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Speaker 1: times times over time. Well, what do you know, we're back.

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Speaker 1: Good afternoon. There's a look at newoner Afield. If you're

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Speaker 1: ad Pro Sports Training Center. Good afternoon. I'm John Murphy,

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Speaker 1: the Steve Tasker figure. We should reintroduce ourselves. It's been

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Speaker 1: since Friday. We've been here to do a show. We're

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Speaker 1: John here. Good to be back, right that is. I

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Speaker 1: They have been so disciplined through three years they've been here.

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Speaker 1: I can't think they're not going to be in this

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Speaker 1: situation no matter what position you're talking about. Some would

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Speaker 1: argue they overpaid for Lotu la Lay. Some would argue that, well,

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Speaker 1: I don't know, I don't know if they did or not.

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Speaker 1: I would I would argue they overpaid for Trent Murphy. Yes,

431
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Speaker 1: you can argue they overpaid for Mitch morrise. I mean,

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Speaker 1: you can make it. He's the highest paid center in

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Speaker 1: the league. But they went from six and ten, ten,

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Speaker 1: and six. With those guys, the defense went from whatever

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Speaker 1: it was with the with Rex and those that crew

436
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Speaker 1: to number one, number two, number three in the league

437
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Speaker 1: for the last two years. So you can say what

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Speaker 1: you want about Star Lotu Lae, and we all knew

439
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Speaker 1: that when they got him. He's not going to get

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Speaker 1: a guy with double digit sacks. He's gonna be a

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Speaker 1: guy that soaks up blockers and let's Tremaine Edmonds and

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Speaker 1: all these other guys make plays. And I think that's

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Speaker 1: exactly what he's doing. Now you can make a case

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Speaker 1: that there are better guys out there, Okay, fine, but

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Speaker 1: he also is a plus in the locker room and

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Speaker 1: he helps other guys. He's getting guys better, and that's

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Speaker 1: all part of what they want too, and and there's

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Speaker 1: some some equity in that as well. I guess my

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Speaker 1: point is before I would rather see them draft a

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Speaker 1: guy spend money on a free agent. I got you,

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Speaker 1: you're not overpaid for a free agent. You might not

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Speaker 1: get the guy you thought you were gonna get from

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Speaker 1: a free agent. It might be a bad actor or

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Speaker 1: just not a motivated guy in free agency. I think

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Speaker 1: I'd rather see him draft a wide receiver and develop

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Speaker 1: him the way they want him to be. Yeah, they

457
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Speaker 1: haven't been perfect. No, I haven't been perfect at all.

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Speaker 1: But I think they're hitting on some guys, and I

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Speaker 1: think there would have to be a guy in the

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Speaker 1: NFL that, let's face it, they're they're gonna do their

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Speaker 1: due diligence on him, just like they wouldn't on one

462
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Speaker 1: of these draft picks that are, you know, trying to

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Speaker 1: impress everybody you know and getting coached up on how

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Speaker 1: to do it. An NFL player can't hide who he is.

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Speaker 1: Somebody's going to know exactly what the deal is with him.

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Speaker 1: And if you can find that guy and get the

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Speaker 1: real scoop and know who to believe, you should know

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Speaker 1: what you're getting. I guess too. Now after three years

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Speaker 1: of being a McDermott, if they draft a guy they

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Speaker 1: have established the culture, the kind of player they want,

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Speaker 1: the kind of team they want. They can draft a

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Speaker 1: guy and sort of inculcate him into the culture. Right,

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Speaker 1: this is how we practice, this is how we play,

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Speaker 1: this is what we expect from you. I think they

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Speaker 1: did a much better chance of doing that with a

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Speaker 1: young draft picked than with a veteran free agent here's

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Speaker 1: this though. That's why I think I think you're right

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Speaker 1: when you're talking about free agency. I don't think you're

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Speaker 1: right if you're talking about a trade. Because if there's

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Speaker 1: somebody out there who you know and you are positive

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Speaker 1: he's the kind of guy you want, you got nine

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Speaker 1: picks this year, throw a couple of picks at him

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Speaker 1: and a player, or you know what I mean, make

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Speaker 1: a package deal and get a guy that you absolutely,

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Speaker 1: one hundred percent sure about. He's the right kind of guy.

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Speaker 1: He's got the right kind of production, he's got the

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Speaker 1: right kind of body, he's got right kind of skill set,

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Speaker 1: right personality. He's just a guy you wish you had

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Speaker 1: go get him. Put it. You know. That's why I

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Speaker 1: think that's a better deal, because free agents, somebody doesn't

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Speaker 1: want those guys, right, nobody else. You know. The team

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Speaker 1: that they're coming from is they got some issues with

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Speaker 1: this guy, right, either he's not productive enough or whatever.

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Speaker 1: Maybe he is going to be one of those guys

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Speaker 1: that just outprices himself on the free agent market. But

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Speaker 1: a team that's trying to hang on to a guy

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Speaker 1: and maybe they've got an extra two guys or maybe

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Speaker 1: that's a position of strength for that team or that organization.

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Speaker 1: Maybe then you can go in package up some picks

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Speaker 1: and another player or whatever and say, hey, we'd love

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Speaker 1: this wide out right here, and then see where you get,

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Speaker 1: you know, because that's what I think. I think the

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Speaker 1: guys that this regime wants have attributes that every team wants,

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Speaker 1: and they don't want to let go. They don't get

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Speaker 1: to free agency, you know what I mean. So in

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Speaker 1: the right situation, I think a trade makes it more

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Speaker 1: likely that he's going to be a guy that is

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Speaker 1: exactly what you want, rather than a free agent that

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Speaker 1: there are some warts on his game and that's why

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Speaker 1: he's a free agent, you know what I mean. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I think you can also say that though about a

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Speaker 1: draft pick, this guy has the right temperament, the right

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Speaker 1: work ethic, the right body type, the right production in

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Speaker 1: college and this, and we can we can school him

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Speaker 1: up into how we want them to be. Even more

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Speaker 1: so if we draft him. I don't know. I'm not

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Speaker 1: sold on that. What's the guy I say you pick

518
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Speaker 1: him at twenty two, what's that kid gonna be like

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Speaker 1: when he looks at that first check and there's all

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Speaker 1: those zeros on it. Because that changes kids, they've got

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Speaker 1: whatever family obligations they got to think about. They're distracted,

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Speaker 1: or maybe they you know, maybe they're so gifted they've

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Speaker 1: never had to learn how to work hard. That's a

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Speaker 1: that's a stereotype that is there's ever present in the NFL.

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Speaker 1: Guys with potential that get everybody in the whole organization

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Speaker 1: fired because they don't pan out because they don't know

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Speaker 1: how to work hard. I don't think you can know

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Speaker 1: that about a kid until he starts being a pro

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Speaker 1: and he doesn't have to go to class. He doesn't

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Speaker 1: have to you know, the NCAA's out of his life

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Speaker 1: for the first time, he can take care of the family.

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Speaker 1: He's always wanted to take care And then he gets

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Speaker 1: here and he's like, well, now what do I do.

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Speaker 1: I'm kind of done. I don't have to work hard.

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Speaker 1: I'm drafted pretty well. The right kids for Davious White,

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Speaker 1: Um for me and edmunds Allen. These are just the

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Speaker 1: top draft picks. At Oliver maybe the one guy you

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Speaker 1: might even say as a question mark at Oliver, and

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Speaker 1: he turned out. Okay. I think they've drafted. Okay, I

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Speaker 1: think they've identified the type of kids they want. I

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Speaker 1: get it. Trust them. I trust them, I get it.

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Speaker 1: But I'll tell you what though, I just trust a

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Speaker 1: guy who's been doing it for three years more than

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Speaker 1: I trust somebody who's never done it. Well, there are

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Speaker 1: a lot of different ways to find them. What's the

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Speaker 1: best way for the Bills to find their next wide receiver?

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Speaker 1: What do you think? Give us a call eight three

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Speaker 1: fifty toll free one eight eight eight five fifty two

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Speaker 1: that will read on the tweet sheet coming up. You

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Speaker 1: can vote in our Twitter poll at one bills Live.

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Speaker 1: Just go to one bills Live on Twitter and vote

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Speaker 1: in the Twitter poll the best way for the Bills

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Speaker 1: to add a wide receiver this soft season? It might

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Speaker 1: be too You got to think this draft is a

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Speaker 1: little bit unique. There's like, there's a lot of wide receivers,

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Speaker 1: a lot of wide receivers, a lot of guys that

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00:26:03,520 --> 00:26:06,960
Speaker 1: may have really good pro careers, and it may not

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00:26:07,119 --> 00:26:09,679
Speaker 1: be the guys that are on all of our radar

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Speaker 1: from the championship, the nca Championship game and all of

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Speaker 1: that stuff. So there's a bunch of guys out there.

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Speaker 1: If you can find somebody that everybody else overlooked because

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Speaker 1: of something you know, you know that they don't kind

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Speaker 1: of thing. Wait, draft a guy after the first round,

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Speaker 1: the third round, second round, second or whatever, the fourth round.

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Speaker 1: Who knows who? I don't know. I think that's the

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Speaker 1: best way for the Bills to proceed, but will because

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Speaker 1: it's deep, because it's a deep draft. That chance, it's

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Speaker 1: not always that way. Yep. Well here from Brandon Bean.

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Speaker 1: He spoke at the Senior Bowl yesterday. We'll hear what

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Speaker 1: he has to say about receivers and other positions at

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Speaker 1: the Senior Bowl. All of that coming up when we return.

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Speaker 1: Give us a call. Eight three fifty toll free outside

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Speaker 1: Chris Brown's gonna join us at one thirty. We got

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Speaker 1: at two. We had a little session of learning to

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Speaker 1: pronounce Brad's name. G G N o N. It's kind

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Speaker 1: of Candio. He puts the thing on his on his

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Speaker 1: Twitter handle that takes you to a place where he

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Speaker 1: look tells you how to do it because he's on

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Speaker 1: If you go on radio, he gotta he end. You

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Speaker 1: have a name that's spelled phonetically a little differently than

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Speaker 1: it's pronounced, you gotta have that. I have a feeling

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Speaker 1: that because of hockey, we know how to pronounce it name.

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Speaker 1: We would we would take a good guess at how

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Speaker 1: to pronounce it because Bumpkins, right, we know hockey. We

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Speaker 1: know hockey names. Genyall g n o N. Brad Ganyng

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Speaker 1: from Bleach Report writes about the NFL. But it sounds

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Speaker 1: like a hockey guy. If he was on the instigatetor

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Speaker 1: you'd say, oh, he's from Toronto, So there is that

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Speaker 1: kind of stereotype. But he's a good football writer who

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Speaker 1: we've had him on before. Yeah, he's kind of good.

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Speaker 1: What's the best way for the Bills to add a

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00:28:06,240 --> 00:28:08,959
Speaker 1: wide receiver to the roster? Well, might not surprise you

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Speaker 1: to know that Brandon Bean was asked that question yesterday.

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Speaker 1: He met with the media in the bleachers that lad

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Speaker 1: People Stadium and maybe Alatlabama at the side of the

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Speaker 1: Senior Bowl practices, and he talked about the wide receiving

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Speaker 1: class at the Senior Bowl. Here is Brandon Bean. There

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Speaker 1: are some guys out here. The list a couple of

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Speaker 1: weeks ago was even better, but a couple of guys

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Speaker 1: had to bow out due to injury. That there, this

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Speaker 1: was a pretty good list of guys to look at,

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Speaker 1: So this will be a good week. We haven't been

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Speaker 1: to We met with some guys last night, but none

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Speaker 1: of them receivers. Hopefully tonight, I think we have a

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Speaker 1: few slated. But yeah, there's definitely some guys here that

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00:28:42,360 --> 00:28:44,280
Speaker 1: could come in and help us play. And then you know,

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Speaker 1: there's a decent amount of underclassmen that came out too,

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Speaker 1: So you know, right now it looks to this point

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Speaker 1: like there'll be some options for us, Like it's a

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Speaker 1: pretty deep position. A couple of things. Yeah, if you're

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Speaker 1: looking at a first rounder, likely not to be at

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Speaker 1: the Senior Bowl, right because they're the underclassman will be

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Speaker 1: the first rounders typically receivers especially, they won't be at

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Speaker 1: the Senior Bowl. But if you're looking second, third, fourth

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Speaker 1: plus round, Senior Bowl is a good place to be

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Speaker 1: for their wide receiver. Yeah, and there were guys too,

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Speaker 1: I don't know if it was receivers or what. A

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Speaker 1: lot of guys got caught with medicals. Red flag for medicals.

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Speaker 1: They give all these guys as physical And this is

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Speaker 1: an important week for NFL teams, particularly guys that aren't

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Speaker 1: going to go in the top ten, top twenty the

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Speaker 1: NFL Draft, because they you know, they're trying to go

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Speaker 1: as high as they can possibly go, and they're trying

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Speaker 1: to allow the teams to all the information they can

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Speaker 1: in order to do that. So they'll all these teams

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Speaker 1: will go in and get their own doctors hands on

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Speaker 1: those guys and say, Okay, he's got a B and

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Speaker 1: C or an old injury, here an injury, or this

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Speaker 1: guy's AOK ready to go. The medicals are as big

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Speaker 1: a part of this Senior Bowl atmosphere as anything else.

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Speaker 1: And there's been a small list of guys who were flagged,

639
00:29:57,480 --> 00:30:00,920
Speaker 1: you know, already with medicals and it'll be interesting to

640
00:30:00,920 --> 00:30:03,920
Speaker 1: see how that affects everything. And that's why football is

641
00:30:03,960 --> 00:30:05,760
Speaker 1: different than everything else. Not only do you want to

642
00:30:05,840 --> 00:30:07,400
Speaker 1: draft the right guy, you want them healthy and one

643
00:30:07,440 --> 00:30:09,920
Speaker 1: hundred percent when you do and it's not always the

644
00:30:09,960 --> 00:30:12,520
Speaker 1: case that you can get that done. Bills go to

645
00:30:12,560 --> 00:30:15,720
Speaker 1: the seat, by the way, looks pretty cold and mobile, right,

646
00:30:16,200 --> 00:30:18,880
Speaker 1: Brandon mean with a bill ski cap on, looked like

647
00:30:18,880 --> 00:30:21,760
Speaker 1: a winter coat. Everybody behind him dressed in winter coats.

648
00:30:21,800 --> 00:30:23,840
Speaker 1: That's not cool. It's not what the Senior bowls all about.

649
00:30:25,080 --> 00:30:27,920
Speaker 1: They get the memo. Glad I'm not there now to

650
00:30:27,960 --> 00:30:30,960
Speaker 1: mention it, thank you very much. But Brandon being talked

651
00:30:30,960 --> 00:30:33,160
Speaker 1: about just in general being at the Senior Bowl, talked

652
00:30:33,200 --> 00:30:36,200
Speaker 1: about how you know, the Bills over the years have

653
00:30:36,280 --> 00:30:38,560
Speaker 1: had good success with Senior Bowl players. Here's the gem

654
00:30:38,600 --> 00:30:42,040
Speaker 1: of the Buffalo Bills. There's good players out here, there

655
00:30:42,040 --> 00:30:45,120
Speaker 1: really are, and all up and down. And again, sometimes

656
00:30:45,200 --> 00:30:48,080
Speaker 1: guys don't get drafted high. They weren't used a certain

657
00:30:48,120 --> 00:30:51,080
Speaker 1: way in college, or maybe they were injured, or they've transferred,

658
00:30:51,280 --> 00:30:53,600
Speaker 1: things just didn't mesh. But we see it every year.

659
00:30:53,640 --> 00:30:55,880
Speaker 1: Guys that don't get drafted are guys that are drafted

660
00:30:55,960 --> 00:30:57,840
Speaker 1: late that come in and say, man, how did this

661
00:30:57,880 --> 00:31:00,520
Speaker 1: guy fall? And so it's our job or to make

662
00:31:00,520 --> 00:31:03,920
Speaker 1: sure we we calmed through every player here and make

663
00:31:03,960 --> 00:31:06,120
Speaker 1: sure we know them the best we can. And it's

664
00:31:06,200 --> 00:31:08,680
Speaker 1: it's part of the process. It's not the final straw

665
00:31:08,760 --> 00:31:10,520
Speaker 1: or anything like that. But we'll go back and watch

666
00:31:10,680 --> 00:31:14,400
Speaker 1: these practices even you know, up into April before the draft.

667
00:31:14,480 --> 00:31:16,040
Speaker 1: You know, if we're trying to say, hey, this tackle

668
00:31:16,120 --> 00:31:19,600
Speaker 1: versus tackle. They played in two different conferences, they never

669
00:31:19,640 --> 00:31:22,960
Speaker 1: face the same competition. How do they fare against the

670
00:31:23,000 --> 00:31:26,040
Speaker 1: same guy here, you know for a week or so. Yeah,

671
00:31:26,480 --> 00:31:28,360
Speaker 1: Jim Nigge on w Jard the other day and he

672
00:31:28,400 --> 00:31:30,360
Speaker 1: said one things he tries to tell the kids is

673
00:31:30,360 --> 00:31:32,320
Speaker 1: you're always being evaluated, even when you walk into a

674
00:31:32,400 --> 00:31:35,400
Speaker 1: hotel or somebody's contacting you, that people are watching you.

675
00:31:35,400 --> 00:31:37,440
Speaker 1: Can you kind of just talk about that aspect of

676
00:31:37,800 --> 00:31:40,360
Speaker 1: just kind of getting a feel for these kids, not

677
00:31:40,480 --> 00:31:43,959
Speaker 1: even necessarily speaking to them. Yeah, it's it's always an interview,

678
00:31:44,240 --> 00:31:46,160
Speaker 1: and you always, you know, try to tell your own

679
00:31:46,240 --> 00:31:49,520
Speaker 1: kids that. But we have scouts that are tracking these

680
00:31:49,560 --> 00:31:52,080
Speaker 1: guys and uh kind of runners trying to get ahold

681
00:31:52,080 --> 00:31:53,760
Speaker 1: of them. How do they treat those people? You know,

682
00:31:53,920 --> 00:31:55,960
Speaker 1: was a guy a pain in the butt u to

683
00:31:56,000 --> 00:31:58,240
Speaker 1: getting over to our interview or did he not show

684
00:31:58,320 --> 00:31:59,920
Speaker 1: or did he not return? You know, was he not

685
00:32:00,120 --> 00:32:03,720
Speaker 1: responsive in text? All the things that we're gonna you know,

686
00:32:03,720 --> 00:32:05,920
Speaker 1: and if it's showing up now, it's probably gonna show

687
00:32:06,000 --> 00:32:08,720
Speaker 1: up if you draft them. Brandon being the Bills general

688
00:32:08,720 --> 00:32:12,120
Speaker 1: manager from the Senior Bowl yesterday and the typical routine

689
00:32:12,120 --> 00:32:14,040
Speaker 1: at the Senior Bowl, the Bills scouts go to the

690
00:32:14,080 --> 00:32:16,760
Speaker 1: practices during the day. At night they meet with some

691
00:32:16,800 --> 00:32:19,360
Speaker 1: of these prospects. It's unlike the Combine, where the meeting

692
00:32:19,360 --> 00:32:22,080
Speaker 1: time is restricted. The meeting time at the Senior Bowl

693
00:32:22,120 --> 00:32:24,240
Speaker 1: is pretty much open ended. You can sit and talk

694
00:32:24,240 --> 00:32:26,360
Speaker 1: with the guy for essentially as long as you like.

695
00:32:26,400 --> 00:32:28,640
Speaker 1: And they set up a little hotel sweet and sit

696
00:32:28,720 --> 00:32:30,200
Speaker 1: there and talk to the guys, get them on the

697
00:32:30,520 --> 00:32:32,360
Speaker 1: chalkboard and see what they can do up there. I

698
00:32:32,360 --> 00:32:34,920
Speaker 1: think they're good sessions up there at the Senior Bowl,

699
00:32:34,960 --> 00:32:37,080
Speaker 1: and the Bills over the last a couple of years

700
00:32:37,080 --> 00:32:39,360
Speaker 1: of seven drafted players from the Senior Bowl in twenty

701
00:32:39,400 --> 00:32:42,000
Speaker 1: eighteen and twenty nineteen, obviously they're getting some players out

702
00:32:42,040 --> 00:32:44,880
Speaker 1: of this week. Yeah. And I think one of the

703
00:32:44,920 --> 00:32:48,920
Speaker 1: things as well, that now three years into this, don't

704
00:32:48,960 --> 00:32:51,240
Speaker 1: think they'd go in there asking the same questions they

705
00:32:51,240 --> 00:32:55,120
Speaker 1: did three years ago. They own this interview process to

706
00:32:55,120 --> 00:32:57,600
Speaker 1: try and clean out because here's the thing. It's just

707
00:32:57,640 --> 00:33:01,160
Speaker 1: like you said, Naggy told to all the young players,

708
00:33:01,160 --> 00:33:04,920
Speaker 1: and they get these kids prepared for this week. They're

709
00:33:05,200 --> 00:33:09,840
Speaker 1: all all these guys, these kids, these college players, have representation,

710
00:33:09,920 --> 00:33:13,040
Speaker 1: they have agents that those agents are worth anything. They're

711
00:33:13,120 --> 00:33:16,240
Speaker 1: given the kid really sound solid advice about how to act,

712
00:33:16,800 --> 00:33:19,240
Speaker 1: how to speak, what to say in these things, what

713
00:33:19,360 --> 00:33:23,800
Speaker 1: questions do you anticipate in the in the interview process,

714
00:33:24,000 --> 00:33:27,800
Speaker 1: and have really stellar answers in your pocket to spew

715
00:33:27,880 --> 00:33:30,719
Speaker 1: out at these guys. So the court, the clubs know

716
00:33:31,160 --> 00:33:34,000
Speaker 1: that these kids come in here prepared with stock answers,

717
00:33:34,680 --> 00:33:37,240
Speaker 1: with road answers that they're they're going to say to

718
00:33:37,320 --> 00:33:40,560
Speaker 1: these interview questions. Well, the question then becomes, how do

719
00:33:40,600 --> 00:33:42,959
Speaker 1: you get them off that script and find out who

720
00:33:43,040 --> 00:33:46,440
Speaker 1: they really are. It's a real mind game, and they

721
00:33:46,640 --> 00:33:48,560
Speaker 1: the clubs spend a lot of time and a lot

722
00:33:48,560 --> 00:33:52,840
Speaker 1: of effort having a roster of questions that get these

723
00:33:54,480 --> 00:33:57,360
Speaker 1: young players to open up and tell them who they

724
00:33:57,400 --> 00:34:02,680
Speaker 1: really are. And it's sounds like, you know, it sounds

725
00:34:02,680 --> 00:34:04,880
Speaker 1: like high level espionage. It's really not. It's just trying

726
00:34:04,920 --> 00:34:07,040
Speaker 1: to get past all the rhetoric that this kid has

727
00:34:07,040 --> 00:34:09,560
Speaker 1: been taught to spew out and find out who he

728
00:34:09,600 --> 00:34:11,440
Speaker 1: really is and if he's the right kind of guy

729
00:34:11,480 --> 00:34:14,279
Speaker 1: for your club. Yep, Bill's go into the draft this year.

730
00:34:14,320 --> 00:34:17,720
Speaker 1: The draft April twenty third, which is today's the twenty

731
00:34:17,719 --> 00:34:19,920
Speaker 1: second right of January, so it's three months away. They

732
00:34:19,920 --> 00:34:22,640
Speaker 1: have nine picks, one of the first, one of the second,

733
00:34:22,719 --> 00:34:24,520
Speaker 1: one of the third, one on the fourth, two in

734
00:34:24,560 --> 00:34:27,200
Speaker 1: the fifth, three in the six a total of nine

735
00:34:27,280 --> 00:34:29,480
Speaker 1: draft picks in the twenty twenty draft. And here's the

736
00:34:29,520 --> 00:34:32,239
Speaker 1: interesting thing, and Brandon being talked about this, what do

737
00:34:32,239 --> 00:34:34,120
Speaker 1: you use to use all nine picks? In other words,

738
00:34:34,160 --> 00:34:36,640
Speaker 1: do you really want five picks in the fifth and

739
00:34:36,680 --> 00:34:39,520
Speaker 1: sixth round or maybe to package them up in trade

740
00:34:39,520 --> 00:34:41,280
Speaker 1: for it to get a better pick or even a player.

741
00:34:41,400 --> 00:34:44,360
Speaker 1: Brandon Mean answered that question yesterday talking about weighing the

742
00:34:44,440 --> 00:34:47,480
Speaker 1: value of nine draft picks, including five picks in the

743
00:34:48,000 --> 00:34:51,360
Speaker 1: fifth and six rounds, versus maybe using those picks is

744
00:34:52,040 --> 00:34:54,120
Speaker 1: draft capital to move up or down. Here's a Brandon

745
00:34:54,160 --> 00:34:58,480
Speaker 1: being responded. I remember, you know in Carolina, as our

746
00:34:58,560 --> 00:35:01,719
Speaker 1: roster got better towards some of those better years we had,

747
00:35:02,040 --> 00:35:05,080
Speaker 1: it was are we going to spend the sixth round

748
00:35:05,120 --> 00:35:06,600
Speaker 1: pick on a guy that's really going to make our

749
00:35:06,680 --> 00:35:09,680
Speaker 1: roster and so you do wiyh that And part of

750
00:35:09,680 --> 00:35:12,520
Speaker 1: that will be as we get through this process in

751
00:35:12,560 --> 00:35:15,480
Speaker 1: March and April, how deep is the draft? How deep

752
00:35:15,520 --> 00:35:17,399
Speaker 1: is it truly? But some of that will come down

753
00:35:17,440 --> 00:35:21,040
Speaker 1: to medical as well. There will be guys that we

754
00:35:21,080 --> 00:35:23,160
Speaker 1: have good grades on that we would like to take

755
00:35:23,200 --> 00:35:26,239
Speaker 1: and our medical guys are have major concerns on them.

756
00:35:26,280 --> 00:35:29,120
Speaker 1: So you do want to see how deep the draft

757
00:35:29,239 --> 00:35:32,000
Speaker 1: is before you decide. You know, how far you can

758
00:35:32,040 --> 00:35:34,480
Speaker 1: probably go before you're drafting guys that you're going to

759
00:35:34,560 --> 00:35:36,640
Speaker 1: may this guy's probably just going to be a practice

760
00:35:36,680 --> 00:35:38,600
Speaker 1: squad guy at best. If there is a better way

761
00:35:38,640 --> 00:35:41,040
Speaker 1: to kind of utilize your resources. If that proves to

762
00:35:41,080 --> 00:35:43,600
Speaker 1: be the case, right, whether you're moving picks or whether

763
00:35:43,640 --> 00:35:46,399
Speaker 1: you're doing anything right, I mean, yeah, you ideally don't

764
00:35:46,440 --> 00:35:48,360
Speaker 1: want to just draft a guy that that day you

765
00:35:48,440 --> 00:35:50,520
Speaker 1: draft them and you know, you know, looking at your

766
00:35:50,560 --> 00:35:52,880
Speaker 1: depth chart that there's no way, barring injury, that this

767
00:35:52,920 --> 00:35:54,960
Speaker 1: guy's making it. But you do want to add depth

768
00:35:55,239 --> 00:35:58,440
Speaker 1: and to your point, maybe we use a later asset

769
00:35:59,120 --> 00:36:01,279
Speaker 1: for a future pick or to trade up in this

770
00:36:01,360 --> 00:36:04,440
Speaker 1: year's draft. That's interesting thought, and this is something that

771
00:36:04,480 --> 00:36:06,520
Speaker 1: we haven't had to deal with here in recent years

772
00:36:06,680 --> 00:36:08,840
Speaker 1: up until now, really because now the Bills have a

773
00:36:08,880 --> 00:36:12,120
Speaker 1: deep roster, a pretty good roster, and years before, including

774
00:36:12,120 --> 00:36:14,920
Speaker 1: not too long ago, you'd need every one of those picks,

775
00:36:15,000 --> 00:36:17,760
Speaker 1: you'd need the fifth rounder, so you could go get

776
00:36:17,840 --> 00:36:20,399
Speaker 1: like a Matt Mulatto for instance. They don't. They don't

777
00:36:20,440 --> 00:36:22,360
Speaker 1: really need those guys. Now. They have two in the fifth,

778
00:36:22,520 --> 00:36:24,560
Speaker 1: two in the sixth, and they have a pretty deep roster,

779
00:36:24,640 --> 00:36:26,480
Speaker 1: so maybe they do move around a little bit. They might,

780
00:36:26,680 --> 00:36:28,759
Speaker 1: and you look at their roster after you get Pat

781
00:36:28,840 --> 00:36:31,719
Speaker 1: he got of course, ed Oliver Cody Ford, Devin Singletary,

782
00:36:31,719 --> 00:36:34,839
Speaker 1: and Dawson Knox. All those guys were big contributors during

783
00:36:34,840 --> 00:36:37,560
Speaker 1: the regular season this past year. But then you'd get

784
00:36:37,560 --> 00:36:42,600
Speaker 1: to Vashan Joseph Jaqwan Johnson, Darryl Johnson and Tommy Sweeney.

785
00:36:42,600 --> 00:36:45,560
Speaker 1: And Darryl Johnson was probably the other biggest contributor. He

786
00:36:45,600 --> 00:36:48,040
Speaker 1: was active and elevated every week I think he was.

787
00:36:48,160 --> 00:36:51,040
Speaker 1: I think he was active every every weekend. I don't

788
00:36:51,080 --> 00:36:54,880
Speaker 1: know if Tommy Sweeney could say that, and he was

789
00:36:54,920 --> 00:36:58,319
Speaker 1: on the field taking reps. Daryl Johnson was so at

790
00:36:58,400 --> 00:37:01,520
Speaker 1: defensive end, you down there. There's not that many guys

791
00:37:01,520 --> 00:37:03,880
Speaker 1: like Vashan Joseph, Jaquan John. I'm not saying they won't

792
00:37:03,640 --> 00:37:06,239
Speaker 1: elevate and get better this coming year and get onto

793
00:37:06,280 --> 00:37:09,520
Speaker 1: the field maybe this next year, or Tommy Sweeney, but

794
00:37:10,480 --> 00:37:13,759
Speaker 1: those are draft picks, particularly with a roster that has

795
00:37:13,920 --> 00:37:17,160
Speaker 1: kind of been the floor of which has been raised up.

796
00:37:18,040 --> 00:37:19,560
Speaker 1: You know, you gotta think, you know, are you gonna

797
00:37:19,600 --> 00:37:22,880
Speaker 1: get a contributor in the fifth sixth round where you

798
00:37:22,960 --> 00:37:25,680
Speaker 1: got five picks, you know, two and the fifth, three

799
00:37:25,719 --> 00:37:28,319
Speaker 1: and the sixth, are you gonna get a guy that's

800
00:37:28,320 --> 00:37:30,680
Speaker 1: gonna help you there? I don't know if you're gonna

801
00:37:30,680 --> 00:37:32,359
Speaker 1: you know, and if he's gonna be a developmental guy.

802
00:37:33,440 --> 00:37:35,600
Speaker 1: That gives you a lot of time to say, you

803
00:37:35,600 --> 00:37:37,080
Speaker 1: know what, we're gonna go a different way and develop

804
00:37:37,160 --> 00:37:39,319
Speaker 1: somebody else next year, you know what I'm saying. So

805
00:37:39,440 --> 00:37:41,160
Speaker 1: I think that gives you some flexibility if you don't

806
00:37:41,320 --> 00:37:43,279
Speaker 1: if you're not expecting to get a starter or a

807
00:37:43,320 --> 00:37:45,200
Speaker 1: real contribute or some way shape or form in the

808
00:37:45,200 --> 00:37:50,280
Speaker 1: fifth and six rounds where you got five guys package

809
00:37:50,320 --> 00:37:52,959
Speaker 1: him yeah, you know, or even well. And the reason

810
00:37:53,000 --> 00:37:55,359
Speaker 1: to do it is this. You mentioned Tommy Sweeney did

811
00:37:55,400 --> 00:37:57,120
Speaker 1: not play the last eleven games in active in the

812
00:37:57,160 --> 00:37:59,799
Speaker 1: last eleven games. They liked Tommy Sweeney. They saw enough

813
00:37:59,840 --> 00:38:02,800
Speaker 1: in preseason to play him to have him start the season,

814
00:38:02,800 --> 00:38:06,200
Speaker 1: and he started games and played games when Tyler Croft

815
00:38:06,280 --> 00:38:08,000
Speaker 1: was out. So what do you want to do get

816
00:38:08,239 --> 00:38:11,120
Speaker 1: another fifth round, sixth round tight end, say, in this

817
00:38:11,160 --> 00:38:13,880
Speaker 1: year's draft, to compete with Tommy Sweeney. Maybe you do,

818
00:38:14,239 --> 00:38:16,719
Speaker 1: but maybe you've already invested here in Tommy Sweeney, and

819
00:38:16,719 --> 00:38:18,960
Speaker 1: you think let's put our time into Tommy Sweeney and

820
00:38:19,000 --> 00:38:21,040
Speaker 1: package up this draft pick with something else and get

821
00:38:21,040 --> 00:38:23,839
Speaker 1: something else right, right, And they are And I think

822
00:38:23,840 --> 00:38:25,520
Speaker 1: the thing that got lost in as you know, they

823
00:38:25,600 --> 00:38:27,960
Speaker 1: brought it up there in the interview. This is a

824
00:38:28,040 --> 00:38:30,640
Speaker 1: way different roster there was two years yeah, you know,

825
00:38:31,040 --> 00:38:37,560
Speaker 1: and even last year offensively, way different roster. You're just

826
00:38:37,760 --> 00:38:41,200
Speaker 1: kind of you're just filling in the gaps now. Basically

827
00:38:41,239 --> 00:38:43,719
Speaker 1: you've got the guys you're kind of counting on going forward. Now,

828
00:38:43,840 --> 00:38:46,080
Speaker 1: certainly you want you're trying to upgrade it every position

829
00:38:46,160 --> 00:38:49,480
Speaker 1: all the time, but let's face it, there are no

830
00:38:49,560 --> 00:38:52,439
Speaker 1: screaming knees. And last year Brandon Bean said we don't

831
00:38:52,480 --> 00:38:54,640
Speaker 1: need we after free agency. We don't want to. We

832
00:38:54,680 --> 00:38:57,800
Speaker 1: want to make sure we don't have any positional emergencies,

833
00:38:58,480 --> 00:39:00,160
Speaker 1: which you know they kind of took care of in

834
00:39:00,200 --> 00:39:01,920
Speaker 1: free agency last year, which allowed them to go out

835
00:39:01,960 --> 00:39:05,680
Speaker 1: and get Devin Singletary and and Dawson Knox and those guys. So,

836
00:39:06,280 --> 00:39:12,760
Speaker 1: I I it's really interesting to think about these drafts.

837
00:39:12,800 --> 00:39:15,120
Speaker 1: I guess what we're saying, basically, Murphy's these draft picks

838
00:39:15,160 --> 00:39:18,200
Speaker 1: aren't as valuables they were last year. None of them are.

839
00:39:18,719 --> 00:39:21,760
Speaker 1: Two reasons because you're down in the draft further drafting

840
00:39:21,800 --> 00:39:24,239
Speaker 1: twenty seconds and you got guys you got you're not

841
00:39:24,280 --> 00:39:26,879
Speaker 1: expecting these guys to start. Well, yeah, you would maybe

842
00:39:27,040 --> 00:39:31,600
Speaker 1: get one starter or two, right, not four? Right? Four?

843
00:39:31,680 --> 00:39:34,080
Speaker 1: They got four starters out of that last draft last

844
00:39:34,160 --> 00:39:38,000
Speaker 1: year on a ten and sixteen. That's pretty good. Yea,

845
00:39:38,360 --> 00:39:43,080
Speaker 1: And yeah, okay, I mean Cody Ford guard tackle, and

846
00:39:43,200 --> 00:39:46,840
Speaker 1: you know they've been you know, and with Ty and Nasecki,

847
00:39:46,880 --> 00:39:48,400
Speaker 1: who's been you know, they've been going around one. But

848
00:39:49,120 --> 00:39:52,279
Speaker 1: you know, there's no emergency here for these guys to

849
00:39:52,320 --> 00:39:53,920
Speaker 1: come in and play right away. And you like, we

850
00:39:54,000 --> 00:39:56,279
Speaker 1: got to find a starter at a position A or

851
00:39:56,360 --> 00:39:59,480
Speaker 1: B or D or whatever, so it's a different atmosphere

852
00:39:59,560 --> 00:40:01,560
Speaker 1: for the Bill this year. All be interesting, really interesting

853
00:40:01,600 --> 00:40:04,400
Speaker 1: to see how it plays out, because, yeah, we know

854
00:40:04,480 --> 00:40:06,080
Speaker 1: that they kind of killed it last year. I thought

855
00:40:06,080 --> 00:40:08,279
Speaker 1: I thought they really did well. This year, it's a

856
00:40:08,280 --> 00:40:10,480
Speaker 1: completely different situation. We'll see how well they do because

857
00:40:10,520 --> 00:40:12,279
Speaker 1: it's going to be a different test. What should they

858
00:40:12,280 --> 00:40:14,160
Speaker 1: do at wide receivers? Should they draft one in the

859
00:40:14,200 --> 00:40:16,640
Speaker 1: first round, should they draft one later? Should they sign

860
00:40:16,680 --> 00:40:18,560
Speaker 1: a free agent wide receiver? Should they trade for a

861
00:40:18,600 --> 00:40:20,600
Speaker 1: wide out? That's our question of the day. We've got

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00:40:20,640 --> 00:40:23,879
Speaker 1: Twitter open, or we've got phone calls open eight three

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Speaker 1: fifty and toll free one eight eight eight five fifty

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Speaker 1: two five fifty. Send it a tweet, we'll check the

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Speaker 1: tweet sheet in a moment. Or voting the Twitter poll.

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Speaker 1: John Murphy's Team Tasker one Bill Slide presented by Kalida

867
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Speaker 1: Health from the Seneca Studio in Orchard Park. This is

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00:40:37,320 --> 00:40:51,840
Speaker 1: Buffalo Bills Radio. We've got phone lines wide open today

869
00:40:51,920 --> 00:40:54,040
Speaker 1: at one Bills Live and we're asking a pretty good question.

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00:40:54,120 --> 00:40:56,400
Speaker 1: The best way you think the Bills should find a

871
00:40:56,480 --> 00:40:58,960
Speaker 1: new wide receiver? They need one, right, I think they

872
00:40:59,000 --> 00:41:01,880
Speaker 1: do is that the draft. Is it let's take a

873
00:41:01,920 --> 00:41:03,719
Speaker 1: look at what you're saying on the Twitter poll. We

874
00:41:03,760 --> 00:41:05,920
Speaker 1: do have a Twitter poll about this, and most of

875
00:41:05,920 --> 00:41:07,440
Speaker 1: you say first round of the draft. They have the

876
00:41:07,480 --> 00:41:09,719
Speaker 1: twenty second pick on the first round, best way for

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00:41:09,760 --> 00:41:12,240
Speaker 1: the Bills to find a wide receiver. Forty two percent

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00:41:12,239 --> 00:41:16,600
Speaker 1: of you say round one of the draft. Okay, thirty

879
00:41:16,640 --> 00:41:19,520
Speaker 1: two percent say the second or later rounds in the draft.

880
00:41:19,960 --> 00:41:23,719
Speaker 1: I like that better. Sixteen percent say free agency, and

881
00:41:24,280 --> 00:41:26,879
Speaker 1: nine percent say get him in a trade. Eighth three

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00:41:27,120 --> 00:41:30,120
Speaker 1: fifty twel three one eight eight eight five fifty two

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Speaker 1: five fifty. Let us know what you think. I'm thinking

884
00:41:32,120 --> 00:41:35,080
Speaker 1: that the forty part of at least the forty one

885
00:41:35,120 --> 00:41:36,960
Speaker 1: point seven percent of people who say you gotta get

886
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Speaker 1: one first pick of the round one of the draft.

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00:41:40,000 --> 00:41:42,520
Speaker 1: I still think there's some people out there who think

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00:41:42,560 --> 00:41:44,880
Speaker 1: that if we get a big number one wide receiver,

889
00:41:45,040 --> 00:41:47,480
Speaker 1: it's some sort of magic elixir that's going to make

890
00:41:47,480 --> 00:41:50,279
Speaker 1: this offense score thirty points a game. And it's just

891
00:41:50,360 --> 00:41:52,600
Speaker 1: not true in my opinions, right, I agree, I just

892
00:41:52,640 --> 00:41:55,080
Speaker 1: don't think it's true a lot of that. I have

893
00:41:55,160 --> 00:41:58,560
Speaker 1: always said the quarterback makes the wide out, not the

894
00:41:58,600 --> 00:42:03,400
Speaker 1: other way around. Now, certainly two years ago, Josh Allen,

895
00:42:03,480 --> 00:42:05,960
Speaker 1: this offense was struggling to find options in the because

896
00:42:06,000 --> 00:42:08,520
Speaker 1: they had nobody that could really play. But there's no

897
00:42:08,640 --> 00:42:11,200
Speaker 1: question either that those guys two years ago had a

898
00:42:11,280 --> 00:42:14,160
Speaker 1: rookie quarterback playing for him who was looking at one

899
00:42:14,200 --> 00:42:17,800
Speaker 1: guy and then tucking it and running. So the better

900
00:42:17,920 --> 00:42:22,040
Speaker 1: Josh gets, the better the wide receiving corps, whoever it

901
00:42:22,120 --> 00:42:25,200
Speaker 1: is left on the roster is gonna be And I think,

902
00:42:26,760 --> 00:42:28,759
Speaker 1: and I'm like Brandon Bean, I don't this is a

903
00:42:28,760 --> 00:42:30,560
Speaker 1: team that got bounced in the first round of the playoffs.

904
00:42:30,600 --> 00:42:33,080
Speaker 1: You're more than one guy away and a wide receiver

905
00:42:33,200 --> 00:42:38,200
Speaker 1: or not. And I said this too, though they were

906
00:42:38,760 --> 00:42:42,080
Speaker 1: this team was they should have gotten deep in the playoffs.

907
00:42:42,080 --> 00:42:43,960
Speaker 1: Now I'm thinking, you know, they had enough talent this

908
00:42:44,120 --> 00:42:45,759
Speaker 1: roster to beat some of the teams that are in

909
00:42:45,800 --> 00:42:51,040
Speaker 1: the tournament this year. So they're much better than their

910
00:42:51,080 --> 00:42:53,200
Speaker 1: trip to the playoffs this year would indicate to me

911
00:42:53,320 --> 00:42:57,520
Speaker 1: they've got better talent, and so maximizing that is going

912
00:42:57,600 --> 00:43:01,520
Speaker 1: to take some doing. Certainly, Josh, you're gonna have to

913
00:43:01,560 --> 00:43:04,399
Speaker 1: play better, and then they could use more options guys

914
00:43:04,400 --> 00:43:05,960
Speaker 1: that could separate. I think one of the things that

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00:43:06,000 --> 00:43:07,279
Speaker 1: we saw at the end of the last year with

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00:43:07,360 --> 00:43:11,240
Speaker 1: Duke Williams getting activated and he got like ten targets

917
00:43:11,239 --> 00:43:14,560
Speaker 1: in that in the wildcard round. One of the reasons

918
00:43:14,600 --> 00:43:16,520
Speaker 1: for that is, and this is how fast the NFL changes.

919
00:43:16,560 --> 00:43:19,600
Speaker 1: When that other team sees Duke Williams out there, they're

920
00:43:19,600 --> 00:43:21,680
Speaker 1: not gonna let They'll say, listen, if we get beat

921
00:43:21,680 --> 00:43:27,200
Speaker 1: by Duke Williams, bless your heart, you know we're gonna

922
00:43:27,239 --> 00:43:29,600
Speaker 1: We're gonna leave. Duke is the option for Josh Allen

923
00:43:29,640 --> 00:43:31,799
Speaker 1: to go. So they doubled team Cole Beasley, they take

924
00:43:31,840 --> 00:43:34,239
Speaker 1: away John Brown, and they say you can throw it

925
00:43:34,239 --> 00:43:37,120
Speaker 1: to Duke Williams all day if you want um. And

926
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Speaker 1: you know some of that came through I think Duke

927
00:43:39,840 --> 00:43:41,920
Speaker 1: Williams is a guy who's got a big catch radius.

928
00:43:41,960 --> 00:43:46,000
Speaker 1: He made some good catches in that game, but he

929
00:43:46,120 --> 00:43:48,879
Speaker 1: struggled to get separation. It was always a tough, tough

930
00:43:48,960 --> 00:43:50,880
Speaker 1: throw for Josh. It was always in a tight spot.

931
00:43:50,880 --> 00:43:52,799
Speaker 1: There was always a guy on Duke, and that's one

932
00:43:53,040 --> 00:43:55,320
Speaker 1: the other he caught five of the ten targets. He

933
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Speaker 1: got those other five. The guy was there and defended it.

934
00:43:57,960 --> 00:44:00,560
Speaker 1: Because Duke doesn't get separation. He's not a letic enough,

935
00:44:00,840 --> 00:44:02,759
Speaker 1: and that's what they're looking for in this next guy.

936
00:44:02,840 --> 00:44:05,560
Speaker 1: Maybe this next guy will have more space, maybe Josh

937
00:44:05,560 --> 00:44:07,319
Speaker 1: will get it in there. I still don't think that's

938
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Speaker 1: the magic elixir for the entire season. It might have

939
00:44:10,280 --> 00:44:11,920
Speaker 1: made a difference in that game in the wild card

940
00:44:12,120 --> 00:44:14,960
Speaker 1: because that's the guy they left open, But do they

941
00:44:15,000 --> 00:44:17,719
Speaker 1: leave that same guy open like they did right on

942
00:44:17,760 --> 00:44:20,040
Speaker 1: that They don't need a magic elixir. They won ten games.

943
00:44:20,080 --> 00:44:21,879
Speaker 1: They need they need to get better in a couple

944
00:44:21,920 --> 00:44:25,040
Speaker 1: of areas, and I thinks not a magic elixer. Yeah,

945
00:44:25,080 --> 00:44:27,120
Speaker 1: they need to get better at wide receiver. I think

946
00:44:27,160 --> 00:44:28,960
Speaker 1: that's fair to say. Hey, we started the show, we

947
00:44:28,960 --> 00:44:31,239
Speaker 1: were talking about the Packers and I said I was

948
00:44:31,239 --> 00:44:33,840
Speaker 1: disappointed how they played. Apparently their head coach, Matt Lafleur

949
00:44:34,000 --> 00:44:36,520
Speaker 1: was as well. He's holding a season ending news conference

950
00:44:36,560 --> 00:44:39,400
Speaker 1: today and he said today Matt Lafleur, head coach of

951
00:44:39,440 --> 00:44:41,919
Speaker 1: the Packers, said the Packers did not play with their

952
00:44:41,960 --> 00:44:44,359
Speaker 1: hair on fire, and he's trying to figure out why.

953
00:44:45,680 --> 00:44:48,520
Speaker 1: Just just in, coach, that's your jobs, right, that's your

954
00:44:48,600 --> 00:44:50,439
Speaker 1: job to get them to play with their hair on fire,

955
00:44:50,440 --> 00:44:52,879
Speaker 1: to get them to understand what's at stake, how hard

956
00:44:52,920 --> 00:44:54,919
Speaker 1: they got to play to kind of get them going

957
00:44:54,960 --> 00:44:57,319
Speaker 1: the way they need to get going. That's your job, coach.

958
00:44:57,360 --> 00:45:00,040
Speaker 1: Matt Lafleur, first year head coach, Matt Laflour. Yeah, and

959
00:45:00,920 --> 00:45:03,839
Speaker 1: there's talk about maybe he's gonna throw Mike Patton under

960
00:45:03,880 --> 00:45:05,480
Speaker 1: the bus and let him go. All right, do what

961
00:45:05,520 --> 00:45:08,040
Speaker 1: you gotta do, But that's the head coaches time. Typically,

962
00:45:08,120 --> 00:45:10,600
Speaker 1: when the team doesn't play with their quote hair on fire,

963
00:45:10,680 --> 00:45:13,400
Speaker 1: that's the head coaches job to identify why that's the

964
00:45:13,440 --> 00:45:15,520
Speaker 1: case and to fix it. Not during the game, not

965
00:45:15,600 --> 00:45:17,920
Speaker 1: at halftime with some speech, but in the run up

966
00:45:17,920 --> 00:45:21,000
Speaker 1: to the game and in the workouts and the practices

967
00:45:21,040 --> 00:45:22,920
Speaker 1: before the game. Get them to play with their hair

968
00:45:22,960 --> 00:45:25,279
Speaker 1: on fire, get them to understand what's at stake, get

969
00:45:25,280 --> 00:45:27,279
Speaker 1: them to understand how hard they have to play. That's

970
00:45:27,280 --> 00:45:29,400
Speaker 1: the head coaches job right right. The mindset, of the

971
00:45:29,640 --> 00:45:33,880
Speaker 1: mindset of the team is within the purview of the

972
00:45:33,880 --> 00:45:35,960
Speaker 1: head coach. He's the guy that talks to all of him.

973
00:45:36,000 --> 00:45:38,000
Speaker 1: He's the guy that sets the tone. He's a guy

974
00:45:38,040 --> 00:45:40,120
Speaker 1: that sets the agenda. He's the guy that sets the schedule.

975
00:45:40,120 --> 00:45:43,640
Speaker 1: He's a guy that sets everything in place for the team.

976
00:45:43,680 --> 00:45:46,520
Speaker 1: To be successful, and that starts with getting everybody in

977
00:45:46,560 --> 00:45:50,680
Speaker 1: the room facing the same direction, with their eyes up

978
00:45:50,800 --> 00:45:53,759
Speaker 1: and you know, with a little bit of inspiration. Now

979
00:45:55,719 --> 00:45:57,840
Speaker 1: he's never been in that's Lafleur has ever been in that.

980
00:45:57,880 --> 00:45:59,480
Speaker 1: This is his first year. Yeah, he did a lot

981
00:45:59,520 --> 00:46:01,600
Speaker 1: of things good. Maybe this is one thing he's gonna

982
00:46:01,640 --> 00:46:03,880
Speaker 1: have to learn from going forward. Same thing with some

983
00:46:03,920 --> 00:46:05,759
Speaker 1: of the other young head coaches. And you can make

984
00:46:05,800 --> 00:46:09,640
Speaker 1: that argument with Sean McDermott. They've gone to the playoffs

985
00:46:09,680 --> 00:46:11,200
Speaker 1: two out of the first three years of his tenure,

986
00:46:11,239 --> 00:46:14,200
Speaker 1: but they've been bounced in the first round. People are

987
00:46:14,200 --> 00:46:17,160
Speaker 1: gonna be expecting more better things from them. But I

988
00:46:17,160 --> 00:46:19,600
Speaker 1: would not say that the Bills did not show up

989
00:46:20,440 --> 00:46:24,920
Speaker 1: ready to play against the Houston Texans. That was a

990
00:46:24,960 --> 00:46:26,680
Speaker 1: really good game and the Bills had their chances to

991
00:46:26,680 --> 00:46:29,439
Speaker 1: win it, and we went down down that road a lot.

992
00:46:30,000 --> 00:46:32,120
Speaker 1: But you know that that starts with the head coach.

993
00:46:32,200 --> 00:46:34,280
Speaker 1: You got to have those guys show up ready to play.

994
00:46:34,360 --> 00:46:37,080
Speaker 1: And if he senses that, I you know, the first

995
00:46:37,080 --> 00:46:40,480
Speaker 1: thing he needs to do is if I wear what

996
00:46:40,600 --> 00:46:43,560
Speaker 1: he did to get to make that happen. And because

997
00:46:43,560 --> 00:46:46,799
Speaker 1: I put it squarely in his purview of responsibility. All right,

998
00:46:46,840 --> 00:46:48,880
Speaker 1: we'll take a break. When we come back, Field Yates

999
00:46:49,120 --> 00:46:51,279
Speaker 1: from ESPN we'll join us. We'll talk about that with

1000
00:46:51,320 --> 00:46:53,680
Speaker 1: field Yates plus some other NFL issues. Come on back,

1001
00:46:53,719 --> 00:46:55,799
Speaker 1: we'll continue our discussion too. The best way for the

1002
00:46:55,800 --> 00:46:58,960
Speaker 1: Bills to add a wide receiver this offseason John Murphy's

1003
00:46:58,960 --> 00:47:01,719
Speaker 1: team Tasker One Bills I, presented by Klatta Health from

1004
00:47:01,719 --> 00:47:15,439
Speaker 1: the Seneca Studio in Archard Park. This is Buffalo Bills Radio. Hello,

1005
00:47:15,560 --> 00:47:20,040
Speaker 1: Bills Radio Network Stories the update from One Bill's Drive.

1006
00:47:20,160 --> 00:47:22,400
Speaker 1: Most of the Bills brain trust is in Moby, Latlabama,

1007
00:47:22,480 --> 00:47:25,120
Speaker 1: the site of the Senior Bowl this year. Bill's team

1008
00:47:25,200 --> 00:47:28,720
Speaker 1: Brandon Breen Brandon Bean says he is talking to wide receivers.

1009
00:47:28,719 --> 00:47:30,840
Speaker 1: In fact, he's set aside some time last night for

1010
00:47:31,040 --> 00:47:34,520
Speaker 1: interviews with the wide receiving corps. Being says he and

1011
00:47:34,560 --> 00:47:37,960
Speaker 1: his staff intended to sit with some receiver prospects last night.

1012
00:47:38,160 --> 00:47:40,160
Speaker 1: The free agent market opens a little less than two

1013
00:47:40,200 --> 00:47:42,920
Speaker 1: months away. The Bills have already taken initial steps try

1014
00:47:42,960 --> 00:47:45,000
Speaker 1: to resign some of their owns whom to be free agents.

1015
00:47:45,000 --> 00:47:47,520
Speaker 1: Brandon me would not name names that he didn't confirm.

1016
00:47:47,600 --> 00:47:51,480
Speaker 1: The offseason signing process is underway. Andre Roberts has headed

1017
00:47:51,480 --> 00:47:54,080
Speaker 1: to Orlando for this year's Pro Bowl. He'll be the

1018
00:47:54,080 --> 00:47:56,359
Speaker 1: third Buffalo Bill at the Pro Bowl, joining teammates Tree,

1019
00:47:56,400 --> 00:47:58,879
Speaker 1: Ain Edmonds and Dredavious White. In the league's all Staring

1020
00:47:58,880 --> 00:48:01,760
Speaker 1: Game next weekend OBErs was the first alternate. He replaced

1021
00:48:01,800 --> 00:48:05,080
Speaker 1: the AFC Special Team starter Nicole Hardman, who's advanced to

1022
00:48:05,120 --> 00:48:08,320
Speaker 1: the Super Bowl with the Kent City Chiefs. Jacksonville Jaguars

1023
00:48:08,320 --> 00:48:10,840
Speaker 1: are close to hiring former Washington head coach Jay Gruten

1024
00:48:11,120 --> 00:48:14,000
Speaker 1: as their offensive coordinator. The deal it's likely to be

1025
00:48:14,080 --> 00:48:17,520
Speaker 1: finalized later today. Head coach Doug Morone also interviewed former

1026
00:48:17,600 --> 00:48:20,600
Speaker 1: NFL head coach has Ben McAdoo and Scott Lenahan for

1027
00:48:20,600 --> 00:48:23,520
Speaker 1: the position. NFL will experiment with an alternative to the

1028
00:48:23,520 --> 00:48:26,360
Speaker 1: onside kick during Sunday's Pro Bowl, and indication the league

1029
00:48:26,640 --> 00:48:29,480
Speaker 1: is still considering the option despite the fact that owners

1030
00:48:29,520 --> 00:48:32,040
Speaker 1: rejected it last year. First option is to give the

1031
00:48:32,080 --> 00:48:34,160
Speaker 1: ball back to the opposition, which would start a drive

1032
00:48:34,160 --> 00:48:36,919
Speaker 1: at the twenty five yard line. A second option would

1033
00:48:36,960 --> 00:48:39,839
Speaker 1: be to allow a team to run one additional play

1034
00:48:39,920 --> 00:48:43,200
Speaker 1: from its own twenty five yard line. Arizona Cardinals wide

1035
00:48:43,200 --> 00:48:46,040
Speaker 1: receiver Larry Fitzgerald has purchased a minority stake and the

1036
00:48:46,040 --> 00:48:49,040
Speaker 1: Phoenix Suns of the NBA. Second active NFL player with

1037
00:48:49,040 --> 00:48:53,440
Speaker 1: an NBA ownership share, Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers

1038
00:48:53,480 --> 00:48:56,480
Speaker 1: also as a stake in the Milwaukee Bucks Savers off

1039
00:48:56,560 --> 00:48:59,320
Speaker 1: until next week. They entered the bye week with fifty

1040
00:48:59,320 --> 00:49:01,880
Speaker 1: one points to forty nine games. Their next game is Tuesday,

1041
00:49:02,120 --> 00:49:05,359
Speaker 1: a week from yesterday, when day hosts Ottawa Jack Ico

1042
00:49:05,440 --> 00:49:08,520
Speaker 1: will represent the Sabers at the NHL All Star Weekend

1043
00:49:08,560 --> 00:49:11,600
Speaker 1: in Saint Louis Friday and Saturday. Derek Jeter came within

1044
00:49:11,680 --> 00:49:14,000
Speaker 1: one vote of the unanimous pick in the Baseball Hall

1045
00:49:14,040 --> 00:49:16,840
Speaker 1: of Fame, joining Larry Walker in the Hall of Fame yesterday.

1046
00:49:17,000 --> 00:49:19,479
Speaker 1: That's the update from One Bill's Drive. John Murphy Steve

1047
00:49:19,520 --> 00:49:22,840
Speaker 1: Tasker were joined on the line by NFL insider Field

1048
00:49:22,920 --> 00:49:26,440
Speaker 1: Yates of ESPN, the host of the Fantasy Football Focus

1049
00:49:26,480 --> 00:49:31,120
Speaker 1: podcast Fantasy Focused Football Podcast. I get that wrong every week, Field,

1050
00:49:31,160 --> 00:49:32,840
Speaker 1: Thanks for joining us, How you doing? Good to have

1051
00:49:32,880 --> 00:49:35,200
Speaker 1: you with us, and nope, good to be with you guys.

1052
00:49:35,200 --> 00:49:38,000
Speaker 1: As always a tongue twister, that much is for sure.

1053
00:49:38,080 --> 00:49:41,040
Speaker 1: And before we begin, was either one of you the

1054
00:49:41,160 --> 00:49:45,279
Speaker 1: responsible party for not making Derek Jeter a unanimous Hall

1055
00:49:45,360 --> 00:49:47,680
Speaker 1: of Famer into the Baseball Hall of Fame. That means

1056
00:49:47,680 --> 00:49:49,440
Speaker 1: it wasn't me. Do you think the guy did it

1057
00:49:49,440 --> 00:49:51,839
Speaker 1: for a reason? Hoping it gets found out later on?

1058
00:49:52,719 --> 00:49:55,560
Speaker 1: I tell you I tweeted this last night. Baseball Twitter

1059
00:49:56,040 --> 00:49:59,720
Speaker 1: got to the bottom of the Astros trash can banging scandal.

1060
00:50:00,120 --> 00:50:01,960
Speaker 1: They're going to find a way to figure out who

1061
00:50:02,000 --> 00:50:05,120
Speaker 1: did not vote for Derek Jeter into the Hall of

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00:50:05,120 --> 00:50:07,399
Speaker 1: Fame this year, and it is not going to end

1063
00:50:07,400 --> 00:50:09,920
Speaker 1: pretty for that individual. I don't want to rob the

1064
00:50:10,000 --> 00:50:12,839
Speaker 1: moment of Derek Jeter and Larry Walker being induction into

1065
00:50:12,880 --> 00:50:14,759
Speaker 1: the Hall of Fame, but certainly that one s took

1066
00:50:14,760 --> 00:50:18,280
Speaker 1: out like a sore thumb. One out of three hundred

1067
00:50:18,320 --> 00:50:21,360
Speaker 1: and ninety seven votes cast not for Derek Jeter. Probably

1068
00:50:21,480 --> 00:50:26,160
Speaker 1: some busting gay. I'll just kid me might be Heyfield.

1069
00:50:26,200 --> 00:50:28,160
Speaker 1: Before we get onto more pressing matters, I want to

1070
00:50:28,160 --> 00:50:30,680
Speaker 1: take you back a little bit to the NFC Championship

1071
00:50:30,719 --> 00:50:33,160
Speaker 1: game on Sunday. Steve and I were talking about the

1072
00:50:33,200 --> 00:50:35,680
Speaker 1: game today. I was a little disappointed. I thought the

1073
00:50:35,680 --> 00:50:38,799
Speaker 1: Green Bay Packers did not come out really intense and

1074
00:50:38,880 --> 00:50:41,439
Speaker 1: really fired up to play, and then Matt Lafleur today

1075
00:50:41,520 --> 00:50:43,759
Speaker 1: talks about how his team did not play with its

1076
00:50:43,800 --> 00:50:46,920
Speaker 1: hair on fire against Those are his words against the Niners.

1077
00:50:47,120 --> 00:50:48,640
Speaker 1: Did you see that game that way? Did you think

1078
00:50:48,680 --> 00:50:50,360
Speaker 1: there was a lack of intensity on the part of

1079
00:50:50,360 --> 00:50:53,799
Speaker 1: the Packers in that game? Yeah? Yeah, And sometimes that's

1080
00:50:53,880 --> 00:50:56,720
Speaker 1: a kind of comment you can make when you're looking

1081
00:50:56,760 --> 00:50:59,040
Speaker 1: back on the game and they just got smothered by

1082
00:50:59,080 --> 00:51:02,960
Speaker 1: seventeen points. When the head coach confirms it in this

1083
00:51:03,080 --> 00:51:06,160
Speaker 1: season ending press conference three days after the game, you

1084
00:51:06,239 --> 00:51:08,279
Speaker 1: have to feel like what your eyes were telling you

1085
00:51:09,040 --> 00:51:13,040
Speaker 1: was accurate. And the Packers, We're gonna have to play

1086
00:51:13,719 --> 00:51:16,400
Speaker 1: basically perfect football to beat the forty nine ers on

1087
00:51:16,440 --> 00:51:19,440
Speaker 1: the road last week. But they came on the opposite

1088
00:51:19,520 --> 00:51:22,400
Speaker 1: end of the spectrum of that, and I was actually

1089
00:51:22,560 --> 00:51:25,600
Speaker 1: surprised the team did not go for it on the

1090
00:51:25,680 --> 00:51:28,759
Speaker 1: opening drive and they had a fourth and short. To

1091
00:51:28,800 --> 00:51:30,600
Speaker 1: believe it was fourth and one on the about the

1092
00:51:30,600 --> 00:51:33,719
Speaker 1: fifty yard line. That's the kind of play that if

1093
00:51:33,719 --> 00:51:38,120
Speaker 1: you execute it, and you execute successfully, it can create

1094
00:51:38,360 --> 00:51:41,120
Speaker 1: that emotion and that fire that you're referring to right now.

1095
00:51:41,160 --> 00:51:43,239
Speaker 1: I'm not saying the game was lost, right there on

1096
00:51:43,320 --> 00:51:46,160
Speaker 1: that decision, But that would have been something that could

1097
00:51:46,160 --> 00:51:48,719
Speaker 1: have kicked started the Packers, and instead it was the

1098
00:51:48,760 --> 00:51:51,400
Speaker 1: sign of a sleepy day from the Packers basically all

1099
00:51:51,440 --> 00:51:54,480
Speaker 1: the way around. Yeah, and where do you put that responsibility?

1100
00:51:54,520 --> 00:51:55,719
Speaker 1: Murph and I and earner in the show in the

1101
00:51:55,760 --> 00:51:58,360
Speaker 1: last segment, we're saying, that's kind of the head coach's

1102
00:51:58,480 --> 00:52:02,560
Speaker 1: job to set the tempo emotionally for his team. And

1103
00:52:02,760 --> 00:52:05,560
Speaker 1: you know, and I get he's a first year head coach,

1104
00:52:05,560 --> 00:52:07,279
Speaker 1: so maybe it's one of the lesson hard lessons he

1105
00:52:07,320 --> 00:52:09,439
Speaker 1: had to learn. But don't don't you try to lay

1106
00:52:09,440 --> 00:52:12,759
Speaker 1: that on the at the feet of the rookie head coach. Well,

1107
00:52:12,800 --> 00:52:15,440
Speaker 1: no question, that decision to not go forward on fourth

1108
00:52:15,480 --> 00:52:17,960
Speaker 1: down is that of Matt la Floor. And I understand

1109
00:52:18,760 --> 00:52:21,319
Speaker 1: the thought process of why you punt the ball. It's

1110
00:52:21,400 --> 00:52:23,560
Speaker 1: let's play the field position game and at that point

1111
00:52:23,600 --> 00:52:25,759
Speaker 1: you had just stopped the forty nine ers on the

1112
00:52:25,840 --> 00:52:28,720
Speaker 1: three and out. But yeah, the emotional energy, it seemed

1113
00:52:28,760 --> 00:52:32,000
Speaker 1: like he was more concerned with the defensive effort than

1114
00:52:32,040 --> 00:52:35,600
Speaker 1: the offensive effort. And whether that's a reflection of the

1115
00:52:35,600 --> 00:52:38,200
Speaker 1: work of Mike Petton or defensive coordinator who oh By

1116
00:52:38,200 --> 00:52:40,360
Speaker 1: the way Matt la Floor did not commit to for

1117
00:52:40,480 --> 00:52:43,560
Speaker 1: next year during this season ending press conference, if you

1118
00:52:43,600 --> 00:52:45,759
Speaker 1: want to read between the tea leaves there about what

1119
00:52:45,840 --> 00:52:49,520
Speaker 1: that might mean. But yeah, it was. It's hard for

1120
00:52:49,560 --> 00:52:52,120
Speaker 1: me to say that it's just one person's responsibility or

1121
00:52:52,160 --> 00:52:54,480
Speaker 1: it's just one side of the ball's fault more than

1122
00:52:54,520 --> 00:52:57,720
Speaker 1: the other, because they got flattened thirty seven to twenty.

1123
00:52:57,840 --> 00:53:01,640
Speaker 1: And usually when you're talking about a seventeen point game,

1124
00:53:02,440 --> 00:53:06,000
Speaker 1: you know it's not close that one was. Even Like,

1125
00:53:06,040 --> 00:53:08,440
Speaker 1: if it's possible for a game to not be as

1126
00:53:08,440 --> 00:53:10,520
Speaker 1: close as a score would indicate and it's still a

1127
00:53:10,560 --> 00:53:13,879
Speaker 1: seventeen point game, that would be the example a bit. Yeah,

1128
00:53:13,920 --> 00:53:16,960
Speaker 1: and I'm discouraged to read that he's kind of he's

1129
00:53:17,040 --> 00:53:19,879
Speaker 1: leaving Mike Petton. He's hanging him out to dry right now.

1130
00:53:20,920 --> 00:53:22,440
Speaker 1: I don't know where you go with that. Does he

1131
00:53:22,480 --> 00:53:24,600
Speaker 1: bring him back now? I mean, he's kind of, you know,

1132
00:53:24,680 --> 00:53:27,719
Speaker 1: let him twist in the win this week, isn't he? Yeah.

1133
00:53:27,719 --> 00:53:30,560
Speaker 1: I don't have any reporting or any information about who

1134
00:53:30,640 --> 00:53:34,080
Speaker 1: he might have on his radar. If it's not Mike Petton.

1135
00:53:34,760 --> 00:53:37,440
Speaker 1: That kind of comment is just going to open up

1136
00:53:37,480 --> 00:53:39,600
Speaker 1: a lot of interpretation. Or is going to be left

1137
00:53:39,800 --> 00:53:42,759
Speaker 1: open for interpretation. People are going to say, all right, well,

1138
00:53:43,239 --> 00:53:45,279
Speaker 1: are we going to expect an announcement of a new

1139
00:53:45,360 --> 00:53:49,200
Speaker 1: Packer's defensive coordinator in the coming days. I mean, this

1140
00:53:49,320 --> 00:53:53,000
Speaker 1: is just duck connecting, nothing more than that. But Wade

1141
00:53:53,000 --> 00:53:56,120
Speaker 1: Phillips happened to be the defensive coordinator when Matt Laflour

1142
00:53:56,360 --> 00:53:59,200
Speaker 1: was with the Los Angeles Rams a couple of years ago,

1143
00:54:00,120 --> 00:54:03,120
Speaker 1: also happens to be available right now. And Wade, I think,

1144
00:54:03,239 --> 00:54:06,239
Speaker 1: still has a handful of teams left before he's coach

1145
00:54:06,280 --> 00:54:09,360
Speaker 1: for every organization in the NFL. So it feels like

1146
00:54:09,400 --> 00:54:10,840
Speaker 1: he's got to get up there to Green Bay for

1147
00:54:10,960 --> 00:54:13,000
Speaker 1: at least one year to try to close that circle.

1148
00:54:13,040 --> 00:54:15,960
Speaker 1: No more seriously, if he does make a move from

1149
00:54:15,960 --> 00:54:19,120
Speaker 1: Mike Petton, I would have described as a move away

1150
00:54:19,160 --> 00:54:21,920
Speaker 1: from Mike Petton. I would have described that yesterday as

1151
00:54:21,960 --> 00:54:24,719
Speaker 1: a surprise. Now I would not describe it as a

1152
00:54:24,920 --> 00:54:27,759
Speaker 1: surprise based off how he spoke earlier. Today, what do

1153
00:54:27,760 --> 00:54:30,400
Speaker 1: you think about this forty nine or defense? And you know,

1154
00:54:30,520 --> 00:54:32,600
Speaker 1: I know that you. I agree with you that Green

1155
00:54:32,640 --> 00:54:34,640
Speaker 1: Bay really had to play mistake free to win that game.

1156
00:54:34,640 --> 00:54:37,680
Speaker 1: There their margin of air was far less than the Niners.

1157
00:54:37,680 --> 00:54:41,640
Speaker 1: But that San Francisco defense, can they make Patrick Mahomes

1158
00:54:41,680 --> 00:54:44,000
Speaker 1: and the Chiefs look as bad as they made Aaron

1159
00:54:44,080 --> 00:54:47,239
Speaker 1: Rodgers and the Packers look. I don't know about that bad,

1160
00:54:47,280 --> 00:54:49,640
Speaker 1: but I think they can certainly stall them outs. And

1161
00:54:49,960 --> 00:54:51,719
Speaker 1: I don't know if you guys feel exactly the same

1162
00:54:51,719 --> 00:54:54,759
Speaker 1: way or not, but this Chief's offense feels about as

1163
00:54:54,800 --> 00:54:57,719
Speaker 1: explosive to me as any offense we've seen since the

1164
00:54:57,760 --> 00:55:00,920
Speaker 1: two thousand and seven Patriots when they went sixteen to

1165
00:55:00,960 --> 00:55:02,839
Speaker 1: o during the regular season, or at least it's in

1166
00:55:02,920 --> 00:55:06,840
Speaker 1: that neighborhood. I know there have been higher scoring offenses

1167
00:55:06,840 --> 00:55:09,000
Speaker 1: since then. Heck, the Chiefs scored more points last year,

1168
00:55:09,040 --> 00:55:12,000
Speaker 1: but still this offense right now is so so good.

1169
00:55:12,800 --> 00:55:16,240
Speaker 1: I wonder if you know what the Patriots fell victim

1170
00:55:16,280 --> 00:55:18,799
Speaker 1: too in the Super Bowl was the Giant's ability to

1171
00:55:18,920 --> 00:55:22,360
Speaker 1: rush with four men and make Tom Brady uncomfortable. And

1172
00:55:22,840 --> 00:55:25,000
Speaker 1: that's going to be the forty nine Ers recipe in

1173
00:55:25,080 --> 00:55:28,360
Speaker 1: eleven days is can we get to Patrick Mahomes consistently

1174
00:55:28,440 --> 00:55:31,120
Speaker 1: with four rushers? And if there's any team in the

1175
00:55:31,239 --> 00:55:33,279
Speaker 1: NFL they can do it, I think it's them, I

1176
00:55:33,320 --> 00:55:36,000
Speaker 1: really do. I think they're the best equipped defense to

1177
00:55:36,920 --> 00:55:40,239
Speaker 1: make Patrick Mahomes not look like immortal, but at least

1178
00:55:40,239 --> 00:55:44,879
Speaker 1: look like less of a football god than he has

1179
00:55:44,960 --> 00:55:47,480
Speaker 1: over the past two weeks in the playoffs, because he

1180
00:55:47,520 --> 00:55:51,480
Speaker 1: has been remarkable. He's done with his arm obviously, and

1181
00:55:51,520 --> 00:55:53,440
Speaker 1: then as we saw it last week in perfect timing

1182
00:55:53,480 --> 00:55:56,040
Speaker 1: with this clip for those that are watching live, he's

1183
00:55:56,120 --> 00:55:58,759
Speaker 1: running the football so capably. And he may not be

1184
00:55:58,800 --> 00:56:01,120
Speaker 1: as electric as Lamar Jackson or some of the other

1185
00:56:01,200 --> 00:56:03,840
Speaker 1: quarterbacks that are runners in this league, but he's so

1186
00:56:04,000 --> 00:56:08,560
Speaker 1: functional athletically, he's so good in open space, and he's

1187
00:56:08,640 --> 00:56:11,759
Speaker 1: two hundred and thirty two hundred and forty pounds. He's

1188
00:56:11,760 --> 00:56:14,200
Speaker 1: a hard guy to bring down. We're live with the

1189
00:56:14,360 --> 00:56:17,160
Speaker 1: Field Gates ESPN NFL Insider kind of preview in the

1190
00:56:17,560 --> 00:56:20,200
Speaker 1: Super Bowl, which is next week in Miami. A field

1191
00:56:20,960 --> 00:56:22,560
Speaker 1: tight ends are going to play a major role in

1192
00:56:22,600 --> 00:56:25,200
Speaker 1: this game, right Kittle for the Niners and Kelsey for

1193
00:56:25,280 --> 00:56:28,600
Speaker 1: the Chiefs. First Super Bowl to feature two tight ends

1194
00:56:28,600 --> 00:56:31,560
Speaker 1: each with a thousand and more receiving yards. I don't

1195
00:56:31,560 --> 00:56:32,880
Speaker 1: know if that's a trend in the league, but it's

1196
00:56:32,880 --> 00:56:36,400
Speaker 1: certainly notable for this game. I think, huh yeah, it is,

1197
00:56:36,400 --> 00:56:41,279
Speaker 1: and I don't know that we've seen players in recent weeks.

1198
00:56:41,320 --> 00:56:44,600
Speaker 1: So last week, Travis Kelcey was relatively quiet. Believe it

1199
00:56:44,600 --> 00:56:48,160
Speaker 1: was three catches for thirty yards. George Kittle had one catch,

1200
00:56:48,320 --> 00:56:50,440
Speaker 1: and yet they were still two of the most important

1201
00:56:50,440 --> 00:56:54,400
Speaker 1: players on the field in the AFC and NFC championship games.

1202
00:56:54,440 --> 00:56:57,919
Speaker 1: They are matchup nightmares in the passing game. And George Kittle,

1203
00:56:58,160 --> 00:57:00,360
Speaker 1: I mean, he's like Lee Smith right, like an offensive

1204
00:57:00,360 --> 00:57:04,799
Speaker 1: tackle blocking He's so so powerful and physical and explosive

1205
00:57:04,800 --> 00:57:07,720
Speaker 1: at the point of attack. He's a Swiss Army knife

1206
00:57:07,719 --> 00:57:12,239
Speaker 1: for San Francisco because he's powerful enough to handle edge

1207
00:57:12,239 --> 00:57:14,960
Speaker 1: player to the line of scrimmage. But he's athletic enough

1208
00:57:15,280 --> 00:57:17,720
Speaker 1: that he can get out in space and be a

1209
00:57:17,760 --> 00:57:21,080
Speaker 1: blocker at the second or third level. And whereas some

1210
00:57:21,320 --> 00:57:23,720
Speaker 1: tight ends and wide receivers block because they have to,

1211
00:57:24,320 --> 00:57:26,560
Speaker 1: this gy loves it. I mean, that's obvious. We've seen

1212
00:57:26,680 --> 00:57:30,520
Speaker 1: enough miked up clips to realize that George Kittle blocks

1213
00:57:30,560 --> 00:57:33,640
Speaker 1: with bad intentions. He wants to embarrass you, he wants

1214
00:57:33,640 --> 00:57:36,240
Speaker 1: to flatten you, and then the next play he wants

1215
00:57:36,280 --> 00:57:38,959
Speaker 1: to get up and embarrass and flatten you again. Really

1216
00:57:38,960 --> 00:57:41,280
Speaker 1: a fun player to watch. Yeah, and we kind of

1217
00:57:41,360 --> 00:57:43,360
Speaker 1: knew about Kittle and how good he was coming into

1218
00:57:43,360 --> 00:57:45,800
Speaker 1: this game up. One guy that people didn't know about

1219
00:57:45,840 --> 00:57:49,880
Speaker 1: was most a guy who bounced around everywhere and was

1220
00:57:49,920 --> 00:57:52,120
Speaker 1: on six teams and was released and kind of kind

1221
00:57:52,120 --> 00:57:53,600
Speaker 1: of hung in there, and all of a sudden he

1222
00:57:53,640 --> 00:57:57,840
Speaker 1: gets this opportunity with a team like San Francisco, and yeah,

1223
00:57:57,880 --> 00:58:00,400
Speaker 1: the guy takes over the game virtually. I mean that,

1224
00:58:01,520 --> 00:58:03,480
Speaker 1: what are your thoughts about where he's going to fall

1225
00:58:03,560 --> 00:58:07,400
Speaker 1: in this Super Bowl? It looks like, yeah, he might

1226
00:58:07,440 --> 00:58:09,760
Speaker 1: be the only running back that the forty nine ers

1227
00:58:10,600 --> 00:58:14,320
Speaker 1: can truly rely upon, because it sounds like Tevin Coleman

1228
00:58:14,480 --> 00:58:17,680
Speaker 1: is if he at best after dislocating his shoulder. Matt

1229
00:58:17,720 --> 00:58:20,000
Speaker 1: Breed has had a little bit of a fumbling issue

1230
00:58:20,040 --> 00:58:22,480
Speaker 1: of late. He's so fast and so good in the

1231
00:58:22,520 --> 00:58:25,760
Speaker 1: open field when he gets there, and Jeff Wilson's been

1232
00:58:25,760 --> 00:58:28,280
Speaker 1: solid in the red zone for them. But most Are

1233
00:58:28,840 --> 00:58:32,160
Speaker 1: looks to me like the most important piece of the

1234
00:58:32,240 --> 00:58:35,600
Speaker 1: running game right now amongst the backs. He's incredibly powerful,

1235
00:58:35,640 --> 00:58:37,640
Speaker 1: and the guy looks I mean, if you just see him,

1236
00:58:37,680 --> 00:58:39,360
Speaker 1: he can see his clips right now. The guy is

1237
00:58:39,440 --> 00:58:45,120
Speaker 1: cut up. He's huge, explosive. He's powerful and if you recall,

1238
00:58:45,120 --> 00:58:49,000
Speaker 1: prior to this year, the forty nine ers resigned him

1239
00:58:49,000 --> 00:58:52,320
Speaker 1: to a three year deal worth nine million dollars and

1240
00:58:52,400 --> 00:58:55,400
Speaker 1: it basically had nothing to do with his running ability.

1241
00:58:55,480 --> 00:58:58,840
Speaker 1: It was because he was this incredible special teams player,

1242
00:58:59,240 --> 00:59:02,080
Speaker 1: one of the best average players in the NFL. And

1243
00:59:03,040 --> 00:59:05,440
Speaker 1: you know, maybe Buffalo fans are used to what that

1244
00:59:05,520 --> 00:59:08,000
Speaker 1: looks like when I got high, like Lorenzo Alexander goes

1245
00:59:08,040 --> 00:59:10,880
Speaker 1: from being a special team star to an offensive or

1246
00:59:10,880 --> 00:59:13,800
Speaker 1: defensive stalwart. That's kind of what what right he most

1247
00:59:13,960 --> 00:59:17,480
Speaker 1: has become for San Francisco, no longer playing on special

1248
00:59:17,520 --> 00:59:20,360
Speaker 1: teams because he's too valuable in offense for them. Field

1249
00:59:20,400 --> 00:59:23,680
Speaker 1: yates our guests from ESPN. He's the NFL insided from ESPN.

1250
00:59:23,880 --> 00:59:25,600
Speaker 1: Got next week to talk about the Super Bowls of

1251
00:59:25,680 --> 00:59:27,320
Speaker 1: more Field. But a couple of issues I want to

1252
00:59:27,640 --> 00:59:30,040
Speaker 1: deal with you right now. This week the Senior Bowls

1253
00:59:30,080 --> 00:59:33,920
Speaker 1: going on down in Mobile, Alabama. Look, we know the

1254
00:59:34,000 --> 00:59:37,160
Speaker 1: underclassmen don't go, so the premium picks are not in

1255
00:59:37,240 --> 00:59:39,919
Speaker 1: Mobile this week. So how important is the Senior Bowl

1256
00:59:40,800 --> 00:59:43,400
Speaker 1: for scouts to evaluate the talent when you know that

1257
00:59:43,640 --> 00:59:45,680
Speaker 1: these are not the premium picks really on hand there

1258
00:59:45,680 --> 00:59:50,320
Speaker 1: in mobile. Yeah, really really really important and also incredibly

1259
00:59:50,360 --> 00:59:54,080
Speaker 1: important for coaches. A lot of these players, whether they're

1260
00:59:54,080 --> 00:59:56,960
Speaker 1: the best, whether their second tier, no matter where you

1261
00:59:57,080 --> 00:59:59,840
Speaker 1: size them up to be, scout them. Had the chance

1262
01:00:00,200 --> 01:00:03,520
Speaker 1: to see almost all of them at a practice and

1263
01:00:03,640 --> 01:00:06,680
Speaker 1: probably live in games too. They do all these school visits.

1264
01:00:06,720 --> 01:00:10,320
Speaker 1: They go and they have their tent, their time visiting

1265
01:00:10,360 --> 01:00:15,200
Speaker 1: them and interviewing them, and all of these opportunities for exposure.

1266
01:00:16,000 --> 01:00:18,920
Speaker 1: Coaches are in a lot of cases just picking up

1267
01:00:18,960 --> 01:00:21,560
Speaker 1: the scouting trail for the year right now. This is

1268
01:00:21,560 --> 01:00:23,960
Speaker 1: their first exposure to a lot of these guys. And

1269
01:00:24,800 --> 01:00:27,520
Speaker 1: it's one thing to see a guy on film, but

1270
01:00:27,600 --> 01:00:30,120
Speaker 1: there is something to be gleaned from seeing a player

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Speaker 1: in person, or seeing a group of players in person,

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01:00:32,880 --> 01:00:36,000
Speaker 1: seeing them perform, seeing what they really move like, what

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Speaker 1: they really look like, how they handle against further i

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01:00:40,400 --> 01:00:44,080
Speaker 1: should say, better competition, how they interact with teammates, how

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01:00:44,120 --> 01:00:47,320
Speaker 1: coachable they are, how quickly they learn new concepts. Not

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01:00:47,480 --> 01:00:50,880
Speaker 1: that we're you know, throwing every angle of the playbook

1277
01:00:50,960 --> 01:00:54,240
Speaker 1: up against these players this week, but you know, there

1278
01:00:54,360 --> 01:00:57,840
Speaker 1: is something to be said for installing a playbook to

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Speaker 1: work with come Saturday. So I think it's really really

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01:01:00,640 --> 01:01:03,720
Speaker 1: important for coaches, really really important for scouts. It's no

1281
01:01:03,840 --> 01:01:08,720
Speaker 1: mystery that you know, almost every team is incredibly well

1282
01:01:08,760 --> 01:01:11,840
Speaker 1: represented there, and that's by design. I was thinking about this.

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Speaker 1: One of next week's Super Bowl quarterbacks, Jimmy Garoppolo, sort

1284
01:01:15,160 --> 01:01:17,360
Speaker 1: of made his mark at the Pro Bowl. He he

1285
01:01:17,560 --> 01:01:20,000
Speaker 1: came directly, I believe, four or five years ago from

1286
01:01:20,040 --> 01:01:22,880
Speaker 1: the other Pro Bowl type game or the Senior Bowl,

1287
01:01:23,080 --> 01:01:25,000
Speaker 1: from the it was then East West Shrine game. He

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Speaker 1: played so well that he went to the Senior Bowl

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Speaker 1: in the very next week. The great lesson for these

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Speaker 1: quarterbacks that are not players like too a tongue of

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Speaker 1: Byaloa or Joe Burrow or even Justin Herbert who is

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Speaker 1: out of Oregon and regarded by some as a first

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Speaker 1: round lock. It's just a matter of where he falls

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Speaker 1: in the first round. But some of these guys that

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01:01:45,080 --> 01:01:48,440
Speaker 1: are on the periphery right now, Jordan Love Utah State

1296
01:01:48,520 --> 01:01:52,280
Speaker 1: an example of a quarterback who could earn a lot

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Speaker 1: of stock this week. Not saying he's guaranteeing himself, you know,

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Speaker 1: a first round pick if he performs well, but utash State,

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01:02:01,240 --> 01:02:04,160
Speaker 1: he's had some exposure to big time competition. Utah State

1300
01:02:04,200 --> 01:02:08,040
Speaker 1: did play against LSU this year and they were obviously

1301
01:02:08,200 --> 01:02:11,520
Speaker 1: the Nashville champion and a great, great team. But it's

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01:02:11,560 --> 01:02:14,200
Speaker 1: an opportunity for guys like that to make their mark

1303
01:02:14,480 --> 01:02:19,680
Speaker 1: against better competition. Someone like Jalen Hurts from Alabama and Oklahoma.

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01:02:19,760 --> 01:02:22,680
Speaker 1: There are teams that are wondering just how precise of

1305
01:02:22,680 --> 01:02:25,600
Speaker 1: a passer he is. Is he somebody that needs to

1306
01:02:25,640 --> 01:02:28,720
Speaker 1: consider a Taysom Hill like career arc where you can

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01:02:28,720 --> 01:02:32,480
Speaker 1: play some quarterback, but you're athletic enough, powerful enough, and

1308
01:02:32,560 --> 01:02:35,760
Speaker 1: willing enough to play other spots as well. This week

1309
01:02:35,920 --> 01:02:39,400
Speaker 1: is an incredibly important one for prospects that don't play

1310
01:02:39,440 --> 01:02:43,320
Speaker 1: every Saturday on national television, because the Super Bowl is

1311
01:02:43,360 --> 01:02:46,320
Speaker 1: a great example to your point about how it's not

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01:02:46,440 --> 01:02:49,120
Speaker 1: just guys that we all knew coming out. It's players

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01:02:49,200 --> 01:02:51,440
Speaker 1: that I don't even know if people know where Jimmy

1314
01:02:51,440 --> 01:02:54,120
Speaker 1: Garoppolo went to college Eastern Illinois, but they may not

1315
01:02:54,200 --> 01:02:56,160
Speaker 1: know much more about the program other than the fact

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01:02:56,240 --> 01:03:00,880
Speaker 1: that it's located in Eastern Illinois. I want to ask

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Speaker 1: you too, that we've been talking about this wide receiver class.

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Speaker 1: You had a tweet earlier in the week about the

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01:03:05,120 --> 01:03:08,360
Speaker 1: last five years and the rookies who have led the

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01:03:09,200 --> 01:03:11,160
Speaker 1: rookie class in the last five years, and how what

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Speaker 1: their yardage numbers were the only three out of the

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Speaker 1: five that actually reached a thousand yards. Is it tougher

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Speaker 1: for a wide receiver to make the transition from college

1324
01:03:19,800 --> 01:03:22,760
Speaker 1: to the pros than any other position? I think so.

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01:03:22,920 --> 01:03:24,480
Speaker 1: I think it's right up there. And I've heard a

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01:03:24,520 --> 01:03:27,240
Speaker 1: lot of smart coaches talk about this, and part of

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01:03:27,280 --> 01:03:30,960
Speaker 1: the reason why is the kinds of responsibilities that receivers

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01:03:31,000 --> 01:03:33,960
Speaker 1: have at the college level versus the pro level. I

1329
01:03:34,000 --> 01:03:37,000
Speaker 1: think Kyle Shannion had a really enlightening quote about it

1330
01:03:37,600 --> 01:03:39,960
Speaker 1: not that long ago. And it's just defensively, you're playing

1331
01:03:40,000 --> 01:03:42,960
Speaker 1: different things in college. You're running different route concepts, your

1332
01:03:43,000 --> 01:03:47,080
Speaker 1: responsibilities are different at the college level, and even the

1333
01:03:47,120 --> 01:03:50,240
Speaker 1: more advanced players in some cases, some of it's just

1334
01:03:50,280 --> 01:03:53,360
Speaker 1: they're more athletic than other players, right. I Mean, sometimes

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01:03:53,400 --> 01:03:56,520
Speaker 1: you have a guy like Corey Davis, who I still

1336
01:03:56,520 --> 01:03:58,680
Speaker 1: think would be a pretty reasonable player in this league.

1337
01:03:58,680 --> 01:04:01,280
Speaker 1: He went fifth overall of the Titans in twenty and

1338
01:04:01,280 --> 01:04:04,440
Speaker 1: seventeen out of playing after playing at Western Michigan. He

1339
01:04:04,600 --> 01:04:07,760
Speaker 1: was just a better athlete than everybody else on the

1340
01:04:07,800 --> 01:04:11,440
Speaker 1: field every single weekend when he played, and he's had

1341
01:04:11,480 --> 01:04:14,520
Speaker 1: some bright moments in the NFL, but it hasn't always translated.

1342
01:04:15,200 --> 01:04:18,439
Speaker 1: I think that it's it's a difficult position to make

1343
01:04:18,600 --> 01:04:21,320
Speaker 1: the leap from. I suppose quarterbacks probably always going to

1344
01:04:21,360 --> 01:04:24,160
Speaker 1: be the most difficult one, but wide receiver is right

1345
01:04:24,240 --> 01:04:26,040
Speaker 1: up there. There are so many nuances of the game

1346
01:04:26,080 --> 01:04:28,680
Speaker 1: at the pro level that guys just aren't previously exposed

1347
01:04:28,720 --> 01:04:33,200
Speaker 1: to a couple of other issues. Today, the Jaguars look

1348
01:04:33,240 --> 01:04:35,400
Speaker 1: like they're going to hire former Redskins coach at Jake

1349
01:04:35,440 --> 01:04:38,360
Speaker 1: Gruden his offensive coordinator. What's the chance Dug Maron is

1350
01:04:38,400 --> 01:04:41,640
Speaker 1: about is getting close to hiring his eventual success or

1351
01:04:41,680 --> 01:04:44,240
Speaker 1: his head coats there. It's you know, it's one of

1352
01:04:44,280 --> 01:04:47,280
Speaker 1: those where when that happens, you kind of say to yourself, like,

1353
01:04:48,040 --> 01:04:50,680
Speaker 1: is he doing this or is the organization making him

1354
01:04:50,680 --> 01:04:54,479
Speaker 1: do this? Don't know the answer for sure. I don't

1355
01:04:54,480 --> 01:04:57,479
Speaker 1: know the answer for sure. I will say that because

1356
01:04:57,480 --> 01:05:00,040
Speaker 1: it kind of goes it cuts both ways. On the

1357
01:05:00,080 --> 01:05:02,280
Speaker 1: one hand, when you hire a guy has qualified as

1358
01:05:02,320 --> 01:05:04,600
Speaker 1: great Jake Cruden in the sense that he's already been

1359
01:05:04,640 --> 01:05:09,240
Speaker 1: ahead NFL head coach and guided some successful offenses. It's hey,

1360
01:05:09,280 --> 01:05:11,720
Speaker 1: that's great because we need to win next year. Doug

1361
01:05:11,760 --> 01:05:14,360
Speaker 1: Marrone almost got caned this year. I mean the team

1362
01:05:14,400 --> 01:05:16,200
Speaker 1: made it clear they had you know, they had they

1363
01:05:16,240 --> 01:05:19,200
Speaker 1: had a anytime you're announcing that the coach is staying,

1364
01:05:19,480 --> 01:05:21,960
Speaker 1: it means the coach was under evaluation. Right. The Bills

1365
01:05:22,000 --> 01:05:24,080
Speaker 1: didn't come out after the season and say, hey, news,

1366
01:05:24,400 --> 01:05:26,800
Speaker 1: Sean McDermott, stay, No, the guy's a stunt. Obviously he's

1367
01:05:26,840 --> 01:05:28,760
Speaker 1: not going anywhere. The Jaguars had to come out and

1368
01:05:28,760 --> 01:05:31,520
Speaker 1: release his statement and say, hey, Doug Morone is sticking

1369
01:05:31,520 --> 01:05:36,000
Speaker 1: around for twenty twenty. So on the one hand, he's

1370
01:05:36,040 --> 01:05:38,000
Speaker 1: coaching for his life this year. On the other hand,

1371
01:05:38,040 --> 01:05:41,479
Speaker 1: you know, if things go amiss week seven and they're

1372
01:05:41,720 --> 01:05:45,160
Speaker 1: one in five, then you might have an obvious replacement

1373
01:05:45,240 --> 01:05:47,200
Speaker 1: right there waiting for you, because it's a guy that

1374
01:05:47,320 --> 01:05:51,400
Speaker 1: you hired. So I suppose there's definitely a double edged

1375
01:05:51,400 --> 01:05:54,440
Speaker 1: sword aspect of this. I think Doug Morone's focus, though,

1376
01:05:54,480 --> 01:05:56,760
Speaker 1: is gonna be, Hey, we needed somebody to get this

1377
01:05:56,840 --> 01:05:59,520
Speaker 1: offense right. We've got a huge quarterback decision to make

1378
01:05:59,560 --> 01:06:01,680
Speaker 1: this off season, and Jay was one of the best

1379
01:06:01,680 --> 01:06:04,320
Speaker 1: minds available. Well, one of the other things that happened is,

1380
01:06:04,400 --> 01:06:06,480
Speaker 1: you know, one of the most biggest rivalries in sports

1381
01:06:06,520 --> 01:06:08,280
Speaker 1: is the New York Giants and the Dallas Cowboys, And

1382
01:06:08,400 --> 01:06:10,640
Speaker 1: looks like the Dallas Cowboys head coach from this last

1383
01:06:10,720 --> 01:06:14,680
Speaker 1: year may become the offensive coordinator of those Giants. What

1384
01:06:14,760 --> 01:06:17,000
Speaker 1: are your thoughts about Jason Garrett going to New York

1385
01:06:17,000 --> 01:06:20,720
Speaker 1: and calling the plays? You know, I would say this,

1386
01:06:22,120 --> 01:06:27,160
Speaker 1: Jason Garrett could have easily spent this year away from football.

1387
01:06:27,240 --> 01:06:29,160
Speaker 1: He could have probably retired, to be honest with you,

1388
01:06:29,760 --> 01:06:32,080
Speaker 1: play in the NFL, made a decent amount of money

1389
01:06:32,120 --> 01:06:35,360
Speaker 1: as a backup quarterback some coaching the Cowboys for about

1390
01:06:35,400 --> 01:06:39,320
Speaker 1: a deck Obviously, you don't earn money on the cheap

1391
01:06:40,200 --> 01:06:42,440
Speaker 1: for Dallas, you make good money as their head coach.

1392
01:06:43,240 --> 01:06:45,800
Speaker 1: He probably could have walked away and never been a

1393
01:06:45,840 --> 01:06:48,440
Speaker 1: part of a team again and just lived his life.

1394
01:06:49,760 --> 01:06:52,280
Speaker 1: And he chose to become an offensive coordinator, which I

1395
01:06:52,280 --> 01:06:54,560
Speaker 1: think is a reflection of the passion he asked for

1396
01:06:54,640 --> 01:06:58,200
Speaker 1: the game of football. And it's a result oriented business.

1397
01:06:58,280 --> 01:07:00,840
Speaker 1: I am so mindful of that because we see head

1398
01:07:00,840 --> 01:07:03,480
Speaker 1: coaches get fired every year, and usually it's between five

1399
01:07:03,520 --> 01:07:06,400
Speaker 1: and eight of them, but Jason Garrett's a man of

1400
01:07:06,440 --> 01:07:08,800
Speaker 1: high character and I think this would be a good

1401
01:07:08,840 --> 01:07:11,640
Speaker 1: fit for him, a good opportunity to develop a quarterback,

1402
01:07:11,960 --> 01:07:14,720
Speaker 1: do a little bit more game planning and things of

1403
01:07:14,720 --> 01:07:18,160
Speaker 1: that nature. They've hired Obviously, they had Kellen Moore last year,

1404
01:07:18,240 --> 01:07:21,000
Speaker 1: but they've had a lot of offensive mind Scott Lenahan

1405
01:07:21,080 --> 01:07:24,400
Speaker 1: prior to that, others who have sort of handled the

1406
01:07:24,440 --> 01:07:28,000
Speaker 1: offensive coordinator duties while Jason Garrett was the head coach.

1407
01:07:28,000 --> 01:07:30,200
Speaker 1: So I'm actually a fan of the decision to hire

1408
01:07:30,280 --> 01:07:33,320
Speaker 1: him by Joe Judge, the Giant's new head coach, who

1409
01:07:33,600 --> 01:07:38,040
Speaker 1: gives them another mind that's head coaching experience. I mean,

1410
01:07:38,120 --> 01:07:41,160
Speaker 1: think about what Sean McDermott did when he brought up

1411
01:07:41,160 --> 01:07:45,040
Speaker 1: Ward Leslie. Leslie Frasier, former NFL A coach himself, and

1412
01:07:45,080 --> 01:07:47,920
Speaker 1: Shaun's more than capable of running a defense, but it

1413
01:07:48,040 --> 01:07:50,920
Speaker 1: also allows him to be the head coach and not

1414
01:07:51,000 --> 01:07:52,760
Speaker 1: have to worry about the defense on some days. That's

1415
01:07:53,560 --> 01:07:55,480
Speaker 1: Leslie is more than capable of running that and I

1416
01:07:55,520 --> 01:07:57,880
Speaker 1: think it's a good sign for Joe Judge, and he's

1417
01:07:57,880 --> 01:08:00,560
Speaker 1: already identified the importance of former head coach. I feel

1418
01:08:00,600 --> 01:08:02,600
Speaker 1: before we let you go let me get you involved

1419
01:08:02,600 --> 01:08:04,400
Speaker 1: in our Twitter poll today because you might have some

1420
01:08:04,440 --> 01:08:07,160
Speaker 1: thoughts on this. The Bills obviously looking at everybody at

1421
01:08:07,160 --> 01:08:09,320
Speaker 1: the Senior Bowl this week and they'll do all of

1422
01:08:09,360 --> 01:08:12,320
Speaker 1: their personnel evaluations. We think they probably need a wide receiver.

1423
01:08:12,520 --> 01:08:14,560
Speaker 1: What's the best way to find a wide receiver? Is

1424
01:08:14,560 --> 01:08:16,760
Speaker 1: it round one of the draft, one of the later

1425
01:08:16,840 --> 01:08:19,479
Speaker 1: rounds in the draft? Is it free agency or a trade?

1426
01:08:19,640 --> 01:08:21,840
Speaker 1: And I mean this year more than anything, not just

1427
01:08:21,960 --> 01:08:23,920
Speaker 1: you know, in general, but this year, what's the best

1428
01:08:23,920 --> 01:08:26,479
Speaker 1: way to add a wide receiver to your roster? I

1429
01:08:26,520 --> 01:08:28,280
Speaker 1: think it's the first round of the draft for the Bills.

1430
01:08:28,280 --> 01:08:30,120
Speaker 1: And I know I just spoke about how difficult it

1431
01:08:30,160 --> 01:08:34,400
Speaker 1: is to transition, but the team just allocated to significant

1432
01:08:34,439 --> 01:08:37,680
Speaker 1: contracts last year to Smokey Brown and Cole Beasley, and

1433
01:08:37,680 --> 01:08:39,840
Speaker 1: there's no buyers or worth there. Both guys were really good.

1434
01:08:40,160 --> 01:08:41,840
Speaker 1: That's a lot of money, I believe if I do

1435
01:08:41,920 --> 01:08:44,719
Speaker 1: the math, and it's like sixteen million dollars a season.

1436
01:08:44,760 --> 01:08:47,760
Speaker 1: Now for those two guys, they're gonna have to pay

1437
01:08:47,800 --> 01:08:49,880
Speaker 1: some players on their own this offseason. We've already been

1438
01:08:49,880 --> 01:08:52,960
Speaker 1: talking about that. Guys are gonna do for major, major raises.

1439
01:08:53,320 --> 01:08:55,360
Speaker 1: I think this first round, though, is deep enough and

1440
01:08:55,520 --> 01:08:57,880
Speaker 1: the Bills are adept enough figuring out what kind of

1441
01:08:57,920 --> 01:09:00,599
Speaker 1: player they need, and I'm making it peple, but it

1442
01:09:00,640 --> 01:09:03,880
Speaker 1: feels like one wide receiver with size would go a

1443
01:09:03,880 --> 01:09:06,280
Speaker 1: long way for Buffalo because they've got the speed and

1444
01:09:06,360 --> 01:09:09,519
Speaker 1: John Brown, They've got the slot option in Cole Beasley,

1445
01:09:09,720 --> 01:09:12,160
Speaker 1: and maybe one more perimeter wide out would really make

1446
01:09:12,200 --> 01:09:14,439
Speaker 1: a difference for Josh Allen in his third season With

1447
01:09:14,560 --> 01:09:17,080
Speaker 1: this year's class, could they wait second, third round maybe

1448
01:09:17,080 --> 01:09:21,320
Speaker 1: to get an adequate guy there. Yeah, if the board

1449
01:09:21,320 --> 01:09:23,880
Speaker 1: does not fall in their favor, they could. I mean

1450
01:09:23,920 --> 01:09:26,280
Speaker 1: it's what they could. You could go two ways, right.

1451
01:09:26,880 --> 01:09:31,680
Speaker 1: It could be that Jerry Judy from Alabama slips uncharacteristically

1452
01:09:31,760 --> 01:09:33,960
Speaker 1: before people tell me there's no way that happens. Calvin

1453
01:09:34,040 --> 01:09:36,080
Speaker 1: Ridley slid to like pick twenty four a couple of

1454
01:09:36,160 --> 01:09:39,560
Speaker 1: years ago, and he was a phenomenal player at Alabama.

1455
01:09:39,640 --> 01:09:41,920
Speaker 1: So you could have luck in your favor where a

1456
01:09:41,920 --> 01:09:44,240
Speaker 1: guy falls, or if the run comes early, you say

1457
01:09:44,280 --> 01:09:47,000
Speaker 1: to yourself, all right, well, let's take best available, and

1458
01:09:47,040 --> 01:09:49,720
Speaker 1: then a second round wide receiver could be more than

1459
01:09:49,760 --> 01:09:55,320
Speaker 1: a sufficient option. Thanks Field, thank you very much. As always, guys.

1460
01:09:55,400 --> 01:09:57,240
Speaker 1: Looking forward to talking to you again next week. Yep

1461
01:09:57,560 --> 01:10:00,880
Speaker 1: Field NFL in Sidner Roum with this every Wednesday. You'll

1462
01:10:00,920 --> 01:10:03,360
Speaker 1: be back with us next Wednesday. It's gonna answer. You know,

1463
01:10:03,360 --> 01:10:05,920
Speaker 1: if you want the right wide receiver, maybe the draft

1464
01:10:05,920 --> 01:10:08,040
Speaker 1: falls a certain way that you can wait till second

1465
01:10:08,080 --> 01:10:10,880
Speaker 1: and third round, which would be my optimal. I just

1466
01:10:10,920 --> 01:10:14,240
Speaker 1: think there's so many good receivers you could probably wait.

1467
01:10:14,280 --> 01:10:16,080
Speaker 1: But maybe not. Maybe you gotta jump on somebody in

1468
01:10:16,120 --> 01:10:18,120
Speaker 1: the first round. And we're talking about twenty two in

1469
01:10:18,120 --> 01:10:20,240
Speaker 1: the first round. Uh, you know, the twenty second pick

1470
01:10:20,520 --> 01:10:23,519
Speaker 1: as opposed to what the fifty fourth in the second round.

1471
01:10:23,560 --> 01:10:25,640
Speaker 1: You can't eat a big jump, you big difference. You

1472
01:10:25,720 --> 01:10:28,120
Speaker 1: run the risk of, you know, if you've got a

1473
01:10:28,160 --> 01:10:30,720
Speaker 1: guy that you really like and even if everybody else

1474
01:10:30,800 --> 01:10:35,040
Speaker 1: has him pegged as the fourth best guy, that's when

1475
01:10:35,040 --> 01:10:37,439
Speaker 1: you do trade back and you take the chance that

1476
01:10:37,800 --> 01:10:40,200
Speaker 1: he's gonna be there when you pick, because those other

1477
01:10:40,600 --> 01:10:42,760
Speaker 1: you know, three guys are gonna get picked before him.

1478
01:10:42,760 --> 01:10:44,519
Speaker 1: But you always run the risk is somebody's gonna say,

1479
01:10:44,520 --> 01:10:45,800
Speaker 1: you know what, I like that guy, and they're gonna

1480
01:10:45,800 --> 01:10:47,320
Speaker 1: take him ahead of you. Then you lose out on

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01:10:47,360 --> 01:10:50,400
Speaker 1: your guy. So you have a number of guys that

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01:10:50,479 --> 01:10:52,040
Speaker 1: you can you can grab and say we're gonna be

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01:10:52,040 --> 01:10:54,040
Speaker 1: happy with this guy, this guy, or this guy, but

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01:10:54,160 --> 01:10:58,680
Speaker 1: here's the order in which we like them. That's what

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01:10:58,800 --> 01:11:00,560
Speaker 1: I Yeah, that's the way you gotta the draft. You

1486
01:11:00,560 --> 01:11:04,240
Speaker 1: got to stay flexible enough to say you believe he's

1487
01:11:04,240 --> 01:11:08,280
Speaker 1: gonna be there when you pick next or further down

1488
01:11:08,360 --> 01:11:10,760
Speaker 1: the line, and then you pick somebody else who may

1489
01:11:10,760 --> 01:11:15,639
Speaker 1: not be They have traded down and then traded back up,

1490
01:11:15,960 --> 01:11:17,439
Speaker 1: you know, and they've trade you know what I mean.

1491
01:11:17,479 --> 01:11:19,519
Speaker 1: So they've they've done all of this stuff in the past,

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01:11:19,560 --> 01:11:21,720
Speaker 1: and they've been they've been pretty successful at doing it.

1493
01:11:21,760 --> 01:11:25,000
Speaker 1: So I would imagine it may happen again this year.

1494
01:11:25,040 --> 01:11:27,000
Speaker 1: They made trade out of the twenty two either go

1495
01:11:27,120 --> 01:11:29,800
Speaker 1: higher or lower if they really think, and it might

1496
01:11:29,840 --> 01:11:33,680
Speaker 1: be a tip off as to what they think. Is

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01:11:33,680 --> 01:11:35,519
Speaker 1: the guy so good we've got to make sure we

1498
01:11:35,520 --> 01:11:37,040
Speaker 1: get him and go up in the first round to

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01:11:37,080 --> 01:11:40,840
Speaker 1: get him, or do we jump up in the first

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01:11:40,920 --> 01:11:43,680
Speaker 1: round because we think the guy we like will make

1501
01:11:43,720 --> 01:11:45,640
Speaker 1: that big a difference for our offense. It could be

1502
01:11:45,680 --> 01:11:48,679
Speaker 1: both things as well, but I think it'll it'll tip

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01:11:48,720 --> 01:11:51,720
Speaker 1: their opinion of the guys, if they sit right where

1504
01:11:51,720 --> 01:11:54,800
Speaker 1: they're at, we may not find out how much they

1505
01:11:54,800 --> 01:11:58,200
Speaker 1: really really do like him. Yeah. Anyway, Chris Brown is

1506
01:11:58,200 --> 01:11:59,800
Speaker 1: down there in Mobile. He's taking a look at all

1507
01:11:59,840 --> 01:12:02,519
Speaker 1: this wide receiver talent. And we'll get Chris's thoughts on

1508
01:12:02,600 --> 01:12:05,360
Speaker 1: that plus other Senior Bowl issues when we return. Come

1509
01:12:05,400 --> 01:12:08,040
Speaker 1: on back for that. One Bill's Live presented by Kalada

1510
01:12:08,080 --> 01:12:11,400
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1511
01:12:11,560 --> 01:12:27,120
Speaker 1: Nothing comes close. Welcome back to the show. One Bill's Live.

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01:12:27,200 --> 01:12:30,280
Speaker 1: John Murphy's Deep Tasker coming here from our Seneca Studio

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01:12:30,280 --> 01:12:33,040
Speaker 1: in Orchard Park. Joined on the line right now live

1514
01:12:33,120 --> 01:12:35,479
Speaker 1: by our man at the Senior Bowl. Chris Brown joins

1515
01:12:35,560 --> 01:12:38,559
Speaker 1: us live from Mobile, Alabama. He's at Ladd Peebles Stadium

1516
01:12:38,560 --> 01:12:41,240
Speaker 1: in Mobile. What are you between practices North and South

1517
01:12:41,280 --> 01:12:44,160
Speaker 1: at this point, Chris? What's going on there? No? North

1518
01:12:44,360 --> 01:12:47,920
Speaker 1: is just getting started here. Guys. We're an hour behind you, fellas,

1519
01:12:48,000 --> 01:12:51,799
Speaker 1: So they're gonna go for two hours with each practice today.

1520
01:12:51,800 --> 01:12:53,360
Speaker 1: It was just an hour and a half yesterday. But

1521
01:12:54,000 --> 01:12:56,400
Speaker 1: North was the second team on the field yesterday, the

1522
01:12:56,680 --> 01:12:59,120
Speaker 1: first team on the field today and then bed South

1523
01:12:59,120 --> 01:13:03,040
Speaker 1: team followed. Looks called down there, Chris, is it pretty

1524
01:13:03,120 --> 01:13:11,000
Speaker 1: chilly better today? Yesterday was? I had my winner had

1525
01:13:11,640 --> 01:13:14,640
Speaker 1: the wind was blowing. We were freezing out here. I

1526
01:13:14,680 --> 01:13:19,160
Speaker 1: was sitting next Hills receivers coach Chapel at practice yesterday,

1527
01:13:19,280 --> 01:13:22,240
Speaker 1: and the poor man was he had a hoodie on

1528
01:13:22,320 --> 01:13:25,639
Speaker 1: and he was freezing. So he was just sitting next

1529
01:13:25,640 --> 01:13:29,519
Speaker 1: to me groaning because he was watching receivers, partially because

1530
01:13:29,520 --> 01:13:31,320
Speaker 1: of the cold and partially because it was a little

1531
01:13:31,320 --> 01:13:34,559
Speaker 1: disappointed in what he was watching. Well, we heard a

1532
01:13:34,560 --> 01:13:36,720
Speaker 1: little some of the sound bites from Brandon Bean. What

1533
01:13:36,760 --> 01:13:41,679
Speaker 1: are your thoughts on what he had to say yesterday? Yeah,

1534
01:13:41,760 --> 01:13:46,080
Speaker 1: I mean, I think Brandon wasn't asked too specifically about players.

1535
01:13:46,080 --> 01:13:47,719
Speaker 1: I don't think he wants to give away the farm

1536
01:13:47,720 --> 01:13:50,560
Speaker 1: about what the team thinks. But he did admit that

1537
01:13:50,680 --> 01:13:53,880
Speaker 1: this receivers class is pretty deep. I would say it's

1538
01:13:54,040 --> 01:13:57,599
Speaker 1: probably one of the position groups here at that offers

1539
01:13:57,680 --> 01:14:01,200
Speaker 1: the most depth in talent. And this North team in particular,

1540
01:14:01,240 --> 01:14:05,280
Speaker 1: guys offers a lot of size wide receivers. Just on

1541
01:14:05,280 --> 01:14:07,800
Speaker 1: this North roster alone, there are others in South roster.

1542
01:14:08,280 --> 01:14:11,000
Speaker 1: You know, on this North roster alone, you've got uh

1543
01:14:11,040 --> 01:14:14,360
Speaker 1: the kid from seven Cal Michael and Julie the wide

1544
01:14:14,360 --> 01:14:17,360
Speaker 1: receiver who goes about six to five, little spindley looking,

1545
01:14:17,439 --> 01:14:20,960
Speaker 1: little slighter frame than I anticipated he would be. And

1546
01:14:21,000 --> 01:14:25,120
Speaker 1: then you've got Antonio Candy Golden, the liberty receiver who's

1547
01:14:25,160 --> 01:14:27,120
Speaker 1: you know, coming from a smaller program, but has three

1548
01:14:27,160 --> 01:14:32,439
Speaker 1: consecutive receiving seasons, losing thirteen hundred yards last year. And

1549
01:14:32,479 --> 01:14:36,800
Speaker 1: then the other unit for Notre Dame, who's probably the

1550
01:14:36,800 --> 01:14:39,920
Speaker 1: most physically and worsting body type out here and made

1551
01:14:39,960 --> 01:14:43,240
Speaker 1: some plays yesterday in the North practice Chris things. First

1552
01:14:43,240 --> 01:14:46,920
Speaker 1: of all, tell them to keep it down. Secondly, it's

1553
01:14:47,960 --> 01:14:51,160
Speaker 1: fair to say that I heard Brandon Mean say yesterday

1554
01:14:51,200 --> 01:14:53,960
Speaker 1: that they're gonna meet with wide receivers in meeting rooms

1555
01:14:54,000 --> 01:14:56,479
Speaker 1: last night. Was it exclusively wide receivers last night for

1556
01:14:56,479 --> 01:14:59,920
Speaker 1: the Bills? Yeah, I mean they were on the list.

1557
01:15:00,120 --> 01:15:02,200
Speaker 1: I'm not going to be able to give you names

1558
01:15:02,200 --> 01:15:03,880
Speaker 1: as to who they did meet with, but I know

1559
01:15:03,920 --> 01:15:06,840
Speaker 1: they went on the list with some of those. And

1560
01:15:06,920 --> 01:15:11,559
Speaker 1: it's a different setup here. They don't have a limit

1561
01:15:11,720 --> 01:15:14,519
Speaker 1: on how many players they can sit down and speak with.

1562
01:15:15,439 --> 01:15:18,559
Speaker 1: There's a sixty player limit at the combine just due

1563
01:15:18,600 --> 01:15:21,840
Speaker 1: to time constraints more than anything. Else Here, it's a

1564
01:15:21,840 --> 01:15:25,360
Speaker 1: little more loose and wide open. You can tell any

1565
01:15:25,360 --> 01:15:27,040
Speaker 1: player you want, hey, we want to meet with you.

1566
01:15:27,160 --> 01:15:29,519
Speaker 1: We'd like to do it around this time, and then

1567
01:15:29,600 --> 01:15:31,840
Speaker 1: do your best, And there's no time limit on how

1568
01:15:31,840 --> 01:15:34,719
Speaker 1: long you can meet with said player. There's a fifteen

1569
01:15:34,760 --> 01:15:37,599
Speaker 1: minute limit. As you guys know, at the Combine. Here,

1570
01:15:38,000 --> 01:15:39,720
Speaker 1: you want to meet with a guy for ten minutes, fine,

1571
01:15:39,760 --> 01:15:41,759
Speaker 1: you want to meet with a guy for twenty five minutes,

1572
01:15:42,120 --> 01:15:44,920
Speaker 1: that's okay too. And I think there's an element here

1573
01:15:45,760 --> 01:15:49,479
Speaker 1: that goes somewhat unnoticed. A lot of NFL clubs meet

1574
01:15:49,520 --> 01:15:52,640
Speaker 1: with some of these players, which you know, as you

1575
01:15:52,680 --> 01:15:55,280
Speaker 1: guys know, is on the heels of the December personnel

1576
01:15:55,320 --> 01:15:59,160
Speaker 1: meetings when they first put their senior reports to bed

1577
01:15:59,680 --> 01:16:02,960
Speaker 1: after scouting the entire college season. They get a preliminary

1578
01:16:03,000 --> 01:16:06,200
Speaker 1: board done. But there are also some players that you

1579
01:16:06,240 --> 01:16:08,720
Speaker 1: know they're not necessarily sure about. They haven't met with

1580
01:16:08,760 --> 01:16:10,920
Speaker 1: them face to face. This is the first opportunity to

1581
01:16:10,960 --> 01:16:14,920
Speaker 1: do that here. Some players are either kept in the

1582
01:16:14,960 --> 01:16:18,240
Speaker 1: conversation as far as that respective team's draft board goes.

1583
01:16:18,720 --> 01:16:22,960
Speaker 1: Some players here at the Senior Bowl are effectively eliminated

1584
01:16:23,160 --> 01:16:25,519
Speaker 1: from some team's boards. As well, which is maybe a

1585
01:16:25,560 --> 01:16:28,800
Speaker 1: little bit more unknown than it is for the average fan.

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01:16:29,040 --> 01:16:31,120
Speaker 1: One of the things that happened, I mean, the Bills

1587
01:16:31,120 --> 01:16:35,080
Speaker 1: have drafted this regime seven guys from this week's Senior Bowl.

1588
01:16:35,120 --> 01:16:36,920
Speaker 1: I mean, over the course of the last couple of years,

1589
01:16:36,960 --> 01:16:39,599
Speaker 1: they've gotten a handful more than a handful of players

1590
01:16:39,920 --> 01:16:42,280
Speaker 1: who are contributors to this team to win ten and six.

1591
01:16:43,280 --> 01:16:46,680
Speaker 1: Is there that kind of thought process headed into this

1592
01:16:46,680 --> 01:16:48,520
Speaker 1: one that they're going to get that big a contribution

1593
01:16:48,560 --> 01:16:51,960
Speaker 1: from this possible draft class at the Senior Bowl? Yeah,

1594
01:16:52,040 --> 01:16:55,000
Speaker 1: I mean it's hard to say. I know, Brandon being

1595
01:16:55,040 --> 01:16:57,200
Speaker 1: was a little disappointed at some of the bigger names

1596
01:16:57,200 --> 01:17:00,760
Speaker 1: that dropped out of the Senior Bowl in the eleventh hour.

1597
01:17:00,880 --> 01:17:04,080
Speaker 1: Here South Carolina wide receiver Brian Edwards, who was a

1598
01:17:04,120 --> 01:17:06,760
Speaker 1: guy I liked a lot just from watching some of

1599
01:17:06,800 --> 01:17:11,280
Speaker 1: his college games. He was a last minute subtraction that

1600
01:17:11,400 --> 01:17:15,320
Speaker 1: was done on Monday, I believe, and then yesterday, literally

1601
01:17:15,400 --> 01:17:19,360
Speaker 1: hours before. The first practice player that's considered the best

1602
01:17:19,400 --> 01:17:23,599
Speaker 1: cornerback here or was considered the best cornerback here LSU

1603
01:17:23,640 --> 01:17:26,040
Speaker 1: was Christian Fulton, and some people consider him the second

1604
01:17:26,080 --> 01:17:29,679
Speaker 1: best corner in the entire draft. Behind the Ohio State

1605
01:17:29,760 --> 01:17:34,000
Speaker 1: kid Jeff Akuda. He dropped out for whatever reason. We

1606
01:17:34,040 --> 01:17:36,720
Speaker 1: never really got an official reason as to why he

1607
01:17:36,880 --> 01:17:40,960
Speaker 1: withdrew from the Senior Bowl here. So the talent pool

1608
01:17:41,680 --> 01:17:44,560
Speaker 1: has been hurt a little bit by some eleventh hour dropouts.

1609
01:17:45,120 --> 01:17:47,640
Speaker 1: But I think there's definitely some receiver depth here that

1610
01:17:47,680 --> 01:17:49,600
Speaker 1: they're going to be taking a long look at. I

1611
01:17:49,640 --> 01:17:52,920
Speaker 1: think there's some offensive line talent here that they'll be

1612
01:17:52,960 --> 01:17:56,000
Speaker 1: looking at. I don't know if it's necessarily guys Day

1613
01:17:56,080 --> 01:17:59,200
Speaker 1: one talent, but maybe late Day two, early Day three

1614
01:17:59,280 --> 01:18:02,479
Speaker 1: type talent. Brandon beat said yesterday to us, guys, we

1615
01:18:02,520 --> 01:18:04,120
Speaker 1: want to hit on the fourth round pick just as

1616
01:18:04,200 --> 01:18:06,120
Speaker 1: much as we do on the first round. With Chris Brown,

1617
01:18:06,200 --> 01:18:08,880
Speaker 1: Bills Insider Buffalo Bills dot Com, Chris, you look at

1618
01:18:08,920 --> 01:18:11,759
Speaker 1: the Bills draft and you see, you know, nine picks,

1619
01:18:11,800 --> 01:18:14,120
Speaker 1: but what two in the fifth round, three in the

1620
01:18:14,120 --> 01:18:15,880
Speaker 1: sixth round. I thought you had a very good question

1621
01:18:16,200 --> 01:18:18,080
Speaker 1: for Brandon being yesterday, and he had a pretty good

1622
01:18:18,080 --> 01:18:20,839
Speaker 1: answer about how maybe you've turned that into Sunday besides

1623
01:18:20,920 --> 01:18:25,400
Speaker 1: draft picks on that Saturday of draft weekend, Right, Yeah,

1624
01:18:25,439 --> 01:18:29,240
Speaker 1: I think the whole genesis of that question for Brandon

1625
01:18:29,400 --> 01:18:31,920
Speaker 1: was coming from the fact that I mean, you look

1626
01:18:31,920 --> 01:18:35,160
Speaker 1: at the camp training camp last year. Guys, it was

1627
01:18:35,200 --> 01:18:38,200
Speaker 1: hard to make that roster last year. And now you

1628
01:18:38,240 --> 01:18:40,400
Speaker 1: know the construction of the roster and the decisions that

1629
01:18:40,439 --> 01:18:43,759
Speaker 1: they've made. Another good draft class that came in last

1630
01:18:43,840 --> 01:18:47,800
Speaker 1: year that made contributions, and for the foreseeable future, you'd

1631
01:18:47,840 --> 01:18:50,559
Speaker 1: expect most of those guys to remain on the roster.

1632
01:18:51,640 --> 01:18:54,000
Speaker 1: It's gonna be an even harder roster to make in

1633
01:18:54,120 --> 01:18:57,120
Speaker 1: training camp this coming summer. And so when you're armed

1634
01:18:57,160 --> 01:18:59,479
Speaker 1: with nine draft picks, I think as a general manager,

1635
01:18:59,520 --> 01:19:02,479
Speaker 1: you have to add yourself. Honestly, it's a kid I'd

1636
01:19:02,520 --> 01:19:04,479
Speaker 1: take in the fifth or sixth round even gonna make

1637
01:19:04,479 --> 01:19:07,960
Speaker 1: our roster. And if you're not so sure that's gonna happen,

1638
01:19:09,000 --> 01:19:11,799
Speaker 1: maybe you make a more aggressive move in the draft,

1639
01:19:12,000 --> 01:19:14,400
Speaker 1: trade some of that draft capital to move up somewhere

1640
01:19:14,400 --> 01:19:16,679
Speaker 1: in the early rounds to get a real premium talent.

1641
01:19:17,320 --> 01:19:19,800
Speaker 1: Or if you can't do that, or you're not in

1642
01:19:19,800 --> 01:19:23,559
Speaker 1: a position to do that, maybe you trade the current

1643
01:19:23,640 --> 01:19:27,599
Speaker 1: draft assets for future draft assets. Well, that's what they're

1644
01:19:27,600 --> 01:19:29,559
Speaker 1: going to ask you. What's your over under. I mean,

1645
01:19:29,560 --> 01:19:31,040
Speaker 1: if you're going to think about doing that, and I

1646
01:19:31,040 --> 01:19:32,439
Speaker 1: agree with you. I think it's the thing to do,

1647
01:19:32,520 --> 01:19:35,760
Speaker 1: particularly with the roster it's current construction. What's your over

1648
01:19:35,920 --> 01:19:38,040
Speaker 1: under for how many players the Bills actually walk away

1649
01:19:38,080 --> 01:19:43,120
Speaker 1: from this draft with over under? I'd say six and

1650
01:19:43,160 --> 01:19:45,240
Speaker 1: a half, six, six and a half somewhere in there.

1651
01:19:45,880 --> 01:19:47,960
Speaker 1: I don't see them using nine picks this year, guys,

1652
01:19:48,080 --> 01:19:50,799
Speaker 1: because I don't see nine players making this roster, especially

1653
01:19:50,880 --> 01:19:53,080
Speaker 1: knowing the bulk of the extra picks that the Bills

1654
01:19:53,120 --> 01:19:57,599
Speaker 1: have are on Day three, So I can't see them

1655
01:19:57,600 --> 01:20:00,479
Speaker 1: holding on to all of those unless they feel it

1656
01:20:00,560 --> 01:20:04,000
Speaker 1: is so uncommonly deep at a certain position or two

1657
01:20:04,360 --> 01:20:05,840
Speaker 1: that they say, oh, you know what, we can still

1658
01:20:05,880 --> 01:20:07,560
Speaker 1: get some guy that can make our roster here in

1659
01:20:07,600 --> 01:20:10,200
Speaker 1: the fifth route. But I just don't see that. Chris

1660
01:20:10,200 --> 01:20:12,400
Speaker 1: Brown is whether say Chris A couple of other things

1661
01:20:12,400 --> 01:20:15,519
Speaker 1: that Brandon Bean mentioned yesterday, where what three months until

1662
01:20:15,560 --> 01:20:18,200
Speaker 1: the draft, first day the draft, but two months away,

1663
01:20:18,280 --> 01:20:20,519
Speaker 1: less than two months away from the start of free agency.

1664
01:20:20,760 --> 01:20:22,519
Speaker 1: And I was encouraged to hear that he's made some

1665
01:20:22,600 --> 01:20:26,080
Speaker 1: preliminary inquiries to some of Buffalo's own free agents, trying

1666
01:20:26,080 --> 01:20:30,559
Speaker 1: to get them resigned before they hit the open market. Huh, yeah,

1667
01:20:30,600 --> 01:20:34,879
Speaker 1: he admitted that, you know, preliminary talks with the agents

1668
01:20:34,920 --> 01:20:39,080
Speaker 1: for their impending unrestricted free agents has begun. He wasn't

1669
01:20:39,120 --> 01:20:41,400
Speaker 1: given us any names as to who they've been in

1670
01:20:41,439 --> 01:20:44,360
Speaker 1: contact with to this point, but I think it's pretty

1671
01:20:44,360 --> 01:20:46,280
Speaker 1: safe to say that some of the guys at the

1672
01:20:46,320 --> 01:20:49,040
Speaker 1: top of the list are probably Shack loss In, Jordan Phillips,

1673
01:20:49,080 --> 01:20:53,680
Speaker 1: and Kevin Johnson, among others. So where it goes, I

1674
01:20:53,720 --> 01:20:58,280
Speaker 1: think is totally up to the desires of those players

1675
01:20:58,439 --> 01:21:01,599
Speaker 1: to test their market value on the open market. And

1676
01:21:01,680 --> 01:21:05,559
Speaker 1: Brandon Bean was quick to say, look, if we don't

1677
01:21:05,560 --> 01:21:07,720
Speaker 1: get one or two or three of these guys that

1678
01:21:07,800 --> 01:21:11,360
Speaker 1: we want back resigned in short order, it doesn't mean

1679
01:21:11,400 --> 01:21:14,280
Speaker 1: that's it. It's over and they're gone. And I pointed

1680
01:21:14,280 --> 01:21:16,479
Speaker 1: out in the story I put up on Buffalo bills

1681
01:21:16,520 --> 01:21:19,720
Speaker 1: dot com yesterday last year, when Jordan Phillips was a

1682
01:21:19,720 --> 01:21:22,400
Speaker 1: free agent after coming in here for the second half

1683
01:21:22,400 --> 01:21:24,880
Speaker 1: of the twenty eighteen season and kind of given a

1684
01:21:24,880 --> 01:21:28,240
Speaker 1: boost to that defensive line, he didn't get resigned by

1685
01:21:28,280 --> 01:21:31,240
Speaker 1: the Bills until March fifth, was like less than ten

1686
01:21:31,360 --> 01:21:33,680
Speaker 1: days before the opening of the free agent market. So

1687
01:21:34,160 --> 01:21:36,960
Speaker 1: you know, I think the Bills have shown in this

1688
01:21:37,120 --> 01:21:40,720
Speaker 1: tenure of you know being and McDermott that they'll take

1689
01:21:40,760 --> 01:21:42,960
Speaker 1: as long as they need to do or give a

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Speaker 1: player as long as they feel they need to properly

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01:21:45,840 --> 01:21:48,479
Speaker 1: assess their market value, and then if they present them

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01:21:48,600 --> 01:21:51,360
Speaker 1: something that's good enough for them to go with, you know,

1693
01:21:51,400 --> 01:21:55,200
Speaker 1: he said, they'll be back. Simply put, if you're if

1694
01:21:55,240 --> 01:21:57,760
Speaker 1: we know that the wide receiver is kind of at

1695
01:21:57,760 --> 01:21:59,360
Speaker 1: the front of the stove, and that's kind of what

1696
01:21:59,439 --> 01:22:01,320
Speaker 1: they've got on the plate to begin with. What are

1697
01:22:01,320 --> 01:22:04,120
Speaker 1: the what's the second most important position group? Do you

1698
01:22:04,120 --> 01:22:08,679
Speaker 1: think they'll address? Yeah, I mean, I think there are

1699
01:22:09,320 --> 01:22:12,559
Speaker 1: arguments to be made for a premium pass rushing defensive end,

1700
01:22:14,200 --> 01:22:17,240
Speaker 1: and there's that talent in this draft for sure. How

1701
01:22:17,280 --> 01:22:19,200
Speaker 1: deep it goes, I think is in the eye of

1702
01:22:19,200 --> 01:22:21,680
Speaker 1: the beholder in terms of people that can help you

1703
01:22:21,760 --> 01:22:24,200
Speaker 1: right away. And that was another question I asked Brandon

1704
01:22:24,240 --> 01:22:30,080
Speaker 1: being guys, was does your valuation of prospects change because

1705
01:22:30,120 --> 01:22:32,080
Speaker 1: of the state of your roster and where it is.

1706
01:22:32,080 --> 01:22:36,160
Speaker 1: You're a playoff team. Now you're not really reconstructing, you're

1707
01:22:36,200 --> 01:22:39,240
Speaker 1: adding bits and pieces to make it an even more

1708
01:22:39,360 --> 01:22:43,800
Speaker 1: formidable playoff contender and So with that in mind, do

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01:22:43,880 --> 01:22:48,320
Speaker 1: you lean or you have maybe two prospects on the board,

1710
01:22:48,600 --> 01:22:51,679
Speaker 1: do you lean more towards the guy who's more NFL ready,

1711
01:22:51,720 --> 01:22:54,080
Speaker 1: but you may not have quite as high as ceiling

1712
01:22:54,479 --> 01:22:57,040
Speaker 1: as maybe the other guy you're considering, So he can

1713
01:22:57,080 --> 01:23:00,799
Speaker 1: push your team forward in twenty twenty not in twenty

1714
01:23:00,880 --> 01:23:06,719
Speaker 1: twenty two, and he to consider that. But I think

1715
01:23:06,760 --> 01:23:08,960
Speaker 1: offensive line is something they're still going to take a

1716
01:23:09,040 --> 01:23:11,120
Speaker 1: look at it Squint in Spain. As a free agent,

1717
01:23:11,560 --> 01:23:13,519
Speaker 1: do you want to move Cody forward into guard? Do

1718
01:23:13,560 --> 01:23:17,000
Speaker 1: you need an offensive tackle? You know, Tye and Seki

1719
01:23:17,040 --> 01:23:18,960
Speaker 1: will be in the last year of his contract. If

1720
01:23:19,040 --> 01:23:22,040
Speaker 1: dad Don Dawkins doesn't get done with an extension this offseason,

1721
01:23:22,280 --> 01:23:24,519
Speaker 1: he'll be entering the last year of his rookie contract.

1722
01:23:24,880 --> 01:23:26,680
Speaker 1: And as a GM, you always got to think a

1723
01:23:26,760 --> 01:23:29,839
Speaker 1: year ahead. So the holes are ready to be filled.

1724
01:23:30,200 --> 01:23:32,559
Speaker 1: You're not looking to fill them by trying to find

1725
01:23:32,600 --> 01:23:34,880
Speaker 1: somebody on the open marketer in the draft. So I

1726
01:23:34,920 --> 01:23:37,120
Speaker 1: think offensive line is an area they'll be looking at.

1727
01:23:37,200 --> 01:23:40,479
Speaker 1: And you know, I think you still have to look

1728
01:23:40,520 --> 01:23:43,200
Speaker 1: at defensive line help as well. As I mentioned defensive end.

1729
01:23:43,200 --> 01:23:46,679
Speaker 1: Probably the primary thing with Jerry Hughes entering the last

1730
01:23:46,760 --> 01:23:48,680
Speaker 1: year of his deal, or the second to last year

1731
01:23:48,720 --> 01:23:51,080
Speaker 1: of his deal, because I initially thought they tore it

1732
01:23:51,160 --> 01:23:52,920
Speaker 1: up and wrote a whole new two year deal. But

1733
01:23:52,960 --> 01:23:55,920
Speaker 1: I think his two year extension starts this offseason, and

1734
01:23:55,960 --> 01:23:58,320
Speaker 1: then Trent Murphy's in the last year of his contracted.

1735
01:23:58,360 --> 01:24:00,840
Speaker 1: As we know, Shack Lawson's a free agent, so there

1736
01:24:00,880 --> 01:24:03,040
Speaker 1: are some potential holes that could be opening up there

1737
01:24:03,080 --> 01:24:05,240
Speaker 1: as well. Chris Any, true to the rumor that you

1738
01:24:05,560 --> 01:24:08,360
Speaker 1: basically dined yesterday on Reese's peanut butter cups. You did

1739
01:24:08,360 --> 01:24:11,760
Speaker 1: not get into your meal allotment yesterday. It's true. That's

1740
01:24:11,760 --> 01:24:15,519
Speaker 1: where we heard. That is one hundred percent true for lunch. Oh,

1741
01:24:15,600 --> 01:24:17,800
Speaker 1: for lunch. It is not true for dinner though. Okay,

1742
01:24:17,840 --> 01:24:21,880
Speaker 1: so yeah, we went. Well, they have media access late

1743
01:24:21,920 --> 01:24:24,559
Speaker 1: in the morning, one team after the other, and then

1744
01:24:24,600 --> 01:24:27,799
Speaker 1: a half hour later practice starts at a completely different location.

1745
01:24:27,920 --> 01:24:30,559
Speaker 1: So I mean, there's not even time to grab and go.

1746
01:24:30,680 --> 01:24:32,240
Speaker 1: You just got to get your work done over there,

1747
01:24:32,400 --> 01:24:34,280
Speaker 1: jump in the car, and then come over here for practice.

1748
01:24:34,320 --> 01:24:37,519
Speaker 1: So fortunately I scarved a handful of peanut butter cups

1749
01:24:37,520 --> 01:24:40,120
Speaker 1: at the hotel and that served as lunch. Five of

1750
01:24:40,160 --> 01:24:42,080
Speaker 1: them did the job, though it was pretty happy. Last

1751
01:24:42,080 --> 01:24:45,919
Speaker 1: thing for me, Chris, how likely or probable or effective

1752
01:24:45,960 --> 01:24:47,559
Speaker 1: would it be if the Bills took more than one

1753
01:24:47,600 --> 01:24:54,000
Speaker 1: wide out in this draft? How likely is it? I

1754
01:24:54,040 --> 01:24:57,800
Speaker 1: think there's a distinct possibility if they don't add one

1755
01:24:57,840 --> 01:25:01,000
Speaker 1: in free agency. I think if they one in free agency,

1756
01:25:01,040 --> 01:25:04,120
Speaker 1: you're probably looking at one in the draft. If they don't,

1757
01:25:04,600 --> 01:25:08,320
Speaker 1: then yeah, I think with nine picks that'll probably be

1758
01:25:08,520 --> 01:25:11,439
Speaker 1: reduced to six or seven. It's possible that you can

1759
01:25:11,520 --> 01:25:13,960
Speaker 1: get two receivers out of this draft. But I'm not

1760
01:25:14,000 --> 01:25:17,400
Speaker 1: one hundred percent convinced they don't look for a veteran first,

1761
01:25:17,439 --> 01:25:20,519
Speaker 1: even as thin as that wide receiver pool looks to

1762
01:25:20,560 --> 01:25:22,760
Speaker 1: be on the free agent market. Chris, thanks for this.

1763
01:25:22,880 --> 01:25:26,120
Speaker 1: We'll talk have a safe trite, all right, Take care, guys.

1764
01:25:26,200 --> 01:25:29,240
Speaker 1: Chris Brown's joining us from Mobile, Labamai's right, and lad

1765
01:25:29,280 --> 01:25:31,559
Speaker 1: people Stadium where I think you said the North is

1766
01:25:31,560 --> 01:25:34,320
Speaker 1: practicing now, the North team in the Senior Bowl, which

1767
01:25:34,360 --> 01:25:38,040
Speaker 1: is coming up on Saturday. Practice is yesterday, today, and tomorrow.

1768
01:25:38,120 --> 01:25:41,439
Speaker 1: And the PA announcer shut Come on, man, come on,

1769
01:25:41,479 --> 01:25:43,640
Speaker 1: we're live here, Paul. Let's go. I don't ask for

1770
01:25:43,760 --> 01:25:46,080
Speaker 1: much they're great, great people. All Right, we're gonna take

1771
01:25:46,080 --> 01:25:47,840
Speaker 1: a break. We're coming back with more. One Bill's Live

1772
01:25:47,920 --> 01:25:51,160
Speaker 1: presented by Kalida Health from the Seneca Studio in Archard Park.

1773
01:25:51,200 --> 01:26:04,599
Speaker 1: This is Buffalo Bills Radio One goes live on. John

1774
01:26:04,640 --> 01:26:06,720
Speaker 1: Murphy was Team Tasker. We're here until three o'clock. Coming

1775
01:26:06,760 --> 01:26:10,240
Speaker 1: up at two. Reg Genyon from bleacher Report. NFL writer

1776
01:26:10,320 --> 01:26:13,280
Speaker 1: from Bleacher Report joins us, we're talking about the Senior Bowl.

1777
01:26:13,360 --> 01:26:15,479
Speaker 1: Just got done talking to Chris Brown about it. I

1778
01:26:15,520 --> 01:26:17,439
Speaker 1: want to hear from you. So if the Bills already

1779
01:26:17,439 --> 01:26:19,840
Speaker 1: get a wide receiver this year, how do they do it?

1780
01:26:19,920 --> 01:26:21,519
Speaker 1: Let's take a look at our Twitter poll. It's enough

1781
01:26:21,520 --> 01:26:24,240
Speaker 1: for a couple of hours. Now, what's the best way

1782
01:26:24,280 --> 01:26:27,000
Speaker 1: for the Bills to find a wide receiver this year?

1783
01:26:27,200 --> 01:26:29,920
Speaker 1: Is it in fact first round of the draft? Well,

1784
01:26:30,320 --> 01:26:32,240
Speaker 1: forty two percent of you say yes, that's a way

1785
01:26:32,280 --> 01:26:34,439
Speaker 1: to go. Is it a second round or later in

1786
01:26:34,479 --> 01:26:36,960
Speaker 1: the draft? Thirty two percent say that's the way. Is

1787
01:26:36,960 --> 01:26:39,960
Speaker 1: it free agency? Seventeen percent say that's the way. Is

1788
01:26:39,960 --> 01:26:42,000
Speaker 1: it a train eight percent say that's the way to

1789
01:26:42,040 --> 01:26:44,639
Speaker 1: get involved in the draft and get a wide receiver

1790
01:26:44,720 --> 01:26:46,720
Speaker 1: in the draft. What do you think? Full nine's open

1791
01:26:46,800 --> 01:26:49,360
Speaker 1: eight o three oh five fifty toll free one eight

1792
01:26:49,439 --> 01:26:52,280
Speaker 1: eight eight five fifty two five fifty. What do you

1793
01:26:52,280 --> 01:26:54,120
Speaker 1: think the best way is for the Bills to get

1794
01:26:54,120 --> 01:26:56,000
Speaker 1: a receiver in the draft. Let's go to the tweet sheet.

1795
01:26:56,160 --> 01:26:58,320
Speaker 1: Let's hear what the people say, Steve. Let's hear the

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01:26:58,360 --> 01:27:00,680
Speaker 1: voice of the people. The people. A tweet sheet is

1797
01:27:00,680 --> 01:27:03,920
Speaker 1: brought to you by Corrigan Moving Systems, the official movers

1798
01:27:03,920 --> 01:27:06,120
Speaker 1: of the Buffalo Bills. Take it away, Steve. We'll start

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01:27:06,120 --> 01:27:08,720
Speaker 1: with Tiffany. She says evaluating wide receiver talent can be

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01:27:08,760 --> 01:27:11,200
Speaker 1: more miss than hit. I would use later round draft

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01:27:11,200 --> 01:27:12,880
Speaker 1: pick to take a shot on a guy that fits

1802
01:27:12,920 --> 01:27:15,519
Speaker 1: the type of receiver you covet. They need to fit

1803
01:27:15,560 --> 01:27:18,680
Speaker 1: your offensive scheme and with your quarterbacks skill set, your

1804
01:27:18,760 --> 01:27:22,320
Speaker 1: quarterback will like to determine the success of your receivers.

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01:27:22,400 --> 01:27:24,680
Speaker 1: I agree one hundred percent with that last line as well.

1806
01:27:24,680 --> 01:27:27,559
Speaker 1: I've said it from day one. Bill's fan three sixty

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01:27:27,560 --> 01:27:29,320
Speaker 1: five says, you when you decide to wait on the

1808
01:27:29,360 --> 01:27:32,280
Speaker 1: guy you want, you will end up chasing his replacement

1809
01:27:32,600 --> 01:27:34,680
Speaker 1: for the rest of the draft. Bills need to get

1810
01:27:34,720 --> 01:27:36,760
Speaker 1: their guy with their first pick in this draft. Don't

1811
01:27:36,800 --> 01:27:39,160
Speaker 1: miss around and miss on your wide receiver. That's how

1812
01:27:39,200 --> 01:27:41,439
Speaker 1: five and eleven seasons happen. I don't know what he

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01:27:41,479 --> 01:27:43,919
Speaker 1: means by that, you will end up chasing his replacement

1814
01:27:43,920 --> 01:27:46,320
Speaker 1: for the rest of the draft. Do whatever. I think

1815
01:27:46,360 --> 01:27:48,040
Speaker 1: his point is, do whatever it takes to get the

1816
01:27:48,040 --> 01:27:53,639
Speaker 1: guy you know you want. And I and yeah, I agree,

1817
01:27:54,160 --> 01:27:56,040
Speaker 1: saying when you when you decide to win in the

1818
01:27:56,040 --> 01:27:57,640
Speaker 1: guy you want, you won't get him and you'll have

1819
01:27:57,640 --> 01:27:58,960
Speaker 1: to like they think you're gonna get him in the

1820
01:27:58,960 --> 01:28:02,559
Speaker 1: second round rather than the first round. Yeah, you're gonna

1821
01:28:02,600 --> 01:28:06,000
Speaker 1: miss him, and then you're gonna chase some guy who's

1822
01:28:06,040 --> 01:28:08,639
Speaker 1: not as good. I think that's his point. I'm okay,

1823
01:28:08,680 --> 01:28:11,880
Speaker 1: I'm not sure if I'm taking a guess. Okay. Seth

1824
01:28:11,960 --> 01:28:14,800
Speaker 1: tweets this in what's the best way for the Bills

1825
01:28:14,800 --> 01:28:16,760
Speaker 1: to find a wide receiver? He says, just go and

1826
01:28:16,800 --> 01:28:19,040
Speaker 1: get one of these proven six four dudes. Makes it

1827
01:28:19,040 --> 01:28:21,639
Speaker 1: sound simple. I wish it were that simple. Seth continues,

1828
01:28:21,680 --> 01:28:24,120
Speaker 1: as long as they fit the DNA, don't need any

1829
01:28:24,200 --> 01:28:26,719
Speaker 1: divas in Buffalo. Wouldn't mind the kid from USC either.

1830
01:28:26,800 --> 01:28:29,479
Speaker 1: Michael Pittman Junior could be the next Robert Woods, if

1831
01:28:29,479 --> 01:28:31,800
Speaker 1: not better. Might slip the second or third with all

1832
01:28:31,800 --> 01:28:34,479
Speaker 1: the wide receiver depth this year. Well that's the that's

1833
01:28:34,479 --> 01:28:36,960
Speaker 1: the game they're gonna play, and it really is. It's

1834
01:28:36,960 --> 01:28:42,400
Speaker 1: a board game. Literally. You have to wonder what other

1835
01:28:42,439 --> 01:28:46,160
Speaker 1: teams are thinking about the same guys you're evaluating. And

1836
01:28:46,240 --> 01:28:48,719
Speaker 1: if you think that that guy you want is gonna

1837
01:28:48,760 --> 01:28:51,160
Speaker 1: be there at the second pick or the third pick

1838
01:28:52,080 --> 01:28:54,839
Speaker 1: because you think you know what other teams think of players,

1839
01:28:56,280 --> 01:28:58,000
Speaker 1: you gotta be willing to do it because that's the

1840
01:28:58,040 --> 01:29:00,240
Speaker 1: only way to get the most value out of the

1841
01:29:00,360 --> 01:29:02,360
Speaker 1: nine picks the Bills have. And if you think he's

1842
01:29:02,439 --> 01:29:04,800
Speaker 1: not gonna be there at twenty two or fifty four,

1843
01:29:04,840 --> 01:29:07,000
Speaker 1: where the Bills pick in the first two rounds or

1844
01:29:07,040 --> 01:29:09,280
Speaker 1: whatever round you're talking about, you gotta be willing to

1845
01:29:09,280 --> 01:29:12,120
Speaker 1: bundle some stuff up, trade it to another team, and

1846
01:29:12,200 --> 01:29:14,040
Speaker 1: get up to where you know you can get him.

1847
01:29:14,880 --> 01:29:18,559
Speaker 1: But it's all it literally is a board game where

1848
01:29:18,600 --> 01:29:20,599
Speaker 1: you're bluffing your way through it to get the guy

1849
01:29:20,640 --> 01:29:22,760
Speaker 1: you want for the least possible assets you have to

1850
01:29:22,800 --> 01:29:24,360
Speaker 1: give up to get him, whether to be a draft

1851
01:29:24,439 --> 01:29:27,840
Speaker 1: pick or draft picks or players or cash or whatever

1852
01:29:27,880 --> 01:29:30,920
Speaker 1: it is. That's what this whole draft process is going

1853
01:29:31,000 --> 01:29:34,280
Speaker 1: to be and with this many receivers in it, it

1854
01:29:34,360 --> 01:29:38,200
Speaker 1: adds a real high level of difficulty towards discerning who

1855
01:29:38,240 --> 01:29:42,320
Speaker 1: everybody likes and who they don't like. So i'm this

1856
01:29:42,400 --> 01:29:46,120
Speaker 1: is gonna be there's gonna be a lot. I think

1857
01:29:46,160 --> 01:29:47,880
Speaker 1: for the Bills. You know, we always talk about their

1858
01:29:47,920 --> 01:29:49,920
Speaker 1: mock drafts that they do and he gives and granted

1859
01:29:49,960 --> 01:29:51,960
Speaker 1: being gives one guy a couple of teams he wants

1860
01:29:51,960 --> 01:29:54,080
Speaker 1: to be like know about, and then another guy another

1861
01:29:54,120 --> 01:29:56,240
Speaker 1: couple of teams and they all draft through this process.

1862
01:29:57,120 --> 01:29:59,160
Speaker 1: It's gonna be a really difficult year for that for

1863
01:29:59,200 --> 01:30:02,639
Speaker 1: the Bills pick where their pick, and with the depth

1864
01:30:03,240 --> 01:30:05,519
Speaker 1: of wide receiver a position they kind of feel like

1865
01:30:05,520 --> 01:30:07,479
Speaker 1: they need to get in this draft, I think it's

1866
01:30:07,520 --> 01:30:10,519
Speaker 1: really going to be difficult to prognosticate what everybody else

1867
01:30:10,600 --> 01:30:14,400
Speaker 1: is going to do. Another outcome of being a decent

1868
01:30:14,400 --> 01:30:17,080
Speaker 1: team a good team, because you could go into draft

1869
01:30:17,200 --> 01:30:19,040
Speaker 1: in the last couple of years and say, well, if

1870
01:30:19,040 --> 01:30:21,840
Speaker 1: you don't get this guy, if so, if you know,

1871
01:30:21,880 --> 01:30:24,439
Speaker 1: the Chiefs take this guy, will settle for this kiy

1872
01:30:24,439 --> 01:30:25,960
Speaker 1: because he's good and we have a need there. No,

1873
01:30:26,360 --> 01:30:29,439
Speaker 1: the needs are narrowed down for the bills. You don't

1874
01:30:29,439 --> 01:30:31,320
Speaker 1: want to miss the guy that you want, you really want,

1875
01:30:31,360 --> 01:30:33,280
Speaker 1: and you might not have a viable options. A good

1876
01:30:33,280 --> 01:30:35,280
Speaker 1: way to look at it, do they become more valuable

1877
01:30:35,439 --> 01:30:40,280
Speaker 1: because you need them less? You know what I mean? Yeah,

1878
01:30:40,320 --> 01:30:43,800
Speaker 1: they're the things that you're really the tangible ways this

1879
01:30:43,840 --> 01:30:46,719
Speaker 1: team can improve you use an edge rusher, wide receiver,

1880
01:30:47,240 --> 01:30:54,320
Speaker 1: maybe depth or or dependable offensive line whatever, because you

1881
01:30:54,360 --> 01:30:56,679
Speaker 1: have so few picks and those are really the only

1882
01:30:56,720 --> 01:30:58,960
Speaker 1: you know that's you're not you know, you're this isn't

1883
01:30:58,960 --> 01:31:02,479
Speaker 1: an house. This in the yard sale, and you're you're set,

1884
01:31:02,960 --> 01:31:06,080
Speaker 1: you know, does it give you more assets to just

1885
01:31:06,120 --> 01:31:07,920
Speaker 1: go get the one or two pieces? Do you do

1886
01:31:07,960 --> 01:31:09,639
Speaker 1: you come out of this draft with just four players

1887
01:31:09,640 --> 01:31:11,679
Speaker 1: and you trade everything else so you can trade into

1888
01:31:11,680 --> 01:31:14,360
Speaker 1: the from the twenty second pick up inside the top

1889
01:31:14,400 --> 01:31:18,160
Speaker 1: fifteen and then inside the top twenty five, and then

1890
01:31:18,200 --> 01:31:21,719
Speaker 1: take your other picks where they come, you know, without

1891
01:31:21,760 --> 01:31:23,840
Speaker 1: the last two five or the last five picks of

1892
01:31:23,880 --> 01:31:25,599
Speaker 1: the last fifth and sixth round, you know what I mean?

1893
01:31:25,880 --> 01:31:27,240
Speaker 1: So do you get come out of this with just

1894
01:31:27,360 --> 01:31:30,000
Speaker 1: four picks of guys that you really know can play

1895
01:31:30,040 --> 01:31:33,639
Speaker 1: for you? It's a different philosophy, no question. Tim Funk

1896
01:31:33,680 --> 01:31:36,280
Speaker 1: tweets this in we answer the question what's the best

1897
01:31:36,280 --> 01:31:38,639
Speaker 1: way for the Bills to find a wide receiver? Tim

1898
01:31:38,680 --> 01:31:41,360
Speaker 1: Funk says, I'd go after Chiefs wide receiver to Marcus

1899
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Speaker 1: Robinson in free agency and then see what rounds two

1900
01:31:44,240 --> 01:31:46,720
Speaker 1: to four havel to offer Robinson as the potential to

1901
01:31:46,760 --> 01:31:50,120
Speaker 1: be a number one wide receiver. Oh okay, I did.

1902
01:31:50,200 --> 01:31:51,720
Speaker 1: He did catch my eye the other day and I

1903
01:31:51,720 --> 01:31:53,960
Speaker 1: thought that could be a guy. Does he have potential?

1904
01:31:54,000 --> 01:31:56,640
Speaker 1: Mean you know we're back to number one? He's a

1905
01:31:56,720 --> 01:31:58,200
Speaker 1: number one. I don't know what that means. Is he

1906
01:31:58,320 --> 01:32:01,680
Speaker 1: the guy that dropped three passes in the first is? Yes,

1907
01:32:02,400 --> 01:32:03,720
Speaker 1: that might be why he cut in my eye. No,

1908
01:32:03,800 --> 01:32:06,840
Speaker 1: I think he's a good player the three drops. Notwithstanding

1909
01:32:07,160 --> 01:32:09,439
Speaker 1: from Nikki, I think we can get the big, physical

1910
01:32:09,479 --> 01:32:12,200
Speaker 1: wide receiver in round two or three. Most of the

1911
01:32:12,200 --> 01:32:14,320
Speaker 1: white outs projected to go early in round one are

1912
01:32:14,400 --> 01:32:16,519
Speaker 1: not the type we need, so we should be able

1913
01:32:16,520 --> 01:32:18,800
Speaker 1: to add a big target in the later rounds while

1914
01:32:18,880 --> 01:32:23,080
Speaker 1: saving our first round for a different need. Okay, okay,

1915
01:32:23,120 --> 01:32:25,160
Speaker 1: that's a strategy. Here's and let me give you this

1916
01:32:25,240 --> 01:32:29,120
Speaker 1: is one philosophy that I've I've heard about the teams

1917
01:32:29,520 --> 01:32:33,960
Speaker 1: kind of have adopted about the draft is so difficult

1918
01:32:34,000 --> 01:32:36,439
Speaker 1: to evaluate the young players coming out of college, how

1919
01:32:36,479 --> 01:32:38,160
Speaker 1: teams are kind of getting better at it, or what

1920
01:32:38,280 --> 01:32:39,840
Speaker 1: you know on all this stuff. And each draft is

1921
01:32:39,840 --> 01:32:42,360
Speaker 1: different because of the level of talented different positions in

1922
01:32:42,400 --> 01:32:45,880
Speaker 1: the pool that are all picking from. But some people,

1923
01:32:46,040 --> 01:32:49,439
Speaker 1: some organizations think, Listen, it's arrogant to think that you're

1924
01:32:49,479 --> 01:32:54,280
Speaker 1: gonna pick better than other teams pick percentage wise, Like

1925
01:32:54,320 --> 01:32:56,599
Speaker 1: if you take a quarterback in the first round every year,

1926
01:32:56,960 --> 01:32:58,639
Speaker 1: it's a coin flip as to whether that guy will

1927
01:32:58,640 --> 01:33:02,360
Speaker 1: be successful. Same thing with all the other positions. There's

1928
01:33:02,439 --> 01:33:04,400
Speaker 1: a certain percentage of guys you can get it right

1929
01:33:04,400 --> 01:33:06,439
Speaker 1: with and certain percentage guys you can't get it right with.

1930
01:33:06,760 --> 01:33:09,360
Speaker 1: So everybody drafts and the percentage of guys they hit

1931
01:33:09,400 --> 01:33:11,439
Speaker 1: on and the percentage of guys they miss on, it's

1932
01:33:11,560 --> 01:33:14,240
Speaker 1: kind of the same, although it varies from year to year,

1933
01:33:14,320 --> 01:33:18,360
Speaker 1: but overall, long term, every team drafts the same percentage

1934
01:33:18,360 --> 01:33:21,200
Speaker 1: of great players that every other team does because of

1935
01:33:21,240 --> 01:33:24,879
Speaker 1: the cyclical nature of where you pick and your evaluation process,

1936
01:33:24,920 --> 01:33:26,880
Speaker 1: and the simple fact that you're picking from the same

1937
01:33:26,880 --> 01:33:31,400
Speaker 1: pool of players. Now, given that. Do you take all

1938
01:33:31,520 --> 01:33:33,920
Speaker 1: nine of your picks knowing that the percentages are there

1939
01:33:34,080 --> 01:33:37,320
Speaker 1: and the more picks you have, the more success you're

1940
01:33:37,320 --> 01:33:40,840
Speaker 1: gonna have. Or do you have faith in this year

1941
01:33:41,040 --> 01:33:43,400
Speaker 1: with the depth of that position. Do you say no, No,

1942
01:33:43,439 --> 01:33:45,120
Speaker 1: We're gonna go up and get a couple of guys

1943
01:33:45,320 --> 01:33:48,040
Speaker 1: at the same position. Then if we hit that percentage,

1944
01:33:48,080 --> 01:33:49,519
Speaker 1: one of them is going to be a really good player,

1945
01:33:51,400 --> 01:33:53,800
Speaker 1: But you lose all the chances to hit on one

1946
01:33:53,800 --> 01:33:56,160
Speaker 1: of the guys, the six guys in the later rounds,

1947
01:33:56,200 --> 01:33:58,960
Speaker 1: you know, the fifth and the sixth rounds. So that's

1948
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Speaker 1: the philosophy hoilosophical challenge you've got and you've got to

1949
01:34:01,920 --> 01:34:04,479
Speaker 1: address as this thing goes forward as well. Yep, the

1950
01:34:04,560 --> 01:34:06,680
Speaker 1: more chances you take, the more chances you have to

1951
01:34:06,720 --> 01:34:10,000
Speaker 1: get it right. But the higher those picks are, the

1952
01:34:10,080 --> 01:34:13,080
Speaker 1: more the higher the percentages that you do get it right.

1953
01:34:14,240 --> 01:34:17,400
Speaker 1: Oh tough one. Got a break coming up here, and

1954
01:34:17,400 --> 01:34:19,960
Speaker 1: then we're gonna be joined by Brad Ganyon from Bleacher Report,

1955
01:34:20,160 --> 01:34:23,120
Speaker 1: contributed to the Comeback Pro Football Writers of America member.

1956
01:34:23,240 --> 01:34:24,960
Speaker 1: We'll talk to him about the Super Bowl, a little

1957
01:34:24,960 --> 01:34:26,840
Speaker 1: bit about the Senior Bowl as well. Come on back

1958
01:34:26,880 --> 01:34:29,639
Speaker 1: one Bill's Live presented by Kalada Health from One Buffalo

1959
01:34:29,760 --> 01:34:32,800
Speaker 1: from our Seneca studio at One Bill's Drive. This is

1960
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Speaker 1: Buffalo Bill's Radio. Hello, Bill's Radio Network. Sports update update

1961
01:34:47,360 --> 01:34:50,400
Speaker 1: comes from One Bill's Live. The Bills brain Trust at

1962
01:34:50,400 --> 01:34:54,519
Speaker 1: the Senior Bowl in Mobile, Alabama this week. General manager

1963
01:34:54,680 --> 01:34:57,000
Speaker 1: Brendan Bean mentioned last night when he talked with the

1964
01:34:57,040 --> 01:34:58,920
Speaker 1: media that he planned on meeting last night with some

1965
01:34:58,960 --> 01:35:01,479
Speaker 1: of the good White receivers in the Senior World Class

1966
01:35:01,560 --> 01:35:05,880
Speaker 1: this year. Being also mentioned that he's already reached out

1967
01:35:05,880 --> 01:35:07,920
Speaker 1: to a couple of the Bill's own free agents in

1968
01:35:08,040 --> 01:35:11,280
Speaker 1: an effort to initiate trying to resign them to contracts.

1969
01:35:11,280 --> 01:35:14,200
Speaker 1: He would not say which ones they've talked with. Andre Roberts,

1970
01:35:14,200 --> 01:35:17,040
Speaker 1: the Bills special team's specialists that will be headed to

1971
01:35:17,160 --> 01:35:19,640
Speaker 1: Orlando this week to be the third Bills player in

1972
01:35:19,680 --> 01:35:22,280
Speaker 1: this year's Pro Bowl. He'll join teammates Tremaine Edmonds and

1973
01:35:22,520 --> 01:35:25,479
Speaker 1: Herdabus White in the All Star Game this weekend. Roberts

1974
01:35:25,600 --> 01:35:28,360
Speaker 1: was the first alternate to replace a AFC Special Team

1975
01:35:28,400 --> 01:35:31,040
Speaker 1: starter Kole Hardman, who advanced to the Super Bowl with

1976
01:35:31,040 --> 01:35:33,719
Speaker 1: the Kansas City Chief. Second Pro Bowl appearance for Andre

1977
01:35:33,880 --> 01:35:36,599
Speaker 1: Roberts went to the AFC team as a special teamer

1978
01:35:36,720 --> 01:35:39,479
Speaker 1: last year. Tom Brady says he's open minded about the

1979
01:35:39,479 --> 01:35:42,160
Speaker 1: free agency process as it comes up. Says he loves

1980
01:35:42,160 --> 01:35:44,519
Speaker 1: playing football, wants to continue to play and do a

1981
01:35:44,520 --> 01:35:46,720
Speaker 1: great job, but he would not commit to staying with

1982
01:35:46,760 --> 01:35:48,960
Speaker 1: the New England Patriots. The final two years of Brady's

1983
01:35:48,960 --> 01:35:51,760
Speaker 1: contract will automatically void on the first day of the

1984
01:35:51,800 --> 01:35:55,680
Speaker 1: new year. Jacksonville Jaguars are close to hiring former Washington

1985
01:35:55,800 --> 01:35:59,160
Speaker 1: Redskins head coach Jake Gruden is their offensive coordinator. Head

1986
01:35:59,160 --> 01:36:01,360
Speaker 1: coach Doug Marone interviewed a couple of others as well.

1987
01:36:01,600 --> 01:36:04,240
Speaker 1: Redskins fired Grooten in October after an o and five

1988
01:36:04,360 --> 01:36:08,200
Speaker 1: start to his sixth season. The NFL on Tuesday detailed

1989
01:36:08,200 --> 01:36:10,599
Speaker 1: its draft plans for April twenty third through the twenty

1990
01:36:10,600 --> 01:36:13,080
Speaker 1: fifth at Las Vegas on the Strip. The league knows

1991
01:36:13,080 --> 01:36:14,639
Speaker 1: that has a long way to go to match previous

1992
01:36:14,760 --> 01:36:17,599
Speaker 1: road shows in Philadelphia and Natural Tennessee. They think they

1993
01:36:17,640 --> 01:36:20,880
Speaker 1: found the right showcase in the Nevada Desert. Savers had

1994
01:36:20,920 --> 01:36:23,040
Speaker 1: didn't do this bye week with fifty one points through

1995
01:36:23,080 --> 01:36:25,879
Speaker 1: forty nine games played, They'll play their next game Tuesday.

1996
01:36:25,960 --> 01:36:28,799
Speaker 1: Next Tuesday when they host Ottawa. Jack Ico will represent

1997
01:36:28,840 --> 01:36:31,360
Speaker 1: the Savers at the NHL's All Star Weekend in Saint

1998
01:36:31,439 --> 01:36:35,240
Speaker 1: Louis on Friday and Saturday. And baseball the Hall of

1999
01:36:35,240 --> 01:36:37,639
Speaker 1: Fame door has opened this year for Derek Jeter, who

2000
01:36:37,680 --> 01:36:40,360
Speaker 1: came within one vote of being a unanimous pick. Larry

2001
01:36:40,400 --> 01:36:43,720
Speaker 1: Walker also earned baseball's highest honor Tuesday. And that's the

2002
01:36:43,800 --> 01:36:46,120
Speaker 1: update from One Bill Drive, John Murphy and Steve Tasker

2003
01:36:46,160 --> 01:36:48,920
Speaker 1: in our one Buffalo studio as we begin our number three.

2004
01:36:48,960 --> 01:36:51,400
Speaker 1: We begin our number three with a good guest with

2005
01:36:51,479 --> 01:36:55,960
Speaker 1: us now. He is Bleacher Report expert covers the NFL

2006
01:36:56,000 --> 01:36:58,040
Speaker 1: for the Bleacher Report. A couple of other venues happen

2007
01:36:58,080 --> 01:37:00,200
Speaker 1: to have bred geniall on the lamb with us at

2008
01:37:00,240 --> 01:37:02,400
Speaker 1: John Murphy's team task are in Buffalo. Thanks coming on

2009
01:37:02,439 --> 01:37:04,920
Speaker 1: with us. We appreciate it. Thanks for having me. I'll

2010
01:37:04,920 --> 01:37:07,120
Speaker 1: take expert. I'm gonna get that very often. I'll go

2011
01:37:07,200 --> 01:37:10,080
Speaker 1: an expert. I don't know if if my wife would

2012
01:37:10,280 --> 01:37:13,560
Speaker 1: would term expert, but I'll take it. Your wife that

2013
01:37:13,800 --> 01:37:15,840
Speaker 1: is the expert. Happen football and your family. What you're

2014
01:37:15,880 --> 01:37:19,760
Speaker 1: telling us, um, I just think I think I'm being

2015
01:37:19,760 --> 01:37:23,479
Speaker 1: modest is all I'm doing there, I'm attempting at modesty. Hey,

2016
01:37:23,520 --> 01:37:25,960
Speaker 1: you've written a lot, and you're very prolific. Let me

2017
01:37:26,000 --> 01:37:27,840
Speaker 1: say that first you all, but one of the things

2018
01:37:27,880 --> 01:37:31,519
Speaker 1: that got me was the storylines that would happen if

2019
01:37:31,560 --> 01:37:33,439
Speaker 1: certain teams made it to the super Bowl. You wrote

2020
01:37:33,479 --> 01:37:36,240
Speaker 1: these last week going into the championship games. The storyline

2021
01:37:36,240 --> 01:37:38,920
Speaker 1: about Andy Reid I find fascinating. I'd never won a

2022
01:37:38,960 --> 01:37:42,160
Speaker 1: super Bowl. He's one among the top winning his coaches

2023
01:37:42,200 --> 01:37:44,519
Speaker 1: of all time. In the regular season. How would Andy

2024
01:37:44,560 --> 01:37:47,040
Speaker 1: Reid's perception be changed if his team were to win

2025
01:37:47,120 --> 01:37:49,880
Speaker 1: next week? Well, I think it's huge. I think it's

2026
01:37:49,880 --> 01:37:52,960
Speaker 1: almost impossible to be considered, you know, in that upper

2027
01:37:53,000 --> 01:37:56,760
Speaker 1: echelon of great head coaches, those Don Shula's and Bill Belichicks,

2028
01:37:57,200 --> 01:38:01,360
Speaker 1: if you haven't won a championship. And that's not entirely fair,

2029
01:38:01,920 --> 01:38:04,400
Speaker 1: but it's because of the moments we remember you for

2030
01:38:04,520 --> 01:38:07,720
Speaker 1: at least getting to the super Bowl on multiple occasions.

2031
01:38:08,000 --> 01:38:10,320
Speaker 1: Mister Tasker can relate to that. I mean, that's you know,

2032
01:38:10,640 --> 01:38:12,800
Speaker 1: getting in playing in those big games and those big

2033
01:38:12,800 --> 01:38:16,639
Speaker 1: moments is critical, first of all, and Reid's had one

2034
01:38:16,960 --> 01:38:19,960
Speaker 1: and now he's had multiple, and that's important. Winning one

2035
01:38:20,080 --> 01:38:22,680
Speaker 1: is huge too. Getting a ring outside of your coordinator role,

2036
01:38:22,680 --> 01:38:25,439
Speaker 1: which he won as a coordinator with the Packers in

2037
01:38:25,479 --> 01:38:28,439
Speaker 1: the nineties, and getting one as a head coach certainly

2038
01:38:28,479 --> 01:38:31,040
Speaker 1: helps to solidify his legacy and kind of move him

2039
01:38:31,040 --> 01:38:33,880
Speaker 1: into that category with the greatest of the greatest. He's

2040
01:38:33,880 --> 01:38:37,040
Speaker 1: the only coach in modern history to have over two

2041
01:38:37,160 --> 01:38:40,320
Speaker 1: hundred regular season wins and no Super Bowl victories. And

2042
01:38:40,400 --> 01:38:42,280
Speaker 1: for him to not even have more than that single

2043
01:38:42,600 --> 01:38:45,160
Speaker 1: Super Bowl appearance as a head coach until this year

2044
01:38:45,439 --> 01:38:49,120
Speaker 1: in over twenty years as a head coach, certainly disappointing

2045
01:38:49,120 --> 01:38:51,040
Speaker 1: for him, I would imagine, and certainly something that was

2046
01:38:51,080 --> 01:38:54,840
Speaker 1: going to be considered by many to be, if not

2047
01:38:54,880 --> 01:38:57,000
Speaker 1: a stain, at least something that would prevent him from

2048
01:38:57,040 --> 01:39:00,840
Speaker 1: becoming viewed the kind of the top salt. And now

2049
01:39:00,880 --> 01:39:03,400
Speaker 1: that could change. It could change overnight or in one

2050
01:39:03,439 --> 01:39:06,680
Speaker 1: evening next Sunday based on one victory, because then you

2051
01:39:06,720 --> 01:39:10,120
Speaker 1: move into the categories with some of the coaches that

2052
01:39:10,200 --> 01:39:12,080
Speaker 1: really are considered the best of all time in terms

2053
01:39:12,080 --> 01:39:14,880
Speaker 1: of regular season success and playoffs success. When he combined

2054
01:39:14,920 --> 01:39:16,680
Speaker 1: it all, well, I mean, I see this, what is

2055
01:39:16,760 --> 01:39:20,280
Speaker 1: Andy Reid's legacy now without a Super Bowl win to date.

2056
01:39:21,040 --> 01:39:23,400
Speaker 1: How good a coach, ess if you've never won a championship.

2057
01:39:24,840 --> 01:39:27,400
Speaker 1: I still kind of put him in the category with,

2058
01:39:28,120 --> 01:39:31,040
Speaker 1: you know, some of the greatest you know, you know,

2059
01:39:31,160 --> 01:39:35,519
Speaker 1: there's Marv Leavy, Bud Grant, George Allen, you know, they're

2060
01:39:35,520 --> 01:39:37,639
Speaker 1: in the Hall of Fame, and they didn't win Super Bowls.

2061
01:39:37,800 --> 01:39:40,120
Speaker 1: And I would have to imagine that I would put

2062
01:39:40,760 --> 01:39:42,960
Speaker 1: Reid in the Hall of Fame just based on his

2063
01:39:43,000 --> 01:39:45,320
Speaker 1: regular season success, the fact that he's been to now

2064
01:39:45,360 --> 01:39:48,240
Speaker 1: and believe it is his seventh or what's his seventh

2065
01:39:48,320 --> 01:39:53,600
Speaker 1: championship game appearance, which is fairly remarkable. You know, practically

2066
01:39:53,600 --> 01:39:55,400
Speaker 1: a third of his seasons as a head coach in

2067
01:39:55,439 --> 01:39:58,519
Speaker 1: more than two decades he's gotten to the NFC title

2068
01:39:58,600 --> 01:40:01,120
Speaker 1: Game with the Eagles or the AFC's title game with

2069
01:40:01,160 --> 01:40:03,280
Speaker 1: the Chiefs. So yeah, I put him there with those

2070
01:40:03,280 --> 01:40:06,360
Speaker 1: non Super Bowl winning coaches like Levy and Grant and Alan,

2071
01:40:07,000 --> 01:40:08,960
Speaker 1: with whom you know, the first year guys are obviously

2072
01:40:09,040 --> 01:40:12,040
Speaker 1: very familiar with. And I would put him ahead of

2073
01:40:12,080 --> 01:40:14,919
Speaker 1: a category that has a lot of successful head coaches

2074
01:40:14,920 --> 01:40:18,400
Speaker 1: that never went on to win championships, which is kind

2075
01:40:18,400 --> 01:40:21,680
Speaker 1: of the guys like Dan Reeves Marty Schottenheimer a lot

2076
01:40:21,720 --> 01:40:25,519
Speaker 1: of regular season success. Obviously, Schottenheimer never able to win

2077
01:40:25,600 --> 01:40:27,160
Speaker 1: the Big One as well, and I think that that

2078
01:40:27,280 --> 01:40:29,439
Speaker 1: is something that kind of keeps him out of the

2079
01:40:29,479 --> 01:40:32,360
Speaker 1: category with the guys like Tom Landry and Chuck Nolan,

2080
01:40:32,400 --> 01:40:36,240
Speaker 1: Bill Belichick and so yeah, and of course Don Shula.

2081
01:40:36,520 --> 01:40:38,519
Speaker 1: So I think he's somewhere in between. He's somewhat even

2082
01:40:38,520 --> 01:40:40,280
Speaker 1: a limbo right now, and this is a chance for

2083
01:40:40,360 --> 01:40:42,520
Speaker 1: him with a win, to move into that top category,

2084
01:40:42,600 --> 01:40:48,120
Speaker 1: that Landry, Noel, Belichick, Lambo, Shula category as a very least,

2085
01:40:48,120 --> 01:40:50,240
Speaker 1: though again I think he's already at Hall of Fame. Well,

2086
01:40:50,240 --> 01:40:53,719
Speaker 1: you talk about the history that the Super Bowls kind

2087
01:40:53,720 --> 01:40:56,439
Speaker 1: of lend themselves too, that if everybody remembers it and

2088
01:40:56,479 --> 01:40:59,120
Speaker 1: it becomes part of the history of the game. You've

2089
01:40:59,160 --> 01:41:02,479
Speaker 1: you've spoke about Aaron Rodgers and how his legacy and

2090
01:41:02,680 --> 01:41:05,120
Speaker 1: we've thought about Aaron Rodgers from afar. We're not you know,

2091
01:41:05,160 --> 01:41:08,000
Speaker 1: Green Bay people here obviously, but we've always kind of

2092
01:41:08,000 --> 01:41:11,240
Speaker 1: considered him to be an elite quarterback, maybe one in

2093
01:41:11,280 --> 01:41:14,559
Speaker 1: the conversation for maybe the greatest of his generation. He's

2094
01:41:14,680 --> 01:41:16,800
Speaker 1: at least in the conversation, it seems like every year.

2095
01:41:16,840 --> 01:41:21,080
Speaker 1: But you know, for him, you said, your assertion is

2096
01:41:21,120 --> 01:41:25,240
Speaker 1: that maybe it's not really that great because he may

2097
01:41:25,240 --> 01:41:28,439
Speaker 1: not even be in the top two at the position

2098
01:41:28,880 --> 01:41:31,880
Speaker 1: in his own organization, the Green Bay Packers, when you

2099
01:41:31,920 --> 01:41:35,040
Speaker 1: talk about Bart Starr and Brett Farve. Yeah, that's big.

2100
01:41:35,120 --> 01:41:37,360
Speaker 1: I mean, it's it's wild to think that Aaron Rodgers

2101
01:41:37,840 --> 01:41:39,840
Speaker 1: isn't just very likely going to go down as not

2102
01:41:40,000 --> 01:41:42,320
Speaker 1: the greatest Packer of all time in spite of his

2103
01:41:42,400 --> 01:41:46,200
Speaker 1: unbelievable career, but not even the greatest Packers quarterback and

2104
01:41:46,280 --> 01:41:49,519
Speaker 1: maybe not even the second most accomplished anyway Packers quarterback

2105
01:41:49,560 --> 01:41:51,400
Speaker 1: of all time. Brett farm of course got to two

2106
01:41:51,400 --> 01:41:55,599
Speaker 1: Super Bowls. Bart Star his record is practically unmatchable at

2107
01:41:55,600 --> 01:41:58,960
Speaker 1: this point in time in terms of championship and playoff success.

2108
01:41:58,960 --> 01:42:01,080
Speaker 1: I mean, Bart stars the second and highest rated passer

2109
01:42:01,479 --> 01:42:05,000
Speaker 1: in playoff history, which considering the era he played in

2110
01:42:05,040 --> 01:42:10,160
Speaker 1: compared to this current era again is just remarkable and unprecedented.

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Speaker 1: And so yeah, I mean, those are two of the greatest.

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Speaker 1: They're both Hall of famers and they're both legends, and

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Speaker 1: Rogers is a legend. But again that's where again we

2114
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Speaker 1: kind of contemplate that legacy based on how many super

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01:42:20,000 --> 01:42:22,760
Speaker 1: Bowl experiences you've had. The article I wrote was a

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Speaker 1: lack of super Bowl action might weigh on his legacy,

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01:42:25,479 --> 01:42:28,799
Speaker 1: not necessarily a lack of super Bowl rings, but having

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Speaker 1: those moments, being part of those moments, being the focal

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Speaker 1: point of the NFL world, which is what you are

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01:42:33,479 --> 01:42:36,240
Speaker 1: for two full weeks going into the super Bowl. That

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01:42:36,439 --> 01:42:39,719
Speaker 1: ways that that actually adds to your legacy, just based

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01:42:39,760 --> 01:42:41,960
Speaker 1: on the optics, and that could be you can argue

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01:42:41,960 --> 01:42:45,519
Speaker 1: whether over whether that's fair or not. But getting there

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01:42:45,600 --> 01:42:48,519
Speaker 1: is huge, and winning it is even bigger. But getting

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01:42:48,560 --> 01:42:51,160
Speaker 1: there and he's only done that once in his twelve

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01:42:51,200 --> 01:42:53,839
Speaker 1: seasons as a starter. In fact, outside of that playoff

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01:42:53,920 --> 01:42:56,720
Speaker 1: run that he had the super Bowl run in twenty ten,

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01:42:57,080 --> 01:43:00,519
Speaker 1: the eleven other years as a starter, just six playoff

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01:43:00,600 --> 01:43:03,680
Speaker 1: wins and a ninety five point four passer rating in

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01:43:03,720 --> 01:43:06,080
Speaker 1: those playoff games. For Rogers, it's a team game that

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01:43:06,120 --> 01:43:08,559
Speaker 1: goes beyond just him. Obviously, he hasn't been as well

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01:43:08,600 --> 01:43:11,559
Speaker 1: supported as he was in those early stages in two

2133
01:43:11,960 --> 01:43:14,280
Speaker 1: ten and two eleven when they're fifteen and one to

2134
01:43:14,320 --> 01:43:17,240
Speaker 1: follow up the super Bowl campaign and the Mike McCarthy

2135
01:43:17,280 --> 01:43:19,040
Speaker 1: thing can be you know, can be discussed in the

2136
01:43:19,080 --> 01:43:23,240
Speaker 1: transition to Matt Lafleur is absolutely a factor as well,

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01:43:23,479 --> 01:43:26,799
Speaker 1: But at some point you overcome anything if you're truly

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01:43:26,840 --> 01:43:30,320
Speaker 1: at that at that superstar kind of legendary level, as

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01:43:30,360 --> 01:43:32,920
Speaker 1: Tom Brady and Peyton Manning and some of the greatest

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01:43:33,520 --> 01:43:35,880
Speaker 1: often did. And that's always going to be somewhat of

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01:43:35,880 --> 01:43:38,120
Speaker 1: a mark on his resume if he can't get to

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01:43:38,200 --> 01:43:40,960
Speaker 1: one or two more And based on recent lack of

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01:43:41,000 --> 01:43:44,599
Speaker 1: success essentially for three years straight for Aaron Rodgers, it's

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01:43:44,600 --> 01:43:46,920
Speaker 1: hard to imagine him really rebounding at this point in

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01:43:46,960 --> 01:43:49,639
Speaker 1: his career. Talking with Greg Genne on a Bleacher Report,

2146
01:43:49,680 --> 01:43:51,400
Speaker 1: I got another quarterback to ask you about brand and

2147
01:43:51,479 --> 01:43:54,360
Speaker 1: it's a it's the other quarterback in the next Sunday's game,

2148
01:43:54,400 --> 01:43:57,360
Speaker 1: Jimmy Garoppolo. It was interesting a piece you wrote recently

2149
01:43:57,400 --> 01:43:59,880
Speaker 1: about living up to the height and the big risk

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01:44:00,280 --> 01:44:03,280
Speaker 1: the forty nine ers took when they acquired Jimmy Garoppolo.

2151
01:44:03,320 --> 01:44:05,559
Speaker 1: And when they got him, he had what started two

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01:44:05,600 --> 01:44:09,479
Speaker 1: games and yeah, yeah, two starts under his belt. They

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01:44:09,479 --> 01:44:11,760
Speaker 1: handed him a huge five year contract when they got him.

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01:44:11,760 --> 01:44:13,200
Speaker 1: They were taking a bit of a risk. Then there

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01:44:13,240 --> 01:44:15,200
Speaker 1: was no guarantee that Jimmy Garoppolo was going to be

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01:44:15,439 --> 01:44:19,599
Speaker 1: even this good. He's not great, but he's pretty good, right. Yeah. Again,

2157
01:44:19,640 --> 01:44:22,040
Speaker 1: it's kind of his legacy is obviously very much up

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01:44:22,040 --> 01:44:24,679
Speaker 1: for grabs, also because he's earlier in his career, right,

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01:44:24,840 --> 01:44:28,839
Speaker 1: but he was, I mean, he really wasn't underrated presence

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01:44:28,840 --> 01:44:30,680
Speaker 1: at the position late in the season. We look at

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01:44:30,680 --> 01:44:32,439
Speaker 1: the forty nine Ers as all this running game in

2162
01:44:32,479 --> 01:44:34,599
Speaker 1: this defense, well, their defense actually let them down pretty

2163
01:44:34,640 --> 01:44:37,880
Speaker 1: consistently in the second half of the season, mainly because

2164
01:44:37,880 --> 01:44:40,360
Speaker 1: of injuries. They battled back. They're healthy now and they're

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01:44:40,400 --> 01:44:43,280
Speaker 1: playing fantastics. They're coming up an incredible performance against the Packers.

2166
01:44:43,280 --> 01:44:46,200
Speaker 1: But second half of the year, the forty nine Ers

2167
01:44:46,240 --> 01:44:48,400
Speaker 1: defense gave up twenty six points a game. It was

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01:44:48,439 --> 01:44:50,240
Speaker 1: one of the it was bottom ten in the NFL.

2169
01:44:50,640 --> 01:44:52,879
Speaker 1: The running game kind of you know, wasn't as effective

2170
01:44:52,880 --> 01:44:54,519
Speaker 1: as it was earlier in the year as well. That

2171
01:44:54,560 --> 01:44:57,160
Speaker 1: obviously has rebounded in a major way in the playoffs

2172
01:44:57,200 --> 01:45:00,360
Speaker 1: as well, and Garoppolo hasn't been relied upon. But anyone

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01:45:00,360 --> 01:45:02,559
Speaker 1: who claims that, you know, the forty nine Ers won't

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01:45:02,600 --> 01:45:05,240
Speaker 1: be able to rely on Garoppolo if where he most

2175
01:45:05,280 --> 01:45:07,479
Speaker 1: start isn't as good as he was in the NFC

2176
01:45:07,600 --> 01:45:10,439
Speaker 1: Championship game, or if Kevin Coleman isn't able to come

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01:45:10,479 --> 01:45:13,120
Speaker 1: back from injury, or if that defense isn't as phenomenal

2178
01:45:13,160 --> 01:45:14,960
Speaker 1: as has been thus far this month, in the month

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Speaker 1: of January, they need to look at what Garoppolo did

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01:45:18,040 --> 01:45:20,840
Speaker 1: down the stretch this season, which you know, twenty nine

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01:45:20,920 --> 01:45:23,920
Speaker 1: quarterbacks through at least forty passes in the fourth quarter

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01:45:24,040 --> 01:45:27,040
Speaker 1: or overtime in one score games. He ranked sixth in

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Speaker 1: terms of passer rating third down percentage, number one amongst

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01:45:31,120 --> 01:45:36,720
Speaker 1: thirty six quarterbacks with fifty attempts or more. Late in

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01:45:36,760 --> 01:45:40,960
Speaker 1: the season. He was a klutz passer fourth quarter game,

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01:45:41,000 --> 01:45:44,720
Speaker 1: on the line, third down, big situations. He got it

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01:45:44,760 --> 01:45:47,120
Speaker 1: done pretty consistently in the second half of the year,

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01:45:47,160 --> 01:45:48,839
Speaker 1: and I think a lot of people sort of overlook

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01:45:48,920 --> 01:45:52,000
Speaker 1: that because you know, again they focus on that team

2190
01:45:52,120 --> 01:45:57,000
Speaker 1: is not The quarterback in general really made progress this year,

2191
01:45:57,000 --> 01:45:58,920
Speaker 1: and I could really see him taking off next year,

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01:45:59,040 --> 01:46:02,040
Speaker 1: especially with God. Remember how again, as you mentioned, just

2193
01:46:02,080 --> 01:46:04,360
Speaker 1: a couple starts in New England before coming over to

2194
01:46:04,400 --> 01:46:07,400
Speaker 1: San Francisco, got that big contract only seven starts into

2195
01:46:07,439 --> 01:46:12,320
Speaker 1: his career. He's still relatively fresh and he's still growing.

2196
01:46:12,520 --> 01:46:15,080
Speaker 1: So yeah, I think he has a chance to truly

2197
01:46:15,160 --> 01:46:18,880
Speaker 1: have a phenomenal career and to play a huge role

2198
01:46:18,920 --> 01:46:21,160
Speaker 1: potentially in Super Bowl fifty four, in spite of the

2199
01:46:21,160 --> 01:46:23,240
Speaker 1: fact that we're talking about the other quarterback I had

2200
01:46:23,280 --> 01:46:25,439
Speaker 1: of a lot more. Yeah. Yeah, And it's interesting too,

2201
01:46:25,520 --> 01:46:27,760
Speaker 1: because you're right he is. He does. He is on

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01:46:28,000 --> 01:46:30,000
Speaker 1: a good team. Both these quarterbacks are on great teams.

2203
01:46:30,120 --> 01:46:33,800
Speaker 1: Of course, Mahomes with Kansas City and Garoppolo with San Francisco.

2204
01:46:34,120 --> 01:46:37,599
Speaker 1: I would say the nine Ers, the forty nine ers

2205
01:46:37,600 --> 01:46:40,320
Speaker 1: are considered to have the more complete roster because of

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01:46:40,320 --> 01:46:42,960
Speaker 1: the strength of their defense. But think about I mean,

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01:46:43,000 --> 01:46:45,120
Speaker 1: what will it say about Jimmy Garoppolo then, in his

2208
01:46:45,240 --> 01:46:48,559
Speaker 1: first full season as a starter, from beginning to end,

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Speaker 1: he takes that team to the Super Bowl. How high

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01:46:51,000 --> 01:46:54,479
Speaker 1: will the expectations be for the rest of his career. Yeah,

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01:46:54,560 --> 01:46:57,559
Speaker 1: I mean, you there's a natural fear, like will it

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01:46:57,600 --> 01:47:00,600
Speaker 1: be a Joe Flacco thing, where you know, you have

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01:47:00,760 --> 01:47:03,360
Speaker 1: that big season, you have that Super Bowl win, maybe

2214
01:47:03,400 --> 01:47:06,240
Speaker 1: even a Super Bowl MVP as Flacco had in twenty twelve,

2215
01:47:06,720 --> 01:47:08,880
Speaker 1: and then maybe you never live up to that again.

2216
01:47:10,080 --> 01:47:12,320
Speaker 1: And that'll be a question on one side of the equation.

2217
01:47:12,320 --> 01:47:13,920
Speaker 1: Then the other question will be is just the start

2218
01:47:13,920 --> 01:47:15,559
Speaker 1: of a legacy? Is this the start of, you know,

2219
01:47:15,880 --> 01:47:18,840
Speaker 1: in becoming the next you know, Brady or Breeze or

2220
01:47:18,960 --> 01:47:21,320
Speaker 1: Rogers or Farber and you know, the next Hall of

2221
01:47:21,320 --> 01:47:24,599
Speaker 1: Fame quarterback, which is entirely possible considering his skill set.

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01:47:24,640 --> 01:47:26,920
Speaker 1: You know, you watched him again in club situations, you

2223
01:47:26,960 --> 01:47:29,840
Speaker 1: watched him on third down, you watched him in internvisibility

2224
01:47:29,840 --> 01:47:32,559
Speaker 1: as a deep passer, which is also an underrating skill

2225
01:47:32,640 --> 01:47:36,479
Speaker 1: that he has. You know, he's still prone to making

2226
01:47:36,520 --> 01:47:38,960
Speaker 1: a few more mistakes than than you know, some of

2227
01:47:39,000 --> 01:47:41,360
Speaker 1: the best quarterbacks that are Pro Bowlers and All pros

2228
01:47:41,479 --> 01:47:43,840
Speaker 1: right now, and we saw that with some of his

2229
01:47:43,920 --> 01:47:47,600
Speaker 1: interceptions this season. But again, talking about a guy with

2230
01:47:47,640 --> 01:47:50,639
Speaker 1: only twenty six career starts under his belt, he's essentially

2231
01:47:51,040 --> 01:47:54,080
Speaker 1: a second year starter if you were to start off

2232
01:47:54,120 --> 01:47:56,040
Speaker 1: as a rookie. And so yeah, that experience that he

2233
01:47:56,080 --> 01:47:57,800
Speaker 1: had in New England, he won two Super Bowls as

2234
01:47:57,800 --> 01:48:00,400
Speaker 1: a backup. That all counts for something. But he's only

2235
01:48:00,400 --> 01:48:04,200
Speaker 1: twenty eight in quarterback terms, that he's a baby still

2236
01:48:04,680 --> 01:48:07,160
Speaker 1: and you could see him definitely leaving his mark on

2237
01:48:07,200 --> 01:48:11,360
Speaker 1: this league to a much larger extent going forward, especially

2238
01:48:11,360 --> 01:48:13,200
Speaker 1: if he's able to play a big role in the

2239
01:48:13,200 --> 01:48:15,479
Speaker 1: Super Bowl. I don't think they're winning this game like

2240
01:48:15,560 --> 01:48:17,720
Speaker 1: they were like they did in the NFC Championship by

2241
01:48:17,880 --> 01:48:20,200
Speaker 1: by having Garoppolo throw eight passes. I don't think that's

2242
01:48:20,200 --> 01:48:22,960
Speaker 1: a sustainable model, a sustainable model, and I don't think

2243
01:48:22,960 --> 01:48:25,160
Speaker 1: the forty nine is under the impression they'll be able

2244
01:48:25,200 --> 01:48:26,960
Speaker 1: to do that again. So he's going to have to

2245
01:48:27,000 --> 01:48:30,599
Speaker 1: make some throws. And if he does make those throws, yeah,

2246
01:48:30,640 --> 01:48:33,439
Speaker 1: immediately he's going to be thrust into that spotlight as

2247
01:48:33,479 --> 01:48:35,960
Speaker 1: a guy who could potentially be a multiple Super Bowl

2248
01:48:35,960 --> 01:48:39,240
Speaker 1: winner and a guy who has enough success in this

2249
01:48:39,280 --> 01:48:41,439
Speaker 1: league to be considered one of the best for maybe

2250
01:48:41,439 --> 01:48:44,759
Speaker 1: a decade plus to come. His counterpartner in the Super Bowl,

2251
01:48:45,360 --> 01:48:48,960
Speaker 1: Pat Patrick Mahomes, his progress has been breathtaking as in

2252
01:48:49,040 --> 01:48:52,080
Speaker 1: a brand. I mean, look, the guy's got eleven touchdowns,

2253
01:48:52,160 --> 01:48:55,840
Speaker 1: no interceptions, one fifteen passer rating in the playoffs. If

2254
01:48:55,880 --> 01:48:58,719
Speaker 1: the Chiefs should win under Patrick Mahomes in the Super Bowl,

2255
01:48:59,320 --> 01:49:02,120
Speaker 1: he immediately is, if he's not already is the face

2256
01:49:02,120 --> 01:49:05,559
Speaker 1: of the NFL, right, I mean to win the MVP

2257
01:49:05,680 --> 01:49:08,080
Speaker 1: in your second season at the age of twenty three.

2258
01:49:08,360 --> 01:49:10,719
Speaker 1: And then to let's just say he gets the Super

2259
01:49:10,760 --> 01:49:14,080
Speaker 1: Bowl MVP, he buy a mile odds on favorite to

2260
01:49:14,120 --> 01:49:16,120
Speaker 1: get it, especially if the Chiefs win the game. So

2261
01:49:16,400 --> 01:49:18,559
Speaker 1: you get a Super Bowl MVP and a regular season

2262
01:49:18,600 --> 01:49:20,800
Speaker 1: MVP under your belt before you're twenty four and a

2263
01:49:20,840 --> 01:49:22,600
Speaker 1: half years old. And even if he doesn't get that,

2264
01:49:22,760 --> 01:49:25,680
Speaker 1: having the ring regardless is more than enough. So you know,

2265
01:49:25,760 --> 01:49:28,280
Speaker 1: you capture that ring in year three, year two as

2266
01:49:28,320 --> 01:49:30,800
Speaker 1: a starter, you get that MVP in year one as

2267
01:49:30,800 --> 01:49:32,760
Speaker 1: a starter, You've got two Pro Bowls in an All

2268
01:49:32,800 --> 01:49:35,920
Speaker 1: Pro and your resume already again at the age of

2269
01:49:35,960 --> 01:49:38,400
Speaker 1: twenty four as a guy, he was considered somewhat raw

2270
01:49:38,560 --> 01:49:41,200
Speaker 1: coming into the league, and yeah, he took that one

2271
01:49:41,280 --> 01:49:45,040
Speaker 1: year where he learned, you know, under Alex Smith. And now, yeah,

2272
01:49:45,040 --> 01:49:47,920
Speaker 1: I mean I liken it too, you know, kind of

2273
01:49:47,920 --> 01:49:50,400
Speaker 1: that feeling you had, and I I was young, but

2274
01:49:50,479 --> 01:49:53,839
Speaker 1: I remember the feeling watching Michael Jordan in the early nineties,

2275
01:49:53,920 --> 01:49:57,439
Speaker 1: just before or as he was rising to the point

2276
01:49:57,439 --> 01:49:59,479
Speaker 1: of being maybe the greatest player in the history of

2277
01:49:59,479 --> 01:50:03,040
Speaker 1: the NBA. And you get this feeling when you watch

2278
01:50:03,120 --> 01:50:05,760
Speaker 1: Mahomes even though it's so early and there's so many

2279
01:50:05,800 --> 01:50:08,799
Speaker 1: players that he still has to work to stack himself

2280
01:50:08,880 --> 01:50:13,000
Speaker 1: up against that you're seeing the beginning of something that

2281
01:50:13,040 --> 01:50:15,599
Speaker 1: we're going to look back on for years and decades

2282
01:50:15,640 --> 01:50:17,840
Speaker 1: to come in terms of the mark he's going to

2283
01:50:17,960 --> 01:50:20,320
Speaker 1: leave on this game. He really is that exceptional. He's

2284
01:50:20,360 --> 01:50:23,280
Speaker 1: that unique, and you know he's in terms of his

2285
01:50:23,320 --> 01:50:25,880
Speaker 1: ability to make plays beyond the stat sheet. I mean,

2286
01:50:26,040 --> 01:50:28,000
Speaker 1: we just talked about the stats. Eleven times downs, no

2287
01:50:28,080 --> 01:50:31,240
Speaker 1: interceptions to passer rating, the MVP that he's won, the

2288
01:50:31,280 --> 01:50:33,000
Speaker 1: fact that he is the highest rated pastor in the

2289
01:50:33,000 --> 01:50:35,120
Speaker 1: history of the league amongst quarterbacks, or the minimum of

2290
01:50:35,120 --> 01:50:37,920
Speaker 1: a thousand past attempts. All these things are great, but

2291
01:50:38,040 --> 01:50:41,639
Speaker 1: there's things like that run in Tennessee where you can't

2292
01:50:41,680 --> 01:50:44,880
Speaker 1: quantify it, and you can only show somebody the video

2293
01:50:45,000 --> 01:50:47,400
Speaker 1: and say, this is how unique this player is. There's

2294
01:50:47,439 --> 01:50:49,280
Speaker 1: no one else in the league aside from I suppose

2295
01:50:49,360 --> 01:50:52,479
Speaker 1: Lamar Jackson, who can do that right now, and really

2296
01:50:52,479 --> 01:50:54,880
Speaker 1: only a few players who ever could you combine that

2297
01:50:54,920 --> 01:50:58,400
Speaker 1: with his actual success on paper, and it's becoming astonishing

2298
01:50:58,439 --> 01:51:00,559
Speaker 1: to see what he's what the kind of he's on

2299
01:51:00,640 --> 01:51:02,919
Speaker 1: at this point. Well, we've been talking about the quarterbacks,

2300
01:51:02,920 --> 01:51:05,720
Speaker 1: Aaron Rodgers, Pat Mahomes and Jimmy Garoppolo. I gotta ask

2301
01:51:05,720 --> 01:51:07,960
Speaker 1: you about the other player that really had an enormous

2302
01:51:07,960 --> 01:51:10,479
Speaker 1: impact on these playoffs, and Derrick Henry. It's going to

2303
01:51:10,520 --> 01:51:12,800
Speaker 1: become a free agent if Tennessee lets him get to

2304
01:51:12,840 --> 01:51:15,120
Speaker 1: that point, if he doesn't sign with them, But we've

2305
01:51:15,160 --> 01:51:19,600
Speaker 1: seen the whole spectrum of what other teams around the

2306
01:51:19,720 --> 01:51:22,920
Speaker 1: NFL think about running backs. Are they incredibly important? You

2307
01:51:22,920 --> 01:51:25,799
Speaker 1: want to pay him or you don't. And Derrick Henry,

2308
01:51:25,840 --> 01:51:29,000
Speaker 1: another really big time difference maker at that position, is

2309
01:51:29,000 --> 01:51:31,720
Speaker 1: going to be on the free agent market. What's his

2310
01:51:31,840 --> 01:51:33,840
Speaker 1: number gonna be? How big an effect will it be?

2311
01:51:35,240 --> 01:51:37,040
Speaker 1: Is he gonna Is there any possible way he could

2312
01:51:37,040 --> 01:51:40,880
Speaker 1: be worth it? It's tough. I mean you immediately start

2313
01:51:40,920 --> 01:51:42,920
Speaker 1: looking at those numbers at the top. You know, there's

2314
01:51:43,000 --> 01:51:45,320
Speaker 1: there's four running backs in the NFL who only four

2315
01:51:45,400 --> 01:51:47,320
Speaker 1: to make more than eight million a year, and all

2316
01:51:47,360 --> 01:51:49,559
Speaker 1: four of them actually make more than thirteen millions. So

2317
01:51:49,600 --> 01:51:52,240
Speaker 1: there's this big gap between the sort of middle class

2318
01:51:52,240 --> 01:51:54,639
Speaker 1: and the upper class at the running back position, and

2319
01:51:54,680 --> 01:51:57,439
Speaker 1: all four of those high paid backs are cautionary tales.

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01:51:57,439 --> 01:52:00,280
Speaker 1: At this point in time, leave and Bell ranks second

2321
01:52:00,360 --> 01:52:01,960
Speaker 1: last in the league in terms of the yards per

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01:52:01,960 --> 01:52:04,680
Speaker 1: carry this season after being made the highest paid you

2323
01:52:04,720 --> 01:52:06,640
Speaker 1: know running back in the AFC by the Jets, it

2324
01:52:06,640 --> 01:52:08,960
Speaker 1: already looks like Adam Gays, you know, maybe didn't want

2325
01:52:09,000 --> 01:52:11,160
Speaker 1: that signing to take place and maybe doesn't want him

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01:52:11,160 --> 01:52:13,320
Speaker 1: on the roster right now. There's already been trade talk

2327
01:52:13,360 --> 01:52:16,479
Speaker 1: regarding Bell. You've got Todd Gurley, who suffers the knee

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01:52:16,479 --> 01:52:20,160
Speaker 1: injury in LA's Super Bowl season, doesn't even get to

2329
01:52:20,240 --> 01:52:23,639
Speaker 1: a thousand yards this year, had yards for a tempt

2330
01:52:23,680 --> 01:52:26,479
Speaker 1: average has plummeted since he got his huge contract there

2331
01:52:26,840 --> 01:52:29,240
Speaker 1: Cowboys only eight and eight was Ze Elliott and his

2332
01:52:29,280 --> 01:52:32,759
Speaker 1: first year under his big new contract. And David Johnson,

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01:52:32,800 --> 01:52:35,360
Speaker 1: who's the other the fourth out of those four, as

2334
01:52:35,400 --> 01:52:37,320
Speaker 1: of course, I think the Cardinals fully regret that one

2335
01:52:37,320 --> 01:52:38,800
Speaker 1: at this point in time. He hasn't come back in

2336
01:52:38,880 --> 01:52:41,479
Speaker 1: the Pro Bowl since that big twenty sixteen season. So

2337
01:52:41,880 --> 01:52:44,400
Speaker 1: the four highest paid quarter running backs in this league

2338
01:52:44,720 --> 01:52:47,200
Speaker 1: have all been very disappointing and have not lived up

2339
01:52:47,200 --> 01:52:50,360
Speaker 1: to their contracts to various extents. And Derrick Henry is

2340
01:52:50,400 --> 01:52:53,080
Speaker 1: absolutely in line to make that kind of money based

2341
01:52:53,120 --> 01:52:55,360
Speaker 1: on what he did last year, the way he played,

2342
01:52:55,439 --> 01:52:57,560
Speaker 1: especially down the stretch, to put out together over a

2343
01:52:58,000 --> 01:53:01,679
Speaker 1: over twelve hundred yards in his ten games of this season.

2344
01:53:02,760 --> 01:53:06,760
Speaker 1: It's just phenomenal. But at twenty six years old young

2345
01:53:06,880 --> 01:53:09,040
Speaker 1: still even at the running back position, there's time. But

2346
01:53:09,320 --> 01:53:11,840
Speaker 1: look at the aggressive playing style, look at all those

2347
01:53:11,880 --> 01:53:15,000
Speaker 1: cautionary tales. You got to consider what teams are still

2348
01:53:15,000 --> 01:53:17,479
Speaker 1: going to be willing to invest in a running back

2349
01:53:18,920 --> 01:53:21,519
Speaker 1: to a substantial degree. The two running backs that were

2350
01:53:21,640 --> 01:53:25,360
Speaker 1: leading their teams into the Super Bowl next Sunday were undrafted,

2351
01:53:25,800 --> 01:53:29,080
Speaker 1: and the top nine highest paid running backs in the

2352
01:53:29,160 --> 01:53:32,360
Speaker 1: NFL this season did not participate in this year's playoffs,

2353
01:53:32,400 --> 01:53:34,320
Speaker 1: So a lot of teams are going to think twice

2354
01:53:34,320 --> 01:53:36,840
Speaker 1: before going down that path. But ultimately there are thirty

2355
01:53:36,840 --> 01:53:38,600
Speaker 1: two teams and the salary cap is going to hit

2356
01:53:38,680 --> 01:53:41,920
Speaker 1: the two hundred million dollar mark, so somebody will probably

2357
01:53:41,920 --> 01:53:44,599
Speaker 1: be desperate enough to say, you know what, maybe this guy,

2358
01:53:44,880 --> 01:53:47,599
Speaker 1: maybe he'll be the first, you know, superstar running back

2359
01:53:47,600 --> 01:53:49,880
Speaker 1: to truly lead this team to a Super Bowl since

2360
01:53:50,000 --> 01:53:51,800
Speaker 1: Terrell Davis. Because that's a sense to you what we're

2361
01:53:51,840 --> 01:53:53,559
Speaker 1: looking at at this point in time. It's been over

2362
01:53:53,600 --> 01:53:56,840
Speaker 1: twenty years since a league leading rusher even led his

2363
01:53:56,880 --> 01:53:59,519
Speaker 1: team to a championship. And Brad, thanks for the Thanks

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01:53:59,560 --> 01:54:02,320
Speaker 1: for sharing your expertise with us today. We appreciate it.

2365
01:54:05,800 --> 01:54:09,400
Speaker 1: Reg Gangyon from bleacher Report. He's the national NFL writer

2366
01:54:09,479 --> 01:54:12,879
Speaker 1: on Bleacher Report, contributed to The Comeback, writes great pieces

2367
01:54:12,920 --> 01:54:16,200
Speaker 1: for both websites and happy to have him here. He's thoughtfully,

2368
01:54:16,240 --> 01:54:18,439
Speaker 1: thinks hard about stuff. Yeah, and he has some good

2369
01:54:18,439 --> 01:54:20,920
Speaker 1: takes on the overall view of what people are gonna

2370
01:54:20,920 --> 01:54:23,519
Speaker 1: think about Pat Mahomes on the upside of him. Uh,

2371
01:54:24,080 --> 01:54:27,280
Speaker 1: Aaron Rodgers with the you know, the future behind him

2372
01:54:27,439 --> 01:54:30,200
Speaker 1: for the most part, and just with a rebound ability

2373
01:54:30,280 --> 01:54:33,120
Speaker 1: and how likely that is. And of course Jimmy Garoppolo

2374
01:54:33,120 --> 01:54:36,080
Speaker 1: and San Francisco who it would have been interesting to

2375
01:54:36,120 --> 01:54:38,200
Speaker 1: see how many games they won last year without his

2376
01:54:38,280 --> 01:54:43,000
Speaker 1: ACL injury, but certainly this year with a complete team

2377
01:54:43,040 --> 01:54:46,440
Speaker 1: around him. Uh, They're They're in the super Bowl with

2378
01:54:46,520 --> 01:54:49,640
Speaker 1: a really good chance to win it. We think. Bradford

2379
01:54:49,680 --> 01:54:51,760
Speaker 1: joining us today on the show We're coming Back with

2380
01:54:51,840 --> 01:54:55,240
Speaker 1: more including uh not once for lunch? Oh true false

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01:54:55,440 --> 01:54:58,000
Speaker 1: right NFL true false. We come back. One bill Side

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01:54:58,040 --> 01:55:01,280
Speaker 1: presented by Kalida Health from the Senate Studios in Orchard Park.

2383
01:55:01,720 --> 01:55:16,920
Speaker 1: This is Buffalo Bill's Radio. Got about half hour left

2384
01:55:16,920 --> 01:55:19,560
Speaker 1: in the old show One Bill's Live, presented by Kalada

2385
01:55:19,640 --> 01:55:22,320
Speaker 1: Hell from the Senate Studio. We got time for phone calls.

2386
01:55:22,360 --> 01:55:24,520
Speaker 1: If we have a thought on our question of the day,

2387
01:55:24,560 --> 01:55:27,000
Speaker 1: what's the best way for the Bills to add a

2388
01:55:27,040 --> 01:55:29,280
Speaker 1: wide receiver, Give us a call eight oh three five

2389
01:55:29,360 --> 01:55:32,320
Speaker 1: fifty toll free one eight eight eight by fifty two

2390
01:55:32,360 --> 01:55:33,920
Speaker 1: five fifty. You can vote in the Twitter pole. You

2391
01:55:33,960 --> 01:55:36,320
Speaker 1: can send in a tweet for the tweet sheet. Let's

2392
01:55:36,320 --> 01:55:39,600
Speaker 1: play Yancey's Fancy Too or false brought to you by

2393
01:55:39,680 --> 01:55:44,080
Speaker 1: Yancey's Fancy New York's Artisan Cheese. All right, The Falcons

2394
01:55:44,120 --> 01:55:46,880
Speaker 1: super Bowl fifty one loss will help forty nine Ers

2395
01:55:46,880 --> 01:55:49,920
Speaker 1: head coach Kyle Shanahan against the Chiefs three years ago.

2396
01:55:50,000 --> 01:55:53,920
Speaker 1: Shannahan was the offensive coordinator for the Atlanta Falcons when

2397
01:55:53,960 --> 01:55:56,160
Speaker 1: they blew that lead twenty five point lead in the

2398
01:55:56,200 --> 01:55:59,440
Speaker 1: fourth quarter. Patriots came back and one it. He's quoted.

2399
01:55:59,560 --> 01:56:02,240
Speaker 1: Channon's quoted to send I mean, that's why I promise you.

2400
01:56:02,280 --> 01:56:03,800
Speaker 1: When we were way up in the fourth quarter in

2401
01:56:03,880 --> 01:56:06,360
Speaker 1: Green Bay and stuff, I know what twenty eight minus three.

2402
01:56:06,480 --> 01:56:09,600
Speaker 1: Is the Falcons actually led twenty eight nine entering the

2403
01:56:09,640 --> 01:56:13,240
Speaker 1: fourth quarter. So Shanahan obviously he has given it some thoughts.

2404
01:56:13,560 --> 01:56:16,960
Speaker 1: Will it help him this week? I don't know necessarily. No,

2405
01:56:17,000 --> 01:56:20,000
Speaker 1: I'm gonna say false. Look, I think the Chiefs are

2406
01:56:20,000 --> 01:56:22,200
Speaker 1: gonna win, and I think the Chiefs are probably gonna

2407
01:56:22,200 --> 01:56:24,880
Speaker 1: win pretty big. But I don't think it'll have anything

2408
01:56:24,880 --> 01:56:28,800
Speaker 1: to do with the forty nine ers being up and

2409
01:56:28,800 --> 01:56:31,200
Speaker 1: blowing the lead. Just different teams. You're talking about a

2410
01:56:31,200 --> 01:56:32,840
Speaker 1: guy who called plays in that game. I think he

2411
01:56:32,880 --> 01:56:34,520
Speaker 1: did learn something from it, and I think that it

2412
01:56:34,680 --> 01:56:37,960
Speaker 1: came to light a little bit. Like I said earlier

2413
01:56:37,960 --> 01:56:40,120
Speaker 1: in the show when Kansas City and Andy Reid, I

2414
01:56:40,120 --> 01:56:44,640
Speaker 1: thought Andy Reid and Eric Biennemy went conservative a little

2415
01:56:44,680 --> 01:56:47,280
Speaker 1: bit at times during that Chiefs game against the Titans.

2416
01:56:48,280 --> 01:56:50,640
Speaker 1: I think in those games you got to keep your

2417
01:56:50,640 --> 01:56:52,880
Speaker 1: foot on the floor, and I think Kyle Shanahan had

2418
01:56:52,920 --> 01:56:57,000
Speaker 1: that proven to him without a doubt in that Super

2419
01:56:57,000 --> 01:56:59,680
Speaker 1: Bowl comeback by the Patriots. You've got to keep slinging

2420
01:56:59,680 --> 01:57:01,960
Speaker 1: it around in the Super Bowl. You gotta keep playing hard,

2421
01:57:02,280 --> 01:57:04,560
Speaker 1: playing to win. Look at the Philadelphia Super Bowl a

2422
01:57:04,560 --> 01:57:07,680
Speaker 1: couple of years ago, they kept trying to score even

2423
01:57:07,720 --> 01:57:10,120
Speaker 1: when they had a lead very late in that game,

2424
01:57:10,840 --> 01:57:12,840
Speaker 1: and still got out of there in a one score game.

2425
01:57:12,920 --> 01:57:14,960
Speaker 1: So I'm i am to I think it does help.

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01:57:15,000 --> 01:57:17,280
Speaker 1: I think it all helps. All your experiences help in

2427
01:57:17,320 --> 01:57:19,360
Speaker 1: those big moments. And I think Kyle Shanahan's going to

2428
01:57:19,440 --> 01:57:21,080
Speaker 1: refer back to that. I think it will help, all right,

2429
01:57:21,400 --> 01:57:24,480
Speaker 1: Part two. It will make a difference. It's gonna help

2430
01:57:24,520 --> 01:57:27,120
Speaker 1: Part two in NFL two or false, the Titans should

2431
01:57:27,120 --> 01:57:30,720
Speaker 1: prioritize Derrick Henry over Ryan Tannehill, both of whom are

2432
01:57:30,840 --> 01:57:34,800
Speaker 1: up for free agency. The Titans should bring back Derrick

2433
01:57:34,840 --> 01:57:38,880
Speaker 1: Henry and Ryan Tannehill. I'm gonna say false on this one.

2434
01:57:39,040 --> 01:57:41,080
Speaker 1: I wouldn't worry too much about Ryan Tannehill. They can

2435
01:57:41,080 --> 01:57:43,400
Speaker 1: do better on that. I think they should prioritize Derrick

2436
01:57:43,480 --> 01:57:45,560
Speaker 1: Henry yet, so maybe I want to say true. I

2437
01:57:45,560 --> 01:57:48,320
Speaker 1: don't know with Titans should prioritize Derrick Henry. Yes, I

2438
01:57:48,320 --> 01:57:50,200
Speaker 1: do want to stay true. Let me change that true.

2439
01:57:50,320 --> 01:57:52,880
Speaker 1: I think Derrick Henry should be their first priority. Ryan

2440
01:57:52,920 --> 01:57:55,800
Speaker 1: Tannehill should be somewhere on their list of top five priorities.

2441
01:57:56,000 --> 01:57:58,400
Speaker 1: I'll agree with that as well, only because there's gonna

2442
01:57:58,400 --> 01:58:00,360
Speaker 1: be a bunch of quarterbacks who are free agents this year,

2443
01:58:00,360 --> 01:58:01,800
Speaker 1: and I think the Titan I'll like you. I think

2444
01:58:01,800 --> 01:58:06,160
Speaker 1: the Titans can upgrade. I think Ryan Tannehill as good

2445
01:58:06,200 --> 01:58:10,200
Speaker 1: as as Finger quotes, as good as he was, which

2446
01:58:10,760 --> 01:58:12,520
Speaker 1: how good did he have to be with that running

2447
01:58:12,560 --> 01:58:14,240
Speaker 1: game and that, you know, the defense playing the way

2448
01:58:14,240 --> 01:58:17,560
Speaker 1: it was. I think they can That's fine, But I

2449
01:58:17,600 --> 01:58:19,640
Speaker 1: don't think I think they should try and make a

2450
01:58:19,720 --> 01:58:22,640
Speaker 1: play for Derrick Henry. But I don't think that the

2451
01:58:22,680 --> 01:58:25,480
Speaker 1: template that they put out there with Derrick Henry as

2452
01:58:25,520 --> 01:58:28,160
Speaker 1: good as he was, is a template that will be

2453
01:58:28,240 --> 01:58:33,400
Speaker 1: sustainable long term. So I'm saying I would if I

2454
01:58:33,440 --> 01:58:35,280
Speaker 1: wouldn't have a problem moving on from either one of

2455
01:58:35,320 --> 01:58:38,440
Speaker 1: them given the current state of the NFL. But if

2456
01:58:38,480 --> 01:58:40,440
Speaker 1: they're gonna pick one over the other, Derrick Henry is

2457
01:58:40,800 --> 01:58:46,320
Speaker 1: an elite back. Ryan Tannehill was a street free agent. Yeah, okay,

2458
01:58:46,360 --> 01:58:48,880
Speaker 1: I traded for him. I guess you know. And now

2459
01:58:48,960 --> 01:58:51,320
Speaker 1: Part three of the NFL True or False? This is

2460
01:58:51,360 --> 01:58:54,800
Speaker 1: an interesting one that's gonna resonate. Barry Sanders is the

2461
01:58:54,800 --> 01:58:58,840
Speaker 1: greatest player to never win a Super Bowl. I don't know.

2462
01:58:59,120 --> 01:59:03,040
Speaker 1: Only he got the average total fewer than um never

2463
01:59:03,160 --> 01:59:05,560
Speaker 1: total fewer than eleven hundred rushing yards in a season.

2464
01:59:05,840 --> 01:59:08,360
Speaker 1: Detroit made it to the playoffs in five of sanders

2465
01:59:08,360 --> 01:59:11,280
Speaker 1: ten seasons. He lost four wildcard games in advanced to

2466
01:59:11,360 --> 01:59:14,360
Speaker 1: the NFC Championship Game. Only once you see the greatest

2467
01:59:14,360 --> 01:59:20,680
Speaker 1: player never to win a Super Bowl? What about Bruce Smith? Yeah,

2468
01:59:21,000 --> 01:59:22,760
Speaker 1: I would say that's false. I would think it's a

2469
01:59:22,760 --> 01:59:24,560
Speaker 1: close one. But I'm gonna say that's false. I think

2470
01:59:24,800 --> 01:59:26,760
Speaker 1: I think it's false too. There's so many players who

2471
01:59:26,760 --> 01:59:28,960
Speaker 1: have played in this game and been phenomenal. Now, Barry

2472
01:59:29,000 --> 01:59:33,000
Speaker 1: Sanders was phenomenal, but that's no question. He's in the conversation. Sure,

2473
01:59:33,200 --> 01:59:35,920
Speaker 1: but Calvin Johnson was pretty good too. Yeah, he had

2474
01:59:35,920 --> 01:59:39,960
Speaker 1: almost two thousand yards receiving in one season. There are

2475
01:59:39,960 --> 01:59:42,520
Speaker 1: a lot of phenomenal football players who never won a

2476
01:59:42,560 --> 01:59:46,360
Speaker 1: Super Bowl, like bo Jackson. You know guys like that.

2477
01:59:46,440 --> 01:59:48,320
Speaker 1: I mean, you're you're going down a long list. You're

2478
01:59:48,320 --> 01:59:51,400
Speaker 1: taking like Barry Sanders against a field of like thousands

2479
01:59:51,440 --> 01:59:53,080
Speaker 1: of guys who have played in the NFL who didn't

2480
01:59:53,080 --> 01:59:55,880
Speaker 1: win a Super Bowl. I'll take the field. Let me

2481
01:59:55,960 --> 01:59:59,920
Speaker 1: too him that Bruce doesn't merit consideration. There Bruce Thurman,

2482
02:00:00,160 --> 02:00:02,800
Speaker 1: Jim Allways, got Andre, all my guys. I mean, I'd

2483
02:00:02,800 --> 02:00:06,040
Speaker 1: put them all in that conversation. But you know, I've

2484
02:00:06,040 --> 02:00:11,200
Speaker 1: always know that I'm completely biased. I'm trying not to

2485
02:00:11,240 --> 02:00:13,600
Speaker 1: be biased, but I think Bruce Smith was the greatest

2486
02:00:13,640 --> 02:00:15,760
Speaker 1: player in Buffalo Bill's history and the greatest player never

2487
02:00:15,840 --> 02:00:18,600
Speaker 1: won the Super Bowl. I think, yeah, he's yeah, he

2488
02:00:18,600 --> 02:00:22,360
Speaker 1: should be in the conversation. Absolutely, two hundred sacks. You're

2489
02:00:22,400 --> 02:00:24,760
Speaker 1: gonna nobody's gonna touch that. All right, there you go,

2490
02:00:24,920 --> 02:00:27,040
Speaker 1: NFL tur False brought to you by Yancey's fancy New

2491
02:00:27,120 --> 02:00:29,520
Speaker 1: York jonasan cheese. Got phone lines open for a few

2492
02:00:29,520 --> 02:00:31,840
Speaker 1: more minutes. Eight oh three oh five fifty toll free

2493
02:00:32,200 --> 02:00:35,320
Speaker 1: one eight eight eight five fifty two five fifty talk

2494
02:00:35,360 --> 02:00:36,920
Speaker 1: about the best way for the Bills to find a

2495
02:00:36,960 --> 02:00:39,120
Speaker 1: wide receiver or whatever you'd like to talk about a

2496
02:00:39,160 --> 02:00:40,840
Speaker 1: couple of things I want to bring up with you, Steve.

2497
02:00:41,560 --> 02:00:43,240
Speaker 1: How should they do this? Well, let's do the Pro

2498
02:00:43,280 --> 02:00:46,480
Speaker 1: Bowl first, since that's coming at first this weekend. An

2499
02:00:46,480 --> 02:00:51,160
Speaker 1: alternative to kickoffs on side kickoffs, there's no kickoffs that

2500
02:00:51,200 --> 02:00:52,640
Speaker 1: all on the Pro Bowl. That hasn't been now for

2501
02:00:52,720 --> 02:00:55,480
Speaker 1: it'll be the second year. The first option teams have

2502
02:00:55,760 --> 02:00:58,920
Speaker 1: after they score give the ball to the opposition, which

2503
02:00:58,920 --> 02:01:01,440
Speaker 1: starts at the twenty five yard line. The new option,

2504
02:01:01,520 --> 02:01:03,920
Speaker 1: the second option, is for the team that just scored

2505
02:01:04,440 --> 02:01:07,000
Speaker 1: can keep the ball. They start at their twenty five

2506
02:01:07,080 --> 02:01:09,720
Speaker 1: yard line, and they need a fifteen yard game, So

2507
02:01:09,760 --> 02:01:12,320
Speaker 1: it's essentially fourth and fifteen from your own twenty five.

2508
02:01:12,600 --> 02:01:15,160
Speaker 1: If you get that fifteen yards, you maintain possession. If

2509
02:01:15,160 --> 02:01:19,400
Speaker 1: it falls short, opposition takes over. So it's it's it's better.

2510
02:01:19,440 --> 02:01:21,080
Speaker 1: I don't know. Is it better than an on sidekick.

2511
02:01:21,160 --> 02:01:23,400
Speaker 1: I don't know, But it's fourth and fifteen If that's

2512
02:01:23,400 --> 02:01:24,680
Speaker 1: the way you want to play it from your own

2513
02:01:24,680 --> 02:01:26,480
Speaker 1: twenty five yard line. What do you think of that?

2514
02:01:27,320 --> 02:01:32,320
Speaker 1: I kind of like it from this from the standpoint

2515
02:01:32,360 --> 02:01:35,040
Speaker 1: of making the game more interesting, because here's the thing.

2516
02:01:35,080 --> 02:01:38,919
Speaker 1: When you're coming from behind and you you name the scenario,

2517
02:01:38,920 --> 02:01:40,640
Speaker 1: if you've got your offense on the field, you're you're

2518
02:01:40,680 --> 02:01:42,640
Speaker 1: desperately trying to get and you finally you do get

2519
02:01:42,680 --> 02:01:44,960
Speaker 1: in the end zone. Finally, Well, that team that just

2520
02:01:45,000 --> 02:01:48,120
Speaker 1: scored is gonna be juiced and they're gonna have energy,

2521
02:01:48,680 --> 02:01:51,680
Speaker 1: and it's gonna be your best offensive guys, out there

2522
02:01:51,680 --> 02:01:53,920
Speaker 1: that you know, the kind of the ticket sellers of

2523
02:01:53,960 --> 02:01:56,480
Speaker 1: the game, right, I mean the great players, and you're

2524
02:01:56,520 --> 02:01:58,560
Speaker 1: gonna put them right back out there. Okay, let's see.

2525
02:01:58,560 --> 02:02:02,000
Speaker 1: And they've got the momentum, you know, they've they've got um,

2526
02:02:03,000 --> 02:02:05,360
Speaker 1: you know, the desperation, they've got all this stuff going

2527
02:02:05,400 --> 02:02:07,400
Speaker 1: for him, and they see if they can keep it rolling.

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Speaker 1: I think it's really interesting. Uh it's an interesting plant.

2529
02:02:11,440 --> 02:02:15,080
Speaker 1: I like it. Certainly it's a throwing down, but you

2530
02:02:15,120 --> 02:02:17,080
Speaker 1: can you don't have to throw it. You could run it.

2531
02:02:17,160 --> 02:02:20,840
Speaker 1: But I think it's really interesting to think about. And

2532
02:02:21,240 --> 02:02:26,240
Speaker 1: they have no doubt done mathematical analysis of plays that

2533
02:02:26,280 --> 02:02:30,160
Speaker 1: are fourth and fifteen or third and fifteen kind of

2534
02:02:30,200 --> 02:02:33,800
Speaker 1: plays where teams have got this make or break down

2535
02:02:33,840 --> 02:02:36,040
Speaker 1: and seeing how often they make them. And I think

2536
02:02:36,080 --> 02:02:38,400
Speaker 1: the number used to be for for onside kicks, like

2537
02:02:38,480 --> 02:02:43,880
Speaker 1: ten percent. I got those numbers. Yeah, okayis the year

2538
02:02:43,920 --> 02:02:46,840
Speaker 1: before you were in on it, when they change the

2539
02:02:47,160 --> 02:02:50,040
Speaker 1: onside kick role to prevent the running start um. It

2540
02:02:50,160 --> 02:02:53,520
Speaker 1: was a historic high rate of twenty one percent successful

2541
02:02:53,520 --> 02:02:57,600
Speaker 1: onside kicks twenty seventeen, the next year twenty eighteen, seven

2542
02:02:57,640 --> 02:03:00,720
Speaker 1: point seven percent, last year twelve point percent, So it's

2543
02:03:00,760 --> 02:03:02,920
Speaker 1: gone down pretty significant, went down and then back up

2544
02:03:02,920 --> 02:03:05,320
Speaker 1: a little bit. But I one of the reasons it

2545
02:03:05,360 --> 02:03:09,920
Speaker 1: was so high and seventeen was um surprise on sides

2546
02:03:10,480 --> 02:03:15,000
Speaker 1: were more prevalent um. Now, without the running start, you

2547
02:03:15,440 --> 02:03:17,880
Speaker 1: can't get there, you know, you can't get there fast enough,

2548
02:03:17,920 --> 02:03:20,520
Speaker 1: and so surprise on sides. Are you just talk about

2549
02:03:20,520 --> 02:03:24,160
Speaker 1: onside kicks in your meeting? Oh yeah, And is it

2550
02:03:24,160 --> 02:03:26,840
Speaker 1: true that onside kicks produced a lot of injuries? Was

2551
02:03:26,920 --> 02:03:29,560
Speaker 1: there evidence of that? Oh? Yeah, really, yeah, that the

2552
02:03:29,600 --> 02:03:33,040
Speaker 1: evidence was clear. I mean the evidence was both um

2553
02:03:33,200 --> 02:03:37,400
Speaker 1: anecdotal and mathematically because the running, the running start is

2554
02:03:37,440 --> 02:03:41,920
Speaker 1: what did it. And on side kicks were actually in

2555
02:03:41,960 --> 02:03:44,880
Speaker 1: some cases more susceptible to it because there were more

2556
02:03:44,920 --> 02:03:49,200
Speaker 1: guys whose jobs it were to knock people away from

2557
02:03:49,200 --> 02:03:52,440
Speaker 1: the ball. And you've it's the only playing football where

2558
02:03:52,480 --> 02:03:55,880
Speaker 1: you've got guys running distances, well in this case only

2559
02:03:55,880 --> 02:03:59,560
Speaker 1: ten yards, but distances trying to hit another guy and

2560
02:03:59,680 --> 02:04:03,240
Speaker 1: knee there. One of them was trying to avoid the

2561
02:04:03,320 --> 02:04:06,400
Speaker 1: receiving teams. Guys were also there to knock the guys

2562
02:04:06,400 --> 02:04:08,720
Speaker 1: and keep them away from the ball so that the

2563
02:04:08,800 --> 02:04:11,120
Speaker 1: guy receiving the on site would have a chance to

2564
02:04:11,200 --> 02:04:14,360
Speaker 1: handle it without somebody coming right down on him. So

2565
02:04:14,400 --> 02:04:19,440
Speaker 1: they because of that concept, there was a lot of um,

2566
02:04:20,080 --> 02:04:23,000
Speaker 1: you know, concussions and injuries and that kind of thing

2567
02:04:23,040 --> 02:04:26,720
Speaker 1: happening on those plays. And there was even statistics about

2568
02:04:26,720 --> 02:04:30,120
Speaker 1: which guy on this kickoff team and the regular kickoffs

2569
02:04:30,360 --> 02:04:32,040
Speaker 1: were getting injured the most, and it was the threes

2570
02:04:32,080 --> 02:04:35,200
Speaker 1: and fours that were always were getting knocked knocked around

2571
02:04:35,200 --> 02:04:40,080
Speaker 1: too much. So because of that, they've all they've drastically

2572
02:04:40,280 --> 02:04:42,400
Speaker 1: cut down on the number of concussions. And it was

2573
02:04:42,440 --> 02:04:46,560
Speaker 1: also too when did the play stop on kickoffs because

2574
02:04:47,360 --> 02:04:49,800
Speaker 1: you know, when I played, if it was a touchback,

2575
02:04:51,400 --> 02:04:54,040
Speaker 1: it didn't matter. You were still going down and trying

2576
02:04:54,080 --> 02:04:57,720
Speaker 1: to light somebody up. That's all gone away. So you

2577
02:04:57,760 --> 02:04:59,880
Speaker 1: were getting guys having concussions on a play that every

2578
02:05:00,000 --> 02:05:02,160
Speaker 1: it happened. You know what I'm saying, Yeah, the guy's

2579
02:05:02,200 --> 02:05:03,920
Speaker 1: going down there and they're trying to send a message,

2580
02:05:03,920 --> 02:05:05,880
Speaker 1: so they the wedge would form up. You still get

2581
02:05:05,880 --> 02:05:07,440
Speaker 1: down and bust the wedge up, even though the guy

2582
02:05:07,520 --> 02:05:09,840
Speaker 1: had was on a knee in the end zone. That's

2583
02:05:09,880 --> 02:05:14,240
Speaker 1: all gone away. And so everything has gotten better in

2584
02:05:14,240 --> 02:05:16,480
Speaker 1: that respect, which is which is a good thing. So

2585
02:05:16,560 --> 02:05:19,480
Speaker 1: this is the the change in the outside kicks they'll

2586
02:05:19,480 --> 02:05:21,680
Speaker 1: try and who knows if it'll get used in this

2587
02:05:21,720 --> 02:05:23,560
Speaker 1: Sunday Super Bowl, But I guess it's good. It's it's

2588
02:05:23,560 --> 02:05:24,960
Speaker 1: good to take a look at it. As you said

2589
02:05:25,280 --> 02:05:27,480
Speaker 1: earlier in the show, you know, what are you gonna get?

2590
02:05:27,480 --> 02:05:30,120
Speaker 1: Nobody explaining hard in the Pro Bowl anyway, right, But yeah,

2591
02:05:30,200 --> 02:05:32,400
Speaker 1: I mean maybe they get guys, maybe they'll be able

2592
02:05:32,440 --> 02:05:35,400
Speaker 1: to I mean, they may get a look at it.

2593
02:05:35,440 --> 02:05:37,480
Speaker 1: But the fourth and the fourth and twenty five or

2594
02:05:37,520 --> 02:05:40,360
Speaker 1: fourth and fifteen instead of an onside kick has been

2595
02:05:40,400 --> 02:05:43,120
Speaker 1: one that's been bandied about for the last handful of years.

2596
02:05:43,120 --> 02:05:45,800
Speaker 1: I like that idea because it puts your stars on

2597
02:05:45,840 --> 02:05:49,120
Speaker 1: the field. Now, certainly you'll have a menu of plays

2598
02:05:49,120 --> 02:05:51,120
Speaker 1: that you go to, but I think it's great for

2599
02:05:51,160 --> 02:05:53,240
Speaker 1: the game and great for them. Gives you a chance

2600
02:05:53,280 --> 02:05:57,160
Speaker 1: to to give the best guys, the most experienced guys offensively,

2601
02:05:57,320 --> 02:05:59,280
Speaker 1: just a chance to stay on the field. Let's work

2602
02:05:59,320 --> 02:06:00,920
Speaker 1: in a few phone call here. Why we got time.

2603
02:06:00,960 --> 02:06:03,400
Speaker 1: Let's go to Tom and Amherst. Hello, time you're on

2604
02:06:03,440 --> 02:06:08,400
Speaker 1: the air with This's go ahead, afternoon, gentlemen. It seems

2605
02:06:08,400 --> 02:06:11,640
Speaker 1: to me I'm all disappointed. Excuse me, Labrandon Bean and

2606
02:06:11,760 --> 02:06:14,800
Speaker 1: Chris Brown's talk this afternoon. I've listened to the show.

2607
02:06:16,040 --> 02:06:19,360
Speaker 1: Our number one priorities should be the number one losses

2608
02:06:19,400 --> 02:06:22,480
Speaker 1: year of Lorenzo Alexander. How are we going to replace him?

2609
02:06:22,880 --> 02:06:25,120
Speaker 1: I think he should be talk of a first round

2610
02:06:25,240 --> 02:06:30,160
Speaker 1: or high second round draft pick, just like your thoughts. Yeah, well,

2611
02:06:30,360 --> 02:06:32,800
Speaker 1: my thought is Lorenzo is going to be tough to replace.

2612
02:06:33,120 --> 02:06:35,920
Speaker 1: He was not really an every down player, which makes

2613
02:06:35,960 --> 02:06:37,880
Speaker 1: it easier, I guess to replace him. I'm looking up

2614
02:06:37,880 --> 02:06:42,400
Speaker 1: the numbers for his snap counts. Shoot, I don't have

2615
02:06:42,440 --> 02:06:45,080
Speaker 1: the Jets game in here, but even without the Jets game,

2616
02:06:45,120 --> 02:06:48,360
Speaker 1: Lorenzo played in fifty percent of the defensive snaps, so

2617
02:06:48,640 --> 02:06:51,600
Speaker 1: he's on the field half the time. So they'll need

2618
02:06:51,640 --> 02:06:53,600
Speaker 1: a guy to replace him, no question about it. But

2619
02:06:53,680 --> 02:06:55,920
Speaker 1: it's only a part time job, basically a fifty percent

2620
02:06:55,960 --> 02:06:59,920
Speaker 1: of the time jobs to you go free. I just

2621
02:07:00,240 --> 02:07:02,720
Speaker 1: get somebody for him then. Yeah, and plus this time,

2622
02:07:02,760 --> 02:07:04,880
Speaker 1: there may be guys on the roster that the Bills

2623
02:07:04,920 --> 02:07:08,000
Speaker 1: have their highs set on as being able to do that,

2624
02:07:08,000 --> 02:07:09,920
Speaker 1: that are already in house. We may not know who

2625
02:07:09,920 --> 02:07:12,880
Speaker 1: they are, or they may have a plan for doing that,

2626
02:07:13,000 --> 02:07:15,200
Speaker 1: or their eyes on somebody in another team who's actually

2627
02:07:15,240 --> 02:07:16,880
Speaker 1: out there that they know is going to be available.

2628
02:07:16,880 --> 02:07:19,280
Speaker 1: That kind of thing, I think you'd get a first

2629
02:07:19,360 --> 02:07:22,520
Speaker 1: rounder at that. He may there may be a guy

2630
02:07:22,560 --> 02:07:25,960
Speaker 1: out there, but there's no doubt that's on their list

2631
02:07:26,000 --> 02:07:27,680
Speaker 1: to do. They know they've got to do it. It's

2632
02:07:27,680 --> 02:07:31,000
Speaker 1: a start. You know, you're losing a starter, So obviously

2633
02:07:31,000 --> 02:07:32,840
Speaker 1: it's up on the forefront of their mind that they're

2634
02:07:32,840 --> 02:07:34,640
Speaker 1: gonna have to do that. But I think they probably have,

2635
02:07:34,800 --> 02:07:36,680
Speaker 1: like we said, three ways to do it, the draft,

2636
02:07:36,880 --> 02:07:40,360
Speaker 1: free agency, or in house, and I think all those

2637
02:07:40,440 --> 02:07:42,920
Speaker 1: things three things are in play for the Bills. Thanks time,

2638
02:07:43,000 --> 02:07:44,760
Speaker 1: Let's go to Mark in cheek to Waga. Hello, Mark,

2639
02:07:44,800 --> 02:07:47,880
Speaker 1: you're on the air with us. Hello you guys hearing me?

2640
02:07:47,880 --> 02:07:52,120
Speaker 1: All right? We can here? All right? Sorry? Hello? Yeah,

2641
02:07:52,200 --> 02:07:55,200
Speaker 1: go ahead? Oh lookay, hey, yeah guys. A couple of

2642
02:07:55,280 --> 02:07:56,920
Speaker 1: quick things. I know you guys are almost done, and

2643
02:07:56,960 --> 02:08:00,440
Speaker 1: enjoy the rest of your day. Um, Tanna. I will

2644
02:08:00,480 --> 02:08:02,360
Speaker 1: go with Tannehill because this is what he was supposed

2645
02:08:02,360 --> 02:08:04,360
Speaker 1: to be. Wasn't he a first round high draft pick?

2646
02:08:04,400 --> 02:08:06,880
Speaker 1: I'm not he's been exactly sure, but I thought he

2647
02:08:06,920 --> 02:08:09,920
Speaker 1: went ninth or tenth or something or eleventh, seventies. Either way,

2648
02:08:09,960 --> 02:08:11,680
Speaker 1: he was a first round pick. I think he's finally

2649
02:08:11,840 --> 02:08:14,960
Speaker 1: doing what he's supposed to do. Change your pace. Great move.

2650
02:08:15,000 --> 02:08:17,760
Speaker 1: If I'll have Tennessee, I'd hold on to him for

2651
02:08:17,760 --> 02:08:19,280
Speaker 1: as long as I could, you know, as long as

2652
02:08:19,320 --> 02:08:21,320
Speaker 1: he keeps playing the way he has. That is, even

2653
02:08:21,400 --> 02:08:24,640
Speaker 1: given the history that he had in Miami. Yeah, absolutely,

2654
02:08:24,680 --> 02:08:27,680
Speaker 1: because because look at Mariota was what number one or

2655
02:08:27,680 --> 02:08:30,400
Speaker 1: two overall? I couldn't do shit. I excuse my mouth,

2656
02:08:30,760 --> 02:08:37,000
Speaker 1: but then, um, okay, thanks for calling for calling a

2657
02:08:37,000 --> 02:08:40,280
Speaker 1: little slip of the tongue. I guess cost you cost

2658
02:08:40,320 --> 02:08:43,120
Speaker 1: you the rest of your point. I don't know, sorry

2659
02:08:43,120 --> 02:08:47,720
Speaker 1: about that if anybody heard that slip. But here's Ryan

2660
02:08:47,720 --> 02:08:51,240
Speaker 1: tanniel is who he is. He's no different playing for

2661
02:08:51,280 --> 02:08:54,040
Speaker 1: the Tennessee Titans than he was with the Miami Dolphins.

2662
02:08:54,320 --> 02:08:57,160
Speaker 1: And ultimately, as we saw with the Titans, you can

2663
02:08:57,200 --> 02:09:00,680
Speaker 1: get a long way, but they had an absolutely believably

2664
02:09:00,760 --> 02:09:03,680
Speaker 1: dominant running game, and they were playing on a huge

2665
02:09:03,760 --> 02:09:06,040
Speaker 1: uptick and had a lot of things, and all Ryan

2666
02:09:06,120 --> 02:09:10,240
Speaker 1: Tannehill had to do was he had fifteen completions over

2667
02:09:10,280 --> 02:09:13,960
Speaker 1: the first two playoff games. Ultimately, in the playoffs, if

2668
02:09:14,000 --> 02:09:15,560
Speaker 1: you want to go to the championship, you have to

2669
02:09:15,560 --> 02:09:17,800
Speaker 1: have a quarterback who will stand in the pocket and

2670
02:09:17,960 --> 02:09:22,560
Speaker 1: make throws or get outside the pocket and make plays

2671
02:09:23,240 --> 02:09:26,840
Speaker 1: one of the two, if not both. And Ryan Tannehill

2672
02:09:28,400 --> 02:09:32,720
Speaker 1: to me, is not good enough in those respects. Take

2673
02:09:32,800 --> 02:09:36,160
Speaker 1: one more phone call. Let's go to Dan in Erie, Pennsylvania. Dan,

2674
02:09:36,200 --> 02:09:38,720
Speaker 1: you're on the ear. Hey, guys, how are we doing?

2675
02:09:39,280 --> 02:09:42,160
Speaker 1: Great show? As always, thank you, thank you for taking

2676
02:09:42,200 --> 02:09:45,720
Speaker 1: my call. I know that we need to definitely a

2677
02:09:46,080 --> 02:09:48,960
Speaker 1: talk of the shopping list is a wide receiver. My

2678
02:09:49,040 --> 02:09:51,840
Speaker 1: pick is to get one in the first round, and

2679
02:09:51,880 --> 02:09:55,800
Speaker 1: I also agree with the other caller a linebacker. But

2680
02:09:55,880 --> 02:09:59,240
Speaker 1: where does running backs stand in their shopping list? I mean,

2681
02:09:59,640 --> 02:10:04,960
Speaker 1: especially Frank Gore retires. Yeah, I think it's probably somewhere

2682
02:10:05,000 --> 02:10:07,520
Speaker 1: in their second tier of needs. And I agree with it.

2683
02:10:07,640 --> 02:10:11,080
Speaker 1: They need a change up type running back to Devin Singletary,

2684
02:10:11,160 --> 02:10:14,160
Speaker 1: but I don't think it's a top three priority. Steve,

2685
02:10:14,200 --> 02:10:16,440
Speaker 1: what do you think? I totally agree with you, and

2686
02:10:16,480 --> 02:10:18,920
Speaker 1: I'll tell you why. I mean, look look at the

2687
02:10:18,960 --> 02:10:24,320
Speaker 1: guys that are in the super Bowl or in the

2688
02:10:24,400 --> 02:10:27,840
Speaker 1: championship games. Jones and Williams for Green Bay and Most

2689
02:10:28,680 --> 02:10:31,280
Speaker 1: had twenty nine carries for two hundred and twenty yards

2690
02:10:31,280 --> 02:10:33,200
Speaker 1: and four tds in the championship, and most it was

2691
02:10:33,200 --> 02:10:36,280
Speaker 1: on six different teams. You don't you don't have to

2692
02:10:36,320 --> 02:10:38,680
Speaker 1: go very far to find a guy who is going

2693
02:10:38,760 --> 02:10:42,080
Speaker 1: to be really good. And you know, just like the

2694
02:10:42,120 --> 02:10:45,240
Speaker 1: Bills got Devin Singletary in the third round, you know

2695
02:10:45,280 --> 02:10:46,960
Speaker 1: you don't have you can have that on your list

2696
02:10:46,960 --> 02:10:49,320
Speaker 1: of very important things, but you don't have to go

2697
02:10:49,440 --> 02:10:52,120
Speaker 1: digging very far to find a really good athlete who

2698
02:10:52,120 --> 02:10:54,160
Speaker 1: can carry the ball. In the National Football League. There

2699
02:10:54,160 --> 02:10:56,920
Speaker 1: are a ton of guys out there and so as

2700
02:10:57,560 --> 02:11:02,800
Speaker 1: as important as it is, they're also a huge number

2701
02:11:02,800 --> 02:11:05,200
Speaker 1: of them out there that you can grab. Got a breakcare,

2702
02:11:05,240 --> 02:11:07,720
Speaker 1: We're coming back. One Bill slide presented by Kalada Health

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02:11:07,760 --> 02:11:22,960
Speaker 1: from the Seneca Studio in Archard Park. This is Buffalo Bills. Ready, Okay,

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Speaker 1: what have we learned from today's show? Brought to you

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Speaker 1: by Skyworks, the official construction equipment rental company of the

2706
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Speaker 1: Buffalo Bills. Had Chris Brown on. He joined us from

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02:11:30,280 --> 02:11:33,880
Speaker 1: Mobile Ala, Alabama. He is the reporter for Buffalo Bills

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02:11:33,920 --> 02:11:36,960
Speaker 1: dot Com Insider from Buffalo bills dot Com. Covering the

2709
02:11:37,000 --> 02:11:39,040
Speaker 1: Senior Bowl, we asked him what the Bills could do

2710
02:11:39,120 --> 02:11:41,280
Speaker 1: with their nine draft picks, in particular, maybe they didn't

2711
02:11:41,320 --> 02:11:42,800
Speaker 1: want to use all nine for draft picks, and maybe

2712
02:11:42,800 --> 02:11:44,360
Speaker 1: they want to package up some of the later ones

2713
02:11:44,400 --> 02:11:48,440
Speaker 1: and freight up. Here's what Chris Brown said. You know,

2714
02:11:48,480 --> 02:11:51,080
Speaker 1: the construction of the roster and the decisions that they've made.

2715
02:11:51,600 --> 02:11:54,480
Speaker 1: Another good draft class that came in last year that

2716
02:11:54,640 --> 02:11:58,640
Speaker 1: made contributions in for the foreseeable future, you'd expect most

2717
02:11:58,640 --> 02:12:02,040
Speaker 1: of those guys to remain on the roster. It's going

2718
02:12:02,120 --> 02:12:04,560
Speaker 1: to be an even hardened roster to make in training

2719
02:12:04,600 --> 02:12:07,680
Speaker 1: camps coming summer. And so when you're armed with nine

2720
02:12:07,760 --> 02:12:09,840
Speaker 1: draft picks, I think as a general manager, you have

2721
02:12:09,880 --> 02:12:12,920
Speaker 1: to ask yourself, honestly, it's a kid I take in

2722
02:12:12,920 --> 02:12:15,120
Speaker 1: the fifth or sixth round even gonna make our roster.

2723
02:12:15,680 --> 02:12:18,080
Speaker 1: And if you're not so sure that's going to happen,

2724
02:12:19,080 --> 02:12:21,880
Speaker 1: maybe you make a more aggressive move in the draft,

2725
02:12:22,080 --> 02:12:24,480
Speaker 1: trade some of that draft capital to move up somewhere

2726
02:12:24,520 --> 02:12:26,760
Speaker 1: in the early rounds to get a real premium talent,

2727
02:12:27,400 --> 02:12:29,880
Speaker 1: or if you can't do that or you're not in

2728
02:12:29,880 --> 02:12:33,640
Speaker 1: a position to do that, maybe you trade the current

2729
02:12:33,760 --> 02:12:38,560
Speaker 1: draft assets for future draft asset. Interesting, that's what the

2730
02:12:38,600 --> 02:12:40,800
Speaker 1: senior road does it. Fortunately, you start thinking about these

2731
02:12:40,840 --> 02:12:42,880
Speaker 1: issues team, you don't have to make a decision yet.

2732
02:12:43,280 --> 02:12:45,200
Speaker 1: We asked our listeners what's the best way for the

2733
02:12:45,240 --> 02:12:48,040
Speaker 1: Bills to find a wide receiver. Forty three percent say

2734
02:12:48,120 --> 02:12:50,560
Speaker 1: round one of the draft, don't fool around, thirty three

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Speaker 1: percent say the second or later rounds, seventeen percent said

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Speaker 1: free agency, seven percent said a trade. Eight hundred eighty

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Speaker 1: one votes in what do you think? I'm still with

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Speaker 1: second or later round in the draft too. I think

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Speaker 1: this was particularly this year with the with the depth

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Speaker 1: of that position in this draft, and the best guys

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Speaker 1: are guys who are of a different physical characteristic than

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Speaker 1: the Bills are looking for, looking for that big, tall, big, heavy,

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Speaker 1: fast guy. And the top guys of this draft, some

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Speaker 1: of them are you know, are like the guys they

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Speaker 1: already have, like the six sub six footers who are

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Speaker 1: fast and quick with all that stuff. So um interesting.

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Speaker 1: I think I think they're gonna be able to get

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Speaker 1: their guy no matter who it is, and it'll be

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Speaker 1: interesting to see whether they have to move around in

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Speaker 1: this draft order to get him. When it gets close

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Speaker 1: or if they can stand pat and get him. We'll

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Speaker 1: find out April twenty three or three months away, about

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Speaker 1: three months from month tomorrow. As a matter of fact,

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Speaker 1: Tomorrow on the show, we'll be talking live with m

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Speaker 1: Kyle Brandt from NFL Network, our production assistance, George Blast,

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Speaker 1: Jeff Coltenick, Thomas Islander, Kelly Rude, JJ Torito, Kevin Kargis,

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Speaker 1: James Robelar producer Jay Harris. We'll see you tomorrow, twelve noon.

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