1 00:00:06,800 --> 00:00:10,560 Speaker 1: At a Steve Tasker who has been all over the fields. 2 00:00:10,640 --> 00:00:12,640 Speaker 1: Kind of unique. He was kind of a dual role player. 3 00:00:12,680 --> 00:00:18,880 Speaker 1: Stream Steve Steve a blimp. We're not even in the 4 00:00:19,000 --> 00:00:26,800 Speaker 1: strategyre of normalcy. Welcome to a new week of one 5 00:00:26,880 --> 00:00:29,840 Speaker 1: Bill's Live as Buffalo. Bill's Training Camp rolls right along. 6 00:00:29,880 --> 00:00:32,159 Speaker 1: I'm Steve Tasker, Thanks for being here with me. Chris 7 00:00:32,280 --> 00:00:35,000 Speaker 1: Brown is out for the week. He is taking a 8 00:00:35,040 --> 00:00:37,680 Speaker 1: break and we are gonna have a bunch of people 9 00:00:37,760 --> 00:00:40,639 Speaker 1: filling in now and again as a co host. It's 10 00:00:40,640 --> 00:00:42,199 Speaker 1: great to talk with everybody. Hope you all had a 11 00:00:42,200 --> 00:00:45,360 Speaker 1: great weekend. Bill's training camp is going crazy. We were 12 00:00:45,520 --> 00:00:47,920 Speaker 1: We had a live stream myself and Maddie Glab had 13 00:00:47,960 --> 00:00:49,720 Speaker 1: a live Facebook stream today. You can go back and 14 00:00:49,760 --> 00:00:51,680 Speaker 1: listen to that. We were on the field. It was 15 00:00:51,680 --> 00:00:54,920 Speaker 1: only about I think as one hundred and eighty six 16 00:00:55,360 --> 00:00:57,760 Speaker 1: degrees fahrenheit on the field this morning. When we were 17 00:00:57,800 --> 00:00:59,920 Speaker 1: out there. They were at there, run around, look practice. 18 00:01:00,000 --> 00:01:02,640 Speaker 1: It's good. It does feel I got to tell everybody, 19 00:01:02,720 --> 00:01:06,320 Speaker 1: it feels strikingly normal. Once you get out there and 20 00:01:06,360 --> 00:01:09,120 Speaker 1: watch these guys run around in your pads and shoulder 21 00:01:09,160 --> 00:01:11,960 Speaker 1: pads and helmets. It's comforting to go out there and 22 00:01:12,000 --> 00:01:13,560 Speaker 1: watch these guys run around. I gotta tell you, I 23 00:01:13,560 --> 00:01:15,160 Speaker 1: wish everybody could do it. It's it's a lot of 24 00:01:15,160 --> 00:01:16,640 Speaker 1: fun to be out there. It's the one thing in 25 00:01:16,680 --> 00:01:19,039 Speaker 1: the times that we're living in right now, in this 26 00:01:19,160 --> 00:01:23,520 Speaker 1: twenty twenty time warp or no alternate reality that we 27 00:01:23,560 --> 00:01:27,160 Speaker 1: all live in, that you can go do something that 28 00:01:27,280 --> 00:01:29,520 Speaker 1: feels like the old days, which were like what eight 29 00:01:29,560 --> 00:01:33,280 Speaker 1: months ago. So it was fun and the team looks good, 30 00:01:33,280 --> 00:01:35,560 Speaker 1: and we've got a bunch of stuff going on, and 31 00:01:35,600 --> 00:01:38,720 Speaker 1: as I mentioned, Chrissy, Chris Brown is out for the week, 32 00:01:38,959 --> 00:01:41,880 Speaker 1: and we're gonna have a bunch of different co hosts today. 33 00:01:41,920 --> 00:01:45,760 Speaker 1: And today we are blessed to have our good friend 34 00:01:45,880 --> 00:01:50,720 Speaker 1: Josh Reid on with us being co host with me. Josh, dude, 35 00:01:50,840 --> 00:01:52,920 Speaker 1: thanks for coming on. I appreciate it's great to see you. 36 00:01:53,000 --> 00:01:54,600 Speaker 1: How's it going. Did you have a good weekend? First 37 00:01:54,640 --> 00:01:59,360 Speaker 1: of all, that a great weekend. Blessed is an interesting 38 00:01:59,360 --> 00:02:03,520 Speaker 1: word to use. It's great. It's great too. It's great 39 00:02:03,560 --> 00:02:06,720 Speaker 1: to hang out as always. Um, yeah, the great at 40 00:02:06,720 --> 00:02:09,520 Speaker 1: a great weekend. Hit up the weather was beautiful, hit 41 00:02:09,600 --> 00:02:11,920 Speaker 1: up the farmer's market, which is always a good which 42 00:02:11,919 --> 00:02:14,160 Speaker 1: one time which we got a new barn, got a 43 00:02:14,240 --> 00:02:16,080 Speaker 1: got a three month old, so we did ad a 44 00:02:16,080 --> 00:02:18,560 Speaker 1: little little little time in the farmer's market, picked up 45 00:02:18,560 --> 00:02:20,799 Speaker 1: some food. Which farmer's market did you go to? Which 46 00:02:20,800 --> 00:02:23,679 Speaker 1: farmer's market did you go to? The one right there 47 00:02:23,680 --> 00:02:27,639 Speaker 1: on Bidwell? Downtown? Okay, you're downtown, Yeah, you see, we're 48 00:02:27,680 --> 00:02:30,799 Speaker 1: on the suburbs. We've got we've got every village, well 49 00:02:30,840 --> 00:02:32,840 Speaker 1: not every village, but we've got our own farmers market 50 00:02:32,880 --> 00:02:35,080 Speaker 1: we go to and it's it's nice, right, it's the 51 00:02:35,080 --> 00:02:38,040 Speaker 1: best thing ever. I grew up in a farming village. 52 00:02:38,280 --> 00:02:39,800 Speaker 1: We didn't have a farmer's market. There was none of 53 00:02:39,800 --> 00:02:43,160 Speaker 1: that stuff going on. And now that I'm living in 54 00:02:43,200 --> 00:02:46,000 Speaker 1: western New York where it's a thing, it's the best, 55 00:02:46,160 --> 00:02:49,359 Speaker 1: right that does. Your little one is shielding he or she? 56 00:02:49,600 --> 00:02:54,280 Speaker 1: What is it? He is? Okay? All right? I mean 57 00:02:54,520 --> 00:02:57,600 Speaker 1: you know, anything anything. He'll put anything in his mouth, 58 00:02:57,639 --> 00:03:01,400 Speaker 1: so it's it's not he's not real thicky, so right, um, 59 00:03:01,560 --> 00:03:04,280 Speaker 1: and the dog. The dog is also not a pe 60 00:03:04,960 --> 00:03:06,880 Speaker 1: I was pretty much gonna eat anything you hand to them. 61 00:03:06,960 --> 00:03:09,919 Speaker 1: That's perfect. Yeah. So with a three month olds, it's 62 00:03:09,919 --> 00:03:12,160 Speaker 1: all having a three month old at the farmer's market. 63 00:03:12,160 --> 00:03:14,960 Speaker 1: It's almost like bringing a puppy. Everybody's got to stop. 64 00:03:16,680 --> 00:03:19,480 Speaker 1: Yea percent. You just crossed your fingers that the baby 65 00:03:19,520 --> 00:03:22,919 Speaker 1: doesn't go off the deep end at any point. And 66 00:03:23,200 --> 00:03:25,280 Speaker 1: it was good. We got we got away with it 67 00:03:25,360 --> 00:03:27,680 Speaker 1: the baby. It was great. Walked around and grab some 68 00:03:27,720 --> 00:03:30,880 Speaker 1: fresh vegetables and bruts and it's great. Yeah, it's awesome. 69 00:03:30,919 --> 00:03:32,839 Speaker 1: Yeah I did. I did the same. I was did 70 00:03:32,880 --> 00:03:34,639 Speaker 1: something that I haven't done for a long time, and 71 00:03:34,840 --> 00:03:38,320 Speaker 1: had a golf weekend and socially distanced through that. It's 72 00:03:38,400 --> 00:03:40,840 Speaker 1: kind of the the only thing regular people now you 73 00:03:40,840 --> 00:03:42,440 Speaker 1: can the only sport you can kind of have fun 74 00:03:42,480 --> 00:03:46,720 Speaker 1: with because it's so naturally distant from each other when 75 00:03:46,720 --> 00:03:49,480 Speaker 1: you're doing it together. So I did that all weekend 76 00:03:49,480 --> 00:03:51,760 Speaker 1: with some friends of mine, and uh, great, it's great 77 00:03:51,760 --> 00:03:54,040 Speaker 1: to be back. And it's man, I know you were 78 00:03:54,040 --> 00:03:55,800 Speaker 1: out of practice this morning with the same thing, and 79 00:03:55,920 --> 00:03:57,520 Speaker 1: I'd said it was like one hundred and eighty six 80 00:03:57,560 --> 00:04:01,960 Speaker 1: degrees out there this morning. But it does seem welcomingly 81 00:04:02,640 --> 00:04:07,560 Speaker 1: normal to watch these guys practice, right, it really is. 82 00:04:07,720 --> 00:04:11,680 Speaker 1: I mean, I you know, we joke in our household 83 00:04:11,680 --> 00:04:15,800 Speaker 1: a little bit because I'm I'm a creature of habit. 84 00:04:16,120 --> 00:04:18,520 Speaker 1: Every time I leave the house, I'm all right, phone 85 00:04:18,560 --> 00:04:21,320 Speaker 1: wallet keys because I hate going back back in the 86 00:04:21,320 --> 00:04:24,000 Speaker 1: house once I'm in the car. So that's my whole regiment. 87 00:04:24,080 --> 00:04:27,080 Speaker 1: Now I added mask to it, so it's phone wallet 88 00:04:27,160 --> 00:04:30,039 Speaker 1: keys mask and and you know, so I've gotten in 89 00:04:30,080 --> 00:04:32,919 Speaker 1: the habit like a a lot of people have. You know, 90 00:04:32,960 --> 00:04:35,279 Speaker 1: you're standing out there with a mask on a practice 91 00:04:35,320 --> 00:04:38,599 Speaker 1: and it's not you forget that you have it on. 92 00:04:38,680 --> 00:04:41,480 Speaker 1: Now granted i'll say this the last two days, but 93 00:04:41,600 --> 00:04:45,480 Speaker 1: a little warmer. It's harmer than we'd like. It's hard 94 00:04:45,600 --> 00:04:48,880 Speaker 1: for you forget. You're standing around talking ball to everybody, 95 00:04:48,920 --> 00:04:51,440 Speaker 1: and you just you kind of forget it you even 96 00:04:51,480 --> 00:04:53,359 Speaker 1: have it on. Yeah, you're right, and it is a 97 00:04:53,400 --> 00:04:55,080 Speaker 1: new normal. I've got my own. I got a mask 98 00:04:55,160 --> 00:04:58,200 Speaker 1: that I hang from the from the blinker, the blinker 99 00:04:58,320 --> 00:04:59,800 Speaker 1: thing on my car, right, so I've got when I 100 00:05:00,040 --> 00:05:01,640 Speaker 1: even the car all the time, so you know, at 101 00:05:01,680 --> 00:05:02,960 Speaker 1: least you can walk back to the car and grab 102 00:05:02,960 --> 00:05:04,479 Speaker 1: it when you forget to put it on or whatever. 103 00:05:04,720 --> 00:05:07,640 Speaker 1: So I always have the car mask. I have a 104 00:05:07,680 --> 00:05:11,559 Speaker 1: work mask here, you know, and then at home because 105 00:05:11,560 --> 00:05:13,400 Speaker 1: if you take it. You don't need it at the house, right, 106 00:05:13,839 --> 00:05:16,839 Speaker 1: So you so you need a mask every place else. 107 00:05:17,480 --> 00:05:19,359 Speaker 1: So I just leave him in the car, and I 108 00:05:19,400 --> 00:05:20,800 Speaker 1: got a you know, I got a ten packet of 109 00:05:20,800 --> 00:05:23,080 Speaker 1: a little the surgical one. So you can leave those 110 00:05:23,080 --> 00:05:26,920 Speaker 1: in the car, but I can't. In twenty twenty. It's 111 00:05:26,960 --> 00:05:30,960 Speaker 1: the ear of the mask, right, Yeah. I mean, is 112 00:05:30,960 --> 00:05:32,920 Speaker 1: it weird that every once in a while my wife 113 00:05:32,920 --> 00:05:34,760 Speaker 1: will just ask me to put the mask on in 114 00:05:34,800 --> 00:05:38,040 Speaker 1: the house, almost as if to say, I don't really 115 00:05:38,040 --> 00:05:42,160 Speaker 1: want to look her face? Do you ask? Strange or not? 116 00:05:42,240 --> 00:05:44,920 Speaker 1: Maybe I should think I thought that was normal. No, 117 00:05:45,440 --> 00:05:47,360 Speaker 1: you don't. You don't get that at all. Yeah, do 118 00:05:47,440 --> 00:05:49,400 Speaker 1: you have a mask for your eyes? Thank you? Um, 119 00:05:50,080 --> 00:05:52,440 Speaker 1: I just cover my whole face up, all right. Steve 120 00:05:52,480 --> 00:05:55,320 Speaker 1: Tasker being joined this week on OBI Today on Obio 121 00:05:55,480 --> 00:05:58,880 Speaker 1: by Josh Reid w Ibb, sports director here in Buffalo 122 00:05:58,960 --> 00:06:01,200 Speaker 1: and the thing we had this up Twitter poll And 123 00:06:01,200 --> 00:06:03,480 Speaker 1: of course over the weekend, if you've if you were 124 00:06:03,520 --> 00:06:05,840 Speaker 1: out of the loop and you're out golfing or at 125 00:06:05,839 --> 00:06:07,920 Speaker 1: the Farmer's market like like Josh and I were doing, 126 00:06:08,000 --> 00:06:09,960 Speaker 1: or you're doing something fun for the weekend, you probably 127 00:06:10,000 --> 00:06:13,880 Speaker 1: missed the fact that the NFL had six teams return 128 00:06:14,040 --> 00:06:19,960 Speaker 1: total of seventy seven positive COVID tests, which which went 129 00:06:20,040 --> 00:06:24,359 Speaker 1: from there's been a hundred thousand COVID tests in the 130 00:06:24,440 --> 00:06:28,000 Speaker 1: National Football League, one hundred plus thousand of them, and 131 00:06:28,040 --> 00:06:31,960 Speaker 1: they've had less than one percent positive return positive tests 132 00:06:31,960 --> 00:06:35,600 Speaker 1: come back, and it's declining. It's less than one percent 133 00:06:35,680 --> 00:06:38,360 Speaker 1: and it's going down, so they're getting fewer and fewer 134 00:06:38,360 --> 00:06:40,840 Speaker 1: and fewer cases. And then over the weekend they had 135 00:06:40,839 --> 00:06:45,400 Speaker 1: seventy seven positive and of course they analyzed it real quick. 136 00:06:45,880 --> 00:06:48,280 Speaker 1: All seventy seven of the positive cases came from six 137 00:06:48,360 --> 00:06:52,040 Speaker 1: different teams. It was the Browns, the Bears, the Jets, 138 00:06:52,120 --> 00:06:55,080 Speaker 1: the Bills, the Steelers, and the Vikings all went through 139 00:06:55,240 --> 00:07:00,440 Speaker 1: a lab in New Jersey. And there's like there's obviously 140 00:07:00,480 --> 00:07:02,960 Speaker 1: different labs around the country that are doing it regionally 141 00:07:03,040 --> 00:07:06,520 Speaker 1: for all the NFL teams, the same company, but different labs. 142 00:07:06,760 --> 00:07:08,680 Speaker 1: So all the positive tests came from one lab, and 143 00:07:08,720 --> 00:07:11,080 Speaker 1: all of a sudden, it's obvious, it becomes fairly obvious 144 00:07:12,000 --> 00:07:15,080 Speaker 1: that there was a contamination in the lab, or some 145 00:07:15,400 --> 00:07:18,160 Speaker 1: breach and protocol in the lab that gave these false positives. 146 00:07:18,200 --> 00:07:22,400 Speaker 1: Of course, all seventy seven subsequent tests that they got back, 147 00:07:22,520 --> 00:07:24,920 Speaker 1: there were positive false positives. All those guys got tested 148 00:07:24,960 --> 00:07:26,880 Speaker 1: in the protocols and now they're all negative, and so 149 00:07:26,920 --> 00:07:29,520 Speaker 1: it was a it was a blip in the system. 150 00:07:29,560 --> 00:07:34,680 Speaker 1: But you can imagine the ripples and the panic that 151 00:07:34,800 --> 00:07:37,320 Speaker 1: went across the NFL when all these guys started getting 152 00:07:37,520 --> 00:07:40,040 Speaker 1: you know, positive tests, and it's like, what are we 153 00:07:40,040 --> 00:07:42,480 Speaker 1: gonna do? And then they take step back, take a 154 00:07:42,480 --> 00:07:47,600 Speaker 1: deep breath, and it's like, oh, it's not real. Nevertheless, Josh, 155 00:07:47,880 --> 00:07:52,520 Speaker 1: you gotta treat it like it's real. We went out too. 156 00:07:52,640 --> 00:07:56,120 Speaker 1: I was out of practice yesterday, so you know, wake up, 157 00:07:57,000 --> 00:07:59,480 Speaker 1: do your team, get ready to go out, thinking that 158 00:07:59,600 --> 00:08:03,240 Speaker 1: practice is going to be at ten, and then about 159 00:08:03,320 --> 00:08:06,840 Speaker 1: nine fifteen nine ish, we get in an email saying, hey, 160 00:08:07,080 --> 00:08:09,680 Speaker 1: practice has been pushed back an hour. You know, just 161 00:08:10,440 --> 00:08:15,520 Speaker 1: that doesn't just happen. So immediately you go, oh, oh boy, 162 00:08:15,600 --> 00:08:17,320 Speaker 1: you know this might not be good. And this was 163 00:08:17,360 --> 00:08:20,920 Speaker 1: before we knew exactly why it was pushed back. So 164 00:08:21,160 --> 00:08:24,640 Speaker 1: you know, you're arrived on one Bill's drive, you know, early, 165 00:08:24,720 --> 00:08:26,440 Speaker 1: and you sit in your car and you wait and 166 00:08:26,440 --> 00:08:30,840 Speaker 1: you wonder, and then it's you know, Brandon is going 167 00:08:30,880 --> 00:08:33,760 Speaker 1: to hold a press conference and then it's like, oh my, 168 00:08:34,160 --> 00:08:36,559 Speaker 1: and then it slowly started the leak out that there 169 00:08:36,559 --> 00:08:39,760 Speaker 1: were these false positives. I thought. I thought the Bills 170 00:08:39,800 --> 00:08:44,400 Speaker 1: did a tremendous job of being very kind of forthcoming 171 00:08:44,400 --> 00:08:46,319 Speaker 1: and out in front of it and said, hey, this 172 00:08:46,400 --> 00:08:48,520 Speaker 1: is what happened, this is how we're going to treat it, 173 00:08:48,559 --> 00:08:51,120 Speaker 1: this is how we're gonna deal with everything. Brandon, you know, 174 00:08:51,200 --> 00:08:54,680 Speaker 1: called it a fire drill, and I mean that's really 175 00:08:54,920 --> 00:08:56,960 Speaker 1: nailing it on the head because he said, you know, 176 00:08:57,000 --> 00:09:00,400 Speaker 1: there's a chance that there's a Sunday during the season 177 00:09:00,440 --> 00:09:03,160 Speaker 1: that something similar happens, and we've got to be ready 178 00:09:03,200 --> 00:09:07,200 Speaker 1: to adjust. And I mean, Steve, you know this, the 179 00:09:07,640 --> 00:09:10,240 Speaker 1: you know, the unknown is the head coach is an 180 00:09:10,320 --> 00:09:13,000 Speaker 1: NFL player's worst nightmare, because you want to know, you 181 00:09:13,000 --> 00:09:15,600 Speaker 1: feel like you want to cover every base and you 182 00:09:15,600 --> 00:09:18,679 Speaker 1: you know, it turned over every single stone before Sunday 183 00:09:18,760 --> 00:09:21,760 Speaker 1: turn comes around, and then if something like this happened Sunday, 184 00:09:21,800 --> 00:09:25,320 Speaker 1: there's like that you can't control that. Yes, you know 185 00:09:25,640 --> 00:09:28,319 Speaker 1: that's uncontrollable. But they did a great job. You know, 186 00:09:28,360 --> 00:09:31,360 Speaker 1: they pushed everything back, made sure everyone's safe. I love 187 00:09:31,480 --> 00:09:34,080 Speaker 1: the fact that Sean and Brandon said, Look, if a 188 00:09:34,320 --> 00:09:40,080 Speaker 1: player wasn't comfortable going to practice, hey don't don't show up. 189 00:09:40,120 --> 00:09:42,880 Speaker 1: That's fine, we'll figure it out. None's gonna be held 190 00:09:42,880 --> 00:09:47,040 Speaker 1: against you. You know, I think they they did. They 191 00:09:47,200 --> 00:09:50,360 Speaker 1: used it almost to an advantage. Is weird and strange 192 00:09:50,400 --> 00:09:53,199 Speaker 1: as that sound. Yeah, Brandon Bean did speak about this 193 00:09:53,240 --> 00:09:55,480 Speaker 1: to the media yesterday morning. On One of the things 194 00:09:55,480 --> 00:09:57,760 Speaker 1: he talked about was the chance that it was a 195 00:09:57,840 --> 00:10:01,400 Speaker 1: dry run for for the worst possible scenario. And here's 196 00:10:01,400 --> 00:10:06,920 Speaker 1: what Brandon being said about having irregular test results issue 197 00:10:07,000 --> 00:10:11,199 Speaker 1: happened before the season starts. Here's Brandon being what if 198 00:10:11,200 --> 00:10:14,240 Speaker 1: this happened on game day and how would we respond? 199 00:10:14,320 --> 00:10:17,600 Speaker 1: And obviously it can change game plans depending on you know, 200 00:10:17,640 --> 00:10:19,880 Speaker 1: which players you'd be missing on either side of the ball. 201 00:10:19,960 --> 00:10:23,959 Speaker 1: So it's unfortunate. I know some of these guys, these players, 202 00:10:24,200 --> 00:10:25,840 Speaker 1: talked to a few of them. They want to be here, 203 00:10:25,880 --> 00:10:29,640 Speaker 1: they're frustrated. But this is all the process that we're 204 00:10:29,679 --> 00:10:34,120 Speaker 1: dealing with, and we still have to be cautious if 205 00:10:34,120 --> 00:10:37,120 Speaker 1: they had what's called a false positive and make sure 206 00:10:37,240 --> 00:10:39,720 Speaker 1: they're truly safe. But it did again, it did allow 207 00:10:39,800 --> 00:10:43,880 Speaker 1: us to bring some of the close contacts had we 208 00:10:44,240 --> 00:10:46,520 Speaker 1: had that not happened, I'm not sure we could have 209 00:10:46,600 --> 00:10:48,559 Speaker 1: practiced because there was, you know, so many guys that 210 00:10:48,880 --> 00:10:51,520 Speaker 1: were next to each other. Well, you see, you get 211 00:10:51,520 --> 00:10:53,360 Speaker 1: an idea of what they're going through and what they've 212 00:10:53,400 --> 00:10:56,199 Speaker 1: got the hoops they've got to jump through when they 213 00:10:56,240 --> 00:10:59,040 Speaker 1: get a false positive or even a real positive test, 214 00:10:59,280 --> 00:11:02,160 Speaker 1: a positive test it's actually a positive test. Having a 215 00:11:02,240 --> 00:11:04,640 Speaker 1: dry run through like that, it's probably something they've spoken 216 00:11:04,679 --> 00:11:07,600 Speaker 1: about a dozen times getting ready for it. But then 217 00:11:07,600 --> 00:11:10,600 Speaker 1: to have the pressure on, well sort of the pressure on. 218 00:11:10,600 --> 00:11:13,600 Speaker 1: They gotta practice, and they gotta you know, you know, 219 00:11:13,640 --> 00:11:15,680 Speaker 1: an NFL teams a little bit like a you know, 220 00:11:15,720 --> 00:11:18,600 Speaker 1: like a big supertanker full of oil. You don't just 221 00:11:18,760 --> 00:11:20,679 Speaker 1: put the brakes on and it stops it. You know, 222 00:11:20,800 --> 00:11:23,520 Speaker 1: it takes a while for that momentum to break. When 223 00:11:23,559 --> 00:11:25,679 Speaker 1: you got to get fifty three guys for practice and 224 00:11:25,679 --> 00:11:28,080 Speaker 1: you're gonna push practice back, and they've got to put 225 00:11:28,080 --> 00:11:30,800 Speaker 1: the brakes on and change their daily routine. You got 226 00:11:30,800 --> 00:11:35,000 Speaker 1: to change the coaching staff schedule and the way they 227 00:11:35,040 --> 00:11:37,880 Speaker 1: schedule training camp. In the NFL, it's wired all the time, 228 00:11:37,920 --> 00:11:40,600 Speaker 1: and to change that schedule is no small thing. And 229 00:11:40,679 --> 00:11:42,800 Speaker 1: to have this thrown in there. You can only imagine 230 00:11:42,800 --> 00:11:45,880 Speaker 1: what it's like on game day. You don't get the 231 00:11:46,000 --> 00:11:50,720 Speaker 1: benefit of being able to move the game back four hours. 232 00:11:51,160 --> 00:11:55,000 Speaker 1: You know that doesn't happen, and that's something you gotta get. 233 00:11:55,160 --> 00:11:57,920 Speaker 1: You got a deadline. It's a one o'clock's PM cut kickoff, 234 00:11:57,960 --> 00:12:00,000 Speaker 1: and you know if it's ten am on a Sunday morning, 235 00:12:00,040 --> 00:12:01,680 Speaker 1: you don't get to move it back three hours like 236 00:12:01,720 --> 00:12:04,560 Speaker 1: you do practice. So giving them this chance, and I 237 00:12:04,600 --> 00:12:09,000 Speaker 1: know this too, Josh and Twitter is amazing because you 238 00:12:09,040 --> 00:12:11,839 Speaker 1: can almost you always feel like you can anticipate the 239 00:12:12,280 --> 00:12:16,800 Speaker 1: the tinfoil hat crowd, who's it's all a conspiracy, and 240 00:12:16,960 --> 00:12:19,000 Speaker 1: you can kind of anticipate it. But then when the 241 00:12:19,080 --> 00:12:21,600 Speaker 1: real thing happens, it's even it's always worse than you 242 00:12:21,640 --> 00:12:26,400 Speaker 1: can imagine. How right, So, but it is advantageous, don't 243 00:12:26,400 --> 00:12:29,000 Speaker 1: you think that? And it is easy to say, oh, 244 00:12:29,080 --> 00:12:30,680 Speaker 1: this is a great idea. Gives them a chance to 245 00:12:30,720 --> 00:12:33,160 Speaker 1: go through this before the season. Somebody must have thought 246 00:12:33,160 --> 00:12:36,680 Speaker 1: of it. Um, I just don't get that. I don't 247 00:12:36,760 --> 00:12:39,240 Speaker 1: just don't think that's the case in this way. In 248 00:12:39,280 --> 00:12:44,079 Speaker 1: this instance, Yeah, I can't imagine that they just decided 249 00:12:44,160 --> 00:12:47,120 Speaker 1: to pull the fire alarm and go, let's see how 250 00:12:47,120 --> 00:12:50,440 Speaker 1: everyone reacts. Right. I can't imagine that that's that's a 251 00:12:50,520 --> 00:12:54,079 Speaker 1: scenario that played out in anybody's mind. You don't want 252 00:12:54,120 --> 00:12:56,480 Speaker 1: to create that type of panic. I mean, that's just 253 00:12:56,840 --> 00:12:59,400 Speaker 1: that's just not a good look at all. Um. I'd 254 00:12:59,440 --> 00:13:03,960 Speaker 1: be interested to know how many because we got Brandon 255 00:13:04,040 --> 00:13:06,480 Speaker 1: in such a short, you know, raid, after we were 256 00:13:06,559 --> 00:13:10,240 Speaker 1: kind of learning everything, you know, now, looking back, I 257 00:13:10,360 --> 00:13:13,840 Speaker 1: wonder and since this all happened, I wonder how many 258 00:13:13,840 --> 00:13:19,960 Speaker 1: teams reached out to Brandon and said, hey, how how 259 00:13:20,000 --> 00:13:22,600 Speaker 1: did you guys handle it? How what did you guys do? 260 00:13:22,679 --> 00:13:25,640 Speaker 1: Because we both know Sean and Brandon have a network 261 00:13:25,760 --> 00:13:28,320 Speaker 1: like everybody else, and they've they've got friends around the 262 00:13:28,400 --> 00:13:31,400 Speaker 1: league that probably reached out and said, hey, you know, 263 00:13:32,240 --> 00:13:34,680 Speaker 1: what were the most important steps to take to kind 264 00:13:34,720 --> 00:13:37,160 Speaker 1: of make sure that you had everybody kind of pulling 265 00:13:37,200 --> 00:13:39,080 Speaker 1: the rope in the same direction, and we'll be able 266 00:13:39,120 --> 00:13:42,120 Speaker 1: to move forward and keep going. And so I'd be 267 00:13:42,160 --> 00:13:44,680 Speaker 1: interested to hear the list of guys that maybe or 268 00:13:44,720 --> 00:13:46,880 Speaker 1: if there were maybe there weren't anybody, But I gotta 269 00:13:46,920 --> 00:13:50,080 Speaker 1: believe that these guys share secrets a lot. And I 270 00:13:50,120 --> 00:13:52,319 Speaker 1: got to think that that'd be one. You know, some 271 00:13:52,440 --> 00:13:55,200 Speaker 1: men tell that you'd want yeah, I think. And also 272 00:13:55,640 --> 00:13:57,320 Speaker 1: it's not so much you can kind of go through 273 00:13:57,360 --> 00:14:00,520 Speaker 1: in your mind, but what happened that you didn't expect 274 00:14:00,559 --> 00:14:02,160 Speaker 1: to happen? You know, what was the thing that you 275 00:14:02,280 --> 00:14:04,160 Speaker 1: thought you had planned for that didn't you know what 276 00:14:04,240 --> 00:14:06,200 Speaker 1: I mean, the stuff that's unexpected. It's like, oh, wait 277 00:14:06,240 --> 00:14:09,320 Speaker 1: a minute, we forgot about. We forgot about this kind 278 00:14:09,320 --> 00:14:12,959 Speaker 1: of aspect to the whole scenario. And you're right, it's 279 00:14:13,320 --> 00:14:17,840 Speaker 1: gonna be a year when the real pressure it may 280 00:14:17,920 --> 00:14:20,680 Speaker 1: or may not happen, but you've got to really prepare 281 00:14:20,880 --> 00:14:24,040 Speaker 1: for the worst case scenario every week, having an alternate 282 00:14:24,120 --> 00:14:27,920 Speaker 1: game plan, having an alternate game plan for the quarterback 283 00:14:27,960 --> 00:14:30,520 Speaker 1: if that happens, or if if two quarterbacks go down, 284 00:14:30,600 --> 00:14:33,680 Speaker 1: if you know, if an offensive lineman gets stricken about 285 00:14:33,720 --> 00:14:38,240 Speaker 1: by it, whatever. I mean. It's impossible to get a 286 00:14:38,360 --> 00:14:43,200 Speaker 1: handle on the combinations of players at by position who 287 00:14:43,520 --> 00:14:46,480 Speaker 1: it could be a weird combination, you know, a starting 288 00:14:46,480 --> 00:14:49,280 Speaker 1: safety and a right guard, that kind of thing, where 289 00:14:49,280 --> 00:14:50,800 Speaker 1: those guys are the ones that go down. You've got 290 00:14:50,800 --> 00:14:52,440 Speaker 1: to have a contingency plan for it. Some of those 291 00:14:52,480 --> 00:14:54,160 Speaker 1: guys you have to have a new game plan for 292 00:14:54,600 --> 00:14:57,440 Speaker 1: some guys you don't. You can plug the next guy in. 293 00:14:57,640 --> 00:14:59,840 Speaker 1: A wide receiver, you can, you know, you sit him down, 294 00:15:00,040 --> 00:15:01,760 Speaker 1: plug the next guy in. That's you can kind of 295 00:15:01,800 --> 00:15:05,840 Speaker 1: go from there. You've got that scenario change. But if 296 00:15:06,280 --> 00:15:10,200 Speaker 1: your first team offensive guard and your second team offensive 297 00:15:10,240 --> 00:15:14,880 Speaker 1: guard go down, then you've got the quote unquote positional emergency. 298 00:15:15,360 --> 00:15:18,840 Speaker 1: And that's really I think for this Bills team, because 299 00:15:18,880 --> 00:15:21,000 Speaker 1: they are so deep, and they are so well rounded, 300 00:15:21,000 --> 00:15:23,720 Speaker 1: they are so do have such a solid and experienced roster. 301 00:15:24,320 --> 00:15:27,600 Speaker 1: I think that's the one thing that would get them 302 00:15:27,760 --> 00:15:31,840 Speaker 1: is if there's five wide receivers who go down, or 303 00:15:31,920 --> 00:15:34,120 Speaker 1: four offensive lineman who go down, even if it's not 304 00:15:34,200 --> 00:15:36,520 Speaker 1: your top if it's like one of your top five 305 00:15:36,560 --> 00:15:40,000 Speaker 1: and three or your backups, still an issue your defensive line, 306 00:15:40,040 --> 00:15:42,280 Speaker 1: if you get ravage. That's the kind of thing that 307 00:15:42,360 --> 00:15:45,920 Speaker 1: I think the COVID nineteen, especially for the Bills because 308 00:15:45,960 --> 00:15:49,520 Speaker 1: they do have depth just about everywhere. That's the one 309 00:15:49,680 --> 00:15:53,360 Speaker 1: scenario that I think has got to keep Brandon being 310 00:15:53,360 --> 00:15:57,160 Speaker 1: as Sean McDermott up at night, well, I mean, if 311 00:15:57,160 --> 00:15:59,120 Speaker 1: five wide I'll go down, We're going to see the 312 00:15:59,160 --> 00:16:05,600 Speaker 1: wish file, full House, back the wing tea baby good right, Yeah, Hey, Josh, 313 00:16:05,640 --> 00:16:07,280 Speaker 1: woul actually be pretty good a run. Yeah, but you 314 00:16:07,320 --> 00:16:09,920 Speaker 1: gotta practice it. And when you're gonna practice that, right, 315 00:16:10,440 --> 00:16:13,120 Speaker 1: I mean, this isn't you know, this isn't Bud Wilkinson 316 00:16:13,200 --> 00:16:15,080 Speaker 1: back in the sixties, right. I mean they're gonna like, 317 00:16:15,160 --> 00:16:17,280 Speaker 1: we we'll just plug in our next four guys, right, 318 00:16:17,280 --> 00:16:19,760 Speaker 1: we got two hundred guys on our roster and it's 319 00:16:19,800 --> 00:16:23,680 Speaker 1: just doesn't happen that way. So how much of that? 320 00:16:24,520 --> 00:16:27,200 Speaker 1: How much of that? Yeah? Right? They are deep. This 321 00:16:27,320 --> 00:16:30,280 Speaker 1: is and I we've we've talked about it at length, 322 00:16:30,280 --> 00:16:32,240 Speaker 1: and I and I and I hate to go down 323 00:16:32,240 --> 00:16:36,960 Speaker 1: this road, but the Bills are positioned, at least on paper, 324 00:16:37,680 --> 00:16:41,560 Speaker 1: and with all the nuances that we can foresee with depth, 325 00:16:42,080 --> 00:16:46,280 Speaker 1: with experience with the coaching staff and how they work 326 00:16:46,360 --> 00:16:48,720 Speaker 1: on game day and wells leading up to game day 327 00:16:48,880 --> 00:16:52,560 Speaker 1: player development. All the things that this organization have put 328 00:16:52,600 --> 00:16:55,680 Speaker 1: together over the last three years all seem to be 329 00:16:57,160 --> 00:17:00,920 Speaker 1: ripe for this kind of scenario, Mario, to give the 330 00:17:00,920 --> 00:17:03,720 Speaker 1: team a better chance than anybody else to be successful. 331 00:17:04,520 --> 00:17:09,840 Speaker 1: The depth, yeah, everything, the game plan, every everybody, They 332 00:17:09,920 --> 00:17:12,920 Speaker 1: returned so many starters. You know, there's so many guys 333 00:17:13,000 --> 00:17:16,879 Speaker 1: with you know, experience, it not only just experienced around 334 00:17:16,920 --> 00:17:19,080 Speaker 1: the league, you know, because they're the guys they brought 335 00:17:19,160 --> 00:17:22,120 Speaker 1: in who may not have been here the last couple 336 00:17:22,119 --> 00:17:25,160 Speaker 1: of seasons. Mario Addison knows the system as well as 337 00:17:25,200 --> 00:17:28,320 Speaker 1: anybody who's been here. Same with Josh Norman. Those guys 338 00:17:28,359 --> 00:17:31,680 Speaker 1: they know what Sean expects. They they may not have been, 339 00:17:32,119 --> 00:17:34,320 Speaker 1: you know, playing for the Bills the last couple of years, 340 00:17:34,320 --> 00:17:37,679 Speaker 1: but you know they've been around Sean and they know 341 00:17:37,800 --> 00:17:41,640 Speaker 1: this defensive game plan well enough. You know, step On Diggs, 342 00:17:42,320 --> 00:17:45,960 Speaker 1: you know, the terminology may be different than what he's 343 00:17:46,040 --> 00:17:49,320 Speaker 1: used to in Minnesota, but Stepan Diggs, when you've been 344 00:17:49,320 --> 00:17:52,320 Speaker 1: around the league as long as step On Diggs has, 345 00:17:52,480 --> 00:17:54,960 Speaker 1: you know you've got that experience. You can come in 346 00:17:55,000 --> 00:17:57,520 Speaker 1: and pick things up still, I mean it, you know, 347 00:17:57,800 --> 00:18:02,399 Speaker 1: and just the depth behind him and the position battles 348 00:18:02,400 --> 00:18:05,400 Speaker 1: are awesome to watch this training camp. I mean, they 349 00:18:05,400 --> 00:18:08,800 Speaker 1: are fun to watch because you don't want this team. 350 00:18:09,760 --> 00:18:13,119 Speaker 1: For the first time in a long time, They're gonna 351 00:18:13,160 --> 00:18:17,400 Speaker 1: release some guys. They are good. Yeah, they're gonna get 352 00:18:17,400 --> 00:18:20,560 Speaker 1: picked up pretty quickly by other teams. That's right. Steve 353 00:18:20,600 --> 00:18:22,680 Speaker 1: Tasker along with Josh Reed here on One Bill's Live. 354 00:18:22,760 --> 00:18:25,840 Speaker 1: Josh co hosting today. We are broadcasting live from the 355 00:18:25,840 --> 00:18:28,440 Speaker 1: Syneca Studios. We've also got coming up later in the show, 356 00:18:28,520 --> 00:18:31,360 Speaker 1: Nate Davis from USA Today. He's the NFL writer columnists 357 00:18:31,440 --> 00:18:33,920 Speaker 1: covering the NFL since two thousand and five. We've also 358 00:18:34,000 --> 00:18:38,760 Speaker 1: got more sound from Sean McDermott Brandon Bean after practice. 359 00:18:39,600 --> 00:18:41,520 Speaker 1: We've got a couple of players We're gonna reach out 360 00:18:41,560 --> 00:18:45,640 Speaker 1: and talk to them as well. It's a lot going 361 00:18:45,680 --> 00:18:48,800 Speaker 1: on today as training camp rolls along. Brandon Bean and 362 00:18:48,800 --> 00:18:50,679 Speaker 1: one of the things about this that has come to 363 00:18:50,720 --> 00:18:53,440 Speaker 1: light and we'll get back to the situations and scenarios 364 00:18:53,440 --> 00:18:57,200 Speaker 1: with COVID nineteen in a minute. But Brandon Bean got 365 00:18:57,440 --> 00:19:00,720 Speaker 1: Dion doc and signed to an extension during this last 366 00:19:01,080 --> 00:19:03,600 Speaker 1: couple of weeks. Uh. He's the first name on a 367 00:19:03,640 --> 00:19:06,080 Speaker 1: list on a growing list of players that Buffalo Bills 368 00:19:06,119 --> 00:19:10,719 Speaker 1: fans think are foundational players for the future. Dion Dawkins, 369 00:19:10,840 --> 00:19:14,120 Speaker 1: left tackle got resigned. Here's what Brandon Bean said. Here's 370 00:19:14,119 --> 00:19:17,359 Speaker 1: what he said about the process headed it up to 371 00:19:17,720 --> 00:19:21,800 Speaker 1: the signing of Dion Dawkins to an extension you know, 372 00:19:21,880 --> 00:19:25,680 Speaker 1: we love to, we say at draft, develop and resign 373 00:19:25,720 --> 00:19:28,439 Speaker 1: our own. So uh, this is proof in the putting 374 00:19:28,480 --> 00:19:30,840 Speaker 1: of you know, a young man who came in here 375 00:19:30,840 --> 00:19:33,200 Speaker 1: as a rookie, you know, had had what I thought 376 00:19:33,240 --> 00:19:37,399 Speaker 1: was a pretty nice rookie year. Year two. We talked 377 00:19:37,400 --> 00:19:40,480 Speaker 1: about it was was not as consistent as he would 378 00:19:40,480 --> 00:19:42,280 Speaker 1: have liked or we would have liked, and thought he 379 00:19:42,320 --> 00:19:45,520 Speaker 1: came back year three and was dialed in and had 380 00:19:45,520 --> 00:19:48,280 Speaker 1: a really nice year. And you know, we did have 381 00:19:48,320 --> 00:19:51,080 Speaker 1: an offseason with him, but obviously we stayed in touch 382 00:19:51,200 --> 00:19:54,120 Speaker 1: virtually and and really just happy with where he's at 383 00:19:54,200 --> 00:19:56,880 Speaker 1: and think he's you know, he's trending up, and uh, 384 00:19:57,200 --> 00:19:59,080 Speaker 1: he's the type of player that we want here for 385 00:19:59,119 --> 00:20:02,160 Speaker 1: the long term. And so um, you know, all respect 386 00:20:02,160 --> 00:20:04,399 Speaker 1: to him and his agent that I thought they did 387 00:20:04,400 --> 00:20:07,720 Speaker 1: a great job and Jim overdoorf you know, on our side, 388 00:20:07,720 --> 00:20:10,280 Speaker 1: did a great job of getting that done. And then 389 00:20:10,320 --> 00:20:13,080 Speaker 1: with Sean um, you know, that's great to have, you know, 390 00:20:13,160 --> 00:20:15,840 Speaker 1: you want your head coach. I think he very much 391 00:20:15,840 --> 00:20:18,359 Speaker 1: earned it. I think you know, I don't know that 392 00:20:18,400 --> 00:20:21,080 Speaker 1: there's anything left that he could have answered at this 393 00:20:21,119 --> 00:20:24,760 Speaker 1: point other than you know, us going and winning playoff games. Um, 394 00:20:24,920 --> 00:20:28,120 Speaker 1: but uh, in the build where we're at, I think 395 00:20:28,119 --> 00:20:30,960 Speaker 1: he's checked all the boxes that a coach three years 396 00:20:30,960 --> 00:20:33,840 Speaker 1: in that's gone through a total real rebuild like we've 397 00:20:33,840 --> 00:20:36,840 Speaker 1: had to do here sal and Um, you know second 398 00:20:36,880 --> 00:20:38,919 Speaker 1: that he and his wife, I can promise you I 399 00:20:38,960 --> 00:20:41,800 Speaker 1: was the next happiest person, uh that this got done. 400 00:20:41,840 --> 00:20:44,199 Speaker 1: And Buffalo has got the right guy in charge for 401 00:20:44,200 --> 00:20:47,520 Speaker 1: a long time, you know, as the head coach, Brandon 402 00:20:47,520 --> 00:20:50,240 Speaker 1: being talked about Dion Dawkins, it left tackle getting extended. 403 00:20:50,280 --> 00:20:57,440 Speaker 1: Of course Sean mcdermot's extension as well. Any I guess really, Josh, 404 00:20:57,680 --> 00:21:00,399 Speaker 1: nobody was surprised that they were eager to sign uh, 405 00:21:00,840 --> 00:21:05,320 Speaker 1: Sean McDermott to an extension. No, absolutely, I mean that 406 00:21:05,760 --> 00:21:07,639 Speaker 1: was a no brainer. And quite frankly, I think we 407 00:21:07,800 --> 00:21:10,919 Speaker 1: just heard from the guy who's probably pretty high up 408 00:21:10,920 --> 00:21:13,840 Speaker 1: on the list to receive an extension you know pretty soon. 409 00:21:13,880 --> 00:21:16,840 Speaker 1: I mean, Brandon Bean's the architect of the thing and 410 00:21:16,840 --> 00:21:20,600 Speaker 1: and you know Sean mcdermot's the conductor. I mean they 411 00:21:20,760 --> 00:21:23,760 Speaker 1: work hand in hand, and you know you have to 412 00:21:23,800 --> 00:21:27,840 Speaker 1: believe that Sean isn't you know, he got the pen 413 00:21:28,000 --> 00:21:30,600 Speaker 1: right in his hand if he doesn't know that Brandon's 414 00:21:30,640 --> 00:21:33,800 Speaker 1: probably going to join him sooner or later, because let's 415 00:21:33,800 --> 00:21:36,920 Speaker 1: face it, they they've built this thing and they've done 416 00:21:36,920 --> 00:21:39,520 Speaker 1: a great job of building it. And you're talking about 417 00:21:39,560 --> 00:21:43,080 Speaker 1: Dion Dokin signing the extension, and I don't think that 418 00:21:43,080 --> 00:21:45,720 Speaker 1: that didn't catch anybody off guard either. You know, the 419 00:21:45,800 --> 00:21:48,879 Speaker 1: upside of drafting really well is you end up with 420 00:21:48,920 --> 00:21:52,680 Speaker 1: a lot of talented young players. At some point, though, 421 00:21:53,160 --> 00:21:54,960 Speaker 1: you got to pay the bill, you know, the bill 422 00:21:55,000 --> 00:21:58,040 Speaker 1: for dinner comes and uh, and that's what That's what 423 00:21:58,119 --> 00:22:00,199 Speaker 1: Brandon Bean's got to kind of juggle now and they 424 00:22:00,280 --> 00:22:02,119 Speaker 1: got to kind of figure that out. And you know, 425 00:22:03,040 --> 00:22:05,000 Speaker 1: locking up your left tackle is a good idea if 426 00:22:05,000 --> 00:22:08,600 Speaker 1: you've got a young quarterback, because that's pretty important. It's 427 00:22:08,880 --> 00:22:10,920 Speaker 1: important as having a receiver who can go get the ball. 428 00:22:11,080 --> 00:22:13,520 Speaker 1: That's right. And you talk about the quarterback. A lot 429 00:22:13,520 --> 00:22:15,280 Speaker 1: of people know, we talk about it here all the 430 00:22:15,280 --> 00:22:18,040 Speaker 1: time about how important the development of Josh Allen's going 431 00:22:18,080 --> 00:22:20,320 Speaker 1: to be. Brandon Bean also had some words about josh 432 00:22:20,320 --> 00:22:24,040 Speaker 1: Allen's development, and you know, there's a lot of people 433 00:22:24,080 --> 00:22:27,359 Speaker 1: who can foresee a future where Josh Allen's going to 434 00:22:27,400 --> 00:22:29,000 Speaker 1: get that extension. He's going to be in the next 435 00:22:29,000 --> 00:22:30,560 Speaker 1: guy on that list or one of the next guys 436 00:22:30,560 --> 00:22:32,560 Speaker 1: on that list. But here's what Brandon Bean said about 437 00:22:32,640 --> 00:22:35,719 Speaker 1: Josh Allen and his development heading into his third year 438 00:22:35,760 --> 00:22:39,959 Speaker 1: in the National Football League. Again, Josh is his all 439 00:22:40,040 --> 00:22:43,199 Speaker 1: worst critic. You know, you guys are at practice, you 440 00:22:43,200 --> 00:22:45,480 Speaker 1: guys are able to see the things he does well 441 00:22:45,520 --> 00:22:48,639 Speaker 1: and then the things that he knows he's got to 442 00:22:48,720 --> 00:22:51,600 Speaker 1: do better. And so I don't worry about that. I mean, 443 00:22:51,640 --> 00:22:53,760 Speaker 1: I think at the end of the day, we're evaluating everybody. 444 00:22:53,880 --> 00:22:57,359 Speaker 1: Josh will be no different and we'll see where he's at. 445 00:22:57,440 --> 00:22:59,320 Speaker 1: You know, he's been in the league two years. He 446 00:22:59,400 --> 00:23:01,640 Speaker 1: took a nice jump from year one to year two, 447 00:23:02,240 --> 00:23:05,119 Speaker 1: unfortunately for him and a lot of you know, just 448 00:23:05,320 --> 00:23:08,639 Speaker 1: as a young player. And unfortunately we didn't have a 449 00:23:08,720 --> 00:23:13,240 Speaker 1: legit offseason. And so you're trying right now to put 450 00:23:13,280 --> 00:23:16,600 Speaker 1: in place for this personnel group. This is first time 451 00:23:16,920 --> 00:23:19,040 Speaker 1: Dables had this group to work with. He's had some 452 00:23:19,080 --> 00:23:21,520 Speaker 1: of the pieces, but not all the pieces, So trying 453 00:23:21,520 --> 00:23:24,840 Speaker 1: to put that in, trying to also evaluate, you know, 454 00:23:25,160 --> 00:23:28,159 Speaker 1: we lost police Siano, so trying to we're working on evaluating, 455 00:23:28,280 --> 00:23:31,000 Speaker 1: you know, the right side of that old line and 456 00:23:31,640 --> 00:23:36,320 Speaker 1: so a lot of changing parts from receivers tight ends 457 00:23:36,400 --> 00:23:39,800 Speaker 1: to even lineman. Those can all affect you know, you know, 458 00:23:39,800 --> 00:23:43,160 Speaker 1: a passing play, and so I think all of that 459 00:23:44,160 --> 00:23:47,639 Speaker 1: is a slow build. I think the defense all my 460 00:23:47,720 --> 00:23:50,760 Speaker 1: years in doing this, the defense is always ahead of 461 00:23:50,760 --> 00:23:55,000 Speaker 1: the curve over offense just so, and especially with our 462 00:23:55,080 --> 00:23:57,640 Speaker 1: defense with as much continuity as that group passed. So 463 00:23:58,359 --> 00:24:00,639 Speaker 1: I do think the offense is actually going to be 464 00:24:00,680 --> 00:24:03,119 Speaker 1: a little slower to build with all the new plays 465 00:24:03,480 --> 00:24:06,919 Speaker 1: and the personnel that they've got in there. Those Brandon 466 00:24:06,960 --> 00:24:10,159 Speaker 1: being on Josh Allen and what do you what's your 467 00:24:10,160 --> 00:24:14,600 Speaker 1: gut feeling Josh on how Josh Allen progresses. Certainly last 468 00:24:14,680 --> 00:24:18,080 Speaker 1: year in his second year, he did take a significant 469 00:24:18,119 --> 00:24:22,280 Speaker 1: step forward in his development, as his completion percentage was 470 00:24:22,840 --> 00:24:25,920 Speaker 1: up a big notch. The offense seemed to work a 471 00:24:25,960 --> 00:24:28,359 Speaker 1: little bit more. Certainly, there's no question that this offense 472 00:24:28,400 --> 00:24:30,919 Speaker 1: had lots of work to do and to be a 473 00:24:31,000 --> 00:24:34,679 Speaker 1: really an elite team, this offense needs their defense to 474 00:24:34,680 --> 00:24:37,399 Speaker 1: continue to be a top three defense, and their offense 475 00:24:37,440 --> 00:24:40,040 Speaker 1: needs to score about a touchdown more a game if 476 00:24:40,040 --> 00:24:43,879 Speaker 1: they can on average, how far away or what do 477 00:24:43,880 --> 00:24:45,879 Speaker 1: you think the odds are that Joshua. I mean that 478 00:24:46,240 --> 00:24:50,199 Speaker 1: Josh Allen can take as significant as step forward in 479 00:24:50,320 --> 00:24:53,439 Speaker 1: year three as he did in year two. I think 480 00:24:53,480 --> 00:24:57,240 Speaker 1: it's there for him. I mean there's zero excuses, and 481 00:24:57,520 --> 00:24:59,920 Speaker 1: I mean he knows that. You just heard Brandon say 482 00:25:00,080 --> 00:25:03,880 Speaker 1: that he's his harshest critic. I mean, look, they went 483 00:25:03,920 --> 00:25:07,280 Speaker 1: out and they they add Stefon Diggs. You don't trade 484 00:25:07,280 --> 00:25:10,399 Speaker 1: away a first round pick, you know, unless you're gonna 485 00:25:10,440 --> 00:25:13,920 Speaker 1: get that number one wide receiver in return. And that's 486 00:25:13,960 --> 00:25:16,840 Speaker 1: exactly what they did. You know, this is this is 487 00:25:16,920 --> 00:25:19,879 Speaker 1: Josh's season. You hear all the time about that third 488 00:25:20,000 --> 00:25:23,480 Speaker 1: year being the year in particular for quarterbacks to find 489 00:25:23,480 --> 00:25:27,040 Speaker 1: out exactly you know, what you have, um you know, 490 00:25:27,080 --> 00:25:31,680 Speaker 1: and watching Josh work out at training camp, he has 491 00:25:31,760 --> 00:25:36,040 Speaker 1: been he has been better. He's been better now. Stefon 492 00:25:36,200 --> 00:25:39,400 Speaker 1: Diggs will make a quarterback look better just you know, 493 00:25:39,720 --> 00:25:42,600 Speaker 1: and and and Zach Moss will do that, you know. 494 00:25:42,680 --> 00:25:46,160 Speaker 1: And Devin Singletary entering his second year, I mean, he's 495 00:25:46,160 --> 00:25:49,160 Speaker 1: got a ton of weapons on that offense and an 496 00:25:49,160 --> 00:25:52,639 Speaker 1: offensive line that continues to mash. I mean, it's a 497 00:25:52,680 --> 00:25:55,080 Speaker 1: shame what happened to Feliciano because he was a big 498 00:25:55,119 --> 00:25:57,840 Speaker 1: part of that offensive line last year. But you know, 499 00:25:57,960 --> 00:26:01,080 Speaker 1: they once again, we talked about depth already during the show, 500 00:26:01,119 --> 00:26:04,159 Speaker 1: and they've created a lot of depth up front, and 501 00:26:04,800 --> 00:26:07,159 Speaker 1: you know, you know, I just I don't see a 502 00:26:07,160 --> 00:26:10,440 Speaker 1: scenario where Josh believe last year it was twenty nine 503 00:26:10,480 --> 00:26:14,760 Speaker 1: total touchdowns passing and running. There's no reason to believe 504 00:26:14,800 --> 00:26:18,440 Speaker 1: that he doesn't add on to that. And more important, 505 00:26:18,600 --> 00:26:21,920 Speaker 1: what we saw toward the tail ended last year, the 506 00:26:21,960 --> 00:26:25,439 Speaker 1: turnovers went down, you know, they continued to go down, 507 00:26:25,560 --> 00:26:29,960 Speaker 1: and that that's really important because Sean McDermott is still 508 00:26:30,000 --> 00:26:32,800 Speaker 1: going to want to win games with his defense and 509 00:26:33,440 --> 00:26:35,360 Speaker 1: he's proven that he can do it and that defense 510 00:26:35,440 --> 00:26:40,520 Speaker 1: is really good. It was funny because really early, really 511 00:26:40,560 --> 00:26:44,520 Speaker 1: early in the off season, we had one of these, 512 00:26:44,720 --> 00:26:47,560 Speaker 1: you know, one of these zooms with Josh Allen and 513 00:26:47,640 --> 00:26:52,800 Speaker 1: he mentioned a number specifically. I believe it was twenty four, 514 00:26:53,520 --> 00:26:56,479 Speaker 1: which is kind of rare to hear a quarterback actually 515 00:26:56,520 --> 00:26:59,320 Speaker 1: mentioned a number, meaning if we can get to that 516 00:26:59,359 --> 00:27:02,479 Speaker 1: amount of poll points, we don't think people can beat us. 517 00:27:02,800 --> 00:27:05,600 Speaker 1: And I believe it was twenty four or twenty five 518 00:27:05,720 --> 00:27:08,119 Speaker 1: right in there, And let's face it, if they score, 519 00:27:08,160 --> 00:27:10,160 Speaker 1: if they can put twenty four on the board, Steve, 520 00:27:11,160 --> 00:27:14,119 Speaker 1: we're looking at the thirteen win team. Yeah, yeah, I 521 00:27:14,160 --> 00:27:16,040 Speaker 1: agree with that, and we've said it a lot, and 522 00:27:16,040 --> 00:27:18,359 Speaker 1: it goes back not only for this particular team, but 523 00:27:18,400 --> 00:27:21,040 Speaker 1: it goes through history of the league. The teams that 524 00:27:21,080 --> 00:27:23,720 Speaker 1: go deep in the playoffs. The eleven other teams in 525 00:27:23,720 --> 00:27:26,320 Speaker 1: the playoffs average twenty four and a half points a 526 00:27:26,320 --> 00:27:29,240 Speaker 1: game during the regular season. The Bills were or twenty 527 00:27:29,240 --> 00:27:31,400 Speaker 1: six and a half per game, and the Bills were 528 00:27:31,720 --> 00:27:34,080 Speaker 1: nineteen and a half per game, a full touchdown behind 529 00:27:34,080 --> 00:27:36,520 Speaker 1: the best teams in the National Football League. If they 530 00:27:36,520 --> 00:27:40,200 Speaker 1: can get into the mid twenties scoring points, yeah, they're 531 00:27:40,200 --> 00:27:44,159 Speaker 1: gonna go deep in on a deep run off this season. 532 00:27:44,480 --> 00:27:46,080 Speaker 1: I don't think it's any question about it. Now. One 533 00:27:46,080 --> 00:27:47,639 Speaker 1: of the things that we've been talking about, you're with 534 00:27:47,720 --> 00:27:50,040 Speaker 1: Josh Allen, Josh Read, and Steve Tasker here on one 535 00:27:50,080 --> 00:27:51,920 Speaker 1: Bills Live. We're gonna have this Twitter poll. One of 536 00:27:51,960 --> 00:27:53,600 Speaker 1: the things that happened over the weekend we spoke about 537 00:27:53,640 --> 00:27:55,200 Speaker 1: earlier in the show was that there were a bunch 538 00:27:55,200 --> 00:27:58,719 Speaker 1: of false positives on the test. And we're asking you 539 00:27:58,720 --> 00:28:02,399 Speaker 1: our listeners this question, and we want your opinion on it. 540 00:28:02,400 --> 00:28:03,880 Speaker 1: You can call us at eight or three oh five 541 00:28:03,960 --> 00:28:06,120 Speaker 1: fifty or one eight eight five fifty two five fifty 542 00:28:06,200 --> 00:28:09,240 Speaker 1: or tweet at US at at one Bills Live. Here's 543 00:28:09,240 --> 00:28:13,080 Speaker 1: the question. If the COVID nineteen testing issue happened on 544 00:28:13,119 --> 00:28:16,520 Speaker 1: a game day, are you confident the Bills can get 545 00:28:16,520 --> 00:28:18,520 Speaker 1: through it with the depth they have on the team, 546 00:28:18,560 --> 00:28:21,359 Speaker 1: and if they if you are confident, why it is 547 00:28:21,359 --> 00:28:24,160 Speaker 1: a simple yes or no question, Answer it and give 548 00:28:24,280 --> 00:28:27,159 Speaker 1: us a call or tweet at US Sixty five and 549 00:28:27,200 --> 00:28:29,119 Speaker 1: a half percent of you, almost two thirds of you 550 00:28:29,400 --> 00:28:31,280 Speaker 1: are saying yeah, I think the Bills can get through. 551 00:28:31,320 --> 00:28:34,119 Speaker 1: And I think one of the things, Josh, not for nothing. 552 00:28:34,720 --> 00:28:36,680 Speaker 1: But here's why I think a lot of people are 553 00:28:36,680 --> 00:28:40,760 Speaker 1: confident with it. They figure if the if the field 554 00:28:40,840 --> 00:28:43,760 Speaker 1: is a level playing field and this were to happen 555 00:28:43,800 --> 00:28:45,440 Speaker 1: to all the other teams in the league, I don't 556 00:28:45,440 --> 00:28:47,719 Speaker 1: think it's any question the Bills would weather this storm 557 00:28:47,840 --> 00:28:52,400 Speaker 1: better than other teams would. And I think that's where 558 00:28:52,400 --> 00:28:55,760 Speaker 1: you start. Now, is it gonna be? And it's a 559 00:28:55,760 --> 00:28:59,680 Speaker 1: week by week thing, But if you if this happens 560 00:28:59,680 --> 00:29:04,600 Speaker 1: to the Uffalo Bills and not to their opponent. I 561 00:29:04,640 --> 00:29:06,880 Speaker 1: don't know if any team can withstand that, but you 562 00:29:07,000 --> 00:29:08,480 Speaker 1: got to think the Bills are at least going to 563 00:29:08,560 --> 00:29:10,440 Speaker 1: put forth a good effort and have a chance to 564 00:29:10,560 --> 00:29:13,920 Speaker 1: look like themselves no matter what happens with the false 565 00:29:13,960 --> 00:29:16,840 Speaker 1: positives or even true positive tests that come through on 566 00:29:16,840 --> 00:29:20,719 Speaker 1: a game day. Oh yeah. I mean if the Chiefs 567 00:29:20,840 --> 00:29:24,520 Speaker 1: roll in here on a Thursday night prime time and 568 00:29:24,560 --> 00:29:27,320 Speaker 1: there and Pat Mahomes is out on the field completely 569 00:29:27,360 --> 00:29:30,640 Speaker 1: healthy and the Bills are working with a second string quarterback, 570 00:29:30,720 --> 00:29:34,560 Speaker 1: that's not that's not exactly a level playing field by anything, right, 571 00:29:34,600 --> 00:29:37,920 Speaker 1: But on a week to week basis, I agree. I 572 00:29:37,920 --> 00:29:40,520 Speaker 1: mean they're as deep as you know, there's deep as 573 00:29:40,960 --> 00:29:43,120 Speaker 1: you know any team that they're going to face in 574 00:29:43,200 --> 00:29:46,600 Speaker 1: the twos and threes. So yeah, I mean a lot 575 00:29:46,600 --> 00:29:48,840 Speaker 1: of that comes down to positional you know, who are 576 00:29:48,880 --> 00:29:51,760 Speaker 1: you missing? I mean, there are guys that you can replace, 577 00:29:52,400 --> 00:29:55,560 Speaker 1: you know a little easier maybe than some others. Seven 578 00:29:55,600 --> 00:29:58,600 Speaker 1: teams probably not a guy that you can replace really easily. 579 00:29:58,640 --> 00:30:03,240 Speaker 1: And that goes for every starting quarterback on every single 580 00:30:03,400 --> 00:30:06,760 Speaker 1: NFL team. I mean that that's the one position you 581 00:30:06,800 --> 00:30:10,880 Speaker 1: know that maybe all the two or three teams would 582 00:30:10,880 --> 00:30:14,360 Speaker 1: go well, maybe there's a different position we could, let 583 00:30:14,840 --> 00:30:17,520 Speaker 1: you know, afford to lose a little bit less than 584 00:30:17,840 --> 00:30:21,160 Speaker 1: than the quarterback with the quarterbacks, So that's a seal, right, 585 00:30:21,240 --> 00:30:24,160 Speaker 1: exactly exactly, Yeah, and that's there's no question about it. 586 00:30:24,320 --> 00:30:29,000 Speaker 1: And we're seeing our MSG viewers are watching too, um 587 00:30:29,840 --> 00:30:32,360 Speaker 1: another player, another player or staff member that you might 588 00:30:32,360 --> 00:30:34,760 Speaker 1: not want to lose as your head coach, particularly in 589 00:30:34,760 --> 00:30:37,720 Speaker 1: this case the Bills. Could you imagine how important Sean 590 00:30:37,800 --> 00:30:41,280 Speaker 1: McDermott is on a game day to that team's psych 591 00:30:41,400 --> 00:30:44,160 Speaker 1: and where they're at, Who makes those decisions, how prepared 592 00:30:44,200 --> 00:30:47,040 Speaker 1: he is on a week toweek basis. Certainly even there, 593 00:30:47,360 --> 00:30:51,680 Speaker 1: Leslie Frasier's got head coaching ability and and wherewithal to 594 00:30:51,760 --> 00:30:54,160 Speaker 1: step up and make those decisions. He's done it before, 595 00:30:54,280 --> 00:30:57,560 Speaker 1: along with Brian Daball, who's been around the NFL forever. 596 00:30:57,680 --> 00:31:02,120 Speaker 1: Your coordinators even so could probably cover in the absence 597 00:31:02,120 --> 00:31:05,920 Speaker 1: of a guy like Sean McDermott. That's a great spot 598 00:31:05,920 --> 00:31:08,280 Speaker 1: to be in if you're the Buffalo Bills. And we 599 00:31:08,360 --> 00:31:11,479 Speaker 1: also have we're getting some feedback on the tweet sheet. Uh. 600 00:31:11,680 --> 00:31:14,240 Speaker 1: The tweet sheet brought to you by Corgan Moving Systems, 601 00:31:14,680 --> 00:31:17,719 Speaker 1: the official equipment moving company of the Buffalo Bills. From 602 00:31:17,840 --> 00:31:21,560 Speaker 1: Jeremy on the tweet sheet um, he said, I voted no, 603 00:31:22,440 --> 00:31:25,680 Speaker 1: that he doesn't believe the Bills have the wherewithal to 604 00:31:25,720 --> 00:31:29,080 Speaker 1: get through UM positive tests on game day because if 605 00:31:29,120 --> 00:31:32,200 Speaker 1: they lost twelve players on game day, I feel it's two. 606 00:31:32,360 --> 00:31:35,480 Speaker 1: It's close to impossible to recover from game planning all week. 607 00:31:35,560 --> 00:31:39,920 Speaker 1: Continuity would be hard to reinstall moments before kickoff, unless 608 00:31:39,920 --> 00:31:43,160 Speaker 1: we're playing the Jets or Dolphins, then we'd be okay. Well, 609 00:31:43,200 --> 00:31:45,520 Speaker 1: there's obviously a Bills fan who hates the Jets and Dolphins, 610 00:31:45,560 --> 00:31:48,440 Speaker 1: but he's right. If you're talking and Josh, there's no 611 00:31:48,520 --> 00:31:52,480 Speaker 1: coming back from twelve starters going down, You're you're not 612 00:31:52,520 --> 00:31:56,600 Speaker 1: winning that game. I agree with him. We're talking maybe 613 00:31:56,640 --> 00:31:59,240 Speaker 1: more about what three guys, what is a number there? 614 00:31:59,240 --> 00:32:02,320 Speaker 1: Maybe that's our Twitter poll for tomorrow. What is the 615 00:32:02,440 --> 00:32:05,880 Speaker 1: rock bottom number of players you could lose and still 616 00:32:05,920 --> 00:32:08,560 Speaker 1: hope to win any game if the other team shows 617 00:32:08,640 --> 00:32:11,600 Speaker 1: up with no positive tests. That's a that's a real 618 00:32:11,680 --> 00:32:16,120 Speaker 1: question as well. But yeah, twelve players on a game day, Yeah, 619 00:32:16,120 --> 00:32:19,560 Speaker 1: if that's your scenario, you're done well. And you gotta 620 00:32:19,560 --> 00:32:22,800 Speaker 1: wonder if at that point does the NFL step in 621 00:32:23,520 --> 00:32:26,720 Speaker 1: and say, you're there's not even gonna be a game. 622 00:32:27,040 --> 00:32:29,680 Speaker 1: I mean, we've seen it with Major League Baseball. I mean, 623 00:32:29,720 --> 00:32:31,560 Speaker 1: we thought there was going to be a Major League 624 00:32:31,600 --> 00:32:33,760 Speaker 1: Baseball game at seven o'clock at night, and all of 625 00:32:33,800 --> 00:32:37,800 Speaker 1: a sudden, by noon, they're like, the series is completely off. Right, 626 00:32:37,880 --> 00:32:40,920 Speaker 1: So because there, you know, we're four or five guys, 627 00:32:40,920 --> 00:32:44,280 Speaker 1: and they said no, I mean, if there are twelve guys, 628 00:32:44,360 --> 00:32:46,600 Speaker 1: I got a feeling that the league with that point 629 00:32:46,600 --> 00:32:50,560 Speaker 1: would go, wait a second, there are twelve that tested positive, 630 00:32:50,640 --> 00:32:53,400 Speaker 1: then we can't do that because you would just can 631 00:32:53,560 --> 00:32:55,640 Speaker 1: It's not worth even playing the game at that point. 632 00:32:55,960 --> 00:32:58,480 Speaker 1: But yeah, I mean I think two or three is 633 00:32:59,320 --> 00:33:01,440 Speaker 1: is a big lea go from losing two or three 634 00:33:01,480 --> 00:33:03,480 Speaker 1: to losing twelve, right, it's a big you know what 635 00:33:03,520 --> 00:33:06,040 Speaker 1: I like you, I like you just brought up was 636 00:33:06,080 --> 00:33:10,680 Speaker 1: the was was Leslie Frasier. That's you know, that's actually 637 00:33:10,720 --> 00:33:13,320 Speaker 1: a really good point, right. Like we talked a lot 638 00:33:13,360 --> 00:33:16,120 Speaker 1: about about the depth on the roster, right, but about 639 00:33:16,120 --> 00:33:18,960 Speaker 1: the depth and the coaching staff and a guy if 640 00:33:19,040 --> 00:33:25,440 Speaker 1: Sean couldn't coach having Leslie Frasier in your back pocket 641 00:33:25,880 --> 00:33:28,880 Speaker 1: as a guy who could step in and obviously commands 642 00:33:28,960 --> 00:33:33,120 Speaker 1: respect in that in that locker room, you know. I mean, man, 643 00:33:33,240 --> 00:33:36,960 Speaker 1: those guys you talk about, you know, obviously they'd run 644 00:33:36,960 --> 00:33:38,959 Speaker 1: through a brick wall for Sean, and I'm telling you 645 00:33:39,040 --> 00:33:42,320 Speaker 1: they do the same for Leslie Frasier. Um, that's a 646 00:33:42,760 --> 00:33:44,760 Speaker 1: that's a really good point. You know, you don't think 647 00:33:44,800 --> 00:33:46,920 Speaker 1: about that, but if a coach did come down with it, 648 00:33:48,200 --> 00:33:52,080 Speaker 1: having Leslie Frasier be able to step in, possibly is 649 00:33:52,080 --> 00:33:55,000 Speaker 1: is a good thing, right Steve Tasker and Josh Reid 650 00:33:55,080 --> 00:33:57,320 Speaker 1: taking We're gonna take a break right now. Coming up, 651 00:33:57,320 --> 00:34:00,920 Speaker 1: we've got sound bites from Sean McDermott practice today and 652 00:34:00,960 --> 00:34:05,400 Speaker 1: pre practice today. We've got sound from Josh Allen after practice, 653 00:34:05,440 --> 00:34:08,840 Speaker 1: Micah Hyde after practice, and also Nate Davis from in 654 00:34:08,880 --> 00:34:11,319 Speaker 1: a USA Today, NFL writer and columns. Coming up at 655 00:34:11,360 --> 00:34:13,600 Speaker 1: the two o'clock hour, Steve Tasker Josh Reid on One 656 00:34:13,640 --> 00:34:31,240 Speaker 1: Bills Live and this is Buffalo Bills Radio. Steve Tasker, 657 00:34:31,320 --> 00:34:33,960 Speaker 1: Josh Reid back with you on One Bills Live Here 658 00:34:34,000 --> 00:34:37,240 Speaker 1: on a Tuesday. We've been hearing a lot from Brandon 659 00:34:37,320 --> 00:34:40,320 Speaker 1: Bean over what happened over the weekend with the false 660 00:34:40,360 --> 00:34:44,200 Speaker 1: positives around the National Football League, six teams were inundated 661 00:34:44,200 --> 00:34:48,280 Speaker 1: with seventy seven different false positive tests for the COVID 662 00:34:48,760 --> 00:34:52,040 Speaker 1: and COVID nineteen and they kind of work and he 663 00:34:52,120 --> 00:34:54,480 Speaker 1: kind of got through that over the weekend, and then 664 00:34:54,520 --> 00:34:57,880 Speaker 1: we also talked to him about the extension for Dion 665 00:34:57,960 --> 00:35:00,920 Speaker 1: Dawkins left tackle the Bills, and also the Sean McDermott extension. 666 00:35:00,960 --> 00:35:03,520 Speaker 1: He had some words to say about that. For most 667 00:35:03,560 --> 00:35:06,560 Speaker 1: of us here in Bill's country, it was a pretty 668 00:35:06,600 --> 00:35:09,360 Speaker 1: much a no brainer to extend Sean McDermott, and getting 669 00:35:09,400 --> 00:35:11,279 Speaker 1: it done now made a lot of sense for a 670 00:35:11,320 --> 00:35:15,120 Speaker 1: lot of people, including Josh and myself. We also now 671 00:35:15,160 --> 00:35:18,879 Speaker 1: also before practice, the media got some got a chance 672 00:35:18,920 --> 00:35:23,120 Speaker 1: to talk with Sean McDermott this morning and what it 673 00:35:23,200 --> 00:35:25,799 Speaker 1: went through, what had happened to the Bill's head coach 674 00:35:25,840 --> 00:35:28,239 Speaker 1: as he found out about all these positive tests, and 675 00:35:28,280 --> 00:35:33,280 Speaker 1: how they handled the aftermath. Here's Sean McDermott. The biggest 676 00:35:33,320 --> 00:35:35,600 Speaker 1: thing as we sit here now today is we just 677 00:35:36,520 --> 00:35:39,239 Speaker 1: I think I give the players and the staff a 678 00:35:39,280 --> 00:35:43,440 Speaker 1: lot of credit. They were very positive with their approach, 679 00:35:44,200 --> 00:35:48,239 Speaker 1: and they went out and were resilient in terms of 680 00:35:48,560 --> 00:35:54,840 Speaker 1: their mindset yesterday and so you know, this what appeared 681 00:35:54,880 --> 00:35:57,640 Speaker 1: to be a potential very negative situation on the surface, 682 00:35:58,440 --> 00:36:00,640 Speaker 1: the way we handled it, the way our players handled 683 00:36:00,640 --> 00:36:04,200 Speaker 1: it in particular, to me, came you know, to me 684 00:36:04,360 --> 00:36:07,239 Speaker 1: was a positive in terms of a growth opportunity for 685 00:36:07,320 --> 00:36:10,400 Speaker 1: us as a team, and an opportunity for us to 686 00:36:10,400 --> 00:36:13,400 Speaker 1: move forward as a team, to look at guys that 687 00:36:13,480 --> 00:36:16,359 Speaker 1: we would have not had the chance to look at, 688 00:36:16,360 --> 00:36:19,000 Speaker 1: and certain other situations, you know, to have the chance 689 00:36:19,040 --> 00:36:22,399 Speaker 1: to look and have Matt take the reins. This could 690 00:36:22,400 --> 00:36:24,360 Speaker 1: happen during the season, So to have Matt take the 691 00:36:24,400 --> 00:36:27,440 Speaker 1: reins on short notice in particular, was a great opportunity 692 00:36:27,440 --> 00:36:31,080 Speaker 1: for our football team. And then in addition to that, 693 00:36:31,520 --> 00:36:34,120 Speaker 1: where we as we sit here today, you're able to 694 00:36:34,120 --> 00:36:38,080 Speaker 1: build trust through these experiences. Now, these shared experiences where 695 00:36:38,719 --> 00:36:41,399 Speaker 1: our players and they were concerned, as was I, as 696 00:36:41,560 --> 00:36:45,759 Speaker 1: was Brandon and Nate, that once we had the information, 697 00:36:46,920 --> 00:36:49,320 Speaker 1: we were able to put a plan in place to 698 00:36:49,360 --> 00:36:54,920 Speaker 1: go out and practice safely. And through that, as we 699 00:36:54,960 --> 00:36:57,960 Speaker 1: again sit here this morning, you're saying, hey, we've built 700 00:36:58,040 --> 00:37:04,760 Speaker 1: hopefully some trust through this experience. It was an ideal, 701 00:37:05,239 --> 00:37:08,080 Speaker 1: but the way we came through it together as a team, 702 00:37:08,080 --> 00:37:11,319 Speaker 1: I think helps us gro stronger as a football team. 703 00:37:11,320 --> 00:37:17,160 Speaker 1: And and I would say that, you know, just overall, 704 00:37:17,520 --> 00:37:20,160 Speaker 1: the environment we're trying to build is is that this 705 00:37:20,239 --> 00:37:23,160 Speaker 1: is a safe place not only medically but also but 706 00:37:23,239 --> 00:37:26,600 Speaker 1: also emotionally as well, so that our players can become 707 00:37:26,640 --> 00:37:29,759 Speaker 1: the best versions of themselves. And and and so then 708 00:37:29,800 --> 00:37:32,120 Speaker 1: the detail of it was just to give you the 709 00:37:32,160 --> 00:37:35,399 Speaker 1: Boulders VIC was yesterday morning we got the information, we 710 00:37:35,440 --> 00:37:39,880 Speaker 1: decided to that it would be the responsible decision to 711 00:37:40,640 --> 00:37:45,839 Speaker 1: push back our start time until we had the information 712 00:37:45,880 --> 00:37:47,640 Speaker 1: that we needed to have to make us to make 713 00:37:47,640 --> 00:37:49,839 Speaker 1: a sound decision whether we were going to have to 714 00:37:49,880 --> 00:37:54,600 Speaker 1: close or that we could push back and still execute 715 00:37:54,640 --> 00:37:56,840 Speaker 1: the schedule just to be albeit an hour later, like 716 00:37:56,920 --> 00:38:01,719 Speaker 1: we did. So as the information came through during those 717 00:38:01,840 --> 00:38:04,040 Speaker 1: next couple of hours, we were able to go out 718 00:38:04,200 --> 00:38:07,520 Speaker 1: in practice. And and now overnight we've got the results 719 00:38:07,520 --> 00:38:10,960 Speaker 1: to test back from from yesterday on those players that 720 00:38:10,960 --> 00:38:14,160 Speaker 1: were out yesterday and they were all negative. And here 721 00:38:14,200 --> 00:38:16,840 Speaker 1: we sit this morning. So in a lot of ways, 722 00:38:16,960 --> 00:38:22,080 Speaker 1: and not to mix a serious situation with another situation, 723 00:38:22,160 --> 00:38:24,919 Speaker 1: but when you when the schools pushed back there their 724 00:38:24,960 --> 00:38:27,879 Speaker 1: start times when there's snow, you know, because people need 725 00:38:27,920 --> 00:38:30,279 Speaker 1: more information on how the roads look. That's that's kind 726 00:38:30,280 --> 00:38:32,719 Speaker 1: of what we did. We pushed it back to to 727 00:38:32,800 --> 00:38:35,319 Speaker 1: get some critical information in our hands to make a better, 728 00:38:36,080 --> 00:38:40,680 Speaker 1: uh and more and well educated decision. It's funny. The 729 00:38:40,680 --> 00:38:43,160 Speaker 1: thing that struck me about that, Josh Reid is here 730 00:38:43,200 --> 00:38:44,960 Speaker 1: with Steve Tasker, Josh Reid on one bills a lot. 731 00:38:45,000 --> 00:38:49,160 Speaker 1: That was Sean McDermott, and it gives you great confidence. 732 00:38:49,160 --> 00:38:51,919 Speaker 1: He's right. A couple of things about that about building trust, 733 00:38:52,080 --> 00:38:55,080 Speaker 1: I remember this as as a player, Um, you have 734 00:38:55,200 --> 00:39:00,320 Speaker 1: to be able to trust the people who are around 735 00:39:00,320 --> 00:39:02,719 Speaker 1: you within the organization that they really do know what 736 00:39:02,760 --> 00:39:05,720 Speaker 1: they're doing. For instance, you know, if and it happened 737 00:39:05,760 --> 00:39:08,680 Speaker 1: to me on more than a handful of occasions, when 738 00:39:08,960 --> 00:39:15,239 Speaker 1: you get injured and it's not a shaving nick, you've 739 00:39:15,239 --> 00:39:18,080 Speaker 1: got to trust the diagnosis. They're sitting there telling you 740 00:39:18,520 --> 00:39:21,400 Speaker 1: the ramifications, the long term effects, the here and the 741 00:39:21,480 --> 00:39:24,839 Speaker 1: now effect and the down the road effect. And going 742 00:39:24,840 --> 00:39:28,080 Speaker 1: through trials like this where you can tell by your 743 00:39:28,080 --> 00:39:31,080 Speaker 1: interaction with Nate and with Sean mcdermam, with Brandon Bean 744 00:39:31,120 --> 00:39:34,080 Speaker 1: and the organization. As a player, you're sitting there talking 745 00:39:34,080 --> 00:39:36,000 Speaker 1: about the end of the higher ups in the organization, 746 00:39:36,040 --> 00:39:38,879 Speaker 1: the decision makers. When you see what they go through 747 00:39:38,920 --> 00:39:41,160 Speaker 1: and how they handle things like this, it gives you 748 00:39:41,239 --> 00:39:45,960 Speaker 1: great trust that when it is a personal issue with you, 749 00:39:46,200 --> 00:39:48,120 Speaker 1: like if your wife's having a baby, or if you 750 00:39:48,200 --> 00:39:50,800 Speaker 1: do get a broken leg or a broken arm or 751 00:39:50,840 --> 00:39:54,319 Speaker 1: a broken finger, you can trust them to do the 752 00:39:54,400 --> 00:39:57,080 Speaker 1: right thing in those situations as well. And I think 753 00:39:57,080 --> 00:40:00,720 Speaker 1: it's it goes a long way toward bill a culture 754 00:40:00,760 --> 00:40:03,279 Speaker 1: where guys are willing to give their all for an 755 00:40:03,360 --> 00:40:07,800 Speaker 1: organization who truly believes and truly has their best interests 756 00:40:07,800 --> 00:40:10,600 Speaker 1: at heart. I think it's a great insight by Sean McDermott. 757 00:40:11,880 --> 00:40:14,560 Speaker 1: One of the things that Sean always talks about is 758 00:40:15,239 --> 00:40:18,799 Speaker 1: wanting to get more information always always, whether it was 759 00:40:18,800 --> 00:40:23,440 Speaker 1: this or you know, any other thing, He's always looking 760 00:40:23,480 --> 00:40:27,640 Speaker 1: to get the most information he can before he makes 761 00:40:27,640 --> 00:40:30,839 Speaker 1: a decision. And I thought it was the right thing 762 00:40:30,880 --> 00:40:34,719 Speaker 1: to do to push it back one hour, because then 763 00:40:34,840 --> 00:40:36,600 Speaker 1: he could have pushed it back too, He could have 764 00:40:36,600 --> 00:40:39,160 Speaker 1: pushed it back another one after that, because I know 765 00:40:39,280 --> 00:40:42,840 Speaker 1: there were a few teams that just canceled practice to 766 00:40:42,920 --> 00:40:45,640 Speaker 1: Cleveland Browns being one of them. They just said, you 767 00:40:45,680 --> 00:40:49,320 Speaker 1: know what, we're not going to practice practice time. Look, 768 00:40:49,560 --> 00:40:52,880 Speaker 1: you want to be safe, but practice time is limited 769 00:40:53,000 --> 00:40:57,320 Speaker 1: and it is precious, more so in this pretty season 770 00:40:57,360 --> 00:41:01,440 Speaker 1: than ever before. To just who's one of your practices. 771 00:41:02,440 --> 00:41:05,839 Speaker 1: That's tough to do. So Sean just pushed it back 772 00:41:05,880 --> 00:41:09,320 Speaker 1: an hour, got all the information, felt it was safe 773 00:41:09,320 --> 00:41:12,800 Speaker 1: to still hold a practice, did so, and it was safe. 774 00:41:12,920 --> 00:41:15,200 Speaker 1: Let me find out now that all the guys who 775 00:41:15,280 --> 00:41:19,879 Speaker 1: had the false positive tests returned to practice today, status quo, 776 00:41:20,239 --> 00:41:22,799 Speaker 1: moving on, moving on with the program. So I just 777 00:41:22,840 --> 00:41:26,279 Speaker 1: think that it was really a good decision because he 778 00:41:26,360 --> 00:41:30,360 Speaker 1: didn't give away a practice. Yeah, that's exactly right. And 779 00:41:30,360 --> 00:41:32,520 Speaker 1: when you're talking about what is it like a forty 780 00:41:32,560 --> 00:41:34,879 Speaker 1: eight day run up to the regular season from when 781 00:41:34,920 --> 00:41:38,160 Speaker 1: you started, you're talking about every day as being you know, 782 00:41:38,640 --> 00:41:41,080 Speaker 1: a couple of percentage points of the total work, and 783 00:41:41,600 --> 00:41:45,680 Speaker 1: especially now, these practices are vital towards getting ready and 784 00:41:45,719 --> 00:41:48,759 Speaker 1: evaluating the roster. So it's a large percentage of your 785 00:41:48,800 --> 00:41:51,880 Speaker 1: time that you have in a limited season and offseason 786 00:41:52,239 --> 00:41:56,719 Speaker 1: and a preseason. Just to say we're done with that, 787 00:41:56,760 --> 00:42:00,720 Speaker 1: we're gonna move on. You really feel like you lost something. 788 00:42:01,280 --> 00:42:03,239 Speaker 1: You didn't get better that day when when you had 789 00:42:03,239 --> 00:42:05,440 Speaker 1: to take a day off because of the virus. All Right, 790 00:42:05,440 --> 00:42:07,920 Speaker 1: we're gonna take a break. Steve Tasker, Josh Reid coming 791 00:42:08,000 --> 00:42:10,479 Speaker 1: up at the two o'clock hour, Nate Davis. We've also 792 00:42:10,480 --> 00:42:13,600 Speaker 1: got more sound from Sean McDermott. We've got sound from 793 00:42:13,760 --> 00:42:16,920 Speaker 1: Josh Allen and also from Micah Hyde. Coming up right 794 00:42:16,960 --> 00:42:19,359 Speaker 1: after the break, Steve Tasker, Josh Reid, One Bills Live. 795 00:42:19,680 --> 00:42:22,760 Speaker 1: Coming from Seneca Studios in Orchard Park. This is Buffalo 796 00:42:22,800 --> 00:42:38,040 Speaker 1: Bills Radio. Welcome back to one of Bill's lives. Steve Tasker, 797 00:42:38,120 --> 00:42:40,960 Speaker 1: Josh Reid in today for Chris Brown. We are talking 798 00:42:41,000 --> 00:42:44,720 Speaker 1: about the Buffalo Bills, the false positives that came around 799 00:42:44,760 --> 00:42:47,480 Speaker 1: to six different National Football League teams over the weekend. 800 00:42:47,520 --> 00:42:51,040 Speaker 1: Seventy seven false positives around the league, six different teams. 801 00:42:51,080 --> 00:42:54,640 Speaker 1: They were all proven false positive over the subsequent thirty 802 00:42:54,680 --> 00:42:57,640 Speaker 1: six hours, and the Bills were one of those teams. 803 00:42:57,680 --> 00:43:01,040 Speaker 1: And Sean McDermott we heard from him last half hour 804 00:43:01,120 --> 00:43:03,879 Speaker 1: about the lessons they learned from it, or at least 805 00:43:04,880 --> 00:43:07,560 Speaker 1: what they went through as an organization to make decisions 806 00:43:07,560 --> 00:43:09,720 Speaker 1: about what was going to happen due to those false 807 00:43:09,760 --> 00:43:13,200 Speaker 1: positives that they didn't know were false. Positives at the time. Uh. 808 00:43:13,200 --> 00:43:15,400 Speaker 1: And we have one more sound bite we'd like to 809 00:43:15,400 --> 00:43:19,600 Speaker 1: get to about Sean McDermott on the lessons uh if 810 00:43:19,640 --> 00:43:23,120 Speaker 1: COVID positive, If a COVID nineteen positive test would impact 811 00:43:23,120 --> 00:43:25,480 Speaker 1: his team and how Here's what Sean McDermott said about 812 00:43:25,719 --> 00:43:30,000 Speaker 1: perhaps a real positive test coming on perhaps close to 813 00:43:30,040 --> 00:43:34,600 Speaker 1: a game day. Here's Sean McDermott. It's a reminder more 814 00:43:34,640 --> 00:43:38,520 Speaker 1: than anything, I think, uh, just overall to myself, to 815 00:43:38,560 --> 00:43:42,799 Speaker 1: our football team. Um, you know, this can happen in 816 00:43:42,800 --> 00:43:45,120 Speaker 1: our hurry, and it can, as we discussed yesterday, as 817 00:43:45,120 --> 00:43:46,799 Speaker 1: a team, it can take a big chunk out of 818 00:43:47,239 --> 00:43:50,920 Speaker 1: your football team or your staff. And there were because 819 00:43:50,920 --> 00:43:54,080 Speaker 1: there were not only players involved and also staff members involved. 820 00:43:54,080 --> 00:43:57,400 Speaker 1: So yeah, it's a it's a great reminder and a 821 00:43:57,400 --> 00:44:00,439 Speaker 1: great lesson for us. And like I said, you saw 822 00:44:01,040 --> 00:44:04,120 Speaker 1: yesterday we were able to I think, get some things 823 00:44:04,160 --> 00:44:08,360 Speaker 1: done in a constructive way in terms of seeing what 824 00:44:08,400 --> 00:44:10,799 Speaker 1: our football team looks like and how we would handle 825 00:44:10,840 --> 00:44:13,760 Speaker 1: it too, because it could very well happen during the season. 826 00:44:13,760 --> 00:44:15,360 Speaker 1: We don't want it to happen, but it could happen. 827 00:44:15,680 --> 00:44:18,479 Speaker 1: That's the reality of our situation. Yeah, you talk about 828 00:44:18,520 --> 00:44:21,160 Speaker 1: the reality of the situation. There's no question that you know, 829 00:44:21,160 --> 00:44:22,960 Speaker 1: we're all living in what I you know, what do 830 00:44:22,960 --> 00:44:25,520 Speaker 1: you call it, josh an alternate universe for the last 831 00:44:25,600 --> 00:44:30,520 Speaker 1: eight months, it's it's different. And you've got these uh, 832 00:44:31,120 --> 00:44:34,800 Speaker 1: pretty smart people trying to navigate a lot of people 833 00:44:34,800 --> 00:44:38,280 Speaker 1: to get through this while still having this NFL engine 834 00:44:38,360 --> 00:44:40,680 Speaker 1: chug along, Sean McDermott being one of them, along with 835 00:44:40,680 --> 00:44:45,520 Speaker 1: a lot of other guys, and every so often COVID 836 00:44:45,560 --> 00:44:48,360 Speaker 1: wins a round or two and they've got to adjust 837 00:44:48,360 --> 00:44:51,319 Speaker 1: to it. What do you think I mean that the 838 00:44:51,440 --> 00:44:54,440 Speaker 1: lessons learned are you know, or kind of self evident 839 00:44:54,480 --> 00:44:58,480 Speaker 1: that you can kind of make do, but what making 840 00:44:58,520 --> 00:45:02,920 Speaker 1: do looks like is still yet to be seen. Yeah, 841 00:45:02,960 --> 00:45:06,719 Speaker 1: this all happened yesterday, which was three weeks from the 842 00:45:06,719 --> 00:45:10,359 Speaker 1: Bill's first game. And when I woke up, I thought, 843 00:45:10,760 --> 00:45:13,759 Speaker 1: when I first thought was three weeks from today, three 844 00:45:13,800 --> 00:45:16,239 Speaker 1: weeks and the Bills are going to be playing a game. 845 00:45:16,320 --> 00:45:20,799 Speaker 1: And then an hour and a half later that completely 846 00:45:20,880 --> 00:45:25,000 Speaker 1: changed and it became, oh wow, all these positive tests 847 00:45:25,000 --> 00:45:27,200 Speaker 1: are they false positive? What are we looking at here? 848 00:45:27,800 --> 00:45:31,080 Speaker 1: And it really was a quick reminder that it's only 849 00:45:31,120 --> 00:45:35,680 Speaker 1: three weeks away, and three weeks is a long time, right, 850 00:45:35,800 --> 00:45:39,520 Speaker 1: you know, things could change three times in those three weeks. 851 00:45:39,560 --> 00:45:45,160 Speaker 1: So it really is, you know, kind of following it 852 00:45:45,280 --> 00:45:48,400 Speaker 1: day to day and even hour to hour. And yesterday 853 00:45:48,440 --> 00:45:51,600 Speaker 1: when we had a chance to speak with Brandon being 854 00:45:51,640 --> 00:45:53,600 Speaker 1: I asked him, I said, hey, you know, in an 855 00:45:53,680 --> 00:45:57,960 Speaker 1: industry where you hear Brandon and Sean and even the 856 00:45:57,960 --> 00:46:01,880 Speaker 1: players talk about always needing the main tained this, you know, 857 00:46:02,040 --> 00:46:04,480 Speaker 1: you hear that all the time in order to be successful, 858 00:46:04,800 --> 00:46:07,160 Speaker 1: you can't be too high and you can't be too low. 859 00:46:08,239 --> 00:46:11,320 Speaker 1: And I asked, they said, you know, as a media member, 860 00:46:11,400 --> 00:46:14,360 Speaker 1: and you hear the fans all the time. They're riding 861 00:46:14,400 --> 00:46:19,040 Speaker 1: this every day, even hourly. And he said, you know, 862 00:46:19,120 --> 00:46:22,719 Speaker 1: it's tough. It can be tough to just maintain, but 863 00:46:23,280 --> 00:46:27,840 Speaker 1: it's something that they've they constantly talk about inside the building. Hey, 864 00:46:28,040 --> 00:46:31,680 Speaker 1: you know, so that they don't constantly ride this because 865 00:46:31,680 --> 00:46:35,759 Speaker 1: they know, Okay, if something bad happens, this is plan X, 866 00:46:36,080 --> 00:46:39,880 Speaker 1: y Z, you know, and they've got the alternatives and 867 00:46:40,160 --> 00:46:43,040 Speaker 1: how to deal with it, you know, because you know, 868 00:46:43,160 --> 00:46:45,719 Speaker 1: I'm one of those guys that I'm like this, I 869 00:46:45,719 --> 00:46:48,760 Speaker 1: feel like every other hour. It's so, what's going to happen. 870 00:46:48,880 --> 00:46:51,160 Speaker 1: So it's exactly right, and it is. It is a 871 00:46:51,280 --> 00:46:53,040 Speaker 1: roller coaster, and that's part of the fun of it 872 00:46:53,080 --> 00:46:56,319 Speaker 1: for fans is you know you've done it where you're 873 00:46:56,320 --> 00:46:58,279 Speaker 1: watching this game with a bunch of your buddies or 874 00:46:58,320 --> 00:47:01,160 Speaker 1: your friends and and I mean you ride the wave 875 00:47:01,360 --> 00:47:04,160 Speaker 1: every single snap of the football and it's either great 876 00:47:04,239 --> 00:47:07,440 Speaker 1: or it's bad. And as a player and a coach, 877 00:47:07,719 --> 00:47:10,799 Speaker 1: you kind of keep that level because the ups and 878 00:47:10,880 --> 00:47:13,880 Speaker 1: downs will wear you out. It's exhausting to ride the 879 00:47:13,880 --> 00:47:17,799 Speaker 1: emotional roller coaster of an NFL season unless you're one 880 00:47:17,800 --> 00:47:20,200 Speaker 1: of those players and coaches who say, listen. And one 881 00:47:20,239 --> 00:47:23,000 Speaker 1: of the reasons it's not exhausting for players it was 882 00:47:23,040 --> 00:47:25,560 Speaker 1: my experience is that you feel like you've got control 883 00:47:25,640 --> 00:47:28,359 Speaker 1: over some of it. You can play well, you can 884 00:47:28,440 --> 00:47:30,439 Speaker 1: go out and prepare to play well. You can put 885 00:47:30,440 --> 00:47:32,480 Speaker 1: a game plan in, you can have confidence in your 886 00:47:32,520 --> 00:47:35,400 Speaker 1: ability to execute, you can do the study, you can 887 00:47:35,480 --> 00:47:38,720 Speaker 1: prepare for the unexpected of you know, of a game day. 888 00:47:39,160 --> 00:47:42,359 Speaker 1: Fans have no control over it. They are they are 889 00:47:42,400 --> 00:47:46,239 Speaker 1: relegated to the caboose and they are the tail end 890 00:47:46,360 --> 00:47:48,839 Speaker 1: of the roller coaster that gets whipped even worse than 891 00:47:48,880 --> 00:47:51,080 Speaker 1: everybody else. Now you really, you know, you feel it 892 00:47:51,120 --> 00:47:54,520 Speaker 1: back there, right. So that's what's where fans live, and 893 00:47:54,560 --> 00:47:57,000 Speaker 1: that's why it's so fun. That's why it's exhilarated. That's 894 00:47:57,040 --> 00:47:59,759 Speaker 1: why it's you're one minute pulling your hair out and 895 00:47:59,800 --> 00:48:03,440 Speaker 1: the other you're bouncing around hugging. It's the beauty of 896 00:48:03,480 --> 00:48:07,160 Speaker 1: the sport. And it doesn't it's not just game day either. 897 00:48:07,200 --> 00:48:09,520 Speaker 1: You know this, Josh, You've seen people live and die 898 00:48:09,560 --> 00:48:11,879 Speaker 1: with this stuff. Even you know they'll be going back 899 00:48:11,920 --> 00:48:14,359 Speaker 1: and listen to these sound bites on our podcast. It's 900 00:48:14,640 --> 00:48:17,040 Speaker 1: it's the beauty and the fun of being an NFL 901 00:48:17,120 --> 00:48:18,920 Speaker 1: fan with a team that you really care about a 902 00:48:18,960 --> 00:48:21,360 Speaker 1: little bit more than you should. So that's part of 903 00:48:21,360 --> 00:48:23,960 Speaker 1: the fun of the roller coaster. In fact, we have 904 00:48:23,960 --> 00:48:26,319 Speaker 1: another sound bite from Sean McDermott about the fans in 905 00:48:26,320 --> 00:48:29,560 Speaker 1: the stands. What it's gonna mean, what kind of benefit 906 00:48:29,680 --> 00:48:31,640 Speaker 1: or detriment it's going to be for teams who do 907 00:48:31,760 --> 00:48:34,400 Speaker 1: have fans, teams who don't have fans. And here's what 908 00:48:34,400 --> 00:48:38,560 Speaker 1: Sean McDermott had to say about the limited to no 909 00:48:38,800 --> 00:48:41,080 Speaker 1: fans in the stands this season. Here's the Bill's head 910 00:48:41,080 --> 00:48:44,880 Speaker 1: coach yeah, Look, it is what it is we control, 911 00:48:44,960 --> 00:48:47,320 Speaker 1: we can what we can control. I think it's honestly 912 00:48:47,440 --> 00:48:52,040 Speaker 1: ridiculous that there will be that uh you know, on 913 00:48:52,080 --> 00:48:55,240 Speaker 1: the surface what appears to be a playing field. That's 914 00:48:55,280 --> 00:48:58,319 Speaker 1: that's like that, and consistently across the league, you know, 915 00:48:58,360 --> 00:49:02,680 Speaker 1: with the different away stations. But it is what it 916 00:49:02,719 --> 00:49:04,440 Speaker 1: is we control, we can control. That's got to be 917 00:49:04,480 --> 00:49:07,879 Speaker 1: our mindset and that's what that's how we attack. You see, 918 00:49:07,880 --> 00:49:12,160 Speaker 1: it is it's ridiculous, and I get it. Um certainly, 919 00:49:12,360 --> 00:49:15,239 Speaker 1: a team like Buffalo has always feel if every team 920 00:49:15,239 --> 00:49:17,000 Speaker 1: feels like they have a home field advantage, they want 921 00:49:17,000 --> 00:49:19,680 Speaker 1: to and whether they do or not is as to 922 00:49:19,680 --> 00:49:21,799 Speaker 1: whether how many teams they've played on. You know, how's 923 00:49:22,239 --> 00:49:24,600 Speaker 1: a guy who plays in Buffalo, how's it compared to 924 00:49:24,600 --> 00:49:26,400 Speaker 1: a home crowd in Miami when they're there for the 925 00:49:26,400 --> 00:49:29,040 Speaker 1: home team. How's it compared to a team in Arizona 926 00:49:29,080 --> 00:49:32,040 Speaker 1: and all of that stuff. You know, this, Buffalo's got 927 00:49:32,040 --> 00:49:34,600 Speaker 1: a big stadium and they got fans who show up 928 00:49:35,200 --> 00:49:38,480 Speaker 1: and they take great pride in it, and that's it's 929 00:49:38,480 --> 00:49:42,880 Speaker 1: about all you need to know. That's it's an advantage. 930 00:49:43,480 --> 00:49:45,840 Speaker 1: I think one thing that gets lost in this Josh, 931 00:49:45,960 --> 00:49:47,960 Speaker 1: is the fact that, Okay, so the Bills don't have 932 00:49:48,000 --> 00:49:51,120 Speaker 1: this home field advantage, and while you may go to 933 00:49:51,160 --> 00:49:55,279 Speaker 1: this other place, you know, Miami, the Jets and Arizona 934 00:49:55,640 --> 00:49:58,600 Speaker 1: wherever it may be, those teams are going to be 935 00:49:58,600 --> 00:50:01,600 Speaker 1: compromised in their home fielded vantage as well. So whatever 936 00:50:01,640 --> 00:50:03,640 Speaker 1: you lose in your home field advantage, you should be 937 00:50:03,680 --> 00:50:07,080 Speaker 1: able to gain on the road. Even with the inconsistencies 938 00:50:07,120 --> 00:50:10,720 Speaker 1: of maybe Miami's got thirteen thousand fans in the stands 939 00:50:10,719 --> 00:50:14,359 Speaker 1: like they've said that they may have, or somebody else 940 00:50:14,360 --> 00:50:17,000 Speaker 1: has got twenty thousand seats, so the Dallas Cowboys have 941 00:50:17,080 --> 00:50:19,360 Speaker 1: got all their suits filled or whatever, they've got twenty 942 00:50:19,400 --> 00:50:23,480 Speaker 1: five thousand or a half capacity crowd. It's still not 943 00:50:23,560 --> 00:50:28,120 Speaker 1: gonna be at that that roller coaster of emotions that 944 00:50:28,160 --> 00:50:30,120 Speaker 1: your ride every week in the NFL when the fans 945 00:50:30,120 --> 00:50:33,200 Speaker 1: are in the stands. Yeah, I think it's it's gonna 946 00:50:33,239 --> 00:50:35,920 Speaker 1: be interesting. This will be you know that that Miami 947 00:50:35,960 --> 00:50:38,719 Speaker 1: Dolphins game. You know, like you said, they announced that 948 00:50:38,760 --> 00:50:41,279 Speaker 1: they're gonna have thirteen thousand fans in the stands. That's 949 00:50:41,320 --> 00:50:45,320 Speaker 1: the Bills first road game, Dolphins first home game. This 950 00:50:45,400 --> 00:50:48,080 Speaker 1: will be the first time that there are more Dolphins 951 00:50:48,080 --> 00:50:53,319 Speaker 1: fans in that stands the Bills fans. Yeah, but you know, 952 00:50:53,640 --> 00:50:56,600 Speaker 1: you know, to your point, I was just kind of 953 00:50:56,600 --> 00:50:59,480 Speaker 1: falling along on Twitter here and I know that Micah 954 00:50:59,520 --> 00:51:02,040 Speaker 1: Hide just kind of did a zoom and he was 955 00:51:02,080 --> 00:51:05,000 Speaker 1: asked about, you know, playing in front of vans in 956 00:51:05,080 --> 00:51:07,680 Speaker 1: some places and not in some in front of some others, 957 00:51:08,040 --> 00:51:10,560 Speaker 1: and the Bill's safety kind of said, look, from a 958 00:51:10,640 --> 00:51:14,560 Speaker 1: defensive standpoint, you can hear the calls and the checks 959 00:51:14,560 --> 00:51:17,000 Speaker 1: that the line of scrimmage, which is great. You know, 960 00:51:17,560 --> 00:51:22,319 Speaker 1: he said, the downside is not having home fans on 961 00:51:22,480 --> 00:51:26,359 Speaker 1: third down in Buffalo is a huge hindrance because he 962 00:51:26,440 --> 00:51:29,120 Speaker 1: knows how loud it can get, and he knows. I mean, 963 00:51:29,160 --> 00:51:32,000 Speaker 1: you think about that, Steve. How many times on a 964 00:51:32,080 --> 00:51:35,360 Speaker 1: third down during during a game when the defense is 965 00:51:35,400 --> 00:51:40,120 Speaker 1: on the field, have we seen the opposing quarterback have 966 00:51:40,239 --> 00:51:43,080 Speaker 1: to call a time out, even if it's not a penalty, 967 00:51:43,320 --> 00:51:46,600 Speaker 1: just have to burn a time out that down the 968 00:51:46,680 --> 00:51:51,080 Speaker 1: road they ended up eating. That's that's a huge loss, 969 00:51:51,840 --> 00:51:54,319 Speaker 1: you know, because let's face it, if it's not the 970 00:51:54,360 --> 00:51:57,839 Speaker 1: biggest home field advantage in the NFL, it's one of them. 971 00:51:57,960 --> 00:52:01,400 Speaker 1: I mean, when this team's going good. That fan base 972 00:52:01,680 --> 00:52:05,799 Speaker 1: is rabid. I mean it's crazy. And you know, as 973 00:52:05,840 --> 00:52:08,879 Speaker 1: a defensive player, like like Micah said, I can hear 974 00:52:08,920 --> 00:52:11,719 Speaker 1: the calls on the from the quarterback, which is good, 975 00:52:11,719 --> 00:52:14,919 Speaker 1: but you know, getting that juice on a third down 976 00:52:14,960 --> 00:52:16,719 Speaker 1: from the home fans, you know that that's gonna be 977 00:52:16,760 --> 00:52:19,319 Speaker 1: a big loss. Steve Tasker, Josh Reid coming back at 978 00:52:19,360 --> 00:52:21,160 Speaker 1: you after the top of the hour. We've got sound 979 00:52:21,160 --> 00:52:23,759 Speaker 1: from Josh Allen, quarterback of the Buffalo Bills. Coming up. 980 00:52:23,800 --> 00:52:26,319 Speaker 1: We've also got sound from Micah Hyde post practice. They 981 00:52:26,440 --> 00:52:28,640 Speaker 1: just finished up with zoom calls with the local media. 982 00:52:28,680 --> 00:52:31,680 Speaker 1: We'll hear you. Let you hear what they said coming back. 983 00:52:31,680 --> 00:52:34,279 Speaker 1: This is one Bill's Live, presented by Kalidah Health on 984 00:52:34,440 --> 00:52:50,319 Speaker 1: Buffalo Bills Radio. Welcome back to one of Bill's Lives. 985 00:52:50,360 --> 00:52:53,279 Speaker 1: Keep Tasker Josh Reid sitting in for Chris Brown here 986 00:52:53,360 --> 00:52:56,920 Speaker 1: on a Monday training camp. Rolling right along. We've been 987 00:52:56,960 --> 00:53:02,920 Speaker 1: asking you, our listeners, for your input as to the 988 00:53:03,000 --> 00:53:08,080 Speaker 1: false positives that were sprinkled around the National Football League 989 00:53:08,120 --> 00:53:10,800 Speaker 1: over the weekend. All these players and coaches and staff 990 00:53:10,800 --> 00:53:12,879 Speaker 1: are getting tested every day. There's been over one hundred 991 00:53:12,960 --> 00:53:17,719 Speaker 1: thousand tests and up until Saturday, there was a one 992 00:53:17,800 --> 00:53:20,880 Speaker 1: percent positive rate. In fact, it was less than one percent, 993 00:53:20,960 --> 00:53:24,400 Speaker 1: and it was dropping. And then on Sunday morning we 994 00:53:24,480 --> 00:53:27,440 Speaker 1: got word that seventy seven different players and staff were 995 00:53:27,440 --> 00:53:30,919 Speaker 1: found with positive test results. But they were on six 996 00:53:31,000 --> 00:53:34,720 Speaker 1: different teams and they all came through the same lab 997 00:53:34,960 --> 00:53:38,640 Speaker 1: in New Jersey. So the thought was immediately that there 998 00:53:38,800 --> 00:53:43,839 Speaker 1: was a testing protocol breach that contaminated those tests, those 999 00:53:43,880 --> 00:53:47,319 Speaker 1: seventy seven tests, and certainly all those players, seventy seven 1000 00:53:47,320 --> 00:53:50,919 Speaker 1: people were went it right into the instant test protocols 1001 00:53:50,960 --> 00:53:54,239 Speaker 1: and to find out exactly, you know, testing them really 1002 00:53:54,320 --> 00:53:58,080 Speaker 1: quickly again on a very quick turnaround, and certainly all 1003 00:53:58,160 --> 00:54:01,719 Speaker 1: seventy seven them did come back false positive. So now 1004 00:54:01,719 --> 00:54:05,160 Speaker 1: they're all negative again. But the question is if that 1005 00:54:05,280 --> 00:54:09,080 Speaker 1: happens and if the COVID situation happened on game day, 1006 00:54:09,400 --> 00:54:13,520 Speaker 1: we asked you our listeners on Twitter, do you believe 1007 00:54:13,600 --> 00:54:16,600 Speaker 1: that the Bills have enough depth to get by if 1008 00:54:16,680 --> 00:54:20,120 Speaker 1: they get ravaged by a COVID outbreak? Sixty eight seven 1009 00:54:20,200 --> 00:54:23,080 Speaker 1: percent of you say yeah, they got it, and thirty 1010 00:54:23,120 --> 00:54:25,239 Speaker 1: three percent say no. It is a simple yes or 1011 00:54:25,280 --> 00:54:27,359 Speaker 1: no question. We appreciate you guys getting back to us, 1012 00:54:27,360 --> 00:54:30,160 Speaker 1: and we got a lot of feedback on the tweet 1013 00:54:30,239 --> 00:54:33,520 Speaker 1: sheet from Ralph. He tweets in and the tweet sheet 1014 00:54:33,520 --> 00:54:36,400 Speaker 1: brought to you by Corgan Moving Systems, the official equipment 1015 00:54:36,400 --> 00:54:39,920 Speaker 1: moving company of the Buffalo Bills. Ralph says this, if 1016 00:54:39,960 --> 00:54:43,560 Speaker 1: any team is prepared for next man up mentality, it's 1017 00:54:43,640 --> 00:54:47,880 Speaker 1: McDermott's Bills would be severe disadvantage if the absence is 1018 00:54:47,880 --> 00:54:51,719 Speaker 1: at quarterback. Though hopefully Josh could have been cleared to 1019 00:54:51,800 --> 00:54:54,440 Speaker 1: play via point of care negative tests Sunday in the morning, 1020 00:54:54,440 --> 00:54:58,439 Speaker 1: but current NFL protocol requires two straight negatives. And he's 1021 00:54:58,480 --> 00:55:02,480 Speaker 1: correct if it happened on Saturday. And this is the problem, Josh. 1022 00:55:02,520 --> 00:55:06,759 Speaker 1: If it happens on Saturday and you're you wake up 1023 00:55:06,800 --> 00:55:10,080 Speaker 1: Sunday morning and you've been deemed to be tested positive, 1024 00:55:10,920 --> 00:55:13,080 Speaker 1: I don't think there's any recourse for the team. You've 1025 00:55:13,120 --> 00:55:18,160 Speaker 1: got to sit down. And that's the great fear of everybody. Well, 1026 00:55:18,200 --> 00:55:21,200 Speaker 1: and I mean, you know, I try to follow you know, 1027 00:55:21,320 --> 00:55:23,719 Speaker 1: the medical experts as much as I can and see 1028 00:55:23,719 --> 00:55:26,440 Speaker 1: what they're developing. Tests wise. I find that pretty interesting 1029 00:55:26,480 --> 00:55:29,799 Speaker 1: and quite frankly it applies to my life, you know. 1030 00:55:30,200 --> 00:55:32,480 Speaker 1: But I think one of the One of the things 1031 00:55:32,480 --> 00:55:34,960 Speaker 1: that they're trying to develop is like the saliva tests, 1032 00:55:35,440 --> 00:55:39,000 Speaker 1: which and they're trying to make it you know, you know, 1033 00:55:39,120 --> 00:55:44,480 Speaker 1: maybe make the margin for error smaller because for those tests, 1034 00:55:44,520 --> 00:55:49,160 Speaker 1: you can get a readout pretty instantaneous. Um, so, you know, 1035 00:55:49,320 --> 00:55:51,320 Speaker 1: at some point during the season, are we going to 1036 00:55:51,400 --> 00:55:54,960 Speaker 1: find out that players and teams have access to a 1037 00:55:55,080 --> 00:56:00,160 Speaker 1: cheek swab right before kickoff and then right after you're 1038 00:56:00,239 --> 00:56:02,080 Speaker 1: kicked off, you know, right after the end of the game, 1039 00:56:02,400 --> 00:56:04,440 Speaker 1: you know, before they leave, you know, they get another one, 1040 00:56:04,440 --> 00:56:06,920 Speaker 1: and you have a pretty good idea, then right before 1041 00:56:06,960 --> 00:56:10,000 Speaker 1: the game and right after the game, right and then 1042 00:56:10,120 --> 00:56:13,280 Speaker 1: you got a really good you got a really good 1043 00:56:13,320 --> 00:56:16,960 Speaker 1: idea and scope of you know who who could be 1044 00:56:17,040 --> 00:56:19,399 Speaker 1: you know, compromised a little bit. And I just think 1045 00:56:19,440 --> 00:56:22,400 Speaker 1: it's not for nothing. I kind of figure if they 1046 00:56:22,440 --> 00:56:25,319 Speaker 1: could get it like a pregnancy test, you know, yeah, 1047 00:56:25,480 --> 00:56:29,880 Speaker 1: where it's pretty quick and yeah, well these are all 1048 00:56:29,920 --> 00:56:33,479 Speaker 1: wishful thinking, but that yeah, really, I mean that it's 1049 00:56:33,560 --> 00:56:36,239 Speaker 1: it's a huge issue because you can't get the time 1050 00:56:36,320 --> 00:56:39,640 Speaker 1: is too great between testing and the results. Um, you 1051 00:56:39,719 --> 00:56:41,520 Speaker 1: gotta you know, you just gotta go to Jersey for 1052 00:56:41,520 --> 00:56:43,359 Speaker 1: the Buffalo Bills they send theirs to Jersey, and I'm 1053 00:56:43,400 --> 00:56:45,480 Speaker 1: sure there's other regions across the country and all the 1054 00:56:45,520 --> 00:56:49,520 Speaker 1: other teams another different six teams go somewhere else with 1055 00:56:49,560 --> 00:56:52,560 Speaker 1: their tests. So it's it's an enormous issue. But you're right. 1056 00:56:52,560 --> 00:56:56,560 Speaker 1: If they can get those cheek tests that swabs done 1057 00:56:56,600 --> 00:57:00,319 Speaker 1: pre pre game and then post game, and then go 1058 00:57:00,360 --> 00:57:01,920 Speaker 1: back and look at the data as to who was 1059 00:57:01,960 --> 00:57:04,719 Speaker 1: with who and who banged into who and who, you know, 1060 00:57:04,760 --> 00:57:09,319 Speaker 1: with the player proximity data that they'll be able to get, 1061 00:57:10,120 --> 00:57:12,919 Speaker 1: they'll be able to contact trace pretty quickly to find 1062 00:57:12,920 --> 00:57:17,200 Speaker 1: out who's the guy who's patient number zero. And if 1063 00:57:17,200 --> 00:57:20,680 Speaker 1: they can do that, then they got a chance and 1064 00:57:21,400 --> 00:57:24,800 Speaker 1: nus for nothing, But they got a chance to nip 1065 00:57:24,800 --> 00:57:26,640 Speaker 1: it in the bud and go on with the season. 1066 00:57:27,160 --> 00:57:30,240 Speaker 1: By seven days later, they can have it ironed out, 1067 00:57:30,280 --> 00:57:32,480 Speaker 1: have enough guys up and ready to play to get 1068 00:57:32,520 --> 00:57:35,720 Speaker 1: their team to play their next game. And that's really 1069 00:57:35,760 --> 00:57:37,040 Speaker 1: what this is all about. Because I don't know why 1070 00:57:37,040 --> 00:57:40,280 Speaker 1: you feel I'm gonna ask you this right now, given 1071 00:57:40,320 --> 00:57:42,560 Speaker 1: what we see every day here at one Bills Drive 1072 00:57:42,640 --> 00:57:45,120 Speaker 1: and see these guys practicing in the masks and the 1073 00:57:45,120 --> 00:57:49,800 Speaker 1: protocols and the testing every day. My confidence level is 1074 00:57:49,920 --> 00:57:52,640 Speaker 1: one hundred percent that Week one in the NFL, it's 1075 00:57:52,640 --> 00:57:54,600 Speaker 1: gonna happen. It's gonna go off, and they're gonna play 1076 00:57:54,600 --> 00:57:57,080 Speaker 1: all these games, and I think all the rosters are 1077 00:57:57,080 --> 00:58:01,720 Speaker 1: gonna be COVID free on opening day. Do you share 1078 00:58:01,760 --> 00:58:08,480 Speaker 1: that optimism? Remember that wave that ye ride on a 1079 00:58:08,560 --> 00:58:11,160 Speaker 1: day to day basis, right, but it is sitting here 1080 00:58:11,240 --> 00:58:16,440 Speaker 1: right now today. I agree. I think Week one will happen, right, 1081 00:58:17,600 --> 00:58:20,120 Speaker 1: I'm less confident in week two, yeah, me too, less 1082 00:58:20,120 --> 00:58:23,160 Speaker 1: confident in week three. That's exactly when week four and 1083 00:58:23,240 --> 00:58:25,760 Speaker 1: week eight. But I'll tell you this. I mean, if 1084 00:58:25,800 --> 00:58:30,919 Speaker 1: if week one goes off and there's like a less 1085 00:58:30,920 --> 00:58:35,960 Speaker 1: than one percent positive test, coaches staff, medical staff, game 1086 00:58:36,040 --> 00:58:39,560 Speaker 1: day staff, if there's a less a one percent positive 1087 00:58:39,600 --> 00:58:43,240 Speaker 1: test and you know, or less than what and what 1088 00:58:43,320 --> 00:58:46,680 Speaker 1: it is, then my confidence goes up way up for 1089 00:58:46,800 --> 00:58:49,800 Speaker 1: week two. And it's gonna be and you know, we're 1090 00:58:49,800 --> 00:58:51,840 Speaker 1: gonna be on the COVID watch all the way through 1091 00:58:51,840 --> 00:58:54,640 Speaker 1: this this whole thing. But that's really gonna go a 1092 00:58:54,680 --> 00:58:59,919 Speaker 1: long way towards strengthening, you know, my belief that we're 1093 00:59:00,120 --> 00:59:02,840 Speaker 1: not going to have a twelve game season or a 1094 00:59:02,960 --> 00:59:07,760 Speaker 1: suspended season or paused season or a shuffled schedule season. 1095 00:59:08,520 --> 00:59:11,920 Speaker 1: If they can get through that week one and have 1096 00:59:12,200 --> 00:59:16,800 Speaker 1: nobody have no little fires to put out as far 1097 00:59:16,840 --> 00:59:20,680 Speaker 1: as COVID nineteen is concerned, man oh man, then it's like, 1098 00:59:20,800 --> 00:59:24,320 Speaker 1: let's strap in and shift gears, because that's really the 1099 00:59:24,800 --> 00:59:28,280 Speaker 1: acid test. To me, I'm one of those guys that 1100 00:59:28,440 --> 00:59:32,800 Speaker 1: checks that COVID nineteen list that the NFL sends out 1101 00:59:32,840 --> 00:59:35,280 Speaker 1: every day. If I don't check it every day, it's 1102 00:59:35,360 --> 00:59:39,000 Speaker 1: pretty much every other day. And it's been really really 1103 00:59:39,560 --> 00:59:42,720 Speaker 1: something else to see lock on wood, to see the 1104 00:59:42,760 --> 00:59:45,400 Speaker 1: bills just having been on it. I mean at the 1105 00:59:45,520 --> 00:59:47,479 Speaker 1: very very beginning they had a couple of guys land 1106 00:59:47,560 --> 00:59:50,000 Speaker 1: on it. They got right, they got back in, and 1107 00:59:50,120 --> 00:59:52,240 Speaker 1: since then it's been good to go. But it's interesting. 1108 00:59:53,200 --> 00:59:55,960 Speaker 1: I think it was sad or day right before my 1109 00:59:55,960 --> 00:59:59,160 Speaker 1: trip to the farmer's market. I checked, I checked in 1110 00:59:59,240 --> 01:00:01,400 Speaker 1: on the COVID list, and I went down and I 1111 01:00:01,480 --> 01:00:05,080 Speaker 1: counted the number of guys and it was nineteen. And 1112 01:00:05,160 --> 01:00:07,360 Speaker 1: I know that one of the players was actually on 1113 01:00:07,400 --> 01:00:10,200 Speaker 1: the list because he left the team facility to go 1114 01:00:10,320 --> 01:00:13,160 Speaker 1: take care of family members, right, so he had to 1115 01:00:13,200 --> 01:00:14,920 Speaker 1: be put on the list anyway, So I think it 1116 01:00:14,960 --> 01:00:20,040 Speaker 1: was actually only eighteen guys, And to me, eighteen guys 1117 01:00:19,600 --> 01:00:22,080 Speaker 1: that's not a lot when you know that all the 1118 01:00:22,200 --> 01:00:25,040 Speaker 1: rosters right now are expanded because it's the middle of 1119 01:00:25,080 --> 01:00:28,000 Speaker 1: training camp. So I mean, you're right. I mean, I 1120 01:00:28,000 --> 01:00:30,880 Speaker 1: think they can keep it under that one percent mark. 1121 01:00:30,960 --> 01:00:33,120 Speaker 1: That seems to be the golden number, right, I mean, 1122 01:00:33,120 --> 01:00:36,560 Speaker 1: if you're under that one percent mark, you're you're set. Right. 1123 01:00:36,880 --> 01:00:39,600 Speaker 1: So if COVID situation happened on game day, this last 1124 01:00:39,800 --> 01:00:43,240 Speaker 1: false positive situation over the weekend for the six teams, 1125 01:00:43,240 --> 01:00:45,080 Speaker 1: if that happened on game day, do you believe the 1126 01:00:45,120 --> 01:00:48,160 Speaker 1: Bills have enough depth to get by? And we've got 1127 01:00:48,160 --> 01:00:50,800 Speaker 1: one from Kate on the tweet sheet. I'm gonna and 1128 01:00:50,880 --> 01:00:55,880 Speaker 1: she says, I'm going yes, assuming all teams were impacted, 1129 01:00:55,960 --> 01:00:59,520 Speaker 1: just like over the weekend, it wouldn't necessarily be the 1130 01:00:59,560 --> 01:01:03,600 Speaker 1: Bills backups versus starters. The impacts may not be equal, 1131 01:01:03,640 --> 01:01:06,280 Speaker 1: but if everybody were impacted, I believe our depth would 1132 01:01:06,320 --> 01:01:09,080 Speaker 1: be more than other team's depth. And that's the and 1133 01:01:09,160 --> 01:01:12,360 Speaker 1: that's another thing. Okay, so your team gets whacked a 1134 01:01:12,400 --> 01:01:17,320 Speaker 1: little bit with COVID because these teams are separated there's 1135 01:01:17,320 --> 01:01:20,400 Speaker 1: no guarantee the other team has any positive tests at all. 1136 01:01:20,560 --> 01:01:24,240 Speaker 1: So you could be playing a Jet team or a 1137 01:01:24,280 --> 01:01:26,520 Speaker 1: Dolphin team or a New England team that is one 1138 01:01:26,560 --> 01:01:30,400 Speaker 1: hundred percent go and you're working at ninety percent because 1139 01:01:30,400 --> 01:01:34,800 Speaker 1: you've got three guys or four or five guys that 1140 01:01:34,840 --> 01:01:37,240 Speaker 1: have tested positive over night. And I think that's the 1141 01:01:37,360 --> 01:01:41,680 Speaker 1: one time where it's like going whose fault is that? 1142 01:01:41,960 --> 01:01:44,960 Speaker 1: You know, well, you can't are you gonna? Are you 1143 01:01:45,000 --> 01:01:47,800 Speaker 1: gonna penalize? Say the Bills show up one hundred percent 1144 01:01:47,800 --> 01:01:49,760 Speaker 1: healthy and the Dolphins have six guys. Are you gonna 1145 01:01:49,760 --> 01:01:52,120 Speaker 1: penalize the Bills because they can follow the protocols even 1146 01:01:52,120 --> 01:01:54,800 Speaker 1: though the Bills traveled, you know, as the home team 1147 01:01:56,000 --> 01:01:59,760 Speaker 1: get a break, you know that's yeah, that's a tough 1148 01:01:59,800 --> 01:02:03,200 Speaker 1: call because none of these teams are taking their foot 1149 01:02:03,200 --> 01:02:05,600 Speaker 1: off the gas. And to go in there ready to 1150 01:02:05,640 --> 01:02:07,919 Speaker 1: play a game and have the other team have one 1151 01:02:07,960 --> 01:02:11,280 Speaker 1: guy go out for a couple of beers and you know, 1152 01:02:12,640 --> 01:02:15,720 Speaker 1: kisses bartender on the mouth and infect everybody else. You 1153 01:02:15,720 --> 01:02:18,160 Speaker 1: know what I mean. I'm being facetious, but you know 1154 01:02:18,200 --> 01:02:21,959 Speaker 1: what I mean, do something stupid to contaminate his team 1155 01:02:21,960 --> 01:02:25,960 Speaker 1: with COVID nineteen. Do you do you penalize the visiting team, 1156 01:02:26,000 --> 01:02:28,960 Speaker 1: the Buffalo Bills because of that, I don't know, you'd 1157 01:02:28,960 --> 01:02:33,800 Speaker 1: get some pushback. I think I think it's really interesting 1158 01:02:34,280 --> 01:02:37,120 Speaker 1: and will be really interesting. You mentioned that going out 1159 01:02:37,160 --> 01:02:40,640 Speaker 1: and grabbing a beer. You know, a couple of pitchers 1160 01:02:40,640 --> 01:02:44,160 Speaker 1: for Cleveland decided when they were on a road trip 1161 01:02:44,200 --> 01:02:45,840 Speaker 1: in Chicago that they were going to go hang out 1162 01:02:45,880 --> 01:02:48,720 Speaker 1: with their boys, and they got found out, and they 1163 01:02:48,720 --> 01:02:50,720 Speaker 1: got busted, and guess what, they got sent home. And 1164 01:02:50,720 --> 01:02:53,880 Speaker 1: I'll tell you what, the kickback from inside that clubhouse 1165 01:02:54,400 --> 01:03:01,000 Speaker 1: was tremendousness. I'm talking the other players were kick that 1166 01:03:00,800 --> 01:03:03,800 Speaker 1: that those guys would put, you know, their own fun 1167 01:03:04,480 --> 01:03:06,320 Speaker 1: and having a good time in front of the well 1168 01:03:06,360 --> 01:03:09,160 Speaker 1: being of the rest of the team. So at some point, 1169 01:03:09,920 --> 01:03:13,200 Speaker 1: I mean that translates athletes or athletes. That's gonna translate 1170 01:03:13,200 --> 01:03:17,400 Speaker 1: to an NFL locker room and that accountability as much 1171 01:03:17,440 --> 01:03:20,080 Speaker 1: as look, they all have to answer to Sean at 1172 01:03:20,080 --> 01:03:22,160 Speaker 1: the end of the day. But I'm gonna tell you 1173 01:03:22,200 --> 01:03:25,760 Speaker 1: what that locker room, the Bills locker room I'm speaking 1174 01:03:25,800 --> 01:03:29,160 Speaker 1: specifically about. They have guys who hold each other accountable, 1175 01:03:29,760 --> 01:03:31,760 Speaker 1: and that's one of the reasons. I think the Bills 1176 01:03:31,760 --> 01:03:34,480 Speaker 1: are going to be in a good shape to whether 1177 01:03:34,640 --> 01:03:37,280 Speaker 1: the storm because they're not gonna look. They may have 1178 01:03:37,360 --> 01:03:40,320 Speaker 1: guys that test positive at some point just because the 1179 01:03:40,440 --> 01:03:42,840 Speaker 1: guy went into Target to pick up a salad and 1180 01:03:43,360 --> 01:03:45,760 Speaker 1: and you know, a loaf of bread and some milk 1181 01:03:45,800 --> 01:03:48,920 Speaker 1: and whatever. It happened. But it's not gonna be because 1182 01:03:48,920 --> 01:03:51,880 Speaker 1: they were down hanging out on Chippewa. Yeah, that's not 1183 01:03:51,880 --> 01:03:55,800 Speaker 1: gonna happen because the other teammates are gonna go beat it. 1184 01:03:55,880 --> 01:04:00,840 Speaker 1: Man never underestimate how different a football locker room is 1185 01:04:00,920 --> 01:04:04,280 Speaker 1: from a baseball locker room. They're very different. That's I know. 1186 01:04:04,320 --> 01:04:07,160 Speaker 1: It's professional athletes in both of them. There's some similarities 1187 01:04:07,200 --> 01:04:10,520 Speaker 1: that it's way different. It's a really different atmosphere. They 1188 01:04:10,600 --> 01:04:13,800 Speaker 1: run it differently, the mechanics of it work differently, the 1189 01:04:13,880 --> 01:04:19,640 Speaker 1: attitude is different in these games. Superstars are treated differently 1190 01:04:19,640 --> 01:04:21,560 Speaker 1: in a football locker room than they are in a 1191 01:04:21,640 --> 01:04:26,080 Speaker 1: baseball locker room. Um, the relationship with the coaching staff, 1192 01:04:26,120 --> 01:04:29,760 Speaker 1: the number of coaches, the equipment staff, uh, the just 1193 01:04:29,840 --> 01:04:32,960 Speaker 1: the general atmosphere and the interaction between the players and 1194 01:04:33,000 --> 01:04:35,280 Speaker 1: the way the players treat each other and are treated 1195 01:04:35,320 --> 01:04:37,440 Speaker 1: by each other is vastly different than it is in 1196 01:04:37,520 --> 01:04:41,360 Speaker 1: a baseball locker room. Um, it's been my experience and observation. 1197 01:04:42,080 --> 01:04:45,480 Speaker 1: So there's no reason to think, do you not think 1198 01:04:45,520 --> 01:04:49,520 Speaker 1: the pressure. I don't think you can even comprehend how 1199 01:04:49,600 --> 01:04:53,320 Speaker 1: much peer pressure there is. You would be what you 1200 01:04:53,520 --> 01:04:57,600 Speaker 1: think about the kid in Seattle? He was done And 1201 01:04:57,960 --> 01:04:59,520 Speaker 1: I'll tell you. You You can say, well, he's a rookie 1202 01:04:59,520 --> 01:05:02,240 Speaker 1: free agent. That line isn't just for rookie free agents. 1203 01:05:02,400 --> 01:05:04,640 Speaker 1: It's for a lot of guy That line is pretty 1204 01:05:04,720 --> 01:05:06,920 Speaker 1: high on the ross. Now, certainly there are guys who 1205 01:05:06,960 --> 01:05:10,920 Speaker 1: would get away with it, but they would all feel it. 1206 01:05:11,000 --> 01:05:13,960 Speaker 1: And there's, like you say, for instance, like a superstar 1207 01:05:14,000 --> 01:05:16,880 Speaker 1: pitcher like a Mike Trout or somebody, nobody's gonna tell 1208 01:05:16,960 --> 01:05:18,880 Speaker 1: him anything in a baseball locker room. If he wants 1209 01:05:18,920 --> 01:05:20,600 Speaker 1: to go out and have beer with his buddies and 1210 01:05:20,640 --> 01:05:24,160 Speaker 1: get sent home, not too many guys are gonna peep 1211 01:05:24,200 --> 01:05:26,880 Speaker 1: at Mike Trout. That kind of thing. In football, if 1212 01:05:26,880 --> 01:05:28,640 Speaker 1: it was a team I was on, I had four 1213 01:05:28,680 --> 01:05:30,840 Speaker 1: or five Hall of famers on that team, they would 1214 01:05:30,840 --> 01:05:33,400 Speaker 1: all get There were guys in our locker room that 1215 01:05:33,400 --> 01:05:37,760 Speaker 1: would fistfight those guys and I'm not exaggerating, it's not hyperbole. 1216 01:05:38,200 --> 01:05:41,720 Speaker 1: They would slap them and there would be a group 1217 01:05:41,800 --> 01:05:43,880 Speaker 1: of guys around their locker waiting on them when they 1218 01:05:43,880 --> 01:05:46,160 Speaker 1: got there, and they would hear it, and they would 1219 01:05:46,200 --> 01:05:49,440 Speaker 1: hear it even before they got there, and the coaching 1220 01:05:49,520 --> 01:05:54,480 Speaker 1: staff as well. There would be major personal repercussions for 1221 01:05:54,600 --> 01:05:57,440 Speaker 1: doing that to you, to your football friends, to your 1222 01:05:57,480 --> 01:06:02,480 Speaker 1: football team, and not only having done it, but before 1223 01:06:02,560 --> 01:06:07,720 Speaker 1: you do it, the conversations about what is expected of 1224 01:06:07,760 --> 01:06:09,920 Speaker 1: you as a as a football player on the Buffalo 1225 01:06:09,960 --> 01:06:14,520 Speaker 1: Bills and during my days, the conversations in open locker 1226 01:06:14,640 --> 01:06:17,000 Speaker 1: rooms when everybody's in there talking and guys are talking 1227 01:06:17,040 --> 01:06:22,520 Speaker 1: back and forth, and like the threats and the repercussions 1228 01:06:23,160 --> 01:06:26,920 Speaker 1: and the you better not and the if I catch anybody, 1229 01:06:27,360 --> 01:06:29,120 Speaker 1: and if I you know, let me just tell you 1230 01:06:29,160 --> 01:06:31,520 Speaker 1: how's gonna go. If any of you you know, do 1231 01:06:31,920 --> 01:06:35,640 Speaker 1: ABC or D it is they are not pulling punches. 1232 01:06:35,720 --> 01:06:40,960 Speaker 1: It is for real. It would not fly. And plus 1233 01:06:41,640 --> 01:06:44,320 Speaker 1: in a football nobody does even that stuff in a vacuum. 1234 01:06:44,920 --> 01:06:47,280 Speaker 1: Because your boys are my boys. The guys you would 1235 01:06:47,280 --> 01:06:48,880 Speaker 1: go out and have beers with or mine, and I 1236 01:06:48,880 --> 01:06:50,600 Speaker 1: would know that you're gonna you, and I would tell 1237 01:06:50,600 --> 01:06:53,520 Speaker 1: you ain't going there, no, tell them no. So that 1238 01:06:53,600 --> 01:06:55,760 Speaker 1: kind of stuff happens in football locker rooms. You don't 1239 01:06:55,800 --> 01:06:59,240 Speaker 1: have this alter ego away from the stadium that has 1240 01:06:59,360 --> 01:07:01,560 Speaker 1: different friends and the ones that your friends in the 1241 01:07:01,600 --> 01:07:05,120 Speaker 1: locker room know about. It's more intimate setting than that. 1242 01:07:05,640 --> 01:07:10,960 Speaker 1: So yeah, it's vastly different in football than baseball on 1243 01:07:11,000 --> 01:07:13,440 Speaker 1: a number of different ways, not only that locker room 1244 01:07:13,440 --> 01:07:16,040 Speaker 1: atmosphere that I'm talking about, but also the fact that 1245 01:07:16,080 --> 01:07:18,600 Speaker 1: they plays a home, they're on the road, They travel 1246 01:07:19,280 --> 01:07:23,440 Speaker 1: four or five times more than a football team travels, 1247 01:07:23,680 --> 01:07:28,080 Speaker 1: and the distance between games is an entire week, long 1248 01:07:28,200 --> 01:07:30,880 Speaker 1: enough to get clear of the virus before your next game. 1249 01:07:30,960 --> 01:07:33,160 Speaker 1: So you're not gonna just because you lose a game 1250 01:07:33,240 --> 01:07:35,200 Speaker 1: here or you're out of this game, doesn't mean you're 1251 01:07:35,200 --> 01:07:38,680 Speaker 1: out of the next game. So the testing will go on, 1252 01:07:38,800 --> 01:07:41,520 Speaker 1: and it's the scheduling and all the stuff that makes 1253 01:07:41,520 --> 01:07:45,000 Speaker 1: football different than baseball is going to make it a 1254 01:07:45,080 --> 01:07:51,280 Speaker 1: very different scenario concerning COVID nineteen and how guys treat it. So, yeah, 1255 01:07:51,320 --> 01:07:56,360 Speaker 1: you're not getting the backup pitchers going out for beer 1256 01:07:56,400 --> 01:07:59,360 Speaker 1: on a road trip with their boys and getting sent home. 1257 01:07:59,440 --> 01:08:03,280 Speaker 1: That won't happen in football. In my opinion, those guys 1258 01:08:03,680 --> 01:08:06,520 Speaker 1: will end their careers if they do that. And that 1259 01:08:06,760 --> 01:08:09,560 Speaker 1: ain't no joke. That ain't no joke. It's real and 1260 01:08:09,560 --> 01:08:12,439 Speaker 1: that I mean it is personal too. I mean those 1261 01:08:13,240 --> 01:08:16,360 Speaker 1: it is personal. It's not just you and your pitching 1262 01:08:16,400 --> 01:08:18,559 Speaker 1: and your e ra A. That's gonna suffer because you 1263 01:08:18,600 --> 01:08:21,559 Speaker 1: got sent home for the series. You're gonna you're gonna 1264 01:08:21,560 --> 01:08:24,160 Speaker 1: get confronted by your friends in a in a in 1265 01:08:24,200 --> 01:08:28,760 Speaker 1: a real way. Um yeah, that's it's not it is 1266 01:08:28,880 --> 01:08:33,120 Speaker 1: not a joke. Um, I can just see it. Would 1267 01:08:33,120 --> 01:08:35,320 Speaker 1: they be forced to sit out of game? I'm not 1268 01:08:35,400 --> 01:08:39,680 Speaker 1: I'm talking. I would say in this team, yes, I 1269 01:08:39,680 --> 01:08:42,280 Speaker 1: don't know. I can't speak for the Cleveland Browns or 1270 01:08:41,920 --> 01:08:45,160 Speaker 1: the LA Chargers, or mean that for the Buffalo Bills 1271 01:08:45,160 --> 01:08:50,599 Speaker 1: with this leadership and Sean McDermott. Yeah, yeah, because because 1272 01:08:50,680 --> 01:08:53,880 Speaker 1: they keep in mind, these pitchers never tested positive. They 1273 01:08:53,960 --> 01:08:57,479 Speaker 1: just went out right, I mean these two starting pitchers. 1274 01:08:57,640 --> 01:08:59,479 Speaker 1: But while they're on the taxi squad right and have 1275 01:08:59,600 --> 01:09:03,920 Speaker 1: been for a month. Right. Yeah, that's the thing. If 1276 01:09:03,960 --> 01:09:07,880 Speaker 1: they do anything to compromise anybody or anything, they're gonna 1277 01:09:07,920 --> 01:09:11,479 Speaker 1: hear about it. And also for me, I can I 1278 01:09:11,520 --> 01:09:14,840 Speaker 1: can just picture this happen and say they and it 1279 01:09:14,880 --> 01:09:18,000 Speaker 1: doesn't mean it happens like today because the team may 1280 01:09:18,240 --> 01:09:24,760 Speaker 1: may may but as soon as it is possible, they 1281 01:09:24,760 --> 01:09:30,080 Speaker 1: would be released and they'd have replacements in. As soon 1282 01:09:30,120 --> 01:09:33,760 Speaker 1: as possible. They would be looking for their first opportunity 1283 01:09:33,800 --> 01:09:36,160 Speaker 1: to jettison that guy or those two guys or the 1284 01:09:36,240 --> 01:09:39,080 Speaker 1: one guy or whoever and say listen, we're doing or 1285 01:09:39,280 --> 01:09:42,719 Speaker 1: you know you're done. They wouldn't. They wouldn't happen overnight 1286 01:09:42,720 --> 01:09:46,559 Speaker 1: because it's hard to do that in football. But a 1287 01:09:46,960 --> 01:09:49,599 Speaker 1: SAP it would happen. I'm positive of that, and you'll 1288 01:09:49,640 --> 01:09:54,160 Speaker 1: see examples of that around the league teams. Just it 1289 01:09:54,280 --> 01:09:57,040 Speaker 1: just doesn't work that way in the NFL. You can't 1290 01:09:57,120 --> 01:09:59,880 Speaker 1: ask your friends to go out and risk blowing their 1291 01:10:00,040 --> 01:10:03,840 Speaker 1: knees out, blowing their shoulders out, getting a broken leg, 1292 01:10:03,960 --> 01:10:09,920 Speaker 1: Alex Smith type injuries or Chazier type injuries in Pittsburgh 1293 01:10:09,960 --> 01:10:12,400 Speaker 1: where their careers ended. You're not asking. You can't ask 1294 01:10:12,400 --> 01:10:14,639 Speaker 1: guys to go out and do that on a Sunday. 1295 01:10:14,680 --> 01:10:18,680 Speaker 1: While you're doing that that you know and look with 1296 01:10:18,840 --> 01:10:22,599 Speaker 1: James Conner, I mean, here's a guy who's compromised. I mean, imagine, 1297 01:10:22,600 --> 01:10:25,599 Speaker 1: if you know, I think of Steeler player went out, 1298 01:10:25,600 --> 01:10:27,240 Speaker 1: I mean it came back in. I mean that's a 1299 01:10:27,280 --> 01:10:32,800 Speaker 1: great example. That's a great example. I mean it's yeah, 1300 01:10:33,200 --> 01:10:35,800 Speaker 1: there's just no way that flies. There's just no way 1301 01:10:35,840 --> 01:10:40,000 Speaker 1: it flies. And even souper on the on a healthy 1302 01:10:40,040 --> 01:10:44,000 Speaker 1: locker room, even the superstars are held accountable. Certainly they're 1303 01:10:44,000 --> 01:10:46,439 Speaker 1: not gonna get cut or they're not gonna get traded. 1304 01:10:47,600 --> 01:10:50,639 Speaker 1: But it won't be worth it. And they know it. 1305 01:10:50,640 --> 01:10:53,519 Speaker 1: It will not be worth the repercussions inside the locker 1306 01:10:53,600 --> 01:10:56,920 Speaker 1: room and in the team and in the media, and 1307 01:10:57,320 --> 01:10:59,880 Speaker 1: it won't go away. And it is not They know 1308 01:11:00,120 --> 01:11:02,800 Speaker 1: it is not worth it. It is not worth it. 1309 01:11:02,800 --> 01:11:05,200 Speaker 1: It's the more I talk about it, and you can 1310 01:11:05,240 --> 01:11:06,880 Speaker 1: tell him, I get worked up at it is not 1311 01:11:07,040 --> 01:11:11,280 Speaker 1: worth it. I pulled the string. Yeah that's fun. Yeah, 1312 01:11:11,320 --> 01:11:13,880 Speaker 1: you're right. How mean I feel bad now? So listen, 1313 01:11:14,000 --> 01:11:16,320 Speaker 1: So Josh, listen. Josh Allen is one of these false 1314 01:11:16,320 --> 01:11:18,280 Speaker 1: positives over the weekend. As soon as he got on 1315 01:11:19,040 --> 01:11:22,120 Speaker 1: with the media over the just after practice this morning, 1316 01:11:22,160 --> 01:11:25,320 Speaker 1: about an hour and a half ago, Josh Allen had 1317 01:11:25,360 --> 01:11:28,439 Speaker 1: this to say about false positive tests and he missed 1318 01:11:28,439 --> 01:11:32,760 Speaker 1: Sunday's practice. Here's the Bill's quarterback. I get a call 1319 01:11:32,800 --> 01:11:37,280 Speaker 1: at six in the morning saying I tested positive, and 1320 01:11:37,920 --> 01:11:40,880 Speaker 1: obviously it's nothing that's you want to hear. And I'm 1321 01:11:40,880 --> 01:11:46,320 Speaker 1: sitting there like, I mean, I feel fine, there's nothing wrong. Again, 1322 01:11:46,360 --> 01:11:48,759 Speaker 1: I come in, I'm trying to eat the building. Obviously, 1323 01:11:48,760 --> 01:11:51,479 Speaker 1: I gotta go through the protocol and if you get tested. 1324 01:11:51,560 --> 01:11:54,800 Speaker 1: I went through the test that was right here, it 1325 01:11:54,800 --> 01:11:57,040 Speaker 1: gives you results in fifteen minutes that came back negative. 1326 01:11:57,680 --> 01:12:01,040 Speaker 1: Nelson's all the stuff about the NFL, about eleven teams 1327 01:12:01,120 --> 01:12:03,320 Speaker 1: or whatever that was affected. So actually it was super 1328 01:12:03,320 --> 01:12:06,360 Speaker 1: frustrated that I wasn't here yesterday. You know, you're a 1329 01:12:06,400 --> 01:12:08,760 Speaker 1: REPTI I can't get back. At the same time, I 1330 01:12:08,800 --> 01:12:10,280 Speaker 1: think it was a good opportunity for our team to 1331 01:12:10,760 --> 01:12:13,120 Speaker 1: to kind of go through university day raversity like this 1332 01:12:13,200 --> 01:12:17,840 Speaker 1: and allowed us to give us an opportunity to have 1333 01:12:17,920 --> 01:12:19,880 Speaker 1: this in case it were a game day. Um, if 1334 01:12:19,880 --> 01:12:22,080 Speaker 1: it was a Saturday, a day before a game, where 1335 01:12:22,800 --> 01:12:24,880 Speaker 1: maybe these tests that we're taking, the rapid test that 1336 01:12:24,920 --> 01:12:27,559 Speaker 1: we took here, is that going to clear you. Um. 1337 01:12:27,760 --> 01:12:30,360 Speaker 1: So I'm sure a lot of these questions that maybe 1338 01:12:30,400 --> 01:12:32,960 Speaker 1: hadn't been asked or hadn't really been worked out. Hopefully 1339 01:12:32,960 --> 01:12:35,400 Speaker 1: those get fast tracked and we have a clear concise 1340 01:12:35,479 --> 01:12:39,040 Speaker 1: plan when season comes around. That was Josh Allen on 1341 01:12:39,080 --> 01:12:40,960 Speaker 1: his phone call at six eight. Could you imagine the 1342 01:12:41,439 --> 01:12:45,200 Speaker 1: going through that? And just before we break here, Josh 1343 01:12:45,200 --> 01:12:49,040 Speaker 1: tell me, I mean gotta gotta like, I wow, Okay, 1344 01:12:49,120 --> 01:12:51,240 Speaker 1: you gotta kind of kind of give the golf clap 1345 01:12:51,320 --> 01:12:53,479 Speaker 1: to the Bill's organization for how they handled and how 1346 01:12:53,560 --> 01:12:56,000 Speaker 1: Josh handled it. It certainly is three weeks before their 1347 01:12:56,000 --> 01:12:58,040 Speaker 1: first game, so it's not a life and death kind 1348 01:12:58,040 --> 01:12:59,599 Speaker 1: of thing like it would be on a game day. 1349 01:13:00,240 --> 01:13:04,080 Speaker 1: That's a little exaggeration as well, but still this is, 1350 01:13:05,120 --> 01:13:08,959 Speaker 1: you know, worst case scenario, you're starting quarterback, false positive. 1351 01:13:10,760 --> 01:13:13,040 Speaker 1: Well well, and you know you hear it in his voice, 1352 01:13:13,080 --> 01:13:16,240 Speaker 1: and we probably, you know, sadly, maybe we don't pay 1353 01:13:16,320 --> 01:13:20,680 Speaker 1: enough attention to just from an emotional personal standpoint for 1354 01:13:20,760 --> 01:13:23,000 Speaker 1: Josh Allen, right, I mean he just said he was 1355 01:13:23,040 --> 01:13:25,880 Speaker 1: like at six am, you know, I'm I'm wondering if 1356 01:13:25,920 --> 01:13:28,479 Speaker 1: I'm positive because he doesn't know it's a false positive, 1357 01:13:28,880 --> 01:13:30,400 Speaker 1: you know, So when you go all the way back 1358 01:13:30,439 --> 01:13:35,160 Speaker 1: to that, he suddenly takes a test and think, thanks, oh, 1359 01:13:34,760 --> 01:13:38,280 Speaker 1: maybe I have COVID. I mean that's scary, Like that's right, 1360 01:13:38,479 --> 01:13:41,400 Speaker 1: that's that's that's not good. I mean that nobody wants 1361 01:13:41,439 --> 01:13:44,519 Speaker 1: to be in that situation now. Luckily and ended up 1362 01:13:44,560 --> 01:13:47,559 Speaker 1: being you know, false positive like they all were, but 1363 01:13:48,040 --> 01:13:51,559 Speaker 1: all those guys had to mentally and emotionally go through 1364 01:13:51,600 --> 01:13:55,639 Speaker 1: that whole whole. Am I am I COVID positive? Right now? 1365 01:13:55,680 --> 01:13:58,680 Speaker 1: Am I gonna have to? You know? Am I gonna be? Okay? 1366 01:13:58,800 --> 01:14:01,960 Speaker 1: You know? Was I was around family? Did I infect them? 1367 01:14:02,000 --> 01:14:05,680 Speaker 1: I mean that's that's a heavy lift. Yeah, yeah, it is, 1368 01:14:05,880 --> 01:14:09,040 Speaker 1: because it's not it's not nothing. I mean, we all 1369 01:14:09,120 --> 01:14:11,640 Speaker 1: you know, it all seems far away when it's statistics 1370 01:14:11,760 --> 01:14:14,639 Speaker 1: on a on a press conference and nobody you know, 1371 01:14:14,760 --> 01:14:17,000 Speaker 1: has had it, or nobody has got it now, or 1372 01:14:17,040 --> 01:14:19,120 Speaker 1: somebody had it like months ago, and it was just 1373 01:14:19,439 --> 01:14:21,439 Speaker 1: like you know, it's a sniffles and stuff. You know, 1374 01:14:21,479 --> 01:14:23,280 Speaker 1: you hear some of those people that had very mild 1375 01:14:23,280 --> 01:14:26,720 Speaker 1: symptoms and got through it. But when it's you and 1376 01:14:26,800 --> 01:14:29,559 Speaker 1: I heard another media member say he got it and 1377 01:14:29,600 --> 01:14:34,240 Speaker 1: it and it knocked him down. Hey, you end up 1378 01:14:34,240 --> 01:14:36,720 Speaker 1: on a ventilator, you know, I mean you always think 1379 01:14:36,720 --> 01:14:38,599 Speaker 1: that about you, Like, what's the worst that can happen? Well, 1380 01:14:38,640 --> 01:14:41,920 Speaker 1: I could die, and it's okay, find dandy until it 1381 01:14:41,960 --> 01:14:45,439 Speaker 1: is you and false positive or not, you don't know 1382 01:14:45,560 --> 01:14:50,080 Speaker 1: until it's a false positive. Um, it's that's not a 1383 01:14:50,160 --> 01:14:54,599 Speaker 1: great wake up call. Um. So luckily Josh Allen went 1384 01:14:54,640 --> 01:14:57,680 Speaker 1: through the protocols and came back negative on the quick test. Uh, 1385 01:14:57,840 --> 01:14:59,960 Speaker 1: and he was able to get back in the saddle 1386 01:15:00,120 --> 01:15:02,840 Speaker 1: today and get back out on the practice field. So 1387 01:15:02,880 --> 01:15:05,559 Speaker 1: what of it? If COVID situation happened on game day 1388 01:15:06,040 --> 01:15:07,960 Speaker 1: like the false positive over the weekend, do the Bills 1389 01:15:08,000 --> 01:15:09,760 Speaker 1: have enough depth to get by? Give us a call 1390 01:15:10,120 --> 01:15:12,040 Speaker 1: or tweet at us at one Bills Live eight or 1391 01:15:12,080 --> 01:15:14,040 Speaker 1: three oh five fifty or one eight eight five fifty 1392 01:15:14,080 --> 01:15:17,320 Speaker 1: two five fifties. Steep Tasker Josh Reid in here today 1393 01:15:17,400 --> 01:15:19,559 Speaker 1: as a co host. Thanks for him for coming in. 1394 01:15:19,600 --> 01:15:22,840 Speaker 1: We've got Nate Davis of USA Today, NFL writer columnists 1395 01:15:22,880 --> 01:15:24,880 Speaker 1: coming up at the two o'clock hour, and right after 1396 01:15:24,920 --> 01:15:28,519 Speaker 1: the break, more Josh Allen sound bites from today post practice, 1397 01:15:28,600 --> 01:15:31,880 Speaker 1: as well as Micah Hyde, Steve Tasker, Josh Allen. One 1398 01:15:31,920 --> 01:15:34,400 Speaker 1: Bills Live presented by Kalid to health. This is Buffalo 1399 01:15:34,439 --> 01:15:50,240 Speaker 1: Bills Radio. Welcome back to One Bills Lives. Steep Tasker 1400 01:15:50,240 --> 01:15:52,160 Speaker 1: along with Josh Reid in for the day here to 1401 01:15:52,240 --> 01:15:55,240 Speaker 1: help co host. We are talking about the false positives 1402 01:15:55,240 --> 01:15:57,679 Speaker 1: that happened around the National Football League over the weekend. 1403 01:15:57,720 --> 01:16:00,639 Speaker 1: We're also talking about some sound by that we've got 1404 01:16:00,680 --> 01:16:03,679 Speaker 1: from Buffalo Bill's players and of course their head coach, 1405 01:16:03,720 --> 01:16:07,200 Speaker 1: Sean McDermott and Brandon Bean. Some of these soundbites were 1406 01:16:07,200 --> 01:16:09,840 Speaker 1: from yesterday, but the stuff from Josh Chlen that we've 1407 01:16:09,840 --> 01:16:12,120 Speaker 1: begun to get into is from today. Just about an 1408 01:16:12,120 --> 01:16:15,120 Speaker 1: hour ago after practice we asked him. He gave us 1409 01:16:15,120 --> 01:16:17,880 Speaker 1: the rundown about Josh about how he got the word 1410 01:16:17,920 --> 01:16:20,679 Speaker 1: he got was tested positive. And you kind of forget 1411 01:16:22,200 --> 01:16:24,840 Speaker 1: that when you get the call it says you're you've 1412 01:16:24,880 --> 01:16:29,360 Speaker 1: tested positive for COVID nineteen. I didn't realize it, but 1413 01:16:29,439 --> 01:16:31,559 Speaker 1: I think I'm pretty sure I do the exact same thing. 1414 01:16:31,600 --> 01:16:33,760 Speaker 1: You kind of get this kind of anst about it, like, hey, 1415 01:16:33,760 --> 01:16:37,679 Speaker 1: wait a minute, people are dying from this, and it's 1416 01:16:37,680 --> 01:16:40,240 Speaker 1: amazing I forgot all. I didn't think about that when 1417 01:16:40,240 --> 01:16:41,960 Speaker 1: all of this happened, you know, because I still think 1418 01:16:41,960 --> 01:16:45,439 Speaker 1: these guys are your young bulletproof dudes, And for the 1419 01:16:45,439 --> 01:16:49,880 Speaker 1: most part that's true, but still you don't want him 1420 01:16:49,880 --> 01:16:53,479 Speaker 1: to getting COVID. And for Josh to relate that, he's 1421 01:16:53,520 --> 01:16:55,840 Speaker 1: like his eyes kind of got white. He's like, hey, 1422 01:16:55,840 --> 01:16:58,559 Speaker 1: wait a minute, that means not just me, it's my 1423 01:16:58,600 --> 01:17:00,519 Speaker 1: girlfriend and my mom and dadda who or else. It's 1424 01:17:00,520 --> 01:17:04,760 Speaker 1: in my support system. So these false positives are They're 1425 01:17:04,760 --> 01:17:07,200 Speaker 1: okay when you find out they're false positive, but until 1426 01:17:07,240 --> 01:17:11,519 Speaker 1: you do, you're living with COVID nineteen. You want to 1427 01:17:11,520 --> 01:17:14,200 Speaker 1: talk about a reality check? Yeah, I mean, I mean 1428 01:17:14,479 --> 01:17:17,519 Speaker 1: that's not supposed to happen to an NFL starting quarterback, right, 1429 01:17:17,880 --> 01:17:20,240 Speaker 1: I mean, as you mentioned, I mean these guys, you know, 1430 01:17:20,360 --> 01:17:24,240 Speaker 1: as you know, fans, you know, a lot of people 1431 01:17:24,280 --> 01:17:27,519 Speaker 1: look at these guys as you know, eighteen feet tall 1432 01:17:27,520 --> 01:17:30,760 Speaker 1: and bulletproof. But I mean, you know, and you know, 1433 01:17:32,080 --> 01:17:35,680 Speaker 1: when Josh Allen I'm sure tested positive, I mean, that's 1434 01:17:35,680 --> 01:17:39,280 Speaker 1: gonna be that's gonna sit your back and really start 1435 01:17:39,320 --> 01:17:42,640 Speaker 1: to put things in perspective. I mean, clearly it was 1436 01:17:42,640 --> 01:17:44,960 Speaker 1: a false positive, and you know he was able to 1437 01:17:45,000 --> 01:17:48,639 Speaker 1: find that out and sound like relatively quickly he found out. 1438 01:17:48,800 --> 01:17:50,640 Speaker 1: So it wasn't a lot of time that he had 1439 01:17:50,680 --> 01:17:53,960 Speaker 1: to dwell on. Oh no, what does this mean? And 1440 01:17:54,040 --> 01:17:57,000 Speaker 1: you start going down that rabbit hole because it's human nature, 1441 01:17:57,080 --> 01:18:00,120 Speaker 1: right right, You find out something gets bad and you 1442 01:18:00,160 --> 01:18:02,639 Speaker 1: go you start to go down and oh, this could 1443 01:18:02,680 --> 01:18:06,040 Speaker 1: be worse, It could be worse. Then luckily he didn't 1444 01:18:06,040 --> 01:18:08,240 Speaker 1: have to go too far down a rabbit hole. Yeah, 1445 01:18:08,280 --> 01:18:09,640 Speaker 1: but you think about it. He had to get up 1446 01:18:09,640 --> 01:18:12,280 Speaker 1: and do the protocol. So we got up, they tested 1447 01:18:12,360 --> 01:18:15,000 Speaker 1: false positive positive, he had to drive the stadium, get 1448 01:18:15,040 --> 01:18:17,839 Speaker 1: tested again with a quick turnaround test, you know, and 1449 01:18:17,840 --> 01:18:19,960 Speaker 1: and of course then a few minutes later you found 1450 01:18:19,960 --> 01:18:22,599 Speaker 1: out it was a false positive. Plus the information probably 1451 01:18:22,640 --> 01:18:25,839 Speaker 1: started trickling in that there was like eleven other teams, 1452 01:18:25,920 --> 01:18:27,639 Speaker 1: six of which went to and they all went through 1453 01:18:27,680 --> 01:18:29,920 Speaker 1: this lab in New Jersey and all of a sudden, 1454 01:18:29,920 --> 01:18:32,800 Speaker 1: if it turns out it's it's the lab's mistake. Which 1455 01:18:32,920 --> 01:18:35,160 Speaker 1: by the way, they've put out a statement on about 1456 01:18:35,240 --> 01:18:37,320 Speaker 1: what happened to their lab. They didn't get into the 1457 01:18:37,360 --> 01:18:39,800 Speaker 1: nitty gritties of what happened, but they did read there 1458 01:18:39,880 --> 01:18:44,120 Speaker 1: was this as reported by Ian Rappaport Bioreference Laboratories, which 1459 01:18:44,120 --> 01:18:46,320 Speaker 1: I don't know if us in the media are kind 1460 01:18:46,320 --> 01:18:49,080 Speaker 1: of kind of becoming familiar with this name because this 1461 01:18:49,160 --> 01:18:54,200 Speaker 1: is the company that the NFL has contracted. They had 1462 01:18:54,240 --> 01:18:57,360 Speaker 1: an elevated they called an elevated number of positive COVID 1463 01:18:57,479 --> 01:19:01,360 Speaker 1: nineteen PCR tests. They resulted results for NFL players and 1464 01:19:01,439 --> 01:19:05,759 Speaker 1: personnel at multiple clubs. The NFL immediately took necessary actions 1465 01:19:05,760 --> 01:19:08,280 Speaker 1: to ensure the safety of the players and personnel. Our 1466 01:19:08,360 --> 01:19:12,919 Speaker 1: investigation indicated that these were most likely false positive results 1467 01:19:13,000 --> 01:19:18,479 Speaker 1: caused by an isolated contamination during test preparation in the 1468 01:19:18,560 --> 01:19:24,080 Speaker 1: New Jersey laboratory. Regents, analyzers, and staff were all ruled 1469 01:19:24,080 --> 01:19:28,599 Speaker 1: out as possible causes, and subsequent testing has indicated that 1470 01:19:28,680 --> 01:19:32,519 Speaker 1: the issue has been resolved. All individuals impacted have been 1471 01:19:32,520 --> 01:19:37,400 Speaker 1: confirmed negative and informed. This from John R. Cohen, MD, 1472 01:19:37,520 --> 01:19:40,960 Speaker 1: Executive chairman of Bio Reference Laboratory. So they kind of 1473 01:19:41,680 --> 01:19:46,560 Speaker 1: and you would maybe my expectations are high, but I 1474 01:19:46,600 --> 01:19:50,920 Speaker 1: would expect that a lab like this would have the 1475 01:19:50,960 --> 01:19:53,760 Speaker 1: protocols in place to say, hey, wait a minute, wait 1476 01:19:53,800 --> 01:19:56,639 Speaker 1: a minute, this is an abnormality all these tests positive. 1477 01:19:56,680 --> 01:19:59,080 Speaker 1: After less than one percent of all these tests were 1478 01:19:59,080 --> 01:20:02,120 Speaker 1: coming back negative, all of a sudden, eleven teams come 1479 01:20:02,120 --> 01:20:06,080 Speaker 1: back with all these multiple positives, I smell a rat 1480 01:20:06,120 --> 01:20:08,800 Speaker 1: and rightfully so they did, and they have the protocols 1481 01:20:08,800 --> 01:20:11,800 Speaker 1: to make sure that they got it right. Well, we 1482 01:20:11,920 --> 01:20:15,240 Speaker 1: talked about, you know, the players, you know, finding a 1483 01:20:15,280 --> 01:20:17,879 Speaker 1: way to make it work, you know, and the coaches 1484 01:20:17,920 --> 01:20:19,800 Speaker 1: finding a way to make it work. Well, I mean, 1485 01:20:19,840 --> 01:20:23,040 Speaker 1: you hope that the lab learned something from this, right, 1486 01:20:23,280 --> 01:20:25,160 Speaker 1: and they go, Okay, you know, this is what we 1487 01:20:25,240 --> 01:20:29,599 Speaker 1: can do better. You know, everybody, you know, everybody's learning 1488 01:20:29,760 --> 01:20:32,840 Speaker 1: and right, I mean we constantly talk about it, you know, 1489 01:20:32,960 --> 01:20:35,280 Speaker 1: since March, you know, since I was sitting up at 1490 01:20:35,280 --> 01:20:38,679 Speaker 1: a MAC tournament watching youb men and women's basketball team 1491 01:20:38,720 --> 01:20:42,080 Speaker 1: play and then suddenly the tournament getting canceled randomly and 1492 01:20:42,160 --> 01:20:45,360 Speaker 1: wed And since that day, we've all kind of been 1493 01:20:45,960 --> 01:20:47,920 Speaker 1: learning as we go, if you will. And I mean, 1494 01:20:47,960 --> 01:20:50,759 Speaker 1: you hope that the laboratory looks at what went wrong 1495 01:20:50,880 --> 01:20:54,000 Speaker 1: and you know, and it doesn't happen again. Well, we 1496 01:20:54,080 --> 01:20:57,040 Speaker 1: also got a chance to talk about because of COVID 1497 01:20:57,160 --> 01:20:59,559 Speaker 1: nineteen around the National Football League. We all know there's 1498 01:20:59,600 --> 01:21:02,680 Speaker 1: gonna be some fans, no fans, the fans and the 1499 01:21:02,800 --> 01:21:04,960 Speaker 1: and the crowd. We heard from Sean McDermott earning the 1500 01:21:04,960 --> 01:21:08,599 Speaker 1: show about his disgust that there's not a uniform policy 1501 01:21:08,640 --> 01:21:11,240 Speaker 1: around the National Football League for what teams can allow 1502 01:21:11,280 --> 01:21:14,240 Speaker 1: into their stadium on game day. Josh Allen was asked 1503 01:21:14,280 --> 01:21:18,120 Speaker 1: about going into various environments this season on the road. 1504 01:21:18,160 --> 01:21:22,080 Speaker 1: Here's the Bills quarterback. I mean, I'd like to say 1505 01:21:22,120 --> 01:21:24,559 Speaker 1: that it doesn't doesn't matter, and it doesn't affect us. 1506 01:21:24,600 --> 01:21:28,400 Speaker 1: But going into a road environment that's going to be 1507 01:21:28,400 --> 01:21:30,479 Speaker 1: different across the league, I think that's kind of a 1508 01:21:30,560 --> 01:21:33,519 Speaker 1: tough thing to do just as far as game planning, 1509 01:21:33,560 --> 01:21:36,479 Speaker 1: and it's kind of an unfair advantage. But again, I 1510 01:21:36,520 --> 01:21:39,000 Speaker 1: think if you go to certain stadiums their fans aren't 1511 01:21:39,000 --> 01:21:40,519 Speaker 1: super loud, and you go to a place like Seattle 1512 01:21:40,520 --> 01:21:43,320 Speaker 1: where their fans are extremely loud, you just kind of 1513 01:21:43,320 --> 01:21:44,439 Speaker 1: have to roll with the punches. At the end of 1514 01:21:44,439 --> 01:21:46,760 Speaker 1: the day, we're playing football and we can't really let 1515 01:21:46,800 --> 01:21:50,400 Speaker 1: anything outside of the field affect us. So if that's 1516 01:21:50,400 --> 01:21:53,479 Speaker 1: the case, we'll roll with it. You know, hopefully that 1517 01:21:54,479 --> 01:21:56,760 Speaker 1: here in Buffalo in Western New York, we can get 1518 01:21:56,920 --> 01:21:59,559 Speaker 1: get some fans back in the stadium before the seasons 1519 01:21:59,600 --> 01:22:01,680 Speaker 1: all set in done and do a good job of 1520 01:22:01,800 --> 01:22:06,160 Speaker 1: continuing to control this thing in this area. Jah Shallon 1521 01:22:06,240 --> 01:22:08,559 Speaker 1: on the road, He's right, going on the road is 1522 01:22:08,560 --> 01:22:11,200 Speaker 1: going to be a little nicer this year for the 1523 01:22:11,320 --> 01:22:14,000 Speaker 1: visiting teams because of COVID nineteen. And I don't know 1524 01:22:14,040 --> 01:22:16,360 Speaker 1: that it's worth it for a team like Buffalo, a 1525 01:22:16,400 --> 01:22:19,440 Speaker 1: team like the Kansas City Chiefs, a team like Seattle Seahawks, 1526 01:22:19,640 --> 01:22:24,040 Speaker 1: the Denver Broncos, these teams that are notoriously benefited by 1527 01:22:24,080 --> 01:22:26,920 Speaker 1: their home crowd. I don't know if it's worth it 1528 01:22:27,600 --> 01:22:30,240 Speaker 1: that their road game is going to be that much 1529 01:22:30,280 --> 01:22:33,360 Speaker 1: easier because every other team is gonna have no fans 1530 01:22:33,360 --> 01:22:35,320 Speaker 1: in the stands either. I don't know that it's worth 1531 01:22:35,360 --> 01:22:38,960 Speaker 1: that for those teams that I mentioned in others. You know, 1532 01:22:41,320 --> 01:22:45,519 Speaker 1: you almost get this sense of a little bit feeling greedy, 1533 01:22:45,640 --> 01:22:48,840 Speaker 1: you know, because it's it's great. Well, you know, a 1534 01:22:48,880 --> 01:22:50,640 Speaker 1: couple of months ago, all we thought was, hey, just 1535 01:22:50,680 --> 01:22:53,880 Speaker 1: give us football. Doesn't matter how it happens. Let it happen. 1536 01:22:54,000 --> 01:22:55,840 Speaker 1: Let it happen. We don't care if there aren't fans 1537 01:22:55,840 --> 01:22:58,479 Speaker 1: in the stands. All of a sudden, it's like, all right, 1538 01:22:58,520 --> 01:23:01,160 Speaker 1: we're gonna get football. Maybe we can get a few 1539 01:23:01,200 --> 01:23:03,840 Speaker 1: fans in the stands, you know, and I mean, I 1540 01:23:03,840 --> 01:23:06,479 Speaker 1: think we're all that way. It's like, hey, you know what, 1541 01:23:06,760 --> 01:23:09,799 Speaker 1: I'm not going out to dinner because it's not safe. 1542 01:23:10,400 --> 01:23:12,240 Speaker 1: A couple of months go buy and I go, Okay, 1543 01:23:12,320 --> 01:23:14,719 Speaker 1: we're gonna go out to dinner, but only with my wife. 1544 01:23:15,120 --> 01:23:17,080 Speaker 1: And then a month goes buy and you go, okay, 1545 01:23:17,200 --> 01:23:19,040 Speaker 1: we go to dinner just with my wife and our 1546 01:23:19,080 --> 01:23:22,479 Speaker 1: closest friends. You know what I mean. You slowly get 1547 01:23:22,520 --> 01:23:24,400 Speaker 1: you know to where you you know, hope the numbers 1548 01:23:24,400 --> 01:23:27,040 Speaker 1: are going down, especially in Erie County where things have 1549 01:23:27,120 --> 01:23:30,000 Speaker 1: gotten better. So you know, you feel more comfortable right, 1550 01:23:30,160 --> 01:23:32,400 Speaker 1: rightfully so because you did things the right way to 1551 01:23:32,439 --> 01:23:35,439 Speaker 1: get the numbers down. But yeah, it's good. It's gonna 1552 01:23:35,479 --> 01:23:37,760 Speaker 1: be interesting if they keep you know, this up. And 1553 01:23:37,840 --> 01:23:41,800 Speaker 1: you know, we see different stadiums have fans and some 1554 01:23:41,960 --> 01:23:45,360 Speaker 1: that don't, and you know, will crowd noise be pumped 1555 01:23:45,400 --> 01:23:48,880 Speaker 1: into some of these places, because you know that's another 1556 01:23:48,920 --> 01:23:53,240 Speaker 1: element of all of this. Yeah, that's right, And that's 1557 01:23:53,280 --> 01:23:55,599 Speaker 1: kind of a Twitter poll We've been mulling around for weeks. 1558 01:23:56,400 --> 01:23:59,160 Speaker 1: What do you think about the broadcasting and being in game? 1559 01:23:59,240 --> 01:24:01,880 Speaker 1: Do you think they should pipe crowd noise in? Do 1560 01:24:01,920 --> 01:24:04,880 Speaker 1: you think they should add it to the broadcast. Um, 1561 01:24:05,000 --> 01:24:06,840 Speaker 1: you know, I haven't watched a little bit of the NBA. 1562 01:24:06,880 --> 01:24:11,080 Speaker 1: I've watched a little bit of the NHL as well. Um, 1563 01:24:11,400 --> 01:24:14,600 Speaker 1: what do you do? I mean, does it feel artificial? 1564 01:24:15,120 --> 01:24:18,440 Speaker 1: Does it feel like a te a staged television sitcom 1565 01:24:18,439 --> 01:24:21,559 Speaker 1: with a laugh track? It does to me a little bit. 1566 01:24:23,280 --> 01:24:26,840 Speaker 1: I'm with you. I could I could see that. I 1567 01:24:26,840 --> 01:24:30,599 Speaker 1: I don't mind the idea of it, of it being 1568 01:24:30,640 --> 01:24:33,880 Speaker 1: on the broadcast. I think I'm I think I could 1569 01:24:33,960 --> 01:24:36,080 Speaker 1: wrap my head around that, because I think it would 1570 01:24:36,120 --> 01:24:38,880 Speaker 1: make it feel sound, you know, watching it on TV 1571 01:24:39,000 --> 01:24:41,800 Speaker 1: a little more quote unquote normal. I think it'd be 1572 01:24:41,880 --> 01:24:44,719 Speaker 1: strange if you're a player and you're on the field 1573 01:24:44,760 --> 01:24:47,599 Speaker 1: and you hear the crowd erupt and you look around 1574 01:24:47,680 --> 01:24:50,599 Speaker 1: and there's there's nobody there, there's no one in the stands. 1575 01:24:50,640 --> 01:24:54,479 Speaker 1: That would just be really bizarre, right. I kind of 1576 01:24:54,479 --> 01:24:57,240 Speaker 1: agree with you. I kind of agree with you. One 1577 01:24:57,320 --> 01:25:00,439 Speaker 1: last thing before we were break, we're asking listeners if 1578 01:25:00,479 --> 01:25:03,360 Speaker 1: COVID situation happened on game day? All these false positives, 1579 01:25:03,360 --> 01:25:05,080 Speaker 1: do the bills have enough depth to get by? You 1580 01:25:05,120 --> 01:25:07,080 Speaker 1: can tweet us or call us at eight to three 1581 01:25:07,120 --> 01:25:10,680 Speaker 1: oh five fifty or one eight eight, five fifty two, 1582 01:25:10,720 --> 01:25:13,360 Speaker 1: five fifty coming up after the break or later in 1583 01:25:13,400 --> 01:25:16,080 Speaker 1: the program, perhaps we're gonna talk. Listen to what Micah 1584 01:25:16,160 --> 01:25:18,880 Speaker 1: Hyde had to tell the Western New York media. He's 1585 01:25:18,960 --> 01:25:22,040 Speaker 1: entering his fourth season with the Buffalo Bills. He's got 1586 01:25:22,080 --> 01:25:25,000 Speaker 1: some thoughts about his time here in Buffalo over the 1587 01:25:25,040 --> 01:25:28,400 Speaker 1: last four seasons. He's also got some comments about this 1588 01:25:28,520 --> 01:25:30,559 Speaker 1: roster that he's a part of here in twenty twenty, 1589 01:25:30,560 --> 01:25:33,439 Speaker 1: where the Bills expectations have risen to a level that 1590 01:25:33,479 --> 01:25:36,479 Speaker 1: they haven't been in twenty twenty five years. And also 1591 01:25:36,640 --> 01:25:38,960 Speaker 1: his thoughts about what we're talking about right now, fans 1592 01:25:38,960 --> 01:25:41,439 Speaker 1: in the stands or not. That's coming up after the 1593 01:25:41,439 --> 01:25:44,040 Speaker 1: break later in the show. Micah Hyde coming up at 1594 01:25:44,040 --> 01:25:46,639 Speaker 1: the top of the hour. Nate Davis from USA Today 1595 01:25:46,840 --> 01:25:49,880 Speaker 1: NFL Writer Columnists. This is Steve Tasker Josh Reid here 1596 01:25:50,120 --> 01:25:53,759 Speaker 1: on One Bills Live. We're broadcasting live from the Seneca Studio. 1597 01:25:54,160 --> 01:26:11,639 Speaker 1: Nothing else comes close. This is Buffalo Bills Radio. Welcome 1598 01:26:11,640 --> 01:26:13,880 Speaker 1: back to One of Bill's Lives. Chief Tasker Josh Reid 1599 01:26:14,600 --> 01:26:20,120 Speaker 1: coming to you from Seneca Studios and training camp. Still 1600 01:26:20,120 --> 01:26:23,040 Speaker 1: plugging along. We've had a number of false positives over 1601 01:26:23,080 --> 01:26:24,920 Speaker 1: the course of the weekend that we've been talking about 1602 01:26:24,960 --> 01:26:27,759 Speaker 1: for the entire day. And we've asked you, our listeners, 1603 01:26:28,000 --> 01:26:30,800 Speaker 1: if the COVID situation happened on game day where there 1604 01:26:30,840 --> 01:26:33,400 Speaker 1: was a bunch of false positives or even positive positives, 1605 01:26:33,680 --> 01:26:36,599 Speaker 1: do the Bills have enough depth to get by. We've 1606 01:26:36,640 --> 01:26:39,840 Speaker 1: got a lot of feedback on the tweet sheet, and 1607 01:26:40,240 --> 01:26:43,160 Speaker 1: this from JW Socks on the tweet sheet, he says, 1608 01:26:43,200 --> 01:26:45,840 Speaker 1: I'm sure they'll be able to get through a game 1609 01:26:45,960 --> 01:26:48,719 Speaker 1: or two, but it could be a major problem. Let's 1610 01:26:48,720 --> 01:26:50,760 Speaker 1: say a game to win the division or make the 1611 01:26:50,800 --> 01:26:53,560 Speaker 1: playoffs and your QB is out, Yeah, that would be 1612 01:26:53,640 --> 01:26:57,000 Speaker 1: a problem. And and that's and we talked about this 1613 01:26:57,120 --> 01:27:00,720 Speaker 1: Josh earlier in the show, and I said that, my 1614 01:27:02,120 --> 01:27:04,600 Speaker 1: you know, the great fear is what happened over the 1615 01:27:04,600 --> 01:27:07,000 Speaker 1: weekend of the Bills. Your starting quarterback comes down false 1616 01:27:07,040 --> 01:27:13,120 Speaker 1: positive or positive positive. You got to overcome this, you know, 1617 01:27:13,160 --> 01:27:15,759 Speaker 1: the absence of your best player on a moment's notice. 1618 01:27:16,840 --> 01:27:19,960 Speaker 1: Most teams have never gone through that. We haven't seen that. 1619 01:27:20,880 --> 01:27:23,120 Speaker 1: I don't know, if if at all in the national 1620 01:27:23,120 --> 01:27:25,200 Speaker 1: I can't remember a day. I don't know I remember 1621 01:27:25,280 --> 01:27:29,479 Speaker 1: a day or a game off the top of my head, 1622 01:27:29,520 --> 01:27:33,200 Speaker 1: where the starting quarterback was gone on game day morning. 1623 01:27:33,840 --> 01:27:37,639 Speaker 1: Can you ever remember a situation like that? I don't. 1624 01:27:37,840 --> 01:27:41,439 Speaker 1: I don't either, not anywhere. So that's what we're looking at, 1625 01:27:42,000 --> 01:27:44,160 Speaker 1: and if you know, and if and that's kind of 1626 01:27:44,160 --> 01:27:46,839 Speaker 1: what was you know, on the plate of the Buffalo 1627 01:27:46,920 --> 01:27:50,840 Speaker 1: Bills yesterday had it been a game day. So and 1628 01:27:50,920 --> 01:27:52,920 Speaker 1: it was a false positive in this case, So he's 1629 01:27:52,920 --> 01:27:57,040 Speaker 1: back in the saddle. But that's a big ask for 1630 01:27:57,080 --> 01:27:59,679 Speaker 1: any team. And we've always talked about, yeah, what happens 1631 01:27:59,720 --> 01:28:02,040 Speaker 1: if nine guys come down with it or whatever, and 1632 01:28:02,080 --> 01:28:04,960 Speaker 1: that's you know, that's just as bad, if not worse, 1633 01:28:05,960 --> 01:28:07,679 Speaker 1: if you get a bunch of guys that go down. 1634 01:28:08,320 --> 01:28:11,960 Speaker 1: But like we've been talking about, you know, Josh, I, 1635 01:28:11,960 --> 01:28:14,120 Speaker 1: I just think that this is gonna go off, at 1636 01:28:14,200 --> 01:28:17,320 Speaker 1: least in the early going. In Week one. The league 1637 01:28:17,360 --> 01:28:19,639 Speaker 1: is gonna go out, the teams are going to travel 1638 01:28:19,680 --> 01:28:22,400 Speaker 1: to their respective cities, these games are gonna take place. 1639 01:28:22,800 --> 01:28:27,320 Speaker 1: I doubt that we'll get more than that one percent 1640 01:28:27,400 --> 01:28:30,519 Speaker 1: of positive tests, probably less than a percentage of positive 1641 01:28:30,520 --> 01:28:35,599 Speaker 1: tests on the weekend or after the weekend. And if 1642 01:28:35,640 --> 01:28:38,560 Speaker 1: that's the case, I think there are going to be 1643 01:28:38,600 --> 01:28:42,719 Speaker 1: a lot of people who breathe a huge sigh of relief. Yeah, 1644 01:28:42,760 --> 01:28:45,160 Speaker 1: you know, I've found it interesting because one of the 1645 01:28:45,200 --> 01:28:48,240 Speaker 1: things that Sean and maybe to a lesser extent, even 1646 01:28:48,280 --> 01:28:50,479 Speaker 1: Brandon has talked about in the last couple of days 1647 01:28:51,240 --> 01:28:56,240 Speaker 1: was did the need in the shortened preseason to get 1648 01:28:56,240 --> 01:29:02,200 Speaker 1: everyone ready for week one because the snaps and practice 1649 01:29:02,560 --> 01:29:07,680 Speaker 1: are so limited, and meanwhile getting a look at the 1650 01:29:07,760 --> 01:29:10,679 Speaker 1: backups and making sure that they're ready because we always 1651 01:29:10,720 --> 01:29:13,280 Speaker 1: hear Sean say, next man up, we hear the players 1652 01:29:13,280 --> 01:29:16,080 Speaker 1: said that, you know, the next man up needs to 1653 01:29:16,120 --> 01:29:18,840 Speaker 1: be ready to be the next man up, so you've 1654 01:29:18,880 --> 01:29:24,000 Speaker 1: got fewer snaps. Gotta get Josh Allen ready, right, Okay, 1655 01:29:24,640 --> 01:29:26,320 Speaker 1: he's got to be ready for week one because that's 1656 01:29:26,320 --> 01:29:27,880 Speaker 1: your guy. But you also got to make sure that 1657 01:29:28,120 --> 01:29:30,439 Speaker 1: whoever his backup is, you got to make sure that 1658 01:29:30,479 --> 01:29:33,800 Speaker 1: guy has had enough snaps in order to for there 1659 01:29:33,800 --> 01:29:36,400 Speaker 1: to be no rust when he gets his chance. It's 1660 01:29:36,479 --> 01:29:39,920 Speaker 1: it's really a fine line to lock. They always they 1661 01:29:39,920 --> 01:29:43,080 Speaker 1: always have guys ready, but listen to this. For instance, 1662 01:29:43,080 --> 01:29:45,960 Speaker 1: the starting quarterback, he takes the reps, all the reps 1663 01:29:46,640 --> 01:29:49,080 Speaker 1: because if he split the reps with your starter and 1664 01:29:49,200 --> 01:29:53,080 Speaker 1: your backup. You're getting two guys half ready to play, 1665 01:29:53,120 --> 01:29:55,960 Speaker 1: and only one of them is gonna play, so the 1666 01:29:56,040 --> 01:29:59,240 Speaker 1: starter needs all the reps. Now, it's always been thought 1667 01:29:59,320 --> 01:30:01,800 Speaker 1: that the team teams will be ready and have their 1668 01:30:01,800 --> 01:30:03,720 Speaker 1: guys available and they know who they kind of have 1669 01:30:03,760 --> 01:30:05,799 Speaker 1: a real good sense of who's going to be available 1670 01:30:05,800 --> 01:30:10,160 Speaker 1: on Sunday, even in an injury type season because in 1671 01:30:10,200 --> 01:30:13,919 Speaker 1: the NFL, as a season wears on, guys are taxed 1672 01:30:14,200 --> 01:30:16,439 Speaker 1: less and less during the week at practice, so you're 1673 01:30:16,520 --> 01:30:19,640 Speaker 1: less likely to get a practice injury. Now, it does happen, obviously, 1674 01:30:20,280 --> 01:30:22,439 Speaker 1: but you know, not like training camp where these guys 1675 01:30:22,479 --> 01:30:24,160 Speaker 1: are going out there and there's some live drills and 1676 01:30:24,200 --> 01:30:27,040 Speaker 1: things like that. It's never the case during the regular 1677 01:30:27,080 --> 01:30:30,839 Speaker 1: season where you get live stuff going. Certainly practices up tempo, 1678 01:30:31,280 --> 01:30:34,280 Speaker 1: and you might get one or two soft injuries if 1679 01:30:34,320 --> 01:30:37,000 Speaker 1: they're not watching the data and the feedback of the 1680 01:30:37,000 --> 01:30:41,200 Speaker 1: players bio bio. But then you know, you just you 1681 01:30:41,280 --> 01:30:44,880 Speaker 1: kind of know who's going to be available on Sunday. Well, 1682 01:30:44,880 --> 01:30:49,160 Speaker 1: this really tests your player development. You gotta get these 1683 01:30:49,200 --> 01:30:53,960 Speaker 1: guys ready because they might be playing. I mean, somebody 1684 01:30:54,040 --> 01:30:57,599 Speaker 1: might roll out of bed and be positive like if 1685 01:30:57,640 --> 01:31:00,200 Speaker 1: somebody The old adage was, what if somebody stepped off 1686 01:31:00,240 --> 01:31:02,360 Speaker 1: the curb and twist their ankle and he can't play 1687 01:31:02,400 --> 01:31:06,720 Speaker 1: that day. You know that's not gonna happen, But you 1688 01:31:06,920 --> 01:31:09,320 Speaker 1: know what happens if it does. Well, now you got 1689 01:31:09,320 --> 01:31:12,640 Speaker 1: this this whole new COVID nineteen thing, and well it 1690 01:31:12,800 --> 01:31:16,599 Speaker 1: might happen. And I don't know what kind of practice 1691 01:31:16,680 --> 01:31:19,920 Speaker 1: protocols or plan you would have to get more than 1692 01:31:20,000 --> 01:31:23,799 Speaker 1: one quarterback ready to play, or more than one center 1693 01:31:23,880 --> 01:31:26,679 Speaker 1: ready to play, more than one middle linebacker ready to play. 1694 01:31:26,720 --> 01:31:29,439 Speaker 1: Certainly you've got guys that you can plug in, but 1695 01:31:30,560 --> 01:31:32,559 Speaker 1: you got to have them ready. They got to really 1696 01:31:32,560 --> 01:31:35,439 Speaker 1: be ready because it's it's a real possibility. And that's 1697 01:31:35,560 --> 01:31:37,639 Speaker 1: that's never been happened, That's never happened in the NFL 1698 01:31:37,680 --> 01:31:42,160 Speaker 1: before at this level. Sean has always since day one 1699 01:31:42,200 --> 01:31:46,920 Speaker 1: when he arrived, he is hurt on position flexibility. We've 1700 01:31:47,000 --> 01:31:50,400 Speaker 1: heard it since the day he stepped, you know, into 1701 01:31:50,439 --> 01:31:54,760 Speaker 1: the facility. Well, he went out and they added guys 1702 01:31:54,800 --> 01:31:58,400 Speaker 1: that have position flexibility. You know, the you know, the 1703 01:31:58,600 --> 01:32:01,839 Speaker 1: whether it's an offense of lineman or a defensive lineman, 1704 01:32:02,439 --> 01:32:05,479 Speaker 1: the ability to play different spots. You know, whether it's 1705 01:32:05,479 --> 01:32:10,040 Speaker 1: a defensive back. You know, it's really going to be 1706 01:32:10,040 --> 01:32:14,400 Speaker 1: beneficial this year because if you have an interior lineman 1707 01:32:14,400 --> 01:32:17,080 Speaker 1: that goes down due to COVID, maybe you have a 1708 01:32:17,120 --> 01:32:20,320 Speaker 1: guy that you can move inside and outside and vice versa. 1709 01:32:20,640 --> 01:32:23,719 Speaker 1: That's gonna be really important this season. Yeah, I agree 1710 01:32:23,760 --> 01:32:26,840 Speaker 1: with you, and we've we've most of the Twitter responses 1711 01:32:27,280 --> 01:32:29,800 Speaker 1: have been along the lines of, yeah, we've got good depth, 1712 01:32:29,880 --> 01:32:33,120 Speaker 1: but if a B or C, like if twelve guys 1713 01:32:33,120 --> 01:32:35,479 Speaker 1: go down. But I think the number I've been thinking 1714 01:32:35,520 --> 01:32:38,240 Speaker 1: about it for me, Josh, I think the numbers like 1715 01:32:38,560 --> 01:32:43,880 Speaker 1: four to five starters. If that happens, like on an 1716 01:32:43,880 --> 01:32:48,400 Speaker 1: overnight scenario, you've got an issue. Because usually a team 1717 01:32:48,439 --> 01:32:52,080 Speaker 1: will cycle through a season where they'll for this game, 1718 01:32:52,120 --> 01:32:54,800 Speaker 1: they're gonna be out two starters here, and the next 1719 01:32:54,800 --> 01:32:57,519 Speaker 1: game it's three. The next game it's one starter. The 1720 01:32:57,600 --> 01:33:00,760 Speaker 1: next game after that, it's like three starters again. You know, 1721 01:33:01,400 --> 01:33:04,439 Speaker 1: they're rarely one hundred percent. You know, they're starters are 1722 01:33:04,479 --> 01:33:06,840 Speaker 1: rarely one hundred percent anyway, whether they play or not. 1723 01:33:07,200 --> 01:33:09,240 Speaker 1: But if you know, you usually figure like maybe one 1724 01:33:09,320 --> 01:33:10,880 Speaker 1: or two guys on each side of the ball is 1725 01:33:11,280 --> 01:33:14,799 Speaker 1: not gonna be there. Maybe, But if it drops overnight 1726 01:33:14,840 --> 01:33:18,559 Speaker 1: and you get like four guys or five guys, then 1727 01:33:18,560 --> 01:33:21,559 Speaker 1: it starts to affect your rotation depending on the whatever 1728 01:33:22,240 --> 01:33:26,160 Speaker 1: combination of positions and level of guy they are. That's 1729 01:33:26,160 --> 01:33:28,800 Speaker 1: when it starts to get really tough to overcome. When 1730 01:33:28,800 --> 01:33:32,080 Speaker 1: you get multiple guys and you know one guy was 1731 01:33:32,120 --> 01:33:34,960 Speaker 1: already covering a gap over here or whatever. You've got 1732 01:33:35,000 --> 01:33:36,720 Speaker 1: other injuries that you got to deal with too. I 1733 01:33:36,720 --> 01:33:38,920 Speaker 1: think that's a number a little less a little less 1734 01:33:38,920 --> 01:33:42,800 Speaker 1: than half a dozen guys, and you're like, we win 1735 01:33:42,840 --> 01:33:46,880 Speaker 1: in this game. Yeah. The ability to be successful while 1736 01:33:46,960 --> 01:33:49,000 Speaker 1: missing players has a lot to do with the team 1737 01:33:49,040 --> 01:33:52,000 Speaker 1: on the other side behind two. But that's right. You know, 1738 01:33:52,280 --> 01:33:54,600 Speaker 1: you know, if they're hosting Kansas City or out in 1739 01:33:54,720 --> 01:33:58,120 Speaker 1: San Francisco playing the forty nine ers and they're missing 1740 01:33:58,320 --> 01:34:02,080 Speaker 1: five players, the odds of them winning that game are 1741 01:34:02,120 --> 01:34:04,800 Speaker 1: not as good as if you're at home facing a 1742 01:34:04,920 --> 01:34:07,679 Speaker 1: team that's off to an OZ and sixth start, right, 1743 01:34:07,680 --> 01:34:10,240 Speaker 1: I mean, that's right. That goes a long way. And figure, 1744 01:34:10,320 --> 01:34:12,320 Speaker 1: you know, in the the equation that has to be 1745 01:34:12,400 --> 01:34:16,120 Speaker 1: factored in. Steve Tasker, Josh Reid coming at you from 1746 01:34:16,160 --> 01:34:18,160 Speaker 1: One Bill's Live, coming up at the top of the hour, 1747 01:34:18,320 --> 01:34:21,040 Speaker 1: Nate Davis, USA Today writer and columnist. He's been covering 1748 01:34:21,040 --> 01:34:22,960 Speaker 1: the National Football League for two thousand and five. We'll 1749 01:34:22,960 --> 01:34:26,040 Speaker 1: talk about a wide range of topics with Nate Davis 1750 01:34:26,040 --> 01:34:27,479 Speaker 1: after the top of the hour, and we also have 1751 01:34:28,120 --> 01:34:31,400 Speaker 1: found from this morning earlier today from Micah Hyde to 1752 01:34:31,479 --> 01:34:33,719 Speaker 1: Bill's Safety coming up right after the break. One Doll's 1753 01:34:33,760 --> 01:34:49,759 Speaker 1: Live presented by Kalida Health Missus Buffalo Bill's Radio. Welcome 1754 01:34:49,800 --> 01:34:52,080 Speaker 1: back to One Doll's Lives. Keep Tasker along with Josh 1755 01:34:52,160 --> 01:34:56,280 Speaker 1: Reid coming in from w IVB Sports director. Thanks for 1756 01:34:56,320 --> 01:34:58,880 Speaker 1: coming in to him. He's gonna gonna stick with us 1757 01:34:58,880 --> 01:35:01,839 Speaker 1: throughout the days we've been We've been talking about everything 1758 01:35:01,960 --> 01:35:04,479 Speaker 1: under the sun, Josh and I today, particularly that the 1759 01:35:04,680 --> 01:35:06,880 Speaker 1: false positives has been going on. But right now we 1760 01:35:06,920 --> 01:35:09,479 Speaker 1: are pleased to be joined on the line by USA 1761 01:35:09,720 --> 01:35:12,880 Speaker 1: Today's NFL writer, he's columnists he's covered the NFL since 1762 01:35:12,960 --> 01:35:15,960 Speaker 1: night two thousand and five. Nate Davis, Nate, Steve Tasker, 1763 01:35:16,040 --> 01:35:17,920 Speaker 1: Josh Read up here in Buffalo. Thank you so much 1764 01:35:17,920 --> 01:35:20,439 Speaker 1: for joining us. Nick, good talk to you guys. Thank you. 1765 01:35:20,600 --> 01:35:22,479 Speaker 1: I guess we should ask you first, how is the code? 1766 01:35:22,560 --> 01:35:24,960 Speaker 1: How is the pandemic, treating you at this point after 1767 01:35:25,000 --> 01:35:29,040 Speaker 1: it's been so many months as your family safe, and well, yeah, 1768 01:35:29,120 --> 01:35:31,320 Speaker 1: we're doing fine. I mean we were kind of quarantining 1769 01:35:31,320 --> 01:35:33,240 Speaker 1: anyway because I've got I've got a one year old 1770 01:35:33,240 --> 01:35:34,720 Speaker 1: and you know, you know how that goes. He kind 1771 01:35:34,720 --> 01:35:36,519 Speaker 1: of ticks up all your time anyway, and not a 1772 01:35:36,520 --> 01:35:38,160 Speaker 1: whole lot of places yet you could go with it 1773 01:35:38,320 --> 01:35:41,360 Speaker 1: with a little guy. So he's kind of kept things 1774 01:35:41,400 --> 01:35:43,240 Speaker 1: like for us, but also been a good reason to 1775 01:35:43,280 --> 01:35:45,400 Speaker 1: stay home. So we're doing just fine. Well, it's been 1776 01:35:45,400 --> 01:35:48,520 Speaker 1: a weird year for COVID nineteen and because of the pandemic, 1777 01:35:49,000 --> 01:35:51,439 Speaker 1: But I think it. I don't. It's hard pressed to 1778 01:35:51,479 --> 01:35:53,719 Speaker 1: be finding a year more difficult than this to predict 1779 01:35:53,720 --> 01:35:56,599 Speaker 1: the twenty twenty records for all the thirty two NFL teams. 1780 01:35:56,600 --> 01:35:59,160 Speaker 1: But you gave it a shot. You predicted the Bills 1781 01:35:59,160 --> 01:36:01,599 Speaker 1: would win the a See East and go ten and six, 1782 01:36:01,920 --> 01:36:04,040 Speaker 1: just ahead of the Patriots to go nine and seven. 1783 01:36:04,439 --> 01:36:06,320 Speaker 1: How has anything in the off season or in this 1784 01:36:06,360 --> 01:36:10,280 Speaker 1: preseason changed that prediction or made you maybe put it 1785 01:36:10,320 --> 01:36:13,960 Speaker 1: to a finer point than you did in your article. No, 1786 01:36:14,320 --> 01:36:15,880 Speaker 1: I think I think the Bills have kind of been 1787 01:36:15,920 --> 01:36:18,080 Speaker 1: where where I thought they would be kind of a 1788 01:36:18,200 --> 01:36:21,400 Speaker 1: throughout this as you said, strange offseasons. You know that 1789 01:36:21,439 --> 01:36:23,960 Speaker 1: the Patriots have been more of a moving target. Was 1790 01:36:25,040 --> 01:36:28,799 Speaker 1: obviously a Brady and several defensive guys leaving in free agency, 1791 01:36:28,920 --> 01:36:31,040 Speaker 1: and then Cam coming in at the eleventh hour, and 1792 01:36:31,080 --> 01:36:34,120 Speaker 1: then the opt outs on the defense, and uh, you 1793 01:36:34,160 --> 01:36:36,200 Speaker 1: know it, Patriots are going to be, you know, kind 1794 01:36:36,240 --> 01:36:38,560 Speaker 1: of a wild show and a mixed bag. And I 1795 01:36:39,439 --> 01:36:42,840 Speaker 1: suspect by I may be given even the great Bill 1796 01:36:42,840 --> 01:36:44,880 Speaker 1: Beltis are a little too much credit if he's able 1797 01:36:44,880 --> 01:36:47,519 Speaker 1: to overcome you know, he was losing his quarterback of 1798 01:36:47,920 --> 01:36:50,200 Speaker 1: two decades and then and then losing so many starters 1799 01:36:50,240 --> 01:36:53,400 Speaker 1: on the top ring defense. But I do tend to 1800 01:36:53,400 --> 01:36:55,600 Speaker 1: think that they're gonna rise to the challenge and be 1801 01:36:55,840 --> 01:36:59,000 Speaker 1: uh as tough as they normally are. But I just 1802 01:36:59,160 --> 01:37:01,519 Speaker 1: I'm just not surely if courses to keep up with 1803 01:37:01,640 --> 01:37:03,799 Speaker 1: the Bills quite this year. So I've got the Bills, 1804 01:37:03,840 --> 01:37:06,240 Speaker 1: like you said, take in the East and the Patriots 1805 01:37:06,680 --> 01:37:13,160 Speaker 1: losing out on that wildcard in my projection on type rerecord. Hey, Nate, 1806 01:37:13,240 --> 01:37:16,160 Speaker 1: Josh Reid here looking at the bottom of that division, 1807 01:37:16,240 --> 01:37:18,799 Speaker 1: looks like you have the Dolphins sitting at seven wins. 1808 01:37:18,800 --> 01:37:20,960 Speaker 1: I know there are some people that think they could 1809 01:37:20,960 --> 01:37:25,000 Speaker 1: be sneaky sneaky good, and obviously too will kind of 1810 01:37:25,000 --> 01:37:28,280 Speaker 1: be in the wildcard there along. And then I see 1811 01:37:28,360 --> 01:37:30,200 Speaker 1: you have the Jets at three wins. Can you talk 1812 01:37:30,200 --> 01:37:32,320 Speaker 1: a little bit about the bottom half and the bottom 1813 01:37:32,320 --> 01:37:36,680 Speaker 1: two teams there and within the division? Yeah, you know, 1814 01:37:36,720 --> 01:37:40,240 Speaker 1: I was a little more, you know what, wanted to 1815 01:37:40,280 --> 01:37:42,120 Speaker 1: get the Jets a little bit more credit, maybe maybe 1816 01:37:42,200 --> 01:37:44,800 Speaker 1: kind of back after after the draft, but you know, 1817 01:37:44,800 --> 01:37:47,880 Speaker 1: when you lose Jamaal Atoms off that defense, and then 1818 01:37:47,920 --> 01:37:49,720 Speaker 1: you know C. J. Moseley off and out, and I 1819 01:37:49,760 --> 01:37:52,400 Speaker 1: know he wasn't there last year the most part either. 1820 01:37:52,520 --> 01:37:55,360 Speaker 1: But to me, the Jets like the weakest of those teams. 1821 01:37:55,360 --> 01:37:57,600 Speaker 1: And I have people point to the fact that they 1822 01:37:57,680 --> 01:37:59,559 Speaker 1: finished up well last year. I want to say six 1823 01:37:59,600 --> 01:38:02,759 Speaker 1: and two second half and seven and six under Sam Darnold, 1824 01:38:02,840 --> 01:38:05,479 Speaker 1: but um, we really did not play an impressive schedule 1825 01:38:05,560 --> 01:38:07,920 Speaker 1: last year. And I just kind of think, Um, you know, 1826 01:38:08,040 --> 01:38:10,160 Speaker 1: so many new offensive linemen and you kind of wonder 1827 01:38:10,200 --> 01:38:13,760 Speaker 1: what they have at the skilled positions, particularly you know, 1828 01:38:13,760 --> 01:38:16,080 Speaker 1: as a receiver spot. I just I don't like what 1829 01:38:16,160 --> 01:38:19,479 Speaker 1: I see for them this year. Um, the Dolphins, you know, 1830 01:38:19,800 --> 01:38:22,799 Speaker 1: they obviously you know, you guys saw the dreadful, dreftfull 1831 01:38:22,800 --> 01:38:25,880 Speaker 1: start last year. But then Brian Flores, you know, rallied 1832 01:38:25,880 --> 01:38:28,720 Speaker 1: those guys. I think people maybe forget they won five 1833 01:38:28,760 --> 01:38:31,360 Speaker 1: of their last nine down the stress last year. And again, 1834 01:38:31,400 --> 01:38:33,640 Speaker 1: if you look at the games, you know, not a 1835 01:38:33,680 --> 01:38:36,080 Speaker 1: whole lot of quote unquote impressive wins, but but the 1836 01:38:36,120 --> 01:38:39,240 Speaker 1: fact that they turned it around after looking like Owens 1837 01:38:39,280 --> 01:38:41,960 Speaker 1: sick team material all out of the shoot last year. Um, 1838 01:38:42,240 --> 01:38:44,240 Speaker 1: I'd like to bullsh on them, but I mean to 1839 01:38:44,320 --> 01:38:46,600 Speaker 1: get back to this covid offseason. I mean, the Dolphins 1840 01:38:47,160 --> 01:38:49,400 Speaker 1: have brought in like a quarter billion dollars worth the 1841 01:38:49,439 --> 01:38:52,080 Speaker 1: free agents. Um, Like, seriously, if all the money they're 1842 01:38:52,080 --> 01:38:54,439 Speaker 1: paying out and then and then the I want to say, 1843 01:38:54,439 --> 01:38:57,360 Speaker 1: five draft picks in the first two rounds. That's a 1844 01:38:57,400 --> 01:38:59,400 Speaker 1: lot of new guys that really haven't had time to 1845 01:38:59,439 --> 01:39:01,559 Speaker 1: work together. They're you know, they're just in the process 1846 01:39:01,560 --> 01:39:05,680 Speaker 1: and meeting their teammates and coaches, you know, this month, Um, 1847 01:39:05,800 --> 01:39:07,519 Speaker 1: and I think there's just gonna be you know, maybe 1848 01:39:07,600 --> 01:39:10,160 Speaker 1: for the Dolphins, it's gonna be. Um, two steps four, 1849 01:39:10,240 --> 01:39:12,120 Speaker 1: one step back, I think that one step back is 1850 01:39:12,120 --> 01:39:14,240 Speaker 1: going to be early on just giving their again melting 1851 01:39:14,280 --> 01:39:16,280 Speaker 1: in so many new parts. And we'll see what happens 1852 01:39:16,280 --> 01:39:19,200 Speaker 1: at the quarterback position. But I'm just not willing to 1853 01:39:19,280 --> 01:39:21,479 Speaker 1: kind of go much for us and seven wins for 1854 01:39:21,479 --> 01:39:24,040 Speaker 1: them based on all the newness again. Uh and and 1855 01:39:24,160 --> 01:39:27,360 Speaker 1: to a clue, you know shangel as a coordinator. Now, Yeah, 1856 01:39:27,640 --> 01:39:30,479 Speaker 1: and Brian Flores did impress a lot of people because 1857 01:39:30,479 --> 01:39:32,559 Speaker 1: it was a roster that they were accused of tanking 1858 01:39:32,560 --> 01:39:35,080 Speaker 1: with last year, and he squeezed, like he said, they 1859 01:39:35,080 --> 01:39:37,439 Speaker 1: were winning record out of their last nine games last 1860 01:39:37,479 --> 01:39:41,080 Speaker 1: year with the added talent. You don't give him maybe 1861 01:39:41,080 --> 01:39:44,920 Speaker 1: a little bit more credit. Source Seven wins is utlite 1862 01:39:45,080 --> 01:39:48,439 Speaker 1: is is almost a five hundred season with a brand new, 1863 01:39:48,600 --> 01:39:51,920 Speaker 1: brand new football team. Virtually as you said, um, what 1864 01:39:52,040 --> 01:39:54,240 Speaker 1: about Brian Flores. How good a head coach do you 1865 01:39:54,240 --> 01:39:55,960 Speaker 1: really think he is? And did he get enough credit 1866 01:39:56,000 --> 01:39:59,160 Speaker 1: for what he did last year? We'll see, Yeah, I'm 1867 01:39:59,160 --> 01:40:01,320 Speaker 1: not sure he did. Like like you said, the oh 1868 01:40:01,439 --> 01:40:03,760 Speaker 1: and seven was not just owing seven, It was oh 1869 01:40:03,840 --> 01:40:05,880 Speaker 1: and seven, you know, getting blown out every week. And 1870 01:40:06,000 --> 01:40:07,640 Speaker 1: I think they think they were out score eighty one 1871 01:40:07,680 --> 01:40:09,599 Speaker 1: nothing in the second half of the first three games 1872 01:40:09,680 --> 01:40:12,080 Speaker 1: or something crazy like that, and like he said, there 1873 01:40:12,160 --> 01:40:14,680 Speaker 1: was all the talk of tanking, and um, yeah, that 1874 01:40:14,680 --> 01:40:16,760 Speaker 1: that team had every reason to lay down almost you know, 1875 01:40:16,920 --> 01:40:19,400 Speaker 1: just given the way they started, and he rallied them. 1876 01:40:19,520 --> 01:40:22,160 Speaker 1: And I think he's gonna be I think Brian Flores 1877 01:40:22,680 --> 01:40:24,640 Speaker 1: is a guy that the players are gonna follow, you know. 1878 01:40:24,680 --> 01:40:27,760 Speaker 1: I think you know, he's he's an impressive leader. You know, 1879 01:40:28,080 --> 01:40:30,360 Speaker 1: grew up learning defense from Bill Belichick, so I think 1880 01:40:30,400 --> 01:40:32,880 Speaker 1: he's got the tactics down as well. I think he's 1881 01:40:32,960 --> 01:40:35,680 Speaker 1: he's you know, creating a needed culture change down there 1882 01:40:35,680 --> 01:40:39,599 Speaker 1: of accountability and uh and not blindly following it either. 1883 01:40:39,640 --> 01:40:42,439 Speaker 1: I mean, he brought Chad o Shape with him from 1884 01:40:42,439 --> 01:40:44,720 Speaker 1: New England to run the offense and wasn't happy with 1885 01:40:44,760 --> 01:40:46,760 Speaker 1: how that worked out last year, so he made the 1886 01:40:46,880 --> 01:40:48,600 Speaker 1: change there and like I said, the said, turn the 1887 01:40:48,640 --> 01:40:51,439 Speaker 1: offense over to Chan Gaily now. So uh, he's he's 1888 01:40:51,439 --> 01:40:55,120 Speaker 1: showing leadership, he's showing accountability, and um, I think that 1889 01:40:55,120 --> 01:40:57,400 Speaker 1: that's a team to rise on the Watson. They're gonna 1890 01:40:57,439 --> 01:41:00,680 Speaker 1: have a you know, another sluid draft picks next year. 1891 01:41:00,720 --> 01:41:03,439 Speaker 1: We'll see when TWA gets in there and I think 1892 01:41:03,479 --> 01:41:05,479 Speaker 1: going from five months last year to where I haven't 1893 01:41:05,520 --> 01:41:08,360 Speaker 1: seven this year, which should show more more progression. I mean, 1894 01:41:08,560 --> 01:41:12,240 Speaker 1: all the teams in the in the AFC East or 1895 01:41:12,479 --> 01:41:13,840 Speaker 1: are gonna have a bit of a tough road to 1896 01:41:13,840 --> 01:41:16,320 Speaker 1: hope because they're all facing you know, the NFC West 1897 01:41:16,360 --> 01:41:19,120 Speaker 1: and AFC West teams with which you know are arguably 1898 01:41:19,160 --> 01:41:21,320 Speaker 1: the two the two best division at top of the bottom. 1899 01:41:21,400 --> 01:41:23,400 Speaker 1: So that's that's Another factor in this is that the 1900 01:41:23,400 --> 01:41:25,560 Speaker 1: schedule is not real kind to any of the teams 1901 01:41:25,840 --> 01:41:28,320 Speaker 1: in the AFC East. But I do like a Dolphins 1902 01:41:28,320 --> 01:41:30,400 Speaker 1: in the long term. I'm just I'm just not ready 1903 01:41:30,439 --> 01:41:32,080 Speaker 1: to kind of put them in the wild card chase 1904 01:41:32,160 --> 01:41:36,840 Speaker 1: quite yet. Looking over at the other conference, what does 1905 01:41:37,120 --> 01:41:42,400 Speaker 1: Tom Brady make the Bucks? Well, you know, I've gotten 1906 01:41:42,439 --> 01:41:45,599 Speaker 1: making the Bucks ten and six, which in my projection 1907 01:41:45,680 --> 01:41:48,240 Speaker 1: is good enough for the sixth seeds in the in 1908 01:41:48,320 --> 01:41:51,040 Speaker 1: the NFC. UM I do have them kind of getting 1909 01:41:51,040 --> 01:41:53,280 Speaker 1: to the NFC Championship game because I think that is 1910 01:41:53,280 --> 01:41:56,080 Speaker 1: a team, you know, again that's gonna probably gonna eat 1911 01:41:56,080 --> 01:41:59,160 Speaker 1: some time to find itself early in the season with 1912 01:41:59,240 --> 01:42:01,559 Speaker 1: so many you know, not a ton of new parts, 1913 01:42:01,560 --> 01:42:04,240 Speaker 1: but when your quarterbacks new and you know, he's adapting 1914 01:42:04,240 --> 01:42:06,320 Speaker 1: to what Bruce Arians wants to do, and Bruce Arians 1915 01:42:06,400 --> 01:42:08,880 Speaker 1: and Byron Left, which you're adapting to what Tom wants 1916 01:42:08,920 --> 01:42:10,439 Speaker 1: to do. I think that there is going to be 1917 01:42:10,920 --> 01:42:13,559 Speaker 1: you know a bit of that growing, growing pain for 1918 01:42:13,600 --> 01:42:15,800 Speaker 1: those guys. And I mean not not easy obviously to 1919 01:42:16,840 --> 01:42:20,080 Speaker 1: start out with with the Saints. You know, certainly Tom's 1920 01:42:20,160 --> 01:42:21,560 Speaker 1: jumping into the deep end of the pool with his 1921 01:42:22,040 --> 01:42:25,040 Speaker 1: with his new teammates. But UM, a lot of talent 1922 01:42:25,080 --> 01:42:27,080 Speaker 1: on that team, and I think that defense probably doesn't 1923 01:42:27,120 --> 01:42:30,000 Speaker 1: get enough credit for being as good as it could be. 1924 01:42:30,200 --> 01:42:32,880 Speaker 1: Uh you know, I mean Jameis Winston gave up h 1925 01:42:33,240 --> 01:42:35,439 Speaker 1: seven pick sixs last year, and the way the NFL 1926 01:42:35,479 --> 01:42:37,560 Speaker 1: scores is that all goes that all counts against the 1927 01:42:37,600 --> 01:42:39,960 Speaker 1: Bucks defense. You know, people to believe it or not. 1928 01:42:40,080 --> 01:42:42,560 Speaker 1: So when when people reference that Bucks scoring ef is 1929 01:42:42,560 --> 01:42:44,880 Speaker 1: not being very good, well you know, hey, you know 1930 01:42:44,920 --> 01:42:47,519 Speaker 1: they gave up seven touchdowns that they didn't really give up. 1931 01:42:47,560 --> 01:42:50,200 Speaker 1: And also you know, Jamis Winton was constantly putting them 1932 01:42:50,200 --> 01:42:52,880 Speaker 1: on short field last year. UM did rank number one 1933 01:42:52,920 --> 01:42:55,280 Speaker 1: against the run, So I like thinks on that side 1934 01:42:55,280 --> 01:42:56,680 Speaker 1: of the ball, and I think I think they're just 1935 01:42:56,680 --> 01:42:58,920 Speaker 1: going to get better as they adapted. Tom and I 1936 01:42:58,920 --> 01:43:01,479 Speaker 1: think that schedule kind of lens of self for them, 1937 01:43:01,640 --> 01:43:03,960 Speaker 1: you know, maybe maybe maybe finishing strong and then maybe 1938 01:43:03,960 --> 01:43:07,439 Speaker 1: peeking a playoff time. We're talking to Nate Davis USA today, 1939 01:43:07,520 --> 01:43:10,120 Speaker 1: NFL writer and columnists. Nate, you also had um you 1940 01:43:10,160 --> 01:43:13,280 Speaker 1: went in and took the big bite out of training 1941 01:43:13,360 --> 01:43:16,599 Speaker 1: camp power rankings. How did you and what made you 1942 01:43:16,640 --> 01:43:20,000 Speaker 1: want to take a shot at power ranking teams that 1943 01:43:20,040 --> 01:43:22,080 Speaker 1: have never even that have a lot of players on 1944 01:43:22,120 --> 01:43:24,360 Speaker 1: them that have never even met each other. How tough 1945 01:43:24,439 --> 01:43:28,880 Speaker 1: was that job? Well? Yeah, you know, it's it kind 1946 01:43:28,880 --> 01:43:31,719 Speaker 1: of is what it is. And I've he called across 1947 01:43:31,800 --> 01:43:34,680 Speaker 1: the tobear or you having having the fun of doing 1948 01:43:34,760 --> 01:43:36,640 Speaker 1: power rankings. I mean, I'm a guy that go to 1949 01:43:36,800 --> 01:43:39,320 Speaker 1: for that and it's kind of fun, you know, But 1950 01:43:39,479 --> 01:43:41,040 Speaker 1: I think this is a year right now where you 1951 01:43:41,160 --> 01:43:44,840 Speaker 1: give up points um the continuity, you know, I think 1952 01:43:44,880 --> 01:43:47,240 Speaker 1: I think that helps teams like like the Buffalo Bills, 1953 01:43:47,280 --> 01:43:49,920 Speaker 1: where you've got you know, Sean mcdermot's been in place 1954 01:43:50,000 --> 01:43:51,719 Speaker 1: for a while and they've they've been doing the slow 1955 01:43:51,800 --> 01:43:54,000 Speaker 1: build and I think I think the way the Bills 1956 01:43:54,080 --> 01:43:56,519 Speaker 1: have been building their roster and their culture. I think 1957 01:43:56,560 --> 01:43:58,200 Speaker 1: I think this is probably they're they're one of the 1958 01:43:58,280 --> 01:44:01,520 Speaker 1: teams that's that's better geared. Uh. It's kind of navigating, 1959 01:44:01,760 --> 01:44:03,800 Speaker 1: you know, the world of the unknowns right now. I mean, 1960 01:44:03,840 --> 01:44:06,559 Speaker 1: you look at a team like Carolina Panthers. They've got 1961 01:44:06,600 --> 01:44:08,479 Speaker 1: a new head coach, they got a new starting quarterback, 1962 01:44:08,520 --> 01:44:11,200 Speaker 1: they've got two new coordinators. Uh. You know that that's 1963 01:44:11,200 --> 01:44:13,200 Speaker 1: a lot to navigate, you know, for for a for 1964 01:44:13,280 --> 01:44:15,640 Speaker 1: a team, and obviously the other teams with you know, 1965 01:44:15,680 --> 01:44:18,840 Speaker 1: the Giants, with the Joe Judge being a rookie head coach. Uh, 1966 01:44:19,040 --> 01:44:21,400 Speaker 1: you know, Jason Garrett coming in to work with Daniel Jones, 1967 01:44:21,439 --> 01:44:24,960 Speaker 1: who's obviously just the second year quarterback. I can't imagine, 1968 01:44:25,040 --> 01:44:28,080 Speaker 1: you know, trying to trying to pull together winning football 1969 01:44:28,800 --> 01:44:31,400 Speaker 1: in this kind of environment with with that kind of 1970 01:44:31,479 --> 01:44:33,880 Speaker 1: newness in your building, with like I said earlier, guys 1971 01:44:33,920 --> 01:44:35,840 Speaker 1: who are just just getting to know each other, Like, 1972 01:44:35,920 --> 01:44:39,200 Speaker 1: how can you expect to have co eat, cohesive play 1973 01:44:39,280 --> 01:44:41,479 Speaker 1: on your old line or you know, within your playbook 1974 01:44:41,600 --> 01:44:44,799 Speaker 1: when when there's so many moving parts uh in your system. 1975 01:44:44,880 --> 01:44:46,519 Speaker 1: So that I think the power I guess kind of 1976 01:44:46,560 --> 01:44:49,519 Speaker 1: reflects that. Uh. And you see obviously in the Chiefs 1977 01:44:49,600 --> 01:44:52,080 Speaker 1: Chiefs number one. But the teams like the Ravens and 1978 01:44:52,160 --> 01:44:53,960 Speaker 1: the Saints and the forty nine ers that kind of 1979 01:44:54,000 --> 01:44:57,439 Speaker 1: have have their major cornerstone, you know, players, whether it's 1980 01:44:57,479 --> 01:45:00,400 Speaker 1: front office, coach or quarterback or whatever. Uh, you know, 1981 01:45:00,479 --> 01:45:02,840 Speaker 1: remaining a place. You think right now, those are the 1982 01:45:02,880 --> 01:45:07,560 Speaker 1: teams that are better set up to do well. Is 1983 01:45:07,640 --> 01:45:13,280 Speaker 1: there a team that you feel can get through maybe 1984 01:45:14,400 --> 01:45:18,000 Speaker 1: the unknown? You know, you mentioned the Bills there, you 1985 01:45:18,160 --> 01:45:20,479 Speaker 1: mentioned a couple of the other teams that the Chiefs 1986 01:45:20,520 --> 01:45:23,000 Speaker 1: and the Ravens. Is there a team that maybe we 1987 01:45:23,160 --> 01:45:26,519 Speaker 1: don't think about, Maybe maybe it has a young coach 1988 01:45:26,600 --> 01:45:29,639 Speaker 1: that could still get through that and through the learning curve, 1989 01:45:31,360 --> 01:45:34,880 Speaker 1: has a has a young head coach. Um. You know, 1990 01:45:35,000 --> 01:45:37,920 Speaker 1: I'm curious to see how Arizona does. I mean, I 1991 01:45:38,479 --> 01:45:40,479 Speaker 1: think that they finished well last year and you know, 1992 01:45:40,920 --> 01:45:43,960 Speaker 1: Kingsbury going into his second year, and you know, you've 1993 01:45:43,960 --> 01:45:46,800 Speaker 1: added DeAndre Hopkins, and you know that that's a team 1994 01:45:46,840 --> 01:45:49,760 Speaker 1: that's got, you know a lot of star power with 1995 01:45:49,880 --> 01:45:52,559 Speaker 1: Hopkins and the Kyler Murray on the rise and Patrick 1996 01:45:52,600 --> 01:45:56,439 Speaker 1: Peterson and Chandler Jones as a guy people don't talk 1997 01:45:56,479 --> 01:45:59,120 Speaker 1: about enough, certainly Bills fans are familiar with what Chandler 1998 01:45:59,240 --> 01:46:02,200 Speaker 1: Jones can do from Patriots days, but um, you know, 1999 01:46:02,360 --> 01:46:05,320 Speaker 1: I'm excited to see what Arizona can do. And I 2000 01:46:05,360 --> 01:46:07,160 Speaker 1: feel like they really kind of hit a good spot 2001 01:46:07,320 --> 01:46:09,559 Speaker 1: with their offense last year when Kenyan Drake came over 2002 01:46:09,680 --> 01:46:12,439 Speaker 1: halfway through the year in the trade with Miami and 2003 01:46:12,640 --> 01:46:14,479 Speaker 1: really kind of stabilized that, you know, I mean the 2004 01:46:14,760 --> 01:46:17,360 Speaker 1: downfall that air raided sometimes is that, you know, and 2005 01:46:17,479 --> 01:46:20,000 Speaker 1: we thought years ago with Chip Kelly, is when your 2006 01:46:20,040 --> 01:46:22,799 Speaker 1: offense is just going, you know, three and out sometimes 2007 01:46:23,200 --> 01:46:26,360 Speaker 1: in thirty seconds of game clock, it really put your 2008 01:46:26,400 --> 01:46:28,160 Speaker 1: defense in a bad spot. And I think they kind 2009 01:46:28,200 --> 01:46:31,040 Speaker 1: of addressed that some degree with Kenyan Drake, and I 2010 01:46:31,120 --> 01:46:33,600 Speaker 1: think maybe they're ready to make a move past the 2011 01:46:33,680 --> 01:46:35,519 Speaker 1: team like the Rams, who I think kind of is 2012 01:46:35,840 --> 01:46:38,439 Speaker 1: the arrow is trending down with them. So so that 2013 01:46:38,880 --> 01:46:41,000 Speaker 1: is one club that I'm curious to see how how 2014 01:46:41,040 --> 01:46:43,760 Speaker 1: they navigate this and if the Cardinals are even better 2015 01:46:43,840 --> 01:46:46,840 Speaker 1: this year than they were last year. Yeah, as you said, continuities, 2016 01:46:47,040 --> 01:46:49,320 Speaker 1: is it a premium for these clubs to help them 2017 01:46:49,439 --> 01:46:52,800 Speaker 1: get through the this offseason and also the fact that 2018 01:46:52,880 --> 01:46:55,880 Speaker 1: the preseason was canceled. There are any unexpected teams who 2019 01:46:55,920 --> 01:46:58,800 Speaker 1: were really hit hard by the cancelation of preseason games 2020 01:46:58,880 --> 01:47:01,160 Speaker 1: that people might not think about off the top of 2021 01:47:01,200 --> 01:47:05,559 Speaker 1: their head. Well, I mean, I think you just kind 2022 01:47:05,600 --> 01:47:08,600 Speaker 1: of look at the teams that either are unfellowed quarterback 2023 01:47:08,720 --> 01:47:12,479 Speaker 1: or are undergoing, you know, and entire culture changes. I mean, 2024 01:47:12,520 --> 01:47:15,560 Speaker 1: you look at a team like like Washington and you 2025 01:47:15,600 --> 01:47:18,320 Speaker 1: know they they've had quite an off season on many levels, 2026 01:47:18,360 --> 01:47:21,680 Speaker 1: and then now Ron Rivera getting the cancer diagnosis. I mean, 2027 01:47:21,800 --> 01:47:24,240 Speaker 1: there's a lot going on there. But um just you 2028 01:47:24,320 --> 01:47:25,920 Speaker 1: know from the football side of it, you know, new 2029 01:47:25,960 --> 01:47:30,240 Speaker 1: offensive coordinator, new defensive coordinator. Uh, you know, if Dayne 2030 01:47:30,240 --> 01:47:32,920 Speaker 1: Haston's ready to take that step forward in his second 2031 01:47:33,000 --> 01:47:35,599 Speaker 1: year as a starter, and or is it Alex Smith 2032 01:47:35,720 --> 01:47:38,479 Speaker 1: actually you know he is he ready to actually play 2033 01:47:38,600 --> 01:47:40,240 Speaker 1: and as it has been on the practice field, and 2034 01:47:40,360 --> 01:47:42,840 Speaker 1: you know, it might be one of the feel good 2035 01:47:42,880 --> 01:47:45,160 Speaker 1: stories of the year if he makes it all the 2036 01:47:45,240 --> 01:47:48,240 Speaker 1: way back to the lineup. But there's just no way 2037 01:47:48,280 --> 01:47:50,760 Speaker 1: to know that right now. So you just look at 2038 01:47:50,800 --> 01:47:53,439 Speaker 1: teams like that, and you know, I just I can't 2039 01:47:53,439 --> 01:47:55,400 Speaker 1: see the Giants or the Panthers having a whole lot 2040 01:47:55,439 --> 01:47:58,800 Speaker 1: of success with the first time NFL coaches and uh, 2041 01:47:58,920 --> 01:48:01,559 Speaker 1: you know, either new quarterback in Bridgewater or a young 2042 01:48:01,680 --> 01:48:04,840 Speaker 1: one in Daniel Jones. I mean, I don't know how 2043 01:48:04,880 --> 01:48:07,920 Speaker 1: teams like that, um can expect it to get off 2044 01:48:07,960 --> 01:48:10,160 Speaker 1: the good start and sustain that, particularly when you when 2045 01:48:10,200 --> 01:48:13,120 Speaker 1: you look at some of the teams they're playing. I 2046 01:48:13,160 --> 01:48:15,840 Speaker 1: think the Giant's open with Pittsburgh and have San Francisco early. 2047 01:48:15,880 --> 01:48:18,040 Speaker 1: I want to say, um, I think they're they're in 2048 01:48:18,120 --> 01:48:20,400 Speaker 1: for for a rough go and and you know one 2049 01:48:20,479 --> 01:48:22,800 Speaker 1: war would be the Bears. And again, I just don't 2050 01:48:22,840 --> 01:48:25,880 Speaker 1: know how you conduct a quarterback competition when you don't 2051 01:48:25,880 --> 01:48:28,120 Speaker 1: have any preseason games to actually look at these guys. 2052 01:48:28,479 --> 01:48:31,080 Speaker 1: So I think maybe the next Foles mister misty thing 2053 01:48:31,160 --> 01:48:34,680 Speaker 1: could could be going into into early October. Possibly. Is 2054 01:48:34,720 --> 01:48:37,640 Speaker 1: there any chance for the teams that are struggling this 2055 01:48:37,840 --> 01:48:42,080 Speaker 1: year to get any kind of handle on players out 2056 01:48:42,120 --> 01:48:44,240 Speaker 1: of the in the twenty twenty one draft that might 2057 01:48:44,360 --> 01:48:47,439 Speaker 1: help them next year? How is that gonna look for 2058 01:48:47,560 --> 01:48:49,600 Speaker 1: a team that may have all the draft capital in 2059 01:48:49,680 --> 01:48:52,680 Speaker 1: the world but has no way of evaluating which guys 2060 01:48:52,720 --> 01:48:56,439 Speaker 1: would help them most. Yeah, I think teams are really 2061 01:48:56,520 --> 01:48:59,400 Speaker 1: going to be uh, leaning on their areas scouts for 2062 01:48:59,479 --> 01:49:02,400 Speaker 1: that kind of stuff up and obviously the guys that done, 2063 01:49:02,840 --> 01:49:06,080 Speaker 1: they laid the best round work for building relationships and 2064 01:49:06,520 --> 01:49:09,880 Speaker 1: doing their homework on players, and obviously, you know, you're 2065 01:49:09,880 --> 01:49:12,680 Speaker 1: you're primarily looking looking at once that they're going in 2066 01:49:12,720 --> 01:49:15,920 Speaker 1: that year's draft, not necessarily next year's draft. But um, 2067 01:49:16,200 --> 01:49:18,240 Speaker 1: it's gonna be fascinating to see how that plays out. 2068 01:49:18,360 --> 01:49:20,720 Speaker 1: And I don't think, yeah, I think it's maybe a 2069 01:49:20,800 --> 01:49:24,320 Speaker 1: year where maybe the teams, like the Jets are lucky, 2070 01:49:24,439 --> 01:49:26,000 Speaker 1: you know, they now have the two first round picks 2071 01:49:26,040 --> 01:49:28,640 Speaker 1: after the Adams trade. I don't think it's gonna be 2072 01:49:28,680 --> 01:49:31,479 Speaker 1: as hard to know who's going in the first round 2073 01:49:31,520 --> 01:49:33,640 Speaker 1: and maybe the top of the second. But I think 2074 01:49:33,680 --> 01:49:35,680 Speaker 1: there's going to be a lot of guesswork for you know, 2075 01:49:36,040 --> 01:49:37,920 Speaker 1: how do you spend those those mid round picks and 2076 01:49:38,560 --> 01:49:40,880 Speaker 1: what's the value of those And our teams even gonna 2077 01:49:40,880 --> 01:49:43,760 Speaker 1: be willing to do many trades for from mid round picks, um, 2078 01:49:43,920 --> 01:49:47,120 Speaker 1: based on you just haven't you know, seeing a lot 2079 01:49:47,120 --> 01:49:49,320 Speaker 1: of these guys and how they progress, and you think 2080 01:49:49,400 --> 01:49:52,120 Speaker 1: back to you know, a year ago, nobody was projecting 2081 01:49:52,439 --> 01:49:54,479 Speaker 1: Joe Burrow as the number one pick, and I think 2082 01:49:54,479 --> 01:49:56,800 Speaker 1: that's probably true for the last week guys Kyler, Murray, 2083 01:49:57,280 --> 01:49:59,439 Speaker 1: Baker Mayfield. I mean they didn't go into the final 2084 01:49:59,479 --> 01:50:03,200 Speaker 1: college and viewed as as top picks. Uh and then 2085 01:50:03,240 --> 01:50:05,040 Speaker 1: all of a sudden, you know, they had those breakout 2086 01:50:05,160 --> 01:50:08,400 Speaker 1: years and word, so how do you project that for 2087 01:50:08,600 --> 01:50:11,880 Speaker 1: for a kid that that is possibly either either losing 2088 01:50:11,920 --> 01:50:15,400 Speaker 1: his you know, seen his final final season of eligibility 2089 01:50:15,520 --> 01:50:18,439 Speaker 1: or um, you know what, what happy decisions do guys 2090 01:50:18,600 --> 01:50:20,840 Speaker 1: make in the big tener pack twelves? They do play 2091 01:50:20,880 --> 01:50:22,400 Speaker 1: in the spring and they are kind of on that 2092 01:50:22,479 --> 01:50:25,439 Speaker 1: draft level, uh and and set themselves up for having 2093 01:50:25,479 --> 01:50:28,400 Speaker 1: to play you know, spring football and then NFL football. 2094 01:50:28,439 --> 01:50:30,400 Speaker 1: I mean, there's just there's just so many tendrils to 2095 01:50:30,960 --> 01:50:33,559 Speaker 1: the ramplications of how this could all work. But um, 2096 01:50:33,920 --> 01:50:36,080 Speaker 1: there's gonna be you know, these I don't have the 2097 01:50:36,360 --> 01:50:38,040 Speaker 1: NFL scout because they're gonna have a lot of homework 2098 01:50:38,080 --> 01:50:41,360 Speaker 1: to do without the access and game fields they're they're 2099 01:50:41,400 --> 01:50:44,720 Speaker 1: used to working with normally in the draft year. Kind 2100 01:50:44,720 --> 01:50:48,080 Speaker 1: of led me to my next question. Will teams that 2101 01:50:48,160 --> 01:50:53,200 Speaker 1: are contenders be a little more likely to trade some 2102 01:50:53,439 --> 01:50:57,200 Speaker 1: draft capital not knowing maybe what they're going to get 2103 01:50:57,240 --> 01:51:00,240 Speaker 1: in the draft anyways, thinking that hey, maybe we can 2104 01:51:00,360 --> 01:51:03,040 Speaker 1: get a piece to the puzzle and we know exactly 2105 01:51:03,320 --> 01:51:07,880 Speaker 1: what they are. That's a great question, and I think, 2106 01:51:08,200 --> 01:51:10,800 Speaker 1: you know, I guess probably it depends on where you sit. 2107 01:51:10,960 --> 01:51:13,840 Speaker 1: But you know, did the Seahawks make a great move 2108 01:51:14,000 --> 01:51:16,040 Speaker 1: by by go ahead and pulling the trigger for Jamal 2109 01:51:16,080 --> 01:51:18,719 Speaker 1: Adams given that their first round pick is probably gonna 2110 01:51:18,720 --> 01:51:23,120 Speaker 1: be early twenties or whatever, and now they're without their 2111 01:51:23,160 --> 01:51:25,360 Speaker 1: first rounder, but they got that premium player, or did 2112 01:51:25,400 --> 01:51:28,360 Speaker 1: the Jets, you know, the Jets do a good job 2113 01:51:28,439 --> 01:51:30,160 Speaker 1: and getting all the picks that they got and now 2114 01:51:30,280 --> 01:51:32,320 Speaker 1: having you know, two bites to the apple, so to speak, 2115 01:51:32,320 --> 01:51:34,439 Speaker 1: in the first round next year when there are going 2116 01:51:34,479 --> 01:51:38,200 Speaker 1: to be less quote unquote uh known players. So it's 2117 01:51:38,240 --> 01:51:40,240 Speaker 1: going to be interesting to see how that translates. It's 2118 01:51:40,240 --> 01:51:43,200 Speaker 1: gonna be interesting to see, you know, kind of early 2119 01:51:43,280 --> 01:51:44,960 Speaker 1: season and up to the trade that mind. You know, 2120 01:51:45,080 --> 01:51:47,479 Speaker 1: if you know our team's going to be going to 2121 01:51:47,560 --> 01:51:51,320 Speaker 1: spend a second round or more or multiple picks to 2122 01:51:51,479 --> 01:51:54,639 Speaker 1: go get you know, Unique cocock Way or Running four 2123 01:51:54,720 --> 01:51:56,600 Speaker 1: Nette or Keenan, that one who's supposed to be a 2124 01:51:56,640 --> 01:51:59,160 Speaker 1: free agent next year. I mean, are you willing to 2125 01:51:59,240 --> 01:52:03,519 Speaker 1: kind of pay for premium players like that to make 2126 01:52:03,720 --> 01:52:05,840 Speaker 1: runs just knowing that you know, hey, I don't really 2127 01:52:05,880 --> 01:52:07,200 Speaker 1: know what a third round pick is going to be 2128 01:52:07,200 --> 01:52:09,240 Speaker 1: working twenty twenty one, So I mean as well use it, 2129 01:52:09,920 --> 01:52:12,000 Speaker 1: uh to make a runt the Lombardi now and a 2130 01:52:12,040 --> 01:52:14,800 Speaker 1: guy like said Keenan Allen, even though I may not 2131 01:52:14,840 --> 01:52:17,120 Speaker 1: be able to hold on to them. So it's gonna 2132 01:52:17,160 --> 01:52:19,160 Speaker 1: be just a fascinating year on so many love us. 2133 01:52:19,360 --> 01:52:21,679 Speaker 1: We're talking to Nate Davis of USA today. Nate last 2134 01:52:21,760 --> 01:52:24,760 Speaker 1: question for me, um is how do you think this 2135 01:52:24,880 --> 01:52:27,160 Speaker 1: season is going to unfold? It seems to me Josh 2136 01:52:27,200 --> 01:52:29,520 Speaker 1: and I have been talking. We both are pretty optimistic 2137 01:52:29,600 --> 01:52:32,320 Speaker 1: that Week one is going to go off as scheduled. 2138 01:52:32,560 --> 01:52:34,839 Speaker 1: How do you think the rest of the season will unfold? 2139 01:52:34,920 --> 01:52:38,360 Speaker 1: Will there be major derailments at any point? Do you 2140 01:52:38,439 --> 01:52:40,679 Speaker 1: think or how confident on you that they can carry 2141 01:52:40,720 --> 01:52:44,519 Speaker 1: this thing off? Yeah? Well, he said Steve. I mean 2142 01:52:44,880 --> 01:52:46,360 Speaker 1: I think starting the season, it's not going to be 2143 01:52:46,400 --> 01:52:48,120 Speaker 1: the hard parts. It's going to be how how do 2144 01:52:48,600 --> 01:52:51,320 Speaker 1: they finish it? And how how does that work? And um, 2145 01:52:51,600 --> 01:52:53,320 Speaker 1: you know, obviously we had the iccup with with the 2146 01:52:53,360 --> 01:52:56,920 Speaker 1: false positives you know, over the weekend. But it seems 2147 01:52:56,920 --> 01:53:00,640 Speaker 1: like most teams are doing you know, everybody really are 2148 01:53:00,720 --> 01:53:02,920 Speaker 1: doing well with with their COVID tests and I think 2149 01:53:02,920 --> 01:53:05,479 Speaker 1: there were less than ten players on the COVID list 2150 01:53:06,240 --> 01:53:10,240 Speaker 1: throughout the league um heading into this weekend. So, but 2151 01:53:10,360 --> 01:53:12,240 Speaker 1: that's going to be a key. Can everyone maintain the 2152 01:53:12,320 --> 01:53:15,160 Speaker 1: integrity of their bubble? And can you avoid the kind 2153 01:53:15,160 --> 01:53:18,000 Speaker 1: of situations the Major League Baseball has had? Uh? And 2154 01:53:18,040 --> 01:53:20,040 Speaker 1: then certainly you know what guys decided to day they 2155 01:53:20,160 --> 01:53:21,720 Speaker 1: want to sneak out for a night and go see 2156 01:53:21,720 --> 01:53:24,080 Speaker 1: their buddies for a drink or whatever. You know, can 2157 01:53:24,120 --> 01:53:28,120 Speaker 1: you maintain that for for four months, particularly with you know, younger, less, 2158 01:53:28,200 --> 01:53:31,000 Speaker 1: less mature players that they're gonna suddenly have money burning 2159 01:53:31,040 --> 01:53:34,080 Speaker 1: holes in their pocket. So it's gonna be interesting to 2160 01:53:34,080 --> 01:53:36,559 Speaker 1: see how it goes. And um, you know, how how 2161 01:53:36,640 --> 01:53:39,320 Speaker 1: how does football work when when the contact really starts 2162 01:53:39,320 --> 01:53:42,000 Speaker 1: and the tackling starts and you know, so far, you know, 2163 01:53:42,080 --> 01:53:44,320 Speaker 1: training camps have gone well. I mean we haven't seen 2164 01:53:44,439 --> 01:53:46,880 Speaker 1: a whole lot of scrimmaging or anything, but I think 2165 01:53:46,920 --> 01:53:49,120 Speaker 1: I think training camp has been encouraging. It's just can 2166 01:53:49,160 --> 01:53:51,800 Speaker 1: you keep you know young twenty year old guys in 2167 01:53:51,840 --> 01:53:56,160 Speaker 1: the same page for that long period of time. Nate, 2168 01:53:56,240 --> 01:53:58,360 Speaker 1: thanks so much, appreciate it. I know it's a busy 2169 01:53:58,439 --> 01:54:00,720 Speaker 1: time a year with training camps going. Thanks for taking 2170 01:54:00,760 --> 01:54:02,639 Speaker 1: some time out and coming on One Bill's Live Today. 2171 01:54:02,680 --> 01:54:06,719 Speaker 1: Appreciate it. Okay, thank you guys. Nate Davis, USA Today, 2172 01:54:06,840 --> 01:54:09,240 Speaker 1: NFL writer and columnist. He's covered the NFL since two 2173 01:54:09,280 --> 01:54:10,920 Speaker 1: thousand and five. Come, we're gonna take a break and 2174 01:54:11,000 --> 01:54:13,040 Speaker 1: coming up after the break, we've got sound bites from 2175 01:54:13,080 --> 01:54:15,040 Speaker 1: Micah Hyde. He was spoken to by the Western New 2176 01:54:15,120 --> 01:54:17,840 Speaker 1: York Media right after practice this morning. We're gonna show 2177 01:54:17,840 --> 01:54:19,760 Speaker 1: you those. We're also going to get back to some 2178 01:54:19,920 --> 01:54:23,000 Speaker 1: more of your tweets on our Twitter poll. If the 2179 01:54:23,120 --> 01:54:25,800 Speaker 1: COVID situation happened on game day, do you think the 2180 01:54:25,880 --> 01:54:28,120 Speaker 1: Bills have enough depth to get by? Do you think 2181 01:54:28,160 --> 01:54:31,920 Speaker 1: they can still win games if COVID comes on game day? 2182 01:54:31,960 --> 01:54:34,400 Speaker 1: We'll get you. We'll read your responses on that after 2183 01:54:34,440 --> 01:54:36,840 Speaker 1: the break. Steep Tasker Josh Reid on One Bills Live, 2184 01:54:36,960 --> 01:54:53,680 Speaker 1: presented by Kalidah Health. This is Buffalo Bill's Radio. Welcome 2185 01:54:53,680 --> 01:54:55,960 Speaker 1: back to One Bills Live tea chats along with Josh 2186 01:54:56,040 --> 01:55:00,640 Speaker 1: Reid in co hosting today. We have been talking about 2187 01:55:00,720 --> 01:55:03,760 Speaker 1: the false positive situation that the NFL experienced over the weekend, 2188 01:55:03,800 --> 01:55:06,880 Speaker 1: and we asked you, our listeners, if COVID situation happened 2189 01:55:06,920 --> 01:55:08,920 Speaker 1: on a game day, do the Bills have enough depth 2190 01:55:09,000 --> 01:55:11,000 Speaker 1: to get by? Most of you think two About two 2191 01:55:11,080 --> 01:55:14,200 Speaker 1: thirds of you think yeah, they do. Now certainly want 2192 01:55:14,240 --> 01:55:17,120 Speaker 1: to have them. By getting by, we mean be competitive 2193 01:55:17,160 --> 01:55:19,560 Speaker 1: and have a chance to win the game. The more 2194 01:55:19,680 --> 01:55:22,400 Speaker 1: COVID cases you get, the lesser that is, which players 2195 01:55:22,480 --> 01:55:26,560 Speaker 1: get get stricken with. It lessens your chances as well. 2196 01:55:26,680 --> 01:55:29,200 Speaker 1: But by the same token, this is all a deep 2197 01:55:29,240 --> 01:55:32,280 Speaker 1: Bills team when it's got great leadership in Sean McDermott. 2198 01:55:32,320 --> 01:55:36,000 Speaker 1: So yeah, they're set up better to withstand an onslot 2199 01:55:36,120 --> 01:55:40,400 Speaker 1: like this than most. In fact, one of their stalwart players, 2200 01:55:40,480 --> 01:55:44,560 Speaker 1: the safety Micah Hide, after this morning's practice, he was 2201 01:55:44,680 --> 01:55:48,280 Speaker 1: on a zoom call with the Western New York media 2202 01:55:48,480 --> 01:55:51,960 Speaker 1: and the media asked Micah Hye to Bill Safety about 2203 01:55:52,000 --> 01:55:55,040 Speaker 1: the talent level on this twenty twenty Bills roster. Here's 2204 01:55:55,040 --> 01:55:58,400 Speaker 1: what the Bill's safety had to say. Well, I think 2205 01:55:58,400 --> 01:56:02,560 Speaker 1: it's important everybody's been competing. That's the biggest thing. I 2206 01:56:02,640 --> 01:56:05,080 Speaker 1: think that this is being my fourth year here, this 2207 01:56:05,240 --> 01:56:10,600 Speaker 1: is the the most competitive we've been, especially this early 2208 01:56:10,680 --> 01:56:14,160 Speaker 1: in camp, just going at it. Not just the you know, 2209 01:56:14,960 --> 01:56:17,840 Speaker 1: the corners versus receivers, you got saved these versus tight ends, 2210 01:56:17,840 --> 01:56:21,320 Speaker 1: you got running backs involved, linebackers, um. And it's good 2211 01:56:21,360 --> 01:56:23,200 Speaker 1: to see the offense. You know, we had some We've 2212 01:56:23,200 --> 01:56:28,640 Speaker 1: had some down years here. I say that seventeen went 2213 01:56:28,680 --> 01:56:30,720 Speaker 1: to the playoffs, but you know, did we make a splash? 2214 01:56:30,840 --> 01:56:33,760 Speaker 1: Know which as an eighteen we had a tough, very 2215 01:56:33,840 --> 01:56:36,280 Speaker 1: tough year. And I think that defensively is you know, 2216 01:56:36,360 --> 01:56:38,600 Speaker 1: obviously it's a team game. Defensively felt like we was 2217 01:56:38,640 --> 01:56:41,520 Speaker 1: playing you know, well, we could have played a lot better. Offensively, 2218 01:56:41,600 --> 01:56:44,680 Speaker 1: are kind of struggling. So to see that process of 2219 01:56:45,040 --> 01:56:48,600 Speaker 1: you know, the offense coming along, um, you know, guy 2220 01:56:48,680 --> 01:56:50,760 Speaker 1: like seventeen just gonna go out there and compete every 2221 01:56:50,760 --> 01:56:54,919 Speaker 1: single day. And then you know the surrounding um positions 2222 01:56:54,920 --> 01:56:57,360 Speaker 1: around him just stepping up too. It's it's good to see. 2223 01:56:57,840 --> 01:57:00,680 Speaker 1: So you know, the new guys and digs and um, 2224 01:57:00,880 --> 01:57:03,520 Speaker 1: you know, Gabriel and those type of guys is making 2225 01:57:03,560 --> 01:57:05,600 Speaker 1: plays and done. All that's good to see because you 2226 01:57:05,640 --> 01:57:08,800 Speaker 1: know there were some years that on offense we were struggling. 2227 01:57:08,840 --> 01:57:11,440 Speaker 1: There weren't those guys to make play. So it's it's 2228 01:57:11,520 --> 01:57:14,360 Speaker 1: making us better, we're making them better, and ultimately it's 2229 01:57:14,360 --> 01:57:16,600 Speaker 1: going to make the team better. That was Bill Safety, 2230 01:57:16,680 --> 01:57:19,520 Speaker 1: Micah Hide, and Josh. There's a lot in there, Mike. 2231 01:57:20,160 --> 01:57:21,840 Speaker 1: And for the most people who are Bills fans who've 2232 01:57:21,920 --> 01:57:24,040 Speaker 1: heard him before, they kind of know he's a thoughtful 2233 01:57:24,080 --> 01:57:27,440 Speaker 1: and pretty reasonable guy, pretty intelligent guys, some pretty keen 2234 01:57:27,560 --> 01:57:30,840 Speaker 1: observations about about the team and where it's been. And 2235 01:57:30,960 --> 01:57:32,680 Speaker 1: he's been here for the whole ride. He was one 2236 01:57:32,720 --> 01:57:36,080 Speaker 1: of the first Sean McDermott signings in twenty seventeen when 2237 01:57:36,200 --> 01:57:38,920 Speaker 1: McDermott got the job, and he's seen it all. He 2238 01:57:39,040 --> 01:57:40,320 Speaker 1: was there a part of that. He's been a part 2239 01:57:40,360 --> 01:57:42,320 Speaker 1: of this defense that has been the engine of the 2240 01:57:42,400 --> 01:57:44,760 Speaker 1: club from the beginning. And to hear him talk about 2241 01:57:45,120 --> 01:57:47,560 Speaker 1: the offense pretty candidly, open and say, listen, the offense 2242 01:57:47,640 --> 01:57:49,920 Speaker 1: is struggled at times, and it's been true. I mean 2243 01:57:49,960 --> 01:57:53,400 Speaker 1: we've all known it as Bills fans. But his observations 2244 01:57:53,440 --> 01:57:55,880 Speaker 1: about where they're at in training camp this year and 2245 01:57:55,960 --> 01:57:59,840 Speaker 1: how different it is, what's that tell you about how 2246 01:58:00,200 --> 01:58:03,960 Speaker 1: this team might be could be. Well, I think you 2247 01:58:04,080 --> 01:58:06,800 Speaker 1: touched on a little bit there. I think Micah Hyde 2248 01:58:06,880 --> 01:58:09,720 Speaker 1: is one of the more underappreciated players, not only in 2249 01:58:09,760 --> 01:58:13,280 Speaker 1: the Bills locker room, just league wide, and he was 2250 01:58:13,360 --> 01:58:16,360 Speaker 1: one of the reasons the culture inside that locker room change. 2251 01:58:16,440 --> 01:58:20,280 Speaker 1: Keep in mind, Micah Hide his entire career has missed 2252 01:58:20,280 --> 01:58:24,560 Speaker 1: the postseason one time, and that's that's pretty good track record. Now, 2253 01:58:24,560 --> 01:58:26,440 Speaker 1: I'm not saying he's the reason they always made it 2254 01:58:26,560 --> 01:58:30,040 Speaker 1: green Bay, but that guy is a winner. He just has. 2255 01:58:30,120 --> 01:58:32,880 Speaker 1: He's won all you know, He's won in Green Bay 2256 01:58:32,920 --> 01:58:35,400 Speaker 1: and obviously comes to Buffalo and they've won here. The 2257 01:58:35,560 --> 01:58:38,480 Speaker 1: thing that stood out to that's to me about that SoundBite, 2258 01:58:39,560 --> 01:58:43,920 Speaker 1: he specifically mentioned Gabe Davis and said he brought up 2259 01:58:43,960 --> 01:58:48,080 Speaker 1: Gabriel Davis his name, and I think that's that's noteworthy 2260 01:58:48,200 --> 01:58:51,960 Speaker 1: because from what we've seen from him in practice, this 2261 01:58:52,200 --> 01:58:56,160 Speaker 1: rookie wide receiver can flat out play. And we talked 2262 01:58:56,200 --> 01:58:59,040 Speaker 1: about it a little bit before the show, Steve. I 2263 01:58:59,200 --> 01:59:01,640 Speaker 1: think in a couple years from now, we're going to 2264 01:59:01,720 --> 01:59:04,760 Speaker 1: be looking at that draft pick and Gabe Davis and 2265 01:59:04,920 --> 01:59:08,520 Speaker 1: going that was exactly what they did with Matt Milano 2266 01:59:08,640 --> 01:59:11,960 Speaker 1: when they got Milano in the mid round, and you go, man, 2267 01:59:12,040 --> 01:59:15,680 Speaker 1: they stole this kid. I'm telling you he is big, 2268 01:59:16,160 --> 01:59:20,760 Speaker 1: he's physical, he has a lot of fun to watch. Yeah, 2269 01:59:20,840 --> 01:59:24,120 Speaker 1: it's interesting you say that because I know too from 2270 01:59:24,200 --> 01:59:28,480 Speaker 1: my experiences as a player. When you can get the 2271 01:59:28,600 --> 01:59:31,520 Speaker 1: defensive guys in training as a young player, get the 2272 01:59:31,600 --> 01:59:34,280 Speaker 1: defensive guys in training camp, start talking about how you 2273 01:59:34,400 --> 01:59:37,880 Speaker 1: flash and how you've been competitive and how you've run 2274 01:59:37,960 --> 01:59:42,680 Speaker 1: your routes and been productive in that environment. As a rookie, 2275 01:59:43,360 --> 01:59:45,040 Speaker 1: when you get when your name gets brought up by 2276 01:59:45,120 --> 01:59:49,520 Speaker 1: defensive guys, yeah, that's that's pretty hard to do. And 2277 01:59:49,680 --> 01:59:52,280 Speaker 1: have a guy like Micah Hyde mentioned Gabe Davis in 2278 01:59:52,360 --> 01:59:54,640 Speaker 1: his sound bite there about the talent on the team. 2279 01:59:56,400 --> 01:59:59,400 Speaker 1: That's pretty promising for a young wide receiver like Gabe Davis. 2280 01:59:59,520 --> 02:00:01,480 Speaker 1: I kind of I agree with you on that. And 2281 02:00:02,080 --> 02:00:04,360 Speaker 1: Micah Hyde is probably one of the most credible sources 2282 02:00:04,400 --> 02:00:06,280 Speaker 1: coming out of that locker room. Whenever you hear him talk, 2283 02:00:06,360 --> 02:00:09,080 Speaker 1: he's a pretty thoughtful observer of his own team and 2284 02:00:10,280 --> 02:00:12,440 Speaker 1: and it carries a lot of credibility not only with 2285 02:00:12,600 --> 02:00:14,080 Speaker 1: me and guys like me and you, but with a 2286 02:00:14,160 --> 02:00:16,600 Speaker 1: lot of the New Western New York Media Mike I. 2287 02:00:16,680 --> 02:00:19,760 Speaker 1: Hide was also asked about what we've we heard Josh 2288 02:00:19,840 --> 02:00:22,040 Speaker 1: Allen and Sean McDermott speak about the fact that there 2289 02:00:22,120 --> 02:00:24,360 Speaker 1: may not be fans in the stands. Here's what Micah 2290 02:00:24,400 --> 02:00:27,320 Speaker 1: Hyde had to say about the fans situation across the 2291 02:00:27,440 --> 02:00:31,280 Speaker 1: league in twenty twenty. I think you go both ways. 2292 02:00:31,440 --> 02:00:35,040 Speaker 1: I think the advantage the advantage could be, you know, 2293 02:00:35,240 --> 02:00:39,520 Speaker 1: knowing and hearing the calls of the offensive. You know, 2294 02:00:39,600 --> 02:00:42,320 Speaker 1: speaking defensively with the offense is making. You're gonna be 2295 02:00:42,320 --> 02:00:43,640 Speaker 1: able to hear a lot of that stuff, not just 2296 02:00:43,760 --> 02:00:45,960 Speaker 1: a TV copy. You're gonna be able to hear your 2297 02:00:46,000 --> 02:00:48,480 Speaker 1: live you know, the adjustments and stuff that they're making. 2298 02:00:49,760 --> 02:00:51,520 Speaker 1: But at the same time, home game it's kind of 2299 02:00:51,560 --> 02:00:54,520 Speaker 1: a disadvantage because you know, third downs for us, it's crazy, 2300 02:00:54,560 --> 02:00:56,720 Speaker 1: it's crazy, it's out of the stadium and the fans 2301 02:00:56,760 --> 02:00:58,560 Speaker 1: go wild, they get allowed, and that kind of messages 2302 02:00:58,560 --> 02:01:00,960 Speaker 1: at the communication for the offense. You know they're gonna 2303 02:01:00,960 --> 02:01:03,480 Speaker 1: be able to do that m and you know they're 2304 02:01:03,480 --> 02:01:05,760 Speaker 1: also going to be able to hear our defensive calls. 2305 02:01:05,800 --> 02:01:08,680 Speaker 1: So you know, kind of goes both ways. Um, you know, 2306 02:01:08,720 --> 02:01:11,400 Speaker 1: it's interesting. It's interesting. Interesting to see the NBA is 2307 02:01:11,480 --> 02:01:15,880 Speaker 1: kind of hearing the differences with no fans in their game, 2308 02:01:15,920 --> 02:01:19,120 Speaker 1: you know, like they want to play defense on you know, 2309 02:01:19,200 --> 02:01:21,240 Speaker 1: where their benches. Just hearing stuff like that that you 2310 02:01:21,360 --> 02:01:23,120 Speaker 1: never really thought about, because they want to be able to, 2311 02:01:23,360 --> 02:01:25,960 Speaker 1: you know, late in the game. Um, they want to 2312 02:01:26,000 --> 02:01:28,280 Speaker 1: be able to make defensive adjustments and be right there 2313 02:01:28,320 --> 02:01:31,040 Speaker 1: on our bench. So that's kind of where our thinking is, 2314 02:01:31,160 --> 02:01:32,720 Speaker 1: you know, any way we can to get a leg 2315 02:01:32,840 --> 02:01:36,160 Speaker 1: up defensively, and you know it's going to be interesting 2316 02:01:36,200 --> 02:01:39,080 Speaker 1: to see. Yeah, this is a ripple effect. I don't 2317 02:01:39,080 --> 02:01:42,800 Speaker 1: think we've seen the full ramifications of or I think 2318 02:01:42,840 --> 02:01:45,080 Speaker 1: it's gonna be a while before fans, the trickle down 2319 02:01:45,080 --> 02:01:47,960 Speaker 1: effect of the information will get out to how much 2320 02:01:48,040 --> 02:01:52,160 Speaker 1: of a difference the quiet of the stadium is gonna be. 2321 02:01:52,280 --> 02:01:57,160 Speaker 1: Certainly they can pipe in music or whatever, but I 2322 02:01:57,360 --> 02:01:59,880 Speaker 1: think we'll see pretty quickly a trends around the National 2323 02:02:00,000 --> 02:02:02,040 Speaker 1: Football League that will be a direct result or the 2324 02:02:02,080 --> 02:02:04,480 Speaker 1: fact that it's quiet on game day on the field. 2325 02:02:05,720 --> 02:02:09,920 Speaker 1: I think it's interesting watching Mike even answer that question. 2326 02:02:10,200 --> 02:02:13,040 Speaker 1: He's very thoughtful, as you mentioned earlier, as he was 2327 02:02:13,120 --> 02:02:15,080 Speaker 1: answering it. You could tell he was still kind of 2328 02:02:15,560 --> 02:02:18,240 Speaker 1: thinking about it. Yeah, like wow, you know that could 2329 02:02:18,280 --> 02:02:20,560 Speaker 1: happen or this could happen. I mean, because it's just 2330 02:02:20,720 --> 02:02:24,360 Speaker 1: so it's unknown. It's unknown for you, for me, the players, 2331 02:02:24,480 --> 02:02:28,000 Speaker 1: the coaches, it's just and yeah, they're gonna they're gonna 2332 02:02:28,000 --> 02:02:33,080 Speaker 1: be some positives and negatives and just frankly some unknowns. 2333 02:02:33,200 --> 02:02:37,480 Speaker 1: But Mike, Mike is a key key member that that secondary. 2334 02:02:37,920 --> 02:02:42,840 Speaker 1: It's interesting because that secondary is is a is a 2335 02:02:42,960 --> 02:02:45,560 Speaker 1: group that really gets hyped up. You see him in 2336 02:02:45,600 --> 02:02:48,560 Speaker 1: the home games. I mean you see Trudavious White goes 2337 02:02:48,680 --> 02:02:51,280 Speaker 1: up on the big screen and is dancing around and 2338 02:02:51,360 --> 02:02:54,800 Speaker 1: the fans are getting all fired up, and player does 2339 02:02:54,880 --> 02:02:57,640 Speaker 1: the same thing. So that's gonna be one of the 2340 02:02:57,720 --> 02:03:00,400 Speaker 1: things that we're definitely gonna miss on Sundays. And it's 2341 02:03:00,400 --> 02:03:04,960 Speaker 1: interesting too because he also mentioned that you're gonna hear 2342 02:03:05,040 --> 02:03:10,200 Speaker 1: the offensive cadence clear as a bell and hide and 2343 02:03:10,280 --> 02:03:14,520 Speaker 1: ployer not for nothing. But you can't help as a player, 2344 02:03:14,560 --> 02:03:16,840 Speaker 1: but not to just let your wheels start going. When 2345 02:03:16,880 --> 02:03:18,520 Speaker 1: you start hearing the same thing over and over again, 2346 02:03:18,560 --> 02:03:21,400 Speaker 1: you start noticing nuances about it. There is no question 2347 02:03:21,480 --> 02:03:24,080 Speaker 1: that at some point during the season. If it continues 2348 02:03:24,160 --> 02:03:27,400 Speaker 1: like that, they're gonna get a chance. They're gonna get 2349 02:03:27,400 --> 02:03:32,080 Speaker 1: an opportunity to roll the dice thinking they've got the 2350 02:03:32,280 --> 02:03:35,200 Speaker 1: key to the verbiage of the offense laid in the 2351 02:03:35,320 --> 02:03:37,360 Speaker 1: game where they've heard this and this happened, and they 2352 02:03:37,400 --> 02:03:39,240 Speaker 1: heard it again, and the same thing happened. They heard 2353 02:03:39,240 --> 02:03:41,600 Speaker 1: it a third time, the same thing happened, and late 2354 02:03:41,680 --> 02:03:44,560 Speaker 1: in a game where they heard that verbiage and they 2355 02:03:44,720 --> 02:03:46,880 Speaker 1: gambled on it happening again, and they get it right 2356 02:03:47,120 --> 02:03:50,440 Speaker 1: or get it wrong. All of that stuff is on 2357 02:03:50,520 --> 02:03:53,960 Speaker 1: the table. And because you can't help as a player 2358 02:03:54,000 --> 02:03:56,720 Speaker 1: but not to try and decipher it your opponent's verbiage 2359 02:03:56,760 --> 02:03:58,320 Speaker 1: when you hear it over and over and over again, 2360 02:03:58,400 --> 02:04:01,560 Speaker 1: you know the peyton manning, ohma, and all of that stuff. 2361 02:04:02,200 --> 02:04:05,440 Speaker 1: It's the fact that they'll be able to hear it 2362 02:04:05,960 --> 02:04:11,080 Speaker 1: clearly and nothing not just the verbiage, but the body 2363 02:04:11,160 --> 02:04:15,000 Speaker 1: language attached to it, all that stuff. Those guys are 2364 02:04:15,080 --> 02:04:18,400 Speaker 1: smart back there. You start figuring that stuff out after 2365 02:04:18,480 --> 02:04:22,160 Speaker 1: a while, and you almost as an offense, you start 2366 02:04:22,400 --> 02:04:25,400 Speaker 1: to think about, hey, listen on this drive, when we 2367 02:04:25,600 --> 02:04:29,080 Speaker 1: say this word, it's gonna mean a real word. You 2368 02:04:29,200 --> 02:04:30,880 Speaker 1: know what I mean, They're gonna start changing up their 2369 02:04:31,000 --> 02:04:34,360 Speaker 1: verbiage during games. It'll demand be demanded of the clubs 2370 02:04:34,600 --> 02:04:37,000 Speaker 1: to add that onto their game day situation where they 2371 02:04:37,040 --> 02:04:39,360 Speaker 1: can flip over to a new language and have it 2372 02:04:39,520 --> 02:04:42,200 Speaker 1: mean the old have the old meaning of the old language. 2373 02:04:42,240 --> 02:04:45,920 Speaker 1: So there are extra layers of difficulty in this season 2374 02:04:46,000 --> 02:04:47,840 Speaker 1: that if you don't stay up on top of, it's 2375 02:04:47,880 --> 02:04:53,200 Speaker 1: gonna bite you. Micah and Jordan are really smart football players, 2376 02:04:53,440 --> 02:04:55,760 Speaker 1: and you know that Sean mcdermot's going to give them 2377 02:04:55,880 --> 02:04:59,040 Speaker 1: some leash when it comes to if you guys think 2378 02:04:59,120 --> 02:05:03,960 Speaker 1: you gotta go get it now, they're also Sean give 2379 02:05:04,120 --> 02:05:07,600 Speaker 1: will give them that leash because they're also smart enough 2380 02:05:07,640 --> 02:05:11,720 Speaker 1: to know circumstances within the game. You know that's right, 2381 02:05:11,800 --> 02:05:15,720 Speaker 1: if you're up, if you're up seven with fifteen seconds 2382 02:05:15,840 --> 02:05:19,160 Speaker 1: left and they're pin deep, you don't necessarily need to 2383 02:05:19,200 --> 02:05:21,680 Speaker 1: go make the big interception for a pick six, right, 2384 02:05:21,760 --> 02:05:24,360 Speaker 1: You keep the play in front of you. So so yeah, 2385 02:05:24,440 --> 02:05:26,960 Speaker 1: I mean, but to your point, I mean, look, if 2386 02:05:27,080 --> 02:05:29,600 Speaker 1: he thinks they're they're keyed in on something and they 2387 02:05:29,640 --> 02:05:32,080 Speaker 1: can go cheat a little bit and go make a 2388 02:05:32,200 --> 02:05:34,520 Speaker 1: play to maybe turn the tie to the game and 2389 02:05:34,560 --> 02:05:37,480 Speaker 1: the whole mimentum of the game. Those two guys can 2390 02:05:37,520 --> 02:05:40,760 Speaker 1: go make plays. You're right, and when the game's endowed, 2391 02:05:40,840 --> 02:05:42,880 Speaker 1: when they need a play to be made, they're also 2392 02:05:42,960 --> 02:05:45,160 Speaker 1: the guys to step up and roll the dice at 2393 02:05:45,200 --> 02:05:47,800 Speaker 1: the right time. Ed Reid, the Hall of Fame safety 2394 02:05:47,800 --> 02:05:50,720 Speaker 1: for the Baltimore Ravens, was always known for being able 2395 02:05:50,800 --> 02:05:53,120 Speaker 1: to do that, and in fact some of it, he 2396 02:05:53,320 --> 02:05:56,800 Speaker 1: was known for getting a couple of games ahead in 2397 02:05:56,840 --> 02:05:59,120 Speaker 1: a particular instance. This is what safeties do because the 2398 02:05:59,400 --> 02:06:02,560 Speaker 1: safeties are key to what a quarterback looks at when 2399 02:06:02,600 --> 02:06:04,880 Speaker 1: he's trying to decipher what the defense does. And we've 2400 02:06:04,920 --> 02:06:07,720 Speaker 1: heard time and time again, even from Bill Belichick about 2401 02:06:07,800 --> 02:06:11,680 Speaker 1: how Poorer and Hide do the best job he's ever 2402 02:06:11,800 --> 02:06:16,600 Speaker 1: seen of two safeties making a defense impossible to decipher 2403 02:06:16,760 --> 02:06:20,720 Speaker 1: before the snap. They play out a position until the 2404 02:06:20,760 --> 02:06:23,120 Speaker 1: ball is snapped, and then they moved to their assignments. 2405 02:06:23,960 --> 02:06:26,520 Speaker 1: They're two of the best guys ever at doing that. 2406 02:06:26,680 --> 02:06:29,840 Speaker 1: And when you get into a situation when the regular 2407 02:06:29,920 --> 02:06:32,560 Speaker 1: season where they can do that on a regular basis, 2408 02:06:33,560 --> 02:06:37,120 Speaker 1: it's a huge advantage for your squad and it's going 2409 02:06:37,160 --> 02:06:39,800 Speaker 1: to be interesting to see, particularly in a season where 2410 02:06:39,840 --> 02:06:43,880 Speaker 1: there's no preseason. You know, these guys be able to 2411 02:06:43,960 --> 02:06:47,600 Speaker 1: take advantage of new information on game day that they've 2412 02:06:47,640 --> 02:06:51,480 Speaker 1: never been able to access, meaning the signal, the count, 2413 02:06:51,560 --> 02:06:56,400 Speaker 1: the snap count at a home game. It's for a 2414 02:06:56,480 --> 02:06:59,520 Speaker 1: lot of reasons. It's like everything we've talked about, how 2415 02:06:59,600 --> 02:07:01,000 Speaker 1: bad it is and how tough it is, and how 2416 02:07:01,040 --> 02:07:03,920 Speaker 1: different it is. In this offseason, it's fun to think 2417 02:07:03,960 --> 02:07:06,800 Speaker 1: about maybe some of the things that make your team 2418 02:07:06,880 --> 02:07:10,720 Speaker 1: better because of COVID, because of all the protocols, because 2419 02:07:10,760 --> 02:07:13,200 Speaker 1: of the lack of familiarity, because of the other team's 2420 02:07:13,280 --> 02:07:16,720 Speaker 1: limitations on game day in an awate stadium or a 2421 02:07:16,760 --> 02:07:18,960 Speaker 1: home stadium. It's a lot of fun to think of, 2422 02:07:19,120 --> 02:07:21,200 Speaker 1: you know, to drop a throw a pebble into the 2423 02:07:21,280 --> 02:07:24,360 Speaker 1: pool of that of that and watch the ripple effect, 2424 02:07:24,480 --> 02:07:27,600 Speaker 1: or think about the ripple effect. We're talking a lot 2425 02:07:27,600 --> 02:07:32,839 Speaker 1: about chemistry on offense, rightfully so, but the chemistry on defense. 2426 02:07:32,920 --> 02:07:34,839 Speaker 1: I don't know that there are a pair of safeties 2427 02:07:34,880 --> 02:07:39,080 Speaker 1: that have better chemistry in the entire league than Poyer 2428 02:07:39,160 --> 02:07:42,480 Speaker 1: in hide. I mean, the left hand seems to always 2429 02:07:42,560 --> 02:07:46,080 Speaker 1: know what the right hand is doing, and that is crucial. 2430 02:07:46,120 --> 02:07:51,160 Speaker 1: And Sean McDermott's defense. That's right, and they've they've maximized 2431 02:07:51,200 --> 02:07:53,440 Speaker 1: it at a time and time again. It will be interesting. 2432 02:07:53,440 --> 02:07:55,240 Speaker 1: I think one of the rays that I'm looking forward 2433 02:07:55,240 --> 02:07:57,680 Speaker 1: to this defense being better this year is a little 2434 02:07:57,680 --> 02:08:00,440 Speaker 1: better pass rush, which will take some pressure off the 2435 02:08:00,560 --> 02:08:03,240 Speaker 1: secondary that has been so good and perhaps lead to 2436 02:08:03,920 --> 02:08:07,960 Speaker 1: more takeaways for this entire defense. And wouldn't it be 2437 02:08:08,040 --> 02:08:10,560 Speaker 1: nice to be one of those teams that gets seven 2438 02:08:10,680 --> 02:08:14,040 Speaker 1: or eight pick sixes during a season, particularly with an 2439 02:08:14,080 --> 02:08:16,360 Speaker 1: offense that scores a little more few more points a 2440 02:08:16,440 --> 02:08:18,400 Speaker 1: game and puts a little more pressure on the opponent's 2441 02:08:18,480 --> 02:08:22,360 Speaker 1: offense to maybe try and make some low percentage plays 2442 02:08:22,360 --> 02:08:24,360 Speaker 1: and plays into the hands of a good defense. We'll 2443 02:08:24,400 --> 02:08:26,720 Speaker 1: see Steve Tasker, Josh Reid coming back. We got one 2444 02:08:26,760 --> 02:08:28,440 Speaker 1: more segment before the top of the hour. This is 2445 02:08:28,480 --> 02:08:30,920 Speaker 1: One Bills Live presented by Kalida Health. We've got the 2446 02:08:30,920 --> 02:08:32,760 Speaker 1: tweet sheet and we'll wrap up the Twitter poll that 2447 02:08:32,840 --> 02:08:35,760 Speaker 1: you've contributed to listening to us all day. This is 2448 02:08:35,800 --> 02:08:38,280 Speaker 1: One Bills Live presented by Kalidah Health. And this is 2449 02:08:38,320 --> 02:08:55,000 Speaker 1: Buffalo Bills Radio. What do we learned? Brought to you 2450 02:08:55,080 --> 02:08:58,880 Speaker 1: by Skyworks, the official Construction rental company of the Buffalo Bills. 2451 02:08:58,920 --> 02:09:01,080 Speaker 1: Heard in the program. We had Nate Davis of USA 2452 02:09:01,200 --> 02:09:03,920 Speaker 1: today and he told us what his thoughts were on 2453 02:09:03,960 --> 02:09:07,880 Speaker 1: the Buffalo Bills winning the AFC East this season. The 2454 02:09:08,000 --> 02:09:10,160 Speaker 1: Bills has kind of been where where I thought they 2455 02:09:10,160 --> 02:09:12,840 Speaker 1: would be kind of a throughout, as you said, the 2456 02:09:12,840 --> 02:09:15,440 Speaker 1: strains offseason. See, you know that the Patriots have been 2457 02:09:15,520 --> 02:09:19,640 Speaker 1: more of a moving target with obviously a Brady and 2458 02:09:19,720 --> 02:09:22,440 Speaker 1: several defensive guys leaving in free agency, and then Cam 2459 02:09:22,640 --> 02:09:24,600 Speaker 1: coming in at the eleventh hour, and then the opt 2460 02:09:24,680 --> 02:09:28,160 Speaker 1: outs on the defense, and uh, you know, the Patriots 2461 02:09:28,160 --> 02:09:30,240 Speaker 1: are going to be, you know, kind of a wild 2462 02:09:30,320 --> 02:09:33,880 Speaker 1: show and a mixed bag. And I suspect by I 2463 02:09:34,080 --> 02:09:36,640 Speaker 1: maybe given even a great Bill Bellet to build too 2464 02:09:36,760 --> 02:09:39,360 Speaker 1: much credit if he's able to overcome you know, he 2465 02:09:39,480 --> 02:09:42,080 Speaker 1: was losing quarterback of two decades and then and then 2466 02:09:42,160 --> 02:09:44,720 Speaker 1: losing so many starters on the top right defense. But 2467 02:09:45,720 --> 02:09:47,440 Speaker 1: I do tend to think that they're gonna rise to 2468 02:09:47,480 --> 02:09:50,880 Speaker 1: the challenge and be as tough as they normally are. 2469 02:09:51,000 --> 02:09:53,520 Speaker 1: But I just I'm just not sure that the courses 2470 02:09:53,640 --> 02:09:56,040 Speaker 1: to keep up with the Bills quite this year. So 2471 02:09:56,120 --> 02:09:57,880 Speaker 1: I've got the Bills like you said, they can the East. 2472 02:09:59,040 --> 02:10:01,520 Speaker 1: Nate Davis from US Day today, thank him for joining us. 2473 02:10:01,560 --> 02:10:03,800 Speaker 1: We also had asked you our listeners, if the COVID 2474 02:10:03,880 --> 02:10:06,120 Speaker 1: situation happened on a game day, that is, the COVID 2475 02:10:06,200 --> 02:10:08,160 Speaker 1: situation over the weekend where there was a bunch of 2476 02:10:08,240 --> 02:10:10,320 Speaker 1: false positive, do you think the Bills have enough depth 2477 02:10:10,400 --> 02:10:12,240 Speaker 1: to get by? Sixty seven and a half percent of 2478 02:10:12,320 --> 02:10:14,919 Speaker 1: you think, yeah, we'll get by. We'll be as competitive 2479 02:10:14,960 --> 02:10:17,680 Speaker 1: as we can be with as anybody else on game day. 2480 02:10:17,720 --> 02:10:21,640 Speaker 1: If we get ravaged by COVID N nineteen, we'll see 2481 02:10:21,920 --> 02:10:24,920 Speaker 1: hopefully that never that scenario never happens in our Thanks 2482 02:10:24,960 --> 02:10:27,160 Speaker 1: also to Josh Rei. Josh, thanks so much for coming 2483 02:10:27,200 --> 02:10:30,160 Speaker 1: on the program today. What's Channel four got on the 2484 02:10:30,240 --> 02:10:32,240 Speaker 1: docket for tonight and going forward? What do you got 2485 02:10:32,280 --> 02:10:36,360 Speaker 1: going on? Oh, we got some good stuff, I guess. 2486 02:10:36,480 --> 02:10:40,200 Speaker 1: I mean I would say, yeah, we got Buffalo Kickoff 2487 02:10:40,280 --> 02:10:44,240 Speaker 1: Live coming up tonight at seven to seven thirty. You know, 2488 02:10:44,520 --> 02:10:46,480 Speaker 1: we'll kind of break down everything sat in the last 2489 02:10:46,520 --> 02:10:49,880 Speaker 1: couple of days at training camp and then a really 2490 02:10:49,960 --> 02:10:52,720 Speaker 1: good one Sunday. You know, we started to air some 2491 02:10:52,880 --> 02:10:56,600 Speaker 1: of these classic games because we lost some preseason games 2492 02:10:56,680 --> 02:10:59,320 Speaker 1: you know, the new official home of the BUFFALOTV Home 2493 02:10:59,400 --> 02:11:02,480 Speaker 1: of the Bills. So from on Sunday from three to 2494 02:11:02,640 --> 02:11:05,960 Speaker 1: six on w IVB, we're actually gonna air the no 2495 02:11:06,160 --> 02:11:09,280 Speaker 1: Punt game from back in ninety two, you know, the 2496 02:11:09,560 --> 02:11:13,640 Speaker 1: Bills thirty four, the forty nine ers U thirty one. 2497 02:11:13,840 --> 02:11:16,560 Speaker 1: That was you know, Jim Kelly and obviously Steve Young. 2498 02:11:17,280 --> 02:11:19,760 Speaker 1: They threw for almost nine hundred yards in that game. 2499 02:11:19,840 --> 02:11:22,480 Speaker 1: I mean, I think you remember that one. Yeah, So 2500 02:11:22,920 --> 02:11:26,360 Speaker 1: I had great seats for that game, that's right. So 2501 02:11:26,560 --> 02:11:28,560 Speaker 1: that's what I mean. I mean, I'm telling you, like, 2502 02:11:29,080 --> 02:11:32,600 Speaker 1: we've gotten a lot of good feedback from from fans 2503 02:11:32,640 --> 02:11:36,760 Speaker 1: who love seeing these throwback games. And you know, would 2504 02:11:36,800 --> 02:11:40,040 Speaker 1: we love to be showing preseason games one hundred percent, 2505 02:11:40,200 --> 02:11:44,080 Speaker 1: But guess what, it definitely kind of it quenches the 2506 02:11:44,240 --> 02:11:47,200 Speaker 1: thirst for football watching Jim Kelly run around and and 2507 02:11:47,400 --> 02:11:49,720 Speaker 1: and throw for you know him and Steve Young throw 2508 02:11:49,800 --> 02:11:52,720 Speaker 1: for eight hundred and fifty two yards. Man, I got 2509 02:11:52,800 --> 02:11:54,800 Speaker 1: to catch that game. That's that was a fun when 2510 02:11:54,840 --> 02:11:58,000 Speaker 1: we we got it. There was even Ralph Wilson came 2511 02:11:58,040 --> 02:12:00,280 Speaker 1: down to the team meeting on Monday after that and 2512 02:12:00,320 --> 02:12:02,560 Speaker 1: he was laughing at our punters, saying, man, you're you're 2513 02:12:02,600 --> 02:12:05,280 Speaker 1: the most overpaid guy in the National Football League. You 2514 02:12:05,360 --> 02:12:07,040 Speaker 1: didn't get he didn't have to work that day. Chris 2515 02:12:07,160 --> 02:12:09,200 Speaker 1: Moore spend his whole day on the sidelines. I think 2516 02:12:09,240 --> 02:12:11,280 Speaker 1: he did hold for the field goals. I think that's 2517 02:12:11,280 --> 02:12:14,240 Speaker 1: the only reps he got in the entire game. But 2518 02:12:14,360 --> 02:12:16,680 Speaker 1: that Yeah, it was up until a year or two ago, 2519 02:12:16,800 --> 02:12:18,960 Speaker 1: it was the only game in history of the National 2520 02:12:19,000 --> 02:12:21,840 Speaker 1: Football League that neither team punted. What a fantastic game. 2521 02:12:21,920 --> 02:12:23,760 Speaker 1: That was one of those games that you thought back 2522 02:12:23,800 --> 02:12:25,400 Speaker 1: in that air, maybe those two teams would beat in 2523 02:12:25,440 --> 02:12:26,880 Speaker 1: the Super Bowl, but it wasn't to be. It was 2524 02:12:27,280 --> 02:12:31,000 Speaker 1: fun game. I recommend that. Josh, thanks so much again 2525 02:12:31,200 --> 02:12:34,160 Speaker 1: as Sunday three two, let's make sure I got out 2526 02:12:34,200 --> 02:12:36,400 Speaker 1: three to six? All right, Josh, thanks so much for 2527 02:12:36,520 --> 02:12:38,320 Speaker 1: taking a time out and spending three hours with us 2528 02:12:38,320 --> 02:12:40,480 Speaker 1: after it's been a blast. I really appreciate you coming on. 2529 02:12:40,520 --> 02:12:42,640 Speaker 1: It's been funny. We're gonna do it again sometime, all right, 2530 02:12:43,760 --> 02:12:45,760 Speaker 1: sounds good, Steve. I appreciate you having me. Thank you. 2531 02:12:46,000 --> 02:12:48,280 Speaker 1: Steve Tasker along with Josh Reid saying thank you so 2532 02:12:48,400 --> 02:12:50,320 Speaker 1: much for joining us. It's been one Bills Live. If 2533 02:12:50,360 --> 02:12:52,200 Speaker 1: you want to listen to us at all or go 2534 02:12:52,360 --> 02:12:53,920 Speaker 1: back and catch parts of it, you can do that 2535 02:12:54,120 --> 02:12:57,520 Speaker 1: on Spotify and the Bills app and Buffalo bills dot Com. 2536 02:12:58,400 --> 02:13:00,640 Speaker 1: All of that is available. Parts of the show. You 2537 02:13:00,680 --> 02:13:02,720 Speaker 1: can rewind it and go back and check it out again. 2538 02:13:02,840 --> 02:13:05,440 Speaker 1: Steve Tasker, Josh Reid, thank you so much for joining 2539 02:13:05,520 --> 02:13:07,839 Speaker 1: us today on one Bills Live. This has been Buffalo 2540 02:13:08,000 --> 02:13:10,720 Speaker 1: Bills Radio. We'll talk to you tomorrow. Everybody noon to 2541 02:13:10,880 --> 02:13:13,760 Speaker 1: three more Bills sound bites coming your way. Come back 2542 02:13:13,800 --> 02:13:14,280 Speaker 1: and see us