two inch vertical eleven ten 858 00:47:47,840 --> 00:47:51,239 Speaker 1: on the broad jump. So and I think too, it's 859 00:47:51,320 --> 00:47:54,160 Speaker 1: it's one of those things. And we've talked about it 860 00:47:54,200 --> 00:47:57,279 Speaker 1: a ton with Moss and Singletary. You know, Moss comes 861 00:47:57,280 --> 00:47:59,400 Speaker 1: out in the Arizona game and coughs one up on 862 00:47:59,440 --> 00:48:01,800 Speaker 1: there in in the bill deep in the Bills and 863 00:48:02,000 --> 00:48:04,080 Speaker 1: turns into a touchdown. Or maybe it was San Francisco. 864 00:48:05,400 --> 00:48:08,600 Speaker 1: It was on the Arizona field. Okay, oh yeah, right there, 865 00:48:09,320 --> 00:48:12,200 Speaker 1: So I get those games confused. So he costs that 866 00:48:12,200 --> 00:48:14,200 Speaker 1: ball up. We don't see him till the fourth quarter, 867 00:48:15,040 --> 00:48:19,080 Speaker 1: um and we've seen something, and you know, Devin Singletary 868 00:48:19,280 --> 00:48:21,560 Speaker 1: drops a pass in the Chiefs game, he sits down. 869 00:48:21,880 --> 00:48:24,080 Speaker 1: You know. Yeah, they have very they have a very 870 00:48:24,120 --> 00:48:27,520 Speaker 1: quick hook with their running backs. So I think, um, 871 00:48:28,400 --> 00:48:30,719 Speaker 1: having another guy in there that they'll plug in. That 872 00:48:30,719 --> 00:48:33,680 Speaker 1: doesn't mean he's gonna be active every week, um, because 873 00:48:33,719 --> 00:48:36,080 Speaker 1: Taiwan Jones us, you know, will probably be active as 874 00:48:36,080 --> 00:48:38,759 Speaker 1: a special teams guy or whatever. But Brita will give 875 00:48:38,840 --> 00:48:42,000 Speaker 1: him one more guy to share the load and running back. 876 00:48:42,080 --> 00:48:44,080 Speaker 1: Maybe that that will give them the impetus to run 877 00:48:44,160 --> 00:48:45,759 Speaker 1: it a little more because they have a fresh guy 878 00:48:45,800 --> 00:48:48,200 Speaker 1: in there, even if one of the guys has fumbled 879 00:48:48,200 --> 00:48:52,080 Speaker 1: it and gotten benched. You know, yeah, I don't know. 880 00:48:52,120 --> 00:48:56,120 Speaker 1: I'm it's it's intriguing. I'm just very curious as to 881 00:48:56,200 --> 00:49:00,200 Speaker 1: how the workload plays out with those perceived top three guys. 882 00:49:00,200 --> 00:49:01,640 Speaker 1: And you know, you can't rule out the fact that 883 00:49:01,719 --> 00:49:03,799 Speaker 1: Antonio Williams is still part of the mix. There may 884 00:49:03,800 --> 00:49:06,359 Speaker 1: be a draft pick in there somewhere, you know, later 885 00:49:06,400 --> 00:49:09,640 Speaker 1: in the draft, So you know, that'll be an intriguing 886 00:49:09,719 --> 00:49:12,200 Speaker 1: depth chart. That's kind of the reason I bring all 887 00:49:12,200 --> 00:49:17,000 Speaker 1: this up. They go with a hot hand, yep. They 888 00:49:17,000 --> 00:49:19,799 Speaker 1: are not afraid to just keep giving it to one 889 00:49:19,800 --> 00:49:22,120 Speaker 1: guy if he starts being the guy, they go with 890 00:49:22,200 --> 00:49:26,359 Speaker 1: it or and unfortunately at times they like I said, 891 00:49:26,800 --> 00:49:29,360 Speaker 1: they've gone, you know, with nobody. They to go with 892 00:49:29,400 --> 00:49:31,200 Speaker 1: one guy because the other guy's in the doghouse for 893 00:49:31,239 --> 00:49:33,680 Speaker 1: a minute. And I'm sure with those physical skills, Brian 894 00:49:33,760 --> 00:49:36,560 Speaker 1: Dabel could find a way to make Matt Brita a 895 00:49:36,600 --> 00:49:39,880 Speaker 1: mismatch somewhere, if not in the run game, in the 896 00:49:39,920 --> 00:49:41,960 Speaker 1: pass game, that's what he does best. All right, we 897 00:49:41,960 --> 00:49:43,680 Speaker 1: have to take a break, but when we return, Pro 898 00:49:43,760 --> 00:49:47,640 Speaker 1: Football Focus Senior analyst Steve Palette Solo joins us stay tuned. 899 00:49:47,680 --> 00:49:49,480 Speaker 1: We're back in a flash here on One Bill's Live, 900 00:49:49,560 --> 00:49:51,719 Speaker 1: presented by Kalid to Health and s Buffalo Bill's Radio, 901 00:50:03,440 --> 00:50:08,520 Speaker 1: the Buffalo Bills Radio Network. Sports Date, Your sports update 902 00:50:08,560 --> 00:50:10,560 Speaker 1: from One Bills Drive has reported over the weekend the 903 00:50:10,680 --> 00:50:13,160 Speaker 1: NFL plans to announce the official move to a seventeen 904 00:50:13,200 --> 00:50:16,040 Speaker 1: game schedule this coming season sometime this week at the 905 00:50:16,040 --> 00:50:19,080 Speaker 1: annual league meetings. The league has been using a sixteen 906 00:50:19,120 --> 00:50:22,359 Speaker 1: game schedule since the nineteen seventy eight season, marking over 907 00:50:22,400 --> 00:50:25,279 Speaker 1: forty seasons without a change to the current format. The 908 00:50:25,320 --> 00:50:28,120 Speaker 1: plan is to play all seventeen games within eighteen weeks. 909 00:50:28,400 --> 00:50:30,399 Speaker 1: The Super Bowl will be pushed back a week from 910 00:50:30,400 --> 00:50:34,280 Speaker 1: February sixth to the thirteenth. Lastly, each conference is expected 911 00:50:34,320 --> 00:50:38,400 Speaker 1: to alternate hosting the additional interconference matchup every year, with 912 00:50:38,520 --> 00:50:41,560 Speaker 1: the AFC being the first to host. In twenty twenty one, 913 00:50:41,840 --> 00:50:44,920 Speaker 1: supported the Bills will host the Washington football team for 914 00:50:45,080 --> 00:50:48,319 Speaker 1: their seventeenth game. Matt breed As signed a one year 915 00:50:48,360 --> 00:50:50,720 Speaker 1: deal with the Bills last week. Today he met the media. 916 00:50:50,760 --> 00:50:52,400 Speaker 1: We'll have some of his comments for you in the 917 00:50:52,400 --> 00:50:55,280 Speaker 1: third hour of the show. Buffalo also signed wide receiver 918 00:50:55,400 --> 00:50:58,440 Speaker 1: kick returner Brandon Powell over the weekend. Powell played for 919 00:50:58,480 --> 00:51:02,960 Speaker 1: the Atlanta Falcons season. Chiefs bolstered their defense Sunday, agreeing 920 00:51:02,960 --> 00:51:05,080 Speaker 1: to terms on a one year deal with defensive tackle 921 00:51:05,160 --> 00:51:08,120 Speaker 1: Jarren Read. The contract worth up to seven million, with 922 00:51:08,160 --> 00:51:11,680 Speaker 1: five of the million guaranteed. Read, whom the Seahawks cut Friday, 923 00:51:11,680 --> 00:51:14,720 Speaker 1: now reunites with former teammate Frank Clark on the Chief's 924 00:51:14,760 --> 00:51:19,160 Speaker 1: defensive line. NFL's ultimately reality show will be missing its 925 00:51:19,200 --> 00:51:22,960 Speaker 1: biggest star in twenty twenty one. Clemson quarterback Trevor Lawrence 926 00:51:23,000 --> 00:51:25,640 Speaker 1: has passed on the invitation to attend me Draft in 927 00:51:25,719 --> 00:51:28,600 Speaker 1: Cleveland in about a month. Lawrence Will instead watched the 928 00:51:28,640 --> 00:51:32,320 Speaker 1: draft at Clemson with a few family members and friends, 929 00:51:32,320 --> 00:51:34,560 Speaker 1: and finally the Sabers return home tonight when they faced 930 00:51:34,600 --> 00:51:37,439 Speaker 1: the Philadelphia Flyers face off at the Key Bank Center, 931 00:51:37,520 --> 00:51:41,000 Speaker 1: set four seven pm. That is your sports update from 932 00:51:41,000 --> 00:51:43,399 Speaker 1: One Bill's Drive Chris Brown. Steve Tasker with you our 933 00:51:43,520 --> 00:51:47,160 Speaker 1: number two of the show and joining us now as 934 00:51:47,200 --> 00:51:51,040 Speaker 1: promised is Pro Football Focused senior analyst also co host 935 00:51:51,080 --> 00:51:55,520 Speaker 1: of the PFF NFL podcast. It is one Steve Palette 936 00:51:55,520 --> 00:51:58,719 Speaker 1: solo joining us here on the line, the tallest analyst 937 00:51:58,760 --> 00:52:04,200 Speaker 1: in the NFL business? Steve, how you doing doing great? Yeah? 938 00:52:04,200 --> 00:52:06,560 Speaker 1: I'll take that, accolyte. I think I win. Yeah, you 939 00:52:06,560 --> 00:52:08,480 Speaker 1: haven't grown since we last saw it. It's been over 940 00:52:08,480 --> 00:52:10,719 Speaker 1: a year since we, you know, saw you strolling around 941 00:52:10,760 --> 00:52:13,160 Speaker 1: the combine. I mean you cast a long shadow, Steve 942 00:52:13,239 --> 00:52:16,400 Speaker 1: and me being only five to seven, you look gigantic 943 00:52:16,440 --> 00:52:21,560 Speaker 1: to me, So I like it. I'll take it. Yeah, 944 00:52:21,600 --> 00:52:25,960 Speaker 1: listen at six ten over here, right, I wish I 945 00:52:26,080 --> 00:52:28,799 Speaker 1: was five ten. Yeah, tell me about it, right, all right, 946 00:52:29,239 --> 00:52:33,399 Speaker 1: So let's begin here, Steve. You know we've got an 947 00:52:33,400 --> 00:52:37,560 Speaker 1: interesting offseason. We knew that the restrictive cap was going 948 00:52:37,600 --> 00:52:39,960 Speaker 1: to play a role. It looks like the biggest role 949 00:52:40,239 --> 00:52:44,120 Speaker 1: is it's forced a lot of players to settle for 950 00:52:44,239 --> 00:52:50,280 Speaker 1: one year contracts, many cases at below market value. Naturally, 951 00:52:50,320 --> 00:52:51,719 Speaker 1: a lot of those guys want to get back in 952 00:52:51,760 --> 00:52:54,120 Speaker 1: the market next year to try to take a bigger 953 00:52:54,160 --> 00:52:56,919 Speaker 1: swing and get a bigger contract. But who do you think, 954 00:52:57,000 --> 00:52:59,040 Speaker 1: are there any teams that have struck you that have 955 00:52:59,160 --> 00:53:01,480 Speaker 1: kind of played this one of year contract game rather 956 00:53:01,600 --> 00:53:04,760 Speaker 1: well through the course of the last couple of weeks 957 00:53:04,760 --> 00:53:09,600 Speaker 1: here to kind of really fortify their roster. You know, 958 00:53:09,680 --> 00:53:12,800 Speaker 1: I think there's still more to come when it comes 959 00:53:12,800 --> 00:53:14,799 Speaker 1: to the to the one year deal, so I think 960 00:53:14,840 --> 00:53:16,840 Speaker 1: we'll still learn a little bit more about that. I 961 00:53:16,840 --> 00:53:19,760 Speaker 1: think a team, you know, overall, I thought the Washington 962 00:53:19,760 --> 00:53:21,680 Speaker 1: football team did a really nice job at least of 963 00:53:21,800 --> 00:53:25,680 Speaker 1: getting the right players for them. I thought the Raiders, 964 00:53:25,880 --> 00:53:27,920 Speaker 1: you know, still I didn't like everything that the Raiders did, 965 00:53:27,920 --> 00:53:30,000 Speaker 1: but grabbing a guy like John Brown, a familiar face 966 00:53:30,320 --> 00:53:32,359 Speaker 1: for the one year deal, I thought was great. And 967 00:53:32,400 --> 00:53:34,279 Speaker 1: I thought the Bills overall did a good job of 968 00:53:34,320 --> 00:53:38,040 Speaker 1: just you know, having a good roster and either maintaining 969 00:53:38,239 --> 00:53:42,880 Speaker 1: guys like Daryl Williams, bringing back Matt Milano or just 970 00:53:43,040 --> 00:53:46,959 Speaker 1: replacing John Brown with an Emmanuel Sanders. Right, So they've 971 00:53:47,000 --> 00:53:49,320 Speaker 1: done a nice job of at least keeping that roster 972 00:53:49,400 --> 00:53:51,279 Speaker 1: strong in Buffalo. Yeah, they got a little at tension 973 00:53:51,280 --> 00:53:53,919 Speaker 1: at their season ending press conference where Brandon Beany Sean 974 00:53:53,960 --> 00:53:56,120 Speaker 1: McDermot said they wanted to run the ball better, not more, 975 00:53:56,160 --> 00:53:59,560 Speaker 1: but better. And you know a lot of fans and 976 00:53:59,600 --> 00:54:01,759 Speaker 1: you can I'm interested to hear your take on this. 977 00:54:01,880 --> 00:54:04,120 Speaker 1: I've said, listen, if you're going to fix your running game, 978 00:54:04,160 --> 00:54:07,759 Speaker 1: do it the offensive line, not your running backs. You 979 00:54:08,640 --> 00:54:11,879 Speaker 1: And although the Bills signed Matt Brita, I still think 980 00:54:11,880 --> 00:54:15,000 Speaker 1: it starts up front. What are the Pro Football Focus 981 00:54:15,080 --> 00:54:17,440 Speaker 1: analysts say about how to fix your running game? Do 982 00:54:17,480 --> 00:54:21,640 Speaker 1: you start in the backfield or do you start up front? No, 983 00:54:21,760 --> 00:54:24,680 Speaker 1: you absolutely start up front. And to be honest, you 984 00:54:24,719 --> 00:54:28,320 Speaker 1: start with the passing attack. When we've studied good rushing 985 00:54:28,320 --> 00:54:31,200 Speaker 1: attacks through the years, the best ones generally have a 986 00:54:31,200 --> 00:54:34,040 Speaker 1: good passing attack. And then what happens is, you know 987 00:54:34,080 --> 00:54:37,520 Speaker 1: football happens. The defense starts to try to stop the pass. 988 00:54:37,840 --> 00:54:39,520 Speaker 1: So you use the pass to set up the run. 989 00:54:39,600 --> 00:54:42,200 Speaker 1: That is actually the best way to run the ball. 990 00:54:42,239 --> 00:54:45,360 Speaker 1: So as Josh Allen has developed as a passer, and 991 00:54:45,480 --> 00:54:48,759 Speaker 1: you have four legitimate receivers and a legitimate tight end 992 00:54:48,840 --> 00:54:51,719 Speaker 1: for defenses to worry about, they put fewer bodies in 993 00:54:51,760 --> 00:54:54,000 Speaker 1: the box, and then that is the best way to 994 00:54:54,040 --> 00:54:56,040 Speaker 1: have an effective run game is when you can spread 995 00:54:56,040 --> 00:54:59,600 Speaker 1: the field, put fewer bodies in there, and then run 996 00:54:59,640 --> 00:55:03,799 Speaker 1: block is the bigger indicator of run game success then 997 00:55:03,880 --> 00:55:08,040 Speaker 1: say running back quality. So yeah, I think I think 998 00:55:08,040 --> 00:55:10,320 Speaker 1: the Bills are hitting this point if they're just worried 999 00:55:10,320 --> 00:55:12,799 Speaker 1: about their rushing attack and they're sitting there at the 1000 00:55:12,800 --> 00:55:14,680 Speaker 1: back end of the first round and they are looking 1001 00:55:14,719 --> 00:55:17,839 Speaker 1: at a Travis Etn or a Naja Harris thinking well, 1002 00:55:17,880 --> 00:55:20,240 Speaker 1: we're just gonna grab this great running back to top 1003 00:55:20,280 --> 00:55:22,240 Speaker 1: off the rest of our offense. I think that's a mistake, 1004 00:55:22,239 --> 00:55:23,719 Speaker 1: and I think that'd be a mistake for fans if 1005 00:55:23,719 --> 00:55:26,399 Speaker 1: they're focused on the running back rather than everything else 1006 00:55:26,400 --> 00:55:29,640 Speaker 1: around them, particularly being better upfront as far as run 1007 00:55:29,680 --> 00:55:31,839 Speaker 1: blocking guys. So, Steve, let's talk a little bit more 1008 00:55:31,840 --> 00:55:35,480 Speaker 1: about Matt Breeder. Then you know, this guy offers them 1009 00:55:35,600 --> 00:55:38,160 Speaker 1: something they did not have in Devin Singletary and Zach 1010 00:55:38,239 --> 00:55:40,960 Speaker 1: Mosson that his speed to the edge. You know, I 1011 00:55:41,000 --> 00:55:43,320 Speaker 1: know you guys cut it a whole bunch of different ways, 1012 00:55:43,360 --> 00:55:47,000 Speaker 1: elusive rating and all of that stuff. Where does I 1013 00:55:47,040 --> 00:55:48,440 Speaker 1: know Breed didn't get a lot of action on the 1014 00:55:48,440 --> 00:55:50,279 Speaker 1: field last year in Miami. He had a tough time 1015 00:55:50,320 --> 00:55:52,120 Speaker 1: getting on the field. But he's been part of committee 1016 00:55:52,120 --> 00:55:56,680 Speaker 1: back fields before in San Francisco, where has he rated highly? 1017 00:55:56,719 --> 00:55:58,600 Speaker 1: If you can remember off the top of your head 1018 00:55:58,640 --> 00:56:02,040 Speaker 1: from some of your guys better metrics for running backs. 1019 00:56:02,040 --> 00:56:04,719 Speaker 1: If any strike you, I know, I'm trying to make 1020 00:56:04,760 --> 00:56:06,640 Speaker 1: you dig into your memory bank here and kind of 1021 00:56:06,680 --> 00:56:09,160 Speaker 1: maybe catching you off guard, but I apologize for that. 1022 00:56:09,200 --> 00:56:12,080 Speaker 1: But did anything did anything? Did you recall stick out 1023 00:56:12,080 --> 00:56:16,440 Speaker 1: on Brita? Yeah, I mean, I think the speed that 1024 00:56:16,480 --> 00:56:20,279 Speaker 1: you mentioned is a factor he does for us guys 1025 00:56:20,320 --> 00:56:23,440 Speaker 1: to miss. He's he's pretty good in space and he's 1026 00:56:23,440 --> 00:56:26,120 Speaker 1: a complimentary piece to Devin Singletary into Zach Moss. I 1027 00:56:26,120 --> 00:56:28,560 Speaker 1: think Singletary and Moss I can remember if I was 1028 00:56:28,560 --> 00:56:31,600 Speaker 1: doing your show last year mentioning, Hey, they're very similar 1029 00:56:31,680 --> 00:56:35,120 Speaker 1: as far as maybe not the most explosive athletes Moss 1030 00:56:35,200 --> 00:56:37,279 Speaker 1: and Singletary. That is not the most explosive, but they're 1031 00:56:37,280 --> 00:56:39,520 Speaker 1: gonna make guys miss, They're gonna maximize what's in front 1032 00:56:39,560 --> 00:56:41,600 Speaker 1: of them. Brita does bring a little bit more of 1033 00:56:41,600 --> 00:56:44,200 Speaker 1: a big playability. He did average over five yards per 1034 00:56:44,239 --> 00:56:46,440 Speaker 1: carry a couple of years ago with the forty nine ers, 1035 00:56:46,480 --> 00:56:48,839 Speaker 1: was at four point nine in twenty nineteen, so we've 1036 00:56:48,880 --> 00:56:51,560 Speaker 1: seen those those big plays out of him. So yeah, 1037 00:56:51,560 --> 00:56:55,760 Speaker 1: I think, I mean, honestly, I think the trio should 1038 00:56:55,760 --> 00:56:58,840 Speaker 1: work perfectly fine. As far as the Bills in their backfield, 1039 00:56:58,880 --> 00:57:02,040 Speaker 1: you don't need a star back there necessarily. Well, was 1040 00:57:02,120 --> 00:57:04,960 Speaker 1: free agency got underway, the Bills had what Brandon Bean 1041 00:57:05,280 --> 00:57:08,319 Speaker 1: has called on their show before a positional emergency. I 1042 00:57:08,320 --> 00:57:12,960 Speaker 1: mean that guys leaving John Feliciano, Daryl Williams, Matt Milano, 1043 00:57:13,120 --> 00:57:17,240 Speaker 1: Levi Wallace, Isaiah McKenzie. They had all these guys hitting 1044 00:57:17,280 --> 00:57:19,080 Speaker 1: the hitting the road, and free agency will they signed 1045 00:57:19,120 --> 00:57:22,200 Speaker 1: them all back and then they also got Jacob Hollister 1046 00:57:22,280 --> 00:57:26,120 Speaker 1: and then Matt Breta. Um, what's you know? What's now? 1047 00:57:26,640 --> 00:57:29,280 Speaker 1: You know, where's the fire they have to put out? Now? 1048 00:57:29,320 --> 00:57:34,200 Speaker 1: In your estimation, it's a really good roster and all 1049 00:57:34,200 --> 00:57:36,440 Speaker 1: those moves that you said, I think are excellent for 1050 00:57:36,640 --> 00:57:40,280 Speaker 1: maintaining where they are and then depth. Uh my, my 1051 00:57:40,320 --> 00:57:43,800 Speaker 1: biggest thing I think has been quarterback opposite Tredavius White, 1052 00:57:43,960 --> 00:57:46,720 Speaker 1: and I like Levi Wallace. You know, my my co 1053 00:57:46,840 --> 00:57:51,800 Speaker 1: host on the PFNFL podcast, Sam Monson, loves Levi Wallace. 1054 00:57:51,840 --> 00:57:53,880 Speaker 1: He hates the fact that the Bills always seem to 1055 00:57:53,920 --> 00:57:57,960 Speaker 1: be looking for that next guy opposite Tredevius. But I 1056 00:57:58,000 --> 00:58:00,960 Speaker 1: think the best teams are three or four yet cornerback 1057 00:58:01,080 --> 00:58:04,240 Speaker 1: and they're able to they have that depth, they have 1058 00:58:04,280 --> 00:58:06,200 Speaker 1: the ability to just not get picked on. I think 1059 00:58:06,240 --> 00:58:08,160 Speaker 1: if you look at the Green Bay Packers in the playoffs, 1060 00:58:08,400 --> 00:58:11,080 Speaker 1: they have a really good secondary, but Kevin King was 1061 00:58:11,120 --> 00:58:13,520 Speaker 1: the weak link when he could get exploited at times. 1062 00:58:13,520 --> 00:58:15,640 Speaker 1: And it's not to say that Levi is the weak link, 1063 00:58:15,720 --> 00:58:19,400 Speaker 1: but he's not up to tradevious White's level of ability. 1064 00:58:19,440 --> 00:58:21,880 Speaker 1: So I think cornerback is always a place every team 1065 00:58:22,240 --> 00:58:24,840 Speaker 1: essentially needs help in depth. And I think the defensive line, 1066 00:58:24,840 --> 00:58:27,240 Speaker 1: even though they took strides from a past blocking our 1067 00:58:27,280 --> 00:58:30,200 Speaker 1: past rushing standpoint last year, I still have my questions 1068 00:58:30,240 --> 00:58:32,400 Speaker 1: about at Oliver in the middle. I know start Lot 1069 00:58:32,400 --> 00:58:35,720 Speaker 1: to Lailey is is technically back, but I think a 1070 00:58:35,760 --> 00:58:38,360 Speaker 1: big nose tackle would be great there a guy that 1071 00:58:38,440 --> 00:58:41,560 Speaker 1: has been better than Star from in the run game 1072 00:58:41,720 --> 00:58:44,480 Speaker 1: and the Bills do they tend to invite the run 1073 00:58:44,560 --> 00:58:46,680 Speaker 1: at times and play a lighter box and say we're 1074 00:58:46,760 --> 00:58:48,760 Speaker 1: just going to defend the run with six or with seven. 1075 00:58:49,080 --> 00:58:51,240 Speaker 1: And when you do that, you can't get pushed around 1076 00:58:51,280 --> 00:58:53,479 Speaker 1: up front. You need guys to either play two gaps 1077 00:58:53,560 --> 00:58:55,760 Speaker 1: or to just win. And I think a big nose tackle, 1078 00:58:55,800 --> 00:58:57,920 Speaker 1: a run stuffing nose tackle, would be a great addition 1079 00:58:58,520 --> 00:59:01,840 Speaker 1: to add depth along that defensive What about Ed Oliver, 1080 00:59:02,040 --> 00:59:05,600 Speaker 1: because there are some especially here in Buffalo, who are 1081 00:59:05,600 --> 00:59:09,360 Speaker 1: really hoping that the return of Star helps Ed Oliver, 1082 00:59:09,840 --> 00:59:12,120 Speaker 1: you know, by gobbling up two guys at the line 1083 00:59:12,480 --> 00:59:14,440 Speaker 1: so that Ed can work one on one where he 1084 00:59:14,480 --> 00:59:19,000 Speaker 1: can use his quickness and agility to win matchups more effectively. 1085 00:59:19,600 --> 00:59:23,040 Speaker 1: But this is kind of a big year. He needs 1086 00:59:23,080 --> 00:59:27,040 Speaker 1: to really kind of move the needle in terms of production. 1087 00:59:27,120 --> 00:59:29,760 Speaker 1: Do you think that that Star can help get him 1088 00:59:29,800 --> 00:59:36,320 Speaker 1: there in an all important year three? Yeah, it definitely 1089 00:59:36,360 --> 00:59:38,200 Speaker 1: helps having more people around you, I think. You know, 1090 00:59:38,240 --> 00:59:41,320 Speaker 1: Oliver was an interesting case coming out because he certainly 1091 00:59:41,320 --> 00:59:44,480 Speaker 1: had all the tools, the speed, the explosion. You know, 1092 00:59:44,560 --> 00:59:47,200 Speaker 1: his thing was more technique and That's why I hated 1093 00:59:47,520 --> 00:59:49,560 Speaker 1: when people said, well, he's Aaron Donald. You know, he's 1094 00:59:49,600 --> 00:59:51,800 Speaker 1: the same size, and he's he's a great athlete like 1095 00:59:51,800 --> 00:59:56,760 Speaker 1: Aaron Donald. Aaron Donald had pristine technique and form and 1096 00:59:57,120 --> 00:59:59,600 Speaker 1: hand usage, and he could do it all. Ed was 1097 00:59:59,640 --> 01:00:01,920 Speaker 1: always a bit of a work in progress there, but 1098 01:00:02,320 --> 01:00:04,600 Speaker 1: he improved as a pass rusher and that was the 1099 01:00:04,600 --> 01:00:06,280 Speaker 1: big thing. He could get after the quarterback at a 1100 01:00:06,360 --> 01:00:09,040 Speaker 1: much higher rate last year. The question is from a 1101 01:00:09,120 --> 01:00:12,320 Speaker 1: run defense standpoint, where at Houston at Oliver he was 1102 01:00:12,360 --> 01:00:15,320 Speaker 1: a disruptor and we just haven't seen that. When he 1103 01:00:15,360 --> 01:00:17,800 Speaker 1: gets locked up. I mean, he's he's getting moved off 1104 01:00:17,800 --> 01:00:19,840 Speaker 1: the ball, help the flash play here and there, He's 1105 01:00:19,880 --> 01:00:21,840 Speaker 1: getting moved off the ball by double teams. And I 1106 01:00:21,880 --> 01:00:24,880 Speaker 1: do think if you can give him more one on ones, 1107 01:00:24,920 --> 01:00:27,280 Speaker 1: it should help take a little bit pressure off from 1108 01:00:27,280 --> 01:00:29,360 Speaker 1: a run game perspective. But I do like the strides 1109 01:00:29,680 --> 01:00:31,840 Speaker 1: that at Oliver took as a pass rusher last year. 1110 01:00:31,960 --> 01:00:34,240 Speaker 1: So some good and bad with his development over the 1111 01:00:34,320 --> 01:00:36,960 Speaker 1: last two seasons. If the NFL does get back into 1112 01:00:36,960 --> 01:00:40,040 Speaker 1: a more normal offseason, how big a jump would you 1113 01:00:40,120 --> 01:00:42,480 Speaker 1: look for from players who were rookies last year, or 1114 01:00:42,480 --> 01:00:46,439 Speaker 1: maybe second year players last year coming into their third year, 1115 01:00:46,520 --> 01:00:49,680 Speaker 1: who you know, coming into their that all important third 1116 01:00:49,720 --> 01:00:52,440 Speaker 1: season off season, and then it doesn't happen. You know, 1117 01:00:52,480 --> 01:00:54,160 Speaker 1: what kind of effect do you think that could have, 1118 01:00:54,280 --> 01:00:57,880 Speaker 1: generally speaking across the league. I think it's one of 1119 01:00:57,880 --> 01:01:00,760 Speaker 1: the biggest stories of the season. I mean, first off, 1120 01:01:00,800 --> 01:01:04,920 Speaker 1: it's really difficult to even have high expectations for your rookies, 1121 01:01:04,920 --> 01:01:07,160 Speaker 1: and then you go through last year's situation and it's like, 1122 01:01:07,160 --> 01:01:10,360 Speaker 1: all right, expectations should have been almost zero. So that's 1123 01:01:10,360 --> 01:01:12,040 Speaker 1: why you see a team like the Tampa Bay Bucks 1124 01:01:12,120 --> 01:01:14,960 Speaker 1: getting two starters and Tristan Wirfs and Antoine Winfield. I mean, 1125 01:01:15,000 --> 01:01:17,600 Speaker 1: that was just an incredible bonus for the Bucks compared 1126 01:01:17,640 --> 01:01:19,560 Speaker 1: to the rest of the league. I think it's a 1127 01:01:19,640 --> 01:01:22,480 Speaker 1: huge year for all of last year's rookies. There. It 1128 01:01:22,600 --> 01:01:25,200 Speaker 1: wasn't a great rookie class. We didn't see a ton 1129 01:01:25,240 --> 01:01:28,440 Speaker 1: of excellent performances around the league and first year players 1130 01:01:28,520 --> 01:01:30,080 Speaker 1: last year, and I think we're going to see a 1131 01:01:30,120 --> 01:01:31,920 Speaker 1: lot of those guys take a jump. So guys who 1132 01:01:31,960 --> 01:01:35,360 Speaker 1: maybe on paper, teams that had a really good rookie 1133 01:01:35,360 --> 01:01:38,919 Speaker 1: class last year or a draft last year might start 1134 01:01:38,960 --> 01:01:41,880 Speaker 1: to actually see that payoff here in twenty twenty one 1135 01:01:41,920 --> 01:01:43,680 Speaker 1: after that good offseason. It is one of the biggest 1136 01:01:43,720 --> 01:01:46,400 Speaker 1: stories this offseason to see how those young guys react 1137 01:01:46,840 --> 01:01:49,360 Speaker 1: after last year. I don't think there's any question Ajp 1138 01:01:49,360 --> 01:01:50,840 Speaker 1: and Esse. It kind of fell victim to that a 1139 01:01:50,840 --> 01:01:53,919 Speaker 1: little bit came in too light, actually came in so fit. 1140 01:01:54,440 --> 01:01:58,200 Speaker 1: He was lighter than they wanted him, and then it 1141 01:01:58,240 --> 01:02:00,520 Speaker 1: took him time to put the weight back on to 1142 01:02:00,640 --> 01:02:02,680 Speaker 1: deliver and set the edge in the way that they 1143 01:02:02,720 --> 01:02:04,440 Speaker 1: wanted him too. And that's why he had trouble getting 1144 01:02:04,440 --> 01:02:06,600 Speaker 1: on the field in the first half of the season. 1145 01:02:06,600 --> 01:02:10,400 Speaker 1: And I want to stay at that position, Steve, because yes, 1146 01:02:10,600 --> 01:02:13,360 Speaker 1: I think they still believe that Epinsa holds a lot 1147 01:02:13,360 --> 01:02:15,919 Speaker 1: of promise for them at the end position. But you've 1148 01:02:15,920 --> 01:02:18,520 Speaker 1: got Addison entering his age thirty fourth season, You've got 1149 01:02:18,560 --> 01:02:22,160 Speaker 1: Jerry Hughes in the final year of his contract. What 1150 01:02:22,200 --> 01:02:24,520 Speaker 1: do you think, even though that the Bills have gone 1151 01:02:24,560 --> 01:02:27,040 Speaker 1: to the well early in the draft each of the 1152 01:02:27,120 --> 01:02:30,600 Speaker 1: last few years with Epinsa and Oliver on the defensive front, 1153 01:02:30,640 --> 01:02:32,560 Speaker 1: that somewhere in the first two days they may go 1154 01:02:32,760 --> 01:02:35,800 Speaker 1: edge again, knowing the long and the tooth players that 1155 01:02:35,880 --> 01:02:39,680 Speaker 1: they have in the starting lineup right now. Oh. I 1156 01:02:39,760 --> 01:02:41,640 Speaker 1: absolutely think it's a place that the Bill should go. 1157 01:02:41,680 --> 01:02:43,880 Speaker 1: I mean, first off, a lot of teams and the 1158 01:02:43,880 --> 01:02:45,520 Speaker 1: Bills like to rotate a lot. You want to be 1159 01:02:45,720 --> 01:02:49,360 Speaker 1: six seven, eight deep along the defensive line. Jerry Hughes 1160 01:02:49,400 --> 01:02:51,600 Speaker 1: has been the guy since you know, the last six 1161 01:02:51,680 --> 01:02:54,240 Speaker 1: seven years as far as you know, creating pressure off 1162 01:02:54,280 --> 01:02:57,640 Speaker 1: the edge, and there hasn't been a Mario Addison certainly 1163 01:02:57,640 --> 01:03:01,040 Speaker 1: showed his flashes and again across the board from a 1164 01:03:01,040 --> 01:03:03,920 Speaker 1: pass rushing standpoint for the line last year, but we 1165 01:03:03,960 --> 01:03:07,600 Speaker 1: haven't really had the guy opposite Jerry Hughes at any 1166 01:03:07,600 --> 01:03:09,520 Speaker 1: point really for the Bills. So yeah, I think I 1167 01:03:09,520 --> 01:03:11,360 Speaker 1: think edge defender is definitely a place to look. I 1168 01:03:11,400 --> 01:03:13,520 Speaker 1: think back into the first round might be a pretty 1169 01:03:13,560 --> 01:03:16,400 Speaker 1: good value for edge defenders really because there is no 1170 01:03:16,480 --> 01:03:19,800 Speaker 1: Chase Young, there is no Bosa in this class, and 1171 01:03:19,880 --> 01:03:22,320 Speaker 1: I think the top players on team's boards are going 1172 01:03:22,360 --> 01:03:24,360 Speaker 1: to be all over the place. As far as edge 1173 01:03:24,440 --> 01:03:26,320 Speaker 1: rusher goes, there's no sure thing. So I think there's 1174 01:03:26,320 --> 01:03:27,760 Speaker 1: gonna be a lot of guys pushed to the middle 1175 01:03:27,800 --> 01:03:29,960 Speaker 1: or a late first round. There will be good value 1176 01:03:29,960 --> 01:03:32,960 Speaker 1: either late first or even on Day two. So I 1177 01:03:32,960 --> 01:03:36,320 Speaker 1: absolutely think defensive line, but in particular edge defender is 1178 01:03:36,320 --> 01:03:38,400 Speaker 1: a place Buffalo is going to be looking. And as 1179 01:03:38,440 --> 01:03:41,160 Speaker 1: we as we get back here down to the become 1180 01:03:41,240 --> 01:03:43,000 Speaker 1: full circle. I asked you about how to fix the 1181 01:03:43,040 --> 01:03:45,200 Speaker 1: Bills running game or what to do to bolster any 1182 01:03:45,280 --> 01:03:48,640 Speaker 1: running game, And in your mock draft you had the 1183 01:03:48,640 --> 01:03:55,360 Speaker 1: Bills taking a guard Elijah Vera Tucker from USC. Give 1184 01:03:55,400 --> 01:03:58,760 Speaker 1: us your reasoning why this, Why this guard in particular, 1185 01:03:58,800 --> 01:04:03,760 Speaker 1: why this offensive linement? And by an interior offensive lineman? Yeah, 1186 01:04:03,800 --> 01:04:05,920 Speaker 1: I mean this if that was my mock, I think 1187 01:04:05,920 --> 01:04:08,080 Speaker 1: it was before some of the free agency stuff. But 1188 01:04:08,400 --> 01:04:10,760 Speaker 1: Barrett Tucker is actually a guy that's played tackle and 1189 01:04:10,880 --> 01:04:14,200 Speaker 1: guard and he is just so good in pass protection. 1190 01:04:14,240 --> 01:04:17,560 Speaker 1: He held his own as a tackle in past pro 1191 01:04:17,760 --> 01:04:19,720 Speaker 1: at USC, but he's probably a better fit as far 1192 01:04:19,760 --> 01:04:23,400 Speaker 1: as playing on the interior at the NFL level. He's 1193 01:04:23,400 --> 01:04:26,160 Speaker 1: pretty athletic as far as from a run blocking standpoint, 1194 01:04:26,200 --> 01:04:28,920 Speaker 1: you can get to the second level and again the Bills. 1195 01:04:29,480 --> 01:04:31,520 Speaker 1: The Bills have a really good roster and I think 1196 01:04:31,760 --> 01:04:34,000 Speaker 1: their biggest thing is just adding good players. You know, 1197 01:04:34,080 --> 01:04:36,320 Speaker 1: you want to have, you know, some cornerback depth, you 1198 01:04:36,360 --> 01:04:37,600 Speaker 1: want to have some of that edge depth that we 1199 01:04:37,640 --> 01:04:40,920 Speaker 1: talked talked about, but continuing to add depth along the 1200 01:04:40,920 --> 01:04:43,200 Speaker 1: offensive line and all these other parts of the roster. 1201 01:04:43,360 --> 01:04:45,560 Speaker 1: So Barrett Tucker is a good, versatile player that I 1202 01:04:45,600 --> 01:04:47,800 Speaker 1: think would be a really nice fit potentially in the 1203 01:04:47,800 --> 01:04:49,320 Speaker 1: back end of the first Yeah. I mean, I know 1204 01:04:49,360 --> 01:04:51,520 Speaker 1: everybody makes a big deal about arm length, and I 1205 01:04:51,560 --> 01:04:55,400 Speaker 1: understand that has its place in the scouting community and 1206 01:04:55,480 --> 01:04:59,160 Speaker 1: understandably so, and it's why a lot of college tackles 1207 01:04:59,200 --> 01:05:01,440 Speaker 1: get projected in side in Vera. Tucker's arms are only 1208 01:05:01,480 --> 01:05:03,400 Speaker 1: thirty two and an eighth inch long, which is short 1209 01:05:04,160 --> 01:05:07,600 Speaker 1: for a tackle. But man, I mean you had it 1210 01:05:07,640 --> 01:05:09,440 Speaker 1: in your mock, you pointed it out. I mean, three 1211 01:05:09,520 --> 01:05:13,120 Speaker 1: hundred five pass black blocking snaps on the season and 1212 01:05:13,280 --> 01:05:16,840 Speaker 1: just eight pressures surrendered. I mean, that's getting it done. 1213 01:05:16,920 --> 01:05:19,680 Speaker 1: And you know I and again I know Pac twelve though, 1214 01:05:19,920 --> 01:05:22,000 Speaker 1: do they play defense in that conference. I mean that's 1215 01:05:22,000 --> 01:05:25,520 Speaker 1: still the knock. I mean, but still in all you 1216 01:05:25,600 --> 01:05:29,560 Speaker 1: are taking a step up? Is that like where that's 1217 01:05:29,560 --> 01:05:32,040 Speaker 1: where you pay your scouts the money to make those 1218 01:05:32,040 --> 01:05:34,840 Speaker 1: projections as to whether or not that guy can handle tackle. 1219 01:05:34,880 --> 01:05:36,280 Speaker 1: I mean, the Bills have had a couple of those 1220 01:05:36,320 --> 01:05:38,880 Speaker 1: players over the last ten years. I mean, everybody said 1221 01:05:38,920 --> 01:05:41,320 Speaker 1: Cordy Glenn was only a guard and he was a 1222 01:05:41,360 --> 01:05:45,040 Speaker 1: successful tackle here. And they said much the same thing 1223 01:05:45,040 --> 01:05:47,240 Speaker 1: about Dion Dawkins when they drafted him. They said he 1224 01:05:47,280 --> 01:05:49,120 Speaker 1: was only he was going to transition to guard, and 1225 01:05:49,400 --> 01:05:52,560 Speaker 1: he's the left tackle here on a huge contract extension. 1226 01:05:52,640 --> 01:05:55,520 Speaker 1: So what do you think the chances are vera Tucker 1227 01:05:55,560 --> 01:05:58,480 Speaker 1: could make it work at tackle despite thirty two and 1228 01:05:58,480 --> 01:06:03,320 Speaker 1: an eighth inch arms. Yeah, I think it depends on 1229 01:06:03,360 --> 01:06:06,280 Speaker 1: the team. You know, you mentioned a couple of great examples. 1230 01:06:06,280 --> 01:06:08,680 Speaker 1: I mean, Cordy Glenn was a big monster. He looked 1231 01:06:08,680 --> 01:06:10,920 Speaker 1: like a guard. But my theory on this is, if 1232 01:06:10,960 --> 01:06:13,320 Speaker 1: you could it's so tough to find a starting tackle. 1233 01:06:13,600 --> 01:06:16,200 Speaker 1: If a guy has any chance at playing tackle, at 1234 01:06:16,240 --> 01:06:18,280 Speaker 1: least start him there, at least give him a shot. 1235 01:06:18,400 --> 01:06:20,520 Speaker 1: And the Bills went and said, hey, let's give Cordy 1236 01:06:20,560 --> 01:06:22,800 Speaker 1: Glenn an opportunity here. Dion Dawkins, You're right, was the 1237 01:06:22,880 --> 01:06:24,880 Speaker 1: same exact thing. You know, this guy that just didn't 1238 01:06:25,320 --> 01:06:28,600 Speaker 1: feel like a tackle because of what scouts have maybe 1239 01:06:28,720 --> 01:06:30,840 Speaker 1: ingrained in us through the years, and he's been their 1240 01:06:30,880 --> 01:06:32,720 Speaker 1: best tackle for a few years now, he's been their 1241 01:06:32,720 --> 01:06:35,760 Speaker 1: best offensive lineman. So I think with Vera Tucker, again, 1242 01:06:35,760 --> 01:06:38,640 Speaker 1: it depends on the team given them an opportunity. Isaiah 1243 01:06:38,720 --> 01:06:41,240 Speaker 1: win down in New England was a similar player who 1244 01:06:41,280 --> 01:06:44,120 Speaker 1: just was really good in the SEC as a tackle 1245 01:06:44,160 --> 01:06:46,480 Speaker 1: and he's been a good NFL tackle, went healthy. So 1246 01:06:46,960 --> 01:06:49,640 Speaker 1: I think if you give Vera Tucker the opportunity a tackle, 1247 01:06:49,680 --> 01:06:52,080 Speaker 1: see how he does, see if the arm length is 1248 01:06:52,120 --> 01:06:54,160 Speaker 1: actually an issue, and if it is, you kick him 1249 01:06:54,160 --> 01:06:56,200 Speaker 1: into guard and you have a good guard. And that's 1250 01:06:56,240 --> 01:06:59,640 Speaker 1: just a great way to build a team and maximize 1251 01:06:59,640 --> 01:07:02,120 Speaker 1: a player players value. You know, I was listening to 1252 01:07:02,160 --> 01:07:04,600 Speaker 1: you and Sam monson your cohort on the Pro Football 1253 01:07:05,000 --> 01:07:09,640 Speaker 1: Focus podcast NFL podcast, and and Sam, You're right, he 1254 01:07:09,680 --> 01:07:11,800 Speaker 1: loves Levi Wallace. And I've said it a ton on 1255 01:07:11,840 --> 01:07:13,720 Speaker 1: this show that you know, they've been trying to replace 1256 01:07:13,800 --> 01:07:16,400 Speaker 1: him for three or four years. He's an undrafted rookie 1257 01:07:16,440 --> 01:07:20,080 Speaker 1: free agent. They brought in, you know, two or three. 1258 01:07:20,280 --> 01:07:22,440 Speaker 1: You know, this last year was Josh Norman, the year 1259 01:07:22,480 --> 01:07:25,640 Speaker 1: before was Kevin Johnson, EJ. Gaines. They brought back to 1260 01:07:25,640 --> 01:07:27,320 Speaker 1: try and do it. They've tried to do it from within. 1261 01:07:28,040 --> 01:07:30,920 Speaker 1: They can't get it done because LEVI has just played 1262 01:07:30,920 --> 01:07:33,800 Speaker 1: too well. So, you know, what are the odds, Now, 1263 01:07:33,840 --> 01:07:37,440 Speaker 1: how high in this draft would they have to jump 1264 01:07:38,160 --> 01:07:40,600 Speaker 1: to get a corner like which which of their picks 1265 01:07:40,680 --> 01:07:44,720 Speaker 1: thirty or sixty four or whatever? How hi would they 1266 01:07:44,760 --> 01:07:46,960 Speaker 1: have to take a corner in this draft to get 1267 01:07:47,000 --> 01:07:49,560 Speaker 1: a guy that you think they could just plug in 1268 01:07:49,640 --> 01:07:52,960 Speaker 1: and forget about? Or is there one? Yeah? So I 1269 01:07:52,960 --> 01:07:56,440 Speaker 1: think there's a So. I think there's four corners that 1270 01:07:56,480 --> 01:07:59,920 Speaker 1: have separated themselves the top three. Caleb Farley from Virginia 1271 01:08:00,120 --> 01:08:03,440 Speaker 1: tack again on the PF for Caleb Farley, Patrick Surtan, 1272 01:08:03,880 --> 01:08:06,120 Speaker 1: JC Horne from South Carolina. I look at those guys 1273 01:08:06,120 --> 01:08:09,760 Speaker 1: as being first round caliber players. Caleb Farley might drop 1274 01:08:09,880 --> 01:08:13,040 Speaker 1: due to some you know, injuries, are some concerns there. 1275 01:08:13,640 --> 01:08:15,320 Speaker 1: If any of those guys are available in the back 1276 01:08:15,400 --> 01:08:17,320 Speaker 1: end of the first I think they're incredible value. I 1277 01:08:17,439 --> 01:08:21,400 Speaker 1: look at a guy like Asante Samuel Juniors as more 1278 01:08:21,439 --> 01:08:23,760 Speaker 1: of a zone heavy type of player. I think he's 1279 01:08:23,760 --> 01:08:25,240 Speaker 1: a good fit for the Steelers the way they play. 1280 01:08:25,240 --> 01:08:26,439 Speaker 1: I think he's a good fit for the Bills the 1281 01:08:26,479 --> 01:08:28,479 Speaker 1: way they play. Eyes on the quarterback, and he is 1282 01:08:28,800 --> 01:08:31,280 Speaker 1: a Sante Samuel you never want to compare them to 1283 01:08:31,320 --> 01:08:33,240 Speaker 1: their father, but man does he played just like his 1284 01:08:33,320 --> 01:08:35,760 Speaker 1: dad as far as taking it, you know, some calculated 1285 01:08:35,840 --> 01:08:38,080 Speaker 1: risks and just being around the football. So I think 1286 01:08:38,120 --> 01:08:40,559 Speaker 1: Asante Samuel back into the first would be a good fit. 1287 01:08:40,840 --> 01:08:43,400 Speaker 1: Greg Newsome from Northwestern could be a potential good fit. 1288 01:08:43,680 --> 01:08:46,400 Speaker 1: So guys you got on the screen there, I would 1289 01:08:46,400 --> 01:08:47,800 Speaker 1: take any of those guys in the back end of 1290 01:08:47,840 --> 01:08:50,280 Speaker 1: the first And I'm of the belief that you truly 1291 01:08:50,320 --> 01:08:52,360 Speaker 1: can't have too many corners. Much like the way the 1292 01:08:52,400 --> 01:08:54,280 Speaker 1: Bills built it wide receiver. I think it is the 1293 01:08:54,360 --> 01:08:57,679 Speaker 1: blueprint for building an offense. You get a decent offensive 1294 01:08:57,720 --> 01:09:01,000 Speaker 1: line and you attack wide receiver to help your quarterback. 1295 01:09:01,040 --> 01:09:03,800 Speaker 1: I think you treat corner the same way you go 1296 01:09:04,080 --> 01:09:06,200 Speaker 1: you try to find as many until you have four. 1297 01:09:06,640 --> 01:09:09,120 Speaker 1: And I think the Bills could absolutely stand to add 1298 01:09:09,160 --> 01:09:11,360 Speaker 1: even more depth with Levi and to Ron Johnson and 1299 01:09:11,439 --> 01:09:13,240 Speaker 1: what they have there. And just going back to your 1300 01:09:13,280 --> 01:09:16,639 Speaker 1: earlier comments Steve about you know, maybe looking for defensive 1301 01:09:16,680 --> 01:09:19,599 Speaker 1: tackle help. I realize there's some other guys still floating 1302 01:09:19,640 --> 01:09:23,240 Speaker 1: around in free agency, but this the general consensus is 1303 01:09:23,240 --> 01:09:27,160 Speaker 1: it's not a terribly strong year for defensive tackle prospects. 1304 01:09:27,240 --> 01:09:31,519 Speaker 1: So is there is there a sweet spot for the 1305 01:09:31,600 --> 01:09:36,280 Speaker 1: defensive tackle class per se, like where the value is 1306 01:09:36,360 --> 01:09:38,960 Speaker 1: justified I guess, for lack of a better term, like, 1307 01:09:39,960 --> 01:09:41,640 Speaker 1: you know, there's not gonna be too many guys at 1308 01:09:41,640 --> 01:09:44,080 Speaker 1: the top of the board. We know that, So is 1309 01:09:44,080 --> 01:09:46,959 Speaker 1: there a sweet spot there like round three for example, 1310 01:09:47,280 --> 01:09:49,360 Speaker 1: where you know, if the Bills say, oh, you know what, 1311 01:09:49,439 --> 01:09:52,200 Speaker 1: let's get a little depth here at DT, maybe be 1312 01:09:52,200 --> 01:09:56,559 Speaker 1: a good round to do. So. Yeah, so I think 1313 01:09:56,640 --> 01:10:00,439 Speaker 1: rounds three through five you can get some quality depth, 1314 01:10:00,520 --> 01:10:03,080 Speaker 1: especially if there are some better positions as far as 1315 01:10:03,080 --> 01:10:05,880 Speaker 1: where to pick, you know, picking the corners we've talked 1316 01:10:05,880 --> 01:10:07,559 Speaker 1: about or the edges that we've talked about a little 1317 01:10:07,560 --> 01:10:10,639 Speaker 1: bit earlier. The couple guys like if for some reason, 1318 01:10:10,680 --> 01:10:13,760 Speaker 1: Christian Barmore from Alabama was there, I think he's a 1319 01:10:13,800 --> 01:10:15,680 Speaker 1: top half of the first round type of player. But 1320 01:10:15,720 --> 01:10:18,000 Speaker 1: if he's there, I think he's he's a great fit. 1321 01:10:18,240 --> 01:10:20,960 Speaker 1: The guy that I love a ton for teams like 1322 01:10:21,040 --> 01:10:23,920 Speaker 1: the Bills is Elim McNeil from NT State. He's three 1323 01:10:24,040 --> 01:10:26,599 Speaker 1: hundred forty pounds and he can move. So you talk about, 1324 01:10:26,840 --> 01:10:28,599 Speaker 1: you know, is Starlos Leiley going to be the guy 1325 01:10:28,600 --> 01:10:31,519 Speaker 1: that takes pressure off at Oliver. Elim McNeil is the 1326 01:10:31,560 --> 01:10:34,760 Speaker 1: same type of player, squatty nose tackle who can just 1327 01:10:34,960 --> 01:10:37,280 Speaker 1: push the pocket as a pass rusher and is an 1328 01:10:37,280 --> 01:10:39,600 Speaker 1: excellent run defender. So he's the type of guy I 1329 01:10:39,600 --> 01:10:42,439 Speaker 1: would take on Day two McNeill because he moves well 1330 01:10:42,479 --> 01:10:46,080 Speaker 1: and he's three forty. It's a rare combination. So if 1331 01:10:46,080 --> 01:10:48,719 Speaker 1: you don't get a bar More or an Elim McNeil, 1332 01:10:48,800 --> 01:10:51,000 Speaker 1: I would wait on defensive tackle and treat that mores 1333 01:10:51,160 --> 01:10:53,160 Speaker 1: as a depth play later in the draft. What did 1334 01:10:53,200 --> 01:10:54,880 Speaker 1: you make of all the movement at the top of 1335 01:10:54,920 --> 01:10:58,000 Speaker 1: the draft here or just before the weekend with San Francisco, 1336 01:10:58,080 --> 01:11:03,320 Speaker 1: Miami and Philadelphia. I love it. My first takeaway is 1337 01:11:03,360 --> 01:11:05,479 Speaker 1: Kyle Shanahan is one of the best offensive minds of 1338 01:11:05,479 --> 01:11:08,000 Speaker 1: our generation, and we get to get into his mind 1339 01:11:08,040 --> 01:11:10,320 Speaker 1: and say, what does he want in a quarterback? A 1340 01:11:10,360 --> 01:11:14,240 Speaker 1: guy that's had Hughbs, you know, Matt Shob through the years, 1341 01:11:14,280 --> 01:11:16,880 Speaker 1: he had RG three, quickly he had Kirk Cousins, he 1342 01:11:16,960 --> 01:11:19,280 Speaker 1: had Matt Ryan and brought him to an MVP. What 1343 01:11:19,400 --> 01:11:21,840 Speaker 1: does he want? He gets his choice now essentially between 1344 01:11:21,920 --> 01:11:24,559 Speaker 1: Trey Lance, Justin Fields and Mac Jones. So I think 1345 01:11:24,600 --> 01:11:26,800 Speaker 1: that's fascinating. And I think the Dolphins in the AFC 1346 01:11:26,920 --> 01:11:30,240 Speaker 1: East are just masters of the draft board right now. 1347 01:11:30,240 --> 01:11:32,679 Speaker 1: Over the last three years, the way they turned Laramie 1348 01:11:32,720 --> 01:11:36,120 Speaker 1: Tunsel into four first rounders a couple of second rounders, 1349 01:11:36,360 --> 01:11:39,160 Speaker 1: it is just unbelievable what the Dolphins have done a 1350 01:11:39,280 --> 01:11:42,120 Speaker 1: clinic in team building. So I think the Dolphins are 1351 01:11:42,120 --> 01:11:44,679 Speaker 1: making out great because of all their extra picks. The Niners, 1352 01:11:44,720 --> 01:11:46,360 Speaker 1: we get to see what they're doing at quarterback, and 1353 01:11:46,640 --> 01:11:49,320 Speaker 1: the Eagles are making the right move saying we're in 1354 01:11:49,360 --> 01:11:51,240 Speaker 1: the middle of a rebuilt here. We need to accumulate 1355 01:11:51,280 --> 01:11:53,479 Speaker 1: more picks and just add more depths to this roster. 1356 01:11:53,840 --> 01:11:56,840 Speaker 1: Last one for me, Steve, do you think Garoppolo serves 1357 01:11:56,880 --> 01:11:59,800 Speaker 1: as the bridge quarterback in stanfran this year and they 1358 01:12:00,439 --> 01:12:03,320 Speaker 1: whoever they take at three sit unless he's out of 1359 01:12:03,320 --> 01:12:07,600 Speaker 1: this world ready to play. Or is this just a 1360 01:12:07,680 --> 01:12:10,080 Speaker 1: bunch of bs saying, oh, we're committed to Jimmy this 1361 01:12:10,160 --> 01:12:12,760 Speaker 1: year as our quarterback and you think it'll be somewhere else. 1362 01:12:15,360 --> 01:12:17,400 Speaker 1: I think Jimmy's gonna be somewhere else. I think there's 1363 01:12:17,560 --> 01:12:19,720 Speaker 1: way too much of a commitment, and that number three 1364 01:12:19,760 --> 01:12:23,320 Speaker 1: overall pick. You know, maybe Kyle Shanahan doesn't want a 1365 01:12:23,400 --> 01:12:25,800 Speaker 1: rookie in year one, and there is this ideal world 1366 01:12:25,880 --> 01:12:28,880 Speaker 1: where Garoppolo starts and you're grooming a number two number 1367 01:12:28,880 --> 01:12:30,840 Speaker 1: two QB. I just I just don't see it. I 1368 01:12:30,880 --> 01:12:33,400 Speaker 1: also think Garoppolo has some value on the trade market. 1369 01:12:33,439 --> 01:12:36,240 Speaker 1: Teams like the Patriots, I'm sure would love to have 1370 01:12:36,360 --> 01:12:39,920 Speaker 1: him back. Maybe the Bears who just settled for Andy Dalton. 1371 01:12:40,000 --> 01:12:42,840 Speaker 1: I think so I could see Jimmy Garoppolo moving on 1372 01:12:42,880 --> 01:12:44,519 Speaker 1: somewhere else in the Niners, just trying to get as 1373 01:12:44,600 --> 01:12:46,560 Speaker 1: much value as possible for him. Well, that's gonna be 1374 01:12:46,640 --> 01:12:48,760 Speaker 1: interesting to see how this finishes out. We're a month 1375 01:12:48,760 --> 01:12:53,360 Speaker 1: away from the draft today and we can't wait. Although 1376 01:12:54,120 --> 01:12:56,000 Speaker 1: although I just I sattled to mention, I thought it 1377 01:12:56,000 --> 01:12:58,320 Speaker 1: was pretty sharp. I thought it was pretty sharp. The 1378 01:12:58,400 --> 01:13:01,120 Speaker 1: Trevor Lawrence, I think he says something about him that 1379 01:13:01,160 --> 01:13:03,919 Speaker 1: he's going to stay home and share it with Clemson 1380 01:13:03,960 --> 01:13:06,599 Speaker 1: people and his family. I know a lot of guys 1381 01:13:06,680 --> 01:13:08,400 Speaker 1: love this bright light to New York and to go 1382 01:13:08,400 --> 01:13:10,880 Speaker 1: in and get a hug from Roger, but I think 1383 01:13:10,920 --> 01:13:12,640 Speaker 1: it says something about the kid that he kind of 1384 01:13:12,680 --> 01:13:15,200 Speaker 1: wants to do it with people who who he knows 1385 01:13:15,240 --> 01:13:16,920 Speaker 1: and trust. So I thought it was a big plus 1386 01:13:16,960 --> 01:13:21,440 Speaker 1: for him, not really a negative. What do you think? Yeah, 1387 01:13:21,479 --> 01:13:23,120 Speaker 1: I love it, And I think that's the kid he's 1388 01:13:23,120 --> 01:13:25,040 Speaker 1: ben since high school, you know. I mean, it's funny. 1389 01:13:25,040 --> 01:13:29,519 Speaker 1: I remember watching Trent Dilfer's ELITEA Levin show on NFL 1390 01:13:29,560 --> 01:13:31,559 Speaker 1: Network when Trevor was there and I saw him throw 1391 01:13:31,560 --> 01:13:33,559 Speaker 1: a one pass and I was like, whoa, this guy 1392 01:13:33,640 --> 01:13:35,800 Speaker 1: looks like the future number one overall pick. And then 1393 01:13:35,800 --> 01:13:37,760 Speaker 1: you hear people talk about Trevor Lawrence as a kid, 1394 01:13:37,760 --> 01:13:39,680 Speaker 1: and it's like, all right, he seems to have his 1395 01:13:39,760 --> 01:13:41,479 Speaker 1: head on straight and he's got all the tools and 1396 01:13:41,520 --> 01:13:45,000 Speaker 1: he's he's the next Andrew Lucker, John Elway or Peyton Manning, 1397 01:13:45,080 --> 01:13:47,040 Speaker 1: whatever you want to compare him to. So I can't 1398 01:13:47,080 --> 01:13:49,559 Speaker 1: wait to watch him develop, and you know, absolutely respect 1399 01:13:50,360 --> 01:13:52,040 Speaker 1: what he wants to do and him, you know, staying 1400 01:13:52,040 --> 01:13:54,439 Speaker 1: true to himself when it comes to Draft night, Steve, 1401 01:13:54,560 --> 01:13:57,080 Speaker 1: thanks as always for all the insight. We'll catch up 1402 01:13:57,080 --> 01:13:58,560 Speaker 1: with you down the line if we don't catch you 1403 01:13:58,640 --> 01:14:00,960 Speaker 1: before the draft. Enjoy right, man, It's three days of 1404 01:14:01,040 --> 01:14:05,880 Speaker 1: fun for all of us. Sounds good, appreciate you guys, 1405 01:14:05,960 --> 01:14:10,920 Speaker 1: all right, that's Steve Palette, solo, senior PFF analyst Pro 1406 01:14:11,000 --> 01:14:13,360 Speaker 1: Football Focus. Those guys crunch the numbers, they work the 1407 01:14:13,400 --> 01:14:15,600 Speaker 1: advanced metrics, they watch all the film. I don't know 1408 01:14:15,600 --> 01:14:19,280 Speaker 1: how any of them still have eyesight, but yeah, they 1409 01:14:19,880 --> 01:14:23,439 Speaker 1: crunched the tape. Interesting. You know, he had some interesting 1410 01:14:23,479 --> 01:14:25,720 Speaker 1: stuff that he had on the PF site about Ed 1411 01:14:25,800 --> 01:14:28,840 Speaker 1: Oliver and how he felt like he improved as a 1412 01:14:28,880 --> 01:14:32,760 Speaker 1: pass rusher even if like the easy to read statistics 1413 01:14:32,760 --> 01:14:36,519 Speaker 1: weren't there, like sacks and stuff like that. I really 1414 01:14:36,560 --> 01:14:40,040 Speaker 1: do believe that Star's return is going to help him 1415 01:14:40,400 --> 01:14:43,639 Speaker 1: get more one on one opportunities because one on one 1416 01:14:43,720 --> 01:14:46,679 Speaker 1: he's gonna win a lot of those. Yeah, you gotta 1417 01:14:46,760 --> 01:14:50,400 Speaker 1: think he's It's hard to get loose inside there. That's 1418 01:14:50,439 --> 01:14:54,240 Speaker 1: why Aaron Donald is such a unicorn. You're you see 1419 01:14:54,240 --> 01:14:56,160 Speaker 1: these guys rush off the edge like you old Bruce 1420 01:14:56,160 --> 01:15:00,080 Speaker 1: Smith tape, and and you know, even Jerry Hughes and 1421 01:15:00,760 --> 01:15:02,880 Speaker 1: all the old pass rushers, they always seem to come 1422 01:15:02,880 --> 01:15:04,599 Speaker 1: off the edge because there's so much space out there. 1423 01:15:04,600 --> 01:15:06,479 Speaker 1: If you can outrun the tackle. The tackles got to 1424 01:15:06,479 --> 01:15:07,640 Speaker 1: get on his horse and get off the line of 1425 01:15:07,680 --> 01:15:09,760 Speaker 1: his scrimmage. Then you'd spin back inside. You got all 1426 01:15:09,840 --> 01:15:13,839 Speaker 1: kinds of stuff. But when you're Aaron Donald and Ed Oliver, 1427 01:15:14,360 --> 01:15:16,400 Speaker 1: you got to do it in a phone booth and it, 1428 01:15:16,920 --> 01:15:19,559 Speaker 1: like Polozolo said, the reason Aaron Donald is so good 1429 01:15:19,680 --> 01:15:23,640 Speaker 1: is his technique is on point constantly. He's also a 1430 01:15:23,760 --> 01:15:27,040 Speaker 1: freak of an athlete. Like there's no other three hundred 1431 01:15:27,040 --> 01:15:30,400 Speaker 1: pound man I know in the NFL who's ripped. Right, 1432 01:15:30,520 --> 01:15:33,000 Speaker 1: that guy is ripped. He's got he's got like an 1433 01:15:33,000 --> 01:15:35,400 Speaker 1: eight pack, And how many three hundred pound guys have 1434 01:15:35,479 --> 01:15:38,080 Speaker 1: I mean, it's just he's not he is not of 1435 01:15:38,160 --> 01:15:40,920 Speaker 1: this earth. Like he just doesn't even look human. And 1436 01:15:40,920 --> 01:15:43,160 Speaker 1: that's that's how hard those guys have to work to 1437 01:15:43,200 --> 01:15:46,000 Speaker 1: get in there. If three hundred pounds and being fit 1438 01:15:46,360 --> 01:15:50,599 Speaker 1: is a hard thing to accomplish. And but Ed Oliver 1439 01:15:50,760 --> 01:15:53,080 Speaker 1: still has all the physical gifts. And I think the 1440 01:15:53,080 --> 01:15:56,000 Speaker 1: thing that that may help him is having some guys 1441 01:15:56,000 --> 01:15:58,200 Speaker 1: in there who take away a little bit of the attention. Certainly, 1442 01:15:58,240 --> 01:16:02,040 Speaker 1: he's explosive and fast, and he's got fast twitch. We'll 1443 01:16:02,040 --> 01:16:04,080 Speaker 1: see if he gets some help. This year break time 1444 01:16:04,160 --> 01:16:07,519 Speaker 1: for us, but when we return, we'll dive into more 1445 01:16:07,560 --> 01:16:09,800 Speaker 1: of the eight things that we learned from a free 1446 01:16:09,840 --> 01:16:12,640 Speaker 1: agency that we had on Buffalo bills dot com. And 1447 01:16:12,640 --> 01:16:15,160 Speaker 1: we'll also get to your comments on the tweet sheet, 1448 01:16:15,400 --> 01:16:16,679 Speaker 1: and if you want to give us a call, there's 1449 01:16:16,680 --> 01:16:19,400 Speaker 1: an open line for you eight O three oh five fifty. 1450 01:16:19,640 --> 01:16:23,439 Speaker 1: How you feel about a seventeenth regular season game? Choices 1451 01:16:23,479 --> 01:16:25,120 Speaker 1: are there for you on the Twitter poll at one 1452 01:16:25,160 --> 01:16:27,160 Speaker 1: Bills Live, or just let us know at eight O 1453 01:16:27,280 --> 01:16:29,800 Speaker 1: three five fifty back in a minute here on One 1454 01:16:29,840 --> 01:16:45,880 Speaker 1: Bills Live. Second half of the show here on a Monday, 1455 01:16:45,920 --> 01:16:49,800 Speaker 1: one Bills Live. And Steve and I have been discussing 1456 01:16:49,880 --> 01:16:52,960 Speaker 1: some of the things we learned about the Bills the 1457 01:16:53,000 --> 01:16:56,439 Speaker 1: AFC East in their twenty twenty one opponents right up 1458 01:16:56,439 --> 01:16:59,080 Speaker 1: we put up on Buffalo bills dot Com over the weekend, 1459 01:16:59,680 --> 01:17:03,160 Speaker 1: and Steve, we haven't really discussed this much because once 1460 01:17:03,280 --> 01:17:07,560 Speaker 1: Darryl Williams and John Feliciano resigned, everybody was just breathing easier. 1461 01:17:07,920 --> 01:17:10,760 Speaker 1: I think it's safe to say the line has been stabilized, 1462 01:17:11,800 --> 01:17:14,439 Speaker 1: but I don't know that it necessarily means their job 1463 01:17:14,560 --> 01:17:18,639 Speaker 1: is done there. We just talked to Steve Paltzolo, who 1464 01:17:18,640 --> 01:17:22,639 Speaker 1: believes they may even draft one with the thirtieth pick 1465 01:17:22,640 --> 01:17:26,320 Speaker 1: in round one. I think they're still in the market 1466 01:17:26,360 --> 01:17:30,120 Speaker 1: for a swing tackle because they haven't replaced Hi and 1467 01:17:30,200 --> 01:17:33,920 Speaker 1: Secky for all intents and purposes. Where do you come 1468 01:17:33,960 --> 01:17:36,360 Speaker 1: down on that? I mean, the line is stabilized, you 1469 01:17:36,400 --> 01:17:39,360 Speaker 1: feel good about the starting five, but there's still some 1470 01:17:39,439 --> 01:17:41,720 Speaker 1: depth rolls they got to fill there, right. Yes, I 1471 01:17:42,040 --> 01:17:46,320 Speaker 1: think that you can't get an offensive line that's too 1472 01:17:46,320 --> 01:17:51,439 Speaker 1: good or too deep. You just gotta you need those guys, 1473 01:17:51,600 --> 01:17:54,200 Speaker 1: and the more you have, the more dominant they are, 1474 01:17:54,240 --> 01:17:56,280 Speaker 1: the better your offense is going to be all of it. 1475 01:17:56,360 --> 01:17:59,800 Speaker 1: Your quarterback, your passing game, your run game. Everybody gets 1476 01:18:00,120 --> 01:18:02,200 Speaker 1: or when you're five offensive linemen can dominate. And if 1477 01:18:02,240 --> 01:18:04,360 Speaker 1: you can find guys like that who can get in 1478 01:18:04,439 --> 01:18:08,439 Speaker 1: there and play in that same spot snap after snap, 1479 01:18:08,640 --> 01:18:12,519 Speaker 1: game after game, month after month, year after year, you 1480 01:18:12,520 --> 01:18:15,240 Speaker 1: know you've got a window that opens the window for 1481 01:18:15,280 --> 01:18:16,840 Speaker 1: your team to go to the playoffs and have a 1482 01:18:16,840 --> 01:18:20,200 Speaker 1: shot at it every year. So yeah, I'm with him totally. 1483 01:18:20,240 --> 01:18:25,160 Speaker 1: I wouldn't And I also think it fits the trend 1484 01:18:25,200 --> 01:18:28,200 Speaker 1: I was talking about or in the show. If it's 1485 01:18:28,200 --> 01:18:30,240 Speaker 1: a throwing league and you've got a guy that can 1486 01:18:30,280 --> 01:18:34,080 Speaker 1: do it, give him everything, you're his offensive line's got 1487 01:18:34,080 --> 01:18:37,559 Speaker 1: to be full and intact and deep and effective. And 1488 01:18:37,720 --> 01:18:40,160 Speaker 1: he's got to have playmakers. I mean, they've got the playmakers, 1489 01:18:40,160 --> 01:18:42,639 Speaker 1: no question about it. The Bills that are have got 1490 01:18:42,760 --> 01:18:45,840 Speaker 1: enough guys at skill positions offensively, you got to give 1491 01:18:45,920 --> 01:18:50,240 Speaker 1: them guys up front. Taking that a step further, looking 1492 01:18:50,320 --> 01:18:52,759 Speaker 1: across the division, I mean, we know all the additions 1493 01:18:52,800 --> 01:18:55,719 Speaker 1: the Patriots made, the Jets have made some moves, Dolphins 1494 01:18:55,720 --> 01:18:59,439 Speaker 1: have made some moves. One common theme for all four teams. 1495 01:19:00,200 --> 01:19:03,679 Speaker 1: Everyone added at least one new receiver to their ranks. 1496 01:19:04,160 --> 01:19:08,799 Speaker 1: You know, we saw the Dolphins add Will Fuller from Houston. 1497 01:19:09,360 --> 01:19:12,559 Speaker 1: Then we saw a new England ad at expensive prices 1498 01:19:12,840 --> 01:19:16,519 Speaker 1: but still Kendrick Bourne and Nelson Agalore. And then we 1499 01:19:16,560 --> 01:19:20,559 Speaker 1: saw the Jets, you know, and what they did in 1500 01:19:20,680 --> 01:19:22,439 Speaker 1: terms of let me see where did they get I 1501 01:19:22,439 --> 01:19:24,240 Speaker 1: can't even remember. Now let me see here, I got 1502 01:19:24,240 --> 01:19:30,000 Speaker 1: it right here? Who is the Oh, yes, Corey Davis, 1503 01:19:30,000 --> 01:19:33,519 Speaker 1: thank you Jay who signed a giant contract to essentially 1504 01:19:33,560 --> 01:19:39,000 Speaker 1: serve as their number one receiver. Right is that? What is? 1505 01:19:39,160 --> 01:19:41,800 Speaker 1: What is that? A commentary on a commentary on the 1506 01:19:41,840 --> 01:19:44,400 Speaker 1: importance of the passing game these days? And everybody feels 1507 01:19:44,400 --> 01:19:46,759 Speaker 1: like they have to upgrade every year or I think 1508 01:19:47,040 --> 01:19:49,360 Speaker 1: it's a it's certainly a shortcut. As to way the 1509 01:19:49,360 --> 01:19:51,840 Speaker 1: Bills did it, I mean they the Bills were looking 1510 01:19:51,840 --> 01:19:53,800 Speaker 1: for their core. I don't think the I don't know 1511 01:19:54,680 --> 01:19:57,679 Speaker 1: that any of the three teams other team, three teams 1512 01:19:57,680 --> 01:20:01,960 Speaker 1: in the division have rubber stamp their guys the guy 1513 01:20:02,120 --> 01:20:04,840 Speaker 1: for for sure. Certainly the Jets have all kinds of 1514 01:20:04,920 --> 01:20:08,000 Speaker 1: question marks because they may feel, we don't know, they 1515 01:20:08,040 --> 01:20:10,719 Speaker 1: may feel they can draft somebody better in a month 1516 01:20:11,080 --> 01:20:14,040 Speaker 1: than the guy they've got. Miami. OK, they're gonna stick 1517 01:20:14,080 --> 01:20:16,360 Speaker 1: with TWA. It looks like they traded out of the three. 1518 01:20:16,360 --> 01:20:18,680 Speaker 1: They say, listen, he's our guy. You and I have 1519 01:20:18,760 --> 01:20:23,919 Speaker 1: both talked. We liked the kid, but he's not physically 1520 01:20:23,920 --> 01:20:26,800 Speaker 1: good enough in our opinion. In my opinion, I don't 1521 01:20:26,800 --> 01:20:28,400 Speaker 1: know if you share. I mean, he just doesn't have 1522 01:20:28,439 --> 01:20:31,360 Speaker 1: any elite traits. If he has any elite trade, it's 1523 01:20:31,400 --> 01:20:35,080 Speaker 1: between his ears, his anticipation, and his accuracy. That's about it. 1524 01:20:36,000 --> 01:20:38,639 Speaker 1: That's about it, right, And I think that. And he's 1525 01:20:38,720 --> 01:20:42,000 Speaker 1: left handed. I don't know. You and I are both 1526 01:20:42,040 --> 01:20:45,200 Speaker 1: hush handed. I'm partly left handed, but yeah, I'm partly. 1527 01:20:45,280 --> 01:20:48,880 Speaker 1: I mean, here's the thing. When you see you and 1528 01:20:48,920 --> 01:20:51,960 Speaker 1: I are, we're stuck. I'm stuck and I'm and I'll 1529 01:20:51,960 --> 01:20:54,479 Speaker 1: admit it. I'm all confess this is probably a shortcoming 1530 01:20:54,479 --> 01:20:57,439 Speaker 1: of mine. When I see the Dolphins play the Bills 1531 01:20:57,439 --> 01:21:01,439 Speaker 1: and I see our quarterback compared to theirs, there is 1532 01:21:01,479 --> 01:21:04,439 Speaker 1: no comparison, right that. It's hard for me to say 1533 01:21:04,439 --> 01:21:07,479 Speaker 1: that because I don't want to downplay Ta and his 1534 01:21:07,640 --> 01:21:10,960 Speaker 1: accomplishments and his potential, but that's what it is at 1535 01:21:11,000 --> 01:21:13,960 Speaker 1: this point, potential. Because we've been there on that where 1536 01:21:13,960 --> 01:21:16,200 Speaker 1: we had a quarterback that was everybody was laughing at 1537 01:21:16,240 --> 01:21:18,479 Speaker 1: and he was a punchline and he was completing fifty 1538 01:21:18,479 --> 01:21:20,360 Speaker 1: two percent of his passes or fifty six percent of 1539 01:21:20,400 --> 01:21:22,280 Speaker 1: his passes and he was never gonna get there, and 1540 01:21:22,320 --> 01:21:24,479 Speaker 1: all you know, then he blossomed and now he's the guy. 1541 01:21:25,400 --> 01:21:27,920 Speaker 1: So I've been there where Miami is, and now I'm 1542 01:21:27,960 --> 01:21:29,880 Speaker 1: on the other side of that whole argument saying your guy, 1543 01:21:29,880 --> 01:21:31,960 Speaker 1: I'm never gonna get there, you know what I mean. 1544 01:21:32,280 --> 01:21:34,760 Speaker 1: So I feel bad for saying that about him. But 1545 01:21:34,880 --> 01:21:37,080 Speaker 1: when we see our team play, there's you and me 1546 01:21:37,160 --> 01:21:39,720 Speaker 1: and we watch, we watch our guys close. When we 1547 01:21:39,760 --> 01:21:42,559 Speaker 1: see our guys play two, it does not measure up 1548 01:21:42,560 --> 01:21:45,679 Speaker 1: to Josh. It's just a tough bar for him to reach. 1549 01:21:45,920 --> 01:21:48,120 Speaker 1: You know, with improvement this year, it'll be tough bar 1550 01:21:48,160 --> 01:21:50,000 Speaker 1: for him to reach. I mean you never see him 1551 01:21:50,040 --> 01:21:52,000 Speaker 1: do anything. It's like, oh wow, look at that. I 1552 01:21:52,120 --> 01:21:56,800 Speaker 1: mean never from the word go. Every so often, even 1553 01:21:56,800 --> 01:21:58,479 Speaker 1: if Josh was out of his mind as he was 1554 01:21:58,560 --> 01:22:00,639 Speaker 1: once in a while, you'd be going wild, you know, wow, 1555 01:22:00,880 --> 01:22:03,640 Speaker 1: you know, like he was. He was given the Dolphins 1556 01:22:03,680 --> 01:22:06,599 Speaker 1: everything they could handle right out of the gate as 1557 01:22:06,640 --> 01:22:10,160 Speaker 1: a off the charts sugar Hi Josh. Yeah, you know 1558 01:22:10,600 --> 01:22:14,800 Speaker 1: there there are some who will argue that TWOA was 1559 01:22:15,920 --> 01:22:20,519 Speaker 1: limited by the play calling of one chan Gailey, who 1560 01:22:20,680 --> 01:22:23,160 Speaker 1: retired and is out the door and has been replaced 1561 01:22:23,160 --> 01:22:26,760 Speaker 1: by two coordinators in George Gotzie and Eric Studisville, who 1562 01:22:26,760 --> 01:22:30,880 Speaker 1: were both on the staff and will co coordinate, which 1563 01:22:31,479 --> 01:22:37,559 Speaker 1: I think has a recipe for disaster. Autonomy is usually 1564 01:22:37,560 --> 01:22:42,360 Speaker 1: the most effective means to success in football, especially at 1565 01:22:42,400 --> 01:22:45,479 Speaker 1: the NFL level. Having two guys, two cooks in the 1566 01:22:45,560 --> 01:22:48,360 Speaker 1: kitchen to draw up offensive I mean, one of them 1567 01:22:48,400 --> 01:22:49,960 Speaker 1: is going to be the play caller. We realize that 1568 01:22:50,000 --> 01:22:52,559 Speaker 1: you're not gonna have two play callers on Sunday. But 1569 01:22:52,600 --> 01:22:54,639 Speaker 1: in terms of putting the game plan together, I mean, 1570 01:22:54,680 --> 01:22:56,360 Speaker 1: how much longer is that going to take? How many 1571 01:22:56,439 --> 01:23:00,120 Speaker 1: times has dual coordinators been successful in the NFL? How 1572 01:23:00,160 --> 01:23:03,439 Speaker 1: many times has it even happened. I'm not saying it's 1573 01:23:03,439 --> 01:23:06,320 Speaker 1: it's because it's a new idea, we should fear it 1574 01:23:06,760 --> 01:23:10,320 Speaker 1: and therefore reject it. I'm just saying I've never seen 1575 01:23:10,360 --> 01:23:13,759 Speaker 1: it work or be done effectively. I can't remember an instant. 1576 01:23:13,760 --> 01:23:15,439 Speaker 1: If it was effectively done, it would be done a 1577 01:23:15,479 --> 01:23:19,960 Speaker 1: lot more, right, I mean it'd be a thing. Yeah. 1578 01:23:21,479 --> 01:23:23,920 Speaker 1: And what happens when the guy who is calling the 1579 01:23:23,960 --> 01:23:25,920 Speaker 1: plays isn't having a whole lot of success? What are 1580 01:23:25,920 --> 01:23:28,120 Speaker 1: the fans gonna say? Why'd you let the other guy try? 1581 01:23:28,160 --> 01:23:31,000 Speaker 1: He's the co coordinator? And when you've got another guy 1582 01:23:31,040 --> 01:23:33,360 Speaker 1: to go to real quick? The how short does the 1583 01:23:33,479 --> 01:23:36,560 Speaker 1: leash get? Yeah? Like one game, I think that is 1584 01:23:36,640 --> 01:23:40,760 Speaker 1: going to blow up in Brian Florida's face. Unfortunately, I 1585 01:23:40,800 --> 01:23:43,400 Speaker 1: don't know. Maybe I don't know, but they say that 1586 01:23:43,560 --> 01:23:47,640 Speaker 1: the general consensus down there is Jan Gailey was conservative 1587 01:23:47,840 --> 01:23:49,760 Speaker 1: in the plays that he called for Tuah because he 1588 01:23:49,800 --> 01:23:51,519 Speaker 1: was a rookie and blah blah blah, and they had 1589 01:23:51,680 --> 01:23:55,360 Speaker 1: receivers in and out of the lineup, injuries, whatever, and 1590 01:23:57,280 --> 01:24:02,160 Speaker 1: they're convinced he will be better this year, not only 1591 01:24:02,200 --> 01:24:05,640 Speaker 1: because the experience he gained last season, but because the 1592 01:24:06,120 --> 01:24:09,240 Speaker 1: coordinators that are putting the offense together on a week 1593 01:24:09,280 --> 01:24:13,679 Speaker 1: by week basis this year will loosen the reins on tour. 1594 01:24:13,840 --> 01:24:18,560 Speaker 1: That's the argument. Do you buy that. If that's what 1595 01:24:18,680 --> 01:24:21,400 Speaker 1: they say, that's fine. But the reason I got we 1596 01:24:21,479 --> 01:24:24,560 Speaker 1: get down on this subject to start with was the 1597 01:24:24,680 --> 01:24:28,400 Speaker 1: three other teams in a division, none of them have 1598 01:24:28,600 --> 01:24:34,639 Speaker 1: a guy that's chiseled into stone like Josh is in Buffalo. 1599 01:24:35,360 --> 01:24:37,520 Speaker 1: I mean, he was runner up at the MVPAK conversation 1600 01:24:37,600 --> 01:24:42,439 Speaker 1: this last year. And you know, the Patriots were signing 1601 01:24:42,600 --> 01:24:46,519 Speaker 1: Cam Newton, so they'd have at least somebody under their 1602 01:24:47,200 --> 01:24:52,519 Speaker 1: you know, under contract before free agency started. I don't 1603 01:24:52,520 --> 01:24:54,120 Speaker 1: know that he's going to be there when it all 1604 01:24:54,200 --> 01:24:56,759 Speaker 1: when the dust settles. But even if it's Jimmy Garoppolo 1605 01:24:56,840 --> 01:24:59,599 Speaker 1: and it happens like it did when Jimmy Garoppolo went 1606 01:24:59,640 --> 01:25:02,479 Speaker 1: to Sam Francisco, it happened like week four, week five 1607 01:25:02,520 --> 01:25:04,240 Speaker 1: of the season, what are they do for that, they 1608 01:25:04,280 --> 01:25:06,600 Speaker 1: wait that long and then try and acclimate him in. 1609 01:25:08,880 --> 01:25:12,160 Speaker 1: You got to have a big picture mentality to think 1610 01:25:12,240 --> 01:25:16,679 Speaker 1: that's a good move. I just I find it interesting 1611 01:25:17,120 --> 01:25:20,599 Speaker 1: that every team in the division made additions there, including 1612 01:25:20,640 --> 01:25:24,240 Speaker 1: the Bills who kind of did one for one kind 1613 01:25:24,280 --> 01:25:28,400 Speaker 1: of deal with Emmanuel Sanders essentially replacing John Brown. But 1614 01:25:28,479 --> 01:25:31,880 Speaker 1: the Jets, as we mentioned, did Corey Davis also added 1615 01:25:31,960 --> 01:25:35,040 Speaker 1: Keeling Cole from Jacksonville. Kind of an underrated signing, I think, 1616 01:25:35,680 --> 01:25:38,960 Speaker 1: and Will Fuller for the Dolphins. You know, an Agalore 1617 01:25:39,000 --> 01:25:43,080 Speaker 1: and Kendrick Born from San Francisco for New England and 1618 01:25:43,200 --> 01:25:45,080 Speaker 1: they're you know, other teams around the league have done 1619 01:25:45,160 --> 01:25:48,120 Speaker 1: much the same thing to try to support their quarterbacks 1620 01:25:48,200 --> 01:25:53,120 Speaker 1: as best as they can. I think that's gonna be 1621 01:25:54,080 --> 01:25:56,719 Speaker 1: kind of par for the course going forward in free agency. 1622 01:25:56,760 --> 01:25:58,679 Speaker 1: People are gonna look for good values at the receiver 1623 01:25:58,800 --> 01:26:01,680 Speaker 1: position to enhance answer the abilities of their quarterback. And 1624 01:26:02,320 --> 01:26:04,479 Speaker 1: I think that's gonna be more and more prevalent with 1625 01:26:04,600 --> 01:26:06,960 Speaker 1: each passing year. Yeah, you do. I think these teams 1626 01:26:07,040 --> 01:26:08,720 Speaker 1: have to do everything they can just to take all 1627 01:26:08,720 --> 01:26:13,360 Speaker 1: the excuses off the table for a quarterback, right, I 1628 01:26:13,400 --> 01:26:15,560 Speaker 1: would say, yes, that's what you're trying to do. I 1629 01:26:15,600 --> 01:26:17,080 Speaker 1: think you're trying to give him everything he needs to 1630 01:26:17,200 --> 01:26:19,680 Speaker 1: be successful and then put it on your coaches and 1631 01:26:19,960 --> 01:26:23,600 Speaker 1: the players around him to to win the day. And 1632 01:26:25,240 --> 01:26:27,160 Speaker 1: I think that's I think that's where it starts. That's 1633 01:26:27,200 --> 01:26:28,519 Speaker 1: where it's got to end. I mean, you've got to 1634 01:26:28,680 --> 01:26:30,320 Speaker 1: give the guy if you're gonna bring the guy in there, 1635 01:26:30,320 --> 01:26:32,280 Speaker 1: and he's got to be that important, and you put 1636 01:26:32,360 --> 01:26:34,360 Speaker 1: all this draft capital into getting him, like the Jets 1637 01:26:34,439 --> 01:26:37,320 Speaker 1: did with Darnold, like San Francisco is gonna do this year, 1638 01:26:37,439 --> 01:26:40,479 Speaker 1: like um Miami did with two of putting you know, 1639 01:26:40,680 --> 01:26:45,320 Speaker 1: drafting him on the top ten. You gotta give the 1640 01:26:45,360 --> 01:26:47,759 Speaker 1: guy a chance to be successful. You can't. It doesn't 1641 01:26:47,800 --> 01:26:50,960 Speaker 1: stop the day you draft him. It starts right now. 1642 01:26:51,000 --> 01:26:54,479 Speaker 1: You gotta now, you gotta, you gotta make that guy 1643 01:26:54,560 --> 01:26:56,880 Speaker 1: the guy. The Bills did it. I mean they had 1644 01:26:56,920 --> 01:26:59,519 Speaker 1: to make him the guy. They brought in Beasley and 1645 01:27:00,040 --> 01:27:02,040 Speaker 1: on Brown, then they brought you know, and then they 1646 01:27:02,680 --> 01:27:05,360 Speaker 1: got an offensive lineman. They brought in like nineteen thousand 1647 01:27:05,439 --> 01:27:08,680 Speaker 1: offensive linemen a year ago or two years ago to 1648 01:27:08,800 --> 01:27:12,439 Speaker 1: try and get it together, and certainly or yeah, and 1649 01:27:12,560 --> 01:27:14,800 Speaker 1: it worked. They got to ten and six after going 1650 01:27:14,840 --> 01:27:17,559 Speaker 1: six and ten the year before. It's a big step up. 1651 01:27:18,280 --> 01:27:20,679 Speaker 1: And they did it again. They you know, they brought 1652 01:27:20,760 --> 01:27:23,160 Speaker 1: in some more offensive lineman, drafted another wide receiver. You know, 1653 01:27:23,360 --> 01:27:25,160 Speaker 1: they did it all. They were trying to build that 1654 01:27:25,200 --> 01:27:29,040 Speaker 1: team around him, brought in made the big steph Digs 1655 01:27:29,080 --> 01:27:31,280 Speaker 1: trade this last year. I mean, that's what you gotta do. 1656 01:27:32,280 --> 01:27:34,479 Speaker 1: It doesn't stop when you draft the guy. It starts. 1657 01:27:34,560 --> 01:27:38,639 Speaker 1: You gotta load it up, keep on trucking. Yeah, you gotta. 1658 01:27:38,800 --> 01:27:40,400 Speaker 1: You gotta, like, what do you need? You need? You 1659 01:27:40,520 --> 01:27:43,000 Speaker 1: need sugar on your cereal? You got it? You know 1660 01:27:43,960 --> 01:27:46,080 Speaker 1: you want whole milk instead a two percent You got it? 1661 01:27:46,320 --> 01:27:49,040 Speaker 1: You know you want? Right, you gotta you gotta make 1662 01:27:49,040 --> 01:27:54,000 Speaker 1: it work now, I'm just thinking of cereal with marshmallows, Right, 1663 01:27:54,120 --> 01:27:56,679 Speaker 1: what else can we add? Yeah? You want the marshmallow bits. 1664 01:27:57,120 --> 01:28:01,320 Speaker 1: Get him a box of that. Yeah, right, So you 1665 01:28:01,479 --> 01:28:05,000 Speaker 1: gotta make it work. And that's you know that we 1666 01:28:05,120 --> 01:28:10,040 Speaker 1: have to. I think teams lose heart when they I mean, 1667 01:28:10,880 --> 01:28:13,240 Speaker 1: we saw it. I'm telling you right now. One and 1668 01:28:13,720 --> 01:28:16,160 Speaker 1: this we keep talking. I keep focusing on Miami because 1669 01:28:16,200 --> 01:28:18,160 Speaker 1: they kind of come to the forefront because of tah 1670 01:28:20,160 --> 01:28:26,560 Speaker 1: you really soured me on to a little bit. Was 1671 01:28:26,720 --> 01:28:30,400 Speaker 1: that in the game last year this last season, Week seventeen, 1672 01:28:32,280 --> 01:28:36,280 Speaker 1: I sensed that that roster did not believe it was 1673 01:28:36,320 --> 01:28:40,000 Speaker 1: as plane as day, right, plane as day. That's why 1674 01:28:40,040 --> 01:28:43,919 Speaker 1: the game was over when it went fourteen three, game over, game, 1675 01:28:44,000 --> 01:28:46,720 Speaker 1: set match, because they had no faith he could bring 1676 01:28:46,800 --> 01:28:50,840 Speaker 1: them back from a double digit deficit. Their defense go belief. 1677 01:28:51,600 --> 01:28:53,759 Speaker 1: I watched that game and the Bills go up thirty 1678 01:28:53,800 --> 01:28:59,120 Speaker 1: four whatever, thirty four something, you know, or thirty one something. 1679 01:28:59,200 --> 01:29:01,160 Speaker 1: I mean, they were open them up right, it was 1680 01:29:01,280 --> 01:29:04,479 Speaker 1: up in the thirties, and and I was like, wow, 1681 01:29:04,520 --> 01:29:06,479 Speaker 1: they And I always got to think because I knew 1682 01:29:06,479 --> 01:29:08,160 Speaker 1: the outcome of the game, I was like, oh my gosh, 1683 01:29:09,160 --> 01:29:12,760 Speaker 1: we score another seventeen points on these guys. Yeah, I'm 1684 01:29:12,800 --> 01:29:16,880 Speaker 1: like wow, Yeah. I mean they just flat gave up 1685 01:29:16,920 --> 01:29:19,240 Speaker 1: because they had no belief. It was a run for 1686 01:29:19,280 --> 01:29:21,479 Speaker 1: the bus in a game that if they win and 1687 01:29:21,600 --> 01:29:24,680 Speaker 1: they're in, they're in it. Yeah, and they gave up. 1688 01:29:25,960 --> 01:29:30,160 Speaker 1: That's what really to me. That's that's on their belief 1689 01:29:30,240 --> 01:29:33,040 Speaker 1: in their guy. Yeah, that's the players believe in their 1690 01:29:33,080 --> 01:29:35,600 Speaker 1: Their organization may be different at the top whatever, but 1691 01:29:35,720 --> 01:29:37,599 Speaker 1: that's the belief in that guy. Now as a rookie, 1692 01:29:37,680 --> 01:29:41,240 Speaker 1: I get it. It's a big ask. But they knew, yeah, 1693 01:29:41,560 --> 01:29:44,720 Speaker 1: they knew they had no shot break time for us. 1694 01:29:44,760 --> 01:29:46,640 Speaker 1: But when we come back, we're gonna give you the 1695 01:29:46,800 --> 01:29:51,000 Speaker 1: forty time of an edge rusher who stands six five, 1696 01:29:51,160 --> 01:29:55,160 Speaker 1: two hundred and sixty pounds and could be around at 1697 01:29:55,200 --> 01:29:59,360 Speaker 1: pick thirty. Ran a pretty good forty times, Steve. We'll 1698 01:29:59,360 --> 01:30:01,320 Speaker 1: bring it to an when we return here on One 1699 01:30:01,400 --> 01:30:04,880 Speaker 1: Bills Live, presented by Kalida Health, It's Buffalo Bill's Radio. 1700 01:30:18,760 --> 01:30:21,360 Speaker 1: Welcome back to One Bill's Live. Chris Brown, Steve Tasker 1701 01:30:21,479 --> 01:30:27,120 Speaker 1: with you, and it just happened. The University of Miami 1702 01:30:27,200 --> 01:30:32,479 Speaker 1: Pro Day one pass rusher by the name of Jalen Phillips, 1703 01:30:33,120 --> 01:30:38,519 Speaker 1: who is expected to be somewhere still on well. He's 1704 01:30:38,560 --> 01:30:40,760 Speaker 1: widely projected to be a second half of the first 1705 01:30:40,880 --> 01:30:44,960 Speaker 1: round type pick. Jayleen Phillips six five, two hundred and 1706 01:30:45,000 --> 01:30:50,080 Speaker 1: sixty pounds. Very long athlete, has had some injury problems 1707 01:30:50,120 --> 01:30:55,200 Speaker 1: in his career, but has made plays too, and uses 1708 01:30:55,240 --> 01:30:58,200 Speaker 1: his length to his advantage in a big way. Really 1709 01:30:58,360 --> 01:31:01,599 Speaker 1: long athlete. He looks thick from the waist down when 1710 01:31:01,640 --> 01:31:05,040 Speaker 1: you see he's got big thighs, nice building, but he's 1711 01:31:05,080 --> 01:31:09,679 Speaker 1: a long six five he's yeah so uh in any event, 1712 01:31:09,800 --> 01:31:13,240 Speaker 1: he ran his forty today. It is pro day. So 1713 01:31:13,520 --> 01:31:15,680 Speaker 1: you're looking at a man who is, you know, six five, 1714 01:31:15,680 --> 01:31:18,280 Speaker 1: two hundred and sixty pounds ran a four to five six. 1715 01:31:19,120 --> 01:31:22,640 Speaker 1: That's pretty good. Now it's not Jason Oway four three 1716 01:31:22,760 --> 01:31:26,160 Speaker 1: nine territory. He's bigger than away. I think he is 1717 01:31:26,400 --> 01:31:29,640 Speaker 1: all the way through his body, he is, you know. 1718 01:31:30,040 --> 01:31:36,680 Speaker 1: So he's an interesting prospect to say the least. The 1719 01:31:36,840 --> 01:31:42,839 Speaker 1: thing I liked about him, um good pass rush technique, 1720 01:31:44,240 --> 01:31:46,400 Speaker 1: and it looks like when he goes to rush the passer, 1721 01:31:46,479 --> 01:31:48,639 Speaker 1: he's got a plan. You know. He's not a guy 1722 01:31:48,680 --> 01:31:50,200 Speaker 1: that's just trying to get around the edge and then 1723 01:31:50,240 --> 01:31:54,479 Speaker 1: if he doesn't, the play's over and he's not made. Yeah. Um, 1724 01:31:56,920 --> 01:31:59,960 Speaker 1: like he's got watching he's got it because we're watching high. 1725 01:32:00,320 --> 01:32:02,920 Speaker 1: He's got like this strength. He's got the he's got 1726 01:32:03,000 --> 01:32:08,320 Speaker 1: the strength to kind of drive and extend his inside 1727 01:32:08,439 --> 01:32:10,840 Speaker 1: hand on the offensive tackle to keep the guy off 1728 01:32:10,960 --> 01:32:16,840 Speaker 1: him and create separations so he can bend the corner. 1729 01:32:17,200 --> 01:32:19,840 Speaker 1: But on obvious passing downs they'll kick him inside two 1730 01:32:19,920 --> 01:32:23,639 Speaker 1: and he's effective in there. Yeah, so yeah, so four 1731 01:32:23,880 --> 01:32:28,400 Speaker 1: five something as a big dude. That's you know, people 1732 01:32:28,520 --> 01:32:31,160 Speaker 1: say when they when rookies come to the NFL, it's 1733 01:32:31,200 --> 01:32:34,200 Speaker 1: a trite thing that stories get written about it every year, 1734 01:32:34,240 --> 01:32:36,599 Speaker 1: and they always ask the young guys what you've noticed, 1735 01:32:36,640 --> 01:32:38,120 Speaker 1: And it's always about, in the end, the speed of 1736 01:32:38,160 --> 01:32:40,000 Speaker 1: the game. And when you get down the field and 1737 01:32:40,000 --> 01:32:43,200 Speaker 1: you watch these guys in the NFL live, the speed 1738 01:32:43,280 --> 01:32:47,120 Speaker 1: of the game is always what strikes you as being startling. Yeah. 1739 01:32:47,280 --> 01:32:50,320 Speaker 1: That's because you got guys six like this guy six five, 1740 01:32:51,240 --> 01:32:54,439 Speaker 1: two hundred and fifty plus pounds between two and fifty 1741 01:32:54,439 --> 01:32:56,720 Speaker 1: three hundred pounds, and they're running faster than you can 1742 01:32:57,640 --> 01:32:59,880 Speaker 1: and they're banging into each other and they're doing all 1743 01:33:00,080 --> 01:33:04,920 Speaker 1: kinds of stuff and it's it's startling. And for these 1744 01:33:05,000 --> 01:33:09,639 Speaker 1: guys you get. You don't have guys on the field 1745 01:33:09,720 --> 01:33:12,519 Speaker 1: in the NFL who aren't athletic and can't move and 1746 01:33:12,680 --> 01:33:16,200 Speaker 1: they're big, And this is another reason why you get 1747 01:33:16,400 --> 01:33:19,400 Speaker 1: defensive edge rushers running four or five. Yeah, he's got 1748 01:33:19,439 --> 01:33:21,840 Speaker 1: an inside swim move that's really good. And when you're 1749 01:33:21,920 --> 01:33:24,720 Speaker 1: that tall, it's easy to swim that arm right over 1750 01:33:24,800 --> 01:33:28,280 Speaker 1: the head of the offensive tackle. But he comes up 1751 01:33:28,320 --> 01:33:30,479 Speaker 1: out of his stands and the guy tries to punch, 1752 01:33:30,600 --> 01:33:33,360 Speaker 1: and he just pushes the guy to the side, swims 1753 01:33:33,400 --> 01:33:35,760 Speaker 1: over with his left hand, rushing off that left edge, 1754 01:33:36,240 --> 01:33:38,400 Speaker 1: and he gets home. Man. One of the things about 1755 01:33:38,520 --> 01:33:41,280 Speaker 1: him that you see is in the highlight, we just 1756 01:33:41,320 --> 01:33:43,960 Speaker 1: saw it come off the edge and just great change 1757 01:33:44,000 --> 01:33:48,560 Speaker 1: of direction. Ability to like pursue down the line and 1758 01:33:48,600 --> 01:33:50,559 Speaker 1: then catch an end around coming the other way, put 1759 01:33:50,600 --> 01:33:52,760 Speaker 1: his foot in the ground and just change direction and 1760 01:33:52,800 --> 01:33:55,280 Speaker 1: shut it off, you know, catch the guy coming around, 1761 01:33:55,640 --> 01:33:59,560 Speaker 1: you know, react and get into position after overreacting or 1762 01:33:59,600 --> 01:34:02,439 Speaker 1: selling out to stop a play, coming out of it 1763 01:34:02,560 --> 01:34:05,280 Speaker 1: on the fake and getting back into it. It's big. 1764 01:34:05,439 --> 01:34:08,400 Speaker 1: That's a big, big trait for a guy, and he 1765 01:34:08,560 --> 01:34:10,880 Speaker 1: seems to show a lot of explosion and be able 1766 01:34:10,960 --> 01:34:13,599 Speaker 1: to you know, follow a play down the line then 1767 01:34:14,000 --> 01:34:15,880 Speaker 1: as it comes around the other ways, put his foot 1768 01:34:15,920 --> 01:34:17,599 Speaker 1: in the ground and catch up down. The only knock 1769 01:34:17,640 --> 01:34:19,880 Speaker 1: I've got on him, at least from what I've seen 1770 01:34:19,920 --> 01:34:23,000 Speaker 1: of him, is he needs a little bit more consistency 1771 01:34:23,720 --> 01:34:26,240 Speaker 1: defending the run, you know, when so often you see 1772 01:34:26,280 --> 01:34:28,640 Speaker 1: those read option plays, and he's got to be more 1773 01:34:28,720 --> 01:34:31,800 Speaker 1: disciplined in squeezing it down, squeezing it down, squeezing it 1774 01:34:31,840 --> 01:34:33,640 Speaker 1: down instead of rushing up field to go get the 1775 01:34:33,720 --> 01:34:36,439 Speaker 1: quarterback on the read option and leaving that hole behind 1776 01:34:36,520 --> 01:34:39,240 Speaker 1: him inside for the running back. He's got to squeeze 1777 01:34:39,320 --> 01:34:42,599 Speaker 1: that down and reduce the gap better and just kind 1778 01:34:42,640 --> 01:34:44,960 Speaker 1: of hold his water. He's so aggressive as a pass 1779 01:34:45,040 --> 01:34:47,360 Speaker 1: rusher that when it's a read option play, yeah, oh, 1780 01:34:47,520 --> 01:34:48,880 Speaker 1: let me go get the quarterback. You know what I mean. 1781 01:34:48,920 --> 01:34:50,000 Speaker 1: He takes a lot of it, takes a lot of 1782 01:34:50,040 --> 01:34:52,240 Speaker 1: discipline on a lot of reps to get it right. 1783 01:34:52,439 --> 01:34:56,080 Speaker 1: That's fixable. Yeah, that's coaching. That's you know, coaches will 1784 01:34:56,080 --> 01:34:57,800 Speaker 1: get that out of if if you, you know, if 1785 01:34:57,800 --> 01:35:00,280 Speaker 1: you're one of those guys that can be coached. And 1786 01:35:00,280 --> 01:35:02,840 Speaker 1: I don't know anything about Jaylen Phillips exactly, he can 1787 01:35:02,920 --> 01:35:07,080 Speaker 1: run a really good forty break time for us. Third 1788 01:35:07,160 --> 01:35:09,280 Speaker 1: hour of the show coming up, where we will finally 1789 01:35:09,680 --> 01:35:11,600 Speaker 1: take a look at the tweet sheet to get some 1790 01:35:11,720 --> 01:35:15,559 Speaker 1: of your thoughts on the seventeenth regular season game coming 1791 01:35:15,880 --> 01:35:19,080 Speaker 1: this fall. Do you like it? Is there something about 1792 01:35:19,120 --> 01:35:22,640 Speaker 1: it that has you a little unnerved? Or are you 1793 01:35:22,800 --> 01:35:25,840 Speaker 1: just happy for another week of fantasy football? Let us 1794 01:35:25,920 --> 01:35:29,000 Speaker 1: know At eight oh three, five fifty your tweet sheet comments. 1795 01:35:29,040 --> 01:35:31,320 Speaker 1: Next here on One Bill's Live, presented by Kalid to Health, 1796 01:35:31,360 --> 01:35:47,560 Speaker 1: It's Buffalo Bill's Radio. Hello, Bills Radio Network. Sports Update. 1797 01:35:47,800 --> 01:35:50,439 Speaker 1: Your sports update from One Bill's Drive has reported over 1798 01:35:50,479 --> 01:35:52,840 Speaker 1: the weekend the NFL plans to announce the official move 1799 01:35:52,920 --> 01:35:56,920 Speaker 1: to a seventeen game schedule this coming season sometime this 1800 01:35:57,080 --> 01:35:59,640 Speaker 1: week at the annual league meetings. The league has been 1801 01:35:59,760 --> 01:36:02,840 Speaker 1: using a sixteen game schedule since the nineteen seventy eighth season, 1802 01:36:02,920 --> 01:36:06,000 Speaker 1: marketing more than forty years without a change to the 1803 01:36:06,080 --> 01:36:09,320 Speaker 1: current format. Plan is to play all seventeen games within 1804 01:36:09,439 --> 01:36:11,679 Speaker 1: eighteen weeks. Super Bowl will be pushed back the week 1805 01:36:11,760 --> 01:36:15,960 Speaker 1: from February sixth to the thirteenth. Lastly, each conference is 1806 01:36:16,000 --> 01:36:20,120 Speaker 1: expected to alternate hosting the additional interconference matchup every year, 1807 01:36:20,400 --> 01:36:23,320 Speaker 1: with the AFC being the first to do so. Here 1808 01:36:23,439 --> 01:36:26,559 Speaker 1: in twenty twenty one, it's reported the Bills will host 1809 01:36:26,640 --> 01:36:30,320 Speaker 1: the Washington football team for their seventeen game. Matt Bred 1810 01:36:30,400 --> 01:36:32,120 Speaker 1: signed a one year deal with the Bills last week. 1811 01:36:32,200 --> 01:36:33,800 Speaker 1: Today he met the media. We'll have some of his 1812 01:36:33,880 --> 01:36:35,960 Speaker 1: comments coming up for you in the third hour of 1813 01:36:36,040 --> 01:36:39,599 Speaker 1: the show. Buffalo also signed wide receiver Kick returner Brandon 1814 01:36:39,680 --> 01:36:43,080 Speaker 1: Powell over the weekend. He played for the Atlanta Falcons 1815 01:36:43,479 --> 01:36:47,240 Speaker 1: last season. Chiefs bolstered their defense Sunday, agreeing to terms 1816 01:36:47,280 --> 01:36:50,000 Speaker 1: on a one year deal with defensive tackle Jaron Reid. 1817 01:36:50,080 --> 01:36:53,519 Speaker 1: He was a cut of the Seahawks on Friday. It's 1818 01:36:53,560 --> 01:36:57,000 Speaker 1: a one year deal worth up to seven million dollars NFL. 1819 01:36:57,640 --> 01:37:01,479 Speaker 1: We'll have their draft in Cleveland in a month, but 1820 01:37:01,680 --> 01:37:05,599 Speaker 1: their top anticipated draft choice and the whole thing, Trevor 1821 01:37:05,720 --> 01:37:09,320 Speaker 1: Lawrence not expected to be in attendance. He is choosing 1822 01:37:09,760 --> 01:37:15,879 Speaker 1: to spend draft weekend with his family and friends at Clemson, 1823 01:37:16,160 --> 01:37:18,080 Speaker 1: and the Sabers return home tonight when they faced the 1824 01:37:18,120 --> 01:37:21,479 Speaker 1: Philadelphia Flyers face off at the Key Bank Center, set 1825 01:37:21,560 --> 01:37:25,639 Speaker 1: four seven o clock. That is your sports update from 1826 01:37:25,640 --> 01:37:29,240 Speaker 1: One Bill's Drive, Chris Brown, Steve Tasker, our number three 1827 01:37:29,600 --> 01:37:34,120 Speaker 1: of a Monday edition of One Bill's Live, and our 1828 01:37:34,200 --> 01:37:36,920 Speaker 1: Crack staff on the other side of the door, as 1829 01:37:37,800 --> 01:37:41,439 Speaker 1: put together some of Matt Brita's more poignant comments from 1830 01:37:41,479 --> 01:37:45,240 Speaker 1: his media conference call Steve that was held during the 1831 01:37:45,320 --> 01:37:47,760 Speaker 1: first hour of our program. Are we going to get 1832 01:37:47,760 --> 01:37:49,320 Speaker 1: a chase to listen to those we are? We are? 1833 01:37:49,360 --> 01:37:50,760 Speaker 1: As a matter of fact, we can do it right 1834 01:37:50,800 --> 01:37:52,880 Speaker 1: now if you would like, that would be awesome. All right, 1835 01:37:53,000 --> 01:38:00,559 Speaker 1: So we begin here. First, Brita explained why the Bills, 1836 01:38:00,600 --> 01:38:04,880 Speaker 1: So let's hear from man on that. Manuel Sanders, Um, 1837 01:38:05,040 --> 01:38:06,640 Speaker 1: you know he had just signed. And then you know 1838 01:38:06,720 --> 01:38:08,920 Speaker 1: Tyler bass Um, he's been there for a year. You know, 1839 01:38:09,000 --> 01:38:10,840 Speaker 1: me and him been in contact over the last year 1840 01:38:10,840 --> 01:38:13,240 Speaker 1: and meet him played together in college, and you know, 1841 01:38:13,439 --> 01:38:15,240 Speaker 1: just by him, you know, saying how much you know 1842 01:38:15,320 --> 01:38:17,760 Speaker 1: the coaches and the team is very close. Um, I 1843 01:38:17,800 --> 01:38:19,400 Speaker 1: feel like that's hard to find the NFL, you know, 1844 01:38:19,520 --> 01:38:21,880 Speaker 1: And I once again, I go back to my days 1845 01:38:21,880 --> 01:38:23,479 Speaker 1: when I was with the forty nine ers, and I 1846 01:38:23,520 --> 01:38:25,160 Speaker 1: think that's part of the big reason why, you know, 1847 01:38:25,240 --> 01:38:26,560 Speaker 1: we went to the super Bowl. And I feel like 1848 01:38:26,600 --> 01:38:28,080 Speaker 1: that's part of the big reason why the Bills had 1849 01:38:28,320 --> 01:38:30,280 Speaker 1: so much success last year, you know, going until the 1850 01:38:30,400 --> 01:38:31,800 Speaker 1: end of the season and you know they're one game 1851 01:38:31,800 --> 01:38:34,160 Speaker 1: away from the super Bowl. So um, I feel like, 1852 01:38:34,200 --> 01:38:35,680 Speaker 1: you know, we got they got the right chemistry, they 1853 01:38:35,720 --> 01:38:37,479 Speaker 1: got the right guys on the team, and like I said, 1854 01:38:37,520 --> 01:38:38,840 Speaker 1: I feel like it's a good fifth for me and 1855 01:38:38,920 --> 01:38:41,120 Speaker 1: I'm excited to be part of the team. And he 1856 01:38:41,240 --> 01:38:43,519 Speaker 1: talks almost as fast as he runs. I know, right, 1857 01:38:43,720 --> 01:38:48,680 Speaker 1: there was a lot there. Every muscle twitches right, his 1858 01:38:48,880 --> 01:38:52,080 Speaker 1: legs and his mouth. Yeah, he's there's another signing for culture. 1859 01:38:52,320 --> 01:38:55,680 Speaker 1: It is, Yeah, and it's amazing, I think, more so 1860 01:38:55,800 --> 01:38:57,559 Speaker 1: than any of the time. Of course, it really wasn't 1861 01:38:57,640 --> 01:38:59,560 Speaker 1: a big deal when I was free agency was a 1862 01:38:59,640 --> 01:39:01,160 Speaker 1: thing and I was in the in the league. It 1863 01:39:01,200 --> 01:39:04,160 Speaker 1: became a thing, not to the extent that it is now. 1864 01:39:05,160 --> 01:39:07,120 Speaker 1: It's evolved a little bit since then. There's much more 1865 01:39:07,200 --> 01:39:09,960 Speaker 1: movement now than there was at the end of my career. 1866 01:39:10,920 --> 01:39:14,400 Speaker 1: But I'm amazed now too that guys and we knew 1867 01:39:14,439 --> 01:39:16,720 Speaker 1: it would happen, and we say it happens. It's hard 1868 01:39:16,800 --> 01:39:18,960 Speaker 1: to know that herd to envision it. But when he 1869 01:39:19,080 --> 01:39:22,640 Speaker 1: talks about college teammates and Emmanuel Sanders signing and the 1870 01:39:22,720 --> 01:39:25,800 Speaker 1: things that Emmanuel Sanders said, and the fact that what 1871 01:39:26,080 --> 01:39:28,960 Speaker 1: players say about a place about you after they're gone 1872 01:39:29,360 --> 01:39:31,800 Speaker 1: carries a lot of weight, or what they say about 1873 01:39:31,840 --> 01:39:34,519 Speaker 1: you when they're there. You know, think Josh and all 1874 01:39:34,560 --> 01:39:37,200 Speaker 1: these guys and the success they had and the vibe. 1875 01:39:37,240 --> 01:39:39,479 Speaker 1: And you even saw it on one of the Monday 1876 01:39:39,600 --> 01:39:42,920 Speaker 1: night games. I think when or maybe it was one 1877 01:39:42,960 --> 01:39:44,920 Speaker 1: of them. Maybe it was in the Arizona game or whatever. 1878 01:39:45,000 --> 01:39:48,160 Speaker 1: When that was in it was a Monday night game 1879 01:39:48,160 --> 01:39:51,240 Speaker 1: in New England, and you know they're going like, who's 1880 01:39:51,240 --> 01:39:54,200 Speaker 1: having more fun? In the Buffalo Bills players see that 1881 01:39:54,360 --> 01:39:55,800 Speaker 1: and it means a lot to them. They want to 1882 01:39:55,840 --> 01:39:59,200 Speaker 1: play for some place the words of them, like a 1883 01:39:59,320 --> 01:40:01,680 Speaker 1: job in a ying everything, and they don't want to 1884 01:40:01,720 --> 01:40:05,640 Speaker 1: go out there and bust a gut and hurt and 1885 01:40:06,000 --> 01:40:09,160 Speaker 1: put themselves at risk for guys who don't care, you know. 1886 01:40:09,320 --> 01:40:12,840 Speaker 1: And that's it's more and more, it's becoming a real 1887 01:40:13,040 --> 01:40:16,680 Speaker 1: real asset to whatever teams can convinced him that that's 1888 01:40:16,720 --> 01:40:18,400 Speaker 1: the way it is. And in case you didn't know, 1889 01:40:18,560 --> 01:40:21,599 Speaker 1: Breeda explained it to you. He and Tyler Bass were 1890 01:40:21,680 --> 01:40:28,519 Speaker 1: former college teammates at I don't have a clue Georgia's Southern. Uh, 1891 01:40:28,600 --> 01:40:30,759 Speaker 1: they were teammates there. I believe it's for two seasons. 1892 01:40:31,080 --> 01:40:34,240 Speaker 1: I care about that when they're drafted and that's it 1893 01:40:34,600 --> 01:40:37,240 Speaker 1: and then it's flush, flush it, yeah, flush it after that. 1894 01:40:37,640 --> 01:40:41,519 Speaker 1: But they were but while he tapped, he tapped into 1895 01:40:41,600 --> 01:40:43,519 Speaker 1: a guy that he knew on the roster, and Tyler 1896 01:40:43,560 --> 01:40:46,200 Speaker 1: Bass had nothing but glowing things to say, that's about, 1897 01:40:46,320 --> 01:40:48,640 Speaker 1: you know, the atmosphere here and how much fun it 1898 01:40:48,800 --> 01:40:50,360 Speaker 1: is to come to work and think about that makes 1899 01:40:50,400 --> 01:40:52,360 Speaker 1: an impact. Think about that. Yeah, I guy like Matt Breda, 1900 01:40:52,360 --> 01:40:54,360 Speaker 1: who is good enough to play in the NFL playing 1901 01:40:54,439 --> 01:40:57,840 Speaker 1: at Georgia's state, Georgia Southern. Georgia Southern, All right, so 1902 01:40:58,200 --> 01:41:00,240 Speaker 1: you know, I'm sure they didn't have like night team 1903 01:41:00,320 --> 01:41:02,760 Speaker 1: first round draft picks that Georgia Southern, Right, I mean, 1904 01:41:02,840 --> 01:41:04,479 Speaker 1: it's like pretty it's a big deal they have. They 1905 01:41:04,560 --> 01:41:06,479 Speaker 1: might have more kickers in the league than they do 1906 01:41:06,600 --> 01:41:09,160 Speaker 1: in any other position. So so they've got gout Like 1907 01:41:09,240 --> 01:41:12,240 Speaker 1: Matt Breeder comes out and he was had to be 1908 01:41:13,280 --> 01:41:15,639 Speaker 1: a really good player for Georgia Southern and Tyler Bays 1909 01:41:15,680 --> 01:41:20,519 Speaker 1: the kicker. Yeah, there's no other sport where you get 1910 01:41:20,600 --> 01:41:23,120 Speaker 1: that kind of interplay between a teammate that's doing a 1911 01:41:23,240 --> 01:41:25,640 Speaker 1: kicking and a guy who's like got to be the 1912 01:41:25,680 --> 01:41:28,920 Speaker 1: big fish in the small pond. They get to the 1913 01:41:29,000 --> 01:41:32,400 Speaker 1: pros and they're like, hey, bro, what's up with that? 1914 01:41:32,560 --> 01:41:33,920 Speaker 1: And he was like, yeah, I'll tell you what's up 1915 01:41:33,960 --> 01:41:37,080 Speaker 1: with that? You know that it really I think the 1916 01:41:37,280 --> 01:41:40,400 Speaker 1: physical nature of the game and the fact that you're 1917 01:41:40,439 --> 01:41:43,200 Speaker 1: all even if you're a kicker, U punter, long snapper, whatever, 1918 01:41:43,680 --> 01:41:47,799 Speaker 1: or quarterback. The physical nature of the game lends itself 1919 01:41:47,960 --> 01:41:51,760 Speaker 1: to an affection for your teammates because you know how 1920 01:41:51,840 --> 01:41:54,200 Speaker 1: hard it, you know how much it hurts once in 1921 01:41:54,280 --> 01:41:56,280 Speaker 1: a while, and you know that you've got to play 1922 01:41:56,320 --> 01:42:00,240 Speaker 1: and you do things together that aren't comfortable physically. And 1923 01:42:00,640 --> 01:42:04,360 Speaker 1: when you see a teammate doing that on behalf of 1924 01:42:04,439 --> 01:42:07,360 Speaker 1: all of us, you you know on the team, it 1925 01:42:07,600 --> 01:42:09,760 Speaker 1: really gives you a sense of fection for the guy, 1926 01:42:10,479 --> 01:42:15,800 Speaker 1: or it charges you up to a m him on 1927 01:42:15,800 --> 01:42:18,720 Speaker 1: the ground. In the moment. It's electrifying, it's really inspiring. 1928 01:42:19,080 --> 01:42:21,080 Speaker 1: But it's also in a personal level, it's like, man, 1929 01:42:21,120 --> 01:42:23,600 Speaker 1: you just got a natural level guy like that. And 1930 01:42:23,880 --> 01:42:26,439 Speaker 1: that's why football players ten. And you know the guys 1931 01:42:26,479 --> 01:42:28,160 Speaker 1: I played with, all the all the old guys, Bruce, 1932 01:42:28,240 --> 01:42:30,920 Speaker 1: Jim Thurman, Andre and all the Taskers teammates we've had 1933 01:42:31,000 --> 01:42:33,000 Speaker 1: over the years. I got a lot of affection for 1934 01:42:33,080 --> 01:42:36,800 Speaker 1: those guys, and I think football lends itself to that 1935 01:42:36,960 --> 01:42:39,080 Speaker 1: better than any And I just gotta say I was 1936 01:42:39,120 --> 01:42:43,200 Speaker 1: surprised that Matt Breed had brought up tighter bass. That 1937 01:42:43,360 --> 01:42:46,240 Speaker 1: surprised me. He says I called him up. We've been 1938 01:42:46,280 --> 01:42:52,080 Speaker 1: staying in touch. I'm like, what right, Well, there it is. 1939 01:42:52,439 --> 01:42:54,360 Speaker 1: It's amazing to me and I just think it's great 1940 01:42:54,400 --> 01:42:56,280 Speaker 1: about this, a great thing about the sport. I don't know, 1941 01:42:56,320 --> 01:42:57,639 Speaker 1: and I didn't want to go off on this tangent, 1942 01:42:57,720 --> 01:43:00,960 Speaker 1: but it's it's pretty inspiring. There we go. You know. 1943 01:43:01,320 --> 01:43:04,160 Speaker 1: That's that's why it means something to at least in 1944 01:43:04,200 --> 01:43:05,800 Speaker 1: this part. I'm sure in other sports it means a 1945 01:43:05,880 --> 01:43:09,280 Speaker 1: lot too, but in football, man, it's almost tangible. Yeah. 1946 01:43:10,200 --> 01:43:14,560 Speaker 1: The common question concerning Matt Brita is where is his 1947 01:43:14,760 --> 01:43:18,880 Speaker 1: fit in Brian Dable's offense, knowing it will be a 1948 01:43:18,960 --> 01:43:23,640 Speaker 1: committee backfield. So Brita addressed how he feels he can 1949 01:43:23,680 --> 01:43:28,200 Speaker 1: be a difference maker for the Bills by doing whatever 1950 01:43:28,320 --> 01:43:30,439 Speaker 1: you know, role they want me to do. Um. You know, 1951 01:43:30,479 --> 01:43:31,840 Speaker 1: I told the coaches you know, I'm not I'm not 1952 01:43:31,880 --> 01:43:33,800 Speaker 1: a selfish player, so I'm not one of those dudes. 1953 01:43:33,840 --> 01:43:35,800 Speaker 1: You know. It's worried about you know, carries and getting 1954 01:43:35,800 --> 01:43:37,800 Speaker 1: the ball. Um. As long as we're winning, that's all 1955 01:43:37,920 --> 01:43:39,120 Speaker 1: to manage. You know. I think we have one goal 1956 01:43:39,160 --> 01:43:40,920 Speaker 1: in mind, and you know that's to win the big 1957 01:43:40,960 --> 01:43:42,560 Speaker 1: thing so you know, as long as we you know, 1958 01:43:42,640 --> 01:43:47,400 Speaker 1: get that goal, everything else will work itself out fits 1959 01:43:47,439 --> 01:43:50,040 Speaker 1: into the team mindset, right. I can't ask you more 1960 01:43:50,080 --> 01:43:53,760 Speaker 1: than that. I mean, if assuming that's all genuine, that's perfect, well, 1961 01:43:53,800 --> 01:43:55,479 Speaker 1: I think we have reason to believe that it is 1962 01:43:55,640 --> 01:43:58,799 Speaker 1: because he got fifty nine carries last year in Miami, 1963 01:43:58,920 --> 01:44:01,559 Speaker 1: could not get on the field. They liked Myles Gaskin. 1964 01:44:01,600 --> 01:44:04,320 Speaker 1: They went with Miles Gaskin. They didn't see any headlines 1965 01:44:04,400 --> 01:44:06,840 Speaker 1: out in Miami that breed his crying about not getting 1966 01:44:06,840 --> 01:44:11,960 Speaker 1: any playing time. Right, And plus he'll probably get he 1967 01:44:12,040 --> 01:44:14,120 Speaker 1: may only get fifty nine here, or he may get 1968 01:44:14,200 --> 01:44:16,000 Speaker 1: a game where he has fifty nine. I mean, if 1969 01:44:16,040 --> 01:44:18,080 Speaker 1: he comes out like that, I mean, that's that's kind 1970 01:44:18,120 --> 01:44:20,599 Speaker 1: of the way it goes here. If if you get 1971 01:44:20,640 --> 01:44:22,759 Speaker 1: a chance to carry it and you're snapping off some runs, 1972 01:44:24,400 --> 01:44:28,920 Speaker 1: these guys don't stop that there. This is the best staff, 1973 01:44:29,000 --> 01:44:32,479 Speaker 1: the best team I've seen in a while. Ride it. 1974 01:44:32,840 --> 01:44:35,479 Speaker 1: They ride the wave, whatever it looks like. And I'll 1975 01:44:35,479 --> 01:44:39,000 Speaker 1: say this too. We saw this last year in terms 1976 01:44:39,040 --> 01:44:43,000 Speaker 1: of the way Brian Dable uses some pre snap motion 1977 01:44:43,960 --> 01:44:47,599 Speaker 1: to get his backs out in space. He would routinely 1978 01:44:47,680 --> 01:44:51,840 Speaker 1: put Devin Singletary outside the numbers closest to the sideline 1979 01:44:51,880 --> 01:44:54,960 Speaker 1: and an empty look to try to take number one 1980 01:44:55,280 --> 01:44:57,479 Speaker 1: the linebackers out of the middle of the field to 1981 01:44:57,600 --> 01:44:59,640 Speaker 1: give more room to Beasley and whoever else might have 1982 01:44:59,640 --> 01:45:03,400 Speaker 1: been in the slot. And then number two to get 1983 01:45:03,760 --> 01:45:06,240 Speaker 1: the running back out there in space on a linebacker 1984 01:45:06,720 --> 01:45:09,439 Speaker 1: who can't cover him in space. You put Matt Breeda 1985 01:45:09,479 --> 01:45:13,120 Speaker 1: out there outside the numbers on a linebacker that's advantaged buffalo. 1986 01:45:13,200 --> 01:45:15,280 Speaker 1: If you're gonna do that a lot, the defense has 1987 01:45:15,280 --> 01:45:16,840 Speaker 1: got to change that up because you're not gonna put 1988 01:45:16,880 --> 01:45:18,880 Speaker 1: a guy like you know, the old guys like Pepper 1989 01:45:18,960 --> 01:45:21,640 Speaker 1: Johnson here. Putting him out there ain't putting you know, 1990 01:45:21,880 --> 01:45:24,120 Speaker 1: You're not anybody over two thirty. You're not putting out 1991 01:45:24,120 --> 01:45:26,720 Speaker 1: there Brian Hurlock are out there, Mike Singletary or any 1992 01:45:26,720 --> 01:45:28,519 Speaker 1: of these other guys, Ray Lewis Eve, You're not putting 1993 01:45:28,560 --> 01:45:30,880 Speaker 1: them out there. You're gonna change it up. You're gonna 1994 01:45:30,880 --> 01:45:33,320 Speaker 1: put a different guy out there, which means you're dictating 1995 01:45:33,360 --> 01:45:37,680 Speaker 1: to the defense there personnel that's big and and and 1996 01:45:37,800 --> 01:45:40,240 Speaker 1: it gives you an edge. It gives you an edge there. 1997 01:45:40,360 --> 01:45:44,160 Speaker 1: And then there was this uh after the Matt Breed 1998 01:45:44,240 --> 01:45:47,120 Speaker 1: is signing. We've already mentioned he's he runs a four 1999 01:45:47,120 --> 01:45:53,120 Speaker 1: to three eight, and Isaiah McKenzie decided to throw out 2000 01:45:53,160 --> 01:45:58,759 Speaker 1: a little friendly challenge to his newest teammate, basically on Twitter, saying, 2001 01:45:58,840 --> 01:46:02,360 Speaker 1: hey heard your pretty fast. Be a shame if somebody 2002 01:46:02,439 --> 01:46:04,920 Speaker 1: on the roster was faster than you, and then Breeda 2003 01:46:04,960 --> 01:46:07,639 Speaker 1: tweeted back at him and saying, we'll have to find out. 2004 01:46:08,400 --> 01:46:11,759 Speaker 1: So that obviously got some attention from the local media 2005 01:46:11,800 --> 01:46:14,280 Speaker 1: and he was asked about it in terms of how 2006 01:46:14,360 --> 01:46:18,240 Speaker 1: they intend to find out who's faster between him and 2007 01:46:18,400 --> 01:46:22,640 Speaker 1: Isaiah mackenzie. Man Like, I said, we're gonna have to 2008 01:46:22,680 --> 01:46:24,400 Speaker 1: go up there. We'll race that out, and you know, 2009 01:46:24,439 --> 01:46:26,160 Speaker 1: we'll let the race and do the talking for itself. 2010 01:46:26,560 --> 01:46:29,280 Speaker 1: But now and I'll respect. You know, Isaiah's a great player. 2011 01:46:30,280 --> 01:46:32,479 Speaker 1: You know, I played against him, you know in college. 2012 01:46:32,479 --> 01:46:34,160 Speaker 1: I think it was like triple overtime or something arout 2013 01:46:34,200 --> 01:46:36,519 Speaker 1: that George Southern he was at Georgia. So, um, he's 2014 01:46:36,520 --> 01:46:37,840 Speaker 1: a great player and I can't wait to you know, 2015 01:46:38,520 --> 01:46:42,280 Speaker 1: speA his teammate, A couple of fast guys. I mean, 2016 01:46:42,800 --> 01:46:46,000 Speaker 1: speed on the field was something we talked about after 2017 01:46:46,120 --> 01:46:49,759 Speaker 1: we watched that Chief's offense kind of victimize the Bills 2018 01:46:49,800 --> 01:46:54,000 Speaker 1: defensively in the AFC title game. There's some more juice 2019 01:46:54,000 --> 01:46:55,920 Speaker 1: you could put on the field now. If Brian Dable 2020 01:46:55,960 --> 01:46:58,960 Speaker 1: wants to go turbo mode, he can do it now. 2021 01:46:59,680 --> 01:47:01,639 Speaker 1: I mean he's got even more to work with. Yeah, 2022 01:47:01,840 --> 01:47:04,720 Speaker 1: and that that'll be a dynamic the defenses will have 2023 01:47:04,800 --> 01:47:07,720 Speaker 1: to consider um And like I said, you're gonna have 2024 01:47:07,800 --> 01:47:10,320 Speaker 1: to You're gonna be able to start dictating some defensive 2025 01:47:10,360 --> 01:47:12,760 Speaker 1: packages when you when you throw some different people out there, 2026 01:47:12,800 --> 01:47:15,760 Speaker 1: it gives you more flexibility and more weapons to use 2027 01:47:15,800 --> 01:47:17,360 Speaker 1: against the defense. If you can go out and go, 2028 01:47:17,640 --> 01:47:19,920 Speaker 1: like you say, a turbo and throw Matt Breda and 2029 01:47:20,160 --> 01:47:22,160 Speaker 1: Isaiah McKenzie on the field at the same time, all 2030 01:47:22,200 --> 01:47:23,639 Speaker 1: of a sudden, you're starting to look like a little 2031 01:47:23,680 --> 01:47:26,920 Speaker 1: bit of a different dynamic offensively. Uh. And and then 2032 01:47:26,960 --> 01:47:30,839 Speaker 1: you throw Cole Beasley and and Digs and Emmanuel Sanders 2033 01:47:30,880 --> 01:47:35,479 Speaker 1: out there. Yeah, that's a load. That's that's that's a problem. 2034 01:47:35,560 --> 01:47:39,160 Speaker 1: It's a lot of gas out there, which is why now, 2035 01:47:39,200 --> 01:47:41,160 Speaker 1: but they got these which is why you got to 2036 01:47:41,160 --> 01:47:44,439 Speaker 1: make sure your offensive line holds up. Yeah, if you're 2037 01:47:44,439 --> 01:47:46,200 Speaker 1: gonna go empty. I mean, there's your look you start 2038 01:47:46,240 --> 01:47:48,320 Speaker 1: looking at. There's no weakness in that lineup that we 2039 01:47:48,439 --> 01:47:50,920 Speaker 1: just mentioned, so you gotta look elsewhere, and you got 2040 01:47:51,000 --> 01:47:52,760 Speaker 1: to make sure the offensive line can pick them up 2041 01:47:52,760 --> 01:47:55,840 Speaker 1: when they when they start to rush the passer. That's yeah, 2042 01:47:56,120 --> 01:47:59,679 Speaker 1: I'm I'm right down that five thousand dollars, five thousand yards. 2043 01:48:00,000 --> 01:48:01,800 Speaker 1: It's already writen five thousand yards. Yeah, I got you 2044 01:48:02,960 --> 01:48:05,160 Speaker 1: time to go to the tweet sheet. Haven't done that yet? 2045 01:48:05,240 --> 01:48:07,040 Speaker 1: Here on the show to get your thoughts on what 2046 01:48:07,240 --> 01:48:12,439 Speaker 1: you like most about the forthcoming seventeenth regular season game 2047 01:48:12,520 --> 01:48:15,320 Speaker 1: For the twenty twenty one season, The tweet sheet is 2048 01:48:15,320 --> 01:48:17,920 Speaker 1: always brought to you by Corrigan Moving Systems, the official 2049 01:48:18,400 --> 01:48:21,280 Speaker 1: equipment moving company of the Buffalo Bills. I just got 2050 01:48:21,360 --> 01:48:23,559 Speaker 1: a flashback there here in that truck horner. I'll tell 2051 01:48:23,560 --> 01:48:26,719 Speaker 1: you why in a second. But from Rusty, he says, 2052 01:48:26,800 --> 01:48:29,360 Speaker 1: I'm an NFL junkie. Give me more games and I 2053 01:48:29,439 --> 01:48:32,280 Speaker 1: will watch them and be happy while it is cool, 2054 01:48:32,360 --> 01:48:34,559 Speaker 1: we will get another NFC matchup to see a little 2055 01:48:34,600 --> 01:48:36,960 Speaker 1: more of the other conference. I really don't care who 2056 01:48:37,080 --> 01:48:39,599 Speaker 1: they play. Just give me another chance to watch our 2057 01:48:39,640 --> 01:48:45,160 Speaker 1: beloved Bills. For crying out loud, lusty. I'm seeing a 2058 01:48:45,240 --> 01:48:48,439 Speaker 1: lot of that on my timeline on social media and 2059 01:48:48,520 --> 01:48:50,720 Speaker 1: people reaching out to me there. People are like going, 2060 01:48:50,800 --> 01:48:52,640 Speaker 1: I did forget all this high I forget it. I 2061 01:48:52,720 --> 01:48:54,240 Speaker 1: just want to watch the Bills again. When are they 2062 01:48:54,280 --> 01:48:56,120 Speaker 1: going to be one? Give me another, more of that, 2063 01:48:56,320 --> 01:48:58,599 Speaker 1: Give me more of that? People cannot wait. I mean, 2064 01:48:58,640 --> 01:49:00,200 Speaker 1: and I get it too. It was they were so 2065 01:49:00,280 --> 01:49:02,640 Speaker 1: fun to watch this last year, and it's such a 2066 01:49:02,720 --> 01:49:05,679 Speaker 1: tragedy that nobody could be in the stadium Tonti the playoffs. 2067 01:49:05,720 --> 01:49:08,400 Speaker 1: It's hard not to think about that sometimes. But hopefully 2068 01:49:08,479 --> 01:49:11,639 Speaker 1: better situation this fall. But yeah, you gotta just look 2069 01:49:11,680 --> 01:49:14,479 Speaker 1: forward to opening Day twenty twenty one and it's and 2070 01:49:14,800 --> 01:49:17,160 Speaker 1: just eat it up. It's gonna be a lot of fun. 2071 01:49:17,479 --> 01:49:19,960 Speaker 1: Rachel says. I'm sure I'm alone in this, but I 2072 01:49:20,040 --> 01:49:22,919 Speaker 1: don't like it. I know people will say more football 2073 01:49:23,040 --> 01:49:25,479 Speaker 1: is better, but you need a limit somewhere. No one 2074 01:49:25,520 --> 01:49:27,760 Speaker 1: would want a hundred games per year just because more 2075 01:49:27,800 --> 01:49:31,000 Speaker 1: football is better. Sixteen games was a good balance, and 2076 01:49:31,160 --> 01:49:35,800 Speaker 1: most season records are based on sixteen games. I don't 2077 01:49:35,800 --> 01:49:39,680 Speaker 1: care about records. Well, I'm sure the purists from the 2078 01:49:39,800 --> 01:49:42,080 Speaker 1: time when there were fourteen games, say, oh, you're gonna 2079 01:49:42,720 --> 01:49:45,800 Speaker 1: devalue any records before that with sixteen for example, like 2080 01:49:46,000 --> 01:49:48,640 Speaker 1: OJ's two thousand yards season. You know that was in 2081 01:49:48,760 --> 01:49:51,519 Speaker 1: fourteen games. What have you had eight nine guys do 2082 01:49:51,640 --> 01:49:53,680 Speaker 1: it since then, all of whom I've done it in 2083 01:49:53,960 --> 01:49:57,840 Speaker 1: sixteen games. That's fine, So all right, that's a fair point. 2084 01:49:58,800 --> 01:50:02,400 Speaker 1: That's fine. It's not you're not changing progress though, No, 2085 01:50:02,680 --> 01:50:05,560 Speaker 1: and I and I understand that, and that's worth a 2086 01:50:05,680 --> 01:50:13,920 Speaker 1: chance to make more of money. Well, I don't. I 2087 01:50:14,040 --> 01:50:19,040 Speaker 1: don't agree with sports hockey, NBA, baseball, but in particular 2088 01:50:19,560 --> 01:50:26,439 Speaker 1: who refuse to evolve despite the outcry from fans, despite 2089 01:50:26,479 --> 01:50:30,600 Speaker 1: the changing times, despite the interest, despite the evolution of 2090 01:50:30,880 --> 01:50:38,080 Speaker 1: everything around the game, the players, everything technology. I I'm I'm, 2091 01:50:38,160 --> 01:50:40,040 Speaker 1: I have a lot of disdain for sports who don't 2092 01:50:40,120 --> 01:50:48,720 Speaker 1: evolve just because of tradition. Um, if fans want you're 2093 01:50:48,720 --> 01:50:50,800 Speaker 1: in a business. If fans want more of this and 2094 01:50:50,920 --> 01:50:54,479 Speaker 1: less of that, what are you doing? Yeah, what are 2095 01:50:54,479 --> 01:50:59,280 Speaker 1: you doing? I mean, that's it, you're And it's particularly 2096 01:50:59,400 --> 01:51:01,280 Speaker 1: I even like like a team, like a sport, like 2097 01:51:01,520 --> 01:51:04,400 Speaker 1: an easy example would be hockey. You know, they're saying 2098 01:51:04,400 --> 01:51:05,880 Speaker 1: we're gonna take fighting out of the game. Well, what 2099 01:51:05,960 --> 01:51:07,920 Speaker 1: about all these guys are gonna what about all these 2100 01:51:07,960 --> 01:51:09,960 Speaker 1: guys who work and playely they can't Well, you know 2101 01:51:10,040 --> 01:51:12,720 Speaker 1: there's more guys who can skate and shoot, you know, 2102 01:51:12,800 --> 01:51:15,479 Speaker 1: I mean, you don't owe those guys a job, you know, 2103 01:51:15,560 --> 01:51:17,960 Speaker 1: you know, you know, they didn't retire my jersey, they 2104 01:51:18,040 --> 01:51:20,080 Speaker 1: just washed it. You know, the game's gonna go on 2105 01:51:20,880 --> 01:51:24,000 Speaker 1: and better players and more fun players are gonna come in. 2106 01:51:24,240 --> 01:51:27,280 Speaker 1: So I'm you know, I'm the seventeen games that has 2107 01:51:27,479 --> 01:51:29,400 Speaker 1: nothing to do with the guys that played in the seventies, 2108 01:51:29,800 --> 01:51:32,479 Speaker 1: the sixties or eighties or nineties. I mean, just it's 2109 01:51:32,520 --> 01:51:36,000 Speaker 1: the game. It's a fair argument. Uh. Anthony, with his 2110 01:51:36,160 --> 01:51:39,400 Speaker 1: tongue placed firmly in cheek, says, generally the more football, 2111 01:51:39,479 --> 01:51:41,040 Speaker 1: the better. But this now means I get to be 2112 01:51:41,120 --> 01:51:43,519 Speaker 1: stressed out for another weekend and another Sunday where I 2113 01:51:43,560 --> 01:51:46,960 Speaker 1: get nothing else accomplished. Yeah, a lot of times are hard. 2114 01:51:47,080 --> 01:51:51,040 Speaker 1: Someone's yeah, first world problems, right exactly. Yeah, at least 2115 01:51:51,080 --> 01:51:53,439 Speaker 1: it's yeah, at least at the end of the pandemic. 2116 01:51:53,439 --> 01:51:55,200 Speaker 1: At least you'm watching in person if you want so. 2117 01:51:55,280 --> 01:51:57,880 Speaker 1: Speaking of first world problems, I hear this hornblowing for 2118 01:51:57,960 --> 01:52:03,040 Speaker 1: the start of the tweet sheet here, and I'm immediately 2119 01:52:03,200 --> 01:52:09,800 Speaker 1: transported back to my endless weekend, in which I began, Oh, thanks, yeah, 2120 01:52:09,880 --> 01:52:12,000 Speaker 1: let's let's just get another one in while we're at it. Guys, 2121 01:52:12,080 --> 01:52:17,599 Speaker 1: thank you. I'm I'm taking an online defensive driving course. 2122 01:52:17,680 --> 01:52:20,320 Speaker 1: So usually did you get a ticket? No? I did not. 2123 01:52:20,520 --> 01:52:22,680 Speaker 1: I have two drivers who are under age twenty five 2124 01:52:22,760 --> 01:52:25,080 Speaker 1: and my insurance is through the roof because of it. 2125 01:52:25,760 --> 01:52:28,439 Speaker 1: So what's that? Why do you have to take the course? Well, 2126 01:52:29,040 --> 01:52:32,040 Speaker 1: the whole family is I'm like, that's it. Everybody's taking 2127 01:52:33,120 --> 01:52:37,840 Speaker 1: everybody's taken it. We are maximizing whatever discount we can get. 2128 01:52:38,840 --> 01:52:44,040 Speaker 1: Here's the thing. So yeah, so they offered So I 2129 01:52:44,200 --> 01:52:46,439 Speaker 1: guess Triple A is offering like a twenty percent discount 2130 01:52:46,520 --> 01:52:49,160 Speaker 1: on their online defensive driving courses. And I have taken 2131 01:52:50,360 --> 01:52:54,320 Speaker 1: the four or six hour sit in a classroom ones. 2132 01:52:54,760 --> 01:52:57,600 Speaker 1: If you've ever done those, that's not a picnic. And 2133 01:52:57,720 --> 01:53:01,240 Speaker 1: invariably you're in a classroom where you got the teacher's 2134 01:53:01,280 --> 01:53:04,360 Speaker 1: pet up front answer, asking seven extra questions to drag 2135 01:53:04,439 --> 01:53:06,040 Speaker 1: the dang thing out all the long you're ready to 2136 01:53:06,120 --> 01:53:07,800 Speaker 1: hit her and the hit that person in the back 2137 01:53:07,840 --> 01:53:09,600 Speaker 1: of the head with a crumpled up piece of paper, like, 2138 01:53:09,840 --> 01:53:12,479 Speaker 1: can you stop asking questions please, We're all trying to 2139 01:53:12,520 --> 01:53:14,599 Speaker 1: get out of here asking let us get our discount 2140 01:53:14,640 --> 01:53:18,559 Speaker 1: and get lost. Asking questions in a defensive driving class 2141 01:53:19,120 --> 01:53:23,400 Speaker 1: that should be a ticket. That's right. So I'm thinking, well, 2142 01:53:23,560 --> 01:53:26,439 Speaker 1: this is great, we're avoiding all of that. Here's a 2143 01:53:26,479 --> 01:53:29,360 Speaker 1: benefit from the pandemic. This is all online. I can 2144 01:53:29,479 --> 01:53:34,120 Speaker 1: zip right through this thing. No, you can't, can't do that. Yeah, 2145 01:53:34,280 --> 01:53:39,559 Speaker 1: so here's so here's the thing. It is so interactive. Oh, 2146 01:53:39,760 --> 01:53:43,040 Speaker 1: go on your toes. Oh, Steve, I'm telling you man, 2147 01:53:43,439 --> 01:53:45,760 Speaker 1: there's no reading your phone while you're on the You're 2148 01:53:45,760 --> 01:53:49,000 Speaker 1: like clicking through it pop quizzes that just pop up 2149 01:53:49,040 --> 01:53:52,160 Speaker 1: on your screen and ask you about material that was 2150 01:53:52,200 --> 01:53:57,679 Speaker 1: covered anywhere in the course, which is six hours. Each 2151 01:53:57,800 --> 01:54:02,479 Speaker 1: module is timed so like they say this next section 2152 01:54:03,360 --> 01:54:07,320 Speaker 1: minutes and here's the countdown clock. So even if you 2153 01:54:07,520 --> 01:54:12,760 Speaker 1: somehow answer questions quickly, get through all the presentations and 2154 01:54:12,920 --> 01:54:16,839 Speaker 1: you're done before the allotted amount of time for that module, 2155 01:54:17,320 --> 01:54:19,040 Speaker 1: you have to wait till the clock counts down before 2156 01:54:19,040 --> 01:54:23,320 Speaker 1: you can go to the next thing. Yeah, here's the 2157 01:54:23,400 --> 01:54:27,120 Speaker 1: best part in time, is it? What you never done that. 2158 01:54:27,880 --> 01:54:30,000 Speaker 1: I did a couple where I where I was like, 2159 01:54:30,080 --> 01:54:31,800 Speaker 1: oh I didn't hear that. What if I get quiz? 2160 01:54:31,920 --> 01:54:33,360 Speaker 1: Now I gotta go best? So now I gotta back 2161 01:54:33,480 --> 01:54:37,680 Speaker 1: the video up tens you know whatever. So here's the 2162 01:54:37,840 --> 01:54:41,280 Speaker 1: best part. Okay, this is how concerned they are that 2163 01:54:41,400 --> 01:54:46,160 Speaker 1: people are just trying to cheat the system, right voice activation, 2164 01:54:46,600 --> 01:54:50,360 Speaker 1: to make sure it is you watching the whole thing, 2165 01:54:51,280 --> 01:54:53,800 Speaker 1: like not like, hey, buddy, can you come over and 2166 01:54:53,840 --> 01:54:55,760 Speaker 1: babysit this for me for ten minutes? So I can 2167 01:54:55,880 --> 01:55:01,760 Speaker 1: you know what I mean? So they while you're watching, 2168 01:55:02,720 --> 01:55:05,440 Speaker 1: they will have a pop up where it says call 2169 01:55:05,560 --> 01:55:08,600 Speaker 1: this number for your voice activation because at the beginning 2170 01:55:08,640 --> 01:55:10,520 Speaker 1: of the course, you have to call into this number, 2171 01:55:10,720 --> 01:55:12,720 Speaker 1: punch in a code, and then you have to read 2172 01:55:12,760 --> 01:55:15,760 Speaker 1: a series of numbers to them that they record. So 2173 01:55:15,880 --> 01:55:18,840 Speaker 1: then later in the course bing call in. We want 2174 01:55:18,880 --> 01:55:20,760 Speaker 1: to make sure it's you on the screen paying attention. 2175 01:55:20,840 --> 01:55:23,480 Speaker 1: You got two minutes to call us and read a 2176 01:55:23,560 --> 01:55:26,920 Speaker 1: line of numbers for voice activation. So you call the number, 2177 01:55:27,160 --> 01:55:29,120 Speaker 1: you punch in a four digit code and then they 2178 01:55:29,160 --> 01:55:31,360 Speaker 1: say read line three and you have to read the 2179 01:55:31,440 --> 01:55:33,680 Speaker 1: numbers online three and hope it matches. Up with what 2180 01:55:33,800 --> 01:55:35,840 Speaker 1: you said at the beginning of the course, and then 2181 01:55:35,880 --> 01:55:38,400 Speaker 1: you can hang up and continue, dude, to make sure 2182 01:55:38,480 --> 01:55:41,640 Speaker 1: it's you. So this is the this is the scene 2183 01:55:41,680 --> 01:55:47,120 Speaker 1: at my house. Okay. People are walking around with laptops 2184 01:55:47,120 --> 01:55:50,480 Speaker 1: because they're afraid to leave the screen. I'm in the 2185 01:55:50,600 --> 01:55:53,640 Speaker 1: bathroom with my laptop for fear. I'm gonna get hey, 2186 01:55:53,800 --> 01:56:00,720 Speaker 1: call in down. It's only two minutes. Yeah, right. So 2187 01:56:01,040 --> 01:56:04,440 Speaker 1: my wife is like, she is all in on the 2188 01:56:04,560 --> 01:56:07,000 Speaker 1: overachiever mode. She's like, I'm doing this in one sitting. 2189 01:56:07,120 --> 01:56:09,080 Speaker 1: We are pounding this out. I mean, it's pouring rain 2190 01:56:09,160 --> 01:56:12,440 Speaker 1: on Sunday. What else are you doing? She did it 2191 01:56:12,520 --> 01:56:14,680 Speaker 1: in one day. She just plowed through the six hours 2192 01:56:14,720 --> 01:56:16,920 Speaker 1: all in one shot. I mean, other than stopping for 2193 01:56:17,000 --> 01:56:19,800 Speaker 1: dinner and logging back in. Cranked the thing out in 2194 01:56:19,960 --> 01:56:22,640 Speaker 1: one day. That's hard with a lot of complaints along 2195 01:56:22,720 --> 01:56:25,560 Speaker 1: the way. Yeah. Yeah, and then I still have like 2196 01:56:26,520 --> 01:56:28,960 Speaker 1: another hour to go. I'm just gonna knock it out tonight. 2197 01:56:29,040 --> 01:56:33,840 Speaker 1: I can't. I just can't. It's just I thought it 2198 01:56:33,880 --> 01:56:36,720 Speaker 1: would be better than the in person course, where you 2199 01:56:36,800 --> 01:56:39,200 Speaker 1: have the danger of falling victim to other people asking 2200 01:56:39,280 --> 01:56:43,120 Speaker 1: questions and delaying the whole process. No, no, it's it's 2201 01:56:43,200 --> 01:56:46,640 Speaker 1: just as bad online. It's no better. It's no better. Yeah, 2202 01:56:46,680 --> 01:56:50,000 Speaker 1: they've the online training that you get in some place 2203 01:56:50,040 --> 01:56:53,200 Speaker 1: where they have an interactive like you. It's actually it's 2204 01:56:53,200 --> 01:56:56,400 Speaker 1: gotta be really effective. Well, there are some I mean, 2205 01:56:56,480 --> 01:56:58,600 Speaker 1: I will say I learned some things that I didn't 2206 01:56:58,720 --> 01:57:02,440 Speaker 1: know previously, right, And there are a lot of old 2207 01:57:02,600 --> 01:57:05,520 Speaker 1: school things that we learned when we took our driver 2208 01:57:05,800 --> 01:57:08,480 Speaker 1: test and all that stuff that are completely different now, 2209 01:57:08,560 --> 01:57:11,360 Speaker 1: Like ten and two, No, not the right way to 2210 01:57:11,400 --> 01:57:14,440 Speaker 1: hold a state. It's nine and three or eight and four. 2211 01:57:14,520 --> 01:57:17,200 Speaker 1: They claim that that gives you better control and less 2212 01:57:17,320 --> 01:57:20,680 Speaker 1: risk of crossing your arms in a dramatic move to avoid, 2213 01:57:21,080 --> 01:57:23,480 Speaker 1: you know, a collision or something, because yeah, I get it, 2214 01:57:23,560 --> 01:57:25,160 Speaker 1: you know, start from a lower spot. And there's a 2215 01:57:25,200 --> 01:57:27,240 Speaker 1: bunch of other things too that are like common myths 2216 01:57:27,320 --> 01:57:29,120 Speaker 1: that you know, we got taught back in the old 2217 01:57:29,240 --> 01:57:33,160 Speaker 1: days that just flat out don't apply now. Yeah, I 2218 01:57:33,240 --> 01:57:35,360 Speaker 1: gotta tell you I know more about hydroplaning than you 2219 01:57:35,360 --> 01:57:38,600 Speaker 1: can possibly imagine. Well, I grew up, you know, I'm 2220 01:57:39,280 --> 01:57:43,280 Speaker 1: pushing sixty, and when I was a kid, seat belts. 2221 01:57:43,520 --> 01:57:46,200 Speaker 1: It was only then the seatbelts were required in cars. Yeah, 2222 01:57:46,480 --> 01:57:48,760 Speaker 1: nobody wore them. Yeah, your seat belt was your mom 2223 01:57:48,840 --> 01:57:50,760 Speaker 1: throwing her arm in front of you, so you didn't 2224 01:57:50,800 --> 01:57:53,000 Speaker 1: go through the windshield on a short stop. I remember 2225 01:57:53,120 --> 01:57:58,320 Speaker 1: driving around. We had a little Ford Falcon and my mom, 2226 01:57:58,720 --> 01:58:01,240 Speaker 1: dad was driving. Moms in the passenger seat in front, 2227 01:58:01,480 --> 01:58:03,400 Speaker 1: three brothers in the back. I'm in the middle of 2228 01:58:03,440 --> 01:58:06,960 Speaker 1: the front, standing up, you know, so I can see 2229 01:58:10,480 --> 01:58:14,040 Speaker 1: just like you know, Steve's adventures through the windshield, right, 2230 01:58:14,320 --> 01:58:16,200 Speaker 1: I mean that's what it could have been. Oh, I 2231 01:58:16,400 --> 01:58:17,960 Speaker 1: bet my mom and dad would be they'd had the 2232 01:58:18,040 --> 01:58:20,280 Speaker 1: kids taken away from him. Now. Yeah, you know, I 2233 01:58:20,520 --> 01:58:23,840 Speaker 1: remember we had a station wagon. Oh yeah, and we 2234 01:58:23,960 --> 01:58:26,520 Speaker 1: had like nine of them. I'm going in the way back. Yeah, 2235 01:58:26,560 --> 01:58:29,800 Speaker 1: I'm hanging out around there, chomping around right. Well, mine 2236 01:58:29,840 --> 01:58:31,960 Speaker 1: didn't have to have carpet or was it just this, Yeah, 2237 01:58:31,960 --> 01:58:33,680 Speaker 1: it was just carpet. He might didn't have carpet. We 2238 01:58:33,800 --> 01:58:36,640 Speaker 1: just had the steel. It was. It was like just 2239 01:58:36,800 --> 01:58:39,920 Speaker 1: a metal and like a well almost when he would 2240 01:58:40,200 --> 01:58:42,080 Speaker 1: and it was flat, you put all the seats down, 2241 01:58:42,160 --> 01:58:44,800 Speaker 1: it was flat. Yeah, so when you go around corners, 2242 01:58:44,880 --> 01:58:48,440 Speaker 1: you'd slide around back. They're like, yeah, like all back there, Yeah, 2243 01:58:48,800 --> 01:58:50,720 Speaker 1: is a kid just just at play around that makes 2244 01:58:50,720 --> 01:58:53,120 Speaker 1: a sharp turn and you know you're not paying attention. 2245 01:58:53,200 --> 01:58:54,880 Speaker 1: You're whacking your head on a window or something. But 2246 01:58:55,040 --> 01:58:58,760 Speaker 1: we didn't know it's crazy. Now now the kid now 2247 01:58:58,960 --> 01:59:00,880 Speaker 1: to go anywhere, it's an extra fifteen minutes to get 2248 01:59:00,880 --> 01:59:04,120 Speaker 1: the kids strapped in. Well, yeah, when you're a new parent, 2249 01:59:04,200 --> 01:59:07,200 Speaker 1: you're doing this kid's seats for the first time, Tell 2250 01:59:07,240 --> 01:59:09,240 Speaker 1: me you don't feel like the dumbest human on the planet. 2251 01:59:10,080 --> 01:59:12,360 Speaker 1: It's hard read the instruction. They're hard times, so it 2252 01:59:12,400 --> 01:59:15,320 Speaker 1: wouldn't look dumb that. Yeah, they're hard to get in 2253 01:59:15,400 --> 01:59:17,440 Speaker 1: and out sometimes the kind now they have, they're a 2254 01:59:17,480 --> 01:59:19,760 Speaker 1: lot easier with those child latches in there right, Plus 2255 01:59:19,800 --> 01:59:21,360 Speaker 1: they have a base in them. Now you can for 2256 01:59:21,440 --> 01:59:23,240 Speaker 1: a little kid, or you can click them in and out. 2257 01:59:23,320 --> 01:59:25,000 Speaker 1: You pop the whole thing out and you walk off 2258 01:59:25,040 --> 01:59:27,040 Speaker 1: when you come out and snap it back in. That's easy. 2259 01:59:27,840 --> 01:59:29,280 Speaker 1: And now that when they get to a certain age, 2260 01:59:29,280 --> 01:59:31,360 Speaker 1: they can get themselves in but they can't really get out. 2261 01:59:31,840 --> 01:59:35,280 Speaker 1: So that helps. But I don't miss the kid body 2262 01:59:35,400 --> 01:59:37,800 Speaker 1: bar when they're fighting you to go in the seat. 2263 01:59:38,040 --> 01:59:40,560 Speaker 1: When they just lock up, you know they lock out. 2264 01:59:40,680 --> 01:59:42,800 Speaker 1: You're not setting me down to the you know they 2265 01:59:42,840 --> 01:59:46,600 Speaker 1: do the stiff board look like an iron board. They 2266 01:59:46,680 --> 01:59:49,560 Speaker 1: go into ironing boards, they're they're locking out. You're not 2267 01:59:49,680 --> 01:59:52,960 Speaker 1: strapping me in the ironing board taking this five point harness. 2268 01:59:53,120 --> 01:59:54,440 Speaker 1: Or it's the opposite of that when they go limp 2269 01:59:54,520 --> 01:59:57,920 Speaker 1: rag and you're trying to put them into something spaghetti kid, 2270 01:59:57,960 --> 02:00:02,920 Speaker 1: trying to put an octopus in there, involve them it. Yeah, 2271 02:00:03,400 --> 02:00:05,840 Speaker 1: I was that octopus as a kid. I'm sure you were. 2272 02:00:06,400 --> 02:00:08,800 Speaker 1: That was the worst break time for us. When we 2273 02:00:08,920 --> 02:00:10,440 Speaker 1: come back, we'll get to more of your comments on 2274 02:00:10,520 --> 02:00:13,400 Speaker 1: the tweet sheet. Maybe a little NFL true false coming 2275 02:00:13,440 --> 02:00:15,600 Speaker 1: your way when we return here on One Bills Live 2276 02:00:15,680 --> 02:00:18,080 Speaker 1: presented by Collid to Health. This is Buffalo Bills Radio. 2277 02:00:31,480 --> 02:00:34,040 Speaker 1: Head back to one Bills Live. Chris Brown, Steve Tasker, 2278 02:00:34,120 --> 02:00:37,080 Speaker 1: what do you like most about a seventeenth regular season game? 2279 02:00:38,360 --> 02:00:40,480 Speaker 1: Taking your comments on the tweet sheet right now, and 2280 02:00:41,120 --> 02:00:44,080 Speaker 1: Tiffany says, I would prefer to attend a seventeenth regular 2281 02:00:44,120 --> 02:00:48,160 Speaker 1: season home game over any preseason game. Paying for two 2282 02:00:48,240 --> 02:00:51,760 Speaker 1: home preseason games is no fun. Certainly offers the potential 2283 02:00:51,840 --> 02:00:54,080 Speaker 1: to add an out of conference matchup that you would 2284 02:00:54,080 --> 02:00:57,040 Speaker 1: have to wait years to see. It's a positive move 2285 02:00:57,640 --> 02:01:02,640 Speaker 1: by the NFL. She is right about preseason seeing that 2286 02:01:02,760 --> 02:01:05,840 Speaker 1: NFC team more often, Like, yeah, that's true. Yeah, if 2287 02:01:05,880 --> 02:01:10,400 Speaker 1: there's a yeah, if there was, for instance, for most teams, 2288 02:01:10,440 --> 02:01:13,120 Speaker 1: for most people, not Bills fans or Miami fans or 2289 02:01:13,200 --> 02:01:14,840 Speaker 1: Jet fans. But think about it, if you got to 2290 02:01:14,960 --> 02:01:17,080 Speaker 1: if you're an NFC team, you'd never get a chance 2291 02:01:17,120 --> 02:01:20,040 Speaker 1: to see Tom Brady. You know, you never get a 2292 02:01:20,120 --> 02:01:22,120 Speaker 1: chance to see every eight years. You never in the 2293 02:01:22,240 --> 02:01:26,720 Speaker 1: rotational Peyton Manning, Drew Brees, you never get to see 2294 02:01:26,760 --> 02:01:30,760 Speaker 1: those those players unless you know every eight years. I 2295 02:01:30,840 --> 02:01:34,360 Speaker 1: think Brees only played here twice in Buffalo his entire career, 2296 02:01:34,720 --> 02:01:38,240 Speaker 1: So there is that, uh and this year it'd be 2297 02:01:38,280 --> 02:01:40,200 Speaker 1: interesting too, because it looks like the Bills are gonna 2298 02:01:40,240 --> 02:01:44,560 Speaker 1: see Fits again if he's indeed, if he's still the 2299 02:01:44,720 --> 02:01:48,560 Speaker 1: starting quarterback for the Washington football of the Washington football team, 2300 02:01:48,880 --> 02:01:51,800 Speaker 1: depending on which week they come in here, because you know, 2301 02:01:53,360 --> 02:01:58,280 Speaker 1: it's not gonna last his ninth NFL team. And that's 2302 02:01:58,280 --> 02:02:01,400 Speaker 1: what I wrote in the story on Buffalo Bills. I 2303 02:02:01,600 --> 02:02:04,720 Speaker 1: likened him to a kid coming back for Halloween and 2304 02:02:04,800 --> 02:02:08,120 Speaker 1: a different costume. That's essentially what he's doing. That's right. 2305 02:02:08,760 --> 02:02:11,000 Speaker 1: It's not gonna last in Washington. You know, it's not 2306 02:02:11,200 --> 02:02:13,320 Speaker 1: as much as they we wanted to. We want to success, 2307 02:02:13,360 --> 02:02:16,200 Speaker 1: you know, having it's fun, it's just is not gonna last. 2308 02:02:16,600 --> 02:02:20,760 Speaker 1: It never does. Nine times, eight times before this he's 2309 02:02:20,840 --> 02:02:25,600 Speaker 1: in Miami. We really never saw Fitz tragic too much. 2310 02:02:25,760 --> 02:02:28,360 Speaker 1: They were four and three when he got benched, and 2311 02:02:28,480 --> 02:02:32,400 Speaker 1: they had won three in a row. Yeah, and they 2312 02:02:32,440 --> 02:02:35,000 Speaker 1: went six and they went six and ten and six. 2313 02:02:35,520 --> 02:02:39,560 Speaker 1: Yeah this last year and got shut out of the playoffs. Yeah, 2314 02:02:40,960 --> 02:02:43,920 Speaker 1: ant with an extra team going to the postseason. They 2315 02:02:43,960 --> 02:02:46,840 Speaker 1: were four and three and two and went six and three. 2316 02:02:47,760 --> 02:02:50,280 Speaker 1: Now Fitz came in and bailed him out of a 2317 02:02:50,360 --> 02:02:53,080 Speaker 1: couple of those. He did, so you can say what 2318 02:02:53,200 --> 02:02:58,720 Speaker 1: you want. But still, yeah, Fitz is gonna come back 2319 02:02:58,720 --> 02:03:04,160 Speaker 1: to Buffalo again. It's gonna be great from David like it, 2320 02:03:04,520 --> 02:03:07,520 Speaker 1: but only if it means one less preseason game. It's 2321 02:03:07,520 --> 02:03:09,360 Speaker 1: a very long season, so we'd love it if they 2322 02:03:09,440 --> 02:03:14,400 Speaker 1: add one. Well, if they won add another bye week 2323 02:03:14,440 --> 02:03:18,600 Speaker 1: to help players heal in season. Some two increase roster 2324 02:03:18,720 --> 02:03:21,839 Speaker 1: size by two to four players minimum for increased injuries. 2325 02:03:22,200 --> 02:03:26,880 Speaker 1: It's already borderline enough players now, so he likes it 2326 02:03:27,320 --> 02:03:29,560 Speaker 1: as long as it means one less preseason game, which 2327 02:03:29,600 --> 02:03:32,440 Speaker 1: it has to because under the CBA regulations, there can 2328 02:03:32,480 --> 02:03:35,440 Speaker 1: be no more than a total of twenty games, and 2329 02:03:35,600 --> 02:03:38,680 Speaker 1: that counts preseason games. So that's why when they add 2330 02:03:38,720 --> 02:03:41,720 Speaker 1: the seventeenth game, it will automatically shave off a preseason 2331 02:03:41,800 --> 02:03:45,120 Speaker 1: game because you can't have a cumulative total of twenty, right, 2332 02:03:45,840 --> 02:03:48,720 Speaker 1: I can't have more than that. That's preseason, regular season 2333 02:03:48,760 --> 02:03:51,000 Speaker 1: because obviously you're gonna have more than twenty games if 2334 02:03:51,000 --> 02:03:55,040 Speaker 1: you go to the playoffs. I remember we at the 2335 02:03:55,160 --> 02:03:56,800 Speaker 1: Bills that I was on a couple of times, we 2336 02:03:56,920 --> 02:04:00,000 Speaker 1: played in a what do you call it that I'm 2337 02:04:00,000 --> 02:04:06,840 Speaker 1: American Bowl in London, Germany, And so you had five 2338 02:04:06,920 --> 02:04:13,680 Speaker 1: preseason games, sixteen regular season games, which is twenty one 2339 02:04:13,760 --> 02:04:18,360 Speaker 1: and then two or three postseason games and if you 2340 02:04:18,400 --> 02:04:23,400 Speaker 1: went in the wildcard it was Wildcard Division, Championship, super Bowl. 2341 02:04:24,640 --> 02:04:28,640 Speaker 1: It's twenty five games. It's a lot of it's a 2342 02:04:28,720 --> 02:04:31,880 Speaker 1: lot of games. Yeah. The last time the Bills had 2343 02:04:32,120 --> 02:04:36,200 Speaker 1: a five game preseason was two thousand and nine, which 2344 02:04:36,360 --> 02:04:39,120 Speaker 1: was the Hall of Fame induction year for Bruce and 2345 02:04:39,360 --> 02:04:42,000 Speaker 1: mister Wilson. And so you know, why they put the 2346 02:04:42,080 --> 02:04:46,480 Speaker 1: Bills in that Hall of Fame game? Well against the Titans. 2347 02:04:47,640 --> 02:04:49,920 Speaker 1: So that was the last time they had to play 2348 02:04:49,960 --> 02:04:53,640 Speaker 1: a five game preseason. So now as I wonder the big, 2349 02:04:53,840 --> 02:04:55,880 Speaker 1: not the big, the Hall of Fame games, I give 2350 02:04:55,880 --> 02:04:58,720 Speaker 1: you a four game preseason, Yeah, I wonder. I don't 2351 02:04:58,760 --> 02:05:02,360 Speaker 1: think it can. I don't think a game five game 2352 02:05:02,400 --> 02:05:04,960 Speaker 1: would do the same thing it put your twenty one. Yeah, 2353 02:05:05,000 --> 02:05:08,520 Speaker 1: how did they How did they get away with that previously? 2354 02:05:08,880 --> 02:05:11,000 Speaker 1: I do not know. I didn't wonder if the Sea 2355 02:05:11,080 --> 02:05:12,960 Speaker 1: I didn't know about the twenty I just read it today. 2356 02:05:13,000 --> 02:05:17,800 Speaker 1: The new CBA stipulates no more than twenty. I wonder 2357 02:05:17,880 --> 02:05:19,320 Speaker 1: what they have to do with the Hall of Fame. 2358 02:05:19,400 --> 02:05:22,000 Speaker 1: It's gonna have to be somebody's one preseason game. Well, yeah, 2359 02:05:22,040 --> 02:05:24,440 Speaker 1: one of them. And it might have been a preemptive 2360 02:05:24,480 --> 02:05:26,840 Speaker 1: move by the Union as well, to say, hey, you're 2361 02:05:26,880 --> 02:05:29,360 Speaker 1: not going to start, that's my guess. Yeah. So if 2362 02:05:29,400 --> 02:05:31,640 Speaker 1: it's a new clause in the CBA, then that that 2363 02:05:31,760 --> 02:05:34,080 Speaker 1: makes some sense because teams were having way more than 2364 02:05:34,200 --> 02:05:36,440 Speaker 1: well we're having more than twenty games. Here's a new 2365 02:05:36,600 --> 02:05:41,000 Speaker 1: uh tweeter On the tweet Chief Clarkey, he says I 2366 02:05:41,160 --> 02:05:44,240 Speaker 1: really don't like the uneven home away balance. What if 2367 02:05:44,280 --> 02:05:46,040 Speaker 1: you're one good year lines up with the year you 2368 02:05:46,120 --> 02:05:48,880 Speaker 1: have an extra away game and that holds you back. 2369 02:05:49,520 --> 02:05:52,240 Speaker 1: Or what if two teams tie for wins but one 2370 02:05:52,320 --> 02:05:55,720 Speaker 1: had an extra home game. Doesn't seem fair. They should 2371 02:05:55,760 --> 02:05:59,280 Speaker 1: have gone to eighteen games. Yeah, but it's the whole 2372 02:05:59,360 --> 02:06:02,800 Speaker 1: conference that's gonna have the extra home game. The AFC, 2373 02:06:03,800 --> 02:06:07,440 Speaker 1: all sixteen teams have the extra home game this year 2374 02:06:07,520 --> 02:06:11,960 Speaker 1: for that very reason, clarkey. So nobody has an uneven 2375 02:06:12,080 --> 02:06:15,680 Speaker 1: number of or an extra home game compared to another 2376 02:06:15,720 --> 02:06:18,240 Speaker 1: team in the same conference, which could affect playoff seating. 2377 02:06:18,560 --> 02:06:20,920 Speaker 1: That's why the entire AFC as the extra home game 2378 02:06:21,000 --> 02:06:24,360 Speaker 1: this year. Yeah, that's yeah, exactly. They foresaw that, and 2379 02:06:24,920 --> 02:06:28,200 Speaker 1: so there you go. That's and I agree with you. 2380 02:06:28,600 --> 02:06:31,000 Speaker 1: Eighteen games is the way to go. Start and the 2381 02:06:31,120 --> 02:06:35,160 Speaker 1: Tasker plan started two weeks before Labor Day. Take the 2382 02:06:35,440 --> 02:06:39,440 Speaker 1: entire Labor Day weekend, everybody, the fans, the players league wide, 2383 02:06:39,520 --> 02:06:43,200 Speaker 1: by wide, by start barbecus to the sixteen games on 2384 02:06:43,480 --> 02:06:47,000 Speaker 1: the weekend after September after Labor Day, and you go 2385 02:06:47,320 --> 02:06:51,280 Speaker 1: the regular buy schedule after that, go screaming down the tracks. 2386 02:06:51,560 --> 02:06:57,280 Speaker 1: Just coming up the Tasker plan from j Mad. I 2387 02:06:57,720 --> 02:07:00,400 Speaker 1: like it, but feel it should have been eighteen regular 2388 02:07:00,440 --> 02:07:03,760 Speaker 1: season games and one to two preseason games. One thing 2389 02:07:03,800 --> 02:07:05,960 Speaker 1: I don't like is that it will be easier to 2390 02:07:06,040 --> 02:07:09,520 Speaker 1: break certain records now. So it's interesting that some of them, 2391 02:07:09,520 --> 02:07:11,680 Speaker 1: there's some of these purists coming out of the woodwork 2392 02:07:11,720 --> 02:07:16,080 Speaker 1: Steve about single season records, and yeah, I understand the 2393 02:07:16,400 --> 02:07:20,520 Speaker 1: sentimentality of it, but it's practically speaking, it means nothing. Yeah, 2394 02:07:20,560 --> 02:07:22,760 Speaker 1: And as far as eighteen regular season games in two 2395 02:07:22,840 --> 02:07:26,920 Speaker 1: preseason games, it's coming, it'll it'll be here in time, 2396 02:07:26,920 --> 02:07:28,320 Speaker 1: and it does. I mean, you can make the same 2397 02:07:28,480 --> 02:07:31,240 Speaker 1: argument for guys who played sixteen games throughout their whole 2398 02:07:31,280 --> 02:07:34,400 Speaker 1: career as comparing their career numbers for the Hall of 2399 02:07:34,480 --> 02:07:37,200 Speaker 1: Fame against guys who only played fourteen games and there 2400 02:07:37,400 --> 02:07:41,920 Speaker 1: in their in their careers. So it's, you know, there 2401 02:07:42,040 --> 02:07:45,440 Speaker 1: is something to that, but that's you know, that's the fringes, 2402 02:07:45,560 --> 02:07:48,880 Speaker 1: that's the fringe of irrelevancy. It's about the game that 2403 02:07:48,960 --> 02:07:52,320 Speaker 1: happens on Sunday. And so if you and the more 2404 02:07:52,400 --> 02:07:54,680 Speaker 1: or the better, particularly if you're gonna have him play 2405 02:07:54,720 --> 02:07:58,520 Speaker 1: them anyway, I haven't mean something. Yeah, Jay lish says, 2406 02:07:58,600 --> 02:08:00,600 Speaker 1: not a fan of seventeen games. Too much wear and 2407 02:08:00,640 --> 02:08:02,360 Speaker 1: tear on the players, and one more chance for a 2408 02:08:02,440 --> 02:08:08,120 Speaker 1: disastrous season ending or playoff ending injury. What do you say, Steve, 2409 02:08:08,360 --> 02:08:10,480 Speaker 1: I don't know. What do you say, Steve? About where 2410 02:08:10,520 --> 02:08:13,360 Speaker 1: and tear to the point where it impacts the on 2411 02:08:13,640 --> 02:08:17,000 Speaker 1: field product? Because that was the early knock on Thursday 2412 02:08:17,120 --> 02:08:20,240 Speaker 1: night games that it was watered down football because it's 2413 02:08:20,240 --> 02:08:22,920 Speaker 1: not enough turnaround for the players to be rested and play, 2414 02:08:23,400 --> 02:08:28,960 Speaker 1: and you see lesser quality of play on Thursday night. 2415 02:08:29,000 --> 02:08:31,960 Speaker 1: And then that argument went away. I wonder if sort 2416 02:08:32,000 --> 02:08:34,200 Speaker 1: of the injury argument they wonder that. I wonder if 2417 02:08:34,240 --> 02:08:36,720 Speaker 1: that gets brought up here with the seventeen player schedule 2418 02:08:36,760 --> 02:08:39,240 Speaker 1: and players are no more written, players are no more 2419 02:08:39,880 --> 02:08:41,880 Speaker 1: likely to be injured in a Thursday night game than 2420 02:08:41,880 --> 02:08:44,120 Speaker 1: they are in a Sunday afternoon game. They did a 2421 02:08:44,160 --> 02:08:47,240 Speaker 1: study on that. That's been dispelled. And I think it's 2422 02:08:47,280 --> 02:08:49,560 Speaker 1: interesting that people say, well, it was one it's one 2423 02:08:49,640 --> 02:08:51,520 Speaker 1: more chance for one of our really important guys to 2424 02:08:51,880 --> 02:08:54,560 Speaker 1: get hurt. It's also one more chance that you don't 2425 02:08:54,560 --> 02:08:57,080 Speaker 1: get to see him play. Yeah, I mean, what are 2426 02:08:57,120 --> 02:08:59,680 Speaker 1: we talking about. He's so important that you don't want 2427 02:08:59,760 --> 02:09:03,400 Speaker 1: him to play. I don't get that logic the guys. 2428 02:09:03,640 --> 02:09:06,920 Speaker 1: If he's your great player, just go watch him. Yeah, 2429 02:09:07,400 --> 02:09:11,280 Speaker 1: don't stop. Let's we got a great player. Let's not play. 2430 02:09:12,160 --> 02:09:16,440 Speaker 1: What are you talking about. I don't know. That doesn't 2431 02:09:16,440 --> 02:09:18,480 Speaker 1: make any sense to me, doesn't wash with me. Yeah, 2432 02:09:18,960 --> 02:09:21,839 Speaker 1: Jeremy says getting rid of a preseason game is excellent 2433 02:09:21,920 --> 02:09:25,080 Speaker 1: for season ticket holders. Preseason games you can barely give 2434 02:09:25,120 --> 02:09:27,840 Speaker 1: away in his full price for the season ticket holder. 2435 02:09:28,160 --> 02:09:31,480 Speaker 1: Getting that as a regular season game is a nice treat. 2436 02:09:31,960 --> 02:09:36,120 Speaker 1: I agree. Joe says, more Bills games, the better. I've 2437 02:09:36,160 --> 02:09:38,880 Speaker 1: been a Bills fan since nineteen seventy and I love 2438 02:09:39,040 --> 02:09:41,640 Speaker 1: watching them, no matter two and fourteen or fourteen and 2439 02:09:41,720 --> 02:09:44,480 Speaker 1: oh they were a true number one class team in 2440 02:09:44,520 --> 02:09:47,400 Speaker 1: the early nineties and now they're an even better number 2441 02:09:47,440 --> 02:09:51,520 Speaker 1: one class team. Joe is fired up today. Yeah, they 2442 02:09:51,760 --> 02:09:54,400 Speaker 1: love it. I had the you know, I had the 2443 02:09:54,840 --> 02:10:00,600 Speaker 1: opportunity and you know, the yeah, the benefit or the 2444 02:10:02,880 --> 02:10:07,880 Speaker 1: just it was fun to go out and watch these 2445 02:10:07,920 --> 02:10:10,080 Speaker 1: guys play this year in person. You were there. Oh yeah, 2446 02:10:10,680 --> 02:10:13,320 Speaker 1: watching these guys play this year was a treat. It 2447 02:10:13,480 --> 02:10:16,520 Speaker 1: wasn't it was an as It was an absolute blast 2448 02:10:16,880 --> 02:10:19,080 Speaker 1: to go out on this Sunday when even with the 2449 02:10:19,160 --> 02:10:22,760 Speaker 1: stadium empty, just to watch these guys play was unbelievable 2450 02:10:23,240 --> 02:10:24,880 Speaker 1: because it a little bit. I mean, we knew they 2451 02:10:24,920 --> 02:10:27,000 Speaker 1: were good. They're playoff team the year before ten and six, 2452 02:10:27,040 --> 02:10:29,200 Speaker 1: and we had, you know, we were thinking, okay, let's 2453 02:10:29,200 --> 02:10:31,200 Speaker 1: take another little step. But then these guys took a 2454 02:10:31,400 --> 02:10:35,480 Speaker 1: huge step. And being there to watch him explode like 2455 02:10:35,640 --> 02:10:40,440 Speaker 1: that unexpectedly and to have that reinforced week after we 2456 02:10:40,560 --> 02:10:43,040 Speaker 1: played good again again again and even better, and then 2457 02:10:43,080 --> 02:10:44,720 Speaker 1: they got better and then they're playing even better and 2458 02:10:44,720 --> 02:10:46,720 Speaker 1: now at the end of the year they're the best 2459 02:10:46,720 --> 02:10:50,160 Speaker 1: team in football. Um, it was so fun. Yeah, it 2460 02:10:50,320 --> 02:10:52,640 Speaker 1: was so fun. And so I think it's easy for 2461 02:10:52,720 --> 02:10:54,640 Speaker 1: Bills fans to get their head around now, hey, yeah, 2462 02:10:55,120 --> 02:10:59,760 Speaker 1: let's keep playing because their team at points this last season, 2463 02:11:00,960 --> 02:11:02,960 Speaker 1: there was no team in football it was more fun 2464 02:11:03,040 --> 02:11:06,960 Speaker 1: to watch for their fans than the Buffalo Bills. Absolutely zero. Yeah, 2465 02:11:07,200 --> 02:11:10,200 Speaker 1: they were the absolute most fun team to watch for 2466 02:11:10,320 --> 02:11:13,280 Speaker 1: all the stuff that rolled into this season, digs and 2467 02:11:13,440 --> 02:11:16,600 Speaker 1: the unexpected nature of the huge step Josh took, and 2468 02:11:17,720 --> 02:11:19,960 Speaker 1: the fun that it was watched him score, and the 2469 02:11:20,000 --> 02:11:22,160 Speaker 1: fun the players were having and you know, the game, 2470 02:11:22,240 --> 02:11:27,240 Speaker 1: win after win after win after win. Yeah, let's have 2471 02:11:27,360 --> 02:11:30,800 Speaker 1: more games. Yeah, break time for us. When we returned, 2472 02:11:30,840 --> 02:11:33,000 Speaker 1: Steve and I closed things up with what we have 2473 02:11:33,200 --> 02:11:37,240 Speaker 1: learned from today's show. Plenty of lessons. Which one did 2474 02:11:37,320 --> 02:11:39,960 Speaker 1: we pick for you? You'll find out when we return 2475 02:11:40,040 --> 02:11:42,080 Speaker 1: here on One Bill's Live presented by Kalid to Health, 2476 02:11:42,120 --> 02:11:58,080 Speaker 1: It's Buffalo Bills Radio. What have we Learned? Brought to 2477 02:11:58,120 --> 02:12:02,200 Speaker 1: you by Skyworks Show Construction Equipment Rental Company. The Buffalo 2478 02:12:02,320 --> 02:12:06,760 Speaker 1: Bills had Pro Football Focus NFL analyst Steve Palett solo 2479 02:12:06,840 --> 02:12:10,000 Speaker 1: on the show, and in one of his recent mock drafts, 2480 02:12:10,080 --> 02:12:15,000 Speaker 1: he had USC offensive lineman Elijah Vera Tucker going to 2481 02:12:15,080 --> 02:12:20,080 Speaker 1: the Bills, and he's a guard. Barrett. Tucker is actually 2482 02:12:20,160 --> 02:12:23,080 Speaker 1: a guy that's played tackle and guard and he is 2483 02:12:23,200 --> 02:12:26,400 Speaker 1: just so good in pass protection. He held his own 2484 02:12:26,800 --> 02:12:29,360 Speaker 1: as a tackle in pass pro at USC, but he's 2485 02:12:29,400 --> 02:12:31,640 Speaker 1: probably a better fit as far as playing on the 2486 02:12:31,680 --> 02:12:35,160 Speaker 1: interior at the NFL level. He's pretty athletic as far 2487 02:12:35,200 --> 02:12:37,360 Speaker 1: as from a run blocking standpoint, can get to the 2488 02:12:37,400 --> 02:12:40,960 Speaker 1: second level. And again the Bills. The Bills have a 2489 02:12:41,040 --> 02:12:43,280 Speaker 1: really good moster and I think their biggest thing is 2490 02:12:43,320 --> 02:12:45,200 Speaker 1: just adding good players. You know, you want to have, 2491 02:12:45,720 --> 02:12:47,440 Speaker 1: you know, some cornerback depth, you want to have some 2492 02:12:47,520 --> 02:12:49,520 Speaker 1: of that edge depth that we talked talked about, but 2493 02:12:49,680 --> 02:12:52,600 Speaker 1: continuing to add depth along the offensive line and all 2494 02:12:52,640 --> 02:12:55,160 Speaker 1: these other parts of the roster. So Barrett Tucker is 2495 02:12:55,160 --> 02:12:57,160 Speaker 1: a good, versatile player that I think would be a 2496 02:12:57,240 --> 02:12:59,240 Speaker 1: really nice fit potentially in the back end of first 2497 02:13:00,720 --> 02:13:03,440 Speaker 1: interesting thought, I don't think offensive line is out of 2498 02:13:03,480 --> 02:13:06,800 Speaker 1: the question. Um swing tackle is still a position they 2499 02:13:06,880 --> 02:13:09,240 Speaker 1: have to address. Whether they do that with a veteran 2500 02:13:09,840 --> 02:13:14,280 Speaker 1: prior to the draft, we'll see, could still happen. There's 2501 02:13:14,280 --> 02:13:16,640 Speaker 1: some people floating around out there. I'm still I'm on 2502 02:13:16,760 --> 02:13:23,440 Speaker 1: that train. I'll take an offensive lineman or a CB two. Yeah, 2503 02:13:23,640 --> 02:13:25,440 Speaker 1: a corner if they can get one of those top guys, 2504 02:13:25,480 --> 02:13:27,960 Speaker 1: if those there's four or five corners that are really 2505 02:13:28,040 --> 02:13:29,880 Speaker 1: good in this draft we can get. If we get 2506 02:13:29,920 --> 02:13:32,800 Speaker 1: one of the top three of those, I might be 2507 02:13:32,880 --> 02:13:35,880 Speaker 1: pushing it at thirty. But yeah, I don't know, because 2508 02:13:36,560 --> 02:13:40,360 Speaker 1: I'm with Polozolo. You need you need weapons on offense, 2509 02:13:40,440 --> 02:13:42,280 Speaker 1: and you need guys that can stop them on defense. 2510 02:13:42,360 --> 02:13:45,280 Speaker 1: Those those edge guys, those corners, you got to go deep, 2511 02:13:45,480 --> 02:13:49,120 Speaker 1: particularly in a division where if teams are gonna keep 2512 02:13:49,200 --> 02:13:50,880 Speaker 1: up with the Bills, they're gonna have to throw it 2513 02:13:50,880 --> 02:13:52,400 Speaker 1: around the yard. You're gonna have to cover them up. 2514 02:13:52,760 --> 02:13:55,680 Speaker 1: That'll do it for us today for a Monday edition 2515 02:13:55,760 --> 02:13:58,120 Speaker 1: of the show. If you come back at noon tomorrow, 2516 02:13:58,200 --> 02:14:00,520 Speaker 1: we promise we'll have a Tuesday edition for you too. 2517 02:14:01,160 --> 02:14:03,160 Speaker 1: That's the daily promise Steve and I make to you 2518 02:14:03,320 --> 02:14:05,640 Speaker 1: here on One Bill's Live, presented by Kalid to Health, 2519 02:14:05,920 --> 02:14:07,200 Speaker 1: It's Buffalo Bill's Radio