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Speaker 1: that's time. Welcome to one Western New York rainy day.

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Speaker 1: We're all getting rained on. It had a huge storm

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Speaker 1: crazy morning for you, Steve. We were on our pre

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Speaker 1: Steve Tasker along with Maddie Glab podcasting from our homes

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Speaker 1: and we are stoked, thrilled to have our next guests

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Speaker 1: on with us. Head coach of the Buffalo Bills, Sean McDermot, Sean,

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Speaker 1: Steve Tasker and Maddie Glab. Thanks for coming on with

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Speaker 1: us hard No, I know you're busy today. Thanks for

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Speaker 1: taking time. Oh, thanks for having almost you guys, and

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Speaker 1: congrats to Maddie on on her first week on the

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Speaker 1: job here. Very nice. Yeah, appreciate it. Yeah, how's this

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Speaker 1: day going for you? I know you you did a

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Speaker 1: big zoom meeting with the local media and Maddie was

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Speaker 1: on for just a little bit. Uh what you know

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Speaker 1: that how tough is it to show leadership to a

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Speaker 1: bunch of guys who were scattered all over the country

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Speaker 1: and you're doing it on a zoom meeting. I mean,

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Speaker 1: a lot of us have had to work remotely, but

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Speaker 1: it's it's got to be doubly important and doubly difficult

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Speaker 1: for you as the guy who all these guys are

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Speaker 1: looking to from across the country. Well, it is. It's

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Speaker 1: a challenge, and I'm sure I'm not in any uh

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Speaker 1: you know, unique situation as in of the coaches in

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Speaker 1: the league going through We're all going through the same situation,

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Speaker 1: and so it's it's a leadership challenge, uh Steve and um,

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Speaker 1: you know, But at the same time, there's you kind

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Speaker 1: of from a leadership standpoint, you kind of expect the

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Speaker 1: unexpected from year year in the NFL, and and this one,

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Speaker 1: I would say is not one that I expected in

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Speaker 1: terms of the COVID situation. But at the same time, uh,

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Speaker 1: certainly with my staff and our players finding a way

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Speaker 1: through this, um and with the hope so in the

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Speaker 1: goal of uh, you know, I was coming back together

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Speaker 1: at some point and uh and uh putting a good

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Speaker 1: a good team on the field, coach. This past week

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Speaker 1: has been a pretty eye opening week for all of

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Speaker 1: us in America with the racial injustice going on, a

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Speaker 1: lot of the protests that we've seen, um from George

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Speaker 1: Floyd being murdered, as well as a lot of other

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Speaker 1: people that people are protesting for and even here in

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Speaker 1: Western New York. And I know you agree that racial

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Speaker 1: injustice and racial inequality has no place in Buffalo or

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Speaker 1: in America. So what's your reaction to what's been going on?

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Speaker 1: And how have you had some of those conversations with

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Speaker 1: your players. I know when you spoke to the media

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Speaker 1: you said you guys all met together, but you also

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Speaker 1: wanted to make sure that that you were able to

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Speaker 1: listen to what your players had to say, right, And

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Speaker 1: so if you you know, Number one I'm disappointed is

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Speaker 1: uh as I mentioned earlier on the earlier call Maddie

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Speaker 1: that you were on and um, you know, I wanted

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Speaker 1: our players to to know, Um, you know that we

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Speaker 1: UH support them and we understand that this hits very

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Speaker 1: close to home. Listen to HiT's close to home for

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Speaker 1: for the entire world. I'm sure and um it's certainly um,

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Speaker 1: you know a national tragedy uh in the United States

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Speaker 1: as well, and and um, you know that the point

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Speaker 1: of the players was that, you know, I'm going to

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Speaker 1: do my best to to uh to learn and educate

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Speaker 1: myself and and our team and and uh and certainly

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Speaker 1: be here to listen. UH. And I think our our staff,

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Speaker 1: um you know is is showing that and displaying that

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Speaker 1: as well, not just myself but but our staff and

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Speaker 1: and uh and then UH take take that information and

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Speaker 1: look to lead with it and um and then making

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Speaker 1: sure that we always love um because that's what we're

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Speaker 1: called to do. That's that's what I believe in. And

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Speaker 1: that's uh. You know a lot of what I do

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Speaker 1: is based upon the foundation that my faith has given

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Speaker 1: me and and UM. But it's also in this case,

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Speaker 1: I think a binding a bonding um quality that that

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Speaker 1: uh and a unifying quality that our nation needs and

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Speaker 1: and uh and we've build our team with that. And

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Speaker 1: so my hope is that our team can be uh

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Speaker 1: a good snaps out of what our country should look like. Yeahs.

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Speaker 1: And as we've all been locked down and quarantined for

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Speaker 1: a couple of months now, there is a loosening of

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Speaker 1: the grip were here now. The NBA has got a

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Speaker 1: plan to get back onto the court and start playing games.

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Speaker 1: The NHL is starting to grind towards having a shortened

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Speaker 1: season as well. Major League Baseball the same, and they're

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Speaker 1: starting states are starting to move open up. Even Western

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Speaker 1: New York has gone to Phase two the yesterday. So, um,

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Speaker 1: we just heard that it's probably not going to be

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Speaker 1: or there's definitely not gonna be a training camp at

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Speaker 1: Saint John Fisher. How good or bad is that for

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Speaker 1: the Buffalo Bills. Certainly, you guys feel I have to

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Speaker 1: feel like you're closer now with the new weight room

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Speaker 1: and the new training facility that you're more better set

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Speaker 1: up to have a training camp at new air of

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Speaker 1: field than you've ever been. Well, we are, and that's

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Speaker 1: that's the credit to leadership and Terry and Kim and

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Speaker 1: what they've you know, the resources they've committed to the

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Speaker 1: new training facility. So that definitely works to to our advantage. Um.

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Speaker 1: But you know see that that I that I do

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Speaker 1: enjoy going to training camp. Brandon and I both believe

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Speaker 1: and going to training camp. I think Saint John Fisher

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Speaker 1: is a great venue for it. Um. It is good

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Speaker 1: to connect with our fan base up there and have

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Speaker 1: and to have many people take a day from the

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Speaker 1: Buffalo area and travel there as well to enjoy uh

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Speaker 1: the experience in training camp in Rochester. So, um, you know.

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Speaker 1: And the other thing I would would add is I

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Speaker 1: think it's um as although not many teams do it

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Speaker 1: still anymore like we do, there is a to me,

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Speaker 1: there's a real bonding element to going away to training

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Speaker 1: camp and uh and so we'll do our best to

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Speaker 1: uh to uh supplement that with with things when we're

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Speaker 1: back home here having training camp in our facility. But um,

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Speaker 1: you know, we're not at a loss from from from

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Speaker 1: a resources standpoint, uh by not being able to go

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Speaker 1: away uh to training camp. It's again we're thankful that

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Speaker 1: we have the facility we do and that should help

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Speaker 1: us as we as we go through the next couple

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Speaker 1: of months here. Coach, being a team bonding, I know

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Speaker 1: that that's an important part of being in Rochester and

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Speaker 1: at Saint John Fisher during camp. But bonding with Zoom meetings.

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Speaker 1: Now that you've had quite a few weeks of Zoom

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Speaker 1: meetings and have been able to pop into a few

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Speaker 1: position meetings, like you said, how have you seen the

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Speaker 1: teams start to bond together, and even some of these

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Speaker 1: new players who have started to meet some of their

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Speaker 1: teammates for the first time in a virtual setting. Well, Maddie,

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Speaker 1: that's been the challenge. I mean, it's as we all

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Speaker 1: have experienced firsthand with with the Zoom meetings as good

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Speaker 1: as they are, and the technology is just phenomenal, and

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Speaker 1: I'm blown away by it. Having said that, nothing takes

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Speaker 1: the place of the the interaction that you have when

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Speaker 1: you're with one another and and the time where you

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Speaker 1: get kind of off grid where you can just um

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Speaker 1: spend that time in between meetings hanging out playing cards, uh,

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Speaker 1: you know, competing, kind of shooting hoops whatever. Uh. And

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Speaker 1: that's the part that we're missing right now. But I'll

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Speaker 1: say this, our our staff, our players have done a

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Speaker 1: really nice job and and uh, you know, finding a

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Speaker 1: way to get get through this. And one of our

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Speaker 1: goals was was in this offseason was to try and

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Speaker 1: continue to bring our team together, and so we've tried

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Speaker 1: to find different ways to do that, and our staff

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Speaker 1: I have done a phenomenal job and doing that, and

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Speaker 1: our players I've really embraced it. We're talking with Sean

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Speaker 1: McDermott here on One Bill's Lives t tasker Mattie gleb Um,

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Speaker 1: I want to know too, you've used your resources to

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Speaker 1: have different people come to the team. Virtually Peyton Manning

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Speaker 1: jumped on a zoom meeting. What was what was his

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Speaker 1: message to the entire team? And also I know that

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Speaker 1: Josh Allen was particularly inspired by what he had to

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Speaker 1: say right thee. Yeah, Peyton, Uh pretty much spoke with

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Speaker 1: on the offensive side of the ball and then with

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Speaker 1: the quarterbacks, so he didn't address the whole team necessarily,

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Speaker 1: but UM and I and I honestly wasn't on that call,

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Speaker 1: but I but I did get word of what he said.

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Speaker 1: And and I have a relationship with Peyton and Uh

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Speaker 1: he's first class all the way. And it was what

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Speaker 1: you'd expect. I won't go into detail too much, but

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Speaker 1: just the wisdom, the experience, his perspective on things UM,

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Speaker 1: and the and the level at which he shared. You know,

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Speaker 1: when you when you're able to watch UM, you know

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Speaker 1: the last dance of of Jordan Um, you're able to

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Speaker 1: appreciate the the elite level and standard by which a

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Speaker 1: guy like Peyton Manning played the game and the way

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Speaker 1: he trained to get himself to that level. Um, you know,

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Speaker 1: there's there's only one Jordan, But at the same time,

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Speaker 1: there's only one Peyton Manning, and I know, going against him, Uh,

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Speaker 1: he's a he's a heck of a guy to coach

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Speaker 1: against in a in a tough, tough competitors. So um,

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Speaker 1: but we've had others as well, and and uh it's

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Speaker 1: a real credit to uh, to our players, to our program,

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Speaker 1: the amount of people that have been willing to jump

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Speaker 1: on with our with our with our club and and

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Speaker 1: uh educate us, to educate our players. I mean, and

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Speaker 1: we've done the same with coaches. We've we've gotten on

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Speaker 1: uh with some of the coaches around the league and

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Speaker 1: or or coaches who have been in the league. Uh,

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Speaker 1: some greats might get Dick, We've been with Joe Gibbs. Uh.

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Speaker 1: You know, I've been dialoguing with Dick Vermeil as well.

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Speaker 1: So some you know, what you find is guys that

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Speaker 1: are still coaching don't always aren't always open to sharing. Uh.

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Speaker 1: But in in this case, really honored to be on

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Speaker 1: with those coaches and and them helping me and helping

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Speaker 1: our staff grow during these times. Coach with the phrase

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Speaker 1: find a way your players were able to do just that.

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Speaker 1: Your offensive players, about twenty of them met together in

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Speaker 1: Florida to find a way to train together when the

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Speaker 1: coaches essentially aren't allowed to touch that aspect of the

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Speaker 1: game right now because the off season has been held

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Speaker 1: in a virtual setting. To see this come together, and

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Speaker 1: your players to lead this, and Josh Allen uh to

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Speaker 1: lead this and to cultivate the guys to to say,

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Speaker 1: in the same hotel, to train in the same place,

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Speaker 1: and to see on social media the pictures come together

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Speaker 1: from this. Does that ease your mind a little bit

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Speaker 1: of how this team has been able to connect and

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Speaker 1: to build chemistry and just the importance of getting that

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Speaker 1: passing game timing down and finding a way to at

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Speaker 1: least spend a few days in the off season to

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Speaker 1: do that before training camp starts. Well, it does. I

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Speaker 1: wish there was a little bit more what appears to

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Speaker 1: be socially social distancing going on, Maddie. Yeah. But uh,

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Speaker 1: But having said that, yeah, I mean it's we're going

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Speaker 1: into year three and you're now you're four. Um. And

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Speaker 1: and also in Josh's development from a leadership standpoint out,

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Speaker 1: that's a critical step. Um. And it does give me

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Speaker 1: a little bit of peace of mind knowing that he,

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Speaker 1: as well as some of the other players on offense

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Speaker 1: and particularly on this case, have have taken the bull

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Speaker 1: by the horns and the ownership necessary to lead our

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Speaker 1: football team. And and that's that's that's important as a team. Um,

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Speaker 1: you know that it's not just the head coaches mission

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Speaker 1: or purpose that we're on, but together it's it's our mission.

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Speaker 1: And so in this case, those guys have taken great ownership,

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Speaker 1: and I certainly appreciate that. Coach. We've been talking on

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Speaker 1: the radio about some of the benefits or the hidden

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Speaker 1: benefits of what could come out of this pandemic. We

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Speaker 1: thought one of the things that the Bills might benefit

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Speaker 1: from was continuity. You've got the same key core players,

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Speaker 1: You've got both coordinators back, Um, you know, a lot

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Speaker 1: of the same quality coaches. Plus with Eric Washington the

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00:33:52,280 --> 00:33:55,560
Speaker 1: addition Washington's edition. I know you and Brandon have talked

643
00:33:55,560 --> 00:33:58,360
Speaker 1: about how you think now, Uh, in year three, you're

644
00:33:58,360 --> 00:34:01,200
Speaker 1: gonna have your coaching staff tweaked, just dialed in just

645
00:34:01,360 --> 00:34:04,880
Speaker 1: exactly the way you want it. Uh, could this you

646
00:34:04,960 --> 00:34:06,760
Speaker 1: know who knows? I mean, there's a lot of football

647
00:34:06,800 --> 00:34:09,680
Speaker 1: to be played obviously yet, but could this pandemic really

648
00:34:09,760 --> 00:34:14,080
Speaker 1: serve the Buffalo Bills well in the long run. I

649
00:34:14,160 --> 00:34:16,480
Speaker 1: think it's what you make of it, you know. See,

650
00:34:16,800 --> 00:34:19,279
Speaker 1: you know, just in terms of that, you mentioned the continuity.

651
00:34:19,640 --> 00:34:21,200
Speaker 1: You know, on one hand, we do have quite a

652
00:34:21,239 --> 00:34:24,440
Speaker 1: bit of continuity, which apparently not our first year together,

653
00:34:25,400 --> 00:34:28,759
Speaker 1: excuse me, which makes it life be for us that way.

654
00:34:29,520 --> 00:34:32,000
Speaker 1: Having said that, we do have a number of um

655
00:34:32,440 --> 00:34:35,080
Speaker 1: of new free agents that that we've signed this offseason

656
00:34:35,160 --> 00:34:37,799
Speaker 1: who we have not yet even had in our building yet,

657
00:34:37,920 --> 00:34:41,520
Speaker 1: so along with the rookie class and so look, there's

658
00:34:41,560 --> 00:34:43,840
Speaker 1: going to be challenges for every team. And I just

659
00:34:43,920 --> 00:34:45,800
Speaker 1: think that over all, those that you know want to

660
00:34:45,880 --> 00:34:50,080
Speaker 1: want to sit around and complain and and and uh

661
00:34:50,280 --> 00:34:52,719
Speaker 1: you know, and just find them find the negatives, you're

662
00:34:52,760 --> 00:34:55,040
Speaker 1: going to be wasting your time. So our guys, I've

663
00:34:55,080 --> 00:34:58,279
Speaker 1: been impressed with the attitude and the approach of our guys.

664
00:34:58,360 --> 00:35:02,680
Speaker 1: They're finding a way to make things happen. And albeit

665
00:35:02,800 --> 00:35:05,840
Speaker 1: we'd love to be doing it in person. Um, you know,

666
00:35:06,239 --> 00:35:08,200
Speaker 1: what we need to do really more than anything is

667
00:35:08,239 --> 00:35:12,000
Speaker 1: identify our challenges that are specific to us, UM and

668
00:35:12,160 --> 00:35:15,200
Speaker 1: some of it is UM you know, getting our guys

669
00:35:15,280 --> 00:35:18,120
Speaker 1: on board, and those rookies and those new new free

670
00:35:18,160 --> 00:35:20,040
Speaker 1: agents that we signed in the in the veteran free

671
00:35:20,080 --> 00:35:22,800
Speaker 1: agent period, how can we bring them together as we

672
00:35:22,880 --> 00:35:26,799
Speaker 1: bring our team together, and so um, you know, our challenges, uh,

673
00:35:26,880 --> 00:35:29,800
Speaker 1: in some ways are very like to the rest of

674
00:35:29,840 --> 00:35:32,440
Speaker 1: the teams in the league, but in another ways different

675
00:35:32,520 --> 00:35:36,080
Speaker 1: and so um, we've just got to take a positive

676
00:35:36,120 --> 00:35:38,759
Speaker 1: mindset and attitude into finding a way to get this done.

677
00:35:38,800 --> 00:35:41,759
Speaker 1: And our team has done that to this point. Coach,

678
00:35:41,880 --> 00:35:43,640
Speaker 1: this team in the last few years has had an

679
00:35:43,760 --> 00:35:47,640
Speaker 1: underdog mentality, account ass out mentality that has kind of

680
00:35:48,200 --> 00:35:52,200
Speaker 1: motivated them to do maybe more than national media has expected.

681
00:35:52,280 --> 00:35:55,000
Speaker 1: But now in this season, with with what national media

682
00:35:55,440 --> 00:35:57,959
Speaker 1: is expecting out of the Bills and the AFC East

683
00:35:58,040 --> 00:36:01,080
Speaker 1: favorite name is being thrown around. I know you've said, uh,

684
00:36:01,880 --> 00:36:04,840
Speaker 1: we can't be that until we dethrone the best. But

685
00:36:05,480 --> 00:36:09,719
Speaker 1: how has the underdogmentality worked in your favor? And being

686
00:36:09,760 --> 00:36:12,560
Speaker 1: the hunted verse the hunter? Where do you see your

687
00:36:12,600 --> 00:36:18,160
Speaker 1: team entering your twenty twenty Yeah, Maddie, you know, regardless,

688
00:36:18,200 --> 00:36:20,719
Speaker 1: I think you know me well enough and uh, Steve

689
00:36:20,800 --> 00:36:23,160
Speaker 1: knows me well enough as well. That I'm always going

690
00:36:23,200 --> 00:36:27,359
Speaker 1: to be taking that hull and hungry approach. That's that's

691
00:36:27,400 --> 00:36:31,640
Speaker 1: something I grew up with and that's part of my

692
00:36:31,760 --> 00:36:35,080
Speaker 1: personality and I hope our team's personality. So but I

693
00:36:35,160 --> 00:36:39,239
Speaker 1: think that's healthy regardless of where what people expect us

694
00:36:39,280 --> 00:36:41,440
Speaker 1: to do, whether they expect us to win, you know,

695
00:36:41,560 --> 00:36:45,680
Speaker 1: one game, two games, or eleven twelve games. Uh that

696
00:36:45,800 --> 00:36:48,919
Speaker 1: we we know what comes with that, and what comes

697
00:36:48,960 --> 00:36:51,360
Speaker 1: with that humble and hungry approach is an attitude and

698
00:36:51,440 --> 00:36:54,600
Speaker 1: a motivation to work hard because just like in life,

699
00:36:54,920 --> 00:36:57,360
Speaker 1: the NFL is no different. You don't get or you

700
00:36:57,480 --> 00:36:59,400
Speaker 1: get what you put in and you get out of

701
00:36:59,440 --> 00:37:01,440
Speaker 1: it what you put to it. And so we've got

702
00:37:01,480 --> 00:37:04,080
Speaker 1: a lot of work to do. We embrace that, we

703
00:37:04,160 --> 00:37:07,040
Speaker 1: acknowledge that, and that's been quite honestly, one of the

704
00:37:07,120 --> 00:37:09,800
Speaker 1: hardest parts of this is um we do have a

705
00:37:10,400 --> 00:37:12,680
Speaker 1: good amount of trust built up, which is important for

706
00:37:12,760 --> 00:37:15,480
Speaker 1: our team, but there's just a lot of things that

707
00:37:15,560 --> 00:37:19,120
Speaker 1: are um with the players being more than an arm

708
00:37:19,400 --> 00:37:22,520
Speaker 1: arm's length away from us right now, it's it's it's

709
00:37:22,560 --> 00:37:25,399
Speaker 1: been unnerving at times, but at the end of the day,

710
00:37:25,840 --> 00:37:28,800
Speaker 1: as you mentioned earlier, Maddie, with what with the action

711
00:37:28,920 --> 00:37:33,279
Speaker 1: Josh Allen took, um and uh the offense took last week.

712
00:37:33,800 --> 00:37:36,040
Speaker 1: That's given me, That's helped me sleep a little a

713
00:37:36,120 --> 00:37:40,239
Speaker 1: little bit better at night. And you know, all of

714
00:37:40,360 --> 00:37:42,840
Speaker 1: us are you know, none of us can predict the future,

715
00:37:42,880 --> 00:37:44,520
Speaker 1: and all of us are is just as far away

716
00:37:44,560 --> 00:37:47,080
Speaker 1: from it as everybody else isn't. But we do see

717
00:37:47,080 --> 00:37:50,520
Speaker 1: a loosening up and of the parameters of which we

718
00:37:50,600 --> 00:37:53,000
Speaker 1: all live under with his pandemic, and there is a

719
00:37:53,120 --> 00:37:54,800
Speaker 1: chance and who knows what it's going to look like

720
00:37:54,880 --> 00:37:57,279
Speaker 1: when the season does begin, And I do believe there

721
00:37:57,360 --> 00:37:59,160
Speaker 1: is going to be a season that when it does begin,

722
00:37:59,280 --> 00:38:02,360
Speaker 1: maybe fans won't be able to watch live or in person.

723
00:38:03,360 --> 00:38:05,799
Speaker 1: Do you have any ideas or maybe have you given

724
00:38:05,840 --> 00:38:08,279
Speaker 1: it much thought, concrete thought as to how that will

725
00:38:08,440 --> 00:38:12,000
Speaker 1: change game day? Obviously home field advantage is going to

726
00:38:12,040 --> 00:38:14,280
Speaker 1: be much much different than it has been in the past.

727
00:38:14,560 --> 00:38:16,640
Speaker 1: What are your thoughts about maybe having a season with

728
00:38:16,760 --> 00:38:22,480
Speaker 1: no fans? Well, that'll be that won't be ideal, Um,

729
00:38:23,040 --> 00:38:25,640
Speaker 1: you know, simply because this is a this is to

730
00:38:25,760 --> 00:38:30,879
Speaker 1: me the greatest UH sports in America, and and uh,

731
00:38:31,080 --> 00:38:33,080
Speaker 1: I know our fan base as well. To your point,

732
00:38:33,120 --> 00:38:37,240
Speaker 1: Steve about Um, the home field advantage playing in Buffalo

733
00:38:37,400 --> 00:38:40,279
Speaker 1: is different than playing in most other stadiums, uh for

734
00:38:41,120 --> 00:38:44,480
Speaker 1: because of primarily because of our fans and the environment

735
00:38:44,520 --> 00:38:48,000
Speaker 1: they help us create. UM. You know. Having said that, Look,

736
00:38:48,040 --> 00:38:51,239
Speaker 1: we're professionals and and UM we're tasked with the job

737
00:38:51,360 --> 00:38:54,640
Speaker 1: of of putting our best foot forward and being prepared

738
00:38:54,680 --> 00:38:57,920
Speaker 1: and and whether we play at home or away, UM,

739
00:38:58,160 --> 00:39:00,680
Speaker 1: doing our best to execute our job high level, at

740
00:39:00,680 --> 00:39:03,439
Speaker 1: a professional level. And so I would expect the saying

741
00:39:03,520 --> 00:39:05,719
Speaker 1: from our players and when we get that far as

742
00:39:05,760 --> 00:39:08,440
Speaker 1: and when if that's the case, then then I'm confident

743
00:39:08,480 --> 00:39:10,680
Speaker 1: that will adjust and our players will be ready to

744
00:39:10,719 --> 00:39:14,960
Speaker 1: adjust to do that as well. Sean, thanks so much.

745
00:39:15,000 --> 00:39:16,640
Speaker 1: I know you've been it's been a busy day and

746
00:39:17,719 --> 00:39:19,680
Speaker 1: I'm glad you're able to come on with us. It's

747
00:39:19,719 --> 00:39:22,719
Speaker 1: great here and from you. I hope you guys get

748
00:39:22,719 --> 00:39:24,680
Speaker 1: a lot of good football work done even though you

749
00:39:24,719 --> 00:39:26,600
Speaker 1: can't be in the same room. Thanks for coming on, Sean.

750
00:39:26,680 --> 00:39:29,480
Speaker 1: We wish you all the best. Awesome guys. Awesome to

751
00:39:29,520 --> 00:39:31,759
Speaker 1: be with you guys, and stay safe and can't wait

752
00:39:31,800 --> 00:39:33,960
Speaker 1: to see everyone in person here hope in the next

753
00:39:34,000 --> 00:39:36,400
Speaker 1: couple of weeks. Yeah, that would be great. Maybe we

754
00:39:36,440 --> 00:39:38,719
Speaker 1: will get back in the building together. Sean McDermott, head

755
00:39:38,719 --> 00:39:41,120
Speaker 1: coach of the Buffalo Bills, along with me, Yeah, along

756
00:39:41,160 --> 00:39:44,160
Speaker 1: with Maddy glab and I coming to you. We're One

757
00:39:44,200 --> 00:39:46,239
Speaker 1: Bills Live. We're gonna be here till three o'clock. Sean

758
00:39:46,320 --> 00:39:49,520
Speaker 1: McDermott was just our guest lots more in the show.

759
00:39:49,560 --> 00:39:52,040
Speaker 1: If you've got any positives a lot, maybe one or

760
00:39:52,040 --> 00:39:54,600
Speaker 1: two or three positive things that have that you've gotten

761
00:39:54,640 --> 00:39:56,719
Speaker 1: out of the pandemic, out of the social unrest. Do

762
00:39:56,800 --> 00:39:58,719
Speaker 1: you see anything in the future that's going to be better?

763
00:39:59,040 --> 00:40:01,520
Speaker 1: What are some positive silver linings that you've seen? Give

764
00:40:01,560 --> 00:40:03,320
Speaker 1: us a call at eight o three five fifty or

765
00:40:03,360 --> 00:40:06,320
Speaker 1: one eight eight five fifty two five fifty Steve Tasker

766
00:40:06,360 --> 00:40:08,600
Speaker 1: and Matti glab Here at One Bill's Live, presented by

767
00:40:08,680 --> 00:40:24,960
Speaker 1: Kalidah Health and this is Buffalo Bill's Radio. I think

768
00:40:25,040 --> 00:40:28,040
Speaker 1: we love be faster, so I'm gonna take it from here. Hello,

769
00:40:28,160 --> 00:40:31,520
Speaker 1: Welcome back to One Bill's Live. Maddie glab here. Uh,

770
00:40:31,880 --> 00:40:35,120
Speaker 1: Steve maybe has lost connection for a little bit, so

771
00:40:35,280 --> 00:40:40,440
Speaker 1: hopefully comes back on. I see him joining back on Skype. Hello, Steve,

772
00:40:40,960 --> 00:40:43,839
Speaker 1: my bad. I don't know I was in the nether

773
00:40:43,960 --> 00:40:49,120
Speaker 1: reaches of the internet somewhere. I'm back, but I'm gonna

774
00:40:49,120 --> 00:40:51,239
Speaker 1: have you back on with us. Yes, it's nice to

775
00:40:51,280 --> 00:40:54,600
Speaker 1: be back, believe me. Um, it's just a slight a

776
00:40:54,640 --> 00:40:56,480
Speaker 1: little bit of panic there as I didn't know what

777
00:40:56,520 --> 00:41:01,120
Speaker 1: I was gonna do. Okay, and it's a face. It's

778
00:41:01,200 --> 00:41:04,040
Speaker 1: my favorite two words of the English language user error.

779
00:41:04,560 --> 00:41:08,440
Speaker 1: So it happens. Listen at the top of the hour,

780
00:41:08,480 --> 00:41:10,600
Speaker 1: at this next hour, this next half hour, after we

781
00:41:10,719 --> 00:41:12,440
Speaker 1: take a break here in a minute, after we just

782
00:41:12,480 --> 00:41:13,719
Speaker 1: got back from a break, but when we take this

783
00:41:13,840 --> 00:41:17,440
Speaker 1: next break. You did an interview with Steve Christie and

784
00:41:17,600 --> 00:41:20,360
Speaker 1: it's part of a series that you're gonna do about

785
00:41:20,600 --> 00:41:23,400
Speaker 1: the last time the Bills were favored to win the

786
00:41:23,440 --> 00:41:26,200
Speaker 1: AFC East. Tell us about that project, because it's it's

787
00:41:26,239 --> 00:41:29,520
Speaker 1: been ongoing, right, Yeah, it has been ongoing. This has

788
00:41:29,560 --> 00:41:32,680
Speaker 1: been an idea that I kind of had since the draft,

789
00:41:32,880 --> 00:41:36,480
Speaker 1: and so we're finally gonna do this feature feature and

790
00:41:36,640 --> 00:41:40,000
Speaker 1: hopefully it goes out to the week before or the

791
00:41:40,080 --> 00:41:42,440
Speaker 1: week of training camp. It'll be part of our Training

792
00:41:42,520 --> 00:41:45,480
Speaker 1: Camp Countdown series where we'll release a feature or a

793
00:41:45,600 --> 00:41:48,360
Speaker 1: story every day leading up to training camp. Which that

794
00:41:48,560 --> 00:41:51,080
Speaker 1: date has yet to be set. Hopefully soon we'll have

795
00:41:51,520 --> 00:41:54,319
Speaker 1: a date when training camp will start. Of course, it's

796
00:41:54,320 --> 00:41:56,040
Speaker 1: going to be in July at some point, we just

797
00:41:56,160 --> 00:42:02,080
Speaker 1: don't know when. But I'm talking to Bills legends about

798
00:42:02,719 --> 00:42:05,400
Speaker 1: what it was like to play, of course in the nineties,

799
00:42:05,480 --> 00:42:08,680
Speaker 1: So ninety five the last AFC East title, ninety six

800
00:42:08,800 --> 00:42:12,640
Speaker 1: the last time the Bills were favorited to win the

801
00:42:12,760 --> 00:42:16,560
Speaker 1: AFC East, and I just want to get their thoughts

802
00:42:16,719 --> 00:42:18,960
Speaker 1: on what it was like to play for Buffalo during

803
00:42:19,000 --> 00:42:21,880
Speaker 1: that time, what they think of the current squad, what

804
00:42:22,000 --> 00:42:25,600
Speaker 1: they think of Sean McDermott, Brandon Bean, their advice to

805
00:42:25,719 --> 00:42:28,080
Speaker 1: a team that is on the cusp of having some

806
00:42:28,280 --> 00:42:31,560
Speaker 1: really great years that they can string together, what the

807
00:42:31,680 --> 00:42:34,879
Speaker 1: locker room looked like back then in ninety five, how

808
00:42:35,040 --> 00:42:38,000
Speaker 1: tight knit it was, and kind of combine the two

809
00:42:38,120 --> 00:42:41,759
Speaker 1: with similarities between the two different teams playing in the

810
00:42:41,880 --> 00:42:44,680
Speaker 1: nineties and now playing in twenty twenty. And Steve, I'm

811
00:42:44,719 --> 00:42:47,879
Speaker 1: sure as you hear what Steve Christie has to stay

812
00:42:47,920 --> 00:42:49,920
Speaker 1: in our next segment, you'll agree with a lot of

813
00:42:50,000 --> 00:42:51,759
Speaker 1: the things that he said. And it's been cool to

814
00:42:52,520 --> 00:42:54,680
Speaker 1: pick the brains of some of our Bills legends. I

815
00:42:54,760 --> 00:42:57,279
Speaker 1: also talked to Cornelius Bennett and I'm sure we'll play

816
00:42:57,360 --> 00:43:00,160
Speaker 1: that maybe next week or the week after, but it's

817
00:43:00,160 --> 00:43:03,200
Speaker 1: been fun to touch base with them. That's a community

818
00:43:03,320 --> 00:43:05,960
Speaker 1: that I'm getting to know as I'm working for the Bills.

819
00:43:06,200 --> 00:43:08,719
Speaker 1: A great group of guys and a bunch of guys

820
00:43:08,760 --> 00:43:11,560
Speaker 1: that you're still really close with. Yeah. In fact, Cornie's

821
00:43:11,560 --> 00:43:13,120
Speaker 1: Bines is going to be on the show tomorrow with

822
00:43:13,239 --> 00:43:15,759
Speaker 1: us at one pm, along with Brian Baldinger at twelve

823
00:43:15,960 --> 00:43:19,799
Speaker 1: thirty pm, and you're right, it is. I'm looking forward

824
00:43:19,840 --> 00:43:23,000
Speaker 1: to we'll hear some sound from Steve Christie in the

825
00:43:23,080 --> 00:43:26,239
Speaker 1: next half hour, some of your interview with him. And also,

826
00:43:26,400 --> 00:43:28,239
Speaker 1: you know, we spoke to Sean McDermott who was on

827
00:43:28,360 --> 00:43:32,320
Speaker 1: with us. Had some pretty cool stuff to say about,

828
00:43:32,880 --> 00:43:35,359
Speaker 1: you know, the season, how this offseasons go on Twitter

829
00:43:35,440 --> 00:43:39,359
Speaker 1: and there's not Twitter, and the remote way that they're

830
00:43:39,400 --> 00:43:41,600
Speaker 1: having to work this offseason. And I don't know if

831
00:43:41,600 --> 00:43:46,239
Speaker 1: you saw this, Maddie, but one of the guys on

832
00:43:47,280 --> 00:43:49,960
Speaker 1: in the league DeShawn Jackson, and they're talking about We

833
00:43:50,040 --> 00:43:52,680
Speaker 1: asked John McDermott about Youngal playing without fans in the

834
00:43:52,760 --> 00:43:55,480
Speaker 1: stands and stuff, and Deshan Jackson says, yeah, here's what

835
00:43:55,520 --> 00:43:57,400
Speaker 1: you should do. You should put a microphone on all

836
00:43:57,480 --> 00:44:01,879
Speaker 1: the players so that fans could really see what goes on. Well,

837
00:44:02,719 --> 00:44:05,879
Speaker 1: you know, I'm like, yeah, yeah, good idea, except until

838
00:44:05,920 --> 00:44:08,880
Speaker 1: you hear what they say, right, yeah, which is the idea.

839
00:44:09,239 --> 00:44:11,520
Speaker 1: And I was thinking too, you know that it could

840
00:44:11,640 --> 00:44:15,600
Speaker 1: be that, and I was thinking about this. You could

841
00:44:15,640 --> 00:44:18,920
Speaker 1: do it a little bit like they do movies. Like,

842
00:44:19,000 --> 00:44:23,080
Speaker 1: if you're gonna watch this this game, and you want

843
00:44:23,080 --> 00:44:26,000
Speaker 1: it totally unfiltered, with all the microphones of the players on,

844
00:44:26,200 --> 00:44:27,600
Speaker 1: if you want it, you know, if you want to

845
00:44:27,680 --> 00:44:30,600
Speaker 1: know what it's really like down there, you can watch it,

846
00:44:31,000 --> 00:44:33,239
Speaker 1: you know, on this platform. But if you want a

847
00:44:33,360 --> 00:44:38,200
Speaker 1: more g rated version, you can watch it on broadcast television,

848
00:44:38,200 --> 00:44:39,799
Speaker 1: you know, on the regular network. But if you want

849
00:44:39,800 --> 00:44:43,040
Speaker 1: to go to a website or an online streaming place,

850
00:44:43,120 --> 00:44:46,200
Speaker 1: they'll give it to you unfiltered. You'll hear everything, and

851
00:44:46,880 --> 00:44:50,359
Speaker 1: that may be an interesting way to present it if

852
00:44:50,600 --> 00:44:52,719
Speaker 1: if they do indeed not have fans. But if they

853
00:44:52,760 --> 00:44:55,360
Speaker 1: have fans, none of this, nobody cares. Let's just have football.

854
00:44:55,520 --> 00:44:57,280
Speaker 1: But if they're as long as they got this idea

855
00:44:57,440 --> 00:44:58,960
Speaker 1: and they got a chance to do it when there's

856
00:44:59,000 --> 00:45:01,839
Speaker 1: silence and you can actually hear what these guys are saying.

857
00:45:02,560 --> 00:45:06,759
Speaker 1: Maybe if you do, you know, an unfiltered version, a

858
00:45:06,880 --> 00:45:09,319
Speaker 1: PG version, and a G version, you know what I mean,

859
00:45:10,440 --> 00:45:12,640
Speaker 1: Maybe that's maybe that's the way they could do this.

860
00:45:13,080 --> 00:45:16,480
Speaker 1: That's that's pretty pretty complex, but that's an idea. Kind

861
00:45:16,520 --> 00:45:20,240
Speaker 1: of did for the Michael Jordan documentary though on ESPN

862
00:45:20,360 --> 00:45:23,840
Speaker 1: you had the version where there was cussing and the

863
00:45:24,440 --> 00:45:27,839
Speaker 1: unrated version you could say, and then on ESPN two

864
00:45:28,200 --> 00:45:31,759
Speaker 1: they had the filtered version. So they've already tested this

865
00:45:31,960 --> 00:45:36,000
Speaker 1: with documentary series. I'm not sure which channel got the

866
00:45:36,400 --> 00:45:38,960
Speaker 1: most views, but it's nice if you have an option.

867
00:45:39,120 --> 00:45:43,320
Speaker 1: But I'm not sure how many coaches would allow a

868
00:45:43,480 --> 00:45:47,680
Speaker 1: MIC to be on the sidelines. Sean McDermott is a

869
00:45:47,760 --> 00:45:50,160
Speaker 1: coach that I think of, and I don't think he

870
00:45:50,280 --> 00:45:53,960
Speaker 1: would like a MIC on the sidelines, just because of

871
00:45:54,160 --> 00:45:56,600
Speaker 1: from from an X is an O standpoint, what what

872
00:45:56,760 --> 00:45:59,920
Speaker 1: you're talking about on the sidelines. You wouldn't want an

873
00:46:00,040 --> 00:46:02,160
Speaker 1: other team to pick up on something that you're playing

874
00:46:02,320 --> 00:46:05,759
Speaker 1: next week and use it towards their advantage. I know

875
00:46:05,880 --> 00:46:09,360
Speaker 1: Sean is definitely against bulletin board material and things like that,

876
00:46:09,480 --> 00:46:12,520
Speaker 1: and he doesn't want any of his game script going

877
00:46:12,640 --> 00:46:17,239
Speaker 1: out to the public, But it would be really interesting

878
00:46:17,400 --> 00:46:19,280
Speaker 1: to kind of get to hear some of the interaction

879
00:46:19,640 --> 00:46:23,800
Speaker 1: with the teammates on the sideline, because I sideline for

880
00:46:24,000 --> 00:46:26,759
Speaker 1: Tennessee Football Radio when I worked at Tennessee, and I

881
00:46:26,920 --> 00:46:29,160
Speaker 1: was down the sidelines for the entire game, kind of

882
00:46:29,280 --> 00:46:33,320
Speaker 1: patrolling the sidelines, listening in the conversations, reporting on injuries,

883
00:46:33,360 --> 00:46:36,440
Speaker 1: things like that. You've done the same thing for CBS,

884
00:46:36,840 --> 00:46:40,240
Speaker 1: and some of those conversations are really powerful and worth

885
00:46:40,400 --> 00:46:44,000
Speaker 1: sharing on the broadcast, So it would be awesome to

886
00:46:44,160 --> 00:46:46,600
Speaker 1: actually hear those instead of having to listen to a

887
00:46:46,640 --> 00:46:50,160
Speaker 1: sideline reporter say what's going on. It'd be much nicer

888
00:46:50,239 --> 00:46:52,640
Speaker 1: to hear a player give a pump up talk when

889
00:46:52,680 --> 00:46:55,880
Speaker 1: they're down seven points and rally the team together, or

890
00:46:55,960 --> 00:46:58,280
Speaker 1: to have somebody score and come back to the sideline

891
00:46:58,520 --> 00:47:01,400
Speaker 1: and hear the interaction and the excitement from his team

892
00:47:01,719 --> 00:47:04,600
Speaker 1: about this guy scoring. I think that would be amazing

893
00:47:04,800 --> 00:47:08,080
Speaker 1: because it shows the togetherness of a team. Yeah, that's

894
00:47:08,280 --> 00:47:12,680
Speaker 1: that's players being miked up at its best. That's exactly

895
00:47:12,719 --> 00:47:14,719
Speaker 1: what you want to hear. You want to hear you know,

896
00:47:14,800 --> 00:47:17,400
Speaker 1: the love and the respect and the emotion and the

897
00:47:17,560 --> 00:47:21,399
Speaker 1: motivation and you know, the heart coming out of these guys.

898
00:47:21,480 --> 00:47:22,920
Speaker 1: That's the best part of it. The bad part of

899
00:47:22,920 --> 00:47:24,840
Speaker 1: it when they get an arguments and fistfights and the

900
00:47:25,040 --> 00:47:28,400
Speaker 1: and they're be rating officials and talking to the other team.

901
00:47:28,680 --> 00:47:31,200
Speaker 1: And for a coaches standpoint, you're right too that coaches

902
00:47:31,280 --> 00:47:33,080
Speaker 1: do not want to give up any of you know,

903
00:47:33,160 --> 00:47:35,680
Speaker 1: we always talk about having to learn the playbook. The

904
00:47:35,760 --> 00:47:39,160
Speaker 1: playbook is all about verbiage and language. You don't want

905
00:47:39,160 --> 00:47:42,400
Speaker 1: to show the other team any language that is secret

906
00:47:42,440 --> 00:47:44,160
Speaker 1: to your you know, you don't want to say a

907
00:47:44,280 --> 00:47:48,279
Speaker 1: word that means something in your offensive or defensive philosophy

908
00:47:48,320 --> 00:47:51,359
Speaker 1: because they'll decipher what you're talking about and then they

909
00:47:51,920 --> 00:47:53,800
Speaker 1: they feel like they've got you, they won up on you.

910
00:47:53,920 --> 00:47:56,239
Speaker 1: And coaches are you know, if they don't want to

911
00:47:56,280 --> 00:47:58,359
Speaker 1: do that. So there's a lot of push you'll get

912
00:47:58,400 --> 00:48:01,360
Speaker 1: a lot of pushback from that. But it's interesting and

913
00:48:01,600 --> 00:48:03,239
Speaker 1: we'll have to see all. We're gonna take a break

914
00:48:03,440 --> 00:48:05,239
Speaker 1: coming up in the next half hour. Right after the break,

915
00:48:05,239 --> 00:48:08,560
Speaker 1: Steve Christie, Maddie glab You interviewed Steve Christie We're gonna

916
00:48:08,560 --> 00:48:11,439
Speaker 1: listen to a couple of different sound bites from a long,

917
00:48:11,560 --> 00:48:14,960
Speaker 1: long interview Maddie did with Steve Christie about the Buffalo

918
00:48:15,080 --> 00:48:17,520
Speaker 1: Bills being a favorite to win the AFC's for the

919
00:48:17,560 --> 00:48:20,160
Speaker 1: first time since nineteen ninety six. That's coming up right

920
00:48:20,160 --> 00:48:23,600
Speaker 1: after the break. This is Buffalo Bills Radio and it's

921
00:48:23,680 --> 00:48:26,279
Speaker 1: One Bills Live presented by Kalidah Health. We'll be right back.

922
00:48:30,520 --> 00:48:50,680
Speaker 1: Oh what time by Steve Glasker's dots were time, welcome

923
00:48:50,680 --> 00:48:53,040
Speaker 1: back and wanting Bill's life Steve Tasker and Maddi Glabberger.

924
00:48:53,120 --> 00:48:55,160
Speaker 1: In the show, we had Sean McDermott on talking about

925
00:48:55,160 --> 00:48:57,840
Speaker 1: the virtual offseason, how he's handling it, some of the

926
00:48:57,960 --> 00:49:00,400
Speaker 1: things he's doing with his club, his staff, and some

927
00:49:00,480 --> 00:49:04,600
Speaker 1: of the good things he's seen from his players. And Mattie,

928
00:49:04,600 --> 00:49:06,719
Speaker 1: you and I were talking also about some of the

929
00:49:07,160 --> 00:49:09,520
Speaker 1: We gave our top five things of the past week

930
00:49:09,800 --> 00:49:11,719
Speaker 1: yesterday is a little list, and we also asked it

931
00:49:12,040 --> 00:49:15,640
Speaker 1: of our listeners today about what two or three things

932
00:49:15,719 --> 00:49:18,279
Speaker 1: have brought positivity in your life into these circumstances. We

933
00:49:18,320 --> 00:49:22,960
Speaker 1: guess pretty good answers to tweet sheet right, I like them.

934
00:49:23,120 --> 00:49:25,880
Speaker 1: You want to start off with Tiffany's yeah, sure you

935
00:49:25,960 --> 00:49:29,680
Speaker 1: do it. Okay, So Tiffany said, first and foremost, it's

936
00:49:29,760 --> 00:49:33,240
Speaker 1: family saying strong and loving one another through challenging times,

937
00:49:33,600 --> 00:49:37,040
Speaker 1: most importantly realizing that each person on this planet is

938
00:49:37,080 --> 00:49:40,040
Speaker 1: connected in some way, that our values love and respect

939
00:49:40,120 --> 00:49:42,759
Speaker 1: for one another and should define who we are now

940
00:49:43,040 --> 00:49:47,680
Speaker 1: more than ever. Nice response from Tiffany. Nice, that's a

941
00:49:47,760 --> 00:49:50,000
Speaker 1: nice one to get things rolling. It's and we just

942
00:49:50,160 --> 00:49:52,560
Speaker 1: ask for things that have brought positivity into your life

943
00:49:52,920 --> 00:49:56,319
Speaker 1: in these trying times. And you know, obviously we're talking

944
00:49:56,360 --> 00:49:59,160
Speaker 1: to Bill's fans, but anybody's welcome to call us at

945
00:49:59,200 --> 00:50:02,359
Speaker 1: eight or three or five fifty five fifty, But most

946
00:50:02,400 --> 00:50:04,560
Speaker 1: people reach out to us through tweet, the tweet sheet

947
00:50:04,840 --> 00:50:10,120
Speaker 1: and tweet at us at one Bills Live and most

948
00:50:10,160 --> 00:50:12,239
Speaker 1: of them the reason I mentioned it's all Bills fans

949
00:50:12,280 --> 00:50:14,480
Speaker 1: because we get everybody kind of puts into perspective with

950
00:50:14,520 --> 00:50:18,640
Speaker 1: the Bills. Like from Jack, he says three positives. One

951
00:50:18,840 --> 00:50:21,080
Speaker 1: the Bills getting digs is huge, makes me feel like

952
00:50:21,120 --> 00:50:24,160
Speaker 1: they can take the next step. Two, Tom Brady leaving

953
00:50:24,160 --> 00:50:26,680
Speaker 1: the AFC easton getting out of our hair. As Bills fans,

954
00:50:26,719 --> 00:50:29,040
Speaker 1: we can finally win the division and three is a

955
00:50:29,120 --> 00:50:31,760
Speaker 1: non sport thing. I've been saying I've been saving money

956
00:50:32,280 --> 00:50:34,719
Speaker 1: by not going out to eat or drink every week

957
00:50:34,840 --> 00:50:38,040
Speaker 1: due to the quarantine. So that's from Jack, Jack. I

958
00:50:38,280 --> 00:50:41,799
Speaker 1: feel you on number three. I have been doing that too.

959
00:50:42,000 --> 00:50:45,600
Speaker 1: Usually during football season, I saved so much money because

960
00:50:45,640 --> 00:50:47,960
Speaker 1: we're so busy and I have like no time to

961
00:50:48,080 --> 00:50:51,160
Speaker 1: do anything but prepare for the opponent that we're playing.

962
00:50:51,800 --> 00:50:54,920
Speaker 1: And during the summer, I feel like money just flies

963
00:50:54,960 --> 00:50:57,120
Speaker 1: out the window because it's the offseason and it's like,

964
00:50:57,200 --> 00:50:59,000
Speaker 1: oh yeah, I can go out to eat, I can

965
00:50:59,080 --> 00:51:01,319
Speaker 1: go out to get a drink. But now that we've

966
00:51:01,360 --> 00:51:03,719
Speaker 1: been stuck at home, I'm like, Okay, I like the

967
00:51:03,760 --> 00:51:07,399
Speaker 1: way my savings account is looking right now, saving some money. Yeah,

968
00:51:07,560 --> 00:51:11,160
Speaker 1: that's right. Hey, listen, just because you have disposable income

969
00:51:11,239 --> 00:51:15,440
Speaker 1: does not young lady, Just because just because you have

970
00:51:15,560 --> 00:51:18,280
Speaker 1: a disposable income does not mean you have to dispose

971
00:51:18,360 --> 00:51:21,480
Speaker 1: of it. That is that is very true. There you go.

972
00:51:21,640 --> 00:51:24,480
Speaker 1: That's my old guy talk for today. I will try

973
00:51:24,520 --> 00:51:26,160
Speaker 1: not to shake my finger at you next time I

974
00:51:26,200 --> 00:51:27,960
Speaker 1: do it. Okay, we read the next one from either

975
00:51:28,320 --> 00:51:30,640
Speaker 1: next one from the tweet sheet from Kevin what three

976
00:51:30,680 --> 00:51:35,120
Speaker 1: things have brought positive activity into your life, so Kevin says, family,

977
00:51:35,400 --> 00:51:38,520
Speaker 1: especially my wife who is a pregnant ear nurse working

978
00:51:38,600 --> 00:51:41,239
Speaker 1: in the city. Number two not losing money through all this,

979
00:51:41,680 --> 00:51:46,239
Speaker 1: and number three call of duty war Zone. Haven't played

980
00:51:46,320 --> 00:51:48,920
Speaker 1: Call of Duty war Zone yet. Don't know if I

981
00:51:49,000 --> 00:51:51,960
Speaker 1: ever will, but I know games are a great way

982
00:51:52,120 --> 00:51:56,120
Speaker 1: to pass the time and get through this. But a

983
00:51:56,320 --> 00:52:00,479
Speaker 1: pregnant wife who's an ear nurse working in the city,

984
00:52:01,640 --> 00:52:03,759
Speaker 1: good to hear that she's she's doing all right and

985
00:52:03,880 --> 00:52:07,759
Speaker 1: she's safe. I know it's tough on healthcare workers right

986
00:52:07,840 --> 00:52:11,720
Speaker 1: now with the exposure that they could have to um COVID.

987
00:52:12,239 --> 00:52:16,040
Speaker 1: And my roommate is a nurse at the children's hospital

988
00:52:16,080 --> 00:52:19,760
Speaker 1: at Oshy and she doesn't come into contact with COVID

989
00:52:19,840 --> 00:52:22,760
Speaker 1: every day because she does work on the cancler fuller

990
00:52:22,920 --> 00:52:25,000
Speaker 1: the kids who have cancer. So I know she's been

991
00:52:25,320 --> 00:52:29,800
Speaker 1: trying to limit her interaction with people in general. But

992
00:52:29,920 --> 00:52:32,319
Speaker 1: she stayed safe and healthy, which is great to see

993
00:52:32,360 --> 00:52:35,120
Speaker 1: in and her floor, which is a positive thing. They've

994
00:52:35,160 --> 00:52:38,400
Speaker 1: had very few kids, which means very few kids have

995
00:52:38,640 --> 00:52:40,960
Speaker 1: cancer right now, at least in that hospital and that

996
00:52:41,040 --> 00:52:45,600
Speaker 1: specific hospital in Buffalo, so that's a small positive too. Yeah,

997
00:52:45,640 --> 00:52:49,000
Speaker 1: And it's a it's interesting too that we forget because

998
00:52:49,000 --> 00:52:51,759
Speaker 1: it was such a big story when we were you know,

999
00:52:51,840 --> 00:52:54,239
Speaker 1: the cases of COVID were going up and up and up,

1000
00:52:54,320 --> 00:52:56,360
Speaker 1: and the and the death toll was rising, and it

1001
00:52:56,480 --> 00:52:58,920
Speaker 1: was such a tragic time and you know, all you

1002
00:52:59,040 --> 00:53:02,719
Speaker 1: did was sit at home and fret. And now that

1003
00:53:02,800 --> 00:53:04,520
Speaker 1: we've kind of passed it, we kind of forget. They're

1004
00:53:04,560 --> 00:53:07,600
Speaker 1: still out the nurses and doctors are still grinding this out.

1005
00:53:07,680 --> 00:53:09,560
Speaker 1: I mean, there's still a lot of people that are sick,

1006
00:53:10,080 --> 00:53:12,040
Speaker 1: and they still take the you know, it's been a

1007
00:53:12,040 --> 00:53:14,840
Speaker 1: while since I've had heard of PSA saying a public

1008
00:53:14,920 --> 00:53:17,359
Speaker 1: service now saying, hey, wash your hands, you know, don't

1009
00:53:17,360 --> 00:53:18,800
Speaker 1: come in and kind wear a mask, do all that.

1010
00:53:18,920 --> 00:53:21,400
Speaker 1: And you know, you still keep needing to remind people

1011
00:53:21,480 --> 00:53:24,680
Speaker 1: that even though you know, we've moved on to phase two,

1012
00:53:24,920 --> 00:53:27,480
Speaker 1: things are starting to you know, come down, the numbers

1013
00:53:27,520 --> 00:53:29,200
Speaker 1: are starting to drop and all that. You still got

1014
00:53:29,280 --> 00:53:32,120
Speaker 1: to be diligent. And it's and it's almost at this

1015
00:53:32,280 --> 00:53:34,680
Speaker 1: point after a couple of months, it's almost tiresome to hear.

1016
00:53:35,160 --> 00:53:36,640
Speaker 1: But man, oh man, we gotta stay you know, you

1017
00:53:36,719 --> 00:53:38,799
Speaker 1: got to stay on it. And it's I think that's

1018
00:53:38,840 --> 00:53:41,680
Speaker 1: the you know, not a not a positive about this

1019
00:53:41,760 --> 00:53:43,120
Speaker 1: whole thing is the fact that you kind of take

1020
00:53:43,200 --> 00:53:45,440
Speaker 1: things for granted and you forget that you still got

1021
00:53:45,520 --> 00:53:47,719
Speaker 1: to be diligent when when you're healthy has remained, when

1022
00:53:47,760 --> 00:53:50,560
Speaker 1: your family has remained healthy throughout this thing, you got

1023
00:53:50,680 --> 00:53:53,520
Speaker 1: to stay after it. So they continue to be So yeah, yeah,

1024
00:53:53,560 --> 00:53:55,520
Speaker 1: that's a good one, and I really feel for the people.

1025
00:53:55,520 --> 00:53:58,200
Speaker 1: I've got some extended family members who are in the

1026
00:53:58,280 --> 00:54:01,680
Speaker 1: healthcare industry as well, and there were times early on

1027
00:54:01,760 --> 00:54:05,120
Speaker 1: in this process that what they were just slammed. They

1028
00:54:05,160 --> 00:54:08,720
Speaker 1: were they you know, they their lives were almost unrecognizable

1029
00:54:08,760 --> 00:54:11,120
Speaker 1: to them. They were doing everything so differently, and it

1030
00:54:11,239 --> 00:54:14,000
Speaker 1: was such a different atmosphere at their workplace that it

1031
00:54:14,080 --> 00:54:16,640
Speaker 1: affected every act of their every facet of their lives.

1032
00:54:16,680 --> 00:54:19,080
Speaker 1: So I've you know, still don't want to forget the

1033
00:54:19,360 --> 00:54:21,920
Speaker 1: medical field and how how well they're doing for all

1034
00:54:21,960 --> 00:54:24,000
Speaker 1: of us. Um, let's do one last one from the

1035
00:54:24,040 --> 00:54:26,879
Speaker 1: tweet sheet and they're gonna move on to um Steve

1036
00:54:27,000 --> 00:54:29,759
Speaker 1: Christie stuff and the legend stuff from Sue. She says,

1037
00:54:29,760 --> 00:54:33,239
Speaker 1: the main positive thing is reflecting on everyday things we

1038
00:54:33,400 --> 00:54:36,200
Speaker 1: just expect and take for granted. For example, we usually

1039
00:54:36,280 --> 00:54:39,960
Speaker 1: just expect training camp to happen, but now we're thrilled

1040
00:54:40,440 --> 00:54:42,319
Speaker 1: that it is going to happen. It's good to take

1041
00:54:42,320 --> 00:54:44,719
Speaker 1: a breath and count our blessings. Yeah, once in a while,

1042
00:54:44,760 --> 00:54:47,799
Speaker 1: you do have to take a step back and say, yeah,

1043
00:54:47,840 --> 00:54:52,080
Speaker 1: we we still have it pretty good. H And it's

1044
00:54:52,160 --> 00:54:53,640
Speaker 1: nice to remember that some of the things that we

1045
00:54:53,719 --> 00:54:55,840
Speaker 1: did take for granted, we can really step back and

1046
00:54:55,880 --> 00:55:01,200
Speaker 1: appreciate once again. Definitely, I I love training camp, but

1047
00:55:01,360 --> 00:55:04,239
Speaker 1: it's an it's an expectation for me, and so to

1048
00:55:04,400 --> 00:55:07,239
Speaker 1: be even more excited this year that training camp will

1049
00:55:07,280 --> 00:55:11,320
Speaker 1: hopefully take place on time is definitely a sliver of

1050
00:55:11,440 --> 00:55:14,640
Speaker 1: hope and happiness in my life. But but let's get

1051
00:55:14,680 --> 00:55:18,839
Speaker 1: talking about some legends, some Bills legends, right, Steve, You're yeah,

1052
00:55:18,880 --> 00:55:21,520
Speaker 1: you had some legends. Yeah in my own I'm not

1053
00:55:21,560 --> 00:55:24,000
Speaker 1: even a legend in my own house from alone Bills.

1054
00:55:24,280 --> 00:55:26,839
Speaker 1: But here's the thing you had his project we spoke

1055
00:55:26,840 --> 00:55:29,160
Speaker 1: about a little bit last segment. It's really interesting to me.

1056
00:55:29,320 --> 00:55:31,440
Speaker 1: The last time the Buffalo Bills were favored to win

1057
00:55:31,520 --> 00:55:36,480
Speaker 1: an eight AFC East was when I was playing nineteen

1058
00:55:36,719 --> 00:55:39,440
Speaker 1: ninety six. I remember those teams there were a lot

1059
00:55:39,480 --> 00:55:41,919
Speaker 1: of you know, it was fun. It was a great

1060
00:55:41,960 --> 00:55:43,560
Speaker 1: time in my life. But there are a ton of

1061
00:55:43,640 --> 00:55:47,600
Speaker 1: guys who who were on those teams, and it's funny

1062
00:55:47,680 --> 00:55:50,880
Speaker 1: to go back. They're all still hanging around, and you

1063
00:55:50,960 --> 00:55:52,640
Speaker 1: had a chance to talk to a bunch of them

1064
00:55:53,400 --> 00:55:55,560
Speaker 1: and ask them what they remember about those about that

1065
00:55:55,680 --> 00:55:58,840
Speaker 1: nineteen ninety sixteen. Yeah, so I got to talk to

1066
00:55:58,960 --> 00:56:01,680
Speaker 1: Steve Christie and he had a lot to say and

1067
00:56:01,960 --> 00:56:05,799
Speaker 1: really of course enjoyed his time in Buffalo and could

1068
00:56:05,880 --> 00:56:08,839
Speaker 1: draw a lot of similarities from what he's seen from

1069
00:56:08,880 --> 00:56:12,680
Speaker 1: an outsider's perspective on this current team and the teams

1070
00:56:12,800 --> 00:56:15,120
Speaker 1: that he was a part of when the Buffalo Bills

1071
00:56:15,160 --> 00:56:17,279
Speaker 1: were winning the AFC East, when they were favorite in

1072
00:56:17,320 --> 00:56:20,760
Speaker 1: when they made their Super Bowl runs, And it's always

1073
00:56:20,840 --> 00:56:24,800
Speaker 1: interesting to draw those similarities and to hear from somebody

1074
00:56:24,840 --> 00:56:27,000
Speaker 1: who played in the league for such a long time.

1075
00:56:27,360 --> 00:56:29,480
Speaker 1: And it was also funny to hear him say, you know,

1076
00:56:29,800 --> 00:56:32,760
Speaker 1: the more removed I get from playing in the NFL,

1077
00:56:33,120 --> 00:56:35,759
Speaker 1: the more of a fan I become. And you could

1078
00:56:35,800 --> 00:56:37,640
Speaker 1: hear with some of the tone and what he was saying,

1079
00:56:37,960 --> 00:56:41,040
Speaker 1: it was a total fans perspective. He was talking about

1080
00:56:41,400 --> 00:56:44,279
Speaker 1: you know, the team needed to score more touchdowns last year,

1081
00:56:44,320 --> 00:56:47,440
Speaker 1: they needed more points. I think Steph Diggs is hopefully

1082
00:56:47,520 --> 00:56:49,480
Speaker 1: going to help with that this year, and it was

1083
00:56:49,920 --> 00:56:52,920
Speaker 1: awesome to hear him kind of grab onto the team

1084
00:56:53,080 --> 00:56:55,440
Speaker 1: as a fan and really hope for the best this

1085
00:56:55,680 --> 00:56:58,759
Speaker 1: year in twenty twenty. So we have a little bit

1086
00:56:58,760 --> 00:57:01,440
Speaker 1: of that interview, so we're gonna share some of that

1087
00:57:01,640 --> 00:57:04,239
Speaker 1: sound with you right now. What Steve Christie had to

1088
00:57:04,360 --> 00:57:06,920
Speaker 1: say on this current Bills team and when he was

1089
00:57:06,960 --> 00:57:10,360
Speaker 1: with the team in Buffalo. I'm just quite proud of

1090
00:57:10,520 --> 00:57:13,360
Speaker 1: the way of mary connection there and when when they

1091
00:57:13,400 --> 00:57:15,239
Speaker 1: announced that Sean was going to be the head coach,

1092
00:57:15,280 --> 00:57:17,560
Speaker 1: I just knew that this was going to be a

1093
00:57:17,640 --> 00:57:21,360
Speaker 1: good deal. And you know, because the longer you're out

1094
00:57:21,400 --> 00:57:23,000
Speaker 1: of the game, the more you become a fan. And

1095
00:57:23,640 --> 00:57:25,640
Speaker 1: you know, you're always an alumni and all that, but

1096
00:57:25,720 --> 00:57:27,720
Speaker 1: I'm more and more of a fan, especially since we're

1097
00:57:27,760 --> 00:57:30,400
Speaker 1: going to Florida and there's a lot of Bills fans

1098
00:57:30,520 --> 00:57:33,600
Speaker 1: down here, and we've waited a long time to make

1099
00:57:34,120 --> 00:57:37,440
Speaker 1: these playoff runs, as you know, and to see you know,

1100
00:57:37,480 --> 00:57:42,640
Speaker 1: although the game against Jacksonville was disappointing and equally so

1101
00:57:42,840 --> 00:57:44,440
Speaker 1: was the game against Houston. At least we're in the

1102
00:57:44,520 --> 00:57:47,520
Speaker 1: hunt now, and I think it takes time to rebuild

1103
00:57:47,560 --> 00:57:50,080
Speaker 1: a team like that, but I think Sean and Brandon

1104
00:57:50,120 --> 00:57:53,400
Speaker 1: are doing a great job of doing that and not

1105
00:57:53,600 --> 00:57:56,160
Speaker 1: just spending a whole lot of money on big names

1106
00:57:56,200 --> 00:57:58,400
Speaker 1: that may not be the best fit for the team.

1107
00:57:58,480 --> 00:58:03,400
Speaker 1: But I think they're doing it acient and very intelligently.

1108
00:58:03,440 --> 00:58:07,240
Speaker 1: They're building this team properly, and it's it's showing. I mean,

1109
00:58:07,960 --> 00:58:10,920
Speaker 1: and it's been a long time since we've been favored

1110
00:58:11,000 --> 00:58:15,160
Speaker 1: to win the division because New England's dominant over you know,

1111
00:58:15,360 --> 00:58:19,840
Speaker 1: so many years, year after year totally. When you just

1112
00:58:20,000 --> 00:58:24,600
Speaker 1: think back to just the buzz that Buffalo had back

1113
00:58:24,760 --> 00:58:27,920
Speaker 1: during the nineties, ninety five, ninety six, ninety four, just

1114
00:58:28,080 --> 00:58:32,160
Speaker 1: those years it I wasn't around there then. I was

1115
00:58:32,600 --> 00:58:35,000
Speaker 1: in Chicago, which is where I'm from. Um so I

1116
00:58:35,080 --> 00:58:38,480
Speaker 1: grew up watching the Bears. But what was the buzz like?

1117
00:58:38,760 --> 00:58:42,040
Speaker 1: It seems like it's getting similar to that. There. Just

1118
00:58:42,120 --> 00:58:45,560
Speaker 1: seems like there's a buzz in the city that there

1119
00:58:45,680 --> 00:58:49,600
Speaker 1: hasn't been in quite sometimes, and fans are very hopeful

1120
00:58:49,840 --> 00:58:53,200
Speaker 1: and very excited for what's to come. So could you

1121
00:58:53,320 --> 00:58:56,640
Speaker 1: just describe what it was like playing on those very

1122
00:58:56,720 --> 00:59:01,400
Speaker 1: successful teams that one AFC titles and made it to

1123
00:59:01,440 --> 00:59:05,920
Speaker 1: the Super Bowl. I think would I've noticed even from

1124
00:59:06,000 --> 00:59:08,120
Speaker 1: the Super Bowl years I was only I was in

1125
00:59:08,160 --> 00:59:11,120
Speaker 1: the last two. But of course it was crazy back man.

1126
00:59:11,240 --> 00:59:13,360
Speaker 1: I mean it was you know, when when we beat

1127
00:59:13,400 --> 00:59:17,480
Speaker 1: the Dolphins in Miami the AFC Championship game, you know,

1128
00:59:17,520 --> 00:59:21,280
Speaker 1: we came back to Prior Aviation and they were hundreds

1129
00:59:21,280 --> 00:59:23,040
Speaker 1: and hundred and hundreds maybe I don't know what it was,

1130
00:59:23,120 --> 00:59:27,080
Speaker 1: somebody six fifteen hundred people outside Prior Aviation at one

1131
00:59:27,120 --> 00:59:30,800
Speaker 1: o'clock in the morning, something crazy like that. And then

1132
00:59:31,080 --> 00:59:34,120
Speaker 1: because we've had such a dry spell, I'm still you know,

1133
00:59:34,160 --> 00:59:36,960
Speaker 1: I'm still amazed that we'll sell out almost every game,

1134
00:59:37,040 --> 00:59:38,720
Speaker 1: regardless of the fact that we wouldn't be going to

1135
00:59:38,720 --> 00:59:41,240
Speaker 1: the playoffs. And even when I was still playing, you know,

1136
00:59:41,320 --> 00:59:43,640
Speaker 1: at the end of the nineties when things started getting

1137
00:59:43,720 --> 00:59:49,000
Speaker 1: really funky, our fans still and that was incredible to me.

1138
00:59:49,440 --> 00:59:51,840
Speaker 1: So when you say there's a buzz now because we're

1139
00:59:51,920 --> 00:59:54,600
Speaker 1: picked to win the division, it's only going to get better.

1140
00:59:54,800 --> 00:59:57,800
Speaker 1: And I mean, if the guys getting back this up

1141
00:59:58,440 --> 01:00:00,840
Speaker 1: and show up in the in the playoffs, which I

1142
01:00:00,880 --> 01:00:03,920
Speaker 1: think they will again. Uh, you know, Buffalo is going

1143
01:00:03,960 --> 01:00:05,800
Speaker 1: to go nuts. I mean, our fans have been so

1144
01:00:06,000 --> 01:00:11,120
Speaker 1: patient and loyal all during these downtimes. I just think

1145
01:00:11,120 --> 01:00:13,680
Speaker 1: the place is going to go nuts when we show

1146
01:00:13,760 --> 01:00:16,600
Speaker 1: up again. And I think now, because we do have,

1147
01:00:18,040 --> 01:00:20,640
Speaker 1: you know, a couple of playoff games under our belt,

1148
01:00:20,720 --> 01:00:22,680
Speaker 1: I think we'll know what to do the next time.

1149
01:00:22,880 --> 01:00:26,440
Speaker 1: I think we'll be far more prepared for it and

1150
01:00:26,840 --> 01:00:30,120
Speaker 1: more successful in the playoffs. Yeah, when you think back

1151
01:00:30,200 --> 01:00:32,760
Speaker 1: to your time with the Bills, just in general, what

1152
01:00:32,880 --> 01:00:35,080
Speaker 1: are some of the memories that that stick out most,

1153
01:00:35,160 --> 01:00:38,760
Speaker 1: Something that you know you took away from those years

1154
01:00:38,880 --> 01:00:42,840
Speaker 1: that is still kind of ingrained within you. I think

1155
01:00:43,120 --> 01:00:47,240
Speaker 1: Marv Levy always coached just being resilient, you know, from

1156
01:00:47,280 --> 01:00:49,360
Speaker 1: a place from a kicker sample and you miss a

1157
01:00:49,480 --> 01:00:51,040
Speaker 1: kick and you forget about it and you make the

1158
01:00:51,120 --> 01:00:54,360
Speaker 1: next one, and you know, I think I think that

1159
01:00:54,480 --> 01:00:58,760
Speaker 1: place through life, everything goes your way, and life can

1160
01:00:58,800 --> 01:01:01,520
Speaker 1: be a roller coaster at times. And uh, just from

1161
01:01:01,600 --> 01:01:05,040
Speaker 1: my playing days in Buffalo, just learning how to deal

1162
01:01:05,080 --> 01:01:09,360
Speaker 1: with advertity, whether it's winning or losing, bad weather, I mean,

1163
01:01:09,440 --> 01:01:11,640
Speaker 1: you just you know, you learn how to handle a

1164
01:01:11,720 --> 01:01:17,160
Speaker 1: lot of things, and that that really worked itself into

1165
01:01:17,320 --> 01:01:20,800
Speaker 1: real life situations and then uh, and then transitioning from

1166
01:01:21,320 --> 01:01:24,040
Speaker 1: being a pro athlete into you know, a regular guy

1167
01:01:24,120 --> 01:01:28,000
Speaker 1: on the street. I think you you learn from those

1168
01:01:28,200 --> 01:01:30,360
Speaker 1: those really great times, and you learn from the tough

1169
01:01:30,400 --> 01:01:33,680
Speaker 1: times too. Um. I think the great we had a

1170
01:01:33,680 --> 01:01:37,440
Speaker 1: great camaraderie, a lot of memories from camp uh, you know,

1171
01:01:37,720 --> 01:01:40,160
Speaker 1: even back down in Fredonia. A lot of funny stories

1172
01:01:40,280 --> 01:01:44,160
Speaker 1: and a lot of memories and a lot of and

1173
01:01:44,280 --> 01:01:46,880
Speaker 1: being part of some really really big wins. And I

1174
01:01:47,040 --> 01:01:50,480
Speaker 1: think that was that certainly, those those types of things

1175
01:01:50,560 --> 01:01:54,040
Speaker 1: that you'll never forget and then not always a life lesson.

1176
01:01:54,520 --> 01:01:56,600
Speaker 1: Some of them are just you know, hey we beat

1177
01:01:56,680 --> 01:01:59,120
Speaker 1: so and so and we shouldn't have you know, we

1178
01:01:59,440 --> 01:02:02,040
Speaker 1: had a big ach or something in a game. Other

1179
01:02:02,200 --> 01:02:05,720
Speaker 1: nice memories to sit back and think of, Yeah, what's

1180
01:02:05,760 --> 01:02:08,760
Speaker 1: your advice to this team? You've you've been a part

1181
01:02:08,800 --> 01:02:13,040
Speaker 1: of some great Buffalo Bills teams, but you've also rode

1182
01:02:13,080 --> 01:02:15,880
Speaker 1: the waves of going in and out of success. So

1183
01:02:16,680 --> 01:02:19,960
Speaker 1: what's your advice to a group who's been building towards

1184
01:02:20,040 --> 01:02:23,600
Speaker 1: success and they have the ability to kind of break

1185
01:02:23,720 --> 01:02:28,440
Speaker 1: through this season? But just knowing U the ups and

1186
01:02:28,560 --> 01:02:33,240
Speaker 1: downs of season brings regardless. Yeah, my old stuff teams

1187
01:02:33,320 --> 01:02:36,840
Speaker 1: coach there, Bruce to Haven always said, you know, it

1188
01:02:36,920 --> 01:02:39,440
Speaker 1: applies for kickers and punners, but it applies for everybody.

1189
01:02:40,160 --> 01:02:42,600
Speaker 1: He always said, keep keep it on a even keel.

1190
01:02:43,240 --> 01:02:47,160
Speaker 1: Don't get too high when you're doing really well and

1191
01:02:47,560 --> 01:02:50,000
Speaker 1: things are easy and you guys are winning and you

1192
01:02:50,120 --> 01:02:53,040
Speaker 1: know you're playing at the top of year game. But

1193
01:02:53,160 --> 01:02:56,480
Speaker 1: then don't get too low if something doesn't go your way,

1194
01:02:56,600 --> 01:02:58,520
Speaker 1: keeping even keel, try to keep it in the middle,

1195
01:02:58,920 --> 01:03:01,640
Speaker 1: you know, try to try to keep everything in perspective.

1196
01:03:01,920 --> 01:03:04,040
Speaker 1: Don't get too high, don't get too low. And it's

1197
01:03:04,200 --> 01:03:06,520
Speaker 1: very simple, but it's hard to do. It's hard to

1198
01:03:06,600 --> 01:03:08,560
Speaker 1: do when you're going in and out of you know,

1199
01:03:09,000 --> 01:03:11,720
Speaker 1: certain stages of momentum, whether they're good or bad. And

1200
01:03:12,000 --> 01:03:15,120
Speaker 1: I think just by you know, keeping your wits about

1201
01:03:15,160 --> 01:03:19,000
Speaker 1: you and keeping the job at hand as your focus

1202
01:03:19,600 --> 01:03:22,720
Speaker 1: and your responsibility on and off the field, doing your

1203
01:03:22,840 --> 01:03:26,400
Speaker 1: job is huge because then everything else will fall in place.

1204
01:03:26,600 --> 01:03:28,600
Speaker 1: When the guy next to you trust you and you

1205
01:03:28,720 --> 01:03:31,720
Speaker 1: trust him, then you have something. And when the whole

1206
01:03:31,760 --> 01:03:34,400
Speaker 1: locker room is on the same page, that's another step.

1207
01:03:34,640 --> 01:03:37,200
Speaker 1: And I think that's that's one of the things I

1208
01:03:37,320 --> 01:03:39,480
Speaker 1: learned from from Bruce to Haven and Marv Levy and

1209
01:03:39,760 --> 01:03:42,680
Speaker 1: a bunch of other coaches that I had, but really

1210
01:03:42,760 --> 01:03:44,440
Speaker 1: kind of be smart about what you're doing out there,

1211
01:03:44,480 --> 01:03:47,320
Speaker 1: and uh and take advantage of the opportunity too, because

1212
01:03:48,720 --> 01:03:51,400
Speaker 1: you know, you just you know, you don't know how

1213
01:03:51,440 --> 01:03:53,160
Speaker 1: many times you're going to get a shout of the playoffs.

1214
01:03:53,200 --> 01:03:58,240
Speaker 1: So that's that's the other thing. Um, you know, just

1215
01:03:58,320 --> 01:04:00,880
Speaker 1: stay focused, stay focused on the job at hand and

1216
01:04:01,440 --> 01:04:03,520
Speaker 1: U And the other thing I noticed too over the

1217
01:04:03,640 --> 01:04:06,880
Speaker 1: years is with certain teams, certain games, hey, if you're

1218
01:04:06,960 --> 01:04:09,800
Speaker 1: up by two touchdowns, don't let him back in. Don't

1219
01:04:10,000 --> 01:04:12,320
Speaker 1: him back in the game. Certainly not talking more of

1220
01:04:12,360 --> 01:04:15,400
Speaker 1: a fan, but I don't even happen. Don't ever take

1221
01:04:15,480 --> 01:04:22,840
Speaker 1: your foot on. Just keep going, just keep going. With

1222
01:04:23,040 --> 01:04:28,200
Speaker 1: Maddie glab that was that's fun. I mean, I Hagis

1223
01:04:28,320 --> 01:04:31,439
Speaker 1: is a friend buddy of mine, and he's the guy

1224
01:04:32,600 --> 01:04:35,720
Speaker 1: he comes off pretty well, thoughtful, thoughtful, was well spoken there,

1225
01:04:35,840 --> 01:04:39,120
Speaker 1: which he is. But he's also the guy Maddie that

1226
01:04:39,240 --> 01:04:41,600
Speaker 1: I talked into wearing his kilt on my final game

1227
01:04:41,720 --> 01:04:44,160
Speaker 1: road trip to Green Bay, which the game I got

1228
01:04:44,240 --> 01:04:47,680
Speaker 1: thrown out of my last game as a pro. He

1229
01:04:47,840 --> 01:04:50,880
Speaker 1: wore the best looking kilt I've ever seen on a guy. Right,

1230
01:04:50,920 --> 01:04:52,320
Speaker 1: he had the whole all of it. But he was

1231
01:04:52,520 --> 01:04:54,200
Speaker 1: he was that kind of guy. His mom and dad

1232
01:04:54,240 --> 01:04:57,080
Speaker 1: were first generation off the boat from Scotland, and um,

1233
01:04:57,640 --> 01:05:00,200
Speaker 1: he was great, a good friend of mine, and he

1234
01:05:00,280 --> 01:05:02,360
Speaker 1: has a lot of great memories like all those guys do,

1235
01:05:02,480 --> 01:05:04,280
Speaker 1: with those teams and playoff teams that he was a

1236
01:05:04,360 --> 01:05:06,640
Speaker 1: part of. And he still holds a Super Bowl record

1237
01:05:06,680 --> 01:05:08,960
Speaker 1: for the longest field goal made in Super Bowl, which

1238
01:05:08,960 --> 01:05:11,280
Speaker 1: is fifty four yards. So proud of him. He was

1239
01:05:11,280 --> 01:05:13,400
Speaker 1: a great player, and he's a really great Buffalo Bill

1240
01:05:13,560 --> 01:05:16,919
Speaker 1: a great teammate too. Yeah, and I love to hear

1241
01:05:17,600 --> 01:05:20,600
Speaker 1: how closely they keep up with the team. Even though

1242
01:05:21,200 --> 01:05:23,800
Speaker 1: you know they're not working for the Buffalo Bills like

1243
01:05:24,000 --> 01:05:28,920
Speaker 1: you are. They still keep in close contact with former players.

1244
01:05:30,080 --> 01:05:33,600
Speaker 1: They meet up with coach McDermott and with current players

1245
01:05:33,680 --> 01:05:35,680
Speaker 1: when they can when they're in town. They do their

1246
01:05:35,800 --> 01:05:39,360
Speaker 1: part to be a good legend of the team and

1247
01:05:39,480 --> 01:05:43,400
Speaker 1: the community. And it's fun to hear the excitement in

1248
01:05:43,520 --> 01:05:48,320
Speaker 1: their voices too, just knowing where they were in the

1249
01:05:48,520 --> 01:05:50,720
Speaker 1: nineties and when you were a part of those teams

1250
01:05:50,760 --> 01:05:53,640
Speaker 1: and the success that they had, and you can hear

1251
01:05:53,640 --> 01:05:56,560
Speaker 1: it in their voices that they can't wait for it

1252
01:05:56,680 --> 01:05:59,760
Speaker 1: to be back in Buffalo, right, And it's it's true.

1253
01:06:00,400 --> 01:06:02,760
Speaker 1: And I'm I've alluded a couple of times. I do

1254
01:06:02,840 --> 01:06:04,240
Speaker 1: it all the time on the show that I've got

1255
01:06:04,360 --> 01:06:07,760
Speaker 1: a text loop with a bunch of the old guys

1256
01:06:07,880 --> 01:06:09,920
Speaker 1: And there's eight of us on and it's Will Wolford

1257
01:06:09,960 --> 01:06:14,360
Speaker 1: and Chris Moore, Um and myself, and there's Jim Kelly

1258
01:06:14,520 --> 01:06:19,120
Speaker 1: and then it's Bruce, Bruce Smith Therman, Thomas Cornice, ben At,

1259
01:06:19,200 --> 01:06:22,320
Speaker 1: Daryl Tallely, Andre Reid. There's all those guys are on it.

1260
01:06:22,440 --> 01:06:27,280
Speaker 1: And during Bills games, it is like it's like just

1261
01:06:27,440 --> 01:06:29,280
Speaker 1: a bunch of guys in a bar room who are

1262
01:06:29,480 --> 01:06:32,640
Speaker 1: fans and they get they get mad, and they they

1263
01:06:32,880 --> 01:06:35,400
Speaker 1: text mad text to each other and then they text

1264
01:06:35,520 --> 01:06:37,680
Speaker 1: glad text to each other and it goes from one

1265
01:06:37,720 --> 01:06:39,520
Speaker 1: to the other really quickly. You know, they ride this

1266
01:06:39,680 --> 01:06:41,920
Speaker 1: roller coaster just like the rest of us do when

1267
01:06:41,920 --> 01:06:44,080
Speaker 1: we're watching the Bills. It's a lot of it's funny,

1268
01:06:44,880 --> 01:06:47,240
Speaker 1: uh to do it, and plus I think it's you know,

1269
01:06:47,320 --> 01:06:50,320
Speaker 1: it's one of those text groups that you know, you

1270
01:06:50,400 --> 01:06:51,800
Speaker 1: know you can kind of let your guard down with

1271
01:06:51,880 --> 01:06:53,600
Speaker 1: those guys and you know you're not gonna end up,

1272
01:06:54,120 --> 01:06:57,240
Speaker 1: you know on Twitter being quoted kind so they they

1273
01:06:57,400 --> 01:07:00,520
Speaker 1: there's it's totally it's like the like the the players

1274
01:07:00,600 --> 01:07:04,440
Speaker 1: miked up. It's the totally unfiltered model. And it's funny

1275
01:07:04,560 --> 01:07:09,480
Speaker 1: because you know, guys like Bruce and Darryl Talley and

1276
01:07:09,560 --> 01:07:11,479
Speaker 1: Corneia has been at they're all talking about the Bill's

1277
01:07:11,560 --> 01:07:13,600
Speaker 1: defense and what they're doing or what they and Jim

1278
01:07:13,800 --> 01:07:16,680
Speaker 1: and Andrea and Thurman they're all talking about, you know,

1279
01:07:17,000 --> 01:07:19,960
Speaker 1: the offense and why you know. So it's it's pretty fun.

1280
01:07:20,120 --> 01:07:21,880
Speaker 1: It's a lot of fun and uh and you can

1281
01:07:21,920 --> 01:07:23,440
Speaker 1: see it in Steve Christie in the words that we

1282
01:07:23,520 --> 01:07:26,560
Speaker 1: just heard from him. They're all neck deep in it.

1283
01:07:26,680 --> 01:07:28,880
Speaker 1: They all have great memories of the team and the

1284
01:07:29,000 --> 01:07:31,840
Speaker 1: town and they do keep a close watch on It's

1285
01:07:31,920 --> 01:07:35,600
Speaker 1: it's fun to hear. I wonder if if you feel

1286
01:07:35,680 --> 01:07:38,440
Speaker 1: this way, because this is how I felt. When Tennessee

1287
01:07:38,480 --> 01:07:42,480
Speaker 1: football started to break back into the winning conversation, you

1288
01:07:42,560 --> 01:07:46,440
Speaker 1: could see a lot more legends and what Tennessee called

1289
01:07:46,480 --> 01:07:50,640
Speaker 1: them was VFL's of all for life, former players start

1290
01:07:50,720 --> 01:07:53,240
Speaker 1: to come back around the program. I wonder if you

1291
01:07:53,400 --> 01:07:55,800
Speaker 1: felt that way in the last couple of years. Of course,

1292
01:07:55,920 --> 01:07:58,400
Speaker 1: there's going to be the core group of legends that

1293
01:07:58,560 --> 01:08:01,040
Speaker 1: stick around the team through thick and then. But then,

1294
01:08:01,120 --> 01:08:03,440
Speaker 1: of course there's gonna be players that are more removed

1295
01:08:03,520 --> 01:08:05,560
Speaker 1: from the team and they don't live close to Buffalo

1296
01:08:05,680 --> 01:08:08,840
Speaker 1: and they can't get to Buffalo often maybe because of

1297
01:08:08,880 --> 01:08:12,200
Speaker 1: their jobs or kids or just life. But I feel

1298
01:08:12,280 --> 01:08:15,240
Speaker 1: like as a team starts to get better, more former

1299
01:08:15,320 --> 01:08:17,560
Speaker 1: players want to be around the pro want to be

1300
01:08:17,680 --> 01:08:19,960
Speaker 1: around the team and want to come back to a

1301
01:08:20,040 --> 01:08:23,320
Speaker 1: game or something like that. On the sidelines this past season,

1302
01:08:23,680 --> 01:08:26,439
Speaker 1: there were quite a few legends on the sidelines every

1303
01:08:26,600 --> 01:08:29,640
Speaker 1: single game. I remember one game you were on the sidelines,

1304
01:08:29,880 --> 01:08:33,880
Speaker 1: Jim Kelly was there, Bruce. I was like, oh my gosh,

1305
01:08:33,960 --> 01:08:36,720
Speaker 1: who else is going to walk down the sidelines right now?

1306
01:08:36,840 --> 01:08:40,880
Speaker 1: This is crazy? Yeah? Those Yeah, Well it's funny too

1307
01:08:41,040 --> 01:08:44,799
Speaker 1: because and they are there. They're icons, man, their legends,

1308
01:08:45,000 --> 01:08:47,639
Speaker 1: And I tell people they're like the Beatles, John Paul

1309
01:08:47,680 --> 01:08:50,360
Speaker 1: George and Ringo. It's Bruce, Jim Thurman and Andre Right

1310
01:08:50,439 --> 01:08:54,000
Speaker 1: and Darryl and DT and you know, Cornelian biscuit. These

1311
01:08:54,040 --> 01:08:57,559
Speaker 1: guys in Buffalo, they go by first names, one name,

1312
01:08:57,640 --> 01:08:59,719
Speaker 1: these guys. That's how much they mean to the people

1313
01:08:59,760 --> 01:09:02,360
Speaker 1: here Buffalo. And that's how much I mean to me too. Um,

1314
01:09:02,560 --> 01:09:05,599
Speaker 1: I am the same way I think those guys are.

1315
01:09:05,720 --> 01:09:09,599
Speaker 1: Just they are still awesome, um and in so many ways,

1316
01:09:09,960 --> 01:09:13,160
Speaker 1: and given the atmosphere in our country, in so many ways,

1317
01:09:13,240 --> 01:09:16,320
Speaker 1: they're heroes to me now, um, much more so than

1318
01:09:16,360 --> 01:09:18,240
Speaker 1: they were as players because of the men they are.

1319
01:09:18,800 --> 01:09:21,559
Speaker 1: Um and uh So it's it's all. I always get

1320
01:09:21,600 --> 01:09:23,439
Speaker 1: a little I get as big a thrill as the

1321
01:09:23,479 --> 01:09:27,800
Speaker 1: fans do when I see those guys, you know, swaggering

1322
01:09:27,920 --> 01:09:31,240
Speaker 1: down the tunnel, you know which you know, so they

1323
01:09:31,280 --> 01:09:33,080
Speaker 1: still they all have a little still have a little

1324
01:09:33,080 --> 01:09:35,519
Speaker 1: swagger to them. So I and I give them trouble

1325
01:09:35,520 --> 01:09:37,200
Speaker 1: about it, but it's I get a thrill. It's just

1326
01:09:37,280 --> 01:09:39,519
Speaker 1: like the fans do. Uh. It's fun to see them.

1327
01:09:39,520 --> 01:09:41,160
Speaker 1: And they're they're always going to be a part of Buffalo.

1328
01:09:41,200 --> 01:09:44,320
Speaker 1: And I know this too for Bills fans. They love

1329
01:09:44,360 --> 01:09:46,760
Speaker 1: the team as much as you do. Um. They are

1330
01:09:46,920 --> 01:09:49,519
Speaker 1: they are fully invested emotionally and it's and it's nice

1331
01:09:49,560 --> 01:09:52,400
Speaker 1: and it's comforting to see them do that because it

1332
01:09:53,160 --> 01:09:56,840
Speaker 1: it reaffirms that they love our city and our team

1333
01:09:56,880 --> 01:09:58,600
Speaker 1: as much as we do, and it's pretty cool. So

1334
01:09:59,160 --> 01:10:01,400
Speaker 1: there's that. That was great, great stuff from Steve Christie.

1335
01:10:01,439 --> 01:10:03,160
Speaker 1: Thanks for doing that, Matty, and I'll be looking forward

1336
01:10:03,160 --> 01:10:04,960
Speaker 1: to hearing the rest of it. And did you talk

1337
01:10:05,000 --> 01:10:06,560
Speaker 1: to other guys or have you got other guys on

1338
01:10:06,640 --> 01:10:09,280
Speaker 1: the schedule that you're gonna speak to? I talked to

1339
01:10:09,439 --> 01:10:11,800
Speaker 1: Cornelie has been at last week, who we will talk

1340
01:10:11,840 --> 01:10:14,160
Speaker 1: to tomorrow, which will be good to catch up with him,

1341
01:10:14,240 --> 01:10:17,280
Speaker 1: and then I'm going to schedule some more. Of course,

1342
01:10:17,360 --> 01:10:19,880
Speaker 1: these legends are are busy guys as well, so we'll

1343
01:10:19,880 --> 01:10:22,080
Speaker 1: see who else we can schedule. And there have been

1344
01:10:22,240 --> 01:10:25,280
Speaker 1: so many that have just talked on NFL Network and

1345
01:10:25,400 --> 01:10:28,639
Speaker 1: have done other radio interviews, so it's been so easy

1346
01:10:28,720 --> 01:10:32,280
Speaker 1: to pull quotes from other places too. Jim's been on

1347
01:10:32,479 --> 01:10:37,040
Speaker 1: quite a bit on NFL Network. Andre was on Sports

1348
01:10:37,160 --> 01:10:40,960
Speaker 1: Illustrated dot com. He did an article and did an

1349
01:10:41,040 --> 01:10:43,880
Speaker 1: interview with some people, so it's been quite easy to

1350
01:10:44,000 --> 01:10:46,840
Speaker 1: find what these guys are saying about this current team,

1351
01:10:46,880 --> 01:10:50,280
Speaker 1: and it's all very positive, good stuff, good stuff. Well

1352
01:10:50,320 --> 01:10:52,439
Speaker 1: we got that. Thanks for having Steve Christy. And when

1353
01:10:52,439 --> 01:10:54,479
Speaker 1: we come up next segment, we're gonna have a thing

1354
01:10:54,560 --> 01:10:57,360
Speaker 1: called What's Guess that stat where you're gonna give me

1355
01:10:57,920 --> 01:11:00,600
Speaker 1: a question and a three choice and I'm going to

1356
01:11:00,640 --> 01:11:04,760
Speaker 1: try and guess the right stat for whatever um category

1357
01:11:05,000 --> 01:11:07,679
Speaker 1: you choose to conjure up. So we got that coming

1358
01:11:07,720 --> 01:11:09,439
Speaker 1: up next. Also, what's for lunch? If we can get

1359
01:11:09,479 --> 01:11:12,400
Speaker 1: to that, unless I go crazy on the guests the

1360
01:11:12,479 --> 01:11:15,040
Speaker 1: stat thing, we'll run out of time, all right? Made

1361
01:11:16,120 --> 01:11:18,639
Speaker 1: all right? Maddie Glab Steve Tasker here on One Bills

1362
01:11:18,680 --> 01:11:20,639
Speaker 1: Live Present and by Clyde to Health. That's what's next

1363
01:11:20,680 --> 01:11:31,720
Speaker 1: on Buffalo Bills Radio. Welcome back to One Bill's Live

1364
01:11:31,760 --> 01:11:34,479
Speaker 1: Steve task along with Maddie Glab. We earlier in the show,

1365
01:11:34,520 --> 01:11:36,280
Speaker 1: we had Sean McDermott on. You can go back and

1366
01:11:36,400 --> 01:11:38,680
Speaker 1: listen to that if you want to. You can go

1367
01:11:38,720 --> 01:11:41,200
Speaker 1: back and listen to it on a podcast on Buffalo

1368
01:11:41,240 --> 01:11:45,479
Speaker 1: bills dot Com, Buffalo Bill's app, Spotify, Google Play, or

1369
01:11:45,520 --> 01:11:49,840
Speaker 1: Apple Podcasts. We're here till three o'clock and now it's

1370
01:11:49,920 --> 01:11:53,200
Speaker 1: time in the show where Maddie is We're going to

1371
01:11:53,800 --> 01:11:59,680
Speaker 1: guess the stat. Yeah, this is a Maddie's attempt to

1372
01:12:00,000 --> 01:12:04,280
Speaker 1: embarrass and humiliate her co host me, No, not at all.

1373
01:12:04,400 --> 01:12:07,120
Speaker 1: I have faith in you task or you're gonna get

1374
01:12:07,120 --> 01:12:08,720
Speaker 1: some of these right. And I wish we could like

1375
01:12:09,439 --> 01:12:12,519
Speaker 1: invite and invite listeners on so like everybody could be

1376
01:12:12,560 --> 01:12:15,639
Speaker 1: a part of the conversation. But you can answer while

1377
01:12:15,640 --> 01:12:18,960
Speaker 1: you're listening on the radio or wherever you're listening at.

1378
01:12:19,240 --> 01:12:22,080
Speaker 1: So usually when we're in the same studio, yeah, we

1379
01:12:22,120 --> 01:12:24,600
Speaker 1: can started. Usually we're in the same studio. I make I,

1380
01:12:24,920 --> 01:12:27,560
Speaker 1: you know, make it a point not to like go

1381
01:12:27,720 --> 01:12:33,160
Speaker 1: to the Bill's website or that and google it the answer.

1382
01:12:33,280 --> 01:12:35,679
Speaker 1: So I just I'm sitting here with my hands folded

1383
01:12:35,720 --> 01:12:40,479
Speaker 1: in front of me waiting to, you know, just impress

1384
01:12:41,280 --> 01:12:44,719
Speaker 1: the heck out of Maddie with mine. You can tally

1385
01:12:45,000 --> 01:12:48,880
Speaker 1: your right answers. That's what you can do. Count how

1386
01:12:48,960 --> 01:12:51,880
Speaker 1: money you got right? All right, go ahead, There's there's

1387
01:12:51,920 --> 01:12:54,840
Speaker 1: eight of them, so hopefully you get more than four, right,

1388
01:12:54,920 --> 01:12:58,040
Speaker 1: which I believe that you can do. So this version

1389
01:12:58,160 --> 01:13:00,160
Speaker 1: of guests, the stat has to do with what we're

1390
01:13:00,160 --> 01:13:02,320
Speaker 1: gonna be talking about in the two o'clock hour, which

1391
01:13:02,439 --> 01:13:05,680
Speaker 1: is the defensive line group. As we go through the

1392
01:13:05,880 --> 01:13:08,680
Speaker 1: roster in our state of Bill's conversation. So all of

1393
01:13:08,760 --> 01:13:12,360
Speaker 1: these questions have to do with our defensive line, current

1394
01:13:12,880 --> 01:13:16,519
Speaker 1: or new players. No former players, just current current players

1395
01:13:16,760 --> 01:13:19,080
Speaker 1: or new guys coming to the roster this year. So

1396
01:13:19,720 --> 01:13:25,200
Speaker 1: Number one, Ed Oliver had the reef sacks in twenty

1397
01:13:25,280 --> 01:13:32,280
Speaker 1: nineteen five sacks or see six sacks? How many sacks

1398
01:13:32,320 --> 01:13:35,240
Speaker 1: did Ed Oliver have in twenty nineteen? Is it three,

1399
01:13:35,760 --> 01:13:44,200
Speaker 1: five or six? I'm gonna say five sacks. Yes, you

1400
01:13:44,520 --> 01:13:48,280
Speaker 1: are right. Ed Oliver had five sacks in twenty nineteen.

1401
01:13:48,680 --> 01:13:52,800
Speaker 1: Good job. Number two. In the last four seasons, this

1402
01:13:53,080 --> 01:13:58,600
Speaker 1: player had thirty nine sacks. Who is it Mario Adamson,

1403
01:13:59,400 --> 01:14:03,960
Speaker 1: Jerry or Trent Murphy. In the last four seasons, this

1404
01:14:04,200 --> 01:14:08,360
Speaker 1: player had thirty nine sacks. Was it Mario Addison, Jerry

1405
01:14:08,479 --> 01:14:16,719
Speaker 1: Hughes or Trent Murphy? Thirty nine sacks? You say thirty

1406
01:14:16,800 --> 01:14:20,759
Speaker 1: nine sacks in four years. I'm gonna say, Mario Addison,

1407
01:14:21,880 --> 01:14:26,240
Speaker 1: you are right again. Hey, I am, I am on it.

1408
01:14:27,120 --> 01:14:31,040
Speaker 1: I'm impressing myself, which is famous. Last words, one hundred

1409
01:14:31,160 --> 01:14:35,680
Speaker 1: percent right now, which is great. And Mario in the

1410
01:14:35,760 --> 01:14:38,360
Speaker 1: last four years and looking to Sup, he's average, He's average.

1411
01:14:38,360 --> 01:14:41,040
Speaker 1: I knew he'd averaged nine sacks a year at least

1412
01:14:41,080 --> 01:14:46,120
Speaker 1: for the last four years. Yeah, Yeah, twenty sixteen, nine

1413
01:14:46,120 --> 01:14:49,640
Speaker 1: and a half, twenty seventeen, eleven, twenty eighteen nine, in

1414
01:14:49,800 --> 01:14:53,160
Speaker 1: twenty nineteen nine and a half. So he's had quite

1415
01:14:53,200 --> 01:14:56,840
Speaker 1: a last four years in the NFL. Number three. In

1416
01:14:57,000 --> 01:15:01,240
Speaker 1: his three year career at Iowa, ag Epinessa had how

1417
01:15:01,320 --> 01:15:05,560
Speaker 1: many sacks thirty and a half sacks, twenty six and

1418
01:15:05,600 --> 01:15:09,160
Speaker 1: a half sacks or twenty three sacks. In his three

1419
01:15:09,320 --> 01:15:12,760
Speaker 1: years at Iowa, aja Epinessa had thirty and a half

1420
01:15:12,800 --> 01:15:16,200
Speaker 1: sacks twenty six and a half sacks or twenty three

1421
01:15:16,320 --> 01:15:20,240
Speaker 1: sacks last three years. I'm gonna say twenty six and

1422
01:15:20,280 --> 01:15:25,200
Speaker 1: a half. Jeez, you were on fire today, right, oh?

1423
01:15:25,400 --> 01:15:31,760
Speaker 1: Sweet six and a half sacks at Iowa. Yeah, I

1424
01:15:31,840 --> 01:15:34,960
Speaker 1: knew he had like like double digits last two years maybe,

1425
01:15:35,040 --> 01:15:36,960
Speaker 1: and then the first year he only played a little

1426
01:15:37,000 --> 01:15:39,280
Speaker 1: bit and he had like three sacks or something something

1427
01:15:39,360 --> 01:15:44,360
Speaker 1: like that. You got it. He also had eight forced fumbles,

1428
01:15:44,520 --> 01:15:47,599
Speaker 1: eight passes defended in one hundred and one total tackles

1429
01:15:47,680 --> 01:15:50,960
Speaker 1: during his time at Iowa. All Right, Number four, how

1430
01:15:51,040 --> 01:15:56,479
Speaker 1: many double digit sacks seasons has Jerry Hughes had, Has

1431
01:15:56,560 --> 01:16:02,599
Speaker 1: he had one? Two? Or four? How many double digit

1432
01:16:02,720 --> 01:16:07,719
Speaker 1: sack seasons has Jerry Hughes had? And Jerry is entering

1433
01:16:07,960 --> 01:16:14,320
Speaker 1: his eleventh year in the NFL. I gotta say four.

1434
01:16:14,760 --> 01:16:22,080
Speaker 1: I gotta say four. Not so right on? That was

1435
01:16:22,120 --> 01:16:26,840
Speaker 1: only two. He has only had two double digit sack seasons.

1436
01:16:27,040 --> 01:16:31,120
Speaker 1: That was in twenty thirteen and twenty fourteen, his first

1437
01:16:31,200 --> 01:16:33,800
Speaker 1: two years with the Buffalo Bills. He spent his first

1438
01:16:33,840 --> 01:16:37,080
Speaker 1: three years of his NFL career with the Indianapolis Colts.

1439
01:16:37,160 --> 01:16:41,439
Speaker 1: So his first two seasons were his highs and each

1440
01:16:42,600 --> 01:16:45,000
Speaker 1: All right, you've just got one one wrong. It's pretty

1441
01:16:45,000 --> 01:16:50,800
Speaker 1: good so far. Three, Yeah, I mean amazing. Number five.

1442
01:16:51,560 --> 01:16:54,679
Speaker 1: Who blocked a field goal in the fourth quarter against

1443
01:16:54,720 --> 01:16:59,280
Speaker 1: the Titans last year? Was it Trent Murphy at Oliver

1444
01:16:59,760 --> 01:17:02,479
Speaker 1: or Daryl Johnson who blocked a field goal in the

1445
01:17:02,560 --> 01:17:05,800
Speaker 1: fourth quarter against the Tennessee Titans last season? It was

1446
01:17:05,880 --> 01:17:10,880
Speaker 1: Bam Johnson. Yeah, it was. I know. He blocked a

1447
01:17:11,080 --> 01:17:13,320
Speaker 1: thirty three yard field goal and that was when the

1448
01:17:13,439 --> 01:17:19,680
Speaker 1: game was tied. He's got those long, lanky arms. That

1449
01:17:19,960 --> 01:17:22,519
Speaker 1: was a good game. That Titans game was a really

1450
01:17:22,600 --> 01:17:28,320
Speaker 1: good game. Bam Johnson helped Duke william Duke Williams caught

1451
01:17:28,360 --> 01:17:31,920
Speaker 1: the touchdown. That was a great game that the Bills

1452
01:17:31,960 --> 01:17:34,240
Speaker 1: were in. A ton of those games last year, you know,

1453
01:17:34,439 --> 01:17:36,320
Speaker 1: just because of the fact they struggled to score points

1454
01:17:36,360 --> 01:17:38,240
Speaker 1: and stuff and people could hang in there with them.

1455
01:17:38,280 --> 01:17:40,240
Speaker 1: But the defense was just too good. It was not

1456
01:17:40,400 --> 01:17:42,720
Speaker 1: so fun so fun. It was like, here comes the

1457
01:17:42,800 --> 01:17:45,200
Speaker 1: fourth quarter, Bills, yet again, We're gonna win this game

1458
01:17:45,240 --> 01:17:47,400
Speaker 1: in the fourth quarter. All right, I'm four or five

1459
01:17:49,479 --> 01:17:52,719
Speaker 1: you today, you better go buy like a lottery ticket

1460
01:17:52,760 --> 01:17:58,920
Speaker 1: after this, right number six. There are three defensive linemen

1461
01:17:59,120 --> 01:18:03,040
Speaker 1: on the roster listed at six six. Who's in the group?

1462
01:18:03,439 --> 01:18:08,000
Speaker 1: Is it Quentin Jefferson, Aja Epinessa and Darryl Johnson? Is

1463
01:18:08,040 --> 01:18:11,800
Speaker 1: it Trent Murphy, Vincent Taylor and Darryl Johnson? Or is

1464
01:18:11,880 --> 01:18:15,960
Speaker 1: it a j Epenessa, Darryl Johnson and Trent Murphy. Which

1465
01:18:16,120 --> 01:18:19,000
Speaker 1: group of three are all listed at six six on

1466
01:18:19,080 --> 01:18:23,280
Speaker 1: the roster. I'm gonna say the second group, Bam Johnson,

1467
01:18:23,920 --> 01:18:26,680
Speaker 1: Trent No? No? Is that it Vincent No, it's the

1468
01:18:26,760 --> 01:18:31,240
Speaker 1: first one. Trent Murphy's not six sins. I'm gonna say

1469
01:18:31,320 --> 01:18:34,120
Speaker 1: Quentin Jefferson and that because Trent Murphy is not six six.

1470
01:18:35,680 --> 01:18:40,280
Speaker 1: I don't think he. Uh. He's listed as six six

1471
01:18:40,400 --> 01:18:44,160
Speaker 1: on the rocks that are listed as six six or

1472
01:18:44,280 --> 01:18:50,679
Speaker 1: a j epessa Darryl Johnson and Trent Murphy yep aj

1473
01:18:50,920 --> 01:18:53,519
Speaker 1: weighs the most out of the three two hundred and

1474
01:18:53,600 --> 01:18:56,599
Speaker 1: eighty pounds. Trent Murphy is the next at two hundred

1475
01:18:56,600 --> 01:19:00,920
Speaker 1: and sixty. I think Bam Johnson is in the two fifties.

1476
01:19:01,000 --> 01:19:03,800
Speaker 1: He's a He's a skinny defensive end for sure. I

1477
01:19:03,880 --> 01:19:07,519
Speaker 1: did not think Trent Murphy was six six. Gosh, I

1478
01:19:07,600 --> 01:19:10,040
Speaker 1: gotta get with it all right, I'm down. I'm four

1479
01:19:10,080 --> 01:19:14,639
Speaker 1: of six now right, two more left. You can redeem yourself.

1480
01:19:15,240 --> 01:19:18,400
Speaker 1: You still had a great, great outing so far. Number seven.

1481
01:19:18,960 --> 01:19:22,200
Speaker 1: If fifty four sacks was the highest in the NFL

1482
01:19:22,360 --> 01:19:25,840
Speaker 1: last year from the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Bills had

1483
01:19:25,960 --> 01:19:31,400
Speaker 1: forty four total sacks, Where do they rank amongst NFL teams?

1484
01:19:32,960 --> 01:19:37,840
Speaker 1: One fifty four is the Steelers, The Bills had forty four,

1485
01:19:38,240 --> 01:19:42,559
Speaker 1: so ten less. Do the Bills rank tenth? Do they

1486
01:19:42,680 --> 01:19:47,519
Speaker 1: rank twelfth or do they rank sixteenth? I say they

1487
01:19:47,640 --> 01:19:49,960
Speaker 1: ranked tenth. I know they were a top ten sack team.

1488
01:19:50,160 --> 01:19:56,519
Speaker 1: They gotta be tenth. Oh, that's not right. They ranked twelfth.

1489
01:19:57,360 --> 01:20:00,240
Speaker 1: I thought they were top ten team in sacks last year.

1490
01:20:00,680 --> 01:20:07,959
Speaker 1: According according to stats Radar three sixty, they are number twelve.

1491
01:20:09,000 --> 01:20:12,040
Speaker 1: So the team above them who had one more so

1492
01:20:12,240 --> 01:20:16,080
Speaker 1: forty five sacks. That is the Kansas City Chiefs and

1493
01:20:16,280 --> 01:20:20,519
Speaker 1: the Patriots were the other AFC East team that ranked

1494
01:20:20,680 --> 01:20:24,759
Speaker 1: above them. The Patriots had forty seven total sacks. Hopefully

1495
01:20:24,840 --> 01:20:27,080
Speaker 1: we're in the top five conversation next year with all

1496
01:20:27,120 --> 01:20:30,719
Speaker 1: these new defensive alignment on this team take a step forward.

1497
01:20:30,720 --> 01:20:32,720
Speaker 1: I thought for sure they'd gotten into the top ten,

1498
01:20:32,840 --> 01:20:34,760
Speaker 1: just barely, But I guess they didn't. All right, Maybe

1499
01:20:34,760 --> 01:20:39,280
Speaker 1: they were there three way tie for number seven with

1500
01:20:39,439 --> 01:20:42,160
Speaker 1: the Jacksonville Jaguars and Patriots in the bucks. Theale had

1501
01:20:42,280 --> 01:20:46,599
Speaker 1: forty seven. But that's how the numbers work in that one,

1502
01:20:46,640 --> 01:20:50,040
Speaker 1: all right, number eight. Our final question for this segment.

1503
01:20:50,760 --> 01:20:54,320
Speaker 1: This player said he feels like he's twenty five when

1504
01:20:54,400 --> 01:20:59,200
Speaker 1: he is really five years older than that, five or

1505
01:20:59,320 --> 01:21:03,640
Speaker 1: more years older than that. Who said he feels like

1506
01:21:03,800 --> 01:21:06,280
Speaker 1: he's twenty five years old when he gets on the field,

1507
01:21:07,000 --> 01:21:11,280
Speaker 1: Trent Murphy, it's a Bills player. Did Trent Murphy say

1508
01:21:11,320 --> 01:21:14,439
Speaker 1: he feels like he's twenty five. Did Jerry Hughes say

1509
01:21:14,520 --> 01:21:17,800
Speaker 1: he feels like that or did Mario Addison say he

1510
01:21:17,880 --> 01:21:25,599
Speaker 1: feels like he's twenty five? Mario Addison, Yes, you got

1511
01:21:25,680 --> 01:21:29,400
Speaker 1: that right? That Anna win. That was what was five

1512
01:21:29,479 --> 01:21:33,080
Speaker 1: of eight? I got way, don't go and that Mario

1513
01:21:33,160 --> 01:21:39,200
Speaker 1: Addison was a complete and total guess, A complete in total. Hey,

1514
01:21:39,280 --> 01:21:41,800
Speaker 1: that was a great guest. He said in the media

1515
01:21:41,800 --> 01:21:45,479
Speaker 1: availability with the on zoom with our local media. He

1516
01:21:45,600 --> 01:21:47,920
Speaker 1: was talking about training his body and he's like, I

1517
01:21:48,040 --> 01:21:51,200
Speaker 1: feel like I'm twenty five. He's in fact thirty two.

1518
01:21:51,920 --> 01:21:53,720
Speaker 1: And when he says he feels like he's twenty five,

1519
01:21:53,760 --> 01:21:56,840
Speaker 1: that should make Bills fans feel pretty good about this

1520
01:21:57,040 --> 01:21:59,599
Speaker 1: defensive line group, especially when you have a thirty two

1521
01:21:59,680 --> 01:22:03,160
Speaker 1: year old feeling quite young. I'm holding up I'm holding

1522
01:22:03,240 --> 01:22:07,439
Speaker 1: up double peace signs as victory in my hands now.

1523
01:22:07,680 --> 01:22:10,639
Speaker 1: So I'm six out of five out of eight. Pretty good.

1524
01:22:10,840 --> 01:22:14,120
Speaker 1: I'm all right, you can because if I would have

1525
01:22:14,160 --> 01:22:15,840
Speaker 1: gotten one out of eight or two out of a

1526
01:22:16,000 --> 01:22:18,760
Speaker 1: we would not be doing I guess that stat anymore.

1527
01:22:21,040 --> 01:22:25,120
Speaker 1: Way to go. Yeah, we'll keep it going. That was

1528
01:22:25,120 --> 01:22:27,519
Speaker 1: a good one. I'm glad and the Bill stats stuff,

1529
01:22:27,520 --> 01:22:30,160
Speaker 1: because you know, we sit here and talk about this stuff,

1530
01:22:30,160 --> 01:22:32,000
Speaker 1: and every once in a while, you know, you've gloss

1531
01:22:32,120 --> 01:22:33,920
Speaker 1: over some stat that you'll hear and then you'll kind

1532
01:22:33,920 --> 01:22:35,880
Speaker 1: of remember. So some of those I think we had

1533
01:22:35,960 --> 01:22:39,599
Speaker 1: spoken about, like during the season, which I know late

1534
01:22:39,680 --> 01:22:42,000
Speaker 1: in the season, before the season was over, probably now

1535
01:22:42,080 --> 01:22:44,120
Speaker 1: that I think about it, Murph and I had had

1536
01:22:44,160 --> 01:22:47,400
Speaker 1: the conversation about the Bills are now or a top

1537
01:22:47,520 --> 01:22:50,360
Speaker 1: ten team in sacks, and then of course a couple

1538
01:22:50,400 --> 01:22:52,320
Speaker 1: of other teams got some sacks and the Bills didn't

1539
01:22:52,439 --> 01:22:54,320
Speaker 1: or whatever, and or the Bills got him in the

1540
01:22:54,360 --> 01:22:57,120
Speaker 1: playoff game, which don't count in the regular season stats.

1541
01:22:57,160 --> 01:23:01,240
Speaker 1: So there you go. I thought for sure that, well, yeah, anyway,

1542
01:23:01,360 --> 01:23:03,400
Speaker 1: like some of my new some of my that last one,

1543
01:23:03,439 --> 01:23:06,360
Speaker 1: I totally guess Dad, all right, we got it. Let's see,

1544
01:23:06,360 --> 01:23:08,559
Speaker 1: it's a quarter. We got one of those short segment

1545
01:23:08,680 --> 01:23:12,280
Speaker 1: before two o'clock. We are. We've got what's for lunch

1546
01:23:12,360 --> 01:23:14,400
Speaker 1: coming up if we can get to that. We've also

1547
01:23:14,560 --> 01:23:16,960
Speaker 1: got u let's see what else we got. We're gonna

1548
01:23:16,960 --> 01:23:19,000
Speaker 1: have State of the Bills. We're gonna talk about the

1549
01:23:19,160 --> 01:23:21,680
Speaker 1: defensive line. This man, there's a lot of guys to

1550
01:23:21,760 --> 01:23:23,839
Speaker 1: talk about in this That's gonna be an interesting conversation.

1551
01:23:23,920 --> 01:23:26,000
Speaker 1: We get to that, right, we got your thoughts? Have

1552
01:23:26,080 --> 01:23:29,280
Speaker 1: you got your thoughts? All of them down? And I

1553
01:23:29,439 --> 01:23:33,160
Speaker 1: was like, holy moly, this is the most stacked position

1554
01:23:33,240 --> 01:23:35,479
Speaker 1: group on this rosser. They got some guys. Yeah, we're

1555
01:23:35,520 --> 01:23:37,439
Speaker 1: gonna talk about that at two o'clock. We also got

1556
01:23:37,520 --> 01:23:39,240
Speaker 1: what's for lunch coming up along with what do we

1557
01:23:39,360 --> 01:23:41,519
Speaker 1: learned with some sound bites and all of that. So

1558
01:23:41,680 --> 01:23:44,840
Speaker 1: Steve Tasker, Maddie Glad, One Bills Live, presented presented by

1559
01:23:44,880 --> 01:23:47,400
Speaker 1: Clyda Help. This is Buffalo Bill's Radio. We'll be right back.

1560
01:23:51,400 --> 01:23:53,800
Speaker 1: Welcome back to one Bill's Last he Fastal with Maddie Glad.

1561
01:23:53,920 --> 01:23:56,320
Speaker 1: I crushed he guess that stat in the last segment.

1562
01:23:56,360 --> 01:23:59,479
Speaker 1: I'm good about myself right And by the way, and Maddie,

1563
01:24:00,320 --> 01:24:02,479
Speaker 1: good idea that was. I enjoyed that as a fun game.

1564
01:24:02,680 --> 01:24:05,160
Speaker 1: You're coming up on. We were talking about training camp

1565
01:24:05,240 --> 01:24:07,679
Speaker 1: and you were here like a week before training camp started.

1566
01:24:07,720 --> 01:24:11,040
Speaker 1: When's your like one year anniversary with the organization. I

1567
01:24:11,160 --> 01:24:14,519
Speaker 1: believe it's July fifteenth. I think I started. Maybe it's

1568
01:24:14,560 --> 01:24:16,439
Speaker 1: even a couple of days before that, but I started

1569
01:24:16,560 --> 01:24:19,439
Speaker 1: and Jeff Matthews, one of my bosses. He was like,

1570
01:24:19,840 --> 01:24:21,800
Speaker 1: so training camp is in two days, are you ready

1571
01:24:21,840 --> 01:24:23,840
Speaker 1: to move out to Rochez Or. I say, yeah, let's

1572
01:24:23,880 --> 01:24:26,639
Speaker 1: just do it. Let's just step in. You came down.

1573
01:24:26,960 --> 01:24:28,519
Speaker 1: Now here's the thing. The reason I asked that you

1574
01:24:28,640 --> 01:24:31,280
Speaker 1: came to us from University of Tennessee. You worked there

1575
01:24:31,320 --> 01:24:33,840
Speaker 1: for four years. Out of cole you went to Missouri, play,

1576
01:24:34,000 --> 01:24:36,200
Speaker 1: went to Tennessee to and you know, worked for the

1577
01:24:36,280 --> 01:24:41,240
Speaker 1: Valls Volunteers for four years. And I just read Johnny

1578
01:24:41,320 --> 01:24:43,519
Speaker 1: Majors passed away. Did you ever have any interaction with

1579
01:24:43,600 --> 01:24:46,360
Speaker 1: Johnny Majors as their foot He's our former football coach

1580
01:24:46,439 --> 01:24:49,120
Speaker 1: there for a long time, and I think was probably

1581
01:24:49,160 --> 01:24:53,559
Speaker 1: a fixture there right, Definitely. Johnny Majors to somebody who

1582
01:24:53,640 --> 01:24:58,160
Speaker 1: was born in Tennessee, played at Tennessee. He was a

1583
01:24:58,240 --> 01:25:02,439
Speaker 1: tail back there, and then co Tennessee from nineteen seventy

1584
01:25:02,479 --> 01:25:06,560
Speaker 1: seven to nineteen ninety two. Took the Volunteers to a

1585
01:25:06,720 --> 01:25:12,000
Speaker 1: few SEC titles. SEC championships in nineteen eighty five, eighty nine,

1586
01:25:12,160 --> 01:25:15,360
Speaker 1: nineteen ninety almost got him the national championships some of

1587
01:25:15,400 --> 01:25:19,439
Speaker 1: those years. But was a great, great coach and a

1588
01:25:19,680 --> 01:25:24,280
Speaker 1: huge fixture just in the hemisphere of Tennessee football, and

1589
01:25:24,680 --> 01:25:26,479
Speaker 1: he would come around quite a bit when I was

1590
01:25:26,600 --> 01:25:30,160
Speaker 1: there for four years, and he has some great stories

1591
01:25:30,240 --> 01:25:32,280
Speaker 1: about what it was like to coach during that time.

1592
01:25:32,640 --> 01:25:35,240
Speaker 1: And he was just a light when he came onto

1593
01:25:35,280 --> 01:25:38,280
Speaker 1: the campus. And some funny things about Johnny Majors that

1594
01:25:38,439 --> 01:25:41,479
Speaker 1: I will always remember is when he would come to campus,

1595
01:25:41,880 --> 01:25:45,240
Speaker 1: he would park on like the sidewalk area, so he

1596
01:25:45,280 --> 01:25:47,719
Speaker 1: would pull his car up right in front of our office.

1597
01:25:48,280 --> 01:25:52,360
Speaker 1: Not in a parking spot. This man would park right

1598
01:25:52,560 --> 01:25:55,519
Speaker 1: on the sidewalk area, which it was a huge sidewalk area,

1599
01:25:55,640 --> 01:25:58,760
Speaker 1: so he was not blocking the entire sidewalk by any means,

1600
01:25:59,040 --> 01:26:01,360
Speaker 1: but he would just comble up right outside of our office.

1601
01:26:01,479 --> 01:26:04,880
Speaker 1: Just if you knew Johnny Majors was on campus when

1602
01:26:04,960 --> 01:26:07,360
Speaker 1: you saw his car parked on the sidewalk and he

1603
01:26:07,400 --> 01:26:09,400
Speaker 1: would walk right into our office. Because he had a

1604
01:26:09,439 --> 01:26:12,639
Speaker 1: really great relationship with my two bosses, and he would

1605
01:26:12,680 --> 01:26:15,600
Speaker 1: just walked in. And one of my bosses, they were

1606
01:26:15,720 --> 01:26:18,040
Speaker 1: Burry in Link, and so he would he would Waltston

1607
01:26:18,080 --> 01:26:20,640
Speaker 1: and be like, where's Barry, Where's Link? What are they

1608
01:26:20,720 --> 01:26:23,360
Speaker 1: up to today? Just then announced you just want to

1609
01:26:23,439 --> 01:26:26,760
Speaker 1: drop in, check in, see my bosses, come to a

1610
01:26:26,840 --> 01:26:31,080
Speaker 1: football practice, and there were so many students who worked

1611
01:26:31,240 --> 01:26:34,680
Speaker 1: for VFL Films, which is what it was called. And

1612
01:26:35,360 --> 01:26:38,479
Speaker 1: so anytime he would come into interaction with somebody who

1613
01:26:38,520 --> 01:26:41,400
Speaker 1: he wasn't that familiar with, he would remind them that, hey,

1614
01:26:41,520 --> 01:26:45,080
Speaker 1: I coached the Tennessee football team these years. And he

1615
01:26:45,280 --> 01:26:48,280
Speaker 1: was such a legend that people knew who he was

1616
01:26:48,439 --> 01:26:51,280
Speaker 1: when he walked in the door, but he still felt

1617
01:26:51,320 --> 01:26:53,680
Speaker 1: like he needed to tell people just in case they

1618
01:26:53,760 --> 01:26:56,880
Speaker 1: didn't remember didn't know who he was really. But he

1619
01:26:57,040 --> 01:26:59,519
Speaker 1: was always dressed to the nines. He would come hang

1620
01:26:59,560 --> 01:27:02,880
Speaker 1: out at ball practice with me, and whenever he was there,

1621
01:27:02,960 --> 01:27:05,720
Speaker 1: he would always give me a big hug. And you know,

1622
01:27:05,920 --> 01:27:08,679
Speaker 1: just like the legends with the Bills community, it's great

1623
01:27:08,760 --> 01:27:12,759
Speaker 1: to have people around the organization that matter, and people

1624
01:27:12,800 --> 01:27:16,240
Speaker 1: around that Tennessee football program that matter. And when Johnny

1625
01:27:16,280 --> 01:27:19,439
Speaker 1: Majors was out of practice, you better believe the head coach,

1626
01:27:19,520 --> 01:27:21,880
Speaker 1: whether it was Butch Jones or Jeremy Pruitt, is going

1627
01:27:21,960 --> 01:27:24,000
Speaker 1: to walk up to Johnny and say hello and see

1628
01:27:24,040 --> 01:27:27,599
Speaker 1: how he's doing. And Johnny would always have some advice

1629
01:27:27,720 --> 01:27:30,400
Speaker 1: to give coach Majors would always have some advice to

1630
01:27:30,479 --> 01:27:32,560
Speaker 1: give to the current head coach, and so it was

1631
01:27:32,640 --> 01:27:34,719
Speaker 1: great to have him around the program. I'm very happy

1632
01:27:35,000 --> 01:27:37,639
Speaker 1: that I got to build a small relationship with him

1633
01:27:38,160 --> 01:27:40,960
Speaker 1: when I was at Tennessee. But a great person. He's

1634
01:27:41,000 --> 01:27:43,519
Speaker 1: going to be missed, and it's sad that he's no

1635
01:27:43,640 --> 01:27:47,160
Speaker 1: longer going to be around Tennessee football. I mean, he's

1636
01:27:47,200 --> 01:27:49,680
Speaker 1: totally going to be there in spirit, but I will

1637
01:27:49,800 --> 01:27:52,560
Speaker 1: miss him parking his car on the sidewalk in just

1638
01:27:52,720 --> 01:27:55,080
Speaker 1: waltzon In because that was it was always great to

1639
01:27:55,120 --> 01:27:57,280
Speaker 1: see him. Well, listen, he was an old guy by

1640
01:27:57,320 --> 01:27:59,240
Speaker 1: this time too, so old guys, you know, should have

1641
01:27:59,320 --> 01:28:01,360
Speaker 1: the right to pull up close to the door wherever

1642
01:28:01,400 --> 01:28:04,400
Speaker 1: they want, right, especially a guy who helped build the facility. Right,

1643
01:28:04,439 --> 01:28:08,320
Speaker 1: I'm sure he's totally Yeah, that's great. John Major's drive

1644
01:28:08,439 --> 01:28:11,200
Speaker 1: on campus, so he his name was in a lot

1645
01:28:11,240 --> 01:28:14,760
Speaker 1: of places around campus, for sure. That's awesome. I'm glad.

1646
01:28:14,800 --> 01:28:16,639
Speaker 1: I'm glad you have some good memories of him. Sorry

1647
01:28:16,680 --> 01:28:18,160
Speaker 1: to hear of his passing. I know he was a

1648
01:28:18,240 --> 01:28:20,360
Speaker 1: fixture there. He's one of those guys that's a volunteer

1649
01:28:20,439 --> 01:28:23,360
Speaker 1: for life, and our thoughts and prayers go out to

1650
01:28:23,400 --> 01:28:28,160
Speaker 1: his family and Johnny Major's former Tennessee volunteer head coach

1651
01:28:28,840 --> 01:28:31,280
Speaker 1: passed away, and glad you had to. I'm glad you

1652
01:28:31,360 --> 01:28:32,719
Speaker 1: could fill us in on who the guy was, because

1653
01:28:32,760 --> 01:28:34,080
Speaker 1: a lot of us here in Western are we would

1654
01:28:34,120 --> 01:28:37,080
Speaker 1: not know who the Tennessee head coach was at the time,

1655
01:28:37,200 --> 01:28:39,960
Speaker 1: or I remember his name. And when you showed me

1656
01:28:40,040 --> 01:28:43,680
Speaker 1: a picture of you and him, I recognize. I was like, oh,

1657
01:28:44,120 --> 01:28:47,320
Speaker 1: I know that guy, right, So that was fun. It's fun.

1658
01:28:47,439 --> 01:28:49,240
Speaker 1: I'm glad you got a chance to share with this.

1659
01:28:49,280 --> 01:28:52,000
Speaker 1: We're gonna come back the top of the hour. We're

1660
01:28:52,040 --> 01:28:55,439
Speaker 1: gonna get into the Buffalo Bills defensive line State of

1661
01:28:55,479 --> 01:28:57,679
Speaker 1: the Bills defensive line, and there's a ton of guys

1662
01:28:57,800 --> 01:29:00,280
Speaker 1: and this is one of the most interesting camp training

1663
01:29:00,320 --> 01:29:03,280
Speaker 1: camps I think this coming year for this group, I

1664
01:29:03,320 --> 01:29:05,120
Speaker 1: think it's going to be really interesting to see who

1665
01:29:05,200 --> 01:29:08,040
Speaker 1: plays well, who filters to the top of the Bills

1666
01:29:08,120 --> 01:29:11,200
Speaker 1: defensive line rotation. Steve Tasker, Maddie glab This is one

1667
01:29:11,200 --> 01:29:13,920
Speaker 1: of Bills Live presented by Clyda Help on Buffalo Bills Radio.

1668
01:29:21,080 --> 01:29:31,640
Speaker 1: Great Tackle by Steve Tasker, fut Tucks Down tax Do

1669
01:29:32,120 --> 01:29:41,760
Speaker 1: Tastock time. Welcome back to our three of the show.

1670
01:29:42,200 --> 01:29:44,640
Speaker 1: One of Bill's Live Steve Tasker Maddie Glab talking to you.

1671
01:29:44,720 --> 01:29:47,320
Speaker 1: We're about to jump into the Buffalo Bills defensive line,

1672
01:29:47,360 --> 01:29:50,480
Speaker 1: the state of the Bills defensive line, tack defensive tackles,

1673
01:29:51,160 --> 01:29:55,360
Speaker 1: defensive ends, and Maddie, when we started getting ready for this,

1674
01:29:55,880 --> 01:29:57,400
Speaker 1: all of a sudden, we went down the list and

1675
01:29:57,520 --> 01:30:03,960
Speaker 1: there's like fourteen guys on the roster right now, obviously

1676
01:30:04,040 --> 01:30:07,240
Speaker 1: guys from last year, and there's six or seven new guys.

1677
01:30:08,200 --> 01:30:11,080
Speaker 1: H Harrison Phillips is coming back from an injury. So

1678
01:30:11,360 --> 01:30:14,320
Speaker 1: real quick, let's I know people are probably driving in

1679
01:30:14,360 --> 01:30:16,479
Speaker 1: their cars or listening. They don't have time to write

1680
01:30:16,479 --> 01:30:20,680
Speaker 1: all these down. But there's uh the defensive right now.

1681
01:30:20,880 --> 01:30:24,760
Speaker 1: The defensive ends is Jerry Hughes, Trent Murphy, and now

1682
01:30:24,800 --> 01:30:28,080
Speaker 1: you've got a j Epanessa of course in Darryl Johnson,

1683
01:30:28,160 --> 01:30:31,160
Speaker 1: Bam Johnson from last year. Now you've got Mario Addison,

1684
01:30:31,560 --> 01:30:35,600
Speaker 1: Brian Cox Junior, Mike Love, and Jonathan Woodard. Uh night.

1685
01:30:35,680 --> 01:30:38,840
Speaker 1: Jonathan Woodard was a late edition last season. Mike Love

1686
01:30:38,920 --> 01:30:41,559
Speaker 1: played some on the team as a special teams player.

1687
01:30:41,840 --> 01:30:44,360
Speaker 1: Those are all the defensive ends now. The defensive tackles.

1688
01:30:45,040 --> 01:30:47,280
Speaker 1: Uh he Now Quinton Jefferson is on that list. He

1689
01:30:47,320 --> 01:30:49,840
Speaker 1: can play defensive end or tackle. But Quintin Jefferson at

1690
01:30:49,880 --> 01:30:52,839
Speaker 1: Oliver of course, Harrison Phillips of course, Starlow to Lelia

1691
01:30:52,840 --> 01:30:55,799
Speaker 1: of course. Then you've got Vernon Butler and Vincent Taylor

1692
01:30:56,520 --> 01:31:03,320
Speaker 1: um six defensive tackles, eight defensive ends. Fourteen guys they'll

1693
01:31:03,400 --> 01:31:06,280
Speaker 1: probably keep, well, they're gonna keep at least eight to

1694
01:31:06,439 --> 01:31:08,680
Speaker 1: activate on game day. They'll probably have one or two

1695
01:31:08,720 --> 01:31:11,480
Speaker 1: on the shelf that they can activate at any given circumstance.

1696
01:31:11,600 --> 01:31:14,479
Speaker 1: Probably guys who can play defensive end or tackle. Guys

1697
01:31:14,479 --> 01:31:16,880
Speaker 1: who are more swing guys, or maybe guys who are

1698
01:31:17,680 --> 01:31:21,680
Speaker 1: maybe maybe longer into their tenure with this system that

1699
01:31:21,800 --> 01:31:23,360
Speaker 1: can play too. At least they know what to do

1700
01:31:23,479 --> 01:31:25,479
Speaker 1: in different situations. You know, you can line them up.

1701
01:31:25,520 --> 01:31:27,519
Speaker 1: They may not be the perfect body type or have

1702
01:31:27,640 --> 01:31:29,120
Speaker 1: the technique, but at least they know what to do.

1703
01:31:30,640 --> 01:31:32,439
Speaker 1: Those kind of guys who can play defensive end or

1704
01:31:32,479 --> 01:31:37,680
Speaker 1: defensive tackle. So all those guys, and for me, I

1705
01:31:37,800 --> 01:31:39,400
Speaker 1: think this is going to be a stronger group than

1706
01:31:39,439 --> 01:31:41,240
Speaker 1: it was last year. I don't know what your first

1707
01:31:41,280 --> 01:31:45,760
Speaker 1: impression is Maddie. I definitely think it's going to be

1708
01:31:45,800 --> 01:31:49,120
Speaker 1: a stronger group. And I think that's what Sean mcderrantt

1709
01:31:49,160 --> 01:31:52,400
Speaker 1: and Leslie Frasier obviously want out of every single position

1710
01:31:52,520 --> 01:31:55,679
Speaker 1: group a year after year. But they want to bring

1711
01:31:55,840 --> 01:31:58,720
Speaker 1: pressure to the quarterback and they want to pressure with

1712
01:31:59,000 --> 01:32:02,160
Speaker 1: four people. I want that group to be strong enough

1713
01:32:02,439 --> 01:32:04,800
Speaker 1: to pressure to the quarterback where they're not sending too

1714
01:32:04,840 --> 01:32:08,040
Speaker 1: many other people on their defense to the quarterback. And

1715
01:32:08,160 --> 01:32:10,560
Speaker 1: so you've got to have a strong front four to

1716
01:32:10,640 --> 01:32:13,040
Speaker 1: be able to do that in and out. And I

1717
01:32:13,200 --> 01:32:15,680
Speaker 1: know towards the beginning of the season there were some

1718
01:32:15,880 --> 01:32:19,280
Speaker 1: questions about the run defense and just how much they

1719
01:32:19,320 --> 01:32:22,000
Speaker 1: were stacking the quarterback and getting to the quarterback, and

1720
01:32:22,120 --> 01:32:24,880
Speaker 1: Leslie Frasier wanted to do more of that, and they

1721
01:32:24,960 --> 01:32:26,599
Speaker 1: did pick it up towards the end of the season.

1722
01:32:26,680 --> 01:32:29,640
Speaker 1: We talked about where the Bills fit in in the

1723
01:32:30,160 --> 01:32:34,160
Speaker 1: NFL wide conversation of how many sacks they had last season.

1724
01:32:34,200 --> 01:32:37,479
Speaker 1: They had forty four. The Pittsburgh Steelers led the NFL

1725
01:32:37,560 --> 01:32:40,320
Speaker 1: with fifty four sacks, So there was a stretch I

1726
01:32:40,400 --> 01:32:43,120
Speaker 1: want to say, of three or four games where the

1727
01:32:43,240 --> 01:32:47,000
Speaker 1: Bills had We're a top of the conversation and having

1728
01:32:47,280 --> 01:32:50,360
Speaker 1: the most sacks in that span, and you return some

1729
01:32:50,479 --> 01:32:52,880
Speaker 1: really good players, and you bring in some players who

1730
01:32:53,400 --> 01:32:55,720
Speaker 1: I get really excited about when I talk about and

1731
01:32:55,800 --> 01:32:58,439
Speaker 1: I think some of these new players are going to

1732
01:32:58,479 --> 01:33:01,759
Speaker 1: be leaders in that room, and that's what you want. Obviously,

1733
01:33:01,880 --> 01:33:04,479
Speaker 1: you look at Jerry Hughes as a leader, somebody who's

1734
01:33:04,479 --> 01:33:06,920
Speaker 1: a veteran leader and has been on this team for

1735
01:33:07,120 --> 01:33:11,440
Speaker 1: quite some time, but guys like Mario Addison. Coach McDermott

1736
01:33:11,479 --> 01:33:14,400
Speaker 1: said this in his media availability today, and he usually

1737
01:33:14,520 --> 01:33:18,360
Speaker 1: doesn't mention specific names when you're talking about leaders or

1738
01:33:18,400 --> 01:33:21,080
Speaker 1: you're talking about a group of people, but Steve weistrom

1739
01:33:21,240 --> 01:33:24,439
Speaker 1: NFL Network was on the availability with us and he

1740
01:33:24,479 --> 01:33:27,080
Speaker 1: asked about leadership and asked coach McDermott's name some names,

1741
01:33:27,400 --> 01:33:31,639
Speaker 1: and McDermott said, Mario Addison was somebody who has already

1742
01:33:31,840 --> 01:33:34,519
Speaker 1: stepped into a leadership role being a new player on

1743
01:33:34,600 --> 01:33:36,360
Speaker 1: this team, and so that's a difficult thing to do,

1744
01:33:37,000 --> 01:33:39,120
Speaker 1: but he's already kind of taken a hold of that.

1745
01:33:39,560 --> 01:33:42,280
Speaker 1: And we talked about how many sacks he's had in

1746
01:33:42,320 --> 01:33:45,559
Speaker 1: the last four seasons, thirty nine sacks. You have Jerry

1747
01:33:45,640 --> 01:33:48,880
Speaker 1: and Mario on the ends, rushing the quarterback and doing

1748
01:33:48,960 --> 01:33:51,200
Speaker 1: what they can do, getting into one on one matchups,

1749
01:33:51,280 --> 01:33:54,439
Speaker 1: winning those one on one matchups, your defensive tackles, taking

1750
01:33:54,520 --> 01:33:56,439
Speaker 1: care of the rest of the load. I like these

1751
01:33:56,479 --> 01:33:58,960
Speaker 1: two guys on the ends, and they know each other too.

1752
01:33:59,280 --> 01:34:02,400
Speaker 1: They were roommates when they were playing for the Indianapolis

1753
01:34:02,479 --> 01:34:05,320
Speaker 1: Colts in both of their beginnings of their careers. So

1754
01:34:05,720 --> 01:34:08,280
Speaker 1: it was fun to hear Mario Addison talk about Jerry

1755
01:34:08,360 --> 01:34:11,599
Speaker 1: and the jokes that they've already exchanged between each other

1756
01:34:11,720 --> 01:34:14,000
Speaker 1: and how they're going to switch from right side to

1757
01:34:14,120 --> 01:34:16,360
Speaker 1: left side, and they each need to have some time

1758
01:34:16,400 --> 01:34:20,639
Speaker 1: at each position. But I'm excited for what they're playing,

1759
01:34:20,760 --> 01:34:23,400
Speaker 1: what they're bringing in to the defensive line group. And

1760
01:34:23,640 --> 01:34:26,760
Speaker 1: when you mentioned Mario Addison, a lot of these guys

1761
01:34:26,840 --> 01:34:29,920
Speaker 1: have played on the Carolina Panthers. I mean that's a

1762
01:34:30,000 --> 01:34:33,400
Speaker 1: topic of conversation all the time with this team. Is

1763
01:34:33,520 --> 01:34:36,600
Speaker 1: because Sean McDermott and Brandon Bean both spent time in

1764
01:34:36,800 --> 01:34:39,759
Speaker 1: Carolina that they like to bring players from the Panthers

1765
01:34:39,920 --> 01:34:42,800
Speaker 1: over to the Bills, and they do that because those

1766
01:34:42,920 --> 01:34:46,280
Speaker 1: players fit the culture in Buffalo. That's right, and one

1767
01:34:46,320 --> 01:34:50,719
Speaker 1: of the things it's virtually league wide in the NFL.

1768
01:34:50,960 --> 01:34:55,880
Speaker 1: It's also very true in the college ranks. It's true

1769
01:34:55,920 --> 01:35:02,000
Speaker 1: and everything. When a coach no a lot about a player,

1770
01:35:03,720 --> 01:35:06,880
Speaker 1: his job is to envision a place for him on

1771
01:35:07,000 --> 01:35:08,920
Speaker 1: his team. His job is to find a way to

1772
01:35:09,040 --> 01:35:13,160
Speaker 1: use his skills. And that's why and the real battle

1773
01:35:13,560 --> 01:35:18,240
Speaker 1: for coaches is meshing all these guys together with the

1774
01:35:18,320 --> 01:35:21,000
Speaker 1: skill sets you need to win football games. So when

1775
01:35:21,040 --> 01:35:22,880
Speaker 1: you get a guy like Sean McDermot who takes a

1776
01:35:22,920 --> 01:35:26,400
Speaker 1: coaching coaching position and had so much experience with these guys,

1777
01:35:27,120 --> 01:35:29,760
Speaker 1: some of them not as much as others in Carolina,

1778
01:35:31,680 --> 01:35:34,760
Speaker 1: he got to know them. And when he sees those

1779
01:35:34,800 --> 01:35:38,200
Speaker 1: guys come available, he knows what they bring to the table.

1780
01:35:38,320 --> 01:35:41,120
Speaker 1: And it's easy for him, particularly knowing the roster he

1781
01:35:41,240 --> 01:35:43,679
Speaker 1: has now in front of him. He knows his Buffalo

1782
01:35:43,760 --> 01:35:46,679
Speaker 1: Bill's players, of course, so now he can say, well,

1783
01:35:47,439 --> 01:35:51,120
Speaker 1: that guy over there that I coached in Carolina would

1784
01:35:51,160 --> 01:35:54,200
Speaker 1: fit in here, or he might be he's a better

1785
01:35:54,320 --> 01:35:56,680
Speaker 1: option than the ones we have on our roster. Now

1786
01:35:57,680 --> 01:36:00,599
Speaker 1: he'll we have this role for this player to play

1787
01:36:00,960 --> 01:36:05,040
Speaker 1: on our roster right now. Coaches love things that they

1788
01:36:05,200 --> 01:36:08,920
Speaker 1: know because there's so much uncertainty in football. They get

1789
01:36:09,000 --> 01:36:11,120
Speaker 1: caught up in all the things they don't know. They

1790
01:36:11,280 --> 01:36:13,439
Speaker 1: want things they can count on, and the more things

1791
01:36:13,520 --> 01:36:15,599
Speaker 1: they can count on and the fewer things they can't

1792
01:36:16,000 --> 01:36:19,080
Speaker 1: can't count on, the better their football team is. And

1793
01:36:19,280 --> 01:36:22,240
Speaker 1: so that's why you see coaches and GM's bringing players in,

1794
01:36:22,640 --> 01:36:25,720
Speaker 1: players in that they know certainly, they're not just going

1795
01:36:25,800 --> 01:36:27,280
Speaker 1: to bring him in because they know him, but they

1796
01:36:27,320 --> 01:36:28,720
Speaker 1: have to fit a role and they have to be

1797
01:36:28,800 --> 01:36:31,600
Speaker 1: at a certain level or or offer something that the

1798
01:36:31,680 --> 01:36:34,960
Speaker 1: coach feels he's missing or a better fit than something

1799
01:36:35,000 --> 01:36:37,280
Speaker 1: he's already got on his roster. And that's why coaches

1800
01:36:37,360 --> 01:36:40,920
Speaker 1: do this. Coaches are notorious for bringing old players that

1801
01:36:40,960 --> 01:36:43,880
Speaker 1: they've coached before onto their team for whatever reasons. And

1802
01:36:44,040 --> 01:36:47,400
Speaker 1: McDermott a lot of times has said, you've heard this, Maddie.

1803
01:36:48,280 --> 01:36:50,160
Speaker 1: I like what he brings to the room. I like

1804
01:36:50,280 --> 01:36:53,840
Speaker 1: the leadership because he may not be the best player,

1805
01:36:54,400 --> 01:36:56,920
Speaker 1: but he prepares like he's the best player. And I

1806
01:36:57,040 --> 01:36:59,599
Speaker 1: want him to teach our young guys, who are way

1807
01:36:59,720 --> 01:37:02,799
Speaker 1: more gifted than he is, to learn how to prepare

1808
01:37:02,920 --> 01:37:06,360
Speaker 1: like the best players prepare and with their added athletic

1809
01:37:06,439 --> 01:37:10,280
Speaker 1: ability in their youth preparing like the best players prepare.

1810
01:37:10,560 --> 01:37:12,840
Speaker 1: They're gonna be great. These young players if they can

1811
01:37:12,960 --> 01:37:14,880
Speaker 1: learn that from this old guy that I brought over

1812
01:37:14,960 --> 01:37:16,840
Speaker 1: from this other team. Now I'm not saying that's what

1813
01:37:17,280 --> 01:37:21,040
Speaker 1: Mario Addison and automatically what Vernon Butler are here for,

1814
01:37:21,240 --> 01:37:23,200
Speaker 1: because I think they can still play. But that's the

1815
01:37:23,280 --> 01:37:25,439
Speaker 1: kind of the philosophy behind bringing these guys in that

1816
01:37:25,720 --> 01:37:28,560
Speaker 1: that have former experience with these coaches. The coaches know

1817
01:37:28,640 --> 01:37:30,120
Speaker 1: what they can depend on, what they're going to get

1818
01:37:30,120 --> 01:37:32,760
Speaker 1: out of these guys. And I think with some of

1819
01:37:32,840 --> 01:37:36,760
Speaker 1: these newer players that we're seeing on this roster, and

1820
01:37:36,920 --> 01:37:43,599
Speaker 1: this is a conversation NFL wide, is these positionless players. Yes,

1821
01:37:43,680 --> 01:37:46,120
Speaker 1: they fit inside of a box of yes, you play

1822
01:37:46,160 --> 01:37:49,799
Speaker 1: on the defensive line, but you look at a Quintin

1823
01:37:49,880 --> 01:37:54,400
Speaker 1: Jefferson and an aj Epanessa. These are guys that can

1824
01:37:54,439 --> 01:37:56,840
Speaker 1: play on the inside and certain packages and on the

1825
01:37:56,960 --> 01:38:00,040
Speaker 1: outside of certain packages. And that is a strength and

1826
01:38:00,240 --> 01:38:04,439
Speaker 1: something that Leslie Fraser and Sean McDermott want on this defense.

1827
01:38:04,560 --> 01:38:07,519
Speaker 1: They want people to be able to be mismatches against

1828
01:38:07,520 --> 01:38:09,880
Speaker 1: an offensive line. They want to win those one on

1829
01:38:09,960 --> 01:38:13,280
Speaker 1: one matchups. And when you have somebody that feels comfortable

1830
01:38:13,400 --> 01:38:17,479
Speaker 1: enough to play inside and out, and also if injuries

1831
01:38:17,560 --> 01:38:20,679
Speaker 1: take place, you can plug and play different players based

1832
01:38:20,680 --> 01:38:23,800
Speaker 1: off of their versatility. I think that's something that this

1833
01:38:24,840 --> 01:38:28,879
Speaker 1: defense is built off of, is the versatility, the ability

1834
01:38:28,920 --> 01:38:32,120
Speaker 1: to disguise different looks, put different players in different places,

1835
01:38:32,400 --> 01:38:35,600
Speaker 1: and play to their strengths, to the weaknesses of the

1836
01:38:35,680 --> 01:38:39,679
Speaker 1: opponent that they're playing. And somebody like aj and Quinton

1837
01:38:39,760 --> 01:38:42,120
Speaker 1: are definitely going to do that now. Quinn Jefferson is

1838
01:38:42,280 --> 01:38:44,280
Speaker 1: of course going to play a bigger role on this team,

1839
01:38:44,360 --> 01:38:47,960
Speaker 1: probably this season. Then a Japanessa will I was listening

1840
01:38:48,040 --> 01:38:51,639
Speaker 1: to Eric Wood, former player. He's on the Builds Radio

1841
01:38:52,200 --> 01:38:55,120
Speaker 1: as an analyst during the games, and he interviewed Sean

1842
01:38:55,200 --> 01:38:57,880
Speaker 1: McDermott recently and asked about A. Jeff and S's role

1843
01:38:57,960 --> 01:39:00,720
Speaker 1: on this team, and Sean McDermott said that he would

1844
01:39:00,760 --> 01:39:03,479
Speaker 1: play in a smaller role in his first season because

1845
01:39:03,520 --> 01:39:05,640
Speaker 1: he has, of course a lot to learn and a

1846
01:39:05,720 --> 01:39:09,240
Speaker 1: lot to digest with learning an NFL defense, But he'll

1847
01:39:09,320 --> 01:39:14,000
Speaker 1: play in smaller packages on the inside mostly, and he's

1848
01:39:14,000 --> 01:39:17,880
Speaker 1: somebody who played defensive end in Iowa but likes what

1849
01:39:18,040 --> 01:39:20,400
Speaker 1: he can bring from the inside, so That's one thing

1850
01:39:20,479 --> 01:39:24,160
Speaker 1: that I like looking at with this group is the

1851
01:39:24,400 --> 01:39:28,280
Speaker 1: versatility that they bring and how that will benefit them

1852
01:39:28,400 --> 01:39:31,680
Speaker 1: when they get into these games against these very athletic

1853
01:39:32,080 --> 01:39:38,559
Speaker 1: young quarterbacks who like to run, who can run down

1854
01:39:38,920 --> 01:39:41,360
Speaker 1: down the field and then and then throw a pass

1855
01:39:41,439 --> 01:39:44,360
Speaker 1: into the flat. You know, you're looking at very athletic

1856
01:39:44,600 --> 01:39:48,080
Speaker 1: offenses nowadays, and you need a very athletic defense to

1857
01:39:48,240 --> 01:39:51,200
Speaker 1: counter an offense like that. Yeah, I think. I think

1858
01:39:51,240 --> 01:39:53,320
Speaker 1: you're right. The league's evolving and you've got to make

1859
01:39:53,320 --> 01:39:55,559
Speaker 1: sure you've got skill sets that can cover and guys

1860
01:39:55,600 --> 01:39:59,200
Speaker 1: that complain space. So I also think too that there

1861
01:39:59,400 --> 01:40:03,400
Speaker 1: is a place, particularly given a team like the Baltimore

1862
01:40:03,479 --> 01:40:06,720
Speaker 1: Ravens and the success they had last year running the

1863
01:40:06,800 --> 01:40:10,040
Speaker 1: football out of so many sets, so many personnel combinations,

1864
01:40:10,120 --> 01:40:14,760
Speaker 1: so much misdirection, and just a power running game predicated

1865
01:40:14,880 --> 01:40:20,600
Speaker 1: on speed and misdirection and size and a quarterback that

1866
01:40:20,680 --> 01:40:23,280
Speaker 1: could really scoot. I mean Lamar Jackson run a four

1867
01:40:23,400 --> 01:40:25,679
Speaker 1: three forty. So they had some speed in the backfield

1868
01:40:25,680 --> 01:40:28,200
Speaker 1: and some power upfront, and some power backs that could

1869
01:40:28,200 --> 01:40:30,400
Speaker 1: get it done. And they didn't like they didn't throw

1870
01:40:30,439 --> 01:40:32,679
Speaker 1: the football much unless you made them throw the football

1871
01:40:33,080 --> 01:40:35,320
Speaker 1: and also, and you get into a fact that you

1872
01:40:35,400 --> 01:40:37,200
Speaker 1: look at the playoffs last year, the team that was

1873
01:40:37,280 --> 01:40:39,920
Speaker 1: the Cinderella team was the Tennessee Titans and Derrick Henry.

1874
01:40:40,680 --> 01:40:43,200
Speaker 1: There are still teams out there, and I think there

1875
01:40:43,320 --> 01:40:46,519
Speaker 1: probably may be more teams this year who kind of

1876
01:40:48,080 --> 01:40:51,240
Speaker 1: move that way with their philosophy and try to run

1877
01:40:51,320 --> 01:40:53,640
Speaker 1: the football a little bit with a little bit more physicality,

1878
01:40:53,720 --> 01:40:57,280
Speaker 1: because teams like that, even teams like Buffalo last year,

1879
01:40:57,320 --> 01:41:01,400
Speaker 1: would get caught sometimes with a linebacking with Tremaine Edmonds,

1880
01:41:01,439 --> 01:41:04,400
Speaker 1: who's big and strong, can run and can stand up physically.

1881
01:41:04,439 --> 01:41:08,320
Speaker 1: But Matt Milano in my day and age of playing football,

1882
01:41:08,320 --> 01:41:13,080
Speaker 1: Matt Milano was very undersized. Now he's not. He plays

1883
01:41:13,120 --> 01:41:16,040
Speaker 1: in space and he runs so he can get to

1884
01:41:16,120 --> 01:41:18,880
Speaker 1: the sideline and make a tackle. But when you have

1885
01:41:19,000 --> 01:41:21,720
Speaker 1: to step up inside take on a three hundred and

1886
01:41:21,760 --> 01:41:24,439
Speaker 1: fifteen pound guard coming at you at full speed or

1887
01:41:24,479 --> 01:41:27,120
Speaker 1: with a five five yard run, he may not be

1888
01:41:27,240 --> 01:41:30,280
Speaker 1: big enough to muscle up and stop that guy and

1889
01:41:30,400 --> 01:41:33,000
Speaker 1: stop his momentum and fill the hole so that somebody

1890
01:41:33,040 --> 01:41:35,040
Speaker 1: else can make the tackle. Now you bring in a

1891
01:41:35,080 --> 01:41:38,040
Speaker 1: guy like Vernon Butler from Carolina, he's a little bit

1892
01:41:38,120 --> 01:41:41,960
Speaker 1: like well, he's even more like Starlot Laylan. Starlot Lays

1893
01:41:42,439 --> 01:41:46,439
Speaker 1: He's Starlot six two three fifteen. Well, Vernon Butler six

1894
01:41:46,680 --> 01:41:51,080
Speaker 1: four and three thirty, he's just a big dude. They're

1895
01:41:51,120 --> 01:41:54,479
Speaker 1: gonna have some heft down inside, and they will have

1896
01:41:54,560 --> 01:41:59,080
Speaker 1: the ability to stop a team like Tennessee you don't

1897
01:41:59,120 --> 01:42:02,280
Speaker 1: have the ability to out muscle affront or at least

1898
01:42:02,320 --> 01:42:05,280
Speaker 1: hold their own with a front like the Baltimore Ravens,

1899
01:42:06,280 --> 01:42:09,679
Speaker 1: you know, the Pittsburgh Steelers, those time kind of teams

1900
01:42:09,720 --> 01:42:12,640
Speaker 1: that bring some physicality up front. The Bills are going

1901
01:42:12,680 --> 01:42:14,240
Speaker 1: to have some bodies up there that can do it.

1902
01:42:14,760 --> 01:42:18,679
Speaker 1: And in fact, when a lot of those matchups, particularly

1903
01:42:18,760 --> 01:42:21,599
Speaker 1: down inside and with some speed like Tremaine Edmonds has,

1904
01:42:21,720 --> 01:42:23,720
Speaker 1: and you know a big guy like Tremaine who can

1905
01:42:23,800 --> 01:42:27,320
Speaker 1: get to the sidelines, Trent Murphy, Jerry Hughes and Milano

1906
01:42:27,360 --> 01:42:30,280
Speaker 1: as well. With the speed they have at linebacker and

1907
01:42:30,320 --> 01:42:32,519
Speaker 1: of course a J. Klein as well, they're going to

1908
01:42:32,560 --> 01:42:34,720
Speaker 1: be able to play some really good defense because those

1909
01:42:34,800 --> 01:42:38,200
Speaker 1: guys give them the athletic ability behind those big bodies

1910
01:42:38,600 --> 01:42:40,800
Speaker 1: to get to anywhere that ball ends up and be

1911
01:42:40,920 --> 01:42:44,080
Speaker 1: there first. So I don't think I think you've still

1912
01:42:44,160 --> 01:42:47,519
Speaker 1: got While there are athletic quarterbacks, a lot of fast

1913
01:42:47,600 --> 01:42:49,439
Speaker 1: guys out there that run with the football from the

1914
01:42:49,520 --> 01:42:52,479
Speaker 1: quarterback spot, I think the thought is that if you

1915
01:42:52,560 --> 01:42:55,320
Speaker 1: can stop everybody else from running it and force that

1916
01:42:55,439 --> 01:42:58,040
Speaker 1: guy to run it, or force that same guy to

1917
01:42:58,280 --> 01:43:00,840
Speaker 1: throw it, at least you've taken away one of the

1918
01:43:00,920 --> 01:43:03,240
Speaker 1: dimensions that their offense has. It. Even with these young

1919
01:43:03,320 --> 01:43:06,640
Speaker 1: athletic quarterbacks, you can you can make some hay with

1920
01:43:06,800 --> 01:43:09,360
Speaker 1: them defensively, and certainly when you get into the game

1921
01:43:09,439 --> 01:43:12,720
Speaker 1: with a Philip Rivers or a guy who or a

1922
01:43:12,800 --> 01:43:15,479
Speaker 1: Sam Darnold somebody like that who's a more of a

1923
01:43:15,560 --> 01:43:19,120
Speaker 1: pocket passer, then you can really really dictate the game

1924
01:43:19,160 --> 01:43:21,639
Speaker 1: even even further. So I think that I think there's

1925
01:43:21,680 --> 01:43:26,240
Speaker 1: some some real, you know, thought process going into the

1926
01:43:26,320 --> 01:43:28,280
Speaker 1: kind of guys they're bringing in, not just with their

1927
01:43:28,320 --> 01:43:31,880
Speaker 1: skill sets but also their body types. And we may

1928
01:43:32,040 --> 01:43:36,400
Speaker 1: see a few more defensive linemen on this roster than

1929
01:43:36,640 --> 01:43:40,839
Speaker 1: your average NFL team because of the way that Leslie

1930
01:43:40,920 --> 01:43:44,040
Speaker 1: Fraser and Sean McDermott want to rotate through guys. I know,

1931
01:43:44,160 --> 01:43:47,000
Speaker 1: even last season we saw players coming in and out

1932
01:43:47,400 --> 01:43:52,160
Speaker 1: between downs and it didn't look super similar to a

1933
01:43:52,320 --> 01:43:56,360
Speaker 1: hockey line change. But I mean you saw several bodies

1934
01:43:56,479 --> 01:43:58,960
Speaker 1: from the defensive line coming out and several new bodies

1935
01:43:59,040 --> 01:44:02,240
Speaker 1: coming in. And that's another reason why these new players

1936
01:44:02,280 --> 01:44:05,960
Speaker 1: were attracted to this team. Quentin Jefferson said that he

1937
01:44:06,439 --> 01:44:09,519
Speaker 1: likes the ability to have fresh legs and to stay

1938
01:44:09,600 --> 01:44:12,080
Speaker 1: fresh in the game and the opportunity that it brings

1939
01:44:12,120 --> 01:44:14,080
Speaker 1: you to be able to play in different packages, to

1940
01:44:14,160 --> 01:44:16,479
Speaker 1: be able to play from the inside, in the outside,

1941
01:44:16,760 --> 01:44:19,439
Speaker 1: and speaking on playing in the inside. Two guys that

1942
01:44:19,520 --> 01:44:21,519
Speaker 1: were on this roster last year, one of them that

1943
01:44:21,640 --> 01:44:24,759
Speaker 1: didn't play, but two players that I am looking forward

1944
01:44:24,800 --> 01:44:29,439
Speaker 1: to seeing next year is Ed Oliver, entering his second

1945
01:44:29,520 --> 01:44:32,080
Speaker 1: year in the NFL. He was someone who came along

1946
01:44:32,120 --> 01:44:34,760
Speaker 1: a little bit slow, you may say. He finished with

1947
01:44:34,920 --> 01:44:38,360
Speaker 1: five sacks, had two sacks in the game against the Cowboys,

1948
01:44:38,439 --> 01:44:42,840
Speaker 1: had thirty eight total sacks, two pasts, and defended. He's

1949
01:44:42,880 --> 01:44:46,080
Speaker 1: someone who learned as the season went on. And Luslie

1950
01:44:46,160 --> 01:44:48,840
Speaker 1: Fraser and one of his media availabilities during the season,

1951
01:44:49,120 --> 01:44:52,880
Speaker 1: went into detail about Ed Oliver and just how he

1952
01:44:53,040 --> 01:44:56,559
Speaker 1: has learned in his first season and when you look

1953
01:44:56,600 --> 01:44:59,280
Speaker 1: back at his time in Houston and playing football, when

1954
01:44:59,320 --> 01:45:02,840
Speaker 1: he was growing up, ed Oliver was always the best

1955
01:45:03,240 --> 01:45:07,439
Speaker 1: on every single team against anybody that he faced, and

1956
01:45:07,760 --> 01:45:10,560
Speaker 1: for the first time in his career, he had to

1957
01:45:10,680 --> 01:45:13,519
Speaker 1: learn how to play against people who were the same

1958
01:45:13,680 --> 01:45:16,920
Speaker 1: level as him or better, and that humbled him for sure.

1959
01:45:17,240 --> 01:45:21,080
Speaker 1: And he took to learning from the veterans on the team,

1960
01:45:21,120 --> 01:45:23,240
Speaker 1: and that was I think something that was really cool

1961
01:45:23,280 --> 01:45:25,719
Speaker 1: to see somebody who's always been to been the best

1962
01:45:26,560 --> 01:45:29,519
Speaker 1: be humbled by the experience and growth from it and

1963
01:45:29,680 --> 01:45:32,320
Speaker 1: have a great end to the season. And then another player,

1964
01:45:32,560 --> 01:45:35,000
Speaker 1: Harrison Phillips, I think he's going to help so much

1965
01:45:35,680 --> 01:45:39,719
Speaker 1: in run defense and in in being a run stuffer.

1966
01:45:40,360 --> 01:45:42,799
Speaker 1: I didn't get to see him play the season before

1967
01:45:42,880 --> 01:45:44,800
Speaker 1: because I was not working for the Bills then. But

1968
01:45:45,600 --> 01:45:48,320
Speaker 1: when the run defense broke down a little bit last year,

1969
01:45:48,400 --> 01:45:51,040
Speaker 1: one name that I heard that this team missed was

1970
01:45:51,120 --> 01:45:54,160
Speaker 1: Harrison Phillips and what he was able to give in

1971
01:45:54,280 --> 01:45:57,320
Speaker 1: the run defense aspect of the game. And from the

1972
01:45:57,479 --> 01:46:00,280
Speaker 1: videos you've seen him released on his social media media

1973
01:46:00,520 --> 01:46:02,880
Speaker 1: and from the videos that the Bills have shared, he

1974
01:46:03,120 --> 01:46:07,240
Speaker 1: is doing everything he can to get healthy and ready

1975
01:46:07,320 --> 01:46:09,560
Speaker 1: for the season. I know he wants to be on

1976
01:46:09,680 --> 01:46:14,280
Speaker 1: the field so much. I know he's played a role

1977
01:46:14,400 --> 01:46:16,760
Speaker 1: still in the group when he's been injured. So those

1978
01:46:16,800 --> 01:46:19,559
Speaker 1: are two younger players who I'm looking forward to seeing

1979
01:46:20,080 --> 01:46:22,960
Speaker 1: this season. Yeah, there's no question Harrison took a huge

1980
01:46:22,960 --> 01:46:24,680
Speaker 1: step in his second year. Right at the beginning of

1981
01:46:24,720 --> 01:46:28,160
Speaker 1: the training camp. I mean, he started and evolved right

1982
01:46:28,320 --> 01:46:32,200
Speaker 1: into the a number one defensive line group that was

1983
01:46:32,200 --> 01:46:34,200
Speaker 1: going to be in there to rush passes. He was

1984
01:46:34,240 --> 01:46:36,800
Speaker 1: going to be the guy making the call saying, listen,

1985
01:46:36,880 --> 01:46:40,120
Speaker 1: let's run this stunt or that stunt. He took an

1986
01:46:40,240 --> 01:46:43,200
Speaker 1: enormous step forward in the offseason mentally, I think being

1987
01:46:43,240 --> 01:46:45,720
Speaker 1: in the same system really helped him coming back for

1988
01:46:45,800 --> 01:46:48,080
Speaker 1: his second year. And I think if you could put

1989
01:46:48,160 --> 01:46:51,560
Speaker 1: that kind of step that Harrison Phillips was poised to

1990
01:46:51,680 --> 01:46:53,519
Speaker 1: take and had showed he was ready to take in

1991
01:46:53,600 --> 01:46:56,920
Speaker 1: the preseason, if you can project that onto Ed Oliver Man,

1992
01:46:56,960 --> 01:46:58,920
Speaker 1: I think we're all going to be really excited with

1993
01:46:59,000 --> 01:47:03,599
Speaker 1: what Oliver in his second year in the game. That's

1994
01:47:03,640 --> 01:47:06,600
Speaker 1: really exciting. Two young players like that. Also, this the

1995
01:47:06,800 --> 01:47:10,720
Speaker 1: rotation thing is huge and it's and it's simple to

1996
01:47:10,800 --> 01:47:14,280
Speaker 1: see why an offensive line we all talk about, Hey,

1997
01:47:14,320 --> 01:47:16,120
Speaker 1: they got five guys, they're gonna play and they take

1998
01:47:16,160 --> 01:47:19,320
Speaker 1: every snap together. They know each other, they communicate together,

1999
01:47:19,439 --> 01:47:21,280
Speaker 1: and that's always been a great thing. You get five

2000
01:47:21,360 --> 01:47:25,000
Speaker 1: offensive lineman that can stay together and be cohesive, that's awesome.

2001
01:47:25,200 --> 01:47:29,879
Speaker 1: The problem is this, those most teams, those five offensive

2002
01:47:29,920 --> 01:47:32,240
Speaker 1: linemen do stay on the field the whole game, and

2003
01:47:32,400 --> 01:47:35,720
Speaker 1: they are the engine of the offense. Then you think

2004
01:47:35,760 --> 01:47:39,120
Speaker 1: about this, in the fourth quarter, it's those same five

2005
01:47:39,200 --> 01:47:41,360
Speaker 1: guys playing every snap. I mean, they're you know, they

2006
01:47:42,120 --> 01:47:46,040
Speaker 1: get tired after a while. The defensive line, all eight guys,

2007
01:47:46,160 --> 01:47:50,280
Speaker 1: four at a time, are rotating through and playing different positions,

2008
01:47:50,800 --> 01:47:53,320
Speaker 1: and they're getting a handle on what the offensive line does,

2009
01:47:53,360 --> 01:47:55,880
Speaker 1: and they're thinking, and they're talking to each other between series,

2010
01:47:55,920 --> 01:47:57,600
Speaker 1: and they're talking and say, hey, when he does this,

2011
01:47:58,240 --> 01:48:00,519
Speaker 1: we should do this. And when they do, when we're

2012
01:48:00,560 --> 01:48:02,920
Speaker 1: in this front, they're thinking about this, and when they're

2013
01:48:02,960 --> 01:48:05,720
Speaker 1: making this call or that call, they start to get

2014
01:48:05,760 --> 01:48:08,160
Speaker 1: a handle on it. And then in the fourth quarter,

2015
01:48:08,840 --> 01:48:11,479
Speaker 1: the defensive line, because of their rotation, they've only played

2016
01:48:11,560 --> 01:48:15,280
Speaker 1: half the snaps that the offensive line has there twice

2017
01:48:15,360 --> 01:48:20,360
Speaker 1: as fresh and they have many times more familiarity with

2018
01:48:20,640 --> 01:48:23,560
Speaker 1: what that offensive line wants to do against them. So

2019
01:48:23,720 --> 01:48:26,920
Speaker 1: you get fresh guys with a scouting report that is

2020
01:48:27,000 --> 01:48:30,680
Speaker 1: first hand going against guys in the fourth quarters. It's

2021
01:48:30,800 --> 01:48:33,080
Speaker 1: huge and I think more and more we've seen it,

2022
01:48:33,080 --> 01:48:34,920
Speaker 1: and we saw it last year, and I think some

2023
01:48:35,120 --> 01:48:37,599
Speaker 1: of it was just finding out if they could play

2024
01:48:37,680 --> 01:48:41,280
Speaker 1: in the best combinations and injuries. But the Bill's offensive

2025
01:48:41,320 --> 01:48:44,519
Speaker 1: line they rotate guys in now once in a while,

2026
01:48:44,640 --> 01:48:47,160
Speaker 1: I think for the exact same thing. You need guys.

2027
01:48:47,640 --> 01:48:51,880
Speaker 1: It's just too hard when you've got a guy, well

2028
01:48:52,040 --> 01:48:56,720
Speaker 1: like Vernon Butler who's six four, three thirty barreling off

2029
01:48:56,760 --> 01:48:59,599
Speaker 1: the ball. You got to catch him and move him,

2030
01:49:00,320 --> 01:49:03,479
Speaker 1: you know, for half the offensive plays in the game,

2031
01:49:03,560 --> 01:49:06,160
Speaker 1: and the other half you're you're doing it with Star Lotulelei,

2032
01:49:06,280 --> 01:49:09,599
Speaker 1: who's three fifteen, Right, you're just beat up. So by

2033
01:49:09,640 --> 01:49:13,240
Speaker 1: the end of the game, those guys, you know, you

2034
01:49:13,320 --> 01:49:14,840
Speaker 1: get into a passing down all of a sudden, you

2035
01:49:14,880 --> 01:49:16,680
Speaker 1: got Ed Oliver in front of you, who's a two

2036
01:49:16,800 --> 01:49:20,240
Speaker 1: hundred and eighty pound, you know, fast guy that you

2037
01:49:20,320 --> 01:49:22,600
Speaker 1: got to deal with. So it's a real issue for

2038
01:49:22,720 --> 01:49:27,320
Speaker 1: offensive alignment to get there. But more and more I

2039
01:49:27,439 --> 01:49:29,240
Speaker 1: think they're trying to get to a point where they're

2040
01:49:29,280 --> 01:49:31,920
Speaker 1: giving offensive lineman some arrest as well. They'll give a

2041
01:49:32,000 --> 01:49:34,360
Speaker 1: guy a series or two to make sure that when

2042
01:49:34,400 --> 01:49:36,360
Speaker 1: the chips are down, you do have your top five

2043
01:49:36,439 --> 01:49:39,280
Speaker 1: offensive linemen on the on the field. And because of

2044
01:49:39,360 --> 01:49:42,840
Speaker 1: the here and their rotation of the offensive line, they've

2045
01:49:42,880 --> 01:49:45,040
Speaker 1: got a little fresher legs as well. You can never

2046
01:49:45,160 --> 01:49:48,560
Speaker 1: have ten offensive linemen already for game day eight is

2047
01:49:48,600 --> 01:49:51,000
Speaker 1: the max. But if you can get three guys to

2048
01:49:51,120 --> 01:49:53,880
Speaker 1: sprinkle in during the game and give some guys arrest,

2049
01:49:54,080 --> 01:49:57,200
Speaker 1: maybe you're fresher there too, because the defensive linemen are

2050
01:49:57,280 --> 01:49:59,400
Speaker 1: really fresh. And I think that's been one of the

2051
01:50:00,800 --> 01:50:04,599
Speaker 1: main takeaways I've gotten from Sean McDermott and Leslie Frasier

2052
01:50:04,840 --> 01:50:08,000
Speaker 1: um in the in the Super Bowl that they that

2053
01:50:08,200 --> 01:50:14,000
Speaker 1: the that the Seattle Seahawks had against the Denver Broncos.

2054
01:50:14,200 --> 01:50:16,800
Speaker 1: I'll tell I'll take you back. The Denver Broncos with

2055
01:50:16,880 --> 01:50:21,280
Speaker 1: Peyton Manning and Denver had one of the most phenomenal

2056
01:50:21,439 --> 01:50:25,120
Speaker 1: offensive years of all time. It was they were a juggernaut.

2057
01:50:25,200 --> 01:50:27,800
Speaker 1: You couldn't keep them off the board. Peyton Manning wasn't

2058
01:50:27,880 --> 01:50:31,519
Speaker 1: his best, he had he had a receiving corp that

2059
01:50:31,680 --> 01:50:35,280
Speaker 1: was unbelievable. Wes Welker was on that team. Uh. He

2060
01:50:35,400 --> 01:50:39,320
Speaker 1: had some guys. Uh, and they were cutting people up offensively,

2061
01:50:39,360 --> 01:50:41,320
Speaker 1: scoring a ton of points. And they went right to

2062
01:50:41,400 --> 01:50:44,040
Speaker 1: the Super Bowl. UM, and it looked like they were

2063
01:50:44,040 --> 01:50:48,080
Speaker 1: going to be the guys, and the Seattle Seahawks crushed

2064
01:50:48,160 --> 01:50:53,439
Speaker 1: them in the Super Bowl. I absolutely positively crushed Peyton

2065
01:50:53,520 --> 01:50:58,519
Speaker 1: Manning and the and the Denver Broncos. And it was one.

2066
01:50:58,600 --> 01:51:02,880
Speaker 1: And there was one reason why that Seattle defense got

2067
01:51:03,000 --> 01:51:07,600
Speaker 1: pressure fast with just four guys. Peyton Manning had to

2068
01:51:07,640 --> 01:51:10,479
Speaker 1: get rid of the ball fast every down and they

2069
01:51:10,600 --> 01:51:13,120
Speaker 1: only rushed four guys every down. They didn't have to

2070
01:51:13,200 --> 01:51:16,479
Speaker 1: bring any pressure at all, any extra blitzes, any extra

2071
01:51:16,800 --> 01:51:19,479
Speaker 1: more than four guys, those four guys up front. It

2072
01:51:19,520 --> 01:51:23,160
Speaker 1: was Klais Campbell, it was all in. Was the usual

2073
01:51:23,200 --> 01:51:26,200
Speaker 1: suspects out there. They had some guys, and because of that,

2074
01:51:26,800 --> 01:51:29,040
Speaker 1: they won the Super Bowl and crushed Peyton Manning and

2075
01:51:29,200 --> 01:51:31,200
Speaker 1: maybe the best offense to ever take the field in

2076
01:51:31,280 --> 01:51:34,880
Speaker 1: a Super Bowl. That statistically speaking, they got to They're

2077
01:51:34,920 --> 01:51:38,479
Speaker 1: in that conversation and that Seattle defense did it to

2078
01:51:38,600 --> 01:51:40,840
Speaker 1: them because they had four guys who could get pressure

2079
01:51:40,960 --> 01:51:43,040
Speaker 1: right now, and they did it all game. That's what

2080
01:51:43,320 --> 01:51:46,800
Speaker 1: this defense in Buffalo hopes to be able to do

2081
01:51:47,040 --> 01:51:50,679
Speaker 1: with eight guys four at a time, fresh legs, different

2082
01:51:50,720 --> 01:51:53,360
Speaker 1: skill sets meshed together. It'll be interesting to see if

2083
01:51:53,400 --> 01:51:55,000
Speaker 1: they can get it done, because I think they do

2084
01:51:55,240 --> 01:51:58,519
Speaker 1: have the depth. They've got some quality guys from top

2085
01:51:58,560 --> 01:52:01,400
Speaker 1: to bottom. And when we started looking at this roster,

2086
01:52:02,760 --> 01:52:07,800
Speaker 1: who are they gonna cut? You know, because here's the thing, right,

2087
01:52:08,680 --> 01:52:11,400
Speaker 1: I'm gonna be a training camp. If you want to

2088
01:52:11,439 --> 01:52:14,080
Speaker 1: find where I'm at, I will be at the defensive

2089
01:52:14,160 --> 01:52:17,240
Speaker 1: line group watching that competition because it is going to

2090
01:52:17,400 --> 01:52:20,439
Speaker 1: be something. I mean, of course someone watched Steph Diggs,

2091
01:52:20,479 --> 01:52:23,439
Speaker 1: but there's gonna be some great competition going down there,

2092
01:52:23,920 --> 01:52:27,559
Speaker 1: up against each other. And this is what Sean McDermott loves.

2093
01:52:27,640 --> 01:52:31,240
Speaker 1: He loves the competition that takes place during training camp.

2094
01:52:31,479 --> 01:52:36,120
Speaker 1: They haven't had physical competition yet this offseason because all

2095
01:52:36,120 --> 01:52:38,640
Speaker 1: of these mini camps has been virtual, and you got

2096
01:52:38,760 --> 01:52:40,799
Speaker 1: to believe that those guys are going to be chomping

2097
01:52:40,920 --> 01:52:43,240
Speaker 1: at the bit when they can line up against each

2098
01:52:43,280 --> 01:52:46,479
Speaker 1: other for the first time in July hopefully. But you

2099
01:52:46,520 --> 01:52:48,439
Speaker 1: think about this too, and we've had this conversation about

2100
01:52:48,479 --> 01:52:50,479
Speaker 1: every group we've spoken about and we'll take a break

2101
01:52:50,520 --> 01:52:54,439
Speaker 1: here in just a minute. But Jerry Hughes, Trent Murphy,

2102
01:52:54,840 --> 01:52:58,439
Speaker 1: Mario Addison, probably a j Epanessa as well, they're probably

2103
01:52:58,439 --> 01:53:02,080
Speaker 1: not going to play much special teams. And Jefferson, Harrison

2104
01:53:02,160 --> 01:53:06,200
Speaker 1: Phillips at Oliver Starlotule, they're probably not gonna play very

2105
01:53:06,280 --> 01:53:09,599
Speaker 1: much special teams. They may play, they'll rush field goals

2106
01:53:09,640 --> 01:53:11,160
Speaker 1: and that kind of thing. The big body's trying to

2107
01:53:11,200 --> 01:53:13,559
Speaker 1: blow through there. And and Bam Johnson, like you said,

2108
01:53:13,600 --> 01:53:16,479
Speaker 1: he blocked that kick last year. So he got some guys.

2109
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Speaker 1: But aside from you know those guys, Daryl Johnson, Bam Johnson,

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Speaker 1: the rookie last year, he can play special teams. He

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Speaker 1: plays it very well. Other than him, none of those

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Speaker 1: guys are gonna even be asked to cover kicks, punts.

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Speaker 1: You know, they may be on field goal protection maybe,

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01:53:37,120 --> 01:53:40,000
Speaker 1: but most of that's offensive lineman, right. I just don't

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01:53:40,080 --> 01:53:42,920
Speaker 1: know that those guys. So this it makes it fall

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01:53:43,000 --> 01:53:45,519
Speaker 1: even more so to the linebackers and the backup defensive

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Speaker 1: backs to be the team the fillers on special teams

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Speaker 1: because you've got eight or nine guys who really aren't

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Speaker 1: that good at it, and aren't he gonna be asked

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Speaker 1: to do it because they just don't have the right

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01:53:56,280 --> 01:54:00,519
Speaker 1: body type. Daryl Bam Johnson was good. He could ever kicks.

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Speaker 1: But guys like on this defensive line, like Brian Cox Junior,

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Speaker 1: Mike Love, Jonathan Woodard, maybe Vincent Taylor, maybe those guys

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Speaker 1: have some special teams you know, experience or abilities. Will

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Speaker 1: have to wait and see. But man, oh man, if

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01:54:17,040 --> 01:54:19,719
Speaker 1: you look at that defensive end and defensive tackle rotation,

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01:54:20,479 --> 01:54:23,880
Speaker 1: if you don't play special teams, you ain't cracking the lineup.

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Speaker 1: You will not make the team. You're not gonna get

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Speaker 1: Jerry Hughes off the field or Mario Addison a Japanessa.

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01:54:32,320 --> 01:54:34,480
Speaker 1: He's gonna be on the team. He's gonna be playing

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01:54:34,520 --> 01:54:38,960
Speaker 1: down in distance. Quentin Jefferson, ed Oliver Harrison Phillips and

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01:54:39,040 --> 01:54:43,600
Speaker 1: starlotu Lele Vernon Butler, those guys are all in. They're in,

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Speaker 1: you know. I mean, I just there is just not

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Speaker 1: much room for those guys. And I think that's one

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Speaker 1: place where the team defensively and offensively won't worry so

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01:54:55,200 --> 01:54:58,880
Speaker 1: much about if a guy can play special teams, because

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01:54:58,920 --> 01:55:01,200
Speaker 1: I think they feel like the heartbeat of their defense

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01:55:01,640 --> 01:55:03,600
Speaker 1: even though their secondary is kind of what they hang

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Speaker 1: their hat on. If this is a defense that all

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01:55:05,720 --> 01:55:08,160
Speaker 1: of a sudden turns it on and can dominate up front,

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01:55:08,400 --> 01:55:11,040
Speaker 1: everything else gets better. And I think special teams will

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Speaker 1: take a back seat when you if you get those guys,

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Speaker 1: the eight guys who can get pressure right now every

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Speaker 1: down and stop the run. Man, oh man, I think

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01:55:19,760 --> 01:55:22,800
Speaker 1: this defense is going to be elite again. But man,

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01:55:22,960 --> 01:55:26,680
Speaker 1: that special teams, I think is a consideration, and I'm

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Speaker 1: kind of talking myself in circles. It is a consideration,

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Speaker 1: but it's not the be all end all. When you

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Speaker 1: talk about the rotation of the D line, No, no,

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01:55:35,040 --> 01:55:37,520
Speaker 1: they want fresh bodies coming in and out. And at

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Speaker 1: the end of the day, Sean McDermott and Leslie Fraser

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01:55:40,640 --> 01:55:44,000
Speaker 1: believe this. The game is one in the trenches, right,

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Speaker 1: That's where it happens. All right, Well, I will take

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Speaker 1: a break. That was State of the Bills. The defensive line,

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Speaker 1: lots to talk about there. I hope you can hope

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Speaker 1: you enjoyed it. We did, and we can't wait to

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Speaker 1: see those guys played and coming up next, we've got

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Speaker 1: NFL True false. This is one Bills Live presented by

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Speaker 1: Presented by kalidah Hell on Buffalo Bill's Radio. Welcome back

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Speaker 1: to One Bill's Lives, Tea Tasker, Maddie glab here till

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Speaker 1: three o'clock and now it's time for NFL true false. Maddie,

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Speaker 1: are you ready for this? Have you? Are you aware

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Speaker 1: of the pun number one about the Bear? All right? NFL?

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01:56:24,160 --> 01:56:28,480
Speaker 1: True false? Bopped you by Yancy's fancy New York's artists

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Speaker 1: and cheese. All right, right, here we go. You're a

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Speaker 1: Chicago girl, Maddie. I know you're you. Just here we go.

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01:56:35,680 --> 01:56:40,680
Speaker 1: Naggi and Trabisky deserve equal blame for the bears woes.

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Speaker 1: I think, you know. I just want to call my

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Speaker 1: dad up and help him talk about how angry he

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Speaker 1: is with the Chicago Bears, because what's the problem. It's

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01:56:53,920 --> 01:56:56,360
Speaker 1: easy to sponsor No One games, and they have not

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Speaker 1: done that in a long time. They have not had

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01:56:59,480 --> 01:57:02,839
Speaker 1: a really challenged quarterback in a long time. But anyways,

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Speaker 1: I'm so happy that I worked for the Bills because

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01:57:05,840 --> 01:57:08,440
Speaker 1: they are my favorite team right now, and I don't

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01:57:08,480 --> 01:57:11,839
Speaker 1: really worry about the downfall of the Chicago Bears anymore

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Speaker 1: because I have a better team in my life now

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Speaker 1: that I get to cheer four, but I think it's

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Speaker 1: I think it's more on Navy right now. I mean,

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Speaker 1: Trubisky is going into season number four and I really

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01:57:25,320 --> 01:57:28,320
Speaker 1: think this is going to be a telling season for him.

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Speaker 1: So I think right now it's more than the head coach.

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Speaker 1: I think next season, if we still see the same

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Speaker 1: then it's on both of them. When you look at

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Speaker 1: the Bears roster over the last four or five years

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01:57:40,520 --> 01:57:45,160
Speaker 1: and ask an NFL fan to name the wide receivers

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01:57:45,280 --> 01:57:48,880
Speaker 1: and the running backs, they really didn't have that many

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01:57:49,080 --> 01:57:53,040
Speaker 1: big name print players, and in a couple seasons they

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01:57:53,080 --> 01:57:56,240
Speaker 1: had like no wide receivers they could rely on. Their

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01:57:56,320 --> 01:58:00,600
Speaker 1: offensive line was a freaking mess. So to ask a

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Speaker 1: young quarterback to lead a team and win games without

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Speaker 1: much protection at all, and to not do what the

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Speaker 1: Buffalo Bills are doing, which is putting weapons around Josh

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01:58:14,520 --> 01:58:17,840
Speaker 1: Allen for Josh Allen to succeed, and a strong offensive

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01:58:17,880 --> 01:58:20,800
Speaker 1: line around Josh Allen so that he can do his job.

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Speaker 1: The Bears are doing the opposite of all of that.

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Speaker 1: So that's that's where I stand. I'm not going to

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Speaker 1: go down a rabbit hole and continue to rant about this,

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Speaker 1: but let me just say I sense a childhood passion

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Speaker 1: there about the Bears. I'm just saying I can see

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Speaker 1: an underlying passion about how bad the Bears are that's

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Speaker 1: coming out anyway here. My thought is this, No, I

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Speaker 1: blame the quarterback. I always blame the players more than

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Speaker 1: the coach. Coach are the guys that spent twenty hours

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Speaker 1: a day and they're trying to get this right, and

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Speaker 1: Mitch Drubisky isn't just hasn't been up to it. They

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Speaker 1: had a tremendous season two years ago. They're twelve and four,

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Speaker 1: and remember the double doink off the upright and in

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Speaker 1: the kicker who missed it. I will say this, I

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Speaker 1: will say this, I think all of Chicago's fan base

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Speaker 1: was wrong when they blamed the end of that season

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Speaker 1: on the kicker. I felt all I heard was coming

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Speaker 1: out of Chicago fan base was, man, if we get

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Speaker 1: a new kicker, we're gonna be fine. We're here and

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Speaker 1: find that's not right. You've got to get better every year.

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01:59:20,560 --> 01:59:22,080
Speaker 1: You can't just sit there. You've got to take a

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Speaker 1: hard look at your roster and your players and say

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01:59:24,240 --> 01:59:25,960
Speaker 1: we got to get better here and here and here

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Speaker 1: and here. You just can't say, well, when they change kickers,

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Speaker 1: We're gonna be great. That's wrong because all the other

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Speaker 1: three teams in the in the division are gaining on

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Speaker 1: you and passing you. So I think the Bears were

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Speaker 1: wrong in the way they handled the success of the

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Speaker 1: first year that Mattegie was head coach. Maybe you can

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Speaker 1: blame that on him, But on the field, I think

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Speaker 1: it's Trubisky and his inability to get it done. So

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Speaker 1: I'm while there is some blame to go around, I'm

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Speaker 1: gonna say Trubisky's more to blame. So we disagree on that.

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Speaker 1: NFL truth false, NFL true false Number two. Andy Reid

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Speaker 1: deserves to be on the all time Mount Rushmore of

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Speaker 1: NFL offensive coaches. Two or false. I say true. I

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Speaker 1: mean what he did with the Eagles, what he's done

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Speaker 1: with the Chiefs, he got that Super Bowl ring this

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Speaker 1: past year, and the way that his offense looks. I mean,

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Speaker 1: he is one of the teams that is paving the

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Speaker 1: way for what a now new NFL offense should look like.

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Speaker 1: In the type of pieces that you feel to create

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Speaker 1: that offense, and what he was able to do with

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Speaker 1: certain types of players in certain situations I think is

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Speaker 1: mind blowing. So yes, he deserves to be on an

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Speaker 1: all time Mount rushmore of NFL offensive coaches, and I

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Speaker 1: think in the coming years it will only get better

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Speaker 1: for him that Kansas City Chiefs team is loaded again

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Speaker 1: this season. All right, here's this is just me off

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Speaker 1: the top of my head. Here's some other coaches that

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Speaker 1: you could consider for being fantastic offensive coaches. And some

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Speaker 1: of it is their ability to handle quarterbacks that kind

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Speaker 1: of thing, but it's also their innovative qualities. And my one,

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Speaker 1: Bill Walsh would be on that list for me. The

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Speaker 1: West Coast offense and all of that. Another one would

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Speaker 1: be Tom Landry, a guy who put computers into football

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Speaker 1: and came up with game plans that allowed the Cowboys

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Speaker 1: to have twenty straight winning seasons. That's gotta be it.

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Speaker 1: Guy's gotta be on the list for me, not because

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Speaker 1: I played for him, but because of his history as

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Speaker 1: a head coach and an offensive guy and the way

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Speaker 1: he handled quarterbacks. Ted Marcha Broda would be on that

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Speaker 1: list for me, and another one for the exact same

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Speaker 1: reasons would be Mike Holmgren. He took the Seattle Seahawks

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Speaker 1: to the Super Bowl, ultimately lost it, and he won

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Speaker 1: a Super Bowl with Brett Farven and the Green Bay Packers,

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Speaker 1: and he was also the mentor of Andy Reid. Andy

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Speaker 1: Reid is in the running. He's in the conversation, no question.

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Speaker 1: But those four guys I just mentioned Tom Landry, Bill Walsh,

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Speaker 1: Teddy Marcher Brod and Mike Holmgren for me, they they

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Speaker 1: deserve to be in that conversation as well. So while

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Speaker 1: Andy Reid, uh deserves to be in the conversation, I

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Speaker 1: can't rubber stamp and say yeah, he absolutely deserves to

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Speaker 1: be on Mount Rushmore. You can be in the conversation,

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Speaker 1: but you can't be etched in stone just yet. Right,

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Speaker 1: But the current current state of affairs in the NFL,

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Speaker 1: Andy Reid is a tough guy to beat for that

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Speaker 1: offensive guru kind of thing. Okay, that's a good one.

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Speaker 1: You um, all right. That's so do we agree on that?

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Speaker 1: Did you agree that he did or not? I said

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Speaker 1: that he should be, so you said no, I'm looking

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Speaker 1: at more new age coaches. I guess right. So there

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Speaker 1: you go. So we've disagreed on both of those. I

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Speaker 1: said urbisky, You said naggy. I said Andy Reid. No.

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Speaker 1: You said Andy Reid. Yes. And here we go NFL

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Speaker 1: true false number three, two score leads could be blown

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Speaker 1: just like that. If on side kicks changed, two score

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Speaker 1: leads would be blown just like that, quote unquote, if

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Speaker 1: on side kicks changed. I was thinking about this because

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Speaker 1: we were we were trying to do a true or

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Speaker 1: false for the last few days. I'm not sure if

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Speaker 1: just that situation, if that changed, two score leads would

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Speaker 1: be blown. So I don't know if I'm sold on

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Speaker 1: that one two score leads be ten points. Will say, yeah,

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Speaker 1: I know, there's all that conversation with the new rules

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Speaker 1: that came down and the fourth and fifteen and that

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Speaker 1: that rule did not pass. I'm gonna say, I'm gonna

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Speaker 1: save false. What do you say? I say false two.

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Speaker 1: That's the first one we agree on there. Now. Ten

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02:03:52,280 --> 02:03:55,040
Speaker 1: points are hard to get, and I'm not just saying

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Speaker 1: that because the Bill's offense, you know, doesn't score the

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Speaker 1: many point. It's hard for everybody to get the checks.

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02:04:00,120 --> 02:04:01,920
Speaker 1: The Chiefs have still got to get the other team

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Speaker 1: off the field. And just because they change the the

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Speaker 1: on site kick, if they get it back to what

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Speaker 1: it will used to be, you still only have like

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Speaker 1: a one in eight chance or one in ten chance,

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Speaker 1: you know, one in nine chance to get that thing back.

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Speaker 1: It's hard to do, particularly when the other team is

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Speaker 1: expecting it, which they would be with a ten point lead.

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Speaker 1: So no, it's hard to do that in the NFL.

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Speaker 1: And it may happen maybe more often if they change

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Speaker 1: the on site kicks to a different format and you

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Speaker 1: could you could maybe recover what twenty percent of them,

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Speaker 1: one out of every five. Even then you've still got

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02:04:42,320 --> 02:04:44,680
Speaker 1: to play some offensive football to get down there and

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Speaker 1: get the extra point or the field goal, whichever it

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Speaker 1: happens to be your last score you need. So no,

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Speaker 1: it wouldn't be not just like that. It's not that simple.

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Speaker 1: It's never that simple in the National Football League. So

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Speaker 1: I think we agree on that. That is NFL true false.

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Speaker 1: Brought to you by Yancey's Fancies, New York Artists and Cheese,

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Speaker 1: Steve Tasker, Maddie Glab. Back after this, we'll be back

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Speaker 1: with what do we Learn? Right after this. This is

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Speaker 1: One Bill's Life, presented by Khalid to Health and Buffalo

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Speaker 1: the official construction equipment rental company of the Buffalo Bills.

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Speaker 1: Earlier in the show, we had Sean McDermott, head coach

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Speaker 1: on with us and we talked about how the virtual

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Speaker 1: offseason was going and what his message was to his

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Speaker 1: team in response to the racial injustices happening in America

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Speaker 1: right now. Here's what he said. You know, I'm going

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Speaker 1: to do my best to to learn and educate myself

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Speaker 1: and our team and and UH and certainly be here

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Speaker 1: to listen. And I think our our staff, um, you know,

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Speaker 1: is is showing that and displaying that as well, not

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Speaker 1: just myself but but our staff and take that information

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Speaker 1: and look to lead with it and UM and then

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Speaker 1: making sure that we we always love um because that's

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Speaker 1: what we're called to do. That's that's what I believe in.

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Speaker 1: And that's uh. You know a lot of what I

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Speaker 1: do is based upon the foundation that my faith has

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Speaker 1: given me and and UM. But it's also in this case,

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Speaker 1: I think a binding a bonding UM quality that that

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Speaker 1: uh and a unifying quality that our nation needs and

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Speaker 1: and UH and we build our team with that. And

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Speaker 1: so my hope is that our team can be h

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Speaker 1: a good snapshot of what our country should look like.

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Speaker 1: That was Sean McDermott on what we learned. Brought to

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Speaker 1: you by Skyworks, the official construction rental company of the

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Speaker 1: Buffalo Bills. It was a nice conversation with Sean McDermott

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Speaker 1: we had. Uh, if you didn't get a chance to

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Speaker 1: listen to it arlier in the show, go back and

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Speaker 1: listen to it. Uh First, we've heard at it from

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Speaker 1: him from a while in a while, but um, it's

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Speaker 1: always refreshing to get his take on it and how

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Speaker 1: he's handling the football team in this time. Yeah, it's

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Speaker 1: it's always good to talk to him and just to

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Speaker 1: hear his voice here players voices. Man, I miss them

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Speaker 1: so much and I cannot wait till the day where

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Speaker 1: we can all be back together again, because I'm so

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Speaker 1: excited and there's such great people and I want to

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Speaker 1: get back around them. I think every I think a

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Speaker 1: lot of people feel like that. It was. There's been

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Speaker 1: some silver linings, and in fact, we had a Twitter

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Speaker 1: poll today what were some of the pleasant thoughts that

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Speaker 1: you are present things that have come out of this pandemic,

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Speaker 1: And we had a lot of really good responses. There

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Speaker 1: are silver linings even in the midst of the social

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Speaker 1: injustices we're trying to correct in this country and working

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Speaker 1: hard towards but it's been fun to see from here

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Speaker 1: from people about how this has gone. Maddie, great show,

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Speaker 1: Thanks for being here, and thank you for being here.

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Speaker 1: This has been one. Bills Live presented by Kalidah Hellth

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Speaker 1: on Buffalo Bill's Radio