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Speaker 1: the strated here of normalcy here. The twenty twenty NFL

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Speaker 1: season is in the books. Chris Brown, Steve Tasker with

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Speaker 1: you here on one Bills Live Monday edition up until

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Speaker 1: the show. Today at eight oh three oh five fifty

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Speaker 1: will be discussing the Super Bowl and maybe some of

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Speaker 1: the things we pulled out of that as it pertains

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Speaker 1: to the Bills. We'll get to that shortly. Uh. Steve

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Speaker 1: and I crossed or selected a number of prop bets

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Speaker 1: happy to say, Steve, I got the gator right. You know,

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Speaker 1: there were seven choices for Gatorade. It was clear water, red, pink, blue, yellow, lime, green, orange,

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Speaker 1: and other or none, which I don't think anybody would

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Speaker 1: I picked tails for the coin toss because what was

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Speaker 1: just as good Kelsey did. Did Kelsey catch a ball

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Speaker 1: they hit the over. People have to embellish. I tell

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Speaker 1: I got that milk it for all it's worth. Will

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Speaker 1: I picked Brady for MVP. I got that. Yeah, Mike Yea,

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Speaker 1: first word of Amanda Gorman's poem, right, what was it today?

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Speaker 1: But they gave you it was super pandemic or hero

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Speaker 1: This is why, this is exactly why I do not

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Speaker 1: you might get one team back there, but their chance

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Speaker 1: of winning it pretty remote. What do we have seven

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Speaker 1: or eight sevent teams of one back to back Super Bowls?

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Speaker 1: And the Chiefs had a chance to become the eighth

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Speaker 1: then they didn't do that. But yeah, last team to

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Speaker 1: have a chance before the Chiefs was twenty twelve Hawks. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: and they couldn't get it done. So it's hard, Yeah,

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Speaker 1: it's it's not easy. So you watched the AFC Championship

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Speaker 1: game between the Bills and Chiefs. You've now watched the

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Speaker 1: Super Bowl. What did last night's Super Bowl tell you

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Speaker 1: about how the Bills can win a title? What is

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Speaker 1: still on there to do list if they're to take

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Speaker 1: that next step and get to the ultimate game. I'll

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Speaker 1: tell you where I'm coming from. It told me because

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Speaker 1: I still believe the Chiefs are the standard steve in

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Speaker 1: the AFC, and that's a hurdle you still got to

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Speaker 1: clear if you're going to get to the big game.

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Speaker 1: I believe the Chiefs can be beaten if you can

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Speaker 1: get pressure with your front four, as we discussed earlier.

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Speaker 1: So the Bills, I believe, have to upgrade there and

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Speaker 1: be better with their front four. Whether that's a talent influx,

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Speaker 1: I don't see schematically how you're going to improve the

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Speaker 1: pressure abilities of your front four. You just need better guys,

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Speaker 1: I hate to say it. And then I think you

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Speaker 1: have to invest in the corner position, in the linebacker

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Speaker 1: position to the point where you have athletes that can

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Speaker 1: cover everybody across the board and still have the physical

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Speaker 1: wherewithal to jam people at the line of scrimmage and

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Speaker 1: not worry about guys being able to do that. So

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Speaker 1: more physical on the back end and better pressure up front.

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Speaker 1: That is what has to happen on defense. And then,

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Speaker 1: as you have been saying all along, Steve, get better

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Speaker 1: on the offensive line so you can win the line

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Speaker 1: of scrimmage battle and run the ball when you need to, yeah,

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Speaker 1: and when you want to too, even when they even

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Speaker 1: if they expect it. Certainly it's difficult. And teams are

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Speaker 1: so much better these days defending the run because they

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Speaker 1: get they're getting coach so much better at younger ages

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Speaker 1: in a college level, they stop the run more consistently,

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Speaker 1: And it's more about gap fitting than it is about

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Speaker 1: having great players up front. All certainly that you need

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Speaker 1: to have guys down inside that can hold the line

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Speaker 1: of scrimmage, absolutely, but they also got to do it

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Speaker 1: the right way with technique taken on double teams, the

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Speaker 1: right guys to demand double teams so that your linebackers

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Speaker 1: can fill where they're supposed to fill. All that stuff,

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Speaker 1: But this is a this is a team that needs

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Speaker 1: to run the ball better in every situation, more effectively

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Speaker 1: in every situation. Well, look at the way Tampa Bay

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Speaker 1: was able to turn to their run game. Yea, when

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Speaker 1: they needed it, they used it and it was effective.

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Speaker 1: The first halfs was set them up with the lead right,

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Speaker 1: And I mean, we can talk about how Leonard Fournette

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Speaker 1: and Ronald Jones are two very different types of backs,

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Speaker 1: and so they work off of one another very well.

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Speaker 1: Because you're getting used to Leonard Fournette hitting me in

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Speaker 1: the teeth and then all of a sudden, they send

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Speaker 1: Ronald Jones off the edge and he's up the sideline

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Speaker 1: for twelve or fifteen yards. I mean, that's two different guys.

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Speaker 1: That's very hard to adjust to from one snap to

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Speaker 1: the next. But I think it goes beyond that. For

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Speaker 1: the Bucks. The reason the Bucks run the ball, it's

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Speaker 1: because they have a second round pick at left tackle,

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Speaker 1: a first round pick at right tackle, a third round

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Speaker 1: pick at left guard. And I can't remember the draft

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Speaker 1: choices at I don't know if Ryan Jensen was one

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Speaker 1: of their draft choices. I can look that up. But

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Speaker 1: they're invest They're invested in their offensive line with high

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Speaker 1: Day one and Day two draft choices. I'll say this

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Speaker 1: to Leonard Fournette for whatever problems he had in Jacksonville,

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Speaker 1: and he plays old. That guy can go. Yeah, he's

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Speaker 1: a big du He's a big dude, and he can scoot.

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Speaker 1: And when he came out in two thousand and seventeen,

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Speaker 1: when Jacksonville made the run of the AFC Championship game,

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Speaker 1: he made t J eld In a backup in Jacksonville.

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Speaker 1: That guy came out as a rookie and I was

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Speaker 1: I was doing games on the side and I was

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Speaker 1: CBS at the time and I was watching. I was like, man,

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Speaker 1: that guy is a He is a full grown man.

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Speaker 1: He was a He was a weapon in that running game.

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Speaker 1: He was big and fast and was shifty. He had

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Speaker 1: it all and he was big. So I thought, man,

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Speaker 1: he's going to be a superstar. And it never worked

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Speaker 1: out in Jacksonville. Well, a lot of things didn't work

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Speaker 1: out in Jacksonville, and I think he was a victim

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Speaker 1: of all of that. But man, old man, he showed

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Speaker 1: last night some of the guy that I saw three

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Speaker 1: years ago, four years ago in Jacksonville. He was a

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Speaker 1: stud and played like it last night. Ryan Jensen, the

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Speaker 1: starting center for the Bucks, is a former sixth round

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Speaker 1: pick of the Baltimore Ravens and then right guard Aaron Stinny.

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Speaker 1: Let me see if I can find if he was drafted.

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Speaker 1: Let me see when he was drafted here. I just

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Speaker 1: want to I'm just curious because I'm going up and

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Speaker 1: down their offensive line and I just wanted to know, like, hey,

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Speaker 1: what's his situation. It's his third NFL season out of

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Speaker 1: James Madison. I don't see him as a draft choice though,

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Speaker 1: so he might have been an undrafted guy. But I

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Speaker 1: mean the point there is you have three Day one

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Speaker 1: or Day two draft choices as your starting offensive lineman,

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Speaker 1: including the two tackles. Those guys make a difference, man,

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Speaker 1: and they held up. Well. It's because the thing that

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Speaker 1: makes your first round draft pick is traits. Yeah, Kristin

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Speaker 1: Wurfs was like a top fifteen pick. It's big. You're big, physical,

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Speaker 1: and athletic, start in that order, yeah, you know. And

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Speaker 1: that's and those guys can check all of those boxes

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Speaker 1: and that you know, so when you get into a

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Speaker 1: game like this, they can. They're you know, it's hard

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Speaker 1: to overwhelm them. I'll say this too. I read an

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Speaker 1: article before. We'll get more into this as we go along.

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Speaker 1: We're gonna talk about this all offseason. I'll just say this,

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Speaker 1: Mike Silver wrote a nice article about the quarterback thing

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Speaker 1: and about how Brady became a Buck and how Brady

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Speaker 1: called Jason Lick and sold himself was trying to do it.

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Speaker 1: You know, he wanted to go to Tampa Bay and

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Speaker 1: then you know Bruce Arias and all that, and now

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Speaker 1: what that has done to the way teams think about

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Speaker 1: the quarterback position. With Jared Goff and Matthew Stafford, Deshaun Watson,

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Speaker 1: Cam Newton last year, Andy Dalton going down to Dallas.

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Speaker 1: If you got twelve, they're saying ten or twelve guys

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Speaker 1: at the quarterback position in the NFL that are locked in,

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Speaker 1: our guy being one of them. Of course, Rod even Rogers,

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Speaker 1: you know after that loss, when he said what he said,

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Speaker 1: which is over blown, but now it's it is, if

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Speaker 1: you get the right guy, how close are you If

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Speaker 1: you get a guy like a Tom Brady or a

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Speaker 1: guy of that ilk, how close is your team? And

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Speaker 1: if you are that close, take your swing, try and

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Speaker 1: win a super Bowl Like Tampa Bay. They were out

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Speaker 1: of this Playoffs for twelve years before this year. Take

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Speaker 1: your swing and you can get it if you get

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Speaker 1: the guy. I think the Bucks thought they were only

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Speaker 1: a quarterback away, and that's good reason. And here's the

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Speaker 1: thing too, It was a Brady effect as well. In

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Speaker 1: there's Lashawn McCoy, Leonard Fournette, Gronk. Those guys wanted to

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Speaker 1: play with the Brown and they wanted to play with

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Speaker 1: the guy, and they all contributed last night. There's that

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Speaker 1: as well, But that's there's a there seems to be

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Speaker 1: a prevailing mindset in the NFL that these teams don't

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Speaker 1: feel they can do anything unless they got that guy.

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Speaker 1: There's no more. You know, Baltimore Ravens with Trent Dilfer

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Speaker 1: winning the quarter winning the super Bowl, you know not.

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Speaker 1: I love Trent, He's a great dude. Yeah, but you

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Speaker 1: get my point. You know you're not gonna get there.

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Speaker 1: And if you get the guy and you get there,

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Speaker 1: you're not gonna be like the Baltimore Ravens and hang

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Speaker 1: on to Joe Flacco as he struggles year after year.

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Speaker 1: You're gonna pull the ripcord on that guy and get

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Speaker 1: him out. Take the eat, you know, eat the money

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Speaker 1: and find the next guy well, and that's why we're

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Speaker 1: expecting some unprecedented quarterback movement as well this offseason. We

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Speaker 1: have to take a break. In about a half an hour,

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Speaker 1: we'll be talking with Steve Wish from NFL Network, reporter

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Speaker 1: and analyst, also hosted the NFL Huddle and Flow podcast,

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Speaker 1: So we'll catch up with him in about a half

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Speaker 1: hour's time, but we'll be getting to the tweet sheet

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Speaker 1: when we return for your comments on what last night's

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Speaker 1: Super Bowl told you about what the Bills need to

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Speaker 1: do to be in that spot next year. That's coming

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Speaker 1: up next here on One Bill's Live, presented by Kalid

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Speaker 1: to Health, It's Buffalo Bills Radio. Welcome back to One

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Speaker 1: Bills Live, Monday post mortem Super Bowl edition, and we're

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Speaker 1: asking you on the Twitter poll and at eight oh

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Speaker 1: three oh five fifty, what did last night's Super Bowl

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Speaker 1: tell you about how the Bills can win a title?

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Speaker 1: For me, it was all about the beating the Chiefs,

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Speaker 1: and you can beat them if you're physical with Kelsey

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Speaker 1: and Hill at the line of scrimmage and you can

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Speaker 1: get pressure with a front four. But there were other

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Speaker 1: elements to that game that may spark an area that

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Speaker 1: you feel the Bills need to address with upgrades to

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Speaker 1: get to the ultimate game. Let us know at eighth

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Speaker 1: three fifty one, eighty eight, fifty two, five fifty open

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Speaker 1: line for you there. We also have some of your

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Speaker 1: comments on the tweet sheet, which we will get to now,

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Speaker 1: gonna eat off here with let me pull this up

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Speaker 1: real quick. Tweet sheet is here from Tiffany. In my opinion,

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Speaker 1: if the balance, if the balance out the offense, if

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Speaker 1: you balance out the offense with a oh, if they

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Speaker 1: balance oh, if they balance out the offense with a

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Speaker 1: viable running attack. Mixing in some play action can only

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Speaker 1: help a developing quarterback. Adding a couple of physical linements help.

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Speaker 1: But the line of scrimmage on both sides of the

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Speaker 1: ball should be at the top of the off season

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Speaker 1: to do list. Yeah, I mean it's if you were

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Speaker 1: not convinced that the trenches still matter last night, I

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Speaker 1: don't know what's going to convince you, because that's where

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Speaker 1: Tampa Bay won the game. Yes, they have outstanding athletes

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Speaker 1: in the back seven of their defense. Maybe one of

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Speaker 1: the best most athletic linebackers in football. And Devin White

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Speaker 1: at guys in him he's a juggernaut man, he's unbelievable.

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Speaker 1: And even Antoine Winfield Jr. YEA what you got to

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Speaker 1: know though, you win with what you do best. And

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Speaker 1: the Bucks, even against the Chiefs, the Bucks did what

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Speaker 1: they did best. They don't have They didn't have the

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Speaker 1: weapons that could get open against the Chiefs defense consistently

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Speaker 1: enough to have Tom Brady dropped back fifty times, and

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Speaker 1: their running backs and their running game was good enough

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Speaker 1: so that they could lean on it and do it

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Speaker 1: and the Chiefs had no answer for it enough. So

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Speaker 1: Tampa Bay did ran the ball well enough so that

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Speaker 1: they could throw the ball well enough. They could do

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Speaker 1: both well enough to win that game and make first

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Speaker 1: down after first down after first down, and their guy

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Speaker 1: game put him in the right spot. Now, the Chiefs

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Speaker 1: they didn't. They couldn't do it well enough. They couldn't

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Speaker 1: throw the football well enough because they couldn't hold up

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Speaker 1: to the pass rush. You know, So if you're talking,

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Speaker 1: if you extrapolate all that into what the Bills do,

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Speaker 1: the Bills won games this year because they could throw

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Speaker 1: the football period end a story. ESPN Stats and Info

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Speaker 1: had pressured counts, and I've seen differing numbers, but it

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Speaker 1: still illustrates the point here. According to ESPN Stats and Info,

640
00:35:08,440 --> 00:35:13,640
Speaker 1: Patrick Mahomes pressured twenty nine times, Tom Brady pressured four times.

641
00:35:13,960 --> 00:35:17,839
Speaker 1: It's the largest disparity in the Super Bowl or in

642
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Speaker 1: any game since they started tracking that stat in two

643
00:35:20,719 --> 00:35:23,280
Speaker 1: thousand and nine, so we're talking twelve years just about,

644
00:35:24,040 --> 00:35:28,839
Speaker 1: and it's the largest disparity in a game ever, let

645
00:35:28,840 --> 00:35:32,120
Speaker 1: alone a Super Bowl. Right, that's what you're looking at

646
00:35:32,120 --> 00:35:36,640
Speaker 1: now the Bills. I mean, we don't know who the

647
00:35:36,640 --> 00:35:38,680
Speaker 1: Bills are going to be next year. There's gonna be

648
00:35:38,719 --> 00:35:42,240
Speaker 1: so many new faces. The landscape is so different going

649
00:35:42,320 --> 00:35:45,360
Speaker 1: from day to day, year to year. With this offseason,

650
00:35:45,360 --> 00:35:48,040
Speaker 1: in the cap situation for all the teams in the NFL,

651
00:35:48,800 --> 00:35:52,040
Speaker 1: it's it's gonna be the Wild West, I think this offseason. Yeah,

652
00:35:52,200 --> 00:35:55,080
Speaker 1: at every position, not just the quarterback position. So we

653
00:35:55,120 --> 00:35:57,200
Speaker 1: don't know what the Bills are. The Bills might turn

654
00:35:57,239 --> 00:36:00,759
Speaker 1: into like the Tennessee Titans. You know, they might run,

655
00:36:01,200 --> 00:36:03,319
Speaker 1: run the ball and then play action and do that,

656
00:36:03,400 --> 00:36:05,719
Speaker 1: and which is fine and dandy if that's what you're

657
00:36:05,760 --> 00:36:09,000
Speaker 1: doing the best, but you got to think too. The

658
00:36:09,080 --> 00:36:10,879
Speaker 1: Bills are gonna win games the way they do because

659
00:36:10,880 --> 00:36:13,239
Speaker 1: they're gonna have different talent than the Chiefs do. Same

660
00:36:13,280 --> 00:36:16,440
Speaker 1: thing with the Bucks. You got to use your guys

661
00:36:16,520 --> 00:36:20,200
Speaker 1: the way that best suits the situation and the team

662
00:36:20,200 --> 00:36:23,440
Speaker 1: that you're playing. One week, your offensive line may be

663
00:36:23,480 --> 00:36:25,919
Speaker 1: able to dominate their defensive line, and the next week

664
00:36:26,000 --> 00:36:28,360
Speaker 1: vice versas. So your game plan has to be completely different.

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00:36:28,560 --> 00:36:30,719
Speaker 1: That's what that's what these games are gonna look like. Now,

666
00:36:30,800 --> 00:36:34,279
Speaker 1: last night we all saw it. The Bucks owned the

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Speaker 1: line of scrimmage, Yeah, on both sides, and their offense

668
00:36:38,200 --> 00:36:40,840
Speaker 1: was able to morph and change and still execute with

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00:36:40,920 --> 00:36:45,520
Speaker 1: the situation with which it was presented. And unfortunately the Bills,

670
00:36:45,560 --> 00:36:47,759
Speaker 1: that's where they kind of ran into problems. They had

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Speaker 1: a prolific passing offense, but when there were answers from

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Speaker 1: an opponent to that passing offense, they could not lean

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00:36:53,880 --> 00:36:57,680
Speaker 1: on their running game to carry them through those dry

674
00:36:57,760 --> 00:37:01,759
Speaker 1: patches when their pass game wasn't executing an optimum efficiency.

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00:37:01,800 --> 00:37:05,600
Speaker 1: And that's why you heard Brandon Bean and Sean McDermott

676
00:37:05,840 --> 00:37:09,239
Speaker 1: each day they have to run the ball better. Yeah,

677
00:37:09,280 --> 00:37:12,240
Speaker 1: Because here's the thing. The Chiefs couldn't run the ball

678
00:37:13,440 --> 00:37:17,600
Speaker 1: well enough to make to force the Bucks to change. Yeah,

679
00:37:17,640 --> 00:37:20,160
Speaker 1: and they also got behind on the scoreboard, which compromised

680
00:37:20,200 --> 00:37:22,319
Speaker 1: I mean, their game plan went out the window, both

681
00:37:22,360 --> 00:37:26,040
Speaker 1: offensively and defensively. I mean, they're usually a come from

682
00:37:26,040 --> 00:37:28,200
Speaker 1: behind team, but when you're down twenty one to six

683
00:37:28,560 --> 00:37:30,520
Speaker 1: and it's already midway through the third quarter, you've got

684
00:37:30,560 --> 00:37:33,080
Speaker 1: a major problem. Like, you've got to be able to

685
00:37:33,120 --> 00:37:35,960
Speaker 1: execute different facets of your offense well enough so as

686
00:37:36,000 --> 00:37:38,960
Speaker 1: to dictate that the defense has got to adjust. Because

687
00:37:38,960 --> 00:37:41,520
Speaker 1: if they're gonna play like this against your passing game

688
00:37:42,000 --> 00:37:43,920
Speaker 1: and you can't make them pay for it with your

689
00:37:44,000 --> 00:37:48,360
Speaker 1: running game, you know you're gonna They're not gonna change.

690
00:37:48,719 --> 00:37:50,840
Speaker 1: They're not gonna throw take guys out of the secondary

691
00:37:50,920 --> 00:37:52,360
Speaker 1: to put up at the line of scrimmage. They're just

692
00:37:52,360 --> 00:37:55,239
Speaker 1: gonna back off and you're done. So, Yeah, when you

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00:37:55,280 --> 00:37:57,680
Speaker 1: say the Bills have to run the ball better, they

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00:37:57,760 --> 00:38:04,080
Speaker 1: do because to their credit, for thirteen games this year,

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00:38:05,520 --> 00:38:08,120
Speaker 1: they didn't have to run the ball all that well, Yeah,

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00:38:08,160 --> 00:38:09,640
Speaker 1: they had. Now, they did win a couple of games

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00:38:09,640 --> 00:38:12,960
Speaker 1: they won. They won the Patriots game, here Chargers game,

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00:38:13,000 --> 00:38:16,120
Speaker 1: and the Chargers game here running the football, but you think,

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00:38:16,200 --> 00:38:18,719
Speaker 1: what the that they threw the ball all over the

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00:38:18,800 --> 00:38:21,360
Speaker 1: yard against the Seahawks and the Rams. They threw it

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00:38:21,400 --> 00:38:23,600
Speaker 1: more than anybody in the league got first down, right,

702
00:38:23,719 --> 00:38:26,319
Speaker 1: So that's what they did well. And teams had no

703
00:38:26,400 --> 00:38:29,640
Speaker 1: answers for it. Yea, so they were they couldn't do it.

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00:38:30,040 --> 00:38:33,320
Speaker 1: So the Bills were good enough in that respect of

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00:38:33,360 --> 00:38:36,040
Speaker 1: their offense to win thirteen games the regular season and

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00:38:36,040 --> 00:38:39,160
Speaker 1: then two playoff games that they were good. This team

707
00:38:39,239 --> 00:38:43,520
Speaker 1: was legit. So running a little better, yeah, it'll help.

708
00:38:43,600 --> 00:38:46,000
Speaker 1: But right now, that's a cherry on the cake of

709
00:38:46,040 --> 00:38:50,080
Speaker 1: this offense. I mean, they're they're good. And you know,

710
00:38:50,120 --> 00:38:52,080
Speaker 1: we've bitter tasting our mouths over how they played in

711
00:38:52,120 --> 00:38:57,160
Speaker 1: Kansas City, but man, oh man, fifteen wins in the seasons, yeah,

712
00:38:57,239 --> 00:38:59,480
Speaker 1: pretty good. Let's go to the phones at eight O

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00:38:59,640 --> 00:39:03,759
Speaker 1: three fifty two five fifty open line for you. There.

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Speaker 1: We lead off with Tony and Syracuse. Tony, what do

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Speaker 1: you have for us? You're on one Bill's Live. Good morning, guys,

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00:39:09,560 --> 00:39:12,200
Speaker 1: are good afternoon. Now, um, I just wanted to talk

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00:39:12,239 --> 00:39:16,480
Speaker 1: about some of the end of the year awards that

718
00:39:16,520 --> 00:39:18,200
Speaker 1: we're given out over the weekend or the end of

719
00:39:18,239 --> 00:39:20,759
Speaker 1: last week comes for which it was. But you know,

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00:39:20,840 --> 00:39:23,480
Speaker 1: I'm just a little bit sour about the coach of

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00:39:23,520 --> 00:39:26,640
Speaker 1: the year here. Uh. You know when I rattle off

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Speaker 1: the following thirteen and three record, first playoff winning over

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00:39:31,719 --> 00:39:38,440
Speaker 1: a quarter century, uh, first division title in a quarter century, essentially, Um,

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00:39:39,040 --> 00:39:43,399
Speaker 1: you know, weren't really the preseason darlings, and just as

725
00:39:43,400 --> 00:39:47,160
Speaker 1: long and for anybody, um swept the division for the

726
00:39:47,200 --> 00:39:50,680
Speaker 1: first time forever. Uh. You know when you think about

727
00:39:50,719 --> 00:39:54,560
Speaker 1: who what people thought Josh was coming out of the draft, Um,

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00:39:54,760 --> 00:39:56,799
Speaker 1: nobody expected him to be a runner up in the

729
00:39:56,840 --> 00:39:59,600
Speaker 1: MVP race. You add all those things up, and then

730
00:39:59,640 --> 00:40:03,840
Speaker 1: you can here at the fansky who had basically walked

731
00:40:03,840 --> 00:40:07,480
Speaker 1: into a fully formed team, had the number one overall

732
00:40:07,560 --> 00:40:11,560
Speaker 1: draft in their quarterback uh, and and took the extra

733
00:40:12,760 --> 00:40:15,680
Speaker 1: playoffs spot, you know, to be able to squeak into

734
00:40:15,719 --> 00:40:18,560
Speaker 1: the playoffs and get bounced in the first round. Um,

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00:40:19,239 --> 00:40:22,440
Speaker 1: we got the assistant coach of the year. You know,

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00:40:22,560 --> 00:40:26,160
Speaker 1: I just think mcderman got robbed. Um. And you know,

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00:40:26,280 --> 00:40:28,239
Speaker 1: in my I's the coach of the year this year

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Speaker 1: for what that's worth. UM. And I think next year

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00:40:31,560 --> 00:40:34,440
Speaker 1: Josh is going to have a two actually pieces of hardware,

740
00:40:34,560 --> 00:40:38,880
Speaker 1: the MVP of the Super Bowl and of the regular season. Um,

741
00:40:38,960 --> 00:40:41,480
Speaker 1: if he takes another step like he has each of

742
00:40:41,520 --> 00:40:43,719
Speaker 1: his other years in his career so far. So that's

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Speaker 1: all I had. Guys, have a great week, go go

744
00:40:46,960 --> 00:40:49,000
Speaker 1: all right. Thanks for the call, Tony. I'll say this,

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00:40:49,719 --> 00:40:51,600
Speaker 1: I believe you have a leg to stand on with

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00:40:51,680 --> 00:40:54,800
Speaker 1: respect to NFL Coach of the Year, which went, for

747
00:40:55,400 --> 00:40:58,080
Speaker 1: those that don't know, went to Cleveland's Kevin Stefanski, who,

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00:40:58,080 --> 00:40:59,960
Speaker 1: in his own right, did a marvelous job this year

749
00:41:00,040 --> 00:41:03,839
Speaker 1: ye in rescuing a franchise that invariably could not get

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00:41:03,840 --> 00:41:06,480
Speaker 1: out of its own way, even with a talented roster.

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00:41:06,600 --> 00:41:10,360
Speaker 1: But Tony is right, Kevin Stefanski walked into a ready

752
00:41:10,400 --> 00:41:13,520
Speaker 1: made roster for success. He just had to get it

753
00:41:13,640 --> 00:41:16,400
Speaker 1: pointed in the right direction, and to his credit, he

754
00:41:16,480 --> 00:41:20,520
Speaker 1: did and did it with a new offensive system. And

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00:41:20,880 --> 00:41:23,000
Speaker 1: you know they did well. They had an eleven win season.

756
00:41:24,680 --> 00:41:26,440
Speaker 1: They didn't get bounced in the first want to play

757
00:41:26,560 --> 00:41:29,399
Speaker 1: Pat Pittsburgh. They want a playoff game, and that's that's

758
00:41:29,400 --> 00:41:31,919
Speaker 1: what you're looking at you and I get it. I

759
00:41:32,160 --> 00:41:36,759
Speaker 1: Stefanski for whatever it was, wherever the Cleveland was and

760
00:41:36,800 --> 00:41:40,359
Speaker 1: the Bills weren't. It's about this year. McDermott doesn't get

761
00:41:40,360 --> 00:41:44,040
Speaker 1: any credit for building it from the ground up. You

762
00:41:44,040 --> 00:41:45,960
Speaker 1: don't get any credit for building it from the ground up.

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00:41:46,000 --> 00:41:47,719
Speaker 1: You get your You get coach of the Year for

764
00:41:47,760 --> 00:41:50,200
Speaker 1: this year. He didn't inherit anything like that here, No,

765
00:41:50,320 --> 00:41:51,920
Speaker 1: he didn't. He should have got Coach of the Year

766
00:41:51,960 --> 00:41:53,880
Speaker 1: his first year when he took it. Last year, he

767
00:41:53,920 --> 00:41:57,000
Speaker 1: took a roster that was accused of tanking and got

768
00:41:57,080 --> 00:41:59,359
Speaker 1: him into the playoffs for the first time in seventeen years.

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00:41:59,400 --> 00:42:02,920
Speaker 1: That's the year he got robbed. This last year, he

770
00:42:03,000 --> 00:42:04,960
Speaker 1: took a team that wont that got into the first

771
00:42:05,040 --> 00:42:07,399
Speaker 1: round of the playoffs and lost last year, and took

772
00:42:07,440 --> 00:42:09,279
Speaker 1: him a couple of steps further and got to the

773
00:42:09,360 --> 00:42:13,120
Speaker 1: chance and he was runner up last year. Stefanski, I

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00:42:13,160 --> 00:42:15,279
Speaker 1: have no problem with him. I like Sean, and I

775
00:42:15,280 --> 00:42:18,920
Speaker 1: wish Sean would have won it. He deserved it. But Stefanski,

776
00:42:18,960 --> 00:42:20,799
Speaker 1: it's hard to sneeze it. A guy coming in on

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00:42:20,800 --> 00:42:23,799
Speaker 1: a COVID pandemic year with no offseason, coming into it,

778
00:42:23,840 --> 00:42:26,640
Speaker 1: walking into a locker room as a leader, trying to

779
00:42:26,680 --> 00:42:29,160
Speaker 1: get that thing for him in a in a dysfunctional

780
00:42:29,239 --> 00:42:34,719
Speaker 1: in a perennially dysfunctional franchise and turning around to the

781
00:42:34,760 --> 00:42:38,399
Speaker 1: point where they played as good as they did Stefanski's gray.

782
00:42:38,560 --> 00:42:40,960
Speaker 1: I liked the guy, and I knew I felt like

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00:42:41,000 --> 00:42:43,359
Speaker 1: they had the right guy, and they did finally got

784
00:42:43,360 --> 00:42:47,840
Speaker 1: it right in Cleveland. Um hard to take that away

785
00:42:47,880 --> 00:42:51,600
Speaker 1: from Stefanski, no question, And we all know too. If

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00:42:51,640 --> 00:42:54,759
Speaker 1: you took a handful of years, there's nobody that did

787
00:42:54,800 --> 00:42:59,000
Speaker 1: more with less than Sean McDermott. His first year here

788
00:43:00,800 --> 00:43:03,240
Speaker 1: was as masterful a coaching job as you'll ever see.

789
00:43:03,280 --> 00:43:05,279
Speaker 1: And then last year taking them from a six and

790
00:43:05,360 --> 00:43:09,040
Speaker 1: ten team to a ten and six team and the

791
00:43:09,120 --> 00:43:12,480
Speaker 1: playoffs with a with a quarterback and Josh Allen the

792
00:43:12,480 --> 00:43:14,399
Speaker 1: way he played and the way their defense played, who

793
00:43:14,480 --> 00:43:16,919
Speaker 1: was completing only fifty eight percent of his passes. Let's

794
00:43:16,960 --> 00:43:21,640
Speaker 1: not forget that. You've got a ton of reason to

795
00:43:22,160 --> 00:43:24,640
Speaker 1: and I both franchises right now. You ask both of

796
00:43:24,680 --> 00:43:26,720
Speaker 1: them and said, now we'll take our guy. The Bills

797
00:43:26,719 --> 00:43:28,719
Speaker 1: will take certainly take Sean McDermott, and I think the

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00:43:28,840 --> 00:43:33,600
Speaker 1: Cleveland Browns will take Stefanski. So I'm I'm totally with you.

799
00:43:33,760 --> 00:43:36,880
Speaker 1: I understand why a lot of people think Sean McDermott

800
00:43:36,920 --> 00:43:41,520
Speaker 1: deserved it. We all do, but listen and on the

801
00:43:41,560 --> 00:43:45,000
Speaker 1: out in the big picture, and I Stefanski is a

802
00:43:45,040 --> 00:43:47,840
Speaker 1: tough guy to beat, particularly for the for this year

803
00:43:48,040 --> 00:43:50,319
Speaker 1: and where Cleveland has been forever and ever and ever,

804
00:43:50,440 --> 00:43:52,800
Speaker 1: and the Bills taking another step they were a playoff

805
00:43:52,840 --> 00:43:55,520
Speaker 1: team last year, getting him to the FC Championship game

806
00:43:55,600 --> 00:43:57,800
Speaker 1: seems like a logical progression for a lot of people.

807
00:43:58,120 --> 00:44:02,120
Speaker 1: Only people, and maybe will people Buffalo realize the gargantuan

808
00:44:02,200 --> 00:44:04,920
Speaker 1: step they took this year. All right, break time for us,

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00:44:04,920 --> 00:44:06,759
Speaker 1: But when we come back, more of your comments on

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00:44:06,800 --> 00:44:09,920
Speaker 1: the tweet sheet. As we are discussing with you what

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00:44:10,120 --> 00:44:12,799
Speaker 1: you took from last night's Super Bowl in terms of

812
00:44:12,840 --> 00:44:15,120
Speaker 1: what the Bills need to add to get to the

813
00:44:15,200 --> 00:44:18,560
Speaker 1: ultimate game next year. More of your comments next here

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Speaker 1: Bills Radio. Miss Brown Steve Tasker with you here One

816
00:44:36,960 --> 00:44:42,319
Speaker 1: Bills Live Super Bowl post Mortem edition, as we are

817
00:44:42,600 --> 00:44:46,759
Speaker 1: asking you for your comments on what you took out

818
00:44:46,760 --> 00:44:49,600
Speaker 1: of the Super Bowl last night and what it told

819
00:44:49,600 --> 00:44:52,080
Speaker 1: you about how the Bills can win a Super Bowl

820
00:44:52,080 --> 00:44:55,160
Speaker 1: title themselves and we go back to the tweet sheet

821
00:44:55,200 --> 00:44:57,920
Speaker 1: and to Jack who says we need to generate a

822
00:44:57,960 --> 00:45:00,279
Speaker 1: pass rush with our front four and pressure Maho to

823
00:45:00,320 --> 00:45:02,400
Speaker 1: get him off his game and also not Kelsey around

824
00:45:02,400 --> 00:45:05,080
Speaker 1: with good coverage backers. I think we have a championship

825
00:45:05,120 --> 00:45:07,520
Speaker 1: caliber offense, but they need to improve the pass rush

826
00:45:07,520 --> 00:45:13,000
Speaker 1: in front seven to stop other high octane offenses. It's

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Speaker 1: kind of what I was saying here in the first

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Speaker 1: hour of the show. That's what stuck out to me.

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Speaker 1: And I understand the Chiefs did not have either their

830
00:45:21,040 --> 00:45:23,359
Speaker 1: starting tackles, which probably made the Tampa Bay pass rush

831
00:45:23,480 --> 00:45:26,120
Speaker 1: look even better than it normally is. But they were

832
00:45:26,120 --> 00:45:28,000
Speaker 1: a top ten defense for a reason, and it was

833
00:45:28,080 --> 00:45:31,200
Speaker 1: largely due to the pass rush abilities of their front four.

834
00:45:31,560 --> 00:45:33,360
Speaker 1: And they did it for more than half a season

835
00:45:33,400 --> 00:45:36,279
Speaker 1: without Vita Vea, who was healthy enough to return for

836
00:45:36,360 --> 00:45:38,160
Speaker 1: the game last night. You see when they lined them

837
00:45:38,239 --> 00:45:43,360
Speaker 1: up at fullback home, My gosh, he put that line

838
00:45:43,360 --> 00:45:46,320
Speaker 1: back this too, three yards deep into the end zone.

839
00:45:47,120 --> 00:45:49,879
Speaker 1: I'll say this too. The Chiefs stood him up too,

840
00:45:50,000 --> 00:45:52,680
Speaker 1: stopped the fourth. That was a good goal line stand

841
00:45:52,719 --> 00:45:54,719
Speaker 1: by them, great goal lines tend He thought, maybe that

842
00:45:54,760 --> 00:45:56,640
Speaker 1: give them a little bit of momentum, you know, realized

843
00:45:56,680 --> 00:45:59,759
Speaker 1: that there were ten points scored in the first quarter,

844
00:46:00,160 --> 00:46:03,120
Speaker 1: seven to and I was fourteen to three right now,

845
00:46:03,160 --> 00:46:06,360
Speaker 1: I was fourteen to six, I think, or ten to

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00:46:06,360 --> 00:46:08,759
Speaker 1: six at the end. I'll get it, yeah, find out out.

847
00:46:08,880 --> 00:46:14,359
Speaker 1: I can't. I can't find it. But seven to three

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00:46:14,400 --> 00:46:16,959
Speaker 1: after first quarter, right, seven to three after the first quarter,

849
00:46:17,160 --> 00:46:20,879
Speaker 1: and there was no scoring in the fourth quarter by

850
00:46:20,880 --> 00:46:29,560
Speaker 1: either team, so unbelievably twenty four to six during the

851
00:46:29,600 --> 00:46:31,960
Speaker 1: second and third quarter that of that game, and that

852
00:46:32,080 --> 00:46:34,960
Speaker 1: Eve figure that at that moment when they get that

853
00:46:34,960 --> 00:46:36,480
Speaker 1: fourth down stop, it's like, wow, that's you know, they

854
00:46:36,520 --> 00:46:38,839
Speaker 1: give them a little spark. Maybe they'll maybe, maybe they'll

855
00:46:38,880 --> 00:46:44,200
Speaker 1: go No. That should be a lesson to more coaches too,

856
00:46:44,960 --> 00:46:48,319
Speaker 1: when you're down there that close, just go for it, man,

857
00:46:48,360 --> 00:46:50,839
Speaker 1: even if you don't get it. They get the ball,

858
00:46:51,040 --> 00:46:57,279
Speaker 1: right ball, and they're won. Like, that's not fun, you

859
00:46:57,320 --> 00:46:59,719
Speaker 1: know what I mean, especially if your defense is playing

860
00:46:59,760 --> 00:47:03,120
Speaker 1: that way. And it was kind of ironic to see

861
00:47:03,680 --> 00:47:07,880
Speaker 1: the Chiefs kind of fall into a similar trap to

862
00:47:07,880 --> 00:47:10,200
Speaker 1: the one the Bills found themselves in the AFC title game.

863
00:47:10,239 --> 00:47:13,839
Speaker 1: Because there's Andy Reid kicking a field goal to make

864
00:47:13,880 --> 00:47:19,720
Speaker 1: it twenty one to nine. Yeah, but it was fourth

865
00:47:19,760 --> 00:47:22,520
Speaker 1: and what four? Yeah, it wasn't like fourth and one

866
00:47:22,640 --> 00:47:25,080
Speaker 1: or fourth and I get it, but with the way

867
00:47:25,120 --> 00:47:26,919
Speaker 1: that was going, you didn't know how many more times

868
00:47:26,920 --> 00:47:29,440
Speaker 1: you're gonna be down there. I'm totally with you. You

869
00:47:29,440 --> 00:47:32,160
Speaker 1: get a twenty one thirteen or twenty one, yeah, right,

870
00:47:32,200 --> 00:47:35,000
Speaker 1: twenty one thirteen. And you look at the at the

871
00:47:35,040 --> 00:47:40,239
Speaker 1: bucks they've been they've been aggressive throughout the playoffs. I mean,

872
00:47:40,440 --> 00:47:44,840
Speaker 1: end of the first half NFC title game, deep shot,

873
00:47:44,920 --> 00:47:49,200
Speaker 1: Scottie Miller touchdown, change the face of that game went

874
00:47:49,239 --> 00:47:52,880
Speaker 1: to twenty one with fifty five seconds, like yeah, first half, yeah, yesterday,

875
00:47:53,040 --> 00:47:56,120
Speaker 1: end of the first half, deep shot and they get

876
00:47:56,120 --> 00:47:59,319
Speaker 1: a penalty and it sets him up for another score. Ye,

877
00:47:59,480 --> 00:48:06,680
Speaker 1: so Antonio Brown touchdown. So yeah, it's wow. It's amazing

878
00:48:06,800 --> 00:48:12,680
Speaker 1: how quickly fans and people like us and even critics

879
00:48:13,840 --> 00:48:16,719
Speaker 1: have embraced that fourth down, go for it mentality. It

880
00:48:16,920 --> 00:48:21,040
Speaker 1: used to be as foolhardy, and now it's like, uh,

881
00:48:20,760 --> 00:48:22,640
Speaker 1: let do it. Why didn't you do that? You know,

882
00:48:23,120 --> 00:48:26,960
Speaker 1: it's crazy happened fast break time for us. But when

883
00:48:27,000 --> 00:48:30,759
Speaker 1: we come back, we've got our guests coming up here.

884
00:48:30,880 --> 00:48:35,759
Speaker 1: At one o'clock. Steve Wish, NFL network reporter and broadcaster,

885
00:48:35,920 --> 00:48:39,600
Speaker 1: also has the Huddle and Flow podcast. We're gonna talk

886
00:48:39,600 --> 00:48:43,520
Speaker 1: to him about the Super Bowl happenings of yesterday and

887
00:48:43,680 --> 00:48:46,000
Speaker 1: maybe a little bit of the quarterback climate and what

888
00:48:46,040 --> 00:48:48,920
Speaker 1: we're expecting the market to be with the musical chair

889
00:48:49,000 --> 00:48:52,359
Speaker 1: quarterback situation that many believe William sue in short order

890
00:48:52,760 --> 00:48:56,440
Speaker 1: here in the upcoming off season, along with this restrictive

891
00:48:56,440 --> 00:48:58,480
Speaker 1: salary cap. We'll talk to him about all of that

892
00:48:58,560 --> 00:49:01,120
Speaker 1: when we return here on One Bill's Live, presented by

893
00:49:01,160 --> 00:49:13,680
Speaker 1: Kalid to Health. It's Buffalo Bills Radiofalo Bills Radio Network,

894
00:49:14,160 --> 00:49:17,839
Speaker 1: Sports Date, your sports Update from One Bill's Drive. Tom

895
00:49:17,840 --> 00:49:20,640
Speaker 1: Brady grabbed his seven Super Bowl title in ten appearances

896
00:49:20,680 --> 00:49:23,080
Speaker 1: as the Bucks dominated the Chiefs last night, thirty one

897
00:49:23,160 --> 00:49:26,440
Speaker 1: to nine. Brady named MVP after throwing three tds to

898
00:49:26,560 --> 00:49:29,239
Speaker 1: lead the Bucks offense, but it was Tampa's defense that

899
00:49:29,400 --> 00:49:32,480
Speaker 1: limited the Chiefs to just three field goals, pressuring Patrick

900
00:49:32,560 --> 00:49:37,240
Speaker 1: Mahomes twenty nine times with three sacks while forcing two interceptions.

901
00:49:37,320 --> 00:49:41,840
Speaker 1: Quarterback carousel could be taking a wild turn. The Seahawks,

902
00:49:41,880 --> 00:49:45,280
Speaker 1: according to reports, have received quote a couple of calls

903
00:49:45,560 --> 00:49:48,520
Speaker 1: about a possible trade of quarterback Russell Wilson, although per

904
00:49:48,560 --> 00:49:52,359
Speaker 1: the report from NFL media, there's no chance Seattle will

905
00:49:52,400 --> 00:49:56,200
Speaker 1: trade him, but they will listen. The next big quarterback

906
00:49:56,239 --> 00:50:00,040
Speaker 1: trade anticipated is that of Carson Wentz, and that it

907
00:50:00,040 --> 00:50:02,200
Speaker 1: happened as soon as this week. According to reports, the

908
00:50:02,200 --> 00:50:05,560
Speaker 1: Philadelphia Eagles are expected to trade the former first round quarterback.

909
00:50:05,840 --> 00:50:07,920
Speaker 1: Wentz was benched at the end of the regular season

910
00:50:07,960 --> 00:50:10,839
Speaker 1: in favor of Jalen Hurtz late last year. One team

911
00:50:10,880 --> 00:50:13,480
Speaker 1: reported to be all in is the Colts, but the

912
00:50:13,560 --> 00:50:18,360
Speaker 1: return compensation is what's unclear at this point. The Arizona

913
00:50:18,400 --> 00:50:21,600
Speaker 1: Cardinals and former All Pro cornerback Patrick Peterson are parting

914
00:50:21,640 --> 00:50:25,640
Speaker 1: ways barring a significant change in stances. Peterson, now thirty

915
00:50:25,680 --> 00:50:28,759
Speaker 1: years of age, has enjoyed eight Pro Bowls and three

916
00:50:28,880 --> 00:50:32,320
Speaker 1: first team All Pro campaigns since being selected fifth overall

917
00:50:32,719 --> 00:50:35,680
Speaker 1: in the twenty eleven draft. And the Sabers have already

918
00:50:35,680 --> 00:50:38,880
Speaker 1: had four games postponed and rescheduled by the NHL, and

919
00:50:38,960 --> 00:50:42,440
Speaker 1: today they had their ninth player added to the COVID

920
00:50:42,520 --> 00:50:46,440
Speaker 1: list in rossmus Dalen Casey Middlestat was added on Sunday.

921
00:50:46,480 --> 00:50:50,240
Speaker 1: Head coach Ralph Krueger has also tested positive for COVID nineteen.

922
00:50:50,280 --> 00:50:54,800
Speaker 1: Buffalo's next game slated for Thursday against the Washington Capitals.

923
00:50:55,040 --> 00:50:57,680
Speaker 1: That is your sports update from One Bill's Drive. Chris Brown,

924
00:50:57,760 --> 00:51:00,680
Speaker 1: Steve Tasker, coming to you in We're number two with

925
00:51:00,680 --> 00:51:03,919
Speaker 1: a program broadcasting from the Seneca Studios here in Orchard Park.

926
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Speaker 1: And joining us on the line right now is the

927
00:51:06,840 --> 00:51:10,600
Speaker 1: NFL Network reporter and analyst, also host of the NFL

928
00:51:10,680 --> 00:51:13,839
Speaker 1: Huddle and Flow podcast. It is one Steve Weiss joining

929
00:51:13,920 --> 00:51:16,080
Speaker 1: us on the line. Steve, how you doing. You have

930
00:51:16,120 --> 00:51:18,640
Speaker 1: a Super Bowl hangover? You're all good here on Monday.

931
00:51:19,080 --> 00:51:22,480
Speaker 1: I am all good. I'm quite sober looking in this

932
00:51:22,560 --> 00:51:25,680
Speaker 1: COVID world. Steve Weitz was not out in these Tampa streets. Yeah,

933
00:51:25,719 --> 00:51:29,080
Speaker 1: anything surprise you outstandingly about that game last night. I

934
00:51:29,080 --> 00:51:30,840
Speaker 1: mean we kind of wish it would have been a

935
00:51:30,840 --> 00:51:34,240
Speaker 1: little bit closer. It seemed nobody scored anything in fourth quarter.

936
00:51:34,280 --> 00:51:37,239
Speaker 1: It was kind of decided. What are your you know,

937
00:51:38,160 --> 00:51:41,680
Speaker 1: fresh next day thoughts about that game? Well, part of

938
00:51:41,719 --> 00:51:44,120
Speaker 1: it was Tampa's dominance. I mean that defensive front was

939
00:51:44,160 --> 00:51:46,360
Speaker 1: just insane. What they did. They really took advantage of

940
00:51:46,400 --> 00:51:50,520
Speaker 1: that injury plague offensive line. But also Kansas City strategy.

941
00:51:50,640 --> 00:51:53,040
Speaker 1: I mean, the fact that they didn't maybe bring in

942
00:51:53,080 --> 00:51:55,160
Speaker 1: an extra tight end to help out the offensive line,

943
00:51:55,160 --> 00:51:58,080
Speaker 1: which is just getting abused, especially those tackles. The fact

944
00:51:58,080 --> 00:52:01,839
Speaker 1: they didn't do more chipping and the quick passing game

945
00:52:01,960 --> 00:52:04,160
Speaker 1: was working, and then they got away from it. That

946
00:52:04,200 --> 00:52:06,239
Speaker 1: one drive you're marching and marching or marching, and then

947
00:52:06,280 --> 00:52:07,840
Speaker 1: they get away from it once they get about to

948
00:52:07,880 --> 00:52:10,440
Speaker 1: the twenty five. That was a little surprising. But I

949
00:52:10,480 --> 00:52:12,640
Speaker 1: just think the overall dominance of the Bucks defense and

950
00:52:13,480 --> 00:52:17,400
Speaker 1: just some of the overall dumb plays and just questionable

951
00:52:17,440 --> 00:52:22,040
Speaker 1: strategy that the Chiefs had overall really called me off guard. Yeah,

952
00:52:22,040 --> 00:52:24,040
Speaker 1: I kind of felt bad for Patrick Mahomes. He looked

953
00:52:24,200 --> 00:52:26,359
Speaker 1: like a man on an island there by himself. I mean,

954
00:52:26,480 --> 00:52:28,440
Speaker 1: they didn't lose the game because of him. I mean, heck,

955
00:52:28,480 --> 00:52:30,000
Speaker 1: they might have got shut out if it wasn't for

956
00:52:30,040 --> 00:52:32,879
Speaker 1: his efforts in that game last night, if you think

957
00:52:32,920 --> 00:52:36,600
Speaker 1: about it. But man pressured twenty nine times, and I

958
00:52:36,600 --> 00:52:39,560
Speaker 1: saw that Brady only got pressured four times. I know,

959
00:52:40,760 --> 00:52:43,319
Speaker 1: stat Service said that's the biggest disparity ever in a

960
00:52:43,360 --> 00:52:48,400
Speaker 1: Super Bowl between two quarterbacks being pressured. I mean, it really, really,

961
00:52:48,440 --> 00:52:50,960
Speaker 1: confounded the Chiefs. As you said, they had no answer.

962
00:52:51,400 --> 00:52:53,759
Speaker 1: But what can you say about Todd Bowles and the

963
00:52:53,800 --> 00:52:55,520
Speaker 1: plan he put together. Granted he knew he was going

964
00:52:55,560 --> 00:52:57,480
Speaker 1: to probably have some advantages on the edges there with

965
00:52:57,520 --> 00:52:59,680
Speaker 1: the tackles out for the Chiefs, but I mean all

966
00:52:59,719 --> 00:53:01,960
Speaker 1: the way around what he did with his back seven two,

967
00:53:02,080 --> 00:53:05,279
Speaker 1: I mean just a masterful job and great execution by

968
00:53:05,280 --> 00:53:07,680
Speaker 1: his players. Well, it was brilliant. I mean there was

969
00:53:07,719 --> 00:53:09,759
Speaker 1: always two people on Tyreek Hill, right. They were not

970
00:53:09,800 --> 00:53:11,200
Speaker 1: gonna let him beat him over the top. They were

971
00:53:11,200 --> 00:53:12,839
Speaker 1: not gonna let him catch him and run the ball.

972
00:53:13,200 --> 00:53:14,560
Speaker 1: They were like, kill us, you know, ahead and throw

973
00:53:14,560 --> 00:53:16,799
Speaker 1: the wall to Travis Kelsey all you want. And so

974
00:53:17,239 --> 00:53:20,960
Speaker 1: they were going to make the Chiefs beat them with

975
00:53:21,040 --> 00:53:24,319
Speaker 1: somebody other than Tyree Hill. And it just did not

976
00:53:24,400 --> 00:53:26,640
Speaker 1: work because the other receivers were not up to You

977
00:53:26,680 --> 00:53:30,760
Speaker 1: saw some receivers, some bungled communication early with Patrick Mahomes,

978
00:53:30,840 --> 00:53:33,839
Speaker 1: a lot of dropped passes. I mean Travis Kelsey had

979
00:53:33,840 --> 00:53:35,840
Speaker 1: a bunch of yards. That was fine, but also the

980
00:53:35,880 --> 00:53:37,440
Speaker 1: Chiefs couldn't run the ball. I mean they were one

981
00:53:37,480 --> 00:53:40,000
Speaker 1: dimension old. They could end up teeing off because of

982
00:53:40,080 --> 00:53:42,480
Speaker 1: some of the mistakes that were made. So it was

983
00:53:42,520 --> 00:53:45,080
Speaker 1: a brilliant, brilliant game plan. And also they kind of

984
00:53:45,080 --> 00:53:47,120
Speaker 1: took a page out with the Patriots to the Rams

985
00:53:47,120 --> 00:53:49,560
Speaker 1: a couple of Super Bowls ago, were they not only

986
00:53:49,640 --> 00:53:53,440
Speaker 1: rushed from the edges, but they abused physically those tackles.

987
00:53:53,480 --> 00:53:57,040
Speaker 1: I mean, they moved Vita Veya outside a lot and

988
00:53:57,120 --> 00:54:00,520
Speaker 1: just let him steamroll Mike Remmers, and then they would

989
00:54:00,520 --> 00:54:03,560
Speaker 1: come in with Shack Barrett on passing situations and and

990
00:54:03,680 --> 00:54:06,880
Speaker 1: Shack Barrett would just you know, speed overpower, do whatever

991
00:54:07,040 --> 00:54:09,560
Speaker 1: to those tackles. So it was a really clever game plan.

992
00:54:09,880 --> 00:54:11,360
Speaker 1: And then just after a while you could see the

993
00:54:11,440 --> 00:54:13,600
Speaker 1: chief or worn down and had nothing left. Yeah, And

994
00:54:13,600 --> 00:54:15,680
Speaker 1: it was a little bit reminiscent of the Legion of

995
00:54:15,719 --> 00:54:19,480
Speaker 1: Boom Seattle Seahawks taken on Peyton Manning and all those guys.

996
00:54:19,480 --> 00:54:21,600
Speaker 1: They had set all kinds of records, maybe the greatest

997
00:54:21,640 --> 00:54:25,080
Speaker 1: offensive year ever, and they ran into four guys who

998
00:54:25,080 --> 00:54:29,200
Speaker 1: could rush the passer, and that was it. That seems

999
00:54:29,200 --> 00:54:32,399
Speaker 1: to be the kind of the magic elixir. We've heard

1000
00:54:32,400 --> 00:54:35,160
Speaker 1: so much about coverage being a key thing these days

1001
00:54:35,160 --> 00:54:37,160
Speaker 1: with the great corners and stuff, But man, if you've

1002
00:54:37,160 --> 00:54:38,880
Speaker 1: got four guys that can rush to the passer, can

1003
00:54:38,960 --> 00:54:43,439
Speaker 1: drop seven. That seems to be the magic pill. Yeah.

1004
00:54:43,600 --> 00:54:46,080
Speaker 1: And if you have a linebacker like Devin White, I mean,

1005
00:54:46,120 --> 00:54:48,120
Speaker 1: my guy, that guy was in the frame of every

1006
00:54:48,160 --> 00:54:51,440
Speaker 1: play right wherever the ball was, whether it was Mahome scrambling,

1007
00:54:51,440 --> 00:54:54,680
Speaker 1: whether it was Devin White, number forty five, was in

1008
00:54:54,719 --> 00:54:56,560
Speaker 1: the frame. And that's a sign of a great player.

1009
00:54:56,600 --> 00:54:58,400
Speaker 1: That means he's a ballhawk. I mean he lives up

1010
00:54:58,400 --> 00:55:00,520
Speaker 1: to having a nose for the ball. You've got guys

1011
00:55:00,520 --> 00:55:03,480
Speaker 1: you can run winfield. There's a spectacular safety. You talk

1012
00:55:03,560 --> 00:55:07,160
Speaker 1: to defensive coaches and offensive coaches around the NFL, they're like,

1013
00:55:07,239 --> 00:55:09,640
Speaker 1: he's the next great one, Like he's an extral Thomas

1014
00:55:10,040 --> 00:55:13,600
Speaker 1: type of player for his versatility. Their corners were so

1015
00:55:13,760 --> 00:55:16,560
Speaker 1: physical and they were clean right, they didn't get them,

1016
00:55:16,600 --> 00:55:18,080
Speaker 1: you know, a bunk didn't have a bunch of mistakes

1017
00:55:18,160 --> 00:55:20,960
Speaker 1: or a bunch of defensive penalties, which was the opposite

1018
00:55:20,960 --> 00:55:23,439
Speaker 1: of what happened to the Chiefs, and that really played

1019
00:55:23,480 --> 00:55:27,279
Speaker 1: into their favor as well. Let's let's move a little

1020
00:55:27,320 --> 00:55:30,319
Speaker 1: bit further back in the week to Roger Goodell's you

1021
00:55:30,360 --> 00:55:32,880
Speaker 1: know annual address. I know you were there on. I

1022
00:55:32,880 --> 00:55:36,239
Speaker 1: think it was Friday, I believe obviously Demorris Smith was

1023
00:55:36,280 --> 00:55:39,959
Speaker 1: there too, or Thursday. Sorry, and maybe what were your

1024
00:55:40,680 --> 00:55:44,480
Speaker 1: your biggest takeaways from that with respect to the salary

1025
00:55:44,560 --> 00:55:46,719
Speaker 1: cap Steve, because it seems like it is going to

1026
00:55:46,760 --> 00:55:50,200
Speaker 1: be an unknown number for quite some time here. I mean,

1027
00:55:50,239 --> 00:55:52,480
Speaker 1: I've even seen reports from some of your colleagues like

1028
00:55:52,480 --> 00:55:55,919
Speaker 1: Tom Pella Sera saying might not be until a few

1029
00:55:56,000 --> 00:55:59,600
Speaker 1: days before the negotiating period opens. I'm just wondering how

1030
00:55:59,640 --> 00:56:03,640
Speaker 1: GM are going to function with an estimated target, not

1031
00:56:03,719 --> 00:56:08,239
Speaker 1: a hard number. Well, these guys, look, these capologists are

1032
00:56:08,360 --> 00:56:11,160
Speaker 1: are very smart. So what I'm sure that they are

1033
00:56:11,200 --> 00:56:13,840
Speaker 1: doing is they are coming up for a worst case scenario,

1034
00:56:13,920 --> 00:56:16,440
Speaker 1: which is one hundred and seventy five million, one hundred

1035
00:56:16,480 --> 00:56:18,879
Speaker 1: and eighty million, one hundred and ninety million. I am

1036
00:56:18,920 --> 00:56:22,399
Speaker 1: sure they have spreadsheets and depth charts for every type

1037
00:56:22,440 --> 00:56:25,640
Speaker 1: of scenario. What players they can resign, which players are

1038
00:56:25,640 --> 00:56:27,160
Speaker 1: gonna have to let go, which players that may have

1039
00:56:27,160 --> 00:56:29,880
Speaker 1: to restructure, which players they can bring it from the outside.

1040
00:56:29,920 --> 00:56:31,799
Speaker 1: I mean, they're not going to get caught. These guys

1041
00:56:31,840 --> 00:56:34,879
Speaker 1: are not going to get caught by surprise right here.

1042
00:56:35,040 --> 00:56:37,160
Speaker 1: I mean and that's part of it. So as it

1043
00:56:37,160 --> 00:56:40,200
Speaker 1: relates to the cap that that clearly is how it's

1044
00:56:40,200 --> 00:56:42,600
Speaker 1: going to play out. From what we're hearing down here

1045
00:56:42,600 --> 00:56:44,719
Speaker 1: at the super Bowl, it probably will be above that

1046
00:56:44,840 --> 00:56:48,279
Speaker 1: one hundred and seventy five minimum, that kind of benchmark,

1047
00:56:48,560 --> 00:56:51,080
Speaker 1: but we just don't know how far. And I guess

1048
00:56:51,080 --> 00:56:53,399
Speaker 1: projections on if they're going to get a new tval done,

1049
00:56:53,520 --> 00:56:57,640
Speaker 1: to TV deal done, are multiple TV deals done, really

1050
00:56:57,640 --> 00:57:01,040
Speaker 1: will factor into how much that salary cap is gonna be.

1051
00:57:01,280 --> 00:57:03,160
Speaker 1: But we could be looking, I mean, Steve and I

1052
00:57:03,200 --> 00:57:04,640
Speaker 1: were talking about this, we could be looking at the

1053
00:57:04,680 --> 00:57:07,719
Speaker 1: wild West, I mean this offseason with free agency, knowing

1054
00:57:07,760 --> 00:57:10,279
Speaker 1: the cap situation for a lot of these teams that

1055
00:57:10,280 --> 00:57:13,319
Speaker 1: were budgeting initially for two ten to two fifteen. This year,

1056
00:57:13,680 --> 00:57:15,840
Speaker 1: there's gonna be some hard decisions, and there's gonna be

1057
00:57:15,920 --> 00:57:19,400
Speaker 1: some talented players out in the market, and what's gonna

1058
00:57:19,440 --> 00:57:21,440
Speaker 1: probably be a buyer's market. We're gonna see like a

1059
00:57:21,440 --> 00:57:26,000
Speaker 1: ton of one year deals probably right like prove a type. Yeah,

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00:57:26,160 --> 00:57:27,840
Speaker 1: Like if you're if you're one of these players who

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00:57:27,960 --> 00:57:30,360
Speaker 1: had a good year but not a great year, and

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00:57:30,400 --> 00:57:34,120
Speaker 1: your scheduled to make probably between five and seven million

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00:57:34,200 --> 00:57:37,200
Speaker 1: let's say you're a d tackle or an outside linebacker

1064
00:57:37,960 --> 00:57:41,480
Speaker 1: or you know, a guard, you're you're you're better to

1065
00:57:41,520 --> 00:57:43,360
Speaker 1: go ahead and be proactive and say, hey, I want

1066
00:57:43,360 --> 00:57:45,919
Speaker 1: to redo my deal because you're probably gonna get cut.

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00:57:45,960 --> 00:57:48,000
Speaker 1: I mean, these are the guys who are really gonna

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00:57:48,000 --> 00:57:50,680
Speaker 1: get cut. And look at teams like the Rams who

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00:57:50,760 --> 00:57:53,520
Speaker 1: traded Jared Goff the Eagles who are supposed to trade

1070
00:57:53,520 --> 00:57:57,080
Speaker 1: Carson Wentz, and those two players have massive dead cap hits.

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00:57:57,360 --> 00:58:00,480
Speaker 1: I mean, that's gonna cause a number of players on

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00:58:00,480 --> 00:58:03,920
Speaker 1: those two teams to be released, not renewed, whatever, because

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00:58:03,960 --> 00:58:07,360
Speaker 1: of those holes that that dead cat money is gonna occupy. So,

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00:58:07,680 --> 00:58:09,560
Speaker 1: like you said, it's gonna be the wild bog West.

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00:58:09,920 --> 00:58:11,920
Speaker 1: We're gonna see a buyer's market. We're gonna see a

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00:58:11,960 --> 00:58:14,640
Speaker 1: ton of quarterbacks on the move. It's it's gonna be

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00:58:14,640 --> 00:58:17,160
Speaker 1: real creative. These gms are gonna earn their earn their

1078
00:58:17,160 --> 00:58:20,160
Speaker 1: salaries this year, right, And that's and that's it could

1079
00:58:20,200 --> 00:58:21,920
Speaker 1: be really difficult to know what kind of team you're

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00:58:21,920 --> 00:58:24,200
Speaker 1: actually gonna put together because you you know, you could

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00:58:24,240 --> 00:58:27,360
Speaker 1: trade guys out and all that, but you may end

1082
00:58:27,440 --> 00:58:29,760
Speaker 1: up like the Buffalo Bills did this year. Last year,

1083
00:58:29,840 --> 00:58:32,200
Speaker 1: defense kind of run the ball, don't turn it over.

1084
00:58:32,520 --> 00:58:34,840
Speaker 1: This year, let's throw it all over the yard. You're

1085
00:58:34,840 --> 00:58:37,240
Speaker 1: gonna get a lot more teams that look very different

1086
00:58:37,240 --> 00:58:40,320
Speaker 1: in twenty twenty one to twenty twenty one than they

1087
00:58:40,320 --> 00:58:43,560
Speaker 1: did in twenty twenty. Yeah, but you know you're gonna

1088
00:58:43,560 --> 00:58:44,960
Speaker 1: have that, But you're always gonna have the teams that

1089
00:58:45,000 --> 00:58:47,840
Speaker 1: have their nucleus intact, right like the Buccaneers, like like

1090
00:58:47,920 --> 00:58:50,520
Speaker 1: the Patriots, like a team like the forty nine ers.

1091
00:58:50,520 --> 00:58:53,640
Speaker 1: I mean, those teams are gonna be so much better off,

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00:58:54,440 --> 00:58:57,360
Speaker 1: um because they've got maybe a quarterback with a big

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00:58:57,400 --> 00:59:00,360
Speaker 1: salary set already, so they can they know what they

1094
00:59:00,360 --> 00:59:01,880
Speaker 1: can build. You know, if you've got to replace that

1095
00:59:02,040 --> 00:59:07,280
Speaker 1: that huge salary player, that quarterback, that pass rusher boy,

1096
00:59:07,320 --> 00:59:09,479
Speaker 1: I mean, that's really where you're going to come into

1097
00:59:09,800 --> 00:59:13,560
Speaker 1: a conundrum right here on roster building. But again, we

1098
00:59:13,640 --> 00:59:17,040
Speaker 1: know how these teams work. These general managers, they're capologists.

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00:59:17,600 --> 00:59:18,800
Speaker 1: They know what they're going to be able to do,

1100
00:59:18,880 --> 00:59:22,920
Speaker 1: draft wise, salary cap, free agency wise. They are planning

1101
00:59:22,960 --> 00:59:25,600
Speaker 1: for so many different scenarios right now. They'll another be

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00:59:25,640 --> 00:59:28,640
Speaker 1: some prize there, there'll be some surprise cuts. But they're real.

1103
00:59:28,840 --> 00:59:31,320
Speaker 1: These guys are very very savvy, at least the ones,

1104
00:59:31,360 --> 00:59:34,120
Speaker 1: the John Schneiders of the world in Seattle and guys

1105
00:59:34,160 --> 00:59:37,360
Speaker 1: like that. They they will be so ready. They're gonna

1106
00:59:37,400 --> 00:59:39,880
Speaker 1: slow play this market. I don't think you're gonna see

1107
00:59:39,880 --> 00:59:42,760
Speaker 1: as many teams dive in quickly as we've seen, you know,

1108
00:59:42,800 --> 00:59:44,600
Speaker 1: the slow play to bring the price down. I think

1109
00:59:44,640 --> 00:59:46,320
Speaker 1: we're gonna see a lot more of that once free

1110
00:59:46,320 --> 00:59:50,040
Speaker 1: agency starts. Talking to Steve Weisse from NFL Network and Steve,

1111
00:59:50,080 --> 00:59:52,760
Speaker 1: I know, it was also addressed, you know, the virtual offseason,

1112
00:59:52,800 --> 00:59:55,439
Speaker 1: the merits of it coming out of a COVID year.

1113
00:59:55,720 --> 00:59:58,280
Speaker 1: It looks like the spring could very well be still

1114
00:59:58,520 --> 01:00:03,680
Speaker 1: COVID protocol related. And I know, you know, Roger Goodell

1115
01:00:03,760 --> 01:00:07,160
Speaker 1: discussed this a little bit. Just what parts of the

1116
01:00:07,280 --> 01:00:10,520
Speaker 1: virtual offseason do you think are going to have staying

1117
01:00:10,560 --> 01:00:13,960
Speaker 1: power Based on what he said, Yeah, and staying power

1118
01:00:14,120 --> 01:00:15,960
Speaker 1: is going to have, you know, once we're post COVID,

1119
01:00:15,960 --> 01:00:18,840
Speaker 1: hopefully sooner rather than later, the staying power things are

1120
01:00:18,840 --> 01:00:21,320
Speaker 1: going to be, Like a lot of these OTAs are

1121
01:00:21,400 --> 01:00:23,440
Speaker 1: going to be virtual. I've spoken to a lot of

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01:00:23,480 --> 01:00:26,800
Speaker 1: players who said there's no need to do the classroom

1123
01:00:26,800 --> 01:00:29,680
Speaker 1: work in the building if you're coming in to get

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01:00:29,680 --> 01:00:33,120
Speaker 1: a workout in or to get the conditioning, and that's

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01:00:33,240 --> 01:00:36,480
Speaker 1: one thing, right, but a lot of the classroom work

1126
01:00:36,520 --> 01:00:39,320
Speaker 1: and even some of the on field work can be

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01:00:39,560 --> 01:00:43,160
Speaker 1: done virtually. We saw that this year. Yes, we did

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01:00:43,200 --> 01:00:45,480
Speaker 1: see a string of injuries early on, which is why

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01:00:45,520 --> 01:00:47,800
Speaker 1: some of the players and especially the coaches are saying

1130
01:00:47,800 --> 01:00:50,480
Speaker 1: they need the on field work in terms of conditioning

1131
01:00:50,480 --> 01:00:53,320
Speaker 1: and weightlifting. But again in terms of learning systems and

1132
01:00:53,400 --> 01:00:55,480
Speaker 1: things like that. All these rookies we thought were going

1133
01:00:55,520 --> 01:00:57,600
Speaker 1: to struggle, a lot of them did pretty well. A

1134
01:00:57,600 --> 01:00:59,680
Speaker 1: lot of the players who changed teams did pretty well,

1135
01:01:00,240 --> 01:01:03,800
Speaker 1: as we saw with the Buccaneers. Um, so those parts

1136
01:01:03,800 --> 01:01:05,720
Speaker 1: are gonna stay. And we've I've also heard from the

1137
01:01:05,760 --> 01:01:09,800
Speaker 1: general manager saying this is healthy for their their ecosystem

1138
01:01:09,840 --> 01:01:12,760
Speaker 1: of their buildings. Like instead of having a lot of

1139
01:01:12,800 --> 01:01:15,360
Speaker 1: administrative assistants and all these people come into the building

1140
01:01:15,400 --> 01:01:18,360
Speaker 1: five days a week, you know, haven't come in three days,

1141
01:01:18,640 --> 01:01:21,880
Speaker 1: haven't had long weekends in the offseason. That's just better

1142
01:01:21,920 --> 01:01:24,560
Speaker 1: for the overall morale. So that's another part. You're going

1143
01:01:24,600 --> 01:01:27,400
Speaker 1: to see teams adjust to how gratifying was it for

1144
01:01:27,520 --> 01:01:30,919
Speaker 1: people that you've spoken to and and you yourself as well.

1145
01:01:30,960 --> 01:01:34,600
Speaker 1: To have the coordinators of the Bucks, Todd Bulls, Byron

1146
01:01:34,720 --> 01:01:37,920
Speaker 1: left Which Harold Goodwin and then not only that diversity

1147
01:01:38,480 --> 01:01:41,760
Speaker 1: with those guys being great coaches, but also with Lorie

1148
01:01:42,400 --> 01:01:45,600
Speaker 1: Locust and Merrill and I want to say her name

1149
01:01:45,640 --> 01:01:53,200
Speaker 1: was Java Javadafar? Is that right? Two female coach full

1150
01:01:53,560 --> 01:01:57,240
Speaker 1: assistant coaches? Uh? The great Black Core days. Also Eric

1151
01:01:57,280 --> 01:02:00,680
Speaker 1: b Enemy for the Chiefs. How gratifying is and perhaps

1152
01:02:01,600 --> 01:02:04,560
Speaker 1: in your face is it? For? Like, listen, how long

1153
01:02:04,600 --> 01:02:07,640
Speaker 1: are you gonna wait on these guys before you understand

1154
01:02:07,640 --> 01:02:10,920
Speaker 1: how what quality can happen because of the diversity on

1155
01:02:10,960 --> 01:02:13,640
Speaker 1: these staffs? Yeah? I mean, and I love what you

1156
01:02:13,680 --> 01:02:15,200
Speaker 1: said there at the very end is the fact that

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01:02:15,240 --> 01:02:18,160
Speaker 1: they're qualified, right, Bruce Arian says, I put the best

1158
01:02:18,200 --> 01:02:20,880
Speaker 1: people on my staff, regardless of their color. And you

1159
01:02:20,920 --> 01:02:23,520
Speaker 1: saw that was the staff. I mean, Byron Leftwich and

1160
01:02:23,560 --> 01:02:26,240
Speaker 1: Tom Brady developed the game plans together. Byron Leftwiche calls

1161
01:02:26,240 --> 01:02:29,440
Speaker 1: the plays and so you know, and Todd Bowles just

1162
01:02:29,480 --> 01:02:32,480
Speaker 1: a masterful job. You know. He was on our podcast

1163
01:02:32,600 --> 01:02:34,840
Speaker 1: last week, the Huddle Flow Podcast, and he talked about

1164
01:02:35,200 --> 01:02:37,080
Speaker 1: he's ready for a second chance, because there's a lot

1165
01:02:37,120 --> 01:02:38,760
Speaker 1: of things when he went into the Jets that he

1166
01:02:38,880 --> 01:02:42,200
Speaker 1: just didn't know about in terms of organizational structure, that

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01:02:42,240 --> 01:02:45,000
Speaker 1: he'll know about if he gets another opportunity. But just

1168
01:02:45,200 --> 01:02:48,680
Speaker 1: you know, it's all about the best people and not

1169
01:02:48,760 --> 01:02:53,400
Speaker 1: the fraternization. And hopefully we're at a step because to

1170
01:02:53,440 --> 01:02:55,920
Speaker 1: say these owners can't find out about these guys going

1171
01:02:55,960 --> 01:02:58,760
Speaker 1: to do the hiring next cycle. Their resumes are here

1172
01:02:58,840 --> 01:03:02,640
Speaker 1: three hundred and sixty five days before you know, the

1173
01:03:02,720 --> 01:03:05,280
Speaker 1: next Super Bowl, right, so you've got plenty of time

1174
01:03:05,320 --> 01:03:09,000
Speaker 1: to find out about Buyer Leftwich and Todd Bowles and

1175
01:03:09,400 --> 01:03:12,640
Speaker 1: Eric b Enemy, So you know, to stop making excuses,

1176
01:03:13,160 --> 01:03:16,040
Speaker 1: start hiring the right people. And even someone like Leslie

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01:03:16,080 --> 01:03:18,400
Speaker 1: Frasier there with the bills, I mean, why he hasn't

1178
01:03:18,400 --> 01:03:22,320
Speaker 1: gotten a shot. It's just absolutely stunning. So look, there's

1179
01:03:22,360 --> 01:03:24,680
Speaker 1: quality people, but we just have to get you know,

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01:03:24,760 --> 01:03:28,800
Speaker 1: break the cycle of hiring. Maybe the unknown like if

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01:03:28,800 --> 01:03:31,600
Speaker 1: you don't socialize with a certain people, so let's let's

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01:03:31,640 --> 01:03:34,440
Speaker 1: find a way to meet them. A conversation that you

1183
01:03:34,440 --> 01:03:37,200
Speaker 1: even had it with the commissioner. Slowing down the process

1184
01:03:37,240 --> 01:03:39,360
Speaker 1: a little bit. Maybe you can interview people before the

1185
01:03:39,360 --> 01:03:42,880
Speaker 1: Super Bowl but no hiring until post Super Bowl. So

1186
01:03:43,040 --> 01:03:45,920
Speaker 1: maybe that again can give people more time to understand

1187
01:03:45,960 --> 01:03:48,680
Speaker 1: and learn about the qualified candidates who can help them

1188
01:03:48,880 --> 01:03:50,520
Speaker 1: help them win ball. It's a little bit of a

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01:03:50,520 --> 01:03:52,760
Speaker 1: double edged sword because you can understand some of these

1190
01:03:52,800 --> 01:03:55,320
Speaker 1: coaches and ownership groups are like gms and stuff. They

1191
01:03:55,360 --> 01:03:58,240
Speaker 1: feel like, wow, we're fault. You know, the three weeks

1192
01:03:58,240 --> 01:04:01,600
Speaker 1: it takes for us between the time we fire our

1193
01:04:01,680 --> 01:04:03,360
Speaker 1: head coach and then if we have to wait a

1194
01:04:03,440 --> 01:04:05,640
Speaker 1: month through the playoffs, we really feel like we fall

1195
01:04:05,680 --> 01:04:09,160
Speaker 1: away behind. There's that at double edged sword. But it

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01:04:09,240 --> 01:04:11,920
Speaker 1: also in another way is like, well, then don't fire

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01:04:11,960 --> 01:04:15,520
Speaker 1: the guy. You know, don't fire the guy if you

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01:04:15,560 --> 01:04:17,680
Speaker 1: don't want to go without leadership. You know, give these

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Speaker 1: guys a chance to work their way out of it,

1200
01:04:19,400 --> 01:04:21,760
Speaker 1: or you know, support the guy till he figures out

1201
01:04:21,760 --> 01:04:24,640
Speaker 1: what the next guy's gonna have to learn. Anyway, perhaps

1202
01:04:24,720 --> 01:04:27,680
Speaker 1: it'll have a two edged sword. It's like, well, listen,

1203
01:04:27,680 --> 01:04:31,600
Speaker 1: if we fire him now, we're without a leadership until

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01:04:31,640 --> 01:04:36,200
Speaker 1: the Super Bowl. I'm a big proponent of that. You

1205
01:04:36,240 --> 01:04:39,320
Speaker 1: can't hire anybody until everybody who's eligible or would be

1206
01:04:39,360 --> 01:04:43,320
Speaker 1: a good fit is ready to take the interview. Yeah,

1207
01:04:43,440 --> 01:04:45,560
Speaker 1: and I think you can fire a coach, you know,

1208
01:04:45,600 --> 01:04:47,800
Speaker 1: at the end of the season and still wait these

1209
01:04:48,040 --> 01:04:51,560
Speaker 1: you know what these four or five weeks to do

1210
01:04:51,600 --> 01:04:54,120
Speaker 1: your hiring. I mean, yes, there maybe a leadership vacuum,

1211
01:04:54,160 --> 01:04:56,560
Speaker 1: but look, when you fire a coach anyway, and you

1212
01:04:56,600 --> 01:04:59,680
Speaker 1: fire a GM, there's team presidents. You keep the staff,

1213
01:04:59,680 --> 01:05:03,960
Speaker 1: and the personnel department can still go out and scout

1214
01:05:04,000 --> 01:05:06,640
Speaker 1: and do everything it needs to do. The problem, Steve

1215
01:05:06,800 --> 01:05:09,760
Speaker 1: is so many of these teams just don't have proper

1216
01:05:10,040 --> 01:05:13,400
Speaker 1: hierarchical structure, and that's why they keep hiring new coaches

1217
01:05:13,440 --> 01:05:16,480
Speaker 1: every three or four years because they don't know what

1218
01:05:16,520 --> 01:05:19,680
Speaker 1: they want. They can't figure it out. When you look

1219
01:05:19,680 --> 01:05:21,760
Speaker 1: at the teams that have figured it out, you know,

1220
01:05:21,840 --> 01:05:23,880
Speaker 1: the Patriots of the world. Look at what the Bills

1221
01:05:23,920 --> 01:05:27,760
Speaker 1: have done. That building is so rock solid with Sean

1222
01:05:27,840 --> 01:05:30,960
Speaker 1: McDermott and Branded Being and the structure that they have

1223
01:05:31,080 --> 01:05:33,880
Speaker 1: in place that you know, if they were to make

1224
01:05:33,920 --> 01:05:36,520
Speaker 1: a move, let's say they had a coaching vacancy right there,

1225
01:05:36,720 --> 01:05:38,800
Speaker 1: Brandon Being would be able to hold things down and

1226
01:05:39,400 --> 01:05:41,800
Speaker 1: interview who he needs to interview, and he could still wait.

1227
01:05:41,840 --> 01:05:44,520
Speaker 1: They could be fine because now they've got you know,

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01:05:44,600 --> 01:05:47,720
Speaker 1: there's no leadership vacuum. They've got a certain structure in

1229
01:05:47,760 --> 01:05:50,720
Speaker 1: place that's really rock solid. Between Buffalo is going to

1230
01:05:50,760 --> 01:05:53,200
Speaker 1: be in great hands for years to come, and that's

1231
01:05:53,240 --> 01:05:57,360
Speaker 1: why winning teams continue to win. With that in mind, Steve,

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01:05:58,000 --> 01:06:01,440
Speaker 1: do you think that the three general managers that were

1233
01:06:01,520 --> 01:06:06,720
Speaker 1: hired this offseason can maybe push that forward even ever

1234
01:06:06,840 --> 01:06:08,960
Speaker 1: so slightly? I mean, it might be a naive to

1235
01:06:09,040 --> 01:06:11,920
Speaker 1: think that three black general managers getting hired is going

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01:06:11,920 --> 01:06:15,080
Speaker 1: to change the face of coaching being more diverse and inclusive.

1237
01:06:15,560 --> 01:06:17,400
Speaker 1: But I'm just wondering if it can move the needle

1238
01:06:17,440 --> 01:06:21,240
Speaker 1: even a little bit going forward. You know, with three

1239
01:06:21,320 --> 01:06:24,240
Speaker 1: people in executive positions of color now, well three more

1240
01:06:24,280 --> 01:06:26,000
Speaker 1: than there used to be, I should say I'm talking

1241
01:06:26,000 --> 01:06:29,919
Speaker 1: you know, Brad Holmes, Terry font No, Martin Mayhew. Right, yeah,

1242
01:06:29,920 --> 01:06:31,480
Speaker 1: I mean, look at it could And it's not a

1243
01:06:31,480 --> 01:06:33,320
Speaker 1: matter of Okay, now they're eventually going to get to

1244
01:06:33,400 --> 01:06:35,560
Speaker 1: hire black coaches. No, it's going to be if they

1245
01:06:35,600 --> 01:06:38,320
Speaker 1: do their jobs well, right, if we all do our

1246
01:06:38,400 --> 01:06:41,280
Speaker 1: jobs well, then people can say, wow, you know, okay,

1247
01:06:41,600 --> 01:06:44,280
Speaker 1: this guy here is good. Maybe somebody who worked for him,

1248
01:06:44,560 --> 01:06:46,480
Speaker 1: we want to hire them because just the way they

1249
01:06:46,520 --> 01:06:49,000
Speaker 1: handle themselves and the way they put a structure in

1250
01:06:49,000 --> 01:06:51,480
Speaker 1: place to win ball games. That's the important thing that

1251
01:06:51,560 --> 01:06:53,240
Speaker 1: they have to do. But they've got to be supported

1252
01:06:53,240 --> 01:06:56,080
Speaker 1: by ownership. I mean that is the key thing right there.

1253
01:06:56,120 --> 01:06:58,439
Speaker 1: If you do not have good ownership and again a

1254
01:06:58,480 --> 01:07:01,320
Speaker 1: good top top men ructure, then people are going to

1255
01:07:01,400 --> 01:07:04,080
Speaker 1: continue to fail. And we see that in certain organizations,

1256
01:07:04,120 --> 01:07:06,400
Speaker 1: and we don't see another organization. So I do think

1257
01:07:06,800 --> 01:07:08,960
Speaker 1: these three black general managers, being in the total to

1258
01:07:09,040 --> 01:07:13,040
Speaker 1: five in the NFL, have a great opportunity here. They've

1259
01:07:13,040 --> 01:07:15,120
Speaker 1: been given opportunities and if they do a good job,

1260
01:07:15,160 --> 01:07:17,920
Speaker 1: if they're qualified, look at some of the organizations that

1261
01:07:18,000 --> 01:07:21,120
Speaker 1: they could turn around, like Detroit, they could push Atlanta

1262
01:07:21,200 --> 01:07:24,720
Speaker 1: back into the postseason. I mean these are teams you know. Again,

1263
01:07:24,720 --> 01:07:28,640
Speaker 1: if if they succeed, then they can build that that tree,

1264
01:07:28,800 --> 01:07:31,240
Speaker 1: that pipeline, so to speak, and other owners can say

1265
01:07:31,240 --> 01:07:34,360
Speaker 1: we want to hire people from them. I've already when

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01:07:34,360 --> 01:07:36,320
Speaker 1: I was covering the NFL, when I was a CBS

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Speaker 1: and doing all that, you get a chance, although albeit briefly,

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Speaker 1: to interact with GMS, with coach and in a lot

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Speaker 1: of cases, you get a chance to spend a few

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Speaker 1: minutes with an owner on the sidelines of a game

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Speaker 1: before games and things like that. And one of the

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Speaker 1: interesting things I found out was that when these guys

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Speaker 1: buy these NFL teams, there's no how to book they had.

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01:07:56,560 --> 01:07:58,240
Speaker 1: They throw you the keys of the building and say hey,

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01:07:58,240 --> 01:08:02,880
Speaker 1: good luck. And some ownership it takes them a long

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01:08:02,960 --> 01:08:06,800
Speaker 1: time to figure it out, and some they don't seem

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01:08:06,880 --> 01:08:11,400
Speaker 1: to put some value on listening. You got to have

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Speaker 1: a competitive team year in year out. It's important to

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Speaker 1: our fan base. It's part of what we do. It's

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01:08:16,600 --> 01:08:18,920
Speaker 1: not just about churning over a profit and coming out

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Speaker 1: in the black every year. You get teams like like

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Speaker 1: the Chicago Bears, like the Detroit Lions, and in past

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Speaker 1: like Cleveland, these teams and the San Diego Charger or

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01:08:27,520 --> 01:08:30,240
Speaker 1: LA Chargers or these teams that they just never seem

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01:08:30,320 --> 01:08:33,519
Speaker 1: to get out of the duldrums of mediocrity and it

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01:08:33,560 --> 01:08:38,200
Speaker 1: does go up the ladder and you know it. It's

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Speaker 1: amazing to me that as similar as all these NFL

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Speaker 1: teams are, they're vastly different inside the doorways. When you

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Speaker 1: get in there and you said, you're right, teams like

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Speaker 1: Pittsburgh and Baltimore now Buffalo as well, that are rock

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Speaker 1: solid from the top down. Why is it so difficult

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Speaker 1: for other teams to seem to do that, because, look,

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01:08:59,160 --> 01:09:02,040
Speaker 1: you have some owners who tried to run football teams

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Speaker 1: the way they've run their businesses, which made them wealthy

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Speaker 1: enough to buy teams. And by the way, most of

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Speaker 1: these owners inherit teams, they get those from you know,

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Speaker 1: family members who've who've made the money and had the team.

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Speaker 1: So that's that's and that's another part of it. I mean,

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Speaker 1: some of these new owners, Look, what's going on down

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Speaker 1: in Houston. It is an absolute disaster. And I'm not

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Speaker 1: just saying this is someone observing from the outside. This

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01:09:24,680 --> 01:09:28,200
Speaker 1: is talking to other team owners, people very high up

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01:09:28,200 --> 01:09:31,519
Speaker 1: in the NFL. You know, Gall McNair inherited the team

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01:09:31,560 --> 01:09:34,719
Speaker 1: from his father. You know, he didn't necessarily learn the ropes.

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01:09:34,760 --> 01:09:37,679
Speaker 1: He might have different values. He's got a long way

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01:09:37,720 --> 01:09:41,200
Speaker 1: to go. And you're just saying, I mean, it's beyond

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01:09:41,280 --> 01:09:44,200
Speaker 1: a disruption of what's going on down there, And that's

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Speaker 1: part of what happens. Sometimes the new owners take over,

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01:09:47,080 --> 01:09:50,400
Speaker 1: but you also have existing owners who continue just to

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Speaker 1: run things a certain way. Maybe they meddle, maybe they're

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01:09:54,680 --> 01:09:59,920
Speaker 1: complete absentee. It's just amazing how some of these owners

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01:10:00,080 --> 01:10:02,640
Speaker 1: don't pay attention to how other owners do it, or

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01:10:02,720 --> 01:10:05,760
Speaker 1: don't want to pay attention to how other owners do it,

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Speaker 1: which is why I think it's interesting what's happening in Washington.

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Speaker 1: Dan Snyder, who was really just constantly in the mix

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01:10:13,760 --> 01:10:16,639
Speaker 1: and meddling and doing things for his team not to succeed,

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01:10:17,080 --> 01:10:19,920
Speaker 1: he has stepped out of the picture. I mean he

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01:10:20,000 --> 01:10:24,280
Speaker 1: has turned the football things over to Ron Rivera and

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01:10:24,360 --> 01:10:27,479
Speaker 1: Jason Wright, the business president, said here, we've got a

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Speaker 1: lot of things to fix, so you guys, let me

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Speaker 1: get out of your way. Can he continue to do that,

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Speaker 1: We'll see, But it seems like now they're starting to

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Speaker 1: get a little structure there. Look what's happened in Cleveland.

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Speaker 1: Andrew Berry comes in, very low key general manager, Kevin Stefanski,

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01:10:40,720 --> 01:10:43,519
Speaker 1: very low key structure in the building. It can happen.

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Speaker 1: It just depends on how ownership wants to handle things,

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01:10:47,560 --> 01:10:50,360
Speaker 1: if they hire the right people and give those right

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01:10:50,400 --> 01:10:53,040
Speaker 1: people the opportunity to run things the way they need

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01:10:53,080 --> 01:10:55,559
Speaker 1: to be run. Talking with NFL Networks, Steve wis last

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Speaker 1: one I have for you, Steve, looking forward a little

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01:10:57,880 --> 01:10:59,920
Speaker 1: bit here and going back to some of these virtual

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01:11:00,080 --> 01:11:01,800
Speaker 1: things that are gonna have to take places. We're still

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Speaker 1: in the midst of the pandemic. No combine pre draft

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Speaker 1: meetings with prospects. Teams love to control the environment. When

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Speaker 1: they get a one on one with a draft prospect,

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Speaker 1: they bring them into their own building, They walk them

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Speaker 1: around all day, they meet fifty people, they sit them

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01:11:16,680 --> 01:11:18,400
Speaker 1: in a room, they put them on a board, they

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01:11:18,400 --> 01:11:20,680
Speaker 1: get them one on one that is gone like you

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01:11:20,760 --> 01:11:23,080
Speaker 1: got to do most of that via zoom or Skype

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01:11:23,160 --> 01:11:25,240
Speaker 1: or something. And who knows. The guy could have a

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01:11:25,280 --> 01:11:26,960
Speaker 1: cheat sheet in front of him, he could have a

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01:11:27,200 --> 01:11:29,160
Speaker 1: his agent could be off camera right next to him

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01:11:29,240 --> 01:11:33,160
Speaker 1: kind of coaching him through it. How much is it

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01:11:33,160 --> 01:11:36,880
Speaker 1: going to drive teams crazy to not have that control

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Speaker 1: that they're used to having in those all important interview

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01:11:40,439 --> 01:11:44,479
Speaker 1: type sitdowns with prospects a lot. Now, you know the

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01:11:44,680 --> 01:11:47,599
Speaker 1: the interview process virtually, that's that's fine, Okay, These guys

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01:11:47,640 --> 01:11:50,920
Speaker 1: are coached up anyway, whether it's face to face or

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01:11:51,040 --> 01:11:54,880
Speaker 1: virtual where a lot of the really in terms of

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01:11:54,920 --> 01:11:59,400
Speaker 1: the interview thing is important. They take these guys to dinner, right,

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01:12:00,040 --> 01:12:02,920
Speaker 1: they just have casual conversations they see what they want

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01:12:02,920 --> 01:12:05,639
Speaker 1: to eat, they see how they interact with their parents.

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01:12:05,680 --> 01:12:08,760
Speaker 1: I mean, you talk to the really good scouts and

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01:12:08,800 --> 01:12:12,360
Speaker 1: they'll find out who is the first person that this

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01:12:12,520 --> 01:12:14,320
Speaker 1: player goes to see when he comes out of the

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Speaker 1: locker room. Is that the mother? Is that the girlfriend is?

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01:12:18,160 --> 01:12:21,160
Speaker 1: It as buddies and they do all kinds of evaluations,

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01:12:21,160 --> 01:12:23,800
Speaker 1: even on little things like that. These are things that

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01:12:23,840 --> 01:12:26,280
Speaker 1: they're not really going to be able to recoup except

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01:12:26,320 --> 01:12:29,479
Speaker 1: to interview other people about it with this new process.

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01:12:29,560 --> 01:12:32,200
Speaker 1: So the face to face with the little nuanced things

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01:12:32,360 --> 01:12:35,200
Speaker 1: are really driving them crazy. But these hardcore scouts have

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01:12:35,280 --> 01:12:38,880
Speaker 1: been watching these guys since they were freshmen. They're talking

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01:12:38,880 --> 01:12:40,120
Speaker 1: to a lot of people. They are going to be

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01:12:40,160 --> 01:12:42,720
Speaker 1: able to do pro days with them, but just not

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01:12:42,840 --> 01:12:45,800
Speaker 1: being able, like you said, to have the hands on experience.

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Speaker 1: It's going to be challenging. And this is where the

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Speaker 1: good scouting departments are really really going to have to

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Speaker 1: be on the top of their game. And again that's

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Speaker 1: where a lot of these executives changing roles. You know,

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Speaker 1: they have to hope that they've got the really good

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01:12:57,439 --> 01:12:59,720
Speaker 1: regional scouts and like that to come with them to

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Speaker 1: help and transition it's crazy. It's crazy to think we

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01:13:03,120 --> 01:13:05,880
Speaker 1: thought last year was very different for these NFL clubs,

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Speaker 1: it may even be more different this offseason. It is

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Speaker 1: crazy to think that that's even remotely possible. Steve, thanks

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Speaker 1: for the time. Safe travels back to your home base

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Speaker 1: from Tampa. We appreciate it. Thanks guys. All right, that's

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Speaker 1: Steve Wis joining us from NFL Network. Covered a lot

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Speaker 1: of ground with Steve, but he's plugged in, and I

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01:13:23,520 --> 01:13:25,759
Speaker 1: mean the guy's sitting right next to Roger Goodell on stage,

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Speaker 1: so we thought he'd be a good guy to get

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01:13:27,680 --> 01:13:29,760
Speaker 1: the lay of the land of what's to come here

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Speaker 1: in the offseason. He also did a lot of fun stuff.

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Speaker 1: He did a nice video story about the flyover that

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01:13:36,400 --> 01:13:38,800
Speaker 1: happened last night to the Super Bowl. Is good about

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01:13:38,800 --> 01:13:40,240
Speaker 1: the refueling and all that. He got a chance to

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01:13:40,240 --> 01:13:42,120
Speaker 1: go up with those guys. Nice little story you can

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Speaker 1: check out. Do you get a chance? Yeah. All the

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01:13:44,040 --> 01:13:46,160
Speaker 1: stuff's on NFL dot com and he's got that Huddle

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01:13:46,200 --> 01:13:48,519
Speaker 1: and Flow podcast. He's got some great stuff on there.

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01:13:48,920 --> 01:13:52,160
Speaker 1: Because he had Todd Bowls on not too long ago,

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01:13:52,840 --> 01:13:57,000
Speaker 1: and then he had Bruce Arians on a short time

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01:13:57,040 --> 01:13:59,479
Speaker 1: before that, and Bruce Arians as a head coach of

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01:13:59,479 --> 01:14:02,320
Speaker 1: the Buck said my number one job here is to

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Speaker 1: help my assistance become head coaches, which I thought was

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01:14:05,479 --> 01:14:10,599
Speaker 1: a very interesting view of himself because you know, it's like, oh,

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Speaker 1: you know, you hear what winning super Bowl? Winning super Bowl,

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01:14:13,880 --> 01:14:15,880
Speaker 1: you know, and all that. And I thought that was

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01:14:16,000 --> 01:14:19,400
Speaker 1: very a very enlightening and self effacing comment by him

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01:14:19,400 --> 01:14:22,160
Speaker 1: that you know, he looks at his coordinators, his future

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01:14:22,200 --> 01:14:24,200
Speaker 1: head coaches, and it's his job to groom them to

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01:14:24,240 --> 01:14:26,880
Speaker 1: become that. So I thought that was real interesting. And

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01:14:27,080 --> 01:14:29,479
Speaker 1: you know, even as Special Teams coach, Keith Armstrong, I

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01:14:29,520 --> 01:14:32,400
Speaker 1: want to say, is a black coach as well, so

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01:14:32,439 --> 01:14:35,600
Speaker 1: every one of his coordinators is a minority, and you know,

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01:14:35,880 --> 01:14:38,160
Speaker 1: guys trying to push things forward in that direction. So

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01:14:38,200 --> 01:14:41,160
Speaker 1: good on him for doing that. And now a super

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Speaker 1: Bowl champion to boot. We have to take a break,

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Speaker 1: but when we come back, more of your comments on

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Speaker 1: the tweet sheet as we're asking you what you took

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01:14:48,240 --> 01:14:51,720
Speaker 1: away from last night Super Bowl and leads you to

1414
01:14:51,800 --> 01:14:54,000
Speaker 1: think what the Bills need to do to get to

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01:14:54,080 --> 01:14:57,880
Speaker 1: that ultimate game next year. Is it a pass rush,

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01:14:58,000 --> 01:15:01,200
Speaker 1: is it getting pressure with just a front four, Is

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01:15:01,200 --> 01:15:04,120
Speaker 1: it more athletes in the back seven on defense or

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01:15:04,280 --> 01:15:06,599
Speaker 1: is it something on offense, better offensive line to win

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01:15:06,720 --> 01:15:08,720
Speaker 1: more battles at the line of scrimmage. What'd you take

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01:15:08,760 --> 01:15:10,920
Speaker 1: out of last night's game that you think the Bills

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01:15:10,960 --> 01:15:13,800
Speaker 1: need to add to their roster. We'll talk about it

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Speaker 1: next here on one Bills Live presented by Kalid to Health,

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Speaker 1: It's Buffalo Bills Radio. Welcome back to one Bills Live.

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01:15:29,920 --> 01:15:33,320
Speaker 1: Chris Brown, Steve Chaster with you as we are now

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01:15:33,360 --> 01:15:37,040
Speaker 1: into the second half of the program and we're talking

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01:15:37,479 --> 01:15:40,200
Speaker 1: post mortem Super Bowl, but with a Bill's twist here,

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01:15:40,280 --> 01:15:42,120
Speaker 1: we want to know what did last night's Super Bowl

1428
01:15:42,200 --> 01:15:45,519
Speaker 1: tell you about the about how the Bills can win

1429
01:15:45,560 --> 01:15:48,200
Speaker 1: a title? Eight oh three oh five fifty open line

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01:15:48,200 --> 01:15:50,800
Speaker 1: for you there one eight five fifty two five fifty

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01:15:50,840 --> 01:15:52,880
Speaker 1: or hit us up on the tweet sheet at one

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Speaker 1: Bills Live. Let's go back to the phones. We go

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Speaker 1: to Joe in Buffalo. Joe, what do you have for

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01:15:57,080 --> 01:16:01,280
Speaker 1: us here on one Bills Live. Him going back to

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01:16:01,560 --> 01:16:04,080
Speaker 1: the Bill's loss against Kansas City a couple of weeks

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Speaker 1: ago and comments that were made by you and both

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01:16:07,680 --> 01:16:10,800
Speaker 1: of you and frankly people from the news. It did

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01:16:10,880 --> 01:16:15,599
Speaker 1: look as though Balls was committed to a very strong

1439
01:16:15,720 --> 01:16:19,240
Speaker 1: pass rush, and I think the Bills really need to

1440
01:16:19,240 --> 01:16:22,000
Speaker 1: think about that if they want up their game, particularly

1441
01:16:22,000 --> 01:16:25,439
Speaker 1: at the end slot. But you know, kind of playing

1442
01:16:25,479 --> 01:16:30,599
Speaker 1: it out, linebackers were hitting tight ends. They just wouldn't

1443
01:16:30,640 --> 01:16:32,160
Speaker 1: let him off the line, or they hit him within

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01:16:32,240 --> 01:16:36,880
Speaker 1: the five yards and in the doubling up. It was

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01:16:37,080 --> 01:16:40,960
Speaker 1: very very chancy to do it, but it worked on

1446
01:16:41,120 --> 01:16:44,200
Speaker 1: hill and you'd think the middle would be open, but

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01:16:44,280 --> 01:16:47,440
Speaker 1: it looked like that pass rush was really very effective.

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01:16:47,479 --> 01:16:51,479
Speaker 1: I've never quite seen Mahomes have to move as much

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01:16:51,479 --> 01:16:53,040
Speaker 1: as he had to move. He was trying to run

1450
01:16:53,080 --> 01:16:55,120
Speaker 1: away from it, but then you know he'd have to

1451
01:16:55,160 --> 01:16:57,800
Speaker 1: stop and then run backwards and do the Tworld move.

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01:16:58,479 --> 01:17:01,000
Speaker 1: I think the pass rush, I think whatever tag Bowls

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01:17:01,080 --> 01:17:04,160
Speaker 1: came up with. Now, in fairness to the Chiefs, they

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01:17:04,160 --> 01:17:07,320
Speaker 1: were playing offensive linemen out of position because of the

1455
01:17:07,360 --> 01:17:11,320
Speaker 1: injury that want of linemen suffering. But putting that aside,

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01:17:11,880 --> 01:17:15,080
Speaker 1: it was the best pass rush I saw this season

1457
01:17:15,760 --> 01:17:18,000
Speaker 1: other than I think the Rams had a great pass

1458
01:17:18,120 --> 01:17:21,960
Speaker 1: rush against the Bills when we beat him up mid season,

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Speaker 1: right say that defensive line in the pass rush, particularly

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Speaker 1: in a passing week now, I'll say this, Joe, we

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Speaker 1: were talking, we're reading stuff getting ready for the show.

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Speaker 1: Bucky Brooks, former Bill In an NFL network analyst, he

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Speaker 1: thought that the Chiefs plan, I'm sorry, the Buccaneers plan

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01:17:37,840 --> 01:17:42,720
Speaker 1: against the Chiefs defensively was really similar and almost identical

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01:17:42,760 --> 01:17:45,519
Speaker 1: to what the Bills had planned to do. His point

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01:17:45,640 --> 01:17:47,719
Speaker 1: was that the Bucks just had better guys up front

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01:17:47,760 --> 01:17:49,759
Speaker 1: to get it done and played it better and executed

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Speaker 1: it better in the back end than the Bills were

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01:17:51,280 --> 01:17:55,880
Speaker 1: able to do. So. I think, and we have said

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Speaker 1: earlier in the show that Sean McDermot has said it's

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Speaker 1: about Russian and getting pressure quick with four guys in

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Speaker 1: his defensive scheme and in his best scenario of a

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Speaker 1: defense and right. And they have invested heavily to try

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Speaker 1: and find that, and they haven't been able to get

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01:18:13,800 --> 01:18:16,800
Speaker 1: it done yet they're trying, and it's their philosophy, and

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Speaker 1: I think it's obvious. They've got five of the top

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Speaker 1: eleven you said, six of the eleven salaries six on

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01:18:23,320 --> 01:18:25,439
Speaker 1: their books. Six of the top eleven salaries on their

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01:18:25,479 --> 01:18:28,639
Speaker 1: books are defensive linemen. And also the last two top

1480
01:18:28,680 --> 01:18:31,760
Speaker 1: picks they had in the draft were defensive lineman and

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01:18:31,960 --> 01:18:36,120
Speaker 1: Ed Oliver and Aja Panessa. So they've got draft picks

1482
01:18:36,960 --> 01:18:40,040
Speaker 1: and money invested on that side of the ball and

1483
01:18:40,080 --> 01:18:41,879
Speaker 1: they're not getting them. And they turn on the investment

1484
01:18:41,920 --> 01:18:44,200
Speaker 1: and they didn't look anything like the Tampa Bay Buccaneers

1485
01:18:44,200 --> 01:18:46,559
Speaker 1: pass rush. Now, as you said, the Chiefs pat the

1486
01:18:46,640 --> 01:18:50,320
Speaker 1: Chiefs offensive line was in tatters comparatively speaking to where

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01:18:50,320 --> 01:18:52,080
Speaker 1: it was two weeks ago when the Bills played them.

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01:18:52,520 --> 01:18:56,439
Speaker 1: But there you have it. The philosophies in place. They

1489
01:18:56,479 --> 01:18:58,760
Speaker 1: know they see what we see in their way out

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01:18:58,800 --> 01:19:01,559
Speaker 1: in front of it, and they have done more than

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01:19:01,600 --> 01:19:04,559
Speaker 1: just rattled shake the bushes to try and find it.

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01:19:04,680 --> 01:19:08,640
Speaker 1: They have invested in it, and you can bet that

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01:19:08,640 --> 01:19:11,320
Speaker 1: they're going to continue to. Yeah, I don't think there's

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01:19:11,360 --> 01:19:14,640
Speaker 1: any question that they know what the issues are. The

1495
01:19:14,680 --> 01:19:17,400
Speaker 1: big question is to what lengths do they go to

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01:19:17,479 --> 01:19:20,679
Speaker 1: address them and get the necessary upgrades they believe they

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01:19:20,800 --> 01:19:24,200
Speaker 1: need to have to get pressure with a front four

1498
01:19:24,320 --> 01:19:28,640
Speaker 1: consistently you're adding star Latula back into the fold. That

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01:19:28,680 --> 01:19:31,639
Speaker 1: will certainly help whoever's lining up next to him get

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01:19:31,680 --> 01:19:35,160
Speaker 1: more one on ones, So that could help the interior

1501
01:19:35,200 --> 01:19:39,280
Speaker 1: pass rush. But on the edges, do you need to

1502
01:19:39,400 --> 01:19:43,840
Speaker 1: upgrade there. I think it's it's a legitimate question. The

1503
01:19:43,920 --> 01:19:47,400
Speaker 1: problem is you have veteran players already under contract, so

1504
01:19:47,840 --> 01:19:51,200
Speaker 1: are you going to have to subtract from your books

1505
01:19:51,240 --> 01:19:54,400
Speaker 1: before you can make an addition of any ilk. So

1506
01:19:55,320 --> 01:19:58,400
Speaker 1: that's where that's where the tough decisions are going to

1507
01:19:58,439 --> 01:20:01,120
Speaker 1: be made, who to subtract from the equation in order

1508
01:20:01,120 --> 01:20:04,840
Speaker 1: to add perceived upgrades. And that's that's where the rubber

1509
01:20:04,920 --> 01:20:06,360
Speaker 1: is going to really meet the road here. So I

1510
01:20:06,400 --> 01:20:08,360
Speaker 1: think it'll be interesting. It'll be interesting to see what

1511
01:20:08,360 --> 01:20:12,599
Speaker 1: they see, knowing what they've asked guys to do, and

1512
01:20:12,920 --> 01:20:15,320
Speaker 1: seeing what they do on film, how effective they are,

1513
01:20:15,360 --> 01:20:17,360
Speaker 1: and what they're gonna where they're gonna go. And the

1514
01:20:17,400 --> 01:20:19,759
Speaker 1: big wrench in the works this year is the salary

1515
01:20:19,800 --> 01:20:22,400
Speaker 1: cap and the fact that there are going to be

1516
01:20:22,600 --> 01:20:26,840
Speaker 1: starting caliber and perhaps even great players that have to

1517
01:20:26,880 --> 01:20:31,000
Speaker 1: be cut on other teams because other teams are far

1518
01:20:31,120 --> 01:20:35,320
Speaker 1: worse financially off than the Bills are. And there's going

1519
01:20:35,360 --> 01:20:38,400
Speaker 1: to be some unbelievable players come available and see it

1520
01:20:38,439 --> 01:20:42,960
Speaker 1: already exactly. And while you may have a guy that

1521
01:20:43,120 --> 01:20:46,400
Speaker 1: has worked hard for you and contributed and been a

1522
01:20:46,400 --> 01:20:48,439
Speaker 1: guy that you love and respect, you may get a

1523
01:20:48,520 --> 01:20:51,720
Speaker 1: chance at a superstar that you can't pass up. Well,

1524
01:20:51,720 --> 01:20:53,640
Speaker 1: I mean, we just said in the Sports Update, it

1525
01:20:53,640 --> 01:20:57,240
Speaker 1: looks like Patrick Peterson in Arizona are moving towards a

1526
01:20:57,360 --> 01:21:01,160
Speaker 1: mutual parting because they're quickly realizing they can't afford that

1527
01:21:01,240 --> 01:21:03,320
Speaker 1: kind of a salary for a thirty year old cornerback.

1528
01:21:03,360 --> 01:21:05,519
Speaker 1: Even as good as Patrick Peterson is, maybe not what

1529
01:21:05,560 --> 01:21:07,320
Speaker 1: he once was, but still a heck of a player.

1530
01:21:07,400 --> 01:21:10,280
Speaker 1: That guy was a he was the dude when he

1531
01:21:10,400 --> 01:21:12,640
Speaker 1: came well, right, oh my god, I mean, let's not

1532
01:21:12,680 --> 01:21:14,439
Speaker 1: forget it was the top five draft choice. I think

1533
01:21:14,439 --> 01:21:16,160
Speaker 1: he's been to the Pro Bowl seven or eight times,

1534
01:21:16,640 --> 01:21:19,880
Speaker 1: so yeah, I mean, quality player, But what's he going

1535
01:21:19,920 --> 01:21:22,560
Speaker 1: to command in a buyer's market where people don't have

1536
01:21:22,600 --> 01:21:25,120
Speaker 1: the money to spend, Like he's getting cut because of

1537
01:21:25,160 --> 01:21:27,200
Speaker 1: the money he's making. Now, there's no way he's making

1538
01:21:27,200 --> 01:21:29,639
Speaker 1: that somewhere else. Nobody's gonna pay him the same amount

1539
01:21:29,680 --> 01:21:31,960
Speaker 1: of money because they can't afford to pay him either. Right.

1540
01:21:33,040 --> 01:21:35,160
Speaker 1: I think that the teams that you look at are

1541
01:21:35,200 --> 01:21:37,479
Speaker 1: the ones that are on the doorstep, and you can

1542
01:21:37,520 --> 01:21:39,640
Speaker 1: go down and look as as as you know, as

1543
01:21:39,640 --> 01:21:42,720
Speaker 1: well as we can. I mean teams that have a

1544
01:21:42,720 --> 01:21:48,719
Speaker 1: lot of salary cap room, and it is pretty evident

1545
01:21:48,760 --> 01:21:54,920
Speaker 1: it's Jacksonville, Indianapolis, Chess, Patriots, the Bengals, Washington. All of

1546
01:21:54,960 --> 01:21:58,160
Speaker 1: those teams got tons and tons of cap space in

1547
01:21:58,240 --> 01:22:00,519
Speaker 1: a year where it's going to be shrink so they're

1548
01:22:00,560 --> 01:22:02,439
Speaker 1: gonna be able to throw and some of those teams,

1549
01:22:02,760 --> 01:22:07,720
Speaker 1: like Jacksonville, they're gonna be throwing money around. Indianapolis is

1550
01:22:07,720 --> 01:22:10,360
Speaker 1: gonna be a real force, I think this year if

1551
01:22:10,400 --> 01:22:12,960
Speaker 1: they can find a guy to pull the trigger, if

1552
01:22:12,960 --> 01:22:15,240
Speaker 1: they can find a quarterback. Now, apparently they're all in

1553
01:22:15,360 --> 01:22:18,439
Speaker 1: and trying to acquire Carson Wentz according to reports now,

1554
01:22:18,479 --> 01:22:20,599
Speaker 1: and that's a deal that a lot of the national

1555
01:22:21,360 --> 01:22:23,720
Speaker 1: NFL reporters are saying could happen as soon as this

1556
01:22:23,760 --> 01:22:27,240
Speaker 1: week's gaining traction. I kind of got an inkling that,

1557
01:22:27,960 --> 01:22:32,400
Speaker 1: you know, Philly wants two ones, and that led to

1558
01:22:32,439 --> 01:22:34,439
Speaker 1: some hang ups. I don't know whether I mean hang

1559
01:22:34,520 --> 01:22:37,280
Speaker 1: ups like the phone hanging up the phone, right, I

1560
01:22:37,320 --> 01:22:39,519
Speaker 1: don't know that anybody wants to do that, knowing how

1561
01:22:39,520 --> 01:22:41,280
Speaker 1: bad Philly wants to move him, and they're just gonna

1562
01:22:41,280 --> 01:22:43,200
Speaker 1: sit and sit back and wait. Well, yeah, not to

1563
01:22:43,240 --> 01:22:45,960
Speaker 1: mention the fact that, Hey, if I'm taking wins, I'm

1564
01:22:46,080 --> 01:22:47,960
Speaker 1: I'm I'm taking all. I mean, I know you're taking

1565
01:22:47,960 --> 01:22:50,559
Speaker 1: a big cap hit here, but I'm also taking on

1566
01:22:50,600 --> 01:22:52,840
Speaker 1: that salary and taking that off your books. I mean

1567
01:22:52,880 --> 01:22:54,920
Speaker 1: to a certain extent, not all the bonus stuff that's

1568
01:22:54,880 --> 01:22:58,280
Speaker 1: going to hit your dead cap. But yeah, I mean,

1569
01:22:58,320 --> 01:23:00,400
Speaker 1: I think some teams might balk at that since they're

1570
01:23:00,400 --> 01:23:05,240
Speaker 1: the one inheriting the money and the salary. So there's

1571
01:23:05,280 --> 01:23:09,040
Speaker 1: that on the tweet sheet though. From car she says,

1572
01:23:09,360 --> 01:23:12,200
Speaker 1: focus on developing the running game. The mix of pass

1573
01:23:12,280 --> 01:23:15,880
Speaker 1: and run will win, along with consistent pressure the quarterback

1574
01:23:16,240 --> 01:23:20,960
Speaker 1: by the d line. Yeah, I mean, I think those

1575
01:23:21,360 --> 01:23:25,240
Speaker 1: were quite evident last night. The Bucks showed and demonstrated

1576
01:23:25,439 --> 01:23:27,559
Speaker 1: an ability to run the ball whenever they needed to.

1577
01:23:27,960 --> 01:23:30,280
Speaker 1: They need to run it a ton, but they mixed

1578
01:23:30,320 --> 01:23:33,400
Speaker 1: it in enough where it made their passing game all

1579
01:23:33,439 --> 01:23:36,280
Speaker 1: the more effective because it forced the Chiefs defense to

1580
01:23:36,360 --> 01:23:38,840
Speaker 1: respect that run game. And I thought Brady did a

1581
01:23:38,840 --> 01:23:42,320
Speaker 1: great job. Even when the Chiefs did get good pressure

1582
01:23:43,280 --> 01:23:45,960
Speaker 1: on Brady, he did a great job of just dumping

1583
01:23:45,960 --> 01:23:48,799
Speaker 1: it off to the back and alleviating the pressure immediately.

1584
01:23:48,960 --> 01:23:52,000
Speaker 1: He didn't waste his time trying. I hear Tony Romo

1585
01:23:52,080 --> 01:23:55,080
Speaker 1: even referenced this once during the broadcast. He said, Brady

1586
01:23:55,200 --> 01:23:58,559
Speaker 1: is not taking his time to see what defensive coverage

1587
01:23:58,560 --> 01:24:01,320
Speaker 1: they're deploying deep and on the back end, he knows

1588
01:24:01,360 --> 01:24:03,360
Speaker 1: he's got the check down and he's taking that because

1589
01:24:03,360 --> 01:24:05,559
Speaker 1: he's feeling the pressure. So he just take the check

1590
01:24:05,600 --> 01:24:08,519
Speaker 1: down and takes six yards and keep him on schedule. Yeah,

1591
01:24:08,520 --> 01:24:13,040
Speaker 1: and he showed it. Romo illustrated it pretty good that

1592
01:24:13,479 --> 01:24:15,960
Speaker 1: they had one pass where the running back steps up

1593
01:24:16,560 --> 01:24:20,160
Speaker 1: and the linebacker that's watching just steps up and engages

1594
01:24:20,200 --> 01:24:24,400
Speaker 1: a blocker. The backer that's checking him goes, drops back

1595
01:24:24,439 --> 01:24:26,800
Speaker 1: to double teams somebody else, and the guy releases and

1596
01:24:26,960 --> 01:24:29,120
Speaker 1: Brady hits him for a nice fifteen yard gain. And

1597
01:24:30,000 --> 01:24:33,080
Speaker 1: it's just taken right now. What you get. The ball

1598
01:24:33,080 --> 01:24:37,800
Speaker 1: comes out fast, on time, and it's virtually impossible to

1599
01:24:37,800 --> 01:24:41,240
Speaker 1: get home. Yeah, it's virtually impossible to get home. And

1600
01:24:41,320 --> 01:24:43,439
Speaker 1: that's why he was only pressured five times in the game.

1601
01:24:43,479 --> 01:24:47,080
Speaker 1: I think he only got sacked once from Captain Clutch

1602
01:24:47,720 --> 01:24:51,240
Speaker 1: find a running game double Kelsey and Hill all Day

1603
01:24:51,880 --> 01:24:54,519
Speaker 1: will most likely face Kansas City again. Actually, the Bills

1604
01:24:54,520 --> 01:24:56,360
Speaker 1: will on the road as part of their twenty twenty

1605
01:24:56,360 --> 01:24:58,559
Speaker 1: one schedule. They'll be playing the Bucks, by the way too,

1606
01:24:58,560 --> 01:25:02,280
Speaker 1: on the road next season. Yeah, and we need to

1607
01:25:02,320 --> 01:25:05,400
Speaker 1: have a more physical brand in the secondary. And I

1608
01:25:05,439 --> 01:25:07,639
Speaker 1: think what he's getting at is, you know, jamming guys

1609
01:25:07,680 --> 01:25:09,800
Speaker 1: at the line of scrimmage. You gotta get some you

1610
01:25:09,880 --> 01:25:13,320
Speaker 1: gotta get some physical guys back there. Carlton Davis, I know,

1611
01:25:13,439 --> 01:25:15,880
Speaker 1: got undressed by Tyree Hill in the first meeting. Gave

1612
01:25:15,920 --> 01:25:19,240
Speaker 1: up over two hundred yards receiving in a quarter. He

1613
01:25:19,360 --> 01:25:21,640
Speaker 1: was good last night. I mean that, And that is

1614
01:25:21,680 --> 01:25:24,240
Speaker 1: the big physical corner that you need. That guy six

1615
01:25:24,360 --> 01:25:27,599
Speaker 1: two two ten, and he can run, he's got long

1616
01:25:27,720 --> 01:25:29,680
Speaker 1: legs and all of that. He's yeah, he's built. He's

1617
01:25:29,680 --> 01:25:33,320
Speaker 1: put together really well. And it's interesting that you know that.

1618
01:25:33,560 --> 01:25:39,719
Speaker 1: The way the Bucks played, you know, there's no there's

1619
01:25:39,760 --> 01:25:42,240
Speaker 1: no question how much these teams learn from about each

1620
01:25:42,240 --> 01:25:45,880
Speaker 1: other when they play him once. The Bucks came back

1621
01:25:45,920 --> 01:25:48,320
Speaker 1: and got back into that game the first time they played,

1622
01:25:48,800 --> 01:25:50,800
Speaker 1: so they must have felt they had enough in the

1623
01:25:50,840 --> 01:25:53,080
Speaker 1: tank to beat a team like Kansas City walking into

1624
01:25:53,120 --> 01:25:55,439
Speaker 1: that and then to start out and not give Kansas

1625
01:25:55,439 --> 01:25:59,400
Speaker 1: City the spot him seventeen points like they did went

1626
01:25:59,439 --> 01:26:01,000
Speaker 1: a long way towards, you know, give him a chance

1627
01:26:01,000 --> 01:26:03,320
Speaker 1: to blow them out. They at one point after dropping

1628
01:26:03,479 --> 01:26:05,599
Speaker 1: going down I think twenty four to nothing or seventeen

1629
01:26:05,640 --> 01:26:08,200
Speaker 1: to nothing. Is seventeen to nothing in the first meeting

1630
01:26:08,240 --> 01:26:11,800
Speaker 1: in October whenever it was, they outscored him fifty five

1631
01:26:11,840 --> 01:26:15,000
Speaker 1: to ten in the next in the Super Bowl and

1632
01:26:15,000 --> 01:26:17,600
Speaker 1: the subsequent rest of that game that they played. That

1633
01:26:17,680 --> 01:26:21,000
Speaker 1: was that was pretty startling break time for us. But

1634
01:26:21,200 --> 01:26:23,920
Speaker 1: we come back. Steve is gonna like what Jay Lesh

1635
01:26:24,479 --> 01:26:26,680
Speaker 1: has to say on the tweet sheet because it's right

1636
01:26:26,760 --> 01:26:29,040
Speaker 1: up Steve's alley as far as what he thinks the

1637
01:26:29,080 --> 01:26:31,439
Speaker 1: Bills need. We'll get to that when we return here

1638
01:26:31,439 --> 01:26:34,040
Speaker 1: on One Bills Live presented by Kalida Health. It's Buffalo

1639
01:26:34,080 --> 01:26:47,439
Speaker 1: Bills Radio. I'll go back to One Bills Live. Chris Brown,

1640
01:26:47,479 --> 01:26:49,880
Speaker 1: Steve Jasner, would you is about ready to close up

1641
01:26:49,880 --> 01:26:53,000
Speaker 1: our number two of the show, and we're gonna get

1642
01:26:53,000 --> 01:26:56,839
Speaker 1: to Jay Lesh on the tweet sheet. Who is speaking

1643
01:26:56,920 --> 01:26:59,519
Speaker 1: Steve's language here? This is Steve. This is right up

1644
01:26:59,600 --> 01:27:02,240
Speaker 1: Steve's alley as to what he wants to do in

1645
01:27:02,280 --> 01:27:05,200
Speaker 1: the off season with the Bills. Beef up both lines

1646
01:27:05,840 --> 01:27:08,240
Speaker 1: bigger tight end and running back and have refs call

1647
01:27:08,360 --> 01:27:14,160
Speaker 1: PI against Kansas City's quote unquote sticky defense. And you

1648
01:27:14,200 --> 01:27:16,000
Speaker 1: know we didn't even touch on that. But first let's

1649
01:27:16,040 --> 01:27:19,519
Speaker 1: get to this, Steve beefing up the lines of scrimmage,

1650
01:27:19,520 --> 01:27:23,360
Speaker 1: respectively on offense and defense. That is the quickest way

1651
01:27:23,560 --> 01:27:26,599
Speaker 1: to make your run game better. On the offensive side,

1652
01:27:26,640 --> 01:27:28,800
Speaker 1: they're gonna have to do something on the offensive line.

1653
01:27:28,800 --> 01:27:31,160
Speaker 1: You got two key guys that are free agents, and

1654
01:27:31,240 --> 01:27:36,280
Speaker 1: John Feliciano and Darryl Williams. Cody Ford's coming back, he

1655
01:27:36,320 --> 01:27:40,040
Speaker 1: will help. Brian Winters is a free agent Ike, Butker's

1656
01:27:40,080 --> 01:27:42,800
Speaker 1: a free agent. So four of your top six are

1657
01:27:42,880 --> 01:27:45,599
Speaker 1: free agents, and you may they may walk out the door. Now,

1658
01:27:45,640 --> 01:27:47,720
Speaker 1: Actually it's not true. Four your top seven, four your

1659
01:27:47,760 --> 01:27:52,040
Speaker 1: top seven with Cody Ford being injured. Deon Dawkins and

1660
01:27:52,040 --> 01:27:53,760
Speaker 1: Mitch Moose are the only two guys as you could

1661
01:27:53,760 --> 01:27:56,120
Speaker 1: rely on bringing back this year. Mitch Morse is a

1662
01:27:56,120 --> 01:27:59,479
Speaker 1: big number and Dion just signed a new deal. Neither

1663
01:27:59,520 --> 01:28:02,479
Speaker 1: one of those guys going anywhere. And you don't think

1664
01:28:02,520 --> 01:28:05,320
Speaker 1: they look at Morris for a restructure. Maybe they're gonna ask.

1665
01:28:05,360 --> 01:28:07,640
Speaker 1: You can always say no, right, maybe an add a

1666
01:28:07,720 --> 01:28:09,920
Speaker 1: year and if he's entering year three of a four

1667
01:28:10,000 --> 01:28:13,479
Speaker 1: year deal, maybe you add a year and smooth that

1668
01:28:13,600 --> 01:28:16,439
Speaker 1: number out a little bit, maybe because it's eleven PERR.

1669
01:28:17,520 --> 01:28:21,520
Speaker 1: Yeah it's a big number. I mean, it's a big number. Yeah,

1670
01:28:21,560 --> 01:28:25,479
Speaker 1: but I you know, but be that as mate. They're

1671
01:28:25,479 --> 01:28:27,360
Speaker 1: gonna do something with their offensive line. They got some

1672
01:28:27,439 --> 01:28:30,080
Speaker 1: issues they've got to solve. And you want even if

1673
01:28:30,120 --> 01:28:32,000
Speaker 1: you if those guys do come back, you wanted to play.

1674
01:28:32,040 --> 01:28:33,760
Speaker 1: You got to play at least as good as you

1675
01:28:33,760 --> 01:28:38,080
Speaker 1: did this year, if not better. Yeah, And if you're

1676
01:28:38,080 --> 01:28:42,680
Speaker 1: gonna play differently, and I'm all about player development, but

1677
01:28:44,000 --> 01:28:46,160
Speaker 1: if you're gonna play difference, you're gonna need different guys

1678
01:28:47,720 --> 01:28:53,080
Speaker 1: whatever that means. Certainly, Darryl Williams was the most pleasant

1679
01:28:53,080 --> 01:28:55,519
Speaker 1: surprise on the offensive line this year, no doubt about it.

1680
01:28:56,080 --> 01:28:58,400
Speaker 1: They didn't have Mitch Morse for a while, they didn't

1681
01:28:58,400 --> 01:29:00,759
Speaker 1: have John Feliciano for a long time time. They lost

1682
01:29:00,800 --> 01:29:03,840
Speaker 1: Cody Ford after that, so they were never the five

1683
01:29:03,880 --> 01:29:05,800
Speaker 1: guys they thought they were going to be when when

1684
01:29:05,800 --> 01:29:08,880
Speaker 1: they came back to do the COVID protocols, they'd never

1685
01:29:08,960 --> 01:29:11,000
Speaker 1: had those five guys. They have them for three snaps

1686
01:29:11,120 --> 01:29:14,760
Speaker 1: in the what what game was? It was, uh, the

1687
01:29:14,920 --> 01:29:17,479
Speaker 1: Rams game of the Seahawks game. Maybe they had three

1688
01:29:17,560 --> 01:29:20,960
Speaker 1: they had Patriots or they had them for three three

1689
01:29:20,960 --> 01:29:24,000
Speaker 1: snaps three snaps. Yeah, and then Morris had the concussion,

1690
01:29:24,240 --> 01:29:28,720
Speaker 1: Morse got the concussion, Feliciana and and winners comes in

1691
01:29:28,840 --> 01:29:32,559
Speaker 1: or Bucker one of the two. Ford got hurt. After that. Now,

1692
01:29:32,600 --> 01:29:35,000
Speaker 1: when Mitch Morse came back, Ford had gotten hurt and

1693
01:29:35,160 --> 01:29:39,639
Speaker 1: was out. Yeah, it was unbelievable, no wonder they couldn't

1694
01:29:39,720 --> 01:29:41,800
Speaker 1: run the ball. And then we haven't talked about this,

1695
01:29:42,200 --> 01:29:46,720
Speaker 1: but the penalties that were called on Kansas City's defensive secondary.

1696
01:29:46,840 --> 01:29:51,799
Speaker 1: Oh man, social media was going nuts because well, Chiefs

1697
01:29:51,800 --> 01:29:54,160
Speaker 1: fans were mad because the flags were flying and it

1698
01:29:54,280 --> 01:29:56,479
Speaker 1: was very lopsided. I mean it was eight for ninety

1699
01:29:56,479 --> 01:29:58,719
Speaker 1: five for the Chiefs one for five for the Bucks.

1700
01:29:59,360 --> 01:30:03,439
Speaker 1: So the disparity causes a lot of consternation. And then

1701
01:30:04,240 --> 01:30:07,920
Speaker 1: I think Chiefs fans had become accustomed to seeing the

1702
01:30:08,000 --> 01:30:13,320
Speaker 1: Chiefs played defense that way without getting called AFC Championship game.

1703
01:30:13,520 --> 01:30:19,240
Speaker 1: See AFC Championship Game. And then this crew says, oh no,

1704
01:30:19,360 --> 01:30:21,880
Speaker 1: you can't do that, and say most of them were

1705
01:30:22,000 --> 01:30:25,280
Speaker 1: legit penalties. Most of it was not Carl Jeffers, the

1706
01:30:25,320 --> 01:30:28,680
Speaker 1: guy who did. He did the Ravens, the Ravens, the Bills.

1707
01:30:28,720 --> 01:30:31,479
Speaker 1: Now the Super Bowl is an all star crew of

1708
01:30:31,560 --> 01:30:34,599
Speaker 1: the highest rated officials, so it's not Cheffer's whole crew,

1709
01:30:35,040 --> 01:30:37,639
Speaker 1: but Cheffer's crew. Through the course of the regular season,

1710
01:30:38,439 --> 01:30:42,280
Speaker 1: they call more past interference penalties on average than most crews.

1711
01:30:42,320 --> 01:30:43,880
Speaker 1: I think they were either number one or number two

1712
01:30:43,880 --> 01:30:48,320
Speaker 1: in the league calling past interference. So you know, in

1713
01:30:48,400 --> 01:30:51,920
Speaker 1: the in the pregame meeting, Cheffer says, hey, let's call

1714
01:30:51,960 --> 01:30:53,760
Speaker 1: this tight. You know, he could say something like that,

1715
01:30:53,800 --> 01:30:56,479
Speaker 1: and sure enough, there they are calling it tight. And

1716
01:30:56,520 --> 01:30:58,000
Speaker 1: it made a difference in the game. I don't think

1717
01:30:58,000 --> 01:30:59,800
Speaker 1: there's any question about it. It It forced the Chiefs to

1718
01:31:00,040 --> 01:31:03,200
Speaker 1: a defense differently because they were giving up a ton

1719
01:31:03,240 --> 01:31:07,639
Speaker 1: of yardage with defensive holding pass interference. And I could

1720
01:31:07,720 --> 01:31:09,720
Speaker 1: not help but sit there and say, where the hell

1721
01:31:09,800 --> 01:31:12,599
Speaker 1: was this two weeks ago? Because there were some Bills

1722
01:31:12,600 --> 01:31:15,240
Speaker 1: receivers getting mugged in that game and nothing was getting called,

1723
01:31:15,960 --> 01:31:19,360
Speaker 1: nothing right, And it chat me to no end for

1724
01:31:19,439 --> 01:31:23,200
Speaker 1: about half a quarter. Then I was over it, right,

1725
01:31:24,400 --> 01:31:27,680
Speaker 1: Yeah I had, I'm all about I get it. I'm

1726
01:31:28,760 --> 01:31:31,080
Speaker 1: I'm not going back two weeks and dredging up what happened.

1727
01:31:31,080 --> 01:31:33,400
Speaker 1: You got to adjust in game. Chiefs got to adjust

1728
01:31:33,400 --> 01:31:35,240
Speaker 1: in game. You gotta start playing the way they're calling it.

1729
01:31:35,280 --> 01:31:38,040
Speaker 1: That's just the way it is. The Bills didn't do

1730
01:31:38,080 --> 01:31:40,240
Speaker 1: a good job of that offensively when they played the Chiefs,

1731
01:31:40,240 --> 01:31:42,560
Speaker 1: and the Chiefs didn't do it. Got good job defensively

1732
01:31:42,600 --> 01:31:45,800
Speaker 1: against the Bucks, when in this last game last night,

1733
01:31:46,200 --> 01:31:49,400
Speaker 1: the Baltimore Ravens hadn't. I told you they would be physical,

1734
01:31:49,400 --> 01:31:51,479
Speaker 1: and they tried to be physical with the Bills and

1735
01:31:51,520 --> 01:31:53,519
Speaker 1: it didn't work for the Bills. And I think the

1736
01:31:53,560 --> 01:31:56,639
Speaker 1: Bills reciprocated a little bit against Baltimore, and Baltimore didn't

1737
01:31:56,680 --> 01:32:01,639
Speaker 1: have the weapons to overcome you know, the matchups. So

1738
01:32:03,080 --> 01:32:06,440
Speaker 1: I'm sorry, we'll be laughing. I just looked at Jac's

1739
01:32:06,520 --> 01:32:11,280
Speaker 1: tweet Twitter. It's in reference to what we were just

1740
01:32:11,320 --> 01:32:14,880
Speaker 1: discussing about the officiating. So Jac says, I think the

1741
01:32:15,000 --> 01:32:18,800
Speaker 1: league is rethinking they're purposely crappy officiating two weeks ago

1742
01:32:19,080 --> 01:32:21,920
Speaker 1: after last night's crap fest of a Super Bowl. No

1743
01:32:22,080 --> 01:32:25,200
Speaker 1: flags two weeks ago helped Casey a ton. Maybe next

1744
01:32:25,240 --> 01:32:29,320
Speaker 1: time the NFL won't hire WWE refs who miss sucker punches.

1745
01:32:29,600 --> 01:32:31,760
Speaker 1: Half expected the ref to get knocked out by a

1746
01:32:31,840 --> 01:32:37,680
Speaker 1: steel chair. Ja ja C might be coming off just

1747
01:32:37,720 --> 01:32:44,320
Speaker 1: a hair bitter, just a hair bitter. Hair that is outstanding.

1748
01:32:44,760 --> 01:32:47,040
Speaker 1: That spread is tweet of the day right there, and

1749
01:32:47,080 --> 01:32:50,600
Speaker 1: that's where that's kind of the That is the quintessential

1750
01:32:50,640 --> 01:32:53,400
Speaker 1: tone of social media last night. Both in chiefs fans

1751
01:32:53,680 --> 01:32:56,880
Speaker 1: because their teams like, what are you talking about? And

1752
01:32:56,960 --> 01:33:00,040
Speaker 1: there was a couple of them where I was so

1753
01:33:00,160 --> 01:33:01,680
Speaker 1: Mike Evans. I was trying to get the ball to

1754
01:33:01,720 --> 01:33:04,000
Speaker 1: Mike Evans and Brady throws it out the back of

1755
01:33:04,040 --> 01:33:08,760
Speaker 1: the end zone. No chance, uncatchable, no chance at all

1756
01:33:08,800 --> 01:33:11,120
Speaker 1: that Evans was gonna Now he might have gotten in

1757
01:33:11,160 --> 01:33:13,960
Speaker 1: the zip code of the pass had he not been defended,

1758
01:33:15,000 --> 01:33:17,240
Speaker 1: but the defender held him off the pat the pass

1759
01:33:17,360 --> 01:33:19,240
Speaker 1: was a way out. Now there was a penalty called

1760
01:33:19,280 --> 01:33:21,000
Speaker 1: as well, which kept him from getting in the end

1761
01:33:21,080 --> 01:33:23,640
Speaker 1: zone or the zip code of that pass. But it

1762
01:33:23,680 --> 01:33:27,000
Speaker 1: was UNCATCHA neil, a front guy in the front row

1763
01:33:27,040 --> 01:33:29,160
Speaker 1: could have caught that, I thought. Jeane Sterotor had an

1764
01:33:29,200 --> 01:33:31,400
Speaker 1: interesting comment on that because there was another play down

1765
01:33:31,439 --> 01:33:34,280
Speaker 1: the sideline where there was incidental contact between Evans and

1766
01:33:34,320 --> 01:33:37,080
Speaker 1: the defensive and he got called for that too, and

1767
01:33:37,120 --> 01:33:39,160
Speaker 1: there was no chance he was catching that ball either.

1768
01:33:39,439 --> 01:33:42,840
Speaker 1: But Sterotor did point out, he said, what refs look

1769
01:33:42,920 --> 01:33:46,880
Speaker 1: at more is the foul on the play more than

1770
01:33:47,160 --> 01:33:49,400
Speaker 1: whether the ball was catchable or not. And if they

1771
01:33:49,479 --> 01:33:52,240
Speaker 1: feel the foul impeded the progress or the receiver enough

1772
01:33:52,240 --> 01:33:55,000
Speaker 1: to at least make it close, they will throw the flag.

1773
01:33:55,160 --> 01:33:58,679
Speaker 1: And that's what it was. And chiefs fans will say,

1774
01:33:58,760 --> 01:34:01,000
Speaker 1: even if like I, like I just said, even if

1775
01:34:01,000 --> 01:34:03,400
Speaker 1: the guy wasn't defended and they did that, he wouldn't

1776
01:34:03,400 --> 01:34:06,519
Speaker 1: have gotten close. It might have gotten close. He was

1777
01:34:06,560 --> 01:34:08,880
Speaker 1: not catching that ball. But by the same token I

1778
01:34:09,080 --> 01:34:11,439
Speaker 1: looked at it, the official threw that ball from underneath

1779
01:34:11,439 --> 01:34:13,479
Speaker 1: the goalpost right on right at the pull through, right

1780
01:34:14,160 --> 01:34:18,720
Speaker 1: through the flag. The ball was coming between him and

1781
01:34:18,800 --> 01:34:21,599
Speaker 1: the receiver, so that if he's watching the receiver, he's

1782
01:34:21,640 --> 01:34:23,160
Speaker 1: see the ball go through, and he'll say, well, it

1783
01:34:23,200 --> 01:34:25,320
Speaker 1: was right there, the ball was right there, not knowing

1784
01:34:25,320 --> 01:34:29,360
Speaker 1: that it was you know, deeper, little little Yeah, there

1785
01:34:29,400 --> 01:34:32,680
Speaker 1: was a lot of space between him. So you can

1786
01:34:32,720 --> 01:34:34,400
Speaker 1: make you you can make your case about the end,

1787
01:34:35,600 --> 01:34:38,240
Speaker 1: but I'm hey, when they when they throw a flag,

1788
01:34:38,360 --> 01:34:42,400
Speaker 1: throw a flag, I get it. You know, um, the

1789
01:34:42,479 --> 01:34:44,760
Speaker 1: Bucks did a really nice job on both ends of

1790
01:34:44,800 --> 01:34:48,559
Speaker 1: their defense last night. The Chiefs tried to push the

1791
01:34:48,680 --> 01:34:51,880
Speaker 1: envelope and the refs weren't having it, and it cost him.

1792
01:34:52,120 --> 01:34:54,240
Speaker 1: I think you've got to be good enough to to

1793
01:34:54,320 --> 01:34:57,240
Speaker 1: adjust to that and be ready for that. And I

1794
01:34:57,240 --> 01:34:59,479
Speaker 1: don't think the Chiefs were last one before the break

1795
01:34:59,479 --> 01:35:01,479
Speaker 1: from Marty. It just goes to show the game is

1796
01:35:01,520 --> 01:35:03,240
Speaker 1: won or lost by the big guys on the line.

1797
01:35:03,240 --> 01:35:05,559
Speaker 1: If Brady would have been playing for Casey and Mahomes

1798
01:35:05,560 --> 01:35:07,840
Speaker 1: would have been playing for Tampa, I don't think Brady

1799
01:35:07,840 --> 01:35:11,120
Speaker 1: would have finished the game because we all know Brady

1800
01:35:11,120 --> 01:35:14,360
Speaker 1: can't move like Mahomes does, and he's probably right break

1801
01:35:14,400 --> 01:35:16,920
Speaker 1: time for us. When we get into the third hour

1802
01:35:16,920 --> 01:35:19,080
Speaker 1: of the program. We'll continue reading your comments on the

1803
01:35:19,120 --> 01:35:23,160
Speaker 1: tweet sheet, but we also want to discuss where this

1804
01:35:23,280 --> 01:35:26,320
Speaker 1: puts Brady in the pantheon of all time champions. I

1805
01:35:26,360 --> 01:35:29,280
Speaker 1: think he's far and away number one in the annals

1806
01:35:29,280 --> 01:35:33,360
Speaker 1: of football, But what about all professional sports? Where does

1807
01:35:33,360 --> 01:35:36,160
Speaker 1: he rank there? Steve and I will discuss when we

1808
01:35:36,200 --> 01:35:38,840
Speaker 1: return here on One Bills Live, presented by Kalida Health.

1809
01:35:38,880 --> 01:35:52,879
Speaker 1: This is Buffalo Bills Radio, Hello, Bills Radio Network Sports

1810
01:35:53,439 --> 01:35:56,320
Speaker 1: Date your sports update from One Bill's Drive. Tom Brady

1811
01:35:56,320 --> 01:35:58,840
Speaker 1: grabbed his seven Super Bowl title and ten appearances as

1812
01:35:58,840 --> 01:36:01,719
Speaker 1: the Bucks dominated the chief last night thirty one to nine.

1813
01:36:02,160 --> 01:36:05,720
Speaker 1: Brady was named MVP after throwing three touchdowns to lead

1814
01:36:05,760 --> 01:36:08,360
Speaker 1: the Bucks offense, but it was Tampa's defense that limited

1815
01:36:08,400 --> 01:36:11,639
Speaker 1: the Chiefs to just three field goals, pressuring Patrick Mahomes

1816
01:36:11,680 --> 01:36:16,000
Speaker 1: twenty nine times with three sacks. They also forced two interceptions.

1817
01:36:16,280 --> 01:36:19,880
Speaker 1: The quarterback carousel could be taking a wild turn this offseason.

1818
01:36:20,160 --> 01:36:22,640
Speaker 1: The Seahawks, according to reports, have received a couple of

1819
01:36:22,640 --> 01:36:26,040
Speaker 1: calls about a possible trade of quarterback Russell Wilson, although

1820
01:36:26,080 --> 01:36:29,360
Speaker 1: per report from NFL Media, there's no chance Seattle will

1821
01:36:29,360 --> 01:36:33,479
Speaker 1: trade him, although they will listen. The next big quarterback

1822
01:36:33,520 --> 01:36:36,960
Speaker 1: trade will probably include Carson Wentz, and that could happen

1823
01:36:37,000 --> 01:36:39,920
Speaker 1: as soon as this week. According to reports, the Eagles

1824
01:36:39,920 --> 01:36:42,880
Speaker 1: are expected to trade the former first round quarterback. Wentz

1825
01:36:43,000 --> 01:36:44,760
Speaker 1: was benched at the end of the regular season in

1826
01:36:44,800 --> 01:36:48,000
Speaker 1: favor of Jalen Hurts. One team reported to be all in,

1827
01:36:48,479 --> 01:36:52,240
Speaker 1: as the Indianapolis Colts, but the return compensation is what's

1828
01:36:52,320 --> 01:36:56,000
Speaker 1: unclear at this point. The Arizona Cardinals and former All

1829
01:36:56,000 --> 01:37:00,000
Speaker 1: Pro cornerback Patrick Peterson parting ways barring a significant change

1830
01:37:00,080 --> 01:37:04,120
Speaker 1: in stances. Peterson, now thirty, has enjoyed eight Pro Bowls

1831
01:37:04,120 --> 01:37:07,639
Speaker 1: and three first team All Pro selections since being taken

1832
01:37:07,760 --> 01:37:12,120
Speaker 1: fifth overall in the twenty eleven draft, and the Sabers

1833
01:37:12,439 --> 01:37:16,759
Speaker 1: have already had four games postponed and rescheduled by the NHL. Today,

1834
01:37:17,120 --> 01:37:20,120
Speaker 1: they had their ninth player added to the NHL's COVID

1835
01:37:20,160 --> 01:37:24,599
Speaker 1: protocol list in Ross mus Dallen Kasey Middlestat was added

1836
01:37:24,640 --> 01:37:27,639
Speaker 1: on Sunday. At Coach Ralph Krueger has also tested positive

1837
01:37:27,680 --> 01:37:31,200
Speaker 1: for COVID nineteen. Buffalo's next game is slated for Thursday

1838
01:37:31,600 --> 01:37:36,080
Speaker 1: against the Washington Capitals. That is your sports update, Chris Brown,

1839
01:37:36,160 --> 01:37:39,120
Speaker 1: Steve Tasker our number three of the program, broadcasting live

1840
01:37:39,200 --> 01:37:42,799
Speaker 1: from the Seneca Studios in Orchard Park, and we are

1841
01:37:43,200 --> 01:37:47,080
Speaker 1: in this third hour going to discuss who was at

1842
01:37:47,080 --> 01:37:50,920
Speaker 1: the top of the championship mountain in professional sports. I

1843
01:37:50,960 --> 01:37:54,719
Speaker 1: think we've determined that seven Super Bowls has put Tom

1844
01:37:54,760 --> 01:37:58,280
Speaker 1: Brady far and away atop the list in the NFL.

1845
01:37:59,680 --> 01:38:02,360
Speaker 1: I have to go back a long ways. Otto Graham

1846
01:38:02,360 --> 01:38:06,320
Speaker 1: fourteen championship games in fifteen years. Yeah, in a league

1847
01:38:06,360 --> 01:38:09,920
Speaker 1: that was what that was, the NFL champion teams pre

1848
01:38:10,040 --> 01:38:13,000
Speaker 1: Super fourteen teams, something like that. He was fifty twelve,

1849
01:38:13,439 --> 01:38:19,160
Speaker 1: forties and fifties, so pre Super Bowl era. Yes, but

1850
01:38:19,240 --> 01:38:21,720
Speaker 1: that's how far you're going back, right, somebody like that.

1851
01:38:21,920 --> 01:38:25,040
Speaker 1: And if you're talking pure numbers, you know, we all

1852
01:38:25,080 --> 01:38:28,600
Speaker 1: know Bill Russell won eleven titles in twelve finals appearances

1853
01:38:28,600 --> 01:38:33,040
Speaker 1: for the Boston Celtics. We know that Yogi Barrow won

1854
01:38:33,080 --> 01:38:36,920
Speaker 1: ten World Series titles in fourteen trips to the World

1855
01:38:36,920 --> 01:38:42,160
Speaker 1: Series in his career, which lasted twenty years. Kareem Abdul

1856
01:38:42,240 --> 01:38:46,439
Speaker 1: Jabbar six titles in twenty seasons. Michael Jordan's six titles

1857
01:38:46,439 --> 01:38:52,639
Speaker 1: in six finals appearances, that's pretty good. Mark Messier six cups,

1858
01:38:52,720 --> 01:38:59,240
Speaker 1: Brian Troccier six cups, Henri Richard eleven cups, his older

1859
01:38:59,280 --> 01:39:03,920
Speaker 1: brother Maurice Richard eight cups. But in all fairness, that

1860
01:39:04,000 --> 01:39:08,360
Speaker 1: was during the original six days, six teams, sixteams, no

1861
01:39:08,520 --> 01:39:12,200
Speaker 1: free agency. Yeah, I don't know if those hold quite

1862
01:39:12,200 --> 01:39:15,640
Speaker 1: as much water. I would consider Messier six cups and

1863
01:39:15,720 --> 01:39:19,760
Speaker 1: Brian Troccier six cups in more in higher standing than

1864
01:39:19,800 --> 01:39:23,679
Speaker 1: those in football. The only the guy Tom Brady's seven rings. Now,

1865
01:39:24,520 --> 01:39:28,439
Speaker 1: Charles Hailey, the linebacker, had five rings. I'd like three

1866
01:39:28,520 --> 01:39:34,960
Speaker 1: with three with the Niners, two with the Cowboys or

1867
01:39:35,040 --> 01:39:38,280
Speaker 1: vice versa. Oh yeah, Charles Haley, Charles Haley, Ted Hendricks

1868
01:39:38,320 --> 01:39:41,840
Speaker 1: and all these there's there's literally fifty guys that have

1869
01:39:41,960 --> 01:39:46,519
Speaker 1: four of them, not fifty twenty five thirty. Yeah, all

1870
01:39:46,520 --> 01:39:48,680
Speaker 1: there's twenty two, many from the forty nine Ers and

1871
01:39:48,720 --> 01:39:51,840
Speaker 1: Steelers teams exactly, and then a one four in the

1872
01:39:51,880 --> 01:39:55,280
Speaker 1: span of a decade. Ted Hendricks won four. I guess

1873
01:39:55,280 --> 01:39:58,360
Speaker 1: with the Raiders. I imagined that's the team. Well, the

1874
01:39:58,400 --> 01:40:04,800
Speaker 1: Raiders haven't won four Super bowl Say, I don't know five, Um,

1875
01:40:05,040 --> 01:40:07,800
Speaker 1: eighty five didn't win in eighty five early and eighty

1876
01:40:07,800 --> 01:40:10,760
Speaker 1: five with the not the eighty six Super Bowl after

1877
01:40:10,800 --> 01:40:14,400
Speaker 1: the radio after the eighty five Bears. Who won it

1878
01:40:14,400 --> 01:40:16,559
Speaker 1: in eighty four? I got it was the Niners. Now

1879
01:40:16,560 --> 01:40:18,639
Speaker 1: I go go back. It's Ted Hendricks with the Niners

1880
01:40:18,680 --> 01:40:20,400
Speaker 1: at the end of his career. Maybe maybe it's a

1881
01:40:20,400 --> 01:40:24,120
Speaker 1: different Ted Hendricks too. I don't know, probably not goes

1882
01:40:24,320 --> 01:40:27,439
Speaker 1: let me just because they want Raiders won in eighty

1883
01:40:27,520 --> 01:40:31,200
Speaker 1: three nine. Yeah, the Raiders have three Super Bowl titles,

1884
01:40:31,520 --> 01:40:33,000
Speaker 1: so you must have won it with the Niners and

1885
01:40:33,080 --> 01:40:40,000
Speaker 1: eighty four the stork um. Yeah, I I don't know.

1886
01:40:40,080 --> 01:40:44,160
Speaker 1: Bill Russell is that's tough to beat, man. I don't

1887
01:40:44,160 --> 01:40:47,240
Speaker 1: know if we can get past Bill Russell and Yogi bearra.

1888
01:40:47,320 --> 01:40:48,560
Speaker 1: I mean, the guy's got one for each of the the

1889
01:40:48,600 --> 01:40:51,479
Speaker 1: guys that have four rings. Yogi Bears got one for

1890
01:40:51,520 --> 01:40:55,599
Speaker 1: each of his dang fingers. That's that's incredible. Yeah, World Series.

1891
01:40:55,800 --> 01:40:59,360
Speaker 1: I mean, come on, man, that is just that's that's big,

1892
01:40:59,439 --> 01:41:02,760
Speaker 1: and that's it's it's a little bit subjective too. I

1893
01:41:02,760 --> 01:41:05,160
Speaker 1: mean there's a Yogi Bear while he was a you know,

1894
01:41:05,240 --> 01:41:08,639
Speaker 1: Hall of Famer. Um. Baseball is a little bit harder

1895
01:41:08,680 --> 01:41:14,800
Speaker 1: to pin. It's it's a different sport, it is. It

1896
01:41:14,880 --> 01:41:16,920
Speaker 1: is a lot of games though. I mean, the Cream

1897
01:41:17,000 --> 01:41:19,360
Speaker 1: rises to the top one hundred and sixty well back then,

1898
01:41:19,400 --> 01:41:23,799
Speaker 1: one hundred and fifty eight games, you're it's yeah, you're yeah.

1899
01:41:23,800 --> 01:41:27,599
Speaker 1: And that's a group and there was no free agency ariana.

1900
01:41:27,680 --> 01:41:29,320
Speaker 1: So once you get that group together, you get all

1901
01:41:29,360 --> 01:41:32,040
Speaker 1: it gotten. And I mean the Yankees back then, by

1902
01:41:32,080 --> 01:41:34,439
Speaker 1: far had the best farm system in baseball and and

1903
01:41:34,479 --> 01:41:38,280
Speaker 1: did so for a long time. Um, they just knew

1904
01:41:38,320 --> 01:41:41,360
Speaker 1: how to find talent and then groom it. I mean

1905
01:41:41,400 --> 01:41:44,400
Speaker 1: it was just one guy after another, just superstar player

1906
01:41:44,439 --> 01:41:48,920
Speaker 1: after superstar player. I mean, it's ridiculous, you know, from

1907
01:41:49,000 --> 01:41:52,080
Speaker 1: Joe Joe DiMaggio retires and gives way to Mickey Mantle,

1908
01:41:52,120 --> 01:41:54,599
Speaker 1: Like you're kidding me, Like, what the hell? It's it's

1909
01:41:54,720 --> 01:41:59,000
Speaker 1: ridiculous way it works, man. But yeah, so I don't

1910
01:41:59,000 --> 01:42:01,759
Speaker 1: know all times, yeah, in the in the sport of football,

1911
01:42:02,240 --> 01:42:03,960
Speaker 1: and I'm not I don't think this is even a

1912
01:42:03,960 --> 01:42:06,000
Speaker 1: prisoner of the moment thing. I think there's no question

1913
01:42:06,040 --> 01:42:10,760
Speaker 1: he's Brady's far and away the guy. Yeah, he's far

1914
01:42:10,800 --> 01:42:13,200
Speaker 1: and away the goat. And I mean a lot of

1915
01:42:13,200 --> 01:42:15,720
Speaker 1: people thought Montana and Bradshaw were the standard. He's got

1916
01:42:15,720 --> 01:42:18,439
Speaker 1: almost twice as many as those two guys. He's still playing.

1917
01:42:19,960 --> 01:42:22,679
Speaker 1: He may finish with twice as many. He's still playing

1918
01:42:22,760 --> 01:42:26,760
Speaker 1: this and this, this Tampa Bay team has has got

1919
01:42:26,800 --> 01:42:28,600
Speaker 1: a chance to kind of hang in there. You know,

1920
01:42:29,120 --> 01:42:32,200
Speaker 1: seventy percent winning percentage in the ultimate game. They are,

1921
01:42:32,360 --> 01:42:35,040
Speaker 1: that's pretty good. They are top ten in the league.

1922
01:42:35,080 --> 01:42:37,320
Speaker 1: They got thirty eight million dollars in cap space coming

1923
01:42:37,400 --> 01:42:40,560
Speaker 1: up already right now, A lot of expiring contracts, but

1924
01:42:40,600 --> 01:42:44,200
Speaker 1: they've only got thirty players signed. Yeah, that's that's the point.

1925
01:42:44,240 --> 01:42:47,479
Speaker 1: A lot of expiring contracts, only thirty players signed. So

1926
01:42:47,520 --> 01:42:51,040
Speaker 1: we'll see, we'll see how they do. You know. That's

1927
01:42:51,920 --> 01:42:54,519
Speaker 1: it's pretty funny when Jim Nance asked Brady last night

1928
01:42:55,520 --> 01:42:57,960
Speaker 1: and you are coming back. Oh, you know I'm coming back?

1929
01:42:58,000 --> 01:43:03,479
Speaker 1: You know that? Yes, Okay, how about that? With Tom

1930
01:43:03,520 --> 01:43:05,479
Speaker 1: Brady on the on the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. With the

1931
01:43:05,560 --> 01:43:09,400
Speaker 1: thirty players they have under contract, their average age is

1932
01:43:09,479 --> 01:43:12,200
Speaker 1: twenty six and a half years old on that roster.

1933
01:43:13,320 --> 01:43:16,160
Speaker 1: That's not bad. They've done a pretty good job of drafting. Now,

1934
01:43:16,400 --> 01:43:19,599
Speaker 1: granted they were drafting high recently. You know, Devin White

1935
01:43:19,680 --> 01:43:22,920
Speaker 1: was the fifth pick in the draft. But they made

1936
01:43:22,960 --> 01:43:25,800
Speaker 1: a count and that's how you get better. Let's go

1937
01:43:25,840 --> 01:43:28,160
Speaker 1: to the phones at eight oh three, oh five, fifty one,

1938
01:43:28,320 --> 01:43:31,639
Speaker 1: eighty five, fifty two, five fifty Sean McCoy with two

1939
01:43:31,640 --> 01:43:33,720
Speaker 1: Super Bowl rings in the last two years, by the way,

1940
01:43:33,720 --> 01:43:35,960
Speaker 1: with the Bucks and chefs respectively, and not doing a

1941
01:43:35,960 --> 01:43:39,160
Speaker 1: whole lot to get them. Uh, let's go to rich

1942
01:43:39,320 --> 01:43:41,040
Speaker 1: In Tanawan. They're rich. What do you have for us?

1943
01:43:41,040 --> 01:43:46,400
Speaker 1: You're on one Bills Live. Hey guys, yesterday's the game

1944
01:43:46,560 --> 01:43:48,759
Speaker 1: proved a couple of things to me. Of course, Brady

1945
01:43:48,920 --> 01:43:52,320
Speaker 1: is Brady, the guy is simply great. But what it

1946
01:43:52,360 --> 01:43:56,000
Speaker 1: did prove to me is that the Bucks coaching showed

1947
01:43:56,040 --> 01:43:59,400
Speaker 1: what a lousy job the Bills coaches did during the

1948
01:43:59,479 --> 01:44:03,960
Speaker 1: Kansas City Bills game. For example, on offense, where were

1949
01:44:03,960 --> 01:44:08,120
Speaker 1: the screenplays in the draws? Day Ball constantly gets hung

1950
01:44:08,200 --> 01:44:11,400
Speaker 1: up on the long ball and he ignores the tight

1951
01:44:11,520 --> 01:44:15,360
Speaker 1: ends with the screenplays in the draws. And then on defense,

1952
01:44:16,120 --> 01:44:20,200
Speaker 1: crazier again, he insists on playing zone when Manda Man

1953
01:44:20,240 --> 01:44:22,879
Speaker 1: would have done a better job and he didn't blitz.

1954
01:44:23,800 --> 01:44:27,400
Speaker 1: Look what Errands did with the blitzing and they held

1955
01:44:28,280 --> 01:44:31,559
Speaker 1: what's his name there, mahomes in check. Well, I think

1956
01:44:31,560 --> 01:44:35,040
Speaker 1: the Bills that allows the coaching job and Errands did

1957
01:44:35,080 --> 01:44:39,160
Speaker 1: a great coaching. Well, I'll counter your comment Rich with this. Okay,

1958
01:44:39,520 --> 01:44:42,320
Speaker 1: Bruce Arians did not blitz as a matter of fact,

1959
01:44:42,360 --> 01:44:45,719
Speaker 1: they only blitzed him five times in the entire game.

1960
01:44:46,560 --> 01:44:49,120
Speaker 1: The difference was they got better pressure with their front

1961
01:44:49,160 --> 01:44:51,960
Speaker 1: four than the Bills did, so, in my opinion, it

1962
01:44:52,040 --> 01:44:54,759
Speaker 1: was a better executed game plan because of the talent

1963
01:44:54,840 --> 01:44:56,920
Speaker 1: that they had on the field. And then I think

1964
01:44:56,920 --> 01:44:59,360
Speaker 1: you can flip that screen game argument right around on

1965
01:44:59,400 --> 01:45:01,920
Speaker 1: the Chiefs. Where was the screen game for the Chiefs

1966
01:45:01,960 --> 01:45:04,519
Speaker 1: when they were when Mahomes was under immense pressure? They

1967
01:45:04,640 --> 01:45:07,880
Speaker 1: never turned to it either. So while I while I

1968
01:45:07,920 --> 01:45:11,680
Speaker 1: respect your opinion, I you know, I think that you

1969
01:45:11,720 --> 01:45:14,160
Speaker 1: can just as easily look at the game plans of

1970
01:45:14,439 --> 01:45:16,960
Speaker 1: the Chiefs in this game and say the same thing.

1971
01:45:17,000 --> 01:45:20,360
Speaker 1: We've also related Rich that we've also heard some analysts

1972
01:45:20,360 --> 01:45:22,320
Speaker 1: talk about Bucky Brooks. For one of them said that

1973
01:45:22,360 --> 01:45:28,000
Speaker 1: the Buccaneers mimicked the Bills coaching scheme and the Bills

1974
01:45:28,080 --> 01:45:32,320
Speaker 1: game plan defensively against the Chiefs very closely. The difference

1975
01:45:32,439 --> 01:45:34,080
Speaker 1: was that they had the guys to execute it better

1976
01:45:34,080 --> 01:45:36,800
Speaker 1: than the Bills. They had four guys that could get

1977
01:45:36,800 --> 01:45:40,120
Speaker 1: to the pastor a lot better than the Bills did. So,

1978
01:45:40,920 --> 01:45:42,759
Speaker 1: and you can say what you want about the offensive

1979
01:45:42,760 --> 01:45:45,040
Speaker 1: game plan, the screens and draws. Yeah, I mean you

1980
01:45:45,120 --> 01:45:46,920
Speaker 1: wish the Bills would have scored a lot more points

1981
01:45:46,920 --> 01:45:48,760
Speaker 1: than they were able to do. So I'm not going

1982
01:45:48,800 --> 01:45:50,920
Speaker 1: to take care. There's not much you can say about that. Yeah,

1983
01:45:50,920 --> 01:45:52,479
Speaker 1: the Bills will tell you they needed to do different,

1984
01:45:52,479 --> 01:45:58,720
Speaker 1: something different, as well. But defensively Brownie's right on. The

1985
01:45:58,800 --> 01:46:01,920
Speaker 1: Bills had to rush, had to blitz the passer to

1986
01:46:02,000 --> 01:46:04,640
Speaker 1: get pressure, which left them vulnerable in their back end.

1987
01:46:04,680 --> 01:46:06,360
Speaker 1: They didn't have enough guys to cover up all that

1988
01:46:06,439 --> 01:46:09,839
Speaker 1: speed that Kansas City brought because they couldn't get pressure

1989
01:46:10,040 --> 01:46:13,800
Speaker 1: consistently with the front four. And the Bucks covered those

1990
01:46:13,800 --> 01:46:15,679
Speaker 1: guys up in the back end because they drew more

1991
01:46:15,720 --> 01:46:17,639
Speaker 1: bodies back there to do it and they got quick

1992
01:46:17,640 --> 01:46:20,280
Speaker 1: pressure with just four guys. That was the difference. But

1993
01:46:20,360 --> 01:46:22,479
Speaker 1: the game plan a lot of it. The Bills had

1994
01:46:22,520 --> 01:46:24,599
Speaker 1: to adjust on the fly because they couldn't get pressure

1995
01:46:24,600 --> 01:46:28,320
Speaker 1: and they had to blitz the chiefs and the Bucks didn't.

1996
01:46:28,320 --> 01:46:32,400
Speaker 1: And that's the difference. But at first blush and at

1997
01:46:32,439 --> 01:46:34,320
Speaker 1: the core of it, the Bills had, you know, kind

1998
01:46:34,320 --> 01:46:37,200
Speaker 1: of According to other not just me sitting here talking

1999
01:46:37,200 --> 01:46:40,560
Speaker 1: about other guys have said, the Bucks did almost exactly

2000
01:46:40,560 --> 01:46:42,760
Speaker 1: what the Bills did, except they executed it better. So

2001
01:46:43,560 --> 01:46:47,160
Speaker 1: if you're gonna give the Bucks credit for doing something

2002
01:46:47,200 --> 01:46:49,640
Speaker 1: the Bills didn't do, I mean the coaches tried to

2003
01:46:49,640 --> 01:46:51,080
Speaker 1: get them to do it and the players couldn't pull

2004
01:46:51,120 --> 01:46:54,160
Speaker 1: it off, credit the Bucks players for executing better. Don't

2005
01:46:54,400 --> 01:46:56,800
Speaker 1: bag on the Bills coaches for not drawing it up better.

2006
01:46:56,800 --> 01:46:58,280
Speaker 1: But I mean I get it. I mean you can

2007
01:46:58,560 --> 01:46:59,840
Speaker 1: say what you want about the Bills in a bit

2008
01:46:59,920 --> 01:47:03,800
Speaker 1: of score points for not throwing screens, no whatever. But

2009
01:47:03,920 --> 01:47:06,519
Speaker 1: by the same token, the Chiefs never turned to a

2010
01:47:06,520 --> 01:47:09,679
Speaker 1: screen game either. When Mahomes was under ridiculous pressure. Yeah,

2011
01:47:09,720 --> 01:47:12,679
Speaker 1: that was puzzling to me. I mean, he was arguably

2012
01:47:12,720 --> 01:47:15,360
Speaker 1: under more pressure than Josh Allen, wasn't the Chiefs game? Yeah,

2013
01:47:15,840 --> 01:47:19,080
Speaker 1: let's go back to the phones and to DJ in Connecticut. DJ,

2014
01:47:19,240 --> 01:47:23,479
Speaker 1: what do you have for us? You're on One Bill's Live. Hi, guys, thanks,

2015
01:47:23,520 --> 01:47:26,719
Speaker 1: great show, as all was. Um, I have no idea.

2016
01:47:27,360 --> 01:47:31,519
Speaker 1: I've never read a report what happens in NFL owners meetings,

2017
01:47:31,520 --> 01:47:33,679
Speaker 1: and I don't know if it's just the thirty two

2018
01:47:33,680 --> 01:47:36,519
Speaker 1: owners or the gems or with him or whatever. But

2019
01:47:36,800 --> 01:47:38,960
Speaker 1: I was wondering if you guys could could weigh in

2020
01:47:39,000 --> 01:47:40,960
Speaker 1: on this. What do you think is going to happen

2021
01:47:41,080 --> 01:47:43,800
Speaker 1: or what do you think the discussion is When you

2022
01:47:43,880 --> 01:47:48,160
Speaker 1: get these thirty two owners together and the topic of

2023
01:47:48,160 --> 01:47:52,519
Speaker 1: officiating comes up, and you've got the Pagoula's with regards

2024
01:47:52,560 --> 01:47:56,479
Speaker 1: to the AFC Championship in which the referees basically swallowed

2025
01:47:56,479 --> 01:47:59,599
Speaker 1: their whistles or didn't call anything. And then you got

2026
01:47:59,640 --> 01:48:04,360
Speaker 1: them the Hunt family in the Super Bowl where they

2027
01:48:04,479 --> 01:48:11,040
Speaker 1: called tikie tack fouls and a completely different level of

2028
01:48:10,360 --> 01:48:16,640
Speaker 1: um officiating UM what would you call it? Um activity?

2029
01:48:17,200 --> 01:48:20,519
Speaker 1: But this isn't like one game versus another. These are

2030
01:48:20,600 --> 01:48:24,960
Speaker 1: the last three games of the tournament, and you've got

2031
01:48:25,040 --> 01:48:29,559
Speaker 1: just ridiculously different levels of officials involvement in the AFC

2032
01:48:29,720 --> 01:48:33,320
Speaker 1: Championship and the Super Bowl. I'm not complaining, but I'm like,

2033
01:48:33,560 --> 01:48:37,360
Speaker 1: I'm wondering, Like, you throw these two, these two owners

2034
01:48:37,439 --> 01:48:40,160
Speaker 1: in the same room and they'll have they'll have the

2035
01:48:40,200 --> 01:48:44,960
Speaker 1: same complaint that this is inconsistent with one one getting

2036
01:48:45,040 --> 01:48:47,400
Speaker 1: hurt the game before and one getting hurt the game after.

2037
01:48:47,479 --> 01:48:50,840
Speaker 1: What do you guys think about that? You're right, U DJ.

2038
01:48:51,080 --> 01:48:54,920
Speaker 1: That has always been the holy grail of officiating, not

2039
01:48:54,960 --> 01:48:57,719
Speaker 1: just in football, but in the NBA, in the NHL

2040
01:48:57,880 --> 01:49:01,320
Speaker 1: and whatever pro sport you want to talk about. The

2041
01:49:01,479 --> 01:49:05,679
Speaker 1: players and coaches are pros and they'll adjust to whatever

2042
01:49:05,840 --> 01:49:07,960
Speaker 1: level you're gonna give them on a week to week basis.

2043
01:49:08,000 --> 01:49:12,080
Speaker 1: The difference is like what you saw last night, one

2044
01:49:12,200 --> 01:49:15,320
Speaker 1: week they will call a penalty, and the next week,

2045
01:49:15,400 --> 01:49:18,880
Speaker 1: seemingly for the exact same infraction, they will not. That's

2046
01:49:18,880 --> 01:49:20,679
Speaker 1: hard for players to get used to, and that's really

2047
01:49:20,680 --> 01:49:23,280
Speaker 1: all players would ask for. Whether it's one way or

2048
01:49:23,320 --> 01:49:26,840
Speaker 1: the other, fine, just pick one, but with it the

2049
01:49:26,840 --> 01:49:29,160
Speaker 1: whole you gotta let us know what it's going to

2050
01:49:29,280 --> 01:49:32,599
Speaker 1: be not And certainly it goes without saying that the

2051
01:49:32,680 --> 01:49:36,719
Speaker 1: same crew should call the same penalty in the same game,

2052
01:49:37,040 --> 01:49:40,879
Speaker 1: the same way in the first quarter, third quarter, fourth quarter, overtime.

2053
01:49:40,920 --> 01:49:44,639
Speaker 1: It should be the same all the time. Let alone.

2054
01:49:45,800 --> 01:49:48,920
Speaker 1: That's should because of the same guys on the field.

2055
01:49:49,000 --> 01:49:50,840
Speaker 1: That should always be the same. That should be the

2056
01:49:50,840 --> 01:49:53,040
Speaker 1: bare minimum. I see when you get you know, when

2057
01:49:53,080 --> 01:49:55,080
Speaker 1: you get different guys in different games and you know

2058
01:49:55,120 --> 01:49:57,679
Speaker 1: a different environment, it's hard to call it the exact

2059
01:49:57,680 --> 01:49:59,479
Speaker 1: same way as this other team did or the other

2060
01:49:59,479 --> 01:50:05,439
Speaker 1: crew did in another game. That's always been a problem

2061
01:50:05,520 --> 01:50:09,000
Speaker 1: for every sport, and it's going to continue to be

2062
01:50:09,000 --> 01:50:11,040
Speaker 1: because I think you're dealing with a bunch of human beings,

2063
01:50:11,040 --> 01:50:15,439
Speaker 1: and it's absolute judgment, and it's it's subjective to every

2064
01:50:15,439 --> 01:50:17,880
Speaker 1: official what he sees, what he knows, and what he

2065
01:50:17,920 --> 01:50:21,200
Speaker 1: calls from one guy to the next. It's not it's

2066
01:50:21,240 --> 01:50:25,040
Speaker 1: not objective they're going to call it the same try to,

2067
01:50:25,600 --> 01:50:29,240
Speaker 1: but they can't. So you're right, DJ. It is maddening.

2068
01:50:29,280 --> 01:50:32,080
Speaker 1: And I'm sure owners there's been time and time again

2069
01:50:32,120 --> 01:50:33,880
Speaker 1: where the owners go crazy. And we saw it a

2070
01:50:33,880 --> 01:50:37,160
Speaker 1: couple of years ago with the challenge rule came into

2071
01:50:37,200 --> 01:50:41,880
Speaker 1: effect because of an egregious miss by the officiating crew. Um,

2072
01:50:44,840 --> 01:50:47,559
Speaker 1: they don't change very much. They know that, and the

2073
01:50:47,640 --> 01:50:49,599
Speaker 1: league sells them on it and does a nice job

2074
01:50:49,640 --> 01:50:52,040
Speaker 1: selling them on because I think it's true. The league

2075
01:50:52,040 --> 01:50:54,760
Speaker 1: works on this hard. They work hard on it. They

2076
01:50:54,800 --> 01:50:57,120
Speaker 1: talk to their officials, they school them up, they watch film,

2077
01:50:57,160 --> 01:50:59,160
Speaker 1: they tell them how they want it called. They and

2078
01:50:59,160 --> 01:51:00,800
Speaker 1: they want them all to call all the same way,

2079
01:51:00,840 --> 01:51:05,280
Speaker 1: all of that stuff. But it's it's hard to come by, man,

2080
01:51:05,680 --> 01:51:07,920
Speaker 1: And just distency is hard to come by. And just

2081
01:51:07,960 --> 01:51:12,520
Speaker 1: the fact that you have so many elements to officiating

2082
01:51:12,520 --> 01:51:16,040
Speaker 1: an NFL game then you throw in eight or nine

2083
01:51:16,280 --> 01:51:19,280
Speaker 1: new human beings on the field. To expect them to

2084
01:51:19,360 --> 01:51:22,280
Speaker 1: call it the same way that an officiating crew calls

2085
01:51:22,280 --> 01:51:26,560
Speaker 1: it in Kansas City a week before is just unrealistic.

2086
01:51:26,600 --> 01:51:29,439
Speaker 1: There's too many variables at work. There that it's not

2087
01:51:29,479 --> 01:51:32,000
Speaker 1: going to be uniform. And that's why, as Steve said,

2088
01:51:32,439 --> 01:51:34,679
Speaker 1: you know, you have to adjust, you have to make it.

2089
01:51:35,320 --> 01:51:36,840
Speaker 1: You have to adjust as you play the game in

2090
01:51:36,880 --> 01:51:40,840
Speaker 1: a perfect world. When you've got in a non COVID world,

2091
01:51:40,920 --> 01:51:44,840
Speaker 1: I mean, you've got crews of seven guys on the

2092
01:51:44,880 --> 01:51:49,680
Speaker 1: field that are there together every week and they they

2093
01:51:49,800 --> 01:51:53,840
Speaker 1: work the game exactly the same every week. So and

2094
01:51:53,880 --> 01:51:56,560
Speaker 1: then so as a response to that, you can imagine

2095
01:51:56,800 --> 01:52:03,559
Speaker 1: coaching staffs will compile their record as officials. How many

2096
01:52:03,600 --> 01:52:05,960
Speaker 1: penalties they call? What kind of penalties do they call?

2097
01:52:06,040 --> 01:52:08,360
Speaker 1: Who called this? What called that? Let me see the film?

2098
01:52:08,360 --> 01:52:10,640
Speaker 1: They'll what about the film? Where's this penalty? Let me

2099
01:52:10,640 --> 01:52:13,000
Speaker 1: see the penalty? And they'll look at it. They'll they'll

2100
01:52:13,439 --> 01:52:16,639
Speaker 1: and they'll be able to communicate that in some way,

2101
01:52:16,720 --> 01:52:19,760
Speaker 1: shape or form to their players and they say, hey,

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Speaker 1: listen this guy, Carl Jeffers. Guys, they call a lot

2103
01:52:22,560 --> 01:52:26,759
Speaker 1: of penalties. So, receivers, if it's going to be close,

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01:52:26,800 --> 01:52:29,400
Speaker 1: I want you to, you know, embellish the grabbing and

2105
01:52:29,400 --> 01:52:31,560
Speaker 1: the holding that the chiefs are gonna do because we

2106
01:52:31,680 --> 01:52:35,839
Speaker 1: might get the call. And conversely, guys on our defense,

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01:52:35,920 --> 01:52:38,080
Speaker 1: you might have to wash your hands because it's going

2108
01:52:38,120 --> 01:52:39,680
Speaker 1: to be a tikie tack call here and there. You

2109
01:52:39,760 --> 01:52:41,920
Speaker 1: gotta be ready for it. All that stuff goes into

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01:52:41,920 --> 01:52:44,800
Speaker 1: the mix. But this year it was almost impossible to

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01:52:44,880 --> 01:52:48,280
Speaker 1: do because none of the officials work together on a

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01:52:48,400 --> 01:52:50,880
Speaker 1: consistent basis weekend week out with the same guys on

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Speaker 1: the field. That led to inconsistencies that manifested themselves last

2114
01:52:55,280 --> 01:52:58,560
Speaker 1: night in the Super Bowl and the AFC Championship. In

2115
01:52:58,640 --> 01:53:01,200
Speaker 1: NFC Championship games. Let's go back to the phones. We

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Speaker 1: go to Dane and Jamestown. Dane, what do you have

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Speaker 1: for us? You're on one Bill's Live. Yeah. I watching

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01:53:08,240 --> 01:53:09,920
Speaker 1: the game last night, it seemed to me one of

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01:53:09,920 --> 01:53:12,800
Speaker 1: the keys to their pass rush for the Bucks was

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01:53:12,840 --> 01:53:16,200
Speaker 1: the pressure they were getting up the middle with Sue

2121
01:53:16,280 --> 01:53:21,439
Speaker 1: and THEA And I was hoping that Starlatula might make

2122
01:53:21,479 --> 01:53:26,160
Speaker 1: a big difference for us there. And also I was

2123
01:53:26,240 --> 01:53:29,559
Speaker 1: encouraged to hear Brandon Beans say that he wasn't very

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01:53:29,560 --> 01:53:31,559
Speaker 1: happy with the tight end position, or at least he

2125
01:53:31,680 --> 01:53:34,439
Speaker 1: entered at it. And I was wondering if there's a

2126
01:53:34,520 --> 01:53:37,800
Speaker 1: chance that they could get zach Ertz or somebody of

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01:53:37,840 --> 01:53:44,040
Speaker 1: that quality to fill that position. Yeah, go ahead, Dan,

2128
01:53:44,160 --> 01:53:45,840
Speaker 1: Sorry I thought you were. He's hanging up and listening.

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01:53:45,880 --> 01:53:49,320
Speaker 1: Oh that's that's it. Thanks Dane listening, all right, Thanks Dane,

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01:53:49,320 --> 01:53:51,719
Speaker 1: appreciate it. Um. Yeah, I mean I'll say this first

2131
01:53:51,720 --> 01:53:55,320
Speaker 1: about the tight end Um, yeah, I mean he is

2132
01:53:55,400 --> 01:53:58,280
Speaker 1: looking to upgrade there. We know that Lee Smith is

2133
01:53:58,320 --> 01:54:01,879
Speaker 1: contemplating retirement, he said on an interview on a Nashville

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01:54:01,960 --> 01:54:04,200
Speaker 1: radio station last week. He has one year left on

2135
01:54:04,240 --> 01:54:07,680
Speaker 1: his deal and is largely a blocking tight end to

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01:54:08,120 --> 01:54:13,439
Speaker 1: a great degree. Tommy Sweeney had to end the season

2137
01:54:13,479 --> 01:54:16,559
Speaker 1: on IR he was suffering from myocarditis as a result

2138
01:54:16,560 --> 01:54:20,599
Speaker 1: of his COVID diagnosis. It was anticipated he would be

2139
01:54:22,000 --> 01:54:24,880
Speaker 1: that condition could be controlled through medication, but that's a

2140
01:54:24,960 --> 01:54:28,519
Speaker 1: wait and see. We don't know Tyler Croft's contract is up,

2141
01:54:28,600 --> 01:54:31,840
Speaker 1: so you basically have Dawson Knox and Reggie Gilliam at

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01:54:31,880 --> 01:54:35,040
Speaker 1: the tight end position. So logic would say there's an

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01:54:35,080 --> 01:54:39,320
Speaker 1: opportunity to seek an upgrade there. And with the buyer's

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01:54:39,400 --> 01:54:42,360
Speaker 1: market that we're talking about and the flood of players

2145
01:54:42,360 --> 01:54:44,400
Speaker 1: that are expected to be cut by their teams due

2146
01:54:44,400 --> 01:54:47,240
Speaker 1: to cap problems, a player like zach Ertz could very

2147
01:54:47,280 --> 01:54:49,640
Speaker 1: well be out there. You want to upgrade that position,

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01:54:49,680 --> 01:54:51,400
Speaker 1: he would do it in a hurry. Yeah, And I

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01:54:51,400 --> 01:54:54,080
Speaker 1: don't want to split hairs. They just said they needed

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01:54:54,120 --> 01:54:56,400
Speaker 1: more from the position. They didn't say they were unhappy

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01:54:56,440 --> 01:54:58,320
Speaker 1: with any of the guys they got. They just need

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01:54:58,320 --> 01:55:00,880
Speaker 1: more from the spot, more production, and I don't have

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01:55:00,920 --> 01:55:03,320
Speaker 1: a problem with that. That doesn't mean, you know, Dawson

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01:55:03,400 --> 01:55:05,480
Speaker 1: Knox isn't going to be the starter this coming year,

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01:55:07,080 --> 01:55:10,480
Speaker 1: but obviously with Tyler Craft being a free agent, Reggie

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01:55:10,560 --> 01:55:13,560
Speaker 1: Gilliams still there, and Tommy Sweeney, who we've never really

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01:55:13,560 --> 01:55:15,760
Speaker 1: seen on the field except early in his rookie year.

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Speaker 1: You know, we just didn't see these guys. We don't

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01:55:20,520 --> 01:55:22,400
Speaker 1: know much, not much about him. Knox is the only

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01:55:22,400 --> 01:55:24,000
Speaker 1: one we have a really good handle on them. Him

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01:55:24,000 --> 01:55:26,840
Speaker 1: and Lee Smith, who are actually on the roster. I

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01:55:26,880 --> 01:55:30,080
Speaker 1: can imagine they're gonna look for a guy in the

2163
01:55:30,120 --> 01:55:32,040
Speaker 1: market to see if they'll bring him. Probably I would

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01:55:32,080 --> 01:55:36,360
Speaker 1: say a veteran guy. If Lee Smith is contemplating retirement.

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Speaker 1: One of the things they love about him is his

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01:55:38,280 --> 01:55:40,920
Speaker 1: mentorship and ability to show these guys how to be

2167
01:55:40,960 --> 01:55:43,560
Speaker 1: a pro. Look for him to bring another one in

2168
01:55:44,000 --> 01:55:47,600
Speaker 1: like at Lee Smith type exactly and then, with respect

2169
01:55:47,680 --> 01:55:51,480
Speaker 1: to Starr and his anticipated return to the lineup, obviously

2170
01:55:51,520 --> 01:55:53,440
Speaker 1: that would help whoever is lined up next to him,

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01:55:53,480 --> 01:55:56,160
Speaker 1: because Starr would be tying up two guys, which should

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01:55:56,240 --> 01:55:58,040
Speaker 1: lead to more one on ones for a player like

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Speaker 1: at Oliver, for example. Question is do they need another

2174
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Speaker 1: guy like that in addition to Star. Star can do it,

2175
01:56:05,760 --> 01:56:07,760
Speaker 1: but he's also going to be in his age thirty

2176
01:56:07,760 --> 01:56:11,360
Speaker 1: two season next year. Logic would say you're gonna have

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Speaker 1: to get a younger player that can fill a similar

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Speaker 1: kind of role, presumably in the draft. The draft isn't

2179
01:56:18,320 --> 01:56:21,320
Speaker 1: terribly deep at that position by some of the early

2180
01:56:21,800 --> 01:56:26,720
Speaker 1: draft knicks and prognosticators. There is talent there, but how

2181
01:56:26,760 --> 01:56:29,320
Speaker 1: deep does it go and when do you feel comfortable

2182
01:56:29,720 --> 01:56:32,520
Speaker 1: addressing it knowing some of the other needs that this

2183
01:56:32,560 --> 01:56:36,800
Speaker 1: team has. So that's the big sixty four million dollar question.

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Speaker 1: I'm thinking, you know, there's gonna be a free agent

2185
01:56:40,400 --> 01:56:42,880
Speaker 1: of veteran free I mean, we already talked about Quinnon Williams,

2186
01:56:42,920 --> 01:56:44,720
Speaker 1: who was a high draft pick for the Jets got

2187
01:56:44,760 --> 01:56:47,160
Speaker 1: traded to the Giants. Now he's a free agent. That

2188
01:56:47,240 --> 01:56:52,720
Speaker 1: guy's an enormous body and a real athlete. That guy

2189
01:56:52,720 --> 01:56:57,320
Speaker 1: would make a difference right away. Yeah, and there are

2190
01:56:57,320 --> 01:56:59,800
Speaker 1: guys like him all the way across the league that

2191
01:57:00,080 --> 01:57:02,600
Speaker 1: might become available. The question is can you lure him

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01:57:02,640 --> 01:57:05,840
Speaker 1: to take into contract here in Buffalo before somebody like

2193
01:57:05,880 --> 01:57:10,120
Speaker 1: the Indianapolis Colts lures him away or somebody else. So

2194
01:57:11,880 --> 01:57:14,320
Speaker 1: that's the real question. There's gonna be some There's gonna

2195
01:57:14,320 --> 01:57:17,880
Speaker 1: be some phenomenal football players available. The question is can

2196
01:57:17,920 --> 01:57:20,680
Speaker 1: you horse trade your way in and out of the

2197
01:57:20,720 --> 01:57:24,320
Speaker 1: contracts you have right now into getting one of those

2198
01:57:24,360 --> 01:57:26,320
Speaker 1: guys to sign one and upgrade the position at the

2199
01:57:26,360 --> 01:57:29,680
Speaker 1: same time. That's that's what Brandon Bean's gotta do, and

2200
01:57:29,720 --> 01:57:33,800
Speaker 1: they're probably meeting all day every day about that very

2201
01:57:33,800 --> 01:57:39,200
Speaker 1: thing right now. Yes, let's squeeze in Phil in Rochester

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01:57:39,400 --> 01:57:41,480
Speaker 1: before we go to the break. Here, Phil, what do

2203
01:57:41,520 --> 01:57:44,840
Speaker 1: you have for us? You're on one Bill's Live by. Yeah,

2204
01:57:45,280 --> 01:57:48,280
Speaker 1: thanks for taking my call and watch you guys a lot. Thanks.

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01:57:48,400 --> 01:57:52,240
Speaker 1: Start off by saying, I'm a Stealer fan, and from

2206
01:57:52,240 --> 01:57:55,880
Speaker 1: what I'm seeing from the Bills, I see your problem,

2207
01:57:55,920 --> 01:57:59,360
Speaker 1: which I'm getting to the playoffs like a super Bowl.

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01:58:00,000 --> 01:58:02,480
Speaker 1: All they have a young team. It seems that all

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01:58:02,520 --> 01:58:05,960
Speaker 1: they really need is a line help with a run

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01:58:06,000 --> 01:58:10,360
Speaker 1: stopper or a better pass rusher, right, And that comes

2211
01:58:10,400 --> 01:58:11,760
Speaker 1: at a price if you're going to do that in

2212
01:58:11,840 --> 01:58:14,800
Speaker 1: free agency, although the price might be reduced here and

2213
01:58:14,880 --> 01:58:18,560
Speaker 1: what's expected to be a buyer's market. And thanks for

2214
01:58:18,600 --> 01:58:22,240
Speaker 1: the call, Phil. You wonder what direction they go. Maybe

2215
01:58:22,280 --> 01:58:24,600
Speaker 1: they address it both ways, but if you're going to

2216
01:58:24,680 --> 01:58:27,600
Speaker 1: pick up a free agent, it seems pretty evident to me,

2217
01:58:27,920 --> 01:58:29,720
Speaker 1: and I believe Steve. I don't want to put words

2218
01:58:29,720 --> 01:58:32,120
Speaker 1: in his mouth that you're going to have to make

2219
01:58:32,160 --> 01:58:35,240
Speaker 1: a cut somewhere else of a guy that's already under contract.

2220
01:58:35,280 --> 01:58:37,640
Speaker 1: And this is where the tough decisions come in for

2221
01:58:38,120 --> 01:58:40,520
Speaker 1: what is best for the team going forward. And sometimes

2222
01:58:40,560 --> 01:58:42,640
Speaker 1: it's parting with a player that you thought you were

2223
01:58:42,640 --> 01:58:44,560
Speaker 1: going to have on your roster for years because you

2224
01:58:44,600 --> 01:58:47,040
Speaker 1: believed he was going to be helping you and it

2225
01:58:47,120 --> 01:58:49,480
Speaker 1: didn't come to fruition, and so now you're seeking another

2226
01:58:49,480 --> 01:58:51,920
Speaker 1: answer while the window is open for the Bills to

2227
01:58:52,000 --> 01:58:55,560
Speaker 1: really get all the way to the promised Land with

2228
01:58:55,680 --> 01:58:57,840
Speaker 1: the roster that they currently have. In the quarterback that

2229
01:58:57,840 --> 01:59:01,520
Speaker 1: they currently have, Yeah, the Bills are have fifty four

2230
01:59:01,560 --> 01:59:05,200
Speaker 1: players signed to contracts, but they've got a lot of

2231
01:59:05,440 --> 01:59:08,040
Speaker 1: they've got holes in their starting lineup due to free

2232
01:59:08,040 --> 01:59:10,760
Speaker 1: agency and guys whose contracts are up. So yeah, while

2233
01:59:10,840 --> 01:59:15,360
Speaker 1: that's true, the same roster isn't going to be in

2234
01:59:15,440 --> 01:59:19,400
Speaker 1: place for this coming year. So the Bills, as you

2235
01:59:19,480 --> 01:59:22,560
Speaker 1: might say, hey, we're only a pass rusher or a

2236
01:59:22,640 --> 01:59:26,600
Speaker 1: defensive lineman away. No, you're way further than that. Because

2237
01:59:26,880 --> 01:59:30,040
Speaker 1: three of your offensive linemen are gone. You got to

2238
01:59:30,080 --> 01:59:33,360
Speaker 1: have a whole new offensive line. And you know a

2239
01:59:33,360 --> 01:59:36,120
Speaker 1: couple of guys on your defensive lines contracts are up.

2240
01:59:37,040 --> 01:59:40,040
Speaker 1: You're gonna lose one of your inside linebackers to free agency.

2241
01:59:40,120 --> 01:59:43,800
Speaker 1: Probably you've got some holes you got to fill. So

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01:59:44,920 --> 01:59:47,640
Speaker 1: that's last year's team was it was a defensive lineman

2243
01:59:47,720 --> 01:59:50,200
Speaker 1: or a pass rusher away. This team this year is

2244
01:59:50,240 --> 01:59:57,120
Speaker 1: three offensive linemen and maybe a tight end or running

2245
01:59:57,120 --> 02:00:00,160
Speaker 1: back or you name it. They've got to get that

2246
02:00:00,200 --> 02:00:04,160
Speaker 1: pass rush, pass rusher and refurbish their offensive line for

2247
02:00:04,200 --> 02:00:06,400
Speaker 1: the four guys that are on free agents. The four

2248
02:00:06,440 --> 02:00:09,520
Speaker 1: their top seven offensive linemen are gone, so three they're

2249
02:00:09,560 --> 02:00:13,000
Speaker 1: on top seven. So you know they've got now they've

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Speaker 1: got holes that they didn't have three weeks ago because

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02:00:16,120 --> 02:00:17,320
Speaker 1: they've got a lot of guys that are not going

2252
02:00:17,400 --> 02:00:19,480
Speaker 1: to be on this roster. So not only do they

2253
02:00:19,520 --> 02:00:22,280
Speaker 1: have to fill the needs they didn't have last year,

2254
02:00:22,600 --> 02:00:25,600
Speaker 1: they either got to get stronger in their strengths or

2255
02:00:26,440 --> 02:00:29,600
Speaker 1: and fill the holes that they have in their roster

2256
02:00:29,720 --> 02:00:33,200
Speaker 1: now and replace what they didn't have last year or

2257
02:00:33,240 --> 02:00:34,480
Speaker 1: get what they didn't have last year. I mean, they

2258
02:00:34,520 --> 02:00:35,600
Speaker 1: got a lot of work to do. I mean this

2259
02:00:35,760 --> 02:00:38,480
Speaker 1: is it's not just about adding pieces. They may have

2260
02:00:38,520 --> 02:00:41,680
Speaker 1: to subtract before they can add, especially if they're going

2261
02:00:41,720 --> 02:00:44,200
Speaker 1: to be active in free agency. Now, we heard Brandon

2262
02:00:44,240 --> 02:00:46,640
Speaker 1: being say we're not gonna be swinging for the fences

2263
02:00:46,640 --> 02:00:50,320
Speaker 1: in free agency, but circumstances there could change. You could

2264
02:00:50,320 --> 02:00:52,400
Speaker 1: see a name out there that you didn't even think

2265
02:00:52,800 --> 02:00:54,360
Speaker 1: had a chance of being out there, and it might

2266
02:00:54,400 --> 02:00:56,480
Speaker 1: be a player you coveted two years ago in the draft,

2267
02:00:56,640 --> 02:00:58,120
Speaker 1: and now all of a sudden, they're the guy is

2268
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Speaker 1: right and I won. If that changes the conversation, or

2269
02:01:01,680 --> 02:01:03,960
Speaker 1: if they're so tight against the cap they just say, look,

2270
02:01:04,520 --> 02:01:06,240
Speaker 1: we like the guys that we have. We're gonna try

2271
02:01:06,240 --> 02:01:07,680
Speaker 1: to add here and there, and then we're gonna try

2272
02:01:07,680 --> 02:01:09,320
Speaker 1: to hit a home run in the draft. Yeah, it's

2273
02:01:10,080 --> 02:01:13,200
Speaker 1: it's not about you know, plugging holes anymore. They they

2274
02:01:13,280 --> 02:01:16,720
Speaker 1: acquired some brand new, big, gaping holes in their roster

2275
02:01:16,800 --> 02:01:19,840
Speaker 1: the moment their final game was over, because the contracts

2276
02:01:19,840 --> 02:01:22,880
Speaker 1: are up. They've got they've got a fine guys that

2277
02:01:22,920 --> 02:01:25,360
Speaker 1: can replace some guys who played very well for them

2278
02:01:25,360 --> 02:01:27,400
Speaker 1: in a year they went to the AFC Championship game.

2279
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Speaker 1: That's a big job, a big job. Yeah, break time

2280
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Speaker 1: for us when we come back. We'll get more of

2281
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Speaker 1: your comments on the tweet sheet. And there's some questions

2282
02:01:37,440 --> 02:01:40,120
Speaker 1: out there too about how the Chiefs are going to

2283
02:01:40,160 --> 02:01:43,840
Speaker 1: stay competitive. We'll address that when we return, as they

2284
02:01:43,880 --> 02:01:46,560
Speaker 1: have some interesting free agents of their own and a

2285
02:01:46,640 --> 02:01:49,040
Speaker 1: cap situation that they're dealing with. We'll get to all

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Speaker 1: of that next. Here on One Bill's Live, presented by

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Speaker 1: Kalid to Health, It's Buffalo Bill's Radio. Welcome back to

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Speaker 1: One Bills Live, Chris Brown, Steve Tasker, final half hour

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02:02:08,160 --> 02:02:10,919
Speaker 1: the program here on a Super Bowl post more to Monday.

2290
02:02:11,600 --> 02:02:13,720
Speaker 1: The rest of the week. As a reminder, we'll be

2291
02:02:13,760 --> 02:02:17,520
Speaker 1: getting into our position breakdowns of the Bills, what they

2292
02:02:17,600 --> 02:02:20,960
Speaker 1: might need to add, what may not return, whether it's

2293
02:02:20,960 --> 02:02:24,120
Speaker 1: a free agent or maybe a high priced veteran. So

2294
02:02:24,200 --> 02:02:26,040
Speaker 1: we'll be dicing all of that up for you all

2295
02:02:26,080 --> 02:02:29,000
Speaker 1: throughout the week, with some guests to help us in

2296
02:02:29,040 --> 02:02:31,920
Speaker 1: those areas as well, So be sure to tune in

2297
02:02:31,960 --> 02:02:35,000
Speaker 1: all week long noon to three to one Bills Live.

2298
02:02:35,320 --> 02:02:37,240
Speaker 1: We'll be breaking it all down for you as we

2299
02:02:37,280 --> 02:02:40,120
Speaker 1: motor into the offseason here with the twenty twenty season

2300
02:02:40,160 --> 02:02:43,880
Speaker 1: officially put two bed on the tweet sheet. We got

2301
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Speaker 1: to question Steve. It's from James Parravati and he says,

2302
02:02:47,440 --> 02:02:49,240
Speaker 1: any chance you guys can answer this for me in

2303
02:02:49,280 --> 02:02:52,520
Speaker 1: the future. I can't see Kansas City's cap situation looking good.

2304
02:02:53,120 --> 02:02:56,440
Speaker 1: How can they pay Mahomes half a billion and still

2305
02:02:56,480 --> 02:02:58,160
Speaker 1: be able to pay others? I know they spread it

2306
02:02:58,160 --> 02:03:01,240
Speaker 1: out and the chiefs fans claims is very cap friendly,

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Speaker 1: and how dare I asked the question and and they're right, Uh,

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02:03:05,800 --> 02:03:08,920
Speaker 1: it is very cap friendly on the front end. Even

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Speaker 1: his base salary for next year is nine hundred and

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Speaker 1: ninety thousand. Where they put all his money is in

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Speaker 1: roster bonuses, right, Um, he's got a twenty one million

2312
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Speaker 1: dollar roster bonus coming due to him, presumably in March

2313
02:03:21,880 --> 02:03:24,440
Speaker 1: that's when most of them are and his cap hit

2314
02:03:24,480 --> 02:03:27,480
Speaker 1: his twenty four point eight so his cap hit gets real.

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Speaker 1: It's starting this year. Yeah, he's not even the hot

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Speaker 1: top guy on their cap hit though. Frank Clark is

2317
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Speaker 1: and and Mahomes's contract is m. Well, you know, it's

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02:03:42,240 --> 02:03:45,280
Speaker 1: it's back end loaded. He doesn't really see a big

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Speaker 1: chunk of money in this until terms of base and

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Speaker 1: terms of base out and he gets a big lump

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Speaker 1: sum in like twenty twenty seven, So for about three

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Speaker 1: more years, he really doesn't become onerous on their on

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Speaker 1: their contract, on their cap cap four a while, yeah,

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Speaker 1: a while, and you know, but they and what is there?

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Speaker 1: Let me see here? What is there? What do we

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Speaker 1: have for their cap space? M He goes to They're

2327
02:04:18,680 --> 02:04:23,280
Speaker 1: they're over. They're over by a lot. He's they're over

2328
02:04:23,320 --> 02:04:25,840
Speaker 1: by about fifteen to twenty million dollars, depending on where

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Speaker 1: the cap ends up. Yeah, in twenty twenty two, they've

2330
02:04:28,040 --> 02:04:31,440
Speaker 1: got four guys making twenty million plus. But you cut

2331
02:04:31,440 --> 02:04:35,560
Speaker 1: Frank Clark and now you're under, don't Well it's that

2332
02:04:35,680 --> 02:04:37,920
Speaker 1: simple for them, and that's what they'll probably do. And

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Speaker 1: then in twenty keeping Chris Jones, right, you know, you're

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Speaker 1: not getting rid of him. You're not getting rid of

2335
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Speaker 1: Tyrn Matthew and in twenty twenty three they've got four

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02:04:45,120 --> 02:04:49,200
Speaker 1: more guys, you know, so they you know, twenty I'll

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02:04:49,200 --> 02:04:51,280
Speaker 1: just take it up to twenty twenty five, which is

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02:04:51,400 --> 02:04:55,440
Speaker 1: which is where Mahomes. I think his rosterum kind of

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02:04:55,440 --> 02:05:00,120
Speaker 1: pops in. Mahomes. Yeah, he gets his cap hit in

2340
02:05:00,120 --> 02:05:03,160
Speaker 1: in twenty twenty five is forty one million dollars. Forty

2341
02:05:03,280 --> 02:05:08,080
Speaker 1: almost forty two million dollars. That's in twenty twenty five.

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Speaker 1: And I know too, and okay, in twenty it's amazing

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02:05:13,000 --> 02:05:17,640
Speaker 1: because they don't even run the years out this far right,

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02:05:18,880 --> 02:05:21,880
Speaker 1: same thing. Twenty twenty six, he's a forty one point

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Speaker 1: nine five million dollar cap head. So that's big. Let's

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Speaker 1: get back to the tweet sheet, brought to you by

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Speaker 1: Corrigan Moving System is the official equipment moving company of

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Speaker 1: the Bills. And from Francis, I hope that the Super

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02:05:36,800 --> 02:05:38,800
Speaker 1: Bowl will be a lesson for Bills fans about just

2350
02:05:38,800 --> 02:05:41,280
Speaker 1: how important your offensive and defensive lines are. So come

2351
02:05:41,320 --> 02:05:45,240
Speaker 1: free agency in the draft. Fans need to remember this fact.

2352
02:05:45,720 --> 02:05:50,360
Speaker 1: Bad lines equals no wins. It's been a common refrain

2353
02:05:50,480 --> 02:05:53,400
Speaker 1: today from Brooke. Where was this Casey team in the

2354
02:05:53,520 --> 02:05:57,360
Speaker 1: championship game? Casey's style of play finally caught up to them.

2355
02:05:57,400 --> 02:05:59,240
Speaker 1: You can't coast throughout the game and then kick it

2356
02:05:59,240 --> 02:06:04,040
Speaker 1: into another gear at some point, especially against Brady and

2357
02:06:04,200 --> 02:06:08,360
Speaker 1: from TD MAC. I think we're close. Seems to me.

2358
02:06:08,480 --> 02:06:11,960
Speaker 1: Pass rushes priority one and getting more physical play out

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02:06:11,960 --> 02:06:15,120
Speaker 1: of the old line, speed at running back, managing the

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02:06:15,200 --> 02:06:21,760
Speaker 1: cap so closesh. I guess, yeah, yeah, they were close

2361
02:06:21,840 --> 02:06:24,280
Speaker 1: this year, but they're a different team right now than

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Speaker 1: they were two weeks now there, and they're gonna be

2363
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Speaker 1: a different We're gonna have to keep a close eye.

2364
02:06:28,720 --> 02:06:32,200
Speaker 1: We've got some stuff coming in. People asking about specific

2365
02:06:32,240 --> 02:06:36,120
Speaker 1: players like Richard Sherman, and we were talking about Patrick Peterson,

2366
02:06:36,160 --> 02:06:39,200
Speaker 1: another number two corner that will help. I think, you know,

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02:06:39,240 --> 02:06:41,560
Speaker 1: today we've been a little bit preoccupied with the defensive

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02:06:41,560 --> 02:06:44,000
Speaker 1: line and pass rushers. I get an offensive line is

2369
02:06:44,000 --> 02:06:46,280
Speaker 1: always going to be an issue until they start filling

2370
02:06:46,280 --> 02:06:48,600
Speaker 1: out their roster. For there was it three of their

2371
02:06:48,600 --> 02:06:53,160
Speaker 1: top seven offensive lineman or are not under contract as

2372
02:06:53,280 --> 02:06:56,320
Speaker 1: three starters, three guys who started a lot of snaps

2373
02:06:56,320 --> 02:06:59,760
Speaker 1: for him this year. Gone, You've got that to deal with.

2374
02:06:59,760 --> 02:07:03,640
Speaker 1: You've got to replace or signed Matt Milano. It goes

2375
02:07:03,680 --> 02:07:06,320
Speaker 1: on and on. This team is completely different and it's

2376
02:07:06,320 --> 02:07:09,360
Speaker 1: going to be completely different in two twenty one than

2377
02:07:09,360 --> 02:07:11,840
Speaker 1: it wasn't twenty two. You can make the argument, yeah,

2378
02:07:11,840 --> 02:07:14,000
Speaker 1: and you can make the argument that the player turnover

2379
02:07:14,040 --> 02:07:17,200
Speaker 1: this year will be even more substantial than it was

2380
02:07:17,280 --> 02:07:20,800
Speaker 1: from nineteen to twenty. The turnover in nineteen to twenty.

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02:07:20,920 --> 02:07:22,960
Speaker 1: We saw a lot of turnover on the defensive line,

2382
02:07:23,040 --> 02:07:25,760
Speaker 1: some moves made here and there in the defensive backfield.

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02:07:27,440 --> 02:07:30,560
Speaker 1: You know, obviously the Stefan Digg's trade was gigantic, but

2384
02:07:30,680 --> 02:07:34,240
Speaker 1: in terms of pure numbers you can be well up

2385
02:07:34,240 --> 02:07:38,000
Speaker 1: into the twenties here this offseason with the roster turnover

2386
02:07:38,040 --> 02:07:40,240
Speaker 1: that they're going to experience. Now, let's face it, we

2387
02:07:40,960 --> 02:07:44,120
Speaker 1: were really shocked at how different this club was taking

2388
02:07:44,120 --> 02:07:46,760
Speaker 1: the field in Week one of twenty twenty with the

2389
02:07:46,760 --> 02:07:49,320
Speaker 1: pandemic going on and all that, and the new faces

2390
02:07:49,360 --> 02:07:51,840
Speaker 1: on the defense. Up front, there was a ton of

2391
02:07:51,880 --> 02:07:54,720
Speaker 1: new players. But for the new players that they put

2392
02:07:54,760 --> 02:07:57,240
Speaker 1: on the defense, their defense went from being number three

2393
02:07:57,400 --> 02:07:59,480
Speaker 1: or number two or number one in some cases in

2394
02:07:59,520 --> 02:08:05,440
Speaker 1: the league overall, to not that like a ten defense,

2395
02:08:05,520 --> 02:08:08,120
Speaker 1: number ten or twelve defense in the National Football League.

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02:08:08,280 --> 02:08:10,080
Speaker 1: As a big drop off when they changed all those

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02:08:10,080 --> 02:08:12,840
Speaker 1: people out, but they also had a bunch of new

2398
02:08:12,920 --> 02:08:15,280
Speaker 1: names and faces on the offensive side, and they went

2399
02:08:15,360 --> 02:08:18,040
Speaker 1: from also rans to number one in the league in

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02:08:18,080 --> 02:08:21,400
Speaker 1: a lot of respect and like a top defense juggernaut offense.

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Speaker 1: It's gonna change. New players make you a different team.

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02:08:25,880 --> 02:08:31,360
Speaker 1: And you know the pending free agents start with you know, Feliciano,

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02:08:33,320 --> 02:08:39,640
Speaker 1: Isaiah McKenzie, Milano, Josh Norman, Tynessecki, Andre Roberts, Daryl Williams,

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02:08:40,120 --> 02:08:43,480
Speaker 1: Brian Winners, those guys are those guys are important contributors,

2405
02:08:44,040 --> 02:08:46,720
Speaker 1: particularly Daryl Williams, who was I think the most pleasant

2406
02:08:46,760 --> 02:08:49,760
Speaker 1: surprise of the team, maybe except for Steph Diggs, and

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02:08:49,880 --> 02:08:54,040
Speaker 1: I don't say we're surprised by him. But these you

2408
02:08:54,160 --> 02:08:56,040
Speaker 1: rarely stay the same, and you bring new players in,

2409
02:08:56,080 --> 02:08:58,160
Speaker 1: they're going to be different, and that means either better

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02:08:58,280 --> 02:09:03,480
Speaker 1: or worse on the field from buying large, no doubt,

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02:09:03,520 --> 02:09:05,920
Speaker 1: the Bills were better on the field all around than

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02:09:05,960 --> 02:09:09,800
Speaker 1: they were in twenty nineteen than in twenty twenty. They

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Speaker 1: were much better, and they were a much different football team.

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Speaker 1: We're gonna go through the same thing in this offseason

2415
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Speaker 1: even more so. That's it's like it's a bummer because

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02:09:20,440 --> 02:09:22,760
Speaker 1: we were in the AFC Championship game. That roster was

2417
02:09:22,800 --> 02:09:25,920
Speaker 1: not that far away. Now it's it's because of this

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02:09:26,040 --> 02:09:28,680
Speaker 1: cap and because of the structure of the league and

2419
02:09:28,920 --> 02:09:30,640
Speaker 1: what you gotta, you're gonna blow it up, and the

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02:09:30,680 --> 02:09:34,000
Speaker 1: chemistry makes this never a sure thing. They got, they got.

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02:09:34,120 --> 02:09:37,280
Speaker 1: They gotta build the Bills from the ground up again

2422
02:09:37,360 --> 02:09:40,160
Speaker 1: this year, and they'll probably do that every year. But wow,

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02:09:40,360 --> 02:09:43,560
Speaker 1: and I think the Bills, along with a handful of

2424
02:09:43,560 --> 02:09:46,040
Speaker 1: other clubs, have a better chance of making the new

2425
02:09:46,120 --> 02:09:49,400
Speaker 1: mix work because of the culture that exists here at

2426
02:09:49,400 --> 02:09:51,960
Speaker 1: one Bill's Drive, in that locker room and with the

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Speaker 1: coaching staff. But every time you shuffle the deck, there's

2428
02:09:56,480 --> 02:09:58,680
Speaker 1: no guarantee that it's all going to fit together as

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02:09:58,720 --> 02:10:01,840
Speaker 1: well as it did the year before. And that's that's

2430
02:10:01,880 --> 02:10:03,920
Speaker 1: the thing that makes you a little uneasy. You know

2431
02:10:04,040 --> 02:10:07,480
Speaker 1: that change is inevitable, and all you can do is

2432
02:10:07,520 --> 02:10:10,960
Speaker 1: hope the change is change for the better. I will

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Speaker 1: say this, though, the foundational pieces are slowly year over

2434
02:10:16,200 --> 02:10:20,040
Speaker 1: year growing. Yeah, they're growing. Last year it was you

2435
02:10:20,120 --> 02:10:22,880
Speaker 1: felt like it was Josh and maybe Tradavious White. Well,

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02:10:22,920 --> 02:10:25,880
Speaker 1: now you've got Dion Dawkins, is also part of that

2437
02:10:25,960 --> 02:10:29,000
Speaker 1: now and Mitch Morris has become was a part of

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Speaker 1: that foundational piece. Stefan of course, Stefan Diggs, Cole Beasley,

2439
02:10:34,120 --> 02:10:38,160
Speaker 1: John Brown up this year as well. And you know, Josh,

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02:10:38,360 --> 02:10:44,120
Speaker 1: that core group is slowly expanding and becoming more and

2441
02:10:44,120 --> 02:10:48,200
Speaker 1: more famidal, Micah Hyde and Jordan Poyer as being foundational pieces.

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02:10:49,880 --> 02:10:52,480
Speaker 1: That's where it's growing from. And we'll see if they

2443
02:10:52,520 --> 02:10:56,640
Speaker 1: can extend it deeper into the roster. Break time for us.

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Speaker 1: When we come back, Steve and I will close things

2445
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Speaker 1: up with what he we learned from today's show that's

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Speaker 1: coming your way next Here on one Bills Live presented

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Speaker 1: by Kalid to Health, It's Buffalo Bills Radio time for

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Speaker 1: what have we learned? Brought to you live Skyworks, the

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Speaker 1: official construction equipment rental company of the Buffalo Bills had

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Speaker 1: NFL Network. Steve Weish on with us today and he

2451
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Speaker 1: was still in Tampa after taking in Super Bowl Week

2452
02:11:33,120 --> 02:11:36,080
Speaker 1: and all its spoils, and then we talked to him

2453
02:11:36,120 --> 02:11:41,240
Speaker 1: about the Bucks Super Bowl win and how it happened. Well,

2454
02:11:41,280 --> 02:11:43,040
Speaker 1: in part of it was Tampa's dominance. I mean that

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02:11:43,120 --> 02:11:45,520
Speaker 1: defensive front was just insane. What they did they really

2456
02:11:45,520 --> 02:11:49,240
Speaker 1: took advantage of that injury plague offensive line, but also

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02:11:49,360 --> 02:11:52,480
Speaker 1: Kansas City strategy. I mean, the fact that they didn't

2458
02:11:52,480 --> 02:11:54,280
Speaker 1: maybe bring in an extra tight end to help out

2459
02:11:54,320 --> 02:11:57,240
Speaker 1: the offensive line which is just getting abused, especially those tackles.

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Speaker 1: The fact they didn't do more chipping and the quick

2461
02:12:01,080 --> 02:12:03,920
Speaker 1: passing game was working, and then they got away from

2462
02:12:03,920 --> 02:12:05,960
Speaker 1: it that one drive. You're marching, you're marching, you're marching,

2463
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Speaker 1: and then they get away from it once they get

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Speaker 1: about the twenty five. That was a little surprising. But

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Speaker 1: I just think the overall dominance of the Bucks defense

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Speaker 1: and and just some of the overall dumb plays and

2467
02:12:15,960 --> 02:12:19,120
Speaker 1: just questionable strategy that that that that the Chiefs had

2468
02:12:19,160 --> 02:12:23,440
Speaker 1: overall really called me off guard. Did kind of go

2469
02:12:23,440 --> 02:12:25,040
Speaker 1: at the game plan kind of went out the window.

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Speaker 1: Though once it was twenty one to six at half,

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Speaker 1: they just didn't change anything. Though it seemed didn't seem

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02:12:30,600 --> 02:12:31,960
Speaker 1: like they made a ton of it. They did not

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02:12:32,040 --> 02:12:36,200
Speaker 1: seem as flexible or um, you know, able to adjust

2474
02:12:36,200 --> 02:12:38,200
Speaker 1: on the fly as we have seen them in the past.

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Speaker 1: I was a little shocked by that as well. There's

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Speaker 1: he's right, um. I think one of the thing things

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Speaker 1: about these game plans that get lost is the fact

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Speaker 1: that you know, the Bucks game plan just getting rushing

2479
02:12:49,760 --> 02:12:55,520
Speaker 1: four um and getting pressure. What are you gonna change,

2480
02:12:55,520 --> 02:12:57,760
Speaker 1: You're gonna run the football. You know, they stopped their

2481
02:12:57,840 --> 02:13:00,440
Speaker 1: run game pretty well with those linebackers. Nobody dropped out

2482
02:13:00,480 --> 02:13:03,880
Speaker 1: until the ball was snapped. It took Tyreek Hill too

2483
02:13:03,920 --> 02:13:06,000
Speaker 1: long to try and get the lid off of that defense.

2484
02:13:06,040 --> 02:13:08,880
Speaker 1: And like I said, he's not a flexible bout runner.

2485
02:13:09,040 --> 02:13:12,320
Speaker 1: The guy's deep, they run a crossing pattern, or he'll

2486
02:13:12,320 --> 02:13:15,120
Speaker 1: take a handoff and that's about it. Yeah, so you

2487
02:13:15,160 --> 02:13:19,160
Speaker 1: really don't have to have, you know, a guy mirroring him.

2488
02:13:19,200 --> 02:13:21,040
Speaker 1: Just keep the lid on the defense. And they just

2489
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Speaker 1: I was shocked that they couldn't adjust to that as

2490
02:13:23,720 --> 02:13:26,080
Speaker 1: the Chiefs off. No screen game, to back off the

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Speaker 1: pass rush, no chipping, as Steve Weis told us when

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02:13:28,840 --> 02:13:31,640
Speaker 1: he was on during the one o'clock hour, really puzzling

2493
02:13:31,840 --> 02:13:34,880
Speaker 1: in many ways that they didn't adjust as we thought

2494
02:13:34,920 --> 02:13:37,880
Speaker 1: they should. Steve and I will be back tomorrow noon

2495
02:13:37,960 --> 02:13:42,160
Speaker 1: to three as we will begin our positional offseason breakdown

2496
02:13:42,160 --> 02:13:45,760
Speaker 1: of the Bills. What's under contract, who's under contract, who's

2497
02:13:45,800 --> 02:13:48,000
Speaker 1: the free agent? Who they can afford to keep, who

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02:13:48,040 --> 02:13:51,880
Speaker 1: they may look for on the free agent market, and

2499
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Speaker 1: what's the best course of action in each respective position.

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Speaker 1: Steve and I'll start breaking it down tomorrow an all

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Speaker 1: week long on the offensive side of the ball. We'll

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Speaker 1: see you get that h