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Speaker 1: It's Buffalo Bills Radio. All right, welcome back to one

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Speaker 1: and become that consistent contributor to that way you can

431
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Speaker 1: take some of that workload off the Naji. But if

432
00:26:22,080 --> 00:26:25,080
Speaker 1: those guys are not that, I don't see how you

433
00:26:25,200 --> 00:26:28,960
Speaker 1: go through and take that load off. And especially knowing

434
00:26:29,160 --> 00:26:31,159
Speaker 1: how coach Thomon likes operate with his running back, so

435
00:26:31,240 --> 00:26:34,160
Speaker 1: we could look back at Levian Bell. We know, hey, man,

436
00:26:34,240 --> 00:26:36,760
Speaker 1: when he was there, if he was hot, that's the

437
00:26:36,800 --> 00:26:38,760
Speaker 1: guy he's gonna ride. No matter how much of a

438
00:26:38,840 --> 00:26:42,639
Speaker 1: plan was to include D'Angelo Williams, the process was, hey man,

439
00:26:42,680 --> 00:26:44,359
Speaker 1: when he's out there and he's hot the way that

440
00:26:44,400 --> 00:26:46,399
Speaker 1: he is, we're not taking them off the field. I

441
00:26:46,520 --> 00:26:48,199
Speaker 1: still feel like at the end of the day that

442
00:26:48,320 --> 00:26:52,399
Speaker 1: will be the case. But in terms of just feeling

443
00:26:52,400 --> 00:26:54,679
Speaker 1: confident in the group as it is right now, I

444
00:26:54,840 --> 00:26:57,080
Speaker 1: personally don't know how you can feel one hundred percent

445
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Speaker 1: sure that you have a legitimate behind Naji with the

446
00:27:01,680 --> 00:27:03,879
Speaker 1: way that the roster is currently constructed, right because I mean,

447
00:27:03,920 --> 00:27:05,480
Speaker 1: you don't have a proven guy there. I mean, I

448
00:27:05,520 --> 00:27:07,800
Speaker 1: know they drafted a fall into a couple of years ago,

449
00:27:08,480 --> 00:27:11,199
Speaker 1: and you know he was a fourth round pick. Okay, fine,

450
00:27:11,560 --> 00:27:14,960
Speaker 1: but you compare what they have now to the error

451
00:27:14,960 --> 00:27:16,919
Speaker 1: that you mentioned. When you had Levion Bell, you had

452
00:27:17,000 --> 00:27:19,359
Speaker 1: James Connor behind him, like a guy that could do

453
00:27:19,520 --> 00:27:22,440
Speaker 1: some stuff that you felt good about and you knew

454
00:27:22,520 --> 00:27:26,119
Speaker 1: could could spell Bell for a you know, for however

455
00:27:26,160 --> 00:27:28,600
Speaker 1: long you may have needed him in the game, you

456
00:27:28,640 --> 00:27:32,920
Speaker 1: don't have that right now. So I don't know, maybe

457
00:27:32,920 --> 00:27:35,280
Speaker 1: it's new math. I don't know how you're reducing Harris

458
00:27:35,280 --> 00:27:38,040
Speaker 1: as touches with what you got behind him right now?

459
00:27:38,080 --> 00:27:39,920
Speaker 1: Do you see them trying to make a move there

460
00:27:40,040 --> 00:27:43,000
Speaker 1: and maybe trying to pull somebody off another roster when

461
00:27:43,280 --> 00:27:47,040
Speaker 1: training camp cutdowns happen. That's the thing that I think

462
00:27:47,080 --> 00:27:49,280
Speaker 1: will be the case. I think that right now they

463
00:27:49,320 --> 00:27:51,359
Speaker 1: played the long game up. Hey you have come. Because

464
00:27:51,400 --> 00:27:53,480
Speaker 1: we know at the running back market, they're always going

465
00:27:53,560 --> 00:27:55,480
Speaker 1: to be some prodcasts from training camp. There are still

466
00:27:55,600 --> 00:27:59,640
Speaker 1: veterans available, you know that you might look into and say, hey, man,

467
00:28:00,000 --> 00:28:02,000
Speaker 1: this guy worth that flyer. Maybe you don't love him

468
00:28:02,000 --> 00:28:03,960
Speaker 1: as a starting running back, but when you're talking about

469
00:28:03,960 --> 00:28:06,639
Speaker 1: a guy coming in and playing potentially twenty percent of

470
00:28:06,680 --> 00:28:10,200
Speaker 1: those snaps just to get a little bit of Naji's workload, yeah,

471
00:28:10,240 --> 00:28:11,920
Speaker 1: you look at some of these veterans that are available

472
00:28:11,960 --> 00:28:14,199
Speaker 1: and you say, you know what, this guy might be

473
00:28:14,280 --> 00:28:17,200
Speaker 1: worth a flyer. This guy might be, you know, worth

474
00:28:17,320 --> 00:28:20,119
Speaker 1: that phone call Layton training camp right before the regular

475
00:28:20,160 --> 00:28:22,600
Speaker 1: season starts where you say, hey, this guy's proven, I

476
00:28:22,640 --> 00:28:24,960
Speaker 1: know he can handle this role right here, and that

477
00:28:25,080 --> 00:28:27,840
Speaker 1: be all you need because you're not looking for somebody

478
00:28:27,880 --> 00:28:32,160
Speaker 1: to come in and be a split carries RB two

479
00:28:32,440 --> 00:28:34,760
Speaker 1: because they're not doing a running that by committee approach.

480
00:28:34,880 --> 00:28:38,040
Speaker 1: They're going to still play predominantly through Naji Harris. You

481
00:28:38,120 --> 00:28:40,360
Speaker 1: just want to find somebody that can just take a

482
00:28:40,400 --> 00:28:42,600
Speaker 1: little bit of that load off of him, just with

483
00:28:42,840 --> 00:28:45,080
Speaker 1: the thought process that you're gonna have him lasts longer

484
00:28:45,120 --> 00:28:47,600
Speaker 1: than two years, three years of this league because at

485
00:28:47,600 --> 00:28:50,080
Speaker 1: this pace, man, if he keeps getting three hundred plus touches,

486
00:28:50,400 --> 00:28:53,880
Speaker 1: we know how this ends for this guy. So you

487
00:28:53,960 --> 00:28:56,200
Speaker 1: look at some of these vents, but you do have

488
00:28:56,320 --> 00:28:58,920
Speaker 1: time to see if Bennie Snow and anthy mc problem

489
00:28:59,040 --> 00:29:01,440
Speaker 1: can continue. They're develop a but as you know, this

490
00:29:01,600 --> 00:29:05,120
Speaker 1: is shirts and shorts football right now. Every running back

491
00:29:05,160 --> 00:29:07,760
Speaker 1: should look good, every athlete should look good in shirts

492
00:29:07,760 --> 00:29:10,840
Speaker 1: and shorts football. We're really gonna know how these guys

493
00:29:10,840 --> 00:29:12,560
Speaker 1: have developed and if you can trust them when you

494
00:29:12,560 --> 00:29:15,720
Speaker 1: put the pads on when these preseason games begin. That's

495
00:29:15,760 --> 00:29:18,280
Speaker 1: who you're really gonna know. What do you have behind

496
00:29:18,360 --> 00:29:22,280
Speaker 1: Nag Harris? All right, let's move to quarterback. Our guy,

497
00:29:22,320 --> 00:29:25,480
Speaker 1: Mitchell Trubisky's there. It looks like he's getting starter reps. Here,

498
00:29:25,480 --> 00:29:29,560
Speaker 1: but it's early. Have the other two quarterbacks in any

499
00:29:29,600 --> 00:29:33,280
Speaker 1: way shown that they have the potential to be a

500
00:29:33,320 --> 00:29:37,840
Speaker 1: threat to Trubisky come training camp. Now, see, I'm glad

501
00:29:37,840 --> 00:29:40,080
Speaker 1: you brought up Mitch because to me, when I see

502
00:29:40,160 --> 00:29:42,160
Speaker 1: him out there, I had this big smile on my

503
00:29:42,200 --> 00:29:44,360
Speaker 1: face because I was like, that's that Buffalo Bill's connection.

504
00:29:44,400 --> 00:29:46,480
Speaker 1: It works out well. I don't know why. It just

505
00:29:46,520 --> 00:29:51,160
Speaker 1: transitions super duper well man, But but to me, Man,

506
00:29:51,200 --> 00:29:53,600
Speaker 1: I think that Mitch has been the best quarterback. I've

507
00:29:53,640 --> 00:29:55,920
Speaker 1: been saying this since it started out. I think that

508
00:29:55,960 --> 00:29:58,520
Speaker 1: he's just the more mature quarterback. He looks the most confident.

509
00:29:58,520 --> 00:30:00,320
Speaker 1: You see the zip in his passes, and you can

510
00:30:00,360 --> 00:30:02,960
Speaker 1: also see the growth that took place for him last

511
00:30:03,000 --> 00:30:04,959
Speaker 1: year in the preseason. Going back and watching him one

512
00:30:04,960 --> 00:30:07,680
Speaker 1: on tape in the Chicago Bears preseason game, watching him

513
00:30:07,760 --> 00:30:10,000
Speaker 1: on tape and a couple of other opportunities, he just

514
00:30:10,080 --> 00:30:13,720
Speaker 1: looked calm, He looked collected. He took the opportunities that

515
00:30:13,760 --> 00:30:16,360
Speaker 1: were there. He was one time he really wasn't phased

516
00:30:16,360 --> 00:30:19,120
Speaker 1: by any pressure. And when you watch him now in

517
00:30:19,160 --> 00:30:22,560
Speaker 1: this Otka phase in mini phase, it's a similar concept.

518
00:30:22,880 --> 00:30:25,440
Speaker 1: He is the most even killed. He is the most

519
00:30:25,520 --> 00:30:28,320
Speaker 1: consistent day in and day out. His throws are the

520
00:30:28,320 --> 00:30:30,840
Speaker 1: most consistent. So that's why, to me, I think that

521
00:30:30,920 --> 00:30:33,480
Speaker 1: he has separated himself. Whereas when you look at Kenny

522
00:30:33,480 --> 00:30:35,880
Speaker 1: Pickett and Mason Rudolph, both of these guys are doing

523
00:30:35,960 --> 00:30:40,160
Speaker 1: good things, and Misteriod as well. But when you look

524
00:30:40,200 --> 00:30:42,320
Speaker 1: at Mason, he looks like the guy who's been here

525
00:30:42,360 --> 00:30:46,360
Speaker 1: the second moment. He's definitely the third in terms of

526
00:30:46,400 --> 00:30:50,240
Speaker 1: athletic ability between mister Bisky and Kenny Pickett. But you

527
00:30:50,280 --> 00:30:52,800
Speaker 1: can just see he started in the NFL before, so

528
00:30:52,840 --> 00:30:55,480
Speaker 1: it's a certain level that comes with that. Whereas Kenny

529
00:30:55,600 --> 00:30:58,640
Speaker 1: he looks like a rookie. It's moments where he has,

530
00:30:58,680 --> 00:31:01,240
Speaker 1: you know, flashing, It's like, man, you see the athletic ability,

531
00:31:01,240 --> 00:31:02,760
Speaker 1: you can see the thrown on the run. You could

532
00:31:02,800 --> 00:31:06,240
Speaker 1: see what made him such an intriguing player. But it's

533
00:31:06,320 --> 00:31:08,760
Speaker 1: different when you have mister Bisky here, who's starting in

534
00:31:08,800 --> 00:31:10,520
Speaker 1: this league, who has a Pro Bowl in this league,

535
00:31:10,560 --> 00:31:13,320
Speaker 1: who's been on multiple teams in this league. Is a

536
00:31:13,400 --> 00:31:16,440
Speaker 1: certain things that you learn, certain things that you acquire

537
00:31:16,520 --> 00:31:19,880
Speaker 1: in that process that to me has separated him from

538
00:31:19,960 --> 00:31:22,400
Speaker 1: the other two guys. Last one I have for you.

539
00:31:22,760 --> 00:31:27,080
Speaker 1: The defensive line is old, Arthur uh and it just

540
00:31:27,160 --> 00:31:29,840
Speaker 1: got old to do that to the thirty and guys,

541
00:31:29,840 --> 00:31:31,840
Speaker 1: don't you do that to the thirty? Yeah? Well, you know,

542
00:31:33,120 --> 00:31:35,000
Speaker 1: I'm not young either. But that's a whole nother ball

543
00:31:35,040 --> 00:31:38,680
Speaker 1: of Wax and Stepan and Stefantitt, who was the youngest

544
00:31:38,720 --> 00:31:42,920
Speaker 1: of the starting three retired. So what is what is

545
00:31:42,960 --> 00:31:45,880
Speaker 1: the answer? There are there young bucks in the ranks

546
00:31:46,480 --> 00:31:48,200
Speaker 1: to kind of at least take some of the load

547
00:31:48,240 --> 00:31:52,720
Speaker 1: off of guys like Cameron Heyward and Tyson A Lulu. Yeah, man,

548
00:31:52,800 --> 00:31:56,480
Speaker 1: that that is a new issue because this whole off season,

549
00:31:56,600 --> 00:31:58,800
Speaker 1: even dating back to last year, there was a certain

550
00:31:58,880 --> 00:32:02,800
Speaker 1: level of optimism, regardless of how cautious it was, that

551
00:32:03,240 --> 00:32:05,200
Speaker 1: too it was going to come back, that Stefan too

552
00:32:05,280 --> 00:32:07,760
Speaker 1: will return at some point in time this all season

553
00:32:07,800 --> 00:32:10,480
Speaker 1: prior to the season, and now you're getting a templus

554
00:32:10,520 --> 00:32:14,000
Speaker 1: that guy at Pro Bowl caliber D lineman and and

555
00:32:14,120 --> 00:32:16,240
Speaker 1: ultimately the guy that you were hoping would take over

556
00:32:16,320 --> 00:32:19,200
Speaker 1: for Cam Hayward as being the alpha on that D

557
00:32:19,360 --> 00:32:22,480
Speaker 1: line group. But now with them being retired, yes, the Stills,

558
00:32:22,480 --> 00:32:26,960
Speaker 1: they have pieces in place, but it's a different caliber.

559
00:32:27,080 --> 00:32:30,120
Speaker 1: What we're talking about. Yes, they have guys like Chris Wormley,

560
00:32:30,320 --> 00:32:32,680
Speaker 1: who had seven sacks last year, who could play the running.

561
00:32:32,680 --> 00:32:34,600
Speaker 1: You feel good in terms of temp being out there.

562
00:32:34,800 --> 00:32:36,560
Speaker 1: Isaia allowed him at a fifth round pick from a

563
00:32:36,640 --> 00:32:39,640
Speaker 1: year ago to Marvin Leo, a very athletic second round

564
00:32:39,680 --> 00:32:42,200
Speaker 1: draft pick, excuse the third round draft pick out of

565
00:32:42,200 --> 00:32:45,480
Speaker 1: Texas had them. But all three of those guys and

566
00:32:45,720 --> 00:32:48,240
Speaker 1: a couple of other guys, they're good, but they're not

567
00:32:48,280 --> 00:32:50,920
Speaker 1: stefon to it. You like these guys if they're your

568
00:32:51,000 --> 00:32:52,880
Speaker 1: number two, if they're your number three, if they're the

569
00:32:52,920 --> 00:32:55,120
Speaker 1: guy coming off the bitch. Oh, it's a great situation.

570
00:32:55,200 --> 00:32:58,400
Speaker 1: You applaud the depth that you have. But when you're

571
00:32:58,400 --> 00:33:01,600
Speaker 1: talking about these guys happened to be seventeen games starters

572
00:33:01,960 --> 00:33:04,480
Speaker 1: instead of playing sixty percent of the snaps, under playing

573
00:33:04,560 --> 00:33:07,480
Speaker 1: eighty ninety percent of the snaps, you're asking a lot

574
00:33:07,560 --> 00:33:09,640
Speaker 1: from those guys, and I just think that that's where

575
00:33:09,640 --> 00:33:12,800
Speaker 1: you run into trouble. So early on. Yeah, you're gonna

576
00:33:12,800 --> 00:33:16,480
Speaker 1: hope that you can lean on Chris Wormley, You're gonna

577
00:33:16,480 --> 00:33:19,320
Speaker 1: hope that de marvel Leao can really develop at a

578
00:33:19,360 --> 00:33:21,840
Speaker 1: faster pace. But to me, I still think this is

579
00:33:21,840 --> 00:33:23,920
Speaker 1: a position where you might want to look on the

580
00:33:23,960 --> 00:33:26,800
Speaker 1: open market. But as we all know, during this time

581
00:33:26,840 --> 00:33:28,600
Speaker 1: of year, every person that you're gonna look at on

582
00:33:28,680 --> 00:33:31,920
Speaker 1: the open market, it's gonna have some type of red flag.

583
00:33:32,200 --> 00:33:34,240
Speaker 1: If you're talking to Dominican too, obviously you have a

584
00:33:34,240 --> 00:33:36,160
Speaker 1: little bit of age there. If you're talking Larry Oka

585
00:33:36,240 --> 00:33:38,840
Speaker 1: job you're coming off of a recent injury. They'd even

586
00:33:38,880 --> 00:33:41,040
Speaker 1: cause you to fell a physical this offseason. If you're

587
00:33:41,080 --> 00:33:44,000
Speaker 1: talking about Eddie Goldman, similar concepts. So in terms of

588
00:33:44,080 --> 00:33:47,080
Speaker 1: trying to replace the productivity that to it brought you

589
00:33:47,120 --> 00:33:49,400
Speaker 1: at this stage of the off season, I think it's

590
00:33:49,400 --> 00:33:51,920
Speaker 1: gonna be very difficult. But you know, that's one of

591
00:33:51,960 --> 00:33:54,320
Speaker 1: the things that the new general manager, omar Con is

592
00:33:54,320 --> 00:33:56,120
Speaker 1: gonna be tasked with and hopefully he does a good

593
00:33:56,200 --> 00:33:59,160
Speaker 1: job with it. Yeah, a lot still on the to

594
00:33:59,240 --> 00:34:01,920
Speaker 1: do list to shape this roster up to where they

595
00:34:01,960 --> 00:34:04,760
Speaker 1: probably would like it to be. Arthur aw was good

596
00:34:04,760 --> 00:34:06,680
Speaker 1: to talk to you, man. We'll probably see in the

597
00:34:06,720 --> 00:34:10,320
Speaker 1: fall week five. Hey, looking forward to it as always,

598
00:34:10,320 --> 00:34:12,600
Speaker 1: he knows always a blasphete on with you man. Yeah,

599
00:34:12,680 --> 00:34:15,839
Speaker 1: good to talk to you, Arthur. Be well. Likewise, all right,

600
00:34:15,880 --> 00:34:20,360
Speaker 1: that's Arthur Moats, former Bills linebacker and current Steelers radio analyst,

601
00:34:20,480 --> 00:34:24,600
Speaker 1: joining us here on the show. We will step aside here,

602
00:34:24,760 --> 00:34:26,960
Speaker 1: but when we come back, we are going to hear

603
00:34:27,120 --> 00:34:30,680
Speaker 1: from one Daquan Jones, Bill's defensive tackle who addressed the

604
00:34:30,719 --> 00:34:32,799
Speaker 1: media this week. We'll catch up with him next here

605
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Speaker 1: on One Bill's Live. Stay tuned, all right, welcome back

606
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Speaker 1: One Bill's Live. As the show. Chris Brown here with you,

607
00:34:50,239 --> 00:34:54,080
Speaker 1: and as promised, there were a bunch of players that

608
00:34:54,200 --> 00:34:57,880
Speaker 1: addressed the media after practice this week, and we did

609
00:34:57,920 --> 00:35:00,160
Speaker 1: not get an opportunity to pass along some comments from

610
00:35:00,160 --> 00:35:01,960
Speaker 1: a couple of them. We're going to do that today.

611
00:35:02,520 --> 00:35:06,160
Speaker 1: One of them is one of the Bill's newest defensive tackles,

612
00:35:06,239 --> 00:35:10,560
Speaker 1: to Quan Jones. The defensive line has seen the biggest

613
00:35:10,560 --> 00:35:14,800
Speaker 1: turnover in terms of personnel changes from last season to

614
00:35:14,920 --> 00:35:18,120
Speaker 1: this season. You've got let me see, You've got of

615
00:35:18,200 --> 00:35:22,799
Speaker 1: the eleven main players on the defensive line, five of them,

616
00:35:22,960 --> 00:35:26,399
Speaker 1: six of them are new. Granted, Shack Lawson and Jordan

617
00:35:26,440 --> 00:35:29,239
Speaker 1: Phillips have been here before, but their new additions from

618
00:35:29,360 --> 00:35:33,399
Speaker 1: last season's roster. Dequan Jones is expected to play a

619
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Speaker 1: prominent role, especially on early rundowns as a defensive tackle

620
00:35:38,880 --> 00:35:42,040
Speaker 1: in this system under Leslie Frasier. So here is Dequan

621
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Speaker 1: Jones and his impressions thus far in Buffalo. Pretty fit?

622
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Speaker 1: There isn't some of them pretty good? Actually? What do

623
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Speaker 1: you what do you what do you weigh of this

624
00:35:58,640 --> 00:36:04,200
Speaker 1: time of year? One? Yeah? Yeah? What do you see

625
00:36:04,200 --> 00:36:08,560
Speaker 1: it at all? When they're lined up next together, he's special.

626
00:36:08,719 --> 00:36:11,400
Speaker 1: I mean, we have no paths out right now, but

627
00:36:11,560 --> 00:36:15,160
Speaker 1: it's first step off the football. It's pretty pretty crazy. Um,

628
00:36:15,280 --> 00:36:17,320
Speaker 1: And I don't realize how how actually small he was

629
00:36:17,440 --> 00:36:19,759
Speaker 1: until I lined up with him. But uh, I hear

630
00:36:19,800 --> 00:36:21,600
Speaker 1: the competitor. Man. I really can't wait to go out

631
00:36:21,640 --> 00:36:24,239
Speaker 1: to the training camp and really get to know each

632
00:36:24,280 --> 00:36:26,200
Speaker 1: other and how we how we play, and how we're gonna,

633
00:36:26,280 --> 00:36:29,239
Speaker 1: you know, react of each other. So I'm excited. A

634
00:36:29,280 --> 00:36:32,719
Speaker 1: lot made about Bill signing von Miller, But with all

635
00:36:32,760 --> 00:36:34,759
Speaker 1: the new faces on this defensive line, I don't think

636
00:36:34,800 --> 00:36:38,000
Speaker 1: people even realize how much talent, you know, from one

637
00:36:38,080 --> 00:36:40,759
Speaker 1: to nine, ten eleven there is on this defensive line.

638
00:36:41,040 --> 00:36:43,880
Speaker 1: Is that sense kind of percolating amongst the room? I

639
00:36:43,880 --> 00:36:45,680
Speaker 1: mean I think I think we know. I mean I

640
00:36:45,719 --> 00:36:48,400
Speaker 1: know everyone's carried about you know, Vonn and him sign up.

641
00:36:48,400 --> 00:36:49,920
Speaker 1: But I think we all know who we have in

642
00:36:49,920 --> 00:36:51,959
Speaker 1: that room and the potential we have when we step

643
00:36:51,960 --> 00:36:53,880
Speaker 1: on that field. So I mean we're all excited. We

644
00:36:53,880 --> 00:36:55,520
Speaker 1: talked about every day and we just can't wait to

645
00:36:55,560 --> 00:37:00,800
Speaker 1: go out there and showcase it. Than brains to that.

646
00:37:07,280 --> 00:37:09,000
Speaker 1: I mean, they're all jackson ball trade. I mean they

647
00:37:09,040 --> 00:37:10,960
Speaker 1: all can move around and play different positions, which I

648
00:37:10,960 --> 00:37:14,200
Speaker 1: think is very important at this level. Um, So to

649
00:37:14,239 --> 00:37:16,880
Speaker 1: be able to have, you know, and com play inside

650
00:37:16,880 --> 00:37:18,759
Speaker 1: and outside and just move all around, I mean it

651
00:37:19,440 --> 00:37:21,200
Speaker 1: would truly help your team. You can you can be

652
00:37:21,200 --> 00:37:23,759
Speaker 1: more diverse than what you do. So, um, I just

653
00:37:23,840 --> 00:37:26,319
Speaker 1: think they're they're depth and and what they can do

654
00:37:26,440 --> 00:37:29,200
Speaker 1: is really gonna help. You've been around the group for

655
00:37:29,239 --> 00:37:31,520
Speaker 1: a little bit, now, how would you describe the collection

656
00:37:31,560 --> 00:37:36,520
Speaker 1: of personalities among you guys, their character that that group.

657
00:37:36,600 --> 00:37:39,200
Speaker 1: I mean, you're never not laughing, you never not smiling

658
00:37:39,200 --> 00:37:41,080
Speaker 1: in that room, and um they're they're out of every

659
00:37:41,120 --> 00:37:43,640
Speaker 1: day cracking jokes in each other. So it's gonna be

660
00:37:43,640 --> 00:37:48,600
Speaker 1: a fun year for sure. Translate to football and actions

661
00:37:48,680 --> 00:37:51,440
Speaker 1: and performance, Yeah, I mean that build that chemistry in

662
00:37:51,480 --> 00:37:53,440
Speaker 1: the Field. I mean when you talk to them every

663
00:37:53,520 --> 00:37:54,960
Speaker 1: day and you can joke around them and hang out

664
00:37:54,960 --> 00:37:58,160
Speaker 1: outside of football. I mean, it's like an unspoken chemistry

665
00:37:58,160 --> 00:38:00,080
Speaker 1: in the field. When you step out there, you you

666
00:38:00,080 --> 00:38:01,560
Speaker 1: can look at someone and know what they're gonna do,

667
00:38:01,640 --> 00:38:04,680
Speaker 1: and and it's just, uh, it took a sixth sense.

668
00:38:04,680 --> 00:38:13,080
Speaker 1: I mean, it's crazy personalities. M hmm. I'll say, uh,

669
00:38:13,400 --> 00:38:17,480
Speaker 1: Mike g love between my glove and uh I think

670
00:38:17,480 --> 00:38:19,239
Speaker 1: big Field, Big Field got can good one liners in

671
00:38:19,280 --> 00:38:28,960
Speaker 1: there my glove. Um, whatever your impressions, UM great, I

672
00:38:28,960 --> 00:38:31,080
Speaker 1: mean I've heard about them. You know. It's in being

673
00:38:31,080 --> 00:38:33,480
Speaker 1: in the league and um having an opportunity to play

674
00:38:33,520 --> 00:38:36,120
Speaker 1: with him, I'm really excited. Uh his knowledge of the

675
00:38:36,160 --> 00:38:38,280
Speaker 1: game and how he runs this defense, it's pretty cool.

676
00:38:38,320 --> 00:38:41,320
Speaker 1: And UM, I just can't I just can't wait to

677
00:38:41,640 --> 00:38:45,640
Speaker 1: truly learn it. Um and uh really see what it's about.

678
00:38:45,640 --> 00:38:47,359
Speaker 1: I mean we're only in the beginning stages and kind

679
00:38:47,400 --> 00:38:49,200
Speaker 1: of you know, a couple of plays here and there,

680
00:38:49,239 --> 00:38:50,880
Speaker 1: but I really can't think we open it up and

681
00:38:50,960 --> 00:38:57,319
Speaker 1: really see what you have to offer. H posts. Yeah,

682
00:38:57,360 --> 00:39:00,320
Speaker 1: I mean I get um a lot of Larry Johnson

683
00:39:00,400 --> 00:39:03,680
Speaker 1: vibes from coaching, and I told him that. Um, and uh,

684
00:39:03,719 --> 00:39:06,000
Speaker 1: you know his energy and and how he coaches and

685
00:39:06,000 --> 00:39:08,440
Speaker 1: how he how he teaches. Um, you don't. You don't

686
00:39:08,480 --> 00:39:10,600
Speaker 1: get that everywhere. And I try to tell the guy that,

687
00:39:10,680 --> 00:39:12,880
Speaker 1: like you go other places, it's like next man up,

688
00:39:12,920 --> 00:39:15,239
Speaker 1: and you know they talk to the guy they drafted first.

689
00:39:15,280 --> 00:39:17,680
Speaker 1: But you know he coaches every single one in um,

690
00:39:17,719 --> 00:39:20,000
Speaker 1: everyone in that room and make sure that everyone has

691
00:39:20,000 --> 00:39:22,200
Speaker 1: the details and the signment of their job. And uh,

692
00:39:22,200 --> 00:39:23,759
Speaker 1: you don't get that everywhere. And you gotta take that.

693
00:39:23,880 --> 00:39:25,840
Speaker 1: You gotta take it for granded. So don't take it

694
00:39:25,840 --> 00:39:29,320
Speaker 1: for granted. So I always talked about you, Marie Johnson

695
00:39:29,400 --> 00:39:30,800
Speaker 1: a farm and now we're out to deal with it

696
00:39:30,840 --> 00:39:34,080
Speaker 1: every day. But I guess it was that live seen

697
00:39:34,160 --> 00:39:37,359
Speaker 1: every day. What's that like? Um, it's for sure they

698
00:39:37,400 --> 00:39:40,520
Speaker 1: have to have a quarterback like that to go out there.

699
00:39:40,560 --> 00:39:42,640
Speaker 1: And he doesn't compete and he don't make the plays,

700
00:39:42,760 --> 00:39:45,040
Speaker 1: um that we need him to make. And uh, it's

701
00:39:45,040 --> 00:39:49,080
Speaker 1: just it's just it's great. I mean I have no complaints. Um, yeah,

702
00:39:49,160 --> 00:39:53,360
Speaker 1: it's it's good. That's good. Mentioned you mentioned the chemistry

703
00:39:53,360 --> 00:39:54,879
Speaker 1: of the d line as a whole, but the younger

704
00:39:54,880 --> 00:39:57,400
Speaker 1: guys seen especially close how quickly could you sense that

705
00:39:57,640 --> 00:39:59,839
Speaker 1: you know they had really built I mean that's that's

706
00:39:59,840 --> 00:40:01,800
Speaker 1: the character of the room to be able to um

707
00:40:01,880 --> 00:40:04,319
Speaker 1: the welcome these guys in and kind of don't don't

708
00:40:04,360 --> 00:40:06,680
Speaker 1: skip a beat, um and have them to join our

709
00:40:06,760 --> 00:40:08,560
Speaker 1: mold and you know, we're all in this together and

710
00:40:08,560 --> 00:40:11,479
Speaker 1: we're all gonna help each other develop and get better.

711
00:40:11,520 --> 00:40:13,680
Speaker 1: So uh, I mean they came in and they're they're

712
00:40:13,680 --> 00:40:16,600
Speaker 1: working hard, they're they're eager to learn, so they're defending

713
00:40:16,760 --> 00:40:21,600
Speaker 1: just just fun. Hey, in your experience, I mean's like

714
00:40:21,640 --> 00:40:24,080
Speaker 1: there's no pads here. You know it won't be in

715
00:40:24,120 --> 00:40:29,360
Speaker 1: mini camp. How does a defense develop a collective physical

716
00:40:31,320 --> 00:40:35,000
Speaker 1: style in the run from I feel like, um, it's

717
00:40:35,000 --> 00:40:37,480
Speaker 1: all mental, really, I mean you get that mindset of

718
00:40:37,480 --> 00:40:40,960
Speaker 1: of knowing we have to do um, stopping the run

719
00:40:41,040 --> 00:40:43,600
Speaker 1: is all mental. I don't all the physicality and stuff

720
00:40:43,640 --> 00:40:46,920
Speaker 1: like that. I mean, you can try to be the

721
00:40:46,960 --> 00:40:48,640
Speaker 1: physical person in the room and try to go out

722
00:40:48,640 --> 00:40:50,160
Speaker 1: there in bang bang bang, but if you don't know

723
00:40:50,280 --> 00:40:52,440
Speaker 1: what's coming and how to how to stop it, it's

724
00:40:52,480 --> 00:40:55,000
Speaker 1: not gonna matter. So I think, uh, really having the

725
00:40:55,040 --> 00:40:57,319
Speaker 1: mindset of stopping a run and knowing what's coming and

726
00:40:57,360 --> 00:40:59,360
Speaker 1: how to do your job. You'd be all right, Like

727
00:41:00,000 --> 00:41:03,120
Speaker 1: it's training camp really important to that. Like, for instance,

728
00:41:03,120 --> 00:41:05,120
Speaker 1: I don't know who Tennessee is playing in week one,

729
00:41:05,200 --> 00:41:07,640
Speaker 1: but whoever they are, that Defensei've got to get ready

730
00:41:07,680 --> 00:41:11,120
Speaker 1: for Derek Henry. I mean, do they do you develop

731
00:41:11,200 --> 00:41:14,680
Speaker 1: that mentality in the in training camp or do you

732
00:41:14,719 --> 00:41:16,960
Speaker 1: just better turn the switch on week one when you

733
00:41:17,000 --> 00:41:19,200
Speaker 1: play Derek Henry? I mean, uh, you know, people are

734
00:41:19,200 --> 00:41:21,400
Speaker 1: different people put it again, different. I can't speak for

735
00:41:21,480 --> 00:41:23,759
Speaker 1: a linebacker and or safety how he does it, but

736
00:41:24,480 --> 00:41:26,400
Speaker 1: I know for me, like you know, I'm gonna study

737
00:41:26,440 --> 00:41:28,279
Speaker 1: that film and see what they like to do, what

738
00:41:28,280 --> 00:41:30,719
Speaker 1: the tendencies are, and and go from there. And all

739
00:41:30,760 --> 00:41:32,000
Speaker 1: I have to do is beat my guy in front

740
00:41:32,000 --> 00:41:33,719
Speaker 1: of me and make sure Derrek Henry don't get a

741
00:41:33,719 --> 00:41:37,120
Speaker 1: seat running so um yeah, So, I mean, if you

742
00:41:37,160 --> 00:41:39,000
Speaker 1: know what's coming, you bet you're guy in front of you,

743
00:41:39,640 --> 00:41:42,600
Speaker 1: you'd be our step and a run over the Monday night.

744
00:41:42,920 --> 00:41:45,560
Speaker 1: Tend to see Titans got that circle on the common

745
00:41:45,600 --> 00:41:49,520
Speaker 1: ground for sure. Oh yeah, what's gonna be like? Now,

746
00:41:49,800 --> 00:41:51,719
Speaker 1: no quick whistles. You don't have to ease up on

747
00:41:51,800 --> 00:41:54,560
Speaker 1: Tenny Henry. But that's what that's going to actually be

748
00:41:54,600 --> 00:41:58,160
Speaker 1: like for you'll go to see. Yeah, we're gonna wait.

749
00:41:58,239 --> 00:42:04,960
Speaker 1: I ain't gonna talk about it. We're gonna wait. Morning expectations.

750
00:42:08,239 --> 00:42:14,240
Speaker 1: What type of um A lot. I mean, it brings

751
00:42:14,280 --> 00:42:17,080
Speaker 1: you back because you were there, you were once there

752
00:42:17,280 --> 00:42:19,320
Speaker 1: and you know how hungry they are to make a

753
00:42:19,400 --> 00:42:23,000
Speaker 1: team and um and and you know to see them

754
00:42:23,000 --> 00:42:24,920
Speaker 1: come in here and work, and the fact that they

755
00:42:24,960 --> 00:42:28,320
Speaker 1: grasped the playbooks, um so fast already. Um, it's a

756
00:42:28,360 --> 00:42:31,319
Speaker 1: true testament to themselves. But um, they're doing a great job.

757
00:42:31,360 --> 00:42:33,000
Speaker 1: And you know, really time to tell what you know,

758
00:42:33,000 --> 00:42:35,640
Speaker 1: what's gonna happen when I'm going forward. What you were

759
00:42:35,880 --> 00:42:43,800
Speaker 1: enjoyed about buffo outside? You know, I didn't different hidden

760
00:42:43,840 --> 00:42:45,960
Speaker 1: gems here as far restaurants, and the D line went

761
00:42:45,960 --> 00:42:48,239
Speaker 1: to a couple, Um, don't ask the name, I don't,

762
00:42:48,239 --> 00:42:50,919
Speaker 1: I can't remember, but um, they were really good. Fact

763
00:42:50,880 --> 00:42:53,000
Speaker 1: I would enjoyed going out to eat and kind of

764
00:42:53,120 --> 00:42:56,440
Speaker 1: uh exploring the area. So before are I really like it?

765
00:42:57,280 --> 00:43:00,200
Speaker 1: D line gathering, like, like, what is it like? Would

766
00:43:00,200 --> 00:43:07,480
Speaker 1: you guys go out? What's fun? It's fun? Yeah? Fun

767
00:43:07,320 --> 00:43:17,320
Speaker 1: a bit on base Yeah, all right, that's defensive tackle

768
00:43:17,400 --> 00:43:20,520
Speaker 1: de Quan Jones who addressed the media this week after

769
00:43:20,840 --> 00:43:25,840
Speaker 1: OCA practices, and if you listen to some of the

770
00:43:25,920 --> 00:43:29,040
Speaker 1: things he discussed, you can already sense and this is

771
00:43:29,080 --> 00:43:32,520
Speaker 1: a guy who's been in the building essentially for work

772
00:43:32,600 --> 00:43:35,839
Speaker 1: for the better part of the last month. He senses

773
00:43:36,880 --> 00:43:39,799
Speaker 1: a very good vibe in that defensive line room, which

774
00:43:39,840 --> 00:43:42,000
Speaker 1: is important in light of the turnover that I touched

775
00:43:42,040 --> 00:43:44,879
Speaker 1: on already, because more than half of that group has

776
00:43:44,920 --> 00:43:50,080
Speaker 1: turned over and is new. And so what you have

777
00:43:50,440 --> 00:43:54,239
Speaker 1: is a challenge of not only having guys getting up

778
00:43:54,280 --> 00:43:56,520
Speaker 1: to speed on the system, which is something Leslie Fraser

779
00:43:56,600 --> 00:44:00,680
Speaker 1: talked about the other day. What he essentially said was

780
00:44:02,040 --> 00:44:05,600
Speaker 1: we were accustomed to having guys that have been here

781
00:44:05,760 --> 00:44:09,000
Speaker 1: for a couple of years, and so going back to

782
00:44:09,040 --> 00:44:13,120
Speaker 1: the root basics of how we run this defensive front

783
00:44:13,800 --> 00:44:16,360
Speaker 1: and the techniques we use and the way in which

784
00:44:16,360 --> 00:44:18,560
Speaker 1: we have players work off one another, we had to

785
00:44:19,320 --> 00:44:23,200
Speaker 1: strip it back down to the first or second rung

786
00:44:23,360 --> 00:44:27,600
Speaker 1: of the ladder and reteach it because you have brand

787
00:44:27,680 --> 00:44:31,759
Speaker 1: new guys to it, like de Quan Jones liked Tim

788
00:44:31,840 --> 00:44:36,200
Speaker 1: Settle and players like that and even Von Miller. So

789
00:44:36,840 --> 00:44:41,520
Speaker 1: because of that, they've had to kind of start with

790
00:44:41,560 --> 00:44:44,960
Speaker 1: the foundational layers of the defense as it pertains to

791
00:44:45,080 --> 00:44:47,759
Speaker 1: defensive line play. And we've seen it here during OTA's

792
00:44:48,400 --> 00:44:52,160
Speaker 1: even when you have a team segment and it's seven

793
00:44:52,200 --> 00:44:56,520
Speaker 1: on seven with no line involved, Coach Washington's got the

794
00:44:56,560 --> 00:45:00,400
Speaker 1: defensive lineman down here at one end of the field

795
00:45:00,560 --> 00:45:04,759
Speaker 1: and he is putting them through the sets, the paces,

796
00:45:05,200 --> 00:45:08,440
Speaker 1: the rotations, the split you know, the stunts, the twists,

797
00:45:08,440 --> 00:45:11,319
Speaker 1: all of that stuff because he wants to drill it

798
00:45:11,480 --> 00:45:14,279
Speaker 1: with them over and over and over and over. But

799
00:45:14,400 --> 00:45:18,040
Speaker 1: here's what I like about the composition of the defensive

800
00:45:18,080 --> 00:45:21,799
Speaker 1: line contingent. And you heard de Kwon Jones touch on

801
00:45:21,880 --> 00:45:27,319
Speaker 1: a little bit there. You have juice and energy guys

802
00:45:27,360 --> 00:45:31,760
Speaker 1: that keep the mood light. There's levity that's Shack Lawson

803
00:45:31,800 --> 00:45:38,160
Speaker 1: and Jordan Phillips. You have grinder type players who the

804
00:45:38,239 --> 00:45:41,120
Speaker 1: other guys know they can rely on to do their job.

805
00:45:41,200 --> 00:45:45,640
Speaker 1: That's guys liked him, settled to Quan Jones, Shack Lawson. Okay.

806
00:45:45,760 --> 00:45:50,880
Speaker 1: Then you have your ultra talented gifted players like Von Miller,

807
00:45:51,640 --> 00:45:55,880
Speaker 1: Ed Oliver, Greg Russeau. So you roll all that together

808
00:45:56,239 --> 00:46:00,719
Speaker 1: and I like the mix. Now it's about those guys

809
00:46:00,760 --> 00:46:04,359
Speaker 1: blending together as one unit and being effective out there

810
00:46:04,840 --> 00:46:07,160
Speaker 1: on Sundays. But certainly a lot to be encouraged about

811
00:46:07,160 --> 00:46:10,120
Speaker 1: with that group. Now it's about the blend, and really

812
00:46:10,160 --> 00:46:12,200
Speaker 1: that's not going to happen because I asked coach Fraser

813
00:46:12,239 --> 00:46:15,080
Speaker 1: that question earlier this week and he said, that's really

814
00:46:15,080 --> 00:46:18,000
Speaker 1: not going to happen for defensive linemen because they're not

815
00:46:18,040 --> 00:46:20,960
Speaker 1: playing real football until the pads go on. It's, you know,

816
00:46:21,000 --> 00:46:23,520
Speaker 1: it's a lot of Patty Cape type football for them

817
00:46:23,600 --> 00:46:28,040
Speaker 1: right now. You really don't develop chemistry until you can

818
00:46:28,080 --> 00:46:30,160
Speaker 1: put the pads on and play something closer to real

819
00:46:30,200 --> 00:46:34,080
Speaker 1: football in the practice setting in training camp. We will

820
00:46:34,080 --> 00:46:36,839
Speaker 1: take a break here, but when we come back, it's

821
00:46:37,040 --> 00:46:41,920
Speaker 1: NFL Network analyst and former Bill's front office man Mark

822
00:46:42,040 --> 00:46:44,439
Speaker 1: Ross joining us. We're going to talk to him about

823
00:46:44,480 --> 00:46:46,560
Speaker 1: some of the write ups he recently put up on

824
00:46:46,800 --> 00:46:51,200
Speaker 1: NFL dot com concerning rookies that have been dropped into

825
00:46:51,280 --> 00:46:54,640
Speaker 1: advantageous places as far as the early part of their

826
00:46:54,640 --> 00:46:57,760
Speaker 1: career is concerned. He also talked about some other things,

827
00:46:57,840 --> 00:47:02,160
Speaker 1: including the most complete rusters in the NFL heading into

828
00:47:02,160 --> 00:47:04,680
Speaker 1: the twenty twenty two season. We'll talk to Mark Ross next.

829
00:47:04,960 --> 00:47:07,200
Speaker 1: You're on one Bills Live presented by Kalada Health. It's

830
00:47:07,200 --> 00:47:27,920
Speaker 1: Buffalo Bills Radio at a Steve taster who has been

831
00:47:28,040 --> 00:47:30,279
Speaker 1: all over the fields. Kind of unique. He was kind

832
00:47:30,280 --> 00:47:33,320
Speaker 1: of a dual role player for you, Steve of a lily,

833
00:47:33,560 --> 00:47:39,600
Speaker 1: Steve a blimp. We're not even in the stragedyre of normalcy.

834
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Speaker 1: All right here we are our number two on a Wednesday.

835
00:47:44,880 --> 00:47:47,919
Speaker 1: Chris Brown with you and happy to be joined now

836
00:47:48,760 --> 00:47:53,759
Speaker 1: by former Giants front office exact also front office guy

837
00:47:53,840 --> 00:47:57,400
Speaker 1: here with the bills and current XFL Executive vice President

838
00:47:57,400 --> 00:48:01,600
Speaker 1: Football Operations, also an NFL network analyst. It's Mark Ross.

839
00:48:02,320 --> 00:48:04,040
Speaker 1: How do you fit all that on a business card? Man?

840
00:48:04,120 --> 00:48:08,759
Speaker 1: That's a lot of titles. Hey do there's two different ones?

841
00:48:10,080 --> 00:48:13,720
Speaker 1: Have like a business tablet? My god, Um, I wanted

842
00:48:13,760 --> 00:48:15,799
Speaker 1: to uh catch up with you, Mark. I mean this

843
00:48:15,920 --> 00:48:18,399
Speaker 1: is kind of the We're getting into the only dead

844
00:48:18,440 --> 00:48:21,359
Speaker 1: period really that the NFL has after mini camps are

845
00:48:21,360 --> 00:48:25,240
Speaker 1: put to bed next week. And you know you're always

846
00:48:25,239 --> 00:48:28,520
Speaker 1: looking for interesting content. I thought you had a couple

847
00:48:28,520 --> 00:48:31,120
Speaker 1: of good write ups, uh the last couple of weeks

848
00:48:31,760 --> 00:48:35,760
Speaker 1: on NFL dot com. Uh, the first of which dealt

849
00:48:35,840 --> 00:48:40,279
Speaker 1: with the most complete rosters in the NFL as you

850
00:48:40,320 --> 00:48:43,520
Speaker 1: see it heading into twenty twenty two. Yeah, the Bills

851
00:48:43,600 --> 00:48:47,800
Speaker 1: ranked third there. And while I think that's a fair ranking,

852
00:48:48,719 --> 00:48:51,000
Speaker 1: what I want you to tell me is what appealed

853
00:48:51,040 --> 00:48:54,799
Speaker 1: to you more about Tampa who you had number one,

854
00:48:55,160 --> 00:48:59,279
Speaker 1: and the Charges who you had number two. Yeah, Chris,

855
00:48:59,320 --> 00:49:02,480
Speaker 1: So those things always fun exercises, And no matter how

856
00:49:02,560 --> 00:49:05,440
Speaker 1: you how I rank them or put over, someone's not

857
00:49:05,480 --> 00:49:08,400
Speaker 1: going to be happy about where their team is. If

858
00:49:08,400 --> 00:49:10,279
Speaker 1: you're two, why aren't we won? If we're three, why

859
00:49:10,320 --> 00:49:13,520
Speaker 1: aren't we two? Why don't we one? So it's always

860
00:49:13,560 --> 00:49:17,320
Speaker 1: just fun to put that together and throw a little

861
00:49:16,960 --> 00:49:19,800
Speaker 1: a little bunkey wrench in there, sometimes getting people talking.

862
00:49:19,880 --> 00:49:22,680
Speaker 1: But just just overall, I thought there were just certain

863
00:49:22,719 --> 00:49:26,640
Speaker 1: positions that the Bucks just had a little bit more

864
00:49:26,800 --> 00:49:32,160
Speaker 1: star power and you know, big time playmakers, linebacker position,

865
00:49:33,560 --> 00:49:36,840
Speaker 1: the receiver position. Just overall that they just had a

866
00:49:36,880 --> 00:49:41,640
Speaker 1: little bit more Pro Bowl caliber players there than the

867
00:49:41,640 --> 00:49:45,440
Speaker 1: Bills had. Now, overall, I think the Bills roster their

868
00:49:45,480 --> 00:49:48,239
Speaker 1: strengths and weaknesses. All teams have strengths and weaknesses, and

869
00:49:48,560 --> 00:49:51,000
Speaker 1: they just had a little bit more solid type of

870
00:49:51,040 --> 00:49:53,920
Speaker 1: players and sort of superstar type players at certain positions

871
00:49:54,200 --> 00:49:58,000
Speaker 1: and that's the only reason why. And then I kind

872
00:49:58,000 --> 00:50:00,040
Speaker 1: of like your pick of the Chargers there because I

873
00:50:00,080 --> 00:50:03,040
Speaker 1: think they've done an awful lot here in the offseason,

874
00:50:03,560 --> 00:50:07,319
Speaker 1: and so the roster looks complete on paper. Just in

875
00:50:07,360 --> 00:50:11,600
Speaker 1: your experience, how challenging is it though, when you add

876
00:50:12,280 --> 00:50:16,120
Speaker 1: as many new pieces to the fray that the Chargers

877
00:50:16,360 --> 00:50:19,080
Speaker 1: have done. I mean it's talented pieces, don't get me wrong.

878
00:50:19,160 --> 00:50:21,560
Speaker 1: One of the best corners on the market in j. C. Jackson,

879
00:50:21,560 --> 00:50:24,840
Speaker 1: you trade for Khalil Mack. You quietly add two pretty

880
00:50:24,880 --> 00:50:29,320
Speaker 1: solid interior defensive line players in Austin Johnson and Sebastian

881
00:50:29,400 --> 00:50:31,879
Speaker 1: Joseph Day. So they've really done a lot to shore

882
00:50:31,960 --> 00:50:35,560
Speaker 1: up that defense. But in your experience, how is how

883
00:50:35,560 --> 00:50:37,879
Speaker 1: big is the challenge when there are so many new

884
00:50:37,960 --> 00:50:41,120
Speaker 1: pieces that have been added? Right? Yeah, So for the

885
00:50:41,239 --> 00:50:44,879
Speaker 1: Chargers last year, they had a really talented roster and now,

886
00:50:44,880 --> 00:50:47,160
Speaker 1: as you mentioned, just all those pieces that they added,

887
00:50:47,680 --> 00:50:50,920
Speaker 1: I mean they just got tremendously better and more talented.

888
00:50:51,680 --> 00:50:54,399
Speaker 1: And you know that old school thinking, Chris was, Okay,

889
00:50:54,400 --> 00:50:56,000
Speaker 1: we need to have the team together and we need

890
00:50:56,040 --> 00:50:58,080
Speaker 1: to play a couple of years and mesh and grow

891
00:50:58,160 --> 00:51:02,000
Speaker 1: and learn and build The last two Super Bowl champions

892
00:51:02,040 --> 00:51:03,879
Speaker 1: have shown that that is really kind of gone out

893
00:51:03,880 --> 00:51:07,080
Speaker 1: the window. Where at the Rams and the Bucks, they

894
00:51:07,120 --> 00:51:10,520
Speaker 1: both went at completely different teams from one year to

895
00:51:10,560 --> 00:51:13,239
Speaker 1: the next. They went all in. They signed a bunch

896
00:51:13,280 --> 00:51:15,560
Speaker 1: of guys, you know, the Rams famously getting rid of

897
00:51:15,600 --> 00:51:18,239
Speaker 1: all their picks and let's just go get it and

898
00:51:18,400 --> 00:51:22,080
Speaker 1: it'll all fall into place. And five years ago you say,

899
00:51:22,160 --> 00:51:24,560
Speaker 1: of course we're not going to do that. The offseason

900
00:51:24,640 --> 00:51:27,640
Speaker 1: champ never wins. The last two Super Bowl champions have

901
00:51:27,760 --> 00:51:30,680
Speaker 1: done it. So now that is the new blueprint for

902
00:51:30,760 --> 00:51:33,000
Speaker 1: how let's go get a team, let's go get a

903
00:51:33,000 --> 00:51:35,719
Speaker 1: super Bowl. And it's shown that it works. It's not

904
00:51:35,800 --> 00:51:39,879
Speaker 1: just being talked about anymore or week. This is a possibility.

905
00:51:39,920 --> 00:51:42,640
Speaker 1: It actually has worked. They've won super Bowls. So I

906
00:51:42,680 --> 00:51:44,719
Speaker 1: think now all teams are looking at it as yep,

907
00:51:44,840 --> 00:51:47,600
Speaker 1: we can do it too. So what do you think

908
00:51:47,680 --> 00:51:52,680
Speaker 1: has changed? Because obviously it's it's prompted a trend. You know,

909
00:51:52,719 --> 00:51:55,400
Speaker 1: the Bucks and the Rams are not considered as you know,

910
00:51:55,960 --> 00:52:00,239
Speaker 1: buying a championship type outliers. It's a trend. Now, So

911
00:52:00,840 --> 00:52:04,080
Speaker 1: what has what has changed? What has made that a

912
00:52:04,120 --> 00:52:08,080
Speaker 1: more viable way to get to the super Bowl. Well,

913
00:52:08,080 --> 00:52:11,400
Speaker 1: it's funny. The tom Brady effect still has lasting impact.

914
00:52:12,520 --> 00:52:15,839
Speaker 1: Sorry to bringing him up in Buffalo, but for what

915
00:52:16,040 --> 00:52:19,600
Speaker 1: twenty years there was let's just be like the Patriots

916
00:52:19,600 --> 00:52:22,520
Speaker 1: doing what the Patriots do, But no, it's Tom Brady.

917
00:52:22,520 --> 00:52:24,719
Speaker 1: Go get Tom Brady first, then you can do what

918
00:52:24,760 --> 00:52:28,160
Speaker 1: the Patriots can do. But now, okay, now the Tom

919
00:52:28,200 --> 00:52:31,279
Speaker 1: Brady effect going down to Tampa where a five hundred team,

920
00:52:31,280 --> 00:52:33,760
Speaker 1: and now you insert him into that lineup and it works.

921
00:52:34,480 --> 00:52:38,480
Speaker 1: Now the Rams follow suit where it's the matt Stafford

922
00:52:38,480 --> 00:52:41,440
Speaker 1: And people had their different opinions about how great Matthew

923
00:52:41,440 --> 00:52:43,959
Speaker 1: Stafford was before he went to the Rams, but okay,

924
00:52:44,040 --> 00:52:46,920
Speaker 1: he proved that he was the missing piece. So I

925
00:52:47,000 --> 00:52:49,440
Speaker 1: think it's you have to have the quarterback. You can

926
00:52:49,560 --> 00:52:51,440
Speaker 1: chase all these freees to do all that, but if

927
00:52:51,440 --> 00:52:54,080
Speaker 1: you don't have the quarterback, it doesn't matter. It's not

928
00:52:54,120 --> 00:52:55,880
Speaker 1: going to work. And I think in years past you

929
00:52:55,920 --> 00:52:58,879
Speaker 1: saw teams that did not have the quarterback and they

930
00:52:58,920 --> 00:53:00,640
Speaker 1: just signed a bunch of free just trying to make

931
00:53:00,680 --> 00:53:03,839
Speaker 1: an average quarterback better. But now I think teams are

932
00:53:03,840 --> 00:53:05,840
Speaker 1: seeing they should see that all right, you need to

933
00:53:05,840 --> 00:53:07,560
Speaker 1: have the guy under center. You need to have a

934
00:53:07,640 --> 00:53:11,160
Speaker 1: super Bowl caliber winning quarterback first, then we can kind

935
00:53:11,160 --> 00:53:14,520
Speaker 1: of go all in to try to get that super Bowl. Yeah.

936
00:53:14,600 --> 00:53:17,680
Speaker 1: Another thing that you put together for NFL dot Com

937
00:53:18,200 --> 00:53:21,120
Speaker 1: NFL rookies that are in the best situations to succeed

938
00:53:21,160 --> 00:53:24,480
Speaker 1: in twenty twenty two and beyond. You had Kaire Elam

939
00:53:24,520 --> 00:53:28,520
Speaker 1: third on the list, and I think most Bills fans

940
00:53:28,600 --> 00:53:34,839
Speaker 1: know why he would rank high. What it seems like

941
00:53:34,960 --> 00:53:39,280
Speaker 1: his opportunity is twofold, though, Mark, because Trey White's recovery

942
00:53:39,360 --> 00:53:43,000
Speaker 1: from an ACL could thrust him into a role without

943
00:53:43,040 --> 00:53:45,080
Speaker 1: even having to compete for it, at least early in

944
00:53:45,120 --> 00:53:48,319
Speaker 1: the season. But then there is the Dane Jackson competition

945
00:53:48,400 --> 00:53:50,040
Speaker 1: on the other side. A Cut was entering his third

946
00:53:50,120 --> 00:53:52,080
Speaker 1: year and played pretty darn well after Trey left the

947
00:53:52,080 --> 00:53:56,280
Speaker 1: lineup after Thanksgiving last year. But you see you see

948
00:53:56,320 --> 00:54:01,280
Speaker 1: Elam as an early starter. I'm guessing yeah, I think

949
00:54:01,640 --> 00:54:04,960
Speaker 1: with him and Dan Jackson, I'd love Dan Jackson coming

950
00:54:04,960 --> 00:54:06,719
Speaker 1: out of a pit man. I thought he was just

951
00:54:06,760 --> 00:54:09,600
Speaker 1: one of those guys that very similar to the it's

952
00:54:09,680 --> 00:54:11,680
Speaker 1: the way you guys to pick secondary guys. There's like

953
00:54:11,680 --> 00:54:13,520
Speaker 1: guys that just really know how to play football. Doesn't

954
00:54:13,520 --> 00:54:15,120
Speaker 1: matter what they run, what they jump, what they look

955
00:54:15,200 --> 00:54:17,560
Speaker 1: like with their sizes. Those guys know how to play football.

956
00:54:17,680 --> 00:54:21,480
Speaker 1: That was Dave Jackson. Now you bring in Elam who

957
00:54:21,840 --> 00:54:24,359
Speaker 1: he has, he fits that bill too. But I think

958
00:54:24,360 --> 00:54:27,719
Speaker 1: he was just one of the more supremely talented corners

959
00:54:27,800 --> 00:54:30,120
Speaker 1: in the draft too. So he's got the mix of

960
00:54:30,640 --> 00:54:32,759
Speaker 1: you know, when I had the physical gifts, but I

961
00:54:32,880 --> 00:54:35,160
Speaker 1: when I watched him play football, like man, this guy

962
00:54:35,239 --> 00:54:38,440
Speaker 1: really knows how to play football. So for him, that

963
00:54:38,520 --> 00:54:41,560
Speaker 1: makes it even easier of a transition. I think where

964
00:54:41,600 --> 00:54:44,719
Speaker 1: you have a secondary and Leslie Fla. Fraser's my guy

965
00:54:44,800 --> 00:54:47,080
Speaker 1: from back in Philly back in the day, Sean, you know,

966
00:54:47,120 --> 00:54:50,160
Speaker 1: those guys know how to coach secondary players you already

967
00:54:50,160 --> 00:54:52,879
Speaker 1: have and those guys that have already been the Pro

968
00:54:52,920 --> 00:54:56,120
Speaker 1: Bowls and all pro type players there to take all

969
00:54:56,200 --> 00:54:58,799
Speaker 1: the burn away and teach and learn. So Elam, okay,

970
00:54:58,880 --> 00:55:00,920
Speaker 1: let me just step in here with all this talent

971
00:55:01,000 --> 00:55:03,920
Speaker 1: that I have, all this experience, all this knowledge not

972
00:55:03,960 --> 00:55:06,160
Speaker 1: just from my teammates at the position, but also the

973
00:55:06,200 --> 00:55:08,759
Speaker 1: coaches who are coaching me at this position, and let

974
00:55:08,760 --> 00:55:10,560
Speaker 1: me just go in there and thrive and use my

975
00:55:10,640 --> 00:55:14,719
Speaker 1: gifts where Okay, I'm a rookie, but this seamless transition

976
00:55:14,800 --> 00:55:17,360
Speaker 1: for me to just step into this number one ranked defense,

977
00:55:17,840 --> 00:55:20,239
Speaker 1: I'm the final piece that not put them over the hump,

978
00:55:20,239 --> 00:55:22,520
Speaker 1: but just play my role and do what I can do.

979
00:55:23,480 --> 00:55:27,239
Speaker 1: Taking that a step further, Buffalo's second round pick in

980
00:55:27,400 --> 00:55:32,440
Speaker 1: James Cook, appears to have a skill set that was

981
00:55:32,520 --> 00:55:39,359
Speaker 1: somewhat absent from Buffalo's backfield, Maybe since McCoy left just

982
00:55:39,440 --> 00:55:44,359
Speaker 1: a pass catching, route running polish that maybe the other

983
00:55:44,400 --> 00:55:47,560
Speaker 1: backs don't quite have or certainly didn't have coming out

984
00:55:47,680 --> 00:55:52,400
Speaker 1: in the draft. Could he be a similar fit on

985
00:55:52,520 --> 00:55:55,400
Speaker 1: offense in terms of playing an early role. Maybe not

986
00:55:55,880 --> 00:55:58,600
Speaker 1: a full blown starter like Elam, but you get what

987
00:55:58,640 --> 00:56:02,799
Speaker 1: I'm saying there in terms of the unique that he brings. Yeah,

988
00:56:02,840 --> 00:56:05,520
Speaker 1: and it's and it's even more so at the running

989
00:56:05,560 --> 00:56:08,399
Speaker 1: back position, where it's it's we talk about new modern

990
00:56:08,440 --> 00:56:10,839
Speaker 1: day football, the way things are played now. It's not

991
00:56:11,320 --> 00:56:13,160
Speaker 1: ten years ago where it's one back and he's on

992
00:56:13,200 --> 00:56:16,160
Speaker 1: the field the whole time. Now it's let's get a

993
00:56:16,280 --> 00:56:19,200
Speaker 1: committee of backs and who can do certain things well

994
00:56:19,680 --> 00:56:22,120
Speaker 1: and compliment each other with the players that we have

995
00:56:22,200 --> 00:56:25,800
Speaker 1: in the backfield. So almost certainly with Cook and the

996
00:56:26,320 --> 00:56:29,000
Speaker 1: Bill's brain trust talked about it after the draft, like,

997
00:56:29,120 --> 00:56:31,759
Speaker 1: we thought, this guy did these certain things really well,

998
00:56:31,800 --> 00:56:34,319
Speaker 1: and we know he can do those things, and we're

999
00:56:34,320 --> 00:56:36,680
Speaker 1: going to highlight those in our offense. And that's the

1000
00:56:36,680 --> 00:56:39,960
Speaker 1: best synergy of when you scout a player, know his strengths,

1001
00:56:40,480 --> 00:56:42,600
Speaker 1: you're with the coaching stats, say yep, we're going to

1002
00:56:42,719 --> 00:56:44,920
Speaker 1: use him to do this, as opposed to Okay, now

1003
00:56:44,920 --> 00:56:46,719
Speaker 1: we get James Cook here, let's run on between the

1004
00:56:46,719 --> 00:56:49,680
Speaker 1: tackles four times in a row. They know exactly what

1005
00:56:49,719 --> 00:56:51,520
Speaker 1: they want to do for him, and with the compliments

1006
00:56:51,560 --> 00:56:54,720
Speaker 1: of the singletaries and the other backs in that group,

1007
00:56:55,120 --> 00:56:59,319
Speaker 1: that's really the optimal situation that you want when you

1008
00:56:59,400 --> 00:57:02,360
Speaker 1: have players and when you have depth at certain positions

1009
00:57:02,400 --> 00:57:05,000
Speaker 1: that the whole burden is not just on one player.

1010
00:57:05,600 --> 00:57:09,880
Speaker 1: Let's accentuate what these players do really well to complement

1011
00:57:09,960 --> 00:57:13,960
Speaker 1: each other. Mark, Let's talk about maybe the biggest change

1012
00:57:14,239 --> 00:57:16,120
Speaker 1: on the offensive side of the ball, and that's at

1013
00:57:16,120 --> 00:57:19,560
Speaker 1: the coordinator spot with Ken Dorsey now taken over there.

1014
00:57:19,600 --> 00:57:22,240
Speaker 1: I mean, he's been here three seasons as the quarterbacks coach,

1015
00:57:22,280 --> 00:57:24,160
Speaker 1: so he kind of knows the system. He's not going

1016
00:57:24,240 --> 00:57:27,240
Speaker 1: to reinvent the wheel here. He'll obviously put his twist

1017
00:57:27,320 --> 00:57:29,800
Speaker 1: on it. I don't know your level of familiarity with

1018
00:57:29,880 --> 00:57:34,840
Speaker 1: Dorsey per se, but what is your general experience in

1019
00:57:35,000 --> 00:57:41,480
Speaker 1: terms of the hurdles that new coordinators have to clear

1020
00:57:42,480 --> 00:57:45,000
Speaker 1: as they get up to speed, especially a guy who's

1021
00:57:45,040 --> 00:57:50,440
Speaker 1: never called plays before on game day like Dorsey. Yeah, well,

1022
00:57:50,600 --> 00:57:53,920
Speaker 1: you know, I scouted Ken Dorsey, so familiar with him

1023
00:57:53,920 --> 00:57:56,960
Speaker 1: for a long time. But it's completely different when you

1024
00:57:57,080 --> 00:57:59,520
Speaker 1: when you're a coach, and it's easy to just say, yeah,

1025
00:57:59,560 --> 00:58:02,280
Speaker 1: let's just eat the system rolling and keep going. The

1026
00:58:02,320 --> 00:58:04,360
Speaker 1: year we won the Super Bowl with the Giants and

1027
00:58:04,560 --> 00:58:06,880
Speaker 1: seven with Bags and he stayed another year and then

1028
00:58:06,880 --> 00:58:09,160
Speaker 1: he left and it was okay, let's just promote our

1029
00:58:09,200 --> 00:58:11,920
Speaker 1: next guy up, our linebacker. Coach will keep it rolling.

1030
00:58:12,600 --> 00:58:14,640
Speaker 1: Who had never called plays? There have been a quarter withinator,

1031
00:58:14,720 --> 00:58:17,400
Speaker 1: and it's not that easy. It's a nuance. It's a

1032
00:58:17,480 --> 00:58:20,040
Speaker 1: skill to calling plays and putting your players in the

1033
00:58:20,120 --> 00:58:23,880
Speaker 1: right position. And yes, you can say he's been around

1034
00:58:24,120 --> 00:58:26,840
Speaker 1: and he you think he can do it, but until

1035
00:58:26,920 --> 00:58:29,920
Speaker 1: they actually do it, you don't know if they'll be

1036
00:58:29,960 --> 00:58:33,400
Speaker 1: as successful as the prior coordinator, or if they'll be

1037
00:58:33,440 --> 00:58:37,720
Speaker 1: successful at all. You know, for Ken Dorsey's benefit, he

1038
00:58:37,760 --> 00:58:40,240
Speaker 1: does have Josh Allen. And Josh Allen is kind of

1039
00:58:40,280 --> 00:58:44,120
Speaker 1: the ultimate eraser of Okay, i might not call the

1040
00:58:44,160 --> 00:58:46,520
Speaker 1: perfect play, but I'm gonna bail you out of this

1041
00:58:46,560 --> 00:58:48,840
Speaker 1: thing and make a thirty yard throw on the move

1042
00:58:48,920 --> 00:58:53,320
Speaker 1: while breaking three tackles. So Josh Allen, as I think

1043
00:58:53,360 --> 00:58:57,400
Speaker 1: he's at a point where he can really just dominate

1044
00:58:57,480 --> 00:59:00,760
Speaker 1: games outside of the game plan. So that makes it

1045
00:59:00,800 --> 00:59:04,400
Speaker 1: a lot easier for Ken Dorsey to learn on the

1046
00:59:04,520 --> 00:59:07,520
Speaker 1: in game situations and learn on the go to be

1047
00:59:08,000 --> 00:59:11,320
Speaker 1: a really good coordinator because of the brilliance of Josh Allen.

1048
00:59:12,120 --> 00:59:15,320
Speaker 1: And I think what gets lost when when people see

1049
00:59:15,760 --> 00:59:18,720
Speaker 1: I'm talking about the casual fan, they see a person

1050
00:59:19,120 --> 00:59:22,080
Speaker 1: as send to a coordinator's role. I think what gets

1051
00:59:22,080 --> 00:59:26,400
Speaker 1: overlooked is there's like a feel element to the play

1052
00:59:26,440 --> 00:59:30,000
Speaker 1: calling on game day, right, like when to adjust, when

1053
00:59:30,000 --> 00:59:33,800
Speaker 1: to pivot when they see the defense on the other

1054
00:59:33,840 --> 00:59:36,439
Speaker 1: sideline has kind of changed course a little bit, changed

1055
00:59:36,440 --> 00:59:39,280
Speaker 1: their approach. How much do you change do you leave

1056
00:59:39,320 --> 00:59:43,360
Speaker 1: what you're doing? There's a feel element to that job, right,

1057
00:59:44,440 --> 00:59:47,120
Speaker 1: no question. Yeah, And it's just like players people think

1058
00:59:47,600 --> 00:59:50,640
Speaker 1: wouldn't you evaluate players, who's ever the biggest, fastest, strongest

1059
00:59:50,640 --> 00:59:52,680
Speaker 1: player the best players And that's not the case. It's

1060
00:59:52,720 --> 00:59:55,960
Speaker 1: there's a lot of mental gymnastics. There's a lot of nuance,

1061
00:59:56,000 --> 00:59:59,400
Speaker 1: there's a lot of feel and natural elements to playing

1062
00:59:59,440 --> 01:00:02,960
Speaker 1: a position in any position that is almost more important,

1063
01:00:03,000 --> 01:00:05,640
Speaker 1: much much more important than than physical gifts at times.

1064
01:00:05,640 --> 01:00:08,960
Speaker 1: And it's the same things with coaches, where coaches could

1065
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Speaker 1: gain plan all week and be all we work hard

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Speaker 1: in the we're in the office all night long and

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01:00:14,360 --> 01:00:16,720
Speaker 1: put together the perfect game plan. But once you're in

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01:00:16,760 --> 01:00:20,920
Speaker 1: a game situation and things changed from series to series,

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01:00:20,920 --> 01:00:23,520
Speaker 1: from play to play, from quarter to quarter, who are

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Speaker 1: those coordinators who are able to identify what's going on,

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Speaker 1: make adjustments, put their team in the best position overcome

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Speaker 1: whatever the defense is doing. And that's something that's really

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Speaker 1: learned and some people have a great feel for it

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01:00:37,320 --> 01:00:39,600
Speaker 1: and some people don't. It's, you know, it's not just

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Speaker 1: game planning and what's on a piece of paper, it's

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01:00:42,120 --> 01:00:44,440
Speaker 1: what is going on in the game. How am I

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Speaker 1: adjusting mentally and quickly to out to you know, outpace

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Speaker 1: the defense. The last one I had had for you

1079
01:00:51,800 --> 01:00:54,680
Speaker 1: because I had to ask this you you repose the

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01:00:54,760 --> 01:00:57,120
Speaker 1: question which current NFL player would you most like to

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01:00:57,120 --> 01:00:59,120
Speaker 1: see in the broadcast booth one day, and you picked

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Speaker 1: Lamar jack I really need you to explain this one

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01:01:02,720 --> 01:01:07,240
Speaker 1: to me. Well, as we've seen, I mean pretty much

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01:01:07,240 --> 01:01:09,919
Speaker 1: everyone in the booth is the same. I mean just

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01:01:09,400 --> 01:01:12,560
Speaker 1: to signing, all these guys are the same guys. So

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Speaker 1: it's like, okay, who do who do the people want

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Speaker 1: to see? That is different because we can people. I

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01:01:18,000 --> 01:01:20,240
Speaker 1: don't think people actually turn on games to hear people

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Speaker 1: the astronomical the money these guys are getting. But just

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Speaker 1: the Lamar that I've been around and saw, just just

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01:01:27,400 --> 01:01:33,520
Speaker 1: his honesty, his authenticness, his uniqueness is just something man

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Speaker 1: you just don't see in the booth and the way

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Speaker 1: he goes about it. It's it's when he see him

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Speaker 1: in postgame interviews, it's press conferences. Is he's just completely different.

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Speaker 1: And I just think that's refreshing almost how we see

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Speaker 1: a key to leave up there in the booth and

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Speaker 1: you know the guy. I love the guy. You just

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Speaker 1: hear him. It's just something different. So you know, that's

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Speaker 1: why I picked Lamar Jackson. It's easy to pick the

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01:01:53,280 --> 01:01:56,680
Speaker 1: most polished guy or the guy that, but Lamar to

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Speaker 1: me was just something. Who's somebody different that that you'd

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Speaker 1: want to go? Yeah, internal one. That's why I like.

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01:02:02,840 --> 01:02:06,400
Speaker 1: That's why I like Charles Barclay when he's doing NBA games.

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01:02:06,440 --> 01:02:09,160
Speaker 1: I Mean, guy's a cut up man, he's a riot.

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01:02:09,440 --> 01:02:12,280
Speaker 1: He's just different. He's not worrying about the xs and ohs.

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01:02:12,320 --> 01:02:15,480
Speaker 1: He's just making a whole dang thing fun exactly when

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Speaker 1: you watch that inside the NBA show, and I mean,

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01:02:17,520 --> 01:02:19,920
Speaker 1: those guys are obviously dropping knowledge, but it is more

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01:02:20,000 --> 01:02:23,600
Speaker 1: so the entertainment factor of it and the uniqueness of

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01:02:23,720 --> 01:02:26,640
Speaker 1: they're just being themselves. And I think lamarket at that

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01:02:26,720 --> 01:02:29,480
Speaker 1: element as well. Yeah cool, all right, well listen, Mark,

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Speaker 1: thanks for the time. We appreciate you giving a sum

1113
01:02:31,560 --> 01:02:34,800
Speaker 1: especially during the downtime here of the NFL calendar year.

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Speaker 1: We'll catch up with you as we get closer to

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Speaker 1: the season. Enjoy your summer. Thank Chris anytime. All right.

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Speaker 1: That's Mark Ross, NFL network analysts, former front office guy

1117
01:02:43,520 --> 01:02:47,160
Speaker 1: for the Eagles, the Giants, and the Bills. Guy knows

1118
01:02:47,160 --> 01:02:50,880
Speaker 1: about the inner workings of the NFL at the top

1119
01:02:51,280 --> 01:02:54,320
Speaker 1: of the ladder. Wanted to get to the tweet sheet, though,

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Speaker 1: as we have yet to get to your comments on

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01:02:57,560 --> 01:03:00,400
Speaker 1: our topic of the day, which was basically, is there

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01:03:00,400 --> 01:03:03,600
Speaker 1: anyone on the Bill's roster offense or defense that you

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01:03:03,680 --> 01:03:05,760
Speaker 1: think could have a bigger jump in production than what's

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01:03:05,800 --> 01:03:09,520
Speaker 1: anticipated for Gabriel Davis As many of us believe he

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Speaker 1: will be ascending into the number two receiver role opposite

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Speaker 1: Stefon Diggs. And when you think about it, Gabriel Davis

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01:03:18,520 --> 01:03:22,960
Speaker 1: had seven touchdowns his rookie year and six touchdowns last year,

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Speaker 1: and he did it on thirty five receptions in each

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01:03:25,960 --> 01:03:29,600
Speaker 1: of those two seasons. That is a very high touchdown

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01:03:29,640 --> 01:03:32,680
Speaker 1: per catch ratio for both of those years. And then

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01:03:32,680 --> 01:03:36,400
Speaker 1: obviously he blew up in the divisional playoff with four touchdowns.

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01:03:36,840 --> 01:03:41,520
Speaker 1: So I think the expectations are very high for Gabriel Davis,

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01:03:41,680 --> 01:03:43,800
Speaker 1: knowing he's going to get the most playing time he

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Speaker 1: has ever seen in a Bill's uniform this coming season.

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Speaker 1: But give me a name of somebody that you think

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01:03:51,800 --> 01:03:55,200
Speaker 1: could compete with Davis on this Bill's roster offensor defense

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01:03:55,240 --> 01:03:58,360
Speaker 1: that will see a similar jump or an even bigger

1138
01:03:58,440 --> 01:04:02,840
Speaker 1: jump in production this coming year. So we go to

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01:04:02,840 --> 01:04:04,840
Speaker 1: the tweet sheet, which, as you know, is brought to

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01:04:04,880 --> 01:04:08,400
Speaker 1: you by Corrigan Moving Systems, the official equipment moving company

1141
01:04:08,480 --> 01:04:12,320
Speaker 1: of the Buffalo Bills, and Butcher leads us off and says, yes,

1142
01:04:13,200 --> 01:04:17,520
Speaker 1: I feel Spencer Brown will make the Pro Bowl along

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01:04:17,600 --> 01:04:21,040
Speaker 1: with Dion Dawkins. Now that is a name I was

1144
01:04:21,160 --> 01:04:24,560
Speaker 1: not anticipating. I have to be honest. I know a

1145
01:04:24,560 --> 01:04:27,920
Speaker 1: lot of these polls off and drift and gravitate towards

1146
01:04:27,960 --> 01:04:30,280
Speaker 1: the skill position players. But good on you for mentioning

1147
01:04:30,280 --> 01:04:34,560
Speaker 1: a tackle. Spencer Brown even admitted himself after last season

1148
01:04:35,520 --> 01:04:37,640
Speaker 1: that there were nuances of his game that he wants

1149
01:04:37,680 --> 01:04:40,200
Speaker 1: to improve upon and clean up coming into this season.

1150
01:04:40,520 --> 01:04:42,800
Speaker 1: Hasn't been on the practice field with OTAs as coach

1151
01:04:42,880 --> 01:04:47,120
Speaker 1: McDermott said, he's dealing with a little rehab here coming

1152
01:04:47,160 --> 01:04:50,880
Speaker 1: off as something this offseason, so we'll have to wait

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01:04:50,920 --> 01:04:53,160
Speaker 1: and see on that. But Dawkins made the Pro Bowl

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01:04:53,240 --> 01:04:56,000
Speaker 1: last year. There's no reason to think he can't maintain

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01:04:56,080 --> 01:04:59,120
Speaker 1: that level. Guy made the Pro Bowl despite two bouts

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01:04:59,120 --> 01:05:03,200
Speaker 1: with COVID in the season. So if Dion can stay

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01:05:03,240 --> 01:05:05,680
Speaker 1: one hundred percent healthy this year, who knows what level

1158
01:05:05,720 --> 01:05:08,560
Speaker 1: he's going to hit. But Spencer Brown is an interesting

1159
01:05:08,680 --> 01:05:11,000
Speaker 1: choice out of the gates here in terms of who

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01:05:11,040 --> 01:05:13,400
Speaker 1: you think on the Bill's roster could have a bigger

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01:05:13,440 --> 01:05:16,440
Speaker 1: jump in production than Gabriel Davis. Rick on the tweet

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01:05:16,480 --> 01:05:20,520
Speaker 1: sheet says, maybe Dane Jackson. I think he'll win the

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01:05:20,560 --> 01:05:24,240
Speaker 1: starting cornerback job over Elam and is talented enough to

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01:05:24,280 --> 01:05:26,360
Speaker 1: make a huge impact. I was a Dane Jackson fan

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01:05:26,440 --> 01:05:29,960
Speaker 1: as early as last year, after I was encouraged by

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01:05:29,960 --> 01:05:32,800
Speaker 1: what he showed us in spot duty as a rookie

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01:05:33,160 --> 01:05:35,160
Speaker 1: in twenty twenty. Just seemed to have a nose for

1168
01:05:35,200 --> 01:05:40,080
Speaker 1: the ball, was a physical type corner, gritty type player.

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01:05:40,400 --> 01:05:43,480
Speaker 1: I just liked the style of his play, and I

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01:05:43,520 --> 01:05:47,000
Speaker 1: think he held up extraordinarily well last year when he

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01:05:47,160 --> 01:05:50,120
Speaker 1: took on a full time starting role when Dredevious obviously

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01:05:50,160 --> 01:05:52,960
Speaker 1: had the ACL injury on Thanksgiving in New Orleans. So

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01:05:53,080 --> 01:05:57,560
Speaker 1: Dane Jackson an interesting pick there, Steve says, not on

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01:05:57,600 --> 01:05:59,880
Speaker 1: the offensive side of the ball, but on the defensive

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01:06:00,040 --> 01:06:02,959
Speaker 1: side of the ball. I am expecting a great year

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01:06:03,600 --> 01:06:06,640
Speaker 1: from Ed Oliver with the new pieces around him and

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01:06:06,720 --> 01:06:11,680
Speaker 1: a year of maturity under last year's first two draft choices.

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Speaker 1: So this is how I look at Ed. I think

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01:06:18,080 --> 01:06:21,680
Speaker 1: some people are disappointed because they haven't seen the sack

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01:06:21,760 --> 01:06:25,480
Speaker 1: production from Ed because they see him as a penetrating,

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01:06:25,560 --> 01:06:30,000
Speaker 1: get to the quarterback type defensive tackle. But I will

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01:06:30,040 --> 01:06:33,800
Speaker 1: say this career high and tackles for Lost last year

1183
01:06:34,760 --> 01:06:37,480
Speaker 1: had four sacks, which is one off of his career

1184
01:06:37,560 --> 01:06:40,640
Speaker 1: high that he had his rookie season with five. And

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01:06:40,840 --> 01:06:43,480
Speaker 1: he was right there in terms of total tackles with

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01:06:43,600 --> 01:06:46,600
Speaker 1: his rookie season and he had a career high fourteen

1187
01:06:46,680 --> 01:06:50,880
Speaker 1: quarterback hits. You add von Miller to the equation off

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01:06:50,880 --> 01:06:56,320
Speaker 1: the edge, you put behemoth defensive tackles next to him,

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01:06:56,520 --> 01:07:00,920
Speaker 1: like Jordan Phillips, Tim Settle to Quan Jones, rotate him

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Speaker 1: in however you wish, and I think the opportunity is

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01:07:05,040 --> 01:07:10,760
Speaker 1: great for Ed Oliver to get home even more often

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01:07:10,800 --> 01:07:14,840
Speaker 1: than he was showing down the stretch last season. I

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01:07:14,920 --> 01:07:17,480
Speaker 1: know there are critics that are not impressed with his

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01:07:17,560 --> 01:07:21,640
Speaker 1: run defense skills. Some have even gone so far as

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01:07:21,680 --> 01:07:24,160
Speaker 1: to call him a liability in that area. I don't

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01:07:24,160 --> 01:07:26,920
Speaker 1: know if I'm on board with that assessment, because I

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01:07:26,960 --> 01:07:31,480
Speaker 1: think he's a capable run defender. But with you, if

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Speaker 1: you look at the talent that is now going to

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Speaker 1: be next to him on that defensive line, chiefly von Miller,

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01:07:37,560 --> 01:07:39,360
Speaker 1: of course, who's going to draw a ton of attention.

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01:07:40,440 --> 01:07:43,320
Speaker 1: I think in one on one situations, ed Oliver is

1202
01:07:43,320 --> 01:07:45,640
Speaker 1: going to win every single time, and it's going to

1203
01:07:45,720 --> 01:07:49,040
Speaker 1: really create a conundrum for opposing offensive lines because you

1204
01:07:49,040 --> 01:07:51,920
Speaker 1: can't double everybody up front. So if you're going to

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01:07:52,000 --> 01:07:55,480
Speaker 1: double von Miller an account for him, that means ed

1206
01:07:55,760 --> 01:07:58,120
Speaker 1: a good portion of the time could be freed up

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Speaker 1: in one on one situations, and to me, that speaks

1208
01:08:01,800 --> 01:08:05,480
Speaker 1: to more production for at Oliver when all is said

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01:08:05,600 --> 01:08:09,040
Speaker 1: and done. So I like that choice a lot from

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01:08:09,160 --> 01:08:14,040
Speaker 1: Rick or I'm sorry from Steve Calgary guy says, hey, Brownie,

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01:08:14,400 --> 01:08:18,439
Speaker 1: love listening to the show. From Billings, Montana. Question, are

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Speaker 1: guys like cam Lewis and other depth corners just not

1213
01:08:21,680 --> 01:08:24,280
Speaker 1: good enough to be considered to fill in for an

1214
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Speaker 1: injured Tray White. I wouldn't dismiss cam Lewis from the

1215
01:08:28,960 --> 01:08:32,600
Speaker 1: jump at all. I think he's a very capable and

1216
01:08:32,680 --> 01:08:35,479
Speaker 1: talented player. For the last couple of years, he's been

1217
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Speaker 1: the backup nickel to Tarren Johnson, who I still think

1218
01:08:38,280 --> 01:08:40,200
Speaker 1: is one of the most underrated players on the entire

1219
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Speaker 1: Bill's roster. But cam Lewis make no mistake, is a

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Speaker 1: quality depth corner. And I found Leslie Frasier's most recent

1221
01:08:51,400 --> 01:08:55,880
Speaker 1: comments about Cam lewis very interesting. He not only sees

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01:08:55,960 --> 01:08:59,919
Speaker 1: him as a backup nickel to Tarren Johnson, he believes

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01:09:00,080 --> 01:09:03,040
Speaker 1: that Cam can also be lined up outside and he

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01:09:03,160 --> 01:09:06,320
Speaker 1: may factor in to the competition out there. Now, is

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01:09:06,320 --> 01:09:08,280
Speaker 1: he gonna land the starting job? I think that's an

1226
01:09:08,320 --> 01:09:11,519
Speaker 1: uphill climb for him, because I would put Dan Jackson

1227
01:09:11,600 --> 01:09:13,840
Speaker 1: Enkay Erie Lam ahead of him in the pecking order.

1228
01:09:14,400 --> 01:09:17,800
Speaker 1: But yes, I mean he's a valuable depth player and

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01:09:17,880 --> 01:09:20,000
Speaker 1: I see him on the fifty three man roster this

1230
01:09:20,080 --> 01:09:24,960
Speaker 1: year as a depth corner. Let's go to the phones

1231
01:09:25,040 --> 01:09:27,840
Speaker 1: at eight oh three, five fifty one, eight eight five

1232
01:09:27,960 --> 01:09:31,080
Speaker 1: fifty two, five fifty Leading us off today is Dan

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01:09:31,560 --> 01:09:33,920
Speaker 1: down there in Tampa. What do you have for us? Dan?

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Speaker 1: You're on one bills live, Hey Brownie? Yes, Dan, And so,

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01:09:38,760 --> 01:09:40,439
Speaker 1: first of all, I'm from Buffalo to see you know.

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01:09:40,720 --> 01:09:42,519
Speaker 1: My heart is with the Bills. It's not with the Bucks.

1237
01:09:42,560 --> 01:09:44,000
Speaker 1: I love the Bucks, but I don't love him as

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01:09:44,080 --> 01:09:48,400
Speaker 1: much as the Bills. Anyway. My thought is that I

1239
01:09:48,479 --> 01:09:50,479
Speaker 1: think as a position group, the tight end group is

1240
01:09:50,479 --> 01:09:53,080
Speaker 1: really going to come on because Dorsey's his own man.

1241
01:09:53,200 --> 01:09:56,280
Speaker 1: I think he's different than day Ball and my guests,

1242
01:09:56,280 --> 01:09:57,600
Speaker 1: and I don't want to get too far into the

1243
01:09:57,680 --> 01:09:59,800
Speaker 1: jetsuits and a lot of other stuff with you know, Cook,

1244
01:10:00,160 --> 01:10:03,800
Speaker 1: But as far as Howard and Knox, I think you

1245
01:10:03,840 --> 01:10:06,760
Speaker 1: could see that seven percent that Jeremy has cited so

1246
01:10:06,840 --> 01:10:09,559
Speaker 1: many times in the past go up to probably eighteen

1247
01:10:09,560 --> 01:10:12,240
Speaker 1: to twenty percent this year because we would make our

1248
01:10:13,320 --> 01:10:16,320
Speaker 1: offense so much more diverse and the defense has to

1249
01:10:16,360 --> 01:10:18,360
Speaker 1: think that much more about what we're going to do.

1250
01:10:18,600 --> 01:10:20,440
Speaker 1: And it could still be a run play with Singletary,

1251
01:10:20,680 --> 01:10:24,040
Speaker 1: or it could be the intermediate passes, etc. And I

1252
01:10:24,080 --> 01:10:26,320
Speaker 1: think that Davis and Diggs will not leave the field,

1253
01:10:26,600 --> 01:10:28,800
Speaker 1: but we might sub out you know, the crowders or

1254
01:10:28,840 --> 01:10:32,080
Speaker 1: whatever and put in Howard. Because when Howard's healthy, he

1255
01:10:32,120 --> 01:10:36,360
Speaker 1: has played really well. I've been following him Brownie since Alabama,

1256
01:10:36,600 --> 01:10:38,840
Speaker 1: so Alabama games are on here every week in Tampa,

1257
01:10:39,000 --> 01:10:41,840
Speaker 1: and so not only that, obviously with the Bucks when

1258
01:10:41,840 --> 01:10:43,960
Speaker 1: he was healthy, he made an impact. He is a

1259
01:10:43,960 --> 01:10:46,960
Speaker 1: really good pass catching tight end, and he's finally I think,

1260
01:10:47,400 --> 01:10:50,000
Speaker 1: got you know, all the humpy dumpies put all back

1261
01:10:50,000 --> 01:10:53,160
Speaker 1: together finally again. So I'd like to see, and I

1262
01:10:53,200 --> 01:10:55,800
Speaker 1: think is going to be a big increase there. And

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01:10:55,840 --> 01:10:59,160
Speaker 1: I still think Gate Davis, like you posited this morning

1264
01:10:59,439 --> 01:11:02,400
Speaker 1: or earlier, is going to have a significant increase as well.

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01:11:02,640 --> 01:11:04,720
Speaker 1: I just see we're going to see a more dynamic

1266
01:11:04,800 --> 01:11:08,000
Speaker 1: offense this year. It will not be the same offense

1267
01:11:08,080 --> 01:11:10,320
Speaker 1: that everybody has gotten used to. It's going to be

1268
01:11:10,360 --> 01:11:13,080
Speaker 1: a little different, but not dramatically different. It's just we're

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01:11:13,080 --> 01:11:16,519
Speaker 1: gonna make good better. That's my point. Yeah, good call, Dan,

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01:11:16,640 --> 01:11:19,080
Speaker 1: and thanks for it. I'll say this because Steve and

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01:11:19,160 --> 01:11:21,280
Speaker 1: I have discussed this too, even with some of the

1272
01:11:21,280 --> 01:11:24,240
Speaker 1: guests we've had on the show, about where this offense

1273
01:11:24,320 --> 01:11:25,559
Speaker 1: is going to go and what it's going to look

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Speaker 1: like with some of the new additions. And Oj Howard

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01:11:29,000 --> 01:11:32,120
Speaker 1: is is a bit of a riddle right now. He's

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01:11:32,240 --> 01:11:35,799
Speaker 1: ultra talented, he brings a lot to the offensive scheme.

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01:11:36,439 --> 01:11:40,320
Speaker 1: How is he going to be deployed. Is he going

1278
01:11:40,360 --> 01:11:44,680
Speaker 1: to be basically rotating in for Dawson Knox to give

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01:11:44,760 --> 01:11:46,080
Speaker 1: him a break, or is he gonna have a much

1280
01:11:46,160 --> 01:11:49,680
Speaker 1: larger role And if he does, is he on the

1281
01:11:49,720 --> 01:11:53,080
Speaker 1: field with Dawson Knox? Because Steve and I were kind

1282
01:11:53,080 --> 01:11:57,240
Speaker 1: of just throwing different personnel groupings around. You know, a

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01:11:57,280 --> 01:12:00,120
Speaker 1: traditional personnel grouping in this league, when it was three

1284
01:12:00,200 --> 01:12:02,200
Speaker 1: yards in a cloud of dust, was twenty two personnel

1285
01:12:02,240 --> 01:12:05,320
Speaker 1: with two backs and two tight ends. One of those

1286
01:12:05,320 --> 01:12:07,439
Speaker 1: backs was usually a fullback and they'd be lined up

1287
01:12:07,479 --> 01:12:10,920
Speaker 1: in an eye formation and pounded up in there. Nowadays

1288
01:12:11,280 --> 01:12:14,880
Speaker 1: you could conceivably have twenty two personnel on the field.

1289
01:12:15,200 --> 01:12:19,320
Speaker 1: It's Dawson Knox and O. J. Howard and then it's

1290
01:12:19,439 --> 01:12:21,840
Speaker 1: James Cook and Devin Singletary in the backfield. Well, what

1291
01:12:21,880 --> 01:12:24,439
Speaker 1: are you getting? Are you getting a run play here

1292
01:12:24,680 --> 01:12:27,600
Speaker 1: or are you're getting a throw? And if it is

1293
01:12:27,640 --> 01:12:29,360
Speaker 1: a passing play, is it going to one of those

1294
01:12:29,400 --> 01:12:31,200
Speaker 1: two tight ends or is it going to James Cook

1295
01:12:31,200 --> 01:12:35,000
Speaker 1: who's coming out on a flare. So the twenty two

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01:12:35,040 --> 01:12:39,120
Speaker 1: personnel package with OJ Howard and Dawson Knox and James

1297
01:12:39,120 --> 01:12:41,280
Speaker 1: Cook and Devin Singletary in the backfield, to me, is

1298
01:12:41,280 --> 01:12:46,240
Speaker 1: a very intriguing personnel grouping that allows you to play

1299
01:12:46,280 --> 01:12:50,920
Speaker 1: modern day football in a very traditional personnel grouping. That's

1300
01:12:50,920 --> 01:12:53,040
Speaker 1: what's intriguing to me, and I wonder if we see

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01:12:53,080 --> 01:12:56,479
Speaker 1: some of that through the course of this season, depending

1302
01:12:56,520 --> 01:12:59,320
Speaker 1: on the opponent and the game plan. Obviously we go

1303
01:12:59,760 --> 01:13:02,679
Speaker 1: to Aaron in attakin xt. What do you have for us? Aaron,

1304
01:13:02,680 --> 01:13:08,080
Speaker 1: You're on one Bills live. Yay. I was harsh production wise,

1305
01:13:08,160 --> 01:13:10,639
Speaker 1: and I think a guy that the top gave David.

1306
01:13:12,080 --> 01:13:20,040
Speaker 1: I think you're breaking up a little bit there and positions. Okay,

1307
01:13:21,520 --> 01:13:24,880
Speaker 1: Jameson Crowder's my guy. Okay, I don't mind that I

1308
01:13:25,000 --> 01:13:28,040
Speaker 1: had him down on my list among guys that could

1309
01:13:28,040 --> 01:13:32,639
Speaker 1: see a tremendous jump in production, and for him, it's

1310
01:13:32,680 --> 01:13:35,080
Speaker 1: due mainly to the fact that he's no longer with

1311
01:13:35,120 --> 01:13:36,760
Speaker 1: the Jets. He'll be coming to the Bills and be

1312
01:13:36,760 --> 01:13:39,479
Speaker 1: playing with an all world quarterback like Josh Allen. But

1313
01:13:39,600 --> 01:13:43,960
Speaker 1: here's the impressive thing about Jamison Crowder. Okay, this is

1314
01:13:43,960 --> 01:13:47,599
Speaker 1: a guy that has played in an offense that didn't

1315
01:13:47,720 --> 01:13:51,320
Speaker 1: really have too much else to offer in the passing game.

1316
01:13:51,360 --> 01:13:53,720
Speaker 1: There were times where he was the number one concern

1317
01:13:54,240 --> 01:13:57,040
Speaker 1: of opponents the last few years with the Jets, and

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01:13:57,160 --> 01:14:01,439
Speaker 1: yet he still produced seventy eight reception twenty, nineteen fifty

1319
01:14:01,520 --> 01:14:04,680
Speaker 1: nine and twenty twenty when the stuff kind of hit

1320
01:14:04,720 --> 01:14:08,120
Speaker 1: the fan there, and then this past year under new

1321
01:14:08,120 --> 01:14:11,400
Speaker 1: head coach Robert Sala, and a rookie quarterback, he still

1322
01:14:11,439 --> 01:14:18,320
Speaker 1: had fifty one receptions. So fifty one, I mean he

1323
01:14:18,360 --> 01:14:23,880
Speaker 1: could hit that quite easily in this offense. Granted there

1324
01:14:23,920 --> 01:14:26,439
Speaker 1: will be a greater target shave here with the likes

1325
01:14:26,439 --> 01:14:30,720
Speaker 1: of Gabriel Davis and Stefan Diggs and Dawson Knox. So

1326
01:14:30,880 --> 01:14:33,240
Speaker 1: Crowder maybe a little bit further down the pecking order

1327
01:14:33,240 --> 01:14:35,719
Speaker 1: than he's been with the Jets the last couple of years,

1328
01:14:36,400 --> 01:14:40,360
Speaker 1: but I think he's got an opportunity to be extraordinarily productive.

1329
01:14:40,360 --> 01:14:45,160
Speaker 1: And the reason why is I think his separation ability

1330
01:14:45,400 --> 01:14:49,679
Speaker 1: is so good that he's going to present Josh Allen

1331
01:14:50,120 --> 01:14:55,320
Speaker 1: with so many high efficiency throws for completions that he

1332
01:14:55,400 --> 01:14:57,639
Speaker 1: may become a more frequent target than any of us

1333
01:14:57,680 --> 01:15:02,080
Speaker 1: anticipate going forward here. So I think he's most definitely

1334
01:15:02,600 --> 01:15:06,400
Speaker 1: on the list of considerations of players besides Gabriel Davis,

1335
01:15:06,560 --> 01:15:10,240
Speaker 1: who could see a gigantic jump in production in twenty

1336
01:15:10,360 --> 01:15:12,760
Speaker 1: twenty two. Time for us to take a break here,

1337
01:15:12,800 --> 01:15:14,639
Speaker 1: but when we come back, we're going to be hearing

1338
01:15:15,000 --> 01:15:18,240
Speaker 1: from Bill's linebacker Tremaine Edmonds. He's got a few things

1339
01:15:18,840 --> 01:15:21,080
Speaker 1: on his to do list as far as where he

1340
01:15:21,160 --> 01:15:24,719
Speaker 1: wants to improve his game. We are defensive coordinator Leslie

1341
01:15:24,720 --> 01:15:28,679
Speaker 1: Frasier say the other day more splash plays are needed

1342
01:15:28,720 --> 01:15:32,000
Speaker 1: from Tremaine Edmonds. What does Tremaine Edmonds think about that?

1343
01:15:32,200 --> 01:15:34,040
Speaker 1: We'll hear from him next when we come back here

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01:15:34,080 --> 01:15:36,639
Speaker 1: on One Bills Live, presented by KLADA Health. It's Buffalo

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01:15:36,680 --> 01:15:50,680
Speaker 1: Bill's Radio. All right, final lamph Hour the show here

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01:15:50,720 --> 01:15:52,800
Speaker 1: One Bills Live on a Wednesday, Chris Brown with you,

1347
01:15:52,920 --> 01:15:56,120
Speaker 1: and we wanted to pass along these comments to you.

1348
01:15:56,200 --> 01:15:59,400
Speaker 1: We heard Leslie Frasier earlier in the week say that

1349
01:15:59,479 --> 01:16:02,160
Speaker 1: if there's one thing they're looking for from Tremaine Edmonds

1350
01:16:02,200 --> 01:16:05,800
Speaker 1: in season number five, it is more splash plays, more

1351
01:16:05,840 --> 01:16:09,280
Speaker 1: of those big impact plays. Tremaine Edmonds was asked what

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01:16:09,320 --> 01:16:12,400
Speaker 1: he thought about that, among other things, when he met

1353
01:16:12,400 --> 01:16:15,000
Speaker 1: with the media this week at OTA's Here. Now is

1354
01:16:15,040 --> 01:16:20,240
Speaker 1: Tremaine Edmonds right? How much is the contract situation present

1355
01:16:20,520 --> 01:16:24,599
Speaker 1: with you heading into this season? Yeah, I mean I'm

1356
01:16:24,640 --> 01:16:26,760
Speaker 1: not really you know, obviously you think about a little bit,

1357
01:16:26,800 --> 01:16:29,280
Speaker 1: but you know, I can't control that, you know what

1358
01:16:29,280 --> 01:16:31,000
Speaker 1: I mean. All I can control list you know how

1359
01:16:31,040 --> 01:16:33,679
Speaker 1: I come out each and every day and just work,

1360
01:16:33,880 --> 01:16:35,360
Speaker 1: you know what I mean? All that kind of stuff.

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01:16:35,760 --> 01:16:37,040
Speaker 1: You know, you kind of just put it on the

1362
01:16:37,040 --> 01:16:39,280
Speaker 1: top shelf and you know, just do the stuff that

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01:16:39,280 --> 01:16:41,400
Speaker 1: you've been doing this whole time. And like I said,

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01:16:41,439 --> 01:16:43,559
Speaker 1: that's just me coming out working me continue to get

1365
01:16:43,560 --> 01:16:45,240
Speaker 1: better because it's still a lot of stuff that I

1366
01:16:45,360 --> 01:16:47,600
Speaker 1: know I can get better with, and you know, just

1367
01:16:47,640 --> 01:16:50,200
Speaker 1: control the things that I can control. You've reached out

1368
01:16:50,200 --> 01:16:53,120
Speaker 1: to or leaned on for advice on how to do that.

1369
01:16:53,120 --> 01:16:55,960
Speaker 1: This maybe been in a similar situation entering a contract here,

1370
01:16:56,520 --> 01:16:58,040
Speaker 1: and I haven't really reached out to a lot of

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01:16:58,040 --> 01:17:00,599
Speaker 1: guys because I you know, I'm you know, I think

1372
01:17:00,600 --> 01:17:02,960
Speaker 1: I'm doing a pretty good job as far as keeping

1373
01:17:02,960 --> 01:17:05,439
Speaker 1: a balance with football and you know, think the business

1374
01:17:05,439 --> 01:17:08,160
Speaker 1: side of it. You know, I love this game. You know,

1375
01:17:08,200 --> 01:17:10,280
Speaker 1: I love to come out here and play. So you know,

1376
01:17:10,320 --> 01:17:12,000
Speaker 1: I'm just gonna come out each and every day, man,

1377
01:17:12,040 --> 01:17:13,920
Speaker 1: and you know, go to working until you're getting better.

1378
01:17:14,760 --> 01:17:18,000
Speaker 1: Leslie talks about you make your mist splash plays, you know,

1379
01:17:18,000 --> 01:17:21,640
Speaker 1: maybe heavy more of those. How does that come about?

1380
01:17:22,360 --> 01:17:25,960
Speaker 1: Seeing things tackling the ball more? How does that make

1381
01:17:26,000 --> 01:17:29,320
Speaker 1: more splash plays? Yeah? I think it's a little bit everything. Um,

1382
01:17:29,360 --> 01:17:31,519
Speaker 1: you know, whether it's seeing stuff, whether it's stuff you

1383
01:17:31,560 --> 01:17:34,160
Speaker 1: pick up in the classroom. Um, just being in the

1384
01:17:34,240 --> 01:17:37,040
Speaker 1: right position at the right time. Um, you know, just

1385
01:17:37,040 --> 01:17:39,000
Speaker 1: trusting what you see. I think you can you can

1386
01:17:39,080 --> 01:17:41,680
Speaker 1: kind of say everything you know ultimately comes up with

1387
01:17:41,720 --> 01:17:44,439
Speaker 1: making splash plays. But you know, obviously we all played

1388
01:17:44,439 --> 01:17:47,200
Speaker 1: this game to you know, make big plays and you know,

1389
01:17:47,280 --> 01:17:49,080
Speaker 1: to be the best player that we could be. So

1390
01:17:49,280 --> 01:17:52,519
Speaker 1: I'm gonna continue trusting myself, continue, um, you know, trusting

1391
01:17:52,560 --> 01:17:54,360
Speaker 1: people around me, and you know those things that come.

1392
01:17:55,040 --> 01:17:57,000
Speaker 1: Do you change your preparation and all for that or

1393
01:17:57,080 --> 01:18:00,559
Speaker 1: is it just more it's just diving in more. You know,

1394
01:18:00,600 --> 01:18:02,640
Speaker 1: I think I do a good job of preparing. You know,

1395
01:18:02,840 --> 01:18:05,120
Speaker 1: obviously there's always things you can get better with. You know,

1396
01:18:05,160 --> 01:18:09,200
Speaker 1: I've never once said that, you know, my UM preparation

1397
01:18:09,400 --> 01:18:12,080
Speaker 1: is you know, it can't be fixed at all. I

1398
01:18:12,120 --> 01:18:14,720
Speaker 1: think that any great player that you ask, any any

1399
01:18:14,760 --> 01:18:17,400
Speaker 1: good player that you ask, or somebody who wants to

1400
01:18:17,439 --> 01:18:20,639
Speaker 1: be great, UM, will also say, um, you know, each

1401
01:18:20,720 --> 01:18:23,160
Speaker 1: year they try to do something a little bit different. UM.

1402
01:18:23,200 --> 01:18:25,200
Speaker 1: So you know, we still have time into the season comes,

1403
01:18:25,240 --> 01:18:27,720
Speaker 1: so I still have time to you know, adjust my

1404
01:18:28,040 --> 01:18:30,040
Speaker 1: routine to how I wanted to be this year. But

1405
01:18:30,439 --> 01:18:32,080
Speaker 1: you know, a lot of that is whether it's leaning

1406
01:18:32,200 --> 01:18:34,640
Speaker 1: or older guys has been there before, or you know

1407
01:18:34,720 --> 01:18:36,720
Speaker 1: people that's you know, been in a position or you

1408
01:18:36,720 --> 01:18:38,000
Speaker 1: want to get in just to kind of see how

1409
01:18:38,000 --> 01:18:40,559
Speaker 1: they go about business and kind of just you know,

1410
01:18:40,680 --> 01:18:43,880
Speaker 1: correlate in to how you do business. What are some

1411
01:18:43,920 --> 01:18:48,759
Speaker 1: of the other guys as far as if you're tweaking

1412
01:18:48,840 --> 01:18:51,599
Speaker 1: some things, that's hearing preparations talking on the other guys

1413
01:18:51,600 --> 01:18:54,559
Speaker 1: that are there other things to their downy. I mean,

1414
01:18:54,640 --> 01:18:57,200
Speaker 1: like I said, each everybody's routine is gonna be a

1415
01:18:57,200 --> 01:18:59,160
Speaker 1: little bit different. So you know, it's hard for me

1416
01:18:59,160 --> 01:19:01,160
Speaker 1: to say now you know, the Jesus not here yet,

1417
01:19:01,439 --> 01:19:03,200
Speaker 1: so it's kind of still putting those things in the

1418
01:19:03,280 --> 01:19:07,360
Speaker 1: motion though. Colder guys when we talk about like guys

1419
01:19:07,400 --> 01:19:15,920
Speaker 1: like arndo at Lareno, Alexander kem crime to Yeah. I

1420
01:19:15,960 --> 01:19:18,200
Speaker 1: think when I came in, Man, we had a lot

1421
01:19:18,240 --> 01:19:20,920
Speaker 1: of great guys here. Um, you know, Kyle Williams did

1422
01:19:20,960 --> 01:19:23,320
Speaker 1: things the right way, like you said, Lamris, Alexander did

1423
01:19:23,360 --> 01:19:25,720
Speaker 1: things the right way, Jerry Hughes. The list goes on

1424
01:19:25,800 --> 01:19:27,639
Speaker 1: and on, man. So you know, I was fortunate enough

1425
01:19:27,640 --> 01:19:30,120
Speaker 1: to come into a situation where I can learn from

1426
01:19:30,120 --> 01:19:32,599
Speaker 1: those older guys, and those older guys you know, open

1427
01:19:32,640 --> 01:19:35,160
Speaker 1: their arms to me, and uh so you know, I'm

1428
01:19:35,240 --> 01:19:36,920
Speaker 1: very fortunate for that, and you know, learn a lot

1429
01:19:36,920 --> 01:19:39,000
Speaker 1: from those guys for sure. What is it like being

1430
01:19:39,040 --> 01:19:42,599
Speaker 1: an older guy at twenty four? Yeah, you know, I'm

1431
01:19:42,600 --> 01:19:45,000
Speaker 1: going into year five, man, but you know, still a

1432
01:19:45,000 --> 01:19:48,080
Speaker 1: young guy. But you know I've I've you know, I've

1433
01:19:48,080 --> 01:19:50,960
Speaker 1: took on that leadership roll man, and and having looked

1434
01:19:50,960 --> 01:19:53,280
Speaker 1: back since. So you know, it feels good, man, just

1435
01:19:53,360 --> 01:19:55,960
Speaker 1: knowing that guys can that guys trust me. You know,

1436
01:19:55,960 --> 01:19:57,320
Speaker 1: if they have a question, they can come to me

1437
01:19:57,360 --> 01:19:59,439
Speaker 1: and ask me a question. Man. And you know I'm

1438
01:19:59,439 --> 01:20:02,000
Speaker 1: all along. Man. You know I've told everybody since they

1439
01:20:02,040 --> 01:20:03,680
Speaker 1: got here. You got any problems, man, you can come

1440
01:20:03,720 --> 01:20:05,680
Speaker 1: talk to me and we can get it handled. If

1441
01:20:05,680 --> 01:20:07,760
Speaker 1: I can't get a hand, I'm pretty sure somebody else can.

1442
01:20:07,880 --> 01:20:09,639
Speaker 1: So you know, we've got a great group of guys.

1443
01:20:09,960 --> 01:20:14,000
Speaker 1: It's been like working as your new position coach. Yeah,

1444
01:20:14,040 --> 01:20:16,519
Speaker 1: he's been good. He's been good, man. I think you know,

1445
01:20:16,600 --> 01:20:19,280
Speaker 1: he has a lot of energy to itself. Man. Obviously

1446
01:20:19,280 --> 01:20:21,400
Speaker 1: he knows the game a whole lot. Ben that he's

1447
01:20:21,439 --> 01:20:24,559
Speaker 1: coming from the safety position. Um, it's been good and

1448
01:20:24,600 --> 01:20:26,400
Speaker 1: you know a lot of guys in the room are

1449
01:20:26,439 --> 01:20:28,080
Speaker 1: really excited to get this season on the way it

1450
01:20:28,240 --> 01:20:30,559
Speaker 1: used to be. A guy that's never lacking for energy.

1451
01:20:30,720 --> 01:20:33,280
Speaker 1: Is that a good way to describe him. It's a

1452
01:20:33,280 --> 01:20:35,760
Speaker 1: great way to describe him. You know, energy is contagious,

1453
01:20:35,880 --> 01:20:38,679
Speaker 1: so he brings energy every day. So it just forces

1454
01:20:38,680 --> 01:20:40,320
Speaker 1: all of us in the room to bring the energy, man,

1455
01:20:40,360 --> 01:20:42,479
Speaker 1: and that's all he can ask for. The boy Cavin

1456
01:20:42,600 --> 01:20:45,320
Speaker 1: Shack and Jordan Golps back in the building. My guys,

1457
01:20:45,520 --> 01:20:48,160
Speaker 1: my guys, man, I'm really excited. They're excited. I remember

1458
01:20:48,200 --> 01:20:50,519
Speaker 1: when they first signed, man, they was they was fired up,

1459
01:20:50,560 --> 01:20:52,439
Speaker 1: and I was fired up. I was like, let's do it.

1460
01:20:52,800 --> 01:20:55,120
Speaker 1: So man, it's it's great to see those guys. Man,

1461
01:20:55,200 --> 01:20:58,320
Speaker 1: they having fell off one bit, still moving around, good,

1462
01:20:58,360 --> 01:21:00,960
Speaker 1: still making play, Still the same guy, and you're I'm

1463
01:21:00,960 --> 01:21:04,320
Speaker 1: really excited to play with them. Different kind of juice, yea.

1464
01:21:04,680 --> 01:21:06,880
Speaker 1: They bring juice every day, man, and you know you

1465
01:21:06,920 --> 01:21:09,559
Speaker 1: need that in the locker room. Along those lines, your

1466
01:21:09,560 --> 01:21:13,240
Speaker 1: defensive line has really, you know, shifted quite a bait.

1467
01:21:13,280 --> 01:21:15,920
Speaker 1: With the addition of Bond and your defensive tackle, you've

1468
01:21:15,920 --> 01:21:18,160
Speaker 1: made a lot of moves there. What do you think

1469
01:21:18,200 --> 01:21:20,320
Speaker 1: about all those moves up front and help help made

1470
01:21:20,320 --> 01:21:22,960
Speaker 1: those benefit you as a linebacker? Yeah, you know, I

1471
01:21:23,040 --> 01:21:24,439
Speaker 1: like it a lot. Man. You know, we got some

1472
01:21:24,479 --> 01:21:27,000
Speaker 1: great group of guys in and you know, guys would

1473
01:21:27,040 --> 01:21:28,920
Speaker 1: like to work, you know, not just good on paper,

1474
01:21:29,000 --> 01:21:31,760
Speaker 1: not just good you know, statistically, but you know guys

1475
01:21:31,760 --> 01:21:33,000
Speaker 1: who come of me in each and every day and

1476
01:21:33,040 --> 01:21:34,839
Speaker 1: they work and then show you could put the practice

1477
01:21:34,840 --> 01:21:37,760
Speaker 1: tape on. Guys are playing fast, Guys are practicing hard,

1478
01:21:37,800 --> 01:21:40,080
Speaker 1: and guys just truly want to get better. And I

1479
01:21:40,120 --> 01:21:42,519
Speaker 1: mean not just help the linebacker's gonna help the whole defense,

1480
01:21:42,560 --> 01:21:44,120
Speaker 1: you know, because we all play as one, you know,

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Speaker 1: eleven people, you know, on the same mission to get

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01:21:46,280 --> 01:21:48,719
Speaker 1: the job done. And you know everybody's gonna help everybody

1483
01:21:48,720 --> 01:21:51,599
Speaker 1: out there, and everybody's just excited, you know, to develop

1484
01:21:51,680 --> 01:21:54,840
Speaker 1: this connection with one another and carried over the training camp.

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01:21:55,160 --> 01:21:57,120
Speaker 1: You and Matt I've been together for a long time.

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01:21:57,360 --> 01:21:59,439
Speaker 1: How much does that factory and how you play off

1487
01:21:59,479 --> 01:22:02,960
Speaker 1: each other. Yeah, in fact, there's a lot you know obviously, man,

1488
01:22:03,000 --> 01:22:06,160
Speaker 1: five years together now we're going on five years, it's

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01:22:06,160 --> 01:22:08,599
Speaker 1: a lot. So, I mean it's a lot of things

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01:22:08,600 --> 01:22:10,639
Speaker 1: we learned from each other, a lot of things that

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01:22:10,960 --> 01:22:12,760
Speaker 1: we know how each other kind of play a little bit.

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01:22:12,760 --> 01:22:15,200
Speaker 1: So I mean, it's just like talking to my brother,

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01:22:15,280 --> 01:22:17,760
Speaker 1: you know what I mean. Obviously it's only been five years,

1494
01:22:17,760 --> 01:22:19,800
Speaker 1: but that's the kind of connection we built with each other. Man.

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01:22:19,840 --> 01:22:22,080
Speaker 1: We can kind of tell each other anything something comes

1496
01:22:22,160 --> 01:22:24,040
Speaker 1: up in the game. He has you know, we had

1497
01:22:24,040 --> 01:22:26,920
Speaker 1: that good connection that we know one is thinking. So

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01:22:26,960 --> 01:22:29,240
Speaker 1: it makes it a lot easier to make sideline adjustments

1499
01:22:29,439 --> 01:22:32,160
Speaker 1: to how fast the game is going. So I'm definitely

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01:22:32,200 --> 01:22:34,679
Speaker 1: helping out a lot. Definitely helps the defense out a lot,

1501
01:22:34,680 --> 01:22:36,720
Speaker 1: and you know, I'm excited to, you know, experience his

1502
01:22:36,800 --> 01:22:42,160
Speaker 1: ride with him another time. Yeah, he's he's definitely good.

1503
01:22:42,200 --> 01:22:44,639
Speaker 1: He's definitely a ball. You know, obviously you see good

1504
01:22:44,640 --> 01:22:47,160
Speaker 1: things at a young at a young point, at a

1505
01:22:47,200 --> 01:22:49,920
Speaker 1: young at the early stage of his career, and he's

1506
01:22:49,960 --> 01:22:52,599
Speaker 1: moving around well, he's making players on the ball. Actually

1507
01:22:52,600 --> 01:22:54,479
Speaker 1: made a good play yesterday. You know, you had an

1508
01:22:54,479 --> 01:22:56,519
Speaker 1: interception and uh, you know I picked with him a

1509
01:22:56,560 --> 01:22:58,240
Speaker 1: little bit because we got a little line by a

1510
01:22:58,320 --> 01:23:01,160
Speaker 1: competition going on. But you know that's just guys just

1511
01:23:01,200 --> 01:23:03,479
Speaker 1: want to make each other better, and um, you know,

1512
01:23:03,560 --> 01:23:06,559
Speaker 1: guys just you know, holding each other accountable. But definitely

1513
01:23:06,640 --> 01:23:08,920
Speaker 1: see you know, good early sparks from him, and he's

1514
01:23:08,920 --> 01:23:22,080
Speaker 1: gonna be a good player. Yeah. I take my hat

1515
01:23:22,120 --> 01:23:24,080
Speaker 1: off to him, man, And I you know, I can't

1516
01:23:24,120 --> 01:23:26,240
Speaker 1: thank him enough just for being here, you know, taking

1517
01:23:26,280 --> 01:23:29,160
Speaker 1: time out of taking time out of his busy schedule

1518
01:23:29,520 --> 01:23:31,320
Speaker 1: just to come back and just get back, you know,

1519
01:23:31,360 --> 01:23:33,760
Speaker 1: because he doesn't have to do that, and I don't

1520
01:23:33,800 --> 01:23:35,920
Speaker 1: take it for granted. So you know, every time he's here,

1521
01:23:36,320 --> 01:23:38,800
Speaker 1: I try to get in his head anywhere that I can.

1522
01:23:38,920 --> 01:23:41,160
Speaker 1: You know, obviously, man, he was a great player, played

1523
01:23:41,160 --> 01:23:43,720
Speaker 1: the game at a high level, and I mean it's

1524
01:23:43,720 --> 01:23:45,120
Speaker 1: a lot of things you can learn from him. So

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01:23:45,400 --> 01:23:48,080
Speaker 1: you know, anytime he's here, I just try to you know,

1526
01:23:48,240 --> 01:23:50,400
Speaker 1: whatever questions I may have, just shoot it out to him.

1527
01:23:50,439 --> 01:23:52,760
Speaker 1: And even if I don't change my game to how

1528
01:23:52,800 --> 01:23:54,360
Speaker 1: he played it, I could just at least get that

1529
01:23:54,439 --> 01:23:56,800
Speaker 1: in and you know, have options to Okay, this is

1530
01:23:56,800 --> 01:23:59,080
Speaker 1: how he defended something, or this is how he saw something.

1531
01:23:59,479 --> 01:24:01,680
Speaker 1: But um, I mean he's been great and you know

1532
01:24:01,720 --> 01:24:08,280
Speaker 1: I can't think him enough. Lead Oh yeah, I don't know.

1533
01:24:08,320 --> 01:24:10,040
Speaker 1: We want to keep it with the linebackers but we are.

1534
01:24:10,080 --> 01:24:12,160
Speaker 1: We are just really competing, to be honest. Yeah, it's

1535
01:24:12,200 --> 01:24:16,040
Speaker 1: just competing, you know, back together, practicing what's kind of

1536
01:24:16,040 --> 01:24:18,000
Speaker 1: done the mindset with the way last Yet there's a

1537
01:24:18,080 --> 01:24:20,559
Speaker 1: kind of motivation is that, you know, out of the

1538
01:24:20,560 --> 01:24:22,040
Speaker 1: back of your mind, just what's kind of done, uh,

1539
01:24:22,400 --> 01:24:25,240
Speaker 1: the less couple ways here. Everybody's been motivated. You know,

1540
01:24:25,280 --> 01:24:28,240
Speaker 1: everybody's been motivated. And um, I mean you know it's

1541
01:24:28,240 --> 01:24:30,320
Speaker 1: a it's a group of this is a team that

1542
01:24:30,360 --> 01:24:33,519
Speaker 1: doesn't blink. Man. I mean obviously things wasn't the way

1543
01:24:33,520 --> 01:24:35,080
Speaker 1: we wanted it to be. But you know, it's a

1544
01:24:35,120 --> 01:24:37,200
Speaker 1: new year. You know, you can't you can't look back

1545
01:24:37,200 --> 01:24:39,760
Speaker 1: in the back because you look too far in the back,

1546
01:24:39,800 --> 01:24:42,759
Speaker 1: you're gonna get stuck going forward. So you got to continue,

1547
01:24:42,960 --> 01:24:44,840
Speaker 1: you know, just to get better, continue to come in

1548
01:24:44,960 --> 01:24:47,759
Speaker 1: every day and just you know, it's one mission still

1549
01:24:47,800 --> 01:24:50,200
Speaker 1: that doesn't change. Man's another year and we still got

1550
01:24:50,240 --> 01:24:57,879
Speaker 1: that same mission on our mom made you just trusting myself.

1551
01:24:58,080 --> 01:25:02,439
Speaker 1: I think it's simple as that. What are you looking

1552
01:25:02,439 --> 01:25:06,120
Speaker 1: forward to, man, I'm excited, you know, I'm excited. I'm

1553
01:25:06,160 --> 01:25:07,800
Speaker 1: just looking forward to see all the kids out there

1554
01:25:07,840 --> 01:25:09,960
Speaker 1: having a good time. This is I want to say,

1555
01:25:10,000 --> 01:25:12,320
Speaker 1: our third year doing it now, and uh, you know,

1556
01:25:12,360 --> 01:25:15,240
Speaker 1: the numbers are just increasing every year. So I'm excited, man,

1557
01:25:15,320 --> 01:25:17,360
Speaker 1: just to go back and give back. Uh you know,

1558
01:25:17,400 --> 01:25:19,280
Speaker 1: I know my brothers have some guys coming. I got

1559
01:25:19,320 --> 01:25:21,479
Speaker 1: a couple of guys coming on the team, and you know,

1560
01:25:21,520 --> 01:25:23,320
Speaker 1: those kids look forward to that. You know, when I

1561
01:25:23,360 --> 01:25:25,840
Speaker 1: wasn't young, When I was young, I look forward to

1562
01:25:25,840 --> 01:25:28,040
Speaker 1: the older guys coming back giving back to us. And uh,

1563
01:25:28,240 --> 01:25:30,160
Speaker 1: you know, anytime I have an opportunity to do that,

1564
01:25:30,240 --> 01:25:33,160
Speaker 1: you know, especially in my hometown, you know, I love

1565
01:25:33,160 --> 01:25:35,519
Speaker 1: to do things like that. So I'm really looking forward

1566
01:25:35,560 --> 01:25:36,720
Speaker 1: to that. I know it's gonna be a good one.

1567
01:25:36,760 --> 01:25:51,479
Speaker 1: This ship. Yeah, you got to play until the whistle

1568
01:25:51,600 --> 01:25:53,519
Speaker 1: is blown. I think that's the biggest thing. Um. Like

1569
01:25:53,560 --> 01:25:56,040
Speaker 1: I said earlier, you can't blame and I think that's

1570
01:25:56,040 --> 01:25:58,280
Speaker 1: just the biggest lesson that we learned. And you know,

1571
01:25:58,520 --> 01:26:00,840
Speaker 1: we're not so much dwelling on past now. You know,

1572
01:26:00,880 --> 01:26:03,559
Speaker 1: we're looking for it and we excited for the talents

1573
01:26:03,600 --> 01:26:07,280
Speaker 1: this year. All right. That's Tremaine Edmonds And maybe my

1574
01:26:07,320 --> 01:26:10,679
Speaker 1: biggest takeaway from his comments there when he was asked,

1575
01:26:11,840 --> 01:26:15,000
Speaker 1: what do you need to do to reach another level

1576
01:26:15,040 --> 01:26:20,439
Speaker 1: of play. He said, just trust myself. And so where

1577
01:26:20,479 --> 01:26:23,960
Speaker 1: I think that is rooted in when he sees something

1578
01:26:24,040 --> 01:26:27,759
Speaker 1: on the field, whether it's pre snap or at the snap,

1579
01:26:29,000 --> 01:26:31,120
Speaker 1: he has to do a better job of believing in

1580
01:26:31,240 --> 01:26:34,720
Speaker 1: what he sees so he can anticipate and make the

1581
01:26:34,760 --> 01:26:40,840
Speaker 1: splash plays that Leslie Frasier's talking about too many times. Well,

1582
01:26:40,880 --> 01:26:43,400
Speaker 1: I shouldn't say it's a lot. I'm indicating like it's

1583
01:26:43,400 --> 01:26:44,760
Speaker 1: a lot. I don't think it's a lot. But there

1584
01:26:44,840 --> 01:26:48,680
Speaker 1: are times where, based on what he's saying, he just

1585
01:26:49,320 --> 01:26:52,760
Speaker 1: didn't trust what he thought he was seeing enough and

1586
01:26:52,800 --> 01:26:55,120
Speaker 1: then has to play catchup on the play. So instead

1587
01:26:55,160 --> 01:26:57,080
Speaker 1: of a two yard loss, it's a four yard game,

1588
01:26:57,120 --> 01:27:01,280
Speaker 1: maybe on a run play, something like that. So it's

1589
01:27:02,600 --> 01:27:05,200
Speaker 1: it's gonna be interesting to see how he processes all

1590
01:27:05,240 --> 01:27:08,080
Speaker 1: that to put more trust in the film study that

1591
01:27:08,080 --> 01:27:10,080
Speaker 1: he's put in that he is seeing what he believes

1592
01:27:10,080 --> 01:27:13,639
Speaker 1: he's seeing and reacts accordingly on the field by making

1593
01:27:13,640 --> 01:27:17,000
Speaker 1: a bigger play or more bigger plays than he has

1594
01:27:17,040 --> 01:27:19,439
Speaker 1: in the past. We have to take a break here,

1595
01:27:19,479 --> 01:27:21,400
Speaker 1: a couple more thoughts on the tweet sheet. When we

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01:27:21,439 --> 01:27:23,800
Speaker 1: return here on One Bill's Live Presented by Kalid to health.

1597
01:27:23,880 --> 01:27:38,960
Speaker 1: It's Buffalo Bill's Radio. All right. Some final thoughts on

1598
01:27:38,960 --> 01:27:41,200
Speaker 1: the tweet sheet from you guys in terms of is

1599
01:27:41,200 --> 01:27:43,160
Speaker 1: there anyone on the Bill's roster that could have a

1600
01:27:43,160 --> 01:27:45,559
Speaker 1: bigger jump in production in twenty twenty two than Gabriel

1601
01:27:45,640 --> 01:27:48,320
Speaker 1: Davis Alias says, I think Dawson Knox has the potential

1602
01:27:48,320 --> 01:27:51,000
Speaker 1: to really step up even more this year. Another year

1603
01:27:51,000 --> 01:27:54,599
Speaker 1: in the position, more more, what does it say? More

1604
01:27:54,760 --> 01:27:56,880
Speaker 1: hard work and another round of tight end. You can

1605
01:27:56,880 --> 01:27:59,880
Speaker 1: only help just depends on Dorsey's vision. That's the key, right,

1606
01:28:00,640 --> 01:28:03,639
Speaker 1: Dorsey's vision. But a jump in production after a nine

1607
01:28:03,680 --> 01:28:08,080
Speaker 1: touchdown season, I don't know how to top that. Maybe

1608
01:28:08,400 --> 01:28:12,280
Speaker 1: maybe Eliah is thinking in terms of receptions and receiving

1609
01:28:12,360 --> 01:28:16,040
Speaker 1: yards because in the pecking order there Knox had forty

1610
01:28:16,080 --> 01:28:18,360
Speaker 1: nine catches five hundred and eighty seven yards, so maybe

1611
01:28:18,400 --> 01:28:21,960
Speaker 1: that's where she's looking for the increase. But nine touchdowns

1612
01:28:22,320 --> 01:28:26,040
Speaker 1: that's gonna be tough to top going into year four.

1613
01:28:26,640 --> 01:28:31,000
Speaker 1: For Dawson Knox from All Bills all Day, a vote

1614
01:28:31,000 --> 01:28:33,240
Speaker 1: for group. He can play every position on the D

1615
01:28:33,360 --> 01:28:35,320
Speaker 1: line and based on reports he's had a great weight

1616
01:28:35,320 --> 01:28:37,120
Speaker 1: and now as a player coach in future Hall of

1617
01:28:37,160 --> 01:28:39,360
Speaker 1: Famer Von Miller's side note to El Bernard will be

1618
01:28:39,360 --> 01:28:42,679
Speaker 1: the difference in KC Rush three. Let Mahomes pick a side,

1619
01:28:42,720 --> 01:28:45,880
Speaker 1: then Milano or Bernard pounce see Cincinnati in the second

1620
01:28:45,880 --> 01:28:48,880
Speaker 1: half of the AFC Championship game. Okay, I'll do that,

1621
01:28:48,920 --> 01:28:51,120
Speaker 1: but I like the Rousseau pick. I think he could

1622
01:28:51,120 --> 01:28:52,920
Speaker 1: have a big year, and yeah, he will move around.

1623
01:28:53,120 --> 01:28:56,200
Speaker 1: And finally, Paul says, Isaiah McKenzie has had great production

1624
01:28:56,200 --> 01:28:59,160
Speaker 1: when given the opportunity and prior seasons. Give him more

1625
01:28:59,240 --> 01:29:01,040
Speaker 1: this year and good things things will happen. Is speed

1626
01:29:01,080 --> 01:29:03,840
Speaker 1: will be a mismatch problem for defenses. I like the

1627
01:29:03,920 --> 01:29:06,559
Speaker 1: mackenzie pick two. Good job on the tweet sheet today, folks.

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01:29:06,920 --> 01:29:09,280
Speaker 1: We're back tomorrow with more when I will be joined

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01:29:09,800 --> 01:29:14,600
Speaker 1: by w r OCTV sports director Thad Brown from Rochester.

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Speaker 1: We'll see you tomorrow at one pm.