1 00:00:00,200 --> 00:00:03,480 Speaker 1: Welcome to One Bills Light year zero calorie version of 2 00:00:03,480 --> 00:00:05,800 Speaker 1: our daily show One Bills Live, where we give you 3 00:00:05,880 --> 00:00:08,640 Speaker 1: all the flavor without the weight game. Coming up on 4 00:00:08,680 --> 00:00:11,479 Speaker 1: today's episode, Steve and I take a deep dive into 5 00:00:11,520 --> 00:00:14,800 Speaker 1: the Bills twenty twenty one regular season schedule. We talked 6 00:00:14,800 --> 00:00:19,320 Speaker 1: with ESPN's resident Bill fan Kevin Connors for his takeaways 7 00:00:19,360 --> 00:00:22,520 Speaker 1: on the Bills slate and how many wins Buffalo can 8 00:00:22,600 --> 00:00:25,240 Speaker 1: rack up when we throw out some figures for twenty 9 00:00:25,280 --> 00:00:28,720 Speaker 1: twenty one, and ask, wouldn't you believe it? Time to 10 00:00:28,800 --> 00:00:39,400 Speaker 1: start your engines at a Steve tester who has been 11 00:00:39,520 --> 00:00:41,760 Speaker 1: all over the fields. Kind of unique. He was kind 12 00:00:41,760 --> 00:00:47,400 Speaker 1: of a dual role player for you. Steve, Steve a blimp. 13 00:00:48,200 --> 00:00:55,560 Speaker 1: We're not even in the stratosphere of normalcy. Thanks for 14 00:00:55,680 --> 00:00:58,640 Speaker 1: joining us here on One Bills Light Steve. The Bills 15 00:00:58,760 --> 00:01:02,600 Speaker 1: twenty twenty on regular season schedule is out and it's 16 00:01:02,600 --> 00:01:06,960 Speaker 1: seducing so much to digest. So first, give me your 17 00:01:07,000 --> 00:01:09,800 Speaker 1: first impression of the Bills slate. The first thing you 18 00:01:09,840 --> 00:01:12,080 Speaker 1: thought of when you looked at very different place from 19 00:01:12,080 --> 00:01:13,920 Speaker 1: where I was a year ago. We had one of 20 00:01:13,920 --> 00:01:16,720 Speaker 1: the most difficult schedules I could imagine last year, the 21 00:01:16,840 --> 00:01:20,119 Speaker 1: NFC West was a very competitive schedule, a very competitive division. 22 00:01:20,160 --> 00:01:23,679 Speaker 1: We're going to go out there, and the Bills actually 23 00:01:23,880 --> 00:01:27,200 Speaker 1: absolutely plowed through that schedule last year thirteen and three, 24 00:01:27,400 --> 00:01:30,559 Speaker 1: they were a hail merry away from sweeping the NFC West. 25 00:01:31,800 --> 00:01:34,760 Speaker 1: They swept their own division. And then you come back 26 00:01:34,800 --> 00:01:36,679 Speaker 1: into this season, you look at the teams they have. 27 00:01:36,720 --> 00:01:39,440 Speaker 1: The AFC South, not a juggernaut of a division save 28 00:01:39,520 --> 00:01:44,959 Speaker 1: the Indianapolis Colts. They play the Pittsburgh Steelers this season, 29 00:01:45,000 --> 00:01:48,000 Speaker 1: who a lot of people think aren't as formidable as 30 00:01:48,000 --> 00:01:52,400 Speaker 1: they were a year ago. It's hard not to be 31 00:01:52,440 --> 00:01:56,080 Speaker 1: optimistic given what the Bills have added. The step forward 32 00:01:56,120 --> 00:01:59,240 Speaker 1: we think Josh Allen could take, the addition of Emmanuel 33 00:01:59,280 --> 00:02:03,360 Speaker 1: Sanders to the offense, the depth and competition at the 34 00:02:03,400 --> 00:02:08,200 Speaker 1: defensive and offensive lines, Starlot lay Back in the lineup, 35 00:02:09,560 --> 00:02:11,760 Speaker 1: Ed Oliver getting into his third year, which is kind 36 00:02:11,760 --> 00:02:14,640 Speaker 1: of a big step year for most players, like it 37 00:02:14,720 --> 00:02:18,040 Speaker 1: was last year for Josh Allen. There's a lot to 38 00:02:18,040 --> 00:02:21,360 Speaker 1: be optimistic about. Seventeen game schedule, a little bit wider 39 00:02:21,400 --> 00:02:23,480 Speaker 1: margin of error for some teams to get back in it. 40 00:02:23,520 --> 00:02:25,160 Speaker 1: If they do falter, if they do come up with 41 00:02:25,400 --> 00:02:27,560 Speaker 1: a key injury for a month or something like that. 42 00:02:29,120 --> 00:02:31,240 Speaker 1: You just gotta feel really good about where the Bills 43 00:02:31,240 --> 00:02:33,639 Speaker 1: sit right now. And I think most of the analytics 44 00:02:33,720 --> 00:02:37,240 Speaker 1: I've seen two and most analysts with just opinions, you know, 45 00:02:37,320 --> 00:02:38,560 Speaker 1: think the Bills are going to be at the top 46 00:02:38,600 --> 00:02:40,480 Speaker 1: of the conference once again. And the schedule is a 47 00:02:40,480 --> 00:02:43,320 Speaker 1: big reason why. I will tell you the first thing 48 00:02:43,320 --> 00:02:46,840 Speaker 1: that I noticed about the schedule, because I did have 49 00:02:46,880 --> 00:02:48,960 Speaker 1: to take a deep dive into it for Buffalo Bills 50 00:02:49,000 --> 00:02:54,520 Speaker 1: dot com, and the thing that struck me was three 51 00:02:54,560 --> 00:02:57,360 Speaker 1: of their first four at home, three of their last 52 00:02:57,400 --> 00:03:02,079 Speaker 1: four at home. They have never had a sixteen game 53 00:03:02,080 --> 00:03:05,359 Speaker 1: schedule or a seventeen game schedule that has ever had 54 00:03:05,600 --> 00:03:07,280 Speaker 1: three of their first four at home and three of 55 00:03:07,280 --> 00:03:10,080 Speaker 1: their last four at home in the same season. That 56 00:03:10,160 --> 00:03:13,799 Speaker 1: has never happened. And for a team that is this 57 00:03:13,919 --> 00:03:19,880 Speaker 1: deep and this talented, you are basically handing them two 58 00:03:19,880 --> 00:03:23,760 Speaker 1: opportunities to rack up a cluster of victories at the 59 00:03:23,800 --> 00:03:26,280 Speaker 1: front and the back of their schedule. I think it 60 00:03:26,440 --> 00:03:30,000 Speaker 1: leaves them with so much margin forever, not that they 61 00:03:30,040 --> 00:03:32,720 Speaker 1: want to take advantage of it, but you have a 62 00:03:32,800 --> 00:03:35,320 Speaker 1: chance to start the season four and Ozero and then 63 00:03:35,440 --> 00:03:37,320 Speaker 1: if somebody's nipping at your heels at the end of 64 00:03:37,320 --> 00:03:39,240 Speaker 1: the season to put them in the rear view mirror. 65 00:03:40,440 --> 00:03:44,320 Speaker 1: Are like no other time of the year. The TV 66 00:03:44,560 --> 00:03:46,800 Speaker 1: people you can kind of see their hands on the schedule. 67 00:03:47,200 --> 00:03:48,880 Speaker 1: And I'll say this, and I've said it before on 68 00:03:48,920 --> 00:03:54,240 Speaker 1: the show. They crave not only great matchups at the 69 00:03:54,280 --> 00:03:57,160 Speaker 1: end of the season, but they also crave snow games. 70 00:03:57,520 --> 00:04:01,560 Speaker 1: They also crave atmosphere for the broad cast. Buffalo can 71 00:04:01,880 --> 00:04:05,760 Speaker 1: provide that in both respects. Crazy fans in a great 72 00:04:05,840 --> 00:04:11,040 Speaker 1: season sitting in a snowstorm screaming is great television. The 73 00:04:11,520 --> 00:04:15,760 Speaker 1: Indianapolis Colts snow game from four years ago a phenomenal 74 00:04:15,800 --> 00:04:18,840 Speaker 1: example of that. There have been others along the lines 75 00:04:18,880 --> 00:04:22,239 Speaker 1: as well. And you can bet that the TV people 76 00:04:22,279 --> 00:04:23,839 Speaker 1: wanted to roll the dice and say, hey, give us 77 00:04:23,839 --> 00:04:26,960 Speaker 1: a couple and maybe an extra extra two games in 78 00:04:27,040 --> 00:04:30,839 Speaker 1: Buffalo in January, particularly with the eighteenth week getting deeper 79 00:04:30,839 --> 00:04:33,760 Speaker 1: into January, We've got a chance to get that. I 80 00:04:33,760 --> 00:04:37,680 Speaker 1: could see that happening. Plus, at the other end, they're saying, 81 00:04:38,240 --> 00:04:40,240 Speaker 1: when this team hits the field early in the season 82 00:04:40,240 --> 00:04:42,080 Speaker 1: with this crowd and the way they played last year, 83 00:04:42,080 --> 00:04:45,240 Speaker 1: and the expectations it's going to be absolute mayhem in 84 00:04:45,320 --> 00:04:47,839 Speaker 1: high Mark Stadium, So the TV people want to gobble 85 00:04:47,920 --> 00:04:51,320 Speaker 1: that up. So I'm more so than any time of 86 00:04:51,360 --> 00:04:53,120 Speaker 1: the year, I'm kind of sensitive to that and what 87 00:04:53,160 --> 00:04:55,400 Speaker 1: the TV people have to say about what they're trying 88 00:04:55,440 --> 00:04:58,680 Speaker 1: to accomplish. All I'm gonna say is the league has 89 00:04:58,760 --> 00:05:02,560 Speaker 1: handed the Bills a long runway up to the Kansas 90 00:05:02,560 --> 00:05:05,320 Speaker 1: City game in Week five to rack up four straight 91 00:05:05,320 --> 00:05:08,159 Speaker 1: wins to go into that game four and oh against 92 00:05:08,240 --> 00:05:10,400 Speaker 1: Kansas City to play what is arguably one of their 93 00:05:10,400 --> 00:05:13,000 Speaker 1: two toughest games on the schedule. Tampa is probably the 94 00:05:13,040 --> 00:05:15,400 Speaker 1: second toughest game, and I would argue that India is 95 00:05:15,400 --> 00:05:17,080 Speaker 1: going to be the third toughest game. I really think 96 00:05:17,080 --> 00:05:19,000 Speaker 1: if Wentz comes through, that's going to be a difficult game. 97 00:05:19,040 --> 00:05:21,080 Speaker 1: But here's the thing. One more thing about the front 98 00:05:21,080 --> 00:05:24,800 Speaker 1: and the back end of the schedule. Okay, you talk 99 00:05:24,839 --> 00:05:30,560 Speaker 1: about weather, Steve, You've got two NFC South teams in 100 00:05:30,680 --> 00:05:35,040 Speaker 1: late December and early January in Carolina and Atlanta. Atlanta 101 00:05:35,080 --> 00:05:37,160 Speaker 1: plays all their home games in a dome and at 102 00:05:37,240 --> 00:05:40,039 Speaker 1: least one road game in a dome every year. In 103 00:05:40,080 --> 00:05:42,839 Speaker 1: New Orleans and the other ones in Tampa. Yeah, and 104 00:05:42,920 --> 00:05:45,560 Speaker 1: the other ones in Tampa. So best de luck to 105 00:05:45,600 --> 00:05:49,080 Speaker 1: those guys. On January second, Julio Jones won't even be 106 00:05:49,120 --> 00:05:52,720 Speaker 1: able to feel his fingers. And then you think about 107 00:05:52,760 --> 00:05:58,200 Speaker 1: record wise the teams they're facing. You've got one, two, three, four, 108 00:05:58,760 --> 00:06:01,640 Speaker 1: five of those eight games against teams under five hundred 109 00:06:01,680 --> 00:06:06,159 Speaker 1: last year, including two teams that won four games and 110 00:06:06,279 --> 00:06:09,039 Speaker 1: one team that won five games last season. Now, I 111 00:06:09,040 --> 00:06:11,120 Speaker 1: think a lot of people think Carolina is going to 112 00:06:11,160 --> 00:06:12,880 Speaker 1: be a little bit better this year. The Jets maybe 113 00:06:13,000 --> 00:06:16,680 Speaker 1: incrementally better this year. In Atlanta should be a little 114 00:06:16,680 --> 00:06:19,040 Speaker 1: bit better this year. But you hand a team that 115 00:06:19,080 --> 00:06:22,440 Speaker 1: won thirteen games last season this schedule on the front 116 00:06:22,440 --> 00:06:26,200 Speaker 1: and the back end, you're inviting them to win their 117 00:06:26,240 --> 00:06:30,000 Speaker 1: division and maybe even the top seed in the conference. 118 00:06:30,080 --> 00:06:33,279 Speaker 1: I think that's how this schedule favors the Bills maybe 119 00:06:33,279 --> 00:06:35,520 Speaker 1: more than anything else. There's gonna be some surprising teams. 120 00:06:35,560 --> 00:06:38,000 Speaker 1: I don't think Pittsburgh's gonna fall off a cliff, particularly 121 00:06:38,120 --> 00:06:40,279 Speaker 1: opening day. I think they're gonna come in healthy, fresh 122 00:06:40,279 --> 00:06:42,040 Speaker 1: and ready to go. And the Steelers game is going 123 00:06:42,080 --> 00:06:44,719 Speaker 1: to be a challenge right off the bat. Although you know, 124 00:06:44,760 --> 00:06:46,440 Speaker 1: you know, you're gonna get a boost from the crowd. 125 00:06:46,520 --> 00:06:48,839 Speaker 1: Some of these guys two years in are never gonna 126 00:06:48,880 --> 00:06:52,520 Speaker 1: have seen that in Bill State in Highmark Stadium. So 127 00:06:53,040 --> 00:06:54,560 Speaker 1: all of that it's going to go into the BIX two. 128 00:06:54,560 --> 00:06:57,320 Speaker 1: But you know, the Pittsburgh game is no pushover. But 129 00:06:57,440 --> 00:07:00,839 Speaker 1: the division games, I mean, it's gonna be a while 130 00:07:01,160 --> 00:07:07,760 Speaker 1: before Buffalo fans don't shrug off the Miami Dolphins with 131 00:07:08,600 --> 00:07:11,800 Speaker 1: that quarterback that they've got and the way their Bills 132 00:07:11,880 --> 00:07:16,280 Speaker 1: quarterback Josh Allen has absolutely dominated that matchup. So all 133 00:07:16,360 --> 00:07:18,160 Speaker 1: of that stuff rolled into what, Yeah, it's easy to 134 00:07:18,160 --> 00:07:20,480 Speaker 1: be very optimistic about getting off to a good start 135 00:07:21,080 --> 00:07:23,880 Speaker 1: in twenty twenty. Is there a part of the schedule 136 00:07:23,960 --> 00:07:30,440 Speaker 1: that concerns you the most? Well, Yes, around the bye week, 137 00:07:30,440 --> 00:07:34,560 Speaker 1: you've got you know, you've you've got some away two 138 00:07:34,560 --> 00:07:37,120 Speaker 1: away games Kansas City, then Tennessee got a home game 139 00:07:37,160 --> 00:07:39,080 Speaker 1: against Miami after the bye, and then you go away 140 00:07:39,160 --> 00:07:42,800 Speaker 1: and away again. That's a lot of away games with 141 00:07:42,880 --> 00:07:46,360 Speaker 1: a bye week mixed in there. Yeah, that's a tough 142 00:07:46,360 --> 00:07:50,160 Speaker 1: stretch despite who the teams you're playing. Miami's gonna be 143 00:07:51,680 --> 00:07:55,840 Speaker 1: here at home, but you know, Tennessee in Kansas City 144 00:07:55,840 --> 00:07:58,040 Speaker 1: that's that was a tough stretch. Last year they reversed 145 00:07:58,040 --> 00:08:00,160 Speaker 1: the order this year. That was the Tennessee game, was 146 00:08:00,160 --> 00:08:04,720 Speaker 1: the COVID game that got rescheduled, canceled, rescheduled, switched, and 147 00:08:04,760 --> 00:08:07,480 Speaker 1: the Kansas City game got moved too. That's right. So 148 00:08:08,400 --> 00:08:10,440 Speaker 1: it was a tough that was, you know, two game 149 00:08:10,520 --> 00:08:12,440 Speaker 1: losing streak. The only one they went through the entire 150 00:08:12,480 --> 00:08:14,800 Speaker 1: season last year was the Kansas City was the Tennessee 151 00:08:14,840 --> 00:08:16,880 Speaker 1: then Kansas City stretch last year. They get them back 152 00:08:16,880 --> 00:08:20,360 Speaker 1: to back again this year, I anticipate a different outcome. 153 00:08:20,560 --> 00:08:23,960 Speaker 1: But starting with those two with the Kansas City game 154 00:08:24,000 --> 00:08:28,000 Speaker 1: then away again at Tennessee, two night games, schedule is 155 00:08:28,000 --> 00:08:29,480 Speaker 1: going to be a little bit funky. Then you go 156 00:08:29,480 --> 00:08:31,200 Speaker 1: on a bye week, you get a chance to refresh 157 00:08:31,200 --> 00:08:33,640 Speaker 1: and play at home against Miami, but then you go 158 00:08:33,640 --> 00:08:36,320 Speaker 1: on the road again to Jacksonville and the Jets. Now, 159 00:08:36,320 --> 00:08:39,640 Speaker 1: certainly Jacksonville the Jets, you don't expect him to be Juggernauts, 160 00:08:39,640 --> 00:08:41,680 Speaker 1: but Jacksonville is going to be a better football team, 161 00:08:41,720 --> 00:08:44,240 Speaker 1: and so will the New York Jets. But at least 162 00:08:44,280 --> 00:08:46,920 Speaker 1: by that time you'll know what their quarterbacks looking like. Yeah, 163 00:08:46,960 --> 00:08:50,120 Speaker 1: so that's the stretch for me, that does it. It's 164 00:08:50,240 --> 00:08:53,440 Speaker 1: two or three games on either side of the two 165 00:08:53,440 --> 00:08:55,480 Speaker 1: games before the bye week and the three games after. 166 00:08:55,559 --> 00:08:57,440 Speaker 1: I know last week last year we looked at the 167 00:08:57,440 --> 00:08:59,800 Speaker 1: schedule said, oh, this five game stretches the gauntlet. I 168 00:08:59,840 --> 00:09:02,080 Speaker 1: think this is the closest thing that approaches the gonelet. 169 00:09:02,080 --> 00:09:05,960 Speaker 1: Week eleven to week fourteen, you have indian home, who 170 00:09:06,000 --> 00:09:07,840 Speaker 1: I think you know, if Wentz comes through, is going 171 00:09:07,880 --> 00:09:10,280 Speaker 1: to be a very formidable team and the division favored 172 00:09:10,280 --> 00:09:13,000 Speaker 1: in the AFC South. Then you go to New Orleans 173 00:09:13,080 --> 00:09:15,800 Speaker 1: on short rest to play a Saints team that should 174 00:09:15,840 --> 00:09:18,560 Speaker 1: not be as good as they were the last several years, 175 00:09:18,800 --> 00:09:21,720 Speaker 1: but is still always formidable in their own building down 176 00:09:21,760 --> 00:09:24,000 Speaker 1: there at the Superdome. Then you come back. You do 177 00:09:24,080 --> 00:09:27,240 Speaker 1: get a mini buy before you face New England, but 178 00:09:27,240 --> 00:09:29,320 Speaker 1: New England always makes it tough. That's a Monday night 179 00:09:29,320 --> 00:09:32,600 Speaker 1: affair here at home, and then back on the road 180 00:09:32,640 --> 00:09:35,280 Speaker 1: one less day of rest to go face the Super 181 00:09:35,320 --> 00:09:38,600 Speaker 1: Bowl champs. That four game stretch, if you're not careful, 182 00:09:38,920 --> 00:09:41,640 Speaker 1: could get really hairy, really quick. Indianapolis is gonna be 183 00:09:41,679 --> 00:09:44,160 Speaker 1: a good football team. New Orleans is gonna be a 184 00:09:44,200 --> 00:09:47,280 Speaker 1: good football team as well, depending on who their quarterback is. 185 00:09:47,320 --> 00:09:50,360 Speaker 1: But even with Jamis Winston, they're going to be very dangerous. 186 00:09:50,600 --> 00:09:53,680 Speaker 1: Taysom Hill, I don't know about he's a wild card. 187 00:09:53,760 --> 00:09:56,360 Speaker 1: He's a wild card. But they're a team that has 188 00:09:56,400 --> 00:10:00,880 Speaker 1: been in deep in the playoffs consistently with Sean Payton. 189 00:10:01,200 --> 00:10:05,760 Speaker 1: So it's Indianapolis here on the road in New Orleans 190 00:10:06,679 --> 00:10:08,800 Speaker 1: at home against New England. I mean we all know 191 00:10:08,880 --> 00:10:11,360 Speaker 1: New England is kind of they're not going away. Mack 192 00:10:11,440 --> 00:10:14,040 Speaker 1: Jones is playing by that's right, That's right. And then 193 00:10:14,080 --> 00:10:17,280 Speaker 1: you've got at Tampa Bay. Yeah, that's a tough stretch. 194 00:10:17,320 --> 00:10:20,720 Speaker 1: That's four games. Yeah. Finally, what is a sneaky part 195 00:10:20,760 --> 00:10:23,680 Speaker 1: of the schedule where you say that might be a 196 00:10:23,760 --> 00:10:27,160 Speaker 1: more important game than we think. Maybe it doesn't look 197 00:10:27,200 --> 00:10:30,080 Speaker 1: like it at first, blush, but you're saying, you know what, 198 00:10:30,679 --> 00:10:33,200 Speaker 1: that's that's a game that could prove to be pretty important. 199 00:10:33,240 --> 00:10:34,640 Speaker 1: I don't think there's any question. I think it's the 200 00:10:35,000 --> 00:10:38,520 Speaker 1: last New England game in December twenty six where you 201 00:10:38,520 --> 00:10:41,040 Speaker 1: know you're gonna you're you are who you are, You're 202 00:10:41,040 --> 00:10:43,400 Speaker 1: gonna know who everybody is, They're gonna know who you are. 203 00:10:43,600 --> 00:10:47,800 Speaker 1: It's the day after Christmas, funky week of scheduling, trying 204 00:10:47,800 --> 00:10:50,240 Speaker 1: to get on there and go out and and maybe 205 00:10:50,320 --> 00:10:52,439 Speaker 1: win a must win game to win the division or 206 00:10:52,480 --> 00:10:57,960 Speaker 1: ice the division, or if not even more important, you've 207 00:10:57,960 --> 00:10:59,600 Speaker 1: got it. You've got to get back in the division, right. 208 00:10:59,600 --> 00:11:01,400 Speaker 1: You gotta win in two division games in the last 209 00:11:01,400 --> 00:11:05,160 Speaker 1: three games, Yeah, to ice the division. I looked at 210 00:11:05,200 --> 00:11:07,480 Speaker 1: that game myself, but you know the game that caught 211 00:11:07,559 --> 00:11:11,680 Speaker 1: my eye was the Carolina game the very week before that. 212 00:11:12,040 --> 00:11:14,840 Speaker 1: If you look at the Carolina roster top to bottom, 213 00:11:15,480 --> 00:11:18,200 Speaker 1: they've done a really good job of assembling talent there 214 00:11:18,280 --> 00:11:19,880 Speaker 1: and filling a lot of holes. I don't think they 215 00:11:19,880 --> 00:11:23,000 Speaker 1: have them all filled, but I think they did a 216 00:11:23,000 --> 00:11:26,440 Speaker 1: good job in the draft again this year, they were 217 00:11:27,760 --> 00:11:32,360 Speaker 1: what's the word I'm looking for. They were good. They 218 00:11:32,440 --> 00:11:35,680 Speaker 1: applied a good strategy to free agency in terms of 219 00:11:35,679 --> 00:11:37,560 Speaker 1: who they kept and who they allowed to walk out 220 00:11:37,559 --> 00:11:40,480 Speaker 1: the door. And I think that's a team that could 221 00:11:40,520 --> 00:11:43,000 Speaker 1: sneak up on people in the NFC South this year. 222 00:11:43,040 --> 00:11:45,840 Speaker 1: I don't think they're good enough to eclipse the Bucks, 223 00:11:46,200 --> 00:11:48,040 Speaker 1: but I think they could be a team challenging for 224 00:11:48,080 --> 00:11:50,160 Speaker 1: a wild card in that division. And finished second in 225 00:11:50,200 --> 00:11:53,679 Speaker 1: the NFC South, ahead of New Orleans and ahead of Atlanta, 226 00:11:53,720 --> 00:11:57,440 Speaker 1: and by this point in the year, I think they 227 00:11:57,480 --> 00:12:00,680 Speaker 1: could be rolling. And so I think that's a sneaky game, 228 00:12:00,760 --> 00:12:03,840 Speaker 1: that it's one of those watch out games. I think, Yeah, 229 00:12:03,840 --> 00:12:07,280 Speaker 1: there's a chance that Sam Darnold goes to Carolina and 230 00:12:07,400 --> 00:12:11,600 Speaker 1: does what I've said other kid people do, is flourish 231 00:12:11,760 --> 00:12:14,360 Speaker 1: under a different coaching staff, with a breath of fresh air, 232 00:12:14,400 --> 00:12:16,800 Speaker 1: with some weapons and a team that has built around 233 00:12:16,880 --> 00:12:19,560 Speaker 1: him that is not there for him to carry the 234 00:12:19,640 --> 00:12:22,320 Speaker 1: load offensively, but to build him up and help him 235 00:12:22,400 --> 00:12:25,080 Speaker 1: be a part of it. A much different mindset in 236 00:12:25,200 --> 00:12:28,120 Speaker 1: Carolina than there was in New York, much different pressure 237 00:12:28,280 --> 00:12:30,840 Speaker 1: outside the outside the lines. And there was a New 238 00:12:30,920 --> 00:12:34,360 Speaker 1: York a coaching staff that has a reputation for being 239 00:12:34,400 --> 00:12:38,319 Speaker 1: a little bit like the Buffalo staff, empowering and energizing, 240 00:12:38,559 --> 00:12:41,400 Speaker 1: you know, a real leader in Matt Rule, like there 241 00:12:41,480 --> 00:12:44,200 Speaker 1: is here in Sean McDermott and his crew. So there's 242 00:12:44,200 --> 00:12:47,320 Speaker 1: a chance Sam Darnald all of a sudden goes away. 243 00:12:47,360 --> 00:12:50,920 Speaker 1: Everybody's like, wow, it all comes together for him. He's 244 00:12:50,920 --> 00:12:52,640 Speaker 1: been in the league long enough now, but he's young 245 00:12:52,760 --> 00:12:56,960 Speaker 1: enough too, So yes, by that time of the season, 246 00:12:57,000 --> 00:12:59,120 Speaker 1: he'll have, you know, three months under his belt of 247 00:12:59,200 --> 00:13:02,199 Speaker 1: live game act action, let alone training camp in preseason. 248 00:13:02,280 --> 00:13:06,280 Speaker 1: So you're right, it does for me depend a little 249 00:13:06,280 --> 00:13:09,160 Speaker 1: bit on how Sam plays throughout the season. But I 250 00:13:09,160 --> 00:13:12,400 Speaker 1: could see that being a game that you're looking at, going, Man, 251 00:13:12,440 --> 00:13:14,960 Speaker 1: this is gonna be a tough one, all right. Time 252 00:13:15,040 --> 00:13:17,720 Speaker 1: to play the numbers game, Steve, and this week's edition 253 00:13:17,840 --> 00:13:23,559 Speaker 1: will challenge you on Bills Week one opponents Historically. This year, 254 00:13:23,600 --> 00:13:26,040 Speaker 1: the Bills, as we know, opened the season against the Steelers. 255 00:13:26,200 --> 00:13:29,440 Speaker 1: It is only the second time in team history that 256 00:13:29,480 --> 00:13:31,960 Speaker 1: Buffalo has opened the season against Pittsburgh. The only other 257 00:13:31,960 --> 00:13:34,840 Speaker 1: time was in nineteen seventy eight. So, Steve, I ask 258 00:13:34,920 --> 00:13:38,959 Speaker 1: you if you had to guess which team the Bills 259 00:13:39,000 --> 00:13:42,520 Speaker 1: have faced the most in Week one in team history, 260 00:13:42,880 --> 00:13:48,040 Speaker 1: which team would you pick for me? There's only one, 261 00:13:48,720 --> 00:13:52,280 Speaker 1: The New York Football Jets, Ding, Ding Ding. You would 262 00:13:52,320 --> 00:13:56,200 Speaker 1: be one hundred. Yeah, they're playing a Jet Jim Kelly's 263 00:13:56,200 --> 00:14:00,040 Speaker 1: first game as a Bill. The Jets, Yeah, play a 264 00:14:00,080 --> 00:14:01,719 Speaker 1: lot of Jet, a lot of Jet, a lot of 265 00:14:01,800 --> 00:14:05,200 Speaker 1: Jet openers. Thirteen in total. I actually thought it'd be 266 00:14:05,200 --> 00:14:09,200 Speaker 1: more than that, thirteen in total. The other two division 267 00:14:09,240 --> 00:14:11,480 Speaker 1: teams are second and third, as you would anticipate in 268 00:14:11,480 --> 00:14:16,880 Speaker 1: New England nine times, Miami eight times. Okay, So now, Steve, 269 00:14:17,480 --> 00:14:21,640 Speaker 1: tell me the most popular non division Week one opponent 270 00:14:21,680 --> 00:14:25,080 Speaker 1: for the Bills all time? Good question. I will. Now 271 00:14:25,120 --> 00:14:27,240 Speaker 1: I'm gonna I'm gonna preface this by telling you there 272 00:14:27,240 --> 00:14:30,520 Speaker 1: are two teams tied for this honor? All right? Can 273 00:14:30,520 --> 00:14:32,600 Speaker 1: I get Can I say? Are they in the AFC? 274 00:14:33,680 --> 00:14:35,800 Speaker 1: They are both in the AFC. I will give you that. 275 00:14:38,800 --> 00:14:42,520 Speaker 1: I will say, given the history of this club and 276 00:14:42,600 --> 00:14:48,240 Speaker 1: the old AFL days, I will say the Kansas City 277 00:14:48,320 --> 00:14:55,760 Speaker 1: Chiefs or the Cleveland Browns. You are over two with 278 00:14:55,920 --> 00:14:59,880 Speaker 1: those two guesses, all right. Kansas City has opened against 279 00:14:59,880 --> 00:15:03,400 Speaker 1: the Bills three times. You know when I say Cleveland 280 00:15:03,440 --> 00:15:06,880 Speaker 1: Browns is it's like the Baltimore Ravens used to be 281 00:15:06,920 --> 00:15:09,320 Speaker 1: the Cleveland brown I left the Browns as the Browns. 282 00:15:09,360 --> 00:15:12,000 Speaker 1: And you're gonna be fascinated to know this. We played 283 00:15:12,000 --> 00:15:14,440 Speaker 1: the Baltimore Ravens more than the Browns. The Browns have 284 00:15:14,640 --> 00:15:18,200 Speaker 1: never opened against the Buffalo Bills. Wow, I could not 285 00:15:18,240 --> 00:15:20,400 Speaker 1: have So you're telling me how I could not have missed. 286 00:15:21,400 --> 00:15:23,080 Speaker 1: There are a lot of teams that have never opened 287 00:15:23,080 --> 00:15:25,720 Speaker 1: against the Bills, you'd be surprised. I mean, it's probably 288 00:15:25,800 --> 00:15:28,400 Speaker 1: let me see one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, 289 00:15:28,680 --> 00:15:32,480 Speaker 1: Eleven teams in the league have never opened against the Bills. 290 00:15:34,280 --> 00:15:41,160 Speaker 1: Hugh Snoilers slash Tennessee Titans. No, So, Houston has only 291 00:15:41,240 --> 00:15:47,320 Speaker 1: opened while Houston and Tennessee come by right three times. Really, okay, 292 00:15:48,400 --> 00:15:50,000 Speaker 1: I might have been on both of us all three 293 00:15:50,000 --> 00:15:55,520 Speaker 1: of those. UM not gonna be. I'm not I'm not 294 00:15:55,560 --> 00:15:57,680 Speaker 1: even gonna take all right, how about this? The San 295 00:15:57,720 --> 00:16:00,880 Speaker 1: Diego slash LA Chargers lh Argers is one of the 296 00:16:00,880 --> 00:16:03,800 Speaker 1: two teams four times they have opened against the Bills. 297 00:16:03,800 --> 00:16:06,680 Speaker 1: So you have one other team that is tied with 298 00:16:07,280 --> 00:16:13,240 Speaker 1: the Chargers opened against the Bills four times in Bill's history. 299 00:16:14,240 --> 00:16:18,640 Speaker 1: All right, and you know it's an AFC team, Cincinnati Bengals. 300 00:16:18,760 --> 00:16:22,680 Speaker 1: Cincinnati is an over team. You never opened against the 301 00:16:22,720 --> 00:16:27,520 Speaker 1: Cincinnati Bengals. Hold on, it's crazy that there's that many 302 00:16:27,560 --> 00:16:29,640 Speaker 1: teams that have never opened against the Bills. You think 303 00:16:29,640 --> 00:16:32,680 Speaker 1: that the NFL will shuffle the deck a little bit more, 304 00:16:34,040 --> 00:16:36,480 Speaker 1: I would, I wouldn't say that I would. The last 305 00:16:36,560 --> 00:16:39,040 Speaker 1: team I would think would be the Denver Broncos. So 306 00:16:39,080 --> 00:16:41,200 Speaker 1: I will say the Denver Broncos, And then you are corrected. 307 00:16:41,360 --> 00:16:44,400 Speaker 1: Is the Denver Broncos. They have opened against the Bills 308 00:16:44,680 --> 00:16:48,320 Speaker 1: four times? Really, along with the Chargers four times each 309 00:16:48,400 --> 00:16:51,440 Speaker 1: for those two AFC West teams. Horrible at this numbers game. 310 00:16:51,600 --> 00:16:54,760 Speaker 1: So finally steve the last bit of pain for you. 311 00:16:55,080 --> 00:16:58,760 Speaker 1: Can you guess the most popular NFC team to open 312 00:16:58,800 --> 00:17:06,280 Speaker 1: the season against the Bills in team history? Giants? The 313 00:17:06,320 --> 00:17:12,280 Speaker 1: Giants is not correct. It bothers me that Tom Hollander 314 00:17:12,359 --> 00:17:14,879 Speaker 1: has the buzzer and he knows the answers before you 315 00:17:14,920 --> 00:17:17,520 Speaker 1: can tell him. Okay, he has given the answers, so 316 00:17:17,560 --> 00:17:23,960 Speaker 1: he knows. Let's say NFC team that has opened with 317 00:17:24,040 --> 00:17:27,240 Speaker 1: the Bills more than any other how many times? Well, 318 00:17:27,320 --> 00:17:31,359 Speaker 1: it's only two times that this has happened. Um, So 319 00:17:31,400 --> 00:17:35,000 Speaker 1: if you can recall a particular season opener against an 320 00:17:35,080 --> 00:17:37,960 Speaker 1: NFC team and you think it may have happened more 321 00:17:38,000 --> 00:17:43,280 Speaker 1: than once, that should it is not Washington. Washington has 322 00:17:43,440 --> 00:17:48,399 Speaker 1: never opened against the Bills. The La Rams, the Rams. 323 00:17:48,440 --> 00:17:50,800 Speaker 1: The Rams have only done it once. I was one 324 00:17:50,880 --> 00:17:56,880 Speaker 1: opener against the Rams, that one on I mean call 325 00:17:56,920 --> 00:18:03,200 Speaker 1: her her purpose. Yeah, we've already ever played there, you say, see, 326 00:18:04,119 --> 00:18:09,840 Speaker 1: Oh no, I have to say, for people that are 327 00:18:09,840 --> 00:18:13,280 Speaker 1: only listening to us, it is fascinating watching Steve's wheels. 328 00:18:13,280 --> 00:18:15,760 Speaker 1: I will say brain and I will say pop out 329 00:18:15,800 --> 00:18:19,199 Speaker 1: of his head. The Detroit Lions, it is not the 330 00:18:19,280 --> 00:18:24,600 Speaker 1: Detroit Lions. Lions are a very popular preseason opponent, but 331 00:18:24,680 --> 00:18:27,440 Speaker 1: they have never opened against the Lions in team history. 332 00:18:30,480 --> 00:18:32,760 Speaker 1: You're in the right division. You're in the right division though, 333 00:18:32,800 --> 00:18:37,040 Speaker 1: Oh really with the Lions. Yes, Chicago, it is not Chicago. 334 00:18:37,200 --> 00:18:44,000 Speaker 1: Once against Chicago, got two choices left Green Bay. It 335 00:18:44,160 --> 00:18:47,639 Speaker 1: is not. I am the worst. I am never opening 336 00:18:47,960 --> 00:18:53,919 Speaker 1: the worst. Then no, you already guess Chicago. Minnesota. Okay, 337 00:18:54,000 --> 00:18:57,720 Speaker 1: all right, Minnesota have opened against Minnesota twice in their 338 00:18:57,760 --> 00:19:00,920 Speaker 1: team history. So that was I hate. That was fun. 339 00:19:00,960 --> 00:19:03,320 Speaker 1: That was a good addition of the numbers game. Good job. 340 00:19:03,480 --> 00:19:06,479 Speaker 1: See hey, I suck. Time now for our interview with 341 00:19:06,880 --> 00:19:10,040 Speaker 1: ESPN anchor Kevin Connors, as we discussed the Bills twenty 342 00:19:10,119 --> 00:19:12,720 Speaker 1: twenty one schedule, how many wins are possible this season, 343 00:19:12,760 --> 00:19:17,520 Speaker 1: and where the pitfalls might lie. Here's Kevin. We welcome 344 00:19:17,560 --> 00:19:22,359 Speaker 1: in the ESPN anchor, who is probably one of the 345 00:19:22,400 --> 00:19:27,160 Speaker 1: most ardent Bills fans up in Bristol. Although Christine Lecy 346 00:19:28,640 --> 00:19:30,240 Speaker 1: might give him a run for his money. I don't know. 347 00:19:31,800 --> 00:19:34,600 Speaker 1: It's one Kevin Connors joining us on the line as 348 00:19:35,320 --> 00:19:37,520 Speaker 1: we want to get his thoughts on the Bill's draft, 349 00:19:37,560 --> 00:19:41,359 Speaker 1: the Bills schedule, everything Bills so far this offseason. So Kevin, 350 00:19:41,400 --> 00:19:43,320 Speaker 1: thanks for giving us some time. We understand you're in 351 00:19:43,359 --> 00:19:45,760 Speaker 1: the midst of moving your parents, so good on you 352 00:19:45,800 --> 00:19:50,119 Speaker 1: for being a dutiful son. Thanks for taking a break. 353 00:19:50,320 --> 00:19:52,200 Speaker 1: Hopefully you got a cold drink in your hand while 354 00:19:52,240 --> 00:19:54,160 Speaker 1: we give you about a fifteen twenty minute break here. 355 00:19:55,200 --> 00:19:57,520 Speaker 1: You have no idea how welcome this break is. Can 356 00:19:57,560 --> 00:20:01,320 Speaker 1: we do it for longer than fifteen Yeah, we'll go 357 00:20:01,359 --> 00:20:02,880 Speaker 1: ahead and hang up. You just sit there and talk 358 00:20:02,920 --> 00:20:07,840 Speaker 1: to the phone. What yet, give us your thoughts about 359 00:20:07,840 --> 00:20:10,840 Speaker 1: the Bills draft, and we'll get into the schedule after that. 360 00:20:12,880 --> 00:20:15,440 Speaker 1: You know, Steve, it's so funny. Everyone wants to get 361 00:20:15,440 --> 00:20:18,199 Speaker 1: an immediate grade. And by the way, I tweeted this 362 00:20:18,200 --> 00:20:21,639 Speaker 1: out before the draft. I can't get enough of the 363 00:20:21,720 --> 00:20:24,600 Speaker 1: drafts of I can't get You don't have to be 364 00:20:24,840 --> 00:20:28,040 Speaker 1: a qualified individual, you don't have to have watched a 365 00:20:28,160 --> 00:20:32,000 Speaker 1: down of football. If you make a mock draft, I'm interested. 366 00:20:32,320 --> 00:20:35,359 Speaker 1: So I love all of it. I love all of 367 00:20:35,400 --> 00:20:39,040 Speaker 1: the grades. How did we do? Who thinks how we did? What? 368 00:20:40,560 --> 00:20:44,120 Speaker 1: Here's the answer. I have no idea. What I love 369 00:20:44,280 --> 00:20:47,160 Speaker 1: is that we didn't have a draft where we had 370 00:20:47,240 --> 00:20:51,120 Speaker 1: to address multiple spots. It was nice to be able 371 00:20:51,200 --> 00:20:53,280 Speaker 1: to say, we've got to address the pass rush. We 372 00:20:53,280 --> 00:20:57,080 Speaker 1: can take some chances Greg Russo, you know, I'm a 373 00:20:57,160 --> 00:20:59,679 Speaker 1: tape guy. I love being able to see what a 374 00:20:59,680 --> 00:21:03,840 Speaker 1: guy has done on tape as opposed to the metrics 375 00:21:03,880 --> 00:21:07,119 Speaker 1: of what he could be. Greg Russo has tape of 376 00:21:07,160 --> 00:21:10,639 Speaker 1: a season where he had nineteen and a half sacks 377 00:21:10,680 --> 00:21:16,040 Speaker 1: at a Power five school. That's encouraging to me. He's 378 00:21:16,080 --> 00:21:17,879 Speaker 1: a project. I don't think he's going to be a 379 00:21:17,920 --> 00:21:22,080 Speaker 1: three down guy off the bat. He's probably a specialty 380 00:21:22,080 --> 00:21:25,040 Speaker 1: pass rusher. So we took a chance and if he 381 00:21:25,119 --> 00:21:28,919 Speaker 1: works out, it's a home run boogie. Basham appears to be, 382 00:21:29,080 --> 00:21:31,840 Speaker 1: based on what everyone is saying, the more NFL ready 383 00:21:31,880 --> 00:21:35,560 Speaker 1: guy right now. Russo has the highest ceiling. Basham appears 384 00:21:35,600 --> 00:21:37,840 Speaker 1: to be a guy who is more of an impact 385 00:21:37,840 --> 00:21:41,840 Speaker 1: player off the bat. I spoke with Trevor Mattich, who 386 00:21:41,960 --> 00:21:45,920 Speaker 1: spent as as both of you know, but Steve in particular, 387 00:21:46,080 --> 00:21:50,240 Speaker 1: Trevor spent ten plus years in the NFL. He's extremely 388 00:21:50,359 --> 00:21:54,880 Speaker 1: high on Spencer Brown. Loves his quote unquote metrics, his athleticism, 389 00:21:54,880 --> 00:21:58,199 Speaker 1: what he could be. The kid Tommy Doyle to me, 390 00:21:58,320 --> 00:22:01,159 Speaker 1: seems to be a young and who could contribute at 391 00:22:01,160 --> 00:22:04,840 Speaker 1: some point. Here's the last thing I'll say. Based on 392 00:22:04,920 --> 00:22:07,640 Speaker 1: what Brandon Bean has done to build this team into 393 00:22:07,680 --> 00:22:10,919 Speaker 1: what it is. Who am I to question anything that 394 00:22:10,960 --> 00:22:13,080 Speaker 1: happened in the seven rounds of that draft based on 395 00:22:13,119 --> 00:22:16,480 Speaker 1: the success that he's had. So I guess that kind 396 00:22:16,520 --> 00:22:18,840 Speaker 1: of explains your tweet when you put out your official 397 00:22:18,880 --> 00:22:22,240 Speaker 1: grades after the first three rounds of the draft, you 398 00:22:22,280 --> 00:22:25,040 Speaker 1: gave the Bills an A plus every other team and 399 00:22:25,200 --> 00:22:28,159 Speaker 1: F in the AFC East and all the non AFC's 400 00:22:28,160 --> 00:22:32,679 Speaker 1: teams in F minus that I think that that probably 401 00:22:32,760 --> 00:22:36,640 Speaker 1: still holds true. I'm going to stick by that tweet. Okay, Well, 402 00:22:36,720 --> 00:22:41,359 Speaker 1: I hope, I hope it proves true quite frankly, Yeah, 403 00:22:41,400 --> 00:22:46,080 Speaker 1: Spencer Brown. Kevin is an interesting guy from just because 404 00:22:46,119 --> 00:22:49,080 Speaker 1: of the small school roots. Of course, how do you 405 00:22:49,200 --> 00:22:53,919 Speaker 1: not eat up Middle America personified? When he's in his garage, 406 00:22:54,960 --> 00:22:59,040 Speaker 1: you know, with a wooden spool table, forty people, forty 407 00:22:59,080 --> 00:23:01,080 Speaker 1: of his closest friends and neighbors, and then the rest 408 00:23:01,119 --> 00:23:03,200 Speaker 1: of the neighborhood ends up on his front lawn after 409 00:23:03,240 --> 00:23:05,960 Speaker 1: he gets drafted. But we had Greg Kosell on a 410 00:23:05,960 --> 00:23:08,199 Speaker 1: few weeks ago, a guy that does some work for 411 00:23:08,240 --> 00:23:10,679 Speaker 1: you guys on the Matchup show during the football season, 412 00:23:11,160 --> 00:23:16,000 Speaker 1: and he called him the most athletic offensive tackle in 413 00:23:16,040 --> 00:23:21,080 Speaker 1: the entire draft. That blew me away. Well, I mean again, 414 00:23:21,200 --> 00:23:23,720 Speaker 1: you know, I'm going to rely heavily on those guys 415 00:23:23,760 --> 00:23:26,679 Speaker 1: who just consumed that tape on a daily basis, and 416 00:23:26,680 --> 00:23:28,959 Speaker 1: they can. Here's what I know about him. He was 417 00:23:29,240 --> 00:23:33,680 Speaker 1: a very good basketball player in high school. And he's 418 00:23:33,720 --> 00:23:36,800 Speaker 1: a guy who you know, six nine one three ten. 419 00:23:37,400 --> 00:23:40,520 Speaker 1: I mean, so there's clearly I mean, how do you 420 00:23:40,600 --> 00:23:43,720 Speaker 1: possibly teach that? But here's the best part, you know, 421 00:23:43,760 --> 00:23:46,399 Speaker 1: and I think I made this comment on air. You know, 422 00:23:47,320 --> 00:23:50,280 Speaker 1: some people go to college and gain the freshman fifteen. 423 00:23:51,280 --> 00:23:55,360 Speaker 1: He gained eighty pounds in college. Eighty pounds. So I mean, 424 00:23:55,400 --> 00:24:00,280 Speaker 1: he's clearly still just growing into his body. He's clearly still, 425 00:24:00,560 --> 00:24:02,200 Speaker 1: I think, in a lot of ways learning the game 426 00:24:02,240 --> 00:24:04,359 Speaker 1: of football. But I love the fact that he's not 427 00:24:04,480 --> 00:24:08,120 Speaker 1: a guy who's been that size forever that he's he's 428 00:24:08,359 --> 00:24:13,000 Speaker 1: he's got athleticism, He's a skill position player in other sports, 429 00:24:13,000 --> 00:24:15,000 Speaker 1: and now here he is in the NFL, and we're 430 00:24:15,040 --> 00:24:18,280 Speaker 1: going to be able to bold him into an athletic 431 00:24:18,359 --> 00:24:21,439 Speaker 1: tackle and look, hopefully it works out. Both of you 432 00:24:21,520 --> 00:24:25,720 Speaker 1: obviously know these all of these are all difficult things 433 00:24:25,760 --> 00:24:28,840 Speaker 1: to project at the next level. I just love that 434 00:24:28,920 --> 00:24:31,679 Speaker 1: we didn't draft Spencer Brown because we needed him to 435 00:24:31,680 --> 00:24:36,119 Speaker 1: play left tackle in Week one. We drafted him because 436 00:24:36,160 --> 00:24:39,040 Speaker 1: we feel he could be something down the line, and 437 00:24:39,160 --> 00:24:41,560 Speaker 1: we've got the opportunity to teach him. That to me 438 00:24:42,280 --> 00:24:45,440 Speaker 1: is it goes without saying, a great place to be 439 00:24:45,800 --> 00:24:48,240 Speaker 1: as opposed to drafting from a position of we've got 440 00:24:48,240 --> 00:24:51,400 Speaker 1: to get something immediately out of this guy. So I've 441 00:24:51,440 --> 00:24:53,639 Speaker 1: lived my life, you know, as a former player. You know, 442 00:24:53,680 --> 00:24:56,240 Speaker 1: I got fans coming up to me and they're very kind. 443 00:24:56,320 --> 00:24:58,320 Speaker 1: It's it always happened to hey, Steve, Wow, you look 444 00:24:58,320 --> 00:25:00,159 Speaker 1: good like you're in good shape. You Hey, it's still 445 00:25:00,160 --> 00:25:03,359 Speaker 1: play for me on my best day, I never looked 446 00:25:03,359 --> 00:25:07,000 Speaker 1: like I could play. But I've seen the guys that 447 00:25:07,080 --> 00:25:10,720 Speaker 1: the Bills drafted this year. I mean they went big 448 00:25:11,800 --> 00:25:14,720 Speaker 1: and they went, they went big. All the big guys. 449 00:25:14,800 --> 00:25:17,800 Speaker 1: They're big and extra large. I mean they are huge. 450 00:25:17,840 --> 00:25:19,560 Speaker 1: I mean it's two guys that are six said all 451 00:25:19,680 --> 00:25:23,280 Speaker 1: in six five. They're rookie free agent cyrus two of 452 00:25:23,400 --> 00:25:26,560 Speaker 1: Tayle is also a six five plus guy. I mean, 453 00:25:26,600 --> 00:25:29,760 Speaker 1: they're signing big human beings. What do you think that 454 00:25:29,840 --> 00:25:33,159 Speaker 1: says about either the kind of season the Bills had 455 00:25:33,240 --> 00:25:36,320 Speaker 1: last year or their philosophy going forward, or why do 456 00:25:36,359 --> 00:25:39,680 Speaker 1: you think, if anything, why do you think that characteristic 457 00:25:40,400 --> 00:25:43,119 Speaker 1: is all about this rookie class coming in both undrafted 458 00:25:43,119 --> 00:25:47,520 Speaker 1: and drafted size. Well, it's a great point you make, Steve, 459 00:25:47,560 --> 00:25:50,679 Speaker 1: and I love seeing some of the pictures of Russo, 460 00:25:50,760 --> 00:25:53,920 Speaker 1: in particular meeting with Brandon Bean and uh and Greg 461 00:25:54,000 --> 00:25:57,000 Speaker 1: mcdermotan Sean mcdersty and Sean McDermot was the first time 462 00:25:57,200 --> 00:26:00,919 Speaker 1: Greg Greg mcdermot's in my other life in college basketball McDermott, Um, 463 00:26:01,160 --> 00:26:04,240 Speaker 1: you know, and he's just hulking over these guys. Um. 464 00:26:05,400 --> 00:26:07,920 Speaker 1: You know, what does it say? I mean, clearly, going 465 00:26:08,000 --> 00:26:11,919 Speaker 1: defensive end athletic pass rushers says there's a team in 466 00:26:11,960 --> 00:26:14,080 Speaker 1: the AFC that we've got to figure out a way 467 00:26:14,359 --> 00:26:16,960 Speaker 1: to beat. And someone did figure out a way to 468 00:26:16,960 --> 00:26:19,480 Speaker 1: beat them, and that was by getting to the quarterback 469 00:26:19,520 --> 00:26:22,320 Speaker 1: with athletic pass rushers. So there's a picture we're talking 470 00:26:22,359 --> 00:26:24,560 Speaker 1: about right there. I mean, that looks like I mean, 471 00:26:24,600 --> 00:26:27,200 Speaker 1: that looks like he's standing on a box, right. I mean, 472 00:26:27,240 --> 00:26:30,440 Speaker 1: it's it's incredible how much bigger Greg Russo is been 473 00:26:30,520 --> 00:26:35,920 Speaker 1: both Sean and Brandon. It's it's remarkable the athletic pass rusher. Look. 474 00:26:35,920 --> 00:26:38,399 Speaker 1: I mean again, I'm not I'm not telling anything that 475 00:26:38,440 --> 00:26:40,800 Speaker 1: you are. Our listeners don't know. It's that you've got 476 00:26:40,800 --> 00:26:42,600 Speaker 1: to be able to not only get to the other 477 00:26:42,640 --> 00:26:46,600 Speaker 1: team's quarterback, but protect hours. And Josh Allen is a 478 00:26:46,640 --> 00:26:48,920 Speaker 1: great quarterback, but he's not a great quarterback if he's 479 00:26:48,920 --> 00:26:51,840 Speaker 1: in a boot on the sideline. So it's getting these 480 00:26:51,920 --> 00:26:54,399 Speaker 1: mountainous guys who can protect people who are trying to 481 00:26:54,400 --> 00:26:57,159 Speaker 1: get our quarterback and getting these mountainous guys who can 482 00:26:57,200 --> 00:26:59,840 Speaker 1: go get your quarterbacks. So that that's what it says 483 00:26:59,840 --> 00:27:03,440 Speaker 1: to the first four picks for us. Kevin. Let's move 484 00:27:03,480 --> 00:27:06,360 Speaker 1: on to the schedule here, which just came out on Wednesday, 485 00:27:06,400 --> 00:27:10,199 Speaker 1: as you well know, and the number one thing that 486 00:27:10,320 --> 00:27:13,960 Speaker 1: jumped out at me was this, and I looked this up. 487 00:27:14,119 --> 00:27:17,040 Speaker 1: This is the first time this has ever happened. Three 488 00:27:17,080 --> 00:27:19,840 Speaker 1: of the first four games for the Bills are at home, 489 00:27:20,280 --> 00:27:23,119 Speaker 1: and three of the last four games for the Bills 490 00:27:23,119 --> 00:27:25,000 Speaker 1: are at home. They have never had that on their 491 00:27:25,000 --> 00:27:28,680 Speaker 1: schedule the same time in any of their previous seasons. 492 00:27:30,000 --> 00:27:33,480 Speaker 1: To me, I think this is a tremendous advantage for 493 00:27:33,560 --> 00:27:36,480 Speaker 1: a team that when seven and one at home last year. 494 00:27:36,520 --> 00:27:40,119 Speaker 1: I'm curious for your thoughts on that, Chris. It's a 495 00:27:40,119 --> 00:27:43,000 Speaker 1: great point. When I looked at the schedule, the first 496 00:27:43,040 --> 00:27:44,920 Speaker 1: thing that the very first thing that jumped out of 497 00:27:45,000 --> 00:27:48,040 Speaker 1: me was sort of that it was the three of 498 00:27:48,040 --> 00:27:50,320 Speaker 1: the first four games at home. So you better be 499 00:27:50,359 --> 00:27:52,800 Speaker 1: ready to go, like there's no easing into the season. 500 00:27:53,200 --> 00:27:55,760 Speaker 1: You've got not only three of the first four games 501 00:27:55,760 --> 00:27:58,960 Speaker 1: at home, all three of those games are winnable. You 502 00:27:59,040 --> 00:28:02,480 Speaker 1: need to win. The other thing that jumped out of 503 00:28:02,560 --> 00:28:05,240 Speaker 1: me is and this comes with being a team that 504 00:28:05,320 --> 00:28:08,560 Speaker 1: played in the conference championship game. Look at the schedule 505 00:28:08,640 --> 00:28:11,040 Speaker 1: right now. Is there a single home game that we're 506 00:28:11,119 --> 00:28:13,080 Speaker 1: not going to be the favorite to win, that we're 507 00:28:13,119 --> 00:28:17,320 Speaker 1: not going to be expected to win. But as we 508 00:28:17,359 --> 00:28:20,600 Speaker 1: talked about last year and before this, the schedule, even 509 00:28:20,760 --> 00:28:23,399 Speaker 1: before the season even happened. I said, look, this is 510 00:28:23,440 --> 00:28:26,280 Speaker 1: where this team is. Let's embrace it. We are the 511 00:28:26,440 --> 00:28:30,280 Speaker 1: hunted this year. We're not sneaking up on anybody. Now. 512 00:28:30,280 --> 00:28:33,440 Speaker 1: There are some difficult road games, and you know, Thanksgiving 513 00:28:33,520 --> 00:28:34,679 Speaker 1: is going to be a ton of fun. We can 514 00:28:34,720 --> 00:28:38,800 Speaker 1: talk about that obviously. You know you've got at Tampa 515 00:28:38,840 --> 00:28:41,880 Speaker 1: Bay in December is going to be a challenge. Three 516 00:28:41,960 --> 00:28:43,520 Speaker 1: games in the state of Florida is going to be 517 00:28:43,560 --> 00:28:45,920 Speaker 1: a lot of fun. But what jumps out to me 518 00:28:46,120 --> 00:28:48,000 Speaker 1: right off the bat is you better win your home 519 00:28:48,040 --> 00:28:51,200 Speaker 1: games early. You better be ready to start the season 520 00:28:51,360 --> 00:28:53,480 Speaker 1: and winning these games. And then before you hit the 521 00:28:53,520 --> 00:28:57,320 Speaker 1: bye week, man, you go to Cincinnati and to Tennessee. 522 00:28:57,760 --> 00:29:00,320 Speaker 1: I mean, we're going to find out a lot about 523 00:29:00,360 --> 00:29:02,200 Speaker 1: the Bills in the first six games of the season, 524 00:29:04,480 --> 00:29:08,600 Speaker 1: and then you know, to expand on your your Saints 525 00:29:08,680 --> 00:29:12,560 Speaker 1: game Thanksgiving Night. We've had some fun with this here 526 00:29:12,760 --> 00:29:17,040 Speaker 1: with Bills fans. We know what the biggest bar night 527 00:29:17,080 --> 00:29:20,840 Speaker 1: of the year is, Kevin. It's the day before Thanksgiving 528 00:29:20,920 --> 00:29:24,640 Speaker 1: and you're gonna drop Bills Mafia into the French quarter. 529 00:29:25,240 --> 00:29:28,280 Speaker 1: And they all know full well they don't have to 530 00:29:28,320 --> 00:29:33,400 Speaker 1: show up for kickoff until eight twenty pm the next day. 531 00:29:33,640 --> 00:29:37,160 Speaker 1: I mean, this could be the beer apocalypse in the 532 00:29:37,200 --> 00:29:41,520 Speaker 1: French Quarter. Of course. I see the dots you're connecting 533 00:29:41,560 --> 00:29:43,920 Speaker 1: and I like it. And you're encouraging me to get 534 00:29:43,960 --> 00:29:46,320 Speaker 1: down to New Orleans for that make a roadie down there. 535 00:29:46,360 --> 00:29:49,200 Speaker 1: Convinced my wife we're having Cajun turkey. Yeah, and when 536 00:29:49,280 --> 00:29:55,280 Speaker 1: you're not working Friday, that's right, and listen, that can 537 00:29:55,320 --> 00:30:00,800 Speaker 1: be you know. It's it's so good that we're nationally 538 00:30:00,840 --> 00:30:03,920 Speaker 1: relevant again because I think people on the national level 539 00:30:03,960 --> 00:30:07,200 Speaker 1: are discovering what an amazing fan base that we have 540 00:30:07,920 --> 00:30:12,000 Speaker 1: and why it's taken us being nationally relevant again. I 541 00:30:12,040 --> 00:30:16,200 Speaker 1: don't know, but invading other towns as our fan base 542 00:30:16,320 --> 00:30:21,520 Speaker 1: does and going in there and in some ways eliminating 543 00:30:21,600 --> 00:30:24,640 Speaker 1: home field advantage, it's amazing. And we all know what 544 00:30:24,680 --> 00:30:27,280 Speaker 1: New Orleans is going to look like on Thanksgiving night, 545 00:30:27,640 --> 00:30:30,160 Speaker 1: and thank goodness we wanted Drew Brees to contend with 546 00:30:30,240 --> 00:30:32,000 Speaker 1: in that game. I have to say New Orleans won't 547 00:30:32,040 --> 00:30:36,280 Speaker 1: be a competitive team again this year. Man. There are 548 00:30:36,320 --> 00:30:39,200 Speaker 1: definitely some games on the schedule where you say that's 549 00:30:39,240 --> 00:30:41,320 Speaker 1: going to be a fun road trip. I'm going to 550 00:30:41,400 --> 00:30:43,239 Speaker 1: try to get to the Tennessee game. I'm really going 551 00:30:43,280 --> 00:30:45,280 Speaker 1: to try to get down to Nashville and check that out. 552 00:30:45,320 --> 00:30:47,080 Speaker 1: That that's one that I've got circled on the calendar 553 00:30:47,160 --> 00:30:50,640 Speaker 1: right away. Yeah, and I know that does a lot 554 00:30:50,640 --> 00:30:52,840 Speaker 1: of my friends were trying to get me to, you know, 555 00:30:52,920 --> 00:30:55,960 Speaker 1: to puke up the schedule early, as if we had 556 00:30:55,960 --> 00:30:57,560 Speaker 1: any idea what it was going to be, because they 557 00:30:57,560 --> 00:30:59,840 Speaker 1: all wanted to pick the road games, and then the 558 00:31:00,400 --> 00:31:02,400 Speaker 1: thing there was a squash. They really had a dilemma 559 00:31:02,520 --> 00:31:04,840 Speaker 1: as to you know, because last year was the perfect 560 00:31:04,880 --> 00:31:09,480 Speaker 1: road trip season. It was San Francisco, Vegas, it was Denver, 561 00:31:09,800 --> 00:31:12,480 Speaker 1: it was Tennessee, all of those, you know, those road 562 00:31:12,520 --> 00:31:14,640 Speaker 1: trips were on the thing, and nobody got to go 563 00:31:14,680 --> 00:31:16,800 Speaker 1: to any of them. This year. They wanted to go 564 00:31:16,800 --> 00:31:20,120 Speaker 1: to New Orleans. They thought was because Thanksgiving gave some 565 00:31:20,160 --> 00:31:22,800 Speaker 1: people paused because it's a big family holiday. You don't 566 00:31:22,840 --> 00:31:26,320 Speaker 1: really want to be gone for that. Uh. But Nashville 567 00:31:26,520 --> 00:31:28,760 Speaker 1: is one that fans have had circled. I've said it before. 568 00:31:28,800 --> 00:31:31,040 Speaker 1: I went to the three years ago when they were 569 00:31:31,080 --> 00:31:34,080 Speaker 1: down there, when they won that game down there on 570 00:31:34,120 --> 00:31:38,320 Speaker 1: a Sunday afternoon, I was a sideline reporter, and it 571 00:31:38,560 --> 00:31:43,920 Speaker 1: was shocking the amount of Bills fans that showed up 572 00:31:44,080 --> 00:31:48,200 Speaker 1: in nash I couldn't. I could not believe. I've never 573 00:31:48,240 --> 00:31:53,840 Speaker 1: seen a town old town Nashville looked like the parking 574 00:31:53,880 --> 00:31:58,040 Speaker 1: lot of you know, high Mark Stadium. So you gotta 575 00:31:58,080 --> 00:32:01,440 Speaker 1: get down there for that. It's it's I got a 576 00:32:01,440 --> 00:32:04,840 Speaker 1: buddy that lives in Nashville. He's already recruiting me. It's 577 00:32:04,840 --> 00:32:07,120 Speaker 1: not going to take much arm twisting on my part. 578 00:32:07,720 --> 00:32:10,800 Speaker 1: I can't promise that I wanted to twist my wife's arm. Um. 579 00:32:11,120 --> 00:32:14,760 Speaker 1: But but that's that's one that is jumping out at me. 580 00:32:14,840 --> 00:32:18,440 Speaker 1: Believe me, we would be remiss if we didn't thank 581 00:32:18,440 --> 00:32:22,040 Speaker 1: you for participating in one of our recent polls that 582 00:32:22,120 --> 00:32:24,440 Speaker 1: we did on our one Bill's Live Twitter handle when 583 00:32:25,440 --> 00:32:28,680 Speaker 1: last week we asked people to finish the sentence Bill's 584 00:32:28,760 --> 00:32:33,720 Speaker 1: GM Brandon Bean is blank and you participated. You went 585 00:32:33,760 --> 00:32:38,480 Speaker 1: with the GM and leader the best fans in sports deserve. 586 00:32:38,600 --> 00:32:41,080 Speaker 1: Did that just come to you naturally right off the cuff, 587 00:32:41,200 --> 00:32:47,880 Speaker 1: you know, with your your on camera improvisation abilities. I'd 588 00:32:47,880 --> 00:32:49,880 Speaker 1: love to tell you that it did. Chris, was about 589 00:32:49,880 --> 00:32:53,959 Speaker 1: an hour's worth of think No, No, you know what. Honestly, yeah, 590 00:32:54,000 --> 00:32:59,040 Speaker 1: you know what he is. He's I don't know anyone 591 00:33:00,000 --> 00:33:03,800 Speaker 1: at knows football that doesn't recognize the job that Brandon 592 00:33:03,800 --> 00:33:06,959 Speaker 1: Bean has done. And you guys know as well as 593 00:33:06,960 --> 00:33:11,080 Speaker 1: anybody we played the game of general manager or team 594 00:33:11,120 --> 00:33:16,920 Speaker 1: president roulette for a long time. And I remember when 595 00:33:16,920 --> 00:33:20,200 Speaker 1: we first hired Brandon Bean, and some of the moves 596 00:33:20,200 --> 00:33:23,360 Speaker 1: that were made early on were not terribly popular with 597 00:33:23,400 --> 00:33:25,760 Speaker 1: the fan base, getting rid of a lot of former 598 00:33:25,840 --> 00:33:30,640 Speaker 1: high picks, notable, recognizable guys, and I just said, we've 599 00:33:30,720 --> 00:33:33,680 Speaker 1: got to give this a chance. We've got to give 600 00:33:33,800 --> 00:33:36,479 Speaker 1: anyone who's given the opportunity to be in that position 601 00:33:36,520 --> 00:33:40,560 Speaker 1: a chance. And I'm so glad that this chance has 602 00:33:40,640 --> 00:33:44,520 Speaker 1: has given us the fruit that it has. I mean, 603 00:33:44,640 --> 00:33:48,280 Speaker 1: he's done a remarkable job. He has, Steve you and 604 00:33:48,320 --> 00:33:50,320 Speaker 1: I talked about this when I did the show last year. 605 00:33:50,360 --> 00:33:52,080 Speaker 1: I mean, there was a time where we tried to 606 00:33:52,080 --> 00:33:55,040 Speaker 1: get Antonio Brown and that almost happened, and then it didn't, 607 00:33:55,080 --> 00:33:56,160 Speaker 1: and then it's like, well what are we going to 608 00:33:56,240 --> 00:33:57,640 Speaker 1: do with that phosition? Well, you know what we did. 609 00:33:58,000 --> 00:34:01,120 Speaker 1: We got a guy who's ten times the player Antonio 610 00:34:01,200 --> 00:34:04,000 Speaker 1: Brown is at this stage in his career ten times. 611 00:34:04,000 --> 00:34:08,040 Speaker 1: The presence that he is, the draft picks have been sensational. 612 00:34:10,520 --> 00:34:13,480 Speaker 1: I couldn't be more pro Brandon being because of what 613 00:34:13,600 --> 00:34:15,680 Speaker 1: the previous twenty years. And I'm not laying it on 614 00:34:15,840 --> 00:34:19,000 Speaker 1: the general manager in every instance over the previous twenty years, 615 00:34:19,239 --> 00:34:21,080 Speaker 1: but I know what we are right now, and I 616 00:34:21,120 --> 00:34:23,920 Speaker 1: know that he is as responsible as anyone in the 617 00:34:24,040 --> 00:34:28,120 Speaker 1: entire organization. So to me, when the draft comes around, Hey, keV, 618 00:34:28,160 --> 00:34:29,520 Speaker 1: what do you think? Well, you know what, I'm trusting 619 00:34:29,520 --> 00:34:31,840 Speaker 1: that guy because I've seen the results. Hey what do 620 00:34:31,840 --> 00:34:33,600 Speaker 1: you think about this free agent signing and the direction 621 00:34:33,600 --> 00:34:35,640 Speaker 1: that we're going here? You know what, I'm trusting this 622 00:34:35,760 --> 00:34:39,080 Speaker 1: dude because he's built us into arguably the best team 623 00:34:39,080 --> 00:34:41,920 Speaker 1: in the AFC potentially in the NFL. So I am 624 00:34:41,920 --> 00:34:47,040 Speaker 1: pro Brandon being. So the Bills sweep the AFC East 625 00:34:47,160 --> 00:34:49,720 Speaker 1: last year, which team, over the course of free agency 626 00:34:49,760 --> 00:34:53,759 Speaker 1: and the draft, close of the gap to the narrowest margin. Yeah, 627 00:34:53,760 --> 00:34:57,360 Speaker 1: I think the the easy answer is New England, and 628 00:34:57,440 --> 00:35:00,800 Speaker 1: I'm not saying it's not the right answer. I really 629 00:35:00,840 --> 00:35:03,520 Speaker 1: like what the Dolphins are doing. You know, I really 630 00:35:03,560 --> 00:35:06,479 Speaker 1: like that coach. I really like the picks that they've 631 00:35:06,520 --> 00:35:09,440 Speaker 1: made Steve Obviously, it all comes down to whether or 632 00:35:09,480 --> 00:35:12,839 Speaker 1: not two is the quarterback that they thought he was 633 00:35:13,000 --> 00:35:15,840 Speaker 1: coming into the NFL. But they've got a lot of 634 00:35:15,880 --> 00:35:19,160 Speaker 1: pieces there. I So for me, yeah, listen, New England 635 00:35:19,200 --> 00:35:21,360 Speaker 1: made the big splashes in free agency, and what are 636 00:35:21,360 --> 00:35:23,799 Speaker 1: they going to start like twelve tight ends offensively? So 637 00:35:23,840 --> 00:35:25,680 Speaker 1: I mean, we know about a lot of the names 638 00:35:25,680 --> 00:35:28,600 Speaker 1: they have there, and we know here's the other thing 639 00:35:28,640 --> 00:35:31,040 Speaker 1: that I get a kick out of. They draft a 640 00:35:31,120 --> 00:35:34,960 Speaker 1: quarterback who has some of the same characteristics as Tom Brady. 641 00:35:34,960 --> 00:35:36,359 Speaker 1: So now all of a sudden they have the next 642 00:35:36,360 --> 00:35:40,000 Speaker 1: Tom Brady. And I'm not Matt Jones could turn out 643 00:35:40,040 --> 00:35:41,840 Speaker 1: to be a really good quarterback, but let's pump the 644 00:35:41,880 --> 00:35:43,799 Speaker 1: brakes for crying out loud, and they got the next 645 00:35:43,840 --> 00:35:46,280 Speaker 1: Tom Brady, you know what I mean. But so maybe 646 00:35:46,320 --> 00:35:48,680 Speaker 1: Matt Jones is the guy at some point this year 647 00:35:48,840 --> 00:35:52,800 Speaker 1: or in the future that leads them back to division 648 00:35:53,200 --> 00:35:56,959 Speaker 1: success division championships. But for me, Miami is the team 649 00:35:57,080 --> 00:35:59,480 Speaker 1: short term that I think is the bigger challenge to 650 00:35:59,560 --> 00:36:03,440 Speaker 1: the Bills than anyone next year. Is there some sort 651 00:36:03,480 --> 00:36:07,680 Speaker 1: of mindset in New England even after Tom Brady left 652 00:36:07,680 --> 00:36:10,759 Speaker 1: and won a Super Bowl with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 653 00:36:11,200 --> 00:36:14,520 Speaker 1: that tom Brady was a product of being developed by 654 00:36:14,560 --> 00:36:17,080 Speaker 1: the coaching staff and the culture in New England, rather 655 00:36:17,120 --> 00:36:20,640 Speaker 1: than tom Brady carrying the culture and the success they 656 00:36:20,680 --> 00:36:23,400 Speaker 1: had in New England. Do you think how much of 657 00:36:23,400 --> 00:36:26,840 Speaker 1: a how much I mean credit do you give the 658 00:36:26,880 --> 00:36:31,960 Speaker 1: New England Patriots for the success of their team with 659 00:36:32,000 --> 00:36:35,160 Speaker 1: Tom Brady? And how much do you give to Tom Brad? 660 00:36:35,200 --> 00:36:37,280 Speaker 1: I mean, it's gonna be it's a great question still, 661 00:36:37,680 --> 00:36:39,799 Speaker 1: but do they get enough credits that you can say, yeah, 662 00:36:39,800 --> 00:36:43,280 Speaker 1: they probably can do the same thing with Mac Jones. 663 00:36:43,320 --> 00:36:46,399 Speaker 1: They certainly did not do it with Jared Stidham or 664 00:36:46,440 --> 00:36:51,080 Speaker 1: Brian Hoyer or even Jimmy Garoppolo. So how much credit 665 00:36:51,080 --> 00:36:56,120 Speaker 1: do you give them? Look, as is the case, anytime 666 00:36:56,239 --> 00:36:59,160 Speaker 1: you have that sort of success and you've got an 667 00:36:59,200 --> 00:37:02,720 Speaker 1: all time legendary, maybe the best coach of all time, 668 00:37:03,120 --> 00:37:06,279 Speaker 1: and an all time legendary maybe the best quarterback of 669 00:37:06,320 --> 00:37:09,040 Speaker 1: all time, you've got to be able to say they 670 00:37:09,080 --> 00:37:14,760 Speaker 1: work together, both of them. The Patriots helped Tom Brady. 671 00:37:14,920 --> 00:37:19,200 Speaker 1: Tom Brady significantly helped the Patriots to say that Tom 672 00:37:19,280 --> 00:37:22,040 Speaker 1: Brady is who he is because of Bill Belichick in 673 00:37:22,120 --> 00:37:29,200 Speaker 1: New England, to me is totally wrong. And to say 674 00:37:29,239 --> 00:37:32,200 Speaker 1: that they will be able to because Tom Brady had 675 00:37:32,200 --> 00:37:34,759 Speaker 1: the success in New England that he had, they can 676 00:37:34,840 --> 00:37:37,480 Speaker 1: do that with anyone, Steve, as you just pointed out, 677 00:37:37,640 --> 00:37:39,360 Speaker 1: is totally wrong as well. I think it was a 678 00:37:39,400 --> 00:37:42,400 Speaker 1: perfect marriage. Look, Brady just won a Super Bowl without 679 00:37:42,480 --> 00:37:46,160 Speaker 1: New England last year, totally new team. He was surrounded. 680 00:37:46,200 --> 00:37:48,719 Speaker 1: They did a phenomenal job of surrounding him with tons 681 00:37:48,719 --> 00:37:52,160 Speaker 1: of great pieces. I think Brady. I think it can 682 00:37:52,200 --> 00:37:56,680 Speaker 1: be both possible that Tom Brady is the best quarterback 683 00:37:56,719 --> 00:37:59,920 Speaker 1: of all time and Bill Belichick is a genius, probably 684 00:38:00,120 --> 00:38:03,360 Speaker 1: be the best coach of all time, but that both 685 00:38:03,520 --> 00:38:06,480 Speaker 1: potentially could have happened on their own without the other. 686 00:38:06,960 --> 00:38:10,080 Speaker 1: Because they were together, it took them even to the 687 00:38:10,160 --> 00:38:14,359 Speaker 1: next level. But I can't I can't attribute much of 688 00:38:14,680 --> 00:38:19,880 Speaker 1: or a lot of Tom Brady's success solely to New England. 689 00:38:20,480 --> 00:38:23,680 Speaker 1: It helped, but Tom Brady would have been in my opinion, 690 00:38:23,920 --> 00:38:26,760 Speaker 1: Tom Brady would have been a great quarterback. Probably, Steve 691 00:38:26,800 --> 00:38:29,080 Speaker 1: on about twenty seven other teams. There might have been 692 00:38:29,120 --> 00:38:31,160 Speaker 1: two teams in the league that wouldn't have been able 693 00:38:31,160 --> 00:38:33,760 Speaker 1: to surround him to be the quarterback that he turned into. 694 00:38:34,040 --> 00:38:37,040 Speaker 1: But tom Brady's making everyone around them better and if 695 00:38:37,040 --> 00:38:39,120 Speaker 1: you'd give him anything to work with, tom Brady's still 696 00:38:39,120 --> 00:38:42,319 Speaker 1: having that phenomenal success. So Kevin, Steve and I were 697 00:38:42,320 --> 00:38:44,560 Speaker 1: having fun with this the other day after pouring over 698 00:38:44,560 --> 00:38:49,359 Speaker 1: the schedule. We went floor and ceiling for Bill's victories 699 00:38:50,080 --> 00:38:53,919 Speaker 1: with this schedule this season. So give us your floor 700 00:38:54,040 --> 00:38:59,040 Speaker 1: for victories and your ceiling. Well, Chris, you realize that 701 00:38:59,320 --> 00:39:01,960 Speaker 1: it's an annual will write a passage for me to 702 00:39:01,960 --> 00:39:07,120 Speaker 1: tweet out that the Bills will go undefeated every single season? Okay, 703 00:39:07,160 --> 00:39:11,000 Speaker 1: so I think we know one of the answers exactly. Yes, 704 00:39:11,360 --> 00:39:17,640 Speaker 1: my ceiling is twenty floor. Look again, I mean, you know, 705 00:39:18,760 --> 00:39:22,680 Speaker 1: did things go our way last year? There's no question, 706 00:39:24,400 --> 00:39:27,640 Speaker 1: But are you sometimes responsible for your own luck? Like 707 00:39:27,719 --> 00:39:30,799 Speaker 1: I believe that? So you know what's the floor? This 708 00:39:30,880 --> 00:39:34,600 Speaker 1: is a double digit win team? Okay, So with a 709 00:39:34,680 --> 00:39:38,719 Speaker 1: seventeen game schedule ten and seven, you know that's probably 710 00:39:38,760 --> 00:39:43,040 Speaker 1: the floor for this team. Obviously barring injury, if everyone's healthy, 711 00:39:43,520 --> 00:39:47,440 Speaker 1: particularly the quarterback number seventeen, this is bare minimum a 712 00:39:47,480 --> 00:39:51,680 Speaker 1: double digit win team. Now, what's the what's the legitimate ceiling? 713 00:39:51,719 --> 00:39:54,640 Speaker 1: For this team in terms of wins, that's tough to 714 00:39:54,640 --> 00:39:58,000 Speaker 1: put a number on. The NFL is in. Everyone does this. 715 00:39:58,120 --> 00:40:00,520 Speaker 1: Everyone looks at the schedule and says, Okay, Week one, 716 00:40:00,560 --> 00:40:02,759 Speaker 1: that's a win. Now we're losing that gig. And as 717 00:40:02,800 --> 00:40:07,120 Speaker 1: you guys both know, free agency and training camp and 718 00:40:07,160 --> 00:40:09,239 Speaker 1: injuries happen, and then all of a sudden, this team 719 00:40:09,280 --> 00:40:12,239 Speaker 1: that was an automatic win is not anymore, and this 720 00:40:12,360 --> 00:40:15,920 Speaker 1: team that's a definite loss is not anymore. I'll say this, 721 00:40:17,360 --> 00:40:20,200 Speaker 1: the expectation better be winning a super Bowl this year 722 00:40:20,239 --> 00:40:23,680 Speaker 1: because that's where this team is. So so you want 723 00:40:23,680 --> 00:40:26,439 Speaker 1: a ceiling, that's the ceiling. Yeah, I kind of, Steve, 724 00:40:26,480 --> 00:40:28,480 Speaker 1: and I got to fourteen wins pretty easy in a 725 00:40:28,520 --> 00:40:31,719 Speaker 1: seventeen game schedule. There's there's some toughies on there, and 726 00:40:32,000 --> 00:40:34,040 Speaker 1: maybe they have a clunker like they did in Tennessee 727 00:40:34,120 --> 00:40:40,080 Speaker 1: last year one week, but fourteen seems pretty attainable, Kevin. 728 00:40:40,120 --> 00:40:44,520 Speaker 1: Before we let you go, there is a particular throwback 729 00:40:44,800 --> 00:40:48,120 Speaker 1: Thursday tweet of yours that I have to take issue with. 730 00:40:49,800 --> 00:40:51,799 Speaker 1: Number one being a fellow Long Island native and a 731 00:40:51,800 --> 00:40:57,120 Speaker 1: guy with a soccer background. The footwear for this particular 732 00:40:57,200 --> 00:41:01,080 Speaker 1: photo of you with it you got the Converse? What 733 00:41:01,120 --> 00:41:03,480 Speaker 1: are these the pro stars? What do we got there? 734 00:41:03,480 --> 00:41:06,399 Speaker 1: What are we rocking? Uh? In this photo? First of all, 735 00:41:06,400 --> 00:41:11,399 Speaker 1: how old are you here? Like seven or eight? Five? Five? Like? Man, 736 00:41:11,440 --> 00:41:16,080 Speaker 1: you've always been tall, um, but yeah like you. I 737 00:41:16,080 --> 00:41:19,040 Speaker 1: mean I wasn't that tall when I was fifteen. But yeah, 738 00:41:19,080 --> 00:41:22,680 Speaker 1: we I gotta ask mom, where are the clints? I 739 00:41:22,719 --> 00:41:24,960 Speaker 1: mean the grass fields right behind you? Give the kid 740 00:41:25,000 --> 00:41:29,320 Speaker 1: a chance. Listen. You know what Steve could attest to this. 741 00:41:29,320 --> 00:41:32,799 Speaker 1: This is the day's where footwear, to the level of 742 00:41:32,840 --> 00:41:35,120 Speaker 1: which we know it now, is in its infancy. All right, 743 00:41:35,239 --> 00:41:37,680 Speaker 1: So we're gonna give mom and dad a little bit 744 00:41:37,680 --> 00:41:41,200 Speaker 1: of a break. This is pre converse weapons. Look, I'm 745 00:41:41,200 --> 00:41:47,239 Speaker 1: just lucky they're not kids or something to n Yeah, 746 00:41:47,360 --> 00:41:49,799 Speaker 1: Nike was still Nike back then. I mean it was 747 00:41:49,920 --> 00:41:52,839 Speaker 1: we didn't know. I mean we still we called it Nike, 748 00:41:53,080 --> 00:41:54,799 Speaker 1: like it can't be that simple, right, and we didn't 749 00:41:54,800 --> 00:41:56,960 Speaker 1: even know what that was. But that's a great shot though. 750 00:41:57,000 --> 00:41:59,200 Speaker 1: That's awesome. You got your name on the ball written 751 00:41:59,520 --> 00:42:02,600 Speaker 1: like in giant marker. I mean that is just if 752 00:42:02,640 --> 00:42:08,759 Speaker 1: that doesn't scream. Yeah, yeah, Kevin, We thank you for 753 00:42:08,800 --> 00:42:11,120 Speaker 1: the time. Your mom just texted me. She said, she's 754 00:42:11,120 --> 00:42:13,560 Speaker 1: got the dining room chairs in the driveway, so you 755 00:42:13,680 --> 00:42:15,839 Speaker 1: got to get back to work. Thanks for the time, 756 00:42:15,880 --> 00:42:18,440 Speaker 1: We appreciate it. We'll catch up with you soon. Thanks Kevin. 757 00:42:18,719 --> 00:42:21,040 Speaker 1: I'm dressing up next time, guys, I promised. But thanks. 758 00:42:21,120 --> 00:42:23,520 Speaker 1: Always great to talk with you. Go Bills. We close 759 00:42:23,640 --> 00:42:27,319 Speaker 1: up this week's episode with our exercise called would you 760 00:42:27,560 --> 00:42:31,520 Speaker 1: Believe It? First up, total wins for the Bills in 761 00:42:31,560 --> 00:42:36,520 Speaker 1: the twenty twenty one regular season fourteen Steve, would you 762 00:42:36,880 --> 00:42:40,600 Speaker 1: believe it? Yeah, that's what I got when I went 763 00:42:40,640 --> 00:42:42,919 Speaker 1: through this. I got him at like fourteen and three, 764 00:42:43,080 --> 00:42:46,040 Speaker 1: thirteen and four, and I could drop as low as 765 00:42:46,040 --> 00:42:50,680 Speaker 1: twelve and five, But yeah, I could believe it. If 766 00:42:51,120 --> 00:42:55,040 Speaker 1: they stay healthy and play the football that they've been 767 00:42:55,080 --> 00:43:01,400 Speaker 1: playing over the last eighteen months. There hard team to beat. Yeah, 768 00:43:01,400 --> 00:43:04,120 Speaker 1: I mean they're rarely at the center of a bad performance, 769 00:43:04,400 --> 00:43:06,680 Speaker 1: and that's that's a lot of times that gives you 770 00:43:06,719 --> 00:43:09,359 Speaker 1: the extra couple of wins that you might need. Every 771 00:43:09,440 --> 00:43:13,000 Speaker 1: year is different, as coach McDermott says himself all the time. 772 00:43:13,840 --> 00:43:16,680 Speaker 1: But I think the floor is twelve, yeah, the floor 773 00:43:16,800 --> 00:43:21,080 Speaker 1: is twelve yeah, And then you know it's probably. You know, 774 00:43:21,160 --> 00:43:23,520 Speaker 1: maybe you have a bad week like they had against 775 00:43:23,520 --> 00:43:26,880 Speaker 1: the Titans last year, and you maybe have one loss 776 00:43:26,920 --> 00:43:28,520 Speaker 1: that you didn't think you were gonna have, and so 777 00:43:28,640 --> 00:43:30,840 Speaker 1: you're thirteen and four instead of fourteen and three. But 778 00:43:30,880 --> 00:43:33,239 Speaker 1: I could believe fourteen and three. You wouldn't have to 779 00:43:33,280 --> 00:43:35,160 Speaker 1: twist my arm to get there. Yeah, you got and 780 00:43:35,200 --> 00:43:37,560 Speaker 1: you gotta throw out games like oh say okay, say 781 00:43:37,640 --> 00:43:40,759 Speaker 1: Kansas City, will say Tampa Bay the World champions, the 782 00:43:40,840 --> 00:43:43,840 Speaker 1: two teams in the Super Bowl m And then you 783 00:43:43,920 --> 00:43:48,120 Speaker 1: get dass like New Orleans and maybe maybe you split 784 00:43:48,160 --> 00:43:50,560 Speaker 1: with New England. Maybe New England catches lightning in a bottle. 785 00:43:50,600 --> 00:43:52,359 Speaker 1: Maybe Mac Jones is running that offense and the way 786 00:43:52,360 --> 00:43:54,240 Speaker 1: they run, and they find, you know, New England finds 787 00:43:54,280 --> 00:43:59,120 Speaker 1: ways to win games. They split with New England. There's three, Okay, 788 00:43:59,160 --> 00:44:04,200 Speaker 1: then what you're looking at new maybe Indianapolis with Carson Wentz. Yeah, okay, 789 00:44:04,440 --> 00:44:08,799 Speaker 1: there's four. You're thirteen and four right there. I think 790 00:44:08,800 --> 00:44:10,640 Speaker 1: that's good enough to win the division. Yeah, and and 791 00:44:10,640 --> 00:44:13,000 Speaker 1: and then two. I mean, maybe Pittsburgh's better than you think. 792 00:44:13,040 --> 00:44:14,560 Speaker 1: At the beginning of the season they were that they 793 00:44:14,560 --> 00:44:16,600 Speaker 1: were that way last year, won eleven games, before the 794 00:44:16,600 --> 00:44:20,080 Speaker 1: wheels came off. Yeah, so there's you're still twelve and five. 795 00:44:21,920 --> 00:44:24,920 Speaker 1: Goodness gracious, Yeah, it's pretty good. It's a pretty good season. 796 00:44:25,000 --> 00:44:31,720 Speaker 1: So there's your floor next, fifty total touchdowns for Josh Allen. 797 00:44:32,160 --> 00:44:36,600 Speaker 1: Would you believe it? I would believe it. I've already 798 00:44:36,640 --> 00:44:39,200 Speaker 1: I've already called the five thousand yard mark. Yes, you did. 799 00:44:39,200 --> 00:44:41,160 Speaker 1: And there is an extra game, which we should mention. 800 00:44:41,680 --> 00:44:44,440 Speaker 1: It'll depend whether you'll play in that remains to be seen, right, 801 00:44:44,480 --> 00:44:46,080 Speaker 1: And we've seen that last couple of years where that 802 00:44:46,120 --> 00:44:49,040 Speaker 1: game is either meaningless because you can't improve yourself or 803 00:44:49,080 --> 00:44:51,359 Speaker 1: it's meaningless because you know you don't want the guys 804 00:44:51,360 --> 00:44:53,000 Speaker 1: to get hurt and you're you're in the playoffs and 805 00:44:53,200 --> 00:44:58,320 Speaker 1: there's only one buy. Yeah, but yes, I think you 806 00:44:58,360 --> 00:45:01,880 Speaker 1: had forty six touchdowns last year, counting his receiving touchdown 807 00:45:01,880 --> 00:45:07,399 Speaker 1: and rushing touchdown gave. Davis had three drops, Taiwan Jones 808 00:45:07,440 --> 00:45:09,680 Speaker 1: had a drop, Dawson Knox had to drop. These are 809 00:45:09,680 --> 00:45:12,799 Speaker 1: all touchdown drops. Yeah, um, a couple of them. They 810 00:45:12,800 --> 00:45:16,319 Speaker 1: got a touchdown anyway, but not all of them. And 811 00:45:16,400 --> 00:45:18,399 Speaker 1: he missed John Brown in week one. He missed John 812 00:45:18,440 --> 00:45:21,319 Speaker 1: Brown in Week one, miss Dawson Knox in week four 813 00:45:22,120 --> 00:45:26,560 Speaker 1: three something like that. Um, yeah, yes, I would believe 814 00:45:26,600 --> 00:45:28,839 Speaker 1: believe it. I would believe it, especially that the extra game. 815 00:45:28,880 --> 00:45:30,319 Speaker 1: I think that's where you gotta put I gotta think 816 00:45:30,320 --> 00:45:32,759 Speaker 1: that's where you put the crosshairs right now. Oh you 817 00:45:32,760 --> 00:45:35,200 Speaker 1: think that's the over under. That's what you're saying, put 818 00:45:35,200 --> 00:45:37,680 Speaker 1: the cross hairs. Yeah, if I'm if I had if 819 00:45:37,719 --> 00:45:42,600 Speaker 1: I if I had to, that's the only number that 820 00:45:42,640 --> 00:45:47,360 Speaker 1: would be like one. Yeah, he could get it, and 821 00:45:47,440 --> 00:45:50,840 Speaker 1: I would I would feel not confident either side of that. Yeah. 822 00:45:50,840 --> 00:45:53,000 Speaker 1: So yeah, that because it's a round number and we 823 00:45:53,000 --> 00:45:54,640 Speaker 1: know how difficult it is to get there. But we 824 00:45:54,680 --> 00:45:56,799 Speaker 1: also know it's a throwing league and the Bills are 825 00:45:56,800 --> 00:46:05,120 Speaker 1: gonna go four wide again maybe five? Yeah, maybe uh 826 00:46:05,880 --> 00:46:10,640 Speaker 1: ten combined sacks for Greg Russou and Boogie Basham. Would 827 00:46:10,680 --> 00:46:18,600 Speaker 1: you believe it? This is trickier? I can put it. 828 00:46:18,640 --> 00:46:21,000 Speaker 1: I can, Yes, I can. I can construe that in 829 00:46:21,080 --> 00:46:23,359 Speaker 1: my mind for sure. But I would say no, I'm 830 00:46:23,400 --> 00:46:27,600 Speaker 1: saying that's a that's a big ask. It's obviously predicated 831 00:46:27,760 --> 00:46:31,480 Speaker 1: on their amount of playing time, right. I think we 832 00:46:31,560 --> 00:46:34,319 Speaker 1: can both agree that Ajpins is going to get more 833 00:46:34,360 --> 00:46:36,920 Speaker 1: playing time than either one of them, at least to 834 00:46:36,960 --> 00:46:41,480 Speaker 1: begin with. And you still have at least right now 835 00:46:41,560 --> 00:46:45,919 Speaker 1: Mario Addison and Jerry Hughes on the roster. So those 836 00:46:45,960 --> 00:46:48,560 Speaker 1: guys are gonna have to be very opportunistic with a 837 00:46:48,640 --> 00:46:51,279 Speaker 1: very limited number of opportunities. But I will say this, 838 00:46:53,160 --> 00:46:54,640 Speaker 1: They're not going to be the guy who's getting the 839 00:46:54,640 --> 00:46:58,760 Speaker 1: double teams and it's gonna be Mario Addison. It's gonna 840 00:46:58,760 --> 00:47:01,279 Speaker 1: be Jerry Hughes getting the double. They're earn it and 841 00:47:01,320 --> 00:47:03,640 Speaker 1: the opponent's gonna say, well, proved to us you can 842 00:47:03,680 --> 00:47:05,799 Speaker 1: beat one on once. That's right. But they're also going 843 00:47:05,840 --> 00:47:07,440 Speaker 1: to be in there for a chance to actually get 844 00:47:07,480 --> 00:47:09,480 Speaker 1: a shot at rushing the past. Well, we have heard 845 00:47:09,520 --> 00:47:12,680 Speaker 1: them say that both of those players are capable of 846 00:47:12,719 --> 00:47:16,080 Speaker 1: reducing down inside in obvious passing situations. So even if 847 00:47:16,120 --> 00:47:18,720 Speaker 1: you have Addison and us on the edges, it doesn't 848 00:47:18,719 --> 00:47:21,480 Speaker 1: necessarily mean that bash Him and or Rousseau are off 849 00:47:21,560 --> 00:47:23,600 Speaker 1: the field. One of those two could be on the 850 00:47:23,600 --> 00:47:26,760 Speaker 1: field for opportunity. We also know this how the season starts, 851 00:47:27,560 --> 00:47:29,440 Speaker 1: that there's a one hundred percent chance that that's not 852 00:47:29,480 --> 00:47:31,399 Speaker 1: how it's going to end. Well, look at how much 853 00:47:31,440 --> 00:47:33,919 Speaker 1: the rotation changed over the course of the year. Last year, 854 00:47:34,000 --> 00:47:36,960 Speaker 1: it changed so vastly over the course of the season. 855 00:47:37,960 --> 00:47:40,879 Speaker 1: So we'll see. But they're gonna get some chances, they'll 856 00:47:40,880 --> 00:47:45,520 Speaker 1: earn it. But ten sacks between the two of them, 857 00:47:45,920 --> 00:47:51,480 Speaker 1: it's a big ass Yeah. Finally, one thousand receiving yards 858 00:47:51,880 --> 00:47:57,839 Speaker 1: for Gabriel Davis. Would you believe it? No? No, no, 859 00:47:58,960 --> 00:48:03,359 Speaker 1: not with Digs Beasley and Emmanuel Sanders. So are you 860 00:48:03,400 --> 00:48:05,960 Speaker 1: saying that because you don't think he's gonna get enough opportunities? Right, 861 00:48:05,960 --> 00:48:09,040 Speaker 1: I don't think you'll have enough catches. I don't think 862 00:48:09,040 --> 00:48:13,319 Speaker 1: he'll get enough catches. Thirty five receptions last year for 863 00:48:13,360 --> 00:48:18,360 Speaker 1: about five hundred yards. Even if he gets fifty catches 864 00:48:18,400 --> 00:48:21,680 Speaker 1: this year, if that group fifty catches, that's a he'll get. 865 00:48:21,719 --> 00:48:23,800 Speaker 1: You know, he may get seven hundred, fifty or eight hundred, 866 00:48:23,800 --> 00:48:25,920 Speaker 1: but a thousand yards. I think he's gonna be running 867 00:48:25,920 --> 00:48:28,719 Speaker 1: a lot of deep routs. He's gonna be running a 868 00:48:28,760 --> 00:48:32,040 Speaker 1: lot of deep stuff. He catches those other three touchdowns 869 00:48:32,120 --> 00:48:37,480 Speaker 1: from last year, he's got probably seven hundred yards on 870 00:48:37,680 --> 00:48:41,520 Speaker 1: thirty eight receptions. And I think about that for a second. Now, 871 00:48:41,520 --> 00:48:43,600 Speaker 1: I'm not saying that. You know, every year is different. 872 00:48:45,200 --> 00:48:47,840 Speaker 1: I think it's a lofty ask. I think he's probably 873 00:48:47,880 --> 00:48:51,880 Speaker 1: closer to eight hundred yards receiving. But I think that 874 00:48:52,000 --> 00:48:54,440 Speaker 1: kid's gonna start as the Z receiver in this offense. 875 00:48:54,560 --> 00:48:57,240 Speaker 1: There are gonna have Sanders and Beasley going double slot. 876 00:48:57,280 --> 00:49:01,160 Speaker 1: There is gonna be seventeen games. There's a little boost 877 00:49:01,200 --> 00:49:03,840 Speaker 1: on the end of it, and he'll be playing all 878 00:49:03,880 --> 00:49:07,920 Speaker 1: the way through as a younger player, he'll play. No, 879 00:49:08,239 --> 00:49:11,239 Speaker 1: I still don't see. It's just too many tried. There's 880 00:49:11,239 --> 00:49:13,279 Speaker 1: too many options, twisting the arm a little bit, too 881 00:49:13,360 --> 00:49:16,239 Speaker 1: many options, it's too long of a season, and um, yeah, 882 00:49:16,320 --> 00:49:19,200 Speaker 1: it's fun to think about. Though. It's sure and he 883 00:49:19,280 --> 00:49:20,920 Speaker 1: is not. He's not going to be the number one 884 00:49:20,960 --> 00:49:24,520 Speaker 1: option on this offense, right. But again, much like those 885 00:49:24,560 --> 00:49:28,399 Speaker 1: young pass rushers, figures to see a lot of one 886 00:49:28,400 --> 00:49:30,640 Speaker 1: on one coverage because they're gonna be double in the 887 00:49:30,680 --> 00:49:37,200 Speaker 1: other guys and they can't double everybody. So could it happen? Maybe? Maybe? 888 00:49:37,960 --> 00:49:40,160 Speaker 1: All right, that'll do it for this episode of One 889 00:49:40,200 --> 00:49:43,040 Speaker 1: Bill's Light. Please subscribe so you know when the next 890 00:49:43,080 --> 00:49:46,799 Speaker 1: episode drops. And remember, when there isn't enough time for 891 00:49:46,840 --> 00:49:50,839 Speaker 1: One Bills Live, there's always enough time for One bill 892 00:49:51,200 --> 00:49:53,640 Speaker 1: light for Steve Tasker. I'm Chris Brown. We'll catch you 893 00:49:53,680 --> 00:50:05,600 Speaker 1: next week. Everybody, Ustan