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Speaker 1: on that and where it's going because he feels with

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Speaker 1: the collection of guys they have in the room now,

430
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Speaker 1: chiefly with the additions of Mario Addison, you know, Quentin Jefferson,

431
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Speaker 1: Vernon Butler. Those are the new guys on the scene,

432
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Speaker 1: along with Harrison Phillips coming back to full health off

433
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Speaker 1: the ACL. He is excited about what they feel they

434
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Speaker 1: can put out on the field every given week. A

435
00:24:00,680 --> 00:24:03,000
Speaker 1: relentless attitude. I think that's key. And we have a

436
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Speaker 1: lot of guys in our room who are passionate about

437
00:24:05,760 --> 00:24:08,280
Speaker 1: the game of football, understand how to be a pro.

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Speaker 1: So it's gonna be a lot of fun being able

439
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Speaker 1: to play with those guys, put on the pads and

440
00:24:12,240 --> 00:24:14,399
Speaker 1: actually go out there and paint our ears back and

441
00:24:14,760 --> 00:24:20,480
Speaker 1: hunt some quarterbacks I mean anywhere from Quentin or Big

442
00:24:20,560 --> 00:24:23,119
Speaker 1: Q as we call them. You know that that was

443
00:24:23,160 --> 00:24:29,960
Speaker 1: a great pickup by Brendan being Vernon, VT, b Cox, Darryl,

444
00:24:30,080 --> 00:24:32,680
Speaker 1: I mean all those guys, Trent. We got so many

445
00:24:32,800 --> 00:24:35,919
Speaker 1: talented guys on our d line, and just watching everyone

446
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Speaker 1: work and watching how we all been able to just

447
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Speaker 1: mail and just click this offseason, even though we haven't

448
00:24:42,480 --> 00:24:45,760
Speaker 1: really been with each other, has been huge. So I'm

449
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Speaker 1: excited for all of us to get up on the

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Speaker 1: field because I know we're all going to be out

451
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Speaker 1: there relentlessly hunting that quarterback, trying to make plays and

452
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Speaker 1: just keep pushing each other. And I think when you

453
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Speaker 1: have that level of competition in your room, it makes

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Speaker 1: the year. It makes the room really fun. I mean,

455
00:25:02,440 --> 00:25:05,119
Speaker 1: this is this is the part of the team that

456
00:25:05,160 --> 00:25:07,879
Speaker 1: has undergone the most change from last season to this season,

457
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Speaker 1: the defensive line. But it's encouraging to hear that from Jerry.

458
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Speaker 1: He kind of feels like they're a pretty tight knit

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Speaker 1: group already, which is pretty remarkable when you consider the

460
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Speaker 1: lack of time they've had just being face to face

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00:25:20,080 --> 00:25:22,440
Speaker 1: at a distance, of course, but just in the same

462
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Speaker 1: general area or on the same field together. That hasn't

463
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Speaker 1: happened until the last week or so. Yeah, it really,

464
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Speaker 1: there's no question. There's every reason to believe there's with

465
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Speaker 1: the statistics they lost with the departure of Jordan Phillips

466
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Speaker 1: and Shack Lawson that they more than made up with

467
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Speaker 1: them with the statistics they included, you know, Quentin Jefferson,

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Speaker 1: Mario Addison and Vernon Butler. And then when you add

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Speaker 1: in some fresh stuff, fresh legs like a Japanessa man,

470
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Speaker 1: old man, it's they were in the top ten sacks

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Speaker 1: last year tenth and sack percentage and that's and that

472
00:25:59,280 --> 00:26:02,080
Speaker 1: was after starting out very slow and nobody was throwing

473
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Speaker 1: the football against him because you know, the offense was

474
00:26:04,280 --> 00:26:06,520
Speaker 1: struggling to score points, and you know, teams just really

475
00:26:06,520 --> 00:26:07,840
Speaker 1: weren't up against the wall to have to air it

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Speaker 1: out a little bit. Then when the offense started clicking

477
00:26:11,080 --> 00:26:13,840
Speaker 1: a little better, when Josh you know, stopped turning it

478
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Speaker 1: over and went twelve to twelve tds and two interceptions

479
00:26:17,240 --> 00:26:21,720
Speaker 1: in that stretch, then they started rising through the ranks

480
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Speaker 1: of sack percentage because these teams had to start airing

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Speaker 1: it out on him, and they came through when they

482
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Speaker 1: when they got the opportunities. And I think they're even

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Speaker 1: better this year. Now. You touched on Mario Addison, who

484
00:26:31,240 --> 00:26:34,200
Speaker 1: has four straight seasons of nine sacks or more. It's

485
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Speaker 1: just uncommon production, especially for a player who's a little

486
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Speaker 1: bit longer in the tooth. But he said he feels young.

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Speaker 1: And there is a connection between him and Jerry Hughes

488
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Speaker 1: because they were teammates back in Indianapolis in twenty eleven

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Speaker 1: and twenty twelve, and just to see the smile on

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Speaker 1: Jerry's face to have Mario back in the room with him.

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Speaker 1: He was a kind of a guy that took Mario

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Speaker 1: under his wing as an undrafted rookie is what Mario was.

493
00:27:01,000 --> 00:27:04,760
Speaker 1: Jerry was a first round draft choice. It's very clear

494
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Speaker 1: there is a special relationship there because Jerry's over the

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Speaker 1: moon to have him on his roster with him and

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Speaker 1: to be teammates with him again. So let's hear Jerry's

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Speaker 1: thoughts on that. It's been exciting just to get him

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Speaker 1: back in the room, to kind of rekindle two and

499
00:27:21,760 --> 00:27:25,240
Speaker 1: eleven and twelve for us pretty much, it's been great.

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Speaker 1: We've always joked around and said how fun it would

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Speaker 1: be to actually play together, and it's crazy how things

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00:27:30,720 --> 00:27:34,040
Speaker 1: kind of work out. So I'm excited for him to

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Speaker 1: get on the field and do what he does just

504
00:27:36,359 --> 00:27:39,199
Speaker 1: because I've been watching him throughout his entire career. I

505
00:27:39,240 --> 00:27:41,600
Speaker 1: know how he how he can get back to the

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Speaker 1: quarterback make plays. You know, he's a playmaker who loves

507
00:27:46,840 --> 00:27:48,280
Speaker 1: to be out there. And I think when you got

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Speaker 1: someone on the line who's pushing you competitively, it's always

509
00:27:51,359 --> 00:27:53,639
Speaker 1: a race to see who can get back there to

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Speaker 1: the quarterback. And I think that's going to make our

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Speaker 1: games and our practices and our different workouts so much

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Speaker 1: more fun. So I think I'm excited to actually play

513
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Speaker 1: with him, to have him up here with the Bills,

514
00:28:04,960 --> 00:28:07,199
Speaker 1: because I know he's gonna bring a lot to the

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Speaker 1: table and it's gonna be a fun year. That's an

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00:28:09,720 --> 00:28:12,760
Speaker 1: excited guy. Like, yeah, you know, Jerry loves playing this game.

517
00:28:13,119 --> 00:28:15,520
Speaker 1: But I don't know if I've ever seen him smile

518
00:28:15,560 --> 00:28:17,600
Speaker 1: this much in an interview. I mean, he was like

519
00:28:18,080 --> 00:28:20,560
Speaker 1: almost giddy for him now. I know. I get it's

520
00:28:20,600 --> 00:28:24,320
Speaker 1: that time of year where everybody's excited, everybody's optimistic. But Jerry,

521
00:28:24,480 --> 00:28:27,840
Speaker 1: you can tell he's different than he has been in

522
00:28:27,840 --> 00:28:30,879
Speaker 1: the last couple of years. He is really excited about

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00:28:30,960 --> 00:28:32,879
Speaker 1: what's going to happen with this defense, the guys in

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00:28:32,920 --> 00:28:36,200
Speaker 1: the room, the chemistry with the guys upfront, and we've

525
00:28:36,240 --> 00:28:39,320
Speaker 1: talked about it at length this offseason, about the additions

526
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Speaker 1: they've made and how good and deep this defensive front

527
00:28:43,280 --> 00:28:46,880
Speaker 1: looks to be. Jerry just kept using the word fun. Yeah,

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00:28:46,920 --> 00:28:49,960
Speaker 1: And I've never heard him say fun when he's talking

529
00:28:50,000 --> 00:28:53,120
Speaker 1: about you know, we're in training camp. This is a grind,

530
00:28:53,560 --> 00:28:56,160
Speaker 1: you know, and it's not real training camp. The pads

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00:28:56,160 --> 00:28:58,920
Speaker 1: aren't on. I understand all that, but this is the

532
00:28:58,960 --> 00:29:01,959
Speaker 1: time of year that a lot of vets don't really

533
00:29:02,200 --> 00:29:04,920
Speaker 1: get too up for. And so to hear him speaking

534
00:29:04,960 --> 00:29:08,320
Speaker 1: so positively about this team's prospects and the collection of

535
00:29:08,360 --> 00:29:11,000
Speaker 1: talent that they have on the defensive line, I think

536
00:29:11,160 --> 00:29:15,640
Speaker 1: is very telling. Veterans can get an early sense as

537
00:29:15,720 --> 00:29:18,360
Speaker 1: to what the potential of a team is. And I

538
00:29:18,400 --> 00:29:20,960
Speaker 1: know potential doesn't mean anything until you prove it on

539
00:29:21,000 --> 00:29:25,160
Speaker 1: the field, but it's clear to me that he feels

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00:29:26,600 --> 00:29:28,760
Speaker 1: we really got something here. We put this, we keep

541
00:29:28,800 --> 00:29:31,200
Speaker 1: doing this and put this together. We're gonna be going places.

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00:29:31,680 --> 00:29:34,640
Speaker 1: That's right, And you always think that, but I think

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00:29:34,680 --> 00:29:36,480
Speaker 1: a lot of years, even the years that I played,

544
00:29:36,480 --> 00:29:38,160
Speaker 1: there were years where you think, oh, gosh, I hope,

545
00:29:38,240 --> 00:29:40,400
Speaker 1: you know, hope this doesn't happen, or this doesn't happen.

546
00:29:41,360 --> 00:29:45,880
Speaker 1: This is a team that we knew has. They have

547
00:29:45,920 --> 00:29:49,360
Speaker 1: a great roster, a deep roster and experienced roster. They've

548
00:29:49,360 --> 00:29:53,480
Speaker 1: got youth on their side as well. They've got crucial

549
00:29:53,560 --> 00:29:56,760
Speaker 1: players that are just coming into their prime. There's a

550
00:29:56,800 --> 00:29:59,120
Speaker 1: lot of things to love about where the Buffalo Bills

551
00:29:59,120 --> 00:30:01,040
Speaker 1: and the organizations it right now. As far as the

552
00:30:01,040 --> 00:30:04,480
Speaker 1: football end of it is concerned, and to have the

553
00:30:04,560 --> 00:30:06,840
Speaker 1: players kind of jump on board with that, I think

554
00:30:06,880 --> 00:30:09,080
Speaker 1: they can see it. I think guys like Jerry Hughes

555
00:30:09,120 --> 00:30:11,640
Speaker 1: have been around for a while since twenty eleven have

556
00:30:11,760 --> 00:30:14,240
Speaker 1: been have seen a different teams and how it goes

557
00:30:14,280 --> 00:30:18,440
Speaker 1: for things, and how seasons evolve and progress. There's a

558
00:30:18,440 --> 00:30:20,840
Speaker 1: lot of things. I think teams, and I said this before,

559
00:30:22,440 --> 00:30:26,440
Speaker 1: their morale is the highest when they're the most prepared.

560
00:30:27,280 --> 00:30:29,480
Speaker 1: And when you're in training camp you don't really you know,

561
00:30:29,480 --> 00:30:31,280
Speaker 1: there's no game plans or anything like that. But when

562
00:30:31,280 --> 00:30:33,080
Speaker 1: you look around the roster and you're out on the

563
00:30:33,080 --> 00:30:34,840
Speaker 1: practice field and you're looking around the room and around

564
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Speaker 1: the field and looking at these guys, you're thinking, we're sing, Wow,

565
00:30:37,760 --> 00:30:39,880
Speaker 1: we got some guys that you know. Everywhere you look

566
00:30:39,920 --> 00:30:42,560
Speaker 1: there's like yeah, you guys that you think, Wow, he's good,

567
00:30:43,040 --> 00:30:46,640
Speaker 1: and like, well, wow, so is he And we don't

568
00:30:46,640 --> 00:30:49,920
Speaker 1: have any holes. Yeah, you know, that's a fun place

569
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Speaker 1: to be And that's what I think. That's what's reflected

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Speaker 1: in Jerry Hughes comments. You can just see how excited

571
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Speaker 1: he is to get on the field and get this

572
00:30:56,440 --> 00:30:58,760
Speaker 1: thing rolling and hopefully they get a chance to do it.

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Speaker 1: When we come back. We'll have one more comment from Jerry,

574
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Speaker 1: probably his most poignan comment dealing with Ed Oliver's DUI arrest,

575
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Speaker 1: which Ed addressed yesterday in a zoom call with the

576
00:31:09,040 --> 00:31:13,360
Speaker 1: media where he essentially revealed that he was racially profiled

577
00:31:13,640 --> 00:31:17,120
Speaker 1: by the police, and Jerry, who doesn't live that far

578
00:31:17,200 --> 00:31:20,360
Speaker 1: away from Ed Oliver in the Houston area, reflected on

579
00:31:20,400 --> 00:31:23,400
Speaker 1: that and gave his opinion on how things went down

580
00:31:23,760 --> 00:31:26,400
Speaker 1: when Ed was stopped in that traffic stop late in

581
00:31:26,440 --> 00:31:30,280
Speaker 1: the night bound in Montgomery County in Texas. So we'll

582
00:31:30,360 --> 00:31:32,680
Speaker 1: get to that when we come back, and we'll check

583
00:31:32,720 --> 00:31:35,640
Speaker 1: the tweet sheet as we're asking you which Bill's rookie

584
00:31:35,640 --> 00:31:38,480
Speaker 1: could be the biggest surprise in twenty twenty and why

585
00:31:38,640 --> 00:31:40,720
Speaker 1: all coming your way? Next? Here on One Bill's Live,

586
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Speaker 1: presented by Kalid to Health, this is Buffalo Bill's Radio

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Speaker 1: Drag on One Bills Live. Chris Brown, Steve Tasker, You

588
00:32:00,440 --> 00:32:04,040
Speaker 1: and we're listening in to some Bills players as they're

589
00:32:04,080 --> 00:32:06,720
Speaker 1: made available to the media day by day, and we're

590
00:32:06,880 --> 00:32:08,760
Speaker 1: trying to pass those along to you so you can

591
00:32:08,800 --> 00:32:10,600
Speaker 1: hear from the players themselves. Heck that's half of the

592
00:32:10,600 --> 00:32:12,720
Speaker 1: reason you listen to this show. We try to be

593
00:32:12,760 --> 00:32:15,200
Speaker 1: a conduit for you, the fans, to the players, and

594
00:32:15,280 --> 00:32:18,880
Speaker 1: so we've been trying to facilitate that this week. We

595
00:32:19,000 --> 00:32:22,240
Speaker 1: started it last week as players were back in town

596
00:32:22,320 --> 00:32:26,280
Speaker 1: and working and available to the media. So we've been

597
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Speaker 1: listening to Jerry Hughes. In our last segment, we're going

598
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Speaker 1: to wrap up with Jerry with perhaps his most poignant

599
00:32:32,280 --> 00:32:35,640
Speaker 1: comment of his interview with the media yesterday late yesterday,

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Speaker 1: and it dealt with Ed Oliver's DUI arrest. Obviously, he

601
00:32:41,200 --> 00:32:43,880
Speaker 1: was cleared of all charges, although it took a month

602
00:32:43,960 --> 00:32:46,000
Speaker 1: for that to happen, even though he blew a zero

603
00:32:46,040 --> 00:32:50,800
Speaker 1: on the breathalyzer and passed a five minute field sobriety test,

604
00:32:50,840 --> 00:32:54,520
Speaker 1: which is considerably longer than most field sobriety tests, also

605
00:32:54,840 --> 00:32:58,360
Speaker 1: had nothing in his system as revealed by a blood test,

606
00:32:58,800 --> 00:33:02,080
Speaker 1: even had a talk screen, nothing there, and yet it

607
00:33:02,080 --> 00:33:04,240
Speaker 1: took a month for the charges to be dropped. And

608
00:33:04,440 --> 00:33:07,760
Speaker 1: essentially Ed didn't say these words, but his description of

609
00:33:07,760 --> 00:33:11,600
Speaker 1: what happened basically led everyone to the conclusion that he

610
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Speaker 1: was racially profiled in Montgomery County in Texas by the

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Speaker 1: police So Jerry, who also makes his home in the

612
00:33:20,960 --> 00:33:25,200
Speaker 1: Houston area like Ed, was asked about the situation. How

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Speaker 1: Jerry and his teammates initially reacted to the news, Because Steve,

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Speaker 1: if you remember, this happened on a Friday. Ed gets

615
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Speaker 1: out of jail Saturday morning, has to fly to Buffalo

616
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Speaker 1: for meetings, you know, and it was meetings or was

617
00:33:41,640 --> 00:33:43,560
Speaker 1: it OTAs, I can't remember, but he had to come

618
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Speaker 1: to Buffalo, and so the team met in a distanced format.

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Speaker 1: I can't remember the exact details of everything, but they're

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Speaker 1: all in a meeting together on Sunday, I probably via zoom,

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Speaker 1: and they all saw the reports, and you know, Ed's

622
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Speaker 1: like the way it was portrayed in the media. He's like,

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00:34:01,360 --> 00:34:03,600
Speaker 1: I felt like I was guilty before I was proven innocent,

624
00:34:04,400 --> 00:34:08,560
Speaker 1: rather than innocent before proven guilty. So here was Jerry's

625
00:34:10,400 --> 00:34:13,560
Speaker 1: memories of the situation as they unfolded and how he

626
00:34:13,640 --> 00:34:19,479
Speaker 1: dealt with Ed on it after it happened. It was tough,

627
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Speaker 1: just because I'm in that Houston area with Ed, so

628
00:34:22,280 --> 00:34:23,880
Speaker 1: I was able to see it on the news and

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Speaker 1: we were kind of able to discuss and talk about

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Speaker 1: it a little bit more. And then oddly enough. I

631
00:34:29,400 --> 00:34:32,040
Speaker 1: was actually in that area a week after Ed, just

632
00:34:32,200 --> 00:34:35,359
Speaker 1: doing some different things while I was meeting a home

633
00:34:35,400 --> 00:34:37,319
Speaker 1: developer out there, So I kind of got to be

634
00:34:37,360 --> 00:34:42,000
Speaker 1: able to survey the land that or the surroundings in

635
00:34:42,000 --> 00:34:45,200
Speaker 1: which he was in or involved in. And it's sad,

636
00:34:45,280 --> 00:34:48,520
Speaker 1: it really is sad that we're still doing things like

637
00:34:48,600 --> 00:34:51,680
Speaker 1: this in the year twenty twenty. I shared a story

638
00:34:51,719 --> 00:34:53,800
Speaker 1: with him about how, you know, growing up in Houston,

639
00:34:53,800 --> 00:34:55,920
Speaker 1: we used to hear stories about certain guys who went

640
00:34:55,960 --> 00:34:59,040
Speaker 1: to certain small towns and Houston, and you know, the

641
00:34:59,080 --> 00:35:01,319
Speaker 1: horrific events that kind of happened and took place, and

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00:35:01,440 --> 00:35:04,040
Speaker 1: it really just became a word of mouth. Now we

643
00:35:04,080 --> 00:35:06,200
Speaker 1: actually have cameras and things like that are able to

644
00:35:06,280 --> 00:35:10,120
Speaker 1: kind of capture capture those stories, so the world can

645
00:35:10,160 --> 00:35:12,840
Speaker 1: really see what's truly taken place in this country. And

646
00:35:13,040 --> 00:35:16,319
Speaker 1: so I feel bad for him. I feel bad that

647
00:35:16,360 --> 00:35:18,320
Speaker 1: he has to go through something like this in the

648
00:35:18,400 --> 00:35:23,000
Speaker 1: year twenty and twenty, But he seems like he's learned

649
00:35:23,000 --> 00:35:27,000
Speaker 1: a lot from it. He's grown tremendously as a person.

650
00:35:27,080 --> 00:35:28,960
Speaker 1: And I think that's one key thing that you got

651
00:35:28,960 --> 00:35:31,799
Speaker 1: to be able to do with these different life lessons

652
00:35:31,840 --> 00:35:34,600
Speaker 1: that are going to really fall upon us is how

653
00:35:34,600 --> 00:35:36,960
Speaker 1: you can grow and continue to move forward and not

654
00:35:37,080 --> 00:35:40,239
Speaker 1: let it impact you negatively. So I think that's been

655
00:35:40,280 --> 00:35:43,239
Speaker 1: really huge that I've really loved to see with him.

656
00:35:44,080 --> 00:35:47,920
Speaker 1: So I mean, man, I mean, it's great that he

657
00:35:47,960 --> 00:35:50,000
Speaker 1: grew from it, but that's really not a scenario that

658
00:35:50,040 --> 00:35:52,360
Speaker 1: anybody should have to be put through in light of

659
00:35:52,400 --> 00:35:57,480
Speaker 1: how those things unfolded, and here we are in twenty twenty,

660
00:35:57,520 --> 00:36:02,560
Speaker 1: this still happens. Jerry can speak to it with firsthand knowledge.

661
00:36:02,560 --> 00:36:05,440
Speaker 1: He's been through that area in Montgomery County, Texas, which is,

662
00:36:05,600 --> 00:36:07,839
Speaker 1: you know, in the Houston area. He makes his home

663
00:36:07,880 --> 00:36:12,200
Speaker 1: down there, and you know, he said, I got a

664
00:36:12,239 --> 00:36:15,760
Speaker 1: lay of the land and how things are in certain

665
00:36:15,800 --> 00:36:18,640
Speaker 1: pockets of this country. Still, and it's clear that it

666
00:36:18,640 --> 00:36:24,120
Speaker 1: didn't sit well with Jerry and for Ed, I commend

667
00:36:24,200 --> 00:36:29,040
Speaker 1: him for complying and doing everything the right way. But still,

668
00:36:29,080 --> 00:36:31,040
Speaker 1: I think I think we can all come down on

669
00:36:31,080 --> 00:36:33,640
Speaker 1: the side of the fence where we say this guy

670
00:36:33,640 --> 00:36:36,640
Speaker 1: shouldn't have been hauled off to jail. He just should not.

671
00:36:37,600 --> 00:36:41,279
Speaker 1: You blow a zero, Let the guy go and have

672
00:36:41,320 --> 00:36:43,319
Speaker 1: a good night, get home safe, you know what I mean.

673
00:36:43,360 --> 00:36:45,839
Speaker 1: And it just didn't happen that way. The guy said, Well,

674
00:36:45,920 --> 00:36:48,440
Speaker 1: the police officer, according to Ed, said well, I know

675
00:36:48,520 --> 00:36:50,480
Speaker 1: you blew a zero here, but you still look intoxicated,

676
00:36:50,520 --> 00:36:54,319
Speaker 1: so we're taking into jail. I just I don't know.

677
00:36:57,360 --> 00:37:00,160
Speaker 1: I'm not going to pretend to know what pro the

678
00:37:00,160 --> 00:37:03,719
Speaker 1: call is in those situations. I'm not in law enforcement,

679
00:37:03,920 --> 00:37:08,280
Speaker 1: never have been. But man, it just the optics are great.

680
00:37:08,360 --> 00:37:11,799
Speaker 1: I lived in Texas for a minute. Um. I played

681
00:37:11,840 --> 00:37:14,960
Speaker 1: for the oilers there in Houston. Yeah, um, And a

682
00:37:15,000 --> 00:37:16,640
Speaker 1: lot was made out of the fact that Ed had

683
00:37:16,680 --> 00:37:20,359
Speaker 1: a hand a gun in the in the vehicle and

684
00:37:20,400 --> 00:37:22,800
Speaker 1: not for none, folks, I got news for it. In Texas.

685
00:37:22,880 --> 00:37:25,080
Speaker 1: Ninety percent of the people in Texas got a weapon

686
00:37:25,120 --> 00:37:30,840
Speaker 1: in their car. Um. So that's like if you rob

687
00:37:30,840 --> 00:37:32,759
Speaker 1: if you rob a convenience store in Texas, you'll get

688
00:37:32,760 --> 00:37:36,680
Speaker 1: shot by everybody in the place. That's a literal truth.

689
00:37:36,840 --> 00:37:41,080
Speaker 1: It happened. So that's just prevalent down it. So that's nothing.

690
00:37:41,120 --> 00:37:42,960
Speaker 1: That was nothing. It sounds bad in a state like

691
00:37:43,000 --> 00:37:45,640
Speaker 1: New York, where there's it's very highly regulated a lot

692
00:37:45,680 --> 00:37:47,759
Speaker 1: of there's a lot of gun control laws up here,

693
00:37:47,760 --> 00:37:50,279
Speaker 1: it is knocked that way down there. So that was

694
00:37:50,320 --> 00:37:54,560
Speaker 1: also an added thing, and I'm sure that. Yeah, well whatever,

695
00:37:54,760 --> 00:37:57,040
Speaker 1: so I we've we've been over this and there's there's

696
00:37:57,040 --> 00:38:01,479
Speaker 1: just no getting around the fact that it was an injustice, right,

697
00:38:01,840 --> 00:38:05,319
Speaker 1: So we'll leave that one there. We do want to

698
00:38:05,320 --> 00:38:08,839
Speaker 1: get back to the Twitter question of the day on

699
00:38:08,880 --> 00:38:12,920
Speaker 1: the poll, which is, at this point in time, who

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Speaker 1: do you think which Bills rookie has the greatest chance

701
00:38:18,239 --> 00:38:21,360
Speaker 1: to be a surprise in twenty twenty and why? And

702
00:38:21,440 --> 00:38:26,080
Speaker 1: among the choices are Gabe Davis, Tyler Bass, Isaiah Hodgens,

703
00:38:26,200 --> 00:38:30,200
Speaker 1: or other. And right now, Tyler Bass is out in

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00:38:30,280 --> 00:38:33,960
Speaker 1: front by a small margin over Gabe Davis, and Steve

705
00:38:34,000 --> 00:38:35,920
Speaker 1: gave his reason as to why he thinks that, so

706
00:38:36,120 --> 00:38:39,239
Speaker 1: because you know, if he wins the kicking job, yeah,

707
00:38:39,320 --> 00:38:42,479
Speaker 1: it's gonna be the leading scorer on the team. That's

708
00:38:42,480 --> 00:38:44,640
Speaker 1: a big if. And we have to see how it

709
00:38:44,680 --> 00:38:48,240
Speaker 1: all plays out. And again, creating clutch situations to prove

710
00:38:48,280 --> 00:38:50,360
Speaker 1: that a rookie kicker can be clutched for you is

711
00:38:50,360 --> 00:38:52,880
Speaker 1: is going to be challenging for this coaching staff without

712
00:38:52,920 --> 00:38:55,560
Speaker 1: any preseason game, so we'll have to see how that

713
00:38:55,600 --> 00:38:58,840
Speaker 1: plays out. But on the tweet sheet, which is presented

714
00:38:58,880 --> 00:39:01,720
Speaker 1: by Corrigan, moving says him. It's the official equipment moving

715
00:39:01,760 --> 00:39:06,760
Speaker 1: company of the Buffalo Bills. Robert starts with I chose other.

716
00:39:07,400 --> 00:39:10,560
Speaker 1: I think with no preseason games, everybody could be a surprise,

717
00:39:10,760 --> 00:39:13,480
Speaker 1: and I'm predicting it now. We're going to win the

718
00:39:13,480 --> 00:39:16,520
Speaker 1: AFC East this year. Wow, let's just start with a

719
00:39:16,560 --> 00:39:20,440
Speaker 1: big swig of the kool aid right there. Say hey, right,

720
00:39:20,680 --> 00:39:22,720
Speaker 1: they're waiting a long time to say stuff like that

721
00:39:22,680 --> 00:39:24,920
Speaker 1: that I'm not blaming any Bills, that's true. Getting all

722
00:39:24,920 --> 00:39:27,279
Speaker 1: giddy about it, and it is. It's fun to think

723
00:39:27,280 --> 00:39:29,960
Speaker 1: about it. And that's why I think here in Western

724
00:39:29,960 --> 00:39:34,520
Speaker 1: New York people are more invested than ever than trying

725
00:39:34,520 --> 00:39:36,560
Speaker 1: to get the NFL season off the ground. I'm making

726
00:39:36,560 --> 00:39:38,600
Speaker 1: sure they play sixteen games and things go off because

727
00:39:38,719 --> 00:39:40,200
Speaker 1: this is a team that really has a chance to

728
00:39:40,239 --> 00:39:42,759
Speaker 1: do it. So in a lot of people's mind. From Jack,

729
00:39:42,840 --> 00:39:45,160
Speaker 1: also on the tweet tweet sheet, he says Hodgens may

730
00:39:45,200 --> 00:39:47,839
Speaker 1: be earmarked for practice squad, but the guy is a

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00:39:47,840 --> 00:39:50,800
Speaker 1: hard worker with great hands, excellent size, and was good

732
00:39:50,920 --> 00:39:54,920
Speaker 1: in contested ball situations at Oregon State. He can battle

733
00:39:55,040 --> 00:39:58,319
Speaker 1: Duke for that sixth wide receiver red zone threat. He's

734
00:39:58,360 --> 00:40:01,239
Speaker 1: not as fast but his draft bio reads like t J.

735
00:40:01,480 --> 00:40:06,719
Speaker 1: Hushman Zada Championship. So there you go. Man, it's and

736
00:40:06,880 --> 00:40:09,759
Speaker 1: I like it when you try and compare guys to

737
00:40:10,160 --> 00:40:12,360
Speaker 1: former guys who have had some success. T J. Huschman

738
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Speaker 1: Zada was a really productive guy to Oregon State too,

739
00:40:15,360 --> 00:40:21,000
Speaker 1: Ye did. And uh so it's it's just so fun.

740
00:40:21,040 --> 00:40:23,839
Speaker 1: And the thing about it is, this is it's and

741
00:40:23,840 --> 00:40:26,920
Speaker 1: we've said it a ton, so strange. We haven't even

742
00:40:26,920 --> 00:40:31,040
Speaker 1: seen these guys, I know, I know, you know, like

743
00:40:31,160 --> 00:40:34,719
Speaker 1: usually you've got we're number thirteen, right, I mean I

744
00:40:34,760 --> 00:40:38,240
Speaker 1: want to see that. Yeah, it's uh, it's definitely strange.

745
00:40:38,360 --> 00:40:40,160
Speaker 1: I'm not going to debate that for a second because

746
00:40:40,239 --> 00:40:42,520
Speaker 1: usually by this point in time, Steve, we've got some

747
00:40:43,200 --> 00:40:47,799
Speaker 1: working knowledge on what they're capable of, even though we've

748
00:40:47,800 --> 00:40:49,839
Speaker 1: only seen them out of pads and we didn't really

749
00:40:49,840 --> 00:40:52,120
Speaker 1: see them in real football because of the OTA practices

750
00:40:52,160 --> 00:40:55,160
Speaker 1: in mini camp, obviously that's absent for us to chew on.

751
00:40:55,800 --> 00:41:00,760
Speaker 1: So you know, we're going into training camp as blind

752
00:41:00,800 --> 00:41:04,239
Speaker 1: as we ever have ye, And it's gonna make a

753
00:41:04,360 --> 00:41:11,319
Speaker 1: challenging for us to make evaluations quickly and accurately. And

754
00:41:11,400 --> 00:41:15,200
Speaker 1: I imagine the coaches are in a similar boat. I mean, yes,

755
00:41:15,239 --> 00:41:16,759
Speaker 1: they've been around him a lot more with all the

756
00:41:16,840 --> 00:41:19,680
Speaker 1: virtual meetings in the offseason, but in terms of on

757
00:41:19,880 --> 00:41:24,240
Speaker 1: field work, it's gonna be a limited a limited sample

758
00:41:24,320 --> 00:41:27,960
Speaker 1: size here. Just going back to some of what Brandon

759
00:41:28,040 --> 00:41:32,440
Speaker 1: Bean did say though about Isaiah Hodgens, and I agree

760
00:41:32,440 --> 00:41:34,360
Speaker 1: with this one hundred percent. I don't have a trained

761
00:41:34,360 --> 00:41:36,959
Speaker 1: eye for watching film and assessing a player like those

762
00:41:37,000 --> 00:41:40,480
Speaker 1: guys do, but I got enough. I've seen enough football

763
00:41:40,520 --> 00:41:43,040
Speaker 1: to know when a guy can pull off a double move.

764
00:41:43,960 --> 00:41:48,240
Speaker 1: This guy never gets separation because he's quick in short areas.

765
00:41:48,280 --> 00:41:51,120
Speaker 1: He does it by the way he sets up defensive backs,

766
00:41:51,520 --> 00:41:54,000
Speaker 1: and double moves are this guy's bread and butter. I mean,

767
00:41:54,080 --> 00:41:58,080
Speaker 1: he's got guys turning around like a corkscrew, like their

768
00:41:58,200 --> 00:42:00,719
Speaker 1: back is to him and he's catching the football. I've

769
00:42:00,760 --> 00:42:04,080
Speaker 1: said it a ton I you know. I mean, I

770
00:42:04,120 --> 00:42:07,520
Speaker 1: played like a quarter of an inch of wide receiver

771
00:42:07,560 --> 00:42:09,719
Speaker 1: in the NFL, but I practiced six days a week

772
00:42:09,760 --> 00:42:12,280
Speaker 1: for thirteen years playing right so I and I played

773
00:42:12,280 --> 00:42:14,279
Speaker 1: with James Lawton and Andre Reid and a lot of

774
00:42:14,280 --> 00:42:16,960
Speaker 1: really good players. I went to the Pro Bowl as

775
00:42:17,000 --> 00:42:19,279
Speaker 1: a as a special teams guy, but practiced all week

776
00:42:19,320 --> 00:42:20,880
Speaker 1: as a wide out those guys, I mean I was.

777
00:42:21,000 --> 00:42:23,840
Speaker 1: I was around all the great ones as far back

778
00:42:23,920 --> 00:42:27,680
Speaker 1: as you know. Steve Largent was at my first Pro Bowl,

779
00:42:27,719 --> 00:42:29,600
Speaker 1: I mean right, think about it. So I was. There

780
00:42:29,640 --> 00:42:35,239
Speaker 1: were some guys, right. So I when when kids ask me,

781
00:42:35,280 --> 00:42:37,200
Speaker 1: and when I talk to kids about running rounds, say,

782
00:42:37,600 --> 00:42:39,960
Speaker 1: you don't talk about how fast you gotta be or

783
00:42:40,000 --> 00:42:41,960
Speaker 1: any of that. I talk about how patient you have

784
00:42:42,000 --> 00:42:45,360
Speaker 1: to be. You have to it's not about out running

785
00:42:45,400 --> 00:42:48,200
Speaker 1: people when you're a wide receiver. Just I know you

786
00:42:48,239 --> 00:42:49,600
Speaker 1: have to be fast and all that, but that's just

787
00:42:49,680 --> 00:42:53,919
Speaker 1: kind of a ticket to the party. What it takes

788
00:42:53,960 --> 00:42:56,080
Speaker 1: to get open in the NFL is the ability to

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00:42:56,160 --> 00:42:58,960
Speaker 1: fool the defender into thinking you're running one route when

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00:42:58,960 --> 00:43:02,000
Speaker 1: you're not running that route. That's what it takes, and

791
00:43:02,080 --> 00:43:06,440
Speaker 1: it takes some patience, and it's I mean, some of

792
00:43:06,440 --> 00:43:08,520
Speaker 1: the greatest routes you'll ever run. You try and walk

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00:43:08,560 --> 00:43:10,920
Speaker 1: yourself through it, and I've done it one hundred times,

794
00:43:10,920 --> 00:43:12,839
Speaker 1: Like man, oh man, it must feel like it takes

795
00:43:12,880 --> 00:43:15,640
Speaker 1: a half an hour to run that route. And then

796
00:43:15,680 --> 00:43:18,040
Speaker 1: when you come out, you stand there, you're on time

797
00:43:18,160 --> 00:43:20,319
Speaker 1: and you're standing by yourself because you just took that

798
00:43:20,360 --> 00:43:23,000
Speaker 1: extra time and the defender thoughts you were running something else.

799
00:43:23,080 --> 00:43:25,439
Speaker 1: It's a great feeling when it works, but it takes

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00:43:25,480 --> 00:43:27,680
Speaker 1: a great deal of patience to do it well. And

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00:43:27,880 --> 00:43:30,759
Speaker 1: younger and younger guys like you know, Isaiah Hodgens and

802
00:43:30,840 --> 00:43:33,480
Speaker 1: Gabe David, these guys are learning in at lower, lower levels.

803
00:43:33,520 --> 00:43:36,200
Speaker 1: Now they're kind of polished, much more polished coming out

804
00:43:36,239 --> 00:43:38,160
Speaker 1: than they used to be. And it's funny because you

805
00:43:38,239 --> 00:43:41,120
Speaker 1: hear the teachings for defensive backs and it's almost the

806
00:43:41,160 --> 00:43:43,960
Speaker 1: same thing. Be patient, you know, don't flip your hips

807
00:43:44,000 --> 00:43:46,400
Speaker 1: too soon, don't give a tell, you know, because as

808
00:43:46,440 --> 00:43:48,640
Speaker 1: soon as you flip those hips too soon, you know,

809
00:43:48,640 --> 00:43:50,440
Speaker 1: because you're worried about getting beat deep, that's when the

810
00:43:50,480 --> 00:43:52,439
Speaker 1: guy breaks the thing off and he's got fifteen yards

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Speaker 1: in a first down, which is better than a sixty

812
00:43:54,360 --> 00:43:57,440
Speaker 1: yard touchdown. But still it's almost like the same rules

813
00:43:57,480 --> 00:44:01,400
Speaker 1: apply in terms of holding your water, being patient, you know,

814
00:44:01,400 --> 00:44:03,359
Speaker 1: and all that stuff. I mean, we could talk about

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00:44:03,400 --> 00:44:05,319
Speaker 1: this for another half hour. I got it, yeah, because

816
00:44:05,320 --> 00:44:06,719
Speaker 1: there's a lot of layers to it, but yeah, we

817
00:44:06,800 --> 00:44:09,520
Speaker 1: got we got. We do have to break so we

818
00:44:09,560 --> 00:44:11,920
Speaker 1: will step aside, but we'll continue with the tweet sheet

819
00:44:12,239 --> 00:44:14,400
Speaker 1: and coming up in the one o'clock hour, we'll be

820
00:44:14,440 --> 00:44:17,399
Speaker 1: hearing from John Brown, and then down at the one

821
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Speaker 1: thirty mark, it's two rookies from the draft class, Gabe

822
00:44:20,840 --> 00:44:23,959
Speaker 1: Davis and Dane Jackson. Steve and I will be talking

823
00:44:24,000 --> 00:44:26,839
Speaker 1: with those two guys about a unique connection that they

824
00:44:26,880 --> 00:44:29,680
Speaker 1: share from the college ranks. We'll get to that and more.

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Speaker 1: It's all coming up next here on One Bill's Live,

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Speaker 1: presented by Collid to Health. This is Buffalo Bill's Radio.

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Speaker 1: Back on One Bill's Live. Chris Brown, Steve Tasker with

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Speaker 1: you as we are discussing rookies who could surprise for

829
00:44:55,040 --> 00:44:58,400
Speaker 1: the Bills in twenty twenty. I think the general consensus

830
00:44:58,520 --> 00:45:02,200
Speaker 1: is that aj Epins ends Moss will make contributions in

831
00:45:02,239 --> 00:45:06,040
Speaker 1: twenty twenty for this team this year, so those really

832
00:45:06,040 --> 00:45:09,120
Speaker 1: wouldn't be much of a surprise. But who else from

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00:45:09,160 --> 00:45:12,879
Speaker 1: the rookie class may rise up and provide a little

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00:45:12,880 --> 00:45:15,520
Speaker 1: bit more production than maybe any of us are anticipating.

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Speaker 1: Eight O three five fifty two five fifty the number

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Speaker 1: two call if you want to chime in there or

837
00:45:21,760 --> 00:45:23,640
Speaker 1: hit us up on the tweet sheet and Steve, I

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00:45:23,680 --> 00:45:26,640
Speaker 1: think we're up to Shamus Shamus sot. He says, I

839
00:45:26,719 --> 00:45:29,160
Speaker 1: might say Gabe Davis or Tyler Bass, but I don't

840
00:45:29,200 --> 00:45:30,960
Speaker 1: think that would be so much of a surprise. I

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00:45:30,960 --> 00:45:33,320
Speaker 1: expect them to be great. So my take is Isaiah

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00:45:33,400 --> 00:45:37,440
Speaker 1: Hodgens in parenthetical decide, he says, which wouldn't be a

843
00:45:37,520 --> 00:45:41,480
Speaker 1: huge surprise to me either. Well, so he thinks Shamus

844
00:45:41,520 --> 00:45:44,040
Speaker 1: is really high on our draft prospects. And that's great,

845
00:45:44,160 --> 00:45:46,959
Speaker 1: that's great. Here's the thing you have to remember, though,

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00:45:47,080 --> 00:45:54,160
Speaker 1: As as encouraged as you might be by the skill

847
00:45:54,200 --> 00:45:58,880
Speaker 1: set that Davis and Hodgens bring to the table, you

848
00:45:59,000 --> 00:46:01,480
Speaker 1: have to remember there's a pecking order here. Now, I

849
00:46:01,640 --> 00:46:05,239
Speaker 1: know there is a pecking order here. Now, you realistically

850
00:46:05,320 --> 00:46:09,399
Speaker 1: are keeping six receivers at the most. Okay, so let's

851
00:46:09,440 --> 00:46:12,720
Speaker 1: just run down this thing real quick, Okay, Stefan Diggs,

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00:46:13,360 --> 00:46:19,640
Speaker 1: John Brown, Cole Beasley. That's set in stone. That's in stone. Yes,

853
00:46:21,960 --> 00:46:26,560
Speaker 1: Then you essentially have three spots up for grabs between

854
00:46:26,600 --> 00:46:31,480
Speaker 1: about eight guys, one of whom is Andre Roberts, who

855
00:46:31,640 --> 00:46:33,600
Speaker 1: is the best return man on the roster, who's a

856
00:46:33,600 --> 00:46:39,320
Speaker 1: Pro Bowl returner. So conceivably now to four spots are taken,

857
00:46:39,320 --> 00:46:41,960
Speaker 1: so now you're down to two spots for seven guys.

858
00:46:42,440 --> 00:46:47,239
Speaker 1: And while I do anticipate Gabe Davis being very impressive,

859
00:46:47,400 --> 00:46:50,840
Speaker 1: I mean all returns on him have been through the roof,

860
00:46:50,920 --> 00:46:53,239
Speaker 1: not only from what he does on the field, but

861
00:46:53,360 --> 00:46:57,839
Speaker 1: for the way he's able to absorb and master schemes. Um.

862
00:46:58,400 --> 00:47:00,640
Speaker 1: I believe he had a couple of offensive coordinators in

863
00:47:00,680 --> 00:47:03,960
Speaker 1: his time at UCF in college and that helps him

864
00:47:04,600 --> 00:47:07,600
Speaker 1: get used to adapting to new schemes and such. So

865
00:47:09,200 --> 00:47:11,160
Speaker 1: you would say he's got a good shot. But have

866
00:47:11,280 --> 00:47:16,000
Speaker 1: we forgotten that Robert Foster, Isaiah McKenzie, Duke Williams are

867
00:47:16,040 --> 00:47:20,800
Speaker 1: on this roster also, like there's a deep pool there. Yeah.

868
00:47:20,880 --> 00:47:24,720
Speaker 1: So as great as you might feel about what guys

869
00:47:24,760 --> 00:47:28,680
Speaker 1: like Hodgens and Davis can do for this team, you

870
00:47:28,800 --> 00:47:31,200
Speaker 1: have to remember the level of talent they're going up

871
00:47:31,239 --> 00:47:34,200
Speaker 1: against here. This isn't a shoe in I got a

872
00:47:34,280 --> 00:47:36,720
Speaker 1: roster spot deal as far as I see it, Maybe

873
00:47:36,800 --> 00:47:39,719
Speaker 1: less so for Davis. I mean, Hodgens is going to

874
00:47:39,800 --> 00:47:42,319
Speaker 1: be making an uphill climb here, even though I hey,

875
00:47:42,400 --> 00:47:45,080
Speaker 1: I loved the pick when they made it, but it's

876
00:47:45,080 --> 00:47:47,160
Speaker 1: gonna be an uphill climb. What's it gonna be to

877
00:47:47,239 --> 00:47:50,239
Speaker 1: surprise you? Making the roster is a surprise. I mean

878
00:47:50,280 --> 00:47:53,400
Speaker 1: I would be surprised if they actually you know, the

879
00:47:53,480 --> 00:47:55,840
Speaker 1: surprise might be how much they play. If they can

880
00:47:56,200 --> 00:47:59,520
Speaker 1: forget about having, you know, a seventy five eighty catch

881
00:47:59,600 --> 00:48:02,879
Speaker 1: season for nine hundred or a thousand yards, That would

882
00:48:02,880 --> 00:48:04,480
Speaker 1: be an in norm that would be a shock. That

883
00:48:04,480 --> 00:48:08,319
Speaker 1: would be a shock like an earthquake. Getting on the

884
00:48:08,400 --> 00:48:14,200
Speaker 1: field to play wide receiver a handful of plays in

885
00:48:14,239 --> 00:48:20,040
Speaker 1: a month would be a surprise almost with those guys, right, yeah,

886
00:48:20,440 --> 00:48:24,839
Speaker 1: it would because I gotta believe that Hodgens is fighting

887
00:48:24,880 --> 00:48:27,239
Speaker 1: an uphill battle to make this roster, and it's not

888
00:48:27,520 --> 00:48:30,920
Speaker 1: because of anything he's not doing. He could do. He

889
00:48:30,960 --> 00:48:33,879
Speaker 1: could he could do his level best every single day

890
00:48:33,920 --> 00:48:36,919
Speaker 1: and still not make the fifty. Yeah, how good would

891
00:48:36,920 --> 00:48:39,400
Speaker 1: he have to be to get on the opening day

892
00:48:39,480 --> 00:48:42,800
Speaker 1: he's on the field starting, I think, oh, there'd have

893
00:48:42,840 --> 00:48:44,799
Speaker 1: to be a car wreck with three guys in just

894
00:48:45,160 --> 00:48:49,200
Speaker 1: four guys on COVID right reserve list, right, um, yeah,

895
00:48:49,320 --> 00:48:51,640
Speaker 1: I mean, I think the key for a guy like

896
00:48:51,760 --> 00:48:56,279
Speaker 1: Hodgens is to demonstrate a level of consistency within the

897
00:48:56,320 --> 00:49:00,560
Speaker 1: framework of the offense that is vastly superior to that

898
00:49:00,680 --> 00:49:04,040
Speaker 1: of players who mimic his skill set, like a Duke Williams.

899
00:49:04,360 --> 00:49:06,520
Speaker 1: You know, if you're out, you want to outperform that

900
00:49:06,560 --> 00:49:09,800
Speaker 1: guy every day because your skill sets are somewhat similar.

901
00:49:09,840 --> 00:49:12,040
Speaker 1: You're not blowing the doors off of anybody. You're not

902
00:49:12,080 --> 00:49:17,279
Speaker 1: getting behind them with your speed. You're using craftiness and

903
00:49:17,520 --> 00:49:22,560
Speaker 1: route running precision, and you know your vision to find

904
00:49:22,640 --> 00:49:25,840
Speaker 1: holes in the zones to make plays. And if you

905
00:49:25,880 --> 00:49:28,719
Speaker 1: can do that with a greater consistency, then guys with

906
00:49:28,760 --> 00:49:32,640
Speaker 1: similar skill sets like Duke Williams, You're going to afford

907
00:49:32,640 --> 00:49:35,719
Speaker 1: yourself a greater opportunity to make this roster. Because there

908
00:49:35,840 --> 00:49:37,680
Speaker 1: is something to be said, Steve, and we can get

909
00:49:37,719 --> 00:49:40,160
Speaker 1: into this. On the other side, there is something to

910
00:49:40,200 --> 00:49:44,759
Speaker 1: be said about having different kinds of receivers within your

911
00:49:44,760 --> 00:49:49,520
Speaker 1: receiving core. You don't want all guys that just run,

912
00:49:50,000 --> 00:49:52,279
Speaker 1: you know, nine rounds all day long. You need the

913
00:49:52,280 --> 00:49:57,040
Speaker 1: craftiness underneath from a Cole Beasley. You need someone that

914
00:49:57,200 --> 00:49:58,920
Speaker 1: can go up and catch a jump ball in the

915
00:49:59,000 --> 00:50:01,480
Speaker 1: end zone. And yeah, you need the guys that can

916
00:50:01,480 --> 00:50:05,359
Speaker 1: blow people's doors off and make them, you know, get

917
00:50:05,400 --> 00:50:07,920
Speaker 1: out of their back pedal sooner than they want to

918
00:50:08,040 --> 00:50:10,040
Speaker 1: and make them uncomfortable. You know, you're up on your

919
00:50:10,040 --> 00:50:12,120
Speaker 1: toe up, You're up on that dbe's toes in two

920
00:50:12,160 --> 00:50:13,840
Speaker 1: and a half seconds, and they're like, oh God, I

921
00:50:13,840 --> 00:50:16,080
Speaker 1: gotta flip or I'm gonna get burned. You know you

922
00:50:16,160 --> 00:50:19,600
Speaker 1: need those guys too, So different strokes for different folks.

923
00:50:20,320 --> 00:50:22,560
Speaker 1: You need different skill sets within your receiving corps on

924
00:50:22,560 --> 00:50:24,960
Speaker 1: your roster, and that may be what ultimately helps Hodgens

925
00:50:25,000 --> 00:50:27,120
Speaker 1: the most. Yeah. Next on the tweet sheet from Bill's

926
00:50:27,160 --> 00:50:29,279
Speaker 1: Mister E, which is interest. This is an interesting one.

927
00:50:29,360 --> 00:50:30,879
Speaker 1: I kind of like it, he says. I think Dane

928
00:50:30,960 --> 00:50:33,360
Speaker 1: Jackson could be a surprise to a lot of folks,

929
00:50:33,400 --> 00:50:35,799
Speaker 1: and wouldn't be surprised if he was the cornerback number

930
00:50:35,800 --> 00:50:38,560
Speaker 1: two at year's end, meaning he was opposite to Davious Wife.

931
00:50:39,239 --> 00:50:41,959
Speaker 1: That's I like where his heads out. I like where

932
00:50:42,440 --> 00:50:45,920
Speaker 1: Bill's Mister E is at because this is a this

933
00:50:46,000 --> 00:50:49,120
Speaker 1: is a coaching staff that does that for players. Oh,

934
00:50:49,160 --> 00:50:51,239
Speaker 1: they don't care how long you've been in the league, right,

935
00:50:51,960 --> 00:50:55,680
Speaker 1: and they develop guys. Ed Oliver's a perfect example. Throughout

936
00:50:55,680 --> 00:50:58,919
Speaker 1: his rookie season, other guys the same thing. They these

937
00:50:58,960 --> 00:51:01,520
Speaker 1: guys get better and better and better week after week

938
00:51:01,560 --> 00:51:05,040
Speaker 1: after week. Josh Allen has done it. Certainly, Devin Singletary

939
00:51:05,080 --> 00:51:08,439
Speaker 1: did it. Dawson Knox is there. They this is a

940
00:51:08,480 --> 00:51:12,480
Speaker 1: great coaching staff for developing young players. And if Dan

941
00:51:12,640 --> 00:51:16,560
Speaker 1: Jackson shows that kind of development and has those kind

942
00:51:16,600 --> 00:51:20,000
Speaker 1: of skills, you know, that's you could you know, you

943
00:51:20,040 --> 00:51:21,320
Speaker 1: put it out there and like all of a sudden,

944
00:51:21,360 --> 00:51:24,319
Speaker 1: they got another one. That's like Tredavious White in the

945
00:51:24,400 --> 00:51:27,440
Speaker 1: late rounds just because he's a guy from Pitt or whatever.

946
00:51:27,560 --> 00:51:29,000
Speaker 1: But all of a sudden, the guy turns into a

947
00:51:29,040 --> 00:51:31,960
Speaker 1: really good player because he's been developed good. That's a

948
00:51:31,960 --> 00:51:34,160
Speaker 1: good one. That's a good surprise. That's a good thing.

949
00:51:34,239 --> 00:51:37,520
Speaker 1: That's what we're looking for from our listeners. Tweet sheet Man.

950
00:51:37,640 --> 00:51:39,319
Speaker 1: He's not saying he's gonna be surprised like from the

951
00:51:39,360 --> 00:51:41,440
Speaker 1: get go, but by the end of the year, he's

952
00:51:41,480 --> 00:51:43,160
Speaker 1: gonna be a different player than he was at the beginning.

953
00:51:43,200 --> 00:51:44,719
Speaker 1: And I think that shows a lot of insights what

954
00:51:44,800 --> 00:51:46,799
Speaker 1: happens to play. Hey, I like when people go off

955
00:51:46,800 --> 00:51:49,160
Speaker 1: the grid and make a different opinion, you know, develop

956
00:51:49,200 --> 00:51:52,040
Speaker 1: a different opinion and have some some uh, it's a

957
00:51:52,080 --> 00:51:55,640
Speaker 1: great It up or some some reasoning to back it up.

958
00:51:55,640 --> 00:51:58,319
Speaker 1: We take any and all on the tweet sheet, so

959
00:51:58,600 --> 00:52:01,080
Speaker 1: we'll get to more of that. We'll also here from

960
00:52:01,160 --> 00:52:05,080
Speaker 1: John Brown who had some comments about the offense about

961
00:52:05,160 --> 00:52:07,640
Speaker 1: some of these rookie receivers that we were just talking about,

962
00:52:07,680 --> 00:52:10,840
Speaker 1: among other things. So we'll get to John Smoke Brown

963
00:52:11,080 --> 00:52:13,359
Speaker 1: when we come back on the other side here on

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Speaker 1: One Bill's Live, presented by Kalida Health on Buffalo Bill's Radio,

965
00:52:27,000 --> 00:52:32,359
Speaker 1: Bill's Radio Network. Sports Update here. Sports Update from One

966
00:52:32,360 --> 00:52:36,120
Speaker 1: Bill's Drive. The Big Ten expected to make their decision today.

967
00:52:36,160 --> 00:52:39,440
Speaker 1: If they're postponing their college football season this fall, they

968
00:52:39,440 --> 00:52:41,560
Speaker 1: could be the first domino to fall as the Power

969
00:52:41,600 --> 00:52:46,719
Speaker 1: five conferences continue to debate what to do amid the

970
00:52:46,719 --> 00:52:50,480
Speaker 1: coronavirus pandemic. In the NFL, the Patriots are expected to

971
00:52:50,520 --> 00:52:53,399
Speaker 1: sign veteran running back Lamar Miller to a one year deal.

972
00:52:53,440 --> 00:52:57,279
Speaker 1: They've reportedly agreed to terms. Janikin Goakway's attempt to force

973
00:52:57,320 --> 00:52:59,719
Speaker 1: his way out of Jacksonville has hit a bump in

974
00:52:59,760 --> 00:53:02,040
Speaker 1: the road, and Gackway has parted ways with his agent.

975
00:53:02,120 --> 00:53:05,719
Speaker 1: The Jaguars franchise tagged Nakway during the off season, but

976
00:53:05,840 --> 00:53:09,360
Speaker 1: the Edge Rusher has yet to sign his franchise tag

977
00:53:09,440 --> 00:53:12,640
Speaker 1: because of his unhappiness with his current situation. In other

978
00:53:12,760 --> 00:53:16,560
Speaker 1: NFL news, NFL Network reporter Tom Pellicero is reporting some

979
00:53:16,680 --> 00:53:20,840
Speaker 1: league wide COVID testing numbers. One hundred seven NFL players

980
00:53:21,080 --> 00:53:24,000
Speaker 1: have gone on the reserve COVID nineteen lists. So far,

981
00:53:24,360 --> 00:53:28,440
Speaker 1: eighty have been activated back off of that list. Twenty

982
00:53:28,440 --> 00:53:31,399
Speaker 1: seven players remain on the list, which is less than

983
00:53:31,480 --> 00:53:36,799
Speaker 1: one percent of rosters league wide. Currently, eighteen teams have

984
00:53:37,000 --> 00:53:41,359
Speaker 1: no players on their COVID reserve list. Buffalo Sabers made

985
00:53:41,360 --> 00:53:44,440
Speaker 1: it official they will return to the Royal Blue jerseys

986
00:53:44,480 --> 00:53:47,839
Speaker 1: starting next season. The jerseys will feature the Royal Blue

987
00:53:47,840 --> 00:53:50,680
Speaker 1: color scheme the team war from nineteen seventy to nineteen

988
00:53:50,760 --> 00:53:53,640
Speaker 1: ninety six. That had been a request of fans for

989
00:53:53,719 --> 00:53:57,520
Speaker 1: many years since blue, white, and gold returned as their

990
00:53:57,560 --> 00:54:00,920
Speaker 1: primary colors in two thousand six. And The New York

991
00:54:01,000 --> 00:54:02,919
Speaker 1: Rangers won the number one pick in the twenty twenty

992
00:54:03,000 --> 00:54:06,760
Speaker 1: NHL Draft in the second phase of the league's draft lottery.

993
00:54:06,880 --> 00:54:10,200
Speaker 1: This following the team's exit in the Stanley Cup qualifiers

994
00:54:10,600 --> 00:54:12,960
Speaker 1: late last week. And that is your sports update here

995
00:54:13,000 --> 00:54:16,200
Speaker 1: from One Bill's Drive. Welcome back to One Bill's Live.

996
00:54:16,320 --> 00:54:19,040
Speaker 1: Steve tasker Chris Brown with you as we're broadcasting from

997
00:54:19,040 --> 00:54:22,640
Speaker 1: the Seneca studios here at One Bill's Drive and Steve

998
00:54:22,719 --> 00:54:26,200
Speaker 1: we were talking about some of the comments on the

999
00:54:26,200 --> 00:54:28,200
Speaker 1: tweet sheet. There have been some good ones so far,

1000
00:54:28,320 --> 00:54:32,120
Speaker 1: as we are asking bills fans which Bill's rookie could

1001
00:54:32,160 --> 00:54:34,719
Speaker 1: be the biggest surprise in twenty twenty and why. And

1002
00:54:34,840 --> 00:54:37,120
Speaker 1: in just a minute, we'll also get to some comments

1003
00:54:37,120 --> 00:54:40,560
Speaker 1: from John Brown. But we like the Dane Jackson comment

1004
00:54:40,600 --> 00:54:42,520
Speaker 1: and I actually got another one on my own twitter

1005
00:54:42,560 --> 00:54:45,880
Speaker 1: feed here from Jeremy. He said, I think Dane Jackson

1006
00:54:45,920 --> 00:54:49,800
Speaker 1: is an interesting is an interesting player. He can contribute

1007
00:54:49,800 --> 00:54:52,400
Speaker 1: on special teams, has the ability to play inside and

1008
00:54:52,520 --> 00:54:56,239
Speaker 1: outside corner, a feisty player who won't be scared of

1009
00:54:56,239 --> 00:54:59,520
Speaker 1: the competition, and that is one of the things that

1010
00:54:59,560 --> 00:55:01,920
Speaker 1: made him attractive to Sean McDermott. I think we know

1011
00:55:03,040 --> 00:55:06,640
Speaker 1: that corners in this scheme have to be able to

1012
00:55:06,760 --> 00:55:09,320
Speaker 1: be run, support corners if they're out on the edges

1013
00:55:10,120 --> 00:55:12,520
Speaker 1: and force things back inside. So they have to be

1014
00:55:12,560 --> 00:55:16,240
Speaker 1: good open field tacklers. They have to be aggressive, and

1015
00:55:16,640 --> 00:55:18,440
Speaker 1: you know, you look at the corners on this roster

1016
00:55:18,440 --> 00:55:21,520
Speaker 1: whether it's as White tarn Johnson, who is small in

1017
00:55:21,600 --> 00:55:24,520
Speaker 1: stature but packs a punch when it comes to tackling

1018
00:55:25,360 --> 00:55:29,640
Speaker 1: from that nickel position. So you gotta have guys that

1019
00:55:29,680 --> 00:55:32,120
Speaker 1: can hit wrap up at the corner position to make

1020
00:55:32,160 --> 00:55:36,640
Speaker 1: this defense, you know, operate at the efficiency that they want.

1021
00:55:37,200 --> 00:55:39,440
Speaker 1: And it looks like, at least in that aspect that

1022
00:55:39,520 --> 00:55:42,560
Speaker 1: Dan Jackson fits the bill. The knock on him is

1023
00:55:42,560 --> 00:55:46,000
Speaker 1: tightening up his technique. And this is not an uncommon

1024
00:55:46,120 --> 00:55:49,160
Speaker 1: comment that you hear about cornerbacks in college, ones that

1025
00:55:49,239 --> 00:55:52,120
Speaker 1: rely on their athletic ability maybe more than the true

1026
00:55:52,160 --> 00:55:54,560
Speaker 1: techniques of the position. And this is I think it's

1027
00:55:54,600 --> 00:55:58,080
Speaker 1: one of the things that held Tredavius White back from

1028
00:55:58,120 --> 00:56:00,920
Speaker 1: getting the credit he deserved, Eydy, he finally got this

1029
00:56:00,960 --> 00:56:03,839
Speaker 1: past years an all pro corner was the fact that

1030
00:56:04,040 --> 00:56:07,080
Speaker 1: the defense can protect corners as well. They don't ask

1031
00:56:07,080 --> 00:56:09,239
Speaker 1: these guys to go out and be an island like

1032
00:56:09,320 --> 00:56:11,440
Speaker 1: Durrell reeves. They give him some help once in a while,

1033
00:56:11,480 --> 00:56:13,640
Speaker 1: they don't ask him to do it all themselves. And

1034
00:56:13,719 --> 00:56:15,839
Speaker 1: the skill set they bring to the table makes a

1035
00:56:15,880 --> 00:56:18,200
Speaker 1: lot of difference. And a guy like Dane Jackson, certainly

1036
00:56:18,200 --> 00:56:23,080
Speaker 1: a guy like Tredavious White, he's gonna win more often

1037
00:56:23,080 --> 00:56:25,839
Speaker 1: than not, particularly when he's got a defensive coordinator that's

1038
00:56:25,840 --> 00:56:27,799
Speaker 1: given him some help once in a while, and he's

1039
00:56:27,800 --> 00:56:30,440
Speaker 1: got safety help over the top. This is a team defense,

1040
00:56:30,800 --> 00:56:33,200
Speaker 1: and there's no question Trdavious White would be successful in

1041
00:56:33,200 --> 00:56:35,480
Speaker 1: just about any defense you put him in. But when

1042
00:56:35,480 --> 00:56:40,480
Speaker 1: you've got a coordinator and a defensive scheme that gives

1043
00:56:40,560 --> 00:56:42,920
Speaker 1: everybody a little help once in a while, and they

1044
00:56:42,920 --> 00:56:46,560
Speaker 1: don't ask you to carry the whole, you know, kitting

1045
00:56:46,600 --> 00:56:49,160
Speaker 1: caboodle on your shoulders, it gives him a chance to

1046
00:56:49,200 --> 00:56:52,520
Speaker 1: compete hard in moments where they need to and and

1047
00:56:52,600 --> 00:56:54,600
Speaker 1: it gives him a chance to take some gives him

1048
00:56:54,600 --> 00:56:57,960
Speaker 1: the opportunity to take some chances. Yeah, and I so

1049
00:56:58,360 --> 00:57:01,560
Speaker 1: it's a defense that is perfect for guys to come

1050
00:57:01,600 --> 00:57:04,720
Speaker 1: in and if they understand it to a high degree,

1051
00:57:05,719 --> 00:57:07,879
Speaker 1: they can really look good doing it and have some

1052
00:57:07,880 --> 00:57:10,200
Speaker 1: great seasons doing it. And a guy like Dane Jackson,

1053
00:57:10,239 --> 00:57:13,239
Speaker 1: while you know, he's a rookie and he's got, you know,

1054
00:57:13,280 --> 00:57:15,719
Speaker 1: some stuff he needs to tighten up, no question, I

1055
00:57:15,719 --> 00:57:20,760
Speaker 1: think the greater knowledge he can get learning about it,

1056
00:57:20,880 --> 00:57:24,120
Speaker 1: watching it and seeing how Tradavious White plays it, seeing

1057
00:57:24,160 --> 00:57:29,400
Speaker 1: how Levi Wallace plays it, Josh Norman plays it. This

1058
00:57:29,520 --> 00:57:31,600
Speaker 1: is a time where it's, like we said yesterday, with

1059
00:57:31,640 --> 00:57:33,720
Speaker 1: some of these young offensive linemen, we get in the

1060
00:57:33,760 --> 00:57:36,959
Speaker 1: room with all this experience. Man, those guys, it's gonna

1061
00:57:37,000 --> 00:57:39,120
Speaker 1: benefit them. And I think if they're you know, if

1062
00:57:39,120 --> 00:57:42,400
Speaker 1: they've got these kind of abilities to begin with, it'd

1063
00:57:42,400 --> 00:57:43,840
Speaker 1: be hard to keep him off the field. If they

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Speaker 1: developed that fast, Yeah, it's gonna help. And will actually

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Speaker 1: ask Dan Jackson and Gabe Davis, who will have up

1066
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Speaker 1: at the bottom of the hour in a live interview

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Speaker 1: what they feel about having veterans in their respective position rooms,

1068
00:57:59,440 --> 00:58:01,880
Speaker 1: because those two positions, I mean, you got vets galore.

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00:58:02,080 --> 00:58:07,640
Speaker 1: Think about this. So they must like Dane Jackson to me,

1070
00:58:07,960 --> 00:58:11,680
Speaker 1: just completely superficially, it must like Dane Jackson more than

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00:58:11,680 --> 00:58:14,720
Speaker 1: they like Levi Wallace three years ago, two years ago. Oh,

1072
00:58:14,760 --> 00:58:17,480
Speaker 1: I see what you're doing there. Levi Wallace wasn't drafted,

1073
00:58:18,040 --> 00:58:19,680
Speaker 1: but he's got that kind of skills. You know, they

1074
00:58:19,680 --> 00:58:22,600
Speaker 1: said not bring the kid in and Brian Dabole watched

1075
00:58:22,680 --> 00:58:24,560
Speaker 1: him in practice, ran his offense against the guy, like

1076
00:58:24,640 --> 00:58:26,320
Speaker 1: Levi Wallace said, Yeah, he's a good kid, He's got

1077
00:58:26,440 --> 00:58:28,240
Speaker 1: all this intangible stuff and that's one of the things

1078
00:58:28,280 --> 00:58:30,800
Speaker 1: that he brings to it. Now, Dane Jackson has that

1079
00:58:30,920 --> 00:58:35,040
Speaker 1: kind of intangible gift. If he's got more and if

1080
00:58:35,080 --> 00:58:39,480
Speaker 1: he's got more traits and develops like they've developed, they've got, yeah,

1081
00:58:40,200 --> 00:58:42,480
Speaker 1: you know, an even better guy than they've had in

1082
00:58:42,520 --> 00:58:44,800
Speaker 1: their starter for the last two years. So there's a

1083
00:58:44,800 --> 00:58:47,240
Speaker 1: lot there to be optimistic about if Dane Jaskon put

1084
00:58:47,240 --> 00:58:50,160
Speaker 1: it together. This one from Jeremy a different Jeremy. He says,

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00:58:50,200 --> 00:58:52,480
Speaker 1: I don't think I've been as excited about the wide

1086
00:58:52,480 --> 00:58:55,920
Speaker 1: receiver position since the price Molds era, But I believe

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00:58:56,000 --> 00:58:59,320
Speaker 1: right now the special team's kickers are in need both

1088
00:58:59,400 --> 00:59:02,560
Speaker 1: last season and showed me areas of concern as long

1089
00:59:02,680 --> 00:59:05,120
Speaker 1: term bills. So I hope to see Tyler on the

1090
00:59:05,160 --> 00:59:10,440
Speaker 1: field to begin his NFL development. And Tyler Bass is

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00:59:10,560 --> 00:59:13,640
Speaker 1: leading the voting right now on the Twitter poll in

1092
00:59:13,720 --> 00:59:17,200
Speaker 1: terms of which rookie you expect to surprise for the

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00:59:17,240 --> 00:59:22,320
Speaker 1: Bills here in twenty twenty and yeah, you know, I

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00:59:22,440 --> 00:59:27,640
Speaker 1: get it, you know. Stephen Hauska on kickoffs has had

1095
00:59:27,680 --> 00:59:30,080
Speaker 1: some trouble at times, particularly late in the season, when

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00:59:30,080 --> 00:59:33,720
Speaker 1: the ball doesn't carry as far. And we know what

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00:59:33,760 --> 00:59:38,160
Speaker 1: coaches like Steve. Coaches like removing as many of the

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00:59:38,280 --> 00:59:41,640
Speaker 1: variables from a game as possible. And if you've got

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00:59:41,640 --> 00:59:44,120
Speaker 1: a guy that can drill it through the back of

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Speaker 1: the end zone and guarantee you that the opponent's got

1101
00:59:48,240 --> 00:59:52,200
Speaker 1: seventy five yards a field to cover to score against

1102
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Speaker 1: this defense, there's value in that. Yeah, I agree, I agree,

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00:59:58,320 --> 01:00:05,880
Speaker 1: and I coach. You're right. Coaches love predictability. They love

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01:00:06,040 --> 01:00:10,919
Speaker 1: having That's why coach and consistency. Consistency and coaches love

1105
01:00:11,000 --> 01:00:14,360
Speaker 1: bringing players they have been around before to their new

1106
01:00:14,400 --> 01:00:16,920
Speaker 1: team because they know exactly what they're getting. There's a

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01:00:16,920 --> 01:00:18,720
Speaker 1: lot of guys on the team that they get. You know,

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01:00:18,760 --> 01:00:20,760
Speaker 1: a new coach will come in, he doesn't know all

1109
01:00:20,760 --> 01:00:22,040
Speaker 1: these guys well, but you know what, I know this

1110
01:00:22,160 --> 01:00:23,920
Speaker 1: other guy, I know him really well. So I'm bringing

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01:00:23,960 --> 01:00:25,800
Speaker 1: him in knowing what I got here. And if there's

1112
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Speaker 1: somebody better, then okay, But until then, I want something

1113
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Speaker 1: I know about. That's what they love. And if you've

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Speaker 1: got a guy like Tyler Bass who kickoffs are off

1115
01:00:35,160 --> 01:00:38,720
Speaker 1: the table until you know, until you get that personal

1116
01:00:38,760 --> 01:00:42,240
Speaker 1: foul on the touchdown against the defense, and you come

1117
01:00:42,280 --> 01:00:46,200
Speaker 1: back on offense, you're kicking off from the fifty, then

1118
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Speaker 1: you want a guy that can drop it inside the

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01:00:48,640 --> 01:00:53,440
Speaker 1: five with five second hang time outside the numbers and

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Speaker 1: you go down there and then you tackle them on

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01:00:55,400 --> 01:00:58,000
Speaker 1: the ten and they got ninety yards to go for

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01:00:58,040 --> 01:01:01,440
Speaker 1: a touchdown. Because that happens once or twice a season,

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Speaker 1: and in these games that are all decided by one possession,

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Speaker 1: that's huge. And you got to have your ability to

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Speaker 1: do and anybody and you know house kid can do that,

1126
01:01:09,880 --> 01:01:13,200
Speaker 1: but you don't want to. You know, it's just one

1127
01:01:13,240 --> 01:01:14,840
Speaker 1: more thing you've got. You want a guy that can

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Speaker 1: kick it out of the end zone whenever you need

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Speaker 1: him to do it, which is after just about every

1130
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Speaker 1: touch night. And the Bills last year were eighteenth in

1131
01:01:21,280 --> 01:01:25,640
Speaker 1: the league in kickoff touchback percentage. It was around fifty

1132
01:01:25,720 --> 01:01:28,800
Speaker 1: six percent. I want to say if memory serves, and

1133
01:01:29,520 --> 01:01:34,920
Speaker 1: it's just it's just not good enough in defense of it,

1134
01:01:35,040 --> 01:01:38,240
Speaker 1: kicking outdoors in Buffalo's rough, right, and at the end

1135
01:01:38,280 --> 01:01:40,840
Speaker 1: of the season, I think you really have to take

1136
01:01:40,880 --> 01:01:44,080
Speaker 1: it game by game year. You know, whether it's home way,

1137
01:01:44,320 --> 01:01:46,280
Speaker 1: and you got to look at your opponents in those

1138
01:01:46,320 --> 01:01:49,439
Speaker 1: games as well, are they doing it more than you are. Yeah,

1139
01:01:49,480 --> 01:01:52,680
Speaker 1: and I realize Steve that you and I don't cut

1140
01:01:52,680 --> 01:01:55,360
Speaker 1: it nearly as fine as this coaching staff does with

1141
01:01:55,520 --> 01:01:57,400
Speaker 1: the with the tape that they grind on and the

1142
01:01:57,400 --> 01:02:01,280
Speaker 1: advanced analytics that they utilize to term and well, yeah,

1143
01:02:01,440 --> 01:02:04,640
Speaker 1: touchback percentage is fifty six point one percent and we

1144
01:02:04,640 --> 01:02:07,840
Speaker 1: were eighteenth in the league. But what were the weather

1145
01:02:07,880 --> 01:02:11,480
Speaker 1: conditions in this game? Right? What team were we going against?

1146
01:02:11,560 --> 01:02:13,320
Speaker 1: Were we going against a team that brings it out

1147
01:02:13,320 --> 01:02:15,320
Speaker 1: of the end zone even if the guy's nine yards deep?

1148
01:02:15,400 --> 01:02:18,200
Speaker 1: Is that their philosophy? You know? What were the what

1149
01:02:18,320 --> 01:02:21,200
Speaker 1: were the reasons behind the percentage being what it was?

1150
01:02:21,800 --> 01:02:25,760
Speaker 1: They've done all that and they drafted Tyler Bass. Yeah,

1151
01:02:25,800 --> 01:02:28,040
Speaker 1: so that to me kind of spells it out like

1152
01:02:28,800 --> 01:02:31,320
Speaker 1: we're gonna see if we can do better here. Yeah.

1153
01:02:31,320 --> 01:02:34,280
Speaker 1: It's it's also how your opponent did in the exact

1154
01:02:34,280 --> 01:02:36,560
Speaker 1: same game under the exact same conditions, and what their

1155
01:02:36,640 --> 01:02:39,400
Speaker 1: kicker looked like. And are you is your kicker and

1156
01:02:39,440 --> 01:02:42,600
Speaker 1: your specialists outperforming their opponents on a consistent week to

1157
01:02:42,600 --> 01:02:44,320
Speaker 1: week basis. Could you get into a game where the

1158
01:02:44,320 --> 01:02:49,120
Speaker 1: wind is crushing you one way or the other? How

1159
01:02:49,200 --> 01:02:51,160
Speaker 1: many times did they kick off with and against and

1160
01:02:51,160 --> 01:02:54,080
Speaker 1: how many times we kicked off with and against that

1161
01:02:54,160 --> 01:02:56,400
Speaker 1: kind of stuff. So all of that goes into the mix,

1162
01:02:56,440 --> 01:03:01,520
Speaker 1: and you're right now it does have have you get

1163
01:03:01,520 --> 01:03:03,200
Speaker 1: in and all that stuff goes into the pot, but

1164
01:03:03,280 --> 01:03:05,560
Speaker 1: also comes down to what happens on draft day and

1165
01:03:05,640 --> 01:03:08,360
Speaker 1: a kicker, true of certain with certain traits, drops to

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01:03:08,400 --> 01:03:11,200
Speaker 1: a point where you say, are we gonna take are

1167
01:03:11,240 --> 01:03:15,560
Speaker 1: we gonna take? Yeah, we're gonna take another quarterback like

1168
01:03:15,600 --> 01:03:19,160
Speaker 1: they just drafted Jake from Are they gonna take this quarterback?

1169
01:03:19,200 --> 01:03:21,080
Speaker 1: We got a kicker who's got the same traits and

1170
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Speaker 1: they're they're, you know, let's get the kicker, you know

1171
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Speaker 1: what I'm saying. So all that stuff goes into the

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Speaker 1: mix too and how the draft falls. But you're right,

1173
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Speaker 1: they they want some competition at that spot, and uh

1174
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Speaker 1: it's they're probably trying to light a fire, a little

1175
01:03:34,160 --> 01:03:36,560
Speaker 1: bit of a fire under Stephen Haushka. But also just

1176
01:03:36,600 --> 01:03:40,240
Speaker 1: get better, Yeah, just get better. Uh. We want to

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Speaker 1: get to John Brown before we run out of time

1178
01:03:42,320 --> 01:03:44,920
Speaker 1: here in this big one o'clock hour segment, because we

1179
01:03:45,040 --> 01:03:46,720
Speaker 1: ran out of time yesterday. I don't want that to

1180
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Speaker 1: happen again. So John Brown who was on with the

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Speaker 1: media on a zoom call yesterday, covered a lot of topics, uh,

1182
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Speaker 1: you know, development of Josh Allen. Talked about Brian Dable's

1183
01:03:57,800 --> 01:04:01,360
Speaker 1: offense and his place in it. He was asked about

1184
01:04:01,400 --> 01:04:05,320
Speaker 1: Stefan Diggs as well, and about the rookie receivers that

1185
01:04:05,360 --> 01:04:07,880
Speaker 1: we're in the draft class, Gabe Davis and Isaiah Hodgens.

1186
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Speaker 1: So we'll start with you know, this now being John

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01:04:11,600 --> 01:04:15,400
Speaker 1: Brown's second season in the Bill's uniform, He's been around

1188
01:04:15,520 --> 01:04:18,520
Speaker 1: Josh for a good deal and he was Josh's number

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01:04:18,560 --> 01:04:21,560
Speaker 1: one target last season and had a career year as

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01:04:21,560 --> 01:04:25,919
Speaker 1: a result of that. So here's John Smoke Brown on

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01:04:26,280 --> 01:04:31,400
Speaker 1: where he sees Josh Allen's game going in year three. Now,

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01:04:31,440 --> 01:04:35,600
Speaker 1: I definitely see um. Now, I see Josh taking control

1193
01:04:35,680 --> 01:04:39,120
Speaker 1: of the offense. You know, you could tell that he's

1194
01:04:39,160 --> 01:04:43,040
Speaker 1: grown from you know, the end of the season too

1195
01:04:43,120 --> 01:04:46,440
Speaker 1: now and I'm really excited for Josh. You know, he

1196
01:04:46,600 --> 01:04:50,080
Speaker 1: definitely will be able to control games the way that

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Speaker 1: he should. Thank um. You know, he will do a

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Speaker 1: great job. That's just Josh all around. Once we get going,

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Speaker 1: you know, we would definitely old things from that point.

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Speaker 1: But I definitely believe he will, you know, do exactly

1201
01:05:05,520 --> 01:05:10,560
Speaker 1: what we spent. So this is the second guy now, Steve,

1202
01:05:11,400 --> 01:05:14,640
Speaker 1: because Mitch Morris was the first. When asked about Josh Allen,

1203
01:05:15,960 --> 01:05:19,080
Speaker 1: they are talking about, you know, last year we heard, oh,

1204
01:05:19,200 --> 01:05:21,680
Speaker 1: Josh has got good command of the offense. You know,

1205
01:05:21,720 --> 01:05:24,800
Speaker 1: he knows the scheme, you know, he knows what his

1206
01:05:24,880 --> 01:05:31,160
Speaker 1: answers are. But now we're talking about it's different. Now.

1207
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Speaker 1: It sounds more like this guy's running the show, like

1208
01:05:35,720 --> 01:05:39,040
Speaker 1: it's his show. He knows it and he's letting everybody

1209
01:05:39,120 --> 01:05:42,640
Speaker 1: else know it too. Right. It's interesting too. Three years

1210
01:05:42,680 --> 01:05:44,680
Speaker 1: ago when Josh was a rookie and he got thrown

1211
01:05:44,680 --> 01:05:47,440
Speaker 1: in early in the Nate Peterman fiasco and all that,

1212
01:05:48,200 --> 01:05:52,080
Speaker 1: he was raw, a great, big, strong athlete. You could

1213
01:05:52,080 --> 01:05:54,120
Speaker 1: see the traits in him. He had a huge arm

1214
01:05:54,160 --> 01:05:56,520
Speaker 1: and he had he's a competitor, fiery competitor. The guys

1215
01:05:56,600 --> 01:05:58,680
Speaker 1: loved playing for him, but he you know, he just

1216
01:05:58,840 --> 01:06:02,000
Speaker 1: needed to know more. Then last year he gets in

1217
01:06:02,120 --> 01:06:04,680
Speaker 1: and he's a different guy. He's completing, you know, six

1218
01:06:04,760 --> 01:06:09,440
Speaker 1: percent more of his pastor spike up. A lot of

1219
01:06:09,480 --> 01:06:11,720
Speaker 1: things go better for him. He's got better weapons around,

1220
01:06:11,760 --> 01:06:13,840
Speaker 1: and the offensive lines not a mess like it was

1221
01:06:13,880 --> 01:06:16,400
Speaker 1: two years ago. He just has a better offense around him.

1222
01:06:17,480 --> 01:06:19,880
Speaker 1: And so the big question coming in is always like, wow,

1223
01:06:20,120 --> 01:06:23,040
Speaker 1: can he take a step that big again? Because let's

1224
01:06:23,280 --> 01:06:25,840
Speaker 1: he came a long way last year, and it was

1225
01:06:25,880 --> 01:06:27,920
Speaker 1: a consistently long way. I mean, he didn't it was

1226
01:06:27,960 --> 01:06:29,680
Speaker 1: a little bit. It was a roller coaster season for

1227
01:06:29,680 --> 01:06:33,360
Speaker 1: a lot of ways, but his numbers were pretty consistent.

1228
01:06:35,080 --> 01:06:37,360
Speaker 1: He threw the ball much better last year than he

1229
01:06:37,400 --> 01:06:40,360
Speaker 1: did two years ago. He ran the offense much better

1230
01:06:40,400 --> 01:06:42,560
Speaker 1: last year than he did two years ago. He's more efficient,

1231
01:06:43,080 --> 01:06:46,440
Speaker 1: better decision making in the second half of that, all

1232
01:06:46,440 --> 01:06:49,600
Speaker 1: of that stuff. So the big question is can he

1233
01:06:49,760 --> 01:06:52,840
Speaker 1: do it again? Can he get better? And the simple

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01:06:52,880 --> 01:06:55,120
Speaker 1: fact the matter is you look back two years ago,

1235
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Speaker 1: there's yes question. He's got plenty of room to get better.

1236
01:06:59,680 --> 01:07:04,800
Speaker 1: And his trend has never stopped being up. Even in

1237
01:07:04,880 --> 01:07:06,640
Speaker 1: the last month of last year when they you know,

1238
01:07:06,640 --> 01:07:08,920
Speaker 1: they didn't you know, they didn't win Week seventeen and they,

1239
01:07:08,960 --> 01:07:11,520
Speaker 1: you know, because he didn't play that much all that stuff,

1240
01:07:12,080 --> 01:07:16,760
Speaker 1: he's trending up. We have yet to see him like Plateau.

1241
01:07:17,080 --> 01:07:20,560
Speaker 1: Really now he'll have a setback here in this statistical

1242
01:07:20,600 --> 01:07:24,640
Speaker 1: category or that one, but sometimes in general, generally speaking,

1243
01:07:24,640 --> 01:07:26,480
Speaker 1: the guy's getting better and better and better and better

1244
01:07:26,520 --> 01:07:29,320
Speaker 1: and better. The question is where do you believe that's

1245
01:07:29,360 --> 01:07:32,040
Speaker 1: going to top out and his team? And I think

1246
01:07:32,040 --> 01:07:34,640
Speaker 1: he's still going. He's he's smart and he works hard.

1247
01:07:35,760 --> 01:07:39,120
Speaker 1: That's I don't know what other ingredients you need, but

1248
01:07:39,240 --> 01:07:43,840
Speaker 1: that's it. Yeah, And it seems as though these guys

1249
01:07:43,840 --> 01:07:46,600
Speaker 1: are seeing Yeah he is. He's better now than he

1250
01:07:46,680 --> 01:07:49,080
Speaker 1: was just five, six, eight months ago when we left.

1251
01:07:49,240 --> 01:07:52,640
Speaker 1: He's better now. So the question is what's that going

1252
01:07:52,720 --> 01:07:55,840
Speaker 1: to look like? Yeah, and how is it going to

1253
01:07:55,960 --> 01:07:59,200
Speaker 1: be manifested within the scope of the passing game, which

1254
01:07:59,240 --> 01:08:02,360
Speaker 1: now has all of these weapons as we've outlined, And

1255
01:08:02,520 --> 01:08:05,160
Speaker 1: how is it going to keep everybody happy? That's another

1256
01:08:05,240 --> 01:08:09,000
Speaker 1: question that John Brown was asked regarding Brian Dable's approach

1257
01:08:09,040 --> 01:08:10,720
Speaker 1: to spreading the ball around. Here's what he had to

1258
01:08:10,760 --> 01:08:16,280
Speaker 1: say about that. He's been real creative with that. And

1259
01:08:16,360 --> 01:08:18,400
Speaker 1: you know, I can't say much. I mean, you would

1260
01:08:18,400 --> 01:08:22,559
Speaker 1: you would see when the time comes, but um, he's

1261
01:08:22,560 --> 01:08:25,439
Speaker 1: doing a great job. And you know, I just feel

1262
01:08:26,439 --> 01:08:29,360
Speaker 1: you know, your time, like when your time come, it

1263
01:08:29,400 --> 01:08:32,360
Speaker 1: will come. Like. So it's so many weapons that we

1264
01:08:32,479 --> 01:08:35,320
Speaker 1: have like, so basically the teams will have to pick

1265
01:08:35,400 --> 01:08:39,320
Speaker 1: their poison, and and and year two with coach Dabo,

1266
01:08:39,439 --> 01:08:42,760
Speaker 1: how has his development? How comfortable has he's been with

1267
01:08:42,840 --> 01:08:46,280
Speaker 1: you guys? Year two? Oh, he's been real comfortable. Man.

1268
01:08:46,320 --> 01:08:48,800
Speaker 1: You should have seen him walk around the building. It's funny, like,

1269
01:08:49,200 --> 01:08:51,639
Speaker 1: you know, you've got a different swag to him right now.

1270
01:08:52,680 --> 01:08:56,760
Speaker 1: Why do I picture Brian Dabo doing the Connor McGregor,

1271
01:08:57,600 --> 01:09:00,920
Speaker 1: you know walk after a Wednesday UFC fight, you know,

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Speaker 1: the one I'm talking about where he's swinging the arms

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Speaker 1: out and strutting his stuff. I could see Dable doing that. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: it's funny that he's probably gonna yell at me for

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01:09:08,560 --> 01:09:11,120
Speaker 1: saying that, but I can see it behind closed doors,

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Speaker 1: you know, no cameras rolling. I can see him stepping

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Speaker 1: out a little bit. Yeah. I'm sure they had a

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Speaker 1: lot of fun with it, but it is gonna be interesting.

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Speaker 1: I think one of them think about this. I've said

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Speaker 1: it a couple of times during the offseason. During that

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Speaker 1: Houston playoff game, Duke Williams got ten targets. He got

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Speaker 1: ten targets because that's the guy Houston wanted Josh to

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01:09:32,680 --> 01:09:35,080
Speaker 1: try and beat him. And he found it made the

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01:09:35,160 --> 01:09:36,840
Speaker 1: right decisions. That was a guy. You got a target,

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01:09:36,880 --> 01:09:39,280
Speaker 1: you target the guy that singled and the guy that's

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Speaker 1: got a matchup. That's the matchup that if we're gonna lose,

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Speaker 1: we're gonna lose because Duke Williams beat us, not because

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Speaker 1: John Brown or Cole Beasley beat us. And that's a

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Speaker 1: that's a and you can say, well they did beat us,

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Speaker 1: and well, you know what, we were up sixteen nothing

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01:09:51,160 --> 01:09:55,479
Speaker 1: at half and Josh was making the right decisions in

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01:09:55,520 --> 01:09:57,840
Speaker 1: the right reads. Now what happens when you switch out

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Speaker 1: Duke Williams and you plug Stephan Diggs in that spot?

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Speaker 1: Little different animal. Let's see who they decide to beat

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Speaker 1: him with this year, and Dawson Knox is going to

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Speaker 1: take a step forward. I firmly believe he's gonna be

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Speaker 1: a much better tight end than he was a year ago.

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Speaker 1: He's going to be a matchup problem. You've got two

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Speaker 1: running backs that you can throw in. It's not gonna

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Speaker 1: be Frank Gore. It's gonna be a fresh set of

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Speaker 1: Leggs and Zach Moss and Josh to me, just has

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Speaker 1: you know, displayed the ability to make the right decision

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01:10:30,720 --> 01:10:33,639
Speaker 1: go to the right matchup and now and is this

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01:10:33,720 --> 01:10:36,160
Speaker 1: year in this offense, have they take another step forward?

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01:10:37,040 --> 01:10:39,200
Speaker 1: You know, there's a lot to be optimistic about, a

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01:10:39,240 --> 01:10:41,120
Speaker 1: lot to be really excited about, and you can see

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Speaker 1: it in all these players. And like I said, it

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Speaker 1: is that time of year for everybody in all the teams,

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Speaker 1: but you can see a little something different in the

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Speaker 1: optimism the players now are portraying to the media here locally. Now.

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Speaker 1: Brian Dable, he was on a Zoom call back in June,

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Speaker 1: I want to say, which was the last time we

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Speaker 1: really had a chance to talk to him among other coaches,

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Speaker 1: and he was asked about Gabe Davis and Isaiah Hodgins,

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Speaker 1: who we've been talking a lot about on today's show

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Speaker 1: with the Twitter poll being what it is, and he said,

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Speaker 1: those two guys know their stuff, back to front, front

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Speaker 1: to back. It's been very impressive, especially in a virtual setting,

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Speaker 1: not getting physical reps, that they've been able to do that.

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Speaker 1: So I put that away, you know, in the filing cabinet,

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Speaker 1: you know, as a reporter and said, okay, that's interesting

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Speaker 1: that the coordinator is impressed with these young kids. So

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Speaker 1: then John Brown was asked about these same two rookie receivers.

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Speaker 1: Now listen to his answer that he had on Isaiah

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Speaker 1: Hodgens and Gabe Davis. Those two rookies, um, you know

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Speaker 1: they one of them day the two best that I've

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Speaker 1: seen so far since I've been in the league. Those

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Speaker 1: guys know the playbook better than any other veterans right now.

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Speaker 1: So you know they and you know Gabe Davis, he

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Speaker 1: played different positions, he knows every spot, he know every alert,

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Speaker 1: hot read, and you know he's going to be a

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Speaker 1: big help to the puzzle. So with those guys is

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Speaker 1: amazing because they even not there to help me. How

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Speaker 1: about that good grief? How about that I heard? Now,

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Speaker 1: here's the thing about Gabe Davis when he came out,

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Speaker 1: and I've got this written down. I've got this handy

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Speaker 1: Danny Lill, you know, so I can keep track all

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Speaker 1: the draft prospects. There's a couple of things from Gabe Davis.

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Speaker 1: The first thing about is he's got great character. Gabe

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Speaker 1: Davis is a guy who's like a team captain, presidential

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Speaker 1: quality guy, and they draft a lot of team captain

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Speaker 1: and he's smart, he's extremely tough. That's one of the

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Speaker 1: things he's He's got leadership skills, and the only problem

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Speaker 1: with Gabe Davis was they didn't. They didn't ask him

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Speaker 1: to run a huge array of routes at UCFA. Would

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Speaker 1: he ran just you know, he ran a limited route tree.

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Speaker 1: I don't think it matters. He's blinding up at every spot, right,

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Speaker 1: So all of that stuff goes into the Gabe Davis

1349
01:12:56,840 --> 01:12:59,000
Speaker 1: foul and it comes turns out you know here and

1350
01:12:59,120 --> 01:13:01,080
Speaker 1: when I'm let me tell you something. When John Brown

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Speaker 1: says he knows all the hot reads and change play

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Speaker 1: every spot, knows all the hot read, he hasn't physically

1353
01:13:05,520 --> 01:13:07,559
Speaker 1: repped it on the field except for this week. Let

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Speaker 1: me tell you something that ain't easy. And I say

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01:13:10,280 --> 01:13:11,759
Speaker 1: that because that was one of the things I struggle

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Speaker 1: with hard. It was really hard to stay on top

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Speaker 1: of that stuff. Um, even in the preseason when he

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Speaker 1: didn't have game plans and changes to it week to

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Speaker 1: week to get on top of it. In the preseason

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Speaker 1: say yeah, when when this happens, I do this, But

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Speaker 1: if that happens, I do that. Um, I know it

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Speaker 1: like that while it's happening, and haven't. And John Brown,

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Speaker 1: the two of them, he said, the both of them

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Speaker 1: the best. He's seen since he's been in the league.

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Speaker 1: Terms of knowing their stuff, the best to put it

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Speaker 1: in proper contact, in terms of knowing their stuff, the

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Speaker 1: best rookies he's seen and knowing the playbooks since he's

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Speaker 1: been in the NFL. That's that's pretty high praise. It

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Speaker 1: is John Brown. Yeah, and you know this is a

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01:13:52,200 --> 01:13:54,639
Speaker 1: guy that played in Baltimore and a guy that played

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Speaker 1: in Arizona with some pretty good young receivers. So and

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Speaker 1: Larry Fitzgerald, well right, who he absolutely loves yea um

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01:14:01,520 --> 01:14:05,800
Speaker 1: and who doesn't. But yeah, so when he when John

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Speaker 1: Brown said that, and I'm transcribing that interview, it's like,

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Speaker 1: all right, let me get the highlighter for this one.

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Speaker 1: You know, that's a highlight quote when you're talking about

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Speaker 1: the rookies. So, Gabe Davis might not be a bad

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Speaker 1: vote for the poll. He might surprise people more than

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01:14:18,479 --> 01:14:21,320
Speaker 1: anybody's even anticipating terms again into a roster spot. But

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01:14:21,360 --> 01:14:23,400
Speaker 1: in terms of production, and you think about this too,

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01:14:24,080 --> 01:14:25,760
Speaker 1: got three guys out there and you get into it

1382
01:14:25,800 --> 01:14:28,600
Speaker 1: like a two minute or four minute deal before the

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01:14:28,680 --> 01:14:30,760
Speaker 1: half is gonna end, or meeting before the game is

1384
01:14:30,800 --> 01:14:32,720
Speaker 1: gonna end. When you got guys running all over, they're

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01:14:32,800 --> 01:14:34,920
Speaker 1: running back, they're running your no huddle set against a

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01:14:34,960 --> 01:14:37,760
Speaker 1: little bit their guess. Gabe Davis is on me. You know,

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Speaker 1: he's on you know. He might be the next guy

1388
01:14:40,200 --> 01:14:44,679
Speaker 1: in same thing with Hodgens. They might get regular rotations.

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01:14:44,680 --> 01:14:46,880
Speaker 1: If they go six deep, I don't mind going four

1390
01:14:46,960 --> 01:14:49,800
Speaker 1: wide either. One single back four wide, I don't mind

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01:14:49,840 --> 01:14:53,320
Speaker 1: that either. Yeah, especially if this kid proves he's ready

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01:14:53,360 --> 01:14:56,400
Speaker 1: to execute. That's the thing. If they've got faith in

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01:14:56,479 --> 01:14:59,240
Speaker 1: these guys and they and they see something in him,

1394
01:14:59,280 --> 01:15:02,559
Speaker 1: they'll find a play. So, as I mentioned, Dable said it,

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01:15:03,240 --> 01:15:07,080
Speaker 1: Brown affirmed it. So. I mean, these two young kids

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Speaker 1: are getting a lot of positive comments from the Vets

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01:15:11,160 --> 01:15:13,080
Speaker 1: and the coaches on this staff. It's gonna be very

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01:15:13,080 --> 01:15:15,439
Speaker 1: interesting to see if they can make it happen to

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01:15:15,479 --> 01:15:18,160
Speaker 1: an equal degree on the field. When the real training

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Speaker 1: camp practices ramp up next week, Steve and I have

1401
01:15:21,240 --> 01:15:23,120
Speaker 1: to take a break, but when we come back, we

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01:15:23,200 --> 01:15:26,760
Speaker 1: will have Gabe Davis along with Dane Jackson. We'll have

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01:15:26,800 --> 01:15:29,559
Speaker 1: the two guys together as they talk about how these

1404
01:15:29,560 --> 01:15:33,040
Speaker 1: first few days and week of training camp or whatever

1405
01:15:33,080 --> 01:15:35,799
Speaker 1: we call it is going so far, how they're adjusting

1406
01:15:35,840 --> 01:15:38,679
Speaker 1: to finally getting some physical reps after a long layoff,

1407
01:15:39,200 --> 01:15:42,559
Speaker 1: and the unique connection these two share from the college ranks.

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01:15:42,560 --> 01:15:44,880
Speaker 1: We'll get into all of that with Gabe Davis and

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Speaker 1: Dane Jackson coming up after the break. Here on One

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Speaker 1: Bills Live, presented by Kalid to Health, This is Buffalo

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Speaker 1: Bill's Radio. Welcome back to One Bill Live. First round

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Speaker 1: street chaster with you here on a Tuesday edition of

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Speaker 1: the show, and please to be joined at this time.

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Speaker 1: Back on the air, Steve, and we finally got some

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01:16:15,479 --> 01:16:18,000
Speaker 1: players on live with us. Is this great or what? So?

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01:16:18,320 --> 01:16:20,759
Speaker 1: Two members of the rookie class from the Buffalo Bills,

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01:16:21,280 --> 01:16:24,200
Speaker 1: Gabe Davis, the wide receiver, fourth round draft choice, and

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01:16:24,439 --> 01:16:27,800
Speaker 1: seventh round draft choice, Day Jackson, the cornerback. Guys. Great

1419
01:16:27,840 --> 01:16:30,080
Speaker 1: to have you on at the same time. You guys

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Speaker 1: have a unique connection before you even got to Buffalo

1421
01:16:32,560 --> 01:16:34,960
Speaker 1: and became teammates, which we'll get to in a second.

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Speaker 1: But how has this run up to training camp been

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01:16:38,640 --> 01:16:41,120
Speaker 1: treating you? Guys? How does it feel to finally be

1424
01:16:41,240 --> 01:16:44,479
Speaker 1: back on the field as professionals. Gabe, We'll start with you.

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Speaker 1: You know, it's just a blessing. Feels great. Just the

1426
01:16:48,880 --> 01:16:50,360
Speaker 1: other day I was talking to one of the coaches

1427
01:16:50,360 --> 01:16:52,760
Speaker 1: and looking at my helmet and seeing that bills go

1428
01:16:52,840 --> 01:16:55,120
Speaker 1: across it. You know, it's just it's surreal to me

1429
01:16:55,200 --> 01:16:56,880
Speaker 1: to know that I'm in NFL and it's great to

1430
01:16:56,920 --> 01:17:00,080
Speaker 1: be here, and I'm happy to be in Buffalo be

1431
01:17:00,120 --> 01:17:02,479
Speaker 1: able to start my career here. Dan, what about you?

1432
01:17:02,520 --> 01:17:05,080
Speaker 1: I mean a five, like three to four month layoff here,

1433
01:17:05,120 --> 01:17:07,519
Speaker 1: five month layoff, and now you're finally running around doing

1434
01:17:07,560 --> 01:17:11,640
Speaker 1: football stuff, right. I guess, like Gabe said, it just

1435
01:17:11,680 --> 01:17:13,920
Speaker 1: feel good to be out there and I feel running around,

1436
01:17:14,000 --> 01:17:16,760
Speaker 1: you know, getting those physical reps, getting more comfortable with

1437
01:17:16,800 --> 01:17:19,600
Speaker 1: the defense in the scheme, being with those guys that

1438
01:17:19,720 --> 01:17:22,640
Speaker 1: you you know, watched on TVs TV for years, and

1439
01:17:22,680 --> 01:17:24,280
Speaker 1: you know, it was just being out there and being

1440
01:17:24,320 --> 01:17:28,679
Speaker 1: able to rep with those guys. Gabe, You and Isaiah Hodgens,

1441
01:17:28,760 --> 01:17:31,080
Speaker 1: two wide receivers, got drafted this year. You came in

1442
01:17:31,120 --> 01:17:33,280
Speaker 1: the early returns. We've heard a lot of feedback about

1443
01:17:33,320 --> 01:17:35,160
Speaker 1: how on top of it you guys are with your

1444
01:17:35,160 --> 01:17:37,559
Speaker 1: assignments where you're supposed to go, learning the language of

1445
01:17:37,600 --> 01:17:41,000
Speaker 1: the offense. How hard has that been given the fact

1446
01:17:40,840 --> 01:17:43,360
Speaker 1: that you know you've done everything on a computer screen

1447
01:17:43,400 --> 01:17:45,400
Speaker 1: you've had. You know, it's been classroom work rather than

1448
01:17:45,439 --> 01:17:48,000
Speaker 1: on the field stuff. How tough has that been for

1449
01:17:48,040 --> 01:17:51,880
Speaker 1: you and Isaiah? I mean I feel like it was

1450
01:17:51,960 --> 01:17:54,200
Speaker 1: it was pretty well. You know, the coaches did rebll

1451
01:17:54,320 --> 01:17:56,919
Speaker 1: teaching the material. We had a lot of note cards

1452
01:17:56,960 --> 01:17:59,679
Speaker 1: and you know, just constantly going through those. I feel

1453
01:17:59,680 --> 01:18:00,880
Speaker 1: like that was the best way for both of us

1454
01:18:00,920 --> 01:18:03,519
Speaker 1: to study and get to know what to do. And

1455
01:18:03,600 --> 01:18:07,479
Speaker 1: you know, we got together throughout the summertime to go

1456
01:18:07,840 --> 01:18:09,400
Speaker 1: you know, walk through or run through these plays and

1457
01:18:09,439 --> 01:18:11,040
Speaker 1: get a feel for everything. So I feel like the

1458
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Speaker 1: way we attack it is the best way. And then Dane,

1459
01:18:14,240 --> 01:18:18,200
Speaker 1: you know, un Gabe are both part of position groups

1460
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Speaker 1: that have a strong veteran presence in the room. I

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Speaker 1: know it's only been a few days now that you've

1462
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Speaker 1: been with those vets working. How beneficial though, have you

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01:18:28,520 --> 01:18:31,080
Speaker 1: found that to be? You know, as a rookie looking

1464
01:18:31,080 --> 01:18:35,640
Speaker 1: to be a sponge, it's been very beneficial for us

1465
01:18:35,760 --> 01:18:38,640
Speaker 1: rookies coming in because our vets are so open or

1466
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Speaker 1: so willing to teach us, and any questions we have,

1467
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Speaker 1: they're there to you know, answer them. On the field.

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Speaker 1: We have problems, they're there to fix them. And actually

1469
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Speaker 1: talk us through what needs to be done. So it's

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Speaker 1: been very beneficial for us. Gabe, You're come, you come

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Speaker 1: into the NFL, You're working with Brian day Boles offense.

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Speaker 1: It's an offense is kind of verse at all. It

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01:18:57,600 --> 01:19:00,439
Speaker 1: is designed to take take advantage of match ups. Some

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01:19:00,520 --> 01:19:03,439
Speaker 1: week to week it can change vastly. How hard has

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Speaker 1: it been to digest all of that and how far

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01:19:05,760 --> 01:19:10,800
Speaker 1: along in that process do you feel you are? For me?

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Speaker 1: I feel like I'm I'm pretty far in the process. Again,

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Speaker 1: Like I said before, I mean I had a lot

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Speaker 1: of help, you know, from Matt Barkley, Josh, Jay Davis,

1480
01:19:19,120 --> 01:19:22,439
Speaker 1: Isaiah all the all the guys helping me to learn

1481
01:19:22,479 --> 01:19:24,720
Speaker 1: this often the best way I can. And I'm just

1482
01:19:24,720 --> 01:19:28,320
Speaker 1: trying to, you know, take advantage of my opportunity to

1483
01:19:28,439 --> 01:19:30,640
Speaker 1: keep studying, keep working, and you know, just stay on

1484
01:19:30,640 --> 01:19:34,479
Speaker 1: top of everything. All right, guys, So now that we've

1485
01:19:34,520 --> 01:19:36,760
Speaker 1: got through the particulars of how camp's going, it's time

1486
01:19:36,760 --> 01:19:38,640
Speaker 1: to have a little fun with you two. Because the

1487
01:19:38,960 --> 01:19:41,639
Speaker 1: connection that you guys share is you faced each other

1488
01:19:41,680 --> 01:19:45,120
Speaker 1: on the field in a game setting before and the

1489
01:19:45,200 --> 01:19:47,759
Speaker 1: last time was almost a year ago now was September

1490
01:19:47,840 --> 01:19:53,040
Speaker 1: nineteen twenty nineteen UCF versus pitt at Hines Field in Pittsburgh.

1491
01:19:53,080 --> 01:19:56,280
Speaker 1: And Uh, we got some highlights that we're rolling right now.

1492
01:19:56,600 --> 01:20:00,080
Speaker 1: But Dane, I want to start with you because this

1493
01:20:00,160 --> 01:20:02,200
Speaker 1: was kind of a big game for you guys. UCF's

1494
01:20:02,200 --> 01:20:04,240
Speaker 1: coming in went in twenty seven to the last twenty

1495
01:20:04,280 --> 01:20:07,320
Speaker 1: eight They hadn't lost a regular season game since like

1496
01:20:07,400 --> 01:20:12,360
Speaker 1: twenty sixteen. Uh, what do you remember most about the

1497
01:20:12,479 --> 01:20:15,800
Speaker 1: vibe for that game and how did the emotion and

1498
01:20:15,880 --> 01:20:18,479
Speaker 1: intensity kind of shift and change as the game went

1499
01:20:18,520 --> 01:20:22,360
Speaker 1: on for you, Dane. I mean all week we knew

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01:20:22,479 --> 01:20:24,920
Speaker 1: that they were coming in and they were the team

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01:20:24,920 --> 01:20:26,320
Speaker 1: to beat. You know, they were the team to beat

1502
01:20:26,360 --> 01:20:28,839
Speaker 1: around the nation. They had a lot of talk around

1503
01:20:28,880 --> 01:20:31,160
Speaker 1: them and they showed. They showed that every single week.

1504
01:20:31,200 --> 01:20:32,960
Speaker 1: So we knew that we had to come in on

1505
01:20:33,000 --> 01:20:35,479
Speaker 1: our a game. You know. As the game went on,

1506
01:20:35,600 --> 01:20:37,200
Speaker 1: you know it was it was a tight game in

1507
01:20:37,240 --> 01:20:39,400
Speaker 1: the beginning, so you know that kind of got our

1508
01:20:39,439 --> 01:20:42,080
Speaker 1: guys more involved in it, and as it went on,

1509
01:20:42,160 --> 01:20:44,439
Speaker 1: we just kind of kept kept coming in and kept

1510
01:20:44,439 --> 01:20:47,720
Speaker 1: coming and Gay, what was your take going in and

1511
01:20:47,760 --> 01:20:49,920
Speaker 1: then as the game unfolded, it kind of shifted I

1512
01:20:49,920 --> 01:20:54,639
Speaker 1: mean it shifted and changed a lot there for us.

1513
01:20:54,720 --> 01:20:57,000
Speaker 1: You knew what happened the previous year that they were gonna,

1514
01:20:57,040 --> 01:20:59,599
Speaker 1: you know, come in and and give us there all.

1515
01:20:59,680 --> 01:21:01,960
Speaker 1: And you know, I feel like we probably took it,

1516
01:21:02,120 --> 01:21:03,800
Speaker 1: you know a little lightly, but at the end, they

1517
01:21:03,840 --> 01:21:05,200
Speaker 1: still went in and compete it, and you know, they

1518
01:21:05,280 --> 01:21:07,599
Speaker 1: ended up on top. Those guys came in, they worked,

1519
01:21:07,680 --> 01:21:12,599
Speaker 1: they took advantage of their opportunity and really really showed out. Gabe.

1520
01:21:12,600 --> 01:21:14,240
Speaker 1: You know we saw the highlights of it. You had

1521
01:21:14,240 --> 01:21:16,800
Speaker 1: a huge game. You had ten catches for one hundred

1522
01:21:16,800 --> 01:21:18,600
Speaker 1: and fifty one yards, a couple of touchdowns. What do

1523
01:21:18,640 --> 01:21:20,599
Speaker 1: you and you actually gave your team a ten point

1524
01:21:20,680 --> 01:21:22,559
Speaker 1: lead with about twenty minutes to go in that game.

1525
01:21:22,600 --> 01:21:27,240
Speaker 1: What do you remember about those scores? I don't really

1526
01:21:27,439 --> 01:21:31,960
Speaker 1: even remember too much. I just know for that week there,

1527
01:21:32,160 --> 01:21:34,400
Speaker 1: with the bigger, longer corn on me, I didn't really

1528
01:21:34,439 --> 01:21:36,040
Speaker 1: need to see Dane that much like I did the

1529
01:21:36,040 --> 01:21:40,599
Speaker 1: previous year. But I just I just knew the game plan,

1530
01:21:40,680 --> 01:21:42,639
Speaker 1: knew it was gonna happen, So, you know, just prepared

1531
01:21:42,720 --> 01:21:45,599
Speaker 1: all week to be able to come out and compete

1532
01:21:45,600 --> 01:21:48,800
Speaker 1: with them and Dane, I believe you were the leading

1533
01:21:48,840 --> 01:21:51,439
Speaker 1: tacker in the game for your team, and I think

1534
01:21:51,479 --> 01:21:53,640
Speaker 1: you made the last tackle the game to kind of

1535
01:21:53,640 --> 01:21:57,880
Speaker 1: seal the one point when Am I right about that? Yeah? Yeah,

1536
01:21:57,920 --> 01:22:00,800
Speaker 1: I was me So that's so at that highlight we

1537
01:22:00,840 --> 01:22:02,559
Speaker 1: saw as you run them down the field after you

1538
01:22:02,640 --> 01:22:04,719
Speaker 1: made the tackle to kind of steal the game. Yeah,

1539
01:22:04,760 --> 01:22:07,080
Speaker 1: they had a good Actually, when we looked at it

1540
01:22:07,120 --> 01:22:09,360
Speaker 1: and found they had, they were drawing up a nice play.

1541
01:22:09,640 --> 01:22:11,800
Speaker 1: If I wouldn't have made that tackle, it abould have

1542
01:22:11,800 --> 01:22:13,800
Speaker 1: had something big on it. So I'm happy I was

1543
01:22:13,840 --> 01:22:17,439
Speaker 1: able to be in position to And speaking of trick plays,

1544
01:22:17,520 --> 01:22:19,439
Speaker 1: I know a lot was made of the play that

1545
01:22:19,520 --> 01:22:21,880
Speaker 1: kind of gave you guys the one point lead with

1546
01:22:22,000 --> 01:22:25,439
Speaker 1: a minute left. I know coach Nardoozy kind of drew

1547
01:22:25,479 --> 01:22:27,600
Speaker 1: something up that was similar to Philly Special at the

1548
01:22:27,600 --> 01:22:29,599
Speaker 1: Eagles running the Super Bowl a couple of years ago.

1549
01:22:30,520 --> 01:22:32,679
Speaker 1: Did he put that in practice during the week, because

1550
01:22:32,760 --> 01:22:34,920
Speaker 1: from what I understand, it worked against your defense in

1551
01:22:34,960 --> 01:22:39,479
Speaker 1: practice pretty well, like the Thursday before the game. Yeah, yeah,

1552
01:22:39,479 --> 01:22:41,519
Speaker 1: he put it. He put it in and then and

1553
01:22:41,600 --> 01:22:43,800
Speaker 1: then worked really well. So but I didn't expect him

1554
01:22:43,800 --> 01:22:45,840
Speaker 1: to call it in the game, So I'm hoppy you

1555
01:22:45,840 --> 01:22:48,720
Speaker 1: were able to practice it, you know, and execute it

1556
01:22:48,760 --> 01:22:50,800
Speaker 1: in practice, so we could actually get a good looking

1557
01:22:50,880 --> 01:22:52,920
Speaker 1: game in the game. What's it make? What's it make

1558
01:22:53,000 --> 01:22:55,559
Speaker 1: the both of you feel? I mean, Gables start with you.

1559
01:22:56,360 --> 01:22:58,800
Speaker 1: You played against this guy. It was a great game.

1560
01:23:00,000 --> 01:23:01,880
Speaker 1: A lot of respect goes around when you play guys

1561
01:23:01,880 --> 01:23:04,320
Speaker 1: and they play well against you. And now to have

1562
01:23:04,439 --> 01:23:06,160
Speaker 1: both of you were in the same helmet in the

1563
01:23:06,400 --> 01:23:09,400
Speaker 1: and the next level of football, it's got to feel

1564
01:23:09,400 --> 01:23:13,679
Speaker 1: pretty good for both of you. Oh yeah, for sure. Um.

1565
01:23:13,720 --> 01:23:15,240
Speaker 1: You know, I got a lot of respect for Dane's

1566
01:23:15,240 --> 01:23:18,800
Speaker 1: a great guy, great dude, UM, great player. Um. As

1567
01:23:18,800 --> 01:23:21,280
Speaker 1: soon as they said his name came across that TV,

1568
01:23:21,400 --> 01:23:24,040
Speaker 1: I knew something specials gonna happen. I knew he's you know,

1569
01:23:24,080 --> 01:23:26,160
Speaker 1: I feel like he's gonna, you know, be a great

1570
01:23:26,160 --> 01:23:28,080
Speaker 1: part of this team and I'm happy to be, you know,

1571
01:23:28,240 --> 01:23:30,719
Speaker 1: part of it with him and Dane. Are you giving

1572
01:23:31,120 --> 01:23:34,719
Speaker 1: any of your fellow defensive backs any tips on Gabe's

1573
01:23:34,720 --> 01:23:38,240
Speaker 1: tendency since you've seen him a couple of times, I

1574
01:23:38,280 --> 01:23:42,320
Speaker 1: mean he's been He's a great receiver, big, strong, you know, fast,

1575
01:23:42,720 --> 01:23:44,240
Speaker 1: you know when he when he puts his head down,

1576
01:23:44,360 --> 01:23:46,559
Speaker 1: you know, you gotta get on your horses too, So,

1577
01:23:47,280 --> 01:23:49,080
Speaker 1: you know, it's just been great compete with him for

1578
01:23:49,080 --> 01:23:51,280
Speaker 1: the past two years, and now being on the same team,

1579
01:23:51,360 --> 01:23:54,400
Speaker 1: we're able to take it to the next level together. Finally, guys,

1580
01:23:54,840 --> 01:23:57,000
Speaker 1: as focused as you are on getting ready for your

1581
01:23:57,000 --> 01:23:59,240
Speaker 1: own season, which is coming up in about four weeks.

1582
01:23:59,240 --> 01:24:03,320
Speaker 1: How has all the uncertainty concerning college football grabbed both

1583
01:24:03,360 --> 01:24:06,240
Speaker 1: of you? It looks like the chances for college football

1584
01:24:06,280 --> 01:24:08,599
Speaker 1: are not looking great right now. I'm just kind of curious,

1585
01:24:08,680 --> 01:24:12,120
Speaker 1: being so recently removed from it. How is how is

1586
01:24:12,160 --> 01:24:16,760
Speaker 1: all this news kind of grabbing you right now? For me?

1587
01:24:17,360 --> 01:24:20,840
Speaker 1: You know, I just I really don't even know us.

1588
01:24:20,920 --> 01:24:23,240
Speaker 1: You know, every everything that's happening this year is m

1589
01:24:24,400 --> 01:24:26,080
Speaker 1: you know, the first it's the first time all this

1590
01:24:26,120 --> 01:24:28,080
Speaker 1: has ever happened. So, you know, I'm just going by

1591
01:24:28,120 --> 01:24:31,120
Speaker 1: what I see on TV and on social media, and

1592
01:24:31,120 --> 01:24:33,000
Speaker 1: you know, I just just do my part here every

1593
01:24:33,000 --> 01:24:34,840
Speaker 1: single day and focus on you know what I got

1594
01:24:34,880 --> 01:24:38,000
Speaker 1: going on here? Dan? How about you? You're hearing from

1595
01:24:38,000 --> 01:24:40,599
Speaker 1: any of your former college teammates like, are they gripping

1596
01:24:40,640 --> 01:24:44,000
Speaker 1: a little bit? Oh? Yeah, I mean the guys who

1597
01:24:44,320 --> 01:24:46,280
Speaker 1: were in a position to come out last year and

1598
01:24:46,439 --> 01:24:49,320
Speaker 1: stay You know, those guys are kind of in the bottom,

1599
01:24:49,360 --> 01:24:51,759
Speaker 1: but you know, every day's going to work out. I feels,

1600
01:24:51,760 --> 01:24:53,840
Speaker 1: you know, in their favor as long as they keep

1601
01:24:53,880 --> 01:24:57,320
Speaker 1: working or there's guys opting out stuff like that. So

1602
01:24:57,880 --> 01:24:59,880
Speaker 1: I mean, they just got to keep working and hope

1603
01:25:00,040 --> 01:25:03,120
Speaker 1: for the best. Dane Gabe, guys, thanks so much for

1604
01:25:03,120 --> 01:25:04,840
Speaker 1: spending some time with us. Good luck, We hope to

1605
01:25:04,880 --> 01:25:07,240
Speaker 1: see you on Sundays in the fall here. We're looking

1606
01:25:07,280 --> 01:25:09,519
Speaker 1: forward to watching you play and practice. Good luck and

1607
01:25:09,600 --> 01:25:13,320
Speaker 1: stay healthy. Okay, than I appreciate it all right, Thanks

1608
01:25:13,320 --> 01:25:15,640
Speaker 1: for the time, fellas, and hopefully at some point in

1609
01:25:15,640 --> 01:25:17,719
Speaker 1: time we can actually sit across from at a table

1610
01:25:17,760 --> 01:25:20,200
Speaker 1: and interview them in the studio. But I mean thanks

1611
01:25:20,200 --> 01:25:22,160
Speaker 1: to our guys in the roll room for making this

1612
01:25:22,200 --> 01:25:24,160
Speaker 1: thing work. Because as you could see, those two guys

1613
01:25:24,160 --> 01:25:27,120
Speaker 1: are on different iPads because they have to socially distance.

1614
01:25:27,320 --> 01:25:29,400
Speaker 1: You and I are six feet away over here because

1615
01:25:29,439 --> 01:25:31,880
Speaker 1: we have to socially distance. But we pulled it off.

1616
01:25:31,920 --> 01:25:34,080
Speaker 1: So hopefully they won't be five year vets before we

1617
01:25:34,120 --> 01:25:35,880
Speaker 1: actually get to shake their hand. But good to hear

1618
01:25:35,920 --> 01:25:37,840
Speaker 1: from a couple of members of the rookie class as

1619
01:25:37,920 --> 01:25:40,400
Speaker 1: a real training camp really kind of gets under way

1620
01:25:40,439 --> 01:25:43,200
Speaker 1: over the weekend. They're still doing Phase two here, conditioning

1621
01:25:43,240 --> 01:25:44,960
Speaker 1: and other stuff, And we just thought it would be

1622
01:25:45,000 --> 01:25:47,000
Speaker 1: a fun thing to talk to them about because those

1623
01:25:47,000 --> 01:25:49,799
Speaker 1: guys had played each other each of the last two years,

1624
01:25:49,840 --> 01:25:52,320
Speaker 1: you know, you Cef and Pitt, and sometimes they were

1625
01:25:52,360 --> 01:25:54,800
Speaker 1: directly across from one another, more so in the twenty

1626
01:25:54,840 --> 01:25:57,320
Speaker 1: eighteen game than the game last year. But man, I

1627
01:25:57,360 --> 01:26:00,479
Speaker 1: saw highlights from that game, you know, back in September,

1628
01:26:00,560 --> 01:26:03,280
Speaker 1: just watching you know, some college football highlights, and man,

1629
01:26:03,280 --> 01:26:05,880
Speaker 1: that was a barn burner of a game. Thirty five

1630
01:26:06,080 --> 01:26:08,559
Speaker 1: thirty four was the final pit pulling off the upset

1631
01:26:08,840 --> 01:26:13,559
Speaker 1: over US. Upset. Yeah, UCF had won. They won their

1632
01:26:13,640 --> 01:26:15,760
Speaker 1: last eight and one or something. They were one their

1633
01:26:15,800 --> 01:26:19,280
Speaker 1: last twenty seven regular season games in a row. They're

1634
01:26:19,280 --> 01:26:21,880
Speaker 1: only loss was to LSU, who won the national title

1635
01:26:21,960 --> 01:26:24,519
Speaker 1: last year the previous year in a bowl game. So

1636
01:26:24,800 --> 01:26:26,400
Speaker 1: that's why I wanted to get their thoughts. That would

1637
01:26:26,400 --> 01:26:27,840
Speaker 1: be fun to kind of have them. They didn't really

1638
01:26:27,840 --> 01:26:29,680
Speaker 1: want to jaw jack back and forth at each other.

1639
01:26:29,720 --> 01:26:31,839
Speaker 1: I think Dane's pretty happy they came out with the victory.

1640
01:26:31,880 --> 01:26:35,080
Speaker 1: But but Gabe had a monster game, so just fun

1641
01:26:35,120 --> 01:26:36,640
Speaker 1: to kind of catch up with them and get their

1642
01:26:36,680 --> 01:26:39,160
Speaker 1: thoughts and memories on what was a very special game

1643
01:26:39,520 --> 01:26:41,720
Speaker 1: at the collegiate level. Steve and I will take a break,

1644
01:26:41,760 --> 01:26:44,320
Speaker 1: but when we come back more One Bills Live coming

1645
01:26:44,360 --> 01:26:46,920
Speaker 1: your way. We'll have it all for you here coming

1646
01:26:47,000 --> 01:26:49,479
Speaker 1: up shortly as One Bills Live presented by Colli to help.

1647
01:26:49,560 --> 01:27:05,880
Speaker 1: This is Buffalo Bills Radio back on One Bill's Live.

1648
01:27:05,960 --> 01:27:09,519
Speaker 1: Chris Brown, Steve Tasker with you and good conversation there

1649
01:27:09,600 --> 01:27:12,799
Speaker 1: with a couple of rookies on the roster, Dane Jackson,

1650
01:27:12,840 --> 01:27:15,720
Speaker 1: Gabe Davis, and that barn Burner of a game they

1651
01:27:15,760 --> 01:27:18,760
Speaker 1: had in college between one another, with Pitt coming out

1652
01:27:18,800 --> 01:27:22,160
Speaker 1: with a thirty five thirty four squeaker win over UCF

1653
01:27:22,160 --> 01:27:24,880
Speaker 1: in an upset because UCF was ranked number fifteen in

1654
01:27:24,880 --> 01:27:28,560
Speaker 1: the country at the time. And as you noticed on

1655
01:27:28,680 --> 01:27:32,439
Speaker 1: the screen, if you're our MSG viewing audience, and if

1656
01:27:32,439 --> 01:27:35,439
Speaker 1: you're on the radio listening audience, we'll explain this to you.

1657
01:27:35,479 --> 01:27:37,600
Speaker 1: But we basically had the two of us up on

1658
01:27:37,640 --> 01:27:41,760
Speaker 1: the screen, Steve and I, along with Dane Jackson with

1659
01:27:41,800 --> 01:27:44,360
Speaker 1: his own little box and Gabe Davis with his own

1660
01:27:44,400 --> 01:27:46,720
Speaker 1: little box because those two guys, even though they were

1661
01:27:46,720 --> 01:27:50,200
Speaker 1: both being interviewed by us, had to socially distanced. We

1662
01:27:50,320 --> 01:27:53,439
Speaker 1: have a photo of what those guys were doing to

1663
01:27:53,560 --> 01:27:55,920
Speaker 1: just conduct the interview with us a short time ago.

1664
01:27:56,080 --> 01:27:59,000
Speaker 1: So we thank them, along with Kevin Kurrns from the

1665
01:27:59,040 --> 01:28:01,920
Speaker 1: Media Relations department and for helping us to execute this

1666
01:28:02,040 --> 01:28:06,000
Speaker 1: because we're all making adjustments and this is an example

1667
01:28:06,040 --> 01:28:09,240
Speaker 1: of how the tables are socially distanced for meetings in

1668
01:28:09,320 --> 01:28:12,080
Speaker 1: the field house. Look, they need this much extra space

1669
01:28:12,200 --> 01:28:15,960
Speaker 1: right looking at that's a meeting room, which is, you know,

1670
01:28:16,400 --> 01:28:18,880
Speaker 1: a third of the size or half the size of

1671
01:28:18,880 --> 01:28:21,519
Speaker 1: a regular football field, just for as probably an offensive

1672
01:28:21,600 --> 01:28:23,720
Speaker 1: or defensive setup right there, for one side of the

1673
01:28:23,720 --> 01:28:26,280
Speaker 1: football or the other. It's not the whole team, but

1674
01:28:27,360 --> 01:28:29,080
Speaker 1: that's what you're looking at, and that's how they have

1675
01:28:29,120 --> 01:28:31,920
Speaker 1: to meet. And that's how seriously they're taking social distancing

1676
01:28:31,920 --> 01:28:34,400
Speaker 1: and the protocols and the masks. Yeah, because their masks

1677
01:28:34,400 --> 01:28:36,400
Speaker 1: off for this interview. So they went a full twelve

1678
01:28:36,400 --> 01:28:40,320
Speaker 1: feet forget about six. It's funny too, because not for

1679
01:28:40,800 --> 01:28:42,679
Speaker 1: those guys. They did a great job with his interview.

1680
01:28:42,680 --> 01:28:45,800
Speaker 1: They're they're smart kids. They're gonna be great. They've got

1681
01:28:45,800 --> 01:28:48,879
Speaker 1: a lot on the ball, as you could tell. They're peers.

1682
01:28:49,320 --> 01:28:51,920
Speaker 1: Now the peers, the veteran players are saying, you know,

1683
01:28:52,000 --> 01:28:53,960
Speaker 1: these guys, you know their lights are on really good.

1684
01:28:54,080 --> 01:28:56,639
Speaker 1: But I know this too. They were sitting there doing

1685
01:28:56,640 --> 01:28:58,800
Speaker 1: this interview because somebody told them to go over and

1686
01:28:58,800 --> 01:29:00,599
Speaker 1: sit down and do the interview. They were like, whoa.

1687
01:29:02,040 --> 01:29:04,400
Speaker 1: And we tried to line. We told him before we

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01:29:04,439 --> 01:29:07,280
Speaker 1: got on, say guys, listen, we're you know, we're in house.

1689
01:29:07,320 --> 01:29:09,120
Speaker 1: We're kind of doing this thing. A said, don't don't

1690
01:29:09,160 --> 01:29:11,080
Speaker 1: worry about it, just relax and do it. And they

1691
01:29:11,400 --> 01:29:18,759
Speaker 1: they were both yo, okay, they were here right, They

1692
01:29:18,840 --> 01:29:22,519
Speaker 1: were here strictly because somebody held their hands to walked

1693
01:29:22,560 --> 01:29:24,240
Speaker 1: him over there and said sit down and do this interview.

1694
01:29:24,280 --> 01:29:28,679
Speaker 1: It's pretty funny, but that's not for nothing. Sean McDermot

1695
01:29:28,680 --> 01:29:30,840
Speaker 1: does a nice job. We we kind of bristle against

1696
01:29:30,840 --> 01:29:33,799
Speaker 1: it once in a while because they're very protected, particularly

1697
01:29:33,800 --> 01:29:36,960
Speaker 1: the younger players. They don't want their young We got,

1698
01:29:37,000 --> 01:29:39,200
Speaker 1: you know, got the two of them together, Gabe Davis

1699
01:29:39,240 --> 01:29:43,400
Speaker 1: and Jackson, Dane Jackson to come on together to day.

1700
01:29:43,439 --> 01:29:47,200
Speaker 1: But the clubs, you know, they do give them media

1701
01:29:47,200 --> 01:29:49,040
Speaker 1: access and all that, like they're supposed to, but they're

1702
01:29:49,040 --> 01:29:51,360
Speaker 1: pretty protective and they kind of set these guys up

1703
01:29:51,360 --> 01:29:53,759
Speaker 1: for success. They don't put them on the field right away,

1704
01:29:53,920 --> 01:29:55,639
Speaker 1: and they don't put them out in the public eye

1705
01:29:55,720 --> 01:29:58,760
Speaker 1: right away and hyped up right. They don't put them

1706
01:29:58,760 --> 01:30:01,400
Speaker 1: in front of the cameras, and you know, and you

1707
01:30:01,439 --> 01:30:04,439
Speaker 1: know that often they do a nice job with it,

1708
01:30:04,479 --> 01:30:06,880
Speaker 1: and it's all part of the development process that that

1709
01:30:07,320 --> 01:30:10,240
Speaker 1: that the you know, this process that Sean McDermott has,

1710
01:30:11,640 --> 01:30:14,160
Speaker 1: you know, it's all part of that process and it

1711
01:30:14,200 --> 01:30:17,120
Speaker 1: has worked to perfection so far. These guys get better

1712
01:30:17,360 --> 01:30:19,559
Speaker 1: quickly and then when they're ready to come out in

1713
01:30:19,560 --> 01:30:21,919
Speaker 1: front of the cameras like this on a more regular basis,

1714
01:30:22,840 --> 01:30:26,679
Speaker 1: well they're ready, yeah, basically. So we appreciate our time

1715
01:30:26,720 --> 01:30:29,479
Speaker 1: with them. And in case you missed the interview, there

1716
01:30:29,479 --> 01:30:31,360
Speaker 1: are other places you can catch it now because we

1717
01:30:31,400 --> 01:30:37,160
Speaker 1: are streaming on the Buffalo Bills app and podcast form.

1718
01:30:37,240 --> 01:30:40,879
Speaker 1: All shows portions of this show are podcasted on Buffalo

1719
01:30:40,880 --> 01:30:43,800
Speaker 1: bills dot com, the Bills App, Spotify, Google Play, and

1720
01:30:44,120 --> 01:30:46,200
Speaker 1: Apple podcasts. So if you missed the interview with Dane

1721
01:30:46,280 --> 01:30:48,160
Speaker 1: Jackson and Gabe Davids, be fure to check it out

1722
01:30:48,640 --> 01:30:52,120
Speaker 1: there where we will be re racking it for you

1723
01:30:52,200 --> 01:30:55,120
Speaker 1: to to view and listen to at your leisure. You know,

1724
01:30:55,280 --> 01:30:56,920
Speaker 1: we know people have jobs and you can't listen to

1725
01:30:56,920 --> 01:30:59,639
Speaker 1: the whole show. Sometimes you kind of get in jump out.

1726
01:30:59,680 --> 01:31:02,439
Speaker 1: Maybe you're driving somewhere, you're on a sales call, driving somewhere.

1727
01:31:02,439 --> 01:31:05,200
Speaker 1: You only catch twenty minutes of the show. So it's

1728
01:31:05,240 --> 01:31:08,000
Speaker 1: there for you to consume when you have the time

1729
01:31:08,040 --> 01:31:10,080
Speaker 1: to do so. So just be aware of that that

1730
01:31:10,080 --> 01:31:11,680
Speaker 1: that's where you can find the interview in case you

1731
01:31:11,720 --> 01:31:15,240
Speaker 1: missed it a short time ago. Back to the tweet sheet, Steve,

1732
01:31:15,280 --> 01:31:17,080
Speaker 1: before we break here at the top of the hour,

1733
01:31:17,400 --> 01:31:19,759
Speaker 1: which Bill's rookie could be the biggest surprise in twenty

1734
01:31:19,800 --> 01:31:22,920
Speaker 1: twenty and why? And it is still Tyler Bass out

1735
01:31:22,960 --> 01:31:26,880
Speaker 1: in front and he's widening his lead. Steve, Tyler Bass

1736
01:31:26,880 --> 01:31:30,120
Speaker 1: getting almost forty percent of the vote here, gave Davis

1737
01:31:30,200 --> 01:31:33,640
Speaker 1: right behind him at almost thirty four percent, followed by Isaiah,

1738
01:31:33,680 --> 01:31:38,280
Speaker 1: Isaiah Hodgens and other. So we do have a couple

1739
01:31:38,320 --> 01:31:40,479
Speaker 1: of more comments from the tweet sheet that we need

1740
01:31:40,520 --> 01:31:43,120
Speaker 1: to get to. From Seth, he says, I think it'll

1741
01:31:43,120 --> 01:31:44,920
Speaker 1: be Epanessa. He's going to come in and play a lot.

1742
01:31:44,960 --> 01:31:47,400
Speaker 1: They'll be moving him around the line, and I think

1743
01:31:47,400 --> 01:31:49,640
Speaker 1: he'll be in the pass rush package next to Ed

1744
01:31:49,720 --> 01:31:52,759
Speaker 1: on the inside. I can see him leading the team

1745
01:31:52,760 --> 01:31:56,519
Speaker 1: in sacks. Just got a good feeling about the dude. Wow. Well,

1746
01:31:57,000 --> 01:31:59,519
Speaker 1: I wouldn't be surprised if he contributes, which is partially

1747
01:31:59,520 --> 01:32:01,360
Speaker 1: why we didn't even include him on this list. He's

1748
01:32:01,400 --> 01:32:04,559
Speaker 1: their top pick. He's on the field, even as deep

1749
01:32:04,600 --> 01:32:07,040
Speaker 1: as that defensive line is. Right now, you want to

1750
01:32:07,040 --> 01:32:09,160
Speaker 1: tell me he's gonna lead the team in sax, Now,

1751
01:32:09,200 --> 01:32:11,840
Speaker 1: I'll throw that into the surprise category. Yeah, that would

1752
01:32:11,840 --> 01:32:15,280
Speaker 1: be a surprise, no question. And we all have high

1753
01:32:15,280 --> 01:32:18,240
Speaker 1: expectations for the season all the way around, and particularly

1754
01:32:18,240 --> 01:32:20,040
Speaker 1: for guys who are actually gonna get in. You know,

1755
01:32:20,560 --> 01:32:22,960
Speaker 1: a Japaness is going to be into the rotation and

1756
01:32:23,000 --> 01:32:24,920
Speaker 1: we're gonna we have yet to see what he looks like.

1757
01:32:25,439 --> 01:32:27,880
Speaker 1: But you're right. I mean, the guy brings a lot

1758
01:32:27,920 --> 01:32:31,960
Speaker 1: to the table. And but that you know, that's why

1759
01:32:32,000 --> 01:32:34,680
Speaker 1: we said, who's gonna surprise? A Japaness is not a

1760
01:32:34,720 --> 01:32:38,200
Speaker 1: surprise to me. Certainly would be a surprise if he

1761
01:32:38,280 --> 01:32:40,360
Speaker 1: leads this team in sacks, particularly if this team has

1762
01:32:40,360 --> 01:32:44,439
Speaker 1: a good year defensively, but him playing and getting on

1763
01:32:44,479 --> 01:32:46,320
Speaker 1: the field and contributing in some way shape for him,

1764
01:32:46,360 --> 01:32:49,880
Speaker 1: even on a consistent level or basis, is not a

1765
01:32:49,880 --> 01:32:52,840
Speaker 1: surprise to me. So I'm yeah, I'm I kind of

1766
01:32:52,840 --> 01:32:55,040
Speaker 1: get where you're coming from. If he's if he's that good,

1767
01:32:55,040 --> 01:32:57,520
Speaker 1: that will be a surprise, but we expect him to contribute.

1768
01:32:57,760 --> 01:33:01,479
Speaker 1: Last one on this tweet sheet from Steve, he says,

1769
01:33:01,920 --> 01:33:04,160
Speaker 1: I don't think any of the drafted players would necessarily

1770
01:33:04,200 --> 01:33:06,120
Speaker 1: be a surprise to me. I think if a guy

1771
01:33:06,160 --> 01:33:09,599
Speaker 1: like Trey Adams rebounds from his past injuries and has

1772
01:33:09,640 --> 01:33:12,479
Speaker 1: an impact with his play, that would be a very

1773
01:33:12,560 --> 01:33:16,800
Speaker 1: pleasant surprise for me. Trey Adams, rookie undrafted tackle out

1774
01:33:16,840 --> 01:33:21,640
Speaker 1: of Washington, Washington, who was two years ago touted as

1775
01:33:21,640 --> 01:33:24,280
Speaker 1: a pretty high draft prospect early in his career. Then

1776
01:33:24,280 --> 01:33:26,200
Speaker 1: he got a I think it was a knee and

1777
01:33:26,240 --> 01:33:29,240
Speaker 1: then a back injury, two different injuries that kind of

1778
01:33:29,400 --> 01:33:31,840
Speaker 1: limited back to back years in back to back years,

1779
01:33:31,880 --> 01:33:33,560
Speaker 1: and that dropped him off the draft board for a

1780
01:33:33,600 --> 01:33:35,040
Speaker 1: lot of teams. Bill's got him. This is a guy

1781
01:33:35,080 --> 01:33:40,400
Speaker 1: that six eight, three hundred seventeen pounds plus pounds, and

1782
01:33:40,600 --> 01:33:44,000
Speaker 1: I saw him at the draft at the combine run

1783
01:33:44,120 --> 01:33:47,040
Speaker 1: some things, and then I also saw him after that.

1784
01:33:47,200 --> 01:33:49,599
Speaker 1: He looks trimmer now than he did at the combine,

1785
01:33:49,680 --> 01:33:52,960
Speaker 1: much trimmer. And it wouldn't surprise me if that's partially

1786
01:33:53,040 --> 01:33:56,360
Speaker 1: done to you know, not over taxes back. You know,

1787
01:33:56,439 --> 01:33:59,240
Speaker 1: you have length, you have size. There's no need to

1788
01:33:59,280 --> 01:34:02,200
Speaker 1: add any extra girth. People can't get around you because

1789
01:34:02,240 --> 01:34:04,559
Speaker 1: of your length, right, not because of your size. Your

1790
01:34:04,560 --> 01:34:08,479
Speaker 1: strengthen your length. Yeah, so just stay trim, keep the

1791
01:34:08,479 --> 01:34:11,040
Speaker 1: extra weight off your frame, and that probably helps his

1792
01:34:11,120 --> 01:34:13,200
Speaker 1: back and his knee for that matter. I haven't heard

1793
01:34:13,240 --> 01:34:16,040
Speaker 1: anything like this, but it wouldn't surprise me if after

1794
01:34:16,080 --> 01:34:18,599
Speaker 1: the Bills signed him. And plus he did look soft

1795
01:34:18,640 --> 01:34:21,479
Speaker 1: at the draft, he looked a little little little doey.

1796
01:34:22,200 --> 01:34:25,040
Speaker 1: I wouldn't be surprised if the Bills said, Hey, I

1797
01:34:25,080 --> 01:34:27,160
Speaker 1: know you're three eighteen. Now, let's firm it up. Let's

1798
01:34:27,200 --> 01:34:31,240
Speaker 1: keetch you about. Let's keet your body, your body mass index.

1799
01:34:31,360 --> 01:34:33,760
Speaker 1: Let's get your lean weight down to about you know,

1800
01:34:34,520 --> 01:34:37,559
Speaker 1: whatever percent that would be. Let's put on about fifteen

1801
01:34:37,560 --> 01:34:40,760
Speaker 1: pounds of muscle and drop thirty pounds of fat, you know,

1802
01:34:41,360 --> 01:34:43,680
Speaker 1: which sounds like an enormous amount. But for these big

1803
01:34:43,720 --> 01:34:46,280
Speaker 1: guys do it, they'll do it. Yeah, And that may

1804
01:34:46,320 --> 01:34:48,000
Speaker 1: be what happened to him, because he does look He

1805
01:34:48,040 --> 01:34:50,160
Speaker 1: did look different when I saw him in his Bill's

1806
01:34:50,240 --> 01:34:53,519
Speaker 1: uniform for the media in the media guide kind of thing.

1807
01:34:53,600 --> 01:34:56,760
Speaker 1: So that may be something that the Bills took after

1808
01:34:56,800 --> 01:34:58,400
Speaker 1: they signed him. Come up and say, you know this

1809
01:34:58,439 --> 01:35:01,320
Speaker 1: was months ago, said let's and here's what we want

1810
01:35:01,320 --> 01:35:03,760
Speaker 1: you to do with your body. And if the kids

1811
01:35:03,760 --> 01:35:06,800
Speaker 1: are the kid is who he needs to be, he'll

1812
01:35:06,840 --> 01:35:09,840
Speaker 1: get it done. Yeah. So I wouldn't surprise me any

1813
01:35:10,080 --> 01:35:12,599
Speaker 1: because he gets an interesting choice and that's what we're

1814
01:35:12,600 --> 01:35:14,920
Speaker 1: looking for from the other category on the Twitter poll.

1815
01:35:15,000 --> 01:35:16,880
Speaker 1: So thanks to Steve for doing that. Wasn't you that

1816
01:35:16,960 --> 01:35:21,040
Speaker 1: was another difference to you, my evil twin fair enough

1817
01:35:21,120 --> 01:35:23,880
Speaker 1: or maybe I'm the evil Well, hey, it depends which

1818
01:35:23,880 --> 01:35:26,519
Speaker 1: way you want to slice it. Right. We have been

1819
01:35:26,520 --> 01:35:29,040
Speaker 1: holding this guy in our back pocket for the entire

1820
01:35:29,080 --> 01:35:32,720
Speaker 1: show one. Levi Wallace is entering his third season with

1821
01:35:32,800 --> 01:35:35,680
Speaker 1: the Bills. He's hold off He's held off any and

1822
01:35:35,800 --> 01:35:39,559
Speaker 1: all competitors his first two seasons to stay in the

1823
01:35:39,600 --> 01:35:42,960
Speaker 1: starting lineup at the right cornerback position. But there's a

1824
01:35:43,040 --> 01:35:45,920
Speaker 1: new contender and his name is Josh Norman. How is

1825
01:35:46,000 --> 01:35:51,160
Speaker 1: Levi Wallace navigating the impending competition that will ensue when

1826
01:35:51,200 --> 01:35:54,880
Speaker 1: the helmets and the pads go on next Monday. We'll

1827
01:35:54,920 --> 01:35:56,800
Speaker 1: hear what he has to say about that when we

1828
01:35:56,840 --> 01:35:59,800
Speaker 1: come back here on One Bill's Live, presented by Kalida Health.

1829
01:36:00,080 --> 01:36:15,800
Speaker 1: This is Buffalo Bill's Radio Bills Radio Network Sports Date.

1830
01:36:16,120 --> 01:36:18,320
Speaker 1: You're a sports update from One Bill's Drive. The Big

1831
01:36:18,360 --> 01:36:21,360
Speaker 1: Ten Conference is expected to make their decision today if

1832
01:36:21,360 --> 01:36:24,320
Speaker 1: they're postponing their college football season this fall. The Pac

1833
01:36:24,400 --> 01:36:28,160
Speaker 1: twelve is also reportedly going to make a similar decision.

1834
01:36:28,479 --> 01:36:30,559
Speaker 1: They could be the first dominoes to fall as the

1835
01:36:30,560 --> 01:36:34,200
Speaker 1: Power five conferences continue to mull over what to do

1836
01:36:34,600 --> 01:36:38,519
Speaker 1: with their fall sports season amid the coronavirus pandemic. In

1837
01:36:38,560 --> 01:36:41,920
Speaker 1: the NFL, the Patriots are expected to sign veteran running

1838
01:36:41,920 --> 01:36:44,000
Speaker 1: back Lamar Miller to a one year deal. There are

1839
01:36:44,040 --> 01:36:47,160
Speaker 1: reports out there that he has agreed to terms to

1840
01:36:47,240 --> 01:36:50,880
Speaker 1: join their offensive backfield. The Buffalo Sabers made it official

1841
01:36:50,920 --> 01:36:53,639
Speaker 1: they will return to the Royal Blue jersey starting next season.

1842
01:36:53,960 --> 01:36:56,360
Speaker 1: The jerseys will feature the Royal blue color scheme. The

1843
01:36:56,400 --> 01:36:59,760
Speaker 1: team war from nineteen seventy nineteen ninety six. It had

1844
01:36:59,800 --> 01:37:02,920
Speaker 1: been request of fans for many years since Blue, white,

1845
01:37:02,960 --> 01:37:06,719
Speaker 1: and Gold returned as the team's primary colors in two

1846
01:37:06,760 --> 01:37:09,280
Speaker 1: thousand and six. The New York Rangers won the number

1847
01:37:09,320 --> 01:37:11,439
Speaker 1: one pick in the twenty twenty NHL Draft in the

1848
01:37:11,479 --> 01:37:14,960
Speaker 1: second phase of the league's draft lottery. This following the

1849
01:37:14,960 --> 01:37:19,439
Speaker 1: team's exit in the Stanley Cup qualifiers late last week.

1850
01:37:19,920 --> 01:37:23,800
Speaker 1: The Big Show comes to Buffalo Blue Jay's host the

1851
01:37:23,840 --> 01:37:27,360
Speaker 1: Marlins tonight at Salem's Field, the home of the Bison's

1852
01:37:27,640 --> 01:37:30,680
Speaker 1: first pitch will be at six thirty seven. Man, that's

1853
01:37:30,680 --> 01:37:32,200
Speaker 1: a weird time. How do they come up with six

1854
01:37:32,360 --> 01:37:35,679
Speaker 1: thirty seven? Finally, one other baseball note, Major League Baseball

1855
01:37:35,720 --> 01:37:39,800
Speaker 1: has had preliminary discussions about holding its postseason in a

1856
01:37:39,840 --> 01:37:44,240
Speaker 1: bubble type format amid the coronavirus outbreaks with the Cardinals

1857
01:37:44,320 --> 01:37:48,439
Speaker 1: and Marlins, which breaked havoc with their regular seasons season schedule.

1858
01:37:49,160 --> 01:37:53,880
Speaker 1: They are considering New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles as

1859
01:37:53,920 --> 01:37:57,160
Speaker 1: the sites for said bubbles due to their ability to

1860
01:37:57,280 --> 01:38:00,600
Speaker 1: make use of two Major League ballparks in each of

1861
01:38:00,640 --> 01:38:04,160
Speaker 1: those respective cities. And that is the sports update here

1862
01:38:04,280 --> 01:38:07,160
Speaker 1: from one Bill's Drive. As we continue on one Bill's

1863
01:38:07,200 --> 01:38:11,680
Speaker 1: live from our Seneca studios. Uh as we are broadcasting

1864
01:38:11,720 --> 01:38:14,719
Speaker 1: from here for the second straight day. Back in the house,

1865
01:38:14,800 --> 01:38:17,080
Speaker 1: as we should say. It's no, it's no small thing

1866
01:38:17,120 --> 01:38:20,559
Speaker 1: major League Baseball in Buffalo. No, it is not. And

1867
01:38:20,840 --> 01:38:24,720
Speaker 1: problem is nobody can go, nobody can watch. And I

1868
01:38:24,800 --> 01:38:27,439
Speaker 1: already know because my son was asking me. He's like, hey, Dad,

1869
01:38:27,720 --> 01:38:30,559
Speaker 1: when we're a Yankees family, are you gonna go? Say? Hey,

1870
01:38:30,560 --> 01:38:32,800
Speaker 1: when the Yankees come in September, what do you think

1871
01:38:32,840 --> 01:38:35,400
Speaker 1: about going up to that parking garage out right field

1872
01:38:35,439 --> 01:38:38,679
Speaker 1: and watching them there? They've already closed it. They want

1873
01:38:38,680 --> 01:38:40,400
Speaker 1: to sit down because they don't want they don't want

1874
01:38:40,400 --> 01:38:44,280
Speaker 1: people congregating up people are socially. And then there's always

1875
01:38:44,080 --> 01:38:48,280
Speaker 1: that there's uh Seneca one tower. You can go sneak

1876
01:38:48,360 --> 01:38:51,080
Speaker 1: up there, and the floor it's construction, I mean the

1877
01:38:51,120 --> 01:38:54,200
Speaker 1: things it's being renovated. So I don't know how construction, guys.

1878
01:38:54,360 --> 01:38:56,559
Speaker 1: I gotta I gotta finish this project. I gotta put

1879
01:38:56,560 --> 01:38:59,880
Speaker 1: it in an overtime tonight. Put it. Put a hard hat,

1880
01:38:59,920 --> 01:39:05,920
Speaker 1: one of the belt safety vest and of course I'm

1881
01:39:07,479 --> 01:39:11,639
Speaker 1: Blue Jay's jersey underneath, and like, tool up right, let's go.

1882
01:39:11,840 --> 01:39:15,320
Speaker 1: And he gonna watch. I will say this, um, even

1883
01:39:15,360 --> 01:39:18,840
Speaker 1: as he televised anyone as well. Yeah, even as a

1884
01:39:18,920 --> 01:39:21,719
Speaker 1: Yankees fan, I do appreciate some of the young talent

1885
01:39:21,760 --> 01:39:24,320
Speaker 1: they have on that roster. They got some young kids

1886
01:39:24,360 --> 01:39:26,400
Speaker 1: that can hit the ball, and they're all sons of

1887
01:39:26,479 --> 01:39:32,000
Speaker 1: former major leaguers bigot Um, oh my gosh and uh

1888
01:39:32,200 --> 01:39:36,080
Speaker 1: Guerrero uh or the three, the three big guys that

1889
01:39:36,160 --> 01:39:39,400
Speaker 1: they have in their lineup. Glad Guerrero Junior. Yeah he

1890
01:39:39,439 --> 01:39:41,720
Speaker 1: was here, Yeah he was. He was a bising last

1891
01:39:41,760 --> 01:39:43,719
Speaker 1: year and then got called up right around this time.

1892
01:39:44,320 --> 01:39:47,600
Speaker 1: Uh to the major len I man got Bob. I

1893
01:39:47,680 --> 01:39:49,519
Speaker 1: would love to strike up a conversation with him. We

1894
01:39:49,520 --> 01:39:52,439
Speaker 1: gotta get him on the show. Yeah, coming back. I'm

1895
01:39:52,479 --> 01:39:57,800
Speaker 1: not sure his English is great. It's neither's mind. So well,

1896
01:39:57,800 --> 01:40:01,400
Speaker 1: it's just stop this difference there, Steve. It's his second language,

1897
01:40:01,960 --> 01:40:04,800
Speaker 1: not his primary language, native Langue. A little different for

1898
01:40:04,920 --> 01:40:07,040
Speaker 1: him than it might be for you. I'd be interesting

1899
01:40:07,040 --> 01:40:09,720
Speaker 1: to think about that for him. That good for him,

1900
01:40:09,840 --> 01:40:13,880
Speaker 1: except the fact that nobody's gonna be there. Well, yeah,

1901
01:40:14,000 --> 01:40:17,880
Speaker 1: it's well, and they've played some games already with no

1902
01:40:17,920 --> 01:40:20,879
Speaker 1: fans in the stands. In other cities, but still and

1903
01:40:20,880 --> 01:40:24,200
Speaker 1: and kudos to the Bisons and you know, general manager

1904
01:40:24,280 --> 01:40:27,880
Speaker 1: Mike Wichkowski forgetting that park major league ready, because there

1905
01:40:27,880 --> 01:40:31,160
Speaker 1: were a lot of hoops they had to jump through

1906
01:40:31,200 --> 01:40:35,040
Speaker 1: to get that park major league compliant, and they've done

1907
01:40:35,040 --> 01:40:37,080
Speaker 1: that in a very short period of what is that?

1908
01:40:37,120 --> 01:40:40,240
Speaker 1: What does that mean? The basis for all the same size, right, No, no,

1909
01:40:40,760 --> 01:40:42,880
Speaker 1: it's not the lead, it's not the field and the

1910
01:40:42,920 --> 01:40:48,920
Speaker 1: measurements there. Um, there were some clubhouse spacing requirements that

1911
01:40:49,040 --> 01:40:53,400
Speaker 1: needed to be ACCOMPLI distancing. I think some of the

1912
01:40:53,400 --> 01:40:56,559
Speaker 1: batting cages down in the bowels of the stadium had

1913
01:40:56,600 --> 01:41:01,000
Speaker 1: to be reconfigured to accommodate COVID protocols and such. So

1914
01:41:01,000 --> 01:41:02,519
Speaker 1: there was a lot of stuff that had to be

1915
01:41:02,600 --> 01:41:05,880
Speaker 1: reconfigured to accommodate those protocols. I was thinking, I just

1916
01:41:05,960 --> 01:41:08,240
Speaker 1: my mind went right to it's a it's a triple

1917
01:41:08,320 --> 01:41:11,439
Speaker 1: A ball diamond, not a major league There was something

1918
01:41:11,479 --> 01:41:14,479
Speaker 1: different about still ninety feet between the bases. The Union

1919
01:41:14,520 --> 01:41:18,120
Speaker 1: had to have, you know, the locker room had to

1920
01:41:18,120 --> 01:41:20,280
Speaker 1: be bigger than it is. Yeah, and that kind of stuff.

1921
01:41:20,320 --> 01:41:22,400
Speaker 1: But it did, but only because of and I do know,

1922
01:41:22,800 --> 01:41:25,720
Speaker 1: I do know there were replay capabilities that the scoreboard

1923
01:41:25,720 --> 01:41:29,720
Speaker 1: had to undertake that were that were necessary as well,

1924
01:41:29,880 --> 01:41:33,280
Speaker 1: so right for challenges, Yes, right, I got you. Okay,

1925
01:41:33,280 --> 01:41:35,639
Speaker 1: well that makes sense. So I thought it was something

1926
01:41:35,840 --> 01:41:40,240
Speaker 1: like to do with the normal Major League park, not

1927
01:41:40,320 --> 01:41:43,960
Speaker 1: the COVID Majorge Park. I got you. So, well that's good.

1928
01:41:44,360 --> 01:41:46,920
Speaker 1: So they'll be going tonight. I don't six thirty seven

1929
01:41:46,960 --> 01:41:50,160
Speaker 1: first pitch. That is such a weird time, is it? Well,

1930
01:41:50,200 --> 01:41:53,080
Speaker 1: I mean it's usually sometimes you'll see seven o five

1931
01:41:53,520 --> 01:41:57,599
Speaker 1: seven thirty five, six thirty five, six thirty seven. There's

1932
01:41:57,600 --> 01:41:59,800
Speaker 1: got to be a double header on MLB or something

1933
01:41:59,800 --> 01:42:01,760
Speaker 1: that they're carrying this game? Are the first one? And

1934
01:42:01,920 --> 01:42:04,120
Speaker 1: are those virtual fans behind home plate that we're seeing

1935
01:42:04,200 --> 01:42:06,000
Speaker 1: right there in that pick? Could be? Could be? Yeah,

1936
01:42:06,040 --> 01:42:09,360
Speaker 1: they've they've done that in a bunch of different stadiums. Um,

1937
01:42:09,520 --> 01:42:12,760
Speaker 1: the NBA has done the same thing, right, they have

1938
01:42:12,960 --> 01:42:15,920
Speaker 1: They have live fans like watching online on Skype, and

1939
01:42:15,960 --> 01:42:18,640
Speaker 1: then they I was telling you last week, they superimpose

1940
01:42:18,720 --> 01:42:20,880
Speaker 1: them into the seats. Yeah. J. J. Harrison tell us

1941
01:42:20,880 --> 01:42:23,400
Speaker 1: that those are cardboard cutouts they've got behind home plate.

1942
01:42:23,439 --> 01:42:24,960
Speaker 1: So when they well, love to see it on TV.

1943
01:42:25,040 --> 01:42:28,639
Speaker 1: It looks like there's people there behind home plate like normal.

1944
01:42:28,760 --> 01:42:32,320
Speaker 1: You know it's uh hey, you gotta make it look good,

1945
01:42:32,600 --> 01:42:35,840
Speaker 1: so do what you can with technology. I'm all for it.

1946
01:42:35,840 --> 01:42:38,559
Speaker 1: Although this is the most rootimentary technology. You've got cardboard

1947
01:42:38,560 --> 01:42:43,200
Speaker 1: cutouts that are sitting there. Super state of the art.

1948
01:42:43,320 --> 01:42:47,080
Speaker 1: Let's go. But in this two o'clock hour, we did

1949
01:42:47,120 --> 01:42:49,599
Speaker 1: want to get into some of the comments that were

1950
01:42:49,600 --> 01:42:52,560
Speaker 1: made by one Levi Wallace as he was made available

1951
01:42:52,840 --> 01:42:56,759
Speaker 1: to the local media on a zoom call today And

1952
01:42:56,880 --> 01:42:59,679
Speaker 1: as we know, Levi, entering his third season with the Bills,

1953
01:43:00,240 --> 01:43:03,799
Speaker 1: kind of came onto the scene as a surprise roster

1954
01:43:04,280 --> 01:43:08,680
Speaker 1: make three years ago as an undrafted rookie and then

1955
01:43:08,760 --> 01:43:11,000
Speaker 1: worked his way into the starting lineup in the latter

1956
01:43:11,120 --> 01:43:17,519
Speaker 1: stages of the twenty eighteen campaign. E J. Gaines was

1957
01:43:17,560 --> 01:43:19,640
Speaker 1: injured and I was injured, and he came in and

1958
01:43:19,800 --> 01:43:23,080
Speaker 1: beefy and did a pretty good job, and then held

1959
01:43:23,120 --> 01:43:27,519
Speaker 1: onto that starting job and held off all comers last season,

1960
01:43:28,000 --> 01:43:31,080
Speaker 1: including Kevin Johnson, a former first round draft choice in

1961
01:43:31,080 --> 01:43:34,519
Speaker 1: this league. They did start platooning towards the end of

1962
01:43:34,520 --> 01:43:36,719
Speaker 1: the year last year, but Kevin Johnson did not return.

1963
01:43:36,880 --> 01:43:40,160
Speaker 1: He is now in Cleveland and there is new competition

1964
01:43:40,200 --> 01:43:43,559
Speaker 1: for him in the form of Josh Norman. So naturally,

1965
01:43:43,640 --> 01:43:45,759
Speaker 1: when he was on with the media he was asked

1966
01:43:46,160 --> 01:43:50,760
Speaker 1: about this continuous track record of having to compete for

1967
01:43:50,840 --> 01:43:55,200
Speaker 1: a starting role. He goes back to the pop arner

1968
01:43:55,960 --> 01:43:59,879
Speaker 1: that teammates and you're competing to start as well. That's football,

1969
01:44:00,080 --> 01:44:01,920
Speaker 1: you're not competing to be the best. WI you up

1970
01:44:01,960 --> 01:44:06,240
Speaker 1: there to the so and so. I put on ten

1971
01:44:06,240 --> 01:44:09,760
Speaker 1: pounds of muscle in the soft season. Um focus on

1972
01:44:09,760 --> 01:44:12,240
Speaker 1: that a lot, you know, just developing my body. I'm

1973
01:44:12,280 --> 01:44:14,800
Speaker 1: getting less stronger for the top of the routes as

1974
01:44:14,840 --> 01:44:17,640
Speaker 1: well as catching. I mean, everything else will work, m

1975
01:44:17,720 --> 01:44:20,680
Speaker 1: dB stuff, but the main focus for me was to

1976
01:44:20,800 --> 01:44:24,880
Speaker 1: be a bigger, passionate, stronger. Yeah, Steve ten pounds a

1977
01:44:24,960 --> 01:44:27,080
Speaker 1: lean muscle for a corner, that's a lot he was.

1978
01:44:27,360 --> 01:44:30,880
Speaker 1: He was wiry, he's very wiry. He's been very narrow framed. Yes,

1979
01:44:31,040 --> 01:44:33,040
Speaker 1: And a lot of guys are hesitant to do that

1980
01:44:33,280 --> 01:44:36,559
Speaker 1: because they think they'll it'll they'll get sluggish and they

1981
01:44:36,600 --> 01:44:38,080
Speaker 1: won't come out of their breaks and they put their

1982
01:44:38,120 --> 01:44:39,920
Speaker 1: foot in the ground, they won't be able to hold it.

1983
01:44:40,000 --> 01:44:42,360
Speaker 1: They'll have to take a hop step because they're weigh

1984
01:44:42,439 --> 01:44:44,360
Speaker 1: more that kind of thing, and and and it's there's

1985
01:44:44,400 --> 01:44:48,240
Speaker 1: something too that it does change it. But here's the thing, Brownie,

1986
01:44:48,320 --> 01:44:51,240
Speaker 1: when you train while you're doing it, your body gets

1987
01:44:51,360 --> 01:44:53,280
Speaker 1: used to it really fast and you you kind of

1988
01:44:54,040 --> 01:44:57,400
Speaker 1: become that becomes your normal. So you're gonna get ready

1989
01:44:57,439 --> 01:45:00,200
Speaker 1: for it. I've seen a ton of guys and like

1990
01:45:00,439 --> 01:45:02,680
Speaker 1: Lorenzo Alexander for one, and all the guys we've seen

1991
01:45:02,720 --> 01:45:07,599
Speaker 1: come through Buffalo, ton of guys transform themselves. We were

1992
01:45:07,600 --> 01:45:10,200
Speaker 1: talking about Trey Adams in the last segment, the young

1993
01:45:10,320 --> 01:45:13,439
Speaker 1: rookie offensive lineman. He's dropped weight since he went to

1994
01:45:13,479 --> 01:45:19,720
Speaker 1: the combine, So Levi Wallace, that's what makes it, guy

1995
01:45:19,840 --> 01:45:22,280
Speaker 1: great man. The ability to look yourself in the mirror

1996
01:45:22,400 --> 01:45:25,680
Speaker 1: and not see how not tell yourself how beautiful you are,

1997
01:45:25,800 --> 01:45:28,679
Speaker 1: not be satisfied, but see the warts in your game

1998
01:45:28,920 --> 01:45:31,400
Speaker 1: and everything else that comes with it, and work and

1999
01:45:31,520 --> 01:45:35,040
Speaker 1: then have the the willpower to work on what you

2000
01:45:35,120 --> 01:45:36,519
Speaker 1: are not good at and what you need to get

2001
01:45:36,600 --> 01:45:39,040
Speaker 1: better at. That's that's not as easy as it sounds.

2002
01:45:39,160 --> 01:45:42,080
Speaker 1: And this is matchup related too. I believe Steve and

2003
01:45:42,160 --> 01:45:44,640
Speaker 1: you can probably speak to this better than I can.

2004
01:45:44,840 --> 01:45:48,719
Speaker 1: But I think we know that Tradavious White is probably

2005
01:45:48,840 --> 01:45:53,519
Speaker 1: more often than not going to match up, for the

2006
01:45:53,600 --> 01:45:57,160
Speaker 1: most part against that receiver that might be a little

2007
01:45:57,200 --> 01:45:59,920
Speaker 1: bit quicker in short areas, might have a little more

2008
01:46:00,120 --> 01:46:02,400
Speaker 1: deep speed. And Levi is going to see a lot

2009
01:46:02,439 --> 01:46:05,760
Speaker 1: more of these big guys because he is long and

2010
01:46:05,840 --> 01:46:07,920
Speaker 1: he is tall. I mean he's six one and he's

2011
01:46:07,960 --> 01:46:11,080
Speaker 1: a long limbed corner and that has value in this league.

2012
01:46:11,120 --> 01:46:15,000
Speaker 1: But if you're playing those bigger guys, you better be

2013
01:46:15,520 --> 01:46:18,960
Speaker 1: yoked up. He'll just give you a shove at the

2014
01:46:19,000 --> 01:46:20,920
Speaker 1: top of the route and you're gone and they're making

2015
01:46:20,960 --> 01:46:23,600
Speaker 1: a catch and running into open field. And that's what

2016
01:46:23,680 --> 01:46:25,839
Speaker 1: he specifically said. You know, I got to be stronger

2017
01:46:25,880 --> 01:46:29,200
Speaker 1: at the top of the route. So it's a it's

2018
01:46:29,200 --> 01:46:32,000
Speaker 1: a big deal. And then here's here's what he said

2019
01:46:32,160 --> 01:46:37,519
Speaker 1: specifically about learning from Josh Norman and competing with him.

2020
01:46:39,760 --> 01:46:43,160
Speaker 1: Me and Josh's relationship, it's took off from the beginning,

2021
01:46:43,400 --> 01:46:46,000
Speaker 1: great guy on and off the field. Um, just the

2022
01:46:46,080 --> 01:46:48,240
Speaker 1: things that he's already starting to do in Buffalo. Um,

2023
01:46:48,400 --> 01:46:51,000
Speaker 1: it's not just learning on the field stuff, but as

2024
01:46:51,240 --> 01:46:53,080
Speaker 1: as how he is as a man off the field

2025
01:46:53,120 --> 01:46:58,840
Speaker 1: and how he um is driven. You know, and how

2026
01:46:58,920 --> 01:47:01,880
Speaker 1: he's so involved in unity. It's a great guy learned

2027
01:47:01,920 --> 01:47:03,840
Speaker 1: from who's been around the block a couple of times.

2028
01:47:04,479 --> 01:47:08,599
Speaker 1: Um went to a smaller division school and he's worked

2029
01:47:08,640 --> 01:47:12,280
Speaker 1: his way up. UM similar to similar Lee. How how

2030
01:47:12,320 --> 01:47:16,040
Speaker 1: I have UM great teammate, you know, and we just compete.

2031
01:47:16,080 --> 01:47:18,240
Speaker 1: You know, he puts his knee. He's a starter. I'm

2032
01:47:18,240 --> 01:47:21,200
Speaker 1: gonna start Davis a starter. I mean there starters in

2033
01:47:21,520 --> 01:47:25,200
Speaker 1: this room, even Dane Jackson, h Brown, everyone could play

2034
01:47:25,200 --> 01:47:27,439
Speaker 1: at a high level. So the competition just brings out

2035
01:47:27,439 --> 01:47:29,240
Speaker 1: the best and everyone and we push each other, we

2036
01:47:29,280 --> 01:47:31,960
Speaker 1: asked questions. There's no egos in this room. So UM,

2037
01:47:32,240 --> 01:47:35,479
Speaker 1: it's great. Great to have him on the scene. So

2038
01:47:35,640 --> 01:47:38,400
Speaker 1: there it is. And does it surprise you at all, Steve,

2039
01:47:38,520 --> 01:47:43,360
Speaker 1: that Levi Wallace and Josh Norman sound like they're kind

2040
01:47:43,400 --> 01:47:45,200
Speaker 1: of cut from the same cloth. They both had to

2041
01:47:45,320 --> 01:47:49,639
Speaker 1: kind of right, prove the doubters wrong and continue. Norman

2042
01:47:49,720 --> 01:47:52,479
Speaker 1: was a fifth round draft choice from a small school, right,

2043
01:47:52,720 --> 01:47:55,759
Speaker 1: you know. And Levi's an undrafted guy from a big program.

2044
01:47:55,880 --> 01:47:58,360
Speaker 1: But he was only a one year starter at Alabama,

2045
01:47:58,439 --> 01:48:01,880
Speaker 1: And so you could see very easily how these two

2046
01:48:01,920 --> 01:48:03,640
Speaker 1: could get on the same page. And talk about a

2047
01:48:03,680 --> 01:48:05,600
Speaker 1: lot of the same things and experience and you can

2048
01:48:05,680 --> 01:48:08,280
Speaker 1: see too. We talked. We heard from John Brown today,

2049
01:48:08,360 --> 01:48:11,160
Speaker 1: we heard from Levi Wallace, We heard from Dane Jackson

2050
01:48:11,240 --> 01:48:14,000
Speaker 1: and Gabriel Davis. We heard from all these guys, say

2051
01:48:14,240 --> 01:48:16,000
Speaker 1: Jerry Hughes, we heard from at the top of the show.

2052
01:48:17,280 --> 01:48:21,040
Speaker 1: You can tell, man, there's there's a level of maturity

2053
01:48:21,120 --> 01:48:24,840
Speaker 1: and professionalism and there's just a ton of guys in

2054
01:48:24,960 --> 01:48:28,240
Speaker 1: that room that are pulling for each other. And I

2055
01:48:28,360 --> 01:48:30,800
Speaker 1: know that a lot of people poo poo this chemistry thing,

2056
01:48:30,840 --> 01:48:34,120
Speaker 1: but man, it really seems like a fun, productive atmosphere

2057
01:48:35,360 --> 01:48:38,880
Speaker 1: in whatever atmosphere it is in this COVID environment. But

2058
01:48:40,320 --> 01:48:42,400
Speaker 1: it just seems like they're all having a lot of fun,

2059
01:48:42,520 --> 01:48:44,560
Speaker 1: all excited about getting better, and all in it to

2060
01:48:44,680 --> 01:48:48,960
Speaker 1: help each other get better. Yeah, I mean, and pragmatically,

2061
01:48:49,080 --> 01:48:50,960
Speaker 1: Levi Wallace is going to be on this team. I

2062
01:48:51,000 --> 01:48:54,080
Speaker 1: ain't gonna cut him, just be even if he's not starting,

2063
01:48:54,600 --> 01:48:57,080
Speaker 1: so he doesn't have to worry about It's not none

2064
01:48:57,120 --> 01:48:59,240
Speaker 1: of this stuff about well you know, I'm starting, and

2065
01:48:59,320 --> 01:49:01,280
Speaker 1: he's gonna take my job, and he's gonna be on

2066
01:49:01,360 --> 01:49:03,120
Speaker 1: this team, and he's gonna whether he starts, or whether

2067
01:49:03,160 --> 01:49:04,679
Speaker 1: he does, he's gonna make the same kind of money.

2068
01:49:05,400 --> 01:49:07,559
Speaker 1: It's about making the team better. And all of those

2069
01:49:07,640 --> 01:49:09,880
Speaker 1: guys seem to be on that page. And certainly there

2070
01:49:09,880 --> 01:49:12,720
Speaker 1: are guys who may feel the pressure to maybe not

2071
01:49:12,840 --> 01:49:14,719
Speaker 1: get on the team, or maybe get on the team, whatever.

2072
01:49:15,240 --> 01:49:18,400
Speaker 1: But the environment is set by the guys who are

2073
01:49:18,479 --> 01:49:21,800
Speaker 1: the most established, the guys like Tremaine Edmonds, the guys

2074
01:49:21,840 --> 01:49:26,639
Speaker 1: like Josh Allen, Tredevius White, all these guys where they're

2075
01:49:26,680 --> 01:49:28,840
Speaker 1: not gonna go anywhere. And when they put their arms

2076
01:49:28,880 --> 01:49:32,320
Speaker 1: around these young guys like Gabe Davis and Isaiah Hodgins

2077
01:49:32,360 --> 01:49:36,240
Speaker 1: and Dane Jackson, man, it it really elevates the room.

2078
01:49:36,400 --> 01:49:39,280
Speaker 1: It really elevates the what goes on on the field.

2079
01:49:39,280 --> 01:49:40,880
Speaker 1: And you've seen it in the last two years, three

2080
01:49:40,960 --> 01:49:43,680
Speaker 1: years with this with this crew, this coaching staff, and

2081
01:49:43,840 --> 01:49:45,400
Speaker 1: I think you're going to see more of it this year.

2082
01:49:45,479 --> 01:49:47,559
Speaker 1: This this is gonna be a team that is greater

2083
01:49:47,640 --> 01:49:50,080
Speaker 1: than the some of its parts. We'll just see if

2084
01:49:50,120 --> 01:49:52,599
Speaker 1: we can get those parts to the field and play football. Yeah,

2085
01:49:53,120 --> 01:49:55,400
Speaker 1: I'm impressed that he had at ten pounds of lean muscle.

2086
01:49:55,479 --> 01:49:57,880
Speaker 1: That is not easy to do for a ten pounds

2087
01:49:57,920 --> 01:50:00,160
Speaker 1: a lot for a dB. That's like ten pounds for

2088
01:50:00,160 --> 01:50:04,639
Speaker 1: alignment a linebacker. Okay, you know, ten pounds of lean muscle.

2089
01:50:04,640 --> 01:50:07,080
Speaker 1: It takes work no matter what size you are. But

2090
01:50:07,560 --> 01:50:10,599
Speaker 1: when you're as narrow and wiry as Levi is. Can

2091
01:50:10,600 --> 01:50:12,240
Speaker 1: you imagine the work he had to put He probably

2092
01:50:12,360 --> 01:50:15,840
Speaker 1: ate nothing but chicken and fish. Try for like five months,

2093
01:50:16,040 --> 01:50:19,760
Speaker 1: try and gain weight when you're running every day. Yeah,

2094
01:50:19,840 --> 01:50:23,160
Speaker 1: I mean running hard, and it's a high impact position

2095
01:50:23,360 --> 01:50:26,320
Speaker 1: it is. These guys do nothing but run flat out

2096
01:50:26,600 --> 01:50:30,080
Speaker 1: sprint all day at practice for two hours, that's all

2097
01:50:30,160 --> 01:50:33,600
Speaker 1: they do. They cover all kinds of ground. It's high intensity.

2098
01:50:34,000 --> 01:50:37,200
Speaker 1: Try and put on lean muscle in that environment. It

2099
01:50:37,439 --> 01:50:40,439
Speaker 1: is rough, it's hard to do, and then it's hard

2100
01:50:40,479 --> 01:50:42,320
Speaker 1: to keep it on in training camp. You can get

2101
01:50:42,360 --> 01:50:44,439
Speaker 1: it on in the offseason. Two days into training camp

2102
01:50:44,520 --> 01:50:47,719
Speaker 1: you've dropped eight pounds. Yeah, and you can't you can't

2103
01:50:47,760 --> 01:50:51,920
Speaker 1: find it. Yeah, it's really hard to do. I can't.

2104
01:50:51,960 --> 01:50:53,400
Speaker 1: I can't. And it used to be the same thing

2105
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Speaker 1: when you lift well, I mean, Eric, would you used

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01:50:55,120 --> 01:50:57,000
Speaker 1: to tell us you eat ten thousand calories a day?

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01:50:57,080 --> 01:50:59,040
Speaker 1: You'd have to You have to set alarms to wake

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01:50:59,160 --> 01:51:01,240
Speaker 1: up and eat. Yeah, and so you go back to

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01:51:01,520 --> 01:51:04,960
Speaker 1: it sounds, you know, in a certain world, it sounds fun. Listen,

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01:51:05,439 --> 01:51:07,840
Speaker 1: when it's three am and that thing goes off, you

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01:51:07,960 --> 01:51:09,960
Speaker 1: gotta get up and make a smoothie or just find

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01:51:10,040 --> 01:51:12,280
Speaker 1: a smoothie that you made earlier and drink it. It's

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01:51:13,800 --> 01:51:18,599
Speaker 1: it's rough, bro, it's rough. You probably just feel bloated

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01:51:18,840 --> 01:51:22,920
Speaker 1: all the time. It's like you just had Thanksgiving dinner,

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01:51:23,040 --> 01:51:24,920
Speaker 1: like six days in a Let me tell you something

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01:51:25,880 --> 01:51:28,360
Speaker 1: that you can say what you want and it's worth it.

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01:51:28,439 --> 01:51:30,120
Speaker 1: The money makes it worth it. The fame and the

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01:51:30,160 --> 01:51:31,960
Speaker 1: accolades and all that stuff makes it worth it being

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Speaker 1: on the team. But man oh man, that's why not

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01:51:34,880 --> 01:51:38,040
Speaker 1: everybody can do it. Yeah, not everybody can. Not almost big,

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01:51:38,520 --> 01:51:41,400
Speaker 1: not every big, strong athlete can get it done. They

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01:51:41,479 --> 01:51:43,599
Speaker 1: may hang around for a minute, but not not very

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01:51:43,640 --> 01:51:46,960
Speaker 1: many of them can hang around for a while. Interesting,

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01:51:47,080 --> 01:51:49,519
Speaker 1: it's you know, liters, and that's why Levi Waltz is

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01:51:49,520 --> 01:51:52,360
Speaker 1: still in the league, even not drafted. Yeah, it's what

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01:51:52,520 --> 01:51:54,120
Speaker 1: you do after the fact, you know, it's what you

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01:51:54,200 --> 01:51:56,000
Speaker 1: do every day that that makes a difference. And these

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01:51:56,040 --> 01:51:57,720
Speaker 1: guys prove it all the time. So good to hear

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01:51:57,760 --> 01:52:00,560
Speaker 1: that Levi has reshaped his boy. It's going to be

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01:52:00,680 --> 01:52:02,960
Speaker 1: very interesting to see how much stronger that makes him

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01:52:03,000 --> 01:52:06,920
Speaker 1: on the field, whether it's readily evident to even you know,

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01:52:06,960 --> 01:52:09,040
Speaker 1: an untrained IY like me, like, hey, does he look

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01:52:09,120 --> 01:52:11,200
Speaker 1: stronger out there? How is he handling this big you know,

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01:52:11,240 --> 01:52:13,280
Speaker 1: how is he handling Duke Williams you know on a

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01:52:13,360 --> 01:52:16,000
Speaker 1: post route or you know whatever. So one of them

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01:52:16,000 --> 01:52:17,400
Speaker 1: on a jump off, you know. One of these two

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01:52:17,560 --> 01:52:21,800
Speaker 1: is when you get back to training camp, everybody's at

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01:52:21,840 --> 01:52:24,080
Speaker 1: their peak. They peak for training, you know. They come

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01:52:24,120 --> 01:52:26,800
Speaker 1: back in and they they've rested, they're healthy, they've been

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01:52:26,800 --> 01:52:30,799
Speaker 1: able to train one hundred percent for months and without

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01:52:30,880 --> 01:52:32,640
Speaker 1: having to take a week off because they got a

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01:52:32,680 --> 01:52:34,200
Speaker 1: bad shoulder, or a week off because they got a

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01:52:34,240 --> 01:52:37,280
Speaker 1: bad ankle or a knee or whatever. So they show

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01:52:37,400 --> 01:52:40,800
Speaker 1: up everybody looks yoked on opening practice a training camp,

2145
01:52:41,280 --> 01:52:44,560
Speaker 1: but you'll think back to where they were in January,

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01:52:45,040 --> 01:52:47,040
Speaker 1: and man, oh man, they're just trying to get They're

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01:52:47,080 --> 01:52:50,000
Speaker 1: just trying to survive to get to Sunday. You know.

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01:52:50,439 --> 01:52:52,680
Speaker 1: So things do change and evolve over the course of

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01:52:52,720 --> 01:52:54,720
Speaker 1: the next four or five six months, but right here

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01:52:54,760 --> 01:52:57,480
Speaker 1: where they start, it shows you what kind of professionalism

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01:52:57,520 --> 01:53:00,160
Speaker 1: they've had in the offseason, where their mindset is and

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01:53:00,160 --> 01:53:03,400
Speaker 1: where they're going to try and be. It is not easy,

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01:53:03,560 --> 01:53:05,280
Speaker 1: not just to do what we just said about Levy

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01:53:05,320 --> 01:53:08,559
Speaker 1: Wallace putting ten pounds a muscle on. Now, start playing

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Speaker 1: football and practicing every day keep it on. Oh man,

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01:53:11,320 --> 01:53:13,200
Speaker 1: oh man, It's gonna take some rough because it takes

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01:53:13,240 --> 01:53:15,120
Speaker 1: some doing. You gotta go in and bench and lift

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01:53:15,200 --> 01:53:17,840
Speaker 1: on days when you're aching and oh my gosh, it's

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Speaker 1: just I feel that's why that's why I retired. Well, yeah,

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01:53:23,120 --> 01:53:25,559
Speaker 1: it's hard to be still passion. Yeah, thirteen years man,

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Speaker 1: that's pretty good. Back to the Twitter poll, which Bill's

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01:53:30,720 --> 01:53:33,040
Speaker 1: rookie could be the biggest surprise in twenty twenty and

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01:53:33,120 --> 01:53:36,400
Speaker 1: why Tyler Bass still out in front, Gabe Davis right

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Speaker 1: behind him, and then Isaiah Hodgens getting some support almost

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Speaker 1: twenty percent of the vote. And on the tweet sheet

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Speaker 1: he's getting some support as well from Tim. The Bills

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01:53:46,160 --> 01:53:48,560
Speaker 1: led the league and drops last year. I don't know

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Speaker 1: if they led the league, they were in the top

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Speaker 1: three for sure. As we bring you another edition of

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Speaker 1: the tweet Sheet, brought to you by Corrigan Moving Systems,

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Speaker 1: The official equipment moving company of the Buffalo Bills. The

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01:53:57,680 --> 01:53:59,920
Speaker 1: Bills were near the top of the league and drive

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01:54:00,240 --> 01:54:03,920
Speaker 1: last year, says Tim Hodgens had three drops the entire

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Speaker 1: season last year. He could be a red zone beast.

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Speaker 1: Now here's the thing about Hodgens and Davis that caught

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Speaker 1: my eye. And this was draft weekend when I was

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Speaker 1: trying to go over who they were as players, and

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01:54:16,080 --> 01:54:18,519
Speaker 1: you know, you go over all of their accomplishments and whatnot.

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Speaker 1: The scoring ability of these two receivers in particular was

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01:54:22,960 --> 01:54:26,880
Speaker 1: nothing short of impressive. Hodgens had twenty touchdowns in three

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Speaker 1: seasons and Davis had twenty three. That's a lot of production,

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Speaker 1: even in the wide open pack twelve, you know, and

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01:54:36,640 --> 01:54:39,360
Speaker 1: what does you CEF is that Conference USA? I think

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Speaker 1: it is. I don't know, gosh, I can't remember, and

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01:54:42,760 --> 01:54:46,680
Speaker 1: so many of them change. Now, that's a lot of production.

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Speaker 1: I mean to give you an idea. Stefan Diggs has

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Speaker 1: twenty three touchdowns in the last three seasons in the NFL,

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Speaker 1: which is tied for fifth most in the league over

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01:54:54,800 --> 01:55:01,000
Speaker 1: that span. Hodgens has twenty and three years and Davis

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Speaker 1: has twenty three in three years. I mean that's a

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Speaker 1: lot of point production. And I'm not saying it's going

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Speaker 1: to translate to the NFL right away, but at least

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01:55:10,120 --> 01:55:13,760
Speaker 1: it demonstrates and gives you an idea. You know, these

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01:55:13,800 --> 01:55:16,880
Speaker 1: guys know where to be for their quarterback to make

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01:55:16,960 --> 01:55:19,240
Speaker 1: a play when you need to put up points. And

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01:55:19,520 --> 01:55:22,360
Speaker 1: what is the mantra for this offense all off season?

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01:55:22,560 --> 01:55:25,000
Speaker 1: We need to score more points. I mean, I've mentioned

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Speaker 1: on this show already the Bills as a playoff team

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Speaker 1: last year average nineteen point six points per game. The

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01:55:31,160 --> 01:55:34,600
Speaker 1: other eleven playoff teams last year twenty six point six points,

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Speaker 1: exactly one touchdown more, which sounds like a lot, but

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Speaker 1: really you're talking about one extra play that you got

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01:55:41,840 --> 01:55:46,520
Speaker 1: to make to meet that points per game average. If

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Speaker 1: either of these two guys demonstrate even the slightest ability

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01:55:50,080 --> 01:55:53,720
Speaker 1: to deliver more scoring punch, even if it's just in

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Speaker 1: the red zone package, they're gonna find their way on

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Speaker 1: the field, right And that's what That's The next tweet

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Speaker 1: on the tweet sheet from Katie Shack says Gabe Davis.

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Speaker 1: If he makes the team as the number four or

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Speaker 1: five wide receiver, his time on the field is going

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01:56:04,800 --> 01:56:06,800
Speaker 1: to be limited. The hope is with Davis the red

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01:56:06,920 --> 01:56:10,560
Speaker 1: zone attributes. However, Alan may favor other targets. Therefore, it

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Speaker 1: will be a great surprise if he makes contributions weekend,

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Speaker 1: week out, And I think that's true. It's gonna be

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Speaker 1: hard for these rookie They're gonna have to be really

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01:56:19,680 --> 01:56:21,680
Speaker 1: good to get on the field, first of all, and

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Speaker 1: then to carve out a way to contribute every week, weeknd,

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Speaker 1: week out. I think for most of these and we

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01:56:30,040 --> 01:56:33,720
Speaker 1: heard some of this from earlier feedback we got, I

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01:56:33,800 --> 01:56:36,240
Speaker 1: think most of the contributions from these young guys coming

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01:56:36,280 --> 01:56:37,680
Speaker 1: in are going to be in the second half of

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01:56:37,720 --> 01:56:42,000
Speaker 1: the year or through COVID or injury where a guy

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01:56:42,120 --> 01:56:43,640
Speaker 1: has to leave and they finally get a chance to

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01:56:43,680 --> 01:56:45,640
Speaker 1: get on the field. I think it's going to be difficult.

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Speaker 1: And I've said this a ton too. This roster is

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01:56:48,440 --> 01:56:50,480
Speaker 1: a lot like those early ninety rosters. Not that I

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01:56:50,520 --> 01:56:52,200
Speaker 1: think they're gonna go to four straight Super Bowls, but

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01:56:53,000 --> 01:56:56,000
Speaker 1: it's a hard roster to get on. Yeah, it's kind

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01:56:56,040 --> 01:56:58,760
Speaker 1: of got a lot of established guys with a lot

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01:56:58,840 --> 01:57:01,320
Speaker 1: of depth and a lot of pelts on the wall

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01:57:01,840 --> 01:57:03,880
Speaker 1: for what they've done personally with their own career, and

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01:57:03,960 --> 01:57:05,920
Speaker 1: we've said time and again they're gonna be guys cut

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01:57:05,960 --> 01:57:07,720
Speaker 1: from this team, They're gonna play somewhere else in the league.

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Speaker 1: And that's what happened to that team that I was on.

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01:57:10,920 --> 01:57:12,600
Speaker 1: A lot of guys were released from our team. They

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01:57:12,600 --> 01:57:15,080
Speaker 1: went on to have really nice careers. Yeah, I mean

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01:57:15,280 --> 01:57:17,480
Speaker 1: not just that they made another team, but they contributed

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01:57:17,560 --> 01:57:20,960
Speaker 1: in big ways. That happened to a number of guys

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01:57:21,320 --> 01:57:23,600
Speaker 1: that we're on our roster and training camp and just

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01:57:23,680 --> 01:57:27,000
Speaker 1: couldn't find a spot. So I think there's a little

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01:57:27,000 --> 01:57:30,120
Speaker 1: bit of that on this Buffalo Bill's roster. If these

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01:57:30,240 --> 01:57:33,160
Speaker 1: young rookies are going to have to be really good

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01:57:33,240 --> 01:57:37,960
Speaker 1: and really consistent early on, and then I think in

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01:57:38,000 --> 01:57:39,400
Speaker 1: the second half of this year and as the year

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01:57:39,520 --> 01:57:42,440
Speaker 1: wears on and opportunities present themselves, we'll get a chance

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01:57:42,480 --> 01:57:44,000
Speaker 1: to see what they can really do. And I think

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01:57:44,040 --> 01:57:47,800
Speaker 1: with the development the player development, the way it's been

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01:57:48,120 --> 01:57:49,800
Speaker 1: for Buffalo in the last three or four years, if

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Speaker 1: it comes through again like it has, this is going

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Speaker 1: to be a roster this full of guys that can

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01:57:54,080 --> 01:57:55,760
Speaker 1: really play in it, and no matter who goes down

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01:57:55,840 --> 01:57:58,680
Speaker 1: or who gets activated, you're gonna see some production and

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01:57:58,720 --> 01:58:00,480
Speaker 1: it's gonna be a lot of fun to watch. We're

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01:58:00,520 --> 01:58:03,120
Speaker 1: going to step aside right now, but we will finish

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Speaker 1: up with your comments on the tweet sheet and get

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Speaker 1: into a little NFL true false when we return, Steve

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Speaker 1: Tasker Chris Brown, One Bills Live presented by Kalid to Health.

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Speaker 1: It's Buffalo Bill's Radio. Welcome back to One Bill's Live.

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01:58:27,840 --> 01:58:30,840
Speaker 1: Chris Brown, Steve Tasking with you, and we want to

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Speaker 1: finish up the tweet sheet on what's been a very

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01:58:33,160 --> 01:58:40,280
Speaker 1: spirited Twitter poll today. Tyler Bass has been leading. This

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01:58:40,520 --> 01:58:43,560
Speaker 1: is like a wired to wire thing here, Steve. I

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01:58:43,600 --> 01:58:46,600
Speaker 1: mean Tyler Bass was out in front early. Which Bill's

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01:58:46,640 --> 01:58:48,680
Speaker 1: rookie could be the biggest surprise in twenty twenty and

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01:58:48,760 --> 01:58:51,800
Speaker 1: why Tyler Bass was out in front early? He has

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01:58:51,880 --> 01:58:55,160
Speaker 1: not relinquished what has largely been a six percent lead

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Speaker 1: in the voting over Gabe Davis since this thing started.

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Speaker 1: And we're closing in on a thousand votes here, I'm

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Speaker 1: gonna I'm gonna skip number ten on our tweet sheet

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Speaker 1: and go to number eleven. Number ten was not an opinion,

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01:59:07,280 --> 01:59:10,920
Speaker 1: so from Anthony, he says, I choose Isaiah Hodgens because

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01:59:10,960 --> 01:59:13,080
Speaker 1: he can true he can be a true red zone threat,

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01:59:13,200 --> 01:59:15,760
Speaker 1: might rack up some tds and stats that surprise more

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01:59:15,800 --> 01:59:18,480
Speaker 1: than the rest. At this point, Bass is expected to

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01:59:18,520 --> 01:59:20,720
Speaker 1: get the kicking job, but he may not have He

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01:59:20,880 --> 01:59:23,640
Speaker 1: might not have game winning opportunities, but is expected to

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01:59:23,720 --> 01:59:27,600
Speaker 1: be productive. Game winning opportunities is one thing just scorned

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01:59:27,720 --> 01:59:30,000
Speaker 1: the field goals you're supposed to kick, you know, hit

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01:59:30,080 --> 01:59:32,280
Speaker 1: the ones you're supposed to make. That's right. You know,

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01:59:32,400 --> 01:59:34,200
Speaker 1: all of a sudden, you're the leading scorer on the team.

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01:59:34,280 --> 01:59:38,040
Speaker 1: And that's largely what Houshka has done. And I realized

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01:59:38,120 --> 01:59:43,320
Speaker 1: that Bills fans haven't seen the majority of Stephen Houshka's

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01:59:43,440 --> 01:59:47,360
Speaker 1: career in this league because you know, he's playing in Seattle,

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01:59:47,400 --> 01:59:49,400
Speaker 1: and you know you're in Buffalo. You don't see a

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01:59:49,400 --> 01:59:51,560
Speaker 1: lot of Seattle games. It's just the way it is.

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01:59:52,160 --> 01:59:54,320
Speaker 1: This guy is the eleventh most accurate kicker in the

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01:59:54,440 --> 01:59:58,520
Speaker 1: history of the NFL. I don't think that's something to

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01:59:58,600 --> 02:00:02,200
Speaker 1: be dismissed here. The kickoffs are I think going to

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02:00:02,280 --> 02:00:05,040
Speaker 1: tell the story. I think we also need to remember

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Speaker 1: that Houshka hit his last thirteen in a row to

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Speaker 1: end this season, including four in the playoff game, including

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02:00:13,400 --> 02:00:16,120
Speaker 1: a forty seven yard or with five seconds left in

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02:00:16,200 --> 02:00:19,080
Speaker 1: regulation of force overtime, when the stuff was hitting the

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02:00:19,160 --> 02:00:23,600
Speaker 1: fan and Josh and the offensive line, we're having some

2295
02:00:23,720 --> 02:00:26,600
Speaker 1: breakdowns in their play. This guy has to come out

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02:00:26,640 --> 02:00:28,960
Speaker 1: and nut a forty seven yard or on grass with

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02:00:29,080 --> 02:00:32,080
Speaker 1: five seconds left to extend the game. It was money

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02:00:32,320 --> 02:00:35,920
Speaker 1: and he did it. So I don't know if you

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02:00:36,000 --> 02:00:39,320
Speaker 1: want to be so quick to kick Stephen Haushka to

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Speaker 1: the curb because Tyler Bass has got this big leg

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Speaker 1: and it's oh, look at that he kicks at sixty

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Speaker 1: five yards or those moments are what you pay for. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: those moments are why Stephen Houshka is a free agent,

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02:00:50,960 --> 02:00:53,360
Speaker 1: came over here, is making seven figures and that's why.

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Speaker 1: And he's been in the league for as long as

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Speaker 1: he has. And this is something you got to think

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02:00:58,200 --> 02:01:01,400
Speaker 1: about long and hard. Here. This is a team that

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Speaker 1: many people expect to be in the playoffs. Okay, you

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02:01:08,880 --> 02:01:13,160
Speaker 1: get to the playoffs, everything gets tighter. There are very

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Speaker 1: rarely blowouts in playoff games, rarely seventy five The games

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02:01:20,640 --> 02:01:22,920
Speaker 1: in this league are decided by its tost down or less.

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Speaker 1: In the regular season. You get to the postseason, things

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Speaker 1: get even tighter, because now you're talking in most cases

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02:01:30,360 --> 02:01:32,200
Speaker 1: the twelve best teams in the game this year the

2315
02:01:32,240 --> 02:01:37,840
Speaker 1: fourteen best teams in the league. The kicking game and

2316
02:01:38,000 --> 02:01:43,320
Speaker 1: its importance is even greater in the postseason. So let's

2317
02:01:43,360 --> 02:01:46,040
Speaker 1: just walk down the hypothetical road here for a second season.

2318
02:01:46,480 --> 02:01:49,160
Speaker 1: The Bills are in a divisional playoff game at home

2319
02:01:50,360 --> 02:01:57,200
Speaker 1: in January with questionable weather, and it's a field goal game. Right,

2320
02:01:59,200 --> 02:02:02,040
Speaker 1: All of the blood, sweat and tears that you've put

2321
02:02:02,120 --> 02:02:05,680
Speaker 1: into this season is riding on your kicking game. Okay,

2322
02:02:06,520 --> 02:02:08,920
Speaker 1: do you want the eleventh most accurate kicker in NFL

2323
02:02:09,040 --> 02:02:11,480
Speaker 1: history lining up or do you want the rookie with

2324
02:02:11,520 --> 02:02:14,560
Speaker 1: the giant lake. I mean, that's that's a scenario that

2325
02:02:14,640 --> 02:02:18,560
Speaker 1: could come up, and it is something that Coach McDermott,

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02:02:18,960 --> 02:02:22,160
Speaker 1: Coach Farwell and the decision makers on the roster have

2327
02:02:22,280 --> 02:02:26,160
Speaker 1: to really contemplate. With where this roster build has gone,

2328
02:02:26,400 --> 02:02:28,920
Speaker 1: with the type of team that you've constructed, and with

2329
02:02:29,120 --> 02:02:32,240
Speaker 1: where this team is expected to go this year. That

2330
02:02:32,480 --> 02:02:34,880
Speaker 1: is not as easy a decision as it appears on

2331
02:02:35,040 --> 02:02:40,080
Speaker 1: the surface. Right, How you look around the entire roster

2332
02:02:41,160 --> 02:02:43,160
Speaker 1: and if, say, if Josh Allen does take a step

2333
02:02:43,280 --> 02:02:46,760
Speaker 1: forward and he is that guy, and your your offense

2334
02:02:46,920 --> 02:02:50,960
Speaker 1: is clicking, and you're you know, you're humming along, and

2335
02:02:51,960 --> 02:02:57,720
Speaker 1: Stephenhousk is not your kicker. That spot becomes the biggest

2336
02:02:57,800 --> 02:03:01,520
Speaker 1: hole in your roster. I mean that that becomes the

2337
02:03:01,520 --> 02:03:03,400
Speaker 1: biggest question mark. Can he do it when the chip

2338
02:03:03,480 --> 02:03:04,920
Speaker 1: when you really need him to do it? When he

2339
02:03:05,080 --> 02:03:07,360
Speaker 1: and and who knows, maybe you'll get Maybe you'll get

2340
02:03:07,440 --> 02:03:09,720
Speaker 1: six games during the regular season where the kid comes

2341
02:03:09,760 --> 02:03:12,160
Speaker 1: through and makes it for you. Okay, well, you know

2342
02:03:12,240 --> 02:03:16,280
Speaker 1: that's great. These years don't come along all that often.

2343
02:03:16,520 --> 02:03:19,320
Speaker 1: And we know that in Buffalo, right, you don't want

2344
02:03:19,360 --> 02:03:23,080
Speaker 1: to know what I'm saying. Think about Think about what Chicago,

2345
02:03:23,160 --> 02:03:26,480
Speaker 1: Illinois going through right now. Two years ago they double

2346
02:03:26,600 --> 02:03:31,320
Speaker 1: doink one and they haven't sniffed it since. And they

2347
02:03:31,360 --> 02:03:34,720
Speaker 1: didn't sniff it for a decade before that. And they

2348
02:03:34,800 --> 02:03:37,360
Speaker 1: had and they had a they had a crew, they

2349
02:03:37,400 --> 02:03:39,080
Speaker 1: had a young worad. They were just doing enough. Their

2350
02:03:39,120 --> 02:03:44,640
Speaker 1: defense was awesome. The doink out gone. Thanks for stopping by.

2351
02:03:44,880 --> 02:03:46,640
Speaker 1: Now you're eight and eight, next year, nine and seven,

2352
02:03:46,680 --> 02:03:48,080
Speaker 1: next year you're out of the playoffs and have him

2353
02:03:48,080 --> 02:03:53,080
Speaker 1: in back. Since now, how much does it how much

2354
02:03:53,520 --> 02:03:55,480
Speaker 1: you see where I'm going? How big a mental hoop

2355
02:03:55,520 --> 02:03:57,200
Speaker 1: do you have to jump through to put yourself put

2356
02:03:57,320 --> 02:04:00,480
Speaker 1: Buffalo Bills in this roster right in that spot, right

2357
02:04:02,080 --> 02:04:07,400
Speaker 1: in Buffalo in January. Dok doink, thanks for stopping by.

2358
02:04:07,560 --> 02:04:10,640
Speaker 1: It has to be And three times now in the

2359
02:04:10,720 --> 02:04:13,080
Speaker 1: last four years you've been in the playoffs and you've

2360
02:04:13,120 --> 02:04:16,560
Speaker 1: been one and done. Yeah. So the lens through which

2361
02:04:16,600 --> 02:04:18,720
Speaker 1: you need to look at this competition, I think just

2362
02:04:19,080 --> 02:04:22,720
Speaker 1: it goes deeper than just who's going to help us

2363
02:04:22,760 --> 02:04:26,120
Speaker 1: more on kickoffs? Who's gonna put it through the back

2364
02:04:26,160 --> 02:04:28,160
Speaker 1: of the end zone more often? I think that's unquestionably

2365
02:04:28,200 --> 02:04:30,800
Speaker 1: gonna be Tyler Bass done deal Lucille in my estimation,

2366
02:04:31,000 --> 02:04:32,720
Speaker 1: I watched him kick at the Senior Bowl. I mean,

2367
02:04:32,760 --> 02:04:35,120
Speaker 1: the kid's got a monster leg. There's no debating that

2368
02:04:36,120 --> 02:04:38,920
Speaker 1: is he clutch? And then if you determine that he

2369
02:04:39,120 --> 02:04:42,280
Speaker 1: is clutch, abs into preseason in which you can put

2370
02:04:42,360 --> 02:04:47,120
Speaker 1: him in such scenarios, do you feel he's as a

2371
02:04:47,240 --> 02:04:54,000
Speaker 1: rookie capable of mentally handling the pressure that the playoffs

2372
02:04:54,080 --> 02:04:57,680
Speaker 1: could provide. Knowing that's where your team is probably headed

2373
02:04:57,760 --> 02:05:01,560
Speaker 1: and a scenario could very easily arrive is where you're

2374
02:05:03,440 --> 02:05:09,040
Speaker 1: your team's chances of advancing rest on that leg. That is,

2375
02:05:09,360 --> 02:05:14,280
Speaker 1: that is something that this roster deciding group in this

2376
02:05:14,480 --> 02:05:18,760
Speaker 1: building is going to have to weigh out. They're just

2377
02:05:18,880 --> 02:05:21,760
Speaker 1: going to because this is a playoff team. They have

2378
02:05:21,880 --> 02:05:24,400
Speaker 1: to weigh that out here in that decision because they'll

2379
02:05:24,440 --> 02:05:30,640
Speaker 1: be scouring. And and here's what people sometimes forget that

2380
02:05:30,800 --> 02:05:32,320
Speaker 1: when you get in there, everybody says, well, you get

2381
02:05:32,360 --> 02:05:34,520
Speaker 1: on the practice fe like like fans at Saint John

2382
02:05:34,560 --> 02:05:37,880
Speaker 1: Fisher most years, you go out there and you're watching

2383
02:05:37,960 --> 02:05:41,320
Speaker 1: practice and you're thinking, Okay, this guy's good. Then you know,

2384
02:05:41,560 --> 02:05:44,040
Speaker 1: you get you're evaluating all these guys when you watch them,

2385
02:05:44,120 --> 02:05:46,040
Speaker 1: say you're watching all the wide receivers, think Okay, this

2386
02:05:46,040 --> 02:05:47,440
Speaker 1: guy's a little better than that guy, like this guy

2387
02:05:47,440 --> 02:05:48,880
Speaker 1: a little better, this guy a little better. And then

2388
02:05:48,920 --> 02:05:51,720
Speaker 1: when the season rolls around, this guy gets cut. You're like,

2389
02:05:51,840 --> 02:05:55,400
Speaker 1: how did where do you talk? How that happened? And

2390
02:05:55,520 --> 02:05:58,360
Speaker 1: the reason stuff like that happens is because the coaching

2391
02:05:58,440 --> 02:06:02,440
Speaker 1: staff and the AVO evaluators and the team his teammates,

2392
02:06:02,520 --> 02:06:06,280
Speaker 1: his position coaches, his coordinator, and the head coach and

2393
02:06:06,440 --> 02:06:10,320
Speaker 1: the general manager. They see him twenty four to seven

2394
02:06:10,920 --> 02:06:16,680
Speaker 1: for weeks on end, and so much more goes into

2395
02:06:16,720 --> 02:06:20,320
Speaker 1: the evaluation than what happens in two hours on afternoon practices.

2396
02:06:21,000 --> 02:06:22,720
Speaker 1: They know what the kids like in the locker room.

2397
02:06:23,040 --> 02:06:26,080
Speaker 1: They know what he's like in you know, in the meetings.

2398
02:06:26,520 --> 02:06:29,800
Speaker 1: They know what he's like away from the field. They

2399
02:06:29,880 --> 02:06:33,520
Speaker 1: know his background, they know what his personality, They know

2400
02:06:33,680 --> 02:06:36,280
Speaker 1: his preparation habits. They know how hard it is to

2401
02:06:36,320 --> 02:06:38,760
Speaker 1: get him to work out in the you know, to maintain,

2402
02:06:38,880 --> 02:06:41,120
Speaker 1: to lift, to work out between practices. They know what

2403
02:06:41,240 --> 02:06:44,040
Speaker 1: kind of work ethic he has. All of that stuff

2404
02:06:44,080 --> 02:06:45,800
Speaker 1: goes into the mix, and that's what's going to happen

2405
02:06:45,880 --> 02:06:50,280
Speaker 1: with Houshka and Tyler Bass. They know a lot about Hashkea,

2406
02:06:50,400 --> 02:06:52,320
Speaker 1: no question about it. Now, certainly he's a guy who

2407
02:06:52,400 --> 02:06:54,720
Speaker 1: maybe isn't a kicker he was five years ago, ten

2408
02:06:54,760 --> 02:06:58,480
Speaker 1: year or whatever. You know, he's old, but he's got

2409
02:06:58,480 --> 02:07:00,160
Speaker 1: a lot of stuff that you can only get by

2410
02:07:00,200 --> 02:07:07,160
Speaker 1: being old. Super Bowl experience, Now what can they find

2411
02:07:07,240 --> 02:07:10,480
Speaker 1: out and there and you know this too, Heath Farewell,

2412
02:07:10,800 --> 02:07:15,240
Speaker 1: Sean McDermott and and everybody all that coachings to have

2413
02:07:15,480 --> 02:07:20,520
Speaker 1: are talking about ways they're gonna evaluate Tyler Bass and

2414
02:07:20,640 --> 02:07:24,040
Speaker 1: how clutch he can be without seeing him kick in

2415
02:07:24,120 --> 02:07:27,920
Speaker 1: a game. They're gonna find out what his mindset is

2416
02:07:28,640 --> 02:07:31,400
Speaker 1: when he's standing on the sidelines waiting to kick. They're

2417
02:07:31,400 --> 02:07:33,720
Speaker 1: gonna find out what his mindset is when he's sitting

2418
02:07:33,760 --> 02:07:36,480
Speaker 1: around eating dinner with the you know, the offensive lineman,

2419
02:07:36,520 --> 02:07:39,480
Speaker 1: how he handles himself. They're gonna look at him in

2420
02:07:39,600 --> 02:07:41,720
Speaker 1: a practice and when he misses a kick, and when

2421
02:07:41,720 --> 02:07:44,480
Speaker 1: he makes a kick and from the distance in the hash,

2422
02:07:45,240 --> 02:07:48,600
Speaker 1: and what he does with his technique. They're gonna see

2423
02:07:48,640 --> 02:07:50,960
Speaker 1: a million things that go into the bucket of evaluating

2424
02:07:51,080 --> 02:07:53,400
Speaker 1: him and Stephen Hauska and all of that goes in.

2425
02:07:55,520 --> 02:07:58,240
Speaker 1: But no matter how many things go in, they're not

2426
02:07:58,320 --> 02:08:01,160
Speaker 1: going to know until they know, until they either see

2427
02:08:01,200 --> 02:08:03,240
Speaker 1: the kid see it up in the playoffs or not.

2428
02:08:03,600 --> 02:08:06,400
Speaker 1: And this isn't a knock on where he played his

2429
02:08:06,480 --> 02:08:10,160
Speaker 1: college ball. But the NFL is not Georgia Southern versus

2430
02:08:10,200 --> 02:08:13,000
Speaker 1: app State. It's just not. I don't want to laugh,

2431
02:08:13,080 --> 02:08:16,200
Speaker 1: but it's just not. Now. It would be great, It

2432
02:08:16,240 --> 02:08:18,400
Speaker 1: would tell us a lot of things. If Tyler Baskin say,

2433
02:08:18,560 --> 02:08:20,000
Speaker 1: you know what, I had a kick just like this

2434
02:08:20,160 --> 02:08:22,560
Speaker 1: against app State two years ago. I remember you know,

2435
02:08:22,680 --> 02:08:24,040
Speaker 1: da da da da da, and this is I'm just

2436
02:08:24,080 --> 02:08:26,520
Speaker 1: gonna make this one. You know that kind of every

2437
02:08:26,600 --> 02:08:30,360
Speaker 1: kick is the same. Mentality is a good thing. The

2438
02:08:30,440 --> 02:08:33,720
Speaker 1: best kicker ever held for was Steve Christie, and he

2439
02:08:33,880 --> 02:08:38,560
Speaker 1: was an amazing mental guy because it would almost get

2440
02:08:38,680 --> 02:08:41,400
Speaker 1: like he didn't care about any kick. He said, I'm

2441
02:08:41,480 --> 02:08:43,160
Speaker 1: kicking it. I'm gonna kick it the way it should

2442
02:08:43,160 --> 02:08:45,320
Speaker 1: be kicked, and if it goes in, fine, If it don't,

2443
02:08:45,440 --> 02:08:47,480
Speaker 1: it's not, you know, it's because the wind blew it

2444
02:08:47,520 --> 02:08:52,000
Speaker 1: out or whatever. And he was awesome. I mean, he'd

2445
02:08:52,040 --> 02:08:53,720
Speaker 1: get down and give it. In practice, he would do

2446
02:08:53,800 --> 02:08:56,160
Speaker 1: it just to prepare himself. You know how you see

2447
02:08:56,200 --> 02:08:59,280
Speaker 1: these guys. The kicker puts the spot down, the holder

2448
02:08:59,320 --> 02:09:01,640
Speaker 1: puts his finger on the ground. Then the kicker looks

2449
02:09:01,640 --> 02:09:04,080
Speaker 1: at the gold post, backs up one step, backs up

2450
02:09:04,120 --> 02:09:07,320
Speaker 1: another step, takes a certain angle, backs up over here,

2451
02:09:07,880 --> 02:09:10,120
Speaker 1: turns and then takes a little hitch step and gets

2452
02:09:10,200 --> 02:09:12,880
Speaker 1: and everything is like protracted and angles and all that.

2453
02:09:14,600 --> 02:09:16,880
Speaker 1: Steve Christie would put his foot on the ground in practice.

2454
02:09:17,000 --> 02:09:19,240
Speaker 1: You do this in practice, put his foot on the ground,

2455
02:09:19,240 --> 02:09:21,000
Speaker 1: and I'd put my finger on the spot and he'd

2456
02:09:21,040 --> 02:09:25,840
Speaker 1: turn around and just walk off, turn around, look at

2457
02:09:25,880 --> 02:09:27,960
Speaker 1: the gold post, look at my finger, and then settle

2458
02:09:28,040 --> 02:09:30,680
Speaker 1: in and just nod and go. So he wouldn't do

2459
02:09:30,800 --> 02:09:32,240
Speaker 1: any of that. It was all It was like a

2460
02:09:32,280 --> 02:09:35,360
Speaker 1: soccer ball for him. Stephen Haushka has a t square

2461
02:09:35,520 --> 02:09:38,480
Speaker 1: right to measure it right, that's how fine he cuts.

2462
02:09:38,640 --> 02:09:40,920
Speaker 1: He does. And he's a technician too, And no question

2463
02:09:41,000 --> 02:09:45,320
Speaker 1: about every guy's different and they're all good. But you

2464
02:09:45,400 --> 02:09:48,720
Speaker 1: gotta find out if tighter bass can be that good somehow,

2465
02:09:48,840 --> 02:09:50,960
Speaker 1: some way you got to evaluate that guy without giving

2466
02:09:51,040 --> 02:09:53,640
Speaker 1: him a chance to kick. There is there is unquestionable

2467
02:09:53,960 --> 02:09:58,200
Speaker 1: raw physical talent that is impressive. I mean we've seen

2468
02:09:58,280 --> 02:10:02,160
Speaker 1: them Instagram videos. He takes one step back to kick

2469
02:10:02,200 --> 02:10:06,520
Speaker 1: a sixty yarder. That's stupid. Think about saying, how about this.

2470
02:10:06,720 --> 02:10:10,000
Speaker 1: You're a coaching staff and he's got this kid and

2471
02:10:10,120 --> 02:10:12,879
Speaker 1: as a kicker, he's like Josh Allen is a quarterback

2472
02:10:13,720 --> 02:10:18,080
Speaker 1: his leg Yeah you know see you think, okay, can

2473
02:10:18,120 --> 02:10:21,600
Speaker 1: we got that right? And wait a minute, And since

2474
02:10:21,680 --> 02:10:24,880
Speaker 1: we're this this coaching staff, we've been talking about we

2475
02:10:25,000 --> 02:10:28,320
Speaker 1: might be able to develop this kid. How many how

2476
02:10:28,400 --> 02:10:30,320
Speaker 1: much time are we willing to let him try and

2477
02:10:30,520 --> 02:10:33,520
Speaker 1: get there before he's our guy when we don't have

2478
02:10:33,600 --> 02:10:36,960
Speaker 1: any preseason games when he could be the he could

2479
02:10:36,960 --> 02:10:41,040
Speaker 1: be the best kicker since Sebastian Janikowski in the league.

2480
02:10:41,640 --> 02:10:43,360
Speaker 1: And how long are we gonna get? And can I'll

2481
02:10:43,360 --> 02:10:47,400
Speaker 1: tell you what. Sebastian Janikowski stunk through a third or

2482
02:10:47,440 --> 02:10:49,960
Speaker 1: two thirds of his first year in the league, and

2483
02:10:50,080 --> 02:10:51,920
Speaker 1: then he turned out to be this almost Hall of

2484
02:10:52,000 --> 02:10:55,000
Speaker 1: Fame type guy. And this is where no preseason could

2485
02:10:55,040 --> 02:10:59,480
Speaker 1: potentially be an advantage. Only you know how well he's

2486
02:10:59,520 --> 02:11:02,600
Speaker 1: doing or how poorly he's doing. It's true because there

2487
02:11:02,760 --> 02:11:05,840
Speaker 1: is gonna be no preseason game tape on this kid

2488
02:11:06,120 --> 02:11:08,120
Speaker 1: at all. Oh man, what are you gonna do that?

2489
02:11:08,280 --> 02:11:09,960
Speaker 1: I just want to see the kid kick. And I

2490
02:11:10,000 --> 02:11:11,720
Speaker 1: don't even think. I don't even think Keave Heather mcka.

2491
02:11:11,840 --> 02:11:13,680
Speaker 1: They probably haven't even he hadn't even probably touched a

2492
02:11:13,680 --> 02:11:16,800
Speaker 1: football since he's been here in a week. Maybe you know.

2493
02:11:17,040 --> 02:11:19,720
Speaker 1: It's it's compelling and it's just one of the storylines

2494
02:11:19,760 --> 02:11:22,880
Speaker 1: of training camp and it'll be more real football come Monday,

2495
02:11:23,000 --> 02:11:25,080
Speaker 1: so we can't wait. This is just one of the

2496
02:11:25,200 --> 02:11:29,000
Speaker 1: many position battles we are looking forward to. Steve Tasker,

2497
02:11:29,080 --> 02:11:31,160
Speaker 1: Chris Brown, We're about ready to wrap this thing up.

2498
02:11:31,200 --> 02:11:33,600
Speaker 1: When we come back, we will do just that with

2499
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Speaker 1: We had the opportunity to interview two members of the

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Speaker 1: Bill's rookie class, Gabe Davis and Dane Jackson, simultaneously, and

2505
02:12:12,040 --> 02:12:15,320
Speaker 1: we asked them about how it feels to finally be

2506
02:12:15,400 --> 02:12:18,720
Speaker 1: on a field again and running routes and playing dB

2507
02:12:18,960 --> 02:12:24,680
Speaker 1: and doing football stuff. You know, it's just a blessing.

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02:12:24,800 --> 02:12:26,920
Speaker 1: Feels great. Just the other day I was talking to

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02:12:26,960 --> 02:12:29,080
Speaker 1: one of the coaches and looking at my helmet and

2510
02:12:29,120 --> 02:12:31,080
Speaker 1: seeing that Bills go across it. You know, it's just

2511
02:12:31,640 --> 02:12:33,440
Speaker 1: it's surreal to me to know that I'm in NFL

2512
02:12:33,520 --> 02:12:35,120
Speaker 1: and it's great to be here, and I'm you know,

2513
02:12:35,240 --> 02:12:37,840
Speaker 1: happy to be in Buffalo and be able to start

2514
02:12:37,920 --> 02:12:40,400
Speaker 1: my career. Dan, what about you, I mean a five,

2515
02:12:40,640 --> 02:12:43,280
Speaker 1: like three four month layoff here, five month layoff and

2516
02:12:43,320 --> 02:12:47,480
Speaker 1: now you're finally running around doing football stuff, right, right

2517
02:12:47,720 --> 02:12:49,440
Speaker 1: like It's like Gabe said, it just feel good to

2518
02:12:49,480 --> 02:12:51,360
Speaker 1: be out there and I feel running around, you know,

2519
02:12:51,480 --> 02:12:54,520
Speaker 1: getting those physical reps, getting more comfortable with the defense

2520
02:12:54,600 --> 02:12:57,400
Speaker 1: in the scheme, being with those guys that you you know,

2521
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Speaker 1: watched on TV's TV for years. He's being out there

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Speaker 1: and being there for the report of boats guys said,

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Speaker 1: so good to hear from them. Good to have them

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Speaker 1: on the show live and get their thoughts on how

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Speaker 1: camp's going thus far. The real camp kind of starts

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Speaker 1: on Monday. We do have some breaking news. Reporter Pete

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Speaker 1: Damil is citing sources as saying the Big Ten is

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Speaker 1: announcing that the fall is canceled. League will attempt to

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Speaker 1: play in the spring. So Big ten is the first

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Speaker 1: of the Power five Conference dominos to fall. We're expecting

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Speaker 1: the Pac twelve may have a similar announcement soon. So

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Speaker 1: we'll see where that all goes and update you tomorrow. Steve,

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Speaker 1: it's coming. I have a bad feeling about college football

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Speaker 1: for the fall, but they can make it work in

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Speaker 1: the spring, that's great. But I'm still optimistic about the

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Speaker 1: NFL's chances to get it going. Some of the other

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Speaker 1: sports leagues are making it happen. I think the Bills,

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Speaker 1: from what I've seen, they're taking all the right precautions,

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Speaker 1: and I think they got a chance to pull it off.

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Speaker 1: We'll see back tomorrow with SI Columns, Jimmy Trainer. It's

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Speaker 1: One Bills Live presented by Kalid to Health for Steve.

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Speaker 1: I'm Chris. This has been Buffalo Bill's radioh