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Speaker 1: Please these one Bill's Live presented by call Light to Health.

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Speaker 1: All right, happy Easter Monday, everybody. Chris Brown Steve Tasker

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Speaker 1: with you as we are fresh off the holiday weekend,

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Speaker 1: and there are birthday wishes in order from my co

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Speaker 1: host won Steve Tasker, who is thirty nine again. Congratulations

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Speaker 1: Steve on hitting that milestone once again. Balloons and everything

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Speaker 1: for you here on MSG. Did did the family do

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Speaker 1: anything for you? Or was was your birthday overshadowed by

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Speaker 1: Easter yesterday? Oh no, it was over sh well. Also,

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Speaker 1: I have you know, I have a bunch of grandkids,

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Speaker 1: a set of twins whose birthday was yesterday, So yeah,

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Speaker 1: a slight backseat to the twins birday, but it was

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Speaker 1: we had we all had cake together, so all right, yeah,

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Speaker 1: good stuff. Well that's good. And you had a gaggle

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Speaker 1: of people running around looking for Easter as yesterday imagine

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Speaker 1: as you could imagine it was. And plus the wet

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Speaker 1: you know, the weather now is is kind of the

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Speaker 1: topic of the day for everybody. So yeah, it was.

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Speaker 1: It was nice day yesterday. Lazy didn't get a watch

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Speaker 1: too much of the Masters. I was, you know, busy

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Speaker 1: doing stuff, but I parachuted in every so often to

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Speaker 1: see how they were doing. Really didn't catch a lick

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Speaker 1: of it. I saw some clips on yeah social media,

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Speaker 1: the roofcake Tiger hobbling around like an old man like

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Speaker 1: Tiger couldn't finish. Did he just do that on one

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Speaker 1: particular swing where you could tell the longer the days

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Speaker 1: the first couple of rounds. His legs not right from

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Speaker 1: the car crash he suffered two years ago. So yeah,

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Speaker 1: it's been a minute for him. And then brooks Kepka

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Speaker 1: the roof fell in on him, and ram is the opposite.

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Speaker 1: He started out with a four putt and then finished,

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Speaker 1: you know, like a like a champ. So it's always

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Speaker 1: fun at that and I like that there's certain things

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Speaker 1: you can depend on at that tournament, the way they

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Speaker 1: set the course up and the way they run it.

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Speaker 1: I've told you before, maybe not on the air, but

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Speaker 1: if you've never been, if you've ever been to a

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Speaker 1: top flight level sporting I've been to a bunch of them. Obviously,

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Speaker 1: I've played in and covered Super Bowls. I've been to

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Speaker 1: World Series games, all Star games in Major League Baseball.

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Speaker 1: I've been to the NBA, NBA Games obviously in NHL

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Speaker 1: Marathon and big events like that. I've been a NASCAR events,

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Speaker 1: I've been to you know what other sport is there.

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Speaker 1: I haven't been to a pin a big scale tennis

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Speaker 1: event yet, um okay, like to Flushing Meadows or US

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Speaker 1: golf events, all kinds of sporting events around you know,

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Speaker 1: this country. And let me just say I don't I'm

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Speaker 1: going record, there's nothing like that event in August every year,

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Speaker 1: the Masters. There's it's a it's a different kind of

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Speaker 1: event all even a golf as a golf event, it's

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Speaker 1: way different than any other event. Yeah, I've heard that

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Speaker 1: like one of their top two sporting experiences of their life.

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Speaker 1: And there you know what I mean. Like, there's a

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Speaker 1: the whole thing I've been to all of it. There

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Speaker 1: is there's nothing like there is absolutely nothing, and I

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Speaker 1: talking about Sunday. It's there's nothing like it, and for

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Speaker 1: Augusta that is just different than everything else. I'm telling you, Um, well,

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Speaker 1: This is not a golf show, but you can go

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Speaker 1: on and on. First of all, there's no corporate signage

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Speaker 1: You can't take your phone in. Nobody's got a phone.

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Speaker 1: It's der cheap there too. Right, Oh, it's nothing like three.

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Speaker 1: Last time I was there. It's been a while since

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Speaker 1: went in and I bought lunch for myself and my

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Speaker 1: my buddy that was there. I say, I get it.

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Speaker 1: I got lunch. You know how you know you split it.

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Speaker 1: I got lunch today. So we go through. We got

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Speaker 1: a couple of sandwiches, a couple of you know, brownies, chips, pop, everything,

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Speaker 1: get to the cashier, which even the cashier set up

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Speaker 1: The tournament begins on Thursday morning, you know with the ceremonial. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: The building was spot new. In hours, they had that

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Speaker 1: dangn good. Other news, Washington DC Attorney General Brian Schwab

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Speaker 1: announced his office has reached a settlement with Pro Football, Inc.

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Speaker 1: That is, the company that owns the Washington Commanders for

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Speaker 1: failing to return ticket deposits to DC fans. The team

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Speaker 1: will pay a six hundred twenty five thousand dollars fine

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Speaker 1: to Washington d C and refund the remaining outstanding deposits.

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Speaker 1: This stems from the cooking of the books or sorry,

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Speaker 1: the alleged cooking of the books by the Washington commanders,

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Speaker 1: that they had two different ledgers for accounting and improprieties

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Speaker 1: were they were accused of some improprieties, and this is

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Speaker 1: a settlement of that ex accusation. You know, we heard

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Speaker 1: that the sale of this team by Daniel Snyder and

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Speaker 1: his wife may happen as early as May. Some people

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Speaker 1: thought there was a chance of it happening at these

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Speaker 1: owners meetings that just took place a couple of weeks ago.

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Speaker 1: I wonder if this settlement was holding things up in

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Speaker 1: any way, shape or form by way of a sale

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Speaker 1: holding it up. Maybe not, but certainly part of the

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Speaker 1: process of getting it done. I mean, no, you're not

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Speaker 1: gonna buy the team. That's being well, you don't want

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Speaker 1: to incur this debt. Yeah, it's additional debt and it's

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Speaker 1: not nothing. It's six five thousand dollars. That's nothing to

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Speaker 1: the NFL. But but the potential for the suit that

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Speaker 1: goes forward, if it goes forward, right, you're gonna say,

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Speaker 1: I'm gonna all take you know, I'll buy the team,

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Speaker 1: but settle that, settle this and this and this and

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Speaker 1: get all this off your books. And if it prompts

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Speaker 1: there's a list of things pending sale exact prompted this settlement.

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Speaker 1: That's a possibility to me that you know, in a

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Speaker 1: in a deal of this magnitude that the incoming candidates

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Speaker 1: for ownership are saying, listen, I want I want the

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Speaker 1: legal sheet clean. I don't want any pending lawsuits. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: any of that stuff going on if I buy this

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Speaker 1: team for this number, not really the way you want

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Speaker 1: to walk into ownership. Yeah, with that on the books,

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Speaker 1: I'm inheriting what now exactly, So it's like clea water damage.

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Speaker 1: I'm a shasement of the property. You want to get

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Speaker 1: home inspected to buy? Yeah, fix yeah, fix the water

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Speaker 1: damage and we'll talk. Yeah. And I don't buy that

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Speaker 1: kind of thing. That's exactly what it is. Right, doesn't

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Speaker 1: make sense. I'm we're guessing we don't know this stuff. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: but but it makes say it's a fair hypothesis. Um,

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Speaker 1: we were talking about pre draft visits. Georgia defensive tackle

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Speaker 1: Jalen Carter schedule to visit the Seahawks on Tuesday. I

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Speaker 1: think in the wake of some of his off the

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Speaker 1: field issues. As we know, he's got a one year

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Speaker 1: probation sentence after speeding in that fatal car crash. He

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Speaker 1: was the car that the crashed car was racing against allegedly,

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Speaker 1: and he pleaded that out one year probation sentence, So

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Speaker 1: he's free and clear of any other legal ramifications unless

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Speaker 1: he does something like that again. So in the wake

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Speaker 1: of that, a lot of people believe his most likely

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Speaker 1: destinations are Seattle at five or Chicago at nine. So

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Speaker 1: still has a chance to be a top ten pick.

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Speaker 1: And I don't think there's any question that he is

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Speaker 1: a special talent, but he has prompted an awful lot

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Speaker 1: of teams to do an awful lot of additional investigation

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Speaker 1: into his background to just make sure the kind of

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Speaker 1: person they're getting, not just the kind of player they're Yeah,

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Speaker 1: that's probably what Seattle's doing here, right, look him in

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Speaker 1: the eye, sit him down, you know, absolutely, because the

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Speaker 1: stuff that went on off the field, you would think

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Speaker 1: that while you know, there's every there's no reason to

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Speaker 1: believe he's in anything but a good kid. But he's

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Speaker 1: been around some stuff that was going on, was particularly

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Speaker 1: with this car racing accusation. Other than that, it's been

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Speaker 1: about his demeanor at the combine, at the Pro day, Well,

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Speaker 1: he didn't have a great pro day. He shows up

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Speaker 1: nine pounds overweight. He couldn't even finish the drills because

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Speaker 1: he was winded. He looks chubby and out of shape.

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Speaker 1: And at this point in your career, this is when

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Speaker 1: you want to be. Most guys feel like you gotta

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Speaker 1: be Razor Shirt. This is when you're like focus, you

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Speaker 1: want to be this is your job interview. You're wearing

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Speaker 1: a suit and tie in power socks. You know. So

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Speaker 1: he's not doing fortunate. He's not doing that. He's just

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Speaker 1: coasting to the finish line here, and it's gonna cost him.

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Speaker 1: There's there's no doubt about it. I mean, unless you

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Speaker 1: get a team, well I say this, like the Arizona

503
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Speaker 1: Cardinals decides that he's their guy, then he's you know,

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00:28:16,240 --> 00:28:18,800
Speaker 1: then at all it's it's as he thought it was.

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Speaker 1: When you get these guys that are coasting the finish

506
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Speaker 1: line because they know they're where they're at and all

507
00:28:24,359 --> 00:28:27,199
Speaker 1: of a sudden, they're just gonna ride. Sometimes they do

508
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Speaker 1: get a free ride, but that's what it will take.

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Speaker 1: Because right now there's there's gotta be a hand at

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Speaker 1: least a handful of teams that are like, I don't

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Speaker 1: think so, I don't think, right, Brownie, Yeah, just a handful.

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Speaker 1: Like there's twenty seven teams that would love him, and

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Speaker 1: most teams would take him. But at the top of

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Speaker 1: the draft, you got gems that are gonna listen if

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Speaker 1: I blow this with this guy because he's a lazy, well,

516
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Speaker 1: you gotta entitled yea, you gotta vet that. Now I

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Speaker 1: ain't doing it. I'm gonna go someplace where at least

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Speaker 1: I know I got a high floor, a special talent.

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Speaker 1: I don't think there's any debate about that. But we've

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Speaker 1: seen other special talents flame out in this league pretty

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Speaker 1: quickly too, And that's a position that's a particular concern

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Speaker 1: for gms and coaches because motivating, big guys like that,

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Speaker 1: who in the span of a day taking it easy,

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Speaker 1: can put on ten pounds. Yeah, I mean, they could

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Speaker 1: put on ten pounds sitting there watching TV. It's like nothing.

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Speaker 1: And you're not going to know that those big guys

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Speaker 1: are self motivated, internally driven, and that money is not

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Speaker 1: going to change them. Because even if you get them

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Speaker 1: in the door and they're great those first four years

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Speaker 1: and now you got to pay him, it's like, oh geez,

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Speaker 1: is this going to change how he plays every week

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Speaker 1: now that he's getting his bag of money. And that

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Speaker 1: was a concern with Marcel Darius and he was out

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Speaker 1: of the league two years later after getting his money. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: he's not the first and he won't be the last.

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Speaker 1: And those are some of the concerns that accompany players

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Speaker 1: that play that position for that very reason. Before we

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Speaker 1: go to the break here we're talking NFL Draft and

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Speaker 1: we're talking Bills. What position would you trade up for

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Speaker 1: in the draft and why four Buffalo Bills are picking

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Speaker 1: at twenty seven? What position would you approve Brandon Bean

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Speaker 1: trading up for you let us know at eighth three,

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Speaker 1: five fifty one, eight eight, five fifty two, five fifty

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Speaker 1: the number to get on board. We're taking your phone

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Speaker 1: calls and your tweets next here on One Bill's Live,

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Speaker 1: presented by Kalid to Health. It's Buffalo Bills Radio. All right,

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Speaker 1: welcome back to One Bill's Live. Chris Brown, Steve to

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Speaker 1: ask you with you here on a Monday, Happy Dinghis

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Speaker 1: Day as well. It's uh man, Steve, you could really

550
00:31:02,120 --> 00:31:05,600
Speaker 1: turn it out today. It's your birthday, it's also Dinghi's day.

551
00:31:05,680 --> 00:31:07,400
Speaker 1: You could really get your groove on if you want

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Speaker 1: it to know, right, I was having the conversation outside.

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Speaker 1: I'm a big Poly sausage fan. I like it better

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00:31:12,320 --> 00:31:15,840
Speaker 1: than Italian. Yeah, I like it better than that, especially

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Speaker 1: on sandwiches. Um you know, like we you know, roll

556
00:31:19,120 --> 00:31:22,160
Speaker 1: on a roll. Yeah, now pizza, it's different. I'd rather

557
00:31:22,200 --> 00:31:25,800
Speaker 1: have an Italian sausage, but Polish sausage is I'm I'm

558
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Speaker 1: a huge fan, love it. What do you put on

559
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Speaker 1: the kiel vassa? What's in there? Source trout or sucking

560
00:31:30,840 --> 00:31:33,200
Speaker 1: peppers and onions. I'm the purest. It is just the

561
00:31:33,480 --> 00:31:37,400
Speaker 1: La Deli Deli mustard, just Deli mustard. I gotta get

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Speaker 1: you on the spicy brown train, man, I know, spicy brown.

563
00:31:40,600 --> 00:31:43,280
Speaker 1: I'm just it's I like it. I like the Deli

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Speaker 1: mustard better the yellow mustards. You're not. I'm not a

565
00:31:46,640 --> 00:31:49,920
Speaker 1: verse shutting it. No, it's okay. I don't disparage any

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Speaker 1: food group just because I don't like it. Disparage of

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Speaker 1: food group. That's great topic of discussion today. Not kill

568
00:32:00,280 --> 00:32:02,840
Speaker 1: boss up. It is what position would you trade up

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Speaker 1: for in the NFL draft and why give us some

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00:32:06,080 --> 00:32:10,040
Speaker 1: justification as to why you feel it is worth trading

571
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Speaker 1: up for position group X. Are we starting you me?

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Speaker 1: Uh No. We have people on the phones waiting for

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Speaker 1: us at eight oh three five fifty one eight eight

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Speaker 1: eight five fifty two, five fifty the number to get

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Speaker 1: on board. Got a few lines open for you if

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Speaker 1: you want to chime in as well. Leaving us off today,

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Speaker 1: Jim in South Buffalo, what do you got for us? Jim,

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Speaker 1: you're on one bill's life. Yes, I got two things. Um,

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Speaker 1: when we'll talk about the draft, But before I do that, UM,

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00:32:37,400 --> 00:32:43,240
Speaker 1: I gotta se question about the sincedustin about stadium. Okay,

581
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Speaker 1: they're gonna starting. Don't work over there, and that's where

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Speaker 1: we have lots of tarts. Tarts in our buildings. Where's

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Speaker 1: all these sea books in a part? Right? So what so?

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Speaker 1: Ron Ricuia, the executive vice president and CEO over the bills,

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Speaker 1: he has said this year, the only lot impacted is

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Speaker 1: the camper lot. All of the other lots will not

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Speaker 1: be impacted by construction this year. So this year, if

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Speaker 1: you're in the camper lot, they are looking for a

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00:33:15,360 --> 00:33:19,440
Speaker 1: new location for those patrons, but everybody else should not

590
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Speaker 1: be impacted by the amount of construction happening this year.

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00:33:24,520 --> 00:33:26,360
Speaker 1: Next year could be a different story, but we don't

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Speaker 1: have the details on it yet. Eventually, everybody is going

593
00:33:28,920 --> 00:33:31,600
Speaker 1: to be displaced in some way, shape or form because

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Speaker 1: the big because because of the gathering spots and all

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00:33:37,400 --> 00:33:39,719
Speaker 1: the stuff that's going on with the new stadium, not

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Speaker 1: even during construction, but even after it's done. The footprint

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Speaker 1: of the new stadium is going to be much bigger

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00:33:44,560 --> 00:33:47,280
Speaker 1: than the one we've got now about one and a half. Yeah,

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00:33:47,320 --> 00:33:50,960
Speaker 1: so they're gonna lose that many parking spaces, So the

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Speaker 1: old stadium will probably be, you know, like they all

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Speaker 1: are at some point. The old State is probably gonna

602
00:33:54,960 --> 00:33:58,920
Speaker 1: be a parking lot at some point. But until that happens, yeah,

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Speaker 1: it's gonna be there's gonna be some you know, some

604
00:34:02,040 --> 00:34:03,920
Speaker 1: growing pains or some i don't know what you call it,

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Speaker 1: some construction some construction problems um that you're gonna have

606
00:34:08,640 --> 00:34:10,840
Speaker 1: to work around for a year or two or or whatever.

607
00:34:10,840 --> 00:34:13,080
Speaker 1: For years, like that puzzle piece with the one missing

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00:34:13,120 --> 00:34:14,920
Speaker 1: thing and you got to slide everything around to get

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00:34:14,920 --> 00:34:19,719
Speaker 1: the picture right. Yeah, remember those little puffles. True though, Jim,

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Speaker 1: that's that's true. The parking thing is going to be

611
00:34:21,560 --> 00:34:24,399
Speaker 1: a little bit disheveled for a minute. Yeah, but from

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Speaker 1: what we've been told this year, camper Lot's the only

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Speaker 1: one impacted. What do you got for the draft? What

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Speaker 1: do you got on the draft? Jim Draft. I'm not

615
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Speaker 1: that familiar with a lot of solid people, so that's

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Speaker 1: not my thing. But I noticed that we have a

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00:34:39,200 --> 00:34:43,840
Speaker 1: lot of people one of your time craft and I

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00:34:43,880 --> 00:34:47,839
Speaker 1: mean we think like people in the last month, one

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Speaker 1: of your times are aft. So I'm thinking if we

620
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Speaker 1: should get somebody in those positions that we might feel

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Speaker 1: who think that's going to replace one of them time

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00:35:00,400 --> 00:35:04,040
Speaker 1: people that's done one year contrast? Well, yeah, I mean

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Speaker 1: that's kind of what the draft is all about. And

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00:35:06,800 --> 00:35:09,480
Speaker 1: I mean Brandon Bean has operated this way for several

625
00:35:09,600 --> 00:35:12,960
Speaker 1: years where a lot of his free agent pickups come

626
00:35:12,960 --> 00:35:15,920
Speaker 1: in on one year deals. There are exceptions, you know

627
00:35:16,200 --> 00:35:19,560
Speaker 1: von Miller for example last year, and there are others

628
00:35:19,560 --> 00:35:22,600
Speaker 1: that have signed long term contracts with the Bills as

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Speaker 1: free agents, but a lot of the backfilling of this

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00:35:26,680 --> 00:35:30,399
Speaker 1: roster is through one year contracts. And the interesting thing

631
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Speaker 1: is the rest of the league has gotten wise to

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Speaker 1: it and they're doing the same thing now. I have

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Speaker 1: not I cannot remember a free agent period in the

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Speaker 1: last fifteen years that has had as many one year

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Speaker 1: contracts as we have witnessed this offseason. Because I think

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Speaker 1: a lot of gms are looking at that saying I

637
00:35:51,080 --> 00:35:54,680
Speaker 1: can control my costs a lot better if I do

638
00:35:54,800 --> 00:35:57,799
Speaker 1: more short term deals, and then I know what I

639
00:35:57,840 --> 00:35:59,880
Speaker 1: have to work with, what I the picture of what

640
00:36:00,080 --> 00:36:01,880
Speaker 1: I have to work with next year in terms of

641
00:36:01,920 --> 00:36:05,120
Speaker 1: cap space is even clearer, Yes, because I know this

642
00:36:05,200 --> 00:36:07,400
Speaker 1: contract is expiring, and that one and that one and

643
00:36:07,440 --> 00:36:09,240
Speaker 1: that one and that one, those are all off the books.

644
00:36:09,280 --> 00:36:11,160
Speaker 1: Here's what I got to work with, and here's how

645
00:36:11,200 --> 00:36:15,080
Speaker 1: many spots I'll have to fill. So more and more

646
00:36:15,080 --> 00:36:18,879
Speaker 1: of the league is adopting that practice. I don't think

647
00:36:18,920 --> 00:36:21,040
Speaker 1: it's a great concern, like, oh my god, we're not

648
00:36:21,040 --> 00:36:24,240
Speaker 1: gonna have anybody next year. But that's why your draft players,

649
00:36:24,239 --> 00:36:27,400
Speaker 1: because it's cost control for four years at least. And

650
00:36:27,440 --> 00:36:29,840
Speaker 1: the and the evolution of the league is getting to

651
00:36:29,880 --> 00:36:31,680
Speaker 1: the point where a lot of teams are doing this

652
00:36:31,800 --> 00:36:35,799
Speaker 1: because a couple of things. It's such a brutal game

653
00:36:36,400 --> 00:36:40,200
Speaker 1: that the players, you know, you got to really motivate

654
00:36:40,280 --> 00:36:43,319
Speaker 1: him to play, and money's a great motivator, whether whether

655
00:36:43,320 --> 00:36:45,440
Speaker 1: you believe it or not. These guys play because they

656
00:36:45,520 --> 00:36:48,799
Speaker 1: love it, no question, but there's a lot in that.

657
00:36:49,320 --> 00:36:51,319
Speaker 1: And if you get all these guys with on these

658
00:36:51,360 --> 00:36:55,440
Speaker 1: one year deals, it keeps your salary cap fluid. At

659
00:36:55,480 --> 00:36:58,719
Speaker 1: the end, you get these guys that maybe they're not

660
00:36:58,880 --> 00:37:02,319
Speaker 1: high end free age, but they're not making they're making

661
00:37:02,360 --> 00:37:05,480
Speaker 1: this one year deal and they are highly motivated free agents.

662
00:37:06,040 --> 00:37:08,799
Speaker 1: And as we've seen, because of the brutal nature of

663
00:37:08,800 --> 00:37:10,960
Speaker 1: the game, some of these guys make a bag of

664
00:37:11,000 --> 00:37:13,520
Speaker 1: money and they take it out of gear and they're

665
00:37:13,560 --> 00:37:16,879
Speaker 1: coasting until the team gets frustrated with them or until

666
00:37:16,880 --> 00:37:18,839
Speaker 1: they're in their next contract year. Then they turn it

667
00:37:18,840 --> 00:37:22,520
Speaker 1: on again. Well, the bills are and every and like

668
00:37:22,600 --> 00:37:25,480
Speaker 1: Brownie said, a ton of teams are doing the exact

669
00:37:25,480 --> 00:37:28,120
Speaker 1: same thing right now. A ton of teams are doing

670
00:37:28,120 --> 00:37:32,279
Speaker 1: the exact same thing. And it's it's the way the

671
00:37:32,360 --> 00:37:34,640
Speaker 1: league is right now because of the salary cap structure,

672
00:37:34,960 --> 00:37:38,319
Speaker 1: because of the fluidity of it, it's going up. But

673
00:37:38,440 --> 00:37:40,839
Speaker 1: it's also a game where you have to make sure

674
00:37:40,920 --> 00:37:44,640
Speaker 1: your players are highly motivated. It used to fall one

675
00:37:44,960 --> 00:37:47,120
Speaker 1: on the coaching staff to get a guy who is

676
00:37:48,160 --> 00:37:50,440
Speaker 1: making a ton of money to play hard. It used

677
00:37:50,480 --> 00:37:52,400
Speaker 1: to be all on the coaches and now with a

678
00:37:52,480 --> 00:37:56,400
Speaker 1: one year deals and stuff like that, the players are motivated.

679
00:37:57,440 --> 00:38:01,279
Speaker 1: That's where you want them to be. Is there thinking

680
00:38:01,320 --> 00:38:04,600
Speaker 1: about showing out so they can get a better contract

681
00:38:04,640 --> 00:38:08,439
Speaker 1: next year. They gotta get another contract next year. It's

682
00:38:08,560 --> 00:38:11,240
Speaker 1: it's really a smart way to do business. Other teams

683
00:38:11,239 --> 00:38:14,799
Speaker 1: are copying it and I don't. And because of what

684
00:38:14,840 --> 00:38:17,279
Speaker 1: you learn real quick and what I've seen from Brandon Bean,

685
00:38:17,560 --> 00:38:19,919
Speaker 1: you always thinking, oh, man, we lost we lost this guy,

686
00:38:19,960 --> 00:38:21,320
Speaker 1: We lost that guy. What are we gonna do, What

687
00:38:21,360 --> 00:38:22,800
Speaker 1: are we gonna do? What are we gonna Oh my gosh,

688
00:38:22,800 --> 00:38:26,040
Speaker 1: that guy's available, you know, Oh, we could get that guy.

689
00:38:26,520 --> 00:38:30,359
Speaker 1: It's like, it's really easy to find good players when

690
00:38:30,400 --> 00:38:34,840
Speaker 1: every team's going through the same thing. So don't forget.

691
00:38:34,840 --> 00:38:36,560
Speaker 1: For as much as you love and respect the guys

692
00:38:36,560 --> 00:38:39,440
Speaker 1: that we have seen come through the doors, there are

693
00:38:39,480 --> 00:38:41,440
Speaker 1: a lot of really quality players out there that are

694
00:38:41,440 --> 00:38:43,480
Speaker 1: going to be available in the next free agent cycle

695
00:38:43,600 --> 00:38:46,600
Speaker 1: or subsequent free agent cycles. What position would you trade

696
00:38:46,640 --> 00:38:48,799
Speaker 1: up for in the NFL draft and why we go

697
00:38:48,840 --> 00:38:51,040
Speaker 1: to Bruce and Amhurst next? What do you got for

698
00:38:51,120 --> 00:38:55,960
Speaker 1: his Bruce? Yeah? I just going guys, long time listener,

699
00:38:56,120 --> 00:38:58,719
Speaker 1: card you in the path. I want to mention that

700
00:38:58,880 --> 00:39:02,640
Speaker 1: we're big Bill fan. Just sassed my brother Gary. We

701
00:39:03,040 --> 00:39:06,600
Speaker 1: buried up on Friday, a good Friday. And for Slawn,

702
00:39:06,920 --> 00:39:08,440
Speaker 1: sorry to hear that. I'm sorry to hear that. I

703
00:39:08,560 --> 00:39:11,600
Speaker 1: also would like to wish you happy birthday, Steve. Many

704
00:39:11,640 --> 00:39:13,879
Speaker 1: more to come your special kind of person and job

705
00:39:13,960 --> 00:39:17,320
Speaker 1: Geven and you deserve to be in the Hall of Fame.

706
00:39:18,000 --> 00:39:25,600
Speaker 1: And draft Campbell and lieu of Emmonds and also or

707
00:39:26,120 --> 00:39:30,640
Speaker 1: the tight end from Notre Dame. And I would say

708
00:39:30,800 --> 00:39:34,359
Speaker 1: thirteen wins a Baker's doesn't take the over even though

709
00:39:34,360 --> 00:39:36,840
Speaker 1: they got a tougher schedule than last year. And go Bills.

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00:39:37,000 --> 00:39:40,240
Speaker 1: All right, thanks Bruce for the call, appreciate it. Wow,

711
00:39:40,280 --> 00:39:42,879
Speaker 1: we got a lot there, a lot to unpack. He left,

712
00:39:43,040 --> 00:39:46,560
Speaker 1: so he's he didn't say what position to trade up for,

713
00:39:46,719 --> 00:39:50,720
Speaker 1: but he said players to land. So he wants Jack Campbell,

714
00:39:50,719 --> 00:39:53,319
Speaker 1: the linebacker from Iowa who is a popular choice among

715
00:39:53,400 --> 00:39:57,000
Speaker 1: Bill's fans for obvious reasons, although a lot of the

716
00:39:57,080 --> 00:40:00,680
Speaker 1: draftnicks have him projected as a second round pick. And

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00:40:00,719 --> 00:40:03,759
Speaker 1: then Michael Mayer, the tight end from Notre Dame, who

718
00:40:03,760 --> 00:40:06,520
Speaker 1: has been considered one of the top two tight ends

719
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Speaker 1: in what is a very deep class at that position,

720
00:40:11,080 --> 00:40:14,239
Speaker 1: so good good players to choose from. I don't know,

721
00:40:14,320 --> 00:40:16,080
Speaker 1: if you have to trade up for Jack Campbell, you

722
00:40:16,160 --> 00:40:19,640
Speaker 1: may slide back to get him at proper value. Yeah,

723
00:40:20,640 --> 00:40:22,400
Speaker 1: the Bills are in a little bit of a unique

724
00:40:22,400 --> 00:40:28,520
Speaker 1: situation with their need, their roster need being that middle

725
00:40:28,560 --> 00:40:30,879
Speaker 1: linebacker spot, and the and the prominence of the guy

726
00:40:30,920 --> 00:40:34,759
Speaker 1: that they lost making it seem like it's a much

727
00:40:34,840 --> 00:40:40,520
Speaker 1: bigger void. You think, well, maybe they should get the guy.

728
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Speaker 1: But they are unique because there's not a lot of

729
00:40:44,080 --> 00:40:47,040
Speaker 1: teams that are losing sleep like the Bills, maybe over

730
00:40:47,080 --> 00:40:51,759
Speaker 1: their middle linebacker, but there isn't there. There's like two

731
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Speaker 1: of them. So if you get to the pick twenty

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Speaker 1: seven and they're both on the board and you think

733
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Speaker 1: either one of them could fill the void, he say okay,

734
00:41:00,080 --> 00:41:03,440
Speaker 1: And you call up the teams that you know thirty

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Speaker 1: one or thirty five or thirty three or thirty six

736
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Speaker 1: and say, hey, well you trade back with us and

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Speaker 1: pick up another pick, and then all of a sudden

738
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Speaker 1: you do have seven picks instead of six, and you

739
00:41:13,719 --> 00:41:17,799
Speaker 1: go on from there. Yeah. I get it. I'm still

740
00:41:17,800 --> 00:41:20,000
Speaker 1: tempted to get the guy you want. When when he

741
00:41:20,040 --> 00:41:22,880
Speaker 1: pops up. If he's there, trading back and counting on

742
00:41:22,960 --> 00:41:26,600
Speaker 1: him still be there is is the worst type of

743
00:41:26,840 --> 00:41:28,759
Speaker 1: gamble to me, because then you had him and you

744
00:41:28,800 --> 00:41:33,960
Speaker 1: gave him back. Yeah, that's that hurts to me that

745
00:41:34,640 --> 00:41:37,399
Speaker 1: it's like a bad game of Liar's Poker. Baby. Yeah,

746
00:41:37,400 --> 00:41:40,160
Speaker 1: we we have to take a break here, but more

747
00:41:40,160 --> 00:41:42,600
Speaker 1: of your phone calls when we return. What position would

748
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Speaker 1: you trade up for in the draft? And why? It's

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Speaker 1: One Bills Live presented by Colloid of Health. This is

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Speaker 1: Buffalo Bill's Radio. Back here on One Bills Live. Right

751
00:42:05,560 --> 00:42:07,320
Speaker 1: back to the phones we go where we are asking

752
00:42:07,320 --> 00:42:09,560
Speaker 1: you what position you would trade up for in the

753
00:42:09,640 --> 00:42:14,640
Speaker 1: NFL and why to Ron in Pennsylvania. Next, what do

754
00:42:14,640 --> 00:42:16,560
Speaker 1: you got for us? Ron? You're on one? Hold on

755
00:42:16,600 --> 00:42:19,200
Speaker 1: a second here, let me pull you up. Here we go, Oops,

756
00:42:19,400 --> 00:42:21,200
Speaker 1: there we go, I got you. What do you got

757
00:42:21,239 --> 00:42:25,280
Speaker 1: for us? Ron? Chris? Steve, how are you doing doing well? Well? Great?

758
00:42:25,560 --> 00:42:29,720
Speaker 1: Great show? Guys? Thank you? Are you sure the same birthday?

759
00:42:29,760 --> 00:42:33,040
Speaker 1: Would you? Steve? Happy? First about happy birthday? There you go.

760
00:42:33,160 --> 00:42:37,120
Speaker 1: I'm a bit older than you are, but anyway, I'd

761
00:42:37,160 --> 00:42:39,240
Speaker 1: like to see him trade up to get a solid

762
00:42:39,320 --> 00:42:42,160
Speaker 1: offensive line. And we can have a roster for about

763
00:42:43,239 --> 00:42:46,759
Speaker 1: four years. We're talking tackle only here or are you

764
00:42:46,800 --> 00:42:50,560
Speaker 1: open to Carter? Want the interior pick stuff so that

765
00:42:50,600 --> 00:42:56,440
Speaker 1: we can okay, protect Josh and and uh, you know

766
00:42:56,520 --> 00:42:58,560
Speaker 1: somebody's going to be there for a few years that

767
00:42:58,800 --> 00:43:03,040
Speaker 1: we can we can work round right. The one player

768
00:43:03,040 --> 00:43:07,000
Speaker 1: who's played tackle in college but projects to a guard

769
00:43:07,080 --> 00:43:09,200
Speaker 1: for some teams that is expected to go on the

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00:43:09,239 --> 00:43:12,680
Speaker 1: top half of round one is the Northwestern kids, Steve

771
00:43:12,840 --> 00:43:16,680
Speaker 1: Sweeter Scronsky. Some people project him inside to guard, some

772
00:43:16,719 --> 00:43:19,839
Speaker 1: people think he can play tackle. It'll be interesting how

773
00:43:19,880 --> 00:43:25,279
Speaker 1: those different determinations impact his draft status. I still think

774
00:43:25,320 --> 00:43:27,600
Speaker 1: he's gonna go early. I mean, he's considered one of

775
00:43:27,640 --> 00:43:31,320
Speaker 1: the most technically sound offensive lineman in the entire class.

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00:43:33,360 --> 00:43:35,279
Speaker 1: But if you think he's a guard, do you wait

777
00:43:35,320 --> 00:43:37,680
Speaker 1: a little longer. That's what I'm interested to see. I

778
00:43:37,680 --> 00:43:40,279
Speaker 1: mean up top, there's those teams need help in a

779
00:43:40,280 --> 00:43:42,279
Speaker 1: lot of places. That's why they're picking up there. So

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00:43:42,920 --> 00:43:44,640
Speaker 1: I would tend to think whoever takes him, if they

781
00:43:44,640 --> 00:43:46,360
Speaker 1: take him in the top fifteen, will try him a

782
00:43:46,440 --> 00:43:50,439
Speaker 1: tackle first. But I could be wrong. I don't know. Yeah,

783
00:43:50,480 --> 00:43:51,840
Speaker 1: they're going to find out what he can do, and

784
00:43:51,840 --> 00:43:53,640
Speaker 1: they'll put him at the spot where he fits best.

785
00:43:54,680 --> 00:43:57,160
Speaker 1: Certainly their needs will have something to do with that,

786
00:43:57,320 --> 00:44:00,239
Speaker 1: or injuries and all of that. I don't think he'll

787
00:44:00,239 --> 00:44:05,000
Speaker 1: probably plug him in at left tackle, although in the preseason,

788
00:44:06,360 --> 00:44:09,720
Speaker 1: you know Dion Daker's ain't gonna play, and you plug

789
00:44:09,760 --> 00:44:11,480
Speaker 1: him in there, see how he'd see how he does

790
00:44:11,520 --> 00:44:13,600
Speaker 1: against certain matchups if you get it. If we're gonna

791
00:44:13,600 --> 00:44:15,640
Speaker 1: I don't know what the preseason schedule is gonna look like,

792
00:44:16,239 --> 00:44:17,920
Speaker 1: but if you're gonna go in against you know, if

793
00:44:17,920 --> 00:44:21,319
Speaker 1: you're gonna play the Niners in the preseason, let's see

794
00:44:21,320 --> 00:44:23,600
Speaker 1: what he does against Bosa. You know, put him a

795
00:44:23,719 --> 00:44:25,239
Speaker 1: right tackle or put you know, throw him in there

796
00:44:25,280 --> 00:44:27,279
Speaker 1: for the first couple of series there, see how he does,

797
00:44:27,600 --> 00:44:31,080
Speaker 1: you know that kind of thing. Let him sink or

798
00:44:31,120 --> 00:44:33,200
Speaker 1: swim a little bit at left tackle early in the preseason,

799
00:44:33,320 --> 00:44:35,560
Speaker 1: let him give him some reps, That's what I'm talking

800
00:44:35,840 --> 00:44:38,320
Speaker 1: or you know, But for the most part, you're gonna

801
00:44:38,400 --> 00:44:39,960
Speaker 1: put the guy where you think he's gonna be on

802
00:44:40,000 --> 00:44:42,600
Speaker 1: your team this year and give him as many reps

803
00:44:42,600 --> 00:44:44,759
Speaker 1: as you can. But that doesn't mean you can't find

804
00:44:44,760 --> 00:44:47,279
Speaker 1: out about his athleticism as whether he'll hold up out

805
00:44:47,320 --> 00:44:50,960
Speaker 1: there like that. Ye, let's go to Mark in Jersey

806
00:44:51,000 --> 00:44:54,680
Speaker 1: City next. You got for his Mark. Good afternoon, gentleman,

807
00:44:54,760 --> 00:44:59,600
Speaker 1: Happy birthday, Steve. Thanks. Um, I'd have to say, I

808
00:45:00,080 --> 00:45:02,480
Speaker 1: in line with the last caller, but you have to

809
00:45:02,520 --> 00:45:05,080
Speaker 1: make sure it's a tackle that's a premium position. And

810
00:45:05,120 --> 00:45:08,160
Speaker 1: I'm also in lockstep with Steve. It's the Tennessee kid,

811
00:45:08,239 --> 00:45:14,279
Speaker 1: Darnel Right. Okay, oh yeah, he's played left, he's played right.

812
00:45:14,480 --> 00:45:18,919
Speaker 1: And he go watches reps against the game against Alabama. Yeah,

813
00:45:18,960 --> 00:45:22,040
Speaker 1: I did see that game. He did well there, even

814
00:45:22,040 --> 00:45:24,040
Speaker 1: when he got beat list and I was boxing the

815
00:45:24,040 --> 00:45:28,399
Speaker 1: guy's boxing our boy, Will Anderson, our boy, our boy.

816
00:45:28,800 --> 00:45:34,560
Speaker 1: Greg Cosell went on and on about how Darnell Right

817
00:45:34,640 --> 00:45:39,880
Speaker 1: handled Will Anderson in that game. US. He said, if

818
00:45:39,920 --> 00:45:44,280
Speaker 1: you didn't know Will Anderson was a draftable player, you wait,

819
00:45:44,360 --> 00:45:46,520
Speaker 1: if you didn't know who Will Anderson was, you would

820
00:45:46,520 --> 00:45:49,319
Speaker 1: think he would not be a draftable player for what

821
00:45:49,440 --> 00:45:52,400
Speaker 1: Darnell Right did to him in that game. Um, I

822
00:45:52,400 --> 00:45:54,319
Speaker 1: think it's one of the few people Will Anderson came

823
00:45:54,360 --> 00:45:58,000
Speaker 1: across who was just flat out stronger than him. Yeah,

824
00:45:58,040 --> 00:46:00,960
Speaker 1: he he did that and now I'll say this too now,

825
00:46:01,320 --> 00:46:04,440
Speaker 1: and this kind of folds into other things that our

826
00:46:04,480 --> 00:46:07,600
Speaker 1: boy Greg Cosell has told us, who's on all you

827
00:46:07,640 --> 00:46:09,520
Speaker 1: know fridays with us, and you guys all love him,

828
00:46:09,520 --> 00:46:12,239
Speaker 1: and he said this that he and he told us

829
00:46:12,280 --> 00:46:15,520
Speaker 1: this at the combine off. He didn't like Will Anderson.

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00:46:15,520 --> 00:46:18,520
Speaker 1: He didn't think he's the guy. He doesn't think he's

831
00:46:18,520 --> 00:46:21,400
Speaker 1: the best edge rushing. He's not an explosive player, and

832
00:46:21,480 --> 00:46:24,879
Speaker 1: he's not a bendy guy. He's not quick twitch, and

833
00:46:24,920 --> 00:46:27,640
Speaker 1: so I would understand why some people might be turned

834
00:46:27,680 --> 00:46:30,000
Speaker 1: off by that. I don't want to speak for Greg,

835
00:46:31,239 --> 00:46:34,279
Speaker 1: but that's what he has been made known to me,

836
00:46:35,360 --> 00:46:37,960
Speaker 1: and he's also said it on some other places as well.

837
00:46:38,200 --> 00:46:40,319
Speaker 1: He doesn't he likes other guys much better as an

838
00:46:40,360 --> 00:46:43,000
Speaker 1: edge rusher than he does Will Anderson. Could that be

839
00:46:43,040 --> 00:46:45,840
Speaker 1: a matter of preference? The yes, it could be, however,

840
00:46:46,440 --> 00:46:49,800
Speaker 1: and so that may have colored his opinion about Darnell

841
00:46:49,920 --> 00:46:53,840
Speaker 1: Right in the game he had against him. Those two players,

842
00:46:53,920 --> 00:46:57,400
Speaker 1: Darnell Right and Will Anderson played against each other, and

843
00:46:58,480 --> 00:47:03,080
Speaker 1: by Greg Cosell's value, Darnell Wright owned him. He didn't

844
00:47:03,080 --> 00:47:05,000
Speaker 1: do much in that game. I watched that game he

845
00:47:05,080 --> 00:47:07,400
Speaker 1: didn't do a whole lot of will Anderson. So and

846
00:47:07,440 --> 00:47:09,799
Speaker 1: there are very few games in will Anderson's career where

847
00:47:09,840 --> 00:47:16,600
Speaker 1: he was not showing upright noticeable. Yeah, so yeah, Mark,

848
00:47:16,640 --> 00:47:19,160
Speaker 1: I'm from Jersey City. I'm with you. That's my guy.

849
00:47:19,239 --> 00:47:24,520
Speaker 1: I picked him, and I that's my dark horse. Maybe

850
00:47:24,560 --> 00:47:26,320
Speaker 1: they'll get him, maybe they won't. Maybe he'll be a

851
00:47:26,320 --> 00:47:28,440
Speaker 1: good player, maybe he won't. But today that's why I'm

852
00:47:28,480 --> 00:47:30,560
Speaker 1: still there, is with I'm there as well with you.

853
00:47:30,800 --> 00:47:34,920
Speaker 1: So um and will Anderson is intriguing to me because

854
00:47:34,960 --> 00:47:36,840
Speaker 1: there does seem to be a difference of opinion. A

855
00:47:37,239 --> 00:47:40,560
Speaker 1: guy of CBS Sports, Pete Prisco doesn't think he's the

856
00:47:40,560 --> 00:47:43,920
Speaker 1: best edge rusher in this trap class. So there are

857
00:47:43,920 --> 00:47:45,759
Speaker 1: guys who are kind of in that. Now there's a

858
00:47:45,760 --> 00:47:48,000
Speaker 1: ton of guys who are like, no, no, he is

859
00:47:48,239 --> 00:47:51,200
Speaker 1: definitely the guy. He's gonna be all, you know, like

860
00:47:51,200 --> 00:47:54,359
Speaker 1: we've always heard about the top edge rusher. But there

861
00:47:54,400 --> 00:47:57,319
Speaker 1: is some descent to that view. So we'll see. And

862
00:47:57,400 --> 00:48:01,000
Speaker 1: if Darnell right becomes a Buffalo Bill because the way

863
00:48:01,000 --> 00:48:03,360
Speaker 1: he played, then I'm okay with it. We're gonna squeeze

864
00:48:03,400 --> 00:48:05,520
Speaker 1: in CJ and Buffalo here before the break what do

865
00:48:05,520 --> 00:48:09,640
Speaker 1: you got for a CJ Hey, guys, hey real quick?

866
00:48:09,640 --> 00:48:12,040
Speaker 1: So mine is more I guess you could say logical

867
00:48:12,200 --> 00:48:15,000
Speaker 1: based off like the eye tests from last year one.

868
00:48:15,120 --> 00:48:19,040
Speaker 1: We know Josh Allen needs help with receivers and yards

869
00:48:19,040 --> 00:48:21,480
Speaker 1: after the catch, and I personally I would like to

870
00:48:21,520 --> 00:48:24,160
Speaker 1: trade up for receiver. We had a lot of drop

871
00:48:24,239 --> 00:48:30,680
Speaker 1: passes from Dave Davis McKenzie especially. We really need help,

872
00:48:30,680 --> 00:48:34,480
Speaker 1: and we don't draft white, white receivers early in the

873
00:48:34,600 --> 00:48:37,360
Speaker 1: draft in general, we draft three running backs before we

874
00:48:37,520 --> 00:48:42,799
Speaker 1: drafted receivers. With this regime, for just one time, let's

875
00:48:42,840 --> 00:48:46,759
Speaker 1: just go get our guy a receiver, and he's gonna

876
00:48:46,840 --> 00:48:48,400
Speaker 1: He's not just gonna be what he was in college.

877
00:48:48,400 --> 00:48:51,719
Speaker 1: He's gonna be better. Because Josh Allen extends plays. I

878
00:48:51,880 --> 00:48:55,520
Speaker 1: love Zay Flowers. I think he's phenomenal and very explosive,

879
00:48:55,680 --> 00:48:57,960
Speaker 1: and I think we need a player like that on offense,

880
00:48:58,320 --> 00:49:02,120
Speaker 1: which changes the game and how people play us. That

881
00:49:02,160 --> 00:49:05,880
Speaker 1: would loosen, that would make everything better for our running

882
00:49:05,880 --> 00:49:08,319
Speaker 1: backs that we have. We have explosive running backs, but

883
00:49:08,360 --> 00:49:10,920
Speaker 1: we don't use our guys. And it's also a conversation

884
00:49:10,960 --> 00:49:14,200
Speaker 1: with Ken Dorsey on who we draft because we had Hinds,

885
00:49:14,640 --> 00:49:18,600
Speaker 1: and we didn't throw a screen anything really to him,

886
00:49:18,600 --> 00:49:20,640
Speaker 1: Like it would be pointless to grab a player and

887
00:49:20,719 --> 00:49:23,960
Speaker 1: not get the most out of that player. So it's

888
00:49:24,040 --> 00:49:26,080
Speaker 1: kind of like, you got you gotta balance it, if

889
00:49:26,080 --> 00:49:28,040
Speaker 1: you know what I mean. Yeah, I get where you're

890
00:49:28,040 --> 00:49:30,439
Speaker 1: coming from. Trade off receiver, Okay, I mean I don't

891
00:49:30,480 --> 00:49:36,640
Speaker 1: hate that because the anticipated run on receivers is expected

892
00:49:36,640 --> 00:49:40,960
Speaker 1: to start somewhere in the early twenties. I mean, some

893
00:49:41,040 --> 00:49:43,920
Speaker 1: people think Tampa is going to try to reload, although

894
00:49:44,120 --> 00:49:45,719
Speaker 1: they might, they have a lot of other things they

895
00:49:45,719 --> 00:49:51,200
Speaker 1: gotta fix down there. Seattle at twenty is a possible option.

896
00:49:51,239 --> 00:49:54,879
Speaker 1: That's their second pick in first round. The Chargers, they

897
00:49:54,880 --> 00:49:58,160
Speaker 1: already have two twenty million dollars receivers. Some people think

898
00:49:58,200 --> 00:49:59,680
Speaker 1: they're going to supplement it with one of the best

899
00:49:59,680 --> 00:50:02,279
Speaker 1: tight in the draft for a pass catching option. But

900
00:50:02,440 --> 00:50:06,439
Speaker 1: Ravens at twenty two, Vikings at twenty three, who lost

901
00:50:06,480 --> 00:50:11,799
Speaker 1: Adam Feeling. Uh, maybe the Jaguars. There's like two or

902
00:50:11,840 --> 00:50:15,880
Speaker 1: three teams right in there in the early twenties where

903
00:50:16,480 --> 00:50:18,680
Speaker 1: in CJ scenario, you may have to go up and

904
00:50:18,719 --> 00:50:21,280
Speaker 1: get above them if you want the pick of the litter.

905
00:50:21,480 --> 00:50:24,280
Speaker 1: But that's where the run could potentially start at receiver.

906
00:50:24,440 --> 00:50:29,359
Speaker 1: Many people anticipate, Yeah, it could be the Vikings, Giants, Cowboys,

907
00:50:29,760 --> 00:50:33,520
Speaker 1: Ravens as well, who just signed Obj. They they could

908
00:50:33,520 --> 00:50:35,640
Speaker 1: get a cheap one, a cheap addition to that in

909
00:50:35,680 --> 00:50:37,840
Speaker 1: the first round and really go all in with Lamar

910
00:50:37,880 --> 00:50:40,920
Speaker 1: and try and you know, serve him, serve him his

911
00:50:41,680 --> 00:50:44,920
Speaker 1: wishes up on a platter as to being supported more

912
00:50:44,960 --> 00:50:49,200
Speaker 1: by the organization. Um, yeah, there's there could be a

913
00:50:49,280 --> 00:50:52,400
Speaker 1: run there a white out. If you believe, I'm with you,

914
00:50:53,040 --> 00:50:55,840
Speaker 1: uh CJ if if you believe there's a guy a

915
00:50:55,920 --> 00:50:59,640
Speaker 1: difference maker that could and even if you believe if

916
00:50:59,760 --> 00:51:02,680
Speaker 1: this guy Zay Flower, if Zay Flowers gets drafted by

917
00:51:02,719 --> 00:51:05,040
Speaker 1: any one of these other teams and he's gonna be

918
00:51:05,080 --> 00:51:08,359
Speaker 1: a guy, that's even one thing. But if you think

919
00:51:09,000 --> 00:51:11,479
Speaker 1: specifically that him being drafted by the Bills is gonna

920
00:51:11,520 --> 00:51:13,320
Speaker 1: make him that guy because of Josh and all the

921
00:51:13,320 --> 00:51:17,120
Speaker 1: stuff they do, I'm okay with that too. That strategy

922
00:51:17,200 --> 00:51:19,799
Speaker 1: is fine. If you're gonna trade up, I'm with you

923
00:51:19,840 --> 00:51:22,000
Speaker 1: in this respect. I don't care who did. Whether it's

924
00:51:22,000 --> 00:51:26,440
Speaker 1: a receiver, running back, tight end, offensive lineman, defensive line,

925
00:51:26,520 --> 00:51:28,480
Speaker 1: edge rush or whatever. If you're gonna trade up for

926
00:51:28,520 --> 00:51:32,440
Speaker 1: that guy, my expectations for that guy have have gone up.

927
00:51:33,120 --> 00:51:35,000
Speaker 1: I don't care if you did. If you just went

928
00:51:35,080 --> 00:51:36,960
Speaker 1: up from twenty seven to twenty five and you get

929
00:51:37,000 --> 00:51:39,200
Speaker 1: him twenty fifth in the NFL Draft, if you trade

930
00:51:39,200 --> 00:51:42,720
Speaker 1: it up to get him, he should see the field

931
00:51:42,840 --> 00:51:47,160
Speaker 1: quick and he should be a difference maker fast. To me,

932
00:51:48,040 --> 00:51:50,600
Speaker 1: I don't want to last year with kye Elam. I

933
00:51:50,640 --> 00:51:54,319
Speaker 1: don't want to see. Yeah, I don't want to. Yeah,

934
00:51:54,480 --> 00:51:57,520
Speaker 1: I don't want to see a guy you go up

935
00:51:57,560 --> 00:51:59,560
Speaker 1: and spend some assets to get him and then have

936
00:51:59,640 --> 00:52:03,680
Speaker 1: him be like just a guy. I think kyer Elam's

937
00:52:03,680 --> 00:52:05,520
Speaker 1: gonna I think he's gonna be a really good poet.

938
00:52:06,200 --> 00:52:08,640
Speaker 1: And I'm not I'm not too upset about what happened

939
00:52:08,640 --> 00:52:14,080
Speaker 1: to him, particularly with the emergence of Benford the whole thing. Yeah,

940
00:52:14,120 --> 00:52:16,520
Speaker 1: I'm okay with that. But in this but now pre

941
00:52:16,719 --> 00:52:19,239
Speaker 1: draft kind of that's what I'm thinking, right, don't your

942
00:52:19,239 --> 00:52:21,200
Speaker 1: expectations go up when you see him trade up to

943
00:52:21,200 --> 00:52:23,680
Speaker 1: the guy? Yes, I think that's fair. I think that's fair.

944
00:52:23,680 --> 00:52:25,799
Speaker 1: I'm kind of that's a rookie I want to see

945
00:52:25,800 --> 00:52:29,160
Speaker 1: on the field. Yeah, no question about I don't know though.

946
00:52:29,160 --> 00:52:33,080
Speaker 1: If he's twenty fifth in the draft, Okay, that's twenty

947
00:52:33,120 --> 00:52:37,239
Speaker 1: four other teams passed on him. So he's still a

948
00:52:37,320 --> 00:52:41,879
Speaker 1: tough twenty five player in the entire class though, right, Steve,

949
00:52:42,000 --> 00:52:44,279
Speaker 1: You're tough, right? Wouldn't it be that? Though? Wouldn't it be?

950
00:52:45,000 --> 00:52:47,680
Speaker 1: I want to see the guy I'm with you. We

951
00:52:47,760 --> 00:52:50,360
Speaker 1: gotta take a break here, but when we come back,

952
00:52:50,680 --> 00:52:54,960
Speaker 1: Senior writer and columnist for The Athletic, Nick Baumgartner. He's

953
00:52:54,960 --> 00:52:58,240
Speaker 1: got a three round mock among other things draft related.

954
00:52:58,680 --> 00:53:01,319
Speaker 1: We'll chop it up with him. Our number two here

955
00:53:01,320 --> 00:53:03,680
Speaker 1: on One Bills Live presented by Collida Health. It's Buffalo

956
00:53:03,719 --> 00:53:47,719
Speaker 1: Bill's Raids one Bills Live presented by Callida Health. All right,

957
00:53:47,719 --> 00:53:50,000
Speaker 1: here we are on a Monday, Chris Brown, Steve Tasker

958
00:53:50,040 --> 00:53:53,160
Speaker 1: with you our number two one Bills Live. Pleased to

959
00:53:53,200 --> 00:53:56,040
Speaker 1: be joined now by senior writer and column this for

960
00:53:56,160 --> 00:53:59,439
Speaker 1: The Athletic, also co host of the One of These

961
00:53:59,600 --> 00:54:02,480
Speaker 1: Years Detroit Lions podcast. I don't know if there's a

962
00:54:02,520 --> 00:54:06,000
Speaker 1: better title than that One of these Years, Steve? Do

963
00:54:06,040 --> 00:54:09,520
Speaker 1: you like that? Pretty? It's pretty good? Nick Baumgardner joining

964
00:54:09,640 --> 00:54:15,200
Speaker 1: us uh and fresh off a three round mock. How

965
00:54:15,239 --> 00:54:18,719
Speaker 1: long does that take? Nick? Well, I mean, hey, that's

966
00:54:18,719 --> 00:54:20,759
Speaker 1: the second one I did the first one. The first

967
00:54:20,760 --> 00:54:23,040
Speaker 1: one take a lot longer. The second one that you

968
00:54:23,080 --> 00:54:25,560
Speaker 1: go through is a little shorter. But hey, look, Dane

969
00:54:25,600 --> 00:54:31,640
Speaker 1: Brugler just did the Beast today three hundred thousand words,

970
00:54:31,760 --> 00:54:34,120
Speaker 1: So that takes day a lot longer than my mom.

971
00:54:35,040 --> 00:54:37,919
Speaker 1: Fair enough, fair enough, all right? So so let's run

972
00:54:38,000 --> 00:54:40,160
Speaker 1: down your picks for the Bills here right out of

973
00:54:40,200 --> 00:54:44,279
Speaker 1: the gate um number two. I think people would be

974
00:54:44,360 --> 00:54:48,280
Speaker 1: pretty happy with your first round selection of Jordan Addison,

975
00:54:48,800 --> 00:54:52,120
Speaker 1: the wide receiver out of USC. I think the big

976
00:54:52,200 --> 00:54:57,960
Speaker 1: question for Bills fans is where does the receiver run start.

977
00:54:58,040 --> 00:55:00,799
Speaker 1: Does it start with Baltimore at twenty two, does it

978
00:55:00,840 --> 00:55:03,080
Speaker 1: start with Minnesota at twenty three, or does it start

979
00:55:03,160 --> 00:55:06,600
Speaker 1: even earlier? What is the what is the intel and

980
00:55:06,640 --> 00:55:09,279
Speaker 1: the tea leaves telling you about the wide receiver run?

981
00:55:09,480 --> 00:55:12,320
Speaker 1: First of all, before we get to Addison. Yeah, I

982
00:55:12,640 --> 00:55:15,040
Speaker 1: don't think it's going to start any earlier than the twenties,

983
00:55:15,080 --> 00:55:17,520
Speaker 1: you know, I think that that's where this class, you know,

984
00:55:17,520 --> 00:55:19,640
Speaker 1: in particular, falls, and it could you know, there could

985
00:55:19,640 --> 00:55:21,120
Speaker 1: be an outlier, There could be a team that falls

986
00:55:21,120 --> 00:55:23,439
Speaker 1: in love with you know, Quentin Johnston or or even

987
00:55:23,520 --> 00:55:26,440
Speaker 1: Jackson Smith and Jake. I mean, those two guys in particular,

988
00:55:26,920 --> 00:55:29,600
Speaker 1: more so than Addison, I think would be and I I

989
00:55:29,640 --> 00:55:31,239
Speaker 1: don't know if it would start a run, but maybe

990
00:55:31,239 --> 00:55:33,600
Speaker 1: they'd be an outlier. But really, I just don't think

991
00:55:33,640 --> 00:55:36,719
Speaker 1: this group is as good as maybe we've seen in

992
00:55:36,760 --> 00:55:40,520
Speaker 1: recent years. That plus the fact that the receiver you know,

993
00:55:40,640 --> 00:55:42,920
Speaker 1: market is so deep right now and has been for

994
00:55:42,960 --> 00:55:45,359
Speaker 1: some time and will be in the future. I just

995
00:55:45,400 --> 00:55:47,239
Speaker 1: think that good players are going to be down there,

996
00:55:47,320 --> 00:55:50,960
Speaker 1: especially we're Buffalo's at and and that's sort of how

997
00:55:51,000 --> 00:55:52,560
Speaker 1: I looked at it for them, I think if I

998
00:55:52,560 --> 00:55:54,719
Speaker 1: look back, because it's like, you know, they could go beep,

999
00:55:54,760 --> 00:55:56,120
Speaker 1: they could do a lot of stuff, and they need

1000
00:55:56,160 --> 00:55:58,279
Speaker 1: technically a lot of things, but also they're really good,

1001
00:55:58,320 --> 00:56:00,560
Speaker 1: so they don't really need and they can do whatever

1002
00:56:00,560 --> 00:56:02,000
Speaker 1: they want. So I just kind of thought, you know,

1003
00:56:02,080 --> 00:56:05,840
Speaker 1: best player available, Addison in that offense would be awesome.

1004
00:56:05,880 --> 00:56:07,479
Speaker 1: Any of those guys would be, though, So I guess

1005
00:56:07,480 --> 00:56:10,160
Speaker 1: that's the big question. Yeah, and if as you as

1006
00:56:10,200 --> 00:56:12,800
Speaker 1: you get down this wide receiver class, we've we've talked

1007
00:56:12,800 --> 00:56:15,200
Speaker 1: a lot about how they all seem to be very

1008
00:56:15,239 --> 00:56:18,720
Speaker 1: similar in their skill set talent set. They're all sub

1009
00:56:18,760 --> 00:56:21,879
Speaker 1: six foot, sub two hundred pounds, and usually you get

1010
00:56:21,920 --> 00:56:23,200
Speaker 1: one of these guys who are a bunch of these

1011
00:56:23,200 --> 00:56:25,359
Speaker 1: guys that are like six three still run a four

1012
00:56:25,360 --> 00:56:27,560
Speaker 1: to three, you know, those kind of guys. There really

1013
00:56:27,600 --> 00:56:30,280
Speaker 1: doesn't seem to be any of those big, dynamic bodies

1014
00:56:30,640 --> 00:56:33,480
Speaker 1: in this class. They all seem to be within the

1015
00:56:33,560 --> 00:56:38,560
Speaker 1: same physical traits range. Yeah, Johnston would be the closest

1016
00:56:38,560 --> 00:56:41,280
Speaker 1: thing to the big, you know, the big the explosive

1017
00:56:41,320 --> 00:56:44,479
Speaker 1: athletic Jonathan Mingo down there too as another one who's

1018
00:56:44,480 --> 00:56:47,120
Speaker 1: really impressive athletically at Perry. But again those are like

1019
00:56:47,200 --> 00:56:50,719
Speaker 1: unpolished players. In Quentin even is an unpolished player. The

1020
00:56:50,760 --> 00:56:53,120
Speaker 1: best receiver in the draft, the best like you know,

1021
00:56:53,200 --> 00:56:55,560
Speaker 1: flat out get it done, is Jackson Smith. And Jigbo,

1022
00:56:55,880 --> 00:56:58,799
Speaker 1: who's not you know, he's a smaller sh guy, he's

1023
00:56:58,840 --> 00:57:01,640
Speaker 1: not explosive, he's super fast, he hasn't played really in

1024
00:57:01,640 --> 00:57:03,920
Speaker 1: like a year. So like I mean that that's the

1025
00:57:04,440 --> 00:57:06,600
Speaker 1: that's really the rubbier. You've got guys that could really

1026
00:57:06,640 --> 00:57:09,839
Speaker 1: pay off later on. It's a good year to sort

1027
00:57:09,880 --> 00:57:11,600
Speaker 1: of like need a receiver. I think and then be

1028
00:57:11,640 --> 00:57:13,799
Speaker 1: sitting there at the end of the first round, because

1029
00:57:13,800 --> 00:57:16,400
Speaker 1: I think that no matter what, you know, any of

1030
00:57:16,400 --> 00:57:18,360
Speaker 1: those top five there, you know, can play, and I

1031
00:57:18,360 --> 00:57:20,240
Speaker 1: think they're going to help a team, you know, pretty quickly.

1032
00:57:20,240 --> 00:57:22,920
Speaker 1: It's just a matter of where they go. Your second

1033
00:57:23,000 --> 00:57:26,600
Speaker 1: round pick for Buffalo was the Notre Dame edge rusher

1034
00:57:26,680 --> 00:57:32,440
Speaker 1: Isaiah Fosky. And this may draw a couple of groans

1035
00:57:32,480 --> 00:57:36,680
Speaker 1: from Bills fans only because in twenty twenty and twenty

1036
00:57:36,760 --> 00:57:39,440
Speaker 1: twenty one they went back to back years edge rusher

1037
00:57:39,440 --> 00:57:43,200
Speaker 1: in the second round in a Japanessa and Boogie Basham

1038
00:57:43,240 --> 00:57:45,520
Speaker 1: not forgetting of course Greg Rousseau in the first round

1039
00:57:45,520 --> 00:57:51,440
Speaker 1: in twenty one, and the returns have not been outstanding.

1040
00:57:52,040 --> 00:57:54,560
Speaker 1: So I could understand why Bills fans might be a

1041
00:57:54,560 --> 00:57:56,680
Speaker 1: little gun shy, But why don't you try to sell

1042
00:57:56,760 --> 00:58:00,600
Speaker 1: Bills fans on Isaiah Fosky. Yeah, I think that he's

1043
00:58:00,640 --> 00:58:02,720
Speaker 1: the This is another one where it was like if

1044
00:58:02,760 --> 00:58:05,080
Speaker 1: it's best player, you know, if I looked at tackle

1045
00:58:05,160 --> 00:58:07,560
Speaker 1: here offensive tackle for them, and like Matthew berge Run,

1046
00:58:08,000 --> 00:58:09,919
Speaker 1: I think I had him. A couple of picks ahead

1047
00:58:09,920 --> 00:58:12,040
Speaker 1: of where Buffalo went would have been one that would

1048
00:58:12,080 --> 00:58:14,160
Speaker 1: have been a nice fit there because that's another spot

1049
00:58:14,160 --> 00:58:16,040
Speaker 1: I think where they could check off the box. You know,

1050
00:58:16,040 --> 00:58:18,240
Speaker 1: maybe if like a Gurvon dexters around there, they could

1051
00:58:18,240 --> 00:58:20,920
Speaker 1: do that, you know, defensive tackle. But I think Foskey

1052
00:58:21,840 --> 00:58:25,160
Speaker 1: is a guy that, if all the tools click, could

1053
00:58:25,240 --> 00:58:27,360
Speaker 1: be a first round, you know player. There's gonna be

1054
00:58:27,360 --> 00:58:28,840
Speaker 1: teams that probably have a first round grade on him.

1055
00:58:28,880 --> 00:58:30,960
Speaker 1: I think there probably are some that do. I mean,

1056
00:58:31,000 --> 00:58:35,320
Speaker 1: he's athletically can do anything. Now as a player, he's

1057
00:58:35,480 --> 00:58:38,040
Speaker 1: very still sort of raw in terms of his you know,

1058
00:58:38,120 --> 00:58:41,760
Speaker 1: pass rush, arsenal, his plan, his technique. It's not consistent.

1059
00:58:42,760 --> 00:58:44,840
Speaker 1: You know, it's very much like Dane always looks down

1060
00:58:44,880 --> 00:58:47,280
Speaker 1: the middle. He's just only attacks guys down the middle.

1061
00:58:47,280 --> 00:58:50,200
Speaker 1: It just lets his athleticism do everything. However, if you

1062
00:58:50,200 --> 00:58:52,360
Speaker 1: flip that around, you say, this is this guy all

1063
00:58:52,400 --> 00:58:54,320
Speaker 1: the traits, all the athleticism. I think I don't remember

1064
00:58:54,320 --> 00:58:56,240
Speaker 1: what he ran the combine, but it was really good.

1065
00:58:56,400 --> 00:58:58,280
Speaker 1: You know, he can run all over the field. And

1066
00:58:58,320 --> 00:58:59,840
Speaker 1: I think that if if you're at the bottom of

1067
00:58:59,840 --> 00:59:01,800
Speaker 1: the second round, that's sometimes where you can sneak up

1068
00:59:01,800 --> 00:59:04,439
Speaker 1: and get a guy that has that potential of maybe

1069
00:59:04,440 --> 00:59:06,360
Speaker 1: he didn't put everything together in college the way we

1070
00:59:06,440 --> 00:59:09,160
Speaker 1: would have liked to scene. But he's still really young

1071
00:59:09,200 --> 00:59:11,360
Speaker 1: and probably can, especially on a good team on Buffalo.

1072
00:59:11,440 --> 00:59:12,960
Speaker 1: And one of the things that Bills fans have been

1073
00:59:12,960 --> 00:59:16,240
Speaker 1: discussing is their propensity to put guys on one year contracts.

1074
00:59:16,320 --> 00:59:20,040
Speaker 1: Jordan nobody thought he would resign with Buffalo. He did.

1075
00:59:20,080 --> 00:59:22,120
Speaker 1: They got an All Pro safety back poor Year and

1076
00:59:22,200 --> 00:59:24,640
Speaker 1: Hide coming back in the back end. But both those

1077
00:59:24,680 --> 00:59:26,880
Speaker 1: guys are at the back end of their contracts poor

1078
00:59:26,920 --> 00:59:29,520
Speaker 1: year on the last on one year deal. So at

1079
00:59:29,600 --> 00:59:32,040
Speaker 1: ninety one, you've got the Bills picking Jordan Battle, the

1080
00:59:32,080 --> 00:59:36,640
Speaker 1: safety out of Alabama. Yeah. Battle is a SABAN dB,

1081
00:59:36,960 --> 00:59:38,520
Speaker 1: you know. I mean, he's one of these guys who

1082
00:59:39,320 --> 00:59:41,560
Speaker 1: I think he ended up either All American or All

1083
00:59:41,560 --> 00:59:44,440
Speaker 1: I SEC in the defensive backfield Alabama, which is always

1084
00:59:44,720 --> 00:59:47,280
Speaker 1: impressive to do because there's, like I think one of

1085
00:59:47,280 --> 00:59:48,920
Speaker 1: our colleague broke this is to day, there's never a

1086
00:59:48,960 --> 00:59:51,320
Speaker 1: one standout back there at Alabama. They're all like, they

1087
00:59:51,320 --> 00:59:54,080
Speaker 1: all do their job, and he was a top end

1088
00:59:54,120 --> 00:59:56,120
Speaker 1: guy back there. I think a lot of people have

1089
00:59:56,160 --> 00:59:59,080
Speaker 1: slept on him, but I think he's gettable in the

1090
00:59:59,080 --> 01:00:01,840
Speaker 1: third there for Buffalo. Antonio Johnson the kid from A

1091
01:00:01,920 --> 01:00:04,200
Speaker 1: and M. I'm not sure if he'll be there, but

1092
01:00:04,240 --> 01:00:06,640
Speaker 1: if he were at the Fall, he's got the better

1093
01:00:06,680 --> 01:00:09,360
Speaker 1: traits probably and he's probably the better long term investment.

1094
01:00:09,400 --> 01:00:12,640
Speaker 1: But I think battle is probably ready. Are more ready

1095
01:00:12,640 --> 01:00:15,120
Speaker 1: to go because of where he played, he played for

1096
01:00:15,640 --> 01:00:17,520
Speaker 1: and sort of the environment he played in. And it's

1097
01:00:17,880 --> 01:00:19,800
Speaker 1: guys that played Atbama are ready to go when they

1098
01:00:19,800 --> 01:00:22,440
Speaker 1: when they walk into a room like a team like

1099
01:00:22,440 --> 01:00:24,880
Speaker 1: Buffalo that's going to contend immediately. We're not rebuilding here,

1100
01:00:24,880 --> 01:00:27,520
Speaker 1: we're not doing anything else like I typically think that

1101
01:00:27,680 --> 01:00:31,080
Speaker 1: organizations like that like players like that. And that's sort

1102
01:00:31,080 --> 01:00:36,200
Speaker 1: of why, if how would you characterize battles versatility in

1103
01:00:36,280 --> 01:00:39,560
Speaker 1: terms of being interchangeable? You know, does he play? You know,

1104
01:00:39,640 --> 01:00:41,200
Speaker 1: is he better in the box? Is he better in

1105
01:00:41,240 --> 01:00:44,840
Speaker 1: center field? Like? What do you think? I think he's both.

1106
01:00:44,960 --> 01:00:48,040
Speaker 1: I think it's probably depends on what you have with him. Um,

1107
01:00:48,520 --> 01:00:50,200
Speaker 1: you know, I think he could be faster, you know,

1108
01:00:50,240 --> 01:00:52,920
Speaker 1: those types of things. I don't know if you know.

1109
01:00:52,960 --> 01:00:54,960
Speaker 1: That's why he's down where he is. I think if

1110
01:00:54,960 --> 01:00:58,000
Speaker 1: the measure, if the athletic traits were probably stronger in

1111
01:00:58,000 --> 01:01:00,520
Speaker 1: certain areas, he would be higher up there. But I

1112
01:01:00,560 --> 01:01:02,400
Speaker 1: think the reason why he's still a Day two pick

1113
01:01:02,760 --> 01:01:04,360
Speaker 1: in the top one hundred guy is the fact that

1114
01:01:04,400 --> 01:01:06,920
Speaker 1: he could do both. I think that you would. You know,

1115
01:01:06,920 --> 01:01:08,880
Speaker 1: if you have a strong, strong, safety, then hees are free.

1116
01:01:08,880 --> 01:01:10,280
Speaker 1: If you have a strong and free then he you

1117
01:01:10,280 --> 01:01:12,000
Speaker 1: know what I mean. Like, So I think that that's

1118
01:01:12,040 --> 01:01:13,800
Speaker 1: sort of how I look at him. And I think

1119
01:01:13,800 --> 01:01:17,040
Speaker 1: that again, a Saban guy who's played in that system

1120
01:01:17,080 --> 01:01:19,800
Speaker 1: and gone through all that understands, you know, he played

1121
01:01:19,880 --> 01:01:22,160
Speaker 1: single high safety in college. But I think that they

1122
01:01:22,240 --> 01:01:23,960
Speaker 1: understand how to play both. I mean, that's that's the

1123
01:01:24,000 --> 01:01:26,600
Speaker 1: situation there. So same with Georgia. Typically when we see

1124
01:01:26,640 --> 01:01:28,760
Speaker 1: guys come out from that end. So I guess that's

1125
01:01:28,760 --> 01:01:30,479
Speaker 1: how I look at him. One of the things about

1126
01:01:30,480 --> 01:01:32,720
Speaker 1: these mock drafts. You did at full three rounds, but

1127
01:01:33,000 --> 01:01:36,120
Speaker 1: really the whole thing tumbles from the very first pick.

1128
01:01:36,480 --> 01:01:41,280
Speaker 1: In this particular iteration, you've got Carolina taken CJ. Stroud,

1129
01:01:41,360 --> 01:01:44,040
Speaker 1: and Detroit trading up into the third spot from the

1130
01:01:44,080 --> 01:01:47,600
Speaker 1: sixth spot to take Will Anderson the pass rush. You're

1131
01:01:47,640 --> 01:01:50,080
Speaker 1: Arizona going to the six spot. So your first round

1132
01:01:50,120 --> 01:01:52,880
Speaker 1: has got like three trades in the top ten. Give

1133
01:01:52,960 --> 01:01:55,520
Speaker 1: us a little insight as to why you think Stroud

1134
01:01:55,600 --> 01:01:57,240
Speaker 1: is going to be the first guy off the board

1135
01:01:57,480 --> 01:02:00,680
Speaker 1: and how the rest of the top ten unfolds. Yeah,

1136
01:02:00,720 --> 01:02:04,800
Speaker 1: I think Stroud is the most ready and like with

1137
01:02:04,840 --> 01:02:07,520
Speaker 1: the highest ceiling of the quarterbacks, right Like, I think

1138
01:02:07,560 --> 01:02:11,160
Speaker 1: that his ceiling as a pocket passer with the ability

1139
01:02:11,160 --> 01:02:13,600
Speaker 1: to sort of move around and be mobile enough, is

1140
01:02:13,640 --> 01:02:16,200
Speaker 1: better than Bryce Young's ability to do all the things

1141
01:02:16,200 --> 01:02:19,320
Speaker 1: that Bryce can do at his size. Richardson is not

1142
01:02:19,480 --> 01:02:22,160
Speaker 1: all the way there yet. Obviously, the athleticism and all

1143
01:02:22,200 --> 01:02:25,160
Speaker 1: the measurables with Anthony Richardson, if he clicks and everything

1144
01:02:25,160 --> 01:02:27,360
Speaker 1: goes together, you guys know what that looks like. They're Buffalo.

1145
01:02:27,440 --> 01:02:30,320
Speaker 1: That's the same thing. If Richardson, you know, puts everything together,

1146
01:02:30,400 --> 01:02:32,440
Speaker 1: he is the best quarterback in this draft. However, I

1147
01:02:32,480 --> 01:02:34,960
Speaker 1: think Stroud as a passer is the most ready. I

1148
01:02:35,000 --> 01:02:37,320
Speaker 1: think he's got the top ceiling for it. And I

1149
01:02:37,320 --> 01:02:39,880
Speaker 1: think that Carolina, you know, I really like the higher

1150
01:02:39,880 --> 01:02:41,440
Speaker 1: they made the off season with Ryk and I think

1151
01:02:41,480 --> 01:02:44,520
Speaker 1: that they've got a situation there where be it Stroud,

1152
01:02:44,560 --> 01:02:46,720
Speaker 1: be it Young, be it Richardson. No matter who that

1153
01:02:46,800 --> 01:02:49,200
Speaker 1: quarterback is they take, it's going to be a terrific

1154
01:02:49,360 --> 01:02:51,920
Speaker 1: learning environment for that player right away. And the things

1155
01:02:51,920 --> 01:02:53,680
Speaker 1: to remember about all three of those guys, they're all

1156
01:02:53,680 --> 01:02:56,520
Speaker 1: super young. They were all three year players in college,

1157
01:02:56,680 --> 01:02:58,200
Speaker 1: and they all have a long way to go, and

1158
01:02:58,200 --> 01:02:59,720
Speaker 1: they're all pretty good right now. So I think that

1159
01:02:59,760 --> 01:03:02,640
Speaker 1: this a good quarterback class. It's not generational, but i'd

1160
01:03:02,680 --> 01:03:04,959
Speaker 1: like I like Stroud the best out of those three. Nick,

1161
01:03:05,000 --> 01:03:07,840
Speaker 1: knowing you are also the co host of the Beat

1162
01:03:07,920 --> 01:03:11,960
Speaker 1: the Michigan State podcast. A guy that could be a

1163
01:03:12,040 --> 01:03:15,320
Speaker 1: day to consideration if perhaps the Bills don't get a

1164
01:03:15,320 --> 01:03:19,000
Speaker 1: receiver in round one is Jaden Reid. What can you

1165
01:03:19,040 --> 01:03:21,520
Speaker 1: tell me about him and just what you've seen from

1166
01:03:21,600 --> 01:03:25,040
Speaker 1: him over the last year in particular. Yeah, I love

1167
01:03:25,120 --> 01:03:28,960
Speaker 1: Jaden Reid. He's a super explosive, you know, the speed

1168
01:03:28,960 --> 01:03:30,960
Speaker 1: that comes at you and just can leave a guy

1169
01:03:31,520 --> 01:03:33,520
Speaker 1: right off the line of scrimmage, super difficult to cover

1170
01:03:33,800 --> 01:03:35,800
Speaker 1: off the slot. And I think actually a guy who

1171
01:03:35,880 --> 01:03:38,000
Speaker 1: could probably win outside in the NFL if he needs to,

1172
01:03:38,720 --> 01:03:41,480
Speaker 1: could probably do more from a Rod Trey perspective, was

1173
01:03:41,560 --> 01:03:44,400
Speaker 1: more was mostly a go ball guy at Michigan. Staple

1174
01:03:44,440 --> 01:03:47,240
Speaker 1: was awesome at it and you know, despite the size,

1175
01:03:47,520 --> 01:03:49,000
Speaker 1: you know, I think his ability to go up in

1176
01:03:49,000 --> 01:03:51,720
Speaker 1: the air and finish was on display in the Big

1177
01:03:51,760 --> 01:03:53,360
Speaker 1: Ten over and over again. And the Big Ten has

1178
01:03:53,400 --> 01:03:56,760
Speaker 1: really aggressive, really physical defensive backs. And he's not the

1179
01:03:56,760 --> 01:03:58,439
Speaker 1: biggest guy in the world. But I did not see

1180
01:03:58,480 --> 01:04:00,800
Speaker 1: him drop many contested catches. I didn't see m dropped

1181
01:04:00,800 --> 01:04:03,360
Speaker 1: any you know, many much of anything. There was long

1182
01:04:03,520 --> 01:04:06,200
Speaker 1: stretches even during the year where they had Kenneth Walker,

1183
01:04:06,240 --> 01:04:09,240
Speaker 1: where Jaden Reid was, you know, either their best player

1184
01:04:09,400 --> 01:04:10,840
Speaker 1: or one b I mean, he was that good. I

1185
01:04:10,880 --> 01:04:13,400
Speaker 1: was surprised he didn't come out the year prior. So

1186
01:04:13,680 --> 01:04:14,960
Speaker 1: really good player. I like him a lot. I think

1187
01:04:14,960 --> 01:04:17,040
Speaker 1: he's gonna help somebody right away. One of the things

1188
01:04:17,120 --> 01:04:19,680
Speaker 1: that always happens at this time of year too, for

1189
01:04:19,800 --> 01:04:22,720
Speaker 1: this other position is running back and who is going

1190
01:04:22,800 --> 01:04:25,000
Speaker 1: to be the first running back taken or usually there

1191
01:04:25,120 --> 01:04:27,400
Speaker 1: is a top running back that people think is will

1192
01:04:27,440 --> 01:04:29,800
Speaker 1: he go in the first round? What are your thoughts

1193
01:04:29,800 --> 01:04:33,200
Speaker 1: about Bijon Robinson and him being the first guy or

1194
01:04:34,080 --> 01:04:38,680
Speaker 1: the other GiB from Gibbs Gibbs from Alabama. Which one

1195
01:04:38,720 --> 01:04:41,280
Speaker 1: goes first? And how high do they go? I think

1196
01:04:41,320 --> 01:04:43,880
Speaker 1: Bijean will go first, and you know, I think he's

1197
01:04:43,920 --> 01:04:45,400
Speaker 1: a first round pick. I don't know where in the

1198
01:04:45,400 --> 01:04:48,320
Speaker 1: first round, and I think that's the ultimate, the ultimate

1199
01:04:48,360 --> 01:04:50,080
Speaker 1: question there, you know. I think I had him at

1200
01:04:50,080 --> 01:04:52,320
Speaker 1: Detroit the last time I did it through at eighteen,

1201
01:04:53,040 --> 01:04:55,160
Speaker 1: and that's you know, depending on what they do at

1202
01:04:56,040 --> 01:04:57,560
Speaker 1: six or three or whatever they didn't want to do

1203
01:04:57,600 --> 01:05:00,280
Speaker 1: to trade up, that could be a luxury type pick

1204
01:05:00,320 --> 01:05:01,440
Speaker 1: for them. But I just think a lot of teams

1205
01:05:01,480 --> 01:05:03,280
Speaker 1: Dallas needs a running back. There's teams in there that

1206
01:05:03,360 --> 01:05:05,440
Speaker 1: could justify it. And this is a different type of

1207
01:05:05,440 --> 01:05:08,200
Speaker 1: player man, I mean he is. He is a true

1208
01:05:08,440 --> 01:05:12,040
Speaker 1: three down, multifaceted weapon who you know, can split out

1209
01:05:12,640 --> 01:05:15,200
Speaker 1: and run routes like a receiver, you can carry the load,

1210
01:05:15,360 --> 01:05:17,000
Speaker 1: he can work with another back. He was a great

1211
01:05:17,000 --> 01:05:20,080
Speaker 1: teammate at Texas. Everybody loved him, you know, just a

1212
01:05:20,080 --> 01:05:22,000
Speaker 1: good kid. And it's still got a lot of troth

1213
01:05:22,000 --> 01:05:23,600
Speaker 1: and tears. They did not overuse him, and I think

1214
01:05:23,600 --> 01:05:25,320
Speaker 1: that's the other thing people have slept on a little bit.

1215
01:05:25,440 --> 01:05:26,840
Speaker 1: I like him a ton and I think if you

1216
01:05:26,840 --> 01:05:29,200
Speaker 1: get him on a rookie deal and you're ready to compete,

1217
01:05:29,480 --> 01:05:31,360
Speaker 1: then it could really be a good pick for somebody.

1218
01:05:31,600 --> 01:05:33,800
Speaker 1: I got it, I know, and you and you know

1219
01:05:33,840 --> 01:05:37,200
Speaker 1: you're covering the Lions a lot, and you mocked them

1220
01:05:37,240 --> 01:05:39,720
Speaker 1: with a trade up to three with Arizona taking will

1221
01:05:39,800 --> 01:05:43,920
Speaker 1: Anderson third, which holy crap, I mean Aidan Hutchinson and

1222
01:05:44,360 --> 01:05:48,120
Speaker 1: will Anderson as bookends. That's pretty formidable. And then you

1223
01:05:48,200 --> 01:05:51,120
Speaker 1: have them taking Bijean Robinson at eighteen with their second

1224
01:05:51,120 --> 01:05:54,480
Speaker 1: pick in round one. My question to you is, because

1225
01:05:54,640 --> 01:05:58,400
Speaker 1: we've heard this when we've seen Bijean mocked to Detroit. Yeah,

1226
01:05:58,440 --> 01:06:03,520
Speaker 1: they lost Jamal Williams, but they signed David Montgomery and

1227
01:06:03,600 --> 01:06:07,000
Speaker 1: free agency, and so I guess people are and they're like,

1228
01:06:07,040 --> 01:06:10,320
Speaker 1: what DeAndre Swift? What like no respect, no love? So

1229
01:06:10,800 --> 01:06:12,800
Speaker 1: can you just kind of spell that out for us,

1230
01:06:12,840 --> 01:06:18,680
Speaker 1: like why Bijon Robinson is even a consideration for the Lions?

1231
01:06:18,680 --> 01:06:21,280
Speaker 1: You think? Yeah, I think that the Lions have sort

1232
01:06:21,320 --> 01:06:23,840
Speaker 1: of shown their willingness to stay young at certain spots.

1233
01:06:23,880 --> 01:06:25,680
Speaker 1: David Montgomery came in on a three year deal. I

1234
01:06:25,720 --> 01:06:27,480
Speaker 1: think they can get out of it in two. I

1235
01:06:27,520 --> 01:06:30,640
Speaker 1: think Beijean would be your long term piece. And yeah,

1236
01:06:30,680 --> 01:06:32,800
Speaker 1: I think that Swift. That would be me saying that.

1237
01:06:32,920 --> 01:06:34,800
Speaker 1: I think Swift probably is a little bit of chopped

1238
01:06:34,840 --> 01:06:37,280
Speaker 1: liver here because it just as it worked quite the

1239
01:06:37,280 --> 01:06:39,000
Speaker 1: way they've wanted to for him. And if a guy

1240
01:06:39,040 --> 01:06:41,560
Speaker 1: like Robinson were there and you can get him, then

1241
01:06:41,600 --> 01:06:43,760
Speaker 1: I think that's an upgrade that you make. Now if

1242
01:06:43,760 --> 01:06:46,360
Speaker 1: you can't, then you weigh that against maybe you got

1243
01:06:46,360 --> 01:06:48,040
Speaker 1: like Gibbs in the second round. I don't know if

1244
01:06:48,080 --> 01:06:50,120
Speaker 1: I would do that because I think Swift's better than

1245
01:06:50,160 --> 01:06:52,240
Speaker 1: maybe maybe what he adds, but maybe not, you know,

1246
01:06:52,240 --> 01:06:53,760
Speaker 1: And I think that that's the thing that you're weighing

1247
01:06:53,760 --> 01:06:55,720
Speaker 1: if you're Detroit, because I view them as a team.

1248
01:06:56,040 --> 01:06:58,320
Speaker 1: Same thing that the rationale of having them trade up.

1249
01:06:58,760 --> 01:07:00,800
Speaker 1: They're ready to go, they're ready to go. Try to compete.

1250
01:07:00,800 --> 01:07:02,400
Speaker 1: If you're ready to go, try to compete. You've got

1251
01:07:02,400 --> 01:07:05,040
Speaker 1: the assets, like go get the best guys you can get.

1252
01:07:05,080 --> 01:07:07,520
Speaker 1: And I think that you know, Anderson's the best guy

1253
01:07:07,560 --> 01:07:09,200
Speaker 1: they could get. And I think if that's they have

1254
01:07:09,280 --> 01:07:12,040
Speaker 1: the assets to make that happen. And same reason. You know,

1255
01:07:12,080 --> 01:07:13,680
Speaker 1: if you could get a guy like Robinson or one

1256
01:07:13,680 --> 01:07:16,040
Speaker 1: of those receivers maybe or a tight end to fall

1257
01:07:16,120 --> 01:07:18,920
Speaker 1: in your lap, go do it, and you know, make

1258
01:07:18,920 --> 01:07:22,240
Speaker 1: the playoffs and turn the corner. If there's a team

1259
01:07:22,240 --> 01:07:25,000
Speaker 1: out there that is going to be a surprise in

1260
01:07:25,160 --> 01:07:27,840
Speaker 1: taking a quarterback, which one would it be. I know

1261
01:07:27,880 --> 01:07:29,880
Speaker 1: you've got on your mock this three round, you've got

1262
01:07:29,920 --> 01:07:32,000
Speaker 1: one of the quarterbacks, Will Levis going all the way down.

1263
01:07:32,080 --> 01:07:35,560
Speaker 1: He's the fourth quarterback taken at sixteen to Washington. But

1264
01:07:35,640 --> 01:07:38,920
Speaker 1: if there was a surprise team up above them, for instance,

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Speaker 1: like a New England Patriots or maybe a Tennessee Titans

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Speaker 1: that go quarterback instead of something else, what happens then

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Speaker 1: a lot of Yeah, a lot of people have asked

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Speaker 1: that Tennessee maybe would New England do it after just

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01:07:52,400 --> 01:07:54,760
Speaker 1: you know draft. I've looked at Seattle, but you know,

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Speaker 1: a lot. I don't know if that would be a surprise,

1271
01:07:56,800 --> 01:07:58,880
Speaker 1: but I mean they just signed Genial Smith to a

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01:07:58,880 --> 01:08:01,320
Speaker 1: pretty team friendly. It's a it's an expensive deal, but

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01:08:01,360 --> 01:08:04,160
Speaker 1: it's not long. He's an older guy. I think that

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01:08:04,160 --> 01:08:06,800
Speaker 1: that'd be a perfect bridge scenario there. And I know

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01:08:06,880 --> 01:08:10,400
Speaker 1: Atlanta has been pretty vocal about we love Desmond Ritter,

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01:08:10,480 --> 01:08:12,880
Speaker 1: we love Desmon Ritter, He's our favorite. But I would

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01:08:12,920 --> 01:08:15,920
Speaker 1: not I'm telling one of those guys slides down. Or

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01:08:15,920 --> 01:08:19,200
Speaker 1: if they really like Will, let let's say yeah, I

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01:08:19,200 --> 01:08:21,519
Speaker 1: wouldn't shock me at all to see that mean last

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01:08:21,600 --> 01:08:23,920
Speaker 1: year's class, I mean just was not like what this

1281
01:08:24,000 --> 01:08:25,840
Speaker 1: year's isn't It's not like what next year's will be either,

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01:08:25,920 --> 01:08:28,200
Speaker 1: But yeah, wouldn't shock me at all. Let me run

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01:08:28,240 --> 01:08:30,960
Speaker 1: this by. It wouldn't for a team like Seattle who

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01:08:31,000 --> 01:08:34,400
Speaker 1: just signed Gino Smith, who had a splash year last year.

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01:08:35,280 --> 01:08:37,280
Speaker 1: I mean, they gave him a nice contract, no question,

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01:08:37,280 --> 01:08:39,479
Speaker 1: it's a three year deal. Like, it's not you know,

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01:08:39,479 --> 01:08:42,160
Speaker 1: it's not a lifetime contract by any stretch of the imagination.

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01:08:42,560 --> 01:08:44,559
Speaker 1: What about a team like Seattle taking a player like

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01:08:44,600 --> 01:08:48,559
Speaker 1: Hendon Hooker, the quarterback from Tennessee who was injured, won't

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01:08:48,600 --> 01:08:51,559
Speaker 1: be ready to play until November, really just red shirt

1291
01:08:51,640 --> 01:08:55,160
Speaker 1: him a year, sit behind Gino, and then in Gino's

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01:08:55,200 --> 01:08:58,479
Speaker 1: first in that first year, sits behind him, and then

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01:08:58,520 --> 01:09:01,479
Speaker 1: a first full offseason, come in and let Gino and

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01:09:01,600 --> 01:09:04,240
Speaker 1: Hendon either play or let Gino play again. And then

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01:09:04,080 --> 01:09:06,680
Speaker 1: in the last year of Gino Smith's contract, you might

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01:09:06,680 --> 01:09:08,400
Speaker 1: be able to get him at twenty with your second

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01:09:08,520 --> 01:09:11,280
Speaker 1: first round pick. So something like that. I mean, I

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01:09:11,320 --> 01:09:14,840
Speaker 1: think Hendon Hooker is a real intriguing prospect because he's

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01:09:14,880 --> 01:09:19,280
Speaker 1: to me, he's got a pretty high ceiling. Yeah, I

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01:09:19,320 --> 01:09:21,240
Speaker 1: like him a lot, and I think that he's almost like,

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01:09:22,080 --> 01:09:24,280
Speaker 1: you know, there are multiple starters in this class, and

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01:09:24,320 --> 01:09:26,679
Speaker 1: there are more you know, potential starters that go beyond

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01:09:26,680 --> 01:09:28,760
Speaker 1: those top four, and he is definitely included in that.

1304
01:09:28,760 --> 01:09:31,840
Speaker 1: And I almost feel like he's like an asterisk starter

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01:09:31,920 --> 01:09:33,559
Speaker 1: because of the injury. It's like we just don't know

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01:09:33,920 --> 01:09:36,120
Speaker 1: how quick it's going to be for him. And there

1307
01:09:36,160 --> 01:09:38,200
Speaker 1: are certain things like the offense he played in college

1308
01:09:38,240 --> 01:09:40,160
Speaker 1: is really quarterback friendly and it's not always going to

1309
01:09:40,200 --> 01:09:42,920
Speaker 1: be like that and all this, but like he was

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01:09:43,120 --> 01:09:46,400
Speaker 1: terrific at Tennessee, And I mean, you will not find

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01:09:46,439 --> 01:09:49,360
Speaker 1: another player in this draft that you know, people talk about,

1312
01:09:49,560 --> 01:09:51,600
Speaker 1: you know, more glowingly in terms of a person. So

1313
01:09:51,640 --> 01:09:54,160
Speaker 1: people love this guy. I mean, he's That's why I

1314
01:09:54,160 --> 01:09:56,200
Speaker 1: think you see some teams you know, have him up

1315
01:09:56,200 --> 01:09:58,120
Speaker 1: in the first because they're like, forget it. I think

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01:09:58,120 --> 01:10:00,599
Speaker 1: he can be a future starter. And like you just said,

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01:10:00,640 --> 01:10:02,040
Speaker 1: I mean, you know, if you've got a guy that

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01:10:02,160 --> 01:10:03,760
Speaker 1: you like that has a little bit of age on

1319
01:10:03,840 --> 01:10:05,800
Speaker 1: him that you think could be a nice bridge to

1320
01:10:05,840 --> 01:10:08,960
Speaker 1: a maybe a cheaper, you know, future starter, than he

1321
01:10:09,000 --> 01:10:11,559
Speaker 1: would be a terrific option. I think because he could

1322
01:10:11,600 --> 01:10:13,080
Speaker 1: fit in a lot of different systems, and I think

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01:10:13,080 --> 01:10:14,920
Speaker 1: he'd be He's a high flour player, I guess is

1324
01:10:14,920 --> 01:10:16,559
Speaker 1: probably what we would say with him, right, and I

1325
01:10:16,560 --> 01:10:19,360
Speaker 1: think that that's you could do worse at quarterback. Nick,

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01:10:19,439 --> 01:10:21,640
Speaker 1: Thanks very much for the time and the Insight had

1327
01:10:21,720 --> 01:10:24,320
Speaker 1: fun plowing through your three round mock. I'm glad you

1328
01:10:24,360 --> 01:10:27,519
Speaker 1: did it, not me and uh, and we'll catch up

1329
01:10:27,520 --> 01:10:29,120
Speaker 1: with you. We'll catch up with you down the road.

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01:10:29,160 --> 01:10:31,800
Speaker 1: Thanks very much anytime, guys. That's what I'm here for,

1331
01:10:31,880 --> 01:10:34,200
Speaker 1: all right. That senior writer in column there's Nick bomb

1332
01:10:34,240 --> 01:10:38,040
Speaker 1: Gardner from The Athletic. He also is Uh. I love

1333
01:10:38,080 --> 01:10:40,760
Speaker 1: the name of this podcast, co host of one of

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01:10:40,800 --> 01:10:46,200
Speaker 1: these years Detroit Lions Podcast. Awesome, one of these years

1335
01:10:46,280 --> 01:10:49,760
Speaker 1: will be relevant. They're getting there, man, you and they

1336
01:10:49,800 --> 01:10:53,240
Speaker 1: have another good draft here, Steve. Lions could be going place.

1337
01:10:53,400 --> 01:10:56,200
Speaker 1: Our our podcast start as a name, but we should. Yeah.

1338
01:10:56,200 --> 01:10:58,280
Speaker 1: We were always teaching about the guy that said, you know,

1339
01:10:58,920 --> 01:11:03,720
Speaker 1: our podcast should be idiots with internet. Yeah, that's us,

1340
01:11:04,040 --> 01:11:08,040
Speaker 1: right and everybody else. I like that. Yeah, but I

1341
01:11:08,120 --> 01:11:10,599
Speaker 1: love that name of that podcast. One of these years,

1342
01:11:11,400 --> 01:11:15,400
Speaker 1: and look, this year could be the year Rogers is

1343
01:11:15,479 --> 01:11:18,479
Speaker 1: probably going to be out of the division. The Bears

1344
01:11:18,479 --> 01:11:23,360
Speaker 1: are rebuilding and Minnesota lost a few pieces and Detroit

1345
01:11:23,439 --> 01:11:25,559
Speaker 1: was right there at the end. Steve they I think

1346
01:11:25,560 --> 01:11:27,600
Speaker 1: they finished nine and eight, but they didn't qualify for

1347
01:11:27,600 --> 01:11:29,400
Speaker 1: the playoffs because they needed help and didn't get the

1348
01:11:29,400 --> 01:11:32,040
Speaker 1: help they needed in Week eighteen. Yeah, you don't think so.

1349
01:11:32,360 --> 01:11:34,400
Speaker 1: I've got a long way. They've got a long way

1350
01:11:34,439 --> 01:11:37,040
Speaker 1: to go to win me over to like. I love

1351
01:11:37,120 --> 01:11:40,160
Speaker 1: Dan Campbell. I remember doing production meetings when he was

1352
01:11:40,200 --> 01:11:44,120
Speaker 1: the interim coach with the Miami Dolphins down there. Former

1353
01:11:44,160 --> 01:11:47,479
Speaker 1: tight end. I like him a lot, respect him as

1354
01:11:47,479 --> 01:11:49,719
Speaker 1: a coach too, for what he did last year. They

1355
01:11:49,760 --> 01:11:51,680
Speaker 1: were the flavor of the month last year, going through

1356
01:11:51,720 --> 01:11:53,559
Speaker 1: hard knocks like they did, and they put together a

1357
01:11:53,560 --> 01:11:58,559
Speaker 1: really strong season and they were scrappy. But to say,

1358
01:11:58,720 --> 01:12:03,639
Speaker 1: here's the thing, I don't know that the that they

1359
01:12:03,680 --> 01:12:06,960
Speaker 1: may win the division, but Aaron Rodgers is not in

1360
01:12:07,000 --> 01:12:09,439
Speaker 1: that division anymore. That's that's my point. And they gotta

1361
01:12:09,479 --> 01:12:12,720
Speaker 1: and they gotta be what Kirk Cousins. Yeah, just be

1362
01:12:12,760 --> 01:12:17,519
Speaker 1: better than Kirk. Yeah, Okay, they win the division, that's

1363
01:12:17,600 --> 01:12:21,200
Speaker 1: k That's a big step for the Detroit one and done.

1364
01:12:21,400 --> 01:12:25,400
Speaker 1: It's a giant step for them. You gotta yeah, Okay,

1365
01:12:26,280 --> 01:12:32,120
Speaker 1: there's their giants. They might have a parade. The Yeah,

1366
01:12:32,160 --> 01:12:34,360
Speaker 1: if the Bears did it, they'd have a parade. I

1367
01:12:34,400 --> 01:12:39,280
Speaker 1: mean that the bar is so low for those two franchise,

1368
01:12:39,640 --> 01:12:43,120
Speaker 1: be for the Bears and the Bears and the Lions.

1369
01:12:43,160 --> 01:12:47,200
Speaker 1: The bar is so low for those franchises. You know,

1370
01:12:47,320 --> 01:12:52,280
Speaker 1: it's just okay, yes, they every other the team and

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01:12:52,360 --> 01:12:54,880
Speaker 1: the other conference. Kirk Cousins is there another year. Now,

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Speaker 1: Kirk Cousins is now my a he's sixty one, he's

1373
01:12:58,800 --> 01:13:01,719
Speaker 1: been playing for He's been playing since the late nineteen fifties,

1374
01:13:01,840 --> 01:13:04,639
Speaker 1: you know, So Kirk Cousins is still there. And then

1375
01:13:04,680 --> 01:13:08,360
Speaker 1: Aaron Rodgers, who is a two time MV Jettison's out

1376
01:13:08,400 --> 01:13:12,519
Speaker 1: of the division. So now, all of a sudden, by

1377
01:13:12,640 --> 01:13:19,040
Speaker 1: default you're competitive both those franchises, the Bears and well,

1378
01:13:19,080 --> 01:13:22,840
Speaker 1: I mean you could argue there by default, it's by default.

1379
01:13:22,920 --> 01:13:26,920
Speaker 1: Detroit's rosters improved. They last year had improved significantly. They

1380
01:13:27,320 --> 01:13:30,320
Speaker 1: played really well, and Campbell's got them playing really hard,

1381
01:13:31,120 --> 01:13:36,559
Speaker 1: and that's important. But I'm it's you know, spared me

1382
01:13:36,600 --> 01:13:39,360
Speaker 1: the confetti yeah for them right just yet. I mean

1383
01:13:39,400 --> 01:13:41,479
Speaker 1: I like him and I like Dan, but man, I'm not.

1384
01:13:41,800 --> 01:13:44,839
Speaker 1: I am nowhere near the bandwagon for the Bears Lions,

1385
01:13:44,880 --> 01:13:46,840
Speaker 1: and it would be I will say this, it would

1386
01:13:46,840 --> 01:13:50,200
Speaker 1: be pretty seismic if they're the team that moves up

1387
01:13:50,200 --> 01:13:53,080
Speaker 1: to three and gets the pass rusher they want. So

1388
01:13:53,160 --> 01:13:55,479
Speaker 1: now you just took Aiden Hutchinson last year with the

1389
01:13:55,520 --> 01:13:57,920
Speaker 1: second pick in the draft, and now you use another

1390
01:13:58,000 --> 01:14:01,320
Speaker 1: pick on a top five another top five pick on

1391
01:14:01,400 --> 01:14:03,360
Speaker 1: a pass rusher. You got those two guys coming at

1392
01:14:03,400 --> 01:14:07,400
Speaker 1: you every week, two inexperienced quarterbacks in your division, and

1393
01:14:07,479 --> 01:14:11,479
Speaker 1: Jordan Love and Justin Fields, two pass rushers could keep

1394
01:14:11,560 --> 01:14:13,479
Speaker 1: up with him. Be interesting to see if Detroit is

1395
01:14:13,520 --> 01:14:17,840
Speaker 1: one of the six teams reported to be calling Arizona

1396
01:14:17,880 --> 01:14:21,240
Speaker 1: about their number three pick overall and Detroit's only three

1397
01:14:21,280 --> 01:14:24,400
Speaker 1: picks away. As a matter of fact, Nick Baumgardner, who

1398
01:14:24,439 --> 01:14:27,400
Speaker 1: he just had on in his mock, he had Detroit

1399
01:14:27,439 --> 01:14:30,519
Speaker 1: trading up from six to three and still keeping pick eighteen.

1400
01:14:31,320 --> 01:14:38,760
Speaker 1: So interesting stuff. I'm my interest is peaked because of

1401
01:14:38,840 --> 01:14:43,120
Speaker 1: this draft class and the I don't want to say homogenize,

1402
01:14:43,160 --> 01:14:46,639
Speaker 1: that's probably not the right word, but the level of

1403
01:14:47,479 --> 01:14:52,479
Speaker 1: top talent not being that far from the rest of

1404
01:14:52,479 --> 01:14:55,960
Speaker 1: the draft. I sniff a ton of trade. He had

1405
01:14:55,960 --> 01:14:58,479
Speaker 1: three in this mock draft in the top ten three trades.

1406
01:14:58,920 --> 01:15:00,920
Speaker 1: I think it's gonna be wild because people are so

1407
01:15:00,960 --> 01:15:03,559
Speaker 1: hard up for quarterbacks. I think that's gonna be really wild.

1408
01:15:03,840 --> 01:15:05,880
Speaker 1: I think it's got a shot at that. I think

1409
01:15:05,880 --> 01:15:08,879
Speaker 1: we might be Roger Goodell might be going like pacing

1410
01:15:08,920 --> 01:15:11,360
Speaker 1: back and forth, going on. Now we have another trade,

1411
01:15:11,360 --> 01:15:15,439
Speaker 1: we have another trade. Yeah, so I think the Yeah,

1412
01:15:15,479 --> 01:15:18,120
Speaker 1: the first round of the draft might take five hours

1413
01:15:18,120 --> 01:15:22,360
Speaker 1: instead of a lot. Well, the clock, the clock doesn't change.

1414
01:15:22,520 --> 01:15:24,320
Speaker 1: You got to make the trade in the allotted amount

1415
01:15:24,320 --> 01:15:27,679
Speaker 1: of time. So they don't. They don't put they don't

1416
01:15:27,680 --> 01:15:31,160
Speaker 1: add time on just because you trade it into the pick. Right,

1417
01:15:31,240 --> 01:15:33,840
Speaker 1: That's why time is of the essence. Yeah, that's what

1418
01:15:33,960 --> 01:15:37,320
Speaker 1: they trigger. That's right. Every war room, every draft room

1419
01:15:37,360 --> 01:15:42,120
Speaker 1: has got like literally twenty five thirty phone lines. Yeah,

1420
01:15:42,160 --> 01:15:46,920
Speaker 1: and they're all, yeah, break time for us here when

1421
01:15:46,960 --> 01:15:49,959
Speaker 1: we come back, more of your phone calls. What position

1422
01:15:50,000 --> 01:15:52,760
Speaker 1: would you trade up for in the draft and why?

1423
01:15:53,240 --> 01:15:55,200
Speaker 1: We'll also get some of your thoughts on the tweet sheet.

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Speaker 1: Next here on one Bills Live presented by Allot of Health,

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01:15:57,360 --> 01:16:15,200
Speaker 1: It's Buffalo Bills Radio. What position would you trade up

1426
01:16:15,200 --> 01:16:17,519
Speaker 1: for in the NFL draft, and why you let us

1427
01:16:17,560 --> 01:16:19,439
Speaker 1: know at eight o three oh five fifty taking your

1428
01:16:19,439 --> 01:16:22,120
Speaker 1: phone calls one eight eight five fifty two five fifty

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01:16:22,120 --> 01:16:26,080
Speaker 1: open line for you there. But getting us started in

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01:16:26,120 --> 01:16:28,840
Speaker 1: this segment is Randy and Amhurst. What do you got

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01:16:28,840 --> 01:16:31,880
Speaker 1: for us? Randy or on one Bill's life. Um, Yes,

1432
01:16:32,320 --> 01:16:35,120
Speaker 1: you guys are talking about the draft and everything, and

1433
01:16:36,000 --> 01:16:39,000
Speaker 1: I feel like the loss in the Bengals game was

1434
01:16:39,040 --> 01:16:42,960
Speaker 1: basically the offense and the defensive line got man handled. Um.

1435
01:16:43,479 --> 01:16:48,200
Speaker 1: They had three backup linemen and our defense could not

1436
01:16:48,320 --> 01:16:50,599
Speaker 1: even get in there, let alone they ran the ball

1437
01:16:50,640 --> 01:16:54,599
Speaker 1: down our throats. Um. The Bill's offensive line all graded

1438
01:16:54,640 --> 01:16:58,080
Speaker 1: below average this year, and I feel they should either

1439
01:16:58,120 --> 01:17:02,200
Speaker 1: get the offensive line to tackle or either a stud

1440
01:17:02,240 --> 01:17:05,120
Speaker 1: tight end that can block and maybe go out for passes.

1441
01:17:05,680 --> 01:17:07,760
Speaker 1: They have to use some kind of safety valve for

1442
01:17:07,880 --> 01:17:10,280
Speaker 1: Josh because they don't really throw to the backs as much.

1443
01:17:11,280 --> 01:17:14,240
Speaker 1: And I feel their defensive tackles are a little too light,

1444
01:17:14,680 --> 01:17:17,400
Speaker 1: Like Jordan Phillips is big, but the other ones are

1445
01:17:17,439 --> 01:17:20,400
Speaker 1: a little too light. And I'd like to hear what

1446
01:17:20,439 --> 01:17:22,280
Speaker 1: you guys have to say. All right, All that's all.

1447
01:17:22,320 --> 01:17:24,599
Speaker 1: That's good stuff. Randy, and I get all of it.

1448
01:17:24,600 --> 01:17:27,840
Speaker 1: You're right, the Cincinnati game was not a pretty sight.

1449
01:17:28,439 --> 01:17:30,519
Speaker 1: I will say this to you though, and Brownie and

1450
01:17:30,520 --> 01:17:32,000
Speaker 1: I have talked about this earlier on the show. Maybe

1451
01:17:32,040 --> 01:17:34,760
Speaker 1: you caught it, maybe you didn't, but both of us,

1452
01:17:34,760 --> 01:17:36,200
Speaker 1: I don't want to speak for Brownie, I'll say what

1453
01:17:36,280 --> 01:17:39,240
Speaker 1: I feel. That team that we saw in the Cincinnati

1454
01:17:39,280 --> 01:17:41,240
Speaker 1: game and also in the last game of the season

1455
01:17:41,240 --> 01:17:43,120
Speaker 1: against the New England Patriots, and also in the first

1456
01:17:43,120 --> 01:17:45,360
Speaker 1: playoff game against the Miami Dolphins. Even though they won

1457
01:17:45,400 --> 01:17:48,960
Speaker 1: those two games against the Dolphins and the Patriots, the

1458
01:17:49,040 --> 01:17:52,840
Speaker 1: Bills were not the same team they were before the

1459
01:17:52,880 --> 01:17:55,800
Speaker 1: Monday night in Cincinnati. They just weren't the same team.

1460
01:17:56,479 --> 01:18:02,000
Speaker 1: And most notably, that takes place up front. You can

1461
01:18:02,040 --> 01:18:06,320
Speaker 1: see it. This is a team that you're I know

1462
01:18:06,360 --> 01:18:08,200
Speaker 1: that there were times when they were they were they

1463
01:18:08,200 --> 01:18:10,840
Speaker 1: met their match up front with other teams. You know,

1464
01:18:10,840 --> 01:18:13,040
Speaker 1: the Jets gave them some problems in the first meeting

1465
01:18:13,040 --> 01:18:15,679
Speaker 1: in the season, and there were other games where they'd

1466
01:18:15,680 --> 01:18:18,479
Speaker 1: go through stretches where they weren't as good up front

1467
01:18:18,479 --> 01:18:20,439
Speaker 1: as you'd like them to be. But for the most part,

1468
01:18:20,560 --> 01:18:23,240
Speaker 1: even the offensive line, which has been a little bit

1469
01:18:25,360 --> 01:18:29,799
Speaker 1: criticized at the end of this season was at least

1470
01:18:29,800 --> 01:18:31,760
Speaker 1: in the middle of the pack overall. There were times

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01:18:31,800 --> 01:18:35,000
Speaker 1: when it was worst, times when it was better, little inconsistent,

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01:18:35,040 --> 01:18:38,839
Speaker 1: would would be okay. But never in a game throughout

1473
01:18:38,840 --> 01:18:41,240
Speaker 1: the regular season or the playoffs were they manhandled like

1474
01:18:41,360 --> 01:18:43,760
Speaker 1: they were in the Cincinnati game. I don't point to

1475
01:18:43,760 --> 01:18:46,400
Speaker 1: the guys on the fields of not being good enough,

1476
01:18:46,479 --> 01:18:49,080
Speaker 1: or the plan not being good enough, or being out coaching.

1477
01:18:49,640 --> 01:18:52,920
Speaker 1: It was what had happened to them over the last

1478
01:18:53,000 --> 01:18:56,400
Speaker 1: month of that season took its toll, and they were done.

1479
01:18:57,360 --> 01:19:03,080
Speaker 1: They were done. I don't think there's anything about that

1480
01:19:03,200 --> 01:19:06,840
Speaker 1: last game against the Cincinnati Bengals that you take forward

1481
01:19:07,120 --> 01:19:08,800
Speaker 1: saying we got to fix this, that and the other,

1482
01:19:08,840 --> 01:19:11,680
Speaker 1: because there was something wrong with a team there that

1483
01:19:11,760 --> 01:19:14,400
Speaker 1: had nothing to do with scouting and football and the

1484
01:19:14,439 --> 01:19:17,920
Speaker 1: talent on the field. So while I get your point,

1485
01:19:18,000 --> 01:19:20,280
Speaker 1: and you're and you're right in and of itself in

1486
01:19:20,280 --> 01:19:24,000
Speaker 1: a capsule, but in the big picture, this team had

1487
01:19:24,040 --> 01:19:27,679
Speaker 1: done everything it could and was right on track doing

1488
01:19:27,760 --> 01:19:30,400
Speaker 1: exactly and accomplishing everything they'd set out to do last

1489
01:19:30,479 --> 01:19:32,320
Speaker 1: year when they were Super Bowl favorites and they were hot.

1490
01:19:32,439 --> 01:19:36,479
Speaker 1: Now that last the heartbreaking loss in the playoffs from

1491
01:19:36,520 --> 01:19:38,160
Speaker 1: two years ago, they were you know, they were on

1492
01:19:38,160 --> 01:19:42,360
Speaker 1: a roll that to me, they are going to continue that.

1493
01:19:43,520 --> 01:19:45,559
Speaker 1: This team is gonna be a handful when this season

1494
01:19:45,640 --> 01:19:48,280
Speaker 1: kicks off, They're gonna be a handful. No matter what

1495
01:19:48,280 --> 01:19:52,280
Speaker 1: happens in this draft, they're gonna be a handful. So

1496
01:19:52,320 --> 01:19:54,400
Speaker 1: if they can get better with the guys in this draft, awesome,

1497
01:19:54,439 --> 01:19:57,280
Speaker 1: It's it's gonna help them, no question about it. But

1498
01:19:57,280 --> 01:20:01,320
Speaker 1: they don't need a magic elixir, need a different philosophy.

1499
01:20:01,800 --> 01:20:03,840
Speaker 1: You're right. They need to get the maximum they can

1500
01:20:03,920 --> 01:20:06,040
Speaker 1: from the talent they've got on whoever that's going to be.

1501
01:20:06,240 --> 01:20:09,160
Speaker 1: They got to maximize that talent. But they are going

1502
01:20:09,200 --> 01:20:11,600
Speaker 1: to have enough talent to get to and win the

1503
01:20:11,640 --> 01:20:14,080
Speaker 1: super Bowl. But they got to play well on that day.

1504
01:20:14,479 --> 01:20:15,840
Speaker 1: That's all there is to it. They got to play

1505
01:20:15,840 --> 01:20:18,479
Speaker 1: well on the play in the wild card, in the divisional,

1506
01:20:18,600 --> 01:20:21,280
Speaker 1: in the championship game, and the super Bowl. They got

1507
01:20:21,280 --> 01:20:23,920
Speaker 1: to play well in those four weeks, not just in

1508
01:20:24,000 --> 01:20:27,280
Speaker 1: the regular season like we've seen them do. And there's

1509
01:20:27,360 --> 01:20:33,799
Speaker 1: nothing about some magic wand or magic thing or different

1510
01:20:33,840 --> 01:20:37,479
Speaker 1: thing that's gonna make them automatically better at the end

1511
01:20:37,520 --> 01:20:39,080
Speaker 1: of the season. It's going to come down to a

1512
01:20:39,080 --> 01:20:41,920
Speaker 1: million things that we don't have control over yet. So

1513
01:20:42,760 --> 01:20:44,439
Speaker 1: I get what you're saying, and I saw the same

1514
01:20:44,439 --> 01:20:47,280
Speaker 1: thing you did, But I attribute it not to the

1515
01:20:47,320 --> 01:20:49,679
Speaker 1: philosophy and the scouting and the wrong having the wrong

1516
01:20:49,800 --> 01:20:54,240
Speaker 1: players can. I attribute it to having challenges that were

1517
01:20:54,240 --> 01:20:57,080
Speaker 1: too difficult to overcome with what they had to work with.

1518
01:20:58,000 --> 01:21:00,640
Speaker 1: And you know you mentioned that Jordan Phillips is the

1519
01:21:00,680 --> 01:21:03,519
Speaker 1: only big defensive tackle I would submit. De Kwon Jones

1520
01:21:03,520 --> 01:21:06,120
Speaker 1: at three hundred and seventeen pounds is not a runt

1521
01:21:06,160 --> 01:21:09,200
Speaker 1: and was their best run stuffing defensive tackle all season

1522
01:21:09,360 --> 01:21:14,360
Speaker 1: last year. Definitely their most consistent defensive interior player in

1523
01:21:14,400 --> 01:21:18,679
Speaker 1: my opinion. And here's the thing, the reason the Bengals

1524
01:21:18,760 --> 01:21:21,519
Speaker 1: ran all over the Bills. De Kuan Jones didn't play

1525
01:21:21,520 --> 01:21:24,800
Speaker 1: in that game, and Jordan Phillips is playing with one arm,

1526
01:21:25,720 --> 01:21:28,719
Speaker 1: so you're down to Tim Settle at Oliver who aren't

1527
01:21:28,720 --> 01:21:34,559
Speaker 1: as big, and then backups behind them and Elion Coup. Yeah,

1528
01:21:34,600 --> 01:21:37,800
Speaker 1: they got their lunch handed to him. So when you're

1529
01:21:37,800 --> 01:21:41,000
Speaker 1: missing two of your best run stuffing defensive tackles, doesn't

1530
01:21:41,000 --> 01:21:44,200
Speaker 1: matter that they have three backup offensive linemen in there.

1531
01:21:44,280 --> 01:21:47,759
Speaker 1: That's the biggest thing to me. Yeah, the Cincinnai offensive

1532
01:21:47,760 --> 01:21:52,120
Speaker 1: line was decimated and the Bills were so gutted by

1533
01:21:52,160 --> 01:21:55,320
Speaker 1: what had happened to them, and they couldn't even stand

1534
01:21:55,360 --> 01:21:57,840
Speaker 1: up to that. I mean, that'll tell you how big,

1535
01:21:57,920 --> 01:22:01,480
Speaker 1: how big an issue, and how big a component emotional

1536
01:22:01,560 --> 01:22:05,680
Speaker 1: content is to an NFL team. You got to bring it.

1537
01:22:06,120 --> 01:22:08,719
Speaker 1: It's a it's like stepping into the it's like stepping

1538
01:22:08,720 --> 01:22:14,080
Speaker 1: into the ring to fight. You've got to be all ready.

1539
01:22:14,680 --> 01:22:17,920
Speaker 1: And it was just too much for them to do

1540
01:22:18,000 --> 01:22:19,920
Speaker 1: after what they had been through over the last month

1541
01:22:19,960 --> 01:22:24,400
Speaker 1: before that. That's that's my take on that situation. Yeah,

1542
01:22:24,560 --> 01:22:27,559
Speaker 1: we told you at the beginning of the show that

1543
01:22:27,840 --> 01:22:31,960
Speaker 1: NFL Networks Mike Arrafolo was reporting that the Bills have

1544
01:22:32,200 --> 01:22:34,760
Speaker 1: agreed to terms with Shack Lawson on a new one

1545
01:22:34,840 --> 01:22:37,880
Speaker 1: year contract. The Bills have not confirmed anything yet, but

1546
01:22:38,040 --> 01:22:43,240
Speaker 1: Shack apparently has. On Twitter, he tweets run it back,

1547
01:22:43,600 --> 01:22:47,559
Speaker 1: glad to be home, So there you go, and he's

1548
01:22:47,760 --> 01:22:52,639
Speaker 1: quote tweeting Mike Aarrafolo's report. So that's about as close

1549
01:22:52,720 --> 01:22:55,360
Speaker 1: as you get to a direct source when it's the

1550
01:22:55,360 --> 01:22:58,519
Speaker 1: actual player on social media. So We'll a wait official

1551
01:22:58,560 --> 01:23:02,479
Speaker 1: word the Bills, but it's looking like it's trending in

1552
01:23:02,560 --> 01:23:06,080
Speaker 1: that direction. Shall we say? Let's go to the tweet

1553
01:23:06,120 --> 01:23:08,200
Speaker 1: sheet though? In the meantime, What position would you trade

1554
01:23:08,280 --> 01:23:11,439
Speaker 1: up for in the NFL Draft and why? Bills News

1555
01:23:11,439 --> 01:23:14,320
Speaker 1: Consolidated says I'd trade up for Jackson Smith and Jigman

1556
01:23:14,360 --> 01:23:16,759
Speaker 1: in the first round because he's the best slot receiver

1557
01:23:17,200 --> 01:23:19,920
Speaker 1: and fit for our team. Do you think he's the

1558
01:23:19,920 --> 01:23:23,799
Speaker 1: best fit. He's a talented player, he'll help any offense.

1559
01:23:23,840 --> 01:23:26,080
Speaker 1: He would help the Bills offense. Is he the best

1560
01:23:26,640 --> 01:23:31,559
Speaker 1: fit at the receiver position for the Bills out? If

1561
01:23:31,560 --> 01:23:39,040
Speaker 1: he's the best player? Yeah, he's the best fit. It's impossible.

1562
01:23:39,160 --> 01:23:41,000
Speaker 1: He's not the only He's not the only fit. He'd

1563
01:23:41,040 --> 01:23:44,719
Speaker 1: be good, no question. And I think he plays ahead

1564
01:23:44,760 --> 01:23:46,720
Speaker 1: of some other guys that are on the roster right now.

1565
01:23:48,320 --> 01:23:53,120
Speaker 1: But yeah, I mean, I'm hey, if we I don't

1566
01:23:53,160 --> 01:23:55,880
Speaker 1: want to trade up ten spots, it'd be too expensive,

1567
01:23:55,880 --> 01:23:59,360
Speaker 1: but I'll trade up two or three yep, right? But

1568
01:23:59,640 --> 01:24:02,200
Speaker 1: what and I don't want I don't I don't want

1569
01:24:02,200 --> 01:24:04,040
Speaker 1: to throw an what if we do? If we trade

1570
01:24:04,080 --> 01:24:08,479
Speaker 1: up for a guy like Jackson Smith and Jigba and

1571
01:24:08,560 --> 01:24:12,759
Speaker 1: he has the kind of rookie season that Khalil Shakir

1572
01:24:12,840 --> 01:24:15,639
Speaker 1: had where you're why is he why is he playing?

1573
01:24:15,640 --> 01:24:17,360
Speaker 1: Why is he playing with you? You know that hopefully

1574
01:24:17,439 --> 01:24:19,760
Speaker 1: is because Khalil Shakier is lightening it up everywhere, Right,

1575
01:24:19,840 --> 01:24:23,799
Speaker 1: that would be nice? Would nobody be caring about that argument?

1576
01:24:24,000 --> 01:24:27,120
Speaker 1: It's true. Um, you gotta remember this is this team

1577
01:24:27,280 --> 01:24:31,559
Speaker 1: is an absolute beast of a football team to try

1578
01:24:31,600 --> 01:24:34,000
Speaker 1: and beat. They lost three games by a total eight points,

1579
01:24:34,080 --> 01:24:38,360
Speaker 1: and the two of the three losses were were literally

1580
01:24:38,520 --> 01:24:43,880
Speaker 1: miracles by the other team. So I mean, you're you're

1581
01:24:43,960 --> 01:24:46,400
Speaker 1: looking at a team that's gonna be really difficult to beat,

1582
01:24:46,400 --> 01:24:49,360
Speaker 1: and it's not going to be any different this year still,

1583
01:24:49,479 --> 01:24:50,960
Speaker 1: so it's gonna be hard to get on the field

1584
01:24:50,960 --> 01:24:55,080
Speaker 1: for this team. I will still never understand this Rose

1585
01:24:55,120 --> 01:24:58,960
Speaker 1: Bowl game because he had like three hundred yards receiving

1586
01:24:59,000 --> 01:25:02,840
Speaker 1: in this game. It looked like who was it? Who

1587
01:25:02,880 --> 01:25:05,120
Speaker 1: did they play Stanford in this game? Or was it Utah?

1588
01:25:05,160 --> 01:25:08,040
Speaker 1: It looks like Arizona State or somebody or no, it's

1589
01:25:08,080 --> 01:25:11,200
Speaker 1: not Arizona State. I think it was. It was this

1590
01:25:11,240 --> 01:25:13,479
Speaker 1: a semi final art This is a different game. But

1591
01:25:13,520 --> 01:25:15,760
Speaker 1: the Rose Bowl was his trademark game. He had like

1592
01:25:15,760 --> 01:25:19,240
Speaker 1: three hundred yards receiving on eighteen receptions. It was ridiculous.

1593
01:25:19,280 --> 01:25:21,040
Speaker 1: It looked like the defense for the other team was

1594
01:25:21,080 --> 01:25:23,479
Speaker 1: running in quicksand the whole game. Because he's not a

1595
01:25:23,520 --> 01:25:25,679
Speaker 1: burner by any means. He's like a four or five

1596
01:25:25,760 --> 01:25:30,040
Speaker 1: three guy. Frank on the tweet sheet says offensive line

1597
01:25:30,600 --> 01:25:35,519
Speaker 1: because no team can ever win without a great old line.

1598
01:25:36,520 --> 01:25:39,280
Speaker 1: Truer words were you never spoken. Frank, had to be

1599
01:25:39,280 --> 01:25:40,400
Speaker 1: a great old line, but it has to be at

1600
01:25:40,439 --> 01:25:45,160
Speaker 1: least no line is playing great. There's a difference, but yes,

1601
01:25:46,680 --> 01:25:49,120
Speaker 1: I'm I'm okay with that. The value is going to

1602
01:25:49,160 --> 01:25:53,639
Speaker 1: be very interesting on what it looks like with respect

1603
01:25:53,720 --> 01:25:59,320
Speaker 1: to offensive line prospects down there at twenty seven. A

1604
01:25:59,320 --> 01:26:01,840
Speaker 1: lot of people leaves Scarronsky is going to be the

1605
01:26:01,880 --> 01:26:05,240
Speaker 1: first offensive lineman off the board, somewhere in the top ten,

1606
01:26:05,479 --> 01:26:09,880
Speaker 1: presumably no later than twelve. And then after that you're

1607
01:26:09,920 --> 01:26:14,120
Speaker 1: talking Paris Johnson and Broderick Jones, the Ohio State and

1608
01:26:14,200 --> 01:26:18,840
Speaker 1: Georgia kid, and then after that it's Darnell Right, well,

1609
01:26:18,840 --> 01:26:22,200
Speaker 1: that's a long drop. Yeah, And I gotta tell you, Steve,

1610
01:26:22,320 --> 01:26:24,040
Speaker 1: but you've got another couple of guys in there, like

1611
01:26:24,200 --> 01:26:28,360
Speaker 1: Anton Harrison from Oya, Dawan Jones, the big huge guy,

1612
01:26:28,400 --> 01:26:31,640
Speaker 1: Cody Mock, the kid from South Dakota State, they enamored with.

1613
01:26:31,760 --> 01:26:34,519
Speaker 1: I think those are second round. Yeah, they might be,

1614
01:26:34,640 --> 01:26:37,599
Speaker 1: but they've got traits and perisles that make them make

1615
01:26:37,600 --> 01:26:40,200
Speaker 1: teams fall in love with them. And there might be

1616
01:26:40,240 --> 01:26:44,000
Speaker 1: some teams that need guards that say we're never gonna

1617
01:26:44,120 --> 01:26:46,240
Speaker 1: draft guard, We're only gonna draft tackles and then move

1618
01:26:46,320 --> 01:26:49,679
Speaker 1: them to guard. Yeah, that's fine, which makes more tackles

1619
01:26:49,680 --> 01:26:52,360
Speaker 1: come off the board. There is one. So let's just

1620
01:26:52,400 --> 01:26:57,240
Speaker 1: say hypothetically that the valued receiver's gone, and the Bills

1621
01:26:57,240 --> 01:27:00,760
Speaker 1: are locked in on offensive line and they're coming down

1622
01:27:00,760 --> 01:27:03,960
Speaker 1: to their pick, and that Tennessee kids on the board

1623
01:27:04,040 --> 01:27:07,360
Speaker 1: that you like Darnell. Right, there's one team that I

1624
01:27:07,360 --> 01:27:09,720
Speaker 1: am very worried about that's sitting in front of them.

1625
01:27:09,720 --> 01:27:11,760
Speaker 1: I will tell you who that team is next. Here

1626
01:27:11,760 --> 01:27:14,160
Speaker 1: on One Bill's Live, presented by Kalid to Health. It's

1627
01:27:14,160 --> 01:27:33,840
Speaker 1: Buffalo Bill's Radio. All right, So, as we were saying, Steve,

1628
01:27:35,080 --> 01:27:37,599
Speaker 1: let's just say there isn't value wide receiver twenty four

1629
01:27:38,600 --> 01:27:41,640
Speaker 1: and the Bills are looking at an offensive lineman prospect

1630
01:27:41,640 --> 01:27:45,000
Speaker 1: that might fit the value there or twenty seven. Sorry,

1631
01:27:45,840 --> 01:27:48,960
Speaker 1: and let's just say your guy, Darnell writes on the board,

1632
01:27:49,000 --> 01:27:51,040
Speaker 1: and it's ticking down to the Bills pick. The one

1633
01:27:51,120 --> 01:27:54,799
Speaker 1: team that I am concerned about snatching somebody like Darnell

1634
01:27:54,920 --> 01:27:57,639
Speaker 1: right away from them are the Jacksonville Jaguars at pick

1635
01:27:57,680 --> 01:28:01,879
Speaker 1: twenty four because they has lost Joann Taylor in free agency.

1636
01:28:01,920 --> 01:28:05,400
Speaker 1: They're starting tackle, so there is a defining need there

1637
01:28:05,439 --> 01:28:10,479
Speaker 1: and they haven't really fixed it in free agency, shall

1638
01:28:10,520 --> 01:28:14,320
Speaker 1: we say, with an investment in a veteran. So I

1639
01:28:14,360 --> 01:28:17,240
Speaker 1: would be concerned that that guy could be out the

1640
01:28:17,280 --> 01:28:21,720
Speaker 1: door before the Bills are even But there's you know

1641
01:28:21,800 --> 01:28:25,000
Speaker 1: even so this you know Darnell right the guy that

1642
01:28:25,080 --> 01:28:28,599
Speaker 1: I'm picking, he's listed at sixth on the website I'm

1643
01:28:28,640 --> 01:28:32,280
Speaker 1: looking at. He could be as low as four, but

1644
01:28:32,320 --> 01:28:34,240
Speaker 1: you're gonna take if he's as low as six or whatever.

1645
01:28:34,240 --> 01:28:36,639
Speaker 1: When you get down to fourth, fifth, and sixth tackles

1646
01:28:36,640 --> 01:28:40,360
Speaker 1: in this draft, that's when you start talking about you.

1647
01:28:40,360 --> 01:28:44,599
Speaker 1: You gotta wait until you're down in the twenties before

1648
01:28:44,640 --> 01:28:48,679
Speaker 1: those guys are gonna be in danger of being taken

1649
01:28:48,680 --> 01:28:52,559
Speaker 1: ahead of you. So you're gonna be able to get

1650
01:28:52,560 --> 01:28:54,880
Speaker 1: a really good player, whether it's our guy Darnell Right

1651
01:28:54,920 --> 01:28:58,080
Speaker 1: or Duwan Jones or Cody Mock or bergeron any of

1652
01:28:58,080 --> 01:28:59,519
Speaker 1: these guys, you're gonna get one of those guys. You're

1653
01:28:59,520 --> 01:29:01,519
Speaker 1: gonna have a shot one of those guys, in my opinion,

1654
01:29:01,920 --> 01:29:04,720
Speaker 1: because there's there's that many guys available. So if that's

1655
01:29:04,760 --> 01:29:07,920
Speaker 1: what you're gonna if you're hell bent on getting one

1656
01:29:07,920 --> 01:29:11,000
Speaker 1: of those guys, okay, But like we said, when the

1657
01:29:11,040 --> 01:29:14,240
Speaker 1: board falls, you might be thinking, oh, there's this wide

1658
01:29:14,280 --> 01:29:16,479
Speaker 1: receiver or this tight end or one of these other players.

1659
01:29:16,479 --> 01:29:19,280
Speaker 1: There's even more here than I thought there. So it's

1660
01:29:19,320 --> 01:29:22,840
Speaker 1: gonna be you're gonna get a good player. What's he

1661
01:29:22,880 --> 01:29:24,559
Speaker 1: gonna look like? In what position is he gonna play?

1662
01:29:24,600 --> 01:29:28,000
Speaker 1: I don't know. We'll see, but I'm totally on board

1663
01:29:28,040 --> 01:29:31,880
Speaker 1: with an Oligneman. Always gotta be prepared to pivot. That's

1664
01:29:31,920 --> 01:29:33,920
Speaker 1: how it works in this drat All right, Steve, have

1665
01:29:34,000 --> 01:29:37,880
Speaker 1: the happiest of birthdays today. Thank you, and we will

1666
01:29:37,920 --> 01:29:41,200
Speaker 1: catch up with you tomorrow more draft talk as always

1667
01:29:41,560 --> 01:29:43,519
Speaker 1: here on One Bill's Live. We'll see you tomorrow at

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01:29:43,520 --> 01:29:49,840
Speaker 1: one