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Speaker 1: of One Bill's Live Chris Brown's Dave Tasker with You

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Speaker 1: as there are plenty of news and notes around the NFL,

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Speaker 1: as always this time of year, even amidst the COVID pandemic.

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Speaker 1: There's also news at One Bill's Drive as we await,

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Speaker 1: chiefly today the final decision by one Tradevious White as

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Speaker 1: now I believe sixty one players that have opted out

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Speaker 1: It's about I've thought, you know, it's gonna be about

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Speaker 1: They've got some real under These guys have overcome a

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Speaker 1: So there's that those kind of guys that it is

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Speaker 1: So we'll see what comes of that. Some news and

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Speaker 1: And as it's been explained to us, this is just

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Speaker 1: um at least in the early going, it's seventy percent

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Speaker 1: I never really was too vocal about that's time for

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Speaker 1: a new beginning. It was, you know, it was enough

430
00:24:22,920 --> 00:24:26,080
Speaker 1: set but um to that, to that to your point,

431
00:24:26,440 --> 00:24:29,359
Speaker 1: I'm super excited to this for my new situation. Like

432
00:24:29,480 --> 00:24:32,720
Speaker 1: this is also a great organization, UH built, built on

433
00:24:32,800 --> 00:24:34,440
Speaker 1: a lot of hard working guys, a lot of guys

434
00:24:34,520 --> 00:24:37,359
Speaker 1: that really granted to get to where they're at. Um.

435
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Speaker 1: I trust the people that are in place. I'm just

436
00:24:38,920 --> 00:24:40,560
Speaker 1: happy to be a part of it at this point.

437
00:24:40,640 --> 00:24:43,360
Speaker 1: You know, I'm I'm not trying to reinvent the will

438
00:24:43,440 --> 00:24:45,760
Speaker 1: or anything like that. I'm just trying to be be

439
00:24:45,840 --> 00:24:47,920
Speaker 1: as helpful as I can be a puzzle piece, you know,

440
00:24:48,119 --> 00:24:50,399
Speaker 1: trying to mesh as well as I can to of

441
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Speaker 1: this team win. So, Steve, I was on the call

442
00:24:54,520 --> 00:24:57,280
Speaker 1: yesterday because I wrote a future story on this which

443
00:24:57,359 --> 00:24:59,080
Speaker 1: is on Buffalo Bills. I come if you want to

444
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Speaker 1: read more about Stefan Digg's mindset and where it is

445
00:25:03,600 --> 00:25:09,000
Speaker 1: as he tries to you know, blend in for lack

446
00:25:09,040 --> 00:25:12,399
Speaker 1: of a better term, Because Steve, here's the facts. The

447
00:25:12,520 --> 00:25:16,080
Speaker 1: facts are that nine of the eleven starters on offense

448
00:25:16,119 --> 00:25:18,639
Speaker 1: are returning from last year's team. It would have been

449
00:25:18,720 --> 00:25:23,200
Speaker 1: ten if Feliciano was healthy. So Diggs comes in and

450
00:25:23,320 --> 00:25:26,360
Speaker 1: he kind of sees himself as as the new guy,

451
00:25:26,880 --> 00:25:30,160
Speaker 1: and even though he's got a gigantic role in this offense.

452
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Speaker 1: So it was a very interesting perspective that he lent

453
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Speaker 1: to the conversation that we had with him yesterday. And

454
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Speaker 1: I want to get your comments, chiefly on this next

455
00:25:41,560 --> 00:25:46,080
Speaker 1: statement that he made. This was his whole approach, knowing

456
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Speaker 1: that he's one of these new starters on offense on

457
00:25:49,000 --> 00:25:52,520
Speaker 1: a unit that has nine returning starters at least projected anyway,

458
00:25:53,080 --> 00:25:56,240
Speaker 1: his approach to fitting in with the bills that work

459
00:25:56,320 --> 00:25:59,000
Speaker 1: distingly are I'm serious about what I do and I

460
00:25:59,080 --> 00:26:02,320
Speaker 1: love football and I want to win. So uh, that's

461
00:26:02,359 --> 00:26:04,160
Speaker 1: been the same mantra since I stepped in the league,

462
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Speaker 1: and I don't think that's going to change anytime soon.

463
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Speaker 1: But um, as far as like, uh, continuing that thing,

464
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Speaker 1: continue that good thing going, as far as like, continue

465
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Speaker 1: to work hard, continue to have that mindset of you know,

466
00:26:16,680 --> 00:26:19,880
Speaker 1: things are always subject to change, and you know change

467
00:26:19,920 --> 00:26:22,679
Speaker 1: isn't always bad. You know, change is good, especially when

468
00:26:22,720 --> 00:26:25,080
Speaker 1: it comes down to growth. And I'm looking forward to

469
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Speaker 1: my new situation far as like learning about myself and

470
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Speaker 1: in the business side of it. You know, football is

471
00:26:31,880 --> 00:26:34,680
Speaker 1: a football is a contact sport. You know, football balls

472
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Speaker 1: a lot of puzzle pieces. You know, in the building

473
00:26:37,880 --> 00:26:39,920
Speaker 1: you want to enforce such a family environment so teams

474
00:26:39,960 --> 00:26:42,200
Speaker 1: can't mesh well and have that good chemistry and have

475
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Speaker 1: that you know, that work together mindset. So what do

476
00:26:47,560 --> 00:26:50,359
Speaker 1: you think of that? Steve just him trying to blend in.

477
00:26:51,280 --> 00:26:54,280
Speaker 1: I think he's got the right attitude and work hard

478
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Speaker 1: and fit in. He's not trying to read it. He

479
00:26:56,760 --> 00:26:58,479
Speaker 1: said it in the other He's not trying to reinvent

480
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Speaker 1: the wheel here. He wants to come in and play

481
00:27:00,119 --> 00:27:02,719
Speaker 1: his game and and be a puzzle piece, and that's

482
00:27:02,760 --> 00:27:04,680
Speaker 1: what a football player does. I think it's a great

483
00:27:04,760 --> 00:27:07,480
Speaker 1: unselfish attitude. He seems like his head's exactly where the

484
00:27:07,560 --> 00:27:12,240
Speaker 1: coaching staff would want it. He seems to know that

485
00:27:12,440 --> 00:27:14,840
Speaker 1: he's the new guy, you know what I mean, he's

486
00:27:14,880 --> 00:27:16,800
Speaker 1: the guy that has to fit in, and he's not

487
00:27:16,920 --> 00:27:19,680
Speaker 1: expecting anybody to bend to him. He's not expecting things

488
00:27:19,720 --> 00:27:22,359
Speaker 1: to change for him since he's there, everything's gonna be different.

489
00:27:22,400 --> 00:27:26,760
Speaker 1: He's expects the ball so many times. It's a really healthy,

490
00:27:27,320 --> 00:27:30,239
Speaker 1: well adjusted mindset for a guy who's got a lot

491
00:27:30,280 --> 00:27:33,119
Speaker 1: of expectations attached to him. And I think he's it

492
00:27:33,240 --> 00:27:36,119
Speaker 1: seems really healthy to me, really healthy. Yeah. I mean,

493
00:27:36,240 --> 00:27:40,720
Speaker 1: he struck all the right notes in his first press

494
00:27:40,800 --> 00:27:44,840
Speaker 1: conference with the media yesterday via zoom and said all

495
00:27:44,880 --> 00:27:49,320
Speaker 1: the right things. The only fun the only part that

496
00:27:50,600 --> 00:27:53,680
Speaker 1: was interesting to me was well, not the only part,

497
00:27:53,800 --> 00:27:55,840
Speaker 1: but a part that made me chuckle a little bit

498
00:27:56,080 --> 00:27:59,840
Speaker 1: was he was posed a line of questioning about how

499
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Speaker 1: he had posted some things on social media and how

500
00:28:03,000 --> 00:28:04,840
Speaker 1: that was kind of the trigger for the Bills to

501
00:28:04,920 --> 00:28:07,359
Speaker 1: kind of go after him, thinking he was unhappy in Minnesota,

502
00:28:07,880 --> 00:28:10,480
Speaker 1: and he took issue with that. He said, I never

503
00:28:11,400 --> 00:28:16,520
Speaker 1: said anything about not being happy in Minnesota, and if

504
00:28:16,560 --> 00:28:18,920
Speaker 1: you try to look for specifics, he never provided that.

505
00:28:19,080 --> 00:28:23,200
Speaker 1: I think there were some times on social media where

506
00:28:24,440 --> 00:28:27,520
Speaker 1: he was very general and how he was feeling. Whether

507
00:28:27,600 --> 00:28:29,280
Speaker 1: it was about how he felt that day or how

508
00:28:29,800 --> 00:28:33,840
Speaker 1: about the team and the organization in Minnesota is unclear.

509
00:28:33,960 --> 00:28:35,920
Speaker 1: So I think it would be very difficult to prove that.

510
00:28:36,280 --> 00:28:38,400
Speaker 1: But I think people jump to conclusions when they see

511
00:28:38,440 --> 00:28:42,280
Speaker 1: those things from professional athletes and just kind of go

512
00:28:42,480 --> 00:28:45,560
Speaker 1: that way. And maybe the Bills interpreted it that way

513
00:28:45,600 --> 00:28:48,120
Speaker 1: and decided, well, let's pursue this and see if we

514
00:28:48,200 --> 00:28:51,200
Speaker 1: can get something done. And to their credit, it worked.

515
00:28:51,240 --> 00:28:53,840
Speaker 1: Whether whether that was their interpretation or not, I do

516
00:28:54,000 --> 00:28:58,320
Speaker 1: not know. Brandon being did hinted that according to the

517
00:28:58,400 --> 00:29:01,440
Speaker 1: reporter that was asking that line of question. So we'll see.

518
00:29:01,520 --> 00:29:04,280
Speaker 1: But that's neither here nor there. The point is he's

519
00:29:04,280 --> 00:29:06,800
Speaker 1: in Buffalo now and and he's ready to get to

520
00:29:06,880 --> 00:29:09,360
Speaker 1: work because I think the most attractive thing to the

521
00:29:09,480 --> 00:29:13,160
Speaker 1: Bills for with respects to Fan Diggs, was not just

522
00:29:13,400 --> 00:29:17,520
Speaker 1: his wealth of talent and ability to make plays. I

523
00:29:17,640 --> 00:29:22,240
Speaker 1: think his work ethic fits perfectly with the vast majority

524
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Speaker 1: of the guys on this roster. Yeah, and there's no

525
00:29:24,800 --> 00:29:26,680
Speaker 1: question that when you go on social media and you

526
00:29:26,800 --> 00:29:30,040
Speaker 1: post something and you don't say, hey, I'm just on

527
00:29:30,240 --> 00:29:33,760
Speaker 1: a bad day, people think that's your life. You know.

528
00:29:33,840 --> 00:29:35,640
Speaker 1: They think if you, if Steph Diggs had you has

529
00:29:35,720 --> 00:29:40,960
Speaker 1: time for a new beginning, man right, and slice it

530
00:29:41,040 --> 00:29:44,000
Speaker 1: the worst possible way to make as much conflict as possible.

531
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Speaker 1: So he could just say, you know, he trusts he

532
00:29:46,080 --> 00:29:49,120
Speaker 1: could chime on social media and say, hey, I'm ready

533
00:29:49,160 --> 00:29:50,720
Speaker 1: for a new beginning. I'm ready, and which could have

534
00:29:50,800 --> 00:29:53,000
Speaker 1: meant I'm going to start fresh on Monday morning, Let's

535
00:29:53,040 --> 00:29:55,440
Speaker 1: go Minnesota Vikings. But all of a sudden it means

536
00:29:55,480 --> 00:29:59,320
Speaker 1: he wants out in Minnesota, and I get it. Man, Listen,

537
00:29:59,360 --> 00:30:00,840
Speaker 1: I've had a lot, a lot of bad days the

538
00:30:00,840 --> 00:30:04,400
Speaker 1: Buffalo Bill, believe it or not, and I never considered

539
00:30:04,400 --> 00:30:06,800
Speaker 1: any place other than the Bills is my home. So

540
00:30:06,960 --> 00:30:09,480
Speaker 1: it's uh, yeah, I get completely where he's coming from.

541
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Speaker 1: Eight three five fifty. If you want to join us,

542
00:30:12,440 --> 00:30:15,400
Speaker 1: we are talking Tredevious White knowing it is opt out

543
00:30:15,480 --> 00:30:20,360
Speaker 1: decision day or opt in decision day. It's at his discretion,

544
00:30:20,720 --> 00:30:23,320
Speaker 1: and I think the vast majority of Bills fans would

545
00:30:23,400 --> 00:30:27,560
Speaker 1: understand no matter which way he goes amidst this COVID pandemic.

546
00:30:27,680 --> 00:30:30,640
Speaker 1: But if Tradevious White opts out for the twenty twenty season,

547
00:30:30,680 --> 00:30:33,400
Speaker 1: will that change your expectations for the team this year? Yes?

548
00:30:33,920 --> 00:30:36,160
Speaker 1: Or no? And tell us why. You can hit us

549
00:30:36,240 --> 00:30:38,160
Speaker 1: up on the tweet sheet, or you can give us

550
00:30:38,160 --> 00:30:40,800
Speaker 1: a call. Eight O three five fifty. We have more

551
00:30:40,920 --> 00:30:43,280
Speaker 1: comments from Stefan Diggs, which will get too later in

552
00:30:43,320 --> 00:30:46,440
Speaker 1: the program, and we will also be hearing from one

553
00:30:46,760 --> 00:30:51,080
Speaker 1: Devin Singletary the Motor hats and comments as he met

554
00:30:51,120 --> 00:30:53,320
Speaker 1: with the media today. Will be sure to pass those

555
00:30:53,440 --> 00:30:56,200
Speaker 1: along to you coming up in our next segment here

556
00:30:56,360 --> 00:30:59,360
Speaker 1: on One Bill's Live presented by Kalid to Health, Steve

557
00:30:59,440 --> 00:31:10,840
Speaker 1: and I back soon here on Buffalo Bill's Radio. Ask

558
00:31:11,200 --> 00:31:15,080
Speaker 1: you motoring through a Thursday. Oh you see what I did?

559
00:31:15,200 --> 00:31:19,560
Speaker 1: There were as I promised at the end of last

560
00:31:19,560 --> 00:31:23,880
Speaker 1: segment we'd be hearing from Devin Motor Singletary and uh, yeah,

561
00:31:23,920 --> 00:31:26,280
Speaker 1: I know. I can hear my kids now saying dad jokes,

562
00:31:26,400 --> 00:31:29,400
Speaker 1: dad jokes. I know they're terrible, but you know, they

563
00:31:29,560 --> 00:31:32,200
Speaker 1: just happened. They happened after your turn forty. They just

564
00:31:32,280 --> 00:31:35,440
Speaker 1: start happening. I can't explain it in any event. Devin

565
00:31:35,520 --> 00:31:38,880
Speaker 1: Singletary met with the media today, actually just the last

566
00:31:38,960 --> 00:31:43,720
Speaker 1: hour where he was taking questions and answering them from

567
00:31:43,920 --> 00:31:46,680
Speaker 1: the Western New York media. And obviously he's a guy

568
00:31:46,720 --> 00:31:50,160
Speaker 1: who's expecting to have a big second season in a

569
00:31:50,280 --> 00:31:53,240
Speaker 1: Bill's uniform. So we're gonna let you listen in to

570
00:31:53,600 --> 00:31:55,800
Speaker 1: some of his comments as he was asked questions by

571
00:31:55,880 --> 00:32:00,080
Speaker 1: the Buffalo media earlier today. Devin sal Capaccio, w you

572
00:32:00,160 --> 00:32:02,920
Speaker 1: are good to see you. You know, same here, Yeah,

573
00:32:03,040 --> 00:32:05,040
Speaker 1: especially here and not just running hills. You're making me

574
00:32:05,120 --> 00:32:08,480
Speaker 1: tired watching those things on social media. Man, Hey, I

575
00:32:08,560 --> 00:32:11,000
Speaker 1: just want to ask you about playing football in twenty twenty.

576
00:32:11,520 --> 00:32:13,880
Speaker 1: We've seen some guys opt out, like sixty around the league.

577
00:32:13,920 --> 00:32:17,360
Speaker 1: We heard Trudebvious yesterday say he's still undecided. What are

578
00:32:17,400 --> 00:32:20,400
Speaker 1: your thoughts ahead of several hours here before the deadline

579
00:32:20,400 --> 00:32:25,880
Speaker 1: for players? Um, you know there, now, you know pretty much,

580
00:32:26,120 --> 00:32:27,640
Speaker 1: you know, you got to do his best, you know,

581
00:32:27,760 --> 00:32:29,960
Speaker 1: for yourself, I guess in this case, especially in the

582
00:32:30,040 --> 00:32:32,800
Speaker 1: times that we're in, you know, and h But as

583
00:32:32,880 --> 00:32:34,720
Speaker 1: far as me, you know, I haven't really thought about it,

584
00:32:34,800 --> 00:32:36,760
Speaker 1: and you know, I feel like I'm not even in

585
00:32:36,800 --> 00:32:38,960
Speaker 1: a position to opt out. So that's pretty much my

586
00:32:39,040 --> 00:32:45,960
Speaker 1: thoughts on that. Thank you. Hey, Devin, John Scott, good

587
00:32:46,000 --> 00:32:50,040
Speaker 1: to see you. Oh yeah, just curious what your thoughts

588
00:32:50,120 --> 00:32:53,440
Speaker 1: are with the addition of Zach Moss another guy in

589
00:32:53,480 --> 00:32:55,720
Speaker 1: the backfield. I know you lost Frank and now they're

590
00:32:55,800 --> 00:32:58,600
Speaker 1: they're inserting a younger guy and kind of you're you're

591
00:32:58,600 --> 00:33:01,360
Speaker 1: the veteran and lead of that room. Just your thoughts

592
00:33:01,400 --> 00:33:04,840
Speaker 1: when the team drafted Zack Moss Yo, man, just adding

593
00:33:04,880 --> 00:33:07,360
Speaker 1: another piece to the puzzle. You know, you know what

594
00:33:07,480 --> 00:33:08,880
Speaker 1: we're trying to do this year. We know what our

595
00:33:08,920 --> 00:33:11,080
Speaker 1: mission is. So I feel like that's a big piece

596
00:33:11,120 --> 00:33:13,600
Speaker 1: to the puzzle. And you know, I feel like it's

597
00:33:13,600 --> 00:33:16,600
Speaker 1: gonna work fine to South Florida guys. So we shouldn't

598
00:33:16,600 --> 00:33:19,840
Speaker 1: see how it play out. Just to follow up, Frank

599
00:33:19,960 --> 00:33:23,040
Speaker 1: started the season a year ago as the lead back

600
00:33:23,120 --> 00:33:25,440
Speaker 1: and you assumed that role as the season went along.

601
00:33:25,760 --> 00:33:29,400
Speaker 1: Are you ready to assume that responsibility for the entire season.

602
00:33:29,600 --> 00:33:33,280
Speaker 1: Is that something you're looking to embrace? Um, of course,

603
00:33:33,360 --> 00:33:35,160
Speaker 1: you know that's what it comes to. I'm ready. I'm

604
00:33:35,160 --> 00:33:37,840
Speaker 1: ready for whatever. You know, just taking a day by

605
00:33:37,920 --> 00:33:40,080
Speaker 1: day right now, but um, you know, if that's what

606
00:33:40,200 --> 00:33:47,240
Speaker 1: it is, and I'm ready. Thanks Murder Single Terry Mookie

607
00:33:47,280 --> 00:33:50,480
Speaker 1: Hawkins well for Sports ten eighty man, Good morning, good

608
00:33:50,520 --> 00:33:54,280
Speaker 1: morning morning. Hey. Um. Now that the training wheels are

609
00:33:54,360 --> 00:33:57,560
Speaker 1: off and with all the new additions that was brought

610
00:33:57,640 --> 00:34:01,880
Speaker 1: in this off season, what are some of the steps

611
00:34:01,920 --> 00:34:06,040
Speaker 1: in making this offensive lead? First, you know, just kind

612
00:34:06,080 --> 00:34:08,239
Speaker 1: of getting getting to know each other. What we're doing now,

613
00:34:08,680 --> 00:34:10,960
Speaker 1: taking it day by day, kind of building that chemistry,

614
00:34:11,480 --> 00:34:15,879
Speaker 1: and I feel like there's no limits for us. Absolutely. Well,

615
00:34:15,920 --> 00:34:17,640
Speaker 1: hey man, we wish you nothing but the best and

616
00:34:17,760 --> 00:34:24,880
Speaker 1: go up this year. Appreciate it. Hey, Devin, Mike, Carolina

617
00:34:24,920 --> 00:34:28,359
Speaker 1: and Rochester imagined Frank Gore. How much do you miss

618
00:34:28,440 --> 00:34:32,080
Speaker 1: him and how often do you still communicate with Frank? Um?

619
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Speaker 1: We definitely still talk time to the time. Of course,

620
00:34:34,239 --> 00:34:36,840
Speaker 1: I'm gonna miss Frank, you know that's my og. But

621
00:34:37,520 --> 00:34:39,439
Speaker 1: you know, like I said, we still talk time to time.

622
00:34:40,160 --> 00:34:43,160
Speaker 1: So yo, that's what it is. Did he put you

623
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Speaker 1: in a position do you think almost like a coach?

624
00:34:46,160 --> 00:34:48,840
Speaker 1: I mean, obviously he's still playing, but to take this

625
00:34:49,040 --> 00:34:51,680
Speaker 1: step this year to be the number one guy, to

626
00:34:51,840 --> 00:34:54,280
Speaker 1: be more of the lead back than the guy helping

627
00:34:54,360 --> 00:34:57,760
Speaker 1: out Frank as you started out last year. Um, of course,

628
00:34:58,160 --> 00:34:59,920
Speaker 1: I would say. So, Um, I learned a lot from

629
00:35:00,280 --> 00:35:01,960
Speaker 1: you know, just from talking with them, just from being

630
00:35:02,040 --> 00:35:05,439
Speaker 1: around them, just from watching them. So yeah, I feel

631
00:35:05,440 --> 00:35:07,239
Speaker 1: like I feel like I'm ready, you know what I'm saying.

632
00:35:09,200 --> 00:35:15,759
Speaker 1: All Right, Thank you, Hey Devin, good to see you.

633
00:35:16,520 --> 00:35:18,320
Speaker 1: You said that you don't feel like you're in a

634
00:35:18,440 --> 00:35:21,560
Speaker 1: position to opt out so you'll play this season. Just

635
00:35:21,719 --> 00:35:24,640
Speaker 1: want to know what your thoughts are on the protocols

636
00:35:24,640 --> 00:35:27,560
Speaker 1: in place. Just going to the facility now, it must

637
00:35:27,640 --> 00:35:31,000
Speaker 1: look quite different. So what do you think about getting

638
00:35:31,080 --> 00:35:35,000
Speaker 1: tested multiple times? Just how everything is laid out to

639
00:35:35,120 --> 00:35:39,000
Speaker 1: make sure you guys are super safe and everything you do. Yeah,

640
00:35:39,520 --> 00:35:42,320
Speaker 1: it's definitely on different times right now, but um, I

641
00:35:42,360 --> 00:35:45,040
Speaker 1: feel like it's for the best, you know, just everything

642
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Speaker 1: that we got going on. I feel safe, you know,

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Speaker 1: testing every day. Um, that's just what comes with it

644
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Speaker 1: right now. Like I said, with the times that we're in,

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Speaker 1: so you know, I don't have no problem with it.

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Speaker 1: And like I said, they're doing a great job and

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Speaker 1: keeping us safe right now. Cool, Thanks Devin, No problem.

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Speaker 1: Hey Devin. Jay Skurski with the Buffalo News, Good to

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Speaker 1: see you. I think last year you're you're high was

650
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Speaker 1: twenty one carries in a game. Just what is your

651
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Speaker 1: confidence level if if need be, that you can handle

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Speaker 1: the ball twenty five thirty times in terms of carries

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Speaker 1: in a game, if that's what they need this season, Um,

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Speaker 1: you know, I'm definitely confident. That's what it comes to.

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Speaker 1: Like I said, I just gotta be ready. They're like

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Speaker 1: I'm ready. We just got to see how this year

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Speaker 1: players out. See what it comes to, is that something

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Speaker 1: you know, is that work you know, is that workload

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Speaker 1: kind of what you expect? I mean, do you want

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Speaker 1: to take on more carries this year or are you

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Speaker 1: kind of feeling that out as you go? I guess right,

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Speaker 1: it's still day to day right now. I really don't

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Speaker 1: know what to expect, you know, so just really got

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Speaker 1: to take it day by day. But like I said,

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Speaker 1: be ready for whatever. All right. So that is just

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Speaker 1: a snippet of Devin Singletary is press conference via zoom

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Speaker 1: call with the media earlier today. Actually it was just

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Speaker 1: last hour, and he's clearly excited about year two and

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Speaker 1: what this offense can do to take a sizable step.

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Speaker 1: And I think they do need to take a sizable

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Speaker 1: step to get up to the level of where their

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Speaker 1: defense is flying at. I mean, we do have to

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Speaker 1: remember with all the strides that the offense made last year,

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Speaker 1: they still only finished twenty third in total offense, and

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Speaker 1: I believe they were tied for eighteenth in red zone

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Speaker 1: touchdown efficiency, and they were twenty sixth or twenty seventh

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Speaker 1: in scoring at nineteen point three points. Per game, or

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Speaker 1: nineteen point six points per game. And if you weigh

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Speaker 1: that scoring average, and we remember the mantra of Brandon

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Speaker 1: Bean and Sean McDermott at their season wrap up press

681
00:37:43,560 --> 00:37:47,360
Speaker 1: conference in January, both of them said the offense needs

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Speaker 1: to score more points playing and simple points wins games,

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Speaker 1: and they needed to score more. And so what I

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Speaker 1: did was, I did put a story together on Buffalo

685
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Speaker 1: bills dot Com in the camp countdown, and I took

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Speaker 1: a look at the other eleven playoff teams from twenty

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Speaker 1: nineteen and pulled Buffalo out of the equation. So Buffalo,

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Speaker 1: as I said, averaged nineteen point six points per game

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Speaker 1: last year. The other eleven playoff teams combined averaged twenty

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Speaker 1: six point six points per game. It was exactly a

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Speaker 1: one touchdown difference. So the Bills have some scoring to

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Speaker 1: do on a more frequent basis. And I'm not telling

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Speaker 1: secrets here. I think they know that as well as anybody,

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Speaker 1: but listening to Josh Allen, Devin Singletary, other members of

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Speaker 1: the offense, I think they believe with the addition of

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Speaker 1: Stefan Diggs, another year of experience for guys like Devin Singletary,

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Speaker 1: and Dawson Knox, along with the other assets that they

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Speaker 1: have to utilize on the offensive side of the ball.

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Speaker 1: I think they firmly believe that they can successfully score

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Speaker 1: more points on a more frequent basis to help them

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Speaker 1: win football game. So the burden isn't on the defense

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00:39:03,000 --> 00:39:06,239
Speaker 1: to hold opponents to seventeen or less if they want

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Speaker 1: to win, and that's the step that this offense needs

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Speaker 1: to take. So I was on that conference call. I

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Speaker 1: did get to ask Devan a question myself later in

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Speaker 1: the call, and my question chiefly dealt with the level

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Speaker 1: of improvement he expects to make in year two. We

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00:39:21,440 --> 00:39:27,680
Speaker 1: often hear that players make their biggest leap steve between

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Speaker 1: year one and year two, and he's always hesitant to

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Speaker 1: talk about himself and that's just his modest nature. But

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Speaker 1: you have to believe that, after getting a taste of

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Speaker 1: success as a rookie, that he really wants to kind

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Speaker 1: of blow the doors off this year. Yeah, And I

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Speaker 1: also think they're going to give him a bigger opportunity

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Speaker 1: to do it, just by the fact that Frank Gore

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Speaker 1: is not there and that now he is, that you know,

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Speaker 1: he's the guy that's going to start the game, and

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Speaker 1: they understand what his skill set is. They trust him

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Speaker 1: in different situation as more now more so now he's

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Speaker 1: got a really quality young guy behind him that can

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Speaker 1: spell him. Yeah, I just think there's a lot more

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Speaker 1: they can do. And I think it's going to come

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Speaker 1: down to opportunity to do it more so than the

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Speaker 1: fact that maybe at the end of last year they

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Speaker 1: didn't trust him because he was the lead dog last

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Speaker 1: year for the last eight games of the season anyway.

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Speaker 1: And I think he put sixteen games together like that

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Speaker 1: for Devin Singletary, and I think he turns into exactly

729
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Speaker 1: what he's going to be for the prime of his career.

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Speaker 1: He's gonna be a really quality running back who's gonna

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Speaker 1: win a lot of games for you. I just think

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Speaker 1: he's that kind of back. He's versatile enough, athletic enough,

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Speaker 1: he's elite in his elusiveness in tight spaces and that's big.

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Speaker 1: That's big, and it's gonna get you some yards. And

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Speaker 1: I think for this offense, that's steady and consistency. That

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Speaker 1: steadiness and consistency is what they really need. Yeah, And

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Speaker 1: I have to say in the fifteen or twenty minutes

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Speaker 1: that we had to speak with him. He got most

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Speaker 1: excited talking about Zach Moss. I think there's a built

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Speaker 1: in kinship there with both of those guys being from

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Speaker 1: South Florida. And Devin's eyes got big when he was

742
00:41:05,680 --> 00:41:08,760
Speaker 1: talking about Zach Moss. He said, this guy can do everything.

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Speaker 1: He can catch the ball, he can run, he can

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Speaker 1: make people miss, he can run people over. And I

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Speaker 1: don't know if you've seen some of the photos from

746
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Speaker 1: the practice field taken by our team photographer Bill Whippert,

747
00:41:20,120 --> 00:41:23,920
Speaker 1: but this kid's thickly built. Let's just say. I mean,

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Speaker 1: he's got legs like tree trunks, and he still has

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Speaker 1: four or five or five speeds. So he's going to

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Speaker 1: be a dynamic addition. And I think Devin is excited

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00:41:33,719 --> 00:41:37,200
Speaker 1: because he knows that some of the pounding load is

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Speaker 1: going to be taken off of him, because Zach Moss

753
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Speaker 1: is gonna be the guy running between the tackles and

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Speaker 1: probably down on the goal line more often than not,

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Speaker 1: just by virtue of his stature as a player. Yeah,

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00:41:46,880 --> 00:41:49,719
Speaker 1: it's interesting too you think about a guy like Zach Moss,

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00:41:49,760 --> 00:41:51,920
Speaker 1: who's you know, you think he's gonna be kind of

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Speaker 1: a hammer type of running back. Devin single Parry is

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00:41:55,719 --> 00:41:57,480
Speaker 1: a guy that you think you're gonna have to hammer

760
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Speaker 1: and then he's just not there. You got guys whipping.

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00:42:00,600 --> 00:42:03,040
Speaker 1: That's an interesting combination you get in you and these

762
00:42:03,120 --> 00:42:05,400
Speaker 1: guys have to step into the hole and take on

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Speaker 1: Zach Moss. They step up into the hole and Devin

764
00:42:08,440 --> 00:42:11,719
Speaker 1: Singletary is not there, you know. So they got two

765
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Speaker 1: guy one's a hammer and the other guy is a

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Speaker 1: guy that you hand him wind up to hit and

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Speaker 1: he's not there. It's an interesting contrast between those two guys.

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Speaker 1: But I think the Bills are sitting really really well

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Speaker 1: at running back this year. I can't wait to see

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Speaker 1: these guys grab it. Yeah, Steve and I have to

771
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Speaker 1: take a break here. When we come back, we'll take

772
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Speaker 1: another look at the Twitter poll and see what you

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Speaker 1: guys think on the tweet sheet, and we'll also be

774
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Speaker 1: getting back into some commentary made by Stefan Dix, who

775
00:42:40,239 --> 00:42:43,400
Speaker 1: met the media for the first time yesterday as a

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Speaker 1: Buffalo Bill. So we'll cover all that ground when we return.

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Speaker 1: It's One Bills Lives ended by Collid of Health here

778
00:42:49,200 --> 00:42:57,880
Speaker 1: on Buffalo Bill's Radios and guest and back here on

779
00:42:58,000 --> 00:43:02,440
Speaker 1: Long Bills Live a Thursday addition, and we will get

780
00:43:02,520 --> 00:43:04,680
Speaker 1: back to some of the comments made by Stefan Diggs

781
00:43:04,680 --> 00:43:08,040
Speaker 1: in his first media conference call on Zoom with The

782
00:43:08,120 --> 00:43:11,440
Speaker 1: Buffalo and Western New York Media yesterday had some interesting

783
00:43:11,520 --> 00:43:12,880
Speaker 1: things to say. We'll get to that in the one

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Speaker 1: o'clock hour after the upcoming break. We'll also reset the

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Speaker 1: Twitter poll and see what you guys have to say

786
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Speaker 1: on the tweet sheet about Trudevius White weighing the decision

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Speaker 1: on whether to play or not in twenty twenty. The

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Speaker 1: deadlines four pm, and we hope to know sooner rather

789
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Speaker 1: than lander as to where he came down on that,

790
00:43:34,040 --> 00:43:36,200
Speaker 1: but we did want to squeeze this in before the

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Speaker 1: top of the hour. Steve, I'm not sure if you

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Speaker 1: saw this in its totality, but Raiders head coach John

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Speaker 1: Gruden had an interesting approach in trying to deliver the

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Speaker 1: message of just how serious the COVID pandemic is and

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Speaker 1: how quickly it can derail a team's football fortune. So,

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Speaker 1: according to Mike Aarafolo of NFL Network, the Raiders players

797
00:44:03,480 --> 00:44:07,799
Speaker 1: logged into a Zoom team meeting a day or two ago,

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Speaker 1: and you know they're fully expecting that Head coach John

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Speaker 1: Gruden's going to be on there talking to them, but

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Speaker 1: to their surprise, it was assistant head coach and special

801
00:44:17,400 --> 00:44:23,640
Speaker 1: teams coordinator Rich Bisaccia leading the call, and Bisaccia proceeded

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00:44:23,719 --> 00:44:29,280
Speaker 1: to communicate to the players that Gruden was hospitalized with COVID,

803
00:44:30,760 --> 00:44:33,840
Speaker 1: which you know is gonna take everyone a back. Naturally,

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00:44:33,920 --> 00:44:36,839
Speaker 1: it's the head coach of your football team. Well, as

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00:44:36,840 --> 00:44:41,080
Speaker 1: it turns out that was not true. It was Gruden's idea,

806
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Speaker 1: along with his staff, to see how the players would

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00:44:46,120 --> 00:44:49,160
Speaker 1: react to that kind of news in an effort to

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Speaker 1: try to prepare them for what they say is going

809
00:44:51,400 --> 00:44:56,920
Speaker 1: to be the most unpredictable of NFL seasons. How's that one,

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00:44:57,000 --> 00:45:01,719
Speaker 1: grab you, Steve. You know, John Gruden is notorious for

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Speaker 1: being one of those guys who works eighteen hour days,

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Speaker 1: nineteen hour days, sleeps for three hours a night, you know,

813
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Speaker 1: And this is to me slept sleep deprivation. That's a

814
00:45:11,960 --> 00:45:15,200
Speaker 1: bad idea. That's a guy that's got too much time.

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Speaker 1: That's a guy with too much time on his hands.

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Speaker 1: I just, uh, well, al, I don't think adults respond

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Speaker 1: to tricks like that. Yeah, Like, you know, NFL clubs,

818
00:45:27,880 --> 00:45:31,240
Speaker 1: I mean, you need guys trusting you to the umpteenth degree.

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00:45:31,280 --> 00:45:34,359
Speaker 1: They're laying their bodies on the line every single week.

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Speaker 1: They're not going to lay it on the line unless

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Speaker 1: they know they can trust you as a head coach

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Speaker 1: and a coaching staff, that you have their best interests

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Speaker 1: in mind and keeping their bodies healthy, keeping them safe.

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Speaker 1: And while I understand you're trying to impress upon the

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Speaker 1: players the gravity of you know, this COVID pandemic and

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Speaker 1: the high rate of contraction of this virus by you know,

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Speaker 1: milling around in the same airspace as the wrong people. Right,

828
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Speaker 1: But deception is not the way to go here. I mean,

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00:46:10,080 --> 00:46:13,440
Speaker 1: come on, Chucky, what what are we doing here? You're

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00:46:13,480 --> 00:46:16,960
Speaker 1: gonna ah, you know what, this will this will, this

831
00:46:17,080 --> 00:46:19,440
Speaker 1: will hit him hard. Well, this will make him want

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Speaker 1: to crush COVID out of our existence. We'll just say

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Speaker 1: I've got it, you know, rich, jump on the call,

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Speaker 1: tell him I'm in the hospital. Let's see how that

835
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Speaker 1: grabs him. That that'll learn him. Like, come on, man,

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00:46:31,280 --> 00:46:35,880
Speaker 1: you gotta be more progressive in impressing the importance of

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Speaker 1: being vigilant in keeping COVID out of your building. This

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Speaker 1: is I mean, this is like is this like the

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Speaker 1: Rockney way of doing it. It's no, it's not. It's

840
00:46:47,200 --> 00:46:51,520
Speaker 1: like it's like trying to teach them a lesson by

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00:46:52,120 --> 00:46:56,600
Speaker 1: with a practical joke. Yeah, it's yeah, it's not like

842
00:46:57,040 --> 00:46:59,040
Speaker 1: hick yourself in the head with a hammer is a

843
00:46:59,120 --> 00:47:04,480
Speaker 1: bad idea? Watch like what come on? Like what? Yeah?

844
00:47:04,560 --> 00:47:07,279
Speaker 1: We got a bit better than this. I think I

845
00:47:07,400 --> 00:47:09,319
Speaker 1: think it's a bad idea. I get it. I mean

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00:47:09,400 --> 00:47:11,080
Speaker 1: he can sell anyway wants to, and the guys will

847
00:47:11,120 --> 00:47:14,439
Speaker 1: do their best to buy into it. But it does

848
00:47:15,080 --> 00:47:16,919
Speaker 1: I can see you know. It brings the light that. Listen,

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Speaker 1: we're gonna lose some important players during the year to COVID.

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Speaker 1: You better be ready for it, including me. You might

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00:47:21,200 --> 00:47:25,040
Speaker 1: lose me as well. Let's be ready for it. Having

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Speaker 1: your assistant head coach do that and pull off some

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Speaker 1: charade like that, it's a little bit. Can't you see

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Speaker 1: some veteran players walking out of the meeting or calling

855
00:47:33,000 --> 00:47:36,440
Speaker 1: each other after that meeting going what the hell was that? Yeah?

856
00:47:36,520 --> 00:47:39,560
Speaker 1: Why does he have to do that? Exactly? I'm not

857
00:47:39,719 --> 00:47:42,880
Speaker 1: what am I a six year old? Yeah? So not

858
00:47:43,360 --> 00:47:46,520
Speaker 1: a fan of that move. So hopefully John Gruten and

859
00:47:46,560 --> 00:47:50,080
Speaker 1: his staff think of better ideas or hires a marketing

860
00:47:50,160 --> 00:47:52,600
Speaker 1: team to help them out with better ways to deliver

861
00:47:53,239 --> 00:47:55,440
Speaker 1: the importance of that message. All right, Steve and I

862
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Speaker 1: have to take a break, but when we come back,

863
00:47:57,200 --> 00:48:00,320
Speaker 1: we will cover some more ground with Stefan Diggs in

864
00:48:00,360 --> 00:48:02,400
Speaker 1: the comments he made in his first press conference with

865
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Speaker 1: the Western New York and Buffalo media about joining the

866
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Speaker 1: Bills following the trade from Minnesota. It was the first

867
00:48:07,520 --> 00:48:10,360
Speaker 1: time he's spoken since the trade back in March. And

868
00:48:10,480 --> 00:48:13,839
Speaker 1: we'll also get into the tweet sheet and the big

869
00:48:13,960 --> 00:48:17,600
Speaker 1: decision that Tradavious White has to make before four pm

870
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Speaker 1: today and if he does us to op out, how

871
00:48:20,760 --> 00:48:24,080
Speaker 1: that impacts your feelings about the fortunes of the Bills

872
00:48:24,120 --> 00:48:27,520
Speaker 1: in twenty twenty. That and four coming your way here

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Speaker 1: on One Bill's Life presented by Collida Health. This is

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Speaker 1: Buffalo Bill's Radio. Oh what time watch clasp us down

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Speaker 1: touch Down Buds time Flyve absolutely edition, verst Pounds task

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Speaker 1: with you as we motor Joe Kevin single tree referred

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00:49:09,280 --> 00:49:12,440
Speaker 1: from Stefan Diggs. We will hear from Josh Norman at

878
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Speaker 1: the bottom of the hour, but we will get into

879
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Speaker 1: more of Stefan Diggs commentary momentarily, But on the table

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Speaker 1: right now for you at eight oh three oh five

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Speaker 1: fifty one eight eight five fifty two five fifty. If

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00:49:23,800 --> 00:49:27,200
Speaker 1: Tredavious White chooses to opt out for twenty twenty, will

883
00:49:27,239 --> 00:49:31,359
Speaker 1: that change your expectations for the Bills this season? Your

884
00:49:31,360 --> 00:49:34,520
Speaker 1: answers are simple, yes or no, and tell us why.

885
00:49:35,040 --> 00:49:38,200
Speaker 1: Right now. On the Twitter poll, more than two thirds

886
00:49:38,239 --> 00:49:41,160
Speaker 1: of you are saying yes, it will impact my expectations

887
00:49:41,200 --> 00:49:44,880
Speaker 1: for the Bills this season at sixty eight point six percent.

888
00:49:45,040 --> 00:49:48,000
Speaker 1: Certainly not surprising. We have a ton of feedback on

889
00:49:48,120 --> 00:49:51,000
Speaker 1: the tweet sheet. But before we get to that, I

890
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Speaker 1: do want to mention NFL Networks Tom Pellicero reporting that

891
00:49:54,640 --> 00:49:58,279
Speaker 1: Buck's offensive tackle Brad Seaton is now opting out for

892
00:49:58,360 --> 00:50:02,800
Speaker 1: this season. He qualified for the higher risk stipend and

893
00:50:03,440 --> 00:50:05,080
Speaker 1: he had a statement here. I just want to read

894
00:50:05,120 --> 00:50:07,799
Speaker 1: real quick. After many sleepless nights, I've decided to opt

895
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Speaker 1: out of the twenty twenty NFL season. This has been

896
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Speaker 1: the toughest decision I have ever had to make because

897
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Speaker 1: I have put my entire life into football and the

898
00:50:14,600 --> 00:50:17,320
Speaker 1: opportunity to prove my ability to the front office, coaches,

899
00:50:17,360 --> 00:50:19,440
Speaker 1: and players. While I love the sport and no I

900
00:50:19,480 --> 00:50:21,279
Speaker 1: will miss all aspects of being a part of this

901
00:50:21,400 --> 00:50:23,640
Speaker 1: year's team. I ultimately decided to put the health and

902
00:50:23,680 --> 00:50:27,080
Speaker 1: safety of my family first. With so much uncertainty surrounding

903
00:50:27,120 --> 00:50:29,520
Speaker 1: this pandemic, I had to make a decision best suited

904
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Speaker 1: for my family. And then he goes on to thank

905
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Speaker 1: the Bucks organization for their understanding. I still think there

906
00:50:36,600 --> 00:50:40,320
Speaker 1: is a portion of the NFL fan base, Steve, that

907
00:50:40,480 --> 00:50:47,640
Speaker 1: just doesn't truly grasp what a heavy decision making process

908
00:50:47,760 --> 00:50:51,000
Speaker 1: this is for several players, particularly those in the high

909
00:50:51,080 --> 00:50:56,200
Speaker 1: risk category. Yeah, it's you got to know they're walking

910
00:50:56,280 --> 00:51:00,520
Speaker 1: away from a lot of money, their walk away from

911
00:51:00,520 --> 00:51:02,800
Speaker 1: a year of a very short, entire year of a

912
00:51:02,920 --> 00:51:05,560
Speaker 1: very short career. And you think about that, this guy

913
00:51:06,239 --> 00:51:10,360
Speaker 1: seating from the Bucks, yet Tom Brady lands in their laps.

914
00:51:10,680 --> 00:51:13,880
Speaker 1: I mean, they've their expectations are as high or higher

915
00:51:14,600 --> 00:51:17,120
Speaker 1: than the Buffalo Bills this year. I mean, that's a

916
00:51:17,200 --> 00:51:19,280
Speaker 1: team that really thinks they're going to take an enormous

917
00:51:19,280 --> 00:51:24,560
Speaker 1: step and roll. And he's walking away and because of

918
00:51:24,680 --> 00:51:31,440
Speaker 1: health concerns himself or his family. And ultimately that's what

919
00:51:31,600 --> 00:51:33,799
Speaker 1: this is always about for me. For all these guys

920
00:51:33,840 --> 00:51:36,000
Speaker 1: that we've heard that have opted out. It's always about

921
00:51:36,040 --> 00:51:37,960
Speaker 1: their family, their loved ones. It's not I don't think

922
00:51:38,000 --> 00:51:41,200
Speaker 1: it's about themselves so much. Even when we had Isaam

923
00:51:41,280 --> 00:51:44,040
Speaker 1: McKenzie on when he opted out for the San Francisco

924
00:51:44,120 --> 00:51:46,600
Speaker 1: forty nine ers, we were fifteen minutes into the conversation

925
00:51:46,719 --> 00:51:49,440
Speaker 1: before we found out he had sickle cell anemia and asthma.

926
00:51:50,000 --> 00:51:54,080
Speaker 1: So it's not about the guys they're taking physical risk

927
00:51:54,120 --> 00:51:56,440
Speaker 1: just to play football. It's about the risk to their families,

928
00:51:56,440 --> 00:51:58,400
Speaker 1: and I think that's what pushes most of them over

929
00:51:58,480 --> 00:52:01,560
Speaker 1: the point where they want to opt out. Yeah, I

930
00:52:03,280 --> 00:52:07,040
Speaker 1: it's different for everybody. There are naturally different circumstances for

931
00:52:07,160 --> 00:52:11,600
Speaker 1: every player and respective family. And Brad Seaton, the offensive

932
00:52:11,600 --> 00:52:13,520
Speaker 1: tackle for the Bucks, is the latest example of that.

933
00:52:13,680 --> 00:52:17,200
Speaker 1: He is he is in the higher risk category as

934
00:52:17,280 --> 00:52:20,840
Speaker 1: determined biomedical physician, and he now becomes the sixty second

935
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Speaker 1: player I believe it is now to opt out for

936
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Speaker 1: the twenty twenty season. We are, of course waiting to

937
00:52:27,520 --> 00:52:30,960
Speaker 1: find out what decision Trudavious White is ultimately going to

938
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Speaker 1: make about whether he is playing or not in twenty twenty.

939
00:52:34,440 --> 00:52:36,680
Speaker 1: He told us yesterday on a conference call that he

940
00:52:36,840 --> 00:52:40,759
Speaker 1: is undecided and would be making that decision. So we'll

941
00:52:40,800 --> 00:52:43,400
Speaker 1: see where that comes down. Certainly no later than four pm,

942
00:52:43,480 --> 00:52:46,600
Speaker 1: when you know, everybody's got to have their documentation in

943
00:52:46,760 --> 00:52:50,000
Speaker 1: as to what they are doing, and it is irrevocable.

944
00:52:50,400 --> 00:52:53,759
Speaker 1: Once you make that decision, it has done. Deal Lucille,

945
00:52:54,360 --> 00:52:58,520
Speaker 1: it's you know, it's over. So that is that. And

946
00:52:59,120 --> 00:53:01,280
Speaker 1: we know that more than two thirds of you believe

947
00:53:01,400 --> 00:53:05,920
Speaker 1: that your expectations for the Bills would change if tradevious

948
00:53:06,000 --> 00:53:10,839
Speaker 1: White decides to opt out. So let's hear why by

949
00:53:10,920 --> 00:53:12,759
Speaker 1: going back to the tweet sheet brought to you by

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Speaker 1: Corrigan Moving Systems, the official equipment moving company of the

951
00:53:15,600 --> 00:53:17,799
Speaker 1: Buffalo Bill. Steve, who are we up to here? We're

952
00:53:17,880 --> 00:53:19,840
Speaker 1: up to Max, and he says, it's a huge loss.

953
00:53:19,960 --> 00:53:22,560
Speaker 1: This is if Trdavius hops out. If it happens, but

954
00:53:22,680 --> 00:53:24,640
Speaker 1: with improvements we've made on both sides of the ball,

955
00:53:24,680 --> 00:53:26,640
Speaker 1: I think we can afford to have the defense dip

956
00:53:26,840 --> 00:53:29,279
Speaker 1: a little bit. Yeah, it is one, let's face it.

957
00:53:29,320 --> 00:53:31,400
Speaker 1: Trdavious White is as good a defender as the Bills

958
00:53:31,440 --> 00:53:34,200
Speaker 1: have it in a position, and it's gonna hurt, but

959
00:53:34,320 --> 00:53:36,439
Speaker 1: they are deep, and they are a good football team

960
00:53:36,480 --> 00:53:39,800
Speaker 1: and they will be well coached, and so while it

961
00:53:40,120 --> 00:53:45,040
Speaker 1: is a hit to that defense and the lineup, it's

962
00:53:45,120 --> 00:53:49,440
Speaker 1: still just one guy. But it does hurt, there's no

963
00:53:49,560 --> 00:53:51,160
Speaker 1: question about it. How much it hurts, I don't know,

964
00:53:51,239 --> 00:53:53,120
Speaker 1: you know, is their play he's gonna miss that the

965
00:53:53,200 --> 00:53:57,640
Speaker 1: other guy makes. I think it's also what happens Brownie

966
00:53:57,680 --> 00:54:01,040
Speaker 1: that we can't anticipate is what other team teams, offenses

967
00:54:01,080 --> 00:54:04,279
Speaker 1: will look at the Bills defense now without Tradavious White

968
00:54:04,320 --> 00:54:05,799
Speaker 1: and see what they're looking at. What are they looking

969
00:54:05,840 --> 00:54:08,600
Speaker 1: at and where are they going to attack? Do they

970
00:54:08,840 --> 00:54:11,680
Speaker 1: do they care about whichever corner is matched up on,

971
00:54:11,840 --> 00:54:14,680
Speaker 1: whichever guy they've got, who cares? Do they care? Are

972
00:54:14,719 --> 00:54:16,600
Speaker 1: they going to change their game plan because of it?

973
00:54:16,680 --> 00:54:19,120
Speaker 1: I think the answer to that or yes they do care.

974
00:54:19,400 --> 00:54:22,920
Speaker 1: It is going to change their game plan, and how

975
00:54:23,000 --> 00:54:25,320
Speaker 1: are the Bills going to respond to that? That's the

976
00:54:25,400 --> 00:54:28,040
Speaker 1: real question is how this is going to change the

977
00:54:28,160 --> 00:54:30,719
Speaker 1: look of the defense for teams game planning against it.

978
00:54:30,840 --> 00:54:32,799
Speaker 1: And you know, you to take your best corner off

979
00:54:32,840 --> 00:54:35,640
Speaker 1: the field and it opens things up for your offense.

980
00:54:35,719 --> 00:54:39,680
Speaker 1: Yeah it does. And you know, you look at Buffalo's schedule,

981
00:54:40,040 --> 00:54:44,360
Speaker 1: if you know, if in fact, you know what nobody

982
00:54:44,480 --> 00:54:48,359
Speaker 1: is hoping happens. Happens, at least there is a little

983
00:54:48,400 --> 00:54:51,960
Speaker 1: bit of a run up before a real test from

984
00:54:52,200 --> 00:54:56,239
Speaker 1: a passing game. You know, you have the Jets week one.

985
00:54:57,440 --> 00:54:59,799
Speaker 1: Sam Darnold's still trying to find his footing, He's got

986
00:54:59,880 --> 00:55:05,400
Speaker 1: a completely new receiver corps, no true number one. So

987
00:55:05,640 --> 00:55:07,920
Speaker 1: you would tend to think that the Bill's defense, being

988
00:55:07,960 --> 00:55:11,879
Speaker 1: a top five unit, even if they were without Tradevious White,

989
00:55:11,920 --> 00:55:15,200
Speaker 1: could handle that assignment in week one. Week two, there

990
00:55:15,239 --> 00:55:18,719
Speaker 1: are weapons that the Dolphins have. Preston Williams and DeVante

991
00:55:18,840 --> 00:55:22,560
Speaker 1: Parker are impressive receivers, and if the veteran quarterback Ryan

992
00:55:22,640 --> 00:55:26,799
Speaker 1: Fitzpatrick is out there, you could have issues. And then

993
00:55:26,920 --> 00:55:30,520
Speaker 1: week three it's the Rams, and that's a high flying

994
00:55:30,600 --> 00:55:33,839
Speaker 1: group that relies primarily on the passing game. You will

995
00:55:33,920 --> 00:55:37,200
Speaker 1: be tested in that game. So the rubber meets the

996
00:55:37,280 --> 00:55:41,080
Speaker 1: road pretty quick if Tredevious White is not part of

997
00:55:41,120 --> 00:55:43,480
Speaker 1: the equation. And then we obviously know that. You know

998
00:55:43,600 --> 00:55:48,840
Speaker 1: you have the Titans on the schedule with AJ Brown

999
00:55:50,480 --> 00:55:53,959
Speaker 1: and some other talented receivers there than the Chiefs, which

1000
00:55:54,320 --> 00:55:59,440
Speaker 1: needs no explanation, and beyond that, you've got the Seahawks

1001
00:55:59,480 --> 00:56:02,960
Speaker 1: with dk Metcalf, who's a handful of the Cardinals with

1002
00:56:03,120 --> 00:56:08,239
Speaker 1: DeAndre Hopkins, Larry Fitzgerald, Christian Kirk and the Isabella even

1003
00:56:08,280 --> 00:56:11,800
Speaker 1: the Chargers with Keenan Allen, the forty nine Ers, the

1004
00:56:11,960 --> 00:56:17,320
Speaker 1: Steelers with Juju, the Broncos now with Courtland Sutton, Jerry Judy,

1005
00:56:17,840 --> 00:56:24,080
Speaker 1: kJ Hamler, the two rookies. So you know it gets daunting. Um. Yeah, well,

1006
00:56:24,120 --> 00:56:26,880
Speaker 1: it's a tough schedule. Yeah, it's a tough schedule. And

1007
00:56:26,960 --> 00:56:29,040
Speaker 1: you go down and you look at you know, Jared Goff,

1008
00:56:29,920 --> 00:56:33,960
Speaker 1: Derek Carr, Ryan Tannehill, whether he's the Ryan Tantle we

1009
00:56:34,040 --> 00:56:35,880
Speaker 1: all know and love, or if he's the guy that

1010
00:56:35,960 --> 00:56:43,320
Speaker 1: played for Tennessee last year, uh Mahomes, Cam Newton, Russell Wilson,

1011
00:56:44,160 --> 00:56:47,839
Speaker 1: h Kyler Murray. You know. Then you've got Jimmy Garoppolo,

1012
00:56:49,719 --> 00:56:53,400
Speaker 1: you know, Ben Roethlisberger. You know, it's it's you got

1013
00:56:53,440 --> 00:56:56,040
Speaker 1: a couple of guys there, particularly with Russell Wilson, Ben

1014
00:56:56,160 --> 00:56:59,920
Speaker 1: Roethlisberger and Pat Mahomes. Those are three guys that are

1015
00:57:00,600 --> 00:57:03,879
Speaker 1: just this just dan a pretty good Um. They're gonna

1016
00:57:03,920 --> 00:57:06,960
Speaker 1: test this defense. We're gonna test the defense, and depending

1017
00:57:07,000 --> 00:57:09,520
Speaker 1: on who comes up, who shows up for New England.

1018
00:57:09,600 --> 00:57:11,400
Speaker 1: That's gonna be a competitive game no matter what. I

1019
00:57:11,440 --> 00:57:15,760
Speaker 1: don't care. If they've got you know, SpongeBob SquarePants playing quarterback,

1020
00:57:15,760 --> 00:57:20,560
Speaker 1: they're gonna What about if it's Patrick Um the Starfish

1021
00:57:20,600 --> 00:57:26,840
Speaker 1: any different? Um? No, okay, we're up to Patrick's he's

1022
00:57:26,880 --> 00:57:29,320
Speaker 1: playing for Miami. Do you know the voice from the

1023
00:57:29,480 --> 00:57:32,520
Speaker 1: voice of Patrick the Starfish is the same guy that

1024
00:57:32,800 --> 00:57:36,760
Speaker 1: played the assistant coach in the show Coach. Yeah, I

1025
00:57:36,840 --> 00:57:39,160
Speaker 1: didn't know that. I mean, I love that show man.

1026
00:57:39,360 --> 00:57:42,560
Speaker 1: What was his name? His name on the show was

1027
00:57:42,760 --> 00:57:45,920
Speaker 1: Dauber Jabber. That's right. He played Dauber and he was

1028
00:57:46,000 --> 00:57:50,200
Speaker 1: kind of like star dopey assistant coach. That's right. I

1029
00:57:50,320 --> 00:57:53,200
Speaker 1: didn't And Jerry Van Dyk, Oh my god, that was

1030
00:57:53,280 --> 00:57:56,840
Speaker 1: such a great show. Um, wasn't it great? I mean,

1031
00:57:56,920 --> 00:58:00,720
Speaker 1: those two guys were just bumbling fools on the God,

1032
00:58:00,800 --> 00:58:04,200
Speaker 1: that was a great show. Um, okay, we're up to

1033
00:58:04,360 --> 00:58:07,280
Speaker 1: sixty three players now, Steve. The Jaguars have just announced

1034
00:58:07,280 --> 00:58:10,440
Speaker 1: a cornerback where Shaan Melvin has informed the club that

1035
00:58:10,600 --> 00:58:14,080
Speaker 1: he is voluntarily opting out for the twenty twenty season.

1036
00:58:14,680 --> 00:58:18,080
Speaker 1: I think we're we should anticipate a flurry of names

1037
00:58:18,520 --> 00:58:21,640
Speaker 1: this afternoon with the deadline fast approaching here at four o'clock.

1038
00:58:22,080 --> 00:58:24,160
Speaker 1: And that is another one that's actually two in the

1039
00:58:24,240 --> 00:58:27,560
Speaker 1: last half hour. So that's where it stands right now,

1040
00:58:27,640 --> 00:58:31,200
Speaker 1: and I believe sixty three total players. But back to

1041
00:58:31,320 --> 00:58:35,160
Speaker 1: the tweet sheet and from Jack, he says Tradevius is

1042
00:58:35,200 --> 00:58:37,280
Speaker 1: our best defensive player and might be the best guy

1043
00:58:37,320 --> 00:58:39,600
Speaker 1: on the whole darned team. I know the staff will

1044
00:58:39,680 --> 00:58:43,200
Speaker 1: have a plan if Tradevius opts out, and I hope

1045
00:58:43,280 --> 00:58:46,200
Speaker 1: Norman can rebound to his Carolina for him in this defense,

1046
00:58:46,280 --> 00:58:48,520
Speaker 1: but I'd hate to have to rely on that. I

1047
00:58:48,600 --> 00:58:51,280
Speaker 1: don't blame Trey for wanting to opt out, but if

1048
00:58:51,320 --> 00:58:56,040
Speaker 1: he does, he'll be missed sorely. Yeah he will. And

1049
00:58:56,360 --> 00:58:58,520
Speaker 1: you know, it's interesting, I just thought about this. When

1050
00:58:58,600 --> 00:59:00,680
Speaker 1: you hear about a guy thinking about and out, you

1051
00:59:00,720 --> 00:59:04,560
Speaker 1: want to sit down as a teammate. I can picture myself,

1052
00:59:04,640 --> 00:59:07,800
Speaker 1: you know, sitting down. Then why you know, you say

1053
00:59:08,240 --> 00:59:10,440
Speaker 1: like I've like I've already opted in, as if I

1054
00:59:10,560 --> 00:59:12,280
Speaker 1: was one of the guys that was opting in. You know,

1055
00:59:12,600 --> 00:59:14,880
Speaker 1: I can't say that for sure either, But you want

1056
00:59:14,880 --> 00:59:16,840
Speaker 1: to go why is it? You know? And then because

1057
00:59:16,880 --> 00:59:19,280
Speaker 1: it's not something you feel I would even feel comfortable

1058
00:59:19,360 --> 00:59:21,640
Speaker 1: trying to talk the guy out of you know what

1059
00:59:21,680 --> 00:59:23,600
Speaker 1: I mean, because you get the idea that some of

1060
00:59:23,640 --> 00:59:25,160
Speaker 1: these guys are no man, this is our year. You

1061
00:59:25,240 --> 00:59:27,080
Speaker 1: gotta play with it. We want you here, and they

1062
00:59:27,160 --> 00:59:29,800
Speaker 1: all do. But to talk him out of it. You

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00:59:29,840 --> 00:59:31,600
Speaker 1: don't want to be the guy that talks him out

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00:59:31,640 --> 00:59:36,360
Speaker 1: of it then have it go badly, you know That's yeah,

1065
00:59:36,560 --> 00:59:38,440
Speaker 1: you got to feel bad about being one of the

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00:59:38,520 --> 00:59:41,520
Speaker 1: reasons he didn't play it safe. So it's a real

1067
00:59:41,680 --> 00:59:45,520
Speaker 1: strange social I think it's a real weird social experiment,

1068
00:59:45,800 --> 00:59:48,800
Speaker 1: this pandemic about how people handle it, what their thoughts

1069
00:59:48,840 --> 00:59:51,680
Speaker 1: about safety are, you know, all the way down to

1070
00:59:51,840 --> 00:59:56,120
Speaker 1: whether people wear masks or not. That the social insight

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00:59:56,560 --> 00:59:59,960
Speaker 1: that you get to how people think is really interesting,

1072
01:00:00,800 --> 01:00:02,800
Speaker 1: even if it is maddening on a lot of levels.

1073
01:00:04,320 --> 01:00:09,800
Speaker 1: So from renaissance man, honestly, it does affect my expectations

1074
01:00:09,920 --> 01:00:12,680
Speaker 1: for the Bill season in twenty twenty because Trey can't

1075
01:00:12,680 --> 01:00:15,280
Speaker 1: be replaced. Him shutting down half the field and the

1076
01:00:15,360 --> 01:00:17,840
Speaker 1: other team's top wide receiver is the backbone to why

1077
01:00:17,920 --> 01:00:21,360
Speaker 1: this defense is so good. Norman and Wallace are susceptible

1078
01:00:21,400 --> 01:00:25,200
Speaker 1: to getting beat deep, so it will definitely change things. Now, Steve,

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01:00:25,280 --> 01:00:26,919
Speaker 1: let me pose this to you, because we really haven't

1080
01:00:26,920 --> 01:00:30,480
Speaker 1: covered this part of the equation. Okay, let's just say

1081
01:00:30,600 --> 01:00:33,560
Speaker 1: hypothetically that tradevious opts out and it is Norman and

1082
01:00:33,600 --> 01:00:37,440
Speaker 1: Wallace as the starting corners. Renaissance man thinks they are

1083
01:00:37,600 --> 01:00:40,960
Speaker 1: susceptible to getting beat deep. And while that could be

1084
01:00:41,080 --> 01:00:46,080
Speaker 1: true in certain situations and matchups, what do you think

1085
01:00:46,240 --> 01:00:51,520
Speaker 1: about how much the revamped defensive line, which I think

1086
01:00:51,600 --> 01:00:54,560
Speaker 1: many anticipate will be more effective at rushing the pastor

1087
01:00:54,640 --> 01:00:57,840
Speaker 1: this year, can help the guys on the back end

1088
01:00:58,080 --> 01:01:00,800
Speaker 1: if it proves to be Norman and Wallace having to

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01:01:00,880 --> 01:01:05,360
Speaker 1: hold things up on the corners, absolutely, you know, I

1090
01:01:07,640 --> 01:01:11,280
Speaker 1: just I don't know. I don't know it's gonna be.

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Speaker 1: There's no way to quantify it, particularly given the fact

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01:01:15,640 --> 01:01:17,840
Speaker 1: that the defense they run. Now, certainly the Bills play

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01:01:17,920 --> 01:01:20,640
Speaker 1: some man defense, but it's a man defense that is

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01:01:20,640 --> 01:01:22,640
Speaker 1: sprinkled with a lot of zone. I mean they go four,

1095
01:01:23,200 --> 01:01:25,440
Speaker 1: they go four to three, and and from game to

1096
01:01:25,520 --> 01:01:28,120
Speaker 1: game they'll play sometimes play more man than zone and

1097
01:01:28,240 --> 01:01:31,640
Speaker 1: sometimes more zone than man. And I think Leslie Frasier

1098
01:01:31,720 --> 01:01:36,160
Speaker 1: does an outstanding job calling the defense. But I still

1099
01:01:36,280 --> 01:01:39,640
Speaker 1: think in the big picture that one guy is is

1100
01:01:40,840 --> 01:01:44,120
Speaker 1: not going to affect the game. Now, certainly you can say,

1101
01:01:44,160 --> 01:01:46,840
Speaker 1: why there's a game here or there that under certain

1102
01:01:46,840 --> 01:01:48,960
Speaker 1: circumstances you can see he would have won that game,

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01:01:49,040 --> 01:01:51,800
Speaker 1: or he would have made that play. But even when

1104
01:01:51,840 --> 01:01:55,280
Speaker 1: you say that, Brownie, it comes down to a quarterback

1105
01:01:55,360 --> 01:01:58,320
Speaker 1: throwing towards the side that Davious White would have played.

1106
01:01:58,920 --> 01:02:00,880
Speaker 1: He would have gone someplace else in the whole The

1107
01:02:00,920 --> 01:02:04,240
Speaker 1: whole game might have been different anyway throughout. It's just

1108
01:02:04,840 --> 01:02:08,680
Speaker 1: there's too many variables to think about, and you can

1109
01:02:08,800 --> 01:02:12,160
Speaker 1: conjure up any scenario you want. But I do think

1110
01:02:12,440 --> 01:02:15,920
Speaker 1: this is a very deep, talented team and it's well coached,

1111
01:02:16,360 --> 01:02:19,520
Speaker 1: and one guy, while they're better with him than without him,

1112
01:02:20,000 --> 01:02:22,840
Speaker 1: shouldn't change the big picture that much. It may be

1113
01:02:22,960 --> 01:02:25,400
Speaker 1: a wait and see, but I think you can at

1114
01:02:25,480 --> 01:02:30,280
Speaker 1: least find your way to the logic that this defensive line,

1115
01:02:31,080 --> 01:02:35,240
Speaker 1: with the capability of coming at quarterbacks in waves, with

1116
01:02:36,200 --> 01:02:41,120
Speaker 1: arguably up to seven or eight really really quality players

1117
01:02:41,680 --> 01:02:43,960
Speaker 1: that you can rotate through up front, that they are

1118
01:02:44,040 --> 01:02:46,000
Speaker 1: going to help the guys on the back end. I mean,

1119
01:02:46,440 --> 01:02:51,760
Speaker 1: the back end has largely helped the front with ridiculously

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Speaker 1: solid coverage. I wonder if that scale tips a little

1121
01:02:56,440 --> 01:03:00,320
Speaker 1: bit if we get to a scenario with true As

1122
01:03:00,400 --> 01:03:02,680
Speaker 1: choosing to opt out, if that's what he decides to do.

1123
01:03:03,400 --> 01:03:06,400
Speaker 1: Has this defensive line been revamped and remolded in such

1124
01:03:06,440 --> 01:03:08,960
Speaker 1: a way that it can handle more of the burden

1125
01:03:09,040 --> 01:03:12,720
Speaker 1: and get the pressure necessary to make life on the

1126
01:03:12,800 --> 01:03:15,120
Speaker 1: back end that much easier. And you can think about it.

1127
01:03:15,240 --> 01:03:18,880
Speaker 1: Did you read from Padden on the tweet sheet there?

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Speaker 1: You didn't get to number seven? Okay, listen, this is

1129
01:03:21,160 --> 01:03:22,840
Speaker 1: a key and this is what people think of, and

1130
01:03:22,920 --> 01:03:24,959
Speaker 1: I agree with it to a certain extent. He says,

1131
01:03:25,120 --> 01:03:28,480
Speaker 1: absolutely was the key and many wins last year, and

1132
01:03:28,520 --> 01:03:31,240
Speaker 1: the difference in a few against Miami. You're talking about

1133
01:03:31,240 --> 01:03:34,320
Speaker 1: the and Cincinnati at home come to mind that said,

1134
01:03:34,360 --> 01:03:36,680
Speaker 1: I support his decision one hundred percent either way. Yeah.

1135
01:03:36,800 --> 01:03:39,200
Speaker 1: The Miami game, they were driving down. Miami was driving

1136
01:03:39,240 --> 01:03:41,040
Speaker 1: down to have a chance to tie up or win,

1137
01:03:41,080 --> 01:03:42,720
Speaker 1: and I can't remember which they were. They were down

1138
01:03:42,880 --> 01:03:45,880
Speaker 1: fourteen to nine at the right there you go, third quarter,

1139
01:03:46,840 --> 01:03:49,120
Speaker 1: Davis comes in, picks that ball off and they never

1140
01:03:49,200 --> 01:03:55,600
Speaker 1: threatened again. Yeah, and they never threatened again. Cincinnati same thing.

1141
01:03:55,680 --> 01:03:57,960
Speaker 1: I mean, the guy, the guy made the difference in

1142
01:03:58,080 --> 01:04:02,280
Speaker 1: those games, and that's he did that as a rookie. Steve.

1143
01:04:02,560 --> 01:04:05,040
Speaker 1: I mean, think about his rookie season. He has that

1144
01:04:05,240 --> 01:04:08,400
Speaker 1: late interception against the Chiefs to preserve the win. They

1145
01:04:08,440 --> 01:04:11,280
Speaker 1: win sixteen to ten. He has the fumble return for

1146
01:04:11,360 --> 01:04:13,880
Speaker 1: a touchdown against the Falcons on the road. They've been

1147
01:04:13,920 --> 01:04:15,960
Speaker 1: a huge road game that nobody thought they had any

1148
01:04:16,040 --> 01:04:19,880
Speaker 1: business winning. And there's another game that I'm forgetting right

1149
01:04:19,920 --> 01:04:22,080
Speaker 1: now that he's see. Oh, the Tampa Bay game. The

1150
01:04:22,160 --> 01:04:24,240
Speaker 1: Tampa Bay game at home. He punches the ball out

1151
01:04:24,280 --> 01:04:27,560
Speaker 1: from Adam Humphreys, they get the turnover deep in Tampa territory,

1152
01:04:27,680 --> 01:04:29,520
Speaker 1: kick a game winning field goal on the final minute

1153
01:04:29,520 --> 01:04:35,000
Speaker 1: of regulation. That's just his rookie year, right, So that's okay.

1154
01:04:35,080 --> 01:04:37,480
Speaker 1: So now that now that we've said they're gonna lose

1155
01:04:37,880 --> 01:04:41,640
Speaker 1: three games at least because he's not there. You know,

1156
01:04:43,280 --> 01:04:45,640
Speaker 1: great players make great plays. That's how you get to

1157
01:04:45,720 --> 01:04:48,920
Speaker 1: be all pro, particularly at that spot, wasn't it. I Mean,

1158
01:04:49,200 --> 01:04:50,920
Speaker 1: we can whitewash it all they want. It is a

1159
01:04:50,960 --> 01:04:54,160
Speaker 1: good team and they will be good without him. But

1160
01:04:54,360 --> 01:04:56,640
Speaker 1: this is a guy that plays one of the most

1161
01:04:57,120 --> 01:05:01,200
Speaker 1: premier positions defensively there is in NFL, and he was

1162
01:05:01,320 --> 01:05:04,480
Speaker 1: one of the top two guys in the league last year.

1163
01:05:06,520 --> 01:05:09,919
Speaker 1: Those guys are elite. They don't come along they grow

1164
01:05:09,960 --> 01:05:12,720
Speaker 1: on trees either. Just and I'll tell you this too,

1165
01:05:13,040 --> 01:05:15,640
Speaker 1: a little bit of it. And for nothing, not for nothing,

1166
01:05:15,720 --> 01:05:20,800
Speaker 1: but all of these guys from from St Steph Gilmore, White,

1167
01:05:21,320 --> 01:05:25,840
Speaker 1: Jalen Ramsey, Marcus Peters, all of those guys have a

1168
01:05:26,040 --> 01:05:29,960
Speaker 1: skill set that is awesome. They also have a coaching

1169
01:05:30,040 --> 01:05:32,240
Speaker 1: staff that knows how to deploy them and how to

1170
01:05:32,320 --> 01:05:34,600
Speaker 1: get the most out of it. And that's really one

1171
01:05:34,640 --> 01:05:38,520
Speaker 1: of Turnus White's big gifts. They Sean McDermott knew what

1172
01:05:38,600 --> 01:05:40,840
Speaker 1: he was getting in this guy, knew how to get

1173
01:05:40,920 --> 01:05:42,720
Speaker 1: the most out of him and has done so. And

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01:05:42,960 --> 01:05:46,440
Speaker 1: I think that's as big of a bigger point of

1175
01:05:46,800 --> 01:05:49,240
Speaker 1: as why Turnavius may not be as they might not

1176
01:05:49,360 --> 01:05:51,360
Speaker 1: take as big a hit without him as they did

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01:05:51,440 --> 01:05:54,280
Speaker 1: with him. This coaching staff knows their players and they

1178
01:05:54,400 --> 01:05:56,600
Speaker 1: use them to their best ability, and they pick guys

1179
01:05:56,640 --> 01:05:59,720
Speaker 1: that fit what they want to do defensively, so it

1180
01:06:00,040 --> 01:06:04,320
Speaker 1: will be a hit because this guy's got a special

1181
01:06:04,440 --> 01:06:06,400
Speaker 1: skill set. But the guys that are going to fall

1182
01:06:06,480 --> 01:06:09,080
Speaker 1: in right behind him. Are not going to just be zeros.

1183
01:06:09,400 --> 01:06:10,920
Speaker 1: They're gonna be They're gonna get the best out of

1184
01:06:10,960 --> 01:06:14,320
Speaker 1: those guys as well. Speaking of fits, they're hoping that

1185
01:06:14,400 --> 01:06:17,880
Speaker 1: Stefan Diggs is a perfect fit in their offense. As

1186
01:06:17,960 --> 01:06:20,560
Speaker 1: they have nine of eleven starters returning, Diggs is one

1187
01:06:20,600 --> 01:06:24,160
Speaker 1: of the new weapons and he made his first comments

1188
01:06:24,240 --> 01:06:26,440
Speaker 1: to the Western New York media yesterday on his first

1189
01:06:26,480 --> 01:06:28,840
Speaker 1: Zoom call since the Bills acquired him in trade back

1190
01:06:29,280 --> 01:06:33,040
Speaker 1: in March, and one of his more interesting comments was

1191
01:06:33,480 --> 01:06:37,360
Speaker 1: on how he is working with Josh Allen. They were

1192
01:06:37,560 --> 01:06:39,800
Speaker 1: very much in the early going. They had one throwing

1193
01:06:39,880 --> 01:06:42,240
Speaker 1: session or two days of throwing sessions down in South

1194
01:06:42,280 --> 01:06:45,040
Speaker 1: Florida in the off season and now they're finally on

1195
01:06:45,160 --> 01:06:48,800
Speaker 1: the field together at One Bill's Drive. So where does

1196
01:06:48,840 --> 01:06:51,880
Speaker 1: Steph Diggs come down on working with Josh Allen. Here's

1197
01:06:51,880 --> 01:06:54,560
Speaker 1: what he said. I'm super excited, you know, I think

1198
01:06:54,560 --> 01:06:57,120
Speaker 1: he's going into year three. Look at as a quarterback

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01:06:57,200 --> 01:07:00,640
Speaker 1: as a guy, big on, big quarterback, a lot of heart,

1200
01:07:00,680 --> 01:07:03,840
Speaker 1: He runs around, his mobile, can extend to play, he

1201
01:07:03,880 --> 01:07:06,560
Speaker 1: can do a lot of things extremely well so. More

1202
01:07:06,600 --> 01:07:08,800
Speaker 1: so focused on how I can help him anything that

1203
01:07:08,840 --> 01:07:11,120
Speaker 1: I can do to help him, always being an ear,

1204
01:07:11,360 --> 01:07:13,400
Speaker 1: you know, having an outline of communication whatever if you

1205
01:07:13,480 --> 01:07:15,880
Speaker 1: need something from me. We've been talking for a while,

1206
01:07:15,960 --> 01:07:17,760
Speaker 1: you know. We we do all the normal stuff as

1207
01:07:17,800 --> 01:07:20,080
Speaker 1: far as like you know, guys playing video game and talking.

1208
01:07:20,160 --> 01:07:23,000
Speaker 1: But when it comes down to football, he's he's a professional.

1209
01:07:23,120 --> 01:07:26,760
Speaker 1: He's approached that such, and you know, I'm you know

1210
01:07:26,840 --> 01:07:28,720
Speaker 1: that he as a quarterbacker. I can't imagine how many

1211
01:07:28,720 --> 01:07:30,600
Speaker 1: people are leaning on you. So I'm just there to

1212
01:07:30,600 --> 01:07:34,360
Speaker 1: be a supporting cast on whatever he needs and play receiver.

1213
01:07:35,920 --> 01:07:42,040
Speaker 1: So Steve, I find the relationship between him and Josh interesting.

1214
01:07:42,120 --> 01:07:47,400
Speaker 1: It's grown through video gaming together online, which is something

1215
01:07:47,480 --> 01:07:50,120
Speaker 1: my son part takes in an awful lot, like during

1216
01:07:50,160 --> 01:07:52,160
Speaker 1: this pandemic. That's how he hangs out with his friends.

1217
01:07:52,680 --> 01:07:55,160
Speaker 1: He gets online and plays video games with him, and

1218
01:07:55,280 --> 01:07:57,120
Speaker 1: that's how they stay in touch. Like kids don't call

1219
01:07:57,200 --> 01:07:59,400
Speaker 1: each other on the phone anymore, they don't even text anymore.

1220
01:08:00,000 --> 01:08:02,919
Speaker 1: I snap at each other on Snapchat and then it's

1221
01:08:02,960 --> 01:08:05,439
Speaker 1: online with the games. And that's how Josh has built

1222
01:08:05,520 --> 01:08:08,720
Speaker 1: his relationship with Stefan Diggs. They Josh was on Good

1223
01:08:08,760 --> 01:08:10,439
Speaker 1: Morning Football the other day and said, they were still

1224
01:08:10,440 --> 01:08:14,040
Speaker 1: playing video games the other night, but it's helped the relationship.

1225
01:08:14,680 --> 01:08:18,200
Speaker 1: And again this was another example of Diggs kind of

1226
01:08:18,280 --> 01:08:21,160
Speaker 1: saying all the right things on his conference call yesterday.

1227
01:08:21,200 --> 01:08:23,839
Speaker 1: He's just looking to help Josh become a better quarterback

1228
01:08:23,920 --> 01:08:27,960
Speaker 1: by facilitating with his responsibilities anyway he can't. Yeah, you

1229
01:08:28,000 --> 01:08:31,680
Speaker 1: can think about what Stefan Diggs knew about Josh when

1230
01:08:31,720 --> 01:08:33,600
Speaker 1: the when the trade happens, he admitted he said, that

1231
01:08:33,680 --> 01:08:35,040
Speaker 1: was the first thing I thought about was they got

1232
01:08:35,080 --> 01:08:37,719
Speaker 1: this guy, Josh Allen. And he was on the Vikings

1233
01:08:37,760 --> 01:08:40,080
Speaker 1: when Josh had to jump over the linebacker game right

1234
01:08:40,120 --> 01:08:43,120
Speaker 1: there at Minnesota. He saw that firsthand. He saw that firsthand.

1235
01:08:43,160 --> 01:08:45,760
Speaker 1: So he's like, oh, okay, that guy. So he can

1236
01:08:45,880 --> 01:08:49,920
Speaker 1: tell you can understand why that was the first thing

1237
01:08:50,000 --> 01:08:53,720
Speaker 1: that jumped into his mind. And players and despite and

1238
01:08:53,880 --> 01:08:57,360
Speaker 1: everybody can see, you know, whatever deficiencies Josh Allen might have,

1239
01:08:58,840 --> 01:09:01,960
Speaker 1: there's a lot of stuff that play and that game

1240
01:09:02,240 --> 01:09:05,320
Speaker 1: in Minnesota showed you about Josh Allen. We all sawt

1241
01:09:05,400 --> 01:09:11,759
Speaker 1: firsthand that Josh Allen has an abundance and other players don't. Well,

1242
01:09:12,200 --> 01:09:15,360
Speaker 1: and I think that's big and I think what's attractive

1243
01:09:15,439 --> 01:09:19,879
Speaker 1: to Diggs is if the play doesn't go as it's designed,

1244
01:09:20,240 --> 01:09:22,960
Speaker 1: it doesn't mean the plays dead. With Josh Allen, he's

1245
01:09:22,960 --> 01:09:26,320
Speaker 1: a guy that can clearly make plays off script. And

1246
01:09:26,600 --> 01:09:29,080
Speaker 1: I don't know if you can say that about Kirk Cousins.

1247
01:09:30,040 --> 01:09:31,639
Speaker 1: I don't know if you could say that about case

1248
01:09:31,760 --> 01:09:35,519
Speaker 1: Keenum to the last two quarterbacks that Stefen Diggs worked with.

1249
01:09:35,720 --> 01:09:40,240
Speaker 1: So Steve and I had the ability to see Stefen

1250
01:09:40,360 --> 01:09:43,560
Speaker 1: Diggs on video as he was saying these soundbites that

1251
01:09:43,640 --> 01:09:46,320
Speaker 1: were playing for you. I think he smiled about four

1252
01:09:46,439 --> 01:09:48,920
Speaker 1: times as he was talking about Josh Allen. It's clear

1253
01:09:49,479 --> 01:09:51,560
Speaker 1: that he's excited about playing with this guy, and that

1254
01:09:51,800 --> 01:09:57,000
Speaker 1: is why Stefen Diggs is fine with the high expectations

1255
01:09:57,120 --> 01:09:59,479
Speaker 1: that this team has here in twenty twenty. Here's what

1256
01:09:59,520 --> 01:10:03,680
Speaker 1: he said about that. Yeah, I feel like, I mean,

1257
01:10:04,120 --> 01:10:06,479
Speaker 1: things are taking a swing. They're all in uphill direction,

1258
01:10:06,680 --> 01:10:08,760
Speaker 1: you know, as far as the team. But every year

1259
01:10:08,880 --> 01:10:10,240
Speaker 1: is a new year. You gotta go out there and

1260
01:10:10,280 --> 01:10:13,200
Speaker 1: earn it again. You got to win games on Sunday.

1261
01:10:13,240 --> 01:10:15,160
Speaker 1: You gotta do everything during the week two win games

1262
01:10:15,200 --> 01:10:18,240
Speaker 1: on Sunday. And right now I had to confidence that

1263
01:10:18,640 --> 01:10:20,200
Speaker 1: our head coach is doing everything in his power to

1264
01:10:20,240 --> 01:10:23,280
Speaker 1: put us in the best position. So I can only hope,

1265
01:10:23,360 --> 01:10:25,840
Speaker 1: I can only wish. But as I'm hearing this current

1266
01:10:25,920 --> 01:10:28,960
Speaker 1: moment in this state, I'm happy. I'm happy to be here,

1267
01:10:29,000 --> 01:10:31,120
Speaker 1: and then I feel good. I feel like a lot

1268
01:10:31,120 --> 01:10:34,160
Speaker 1: of good things happen. I feel like a lot of

1269
01:10:34,280 --> 01:10:37,080
Speaker 1: good things are gonna happen. That is a guy that,

1270
01:10:37,880 --> 01:10:40,320
Speaker 1: for only being on the scene for just a few days,

1271
01:10:40,960 --> 01:10:44,240
Speaker 1: certainly likes what he sees and Steve, you and I

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01:10:44,280 --> 01:10:45,920
Speaker 1: will talk about this more on the other side of

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01:10:46,000 --> 01:10:49,080
Speaker 1: the break here. But he was also asked about his

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01:10:49,120 --> 01:10:51,639
Speaker 1: impressions of coach McDermott, and he said, look, I'm still

1275
01:10:51,960 --> 01:10:55,080
Speaker 1: feeling out coach, but I know he's doing good things

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01:10:55,160 --> 01:10:57,840
Speaker 1: to put us in the best position to succeed. The

1277
01:10:58,240 --> 01:11:00,880
Speaker 1: thing that stuck with me was he said, just talking

1278
01:11:00,920 --> 01:11:03,040
Speaker 1: to these other guys on the roster that have been here,

1279
01:11:03,120 --> 01:11:05,200
Speaker 1: he said, they will literally run through a wall for

1280
01:11:05,320 --> 01:11:07,920
Speaker 1: this guy. So we can talk about that a little

1281
01:11:07,920 --> 01:11:09,519
Speaker 1: bit more on the other side, but we do have

1282
01:11:09,680 --> 01:11:12,960
Speaker 1: to take a break, and we'll also hear from Josh Norman,

1283
01:11:13,360 --> 01:11:16,639
Speaker 1: who had a zoom call with the media earlier today.

1284
01:11:17,760 --> 01:11:21,559
Speaker 1: And this guy I gotta tell you he's a reporter's dream.

1285
01:11:21,760 --> 01:11:26,000
Speaker 1: He is a quote machine, and we'll hear from some

1286
01:11:26,120 --> 01:11:29,880
Speaker 1: of his comments with the media that happened just last hour.

1287
01:11:30,040 --> 01:11:32,160
Speaker 1: Steve Tasker, Chris Brown with You, will be back with

1288
01:11:32,280 --> 01:11:34,880
Speaker 1: that and more here on one Bill's Live. Does Anybody

1289
01:11:34,880 --> 01:11:44,639
Speaker 1: to lie to health? On Buffalo Bill's Radio, on Steve

1290
01:11:44,720 --> 01:11:50,080
Speaker 1: Tasker with You, And earlier today we had Devin Singletary

1291
01:11:50,360 --> 01:11:52,639
Speaker 1: on a zoom call with the Western New York Media

1292
01:11:52,960 --> 01:11:55,719
Speaker 1: as he spoke for the first time since reporting to camp.

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01:11:56,400 --> 01:12:00,880
Speaker 1: And we also had Josh Norman, who was right as

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01:12:00,920 --> 01:12:05,000
Speaker 1: we were going to air. So our crack staff has

1295
01:12:05,040 --> 01:12:07,960
Speaker 1: taken the time to rerack that for us and we

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01:12:08,080 --> 01:12:10,600
Speaker 1: wanted to pass it along to you. So here is

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01:12:10,760 --> 01:12:13,920
Speaker 1: Josh Norman speaking with the Western New York Media earlier

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01:12:13,960 --> 01:12:18,439
Speaker 1: today Josh Marcha Luis Jacques with ESPN. First of all, Man,

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01:12:18,479 --> 01:12:22,880
Speaker 1: welcome to Buffalo. Yeah, I appreciate it. Man. It's the

1300
01:12:22,960 --> 01:12:27,040
Speaker 1: first time actually coming and doing an interview with you

1301
01:12:27,160 --> 01:12:31,880
Speaker 1: guys live in person, so I'm appreciative of that. Here

1302
01:12:32,040 --> 01:12:37,120
Speaker 1: and on Bill's Drive, I guess, first starters, man, why

1303
01:12:37,200 --> 01:12:39,439
Speaker 1: the bills? Why did you choose the bills? Here in

1304
01:12:39,439 --> 01:12:44,120
Speaker 1: free agency. You know, UM, to be honest with you,

1305
01:12:44,640 --> 01:12:49,200
Speaker 1: it just felt right. I mean having the conversations with

1306
01:12:50,000 --> 01:12:55,280
Speaker 1: different guys and just coming to you know, Poy. I

1307
01:12:55,400 --> 01:12:57,400
Speaker 1: talked to him for a long time, about an hour,

1308
01:12:57,439 --> 01:13:01,000
Speaker 1: and so Big Mike who was here kind of Big Music,

1309
01:13:01,680 --> 01:13:06,080
Speaker 1: UM talk to him, Sho talked to UM, Kurt Coleman.

1310
01:13:06,240 --> 01:13:09,000
Speaker 1: Just just guys. You know Dean Marlin that was in

1311
01:13:09,080 --> 01:13:12,160
Speaker 1: the building and know how that is. And I already

1312
01:13:12,200 --> 01:13:16,120
Speaker 1: knew Sean and UM be be my guy. So Sean

1313
01:13:16,280 --> 01:13:18,599
Speaker 1: is too, and I already had that conversation with them

1314
01:13:18,680 --> 01:13:22,760
Speaker 1: about it a little bit and just understand the philosophy

1315
01:13:22,760 --> 01:13:26,320
Speaker 1: and with these guys made of and mindset, you know,

1316
01:13:26,880 --> 01:13:30,000
Speaker 1: um s getting back to what it is to be

1317
01:13:30,120 --> 01:13:34,519
Speaker 1: on that gridiron, understand true football being played as and

1318
01:13:35,080 --> 01:13:39,240
Speaker 1: you know being there, it's just something that you know,

1319
01:13:39,320 --> 01:13:42,799
Speaker 1: it was special, So why not you know, make memories

1320
01:13:42,920 --> 01:13:45,720
Speaker 1: and do it for all time, and do it with

1321
01:13:45,800 --> 01:13:49,400
Speaker 1: a group that you see is a bad group. It's

1322
01:13:49,400 --> 01:13:52,800
Speaker 1: a real bad group doing some balls. And these guys

1323
01:13:52,880 --> 01:13:55,560
Speaker 1: got that over here. So I was welcoming and I

1324
01:13:55,760 --> 01:14:00,920
Speaker 1: was truly um honored to be him. And quick follow up,

1325
01:14:01,040 --> 01:14:04,120
Speaker 1: you know what is it about the defensive scheme here

1326
01:14:04,160 --> 01:14:08,240
Speaker 1: in Buffalo that you think fits your skill set the best.

1327
01:14:09,120 --> 01:14:13,560
Speaker 1: I mean it's attack oriented, it's cress mindset. Like I

1328
01:14:13,600 --> 01:14:18,000
Speaker 1: said earlier, I mean big boys coming off the ball,

1329
01:14:18,600 --> 01:14:22,000
Speaker 1: linebackers playing downhill. Steve he's breaking on it, you know,

1330
01:14:22,160 --> 01:14:28,040
Speaker 1: and it's just boys running sideline sideline, hustling, getting after it.

1331
01:14:29,280 --> 01:14:31,720
Speaker 1: You know what that looks like. You know that feels like.

1332
01:14:32,439 --> 01:14:35,080
Speaker 1: You know, there's a lot of teams out there in

1333
01:14:35,080 --> 01:14:37,160
Speaker 1: the league that you do things the right way. And

1334
01:14:37,439 --> 01:14:40,200
Speaker 1: you know, I had those conversations when you know, my

1335
01:14:40,320 --> 01:14:42,800
Speaker 1: time ended in Washington, and you know I was looking

1336
01:14:42,840 --> 01:14:44,720
Speaker 1: around and seeing where it was to be a best ship.

1337
01:14:45,320 --> 01:14:47,400
Speaker 1: And for me, it's just not about you know, the

1338
01:14:47,520 --> 01:14:49,360
Speaker 1: numbers and the money and all this other stuff we

1339
01:14:49,439 --> 01:14:52,360
Speaker 1: did all that. It's about getting that championship, nothing more

1340
01:14:52,400 --> 01:14:55,639
Speaker 1: and nothing less. Going suspice me. Um, this is time

1341
01:14:56,000 --> 01:15:00,439
Speaker 1: in my year that it's it's it's all or I'm none,

1342
01:15:00,880 --> 01:15:02,920
Speaker 1: and this is a team I feel like to do

1343
01:15:03,120 --> 01:15:06,960
Speaker 1: that and get over that home. Shoot that mindset. I

1344
01:15:07,000 --> 01:15:10,320
Speaker 1: go back to it. On defense starts. Their defense win

1345
01:15:10,439 --> 01:15:13,400
Speaker 1: championships no matter where you go. And you got a

1346
01:15:13,479 --> 01:15:16,600
Speaker 1: real stop front out here. So it's gonna be a

1347
01:15:16,680 --> 01:15:21,200
Speaker 1: great time here. I appreciate your time and again nice

1348
01:15:21,240 --> 01:15:24,000
Speaker 1: to see a face to face, Yeah, for sure. Man

1349
01:15:26,160 --> 01:15:30,160
Speaker 1: Hi josh Vic Carucci from the Buffalo News, Welcome to Buffalo.

1350
01:15:31,439 --> 01:15:36,320
Speaker 1: Appreciate it. Thank hey. So the first thing is, besides

1351
01:15:36,400 --> 01:15:41,880
Speaker 1: your extensive experience, what else about your game, which you

1352
01:15:42,200 --> 01:15:44,920
Speaker 1: by this point knows so well as far as what

1353
01:15:45,000 --> 01:15:47,759
Speaker 1: you're gonna bring to the table. Do you see yourself

1354
01:15:48,960 --> 01:15:51,160
Speaker 1: with regard to how this defense has played? Do you

1355
01:15:51,200 --> 01:15:55,040
Speaker 1: see yourself bringing the sort of the specifics of the

1356
01:15:55,160 --> 01:15:57,519
Speaker 1: impact you think you can make. That's part eight and

1357
01:15:58,040 --> 01:16:03,200
Speaker 1: be the corner back. Picture could change dramatically in light

1358
01:16:03,280 --> 01:16:06,920
Speaker 1: of what tradevious White mentioned with his being undecided about

1359
01:16:07,760 --> 01:16:11,479
Speaker 1: playing this year, and how in any way are you

1360
01:16:11,640 --> 01:16:15,120
Speaker 1: reacting to that or does that affect you or your mindset?

1361
01:16:16,960 --> 01:16:20,040
Speaker 1: Nothing really, you know, thanks my mindset or have me

1362
01:16:20,120 --> 01:16:23,360
Speaker 1: wavering in any kind of way? My mind says built

1363
01:16:23,439 --> 01:16:27,559
Speaker 1: like brink truck. You know, it's kind of styling that arena.

1364
01:16:28,080 --> 01:16:29,960
Speaker 1: I think that when you go forward and you look

1365
01:16:30,040 --> 01:16:33,479
Speaker 1: at it. Overall, standpoint, we got a best secondary league,

1366
01:16:33,920 --> 01:16:36,000
Speaker 1: you know what I'm saying. I think guys really sleep

1367
01:16:36,080 --> 01:16:40,280
Speaker 1: on Micah and Poe back there as because they they

1368
01:16:40,479 --> 01:16:43,040
Speaker 1: really do a great job over the top and then

1369
01:16:43,160 --> 01:16:46,760
Speaker 1: coming down in a box as well. They are two

1370
01:16:46,760 --> 01:16:49,080
Speaker 1: of the best tandems in the league. I think take

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01:16:49,200 --> 01:16:53,799
Speaker 1: me generation and that, and then you have Trede obviously

1372
01:16:53,840 --> 01:16:56,880
Speaker 1: on the other side, and then you know he does

1373
01:16:56,920 --> 01:16:59,559
Speaker 1: a great job. It's just you keen on his man

1374
01:17:00,160 --> 01:17:03,080
Speaker 1: and having a guy in that position to go in

1375
01:17:03,960 --> 01:17:06,240
Speaker 1: day in a day out and make a play and

1376
01:17:06,320 --> 01:17:08,559
Speaker 1: then you gotta leave by on the other side. Um,

1377
01:17:08,800 --> 01:17:11,680
Speaker 1: he's doing a great job tearing in the nickel. You

1378
01:17:11,800 --> 01:17:13,360
Speaker 1: got so many guys that you can put into this

1379
01:17:13,479 --> 01:17:16,120
Speaker 1: position and secondary and you see what they've done in

1380
01:17:16,120 --> 01:17:17,960
Speaker 1: the last couple of years being in the top of

1381
01:17:17,960 --> 01:17:20,840
Speaker 1: the league. So I don't expecting anything else. I know

1382
01:17:21,000 --> 01:17:24,160
Speaker 1: for myself, bringing in that mind set com turnover guy,

1383
01:17:24,520 --> 01:17:27,400
Speaker 1: turnover machine man five five a year that we put

1384
01:17:27,479 --> 01:17:29,920
Speaker 1: on the ball, you put on the ground and whether

1385
01:17:29,920 --> 01:17:32,320
Speaker 1: it's punch out wherever it's you know, taking the ball

1386
01:17:32,360 --> 01:17:35,240
Speaker 1: out of air. We're bringing that to this table and

1387
01:17:35,400 --> 01:17:38,400
Speaker 1: I think, you know, a couple more turnovers here, Um,

1388
01:17:38,720 --> 01:17:41,519
Speaker 1: this team can go pretty far. So that's that's kind

1389
01:17:41,560 --> 01:17:43,240
Speaker 1: of what I'm bringing and then a little bit of

1390
01:17:43,600 --> 01:17:47,280
Speaker 1: my knowledge is in certain situations and key places, but

1391
01:17:47,800 --> 01:17:52,240
Speaker 1: also bringing the mindset teamwork, building that and building the

1392
01:17:52,320 --> 01:17:55,120
Speaker 1: commodity amongst each other as a group. I think that's

1393
01:17:55,160 --> 01:17:57,840
Speaker 1: the one of the most key things that you need.

1394
01:17:58,120 --> 01:18:02,519
Speaker 1: And going deep into your runs and quickly you you

1395
01:18:02,600 --> 01:18:06,599
Speaker 1: were always seeing as competing for sure for perhaps starting

1396
01:18:06,720 --> 01:18:11,960
Speaker 1: opposite trade. But if trade isn't there, does this enhance opportunity?

1397
01:18:12,400 --> 01:18:15,960
Speaker 1: Do you look at it in that way for you? UM?

1398
01:18:17,600 --> 01:18:20,559
Speaker 1: Ask the question you want to ask, are you are

1399
01:18:20,600 --> 01:18:23,280
Speaker 1: you seeing if he if he's not in the mix?

1400
01:18:23,800 --> 01:18:25,800
Speaker 1: Is that better for Do you view it as a

1401
01:18:25,920 --> 01:18:29,680
Speaker 1: better chance for you to be a starter? Uh? No,

1402
01:18:30,160 --> 01:18:33,960
Speaker 1: I don't view that as a bit of chests being starter. UM.

1403
01:18:34,400 --> 01:18:37,559
Speaker 1: If you hear or not, I don't view Trey um

1404
01:18:37,640 --> 01:18:40,479
Speaker 1: it's being started for me. I don't view um from

1405
01:18:40,560 --> 01:18:43,439
Speaker 1: not being here as being that. I don't even do

1406
01:18:43,479 --> 01:18:47,400
Speaker 1: you leave by not being here being started from you? UM. Frankly,

1407
01:18:47,479 --> 01:18:50,680
Speaker 1: I don't view Tarrant not being here to start from me. UM.

1408
01:18:50,760 --> 01:18:52,960
Speaker 1: I don't view Micah not being here to start from me.

1409
01:18:53,000 --> 01:18:55,160
Speaker 1: I'll do hope not being here being a start with

1410
01:18:55,240 --> 01:18:58,000
Speaker 1: you because I guess what we all in this together. Uh,

1411
01:18:58,200 --> 01:19:00,760
Speaker 1: in order to win a championship, you got to have all,

1412
01:19:01,320 --> 01:19:04,960
Speaker 1: you know, key pieces to this puzzle. I mean, these

1413
01:19:05,000 --> 01:19:06,840
Speaker 1: are guys are in the top of the league, top

1414
01:19:06,880 --> 01:19:09,280
Speaker 1: three year. If you ask me, I'm in secondary. So

1415
01:19:10,120 --> 01:19:13,920
Speaker 1: we all got to part playing this. And so me

1416
01:19:14,080 --> 01:19:16,080
Speaker 1: being a starter, you're asking that question to me, I've

1417
01:19:16,080 --> 01:19:19,000
Speaker 1: always been a starter since State one, So that's not

1418
01:19:19,080 --> 01:19:22,759
Speaker 1: going to change anything my mindset and how I approached

1419
01:19:22,800 --> 01:19:25,600
Speaker 1: this game because that's just my mentality. So if you

1420
01:19:25,720 --> 01:19:29,120
Speaker 1: asking me that question, obviously that answer is going to

1421
01:19:29,200 --> 01:19:32,800
Speaker 1: be yes, I am, because everybody in this group is.

1422
01:19:33,560 --> 01:19:35,720
Speaker 1: Everybody's trying to have an ultimate goal and ask when

1423
01:19:35,760 --> 01:19:39,200
Speaker 1: the ship nothing less, it's gonna suffice and so whatever

1424
01:19:39,240 --> 01:19:41,200
Speaker 1: that looks like, somebody else got to come in and

1425
01:19:41,280 --> 01:19:43,800
Speaker 1: do the job. Okay, that's gonna get us our ultimate goal,

1426
01:19:44,160 --> 01:19:46,640
Speaker 1: so be it. But I'm not the one that's just

1427
01:19:46,680 --> 01:19:48,200
Speaker 1: going to sit up here and tell you the answer.

1428
01:19:48,520 --> 01:19:50,240
Speaker 1: When we're gonna compete, We're gonna get after it and

1429
01:19:50,280 --> 01:19:51,680
Speaker 1: you're gonna see who you're gonna be at the end

1430
01:19:51,680 --> 01:19:57,719
Speaker 1: of that. Thank you, Yeah, Josh, Dad Brown, and Roger

1431
01:19:57,840 --> 01:20:00,599
Speaker 1: thanks for taking the time. We appreciate it. Or whatever

1432
01:20:00,680 --> 01:20:03,559
Speaker 1: went wrong in Washington, how much of that can be fixed?

1433
01:20:03,560 --> 01:20:05,360
Speaker 1: You talk about coming to Buffalo Bees. You like the scheme?

1434
01:20:05,479 --> 01:20:07,479
Speaker 1: How much can be fixed by just being in a

1435
01:20:07,600 --> 01:20:10,800
Speaker 1: better or more right system? For you? Is that we

1436
01:20:10,960 --> 01:20:16,280
Speaker 1: need to pooh? You got back there? Yeah? Oh wow.

1437
01:20:17,120 --> 01:20:18,519
Speaker 1: I'm down in my basement. Man, This is where my

1438
01:20:18,600 --> 01:20:20,439
Speaker 1: daughter plays and stuff. So I still got some toys

1439
01:20:20,479 --> 01:20:22,880
Speaker 1: down here. You gotta find a space where you can

1440
01:20:22,920 --> 01:20:26,160
Speaker 1: find it these days, you know. I see you found

1441
01:20:26,200 --> 01:20:29,800
Speaker 1: in your daughter's basement. Basement, she just comes down to

1442
01:20:29,880 --> 01:20:34,519
Speaker 1: uses it. Okay, steal your daughters. You're right, all right,

1443
01:20:34,600 --> 01:20:39,599
Speaker 1: So let's say it again. Whatever went wrong in Washington?

1444
01:20:39,760 --> 01:20:41,439
Speaker 1: How much can be fixed or can it be easily

1445
01:20:41,520 --> 01:20:43,800
Speaker 1: fixed by simply being in a better system or scheme?

1446
01:20:43,920 --> 01:20:47,800
Speaker 1: For you? I say this, man, I don't think too

1447
01:20:47,920 --> 01:20:54,080
Speaker 1: much stick on what went wrong? What went right? You know,

1448
01:20:54,200 --> 01:20:56,680
Speaker 1: I look at the positives when everybody's trying to look

1449
01:20:56,680 --> 01:20:59,000
Speaker 1: at the negatives. They just be parking on that and

1450
01:20:59,080 --> 01:21:01,280
Speaker 1: they think they know who you are just because of that,

1451
01:21:01,880 --> 01:21:04,759
Speaker 1: and end the day like I take a lot of bullets,

1452
01:21:05,160 --> 01:21:08,000
Speaker 1: and I don't come out and shooting back. What for?

1453
01:21:08,400 --> 01:21:10,439
Speaker 1: It's not needed. You know, I look at it for

1454
01:21:11,120 --> 01:21:13,639
Speaker 1: you know, overall perspectives. What did I change? I changed

1455
01:21:13,720 --> 01:21:15,920
Speaker 1: my life when I was there? Did I do something

1456
01:21:16,080 --> 01:21:19,640
Speaker 1: that's you know, aspect I don't care about X and

1457
01:21:19,760 --> 01:21:21,800
Speaker 1: knows when it comes down to, you know, what you're

1458
01:21:21,800 --> 01:21:25,080
Speaker 1: doing for somebody else. But what I'm doing here is

1459
01:21:25,120 --> 01:21:27,880
Speaker 1: what I will talk about, you know, And that is

1460
01:21:27,960 --> 01:21:30,439
Speaker 1: something that I you know, I get a bad rap

1461
01:21:30,640 --> 01:21:32,559
Speaker 1: on a lot of things that you know, it's out

1462
01:21:32,600 --> 01:21:35,519
Speaker 1: of my control. I can't control, you know, certain things,

1463
01:21:35,720 --> 01:21:38,760
Speaker 1: and that is what it is. You know, people are

1464
01:21:38,880 --> 01:21:41,160
Speaker 1: gonna say what they want about you, but you know

1465
01:21:41,320 --> 01:21:43,920
Speaker 1: who you are and you got to maintain that, you know,

1466
01:21:44,040 --> 01:21:47,920
Speaker 1: that self discipline of who you truly are, and people

1467
01:21:47,960 --> 01:21:50,200
Speaker 1: are not gonna like that. And that's okay with me,

1468
01:21:50,720 --> 01:21:54,960
Speaker 1: trust me. Armor scan And when you look at it

1469
01:21:55,080 --> 01:21:58,599
Speaker 1: coming here, you know, it feels so fresh, it feels

1470
01:21:58,600 --> 01:22:01,400
Speaker 1: like gods are actually you know, they work on hawks.

1471
01:22:01,920 --> 01:22:04,439
Speaker 1: You know, I've got some grinders here, man. They all

1472
01:22:04,479 --> 01:22:06,400
Speaker 1: about ball, and they really want to see each other

1473
01:22:06,520 --> 01:22:09,640
Speaker 1: do good. They really actually care for one another in

1474
01:22:09,720 --> 01:22:12,200
Speaker 1: a way in which, all right, if you see something wrong,

1475
01:22:12,200 --> 01:22:14,040
Speaker 1: they're gonna tell you about it. And They're gonna pep

1476
01:22:14,120 --> 01:22:17,120
Speaker 1: you up because they number one cheerleader. You know what

1477
01:22:17,200 --> 01:22:20,479
Speaker 1: I'm saying like that is that's family, man, and that's

1478
01:22:20,479 --> 01:22:22,720
Speaker 1: so cool. I'm not saying that, you know, DC didn't

1479
01:22:22,760 --> 01:22:25,000
Speaker 1: have it or whatever. I'm just talking about coming here

1480
01:22:25,040 --> 01:22:27,320
Speaker 1: in Buffalo and what we're trying to bring here is

1481
01:22:27,360 --> 01:22:29,840
Speaker 1: just gonna be something truely special. They already got it.

1482
01:22:30,000 --> 01:22:31,680
Speaker 1: I'm just gonna, you know, sprinkle a little bit of

1483
01:22:31,760 --> 01:22:34,519
Speaker 1: my little pixie us along with it. Did you need

1484
01:22:34,840 --> 01:22:36,400
Speaker 1: that fresh start? I mean it talks about like it

1485
01:22:36,520 --> 01:22:38,960
Speaker 1: almost feel like it's it's a big time change for

1486
01:22:39,040 --> 01:22:41,880
Speaker 1: you in terms of maybe something you needed. No, I

1487
01:22:41,880 --> 01:22:43,719
Speaker 1: don't think it's something I needed. I think it's something

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01:22:43,760 --> 01:22:47,479
Speaker 1: that you know, in Guy's timing, everything happens for reasons

1489
01:22:47,880 --> 01:22:52,120
Speaker 1: and unknown to us. Man. Man, you know that's just

1490
01:22:52,360 --> 01:22:55,479
Speaker 1: what it is. That's life, God granted and he takes

1491
01:22:55,479 --> 01:22:58,080
Speaker 1: it away. Whatever he wants you in, you gotta go

1492
01:22:58,160 --> 01:23:00,280
Speaker 1: through and you gotta figure that out and from it

1493
01:23:00,320 --> 01:23:05,160
Speaker 1: is something that you know, twenties, this is my jubilee.

1494
01:23:05,439 --> 01:23:08,720
Speaker 1: So I'm looking forward to that and whatever that is

1495
01:23:08,880 --> 01:23:11,160
Speaker 1: he brings is we're going to accept and we're gonna

1496
01:23:11,160 --> 01:23:14,600
Speaker 1: go forward in that direction. So whether the storm and

1497
01:23:15,000 --> 01:23:19,800
Speaker 1: you become the storm at the same time. All right,

1498
01:23:19,960 --> 01:23:24,000
Speaker 1: Josh Norman, twenty twenty is his jubilee, or at least

1499
01:23:24,000 --> 01:23:26,560
Speaker 1: that's what he's anticipating it to be. He didn't have

1500
01:23:26,720 --> 01:23:29,840
Speaker 1: much to offer about his time in Washington, and that

1501
01:23:30,040 --> 01:23:32,240
Speaker 1: might be rooted in the fact that he didn't want

1502
01:23:32,240 --> 01:23:35,320
Speaker 1: to go negative. So he may have said more by

1503
01:23:35,479 --> 01:23:38,640
Speaker 1: saying less about what his last two years in Washington

1504
01:23:38,720 --> 01:23:43,320
Speaker 1: were like, because they We're trying to be frank, not

1505
01:23:43,479 --> 01:23:46,400
Speaker 1: only for him but for that entire Washington defense and

1506
01:23:46,600 --> 01:23:49,839
Speaker 1: he's no doubt hoping for much greener pastors here in Buffalo,

1507
01:23:49,920 --> 01:23:53,120
Speaker 1: with a defensive coordinator that he respects now as his

1508
01:23:53,240 --> 01:23:56,280
Speaker 1: head coach, in a system that he knows he became

1509
01:23:56,400 --> 01:23:59,720
Speaker 1: the best version of himself in prior. He's hoping he

1510
01:23:59,800 --> 01:24:03,040
Speaker 1: can recapture that now. Steve and I will discuss some

1511
01:24:03,360 --> 01:24:06,600
Speaker 1: of Norman's comments when we come back from break with

1512
01:24:06,720 --> 01:24:09,280
Speaker 1: that short segment coming up after this. It's One Bill's

1513
01:24:09,320 --> 01:24:19,240
Speaker 1: Life presented by Kalida Health. This is Buffalo Bill's Radios,

1514
01:24:22,040 --> 01:24:26,120
Speaker 1: taking you up to the three o'clock hour and almost

1515
01:24:26,160 --> 01:24:28,479
Speaker 1: done with two hours in the books. We have Frank

1516
01:24:28,600 --> 01:24:31,320
Speaker 1: Schwab NFL writing for Yahoo Sports coming up on the

1517
01:24:31,400 --> 01:24:34,719
Speaker 1: other side of this next break. But Steve josh Norman

1518
01:24:35,520 --> 01:24:40,040
Speaker 1: clearly he did his homework in considering, you know, coming

1519
01:24:40,080 --> 01:24:42,040
Speaker 1: to Buffalo on this one year deal that he did

1520
01:24:44,120 --> 01:24:46,960
Speaker 1: and sought the advice of a lot of people that

1521
01:24:47,120 --> 01:24:51,040
Speaker 1: have been on this roster currently and formerly liked what

1522
01:24:51,120 --> 01:24:54,840
Speaker 1: he heard, and here he is, what are your thoughts

1523
01:24:54,880 --> 01:25:02,720
Speaker 1: about him? Essentially saying that Hey, wait teas to see

1524
01:25:02,760 --> 01:25:04,680
Speaker 1: me on the field and then we'll talk. Because it

1525
01:25:04,800 --> 01:25:07,000
Speaker 1: was clear he didn't want to make predictions. It was

1526
01:25:07,040 --> 01:25:09,240
Speaker 1: clear that he thinks he's a starter, and it was

1527
01:25:09,280 --> 01:25:10,800
Speaker 1: clear that he didn't want to talk about his time

1528
01:25:10,840 --> 01:25:15,200
Speaker 1: in Washington. Yeah, I think it's Yeah. By what he

1529
01:25:15,360 --> 01:25:17,880
Speaker 1: didn't say, it was clear that he didn't go well

1530
01:25:17,960 --> 01:25:21,080
Speaker 1: for him in Washington, and he feels I think by saying,

1531
01:25:21,160 --> 01:25:22,519
Speaker 1: listen what you don't want to know? If I can

1532
01:25:22,600 --> 01:25:25,200
Speaker 1: play watch me, I think he does. I think he feels,

1533
01:25:25,240 --> 01:25:27,000
Speaker 1: like a lot of people, that he was misused and

1534
01:25:27,040 --> 01:25:32,680
Speaker 1: miscast in Washington's defense, and that he feels like with

1535
01:25:32,800 --> 01:25:35,920
Speaker 1: a fresh start, he is going to be a much

1536
01:25:35,960 --> 01:25:37,800
Speaker 1: better player and a much different player and a much

1537
01:25:37,840 --> 01:25:39,800
Speaker 1: more productive player, and he has every reason to believe that,

1538
01:25:39,840 --> 01:25:44,160
Speaker 1: and that's what a lot of people think. The only, really,

1539
01:25:44,200 --> 01:25:48,120
Speaker 1: the only thing people are hesitant about bestowing on him

1540
01:25:48,400 --> 01:25:50,880
Speaker 1: is his age. He's four years older than he was

1541
01:25:51,080 --> 01:25:52,880
Speaker 1: when he signed the deal in Washington after being the

1542
01:25:52,960 --> 01:25:54,960
Speaker 1: best corner in the league. And this it's four years

1543
01:25:55,040 --> 01:25:59,680
Speaker 1: later now, is he's still that good? I know this too.

1544
01:25:59,760 --> 01:26:02,600
Speaker 1: When you get a fresh start on a team, it

1545
01:26:02,800 --> 01:26:05,880
Speaker 1: can revitalize your career. It happened for guys that I

1546
01:26:06,040 --> 01:26:11,479
Speaker 1: played with U and James James Loft is a perfect example.

1547
01:26:13,439 --> 01:26:17,439
Speaker 1: We had other guys like even Bryce Pop who came

1548
01:26:17,479 --> 01:26:19,599
Speaker 1: to Buffalo as a as a free agent from green

1549
01:26:19,680 --> 01:26:22,400
Speaker 1: Bay Defensive Player of the Year and became a Defensive

1550
01:26:22,400 --> 01:26:24,280
Speaker 1: Player of the Year after being a guy that Green

1551
01:26:24,360 --> 01:26:27,960
Speaker 1: Bay was perfectly willing to let go. That kind of

1552
01:26:27,960 --> 01:26:31,800
Speaker 1: stuff happens now then. And Josh Norman is a little

1553
01:26:31,800 --> 01:26:34,720
Speaker 1: bit different than that, But he's almost identical to James

1554
01:26:34,880 --> 01:26:37,439
Speaker 1: Lofton in what he brings to the table. He's a

1555
01:26:37,600 --> 01:26:40,920
Speaker 1: formerly great great player spent some time on a team

1556
01:26:41,000 --> 01:26:43,000
Speaker 1: in the interim, like James Loft, went from Green Bay

1557
01:26:43,040 --> 01:26:46,280
Speaker 1: where he was drafted and became the Bomb. He went

1558
01:26:46,360 --> 01:26:49,599
Speaker 1: to Oakland and or LA at that time and didn't

1559
01:26:49,640 --> 01:26:51,479
Speaker 1: go that well for him there, and he came to

1560
01:26:51,560 --> 01:26:53,519
Speaker 1: Buffalo and went to four Super Bowls with us. I mean,

1561
01:26:53,600 --> 01:26:57,200
Speaker 1: that's it's it. That's the kind of trajectory that Josh

1562
01:26:57,280 --> 01:27:00,560
Speaker 1: Norman is more reflective of in his career. Yeah, and

1563
01:27:01,960 --> 01:27:03,960
Speaker 1: the proof will be in the pudding. And it seems

1564
01:27:04,000 --> 01:27:06,439
Speaker 1: like he's fine to resign himself to showing people on

1565
01:27:06,520 --> 01:27:10,080
Speaker 1: the field that he's still got it. Not for nothing either.

1566
01:27:10,240 --> 01:27:13,000
Speaker 1: Nick Nick Nikolaus was the wide receiver's coach for the

1567
01:27:13,040 --> 01:27:17,000
Speaker 1: Buffalo Bills and had coached him in in LA when

1568
01:27:17,040 --> 01:27:19,040
Speaker 1: he was with the Raiders, and like James a lot,

1569
01:27:19,200 --> 01:27:20,920
Speaker 1: brought him in for work on he and they you know,

1570
01:27:20,960 --> 01:27:23,040
Speaker 1: asked Nick, what you think who's out there, and he says,

1571
01:27:23,120 --> 01:27:25,560
Speaker 1: James Lofton can really play, so they bring him in,

1572
01:27:25,760 --> 01:27:29,479
Speaker 1: much like Josh Norman was coached by Sean McDermott. Although

1573
01:27:29,479 --> 01:27:31,040
Speaker 1: it was four years ago, it wasn't just you know,

1574
01:27:31,280 --> 01:27:35,880
Speaker 1: twelve months ago, and uh, you know, he said, no,

1575
01:27:36,000 --> 01:27:38,080
Speaker 1: I think the guy can play. Let's let's bring him in.

1576
01:27:38,240 --> 01:27:41,200
Speaker 1: So it's you know, a former coach, you know, knowing

1577
01:27:41,360 --> 01:27:43,000
Speaker 1: or thinking that he can bring the best out in

1578
01:27:43,080 --> 01:27:45,720
Speaker 1: this guy. Yeah, And the word on him is that

1579
01:27:45,920 --> 01:27:48,880
Speaker 1: he is a fierce competitor in the practice setting. He

1580
01:27:48,960 --> 01:27:52,360
Speaker 1: will jaw jack anybody, he'll talk at anybody that he's

1581
01:27:52,400 --> 01:27:55,600
Speaker 1: lined up against. That's just his style. But I know

1582
01:27:55,720 --> 01:27:58,800
Speaker 1: that coach McDermott has said in the past that he

1583
01:27:59,000 --> 01:28:03,320
Speaker 1: loved the jew that Norman would bring to the practice field.

1584
01:28:03,360 --> 01:28:06,400
Speaker 1: He likes energy guys. So as much as Josh Norman

1585
01:28:06,520 --> 01:28:09,280
Speaker 1: was a performer for Sean McDermott in that Carolina defense,

1586
01:28:09,760 --> 01:28:11,719
Speaker 1: the fact that he brings it on a daily basis

1587
01:28:11,760 --> 01:28:16,840
Speaker 1: to practice and gets other guys going that has value too, Yeah,

1588
01:28:17,120 --> 01:28:20,360
Speaker 1: no question about it. It raises the atmosphere at practice.

1589
01:28:20,479 --> 01:28:23,400
Speaker 1: Guys get better when they're pressed, when they're pushed to

1590
01:28:23,479 --> 01:28:26,760
Speaker 1: get better, and when they push each other to get better.

1591
01:28:27,160 --> 01:28:34,519
Speaker 1: Great teams have great practices. They're great preparers, and that's

1592
01:28:35,360 --> 01:28:37,520
Speaker 1: how they get to be great. And that's the standard.

1593
01:28:38,280 --> 01:28:40,479
Speaker 1: And that's why you get to be great by being consistent.

1594
01:28:40,640 --> 01:28:43,320
Speaker 1: And you get consistent by doing the same great things

1595
01:28:43,520 --> 01:28:46,960
Speaker 1: over and over and over, even in practice and certainly

1596
01:28:47,040 --> 01:28:51,280
Speaker 1: in games. So that's why coaches like players who ratchet

1597
01:28:51,400 --> 01:28:53,559
Speaker 1: the level up in practice because they know it gets

1598
01:28:53,640 --> 01:28:56,840
Speaker 1: the rest of their guys ready, all right, So Steve

1599
01:28:56,880 --> 01:28:58,800
Speaker 1: and I will step aside here, But coming up on

1600
01:28:58,880 --> 01:29:03,519
Speaker 1: the other side, we've got one Frank Schwab, NFL writer

1601
01:29:03,680 --> 01:29:07,240
Speaker 1: for Yahoo Sports. He's got some NFL odds, and I

1602
01:29:07,320 --> 01:29:09,120
Speaker 1: think Bills fans are gonna like the sound of it

1603
01:29:09,840 --> 01:29:11,600
Speaker 1: when we talk to him. On the other side of

1604
01:29:11,680 --> 01:29:14,439
Speaker 1: this break, Frank Schwab coming your way as we talk

1605
01:29:14,520 --> 01:29:18,759
Speaker 1: Bills and their odds on taking the AFC East, especially

1606
01:29:18,840 --> 01:29:23,599
Speaker 1: amidst the Patriots multitude of player opt outs. That's coming

1607
01:29:23,680 --> 01:29:26,679
Speaker 1: up next here on One Bills Live, presented by Kalid

1608
01:29:26,720 --> 01:29:30,760
Speaker 1: to Health. This is Buffalo Bills Radio. Oh a good

1609
01:29:30,840 --> 01:29:41,040
Speaker 1: time at Steve Pasper done, shuts Down, touch Down US

1610
01:29:41,080 --> 01:29:53,000
Speaker 1: Downs time. Welcome back, ow three of the program One

1611
01:29:53,080 --> 01:29:56,720
Speaker 1: Bills Live. Chris Brown, Steve Jasper with you as we

1612
01:29:56,880 --> 01:29:58,839
Speaker 1: make our way through the final hour of the program.

1613
01:29:58,960 --> 01:30:02,400
Speaker 1: And joining us on the line right now is NFL

1614
01:30:02,520 --> 01:30:05,639
Speaker 1: writer from Yahoo Sport's been doing that since twenty twelve.

1615
01:30:06,400 --> 01:30:08,760
Speaker 1: I used to cover the Broncos as a beat writer

1616
01:30:08,880 --> 01:30:11,720
Speaker 1: back in the day. But it's one Frank Schwab who

1617
01:30:11,800 --> 01:30:17,760
Speaker 1: has some interesting news and notes about NFL odds, and

1618
01:30:18,120 --> 01:30:20,840
Speaker 1: it directly involves the Bills. Frank, thanks for joining us

1619
01:30:20,880 --> 01:30:23,800
Speaker 1: and taking the time today. We appreciate it absolutely. What's

1620
01:30:23,840 --> 01:30:27,439
Speaker 1: going on? Not too much? What's going on with you,

1621
01:30:27,640 --> 01:30:30,240
Speaker 1: because we're all dealing with this pandemic. How are you

1622
01:30:30,320 --> 01:30:32,400
Speaker 1: making your way through it with you and your family?

1623
01:30:32,439 --> 01:30:35,439
Speaker 1: Everybody good? Yeah, everyone's good, you know, just kind of

1624
01:30:36,160 --> 01:30:40,080
Speaker 1: like everybody else, just living the new normal and hoping

1625
01:30:40,160 --> 01:30:44,040
Speaker 1: this NFL season goes off because boy, I know all

1626
01:30:44,080 --> 01:30:48,400
Speaker 1: of us listening me, you, everybody could just could all

1627
01:30:48,560 --> 01:30:53,800
Speaker 1: use some some some fun sundays watching NFL football. So, Frank,

1628
01:30:53,920 --> 01:30:58,559
Speaker 1: you put a piece together which probably was a very

1629
01:30:58,640 --> 01:31:00,920
Speaker 1: interesting shift. And I'm sure this isn't the first time

1630
01:31:00,960 --> 01:31:04,519
Speaker 1: it's happened at you know, Las Vegas sports books. But

1631
01:31:05,560 --> 01:31:09,000
Speaker 1: the Patriots are still the favorite in the AFC East,

1632
01:31:09,080 --> 01:31:11,400
Speaker 1: even though the Bills were I think like a plus

1633
01:31:11,479 --> 01:31:15,400
Speaker 1: one forty or something in terms of AFC East odds.

1634
01:31:15,880 --> 01:31:19,360
Speaker 1: And all of a sudden, the opt outs for the

1635
01:31:19,439 --> 01:31:22,519
Speaker 1: Patriots come in a title weight, It's like half a

1636
01:31:22,600 --> 01:31:25,200
Speaker 1: dozen of them, and all of a sudden, the Patriots

1637
01:31:25,240 --> 01:31:28,960
Speaker 1: are off the board, um and and the Bill suddenly

1638
01:31:29,280 --> 01:31:32,479
Speaker 1: searched to the forefront as an anticipated favorite after that,

1639
01:31:33,080 --> 01:31:36,200
Speaker 1: were you like planning to write that story once as

1640
01:31:36,240 --> 01:31:37,960
Speaker 1: soon as you saw the opt outs? Were you like

1641
01:31:38,120 --> 01:31:40,120
Speaker 1: anticipating up the Pats are going to be off the

1642
01:31:40,200 --> 01:31:42,439
Speaker 1: board because I know you had a piece last week

1643
01:31:42,520 --> 01:31:45,720
Speaker 1: on on Yeah Who Sports about that. Yeah, I mean,

1644
01:31:45,800 --> 01:31:48,320
Speaker 1: I was definitely gonna write about how they shifted the

1645
01:31:48,360 --> 01:31:50,160
Speaker 1: odds and then it just turns out that they took

1646
01:31:50,200 --> 01:31:53,639
Speaker 1: them down completely. I'm probably the seat where everything stands

1647
01:31:53,680 --> 01:31:56,640
Speaker 1: at the end of the opt outs. I mean, no

1648
01:31:56,800 --> 01:31:59,479
Speaker 1: team was hit harder than the Patriots. Now, obviously there

1649
01:31:59,600 --> 01:32:02,400
Speaker 1: there's some potential news coming from out there which could

1650
01:32:02,439 --> 01:32:05,000
Speaker 1: put the Bills right right on the list, you know,

1651
01:32:05,200 --> 01:32:08,200
Speaker 1: but I think that, you know, yeah, it's the Patriots.

1652
01:32:08,280 --> 01:32:10,320
Speaker 1: It's just kind of weird. You look at other teams

1653
01:32:10,400 --> 01:32:12,880
Speaker 1: and maybe they had a guy or two, you know.

1654
01:32:13,479 --> 01:32:16,600
Speaker 1: Mostly this has been a lot of backups, guys you

1655
01:32:16,600 --> 01:32:19,920
Speaker 1: haven't heard of. I mean, there's been the rare, you

1656
01:32:19,960 --> 01:32:22,000
Speaker 1: know kind of impact guys Michael Pearce would have VIC

1657
01:32:22,040 --> 01:32:25,160
Speaker 1: and start local Lea out there, But it's mostly been

1658
01:32:25,760 --> 01:32:28,000
Speaker 1: guys who aren't going to make a big difference in

1659
01:32:28,240 --> 01:32:30,120
Speaker 1: wind Wall, you know, I mean it, let's be honest,

1660
01:32:30,160 --> 01:32:31,639
Speaker 1: They're not gonna make a big difference in the odds.

1661
01:32:31,720 --> 01:32:34,240
Speaker 1: Let's put it that way. So the but the Patriots

1662
01:32:34,280 --> 01:32:37,320
Speaker 1: have eight guys and almost all of them play some

1663
01:32:37,520 --> 01:32:40,479
Speaker 1: key role, and they'd already lost a lot of talent.

1664
01:32:40,800 --> 01:32:42,559
Speaker 1: You know, I was looking at that because I had

1665
01:32:42,600 --> 01:32:44,559
Speaker 1: already been on the Bills. I thought I was going

1666
01:32:44,600 --> 01:32:46,559
Speaker 1: to pick the Bills win the AC East, even before

1667
01:32:46,680 --> 01:32:49,240
Speaker 1: the opt outs, and then the optouts start coming in.

1668
01:32:49,320 --> 01:32:51,760
Speaker 1: It's like, yeah, this is this is the time. There's

1669
01:32:51,760 --> 01:32:54,000
Speaker 1: a time for the Buffalo Bills. And then I guess,

1670
01:32:54,280 --> 01:32:57,800
Speaker 1: you know, felt that way until yesterday afternoon when Tradavius

1671
01:32:57,920 --> 01:33:00,519
Speaker 1: was on that Zoom call and kind of dropped bombshell

1672
01:33:00,600 --> 01:33:03,519
Speaker 1: that he might not play this year. How big of

1673
01:33:03,560 --> 01:33:05,680
Speaker 1: a difference could it make for an elite corner to

1674
01:33:05,840 --> 01:33:09,240
Speaker 1: drop out of that defense. I think it is huge.

1675
01:33:09,600 --> 01:33:11,720
Speaker 1: It's you know, I keep going back and forth. On

1676
01:33:11,840 --> 01:33:13,719
Speaker 1: one hand, he's just a great player. I mean, he's

1677
01:33:13,720 --> 01:33:17,000
Speaker 1: an all pro corner. He's really a key part of

1678
01:33:17,040 --> 01:33:19,360
Speaker 1: that defense. And like I said, they all star too.

1679
01:33:19,520 --> 01:33:21,800
Speaker 1: He's you know, I mean, you lose a kind of

1680
01:33:22,040 --> 01:33:24,360
Speaker 1: entreprene of your run defense, handle enteprind of your past

1681
01:33:24,439 --> 01:33:27,040
Speaker 1: he has this that's tough for a defensive first team.

1682
01:33:27,120 --> 01:33:29,720
Speaker 1: I mean, this is a team that built a certain way,

1683
01:33:29,800 --> 01:33:31,760
Speaker 1: they want to win a certain way, and they to

1684
01:33:31,880 --> 01:33:34,479
Speaker 1: lose not only you know, one of your your key

1685
01:33:34,640 --> 01:33:40,479
Speaker 1: defensive tackles, but also a stellar cornerback. He might be

1686
01:33:40,640 --> 01:33:43,240
Speaker 1: you know, top two three in the league. Yeah, it

1687
01:33:43,320 --> 01:33:45,000
Speaker 1: makes a big difference. But at the other side, I

1688
01:33:45,080 --> 01:33:48,200
Speaker 1: also think, hey, teams deal with you know, I don't

1689
01:33:48,240 --> 01:33:51,719
Speaker 1: want to equate you know, his opting out with an injury,

1690
01:33:51,920 --> 01:33:54,960
Speaker 1: but it just in terms of the football mindset, and

1691
01:33:55,439 --> 01:33:59,000
Speaker 1: you guys know this, teams go on they Hey, if

1692
01:33:59,160 --> 01:34:01,760
Speaker 1: data's White saw for a season ending injury in the

1693
01:34:01,800 --> 01:34:05,280
Speaker 1: first play of the year, that everybody collectively would all right, Hey,

1694
01:34:05,360 --> 01:34:07,880
Speaker 1: that stinks, but we got to keep going. The next

1695
01:34:07,960 --> 01:34:10,639
Speaker 1: man up. We're gonna get through this. So I don't

1696
01:34:10,680 --> 01:34:13,719
Speaker 1: know that it necessarily ruins like the Bills season or anything,

1697
01:34:13,840 --> 01:34:17,360
Speaker 1: but yeah, it's a huge loss. There's no way around it.

1698
01:34:17,479 --> 01:34:20,400
Speaker 1: You just can't, especially in mid August, you can't just

1699
01:34:20,479 --> 01:34:23,040
Speaker 1: replace a guy like that. I mean, you're gonna somebody's

1700
01:34:23,080 --> 01:34:24,600
Speaker 1: gonna be in his spot, but he's not gonna be

1701
01:34:24,680 --> 01:34:28,639
Speaker 1: Tredavious White. So we'll see. I mean, this is it's

1702
01:34:28,680 --> 01:34:31,840
Speaker 1: just absolutely huge news obviously for the billsman around the NFL.

1703
01:34:32,000 --> 01:34:34,519
Speaker 1: He would be as I don't know, I haven't you've

1704
01:34:34,520 --> 01:34:36,360
Speaker 1: been online in the last ten minutes or so, but

1705
01:34:36,720 --> 01:34:38,400
Speaker 1: he would be the biggest name to opt out. I

1706
01:34:38,439 --> 01:34:42,200
Speaker 1: don't think there's any question about that. We're talking to

1707
01:34:42,280 --> 01:34:47,679
Speaker 1: Frank Schwab, NFL writer for Yahoo Sports, and obviously Frank

1708
01:34:47,760 --> 01:34:52,519
Speaker 1: Turdavious White's decision pending. Do you think that the reason

1709
01:34:52,720 --> 01:34:56,360
Speaker 1: people are on the Bill's bandwagon as the AFC East

1710
01:34:56,400 --> 01:34:59,760
Speaker 1: favorites is more because of what they've done to in

1711
01:35:00,040 --> 01:35:03,280
Speaker 1: prove themselves as a team or more because of what

1712
01:35:03,400 --> 01:35:06,880
Speaker 1: the Patriots have lost as a team. You know, I think,

1713
01:35:06,880 --> 01:35:09,519
Speaker 1: to be honest with the Patriots, I think that people

1714
01:35:09,600 --> 01:35:12,960
Speaker 1: look and they say, how Cam gonna fit in, especially

1715
01:35:13,000 --> 01:35:16,000
Speaker 1: with this weird offseason. I like Cam a lot, but

1716
01:35:16,160 --> 01:35:18,960
Speaker 1: I there are questions about him. We can't we can't

1717
01:35:18,960 --> 01:35:22,040
Speaker 1: ignore that. We can't ignore that. You know, he hasn't

1718
01:35:22,080 --> 01:35:24,720
Speaker 1: played really at the Cam level since the first half

1719
01:35:24,720 --> 01:35:26,519
Speaker 1: of Tude I was eighteen. He dealt with a lot

1720
01:35:26,560 --> 01:35:29,000
Speaker 1: of injuries, and there's a brand new scheme for him,

1721
01:35:29,240 --> 01:35:31,200
Speaker 1: and again he just hasn't had a lot of times.

1722
01:35:31,439 --> 01:35:35,040
Speaker 1: And then on top of all that, the defense has

1723
01:35:35,120 --> 01:35:38,240
Speaker 1: lost so much. I mean, this is not just a

1724
01:35:38,400 --> 01:35:42,960
Speaker 1: guy here guy, this is multiple starters and guys like

1725
01:35:43,080 --> 01:35:46,120
Speaker 1: high Tower and Trunk opting out who you know, they

1726
01:35:46,200 --> 01:35:48,080
Speaker 1: kind of you know, they might not pop off the

1727
01:35:48,120 --> 01:35:50,200
Speaker 1: page with their stats or anything, but these are guys

1728
01:35:50,520 --> 01:35:53,040
Speaker 1: who have been in that defense for you know, the

1729
01:35:53,120 --> 01:35:55,960
Speaker 1: ten years, and they know exactly where to be. They

1730
01:35:56,040 --> 01:35:58,599
Speaker 1: know how to get guys in the right spot, They

1731
01:35:58,720 --> 01:36:01,519
Speaker 1: know their role, they play it to perfection. Bill and

1732
01:36:01,600 --> 01:36:04,120
Speaker 1: his staff under you know it can trust those guys,

1733
01:36:04,560 --> 01:36:06,720
Speaker 1: and now they're gone and replaced by guys who don't

1734
01:36:06,760 --> 01:36:10,040
Speaker 1: have a lot of experience. Look, I hate to come

1735
01:36:10,080 --> 01:36:13,519
Speaker 1: to Patriots help there. They're so good at just moving

1736
01:36:13,600 --> 01:36:16,200
Speaker 1: on that it doesn't matter who they lose. It scenes

1737
01:36:16,320 --> 01:36:19,240
Speaker 1: that they've had off seasons where they've lost key guys

1738
01:36:19,280 --> 01:36:21,720
Speaker 1: and it just doesn't matter. But this is just a

1739
01:36:21,800 --> 01:36:23,960
Speaker 1: lot to lose in one off season. If look, let's

1740
01:36:23,960 --> 01:36:26,400
Speaker 1: put it against right, If the Patriots win the ACAS

1741
01:36:26,479 --> 01:36:29,800
Speaker 1: this year, I think it would be devastating for the Bills.

1742
01:36:29,880 --> 01:36:32,360
Speaker 1: For one because, as I wrote my preview on the Bills,

1743
01:36:32,760 --> 01:36:35,360
Speaker 1: if not now a whim like if this isn't the year,

1744
01:36:35,400 --> 01:36:37,800
Speaker 1: when's it going to be? And also at that point,

1745
01:36:37,880 --> 01:36:39,320
Speaker 1: I think you have to start talking about this as

1746
01:36:39,400 --> 01:36:41,360
Speaker 1: Bill Belichick's best coaching job, that they can win the

1747
01:36:41,439 --> 01:36:43,800
Speaker 1: AC East. I mean, this is just it would be

1748
01:36:43,920 --> 01:36:48,679
Speaker 1: something that's overcome all those losses and still be division shans. Yeah.

1749
01:36:48,920 --> 01:36:51,360
Speaker 1: And the interesting thing about it is not so much

1750
01:36:51,439 --> 01:36:54,200
Speaker 1: that you know, Sean McDermott hasn't won a game against

1751
01:36:54,240 --> 01:36:56,760
Speaker 1: the Patriots yet, and yet some people are thinking now,

1752
01:36:56,800 --> 01:36:59,719
Speaker 1: all of a sudden, as far as the Patriots have fallen,

1753
01:37:00,080 --> 01:37:02,679
Speaker 1: you know, they're looking for Sean McDermott to sweep that series.

1754
01:37:03,000 --> 01:37:04,479
Speaker 1: What do you think that how do you think the

1755
01:37:04,640 --> 01:37:08,519
Speaker 1: Patriots come out and how they're gonna look. I'm gonna

1756
01:37:08,560 --> 01:37:09,920
Speaker 1: say it and then I'm gonna ask you. I think

1757
01:37:09,920 --> 01:37:13,960
Speaker 1: they're gonna look completely different than they did eight months

1758
01:37:14,000 --> 01:37:16,160
Speaker 1: ago when they won twelve games with an offense that

1759
01:37:16,200 --> 01:37:19,120
Speaker 1: couldn't function. And I think, how likely do you think

1760
01:37:19,120 --> 01:37:21,240
Speaker 1: it is with no preseason games, they're gonna come out

1761
01:37:21,240 --> 01:37:24,760
Speaker 1: and surprise everybody with their type of offense they run,

1762
01:37:24,800 --> 01:37:28,120
Speaker 1: how effective they are, and maybe even their defense. I mean,

1763
01:37:28,160 --> 01:37:30,960
Speaker 1: I just think this is all. This sets the table

1764
01:37:31,360 --> 01:37:34,240
Speaker 1: for how multifaceted the Patriots have shown they have been

1765
01:37:34,280 --> 01:37:36,880
Speaker 1: in the past. That's good. It's a great point. And

1766
01:37:37,560 --> 01:37:40,519
Speaker 1: if one speaking of just the head to head, you

1767
01:37:40,600 --> 01:37:42,439
Speaker 1: guys know this, but I wasn't. You know, it's not

1768
01:37:42,520 --> 01:37:44,080
Speaker 1: something that sticks in my mind. But I went back

1769
01:37:44,120 --> 01:37:47,160
Speaker 1: and watched both you know, Patriots Bills games from last year,

1770
01:37:47,280 --> 01:37:49,640
Speaker 1: and I didn't remember that the Bill should have won

1771
01:37:49,720 --> 01:37:52,840
Speaker 1: both games easily if if Josh doesn't get hurt. In

1772
01:37:52,840 --> 01:37:54,960
Speaker 1: the first game, I think Bills won that game pretty easily,

1773
01:37:55,320 --> 01:37:57,439
Speaker 1: and there was you know, the turnover near the end

1774
01:37:57,520 --> 01:37:59,680
Speaker 1: zone that really run them too, But I think that

1775
01:38:00,040 --> 01:38:01,840
Speaker 1: that the Bills win that game if Josh Allen doesn't

1776
01:38:01,840 --> 01:38:04,320
Speaker 1: get hurt on the questionable hit. And then the game

1777
01:38:04,360 --> 01:38:06,320
Speaker 1: in Foxborough, I thought, I thought the Bills was a

1778
01:38:06,360 --> 01:38:08,240
Speaker 1: better team. The Patriots won, but I thought the Bills

1779
01:38:08,280 --> 01:38:10,439
Speaker 1: could have easily won that game. So I can see

1780
01:38:10,479 --> 01:38:13,160
Speaker 1: why people, you know, even though Sean hasn't beat them yet,

1781
01:38:13,280 --> 01:38:16,400
Speaker 1: why Bills fans would would think, hey, this is the

1782
01:38:16,800 --> 01:38:18,840
Speaker 1: we can sweep these guys because they were so close

1783
01:38:18,960 --> 01:38:23,040
Speaker 1: last year with the Patriots. Their offense is going to

1784
01:38:23,120 --> 01:38:25,759
Speaker 1: be different. They're not a team. The beauty of the Patriots.

1785
01:38:26,640 --> 01:38:29,439
Speaker 1: You know, it's such an eaty concept, but but teams

1786
01:38:29,520 --> 01:38:31,760
Speaker 1: don't do it enough. Is the Patriots didn't look at

1787
01:38:31,840 --> 01:38:35,080
Speaker 1: what they have and bill game plans around it. And

1788
01:38:35,479 --> 01:38:37,479
Speaker 1: they're not going to sit here and say, well, we

1789
01:38:37,600 --> 01:38:39,240
Speaker 1: have an offense that works and Cam, you've got to

1790
01:38:39,280 --> 01:38:42,160
Speaker 1: run that offense. They're gonna say, hey, we got to

1791
01:38:42,200 --> 01:38:44,679
Speaker 1: completely change everything because Cam Newton and Tom Brady couldn't

1792
01:38:44,680 --> 01:38:48,599
Speaker 1: be more opposite quarterbacks. They're both great in their own ways,

1793
01:38:48,680 --> 01:38:51,000
Speaker 1: but they're totally opposite. So yes, we're going to see

1794
01:38:51,000 --> 01:38:53,519
Speaker 1: a totally different offense. And you know, maybe this is

1795
01:38:53,600 --> 01:38:56,760
Speaker 1: the year where you know it hurts the Patriots and

1796
01:38:56,840 --> 01:38:58,400
Speaker 1: that they're not going to be able to get you know,

1797
01:38:58,560 --> 01:39:02,120
Speaker 1: some chemistry on the field preseason and all that. But well,

1798
01:39:02,200 --> 01:39:04,479
Speaker 1: Leach one, two three, they're gonna be a total mystery.

1799
01:39:04,600 --> 01:39:07,280
Speaker 1: How is Josh McDaniels off at the coordinator going to

1800
01:39:07,360 --> 01:39:10,080
Speaker 1: devise things around Cam's skill set? How are they going

1801
01:39:10,120 --> 01:39:13,639
Speaker 1: to look? Can they overcome not having great skill position? Guys?

1802
01:39:13,720 --> 01:39:15,639
Speaker 1: I mean other than Adelman, who do you really trust

1803
01:39:15,680 --> 01:39:19,080
Speaker 1: them at offense? James Wyant is a good player's role

1804
01:39:19,280 --> 01:39:21,719
Speaker 1: and pick. I'm a Wisconsin grant. I love James White,

1805
01:39:21,760 --> 01:39:24,160
Speaker 1: but he's not the kind of guy he's got carrying offense.

1806
01:39:24,720 --> 01:39:27,080
Speaker 1: So yeah, I think that there's gonna be some mystery

1807
01:39:27,080 --> 01:39:29,160
Speaker 1: about the Patriots. Heck, maybe that helps them early in

1808
01:39:29,200 --> 01:39:31,120
Speaker 1: the year, because who knows how they're going to look?

1809
01:39:32,720 --> 01:39:35,200
Speaker 1: How is it? How does the rest of the division

1810
01:39:35,280 --> 01:39:38,599
Speaker 1: also help Buffalo? I mean both these teams, the Bills

1811
01:39:38,640 --> 01:39:41,479
Speaker 1: and the Patriots. The Patriots expectations in their building probably

1812
01:39:41,479 --> 01:39:44,120
Speaker 1: won't drop that much, but certainly the Bills have risen

1813
01:39:44,560 --> 01:39:46,240
Speaker 1: to the point where they're the favorites for a lot

1814
01:39:46,320 --> 01:39:49,599
Speaker 1: of people. How much do the problems of the Jets

1815
01:39:49,680 --> 01:39:56,120
Speaker 1: and the Dolphins aid those two teams? Yeah, it's been

1816
01:39:56,280 --> 01:39:58,560
Speaker 1: said many times, and I think it's overstated, but it

1817
01:39:58,760 --> 01:40:01,160
Speaker 1: is true. The fact that the rest of the ACS

1818
01:40:01,240 --> 01:40:04,160
Speaker 1: can't get their stuff together is it does help the Patriots,

1819
01:40:04,360 --> 01:40:06,800
Speaker 1: There's no doubt about that. But now that the Bills

1820
01:40:06,840 --> 01:40:10,720
Speaker 1: have kind of gotten things going, the various issues that

1821
01:40:10,800 --> 01:40:13,600
Speaker 1: the Jets and the Dolphins have help both teams. I mean,

1822
01:40:14,040 --> 01:40:15,719
Speaker 1: I think both those teams should go four and ohgues

1823
01:40:15,720 --> 01:40:19,400
Speaker 1: the Jets and the Dolphins. Why not the Dolphins at

1824
01:40:19,479 --> 01:40:22,120
Speaker 1: least have some signs of life that you know, they've

1825
01:40:22,160 --> 01:40:24,559
Speaker 1: added a lot of guys, and but I think they're

1826
01:40:24,600 --> 01:40:27,960
Speaker 1: still building. I still think that they're you know, they

1827
01:40:28,040 --> 01:40:30,080
Speaker 1: might put scares into some teams. I don't think they're

1828
01:40:30,080 --> 01:40:33,240
Speaker 1: gonna win many games, and other Jets are just my goodness,

1829
01:40:33,320 --> 01:40:36,080
Speaker 1: they're just a bad team. I mean they've had you know,

1830
01:40:36,200 --> 01:40:38,840
Speaker 1: they traded Jamal Adams and then had CJ. Mosley opt out. Well,

1831
01:40:39,000 --> 01:40:41,360
Speaker 1: that might be the two best players on the entire roster.

1832
01:40:42,000 --> 01:40:44,840
Speaker 1: It's arguable. I mean, at least so I think that

1833
01:40:45,360 --> 01:40:47,040
Speaker 1: you know, if you if you, if you're the Bills,

1834
01:40:47,400 --> 01:40:49,679
Speaker 1: and he kind of say, hey, we're much better than Jets.

1835
01:40:50,080 --> 01:40:53,360
Speaker 1: We are at least better than the Dolphins. Maybe the

1836
01:40:53,400 --> 01:40:56,639
Speaker 1: Dolphins be a little more competitive than Jets. We should

1837
01:40:56,720 --> 01:40:59,679
Speaker 1: start off the season four and there's count those four wins,

1838
01:41:00,320 --> 01:41:01,439
Speaker 1: you know, and then what do we do with our

1839
01:41:01,439 --> 01:41:04,360
Speaker 1: other twelve games? Yeah, it absolutely helps to be in

1840
01:41:04,479 --> 01:41:07,760
Speaker 1: a division where you can kind of legitimately kind of

1841
01:41:07,840 --> 01:41:10,439
Speaker 1: count on certain amount of wins because some other teams

1842
01:41:10,439 --> 01:41:13,920
Speaker 1: in your divisions just aren't back good. Let me take

1843
01:41:13,960 --> 01:41:16,160
Speaker 1: it a step further, Frank, we're talking to Frank Schwab

1844
01:41:16,560 --> 01:41:19,320
Speaker 1: NFL writer for you Who Sports. I know in your

1845
01:41:19,400 --> 01:41:22,120
Speaker 1: latest power rankings you had the Bills at number five,

1846
01:41:22,320 --> 01:41:25,840
Speaker 1: the highest AFC's team in your rankings, and I know

1847
01:41:25,920 --> 01:41:27,840
Speaker 1: you've got the Ravens at the top and the Chiefs

1848
01:41:27,880 --> 01:41:32,559
Speaker 1: are up there, so their roster is very deep. The Bills,

1849
01:41:32,600 --> 01:41:34,720
Speaker 1: I don't think that can be debated. It's deep on

1850
01:41:34,840 --> 01:41:37,080
Speaker 1: both sides of the ball. You know, Brandon Bean's done

1851
01:41:37,080 --> 01:41:40,120
Speaker 1: a great job of building it. Do you think I

1852
01:41:40,200 --> 01:41:42,920
Speaker 1: mean number five? I mean you've got them in pretty

1853
01:41:42,960 --> 01:41:46,400
Speaker 1: close contention with with what are seeing widely as the

1854
01:41:46,640 --> 01:41:50,040
Speaker 1: one and two powers in the in the conference. Why

1855
01:41:51,479 --> 01:41:54,280
Speaker 1: why do you why are you so confident that they

1856
01:41:54,320 --> 01:41:58,720
Speaker 1: are that close to the class of the conference. It's

1857
01:41:58,760 --> 01:42:01,120
Speaker 1: the defense. I mean, love this defense. I think that

1858
01:42:01,200 --> 01:42:04,800
Speaker 1: they got guys on every single level where you're just like, wow,

1859
01:42:04,880 --> 01:42:08,320
Speaker 1: this is a team that could easily have a top

1860
01:42:08,400 --> 01:42:11,720
Speaker 1: three defense easily. And again we go back to Trenavius.

1861
01:42:11,800 --> 01:42:13,320
Speaker 1: I think they need him to have that kind of

1862
01:42:13,360 --> 01:42:16,920
Speaker 1: the defense. But if he doesn't opt out, I think

1863
01:42:17,080 --> 01:42:18,719
Speaker 1: that all of a sudden, yourely going at the Bills

1864
01:42:18,760 --> 01:42:20,800
Speaker 1: as a team. You know, like we've seen in past

1865
01:42:20,880 --> 01:42:22,960
Speaker 1: years of Jaguars a few years ago, the Vikings the

1866
01:42:23,000 --> 01:42:24,840
Speaker 1: past few years, the Bears a couple of years ago,

1867
01:42:25,120 --> 01:42:27,920
Speaker 1: where the defense is going to carry the load and

1868
01:42:28,000 --> 01:42:31,280
Speaker 1: then the offense. Look if Josh Allen, and I know

1869
01:42:32,280 --> 01:42:34,120
Speaker 1: you guys probably talk about this every single day on

1870
01:42:34,160 --> 01:42:36,960
Speaker 1: your show, but if Josh Allen kind of takes a

1871
01:42:37,080 --> 01:42:40,720
Speaker 1: leap like we don't necessarily see coming, Like I think

1872
01:42:40,720 --> 01:42:42,960
Speaker 1: we all expect Josh Allen to be better, but what

1873
01:42:43,120 --> 01:42:45,560
Speaker 1: if he's the top five quarterback this year? Isn't that

1874
01:42:45,800 --> 01:42:48,839
Speaker 1: crazy to think that a guy with that much physical

1875
01:42:48,960 --> 01:42:52,120
Speaker 1: skill could be in the MVP race this year? Not really?

1876
01:42:52,280 --> 01:42:54,160
Speaker 1: And if he does, all of a sudden, the Builds

1877
01:42:54,520 --> 01:42:57,280
Speaker 1: are kind of nipping at the heels of the Raisins

1878
01:42:57,320 --> 01:42:58,840
Speaker 1: and Chefs. I think the Raidings and Chiefs are just

1879
01:42:58,920 --> 01:43:02,000
Speaker 1: on different here there. They're both I think the class

1880
01:43:02,040 --> 01:43:05,040
Speaker 1: of the ASC by far almost, but right there, like

1881
01:43:05,120 --> 01:43:07,320
Speaker 1: the Bill, could the Bills kind of have an almost

1882
01:43:07,360 --> 01:43:09,960
Speaker 1: Tennessee Titans run in the playoffs and find themselves in

1883
01:43:09,960 --> 01:43:13,720
Speaker 1: an AC championship game against the Ravens or Chiefs, and hey,

1884
01:43:14,000 --> 01:43:17,559
Speaker 1: with that defense and maybe an improved offense with Stefon Diggs,

1885
01:43:18,280 --> 01:43:21,519
Speaker 1: find themselves legitimately thinking about a Super Bowl. Yeah, they

1886
01:43:21,920 --> 01:43:23,720
Speaker 1: could have that kind of a season. A lot of

1887
01:43:23,840 --> 01:43:25,280
Speaker 1: things have to go right to have that kind of

1888
01:43:25,320 --> 01:43:28,639
Speaker 1: a season, but the ingredient turn place. Sean mcdermots proven

1889
01:43:28,640 --> 01:43:30,880
Speaker 1: he is a very good coach and the act is

1890
01:43:30,920 --> 01:43:33,600
Speaker 1: there for the taking. And Stevan Digg is going to

1891
01:43:33,680 --> 01:43:35,799
Speaker 1: improve that offense. He's a heck of a route runner.

1892
01:43:36,160 --> 01:43:38,800
Speaker 1: And if you can run the ball with Singletary and

1893
01:43:38,960 --> 01:43:43,959
Speaker 1: Moss and Josh becomes you know, instead of a small improvement,

1894
01:43:44,000 --> 01:43:45,840
Speaker 1: if he makes a big improvement in the three D.

1895
01:43:46,400 --> 01:43:48,320
Speaker 1: I think the Bills could be that top five team.

1896
01:43:48,360 --> 01:43:49,960
Speaker 1: I really do. I think that they could be a

1897
01:43:50,479 --> 01:43:52,559
Speaker 1: legitimate for the work contender or even in a top

1898
01:43:52,640 --> 01:43:55,560
Speaker 1: end of the AC. Well, you mentioned the Chiefs in

1899
01:43:55,640 --> 01:43:57,719
Speaker 1: the Baltimore Ravens. What do you think the next step

1900
01:43:57,760 --> 01:43:59,960
Speaker 1: in the evolution of Baltimore is have they done an

1901
01:44:00,040 --> 01:44:02,720
Speaker 1: enough around Lamar Jackson to put them over the edge

1902
01:44:02,760 --> 01:44:04,679
Speaker 1: and get them to be a little bit more efficient

1903
01:44:04,720 --> 01:44:07,760
Speaker 1: throwing the football? Yeah? I think so. I mean they

1904
01:44:07,800 --> 01:44:10,640
Speaker 1: don't have great pass catchers that just look you can

1905
01:44:10,680 --> 01:44:14,960
Speaker 1: only it's NFL. The resources are limited. Everybody's competing for

1906
01:44:15,680 --> 01:44:18,280
Speaker 1: great receivers, great tight ends. But I just think that

1907
01:44:18,360 --> 01:44:21,800
Speaker 1: they play's such a different way than everybody else. They

1908
01:44:21,800 --> 01:44:25,680
Speaker 1: don't necessarily need the Alice Cowboys top three receivers. You know,

1909
01:44:25,760 --> 01:44:29,080
Speaker 1: they have enough Marquis Brown, Mark Andrews. They're going to

1910
01:44:29,200 --> 01:44:31,120
Speaker 1: run it down your throat. They're very efficient with that.

1911
01:44:31,640 --> 01:44:33,320
Speaker 1: And I think that you know, I wrote this in

1912
01:44:33,360 --> 01:44:35,640
Speaker 1: the Ravens preview and Chiefs fans are mad at me.

1913
01:44:35,720 --> 01:44:38,720
Speaker 1: That's fine. The Ravens from the beginning the end of

1914
01:44:38,840 --> 01:44:41,160
Speaker 1: last season, they were the best team in the NFL,

1915
01:44:41,240 --> 01:44:43,360
Speaker 1: and I don't think it's really arguable now. They had

1916
01:44:43,360 --> 01:44:45,640
Speaker 1: a really bad game in the playoffs, but you know what,

1917
01:44:45,800 --> 01:44:47,920
Speaker 1: the Titans beat the Chiefs too in a regular season.

1918
01:44:48,640 --> 01:44:50,920
Speaker 1: The Ravens picked a bad day to have a bad day.

1919
01:44:51,120 --> 01:44:53,200
Speaker 1: I don't think there's some fatal flaw where they can't win.

1920
01:44:53,280 --> 01:44:54,920
Speaker 1: I think that this team is loaded. I think they

1921
01:44:54,960 --> 01:44:58,360
Speaker 1: were gifted Klais Campbell, who's still a great, great player,

1922
01:44:58,479 --> 01:45:00,880
Speaker 1: might be a Hall of Famer someday. You know, Earl

1923
01:45:00,960 --> 01:45:03,599
Speaker 1: Thomas is still there. The cornerbacks are great. That both

1924
01:45:03,640 --> 01:45:06,240
Speaker 1: of our Ravens are absolutely loaded from top to bottom,

1925
01:45:06,320 --> 01:45:08,640
Speaker 1: and they having the motivation of getting bounce in the

1926
01:45:08,680 --> 01:45:11,080
Speaker 1: playoffs last year. So I think they just do what

1927
01:45:11,160 --> 01:45:13,639
Speaker 1: they did last year. I think they're gonna be just fine.

1928
01:45:14,240 --> 01:45:17,719
Speaker 1: Lamar probably isn't gonna throw I think with thirty thirty

1929
01:45:17,720 --> 01:45:19,760
Speaker 1: six touchdowns lead league, he's not gonna throw that many.

1930
01:45:20,040 --> 01:45:22,080
Speaker 1: But he can be a little bit better passer, and

1931
01:45:22,120 --> 01:45:25,120
Speaker 1: they're just gonna be unstoppable in the ground as long

1932
01:45:25,160 --> 01:45:27,639
Speaker 1: as he stays healthy. That offense it isn't going away.

1933
01:45:27,640 --> 01:45:29,360
Speaker 1: I hear all the time like, oh wait, till the

1934
01:45:29,439 --> 01:45:31,360
Speaker 1: rest of the league catches up to Lamar. You can't

1935
01:45:31,400 --> 01:45:35,080
Speaker 1: catch up to this offense. It's so fundamentally sound. It's

1936
01:45:35,120 --> 01:45:39,280
Speaker 1: old school. It's different. But once you take the eleventh guy,

1937
01:45:39,400 --> 01:45:42,200
Speaker 1: the quarterback and making the best runner on the field,

1938
01:45:42,680 --> 01:45:45,800
Speaker 1: it's a really, really, really big challenge to stop that offense.

1939
01:45:45,840 --> 01:45:49,200
Speaker 1: And I don't think that's going to change this year. Frank,

1940
01:45:49,280 --> 01:45:51,599
Speaker 1: thanks very much for the time today. We appreciate your

1941
01:45:51,600 --> 01:45:54,200
Speaker 1: insight and kind of painting the picture, particularly on the

1942
01:45:54,360 --> 01:45:57,000
Speaker 1: AFC side of the ledger here for twenty twenty. Thanks

1943
01:45:57,080 --> 01:46:00,640
Speaker 1: for the time, guys, it was fun. Appreciate it all right.

1944
01:46:00,720 --> 01:46:04,680
Speaker 1: Frank Schwab NFL writer from Yahoo Sports. He's got the

1945
01:46:04,880 --> 01:46:10,280
Speaker 1: NFL odds post Patriots player opt outs, which kind of

1946
01:46:10,320 --> 01:46:12,360
Speaker 1: had the Bills surging to the top in terms of

1947
01:46:12,439 --> 01:46:16,759
Speaker 1: the odds makers laying out the lines for the AFC

1948
01:46:16,920 --> 01:46:18,720
Speaker 1: East and who should finish at the top at the

1949
01:46:18,840 --> 01:46:22,599
Speaker 1: end of it. Obviously, the decision by Trudevious White could

1950
01:46:22,640 --> 01:46:26,080
Speaker 1: impact those odds. Frank Schwab certainly think so, and I

1951
01:46:26,160 --> 01:46:28,080
Speaker 1: think a lot of people in Las Vegas would feel

1952
01:46:28,120 --> 01:46:30,400
Speaker 1: the same way. So it'll be interesting to see where

1953
01:46:30,439 --> 01:46:36,320
Speaker 1: that goes. Knowing this afternoon that decision will have to

1954
01:46:36,400 --> 01:46:42,760
Speaker 1: be made. I don't know, Steve, We're all kind of

1955
01:46:43,080 --> 01:46:47,360
Speaker 1: we all we all understand where Trudevious White is coming from.

1956
01:46:47,400 --> 01:46:49,240
Speaker 1: But that doesn't mean a lot of Bills fans aren't

1957
01:46:49,280 --> 01:46:53,200
Speaker 1: holding their breath. Yeah, I'm sure, I mean, no question.

1958
01:46:53,280 --> 01:46:55,840
Speaker 1: I think he feels um. I think how all these

1959
01:46:55,920 --> 01:46:57,960
Speaker 1: players know that it's a risk and there is a

1960
01:46:57,960 --> 01:46:59,840
Speaker 1: little bit of angst if you opt out and there's

1961
01:46:59,880 --> 01:47:04,880
Speaker 1: no going back. And they I think they all, and

1962
01:47:05,080 --> 01:47:09,760
Speaker 1: rightfully so seriously considered why they would opt in and

1963
01:47:09,920 --> 01:47:11,840
Speaker 1: why they would opt out and had to weigh both

1964
01:47:11,880 --> 01:47:14,240
Speaker 1: of all those things. And I think Tradevious White's no different.

1965
01:47:14,800 --> 01:47:17,320
Speaker 1: I think the fact that we had media media access

1966
01:47:17,400 --> 01:47:20,720
Speaker 1: to him before the deadline brought that to light of

1967
01:47:20,800 --> 01:47:23,400
Speaker 1: how serious a decision it is for all these guys,

1968
01:47:23,479 --> 01:47:25,519
Speaker 1: not just tradevious White. I'm sure he's not the only

1969
01:47:25,600 --> 01:47:28,160
Speaker 1: one who is probably on the fence going back and forth.

1970
01:47:28,479 --> 01:47:30,360
Speaker 1: It's just the only one we heard about. That doesn't

1971
01:47:30,400 --> 01:47:34,800
Speaker 1: mean he's gonna opt out, but I think it's a

1972
01:47:34,920 --> 01:47:39,280
Speaker 1: big decision that we got some insight into by talking

1973
01:47:39,320 --> 01:47:41,120
Speaker 1: to one of the best players on the team, and

1974
01:47:41,280 --> 01:47:44,040
Speaker 1: the impact of that decision is what prompted our Twitter

1975
01:47:44,160 --> 01:47:47,800
Speaker 1: poll today. If Avis White does choose to opt out,

1976
01:47:48,240 --> 01:47:50,880
Speaker 1: will that change your expectations for the Bills for the

1977
01:47:50,960 --> 01:47:54,280
Speaker 1: twenty twenty season, And right now about sixty eight and

1978
01:47:54,320 --> 01:47:56,760
Speaker 1: a half percent of you are saying yes, it will

1979
01:47:56,880 --> 01:47:59,439
Speaker 1: change my expectations. Thirty one and a half percent are

1980
01:47:59,479 --> 01:48:03,760
Speaker 1: saying no, it will not. And we should pick back

1981
01:48:03,880 --> 01:48:07,040
Speaker 1: up the tweet sheet here real quick, because we're We've

1982
01:48:07,080 --> 01:48:09,800
Speaker 1: got a ton of responses for this, so I'm not

1983
01:48:09,880 --> 01:48:13,960
Speaker 1: at all surprised, and we pick up where we left off,

1984
01:48:14,200 --> 01:48:17,400
Speaker 1: and that was Seth who says no, but it does

1985
01:48:17,640 --> 01:48:20,880
Speaker 1: change the projection for the depth chart. Hopefully Norman and

1986
01:48:20,960 --> 01:48:23,320
Speaker 1: Wallace don't opt out and can stay healthy, keep a

1987
01:48:23,360 --> 01:48:25,720
Speaker 1: few of the younger guys for depth, and lean on

1988
01:48:25,800 --> 01:48:28,800
Speaker 1: the defensive line to get more pass pressure. That group

1989
01:48:28,920 --> 01:48:32,400
Speaker 1: should be better with the free agents and number ninety

1990
01:48:32,479 --> 01:48:38,280
Speaker 1: nine Harrison Phillips back in the fold. Well think yeah,

1991
01:48:38,320 --> 01:48:40,320
Speaker 1: I mean I asked to that last hour. The defensive

1992
01:48:40,360 --> 01:48:42,360
Speaker 1: line could kind of help pick up some of the slack.

1993
01:48:42,439 --> 01:48:45,240
Speaker 1: They should be better from a pass rushing perspective. With

1994
01:48:45,280 --> 01:48:48,320
Speaker 1: the additions, they're going to be more solid and better

1995
01:48:48,400 --> 01:48:50,320
Speaker 1: from top to bottom on the defensive line on these

1996
01:48:50,320 --> 01:48:52,800
Speaker 1: any question about that. I think that is a group

1997
01:48:52,840 --> 01:48:55,800
Speaker 1: that has gotten better. And you would think both into

1998
01:48:55,840 --> 01:48:58,639
Speaker 1: the defense, the back end and the upfront are gonna

1999
01:48:59,080 --> 01:49:01,720
Speaker 1: at times be needed for one or the other to

2000
01:49:01,800 --> 01:49:05,920
Speaker 1: be bailed out. And yeah, Harrison Phillip's gonna help. He

2001
01:49:06,000 --> 01:49:07,439
Speaker 1: was gonna be a big part of what they were doing.

2002
01:49:07,479 --> 01:49:10,120
Speaker 1: He certainly was in the early part stages of last season.

2003
01:49:11,760 --> 01:49:15,639
Speaker 1: The guys that they brought in this year in free agency,

2004
01:49:15,760 --> 01:49:22,720
Speaker 1: you know, Quentin Vernon Butler, Quentin Jefferson, Mario Addison, those

2005
01:49:22,840 --> 01:49:27,200
Speaker 1: three guys are they're they're good players and that they're

2006
01:49:27,200 --> 01:49:29,840
Speaker 1: gonna help. It's gonna be interesting to see how they

2007
01:49:29,880 --> 01:49:31,960
Speaker 1: work it. I think a guy like Daryl Johnson all

2008
01:49:32,000 --> 01:49:33,880
Speaker 1: of a sudden went from being this rookie guy who

2009
01:49:33,920 --> 01:49:36,559
Speaker 1: played and in all sixteen games and had a lot

2010
01:49:36,600 --> 01:49:39,240
Speaker 1: of role, a big role in special teams. Maybe he

2011
01:49:39,280 --> 01:49:41,519
Speaker 1: doesn't see as many defensive snaps if he's indeed on

2012
01:49:41,560 --> 01:49:44,240
Speaker 1: the roster. How many defensive linemen do they keep? Um,

2013
01:49:45,439 --> 01:49:49,840
Speaker 1: it's a good group and it's gonna help Tradevious White

2014
01:49:49,880 --> 01:49:51,680
Speaker 1: may Or may not be a guy who benefits from it,

2015
01:49:51,760 --> 01:49:55,160
Speaker 1: but certainly the rest of those guys Willum. Whoever's playing

2016
01:49:55,240 --> 01:49:58,120
Speaker 1: back there is gonna really benefit from an added group

2017
01:49:58,200 --> 01:50:01,320
Speaker 1: of guys, and not just from free agency, but also

2018
01:50:01,400 --> 01:50:04,080
Speaker 1: getting back from injury like Harrison Phillips. This one from

2019
01:50:04,200 --> 01:50:07,240
Speaker 1: Nick Trey opting out would be a blow to our defense,

2020
01:50:07,320 --> 01:50:10,080
Speaker 1: but my expectations of a division title and playoff run

2021
01:50:10,160 --> 01:50:12,320
Speaker 1: won't change. We've always been a team that's bigger than

2022
01:50:12,360 --> 01:50:15,400
Speaker 1: the sum of its parts. Apart from maybe quarterback, we

2023
01:50:15,520 --> 01:50:18,559
Speaker 1: don't rely on any individual player for success. We are

2024
01:50:18,600 --> 01:50:21,600
Speaker 1: a team first group. I would agree with that. I

2025
01:50:21,680 --> 01:50:24,840
Speaker 1: would agree with that. I think that this is a

2026
01:50:24,920 --> 01:50:29,080
Speaker 1: team that is better as a sum than they are

2027
01:50:29,400 --> 01:50:32,280
Speaker 1: in terms of their individual parts. Perfect example of that

2028
01:50:32,680 --> 01:50:35,920
Speaker 1: is Micah Hyde and Jordan Poyer. Those two guys make

2029
01:50:35,960 --> 01:50:38,880
Speaker 1: each other better by virtue of playing together, then they

2030
01:50:38,920 --> 01:50:42,320
Speaker 1: would be on their own. I mean, I don't I

2031
01:50:42,439 --> 01:50:44,559
Speaker 1: can't think of a safety tenon that works off one

2032
01:50:44,560 --> 01:50:46,879
Speaker 1: another better than those two. That's just a small example

2033
01:50:46,960 --> 01:50:49,160
Speaker 1: of how it is a team first group and it was.

2034
01:50:49,640 --> 01:50:52,040
Speaker 1: And it's hard to know because that we don't have

2035
01:50:52,120 --> 01:50:55,120
Speaker 1: to play against some and you know we're not reading safeties.

2036
01:50:55,160 --> 01:50:58,320
Speaker 1: But I know this. When Bill Belichick talked about those guys,

2037
01:50:58,400 --> 01:51:00,719
Speaker 1: he talks about the two of them in glowing turns

2038
01:51:00,760 --> 01:51:04,599
Speaker 1: because they are impossible to decipher pre snap what they're

2039
01:51:04,640 --> 01:51:07,759
Speaker 1: gonna do. And it's and that takes a great deal

2040
01:51:07,880 --> 01:51:10,679
Speaker 1: of communication and trust by the two of them between

2041
01:51:10,760 --> 01:51:15,200
Speaker 1: each other, because you'll have a guy completely out of position,

2042
01:51:15,400 --> 01:51:19,160
Speaker 1: leaning the wrong way at the snap, and the coverage

2043
01:51:19,240 --> 01:51:21,680
Speaker 1: is something completely different than what you thought it might

2044
01:51:21,760 --> 01:51:26,599
Speaker 1: be by their alignment. That all that is really really

2045
01:51:26,680 --> 01:51:29,360
Speaker 1: important to a good defense because it's an extra half

2046
01:51:29,400 --> 01:51:32,120
Speaker 1: second that the quarterback has to sit there, and literally

2047
01:51:32,160 --> 01:51:34,479
Speaker 1: a half second that the quarterback has to sit there

2048
01:51:34,520 --> 01:51:37,759
Speaker 1: and decipher. And that's if a guy's a really good quarterback,

2049
01:51:37,960 --> 01:51:41,240
Speaker 1: an experienced quarterback like Philip Rivers, Ben Roethlisberger, Drew Brees.

2050
01:51:41,280 --> 01:51:44,280
Speaker 1: It takes them a half a second longer, and that

2051
01:51:44,439 --> 01:51:47,120
Speaker 1: half a second is an eternity for the guys up front.

2052
01:51:47,640 --> 01:51:49,720
Speaker 1: So it all, it all plays into it. But those

2053
01:51:49,760 --> 01:51:52,599
Speaker 1: two safeties have that kind of ripple effect. The tweet

2054
01:51:52,680 --> 01:51:55,200
Speaker 1: sheet brought to you by Corrigan Moving Systems, the official

2055
01:51:55,240 --> 01:51:58,040
Speaker 1: equipment moving company of the Buffalo Bills, break time for

2056
01:51:58,160 --> 01:52:00,599
Speaker 1: Steve and I. But when we come back, more from

2057
01:52:00,640 --> 01:52:04,280
Speaker 1: the tweet sheet and maybe a little NFL True Falls.

2058
01:52:04,800 --> 01:52:06,840
Speaker 1: Both of those things come in your way when we

2059
01:52:07,040 --> 01:52:09,800
Speaker 1: return here on One Bills Live, presented by Kalida Health.

2060
01:52:09,840 --> 01:52:33,640
Speaker 1: On Buffalo Bills Radio, Chaps gesture the reading towards the

2061
01:52:33,800 --> 01:52:37,080
Speaker 1: top of the hour here on One Bills Live. And

2062
01:52:38,360 --> 01:52:41,080
Speaker 1: it's been the topic of the day. If Tredavious White

2063
01:52:41,200 --> 01:52:44,040
Speaker 1: chooses to opt out with that change your expectations for

2064
01:52:44,080 --> 01:52:47,559
Speaker 1: the Bills for the twenty twenty season. Just over sixty

2065
01:52:47,600 --> 01:52:49,880
Speaker 1: eight percent of you are saying yes, it will change

2066
01:52:49,960 --> 01:52:53,040
Speaker 1: my expectations, So that leaves about thirty one percent and

2067
01:52:53,320 --> 01:52:56,400
Speaker 1: change saying no. One will not still believe that this

2068
01:52:56,520 --> 01:53:00,240
Speaker 1: team can achieve everything it's set out to do. And

2069
01:53:00,640 --> 01:53:05,280
Speaker 1: we've been pulling your reasons why off the tweet sheet

2070
01:53:05,360 --> 01:53:09,439
Speaker 1: presented by Corrigan Moving Systems and Peter says trade a

2071
01:53:09,680 --> 01:53:14,519
Speaker 1: single handedly won Miami, Cincinnati, and more importantly, the Pittsburgh games.

2072
01:53:15,120 --> 01:53:17,640
Speaker 1: Biggest play was his pick, which sealed the win for

2073
01:53:17,720 --> 01:53:22,920
Speaker 1: the Bills and a playoff. Birth love Dredavious. I think

2074
01:53:22,920 --> 01:53:26,439
Speaker 1: everybody loves Dredavious as a player, and he's a pretty

2075
01:53:26,479 --> 01:53:30,160
Speaker 1: funny guy as a person too, But this is a

2076
01:53:30,240 --> 01:53:34,760
Speaker 1: decision that's that's bigger than football and one that he

2077
01:53:34,880 --> 01:53:38,400
Speaker 1: has to make that he's going to ultimately be at

2078
01:53:38,439 --> 01:53:41,920
Speaker 1: peace with. Yeah, I think he will, and I don't

2079
01:53:41,960 --> 01:53:43,880
Speaker 1: have any idea or insight into what he's gonna do,

2080
01:53:44,200 --> 01:53:47,640
Speaker 1: But everybody's got an opinion on it because they liked it.

2081
01:53:47,720 --> 01:53:49,599
Speaker 1: I mean, I think for most part, everybody likes him.

2082
01:53:49,920 --> 01:53:55,040
Speaker 1: He's a he's a team guy, a team personality, great personality.

2083
01:53:55,120 --> 01:53:57,280
Speaker 1: He's beloved by his teammates. Just said that yesterday, and

2084
01:53:57,479 --> 01:54:01,640
Speaker 1: I think it's really true. He's a guy that has

2085
01:54:01,680 --> 01:54:06,240
Speaker 1: been a part of this group from the beginning, and

2086
01:54:06,479 --> 01:54:09,320
Speaker 1: I think that, as much as anything, is something that's

2087
01:54:09,400 --> 01:54:11,719
Speaker 1: endeared him because you know, he's a guy he doesn't

2088
01:54:11,800 --> 01:54:14,439
Speaker 1: know anything about the drought. You know, he's a guy

2089
01:54:14,479 --> 01:54:16,439
Speaker 1: who's been here there. This has been a good football

2090
01:54:16,479 --> 01:54:18,479
Speaker 1: team since the day he walked on as a starter.

2091
01:54:19,720 --> 01:54:22,080
Speaker 1: From Nick on the tweet sheets, he kind of echoes this.

2092
01:54:22,200 --> 01:54:23,840
Speaker 1: He says, Tray opting out will be a blow to

2093
01:54:23,920 --> 01:54:26,320
Speaker 1: our defense, but my expectations of a division title and

2094
01:54:26,360 --> 01:54:29,519
Speaker 1: a playoff run won't change. We've always been a team

2095
01:54:29,640 --> 01:54:32,360
Speaker 1: that's bigger than the some of its parts. Apart from

2096
01:54:32,400 --> 01:54:36,200
Speaker 1: maybe quarterback, we don't rely on any individual player for success.

2097
01:54:36,520 --> 01:54:40,160
Speaker 1: Where a team first group. I think I feel like

2098
01:54:40,360 --> 01:54:44,520
Speaker 1: that a lot until I start thinking about some of

2099
01:54:44,560 --> 01:54:47,000
Speaker 1: the other things that listen. Tredevius has made some plays

2100
01:54:47,000 --> 01:54:48,720
Speaker 1: that have been pivotable, and he does it on a

2101
01:54:48,800 --> 01:54:52,520
Speaker 1: consistent basis. That's how you get to be all Pro.

2102
01:54:52,800 --> 01:54:57,280
Speaker 1: At the premier defensive position in the corner, you're a

2103
01:54:57,440 --> 01:55:01,000
Speaker 1: difference maker, and if if you don't make those differences,

2104
01:55:01,080 --> 01:55:03,080
Speaker 1: those games go the other way or have a chance

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Speaker 1: to go the other way. Great players make great plays

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01:55:08,360 --> 01:55:11,400
Speaker 1: in big moments, and Turdavius did that for the Buffalo

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01:55:11,520 --> 01:55:13,640
Speaker 1: Bills and has done it throughout his career. Yeah, for

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01:55:13,760 --> 01:55:17,640
Speaker 1: multiple seasons. This one from c Rose. We have to

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01:55:17,680 --> 01:55:20,080
Speaker 1: support any player who feels they need to opt out

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01:55:20,160 --> 01:55:22,960
Speaker 1: for their own family or personal reasons. McDermott and Bean

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01:55:23,040 --> 01:55:25,160
Speaker 1: will have a backup plan in place. I have no

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Speaker 1: doubt of that. Well, they don't have a choice. I mean,

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Speaker 1: if Davious White decides to opt out, they have to

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Speaker 1: come up with a backup plan. And that's the difference here.

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Speaker 1: This isn't a guy who you know suffered Achilles injury

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01:55:39,800 --> 01:55:42,920
Speaker 1: and you know he's out for the year. This is

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01:55:42,960 --> 01:55:44,880
Speaker 1: a backup plan you got to make on the fly,

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01:55:46,920 --> 01:55:49,480
Speaker 1: you know, in light of what the pandemic has dealt

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Speaker 1: every NFL team across the country. So are they capable

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Speaker 1: of having a you know, a good contingency plan. Absolutely,

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01:55:59,760 --> 01:56:03,160
Speaker 1: the depth on this roster um, they're just gonna have

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01:56:03,280 --> 01:56:05,839
Speaker 1: to do it in short order. How about this, Brownie,

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01:56:05,920 --> 01:56:08,160
Speaker 1: I got a I got a huge Twitter question for

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01:56:08,280 --> 01:56:10,120
Speaker 1: you here late in the show. If you had the

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01:56:10,320 --> 01:56:15,480
Speaker 1: choice between Tredavious opting out and nobody else getting sidelined

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01:56:15,520 --> 01:56:18,640
Speaker 1: with COVID, would you take it or would you want

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01:56:19,240 --> 01:56:22,600
Speaker 1: in the lineup and take your chances with the virus?

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01:56:23,800 --> 01:56:25,960
Speaker 1: How about it? That's a good question. Where were we

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01:56:26,120 --> 01:56:28,520
Speaker 1: where was this three hours ago. So it's basically it's

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01:56:28,640 --> 01:56:31,760
Speaker 1: kind of like saying Tredevius versus the field on the roster,

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01:56:32,280 --> 01:56:37,640
Speaker 1: it's really the versus COVID and the roster. Ah, I

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01:56:37,760 --> 01:56:42,040
Speaker 1: think I'm taking the best player. If you takes taking

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01:56:42,080 --> 01:56:45,560
Speaker 1: the best player you want on the field and take

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01:56:45,600 --> 01:56:48,920
Speaker 1: your chances with the virus, yeah, because I'm kind of

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01:56:49,000 --> 01:56:54,040
Speaker 1: doing that already anyway. Yeah, that's a good point. I'm

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01:56:54,080 --> 01:56:59,080
Speaker 1: in that boat right now. Yeah, we're at least Tradevius

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01:56:59,120 --> 01:57:01,160
Speaker 1: gives me a rudder, you know what I mean? Right,

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01:57:01,440 --> 01:57:04,720
Speaker 1: I get you. Yeah, yeah, it's true. But if here's

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01:57:04,720 --> 01:57:10,320
Speaker 1: the thing, if without Tredavious, you got no COVID concerns

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01:57:10,520 --> 01:57:14,880
Speaker 1: at all. Yeah, it's tempting, think about it. That means

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01:57:14,920 --> 01:57:17,320
Speaker 1: you don't risk Josh, you don't risk you don't risk

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01:57:17,480 --> 01:57:20,400
Speaker 1: Motor and Zach Moss. You don't risk any offensive lineman,

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01:57:20,680 --> 01:57:25,200
Speaker 1: you don't risk any other defenders. And other teams are

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01:57:25,600 --> 01:57:29,360
Speaker 1: are risking all that they they may lose all those guys. Yeah,

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01:57:30,080 --> 01:57:33,800
Speaker 1: that's it's not easy. It's not that first blush. I

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01:57:34,480 --> 01:57:37,320
Speaker 1: kind of want the I kind of want the defensive stut.

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01:57:37,360 --> 01:57:39,040
Speaker 1: I don't know why, but that's just the way I'm

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01:57:39,080 --> 01:57:40,920
Speaker 1: leaning early on. I'm sure if I thought more, how

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01:57:40,960 --> 01:57:43,520
Speaker 1: did I probably waffle back in four three times? But

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01:57:43,720 --> 01:57:46,520
Speaker 1: think about it, though, you're taking it because that's what

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01:57:46,600 --> 01:57:50,840
Speaker 1: you got anyway, if he opts in, right, because and

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01:57:50,920 --> 01:57:53,160
Speaker 1: we've got and we've got to feel good about our roster.

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01:57:53,480 --> 01:57:55,920
Speaker 1: And plus we're not taking any more risk with COVID

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01:57:55,960 --> 01:57:58,520
Speaker 1: than anybody else's, So that's a kind of a that's

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01:57:58,600 --> 01:58:03,200
Speaker 1: kind of a wash. But would you wipe away COVID

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01:58:04,240 --> 01:58:09,000
Speaker 1: and with it your best player defensive player? Yeah, that's

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01:58:09,080 --> 01:58:12,520
Speaker 1: that's a big question. It's trick because that it depends

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01:58:12,520 --> 01:58:14,880
Speaker 1: on how much you think COVID is going to affect

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01:58:14,960 --> 01:58:19,680
Speaker 1: everybody else, right, And we don't know that. That's a

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01:58:19,720 --> 01:58:22,440
Speaker 1: big unknown, but you kind of suspect it might be significant,

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01:58:24,040 --> 01:58:28,200
Speaker 1: could be right. That's a tough one, man. I'd have

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01:58:28,280 --> 01:58:30,040
Speaker 1: to think long and hard about that. Even though I

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01:58:30,080 --> 01:58:32,880
Speaker 1: gave you a pretty quick answer, I'm like I was saying,

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01:58:32,920 --> 01:58:34,880
Speaker 1: I'm sure if I thought more about it, I'd waffle back.

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01:58:36,480 --> 01:58:39,360
Speaker 1: Got a pretty good roster that COVID could riddle through.

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01:58:40,080 --> 01:58:42,440
Speaker 1: I just keep coming back to the fact that it

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01:58:42,560 --> 01:58:45,480
Speaker 1: was built from back to front. The construction of this

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01:58:45,640 --> 01:58:49,360
Speaker 1: defense started in the back and worked its way forward.

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01:58:50,080 --> 01:58:54,840
Speaker 1: Um and I have trouble getting past that, knowing how

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01:58:54,920 --> 01:58:59,200
Speaker 1: critical tradevious is to that equation. So that's why I'm

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01:58:59,240 --> 01:59:01,720
Speaker 1: kind of taking the bird in the hands. Shall we

2172
01:59:01,800 --> 01:59:06,760
Speaker 1: say it is time Steve for NFL true false, which,

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01:59:06,840 --> 01:59:09,080
Speaker 1: as you know, is brought to you by Yancy's Fancy

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Speaker 1: New York's artists and Cheese, And we have a Bill's

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01:59:12,920 --> 01:59:15,320
Speaker 1: related NFL true false here to start. I kind of

2176
01:59:15,400 --> 01:59:18,680
Speaker 1: came up with this one with an assist from our

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Speaker 1: intrepid producer, Jay Harris. Josh Allen and Stefan Diggs will

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01:59:25,080 --> 01:59:30,520
Speaker 1: be a more productive tandem than Cam Newton and Julian Edelman.

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Speaker 1: What say you, Steve Tasker true or false? I will

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01:59:33,760 --> 01:59:39,400
Speaker 1: say Newton and Edelman will be more productive than straight

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01:59:39,600 --> 01:59:43,520
Speaker 1: Josh Allen Stefan Diggs because Edelman has less help on

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01:59:43,600 --> 01:59:48,920
Speaker 1: the roster than Steph Diggs and Cole Beasley and John Brown.

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01:59:49,000 --> 01:59:51,720
Speaker 1: I think they're going to be a motor singletary. I

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01:59:51,800 --> 01:59:55,080
Speaker 1: think Josh is going to spread the football around more

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01:59:55,160 --> 01:59:57,160
Speaker 1: than Cam Newton will have the luxury of doing so.

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01:59:57,280 --> 02:00:00,280
Speaker 1: I think because of that, Edelman will have pretty Addie

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02:00:00,360 --> 02:00:04,160
Speaker 1: numbers himself, but the offense won't be as good. You

2188
02:00:04,240 --> 02:00:07,040
Speaker 1: know what I'm saying. I hear what you're saying. So

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Speaker 1: that's what I think. I think straight up those two tandems,

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02:00:09,840 --> 02:00:12,640
Speaker 1: I think Steph Diggs probably won't have as gaudian number,

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02:00:12,680 --> 02:00:14,520
Speaker 1: like as many catches. He may have as many yards,

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02:00:14,560 --> 02:00:17,120
Speaker 1: but he won't have as many catches as Edelman because

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Speaker 1: Edelman is gonna be like Option one and there's gonna

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02:00:22,000 --> 02:00:27,440
Speaker 1: be Option nine and ten, whereas Steph Diggs is gonna

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02:00:27,440 --> 02:00:29,280
Speaker 1: be Option one and there's also gonna be Option one

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Speaker 1: A and one B. Well, yeah, Josh Allen has shown

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Speaker 1: that he doesn't really play favorites all that much. When

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Speaker 1: he has weapons at his disposal, He's just looking for

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Speaker 1: somebody that's open. I wonder if that can work the

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02:00:44,920 --> 02:00:48,360
Speaker 1: other way though, Steve, If Julian Edmond is the only

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Speaker 1: true threat, there is gonna be extra attention paid to him,

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02:00:52,200 --> 02:00:55,360
Speaker 1: is there not? Yeah? But let's face it, two he can.

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02:00:55,440 --> 02:00:58,720
Speaker 1: They'll move him around constantly, and they'll they'll even line

2204
02:00:58,760 --> 02:01:00,880
Speaker 1: him up at tailback sometimes times. You know, they'll if

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02:01:00,920 --> 02:01:02,760
Speaker 1: he they need him, they'll get him the ball and

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02:01:02,800 --> 02:01:05,480
Speaker 1: they'll throw it to him and they'll run pick plays

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02:01:05,560 --> 02:01:08,080
Speaker 1: and do all kinds of illegal stuff to get him free.

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02:01:08,320 --> 02:01:10,960
Speaker 1: So and and a lot of his routes are high

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Speaker 1: percentage throwing routes exactly exactly so I think I think

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Speaker 1: for those reasons, I stated, I think that's how it's

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Speaker 1: going to go. I could see diggs numbers being impacted

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02:01:20,840 --> 02:01:24,280
Speaker 1: by a team first approach on the offensive side of

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02:01:24,320 --> 02:01:26,120
Speaker 1: the ball for the Bills. I don't think he has,

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02:01:28,200 --> 02:01:30,920
Speaker 1: you know, a twelve hundred yards season. I think he

2215
02:01:31,000 --> 02:01:34,040
Speaker 1: could get to a thousand yards though. Does he get

2216
02:01:34,080 --> 02:01:36,640
Speaker 1: to ten or twelve touchdowns? I don't know. I think

2217
02:01:36,680 --> 02:01:39,600
Speaker 1: the ball gets spread around down there too, so we'll

2218
02:01:39,640 --> 02:01:43,080
Speaker 1: have to see where it goes. But you know, Josh,

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02:01:43,960 --> 02:01:45,680
Speaker 1: like I said, I think he'll be apt to get

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02:01:45,680 --> 02:01:48,280
Speaker 1: it to whoever's open. I think digs more often than

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02:01:48,400 --> 02:01:50,440
Speaker 1: Nut's going to be open, though, and I think that

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Speaker 1: could be a special combination. I'm going to go the

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02:01:53,320 --> 02:01:55,680
Speaker 1: other way on this. I don't know why. I just

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02:01:55,800 --> 02:01:59,480
Speaker 1: don't see the Patriots offense humming along like it has

2225
02:01:59,560 --> 02:02:01,240
Speaker 1: in the past. I think there's a lot of guys

2226
02:02:01,360 --> 02:02:06,200
Speaker 1: with steep learning curves. Um Mohammed Sanou is back from injury,

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02:02:06,280 --> 02:02:08,800
Speaker 1: So it's basically Sanou and Edelman and then a bunch

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Speaker 1: of young players like Nikil Harry and others. So I

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Speaker 1: think I'm gonna go with Alan and Diggs just for

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02:02:16,520 --> 02:02:19,640
Speaker 1: the hell of it and say true they will have

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Speaker 1: more production than Newton and Edelman. Okay, you can do

2232
02:02:22,840 --> 02:02:25,200
Speaker 1: whatever you want, because I'm gonna forget what we answer

2233
02:02:25,320 --> 02:02:31,400
Speaker 1: what the question was. By right, it's not gonna be

2234
02:02:31,480 --> 02:02:34,440
Speaker 1: like hot takes exposed or cold takes exposed, you know,

2235
02:02:34,600 --> 02:02:36,840
Speaker 1: so just you may as well go with your gut.

2236
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Speaker 1: NFL true false. Number two Matt Prator will break his

2237
02:02:40,480 --> 02:02:43,680
Speaker 1: own record of longest NFL field goal, which is sixty

2238
02:02:43,760 --> 02:02:49,680
Speaker 1: four yards and give Detroit free beer. So Prater has

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Speaker 1: um kind of been a sense of relief for fans

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Speaker 1: of the Lions for the last six years, and now

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Speaker 1: he has a chance to win free beer for the

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Speaker 1: Lions because he's got the NFL record, as I mentioned,

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Speaker 1: of sixty four yards. All he has to do is

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Speaker 1: make one from further out then Broncos kicker Brandon McManus

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Speaker 1: this season. So if he does that, the beer company,

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02:03:20,000 --> 02:03:23,080
Speaker 1: who will remain nameless for now, has confirmed that there

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02:03:23,200 --> 02:03:25,440
Speaker 1: is a bet between Prator and McManus. It's kind of

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02:03:25,480 --> 02:03:29,000
Speaker 1: like the mahomes Allen throwing contest that they're trying to

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02:03:29,240 --> 02:03:35,040
Speaker 1: put together. So Prador beats McManus, everyone twenty one years

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Speaker 1: and older in Detroit would get free beer, and if

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Speaker 1: McManus wins, it would be free beer for the people

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02:03:41,960 --> 02:03:44,680
Speaker 1: of Denver. So true or false, Matt Prator will break

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02:03:44,760 --> 02:03:47,760
Speaker 1: his own record for longest field goals sixty four yards.

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Speaker 1: I would say false. I don't think the head coach

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Speaker 1: is in for that kind of free volity, given the

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Speaker 1: fact that his head is on the chopping block already.

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02:04:02,120 --> 02:04:04,440
Speaker 1: That Patricia doesn't strike me as a guy that says

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02:04:05,280 --> 02:04:07,960
Speaker 1: if it was Ryan, it was Rex Ryan, it would

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02:04:07,960 --> 02:04:10,280
Speaker 1: happen every week. It would happen every week every week

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02:04:11,240 --> 02:04:12,920
Speaker 1: because he wants to go to the bar too, and

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02:04:14,240 --> 02:04:18,000
Speaker 1: he's twenty one, right, So so I'm gonna say probably,

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02:04:18,040 --> 02:04:22,360
Speaker 1: I'm gonna say no, Yeah, it will not. I think

2263
02:04:22,520 --> 02:04:24,920
Speaker 1: Prater's not gonna get that chance. I think that's a

2264
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Speaker 1: false one too. Um and real quick NFL true falls

2265
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Speaker 1: number three. Let's just give a quick answer to this one.

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Speaker 1: Aside from the Chiefs and Ravens, the Cardinals are the

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Speaker 1: likeliest team to dominate the NFL for the next decade.

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Speaker 1: They're going Cardinals as your third option after the Chiefs

2269
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Speaker 1: and the Ravens. True or false falls, What would be

2270
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Speaker 1: your number three? Who would be? Or now what team

2271
02:04:51,080 --> 02:04:54,880
Speaker 1: would be? Buffalo Bills? Baby, So you're going third with them? Wow?

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Speaker 1: Top three for the next decade. Yeah. Yeah, we're sitting

2273
02:05:01,280 --> 02:05:04,040
Speaker 1: pretty financially. We've got young players that they're building on,

2274
02:05:04,320 --> 02:05:07,120
Speaker 1: and they've got a system here that is proving to

2275
02:05:07,240 --> 02:05:11,120
Speaker 1: be exactly the formula for staying competitive every year, short

2276
02:05:11,840 --> 02:05:14,400
Speaker 1: one year or two year deals that say prove it

2277
02:05:14,720 --> 02:05:16,920
Speaker 1: and guys come in highly motivated and give their best

2278
02:05:17,000 --> 02:05:19,240
Speaker 1: for the Bills. So I think I'm say Buffalo all right,

2279
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Speaker 1: that's NFL true false brought to you by Yancy's Fancy

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02:05:21,960 --> 02:05:23,920
Speaker 1: Steve and I back in a moment to close things

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Speaker 1: up here on this Thursday edition of One Bills Live

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Speaker 1: presented by Kalida Health. On Buffalo Bills right here all right,

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Speaker 1: pulls live, sleeps asker Chris Brown would do and the

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Speaker 1: final poll numbers are as follows. If tradevious White opts out,

2285
02:05:43,400 --> 02:05:46,520
Speaker 1: what will will that change your expectations for the twenty

2286
02:05:46,560 --> 02:05:49,760
Speaker 1: twenty season? For the Bills. Sixty eight point seven percent

2287
02:05:49,800 --> 02:05:52,480
Speaker 1: of you said yes, it will change your expectations. Thirty

2288
02:05:52,520 --> 02:05:57,280
Speaker 1: one percent said no. Steve will have Maddi Glab Alongsider

2289
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Speaker 1: on tomorrow show. I have to take the day off tomorrow,

2290
02:05:59,840 --> 02:06:02,360
Speaker 1: but I will be back with Steve on Monday when

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02:06:02,400 --> 02:06:05,560
Speaker 1: we are back in studio and back on TV. Steve

2292
02:06:06,360 --> 02:06:09,760
Speaker 1: whoop whoop boopoopoo. So we will be back on the

2293
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Speaker 1: MSG side of the Ledger as a true simulcast along

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Speaker 1: with radio on WGR. That's gonna do it here though

2295
02:06:16,200 --> 02:06:19,080
Speaker 1: for us for a Thursday edition of One Bills Live.

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Speaker 1: Thanks to our producer Jay Harris and the folks running

2297
02:06:22,360 --> 02:06:25,920
Speaker 1: things back at the WGR studios. Back with Maddi Glab

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02:06:26,000 --> 02:06:28,680
Speaker 1: tomorrow will be Steve Tasker for now. This is Chris

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Speaker 1: Brown saying so long on One Bill's Live, presented by

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Speaker 1: Kalida Health. This is Buffalo Bill's Radio