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Speaker 1: proven your worth in that way and in your good

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Speaker 1: depth piece at whatever position you play, you're gonna make

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Speaker 1: this roster. And we've talked about it for three years now,

431
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Speaker 1: how tough of a roster it is to make, and

432
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Speaker 1: if the sixth rounders or seventh rounders or no matter

433
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Speaker 1: what round they are. I mean, aside from probably first, second,

434
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Speaker 1: and third, will those lower round players make this team

435
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Speaker 1: because of what the roster currently looks like. That's always

436
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Speaker 1: a big question as we go into training camp, and

437
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Speaker 1: a lot of these younger guys are able to fight

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Speaker 1: it out and make the roster. And we've seen some

439
00:21:00,200 --> 00:21:02,560
Speaker 1: of the younger guys who were laid around picks even

440
00:21:02,600 --> 00:21:05,720
Speaker 1: it plucked off the Bills the roster were shot wild

441
00:21:05,840 --> 00:21:07,560
Speaker 1: use is one of them. Jack Anderson is another one.

442
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Speaker 1: These guys couldn't even make the Bills roster, but yet

443
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Speaker 1: other teams were taking them and saying, no, we could

444
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Speaker 1: use these guys. That shows you how good the roster is.

445
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Speaker 1: So the Bills have seven draft picks in this coming draft.

446
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Speaker 1: There's a great thought, and I share it a lot.

447
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Speaker 1: Says well, will they really use all seven? They don't

448
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Speaker 1: need it. Brandon Mean, he's gonna say, you know what,

449
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Speaker 1: I can't see seven guys making this team, so I'm

450
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Speaker 1: going to try and trade around. However, Brandon Bean made

451
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Speaker 1: a great point himself last year, he said, and because

452
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Speaker 1: I think the same thought was last year. But then

453
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Speaker 1: they made some trades they picked up a couple extra

454
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Speaker 1: late picks, and he said, look, that's true, except if

455
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Speaker 1: you have to fill out your roster with undrafted free agents.

456
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Speaker 1: By doing that, a lot of times the undrafted free

457
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Speaker 1: agents will say, well, I don't want to go to

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Speaker 1: Buffalo because I don't have opportunity to make the roster.

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Speaker 1: So therefore, if we have him on a draft pick,

460
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Speaker 1: they don't have a choice. They have to put the Buffalo.

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Speaker 1: So it's a balancing game you have to play. Sure, yeah,

462
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Speaker 1: you could say not those guys are gonna make the team,

463
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Speaker 1: But in lieu of that, you're gonna have to go

464
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Speaker 1: out and ask guys to come and try and beyond

465
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Speaker 1: your team. They're gonna say, well, where am I going

466
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Speaker 1: to play? I'd rather go play for somebody else who

467
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Speaker 1: give me better opportunity on that roster. Yeah, that's an

468
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Speaker 1: interesting point that you make with just how a roster

469
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Speaker 1: fills out, how a team comes together. What happens to

470
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Speaker 1: teams that are more competitive and teams that are better

471
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Speaker 1: that if a guy's coming here that's a free agent,

472
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Speaker 1: maybe he doesn't feel like he truly has a home

473
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Speaker 1: here because it's going to be so hard to make

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Speaker 1: the roster. But what that does is and what Sean

475
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Speaker 1: McDermott talks about all the time, is that plays into

476
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Speaker 1: the competition aspect of things so much. In training camp

477
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Speaker 1: they want to make sure they are stacked at every

478
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Speaker 1: single position. So these guys can basically do get out

479
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Speaker 1: on the field for three weeks straight so you can

480
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Speaker 1: find who your true competitors are, who your true depth

481
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Speaker 1: pieces are. And sure, you could label the starters and

482
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Speaker 1: we know probably who are going to be the starters

483
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Speaker 1: on offense and defense this year, but what happens within

484
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Speaker 1: that competition and is you might find a new second

485
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Speaker 1: stringer or third stringer within that competition, a player who

486
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Speaker 1: rises up. I think we go back to Siran Neil's

487
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Speaker 1: He's a great talking point and a great person to

488
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Speaker 1: talk about. I remember in training camp last year he

489
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Speaker 1: had a few interceptions and really popped in some of

490
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Speaker 1: those practices and it's like, wow, this guy has really

491
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Speaker 1: come along. He's he's learned a lot as an NFL player.

492
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Speaker 1: His teammates were talking him up. So there's always going

493
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Speaker 1: to be somebody who comes out a camp that may

494
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Speaker 1: get a more bigger opportunity that season because of how

495
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Speaker 1: they perform. Jake Kumero is another example of somebody who

496
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Speaker 1: had a really good camp a couple two years ago.

497
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Speaker 1: I believe, where was it last year? All of these

498
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Speaker 1: camps are coming together. Oh well, listen, I remember Jake

499
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Speaker 1: had that nice catch and touchdown against Denver a couple

500
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Speaker 1: of years ago. Bill saw that Bill's fans and you know,

501
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Speaker 1: a lot of people have had a lot of high

502
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Speaker 1: expectation room last year. But it's tough for him to

503
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Speaker 1: see the field with the wide receiver group bad. I'll

504
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Speaker 1: tell you about Jake Rumer. I think that it was

505
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Speaker 1: surprising to me that he resigned with the Bills for

506
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Speaker 1: this very reason that he might have thought that he

507
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Speaker 1: had a chance to go elsewhere and play. But it

508
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Speaker 1: also shows he understands how valuable he is here. He

509
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Speaker 1: likes it here in the Bills, understand how valuable he's

510
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Speaker 1: a special teams and they wanted him back, And I thought, hey, no,

511
00:24:16,400 --> 00:24:18,440
Speaker 1: that's a guy that probably wants to get another opportunity

512
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Speaker 1: to go and play wide receiver somewhere, but he might

513
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Speaker 1: still get that here. But I think it showed a

514
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Speaker 1: lot of faith in jaycomber out and Jacomer is showing

515
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Speaker 1: a lot of faith in the Bills to say, you

516
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Speaker 1: know what, I want to come back to Buffalo. He

517
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Speaker 1: did resign. He's here again on another one year deal,

518
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Speaker 1: and he's a core special teams player who again can

519
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Speaker 1: now help you out on offense if you need him

520
00:24:35,240 --> 00:24:37,920
Speaker 1: to play. Yeah, he is a really big special teamer

521
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Speaker 1: for this team. And it's also what we talked about

522
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Speaker 1: this week. It's the conversation of what do you want.

523
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Speaker 1: Do you want to be on the team where, sure,

524
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Speaker 1: maybe you're going to get some more reps, but you're

525
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Speaker 1: going to be on a team that's not going anywhere,

526
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Speaker 1: that's not going to go to the playoffs that season,

527
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Speaker 1: or would you rather be on a team where you

528
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Speaker 1: will have a big role on special teams. You may

529
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Speaker 1: come in in some games, but this team has the

530
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Speaker 1: opportunity to win a super Bowl and you have the

531
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Speaker 1: opportunity to do something that maybe you'll never ever get

532
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Speaker 1: to do in your NFL career. And a lot of

533
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Speaker 1: these guys on this roster who have taken pay cuts,

534
00:25:12,680 --> 00:25:15,800
Speaker 1: who who have had their contracts restructured, I think are

535
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Speaker 1: on this roster yes because they play a big role,

536
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Speaker 1: but also because they know that there's something special here.

537
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Speaker 1: That they could be a part of something that they

538
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Speaker 1: never get to taste again in their NFL careers. Buffalos

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Speaker 1: a destination, Maddie, It really is. Buffalo is a destination

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Speaker 1: now for free agent players. You know, we guys who

541
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Speaker 1: get drafted, they're happy to be draft. They always say,

542
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Speaker 1: I've been glad that team took me. But I think

543
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Speaker 1: players are going to be happy to come to a

544
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Speaker 1: place where they know they've a chance to win right away.

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Speaker 1: A lot of these players come out of college, they're

546
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Speaker 1: used to winning these high power programs in the ACC

547
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Speaker 1: or SEC. They go to Buffalo. You know, they know, hey,

548
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Speaker 1: I can keep it rolling. But free agents, we see this.

549
00:25:48,760 --> 00:25:50,880
Speaker 1: Free agents are now coming to Buffalo. Every time we

550
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Speaker 1: were in that media room and we talked to a

551
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Speaker 1: de Quan Jones or a Tim Settle, whoever it is,

552
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Speaker 1: von Miller, what did they say. They want to win,

553
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Speaker 1: They want to be a part of winning. Von Miller.

554
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Speaker 1: It was amazed by the way Buffalo Bills dot Com

555
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Speaker 1: amazing first twenty four hours of von Miller. Yes, it

556
00:26:05,200 --> 00:26:07,440
Speaker 1: was awesome, right, it was really cool. It was awesome.

557
00:26:07,600 --> 00:26:09,959
Speaker 1: And something that stood out to me was him walking

558
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Speaker 1: into the Bills Field House and they have the banners

559
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Speaker 1: up for the four AFC championships. Here you go. He said,

560
00:26:15,119 --> 00:26:18,160
Speaker 1: look at it on the TV side, and he was told, yeah,

561
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Speaker 1: there's the four banners. You know. We never got over

562
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Speaker 1: that hump. And he just looks, doesn't even bat an eye,

563
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Speaker 1: and he goes, yeah, we'll change that. I know, we'll

564
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Speaker 1: change that. It was. It was. It was awesome and amazing.

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Speaker 1: You guys are watching on MS You're seeing von Miller

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Speaker 1: walk through the field house and and do his tour

567
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Speaker 1: of the Bills facilities. But it's interesting how somebody like

568
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Speaker 1: von Miller chose to come to Buffalo overstaying in LA

569
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Speaker 1: and competing for another Super Bowl with the La Rams.

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Speaker 1: I really kind of thought back to Stephan Diggs when

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Speaker 1: when he got his contract extension and I wrote a

572
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Speaker 1: long form piece kind of on on his press conference

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Speaker 1: that he did, and and you can kind of trace

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Speaker 1: Buffalo becoming a destination back to Stefan Diggs and of

575
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Speaker 1: course many other players you could tie to Buffalo becoming

576
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Speaker 1: a destination because it's not one player that has done it.

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Speaker 1: It's several players that have played into Buffalo becoming a destination.

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Speaker 1: And I know Stefan Diggs was traded here, but he

579
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Speaker 1: was kind of the first guy to stick his toe

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Speaker 1: out or stick his foot into the door of the

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Speaker 1: Buffalo Bills. And what has happened is many players saying,

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Speaker 1: sign me up, I'll come in next, I'm ready to go.

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Speaker 1: Von Miller, I'll go here. Different players Cole Beasley sounds good,

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Speaker 1: I'll play for the Buffalo Bills if it wouldn't have

585
00:27:47,359 --> 00:27:49,240
Speaker 1: came together the way the way it did. I mean,

586
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Speaker 1: you have to have a good team to to be

587
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Speaker 1: an attractive destination for players who are on the open market.

588
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Speaker 1: And Josh Allen, Stefan Diggs, they've played a big part.

589
00:28:00,000 --> 00:28:07,159
Speaker 1: Trevious White, Tremaine Edmonds, those core guys, Micah Hie, Jordan Poyer,

590
00:28:07,240 --> 00:28:10,680
Speaker 1: players who have been here since day one of Sean

591
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Speaker 1: McDermott and Brandon Bean getting here. Those guys are the

592
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Speaker 1: reason why Buffalo is a destination today. And it takes

593
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Speaker 1: only one bigger name player for for other players to

594
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Speaker 1: believe and decide that they want to follow in a

595
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Speaker 1: guy like Stefan Diggs's footsteps. And the number one reason

596
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Speaker 1: on the field is I think number seventeen right, oh yeah,

597
00:28:32,080 --> 00:28:34,440
Speaker 1: and seven Diggs, Von Miller, he's the defensive guy and

598
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Speaker 1: he talks about it right come in here and playing

599
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Speaker 1: with Josh Allen. So the Bills are The Bills are

600
00:28:38,280 --> 00:28:39,880
Speaker 1: in a very good position. They have a new stadium

601
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Speaker 1: coming in a few years obviously that's going to help

602
00:28:41,720 --> 00:28:43,600
Speaker 1: as well. The Bills are in a very good position,

603
00:28:43,640 --> 00:28:45,760
Speaker 1: I think, not only in twenty twenty two, but you

604
00:28:45,760 --> 00:28:48,120
Speaker 1: know beyond, to be a destination that players want to play.

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Speaker 1: And this roster is constructed in a way that I

606
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Speaker 1: think they're going to be competing four championships for quite

607
00:28:52,120 --> 00:28:54,400
Speaker 1: a while. Yeah, and it's interesting to think back to

608
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Speaker 1: when the Buffalo Bills drafted Josh Allen. I know that

609
00:28:57,920 --> 00:29:01,080
Speaker 1: tweet that the Buffalo Bills post did when they drafted

610
00:29:01,160 --> 00:29:04,120
Speaker 1: Josh Allen is circulating on Twitter right now. I've seen

611
00:29:04,360 --> 00:29:07,800
Speaker 1: many people quote tweeted and just tell you like read

612
00:29:07,840 --> 00:29:11,640
Speaker 1: the replies because it's hilarious. And so many people were

613
00:29:11,680 --> 00:29:14,600
Speaker 1: not happy with that pick. So many people were thinking

614
00:29:14,640 --> 00:29:17,240
Speaker 1: that different quarterbacks in that draft class would have been

615
00:29:17,680 --> 00:29:21,000
Speaker 1: a better choice for the Bills. But Brandon Bean and

616
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Speaker 1: Sean McDermott saw something that some other teams didn't in

617
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Speaker 1: Josh Allen, and they saw that he had such a

618
00:29:26,840 --> 00:29:31,000
Speaker 1: high ceiling, and Terry and Kim Pogula were on board

619
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Speaker 1: with it as well. And look at how it's played out.

620
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Speaker 1: Look at how it's panned out. And Cynthia Freeland said yesterday,

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Speaker 1: you know, if you don't have a quarterback, it's really

622
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Speaker 1: hard to figure out your team if you don't have

623
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Speaker 1: a quarterback. And the Jets are trying to do that

624
00:29:45,160 --> 00:29:47,640
Speaker 1: right now with Zach Wilson, and the Dolphins are trying

625
00:29:47,680 --> 00:29:50,760
Speaker 1: to do that with Tua, and even the Patriots are

626
00:29:50,800 --> 00:29:53,520
Speaker 1: trying to do that with Mac Jones. The AFC East

627
00:29:53,600 --> 00:29:58,120
Speaker 1: is so young at quarterback, and besides Josh Allen, the

628
00:29:58,120 --> 00:30:00,160
Speaker 1: three teams are trying to figure out is this it's

629
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Speaker 1: going to be our guy for the future or are

630
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Speaker 1: we going to have to rebuild this thing and find

631
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Speaker 1: somebody in free agency or in the draft. I think

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Speaker 1: the hope is that you get somebody in the draft

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Speaker 1: and in the first round because you have those five years, Yeah,

634
00:30:13,520 --> 00:30:16,160
Speaker 1: for sure. And you know the way that the contracts

635
00:30:16,200 --> 00:30:18,560
Speaker 1: are structured now, the fifth year option for those players

636
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Speaker 1: that I think I go back to when Lamar was driving.

637
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Speaker 1: Wasn't Lamar the last pick of the first round? I believe,

638
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Speaker 1: And one of the things that was talked about was, hey,

639
00:30:26,400 --> 00:30:28,120
Speaker 1: we get him now, we get that extra fifth year

640
00:30:28,440 --> 00:30:30,960
Speaker 1: on his rookie contract, and look what's happening. He doesn't

641
00:30:31,000 --> 00:30:33,200
Speaker 1: have a contract extension. They get him for that last year.

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Speaker 1: Imagine if Lamar was taken one pick, just one pick later,

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Speaker 1: his guard would have expired. And we don't know where

644
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Speaker 1: that would be right now with the Baltimore Ravens, so

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Speaker 1: that absolutely matters. Yeah, so many things to talk about

646
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Speaker 1: surrounding the NFL Draft, how the Bills roster has gotten

647
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Speaker 1: put together over the last three years. We're doing obil

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Speaker 1: fan mail Back today, so tweet us a question that

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Speaker 1: are open, and we're gonna start off this segment by

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Speaker 1: taking a couple of calls. Jerry, you were on with us?

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00:31:42,040 --> 00:31:48,920
Speaker 1: What would you like to talk about today? Can you

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Speaker 1: guys hear us? All right? Uh, looks like Jerry is

662
00:31:57,200 --> 00:32:04,680
Speaker 1: not on with us. Jerry, you got us? Maybe Jerry can't.

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00:32:04,720 --> 00:32:06,840
Speaker 1: Maybe it's on our end, but maybe we try. When

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Speaker 1: we got another one, I hung up the call, So

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Speaker 1: let's try another one. Sorry about that, Jerry, if you're

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Speaker 1: trying to get in touch with us, Chris from Rochester,

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Speaker 1: you are on with us, Chris, How are you doing good?

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Speaker 1: How are you doing, Maddie? How are you doing? Sal good?

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Speaker 1: Thanks for calling good. I'm a huge fan Maddie. I

670
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Speaker 1: love what you do. And Sal I'm a big time

671
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Speaker 1: follower on Twitter. I love what you post out there.

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Speaker 1: Once you put out there, I appreciate your thoroughness. Thank you,

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Speaker 1: thank you. I wanted to ask you guys a question. Uh.

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Speaker 1: It's specifically targeted towards the the guys on our roster

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Speaker 1: who we know are dealing with injuries right now. Um So,

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Speaker 1: I follow a lot of people on Twitter, yourself included,

677
00:32:52,840 --> 00:32:57,200
Speaker 1: and it seems like a majority of the um you know,

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00:32:57,280 --> 00:33:00,200
Speaker 1: people who cover the Bills and you know, fans and

679
00:33:00,200 --> 00:33:03,400
Speaker 1: stuff like that, they talk about um Trudebus White as

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00:33:03,400 --> 00:33:05,720
Speaker 1: if he won't be ready for the start of the season,

681
00:33:06,800 --> 00:33:11,520
Speaker 1: and I just you know, obviously, everybody's injuries different and

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Speaker 1: you know how they you know, rehab and everything like that.

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Speaker 1: But I think most people, and I think that's why

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Speaker 1: a lot of people are pushing for a corner in

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Speaker 1: the draft somewhere because of the uncertainty with Trey. But

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Speaker 1: I kind of wanted to get your perspective on. I mean,

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Speaker 1: I know, you guys aren't doctors really, you know, but

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Speaker 1: I just feel like everybody's talking about Trey likes a

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Speaker 1: certainty that he's going to start on the puck and

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Speaker 1: miss the first six weeks of the scene. No, no, no, no.

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Speaker 1: I I wouldn't say that. I definitely would not talk

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Speaker 1: like that. What I would tell you is anybody who's

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Speaker 1: doing that as guessing. The Bills have said that he's

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Speaker 1: been on schedule. We don't know exactly what their schedule is.

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Speaker 1: We're not with the doctors, but he's been rehabbing obviously,

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Speaker 1: and I think when people look at it, here's what

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Speaker 1: they do. They take into account. The typical recovery time

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Speaker 1: for something like this, which I would say is what

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Speaker 1: seven months, eight months, something like that. So there you go.

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Speaker 1: So it was remember right now, right, so you go

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Speaker 1: to month five, which is April May June. I think

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Speaker 1: by the time you get to training camp in July,

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Speaker 1: we'll see where it is. So I mean, whoever you're

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Speaker 1: following is saying that they do not know. And I

705
00:34:19,520 --> 00:34:21,600
Speaker 1: think the Bills are also very careful about putting any

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Speaker 1: timelines out there because they want to make sure that

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Speaker 1: they give him enough recovery time and space to do

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Speaker 1: what he's got to do. And I'll say this, every

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Speaker 1: player is different, every person is different. You know. Some

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Speaker 1: people have come back from this earlier, some people come

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Speaker 1: back later. I think I know what Tredevious White's work ethic.

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Speaker 1: He's gonna work his butt off to get out there

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Speaker 1: as quick as possible. So, um, I if you have

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Speaker 1: some more on this, you know, go ahead if you

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Speaker 1: having a another question, But I would just caution you

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Speaker 1: against thinking that he's going to start in the populist

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Speaker 1: I think that there are a wide range of possibilities

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Speaker 1: when it comes to Tredavious White and training camp. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I agree with that, Chris, I agree too. I just

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Speaker 1: kind of wanted to get your perspective on it. The

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Speaker 1: other guy wanted to ask you guys about is Ike

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Speaker 1: butcker I resigned this off season. I know he's dealing

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Speaker 1: with an achilles. Could you guys give me kind of

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Speaker 1: a what do you think in terms of his plan

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Speaker 1: on getting back? You know, achilles is a little bit tougher.

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Speaker 1: That's that's that's more of a question mark than an

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Speaker 1: acl still in the world of football, not a question mark,

728
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Speaker 1: and like how what's going to happen? It's just a

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Speaker 1: wider range of when is this player going to be

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Speaker 1: ready and what are they going to look like after

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Speaker 1: they rehab from this injury? And and let's remember you're

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Speaker 1: talking about a lineman here, not not a corner, right,

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Speaker 1: not a guy, not a guy who has to use

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Speaker 1: that achilles to push off and you know, start and

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Speaker 1: stop all the time. Yes, it still affects him, obviously,

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Speaker 1: but affects him in a much different way that it

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Speaker 1: would a different player on the field. We have seen

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Speaker 1: achilles injuries and prominent players careers like Tequio Spikes, um

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Speaker 1: like Sam Coward, who was a great linebacker, right for

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00:35:53,360 --> 00:35:55,920
Speaker 1: the fact that the Bills resigned like Butcher should give

741
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Speaker 1: you faith and confidence that they believe that he's on

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Speaker 1: track to play. What that looks like in training camp,

743
00:36:01,760 --> 00:36:04,040
Speaker 1: once again, we don't know. And let's also remember he

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00:36:04,080 --> 00:36:07,200
Speaker 1: did his a month after Trevis White. He's in month

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Speaker 1: four now this end of December. That's right. So here,

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Speaker 1: I guess to answer both of your questions, Chris, I

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00:36:13,600 --> 00:36:15,799
Speaker 1: would say they're going to let this play out. I

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Speaker 1: wouldn't be surprised if either these guys is out there,

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Speaker 1: and I wouldn't be surprised if either of them takes

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Speaker 1: a little more time. I think everybody's recovery timeline is

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Speaker 1: a little different. But I would caution against you seeing

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00:36:26,040 --> 00:36:28,439
Speaker 1: or hearing from anybody who is going to speculate, because

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00:36:28,640 --> 00:36:31,799
Speaker 1: that's all that is right there. Yeah, Chris, thanks for

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Speaker 1: the question. Yeah, you appreciate it. I know what he's

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Speaker 1: talking about. And people saying that train might not be ready,

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Speaker 1: I don't think it's Buffalo media is saying that. I've

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00:36:43,520 --> 00:36:45,960
Speaker 1: been reading that when I've been tracking all of these

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00:36:46,040 --> 00:36:49,960
Speaker 1: mock drafts. So I think it's usually a line when

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00:36:50,000 --> 00:36:52,880
Speaker 1: people decide to pick a corner going to the Buffalo

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Speaker 1: Bills at number twenty five. Some people add a line

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Speaker 1: like if Tredavious White isn't ready to go, so that

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Speaker 1: could lend its hand and to people thinking is he

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Speaker 1: going to be ready to go? But everything that we've

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Speaker 1: heard from Brandon and Sean is that is the Trey

765
00:37:07,520 --> 00:37:10,319
Speaker 1: is doing a good job with rehab. He's been here.

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Speaker 1: Like you said, we know who trade Avious White is.

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00:37:13,719 --> 00:37:16,320
Speaker 1: We know the type of worker he is when he's healthy.

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Speaker 1: He is one of the first people onto the field

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Speaker 1: doing practice work before practice begins, and he's one of

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Speaker 1: the last people to leave the practice field. So this

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00:37:27,400 --> 00:37:31,320
Speaker 1: is probably one of the hardest workers on the Buffalo Bills.

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Speaker 1: And you have to imagine that he's applying that to

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00:37:34,520 --> 00:37:38,480
Speaker 1: his rehab as well. And I think another thing that

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00:37:38,520 --> 00:37:40,959
Speaker 1: plays into it. This may be more of a mental thing,

775
00:37:41,080 --> 00:37:44,120
Speaker 1: but I do think it plays into you getting healthier

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00:37:44,239 --> 00:37:48,440
Speaker 1: faster because you have a good mentality about it. Trey

777
00:37:48,680 --> 00:37:54,080
Speaker 1: is one of the most upbeat and happy people to

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Speaker 1: be around, and I think he is probably putting that

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00:37:57,840 --> 00:38:00,960
Speaker 1: into his rehab as well. I'm sure he is in

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00:38:01,040 --> 00:38:05,120
Speaker 1: great spirits. I'm sure he is upbeat about, you know,

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Speaker 1: getting healthy, about the progress that he has made, the

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00:38:09,280 --> 00:38:12,839
Speaker 1: timetable that he is on, whatever timetable that is, And

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Speaker 1: so I think that could also play in Trey getting healthy.

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Speaker 1: Is the way that he attacks it mentally, There's no

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00:38:19,800 --> 00:38:22,040
Speaker 1: doubt about that. And everybody's different obviously. Like I said,

786
00:38:22,080 --> 00:38:24,719
Speaker 1: so we'll see exactly where this goes. But I think

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Speaker 1: that the signals out of one Bill's drive, the signals

788
00:38:27,320 --> 00:38:29,640
Speaker 1: out of Sean McDermott and Brandon being the way they've

789
00:38:29,640 --> 00:38:32,319
Speaker 1: talked about Tredevious White is they're feeling good about where

790
00:38:32,320 --> 00:38:34,960
Speaker 1: he is on track. Yeah, but they're not going to

791
00:38:35,000 --> 00:38:36,719
Speaker 1: give us a timeline because I think that would be

792
00:38:36,760 --> 00:38:39,000
Speaker 1: unfair to Turdevious White to put a timeline out there

793
00:38:39,040 --> 00:38:41,319
Speaker 1: to anybody. They're going to basically let hit this play

794
00:38:41,360 --> 00:38:42,960
Speaker 1: out the way it needs to play out and give

795
00:38:43,000 --> 00:38:44,719
Speaker 1: him the time that it takes for him to do

796
00:38:44,760 --> 00:38:46,960
Speaker 1: what he's got to do. I wouldn't be surprised at

797
00:38:47,000 --> 00:38:48,799
Speaker 1: Tredavious White's out there and training camp at some point

798
00:38:49,000 --> 00:38:51,640
Speaker 1: in some capacity. And it's also not like Treys being

799
00:38:51,760 --> 00:38:54,280
Speaker 1: hidden or anything like that. Like Trey is in the building.

800
00:38:54,360 --> 00:38:57,200
Speaker 1: I've seen him. I've seen his smile, like he's doing

801
00:38:57,280 --> 00:39:01,600
Speaker 1: good mentality spirits. Why is I'm not watching his workouts

802
00:39:01,840 --> 00:39:04,719
Speaker 1: or watching whatever rehab he's doing. I haven't seen any

803
00:39:04,760 --> 00:39:06,600
Speaker 1: of that. But he is around, and he is in

804
00:39:06,640 --> 00:39:09,160
Speaker 1: the building, and he's working really hard to come back.

805
00:39:09,760 --> 00:39:12,359
Speaker 1: So maybe we'll have a little bit more info on

806
00:39:12,360 --> 00:39:15,480
Speaker 1: that as OTA's approach and as training camp approaches. But

807
00:39:15,560 --> 00:39:19,640
Speaker 1: I wouldn't expect anything really, before you know, we see

808
00:39:19,680 --> 00:39:22,479
Speaker 1: guys actually start to hit the field. We'll take one

809
00:39:22,560 --> 00:39:26,440
Speaker 1: more caller before we go to break. Tim from north Tonawanda,

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Speaker 1: you're on with us, Tim, do you have a question

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Speaker 1: about the NFL Draft? Yeah, I think the Bills are

812
00:39:33,080 --> 00:39:35,839
Speaker 1: very close. But my question is, I don't think any

813
00:39:35,840 --> 00:39:38,759
Speaker 1: of the players that are available at twenty five are

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Speaker 1: going to be there. There'll be a game changer. How

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Speaker 1: much would you think they are you willing to move

816
00:39:44,160 --> 00:39:48,000
Speaker 1: up to get a player like would they go to

817
00:39:48,040 --> 00:39:50,000
Speaker 1: give up a first try to get Gardner or to

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00:39:50,239 --> 00:39:54,439
Speaker 1: first or first to get Phillips or Jamison Williams. That's

819
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Speaker 1: my question. Thanks for the question, Tim. It's an interesting

820
00:39:59,000 --> 00:40:01,920
Speaker 1: point to make, and I mean something that you always

821
00:40:01,920 --> 00:40:05,040
Speaker 1: think about, and I'm sure these are scenarios that the

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00:40:05,080 --> 00:40:08,239
Speaker 1: scouting department is thinking about as well, and going through

823
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Speaker 1: the mock drafts that we talked about yesterday that they

824
00:40:11,200 --> 00:40:14,080
Speaker 1: do as a staff over and over and over again

825
00:40:14,160 --> 00:40:19,200
Speaker 1: to prepare for how the NFL Draft could unravel, how

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Speaker 1: it's going to look those first ten, first five picks.

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Speaker 1: Could they move up in the draft, could they move

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Speaker 1: down in the draft? Number twenty five is a really

829
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Speaker 1: interesting spot because it's going to be so hard to

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Speaker 1: predict what happens. And if you have your eye on

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Speaker 1: one of those top three, top four corners, if that's

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Speaker 1: what the Bills truly want to do, then I think

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Speaker 1: moving up in the draft makes sense because, like we've

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Speaker 1: talked about two, the Bills have eight draft picks. Are

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Speaker 1: all eight of those draft picks going to make the

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Speaker 1: final roster? Who knows. The Bills are closer in a

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Speaker 1: lot of different ways than other teams who are doing

838
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Speaker 1: a rebuild, So maybe they don't need as many draft picks,

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Speaker 1: and maybe they're willing to move up in the NFL Draft.

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Speaker 1: But if you're gonna move up, you might have to

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Speaker 1: give up some other high picks, which I don't know

842
00:41:12,800 --> 00:41:14,960
Speaker 1: would Brandon Bean want to do that in this draft?

843
00:41:15,000 --> 00:41:16,880
Speaker 1: Does he like the depth there in the second and

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Speaker 1: third round where he would say, you know what, we're

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Speaker 1: just gonna stay at twenty five or we're gonna move

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00:41:21,560 --> 00:41:23,879
Speaker 1: down if we don't like anybody. Yeah, first of all,

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Speaker 1: thank you for reminding me eight draft picks I said

848
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Speaker 1: seven earlier, seven rounds. It is no, no, that's good.

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Speaker 1: I'm glad you said that because it made me think

850
00:41:31,000 --> 00:41:32,680
Speaker 1: and say, oh, yeah, they've had one extra. They actually

851
00:41:32,719 --> 00:41:35,000
Speaker 1: had two in the sixth round picks. They did have

852
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Speaker 1: nine and traded that one away. That's exactly right. So

853
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Speaker 1: I would say this too, do not underestimate or ever.

854
00:41:43,160 --> 00:41:45,319
Speaker 1: I always expect the unexpected with Brandon being right, I

855
00:41:45,320 --> 00:41:47,799
Speaker 1: mean always expect the unexpected all of a sudden being

856
00:41:48,040 --> 00:41:51,200
Speaker 1: Vonmeller extension science, Bam, there goes you know, Steve on

857
00:41:51,320 --> 00:41:53,759
Speaker 1: Diggs extension. You never know. You're sitting there one night

858
00:41:53,800 --> 00:41:55,360
Speaker 1: in March and they trade a first round for steff

859
00:41:55,360 --> 00:41:57,400
Speaker 1: On Diggs, Right, all a sudden, it comes across. You

860
00:41:57,480 --> 00:41:59,480
Speaker 1: just never know what's going to happen. The way that

861
00:41:59,480 --> 00:42:01,480
Speaker 1: this team is operated, the way that Brandon Bean has

862
00:42:01,520 --> 00:42:05,000
Speaker 1: operated this offseason, the big a aggressive. He's been very

863
00:42:05,040 --> 00:42:08,719
Speaker 1: aggressive on what he's done. And I think if they

864
00:42:08,760 --> 00:42:10,719
Speaker 1: see somebody they really like, they think they can fit

865
00:42:10,800 --> 00:42:12,480
Speaker 1: on this team right now, I would not be surprised

866
00:42:12,520 --> 00:42:14,920
Speaker 1: if they trade it up. I think all possibilities are

867
00:42:15,000 --> 00:42:17,239
Speaker 1: and should be on the table. For Brandon being so

868
00:42:17,880 --> 00:42:20,840
Speaker 1: yes to the caller's question about and saying at twenty

869
00:42:20,840 --> 00:42:23,200
Speaker 1: five then might not be a difference maker. Well, guess

870
00:42:23,239 --> 00:42:25,160
Speaker 1: what if the Bills feel that way and there is

871
00:42:25,160 --> 00:42:27,719
Speaker 1: a difference maker they like at ten or fifteen. I

872
00:42:27,719 --> 00:42:29,560
Speaker 1: wouldn't be shocked if they make that call and try

873
00:42:29,560 --> 00:42:31,919
Speaker 1: and make it happen. Yeah, I agree, it definitely could happen.

874
00:42:31,960 --> 00:42:34,120
Speaker 1: It's a possibility. I'm sure it's one that they've already

875
00:42:34,160 --> 00:42:37,120
Speaker 1: worked through as well, trying to see how the draft

876
00:42:37,200 --> 00:42:39,680
Speaker 1: board is going to fall there in the first round.

877
00:42:39,840 --> 00:42:41,719
Speaker 1: Break time for us. We're going to answer some more

878
00:42:41,800 --> 00:42:44,799
Speaker 1: questions on the other side of this break take some

879
00:42:44,840 --> 00:42:47,440
Speaker 1: of your calls, so stick with us here. One Bill's

880
00:42:47,480 --> 00:42:50,640
Speaker 1: Live is presented by Kalida Health on Buffalo Bill's Radio.

881
00:43:03,960 --> 00:43:08,400
Speaker 1: Welcome back to One Bills Live on this Thursday afternoon.

882
00:43:08,440 --> 00:43:11,560
Speaker 1: We've got Greg Cosell coming on at two o'clock to

883
00:43:11,600 --> 00:43:15,680
Speaker 1: talk about some linebacker prospects in this year's NFL Draft.

884
00:43:15,719 --> 00:43:17,520
Speaker 1: Could any of them be a good fit for the

885
00:43:17,520 --> 00:43:21,239
Speaker 1: Buffalo Bills. We'll see if he has an opinion on that.

886
00:43:21,440 --> 00:43:24,280
Speaker 1: We're gonna go back to the phone lines here. We've

887
00:43:24,280 --> 00:43:27,600
Speaker 1: got Steve from Syracuse. Who's on with us? Steve, how

888
00:43:27,640 --> 00:43:31,000
Speaker 1: are you doing today? Good Mannie? Thank you for taking

889
00:43:31,040 --> 00:43:34,480
Speaker 1: my call? Is Sally, you're a gentleman. Thank you. Hey.

890
00:43:36,560 --> 00:43:40,080
Speaker 1: My opinion is one thing, but Brandon bean and is another.

891
00:43:40,400 --> 00:43:43,400
Speaker 1: I got home feet in the world with Bean and

892
00:43:44,000 --> 00:43:47,480
Speaker 1: drig Dermott. They're a great pair. What they're going to

893
00:43:47,560 --> 00:43:49,400
Speaker 1: do on that first round is going to be the

894
00:43:49,520 --> 00:43:52,560
Speaker 1: right thing, no matter who I thought pick. Okay, but

895
00:43:52,640 --> 00:43:54,839
Speaker 1: I just want to say this. We have a lot

896
00:43:54,840 --> 00:43:58,719
Speaker 1: of number ones in certain areas. Okay, so I'll go

897
00:43:58,840 --> 00:44:02,880
Speaker 1: to sale. What is the most important position and the

898
00:44:02,880 --> 00:44:05,480
Speaker 1: whole team at this stage of the game that do

899
00:44:05,719 --> 00:44:10,280
Speaker 1: think would be to fill in that possession? I'm thinking,

900
00:44:10,640 --> 00:44:15,960
Speaker 1: I'm thinking we're one one man short and at defensive line,

901
00:44:16,600 --> 00:44:19,719
Speaker 1: we got that big, stuck defensive tackle in there, and

902
00:44:19,840 --> 00:44:22,640
Speaker 1: that's done. You're done at a defense that's going to

903
00:44:22,680 --> 00:44:25,680
Speaker 1: be a great move more than corner, more than anybody else.

904
00:44:26,000 --> 00:44:30,840
Speaker 1: You get somebody like Devon Wyatt under Georgia. I'm telling

905
00:44:30,880 --> 00:44:32,680
Speaker 1: you that line is going to be in tech for

906
00:44:32,719 --> 00:44:35,439
Speaker 1: a long time. That he can, he'll play a long time.

907
00:44:36,280 --> 00:44:41,399
Speaker 1: He's tough. Why I like the player. I like the player.

908
00:44:41,440 --> 00:44:43,040
Speaker 1: I like your thought. But I will say this, Steve,

909
00:44:43,080 --> 00:44:46,080
Speaker 1: I think you're underestimating Tim Jon, Tim Sattle and Da

910
00:44:46,160 --> 00:44:49,279
Speaker 1: Kwon Jones. And they still love at Oliver. No, I don't.

911
00:44:49,560 --> 00:44:51,839
Speaker 1: I think they're fine too. But let's put the icy

912
00:44:51,880 --> 00:44:53,680
Speaker 1: g on a cake. These other guys. Yeah, I got you,

913
00:44:53,760 --> 00:44:55,160
Speaker 1: I got you. I think there's more of a need

914
00:44:55,200 --> 00:44:57,879
Speaker 1: personally at corner right now, depending on what you feel

915
00:44:57,920 --> 00:45:00,640
Speaker 1: about Maybe Dan Jackson's the answer there, but um it's

916
00:45:00,719 --> 00:45:03,799
Speaker 1: it's Look, they also rotate a lot of defensive tackles. Um,

917
00:45:03,800 --> 00:45:05,719
Speaker 1: this is not a bad player. I'm not doubting what

918
00:45:05,760 --> 00:45:07,799
Speaker 1: you're suggesting here. I think I like that guy a lot.

919
00:45:08,239 --> 00:45:10,320
Speaker 1: I just I'm not I'm a little higher on what

920
00:45:10,360 --> 00:45:12,560
Speaker 1: they've done in the defensive tackle room this offseason. Maybe

921
00:45:12,560 --> 00:45:15,399
Speaker 1: about where that would go. Yes, but I'm thinking if

922
00:45:15,400 --> 00:45:20,880
Speaker 1: we do trade up in a dram, if if we

923
00:45:20,960 --> 00:45:25,520
Speaker 1: trade up in a draft, one days, players, you've got

924
00:45:25,520 --> 00:45:28,080
Speaker 1: to take a tackle before you with a corner it's

925
00:45:28,080 --> 00:45:31,239
Speaker 1: more available. Okay, I don't agree with that. That's all right,

926
00:45:31,360 --> 00:45:34,000
Speaker 1: It's okay, I don't agree. Thanks for the call, Steve.

927
00:45:34,080 --> 00:45:35,600
Speaker 1: I mean a corners. I think a corner is more

928
00:45:35,680 --> 00:45:39,000
Speaker 1: valuable in today's NFL than a defensive tackle. Okay, so

929
00:45:40,520 --> 00:45:43,319
Speaker 1: all right, thank yeah, I got you. Thanks for the call. Um.

930
00:45:44,160 --> 00:45:48,279
Speaker 1: An interesting point though with defensive tackle, because I would

931
00:45:48,320 --> 00:45:52,399
Speaker 1: agree with that before free agency, and we saw that

932
00:45:52,480 --> 00:45:55,520
Speaker 1: in the mock drafts before free agency, was that the

933
00:45:55,600 --> 00:45:58,960
Speaker 1: Bills were being mocked defensive tackles, not at the rate

934
00:45:59,000 --> 00:46:01,799
Speaker 1: that they were being mocked cornerbacks, but they were being

935
00:46:01,880 --> 00:46:05,040
Speaker 1: mocked some defensive tackles at number twenty five. And there

936
00:46:05,040 --> 00:46:08,399
Speaker 1: are some really good defensive tackles coming out that will

937
00:46:08,400 --> 00:46:10,680
Speaker 1: come out of the NFL draft this year. I think

938
00:46:10,680 --> 00:46:13,120
Speaker 1: about some of those Georgia guys that on that defensive

939
00:46:13,160 --> 00:46:17,960
Speaker 1: line that are just big and powerful and it can

940
00:46:18,040 --> 00:46:21,920
Speaker 1: probably make a huge impact and difference on whatever defensive

941
00:46:21,960 --> 00:46:24,880
Speaker 1: line they become a part of once they're in the NFL.

942
00:46:25,000 --> 00:46:29,280
Speaker 1: But you look at the roster right now, Tim Settle,

943
00:46:29,480 --> 00:46:34,080
Speaker 1: Jordan Phillips, At Oliver de Kwon Jones, Brandon Bryant, Elie

944
00:46:34,080 --> 00:46:37,360
Speaker 1: Aku and then you also have guys who can rotate

945
00:46:37,920 --> 00:46:41,799
Speaker 1: from the inside to the outside. So I don't know

946
00:46:41,840 --> 00:46:45,680
Speaker 1: if the Bills would choose to use their first round

947
00:46:45,680 --> 00:46:49,080
Speaker 1: pick on a defensive tackle because of how the room

948
00:46:49,120 --> 00:46:51,719
Speaker 1: looks right now and right and I'll tell you just

949
00:46:51,880 --> 00:46:53,560
Speaker 1: to wrap this up. But his point was too that

950
00:46:53,920 --> 00:46:56,320
Speaker 1: defensive tackle is more important than corner and I disagree

951
00:46:56,360 --> 00:46:58,200
Speaker 1: with that. I mean, corner is one of the most

952
00:46:58,200 --> 00:47:01,520
Speaker 1: important part place positions in the NFL these days. This

953
00:47:01,560 --> 00:47:04,680
Speaker 1: is in nineteen eighty five. Yeah, I think in today's

954
00:47:04,680 --> 00:47:06,680
Speaker 1: twenty percent of the time anymore, they're throwing the ball

955
00:47:06,719 --> 00:47:08,960
Speaker 1: seventy percent of the time. Pass rusher. Sure, that's a

956
00:47:09,000 --> 00:47:14,319
Speaker 1: really important position, defensive TAXI it's not above cornerback. I

957
00:47:14,400 --> 00:47:16,759
Speaker 1: agree with that. All right, break time for us. When

958
00:47:16,840 --> 00:47:19,360
Speaker 1: we come back, we're gonna have NFL films. As senior

959
00:47:19,400 --> 00:47:21,960
Speaker 1: producer Greg co sell on with us, he's going to

960
00:47:22,040 --> 00:47:26,520
Speaker 1: break down some of these linebacker prospects in this year's draft. One.

961
00:47:26,560 --> 00:47:29,080
Speaker 1: Bill's Live is presented by Clyde Health on Buffalo. Bill's

962
00:47:29,200 --> 00:47:53,200
Speaker 1: Radio had a shoe taster who has spent all over

963
00:47:53,280 --> 00:47:55,520
Speaker 1: the fields. He was kind of a dual role of

964
00:47:55,640 --> 00:48:02,040
Speaker 1: leader for Steve abolutely Steve Bloom, We're not even in

965
00:48:02,120 --> 00:48:09,160
Speaker 1: the threaded here of normalcy. Here. This is One Bills Live.

966
00:48:09,440 --> 00:48:12,600
Speaker 1: We are Maddi glab and Sal Capaccio. We've got one

967
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Speaker 1: more hour left in our show. No One Bills Live

968
00:48:16,719 --> 00:48:21,120
Speaker 1: tomorrow or Monday, no MSG. But Sal Capaccio will be

969
00:48:21,520 --> 00:48:25,840
Speaker 1: on the radio from one to three taking the reins himself.

970
00:48:26,000 --> 00:48:30,200
Speaker 1: So appreciate it much ley appreciated. As we get to

971
00:48:30,360 --> 00:48:33,480
Speaker 1: enjoy a long weekend, hopefully you get to enjoy one

972
00:48:33,520 --> 00:48:35,759
Speaker 1: as well. Yeah, no doubt about it. And we're looking

973
00:48:35,800 --> 00:48:38,439
Speaker 1: forward Easter weekend coming up. But I know our next

974
00:48:38,520 --> 00:48:41,719
Speaker 1: guest he doesn't take much time off her Speaking of

975
00:48:41,880 --> 00:48:43,960
Speaker 1: time off, Yeah, the guy that we're about to have

976
00:48:44,760 --> 00:48:48,640
Speaker 1: on it takes no time on time off. Welcome to

977
00:48:48,760 --> 00:48:52,000
Speaker 1: the show, Greg ko Sell. He's the NFL Films as

978
00:48:52,080 --> 00:48:57,000
Speaker 1: Senior producer, also hosts ESPN's NFL Matchup. And Greg, you've

979
00:48:57,040 --> 00:49:00,800
Speaker 1: been studying so many of these prospects that we know

980
00:49:01,080 --> 00:49:04,160
Speaker 1: your days start early and they end probably pretty late

981
00:49:04,560 --> 00:49:07,600
Speaker 1: with little to no time off as you also prepare

982
00:49:07,680 --> 00:49:11,759
Speaker 1: for the NFL Draft. That would be true, Maddie. Yeah,

983
00:49:11,760 --> 00:49:14,359
Speaker 1: I think I've probably seen now I don't know maybe

984
00:49:14,360 --> 00:49:17,800
Speaker 1: one hundred twenty five hundred thirty players in detail with

985
00:49:18,040 --> 00:49:20,080
Speaker 1: more to go, and some I've seen a little bit of,

986
00:49:20,239 --> 00:49:22,560
Speaker 1: but I don't, you know, I don't feel comfortable until

987
00:49:22,600 --> 00:49:24,840
Speaker 1: I see guys. You don't have my own way of

988
00:49:24,920 --> 00:49:26,719
Speaker 1: doing it, and I have to feel like I've seen

989
00:49:26,800 --> 00:49:30,960
Speaker 1: them in detail before I really feel comfortable talking about them. Okay,

990
00:49:31,000 --> 00:49:34,080
Speaker 1: how much film study does that require on each guy

991
00:49:34,320 --> 00:49:37,320
Speaker 1: till you feel comfortable? I'm sure it's different for every player,

992
00:49:37,440 --> 00:49:40,040
Speaker 1: But if you had to give us an average of

993
00:49:40,480 --> 00:49:43,560
Speaker 1: the amount of time you spend on film for each

994
00:49:43,840 --> 00:49:47,480
Speaker 1: prospect or player, what would you say that is? It's

995
00:49:47,560 --> 00:49:51,080
Speaker 1: different for each position. Defense is the toughest defense. You

996
00:49:51,200 --> 00:49:54,719
Speaker 1: have to watch full games. You've got to watch every play,

997
00:49:55,200 --> 00:49:59,040
Speaker 1: and so for defensive players, I normally try to get

998
00:49:59,160 --> 00:50:03,920
Speaker 1: through four full games, sometimes more, depending on who the

999
00:50:04,000 --> 00:50:08,880
Speaker 1: player is. And then if it's let's say a linebacker,

1000
00:50:08,960 --> 00:50:12,240
Speaker 1: I'll also watch all their tackles, you know, all their plays.

1001
00:50:12,719 --> 00:50:15,160
Speaker 1: So I'll watch full games and then all their plays.

1002
00:50:15,840 --> 00:50:18,680
Speaker 1: You can't just watch all their good plays, because you know,

1003
00:50:18,840 --> 00:50:20,719
Speaker 1: everybody looks pretty good. If you just watch all their

1004
00:50:20,760 --> 00:50:23,319
Speaker 1: good plays, everybody looks good in a highlight reel. I'm

1005
00:50:23,320 --> 00:50:25,760
Speaker 1: actually interested Gregg and what you said about how defense

1006
00:50:25,800 --> 00:50:28,000
Speaker 1: is a little tougher. I was always under the pressure.

1007
00:50:28,040 --> 00:50:30,480
Speaker 1: Maybe offense will be tougher. And given the different kinds

1008
00:50:30,520 --> 00:50:33,880
Speaker 1: of concepts that college offenses run and the different positions

1009
00:50:33,920 --> 00:50:35,840
Speaker 1: players are in basically compared to what they're going to

1010
00:50:35,920 --> 00:50:38,920
Speaker 1: be in the NFL, why is defense tougher to watch film?

1011
00:50:41,000 --> 00:50:46,200
Speaker 1: Because defense, particularly certain positions, guys don't make a lot

1012
00:50:46,280 --> 00:50:48,520
Speaker 1: of plays like you could. Like if you look at

1013
00:50:48,560 --> 00:50:53,920
Speaker 1: a corner statistics, a corner could have twenty tackles, two interceptions,

1014
00:50:54,040 --> 00:50:57,560
Speaker 1: and five passes defense for the whole season. That doesn't

1015
00:50:57,600 --> 00:51:00,840
Speaker 1: really tell you anything about how he plays, right, So

1016
00:51:01,160 --> 00:51:05,799
Speaker 1: you have to watch full games. Safeties, Safeties, it can

1017
00:51:05,880 --> 00:51:09,080
Speaker 1: be the same. Safeties might have thirty tackles, especially if

1018
00:51:09,080 --> 00:51:11,320
Speaker 1: it's a safety that tends to play deep based on

1019
00:51:11,440 --> 00:51:15,760
Speaker 1: that team's defensive philosophy. So you've got to watch full games.

1020
00:51:15,840 --> 00:51:20,080
Speaker 1: Offensive linemen, you've got to watch full games. Sometimes, receivers

1021
00:51:20,160 --> 00:51:23,160
Speaker 1: you can watch just their targets because the reality is,

1022
00:51:23,239 --> 00:51:27,160
Speaker 1: while all coaches want receivers who are interested in blocking,

1023
00:51:27,520 --> 00:51:31,680
Speaker 1: receivers are not usually drafted particularly high just because they're

1024
00:51:31,719 --> 00:51:34,360
Speaker 1: good blockers. So if a guy catches ninety balls and

1025
00:51:34,400 --> 00:51:37,000
Speaker 1: has one hundred fifty targets, I can watch one hundred

1026
00:51:37,000 --> 00:51:39,680
Speaker 1: and fifty targets and I'll feel pretty comfortable that I

1027
00:51:39,800 --> 00:51:43,759
Speaker 1: know what that guy is. You know, so tight ends.

1028
00:51:43,800 --> 00:51:45,520
Speaker 1: You got to watch their targets, but you also have

1029
00:51:45,640 --> 00:51:48,719
Speaker 1: to watch their offense because they block, so you have

1030
00:51:48,800 --> 00:51:51,080
Speaker 1: to see how they block. Well, we're going to talk

1031
00:51:51,080 --> 00:51:54,160
Speaker 1: about some linebacker prospects today, and we know you've watched

1032
00:51:54,200 --> 00:51:56,880
Speaker 1: a lot of film on those linebackers. But before we

1033
00:51:56,960 --> 00:51:59,719
Speaker 1: get to the linebackers, we had a Twitter question to

1034
00:52:00,000 --> 00:52:03,680
Speaker 1: Twitter questions this week about who is the one offensive

1035
00:52:03,800 --> 00:52:06,520
Speaker 1: and defensive player you want to see breakout or you

1036
00:52:06,680 --> 00:52:10,359
Speaker 1: expect to have a breakout season for the Bills this year.

1037
00:52:10,719 --> 00:52:13,040
Speaker 1: Do you have a couple names that come to mind

1038
00:52:13,360 --> 00:52:20,239
Speaker 1: with offense and defense and the word breakout, breakout? You know,

1039
00:52:20,719 --> 00:52:23,520
Speaker 1: I mean, certainly Gabriel Davis is the obvious one, but

1040
00:52:23,600 --> 00:52:25,200
Speaker 1: I don't know if he'd be viewed as a breakout

1041
00:52:25,280 --> 00:52:28,160
Speaker 1: given what he did in the playoffs. You know, I

1042
00:52:28,239 --> 00:52:32,759
Speaker 1: think it depends on what Ken Dorsey decides to do.

1043
00:52:33,160 --> 00:52:35,719
Speaker 1: That might be a little different than Brian Dable because

1044
00:52:36,440 --> 00:52:40,120
Speaker 1: I don't think he'll change anything significantly, but you know,

1045
00:52:40,320 --> 00:52:43,120
Speaker 1: new guy always has a little bit of a different approach.

1046
00:52:43,520 --> 00:52:46,719
Speaker 1: So I'm kind of wondering what Dawson Knox year will

1047
00:52:46,760 --> 00:52:48,920
Speaker 1: be like. I don't expect them to catch ninety balls,

1048
00:52:49,200 --> 00:52:51,640
Speaker 1: but I think he's very talented and I think that

1049
00:52:51,880 --> 00:52:55,920
Speaker 1: he's starting to move in that direction. So I think that,

1050
00:52:56,800 --> 00:52:58,920
Speaker 1: you know, Dawson Knox might be someone to keep an

1051
00:52:58,960 --> 00:53:01,680
Speaker 1: eye on. I guess would. I'll be curious as well

1052
00:53:01,760 --> 00:53:05,040
Speaker 1: to see offensively, is what their run game approach is,

1053
00:53:05,080 --> 00:53:07,080
Speaker 1: given that they did run it more toward the end

1054
00:53:07,120 --> 00:53:10,040
Speaker 1: of the season, and I wonder if that's something they'll

1055
00:53:10,080 --> 00:53:13,240
Speaker 1: continue to do or if when push comes to shove,

1056
00:53:13,600 --> 00:53:15,840
Speaker 1: they'll just say, you know, we have Josh Allen and

1057
00:53:16,040 --> 00:53:18,400
Speaker 1: we'd rather see the ball in his hand. So, you know,

1058
00:53:18,480 --> 00:53:25,319
Speaker 1: those are a couple of things. On defense, breakout, I mean,

1059
00:53:25,400 --> 00:53:28,560
Speaker 1: they still have a lot of young defensive linemen. I mean,

1060
00:53:28,680 --> 00:53:33,040
Speaker 1: you've got you got Rousseau, you got Bashm, you got Epanessa.

1061
00:53:33,400 --> 00:53:35,399
Speaker 1: You know, I think they would like to see those

1062
00:53:35,480 --> 00:53:38,719
Speaker 1: guys break out and be more you know, sacks or

1063
00:53:39,400 --> 00:53:41,480
Speaker 1: that's a stat and a guy you know gets eighteen

1064
00:53:41,520 --> 00:53:44,080
Speaker 1: sacks that's great, but I think they'd love to see

1065
00:53:44,160 --> 00:53:47,399
Speaker 1: those guys really become more of a factor as as

1066
00:53:47,480 --> 00:53:50,040
Speaker 1: pass rushers. And obviously they have Von Miller now, so

1067
00:53:51,200 --> 00:53:53,399
Speaker 1: you know they can do more things with their defensive front.

1068
00:53:53,480 --> 00:53:55,719
Speaker 1: But they spent a lot of draft capital these last

1069
00:53:55,760 --> 00:53:58,399
Speaker 1: two years on that defensive line, and I think they'd

1070
00:53:58,440 --> 00:54:01,480
Speaker 1: like to see those guys really, you know, play well,

1071
00:54:01,560 --> 00:54:04,040
Speaker 1: not to they haven't played well, although Basham I know

1072
00:54:04,200 --> 00:54:06,720
Speaker 1: last year was a healthy scratch in a number of games,

1073
00:54:06,760 --> 00:54:10,560
Speaker 1: so I'm sure they'd like him to be totally cliche

1074
00:54:10,840 --> 00:54:13,760
Speaker 1: to take a step up. Yeah, it means I agree

1075
00:54:13,760 --> 00:54:15,000
Speaker 1: with you. I think they'd love for that group to

1076
00:54:15,080 --> 00:54:16,279
Speaker 1: be able to do that. Before we get to the

1077
00:54:16,320 --> 00:54:19,560
Speaker 1: specific linebackers, Greg, there's a really good conversation here in

1078
00:54:19,600 --> 00:54:22,880
Speaker 1: Buffalo about that position. Long term, they have Tremaine Edmond's

1079
00:54:22,880 --> 00:54:24,440
Speaker 1: going into the final year of his contract. It's the

1080
00:54:24,480 --> 00:54:27,200
Speaker 1: fifth year option. Now, look, he's been a nice player,

1081
00:54:27,239 --> 00:54:29,000
Speaker 1: a good player. No one's gonna say he hasn't. I

1082
00:54:29,120 --> 00:54:30,840
Speaker 1: think what you're looking for is some more game changing

1083
00:54:30,880 --> 00:54:33,040
Speaker 1: type of plays. He's also only twenty three years old

1084
00:54:33,239 --> 00:54:35,400
Speaker 1: and he's the quarterback of the defense. But there's a

1085
00:54:35,520 --> 00:54:38,200
Speaker 1: good conversation here in Buffalo on what that position looks

1086
00:54:38,200 --> 00:54:40,280
Speaker 1: like and how they treat it in the draft. Considering

1087
00:54:40,320 --> 00:54:44,279
Speaker 1: Tremaine Edmonds situation. And that's a great point, sal because

1088
00:54:44,320 --> 00:54:46,759
Speaker 1: I think he's been a good player, and you know,

1089
00:54:46,800 --> 00:54:48,600
Speaker 1: obviously I watched the tape every week, but I'm not

1090
00:54:48,719 --> 00:54:51,319
Speaker 1: just watching him and greeting him as an individual, right,

1091
00:54:51,520 --> 00:54:53,879
Speaker 1: But I don't think I think it's it'd be fair

1092
00:54:54,040 --> 00:54:56,160
Speaker 1: to say, let's put it this way, based on my

1093
00:54:56,320 --> 00:54:58,280
Speaker 1: tape and what you just said. You know, you're closer

1094
00:54:58,480 --> 00:55:01,160
Speaker 1: to the Bills organization than I that he's been a

1095
00:55:01,239 --> 00:55:03,560
Speaker 1: good player but not an impact player. Would I think

1096
00:55:03,600 --> 00:55:05,520
Speaker 1: that would be fair when you agree, yeah, I think

1097
00:55:05,560 --> 00:55:08,480
Speaker 1: in most situations that's correct. Yes, yeah, So I mean,

1098
00:55:09,080 --> 00:55:12,120
Speaker 1: I mean, I I believe you could make the argument

1099
00:55:12,160 --> 00:55:14,680
Speaker 1: that Matt Milano has been more of an impact player

1100
00:55:14,719 --> 00:55:17,840
Speaker 1: than Tremaine Edmonds. And I really like Matt Milano. I

1101
00:55:17,880 --> 00:55:20,440
Speaker 1: started talking about him with the guys, oh maybe three

1102
00:55:20,560 --> 00:55:24,000
Speaker 1: years ago, so I think, and he just resigned it

1103
00:55:24,080 --> 00:55:26,239
Speaker 1: he not. This will be the second year of his

1104
00:55:26,280 --> 00:55:28,800
Speaker 1: four year contract extension. Yes, yeah, so's he's going to

1105
00:55:28,840 --> 00:55:31,960
Speaker 1: be there. But that's a great issue, not a great

1106
00:55:31,960 --> 00:55:34,880
Speaker 1: issue a great question for the organization about Tremaine Edmonds

1107
00:55:35,120 --> 00:55:38,160
Speaker 1: because he's been a good player, and as his agent should,

1108
00:55:38,239 --> 00:55:40,000
Speaker 1: he'll ask for a lot of money. That's what agents do,

1109
00:55:40,160 --> 00:55:44,040
Speaker 1: that's their job. I'd be very curious to see how

1110
00:55:44,120 --> 00:55:46,480
Speaker 1: the Bills see that going forward, which is why this

1111
00:55:46,640 --> 00:55:49,759
Speaker 1: linebacker discussion is really interesting, because there are some good

1112
00:55:49,840 --> 00:55:54,000
Speaker 1: linebackers in this draft, and you know, if you get

1113
00:55:54,040 --> 00:55:56,120
Speaker 1: one that you think can be a really good player,

1114
00:55:56,360 --> 00:56:00,640
Speaker 1: does that make Tremaine Edmonds expendable simply because of the dollars,

1115
00:56:00,840 --> 00:56:02,480
Speaker 1: not because you don't want him and he's not a

1116
00:56:02,560 --> 00:56:05,279
Speaker 1: good player. But you know, if you can get a

1117
00:56:05,360 --> 00:56:08,359
Speaker 1: really good young linebacker that you're not paying as much too,

1118
00:56:08,600 --> 00:56:11,840
Speaker 1: at least for three years, then you know, do you

1119
00:56:11,920 --> 00:56:14,200
Speaker 1: want to pay Tremaine Edmunds what? And I don't know

1120
00:56:14,280 --> 00:56:16,000
Speaker 1: what the going rate for a linebacker is right now.

1121
00:56:16,040 --> 00:56:18,480
Speaker 1: I don't follow that kind of thing really closely, but

1122
00:56:18,640 --> 00:56:21,359
Speaker 1: it's gonna be a lot of money. Yeah. So knowing

1123
00:56:21,440 --> 00:56:24,520
Speaker 1: that and thinking about how Tremaine Edmunds could be worth

1124
00:56:24,560 --> 00:56:26,480
Speaker 1: a lot of money, let's dive into some of these

1125
00:56:26,600 --> 00:56:30,680
Speaker 1: prospects that you know, maybe Buffalo could be attracted to

1126
00:56:30,960 --> 00:56:34,000
Speaker 1: because of that very reason. So we'll start first with

1127
00:56:34,320 --> 00:56:39,720
Speaker 1: a guy from Wyoming, popular college here for Buffalo Bills

1128
00:56:39,760 --> 00:56:44,040
Speaker 1: fans because that's where Josh Allen went. Chad Muma. He

1129
00:56:44,200 --> 00:56:48,200
Speaker 1: had one hundred and forty two tackles and had two

1130
00:56:48,360 --> 00:56:52,560
Speaker 1: of his three interceptions he returned for scores. So tell

1131
00:56:52,640 --> 00:56:55,680
Speaker 1: us about Chad Muma. Why is he a good linebacker

1132
00:56:55,760 --> 00:56:58,840
Speaker 1: in this year's draft class? Yeah? I like Chad Muma's

1133
00:56:58,840 --> 00:57:00,959
Speaker 1: tape and you know, of course still got the level

1134
00:57:01,040 --> 00:57:04,000
Speaker 1: of competition label lobbied Adam because of where he played,

1135
00:57:04,640 --> 00:57:08,480
Speaker 1: But obviously Logan Wilson from Cincinnati Bengals, he played at Wyoming,

1136
00:57:08,560 --> 00:57:13,000
Speaker 1: so you can obviously make that transition. He's a very

1137
00:57:13,160 --> 00:57:17,520
Speaker 1: intense competitive player. I love his style of play. He

1138
00:57:18,600 --> 00:57:22,320
Speaker 1: essentially was a stacked backer in the box for the

1139
00:57:22,440 --> 00:57:27,400
Speaker 1: most part. But I thought that he has great play

1140
00:57:27,560 --> 00:57:31,200
Speaker 1: speed and range. He sees it, he goes and he tackles.

1141
00:57:31,640 --> 00:57:34,080
Speaker 1: You know, that's become a bit of a lost art

1142
00:57:34,440 --> 00:57:37,160
Speaker 1: when he gets there, he tackles. I thought he saw

1143
00:57:37,320 --> 00:57:40,960
Speaker 1: things quickly. His reactions were quick within the box. He

1144
00:57:41,560 --> 00:57:44,120
Speaker 1: when if you're gonna play middle linebacker or a stackbacker

1145
00:57:44,200 --> 00:57:46,680
Speaker 1: in the NFL, you have to have a really good

1146
00:57:46,800 --> 00:57:51,080
Speaker 1: feel for working in confined space, slipping blocks, playing off blocks.

1147
00:57:52,360 --> 00:57:56,520
Speaker 1: That's what linebackers kind of do. So he played really

1148
00:57:56,680 --> 00:57:59,960
Speaker 1: fast on tape. I wouldn't say he's sudden and explode

1149
00:58:00,120 --> 00:58:02,960
Speaker 1: siev and he's a little bit high cut, so some

1150
00:58:03,080 --> 00:58:05,880
Speaker 1: people might say his change of direction isn't exactly what

1151
00:58:06,040 --> 00:58:10,400
Speaker 1: you want, but he I just really liked the way

1152
00:58:10,440 --> 00:58:12,200
Speaker 1: he played, and I like the fact that when he

1153
00:58:12,320 --> 00:58:16,040
Speaker 1: got there, he tackled, and I think I think he's

1154
00:58:16,520 --> 00:58:18,280
Speaker 1: you know, I don't know where guys get drafted, that's

1155
00:58:18,280 --> 00:58:21,840
Speaker 1: not my thing, as you guys know, but he probably

1156
00:58:21,920 --> 00:58:23,920
Speaker 1: will be a day two pick. I think he's a

1157
00:58:23,960 --> 00:58:25,920
Speaker 1: really good prospect. All right, what do we do with

1158
00:58:26,000 --> 00:58:27,800
Speaker 1: these Georgia guys? We got three of them, right, I mean,

1159
00:58:27,840 --> 00:58:30,520
Speaker 1: we got into Kobe Dean, we got Janning Tendall, we

1160
00:58:30,560 --> 00:58:32,600
Speaker 1: got quay Walker. I mean, however, you want to divide

1161
00:58:32,680 --> 00:58:34,600
Speaker 1: him up, what are the differences between these three and

1162
00:58:34,840 --> 00:58:37,040
Speaker 1: what do you like about these guys and what maybe

1163
00:58:37,360 --> 00:58:40,120
Speaker 1: some of the deficiencies might be Greig, Well, they're all different.

1164
00:58:40,160 --> 00:58:42,560
Speaker 1: And that's so now you get into what you know

1165
00:58:42,680 --> 00:58:46,320
Speaker 1: Sean and Leslie really want in a linebacker. I mean

1166
00:58:46,520 --> 00:58:49,520
Speaker 1: the Kobe Dean is small. Now, some teams might think

1167
00:58:49,640 --> 00:58:51,800
Speaker 1: small and they don't want that guy. I mean, I

1168
00:58:51,880 --> 00:58:54,120
Speaker 1: think he's a good prospect, but I can tell you

1169
00:58:54,280 --> 00:58:56,360
Speaker 1: right now he's really at the bottom end of what

1170
00:58:56,520 --> 00:58:59,040
Speaker 1: you want in terms of height as a linebacker. He's

1171
00:58:59,040 --> 00:59:03,800
Speaker 1: five eleven and a half rum. But I think he's

1172
00:59:03,920 --> 00:59:06,439
Speaker 1: he's a really good prospect. He's got great short area

1173
00:59:06,560 --> 00:59:09,200
Speaker 1: quickness and explosiveness. He's kind of sudden in the box.

1174
00:59:09,880 --> 00:59:15,440
Speaker 1: He plays physically. They blitzed a lot. See that's the thing.

1175
00:59:15,720 --> 00:59:19,320
Speaker 1: He was a function of a defense, Kirby Smarts defense

1176
00:59:19,360 --> 00:59:22,440
Speaker 1: at Georgia. They blitzed a lot and he was the blitzer.

1177
00:59:22,960 --> 00:59:26,120
Speaker 1: So you have to decide, if there's a somewhat of

1178
00:59:26,160 --> 00:59:29,840
Speaker 1: a scheme specificity to his game, how will he play

1179
00:59:30,240 --> 00:59:32,520
Speaker 1: if the Bills were to take him and he's not

1180
00:59:32,640 --> 00:59:34,720
Speaker 1: going to blitz a lot because as I said, he

1181
00:59:34,880 --> 00:59:38,640
Speaker 1: does have that that length issue, you know, being under

1182
00:59:38,720 --> 00:59:41,880
Speaker 1: six feet in some ways, though, he reminded me of

1183
00:59:41,960 --> 00:59:44,400
Speaker 1: a player who played this past year as a rookie

1184
00:59:44,440 --> 00:59:46,880
Speaker 1: and played very well for the Chiefs, and that was

1185
00:59:47,000 --> 00:59:49,040
Speaker 1: Nick Bolton. He came at a Missouri a year ago.

1186
00:59:49,360 --> 00:59:52,320
Speaker 1: He was also under six feet and he played extremely

1187
00:59:52,360 --> 00:59:57,080
Speaker 1: well for the Chiefs, so that might help the projection

1188
00:59:57,160 --> 01:00:00,400
Speaker 1: in the eyes of many. The other two guys, believe

1189
01:00:00,400 --> 01:00:02,520
Speaker 1: it or not, I like more than Dean as far

1190
01:00:02,560 --> 01:00:06,120
Speaker 1: as their projection. Kuay Walker is almost six to four

1191
01:00:06,240 --> 01:00:08,919
Speaker 1: and two hundred and forty pounds, and to me, he's

1192
01:00:09,000 --> 01:00:13,760
Speaker 1: everything you want in a linebacker. He's big, he moves

1193
01:00:13,920 --> 01:00:17,800
Speaker 1: really really well. I think he can do everything. I

1194
01:00:17,920 --> 01:00:20,560
Speaker 1: think he's you know, don't forget that Georgie gets all

1195
01:00:20,600 --> 01:00:22,960
Speaker 1: these five stars, So what you have with George is

1196
01:00:23,280 --> 01:00:27,000
Speaker 1: none of these guys play every snap, but he's he's

1197
01:00:27,400 --> 01:00:31,919
Speaker 1: his profile is exactly what teams want. He's a really

1198
01:00:31,960 --> 01:00:34,480
Speaker 1: good run defender in the box. He can scrape, he

1199
01:00:34,520 --> 01:00:38,600
Speaker 1: can flow, he can play through contact. He's athletic. I

1200
01:00:38,760 --> 01:00:41,400
Speaker 1: think he's one of those guys that from a physical

1201
01:00:41,520 --> 01:00:44,640
Speaker 1: athletic standpoint, I think he has it all. And then

1202
01:00:44,680 --> 01:00:48,280
Speaker 1: there's Channing Tindall, who I could make an argument as

1203
01:00:48,320 --> 01:00:52,320
Speaker 1: the best of the three. He's explosive. I mean, this

1204
01:00:52,480 --> 01:00:55,000
Speaker 1: kid is an explosive athlete. They actually used him at

1205
01:00:55,040 --> 01:00:58,080
Speaker 1: times to rush the quarterback off the edge. I mean

1206
01:00:58,120 --> 01:01:00,520
Speaker 1: that's the way they used him in their subdefenses. But

1207
01:01:00,640 --> 01:01:03,959
Speaker 1: he's got great sideline to sideline play speed and range.

1208
01:01:04,200 --> 01:01:07,000
Speaker 1: He made a ton of plays outside the hashes. Um.

1209
01:01:07,360 --> 01:01:09,760
Speaker 1: He's featured as a blitzer. He was a pass rusher.

1210
01:01:09,760 --> 01:01:12,400
Speaker 1: As I said, He's got a really kind of compact

1211
01:01:12,480 --> 01:01:16,640
Speaker 1: coiled frame. He's six two, which is really good length

1212
01:01:16,720 --> 01:01:20,960
Speaker 1: as well. I really liked Channing Tindall. He jumped off

1213
01:01:21,040 --> 01:01:23,440
Speaker 1: the film to me. Of the three, he's the guy

1214
01:01:23,560 --> 01:01:25,640
Speaker 1: that when I watched George and believe me, guys, I

1215
01:01:25,800 --> 01:01:28,360
Speaker 1: had to watch Georgia, I could probably tell you they're

1216
01:01:28,360 --> 01:01:32,200
Speaker 1: a play because they had eight guys. So I had

1217
01:01:32,240 --> 01:01:35,840
Speaker 1: to watch Georgia, you know, like probably a seven or

1218
01:01:35,840 --> 01:01:39,120
Speaker 1: eight of their games three times, wow, four times to

1219
01:01:39,200 --> 01:01:42,800
Speaker 1: get through all these guys. So um, But I think

1220
01:01:42,920 --> 01:01:46,120
Speaker 1: Channing Tindall is I think he'll be a three down

1221
01:01:46,200 --> 01:01:49,440
Speaker 1: linebacker in the NFL sooner than later. Wow, listen, after

1222
01:01:49,520 --> 01:01:52,840
Speaker 1: everything you just said about Georgia, thankfully Kirby Smart did

1223
01:01:52,920 --> 01:01:56,280
Speaker 1: win the National Championship out of a job immediately with

1224
01:01:56,440 --> 01:02:00,440
Speaker 1: that group, that's incredible. Yeah. No, they they had so

1225
01:02:00,520 --> 01:02:02,520
Speaker 1: many other guys, yeah right, And of course I'm sure

1226
01:02:02,560 --> 01:02:06,440
Speaker 1: they got twenty more five spots, right yea Oh my gosh, definitely.

1227
01:02:06,560 --> 01:02:08,920
Speaker 1: I mean, Quay Walker is a name that has been

1228
01:02:09,040 --> 01:02:11,000
Speaker 1: mocked to the Buffalo Bills. There's been a couple of

1229
01:02:11,080 --> 01:02:13,280
Speaker 1: linebackers that have been mocked to the Bills at that

1230
01:02:13,400 --> 01:02:15,400
Speaker 1: number twenty five spot. I mean, we don't know what's

1231
01:02:15,440 --> 01:02:17,560
Speaker 1: going to happen. It's fun to watch these mock drafts

1232
01:02:17,600 --> 01:02:20,320
Speaker 1: and see who people think the Bills are going to draft.

1233
01:02:21,000 --> 01:02:23,480
Speaker 1: But do you say that man? Because yeah, Walker, I mean,

1234
01:02:23,600 --> 01:02:26,200
Speaker 1: if if, if they like Lanth at that position. Like

1235
01:02:26,520 --> 01:02:28,840
Speaker 1: we started this conversation talking about tremain edwins and what

1236
01:02:28,920 --> 01:02:31,240
Speaker 1: they're feeling about him is if they want somebody with

1237
01:02:31,480 --> 01:02:34,320
Speaker 1: lane at that position? Way Walker six to four. He's

1238
01:02:34,320 --> 01:02:36,440
Speaker 1: a guy and you said do it all too, and

1239
01:02:36,720 --> 01:02:39,640
Speaker 1: Sal and I were talking about the Bills want somebody

1240
01:02:39,720 --> 01:02:42,000
Speaker 1: who can do it all. They want somebody who can

1241
01:02:42,200 --> 01:02:44,520
Speaker 1: rotate if need be, and it seems like he's a

1242
01:02:44,560 --> 01:02:47,760
Speaker 1: guy who might be able to do that. Another linebacker

1243
01:02:47,920 --> 01:02:51,080
Speaker 1: we want to ask you about is Devin Lloyd from Utah.

1244
01:02:51,200 --> 01:02:54,080
Speaker 1: He's six three, two hundred and thirty five pounds. What

1245
01:02:54,320 --> 01:02:58,120
Speaker 1: makes him stand out in the draft? I really like,

1246
01:02:58,760 --> 01:03:01,800
Speaker 1: you know, he's another guy that I think he's a

1247
01:03:01,920 --> 01:03:05,320
Speaker 1: multidimensional linebacker. He can play all three downs, he can blitz,

1248
01:03:05,760 --> 01:03:09,840
Speaker 1: He's really athletic. He's long too, looks long. He kind

1249
01:03:09,880 --> 01:03:12,320
Speaker 1: of reminded me of Darius Leonard coming out of South

1250
01:03:12,400 --> 01:03:17,960
Speaker 1: Carolina State. He's got length, athleticism, he's positional, versatility. I

1251
01:03:18,280 --> 01:03:21,560
Speaker 1: really really like Devon Lloyd. I mean, you know, there

1252
01:03:21,600 --> 01:03:24,960
Speaker 1: are times he's a little bit out of position. I

1253
01:03:25,080 --> 01:03:26,720
Speaker 1: think he's one of those guys. I don't want to

1254
01:03:26,720 --> 01:03:29,320
Speaker 1: say freelances because I don't know that, but I think

1255
01:03:29,400 --> 01:03:32,280
Speaker 1: he's a playmaker and I think he wants to make plays,

1256
01:03:32,640 --> 01:03:35,080
Speaker 1: and I think that there are just times he gets

1257
01:03:35,160 --> 01:03:37,880
Speaker 1: himself a little bit out of position and it can

1258
01:03:38,000 --> 01:03:40,520
Speaker 1: look bad. But I think you can coach that, you know,

1259
01:03:40,640 --> 01:03:42,720
Speaker 1: I think that that's I don't want to say it's

1260
01:03:42,720 --> 01:03:44,680
Speaker 1: easy to coach, but I think you can coach that.

1261
01:03:45,040 --> 01:03:47,680
Speaker 1: But I really like him. I think he's got those

1262
01:03:47,800 --> 01:03:51,440
Speaker 1: three down linebacker traits you know of the Darius Leonards,

1263
01:03:51,640 --> 01:03:55,520
Speaker 1: the Fred Warner's, Damario O'Davis might fit into that category.

1264
01:03:55,600 --> 01:03:58,200
Speaker 1: I know I'm missing a couple of guys, obviously, Bob

1265
01:03:58,200 --> 01:04:00,680
Speaker 1: Bobby Wagner has been that guy for years, and I'm

1266
01:04:00,680 --> 01:04:02,240
Speaker 1: not saying he's going to step right in and be

1267
01:04:02,440 --> 01:04:04,520
Speaker 1: that guy. No one knows the answer to that, but

1268
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Speaker 1: I think Devin Lloyd has those kinds of physical and

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01:04:07,400 --> 01:04:10,720
Speaker 1: athletic traits and playmaking traits. Talk about a taller guy

1270
01:04:10,760 --> 01:04:12,480
Speaker 1: Brandon Smith the Penn State, and we got a lot

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Speaker 1: of Penn State fans here in Western New York who

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Speaker 1: know his game really well, what do you see from

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Speaker 1: him on film? Well, I'm sorry to disappoint, but I

1274
01:04:20,200 --> 01:04:23,280
Speaker 1: did not like him on film, and it kind of

1275
01:04:23,840 --> 01:04:25,160
Speaker 1: you know, I've been doing this a long time and

1276
01:04:25,240 --> 01:04:26,680
Speaker 1: I'm wrong, just like a lot of you know. I mean,

1277
01:04:26,760 --> 01:04:31,120
Speaker 1: that's that's life, you know. But he was so frustrating

1278
01:04:31,160 --> 01:04:36,040
Speaker 1: to watch Guys fifty. And he looks the part, but

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01:04:36,720 --> 01:04:40,640
Speaker 1: it just and he's athletic and he moves really well,

1280
01:04:41,080 --> 01:04:44,440
Speaker 1: but there was such a distinction, a sharp distinction between

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Speaker 1: his athletic and movement measurables and his play on the field.

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01:04:48,080 --> 01:04:50,560
Speaker 1: I mean, he was a great tester or two at

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01:04:50,600 --> 01:04:54,920
Speaker 1: the combine and his pro day. He's a big, fast

1284
01:04:55,000 --> 01:04:58,920
Speaker 1: athlete with explosive traits who rarely played that way. There

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01:04:59,000 --> 01:05:01,640
Speaker 1: was little snap in suddenness to his movement. He didn't

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01:05:01,640 --> 01:05:05,800
Speaker 1: really play with physicality and functional strength. He didn't really

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01:05:05,920 --> 01:05:08,440
Speaker 1: use his hands, you know, if someone could get it

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01:05:08,480 --> 01:05:11,000
Speaker 1: out of him, and that's what coaches always look at

1289
01:05:11,040 --> 01:05:13,320
Speaker 1: this guy, look at the trades. If we can get

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01:05:13,360 --> 01:05:16,280
Speaker 1: it out of him and the light goes on and

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01:05:16,440 --> 01:05:19,320
Speaker 1: the flashes he shows a flash here and there. If

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01:05:19,360 --> 01:05:22,120
Speaker 1: the flashes can become more the foundation of his game

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01:05:22,440 --> 01:05:25,560
Speaker 1: rather than the exceptions, I think he could become a

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01:05:25,640 --> 01:05:29,360
Speaker 1: quality three down linebacker. But the tape is not kind

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01:05:29,440 --> 01:05:32,400
Speaker 1: to him right now. I'm sure when a coach sees

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01:05:32,560 --> 01:05:35,720
Speaker 1: a player like that in his stature and his size

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01:05:35,800 --> 01:05:38,720
Speaker 1: and length, and they maybe turn on the tape and

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01:05:38,760 --> 01:05:41,240
Speaker 1: aren't that excited. I'm sure it's hard for some coaches

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01:05:41,320 --> 01:05:44,240
Speaker 1: to not be like, I want him because I want

1300
01:05:44,280 --> 01:05:46,360
Speaker 1: the project and I want to be the person who

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01:05:46,480 --> 01:05:49,400
Speaker 1: turns him into something special. I think that's probably what

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01:05:49,520 --> 01:05:52,000
Speaker 1: a lot of GMS and coaches go after, is that

1303
01:05:52,440 --> 01:05:57,120
Speaker 1: elite like physical freak. Maybe looking at him but not

1304
01:05:57,280 --> 01:05:59,560
Speaker 1: sure about the film, but thinking that, hey, we can

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01:05:59,640 --> 01:06:03,480
Speaker 1: turn you into something special with our coaching. That's and

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01:06:03,600 --> 01:06:05,640
Speaker 1: that happens a lot, Maddie, You're one hundred percent right.

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01:06:05,960 --> 01:06:08,840
Speaker 1: There's and again there's different philosophy. Some coaches will say,

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01:06:09,040 --> 01:06:10,640
Speaker 1: look at the tape and say, this is the way

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01:06:10,640 --> 01:06:12,520
Speaker 1: he plays. You know, I don't care what his physical

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01:06:12,600 --> 01:06:15,560
Speaker 1: traits are. The tape tells me how he plays. That's

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01:06:15,600 --> 01:06:17,800
Speaker 1: the way he plays. Other coaches will say, just what

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01:06:17,960 --> 01:06:20,720
Speaker 1: you said. This guy is kind of a physical freak

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01:06:20,800 --> 01:06:23,640
Speaker 1: to some degree, and I'm going to get it out

1314
01:06:23,680 --> 01:06:25,240
Speaker 1: of him, because if I get it out of him,

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01:06:25,400 --> 01:06:27,160
Speaker 1: we might have one of the best five linebackers in

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01:06:27,200 --> 01:06:29,240
Speaker 1: the NFL, because there's not a lot of six three

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01:06:29,280 --> 01:06:31,760
Speaker 1: and a half two hundred and fifty pound linebackers with

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01:06:31,920 --> 01:06:35,160
Speaker 1: the movement of Brandon Smith. But he doesn't play that way.

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01:06:35,480 --> 01:06:38,280
Speaker 1: And you know, that's all I can say. I can

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01:06:38,320 --> 01:06:39,880
Speaker 1: only tell you what the tape shows. I don't know

1321
01:06:40,000 --> 01:06:44,680
Speaker 1: Brandon Smith. Obviously, teams do their due diligence, they'll talk

1322
01:06:44,720 --> 01:06:46,960
Speaker 1: to him, they'll do all those things teams do. But

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01:06:47,160 --> 01:06:49,520
Speaker 1: the tape, like I said, it was not overly kind

1324
01:06:49,560 --> 01:06:52,160
Speaker 1: to him. This year. What do you think about Christian Harris,

1325
01:06:52,280 --> 01:06:54,720
Speaker 1: the linebacker from Alabama, the team that Georgia played in

1326
01:06:54,720 --> 01:06:58,800
Speaker 1: the National Championship Game. Yeah, he's he's kind of a stud. Yeah,

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01:07:00,000 --> 01:07:01,640
Speaker 1: I've seen a lot of his tape and awful lot

1328
01:07:01,680 --> 01:07:05,160
Speaker 1: of his tape. He he fits the profile. He's athletic.

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01:07:05,560 --> 01:07:07,640
Speaker 1: He's not as big, he's not as tall, he's only

1330
01:07:07,720 --> 01:07:10,520
Speaker 1: six feet half inch, but he's got great movement traits.

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01:07:11,120 --> 01:07:13,960
Speaker 1: He's a good pass defender as well. He can play

1332
01:07:14,040 --> 01:07:17,360
Speaker 1: underneath zone coverage. He can man match on tight ends

1333
01:07:17,400 --> 01:07:20,480
Speaker 1: and backs. At times he matched wide receivers depending on

1334
01:07:21,120 --> 01:07:24,880
Speaker 1: Alabama's coverage call. He's got really easy movement and natural

1335
01:07:24,960 --> 01:07:28,680
Speaker 1: quickness in the box. I mean, I really really like

1336
01:07:29,000 --> 01:07:31,200
Speaker 1: his game. You know, it's crazy. He came out of

1337
01:07:31,240 --> 01:07:34,520
Speaker 1: Baton Rouge, which is where LSU is. He played safety

1338
01:07:34,640 --> 01:07:37,640
Speaker 1: and corner in high school of Baton Rouge and never

1339
01:07:37,760 --> 01:07:41,360
Speaker 1: received an offer from LSU. Went to Alabama, they moved

1340
01:07:41,440 --> 01:07:44,600
Speaker 1: him to linebacker immediately. He started from day one for

1341
01:07:44,800 --> 01:07:48,120
Speaker 1: Nick Saban. So that also tells you something about his

1342
01:07:48,200 --> 01:07:52,200
Speaker 1: capacity to learn, his intelligence. His awareness is savvy. I

1343
01:07:52,320 --> 01:07:55,560
Speaker 1: think that means something. Yeah, definitely. The last linebacker we

1344
01:07:55,640 --> 01:07:59,280
Speaker 1: want to bring up is Brian Asamoa from Oklahoma, and

1345
01:07:59,320 --> 01:08:03,360
Speaker 1: reading his raft profile, it says sea ball, get ball.

1346
01:08:03,520 --> 01:08:07,600
Speaker 1: So what type of linebacker is Brian Asamoa. He's a

1347
01:08:07,720 --> 01:08:11,040
Speaker 1: sea ball get ball linebacker. That's exactly what he is. Now,

1348
01:08:11,120 --> 01:08:14,760
Speaker 1: he's a little smaller, he's only two twenty six runs. Well, um,

1349
01:08:15,880 --> 01:08:20,519
Speaker 1: but he's he's an athletic movement, velocity range player. I mean,

1350
01:08:20,560 --> 01:08:23,560
Speaker 1: this guy, he just moves. That's what he is. I

1351
01:08:23,640 --> 01:08:25,800
Speaker 1: think I might have even said that in my notes,

1352
01:08:25,920 --> 01:08:28,280
Speaker 1: that he's a that he's a see it, get it player.

1353
01:08:28,640 --> 01:08:30,240
Speaker 1: I'm trying to I'm looking at my notes right now

1354
01:08:30,280 --> 01:08:33,439
Speaker 1: because I take really detailed notes on these guys. Um,

1355
01:08:34,120 --> 01:08:37,240
Speaker 1: but that's the way he plays, and I think that's

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01:08:38,040 --> 01:08:41,080
Speaker 1: that's his m that that's you know, sometimes it looks

1357
01:08:41,080 --> 01:08:43,519
Speaker 1: like he was freelancing. Yeah, well here, I'm looking at

1358
01:08:43,560 --> 01:08:45,960
Speaker 1: my notes. He said there was a freelance wild stallion

1359
01:08:46,040 --> 01:08:48,439
Speaker 1: field to Assamoa, although I said there was no way

1360
01:08:48,439 --> 01:08:49,720
Speaker 1: I can be certain of what he was asked to

1361
01:08:49,800 --> 01:08:53,160
Speaker 1: do and what his specific assignments responsibilities were on each play.

1362
01:08:53,400 --> 01:08:55,800
Speaker 1: But I said there was a freelance wild stallion field

1363
01:08:55,960 --> 01:08:57,920
Speaker 1: with a see at get ball field to his play.

1364
01:08:58,160 --> 01:09:00,840
Speaker 1: That's the way he played. He ran all over the field.

1365
01:09:01,080 --> 01:09:04,920
Speaker 1: He had great play, speed, great range. Fun guy to watch.

1366
01:09:05,240 --> 01:09:07,320
Speaker 1: You know, he didn't really match up man to man

1367
01:09:07,439 --> 01:09:09,439
Speaker 1: very much. So if you want your linebacker to do that,

1368
01:09:10,360 --> 01:09:14,280
Speaker 1: then that's a projection. Yeah. You know, I think about

1369
01:09:14,320 --> 01:09:16,040
Speaker 1: the Bills and all these guys you're talking about and

1370
01:09:16,080 --> 01:09:18,080
Speaker 1: what they like in their traits and their linebackers, and

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01:09:18,160 --> 01:09:20,080
Speaker 1: they like the they don't they're not looking for the

1372
01:09:20,200 --> 01:09:22,360
Speaker 1: Ray Lewis, you know, a gap to a gap guy.

1373
01:09:22,400 --> 01:09:24,320
Speaker 1: They're gonna let their defensive line kind of eat those

1374
01:09:24,360 --> 01:09:28,040
Speaker 1: guys up and go sideline to sideline, Matt Milano, Tremaine Edmonds.

1375
01:09:28,320 --> 01:09:30,800
Speaker 1: So knowing that, like, what do you think from this

1376
01:09:30,880 --> 01:09:32,640
Speaker 1: group we talked about, who are the guys who are

1377
01:09:32,640 --> 01:09:34,479
Speaker 1: probably the best fits in that regard. They're more a

1378
01:09:34,600 --> 01:09:37,439
Speaker 1: sideline to sideline, not necessarily north and south type of

1379
01:09:37,479 --> 01:09:40,040
Speaker 1: linebackers all the time. Yeah, well, then it comes down

1380
01:09:40,120 --> 01:09:43,240
Speaker 1: to sell the size issue. Do they want length because

1381
01:09:43,320 --> 01:09:45,640
Speaker 1: there's not a lot of six three six four linebackers.

1382
01:09:45,960 --> 01:09:49,840
Speaker 1: I mean, you know, they might like someone they could

1383
01:09:49,880 --> 01:09:52,519
Speaker 1: like Muma, who I know visited Buffalo. One guy we

1384
01:09:52,560 --> 01:09:54,799
Speaker 1: didn't talk about is another small school guy in Montana

1385
01:09:54,880 --> 01:09:58,200
Speaker 1: State is Troy Anderson, who's played four different positions in

1386
01:09:58,320 --> 01:10:02,120
Speaker 1: Montana State. In this passion, you're made the change solely

1387
01:10:02,200 --> 01:10:05,960
Speaker 1: to linebacker. He's six three and a half two forty ish,

1388
01:10:06,000 --> 01:10:08,640
Speaker 1: give or take, and you know, he blew it up

1389
01:10:08,640 --> 01:10:11,120
Speaker 1: at the combine. And he's a guy with excellent play

1390
01:10:11,200 --> 01:10:13,760
Speaker 1: speed and range. Not very physical, but you know he's

1391
01:10:14,040 --> 01:10:16,920
Speaker 1: because he's new at the position. So it depends. If

1392
01:10:16,960 --> 01:10:20,799
Speaker 1: you're looking for length, then the Asom always the Christian

1393
01:10:20,840 --> 01:10:22,920
Speaker 1: Harris might not be your guy. If you're looking for

1394
01:10:23,040 --> 01:10:26,880
Speaker 1: just pure athleticism and you want that, you've got the SMOs,

1395
01:10:26,880 --> 01:10:28,960
Speaker 1: You've got the Christian Harris is you know, kind of

1396
01:10:29,040 --> 01:10:32,880
Speaker 1: Devin Lloyd would fit everything, probably because he's you know,

1397
01:10:33,000 --> 01:10:36,920
Speaker 1: he's long and he's a playmaker. Lloyd would probably be

1398
01:10:37,040 --> 01:10:39,479
Speaker 1: the guy to me. But I don't know if he'll

1399
01:10:39,520 --> 01:10:42,120
Speaker 1: be there, you know, and again I don't know. No

1400
01:10:42,240 --> 01:10:45,599
Speaker 1: one knows but my senses he won't be there. It's

1401
01:10:45,680 --> 01:10:48,519
Speaker 1: interesting that all these linebackers, you know, you can kind

1402
01:10:48,600 --> 01:10:51,280
Speaker 1: of pick and choose what you want. Some guys are smaller,

1403
01:10:51,360 --> 01:10:54,439
Speaker 1: but there there might be more athletics. Some guys are longer,

1404
01:10:54,800 --> 01:10:56,960
Speaker 1: and maybe you want that length on your defense. A

1405
01:10:57,000 --> 01:10:59,240
Speaker 1: lot of the times, the Bills, like we've talked about today,

1406
01:10:59,600 --> 01:11:02,040
Speaker 1: just have two linebackers on the field because because they

1407
01:11:02,120 --> 01:11:05,519
Speaker 1: play in nickel defense so much so We'll see what

1408
01:11:05,600 --> 01:11:08,080
Speaker 1: the Buffalo Bills decide to do in the NFL Draft.

1409
01:11:08,160 --> 01:11:10,920
Speaker 1: Maybe linebacker is a position that they go with. Is

1410
01:11:10,960 --> 01:11:12,960
Speaker 1: it in the first round or the second round? Who knows,

1411
01:11:13,000 --> 01:11:14,559
Speaker 1: But a lot of people are saying that there are

1412
01:11:14,720 --> 01:11:17,439
Speaker 1: there is gonna be depth for that linebacker spot in

1413
01:11:17,520 --> 01:11:21,000
Speaker 1: this year's NFL draft. Yeah, I know, there's a lot

1414
01:11:21,040 --> 01:11:24,080
Speaker 1: of depth and it all depends. Like I said, that's

1415
01:11:24,080 --> 01:11:26,759
Speaker 1: why I'm not a good list maker. Everybody wants to position.

1416
01:11:27,200 --> 01:11:30,040
Speaker 1: You know, it's it's almost impossible to compare, you know,

1417
01:11:30,120 --> 01:11:32,240
Speaker 1: a sixty three or six four linebacker. You know, it's

1418
01:11:32,280 --> 01:11:35,439
Speaker 1: impossible to compare Quay Walker and the Kobe Dean. They're

1419
01:11:35,479 --> 01:11:38,360
Speaker 1: not the same player. They play the same position, but

1420
01:11:38,479 --> 01:11:41,400
Speaker 1: they're not the same player and they wouldn't be deployed

1421
01:11:41,479 --> 01:11:43,800
Speaker 1: in the same way. Yeah. And also, you know, the

1422
01:11:43,840 --> 01:11:46,760
Speaker 1: way the way offenses are has caused defenses to play

1423
01:11:47,120 --> 01:11:49,240
Speaker 1: so it's such different so differently as well as Maddie

1424
01:11:49,280 --> 01:11:51,080
Speaker 1: just said, the Bills, the Bills don't even use the

1425
01:11:51,120 --> 01:11:53,240
Speaker 1: same linebacker really, they use a week side and a

1426
01:11:53,280 --> 01:11:55,639
Speaker 1: middle linebacker, and most of their depth guys are guys

1427
01:11:55,680 --> 01:11:57,960
Speaker 1: who know every position who can do it all. Because

1428
01:11:58,000 --> 01:11:59,280
Speaker 1: you never know when you're gonna have they put on

1429
01:11:59,320 --> 01:12:02,000
Speaker 1: the field against these different offensive sets. Craig, I mean,

1430
01:12:02,200 --> 01:12:05,559
Speaker 1: the Bill's last year played the highest percentage of nicol

1431
01:12:05,640 --> 01:12:07,400
Speaker 1: or right team in the league, and there was a

1432
01:12:07,520 --> 01:12:10,200
Speaker 1: stretch of six seven games in a row where they

1433
01:12:10,320 --> 01:12:13,519
Speaker 1: only play that's right. So I mean, you know, I

1434
01:12:13,920 --> 01:12:16,799
Speaker 1: assume that's not going to change significantly. The coaching staffs

1435
01:12:16,840 --> 01:12:19,360
Speaker 1: the same, So they're really a team that plays with

1436
01:12:19,439 --> 01:12:22,439
Speaker 1: two linebackers. Yep, that's what they've become. That's what a

1437
01:12:22,520 --> 01:12:24,920
Speaker 1: lot of the NFL is going toward, because you have

1438
01:12:25,080 --> 01:12:27,280
Speaker 1: to cover all these wide receivers that are out on

1439
01:12:27,320 --> 01:12:30,920
Speaker 1: the field because the quarterbacks now are tossing the rock

1440
01:12:31,080 --> 01:12:33,479
Speaker 1: like nobody knows. You also have to be able to

1441
01:12:33,560 --> 01:12:36,400
Speaker 1: stop quarterbacks because some of these quarterbacks are are pre

1442
01:12:36,640 --> 01:12:39,439
Speaker 1: mobile in today's NFL. But Greg, we want to thank

1443
01:12:39,479 --> 01:12:42,840
Speaker 1: you for the time. Thanks for breaking down some of

1444
01:12:42,880 --> 01:12:46,040
Speaker 1: these linebacker prospects. Definitely feel like we have a better

1445
01:12:46,160 --> 01:12:49,840
Speaker 1: taste of who is in the NFL draft. So appreciate it,

1446
01:12:49,920 --> 01:12:52,680
Speaker 1: and happy Easter to you and your family. Take some

1447
01:12:52,800 --> 01:12:55,960
Speaker 1: time on you appreciate it, all right? Thanks Greg? Here?

1448
01:12:56,240 --> 01:12:59,000
Speaker 1: All right, that was Greg Cosell of NFL Films. He's

1449
01:12:59,040 --> 01:13:04,560
Speaker 1: their senior pretty. Uster also hosts ESPN's NFL Matchup. I

1450
01:13:04,760 --> 01:13:06,560
Speaker 1: like some of those guys that he talks about. I

1451
01:13:06,680 --> 01:13:09,680
Speaker 1: feel like Quay Walker and Devin Lloyd, Like, I'll just

1452
01:13:09,920 --> 01:13:12,720
Speaker 1: jump on their train right now. Sounds good too. He's

1453
01:13:12,800 --> 01:13:14,200
Speaker 1: running through these guys and I'm like, oh, yeah, that

1454
01:13:14,240 --> 01:13:15,840
Speaker 1: guy sounds great. And then the next guy's like, oh yeah,

1455
01:13:15,840 --> 01:13:17,479
Speaker 1: that guy sounds great. Yeah. The next guy like, get

1456
01:13:17,520 --> 01:13:20,280
Speaker 1: the bills that guy, right? They all sound really really good. Hey.

1457
01:13:20,320 --> 01:13:23,479
Speaker 1: Just a little while ago, it is reported that Sammy Watkins,

1458
01:13:23,560 --> 01:13:26,400
Speaker 1: our old friend year from Buffalo, is signing a one

1459
01:13:26,520 --> 01:13:29,799
Speaker 1: year deal to join Aaron Rodgers and the Green Bay Packers.

1460
01:13:30,200 --> 01:13:34,200
Speaker 1: Sammy Watkins. That is a pretty wild a one year

1461
01:13:34,280 --> 01:13:36,840
Speaker 1: deal with the Green Bay Packers. It's reported that it's

1462
01:13:36,840 --> 01:13:41,360
Speaker 1: worth up to four million dollars. Is that Jordan who's

1463
01:13:41,400 --> 01:13:43,160
Speaker 1: reporting that? Jordan Schultz? Maybe? Is that who that is?

1464
01:13:44,800 --> 01:13:46,519
Speaker 1: Cheltz report on Twitter? I want to make sure who

1465
01:13:46,560 --> 01:13:48,559
Speaker 1: the right person is to credit them. I'm looking at

1466
01:13:48,600 --> 01:13:52,160
Speaker 1: Adam Schefter's Twitter. Also Schefter. Also yeah, Schefter also okay,

1467
01:13:52,200 --> 01:13:56,160
Speaker 1: so Schefter's reporting the four million dollars. The reports that

1468
01:13:56,280 --> 01:14:00,599
Speaker 1: we're looking at the Packers are an interest interesting team.

1469
01:14:00,680 --> 01:14:03,280
Speaker 1: How is that gonna come together? How many more years

1470
01:14:03,439 --> 01:14:06,240
Speaker 1: is Aaron Rodgers is going to be a green Bay Packer?

1471
01:14:06,360 --> 01:14:08,400
Speaker 1: No DeVante Adams. What do you do there at that

1472
01:14:08,520 --> 01:14:11,200
Speaker 1: wide receiver spot? Do you try and fill it through

1473
01:14:11,240 --> 01:14:14,080
Speaker 1: the NFL draft? How does Saammy Watkins if he's going

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Speaker 1: to be on this roster, how does he play a

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Speaker 1: role on that roster? A lot of question marks there

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Speaker 1: for what green Bay is going to look like this

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Speaker 1: year and what green Bay is going to look like

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Speaker 1: in the future. Yeah, it's gonna be interesting to see

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Speaker 1: how Sammy fits in there as well. They don't have

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Speaker 1: Davantae Adams right right. You know he's traded away, Like

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01:14:31,320 --> 01:14:33,960
Speaker 1: what role does he play? Markois Valdes Scantling has gone

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01:14:33,960 --> 01:14:36,320
Speaker 1: as well, you know, he went to Kansas City. Sammy

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01:14:36,360 --> 01:14:38,559
Speaker 1: could I still think Sammy can play? The problem has

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01:14:38,600 --> 01:14:40,519
Speaker 1: been injuries throughout his career. He's got a guy like

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Speaker 1: Aaron Rodgers. Now, you know, you never know how that's

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01:14:42,920 --> 01:14:45,559
Speaker 1: gonna look. But look at that NFC you trillly comes

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01:14:45,600 --> 01:14:48,400
Speaker 1: down to it seems like it's gonna be Tom Brady.

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Speaker 1: Aaron Rodgers, right, Kyler Murray, maybe whoever's got the quarterback,

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Speaker 1: because heems like where's in the AFC. Everybody seems to

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01:14:54,240 --> 01:14:56,360
Speaker 1: have these great young quarterbacks. Everybody's gonna fighting it out.

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Speaker 1: So I think Green Bays an interesting destination for Sammy Watkins. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: we'll see how all of that plays out. As we

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01:15:01,760 --> 01:15:05,240
Speaker 1: inch closer to the NFL season two week one, we

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Speaker 1: know the NFL Draft is just a couple of weeks away.

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Speaker 1: Then OTAs and training camp will follow. We're gonna take

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Speaker 1: a break. When we come back, we may talk a

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Speaker 1: little bit about our mock Draft Watch. Have a new

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Speaker 1: one out as of yesterday, so go check it out

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Speaker 1: at Buffalo bills dot com. One Bows Live is presented

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Speaker 1: by Clyde Health on Buffalo Bills Radio. We'll see you

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Speaker 1: in a few minutes. We're back here on One Bills Live.

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Speaker 1: Matti Glave alongside Sal Capaccio in for Steve Tasker and

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01:15:44,640 --> 01:15:48,200
Speaker 1: Chris Brown. As they are enjoying a week away, We're

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Speaker 1: gonna hit you guys with our mock Draft watch. So,

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01:15:52,240 --> 01:15:55,479
Speaker 1: as you know, I've been tracking and scouring the internet

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01:15:55,680 --> 01:15:59,120
Speaker 1: for all the mock drafts to find to see who

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Speaker 1: the Buffalo Bill may pick at that number twenty five

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Speaker 1: spot in the first round. So we have a sixth

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Speaker 1: edition of the twenty twenty two Mock Draft Watch that

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Speaker 1: was released yesterday afternoon, fourteen mock drafts. Within the latest

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Speaker 1: edition of those fourteen, the popular position remains. Cornerback was

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Speaker 1: mocked to the Bills ten times in the last Mock

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01:16:25,120 --> 01:16:29,200
Speaker 1: Draft Watch. All the other positions just one person being

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01:16:29,280 --> 01:16:32,000
Speaker 1: mocked or one position being mocked to the Buffalo Bills.

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01:16:32,040 --> 01:16:34,800
Speaker 1: At number twenty five, we had one linebacker go, one

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01:16:34,920 --> 01:16:39,680
Speaker 1: interior offensive lineman go, and one defensive end. So cornerback

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01:16:39,880 --> 01:16:43,120
Speaker 1: is definitely the popular position. No really new names though,

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01:16:43,200 --> 01:16:45,360
Speaker 1: I mean it's names that we have been seeing this

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01:16:45,560 --> 01:16:47,960
Speaker 1: whole time come off the board at number twenty five.

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Speaker 1: Kyrie Elam from Florida, Andrew Booth junior from Clemson. We've

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01:16:54,439 --> 01:16:59,360
Speaker 1: also seen some Trent McDuffie from Washington, Kyler Gordon from Washington.

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Speaker 1: So these are names that we have talked about already. Seal,

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Speaker 1: As you scroll through the list, any names that pop

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01:17:05,840 --> 01:17:08,760
Speaker 1: off that list to you, Yeah, I think Kyler Gordon

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01:17:08,880 --> 01:17:10,680
Speaker 1: is becoming an interesting one for me. A few of

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01:17:10,720 --> 01:17:12,400
Speaker 1: these guys are I mean Elam as well. But you know,

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01:17:12,400 --> 01:17:14,400
Speaker 1: I don't want to dismiss guys like Andrew Booth. But

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01:17:15,000 --> 01:17:16,880
Speaker 1: what the reason why he's on my mind is actually

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Speaker 1: got a text from Lorenzo Alexander the other day and

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Speaker 1: he's participating in a mock draft of some sort in

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Speaker 1: Arizona and he said, hey, what are you thinking about

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01:17:24,360 --> 01:17:25,800
Speaker 1: some of these guys? And we were going back and

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Speaker 1: forth and he mentioned him, He said, what about this guy?

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Speaker 1: And it just stuck in my brain that there are

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01:17:30,439 --> 01:17:32,960
Speaker 1: people thinking about Kyler Gordon. You know, he's a He's

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01:17:33,000 --> 01:17:34,960
Speaker 1: a bigger guy, bigger corner you can tackle, He's got

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01:17:35,000 --> 01:17:38,040
Speaker 1: some position versatility. I like that guy. I think youre

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01:17:38,080 --> 01:17:39,920
Speaker 1: Drew Booth is very much a guy who would go

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01:17:40,040 --> 01:17:42,599
Speaker 1: right around that spot and would be good value at Clemson.

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Speaker 1: So I think that could be a guy there too.

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01:17:44,880 --> 01:17:47,360
Speaker 1: So we're talking corners that Now, let me ask you this.

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Speaker 1: When you say the number of corners, are you counting

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01:17:49,800 --> 01:17:52,679
Speaker 1: Daxton Hill is a corner? I was not counting Daxton

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01:17:52,760 --> 01:17:55,120
Speaker 1: Hill as a corner. Daxton Hill I put in a

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Speaker 1: dB category. So there was one dB as well, which

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Speaker 1: was Daxton Hill. And it's interesting because some of these

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Speaker 1: mock drafts are labeling him as a safety. Some are

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Speaker 1: just labeling him as a defensive back. This particular mock

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01:18:07,560 --> 01:18:10,560
Speaker 1: draft in the latest one labeled Decks Hill as a

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01:18:10,920 --> 01:18:13,920
Speaker 1: defensive back. We also had our first trade. I haven't

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01:18:13,920 --> 01:18:18,200
Speaker 1: seen a trade yet for mock draft watches, so a

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01:18:18,280 --> 01:18:21,680
Speaker 1: Bill's trade. So Sporting News Vinnie Eyre was the one

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01:18:21,720 --> 01:18:24,200
Speaker 1: who did the mock draft. He comes out with mock drafts,

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01:18:24,200 --> 01:18:27,040
Speaker 1: I think almost every week. He's the first trade I've

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01:18:27,080 --> 01:18:30,479
Speaker 1: seen for Buffalo. So he has Buffalo trading the number

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01:18:30,560 --> 01:18:33,559
Speaker 1: twenty five pick to Detroit for the number thirty two

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Speaker 1: and the number ninety seven pick, the ninety seventh pick,

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01:18:37,840 --> 01:18:41,519
Speaker 1: so he still has Buffalo getting Kyler Gordon with the

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Speaker 1: thirty second overall pick. So he thinks that Kyler Gordon

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01:18:45,040 --> 01:18:48,479
Speaker 1: maybe could still be around at the end of the

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01:18:48,560 --> 01:18:51,120
Speaker 1: first round of the NFL Draft, which is something interesting

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01:18:51,200 --> 01:18:53,759
Speaker 1: to think about, Like right, if the run on corners

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01:18:54,240 --> 01:18:56,400
Speaker 1: is the second run to go, like let's say the

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01:18:56,479 --> 01:18:59,840
Speaker 1: wide receiver run starts before the corner run, then maybe

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01:19:00,000 --> 01:19:02,960
Speaker 1: a guy like Kyler Gordon or Andrew Booth Junior could

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Speaker 1: be available there at thirty thirty one thirty two would

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01:19:06,080 --> 01:19:08,560
Speaker 1: you think about trading down if they're still going to

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01:19:08,560 --> 01:19:10,800
Speaker 1: be available one hundred percent. I think that's a great movie.

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Speaker 1: If you can get a guy like Kylie Gordon at

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Speaker 1: thirty two and pick up an extra pick in the

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Speaker 1: top one hundred, I mean you dropped down seven spots

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01:19:17,040 --> 01:19:19,080
Speaker 1: to get a guy that you know. And obviously we

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01:19:19,120 --> 01:19:20,840
Speaker 1: don't know the Bills board, but I'm thinking a guy

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01:19:20,920 --> 01:19:23,840
Speaker 1: that could be very useful to you now that could

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01:19:24,080 --> 01:19:26,080
Speaker 1: be valuable there at a position that you could probably

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01:19:26,160 --> 01:19:28,640
Speaker 1: need whoever it is, whether Tim you maybe you'd go

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01:19:28,720 --> 01:19:30,439
Speaker 1: down to pick another guy like an Andrew Booth or

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01:19:30,479 --> 01:19:32,960
Speaker 1: someone like that. If you can drop down only seven spots,

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Speaker 1: pick up number ninety seven in that scenario, pick up

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Speaker 1: still a corner. I think that's a great scenario for

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Speaker 1: the Bills. That also, by the way, gives them more

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01:19:40,400 --> 01:19:43,000
Speaker 1: options as the draft goes on. Yeah, the other picks

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01:19:43,040 --> 01:19:45,519
Speaker 1: that we talked about that they have most definitely, so

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01:19:45,800 --> 01:19:48,839
Speaker 1: who knows, a trade could absolutely happen for the Buffalo

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Speaker 1: Bills depending on how the board falls in the first

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Speaker 1: round for them. I want to pick out three prospects

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01:19:54,120 --> 01:19:56,080
Speaker 1: from this mock draft to watch and talk to you

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01:19:56,160 --> 01:19:58,719
Speaker 1: guys a little bit about these three. Now, we've talked

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Speaker 1: about several of the players already, so I'm not going

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01:20:01,520 --> 01:20:04,120
Speaker 1: to talk about any of the corners that have really

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01:20:04,160 --> 01:20:07,360
Speaker 1: been popular names because we've hit those already. I want

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01:20:07,400 --> 01:20:11,000
Speaker 1: to start off with a corner who hasn't necessarily been

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01:20:11,080 --> 01:20:13,680
Speaker 1: a popular name for the Bills, but he has been

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01:20:13,720 --> 01:20:16,360
Speaker 1: an interesting guy to talk about in terms of his

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01:20:16,600 --> 01:20:20,519
Speaker 1: physical traits. He was mocked to the Bills at number

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Speaker 1: twenty five. He is expected to go off the board

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01:20:24,240 --> 01:20:28,040
Speaker 1: more third round, is what people are thinking. His name

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Speaker 1: is Turek Woolen. He is a cornerback out of Utsay,

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Speaker 1: so he's a red shirt senior guys. He has six

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Speaker 1: to four and two hundred and five pounds. His arm

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Speaker 1: length thirty three inches almost thirty four inches thirty three

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Speaker 1: and five eighths is what they're what they're saying. His

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Speaker 1: arm length is Tremaine Edmund's arm length is thirty four

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Speaker 1: and a half, so he's got arms close to Tremaine

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Speaker 1: Edmunds Turek Woolen. The interesting thing about Trek Wolln is

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Speaker 1: he started out as wide receiver. He played wide receiver

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Speaker 1: for two seasons, had two hundred and sixty three receiving

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01:21:05,600 --> 01:21:08,040
Speaker 1: yards in those two years. Played in twenty one games

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Speaker 1: in his last two seasons, he really transitioned over to corner.

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01:21:14,280 --> 01:21:16,760
Speaker 1: So from twenty nineteen to twenty twenty one, he really

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01:21:16,800 --> 01:21:19,799
Speaker 1: only played in one game at corner in twenty nineteen,

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Speaker 1: So I'm looking more at twenty twenty and twenty twenty one.

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01:21:22,840 --> 01:21:25,880
Speaker 1: Had sixty two total tackles, five TFLs, one a half sacks,

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Speaker 1: two interceptions played in twenty games, had eleven passes defense.

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01:21:30,280 --> 01:21:33,679
Speaker 1: So the interesting thing about him, knowing that he played

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01:21:33,720 --> 01:21:36,600
Speaker 1: wide receiver and then transitioned to corner, is do you

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01:21:36,760 --> 01:21:42,200
Speaker 1: have somebody who has crazy physical traits to basically overpower

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01:21:42,439 --> 01:21:46,400
Speaker 1: a wide receiver because of how tall he is? His sight,

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01:21:46,680 --> 01:21:51,120
Speaker 1: his height, and his size definitely overpowers different offensive weapons.

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01:21:51,200 --> 01:21:55,360
Speaker 1: He has those unrefined skills, but under the right coach,

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01:21:55,840 --> 01:21:58,680
Speaker 1: I think he can turn into something special. And that's

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01:21:58,680 --> 01:22:00,400
Speaker 1: what we talked about with Greg coach Sell in our

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01:22:00,479 --> 01:22:02,840
Speaker 1: last segment, is some coaches may want to take a

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01:22:02,960 --> 01:22:06,040
Speaker 1: chance on guys who have some elite physical traits but

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01:22:06,200 --> 01:22:10,400
Speaker 1: maybe are a little bit more raw or unrefined. He

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Speaker 1: has speed, which goes along with his size. You don't

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01:22:13,880 --> 01:22:16,760
Speaker 1: always see that he's really fast. He ran a four

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01:22:16,880 --> 01:22:20,320
Speaker 1: two six forty at the NFL Combine. His hips are

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01:22:20,400 --> 01:22:23,560
Speaker 1: also smooth because he played wide receiver. Those things go

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01:22:23,760 --> 01:22:25,240
Speaker 1: hand in hand, and that's what you want to see

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01:22:25,280 --> 01:22:27,960
Speaker 1: in a cornerback. Are those smooth hips to drop back

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01:22:28,040 --> 01:22:31,760
Speaker 1: into coverage. It's hard to believe that he has that

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01:22:31,920 --> 01:22:34,480
Speaker 1: length that he does at a position like that at cornerback.

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01:22:35,040 --> 01:22:37,200
Speaker 1: NFL Network grades him as a talent to be an

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Speaker 1: above average backup. Look, I love this kid's traits. Like

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01:22:42,040 --> 01:22:44,479
Speaker 1: you said, you know, it might be really simply getting

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01:22:44,560 --> 01:22:46,720
Speaker 1: him more time, getting him you know, he played at

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01:22:46,880 --> 01:22:49,840
Speaker 1: Texas San Antonio, not a highest of program. Right by

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01:22:49,880 --> 01:22:52,120
Speaker 1: the way, the Roadrunners. How you like that, right? The Roadrunners.

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01:22:53,360 --> 01:22:56,080
Speaker 1: He may need to that's a position where you get

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01:22:56,120 --> 01:22:59,280
Speaker 1: to the NFL. Those receivers are much bigger, faster, stronger

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01:22:59,280 --> 01:23:01,280
Speaker 1: than anything he's probably he faced in college. But his

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01:23:01,400 --> 01:23:03,679
Speaker 1: physical traits will allow him to bridge that gap, at

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01:23:05,360 --> 01:23:08,000
Speaker 1: no doubt about it. And I think maybe you get

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01:23:08,080 --> 01:23:09,839
Speaker 1: him into your program. You get him here in Buffalo

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01:23:09,920 --> 01:23:12,280
Speaker 1: for example, he gets into your OTAs, he gets into

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01:23:12,280 --> 01:23:14,519
Speaker 1: your mini camps, the coaching that's gonna be a real

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01:23:14,640 --> 01:23:16,160
Speaker 1: that's gonna really matter. And we know how much this

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01:23:16,240 --> 01:23:18,720
Speaker 1: coaching staff, you know how much they really believe in

1650
01:23:18,800 --> 01:23:20,439
Speaker 1: that time on task and spending with these guys and

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01:23:20,520 --> 01:23:22,680
Speaker 1: developing them. Look what they did with Dane Jackson. Look

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01:23:22,720 --> 01:23:25,280
Speaker 1: what they they've done with other players. Cam lewis how

1653
01:23:25,400 --> 01:23:27,599
Speaker 1: nice of a player. He's become as an extra slot

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01:23:27,640 --> 01:23:30,000
Speaker 1: guy for this team. Right, So I am not opposed

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01:23:30,040 --> 01:23:32,000
Speaker 1: to a guy like this at all. I think that

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01:23:32,200 --> 01:23:34,720
Speaker 1: is the ideal player to bring into this organization, to

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01:23:34,840 --> 01:23:37,720
Speaker 1: be able to make into and develop into a very

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01:23:37,880 --> 01:23:40,439
Speaker 1: valuable player for you. He I look at him as

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01:23:40,479 --> 01:23:42,960
Speaker 1: like a unicorn type of player. If you can get

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01:23:43,040 --> 01:23:45,880
Speaker 1: this guy to turn around and when you turn on

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01:23:45,960 --> 01:23:49,800
Speaker 1: the tape, like the opportunities, the ceiling I think is there.

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01:23:49,920 --> 01:23:52,360
Speaker 1: And when you read about him, people have said that

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01:23:52,479 --> 01:23:54,519
Speaker 1: he's grown a lot as a corner in the last

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01:23:54,600 --> 01:23:57,280
Speaker 1: two seasons, So it makes you think that he could

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01:23:57,400 --> 01:23:59,320
Speaker 1: grow a lot more and that he does have a

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01:23:59,400 --> 01:24:03,360
Speaker 1: high ceiling and he's more of a project. But if

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01:24:03,439 --> 01:24:05,720
Speaker 1: he can transition into the cornerback that you want him

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01:24:05,760 --> 01:24:07,840
Speaker 1: to be, why wouldn't you want him to be on

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01:24:07,960 --> 01:24:10,439
Speaker 1: your roster? And if you already have a pretty good

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01:24:10,520 --> 01:24:13,360
Speaker 1: roster in place. Maybe you have the opportunity to go

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01:24:13,520 --> 01:24:16,120
Speaker 1: get a project like that and see if it actually works,

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01:24:16,160 --> 01:24:18,920
Speaker 1: because if it does, it's gonna pay off a lot

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01:24:19,040 --> 01:24:22,599
Speaker 1: for you or for the ability to trade that player

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01:24:23,200 --> 01:24:25,639
Speaker 1: to some other team if you don't necessarily need him

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01:24:25,680 --> 01:24:28,519
Speaker 1: and you want to get draft picks or whatever that

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01:24:28,680 --> 01:24:31,680
Speaker 1: may be. I'll talk about one more player before we

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01:24:31,760 --> 01:24:34,439
Speaker 1: go to break. It's an interior offensive lineman. I know

1678
01:24:34,520 --> 01:24:37,599
Speaker 1: we've been talking about interior offensive lineman throughout this week.

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01:24:38,120 --> 01:24:40,920
Speaker 1: Kennyan Greene is the name I want to bring up.

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01:24:40,960 --> 01:24:43,760
Speaker 1: He's from Texas, a m He's a junior. He's six

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Speaker 1: four three twenty five. He was a twenty twenty one

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Speaker 1: AP All America First Team honor. Also got Sporting News

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Speaker 1: All America First Team and All SEC first teams. So

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Speaker 1: this guy has won some awards. He's looked at as

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Speaker 1: a good player because he's earned the those types of awards.

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Speaker 1: He started in all twelve games at four different positions

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Speaker 1: on offensive line. Last season. We talk about versatility, this

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Speaker 1: player is exactly that. He played right guard, left guard,

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Speaker 1: right tackle, and left tackle. He was a team captain

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01:25:15,320 --> 01:25:18,840
Speaker 1: that also screams at Buffalo Bills. He played in thirty

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Speaker 1: five games over his career. He really started at right

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Speaker 1: right guard his freshman year, then left guard his sophomore year,

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Speaker 1: then he started to kind of transition all over the place.

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Speaker 1: He is a really, really, really good run blocker. Oh

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Speaker 1: my gosh, when you turn on the tape and watch

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Speaker 1: how he run blocks this this is the type of

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Speaker 1: player who's going to transition straight into the NFL and

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Speaker 1: be a good run blocker because of the level he

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Speaker 1: did it at um in the collegiate ranks. He has

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Speaker 1: power to move defenders out of the way. He has

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01:25:47,760 --> 01:25:51,120
Speaker 1: good strength to him and has quick enough feet. Also

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01:25:51,200 --> 01:25:54,840
Speaker 1: has really powerful hands too when he strikes. NFL Network

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Speaker 1: grades him as someone will be who will become a

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Speaker 1: starter within two years. I just don't know he'll be available.

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Speaker 1: I think this is a guy that's very highly thought of,

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Speaker 1: very highly touted. But that's okay. You never know, how

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Speaker 1: you know, we talked about a guy like Tyler Linderbaum

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Speaker 1: the other day, and you know the range of outcomes

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01:26:08,680 --> 01:26:09,760
Speaker 1: you could have for a guy like that. I think

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Speaker 1: Kenyan Green could be in the same boat here. But

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Speaker 1: I love what you're saying about his athleticism, his versatility,

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Speaker 1: his run blocking, his hands. Sean mctimer talks about hands

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Speaker 1: all the time when he comes alignment. Yeah, he has

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Speaker 1: great hands. All right, break time for us. When we

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Speaker 1: come back, we'll check out the tweet sheet, answer some

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Speaker 1: of your questions before we close it out here. One

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Speaker 1: Bills Live is presented by Clyde Health on Buffalo Bills Radio.

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Speaker 1: We're back on One Bills Live Mighty Glab alongside Sal Capachio,

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Speaker 1: and we've got our twitter question. Not really a question

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01:26:49,560 --> 01:26:51,760
Speaker 1: for the day. We were doing obil fan at mail bag,

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01:26:51,880 --> 01:26:54,680
Speaker 1: so we had some people actually tweet some questions at us.

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Speaker 1: So we'll go through a couple of those before we

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Speaker 1: close it out here. So we'll go to the tweet sheet,

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Speaker 1: brought to you by Corrigan Moving Systems, the official equipment

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01:27:02,360 --> 01:27:06,360
Speaker 1: moving company of the Buffalo Bills. And our first question,

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Speaker 1: we've kind of talked about some of these but maybe

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01:27:09,080 --> 01:27:12,920
Speaker 1: not answered them straight up. So Christopher Cole says, can

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Speaker 1: we expect four, maybe five of our picks making this

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Speaker 1: year's roster. If so, does it make sense to trade

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Speaker 1: some maybe even a likely late first next year to

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Speaker 1: go all in on a corner or a wide receiver.

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Speaker 1: So this goes back to a conversation we had earlier, right,

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Speaker 1: which is it does make sense. But I think Randon

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Speaker 1: b made a great point. If he diminishes the number

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Speaker 1: of players he drafts, then he's got to go the

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Speaker 1: undrafted free agent route, and a lot of those guys

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Speaker 1: might not want to come here because they don't see

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Speaker 1: a path to making the roster. If he has those

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Speaker 1: picks and he keeps those picks, he those guys they

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01:27:45,479 --> 01:27:47,960
Speaker 1: have no choice there. They come here, they're part of

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Speaker 1: the organization. I like the thought, Like I like the

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Speaker 1: thought of this. It is a good but I think

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Speaker 1: there are two different ways to kind of look at this. Basically, Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I agree as well, And I think when you also

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Speaker 1: give picks away guys that you're hoping will make the roster, right,

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01:28:03,080 --> 01:28:05,559
Speaker 1: you also could be affecting the salary cap right there,

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01:28:05,640 --> 01:28:08,000
Speaker 1: because your younger players are going to be worth less.

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01:28:08,479 --> 01:28:11,200
Speaker 1: You're going to have to pay veterans more. So if

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Speaker 1: you don't have as many rookies or guys on rookie

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01:28:13,640 --> 01:28:16,679
Speaker 1: contracts on your roster, then you're gonna end up paying people,

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Speaker 1: paying more players more rather than having younger players on

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01:28:20,720 --> 01:28:24,200
Speaker 1: your roster. Another one, sell High says who's the most

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01:28:24,280 --> 01:28:26,400
Speaker 1: likely cornerback to be picked by the Bills in the

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Speaker 1: first round if they select a cornerback? We talked about

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Speaker 1: a couple. Do you have a favorite name? I don't

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Speaker 1: right now. I guess um, let's go back to my guy,

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01:28:37,680 --> 01:28:40,080
Speaker 1: Kyler Gordon right now, say Kyler Gordon right now? I

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Speaker 1: think Drew Juniors right there? You know what? To me?

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Speaker 1: It's three between three guys, McDuffie, Booth and Gordon. I

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Speaker 1: would say between those three, I would like one of

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Speaker 1: them to be twenty five. If we knew that we'd

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Speaker 1: be going to Vegas and making a better right, we would.

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Speaker 1: I've got to say Trent McDuffie is my favorite. I've

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Speaker 1: been all in on Trent mcduffy from the beginning. But

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Speaker 1: I am a little bit scared that he won't be

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Speaker 1: available number twenty five because he does have some elite

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Speaker 1: skill sets there. But thanks for sending in those questions.

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Speaker 1: We appreciate it. Sal. It's been so much fun to

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Speaker 1: be next years, been here this week. I've enjoyed it,

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Speaker 1: and I will tell you Happy Easter, enjoy your vacations,

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Speaker 1: all that kind of stuff. But Thank you so much.

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Speaker 1: You've made a lot easier. All Right, everybody, have a

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Speaker 1: wonderful weekend. We will see you again next week.