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Speaker 1: Oh a good time by Steve Plaster, such time, such

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Speaker 1: time to time. Welcome to a Friday edition of One

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Speaker 1: Bill's Live. Steve Tasker Maddi Glab here once again until

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Speaker 1: three o'clock. Thanks for joining us. We've got a lot

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Speaker 1: to talk about. The NFL grinds towards its training camp

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Speaker 1: and there's still negotiations being on. Players are actually reporting

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Speaker 1: There's a we just heard this from uh what is it,

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Speaker 1: Tom Palaceero Adam Adam Schefter. Adam Schefter just said there's

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Speaker 1: a one thirty meeting today with owners, gms and presidents

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Speaker 1: fact that the head coaches and GM's are in there

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Speaker 1: is also set for one thirty. Albert Breer just tweeted

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Speaker 1: this out after Adam Schefter tweeted out that the NFL

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Speaker 1: is going to meet with owners, GM's, presidents and head coaches.

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Speaker 1: So we'll have two calls going on at the same time.

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Speaker 1: One is with the NFL and the people in charge,

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Speaker 1: huddles going on call them plays. I wonder who's gonna

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Speaker 1: you know, what's gonna happen when you know, when they

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Speaker 1: that's a it's right. It's tough because via who is

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Speaker 1: the assistant executive director of External Affairs at the nfl PA,

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Speaker 1: George Atala, also tweeted. He said, let me get this straight.

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Speaker 1: When players wanted to wait until safety protocols finished to

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Speaker 1: to shut down because they don't have players money. I

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Speaker 1: So the problem is, and here's the thing. If the

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Speaker 1: they're on the hook for one hundred and eighty eight

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Speaker 1: But here's the thing too, the players are on it

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Speaker 1: They're they're releasing Washington Football team merch released Buffalo Blue

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Speaker 1: We're just gonna have to have like a little you know,

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Speaker 1: And Buffalo has really been the only club that has

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Speaker 1: Certainly the facility is not a major league park, but

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Speaker 1: players with fully guaranteed salaries want their money. Players with

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Speaker 1: we heard that the owners might have to shut things down,

431
00:24:23,680 --> 00:24:25,960
Speaker 1: you know, training campaign, kick the players out of the facilities.

432
00:24:25,960 --> 00:24:28,080
Speaker 1: If it didn't get done, it doesn't seem like that

433
00:24:28,280 --> 00:24:33,760
Speaker 1: was ever seriously considered at this point. That would be awful.

434
00:24:33,960 --> 00:24:36,920
Speaker 1: Let me ask you a crazy question, though. If the

435
00:24:37,119 --> 00:24:42,360
Speaker 1: CBA didn't get agreed upon before the pandemic hit, where

436
00:24:42,400 --> 00:24:46,480
Speaker 1: do you think we would be at right now? Do

437
00:24:46,560 --> 00:24:48,640
Speaker 1: you think they would have tried to push it off

438
00:24:48,960 --> 00:24:52,760
Speaker 1: until let's let's say the CBA still hadn't been agreed

439
00:24:52,840 --> 00:24:57,040
Speaker 1: upon by the NFL PA in the NFL, and it

440
00:24:57,320 --> 00:25:02,600
Speaker 1: was let's say it was um February or March when

441
00:25:02,680 --> 00:25:08,200
Speaker 1: it when it had made landfall in the US, do

442
00:25:08,320 --> 00:25:10,840
Speaker 1: you think both sides would have been like, oh, let's

443
00:25:10,920 --> 00:25:14,200
Speaker 1: just wait it out and see what happens. Do you

444
00:25:14,280 --> 00:25:24,120
Speaker 1: think the CBA would change, man, I don't know how. Yeah,

445
00:25:24,200 --> 00:25:27,680
Speaker 1: that would be so complicated to get a deal done

446
00:25:27,800 --> 00:25:30,119
Speaker 1: during a pandemic when there's like this act of God

447
00:25:30,880 --> 00:25:34,240
Speaker 1: keeping everybody from doing their business, and no neither side

448
00:25:34,320 --> 00:25:37,440
Speaker 1: can control it or anticipate what's going to happen next,

449
00:25:38,320 --> 00:25:41,480
Speaker 1: and both sides trying to you know, cover their bases

450
00:25:41,760 --> 00:25:46,560
Speaker 1: and get what's best for their for their position. Oh

451
00:25:46,640 --> 00:25:48,840
Speaker 1: my gosh, you see the owners and at worst case

452
00:25:48,880 --> 00:25:51,400
Speaker 1: scenario could have had scab players come in. You say, listen,

453
00:25:51,440 --> 00:25:53,880
Speaker 1: there's everybody's a free agent. We're just kind of hire

454
00:25:53,960 --> 00:25:56,720
Speaker 1: guys off this street. And anybody who's in the Union

455
00:25:56,800 --> 00:25:59,040
Speaker 1: is exempt from it. So we're gonna you know, I

456
00:25:59,080 --> 00:26:02,760
Speaker 1: don't care if you're a college senior who played last

457
00:26:02,840 --> 00:26:05,280
Speaker 1: year and didn't even want to play pro football, come

458
00:26:05,359 --> 00:26:07,680
Speaker 1: on in, right, I mean, they could have fielded teams

459
00:26:07,800 --> 00:26:10,000
Speaker 1: from people who actually wanted to play. They would have

460
00:26:10,119 --> 00:26:16,159
Speaker 1: a massive disclaiming, you know, waiver to sign before they

461
00:26:16,160 --> 00:26:18,440
Speaker 1: could actually set foot on the field. These guys say, listen,

462
00:26:18,520 --> 00:26:20,720
Speaker 1: whether he get COVID or whether I break my legs

463
00:26:20,760 --> 00:26:23,680
Speaker 1: six different ways, I'm still not going to hold the

464
00:26:23,760 --> 00:26:25,760
Speaker 1: league vibe. I just want a chance to play, right.

465
00:26:26,119 --> 00:26:28,080
Speaker 1: That kind of just you know, they they could have

466
00:26:28,119 --> 00:26:32,159
Speaker 1: done that. And I'm looking back at when this was

467
00:26:32,240 --> 00:26:36,040
Speaker 1: approved because time time is such a weird thing now

468
00:26:36,240 --> 00:26:39,160
Speaker 1: from a pandemic, I can't remember what happened in January

469
00:26:39,160 --> 00:26:42,240
Speaker 1: and February, but some of the articles that were released,

470
00:26:42,359 --> 00:26:46,040
Speaker 1: whether it's ESPN, NFL, NFL had an article that said

471
00:26:46,160 --> 00:26:49,320
Speaker 1: NFL player vote ratifies new CBA through twenty thirty season.

472
00:26:49,359 --> 00:26:54,479
Speaker 1: That was posted in March fifteenth. So does that mean

473
00:26:54,560 --> 00:26:57,119
Speaker 1: this wasn't agreed upon until the beginning of March. What

474
00:26:57,240 --> 00:26:59,840
Speaker 1: if it was pushed back a couple weeks into the

475
00:27:00,160 --> 00:27:01,920
Speaker 1: end of March or in the beginning of April. I

476
00:27:02,000 --> 00:27:04,679
Speaker 1: would I would think that this would be completely different

477
00:27:05,080 --> 00:27:07,160
Speaker 1: if they were trying to figure all of this out

478
00:27:07,480 --> 00:27:10,640
Speaker 1: when we knew how intense this would have, this would

479
00:27:10,720 --> 00:27:13,320
Speaker 1: get in the United States. I mean, I remember leaving

480
00:27:13,400 --> 00:27:16,600
Speaker 1: work that second week in March and we were like,

481
00:27:17,320 --> 00:27:19,600
Speaker 1: I guess we'll see you guys whenever. And I thought

482
00:27:19,640 --> 00:27:21,720
Speaker 1: we'd be back in the office in two weeks. I

483
00:27:21,760 --> 00:27:24,560
Speaker 1: mean that day that a lot of the NFL teams

484
00:27:24,600 --> 00:27:27,800
Speaker 1: started to close shop for that day and for the

485
00:27:28,600 --> 00:27:32,720
Speaker 1: following Monday, and I didn't really think anything of it.

486
00:27:32,840 --> 00:27:34,440
Speaker 1: I thought we'd be back in a couple of weeks.

487
00:27:34,480 --> 00:27:36,000
Speaker 1: And look a look at us now it is the

488
00:27:36,160 --> 00:27:39,080
Speaker 1: end of July and we're still at home. Cynical me

489
00:27:39,680 --> 00:27:42,040
Speaker 1: there were times when people you think like this is

490
00:27:42,520 --> 00:27:45,760
Speaker 1: this is unbelievable for this, for these big corporation, these teams,

491
00:27:45,840 --> 00:27:48,840
Speaker 1: you know, they're worth a billion dollars. They can furlough

492
00:27:49,000 --> 00:27:51,320
Speaker 1: everybody in the building and save all of that money,

493
00:27:52,080 --> 00:27:53,879
Speaker 1: and they're not you know when in a time when

494
00:27:53,920 --> 00:27:57,720
Speaker 1: they're not getting any revenue anyway, Right, I thought it

495
00:27:57,800 --> 00:27:59,920
Speaker 1: was going to be this huge money saver for the team,

496
00:28:00,040 --> 00:28:03,320
Speaker 1: you know whatever. The cynical me. And you know, we've

497
00:28:03,359 --> 00:28:06,640
Speaker 1: been working throughout. I mean we never missed a beat.

498
00:28:06,880 --> 00:28:13,280
Speaker 1: But then now it's wow, it's way off the hook

499
00:28:13,320 --> 00:28:15,280
Speaker 1: from that. I mean that it couldn't have been more wrong.

500
00:28:15,400 --> 00:28:18,600
Speaker 1: Now this everything is was in jeopardy all this, you know,

501
00:28:18,800 --> 00:28:21,879
Speaker 1: the NHL, the the NBA shut down in like two days.

502
00:28:22,359 --> 00:28:26,080
Speaker 1: Yeah remember that, Yeah, which took that player test positive.

503
00:28:26,119 --> 00:28:28,520
Speaker 1: They had that first player test positive out of any

504
00:28:28,560 --> 00:28:33,200
Speaker 1: other uh, I guess professional player within the United States.

505
00:28:33,280 --> 00:28:36,879
Speaker 1: And so they they cut that pulled the plug fast.

506
00:28:37,080 --> 00:28:39,720
Speaker 1: I mean the lights went out. I mean it was

507
00:28:39,800 --> 00:28:42,160
Speaker 1: like a fuse broke and it was like we're done.

508
00:28:42,760 --> 00:28:45,360
Speaker 1: They were done. And that was a man and then

509
00:28:45,400 --> 00:28:49,360
Speaker 1: the NHL quickly thereafter, same thing, they're done. They just

510
00:28:49,520 --> 00:28:53,720
Speaker 1: pulled the plug, go home. Unbelievable. And then so then

511
00:28:53,880 --> 00:28:58,000
Speaker 1: then it kind of hit right. It's like I think

512
00:28:58,200 --> 00:29:04,280
Speaker 1: when professional league started to close down, that's when I

513
00:29:05,240 --> 00:29:08,480
Speaker 1: personally realized how big of a deal this was. And

514
00:29:09,200 --> 00:29:13,520
Speaker 1: that probably just says something about me just being so

515
00:29:13,840 --> 00:29:18,240
Speaker 1: into sports and just how powerful and just how much

516
00:29:18,320 --> 00:29:20,920
Speaker 1: of sports are a part of our society and something

517
00:29:21,040 --> 00:29:23,760
Speaker 1: so powerful to shut down because of a virus. And

518
00:29:23,880 --> 00:29:27,960
Speaker 1: I was like, whoa, whoa, this okay, all right, this

519
00:29:28,120 --> 00:29:31,000
Speaker 1: thing is not messing around. Maybe it's time to get

520
00:29:31,080 --> 00:29:34,840
Speaker 1: serious about this. And here's the thing too. The reason

521
00:29:34,880 --> 00:29:39,680
Speaker 1: it was so different was a couple of reasons. It's

522
00:29:39,720 --> 00:29:41,760
Speaker 1: not just we found out it's not just the flu.

523
00:29:42,120 --> 00:29:43,800
Speaker 1: You remember that that was it's the flu. I mean,

524
00:29:43,840 --> 00:29:46,640
Speaker 1: what are you gonna do? Right, Well, it's way more

525
00:29:46,720 --> 00:29:49,960
Speaker 1: contagious than anything we've seen. You got people walking around

526
00:29:50,000 --> 00:29:52,520
Speaker 1: that don't show symptoms, that are spreading it like a

527
00:29:52,880 --> 00:29:54,840
Speaker 1: like a you know, like they got handfuls of seed

528
00:29:54,880 --> 00:29:56,960
Speaker 1: and they're throwing it everywhere. I mean, that's you know,

529
00:29:57,160 --> 00:30:00,760
Speaker 1: they don't know. We didn't put masks on until like

530
00:30:00,840 --> 00:30:03,640
Speaker 1: a month ago, right, nobody, you know, everybody. The mask

531
00:30:03,760 --> 00:30:06,000
Speaker 1: thing was that we thought, we thought if you touched something,

532
00:30:06,080 --> 00:30:08,520
Speaker 1: there was and now we're not. It's not touching so much.

533
00:30:08,600 --> 00:30:12,440
Speaker 1: It's it's breathing the droplets, right. And then so you

534
00:30:12,560 --> 00:30:17,880
Speaker 1: got it's so contagious that, I mean, it's getting from

535
00:30:17,920 --> 00:30:21,240
Speaker 1: a wet market in China all the way across the globe.

536
00:30:22,040 --> 00:30:26,240
Speaker 1: So anybody who is vulnerable and we all come in

537
00:30:26,360 --> 00:30:32,240
Speaker 1: contact with those people. So anybody who's either old or compromised,

538
00:30:33,320 --> 00:30:36,480
Speaker 1: it could be a death sentence for them. And we

539
00:30:36,760 --> 00:30:40,480
Speaker 1: and it spread so so fast. So that's why this

540
00:30:40,640 --> 00:30:42,280
Speaker 1: thing got out of hand and all of a sudden,

541
00:30:42,520 --> 00:30:46,280
Speaker 1: and for a while we were we were really afraid, right,

542
00:30:46,360 --> 00:30:49,120
Speaker 1: I mean I was the doors were locked, Yeah, I

543
00:30:49,200 --> 00:30:52,320
Speaker 1: mean you were spraying down your groceries. Everything's delivered now

544
00:30:52,400 --> 00:30:55,920
Speaker 1: everything that that whole industry has taken off, you know.

545
00:30:57,120 --> 00:30:59,840
Speaker 1: I mean, so we're ways down the road with this.

546
00:31:00,400 --> 00:31:03,600
Speaker 1: But think about how think about the evolution and how

547
00:31:03,680 --> 00:31:06,440
Speaker 1: quickly it has happened throughout these last five months, six

548
00:31:06,600 --> 00:31:09,080
Speaker 1: months to get to this point. We were we were

549
00:31:09,120 --> 00:31:12,560
Speaker 1: going to the office on March eighth, and now March ninth,

550
00:31:12,640 --> 00:31:14,640
Speaker 1: I have been I've been in this room right here.

551
00:31:15,680 --> 00:31:21,520
Speaker 1: We're off TV. No no simulcast. Now you think how

552
00:31:21,560 --> 00:31:29,320
Speaker 1: it affected the NFL, that the ripple effect is massive, massive.

553
00:31:30,680 --> 00:31:32,640
Speaker 1: I can you know what what a what a nice

554
00:31:32,680 --> 00:31:34,800
Speaker 1: drink of water it's gonna be when the NFL kicks

555
00:31:34,800 --> 00:31:39,040
Speaker 1: it off September thirtieth, that weekend. I'm just watching MLB

556
00:31:39,320 --> 00:31:43,000
Speaker 1: last night. I had like a glimmer of hope. Just

557
00:31:44,080 --> 00:31:47,640
Speaker 1: I love baseball. I love the Chyo Cubs. They kick

558
00:31:47,720 --> 00:31:51,440
Speaker 1: off tonight, But just seeing highlights on Twitter and on TV,

559
00:31:51,520 --> 00:31:53,280
Speaker 1: I was like, you know what, there's going to be

560
00:31:53,320 --> 00:31:55,560
Speaker 1: a vaccine. We're gonna get out of this and we

561
00:31:55,680 --> 00:31:59,520
Speaker 1: are going to get back to somewhat normalcy. And I

562
00:31:59,800 --> 00:32:02,880
Speaker 1: can not wait for that. I can't wait for the

563
00:32:03,040 --> 00:32:05,000
Speaker 1: NFL to start. I can't wait for the NBA, the

564
00:32:05,160 --> 00:32:08,640
Speaker 1: NHL to start. These are all steps in the right

565
00:32:08,720 --> 00:32:12,440
Speaker 1: direction to us getting back to being people who can

566
00:32:13,120 --> 00:32:17,560
Speaker 1: roam about society freely, right, And it'll happen. I mean,

567
00:32:17,600 --> 00:32:19,880
Speaker 1: it's gonna happen, and but this will be in the

568
00:32:20,040 --> 00:32:21,480
Speaker 1: this is gonna leave it. I think this is gonna

569
00:32:21,520 --> 00:32:24,240
Speaker 1: leave a scar. Maddie. I think, well, I think we're

570
00:32:24,240 --> 00:32:29,680
Speaker 1: all gonna have some baggage walking away from this. Um

571
00:32:30,160 --> 00:32:33,480
Speaker 1: I don't know that if I'm not saying it's you know,

572
00:32:33,520 --> 00:32:36,200
Speaker 1: we're all gonna be you know, lay awake and wake

573
00:32:36,320 --> 00:32:39,200
Speaker 1: up at night screaming or anything like that. Right, I

574
00:32:39,320 --> 00:32:41,360
Speaker 1: think it's gonna be more in the long lines of

575
00:32:43,160 --> 00:32:46,240
Speaker 1: we're gonna know it's possible. Right. It seemed like a

576
00:32:46,520 --> 00:32:48,640
Speaker 1: fairy tale when if you somebody who said, listen to

577
00:32:49,040 --> 00:32:51,760
Speaker 1: some disease that spreads the whole globe and spans the globe,

578
00:32:51,760 --> 00:32:54,760
Speaker 1: and it's like, ah, whatever adding gonna happen right now,

579
00:32:54,840 --> 00:32:57,800
Speaker 1: It's like, Okay, I hope it doesn't happen again, right,

580
00:32:57,920 --> 00:33:00,280
Speaker 1: I hope this next one we're ready for. I wonder

581
00:33:00,320 --> 00:33:02,400
Speaker 1: what the next one's gonna look like, or that we're

582
00:33:02,520 --> 00:33:07,240
Speaker 1: both in the graves by then, right, So all that stuff,

583
00:33:07,400 --> 00:33:12,160
Speaker 1: you know, it's you know, and plus our normal day

584
00:33:12,240 --> 00:33:15,080
Speaker 1: to day routine has been affected to the point where

585
00:33:15,200 --> 00:33:18,520
Speaker 1: it's gonna take a while for us to change back.

586
00:33:18,840 --> 00:33:20,760
Speaker 1: I mean, some people you'll do it fast, and some

587
00:33:20,880 --> 00:33:22,640
Speaker 1: of it was gonna come back pretty fast. I'm i

588
00:33:22,640 --> 00:33:25,240
Speaker 1: gonna go out to eat. I'm gonna go out, you know,

589
00:33:25,280 --> 00:33:27,800
Speaker 1: I'm gonna sit at the bar with my buddies and

590
00:33:28,680 --> 00:33:31,640
Speaker 1: you know, slap them on the back, you know, and

591
00:33:32,000 --> 00:33:34,000
Speaker 1: laugh and give them, give him a neck hug and

592
00:33:34,040 --> 00:33:36,440
Speaker 1: give them you know, that kind of stuff you're gonna

593
00:33:36,560 --> 00:33:39,080
Speaker 1: you know, like kiss your friends on the you know,

594
00:33:39,240 --> 00:33:40,760
Speaker 1: kiss your friends on the cheek when you see I

595
00:33:40,840 --> 00:33:42,800
Speaker 1: mean that kind of thing. We don't do that anymore, right,

596
00:33:43,280 --> 00:33:45,600
Speaker 1: You don't give hugs and you're like bro hugs even right,

597
00:33:45,640 --> 00:33:47,560
Speaker 1: you know, shake hands and give the old bro hug

598
00:33:47,640 --> 00:33:50,920
Speaker 1: with one arm bro hug. None of that's it's weird.

599
00:33:51,680 --> 00:33:53,720
Speaker 1: It's gone to the point for me where when I'm

600
00:33:53,760 --> 00:33:56,600
Speaker 1: watching TV and I see people like hug each other,

601
00:33:56,760 --> 00:33:58,880
Speaker 1: high five each other, or standing right next to each other,

602
00:33:58,920 --> 00:34:00,400
Speaker 1: I'm like, oh, my gosh, why don't they have a

603
00:34:00,480 --> 00:34:05,880
Speaker 1: mask on? Why are they hugging each other? Yah? I

604
00:34:05,960 --> 00:34:08,239
Speaker 1: mean think about it. You think, oh, those oh they're

605
00:34:08,239 --> 00:34:09,960
Speaker 1: standing a little close together, they don't have masks on.

606
00:34:10,080 --> 00:34:11,960
Speaker 1: What are they doing there? Oh? That was that was

607
00:34:12,040 --> 00:34:16,600
Speaker 1: filmed in January? I get it right, It's the strangest thing.

608
00:34:17,040 --> 00:34:19,520
Speaker 1: I mean, I shot some commercials, some TV commercials with

609
00:34:19,680 --> 00:34:22,160
Speaker 1: Josh Yeah, and I mean the whole thing was different. Right.

610
00:34:22,200 --> 00:34:24,680
Speaker 1: So we're standing there and it looks like we're like,

611
00:34:25,160 --> 00:34:26,920
Speaker 1: you know, buddy, buddy and all that and stuff. We're

612
00:34:26,960 --> 00:34:30,160
Speaker 1: standing out in the open doors, and it was it

613
00:34:30,360 --> 00:34:34,640
Speaker 1: was really you know, hard to shoot those because everybody

614
00:34:34,760 --> 00:34:36,840
Speaker 1: was socially distancing and we were, you know, we were

615
00:34:36,880 --> 00:34:39,120
Speaker 1: really careful, and that it looks like we weren't being

616
00:34:39,200 --> 00:34:42,400
Speaker 1: we weren't being careful because it was, you know, we're shooting.

617
00:34:42,560 --> 00:34:46,759
Speaker 1: It was, you know, it's strange. Oh, I wonder how

618
00:34:47,239 --> 00:34:49,840
Speaker 1: I wonder what long term? I mean, like what's permanent.

619
00:34:50,280 --> 00:34:53,040
Speaker 1: What's gonna be permanent about the pandemic? Now? What's changed?

620
00:34:53,160 --> 00:34:58,200
Speaker 1: Is it gonna be groceries, online shopping, working from home?

621
00:34:58,440 --> 00:35:01,400
Speaker 1: I think it's And then a lot of companies have

622
00:35:01,560 --> 00:35:06,160
Speaker 1: realized they can do that and still be productive. Yeah, well, listen,

623
00:35:06,239 --> 00:35:08,520
Speaker 1: we get all right. I just did something. I haven't

624
00:35:08,560 --> 00:35:10,960
Speaker 1: done it too long. I looked at the clock. We're

625
00:35:10,960 --> 00:35:13,000
Speaker 1: about five minutes over for a break. So we're gonna

626
00:35:13,000 --> 00:35:14,359
Speaker 1: have to take a break. We're gonna come back. We've

627
00:35:14,360 --> 00:35:16,720
Speaker 1: got a ton of stuff going on today. We're Mattie

628
00:35:16,719 --> 00:35:18,520
Speaker 1: and I are just sitting here. We should be drinking

629
00:35:18,560 --> 00:35:20,759
Speaker 1: coffee or having a beer. We're talking so freely. All right,

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00:35:20,800 --> 00:35:23,600
Speaker 1: thanks all right, thanks for joining us. Maddie Glab, Steve Tasker,

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632
00:35:27,840 --> 00:35:29,600
Speaker 1: play on the other side of the ball, Which offensive

633
00:35:29,600 --> 00:35:32,320
Speaker 1: player could play defense, which defensive player could play offense?

634
00:35:32,560 --> 00:35:34,759
Speaker 1: What position would they play? Who's versatile enough to do that?

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Speaker 1: of Bill's Lives. Steve Tasker and Maddie Glab here till

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Speaker 1: three o'clock. Coming up at one o'clock. Hall of Fame

643
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Speaker 1: quarter back Jim Kelly is going to come on and

644
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Speaker 1: talk to us about Captain Circle, the series that is

645
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Speaker 1: on the Bills YouTube channel, the Sabers YouTube channel, and

646
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Speaker 1: a couple of other places, both Facebook pages, that kind

647
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Speaker 1: of things coming up Sunday night. Give it a watch.

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Speaker 1: It's episode two of three. Right now, we've asked you

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Speaker 1: the question, are radio listeners if the unexpected happens? Which

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Speaker 1: Buffalo Bills player could play on the other side of

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Speaker 1: the ball, what meaning, what offensive player could play defense,

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Speaker 1: and what defensive player could play offense and what position

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Speaker 1: would that be. We're getting some feedback on our tweet

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Speaker 1: Maybe there's some I kind of you can kind of

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Speaker 1: anticipate some of these, right, some of them are pretty good. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I like this question. We hit debate this all day,

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Speaker 1: all right. I'll go first with Tiffany Daniels. She says,

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Speaker 1: how about Tremaine playing tight end? With his size, speed

661
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Speaker 1: and athleticism, he would be a challenging matchup for any defender.

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Speaker 1: He's fatter than most linebackers. No way a defensive back

663
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Speaker 1: could cover him. Man, he'd be unstoppable red zone weapon

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Speaker 1: for Josh. He could be our next Butcher Roll. Butcherroll, good,

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Speaker 1: that's a good blast from the past. Butcherroll had like

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Speaker 1: twelve catches and twelve touchdowns and they were an average

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Speaker 1: of one yard per catch. Great, he was great. And

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Speaker 1: then you're right, because you know, here's the thing. You

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Speaker 1: it's it's hard to explain. But it's hard to switch

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Speaker 1: sides of the football. It really is, because you're so

671
00:37:36,600 --> 00:37:41,640
Speaker 1: schooled in techniques and ways of thinking that it's really like,

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Speaker 1: you know, dunking a guy in water and expect him

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Speaker 1: to breathe like a fish. I mean, it's really hard.

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Speaker 1: But the athleticism is there, and a lot of people say,

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Speaker 1: you know, you kind of get it. Equate athleticism with

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Speaker 1: the defensive side of the ball, although there's athletes everywhere

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Speaker 1: all over the field, but because of their the unexpected

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Speaker 1: nature of defense, to react nature and having the athleticism

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Speaker 1: to recover from a you know, from a false step,

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Speaker 1: seems to showcase athleticism better on the on the defensive

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Speaker 1: side of the ball. So it's easy to see a

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Speaker 1: guy like Tremaine Edmonds, you know, put his hand on

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Speaker 1: the ground, fire off the ball and go down the scene.

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Speaker 1: You know, yeah, I could see that. I was thinking too.

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Speaker 1: There's some other stuff too that think about a guy

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Speaker 1: like you know, like Jerry Hughes taking a handoff, yeah right,

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Speaker 1: you know, or even Starlutu Lelay, you know, playing fullback

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Speaker 1: and stepping up into the gap and you know, taking

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Speaker 1: on a linebacker to protect the quarterback kind of thing. Um,

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Speaker 1: But even saying that, I don't even know if he'd

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Speaker 1: know what to do if on a spur of the

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Speaker 1: moment he said, hey, to go line up at fullback?

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Speaker 1: Where do I line up right or left or you know,

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Speaker 1: you know, beside the tailback or beside the quarterback or

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Speaker 1: where you know you'd have to teach him the whole language,

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Speaker 1: like in two seconds, and it's it's really hard to do.

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Speaker 1: I trust Jerry. He is the truck some people over though,

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Speaker 1: you know they want, and I definitely think he would.

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Speaker 1: He would run through a defense. We've we've seen Dion

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Speaker 1: catch catch a couple of touchdown passes. Yeah right, I

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Speaker 1: mean and Isaiah McKenzie played corner in Week seventeen last week, right,

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Speaker 1: remember that team this the game didn't matter and they

703
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Speaker 1: were just having guys line up. See that's easier too.

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Speaker 1: And of course we've got this one um you know

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Speaker 1: from Swice is nice, great question. I think Mica could

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Speaker 1: play quarterback or wide receiver in a pinch. You saw

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Speaker 1: McKenzie play some cornerback in Week seventeen last year. Something

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Speaker 1: tells me Milano could take some snaps at running back

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Speaker 1: or tight end as well. Um, yeah, those guys. It's

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Speaker 1: easy because if you're gonna line up at tailback, you know,

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Speaker 1: Josh just turns around and says, line up five yards

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Speaker 1: behind me, I'm gonna turn you go to the left.

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Speaker 1: I'm gonna hand you the football. That's that's the basis

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Speaker 1: of their knowledge about how to play the position right

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Speaker 1: and then just run where they're not there, you know,

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Speaker 1: run where they defenders aren't, you know, bowl somebody over whatever.

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Speaker 1: Just you know, follow your blocks, do your thing right.

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Speaker 1: And that's basically it. But there's so much more to

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Speaker 1: it than that. I think I would want I would

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Speaker 1: want Trey White to wide up, to line up as

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Speaker 1: a wide receiver. I think he's just a freak athlete.

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Speaker 1: He had six interceptions last year, so the dude can

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Speaker 1: catch some passes. And we've seen him after practices joke

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Speaker 1: around when guys are on jugs machine and be like, hey,

725
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Speaker 1: let me get some too, let me get some too.

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Speaker 1: So I would trust Trey White line up as a

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Speaker 1: wide receiver, right, Yeah, I would too. And here's the

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Speaker 1: thing too. I remember one time in nineteen oh, I

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Speaker 1: guess it was nineteen eighty eight. I went to my

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Speaker 1: first Pro Bowl, and what happened, WELLASI was my first

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Speaker 1: I couldn't have been my first Pro Bowl must have been.

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Speaker 1: I don't know. It was early in my career. And

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Speaker 1: I go out there and Marty Schottenheimer is the head

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Speaker 1: coach of the Cleveland Browns. Uh. And they are the

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Speaker 1: ones who you know, are the the coaching staffs, Marty Schottenheimer,

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Speaker 1: Kurt Schottenheimer, Bill Kauer is the defensive backs coach, you know.

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Speaker 1: So all that crew is out there from the Cleveland

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Speaker 1: Browns Pro Bowl. It might have been, it might have been.

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Speaker 1: So your first one was eighty seven, Well it was

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Speaker 1: after the eighty seventh season in February of eighty eight,

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Speaker 1: So it might have been the ninety like early ninety

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Speaker 1: one when I when I get out there, or it

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Speaker 1: might have been eighty nine when we got put out

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Speaker 1: of the wildcard round in Cleveland. And so that crew,

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Speaker 1: that crew goes out after the eighty nine season. He didn't.

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Speaker 1: I don't know if I even went to the Pro

747
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Speaker 1: Bowl after anyway, So those guys are out there and

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Speaker 1: Bill Cower comes over to me and he goes, hey, Uh,

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Speaker 1: would you be okay with taking some reps at corner?

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Speaker 1: Because we only got two corner four corners and they

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Speaker 1: you know that. I go, yeah, I'll do it. So

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Speaker 1: we're we're two and long. During the week of practice,

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Speaker 1: he goes, Okay, now's your time, go out there and

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Speaker 1: take a rep. So so I'm like, oh, yeah, okay,

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Speaker 1: So I go they and they said listen to guard

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Speaker 1: him one on one, just take bump and run and go.

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Speaker 1: So I go out there to guard him. And who

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Speaker 1: do I out is Al Tune. So I'm guarding so

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Speaker 1: I kind of I kind of man, and I you know,

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Speaker 1: I do one on ones all the time from the

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Speaker 1: a feel for it. So here's what happens though. Al

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764
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Speaker 1: the field and kind of sticks me on an inside move,

765
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Speaker 1: but I'm like on him, I'm right on. And he

766
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Speaker 1: runs a little hard inside move and then comes on

767
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Speaker 1: a hard outside button hook and I plant and I

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Speaker 1: come back and I am I am on it and

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Speaker 1: always the quarterback so John always zips a hard one

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Speaker 1: in there and it but I'm short and Al's tall,

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Speaker 1: so he throws it up up it So I get

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Speaker 1: up and I get a big, hard piece of the

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Speaker 1: ball hard hit but I whack it. But because of

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Speaker 1: the physics, I don't know it's it doesn't go anywhere it.

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Speaker 1: I hit it hard and it spins, tumbles almost right

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00:43:05,920 --> 00:43:08,520
Speaker 1: where it is like it, I just stop it right

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Speaker 1: where it isn't started spinning like a kickoff, you know.

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Speaker 1: So al Tune reaches up grabs it with both has.

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Speaker 1: At least he didn't break your ankles. You were with

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Speaker 1: him the whole time I got a piece of the ball.

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00:43:23,000 --> 00:43:24,920
Speaker 1: I was on him. I was on it. But that

782
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Speaker 1: and that was my rep for the entire week. That's amazing.

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Speaker 1: I could listen to these stories all day. So that

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Speaker 1: was my rep and so and Bill to this very day,

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Speaker 1: and I Bill Cower says, you should have been a corner.

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Speaker 1: You were wasting your time at White Eye. You shouldn't.

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Speaker 1: You could have gotten a you know, it had been

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Speaker 1: better for you to be a corner, been better. You

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Speaker 1: know what. I saw him some hops, Well I didn't have.

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Speaker 1: I didn't. I didn't have enough hops, you know, because

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Speaker 1: when I went up and got it, I hit it

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Speaker 1: and I didn't. I lost my balance. I couldn't keep

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Speaker 1: my balance enough to keep my feet. So Al caught

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Speaker 1: and was like, I was like, God, I was so happy.

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Speaker 1: I was so mad. It could have been so great. Oh,

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Speaker 1: it would have been great. If I'd have pulled in,

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Speaker 1: I'd have pulled it in. I would have handed to start.

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Speaker 1: I n T star in the next game. Yeah, So

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Speaker 1: that was my So it does happen at stuff like that,

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Speaker 1: And like Isaah McKenzie last week and you know, playing

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Speaker 1: week seventeen, it does happen on occasion. So this is

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Speaker 1: not an outlandish question, which if the unexpected happens, which

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Speaker 1: Bills player could play on the other side of the

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Speaker 1: ball and what position would they play? Hey, coming up

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Speaker 1: right after this, we're gonna continue our series Camp Countdown

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Speaker 1: twenty twenty. Chris Brown wrote an article and this is

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Speaker 1: the question was what position group is the deepest headed

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Speaker 1: into training camp for the Buffalo Bills. Steve Tasker Maddie

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Speaker 1: Clab here till three. We'll be coming back right after

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Speaker 1: the break. One Bills Live presented by Kalida Health on

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Speaker 1: Buffalo Bills Radio. Welcome back to One Bill's Live. Steve Tasker,

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Speaker 1: Maddie Glab. We are going to ten. You are count

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Speaker 1: Camp Countdown twenty twenty with the articles that Mattie Glad

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Speaker 1: and Chris Brown are writing as we get close to

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Speaker 1: training camp. This question today, Camp countdown twenty twenty, what

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Speaker 1: are the deepest position groups on the roster? And with

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Speaker 1: the Bills roster the way it stands now, you know

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Speaker 1: there's some depth almost everywhere. They're doing some really good

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Speaker 1: and now and we're gonna JJ's telling me to not

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Speaker 1: do the camp countdown twenty twenty. What's the deal. We're

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Speaker 1: running out of time. That's why we've been talking. We're

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Speaker 1: So here's the thing. Chris Brown are good friend of

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Speaker 1: the show, co host once in a while as well.

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Speaker 1: He's got a new article posted on Buffalo bills dot com.

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Speaker 1: You can go read that Camp countdown twenty twenty. What

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Speaker 1: are the deepest positions on the roster? We're gonna talk

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Speaker 1: about that article at the bottom of the hour at

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Speaker 1: twelve thirty. Right now, we're gonna get on the line

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Speaker 1: after this break and we're gonna talk to Hall of

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Speaker 1: Fame quarterback Jim Kelly Well find out how he's doing

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Speaker 1: during the pandemic, what's been going on with him? Uh,

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Speaker 1: And you know what, he thinks about the season, right,

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Speaker 1: mad you're okay with that? You're not mad An, We

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Speaker 1: to talk about it, but if we talk about it,

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Speaker 1: Jim Kelly's gonna have to wait. We don't want to

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Speaker 1: make a Hall of Famer wait right past. That's right,

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Speaker 1: all right, here we go. We're gonna take a break.

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Speaker 1: We're gonna get back on the line with Jim Kelly

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Speaker 1: Hall of Fame quarterback on One Bill's Live. This is

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Speaker 1: wanna tell all of our viewers or listener viewers, that's

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Speaker 1: the old days in the simulcast the listeners here today

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Speaker 1: today's show gear up for episode two of Captain Circle,

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Speaker 1: is going to feature our next guest, Jim Kelly, Kyle Williams,

851
00:47:15,080 --> 00:47:18,480
Speaker 1: Mike Peca, and Mike Fellino and will be available to

852
00:47:18,520 --> 00:47:21,360
Speaker 1: watch on the Sabers and Bills YouTube channels and Facebook pages.

853
00:47:21,640 --> 00:47:25,000
Speaker 1: July twenty sixth at seven pm. Make sure you tune

854
00:47:25,040 --> 00:47:28,239
Speaker 1: in so you can cheer to the captains. Jim Kelly

855
00:47:28,400 --> 00:47:30,759
Speaker 1: is actually on the radio with us now Jim Kelly,

856
00:47:31,080 --> 00:47:34,640
Speaker 1: Steve Tasker, and Matti glab here Buffalo on One Bill's Live.

857
00:47:34,719 --> 00:47:36,520
Speaker 1: How are you doing, Bud? Are you feeling good? How's

858
00:47:36,560 --> 00:47:42,800
Speaker 1: the pandemic treating you? Pretty much like everybody else? Crazy wild?

859
00:47:42,920 --> 00:47:45,040
Speaker 1: Do you know what didn't have spent a lot of

860
00:47:45,120 --> 00:47:49,040
Speaker 1: quality time with the family and sitting like most people,

861
00:47:49,160 --> 00:47:51,600
Speaker 1: probably getting a lot of things done they would never

862
00:47:51,680 --> 00:47:54,560
Speaker 1: have been able to do, like clean out your storage,

863
00:47:54,719 --> 00:47:57,839
Speaker 1: clean out, throw away a bunch of stuff, all those

864
00:47:58,280 --> 00:48:00,520
Speaker 1: you know, things that people would love to get too

865
00:48:00,560 --> 00:48:03,520
Speaker 1: but never have time. But we've had time. So but

866
00:48:04,000 --> 00:48:06,200
Speaker 1: the part it's just dropped me not so is you

867
00:48:06,320 --> 00:48:09,720
Speaker 1: can't really turn the TV on without you know, bumbing

868
00:48:09,760 --> 00:48:12,160
Speaker 1: out that there's no sports and that for me, I

869
00:48:12,239 --> 00:48:14,640
Speaker 1: mean yeah to a certain point now with baseball, but

870
00:48:15,360 --> 00:48:19,480
Speaker 1: overall it's it's I have to have sports in my lifetime.

871
00:48:19,560 --> 00:48:21,919
Speaker 1: But that's just you know me, and I know that's

872
00:48:22,080 --> 00:48:24,799
Speaker 1: a lot of my friends. Well I know this too.

873
00:48:25,040 --> 00:48:26,560
Speaker 1: One thing I've got to ask you because all our

874
00:48:26,640 --> 00:48:28,680
Speaker 1: listeners want to know and everywhere I go I get

875
00:48:28,719 --> 00:48:31,560
Speaker 1: asked about it. How you feeling, Bud. I'm doing good.

876
00:48:32,000 --> 00:48:33,719
Speaker 1: I can't complain. As a matter of fact, I have

877
00:48:33,920 --> 00:48:38,960
Speaker 1: my next Mr I UM next week, which is which

878
00:48:39,080 --> 00:48:41,760
Speaker 1: is huge and um, you know you always that little

879
00:48:42,160 --> 00:48:45,160
Speaker 1: uh when it's done. You you know, did a clean

880
00:48:45,239 --> 00:48:47,600
Speaker 1: bill help? That makes you feel good and makes your

881
00:48:47,640 --> 00:48:51,520
Speaker 1: family feel good? And uh, but we don't stop praying

882
00:48:51,680 --> 00:48:53,839
Speaker 1: for health, not only for us, but for the people

883
00:48:53,920 --> 00:48:55,879
Speaker 1: that we know that we're going through some tough time.

884
00:48:56,000 --> 00:48:58,120
Speaker 1: So right now I'm doing I'm doing pretty good at

885
00:48:58,120 --> 00:49:02,360
Speaker 1: that traft, Jim, I had so much fun film in

886
00:49:02,480 --> 00:49:06,320
Speaker 1: Captain Circle with you and Kyle and Michael Peca and

887
00:49:06,480 --> 00:49:10,560
Speaker 1: Mike Felino. What was your takeaway from that hour long conversation.

888
00:49:10,760 --> 00:49:14,719
Speaker 1: I mean, you and Kyle and the two players from

889
00:49:14,760 --> 00:49:18,400
Speaker 1: the Sabers. There were some greats on that call, and

890
00:49:18,520 --> 00:49:21,840
Speaker 1: it was really cool to hear about how leadership is

891
00:49:21,960 --> 00:49:25,040
Speaker 1: so similar and also so different at the same time

892
00:49:25,840 --> 00:49:29,440
Speaker 1: from football to hockey. Yeah, that was pretty cool. Um.

893
00:49:29,600 --> 00:49:32,600
Speaker 1: I do remember the Felino course back in the day,

894
00:49:33,360 --> 00:49:36,800
Speaker 1: and of course Michael Pecca, the fights with you know,

895
00:49:36,960 --> 00:49:38,840
Speaker 1: rob Ray and him and you know some of the

896
00:49:38,920 --> 00:49:41,680
Speaker 1: other sabers. It was, it was pretty cool. I enjoyed.

897
00:49:41,719 --> 00:49:46,319
Speaker 1: I learned a lot about those two individuals. And you know, Um,

898
00:49:46,480 --> 00:49:49,920
Speaker 1: when I spoke about Kyle, I I mean, I really

899
00:49:50,480 --> 00:49:53,560
Speaker 1: took that to heart about and I'm sure Steve would

900
00:49:53,600 --> 00:49:58,160
Speaker 1: agree with this, said, I really have never heard a leader,

901
00:49:58,320 --> 00:50:03,920
Speaker 1: a captain speak as powerful than Kyle had before games,

902
00:50:04,080 --> 00:50:07,440
Speaker 1: after games and really trying to make sure that everybody

903
00:50:07,520 --> 00:50:10,480
Speaker 1: knew where he was coming from. Then Kyle Williams, you

904
00:50:10,800 --> 00:50:14,439
Speaker 1: use your amazing leaguer. Um, he's propertly won the best

905
00:50:14,480 --> 00:50:17,360
Speaker 1: I've ever heard speak after a game. But it was

906
00:50:17,520 --> 00:50:20,040
Speaker 1: it was a lot of fun, that's for sure. We're

907
00:50:20,080 --> 00:50:22,120
Speaker 1: talking to Hall of Fame quarterback Jim Kelly, and Jim,

908
00:50:22,640 --> 00:50:24,879
Speaker 1: you keep your hand on the polls. I mean, you're

909
00:50:25,440 --> 00:50:27,520
Speaker 1: you're in the know about all this football stuff that's

910
00:50:27,560 --> 00:50:29,799
Speaker 1: going on the negotiations. It looks like they're gonna get

911
00:50:29,800 --> 00:50:34,040
Speaker 1: a deal that we're optimistic that the final economic questions

912
00:50:34,080 --> 00:50:36,600
Speaker 1: about the you know, the players and the season and

913
00:50:36,719 --> 00:50:38,920
Speaker 1: the salary cap and all that, they're all gonna get

914
00:50:38,920 --> 00:50:41,920
Speaker 1: all that ironed out. What's your gut feeling on what

915
00:50:42,120 --> 00:50:46,560
Speaker 1: this season's gonna look like. You know what, I a

916
00:50:46,680 --> 00:50:49,319
Speaker 1: bumming an out a little bit for me personally, um

917
00:50:49,400 --> 00:50:51,360
Speaker 1: and I don't know about you, Steve, but you know,

918
00:50:51,760 --> 00:50:54,040
Speaker 1: you know, back when I even played, one of the

919
00:50:54,120 --> 00:50:57,600
Speaker 1: first things I always jid was look who we played away?

920
00:50:57,840 --> 00:51:00,520
Speaker 1: And then you I mean, well, we knew who played away,

921
00:51:00,560 --> 00:51:02,680
Speaker 1: but what time of year? And I always knew that

922
00:51:03,120 --> 00:51:05,640
Speaker 1: we would want to Miami Dolphin to come to Buffalo

923
00:51:05,800 --> 00:51:08,279
Speaker 1: and you know, December, and this year it's in January.

924
00:51:08,880 --> 00:51:11,840
Speaker 1: And for me, now that I don't play the do

925
00:51:12,040 --> 00:51:15,880
Speaker 1: travel some games with the Bills. I thought about going

926
00:51:15,920 --> 00:51:18,200
Speaker 1: to San Francisco and then take a little vacation with

927
00:51:18,360 --> 00:51:20,839
Speaker 1: the wife Napa Valley for a little while. And then

928
00:51:21,000 --> 00:51:23,040
Speaker 1: you know, we played in Las Vegas, and I thought

929
00:51:23,040 --> 00:51:25,360
Speaker 1: about the head and there, maybe get the casinos a

930
00:51:25,400 --> 00:51:27,520
Speaker 1: little bit. I'm not a big gambler if I lose

931
00:51:28,040 --> 00:51:30,120
Speaker 1: two three hundred bucks outs or a lot of buddy

932
00:51:30,480 --> 00:51:33,480
Speaker 1: and then you know, your typical Nashville. What we did

933
00:51:33,680 --> 00:51:36,719
Speaker 1: last year as far as team wise, we pretty much

934
00:51:37,200 --> 00:51:40,520
Speaker 1: handered them to a certain point, beating them on the field,

935
00:51:40,560 --> 00:51:43,799
Speaker 1: but off the field, the Bill's ballfield was just out

936
00:51:43,840 --> 00:51:47,080
Speaker 1: of control. They were awesome. I mean the ninety percent

937
00:51:47,200 --> 00:51:49,200
Speaker 1: of all the bars and everything were full of Buffalo

938
00:51:49,280 --> 00:51:52,560
Speaker 1: billfing and so that in itself, I think a lot

939
00:51:52,640 --> 00:51:56,080
Speaker 1: of people bumming frustrated that they might not be able

940
00:51:56,120 --> 00:51:58,799
Speaker 1: to go to those games, which it does a little

941
00:51:58,920 --> 00:52:02,920
Speaker 1: real good um. And then you start thinking about, you know,

942
00:52:03,120 --> 00:52:06,480
Speaker 1: playing You think about the home games, what an advantage

943
00:52:06,680 --> 00:52:09,399
Speaker 1: is to have you know, the eighty ago seventy two

944
00:52:09,440 --> 00:52:12,880
Speaker 1: thousand Buffo Bill crazy wackerdoodles that are cheering you on

945
00:52:13,040 --> 00:52:15,080
Speaker 1: and yelling when you post the team out of the ball.

946
00:52:15,160 --> 00:52:18,919
Speaker 1: But when you travel, you know, it's good. You don't

947
00:52:18,920 --> 00:52:21,439
Speaker 1: have to worry about some of the opponents that really

948
00:52:21,520 --> 00:52:24,680
Speaker 1: had to allow you know, fans that you as a

949
00:52:24,800 --> 00:52:28,080
Speaker 1: quarterback would have to make sure your receivers as you

950
00:52:28,160 --> 00:52:31,480
Speaker 1: well know, Steve can hear your cadence or hear your

951
00:52:31,560 --> 00:52:34,360
Speaker 1: audibles and things like that. But it's something to be

952
00:52:34,480 --> 00:52:37,160
Speaker 1: the same with you know what, it's home or away.

953
00:52:37,239 --> 00:52:40,560
Speaker 1: But those are couple advantages and disadvantage I see, and

954
00:52:41,160 --> 00:52:44,480
Speaker 1: probably more nats for the your typical fan that enjoys

955
00:52:44,600 --> 00:52:47,319
Speaker 1: taking their vacation to Miami at certain times a year.

956
00:52:47,400 --> 00:52:51,560
Speaker 1: So I don't know how it's going to happen, what

957
00:52:51,760 --> 00:52:54,520
Speaker 1: they're gonna do as far as with the players in

958
00:52:54,680 --> 00:52:58,279
Speaker 1: training camp, the players you know during regular season, if

959
00:52:58,320 --> 00:53:00,360
Speaker 1: somebody all of a sudden gets sick, yeah you have

960
00:53:00,400 --> 00:53:03,319
Speaker 1: to quarantine done. But how many guys on your team

961
00:53:03,400 --> 00:53:07,480
Speaker 1: dis quarantinam with that? So it's it's pretty crazy. It's

962
00:53:07,520 --> 00:53:10,120
Speaker 1: sometimes all the stuff that you hear, you know, through

963
00:53:10,200 --> 00:53:12,880
Speaker 1: the media now or is sometimes you're thinking, are they

964
00:53:12,960 --> 00:53:15,120
Speaker 1: just saying it to be negative? And I don't want

965
00:53:15,160 --> 00:53:17,080
Speaker 1: you want to get into the political part of it,

966
00:53:17,200 --> 00:53:20,919
Speaker 1: but you know, sometimes you think that's really a bunch

967
00:53:20,920 --> 00:53:22,680
Speaker 1: of whacker doo. It was wanting to really make it

968
00:53:22,800 --> 00:53:28,359
Speaker 1: look it look bad as the let's put yourself back

969
00:53:28,480 --> 00:53:31,520
Speaker 1: in your playing days. Let's let's let's pretend you're you're

970
00:53:31,560 --> 00:53:35,520
Speaker 1: about to take the field in twenty twenty preparing for

971
00:53:35,760 --> 00:53:39,320
Speaker 1: a season with the Buffalo Bills. How would you approach

972
00:53:39,440 --> 00:53:41,640
Speaker 1: a season like this? I mean, what we know right

973
00:53:41,719 --> 00:53:44,759
Speaker 1: now for this current team and the NFL is that

974
00:53:45,440 --> 00:53:48,160
Speaker 1: these guys are supposed to report on July twenty eighth,

975
00:53:48,320 --> 00:53:51,560
Speaker 1: If the NFLPA and the NFL can come to agreement

976
00:53:51,640 --> 00:53:55,000
Speaker 1: about finances right now is what they're trying to get straight.

977
00:53:55,400 --> 00:53:57,640
Speaker 1: But once they get here, they're gonna have to do

978
00:53:57,800 --> 00:54:01,520
Speaker 1: fourteen straight days of testing, and then if that positivity

979
00:54:01,640 --> 00:54:03,759
Speaker 1: rate is below five percent, they're going to move to

980
00:54:04,000 --> 00:54:07,239
Speaker 1: every other day. I mean, there's gonna be social distancing

981
00:54:07,440 --> 00:54:11,400
Speaker 1: inside the facilities. Workouts are going to look different. I mean,

982
00:54:12,760 --> 00:54:15,439
Speaker 1: meetings are going to look different. Practices are probably gonna

983
00:54:15,440 --> 00:54:19,120
Speaker 1: look different. How would you approach this from a player's perspective?

984
00:54:19,239 --> 00:54:22,680
Speaker 1: Just about probably everything you're trying to figure out mentally

985
00:54:23,360 --> 00:54:26,279
Speaker 1: before you hit the field and can really work on

986
00:54:26,400 --> 00:54:30,200
Speaker 1: your craft. Well, Maddie, if you say the way you

987
00:54:30,360 --> 00:54:34,200
Speaker 1: just said it, you'd be going crazy. Me as a player,

988
00:54:34,360 --> 00:54:36,879
Speaker 1: what I would do is just pretty much played by ear.

989
00:54:37,000 --> 00:54:39,719
Speaker 1: Whatever happens happened. But you're still gonna have to, you know,

990
00:54:39,840 --> 00:54:42,000
Speaker 1: do your workouts. You're gonna still have to throw to

991
00:54:42,040 --> 00:54:43,880
Speaker 1: you to receivers. You're still haven't gonna have to do

992
00:54:44,360 --> 00:54:47,880
Speaker 1: the same thing you've been doing since you became a

993
00:54:47,960 --> 00:54:51,320
Speaker 1: football player, and work out, keep working on your craft,

994
00:54:51,480 --> 00:54:54,399
Speaker 1: keep working with the receivers. You know, the lineman will

995
00:54:54,480 --> 00:54:57,200
Speaker 1: do what they happen to do. But me personally, yeah,

996
00:54:57,280 --> 00:54:59,080
Speaker 1: it's one of th things. It is what it is.

997
00:54:59,280 --> 00:55:02,920
Speaker 1: U only one team, there's thirty one other teams. You

998
00:55:03,000 --> 00:55:04,640
Speaker 1: have to do the same thing. Try to figure it

999
00:55:04,680 --> 00:55:07,120
Speaker 1: out if the thing is to try to keep it

1000
00:55:07,440 --> 00:55:11,480
Speaker 1: as normal as you can, even though it probably you

1001
00:55:11,560 --> 00:55:13,920
Speaker 1: know of course it won't be. But the thing is,

1002
00:55:14,040 --> 00:55:15,680
Speaker 1: you got worked on your craft. You got to be

1003
00:55:15,719 --> 00:55:17,600
Speaker 1: able to do what those things that you do to

1004
00:55:17,680 --> 00:55:22,080
Speaker 1: make your team better. So again you don't know even now,

1005
00:55:22,200 --> 00:55:24,120
Speaker 1: you do not know what's going to happen. But the

1006
00:55:24,239 --> 00:55:26,480
Speaker 1: thing is, you don't worry about it. If you keep

1007
00:55:26,560 --> 00:55:28,600
Speaker 1: worrying about keep talking about it, and that's when it

1008
00:55:28,719 --> 00:55:32,400
Speaker 1: starts to really, I feel, start to really work on

1009
00:55:32,520 --> 00:55:34,440
Speaker 1: your mental part of the game. So you try to

1010
00:55:34,520 --> 00:55:37,680
Speaker 1: keep everything as normal as possible, and you keep working

1011
00:55:37,760 --> 00:55:39,560
Speaker 1: on what you have to work on as far as

1012
00:55:39,640 --> 00:55:41,920
Speaker 1: your craft, and not worry about other guys because you

1013
00:55:42,040 --> 00:55:44,120
Speaker 1: know that they're going to be doing the same team

1014
00:55:44,160 --> 00:55:48,200
Speaker 1: because this is their job, this is their liveli especially

1015
00:55:48,680 --> 00:55:51,799
Speaker 1: the way they pay players. Now you know what these

1016
00:55:51,840 --> 00:55:54,520
Speaker 1: are things that you're doing now to prepare you for

1017
00:55:54,640 --> 00:55:57,200
Speaker 1: when you retire and being able to take care of

1018
00:55:57,280 --> 00:55:59,440
Speaker 1: your family and do things like that. So right now,

1019
00:56:00,040 --> 00:56:01,719
Speaker 1: I'm just you know, doing what I have to do.

1020
00:56:02,120 --> 00:56:04,800
Speaker 1: And uh, you know, it might be a little different

1021
00:56:04,840 --> 00:56:07,920
Speaker 1: for new coaches out there, or guy loves Stefan Diggs

1022
00:56:07,960 --> 00:56:10,239
Speaker 1: coming in with Josh and I'll being able to work

1023
00:56:10,320 --> 00:56:12,759
Speaker 1: out with him as much as he probably you would like.

1024
00:56:13,280 --> 00:56:16,160
Speaker 1: But once they do get together, they're gonna be working. Probably.

1025
00:56:16,200 --> 00:56:17,920
Speaker 1: You know, it was harder Jay ever to have. And

1026
00:56:18,360 --> 00:56:21,279
Speaker 1: you know, if there is, as I've said before, they

1027
00:56:21,400 --> 00:56:24,040
Speaker 1: try to make sure that everybody's on the same page.

1028
00:56:24,320 --> 00:56:26,479
Speaker 1: When you have the time to work on your trap,

1029
00:56:26,680 --> 00:56:29,799
Speaker 1: that you do it. We're on the line with Hall

1030
00:56:29,840 --> 00:56:33,319
Speaker 1: of Fame quarterback Jim Kelly uh here on One Bill's Live. Jim,

1031
00:56:33,960 --> 00:56:37,120
Speaker 1: you and I live five minutes apart. Uh, you live

1032
00:56:37,200 --> 00:56:39,320
Speaker 1: here in Western New York, so do I. We we

1033
00:56:39,600 --> 00:56:42,319
Speaker 1: watched this team closely. We're huge fans of the team.

1034
00:56:42,400 --> 00:56:44,680
Speaker 1: We like and we like everything that's going on. Over

1035
00:56:45,320 --> 00:56:50,200
Speaker 1: at One Bill's Drive. Talk a little bit about this roster.

1036
00:56:50,680 --> 00:56:53,960
Speaker 1: These guys. They put together a really solid roster. It

1037
00:56:54,080 --> 00:56:57,840
Speaker 1: seems more importantly, Jim, it seems sustainable. They need to

1038
00:56:57,960 --> 00:56:59,600
Speaker 1: keep it. They seems like they're gonna be able to

1039
00:56:59,680 --> 00:57:02,759
Speaker 1: keep this going. This program that they've got going on.

1040
00:57:03,560 --> 00:57:06,040
Speaker 1: What do you think about how good this team could

1041
00:57:06,120 --> 00:57:08,680
Speaker 1: be this year? You know, if they get Josh Norman

1042
00:57:08,760 --> 00:57:10,799
Speaker 1: comes in and becomes a guy that is just as

1043
00:57:10,840 --> 00:57:13,239
Speaker 1: good or almost as good as Tradavious White. On the

1044
00:57:13,320 --> 00:57:16,560
Speaker 1: other corner, you've got Stefan Diggs coming in to add

1045
00:57:16,680 --> 00:57:19,680
Speaker 1: some depth, and you've got another step we all anticipate,

1046
00:57:20,400 --> 00:57:23,160
Speaker 1: Josh Allen. You know, Josh gonna take another step forward

1047
00:57:23,200 --> 00:57:24,840
Speaker 1: this year if he if he has the same step

1048
00:57:24,920 --> 00:57:27,440
Speaker 1: he did, he's gonna complete sixty five percent of his passes.

1049
00:57:27,520 --> 00:57:31,280
Speaker 1: His touchdown interception ratio is going to be three to one.

1050
00:57:31,960 --> 00:57:33,840
Speaker 1: And that's just if he takes another step the way

1051
00:57:33,880 --> 00:57:35,880
Speaker 1: he did last year. What are your thoughts on this

1052
00:57:35,960 --> 00:57:39,320
Speaker 1: team this year? I I love it. I mean as

1053
00:57:39,560 --> 00:57:43,600
Speaker 1: excited I you know, that's probably the way to look

1054
00:57:43,640 --> 00:57:46,280
Speaker 1: at I have not been this excited about our ball

1055
00:57:46,360 --> 00:57:49,800
Speaker 1: club a year. Jag. You always are optimistic, do you

1056
00:57:49,920 --> 00:57:53,240
Speaker 1: look at it? And as you all know, the key

1057
00:57:53,440 --> 00:57:56,000
Speaker 1: is all the main guys that they've brought into people

1058
00:57:56,080 --> 00:57:58,640
Speaker 1: they've had. You're the start player, the one to do

1059
00:57:58,880 --> 00:58:02,400
Speaker 1: make a different every Sunday by keeping them healthy is

1060
00:58:02,440 --> 00:58:05,480
Speaker 1: probably the main thing I remember, and I know I've

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00:58:05,520 --> 00:58:09,280
Speaker 1: said just before, and I know you remember this also, Steves,

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00:58:09,360 --> 00:58:13,120
Speaker 1: when we took the big steps, when James Lofton came in, became,

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00:58:13,360 --> 00:58:15,880
Speaker 1: you know, part of our roster and part of what

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00:58:16,120 --> 00:58:18,960
Speaker 1: we were looking to do is move one step forward.

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Speaker 1: And when he came as almost like gates coming in,

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Speaker 1: we already had guys, even though you were pretty much

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00:58:25,320 --> 00:58:27,360
Speaker 1: to me one of the best receivers we had. But

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00:58:27,480 --> 00:58:30,400
Speaker 1: we had Andrea, we had Bby, We added James loft

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00:58:30,480 --> 00:58:32,840
Speaker 1: we had Billy Brooks. We had some good players. But

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00:58:32,960 --> 00:58:35,200
Speaker 1: until we got locked into the outside to go with

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00:58:35,320 --> 00:58:37,360
Speaker 1: Baby on the other side and Andrea in the middle,

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Speaker 1: I don't think we were a complete team. And uh,

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00:58:41,240 --> 00:58:43,640
Speaker 1: I think what they have now, if they can keep

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Speaker 1: everybody healthy and they can work on making sure that

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00:58:47,640 --> 00:58:51,000
Speaker 1: you know, they understand what each other's you know, thinking,

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00:58:51,480 --> 00:58:53,760
Speaker 1: I think they're gonna be at a football team on

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Speaker 1: offense and defense. Oh you hit raid on, Steveh Norman

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00:58:57,560 --> 00:59:00,439
Speaker 1: and you know White on the other side. Those guys

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00:59:00,480 --> 00:59:03,120
Speaker 1: can be shut down corners. You know, those guys that

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Speaker 1: we have upfront, you know, with that Oliver, you know

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00:59:06,280 --> 00:59:09,080
Speaker 1: in guys, I feel, you know, Harrison Phillips are healthy

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00:59:09,160 --> 00:59:11,800
Speaker 1: now coming in. I think we should have a heck

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00:59:11,840 --> 00:59:13,920
Speaker 1: of a football team. I'm looking forward to it, and

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00:59:14,520 --> 00:59:17,720
Speaker 1: unfortunately it looks like early Gong. We're gonna be able

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00:59:17,760 --> 00:59:21,520
Speaker 1: to watch anyhas in person, but we still have the

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00:59:21,640 --> 00:59:24,680
Speaker 1: TV to watch and listen to some of the commentators.

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00:59:24,720 --> 00:59:26,760
Speaker 1: And I know that you know all the time we're

1088
00:59:26,760 --> 00:59:29,040
Speaker 1: not listening to you and the murph M. I used

1089
00:59:29,080 --> 00:59:30,920
Speaker 1: to love it because you guy knew what you were

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00:59:31,000 --> 00:59:36,160
Speaker 1: talking about. I gotta get you involved in our Twitter

1091
00:59:36,320 --> 00:59:40,040
Speaker 1: question that we have going on today. So we're thinking

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00:59:40,160 --> 00:59:44,080
Speaker 1: if the unexpected happens, the season is going on during

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Speaker 1: a pandemic, and let's say one of these guys test positive,

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00:59:49,400 --> 00:59:51,960
Speaker 1: or there's not enough enough players on one side of

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00:59:51,960 --> 00:59:55,040
Speaker 1: the ball, so you have to put a defensive player

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00:59:55,280 --> 00:59:59,440
Speaker 1: on offense or an offensive player on defense. So if

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Speaker 1: this were to happen, which Bill's player could play on

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01:00:02,760 --> 01:00:04,840
Speaker 1: the other side of the ball in what position would

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01:00:04,840 --> 01:00:07,920
Speaker 1: they play? I was thinking Trey White would be a

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Speaker 1: great wide receiver and Dawson Knox would be a great linebacker.

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Speaker 1: Who would you, uh say, would be good at flipping

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Speaker 1: size of a ball? And why, well, I guess you

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01:00:18,000 --> 01:00:20,480
Speaker 1: really look at on the wide receiver spot you'd have

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Speaker 1: to put, of course, a defensive backroom vice versa a

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Speaker 1: wide receivers dB. I think it'd be a lot easier

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Speaker 1: for dB being a wide receiver than the wide receiver

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Speaker 1: being the dB and a linebacker. I would probably look at,

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Speaker 1: you know, putting some type of linebacker as a tight end,

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Speaker 1: like you pretty much said, and uh, I don't I

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Speaker 1: don't know if there's a running back could play the linebacker,

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01:00:43,360 --> 01:00:46,720
Speaker 1: because I know running backs usually don't you know at times.

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Speaker 1: I mean, of course, there's allose exceptions to the role

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01:00:49,840 --> 01:00:52,360
Speaker 1: they'd like to avoid to tackle instead of, you know,

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Speaker 1: try and run somebody over, So that in itself would

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01:00:56,040 --> 01:00:58,280
Speaker 1: be kind of I'm not sure if they could do it.

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01:00:58,680 --> 01:01:02,320
Speaker 1: Harrison Phillips a head of an athlete, maybe putting him

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01:01:02,320 --> 01:01:04,880
Speaker 1: at a tight end, maybe on the goal line, but

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01:01:05,080 --> 01:01:07,880
Speaker 1: other than that, you'd have to definitely keep your linebackers

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01:01:07,960 --> 01:01:11,080
Speaker 1: being tight end tight end linebacker. And I'm sure most

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Speaker 1: people would agree with that that the defensive backed could

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Speaker 1: definitely be easier as a wide receiver. And I don't

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01:01:17,360 --> 01:01:21,120
Speaker 1: think a wide receiver should be as um as easy

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Speaker 1: to switch over to play a dB. Then, uh, vice

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Speaker 1: first There's also something going on, Jim that the New

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Speaker 1: Era had company asked out of their naming rights to

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Speaker 1: the stadium. We had this thing where we're gonna get

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01:01:32,360 --> 01:01:35,360
Speaker 1: a go fund me page going by the Bills Mafia

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Speaker 1: to come up with their own name. Maybe it made

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Speaker 1: me maybe name it built in the Mafia Park or

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Speaker 1: something like that. Name the field bad? What you got

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01:01:42,320 --> 01:01:45,360
Speaker 1: any thoughts? What would you what would you name? What

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01:01:45,480 --> 01:01:48,320
Speaker 1: would you name the field? Oh? My, put me on

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01:01:48,440 --> 01:01:50,680
Speaker 1: a spot. Now I have no clue, don't you know what.

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01:01:50,880 --> 01:01:54,280
Speaker 1: I've always loved the realm. I don't know why, but

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Speaker 1: I've all loved that name. When when you know, after they,

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01:01:57,920 --> 01:02:00,240
Speaker 1: you know, mister Wilson died, they started calling it's a

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01:02:00,320 --> 01:02:02,240
Speaker 1: Ralp And every time I heard people say, I go,

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01:02:02,360 --> 01:02:05,640
Speaker 1: I love that name there, Ralph. I mean, he goes

1139
01:02:05,720 --> 01:02:07,320
Speaker 1: to show you know, he's been here. He's the one

1140
01:02:07,320 --> 01:02:09,600
Speaker 1: that founded it. And I don't know how you know,

1141
01:02:09,800 --> 01:02:11,880
Speaker 1: Tim and Terry feel about that, but I'm sure it

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01:02:11,960 --> 01:02:14,560
Speaker 1: probably won't. But I know they loved him. They all

1143
01:02:14,680 --> 01:02:18,080
Speaker 1: got along very well. Um, the Bill's Mafia Stadium. That's

1144
01:02:18,240 --> 01:02:22,080
Speaker 1: that sounds crazy, but I wouldn't argue with it. Um,

1145
01:02:22,280 --> 01:02:26,160
Speaker 1: it's better than Cone it. Uh, what's the Washington Football

1146
01:02:26,240 --> 01:02:30,560
Speaker 1: Club or something? Right? Exactly? Oh boy, No, we don't

1147
01:02:30,600 --> 01:02:33,400
Speaker 1: need to Buffalo Bill's football team. How that? Uh, I

1148
01:02:33,600 --> 01:02:37,200
Speaker 1: like to build Clofia. But I've always loved the route

1149
01:02:37,320 --> 01:02:41,320
Speaker 1: that names um. So it's it's bad that it's sad

1150
01:02:41,400 --> 01:02:43,480
Speaker 1: that new error is going to come up because I'm

1151
01:02:43,640 --> 01:02:45,480
Speaker 1: very close with a lot of guys who worked on

1152
01:02:45,880 --> 01:02:48,360
Speaker 1: down there day. Viking turn I can, that's just the

1153
01:02:48,480 --> 01:02:52,200
Speaker 1: name one is you well know him, also Steve. But uh, yeah,

1154
01:02:52,200 --> 01:02:54,800
Speaker 1: it's it's a sad day. But you know, just a

1155
01:02:54,920 --> 01:02:57,480
Speaker 1: twenty twenty there's so many things going on in our country,

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01:02:57,520 --> 01:03:00,240
Speaker 1: in our world that uh, you know, it's step league

1157
01:03:00,280 --> 01:03:03,840
Speaker 1: have changed everything. I've got to take you back to

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01:03:04,160 --> 01:03:07,000
Speaker 1: our current roster of this team. We've talked about it

1159
01:03:07,040 --> 01:03:11,520
Speaker 1: a lot. This week the Bills. ESPN released an article

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01:03:11,680 --> 01:03:14,840
Speaker 1: and the Bills are the number one team to return

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01:03:15,040 --> 01:03:18,360
Speaker 1: snaps this season. They return the most snaps out of

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01:03:18,480 --> 01:03:21,640
Speaker 1: any other NFL team number two as the Kansas City Chiefs.

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Speaker 1: The Bills have eighty eight percent of their snaps returning.

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01:03:25,160 --> 01:03:28,920
Speaker 1: They return all of their coordinators. How important do you

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01:03:29,040 --> 01:03:33,480
Speaker 1: think continuity is this season? In an off season where

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Speaker 1: all mini camps were canceled and we're not really sure

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01:03:37,080 --> 01:03:39,480
Speaker 1: what training camp is going to look like. So how

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01:03:39,520 --> 01:03:42,080
Speaker 1: important is it that most of the squad is coming

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01:03:42,160 --> 01:03:45,920
Speaker 1: back for this season? Oh? I love it. And that's

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Speaker 1: one of the things when I talked to Tom Brady before,

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Speaker 1: and we're good friends and he's number one. That's what

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Speaker 1: he said. The continuity, being able to have the same

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01:03:53,480 --> 01:03:56,960
Speaker 1: coaches year after year, being able to never changed the

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01:03:57,200 --> 01:04:02,160
Speaker 1: offensive system, because for a back to change a system

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01:04:02,360 --> 01:04:04,360
Speaker 1: year after year after year. You look at the guys

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01:04:04,440 --> 01:04:08,120
Speaker 1: like Ryan Fitzpatrick, how many times he's had to change,

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Speaker 1: you know, and try to, you know, do a different system.

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Speaker 1: And I think it's huge's going only for the quarterback,

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01:04:14,040 --> 01:04:16,000
Speaker 1: but for the whole team to be able to have

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Speaker 1: the same coaches, the same players, being able to know, um,

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01:04:20,240 --> 01:04:23,040
Speaker 1: you know, what each other's thinking, especially from the quarterback

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01:04:23,120 --> 01:04:27,040
Speaker 1: wide receivers point, and you know, having a center and

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01:04:27,200 --> 01:04:29,680
Speaker 1: having the two guards on both sides and the same

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01:04:29,760 --> 01:04:33,360
Speaker 1: guys that you're able to communicate offensively and defense, being

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01:04:33,400 --> 01:04:36,840
Speaker 1: able to do things that you know you're typically you know,

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01:04:37,520 --> 01:04:40,439
Speaker 1: won't be able to do when you have year after

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01:04:40,640 --> 01:04:42,720
Speaker 1: year you make some changes, so I think it's huge.

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01:04:48,000 --> 01:04:50,000
Speaker 1: I think we lost Jim for a second. It sounded

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01:04:50,040 --> 01:04:53,160
Speaker 1: like that we just lost him from any probably walking

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Speaker 1: around his house. Jim Kelly on the line with us.

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01:04:55,960 --> 01:04:58,600
Speaker 1: We've been talking to him that we're asking him about

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01:04:59,320 --> 01:05:01,240
Speaker 1: the bills, the current bills, in the current state of

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01:05:01,280 --> 01:05:03,440
Speaker 1: the National Football League. Were also had him on to

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01:05:03,520 --> 01:05:06,560
Speaker 1: talk about episode two of Captain's Circle's going to be

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Speaker 1: presented by LABAD Blue Light. He's gonna be on the

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Speaker 1: second installment of that this Sunday with Mike Pecka, Mike

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Speaker 1: Folino and also Kyle Williams and Jim is back on

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Speaker 1: with as Jim. Before we go in, we talked about

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Speaker 1: continuity of the team and the thing that strikes me

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01:05:22,120 --> 01:05:23,760
Speaker 1: about this I mentioned it right at the top of

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01:05:23,840 --> 01:05:27,960
Speaker 1: the interview that this does seem sustainable, but it only

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01:05:28,040 --> 01:05:31,320
Speaker 1: seems sustainable if you can keep the key people in place.

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01:05:31,360 --> 01:05:33,720
Speaker 1: Certainly Sean McDermott, Brandon bean Aer in line for an

1204
01:05:33,760 --> 01:05:37,400
Speaker 1: extension when that time comes. You've got Tredavious White in line,

1205
01:05:37,840 --> 01:05:42,040
Speaker 1: Josh Allen, Tremaine Edmonds. One of the things about the

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01:05:42,360 --> 01:05:44,680
Speaker 1: teams that you were on and you were such you know,

1207
01:05:44,800 --> 01:05:47,480
Speaker 1: you had your Hall of Fame career with was continuity.

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01:05:48,120 --> 01:05:50,520
Speaker 1: We were at the end of no free agency era

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01:05:50,680 --> 01:05:54,040
Speaker 1: and at the beginning of free agency. How difficult do

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01:05:54,080 --> 01:05:55,720
Speaker 1: you think it's gonna be in this day and age

1211
01:05:55,800 --> 01:06:00,520
Speaker 1: To keep the Buffalo Bills sustainably competitive. You're gonna have

1212
01:06:00,600 --> 01:06:03,920
Speaker 1: to have guys like you know, I remember them talking

1213
01:06:03,960 --> 01:06:06,800
Speaker 1: a lot about how Tom Brady did never took a

1214
01:06:07,000 --> 01:06:09,640
Speaker 1: contract that what made him the highest paid, even though

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01:06:09,680 --> 01:06:12,080
Speaker 1: he had definitely deserved it. Well, when you're looking at

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01:06:12,120 --> 01:06:14,240
Speaker 1: a guy like Patrick from my homes and all the

1217
01:06:14,320 --> 01:06:16,920
Speaker 1: money he made, that takes away from some of the

1218
01:06:17,000 --> 01:06:20,440
Speaker 1: other guys who might be able to sign. So I

1219
01:06:20,520 --> 01:06:22,800
Speaker 1: think it's gonna be difficult. Where the money's going now

1220
01:06:23,040 --> 01:06:25,880
Speaker 1: is just crazy. Um it's not to say they don't

1221
01:06:25,880 --> 01:06:28,360
Speaker 1: earn it and don't deserve it. I think they do.

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01:06:28,560 --> 01:06:32,120
Speaker 1: But it makes it harder to sign taught players. They

1223
01:06:32,160 --> 01:06:35,360
Speaker 1: in order for you to have a team that you know,

1224
01:06:35,480 --> 01:06:38,400
Speaker 1: competes for that championship every year, you've got to keep

1225
01:06:38,400 --> 01:06:41,360
Speaker 1: your star players. But not all the time. You're able

1226
01:06:41,400 --> 01:06:45,400
Speaker 1: to do that because of um, you paying the you know,

1227
01:06:45,520 --> 01:06:48,840
Speaker 1: the guys of quarterbacks and wide receivers, the defensive bats,

1228
01:06:48,840 --> 01:06:52,280
Speaker 1: a pass rusher, guys that make a huge difference on

1229
01:06:52,360 --> 01:06:55,720
Speaker 1: your football team. It's hard to keep all the guys around,

1230
01:06:55,880 --> 01:06:57,880
Speaker 1: so um, you're donna have to give it a little

1231
01:06:57,920 --> 01:07:00,880
Speaker 1: give and take. But I know agents out there they

1232
01:07:00,920 --> 01:07:02,840
Speaker 1: don't want to do that. They want to get there.

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01:07:03,200 --> 01:07:06,200
Speaker 1: They're they're players, but they could get because they know

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01:07:06,400 --> 01:07:08,400
Speaker 1: that if they get their players so much, that so

1235
01:07:08,560 --> 01:07:11,880
Speaker 1: much is going in their pocket too. So it's shunna

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01:07:11,920 --> 01:07:15,480
Speaker 1: be tough, but you'll have to find ways of working

1237
01:07:15,600 --> 01:07:17,760
Speaker 1: round that. And Brandon bean At, you just done an

1238
01:07:17,840 --> 01:07:22,480
Speaker 1: unbelievable job being able to do that so far. But again,

1239
01:07:22,680 --> 01:07:25,320
Speaker 1: Josh Is, his contracts can be coming up, whether you

1240
01:07:25,440 --> 01:07:28,200
Speaker 1: give them an extension. This year is very pivotal for

1241
01:07:28,360 --> 01:07:31,440
Speaker 1: him on where he goes from here. I have all

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01:07:31,480 --> 01:07:34,000
Speaker 1: the conference in the world and Jock I think that

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01:07:34,240 --> 01:07:37,680
Speaker 1: he's ready to take that next step forward. So m

1244
01:07:37,880 --> 01:07:40,360
Speaker 1: time will only tell, as we all know, but I

1245
01:07:40,960 --> 01:07:42,840
Speaker 1: know it's something to be as easy as people think

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Speaker 1: it is. Jim, thanks so much for taking some time.

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01:07:46,200 --> 01:07:47,920
Speaker 1: It's great talking to you and I'm so glad to

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01:07:48,000 --> 01:07:49,840
Speaker 1: hear you doing well, and I'm glad I can't wait

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01:07:49,920 --> 01:07:52,600
Speaker 1: to see you on episode two of Captain Circle. Coming

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01:07:52,680 --> 01:07:54,720
Speaker 1: up on Sunday night. Thanks for spending some time with us, bro,

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01:07:55,560 --> 01:07:59,720
Speaker 1: my pleasure. Guys, have a good day, all right. Jim

1252
01:08:00,200 --> 01:08:02,120
Speaker 1: Hall of Fame quarterback join us here on One Bills

1253
01:08:02,160 --> 01:08:03,960
Speaker 1: Live loss to talk about. It is great to hear

1254
01:08:04,040 --> 01:08:06,240
Speaker 1: he's doing well. He's been doing good on the pandemic.

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01:08:06,320 --> 01:08:08,280
Speaker 1: But why Cam. I think he's a little stir like

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01:08:08,360 --> 01:08:10,200
Speaker 1: the rest of us. I think he's a little stir crazy,

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01:08:10,280 --> 01:08:11,640
Speaker 1: don't you think, Maddy? Did you get that when he

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01:08:11,720 --> 01:08:14,920
Speaker 1: told us what he was doing. Yeah, I got that vibe.

1259
01:08:14,960 --> 01:08:17,880
Speaker 1: I mean, I think we are all in the same spot.

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01:08:18,000 --> 01:08:21,000
Speaker 1: Thankfully we can. We can do some things outside like

1261
01:08:21,160 --> 01:08:24,479
Speaker 1: golf or enjoy a meal on a patio. There you go,

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Speaker 1: all right? Coming up after the break Camp countdown twenty twenty,

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Speaker 1: which is the deepest position group on the roster. Article

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Speaker 1: on Buffalo Bills dot Com by Chris Brown, Steve Tasker,

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Speaker 1: Matti Glab. Coming up after the breaks one Bills Live

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Speaker 1: presented by Kalida Health. This is Buffalo Bills radioc Pasker,

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Speaker 1: Matti Lab Thanks to Hall of Fame quarterback Jim Kelly,

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Speaker 1: who joined us last half half hour excuse me, joined

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Speaker 1: us and he's gonna be on the Captain's circle coming

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Speaker 1: up a Sunday night. We're gonna start now and get

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Speaker 1: back into the camp countdown series that you and Chris

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01:09:10,000 --> 01:09:12,120
Speaker 1: bren Matty, you and Chris Brown have been writing, and

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01:09:12,240 --> 01:09:14,599
Speaker 1: it's a lot of it has centered around question marks

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01:09:14,600 --> 01:09:17,360
Speaker 1: and stuff we're watching for training camp. But this one's

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01:09:17,439 --> 01:09:20,400
Speaker 1: kind of on a chance for you know, the Bills

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01:09:20,439 --> 01:09:22,559
Speaker 1: that kind of flex their muscle. They've got a roster

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01:09:22,720 --> 01:09:26,479
Speaker 1: that is really strong, and we got their thinking where

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01:09:26,479 --> 01:09:28,680
Speaker 1: are they strongest, where are they the deepest at where

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01:09:28,760 --> 01:09:30,760
Speaker 1: the tugh cuts gonna be toughest to make. And there's

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01:09:30,800 --> 01:09:34,200
Speaker 1: a couple of different position groups to choose from. Yeah,

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01:09:34,240 --> 01:09:37,920
Speaker 1: I think, off the top of anyone's head who follows

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01:09:37,960 --> 01:09:40,920
Speaker 1: the Buffalo Bills and what's happened in the off season,

1283
01:09:41,320 --> 01:09:44,519
Speaker 1: your mind immediately goes to the defensive line. I mean,

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01:09:45,080 --> 01:09:49,639
Speaker 1: this is a position that has had quite a bit

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01:09:49,720 --> 01:09:53,960
Speaker 1: added to in the off season. Not too many have left,

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01:09:54,120 --> 01:09:58,400
Speaker 1: we said by to Jordan Phillips and Shack Lawson, but

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01:09:58,600 --> 01:10:01,240
Speaker 1: you add quite a bit to that room. So it's

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01:10:01,280 --> 01:10:03,840
Speaker 1: going to be a stacked room. I'm excited for the

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01:10:04,040 --> 01:10:10,599
Speaker 1: versatility of that room with aj Epinessa, Quinton Jefferson, Vernon Butler,

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01:10:11,600 --> 01:10:17,559
Speaker 1: Mario Addison, a healthy Harrison Phillips. I mean, there's gonna

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01:10:17,600 --> 01:10:19,760
Speaker 1: be a lot to play with, a lot to do

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01:10:19,920 --> 01:10:22,719
Speaker 1: with that line, a lot to sub in and sub

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01:10:22,800 --> 01:10:27,120
Speaker 1: out with how Leslie Frasier likes to structure a defensive line.

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01:10:27,240 --> 01:10:30,880
Speaker 1: I mean, Quintin Jefferson and aj Epanessa were added to

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01:10:31,120 --> 01:10:34,040
Speaker 1: this team because of the versatility that they offer. They

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01:10:34,080 --> 01:10:37,240
Speaker 1: can play on the inside, they can play on the outside,

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01:10:37,479 --> 01:10:40,040
Speaker 1: and like we've been talking about with this Twitter question,

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01:10:40,120 --> 01:10:43,360
Speaker 1: it's not flipping to the other side of the ball,

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01:10:43,479 --> 01:10:46,400
Speaker 1: but it's it's being able to rotate from the inside out,

1300
01:10:46,439 --> 01:10:49,320
Speaker 1: whether that's due to an injury or whether that's due

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01:10:49,360 --> 01:10:54,280
Speaker 1: to winning one on one matchups, exposing a weakness in

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01:10:54,400 --> 01:10:57,400
Speaker 1: the offensive line that you're going up against. I cannot

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01:10:57,479 --> 01:10:59,439
Speaker 1: wait to see what they put on the field. I'm

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01:10:59,600 --> 01:11:03,320
Speaker 1: very excited for Mario Addison, even though he's thirty two

1305
01:11:03,400 --> 01:11:06,400
Speaker 1: years old. He seems like he has a lot left

1306
01:11:06,479 --> 01:11:08,280
Speaker 1: in his tank and the ability for him to go

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01:11:08,439 --> 01:11:12,760
Speaker 1: opposite of Jerry Hughes and truly do some things. It's

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01:11:12,800 --> 01:11:15,760
Speaker 1: gonna be a tough line to break. This is a

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01:11:15,840 --> 01:11:19,600
Speaker 1: line that wants to rush the passer, more, wants to

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01:11:19,720 --> 01:11:22,799
Speaker 1: take the ball away, more, wants to get more sacks.

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01:11:22,920 --> 01:11:27,519
Speaker 1: And I think because of the number of bodies coupled

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01:11:27,600 --> 01:11:31,000
Speaker 1: with the talent that you have on that defensive line,

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01:11:31,040 --> 01:11:34,920
Speaker 1: it can take steps forward this season. Yeah, I agree,

1314
01:11:34,960 --> 01:11:36,799
Speaker 1: and I think it's gonna be an even better defensive

1315
01:11:36,840 --> 01:11:38,760
Speaker 1: line than it was a year ago. I think this

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01:11:38,920 --> 01:11:43,559
Speaker 1: is a team that was good up front, that got

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01:11:43,640 --> 01:11:46,400
Speaker 1: a top twelve into the top twelve in sacks or

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01:11:46,439 --> 01:11:47,960
Speaker 1: in the top third of the league in sacks, are

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01:11:48,000 --> 01:11:51,400
Speaker 1: just barely just outside of it, and they're going to

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01:11:51,439 --> 01:11:53,400
Speaker 1: be better this year. A Japaness is going to be

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01:11:53,840 --> 01:11:57,519
Speaker 1: a helpful thing. Having Harrison Phillips back on the field

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01:11:57,640 --> 01:12:01,040
Speaker 1: is going to help them, of course, Mario added Quentin

1323
01:12:01,120 --> 01:12:03,960
Speaker 1: Jefferson are going to be really big additions. And they've

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01:12:04,000 --> 01:12:06,800
Speaker 1: got guys that they're they're kind of there's some of

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01:12:06,880 --> 01:12:10,120
Speaker 1: us have some high hopes. And Mike Love, who when

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01:12:10,160 --> 01:12:14,720
Speaker 1: he's a guy that has been a special teams contributor

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01:12:15,240 --> 01:12:17,719
Speaker 1: last year, he got unfortunately hurt. Right at the beginning

1328
01:12:17,720 --> 01:12:18,760
Speaker 1: to the camp. It looked like he was going to

1329
01:12:18,800 --> 01:12:21,240
Speaker 1: take a step forward and did not. And of course

1330
01:12:21,320 --> 01:12:24,439
Speaker 1: we got a surprise addition last year and Darryl Johnson

1331
01:12:24,520 --> 01:12:26,600
Speaker 1: who came in and had a couple of sacks in

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01:12:26,640 --> 01:12:30,240
Speaker 1: the preseason, just just winning one on one um all

1333
01:12:30,280 --> 01:12:33,960
Speaker 1: of that stuff. So you go down Mario Addison, Jerry Hughes,

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01:12:34,000 --> 01:12:37,599
Speaker 1: Trent Murphy, aj Epanessa, Harrison Phillips, and then we never

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01:12:37,680 --> 01:12:41,800
Speaker 1: even mentioned Star Lotulele, who's the highest paid guy there

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01:12:41,880 --> 01:12:43,800
Speaker 1: up until this last year, right, I mean he was.

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01:12:44,520 --> 01:12:46,360
Speaker 1: He does exactly what they want him to do. He

1338
01:12:46,560 --> 01:12:51,040
Speaker 1: frees Trump Tremaine Edmunds up so we can run to

1339
01:12:51,120 --> 01:12:56,120
Speaker 1: the ball. Uh Starr is a a blocker sponge and

1340
01:12:56,320 --> 01:12:58,160
Speaker 1: he sat. You know, it's what he does. He soaks

1341
01:12:58,240 --> 01:13:00,600
Speaker 1: up blockers so they can't block anybody else. They have

1342
01:13:00,760 --> 01:13:03,960
Speaker 1: to block him and and he freeze Tremaine Edmonds up

1343
01:13:04,000 --> 01:13:07,680
Speaker 1: to be athletic and fill the gap. Quinton Jefferson, h

1344
01:13:07,960 --> 01:13:10,360
Speaker 1: all these guys and Brian Cox Junior and not for nothing,

1345
01:13:10,640 --> 01:13:12,519
Speaker 1: that old name always catches my eye because of his

1346
01:13:12,720 --> 01:13:15,720
Speaker 1: I played against his father, and you know, so I

1347
01:13:16,360 --> 01:13:20,040
Speaker 1: just really really love this position group headed into training

1348
01:13:20,120 --> 01:13:22,200
Speaker 1: camp and what it could bring. And that's just one

1349
01:13:22,240 --> 01:13:24,840
Speaker 1: of the groups that you know we've been talking about

1350
01:13:24,880 --> 01:13:28,439
Speaker 1: as being great, you know, the defensive tackle uh in

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01:13:28,560 --> 01:13:32,400
Speaker 1: and of itself, with Vernon Butler, Quentin Jefferson and Starlow

1352
01:13:32,439 --> 01:13:34,720
Speaker 1: to Lele ed Oliver, we have we didn even mentioned

1353
01:13:34,840 --> 01:13:37,479
Speaker 1: Ed Oliver and the whole thing. They got a ton

1354
01:13:37,640 --> 01:13:41,439
Speaker 1: of guys. It's gonna be fun. It's gonna be fun

1355
01:13:41,800 --> 01:13:44,760
Speaker 1: to watch them sort through all that. The offensive line

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01:13:44,800 --> 01:13:47,720
Speaker 1: should be bigger this year. Uh. He frequently used that

1357
01:13:48,000 --> 01:13:50,960
Speaker 1: this line that it starts up front and you know, Maddie,

1358
01:13:51,000 --> 01:13:52,720
Speaker 1: when you turn your eyes to the other side of

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01:13:52,760 --> 01:13:55,880
Speaker 1: those guys from the defensive lineman we've been talking about,

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01:13:56,040 --> 01:13:59,760
Speaker 1: the offensive line seems to have gotten deeper as well. Yeah,

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01:13:59,840 --> 01:14:04,320
Speaker 1: we heard from Brownie when he was on yesterday talking

1362
01:14:04,360 --> 01:14:07,759
Speaker 1: about training camp sleepers that Ryan Bates could be someone

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01:14:07,800 --> 01:14:09,960
Speaker 1: who is a training camp sleeper on this team. He

1364
01:14:10,120 --> 01:14:14,240
Speaker 1: was brought in pretty late into training camp and the

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01:14:14,400 --> 01:14:17,720
Speaker 1: Bills did a little to make space on him for

1366
01:14:17,920 --> 01:14:22,160
Speaker 1: the roster and he proved right away just how versatile

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01:14:22,280 --> 01:14:24,720
Speaker 1: he can be and played in some games last year

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01:14:24,800 --> 01:14:29,000
Speaker 1: as well. You WelCom and Evan Bayman, Daryl Williams to

1369
01:14:29,120 --> 01:14:32,800
Speaker 1: this team. You resigned Quentin Spain, who really wanted to

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01:14:32,920 --> 01:14:36,880
Speaker 1: stay on this team, who Josh Allen really enjoyed playing with.

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01:14:37,400 --> 01:14:41,080
Speaker 1: You have the five same guys. So this position, this

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01:14:41,320 --> 01:14:45,680
Speaker 1: offensive line, you don't think, Okay, we're returning five or

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01:14:45,800 --> 01:14:49,519
Speaker 1: five starters, we don't really need too much to add

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01:14:49,600 --> 01:14:52,639
Speaker 1: to this room. But the offensive line is a position

1375
01:14:52,680 --> 01:14:57,160
Speaker 1: that you do want to have extra bodies because injuries

1376
01:14:57,360 --> 01:15:01,839
Speaker 1: are bound to happen here. Offensive line is not rotated

1377
01:15:01,880 --> 01:15:04,320
Speaker 1: like a defensive line, and so you need to have

1378
01:15:05,200 --> 01:15:08,599
Speaker 1: two or three solid guys who can move in when

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01:15:08,640 --> 01:15:13,240
Speaker 1: they're needed. We saw Spencer Long do that rotate into

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01:15:13,400 --> 01:15:16,559
Speaker 1: center when Mitch Morse came out for a little bit

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01:15:16,920 --> 01:15:19,600
Speaker 1: throughout the season. And I think adding Evan Bam and

1382
01:15:19,720 --> 01:15:24,040
Speaker 1: Darryl Williams are interesting. Evan Bams, Evan Bam is a guard,

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01:15:24,280 --> 01:15:26,960
Speaker 1: he can also be a backup center as well. He

1384
01:15:27,080 --> 01:15:30,680
Speaker 1: has experience in the NFL, starting experience. And then you

1385
01:15:30,760 --> 01:15:34,760
Speaker 1: add someone like Daryl Williams, who has gone to a

1386
01:15:34,880 --> 01:15:41,639
Speaker 1: Pro Bowl at Carolina, who has starting experience, who started

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01:15:41,640 --> 01:15:45,240
Speaker 1: in all sixteen games, I want to say in twenty

1388
01:15:45,880 --> 01:15:50,080
Speaker 1: sixteen or twenty seventeen, was injured for a season in

1389
01:15:50,200 --> 01:15:54,679
Speaker 1: twenty eighteen and then came back last year and moved

1390
01:15:54,960 --> 01:15:57,799
Speaker 1: to the left side and kind of played out of position.

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01:15:58,000 --> 01:16:01,360
Speaker 1: And Brandon Bean has talked about Darryl Williams quite a

1392
01:16:01,400 --> 01:16:03,519
Speaker 1: bit and said that he did play out a position

1393
01:16:03,640 --> 01:16:06,160
Speaker 1: last year, but we expect a lot out of him

1394
01:16:06,800 --> 01:16:09,120
Speaker 1: on the right side of the ball. He's someone who

1395
01:16:09,280 --> 01:16:12,519
Speaker 1: could compete for that right tackle spot. And here's what

1396
01:16:12,680 --> 01:16:16,960
Speaker 1: comes down to, Maddie. You got all these guys, and

1397
01:16:17,760 --> 01:16:20,000
Speaker 1: certainly you were you're kind of plugging Dion Dawkins in

1398
01:16:20,040 --> 01:16:22,200
Speaker 1: a left tackle and Mitch Morse in its center. But

1399
01:16:22,280 --> 01:16:26,920
Speaker 1: you've got, you know, the guys who were there last year.

1400
01:16:26,920 --> 01:16:28,679
Speaker 1: You've got all these guys coming in and what they're

1401
01:16:28,760 --> 01:16:33,400
Speaker 1: gonna do is, you know, try different combinations, see who

1402
01:16:33,479 --> 01:16:36,960
Speaker 1: works well together, see who you know flows to the surface.

1403
01:16:37,080 --> 01:16:39,559
Speaker 1: Tie and Seki played extremely well at tackle last year.

1404
01:16:39,800 --> 01:16:41,799
Speaker 1: But you've also got a guy that can play tackling,

1405
01:16:41,920 --> 01:16:45,320
Speaker 1: Ryan Bates, Butucker can come in, Evan Bam, Darryl Williams

1406
01:16:45,360 --> 01:16:48,040
Speaker 1: has played tackle. They've got a lot of guys who

1407
01:16:48,080 --> 01:16:51,639
Speaker 1: it may be along with Cody Ford, and a better

1408
01:16:51,800 --> 01:16:55,519
Speaker 1: combination of five guys than they had last year. Not

1409
01:16:55,640 --> 01:17:02,200
Speaker 1: that those guys are not as good, but certainly a

1410
01:17:02,360 --> 01:17:05,479
Speaker 1: better combination makes you better. They're more effective either, they're

1411
01:17:05,640 --> 01:17:08,280
Speaker 1: they're bigger, heavier, stronger, more athletic. He had guards that

1412
01:17:08,360 --> 01:17:13,840
Speaker 1: can get out and pull Quentin Spain, and the guards

1413
01:17:13,920 --> 01:17:16,160
Speaker 1: couldn't do that. Last year. Mitch Morse could a little bit,

1414
01:17:16,200 --> 01:17:18,200
Speaker 1: but they needed more athletic guards. And that's why they

1415
01:17:18,200 --> 01:17:20,720
Speaker 1: didn't run as many screenplays as they did or as

1416
01:17:21,040 --> 01:17:22,439
Speaker 1: people would have liked to him. We got a lot

1417
01:17:22,479 --> 01:17:24,200
Speaker 1: of calls on the radio show last year though, why

1418
01:17:24,240 --> 01:17:26,240
Speaker 1: don't they run screens? Well, it had nothing to do

1419
01:17:26,320 --> 01:17:28,800
Speaker 1: with Josh Allen or Devin Singletary. It had more to

1420
01:17:28,840 --> 01:17:31,280
Speaker 1: do with the interior offensive lineman than anybody else. So

1421
01:17:32,400 --> 01:17:35,679
Speaker 1: a better combination may happen. We may have a couple

1422
01:17:35,720 --> 01:17:37,880
Speaker 1: of new starters, not because the other guys took a

1423
01:17:37,920 --> 01:17:40,040
Speaker 1: step backwards, but because they got that much better and

1424
01:17:40,120 --> 01:17:43,200
Speaker 1: that much deeper. Another, of course, and this headline the

1425
01:17:43,280 --> 01:17:45,479
Speaker 1: whole offseason was the wide receiver corp. In the addition

1426
01:17:45,520 --> 01:17:49,880
Speaker 1: to Steph Diggs, Oh my gosh, that wide receiver room.

1427
01:17:49,920 --> 01:17:52,000
Speaker 1: When you look at the room, and we've talked about

1428
01:17:52,040 --> 01:17:55,640
Speaker 1: this a little bit this week already, like how do

1429
01:17:55,720 --> 01:17:58,479
Speaker 1: you choose the starters on this team. I mean, the

1430
01:17:58,560 --> 01:18:01,000
Speaker 1: starters are set, how do you choose the room? Is

1431
01:18:01,040 --> 01:18:04,559
Speaker 1: what I'm trying to say. There's gonna be so many

1432
01:18:05,040 --> 01:18:09,439
Speaker 1: players competing for a few spots. Take Steph Diggs out,

1433
01:18:09,800 --> 01:18:12,800
Speaker 1: Take Cole Beasley out, Take John Brown out. They are

1434
01:18:12,920 --> 01:18:17,480
Speaker 1: on the roster. But following that, you have some talented

1435
01:18:17,680 --> 01:18:20,160
Speaker 1: players who are going to get picked up by other

1436
01:18:20,280 --> 01:18:22,880
Speaker 1: teams and play on other teams because there's just not

1437
01:18:23,120 --> 01:18:25,600
Speaker 1: room for all of them. And that's unfortunate. But we

1438
01:18:26,280 --> 01:18:30,560
Speaker 1: saw this start to take shape last season when you

1439
01:18:30,640 --> 01:18:32,920
Speaker 1: look at the team and you go, this roster is

1440
01:18:32,960 --> 01:18:35,280
Speaker 1: too big. There's too many talented people, and we're gonna

1441
01:18:35,320 --> 01:18:37,479
Speaker 1: have to part ways with some of these players who

1442
01:18:37,479 --> 01:18:39,880
Speaker 1: are going to end up playing on different NFL teams.

1443
01:18:39,920 --> 01:18:43,160
Speaker 1: I mean, you have Gabriel Davis, who is drafted. I

1444
01:18:43,240 --> 01:18:46,000
Speaker 1: think he's probably gonna end up on this roster. But

1445
01:18:46,080 --> 01:18:50,240
Speaker 1: then you have players like Robert Foster, Ray Ray McLeod,

1446
01:18:50,320 --> 01:18:54,559
Speaker 1: Isaiah McKenzie, Andre Roberts, Duke Williams, Isaiah Hodgens, another player

1447
01:18:54,600 --> 01:18:58,080
Speaker 1: who's drafted by the Buffalo Bills. That's a big list

1448
01:18:58,200 --> 01:19:02,439
Speaker 1: that you probably have to cut down to two or three,

1449
01:19:02,680 --> 01:19:04,760
Speaker 1: So you have to part ways with probably two of

1450
01:19:04,840 --> 01:19:07,920
Speaker 1: those guys. Who is it. It's gonna be tough. But

1451
01:19:08,080 --> 01:19:12,240
Speaker 1: when this room is set and done with, it's one

1452
01:19:12,320 --> 01:19:15,600
Speaker 1: of the most talented wide receiver corps I think in

1453
01:19:15,720 --> 01:19:19,679
Speaker 1: the NFL, with some backups who can add a different

1454
01:19:19,760 --> 01:19:22,960
Speaker 1: wrinkle to this offense, whether it's size, whether it's a

1455
01:19:23,080 --> 01:19:26,960
Speaker 1: gadget type player that like Isaiah Mackenzie with what he

1456
01:19:27,080 --> 01:19:29,400
Speaker 1: did with jet sweeps last year. We saw him gain

1457
01:19:29,720 --> 01:19:33,599
Speaker 1: quite a few yards in his favorite play to run,

1458
01:19:33,680 --> 01:19:36,240
Speaker 1: which was a jet suite I sweep. I think Andre

1459
01:19:36,400 --> 01:19:38,800
Speaker 1: Roberts also adds a lot to this roster just because

1460
01:19:38,800 --> 01:19:41,559
Speaker 1: of his ability to play on special teams. But man,

1461
01:19:42,400 --> 01:19:49,760
Speaker 1: I'm excited for this group. Ope, Steve's on mute, you

1462
01:19:49,880 --> 01:19:56,719
Speaker 1: got yeah, the mute dollar. You got the three guys

1463
01:19:56,760 --> 01:19:59,360
Speaker 1: that digs Beasley and Brown, and then behind them, you've

1464
01:19:59,360 --> 01:20:03,920
Speaker 1: got seven guys who are really vying for like two

1465
01:20:04,760 --> 01:20:08,160
Speaker 1: maybe three spots. You're gonna have at least five wideouts,

1466
01:20:08,439 --> 01:20:10,439
Speaker 1: and you would think if you have six, one of

1467
01:20:10,479 --> 01:20:13,760
Speaker 1: them has to be Andre Roberts because he's a return guy, right,

1468
01:20:13,800 --> 01:20:15,759
Speaker 1: so if they go sick, But they got Gabe Davis,

1469
01:20:15,840 --> 01:20:20,400
Speaker 1: Isaiah Hodgens, Robert Foster, Ray Bray McLeod, Duke Williams, Isaiah McKenzie.

1470
01:20:20,479 --> 01:20:22,719
Speaker 1: Behind those four that I just mentioned, with Robert Foster

1471
01:20:22,800 --> 01:20:24,639
Speaker 1: being the third one or the fourth one behind those guys.

1472
01:20:25,880 --> 01:20:29,599
Speaker 1: Mackenzie's got NFL experience, Duke Williams had last year. Andre

1473
01:20:29,760 --> 01:20:33,320
Speaker 1: Roberts is a pro bowler, Robert Foster who has been

1474
01:20:33,360 --> 01:20:35,559
Speaker 1: a part of the club for the last two years.

1475
01:20:36,240 --> 01:20:39,040
Speaker 1: And then the two draft picks Isaiah Hodgens and Gabe

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Speaker 1: Davis maybe the best of the bunch, and we don't

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Speaker 1: know about yet. And yeah, it's there's just not that

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01:20:46,760 --> 01:20:49,479
Speaker 1: much space to go around. A couple of those guys

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Speaker 1: may have practice squad eligibility, no question, but you'd want

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01:20:53,600 --> 01:20:56,719
Speaker 1: to expose a guy like Gabe Davis or Isaiah Hodgens

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01:20:56,800 --> 01:20:59,640
Speaker 1: to the practice squad. Maybe you do those guys, but

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01:20:59,720 --> 01:21:02,080
Speaker 1: you're certainly can't do it with, you know, guys like

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01:21:02,160 --> 01:21:04,759
Speaker 1: Duke Williams and the rest. I mean, it's it's really

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01:21:04,800 --> 01:21:07,400
Speaker 1: a crowded room at wide receiver, and I think this

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01:21:07,640 --> 01:21:09,680
Speaker 1: offense is going to reap the benefits of it when

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01:21:09,720 --> 01:21:11,519
Speaker 1: all said and done. I think they you know, you

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01:21:11,560 --> 01:21:14,840
Speaker 1: and I have talked a lot about just flatline statistics,

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01:21:15,240 --> 01:21:18,439
Speaker 1: whether they're real or not. If this club can average

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01:21:18,479 --> 01:21:21,360
Speaker 1: a touchdown more game per year, they're going to be

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01:21:21,439 --> 01:21:26,280
Speaker 1: a top flight, deep run in the playoff type of team.

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01:21:26,960 --> 01:21:29,360
Speaker 1: That's where you're gonna be. Yeah, and it all goes

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01:21:29,439 --> 01:21:32,560
Speaker 1: back to like we were talking about yesterday, one or

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01:21:32,600 --> 01:21:34,840
Speaker 1: two more plays you need to hit on. One or

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01:21:34,880 --> 01:21:38,240
Speaker 1: two more of those balls need to be caught. The

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01:21:38,360 --> 01:21:41,479
Speaker 1: wide receivers are going to be better at this this season.

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01:21:41,720 --> 01:21:44,679
Speaker 1: Dawson Knox is going to be better at it. Devin

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01:21:44,800 --> 01:21:47,559
Speaker 1: Singletary is going to be better at it. Zach Moss

1498
01:21:47,720 --> 01:21:50,200
Speaker 1: is going to be an awesome addition to this team.

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01:21:50,360 --> 01:21:54,280
Speaker 1: I mean, you have the pieces in place to make

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Speaker 1: this happen. Josh Allen just needs to make it all work.

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01:21:59,280 --> 01:22:02,320
Speaker 1: Go to Buffalos dot com and look for Camp Countdown

1502
01:22:02,400 --> 01:22:04,920
Speaker 1: twenty twenty. It's a whole series Mattie Glab Chris Brown

1503
01:22:04,960 --> 01:22:07,680
Speaker 1: alternating articles on that We've talked touched on this one.

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01:22:07,720 --> 01:22:10,559
Speaker 1: Today's edition is what are the deepest positions on the roster.

1505
01:22:10,640 --> 01:22:12,920
Speaker 1: It's a fun read. Go to it and see join

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01:22:13,040 --> 01:22:15,000
Speaker 1: us right after the break at two o'clock. We've got

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Speaker 1: Moniche Meta, the New York Jets. I think he's with

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01:22:16,960 --> 01:22:21,760
Speaker 1: The Walk, the New York Daily Post, the New York

1509
01:22:21,840 --> 01:22:24,439
Speaker 1: Daily News. He's the New York News. He's with He'll

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01:22:24,479 --> 01:22:26,559
Speaker 1: be on with us covers the Jets, Maniche Meta coming

1511
01:22:26,640 --> 01:22:28,680
Speaker 1: up at two o'clock, Steve Tasker, Mattie glab On One

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Speaker 1: Bill's Live, presented by Kalid to Health on Buffalo Bills Radio.

1513
01:22:42,840 --> 01:22:45,080
Speaker 1: Welcome back, We're going to fly. We've been talking about

1514
01:22:45,920 --> 01:22:47,760
Speaker 1: a lot of stuff, mostly about what's going on with

1515
01:22:47,800 --> 01:22:50,960
Speaker 1: the National Football League and the players and the coaches,

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01:22:51,000 --> 01:22:53,439
Speaker 1: the gms, the owners, the presidents of the clubs are

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01:22:53,439 --> 01:22:55,639
Speaker 1: all on a conference calls which was set to start

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01:22:55,720 --> 01:22:59,320
Speaker 1: at one thirty today to get briefed on what seems

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01:22:59,360 --> 01:23:03,400
Speaker 1: to be a final push to get the economics disagreements

1520
01:23:04,360 --> 01:23:08,720
Speaker 1: agreed upon between the union and management headed forward into

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01:23:08,760 --> 01:23:10,559
Speaker 1: the season and kind of smooth away for the season

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01:23:10,600 --> 01:23:12,680
Speaker 1: to begin in training camps to get underway. Now, we've

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01:23:12,680 --> 01:23:15,120
Speaker 1: also been told by this is reported by Albert Breer,

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01:23:15,640 --> 01:23:18,599
Speaker 1: that there are three NFL PA calls set for this afternoon.

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01:23:19,040 --> 01:23:21,160
Speaker 1: The one on one thirty, which was which is probably

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01:23:21,200 --> 01:23:23,240
Speaker 1: going on right now, was set to start at one

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Speaker 1: thirty with the Executive Committee, which is the leadership of

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01:23:27,920 --> 01:23:29,880
Speaker 1: the guys who actually kind of sit at the table

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01:23:30,080 --> 01:23:34,400
Speaker 1: maybe during normal times or part of negotiations. At three thirty,

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01:23:34,479 --> 01:23:38,080
Speaker 1: the player reps which means one guy voted on that

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01:23:38,240 --> 01:23:41,360
Speaker 1: represents each team, would also be briefed. And then at

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01:23:41,400 --> 01:23:44,360
Speaker 1: six pm tonight, all the players in the National Football

1533
01:23:44,439 --> 01:23:46,920
Speaker 1: League will be invited to be on a conference call

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01:23:47,000 --> 01:23:52,080
Speaker 1: to get the final briefing and that will hopefully lead

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01:23:52,200 --> 01:23:56,000
Speaker 1: to a resolution to all these issues that the union

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01:23:56,120 --> 01:23:58,599
Speaker 1: and the management have and the NFL and move forward

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01:23:58,600 --> 01:24:00,720
Speaker 1: with the economics of what this season is going to

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01:24:00,760 --> 01:24:04,280
Speaker 1: look like and start training camp. And that's kind of

1539
01:24:04,320 --> 01:24:06,680
Speaker 1: a big deal. I think, Maddie that the fact that

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01:24:06,760 --> 01:24:10,680
Speaker 1: they're at this point in the negotiations, and Chris Mortenson

1541
01:24:10,840 --> 01:24:16,280
Speaker 1: put out on Twitter guarded optimism exists with today's conference calls.

1542
01:24:16,360 --> 01:24:20,080
Speaker 1: When negotiations started, NFL owners wanted players to give thirty

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01:24:20,160 --> 01:24:23,600
Speaker 1: five percent escrow and players were okay with threat of

1544
01:24:23,720 --> 01:24:28,320
Speaker 1: not playing because no force massure in CBA. Expect both

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01:24:28,439 --> 01:24:32,559
Speaker 1: sides to take losses in unprecedented times to make this work,

1546
01:24:32,680 --> 01:24:38,000
Speaker 1: and that's exactly right. I think nobody's gonna win right out.

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01:24:38,080 --> 01:24:41,000
Speaker 1: I mean, the players have gotten what they wanted with

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01:24:41,400 --> 01:24:44,280
Speaker 1: the safety protocols, which I think is a big one

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01:24:44,400 --> 01:24:47,920
Speaker 1: for the NFLPA and NFL players. But when you're talking

1550
01:24:48,000 --> 01:24:51,360
Speaker 1: about money and salary, I think both sides are going

1551
01:24:51,439 --> 01:24:54,360
Speaker 1: to have to see losses. Of course, the owners are

1552
01:24:54,439 --> 01:24:56,760
Speaker 1: and they know this, and this has been something that's

1553
01:24:56,800 --> 01:24:59,720
Speaker 1: been obvious for the last couple of months here as

1554
01:24:59,760 --> 01:25:02,439
Speaker 1: we discuss salary cap and how that's going to look

1555
01:25:02,479 --> 01:25:06,439
Speaker 1: like in just stadiums without fans and you name it.

1556
01:25:06,560 --> 01:25:09,400
Speaker 1: I mean, they're gonna take losses on all sides of this,

1557
01:25:09,680 --> 01:25:13,519
Speaker 1: but the players are also going to have to feel

1558
01:25:13,600 --> 01:25:16,519
Speaker 1: this loss a little bit, probably not as much as owners,

1559
01:25:17,080 --> 01:25:20,000
Speaker 1: but this is a partnership like we've talked about before,

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01:25:20,080 --> 01:25:23,240
Speaker 1: and they're not gonna walk out of this conversation with

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01:25:23,400 --> 01:25:26,960
Speaker 1: their pockets full of money. Right It's everybody's going to

1562
01:25:27,000 --> 01:25:28,760
Speaker 1: take one on the chin, I think, to make sure

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01:25:28,800 --> 01:25:30,680
Speaker 1: that there is a football season and everybody can at

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01:25:30,760 --> 01:25:35,439
Speaker 1: least benefit a little bit from doing so. Also, we

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01:25:35,520 --> 01:25:40,839
Speaker 1: asked our listeners today if the unexpected happens and rosters

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01:25:40,880 --> 01:25:44,759
Speaker 1: are ravaged by the virus during the season, which Buffalo

1567
01:25:44,800 --> 01:25:46,680
Speaker 1: Bill's player could play on the other side of the

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01:25:46,760 --> 01:25:49,439
Speaker 1: ball from their normal position and play a different position.

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01:25:49,880 --> 01:25:52,599
Speaker 1: Can an offensive what position would an offensive player play?

1570
01:25:52,720 --> 01:25:55,240
Speaker 1: Can you envision some offensive player playing on defense and

1571
01:25:55,400 --> 01:25:58,320
Speaker 1: vice versa? Give us a call atado three five fifty

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Speaker 1: one eighty eight five fifty two, five fifty. We've got

1573
01:26:01,240 --> 01:26:03,400
Speaker 1: a tweet sheet with a lot of responses on it,

1574
01:26:04,439 --> 01:26:06,080
Speaker 1: and it goes out to the tweet sheet brought to

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Speaker 1: you by Corgan Moving Systems, the official equipment movers of

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Speaker 1: the Buffalo Bills. We go to uh just here for

1577
01:26:12,760 --> 01:26:19,160
Speaker 1: obl which is one Bill's life from Adam and he says, amazing, Yes,

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01:26:19,520 --> 01:26:23,680
Speaker 1: Jerry Hughes or Trent Murphy could probably play fullback, and

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01:26:23,720 --> 01:26:26,720
Speaker 1: I'm thinking Micah Hyde could switch to receiver. Yeah, there's

1580
01:26:26,720 --> 01:26:29,840
Speaker 1: a lot of dB receiver kind of stuff going on, Maddie. Yeah,

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01:26:29,920 --> 01:26:33,400
Speaker 1: that that just makes the most sense for a dB

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01:26:33,560 --> 01:26:36,280
Speaker 1: to switch to wide receiver. I mean, they have the

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01:26:36,360 --> 01:26:40,280
Speaker 1: hands to begin with their corners their safeties for a reason,

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01:26:40,560 --> 01:26:43,800
Speaker 1: so it would make sense to make the switch to

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01:26:43,960 --> 01:26:47,040
Speaker 1: a receiver in times where you truly need one. Nick

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01:26:47,160 --> 01:26:50,599
Speaker 1: t says, I bet some of our receivers could play

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01:26:50,680 --> 01:26:53,799
Speaker 1: corner in an emergency, But Given the way Josh Allen

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01:26:53,840 --> 01:26:57,479
Speaker 1: powered through the entire Dallas defense on QB sneak to

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01:26:57,600 --> 01:27:00,519
Speaker 1: convert that fourth down last year on Thanksgiving, I think

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01:27:00,600 --> 01:27:02,920
Speaker 1: we could line him up at nose tackle and expect

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01:27:03,000 --> 01:27:05,639
Speaker 1: ten plus sacks. I was thinking about this too, if

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01:27:05,720 --> 01:27:08,800
Speaker 1: Josh Allen wasn't a quarterback, I would totally trust him

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01:27:08,880 --> 01:27:11,960
Speaker 1: on defense, based on his size and based on the

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01:27:12,000 --> 01:27:14,760
Speaker 1: way that he plays football. He's a tough, hard nosed guy.

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01:27:14,800 --> 01:27:16,880
Speaker 1: I think I would trust him as a linebacker too.

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01:27:17,400 --> 01:27:19,680
Speaker 1: I'd get him as Josh Allen, I'd put him as

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01:27:19,680 --> 01:27:22,360
Speaker 1: an edge rusher. Him and Dawson Knox. You know, you

1598
01:27:22,439 --> 01:27:25,840
Speaker 1: got that long frame. Can Josh can run, you know,

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01:27:25,920 --> 01:27:28,000
Speaker 1: so he bring a little bit of speed off the edge,

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01:27:28,040 --> 01:27:30,160
Speaker 1: so would Knox. You know, So get put him at

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01:27:30,200 --> 01:27:32,840
Speaker 1: the edge and let him rush the passer. And Josh

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01:27:32,920 --> 01:27:34,439
Speaker 1: knows just what would get into the head of a

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01:27:34,640 --> 01:27:37,240
Speaker 1: passer too, right. I mean, that's kind of a nice

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01:27:37,280 --> 01:27:40,200
Speaker 1: That's a nice I'd haven't thought about that before just now,

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01:27:40,280 --> 01:27:43,280
Speaker 1: But that's a that's a great, great opinion. That might

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01:27:43,360 --> 01:27:47,280
Speaker 1: be a that might be a genius move. Uh, probably not. Also,

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01:27:47,920 --> 01:27:49,720
Speaker 1: Nick t says the same thing. He says I bet

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01:27:49,800 --> 01:27:51,920
Speaker 1: some of our receivers could play corner in an emergency.

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01:27:52,120 --> 01:27:54,400
Speaker 1: But the oh's did you just read that? I just

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01:27:54,600 --> 01:27:58,840
Speaker 1: ran Nick wandering Jack. Here we go. Isaiah mackenzie held

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01:27:58,880 --> 01:28:01,040
Speaker 1: his own as a slot corner and we seventeen last season,

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01:28:01,120 --> 01:28:03,120
Speaker 1: so I think he's an obvious answer. But I know

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01:28:03,280 --> 01:28:07,439
Speaker 1: Alan as an outside linebucker, linebacker and rushing He's got

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01:28:07,479 --> 01:28:11,920
Speaker 1: great size, speed and athleticism both to drop into coverage

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01:28:11,960 --> 01:28:13,800
Speaker 1: on running backs and tight ends and also get to

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01:28:13,880 --> 01:28:15,920
Speaker 1: the quarterback as a pass rusher guy. He was ahead

1617
01:28:15,960 --> 01:28:19,000
Speaker 1: of me. Guys should darn it, wandering Jack ahead of

1618
01:28:19,040 --> 01:28:21,040
Speaker 1: the game. You're right, Josh Allen would make a pretty

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01:28:21,040 --> 01:28:25,120
Speaker 1: good edge rusher. I think got a great wingspan. And

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01:28:25,320 --> 01:28:29,240
Speaker 1: based off of his comment that he said when he

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01:28:29,400 --> 01:28:32,479
Speaker 1: was doing the interview with Tony Romo, there's that special

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01:28:32,640 --> 01:28:35,880
Speaker 1: that Tony Romo had what was it three months ago,

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01:28:35,960 --> 01:28:39,720
Speaker 1: I think where he had Josh Allen, Sam Darnold, and

1624
01:28:40,000 --> 01:28:42,439
Speaker 1: Daniel Jones on together and just talking about being a

1625
01:28:42,520 --> 01:28:45,479
Speaker 1: young quarterback in this league, and Josh Allen made this comment.

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01:28:45,640 --> 01:28:48,040
Speaker 1: He was laughing as he was making it because he

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01:28:48,120 --> 01:28:50,519
Speaker 1: knew it was true, but he also knew it wasn't

1628
01:28:50,600 --> 01:28:53,280
Speaker 1: maybe the best thing to say, just based off of

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01:28:53,400 --> 01:28:55,920
Speaker 1: how we know Josh Allen to play. He said something

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01:28:56,000 --> 01:28:58,200
Speaker 1: along the lines of him This is not a direct quote,

1631
01:28:58,720 --> 01:29:01,720
Speaker 1: but he said, sometimes I like to get knocked down

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01:29:01,840 --> 01:29:05,320
Speaker 1: or get hit hard once before I truly get going

1633
01:29:05,479 --> 01:29:07,840
Speaker 1: in a game. And we know that this guy does

1634
01:29:07,960 --> 01:29:12,599
Speaker 1: love to have contact in a football game. I mean,

1635
01:29:13,120 --> 01:29:16,080
Speaker 1: he's a tough player. That fourth and one play during

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01:29:16,200 --> 01:29:19,560
Speaker 1: that Dallas game, I mean I immediately think back to that,

1637
01:29:19,760 --> 01:29:23,280
Speaker 1: the way that he takes to rushing the football and

1638
01:29:23,360 --> 01:29:26,920
Speaker 1: the way that he gets on the ground and wants

1639
01:29:26,960 --> 01:29:29,759
Speaker 1: to get tough yards, whether it's jumping over a pile

1640
01:29:30,040 --> 01:29:35,120
Speaker 1: or jumping over someone ie the Minnesota Vikings game. This

1641
01:29:35,280 --> 01:29:37,120
Speaker 1: guy will put it all on the line to get

1642
01:29:37,200 --> 01:29:40,519
Speaker 1: one or two yards. It doesn't matter the down and distances.

1643
01:29:41,760 --> 01:29:43,800
Speaker 1: It's fun to watch. We love it when it works.

1644
01:29:43,880 --> 01:29:46,280
Speaker 1: But also it makes it, you know, Bills fans cringe

1645
01:29:46,360 --> 01:29:48,960
Speaker 1: now because as he's played better and better and taken

1646
01:29:49,040 --> 01:29:52,120
Speaker 1: more load and shown so much improvement, he becomes more less.

1647
01:29:52,160 --> 01:29:54,960
Speaker 1: Face it, Mattie, he becomes more and more valuable, and

1648
01:29:55,320 --> 01:29:57,599
Speaker 1: you want to risk him less and less. And I'm

1649
01:29:57,640 --> 01:29:59,600
Speaker 1: sure that the Bill's coaching staff is all over that

1650
01:29:59,680 --> 01:30:02,599
Speaker 1: as well, and they they're pounded into Josh, but make

1651
01:30:02,680 --> 01:30:05,880
Speaker 1: no mistake gets in there. He likes it, and um,

1652
01:30:06,000 --> 01:30:07,640
Speaker 1: I don't know that you'll ever get it out of

1653
01:30:07,760 --> 01:30:10,960
Speaker 1: him completely, but it's it's fun to watch. It's part

1654
01:30:11,000 --> 01:30:14,000
Speaker 1: of the reason Bill's fans love it. Steve Tasker, Maddi

1655
01:30:14,040 --> 01:30:16,360
Speaker 1: Glave here till three o'clock. Coming up after the break,

1656
01:30:16,479 --> 01:30:18,519
Speaker 1: Maniche Meta from the New York Daily News going to

1657
01:30:18,560 --> 01:30:20,160
Speaker 1: talk about the New York Jets and what's going on

1658
01:30:20,280 --> 01:30:21,880
Speaker 1: over there. A couple of issues there if you haven't

1659
01:30:21,920 --> 01:30:24,759
Speaker 1: been listening to it, Jamal Adams, they're all pro safety,

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01:30:25,640 --> 01:30:27,600
Speaker 1: is a little bit at odds with the organization, and

1661
01:30:27,640 --> 01:30:31,839
Speaker 1: of course their owner is under investigation for insensitive remarks

1662
01:30:31,960 --> 01:30:34,519
Speaker 1: he has made. We're gonna get some insight into that

1663
01:30:34,600 --> 01:30:36,600
Speaker 1: from Niche Meta from New York Daily News. Coming up

1664
01:30:36,680 --> 01:30:39,240
Speaker 1: right after the break, Steve Tasker, Maddi Glab One Bill's

1665
01:30:39,280 --> 01:30:45,160
Speaker 1: Live presented by Kalida Health from Buffalo Bills Radio for

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01:30:45,400 --> 01:31:06,360
Speaker 1: a Great Time by Steve taskersne at All. Welcome back

1667
01:31:06,360 --> 01:31:08,800
Speaker 1: to One Bill's Live. Steve Tasker along with Maddie Glab,

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01:31:08,840 --> 01:31:10,880
Speaker 1: we are pleased to be joined on the line by

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01:31:11,080 --> 01:31:14,080
Speaker 1: New York Daily News reporter Maniche medaw Niche covers the

1670
01:31:14,120 --> 01:31:16,559
Speaker 1: New York Jets and all things that are New York Meniche.

1671
01:31:17,120 --> 01:31:19,240
Speaker 1: Lots going on with the New York Jets, but first

1672
01:31:19,280 --> 01:31:20,680
Speaker 1: and foremost, we got to ask you, how are you

1673
01:31:20,800 --> 01:31:23,000
Speaker 1: doing during the pandemic? As you are you and your

1674
01:31:23,000 --> 01:31:26,160
Speaker 1: family safe and well? We must not have Meniche on

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01:31:26,200 --> 01:31:28,280
Speaker 1: the line. I thought we did, And we'll keep we'll

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Speaker 1: keep going, and he'll be on with just a minute.

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01:31:30,240 --> 01:31:33,400
Speaker 1: We gotta probably a technical glitch here, Maddie. The first

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01:31:33,439 --> 01:31:34,880
Speaker 1: thing we got to ask him, Niche about when we

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01:31:34,920 --> 01:31:37,280
Speaker 1: get him on. Ah, now he's on, all right, Moniche.

1680
01:31:37,800 --> 01:31:39,280
Speaker 1: We got to ask you, thank you for coming on

1681
01:31:39,400 --> 01:31:41,280
Speaker 1: with us. First, are you and your family safe and

1682
01:31:41,320 --> 01:31:44,640
Speaker 1: well during the pandemic? How are you doing? Yes, we are,

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01:31:44,760 --> 01:31:46,639
Speaker 1: Thanks for asking. I hope you guys are safe up there.

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01:31:47,280 --> 01:31:50,720
Speaker 1: It's been a long process. Hopefully the ladies at the

1685
01:31:50,800 --> 01:31:53,919
Speaker 1: end of the tunnel at some point then, yeah, exactly,

1686
01:31:54,000 --> 01:31:55,800
Speaker 1: thank you. Any There's so much going on with the Jets.

1687
01:31:55,880 --> 01:31:57,479
Speaker 1: Not all of it's great, but not all of it

1688
01:31:57,520 --> 01:32:00,040
Speaker 1: has to do with football either. Jamal Adams's demand of

1689
01:32:00,160 --> 01:32:01,559
Speaker 1: the trade. He seems to be in a little bit

1690
01:32:01,600 --> 01:32:04,599
Speaker 1: of a feud and pretty unhappy with what his owner

1691
01:32:04,760 --> 01:32:07,000
Speaker 1: has been accused of doing. First of all, let's start

1692
01:32:07,000 --> 01:32:10,320
Speaker 1: at the very top, Woody Johnson, what do you think

1693
01:32:10,360 --> 01:32:12,560
Speaker 1: the ramifications are of what he's accused of, How do

1694
01:32:12,640 --> 01:32:14,679
Speaker 1: you think that'll play out? And what's the vibe coming

1695
01:32:14,680 --> 01:32:18,360
Speaker 1: out of the jet facility. Well, look, these are allegations

1696
01:32:18,520 --> 01:32:21,519
Speaker 1: right now, some six sexist and racist remarks that he

1697
01:32:21,640 --> 01:32:25,120
Speaker 1: made as the UK ambassador. I do not know if

1698
01:32:25,160 --> 01:32:29,360
Speaker 1: the NFL will conduct its own investigation. The State Department

1699
01:32:29,479 --> 01:32:32,920
Speaker 1: is conducting an investigation. I have reached out to the

1700
01:32:33,040 --> 01:32:36,160
Speaker 1: NFL but have not heard back whether the league will

1701
01:32:36,560 --> 01:32:40,720
Speaker 1: conduct their own investigation. Now, Woody is the UK Ambassador

1702
01:32:41,760 --> 01:32:44,600
Speaker 1: until Donald Trump is no longer the president, So if

1703
01:32:44,640 --> 01:32:47,320
Speaker 1: Donald Trump is reelected, there's a chance that wood he

1704
01:32:47,360 --> 01:32:50,200
Speaker 1: could remain out there. My understanding was that he was

1705
01:32:50,240 --> 01:32:53,639
Speaker 1: probably going to come back regardless of the election results.

1706
01:32:53,720 --> 01:32:56,160
Speaker 1: But be that as it may, if there is a

1707
01:32:56,320 --> 01:33:00,519
Speaker 1: turnover in the White House, then obviously what he would

1708
01:33:00,520 --> 01:33:03,640
Speaker 1: come back and retain day to day control that he

1709
01:33:03,680 --> 01:33:07,599
Speaker 1: has seated per NFL rules to his brother Christopher. Right now,

1710
01:33:08,360 --> 01:33:10,840
Speaker 1: so I think the central question would be whether the

1711
01:33:11,000 --> 01:33:15,439
Speaker 1: NFL conducts its own investigation because at this point, although

1712
01:33:15,520 --> 01:33:19,920
Speaker 1: that these are troubling, you know, allegations, they are just

1713
01:33:20,080 --> 01:33:24,160
Speaker 1: allegations right now. Yeah, how are we seeing the NFL

1714
01:33:24,320 --> 01:33:27,439
Speaker 1: become more involved with things like this? Now? The Jets

1715
01:33:27,520 --> 01:33:31,200
Speaker 1: we saw that they're going to investigate with Washington as

1716
01:33:31,240 --> 01:33:35,200
Speaker 1: well after that Washington Post article was posted. So what

1717
01:33:35,760 --> 01:33:37,920
Speaker 1: do you think is the right stance for the NFL

1718
01:33:38,000 --> 01:33:40,360
Speaker 1: to take as we are seeing more of these issues

1719
01:33:40,400 --> 01:33:43,439
Speaker 1: and more of these allegations come about publicly. I mean,

1720
01:33:43,520 --> 01:33:47,000
Speaker 1: the NFL has said multiple times that behavior like this

1721
01:33:47,560 --> 01:33:51,400
Speaker 1: will not be allowed if it has proven that it

1722
01:33:51,479 --> 01:33:56,720
Speaker 1: actually happens. So, being as powerful as the NFL is,

1723
01:33:56,840 --> 01:33:59,439
Speaker 1: what do you think is the right way to handle

1724
01:33:59,520 --> 01:34:03,120
Speaker 1: scenario like this? Well, Maddie, first, I think there needs

1725
01:34:03,120 --> 01:34:05,360
Speaker 1: to be an investigation, and again I don't know if

1726
01:34:05,400 --> 01:34:06,760
Speaker 1: the league is going to do that. I think at

1727
01:34:06,800 --> 01:34:11,160
Speaker 1: the bare minimum that should be required, and obviously depending

1728
01:34:11,200 --> 01:34:14,840
Speaker 1: on the findings, you know, if these allegations do turn

1729
01:34:14,920 --> 01:34:17,000
Speaker 1: out to be true, then I do think that the

1730
01:34:17,160 --> 01:34:20,439
Speaker 1: NFL should follow on a similar path as the NBA.

1731
01:34:20,640 --> 01:34:23,040
Speaker 1: You make swift and decisive action, You saw that with

1732
01:34:23,160 --> 01:34:26,720
Speaker 1: the former LA Clippers owner Donald Sterling. Uh, you know,

1733
01:34:26,760 --> 01:34:29,800
Speaker 1: there was audio tapes regarding Donald Sterling as far as

1734
01:34:29,840 --> 01:34:33,200
Speaker 1: I know, you know, such tapes don't exist regarding Woody

1735
01:34:33,280 --> 01:34:37,200
Speaker 1: Johnson or you know, what's going on with Washington. But

1736
01:34:37,320 --> 01:34:39,479
Speaker 1: I do think that, you know, at the very least,

1737
01:34:39,520 --> 01:34:44,360
Speaker 1: there should be a league mandated investigation. And if it

1738
01:34:44,439 --> 01:34:47,200
Speaker 1: turns out that in this particular case with the Jets,

1739
01:34:47,640 --> 01:34:51,960
Speaker 1: that you know, these racists and sexist remarks did indeed

1740
01:34:52,120 --> 01:34:54,599
Speaker 1: take place, and obviously there's you know, there's no room

1741
01:34:54,680 --> 01:34:57,439
Speaker 1: for that, I think in the NFL. But again, you know,

1742
01:34:57,680 --> 01:34:59,320
Speaker 1: you do want to be fair, you do want to

1743
01:34:59,360 --> 01:35:02,400
Speaker 1: be thorough and not jump to the conclusions. But you know,

1744
01:35:02,520 --> 01:35:04,920
Speaker 1: if it turns out that these allegations R and D true,

1745
01:35:05,760 --> 01:35:08,439
Speaker 1: would I would hope that the league would behave in

1746
01:35:08,520 --> 01:35:11,479
Speaker 1: a similar manner as the NBA did with an issue

1747
01:35:11,479 --> 01:35:14,160
Speaker 1: that they had with one of their owners. We're talking

1748
01:35:14,200 --> 01:35:16,360
Speaker 1: with niche Met of the New York Daily News. Moniche.

1749
01:35:16,400 --> 01:35:19,320
Speaker 1: You also had an article come out about Jamal Adams.

1750
01:35:19,400 --> 01:35:21,320
Speaker 1: He's been disgruntled with the way he's been treated with

1751
01:35:21,400 --> 01:35:24,439
Speaker 1: the Jets. He's certainly played to a high level and

1752
01:35:24,760 --> 01:35:29,960
Speaker 1: provided leadership for that roster. But you've quoted Jamal saying

1753
01:35:30,040 --> 01:35:33,000
Speaker 1: some pretty troubling things about the head coach of the Jets,

1754
01:35:34,360 --> 01:35:37,000
Speaker 1: about his leadership skills, about him being the right guy

1755
01:35:37,120 --> 01:35:40,639
Speaker 1: for the job. It seems pretty ugly now between Jamal

1756
01:35:41,080 --> 01:35:44,240
Speaker 1: Adams and the Jets management and also even the head coach.

1757
01:35:44,320 --> 01:35:45,560
Speaker 1: How do you think that's going to play out in

1758
01:35:45,600 --> 01:35:47,880
Speaker 1: Where does it stand right at the moment, Well, it's

1759
01:35:48,000 --> 01:35:50,200
Speaker 1: unfortunate that it's gotten to this point to you know,

1760
01:35:50,280 --> 01:35:52,120
Speaker 1: to be honest with you, but Jamal Adams is far

1761
01:35:52,200 --> 01:35:55,160
Speaker 1: and away the team's best player. Nobody works harder than

1762
01:35:55,439 --> 01:35:58,040
Speaker 1: man Adams. He's never gotten in trouble off the field.

1763
01:35:59,280 --> 01:36:02,040
Speaker 1: You know, he is represented the organization in his first

1764
01:36:02,080 --> 01:36:05,840
Speaker 1: three seasons, you know, terrifically, to be honest with you,

1765
01:36:05,880 --> 01:36:07,920
Speaker 1: and he's obviously earned a new contract. I don't think

1766
01:36:07,920 --> 01:36:09,920
Speaker 1: he's asking for anything that he hasn't earned two time

1767
01:36:09,960 --> 01:36:12,920
Speaker 1: Pro Bowler, first team All Pro in his first three seasons.

1768
01:36:13,520 --> 01:36:18,160
Speaker 1: But if you just look closely at the timeline from

1769
01:36:18,200 --> 01:36:21,280
Speaker 1: the end of the season until right now, the Jets

1770
01:36:21,840 --> 01:36:25,880
Speaker 1: really communicated with him extremely poorly. They initially said that

1771
01:36:26,000 --> 01:36:29,000
Speaker 1: they were going to give him a contract offer, and

1772
01:36:29,080 --> 01:36:31,719
Speaker 1: then they stone walled, and then they changed their reasoning

1773
01:36:32,200 --> 01:36:35,040
Speaker 1: about why they had not give him an offer, and

1774
01:36:35,120 --> 01:36:38,960
Speaker 1: then they asked him that you know, an offer wasn't forthcoming,

1775
01:36:39,160 --> 01:36:42,000
Speaker 1: that he'd have to wait a year. This is all

1776
01:36:42,120 --> 01:36:43,840
Speaker 1: by the way, after they said that he was going

1777
01:36:43,920 --> 01:36:46,479
Speaker 1: to actually get an offer, and then I think the

1778
01:36:46,560 --> 01:36:48,679
Speaker 1: ultimate slap in the face and the end, the final insult,

1779
01:36:49,120 --> 01:36:52,240
Speaker 1: was that they essentially told him that, you know, he's

1780
01:36:52,280 --> 01:36:55,280
Speaker 1: going to be monitored for the next year to determine

1781
01:36:55,360 --> 01:36:57,800
Speaker 1: whether he's actually loyal to the franchise and whether he's

1782
01:36:57,840 --> 01:37:00,920
Speaker 1: all in with the franchise. And anyone who's been around

1783
01:37:00,960 --> 01:37:03,519
Speaker 1: Jamal Adams for the last three years, and probably if

1784
01:37:03,560 --> 01:37:07,080
Speaker 1: you go back even deeper back to his college days

1785
01:37:07,120 --> 01:37:09,680
Speaker 1: at LSU, they will tell you that Jamal Adams loves

1786
01:37:09,720 --> 01:37:13,000
Speaker 1: football and then he is dedicated to football and he's

1787
01:37:13,000 --> 01:37:16,320
Speaker 1: dedicated to his team. So you know, this notion that

1788
01:37:17,320 --> 01:37:19,160
Speaker 1: you know, he was led to believe he was going

1789
01:37:19,240 --> 01:37:22,240
Speaker 1: to get an offer, and then the general manager Joe Douglas,

1790
01:37:22,720 --> 01:37:26,400
Speaker 1: months later pretends as if that conversation never took place

1791
01:37:27,320 --> 01:37:30,160
Speaker 1: would be insulting to anybody in Jamal Adams position. So

1792
01:37:30,439 --> 01:37:33,360
Speaker 1: I don't begrudge, you know, the frustration. I just think

1793
01:37:33,439 --> 01:37:35,680
Speaker 1: that you have to look closely at the details of

1794
01:37:36,080 --> 01:37:39,800
Speaker 1: what transpired these last six months to understand why we

1795
01:37:39,920 --> 01:37:42,920
Speaker 1: have gotten to this point. You had mentioned Adam GASEU

1796
01:37:43,160 --> 01:37:46,480
Speaker 1: Jamal Adams was pretty clear. You know, he said explicitly

1797
01:37:46,520 --> 01:37:48,280
Speaker 1: he does not believe Adam gas is the right leader

1798
01:37:48,280 --> 01:37:50,880
Speaker 1: for the organization. And I think if you talk to

1799
01:37:50,960 --> 01:37:54,559
Speaker 1: other players in that building, they will share that sentiment. Obviously,

1800
01:37:54,640 --> 01:37:58,120
Speaker 1: there were plenty of players in Miami who did not

1801
01:37:58,240 --> 01:38:01,559
Speaker 1: believe that Adam Gaze was fit to be a head coach.

1802
01:38:01,720 --> 01:38:04,360
Speaker 1: And you know, he has not changed his ways enough

1803
01:38:04,800 --> 01:38:07,160
Speaker 1: for players on the Jets to feel any differently than

1804
01:38:07,479 --> 01:38:11,559
Speaker 1: so many players in Miami did. Yeah, reading your article

1805
01:38:11,640 --> 01:38:13,600
Speaker 1: that you posted on this and just how all of

1806
01:38:13,680 --> 01:38:17,920
Speaker 1: this transpired, the timeline of events, the lack of communication,

1807
01:38:18,080 --> 01:38:22,400
Speaker 1: it seems very unprofessional. And in today's NFL, the players

1808
01:38:22,560 --> 01:38:25,639
Speaker 1: just want to hear it straight up. They know it's

1809
01:38:25,680 --> 01:38:28,600
Speaker 1: a business. They know decisions aren't always going to be

1810
01:38:28,720 --> 01:38:32,000
Speaker 1: made that supports their side. They know that you have

1811
01:38:32,120 --> 01:38:33,680
Speaker 1: to think about the team as a whole and not

1812
01:38:33,880 --> 01:38:36,880
Speaker 1: just one player. So it seems like Jamal Adams would

1813
01:38:36,880 --> 01:38:39,160
Speaker 1: have been a lot happier if he was just spoken

1814
01:38:39,240 --> 01:38:43,400
Speaker 1: too truthfully and not strung along with little white lies

1815
01:38:43,560 --> 01:38:47,360
Speaker 1: of contract extensions that never took place to then just

1816
01:38:47,760 --> 01:38:51,760
Speaker 1: culminate with saying we're gonna monitor you for the next

1817
01:38:51,840 --> 01:38:53,960
Speaker 1: couple of weeks. I mean, what the heck do you

1818
01:38:54,040 --> 01:38:57,559
Speaker 1: think this could have an effect on just more than

1819
01:38:57,680 --> 01:39:01,080
Speaker 1: Jamal Adams on the team as a whole, on players

1820
01:39:01,560 --> 01:39:05,639
Speaker 1: as you approach training camp in the season. Well, I'll

1821
01:39:05,680 --> 01:39:07,600
Speaker 1: say this, Jim Adams has a lot of influence in

1822
01:39:07,640 --> 01:39:09,360
Speaker 1: the locker room. He has a lot of influence across

1823
01:39:09,400 --> 01:39:14,280
Speaker 1: the NFL players talk. And you know, I thought that

1824
01:39:14,479 --> 01:39:17,040
Speaker 1: of all the things that Adams said, the one that

1825
01:39:17,160 --> 01:39:21,439
Speaker 1: really resonates h that I think that will resonate within everybody,

1826
01:39:21,520 --> 01:39:24,600
Speaker 1: you know, people inside and outside of sports, is that,

1827
01:39:25,080 --> 01:39:27,000
Speaker 1: you know, kind of what you just said, Mattie. If

1828
01:39:27,040 --> 01:39:29,479
Speaker 1: the team had just been forthright with him from the

1829
01:39:29,600 --> 01:39:32,240
Speaker 1: beginning and said, hey, you know, we're going to try

1830
01:39:32,280 --> 01:39:36,280
Speaker 1: to get other players this year to bolster our infrastructure,

1831
01:39:36,720 --> 01:39:40,120
Speaker 1: and we're going to have to address your contract next year,

1832
01:39:40,360 --> 01:39:43,360
Speaker 1: if they had told him that in January, he told

1833
01:39:43,439 --> 01:39:47,800
Speaker 1: me specifically, he would respect that much more as opposed

1834
01:39:47,840 --> 01:39:50,560
Speaker 1: to leading him along and saying, hey, we're going to

1835
01:39:50,600 --> 01:39:53,240
Speaker 1: send you a proposal, and then never sending the proposal,

1836
01:39:53,479 --> 01:39:56,439
Speaker 1: and then throughout pockets of time over the last six months,

1837
01:39:56,720 --> 01:40:00,679
Speaker 1: ignoring him when he was asking for updates. As you said,

1838
01:40:00,720 --> 01:40:06,000
Speaker 1: it's unprofessional, it's amateurish. It's not how a winning organization operates.

1839
01:40:06,720 --> 01:40:10,520
Speaker 1: And if you are a valued employee, a productive employee

1840
01:40:10,640 --> 01:40:13,640
Speaker 1: like Jamal Adams is, how would you feel if your

1841
01:40:13,680 --> 01:40:16,160
Speaker 1: boss said, Hey, you're going to get a raised, don't worry,

1842
01:40:16,520 --> 01:40:19,560
Speaker 1: and then kept pushing it off months and go on

1843
01:40:19,760 --> 01:40:22,720
Speaker 1: and then may, kept making excuses, and then five or

1844
01:40:22,800 --> 01:40:25,720
Speaker 1: six months later your boss comes to you and says,

1845
01:40:25,720 --> 01:40:27,439
Speaker 1: you know what, you know what I said to you

1846
01:40:27,520 --> 01:40:30,360
Speaker 1: in January. You're not getting a raised after all. And

1847
01:40:30,600 --> 01:40:33,720
Speaker 1: by the way, in the interim until next year, we

1848
01:40:33,880 --> 01:40:36,439
Speaker 1: want to see if you're fully invested with this organization.

1849
01:40:36,680 --> 01:40:39,840
Speaker 1: When you've done nothing but prove over three years that

1850
01:40:40,040 --> 01:40:44,840
Speaker 1: you are fully invested with that organization. Any person in

1851
01:40:45,040 --> 01:40:48,160
Speaker 1: any walk of life, in any business would be offended

1852
01:40:48,200 --> 01:40:51,720
Speaker 1: by that. We're talking with miniche Meta the New York

1853
01:40:51,760 --> 01:40:55,280
Speaker 1: Daily News. Could this what are they There's a couple

1854
01:40:55,320 --> 01:40:58,200
Speaker 1: of theories that I could come up with or scenarios.

1855
01:40:58,320 --> 01:41:01,400
Speaker 1: But what do you think the biggest reason is why

1856
01:41:01,479 --> 01:41:03,800
Speaker 1: the New York Jets would say and do the things

1857
01:41:03,880 --> 01:41:06,880
Speaker 1: that you've chronicled in this article. Do you think it's

1858
01:41:07,000 --> 01:41:10,120
Speaker 1: a disconnect between Christopher and Woody Johnson about where they

1859
01:41:10,200 --> 01:41:12,120
Speaker 1: want the finances of the club to go. Do you

1860
01:41:12,160 --> 01:41:15,000
Speaker 1: think Adam Gase has had a say in how they've

1861
01:41:15,040 --> 01:41:20,040
Speaker 1: treated Jamal Adams? But because certainly this kind of if

1862
01:41:20,120 --> 01:41:23,280
Speaker 1: anybody who has spent any time in the National Football League,

1863
01:41:23,840 --> 01:41:26,080
Speaker 1: like the GM, like the head coach, they know this

1864
01:41:26,200 --> 01:41:29,560
Speaker 1: stuff doesn't happen around the league. So what do you

1865
01:41:29,600 --> 01:41:33,920
Speaker 1: think is behind the fumbling around or the mismanagement that

1866
01:41:34,000 --> 01:41:36,759
Speaker 1: the Jets have done by this? Is it miscommunication because

1867
01:41:36,800 --> 01:41:39,519
Speaker 1: they've got an owner that's in the UK, or is

1868
01:41:39,560 --> 01:41:42,240
Speaker 1: it something else? Well, I think there's a couple of

1869
01:41:42,280 --> 01:41:44,960
Speaker 1: factors at play. Obviously, everything starts at the very top,

1870
01:41:45,640 --> 01:41:50,400
Speaker 1: and even though Woody Johnson's overseas, he's been kept abreast

1871
01:41:50,520 --> 01:41:53,400
Speaker 1: of all the important matter, so you know, maybe not

1872
01:41:53,560 --> 01:41:55,640
Speaker 1: day to day, but he knows the major themes of

1873
01:41:55,720 --> 01:41:58,280
Speaker 1: what's going on in the building. So I'm not using

1874
01:41:58,400 --> 01:42:01,320
Speaker 1: that as an excuse. What I can say is that

1875
01:42:01,439 --> 01:42:04,240
Speaker 1: the Jets did tell people in the run up the

1876
01:42:04,320 --> 01:42:07,200
Speaker 1: free agency and during free agency that there were some

1877
01:42:07,479 --> 01:42:10,640
Speaker 1: cashflow restrictions at play. I can't tell you why there

1878
01:42:10,680 --> 01:42:13,600
Speaker 1: are cash flow restrictions, but the Johnson Brothers did have

1879
01:42:13,680 --> 01:42:17,799
Speaker 1: a relatively tight budget for this offseason. It was before

1880
01:42:18,160 --> 01:42:20,840
Speaker 1: anyone was aware of the pandemic or the pandemic is

1881
01:42:21,680 --> 01:42:25,040
Speaker 1: not a reason why Jamal Adams has not gotten paid.

1882
01:42:25,640 --> 01:42:27,840
Speaker 1: And if you look at how the Jets operated in

1883
01:42:27,920 --> 01:42:32,400
Speaker 1: free agency, Joe Douglas essentially doled out one year contracts

1884
01:42:32,479 --> 01:42:35,240
Speaker 1: a bunch of second and third tier players because he

1885
01:42:35,320 --> 01:42:39,840
Speaker 1: didn't have an enormous budget to work with. So that

1886
01:42:40,000 --> 01:42:42,639
Speaker 1: starts at the very top. But all of that being said,

1887
01:42:42,680 --> 01:42:44,960
Speaker 1: if Joe Douglas did not have the green light to

1888
01:42:45,240 --> 01:42:48,640
Speaker 1: give Jamal Adams a big money deal this offseason, he

1889
01:42:48,800 --> 01:42:52,400
Speaker 1: still had to do a much better job communicating the

1890
01:42:52,520 --> 01:42:55,920
Speaker 1: team's position to the player and his camp, and Joe

1891
01:42:55,960 --> 01:42:58,240
Speaker 1: Douglas did not do that. I think part of the

1892
01:42:58,360 --> 01:43:00,960
Speaker 1: reason is that he's inexperienced. This is his first go

1893
01:43:01,160 --> 01:43:04,439
Speaker 1: around in free agencies, first goal around in a high

1894
01:43:04,479 --> 01:43:09,439
Speaker 1: stakes negotiation. His background is with player personnel scouting. That's

1895
01:43:09,479 --> 01:43:11,840
Speaker 1: what he's good at. That's why he was hired, and

1896
01:43:11,960 --> 01:43:14,640
Speaker 1: he is learning on the job. You know, hopefully for

1897
01:43:14,720 --> 01:43:18,160
Speaker 1: the organization's sake, he'll get much better at these negotiations.

1898
01:43:18,280 --> 01:43:21,120
Speaker 1: But I can tell you not just Jamal Adams, but

1899
01:43:21,280 --> 01:43:25,920
Speaker 1: other players negotiations this entire offseason. I've heard a lot

1900
01:43:25,960 --> 01:43:28,400
Speaker 1: of troubling things about how Joe Douglas has handled it.

1901
01:43:28,520 --> 01:43:31,480
Speaker 1: And again I'm going to chalk that up with ten experience,

1902
01:43:32,040 --> 01:43:35,800
Speaker 1: but I just don't you know, I don't think that

1903
01:43:36,000 --> 01:43:40,160
Speaker 1: is an excuse that does not give the organization a

1904
01:43:40,280 --> 01:43:42,960
Speaker 1: free pass as to why they handle things the way

1905
01:43:43,000 --> 01:43:45,760
Speaker 1: they did, because ultimately, if you're Joe Douglass and the

1906
01:43:45,800 --> 01:43:49,520
Speaker 1: general manager, you can't make false promises, you can't break promises,

1907
01:43:50,280 --> 01:43:53,519
Speaker 1: and you certainly can't move the goalposts and then ultimately

1908
01:43:53,880 --> 01:43:56,600
Speaker 1: flip it on the player and say, hey, you got

1909
01:43:56,680 --> 01:43:58,640
Speaker 1: to prove to us that you're loyal. This is not

1910
01:43:58,680 --> 01:44:03,320
Speaker 1: a rookie player, as an accomplished superstar player. They're best

1911
01:44:03,360 --> 01:44:05,519
Speaker 1: player who has done everything right on and off the

1912
01:44:05,600 --> 01:44:09,000
Speaker 1: field since the moment he was drafted. Now, some people

1913
01:44:09,080 --> 01:44:11,680
Speaker 1: might not like his actions on Twitter, I don't really

1914
01:44:11,720 --> 01:44:14,439
Speaker 1: care about that. That's really immaterial. The bottom line is

1915
01:44:14,520 --> 01:44:17,200
Speaker 1: that he comports himself like a professional when he comes

1916
01:44:17,240 --> 01:44:19,639
Speaker 1: into the building and he has never gotten in trouble

1917
01:44:20,200 --> 01:44:22,760
Speaker 1: off the field once since he became a New York Jet.

1918
01:44:24,479 --> 01:44:27,960
Speaker 1: We have this Jamal Adams scenario. We don't know how

1919
01:44:28,080 --> 01:44:31,640
Speaker 1: this is going to play out yet. Of course, his

1920
01:44:31,800 --> 01:44:37,480
Speaker 1: teammates know about how he feels about leadership within this organization.

1921
01:44:37,680 --> 01:44:40,679
Speaker 1: From a head coach to a GM to an owner,

1922
01:44:41,640 --> 01:44:44,680
Speaker 1: you have other players who may feel similar to this.

1923
01:44:44,880 --> 01:44:47,320
Speaker 1: And then on top of this, you have a pandemic

1924
01:44:47,439 --> 01:44:50,920
Speaker 1: that you're dealing with and protocols and how you're getting

1925
01:44:51,000 --> 01:44:53,679
Speaker 1: players into a building to then prepare for a season.

1926
01:44:54,000 --> 01:44:56,360
Speaker 1: So with all of this, what are the expectations for

1927
01:44:56,479 --> 01:45:00,760
Speaker 1: the Jets this year? Well, look, it's a usual year

1928
01:45:00,800 --> 01:45:04,280
Speaker 1: for everybody. Uh, just from a pure excess and O standpoint,

1929
01:45:04,320 --> 01:45:06,320
Speaker 1: the Jets are going to have three or four new

1930
01:45:06,439 --> 01:45:09,639
Speaker 1: starting offensive linemen and you would like for those guys

1931
01:45:09,720 --> 01:45:12,760
Speaker 1: to have spent some time on the field together in

1932
01:45:12,840 --> 01:45:16,519
Speaker 1: the spring, which obviously didn't happen. So I think, you know,

1933
01:45:16,560 --> 01:45:18,960
Speaker 1: there's gonna be some time for this new line to

1934
01:45:19,080 --> 01:45:22,280
Speaker 1: gel and that's you know, that's at the at the

1935
01:45:22,400 --> 01:45:26,400
Speaker 1: core of whether this offense this team is gonna make

1936
01:45:26,439 --> 01:45:30,000
Speaker 1: a substantial improvement, whether this young quarterback Sam Darnold is

1937
01:45:30,000 --> 01:45:32,519
Speaker 1: going to make a substantial improvement from year two to

1938
01:45:32,640 --> 01:45:35,200
Speaker 1: year three. You're only as good as your protection. The

1939
01:45:35,360 --> 01:45:38,439
Speaker 1: protection wasn't particularly good last year. They brought in a

1940
01:45:38,520 --> 01:45:41,160
Speaker 1: whole bunch of new faces who haven't had an opportunity

1941
01:45:41,240 --> 01:45:44,479
Speaker 1: to gel and work together. So I don't know what

1942
01:45:44,560 --> 01:45:46,280
Speaker 1: this team is going to look like. And then when

1943
01:45:46,320 --> 01:45:49,679
Speaker 1: you look at the schedule on paper, it's much more daunting.

1944
01:45:49,920 --> 01:45:53,760
Speaker 1: As you guys know, the AFC East is playing the

1945
01:45:53,960 --> 01:45:57,000
Speaker 1: NFC West and the AFC West this year as opposed

1946
01:45:57,000 --> 01:45:59,799
Speaker 1: to last year when they played the worst division in football,

1947
01:45:59,800 --> 01:46:03,439
Speaker 1: the NFC East. So the schedule on paper looks much

1948
01:46:03,520 --> 01:46:06,280
Speaker 1: more challenging for this team. That coupled with the fact

1949
01:46:06,360 --> 01:46:09,800
Speaker 1: that such a central component of the team, the offensive line,

1950
01:46:10,320 --> 01:46:13,040
Speaker 1: is going to be a whole new unit, you know,

1951
01:46:13,240 --> 01:46:16,160
Speaker 1: makes it a daunting challenge for this team to be

1952
01:46:16,320 --> 01:46:18,280
Speaker 1: better than the seven and nine record than that they

1953
01:46:18,360 --> 01:46:21,000
Speaker 1: had a year ago. So we're talking with Maniche Met

1954
01:46:21,040 --> 01:46:23,839
Speaker 1: of the New York Daily News. Maniche how did Jet fans?

1955
01:46:23,920 --> 01:46:26,040
Speaker 1: I can tell you how Bills fans reacted to what

1956
01:46:26,200 --> 01:46:28,439
Speaker 1: happened in New England. At first, it was a huge

1957
01:46:28,479 --> 01:46:30,800
Speaker 1: sigh of relief as Tom Brady moved to the NFC

1958
01:46:30,960 --> 01:46:33,000
Speaker 1: South and went to play for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

1959
01:46:33,040 --> 01:46:34,519
Speaker 1: And about a month and a half later, just a

1960
01:46:34,600 --> 01:46:38,759
Speaker 1: few weeks ago, they sign a former MVP and Cam Newton,

1961
01:46:39,320 --> 01:46:42,200
Speaker 1: and you know, steam started to come out of the

1962
01:46:42,280 --> 01:46:45,240
Speaker 1: years of Bills fans. Here we go again, Well how

1963
01:46:45,280 --> 01:46:47,560
Speaker 1: did Jet fans take the news that Cam Newton is

1964
01:46:47,600 --> 01:46:51,160
Speaker 1: now a New England Patriot. I think it's pretty similar now.

1965
01:46:51,360 --> 01:46:54,880
Speaker 1: You know, the eternal optimist will say, if you're a

1966
01:46:54,960 --> 01:46:57,880
Speaker 1: Jet fan, we'll say, well, Cam Newton is done. And

1967
01:46:58,479 --> 01:47:00,400
Speaker 1: I think if you're being objective about it, know, Cam

1968
01:47:00,479 --> 01:47:03,360
Speaker 1: Newton the last couple of years was not nearly the

1969
01:47:03,439 --> 01:47:05,680
Speaker 1: player he was when he was at his peak. And

1970
01:47:05,840 --> 01:47:08,639
Speaker 1: so if you're looking for some solace as a Jet

1971
01:47:08,720 --> 01:47:11,240
Speaker 1: fan or a Bills fan, you can say, hey, you know,

1972
01:47:11,320 --> 01:47:14,200
Speaker 1: this guy must be might be washed up. Uh. You know,

1973
01:47:14,320 --> 01:47:19,320
Speaker 1: I think the Jets were realistically looking at two hurdles, uh,

1974
01:47:19,560 --> 01:47:22,400
Speaker 1: the Patriots and the Bills. I think the Bills are

1975
01:47:22,520 --> 01:47:24,400
Speaker 1: much better position to win the division. I still think

1976
01:47:24,400 --> 01:47:26,479
Speaker 1: they're going to win the division because I think even

1977
01:47:26,560 --> 01:47:29,320
Speaker 1: with Cam Newton, I think the Bills have the best

1978
01:47:29,320 --> 01:47:33,120
Speaker 1: football team in the division, you know, top to bottom offense, defense. Uh,

1979
01:47:33,240 --> 01:47:35,679
Speaker 1: they have a young quarterback as well, but I think

1980
01:47:35,760 --> 01:47:39,759
Speaker 1: that the you know, the ancillary components to the surrounding pieces,

1981
01:47:40,640 --> 01:47:43,600
Speaker 1: by every objective measure, are better than every team in

1982
01:47:43,640 --> 01:47:46,479
Speaker 1: the division. So, uh, you know, does it make it

1983
01:47:46,800 --> 01:47:49,960
Speaker 1: a little bit more, a little bit harrier now that

1984
01:47:50,080 --> 01:47:52,479
Speaker 1: Cam Newton is the quarterback as opposed to you know,

1985
01:47:52,560 --> 01:47:56,680
Speaker 1: an unproving guy. Yeah, it does. But if you have

1986
01:47:56,760 --> 01:48:00,960
Speaker 1: a solid team and a solid core, and obviously Buffalo

1987
01:48:01,040 --> 01:48:03,719
Speaker 1: has had they made the postseason last year, I wouldn't,

1988
01:48:04,080 --> 01:48:07,200
Speaker 1: you know, I wouldn't be overly fearful that Cam Newton

1989
01:48:07,280 --> 01:48:12,639
Speaker 1: isn't in the division. Another young quarterback in the division

1990
01:48:12,800 --> 01:48:15,599
Speaker 1: is Sam Darnald. He was dealt not the best card

1991
01:48:15,720 --> 01:48:18,400
Speaker 1: last year, having to be out with Mono for a

1992
01:48:18,520 --> 01:48:21,679
Speaker 1: few games. We didn't see that connection with lev Bell

1993
01:48:22,360 --> 01:48:25,679
Speaker 1: really happened either last year. So what can we expect

1994
01:48:25,840 --> 01:48:28,759
Speaker 1: out of Sam Darnold in year three? Can we expect

1995
01:48:28,880 --> 01:48:30,720
Speaker 1: him to take a step forward? Our thing's going to

1996
01:48:30,760 --> 01:48:32,920
Speaker 1: be better for this offense. I mean, you invest a

1997
01:48:32,960 --> 01:48:35,639
Speaker 1: little bit in the offensive line. Of course, in free agency.

1998
01:48:35,760 --> 01:48:38,920
Speaker 1: Is that going to help him out too, if the

1999
01:48:38,960 --> 01:48:42,880
Speaker 1: offensive line jails quickly, Absolutely, because at that point I

2000
01:48:42,920 --> 01:48:44,800
Speaker 1: would think that the offensive line would be better than

2001
01:48:44,840 --> 01:48:46,400
Speaker 1: it was a year ago. I don't know if it's

2002
01:48:46,400 --> 01:48:50,439
Speaker 1: gonna be significantly better or just marginally better, but you know,

2003
01:48:51,400 --> 01:48:55,519
Speaker 1: a better offensive line to whatever degree, coupled with just

2004
01:48:55,840 --> 01:48:58,120
Speaker 1: Sam Darnald having more experience, he's going to make him

2005
01:48:58,160 --> 01:49:01,400
Speaker 1: a better player, because I think from a standpoint he's

2006
01:49:01,560 --> 01:49:05,479
Speaker 1: extremely talented. He's a great work ethic as well. Now

2007
01:49:05,840 --> 01:49:08,680
Speaker 1: you know the surrounding pieces from a skill position standpoint,

2008
01:49:09,120 --> 01:49:11,280
Speaker 1: you know that's TBD. I don't know if Adam gas

2009
01:49:11,400 --> 01:49:14,040
Speaker 1: is gonna learn from his mistakes last year with Levian

2010
01:49:14,160 --> 01:49:17,720
Speaker 1: Bell and actually utilize him properly. They brought in Frank Gore,

2011
01:49:17,840 --> 01:49:19,720
Speaker 1: but you know, as people in Buffalo are fully wear

2012
01:49:20,080 --> 01:49:22,559
Speaker 1: by watching Frank or in the second half of last season,

2013
01:49:22,960 --> 01:49:24,720
Speaker 1: you know, I'm not sure exactly how much is left

2014
01:49:24,760 --> 01:49:26,960
Speaker 1: in the tank from a you know, from a football

2015
01:49:27,040 --> 01:49:31,400
Speaker 1: perspective for Gore. They also let Robbie Anderson go in

2016
01:49:31,479 --> 01:49:34,360
Speaker 1: free agency. They took a stab at Brichard Perryman, who

2017
01:49:34,400 --> 01:49:37,680
Speaker 1: had an incredible final five weeks of last season, but

2018
01:49:37,880 --> 01:49:40,240
Speaker 1: had a you know, a three and a half year

2019
01:49:40,280 --> 01:49:42,759
Speaker 1: track record prior to that of being a first round bust.

2020
01:49:43,000 --> 01:49:47,040
Speaker 1: So I don't know what, you know, kind of up Breschard, Perryman,

2021
01:49:47,160 --> 01:49:49,519
Speaker 1: we're actually gonna get And then you have a rookie

2022
01:49:49,560 --> 01:49:52,760
Speaker 1: in Denzel Men so uh you know that, you know,

2023
01:49:52,800 --> 01:49:54,439
Speaker 1: coupled with the fact that they are bringing back Chris

2024
01:49:54,520 --> 01:49:56,680
Speaker 1: Herndon who was injured last year and he showed a

2025
01:49:56,720 --> 01:49:58,840
Speaker 1: lot of promises of rookie. You know, I don't know

2026
01:49:59,040 --> 01:50:01,880
Speaker 1: what this offense is to be, but I certainly know

2027
01:50:02,040 --> 01:50:04,080
Speaker 1: that they won't be able to get off the ground

2028
01:50:04,120 --> 01:50:08,799
Speaker 1: at the offensive line doesn't gel and gel fairly quickly. Moniche,

2029
01:50:08,880 --> 01:50:10,800
Speaker 1: thanks for spending some time with We appreciate it and

2030
01:50:10,840 --> 01:50:12,599
Speaker 1: we hope you continue to be safe and well during

2031
01:50:12,640 --> 01:50:17,400
Speaker 1: the rest of the pandemic. Thanks, thanks, guys, appreciate you. Moniche. Meta.

2032
01:50:17,479 --> 01:50:19,600
Speaker 1: New York Daily News got a great post on the

2033
01:50:20,560 --> 01:50:23,920
Speaker 1: web on their publication about Jamal Adams and what's going

2034
01:50:23,960 --> 01:50:26,040
Speaker 1: on with the Jets and how he was treated. Lots

2035
01:50:26,120 --> 01:50:28,360
Speaker 1: going on over there, a lots going on around the

2036
01:50:28,439 --> 01:50:33,120
Speaker 1: National Football League as the players, the ownership, everybody's having

2037
01:50:33,160 --> 01:50:36,880
Speaker 1: conference calls today to find out perhaps they've got the economics,

2038
01:50:36,960 --> 01:50:40,439
Speaker 1: that questions settled, and the twenty twenty season will actually

2039
01:50:40,600 --> 01:50:44,000
Speaker 1: get off the ground. Lots to talk about, Steve Tasker,

2040
01:50:44,040 --> 01:50:46,120
Speaker 1: Maddie glab To, got to take a break on One

2041
01:50:46,200 --> 01:50:49,160
Speaker 1: Bills Live, NFL True False coming up. This is One

2042
01:50:49,240 --> 01:50:52,120
Speaker 1: Bill's Live presented by Kalida Health on Buffalo Bills Radio.

2043
01:51:00,880 --> 01:51:03,080
Speaker 1: Welcome back to One Bills Live. Thanks to veniche Meadow

2044
01:51:03,080 --> 01:51:04,479
Speaker 1: the New York Daily News coming out and give us

2045
01:51:04,479 --> 01:51:06,639
Speaker 1: a little scoop on the Jets, what's going on over

2046
01:51:06,720 --> 01:51:09,360
Speaker 1: there and with the AFC East, and what's going on

2047
01:51:09,600 --> 01:51:12,439
Speaker 1: from a different team in our division. We also have

2048
01:51:12,520 --> 01:51:14,760
Speaker 1: a little update from Tom Pello Sarah, who is a

2049
01:51:14,800 --> 01:51:17,200
Speaker 1: guest owner show this week. The proposal being he says,

2050
01:51:17,680 --> 01:51:20,080
Speaker 1: the proposal being discussed by the National Football League and

2051
01:51:20,080 --> 01:51:23,000
Speaker 1: the National Football League Players Association would spread the impact

2052
01:51:23,080 --> 01:51:26,120
Speaker 1: of any revenue shortfall in twenty twenty over four years,

2053
01:51:26,600 --> 01:51:29,320
Speaker 1: with a twenty twenty one salary cap of at least

2054
01:51:29,360 --> 01:51:32,479
Speaker 1: one hundred and seventy five million. Sources tell me mic

2055
01:51:32,600 --> 01:51:35,120
Speaker 1: Rofflo no change to the twenty twenty cap despite the

2056
01:51:35,200 --> 01:51:38,200
Speaker 1: owner's proposal. So this is part of how the NFL

2057
01:51:38,240 --> 01:51:40,439
Speaker 1: owners are trying to close the deal on economics before

2058
01:51:40,479 --> 01:51:43,679
Speaker 1: the players get into the facilities starting this weekend, raise

2059
01:51:43,760 --> 01:51:45,960
Speaker 1: the minimum cap in twenty twenty one from one hundred

2060
01:51:45,960 --> 01:51:48,679
Speaker 1: and sixty five million to one hundred and seventy five million,

2061
01:51:49,160 --> 01:51:52,080
Speaker 1: and dropped a request for eight million dollars in salary

2062
01:51:52,120 --> 01:51:56,400
Speaker 1: cap reduction in twenty twenty. They dropped they wanted the

2063
01:51:56,479 --> 01:51:59,400
Speaker 1: captive go down by eight million in twenty twenty, but

2064
01:51:59,520 --> 01:52:02,960
Speaker 1: instead they're just going to raise the minimum to one

2065
01:52:03,040 --> 01:52:06,200
Speaker 1: hundred and seventy five million dollars next year, so they

2066
01:52:06,240 --> 01:52:08,080
Speaker 1: don't even though they don't know what the cap might

2067
01:52:08,160 --> 01:52:10,600
Speaker 1: be next year, it won't go below one hundred and

2068
01:52:10,680 --> 01:52:12,600
Speaker 1: seventy five million, and they'll spread it out over the

2069
01:52:12,680 --> 01:52:16,519
Speaker 1: next four years. That's the proposals being reported as being

2070
01:52:16,560 --> 01:52:19,439
Speaker 1: discussed between the players themselves, the players and themselves and

2071
01:52:19,520 --> 01:52:22,519
Speaker 1: the owners and themselves on two different calls, and the

2072
01:52:22,600 --> 01:52:25,840
Speaker 1: results of those conversations will affect whether everybody signs off

2073
01:52:25,880 --> 01:52:29,680
Speaker 1: on it all. Honky Dory, I would anticipate the way

2074
01:52:29,720 --> 01:52:32,439
Speaker 1: this usually works, Maddie, is when the leadership comes to

2075
01:52:32,520 --> 01:52:34,400
Speaker 1: the rank and file of the union says, guys, we

2076
01:52:34,479 --> 01:52:37,080
Speaker 1: think this is a deal we need to take. The

2077
01:52:37,280 --> 01:52:40,120
Speaker 1: union really says, okay, if you say so, that's why

2078
01:52:40,200 --> 01:52:43,320
Speaker 1: you're your leadership, let's go. And the ownership kind of

2079
01:52:43,400 --> 01:52:45,519
Speaker 1: does the same thing. They say, listen, this is the

2080
01:52:45,560 --> 01:52:47,479
Speaker 1: deal we think we can get. We've talked about it.

2081
01:52:47,560 --> 01:52:49,280
Speaker 1: This is a scenario that's going to get us back

2082
01:52:49,360 --> 01:52:52,639
Speaker 1: on track within a certain amount of time. Let's take

2083
01:52:52,760 --> 01:52:54,640
Speaker 1: this deal. And we think the players will too, and

2084
01:52:54,680 --> 01:52:58,559
Speaker 1: the owners will say go with it. If the numbers work,

2085
01:52:58,680 --> 01:53:01,960
Speaker 1: do it, and that's how two sides come together. Yeah,

2086
01:53:02,040 --> 01:53:06,439
Speaker 1: this number definitely sounds better in terms of being for

2087
01:53:06,640 --> 01:53:10,160
Speaker 1: the players than what it previously would have been, especially

2088
01:53:10,240 --> 01:53:13,880
Speaker 1: that key part in the twenty twenty cap isn't going

2089
01:53:13,960 --> 01:53:17,599
Speaker 1: to be affected, because that would have been pretty tough

2090
01:53:17,760 --> 01:53:21,400
Speaker 1: with trying to figure out rosters currently before training camp starts.

2091
01:53:21,439 --> 01:53:24,639
Speaker 1: I mean, some of these teams have like four million

2092
01:53:24,840 --> 01:53:27,120
Speaker 1: in cap space right now. You would have to cut

2093
01:53:27,160 --> 01:53:30,200
Speaker 1: some players before training camp even begins. And then let's

2094
01:53:30,640 --> 01:53:34,519
Speaker 1: let's talk about eighty man rosters possibly for training camp,

2095
01:53:34,560 --> 01:53:37,200
Speaker 1: but seven ninety. Yeah, you're gonna have to do some

2096
01:53:38,080 --> 01:53:41,679
Speaker 1: some changes before you can even step onto the field.

2097
01:53:42,320 --> 01:53:44,200
Speaker 1: So that's good for the players. You don't have to,

2098
01:53:44,840 --> 01:53:48,120
Speaker 1: you know, freak out right now. Yeah, next year is

2099
01:53:48,120 --> 01:53:50,320
Speaker 1: going to be affected, but you have a year to

2100
01:53:50,520 --> 01:53:52,760
Speaker 1: kind of figure that out. I think that would be

2101
01:53:52,840 --> 01:53:56,960
Speaker 1: really tough for gms to do, you know, within it

2102
01:53:57,040 --> 01:53:59,760
Speaker 1: within a week or two. That's a lot to have

2103
01:54:00,080 --> 01:54:03,760
Speaker 1: to reinvent, to move things around, to figure out how

2104
01:54:03,840 --> 01:54:06,920
Speaker 1: you can make make space for everyone and who you

2105
01:54:07,120 --> 01:54:09,639
Speaker 1: need to cut. Of course, this is going to change

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01:54:09,680 --> 01:54:13,320
Speaker 1: for next year though, exactly so, it's gonna be a

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01:54:13,400 --> 01:54:15,320
Speaker 1: big weekend. A lot's going to happen. We'll be back

2108
01:54:15,360 --> 01:54:17,320
Speaker 1: on Monday to talk about it. But for right now,

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01:54:17,439 --> 01:54:20,160
Speaker 1: let's get into NFL True false, brought to you by

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01:54:20,280 --> 01:54:23,559
Speaker 1: Yancy's Fancy New York's Artists and Cheese. You're ready, Maddie,

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01:54:24,120 --> 01:54:28,439
Speaker 1: Let's do it all right. NFL True falls number one

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01:54:28,920 --> 01:54:33,520
Speaker 1: NFL Draft prospects this spring should bolt if college football

2113
01:54:33,600 --> 01:54:38,920
Speaker 1: moves its season till the spring, true or false, I

2114
01:54:39,520 --> 01:54:42,560
Speaker 1: am going to say. I want to say false because

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01:54:42,760 --> 01:54:45,680
Speaker 1: I would love to see if it does move to spring.

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01:54:46,000 --> 01:54:48,640
Speaker 1: I want to see the talented players play in spring

2117
01:54:48,760 --> 01:54:51,760
Speaker 1: because college football is so fun to watch because of

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01:54:51,840 --> 01:54:54,880
Speaker 1: the talent you have on these teams, specifically with the

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01:54:54,920 --> 01:54:58,720
Speaker 1: Power five conferences. But if the NFL's not going to

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01:54:58,840 --> 01:55:01,240
Speaker 1: move their draft aft, if they're not going to move

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01:55:01,400 --> 01:55:03,880
Speaker 1: the combine, if they're not going to move pro days,

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01:55:04,280 --> 01:55:07,840
Speaker 1: I just see it being a very tough sell for

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01:55:08,360 --> 01:55:11,960
Speaker 1: student athletes who have been told and it's been put

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01:55:12,080 --> 01:55:14,800
Speaker 1: into their minds and just the culture that you need

2125
01:55:15,360 --> 01:55:19,200
Speaker 1: this three month period to go off to Florida or

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01:55:19,320 --> 01:55:23,800
Speaker 1: Arizona or wherever you're going to train with the trainer

2127
01:55:23,880 --> 01:55:28,360
Speaker 1: to work towards running the best forty time and have

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01:55:28,880 --> 01:55:32,240
Speaker 1: a great vert and a great shuttle drill and a

2129
01:55:32,360 --> 01:55:36,360
Speaker 1: three cone drill. I mean, I don't think the NFL

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01:55:36,440 --> 01:55:40,000
Speaker 1: would have to tell these players, no, stay and play

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01:55:40,120 --> 01:55:42,160
Speaker 1: this season. You're going to have a better chance of

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01:55:42,240 --> 01:55:45,120
Speaker 1: being drafted if you play the season. That's the only

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01:55:45,200 --> 01:55:47,640
Speaker 1: way that I could see this working. But they're not

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01:55:47,760 --> 01:55:51,400
Speaker 1: going to do that, so I think true, yeah, they're

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01:55:51,440 --> 01:55:55,000
Speaker 1: gonna bolt if college football gets pushed to spring. Well,

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01:55:55,080 --> 01:55:57,040
Speaker 1: here's the thing. Here's the way I feel about it, Maddie.

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01:55:57,120 --> 01:55:59,840
Speaker 1: No question, there's a few, there's a handful a players.

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01:56:00,040 --> 01:56:02,120
Speaker 1: Here's what's gonna happen. You're gonna have hundreds of guys

2139
01:56:02,840 --> 01:56:04,600
Speaker 1: under this scenario saying, you know what, I'm gonna get

2140
01:56:04,600 --> 01:56:07,240
Speaker 1: ready for the draft, and you're gonna like forget like

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01:56:07,520 --> 01:56:10,200
Speaker 1: of the seventy five thousand guys who are gonna be

2142
01:56:10,240 --> 01:56:14,160
Speaker 1: playing Division one college football, and the and the hundred

2143
01:56:14,240 --> 01:56:16,440
Speaker 1: thousand guys that are gonna be playing Division two and

2144
01:56:16,520 --> 01:56:19,160
Speaker 1: one hundred thousand guys are gonna be playing Division three football.

2145
01:56:19,320 --> 01:56:23,040
Speaker 1: The numbers are staggering. You're gonna have like two hundred

2146
01:56:23,080 --> 01:56:26,840
Speaker 1: and fifty get drafted, and of each of those, you're

2147
01:56:26,880 --> 01:56:30,080
Speaker 1: gonna have maybe you know, there's gonna be younna have

2148
01:56:30,200 --> 01:56:33,440
Speaker 1: like a thousand guys sitting out the season because they

2149
01:56:33,520 --> 01:56:36,720
Speaker 1: think they're gonna be drafted. And there's only about five

2150
01:56:36,840 --> 01:56:41,480
Speaker 1: guys that really need to sit out. There's seriously like

2151
01:56:41,840 --> 01:56:46,400
Speaker 1: a handful Trevor Lawrence and some and some other guys

2152
01:56:46,440 --> 01:56:49,040
Speaker 1: that I don't know, right, Trevor Lawrence, I can see,

2153
01:56:49,200 --> 01:56:50,840
Speaker 1: you know what, He's not going anywhere. He's gonna be

2154
01:56:50,840 --> 01:56:53,120
Speaker 1: the first pick of the draft no matter what. So

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01:56:53,480 --> 01:56:56,520
Speaker 1: if that happened, so him, Yeah, Okay, sit down. You

2156
01:56:56,560 --> 01:56:57,720
Speaker 1: don't need to do that. You don't need to go

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01:56:57,760 --> 01:57:01,880
Speaker 1: out there and play against Duke. You know, don't do it.

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01:57:02,440 --> 01:57:04,880
Speaker 1: So just sit back and get in shape and work

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01:57:04,920 --> 01:57:07,400
Speaker 1: out and enjoy your last semester at college. If indeed

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01:57:07,480 --> 01:57:10,040
Speaker 1: you are at college, if you're on campus, or if

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01:57:10,040 --> 01:57:13,640
Speaker 1: you're virtual, whatever, just do your thing. But for the

2162
01:57:13,720 --> 01:57:16,240
Speaker 1: rest of you, guys, you better get on the field

2163
01:57:16,760 --> 01:57:19,680
Speaker 1: because the NFL, particularly if you're having a season during

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01:57:19,720 --> 01:57:22,200
Speaker 1: the spring, the NFL coaches and scouts are gonna be

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01:57:22,280 --> 01:57:25,040
Speaker 1: on your campus watching you practice. They're gonna be watching

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01:57:25,080 --> 01:57:28,360
Speaker 1: you play. You're gonna get scrutinized like never before outside

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01:57:28,400 --> 01:57:33,640
Speaker 1: the combine. So I think for ninety eight percent of

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01:57:33,720 --> 01:57:38,280
Speaker 1: the guys playing college football, don't bolt. Just play your games.

2169
01:57:38,480 --> 01:57:40,200
Speaker 1: You're there for a reason. You went to college for

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01:57:40,320 --> 01:57:41,560
Speaker 1: a reason. You want to You want to be a

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01:57:41,640 --> 01:57:43,040
Speaker 1: part of that crew. You want to be a part

2172
01:57:43,080 --> 01:57:44,840
Speaker 1: of that team. Do it. Be a part of that team.

2173
01:57:44,920 --> 01:57:48,880
Speaker 1: Don't blow your senior season off. Play it, have fun,

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01:57:48,920 --> 01:57:52,200
Speaker 1: and enjoy it. But for that, you know, for the

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01:57:52,360 --> 01:57:54,200
Speaker 1: three or four guys that you're talking about being a

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01:57:54,240 --> 01:57:56,400
Speaker 1: top five pick and everybody else is a roll of

2177
01:57:56,440 --> 01:57:58,760
Speaker 1: the dice. Yeah, those guys can sit out. That's that's

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01:57:58,800 --> 01:58:02,240
Speaker 1: the way I feel about it. So not NFL Draft picks,

2179
01:58:02,280 --> 01:58:06,120
Speaker 1: but NFL top tippy top draft prospects all the way.

2180
01:58:06,680 --> 01:58:10,360
Speaker 1: That's right, all right, NFL true false. Number two, the

2181
01:58:10,520 --> 01:58:13,480
Speaker 1: NFL should hold a twenty twenty coronavirus season in two

2182
01:58:14,240 --> 01:58:20,080
Speaker 1: California bubbles. This is brought to light by an article

2183
01:58:20,880 --> 01:58:23,360
Speaker 1: in the in The Barry in Los Angeles that putting

2184
01:58:23,480 --> 01:58:26,400
Speaker 1: sits in California like a major league or like the

2185
01:58:26,520 --> 01:58:30,440
Speaker 1: NBA and the NHL are doing. True or false, The

2186
01:58:30,600 --> 01:58:32,840
Speaker 1: NFL should hold a couple of bubble cities like the

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01:58:32,960 --> 01:58:34,960
Speaker 1: NHL is doing, so it's easier to keep guys for

2188
01:58:35,320 --> 01:58:40,080
Speaker 1: virus free. I think it's it's probably you know, it

2189
01:58:40,120 --> 01:58:42,400
Speaker 1: would be a smart thing to do. But hey, it's

2190
01:58:42,560 --> 01:58:45,839
Speaker 1: July twenty fourth, and guys are reporting. Veterans are reporting

2191
01:58:45,920 --> 01:58:49,200
Speaker 1: in four days. Your rookies have already reported. It's too

2192
01:58:49,320 --> 01:58:53,160
Speaker 1: late to bring a bubble talk into the conversation. I

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01:58:53,280 --> 01:58:56,120
Speaker 1: think the protocols that are set in place and how

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01:58:56,280 --> 01:59:00,320
Speaker 1: I've seen them personally play out so far, it seemed

2195
01:59:00,320 --> 01:59:03,960
Speaker 1: pretty safe. The videos that we've seen on Twitter. I've

2196
01:59:04,000 --> 01:59:05,880
Speaker 1: had to go to the complex to get tested a

2197
01:59:05,960 --> 01:59:08,680
Speaker 1: few times. I'm a Tier three employee. I'm not allowed

2198
01:59:08,720 --> 01:59:11,560
Speaker 1: to have any interaction with players, coaches, things like that.

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01:59:11,720 --> 01:59:15,880
Speaker 1: It seems like what they have these protocols are very

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01:59:16,080 --> 01:59:19,800
Speaker 1: safe and very for the players and their safety. So

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01:59:20,800 --> 01:59:23,440
Speaker 1: right now I think it can work. But that big

2202
01:59:23,560 --> 01:59:26,800
Speaker 1: question is what happens when you go home. And if

2203
01:59:26,880 --> 01:59:30,840
Speaker 1: we start to see this not work because the home

2204
01:59:30,920 --> 01:59:35,160
Speaker 1: part of the conversation is turning into players testing positive,

2205
01:59:35,680 --> 01:59:38,680
Speaker 1: then yeah, maybe maybe you start talking about a bubble,

2206
01:59:38,960 --> 01:59:41,000
Speaker 1: but man, that would be tough to figure out in

2207
01:59:41,040 --> 01:59:42,640
Speaker 1: the middle of a season. Well, they're not going to

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01:59:42,720 --> 01:59:44,400
Speaker 1: do it this season. There's just no way they can

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01:59:44,440 --> 01:59:47,400
Speaker 1: get it up and running there if the travel, the logistics,

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01:59:47,680 --> 01:59:50,000
Speaker 1: the thousands upon thousands of people you'd have to be

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01:59:50,160 --> 01:59:52,480
Speaker 1: inside the bubble to support a crew as big as

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01:59:52,480 --> 01:59:55,200
Speaker 1: an NFL football team is just not feasible. I don't

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01:59:55,240 --> 01:59:59,160
Speaker 1: think it's way ahead of It's way bigger than the NHL.

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01:59:59,280 --> 02:00:01,760
Speaker 1: Even with their twenty six man rosters or twenty seven

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02:00:01,800 --> 02:00:05,720
Speaker 1: man rosters that they have, that's not that's half an

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02:00:05,840 --> 02:00:09,400
Speaker 1: NFL roster, and their coaching staff has like what four

2217
02:00:09,520 --> 02:00:12,080
Speaker 1: guys on it, five guys on it. The an NFL

2218
02:00:12,160 --> 02:00:15,440
Speaker 1: staff has twenty five guys on it. The medical staff

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02:00:15,560 --> 02:00:18,640
Speaker 1: is commensurate with a fifty man roster. The training staff

2220
02:00:18,720 --> 02:00:22,240
Speaker 1: is commensurate with a fifty man roster that there's just

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02:00:22,440 --> 02:00:24,640
Speaker 1: no end to the support crew that you need to

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02:00:24,680 --> 02:00:26,840
Speaker 1: put an NFL team together and keep them healthy and

2223
02:00:27,000 --> 02:00:32,080
Speaker 1: fed and isolated no less. So the bubble scenario is

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02:00:32,920 --> 02:00:35,760
Speaker 1: a non starter I think for the National Football League

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02:00:35,800 --> 02:00:38,480
Speaker 1: in that regard, because their facilities just don't exist to

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02:00:38,800 --> 02:00:41,600
Speaker 1: accommodate it. So I'm gonna say false, You're not gonna

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Speaker 1: go to and let's just go to California where every

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02:00:43,640 --> 02:00:47,280
Speaker 1: third person's got the virus. Anyway, all right, I'm excited

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02:00:47,360 --> 02:00:50,480
Speaker 1: it's been canceled. Right, I'm exaggerating to make a point, obviously,

2230
02:00:50,600 --> 02:00:54,560
Speaker 1: but you know it's a hotspot. Yeah, so let's not

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02:00:54,680 --> 02:00:57,240
Speaker 1: go there. So I say false to that, all right,

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02:00:57,480 --> 02:01:01,440
Speaker 1: NFL True false Number three of a preseason on field

2233
02:01:01,480 --> 02:01:04,800
Speaker 1: work will lead to officiating struggles early in the season.

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02:01:04,960 --> 02:01:06,960
Speaker 1: Is true that the NFL officials are not going to

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02:01:07,040 --> 02:01:11,000
Speaker 1: hit the field for a game until opening day opening weekends.

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02:01:11,040 --> 02:01:14,000
Speaker 1: So absolutely, I think, yeah, there will be some struggles

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02:01:14,040 --> 02:01:17,600
Speaker 1: early on with officiating. These guys are gonna these guys

2238
02:01:17,600 --> 02:01:19,520
Speaker 1: are gonna struggle a little bit to get it right

2239
02:01:20,120 --> 02:01:23,120
Speaker 1: and to be on their game. With the way the

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Speaker 1: league is going to be officiated early on, I think

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02:01:25,040 --> 02:01:26,480
Speaker 1: it is going to be a struggle for the officials

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02:01:26,520 --> 02:01:30,400
Speaker 1: early on in the season. Yeah, I'm subscribing to as fully.

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02:01:30,480 --> 02:01:32,360
Speaker 1: I mean, you have some new rules that will be

2244
02:01:32,440 --> 02:01:34,960
Speaker 1: in place, they're not going to be able to be

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02:01:35,240 --> 02:01:40,280
Speaker 1: at practices, I would imagine either. I mean, usually during

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Speaker 1: a normal training camp, we see four or five officials

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02:01:43,360 --> 02:01:46,880
Speaker 1: come out to some of the practices, to the practice

2248
02:01:47,320 --> 02:01:49,800
Speaker 1: what they need to get ready for. If we don't

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02:01:49,880 --> 02:01:53,440
Speaker 1: see that and there's no preseason, of course, there's going

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Speaker 1: to be some struggles in week one in week two, right,

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02:01:57,480 --> 02:02:00,760
Speaker 1: And this was from Kevin Seafort of ESPN com said this,

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02:02:01,480 --> 02:02:05,400
Speaker 1: Usually officiating crews make a multi day visit to training camps,

2253
02:02:05,760 --> 02:02:07,800
Speaker 1: during which they explain the new rules to the players.

2254
02:02:07,840 --> 02:02:10,720
Speaker 1: They have this big PowerPoint presentation with film clips and

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02:02:10,760 --> 02:02:12,640
Speaker 1: all that they give the players. I remember that from

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02:02:12,680 --> 02:02:16,320
Speaker 1: my day, and the crew communication how they do it

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02:02:16,400 --> 02:02:18,840
Speaker 1: during practice they get their mechanics down. But also the

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02:02:19,400 --> 02:02:22,760
Speaker 1: Referees Association Executive director Scott Greene said that those trips

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02:02:22,760 --> 02:02:25,840
Speaker 1: they've all been canceled so that they can minimize the

2260
02:02:25,960 --> 02:02:28,960
Speaker 1: risk of infection. This year, they're hoping to have a

2261
02:02:29,080 --> 02:02:32,960
Speaker 1: virtual presentations instead, but it will not be they will

2262
02:02:33,000 --> 02:02:34,600
Speaker 1: not be able to get their usual work during the

2263
02:02:34,680 --> 02:02:39,720
Speaker 1: preseason games. Like the nfl PA and the NFL Referees

2264
02:02:39,760 --> 02:02:42,800
Speaker 1: Association is seeking out an opt out policy as well.

2265
02:02:42,880 --> 02:02:46,360
Speaker 1: The referees are seeking an opt out policy so that

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02:02:46,480 --> 02:02:49,160
Speaker 1: they can't if a guy can't work during the pandemic,

2267
02:02:49,240 --> 02:02:51,560
Speaker 1: he doesn't have to. So all of that stuff in

2268
02:02:51,600 --> 02:02:53,879
Speaker 1: the mix. It's going to be hard for these officials

2269
02:02:53,920 --> 02:02:58,640
Speaker 1: to be game ready and silky smooth in their operations

2270
02:02:58,840 --> 02:03:00,480
Speaker 1: right from the get go. I think they will see

2271
02:03:00,480 --> 02:03:02,640
Speaker 1: some struggles. It'll be interesting to see how that plays out.

2272
02:03:03,800 --> 02:03:07,000
Speaker 1: I completely agree it's not gonna I just hope no

2273
02:03:08,360 --> 02:03:13,760
Speaker 1: no game losing or gains alone at the end of

2274
02:03:13,920 --> 02:03:16,800
Speaker 1: the game that if they are all I can hope for.

2275
02:03:16,960 --> 02:03:19,880
Speaker 1: That is, if they do make these catastrophic mistakes, they

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02:03:19,960 --> 02:03:22,960
Speaker 1: go in our favor. Yes, Okay, let's not to be

2277
02:03:23,040 --> 02:03:24,680
Speaker 1: too much of a homer, but who cares. I want

2278
02:03:24,720 --> 02:03:26,640
Speaker 1: my team to win. Okay, here we go, what Steve Jasper,

2279
02:03:26,640 --> 02:03:28,160
Speaker 1: Maddie glib We'll be back with what do we learned?

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Speaker 1: Right after the break one Bills Live presented by Kalida

2281
02:03:30,360 --> 02:03:39,520
Speaker 1: Health on Buffalo Bills Radio. What Have We Learned? Brought

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Speaker 1: to you by Skyworks, the official construction equipment rental company

2283
02:03:42,920 --> 02:03:45,000
Speaker 1: of the Buffalo Bills Order. In the program, we had

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02:03:45,040 --> 02:03:47,600
Speaker 1: Hall of Fame quarterback Jim Kelly on. He spoke about

2285
02:03:47,920 --> 02:03:50,960
Speaker 1: the Captain's Circle and his interaction with Kyle Williams and

2286
02:03:51,040 --> 02:03:53,440
Speaker 1: what Kyle Williams meant to Jim Kelly and what Jim

2287
02:03:53,600 --> 02:03:56,680
Speaker 1: learned from Kyle Williams as a captain. When I spoke

2288
02:03:56,720 --> 02:04:01,120
Speaker 1: about Kyle, I mean I really took out the heart

2289
02:04:01,320 --> 02:04:03,880
Speaker 1: about and I'm sure Steve would agree with this, that

2290
02:04:04,480 --> 02:04:09,080
Speaker 1: I really have never heard a leaguer, a captain speak

2291
02:04:09,640 --> 02:04:14,360
Speaker 1: as powerful than Kyle had the board games, after games

2292
02:04:14,760 --> 02:04:17,400
Speaker 1: and really trying to make sure that everybody knew where

2293
02:04:17,440 --> 02:04:20,560
Speaker 1: he was coming from. Then, Kyle Williams, you use your

2294
02:04:20,600 --> 02:04:24,600
Speaker 1: amazing leaguer. He's property one the best I've ever heard

2295
02:04:24,680 --> 02:04:27,320
Speaker 1: speak after a game. But it was it was a

2296
02:04:27,400 --> 02:04:31,600
Speaker 1: lot of fun, that's for sure. That was Jim Kelly

2297
02:04:31,680 --> 02:04:34,400
Speaker 1: on Kyle Williams and his abilities to speak and being

2298
02:04:34,480 --> 02:04:36,600
Speaker 1: a communicator as a captain. You can hear more of

2299
02:04:36,680 --> 02:04:40,120
Speaker 1: that on Captain Circle coming up Sunday night on all

2300
02:04:40,280 --> 02:04:43,920
Speaker 1: the Sabers and Bill's platforms. Also from the New York

2301
02:04:44,000 --> 02:04:46,600
Speaker 1: Daily News, we had miniche Meta on and what the

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02:04:46,720 --> 02:04:49,400
Speaker 1: league should do as a reaction to Woody Johnson and

2303
02:04:49,520 --> 02:04:52,320
Speaker 1: of course the Washington Football Club's news. And if all

2304
02:04:52,360 --> 02:04:55,360
Speaker 1: the allegations are proven to be true, I think there

2305
02:04:55,440 --> 02:04:57,680
Speaker 1: needs to be an investigation, and again I don't know

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02:04:57,760 --> 02:04:59,080
Speaker 1: if the league is going to do that. I think

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02:04:59,160 --> 02:05:03,200
Speaker 1: at the bare minimum that should be required, and obviously

2308
02:05:03,320 --> 02:05:06,520
Speaker 1: depending on the findings. You know, if these allegations do

2309
02:05:07,200 --> 02:05:09,360
Speaker 1: turn out to be true, then I do think that

2310
02:05:09,480 --> 02:05:12,960
Speaker 1: the NFL should follow on a similar path as the NBA.

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02:05:13,160 --> 02:05:15,560
Speaker 1: You make swift and decisive action. You saw that with

2312
02:05:15,680 --> 02:05:19,200
Speaker 1: the former LA Clippers owner Donald Sterling. Uh, you know,

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02:05:19,280 --> 02:05:22,320
Speaker 1: there was audio tapes regarding Donald Sterling. As far as

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Speaker 1: I know, you know, such tapes don't exist in regarding

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Speaker 1: Woody Johnson or you know, what's going on with Washington.

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Speaker 1: But I do think that at the very least there

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Speaker 1: should be a league mandated investigation. And if it turns

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Speaker 1: out that in this particular case with the Jets, that

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Speaker 1: you know, these racists and sexist remarks did indeed take place,

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Speaker 1: and obviously there's you know, there's no room for that,

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Speaker 1: I think in the NFL. That was miniche meta on

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Speaker 1: what we learned, brought to you by Skyworks. A lot

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Speaker 1: going on this weekend, Maddie. Looks like the union and

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Speaker 1: the management of the National Football League will probably get

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Speaker 1: together and solve this over the weekend. Don't you anticipate

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Speaker 1: that happening, So that if they do, training camps are

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Speaker 1: scheduled to take off and fly next week. And Ian

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Speaker 1: Rappaport just tweeted ten minutes ago out of the NFL

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Speaker 1: meeting today via sources training camp will start on time.

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Speaker 1: So does that mean that everything is kosher and good

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Speaker 1: to go or does that mean if there are still

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Speaker 1: some disagreements, that they're going to follow through and start

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Speaker 1: training camps. So to be determined, These two parties will

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Speaker 1: come together with their decisions if they approve or disapprove,

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Speaker 1: and then all players will be on a call at

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Speaker 1: six o'clock tonight. So yeah, I have a feeling that

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Speaker 1: this is going to get figured out this weekend. It

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Speaker 1: seems like everything that we've heard are good, are reasons

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Speaker 1: to feel like something will start on time. Yeah, And

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Speaker 1: of course, as we said at one thirty today, the

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Speaker 1: Executive Committee of the National Football League Players Association, we're

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Speaker 1: on a conference call at three thirty just coming up

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Speaker 1: in just half an hour. The player reps, one from

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Speaker 1: each of the thirty two teams will be on a

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Speaker 1: conference call and they'll get briefed on the thing. And

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Speaker 1: then at six o'clock tonight, the entire roster of NFL players,

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Speaker 1: all the rank and file of the players union, will

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Speaker 1: get briefed on this proposal at six o'clock tonight and

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Speaker 1: we'll see if they all ratified and say okay, let's go.

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Speaker 1: And if they do, it'll be up to the NFL

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Speaker 1: and the ownership to say, yeah, US two and let's go.

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Speaker 1: And if so, the NFL season, amidst all the unbelievable

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Speaker 1: stuff that's happened, is gonna go this coming week and

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Speaker 1: we're gonna head off till September thirteenth weekend when the

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Speaker 1: season kicks off for real. Unbelievable, Maddie. There's been a

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Speaker 1: lot of question marks, a lot of ups and a

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Speaker 1: lot of downs, but I'm just ready to get this

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Speaker 1: thing off the ground. I want to see practice, especially

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Speaker 1: with it in a year where the Bills have got

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Speaker 1: such a strong roster and what we said, Camp Countdown

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Speaker 1: twenty twenty on Buffalo Bills dot com. You can call

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Speaker 1: and get you can go on that series and get

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Speaker 1: a chance to see what it's like for the Buffalo

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Speaker 1: Bills going into the season, all the camp battles and everything.

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Speaker 1: Have a great weekend, everybody. Steve Tasker, Maddi Glab happy

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Speaker 1: to be with you. Noon to three. We're signing off

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Speaker 1: for the weekend. We'll talk to you on Monday. It's

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Speaker 1: one Bills Live on Buffalo Bills Radio.