1 00:00:00,600 --> 00:00:05,120 Speaker 1: Oh, I'm good time. I'll watch Steve Tasker. Good done, 2 00:00:05,240 --> 00:00:22,200 Speaker 1: touch down, touch down textostop over time. Here we go again, 3 00:00:22,400 --> 00:00:25,280 Speaker 1: One Goes Live. Coming to you from our home. I'm 4 00:00:25,360 --> 00:00:27,720 Speaker 1: John Murphy. I'm in my kitchen. Steve Taskers on the 5 00:00:27,720 --> 00:00:30,400 Speaker 1: line from his den. Got the two man production crew 6 00:00:30,440 --> 00:00:33,239 Speaker 1: back at one Goals Drive. Good afternoon, everybody, welcome to 7 00:00:33,240 --> 00:00:36,280 Speaker 1: the show. Here to do three hours of football broadcasting 8 00:00:36,280 --> 00:00:39,440 Speaker 1: in the middle of the coronavirus crisis. Hello's team Tasker. 9 00:00:39,440 --> 00:00:42,000 Speaker 1: How you doing doing good? Murph, Good to see you again. 10 00:00:42,240 --> 00:00:45,640 Speaker 1: You sound good, You sound uppy, you sound happy and healthy. Yeah, 11 00:00:46,320 --> 00:00:50,760 Speaker 1: you know. I found the perfect you know, exercise sports 12 00:00:50,920 --> 00:00:53,280 Speaker 1: diversion for myself all i've been sequested. This will be 13 00:00:53,360 --> 00:00:56,320 Speaker 1: the second full weekend we've been sequestered, right like in 14 00:00:56,400 --> 00:00:58,720 Speaker 1: my house and stuff. So I went out and walked 15 00:00:58,760 --> 00:01:01,600 Speaker 1: eighteen holes last night. You can keep social distancing even 16 00:01:01,600 --> 00:01:04,160 Speaker 1: if you play with other guys. You can stay way 17 00:01:04,160 --> 00:01:06,960 Speaker 1: apart and it's kind of socialize and play the game 18 00:01:07,000 --> 00:01:10,000 Speaker 1: without ever getting in the vicinity of your of your mate. 19 00:01:10,040 --> 00:01:12,679 Speaker 1: So it's pretty good. We walked eighteen hold last night. 20 00:01:12,680 --> 00:01:14,640 Speaker 1: It's fun. I was thinking it would probably be better 21 00:01:14,680 --> 00:01:17,319 Speaker 1: if you played with somebody who was considerably worse golfer 22 00:01:17,319 --> 00:01:19,000 Speaker 1: than you, right, so you're not close to each other. 23 00:01:19,360 --> 00:01:22,320 Speaker 1: You're driving two hundred thirty five yards, he's driving one 24 00:01:22,480 --> 00:01:24,880 Speaker 1: eighty five. Right, then you keep social. I did walk 25 00:01:24,920 --> 00:01:32,520 Speaker 1: away with five bucks, so good strategy, unitymaker and social distancing. 26 00:01:32,560 --> 00:01:34,760 Speaker 1: That's I'm a big fan of winning the match on 27 00:01:34,800 --> 00:01:39,240 Speaker 1: the first team while negotiating. Good one, good one. Happy 28 00:01:39,280 --> 00:01:40,680 Speaker 1: to have you with us here, Steve, but we're here 29 00:01:40,720 --> 00:01:43,039 Speaker 1: to do a three hour show. We got a lot 30 00:01:43,080 --> 00:01:47,040 Speaker 1: coming up, a lot going on outside of our world, clearly, 31 00:01:47,080 --> 00:01:49,280 Speaker 1: but it is a busy time in football, so we'll 32 00:01:49,360 --> 00:01:51,200 Speaker 1: keep it focused on football today. I do want we 33 00:01:51,240 --> 00:01:53,800 Speaker 1: did it a little bit yesterday, but I want to reiterate, Steven. 34 00:01:53,840 --> 00:01:55,480 Speaker 1: I'm sure you want to get in on this. There 35 00:01:55,520 --> 00:01:59,040 Speaker 1: are bonified heroes, heroism going on in the medical field 36 00:01:59,120 --> 00:02:02,040 Speaker 1: right now, and some of the medical personnel our heroes 37 00:02:02,080 --> 00:02:05,640 Speaker 1: as they wait for equipment, ventilators, masks, they're still on 38 00:02:05,720 --> 00:02:07,920 Speaker 1: the job. Most of them. We salute you. I really do. 39 00:02:07,960 --> 00:02:10,280 Speaker 1: I feel for those people. They have families, they have 40 00:02:10,360 --> 00:02:12,600 Speaker 1: health concerns, and yet they remain on the job, and 41 00:02:12,919 --> 00:02:15,040 Speaker 1: it may get worse before it gets better. And I 42 00:02:15,080 --> 00:02:16,840 Speaker 1: just salute those people. I really think they're doing a 43 00:02:17,000 --> 00:02:20,400 Speaker 1: remarkable work well. And not only are they in the 44 00:02:20,760 --> 00:02:23,480 Speaker 1: in it, but they're up against it too. I mean, 45 00:02:23,520 --> 00:02:26,639 Speaker 1: it's getting more difficult, more difficult, the more supplies they need, 46 00:02:26,680 --> 00:02:31,280 Speaker 1: the less supplies they have, and and they got to 47 00:02:31,320 --> 00:02:33,720 Speaker 1: protect themselves so that they can continue to care for people. 48 00:02:33,760 --> 00:02:35,760 Speaker 1: That's the really hard part about the whole thing, and 49 00:02:35,800 --> 00:02:37,760 Speaker 1: it's it's not going to get easier. It's going to 50 00:02:37,800 --> 00:02:41,360 Speaker 1: get worse. Work. This is our second weekend after first 51 00:02:41,480 --> 00:02:45,080 Speaker 1: full week kind of in uh, kind of self quarantining 52 00:02:45,080 --> 00:02:49,040 Speaker 1: ourselves and stand away from each other. And while it's 53 00:02:49,080 --> 00:02:51,320 Speaker 1: easy for us to kind of sit get into a routine, 54 00:02:51,360 --> 00:02:54,760 Speaker 1: and you know what I mean, we're kind of you 55 00:02:54,800 --> 00:02:57,480 Speaker 1: and I are guys. We kind of have our lives established. 56 00:02:57,520 --> 00:02:59,760 Speaker 1: We can kind of cope and adapt. But these people, 57 00:03:00,160 --> 00:03:03,720 Speaker 1: like everybody else is working from home. These people ratcheted up. 58 00:03:03,800 --> 00:03:07,400 Speaker 1: They're like they may as well be coal miners. Hard. 59 00:03:07,440 --> 00:03:09,239 Speaker 1: You know, I was thinking about it. We got it easy, 60 00:03:09,320 --> 00:03:12,520 Speaker 1: you and I. You know, they're the medical personnel, our heroes. 61 00:03:12,560 --> 00:03:16,880 Speaker 1: I mean, the economies in rough shape, restaurant employees bearing 62 00:03:16,880 --> 00:03:22,280 Speaker 1: the brunt of it hotel hospitality workers, first responders, delivery people. 63 00:03:22,480 --> 00:03:25,160 Speaker 1: We've got it easy so far, right, You and I were, Yeah, 64 00:03:25,360 --> 00:03:27,560 Speaker 1: we're at our homes and if we can help at 65 00:03:27,560 --> 00:03:30,520 Speaker 1: all by doing this little football show. We're happy to 66 00:03:30,520 --> 00:03:32,760 Speaker 1: having the audience, and thanks very much, thanks for tuning in. 67 00:03:32,760 --> 00:03:35,280 Speaker 1: We'll see what next week brings Hource Right, things may 68 00:03:35,360 --> 00:03:37,480 Speaker 1: change quickly. We're ready for that if things do change. 69 00:03:37,520 --> 00:03:40,000 Speaker 1: But thank you really, especially to the medical person. I 70 00:03:40,040 --> 00:03:41,839 Speaker 1: just want to send that out there. We know how 71 00:03:41,880 --> 00:03:45,600 Speaker 1: insignificant NFL football is, make no mistake about it. But 72 00:03:45,720 --> 00:03:47,480 Speaker 1: we're going to continue to do our job, and our 73 00:03:47,560 --> 00:03:49,960 Speaker 1: job today should be Okay, Steve, we got a couple 74 00:03:49,960 --> 00:03:51,880 Speaker 1: of good guests coming up right. Eric would coming up 75 00:03:51,880 --> 00:03:54,440 Speaker 1: at the bottom of this hour, my broadcast partner on 76 00:03:54,480 --> 00:03:56,600 Speaker 1: the Bills Radio Network at twelve thirty to talk about 77 00:03:56,640 --> 00:03:59,000 Speaker 1: the free agent move so far, Greg co South our 78 00:03:59,080 --> 00:04:02,280 Speaker 1: usual Friday's coming up at one o'clock. We got Maddie Glab, 79 00:04:02,320 --> 00:04:05,200 Speaker 1: reporter for PSC. She's got her thoughts on free agency 80 00:04:05,200 --> 00:04:07,240 Speaker 1: and a couple of other things we haven't thought of 81 00:04:08,280 --> 00:04:11,440 Speaker 1: free agency. And Mark Sessler from NFL Network joins us 82 00:04:11,440 --> 00:04:13,200 Speaker 1: at two o'clock, so we got a full show, a 83 00:04:13,200 --> 00:04:15,400 Speaker 1: lot to talk about in free agency. Steve's at home. 84 00:04:15,480 --> 00:04:19,520 Speaker 1: I'm at home, two men crew in Orchard Park and 85 00:04:20,160 --> 00:04:21,600 Speaker 1: happy to be with you here today. Ready to go 86 00:04:21,680 --> 00:04:23,760 Speaker 1: until three o'clock. Are you ready, Steve? Yeah, yeah, it's 87 00:04:23,760 --> 00:04:25,200 Speaker 1: gonna be It'll be a good show. We got a 88 00:04:25,240 --> 00:04:28,120 Speaker 1: lot of guests and everybody. You know. It's interesting too 89 00:04:28,160 --> 00:04:34,320 Speaker 1: because the more separated we are socially all the twenty 90 00:04:34,320 --> 00:04:37,000 Speaker 1: four hours a day now, the more it's easier to 91 00:04:37,040 --> 00:04:39,719 Speaker 1: get guests on because everybody's sitting at home. They got Yeah, 92 00:04:39,720 --> 00:04:41,800 Speaker 1: I'll get on the phone with you, guys. Sure, I'm 93 00:04:41,839 --> 00:04:45,040 Speaker 1: not doing anything. Yeah, So that's that's kind of a 94 00:04:45,040 --> 00:04:47,640 Speaker 1: plus for us. Steve and I are doing this by 95 00:04:47,640 --> 00:04:50,200 Speaker 1: a skype and we showed you yesterday on Twitter what 96 00:04:50,440 --> 00:04:52,600 Speaker 1: our individuals look like, and we look at each other. 97 00:04:52,640 --> 00:04:54,920 Speaker 1: You can't see as we're radio only again for the 98 00:04:54,920 --> 00:04:57,599 Speaker 1: third straight day, and we apologize for that. Nothing we 99 00:04:57,640 --> 00:05:00,000 Speaker 1: can do about that. We're on the radio doing Bill's football. 100 00:05:00,040 --> 00:05:01,880 Speaker 1: And if you have a friend who normally watches the show, 101 00:05:02,360 --> 00:05:04,040 Speaker 1: you may want to call him up and remind him, Hey, 102 00:05:04,040 --> 00:05:05,680 Speaker 1: those guys you can hear him on radio. If you're 103 00:05:05,680 --> 00:05:08,880 Speaker 1: really desperate, but we knew. Steve and I see each other. 104 00:05:08,920 --> 00:05:10,359 Speaker 1: You look good to you. How do you like my beard? 105 00:05:10,520 --> 00:05:13,920 Speaker 1: My one two three four Tuesday Wednesday, Thursday, four day 106 00:05:13,920 --> 00:05:16,440 Speaker 1: old beard? So far? What do you think you can't 107 00:05:16,440 --> 00:05:19,400 Speaker 1: see it? It's a little gray. I gotta be honest. Yeah, 108 00:05:19,440 --> 00:05:21,760 Speaker 1: I know, I know that's all right. It's coming in 109 00:05:21,880 --> 00:05:23,680 Speaker 1: nice though it is. I think it's gonna be all right. 110 00:05:23,720 --> 00:05:28,240 Speaker 1: This is my protest beard. I'm mad about coronavirus and 111 00:05:28,320 --> 00:05:30,760 Speaker 1: the impact it's had on us and the economy and 112 00:05:30,800 --> 00:05:33,240 Speaker 1: everything in America. And I'm gonna leave this beard on 113 00:05:33,360 --> 00:05:35,960 Speaker 1: until they all clear has sounded. So this may be 114 00:05:36,000 --> 00:05:37,640 Speaker 1: a couple months in the making here, this beard. What 115 00:05:37,760 --> 00:05:39,000 Speaker 1: think I can get away with it? If we're going 116 00:05:39,000 --> 00:05:43,240 Speaker 1: to work? No, well, at this point probably. I think 117 00:05:43,240 --> 00:05:44,960 Speaker 1: by the time we go back to work, whenever it is, 118 00:05:44,960 --> 00:05:47,760 Speaker 1: it'll be a nice, full beer. Who's gonna argue with that? No, 119 00:05:47,960 --> 00:05:49,880 Speaker 1: they'll be fine. You'll look as long as you you know, 120 00:05:49,960 --> 00:05:51,600 Speaker 1: don't look. Make it look scraggly though you know you 121 00:05:51,680 --> 00:05:53,320 Speaker 1: don't make it look nice. Well, no, it's gonna look 122 00:05:53,320 --> 00:05:55,559 Speaker 1: scraggly now for the next few days. But that's okay 123 00:05:55,560 --> 00:05:59,240 Speaker 1: because we're not going into work. We can live with that. Yeah. Yeah. 124 00:05:59,360 --> 00:06:01,000 Speaker 1: The only person I have to clear it with is 125 00:06:01,480 --> 00:06:03,919 Speaker 1: upstairs here at the house right now, and I'm not 126 00:06:03,960 --> 00:06:05,400 Speaker 1: sure how that I'll go over right. You know what 127 00:06:05,400 --> 00:06:06,920 Speaker 1: that's like. You had a beard when you started with us, 128 00:06:06,920 --> 00:06:09,119 Speaker 1: didn't you two years ago? Yeah? I had a beard 129 00:06:09,160 --> 00:06:11,680 Speaker 1: for a minute, and mine was more great than yours. 130 00:06:11,680 --> 00:06:14,720 Speaker 1: Looks like it's gonna be, so I I chopped it off. 131 00:06:15,200 --> 00:06:17,480 Speaker 1: I'm gonna go with this protest beard. This is how 132 00:06:17,520 --> 00:06:19,800 Speaker 1: mad I am. How I'm gonna go with until the corona, 133 00:06:20,000 --> 00:06:23,160 Speaker 1: until the coronavirus is over, or the election in November 134 00:06:23,600 --> 00:06:27,560 Speaker 1: one or the other. I'm protesting a couple of things, 135 00:06:27,600 --> 00:06:32,039 Speaker 1: but those that are at the heart of it. Yeah, yeah, yep, 136 00:06:32,520 --> 00:06:34,360 Speaker 1: So that this beard will stay for a little while, 137 00:06:34,520 --> 00:06:36,360 Speaker 1: a lot long while. Actually, I haven't had a beard 138 00:06:36,400 --> 00:06:39,599 Speaker 1: since two thousand and seven, when I was between jobs 139 00:06:39,640 --> 00:06:42,040 Speaker 1: two thousand and seven eight, and I like it. Going 140 00:06:42,080 --> 00:06:44,440 Speaker 1: back to it, Hey, do you grow a beard because 141 00:06:44,480 --> 00:06:46,320 Speaker 1: you like the beard or just because you hate shaving? 142 00:06:47,680 --> 00:06:50,280 Speaker 1: M I hate shaving more than I like the beard. Yeah, 143 00:06:50,320 --> 00:06:52,599 Speaker 1: I agree. If I could not shave and not be 144 00:06:53,080 --> 00:06:55,200 Speaker 1: hair in my face, that would be ideal, but I 145 00:06:55,200 --> 00:06:57,719 Speaker 1: don't like shave. And now I got a reason to 146 00:06:57,760 --> 00:06:59,760 Speaker 1: be mad at people, or mad at some people. And 147 00:06:59,800 --> 00:07:01,960 Speaker 1: now I'll just grow the beard and it'll be a 148 00:07:02,080 --> 00:07:06,400 Speaker 1: daily reminder of how bummed out I am. So yeah, 149 00:07:06,480 --> 00:07:08,920 Speaker 1: So the thing about this is, and we're kind of 150 00:07:08,960 --> 00:07:10,760 Speaker 1: we are lucky not only that you know about all 151 00:07:10,760 --> 00:07:13,600 Speaker 1: the stuff we've been talking about, but also you know 152 00:07:14,000 --> 00:07:16,000 Speaker 1: all the stuff that's going on in the NFL that 153 00:07:16,160 --> 00:07:17,840 Speaker 1: you can just kind of sit back and let it 154 00:07:17,880 --> 00:07:19,480 Speaker 1: wash over. You don't have to really, you know, you 155 00:07:19,520 --> 00:07:21,680 Speaker 1: and I take parting, and we reported, we talk about it. 156 00:07:21,720 --> 00:07:25,920 Speaker 1: But you know, Melvin Gordon's available now. Todd Gurley was 157 00:07:25,960 --> 00:07:28,160 Speaker 1: available for about twelve hours and then he signed with 158 00:07:28,160 --> 00:07:30,480 Speaker 1: the Atlanta Foul. Because all this stuff keeps happening in 159 00:07:30,520 --> 00:07:34,240 Speaker 1: the NFL, that's that's kind of fun. And now now 160 00:07:34,280 --> 00:07:37,320 Speaker 1: all these deals that we heard about from Monday through 161 00:07:37,400 --> 00:07:40,400 Speaker 1: Wednesday are now starting to become official. Than others as well. 162 00:07:40,440 --> 00:07:43,800 Speaker 1: The latest one that just came out over Twitter is 163 00:07:43,800 --> 00:07:46,520 Speaker 1: that the Bills also signed Dean Marlow today. They agreed 164 00:07:46,600 --> 00:07:49,080 Speaker 1: to terms with him. He's coming back. So all this 165 00:07:49,120 --> 00:07:52,760 Speaker 1: stuff continues to happen. But the Bills spending big and 166 00:07:52,840 --> 00:07:54,960 Speaker 1: free agency all the moves they may. It's been fun 167 00:07:54,960 --> 00:07:59,360 Speaker 1: to keep track of. I was thinking about how fortunate 168 00:07:59,360 --> 00:08:01,840 Speaker 1: we are, especially being compared to our buddies on the 169 00:08:01,880 --> 00:08:04,280 Speaker 1: Instigators who are doing their show two hours a day, 170 00:08:05,040 --> 00:08:07,560 Speaker 1: Ribs and Pete and today Marty Berran, and they don't 171 00:08:07,600 --> 00:08:09,880 Speaker 1: have the kind of news a flow that we do. 172 00:08:09,920 --> 00:08:12,120 Speaker 1: And we're lucky. We talked to a minute ago about 173 00:08:12,120 --> 00:08:14,360 Speaker 1: how lucky we are, how fortunate we are to be 174 00:08:14,400 --> 00:08:17,480 Speaker 1: healthy and happy and home and everybody's good. We're also fortunate, 175 00:08:17,520 --> 00:08:19,200 Speaker 1: as you say, to have this news. And it's a 176 00:08:19,240 --> 00:08:22,120 Speaker 1: pretty constant stream of week long news about the Bills 177 00:08:22,120 --> 00:08:25,760 Speaker 1: and the rest of the NFL. And I'm excited about that. 178 00:08:26,080 --> 00:08:30,040 Speaker 1: Let's talk about today's announcements releases, and this is not 179 00:08:30,120 --> 00:08:35,040 Speaker 1: anything new, but it's official now that the Bills have traded. 180 00:08:35,160 --> 00:08:37,240 Speaker 1: And you're probably thinking, well, that was Monday Nights news. 181 00:08:37,240 --> 00:08:39,360 Speaker 1: It was, but they finally, you know, they got to 182 00:08:39,360 --> 00:08:42,160 Speaker 1: get physicals done, they got to get paper transferred. It's 183 00:08:42,160 --> 00:08:44,960 Speaker 1: a little bit more cumbersome now with the way things are, 184 00:08:44,960 --> 00:08:47,320 Speaker 1: but the Bills have confirmed the Monday Night trade for 185 00:08:47,360 --> 00:08:50,000 Speaker 1: Stefan Diggs. This year's first rounder, a fifth and sixth 186 00:08:50,080 --> 00:08:52,120 Speaker 1: round this year. They still have a fifth and sixth 187 00:08:52,200 --> 00:08:54,800 Speaker 1: rounder and a fourth rounder next year for Diggs and 188 00:08:54,960 --> 00:08:57,400 Speaker 1: a seventh rounder this year, so they're back in the 189 00:08:57,400 --> 00:08:59,480 Speaker 1: seventh round. It is a big trade. I mean it's 190 00:08:59,520 --> 00:09:01,400 Speaker 1: four days old. We know you've heard of it. It 191 00:09:01,600 --> 00:09:03,320 Speaker 1: is a big trade. It really is one of the 192 00:09:03,360 --> 00:09:07,400 Speaker 1: more This trade and the trade that Houston made for 193 00:09:08,120 --> 00:09:10,400 Speaker 1: trading away their top receiver. These are two of the 194 00:09:10,400 --> 00:09:13,320 Speaker 1: biggest trades made this week, The two biggest trades made 195 00:09:13,320 --> 00:09:16,559 Speaker 1: this week. Maybe not the two biggest news items, but 196 00:09:16,760 --> 00:09:18,920 Speaker 1: this is a big trade and it may change the 197 00:09:18,960 --> 00:09:22,800 Speaker 1: fortunes of the Bills in the AFCs. Marlow. The report 198 00:09:23,000 --> 00:09:24,559 Speaker 1: is that it's not confirmed by the Bills yet. The 199 00:09:24,640 --> 00:09:27,040 Speaker 1: report is that they've resigned Dean Marlow. He's been with 200 00:09:27,080 --> 00:09:29,560 Speaker 1: the Bills since the end of the twenty seventeen season, 201 00:09:29,840 --> 00:09:33,160 Speaker 1: went on practice squad that season, signed a futures contract 202 00:09:33,200 --> 00:09:37,360 Speaker 1: with the Bills January before the twenty eighteen season. Last 203 00:09:37,400 --> 00:09:39,600 Speaker 1: year period in nine games of the Bills two starts, 204 00:09:39,600 --> 00:09:43,800 Speaker 1: eleven tackles, one pass defense. Most of twenty eighteen on 205 00:09:43,840 --> 00:09:47,680 Speaker 1: the Bills practice squad, Dean Marlow provides a pretty valuable 206 00:09:47,760 --> 00:09:51,680 Speaker 1: depth in the defensive backfield with obviously Poiler and High 207 00:09:51,760 --> 00:09:54,760 Speaker 1: the starting safeties. So of their list of players who 208 00:09:54,760 --> 00:09:57,680 Speaker 1: became unrestricted free agents, they've resigned two of them, Quentin 209 00:09:57,760 --> 00:10:01,320 Speaker 1: Spain and Dean Marlow. Are they reportedly resigned Marlow? What 210 00:10:01,400 --> 00:10:03,560 Speaker 1: are the others? We haven't heard much about them, right, 211 00:10:03,559 --> 00:10:05,880 Speaker 1: We haven't heard what the plans are for la Adrian Waddle, 212 00:10:06,320 --> 00:10:10,360 Speaker 1: for Maurice Alexander, Julian Stanford, Kevin Johnson, Kirt Coleman or 213 00:10:10,400 --> 00:10:12,720 Speaker 1: so Norris Perry. And we'll let things kind of shake 214 00:10:12,760 --> 00:10:15,560 Speaker 1: out a little bit before they before we talk about 215 00:10:15,559 --> 00:10:18,000 Speaker 1: those guys as if they're gone. The other big news 216 00:10:18,080 --> 00:10:20,960 Speaker 1: of the day, Tom Brady is officially a Tampa Bay buccaneer, 217 00:10:21,480 --> 00:10:23,880 Speaker 1: posted out on Instagram a picture of himself in a 218 00:10:24,280 --> 00:10:27,440 Speaker 1: hooded sweatshirt signing his contract. Six times Super Bowl champion 219 00:10:28,000 --> 00:10:30,880 Speaker 1: leaves New England, was six Super Bowl Wings rings, forty 220 00:10:30,880 --> 00:10:33,480 Speaker 1: one playoff starts, and now goes up against Drew Brees 221 00:10:33,559 --> 00:10:35,520 Speaker 1: twice a year and Matt Ryan twice a year. The 222 00:10:35,640 --> 00:10:38,320 Speaker 1: Gurly News Todd Gurley agreed to a contract with the Falcons. 223 00:10:38,360 --> 00:10:41,400 Speaker 1: He was cut by the Rams. He was released by 224 00:10:41,440 --> 00:10:44,400 Speaker 1: the Rams Wednesday and agreed to a contract with the 225 00:10:44,400 --> 00:10:47,280 Speaker 1: Falcons yesterday. It's a one year deal. As we said, 226 00:10:47,280 --> 00:10:51,040 Speaker 1: it's about five million dollars. Todd Gurley two years ago 227 00:10:51,040 --> 00:10:53,880 Speaker 1: was maybe the best running back in the game. Right 228 00:10:53,960 --> 00:10:57,600 Speaker 1: He'll join former Rams teammate Dante Fowler Junior in Atlanta. 229 00:10:57,760 --> 00:10:59,839 Speaker 1: So those two pretty good backs for Atlanta. And we 230 00:11:00,000 --> 00:11:01,800 Speaker 1: should talkbot running back for a second, or Steve you 231 00:11:01,840 --> 00:11:04,160 Speaker 1: want to do that. Here's the thing, here's the thing. 232 00:11:05,360 --> 00:11:07,679 Speaker 1: I know. I saw the flurry of activity about Gurley 233 00:11:07,720 --> 00:11:11,080 Speaker 1: when he was available yesterday, and about you know now 234 00:11:11,120 --> 00:11:13,280 Speaker 1: there's flurry of activity about Melvin Gordon. These are really 235 00:11:13,280 --> 00:11:16,400 Speaker 1: good running backs, really good running backs. How badly do 236 00:11:16,440 --> 00:11:19,679 Speaker 1: the Bills need a good running back? They have Devin Singletary. 237 00:11:19,800 --> 00:11:22,160 Speaker 1: Is he a top ten running back in the league? 238 00:11:22,240 --> 00:11:25,160 Speaker 1: Maybe not? Probably not? Is he top twenty? Maybe you're 239 00:11:25,160 --> 00:11:27,480 Speaker 1: getting closer. Do you really need to break the bank 240 00:11:27,559 --> 00:11:29,800 Speaker 1: to get a running back onto this roster? If you 241 00:11:29,960 --> 00:11:33,240 Speaker 1: commit to Devin Singletary, you're gonna play him most you 242 00:11:33,280 --> 00:11:35,160 Speaker 1: know what, two thirds of the snaps, you'll get two 243 00:11:35,200 --> 00:11:37,440 Speaker 1: thirds of the carries. So you're talking about a guy 244 00:11:37,520 --> 00:11:40,120 Speaker 1: that you might need for one third. We're gonna get 245 00:11:40,160 --> 00:11:41,520 Speaker 1: to our Twitter poll in a second, but I just 246 00:11:41,559 --> 00:11:44,120 Speaker 1: want to know how critical is the need for a 247 00:11:44,160 --> 00:11:46,920 Speaker 1: backup running back to Devin Singletary for the Bills right now? Steve, 248 00:11:46,960 --> 00:11:49,240 Speaker 1: what do you think? Yeah, I agree, I mean it's 249 00:11:49,280 --> 00:11:51,840 Speaker 1: not a huge thing. But I'm like I've been saying, 250 00:11:51,880 --> 00:11:53,280 Speaker 1: like when I was talking about when we were talking 251 00:11:53,280 --> 00:11:56,600 Speaker 1: about the number one wide receiver Murph, good players make 252 00:11:56,640 --> 00:11:59,520 Speaker 1: you better if you can get a guy who's a 253 00:11:59,600 --> 00:12:02,000 Speaker 1: quality back like a Melvin Gordon. He is a very 254 00:12:02,040 --> 00:12:06,080 Speaker 1: He's a high quality back. He's a productive guy. He 255 00:12:06,200 --> 00:12:07,840 Speaker 1: is not blown it out of the water in the 256 00:12:07,880 --> 00:12:10,520 Speaker 1: last two years because of the struggles of the team 257 00:12:10,559 --> 00:12:14,640 Speaker 1: has had around him. But he was he was a 258 00:12:14,720 --> 00:12:17,920 Speaker 1: high draft pick. He's got a lot of measurables. He's 259 00:12:17,920 --> 00:12:20,000 Speaker 1: been to the Pro Bowl twice as a running back. 260 00:12:21,360 --> 00:12:23,880 Speaker 1: Last year he only played in twelve with a sixteen games. 261 00:12:23,920 --> 00:12:25,880 Speaker 1: He only touched the ball one hundred and sixty two 262 00:12:25,920 --> 00:12:28,959 Speaker 1: times or ran with it one hundred and sixty two times. 263 00:12:30,040 --> 00:12:34,240 Speaker 1: And so yeah, I mean, good players make you better. 264 00:12:34,960 --> 00:12:38,400 Speaker 1: And he's mad, is you know, like a guy like 265 00:12:38,440 --> 00:12:41,080 Speaker 1: Melvin Gordon. He's current salaries five and a half million 266 00:12:41,080 --> 00:12:44,800 Speaker 1: bucks just over that to me is for a better 267 00:12:44,800 --> 00:12:48,679 Speaker 1: player like that, to have both those guys on your roster, 268 00:12:49,080 --> 00:12:51,120 Speaker 1: I think it makes you better. And five million bucks 269 00:12:51,160 --> 00:12:53,360 Speaker 1: in this day and age is not that much. So 270 00:12:53,400 --> 00:12:55,240 Speaker 1: if you can get a guy like that, even if 271 00:12:55,280 --> 00:12:57,800 Speaker 1: it's a one year deal, I think you gotta take it. 272 00:12:58,080 --> 00:12:59,880 Speaker 1: You got to take that chance. Melvin Gordon is a 273 00:13:00,200 --> 00:13:03,200 Speaker 1: who's shown the ability to outplay that contract, and that's 274 00:13:03,320 --> 00:13:05,440 Speaker 1: value which makes you better on the football field, let 275 00:13:05,480 --> 00:13:08,520 Speaker 1: alone it the you know, the tangible evidence you can 276 00:13:08,520 --> 00:13:11,000 Speaker 1: get by watching the guy play how much better he 277 00:13:11,040 --> 00:13:12,600 Speaker 1: is and how much better you'll be with him on 278 00:13:12,640 --> 00:13:16,400 Speaker 1: your team. So it makes sense economically, and it also 279 00:13:16,480 --> 00:13:19,840 Speaker 1: makes sense exes and those wise. So good players make 280 00:13:19,880 --> 00:13:21,640 Speaker 1: you better. And if you can get the guy cheap, 281 00:13:21,840 --> 00:13:26,280 Speaker 1: get it. But I'm with you, Murph'm I'm not agreeing 282 00:13:26,320 --> 00:13:27,959 Speaker 1: with that. So I mean, I'm not trying. I'm not 283 00:13:28,200 --> 00:13:31,240 Speaker 1: I'm not gonna get the guy. I'm not gonna get 284 00:13:31,240 --> 00:13:34,320 Speaker 1: a guy in overpaid for him. That's not been what's 285 00:13:34,360 --> 00:13:37,160 Speaker 1: gotten us to the point where we're a playoff team. 286 00:13:37,200 --> 00:13:38,880 Speaker 1: You got to stay within the lines. But if you 287 00:13:38,880 --> 00:13:41,280 Speaker 1: can find a guy that's good and he makes you 288 00:13:41,360 --> 00:13:44,160 Speaker 1: better get him for the right price if you get 289 00:13:44,240 --> 00:13:47,120 Speaker 1: Melvin Gordon or Carlos High. I don't know why he's 290 00:13:47,120 --> 00:13:49,120 Speaker 1: not in this conversation. He's out there as well in 291 00:13:49,120 --> 00:13:52,839 Speaker 1: the free agency market. Do they pass Devin Singletary is 292 00:13:52,840 --> 00:13:54,520 Speaker 1: the guy who gets the bulk of the carries in 293 00:13:54,520 --> 00:13:58,040 Speaker 1: the running game. Well, I'm not. Well maybe, but i'm not. 294 00:13:58,160 --> 00:14:01,160 Speaker 1: And I like Devin Singletary a lot, But I'm not sentimental. 295 00:14:01,559 --> 00:14:04,920 Speaker 1: I'm not either. If the guy's better, he plays, and 296 00:14:04,960 --> 00:14:07,280 Speaker 1: we saw that last year with Devin Singletary as he 297 00:14:07,320 --> 00:14:09,679 Speaker 1: took over for Frank Gore. Frank Gore is a Hall 298 00:14:09,720 --> 00:14:14,160 Speaker 1: of Famer, Devin Singletary took over for him. Whoever's playing 299 00:14:14,200 --> 00:14:16,840 Speaker 1: the best, that's who gets the ball. And I don't 300 00:14:16,880 --> 00:14:19,600 Speaker 1: care if it's Devin Singletary or anybody else. If he's 301 00:14:19,600 --> 00:14:21,480 Speaker 1: helping us win games, that's the way it's gonna go. 302 00:14:21,960 --> 00:14:25,040 Speaker 1: So I'm not sentimental that I feel bad about bringing 303 00:14:25,040 --> 00:14:28,800 Speaker 1: a good player in to compete with Devin Singletary. I 304 00:14:28,920 --> 00:14:30,920 Speaker 1: like Devin Singletary. I'm glad he's on our team, and 305 00:14:30,960 --> 00:14:32,960 Speaker 1: I think he at this point, he is the guy 306 00:14:33,320 --> 00:14:36,600 Speaker 1: that's going to carry the ball multitude of times. But 307 00:14:36,640 --> 00:14:39,440 Speaker 1: if you got a chance to get better, you gotta 308 00:14:39,480 --> 00:14:43,360 Speaker 1: do it, all right, I'm not sold on Melvin Gordon, 309 00:14:43,520 --> 00:14:46,600 Speaker 1: Carlos Hyde. And by the way, the trend around the 310 00:14:46,640 --> 00:14:48,840 Speaker 1: league is not to do what Atlanta did last night 311 00:14:48,840 --> 00:14:51,880 Speaker 1: and stockpile running backs, even though they got the Todd 312 00:14:51,880 --> 00:14:54,120 Speaker 1: Gurley at a reasonable price. The trend is to go 313 00:14:54,200 --> 00:14:56,520 Speaker 1: cheap at running back, to use guys up, to get 314 00:14:56,600 --> 00:14:58,280 Speaker 1: him a ton of carries in a couple of years, 315 00:14:58,280 --> 00:15:03,040 Speaker 1: and then move on, isn't it, Yes, exactly, Keep young, 316 00:15:03,160 --> 00:15:07,040 Speaker 1: stay young at the position, keep fresh legs back there. 317 00:15:07,680 --> 00:15:11,120 Speaker 1: Get a guy who's wants to get to another contract 318 00:15:11,480 --> 00:15:14,600 Speaker 1: and highly motivated, because we all we've all seen how 319 00:15:14,640 --> 00:15:18,560 Speaker 1: difficult it is to stay fresh at that running back 320 00:15:18,600 --> 00:15:21,800 Speaker 1: position because you know, you take a pounding, you really do, 321 00:15:21,920 --> 00:15:26,360 Speaker 1: and because of that, you know, guys lose their steam 322 00:15:26,480 --> 00:15:29,840 Speaker 1: and they get they get they don't want to stick 323 00:15:29,840 --> 00:15:32,440 Speaker 1: their nose in the pile anymore after a while. And 324 00:15:34,240 --> 00:15:37,400 Speaker 1: so yeah, I'm with you, Murphy. The league is moving 325 00:15:37,440 --> 00:15:40,760 Speaker 1: away from a running back who runs the ball hard 326 00:15:40,920 --> 00:15:44,440 Speaker 1: for even what five years? You know, that's a short 327 00:15:44,720 --> 00:15:47,600 Speaker 1: running back is a short career. Unfortunately, Rolls is right 328 00:15:47,680 --> 00:15:50,280 Speaker 1: into our Twitter poll today. How should the Bills address 329 00:15:50,360 --> 00:15:52,960 Speaker 1: adding another running back to the roster? Look, I agree, 330 00:15:53,160 --> 00:15:54,960 Speaker 1: I think Steve does too. They need a running back. 331 00:15:55,200 --> 00:15:58,640 Speaker 1: They need a complimentary back to Devon Singletary. They need 332 00:15:58,640 --> 00:16:01,720 Speaker 1: somebody else to carry the ball. Timon Jones mostly a 333 00:16:01,760 --> 00:16:05,040 Speaker 1: special team are right added to the roster yesterday? I 334 00:16:05,120 --> 00:16:07,320 Speaker 1: think they need a running back? Right? T J Yelden, 335 00:16:07,400 --> 00:16:10,240 Speaker 1: what's his status? He's still on the roster, right yelled? Yeah, yeah, 336 00:16:10,280 --> 00:16:12,960 Speaker 1: on the roster. But they need another running back, no 337 00:16:13,120 --> 00:16:14,880 Speaker 1: question about that. And how should they go about doing it? 338 00:16:15,400 --> 00:16:17,880 Speaker 1: You can vote on the Twitter poll. We've got five 339 00:16:18,000 --> 00:16:20,880 Speaker 1: hundred seventy three votes so far. You can the votes 340 00:16:20,960 --> 00:16:23,800 Speaker 1: right now. Fifty two percent say Melvin Gordon is the answer. 341 00:16:23,800 --> 00:16:25,680 Speaker 1: Over half of you say Melvin Gordon is the answer. 342 00:16:25,920 --> 00:16:28,840 Speaker 1: Thirty one percent say added draft pick. Look, one of 343 00:16:28,840 --> 00:16:31,120 Speaker 1: those fifth or six round picks. I think could be 344 00:16:31,120 --> 00:16:34,040 Speaker 1: fine there, That's what I think. Fourteen percent say DeVante 345 00:16:34,120 --> 00:16:37,000 Speaker 1: Freeman cut loose by Atlanta. They've got two new running 346 00:16:37,000 --> 00:16:39,560 Speaker 1: backs in Atlanta. Three percent have something else in mind. 347 00:16:39,720 --> 00:16:41,600 Speaker 1: Let's hear from you. Give us a call, let us 348 00:16:41,600 --> 00:16:43,640 Speaker 1: know what you think. Eight oh three oh five fifty 349 00:16:43,680 --> 00:16:47,200 Speaker 1: toll free one eight eight eight five fifty two five fifty. 350 00:16:47,280 --> 00:16:49,840 Speaker 1: You can vote right now on the Twitter poll. You 351 00:16:49,840 --> 00:16:51,880 Speaker 1: can send them a tweet for the tweet sheet at 352 00:16:51,880 --> 00:16:54,720 Speaker 1: One Bill's Live. How should the Bills address adding another 353 00:16:54,840 --> 00:16:57,040 Speaker 1: running back to the roster? What do you think? Give 354 00:16:57,120 --> 00:16:58,800 Speaker 1: us a call, let us know what you think. John 355 00:16:58,840 --> 00:17:00,680 Speaker 1: Murphy and Steam Task are here with One Bills Drive. 356 00:17:00,760 --> 00:17:02,680 Speaker 1: Let's go to the tweet sheet right off the bat. 357 00:17:02,680 --> 00:17:04,439 Speaker 1: It is the tweet sheet brought to you by Corrigan 358 00:17:04,480 --> 00:17:08,080 Speaker 1: Moving Systems, the official movers of the Buffalo Bills. Charles 359 00:17:08,119 --> 00:17:11,280 Speaker 1: tweets in Freeman is too close to what Devin Singletary is. 360 00:17:11,280 --> 00:17:13,879 Speaker 1: So the logical stance would be to go with a 361 00:17:13,880 --> 00:17:16,280 Speaker 1: proven guy like Melvin Gordon. He'd be much better of 362 00:17:16,320 --> 00:17:18,480 Speaker 1: a number two than Gore was and could be more 363 00:17:18,520 --> 00:17:21,040 Speaker 1: helpful than the screen game or checked outs. I cannot 364 00:17:21,080 --> 00:17:24,000 Speaker 1: argue he'd be much more valuable than Frank Gore Wotz. 365 00:17:24,000 --> 00:17:26,160 Speaker 1: There's no question about that. I think Gore. They'll never 366 00:17:26,200 --> 00:17:28,480 Speaker 1: say it because of the respect everybody has for Frank Gore, 367 00:17:28,520 --> 00:17:29,960 Speaker 1: but I think he was a bit of a disappointment 368 00:17:30,040 --> 00:17:31,879 Speaker 1: last year as far as what he had left in 369 00:17:31,920 --> 00:17:35,639 Speaker 1: the tax. Steve, Yeah, I think that it's one of 370 00:17:35,680 --> 00:17:38,440 Speaker 1: those classic things. He started out the season really strong. 371 00:17:38,480 --> 00:17:40,359 Speaker 1: You remember the good games he had against the Jets 372 00:17:40,359 --> 00:17:42,160 Speaker 1: and the Giants where he bolted into the end zone. 373 00:17:42,200 --> 00:17:44,040 Speaker 1: He looked like he set the tone for the offense 374 00:17:44,080 --> 00:17:46,199 Speaker 1: and the early going to the season, and then as 375 00:17:46,240 --> 00:17:49,000 Speaker 1: the season wore on, he just, you know, he kind 376 00:17:49,000 --> 00:17:51,600 Speaker 1: of just ebbed away from being effective until you know, 377 00:17:51,680 --> 00:17:56,080 Speaker 1: Devin Singletary took over almost exclusively, and Frank Gore got 378 00:17:56,080 --> 00:17:59,360 Speaker 1: what two or three carries a game, three or four 379 00:17:59,400 --> 00:18:02,520 Speaker 1: carries a game. So yeah, Frank Gore was a guy 380 00:18:02,560 --> 00:18:06,160 Speaker 1: who came in and just could not He couldn't carry 381 00:18:06,160 --> 00:18:08,719 Speaker 1: the ball enough throughout the regular season. I think if 382 00:18:08,760 --> 00:18:11,440 Speaker 1: you get a younger guy like a Melvin Gordon, he'll 383 00:18:11,480 --> 00:18:14,200 Speaker 1: be able to do it throughout the sixteen games of 384 00:18:14,240 --> 00:18:17,680 Speaker 1: the season if he stays healthy. Eighth, three fifty the 385 00:18:17,760 --> 00:18:20,480 Speaker 1: number to call toll free one eight, eight, five fifty 386 00:18:20,520 --> 00:18:22,679 Speaker 1: two or five fifty. What's the answer. What would you 387 00:18:22,680 --> 00:18:26,320 Speaker 1: do for the Bills at the running back spot? From Nikki? 388 00:18:26,800 --> 00:18:28,840 Speaker 1: He tweets in here, She tweets in I liked the 389 00:18:28,880 --> 00:18:30,760 Speaker 1: idea of the draft. The draft has a bunch of 390 00:18:30,760 --> 00:18:35,640 Speaker 1: powerbacks who could compliment Singletary well, could compliment Singletary well 391 00:18:35,680 --> 00:18:37,600 Speaker 1: that are projected to go in the mid rounds. We 392 00:18:37,680 --> 00:18:39,320 Speaker 1: have our number one back, so they don't need to 393 00:18:39,359 --> 00:18:42,639 Speaker 1: be superstars. Avoid Gordon. I kind of agree with Nikki. 394 00:18:42,760 --> 00:18:44,280 Speaker 1: I think you can. You know, when you get to 395 00:18:44,440 --> 00:18:47,119 Speaker 1: a fifth, sixth round, you'll get a decent back. The 396 00:18:47,160 --> 00:18:49,399 Speaker 1: guy who can play probably not an also name probably 397 00:18:49,400 --> 00:18:51,080 Speaker 1: no one that I could name her most of our 398 00:18:51,080 --> 00:18:53,320 Speaker 1: listeners could, but a guy who could play and sort 399 00:18:53,320 --> 00:18:56,280 Speaker 1: of give a break to Devin Singletary. Look, I think 400 00:18:56,280 --> 00:18:59,480 Speaker 1: about how slowly Singletary's career got going last year, Steve. 401 00:18:59,520 --> 00:19:01,679 Speaker 1: I mean they they barely used him. He was banged 402 00:19:01,720 --> 00:19:03,760 Speaker 1: up early on. They barely used him until by the 403 00:19:03,800 --> 00:19:05,919 Speaker 1: third end of the season. I think this is going 404 00:19:05,960 --> 00:19:08,920 Speaker 1: to be Devin Singletary's year to break out, if you will, 405 00:19:09,000 --> 00:19:11,479 Speaker 1: you know, for him to be established himself as one 406 00:19:11,520 --> 00:19:14,000 Speaker 1: of the better I said, top twenty backs in the game. 407 00:19:14,200 --> 00:19:17,520 Speaker 1: He probably approaching that. I think hopefully, if things go 408 00:19:17,600 --> 00:19:19,320 Speaker 1: well for the Bills, by the end of the year 409 00:19:19,320 --> 00:19:21,119 Speaker 1: he's in the top ten. I think he is that 410 00:19:21,280 --> 00:19:23,000 Speaker 1: kind of talent, and I think this is his year 411 00:19:23,080 --> 00:19:25,840 Speaker 1: to break out and to demonstrate that he can be 412 00:19:26,240 --> 00:19:28,480 Speaker 1: a top back. What do you think? Yeah, he had 413 00:19:28,800 --> 00:19:30,880 Speaker 1: he had the hamstring injury early. He got in week 414 00:19:30,920 --> 00:19:32,879 Speaker 1: two and then he didn't come back until week six. 415 00:19:33,440 --> 00:19:36,600 Speaker 1: I think maybe week seven or after the bye week. 416 00:19:36,640 --> 00:19:38,639 Speaker 1: Week six they give sixth game. I'm not sure. He 417 00:19:38,680 --> 00:19:40,720 Speaker 1: can't remember the timing, but he had a hammy that 418 00:19:40,800 --> 00:19:43,159 Speaker 1: kept him out of four weeks of the season and 419 00:19:43,800 --> 00:19:48,240 Speaker 1: that you know that, you know, hampered his ability to 420 00:19:48,280 --> 00:19:50,520 Speaker 1: be productive early on. But here's the thing too, and 421 00:19:50,840 --> 00:19:53,280 Speaker 1: I'm not and whether you and I like it or 422 00:19:53,280 --> 00:19:55,720 Speaker 1: whether we don't murder what you and I philosophy is. 423 00:19:55,760 --> 00:19:59,359 Speaker 1: We know what Sean mcdermot's philosophy is. He wants a 424 00:19:59,520 --> 00:20:02,800 Speaker 1: veteran in every room position group. Who's that going to 425 00:20:02,880 --> 00:20:04,600 Speaker 1: be in the running back room? Is t J Yel 426 00:20:04,680 --> 00:20:08,880 Speaker 1: than that guy? Certainly Devin Singletary is probably not that guy, 427 00:20:08,920 --> 00:20:12,119 Speaker 1: even though he may be the bell cow the Bills 428 00:20:12,240 --> 00:20:14,960 Speaker 1: might be looking for. Although they got Taiwan Jones, I 429 00:20:15,000 --> 00:20:17,240 Speaker 1: mean he's a running back and a quality guy. He's 430 00:20:17,240 --> 00:20:19,680 Speaker 1: not going to be carrying the ball for the Buffalo Bills. 431 00:20:21,480 --> 00:20:23,560 Speaker 1: That may be something for people to think about and 432 00:20:23,600 --> 00:20:26,880 Speaker 1: try to anticipate what will happen at the running back position, 433 00:20:26,920 --> 00:20:29,680 Speaker 1: because the Bills have always wanted at least one wily 434 00:20:29,840 --> 00:20:33,280 Speaker 1: veteran in the room in every position group. You can 435 00:20:33,359 --> 00:20:36,480 Speaker 1: see the running backs, it's Pat DeMarco, the tight ends, 436 00:20:36,480 --> 00:20:39,520 Speaker 1: it's been Lee Smith. Offensive line, they've certainly got enough 437 00:20:39,520 --> 00:20:42,840 Speaker 1: guys there, particularly now with Mitch Morse in the fold. 438 00:20:44,080 --> 00:20:48,040 Speaker 1: Linebackers had Lorenzo Alexander. Now it may be a guy 439 00:20:48,080 --> 00:20:52,480 Speaker 1: like a J. Klein, and certainly Melvin Gordon is moving 440 00:20:52,480 --> 00:20:54,920 Speaker 1: into that. The secondary speaks for itself with the two 441 00:20:54,920 --> 00:20:58,360 Speaker 1: safeties they have in Hide and Poyer. All of these 442 00:20:58,400 --> 00:21:02,960 Speaker 1: offensive all of these position groups have veterans in the room. 443 00:21:03,680 --> 00:21:06,920 Speaker 1: You know that these guys can lean on running back 444 00:21:07,520 --> 00:21:11,720 Speaker 1: maybe not, maybe not. And if you're looking for maybe 445 00:21:11,720 --> 00:21:15,720 Speaker 1: a stereotype guy that the Bills might look to sign 446 00:21:15,760 --> 00:21:17,320 Speaker 1: as a running back, I think you have to look 447 00:21:17,359 --> 00:21:20,040 Speaker 1: at a big, you know, as a veteran running back 448 00:21:20,080 --> 00:21:22,879 Speaker 1: who's hung around Alah Frank Gore last year. Those are 449 00:21:22,880 --> 00:21:25,600 Speaker 1: the kind of guys that Sean McDermott wants in every 450 00:21:25,680 --> 00:21:28,040 Speaker 1: room in his building. And right now I don't know 451 00:21:28,080 --> 00:21:30,080 Speaker 1: that they have one of the running back room yeah, 452 00:21:30,200 --> 00:21:31,800 Speaker 1: you got a point there. Let's go to Patrick in 453 00:21:31,880 --> 00:21:34,000 Speaker 1: Los Angeles, who thinks Melvin going to be a good 454 00:21:34,000 --> 00:21:36,000 Speaker 1: answer for the Bills. Patrick, Hello, you're on the air. 455 00:21:37,440 --> 00:21:40,320 Speaker 1: Thanks for being on the air during these times. Oh sure, 456 00:21:40,359 --> 00:21:43,840 Speaker 1: this is easy, Vats, No, it means a lot. You know. 457 00:21:43,880 --> 00:21:46,960 Speaker 1: It's like everybody working in entertainment's been out of business 458 00:21:47,080 --> 00:21:49,920 Speaker 1: now for like a week or more, and it's nice 459 00:21:49,960 --> 00:21:53,320 Speaker 1: to have some entertainment. But getting it the point, the 460 00:21:53,440 --> 00:21:56,240 Speaker 1: Bills need a back that can carry the ball in 461 00:21:56,320 --> 00:21:59,840 Speaker 1: cold weather. It gets cold in Buffalo the playoffs or 462 00:22:00,040 --> 00:22:03,160 Speaker 1: to be cold. I'm thinking home game if we end 463 00:22:03,240 --> 00:22:05,399 Speaker 1: up with you know, in the playoffs. I'm thinking the 464 00:22:05,440 --> 00:22:08,600 Speaker 1: Bills can take this thing. And Melvin Gordon like did 465 00:22:08,640 --> 00:22:12,399 Speaker 1: fabulous in the cold in Wisconsin, and I feel like 466 00:22:12,480 --> 00:22:16,080 Speaker 1: he's he's kind of back that could split time with Singletary, 467 00:22:16,560 --> 00:22:19,560 Speaker 1: not overwork either one of them, and just really be dynamic. 468 00:22:20,080 --> 00:22:24,119 Speaker 1: What do you guys think, Well, at the risk of 469 00:22:24,119 --> 00:22:27,480 Speaker 1: repeating what we've talked about for ten minutes, what you 470 00:22:27,520 --> 00:22:29,720 Speaker 1: say is correct. I just don't know if how big 471 00:22:29,720 --> 00:22:33,120 Speaker 1: a need it is for the Bills, and I think 472 00:22:33,160 --> 00:22:35,360 Speaker 1: you can fill that need with maybe a younger running back. 473 00:22:35,400 --> 00:22:37,560 Speaker 1: Maybe Melvin Gordon is the answer. I'll tell you why 474 00:22:37,680 --> 00:22:39,720 Speaker 1: I don't know Melvin Gordon. I haven't read enough about 475 00:22:39,760 --> 00:22:41,960 Speaker 1: him or don't know enough about him. If he can 476 00:22:42,000 --> 00:22:44,200 Speaker 1: be a leader like a Frank Gore, as Steve was 477 00:22:44,240 --> 00:22:48,119 Speaker 1: pointing out a minute ago, if he can be an example, 478 00:22:48,280 --> 00:22:51,360 Speaker 1: a good example for Devin Singletary going into a second year, 479 00:22:51,359 --> 00:22:53,199 Speaker 1: I would think even more highly of that idea. What 480 00:22:53,240 --> 00:22:57,359 Speaker 1: do you think, Steve? Yeah, I think so basically, you 481 00:22:57,359 --> 00:22:59,760 Speaker 1: know not you and I talk in big generalizations because 482 00:22:59,800 --> 00:23:02,879 Speaker 1: we you know they Sean McDermott doesn't call one Bill's 483 00:23:02,920 --> 00:23:04,800 Speaker 1: Live to ask what his next move should be. So 484 00:23:04,840 --> 00:23:08,240 Speaker 1: we kind of talking what we think could possibly happen 485 00:23:08,240 --> 00:23:10,720 Speaker 1: in kind of generally. And what I think is what 486 00:23:10,840 --> 00:23:15,200 Speaker 1: I've always thought Melvin Gordon. Maybe if he was out there, 487 00:23:16,520 --> 00:23:19,600 Speaker 1: he may be as good a running back as is 488 00:23:19,640 --> 00:23:22,359 Speaker 1: available on the market right now. I mean, the best 489 00:23:22,359 --> 00:23:25,520 Speaker 1: guy available, and that includes maybe even guys coming out 490 00:23:25,520 --> 00:23:27,600 Speaker 1: in the draft. He can probably still play. He's gonna 491 00:23:27,600 --> 00:23:31,840 Speaker 1: be twenty seven in about a couple of weeks. He 492 00:23:31,960 --> 00:23:35,000 Speaker 1: still seems young to me. He's been in the Pro 493 00:23:35,119 --> 00:23:38,200 Speaker 1: Bowl twice. The guy can run and he can get 494 00:23:38,240 --> 00:23:41,240 Speaker 1: it done. Plus bringing him into Buffalo. It's not like 495 00:23:41,760 --> 00:23:43,720 Speaker 1: he's gonna seem like, oh my gosh, you're gonna bring 496 00:23:43,760 --> 00:23:45,680 Speaker 1: me to Buffalo and I'm gonna carry the bowl two 497 00:23:45,760 --> 00:23:48,800 Speaker 1: hundred and ninety times. Now he's not. He'll probably carry 498 00:23:48,800 --> 00:23:51,000 Speaker 1: it one hundred and fifty times. Does he know that? 499 00:23:51,359 --> 00:23:53,920 Speaker 1: I think he'd probably figure that out. Yeah. They would 500 00:23:53,960 --> 00:23:55,600 Speaker 1: probably say that in their run up to him, and 501 00:23:55,640 --> 00:23:58,600 Speaker 1: when they came to his representation, they would let him 502 00:23:58,640 --> 00:24:01,199 Speaker 1: know full well what they had vision him doing, and 503 00:24:01,240 --> 00:24:04,720 Speaker 1: he in return would tell them what he envisions himself doing, 504 00:24:04,800 --> 00:24:07,800 Speaker 1: what he wants to do. That conversation would happen. So 505 00:24:08,920 --> 00:24:11,720 Speaker 1: that's exactly, you know, So him coming in here making 506 00:24:11,800 --> 00:24:14,480 Speaker 1: whatever paycheck they did, if he had his own contract, 507 00:24:14,480 --> 00:24:18,560 Speaker 1: now it's five point six million dollars for that money, 508 00:24:18,680 --> 00:24:20,520 Speaker 1: carrying the ball one hundred and fifty times as a 509 00:24:20,560 --> 00:24:24,560 Speaker 1: running back and maybe getting them maybe getting another fifty receptions. 510 00:24:25,400 --> 00:24:28,880 Speaker 1: That is not a heavy workload over a sixteen game season, 511 00:24:29,480 --> 00:24:33,160 Speaker 1: and I think he would welcome that, and he would 512 00:24:33,160 --> 00:24:34,720 Speaker 1: give you a lot of energy and to have a 513 00:24:34,720 --> 00:24:37,200 Speaker 1: lot of gas in his tank. So I think it 514 00:24:37,200 --> 00:24:40,000 Speaker 1: would really be appealing to a guy like him at 515 00:24:40,000 --> 00:24:41,600 Speaker 1: this point in his career to come in make the 516 00:24:41,640 --> 00:24:44,760 Speaker 1: same money he has made with less expectations than he's 517 00:24:44,760 --> 00:24:47,720 Speaker 1: had in San Diego. You might be right. I don't know. 518 00:24:47,880 --> 00:24:49,760 Speaker 1: We don't know the answer to this, but we're interested 519 00:24:49,800 --> 00:24:52,280 Speaker 1: in talking about it. How's the Bills addressed adding a 520 00:24:52,359 --> 00:24:54,240 Speaker 1: running back? What do you think should they add Melvin 521 00:24:54,240 --> 00:24:57,280 Speaker 1: Gordon DeVante Freeman is available? Should they add a draft pick? 522 00:24:57,600 --> 00:24:59,680 Speaker 1: Something else? Give us a call. Eight h three h 523 00:25:00,000 --> 00:25:02,600 Speaker 1: fifty towel three one eight eight eight five fifty two 524 00:25:02,680 --> 00:25:05,720 Speaker 1: five fifty. The running back question one of many questions 525 00:25:05,760 --> 00:25:08,320 Speaker 1: that come to mind when we talk about our next guests. 526 00:25:08,440 --> 00:25:11,080 Speaker 1: Eric Wood bottles the Bills very closely. He's a color 527 00:25:11,119 --> 00:25:13,439 Speaker 1: analyst on the Bills Radio Network. He's standing body to 528 00:25:13,480 --> 00:25:15,280 Speaker 1: join us when we return on the show. We're doing 529 00:25:15,320 --> 00:25:17,480 Speaker 1: the show Bill three. I'm at home, Steve's at home. 530 00:25:17,600 --> 00:25:19,920 Speaker 1: It doesn't matter. We're still doing our show. It's One 531 00:25:20,000 --> 00:25:23,119 Speaker 1: Bills Live, coming to you from our homes, presented by 532 00:25:23,160 --> 00:25:38,160 Speaker 1: KLADA Health. And this is Buffalo Bills Radio. Welcome back 533 00:25:38,200 --> 00:25:40,760 Speaker 1: One Bills Live. John Murphy, Steve Tasker. We're doing our 534 00:25:40,800 --> 00:25:43,080 Speaker 1: best today. We're on the radio only and we got 535 00:25:43,080 --> 00:25:45,800 Speaker 1: a guest on the telephone. Nine. He played ninth seasons 536 00:25:45,800 --> 00:25:48,240 Speaker 1: in the NFL, all with the Bills, Bill's first round 537 00:25:48,280 --> 00:25:50,359 Speaker 1: pick in two thousand and nine. Now he's the radio 538 00:25:50,440 --> 00:25:53,080 Speaker 1: color analyst on the Bills Radio Network. Happy to have 539 00:25:53,240 --> 00:25:55,760 Speaker 1: Eric Wood on the line with us. Hello, Eric, happy birthday. 540 00:25:55,760 --> 00:25:57,320 Speaker 1: A couple of days late, but good to talk to you. 541 00:25:57,359 --> 00:26:00,320 Speaker 1: How are you doing down there? I'm doing great. Appreciate 542 00:26:00,400 --> 00:26:03,800 Speaker 1: that intro. At some point I'll be recurring enough guest 543 00:26:04,000 --> 00:26:06,520 Speaker 1: or recurring enough co host that I won't have to 544 00:26:06,800 --> 00:26:08,600 Speaker 1: get the intro every time. But I appreciate that. I 545 00:26:10,119 --> 00:26:12,560 Speaker 1: over I overdo that, don't it. Hey, Eric, let me 546 00:26:12,560 --> 00:26:15,440 Speaker 1: start with important things first, your wife, Leslie, the two kids. 547 00:26:15,440 --> 00:26:18,320 Speaker 1: Everybody doing good down there in Louisville. Yeah, everybody's doing good. 548 00:26:18,440 --> 00:26:23,479 Speaker 1: And obviously like everybody else were kids are out of school, 549 00:26:23,560 --> 00:26:27,200 Speaker 1: so um, you find a new appreciation for what your 550 00:26:27,200 --> 00:26:29,600 Speaker 1: wife does every day taking care of the kids full 551 00:26:29,600 --> 00:26:33,440 Speaker 1: time and all that. And you know, I had a 552 00:26:33,480 --> 00:26:36,480 Speaker 1: lot of plans canceled and the schedules free and just 553 00:26:36,520 --> 00:26:38,320 Speaker 1: trying to hit the reset button a little bit down 554 00:26:38,359 --> 00:26:42,240 Speaker 1: here and get our priorities in check and maybe, uh, 555 00:26:42,600 --> 00:26:45,199 Speaker 1: look at some things we took for granted beforehand, and 556 00:26:45,400 --> 00:26:47,040 Speaker 1: try not to take it for granted when all this 557 00:26:47,080 --> 00:26:50,480 Speaker 1: is said and done. Well, yeah, just to speaking of 558 00:26:50,520 --> 00:26:53,840 Speaker 1: things getting canceled, and my condolences on the Kentucky Derby 559 00:26:53,880 --> 00:26:57,000 Speaker 1: getting moved back about four or five months. How's the 560 00:26:58,119 --> 00:26:59,439 Speaker 1: how are you getting along with the news that you're 561 00:26:59,440 --> 00:27:02,560 Speaker 1: not going to be seen in horse racing for a while. Well, 562 00:27:02,600 --> 00:27:06,320 Speaker 1: actually they are running the prep races. You know, yesterday 563 00:27:06,480 --> 00:27:09,640 Speaker 1: we were doing a little Oaklawn betting at the house, 564 00:27:09,680 --> 00:27:14,760 Speaker 1: watching TVG and betting horses running at Oaklawn. That's about 565 00:27:14,800 --> 00:27:16,639 Speaker 1: the only thing you can do. But the Derby we 566 00:27:16,760 --> 00:27:19,800 Speaker 1: pushed back, they said September fifth, and if the NFL 567 00:27:19,840 --> 00:27:23,679 Speaker 1: and college schedule goes as planned, I will be calling 568 00:27:23,720 --> 00:27:26,720 Speaker 1: the Bill's fourth preseason game with John that Thursday, So 569 00:27:27,080 --> 00:27:29,720 Speaker 1: that'll cut me out for Thurby. We call it in 570 00:27:29,720 --> 00:27:32,320 Speaker 1: Louisville the Thursday before the Derby, which is one of 571 00:27:32,359 --> 00:27:34,280 Speaker 1: my favorite days of the track, and then I'll be 572 00:27:34,280 --> 00:27:37,000 Speaker 1: going straight to my college game, which is that's the 573 00:27:37,040 --> 00:27:40,199 Speaker 1: opening weekend of college football. So I'll be missing in 574 00:27:40,200 --> 00:27:43,440 Speaker 1: Derby this year. But you know what, like I just said, 575 00:27:43,520 --> 00:27:46,000 Speaker 1: a lot of stuff's canceled. I mean I've been today. 576 00:27:46,600 --> 00:27:48,520 Speaker 1: I mean today, Honestly, I was supposed to be in 577 00:27:48,600 --> 00:27:52,119 Speaker 1: Las Vegas for opening weekend of March Madness. Today I 578 00:27:52,160 --> 00:27:54,280 Speaker 1: was going to be playing Shadow Creek, a top thirty 579 00:27:54,320 --> 00:27:57,240 Speaker 1: course in the country, golf course that I've been literally 580 00:27:57,320 --> 00:28:00,399 Speaker 1: looking at in magazines for like the past three years, 581 00:28:01,600 --> 00:28:04,119 Speaker 1: you know, dreaming of playing it. Tomorrow, we had another 582 00:28:04,200 --> 00:28:06,439 Speaker 1: top one hundred golf course because Scott'll lined up. But 583 00:28:06,480 --> 00:28:08,919 Speaker 1: you know what, as I sit here and I'm not 584 00:28:08,920 --> 00:28:12,040 Speaker 1: trying to hijack our bills conversations, we'll get the free 585 00:28:12,040 --> 00:28:14,720 Speaker 1: agents next. But I'm sure you guys don't mind someone 586 00:28:14,760 --> 00:28:17,960 Speaker 1: taking up a little bit of time from talking about 587 00:28:18,000 --> 00:28:20,320 Speaker 1: the agency today. But you know what, there I got 588 00:28:20,320 --> 00:28:22,480 Speaker 1: buddies that are losing businesses, and you know, I own 589 00:28:22,520 --> 00:28:25,640 Speaker 1: a gym here in town, in Louisville, and we're having 590 00:28:25,640 --> 00:28:28,560 Speaker 1: to make really tough decisions. We operate on tiny margins. 591 00:28:28,760 --> 00:28:30,640 Speaker 1: Who do we pay we let go do we let 592 00:28:30,960 --> 00:28:35,280 Speaker 1: some employees go file for unemployment? And you know it'd 593 00:28:35,280 --> 00:28:37,840 Speaker 1: be super selfish for me to sit here and complain 594 00:28:37,920 --> 00:28:41,440 Speaker 1: about rounds of golf. And you know, Kentucky Derby Red's 595 00:28:41,440 --> 00:28:45,440 Speaker 1: opening day next weekend, we had my daughter. Hopefully she'll 596 00:28:45,480 --> 00:28:47,280 Speaker 1: understand this. We were supposed to go to Disney World 597 00:28:47,280 --> 00:28:49,600 Speaker 1: next weekend. She was she finally gave up her passive 598 00:28:49,600 --> 00:28:51,720 Speaker 1: fire at age four, and I said, whenever she did, 599 00:28:51,760 --> 00:28:53,360 Speaker 1: she could give it to Cinderella. We were going to 600 00:28:53,360 --> 00:28:56,560 Speaker 1: Florida next week. We put a Disney trip on the 601 00:28:56,640 --> 00:28:59,520 Speaker 1: end of that, and she was gonna go give her binkie. 602 00:28:59,600 --> 00:29:02,480 Speaker 1: She called it to Cinderella. And that's not happening anymore either. 603 00:29:02,560 --> 00:29:04,600 Speaker 1: But like I said, there's there's people with a lot 604 00:29:04,640 --> 00:29:06,800 Speaker 1: bigger issues than we got. Yeah, that's too bad. I 605 00:29:06,840 --> 00:29:08,680 Speaker 1: was hoping that you'd send a picture of Cinderella with 606 00:29:08,760 --> 00:29:13,960 Speaker 1: a passifier with a banking Yeah, nowadays sharing pacifier. So 607 00:29:15,680 --> 00:29:18,000 Speaker 1: Eric is our guests, Let's get down to the business 608 00:29:18,040 --> 00:29:20,960 Speaker 1: of football, because we've all had time, I guess, unfortunately, 609 00:29:21,000 --> 00:29:23,400 Speaker 1: to spend a lot of time on free agency and 610 00:29:23,440 --> 00:29:26,000 Speaker 1: the mid the moves the Bills have made. Let me 611 00:29:26,080 --> 00:29:28,120 Speaker 1: start with one of the first ones this week, Quentin 612 00:29:28,200 --> 00:29:31,640 Speaker 1: Spain resigned. So how important is having continuity? And what 613 00:29:31,680 --> 00:29:32,920 Speaker 1: do you think of the group they have on the 614 00:29:32,920 --> 00:29:35,200 Speaker 1: offensive line right now? Eric, You know, I think it's 615 00:29:35,240 --> 00:29:37,320 Speaker 1: awesome that they're they're set up to just run the 616 00:29:37,360 --> 00:29:41,160 Speaker 1: same five guys, assuming everybody's healthy heading into fall camp 617 00:29:41,200 --> 00:29:45,240 Speaker 1: and all that. Come August, you know, they could potentially 618 00:29:45,360 --> 00:29:48,040 Speaker 1: run the same five guys out there again this year, 619 00:29:48,120 --> 00:29:50,320 Speaker 1: the same five guys in the same offense this year. 620 00:29:50,640 --> 00:29:53,800 Speaker 1: You know, that's valuable. The continuities there, the talents there. 621 00:29:53,840 --> 00:29:57,040 Speaker 1: They produce at a high level last year and you 622 00:29:57,040 --> 00:29:59,240 Speaker 1: put another year experience under a lot of their belts 623 00:30:00,280 --> 00:30:02,520 Speaker 1: and you gotta like that. There were there was times 624 00:30:02,600 --> 00:30:06,800 Speaker 1: last year where, um, you know, Quentin Spain had had 625 00:30:06,840 --> 00:30:08,800 Speaker 1: a little bit of ups and downs from from a 626 00:30:08,840 --> 00:30:11,600 Speaker 1: physical standpoint on the field. You know, there there were 627 00:30:11,640 --> 00:30:14,680 Speaker 1: times where, um, you know, I don't want to say 628 00:30:14,720 --> 00:30:17,800 Speaker 1: he was the least effective blocker, but you know there's 629 00:30:17,840 --> 00:30:20,640 Speaker 1: there's times where you might say, could Cody Ford hop 630 00:30:20,680 --> 00:30:23,200 Speaker 1: to guard? Is there a better option at tackle? But 631 00:30:23,280 --> 00:30:26,040 Speaker 1: you know what, um, I loved what the Bills did 632 00:30:26,080 --> 00:30:28,000 Speaker 1: in free agency last year. They brought in a ton 633 00:30:28,040 --> 00:30:30,480 Speaker 1: of bodies. They said we're gonna let the cream rises 634 00:30:30,480 --> 00:30:32,080 Speaker 1: to the top. And the group they put on the 635 00:30:32,120 --> 00:30:37,000 Speaker 1: field last year was excellent. And all the things you 636 00:30:37,040 --> 00:30:40,600 Speaker 1: hear about in regards to Quentin Spain the things you 637 00:30:40,640 --> 00:30:43,640 Speaker 1: truly appreciate, appreciate about him is the stuff that you 638 00:30:43,720 --> 00:30:45,560 Speaker 1: hear come from the locker room. And when you hear 639 00:30:45,600 --> 00:30:48,800 Speaker 1: the guys talk about him, you hear about how valuable 640 00:30:48,960 --> 00:30:51,560 Speaker 1: or resigning that is. How are the Bills making a 641 00:30:51,640 --> 00:30:55,320 Speaker 1: mistake Eric by standing pat with the same five guys 642 00:30:55,320 --> 00:30:57,280 Speaker 1: not trying to get better. Certainly they want to, you know, 643 00:30:57,360 --> 00:30:59,560 Speaker 1: you want competition and all that, and I know continuity 644 00:30:59,600 --> 00:31:01,960 Speaker 1: is a big thing, but this is an offensive line 645 00:31:01,960 --> 00:31:05,080 Speaker 1: that took a big step forward in twenty eighteen. They 646 00:31:05,200 --> 00:31:07,640 Speaker 1: really struggled last year. They were much much better with 647 00:31:07,640 --> 00:31:09,920 Speaker 1: the addition of Mitch Morrison, four news starters along with 648 00:31:10,560 --> 00:31:13,640 Speaker 1: Dion Dockins. Are they missing out by not trying to 649 00:31:13,640 --> 00:31:16,520 Speaker 1: get better? Well? And you know what, they may still 650 00:31:16,560 --> 00:31:18,280 Speaker 1: add pieces. Who knows what they're gonna do with that 651 00:31:18,320 --> 00:31:20,040 Speaker 1: second round pick. Who knows if they move up in 652 00:31:20,040 --> 00:31:22,600 Speaker 1: the draft, Who knows if there's another free agent piece 653 00:31:22,640 --> 00:31:25,400 Speaker 1: that they bring in. All I know is that they 654 00:31:25,400 --> 00:31:27,840 Speaker 1: have a lot of good bodies in that room. They 655 00:31:27,880 --> 00:31:30,080 Speaker 1: have a lot of guys that have played the NFL 656 00:31:30,120 --> 00:31:35,760 Speaker 1: of starting experience. In today's NFL, good offensive linemen are 657 00:31:35,800 --> 00:31:38,560 Speaker 1: hard to come by. It's it's a reality. I mean, 658 00:31:39,000 --> 00:31:42,520 Speaker 1: there is porous offensive line play across the board in 659 00:31:42,560 --> 00:31:45,520 Speaker 1: the NFL, and the fact that the Bills almost have 660 00:31:45,560 --> 00:31:48,000 Speaker 1: an abundance of talent where they're trying to mix and 661 00:31:48,080 --> 00:31:50,240 Speaker 1: match and see who's the best five to even get 662 00:31:50,280 --> 00:31:53,600 Speaker 1: on the field. That's a luxury. And not to jump 663 00:31:53,640 --> 00:31:56,160 Speaker 1: the gun, but it seems like what they did on 664 00:31:56,240 --> 00:31:58,720 Speaker 1: the free agent front last year with the offensive line, 665 00:31:58,840 --> 00:32:01,040 Speaker 1: they're almost doing on the d defensive line this year 666 00:32:01,240 --> 00:32:04,840 Speaker 1: to solidify that front and say, look, yes we're adding bodies. 667 00:32:04,960 --> 00:32:07,440 Speaker 1: No we're not cutting Trent Murphy at this time. We're 668 00:32:07,480 --> 00:32:10,840 Speaker 1: gonna go into camp and we're gonna see, you know, 669 00:32:11,120 --> 00:32:14,960 Speaker 1: of these ten quality defensive lineman, let's see who the 670 00:32:14,960 --> 00:32:16,920 Speaker 1: final eight are or seven or however man you end 671 00:32:16,960 --> 00:32:20,400 Speaker 1: up keeping. Let me let me ask you an offensive 672 00:32:20,400 --> 00:32:23,640 Speaker 1: line questionnaire. And I think we kind of talked about 673 00:32:23,640 --> 00:32:25,680 Speaker 1: this a little bit during the season, but now we're 674 00:32:25,680 --> 00:32:29,040 Speaker 1: two months removed from the season with additions and subtractions 675 00:32:29,040 --> 00:32:31,880 Speaker 1: coming to the offensive line. Where does Cody Ford belong 676 00:32:32,080 --> 00:32:34,320 Speaker 1: in year two? Does he belong inside the guard you think? 677 00:32:34,400 --> 00:32:37,120 Speaker 1: Or two he play outside again at the right tackle. 678 00:32:37,560 --> 00:32:39,280 Speaker 1: You know, I think you put your five best on 679 00:32:39,320 --> 00:32:41,640 Speaker 1: the field and you have the luxury of him playing 680 00:32:41,640 --> 00:32:44,000 Speaker 1: guard or tackle. I thought last year he got better 681 00:32:44,040 --> 00:32:45,640 Speaker 1: and better as a tackle as the year went on. 682 00:32:45,720 --> 00:32:47,840 Speaker 1: There were times where they left him one on one 683 00:32:47,880 --> 00:32:51,280 Speaker 1: against elite pass rushers in the NFL as a rookie 684 00:32:51,320 --> 00:32:55,080 Speaker 1: and he played well. Does he have the prototype measurables 685 00:32:56,040 --> 00:32:58,840 Speaker 1: for the tackle position, you know? Or his arms maybe 686 00:32:58,920 --> 00:33:02,880 Speaker 1: too short if you're you're looking at combine measurements, maybe 687 00:33:02,920 --> 00:33:04,760 Speaker 1: you know, would you like him six six and said 688 00:33:04,800 --> 00:33:07,000 Speaker 1: to six three? Maybe? But you know, when you have 689 00:33:07,040 --> 00:33:11,480 Speaker 1: a guy who played, who played at a high level 690 00:33:11,520 --> 00:33:14,080 Speaker 1: as a rookie at guard and tackle, and I think 691 00:33:14,120 --> 00:33:15,920 Speaker 1: you just had the luxury of playing him at either 692 00:33:16,120 --> 00:33:18,800 Speaker 1: or and then you know down the road, yes, you 693 00:33:18,800 --> 00:33:21,560 Speaker 1: want to get him solidified at one spot. But man, 694 00:33:22,040 --> 00:33:24,320 Speaker 1: what a luxury pick that was in the second round 695 00:33:24,320 --> 00:33:26,600 Speaker 1: to move up to get Cody Ford and have him 696 00:33:26,760 --> 00:33:29,640 Speaker 1: play at a high level at both positions. Last year. Well, 697 00:33:29,680 --> 00:33:31,440 Speaker 1: one of the things about last year that they had 698 00:33:31,440 --> 00:33:34,840 Speaker 1: in the rotation was tie and Secki was in and 699 00:33:34,840 --> 00:33:36,880 Speaker 1: out at right tackle, and certainly they tried to keep 700 00:33:36,920 --> 00:33:38,480 Speaker 1: him healthy enough. They gave him a lot of days 701 00:33:38,480 --> 00:33:40,239 Speaker 1: off during the week and try to get him on there. 702 00:33:40,280 --> 00:33:42,760 Speaker 1: But they were. They seemed like a much better offensive 703 00:33:42,800 --> 00:33:46,040 Speaker 1: line with him at right tackle and Ford down inside. 704 00:33:46,320 --> 00:33:49,080 Speaker 1: But Inseci coming back, and you know, how much can 705 00:33:49,120 --> 00:33:51,520 Speaker 1: you depend on him to be healthy for sixteen weeks? 706 00:33:51,560 --> 00:33:55,080 Speaker 1: Probably not completely, But to me, them being better with 707 00:33:55,160 --> 00:33:58,720 Speaker 1: Innseki at right tackle and Ford inside says something about 708 00:33:58,720 --> 00:34:00,800 Speaker 1: where they might want to go with a draft pick 709 00:34:01,320 --> 00:34:06,840 Speaker 1: or trying to find somebody to plug in there. Then 710 00:34:06,880 --> 00:34:09,640 Speaker 1: Seki just couldn't wasn't available last year, and when he 711 00:34:09,800 --> 00:34:13,960 Speaker 1: was he played, Yeah, for sure, And during the broadcast, 712 00:34:14,320 --> 00:34:18,600 Speaker 1: John knows, I do this, I'll try drives just throughout 713 00:34:18,600 --> 00:34:21,600 Speaker 1: the game. I'll write them down. And last year they 714 00:34:21,600 --> 00:34:23,920 Speaker 1: were doing the rotation of every two series and Seki 715 00:34:23,960 --> 00:34:25,920 Speaker 1: would come in and I don't know if it was 716 00:34:25,960 --> 00:34:28,600 Speaker 1: a slow start because of lack of experience on offense. 717 00:34:28,760 --> 00:34:30,600 Speaker 1: You know, there's a number of different factors. It's not 718 00:34:30,680 --> 00:34:33,200 Speaker 1: just the right tackle position. But it was amazing how 719 00:34:33,200 --> 00:34:35,439 Speaker 1: many times Tie and Seki would come in the game 720 00:34:35,480 --> 00:34:37,400 Speaker 1: and they would have back to back scoring drives with 721 00:34:37,480 --> 00:34:39,279 Speaker 1: the third and fourth drive of the game with and 722 00:34:39,360 --> 00:34:41,600 Speaker 1: Seki in there A lot of times that brought Cody 723 00:34:41,600 --> 00:34:44,160 Speaker 1: forward inside the guard whatever it may be, or maybe 724 00:34:44,160 --> 00:34:48,120 Speaker 1: Cody Ford was just rotating out on the sideline. You know, 725 00:34:49,560 --> 00:34:51,799 Speaker 1: I see your point as well. You know, I don't 726 00:34:51,800 --> 00:34:55,080 Speaker 1: know what Ti and Secki's knees like coming into next 727 00:34:55,120 --> 00:34:58,160 Speaker 1: season or whatever was ailing him throughout the season last year. 728 00:34:58,360 --> 00:35:01,359 Speaker 1: Hopefully heals up and he whoever a run for their 729 00:35:01,400 --> 00:35:03,720 Speaker 1: money for a full time starting spot throughout the season. 730 00:35:03,760 --> 00:35:06,520 Speaker 1: But you know, if he becomes the swing guy and 731 00:35:06,560 --> 00:35:10,319 Speaker 1: you gotta bring him along slowly, what a luxury to 732 00:35:10,360 --> 00:35:12,600 Speaker 1: have a guy like him coming off the bench being 733 00:35:12,600 --> 00:35:16,480 Speaker 1: able to play left or right tackle. You add Ladrian 734 00:35:16,520 --> 00:35:19,279 Speaker 1: Waddle back into the mix this year, anybody to add 735 00:35:19,360 --> 00:35:22,600 Speaker 1: to the draft or free agency in man, they have 736 00:35:22,680 --> 00:35:25,600 Speaker 1: a lot of guys that can really play up front 737 00:35:25,640 --> 00:35:28,520 Speaker 1: on their offensive line. Eric, what our guest season Colorado 738 00:35:28,600 --> 00:35:30,400 Speaker 1: has on the Bills Radio network. I feel like we 739 00:35:30,520 --> 00:35:32,720 Speaker 1: buried the lead here. Eric. The biggest move the Bills 740 00:35:32,760 --> 00:35:35,440 Speaker 1: made this week trading for Stefan Dix. What do you 741 00:35:35,480 --> 00:35:39,799 Speaker 1: think of that? You know, I like it, and I 742 00:35:39,840 --> 00:35:43,359 Speaker 1: think everybody's gonna say the Bills overpaid, or if you're 743 00:35:43,360 --> 00:35:45,480 Speaker 1: on the outside looking in, you say the Bills overpaid 744 00:35:45,600 --> 00:35:49,120 Speaker 1: only because you compare it to the DeAndre Hopkins trade 745 00:35:49,120 --> 00:35:52,560 Speaker 1: and what happened with Arizona and Houston and Michael Irvin 746 00:35:52,640 --> 00:35:54,919 Speaker 1: tried to make some light, tried to shed some light 747 00:35:54,960 --> 00:35:58,719 Speaker 1: on that situation, and then DeAndre Hopkins kind of put 748 00:35:58,719 --> 00:36:01,600 Speaker 1: a kind of put a damper on that with Maybe 749 00:36:01,600 --> 00:36:05,680 Speaker 1: it was a conversation between Hopkins and Bill O'Brien that 750 00:36:05,719 --> 00:36:08,080 Speaker 1: got Hopkins on the way out the door. Whatever it 751 00:36:08,120 --> 00:36:10,360 Speaker 1: may be, everyone's going to compare it to that. I 752 00:36:10,480 --> 00:36:14,400 Speaker 1: love the trade. I think what the Bills recognize and 753 00:36:14,480 --> 00:36:17,000 Speaker 1: the reason they thought it was worth a first round 754 00:36:17,000 --> 00:36:20,640 Speaker 1: pick was because of the contract situation. And you bring 755 00:36:21,480 --> 00:36:25,080 Speaker 1: Stefon Diggs essentially in on a four year, twelve a 756 00:36:25,160 --> 00:36:27,560 Speaker 1: year deal for a number one right wide receiver in 757 00:36:27,600 --> 00:36:31,480 Speaker 1: the NFL, approven number one receiver in the NFL, and 758 00:36:31,640 --> 00:36:34,400 Speaker 1: that is an absolute steal. Now, the thing you have 759 00:36:34,480 --> 00:36:38,320 Speaker 1: to be careful with his agent is the same agent 760 00:36:38,600 --> 00:36:43,080 Speaker 1: as Levon Bell. Is Diggs going to play for that 761 00:36:43,120 --> 00:36:46,440 Speaker 1: amount for the Buffalo Bills for four years without holding out, 762 00:36:46,480 --> 00:36:50,719 Speaker 1: without causing distraction? That's your risk. Your risk isn't necessarily 763 00:36:50,840 --> 00:36:53,520 Speaker 1: giving up the first round pick for his talent and 764 00:36:53,560 --> 00:36:55,840 Speaker 1: his production, because I think it'll merit it and you 765 00:36:55,920 --> 00:36:59,359 Speaker 1: get them for four years. You know, you bring in 766 00:37:00,040 --> 00:37:02,799 Speaker 1: Fon Diggs and you trade out a first round pick. Well, 767 00:37:02,840 --> 00:37:04,480 Speaker 1: that first round pick you were going to get for 768 00:37:04,480 --> 00:37:07,239 Speaker 1: four maybe five years if you optioned him, you get 769 00:37:07,320 --> 00:37:11,560 Speaker 1: Stefon Diggs for four years. So essentially that was your 770 00:37:11,600 --> 00:37:13,279 Speaker 1: first round draft pick. But you got a guy that 771 00:37:13,320 --> 00:37:16,239 Speaker 1: you know you played in the NFL. That's perfect. The 772 00:37:16,360 --> 00:37:19,919 Speaker 1: question becomes, is he going to play without holding out 773 00:37:20,000 --> 00:37:21,799 Speaker 1: for the amount that you signed him? Can I give 774 00:37:21,840 --> 00:37:25,759 Speaker 1: you my take on that American? You're closer to this 775 00:37:25,800 --> 00:37:30,520 Speaker 1: as a as a recent former player. Look, I get it, 776 00:37:30,560 --> 00:37:32,759 Speaker 1: the guys probably wants more money. He's one year into 777 00:37:32,800 --> 00:37:34,640 Speaker 1: that big deal he signed. It was a big deal 778 00:37:34,719 --> 00:37:36,919 Speaker 1: when he signed it. Now two years ago he played 779 00:37:36,960 --> 00:37:39,400 Speaker 1: one year under it. His production went down from like 780 00:37:39,400 --> 00:37:41,920 Speaker 1: one hundred and three catches to sixty something last year. 781 00:37:43,320 --> 00:37:46,279 Speaker 1: I don't know how he's even justified in looking you're 782 00:37:46,320 --> 00:37:48,759 Speaker 1: asking for more money. Part of the reason that made 783 00:37:48,760 --> 00:37:51,160 Speaker 1: that trade so attractive with the Bills was the fact 784 00:37:51,160 --> 00:37:53,520 Speaker 1: that he's a reasonable price. Eleven or twelve million dollars 785 00:37:53,560 --> 00:37:57,400 Speaker 1: a year, wasn't it? Definitely? That was my point. Yeah, 786 00:37:57,400 --> 00:38:00,719 Speaker 1: it's worth the first round, or because the contract, Yeah right, 787 00:38:01,080 --> 00:38:05,239 Speaker 1: if he's if he's playing for his ap y, which 788 00:38:05,280 --> 00:38:07,960 Speaker 1: is probably sixteen seventeen, he's playing for his ap y 789 00:38:08,000 --> 00:38:13,680 Speaker 1: and that's not nearly as m as as enticing to 790 00:38:13,719 --> 00:38:15,320 Speaker 1: go after him and give up a first round, or 791 00:38:15,320 --> 00:38:17,080 Speaker 1: you give up a first round, or because they've already 792 00:38:17,080 --> 00:38:20,719 Speaker 1: paid the big chunk on a signing bonus. And I 793 00:38:20,760 --> 00:38:24,000 Speaker 1: see your point too, John, and this new CBA. I'm 794 00:38:24,000 --> 00:38:25,440 Speaker 1: not going to pretend to be an expert on the 795 00:38:25,440 --> 00:38:28,320 Speaker 1: new CBA, but I know that they have put in place, 796 00:38:28,360 --> 00:38:32,760 Speaker 1: the owners have protected them, protected themselves more from holdout. 797 00:38:32,800 --> 00:38:38,080 Speaker 1: So hey, I'm pro bills one and and I'm hoping 798 00:38:39,120 --> 00:38:42,399 Speaker 1: that it just this all goes smoothly. He shows up 799 00:38:42,520 --> 00:38:44,879 Speaker 1: and from all indications, it doesn't look like there's gonna 800 00:38:44,880 --> 00:38:46,680 Speaker 1: be a big stink about it. Well, one of the 801 00:38:46,719 --> 00:38:48,719 Speaker 1: things that this is all great, and you know, you 802 00:38:48,719 --> 00:38:51,240 Speaker 1: get steph On Diggs and you get your offensive line bolster. 803 00:38:51,280 --> 00:38:53,520 Speaker 1: You're bringing those guys back. Devin Singletary is going to 804 00:38:53,560 --> 00:38:56,520 Speaker 1: be a year older. But all this points to Josh 805 00:38:56,560 --> 00:38:58,919 Speaker 1: Allen and how does how much of a difference will 806 00:38:58,920 --> 00:39:02,239 Speaker 1: a guy like Stephen Digs make for the development of 807 00:39:02,320 --> 00:39:06,239 Speaker 1: Josh Allen's because for me, Eric it still comes down 808 00:39:06,239 --> 00:39:10,319 Speaker 1: to how good he can be, no doubt. And I 809 00:39:10,320 --> 00:39:12,319 Speaker 1: had Brandon being on my podcast and I asked him 810 00:39:12,360 --> 00:39:16,239 Speaker 1: point blank, you are you making Are you going to 811 00:39:16,320 --> 00:39:18,960 Speaker 1: make moves because you have Josh Allen on his rookie 812 00:39:19,000 --> 00:39:20,960 Speaker 1: at the tail end of his rookie deal, Are you 813 00:39:20,960 --> 00:39:23,000 Speaker 1: going to make moves to try and win a Super Bowl? 814 00:39:23,320 --> 00:39:26,359 Speaker 1: Similar like Seattle did when they were able to pay 815 00:39:26,400 --> 00:39:29,560 Speaker 1: the Legion to boom their secondary all that money and 816 00:39:29,600 --> 00:39:31,200 Speaker 1: they were able to pay so many guys and they 817 00:39:31,200 --> 00:39:33,520 Speaker 1: win a Super Bowl. Well then when it's Russell Wilson's 818 00:39:33,520 --> 00:39:35,759 Speaker 1: turn to get paid, Yes, they're still productive, but they 819 00:39:35,760 --> 00:39:39,080 Speaker 1: are not that dominant team because they are not able 820 00:39:39,080 --> 00:39:41,359 Speaker 1: to pay as many people. And he said, yes, we 821 00:39:41,480 --> 00:39:43,440 Speaker 1: understand that, and that's what they're doing. They're signing a 822 00:39:43,440 --> 00:39:46,439 Speaker 1: lot of guys right now. The moves they made last 823 00:39:46,520 --> 00:39:49,280 Speaker 1: year in free agency. A lot of those deals expire 824 00:39:49,440 --> 00:39:51,239 Speaker 1: right around the time when you either have to pay 825 00:39:51,320 --> 00:39:54,680 Speaker 1: Josh Allen or not. And so yes, it's all I 826 00:39:54,680 --> 00:39:57,600 Speaker 1: think it all comes down to Josh Allen and his development. 827 00:39:57,640 --> 00:39:59,760 Speaker 1: I love what he did from year one to year two. 828 00:40:00,160 --> 00:40:03,879 Speaker 1: Hopefully he's able to make a similar jump and we'll 829 00:40:03,920 --> 00:40:06,560 Speaker 1: all be very happy with the products on the field. 830 00:40:06,560 --> 00:40:08,920 Speaker 1: But back to original point on Diggs, what does he 831 00:40:09,040 --> 00:40:11,880 Speaker 1: bring to the table for Josh Allen. Well, he's a 832 00:40:11,920 --> 00:40:15,000 Speaker 1: guy who could fly out separate, and everybody wanted this 833 00:40:15,040 --> 00:40:17,640 Speaker 1: big wide receiver. Everyone was enamored with Duke Williams and 834 00:40:17,719 --> 00:40:20,279 Speaker 1: his playmaking ability. And he's six foot four or six 835 00:40:20,280 --> 00:40:23,600 Speaker 1: foot three. We need this big body receiver. You know, 836 00:40:23,800 --> 00:40:25,440 Speaker 1: you could bring Jim mckelly on the show and you 837 00:40:25,440 --> 00:40:28,319 Speaker 1: could probably talk on this better. But quarterbacks when guys open, 838 00:40:28,840 --> 00:40:31,680 Speaker 1: and Diggs can flat out get open, so can John 839 00:40:31,680 --> 00:40:34,320 Speaker 1: Brown saying so can Cole Beasley. When you have three 840 00:40:34,360 --> 00:40:37,160 Speaker 1: guys that can separate, beat man to man coverage, that's 841 00:40:37,160 --> 00:40:39,520 Speaker 1: what you need. And when the Bills struggled the most 842 00:40:39,560 --> 00:40:43,200 Speaker 1: on offense last year, it was against teams that could 843 00:40:43,360 --> 00:40:46,080 Speaker 1: that could apply pressure on the quarterback, blitz, do some 844 00:40:46,120 --> 00:40:50,160 Speaker 1: exocraty for stuff upfront and play press man coverage because 845 00:40:50,440 --> 00:40:54,760 Speaker 1: our guys couldn't consistently win enough. I'm talking Mualtimore Ravens, 846 00:40:54,760 --> 00:40:57,840 Speaker 1: I'm talking New England Patriots. To beat those types of defenses, 847 00:40:57,880 --> 00:40:59,400 Speaker 1: you have to have guys that you can rely on 848 00:40:59,480 --> 00:41:02,840 Speaker 1: to beat press man on a snap to step basis, 849 00:41:03,120 --> 00:41:07,040 Speaker 1: and Dig's answers that question, Hey, or can you sit tight? 850 00:41:07,120 --> 00:41:08,799 Speaker 1: We got a break here. Can you spend a few 851 00:41:08,840 --> 00:41:11,919 Speaker 1: more minutes with us after the break? Yes? Absolutely? All right? Great, 852 00:41:12,040 --> 00:41:14,600 Speaker 1: Eric would color analysts on the Bills Radio network. When 853 00:41:14,600 --> 00:41:17,320 Speaker 1: we return, one goes live presented by Collaida Health and 854 00:41:17,480 --> 00:41:31,399 Speaker 1: this is Buffalo Bills Radio. Welcome Back. One goes live 855 00:41:31,520 --> 00:41:34,520 Speaker 1: presented by Collaida Health, John Murphy and Orchard Park, Steve 856 00:41:34,560 --> 00:41:36,960 Speaker 1: Tasker and Easter Are we got our man? Eric Willd 857 00:41:37,080 --> 00:41:39,759 Speaker 1: on the line with us in Louisville, Kentucky. Hey, Eric, 858 00:41:40,560 --> 00:41:42,480 Speaker 1: you know overnight did pretty much happen. We knew the 859 00:41:42,480 --> 00:41:44,279 Speaker 1: Bills might be intended in a running back, and there's 860 00:41:44,280 --> 00:41:46,600 Speaker 1: a lot of chatter about who they might get. It 861 00:41:46,680 --> 00:41:48,920 Speaker 1: was a lot of Todd Gurley talk yesterday he signs 862 00:41:48,920 --> 00:41:51,319 Speaker 1: with Atlanta. Now it's a lot of Melvin Gordon talk. 863 00:41:51,920 --> 00:41:55,600 Speaker 1: Reporter out West says that Melvin Gordon is finalizing a 864 00:41:55,680 --> 00:41:58,120 Speaker 1: contract with a team right now, although he didn't not 865 00:41:58,160 --> 00:42:00,400 Speaker 1: say in which team. How bad I think do the 866 00:42:00,440 --> 00:42:03,399 Speaker 1: Bills need a you know, a big name running back 867 00:42:03,440 --> 00:42:05,600 Speaker 1: like Melvin Gordon. What do you think, what's their status there? 868 00:42:06,120 --> 00:42:09,840 Speaker 1: You know, I think there's a need for for a 869 00:42:09,880 --> 00:42:11,919 Speaker 1: guy in the running back room. And then with Devin 870 00:42:12,000 --> 00:42:14,279 Speaker 1: Singletary just heading into a second year, I think, and 871 00:42:14,440 --> 00:42:17,040 Speaker 1: naturally you assume that they'd want to bring a veteran 872 00:42:17,120 --> 00:42:19,800 Speaker 1: into that room. That's kind of been Sean McDermott's m 873 00:42:20,360 --> 00:42:23,560 Speaker 1: and Brandon being they like veterans in each room. With 874 00:42:23,560 --> 00:42:26,880 Speaker 1: Frank Gore moving on, he was an excellent mentor to 875 00:42:27,000 --> 00:42:29,440 Speaker 1: Devin Singletary. And you're one who's going to come in 876 00:42:29,480 --> 00:42:31,439 Speaker 1: and be that guy, And maybe it's t J. Yeld 877 00:42:31,480 --> 00:42:33,400 Speaker 1: and maybe they just let him fill that role, maybe 878 00:42:34,000 --> 00:42:36,440 Speaker 1: they go a different direction. You know, I'd like to 879 00:42:36,440 --> 00:42:38,160 Speaker 1: see a guy I would like a little bit of 880 00:42:38,160 --> 00:42:40,760 Speaker 1: a change of pace back to come in the offense, 881 00:42:41,080 --> 00:42:44,680 Speaker 1: a little bit of an added element. Melvin Gordon, although 882 00:42:44,719 --> 00:42:47,279 Speaker 1: he's he's a bigger back too. He fits that mold. 883 00:42:47,320 --> 00:42:49,360 Speaker 1: He can fly, so can DeVante Freeman, who as a 884 00:42:49,360 --> 00:42:52,160 Speaker 1: free agent right now as well. And you know what, 885 00:42:52,239 --> 00:42:54,400 Speaker 1: the Bills have some cap space to play with, and 886 00:42:54,520 --> 00:42:58,440 Speaker 1: as long as they keep these two three year deals, 887 00:42:58,920 --> 00:43:02,400 Speaker 1: you're you're hitting that Allen sweet spot with his contract 888 00:43:02,480 --> 00:43:05,040 Speaker 1: before you if he ends up being a franchise guy 889 00:43:05,080 --> 00:43:08,000 Speaker 1: and what will probably end up being probably a thirty 890 00:43:08,000 --> 00:43:12,840 Speaker 1: five million a year apy deal, you you have the 891 00:43:12,920 --> 00:43:15,839 Speaker 1: luxury of being able to do something like that right now. Now, 892 00:43:15,880 --> 00:43:17,920 Speaker 1: do you want to go after maybe another pass rusher 893 00:43:17,960 --> 00:43:21,319 Speaker 1: or whatever it may be. The Bills have to make 894 00:43:21,320 --> 00:43:25,400 Speaker 1: those decisions. But man, Melvin Gordon and Devin Singletary in 895 00:43:25,440 --> 00:43:28,680 Speaker 1: the backfield would be a pretty awesome backfield. If you 896 00:43:28,719 --> 00:43:30,680 Speaker 1: ask me, you just I just gotta say, I know, 897 00:43:30,680 --> 00:43:33,080 Speaker 1: you gotta question or Steve. There is a tweet out 898 00:43:33,080 --> 00:43:37,759 Speaker 1: now from Stephen Watson, who's a reporter in Milwaukee, who 899 00:43:37,800 --> 00:43:40,759 Speaker 1: says Melvin Gordon is close to finalizing to deal with 900 00:43:40,800 --> 00:43:42,920 Speaker 1: the Denver Brocco, So maybe he's off the table for 901 00:43:42,960 --> 00:43:45,200 Speaker 1: the Bills. Steve, what do you think? Yeah, I mean, 902 00:43:46,120 --> 00:43:49,280 Speaker 1: the point is still there though, whether it's Melvin Gordon 903 00:43:49,440 --> 00:43:52,759 Speaker 1: or not. Certainly the Bills probably kicked the tires to 904 00:43:52,840 --> 00:43:54,200 Speaker 1: find out what it was going to take and what 905 00:43:54,280 --> 00:43:57,600 Speaker 1: he wanted. But by the same token, the problem is 906 00:43:57,600 --> 00:44:00,560 Speaker 1: still there for the Buffalo Bills, whether it's Melvin or 907 00:44:01,560 --> 00:44:06,160 Speaker 1: another player. You've they've got to have another running back. 908 00:44:06,640 --> 00:44:09,360 Speaker 1: In my mind in the room, and the better that 909 00:44:09,480 --> 00:44:13,040 Speaker 1: you know. It's like, I'll say it again, better guys 910 00:44:13,120 --> 00:44:15,399 Speaker 1: make you better no matter what the who the guy 911 00:44:15,480 --> 00:44:16,719 Speaker 1: is or what he is. If you get him for 912 00:44:16,760 --> 00:44:20,560 Speaker 1: the right price, if you can count on him, you know, 913 00:44:21,400 --> 00:44:25,920 Speaker 1: outperforming his contract, you gotta get him. And now more 914 00:44:25,960 --> 00:44:30,120 Speaker 1: and more it's looking like it's gonna be a draft 915 00:44:30,120 --> 00:44:33,040 Speaker 1: pick to me, you know, because all the guys out 916 00:44:33,080 --> 00:44:35,920 Speaker 1: there in the running back world. Unless you can get 917 00:44:35,960 --> 00:44:39,480 Speaker 1: one of these established guys to sign a one year, 918 00:44:39,600 --> 00:44:42,919 Speaker 1: proven deal and his hopes of signing another even better 919 00:44:43,000 --> 00:44:45,879 Speaker 1: deal if he comes and does this, I doubt you're 920 00:44:45,880 --> 00:44:48,080 Speaker 1: gonna get that done in a situation where they know 921 00:44:48,120 --> 00:44:50,759 Speaker 1: they're gonna back up Devin Singletary or be a complimentary 922 00:44:50,760 --> 00:44:53,480 Speaker 1: back to Devin Singletary. So to me, it's looking more 923 00:44:53,520 --> 00:44:54,919 Speaker 1: and more like they're going to get a guy out 924 00:44:54,960 --> 00:44:58,480 Speaker 1: in this draft at some point. Yeah, And to my 925 00:44:58,560 --> 00:45:00,600 Speaker 1: original point, I'd like to get it see him get 926 00:45:00,600 --> 00:45:03,680 Speaker 1: a guy with some speed. Devin Singletary is great at 927 00:45:03,719 --> 00:45:07,000 Speaker 1: getting yards, he's great at getting positive yards falling forward, 928 00:45:07,719 --> 00:45:11,360 Speaker 1: but he doesn't necessarily have that top end speed. And 929 00:45:12,200 --> 00:45:14,279 Speaker 1: the Bills are in a luxury position where they can 930 00:45:14,320 --> 00:45:18,160 Speaker 1: be picky and they have such a solid roster that 931 00:45:18,280 --> 00:45:19,960 Speaker 1: you don't say, well, I need a guy to come 932 00:45:20,000 --> 00:45:21,960 Speaker 1: in that can do everything. You know, I'd like to 933 00:45:22,000 --> 00:45:25,200 Speaker 1: see the Bills bringing a guy that can simply fly 934 00:45:26,000 --> 00:45:27,920 Speaker 1: and just bring a little bit of a different added 935 00:45:27,920 --> 00:45:30,239 Speaker 1: demension when he comes in the game. Hey, Rik, I 936 00:45:30,280 --> 00:45:31,960 Speaker 1: got one more question for you, and I'm going back 937 00:45:31,960 --> 00:45:34,240 Speaker 1: in a few days. Maybe it was yesterday a Twitter 938 00:45:34,280 --> 00:45:36,600 Speaker 1: poll that we had, And sure, you know they've done 939 00:45:36,600 --> 00:45:38,640 Speaker 1: a lot this week, right the Bills signed all those 940 00:45:39,440 --> 00:45:42,400 Speaker 1: several defensive linement. Of course, made the trade for Stephan Gigs. 941 00:45:43,200 --> 00:45:45,880 Speaker 1: So what's next if you were if you were Brandon, mean, 942 00:45:45,960 --> 00:45:47,319 Speaker 1: what would be at the top of your list of 943 00:45:47,719 --> 00:45:51,280 Speaker 1: things to do before they report for training camp this summer? 944 00:45:52,200 --> 00:45:54,520 Speaker 1: You know, with the addition to Mario Addison and some 945 00:45:54,560 --> 00:45:57,319 Speaker 1: of the other defensive linement, did you address your your 946 00:45:57,400 --> 00:46:00,719 Speaker 1: need for the edge rush on the defense? And that's 947 00:46:00,760 --> 00:46:03,960 Speaker 1: one of the areas you know. The Bill's sack numbers 948 00:46:04,040 --> 00:46:05,840 Speaker 1: ended up. I believe they ended up at fourteenth in 949 00:46:05,880 --> 00:46:09,040 Speaker 1: the league in sack numbers, But there was times last 950 00:46:09,080 --> 00:46:11,960 Speaker 1: year where I just felt like they couldn't generate enough 951 00:46:12,000 --> 00:46:14,319 Speaker 1: pressure with a four man rush, and they would get 952 00:46:14,400 --> 00:46:16,399 Speaker 1: creative and they would run line games. They would put 953 00:46:16,400 --> 00:46:19,359 Speaker 1: Lorenzo Alexander at the defensive tackle spot, and they were 954 00:46:19,400 --> 00:46:22,400 Speaker 1: able to generate pass rush. I love the Bills blitz 955 00:46:22,440 --> 00:46:26,280 Speaker 1: package when they do employ but there was times where 956 00:46:26,560 --> 00:46:29,719 Speaker 1: there was a need for an edge rusher that you 957 00:46:29,719 --> 00:46:31,520 Speaker 1: could rely to get home to the quarterback and the 958 00:46:31,560 --> 00:46:33,680 Speaker 1: Bills just don't have one. Can they find it in 959 00:46:33,680 --> 00:46:36,000 Speaker 1: the draft in the second round? Now, I'm not sure. 960 00:46:36,480 --> 00:46:40,000 Speaker 1: Is Jerry Hughes after having a couple offseason surgeries, is 961 00:46:40,040 --> 00:46:42,640 Speaker 1: he is he healthier this year? Does he become that 962 00:46:42,680 --> 00:46:46,560 Speaker 1: guy again? Maybe? Does Trent Murphy another year removed from 963 00:46:46,760 --> 00:46:48,960 Speaker 1: the injuries that plagued him a couple of years ago, 964 00:46:49,120 --> 00:46:51,279 Speaker 1: does he become that guys at Mario Addison, I'm not 965 00:46:51,360 --> 00:46:55,640 Speaker 1: exactly sure. I would just I think this Bill's defense, 966 00:46:55,680 --> 00:46:58,400 Speaker 1: you know, they come in they essentially finished third in 967 00:46:58,400 --> 00:47:01,480 Speaker 1: the NFL in total defense last You're right behind New 968 00:47:01,480 --> 00:47:03,719 Speaker 1: England and San Francisco. And I think one of the 969 00:47:03,760 --> 00:47:06,720 Speaker 1: things if you can add just an elite pass rusher, 970 00:47:06,880 --> 00:47:08,839 Speaker 1: that would would that would be a luxury, that would 971 00:47:08,880 --> 00:47:11,960 Speaker 1: be absolutely incredible for that defense. And then if you're 972 00:47:11,960 --> 00:47:14,239 Speaker 1: a brand of being right now. The one thing you 973 00:47:14,280 --> 00:47:16,640 Speaker 1: got to keep them on is, yes, we're gearing up 974 00:47:16,640 --> 00:47:18,880 Speaker 1: for a run. Brady's out of the AFC, so and 975 00:47:19,000 --> 00:47:22,000 Speaker 1: you get really excited about with the direction of your team. 976 00:47:22,719 --> 00:47:25,080 Speaker 1: Let's just keep in mind and I know that I 977 00:47:25,200 --> 00:47:27,880 Speaker 1: know that they're thinking about this as well. When you 978 00:47:28,000 --> 00:47:30,759 Speaker 1: draft as well as they have, you got to save 979 00:47:30,960 --> 00:47:33,320 Speaker 1: money to pay those guys. So you have the sweet 980 00:47:33,320 --> 00:47:36,360 Speaker 1: spot nowadays with the CBA where you have to spend 981 00:47:36,680 --> 00:47:39,719 Speaker 1: the minimum each year, but you have to structure your 982 00:47:39,760 --> 00:47:43,240 Speaker 1: contracts where you where you can pay a Mat Malano 983 00:47:43,280 --> 00:47:46,120 Speaker 1: at Tremaine Edmunds, a Josh Allen in a few years 984 00:47:46,200 --> 00:47:49,360 Speaker 1: or a couple of years. And the biggest one coming up, 985 00:47:49,400 --> 00:47:52,560 Speaker 1: it's gonna be Trey White. Yeah, and talking what about 986 00:47:52,600 --> 00:47:54,480 Speaker 1: the guy on the other side of Trey White is 987 00:47:54,920 --> 00:47:57,840 Speaker 1: Josh Norman? The answer? Do you think? Man? It'll be interesting? 988 00:47:57,880 --> 00:48:00,800 Speaker 1: And um, you know I got I asked on Twitter 989 00:48:00,840 --> 00:48:03,120 Speaker 1: when I initially said, like how good of a pickup 990 00:48:03,160 --> 00:48:06,440 Speaker 1: that was? And people are sending me single clips of 991 00:48:06,520 --> 00:48:10,440 Speaker 1: him getting roasted. I mean you single clips of anybody 992 00:48:10,480 --> 00:48:13,640 Speaker 1: getting roasted, Like watch the film Turn It On. This 993 00:48:13,680 --> 00:48:15,640 Speaker 1: guy has produced at a high level, and under Sean 994 00:48:15,719 --> 00:48:18,640 Speaker 1: mcdermoty he produced at a very high level. I'm excited 995 00:48:18,680 --> 00:48:20,520 Speaker 1: to see what he can do. You bring him in 996 00:48:20,560 --> 00:48:23,720 Speaker 1: on a one year proved deal, which I love those deals. 997 00:48:23,760 --> 00:48:26,440 Speaker 1: I absolutely love these one year proved deals. I wouldn't 998 00:48:26,440 --> 00:48:27,880 Speaker 1: love it if I was a player, I would have 999 00:48:27,880 --> 00:48:30,640 Speaker 1: loved you know. I always wanted a longer term deal. 1000 00:48:30,840 --> 00:48:34,719 Speaker 1: But I love you as a Bills fan and a 1001 00:48:34,760 --> 00:48:37,080 Speaker 1: guy who works for the Bills. Now, I love those 1002 00:48:37,080 --> 00:48:39,640 Speaker 1: one year proved deals. Let him come in and prove 1003 00:48:39,719 --> 00:48:44,600 Speaker 1: himself and man, just like you said, Steve, add more bodies, 1004 00:48:44,760 --> 00:48:47,879 Speaker 1: any upgrade anywhere you can find. Could the Bills still 1005 00:48:47,920 --> 00:48:50,239 Speaker 1: have been a top five defense in the NFL next 1006 00:48:50,320 --> 00:48:54,320 Speaker 1: year with Levi Wallace probably, you know, no doubt he's 1007 00:48:54,320 --> 00:48:57,480 Speaker 1: a serviceable foreigner in this league. He's a productive player. 1008 00:48:57,800 --> 00:49:01,640 Speaker 1: If Josh Norman returns, need work close to his twenty 1009 00:49:01,719 --> 00:49:05,160 Speaker 1: seventeen ish form. Oh gosh, I mean, where do you 1010 00:49:05,160 --> 00:49:08,040 Speaker 1: go with the football? Right? Hey? Eric? Thanks for this? 1011 00:49:08,040 --> 00:49:09,840 Speaker 1: What time's post time at Churchill Downs? You got a 1012 00:49:09,920 --> 00:49:15,840 Speaker 1: race you're watching today? Churchill's not running. Ul Oakland started 1013 00:49:15,880 --> 00:49:21,239 Speaker 1: at two thirty yesterday. I'd imagine it's around the same today, Um, 1014 00:49:21,320 --> 00:49:23,719 Speaker 1: I gotta I got a fun day my uh my 1015 00:49:23,800 --> 00:49:27,360 Speaker 1: mom and stepdad are finally coming down today to celebrate 1016 00:49:27,400 --> 00:49:29,239 Speaker 1: my birthday and we're gonna hang out with them and 1017 00:49:29,600 --> 00:49:33,759 Speaker 1: practice our social distancing and all that. But yeah, you know, 1018 00:49:33,880 --> 00:49:36,640 Speaker 1: it's trying to make the most of this situation. But 1019 00:49:36,680 --> 00:49:38,560 Speaker 1: I appreciate you guys having me on this was This 1020 00:49:38,640 --> 00:49:40,360 Speaker 1: was a fun way to spend a half hour. I 1021 00:49:40,440 --> 00:49:42,759 Speaker 1: told you I want to grow up and be like you, Eric, 1022 00:49:42,800 --> 00:49:47,839 Speaker 1: I do. I want to appreciate thanks. Eric Wood, former 1023 00:49:47,880 --> 00:49:51,040 Speaker 1: Bills offensive lineman. The color analysts on the Bills Radio Network. 1024 00:49:51,320 --> 00:49:54,400 Speaker 1: Uh some interesting takes on the offensive line, moves on 1025 00:49:54,440 --> 00:49:57,760 Speaker 1: Stefan Diggs, and at the end there about the Buffalo 1026 00:49:58,080 --> 00:50:00,439 Speaker 1: defense and what they might need. All right, I'm Murphy 1027 00:50:00,480 --> 00:50:02,480 Speaker 1: Steve Tasker. We're going through with it. One Bills Live 1028 00:50:02,520 --> 00:50:05,480 Speaker 1: presented by Callida Health and when we returned, Greg Cosal 1029 00:50:06,000 --> 00:50:08,720 Speaker 1: of NFL Matchup will be joining us to talk about 1030 00:50:08,719 --> 00:50:11,000 Speaker 1: the variety of topics that's coming up next. It's One 1031 00:50:11,040 --> 00:50:14,200 Speaker 1: Bill's Live presented by Callaida Health and this is Buffalo 1032 00:50:14,239 --> 00:50:26,920 Speaker 1: Bills Radio Bufalo Bills Radio Network Sports Update. The update 1033 00:50:27,000 --> 00:50:29,600 Speaker 1: from One Bills Live The Bills have confirmed the trade 1034 00:50:29,600 --> 00:50:32,640 Speaker 1: they made Monday night for wide receivers Stephan Diggs. They 1035 00:50:33,080 --> 00:50:35,960 Speaker 1: sent this year's first round draft pick, fifth and sixth 1036 00:50:36,040 --> 00:50:38,160 Speaker 1: round picks this year and a fourth rounder next year 1037 00:50:38,200 --> 00:50:40,919 Speaker 1: for Diggs, and got a seventh rounder in return as well. 1038 00:50:41,160 --> 00:50:43,879 Speaker 1: Stefan Diggs coming off a year in which he had 1039 00:50:44,120 --> 00:50:47,040 Speaker 1: eleven hundred and thirty receiving yards, a career high for him. 1040 00:50:47,040 --> 00:50:50,080 Speaker 1: The year before twenty eighteen, he had one hundred two 1041 00:50:50,360 --> 00:50:54,799 Speaker 1: catches and nine touchdowns. Stefan Diggs now officially a Buffalo Bill. 1042 00:50:54,840 --> 00:50:57,840 Speaker 1: The Bills have reportedly resigned one of their own unrestricted 1043 00:50:57,880 --> 00:51:01,520 Speaker 1: free agents, safety Dean Marlow quarterly has agreed to terms. 1044 00:51:01,520 --> 00:51:03,040 Speaker 1: Marlow has been with the Bills since the end of 1045 00:51:03,080 --> 00:51:05,840 Speaker 1: the twenty seventeen season, put on the practice squad in 1046 00:51:05,840 --> 00:51:08,239 Speaker 1: December last that season, would go on to sign a 1047 00:51:08,560 --> 00:51:11,440 Speaker 1: futures reserve contract. Spent the first two seasons of his 1048 00:51:11,520 --> 00:51:14,759 Speaker 1: career with Sean McDermott on the Carolina Panthers. Last year 1049 00:51:14,880 --> 00:51:17,040 Speaker 1: nine games with the Bills, with two starts. Dean Marlow 1050 00:51:17,120 --> 00:51:20,120 Speaker 1: reportedly coming back to the Bills. Tom Brady officially now 1051 00:51:20,160 --> 00:51:23,560 Speaker 1: the Tampa Bay Buccaneers new starting quarterback. He spent twenty 1052 00:51:23,600 --> 00:51:26,360 Speaker 1: seasons with the New England Patriots. He took the social 1053 00:51:26,400 --> 00:51:29,359 Speaker 1: media this morning to announced he'd signed his contract. Six years. 1054 00:51:29,400 --> 00:51:32,560 Speaker 1: Super Bowl champion Brady forty two years old, forty one 1055 00:51:32,600 --> 00:51:35,400 Speaker 1: playoffs start since two thousand and one. Todd Gurley, the 1056 00:51:35,440 --> 00:51:37,920 Speaker 1: running back, has agreed to a deal with the Atlanta Falcons, 1057 00:51:37,920 --> 00:51:40,440 Speaker 1: a day after he was released by the Rams. Gurley 1058 00:51:40,480 --> 00:51:42,400 Speaker 1: agreed to the one year contract. The deal will not 1059 00:51:42,520 --> 00:51:46,240 Speaker 1: be finalized until he passes a physical. He'll join former 1060 00:51:46,320 --> 00:51:49,839 Speaker 1: Rams team made Dante Fowler in Atlanta. The star pass 1061 00:51:49,920 --> 00:51:52,480 Speaker 1: rusher agreed to a three year, forty eight million dollar 1062 00:51:52,520 --> 00:51:55,360 Speaker 1: contract with the Falcons. Earlier this week, Melvin Gordon and 1063 00:51:55,400 --> 00:51:58,640 Speaker 1: the Chargers reportedly is ready to sign with the Denver Broncos. 1064 00:51:58,680 --> 00:52:01,560 Speaker 1: No confirmation yet, but that's a report. Six months after 1065 00:52:01,640 --> 00:52:05,200 Speaker 1: elbow surgery and is throwing our Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger 1066 00:52:05,239 --> 00:52:06,960 Speaker 1: says he is no doubts he'll be able to come 1067 00:52:07,000 --> 00:52:09,960 Speaker 1: back and play well next season. He's trying to return 1068 00:52:10,000 --> 00:52:12,400 Speaker 1: from the elbow injury that ended his season in Week two, 1069 00:52:12,480 --> 00:52:14,799 Speaker 1: and the Dallas Cowboys late last night got a deal 1070 00:52:14,880 --> 00:52:19,120 Speaker 1: done with Amari with Haha Clinton Dicks the Venter in safety. 1071 00:52:19,719 --> 00:52:22,239 Speaker 1: The contract for one year. We're four million dollars two 1072 00:52:22,280 --> 00:52:24,640 Speaker 1: and a half million dollars fully guaranteed. And that is 1073 00:52:24,680 --> 00:52:29,160 Speaker 1: the update from One Bill's Drive. John Murphy and Steve Tasker. 1074 00:52:29,160 --> 00:52:31,680 Speaker 1: We're getting set for our number two of One Bill's 1075 00:52:31,680 --> 00:52:34,120 Speaker 1: Live and joining us on the line is our usual 1076 00:52:34,160 --> 00:52:37,240 Speaker 1: Friday guests. Happy to have him as well, John Murphy 1077 00:52:37,239 --> 00:52:39,040 Speaker 1: and Homesteep Taskers at home and on the line with 1078 00:52:39,080 --> 00:52:42,279 Speaker 1: us is Greg Cosell, NFL Film Senior producer, co host 1079 00:52:42,360 --> 00:52:45,520 Speaker 1: of NFL Matchup on ESPN. Greg, How are you everything, 1080 00:52:45,600 --> 00:52:49,600 Speaker 1: everything holding up down there in the suburban Philadelphia these days? Murph, 1081 00:52:49,719 --> 00:52:52,399 Speaker 1: We're doing the best week can so far, so good. 1082 00:52:52,480 --> 00:52:55,080 Speaker 1: You know, uncertain times we live in right now, so 1083 00:52:55,719 --> 00:52:59,000 Speaker 1: we just tried, I guess, look for normalcy YEP. One 1084 00:52:59,000 --> 00:53:01,600 Speaker 1: of the things that's been hovering around the NFL over 1085 00:53:01,600 --> 00:53:04,880 Speaker 1: the past day and a half, obviously Todd Gurley getting 1086 00:53:05,640 --> 00:53:08,520 Speaker 1: released and picked up immediately by the Atlanta Falcons. Melvin 1087 00:53:08,560 --> 00:53:11,399 Speaker 1: Gordon's name has been floating around our show all day. 1088 00:53:11,400 --> 00:53:14,120 Speaker 1: It looks as though maybe it's been starting to be 1089 00:53:14,160 --> 00:53:16,480 Speaker 1: reported that he's talking and in serious talks with the 1090 00:53:16,560 --> 00:53:21,759 Speaker 1: Denver Broncos. What kind of back is Melvin Gordon at 1091 00:53:21,760 --> 00:53:23,680 Speaker 1: this point? I know he's been to the Pro Bowl twice, 1092 00:53:23,800 --> 00:53:25,600 Speaker 1: but he's been in and out of the lineup a 1093 00:53:25,640 --> 00:53:27,200 Speaker 1: little bit in San Diego. What can he tell us 1094 00:53:27,200 --> 00:53:30,560 Speaker 1: about the kind of player he is. It's funny, Steve, 1095 00:53:30,560 --> 00:53:32,560 Speaker 1: because he came out of college he had a ton 1096 00:53:32,640 --> 00:53:35,600 Speaker 1: of long runs. I think his last year at Wisconstant 1097 00:53:35,600 --> 00:53:39,160 Speaker 1: he had something like fourteen or fifteen forty plus yard runs, 1098 00:53:39,880 --> 00:53:42,400 Speaker 1: most of which were touchdowns, I would imagine. But in 1099 00:53:42,400 --> 00:53:45,160 Speaker 1: the NFL he's kind of evolved into kind of a 1100 00:53:45,200 --> 00:53:47,399 Speaker 1: grinder he's been. He's pretty good at it. He's got 1101 00:53:47,440 --> 00:53:49,719 Speaker 1: good size, he's a little upright, but he's a grinder 1102 00:53:50,280 --> 00:53:53,680 Speaker 1: and that's really what he's become in the NFL. So, 1103 00:53:54,320 --> 00:53:56,880 Speaker 1: you know, at this point in his career, given that 1104 00:53:56,920 --> 00:54:00,359 Speaker 1: he's a good receiver as well, he probably ends up 1105 00:54:00,400 --> 00:54:02,239 Speaker 1: being a little more of a committee back than a 1106 00:54:02,280 --> 00:54:06,040 Speaker 1: true feature foundation back, which he sort of was a 1107 00:54:06,040 --> 00:54:09,080 Speaker 1: little bit with the Chargers, but never quite reached that 1108 00:54:09,239 --> 00:54:13,040 Speaker 1: level due to his lack of durability. I want and Greg, 1109 00:54:13,120 --> 00:54:15,239 Speaker 1: put your general manager hat on for a while. I 1110 00:54:15,280 --> 00:54:18,120 Speaker 1: know you're probably had fits uncomfortably a little bit. But 1111 00:54:18,160 --> 00:54:20,799 Speaker 1: if you're running the Buffalo Bills, would you need or 1112 00:54:20,840 --> 00:54:23,360 Speaker 1: even how badly would you want Melvin Gordon or a 1113 00:54:23,400 --> 00:54:27,120 Speaker 1: similar veteran kind of premiere back with that background. It's 1114 00:54:27,120 --> 00:54:30,520 Speaker 1: knowing that you got the Singletary here, Devin Singletary. I mean, 1115 00:54:30,560 --> 00:54:32,680 Speaker 1: I think a back like that is a good fit 1116 00:54:32,800 --> 00:54:35,000 Speaker 1: because you're not asking that kind of back to be 1117 00:54:35,040 --> 00:54:37,920 Speaker 1: the number one guy. If Melvin Gordon were to be 1118 00:54:37,960 --> 00:54:39,560 Speaker 1: a Bill, and it sounds like he will not be, 1119 00:54:39,680 --> 00:54:42,080 Speaker 1: but if he were, he would not get two hundred, 1120 00:54:42,120 --> 00:54:44,960 Speaker 1: two hundred and fifty carries. He'd be part of a 1121 00:54:44,960 --> 00:54:48,480 Speaker 1: committee with Singletary, and in fact, Singletary would probably be 1122 00:54:48,520 --> 00:54:51,759 Speaker 1: the number one guy there. And maybe Melvin Gordon thinks that. 1123 00:54:51,840 --> 00:54:54,040 Speaker 1: I don't know. If he goes to Denver, they do 1124 00:54:54,120 --> 00:54:57,560 Speaker 1: have Philip Lindsay, so I don't know how they see 1125 00:54:57,600 --> 00:55:00,719 Speaker 1: their backfield. But Gordon obviously he felt that he was 1126 00:55:00,760 --> 00:55:03,080 Speaker 1: a premier back and that's why he held out out 1127 00:55:03,120 --> 00:55:06,440 Speaker 1: prior to the twenty nineteen season. And I think the 1128 00:55:06,480 --> 00:55:08,480 Speaker 1: reality of life kind of struck him a little bit. 1129 00:55:08,520 --> 00:55:12,439 Speaker 1: So he's kind of stuck. Yeah, And as things progress too, 1130 00:55:12,480 --> 00:55:15,480 Speaker 1: the Bills are not only stopping at the running back position, 1131 00:55:15,520 --> 00:55:18,920 Speaker 1: they've also made one of the premier trades of the offseason. 1132 00:55:19,000 --> 00:55:22,400 Speaker 1: He saw DeAndre Hopkins go to the Arizona Cardinals and 1133 00:55:22,880 --> 00:55:26,839 Speaker 1: Stefan Diggs comes to Buffalo. We've been talking that trade up. 1134 00:55:26,880 --> 00:55:29,279 Speaker 1: The thing that makes it good for the Bills is 1135 00:55:29,320 --> 00:55:30,920 Speaker 1: the amount of money they have to pay him. A 1136 00:55:30,960 --> 00:55:33,759 Speaker 1: four year deal with eleven or twelve million a year 1137 00:55:34,120 --> 00:55:36,640 Speaker 1: seems like a bargain when you look at Amari Cooper 1138 00:55:36,680 --> 00:55:39,360 Speaker 1: getting twenty million of dollars a year from Dallas. But 1139 00:55:40,160 --> 00:55:43,960 Speaker 1: how good do you see Stefan Diggs? How good a 1140 00:55:43,960 --> 00:55:46,440 Speaker 1: player is he? I think he's really good, and I 1141 00:55:46,480 --> 00:55:49,319 Speaker 1: think he's one of those guys that gives you he 1142 00:55:49,360 --> 00:55:51,560 Speaker 1: can attack all three levels of the defense and be 1143 00:55:51,640 --> 00:55:54,840 Speaker 1: really good in all three areas short, intermediate, vertical. You know, 1144 00:55:54,880 --> 00:55:57,080 Speaker 1: he's not a burner in a strict sense, but he 1145 00:55:57,120 --> 00:55:58,920 Speaker 1: can get over the top of the defense. He's a 1146 00:55:59,160 --> 00:56:01,719 Speaker 1: really good out runner, Steve, and you know, you know 1147 00:56:01,719 --> 00:56:04,560 Speaker 1: what that's all about. He's really has an understanding of 1148 00:56:04,600 --> 00:56:07,080 Speaker 1: how to set up corners, how to use his vertical 1149 00:56:07,120 --> 00:56:10,000 Speaker 1: stam how to use his feints and leans and subtle 1150 00:56:10,080 --> 00:56:12,920 Speaker 1: moves and you know, we take that for granted. We 1151 00:56:13,000 --> 00:56:15,400 Speaker 1: just assume all receivers are good route runners. They're not. 1152 00:56:15,920 --> 00:56:20,040 Speaker 1: And Stefan Diggs is a very nuanced, detailed route runner. 1153 00:56:20,440 --> 00:56:23,680 Speaker 1: And when you combine him now with John Brown and 1154 00:56:23,680 --> 00:56:26,120 Speaker 1: I assume called Beasley's back, So you know, you have 1155 00:56:26,160 --> 00:56:28,680 Speaker 1: a pretty good receiving corp. And the guy I would 1156 00:56:28,719 --> 00:56:30,480 Speaker 1: really look to take a step up, and I can't 1157 00:56:30,520 --> 00:56:33,479 Speaker 1: speak to receptions is Dawson Knox. You have no idea 1158 00:56:33,520 --> 00:56:35,640 Speaker 1: what a number of receptions, but you have a really 1159 00:56:35,680 --> 00:56:38,880 Speaker 1: talented athletic tight end. So I think you have everything 1160 00:56:38,960 --> 00:56:42,520 Speaker 1: you're looking for now in your receiving corps. Greg, the 1161 00:56:42,600 --> 00:56:44,920 Speaker 1: Bills gave away a first rounder and some other picks 1162 00:56:44,920 --> 00:56:46,960 Speaker 1: to get stuff on Diggs. It's what do you think 1163 00:56:46,960 --> 00:56:49,160 Speaker 1: of the price they paid in that regard first rounder 1164 00:56:49,200 --> 00:56:51,839 Speaker 1: and you know, fifth and sixth this year, the fourth 1165 00:56:51,880 --> 00:56:54,320 Speaker 1: rounder next year. You know, the assumption would have to 1166 00:56:54,360 --> 00:56:56,800 Speaker 1: be because we weren't involved in the negotiations, Murph, is 1167 00:56:56,840 --> 00:56:59,400 Speaker 1: that that's what then what it had to be in 1168 00:56:59,480 --> 00:57:02,239 Speaker 1: order to get to find Diggs. You know, I know 1169 00:57:02,280 --> 00:57:04,440 Speaker 1: people probably look at the Andre Hopkins deal and go, 1170 00:57:04,480 --> 00:57:06,640 Speaker 1: why boy, they gave away too much? But we're not 1171 00:57:06,680 --> 00:57:09,880 Speaker 1: involved in those negotiations, so we don't know. And Diggs 1172 00:57:10,000 --> 00:57:14,239 Speaker 1: is not old and he's really good, and you know, again, 1173 00:57:14,280 --> 00:57:17,040 Speaker 1: you've made your team better if you were looking. I 1174 00:57:17,040 --> 00:57:18,920 Speaker 1: don't know what they would have been looking for in 1175 00:57:18,960 --> 00:57:21,560 Speaker 1: the first round. But I think the other thing to 1176 00:57:21,640 --> 00:57:24,520 Speaker 1: factor in is the other moves you make too, and 1177 00:57:24,520 --> 00:57:26,800 Speaker 1: we'll talk about those in a sec I think they 1178 00:57:26,960 --> 00:57:29,840 Speaker 1: factor in as well, because when you say, oh, they're 1179 00:57:29,840 --> 00:57:31,919 Speaker 1: giving up a first round pick, then it comes down 1180 00:57:31,960 --> 00:57:34,880 Speaker 1: to what would they have used the first round pick four? 1181 00:57:35,360 --> 00:57:38,680 Speaker 1: And that's always debatable because you don't know. But they 1182 00:57:38,920 --> 00:57:42,720 Speaker 1: helped themselves in some other areas as well in free agency. Well, 1183 00:57:42,760 --> 00:57:44,960 Speaker 1: not only did they helped themselves in free agency, they 1184 00:57:45,000 --> 00:57:48,240 Speaker 1: also had a chance to sign one of their own 1185 00:57:48,360 --> 00:57:51,200 Speaker 1: that was due to become a free agent in Quentin Spain. 1186 00:57:51,480 --> 00:57:54,240 Speaker 1: Yea Quentin Spain has. You know, he's not the most 1187 00:57:54,280 --> 00:57:56,440 Speaker 1: athletic guard, but he probably had his best year as 1188 00:57:56,440 --> 00:57:59,400 Speaker 1: a pro last year. Did that surprise you? Yeah? I 1189 00:57:59,440 --> 00:58:01,919 Speaker 1: thought that he's sort of declined a bit his last 1190 00:58:01,920 --> 00:58:03,720 Speaker 1: few year, a year and a half in Tennessee, because 1191 00:58:03,760 --> 00:58:08,160 Speaker 1: I was very familiar with him from watching Tennessee. And yeah, 1192 00:58:08,160 --> 00:58:10,120 Speaker 1: It kind of surprised me. I thought he came back 1193 00:58:10,120 --> 00:58:12,840 Speaker 1: and played well, and they obviously felt the same thing. 1194 00:58:13,000 --> 00:58:15,240 Speaker 1: And they want continuity, you know, the one thing you 1195 00:58:15,320 --> 00:58:17,360 Speaker 1: always like to have with your own line if you can. 1196 00:58:17,720 --> 00:58:20,160 Speaker 1: It's tougher in this era of football than ever before, 1197 00:58:20,440 --> 00:58:23,200 Speaker 1: but you'd like to develop and keep some continuity, and 1198 00:58:23,240 --> 00:58:26,280 Speaker 1: I think that factored in as well. Steve well with 1199 00:58:26,360 --> 00:58:30,640 Speaker 1: Greg Cosell. He is executive producer of NFL A Matchup 1200 00:58:30,680 --> 00:58:33,640 Speaker 1: on ESPN, Senior producer in NFL films. Those are kind 1201 00:58:33,640 --> 00:58:35,360 Speaker 1: of busy, Greg, guy, I will ask you about some 1202 00:58:35,440 --> 00:58:37,680 Speaker 1: of these moves, and some of them are keeping their owns. 1203 00:58:37,800 --> 00:58:41,160 Speaker 1: Steve mentioned Quentin Spain, what about yesterday's move to resign 1204 00:58:42,200 --> 00:58:45,040 Speaker 1: Jordan Poyer and just the kind of base they have 1205 00:58:45,160 --> 00:58:47,360 Speaker 1: for their defense. Now that's a building block they have 1206 00:58:47,480 --> 00:58:49,720 Speaker 1: back there in the secondary, isn't it. Oh. I remember, 1207 00:58:49,760 --> 00:58:51,480 Speaker 1: I think it was two years ago with the combine 1208 00:58:51,520 --> 00:58:54,600 Speaker 1: speaking with Leslie Frazier and we were talking about Hide 1209 00:58:54,600 --> 00:58:57,960 Speaker 1: and Poyer and how critical they are to the defense 1210 00:58:58,200 --> 00:59:01,920 Speaker 1: and the fact that they're interchangeable safeties. Uh, they line 1211 00:59:01,960 --> 00:59:04,680 Speaker 1: up where they do based on the front, and they 1212 00:59:05,360 --> 00:59:08,200 Speaker 1: can both play in the box. They can both play deep. 1213 00:59:08,600 --> 00:59:12,439 Speaker 1: Um they can. They both have corner ability to cover 1214 00:59:12,560 --> 00:59:15,960 Speaker 1: because they both wore corners in college. So you're dealing 1215 00:59:16,000 --> 00:59:20,200 Speaker 1: with two really versatile, multidimensional safeties. And I think those 1216 00:59:20,240 --> 00:59:23,080 Speaker 1: guys to me, and I'm sure the Bills think that 1217 00:59:23,120 --> 00:59:26,760 Speaker 1: because they resigned player, I think those kinds of safeties 1218 00:59:26,800 --> 00:59:30,360 Speaker 1: have become so important today's NFL. One of the surprising 1219 00:59:30,400 --> 00:59:33,680 Speaker 1: things about this early part of free agencies that the 1220 00:59:33,680 --> 00:59:37,240 Speaker 1: Bills signed a bunch of defenders. Now, defense was top 1221 00:59:37,280 --> 00:59:40,280 Speaker 1: three last year, and they let's let's start. They signed 1222 00:59:40,320 --> 00:59:43,800 Speaker 1: three guys up on the defensive line, and Mario Addison, 1223 00:59:43,880 --> 00:59:46,440 Speaker 1: Vernon Butler, and Quintin Jefferson. Tell us a little bit 1224 00:59:46,440 --> 00:59:49,240 Speaker 1: about each one. Let's start with Mario Addison. Three years. 1225 00:59:49,280 --> 00:59:53,320 Speaker 1: Mario Addison is a long, lanky, edge pass rusher, and 1226 00:59:53,360 --> 00:59:56,160 Speaker 1: that's the Bills need that kind of player. They do 1227 00:59:56,280 --> 00:59:59,280 Speaker 1: not really have an edge pass rusher. And Addison has 1228 00:59:59,600 --> 01:00:03,680 Speaker 1: been very, very good in Carolina. He's got some suddenness 1229 01:00:03,720 --> 01:00:07,840 Speaker 1: to him, some explosiveness to him. But he's long, he's lanky, 1230 01:00:07,960 --> 01:00:11,000 Speaker 1: he can bend the edge a little bit. He's he's 1231 01:00:11,040 --> 01:00:13,640 Speaker 1: a good player. Not a star, you know, not when 1232 01:00:13,680 --> 01:00:16,200 Speaker 1: you talk about the top four or five edge rushers 1233 01:00:16,200 --> 01:00:18,200 Speaker 1: in the league, his name won't come up. But he's 1234 01:00:18,200 --> 01:00:22,720 Speaker 1: a really solid player who fills an immediate void because 1235 01:00:22,720 --> 01:00:25,400 Speaker 1: they did not have that guy at all. Hey, Greg, 1236 01:00:25,440 --> 01:00:27,880 Speaker 1: A J. Klein comes over from the Saints, spend time 1237 01:00:27,920 --> 01:00:30,960 Speaker 1: in Carolina. I think the Bills are counting on A. J. 1238 01:00:31,080 --> 01:00:34,640 Speaker 1: Klein to be a starter at the Lorenzo Alexander about 1239 01:00:34,680 --> 01:00:36,680 Speaker 1: what do you think of that? Yeah, well he was 1240 01:00:36,720 --> 01:00:39,840 Speaker 1: also in Carolina when Sean and Brandon Bean were there 1241 01:00:40,080 --> 01:00:44,400 Speaker 1: and AJ Klein came out of Iowa State. Really solid player. 1242 01:00:44,640 --> 01:00:46,560 Speaker 1: He played a lot of snaps with the Saints. He 1243 01:00:46,680 --> 01:00:49,480 Speaker 1: played in their bass, he played in their sub. I 1244 01:00:49,480 --> 01:00:51,920 Speaker 1: think you're one hundred percent right. I think it'll be Klein, 1245 01:00:52,160 --> 01:00:54,880 Speaker 1: Edmonds and Milano is the starting linebackers in the bass. 1246 01:00:55,760 --> 01:00:57,720 Speaker 1: It'll be interesting to see then what they do in 1247 01:00:57,760 --> 01:01:01,040 Speaker 1: their nickel because they're a nickel defense. It's not a 1248 01:01:01,160 --> 01:01:05,040 Speaker 1: dime defense. Obviously, they've been playing Edmonds, who's super athletic, 1249 01:01:05,080 --> 01:01:08,320 Speaker 1: and Milano, who's been a great nickel linebacker. But Klein 1250 01:01:08,520 --> 01:01:11,360 Speaker 1: is a really solid player. He's one of those guys 1251 01:01:11,360 --> 01:01:14,080 Speaker 1: that doesn't make mistakes. He knows the defense because he's 1252 01:01:14,080 --> 01:01:16,800 Speaker 1: played in it before. He's just another one of those 1253 01:01:16,840 --> 01:01:20,680 Speaker 1: really solid signings that improves your defense. What kind of 1254 01:01:20,680 --> 01:01:23,120 Speaker 1: player is Vernon Butler, the defensive lineman they signed to 1255 01:01:23,160 --> 01:01:25,560 Speaker 1: a two year deal. Yeah, Vernon Butler was a first 1256 01:01:25,640 --> 01:01:28,560 Speaker 1: round pick of the Carolina Panthers when Dave Getleman was there. 1257 01:01:29,120 --> 01:01:31,720 Speaker 1: Late first round pick. I think it was late first round. 1258 01:01:31,720 --> 01:01:34,920 Speaker 1: Maybe maybe he was meant. I can't remember a player 1259 01:01:34,960 --> 01:01:37,280 Speaker 1: with a lot of talent and it never quite came 1260 01:01:37,320 --> 01:01:40,400 Speaker 1: out consistently. But he's a player who can line up 1261 01:01:40,440 --> 01:01:43,320 Speaker 1: at as as a one technique player as a three 1262 01:01:43,400 --> 01:01:46,960 Speaker 1: technique player. Probably in this defense will be a one 1263 01:01:47,000 --> 01:01:49,640 Speaker 1: technique because they'll expect at Oliver to take a major 1264 01:01:49,680 --> 01:01:52,960 Speaker 1: step forward from year one to year two. But Butler 1265 01:01:53,040 --> 01:01:55,320 Speaker 1: is really that guy. He's probably best as a one 1266 01:01:55,360 --> 01:01:59,000 Speaker 1: technique because he's about three hundred and fifteen pounds. If 1267 01:01:59,040 --> 01:02:02,320 Speaker 1: you can get out of what the ability is, because 1268 01:02:02,320 --> 01:02:05,640 Speaker 1: the ability is there, he can be a really solid player. 1269 01:02:06,200 --> 01:02:09,520 Speaker 1: He's probably at this point in his career a rotational player. 1270 01:02:09,720 --> 01:02:13,200 Speaker 1: But those guys have become so important now. Greg Since 1271 01:02:13,240 --> 01:02:15,680 Speaker 1: the Senior Bowl four or five years ago, I've always 1272 01:02:15,720 --> 01:02:19,800 Speaker 1: been enamored of Tyler Medeckevitch, who's done what he was 1273 01:02:19,840 --> 01:02:22,880 Speaker 1: expected to do for the Pittsburgh Steelers on special teams. 1274 01:02:23,320 --> 01:02:24,760 Speaker 1: I think it's a good signing for the Bills. What 1275 01:02:24,760 --> 01:02:27,600 Speaker 1: do you think? Yeah, I know Tyler Madeckevitch. He actually 1276 01:02:27,640 --> 01:02:29,200 Speaker 1: sat in my office the year he came out and 1277 01:02:29,320 --> 01:02:31,560 Speaker 1: we watched him tape together because he played at Temple. 1278 01:02:32,080 --> 01:02:34,840 Speaker 1: Really good special teams player can give you a really 1279 01:02:34,880 --> 01:02:39,200 Speaker 1: good depth at linebacker. You know. Again, I'm don't fancy 1280 01:02:39,280 --> 01:02:41,560 Speaker 1: myself as special team's expert at all, but you need 1281 01:02:41,560 --> 01:02:44,520 Speaker 1: those kinds of players. The one guy I really do 1282 01:02:44,600 --> 01:02:47,080 Speaker 1: want to talk about because I love him and it 1283 01:02:47,200 --> 01:02:49,680 Speaker 1: just happened that Bill signed him was Quentin Jefferson. I 1284 01:02:49,720 --> 01:02:52,200 Speaker 1: loved him since he came out of the University of Maryland. 1285 01:02:52,560 --> 01:02:54,520 Speaker 1: I thought he had a really good year this year 1286 01:02:54,560 --> 01:02:57,240 Speaker 1: in Seattle. He can play in he can play tackle, 1287 01:02:57,280 --> 01:03:00,400 Speaker 1: He's got versatility, he can rush the quarterback. You know. 1288 01:03:00,440 --> 01:03:02,800 Speaker 1: To me, that's one of those signings. It was an 1289 01:03:02,880 --> 01:03:05,840 Speaker 1: under the radar signing because Quentin Jefferson playing out in 1290 01:03:05,880 --> 01:03:08,880 Speaker 1: the Pacific Northwest is certainly not a household name. But 1291 01:03:08,960 --> 01:03:13,040 Speaker 1: I think he's a really, really good player and given 1292 01:03:13,080 --> 01:03:15,480 Speaker 1: that now they have you know, they lost Jordan Phillips, 1293 01:03:15,480 --> 01:03:18,480 Speaker 1: so they were looking to replace Jordan Phillips basically because 1294 01:03:18,480 --> 01:03:21,240 Speaker 1: Phillips had a really nice year for them. And I 1295 01:03:21,240 --> 01:03:25,320 Speaker 1: think with Jefferson, with Butler and particularly Jefferson, they've really 1296 01:03:25,360 --> 01:03:29,520 Speaker 1: done that. Let's move around a little bit around the 1297 01:03:29,840 --> 01:03:32,040 Speaker 1: greater thing. We spoke a little bit about Todd Gurley 1298 01:03:32,080 --> 01:03:35,000 Speaker 1: just in passing. He signs with Atlanta after being a 1299 01:03:35,080 --> 01:03:36,960 Speaker 1: free agent, just for a minute, I mean, he was 1300 01:03:37,040 --> 01:03:39,920 Speaker 1: less than twenty four hours, right right, What is Atlanta getting? 1301 01:03:39,920 --> 01:03:41,560 Speaker 1: And it all kind of I know it all depends 1302 01:03:41,600 --> 01:03:44,600 Speaker 1: on his health. His knee is always a question mark. Well, 1303 01:03:44,640 --> 01:03:46,360 Speaker 1: all I can do is tell you what the tape shows, 1304 01:03:46,680 --> 01:03:49,840 Speaker 1: and you know with me, there's it's no agenda, never personal. 1305 01:03:49,920 --> 01:03:53,000 Speaker 1: But this past year, the tape did not do him well. 1306 01:03:53,600 --> 01:03:55,480 Speaker 1: He did not look like a very good back. He 1307 01:03:55,560 --> 01:03:58,080 Speaker 1: looked like a straight line guy who'd lost his burst. 1308 01:03:58,760 --> 01:04:04,000 Speaker 1: So and he's much much better physically. I don't think 1309 01:04:04,040 --> 01:04:07,000 Speaker 1: Todd Gurley at this point in his career, and he's 1310 01:04:07,040 --> 01:04:09,040 Speaker 1: not old, but I don't think Todd Gurley at this 1311 01:04:09,080 --> 01:04:13,000 Speaker 1: point in his career gives you a whole lot that's interesting. 1312 01:04:13,000 --> 01:04:15,160 Speaker 1: I want to ask you about another Now, this guy 1313 01:04:15,240 --> 01:04:17,200 Speaker 1: is old, Tom Brady age forty two, going to be 1314 01:04:17,240 --> 01:04:20,560 Speaker 1: forty three, nex year. What do you think Zeppa Bay 1315 01:04:20,600 --> 01:04:23,040 Speaker 1: making a bold move here or a mistake? What do 1316 01:04:23,040 --> 01:04:26,520 Speaker 1: you think? Right well, I wish I was forty two, Murphy, 1317 01:04:26,520 --> 01:04:30,880 Speaker 1: you know hard time ago, I wish you were too. No. 1318 01:04:31,040 --> 01:04:33,440 Speaker 1: I think it's a it's a good move. Brady can 1319 01:04:33,480 --> 01:04:37,120 Speaker 1: still play. Bruce Arians is a very smart guy. They'll 1320 01:04:37,200 --> 01:04:40,880 Speaker 1: mix and mailed Bruce arians concepts with what Tom Brady 1321 01:04:41,000 --> 01:04:45,040 Speaker 1: likes to do well. And they'll take scripted vertical shots, 1322 01:04:45,080 --> 01:04:47,080 Speaker 1: which Tom Brady can do because you have to remember 1323 01:04:47,320 --> 01:04:49,800 Speaker 1: certain vertical throws and Steve knows this are not arm 1324 01:04:49,840 --> 01:04:53,240 Speaker 1: strained throws. If you throw a post on time, that's 1325 01:04:53,240 --> 01:04:56,720 Speaker 1: not an arm strained throw. Fads are not arm strained throws. 1326 01:04:57,240 --> 01:05:00,360 Speaker 1: So they'll mix and match. I think it's a move. 1327 01:05:00,360 --> 01:05:02,960 Speaker 1: Brady can still play. They've got a lot of weapons. 1328 01:05:03,200 --> 01:05:05,400 Speaker 1: I think it'll end up being successful. What that means 1329 01:05:05,400 --> 01:05:07,800 Speaker 1: as far as one lost record or playoffs, no one 1330 01:05:07,840 --> 01:05:09,880 Speaker 1: can answer that. But I think it's a good move. 1331 01:05:10,560 --> 01:05:12,360 Speaker 1: Last year, you got a chance, really for the first 1332 01:05:12,400 --> 01:05:14,720 Speaker 1: time in a handful of years to see an extended 1333 01:05:15,120 --> 01:05:17,480 Speaker 1: stretch where Teddy Bridgewater got on the field for the 1334 01:05:17,520 --> 01:05:20,280 Speaker 1: New Orleans Saints. They went five and oh while he 1335 01:05:20,360 --> 01:05:23,960 Speaker 1: was the quarterback. No question, it really enhanced just you know, 1336 01:05:24,080 --> 01:05:26,800 Speaker 1: his marketability in the free agent market. How do you 1337 01:05:26,800 --> 01:05:28,840 Speaker 1: think it's going to play out in Carolina for him? 1338 01:05:29,840 --> 01:05:31,400 Speaker 1: You know what, I think it's a really good move 1339 01:05:31,440 --> 01:05:34,040 Speaker 1: because I know how Matt Rule thinks. I know Matt 1340 01:05:34,120 --> 01:05:36,080 Speaker 1: Rule a little bit. He wants to start with the 1341 01:05:36,200 --> 01:05:38,560 Speaker 1: run game. That's sort of his foundation. He's a little 1342 01:05:38,560 --> 01:05:41,400 Speaker 1: bit old school. They certainly have the back to do that, 1343 01:05:41,520 --> 01:05:44,200 Speaker 1: so it makes sense, and I think for Bridgewater then 1344 01:05:44,240 --> 01:05:48,280 Speaker 1: it's a perfect situation because Bridgewater, I think works best 1345 01:05:48,680 --> 01:05:52,320 Speaker 1: as a play action quarterback where you have shot plays, 1346 01:05:52,560 --> 01:05:57,000 Speaker 1: scripted deeper throws and shot play types. You know, he's 1347 01:05:57,000 --> 01:05:59,800 Speaker 1: not a big arm guy, and I think that that 1348 01:06:00,080 --> 01:06:02,960 Speaker 1: makes perfect sense with how they see their offense and 1349 01:06:03,000 --> 01:06:06,120 Speaker 1: how they want their offense structure. Because Teddy Bridgewater is 1350 01:06:06,160 --> 01:06:10,200 Speaker 1: a really nice, complimentary quarterback. He's a system player. Of 1351 01:06:10,240 --> 01:06:13,360 Speaker 1: course all quarterbacks really are, but he's a system player 1352 01:06:13,720 --> 01:06:17,320 Speaker 1: and I think that with McCaffrey it makes real good sense. 1353 01:06:17,320 --> 01:06:19,760 Speaker 1: He'll fit well there with how they want to structure 1354 01:06:19,800 --> 01:06:22,520 Speaker 1: what they do. We're Live on the Line with Greg Cosell, 1355 01:06:22,680 --> 01:06:26,520 Speaker 1: Senior producer, NFL Films, host of NFL Matchup. You can 1356 01:06:26,520 --> 01:06:29,920 Speaker 1: see it on ESPN. Philip Rivers is a little bit 1357 01:06:29,920 --> 01:06:32,120 Speaker 1: younger than Tom Brady, but people wonder how much he 1358 01:06:32,160 --> 01:06:33,960 Speaker 1: has left in the tank. And now he gets to 1359 01:06:34,000 --> 01:06:35,760 Speaker 1: show us with Frank break and the Colts. What do 1360 01:06:35,800 --> 01:06:37,880 Speaker 1: you make of that move? Greg, what do you think? Yeah? 1361 01:06:37,920 --> 01:06:39,800 Speaker 1: I love Philip Rivers. You know, he's one of those 1362 01:06:39,800 --> 01:06:42,000 Speaker 1: guys you just watch him play boy. Does he understand 1363 01:06:42,000 --> 01:06:44,280 Speaker 1: the game? He's so good before the snap of the ball, 1364 01:06:44,320 --> 01:06:46,560 Speaker 1: which is what the game has turned into for quarterbacks 1365 01:06:46,600 --> 01:06:51,200 Speaker 1: these days. He's definitely lost something as a passer. They 1366 01:06:51,240 --> 01:06:54,120 Speaker 1: have a running back in Marlon Mack who not necessarily 1367 01:06:54,120 --> 01:06:56,120 Speaker 1: a foundation guy, but they want to run the ball. 1368 01:06:56,920 --> 01:06:59,280 Speaker 1: They have a great old line. They've really tried to 1369 01:06:59,560 --> 01:07:03,439 Speaker 1: upgrade their defense. I think they see Rivers as as 1370 01:07:03,600 --> 01:07:05,800 Speaker 1: I don't want to say a caretaker, but it's just 1371 01:07:05,880 --> 01:07:09,000 Speaker 1: a solid veteran quarterback who, within the context of how 1372 01:07:09,080 --> 01:07:12,880 Speaker 1: they want to play, can really run the offense effectively. 1373 01:07:13,280 --> 01:07:15,360 Speaker 1: By you don't want Rivers at this point in his 1374 01:07:15,480 --> 01:07:19,040 Speaker 1: career by choice, dropping back thirty five forty times a game. 1375 01:07:20,160 --> 01:07:23,040 Speaker 1: What do you think the Los Angeles Chargers looked like 1376 01:07:23,080 --> 01:07:25,520 Speaker 1: they were in on the Tom Brady sweepstakes that didn't 1377 01:07:25,520 --> 01:07:28,360 Speaker 1: work out for them. Are they really gonna start the 1378 01:07:28,400 --> 01:07:31,400 Speaker 1: season with Tyrod Taylor at quarterback? And if they are, 1379 01:07:31,520 --> 01:07:33,640 Speaker 1: what do they get? Well, you still have Cam Newton 1380 01:07:33,680 --> 01:07:36,320 Speaker 1: and Jameis Winston out there, and I'm very anxious to 1381 01:07:36,320 --> 01:07:39,680 Speaker 1: see how this plays out. If you play Tyrode Taylor, 1382 01:07:39,720 --> 01:07:42,240 Speaker 1: you guys know, you've got to have a lot of 1383 01:07:42,280 --> 01:07:46,320 Speaker 1: other pieces. But I think now with what Lamar Jackson 1384 01:07:46,320 --> 01:07:49,120 Speaker 1: did and Tyrod's not Lamar, but I think people will 1385 01:07:49,520 --> 01:07:52,480 Speaker 1: look at Tyrod Taylor that their staff anyway, and think, hey, 1386 01:07:52,560 --> 01:07:55,280 Speaker 1: we can do a lot of those run game concepts 1387 01:07:55,520 --> 01:07:59,040 Speaker 1: with Tyrode Taylor, more so than maybe we're done in Buffalo, 1388 01:07:59,120 --> 01:08:03,600 Speaker 1: because Buffalo at that point in the league, teams didn't 1389 01:08:03,600 --> 01:08:06,200 Speaker 1: see the quarterback that way as much as they do now. 1390 01:08:06,600 --> 01:08:08,880 Speaker 1: So and it was only a few years ago. But 1391 01:08:09,560 --> 01:08:11,280 Speaker 1: you know, I think if they go with Tyrod Taylor, 1392 01:08:11,360 --> 01:08:13,680 Speaker 1: those are the kinds of things they'll do. He can 1393 01:08:13,800 --> 01:08:16,320 Speaker 1: throw the deep ball a little bit, so you know, 1394 01:08:16,360 --> 01:08:20,320 Speaker 1: you'll try to work through his strengths and minimizes his limitations. Greg, 1395 01:08:20,320 --> 01:08:23,120 Speaker 1: there's so much going on in NFL free agency. This week, 1396 01:08:23,120 --> 01:08:26,160 Speaker 1: we took a break from the draft prospects. We'll resume 1397 01:08:26,240 --> 01:08:28,519 Speaker 1: that next week, and the draft is still on for 1398 01:08:28,680 --> 01:08:33,639 Speaker 1: April twenty yard. Right now, it's impossible, I would think, 1399 01:08:33,640 --> 01:08:36,240 Speaker 1: for anyone to predict, but any I mean, the draft 1400 01:08:36,280 --> 01:08:38,800 Speaker 1: is going to be not public anymore. But any other 1401 01:08:39,160 --> 01:08:41,400 Speaker 1: major impacts do you think on the draft based on 1402 01:08:41,439 --> 01:08:43,360 Speaker 1: what's happened so far in this country? Well, you know 1403 01:08:44,240 --> 01:08:48,280 Speaker 1: there could be because pro days are very important. You 1404 01:08:48,320 --> 01:08:50,439 Speaker 1: get to meet with the kids individually. Not only do 1405 01:08:50,439 --> 01:08:52,200 Speaker 1: you see them work out, but you get to talk 1406 01:08:52,240 --> 01:08:54,600 Speaker 1: to them. You know, I think that's really important for 1407 01:08:54,640 --> 01:08:58,000 Speaker 1: the later round picks, you know, the top guys. You know, 1408 01:08:58,040 --> 01:09:00,400 Speaker 1: that's not going to matter for Isaiah Simmons, it's not 1409 01:09:00,439 --> 01:09:02,519 Speaker 1: gonna matter for Joe Burrow, it's not gonna matter for 1410 01:09:02,600 --> 01:09:07,040 Speaker 1: Chase Young. But I think when you start getting into second, third, fourth, fifth, 1411 01:09:07,320 --> 01:09:09,439 Speaker 1: sixth round, you want to be able to see a 1412 01:09:09,479 --> 01:09:11,800 Speaker 1: guy in person. You want to be able to talk 1413 01:09:11,840 --> 01:09:13,720 Speaker 1: to him, You want to be able to stand and 1414 01:09:13,760 --> 01:09:16,720 Speaker 1: talk to his coaches face to face. These things are 1415 01:09:16,760 --> 01:09:20,040 Speaker 1: not going to happen now, and so I'm curious to 1416 01:09:20,080 --> 01:09:22,839 Speaker 1: see how it all plays. Now. People will be relying 1417 01:09:23,240 --> 01:09:26,920 Speaker 1: on film and just reports that they get, you know, 1418 01:09:27,120 --> 01:09:31,559 Speaker 1: fact reports, emailed reports. That's the way it's going to be. 1419 01:09:31,600 --> 01:09:34,559 Speaker 1: So I think it's going to be a little different. Thanks, Greg, 1420 01:09:34,600 --> 01:09:36,719 Speaker 1: can't wait to watch it. Can ask you one more question? 1421 01:09:36,760 --> 01:09:39,920 Speaker 1: Greg reminded me of something. I don't know how to 1422 01:09:39,960 --> 01:09:42,160 Speaker 1: interpret the internet noise, but I did see internet noise 1423 01:09:42,280 --> 01:09:45,080 Speaker 1: last night that the Bengals may not want to draft 1424 01:09:45,120 --> 01:09:47,880 Speaker 1: Joe Joe Burrow may want to entertain a train for 1425 01:09:48,000 --> 01:09:50,960 Speaker 1: Joe Burrow? Is that just noise? Did I just disregard that? 1426 01:09:51,200 --> 01:09:52,960 Speaker 1: I would think, So you know you're gonna see a 1427 01:09:53,000 --> 01:09:54,720 Speaker 1: lot of noise now, or if you know that it's 1428 01:09:54,760 --> 01:09:58,519 Speaker 1: that type of year, it's not drafting Burrow. But that's 1429 01:09:58,560 --> 01:10:01,360 Speaker 1: just me. Yeah, thanks Greg. All Right, guys, appreciate it. 1430 01:10:02,000 --> 01:10:05,560 Speaker 1: Greg Cosell is a host of NFL Matchup on the 1431 01:10:05,720 --> 01:10:08,840 Speaker 1: ESBM senior producer at NFL Films. We talk with him 1432 01:10:08,880 --> 01:10:11,320 Speaker 1: every Friday at this time. It's great to talk with him. Great, 1433 01:10:12,400 --> 01:10:14,280 Speaker 1: I'll tell you the two team. Just talking to Greg 1434 01:10:14,280 --> 01:10:16,920 Speaker 1: puts me in a better frame of mind and stuff's happening. 1435 01:10:16,920 --> 01:10:20,760 Speaker 1: I'm about to lose power. I think you're a wind storm. Yeah, 1436 01:10:20,840 --> 01:10:22,479 Speaker 1: I'm only a couple of miles from you. The win. 1437 01:10:22,600 --> 01:10:25,559 Speaker 1: The trees are really bending right now. And talking right 1438 01:10:25,960 --> 01:10:28,160 Speaker 1: we'll see. Yeah. Talking to Greg just sort of put 1439 01:10:28,160 --> 01:10:30,400 Speaker 1: my mind at ease. You know, everybody's okay, We're okay, 1440 01:10:30,479 --> 01:10:33,040 Speaker 1: We're hanging in. And I also thought some of this, 1441 01:10:33,240 --> 01:10:34,800 Speaker 1: and I wanted to ask him about all the guys 1442 01:10:34,800 --> 01:10:36,600 Speaker 1: that Buffalo has signed, because he you know, he's a 1443 01:10:36,600 --> 01:10:38,840 Speaker 1: guy that grinds through all that film and he has 1444 01:10:38,840 --> 01:10:41,800 Speaker 1: a really good handle on guys that you know, we 1445 01:10:41,880 --> 01:10:45,120 Speaker 1: haven't seen much here, Mario Addison, Vernon but or Quinton Jefferson, 1446 01:10:45,160 --> 01:10:48,799 Speaker 1: aj Klein, and he even knows Matta Kevitch, the linebacker 1447 01:10:48,840 --> 01:10:51,080 Speaker 1: from Pittsburgh the Bills picked up. So it was nice 1448 01:10:51,120 --> 01:10:53,479 Speaker 1: to get his take. And certainly I guess he thinks 1449 01:10:53,960 --> 01:10:58,360 Speaker 1: Quinton Jefferson is gonna be a guy that Buffalo fans 1450 01:10:58,360 --> 01:11:02,000 Speaker 1: are really gonna like seeing play. And yet interesting about 1451 01:11:02,040 --> 01:11:05,240 Speaker 1: Quentin Jefferson and about Metacavich. I love what he said 1452 01:11:05,240 --> 01:11:07,360 Speaker 1: about Metacavich. I think Bills fans are gonna fall in 1453 01:11:07,360 --> 01:11:08,920 Speaker 1: love with this guy. He's gonna be flying down the 1454 01:11:08,920 --> 01:11:11,880 Speaker 1: field making special teams tackles just like you used to, Steve. 1455 01:11:12,200 --> 01:11:14,720 Speaker 1: And I think his red beard is gonna jump out. 1456 01:11:14,760 --> 01:11:17,599 Speaker 1: My goal now is to get a beard rivaling Tyler 1457 01:11:17,600 --> 01:11:20,400 Speaker 1: Matacavich by the time the season starts. Good lick, Murph, 1458 01:11:20,400 --> 01:11:24,200 Speaker 1: I'm pulling for you, all right. Maddi Glab's coming up next. 1459 01:11:24,720 --> 01:11:27,599 Speaker 1: PSC reporter Maddie Glab wants to talk about the Bills 1460 01:11:27,600 --> 01:11:29,720 Speaker 1: and how they're viewed now around the NFL with the 1461 01:11:29,760 --> 01:11:33,160 Speaker 1: Stefan Diggs trade, with the free agency, the moves they've made, 1462 01:11:33,160 --> 01:11:35,320 Speaker 1: and how was the AFC East look. We'll talk live 1463 01:11:35,360 --> 01:11:37,720 Speaker 1: with Maddie Glad when we return. It's One Bill's Life 1464 01:11:37,960 --> 01:11:41,600 Speaker 1: presented by Kalida Health. From from our Homes. This is 1465 01:11:41,640 --> 01:11:54,000 Speaker 1: Buffalo Bill's Radio. We'll go back One Bills Live, John 1466 01:11:54,040 --> 01:11:56,479 Speaker 1: Murphy and Cansker, We're coming here from our homes and 1467 01:11:56,560 --> 01:11:59,160 Speaker 1: on the line with us right now. hESC reporter covers 1468 01:11:59,160 --> 01:12:01,600 Speaker 1: the Bills and to say, Mandy Graham, who are you 1469 01:12:01,720 --> 01:12:04,439 Speaker 1: your home? Mandie? Is that what's going on here? Yes, 1470 01:12:04,520 --> 01:12:10,160 Speaker 1: I'm at my home practicing self isolation and quarantine. You know, 1471 01:12:10,280 --> 01:12:12,280 Speaker 1: I'm ready to be back at work. I hope this 1472 01:12:12,360 --> 01:12:14,840 Speaker 1: blows over in a few weeks because I missed being 1473 01:12:14,880 --> 01:12:17,679 Speaker 1: around my coworkers. Oh, that's often nice to you to say, 1474 01:12:18,080 --> 01:12:20,000 Speaker 1: we're happy to have you to show this manie. What 1475 01:12:20,120 --> 01:12:22,200 Speaker 1: have you been doing during this week when you're working 1476 01:12:22,200 --> 01:12:24,719 Speaker 1: at home? What kind of work you've been doing? Well, 1477 01:12:24,720 --> 01:12:28,600 Speaker 1: it's been pretty busy with free agency. I've been scouring 1478 01:12:29,320 --> 01:12:35,000 Speaker 1: Twitter and the websites, NFL dot com, ESPN dot com, everywhere, 1479 01:12:35,120 --> 01:12:38,400 Speaker 1: just to get an opinion on national analysts and things 1480 01:12:38,439 --> 01:12:41,000 Speaker 1: like that what they think of all of these free 1481 01:12:41,000 --> 01:12:44,759 Speaker 1: agent acquisitions over the last few days. Thought that maybe 1482 01:12:44,760 --> 01:12:47,320 Speaker 1: it could be a little bit dead if free agency 1483 01:12:47,439 --> 01:12:50,160 Speaker 1: was pushed back, But I'm kind of happy it wasn't 1484 01:12:50,200 --> 01:12:54,960 Speaker 1: because it's been a good use of my time while 1485 01:12:54,960 --> 01:12:57,559 Speaker 1: I've been working from home for the last week, so 1486 01:12:57,960 --> 01:13:01,160 Speaker 1: it hasn't been that chill. Everybody's like, how's working from home? 1487 01:13:01,240 --> 01:13:04,360 Speaker 1: Lots of time? Like, No, we're in free agency and 1488 01:13:04,360 --> 01:13:07,200 Speaker 1: the Bills are making moves. They started a Steffan Diggs 1489 01:13:07,200 --> 01:13:10,559 Speaker 1: and then kept going with the defense. So I've been busy. 1490 01:13:10,640 --> 01:13:13,840 Speaker 1: It's been fun. What'd you think about the Steph Diggs trade? 1491 01:13:15,360 --> 01:13:18,840 Speaker 1: At first, when I saw what they gave up in 1492 01:13:18,880 --> 01:13:22,400 Speaker 1: the draft. I was a little set back and it 1493 01:13:22,479 --> 01:13:25,000 Speaker 1: took some time, but now a couple of days after, 1494 01:13:25,280 --> 01:13:28,720 Speaker 1: I'm really excited about it. And you know, we've heard 1495 01:13:28,720 --> 01:13:34,000 Speaker 1: brand being talk about devalues those draft picks. And when 1496 01:13:34,000 --> 01:13:36,160 Speaker 1: you look at giving up number twenty two and a 1497 01:13:36,200 --> 01:13:39,439 Speaker 1: fifth and a sixth, the Bills still have a second, 1498 01:13:39,720 --> 01:13:42,560 Speaker 1: a third, a fourth, one fifth, and two sixth in 1499 01:13:42,960 --> 01:13:46,200 Speaker 1: this year's draft, so they still have quite a few 1500 01:13:46,280 --> 01:13:49,960 Speaker 1: opportunities to strike gold in the draft. I think that 1501 01:13:50,120 --> 01:13:52,720 Speaker 1: second round pick, that fifty fourth pick, you can get 1502 01:13:52,760 --> 01:13:56,600 Speaker 1: something really good there. And with what Stefan Diggs is 1503 01:13:56,640 --> 01:14:00,519 Speaker 1: able to give, with everything that we've heard his round running, 1504 01:14:00,520 --> 01:14:03,519 Speaker 1: his stats he's put up the last two seasons with 1505 01:14:03,600 --> 01:14:06,519 Speaker 1: some great receivers on the Minnesota Vikings, I think he's 1506 01:14:06,560 --> 01:14:09,879 Speaker 1: going to be a huge asset to Josh Allen, somebody 1507 01:14:10,080 --> 01:14:12,840 Speaker 1: who's working towards his prime. You got a receiver and 1508 01:14:12,880 --> 01:14:15,719 Speaker 1: Stefan Diggs who is at his prime and is really 1509 01:14:15,720 --> 01:14:18,639 Speaker 1: going to be able to help make Josh Allen better. 1510 01:14:18,720 --> 01:14:21,519 Speaker 1: And you know, we hear about how great and we 1511 01:14:21,600 --> 01:14:25,519 Speaker 1: see how great of a route onner Stefon Diggs is, 1512 01:14:25,560 --> 01:14:29,960 Speaker 1: and I think even beyond his route running. He's a 1513 01:14:30,040 --> 01:14:33,280 Speaker 1: great route runner, he's also going to be able to 1514 01:14:33,320 --> 01:14:37,000 Speaker 1: make those catches that aren't necessarily on target, and he's 1515 01:14:37,040 --> 01:14:39,599 Speaker 1: going to be able to run those ulterior routes when 1516 01:14:39,640 --> 01:14:42,400 Speaker 1: things break down. And I think that's something really important 1517 01:14:42,479 --> 01:14:45,679 Speaker 1: to note, because Josh Allen is somebody who is entering 1518 01:14:46,400 --> 01:14:48,960 Speaker 1: his first few years in the NFL. He's probably going 1519 01:14:49,000 --> 01:14:51,800 Speaker 1: to hit his prime in the next three years, so 1520 01:14:51,880 --> 01:14:54,439 Speaker 1: he's still learning a lot. And I think Stefan Diggs, 1521 01:14:54,479 --> 01:14:56,679 Speaker 1: John Brown, and Cole Beasley are going to be able 1522 01:14:56,720 --> 01:14:59,559 Speaker 1: to make him look so good in twenty twenty. Hey 1523 01:14:59,560 --> 01:15:01,400 Speaker 1: Maddie and let me run the spice. See if you 1524 01:15:01,439 --> 01:15:04,200 Speaker 1: agree or not. On the Diggs trade, it happened about 1525 01:15:04,240 --> 01:15:08,480 Speaker 1: twelve hours after the DeAndre Hopkins trade from Houston to Arizona, 1526 01:15:08,680 --> 01:15:11,719 Speaker 1: in which they virtually got nothing in return. By comparison 1527 01:15:11,720 --> 01:15:14,320 Speaker 1: to say, I don't think anybody would question the Bills 1528 01:15:14,360 --> 01:15:18,120 Speaker 1: getting giving up a first rounder, you know, final third, 1529 01:15:18,200 --> 01:15:20,040 Speaker 1: you know, twenty second overall, the last third of the 1530 01:15:20,040 --> 01:15:22,360 Speaker 1: first round to get a receiver of that quality. If 1531 01:15:22,360 --> 01:15:25,240 Speaker 1: it were not for that crazy trade made by the 1532 01:15:25,280 --> 01:15:27,880 Speaker 1: Houston Texans. What do you think, am I nuts. No, 1533 01:15:28,000 --> 01:15:29,840 Speaker 1: I don't think so. I think there's a there's a 1534 01:15:29,840 --> 01:15:31,839 Speaker 1: lot of noise and a lot of people talking about 1535 01:15:31,880 --> 01:15:35,360 Speaker 1: that Hopkins trade and just how how weird it was 1536 01:15:35,520 --> 01:15:39,080 Speaker 1: and how they really didn't get anything in return. I mean, 1537 01:15:39,120 --> 01:15:41,679 Speaker 1: they get a running back. But and then you see 1538 01:15:42,200 --> 01:15:44,760 Speaker 1: what we gave up for Stefon Diggs. But you look 1539 01:15:44,800 --> 01:15:47,320 Speaker 1: at the contract too. I mean that Diggs contract is 1540 01:15:47,320 --> 01:15:51,519 Speaker 1: so friendly over four years, eleven and a half, twelve, twelve, twelve, 1541 01:15:51,680 --> 01:15:54,640 Speaker 1: I mean, with what receivers are getting paid nowadays and 1542 01:15:54,720 --> 01:15:58,760 Speaker 1: what they want, like Amari Cooper twenty mill that's really nice. 1543 01:15:58,800 --> 01:16:01,439 Speaker 1: When you look at Caps and what the Bills have 1544 01:16:01,640 --> 01:16:04,519 Speaker 1: spent this season, and they're gonna have to pay guys 1545 01:16:04,520 --> 01:16:06,760 Speaker 1: in the next few years. I mean, they're gonna have 1546 01:16:06,800 --> 01:16:10,040 Speaker 1: some big contracts coming up in the next couple of seasons, 1547 01:16:10,080 --> 01:16:12,920 Speaker 1: and Brandon Bean wants to be able to save for that, 1548 01:16:13,120 --> 01:16:15,599 Speaker 1: and he's getting great players in return. You look at 1549 01:16:15,840 --> 01:16:19,360 Speaker 1: Mario Addison, Vernon Butler, Quinn Jefferson, what he was able 1550 01:16:19,400 --> 01:16:22,280 Speaker 1: to get for those three players, I mean, that's pretty incredible. 1551 01:16:22,360 --> 01:16:24,960 Speaker 1: And then you also think about how how Bean was 1552 01:16:25,000 --> 01:16:29,600 Speaker 1: able to rework some contracts before free agency even hit. Yeah. 1553 01:16:29,640 --> 01:16:31,720 Speaker 1: I don't know if you heard about this, Maddie, but 1554 01:16:32,640 --> 01:16:35,840 Speaker 1: Tom Brady is now a Tampa Bay buccaneer letter. Did 1555 01:16:35,840 --> 01:16:39,280 Speaker 1: you keep up on that? Yeah? Yeah, I didn't know that. 1556 01:16:39,720 --> 01:16:41,840 Speaker 1: How do you how? What do you think? And with 1557 01:16:41,840 --> 01:16:43,720 Speaker 1: all the moves that the Dolphins made, they were as 1558 01:16:43,760 --> 01:16:46,280 Speaker 1: busy as anybody in free agency? There's no question that 1559 01:16:46,320 --> 01:16:48,320 Speaker 1: Dolphins are going to be a much better team. What's 1560 01:16:48,360 --> 01:16:52,040 Speaker 1: the AFC he's gonna look like this next year? I 1561 01:16:52,080 --> 01:16:56,800 Speaker 1: think it's the Bills division to win. I think tom 1562 01:16:56,840 --> 01:17:00,240 Speaker 1: Brady leaving that opens up the window, and I under 1563 01:17:00,280 --> 01:17:03,679 Speaker 1: if that window that's been opened is also in turn 1564 01:17:03,720 --> 01:17:05,640 Speaker 1: a reason why the Bills are making the moves that 1565 01:17:05,720 --> 01:17:09,799 Speaker 1: they've been making this free agency. You go after Stefan Diggs, 1566 01:17:09,880 --> 01:17:13,599 Speaker 1: you revamp your defensive line that needed help, You help 1567 01:17:13,600 --> 01:17:18,320 Speaker 1: out with your linebackers, after Lorenzo Alexander retires, you add 1568 01:17:18,400 --> 01:17:20,479 Speaker 1: Josh Norman. You're going to be able to put even 1569 01:17:20,520 --> 01:17:23,800 Speaker 1: more pieces to the puzzle together in this draft, I 1570 01:17:24,080 --> 01:17:27,479 Speaker 1: think it's it's the Bills turn to take that division. 1571 01:17:28,160 --> 01:17:30,760 Speaker 1: The moves that the Dolphins made in free agency, they 1572 01:17:30,800 --> 01:17:33,719 Speaker 1: made quite a bit of moves to help out that defense, 1573 01:17:33,800 --> 01:17:36,320 Speaker 1: they do have that fifth pick, are they going to 1574 01:17:36,400 --> 01:17:40,920 Speaker 1: go after Tuah? Another question with that is are they 1575 01:17:40,920 --> 01:17:42,840 Speaker 1: going to be able to do all the things they 1576 01:17:42,880 --> 01:17:45,880 Speaker 1: need to do medically to make sure that Tuah is 1577 01:17:45,920 --> 01:17:48,760 Speaker 1: the person they want to go after with the coronavirus 1578 01:17:48,800 --> 01:17:52,280 Speaker 1: and draft picks not being able to travel to and 1579 01:17:52,400 --> 01:17:54,760 Speaker 1: from teams and things like that. So that's I think 1580 01:17:55,000 --> 01:17:58,599 Speaker 1: a big question going into the draft. But their defense 1581 01:17:58,840 --> 01:18:01,120 Speaker 1: was the worst in the league last year. They gave 1582 01:18:01,200 --> 01:18:03,960 Speaker 1: up thirty point nine points a game, I think, which 1583 01:18:04,120 --> 01:18:07,760 Speaker 1: was the most in the NFL. So they are obviously 1584 01:18:07,800 --> 01:18:12,200 Speaker 1: putting pieces together to make that defense better. Byron Jones 1585 01:18:12,200 --> 01:18:15,040 Speaker 1: and Xavien Howard, they're two corners. They're going to be 1586 01:18:15,080 --> 01:18:18,880 Speaker 1: paying them one hundred and fifty nine million dollars over 1587 01:18:18,920 --> 01:18:23,320 Speaker 1: the next five years. That's thirty two million a year 1588 01:18:23,680 --> 01:18:26,240 Speaker 1: going to two corners. That's quite a lot to be 1589 01:18:26,320 --> 01:18:29,800 Speaker 1: paying for a position that's not a quarterback. So is 1590 01:18:29,800 --> 01:18:31,559 Speaker 1: that going to pan out? I mean, those are two 1591 01:18:31,600 --> 01:18:34,040 Speaker 1: great corners, but are you trying to throw that much 1592 01:18:34,080 --> 01:18:36,640 Speaker 1: money at two players over the next five years. So 1593 01:18:36,680 --> 01:18:40,320 Speaker 1: it's going to be interesting to see how that defense 1594 01:18:40,439 --> 01:18:42,840 Speaker 1: evolves in the next couple of seasons with what they've 1595 01:18:42,880 --> 01:18:46,960 Speaker 1: done in this year's free agency. Oh go ahead. I 1596 01:18:47,040 --> 01:18:49,519 Speaker 1: was gonna say, Maddie, you do keep an eye on 1597 01:18:49,840 --> 01:18:53,280 Speaker 1: what the national media, how they assess the AFC East, 1598 01:18:53,520 --> 01:18:55,519 Speaker 1: how they assess the Bills. It's only been a couple 1599 01:18:55,520 --> 01:18:58,360 Speaker 1: of days really, two days officially into free agency, but 1600 01:18:58,400 --> 01:19:01,960 Speaker 1: the Bills get pretty good reviews. I think, actually, don't think, Yeah, definitely. 1601 01:19:02,000 --> 01:19:04,479 Speaker 1: And we saw this a little bit towards the end 1602 01:19:04,479 --> 01:19:07,080 Speaker 1: of last year when the Bills were winning more games 1603 01:19:07,080 --> 01:19:10,920 Speaker 1: and picking up more steam nationally attention wise, a lot 1604 01:19:11,000 --> 01:19:13,320 Speaker 1: more people were talking about the Bills when you turned 1605 01:19:13,360 --> 01:19:16,400 Speaker 1: on your TV on ESPN and NFL Network. And now 1606 01:19:16,439 --> 01:19:18,960 Speaker 1: with free agency, you're seeing a lot of these analysts 1607 01:19:19,000 --> 01:19:21,800 Speaker 1: spend more time talking about Buffalo. A lot of that 1608 01:19:21,920 --> 01:19:24,519 Speaker 1: is because of that Stefon Diggs trade. That was a 1609 01:19:24,560 --> 01:19:28,080 Speaker 1: blockbuster trade that kind of started free agency with that 1610 01:19:28,160 --> 01:19:31,439 Speaker 1: DeAndre Hopkins trade. But a lot of people are liking 1611 01:19:31,479 --> 01:19:34,320 Speaker 1: the moves that Buffalo has been making. Some people, of course, 1612 01:19:34,400 --> 01:19:38,240 Speaker 1: think what the Bills gave away for Stefon Diggs was 1613 01:19:38,280 --> 01:19:40,920 Speaker 1: a little much, grading the Bills a bit but a 1614 01:19:40,960 --> 01:19:44,000 Speaker 1: little bit lower than others. But a lot of these 1615 01:19:44,080 --> 01:19:46,960 Speaker 1: grades on the Stefon Diggs trade are pretty high and 1616 01:19:47,360 --> 01:19:50,040 Speaker 1: short term and long term. I've seen some Bees, some 1617 01:19:50,160 --> 01:19:53,040 Speaker 1: B plus in terms of A through F grade wise, 1618 01:19:53,080 --> 01:19:56,680 Speaker 1: but you're getting a lot of noticeable names that are 1619 01:19:56,720 --> 01:19:59,200 Speaker 1: starting to talk about the Bills. I mean, Field Yates 1620 01:19:59,400 --> 01:20:01,400 Speaker 1: comes on the show and talks about the Bills a lot, 1621 01:20:01,439 --> 01:20:05,200 Speaker 1: but he loves that Diggs trade, says that he's going 1622 01:20:05,280 --> 01:20:08,920 Speaker 1: to be a number one receiver and that he's somebody 1623 01:20:08,960 --> 01:20:11,360 Speaker 1: that can make a difference on a team. And then 1624 01:20:12,280 --> 01:20:16,519 Speaker 1: a couple of Minnesota people who cover the Vikings just 1625 01:20:16,560 --> 01:20:20,080 Speaker 1: talked about how much that Minnesota fan base should miss 1626 01:20:20,040 --> 01:20:23,240 Speaker 1: Stephan Diggs with what he was able to do in 1627 01:20:23,320 --> 01:20:28,240 Speaker 1: Minnesota A score. Norse Vikings reporter Matthew Coller said that 1628 01:20:28,439 --> 01:20:30,479 Speaker 1: the Bills are getting one of the best players in 1629 01:20:30,520 --> 01:20:33,960 Speaker 1: the NFL, not just a good receiver, a great receiver. 1630 01:20:34,120 --> 01:20:37,479 Speaker 1: So you're seeing all these big names. Michael Irvin and 1631 01:20:37,800 --> 01:20:41,360 Speaker 1: Brian Baldinger commenting on the Bills free agency and how 1632 01:20:41,400 --> 01:20:44,479 Speaker 1: they believe the Bills are winning free agency, Michael Irvin said, 1633 01:20:44,720 --> 01:20:46,720 Speaker 1: the first thing I thought of when I saw that 1634 01:20:46,880 --> 01:20:49,000 Speaker 1: Diggs trade was that the Bills now can win the 1635 01:20:49,040 --> 01:20:54,920 Speaker 1: AFC East so we've seen this towards the NL last year, 1636 01:20:55,000 --> 01:20:57,120 Speaker 1: just with how the Bills season went, a lot of 1637 01:20:57,200 --> 01:20:59,840 Speaker 1: big names starting to talk about the Bills. But I 1638 01:21:00,120 --> 01:21:02,400 Speaker 1: think this team is starting to pick up a lot 1639 01:21:02,439 --> 01:21:05,599 Speaker 1: of steam nationally and a lot of attention nationally with 1640 01:21:05,640 --> 01:21:10,000 Speaker 1: the moves they're making in free agency in turn with 1641 01:21:10,040 --> 01:21:13,479 Speaker 1: how it could play into this season. And I think 1642 01:21:13,520 --> 01:21:17,439 Speaker 1: one thing also with last season. Last season's free agency, 1643 01:21:17,520 --> 01:21:20,560 Speaker 1: you saw the Bills revamped that offensive line and you 1644 01:21:20,720 --> 01:21:23,080 Speaker 1: saw how it paid off. You saw them go after 1645 01:21:23,200 --> 01:21:27,200 Speaker 1: those offensive linemen who had experience in the NFL. What 1646 01:21:27,240 --> 01:21:30,080 Speaker 1: did they do this year? They went after defensive linemen 1647 01:21:30,160 --> 01:21:33,439 Speaker 1: who have had experience in the NFL, And of course 1648 01:21:33,439 --> 01:21:35,200 Speaker 1: we're hoping that's going to pay off the way it 1649 01:21:35,240 --> 01:21:40,160 Speaker 1: did with the offensive line from last year. Are you surprised, 1650 01:21:40,360 --> 01:21:42,640 Speaker 1: I guess may probably not. Are you surprised that the 1651 01:21:42,680 --> 01:21:47,559 Speaker 1: Bills signed like six defenders in free agency? Their offensive 1652 01:21:47,560 --> 01:21:52,040 Speaker 1: line and offensive weaponry last year they completely overhauled nine 1653 01:21:52,080 --> 01:21:54,680 Speaker 1: news starters at the beginning of last year. Now this 1654 01:21:54,760 --> 01:21:56,760 Speaker 1: year they overhaul a defense it was number three in 1655 01:21:56,800 --> 01:22:03,080 Speaker 1: the league. Certainly, they lost Jordan Phillips and Shack Lawson, 1656 01:22:03,280 --> 01:22:07,960 Speaker 1: but they signed six and I guess to Lorenzo Alexander 1657 01:22:08,040 --> 01:22:11,200 Speaker 1: our friend, but they signed a ton of defenders to 1658 01:22:11,240 --> 01:22:13,680 Speaker 1: a defense that was really salty last year. Did that 1659 01:22:13,760 --> 01:22:17,479 Speaker 1: surprise you at all? Not too much. I think in 1660 01:22:17,520 --> 01:22:20,400 Speaker 1: the draft we may see after me, we may see 1661 01:22:20,400 --> 01:22:25,519 Speaker 1: the Bills go after some offensive players because of how 1662 01:22:25,600 --> 01:22:29,120 Speaker 1: much how many defenders we've added in the free agency. 1663 01:22:30,160 --> 01:22:33,240 Speaker 1: But then you also look at the amount that the 1664 01:22:33,320 --> 01:22:35,559 Speaker 1: Bills are adding for the price that they're adding, and 1665 01:22:35,600 --> 01:22:39,400 Speaker 1: I think it makes sense Jordan Phillips and Shack Lawson 1666 01:22:39,720 --> 01:22:41,880 Speaker 1: not returning to the Bills. You have to you have 1667 01:22:41,960 --> 01:22:44,160 Speaker 1: to fill that hole, and so they fill that hole 1668 01:22:44,200 --> 01:22:48,080 Speaker 1: with Mario Addison, Vernon Butler and Quintin Jefferson, And a 1669 01:22:48,080 --> 01:22:51,040 Speaker 1: lot of people are talking about Quentin Jefferson being one 1670 01:22:51,040 --> 01:22:55,760 Speaker 1: of the most underrated moves made in free agency with 1671 01:22:55,880 --> 01:22:58,120 Speaker 1: what they got him at the price. You look at 1672 01:22:58,120 --> 01:23:00,639 Speaker 1: what the Bill or what the Bears pay for Robert 1673 01:23:00,720 --> 01:23:03,960 Speaker 1: Quinn when they picked him up, that's a pretty hefty deal. 1674 01:23:05,760 --> 01:23:08,240 Speaker 1: Quinn Jefferson, I think is going to be a huge 1675 01:23:08,280 --> 01:23:11,280 Speaker 1: help in the interior line and what he's able to 1676 01:23:11,280 --> 01:23:15,760 Speaker 1: do with pass rushing things like that. And then linebackers. 1677 01:23:16,280 --> 01:23:18,400 Speaker 1: You need to replace them. We talked about the last 1678 01:23:18,439 --> 01:23:20,040 Speaker 1: time that I was on the show, we talked about 1679 01:23:20,120 --> 01:23:22,160 Speaker 1: that's going to be filled by committee. I don't think 1680 01:23:22,200 --> 01:23:24,960 Speaker 1: you can feel what Lorenzo was able to do with 1681 01:23:25,120 --> 01:23:28,160 Speaker 1: just one player. Now, he didn't play every snap last season, 1682 01:23:28,200 --> 01:23:30,280 Speaker 1: but what he was able to do, a lot of 1683 01:23:30,320 --> 01:23:33,120 Speaker 1: players just can't do everything that he was able to 1684 01:23:33,160 --> 01:23:36,479 Speaker 1: do on the field. So and adding these players also, 1685 01:23:36,560 --> 01:23:40,160 Speaker 1: you know, Sean McDermott loves competition, and so what he's 1686 01:23:40,200 --> 01:23:43,080 Speaker 1: trying to do is create an environment of competition once 1687 01:23:43,120 --> 01:23:45,639 Speaker 1: we go into camp whenever those camps begin to happen. 1688 01:23:45,720 --> 01:23:48,679 Speaker 1: But he wants guys to do get out for starting spots, 1689 01:23:48,760 --> 01:23:51,519 Speaker 1: and it's gonna be can I make a spot on 1690 01:23:51,560 --> 01:23:55,280 Speaker 1: the roster for you know a lot of these players? Dandy, 1691 01:23:55,320 --> 01:23:56,880 Speaker 1: what are you coming up on the website? I know 1692 01:23:56,920 --> 01:24:00,000 Speaker 1: people can follow what you're doing from home on the website. 1693 01:24:00,120 --> 01:24:03,280 Speaker 1: What's coming up this weekend or early next week? So 1694 01:24:03,439 --> 01:24:07,040 Speaker 1: if you haven't read it yet, I have ten opinions 1695 01:24:07,080 --> 01:24:10,479 Speaker 1: about the Stefan Digg's trade. That's just national opinion on 1696 01:24:10,560 --> 01:24:13,200 Speaker 1: what people are saying about the trade. And then we 1697 01:24:13,320 --> 01:24:17,120 Speaker 1: put up this morning an article that's twelve opinions on 1698 01:24:17,720 --> 01:24:20,400 Speaker 1: the free agent move so far that the Buffalo Bills 1699 01:24:20,400 --> 01:24:24,599 Speaker 1: have made, so that's also national opinion just in general 1700 01:24:25,200 --> 01:24:27,120 Speaker 1: the moves that the Bills have made, and then some 1701 01:24:27,400 --> 01:24:31,040 Speaker 1: were individual opinion on some of the defensive linemen. We 1702 01:24:31,120 --> 01:24:34,400 Speaker 1: have added a J. Klein a couple of the guys 1703 01:24:34,400 --> 01:24:36,960 Speaker 1: that were on one Bills Live this week talking about 1704 01:24:37,000 --> 01:24:39,120 Speaker 1: some of the new players that the Bills have acquired. 1705 01:24:39,400 --> 01:24:42,240 Speaker 1: Just their opinion all positive, which is all great to see. 1706 01:24:42,280 --> 01:24:45,000 Speaker 1: It was really hard to find any negative comments. Of 1707 01:24:45,040 --> 01:24:47,799 Speaker 1: course we're not going to publish those, but in general 1708 01:24:47,800 --> 01:24:51,280 Speaker 1: when searching Twitter and the internet, you know, everybody was 1709 01:24:51,360 --> 01:24:53,960 Speaker 1: thinking that the Bills have made some really great moves 1710 01:24:53,960 --> 01:24:56,400 Speaker 1: and things like that. And then upcoming we're still going 1711 01:24:56,479 --> 01:24:58,880 Speaker 1: to do some mocked drafts. I mean that number twenty 1712 01:24:58,880 --> 01:25:01,360 Speaker 1: two pick is gone, but you still have a fifty 1713 01:25:01,439 --> 01:25:04,760 Speaker 1: fourth pick. Not as many mock drafts do the two 1714 01:25:04,880 --> 01:25:07,600 Speaker 1: or three round mock drafts, so we'll probably only have 1715 01:25:07,640 --> 01:25:10,080 Speaker 1: a couple more. But I do think that number fifty 1716 01:25:10,080 --> 01:25:13,599 Speaker 1: four pick becomes really interesting with what the Bills can 1717 01:25:13,640 --> 01:25:15,800 Speaker 1: do and what the Bills can add. And then next 1718 01:25:15,840 --> 01:25:18,120 Speaker 1: week I will be putting out a story about our 1719 01:25:18,200 --> 01:25:22,360 Speaker 1: strength staff. So Eric Siano one National Strength Coach of 1720 01:25:22,360 --> 01:25:25,640 Speaker 1: the Year. He found that out at the Combine a 1721 01:25:25,680 --> 01:25:27,439 Speaker 1: couple of weeks ago. So I'm going to do a 1722 01:25:27,439 --> 01:25:31,360 Speaker 1: story on him and just why he separates himself from 1723 01:25:31,520 --> 01:25:36,679 Speaker 1: other strength coaches and things like that in the NFL. 1724 01:25:36,840 --> 01:25:39,880 Speaker 1: Get some commentary from our players and why why they 1725 01:25:39,920 --> 01:25:43,479 Speaker 1: love him so much, and why that facility is unlike 1726 01:25:43,479 --> 01:25:46,760 Speaker 1: a lot in the NFL. Sounds good. You're doing crosswords? 1727 01:25:46,800 --> 01:25:51,200 Speaker 1: How you're staying busy doing crosswords? Manage? There's really there's 1728 01:25:51,240 --> 01:25:54,240 Speaker 1: really been no free time. I've been busy working pretty 1729 01:25:54,320 --> 01:25:58,800 Speaker 1: much the regular way. I promise, I promise. What that 1730 01:25:58,880 --> 01:26:02,320 Speaker 1: Stevie Johnson jersey on behind you in the in the shop? 1731 01:26:02,360 --> 01:26:05,240 Speaker 1: Looking at I can't believe man's putting a Stevie Johnson 1732 01:26:05,360 --> 01:26:09,479 Speaker 1: jersey on? Where's your eighty nine jersey? Where's your you 1733 01:26:09,520 --> 01:26:12,400 Speaker 1: know twelve jersey? So you guys send me one, Okay. 1734 01:26:12,720 --> 01:26:15,559 Speaker 1: I was making a fake set just in case sim needed. 1735 01:26:15,640 --> 01:26:17,800 Speaker 1: You know, we'll probably have been at home for a 1736 01:26:17,880 --> 01:26:23,080 Speaker 1: while longer. So you cannot find you cannot find one 1737 01:26:23,080 --> 01:26:26,040 Speaker 1: of my jerseys. They don't exist anymore. So I'm sure. 1738 01:26:26,080 --> 01:26:29,439 Speaker 1: I'm sure you got a couple at home, because bottom all, 1739 01:26:29,479 --> 01:26:34,320 Speaker 1: that's why nobody can right, I'll stay healthy, we'll talk 1740 01:26:35,080 --> 01:26:37,280 Speaker 1: all right. Sounds gonna have a great show, guys. You 1741 01:26:37,280 --> 01:26:41,360 Speaker 1: imagine reporter for the Bills for PSC joining us talking 1742 01:26:41,400 --> 01:26:43,639 Speaker 1: about the kind of the perception of what the Bills 1743 01:26:43,640 --> 01:26:46,040 Speaker 1: have done over the last week, first week of free agency. 1744 01:26:46,040 --> 01:26:48,280 Speaker 1: Will take a break, We're coming back. It's One Bill's Live, 1745 01:26:48,360 --> 01:26:51,759 Speaker 1: presented by Kalaida Health and this is Buffalo Bills Radio. 1746 01:27:04,720 --> 01:27:07,519 Speaker 1: Welcome back Mondo five, John Murphy, Steve Tasker. We're on 1747 01:27:07,560 --> 01:27:09,679 Speaker 1: the air. I'm doing my show from home, Steve's doing 1748 01:27:09,680 --> 01:27:11,639 Speaker 1: his from home and it kind of works. I hope 1749 01:27:11,640 --> 01:27:13,320 Speaker 1: we get to do this next week. I hope you'll 1750 01:27:13,360 --> 01:27:15,840 Speaker 1: tune in next week. We apologize. It's a radio only 1751 01:27:16,400 --> 01:27:19,040 Speaker 1: has been since what Wednesday? This week Tuesday? I can't 1752 01:27:19,040 --> 01:27:21,200 Speaker 1: remember when we were sorry, this is our third day 1753 01:27:21,680 --> 01:27:25,000 Speaker 1: radio Wednesday we were in we were in the studio Monday, Tuesday, 1754 01:27:25,760 --> 01:27:27,880 Speaker 1: now Tuesday we did in the side studio that was 1755 01:27:27,960 --> 01:27:30,439 Speaker 1: radio only day. Yeah, that's right, that's Rights Radio on 1756 01:27:30,479 --> 01:27:32,960 Speaker 1: the side studio. Yeah, it's the same to us. That's 1757 01:27:32,960 --> 01:27:37,120 Speaker 1: a weird thing about our weird show, isn't it besides 1758 01:27:37,200 --> 01:27:39,280 Speaker 1: us two weirdos doing this. Yeah, Oh, it feels the same. 1759 01:27:39,320 --> 01:27:42,040 Speaker 1: Whether we're radio or radio and TV or whatever, it 1760 01:27:42,040 --> 01:27:44,799 Speaker 1: feels the same. And if you know somebody only watches 1761 01:27:44,840 --> 01:27:46,599 Speaker 1: this on TV, tell them to tune into the radio. 1762 01:27:47,080 --> 01:27:49,519 Speaker 1: Twitter poll today is it shot? I don't know. We 1763 01:27:49,560 --> 01:27:51,760 Speaker 1: asked the question how to the builds address adding another 1764 01:27:51,800 --> 01:27:53,920 Speaker 1: running back to the roster. We gave you a couple 1765 01:27:53,960 --> 01:27:57,160 Speaker 1: of options. Melbourne Gordon had fifty percent of respondence. Melvin 1766 01:27:57,160 --> 01:28:00,320 Speaker 1: Gordon is gone signed with the Denver Broncos today, Monte 1767 01:28:00,360 --> 01:28:03,840 Speaker 1: Freeman thirteen percent of draft pick thirty one six percent. Other. 1768 01:28:04,080 --> 01:28:05,920 Speaker 1: You can still talk about it though, and maybe how 1769 01:28:05,960 --> 01:28:08,640 Speaker 1: the Bills should go about adding a running back to 1770 01:28:08,680 --> 01:28:10,760 Speaker 1: the roster. I think they need one. We got a 1771 01:28:10,760 --> 01:28:14,880 Speaker 1: couple of tweet suggestions from the tweet sheet brought to 1772 01:28:14,880 --> 01:28:17,840 Speaker 1: you by Corgan Moving Systems, the official moving of the 1773 01:28:17,840 --> 01:28:21,280 Speaker 1: Buffalo Bills. I think I've read that one. But Pat 1774 01:28:21,280 --> 01:28:23,639 Speaker 1: says last year they grabbed a diamond in the rough 1775 01:28:23,680 --> 01:28:25,439 Speaker 1: through the draft process. I bet they can do it 1776 01:28:25,479 --> 01:28:28,360 Speaker 1: again in the draft, talking about Devin Singletary. That way 1777 01:28:28,360 --> 01:28:30,680 Speaker 1: they can stay focused on the offensive line this is 1778 01:28:30,720 --> 01:28:33,640 Speaker 1: going to be exciting this season. Good point, right. I 1779 01:28:33,640 --> 01:28:35,559 Speaker 1: mean you can say, well, they got lucky last year. 1780 01:28:35,560 --> 01:28:37,320 Speaker 1: They won't do it again. Maybe they will. I mean, 1781 01:28:37,680 --> 01:28:40,760 Speaker 1: Devin Singleary was a third rounder. He wasn't a throw 1782 01:28:40,840 --> 01:28:43,040 Speaker 1: in or anything or end of the draft. But they 1783 01:28:43,040 --> 01:28:44,800 Speaker 1: could use a you know, they've got a fourth rounder. 1784 01:28:44,840 --> 01:28:46,320 Speaker 1: In a fifth rounder, you can get a decent back 1785 01:28:46,360 --> 01:28:49,400 Speaker 1: up the Singletary somewhere in there, Steve, No, is it 1786 01:28:49,479 --> 01:28:54,000 Speaker 1: time for me to start jumping on the Christian Wade bandwagon? 1787 01:28:54,080 --> 01:28:57,759 Speaker 1: There's a little too early. Well you think my opinion 1788 01:28:57,960 --> 01:29:00,439 Speaker 1: crowdly too early? I mean, the Bills have him and 1789 01:29:00,479 --> 01:29:02,559 Speaker 1: I was wrong a couple of months ago, weeks ago. 1790 01:29:02,680 --> 01:29:04,400 Speaker 1: The Bills have his rights and they can keep him 1791 01:29:04,439 --> 01:29:06,960 Speaker 1: right there on the practice squad for another year. He 1792 01:29:06,960 --> 01:29:09,720 Speaker 1: had to two year eligibility, so I would say, let 1793 01:29:09,800 --> 01:29:13,439 Speaker 1: him continue to learn. But we'll see. I mean, who knows, 1794 01:29:13,800 --> 01:29:16,120 Speaker 1: you know, the So let's come back for workouts April twentieth. 1795 01:29:16,160 --> 01:29:18,400 Speaker 1: We'll see if that happens. Who knows what it'll be like. 1796 01:29:18,479 --> 01:29:20,040 Speaker 1: But he's still learning the game, right, You got to 1797 01:29:20,040 --> 01:29:22,680 Speaker 1: acknowledge that. Yeah, I mean, but they saw him all 1798 01:29:22,760 --> 01:29:24,800 Speaker 1: last year. They saw the kind of progress he made, 1799 01:29:24,840 --> 01:29:27,280 Speaker 1: and this team is all about developing guys. It'll be 1800 01:29:27,280 --> 01:29:29,280 Speaker 1: interesting to see how fast he comes along or whether 1801 01:29:29,320 --> 01:29:33,360 Speaker 1: he can get good enough to contribute, because that's all 1802 01:29:33,360 --> 01:29:35,640 Speaker 1: he has to do, Murph, right, he has just contribute. 1803 01:29:36,080 --> 01:29:38,120 Speaker 1: You know, he can return kicks, he can do all 1804 01:29:38,200 --> 01:29:43,040 Speaker 1: that stuff. He's got the ability to do that. And 1805 01:29:43,280 --> 01:29:45,599 Speaker 1: to see how much I'm interested to see how much 1806 01:29:45,640 --> 01:29:47,479 Speaker 1: he developed in the last season where he was on 1807 01:29:47,520 --> 01:29:49,719 Speaker 1: the practice squad, practicing every day with the Buffalo Bills, 1808 01:29:49,760 --> 01:29:52,800 Speaker 1: getting it done and trying to get better, and see 1809 01:29:52,800 --> 01:29:55,200 Speaker 1: how he goes does through the OTAs and the training 1810 01:29:55,240 --> 01:29:57,280 Speaker 1: camp of this year, what no matter what that looks like, 1811 01:29:57,840 --> 01:30:01,320 Speaker 1: and see how he does. I'm it's a little bit intriguing. 1812 01:30:01,439 --> 01:30:04,360 Speaker 1: I think it's a little bit. It's probably a little 1813 01:30:04,360 --> 01:30:08,280 Speaker 1: bit of wishful thinking on my part. But the guy's 1814 01:30:08,280 --> 01:30:12,200 Speaker 1: still there and we know he's got the athletic ability 1815 01:30:12,280 --> 01:30:15,439 Speaker 1: to help out. We'll see if he's got the knowledge 1816 01:30:15,479 --> 01:30:17,800 Speaker 1: now after a year in the NFL to contribute in 1817 01:30:17,840 --> 01:30:20,320 Speaker 1: a regular basis. Yeah, I'm eager to see two and 1818 01:30:20,520 --> 01:30:22,320 Speaker 1: you know, I hope it's not too delayed. When we 1819 01:30:22,360 --> 01:30:24,639 Speaker 1: can see too. That's gonna be that could be a factor. 1820 01:30:24,680 --> 01:30:26,040 Speaker 1: I'm not saying it's going to be, but it could 1821 01:30:26,080 --> 01:30:28,439 Speaker 1: be a factor. The lack of development time, with the 1822 01:30:28,520 --> 01:30:31,000 Speaker 1: lack of offseason workouts for some of these guys. All Right, 1823 01:30:31,000 --> 01:30:32,519 Speaker 1: we got a break here. When we come back, Mark 1824 01:30:32,640 --> 01:30:35,519 Speaker 1: Sesslo will join us NFL dot Com writer hosted there 1825 01:30:35,520 --> 01:30:37,559 Speaker 1: around the NFL Podcast. You've got a lot to say 1826 01:30:37,560 --> 01:30:39,559 Speaker 1: about the Bills, and we'll talk with him in the 1827 01:30:39,560 --> 01:30:41,800 Speaker 1: third and final hour of the show. One Does Life, 1828 01:30:41,840 --> 01:30:45,280 Speaker 1: presented by Kalidah Health and this is Buffalo Bills Radio, 1829 01:30:52,200 --> 01:30:58,960 Speaker 1: Bills Radio Network Sports Update. He update. This Friday afternoon. 1830 01:30:59,040 --> 01:31:01,880 Speaker 1: Free agency cants in the National Football League and the 1831 01:31:01,880 --> 01:31:04,920 Speaker 1: Bills continue to be busy. Today they made official their 1832 01:31:05,600 --> 01:31:08,719 Speaker 1: trade with the Minnesota Vikings to get the Stefan Diggs 1833 01:31:08,720 --> 01:31:12,200 Speaker 1: in a Buffalo uniform. Reportedly, well, not reportedly anymore. It 1834 01:31:12,280 --> 01:31:14,920 Speaker 1: is official now. The Bills will send this year's first 1835 01:31:15,000 --> 01:31:17,320 Speaker 1: round pick, fifth and six round picks this year and 1836 01:31:17,360 --> 01:31:19,760 Speaker 1: a fourth rounder next year for Stefan Diggs and a 1837 01:31:19,840 --> 01:31:22,720 Speaker 1: seventh rounder this year. That's the deal. Stefan Diggs is 1838 01:31:22,720 --> 01:31:25,439 Speaker 1: just twenty six years old. He had a great year 1839 01:31:25,479 --> 01:31:29,879 Speaker 1: in twenty eighteen with the thirteen hundred seventy three receiving 1840 01:31:29,960 --> 01:31:33,680 Speaker 1: yards and one hundred two catches nine touchdowns last year. 1841 01:31:33,720 --> 01:31:35,320 Speaker 1: He had a down year a little bit last year, 1842 01:31:35,320 --> 01:31:37,080 Speaker 1: but he comes to the Bills with plenty of trent 1843 01:31:37,200 --> 01:31:40,160 Speaker 1: left on the tires. Stefan Diggs traded to the Buffalo Bills. 1844 01:31:40,160 --> 01:31:42,160 Speaker 1: That trade made official today, and the Bills have re 1845 01:31:42,280 --> 01:31:45,400 Speaker 1: signed one of their own unrestricted free agents. Safety Dean 1846 01:31:45,520 --> 01:31:47,960 Speaker 1: Marlowe has signed a contract. It's a one year deal 1847 01:31:48,160 --> 01:31:50,920 Speaker 1: that made official moments ago by the Bills. Marlow appeared 1848 01:31:50,920 --> 01:31:52,599 Speaker 1: in nine games last year with the Bills and had 1849 01:31:52,640 --> 01:31:55,639 Speaker 1: two starts around the NFL. The Pittsburgh Steelers have struck 1850 01:31:55,640 --> 01:31:58,200 Speaker 1: a deal with tight end Eric Ebron, free agent tight end, 1851 01:31:58,479 --> 01:32:01,320 Speaker 1: two year deal worth twelve million dollars. According to Adam 1852 01:32:01,360 --> 01:32:04,240 Speaker 1: Schefter of ESPN, fills a major need for the Steelers. 1853 01:32:04,320 --> 01:32:06,960 Speaker 1: Ibron used more like a hybrid receiver during his two 1854 01:32:07,000 --> 01:32:10,080 Speaker 1: seasons when the Indianapolis Colts. Tom Brady is officially the 1855 01:32:10,120 --> 01:32:13,320 Speaker 1: Tampa Bay Buccaneers starting quarterback. The six nine Super Bowl 1856 01:32:13,400 --> 01:32:17,680 Speaker 1: champion signed his contract today. He takes his act to Tampa, Florida. 1857 01:32:17,760 --> 01:32:20,599 Speaker 1: Todd Gurley agreed to a contract with the Atlanta Falcons today, 1858 01:32:20,600 --> 01:32:23,200 Speaker 1: one day after he was released by the Los Angeles Rams. 1859 01:32:23,439 --> 01:32:26,599 Speaker 1: Falcons released starting running back to Monte Freeman Monday. Gurley 1860 01:32:26,640 --> 01:32:29,519 Speaker 1: goes home. He played college. He played college football at 1861 01:32:29,520 --> 01:32:32,439 Speaker 1: the University of Georgia. Melvin Gordon has a new home 1862 01:32:32,479 --> 01:32:35,000 Speaker 1: in the NFL. The former Chargers running back as agreed 1863 01:32:35,040 --> 01:32:36,760 Speaker 1: to a deal. Said it would be a deal with 1864 01:32:36,760 --> 01:32:40,240 Speaker 1: the Denver Broncos two years or sixteen million dollars. Ben 1865 01:32:40,320 --> 01:32:42,639 Speaker 1: Roethlisberger says he has no doubts that he'll be able 1866 01:32:42,640 --> 01:32:44,880 Speaker 1: to return and come back and play well the season. 1867 01:32:44,920 --> 01:32:47,360 Speaker 1: He is six months removed from elbow surgery, but he 1868 01:32:47,400 --> 01:32:49,840 Speaker 1: says he's coming back to play with the Pittsburgh Steelers. 1869 01:32:49,880 --> 01:32:51,639 Speaker 1: And there you go. And that's the update from One 1870 01:32:51,680 --> 01:32:54,719 Speaker 1: Goes Live. John Murphy home in Orchard Park. Steve Tanscar 1871 01:32:54,760 --> 01:32:57,599 Speaker 1: at home in East Aurora. I miss our crew back 1872 01:32:57,600 --> 01:33:00,000 Speaker 1: in the Seneca studios. Don't use Steve. I missed those guys. 1873 01:33:00,000 --> 01:33:02,479 Speaker 1: A great group of guys, especially on Friday's right. We 1874 01:33:02,520 --> 01:33:05,920 Speaker 1: have a great Friday tradition where we rate everybody's upcoming weekend. 1875 01:33:06,000 --> 01:33:07,720 Speaker 1: We don't get to do that this week. I know 1876 01:33:07,760 --> 01:33:11,839 Speaker 1: it's Jay Harris pulling Yeoman's work in there with Thomas 1877 01:33:11,840 --> 01:33:15,479 Speaker 1: Hollander making sure all the switches are flipped and all 1878 01:33:15,560 --> 01:33:18,000 Speaker 1: of that and helping us out put the show together. 1879 01:33:18,040 --> 01:33:20,920 Speaker 1: But yeah, I do miss the crew. It's it's no 1880 01:33:21,040 --> 01:33:23,240 Speaker 1: fun when you you know you got a nice crew 1881 01:33:23,240 --> 01:33:24,519 Speaker 1: of people to work with you don't get to see 1882 01:33:24,600 --> 01:33:26,719 Speaker 1: him on a regular basis. Yeah, we'll see what happens 1883 01:33:26,720 --> 01:33:28,639 Speaker 1: next week. Everybody, have a good weekend. We don't need 1884 01:33:28,640 --> 01:33:32,000 Speaker 1: your assume. It'd be easy to win the weekend competition now, right, 1885 01:33:33,320 --> 01:33:35,040 Speaker 1: what are you doing this week? I'm going for a walk. 1886 01:33:35,400 --> 01:33:41,080 Speaker 1: I'm going I'm going to sort my sock drawer. Yeah, people, 1887 01:33:41,120 --> 01:33:43,599 Speaker 1: we tell us the weekend game that we play on Fridays. Hey, 1888 01:33:43,680 --> 01:33:45,559 Speaker 1: joining us on the line, our guests to start this 1889 01:33:45,600 --> 01:33:49,320 Speaker 1: hour off, joins us from NFL dot com. He is 1890 01:33:49,600 --> 01:33:51,320 Speaker 1: on the land with us on the phone. Mark Sessler 1891 01:33:51,439 --> 01:33:53,639 Speaker 1: joins us, Mark, Hello, welcome to the show. We thank 1892 01:33:53,640 --> 01:33:56,200 Speaker 1: you for coming on today. How you doing, Hey, thanks 1893 01:33:56,200 --> 01:33:59,080 Speaker 1: for having me and I suddenly have a vast pocket 1894 01:33:59,120 --> 01:34:01,719 Speaker 1: of time to talk to you guys and anyone else, 1895 01:34:01,800 --> 01:34:03,960 Speaker 1: because if you're going to look at rating weekends, I 1896 01:34:04,000 --> 01:34:07,040 Speaker 1: mean I'm in la here and I've never seen anything 1897 01:34:07,040 --> 01:34:08,880 Speaker 1: like it. You drive up and down the streets and 1898 01:34:08,920 --> 01:34:14,160 Speaker 1: it's slightly apocalyptic because you know, LA's traffic is extraordinary 1899 01:34:14,240 --> 01:34:16,000 Speaker 1: and you could go blocks at the time and not 1900 01:34:16,080 --> 01:34:17,920 Speaker 1: really see a car where I'm living, so I think 1901 01:34:17,920 --> 01:34:23,720 Speaker 1: people are obviously huddled inside doing literally nothing. Yeah, that's no, Yeah, 1902 01:34:23,960 --> 01:34:25,880 Speaker 1: I know how it gets in LA. That's kind of sad. 1903 01:34:26,320 --> 01:34:28,360 Speaker 1: Good for them though, that that you have such a 1904 01:34:28,400 --> 01:34:32,360 Speaker 1: vast majority of the population following the rules. I mean, it's, uh, 1905 01:34:33,040 --> 01:34:34,600 Speaker 1: we're all in it together, and we all have to 1906 01:34:34,600 --> 01:34:37,040 Speaker 1: pull our shares. So it's nice to see and it's 1907 01:34:37,040 --> 01:34:39,000 Speaker 1: but it is amazing that you can see such a 1908 01:34:39,040 --> 01:34:43,720 Speaker 1: mass decision by our population played out in something that 1909 01:34:43,760 --> 01:34:46,400 Speaker 1: we're so used to, like something as simple as traffic. 1910 01:34:46,439 --> 01:34:49,600 Speaker 1: It's it's pretty weird, but on the same by the 1911 01:34:49,640 --> 01:34:51,720 Speaker 1: same token, it all lets you. It reminds you that 1912 01:34:51,760 --> 01:34:54,599 Speaker 1: you're not in alone, right Mark, Yeah, And I think 1913 01:34:54,640 --> 01:34:56,639 Speaker 1: you're right that I I you know, just and I'm 1914 01:34:56,640 --> 01:34:59,320 Speaker 1: only in one part of LA, and it seems like people, 1915 01:34:59,360 --> 01:35:02,919 Speaker 1: if anything, are This is one of the better aspects 1916 01:35:02,920 --> 01:35:04,400 Speaker 1: of it is that I think people kind of get 1917 01:35:04,439 --> 01:35:06,479 Speaker 1: that this is frustrating for everyone in you there is 1918 01:35:06,479 --> 01:35:09,519 Speaker 1: the element of pulling together. I kind of worry where 1919 01:35:09,520 --> 01:35:11,320 Speaker 1: we'd be three or four weeks down the road, but 1920 01:35:11,400 --> 01:35:13,680 Speaker 1: that you know, can tackle that later on. I like, 1921 01:35:13,800 --> 01:35:15,840 Speaker 1: as you guys mentioned, though, I'm just so used to 1922 01:35:15,880 --> 01:35:20,080 Speaker 1: being at NFL Network with our guys that we do 1923 01:35:20,160 --> 01:35:22,240 Speaker 1: our shows with and all the people behind the scenes, 1924 01:35:22,360 --> 01:35:24,760 Speaker 1: and it's a bit of an alien feeling to all 1925 01:35:24,760 --> 01:35:27,240 Speaker 1: be remote. We're doing the best we can, but I 1926 01:35:27,360 --> 01:35:29,360 Speaker 1: kind of love doing our We have a podcast that 1927 01:35:29,400 --> 01:35:31,000 Speaker 1: we've been doing kind of every day this week, and 1928 01:35:31,000 --> 01:35:33,920 Speaker 1: it's like, it's good for the football fans, but I 1929 01:35:33,920 --> 01:35:36,120 Speaker 1: think it kind of gives us a chance each data 1930 01:35:36,240 --> 01:35:39,040 Speaker 1: hang out with other people because you're it's the isolation 1931 01:35:39,080 --> 01:35:41,120 Speaker 1: that you don't want to get too deep into one. 1932 01:35:41,200 --> 01:35:43,040 Speaker 1: So I kind of from that angle think the NFL 1933 01:35:43,400 --> 01:35:47,439 Speaker 1: a bit of a controversial move ultimately gave people something 1934 01:35:47,479 --> 01:35:50,040 Speaker 1: to latch onto this week that pulls you out of 1935 01:35:50,120 --> 01:35:51,720 Speaker 1: some of what's going on. So I kind of liked 1936 01:35:51,760 --> 01:35:55,360 Speaker 1: that they went forward with free agency. Marks, our guest 1937 01:35:55,479 --> 01:35:58,200 Speaker 1: NFL dot Com writer, host of the Around the NFL podcast, 1938 01:35:58,240 --> 01:36:01,759 Speaker 1: You've been with them since two in ten. Free agency 1939 01:36:01,840 --> 01:36:04,680 Speaker 1: didn't take place this week. Mark with the open negotiation 1940 01:36:04,760 --> 01:36:08,400 Speaker 1: period on Monday and official signings on Wednesday. The Bills 1941 01:36:08,439 --> 01:36:10,360 Speaker 1: got involved in free agency. They also made a big 1942 01:36:10,400 --> 01:36:12,640 Speaker 1: trade on Monday night. Give us your assessment. I know 1943 01:36:12,720 --> 01:36:14,599 Speaker 1: you wrote a post about the biggest moves and free 1944 01:36:14,600 --> 01:36:17,720 Speaker 1: agency and some of Buffalo those moves were included in 1945 01:36:17,720 --> 01:36:21,400 Speaker 1: your post, right, Yeah, there's no way to write that 1946 01:36:21,479 --> 01:36:24,280 Speaker 1: kind of a piece without step On Diggs at the 1947 01:36:24,320 --> 01:36:26,840 Speaker 1: center of it. Because you know, one thing that I 1948 01:36:26,880 --> 01:36:29,080 Speaker 1: love about the NFL over the past three or four 1949 01:36:29,160 --> 01:36:32,880 Speaker 1: years is that the trades, and you know, shocking trades. 1950 01:36:32,960 --> 01:36:35,920 Speaker 1: You look at DeAndre Hopkins and step On Diggs that 1951 01:36:36,040 --> 01:36:38,120 Speaker 1: these things just drop out of the sky. There was 1952 01:36:38,200 --> 01:36:41,800 Speaker 1: not a lot of whispers leading into the Diggs move, 1953 01:36:41,840 --> 01:36:44,960 Speaker 1: and I absolutely I love it for Buffalo because I 1954 01:36:45,040 --> 01:36:46,760 Speaker 1: really think the last year when they went out and 1955 01:36:46,800 --> 01:36:50,080 Speaker 1: got Cole Beasley and John Brown, if you wanted to 1956 01:36:50,120 --> 01:36:53,160 Speaker 1: imagine what those two players could have done for Josh 1957 01:36:53,160 --> 01:36:57,080 Speaker 1: Allen in that offense, they fulfilled to me, really everything 1958 01:36:57,080 --> 01:36:58,760 Speaker 1: you could have asked. And I think you still have 1959 01:36:58,800 --> 01:37:01,840 Speaker 1: two really good players, but this kind of slots those 1960 01:37:01,880 --> 01:37:05,840 Speaker 1: guys into more appropriate roles because Biggs is a bona 1961 01:37:05,880 --> 01:37:10,240 Speaker 1: fide number one wide receiver who is a pristine route runner, 1962 01:37:10,720 --> 01:37:13,640 Speaker 1: a credibly smart player. And you know there were a 1963 01:37:13,640 --> 01:37:17,640 Speaker 1: little there were some issues in Minnesota with his relationship 1964 01:37:17,680 --> 01:37:21,759 Speaker 1: it seemed offensively with Kirk Cousins. That kind of concerns 1965 01:37:21,840 --> 01:37:24,160 Speaker 1: me about the player a little bit. But a new 1966 01:37:24,240 --> 01:37:27,080 Speaker 1: fresh start in Buffalo could be great for him. And 1967 01:37:27,080 --> 01:37:31,639 Speaker 1: there's no doubt that they got an absolute talented number 1968 01:37:31,640 --> 01:37:34,120 Speaker 1: one wide out that you can go and threaten defenses 1969 01:37:34,120 --> 01:37:37,680 Speaker 1: with in a very different AFC East. Do you think 1970 01:37:37,720 --> 01:37:40,080 Speaker 1: it's possible? And Brandon being the general manager of the 1971 01:37:40,080 --> 01:37:43,280 Speaker 1: Bills and Sean McDermott that they've they've always wanted to 1972 01:37:43,320 --> 01:37:47,200 Speaker 1: get to and then maintain a team that could contend 1973 01:37:47,320 --> 01:37:50,400 Speaker 1: each and every year. They came into this season with 1974 01:37:50,479 --> 01:37:54,880 Speaker 1: almost seventy seven million eighty two million somewhere around the 1975 01:37:55,320 --> 01:37:57,920 Speaker 1: seventy five to eighty five million dollars in cap space 1976 01:37:58,280 --> 01:38:01,920 Speaker 1: to spend in free agents. They spend a big chunk 1977 01:38:01,960 --> 01:38:04,639 Speaker 1: of it in doing so. How do you think they're said, 1978 01:38:04,760 --> 01:38:07,800 Speaker 1: can they maintain this going forward? Or is that even 1979 01:38:07,840 --> 01:38:11,040 Speaker 1: possible in the NFL anymore? One thing I like about 1980 01:38:11,080 --> 01:38:13,479 Speaker 1: a lot of their deals, if you look up and down, 1981 01:38:14,240 --> 01:38:18,160 Speaker 1: especially with some of these ex Panthers players. Let's start 1982 01:38:18,280 --> 01:38:21,519 Speaker 1: right there that I think that Brandon beans. One of 1983 01:38:21,600 --> 01:38:23,320 Speaker 1: his one of the things that he brings to the 1984 01:38:23,320 --> 01:38:26,400 Speaker 1: table as a coach everywhere he's been, and it really 1985 01:38:26,479 --> 01:38:29,200 Speaker 1: started in Carolina and you see it in Buffalo is 1986 01:38:29,280 --> 01:38:32,240 Speaker 1: an ability, especially on the defense, is to coach up 1987 01:38:33,240 --> 01:38:36,760 Speaker 1: not marginal but maybe not top line defensive players to 1988 01:38:36,840 --> 01:38:39,559 Speaker 1: the maximum of their ability. And I think that's been 1989 01:38:39,560 --> 01:38:41,439 Speaker 1: a trait of his all along. So when I go 1990 01:38:41,600 --> 01:38:45,840 Speaker 1: see him pick up ex Panthers guys like AJ Klein 1991 01:38:45,920 --> 01:38:49,479 Speaker 1: and Mario Addison, Josh Norman, Vernon Butler, he knows who 1992 01:38:49,520 --> 01:38:51,679 Speaker 1: they are, he knows that they don't fit right into 1993 01:38:52,040 --> 01:38:54,400 Speaker 1: Buffalo system, and he's going to get the most out 1994 01:38:54,400 --> 01:38:56,160 Speaker 1: of him. And the second part is that a lot 1995 01:38:56,200 --> 01:39:00,439 Speaker 1: of these deals are two year deals. Maybe there's a 1996 01:39:00,439 --> 01:39:02,280 Speaker 1: couple three year deals in there, But what that means 1997 01:39:02,400 --> 01:39:04,280 Speaker 1: that I like, and I think this is a trend 1998 01:39:04,320 --> 01:39:07,599 Speaker 1: that smarter front offices are pulling off, is you're not 1999 01:39:07,640 --> 01:39:10,840 Speaker 1: going to get bogged down with the third or fourth 2000 01:39:10,920 --> 01:39:12,800 Speaker 1: year of some guys that might not be there at 2001 01:39:12,840 --> 01:39:15,320 Speaker 1: that point. I love the Jordan player sign who they 2002 01:39:15,360 --> 01:39:18,160 Speaker 1: needed bring him back and he is a key part 2003 01:39:18,600 --> 01:39:21,040 Speaker 1: of the secondary and it's a two year deal and 2004 01:39:21,080 --> 01:39:24,320 Speaker 1: it's relatively good money, and it kind of protects you 2005 01:39:24,360 --> 01:39:27,600 Speaker 1: from where he might be three years from now. So Buffalo, 2006 01:39:27,920 --> 01:39:30,719 Speaker 1: and it's been a long time coming have this coach 2007 01:39:30,920 --> 01:39:34,680 Speaker 1: general manager combination where there is no infighting, there is 2008 01:39:35,040 --> 01:39:38,599 Speaker 1: obviously a shared vision, and last year we saw the results. 2009 01:39:38,640 --> 01:39:41,679 Speaker 1: It's one of the more surprising, enjoyable, fun to watch 2010 01:39:41,680 --> 01:39:44,000 Speaker 1: playoff teams in a long time. And I think they're 2011 01:39:44,040 --> 01:39:46,280 Speaker 1: building on that and there's sort of an aggressive sense 2012 01:39:46,320 --> 01:39:49,200 Speaker 1: of let's go for it. And now with Tom Brady 2013 01:39:49,560 --> 01:39:52,960 Speaker 1: outside of the division and the Patriots changing day by day, 2014 01:39:53,080 --> 01:39:56,000 Speaker 1: why not Buffalo is in the right place to be 2015 01:39:56,080 --> 01:39:58,240 Speaker 1: aggressive the way they've been. And I look up and 2016 01:39:58,240 --> 01:40:00,360 Speaker 1: down the board and I'm not seeing these are stark players, 2017 01:40:00,360 --> 01:40:04,120 Speaker 1: but I trust the players that Brandon Bean and Sean 2018 01:40:04,200 --> 01:40:07,080 Speaker 1: McDermott bring in. You know, Mark can make a good 2019 01:40:07,080 --> 01:40:10,840 Speaker 1: point about the Bills picking up Carolina guys, and Sean 2020 01:40:10,960 --> 01:40:13,960 Speaker 1: McDermott and Brandon being Haven's done it since he arrived here. 2021 01:40:14,200 --> 01:40:16,639 Speaker 1: They you know, people who follow this team closely, fans, 2022 01:40:16,760 --> 01:40:18,920 Speaker 1: a lot of them kind of laugh and giggle. Oh, 2023 01:40:18,920 --> 01:40:21,720 Speaker 1: here's another Carolina guy. I owe another Carolina panther. What's 2024 01:40:21,720 --> 01:40:25,000 Speaker 1: his connection? Which is okay? And they haven't always been successful. 2025 01:40:25,040 --> 01:40:27,320 Speaker 1: I'm thinking of Mike Tolbert and Calvin Benjamin. But at 2026 01:40:27,360 --> 01:40:30,000 Speaker 1: least the Bills can say, the decision makers can say, 2027 01:40:30,160 --> 01:40:32,280 Speaker 1: we know these guys, we know how they work, we 2028 01:40:32,360 --> 01:40:34,639 Speaker 1: know how they how they are, and that's why we're 2029 01:40:34,640 --> 01:40:37,720 Speaker 1: comfortable signing them to contracts free agency or acquiring into 2030 01:40:37,760 --> 01:40:40,600 Speaker 1: trade or whatever. Yeah, I think you see around the 2031 01:40:40,680 --> 01:40:44,559 Speaker 1: league these relationships and a lot of outside of you know, 2032 01:40:44,600 --> 01:40:48,400 Speaker 1: the ten to fifteen, you know, upper echelon free agents 2033 01:40:48,479 --> 01:40:50,679 Speaker 1: that make it to market, And there's a reason every 2034 01:40:50,680 --> 01:40:52,760 Speaker 1: one of these guys do, and there's a reason that 2035 01:40:52,760 --> 01:40:54,960 Speaker 1: their teams, you know, whether it be money or what 2036 01:40:55,000 --> 01:40:57,639 Speaker 1: they know about the player allows them to escape onto 2037 01:40:57,680 --> 01:41:00,719 Speaker 1: a new team. But what I see with the Bills 2038 01:41:00,960 --> 01:41:03,080 Speaker 1: is just, you know, a lot of these are guys 2039 01:41:03,120 --> 01:41:05,479 Speaker 1: we know, and you know, I was lucky enough to 2040 01:41:05,479 --> 01:41:08,599 Speaker 1: go on a trip with Mario Addison for the USO 2041 01:41:08,800 --> 01:41:11,720 Speaker 1: in through Europe a couple off seasons ago and would 2042 01:41:11,760 --> 01:41:14,160 Speaker 1: never have known him at all, you know, just based 2043 01:41:14,200 --> 01:41:16,840 Speaker 1: on watching him play, anything about his personality, like an 2044 01:41:16,840 --> 01:41:20,240 Speaker 1: awesome locker room guy and just an incredible presence too. 2045 01:41:20,479 --> 01:41:21,760 Speaker 1: You know now that I kind of know him a 2046 01:41:21,760 --> 01:41:24,400 Speaker 1: little bit more that Panther's players just gravitated around him. 2047 01:41:24,479 --> 01:41:26,840 Speaker 1: So I think the Bills are also trying to build 2048 01:41:27,040 --> 01:41:29,640 Speaker 1: a locker room of veterans that you can trust and 2049 01:41:29,760 --> 01:41:32,559 Speaker 1: lean on. So yeah, it's I mean, these coaches, they 2050 01:41:33,160 --> 01:41:36,479 Speaker 1: have so much more information about many of these players 2051 01:41:36,479 --> 01:41:38,840 Speaker 1: they work with than we would or the fans, and 2052 01:41:38,880 --> 01:41:41,240 Speaker 1: so it's like, do you trust the team or not? 2053 01:41:41,360 --> 01:41:44,920 Speaker 1: Some front offices make these beguiling moves, And I'd look 2054 01:41:44,920 --> 01:41:47,360 Speaker 1: at Houston because I look at Houston's coach and say, 2055 01:41:47,560 --> 01:41:51,479 Speaker 1: he seems to continually have issues getting along with players 2056 01:41:51,479 --> 01:41:54,720 Speaker 1: and even his own former GM Buffalo. Right now is 2057 01:41:54,800 --> 01:41:57,400 Speaker 1: absence of that kind of drama, and that's where you 2058 01:41:57,439 --> 01:41:59,519 Speaker 1: create a run, and that's where you create a culture 2059 01:41:59,600 --> 01:42:02,160 Speaker 1: that you could say, I, in total, I have total 2060 01:42:02,200 --> 01:42:04,599 Speaker 1: trust that two, three or four years from now, if 2061 01:42:04,600 --> 01:42:07,240 Speaker 1: this crew is in place, they will keep building. This 2062 01:42:07,280 --> 01:42:10,640 Speaker 1: isn't a you know, a quick window rush for a 2063 01:42:10,720 --> 01:42:13,240 Speaker 1: playoff appearance or two. I think the Bills are really 2064 01:42:13,280 --> 01:42:17,160 Speaker 1: trying to create something that will last, you know, in 2065 01:42:17,200 --> 01:42:19,880 Speaker 1: a longer fashion. Which has been a it's very much 2066 01:42:19,920 --> 01:42:22,600 Speaker 1: needed in Buffalo, and it's very hard for other teams 2067 01:42:22,640 --> 01:42:25,440 Speaker 1: to do this. There's really only six or seven teams 2068 01:42:25,479 --> 01:42:27,559 Speaker 1: that you can look at and say consistently, you can 2069 01:42:27,600 --> 01:42:30,080 Speaker 1: count on them every year you know who they're going 2070 01:42:30,120 --> 01:42:32,000 Speaker 1: to be, and Buffalo is trying to get into that 2071 01:42:32,040 --> 01:42:35,519 Speaker 1: group and they're halfway there. What are the kind of 2072 01:42:35,560 --> 01:42:37,360 Speaker 1: move and we talked about the moves of the Bills 2073 01:42:37,360 --> 01:42:39,920 Speaker 1: made all you know, kind of consistently or at least 2074 01:42:39,960 --> 01:42:43,920 Speaker 1: regularly signing a guy from Carolina. Is there any free 2075 01:42:43,960 --> 01:42:47,120 Speaker 1: agent moves that you love from the Bills and maybe 2076 01:42:47,160 --> 01:42:50,840 Speaker 1: one that you love that they did not make. Well. 2077 01:42:50,880 --> 01:42:54,160 Speaker 1: I wondered if they were going to be contenders for 2078 01:42:54,640 --> 01:42:57,040 Speaker 1: someone like a Melvin Gordon. You know, I think with 2079 01:42:57,160 --> 01:43:01,600 Speaker 1: Frank Goregon and I really devin't singletary extremely talented, but 2080 01:43:01,640 --> 01:43:04,000 Speaker 1: I'd like to see him paired with someone. And they 2081 01:43:04,280 --> 01:43:07,760 Speaker 1: ultimately didn't really go out and pay another veteran back 2082 01:43:08,240 --> 01:43:11,479 Speaker 1: that kind of money, And to me, I wonder if 2083 01:43:11,479 --> 01:43:13,800 Speaker 1: that would have been a buy low on Melvin Gordon 2084 01:43:13,880 --> 01:43:15,880 Speaker 1: situation for a player that when he's good, he's a 2085 01:43:15,880 --> 01:43:18,000 Speaker 1: bit streaky, but when he's good, he's a bit of 2086 01:43:18,000 --> 01:43:20,160 Speaker 1: a home run hitter, and that might have been an 2087 01:43:20,160 --> 01:43:22,799 Speaker 1: asset for Buffalo. But at the same time, the trend 2088 01:43:22,840 --> 01:43:25,400 Speaker 1: now you're watching all these guys who can't get paid 2089 01:43:25,400 --> 01:43:28,360 Speaker 1: and the Todd Gurley release and Melvin Gordon's hold out 2090 01:43:28,400 --> 01:43:32,280 Speaker 1: going totally south in Los Angeles. That I would trust 2091 01:43:32,320 --> 01:43:34,240 Speaker 1: Buffalo to look at the draft for running back and 2092 01:43:34,280 --> 01:43:36,639 Speaker 1: they found one last year, and why not do it again. 2093 01:43:36,680 --> 01:43:40,120 Speaker 1: I think the smarter trend is to work with these 2094 01:43:40,200 --> 01:43:43,559 Speaker 1: running backs on their first contract and unless they are 2095 01:43:43,600 --> 01:43:46,719 Speaker 1: proving to be someone that's gonna, you know, last seven 2096 01:43:46,800 --> 01:43:48,840 Speaker 1: or eight years, you move on and find another rookie. 2097 01:43:48,840 --> 01:43:51,760 Speaker 1: It's it's not a fun time to be a running back, 2098 01:43:52,080 --> 01:43:54,400 Speaker 1: but the Bills might be. They might They didn't make 2099 01:43:54,439 --> 01:43:56,559 Speaker 1: that move, but there might be a smart reason behind it. 2100 01:43:57,560 --> 01:43:59,760 Speaker 1: You know, we started our show a couple of hours ago, 2101 01:44:00,560 --> 01:44:03,519 Speaker 1: Mark with a lot of discussion about Melvin Gordon, and 2102 01:44:03,640 --> 01:44:06,880 Speaker 1: now you know numbers coming out. Ian Rappaport says it's 2103 01:44:06,920 --> 01:44:09,960 Speaker 1: a two year deal worth sixteen million dollars eight million 2104 01:44:10,040 --> 01:44:13,599 Speaker 1: average per year. That's too much right for the Bills 2105 01:44:13,600 --> 01:44:15,280 Speaker 1: to spend that. I mean, not only is that a 2106 01:44:15,280 --> 01:44:17,280 Speaker 1: lot of money, and they have other things to think about, 2107 01:44:17,520 --> 01:44:20,200 Speaker 1: but it changes the dynamic at your running backs spout. 2108 01:44:20,240 --> 01:44:23,360 Speaker 1: Melvin Gordon's got to play and probably be your predominant 2109 01:44:23,439 --> 01:44:25,320 Speaker 1: running back if he's getting eight million dollars a year, 2110 01:44:25,360 --> 01:44:28,800 Speaker 1: doesn't he Yeah? And if anything, you know, in Melvin 2111 01:44:28,880 --> 01:44:31,439 Speaker 1: Gordon again, I think when he's good, he's he's very good. 2112 01:44:31,479 --> 01:44:35,559 Speaker 1: But when he came back into the Los Angeles scheme 2113 01:44:35,640 --> 01:44:38,920 Speaker 1: last year after his you know, failed holdout, they went 2114 01:44:39,200 --> 01:44:41,680 Speaker 1: the charges went out and resigned Austin Ekeler, who I 2115 01:44:41,680 --> 01:44:44,120 Speaker 1: think was the superior player and more versatile. It can 2116 01:44:44,120 --> 01:44:46,679 Speaker 1: do everything for that kind of an offense, and Melvin 2117 01:44:46,680 --> 01:44:49,360 Speaker 1: Gordon came in and in the backfield just didn't quite work. 2118 01:44:49,800 --> 01:44:51,760 Speaker 1: So that's a good point because if you want to 2119 01:44:51,800 --> 01:44:53,640 Speaker 1: get the most out of Devin Singletary, you want to 2120 01:44:53,720 --> 01:44:57,479 Speaker 1: pair them with someone who's very different and does offers 2121 01:44:57,479 --> 01:44:59,879 Speaker 1: a different type of skill set. And I think Payne, 2122 01:45:00,360 --> 01:45:02,839 Speaker 1: you know, eight nine million a year for a veteran 2123 01:45:02,880 --> 01:45:05,519 Speaker 1: who would be in a timeshare is hefty, and I 2124 01:45:05,520 --> 01:45:07,960 Speaker 1: think that's probably the conclusion they came to on the 2125 01:45:08,000 --> 01:45:11,400 Speaker 1: price tag. And you know, they have spent They've signed 2126 01:45:11,400 --> 01:45:13,280 Speaker 1: a bunch of guys. So the Bills have to watch 2127 01:45:13,360 --> 01:45:15,800 Speaker 1: the cap a little bit, and why not be a 2128 01:45:15,840 --> 01:45:17,800 Speaker 1: team that looks for running back help in the draft 2129 01:45:17,880 --> 01:45:21,919 Speaker 1: because that contract will be extremely manageable for four seasons. 2130 01:45:23,520 --> 01:45:27,040 Speaker 1: I gotta ask you this, Mark, what did you make 2131 01:45:27,080 --> 01:45:30,840 Speaker 1: about the DeAndre Hopkins trade from the Houston Texans to 2132 01:45:30,960 --> 01:45:35,040 Speaker 1: the Arizona Cardinals. I have long thought that he is 2133 01:45:35,479 --> 01:45:38,519 Speaker 1: maybe the guy at wide receiver in the NFL that 2134 01:45:38,560 --> 01:45:40,840 Speaker 1: I would love to have if I'm any team. I 2135 01:45:40,880 --> 01:45:43,200 Speaker 1: think he's an upgrade over or almost anybody in the league. 2136 01:45:43,240 --> 01:45:44,680 Speaker 1: I think he might be the best guy in the 2137 01:45:44,720 --> 01:45:47,920 Speaker 1: league right now. What do you think about that trade 2138 01:45:47,960 --> 01:45:51,320 Speaker 1: and the terms regarding it. I'm with you, and I 2139 01:45:51,360 --> 01:45:55,240 Speaker 1: think it was an absolute coup by the Cardinals to 2140 01:45:55,320 --> 01:45:58,559 Speaker 1: pull off that deal and get that player for how 2141 01:45:58,640 --> 01:46:02,040 Speaker 1: little they gave away. And it's it's a defining moment 2142 01:46:02,080 --> 01:46:06,479 Speaker 1: for Bill O'Brien, who has essentially, you know, gotten rid 2143 01:46:06,479 --> 01:46:10,080 Speaker 1: of two previous gms because he didn't quite get along 2144 01:46:10,080 --> 01:46:12,160 Speaker 1: with him, didn't share the vision, the opposite of what 2145 01:46:12,200 --> 01:46:15,360 Speaker 1: we've discussed with the Bills, and there is a lot 2146 01:46:15,400 --> 01:46:18,519 Speaker 1: of power struggle issues, it seems in Houston. Bill O'Brien 2147 01:46:18,560 --> 01:46:22,000 Speaker 1: consistently wins them, and it's pretty clear with some of 2148 01:46:22,000 --> 01:46:24,280 Speaker 1: the stuff out there that he and Hopkins had their 2149 01:46:24,320 --> 01:46:26,880 Speaker 1: issues too. And it's fine when you're you know, Bill 2150 01:46:26,960 --> 01:46:29,240 Speaker 1: Belichick and you move on from a player people thought 2151 01:46:29,240 --> 01:46:31,840 Speaker 1: it would stick around because you're Bill Belichick and you've 2152 01:46:32,080 --> 01:46:35,840 Speaker 1: for two decades produced titles. You know, every couple of 2153 01:46:35,880 --> 01:46:40,880 Speaker 1: seasons is extremely reliably Bill O'Brien. Nice team. You know, 2154 01:46:40,880 --> 01:46:43,880 Speaker 1: they get into the playoffs and they don't get to 2155 01:46:44,120 --> 01:46:47,320 Speaker 1: the mountaintop. And Bill O'Brien is now going to be 2156 01:46:47,360 --> 01:46:50,360 Speaker 1: one of the reasons why going into the season there's 2157 01:46:50,400 --> 01:46:53,600 Speaker 1: no coach under more fire on a hotter seat in 2158 01:46:53,720 --> 01:46:58,000 Speaker 1: terms of perception after you move, what is I'm with you, 2159 01:46:58,000 --> 01:47:00,720 Speaker 1: I would say the second or third best receive in 2160 01:47:00,760 --> 01:47:03,519 Speaker 1: the league for nothing. I mean, there has to be 2161 01:47:03,560 --> 01:47:06,280 Speaker 1: an explanation. And when they go radio silent and just 2162 01:47:06,320 --> 01:47:08,800 Speaker 1: don't explain why this happened, I think you leave a 2163 01:47:08,840 --> 01:47:10,840 Speaker 1: fan base who spends a lot of money to go 2164 01:47:10,880 --> 01:47:14,400 Speaker 1: into the stadium to watch these games totally beguiled. I mean, 2165 01:47:14,400 --> 01:47:17,680 Speaker 1: there's just no real logical reason why you'd move the 2166 01:47:17,720 --> 01:47:20,120 Speaker 1: centerpiece of your team and take him away from the 2167 01:47:20,200 --> 01:47:26,120 Speaker 1: Shaun Watson. You can't treat your young quarterback that way. 2168 01:47:25,720 --> 01:47:28,400 Speaker 1: I hear people say that about the Texans market. I 2169 01:47:28,439 --> 01:47:30,120 Speaker 1: just can't help but shake my head and say, how 2170 01:47:30,120 --> 01:47:33,080 Speaker 1: the heck did the Bills lose to them on January fourth? 2171 01:47:33,120 --> 01:47:36,320 Speaker 1: But whatever, here's a question about one of my favorite 2172 01:47:36,400 --> 01:47:39,400 Speaker 1: NFL teams. That'll drive Steve nuts. But the Chargers now 2173 01:47:39,400 --> 01:47:42,960 Speaker 1: they apparently we're interested in Tom Brady, didn't get him. 2174 01:47:43,160 --> 01:47:45,479 Speaker 1: Now they lose Melvin Gordon. Are the Chargers headed in 2175 01:47:45,479 --> 01:47:48,760 Speaker 1: the wrong direction? Do you think? Well? I really like 2176 01:47:48,840 --> 01:47:51,000 Speaker 1: Austin Ekeler, and I think he deserves a chance to 2177 01:47:51,040 --> 01:47:53,080 Speaker 1: be a feature back. And I think the Melvin Gordon 2178 01:47:53,120 --> 01:47:57,600 Speaker 1: relationship went south, you know obviously last offseason in the 2179 01:47:57,640 --> 01:48:01,679 Speaker 1: whole hold out situation. Tom LESCo was another really talented 2180 01:48:01,680 --> 01:48:03,640 Speaker 1: general manager. If you look at his drafts over the 2181 01:48:03,640 --> 01:48:06,840 Speaker 1: past couple of years, they are building something. I'm a 2182 01:48:06,920 --> 01:48:11,160 Speaker 1: little suspicious about their plans at quarterback post Philip Rivers, 2183 01:48:11,200 --> 01:48:15,120 Speaker 1: and I simply don't believe that Tyrod Taylor is someone 2184 01:48:15,120 --> 01:48:17,280 Speaker 1: they're going to plug in as a sixteen game starter. 2185 01:48:17,439 --> 01:48:20,719 Speaker 1: Reminds me of when he went to Cleveland. Cleveland talked 2186 01:48:20,760 --> 01:48:24,559 Speaker 1: about Tyrod Taylor being their starter all offseason. Baker Mayfield 2187 01:48:24,600 --> 01:48:27,760 Speaker 1: was drafted by you know, a Thursday night early season game, 2188 01:48:27,840 --> 01:48:30,600 Speaker 1: Baker Mayfield was on the field beating the Jets and 2189 01:48:30,640 --> 01:48:33,519 Speaker 1: becoming their starters. So I just think the Chargers are 2190 01:48:33,560 --> 01:48:36,320 Speaker 1: locked and loaded to trade up if need be get 2191 01:48:36,360 --> 01:48:39,559 Speaker 1: their quarterback in the draft, and he will probably replace 2192 01:48:39,600 --> 01:48:42,760 Speaker 1: Tyrod Taylor, you know it, with what could be a 2193 01:48:42,760 --> 01:48:47,519 Speaker 1: really truncated offseason and training camp situation. Taylor probably gets 2194 01:48:47,520 --> 01:48:50,320 Speaker 1: into the regular season and then is replaced at the 2195 01:48:50,360 --> 01:48:53,040 Speaker 1: first sign of trouble. This just happens. It happens over 2196 01:48:53,080 --> 01:48:55,080 Speaker 1: and over, and I've gotten to the point where when 2197 01:48:55,120 --> 01:48:57,760 Speaker 1: you have sort of a Milk Coast, middle of the 2198 01:48:57,840 --> 01:49:02,080 Speaker 1: road veteran sitting on top of a first round rookie 2199 01:49:02,120 --> 01:49:05,000 Speaker 1: and the coaching staff is saying, listen, we're gon we're 2200 01:49:05,000 --> 01:49:07,200 Speaker 1: gonna give this guy a red shirt year this rookie, 2201 01:49:07,400 --> 01:49:10,840 Speaker 1: I just don't believe it anymore because coaches don't have five, six, 2202 01:49:10,960 --> 01:49:12,880 Speaker 1: seven years of rope. I mean you, if you have 2203 01:49:12,920 --> 01:49:15,360 Speaker 1: a better quarterback sitting on the bench, you're going to 2204 01:49:15,400 --> 01:49:18,800 Speaker 1: start him as soon as possible. Well, one of the guys. 2205 01:49:18,840 --> 01:49:21,120 Speaker 1: That is the reason for the questions about the way 2206 01:49:21,240 --> 01:49:24,040 Speaker 1: is Philip Rivers. They released him, now he's in Indianapolis. 2207 01:49:24,080 --> 01:49:27,200 Speaker 1: How good can the Colts be with Philip Rivers a quarterback. 2208 01:49:28,600 --> 01:49:32,920 Speaker 1: Philip Rivers just wasn't a very about good quarterback last season. 2209 01:49:32,960 --> 01:49:35,880 Speaker 1: He was not the version of Philip Rivers that you know, 2210 01:49:35,920 --> 01:49:39,200 Speaker 1: we've come to know and love. And I think the upside, 2211 01:49:39,200 --> 01:49:41,840 Speaker 1: obviously is that kind of unlike Tom Brady, he is 2212 01:49:41,880 --> 01:49:45,360 Speaker 1: behind a rough and tumble offensive line. I think that 2213 01:49:45,400 --> 01:49:48,320 Speaker 1: Philip Rivers needs that to survive. I would like to 2214 01:49:48,360 --> 01:49:51,960 Speaker 1: see a few more weapons in Indianapolis. He hate where 2215 01:49:52,000 --> 01:49:54,800 Speaker 1: Tom Brady does have that in Tampa Bay. Rivers really 2216 01:49:54,840 --> 01:49:57,320 Speaker 1: does not to the same degree with the Colts. But 2217 01:49:57,720 --> 01:49:59,559 Speaker 1: I love what the Colts are doing. I think they 2218 01:50:00,280 --> 01:50:03,240 Speaker 1: Chris Ballard is another great GM and it's like these 2219 01:50:03,240 --> 01:50:05,920 Speaker 1: teams are rising up when they when they're run well 2220 01:50:05,960 --> 01:50:08,719 Speaker 1: and with a bit of wisdom. And I think Rivers 2221 01:50:09,160 --> 01:50:12,800 Speaker 1: Rivers in Indianapolis it's about the best fit that I 2222 01:50:12,800 --> 01:50:15,000 Speaker 1: could imagine for him. There were a couple of teams 2223 01:50:15,040 --> 01:50:16,760 Speaker 1: where had he gone there, I would have not liked 2224 01:50:16,760 --> 01:50:20,840 Speaker 1: it at all. The cults are they have added a 2225 01:50:20,840 --> 01:50:23,760 Speaker 1: lot of firepower on defense, and so I'd have no 2226 01:50:23,880 --> 01:50:26,240 Speaker 1: problem viewing them as a team that could win ten 2227 01:50:26,360 --> 01:50:28,720 Speaker 1: or eleven games, and if you get a bounce back 2228 01:50:28,800 --> 01:50:31,200 Speaker 1: season from what Rivers did last year, it could be 2229 01:50:31,240 --> 01:50:34,479 Speaker 1: more than that. Around the line with Mark Sessa, NFL 2230 01:50:34,560 --> 01:50:36,519 Speaker 1: dot Com writer, Mark, let me ask you about another 2231 01:50:36,960 --> 01:50:39,320 Speaker 1: I don't know if they're troubled, but certainly interesting team 2232 01:50:39,320 --> 01:50:41,439 Speaker 1: over the last week or so. The big quarterbacks which 2233 01:50:41,520 --> 01:50:45,679 Speaker 1: made by the Carolina Panthers. Two part question, what becomes 2234 01:50:45,720 --> 01:50:48,719 Speaker 1: of Cam Newton and doesn't he really get hurt by 2235 01:50:48,760 --> 01:50:52,240 Speaker 1: the problem getting physicals done in an effective way this year? 2236 01:50:52,240 --> 01:50:54,439 Speaker 1: At number two? How do you think Teddy Bridgewater will 2237 01:50:54,439 --> 01:50:57,960 Speaker 1: make out as their starting quarterback? So I'll storm with 2238 01:50:58,000 --> 01:51:00,880 Speaker 1: Teddy Bridgewater because my question there is the Panthers and 2239 01:51:01,240 --> 01:51:03,759 Speaker 1: some of the whispers out there is that really anyone 2240 01:51:03,800 --> 01:51:08,160 Speaker 1: on that roster is available by trade and even to 2241 01:51:08,200 --> 01:51:11,000 Speaker 1: the point where like Christian McCaffrey's name came up. And 2242 01:51:11,040 --> 01:51:14,000 Speaker 1: so it's a team that under Matt rule and Matt rule, 2243 01:51:14,040 --> 01:51:16,760 Speaker 1: I think it's going to be he Everyone loves Matt 2244 01:51:16,840 --> 01:51:18,360 Speaker 1: Rule that's been around him. So I think they've got 2245 01:51:18,360 --> 01:51:21,439 Speaker 1: a good coach and they've got better ownership. I think 2246 01:51:21,520 --> 01:51:24,000 Speaker 1: right now. But it's a bold new approach and it 2247 01:51:24,320 --> 01:51:26,439 Speaker 1: was it could be a bit of a teardown, and 2248 01:51:26,479 --> 01:51:29,400 Speaker 1: that couldn't mean that Teddy Bridgewater is having to kind 2249 01:51:29,439 --> 01:51:33,519 Speaker 1: of oversee a team that's not necessarily a win now 2250 01:51:33,640 --> 01:51:37,120 Speaker 1: type club. And I don't love Teddy Bridgewater's skill set 2251 01:51:37,160 --> 01:51:38,719 Speaker 1: if you're going to ask him to do a whole 2252 01:51:38,760 --> 01:51:42,439 Speaker 1: lot more than essentially manage a game. And on the 2253 01:51:42,479 --> 01:51:45,639 Speaker 1: Cam Newton front, you're absolutely right. I kind of feel 2254 01:51:45,720 --> 01:51:48,280 Speaker 1: terrible for Cam Newton because I think it's kind of 2255 01:51:48,280 --> 01:51:51,720 Speaker 1: lost on how much how important he was in Carolina, 2256 01:51:51,760 --> 01:51:54,120 Speaker 1: how much he did around that community, and the way 2257 01:51:54,160 --> 01:51:57,120 Speaker 1: that they got rid of him where it was clearly 2258 01:51:58,439 --> 01:52:00,439 Speaker 1: I didn't find it to be very honest. They're saying 2259 01:52:00,439 --> 01:52:03,160 Speaker 1: they allowed him to seek a trade as he wished, 2260 01:52:03,160 --> 01:52:06,080 Speaker 1: and he came out on Instagram and said, no, that's 2261 01:52:06,120 --> 01:52:08,680 Speaker 1: not how this went. I'm not seeking a trade and 2262 01:52:08,760 --> 01:52:10,960 Speaker 1: he can't because seeking a trade right now. And you know, 2263 01:52:11,040 --> 01:52:13,439 Speaker 1: the Bears came up as a team that explored it. 2264 01:52:13,479 --> 01:52:16,800 Speaker 1: But you can't see Cam Newton, who is essentially coming 2265 01:52:16,800 --> 01:52:19,479 Speaker 1: off rehab. You can't look at his body, you can't 2266 01:52:19,479 --> 01:52:22,479 Speaker 1: give him a physical and it makes it very tough 2267 01:52:22,600 --> 01:52:26,200 Speaker 1: for team or player to find a landing spot. I 2268 01:52:26,240 --> 01:52:28,519 Speaker 1: think at some point, Cam Newton, you know, when some 2269 01:52:28,600 --> 01:52:31,160 Speaker 1: of this clears would be a great addition at a 2270 01:52:31,160 --> 01:52:33,320 Speaker 1: good price for a team. I would take Cam Newton 2271 01:52:33,680 --> 01:52:36,240 Speaker 1: all this business about Andy Dalton and some of these 2272 01:52:36,240 --> 01:52:38,760 Speaker 1: other guys. I would take Cam Newton over like a 2273 01:52:38,840 --> 01:52:43,000 Speaker 1: supercharged Andy Dalton any time of the week. One last 2274 01:52:43,000 --> 01:52:45,000 Speaker 1: thing I've got for I want to ask you. In 2275 01:52:45,120 --> 01:52:48,679 Speaker 1: the days that followed Tom Brady finally becoming a Tampa 2276 01:52:48,720 --> 01:52:52,760 Speaker 1: Bay buccaneer, which happened officially today, one of the things 2277 01:52:52,760 --> 01:52:54,320 Speaker 1: that happened in the run up to that was the 2278 01:52:54,360 --> 01:52:57,679 Speaker 1: fact that he wanted to or was talked about, going 2279 01:52:57,720 --> 01:52:59,840 Speaker 1: to San Francisco, which is a round work, which was 2280 01:52:59,840 --> 01:53:04,360 Speaker 1: a team as a kid. It really makes a lot 2281 01:53:04,360 --> 01:53:06,360 Speaker 1: of sense that the forty nine ers did not bite 2282 01:53:06,360 --> 01:53:08,360 Speaker 1: on that apple, correct, Jimmy Gee he might have had 2283 01:53:08,400 --> 01:53:11,880 Speaker 1: a rough Super Bowl, but nevertheless, that's a team that 2284 01:53:11,960 --> 01:53:15,240 Speaker 1: got to the Super Bowl with Jimmy jim Jimmy Garoppolo. 2285 01:53:15,760 --> 01:53:17,479 Speaker 1: It was the right thing for the Niners not to 2286 01:53:17,520 --> 01:53:20,800 Speaker 1: get into that, correct, I believe so. I think that 2287 01:53:21,360 --> 01:53:23,920 Speaker 1: it was a huge factor to Tom Brady and one 2288 01:53:23,960 --> 01:53:26,280 Speaker 1: of the reasons the Chargers lost out. You know, his 2289 01:53:26,400 --> 01:53:29,920 Speaker 1: family is in New York, in Manhattan, that he could 2290 01:53:30,000 --> 01:53:32,599 Speaker 1: have an easy flight home. I mean, at this station 2291 01:53:32,600 --> 01:53:34,920 Speaker 1: in his career is very focused on family too. There's 2292 01:53:34,960 --> 01:53:38,360 Speaker 1: no there's no hiding that, and the Tampa to New 2293 01:53:38,439 --> 01:53:42,200 Speaker 1: York flight is manageable, and I think that that's that 2294 01:53:42,439 --> 01:53:45,960 Speaker 1: had in Tampa is a good landing spot for Tom Brady. 2295 01:53:46,080 --> 01:53:49,760 Speaker 1: San Francisco was the one, you know, deep in the deep, 2296 01:53:49,760 --> 01:53:52,200 Speaker 1: in the distance West Coast operation that I think that 2297 01:53:52,280 --> 01:53:55,720 Speaker 1: Tom Brady kind of wanted to go to based on 2298 01:53:55,920 --> 01:53:58,280 Speaker 1: as you mentioned, it's his childhood team. They're a Super 2299 01:53:58,320 --> 01:54:01,320 Speaker 1: Bowl ready team. Kyle in a hand. You couldn't imagine 2300 01:54:01,320 --> 01:54:05,280 Speaker 1: playing for a better you know, innovator, game plan designer, 2301 01:54:05,320 --> 01:54:07,640 Speaker 1: and in game play caller than Kyle Shanahan. So that 2302 01:54:07,640 --> 01:54:10,000 Speaker 1: would have been, if anything, may be, an upgrade over 2303 01:54:10,080 --> 01:54:12,680 Speaker 1: Josh McDaniels, which is hard to find, and so I 2304 01:54:12,680 --> 01:54:16,240 Speaker 1: think that that was attracted to Tom Brady. Ultimately, I 2305 01:54:16,280 --> 01:54:19,160 Speaker 1: couldn't agree more that it would have been extremely dramatic 2306 01:54:19,200 --> 01:54:21,840 Speaker 1: to move on from Jimmy g who probably would have 2307 01:54:21,920 --> 01:54:25,080 Speaker 1: needed to be traded away, perhaps to New England, of 2308 01:54:25,160 --> 01:54:28,840 Speaker 1: all places, to hold on to Tom Brady for a 2309 01:54:28,880 --> 01:54:30,559 Speaker 1: season or two. I don't think we really know where 2310 01:54:30,560 --> 01:54:32,960 Speaker 1: we're going to be a year from now with Tom Brady, 2311 01:54:33,000 --> 01:54:36,640 Speaker 1: whether this is really a two year situation or one 2312 01:54:37,440 --> 01:54:39,720 Speaker 1: it's they've kind of jumped into a bit of a 2313 01:54:39,760 --> 01:54:42,400 Speaker 1: build a super Bowl team right now in Tampa Bay, 2314 01:54:42,400 --> 01:54:45,120 Speaker 1: and I think it's fascinating. And for the first time 2315 01:54:45,160 --> 01:54:46,680 Speaker 1: in our life, we're going to get the Bucks on 2316 01:54:46,800 --> 01:54:51,320 Speaker 1: five or six primetime games. Thankfully they're altering those uniforms. 2317 01:54:51,960 --> 01:54:54,160 Speaker 1: But other than that, you know, it's like Tom Brady 2318 01:54:54,160 --> 01:54:55,280 Speaker 1: and me, I want to see where we are a 2319 01:54:55,360 --> 01:54:59,480 Speaker 1: year from now. He was not the same player last season. Heymon, guy, 2320 01:54:59,480 --> 01:55:01,080 Speaker 1: have one more Q for you. I know you're a 2321 01:55:01,080 --> 01:55:04,920 Speaker 1: Cleveland Browns fan, and I want to ask you about 2322 01:55:04,960 --> 01:55:09,240 Speaker 1: Cleveland again. Two parts. What makes this year's this offseason 2323 01:55:09,320 --> 01:55:12,240 Speaker 1: different than last year in terms of the optimism about 2324 01:55:12,240 --> 01:55:14,560 Speaker 1: the Browns And aren't the Browns similar to the Bills, 2325 01:55:14,560 --> 01:55:16,440 Speaker 1: And that they can add all these pieces, they can 2326 01:55:16,560 --> 01:55:19,080 Speaker 1: do all these things. They can seem to be building 2327 01:55:19,080 --> 01:55:21,600 Speaker 1: the right team, but really they're all about their quarterback. 2328 01:55:21,640 --> 01:55:24,160 Speaker 1: For instance, Steve and I are found of saying all 2329 01:55:24,160 --> 01:55:26,840 Speaker 1: these moves of Bills made, trading for Stefan Diggs, etc. 2330 01:55:27,920 --> 01:55:30,440 Speaker 1: Josh Allen is the one who's got the onus to 2331 01:55:30,480 --> 01:55:32,640 Speaker 1: produce now, and it's probably similar in Cleveland. Right with 2332 01:55:32,680 --> 01:55:37,120 Speaker 1: Baker Mayfield. I think there's a lot of comparisons between 2333 01:55:37,120 --> 01:55:40,760 Speaker 1: the Browns and Bills in so many ways, and it's like, 2334 01:55:40,920 --> 01:55:44,080 Speaker 1: I can't I go back to when I was young 2335 01:55:44,200 --> 01:55:47,720 Speaker 1: and a young Browns fan and that Browns Bill's divisional 2336 01:55:47,720 --> 01:55:50,080 Speaker 1: playoff game that was just absolutely one of the more 2337 01:55:50,080 --> 01:55:54,520 Speaker 1: exciting postseason affairs of all time. He played in that game, 2338 01:55:55,280 --> 01:55:57,960 Speaker 1: of course, and that's why it's kind of cool to 2339 01:55:58,040 --> 01:56:00,600 Speaker 1: even be talking because it's like I I watched that 2340 01:56:00,640 --> 01:56:03,200 Speaker 1: on a VCR tape like thirty forty times though, because 2341 01:56:03,360 --> 01:56:06,520 Speaker 1: the Browns never really got back to those heights. They 2342 01:56:06,520 --> 01:56:09,080 Speaker 1: did to some degree with Belichick, but nothing since and 2343 01:56:09,680 --> 01:56:12,440 Speaker 1: they finally do have a quarterback in Baker Mayfield that 2344 01:56:12,720 --> 01:56:15,480 Speaker 1: if you go back to his rookie year, I think 2345 01:56:15,520 --> 01:56:17,360 Speaker 1: that was the heart and soul of the reasons for 2346 01:56:17,480 --> 01:56:20,280 Speaker 1: so much optimism last year and the floor fell out, 2347 01:56:20,320 --> 01:56:22,320 Speaker 1: and the more that I tried to explore and look 2348 01:56:22,360 --> 01:56:24,440 Speaker 1: into that and even talk to some people at the combine. 2349 01:56:25,200 --> 01:56:29,320 Speaker 1: I came away convinced that last year's Browns under Freddie 2350 01:56:29,360 --> 01:56:33,240 Speaker 1: Kitchens were an absolute disorganized mess that I think a 2351 01:56:33,240 --> 01:56:35,160 Speaker 1: lot of the in fighting you saw and when you 2352 01:56:35,200 --> 01:56:38,920 Speaker 1: saw Jarvis Landry and Odell Beckham jawing with Kitchens on 2353 01:56:38,960 --> 01:56:41,600 Speaker 1: the sideline, but they went into games knowing that by 2354 01:56:41,600 --> 01:56:43,240 Speaker 1: the end of the first quarter of the game plan 2355 01:56:43,560 --> 01:56:47,040 Speaker 1: just simply didn't exist. And I don't think that Baker 2356 01:56:47,120 --> 01:56:50,200 Speaker 1: Mayfield was tended well with that team. So this new 2357 01:56:50,240 --> 01:56:52,320 Speaker 1: coaching staff, and it's so annoying to have to every 2358 01:56:52,320 --> 01:56:55,800 Speaker 1: two years buy into a whole new regime. But but 2359 01:56:55,920 --> 01:56:58,600 Speaker 1: Kevin Stefanski and the coaches he's brought in, all you 2360 01:56:58,640 --> 01:57:03,040 Speaker 1: hear over and over is off football super detailed, very 2361 01:57:03,040 --> 01:57:06,520 Speaker 1: clear cut assignments and goals and projects for each player. 2362 01:57:06,840 --> 01:57:09,000 Speaker 1: I like that much better compared to the sort of 2363 01:57:09,040 --> 01:57:12,120 Speaker 1: lucy goosey atmosphere of a year ago. So it does 2364 01:57:12,200 --> 01:57:15,000 Speaker 1: boil down to Baker Mayfield. But they've added help at 2365 01:57:15,360 --> 01:57:17,200 Speaker 1: right tackle. I think they'll get a left tackle in 2366 01:57:17,200 --> 01:57:19,800 Speaker 1: the draft. They still have a lot of weapons on offense, 2367 01:57:19,840 --> 01:57:22,520 Speaker 1: So maybe a year where they're not talked about endlessly 2368 01:57:22,600 --> 01:57:25,160 Speaker 1: like they were last offseason will help too. I think 2369 01:57:25,160 --> 01:57:27,320 Speaker 1: there's a lot of players on that roster that have 2370 01:57:27,400 --> 01:57:30,600 Speaker 1: been humbled, and this is a let's go show who 2371 01:57:30,600 --> 01:57:34,400 Speaker 1: we really are type of season that said anything could happen. 2372 01:57:34,440 --> 01:57:36,800 Speaker 1: If they wound up four and twelve, I wouldn't be surprised. 2373 01:57:36,960 --> 01:57:41,800 Speaker 1: You're always waiting for the drop Cleveland. So hey, Mark, 2374 01:57:41,840 --> 01:57:43,680 Speaker 1: thanks for this. Good to talk to you. Stay healthy. 2375 01:57:44,040 --> 01:57:47,560 Speaker 1: Thanks Mark, Thank you guys, Talk you soon. Mark Sessor 2376 01:57:47,680 --> 01:57:50,520 Speaker 1: nfl dot com right host of Around the NFL podcasts, 2377 01:57:50,520 --> 01:57:52,640 Speaker 1: have been with them since two thy ten. He is 2378 01:57:52,640 --> 01:57:55,120 Speaker 1: a huge Browns fan. He wrote a huge post on 2379 01:57:55,240 --> 01:57:57,720 Speaker 1: the Browns year ago. Let's see what he said about 2380 01:57:57,720 --> 01:57:59,800 Speaker 1: Cleveland and the type of things he said about Cleveland 2381 01:58:00,200 --> 01:58:02,520 Speaker 1: up until two and a half years ago. Bill's fans 2382 01:58:02,520 --> 01:58:04,720 Speaker 1: are saying similar things. You know what I mean. It's 2383 01:58:04,720 --> 01:58:07,280 Speaker 1: just good not to be in that club anymore. Yeah, 2384 01:58:07,320 --> 01:58:10,920 Speaker 1: it is. It's a it's easy to start taking it 2385 01:58:11,000 --> 01:58:13,520 Speaker 1: for granted when you're not in it anymore, and remember 2386 01:58:13,560 --> 01:58:16,240 Speaker 1: what it was like, and you said it, Murph, when 2387 01:58:16,240 --> 01:58:18,400 Speaker 1: you don't have a quarterback that you're all in on, 2388 01:58:18,560 --> 01:58:21,480 Speaker 1: at least for the time being, and you are, you 2389 01:58:21,600 --> 01:58:28,240 Speaker 1: are consumed with that search and and even now with 2390 01:58:28,280 --> 01:58:32,400 Speaker 1: Baker Mayfield, Sam Darnold, Josh Allen and of course Josh Rosen, 2391 01:58:34,600 --> 01:58:37,240 Speaker 1: those three teams are still making sure that those guys 2392 01:58:37,280 --> 01:58:39,800 Speaker 1: are developing. It's gonna take it's taking those guys some 2393 01:58:39,840 --> 01:58:42,120 Speaker 1: time to do it. Lamar Jackson exploded onto the scene 2394 01:58:42,160 --> 01:58:45,080 Speaker 1: this last year with that. But you know, you think 2395 01:58:45,080 --> 01:58:47,680 Speaker 1: about it, and I think, you know, you look at 2396 01:58:47,760 --> 01:58:50,120 Speaker 1: how that class came about with Lamar Jackson at the 2397 01:58:50,200 --> 01:58:51,920 Speaker 1: end of the first round and all those guys drafted 2398 01:58:51,960 --> 01:58:54,520 Speaker 1: before him. You got to really tip your hat to 2399 01:58:54,600 --> 01:58:58,160 Speaker 1: John Harbor in the Baltimore Ravens how they handled Lamar Jackson. 2400 01:58:58,280 --> 01:59:03,560 Speaker 1: They went all all, all in and completely revamped their 2401 01:59:03,680 --> 01:59:06,800 Speaker 1: entire philosophy in order to make him successful. They gave 2402 01:59:06,880 --> 01:59:09,280 Speaker 1: him an MVP year. Now, what will happen this year, 2403 01:59:09,320 --> 01:59:12,760 Speaker 1: Who knows, but certainly they got one fantastic year out 2404 01:59:12,800 --> 01:59:15,360 Speaker 1: of it. Until they were well in the same boat 2405 01:59:15,400 --> 01:59:18,280 Speaker 1: as the Bills. They were one and done in the playoffs. Yeah, 2406 01:59:18,320 --> 01:59:20,520 Speaker 1: I just don't know if there's sustainable, but we'll find 2407 01:59:20,560 --> 01:59:22,680 Speaker 1: out this year. Yeah, it'll be an interesting question. Hey, 2408 01:59:22,680 --> 01:59:24,400 Speaker 1: we got more to come, We got maybe we'll do 2409 01:59:24,400 --> 01:59:26,320 Speaker 1: a little NFL two or false, so we can answer 2410 01:59:26,320 --> 01:59:29,000 Speaker 1: your questions online to our Twitter poll. How should the 2411 01:59:29,040 --> 01:59:32,240 Speaker 1: Bills address adding another running back to the roster? Melvin 2412 01:59:32,240 --> 01:59:34,520 Speaker 1: Gordon's off the table. There are still others we'll talk 2413 01:59:34,520 --> 01:59:36,360 Speaker 1: about that. We'll review some of the free agents still 2414 01:59:36,360 --> 01:59:39,200 Speaker 1: available to when we return. One Bill's Live, presented by 2415 01:59:39,280 --> 01:59:41,280 Speaker 1: a lot of health not at the Senate a studio today. 2416 01:59:41,480 --> 01:59:43,560 Speaker 1: Steve's at home. I at home and you're listening. I'm 2417 01:59:43,600 --> 01:59:57,280 Speaker 1: at home and you're listening to Buffalo Bills Radio. Welcome 2418 01:59:57,280 --> 01:59:59,720 Speaker 1: back one go five. John Murphy at home, Steve Taskers 2419 01:59:59,760 --> 02:00:01,040 Speaker 1: at home. I'm happy to have you to tune in. 2420 02:00:01,120 --> 02:00:03,760 Speaker 1: Hope things are going well. Everybody's healthy and doing the 2421 02:00:03,800 --> 02:00:05,560 Speaker 1: best you can. That's what we're all doing, right, doing 2422 02:00:05,600 --> 02:00:08,240 Speaker 1: the best way we can. NFL Free Agency Week one 2423 02:00:08,280 --> 02:00:11,040 Speaker 1: about about to come to a close, and I guess 2424 02:00:11,040 --> 02:00:14,560 Speaker 1: i'll include the open negotiating period. Let's recap a little 2425 02:00:14,600 --> 02:00:17,160 Speaker 1: bit about what the Bills have done, and we'll take 2426 02:00:17,200 --> 02:00:19,920 Speaker 1: phone calls too. If you have a commenter question. Phone 2427 02:00:19,920 --> 02:00:22,400 Speaker 1: lines open eight O three five fifty toll free one 2428 02:00:22,520 --> 02:00:25,120 Speaker 1: eight eight eight five fifty two five fifty. A few 2429 02:00:25,120 --> 02:00:26,600 Speaker 1: minutes left here in the show of course, they made 2430 02:00:26,600 --> 02:00:30,080 Speaker 1: the trade for Stepan Diggs, signed linebackers AJ Clin Tyler, 2431 02:00:30,120 --> 02:00:34,040 Speaker 1: Madakevic defensive Mine and Mario Addison, Quintin Jefferson, Vernon Butler, 2432 02:00:34,120 --> 02:00:37,120 Speaker 1: signed cornerback Chash Norman, and signed running back special team 2433 02:00:37,160 --> 02:00:39,760 Speaker 1: or Taiwan Jones. They resigned three of their own now 2434 02:00:40,200 --> 02:00:44,720 Speaker 1: Dean Marlow today, Jordan Poyer and Quintin Spain. And we 2435 02:00:44,880 --> 02:00:46,840 Speaker 1: think Steve and I think they have a move to 2436 02:00:46,880 --> 02:00:48,840 Speaker 1: make and running back, whether it's in free agency or 2437 02:00:48,880 --> 02:00:50,839 Speaker 1: maybe in the draft. What do you think about that? 2438 02:00:50,840 --> 02:00:54,640 Speaker 1: That's our Twitter poll today for the Bills. What's the 2439 02:00:54,680 --> 02:00:58,560 Speaker 1: move they should make in as far as add any 2440 02:00:58,640 --> 02:01:01,000 Speaker 1: running back to the roster? We put up Melvin Gordon. 2441 02:01:01,040 --> 02:01:03,440 Speaker 1: He has since signed with the Denver Broncos today, so 2442 02:01:03,480 --> 02:01:06,400 Speaker 1: he's off the list. DeVante Freeman just released by Atlanta. 2443 02:01:06,760 --> 02:01:08,640 Speaker 1: Draft a player other, give us a call, let us 2444 02:01:08,680 --> 02:01:11,280 Speaker 1: know what you think eight three fifty and toll free 2445 02:01:11,600 --> 02:01:14,360 Speaker 1: one eight eight eight five fifty two fifty show. I 2446 02:01:14,400 --> 02:01:16,800 Speaker 1: read some of the tweets there, Steve, go ahead or 2447 02:01:16,840 --> 02:01:19,560 Speaker 1: I can whichever, Yeah, go ahead? You got him? Go ahead? Sure, 2448 02:01:19,600 --> 02:01:21,600 Speaker 1: I got it from Jake, he says, call me crazy. 2449 02:01:22,000 --> 02:01:23,760 Speaker 1: I would give up next year's second just to go 2450 02:01:23,840 --> 02:01:26,480 Speaker 1: up and get one of the draft guys. Apparently Swift 2451 02:01:26,640 --> 02:01:29,800 Speaker 1: is a process guy and Dobbins is just ridiculous. I 2452 02:01:29,920 --> 02:01:34,440 Speaker 1: want exciting football. So there there you go, man sipping 2453 02:01:34,440 --> 02:01:36,440 Speaker 1: there from sipping the kool aid, He says, I voted 2454 02:01:37,360 --> 02:01:40,600 Speaker 1: going the draft pick route, but if the Bills are 2455 02:01:40,680 --> 02:01:42,720 Speaker 1: going at other positions in the draft, I would want 2456 02:01:42,760 --> 02:01:46,040 Speaker 1: a guy like Matt Bridau. There's some guys out there, 2457 02:01:46,280 --> 02:01:52,440 Speaker 1: Murphy are proofing guys like, you know, Carlos Hide, Matt Bridau, Yes, 2458 02:01:52,720 --> 02:01:57,400 Speaker 1: Carlos Hide. There's guys who rushed for a thousand yards. 2459 02:01:57,400 --> 02:02:02,240 Speaker 1: But I think for most people, like most even casual fans, 2460 02:02:02,240 --> 02:02:04,880 Speaker 1: are starting to get to the point where the great 2461 02:02:04,960 --> 02:02:08,320 Speaker 1: running backs like well like Todd Gurley and Melvin Gordon 2462 02:02:08,440 --> 02:02:11,360 Speaker 1: and let Leveon Bell and all these guys that got 2463 02:02:11,360 --> 02:02:14,840 Speaker 1: a big, big chunk of money just never live up 2464 02:02:14,880 --> 02:02:17,640 Speaker 1: to that cash. Yeah, and it's just dead money on 2465 02:02:17,680 --> 02:02:19,760 Speaker 1: your cap. When this guy's carrying the ball like six 2466 02:02:19,840 --> 02:02:22,840 Speaker 1: times a game for you know, even if it is 2467 02:02:22,880 --> 02:02:25,480 Speaker 1: for four point five yards to carry, the game's just 2468 02:02:25,520 --> 02:02:28,040 Speaker 1: moving away from that position in that way. I agree. 2469 02:02:28,560 --> 02:02:30,080 Speaker 1: Let me give you a list and you've gone through 2470 02:02:30,160 --> 02:02:32,360 Speaker 1: some of them. The running backs who are available, Carlos 2471 02:02:32,440 --> 02:02:36,760 Speaker 1: Hyde is available from Houston. Lamar Miller is available from Houston. 2472 02:02:36,800 --> 02:02:40,160 Speaker 1: These are free agents. Dion Lewis Tennessee was last year, 2473 02:02:40,240 --> 02:02:43,560 Speaker 1: Chris Thompson Washington. Shady McCoy's available for Frank Core. I mean, 2474 02:02:43,600 --> 02:02:46,200 Speaker 1: there's not a whole big list of good veteran running 2475 02:02:46,200 --> 02:02:48,440 Speaker 1: backs still available. Calots hard to be the one that 2476 02:02:48,680 --> 02:02:51,480 Speaker 1: got my attention, would get my attention, Steve, Why is that? 2477 02:02:52,040 --> 02:02:54,400 Speaker 1: Because I like E have a thousand yard rushing campaign 2478 02:02:54,480 --> 02:02:56,960 Speaker 1: last year. I think he's a good bat, and I 2479 02:02:56,960 --> 02:02:58,760 Speaker 1: think you can probably get him for a bargain price, 2480 02:02:59,040 --> 02:03:01,920 Speaker 1: by the way, eight million dollars a year from Melvin Gordon. 2481 02:03:01,960 --> 02:03:04,160 Speaker 1: I don't think the Bills are interested in that que. No, 2482 02:03:04,680 --> 02:03:07,240 Speaker 1: that's no. That's a lot of money, a lot of 2483 02:03:07,280 --> 02:03:09,240 Speaker 1: money for a guy who he may be good, no 2484 02:03:09,320 --> 02:03:11,880 Speaker 1: question about. He may rush for twelve hundred yards, but 2485 02:03:13,160 --> 02:03:17,000 Speaker 1: eight million bucks and twelve hundred yards just doesn't really 2486 02:03:17,880 --> 02:03:21,000 Speaker 1: cut it for you. I mean, and it's a throwing league, 2487 02:03:21,560 --> 02:03:23,680 Speaker 1: you know, And if you've got a guy who can 2488 02:03:23,720 --> 02:03:26,400 Speaker 1: run it like that, sure that's great. But man, old man, 2489 02:03:26,480 --> 02:03:29,360 Speaker 1: the Broncos. Maybe they do want to go hard play action. 2490 02:03:29,400 --> 02:03:32,520 Speaker 1: They've got a young quarterback they're trying to support, so maybe, 2491 02:03:32,560 --> 02:03:35,440 Speaker 1: and he's on his rookie deal and they just cut 2492 02:03:35,520 --> 02:03:37,480 Speaker 1: Joe Flaccos, so they probably have a little bit of 2493 02:03:37,520 --> 02:03:40,320 Speaker 1: cap space. Do the Broncos to make a move like this, 2494 02:03:40,920 --> 02:03:43,480 Speaker 1: particularly if they are going to lean on their running game. 2495 02:03:44,320 --> 02:03:46,400 Speaker 1: They're in a different spot than the Buffalo Bills are, 2496 02:03:46,480 --> 02:03:49,680 Speaker 1: I think, and maybe that justifies an eight million dollars 2497 02:03:49,720 --> 02:03:52,120 Speaker 1: price tag to a guy who was facing He's been 2498 02:03:52,160 --> 02:03:53,800 Speaker 1: to the Pro Bowl the last couple of years, so 2499 02:03:55,680 --> 02:04:00,200 Speaker 1: he's been there twice in his career. So for them, Okay, 2500 02:04:00,200 --> 02:04:03,879 Speaker 1: not for the Bills though, yep. Wide receivers still available 2501 02:04:03,920 --> 02:04:06,080 Speaker 1: on the free agent market. And on this Friday, a 2502 02:04:06,120 --> 02:04:09,839 Speaker 1: couple of days after free agency officially opened, Robbie Anderson 2503 02:04:09,920 --> 02:04:11,640 Speaker 1: from the Jets. They say they want to sign him. 2504 02:04:11,720 --> 02:04:14,520 Speaker 1: They haven't signed him yet. Emmanuel Sanders of the Niners, 2505 02:04:14,520 --> 02:04:17,880 Speaker 1: Brashad Perriman, Tampa Bay, Nelson, Aguil or Philadelphia. I don't 2506 02:04:17,920 --> 02:04:20,360 Speaker 1: know anybody here gets you excited. Devin Funches played with 2507 02:04:20,360 --> 02:04:23,080 Speaker 1: the Colts a little bit last year. Dez Bryant, Josh Gordon. 2508 02:04:23,440 --> 02:04:25,440 Speaker 1: I think that's kind of a picktober group. What do 2509 02:04:25,480 --> 02:04:28,760 Speaker 1: you think? Yeah, I mean I just wait. The price 2510 02:04:28,880 --> 02:04:31,400 Speaker 1: is going to do nothing but go down. And for me, 2511 02:04:31,680 --> 02:04:34,120 Speaker 1: I'm with Hugh Murph. What are those guys is about 2512 02:04:34,240 --> 02:04:36,640 Speaker 1: like the others? To me, I'm sure that there are 2513 02:04:36,680 --> 02:04:39,600 Speaker 1: differences and some of those guys maybe have way more 2514 02:04:39,640 --> 02:04:42,720 Speaker 1: to give than others. But unless I was watching film 2515 02:04:42,720 --> 02:04:46,320 Speaker 1: and grinding through it and nobody's you know, those guys 2516 02:04:46,320 --> 02:04:49,000 Speaker 1: are out there for a reason. Ye, So I just 2517 02:04:49,080 --> 02:04:51,880 Speaker 1: sit tight and wait, and much like the Bills, and 2518 02:04:51,920 --> 02:04:54,280 Speaker 1: we brought this up a couple of times as an example, 2519 02:04:54,520 --> 02:04:56,440 Speaker 1: much like the Bills did last year with Quentin Spain. 2520 02:04:56,520 --> 02:04:58,960 Speaker 1: He was on the market for two weeks into free 2521 02:04:59,000 --> 02:05:01,880 Speaker 1: agency before the Bill signed him to it a one 2522 02:05:01,960 --> 02:05:04,280 Speaker 1: year prove it deal. Look for the Bills to go 2523 02:05:04,280 --> 02:05:06,280 Speaker 1: out and say, okay and talk to one of those 2524 02:05:06,280 --> 02:05:10,000 Speaker 1: guys late in free agency, and they'll pick the one 2525 02:05:10,040 --> 02:05:12,760 Speaker 1: they want, obviously, but the price isn't going up, it's 2526 02:05:12,760 --> 02:05:15,160 Speaker 1: going down. Let me give you some of the offensive 2527 02:05:15,160 --> 02:05:18,640 Speaker 1: lineman still available in free agency. Jason Peters at the 2528 02:05:18,640 --> 02:05:21,880 Speaker 1: top of the list. He's like fifty years old. Damar 2529 02:05:22,000 --> 02:05:25,280 Speaker 1: Dotson the Tampa Bay Calvin Beecham and the Jets Cordy 2530 02:05:25,320 --> 02:05:27,920 Speaker 1: Glenn of Cincinnati. They don't want any piece of those guys, 2531 02:05:27,960 --> 02:05:31,560 Speaker 1: guards Michael Scofield of the Chargers, Michael ya Potti of Seattle. 2532 02:05:31,720 --> 02:05:33,720 Speaker 1: It's about five years too late for Ayapatti and the 2533 02:05:33,760 --> 02:05:36,240 Speaker 1: Bills to get together. I don't know the free agency list. 2534 02:05:36,280 --> 02:05:38,160 Speaker 1: I'm sure the Bills are gonna get dip back into 2535 02:05:38,160 --> 02:05:40,040 Speaker 1: it and do something, but there's really not anything that 2536 02:05:40,080 --> 02:05:42,800 Speaker 1: would compel them to make a quick move here, I think. 2537 02:05:42,920 --> 02:05:47,440 Speaker 1: Do you know, I agree at this point the guys 2538 02:05:47,480 --> 02:05:51,880 Speaker 1: that people see value in are gone. And the only 2539 02:05:51,920 --> 02:05:54,000 Speaker 1: way the guys that are on the street want to 2540 02:05:54,040 --> 02:05:56,760 Speaker 1: get back, that want to get back in the league, 2541 02:05:56,920 --> 02:05:59,360 Speaker 1: the only way they're gonna do it is if their 2542 02:05:59,360 --> 02:06:02,040 Speaker 1: price comes down to a point where they the team 2543 02:06:02,160 --> 02:06:04,480 Speaker 1: knows that they can live up to it. They're not 2544 02:06:04,520 --> 02:06:07,160 Speaker 1: going to overpay for guys that they can get anytime 2545 02:06:07,200 --> 02:06:09,960 Speaker 1: they want right now. That's just the way it is. 2546 02:06:09,960 --> 02:06:12,200 Speaker 1: And the players it's up to those players in free agency, 2547 02:06:13,440 --> 02:06:16,600 Speaker 1: quite frankly, to drop their price to a point where 2548 02:06:16,600 --> 02:06:18,680 Speaker 1: a team will take a chance on them and let's 2549 02:06:18,680 --> 02:06:20,880 Speaker 1: do a little bit of quick NFL Tour False brought 2550 02:06:20,880 --> 02:06:23,160 Speaker 1: to you by Yancey's Fancy New York's artists and cheese. 2551 02:06:24,440 --> 02:06:27,280 Speaker 1: And this is a piece that was up, But what's 2552 02:06:27,280 --> 02:06:30,320 Speaker 1: the date here? For a while ago twenty no I 2553 02:06:30,320 --> 02:06:32,360 Speaker 1: got today's date. This was up a couple of days ago. 2554 02:06:33,200 --> 02:06:36,040 Speaker 1: On NFL dot com, somebody wrote that fans should be 2555 02:06:36,040 --> 02:06:40,520 Speaker 1: aware of winning the offseason? Oh kidding, fans are they 2556 02:06:40,560 --> 02:06:42,280 Speaker 1: know that? They know that? What we're having fun with 2557 02:06:42,320 --> 02:06:45,879 Speaker 1: Regency here, but nobody's getting wins and losses or Clinton 2558 02:06:45,960 --> 02:06:48,360 Speaker 1: playoff spots by any of the moves made this week. Steve, 2559 02:06:48,800 --> 02:06:52,160 Speaker 1: we know that. Oh yeah, that's yeah, it's all fun. 2560 02:06:52,200 --> 02:06:56,480 Speaker 1: But there's no question though, it's fun to be a 2561 02:06:56,520 --> 02:06:58,720 Speaker 1: part of when your team's active in free agency and 2562 02:06:58,760 --> 02:07:01,360 Speaker 1: you get these guys, it's it's fun to watch him 2563 02:07:01,360 --> 02:07:05,760 Speaker 1: do it and to you know, to imagine scenarios where 2564 02:07:05,760 --> 02:07:09,320 Speaker 1: your team gets significantly better with these guys on your roster. 2565 02:07:09,720 --> 02:07:12,440 Speaker 1: But there's no guarantees, and they still a lot of 2566 02:07:12,480 --> 02:07:14,360 Speaker 1: things have to happen before you kick it off in 2567 02:07:14,400 --> 02:07:18,520 Speaker 1: September for the for the NFL season. But for now, 2568 02:07:19,080 --> 02:07:23,920 Speaker 1: I get it. Everybody's optimistic because everybody's got the same record. Yep, 2569 02:07:24,240 --> 02:07:26,800 Speaker 1: that's going to change pretty quickly. So yeah, it is 2570 02:07:26,840 --> 02:07:30,720 Speaker 1: what it is. You gotta it's good, and it'll be 2571 02:07:30,800 --> 02:07:33,520 Speaker 1: good until you start losing games, all right, you gotta 2572 02:07:33,520 --> 02:07:35,760 Speaker 1: break here. We're coming back. One Bill's Live presenter by 2573 02:07:35,840 --> 02:07:53,120 Speaker 1: Kalida Health and this is Buffalo Bills Radio Time Now 2574 02:07:53,200 --> 02:07:55,080 Speaker 1: for whatever we learned from today's show. Brought to you 2575 02:07:55,200 --> 02:07:58,520 Speaker 1: by Skyworks, the official construction equipment rental company of the 2576 02:07:58,520 --> 02:08:00,520 Speaker 1: Buffalo Bills. We had our buddy Eric on the show 2577 02:08:00,600 --> 02:08:03,640 Speaker 1: first hour. Talked about what the Bills have done this week, 2578 02:08:03,680 --> 02:08:07,440 Speaker 1: including resigning Quentin Spain. Eric Wood says, it's important to 2579 02:08:07,480 --> 02:08:09,560 Speaker 1: have that kind of continuity on the front line, on 2580 02:08:09,640 --> 02:08:13,600 Speaker 1: the offensive line. They're set up to just run the 2581 02:08:13,680 --> 02:08:17,440 Speaker 1: same five guys, assuming everybody's healthy heading into fall camp 2582 02:08:17,520 --> 02:08:21,080 Speaker 1: and all that be. Come August. You know, they could 2583 02:08:21,160 --> 02:08:24,320 Speaker 1: potentially run the same five guys out there again this year, 2584 02:08:24,440 --> 02:08:26,640 Speaker 1: the same five guys in the same offense this year. 2585 02:08:27,000 --> 02:08:30,120 Speaker 1: You know, that's valuable. The continuity is there, the talents there. 2586 02:08:30,160 --> 02:08:33,320 Speaker 1: They produced at a high level last year, and you 2587 02:08:33,400 --> 02:08:35,520 Speaker 1: put another year experience under a lot of their belts. 2588 02:08:37,960 --> 02:08:40,440 Speaker 1: That's Eric Wood about the continon and the offensive line. 2589 02:08:40,480 --> 02:08:43,160 Speaker 1: We had great co Sell on our usual Friday guests 2590 02:08:43,200 --> 02:08:45,480 Speaker 1: on the show earlier today. We asked him what's you 2591 02:08:45,560 --> 02:08:46,760 Speaker 1: think of the trade and what's he think of the 2592 02:08:46,800 --> 02:08:49,560 Speaker 1: newest Bills wide receivers step On Diggs. Here's what he said. 2593 02:08:49,800 --> 02:08:51,920 Speaker 1: I think he's really good, and I think he's one 2594 02:08:51,960 --> 02:08:55,040 Speaker 1: of those guys that gives you he can attack all 2595 02:08:55,120 --> 02:08:57,200 Speaker 1: three levels of the defense and be really good in 2596 02:08:57,280 --> 02:09:00,280 Speaker 1: all three areas short, intermediate, vertical. You know, not a 2597 02:09:00,360 --> 02:09:02,560 Speaker 1: burner in a strict sense, but he can get over 2598 02:09:02,640 --> 02:09:05,760 Speaker 1: the top of the defense. He's a really good route runner, Steve, 2599 02:09:05,840 --> 02:09:08,120 Speaker 1: and you know, you know what that's all about. He's 2600 02:09:08,200 --> 02:09:10,800 Speaker 1: really has an understanding of how to set up corners, 2601 02:09:11,000 --> 02:09:13,400 Speaker 1: how to use his vertical stam how to use his 2602 02:09:13,560 --> 02:09:16,880 Speaker 1: faints and leans and subtle moves. And you know, we 2603 02:09:16,960 --> 02:09:19,240 Speaker 1: take that for granted. We just assume all receivers are 2604 02:09:19,240 --> 02:09:22,120 Speaker 1: good route runners. They're not. And Stefan Diggs is a 2605 02:09:22,240 --> 02:09:27,480 Speaker 1: very nuanced, detailed route runner. And when you combine him 2606 02:09:27,520 --> 02:09:30,120 Speaker 1: now with John Brown and I assume Cole Beasley's back, 2607 02:09:30,480 --> 02:09:32,800 Speaker 1: so you know you have a pretty good receiving corner. 2608 02:09:35,200 --> 02:09:37,600 Speaker 1: That's a great coach. Sell, Hey, Steve Can. I we don't. 2609 02:09:37,600 --> 02:09:38,840 Speaker 1: We have about a minute left. I want to I 2610 02:09:38,880 --> 02:09:40,320 Speaker 1: don't want to get into a whole issue here, but 2611 02:09:40,560 --> 02:09:43,440 Speaker 1: I'll tell you what. I've heard more people praise Stefan 2612 02:09:43,520 --> 02:09:45,840 Speaker 1: Diggs route running than I've ever heard about any receiver 2613 02:09:46,160 --> 02:09:49,480 Speaker 1: at any time. It's that important. Huh Yeah. And it's 2614 02:09:49,560 --> 02:09:51,880 Speaker 1: interesting too because Eric Woods said the same thing. He said, 2615 02:09:52,960 --> 02:09:54,840 Speaker 1: no matter how big you are as a wide receiver, 2616 02:09:55,000 --> 02:09:57,560 Speaker 1: what a quarterback really loves is what a receiver shows 2617 02:09:57,600 --> 02:09:59,440 Speaker 1: up where he's supposed to show up in a route 2618 02:09:59,480 --> 02:10:01,800 Speaker 1: at the end of a route, oh by himself. And 2619 02:10:01,960 --> 02:10:06,520 Speaker 1: Steph Diggs does that his defender is away away from him. 2620 02:10:06,880 --> 02:10:10,080 Speaker 1: The windows big. That makes a big difference to a 2621 02:10:10,200 --> 02:10:12,880 Speaker 1: quarterback and makes the quarterback more confident, makes him see 2622 02:10:12,920 --> 02:10:17,040 Speaker 1: it better, the opening better. It needs more targets for 2623 02:10:17,120 --> 02:10:20,640 Speaker 1: that receiver because you know the quarterback sees his separation 2624 02:10:21,120 --> 02:10:24,000 Speaker 1: and throws the football in there. It's huge for a receiver, 2625 02:10:24,120 --> 02:10:26,440 Speaker 1: and I think if that's the case with Steph Diggs, 2626 02:10:26,480 --> 02:10:29,520 Speaker 1: then he can get more separation. Just think how easy 2627 02:10:29,560 --> 02:10:31,360 Speaker 1: it's going to be and how much better it's gonna 2628 02:10:31,360 --> 02:10:33,400 Speaker 1: be for Josh Allen to see how open the guy 2629 02:10:33,560 --> 02:10:36,720 Speaker 1: is an open guy, particularly if he's the number one option, 2630 02:10:37,560 --> 02:10:41,000 Speaker 1: and it's just just more passes completed, more big plays, 2631 02:10:41,600 --> 02:10:44,600 Speaker 1: just a more efficient offense. Yeah, I'll go for that. Hey, Steve, 2632 02:10:44,720 --> 02:10:46,200 Speaker 1: thanks for doing the show. And I want to thank 2633 02:10:46,600 --> 02:10:49,080 Speaker 1: our whole crew, the guys that we usually work with. 2634 02:10:49,240 --> 02:10:51,640 Speaker 1: Thank our producer Jay Harris is saying, thank our listeners. 2635 02:10:51,680 --> 02:10:53,880 Speaker 1: We're putting up with a lot of crazinesses we get 2636 02:10:53,920 --> 02:10:56,360 Speaker 1: ourselves settled. It might be a while, but we're gonna 2637 02:10:56,360 --> 02:10:58,000 Speaker 1: do the best we can. Encourage everybody to have a 2638 02:10:58,040 --> 02:11:00,400 Speaker 1: good weekend. Don't get too stressed out and just take 2639 02:11:00,400 --> 02:11:02,440 Speaker 1: it easy, right Steve, the next couple of days, we'll 2640 02:11:02,480 --> 02:11:05,040 Speaker 1: be back on Monday. Yeah, we'll be back on Monday. Everybody, 2641 02:11:05,120 --> 02:11:07,640 Speaker 1: get through the weekend, have a good one, and we'll 2642 02:11:07,680 --> 02:11:10,120 Speaker 1: be here as long as we're greable to be here. 2643 02:11:10,320 --> 02:11:12,960 Speaker 1: All right, Thanks for listening. Want to thank our production assistants, 2644 02:11:13,240 --> 02:11:15,240 Speaker 1: many of whom working from home this week, but they're 2645 02:11:15,280 --> 02:11:19,480 Speaker 1: working hard. George Blast, Jeff coltnik Kelly Rude, jj Urito, 2646 02:11:19,600 --> 02:11:23,200 Speaker 1: Kevin Cartis, James Robel, Thomas Honolder in studio today with 2647 02:11:23,320 --> 02:11:25,400 Speaker 1: our producer Jay Harris, doing a great job getting us 2648 02:11:25,440 --> 02:11:27,200 Speaker 1: on the air, keeping us on the air, and we'll 2649 02:11:27,200 --> 02:11:29,680 Speaker 1: do it all again next week. Hope you tune in 2650 02:11:29,760 --> 02:11:32,120 Speaker 1: every great weekend. Don't get stressed out, just relax and 2651 02:11:32,440 --> 02:11:34,840 Speaker 1: do the best you can and stay healthy. Everybody, stay healthy. 2652 02:11:35,000 --> 02:11:37,480 Speaker 1: We'll see him Monday at noon. One Bill's Live, presented 2653 02:11:37,520 --> 02:11:40,880 Speaker 1: by Kalida Health from Well usually from the Seneca Studio, 2654 02:11:41,000 --> 02:11:44,160 Speaker 1: from our homes again today and this is Buffalo Bill's 2655 02:11:44,240 --> 02:11:44,480 Speaker 1: Radio