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Speaker 1: Welcome to One Bill's Like the podcast that is the

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Speaker 1: express version of our Monday to Friday program, One Bills Live,

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Speaker 1: you get thirty to forty minutes to the best Steve

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Speaker 1: and I have to offer with fresh content along with

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Speaker 1: our best interview of the week. Let's roll at a

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Speaker 1: Steve Tester who has been all over her fields. Kind

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Speaker 1: of unique. He was kind of a dual role players

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Speaker 1: for you, Steve, Steve a blimp, We're not even in

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Speaker 1: the stratosphere of normalcy. Thank you for joining us here

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Speaker 1: on One Bills Like Chris Brown, Steve Tester with you,

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Speaker 1: where we'll be discussing a handful of topics, including whether

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Speaker 1: Josh Allen will finish twenty twenty with the most prolific

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Speaker 1: season in team history for a quarterback. We'll ask Chargers

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Speaker 1: GM Tom to us go what convinced him to draft

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Speaker 1: Justin Herbert sixth overall this past spring? And is there

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Speaker 1: a more hated athlete in Buffalo, Steve than Brett Hull.

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Speaker 1: We will discuss so, Steve, we know that Josh Allen,

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Speaker 1: for the second time this season, was named AFC Offensive

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Speaker 1: Player of the week after his second four hundred yard

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Speaker 1: passing performance of the year that came against Seattle. Obviously,

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Speaker 1: taking a look at some of his current numbers steve

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Speaker 1: their eye opening. And I realize it's only ten games played,

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Speaker 1: but if the season ended today, he would have the

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Speaker 1: highest single season completion percentage in Bill's history at sixty

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Speaker 1: eight point four percent. I mean that's pretty good. Yes,

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Speaker 1: light years of where even the most optimistic fans of

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Speaker 1: Josh would have put him this year that everybody thought

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Speaker 1: he would make a jump from. It was fifty eight

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Speaker 1: almost fifty nine percent. Last year. People wanted him to

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Speaker 1: get to sixty three percent. Sixty four now he's I

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Speaker 1: would have been happy with that. Yeah. And there's been

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Speaker 1: a couple of weeks where he's touched on seventy and

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Speaker 1: I think his best of the year was on eight, right,

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Speaker 1: so or eighty one point six star has he has

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Speaker 1: taken it to a level that even Bills fans didn't

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Speaker 1: even hope or even be optimistic that he could reach. So, um,

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Speaker 1: I'm gonna say, yeah, I think he can probably do that.

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Speaker 1: I think that is the question. I think he can.

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Speaker 1: And this is a team that is playing better now

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Speaker 1: than it has than it was, and more consistently. I

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Speaker 1: think they're even more dependable. And when the chips are

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Speaker 1: down and when and when the games are tighter, as

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Speaker 1: we saw in Arizona, Josh has risen to the occasion

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Speaker 1: in the LA game earlier in the year where they

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Speaker 1: dropped his twenty five point lead. They came back and

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Speaker 1: snatched victory out of the jaws of defeat with a

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Speaker 1: late drive. That speaks well for where they can go

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Speaker 1: in tough situations during games, and coming down to the

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Speaker 1: last part of the season, they're gonna be a lot

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Speaker 1: of tough games. He already has three hundred and sixty

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Speaker 1: four pass attempts on the season, which is close to

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Speaker 1: that of some of the other Bills quarterbacks in team history.

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Speaker 1: You have put together completion percentage seasons for an entire

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Speaker 1: sixteen game schedule. So we know NFL teams throw a

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Speaker 1: lot more now obviously, but so Steve is of the

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Speaker 1: opinion that Josh at the end of the year can

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Speaker 1: set the record for highest single season completion percentage. What

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Speaker 1: do you think he stays around sixty eight. I will

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Speaker 1: tell you he's got to be over sixty five and

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Speaker 1: a half. That is the current record, Right, Yeah, I

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Speaker 1: think so. I think he'll. Yeah, I don't know if

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Speaker 1: he'll stay at sixty eight, but I see him beating

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Speaker 1: sixty five and a half. I think he'll do that

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Speaker 1: quite easily. So it's only fair Steve to begin our

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Speaker 1: numbers game with the following question, using three hundred pass

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Speaker 1: attempts as the qualifying number to be on this list?

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Speaker 1: Who are the four other Bills quarterbacks in the top

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Speaker 1: five all time single season completion percentage behind Josh Allen's

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Speaker 1: current sixty eight point four percent completion rate. All right,

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Speaker 1: Jack Kemp is not on this list. Okay, yeah, Joe

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Speaker 1: Ferguson again, No, not on this list. Kelly, Jim Kelly

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Speaker 1: sixty four point one percent four hundred and seventy four

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Speaker 1: All right, so I've got so you've got the number

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Speaker 1: Right now, Josh will be ahead of all all four

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Speaker 1: Then number four is Jim. Jim. So there's somebody that's

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Speaker 1: Doug Fluted. I'll give you a hint. Go more recent,

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Speaker 1: twenty fifteen. It is not Ryan Fitzpacker. No, that is

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Speaker 1: a good guess. This guy is a little hard to

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Speaker 1: four hundred forty seven pass attempts. Really, yes, two years

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Speaker 1: or this is single season. Your kid who had four

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Speaker 1: ej It is not ej Ma out there? Uh, one

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Speaker 1: might you might be angry if you don't get this guy.

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Speaker 1: But I'm prying because you'll say all that makes sense

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Speaker 1: after you hear his name. Yeah, okay, I'm trying to go.

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Speaker 1: I'm just going down. And who's taking snaps? Uh? And

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Speaker 1: I know there's somebody I'm missing in recent history? Is

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Speaker 1: it recent as a recent guy? Like it's recent? Yeah,

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Speaker 1: it's in the last six seasons? Wow? Who was here

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Speaker 1: right before Tyrod? It's like Fitz wasn't Well, there are

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Speaker 1: a couple of guys in between there. You already guessed

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Speaker 1: one incorrectly, which was EJ. It's not Cobb, it's not Kevin,

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Speaker 1: but you're right in that window. He's right in there.

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Speaker 1: Twenty fourteen, I had no idea who is it. It's

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Speaker 1: Kyle Orton, Kyle or who played here for one year

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Speaker 1: and then very unceremoniously retired after the season. I'm glad

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Speaker 1: I didn't get sixty four point two percent completion. Those

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Speaker 1: that I didn't. Well, Okay, but better get that wrong.

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Speaker 1: Josh Allen Steve would also have the highest single season

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Speaker 1: passer rating for a Bill's quarterback in team history if

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Speaker 1: the season ended today with a mark of one oh

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Speaker 1: three point two. Do you think he can stay in

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Speaker 1: the one oh two to one oh seven range come

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Speaker 1: the end of the season. Yeah, I do. I think, Yeah.

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Speaker 1: This is It's for real. This passing offense is for real.

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Speaker 1: The atmosphere the league has changed to the point where

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Speaker 1: this is going to happen more and more often. So

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Speaker 1: this level of offenses. Who there are? So with that

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Speaker 1: in mind, there are only two quarterbacks in team history

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Speaker 1: rating years. Okay, in Bill's history, we have two guys.

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Speaker 1: One of them holds three of the five top spots.

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Speaker 1: The other quarterback holds the remaining two. I'm going can

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Speaker 1: you name those two? More? Back? Two obvious ones? Joe Ferguson,

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Speaker 1: Jim Kelly. Jim Kelly is correct for holding two of

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Speaker 1: the five spots. Okay, so he holds three, holds the

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Speaker 1: in ninety one, ninety seven point six passer holds three others.

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Speaker 1: The other guy holds the remaining three, the second best,

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Speaker 1: the fourth best, and the fifth best. And it is

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Speaker 1: not Joe Ferguson, Jack Kemp, and they are quick on

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Speaker 1: the buscher in there. It is not Jack Kemper. Come on,

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Speaker 1: Jack high passer rating for three years and yes, for

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Speaker 1: three different seasons. It's not Jack Kemp, and they were

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Speaker 1: for It's not Joe Ferguson or Jack Kenno. And they

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Speaker 1: were all in succession these three seasons, three consecutive years

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Speaker 1: season passera Bledson, it's not Drew bledsoe he was two

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Speaker 1: three oh four, So that was a good guess. But no,

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Speaker 1: not not at the top. You want to know why

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Speaker 1: Drew wasn't at the top. He took a lot of sacks. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: and that hurts your passer. Oh, well, that's what Rob

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Speaker 1: Johnson did too. Ye, Rob Johnson, he wasn't here. He's

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Speaker 1: not Robber. I don't know if he played three straight

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Speaker 1: seasons enough of the time, right he was, he was

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Speaker 1: in he was in the training room more than he

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Speaker 1: was on the field three seasons in succession. Yeah, that

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Speaker 1: I was trying to help you with that, but I

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Speaker 1: don't know that I'm helping you all that much. It's Fitz.

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Speaker 1: It is not fits. But that's a good guess. I'll

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Speaker 1: give you two more guesses and then I'll let you

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Speaker 1: off the hook, or one more three And there were

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Speaker 1: three three consecutive season. It ends up being second highest

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Speaker 1: single season passer rating year and team history for a quarterback,

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Speaker 1: five right now. Now, Josh, how long was Flutie here?

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Speaker 1: Flutie was here long enough, but he is not the

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Speaker 1: correct answer. I didn't guess Flutie. I asked how long

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Speaker 1: he was here? Yeah, he was here. It doesn't count

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Speaker 1: three seasons. He was here till oh oh one. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: they was gone. An it's not raw, it's not Rob

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Speaker 1: Tyrod Tyrod high Rod Taylor twenty fifteen, ninety nine point

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Speaker 1: How bad is it? Steve that eighty nine makes the

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Speaker 1: top five for passer rating for Bill's quarterback It's all time,

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Speaker 1: ain't that? It's disappointed hard too, because you know, you

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Speaker 1: get into these where it wasn't a throwing league, and

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Speaker 1: you'd go out here in a snowstorm where his twenty

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Speaker 1: degrees and sideways rain and the older quarterbacks threw a

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Speaker 1: all right, the last single season quarterbacks stead in Bill's history.

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Speaker 1: We're gonna look at Steve is touchdown to interception ratio

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Speaker 1: right now. Alan has the third best touchdown to interception

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Speaker 1: ratio at three to one. Right, So there are four

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Speaker 1: touchdown to interception ratio. Who do you think they are? Tyrod?

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Speaker 1: Tyrod is one, He's got three of the top five.

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Speaker 1: He doesn't throw picks. Three touchdowns to zero ratio, okay, Tyrod?

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Speaker 1: Jim Jim, Yes, one more. This guy's actually tied with Jim.

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Speaker 1: So Jim did in nineteen ninety two point six seven

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Speaker 1: to one ratio. This guy, what what year was this guy? Well,

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Speaker 1: touchdown to interception ratio. Rob. He's not Rock. I got

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Speaker 1: a lot of faith in Rob. You know he got

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Speaker 1: a contract first, you know. Yeah, I figure he had

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Speaker 1: a flash us to stay on my heel. Oh my god,

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Speaker 1: it ain't Fits. I know that's not Fits. Definitely not fits. Um. Yeah, Orton,

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Speaker 1: not Kyle Orton. You've guessed this guy already today on

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Speaker 1: the bloodsoe not Bless. I've guessed him already. Yeah, he's

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Speaker 1: one of the guys. He guessed EJ and one of

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Speaker 1: these categories. No, I'll give it to you. It is

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Speaker 1: Doug Fluting. Oh really two thousand, season two thousand, two

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Speaker 1: point six seven to one. So Josh currently, uh, actually,

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Speaker 1: I have to correct my figures. I didn't update him

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Speaker 1: moving from San Diego. It is a difficult position to

426
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Speaker 1: be in, and then he rallied this team back and

427
00:23:03,080 --> 00:23:05,760
Speaker 1: we made a huge run. So but you know, you

428
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Speaker 1: just had some really unique leadership skills which you have

429
00:23:08,440 --> 00:23:11,359
Speaker 1: to have in the head coach's job, especially in situations

430
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Speaker 1: like this where things have not gone as we had planned,

431
00:23:14,600 --> 00:23:17,680
Speaker 1: and the players respond to him, the players believe in him.

432
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Speaker 1: That's why we think that this last six games and

433
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Speaker 1: we're going to take them one at a time, but

434
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Speaker 1: we still think, we still think we can finish strong.

435
00:23:25,560 --> 00:23:29,200
Speaker 1: Right now talking to Chargers GM, Tom to LESCo here,

436
00:23:29,359 --> 00:23:33,639
Speaker 1: and you know, justin Herbert's state of readiness Tom for

437
00:23:33,680 --> 00:23:37,280
Speaker 1: the NFL game is probably what has grabbed people the

438
00:23:37,359 --> 00:23:40,240
Speaker 1: most by surprise in terms of his success. You know,

439
00:23:40,240 --> 00:23:42,320
Speaker 1: for outside observers that aren't seeing him every day in

440
00:23:42,359 --> 00:23:46,360
Speaker 1: practice like you are. I don't know that the Oregon

441
00:23:46,560 --> 00:23:52,720
Speaker 1: offensive system really ever put his full athletic ability on display.

442
00:23:53,080 --> 00:23:55,800
Speaker 1: So how did you guys kind of do your due

443
00:23:55,840 --> 00:23:59,840
Speaker 1: diligence in confirming he was the kind of quarterback that

444
00:24:00,480 --> 00:24:03,760
Speaker 1: had the necessary mobility to kind of extend plays and

445
00:24:03,840 --> 00:24:06,600
Speaker 1: make them off script when necessary, which seems like a

446
00:24:06,640 --> 00:24:11,000
Speaker 1: required quality in the league these days for a quarterback. Yeah,

447
00:24:11,080 --> 00:24:14,480
Speaker 1: there's there's no doubt. It's like putting a puzzle together.

448
00:24:14,520 --> 00:24:16,480
Speaker 1: And it's not just with quarterbacks. It's not just with

449
00:24:16,520 --> 00:24:19,080
Speaker 1: Justin with it's with everybody you draft. So when we're

450
00:24:19,080 --> 00:24:21,919
Speaker 1: looking at college players, we're trying to project them to

451
00:24:22,000 --> 00:24:25,200
Speaker 1: the NFL level. Um. And you know, with Justin obviously

452
00:24:25,480 --> 00:24:27,800
Speaker 1: four year starter in college, so we had a lot

453
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Speaker 1: of background, a lot of work to do on him,

454
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Speaker 1: just tape wise, Um, you just try and put the

455
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Speaker 1: pieces together. You may not see him do everything he'll

456
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Speaker 1: do at this level, but if you see it once

457
00:24:38,359 --> 00:24:40,320
Speaker 1: or choice, you know it's in there. And uh, look

458
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Speaker 1: for Oregon's offense. You know, they moved to football, they

459
00:24:43,200 --> 00:24:47,160
Speaker 1: scored points. Uh, they won the Patrol Championship, they won

460
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Speaker 1: the Rose Bowl. Um, so what they were doing worked

461
00:24:50,080 --> 00:24:53,600
Speaker 1: for them. Um. But as scouting the player, we're trying

462
00:24:53,600 --> 00:24:56,280
Speaker 1: to look at everything we can. Tape wise, we washed him.

463
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Speaker 1: You know, the Rose Bowl, they played him a little

464
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Speaker 1: bit differently. He was at the Senior Bowl and we

465
00:25:00,920 --> 00:25:02,760
Speaker 1: could see a little bit more. But you know, we

466
00:25:02,840 --> 00:25:04,400
Speaker 1: knew he was a good athlete. We knew he could

467
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Speaker 1: fit the system that we want to run. And then

468
00:25:07,280 --> 00:25:10,200
Speaker 1: everything else is just about a lot of it about

469
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Speaker 1: it's just his work ethic. He's a perfectionist. He wants

470
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Speaker 1: to be great. And usually those guys they get better.

471
00:25:16,880 --> 00:25:20,040
Speaker 1: They developed. Now he's developed faster than than maybe we

472
00:25:20,119 --> 00:25:23,399
Speaker 1: had anticipated. Um, but those guys get better that they

473
00:25:23,440 --> 00:25:25,480
Speaker 1: have the football intelligence and the work ethic and they're

474
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Speaker 1: right coaching around them. We marveled, and we were to

475
00:25:28,640 --> 00:25:30,040
Speaker 1: Steve and I were talking about it on the show

476
00:25:30,080 --> 00:25:36,440
Speaker 1: this week, Tom how much his numbers quite quite literally

477
00:25:36,520 --> 00:25:39,800
Speaker 1: mirror those of Josh. And I mean much has been

478
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Speaker 1: made of Josh's progress here in year three with the

479
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Speaker 1: bills and the big step that he has taken. Justine's

480
00:25:46,800 --> 00:25:49,879
Speaker 1: doing this as a rookie. His numbers are almost identical

481
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Speaker 1: to that of Josh Allen and he's played one fewer

482
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Speaker 1: game than Josh. So I mean, we've got him on

483
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Speaker 1: our screen for our MSG viewers right now. I mean

484
00:25:58,760 --> 00:26:03,040
Speaker 1: it's almost a carbon copy. Um. It's just it's uncanny

485
00:26:03,119 --> 00:26:06,920
Speaker 1: that Herbert is Herbert's game is this advanced when it

486
00:26:07,320 --> 00:26:10,760
Speaker 1: took Josh about three years to get there. Well that's

487
00:26:10,800 --> 00:26:13,359
Speaker 1: all great, But the biggest status the one at the bottom.

488
00:26:13,480 --> 00:26:16,280
Speaker 1: So that's the one, that's the one we're working on

489
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Speaker 1: and uh, you know, the quarterback is very important. He

490
00:26:19,160 --> 00:26:20,879
Speaker 1: touched the ball if you play, but it's about the

491
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Speaker 1: team and look where we're really really happy with Justin,

492
00:26:24,119 --> 00:26:26,760
Speaker 1: with how he's how he's developed. Um, you know for

493
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Speaker 1: a young player. Um, and just watching Josh, you know,

494
00:26:29,960 --> 00:26:33,600
Speaker 1: watching them, watching you guys in the last couple of weeks, Um,

495
00:26:33,680 --> 00:26:36,320
Speaker 1: he has just been outstanding. Watching him play, It's like

496
00:26:36,720 --> 00:26:39,840
Speaker 1: watching Josh Allen in the pocket is like watching like

497
00:26:39,880 --> 00:26:42,480
Speaker 1: the varsity versus the jv is as the pass rushers

498
00:26:42,520 --> 00:26:45,399
Speaker 1: come around and he's just swapping him around, pushing him around. Um,

499
00:26:45,440 --> 00:26:47,760
Speaker 1: he's so big and strong. I mean he runs the

500
00:26:47,760 --> 00:26:49,480
Speaker 1: ball like you're running back. And then you know, his

501
00:26:49,600 --> 00:26:52,119
Speaker 1: arm strength is unbelievable and he's got great touch on

502
00:26:52,160 --> 00:26:55,639
Speaker 1: the ball and and uh, obviously the receivers that Bills

503
00:26:55,680 --> 00:26:58,439
Speaker 1: have are really good too, and they go deep with

504
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Speaker 1: that group. So he's got a lot of talent around

505
00:27:00,359 --> 00:27:02,600
Speaker 1: him and he hasn't be a tough challenge for us

506
00:27:02,640 --> 00:27:06,000
Speaker 1: this week. One thing I've watched Justin Herbert do is

507
00:27:06,760 --> 00:27:10,320
Speaker 1: your offensive lines had some injuries, and it doesn't seem

508
00:27:10,359 --> 00:27:12,920
Speaker 1: like that has bothered him. His athleticism has helped him

509
00:27:12,960 --> 00:27:15,320
Speaker 1: in that. You guys have had to shuffle your offensive line.

510
00:27:16,160 --> 00:27:18,040
Speaker 1: Can you speak to that about how you know you've

511
00:27:18,680 --> 00:27:21,199
Speaker 1: how concerning is it to you going forward? Certainly like

512
00:27:21,280 --> 00:27:25,080
Speaker 1: everybody healthy, How has your depth been in the offensive line?

513
00:27:25,080 --> 00:27:26,879
Speaker 1: And how impressed have you been with Herbert and his

514
00:27:26,920 --> 00:27:31,600
Speaker 1: ability to like just to overcome that on the offensive side. Yeah,

515
00:27:31,640 --> 00:27:34,639
Speaker 1: you know, it was interesting during training camp. You know,

516
00:27:34,720 --> 00:27:36,560
Speaker 1: his first couple of weeks of training camp, he was

517
00:27:36,640 --> 00:27:39,159
Speaker 1: really lighting up the defense. So we tried to make

518
00:27:39,200 --> 00:27:41,040
Speaker 1: it a little bit more challenging for him, and he

519
00:27:41,080 --> 00:27:43,680
Speaker 1: had a couple of rough, rough practices. But the one

520
00:27:43,720 --> 00:27:45,920
Speaker 1: thing he did in training camp, it didn't matter if

521
00:27:45,960 --> 00:27:49,200
Speaker 1: there was five, six, seven, eight people coming at him,

522
00:27:49,240 --> 00:27:51,360
Speaker 1: He stood in the pocket, never looked at the rush,

523
00:27:51,440 --> 00:27:53,720
Speaker 1: and made throw us downfield. But the one thing we

524
00:27:53,720 --> 00:27:56,000
Speaker 1: didn't know is it's practice because and you can't hit

525
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Speaker 1: the quarterback during practice, So can you do this in

526
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Speaker 1: a live situation in the NFL? We didn't have a

527
00:28:00,600 --> 00:28:03,159
Speaker 1: preseason game to know that, so we didn't even know

528
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Speaker 1: this till really against against Kansas City. Essentially, is you know,

529
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Speaker 1: can he still be that same guy when you don't

530
00:28:08,920 --> 00:28:12,280
Speaker 1: have essentially a red jersey on and he just has

531
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Speaker 1: a great feel in the pocket to kind of move

532
00:28:14,400 --> 00:28:16,800
Speaker 1: shuffley to left or right, maybe stuff up in the pocket,

533
00:28:16,880 --> 00:28:20,040
Speaker 1: find an open throwing lane and make throws. And you know,

534
00:28:20,040 --> 00:28:21,800
Speaker 1: a lot of that is just natural ability and a

535
00:28:21,840 --> 00:28:24,959
Speaker 1: lot of that's just practice and work at it, and

536
00:28:24,960 --> 00:28:26,760
Speaker 1: he's showing the abilities to do that. We've got a

537
00:28:26,760 --> 00:28:29,320
Speaker 1: couple more starters back in the offensive line last week,

538
00:28:29,720 --> 00:28:32,760
Speaker 1: so that's good to see. But now he's been able

539
00:28:32,800 --> 00:28:34,840
Speaker 1: to handle the rush and handled the amount of pressure

540
00:28:34,840 --> 00:28:36,880
Speaker 1: and blitz his people are brought against us very well

541
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Speaker 1: for a young player. Talking to Chargers GM, Tom to

542
00:28:39,880 --> 00:28:43,440
Speaker 1: LESCo and two guys on the defensive side of the ball, Tom,

543
00:28:43,440 --> 00:28:46,320
Speaker 1: I want to get your thoughts on the one guy

544
00:28:46,360 --> 00:28:48,360
Speaker 1: that you traded up for in the first round, Ken

545
00:28:48,440 --> 00:28:51,840
Speaker 1: Murray Junior, who just looked like a fantastic run and

546
00:28:51,960 --> 00:28:54,400
Speaker 1: hit type athlete just looking at his college tape going

547
00:28:54,440 --> 00:28:57,560
Speaker 1: into the draft. Just his level of progress here in

548
00:28:57,600 --> 00:29:01,160
Speaker 1: his rookie season. And then guy that's kind of flashed

549
00:29:01,200 --> 00:29:04,560
Speaker 1: here that's kind of flown under the radar, Mike Davis,

550
00:29:04,600 --> 00:29:08,040
Speaker 1: the corner. Just the game that he has brought to

551
00:29:08,080 --> 00:29:09,880
Speaker 1: the table this season. It looks like he's made an

552
00:29:09,880 --> 00:29:13,280
Speaker 1: awful lot of progress with his game. Yes, Michael's come

553
00:29:13,320 --> 00:29:16,440
Speaker 1: a long way. Michael was an undrafted free agent from

554
00:29:16,480 --> 00:29:19,240
Speaker 1: b YU and he's just each year taking a bigger step.

555
00:29:19,720 --> 00:29:21,840
Speaker 1: And now he's, you know, he's a legitimate starting corner

556
00:29:21,840 --> 00:29:23,640
Speaker 1: in this league. He's got long arms, and he runs

557
00:29:23,720 --> 00:29:25,440
Speaker 1: very well, and he's had a nice year for us.

558
00:29:26,880 --> 00:29:29,760
Speaker 1: And then who's the other player mentioned, Oh Kenny Murray.

559
00:29:29,800 --> 00:29:33,920
Speaker 1: So yeah, yeah, yeah, Kenny. He's been Uh, like he said,

560
00:29:33,960 --> 00:29:38,160
Speaker 1: he's a running, hit player and very physical, big fast,

561
00:29:38,560 --> 00:29:40,080
Speaker 1: and you know, we've kind of put him in a

562
00:29:40,080 --> 00:29:43,320
Speaker 1: position where he's the quarterback of the defense, which is, uh,

563
00:29:43,400 --> 00:29:45,560
Speaker 1: it's difficult. I'm young players. I mean, right now we've

564
00:29:45,560 --> 00:29:47,520
Speaker 1: got a you know, rookie quarterback on one side and

565
00:29:47,560 --> 00:29:49,880
Speaker 1: really you know a rookie linebacker that's making all the

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Speaker 1: calls on defense. Um, you know, and especially not having

567
00:29:53,120 --> 00:29:55,120
Speaker 1: Derwin James out there has kind of changed some things

568
00:29:55,160 --> 00:29:57,520
Speaker 1: how how we get lined up. And so he's been

569
00:29:57,640 --> 00:30:00,760
Speaker 1: putting some tough positions, but he's handled it well. And

570
00:30:00,800 --> 00:30:04,800
Speaker 1: for how young he is, he's very mature, loves to

571
00:30:04,800 --> 00:30:07,640
Speaker 1: play the game, great, great work ethic and I think

572
00:30:07,680 --> 00:30:09,480
Speaker 1: we're gonna see really big stries from him as we

573
00:30:09,520 --> 00:30:11,120
Speaker 1: moved forward this year and then for the rest of

574
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Speaker 1: his career. Yeah, it's kind of interesting because what you're

575
00:30:14,800 --> 00:30:17,640
Speaker 1: going through now is exactly what the Bills did in

576
00:30:17,880 --> 00:30:20,160
Speaker 1: uh what was a twenty eighteen. You know, they had

577
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Speaker 1: a rookie quarterback and they had Tremaine Edmonds calling all

578
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Speaker 1: the stuff on the defensive side of the ball at

579
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Speaker 1: the linebacker position. And it's kind of funny because their

580
00:30:27,120 --> 00:30:29,240
Speaker 1: body types are almost a little similar. Murray's kind of

581
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Speaker 1: that long, lanky guy too, it seems at least that's

582
00:30:32,280 --> 00:30:35,800
Speaker 1: how he looks on TV. Yeah, very very similar players.

583
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Speaker 1: Probably probably remains a little bit taller, but but similar

584
00:30:38,280 --> 00:30:41,760
Speaker 1: players and both young when they came out of college too. Right,

585
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Speaker 1: last one that I've got for you, Tom is playing

586
00:30:46,200 --> 00:30:50,280
Speaker 1: in these largely empty stadiums, and in the new one

587
00:30:50,280 --> 00:30:52,760
Speaker 1: that you guys are playing in, it's got to be cavernous.

588
00:30:52,840 --> 00:30:57,440
Speaker 1: I mean that that is a huge facility. We've talked

589
00:30:57,480 --> 00:31:00,440
Speaker 1: to some of the players here about how it's different,

590
00:31:00,920 --> 00:31:05,720
Speaker 1: and especially the defensive players. Tom have said sometimes when

591
00:31:05,760 --> 00:31:08,000
Speaker 1: we need that juice from the crowd on a third

592
00:31:08,080 --> 00:31:10,600
Speaker 1: down or something, it's not there, and we have to

593
00:31:10,680 --> 00:31:14,720
Speaker 1: manufacture it and get it from each other. I'm wondering

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Speaker 1: if your players have expressed some of those same things

595
00:31:17,960 --> 00:31:22,040
Speaker 1: and what they've done to try to overcome it. Well, yes,

596
00:31:22,200 --> 00:31:25,240
Speaker 1: I mean it's a it's an experience like like none

597
00:31:25,480 --> 00:31:28,920
Speaker 1: none other. I mean the first game, our opener against

598
00:31:29,080 --> 00:31:31,080
Speaker 1: the Bengals, and it was an away game, but it

599
00:31:31,440 --> 00:31:35,560
Speaker 1: felt like a scrimmage. You know, without anybody in the stands.

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Speaker 1: You hear every whistle, you hear every pad that that hits,

601
00:31:38,800 --> 00:31:42,000
Speaker 1: you hear interactions between coaches and players, and players and coaches,

602
00:31:42,040 --> 00:31:45,400
Speaker 1: and um, it's just a different it's a different field.

603
00:31:45,720 --> 00:31:48,120
Speaker 1: So you do have to bring your own energy. Um.

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00:31:48,520 --> 00:31:50,240
Speaker 1: You know, there are some positives. I mean, you can

605
00:31:50,280 --> 00:31:52,200
Speaker 1: get some coaching from the sideline and you can scream

606
00:31:52,200 --> 00:31:53,800
Speaker 1: out to wherever you need to get them lined up

607
00:31:53,800 --> 00:31:57,000
Speaker 1: in the in the correct spot. But it's different, it

608
00:31:57,080 --> 00:31:59,760
Speaker 1: really is, and it's it's it's hard to get used to,

609
00:32:01,000 --> 00:32:03,000
Speaker 1: but it's going to help us this weekend going to

610
00:32:03,000 --> 00:32:05,760
Speaker 1: Buffalo to not have that crowd behind them. So for us,

611
00:32:05,800 --> 00:32:07,480
Speaker 1: it is a big advantage this week to play the

612
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Speaker 1: Bills in a silent stadium. Because there's there's you know,

613
00:32:11,320 --> 00:32:13,240
Speaker 1: probably no harder place to play to go playing for

614
00:32:13,240 --> 00:32:15,360
Speaker 1: an eighty thousand Bills fans, and especially the way the

615
00:32:15,360 --> 00:32:17,920
Speaker 1: Bills are playing right now, so at LEASTA makes it

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Speaker 1: an even playing field for us. Last thing, I go

617
00:32:20,920 --> 00:32:22,520
Speaker 1: just we just heard before we came out, and I'm

618
00:32:22,560 --> 00:32:26,080
Speaker 1: sure you knew it probably before we did, that the

619
00:32:26,120 --> 00:32:29,320
Speaker 1: Steelers and the Ravens game has been moved from Thanksgiving

620
00:32:29,360 --> 00:32:32,800
Speaker 1: to Sunday. It's been the first game that's been adjusted

621
00:32:33,320 --> 00:32:35,680
Speaker 1: for weeks ever since back in the day when Tennessee

622
00:32:35,720 --> 00:32:38,080
Speaker 1: had the outbreak early in the season, they kind of

623
00:32:38,120 --> 00:32:40,280
Speaker 1: put the lid on that it's been a player here,

624
00:32:40,320 --> 00:32:44,920
Speaker 1: a player there. How, given where we were, like say,

625
00:32:44,960 --> 00:32:49,480
Speaker 1: four months ago, back in July, June and July, when

626
00:32:49,520 --> 00:32:54,400
Speaker 1: they didn't know, how unbelievable is it that the league

627
00:32:54,440 --> 00:32:57,240
Speaker 1: has been able to keep this on track and keep

628
00:32:57,240 --> 00:32:59,920
Speaker 1: it rolling, knowing that they didn't do it in a bubble,

629
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Speaker 1: And I just think it maybe in the in the

630
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Speaker 1: calendar of the sports, this may be one of the

631
00:33:05,800 --> 00:33:08,240
Speaker 1: great accomplishments the NFL has ever done. If they can

632
00:33:08,280 --> 00:33:10,560
Speaker 1: indeed get to the Super Bowl and do it on schedule,

633
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Speaker 1: How how likely is it, I guess I'll ask you that.

634
00:33:15,040 --> 00:33:17,320
Speaker 1: But also, how impressive is it that they've even got

635
00:33:17,360 --> 00:33:20,240
Speaker 1: this far? Well, I think you hit on the head.

636
00:33:20,240 --> 00:33:21,959
Speaker 1: I think it's impressive that we've been able to do

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00:33:22,000 --> 00:33:25,120
Speaker 1: this without being in a bubble. It would be hard

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Speaker 1: for the NFL to do this like the NBAUM and

639
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Speaker 1: get it in a real bubble. So they do it

640
00:33:30,400 --> 00:33:34,920
Speaker 1: like this with the protocols, and look they've we've adjusted

641
00:33:34,920 --> 00:33:37,360
Speaker 1: these protocols from August till now. I mean, I can't

642
00:33:37,360 --> 00:33:39,160
Speaker 1: tell you how many memos they have a stack over

643
00:33:39,240 --> 00:33:41,360
Speaker 1: here that almost a new one comes out every Monday.

644
00:33:41,400 --> 00:33:44,160
Speaker 1: As far as changing up how we're going to handle this,

645
00:33:44,240 --> 00:33:45,960
Speaker 1: which we have to because we're learning more and more

646
00:33:45,960 --> 00:33:48,280
Speaker 1: about the virus, you know, the longer we get into this.

647
00:33:48,360 --> 00:33:51,880
Speaker 1: So it's been incredible they get to where we are now.

648
00:33:52,280 --> 00:33:54,400
Speaker 1: But this is gonna be the most difficult test right now.

649
00:33:54,440 --> 00:33:56,680
Speaker 1: I mean that the numbers across the country are going up,

650
00:33:56,720 --> 00:34:00,320
Speaker 1: so I think obviously our numbers are going to increase

651
00:34:00,320 --> 00:34:04,560
Speaker 1: a little bit. But you know, between us following the protocols,

652
00:34:04,720 --> 00:34:08,040
Speaker 1: keeping away from each other, we wear these contact tracers.

653
00:34:08,040 --> 00:34:10,760
Speaker 1: I know all the bills do as well to remind

654
00:34:10,840 --> 00:34:14,279
Speaker 1: us of that. Our testing every day helps and really

655
00:34:14,320 --> 00:34:16,160
Speaker 1: the biggest thing is make sure everybody's honest. If you

656
00:34:16,239 --> 00:34:18,879
Speaker 1: feel anything, if it feels sick, you stay home. And

657
00:34:19,320 --> 00:34:22,120
Speaker 1: it's our job as as a front office to have

658
00:34:22,200 --> 00:34:24,239
Speaker 1: the team ready to play. And it maybe and we

659
00:34:24,280 --> 00:34:26,080
Speaker 1: saw it last week or two weeks ago with Dane

660
00:34:26,120 --> 00:34:28,239
Speaker 1: Jackson coming up and starting for the Bills and actually

661
00:34:28,320 --> 00:34:32,080
Speaker 1: played really really well, good player. So you have to

662
00:34:32,120 --> 00:34:34,600
Speaker 1: build a deep team. You have to coach everybody, you

663
00:34:34,640 --> 00:34:36,400
Speaker 1: have to be ready to go. So between the teams

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Speaker 1: and the league office handling this, it's been impressive. But

665
00:34:39,400 --> 00:34:41,480
Speaker 1: this this next month and a half is going to

666
00:34:41,560 --> 00:34:44,440
Speaker 1: be difficult, but hopefully we have things in place we

667
00:34:44,440 --> 00:34:47,880
Speaker 1: can get through and play these games and have the playoffs. Tom,

668
00:34:47,960 --> 00:34:50,560
Speaker 1: thanks man, it's great seeing you. A good luck and

669
00:34:50,600 --> 00:34:52,279
Speaker 1: thanks for coming on with us and taking a minute

670
00:34:52,280 --> 00:34:56,319
Speaker 1: to share it with us. Yeah, anytime. Thanks for having on, guys,

671
00:34:56,400 --> 00:34:58,880
Speaker 1: we appreciate the time, especially during a holiday week. And

672
00:34:58,920 --> 00:35:02,200
Speaker 1: please thank your wife for starting that jewelry company Charming Newport,

673
00:35:02,239 --> 00:35:05,839
Speaker 1: because I got three easy gimme birth Christmas gifts from

674
00:35:05,840 --> 00:35:07,759
Speaker 1: my wife. She bought him for herself and handed them

675
00:35:07,760 --> 00:35:09,640
Speaker 1: to me. So please thank your wife for doing that.

676
00:35:09,680 --> 00:35:15,560
Speaker 1: We appreciate it. Thanks for the plug, Brownie, appreciate it. Thanks, yeah,

677
00:35:15,719 --> 00:35:18,600
Speaker 1: you too, all right. Always good to catch up with

678
00:35:18,640 --> 00:35:21,040
Speaker 1: one of the solid gms in the league, Tom Telesco.

679
00:35:21,160 --> 00:35:23,960
Speaker 1: He's got a good roster. You were making some comparisons

680
00:35:23,960 --> 00:35:26,920
Speaker 1: on the show this week, Steve, how strikingly comparable. Their

681
00:35:27,000 --> 00:35:29,200
Speaker 1: numbers in a lot of areas are to that of

682
00:35:29,239 --> 00:35:32,920
Speaker 1: the Bills, and yet their records are complete opposites of

683
00:35:33,400 --> 00:35:35,920
Speaker 1: each other. But I think that's a Chargers team we're

684
00:35:35,920 --> 00:35:40,520
Speaker 1: gonna be hearing more from in twenty twenty one. Right now,

685
00:35:40,640 --> 00:35:47,160
Speaker 1: we look at an offensive defensive matchup called Something's Gotta Give. Okay, So, Steve,

686
00:35:47,200 --> 00:35:49,960
Speaker 1: the Chargers are the third best passing offense in football.

687
00:35:50,440 --> 00:35:54,200
Speaker 1: Bills are the fourth. LA has the most fifty plus

688
00:35:54,320 --> 00:35:57,760
Speaker 1: yard plays in the league, with six so far this season,

689
00:35:57,880 --> 00:36:02,319
Speaker 1: demonstrating Justin Herbert's deep ball passing ability. The Bills have

690
00:36:02,480 --> 00:36:05,200
Speaker 1: no such plays, nothing over fifty yards, but they do

691
00:36:05,320 --> 00:36:07,960
Speaker 1: lead the league in pass plays of twenty yards or

692
00:36:07,960 --> 00:36:11,759
Speaker 1: more forty one of them. So looking at these two defenses,

693
00:36:11,800 --> 00:36:16,760
Speaker 1: this week, Steve, Buffalo tied for fifth in most fifty

694
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Speaker 1: plus yard plays given up in the league, they've given

695
00:36:19,760 --> 00:36:24,520
Speaker 1: up three. Chargers defense has also given up three. So

696
00:36:24,560 --> 00:36:27,200
Speaker 1: when giving up plays of twenty yards or more, Bills

697
00:36:27,239 --> 00:36:29,680
Speaker 1: defense is given up the sixth most thirty eight, Chargers

698
00:36:29,680 --> 00:36:33,000
Speaker 1: have given up the ninth most thirty five. Which team

699
00:36:33,239 --> 00:36:38,239
Speaker 1: ends this game making more big plays in the passing game?

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00:36:40,239 --> 00:36:46,880
Speaker 1: I will say I'd give it to Buffalo. You say

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00:36:47,000 --> 00:36:49,719
Speaker 1: they make more big plays in the passing game, Okay,

702
00:36:49,800 --> 00:36:51,560
Speaker 1: I think this is a game where they could make

703
00:36:51,600 --> 00:36:57,080
Speaker 1: that happen, particularly given West Coast key team coming east

704
00:36:57,320 --> 00:36:59,200
Speaker 1: for the second straight week, by the way, and they

705
00:36:59,200 --> 00:37:00,799
Speaker 1: were just with the Jets at Medlife, And I just

706
00:37:00,800 --> 00:37:02,680
Speaker 1: think this is a Bills team that's coming off the bye.

707
00:37:02,800 --> 00:37:06,279
Speaker 1: I think they're gonna have some wrinkles. Yeah, So I'm

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00:37:06,360 --> 00:37:08,960
Speaker 1: saying I would give Buffalo the edge, and just as

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00:37:08,960 --> 00:37:11,920
Speaker 1: a general rule going forward this week, and I just

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Speaker 1: think I give Buffalo the edge in most categories leading

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00:37:15,440 --> 00:37:17,759
Speaker 1: up to the game because they're coming off the bye week. Yeah,

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00:37:17,800 --> 00:37:20,160
Speaker 1: I'm kind of with you on the bye. Mcdermot's undefeated

713
00:37:20,160 --> 00:37:22,560
Speaker 1: coming off the bye. I think they really drilled down

714
00:37:22,640 --> 00:37:25,480
Speaker 1: on some things and I believe that Day will with

715
00:37:25,480 --> 00:37:30,320
Speaker 1: the extra time to prepare, will be ready, locked and loaded.

716
00:37:30,440 --> 00:37:33,520
Speaker 1: And Gus Bradley with this defense has had some issues

717
00:37:33,520 --> 00:37:35,759
Speaker 1: at times. They get a little leaky here, a little

718
00:37:35,800 --> 00:37:37,600
Speaker 1: leaky there. You don't know what's going to crop up.

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Speaker 1: They can't protect leads with their defense. So yeah, I'm

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Speaker 1: kind of with you on that. So I'm kind of

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Speaker 1: leaning that way. That doesn't mean that I don't think

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00:37:45,840 --> 00:37:47,719
Speaker 1: the Chargers are going to be good. I think they are.

723
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Speaker 1: I think they're a really good football team. And you

724
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Speaker 1: have to drill down pretty deep to find out, you know,

725
00:37:52,680 --> 00:37:54,400
Speaker 1: why are they three and seven and not seven and

726
00:37:54,440 --> 00:37:57,799
Speaker 1: three like the Bills. Yeah, all right, we will move

727
00:37:57,880 --> 00:38:01,200
Speaker 1: forward then after covering that, as we wrap up this

728
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Speaker 1: week's podcast here on One Bill's Light with one burning question.

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Speaker 1: I still got to get the guys to give me

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00:38:07,960 --> 00:38:12,160
Speaker 1: the echo of fifty. So this week's question, Steve, is

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Speaker 1: there a more hated athlete in Buffalo than Brett Hull?

732
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Speaker 1: For those that don't know, Brett Hull is the guy

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Speaker 1: that scored the game winning goal for the Dallas Stars

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Speaker 1: in the nineteen ninety nine Stanley Cup Finals against the

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Speaker 1: Buffalo Sabers. Did it here in Buffalo in Game six

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Speaker 1: in triple overtime, and it was a controversial goal because

737
00:38:34,080 --> 00:38:37,239
Speaker 1: his foot was in the crease and there was a

738
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Speaker 1: rule that said, if your foot is in the crease

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00:38:39,760 --> 00:38:41,759
Speaker 1: and you score a goal, it does not count. But

740
00:38:41,840 --> 00:38:45,400
Speaker 1: the refs allowed the goal, and a short time later,

741
00:38:45,440 --> 00:38:47,920
Speaker 1: the Dallas Stars are skating around the ice in Buffalo

742
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Speaker 1: with the standard that end of the game on a

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00:38:51,120 --> 00:38:55,120
Speaker 1: goal that one hundred and fifty three times during the

744
00:38:55,200 --> 00:38:58,080
Speaker 1: regular season would have been disallowed. But on the one

745
00:38:58,160 --> 00:39:00,600
Speaker 1: goal where the cup is in the bound is the

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00:39:00,600 --> 00:39:05,319
Speaker 1: impresstige of the entire NHL in the balance? They sold out? Yeah,

747
00:39:05,400 --> 00:39:07,840
Speaker 1: just give it to him. It is otherwise known in

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00:39:07,880 --> 00:39:11,239
Speaker 1: Buffalo as no goal. And so because of that, Brett Hull,

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Speaker 1: even as late as I want to say, twenty seventeen,

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00:39:15,280 --> 00:39:19,800
Speaker 1: was in Buffalo and was booed unceremoniously just for seeing

751
00:39:19,800 --> 00:39:24,280
Speaker 1: his face on the jumbo tron in the arena. Booed. Yeah.

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00:39:24,840 --> 00:39:26,719
Speaker 1: As far as being the most hated, but is he

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00:39:26,800 --> 00:39:30,160
Speaker 1: the most hated athlete in Buffalo? That is the question here.

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Speaker 1: You don't think so, So who tops him? I have

755
00:39:33,400 --> 00:39:35,840
Speaker 1: some suggestions, Tom Brady top said. I was one of

756
00:39:35,840 --> 00:39:38,480
Speaker 1: the suggestions. If you're talking about athletes, Tom Brady, I

757
00:39:38,520 --> 00:39:40,960
Speaker 1: would say at one point, maybe not so much now

758
00:39:41,239 --> 00:39:46,520
Speaker 1: Brian Cox Senior. Yeah, football wise, let's see. Do you

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00:39:46,520 --> 00:39:48,920
Speaker 1: think Dan Marino is on that list anywhere? I think

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00:39:48,960 --> 00:39:51,719
Speaker 1: there's a level of respect for Dan, plus he spent

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00:39:51,760 --> 00:39:53,360
Speaker 1: some time. Does you guys beat him more than he

762
00:39:53,400 --> 00:39:59,120
Speaker 1: beat you? So let's say, yeah, this is it's interesting.

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Speaker 1: Hold on a minute, now this is you get into it.

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Speaker 1: I would say probably. You know, there's some who probably

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Speaker 1: never come to Buffalo, like Troy Aikman. Do you think

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00:40:07,120 --> 00:40:10,120
Speaker 1: he's hated because of the Super Bowls? Yeah? Maybe. Do

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00:40:10,120 --> 00:40:12,319
Speaker 1: you think Michael Irvin's more hated than Troy Aikman? I

768
00:40:12,320 --> 00:40:16,600
Speaker 1: think so, just because of his um. I think the

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Speaker 1: Michael Irvin swagger is not asked for it though, well

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Speaker 1: he does kind of kind of plays to it. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: but I would say, yeah, Brett Hall is probably in

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Speaker 1: the top five. Do you think Deshaun Watson gets on

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Speaker 1: this list after last year's playoff game and what he did?

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Speaker 1: I don't know. Maybe if that's enough, that's not enough,

775
00:40:37,320 --> 00:40:40,760
Speaker 1: just a wild card game. But usually it's those guys

776
00:40:40,800 --> 00:40:43,520
Speaker 1: that kill this that kill the Buffalo Sports teams in

777
00:40:43,560 --> 00:40:46,759
Speaker 1: the playoffs that are clearly the most hated, which is

778
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Speaker 1: why it's so interesting that Brady would probably be at

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Speaker 1: the top of this list. But I think that's just

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Speaker 1: that it's just the time and again, you know, whack

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00:40:54,360 --> 00:40:57,360
Speaker 1: a mole, knock you down again and again and again

782
00:40:57,480 --> 00:41:00,279
Speaker 1: and again. I think Brady does it. Deshaun Watson make

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00:41:00,320 --> 00:41:01,839
Speaker 1: the list, but I don't think so, because I think

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Speaker 1: this is a time, particularly now that Brady's gone and

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00:41:08,440 --> 00:41:10,440
Speaker 1: Deshaun wasson, you feel like, you know this is a

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00:41:10,440 --> 00:41:12,719
Speaker 1: team now with what's going on in Houston, the Bills

787
00:41:12,719 --> 00:41:14,799
Speaker 1: fans would say, shoot, I want another another crack at

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00:41:14,880 --> 00:41:18,160
Speaker 1: that guy, right, I would agree with you that Brady

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Speaker 1: is number one, and I will share a personal story.

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Speaker 1: Two personal stories. The first one involves my son, who

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00:41:25,200 --> 00:41:28,960
Speaker 1: is a died in the wild Bills fan. At age nine,

792
00:41:29,640 --> 00:41:33,000
Speaker 1: he had a dartboard in the basement with Tom Brady's

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00:41:33,040 --> 00:41:36,279
Speaker 1: face on it. Okay that that paints somewhat of the

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Speaker 1: picture as to the hatred of Tom Brady. Here's example

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Speaker 1: number two from my own household. We're watching the Monday

796
00:41:43,120 --> 00:41:48,880
Speaker 1: night football highlights from this past week. Yeah, Bucks and Rams.

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00:41:50,800 --> 00:41:52,959
Speaker 1: My wife did not see any part of the game.

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00:41:53,160 --> 00:41:55,120
Speaker 1: You know, she's watching her own shows on Monday night.

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Speaker 1: She's not wasting my time with Monday night football. But

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00:41:57,520 --> 00:42:00,839
Speaker 1: I have the highlights on and she's watching them. She

801
00:42:00,920 --> 00:42:04,080
Speaker 1: sees that Brady was playing last night, so she's watching them.

802
00:42:04,360 --> 00:42:09,040
Speaker 1: First interception, Oh good, good, I like it. Then we

803
00:42:09,040 --> 00:42:10,920
Speaker 1: get down to these. She didn't know how the game ended, right,

804
00:42:10,960 --> 00:42:13,880
Speaker 1: you know it's close game. Oh you know, you hear

805
00:42:13,920 --> 00:42:15,959
Speaker 1: the commentator is a time for the Brady magic blah

806
00:42:15,960 --> 00:42:19,840
Speaker 1: blah blah blah blah. Oh but he's picked off again. Yes, yes,

807
00:42:20,000 --> 00:42:22,759
Speaker 1: I love it. I love it. I mean, if that

808
00:42:22,920 --> 00:42:28,000
Speaker 1: is not the true, bitter vitriol of a Bills fan

809
00:42:28,320 --> 00:42:31,759
Speaker 1: when it comes to hatred for Tom Brady's true and

810
00:42:31,880 --> 00:42:34,160
Speaker 1: that is a casual fan. That is not a you

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00:42:34,160 --> 00:42:36,080
Speaker 1: know what I mean, like an over the top I

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00:42:36,160 --> 00:42:38,719
Speaker 1: won't God God Bills fan. I won't even get into

813
00:42:38,760 --> 00:42:44,200
Speaker 1: specifics or anything like that. But the the conversations that

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00:42:45,320 --> 00:42:49,720
Speaker 1: in my house with four sons, who now the oldest

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00:42:49,800 --> 00:42:54,439
Speaker 1: is thirty three, the youngest or thirty two, or the

816
00:42:54,440 --> 00:42:58,560
Speaker 1: youngest is twenty two. He spent almost a lifetime with

817
00:42:58,640 --> 00:43:03,760
Speaker 1: Brady dealing with this. The casual conversations about Tom Brady

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00:43:04,040 --> 00:43:08,240
Speaker 1: and what he's just in passing conversation you can't repeat,

819
00:43:09,160 --> 00:43:13,760
Speaker 1: and you know, they're like, it's everything he is. Yeah,

820
00:43:13,800 --> 00:43:16,279
Speaker 1: so Brady, I think Trump's Bret Hole. But Brett Hole

821
00:43:16,400 --> 00:43:18,799
Speaker 1: is probably still there in the top three, top five,

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00:43:18,880 --> 00:43:21,680
Speaker 1: somewhere in there. He's on the list, no question. But

823
00:43:21,719 --> 00:43:25,440
Speaker 1: he's getting further into history. But here's the thing. At

824
00:43:25,440 --> 00:43:26,640
Speaker 1: a time, and I didn't want to get into this

825
00:43:26,680 --> 00:43:29,839
Speaker 1: at the time, but Brett plays it up a little

826
00:43:29,840 --> 00:43:35,240
Speaker 1: bit too. He like, oh, he'll flashed the ring, He'll

827
00:43:35,560 --> 00:43:37,920
Speaker 1: talk about you don't know anything about hockey. It was

828
00:43:37,920 --> 00:43:39,680
Speaker 1: a good goal. It was all this stuff, and when

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00:43:39,680 --> 00:43:46,160
Speaker 1: it was it was an absolute blatant sell out, cowardly

830
00:43:47,480 --> 00:43:54,520
Speaker 1: completely caving into the moment event by the NHL. Yeah,

831
00:43:54,600 --> 00:43:58,080
Speaker 1: they totally. They went garage. Oh my gosh, it was.

832
00:43:58,160 --> 00:44:01,480
Speaker 1: It was cousin Vinny in the mirage wearing a white

833
00:44:01,520 --> 00:44:04,440
Speaker 1: tank top T shirt on a card. Take it's all

834
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Speaker 1: one in the league. That's where the that's where the

835
00:44:06,840 --> 00:44:09,600
Speaker 1: edict came down from. It's over, get the cup. That's right,

836
00:44:09,680 --> 00:44:12,920
Speaker 1: game's over and listen and a fairness to the stars.

837
00:44:13,040 --> 00:44:15,399
Speaker 1: The Dallas start, they were probably the better team that year.

838
00:44:16,000 --> 00:44:18,520
Speaker 1: But my contention is this, they didn't get a chance

839
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Speaker 1: to prove it. They just awarded him the cup. Yeah,

840
00:44:20,560 --> 00:44:23,160
Speaker 1: so they can. They can, They can celebrate it all

841
00:44:23,200 --> 00:44:26,640
Speaker 1: they want. They just didn't earn it. Well said, that'll

842
00:44:26,680 --> 00:44:29,760
Speaker 1: do it for this week's edition of One Bills. Liked

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Speaker 1: the microwave version of One Bills Live. And remember when

844
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Speaker 1: there isn't enough time for One Bills Live, there's always

845
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Speaker 1: enough time for one Bill's Life. We're in and out

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Speaker 1: and about the time it takes for you to drive

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Speaker 1: to or from work. Steve Tasker, I'm Chris Brown. We'll

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Speaker 1: catch you next week. Everybody,