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Speaker 1: guys are gonna players are gonna be players when they're

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Speaker 1: the big The two words are me too and yeah

425
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Speaker 1: he's getting that, me too. And make no mistake, cornerback

426
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Speaker 1: has been a premium paid position for a while. Now.

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Speaker 1: I mean, you can go all the way back to

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Speaker 1: the deal Nate Clement signed when he left Buffalo to

429
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Speaker 1: go to San Francisco. Sure, that was like eight years,

430
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Speaker 1: eighty million, ten million a year, was like the most

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Speaker 1: of corner had ever been paid in history. And that

432
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Speaker 1: was in two thousand. What was that two thousand and five. Yeah,

433
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Speaker 1: so here we are seventeen years later. I think come

434
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Speaker 1: next year, you're gonna be seeing stupid cornerback contracts much

435
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Speaker 1: like you saw crazy resetting the market type receiver contracts

436
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Speaker 1: this offseason. Because there's a chicken in an egg there,

437
00:24:58,680 --> 00:25:00,800
Speaker 1: and the chickens all got paid. Now it's time for

438
00:25:00,840 --> 00:25:03,040
Speaker 1: the eggs to all get paid. Because if you have

439
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Speaker 1: a great receiver, or you're in a division we create receivers,

440
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Speaker 1: you better have some great corners. Here's the thing. You're

441
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Speaker 1: gonna pay a premium for that because it has better

442
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Speaker 1: start drafting them. The league has evolved to a place

443
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Speaker 1: where every single team throws it a bunch. It's not

444
00:25:17,720 --> 00:25:19,199
Speaker 1: like it used to be like, yeah, okay, but we

445
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Speaker 1: gotta get some linebackers. You gotta stop the run. They

446
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Speaker 1: gotta matt you know what I mean, Nobody ain't. There's

447
00:25:24,320 --> 00:25:28,040
Speaker 1: nobody out there worried about their run defense. You know

448
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Speaker 1: what I mean. Your defense has to out athlete there.

449
00:25:30,640 --> 00:25:33,280
Speaker 1: You've gotta out, Yes, you've got to. You stop the

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Speaker 1: run with scheme. You don't stop it with bodies anymore,

451
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Speaker 1: because they're gonna have three wides out there anyway, and

452
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Speaker 1: if they don't, you're gonna gonna throw a couple of

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Speaker 1: defensive linemen out there with them, you know, if they're not.

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Speaker 1: If you're gonna get into a run heavy set and

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Speaker 1: put an extra offensive, which teams are doing, they're just

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Speaker 1: if you want to run heavy, they're just gonna run

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Speaker 1: a couple offensive linemen out there. They don't even tide

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Speaker 1: it anymore. Yeah, and that's that's what you're looking at

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Speaker 1: the teams. It's a throwing league more so than ever before,

460
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Speaker 1: and nobody's trying to hide it. If you can't match

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Speaker 1: up athletically on the outside, you're done. You are absolutely done,

462
00:26:04,880 --> 00:26:07,919
Speaker 1: and teams know it. So they got to find these guys. So, yeah, Brownie,

463
00:26:08,520 --> 00:26:11,000
Speaker 1: the cornerback spot is going to get up there right

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Speaker 1: with the wide receiver spot, maybe higher, I think, because

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Speaker 1: I think they're more rare. I think it's inevitable. I mean,

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Speaker 1: the money is going to get up there pretty quickly,

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Speaker 1: and I think it's going to happen as soon as

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Speaker 1: next season. We're already seeing it now with the denzil

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Speaker 1: Ward deal that just went down. I mean he's getting

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Speaker 1: twenty million a year. I mean, no one, it's only

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Speaker 1: going up, no one, It's only going up from there.

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Speaker 1: They'll be up in the mid to upper twenties by

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Speaker 1: next offseason. Easy, speaking of cornerbacks to find, Gilmour signed

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Speaker 1: with the Colts over the weekend. The full details of

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Speaker 1: his deal are now out courtesy of NFL Networks Ian Rappaport.

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Speaker 1: Two years, base value of twenty million, max value of

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Speaker 1: twenty three million with incentives. It includes ten and a

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Speaker 1: half fully guaranteed fourteen in total guarantees over the life

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Speaker 1: of the deal. He will get a one year payout

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Speaker 1: this year of just over ten million dollars. My question

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Speaker 1: to you, thirty two year old Stefan Gilmore, injuries have

482
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Speaker 1: started begun to catch up with him. Would you have

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Speaker 1: gone double digit millions per year even on a short

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Speaker 1: two year deal. I don't know if I would have

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Speaker 1: done that. I'm eight and a half might have been

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Speaker 1: my ceiling. I think it's a risk. It is a

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Speaker 1: risk at his age, with his with his history. But

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Speaker 1: he's certainly a great player, great former defensive Player of

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Speaker 1: the Year, not not all that long ago either. I mean,

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Speaker 1: I think can help you. I think that's the top

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Speaker 1: of the market for him, no question. But but yeah,

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Speaker 1: I think that's that's why you don't see him going

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Speaker 1: to I don't think there's too many teams in that

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Speaker 1: in that level of commitment to him. Yeah, you know,

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Speaker 1: I don't think too many of the money is dried up.

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Speaker 1: I don't think too many teams were in that conversation

497
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Speaker 1: at the end there, I know you and I were

498
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Speaker 1: over the theory that the reason the veteran corner market

499
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Speaker 1: was as slow as it was was because Gilmore had

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Speaker 1: yet to sign and people were waiting to see what

501
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Speaker 1: is he signing for? And then I'll decide what's appropriate

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Speaker 1: value for me based off of that. Now that he signed,

503
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Speaker 1: is it so late in the game though, because I'm wondering,

504
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Speaker 1: are a couple Yeah, I mean where you gonna go? Now?

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Speaker 1: Where a corner is gonna sign here? Right before the draft? Right?

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Speaker 1: And even though you know what Gilmore is getting paid,

507
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Speaker 1: so much of the money is dried up. I don't

508
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Speaker 1: know that you're gonna get the value I hope for Anyway,

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Speaker 1: it'll be interesting to see if the Bills are able

510
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Speaker 1: to scoop some guy like that up who said listen,

511
00:28:27,560 --> 00:28:29,160
Speaker 1: you know, because it's a little bit of musical chairs

512
00:28:29,240 --> 00:28:31,560
Speaker 1: kind of thing. Right, You're gonna run out of opportunities

513
00:28:31,720 --> 00:28:33,520
Speaker 1: because what's the team gonna do. They're gonna draft a

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Speaker 1: high level corner and then you know, why pay a

515
00:28:36,160 --> 00:28:40,360
Speaker 1: veteran to come in you But you know, if you want, yeah,

516
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Speaker 1: you don't want to get lost, get caught without a

517
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Speaker 1: place to sit, you know, without a team to land on.

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Speaker 1: So I think, yeah, there's a little bit of I

519
00:28:47,720 --> 00:28:52,240
Speaker 1: think you might see some guys finger quotes settling for

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00:28:52,320 --> 00:28:54,840
Speaker 1: only one year one year, approve a deal or a

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Speaker 1: seven and a half million eight back on the market

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Speaker 1: next year with there's more money in the pool. The

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Speaker 1: Caps high exactly because there's some there's some guys available

524
00:29:02,000 --> 00:29:06,360
Speaker 1: out there. There's some guys available. And finally, Sammy Watkins

525
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Speaker 1: free agent deal is official with the Packers one year,

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Speaker 1: one point eight five million dollars. Do you ever think

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Speaker 1: Sammy Watkins will be at a place where he'd be

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Speaker 1: signing for one year one point eight five. If you

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Speaker 1: asked the Bills fan eight years ago, probably would have laughed,

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Speaker 1: Things change, bro, Things do change sometimes in a hurry. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: And they change in a hurry. And I think you

532
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Speaker 1: know there's a guy that had well, I mean he's

533
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Speaker 1: made a ton of money. Don't kid yourself. Oh right,

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Speaker 1: he's not. No, uh, certainly that he's gonna look at

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Speaker 1: those paychecks he's gonna get this year for the Green

536
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Speaker 1: Bay Packerson, he's gonna notice an enormous difference than what

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Speaker 1: he was making. But there's a guy's still playing, still

538
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Speaker 1: has a opportunity to get into the playoffs with a

539
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Speaker 1: great quarterback catch passes from Aaron rodgers Um. But he

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Speaker 1: is not guaranteed much of anything. He was three hundred

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Speaker 1: and fifty thousand dollars to sign and that's about all

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Speaker 1: that's guaranteed. They even have game by game incentives for

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Speaker 1: him whether he's active or not. So he's gonna have

544
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Speaker 1: to earn every dime of that outside of what he

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Speaker 1: signed for. And that three hundred fifty grand is not

546
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Speaker 1: even peanuts to the Green Bay Packers, they would not

547
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Speaker 1: hesitate to cut loose and if he's not the guy

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Speaker 1: they like, or if if he doesn't have a great

549
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Speaker 1: chemistry with Aaron Rodgers, Samuel'll never see the field. That

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Speaker 1: could be very telling based on how that turns out.

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Speaker 1: We have to take a break here. Plenty more to

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Speaker 1: get to, including a seven round NFL mocked draft as

553
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Speaker 1: joining us in the second hour of the show to

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Speaker 1: discuss that will be Jordan Reed, ESPN NFL Draft Analyst

555
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Speaker 1: as he went through the painstaking process of putting that together. Yeah,

556
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Speaker 1: but we'll see what some of the Bills picks were

557
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Speaker 1: in the second hour of the show, so stay tuned

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Speaker 1: for that. Plus Steve and I talk to you about

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Speaker 1: the new part nor that the Bills have brought on

560
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Speaker 1: with regard to their new stadium project. Will tell you

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Speaker 1: who that is when we return here on One Bills

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Speaker 1: Live presented by Kalida Health. It's Buffalo Bills Radio. Welcome

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Speaker 1: back to One Bills Live. Chris Brown, Steve Tasker here

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Speaker 1: with you on a Tuesday, and the Bills announced today

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Speaker 1: that they have entered into a partnership with the Legends group,

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Speaker 1: who will be helping them with the stadium project across

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Speaker 1: the street from where we sit. They've been actually working

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Speaker 1: with the bills for the better part of the last year,

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Speaker 1: mainly on the feasibility study for the project and most

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Speaker 1: recently conducting some of the initial focus groups and surveys

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Speaker 1: to help with stadium design sales, and they're handling the

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Speaker 1: e commerce for the bills right now. So it looks

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Speaker 1: like this is an expansion of the partnership that had

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Speaker 1: already begun last that had already begun last year, and

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Speaker 1: they will continue in that vein going forward. So not

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Speaker 1: that that means much to anybody outside the business world,

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Speaker 1: I guess that is true data analytics, a lot of

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Speaker 1: the you know, a lot of that kind of stuff.

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Speaker 1: So okay, you know, moving on good stuff. Let's go

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Speaker 1: next step of the next step of the process there

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Speaker 1: for them eight oh three oh five fifty. If you

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Speaker 1: want to jump on board, join the show one eight

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Speaker 1: fifty two five fifty with the draft nine nine days away.

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Speaker 1: Happy to talk about that, so just let us know.

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Speaker 1: So we will go to the phones where we got

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Speaker 1: a couple of people waiting there, and we go to

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Speaker 1: David in Orchard Park. First, David, what do you have

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Speaker 1: for us. You're on one bills live. Hey, I'm an

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00:32:56,040 --> 00:33:00,520
Speaker 1: old high school track of football coach here locally. I

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00:33:00,600 --> 00:33:04,840
Speaker 1: was a physic guy back and graduated in nineteen seventy one,

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Speaker 1: so I've been around a while. But boy, back then,

592
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Speaker 1: they used to talk about to prevent injuries, the best

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Speaker 1: thing to do was a little warm up. You do

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Speaker 1: your activity, but then you do your after stretch. That's

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Speaker 1: where you really get flexible, and that I don't understand,

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Speaker 1: and maybe they do it individually, but I doubt they

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Speaker 1: do stuff after the activity as a stretch. And I

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Speaker 1: was trying to find the hockey as well, trying to

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Speaker 1: do the same thing. So that's my question. Steve and Chris,

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Speaker 1: if you know the answers to this stuff about do

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Speaker 1: they do some type of after stretch after the activity? Yeah,

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Speaker 1: they have a cool down stretch after every practice. We

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Speaker 1: see it. I mean, you go to training camp this summer,

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Speaker 1: you'll see it too. Yeah, they finished practice, they line

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Speaker 1: them up and they do a cool down stretch. I

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Speaker 1: can't I couldn't begin to get into the specifics of

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Speaker 1: what they do before and after enduring and what their

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Speaker 1: workouts are, but I know this, the bills are doing

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Speaker 1: it right because they're the healthiest club in the National

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Speaker 1: Football League of the last couple of years. But that's

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Speaker 1: multiple years, last three years. They are they're doing something

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Speaker 1: exactly right. So you're right, I mean there is. It's

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Speaker 1: not by chance totally, but the Bills have been doing

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Speaker 1: it right. And it may be what they do post

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Speaker 1: practice as much as it is pre practice and ramp

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Speaker 1: up towards it. But whatever they're doing, they're doing it right.

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Speaker 1: They have a huge, a huge part of their program

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Speaker 1: because we've heard Brandon being speak about this as well

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Speaker 1: as coaching German, A huge part of their program is

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Speaker 1: what they communicate to the players as prehab. Right, they

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Speaker 1: promote prehab to prevent the need for rehab, and what

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Speaker 1: that is is basically putting your muscles in a conditioned state,

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Speaker 1: either preparing them for activity, you know, before a workout,

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Speaker 1: or preparing them for the season so that injury rate

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Speaker 1: is lower and you don't have to spend time rehabbing

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Speaker 1: an injury during the season. So they really promote that

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Speaker 1: portion of it. But to answer Dave's question, yes, they

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Speaker 1: do do cool down stretches after workouts, after practices, etc.

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Speaker 1: One of the things I've noticed as well. They spend

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Speaker 1: a lot of time. They'll max guys out, no question,

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Speaker 1: but they maxim out when when it's important, like on

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Speaker 1: game day. And one of the things that the Bills

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Speaker 1: have been able to do over the years so during

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Speaker 1: the Sean McDermott Brandon Bean era is not just get

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Speaker 1: their guys ready to play on Sunday, but also keeping

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Speaker 1: them ready during the weekend, letting them Because when I played,

637
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Speaker 1: and even before and even in the years leading up

638
00:35:40,880 --> 00:35:44,680
Speaker 1: to this era in the Bills, it was it was

639
00:35:44,760 --> 00:35:46,560
Speaker 1: crucially get the guy healthy so we could play on

640
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Speaker 1: game day. I get that. What they're really good at

641
00:35:49,719 --> 00:35:52,600
Speaker 1: here in Buffalo these days, and they sell free agents

642
00:35:52,600 --> 00:35:54,360
Speaker 1: on this and they've got the facilities to back it

643
00:35:54,440 --> 00:35:56,600
Speaker 1: up and the staffing to back it up, is the

644
00:35:56,600 --> 00:35:59,480
Speaker 1: fact that they get you ready to practice, you know,

645
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Speaker 1: and guys I wish I didn't have. Most guys don't

646
00:36:02,239 --> 00:36:05,719
Speaker 1: mind practicing, particularly if they feel good. And getting these

647
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Speaker 1: guys the ability to get prepared to play well on

648
00:36:08,239 --> 00:36:10,520
Speaker 1: Sundays as important as getting in them on the field

649
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Speaker 1: on Sunday. You have a guy that hasn't practiced all week,

650
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Speaker 1: but he actually feels okay to play on Sunday. It's

651
00:36:16,880 --> 00:36:19,000
Speaker 1: better to have that guy feel okay to play on Sunday,

652
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Speaker 1: and also having had a chance to practice, to get

653
00:36:21,000 --> 00:36:23,680
Speaker 1: to prepared to play, to get mentally mental reps and

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Speaker 1: take some reps in the game plan and talk about

655
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Speaker 1: it and fully participate in practice. That's as important as

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Speaker 1: getting them healthy enough to play, because once you know,

657
00:36:32,760 --> 00:36:36,040
Speaker 1: they can go out and play, but to be prepared

658
00:36:36,080 --> 00:36:39,920
Speaker 1: to play well, that's that's crucial. I think that's one

659
00:36:39,920 --> 00:36:42,799
Speaker 1: of the things that has set the bills, you know

660
00:36:44,160 --> 00:36:47,719
Speaker 1: culture apart from others. They only get these guys healthy

661
00:36:47,760 --> 00:36:49,319
Speaker 1: to play on Sunday, they can be healthy enough to

662
00:36:49,320 --> 00:36:52,719
Speaker 1: practice and play well. Yeah. Back to the phones and

663
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Speaker 1: to Dave in Lockpward we go, what do you guy

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Speaker 1: for us? Dave? Dave, you're there. I'm gonna put Dave

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Speaker 1: back on hold here. I don't know what happened to him.

666
00:37:06,480 --> 00:37:08,359
Speaker 1: Maybe you had to take a bathroom break, who knows.

667
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Speaker 1: Hey whatever, Sometimes you get caught. Yeah yeah, um, but

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Speaker 1: I did want to kind of highlight that, which is

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Speaker 1: why I took Dave's call in the first place in

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Speaker 1: Ordery Park, because you know, as we said, they're getting five,

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Speaker 1: they're getting ramped back up here with the start of

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Speaker 1: the offseason conditioning program. Some of you saw the video

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Speaker 1: that we just played for our MSG viewers in terms

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Speaker 1: of who was filing in this morning on player arrival day,

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Speaker 1: and it was good to see a lot of the

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Speaker 1: veteran players. I believe that's Oj Howard there and then

677
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Speaker 1: there's Ed Oliver and Sir Rand Neil. We were kind

678
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Speaker 1: of running down the list of the guys on the

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Speaker 1: video from this morning, but you know, Dawson Knox, Matt Milano,

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00:37:50,920 --> 00:37:57,800
Speaker 1: Von Miller's here, you know Tyler Bass, Devin Singletary, does Tremaine,

681
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Speaker 1: Tommy Sweeny, you know Greg Rousseau. So they got a

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Speaker 1: whole bunch of guys, veteran players, case Keenum and Matt

683
00:38:04,360 --> 00:38:08,000
Speaker 1: Barkley I saw as well. Yeah, Taiwan Jones was here,

684
00:38:09,040 --> 00:38:11,440
Speaker 1: so even some of the new guys to him Settle

685
00:38:12,120 --> 00:38:14,640
Speaker 1: Jordan Phillips was back. So yeah, I mean, it was

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Speaker 1: good to see a lot of the veteran players rolling in.

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Speaker 1: So just buy an eyeball is look at it. I

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Speaker 1: would venture to say that participation is going to be

689
00:38:23,320 --> 00:38:28,000
Speaker 1: pretty high. Yeah, and this nobody has to be here, um,

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00:38:29,239 --> 00:38:31,640
Speaker 1: but you can see there was a little also a

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Speaker 1: little footage on the Bill's website and around where, and

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00:38:34,239 --> 00:38:36,920
Speaker 1: we're seeing it here on MSG where these guys all

693
00:38:36,960 --> 00:38:38,319
Speaker 1: see each other, a lot of them seeing each other

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00:38:38,360 --> 00:38:40,759
Speaker 1: for the first time since last season. You know, they're

695
00:38:40,800 --> 00:38:43,239
Speaker 1: all traveling around doing their stuff and then get back together.

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00:38:43,239 --> 00:38:45,360
Speaker 1: They get in the locker room and say hi to everybody.

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Speaker 1: It's it's fun, it was It's a great time to

698
00:38:47,280 --> 00:38:51,040
Speaker 1: come back and see those guys and jump back into it.

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Speaker 1: It's particularly when you're all feeling good and you know

700
00:38:54,239 --> 00:38:56,319
Speaker 1: you're ready to go out and start running around. It's

701
00:38:56,360 --> 00:38:58,839
Speaker 1: it's a lot of fun. It's a great time. So

702
00:38:59,480 --> 00:39:01,000
Speaker 1: good for them to be back and all those guys

703
00:39:01,080 --> 00:39:06,040
Speaker 1: coming back. You'll probably see probably not one hundred percent

704
00:39:06,120 --> 00:39:09,320
Speaker 1: participation every day, but you may get one hundred percent

705
00:39:09,400 --> 00:39:11,240
Speaker 1: dropped by. You know, like one guy's here for at

706
00:39:11,320 --> 00:39:12,919
Speaker 1: least part of it and then has to leave because

707
00:39:12,920 --> 00:39:14,400
Speaker 1: they got out of things going on. They don't have

708
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Speaker 1: to do this. And plus it's a little bit about

709
00:39:17,160 --> 00:39:18,960
Speaker 1: building teams. Some of these guys are entrenched. I mean,

710
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Speaker 1: you know, you really need, you know, Aryan Johnson to

711
00:39:23,440 --> 00:39:25,080
Speaker 1: come in and work out and run around. He was

712
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Speaker 1: there though, Yeah he was there. Guys like that though,

713
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Speaker 1: I mean, it's not crucial. Yeah, it has to be

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00:39:30,719 --> 00:39:33,880
Speaker 1: interesting for a guy like von Miller though, because you know,

715
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Speaker 1: obviously he was convinced to come here. The money obviously

716
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Speaker 1: spoke a lot to that. But at the same time, okay,

717
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Speaker 1: now it's time to get ready, like I've been paid.

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Speaker 1: Now I got to kind of blend in with what

719
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Speaker 1: they've got here. This is even for a veteran player

720
00:39:49,239 --> 00:39:53,440
Speaker 1: like him. This is important. This is really important. And

721
00:39:53,480 --> 00:39:58,200
Speaker 1: it's also the time when he starts you start to evaluate, Okay,

722
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Speaker 1: how's this gonna be, like, why is this team playing? Well?

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Speaker 1: Let me let me fit in here and get get

724
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Speaker 1: to know these guys and you start to get comfortable

725
00:40:04,640 --> 00:40:06,040
Speaker 1: and you start to make friends. It's you know, it's

726
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Speaker 1: the new You're the new guy in school, you know.

727
00:40:07,920 --> 00:40:09,719
Speaker 1: I mean, you got to come in and find out

728
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Speaker 1: how it goes. You know, you you got something to bring,

729
00:40:11,880 --> 00:40:13,000
Speaker 1: something to the table, and you come in with a

730
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Speaker 1: little bit of reputation for a guy like von Miller,

731
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Speaker 1: but um, it's it's fun and it's also you know,

732
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Speaker 1: pretty exhilarating, and you start to you know, fast forward

733
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Speaker 1: to what it's going to look like on the field

734
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Speaker 1: when you really start to go. But for this they're

735
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Speaker 1: just trying to get their feet under him. And I

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Speaker 1: think also for the young guys and for the new

737
00:40:33,239 --> 00:40:38,680
Speaker 1: guys coming in, it's as much about seriously about, you know,

738
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Speaker 1: to see, where's my locker, where's the weight room? What's

739
00:40:41,800 --> 00:40:43,279
Speaker 1: the schedule going to look like? Here? What do I

740
00:40:43,320 --> 00:40:44,880
Speaker 1: do here? Who do I talk to? When I got

741
00:40:45,040 --> 00:40:47,239
Speaker 1: when I got an ankle here or a shoulder there?

742
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Speaker 1: Or who do I talk to? When you know, you're

743
00:40:48,920 --> 00:40:51,520
Speaker 1: just trying to get familiar with how to do business

744
00:40:51,920 --> 00:40:53,799
Speaker 1: with taking care of your body. Where you work out?

745
00:40:54,040 --> 00:40:56,640
Speaker 1: When I want to you know, you know, when I

746
00:40:56,680 --> 00:40:58,439
Speaker 1: need treatment, where do I go? Who do I see?

747
00:40:58,440 --> 00:41:01,000
Speaker 1: How's it going to look? How easy is it? A

748
00:41:01,040 --> 00:41:02,799
Speaker 1: lot of that really needs to get answer. And that's

749
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Speaker 1: what makes you feel comfortable on a day to day basis.

750
00:41:04,680 --> 00:41:07,319
Speaker 1: As an athlete. You got your this body you get

751
00:41:07,360 --> 00:41:10,319
Speaker 1: to bring to the table and you want to make

752
00:41:10,320 --> 00:41:11,920
Speaker 1: sure you take care of it. Who's going to help

753
00:41:11,920 --> 00:41:14,080
Speaker 1: you do it? And that's that's the nuts and bolts

754
00:41:14,080 --> 00:41:17,800
Speaker 1: of being a pro athlete, right, And that defensive line

755
00:41:17,920 --> 00:41:22,120
Speaker 1: has undergone a good degree of change from last offseason

756
00:41:22,160 --> 00:41:25,400
Speaker 1: to this offseason. As we mentioned, going into free agency,

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00:41:25,800 --> 00:41:29,480
Speaker 1: there were six defensive linemen with contracts that were up,

758
00:41:30,560 --> 00:41:34,359
Speaker 1: and most of them did not come back. You know,

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00:41:34,520 --> 00:41:37,080
Speaker 1: Harrison Phillips out the door, Jerry Hughes at least as

760
00:41:37,080 --> 00:41:40,240
Speaker 1: far as we know now, out the door, Mario Addison

761
00:41:40,320 --> 00:41:45,399
Speaker 1: out the door. You know, Star Latula released. So there

762
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Speaker 1: are there is a changeover that has happened there, and

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Speaker 1: so those guys are really going to have to learn

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Speaker 1: how to play off of one another. Is going forward here?

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Speaker 1: All right, we have to take a break. When we

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Speaker 1: come back, we may delve into that subject a little

767
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Speaker 1: bit more. And then coming up second hour of the show,

768
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Speaker 1: a little mock draft, well not a little bock draft,

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Speaker 1: a big mock draft, a seven round mocker that will

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Speaker 1: be going over with Jordan Read in just a little bit.

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Speaker 1: Stay tuned for that. Here on One Bill's Life presented

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Speaker 1: by Kalida Health. It's Buffalo Bill's Radio. Well, as you know,

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Speaker 1: this is the Read the Tea Leaves season. It's also

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Speaker 1: known as the lying season with respect to the NFL

775
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Speaker 1: Draft NFL Networks Cameron Wolf who is where Panther's new

776
00:42:41,160 --> 00:42:45,960
Speaker 1: offensive coordinator Ben mcadooy is speaking. Ben McAdoo was asked

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Speaker 1: a question on the readiness and production of a quarterback

778
00:42:50,080 --> 00:42:56,319
Speaker 1: prospect versus traits and where they would come down on

779
00:42:56,360 --> 00:43:00,680
Speaker 1: that with this year's quarterback class. His aunts your quote,

780
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Speaker 1: I'm a big swing for the fences. Guy. Just because

781
00:43:04,680 --> 00:43:08,880
Speaker 1: you're the most ready player doesn't mean you'll be the

782
00:43:08,920 --> 00:43:13,120
Speaker 1: best player. And quote that is from Panther's new offensive

783
00:43:13,120 --> 00:43:17,160
Speaker 1: coordinator Ben McAdoo. Now that guy doesn't pull the tab

784
00:43:17,640 --> 00:43:22,800
Speaker 1: off the draft board. The GM does, right, Scott Fitterer

785
00:43:22,960 --> 00:43:27,680
Speaker 1: in Carolina. So it's not Ben mcadoo's call to make,

786
00:43:27,760 --> 00:43:31,600
Speaker 1: but if it was, he would appear to lean in

787
00:43:31,640 --> 00:43:35,080
Speaker 1: favor of someone like Malik Willis over someone with production

788
00:43:35,160 --> 00:43:37,759
Speaker 1: like Kenny Pickett's right. He wants to see the guy.

789
00:43:37,800 --> 00:43:39,200
Speaker 1: He wants the guy when he gets off the bus.

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00:43:39,200 --> 00:43:42,280
Speaker 1: He looks like a quarterback. He doesn't care if the guy, Yeah,

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00:43:42,280 --> 00:43:45,719
Speaker 1: he doesn't. Yeah. He's not a Tyler Murray type guy

792
00:43:46,360 --> 00:43:50,080
Speaker 1: or Kyler Murray kype guy. He's a Josh Allen type guy,

793
00:43:50,160 --> 00:43:53,600
Speaker 1: which take you know he's a Deshaun Watson or a

794
00:43:53,760 --> 00:43:56,040
Speaker 1: you know, Lamar Jackson type guy. He wants some traits

795
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Speaker 1: on the game. Now that doesn't always work, No, of

796
00:43:58,800 --> 00:44:01,640
Speaker 1: course not. We've seen it times in both directions. Yeah,

797
00:44:02,480 --> 00:44:05,080
Speaker 1: you know, guys who don't look the part play really well.

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Speaker 1: Joe Montana, for instance, Yeah, eleven, and he's he's six

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Speaker 1: foot six one, but he's you know, he you know,

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00:44:12,760 --> 00:44:14,960
Speaker 1: he looks like a high school baseball player, you know

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Speaker 1: what I mean, he's sle you know, he's not doesn't look.

802
00:44:18,239 --> 00:44:20,799
Speaker 1: But then you get a guy like Josh or John

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00:44:20,840 --> 00:44:23,959
Speaker 1: Elway and those guys you know, look the part and

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00:44:23,960 --> 00:44:26,680
Speaker 1: and play the part. And you get the opposite two,

805
00:44:26,680 --> 00:44:29,960
Speaker 1: like guys like Ryan Leaf look the part and don't

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00:44:30,000 --> 00:44:36,839
Speaker 1: play the part. So the man oh man, Yeah, it's

807
00:44:36,960 --> 00:44:40,359
Speaker 1: unbelievable because there's so many ex examples. I'll say this

808
00:44:40,400 --> 00:44:42,800
Speaker 1: though we had this. I heard this conversation earlier today.

809
00:44:43,440 --> 00:44:47,200
Speaker 1: Maybe he's here on gr about guys who you know what,

810
00:44:47,200 --> 00:44:50,239
Speaker 1: what is it is it? You know, you get these

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Speaker 1: guys that really look the part, and you know, their

812
00:44:54,520 --> 00:44:57,680
Speaker 1: first round draft picks, but still across the board, it's

813
00:44:58,680 --> 00:45:01,640
Speaker 1: it's a coin flip at best as to whether the

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00:45:01,640 --> 00:45:03,160
Speaker 1: guy's going to be a really good pro or not.

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00:45:05,080 --> 00:45:11,080
Speaker 1: So is it really smart to trade a fifty fifty

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00:45:11,120 --> 00:45:13,920
Speaker 1: proposition away to another team for a guy you know

817
00:45:14,120 --> 00:45:20,280
Speaker 1: is gonna be like, for instance, Stefan Diggs absolutely worthy

818
00:45:20,280 --> 00:45:23,359
Speaker 1: of a first round pick for the Bills. Absolutely, it's

819
00:45:23,400 --> 00:45:26,040
Speaker 1: been a great player for them, a difference maker, a leader.

820
00:45:26,320 --> 00:45:29,000
Speaker 1: Everything you want is that would if Stefon Diggs was

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00:45:29,080 --> 00:45:31,000
Speaker 1: drafted at that spot that the Bills gave a way

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00:45:31,040 --> 00:45:33,640
Speaker 1: to get him, he's still a home run. Yeah, so

823
00:45:33,719 --> 00:45:35,879
Speaker 1: that you do that, But there was a very little

824
00:45:36,360 --> 00:45:40,280
Speaker 1: The downside of Steph Diggs was low because he'd already

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00:45:40,280 --> 00:45:42,919
Speaker 1: proven he can do it at this level. So first

826
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Speaker 1: round draft pick, the guy could have just had unbelievable

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Speaker 1: college production, have all the traits that and he gets

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00:45:48,760 --> 00:45:52,439
Speaker 1: the pros. It's like done and he's we've seen it. Yeah,

829
00:45:52,600 --> 00:45:56,640
Speaker 1: so how it Really it's not outlandish to trade those

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Speaker 1: picks at a fifty percent hit rate, four players who

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00:46:02,160 --> 00:46:07,120
Speaker 1: are already proven to be worth that investment. Although here's

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00:46:07,120 --> 00:46:10,759
Speaker 1: the thing, Brownie, you start usually start paying those guys

833
00:46:10,840 --> 00:46:12,319
Speaker 1: right out of the gate when you get him as

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Speaker 1: a trade. You don't get the four free years of

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00:46:15,640 --> 00:46:18,160
Speaker 1: cheap labor as a rookie on a rookie contract. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: that's the one that's the give that you don't get,

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00:46:21,760 --> 00:46:25,319
Speaker 1: you know, I agree, But on the football field, you

838
00:46:25,360 --> 00:46:27,560
Speaker 1: get a much higher hit rate because the guy's going

839
00:46:27,640 --> 00:46:28,799
Speaker 1: to be the same player for you he was for

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00:46:28,800 --> 00:46:30,480
Speaker 1: the other team. If you can feed him the ball

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00:46:30,520 --> 00:46:32,440
Speaker 1: the same way, or give him the same sort of

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00:46:32,800 --> 00:46:37,960
Speaker 1: or give him even more opportunity. Right, there's a lot

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Speaker 1: to that. Yeah, we've got a question coming at us

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Speaker 1: on the tweet sheet, which is brought to you by

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00:46:47,880 --> 00:46:50,200
Speaker 1: Whyted he get to this quickly? What are your thoughts

847
00:46:50,200 --> 00:46:57,240
Speaker 1: on wide receiver George Pickens from Georgia. Um looks big

848
00:46:57,280 --> 00:47:00,440
Speaker 1: and athletic with some pretty amazing catches thought for the

849
00:47:00,440 --> 00:47:05,160
Speaker 1: Buffalo Bills. I am a pretty big fan of mister Pickins.

850
00:47:05,760 --> 00:47:07,760
Speaker 1: This is a guy we've talked about on the show before.

851
00:47:08,360 --> 00:47:11,960
Speaker 1: How much he impressed us because he had an ACL

852
00:47:12,080 --> 00:47:18,440
Speaker 1: injury in the spring game for Georgia, came back late

853
00:47:18,480 --> 00:47:20,600
Speaker 1: in the year. I mean, this kid was going into

854
00:47:20,640 --> 00:47:23,000
Speaker 1: the draft no matter what. Came back late in the

855
00:47:23,080 --> 00:47:25,920
Speaker 1: year and played in the last four games for Georgia.

856
00:47:26,040 --> 00:47:27,920
Speaker 1: Didn't have to You see all these guys bailing on

857
00:47:27,960 --> 00:47:29,800
Speaker 1: bowl games and all that stuff to get ready for

858
00:47:29,840 --> 00:47:32,560
Speaker 1: the draft. This guy's coming off an ACL going to

859
00:47:32,680 --> 00:47:37,560
Speaker 1: play six three five, ran A four four seven as

860
00:47:37,600 --> 00:47:41,640
Speaker 1: a thirty three in vertical and this here are some

861
00:47:41,680 --> 00:47:45,280
Speaker 1: of my thoughts on him. Long limbed, wide out, subtle

862
00:47:45,880 --> 00:47:51,399
Speaker 1: route running skills that routinely gained separation. Snares the ball

863
00:47:51,400 --> 00:47:54,000
Speaker 1: out of the air, he eats up cushion quickly. He

864
00:47:54,040 --> 00:47:57,399
Speaker 1: puts dbs in very uncomfortable decision making positions. He gets

865
00:47:57,440 --> 00:48:01,320
Speaker 1: up on their toes really fast. Steve hands win even

866
00:48:01,360 --> 00:48:04,719
Speaker 1: in traffic. Ball sticks to his hands like Lou and

867
00:48:04,760 --> 00:48:07,640
Speaker 1: I think he's for a player who's missed time. His

868
00:48:07,840 --> 00:48:12,080
Speaker 1: route running repertoire is pretty versatile. He understands, you could

869
00:48:12,080 --> 00:48:15,600
Speaker 1: tell he understands down in distance, knows where the marker

870
00:48:15,680 --> 00:48:18,640
Speaker 1: or the goal line is to finish a play, reads

871
00:48:18,640 --> 00:48:22,840
Speaker 1: defenders well when the ball's coming in and that usually

872
00:48:22,920 --> 00:48:26,200
Speaker 1: for him means yards after the catch. And he's pretty

873
00:48:26,239 --> 00:48:30,040
Speaker 1: physical as a run blocker two, which you know that

874
00:48:30,120 --> 00:48:32,319
Speaker 1: counts for something at least around here in Buffalo. So

875
00:48:32,520 --> 00:48:37,120
Speaker 1: sure like him a lot looking like a second round pick.

876
00:48:37,719 --> 00:48:39,440
Speaker 1: So we'll see if he's still on the board. And

877
00:48:39,520 --> 00:48:42,960
Speaker 1: round two at fifty seven. Yeah, never know, you never know.

878
00:48:43,239 --> 00:48:46,000
Speaker 1: I wouldn't mind it. We gotta take a break here

879
00:48:46,040 --> 00:48:48,120
Speaker 1: because we're gonna be talking a lot more draft in

880
00:48:48,160 --> 00:48:52,120
Speaker 1: just a second, coming your way with ESPN NFL Draft

881
00:48:52,160 --> 00:48:56,400
Speaker 1: analyst Jordan Reid, who went through the pains taking procedure

882
00:48:56,840 --> 00:49:00,560
Speaker 1: of putting together a seven round mock draft. Better him

883
00:49:00,760 --> 00:49:04,120
Speaker 1: than us, But we'll go over some of his picks,

884
00:49:04,320 --> 00:49:06,440
Speaker 1: not only through the course of the first round, but

885
00:49:06,480 --> 00:49:11,000
Speaker 1: for the Bills as well, including a pick for the

886
00:49:11,040 --> 00:49:15,279
Speaker 1: Bills late the punt God. We'll talk about it next

887
00:49:15,320 --> 00:49:17,560
Speaker 1: Here on One Bill's Live, presented by Kalida Health, It's

888
00:49:17,560 --> 00:49:39,680
Speaker 1: Buffalo Bill's Radio. At a Steve Tasker who has been

889
00:49:39,760 --> 00:49:42,000
Speaker 1: all over the fields. Kind of unique. He was kind

890
00:49:42,000 --> 00:49:47,680
Speaker 1: of a dual role player for you state Steve a blimp.

891
00:49:48,440 --> 00:49:55,040
Speaker 1: We're not even in the stragedyre of normalcy. Our number

892
00:49:55,040 --> 00:49:57,719
Speaker 1: two on a Tuesday, Chris Brown, Steve Tasker with you

893
00:49:58,080 --> 00:50:02,799
Speaker 1: talking draft as we are? Are we nine days away,

894
00:50:03,360 --> 00:50:07,440
Speaker 1: nine days away from Night one of the NFL Draft,

895
00:50:08,200 --> 00:50:10,560
Speaker 1: and here to talk draft with us is a man

896
00:50:10,680 --> 00:50:14,800
Speaker 1: who went through the pains taking procedure of putting together

897
00:50:15,400 --> 00:50:21,280
Speaker 1: a seven round mock draft. Good lord man, it's ESPN's

898
00:50:21,360 --> 00:50:25,319
Speaker 1: NFL draft analyst Jordan rejoining us. And as we said

899
00:50:25,360 --> 00:50:27,400
Speaker 1: before we got you on the air here, Jordan, better

900
00:50:27,480 --> 00:50:30,719
Speaker 1: you than us, because holy cow, I think my head

901
00:50:30,760 --> 00:50:33,680
Speaker 1: would have exploded before I even got through round three.

902
00:50:33,800 --> 00:50:37,400
Speaker 1: So kudos to you for putting all those two hundred

903
00:50:37,360 --> 00:50:40,279
Speaker 1: and thirty plus picks together. My goodness, how long does

904
00:50:40,280 --> 00:50:44,879
Speaker 1: it take to do that? Well, first and foremost, thank

905
00:50:44,880 --> 00:50:46,600
Speaker 1: you guys for having me on It definitely is a

906
00:50:46,640 --> 00:50:50,000
Speaker 1: pleasure being here. But two hundred and sixty two picks overall,

907
00:50:50,120 --> 00:50:52,440
Speaker 1: it took over a week to tweet. But that's the

908
00:50:52,480 --> 00:50:55,520
Speaker 1: great thing about having a draft board already sit you're

909
00:50:55,520 --> 00:50:57,799
Speaker 1: just picking and choosing from that draft board, trying to

910
00:50:57,800 --> 00:51:00,800
Speaker 1: figure out Tennessee's of gms and then just trying to

911
00:51:00,840 --> 00:51:03,600
Speaker 1: figure out maybe some new ideas a new GM or

912
00:51:03,600 --> 00:51:06,239
Speaker 1: a new regime may have. How many how many years

913
00:51:06,239 --> 00:51:08,040
Speaker 1: have you been doing this, Jordan? And what's your Do

914
00:51:08,080 --> 00:51:10,399
Speaker 1: you have a success rate that did you go by?

915
00:51:10,440 --> 00:51:12,319
Speaker 1: I mean, how do you how do you you go

916
00:51:12,400 --> 00:51:14,480
Speaker 1: back and look at the your your mock draft. And

917
00:51:14,719 --> 00:51:16,560
Speaker 1: I know this too. If you get like three guys

918
00:51:16,560 --> 00:51:18,880
Speaker 1: out of two hundred and sixty two. Right, you your gold,

919
00:51:19,320 --> 00:51:21,200
Speaker 1: But I mean, what's your success rate? And how do

920
00:51:21,200 --> 00:51:24,359
Speaker 1: you you know, how do you evaluate your own mock

921
00:51:24,440 --> 00:51:29,000
Speaker 1: draft post draft? Yeah, so this is actually my thirty

922
00:51:29,080 --> 00:51:32,319
Speaker 1: year straight doing it. And I've always been told by

923
00:51:32,360 --> 00:51:35,279
Speaker 1: scouts within the league is that your hit rate is

924
00:51:35,400 --> 00:51:37,920
Speaker 1: very similar to batting average in baseball. If you get

925
00:51:37,920 --> 00:51:41,279
Speaker 1: over correct, you're going to be very very good at

926
00:51:41,360 --> 00:51:44,520
Speaker 1: your job. But um, I mean other other than that,

927
00:51:44,560 --> 00:51:46,480
Speaker 1: I haven't went back and actually looked at to see

928
00:51:46,480 --> 00:51:49,080
Speaker 1: which picks I did get correct. But it's just fun

929
00:51:49,239 --> 00:51:51,480
Speaker 1: just trying to figure out some tendencies that gms have

930
00:51:51,600 --> 00:51:54,400
Speaker 1: shown in years past, and then also just trying to

931
00:51:54,480 --> 00:51:57,520
Speaker 1: slot some players of where some teams have taken a

932
00:51:57,560 --> 00:52:01,120
Speaker 1: liking two in years past. Yeah, and speaking of liking,

933
00:52:01,200 --> 00:52:03,800
Speaker 1: I'm really liking your first mock pick for the Bills

934
00:52:03,880 --> 00:52:05,920
Speaker 1: because I really like this player and I think he

935
00:52:05,920 --> 00:52:08,160
Speaker 1: would fit in very well with what they do schematically

936
00:52:08,160 --> 00:52:11,800
Speaker 1: on defense. But Andrew Booth Junior, the coroner from Clemson

937
00:52:11,880 --> 00:52:15,680
Speaker 1: at pick twenty five, and you know, I think it's

938
00:52:15,680 --> 00:52:18,799
Speaker 1: pretty straightforward as to why this could be a consideration

939
00:52:18,880 --> 00:52:21,719
Speaker 1: or should be a consideration with Trey White coming off

940
00:52:21,760 --> 00:52:24,760
Speaker 1: the injury. I know they do like Dane Jackson a lot,

941
00:52:24,800 --> 00:52:27,799
Speaker 1: their former seventh round pick who stepped in for Trey

942
00:52:27,880 --> 00:52:31,480
Speaker 1: late last year and played admirably. But Levi Wallace has

943
00:52:31,520 --> 00:52:35,319
Speaker 1: gone also. But what is it about Booth's game that

944
00:52:35,440 --> 00:52:40,759
Speaker 1: you think translates well to the way the Bills play defense? Well,

945
00:52:40,960 --> 00:52:43,880
Speaker 1: I think when you're talking about just the culmination of

946
00:52:43,920 --> 00:52:46,600
Speaker 1: everything fitting into what is a player that represents a

947
00:52:46,640 --> 00:52:49,160
Speaker 1: Buffalo Bill? And when I think of the Buffalo Bills,

948
00:52:49,200 --> 00:52:50,680
Speaker 1: I think of a player that plays with a lot

949
00:52:50,719 --> 00:52:54,680
Speaker 1: of charisma, attitude, and then also is a physical presence

950
00:52:54,719 --> 00:52:56,919
Speaker 1: in the secondary. And I think that's exactly what Andrew

951
00:52:56,960 --> 00:52:59,319
Speaker 1: Booth Junior brings to the table. And it's not just

952
00:52:59,440 --> 00:53:02,600
Speaker 1: that he's at a position of need. I think with

953
00:53:02,680 --> 00:53:05,200
Speaker 1: the attitude that he brings, and then just the confidence

954
00:53:05,239 --> 00:53:08,399
Speaker 1: that he infuses, he has an infectious personality, and then

955
00:53:08,520 --> 00:53:10,960
Speaker 1: just his ability to make plays on the ball. I

956
00:53:11,040 --> 00:53:14,720
Speaker 1: think I think he just describes everything that Sean McDermott

957
00:53:14,760 --> 00:53:17,360
Speaker 1: and then also Brandon Bean looked for when adding a

958
00:53:17,360 --> 00:53:19,759
Speaker 1: player to this roster. Yeah, and you're talking about the

959
00:53:19,800 --> 00:53:23,240
Speaker 1: Bills as a team who you know, the expectations could

960
00:53:23,280 --> 00:53:26,360
Speaker 1: not possibly be higher for the franchise. And it's gonna

961
00:53:26,360 --> 00:53:28,840
Speaker 1: be difficult. And it's been a conversation Brownie and I

962
00:53:28,880 --> 00:53:30,960
Speaker 1: have had for weeks. It's gonna be hard for some

963
00:53:31,000 --> 00:53:33,520
Speaker 1: of these guys to, you know, think about making the

964
00:53:33,640 --> 00:53:36,799
Speaker 1: roster because it is so deep and talented already, and

965
00:53:36,840 --> 00:53:38,640
Speaker 1: you've got the Bills taken. And I think in the

966
00:53:38,680 --> 00:53:43,520
Speaker 1: second round a really interesting pick with Bruce Hall, the

967
00:53:43,640 --> 00:53:46,120
Speaker 1: running back. They've taken a running back in the third

968
00:53:46,200 --> 00:53:49,440
Speaker 1: round the last couple of years. Bruce Hall seems to

969
00:53:49,480 --> 00:53:52,320
Speaker 1: have quite the upside that we haven't seen from a

970
00:53:52,400 --> 00:53:54,960
Speaker 1: running back, and plus taking him a round earlier than

971
00:53:55,000 --> 00:53:57,160
Speaker 1: the Bills have done in the past. Breeze Hall is

972
00:53:57,160 --> 00:53:58,759
Speaker 1: a guy who's been touted as one of the guys

973
00:53:58,800 --> 00:54:01,520
Speaker 1: who may have as good appro any running back taking

974
00:54:01,560 --> 00:54:05,000
Speaker 1: in the last couple of years. Yeah, And I think

975
00:54:05,120 --> 00:54:07,080
Speaker 1: just some of the draft capital that they have used

976
00:54:07,080 --> 00:54:09,799
Speaker 1: on the position in years past, whether it's Motor Singletary

977
00:54:09,880 --> 00:54:11,560
Speaker 1: or Zach Moss or some of the other players that

978
00:54:11,600 --> 00:54:13,880
Speaker 1: they have on its roster, I just think it's always

979
00:54:13,920 --> 00:54:16,120
Speaker 1: been either or with their resume. What I mean by

980
00:54:16,160 --> 00:54:17,920
Speaker 1: either or, either they were good runners or they were

981
00:54:17,960 --> 00:54:20,200
Speaker 1: good pass catchers, there was just something that was missing

982
00:54:20,440 --> 00:54:22,600
Speaker 1: on their resume. But with Breece Hall, he's the best

983
00:54:22,640 --> 00:54:25,160
Speaker 1: of both worlds type of player. He's very shifty out

984
00:54:25,160 --> 00:54:28,000
Speaker 1: of the backfield, very strong, a taller running back. It's

985
00:54:28,080 --> 00:54:31,320
Speaker 1: about six foot right around two hundred and fifteen pounds,

986
00:54:31,360 --> 00:54:33,960
Speaker 1: and then his contact balance is so good. And then

987
00:54:34,000 --> 00:54:36,080
Speaker 1: I think with Buffalo trying to get the running game

988
00:54:36,120 --> 00:54:38,359
Speaker 1: back on track, that's something that Sean McDermott has said

989
00:54:38,400 --> 00:54:40,600
Speaker 1: that he's going to put an emphasis on this offseason,

990
00:54:40,920 --> 00:54:43,120
Speaker 1: is getting the running game back on track, just because

991
00:54:43,160 --> 00:54:45,680
Speaker 1: they just seem to be so sporadic in that area.

992
00:54:45,880 --> 00:54:48,640
Speaker 1: Breece Hall has recorded twenty four touchdowns in twenty four

993
00:54:48,680 --> 00:54:52,080
Speaker 1: consecutive games, so it's clear that he finishes getting the

994
00:54:52,080 --> 00:54:53,640
Speaker 1: ball in the end zone, which is something that the

995
00:54:53,680 --> 00:54:56,200
Speaker 1: Buffalo Bills have been lacking. So I think just the

996
00:54:56,280 --> 00:54:58,920
Speaker 1: combination of traits and him just finishing the ball inside

997
00:54:58,960 --> 00:55:00,919
Speaker 1: of the paint in the zone, I think this would

998
00:55:00,920 --> 00:55:03,200
Speaker 1: be a home run selection for Buffalo. There are some

999
00:55:03,400 --> 00:55:07,600
Speaker 1: that are of the opinion that Hall could be a

1000
00:55:07,680 --> 00:55:10,040
Speaker 1: pick for the Bills as early as twenty five. He

1001
00:55:10,120 --> 00:55:12,160
Speaker 1: might sneak his way into the bottom a round one

1002
00:55:12,200 --> 00:55:14,840
Speaker 1: and might be the only running back taken in round one.

1003
00:55:15,200 --> 00:55:18,440
Speaker 1: Do you think there's a chance that could happen that

1004
00:55:18,480 --> 00:55:22,320
Speaker 1: he could go that early. Yeah, I think so. There's

1005
00:55:22,360 --> 00:55:25,560
Speaker 1: always that sneaky first round running back that somehow sneaks

1006
00:55:25,560 --> 00:55:27,040
Speaker 1: into the first round. We saw it a couple of

1007
00:55:27,080 --> 00:55:29,359
Speaker 1: years ago with Clyde Edwards E Lair when he went

1008
00:55:29,400 --> 00:55:30,840
Speaker 1: with the final pick in the first round when the

1009
00:55:30,920 --> 00:55:32,920
Speaker 1: Chiefs had a couple of years ago. And then we

1010
00:55:32,960 --> 00:55:34,880
Speaker 1: saw two running backs go in the first round a

1011
00:55:34,960 --> 00:55:36,920
Speaker 1: year ago with Naigi Harris to the Steelers and then

1012
00:55:36,920 --> 00:55:41,000
Speaker 1: also Travis Etn to Jacksonville. The Etn definitely was a

1013
00:55:41,000 --> 00:55:43,359
Speaker 1: surprise pick amongst a lot of people that I'll talk

1014
00:55:43,600 --> 00:55:45,600
Speaker 1: that I'll talk to when going to the Jaguar. So

1015
00:55:45,640 --> 00:55:47,640
Speaker 1: you never know with the running backs and year a

1016
00:55:47,680 --> 00:55:49,480
Speaker 1: lot of times you should take a running back in

1017
00:55:49,520 --> 00:55:52,680
Speaker 1: the first round just because of how disposable the position is.

1018
00:55:52,680 --> 00:55:54,719
Speaker 1: You could find these guys anywhere. But whenever you have

1019
00:55:54,760 --> 00:55:58,000
Speaker 1: a special one, teams seem to really value that, especially

1020
00:55:58,000 --> 00:55:59,719
Speaker 1: if it's a piece that you need to get you

1021
00:55:59,760 --> 00:56:01,520
Speaker 1: over the top, or if it's a final piece of

1022
00:56:01,560 --> 00:56:04,080
Speaker 1: the puzzle like this would be for the Buffalo Bills.

1023
00:56:04,080 --> 00:56:06,359
Speaker 1: I definitely see it as a possibility. One of the

1024
00:56:06,360 --> 00:56:08,840
Speaker 1: things that you get into, particularly depending on when you

1025
00:56:08,880 --> 00:56:11,560
Speaker 1: put the mock draft together, is the current state of

1026
00:56:11,640 --> 00:56:14,000
Speaker 1: the roster of each team as it stands, and I

1027
00:56:14,000 --> 00:56:15,680
Speaker 1: think going with Booth in the first round for the

1028
00:56:15,719 --> 00:56:18,320
Speaker 1: Buffalo Bills makes a lot of sense as their roster

1029
00:56:18,440 --> 00:56:22,640
Speaker 1: stands now. It's really the only spot at cornerback where

1030
00:56:22,640 --> 00:56:25,480
Speaker 1: they feel like they're they're not as deep as they

1031
00:56:25,480 --> 00:56:27,040
Speaker 1: want to be, and they're not as talent laden as

1032
00:56:27,040 --> 00:56:28,680
Speaker 1: they want to be, and they've had more losses than

1033
00:56:28,760 --> 00:56:32,040
Speaker 1: gains at that position, just flat out numbers on the roster.

1034
00:56:32,880 --> 00:56:37,680
Speaker 1: How much of that is there, and knowing that everything

1035
00:56:37,680 --> 00:56:39,879
Speaker 1: could change before the draft in nine days because there's

1036
00:56:39,880 --> 00:56:42,040
Speaker 1: still guys out there available, how much of that goes

1037
00:56:42,080 --> 00:56:45,640
Speaker 1: into your mock draft, particularly with this Bills team and

1038
00:56:45,719 --> 00:56:47,640
Speaker 1: its current state of the roster where they're a little

1039
00:56:47,719 --> 00:56:51,480
Speaker 1: light on corner Yeah, and that's a great question. You

1040
00:56:51,480 --> 00:56:53,640
Speaker 1: actually wrink up a very valid point. That's the tough

1041
00:56:53,680 --> 00:56:55,920
Speaker 1: part about making mock draft, just because you're trying to

1042
00:56:56,000 --> 00:56:58,680
Speaker 1: predict based off previous tendencies that some of these gems

1043
00:56:58,719 --> 00:57:02,840
Speaker 1: are shown they're mid midday trades being made like the

1044
00:57:02,920 --> 00:57:06,160
Speaker 1: Saints and the Eagles. Pixwak really came in the middle

1045
00:57:06,160 --> 00:57:08,640
Speaker 1: of nowhere, so I'm having to scramble and adjust everything

1046
00:57:08,680 --> 00:57:10,799
Speaker 1: that's happening. So there's a lot of homework and things

1047
00:57:10,800 --> 00:57:13,120
Speaker 1: that go into making these mock drafts. But when looking

1048
00:57:13,120 --> 00:57:15,480
Speaker 1: at the Buffalo Bills, they put a premium on some

1049
00:57:15,520 --> 00:57:18,840
Speaker 1: of these early positions like they have selected years past,

1050
00:57:18,920 --> 00:57:21,360
Speaker 1: but they're not afraid to take projects either. We saw

1051
00:57:21,440 --> 00:57:24,120
Speaker 1: that last year with Gregory Rousseau. A lot of people

1052
00:57:24,160 --> 00:57:27,200
Speaker 1: were surprised that Buffalo invested some first round capital on him.

1053
00:57:27,640 --> 00:57:29,960
Speaker 1: But the Bills really haven't had a true tendency as

1054
00:57:29,960 --> 00:57:31,840
Speaker 1: far as where they like to go in the first round,

1055
00:57:31,880 --> 00:57:34,320
Speaker 1: but they're not afraid to take risks. That's why I

1056
00:57:34,360 --> 00:57:36,480
Speaker 1: think with Andrew Bout Junior, a player that's coming off

1057
00:57:36,520 --> 00:57:38,360
Speaker 1: of injury, we didn't see him in the Combine and

1058
00:57:38,360 --> 00:57:41,680
Speaker 1: he's trained his squad the Monday leading up to the Combine,

1059
00:57:41,720 --> 00:57:44,160
Speaker 1: and then also he just recently had core muscle surgery

1060
00:57:44,200 --> 00:57:47,080
Speaker 1: for a sports hernia too. So even though all of

1061
00:57:47,120 --> 00:57:49,920
Speaker 1: that has happened, the athleticism pops on tape and the

1062
00:57:49,960 --> 00:57:52,680
Speaker 1: Bills aren't afraid to take a risk, especially early on

1063
00:57:53,600 --> 00:57:56,880
Speaker 1: round three. You've got the Bills taking an interioral lineman

1064
00:57:56,880 --> 00:58:02,560
Speaker 1: at Oklahoma Marquis Hayes, maybe needs a little time on

1065
00:58:02,600 --> 00:58:06,040
Speaker 1: the job to kind of round into form and challenge

1066
00:58:06,040 --> 00:58:09,040
Speaker 1: for you know, a role on an offensive line in

1067
00:58:09,080 --> 00:58:13,560
Speaker 1: this league. But how would you characterize the interior old

1068
00:58:13,560 --> 00:58:18,240
Speaker 1: line group overall here, Jordan, Just in terms of the

1069
00:58:18,360 --> 00:58:21,320
Speaker 1: kinds of interior old lineman we're looking at, you know,

1070
00:58:21,440 --> 00:58:24,040
Speaker 1: body type wise, are we're looking at more tackles that

1071
00:58:24,080 --> 00:58:28,120
Speaker 1: are projecting inside this year? What's the makeup of that

1072
00:58:28,560 --> 00:58:33,000
Speaker 1: interior old line group in general? Well, I mean, overall,

1073
00:58:33,120 --> 00:58:35,920
Speaker 1: the Bills have invested some draft capital in the interior

1074
00:58:36,240 --> 00:58:38,960
Speaker 1: offensive line and the end they've brought back some players

1075
00:58:38,960 --> 00:58:42,120
Speaker 1: in various spots too. Getting back Ryan Bates was big

1076
00:58:42,200 --> 00:58:44,120
Speaker 1: for them. He's a depth position that they really like

1077
00:58:44,240 --> 00:58:46,840
Speaker 1: at that guard spot. Cody Ford still trying to figure

1078
00:58:46,880 --> 00:58:48,640
Speaker 1: things out a little bit as far as it fisa

1079
00:58:48,680 --> 00:58:51,960
Speaker 1: inside or an exterior guy, but they've shown to have

1080
00:58:52,000 --> 00:58:54,960
Speaker 1: some trends as far as they like those guys that

1081
00:58:55,040 --> 00:58:57,959
Speaker 1: really can cross train at guard or a tackle. Roger

1082
00:58:58,000 --> 00:59:00,480
Speaker 1: Sapple to somebody else that they also brought over too,

1083
00:59:00,520 --> 00:59:02,760
Speaker 1: so I think another player that could play guard or

1084
00:59:02,720 --> 00:59:05,120
Speaker 1: a tackle. So having that flexibility is something that they

1085
00:59:05,200 --> 00:59:08,080
Speaker 1: really do like. But with Marquis says, I think he

1086
00:59:08,120 --> 00:59:10,120
Speaker 1: could play center or guard. I would start him out

1087
00:59:10,160 --> 00:59:12,520
Speaker 1: at guard first, just because that's what he played at

1088
00:59:12,560 --> 00:59:15,040
Speaker 1: Oklahoma and he has some very successful reps. I think

1089
00:59:15,040 --> 00:59:17,040
Speaker 1: he was very he had a very good week of

1090
00:59:17,080 --> 00:59:19,080
Speaker 1: practice at the Senior Bowl. I thought he was one

1091
00:59:19,120 --> 00:59:22,640
Speaker 1: of the strongest interior offensive lineman there. And he's not

1092
00:59:22,680 --> 00:59:23,920
Speaker 1: one of those guys that I think is going to

1093
00:59:24,000 --> 00:59:26,160
Speaker 1: go somewhere early on in the first of the second round,

1094
00:59:26,160 --> 00:59:28,120
Speaker 1: but I think he could be a surprise third round

1095
00:59:28,160 --> 00:59:30,280
Speaker 1: selection just because of how durable he is at the

1096
00:59:30,280 --> 00:59:33,360
Speaker 1: point of attack. He plays with a real nasty personality too,

1097
00:59:33,400 --> 00:59:35,800
Speaker 1: so when you're thinking of those cold weather games and

1098
00:59:35,840 --> 00:59:38,280
Speaker 1: then some of those tough games within the division, I

1099
00:59:38,280 --> 00:59:40,120
Speaker 1: think he's one of those players that could fit very

1100
00:59:40,120 --> 00:59:43,320
Speaker 1: well in the Buffalo Bills. And you move on down

1101
00:59:43,360 --> 00:59:45,280
Speaker 1: to the fourth round, where you've got a little bit

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00:59:45,400 --> 00:59:47,720
Speaker 1: one of the you know, one of the premier positions

1103
00:59:47,720 --> 00:59:50,120
Speaker 1: as you talk about, is wide receiver. We talked about

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00:59:50,160 --> 00:59:52,640
Speaker 1: corner early on later on in the draft, you got

1105
00:59:52,680 --> 00:59:54,960
Speaker 1: the Bills taking two guys at wide receiver, one in

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00:59:55,000 --> 00:59:57,360
Speaker 1: the fourth round, one of the sixth round. Talk about

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00:59:57,360 --> 01:00:01,439
Speaker 1: the fourth rounder and Kyle Phillips out of UCLA. Yeah,

1108
01:00:01,480 --> 01:00:03,600
Speaker 1: one of the most impressive players that I saw this

1109
01:00:03,680 --> 01:00:06,000
Speaker 1: offseason on the All Star Game circuit. I saw him

1110
01:00:06,080 --> 01:00:08,520
Speaker 1: during the week of practices during the East West Shrine Game,

1111
01:00:08,560 --> 01:00:11,680
Speaker 1: and you're going to hear the comps Wes Welker, Hunter,

1112
01:00:11,720 --> 01:00:14,720
Speaker 1: renfro He's exactly those type of guys. He just has

1113
01:00:14,760 --> 01:00:17,840
Speaker 1: a natural understanding of how to get open, a natural separator,

1114
01:00:17,960 --> 01:00:20,600
Speaker 1: great hands, and then he's also a return specialist too,

1115
01:00:20,840 --> 01:00:22,440
Speaker 1: and he's one of those players I think is going

1116
01:00:22,480 --> 01:00:24,120
Speaker 1: to go much earlier than what a lot of people

1117
01:00:24,120 --> 01:00:26,200
Speaker 1: are expecting, just because of how much of a natural

1118
01:00:26,240 --> 01:00:28,880
Speaker 1: separator he is, and just as far as his body type,

1119
01:00:28,920 --> 01:00:31,240
Speaker 1: he looks exactly like Cole Beasley, a player that they're

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01:00:31,240 --> 01:00:33,920
Speaker 1: still searching to replace, and I think Phillips could fill

1121
01:00:33,960 --> 01:00:38,280
Speaker 1: in that role right away. And then the punk god,

1122
01:00:39,000 --> 01:00:41,480
Speaker 1: I mean, everybody's calling him that. I think I found it.

1123
01:00:41,680 --> 01:00:43,880
Speaker 1: The thing I found most interesting about him, Jordan was

1124
01:00:44,360 --> 01:00:48,320
Speaker 1: he was a placekicker first before becoming predominantly a punter,

1125
01:00:48,520 --> 01:00:50,720
Speaker 1: and now he projects as a punter in the league.

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01:00:52,000 --> 01:00:54,720
Speaker 1: I mean, I suppose having that extra thing in your

1127
01:00:54,720 --> 01:00:57,080
Speaker 1: back pocket will always help in case, God forbid, your

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01:00:57,120 --> 01:00:59,000
Speaker 1: team's kicker gets hurt. This guy could do it for

1129
01:00:59,040 --> 01:01:03,880
Speaker 1: you in a pinch. But you know, lefty, lefty punter,

1130
01:01:04,000 --> 01:01:08,240
Speaker 1: which seems to be the InVogue thing now too. What

1131
01:01:08,840 --> 01:01:11,760
Speaker 1: makes this kid so special that there's not many punters

1132
01:01:11,760 --> 01:01:14,800
Speaker 1: with a following on social media to this degree, you

1133
01:01:14,800 --> 01:01:18,520
Speaker 1: know what I mean? Yeah, And I mean the nickname

1134
01:01:18,560 --> 01:01:21,040
Speaker 1: of course punt God. That's always gonna get a lot

1135
01:01:21,080 --> 01:01:23,360
Speaker 1: of people's attention. But it's just the hang time with

1136
01:01:23,440 --> 01:01:26,920
Speaker 1: them consistently has over a fourth second hang. The distance

1137
01:01:27,040 --> 01:01:28,880
Speaker 1: is just ridiculous. I think he had a career high

1138
01:01:28,960 --> 01:01:30,880
Speaker 1: last year He had like an eighty two yard punt,

1139
01:01:31,760 --> 01:01:35,200
Speaker 1: which was ridiculous. And then also of the athleticism with

1140
01:01:35,280 --> 01:01:37,840
Speaker 1: him too, And I think with the reason, it's just

1141
01:01:37,880 --> 01:01:40,400
Speaker 1: a situation of where you want to create competition at

1142
01:01:40,400 --> 01:01:43,040
Speaker 1: every single position, which is something that Brandon Bean says

1143
01:01:43,120 --> 01:01:45,680
Speaker 1: that everything is on the table as far as where

1144
01:01:45,680 --> 01:01:48,120
Speaker 1: they want to create spots, whether it's backup quarterback or

1145
01:01:48,160 --> 01:01:51,000
Speaker 1: wide receiver or even specialists. They want to make sure

1146
01:01:51,080 --> 01:01:54,040
Speaker 1: everybody's earning their roster spots. So with matter reason coming

1147
01:01:54,080 --> 01:01:57,080
Speaker 1: into building, the Bills have consistently been near the bottom

1148
01:01:57,120 --> 01:01:59,520
Speaker 1: of the league as far as punt average and punt totals.

1149
01:02:00,160 --> 01:02:02,400
Speaker 1: He could be another added weapon on special teams, and

1150
01:02:02,440 --> 01:02:04,920
Speaker 1: it's always been something that going around the league with

1151
01:02:05,400 --> 01:02:09,360
Speaker 1: punters and kickers, you know, you don't see him drafted

1152
01:02:09,400 --> 01:02:12,280
Speaker 1: all that often. Is there any doubt that a Rise

1153
01:02:12,440 --> 01:02:15,080
Speaker 1: is going to get drafted? He seems like too big

1154
01:02:15,120 --> 01:02:19,160
Speaker 1: a talent and too far too much separated from every

1155
01:02:19,200 --> 01:02:22,480
Speaker 1: other kid in this class of his position, with his

1156
01:02:22,600 --> 01:02:26,040
Speaker 1: versatility as a kicker and punter. Is there any doubt

1157
01:02:26,040 --> 01:02:30,000
Speaker 1: that he's going to go somewhere? Oh yeah, I think

1158
01:02:30,080 --> 01:02:32,080
Speaker 1: fourth or fifth round. I think he could see him

1159
01:02:32,120 --> 01:02:34,040
Speaker 1: go as early as the fourth Him and Jordan's Stout

1160
01:02:34,120 --> 01:02:36,800
Speaker 1: from Penn State or by far the two best punters

1161
01:02:36,880 --> 01:02:39,720
Speaker 1: overall in this draft. So when surprising the teams invest

1162
01:02:39,800 --> 01:02:43,360
Speaker 1: fourth or fifth round drafts elections on those two, and

1163
01:02:43,400 --> 01:02:48,120
Speaker 1: then late in the draft you go quarterback Cole Kelly

1164
01:02:48,400 --> 01:02:54,000
Speaker 1: Southeastern Louisiana, and just looking at his makeup and what

1165
01:02:54,040 --> 01:02:57,520
Speaker 1: he's about, I'm wondering, Jordan, are you trying to find

1166
01:02:58,520 --> 01:03:01,680
Speaker 1: the biggest physical car been copied to Josh Allen, because

1167
01:03:01,680 --> 01:03:04,080
Speaker 1: this guy's he's a monster. I don't think he runs

1168
01:03:04,120 --> 01:03:06,360
Speaker 1: like Josh, but I know they use him in some

1169
01:03:06,400 --> 01:03:09,520
Speaker 1: options stuff, or at least they did at Southeast Louisiana.

1170
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Speaker 1: But what was your I'm curious this year thinking in

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01:03:12,360 --> 01:03:16,320
Speaker 1: terms of going quarterback here at round seven. Yeah, so

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01:03:16,400 --> 01:03:20,080
Speaker 1: I saw Cole at the Tropical Bowl down in Florida,

1173
01:03:20,120 --> 01:03:22,440
Speaker 1: excuse me, the Hula Bowl down in Florida, And that

1174
01:03:22,520 --> 01:03:25,760
Speaker 1: was my first exposure to him, and just a towering build,

1175
01:03:25,840 --> 01:03:28,440
Speaker 1: every bit of six foot seven, about two hundred and

1176
01:03:28,480 --> 01:03:31,520
Speaker 1: sixty pounds, had sixteen rushing touchdowns a year ago. They

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01:03:31,600 --> 01:03:34,560
Speaker 1: use them on that Quarterback Design Run game. And he

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01:03:34,680 --> 01:03:36,880
Speaker 1: just screamed Buffalo Bills to me. And yes, it's a

1179
01:03:36,960 --> 01:03:39,360
Speaker 1: little bit of a mixture of Josh Allen from a

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01:03:39,440 --> 01:03:42,560
Speaker 1: side standpoint, but just how much of a weapon he

1181
01:03:42,640 --> 01:03:45,280
Speaker 1: is in the Design Quarterback Run Game. Just going down

1182
01:03:45,320 --> 01:03:46,880
Speaker 1: my list of teams where I thought he would be

1183
01:03:46,920 --> 01:03:49,320
Speaker 1: a good fit in, and yes, the Buffalo Bills, they

1184
01:03:49,320 --> 01:03:51,680
Speaker 1: don't need a backup quarterback, they have that already in house.

1185
01:03:51,720 --> 01:03:54,120
Speaker 1: But as far as that developmental guy, that could go

1186
01:03:54,120 --> 01:03:55,920
Speaker 1: in the late rounds would be a priority free agent.

1187
01:03:56,360 --> 01:03:58,760
Speaker 1: I just think Buffalo should be earmarked as a spot

1188
01:03:58,760 --> 01:04:00,840
Speaker 1: of where Cole Kelly could be a could fit as

1189
01:04:00,880 --> 01:04:02,640
Speaker 1: far as a practice squad guy. I think it could

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01:04:02,680 --> 01:04:04,560
Speaker 1: be a really good fit there in Buffalo. Yeah, I

1191
01:04:04,600 --> 01:04:06,520
Speaker 1: know you've been You went through this thing with a

1192
01:04:06,520 --> 01:04:08,600
Speaker 1: fine tooth combs. Two hundred and sixty two picks in

1193
01:04:08,600 --> 01:04:12,400
Speaker 1: this draft, you pegged them all. Is there any was

1194
01:04:12,440 --> 01:04:15,080
Speaker 1: there anything that surprised you about this year's draft in particular?

1195
01:04:15,080 --> 01:04:16,360
Speaker 1: You've done a couple of you know, you've done a

1196
01:04:16,400 --> 01:04:19,480
Speaker 1: handful of these already. What's the most surprising thing maybe

1197
01:04:19,520 --> 01:04:24,120
Speaker 1: about this year's draft crop of players coming out? Just

1198
01:04:24,160 --> 01:04:26,360
Speaker 1: the mystery surrounding at the top of the draft is

1199
01:04:26,400 --> 01:04:29,560
Speaker 1: something unlike I've ever seen before. I mean, twenty eighteen

1200
01:04:29,680 --> 01:04:31,200
Speaker 1: had a lot of mystery as far as who was

1201
01:04:31,240 --> 01:04:33,880
Speaker 1: the first quarterback was going to be to be selected,

1202
01:04:33,920 --> 01:04:35,920
Speaker 1: and Baker Midfield end up being that guy. But I

1203
01:04:35,920 --> 01:04:37,800
Speaker 1: think this class is very similar as far as the

1204
01:04:37,800 --> 01:04:41,160
Speaker 1: mystery at the top. Aidan Hutchinson, the defensive inform Michigan,

1205
01:04:41,680 --> 01:04:44,680
Speaker 1: is projected to go number one overall. So the Jacksonville Jaguars.

1206
01:04:44,920 --> 01:04:47,160
Speaker 1: We're still waiting on that where nine days out from it.

1207
01:04:47,200 --> 01:04:49,640
Speaker 1: So just the mystery surrounding this class overall, and then

1208
01:04:49,680 --> 01:04:51,520
Speaker 1: who the first quarterback is and where he's going to

1209
01:04:51,600 --> 01:04:53,520
Speaker 1: go as far as where he's going to be selected.

1210
01:04:53,520 --> 01:04:55,880
Speaker 1: So the mystery has created a lot of intrigue amongst

1211
01:04:55,880 --> 01:04:58,520
Speaker 1: this draft class overall. The last one I've got for you, Jordan,

1212
01:04:58,800 --> 01:05:01,960
Speaker 1: is about the draft pool as a whole. You know,

1213
01:05:02,040 --> 01:05:04,680
Speaker 1: most people are of the opinion it is deeper, especially

1214
01:05:04,760 --> 01:05:06,560
Speaker 1: after all the kids it went back to school after

1215
01:05:06,600 --> 01:05:08,680
Speaker 1: getting an extra year of eligibility, you know, the so

1216
01:05:08,840 --> 01:05:13,320
Speaker 1: called COVID year. And we've heard from a lot of

1217
01:05:13,360 --> 01:05:16,120
Speaker 1: people that, you know, the quality of player you can

1218
01:05:16,160 --> 01:05:20,000
Speaker 1: get between twenty and sixty is relatively the same. It's

1219
01:05:20,040 --> 01:05:25,160
Speaker 1: not a wide swath in terms of grade. But what

1220
01:05:25,320 --> 01:05:28,720
Speaker 1: about beyond that, because we're also hearing the real meat

1221
01:05:28,760 --> 01:05:32,760
Speaker 1: and potatoes and really good value in this draft could

1222
01:05:32,760 --> 01:05:36,760
Speaker 1: come in round three and four. What's your take on that. Yeah,

1223
01:05:36,800 --> 01:05:39,720
Speaker 1: that's definitely true, and I think what's so different about

1224
01:05:39,760 --> 01:05:42,760
Speaker 1: this class not only with the mystery, but also there's

1225
01:05:42,880 --> 01:05:45,640
Speaker 1: no clear cut superstar walking through the door like we

1226
01:05:45,680 --> 01:05:49,440
Speaker 1: saw in years pass, Whether it was Jamar Chase, DeVante Smith,

1227
01:05:49,600 --> 01:05:52,400
Speaker 1: Joe Burrow a few years ago. There's just no clear

1228
01:05:52,400 --> 01:05:55,200
Speaker 1: cut top guy at any position across the board. But

1229
01:05:55,360 --> 01:05:57,960
Speaker 1: what is prevalent in this draft class is just a depth.

1230
01:05:58,360 --> 01:06:00,600
Speaker 1: I think at cornerback, like we already talked about this

1231
01:06:00,720 --> 01:06:03,560
Speaker 1: depth through the first four rounds. Linebacker I think is

1232
01:06:03,560 --> 01:06:05,480
Speaker 1: one of the more depth field positions, and then also

1233
01:06:05,600 --> 01:06:08,640
Speaker 1: running back. There's depth within the fifth and the sixth round.

1234
01:06:08,640 --> 01:06:10,920
Speaker 1: And this is just class. So if you're looking to

1235
01:06:10,960 --> 01:06:13,480
Speaker 1: fill out a team in certain spots and then to

1236
01:06:13,560 --> 01:06:15,720
Speaker 1: just get more depth or game or depth a certain spots,

1237
01:06:15,720 --> 01:06:17,520
Speaker 1: I think this is a great draft for you. But

1238
01:06:17,640 --> 01:06:19,600
Speaker 1: if you're looking for front line starters that can come

1239
01:06:19,640 --> 01:06:21,480
Speaker 1: in and start for day one, this probably isn't a

1240
01:06:21,480 --> 01:06:23,400
Speaker 1: great draft for that. What are your thoughts about the

1241
01:06:23,800 --> 01:06:27,160
Speaker 1: defensive side of the football, the premier positions we talked

1242
01:06:27,200 --> 01:06:30,760
Speaker 1: about on end, your cornerback and edge rusher. How does

1243
01:06:30,800 --> 01:06:35,480
Speaker 1: this draft stack up with the last handful of drafts. Well,

1244
01:06:35,520 --> 01:06:37,600
Speaker 1: I will say this, this is the top Those are

1245
01:06:37,600 --> 01:06:39,480
Speaker 1: the top two position groups as far as from top

1246
01:06:39,520 --> 01:06:43,040
Speaker 1: to bottom of where the depth is located. It isn't

1247
01:06:43,120 --> 01:06:45,320
Speaker 1: quite as strong as what we have seen in years past,

1248
01:06:45,360 --> 01:06:47,080
Speaker 1: but I think there is some starters that can come

1249
01:06:47,120 --> 01:06:49,439
Speaker 1: in and beat Day one starters for you. And that's

1250
01:06:49,480 --> 01:06:52,720
Speaker 1: all throughout the first round at both positions. And we're

1251
01:06:52,760 --> 01:06:55,160
Speaker 1: here about two at the top at Trayvon Walker eight, Hudson,

1252
01:06:55,240 --> 01:06:58,520
Speaker 1: then also Kevin Thibodeau Jermaine Johnson the second. All players

1253
01:06:58,520 --> 01:07:00,840
Speaker 1: the Bills won't have any chances at but if they're

1254
01:07:00,840 --> 01:07:03,440
Speaker 1: looking to gain some more edge rushers, there's plenty throughout

1255
01:07:03,480 --> 01:07:05,520
Speaker 1: the third and the fourth rounds, but also cornerback. If

1256
01:07:05,520 --> 01:07:07,080
Speaker 1: they want to wait into the third or the fourth

1257
01:07:07,120 --> 01:07:09,080
Speaker 1: rounds to address those spots, they'll be able to do

1258
01:07:09,120 --> 01:07:13,320
Speaker 1: that as well. All right, Jordan, listen, we appreciate you

1259
01:07:13,640 --> 01:07:16,000
Speaker 1: lending some insight to your seven round mock draft along

1260
01:07:16,040 --> 01:07:17,800
Speaker 1: with the class IF twenty twenty two as a whole.

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01:07:17,840 --> 01:07:21,360
Speaker 1: We appreciate it. We'll catch up with you down the line. Thanks, Jordan, absolutely,

1262
01:07:21,480 --> 01:07:23,280
Speaker 1: thank you guys, as always, all right, take care of

1263
01:07:23,560 --> 01:07:27,360
Speaker 1: That's Jordan Reed, NFL draft analyst for ESPN dot coms

1264
01:07:27,440 --> 01:07:31,240
Speaker 1: got a seven round mock draft out which you couldn't

1265
01:07:31,280 --> 01:07:32,920
Speaker 1: sign me up to do that? Yeah, I think no,

1266
01:07:33,000 --> 01:07:34,600
Speaker 1: you wouldn't, But I'll tell you what the guys that

1267
01:07:34,640 --> 01:07:37,760
Speaker 1: he pulled down for the Buffalo Bills, starting with Andrew Booth,

1268
01:07:37,800 --> 01:07:42,120
Speaker 1: Bruce Hall, Marquis Hayes, Kyle Phillips, Matt Arise. Of all these,

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Speaker 1: it's pretty good draft. If the Bills pull out the

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01:07:44,800 --> 01:07:47,800
Speaker 1: group that he has on here, I'll be like, Okay,

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01:07:47,840 --> 01:07:50,280
Speaker 1: let's see. You know, we're in a different spot than

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01:07:50,320 --> 01:07:54,760
Speaker 1: the Bills have been in decades past because the roster

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01:07:54,960 --> 01:07:58,080
Speaker 1: is so stacked. They do have such quality people, and

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01:07:58,200 --> 01:08:01,880
Speaker 1: certainly even the new guys have a resume that gives

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01:08:01,880 --> 01:08:04,320
Speaker 1: you the you know, gives you reason to be really

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01:08:04,360 --> 01:08:06,040
Speaker 1: optimistic about how they're going to play as a pro,

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01:08:06,160 --> 01:08:10,680
Speaker 1: as an end as a Buffalo Bill. Unlike most other years,

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01:08:12,960 --> 01:08:15,080
Speaker 1: I don't think the Bills and Bills fans really expect

1279
01:08:15,120 --> 01:08:17,559
Speaker 1: the team to lean on any of these guys too much.

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01:08:17,600 --> 01:08:21,160
Speaker 1: And that's that's not a place that Bills fans are

1281
01:08:21,160 --> 01:08:24,280
Speaker 1: familiar with being. The end of Day two and the

1282
01:08:24,320 --> 01:08:28,120
Speaker 1: start of Day three are going to be particularly interesting

1283
01:08:29,000 --> 01:08:32,320
Speaker 1: for me because of the value that I think is

1284
01:08:32,320 --> 01:08:35,200
Speaker 1: going to still be up there on the board. Even

1285
01:08:35,240 --> 01:08:38,880
Speaker 1: though the Bills are picking late in the rounds, with

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01:08:38,920 --> 01:08:41,800
Speaker 1: the exception of round six, where they have Carolina's pick.

1287
01:08:45,479 --> 01:08:48,400
Speaker 1: I am really or sorry round seven where they pick

1288
01:08:48,439 --> 01:08:54,080
Speaker 1: a little earlier. I'm intrigued to see what's still on

1289
01:08:54,120 --> 01:08:57,320
Speaker 1: the board come the end of day two and then

1290
01:08:57,320 --> 01:09:02,160
Speaker 1: early day three. Because a lot of these former gms

1291
01:09:02,200 --> 01:09:05,200
Speaker 1: you know that evaluate the draft, you know, work in media, whatever,

1292
01:09:05,680 --> 01:09:09,599
Speaker 1: a lot of them are saying there's gonna be guys

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01:09:09,640 --> 01:09:13,360
Speaker 1: that are gonna be bonafide contributors for your roster that

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01:09:13,439 --> 01:09:15,600
Speaker 1: you can get in around three and four. Because the

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01:09:15,680 --> 01:09:18,120
Speaker 1: draft pool of this year is almost twice the size

1296
01:09:18,240 --> 01:09:19,800
Speaker 1: of what it was last year because you had a

1297
01:09:19,840 --> 01:09:21,640
Speaker 1: lot of guys go back to school that would have

1298
01:09:21,680 --> 01:09:24,519
Speaker 1: come out, or all that stuff with the pandemic kind

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01:09:24,520 --> 01:09:26,400
Speaker 1: of made it like that. And I'll say this too,

1300
01:09:26,439 --> 01:09:30,600
Speaker 1: this is where as well where because you get to

1301
01:09:30,640 --> 01:09:33,920
Speaker 1: a point where the physical attributes to these players gets

1302
01:09:33,920 --> 01:09:36,280
Speaker 1: to a point where they're real it's real question marks

1303
01:09:36,320 --> 01:09:37,720
Speaker 1: to where they're gonna be able to hold up at

1304
01:09:37,760 --> 01:09:40,800
Speaker 1: the NFL level physically, not I don't mean injury wise,

1305
01:09:40,840 --> 01:09:44,200
Speaker 1: but just keep up. Be big enough, strong enough, fast enough,

1306
01:09:44,320 --> 01:09:47,120
Speaker 1: or intelligent enough or whatever skill set they bring. There

1307
01:09:47,160 --> 01:09:49,280
Speaker 1: are real questions is or whether it's going to translate

1308
01:09:49,360 --> 01:09:52,080
Speaker 1: at all to the league. That's why you see guys

1309
01:09:52,080 --> 01:09:55,760
Speaker 1: like Brandon being going from like, for instance, they got

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01:09:55,800 --> 01:09:58,519
Speaker 1: picked one sixty eight, one eighty five, they pull those

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01:09:58,560 --> 01:10:01,160
Speaker 1: two picks and get up to to pick one forty

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01:10:01,640 --> 01:10:05,600
Speaker 1: or something like that, because anybody from there on is

1313
01:10:05,600 --> 01:10:07,640
Speaker 1: a real questions where they're ever going to contribute to

1314
01:10:07,680 --> 01:10:10,639
Speaker 1: any NFL squad, practice squad, or anything. So they get

1315
01:10:10,720 --> 01:10:13,240
Speaker 1: up to a guy at least has the physical attributes

1316
01:10:13,320 --> 01:10:15,559
Speaker 1: that they're looking for that could do it if they

1317
01:10:15,600 --> 01:10:18,080
Speaker 1: coach him up properly. So I think there's gonna be

1318
01:10:18,120 --> 01:10:20,759
Speaker 1: a lot of those kind of trades in here where

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01:10:21,160 --> 01:10:23,479
Speaker 1: you're gonna drop below a certain skill level and a

1320
01:10:23,520 --> 01:10:27,360
Speaker 1: certain evaluation level, and these gms are gonna go, listen,

1321
01:10:27,400 --> 01:10:29,000
Speaker 1: we go too much further. None of these guys are

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01:10:29,000 --> 01:10:30,640
Speaker 1: gonna have a chance at it. So let's jump up

1323
01:10:30,680 --> 01:10:32,360
Speaker 1: a little bit and at least get a guy with

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01:10:32,400 --> 01:10:37,839
Speaker 1: a chance. Yeah, he picked the Kyle Phillips kid from UCLA,

1325
01:10:37,920 --> 01:10:42,439
Speaker 1: And I was watching him strictly a slot kid, and

1326
01:10:42,560 --> 01:10:45,280
Speaker 1: I'm thinking he's looking at him, going, oh, Cole Beasley,

1327
01:10:45,320 --> 01:10:47,960
Speaker 1: you know, like Jordan Reid and some of his reasoning.

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01:10:49,920 --> 01:10:54,400
Speaker 1: The thing about Kyle Phillips is he's probably only a

1329
01:10:54,400 --> 01:10:57,559
Speaker 1: little bit bigger than Cole Beasley. But you can have

1330
01:10:57,680 --> 01:11:00,719
Speaker 1: small guys on your roster. There are exceptions in this league.

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01:11:01,120 --> 01:11:03,320
Speaker 1: You don't want to have too many of them. It's

1332
01:11:03,320 --> 01:11:07,960
Speaker 1: a big man's game at the end of the day. Yeah, yeah,

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01:11:08,040 --> 01:11:10,200
Speaker 1: I mean, but yeah, but you are an exception. You

1334
01:11:10,200 --> 01:11:13,000
Speaker 1: can have a couple of exceptions on your roster. You

1335
01:11:13,080 --> 01:11:15,080
Speaker 1: just don't want too many of them. Yeah, that that

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01:11:15,080 --> 01:11:17,920
Speaker 1: would be kind of a It's the lessons we learned

1337
01:11:17,960 --> 01:11:21,200
Speaker 1: from the Dick Giron rosters from the Buffalo Bill days

1338
01:11:21,200 --> 01:11:25,040
Speaker 1: when he was head coach here. His philosophy was to

1339
01:11:25,080 --> 01:11:31,080
Speaker 1: build speed and athleticism, which was great, but then you've

1340
01:11:31,120 --> 01:11:33,280
Speaker 1: got a lot of guys who are slender and you

1341
01:11:33,320 --> 01:11:38,559
Speaker 1: don't have any big bodies, and those small slender guys

1342
01:11:39,600 --> 01:11:42,200
Speaker 1: ended up. You know, you had at one point seventeen

1343
01:11:42,479 --> 01:11:45,679
Speaker 1: nineteen twenty one guys on injured reserve, so you're missing

1344
01:11:45,960 --> 01:11:48,400
Speaker 1: half of the starters on your roster on injured reserve.

1345
01:11:50,600 --> 01:11:53,200
Speaker 1: It's a It's a game full of velocity and a

1346
01:11:53,200 --> 01:11:55,400
Speaker 1: lot of weight, and if you can't hold up to

1347
01:11:55,439 --> 01:11:58,639
Speaker 1: the impact of it, you're on ir and then your

1348
01:11:58,680 --> 01:12:02,719
Speaker 1: your team's crippled. Because of it, your roster's crippled, right,

1349
01:12:03,320 --> 01:12:06,120
Speaker 1: and and we've seen exceptions here in Buffalo over the years.

1350
01:12:06,280 --> 01:12:09,920
Speaker 1: Like I mentioned yourself, you have somebody like a Roscoe Parish,

1351
01:12:09,960 --> 01:12:13,160
Speaker 1: you know, an undersized guy. You got Isaiah McKenzie now right,

1352
01:12:13,200 --> 01:12:15,439
Speaker 1: you know, you just you just don't want to have

1353
01:12:15,439 --> 01:12:17,960
Speaker 1: a half a dozen guys that are undersized. You want

1354
01:12:17,960 --> 01:12:20,320
Speaker 1: to have one or two, two or three some dynamic

1355
01:12:20,400 --> 01:12:23,840
Speaker 1: athlete that can make up for the size deficiency. Go

1356
01:12:24,040 --> 01:12:26,439
Speaker 1: for it, right, You just don't want too many. You

1357
01:12:26,479 --> 01:12:28,720
Speaker 1: want to be able to attack a team both with

1358
01:12:28,880 --> 01:12:33,439
Speaker 1: physical size and you know, body position, all that kind

1359
01:12:33,479 --> 01:12:35,200
Speaker 1: of stuff, even on the outside. Take for you want

1360
01:12:35,200 --> 01:12:39,320
Speaker 1: a big rangey wide receiver as well as a small

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01:12:39,360 --> 01:12:42,000
Speaker 1: guy that's hard, you know, hard to stick with. You

1362
01:12:42,000 --> 01:12:45,040
Speaker 1: want to be able to attack a team with both

1363
01:12:45,040 --> 01:12:47,640
Speaker 1: those weapons, which means that's why you have guys like

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01:12:47,680 --> 01:12:50,960
Speaker 1: a whole full roster like that. If you have everybody

1365
01:12:50,960 --> 01:12:55,439
Speaker 1: of the same type of body, then you become limited

1366
01:12:55,479 --> 01:12:59,080
Speaker 1: offensively or defensively because of them. You can never escape

1367
01:12:59,120 --> 01:13:03,479
Speaker 1: a matchup. You know, they can dictate a matchup they want,

1368
01:13:03,520 --> 01:13:05,000
Speaker 1: and you can't get out of it because you don't

1369
01:13:05,000 --> 01:13:07,720
Speaker 1: have anybody else to put in there, because everybody's the

1370
01:13:07,760 --> 01:13:10,200
Speaker 1: same guy, so it's an issue for some teams, and

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01:13:10,439 --> 01:13:12,000
Speaker 1: you don't want to. You gotta keep your ear to

1372
01:13:12,040 --> 01:13:15,439
Speaker 1: the ground and make sure you're covered on all those bases,

1373
01:13:15,439 --> 01:13:17,559
Speaker 1: both the physical attributes that you want your team to

1374
01:13:17,640 --> 01:13:21,679
Speaker 1: have and some of the skill sets that are dictated

1375
01:13:21,720 --> 01:13:25,200
Speaker 1: sometimes by body type. We have to take a break here.

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01:13:25,400 --> 01:13:27,640
Speaker 1: When we come back, some more draft talk with you

1377
01:13:27,680 --> 01:13:30,960
Speaker 1: at eight oh three, oh five fifty, and maybe a

1378
01:13:31,000 --> 01:13:33,960
Speaker 1: little NFL true false comes your way next here on

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Speaker 1: One Bills Live, presented by Kalid to Health, It's Buffalo

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01:13:36,360 --> 01:13:52,000
Speaker 1: Bill's Radio. All right, welcome back to one Bills Live.

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01:13:52,080 --> 01:13:55,599
Speaker 1: Chris Brown, Steve Tasker with you, and I think it's

1382
01:13:55,640 --> 01:13:59,080
Speaker 1: time for a little NFL true false, brought to you

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01:13:59,120 --> 01:14:06,080
Speaker 1: by Yancy Fancy, New York's Artisan Cheese. And we're gonna

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01:14:06,160 --> 01:14:12,600
Speaker 1: lead off with a draft NFL true false. Okay, all right, go,

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01:14:13,479 --> 01:14:20,400
Speaker 1: No first round quarterbacks will start in the twenty twenty

1386
01:14:20,479 --> 01:14:25,599
Speaker 1: one season, true or false. First of all, how many

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01:14:25,680 --> 01:14:28,760
Speaker 1: quarterbacks you think are going in Round one? You're gonna

1388
01:14:28,760 --> 01:14:30,840
Speaker 1: be like five or six, that's for sure. It's plenty. Movie,

1389
01:14:31,000 --> 01:14:36,120
Speaker 1: they might be three, maybe three, maybe somebody always comes

1390
01:14:36,160 --> 01:14:37,960
Speaker 1: into the bottom of the first round to get the

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01:14:38,000 --> 01:14:43,240
Speaker 1: fifth year on the quarterback, And um, I'm gonna say,

1392
01:14:45,600 --> 01:14:47,840
Speaker 1: or in the twenty twenty two season. Yeah, yeah, yeah,

1393
01:14:47,840 --> 01:14:49,920
Speaker 1: would you say I said twenty twenty one, I'm twenty

1394
01:14:49,920 --> 01:14:51,519
Speaker 1: twenty two living in last year. No, I took it

1395
01:14:51,520 --> 01:14:54,040
Speaker 1: for granted, that's what you meant. Sorry, Um, no first

1396
01:14:54,120 --> 01:14:56,639
Speaker 1: round quarterback will start in the twenty twenty two season.

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01:14:57,520 --> 01:15:03,160
Speaker 1: I'm gonna say. I'm gonna say that's true because I'm

1398
01:15:03,200 --> 01:15:06,120
Speaker 1: trying to think who they would start. Four could you

1399
01:15:06,120 --> 01:15:07,880
Speaker 1: get in the second half of that? And I don't

1400
01:15:07,920 --> 01:15:09,280
Speaker 1: think any of them even if one of them goes

1401
01:15:09,280 --> 01:15:17,000
Speaker 1: in the first Nope, Houston. I mean I'm talking Seattle, Carolina.

1402
01:15:17,000 --> 01:15:21,680
Speaker 1: I'm talking about opening day, Seattle, Carolina season, maybe Pittsburgh.

1403
01:15:21,960 --> 01:15:23,720
Speaker 1: At some point during the season they're gonna start or

1404
01:15:23,720 --> 01:15:27,840
Speaker 1: they gonna start opening day, Oh, opening day. Yeah, I

1405
01:15:27,880 --> 01:15:30,080
Speaker 1: kind of took it as week one. Also. Yeah, that's

1406
01:15:30,080 --> 01:15:33,400
Speaker 1: what I'm thinking. And I don't think there's anybody commanders.

1407
01:15:33,720 --> 01:15:39,320
Speaker 1: I think if a player like pick it goes to Carolina,

1408
01:15:39,479 --> 01:15:44,920
Speaker 1: I could see it happening at number six or you know,

1409
01:15:45,000 --> 01:15:48,679
Speaker 1: Carolina slides back and takes him, not on opening day,

1410
01:15:49,320 --> 01:15:52,719
Speaker 1: I think it could happen. And this is why everything

1411
01:15:52,760 --> 01:15:57,320
Speaker 1: I'm reading about the Panthers down there is the owner

1412
01:15:58,800 --> 01:16:04,640
Speaker 1: is leaning hard on Scott fitter or the GM to

1413
01:16:04,880 --> 01:16:10,559
Speaker 1: get them a quarterback now with a capital end. And

1414
01:16:10,840 --> 01:16:14,559
Speaker 1: I think he's already sent the ship out of the

1415
01:16:14,600 --> 01:16:17,760
Speaker 1: harbor with Sam Darnold on it. Yeah, I think he's

1416
01:16:17,800 --> 01:16:21,599
Speaker 1: already written him off as an answer. And so if

1417
01:16:21,640 --> 01:16:25,439
Speaker 1: you're if you're the GM of the Panthers, Scott Fitterer,

1418
01:16:25,479 --> 01:16:29,240
Speaker 1: you're the head coach, Matt Rule, and you know the

1419
01:16:29,280 --> 01:16:33,760
Speaker 1: owner is, you know, hard up for a quarterback, you're

1420
01:16:33,760 --> 01:16:36,080
Speaker 1: probably drafting the guy that can help you the quickest,

1421
01:16:36,120 --> 01:16:40,920
Speaker 1: which is in this class is probably Picket. And if he,

1422
01:16:41,160 --> 01:16:43,760
Speaker 1: if they do take him, if well, he's got a

1423
01:16:43,840 --> 01:16:48,800
Speaker 1: high floor. You know, he's the most NFL Ready, he's

1424
01:16:48,840 --> 01:16:51,560
Speaker 1: the guy you could conceivably get on the field the fastest.

1425
01:16:51,640 --> 01:16:53,200
Speaker 1: You may not be happy with what you see in

1426
01:16:53,200 --> 01:16:57,320
Speaker 1: three years, but you don't get somebody this year, you

1427
01:16:57,400 --> 01:16:59,840
Speaker 1: may not be there in three years. Then the next

1428
01:16:59,840 --> 01:17:02,240
Speaker 1: one that's I realized, that's a lot of variables to

1429
01:17:02,280 --> 01:17:04,479
Speaker 1: get to a true answer. The next thing possible could

1430
01:17:04,560 --> 01:17:08,639
Speaker 1: be the Seahawks at number nine, what maybe the maybe

1431
01:17:08,640 --> 01:17:11,280
Speaker 1: the Steelers at twenty, maybe the Commanders of eleven. But

1432
01:17:12,479 --> 01:17:15,760
Speaker 1: who's got who? The Commander's got Washington? Who their quarterback? Now?

1433
01:17:15,760 --> 01:17:18,200
Speaker 1: Who they they got? Somebody didn't they? I can't even

1434
01:17:18,200 --> 01:17:20,160
Speaker 1: remember who it is now. Yeah, yeah, they got Carson Wentz.

1435
01:17:20,200 --> 01:17:22,599
Speaker 1: That's right, Carson Wentz. So they're not gonna put anybody

1436
01:17:22,600 --> 01:17:24,839
Speaker 1: out there. The Texans have got their guy, Davis Mills

1437
01:17:24,920 --> 01:17:28,439
Speaker 1: or not Davis Mills. Is that that's guy's name, the

1438
01:17:28,640 --> 01:17:31,120
Speaker 1: quarterback from Huson, Davis Mills in Houston. Correct, fourth I

1439
01:17:31,120 --> 01:17:34,640
Speaker 1: got the last year. Maybe the Saints at sixteen is

1440
01:17:34,680 --> 01:17:39,000
Speaker 1: your first chance. But nobody else is gonna put that

1441
01:17:39,040 --> 01:17:45,240
Speaker 1: guy out there. Nobody, nobody because everybody after the maybe

1442
01:17:45,240 --> 01:17:47,679
Speaker 1: the Steelers at twenty, but they got they got Trubisky.

1443
01:17:47,800 --> 01:17:51,280
Speaker 1: That kid's not gonna be Trubisky out So I'm gonna yeah,

1444
01:17:51,320 --> 01:17:56,120
Speaker 1: the last chance they've got is the Saints. So you know,

1445
01:17:56,360 --> 01:17:59,400
Speaker 1: I don't know, No, no first round quarterbacks gonna not

1446
01:17:59,479 --> 01:18:02,120
Speaker 1: on open I think Carolina is the only shot. Maybe

1447
01:18:02,520 --> 01:18:06,120
Speaker 1: Carolina is the only shot. Maybe all right, NFL true

1448
01:18:06,160 --> 01:18:11,240
Speaker 1: falls number two. The Chargers are the most improved team

1449
01:18:12,000 --> 01:18:19,160
Speaker 1: after free agency. Now, if we're considering just free agency,

1450
01:18:20,040 --> 01:18:22,439
Speaker 1: does that mean we're only counting free agent pickups. We're

1451
01:18:22,479 --> 01:18:26,400
Speaker 1: not counting. We gotta throw in trades too, because they're

1452
01:18:26,400 --> 01:18:33,040
Speaker 1: traded for Khalil Mack. Yes, um, they're pretty good. I

1453
01:18:33,040 --> 01:18:35,160
Speaker 1: still don't think they're gonna I don't think they're gonna

1454
01:18:35,160 --> 01:18:37,200
Speaker 1: win their division or go to the playoffs. Oh you

1455
01:18:37,200 --> 01:18:39,720
Speaker 1: don't even think they're a playoff team. No, no, no, no,

1456
01:18:39,840 --> 01:18:42,280
Speaker 1: I think they could be a playoff team. They could be.

1457
01:18:44,040 --> 01:18:48,120
Speaker 1: They're not. They're not gonna beat the Chiefs, and they're not.

1458
01:18:48,240 --> 01:18:51,439
Speaker 1: Probably they may not beat the Raiders. They may not

1459
01:18:51,520 --> 01:18:55,720
Speaker 1: beat them. Yeah, no, no, no, I'll go out a

1460
01:18:55,720 --> 01:18:58,160
Speaker 1: limb and I'll say that the Chargers get fourth in

1461
01:18:58,200 --> 01:19:01,240
Speaker 1: their division. They're gonna finish twin. That would keep them

1462
01:19:01,240 --> 01:19:04,120
Speaker 1: from being the most improved team after free agents. Yes,

1463
01:19:04,200 --> 01:19:06,040
Speaker 1: you were going to go. You know how I feel

1464
01:19:06,040 --> 01:19:08,680
Speaker 1: about them. I do about the charge I get it.

1465
01:19:10,439 --> 01:19:14,200
Speaker 1: I think they very quietly have improved their defense. Everybody knows.

1466
01:19:14,600 --> 01:19:17,519
Speaker 1: Oh yeah, they signed J. C. Jackson, you know, and

1467
01:19:17,640 --> 01:19:22,320
Speaker 1: they kept Mike Williams on the three year extension, and

1468
01:19:22,400 --> 01:19:27,559
Speaker 1: that's great. But they added some bulky defensive tackles, including

1469
01:19:27,600 --> 01:19:31,120
Speaker 1: the one from the Rams across town, Sebastian Joseph Day.

1470
01:19:31,800 --> 01:19:34,639
Speaker 1: And they got another DT, Austin Johnson from the Giants.

1471
01:19:34,840 --> 01:19:37,400
Speaker 1: These guys are world beaters, but they are run stuffers,

1472
01:19:37,680 --> 01:19:39,640
Speaker 1: and we know that was a major problem for the

1473
01:19:39,720 --> 01:19:43,519
Speaker 1: Chargers last year. And very quietly, Steve, they signed tight

1474
01:19:43,640 --> 01:19:48,559
Speaker 1: end Gerald Everett away from Seattle, the athletic pass catching

1475
01:19:48,560 --> 01:19:52,320
Speaker 1: tight end, so they have a younger, more athletic option there.

1476
01:19:53,240 --> 01:19:58,439
Speaker 1: So I think they have made improvements. Have they made

1477
01:19:58,479 --> 01:20:04,799
Speaker 1: the most though? Are they the most improved team after

1478
01:20:04,960 --> 01:20:08,439
Speaker 1: free agency? Khalil mack Man, They have done a lot.

1479
01:20:09,080 --> 01:20:11,200
Speaker 1: I like it, believe it or not. I kind of

1480
01:20:11,240 --> 01:20:13,280
Speaker 1: like what the Raiders have done in their own division.

1481
01:20:14,040 --> 01:20:19,559
Speaker 1: They got Davante Adams, like an all world receiver. They

1482
01:20:19,640 --> 01:20:26,680
Speaker 1: also got Chandler Jones, you know, approven sack producer, and

1483
01:20:26,720 --> 01:20:31,080
Speaker 1: they signed a bunch of other dudes, don't. I don't know.

1484
01:20:31,120 --> 01:20:35,040
Speaker 1: I that's hard I would say. No, I can't say.

1485
01:20:35,080 --> 01:20:36,400
Speaker 1: I can't give them that time. I can't. And they

1486
01:20:36,479 --> 01:20:40,360
Speaker 1: got rock Us in to help their secondary in a trade. Now,

1487
01:20:40,360 --> 01:20:42,320
Speaker 1: they did get rid of Onik and Gockway, but they

1488
01:20:42,320 --> 01:20:44,680
Speaker 1: got Chandler Jones. I guess that's a wash. It might

1489
01:20:44,720 --> 01:20:49,280
Speaker 1: even be better. I think it's too close to call.

1490
01:20:49,360 --> 01:20:51,599
Speaker 1: So because of that, I'm gonna say false for the Chargers,

1491
01:20:52,200 --> 01:20:54,759
Speaker 1: I don't think they're the most improved team after free agency.

1492
01:20:54,800 --> 01:20:59,920
Speaker 1: I think they're better, but most improved every might be

1493
01:21:00,040 --> 01:21:04,840
Speaker 1: a stretch. Everybody feels better, like they're gonna be better, Yeah,

1494
01:21:04,880 --> 01:21:08,639
Speaker 1: most teams. Anyway, I think the Raiders did some good things,

1495
01:21:11,120 --> 01:21:15,639
Speaker 1: maybe even cumulatively better than the Chargers. So the Chargers

1496
01:21:15,720 --> 01:21:17,439
Speaker 1: might not even be the most improved team in their

1497
01:21:17,439 --> 01:21:21,920
Speaker 1: own division, right, Shockingly enough, that's what I'm telling you.

1498
01:21:21,960 --> 01:21:24,479
Speaker 1: The Chargers maybe fourth in their division with Joe with

1499
01:21:24,600 --> 01:21:28,920
Speaker 1: Joe Justin Herbert as their quarterback. Wow, it was one

1500
01:21:28,960 --> 01:21:31,439
Speaker 1: of only two guys to throw for five thousand yards

1501
01:21:31,560 --> 01:21:33,559
Speaker 1: last year. The other guy was named Tom Brainy. What

1502
01:21:33,680 --> 01:21:36,679
Speaker 1: was their record? I can't remember. I think they were

1503
01:21:36,920 --> 01:21:39,639
Speaker 1: nine and eight, nine and eight something like that. There, Oh,

1504
01:21:39,840 --> 01:21:43,160
Speaker 1: they'll be that again, eight and nine nine, Well, I

1505
01:21:43,200 --> 01:21:45,120
Speaker 1: mean we kind of saw a little bit of that

1506
01:21:45,200 --> 01:21:46,800
Speaker 1: last year. They were kind of all beating up on

1507
01:21:46,800 --> 01:21:48,519
Speaker 1: each other, and it was the Chargers in the Raiders

1508
01:21:48,920 --> 01:21:53,280
Speaker 1: in the game to get to the playoffs. I'm just

1509
01:21:53,680 --> 01:21:57,160
Speaker 1: I'm down, man, I'm down on them. Speaking of the Raiders,

1510
01:21:57,160 --> 01:22:01,960
Speaker 1: Steve all Right, NFL true falls number three. The Raiders

1511
01:22:02,000 --> 01:22:06,160
Speaker 1: trade for Davante Adams makes them super Bowl contenders. This

1512
01:22:06,240 --> 01:22:08,519
Speaker 1: is kind of a dovetail off of the last one. Yeah,

1513
01:22:08,560 --> 01:22:10,360
Speaker 1: I'm gonna say, glad we said what we said for

1514
01:22:10,400 --> 01:22:13,040
Speaker 1: the last one. I'm gonna say, probably not a super

1515
01:22:13,040 --> 01:22:14,920
Speaker 1: Bowl contender. It certainly makes them better, But I don't

1516
01:22:14,920 --> 01:22:17,840
Speaker 1: think you automatically stick him in that. The conference is

1517
01:22:17,880 --> 01:22:24,080
Speaker 1: too good with Buffalo, Lamar Jackson getting healthy, Kansas City, Denver,

1518
01:22:24,200 --> 01:22:27,840
Speaker 1: with Rus Wilson Cincinnati, I mean no, I'm gonna say no,

1519
01:22:28,000 --> 01:22:30,599
Speaker 1: makes them better. But man, oh man, there's like nine

1520
01:22:30,680 --> 01:22:33,080
Speaker 1: teams that think, you know what, this could be it

1521
01:22:33,200 --> 01:22:36,600
Speaker 1: for us, This could be our year in the AFC. Yeah,

1522
01:22:36,680 --> 01:22:41,360
Speaker 1: because they got that guy at quarterback. You know, Adams

1523
01:22:41,360 --> 01:22:46,439
Speaker 1: did play together at Fresno State, So there is that. Yeah,

1524
01:22:46,479 --> 01:22:50,719
Speaker 1: I get it. Adams is gonna make He's gonna hunt

1525
01:22:50,720 --> 01:22:54,599
Speaker 1: a renfro an even better player, and Waller Derek Carr

1526
01:22:54,680 --> 01:22:57,360
Speaker 1: is gonna be better. They're gonna be a better offense.

1527
01:22:57,520 --> 01:23:00,640
Speaker 1: And I think there are certain teams now like the

1528
01:23:00,760 --> 01:23:05,080
Speaker 1: Raiders who realize it is an offense league and they

1529
01:23:05,280 --> 01:23:08,599
Speaker 1: they're lagging, but very quietly. They have an outstanding pass

1530
01:23:08,680 --> 01:23:11,000
Speaker 1: rush too. Max Drowsby on one side and now Chandler

1531
01:23:11,040 --> 01:23:15,080
Speaker 1: Jones on the other. Hello, right right, And they got

1532
01:23:15,120 --> 01:23:17,000
Speaker 1: you know, they've got Darren Waller a tight end. They

1533
01:23:17,080 --> 01:23:18,840
Speaker 1: got some weapons on offense. And I think that's where

1534
01:23:18,840 --> 01:23:22,000
Speaker 1: it's at. I mean, the whole league is going wide receiver,

1535
01:23:22,080 --> 01:23:24,760
Speaker 1: wide receiver, wide receiver, tight end and then oh yeah,

1536
01:23:24,760 --> 01:23:26,240
Speaker 1: we gotta have a running back out there to put

1537
01:23:26,240 --> 01:23:28,479
Speaker 1: a guy out there. That's kind of the that's kind

1538
01:23:28,479 --> 01:23:31,360
Speaker 1: of the trend in the NFL. It's all about wide

1539
01:23:31,400 --> 01:23:35,040
Speaker 1: receivers and maybe a tight end and then throw in

1540
01:23:35,080 --> 01:23:37,479
Speaker 1: a running back who is a pass catcher or something.

1541
01:23:37,640 --> 01:23:39,800
Speaker 1: You know, if we can find a you know, a

1542
01:23:39,880 --> 01:23:44,719
Speaker 1: guy like Camara, that'd be awesome. You know, nobody wants

1543
01:23:44,880 --> 01:23:47,800
Speaker 1: you know, not that they don't want them, but there's

1544
01:23:47,800 --> 01:23:51,360
Speaker 1: just Derrick Henry's don't come down anymore, you know. Nope,

1545
01:23:51,479 --> 01:23:56,960
Speaker 1: Barry Sanders ain't in this year's draft. I am I'm

1546
01:23:57,000 --> 01:23:59,920
Speaker 1: gonna say false. I think it makes him wildcard content,

1547
01:24:01,280 --> 01:24:05,519
Speaker 1: but not Super Bowl contenders, especially with a first year

1548
01:24:05,560 --> 01:24:09,360
Speaker 1: head coach the conferences hurdles to clear their conference is

1549
01:24:09,400 --> 01:24:14,360
Speaker 1: too difficult. Yeah, to go with that, Yeah, I don't

1550
01:24:14,360 --> 01:24:18,000
Speaker 1: think it does all right. That is NFL true falls

1551
01:24:18,040 --> 01:24:23,080
Speaker 1: presented by Yancy's fancy New York's artists in cheese. Let's

1552
01:24:23,080 --> 01:24:25,000
Speaker 1: get back to the phones though here before we have

1553
01:24:25,040 --> 01:24:28,080
Speaker 1: to go to break and we go to Mike in Buffalo. Mike,

1554
01:24:28,120 --> 01:24:29,720
Speaker 1: what do you have for us? You're on one Bill's Live.

1555
01:24:31,400 --> 01:24:34,200
Speaker 1: I was wondering if the players in the us now

1556
01:24:34,360 --> 01:24:37,120
Speaker 1: are they considered free agents to be signed by any team.

1557
01:24:38,439 --> 01:24:43,840
Speaker 1: I believe there are restrictions in place that mandates they

1558
01:24:43,880 --> 01:24:46,880
Speaker 1: cannot be taken off a USFL roster until the end

1559
01:24:46,920 --> 01:24:50,200
Speaker 1: of the USFL season. I think I remember reading that somewhere,

1560
01:24:50,240 --> 01:24:52,240
Speaker 1: but I can double check for you. Yeah, there's always

1561
01:24:52,240 --> 01:24:54,120
Speaker 1: a problem with that. And that's one of the things

1562
01:24:54,120 --> 01:24:58,639
Speaker 1: that some other leagues, like the Alliance League this short

1563
01:24:58,680 --> 01:25:01,880
Speaker 1: lived in short lived life. That's one of the things.

1564
01:25:01,880 --> 01:25:03,960
Speaker 1: It was supposed to be a complimentary so the NFL

1565
01:25:04,000 --> 01:25:07,800
Speaker 1: could pluck guys off rosters whenever they wanted, because the

1566
01:25:08,040 --> 01:25:10,600
Speaker 1: Alliance League was going to be a kind of a

1567
01:25:10,640 --> 01:25:14,320
Speaker 1: farm system for the NFL. The problem was the NFL

1568
01:25:14,320 --> 01:25:16,080
Speaker 1: to see a guy play well one or two weeks,

1569
01:25:16,439 --> 01:25:19,000
Speaker 1: they'd signed him off the roster, give him, give him

1570
01:25:19,000 --> 01:25:20,840
Speaker 1: a little bonus. And he was making more money not

1571
01:25:20,960 --> 01:25:23,840
Speaker 1: playing for the NFL than he was playing week to

1572
01:25:23,880 --> 01:25:26,680
Speaker 1: week for the for the Alliance League. So it's an

1573
01:25:26,680 --> 01:25:31,240
Speaker 1: issue that the USFL kind of took is taken under

1574
01:25:31,280 --> 01:25:33,000
Speaker 1: their wing and saying, listen, we're gonna at least let

1575
01:25:33,000 --> 01:25:35,840
Speaker 1: our guys finish the season and then you can have

1576
01:25:35,920 --> 01:25:37,840
Speaker 1: your You can have a shot at him if you

1577
01:25:37,840 --> 01:25:39,599
Speaker 1: want to go to the NFL. But there's no question

1578
01:25:39,680 --> 01:25:44,080
Speaker 1: that the USFL is doing it differently than the Alliance did.

1579
01:25:44,120 --> 01:25:47,360
Speaker 1: So I don't think they're like they can be signed

1580
01:25:47,479 --> 01:25:50,560
Speaker 1: like now after they put one good game together or

1581
01:25:50,600 --> 01:25:52,639
Speaker 1: have a good weekend of games. It looks like I did.

1582
01:25:52,960 --> 01:25:57,519
Speaker 1: It looks like I did. Read it partially correct. Once

1583
01:25:57,560 --> 01:26:00,240
Speaker 1: a player is signed and plays with the USFL, they

1584
01:26:00,240 --> 01:26:03,360
Speaker 1: are locked in for the full season through the championship game.

1585
01:26:03,880 --> 01:26:07,000
Speaker 1: After the season ends in the summer, they can sign

1586
01:26:07,080 --> 01:26:11,160
Speaker 1: with a team in the NFL only provided they notify

1587
01:26:11,200 --> 01:26:13,760
Speaker 1: the USFL and provide a copy of the contract, so

1588
01:26:13,800 --> 01:26:17,160
Speaker 1: they are locked in for the full USFL season, can't

1589
01:26:17,200 --> 01:26:20,920
Speaker 1: go anywhere. So what is it? An eight week season? Right?

1590
01:26:20,960 --> 01:26:23,360
Speaker 1: So what are we talking about that long? April, May, June.

1591
01:26:23,520 --> 01:26:26,040
Speaker 1: So you could still conceivably get a guy in in

1592
01:26:26,080 --> 01:26:30,920
Speaker 1: time for training camp easily. And yeah so, and there'll

1593
01:26:30,920 --> 01:26:32,679
Speaker 1: be guys that do it, no question about it. There'll

1594
01:26:32,680 --> 01:26:34,519
Speaker 1: be guys that get a shot at it. It'll be

1595
01:26:34,560 --> 01:26:37,360
Speaker 1: interesting to see how you know, playing an eight week

1596
01:26:37,439 --> 01:26:40,080
Speaker 1: season in the USFL and then stretching right over in

1597
01:26:40,200 --> 01:26:41,800
Speaker 1: going into training camp is going to be a tough

1598
01:26:41,840 --> 01:26:44,000
Speaker 1: ask for some of these guys, but you know they'll

1599
01:26:44,040 --> 01:26:48,120
Speaker 1: do it for the money for sure. But that, yeah,

1600
01:26:48,160 --> 01:26:51,160
Speaker 1: it's certainly approving ground for the NFL is going to

1601
01:26:51,200 --> 01:26:54,960
Speaker 1: scout heavily. Oh yeah, absolutely. And you watched a little

1602
01:26:55,000 --> 01:26:57,479
Speaker 1: of that, right you watched them? I did, and you know,

1603
01:26:57,600 --> 01:26:59,160
Speaker 1: so they saw a couple of highlights. It's a little

1604
01:26:59,200 --> 01:27:01,559
Speaker 1: hurky jerky that you can tell it's not real fluid,

1605
01:27:01,600 --> 01:27:03,880
Speaker 1: and you know they're not. These guys haven't played together

1606
01:27:03,960 --> 01:27:07,880
Speaker 1: a lot. Some of it looks a little bit just

1607
01:27:08,040 --> 01:27:10,040
Speaker 1: flat out and just say it slow. They look a

1608
01:27:10,080 --> 01:27:12,920
Speaker 1: little bit slow, afoot. I shouldn't get better though, not

1609
01:27:13,080 --> 01:27:15,680
Speaker 1: razor sharp. But as the season progresses, you can bet

1610
01:27:15,720 --> 01:27:18,200
Speaker 1: that they're going to get better. So it looked like football.

1611
01:27:20,080 --> 01:27:23,559
Speaker 1: But I've heard this too for years from NFL people.

1612
01:27:24,600 --> 01:27:27,960
Speaker 1: They struggle to find enough big men to play well

1613
01:27:28,040 --> 01:27:31,000
Speaker 1: at the NFL level, and that's kind of what you

1614
01:27:31,040 --> 01:27:33,400
Speaker 1: see here. It's, you know, there's not much room in

1615
01:27:33,439 --> 01:27:36,360
Speaker 1: the running game. Pass protections a little bit of an issue,

1616
01:27:37,600 --> 01:27:39,640
Speaker 1: so you don't have big bodies up front that can

1617
01:27:39,720 --> 01:27:41,800
Speaker 1: really compete at a high levels. Once in a while

1618
01:27:41,840 --> 01:27:44,360
Speaker 1: you get a mismatch that the other team just can't answer.

1619
01:27:44,600 --> 01:27:48,040
Speaker 1: So I think that's an issue. But it does. It

1620
01:27:48,080 --> 01:27:50,800
Speaker 1: looks like football. It looks like football, although like you know,

1621
01:27:50,920 --> 01:27:52,160
Speaker 1: like I said, you'll be able to tell us like

1622
01:27:52,479 --> 01:27:55,040
Speaker 1: something's missing, and you just gotta leave it at that,

1623
01:27:55,080 --> 01:27:57,759
Speaker 1: there's something's missing. You remember how we were just discussing

1624
01:27:57,760 --> 01:27:59,760
Speaker 1: in NFL true Falls if there would be a third

1625
01:28:00,040 --> 01:28:02,280
Speaker 1: quarterback taken in round one, and how it usually happens

1626
01:28:02,320 --> 01:28:06,360
Speaker 1: at the bottom of the round. Matt Corral visiting the Saints.

1627
01:28:06,600 --> 01:28:10,600
Speaker 1: The Saints have picks sixteen and eighteen. I believe do

1628
01:28:10,680 --> 01:28:17,040
Speaker 1: you want to slide down and take a QB? Could happen? Interesting?

1629
01:28:17,560 --> 01:28:19,280
Speaker 1: We have to take a break, But Steven, any close

1630
01:28:19,320 --> 01:28:21,080
Speaker 1: things up next year on One Bill's Live, presented by

1631
01:28:21,120 --> 01:28:36,120
Speaker 1: Kalid to Health, It's Buffalo Bills Radio, Ladies and gentlemen.

1632
01:28:36,160 --> 01:28:39,879
Speaker 1: The Seahawks have made it official they have re signed

1633
01:28:40,000 --> 01:28:42,920
Speaker 1: quarterback Geno Smith. It is a one year, three and

1634
01:28:42,960 --> 01:28:48,000
Speaker 1: a half million dollars deal, the second quarterback taken in

1635
01:28:48,040 --> 01:28:53,160
Speaker 1: the twenty thirteen NFL Draft, a draft that also had

1636
01:28:53,320 --> 01:28:58,760
Speaker 1: no consensus at the quarterback position and EJ. Mannual the

1637
01:28:58,800 --> 01:29:02,639
Speaker 1: only quarterback that went in Round one after the Bills

1638
01:29:02,640 --> 01:29:07,960
Speaker 1: traded down from eight to sixteen. Could this draft be

1639
01:29:08,080 --> 01:29:12,400
Speaker 1: like that? I think someone will probably go before sixteen,

1640
01:29:12,520 --> 01:29:15,680
Speaker 1: so too, because quarterback is even more important now than

1641
01:29:15,720 --> 01:29:18,439
Speaker 1: it was ten years ago. Tomorrow, it'll be eight days

1642
01:29:18,520 --> 01:29:22,480
Speaker 1: until the draft. That's right, Big show tomorrow. Sean McDermott,

1643
01:29:22,560 --> 01:29:26,160
Speaker 1: Brandon Bean, Josh Allen von Miller will have comment from

1644
01:29:26,160 --> 01:29:31,640
Speaker 1: all of them. We'll see it one