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Speaker 1: nineteen twenty or at nineteen is the last year. I

428
00:24:01,520 --> 00:24:06,800
Speaker 1: think He's had suspensions in parts of a handful of

429
00:24:06,920 --> 00:24:09,639
Speaker 1: seasons for off his field, off the field issues. He's

430
00:24:09,640 --> 00:24:17,840
Speaker 1: got addiction problems, and so he's been he's been okay, okay,

431
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Speaker 1: I say he has not had a suspension over the

432
00:24:19,680 --> 00:24:24,040
Speaker 1: last year or two years, two seasons, and so the

433
00:24:24,480 --> 00:24:28,240
Speaker 1: because of that, the Broncos are thinking he's he's got

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Speaker 1: himself under control, and they're not asking for the language

435
00:24:30,880 --> 00:24:37,040
Speaker 1: and his contract. Gregory took the same deal from Denver

436
00:24:37,160 --> 00:24:38,959
Speaker 1: that he turned down in Dallas. She saying, well, why

437
00:24:38,960 --> 00:24:40,399
Speaker 1: would he do that Dallas? You know, they kind of

438
00:24:40,480 --> 00:24:42,400
Speaker 1: hung with him through all these suspension all that they

439
00:24:42,400 --> 00:24:44,560
Speaker 1: asked for language that would will not allow him to

440
00:24:44,560 --> 00:24:46,840
Speaker 1: do it. Well, he's taken to get out of the

441
00:24:46,840 --> 00:24:49,360
Speaker 1: contract if he off the field issues that would allow

442
00:24:49,400 --> 00:24:50,800
Speaker 1: them to get out of the contract. Here's the thing

443
00:24:50,840 --> 00:24:53,840
Speaker 1: as well, he took less money. It's the same deal,

444
00:24:53,880 --> 00:24:56,439
Speaker 1: but he took less money going to Denver because of

445
00:24:56,560 --> 00:25:00,720
Speaker 1: Colorado's state tax and the lack of state tax in

446
00:25:00,840 --> 00:25:04,119
Speaker 1: Texas there is none. So whatever the state tax is,

447
00:25:04,160 --> 00:25:07,240
Speaker 1: which is, you know, five percent, maybe I think it's

448
00:25:07,280 --> 00:25:09,879
Speaker 1: around there, let me take a five percent pay cut

449
00:25:10,560 --> 00:25:12,919
Speaker 1: on the same deal to go play in Denver without

450
00:25:12,920 --> 00:25:17,480
Speaker 1: that language. And the reason is you can say whatever.

451
00:25:17,480 --> 00:25:20,399
Speaker 1: He can say two nine percent, Okay, two point nine percent,

452
00:25:20,480 --> 00:25:24,240
Speaker 1: So there's you know, you can do the math. I'm

453
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Speaker 1: if you want, but it's not when we're talking about

454
00:25:26,880 --> 00:25:30,640
Speaker 1: a seventy yeah, but a seventy five million dollars He'll

455
00:25:30,640 --> 00:25:34,040
Speaker 1: be okay, seventy five million dollars contract, that's still like

456
00:25:34,920 --> 00:25:38,760
Speaker 1: it's like a million bucks. So he's wanting to do

457
00:25:38,800 --> 00:25:41,320
Speaker 1: that to get that language out of the contract. Now,

458
00:25:41,359 --> 00:25:43,040
Speaker 1: it doesn't mean that he's doing it because he thinks

459
00:25:43,040 --> 00:25:45,760
Speaker 1: he might slip and fall and end up suspended. He

460
00:25:45,800 --> 00:25:49,480
Speaker 1: just doesn't want them to be able to back out

461
00:25:49,520 --> 00:25:52,080
Speaker 1: of the contract if it does have So that was

462
00:25:52,240 --> 00:25:55,040
Speaker 1: I understand all the things that were behind it, and

463
00:25:55,080 --> 00:25:56,800
Speaker 1: I get why Dallas was doing what they were doing.

464
00:25:56,840 --> 00:25:59,720
Speaker 1: They're just trying to protect themselves, but it always brings

465
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Speaker 1: me joy when Dallas proves to be one of the

466
00:26:01,840 --> 00:26:05,280
Speaker 1: have nots in free agency. So that's why I took

467
00:26:05,320 --> 00:26:08,120
Speaker 1: particular joy in it, and then took even more pleasure

468
00:26:08,440 --> 00:26:13,080
Speaker 1: in watching Denver kind of work the snark today on

469
00:26:13,119 --> 00:26:16,560
Speaker 1: social media. So I enjoyed that another backup quarterback is

470
00:26:16,600 --> 00:26:19,680
Speaker 1: off the market. The Chargers of resign quarterback Chase McDaniel

471
00:26:19,720 --> 00:26:21,959
Speaker 1: to a one year deal worth two point two million dollars.

472
00:26:21,960 --> 00:26:24,720
Speaker 1: That guy is still making money in this league holding

473
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Speaker 1: a clipboard. Amazing he has may I hear said, He's

474
00:26:27,520 --> 00:26:30,520
Speaker 1: made one hundred and fifty hundred and fifty eight thousand

475
00:26:31,520 --> 00:26:36,080
Speaker 1: plus dollars per pass attempt in the National Football League.

476
00:26:36,080 --> 00:26:39,359
Speaker 1: It's pretty good ratio if you can get it. Jacksonville

477
00:26:39,720 --> 00:26:43,399
Speaker 1: shelling out giant money yesterday, two hundred thirty nine million

478
00:26:43,440 --> 00:26:48,119
Speaker 1: dollars in contracts yesterday alone. The linebacker for you, Luikoon

479
00:26:48,280 --> 00:26:51,720
Speaker 1: from Atlanta gets a forty five million dollars deal. The

480
00:26:51,840 --> 00:26:54,480
Speaker 1: guard from Washington, Brandon Shriff, gets a forty nine and

481
00:26:54,480 --> 00:26:57,720
Speaker 1: a half million dollars deal. Defensive tackle fully fought to

482
00:26:57,840 --> 00:27:01,800
Speaker 1: Kassi from the Jets thirty million dollar deal. Christian Kirk

483
00:27:01,880 --> 00:27:05,879
Speaker 1: from Arizona seventy two million dollar deal, Zay Jones twenty

484
00:27:05,920 --> 00:27:09,919
Speaker 1: four million dollar deal, Evan Ingram one year for about

485
00:27:09,960 --> 00:27:13,359
Speaker 1: ten million dollars the only other team that came close

486
00:27:13,440 --> 00:27:17,399
Speaker 1: to spending that kind of coin. The Chargers, who weren't

487
00:27:17,400 --> 00:27:20,480
Speaker 1: far behind, put a premium on acquiring some of the

488
00:27:20,520 --> 00:27:24,000
Speaker 1: top of the market talent, particularly at the cornerback position,

489
00:27:24,359 --> 00:27:26,879
Speaker 1: where they signed J. C. Jackson away from New England

490
00:27:27,280 --> 00:27:29,719
Speaker 1: to a four year, eighty two and a half million

491
00:27:29,720 --> 00:27:32,960
Speaker 1: dollar deal, forty million of that guaranteed, and then they

492
00:27:32,960 --> 00:27:34,800
Speaker 1: tried to shore up their run D Steve with a

493
00:27:34,840 --> 00:27:39,800
Speaker 1: pair of defensive tackles Austin Johnson and Sebastian Joseph Day.

494
00:27:40,000 --> 00:27:44,120
Speaker 1: Let's not forget they also traded for Khalil Mack earlier

495
00:27:44,160 --> 00:27:49,800
Speaker 1: this week. So the D line has been addressed with

496
00:27:49,920 --> 00:27:53,880
Speaker 1: great supply of new talent, and the back end has

497
00:27:53,920 --> 00:27:57,720
Speaker 1: a corner who has twenty five interceptions in the last

498
00:27:57,720 --> 00:28:03,240
Speaker 1: four seasons. Yeah, they have to stop people. They could

499
00:28:03,280 --> 00:28:06,200
Speaker 1: not do it last year. They got to get plus

500
00:28:06,359 --> 00:28:10,000
Speaker 1: you're talking they were what did they finish in their

501
00:28:10,000 --> 00:28:15,639
Speaker 1: division last year? Third? Yeah? Or no? Second? They Oh no,

502
00:28:15,680 --> 00:28:18,160
Speaker 1: they lost to the Raiders. So the Raiders got into

503
00:28:18,200 --> 00:28:20,399
Speaker 1: the playoffs, they did not. They were third. Yeah, so

504
00:28:20,440 --> 00:28:25,879
Speaker 1: when Chiefs Raiders, Chargers, Broncos, Yeah right, so yeah, but

505
00:28:26,040 --> 00:28:28,760
Speaker 1: their defense was one of the worst in football. If

506
00:28:28,800 --> 00:28:31,240
Speaker 1: they were not last against the run, they were right there.

507
00:28:31,880 --> 00:28:34,680
Speaker 1: And then they were twenty ninth and third down defense,

508
00:28:35,080 --> 00:28:37,080
Speaker 1: I think they were twenty ninth and point thirtieth and

509
00:28:37,160 --> 00:28:42,320
Speaker 1: points allowed. They they had to invest. We'll see if

510
00:28:42,320 --> 00:28:44,760
Speaker 1: it works. I mentioned at the top of the show,

511
00:28:45,240 --> 00:28:47,200
Speaker 1: they was throwing around money at this time last No,

512
00:28:47,840 --> 00:28:51,000
Speaker 1: that's the thing. They just got to get to the playoffs.

513
00:28:51,280 --> 00:28:53,760
Speaker 1: That's step one for them. Free agency when you get

514
00:28:53,800 --> 00:28:57,040
Speaker 1: and I'll say this, and I know I'm I'm I'm

515
00:28:57,080 --> 00:28:58,920
Speaker 1: sitting here looking at what the Bills are doing and

516
00:28:58,960 --> 00:29:00,760
Speaker 1: what they have done over the past five years and

517
00:29:00,840 --> 00:29:04,960
Speaker 1: how it has worked out. I'm kind of over these

518
00:29:05,000 --> 00:29:09,400
Speaker 1: splashy signings. Oh, they just seem to never ever, ever,

519
00:29:09,720 --> 00:29:12,000
Speaker 1: ever work out. And I'm sure there's a handful that

520
00:29:12,080 --> 00:29:16,840
Speaker 1: have over the court, Like who what's a big splashy

521
00:29:16,880 --> 00:29:18,920
Speaker 1: signing that has really worked out? I can think of

522
00:29:18,960 --> 00:29:21,360
Speaker 1: ones that didn't work faster than ones that don't work.

523
00:29:21,680 --> 00:29:24,840
Speaker 1: Last year, the Giants signed Kenny Galladay, the wide receiver

524
00:29:25,240 --> 00:29:28,920
Speaker 1: from Detroit who played in five games in twenty twenty

525
00:29:29,000 --> 00:29:32,560
Speaker 1: due to injury, comes to the Giants, has injuries again.

526
00:29:33,280 --> 00:29:38,000
Speaker 1: Really his production is minimal and not a lot happened.

527
00:29:38,000 --> 00:29:39,959
Speaker 1: They played him a boatload of money, top of the

528
00:29:40,040 --> 00:29:45,680
Speaker 1: market money. Carl Lawson to the Jets, never played it down. Um,

529
00:29:45,800 --> 00:29:48,280
Speaker 1: what are some other splashy names that have gone in free.

530
00:29:48,680 --> 00:29:51,120
Speaker 1: There's been year after year and they never really live

531
00:29:51,200 --> 00:29:53,840
Speaker 1: up to them. They never get they never think, Wow,

532
00:29:54,520 --> 00:29:56,280
Speaker 1: they got the money, they got the really got their

533
00:29:56,280 --> 00:29:59,280
Speaker 1: money's worth out of it. And it's hard to do.

534
00:29:59,360 --> 00:30:02,680
Speaker 1: It's hard to up to that contract in a news place,

535
00:30:02,800 --> 00:30:06,120
Speaker 1: new system, new coaches, or a different system, different atmosphere,

536
00:30:07,040 --> 00:30:10,360
Speaker 1: it's hard for guys to flourish. The Bills have done

537
00:30:10,360 --> 00:30:14,320
Speaker 1: it just the opposite. They've tried to squeeze, like get

538
00:30:14,400 --> 00:30:17,960
Speaker 1: water out of a stone almost right, signed these guys

539
00:30:18,000 --> 00:30:19,680
Speaker 1: from None of these guys have signed for more than

540
00:30:19,720 --> 00:30:22,080
Speaker 1: two or four million for the Bills, and they've restructured

541
00:30:22,120 --> 00:30:27,040
Speaker 1: some guys. The Bills are like, they've signed some guys

542
00:30:28,040 --> 00:30:30,480
Speaker 1: even with the very limited amount of space they have.

543
00:30:31,520 --> 00:30:33,160
Speaker 1: But you really get the feeling those guys are like,

544
00:30:33,640 --> 00:30:35,160
Speaker 1: he could do that. Yeah, we could get that out

545
00:30:35,200 --> 00:30:37,880
Speaker 1: of him. If you got enough of those guys on

546
00:30:37,880 --> 00:30:39,600
Speaker 1: your roster that are like, yeah, he will get that

547
00:30:39,600 --> 00:30:41,600
Speaker 1: out of him. Yeah, you end up with a really

548
00:30:41,600 --> 00:30:44,480
Speaker 1: good football team. Probably the best part about the JC

549
00:30:44,680 --> 00:30:48,360
Speaker 1: Jackson signing is he's no longer in the division. The

550
00:30:48,440 --> 00:30:51,040
Speaker 1: problem is the Patriots, they're gonna be hunting for cornerback

551
00:30:51,080 --> 00:30:53,000
Speaker 1: talent they pick ahead of the Bills in the draft.

552
00:30:53,120 --> 00:30:58,400
Speaker 1: I don't know j C. Jackson never hurt us Stefan Diggs.

553
00:30:58,400 --> 00:31:02,120
Speaker 1: Stefan Diggs was a flat out better player than j C. Jackson.

554
00:31:02,200 --> 00:31:04,480
Speaker 1: That's why he was a better receiver than JC was

555
00:31:05,000 --> 00:31:09,080
Speaker 1: every dB. Yeah, and so the Bills fans really didn't

556
00:31:09,120 --> 00:31:12,400
Speaker 1: see the quality of a player that he was. But

557
00:31:12,480 --> 00:31:14,640
Speaker 1: he's had interceptions against the Bills. He's got I know

558
00:31:14,680 --> 00:31:16,120
Speaker 1: he's got one off at Allen. I think it was

559
00:31:16,160 --> 00:31:21,200
Speaker 1: back in twenty nineteen. He's a productive player, you cannot

560
00:31:21,240 --> 00:31:27,240
Speaker 1: deny it. And so it's a quality cover player who

561
00:31:27,280 --> 00:31:29,560
Speaker 1: is no longer in the division. That's a good thing

562
00:31:29,560 --> 00:31:31,400
Speaker 1: for the Bills as far as I'm concerned. And the

563
00:31:31,440 --> 00:31:34,520
Speaker 1: AFC West keeps getting stronger and stronger and stronger, and

564
00:31:34,560 --> 00:31:36,280
Speaker 1: I'm fine with it. Let him all beat up on

565
00:31:36,320 --> 00:31:39,880
Speaker 1: each other out there, kill each other's own records. It's

566
00:31:39,880 --> 00:31:41,840
Speaker 1: a better chance for the Bills to have home field

567
00:31:41,840 --> 00:31:45,440
Speaker 1: advantage next year playing in their division than any team

568
00:31:45,480 --> 00:31:48,240
Speaker 1: in the AFC West. I don't care Chiefs, Chargers, anybody.

569
00:31:48,520 --> 00:31:50,120
Speaker 1: It just doesn't matter. All right, We got to take

570
00:31:50,120 --> 00:31:53,840
Speaker 1: a break here, jam packed show for you today. It

571
00:31:54,040 --> 00:31:57,720
Speaker 1: is all Bills, all the time. Second hour of the show,

572
00:31:58,080 --> 00:32:00,520
Speaker 1: We're gonna have Mitch Morris here in studio, he of

573
00:32:00,520 --> 00:32:03,760
Speaker 1: the new contract extension. Be good to catch up with him. Also,

574
00:32:03,880 --> 00:32:07,480
Speaker 1: second hour of the show, the newest Buffalo Bill, Roger Saffol,

575
00:32:07,600 --> 00:32:10,800
Speaker 1: will be joining us here in studio. But coming up next,

576
00:32:11,320 --> 00:32:14,719
Speaker 1: it is the man, the myth, the legend, the self

577
00:32:14,840 --> 00:32:19,240
Speaker 1: described face of the franchise, Isaiah McKenzie will be here

578
00:32:19,320 --> 00:32:21,560
Speaker 1: next here on One Bill's Live, presented by Kalida Health.

579
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Speaker 1: It's Buffalo Bill's Radio. All right, Welcome back to One

580
00:32:36,600 --> 00:32:39,920
Speaker 1: Bills Live. Time for us to now turn to the

581
00:32:39,920 --> 00:32:42,000
Speaker 1: man who resigned with the Bills, a new two year

582
00:32:42,080 --> 00:32:45,920
Speaker 1: contract for him. Isaiah McKenzie joins us here on One

583
00:32:45,960 --> 00:32:49,400
Speaker 1: Bills Live. All right, Isaiah back in the fold, two

584
00:32:49,400 --> 00:32:53,920
Speaker 1: more seasons to go. I mean, I gotta know though,

585
00:32:54,080 --> 00:32:57,479
Speaker 1: Like this free agent thing, some people call it nerve racking.

586
00:32:58,040 --> 00:33:00,880
Speaker 1: You know, it just messes with their head. How is

587
00:33:00,880 --> 00:33:03,560
Speaker 1: it for you? Do you get Do you get anxious? Like?

588
00:33:03,640 --> 00:33:06,000
Speaker 1: How how is that whole process when it comes to

589
00:33:06,040 --> 00:33:09,200
Speaker 1: pass um? No, I don't think I get anxious. Pretty

590
00:33:09,200 --> 00:33:11,960
Speaker 1: you're pretty relaxed, like you don't sweat it. Yeah, my

591
00:33:12,000 --> 00:33:14,280
Speaker 1: agent calls me like every single day, but I'm like, yo,

592
00:33:14,320 --> 00:33:19,080
Speaker 1: stop calling me. It's the other way around, right, Like

593
00:33:19,320 --> 00:33:21,880
Speaker 1: I'm just like, yo, like stop calling me. Let me

594
00:33:21,880 --> 00:33:23,360
Speaker 1: know when it's done it. Let's me know when it's nice.

595
00:33:23,400 --> 00:33:25,200
Speaker 1: Because like he'll call me one time he's like, hey

596
00:33:25,400 --> 00:33:28,240
Speaker 1: this team said, I'm like, all right whatever, He's like

597
00:33:28,360 --> 00:33:30,240
Speaker 1: hey this team. I was like, Yo, you keep calling

598
00:33:30,320 --> 00:33:33,160
Speaker 1: my phone and I get excited. I'm like, now it's

599
00:33:33,200 --> 00:33:37,880
Speaker 1: like the what do you call it? The sheep calling wolf? Oh,

600
00:33:39,000 --> 00:33:41,440
Speaker 1: don't tell me about something that's not done yet exactly.

601
00:33:41,680 --> 00:33:45,440
Speaker 1: So I always felt like I wasn't a free I

602
00:33:45,440 --> 00:33:47,959
Speaker 1: always felt like I was unemployed. Yeah, you guys, give

603
00:33:48,000 --> 00:33:50,600
Speaker 1: me a job somewhere. Yeah, it means it meant a

604
00:33:50,600 --> 00:33:52,640
Speaker 1: lot to you. Last year and certainly it does. Again

605
00:33:52,720 --> 00:33:54,360
Speaker 1: coming back to the bills, do you give us an

606
00:33:54,400 --> 00:33:56,280
Speaker 1: idea and what the word is around because we hear

607
00:33:56,320 --> 00:33:59,520
Speaker 1: guys saying, even guys who have played here and then left,

608
00:34:00,400 --> 00:34:04,280
Speaker 1: say what a cool atmosphere it is here. Why is

609
00:34:04,320 --> 00:34:08,840
Speaker 1: it so different? Um? I just I don't know. I

610
00:34:08,840 --> 00:34:10,279
Speaker 1: feel like it's home, you know what I'm saying. Like

611
00:34:10,320 --> 00:34:12,520
Speaker 1: I was, I was in then interview earlier, and I

612
00:34:12,600 --> 00:34:15,120
Speaker 1: was like, for me, it's all about loyal to you,

613
00:34:15,120 --> 00:34:19,239
Speaker 1: and I love being here. But the fact that I mean,

614
00:34:19,280 --> 00:34:20,920
Speaker 1: I love being here and I can be loying to

615
00:34:20,960 --> 00:34:22,719
Speaker 1: a team and a team can be lodered to me,

616
00:34:23,000 --> 00:34:24,719
Speaker 1: it's awesome. That's all I ever you know, That's all

617
00:34:24,760 --> 00:34:29,360
Speaker 1: I ever wanted. And um, it's cool being here. But

618
00:34:29,400 --> 00:34:31,520
Speaker 1: I feel like I make it exciting for myself and

619
00:34:31,560 --> 00:34:33,640
Speaker 1: for others. That's you know, they come that come from

620
00:34:33,640 --> 00:34:36,560
Speaker 1: other teams, that come, you know, from all walks of life.

621
00:34:36,600 --> 00:34:38,239
Speaker 1: I feel like I make it exciting. I bring that

622
00:34:38,320 --> 00:34:41,000
Speaker 1: joy into the locker room and on this team. You know,

623
00:34:41,040 --> 00:34:42,960
Speaker 1: whether it's um you know what I'm saying. From the

624
00:34:43,040 --> 00:34:44,879
Speaker 1: Lloyd's Men and the Rouster to the highest fate guyon

625
00:34:44,960 --> 00:34:47,600
Speaker 1: Rouster I feel like I can, you know, I can

626
00:34:47,800 --> 00:34:49,960
Speaker 1: bring Jordan to Buffalo, and I feel like I do that.

627
00:34:50,080 --> 00:34:53,719
Speaker 1: And as familiar as Buffalo has become for you, you know,

628
00:34:53,719 --> 00:34:56,000
Speaker 1: I haven't been here for a few years. You're gonna

629
00:34:56,000 --> 00:34:58,920
Speaker 1: get a fresh perspective both on the offense and on

630
00:34:59,000 --> 00:35:01,520
Speaker 1: special teams because you got new coordinators in both places,

631
00:35:01,960 --> 00:35:04,880
Speaker 1: and Matthew Smiley on special teams and Ken Dorsey obviously

632
00:35:04,880 --> 00:35:09,080
Speaker 1: as your new OC. What kind of fresh perspective do

633
00:35:09,080 --> 00:35:11,920
Speaker 1: you hope they kind of bring to those respective sides

634
00:35:11,920 --> 00:35:15,200
Speaker 1: of the ball. Um, just continue the same energy, you

635
00:35:15,200 --> 00:35:17,359
Speaker 1: know saying Ken Dorsey, I mean Ryan David would lad

636
00:35:17,400 --> 00:35:19,000
Speaker 1: a you know, great a foundation. You know he's at

637
00:35:19,040 --> 00:35:21,600
Speaker 1: the Giants now, But um, Ken Dorsey's gonna come in.

638
00:35:21,640 --> 00:35:24,440
Speaker 1: I feel like he has an energy, He has the motivation,

639
00:35:24,600 --> 00:35:26,400
Speaker 1: you know, to do everything possible to help us win.

640
00:35:26,760 --> 00:35:29,160
Speaker 1: And Matthew Smiley has the same drive. You know. Um,

641
00:35:29,719 --> 00:35:31,279
Speaker 1: he's been around for a while. He's been around. I

642
00:35:31,280 --> 00:35:33,000
Speaker 1: think you've been He've been around looking than me, he've

643
00:35:33,000 --> 00:35:34,919
Speaker 1: been around for a while. He knows the game. He's smart,

644
00:35:35,080 --> 00:35:37,160
Speaker 1: very smart, you know, very intelligent, and he you know,

645
00:35:37,600 --> 00:35:39,239
Speaker 1: he's shown us a lot of things, you know as

646
00:35:39,239 --> 00:35:41,200
Speaker 1: an assistant. So I feel like he's going to bring

647
00:35:41,200 --> 00:35:43,800
Speaker 1: that same energy and you know, be a great cordinator.

648
00:35:44,440 --> 00:35:47,560
Speaker 1: You talk about, you know, the way the season ended

649
00:35:47,600 --> 00:35:48,960
Speaker 1: this year, and I know you guys haven't been back

650
00:35:49,000 --> 00:35:50,640
Speaker 1: together as a team since you know, the locker clean

651
00:35:50,680 --> 00:35:52,120
Speaker 1: out day there. What do you think the vibe is

652
00:35:52,160 --> 00:35:54,680
Speaker 1: going to be coming back? Knowing that you were so

653
00:35:54,760 --> 00:35:57,719
Speaker 1: close to advancing one step further in the playoffs and

654
00:35:57,920 --> 00:35:59,040
Speaker 1: you got you kind of got to live with that

655
00:35:59,080 --> 00:36:01,279
Speaker 1: all the way that Kansas any game ended, you know,

656
00:36:01,320 --> 00:36:03,400
Speaker 1: and it's it's hard for all of us. How did

657
00:36:03,480 --> 00:36:05,080
Speaker 1: you guys handle it? What do you think the vibe

658
00:36:05,120 --> 00:36:07,960
Speaker 1: will be coming back after the way that season ended? Um,

659
00:36:08,000 --> 00:36:09,839
Speaker 1: it's gonna be the same Bible us two years ago.

660
00:36:09,880 --> 00:36:11,160
Speaker 1: You know, I'm saying we had a chance. We know

661
00:36:11,200 --> 00:36:13,200
Speaker 1: we can win, We know we have the team. You know,

662
00:36:13,239 --> 00:36:15,640
Speaker 1: we just gotta take advantage of opportunities. And we understood,

663
00:36:15,680 --> 00:36:17,920
Speaker 1: We understand that, and we're gonna continue to understand that.

664
00:36:17,960 --> 00:36:20,480
Speaker 1: We just gotta you know, go into situations. Let you know,

665
00:36:20,520 --> 00:36:22,839
Speaker 1: the last thirteen seconds, we gotta you know, do better

666
00:36:22,840 --> 00:36:25,399
Speaker 1: than those situations. We understand that, and even any other

667
00:36:25,440 --> 00:36:27,560
Speaker 1: situation that happened during the season. We just got to

668
00:36:27,600 --> 00:36:31,360
Speaker 1: prepare for those situations and more, you know. So, yeah,

669
00:36:31,400 --> 00:36:34,839
Speaker 1: I know everybody's anxious to know, you know, what your

670
00:36:34,960 --> 00:36:36,560
Speaker 1: role is going to be. Oh we got a new OC.

671
00:36:36,719 --> 00:36:38,759
Speaker 1: Oh we got a new special teams coordinator. What's this

672
00:36:38,840 --> 00:36:41,799
Speaker 1: role going to be? And they really can't define it

673
00:36:41,840 --> 00:36:45,160
Speaker 1: for you yet either, Yeah, per se, because the rosters

674
00:36:45,200 --> 00:36:48,399
Speaker 1: still could undergo a good number of changes between now

675
00:36:48,440 --> 00:36:50,440
Speaker 1: and the time you even hit the field for OTAs

676
00:36:50,480 --> 00:36:52,759
Speaker 1: in May. Right, So it's kind of like you gotta

677
00:36:52,760 --> 00:36:54,400
Speaker 1: buide your time. And I mean you might have a

678
00:36:54,440 --> 00:36:58,200
Speaker 1: general idea, but in terms of specifics, the coaches really

679
00:36:58,200 --> 00:37:00,839
Speaker 1: can't give that to you yet, right, Yeah, No, I mean,

680
00:37:02,120 --> 00:37:06,920
Speaker 1: I mean I don't really need I wouldn't say clarification.

681
00:37:06,920 --> 00:37:08,319
Speaker 1: I don't really need them tell me like what my

682
00:37:08,400 --> 00:37:10,480
Speaker 1: role is. You know, I'm just gonna fit in where

683
00:37:10,480 --> 00:37:12,400
Speaker 1: I get in, and I know when the opportunities come,

684
00:37:12,400 --> 00:37:15,439
Speaker 1: I'm gonna take advantage of them. So for me, I'm

685
00:37:15,480 --> 00:37:18,680
Speaker 1: like Chamelion, I just said that came out. There's been

686
00:37:18,680 --> 00:37:20,440
Speaker 1: a couple of there's been a couple of instances in

687
00:37:20,480 --> 00:37:22,799
Speaker 1: your time here. The week seventeen to twenty twenty when

688
00:37:22,840 --> 00:37:24,880
Speaker 1: the Dolphins come to town and you exploded on the

689
00:37:24,920 --> 00:37:28,120
Speaker 1: seat and then you went from not being active to

690
00:37:28,360 --> 00:37:31,719
Speaker 1: being like eleven catches on twelve targets and like nine

691
00:37:31,719 --> 00:37:34,719
Speaker 1: thousand yards and ninety touchdowns in one game. Yeah, so

692
00:37:34,840 --> 00:37:36,920
Speaker 1: you've written a roller coaster and you know what it's

693
00:37:36,960 --> 00:37:39,759
Speaker 1: like to be in a pro pro season where the

694
00:37:40,000 --> 00:37:41,680
Speaker 1: beginning of the season is much different than the middle,

695
00:37:41,719 --> 00:37:43,200
Speaker 1: and the middle is much different than the third, you know,

696
00:37:43,239 --> 00:37:45,080
Speaker 1: and you gotta finish up and the playoffs and all

697
00:37:45,080 --> 00:37:47,400
Speaker 1: of that. What do you bring that? And you're a

698
00:37:47,480 --> 00:37:49,239
Speaker 1: veteran now, Yeah, I mean you've already this is your

699
00:37:49,239 --> 00:37:51,600
Speaker 1: second lap, second contract. You're you know, what do you

700
00:37:51,640 --> 00:37:55,040
Speaker 1: think you're different at now that you've been around the

701
00:37:55,040 --> 00:37:57,360
Speaker 1: block in this offense, with this roster, with this team,

702
00:37:57,520 --> 00:37:59,960
Speaker 1: and now you're gonna take another loop. What are your

703
00:38:00,040 --> 00:38:01,879
Speaker 1: thoughts about what you've learned over the cat last four

704
00:38:01,920 --> 00:38:03,960
Speaker 1: or five years. Um, I've learned a lot, you know.

705
00:38:03,960 --> 00:38:06,680
Speaker 1: I'm saying, like you said, I've had ups and downs.

706
00:38:06,719 --> 00:38:09,040
Speaker 1: I'm saying I've been on the bench, I've been I've

707
00:38:09,080 --> 00:38:11,200
Speaker 1: come in to be a starter. You know, I've had

708
00:38:11,320 --> 00:38:14,080
Speaker 1: good games, had a great game, you know, my first

709
00:38:14,160 --> 00:38:16,319
Speaker 1: hundre yard game. So I feel like I've been through

710
00:38:16,360 --> 00:38:18,239
Speaker 1: a lot of loops, you know, ups and downs. But

711
00:38:18,640 --> 00:38:21,520
Speaker 1: now you know, coming into you know, this situation, being

712
00:38:21,560 --> 00:38:24,000
Speaker 1: a veteran going into my six years, signing this deal,

713
00:38:24,400 --> 00:38:28,120
Speaker 1: I just now I know, you know, what's a what's that?

714
00:38:28,320 --> 00:38:30,440
Speaker 1: What's that state? You know what I'm saying. You know,

715
00:38:30,480 --> 00:38:32,000
Speaker 1: as far as the team was, you know what we

716
00:38:32,080 --> 00:38:34,120
Speaker 1: have in front of us, what we can do, and

717
00:38:34,360 --> 00:38:35,880
Speaker 1: what I need to improve on and where I can

718
00:38:35,880 --> 00:38:38,520
Speaker 1: get better. Right And at the same time, I know

719
00:38:38,600 --> 00:38:40,160
Speaker 1: I need to come in here and do my job,

720
00:38:40,239 --> 00:38:42,040
Speaker 1: you know, put my best foot forward because I know

721
00:38:42,080 --> 00:38:44,000
Speaker 1: everybody else is gonna do the same thing and help

722
00:38:44,040 --> 00:38:47,680
Speaker 1: the see him win. Now that your situation is resolved

723
00:38:47,719 --> 00:38:49,960
Speaker 1: in terms of you know, where you're playing and everything,

724
00:38:51,000 --> 00:38:53,000
Speaker 1: and obviously you're gonna pay attention to what else the

725
00:38:53,040 --> 00:38:55,200
Speaker 1: Bills do here between now and the time you guys

726
00:38:55,200 --> 00:38:57,520
Speaker 1: are back on the field in the spring. But how

727
00:38:57,600 --> 00:38:59,959
Speaker 1: much do you pay attention to the to the free

728
00:39:00,040 --> 00:39:02,480
Speaker 1: Asian goings on, because you know you're you're keeping an

729
00:39:02,520 --> 00:39:04,640
Speaker 1: eye out on your competition, I would imagine to a

730
00:39:04,719 --> 00:39:07,200
Speaker 1: certain extent, So how much do you pay attention to it?

731
00:39:07,360 --> 00:39:09,040
Speaker 1: You just kind of checking on your phone every once

732
00:39:09,040 --> 00:39:11,120
Speaker 1: in a while, or you like, are you like some

733
00:39:11,160 --> 00:39:13,680
Speaker 1: of these bills fans that are like refreshing their screen

734
00:39:13,719 --> 00:39:17,480
Speaker 1: every fifteen seconds? Uh wait, wait, Like when you say competition,

735
00:39:17,480 --> 00:39:18,719
Speaker 1: what do you mean, like when you're looking at the

736
00:39:18,719 --> 00:39:20,400
Speaker 1: other teams in the league and what they're doing in

737
00:39:20,440 --> 00:39:22,279
Speaker 1: free agency and that kind of stuff, how much do

738
00:39:22,320 --> 00:39:24,960
Speaker 1: you pay attention to it. I don't pay much attention

739
00:39:24,960 --> 00:39:27,279
Speaker 1: to it. I'll see some I mean, you see the

740
00:39:27,280 --> 00:39:29,560
Speaker 1: big name guys go and you know, do what they

741
00:39:29,600 --> 00:39:31,480
Speaker 1: do or sign wherever they sign. But other than that,

742
00:39:31,560 --> 00:39:34,080
Speaker 1: I don't I don't really look I probably look at individuals,

743
00:39:34,120 --> 00:39:35,879
Speaker 1: but I don't really look at teams. You know, maybe

744
00:39:35,960 --> 00:39:38,560
Speaker 1: friends or yeah, friends that might have you know, their

745
00:39:38,600 --> 00:39:41,319
Speaker 1: contracts up to and they're looking for a place to play. Yeah, yeah,

746
00:39:41,400 --> 00:39:43,120
Speaker 1: things like that. Other than that, I just kind of

747
00:39:43,160 --> 00:39:45,799
Speaker 1: like whatever, because at the end of the day, it's

748
00:39:45,840 --> 00:39:48,879
Speaker 1: just like it's us against everybody else's. You know, there's

749
00:39:48,920 --> 00:39:50,600
Speaker 1: thirty one of the teams out there, but we understand what.

750
00:39:50,600 --> 00:39:52,200
Speaker 1: We gotta go out there and play football, no matter

751
00:39:52,239 --> 00:39:54,920
Speaker 1: who you know, whoever, no matter what team signs whoever.

752
00:39:55,400 --> 00:39:57,560
Speaker 1: But I feel like you have a great team. So

753
00:39:57,600 --> 00:40:00,799
Speaker 1: I've never really pattention to you. Were out there today

754
00:40:00,840 --> 00:40:01,960
Speaker 1: and I don't know if you got a chance to

755
00:40:01,960 --> 00:40:05,880
Speaker 1: walk around the building. Trade was into building. Yeah, you

756
00:40:05,880 --> 00:40:08,400
Speaker 1: get a chance to say hi to him. Yeah, he's grinding,

757
00:40:08,480 --> 00:40:11,080
Speaker 1: he's We see Trey around the building a lot, grinding

758
00:40:11,080 --> 00:40:13,439
Speaker 1: it out, trying, you know, coming back from the knee. Um,

759
00:40:13,840 --> 00:40:15,440
Speaker 1: tell us about the conversations you've had with some of

760
00:40:15,480 --> 00:40:19,040
Speaker 1: your teammates this offseason. Um, Stefan Dix. You know what

761
00:40:19,040 --> 00:40:21,040
Speaker 1: I'm saying, he's a he's a he's a money type

762
00:40:21,040 --> 00:40:22,680
Speaker 1: of guy. So I called him and say, you know,

763
00:40:22,840 --> 00:40:26,040
Speaker 1: like I just so I call him. I say, yo,

764
00:40:26,200 --> 00:40:28,479
Speaker 1: you know, how does the free agency thing works? I'm saying,

765
00:40:28,719 --> 00:40:30,560
Speaker 1: I got a little buzz here and there, and he's

766
00:40:30,560 --> 00:40:32,800
Speaker 1: just you know, he gave me, you know what he could,

767
00:40:33,000 --> 00:40:34,759
Speaker 1: you know when it came to that, and Um, I

768
00:40:34,840 --> 00:40:37,120
Speaker 1: talked to Gabe, you know, gave him us. He's young,

769
00:40:37,320 --> 00:40:39,080
Speaker 1: but it was like a little better than me. But

770
00:40:39,120 --> 00:40:41,520
Speaker 1: at the same time, he's just like an old Yeah

771
00:40:41,520 --> 00:40:43,799
Speaker 1: he's also Yeah, I talked to him, you know, just

772
00:40:43,840 --> 00:40:46,920
Speaker 1: to get my mind off of football. I said Hodges.

773
00:40:46,960 --> 00:40:48,600
Speaker 1: I talked to him to get my mind off football,

774
00:40:48,920 --> 00:40:51,839
Speaker 1: and then UH called Bees. You know how that goes.

775
00:40:51,880 --> 00:40:54,960
Speaker 1: You know, they can go from COVID, he can go

776
00:40:55,000 --> 00:40:59,839
Speaker 1: from here to there real quick. I just I just

777
00:41:00,640 --> 00:41:03,719
Speaker 1: he makes me laugh with those conversations, laugh with those conversations.

778
00:41:03,719 --> 00:41:06,439
Speaker 1: But I you know, you know, he's he's a great guy,

779
00:41:06,480 --> 00:41:08,160
Speaker 1: you know, on and off the field. So I kind

780
00:41:08,160 --> 00:41:10,040
Speaker 1: of just listen to what he has to say, you know,

781
00:41:10,080 --> 00:41:12,520
Speaker 1: as a slot receiver, and um take you know, pick

782
00:41:12,560 --> 00:41:14,400
Speaker 1: his brain a little bit. And then you know, I

783
00:41:14,480 --> 00:41:17,440
Speaker 1: just call you know whoever last one we got for you.

784
00:41:17,640 --> 00:41:21,240
Speaker 1: How's the restaurant business doing? Uh? I got to imagine,

785
00:41:21,280 --> 00:41:24,200
Speaker 1: you know, with the pandemic hopefully behind us for the

786
00:41:24,200 --> 00:41:26,279
Speaker 1: most part, you don't have to work. You have a

787
00:41:26,320 --> 00:41:28,719
Speaker 1: lot less to worry about as a business owner. Yeah,

788
00:41:29,360 --> 00:41:31,439
Speaker 1: I'm opening them up. I'm moving to up my third

789
00:41:31,440 --> 00:41:36,000
Speaker 1: one third location. Okay, yeah, third location in June's a

790
00:41:36,040 --> 00:41:38,319
Speaker 1: lot Okay, do you know where that's gonna be yet?

791
00:41:38,440 --> 00:41:40,080
Speaker 1: Or down there? I mean, and they're all in Florida, right,

792
00:41:40,400 --> 00:41:42,680
Speaker 1: the Florida, the Florida. So you got a lot of

793
00:41:42,680 --> 00:41:46,880
Speaker 1: Buffalonians a vacation down there. In the winter at location

794
00:41:46,960 --> 00:41:49,279
Speaker 1: gonna be this is still in Miami, but a lot

795
00:41:49,320 --> 00:41:53,759
Speaker 1: him come to the first spot and you know, and

796
00:41:53,840 --> 00:41:55,520
Speaker 1: I had a couple of bills fans come this week

797
00:41:55,600 --> 00:41:57,759
Speaker 1: during the week. I feel like beings have done in

798
00:41:57,800 --> 00:42:00,799
Speaker 1: the recruit or something because it was a lot. It

799
00:42:00,880 --> 00:42:02,400
Speaker 1: was like back to back. They were calling it like

800
00:42:02,480 --> 00:42:03,960
Speaker 1: nine in the morning. Hey, are you gonna be there?

801
00:42:03,960 --> 00:42:06,160
Speaker 1: I'm like, how'd you get my phone number? They're gonna

802
00:42:06,200 --> 00:42:08,480
Speaker 1: find out it's like attach to the restaurant. But I'm like,

803
00:42:09,360 --> 00:42:12,640
Speaker 1: so you want to fix that when you have a

804
00:42:12,680 --> 00:42:17,080
Speaker 1: business phone and a personal business on one, when I

805
00:42:17,160 --> 00:42:20,000
Speaker 1: call the restaurant, you pick up the phone because it's

806
00:42:20,040 --> 00:42:25,360
Speaker 1: your cell phone. Yeah, because so so there's a restaurant

807
00:42:25,360 --> 00:42:27,640
Speaker 1: one on one. Man, you can't do that right. So,

808
00:42:27,760 --> 00:42:29,359
Speaker 1: but the thing is I was giving out business cards

809
00:42:29,360 --> 00:42:32,040
Speaker 1: in the beginning, and it's like okay, and then they see,

810
00:42:32,040 --> 00:42:34,279
Speaker 1: you know, people started calling the phone. It's like, hey,

811
00:42:34,320 --> 00:42:38,000
Speaker 1: this is like the lot and I'm like no, yeah,

812
00:42:38,400 --> 00:42:40,600
Speaker 1: and then sort of sort of kind of but it's

813
00:42:40,680 --> 00:42:44,360
Speaker 1: not like me. But then yeah, I kind of got it.

814
00:42:44,400 --> 00:42:48,040
Speaker 1: Had to get the house phone so I can stopped that. Yeah, yeah,

815
00:42:48,200 --> 00:42:49,840
Speaker 1: you may have to get a new number. Listen, if

816
00:42:49,880 --> 00:42:51,600
Speaker 1: they're calling a lot of people have that number. Now

817
00:42:51,800 --> 00:42:54,440
Speaker 1: there's good problems. Yes, that's a good problem. Yes. So

818
00:42:54,560 --> 00:42:57,560
Speaker 1: business is good though business is great. Awesome, awesome, glad

819
00:42:57,600 --> 00:42:59,799
Speaker 1: to hear it. Well, listen, thanks very much for stopping

820
00:43:00,200 --> 00:43:02,560
Speaker 1: to sea. Cannot wait to see you on the field

821
00:43:02,560 --> 00:43:05,440
Speaker 1: again this year. Appreciate. All right, that's Isaiah McKenzie, fresh

822
00:43:05,440 --> 00:43:08,280
Speaker 1: off his new two year contract with the Buffalo Bills.

823
00:43:08,320 --> 00:43:12,200
Speaker 1: Thank you very much. Man. All right, break time for

824
00:43:12,320 --> 00:43:15,279
Speaker 1: us here. When we come back, we'll discuss some other

825
00:43:15,719 --> 00:43:20,640
Speaker 1: goings on, including the reported sleeper team that has emerged

826
00:43:20,960 --> 00:43:25,240
Speaker 1: that might be seeking the services of Deshaun Watson via trade.

827
00:43:25,239 --> 00:43:27,120
Speaker 1: We'll get into that when we return here on One

828
00:43:27,120 --> 00:43:30,000
Speaker 1: Bills Live presented by Kalida Health. It's Buffalo Bills Radio.

829
00:43:51,520 --> 00:43:54,319
Speaker 1: All right, So when we last left you, we told

830
00:43:54,320 --> 00:44:01,080
Speaker 1: you there is a reported sleeper team interested in possibly

831
00:44:01,160 --> 00:44:06,160
Speaker 1: putting together a trade package to acquire DeShawn Watson. According

832
00:44:06,200 --> 00:44:11,279
Speaker 1: to ESPN's Adam Schefter, that team is the Atlanta Falcons.

833
00:44:12,640 --> 00:44:19,320
Speaker 1: So now you could potentially have three NFC South teams

834
00:44:19,880 --> 00:44:23,920
Speaker 1: all interested in making a trade for Deshaun Watson. This

835
00:44:24,000 --> 00:44:27,640
Speaker 1: is exactly the kind of bidding war that the Houston

836
00:44:27,680 --> 00:44:33,880
Speaker 1: Texans want. Now, Steve, I gotta ask you. I don't

837
00:44:33,880 --> 00:44:39,520
Speaker 1: think Tom Brady's return prompted New Orleans in Carolina. I

838
00:44:39,520 --> 00:44:43,160
Speaker 1: think they were already interested. Yeah, but does Atlanta suddenly

839
00:44:43,200 --> 00:44:47,759
Speaker 1: become interested too, because New Orleans and Carolina are interested.

840
00:44:47,880 --> 00:44:50,120
Speaker 1: I think they're interested because Deshaun's a good a player,

841
00:44:50,200 --> 00:44:52,000
Speaker 1: and the fact that they want to get out from

842
00:44:52,040 --> 00:44:56,360
Speaker 1: underneath if they can Matt Stafford's contract, I mean, Matt

843
00:44:56,960 --> 00:45:00,560
Speaker 1: Ryan's contract. That thing is an albat trust that they

844
00:45:00,640 --> 00:45:02,759
Speaker 1: keep kicking down the road and they just did that

845
00:45:02,840 --> 00:45:05,239
Speaker 1: this week. Well that see, here's the thing. Now, the

846
00:45:05,480 --> 00:45:07,920
Speaker 1: Matt Ryan thing I don't think has been signed yet.

847
00:45:07,920 --> 00:45:10,040
Speaker 1: They can't sign it till so it's not done deal.

848
00:45:10,520 --> 00:45:12,640
Speaker 1: So they can put the brakes on that trade. Matt

849
00:45:12,719 --> 00:45:16,960
Speaker 1: Ryan and the Texans could redo the deal for them

850
00:45:17,680 --> 00:45:20,040
Speaker 1: and they get Deshaun Watson. You know what I'm saying.

851
00:45:20,080 --> 00:45:22,520
Speaker 1: If they traded Matt Ryan for Deshaun Watson plus Trafficks

852
00:45:22,560 --> 00:45:25,439
Speaker 1: and all that other yugit eat and Matt Ryan would

853
00:45:25,440 --> 00:45:28,200
Speaker 1: give them a you know, a credibility at that position

854
00:45:28,360 --> 00:45:30,960
Speaker 1: going forward in time and and enough time for them

855
00:45:30,960 --> 00:45:32,799
Speaker 1: to find somebody. I don't think they can do it.

856
00:45:33,400 --> 00:45:35,719
Speaker 1: I don't know how they can do it if they

857
00:45:35,800 --> 00:45:39,440
Speaker 1: cut Matt Ryan. Even if they do it, they do

858
00:45:39,480 --> 00:45:41,719
Speaker 1: it after jurn first, it might change. But if they

859
00:45:41,760 --> 00:45:44,840
Speaker 1: cut him now, the cap hit is fifty five million.

860
00:45:44,880 --> 00:45:47,439
Speaker 1: I don't think it's fifty five million now because they

861
00:45:47,440 --> 00:45:49,560
Speaker 1: haven't signed that deal yet. Now I'm looking at the

862
00:45:49,560 --> 00:45:56,000
Speaker 1: old contract. Okay, at least I think, yeah, five year,

863
00:45:56,040 --> 00:45:59,720
Speaker 1: one hundred fifty million dollar deal. Sign back in twenty

864
00:45:59,760 --> 00:46:02,560
Speaker 1: eight team one two three four. Yeah, this is year five.

865
00:46:02,800 --> 00:46:05,319
Speaker 1: Have they have? Didn't they redo him? I have avoidable

866
00:46:05,400 --> 00:46:09,040
Speaker 1: year next year to reduce the cap hit this year.

867
00:46:09,200 --> 00:46:10,920
Speaker 1: So otherwise the cap hit this year would have been

868
00:46:10,960 --> 00:46:15,760
Speaker 1: eighty two dollars, right, So yeah, you're hoping they sign

869
00:46:15,840 --> 00:46:18,960
Speaker 1: that because it reduces the cap from eighty two this year,

870
00:46:19,000 --> 00:46:21,279
Speaker 1: the dead cap hit from eighty two to fifty five.

871
00:46:21,400 --> 00:46:27,440
Speaker 1: But even that's ridiculous anyway, ridiculous. It's it's all ridiculous,

872
00:46:30,440 --> 00:46:33,720
Speaker 1: that whole division. And Yeah, but I don't think Tom

873
00:46:33,760 --> 00:46:37,440
Speaker 1: Brady's return had anything to do with throwing the Atlanta

874
00:46:37,480 --> 00:46:40,279
Speaker 1: Falcon's back into the mix. A quarterback, they would have

875
00:46:40,280 --> 00:46:44,160
Speaker 1: been there Anyway, I'm very intrigued though, that you've got

876
00:46:44,160 --> 00:46:51,319
Speaker 1: two division opponents essentially, are they're the two finalists as

877
00:46:51,320 --> 00:46:53,200
Speaker 1: to whom I land to Shaun Watson? And what's it

878
00:46:53,239 --> 00:46:56,000
Speaker 1: going to take Carolina New Orleans. Yeah, so you better

879
00:46:56,000 --> 00:46:58,279
Speaker 1: come to the table with your best offer because if

880
00:46:58,280 --> 00:47:01,080
Speaker 1: you don't, he might still be in your division when

881
00:47:01,080 --> 00:47:04,399
Speaker 1: it's all said and done. He'd be interesting to see

882
00:47:04,400 --> 00:47:06,480
Speaker 1: too that if, for instance, if New Orleans does not

883
00:47:06,640 --> 00:47:10,279
Speaker 1: land to Shaun Watson, do they bring Winston Jamis Winston back,

884
00:47:11,480 --> 00:47:15,000
Speaker 1: or do the Atlanta Falcons grab Jamis Winston? You know

885
00:47:15,040 --> 00:47:18,160
Speaker 1: what I mean? Or if you know, do does the

886
00:47:18,239 --> 00:47:21,879
Speaker 1: loser and the Deshaun Watson sweepstakes bring Jamis Winston back

887
00:47:23,760 --> 00:47:26,319
Speaker 1: or keep him in that division because he's still a

888
00:47:26,360 --> 00:47:30,160
Speaker 1: free agent. Yeah, it's interesting because there's still, you know,

889
00:47:31,440 --> 00:47:34,200
Speaker 1: with Brady coming back, there's one less slot for a

890
00:47:34,239 --> 00:47:40,239
Speaker 1: quarterback to land in free agency and the same number

891
00:47:40,280 --> 00:47:42,360
Speaker 1: of guys are available. And I think also it's going

892
00:47:42,440 --> 00:47:45,280
Speaker 1: to be very telling when those owners like David Tepper,

893
00:47:47,120 --> 00:47:51,840
Speaker 1: Arthur Blank, called Roger Goodell say what's going to happen

894
00:47:51,880 --> 00:47:55,440
Speaker 1: to Deshaun precedent says he's looking at a six game suspense, right,

895
00:47:55,480 --> 00:47:56,880
Speaker 1: is he gonna be gone for six games? Or is

896
00:47:56,880 --> 00:47:58,480
Speaker 1: he gonna be gone for a year? What's this going

897
00:47:58,560 --> 00:48:02,719
Speaker 1: to look like? The criminal charge were essentially dismissed against him,

898
00:48:03,840 --> 00:48:06,279
Speaker 1: kind of civil suits now. The other interesting development that

899
00:48:06,400 --> 00:48:09,719
Speaker 1: also happened today was Deshaun Watson is apparently meeting with

900
00:48:09,719 --> 00:48:14,120
Speaker 1: the Cleveland Browns. The Browns representatives flew down there and

901
00:48:14,160 --> 00:48:18,080
Speaker 1: they're meeting with him to see what the realistic chances

902
00:48:18,120 --> 00:48:20,000
Speaker 1: are that he would be interested in playing for them.

903
00:48:21,200 --> 00:48:24,160
Speaker 1: How does this maker make Baker Mayfield feel? Who the

904
00:48:24,160 --> 00:48:26,759
Speaker 1: heck knows? I can't imagine he's thrilled by it, just

905
00:48:26,880 --> 00:48:29,640
Speaker 1: hearing that they're poking around seeing if they can swing

906
00:48:29,680 --> 00:48:31,759
Speaker 1: a trade for Deshaun Watson, if you'll be interested in

907
00:48:31,800 --> 00:48:35,719
Speaker 1: playing for them, etc. Etc. Etc. They're doing their due diligence,

908
00:48:35,719 --> 00:48:38,680
Speaker 1: which means they're considering it. I gotta fly all the

909
00:48:38,680 --> 00:48:40,440
Speaker 1: way down there and talk face to face with this

910
00:48:40,440 --> 00:48:43,240
Speaker 1: guy if you have no intention of entertaining the idea

911
00:48:43,280 --> 00:48:46,279
Speaker 1: of him playing for you, and let alone making a

912
00:48:46,360 --> 00:48:49,719
Speaker 1: trade offer and be willing to part with assets. So

913
00:48:50,400 --> 00:48:53,120
Speaker 1: they're another team that also seems to at least be

914
00:48:53,320 --> 00:48:57,680
Speaker 1: kicking the Tires, Saints, and the Panthers are still considered

915
00:48:57,719 --> 00:49:03,000
Speaker 1: to be in the most serious pursuit of Watson. Falcons

916
00:49:03,040 --> 00:49:05,680
Speaker 1: are a wild card at best, it would seem to me,

917
00:49:05,719 --> 00:49:07,359
Speaker 1: and financially, I don't know how you get out from

918
00:49:07,400 --> 00:49:10,600
Speaker 1: under Ryan's deal to then add another quarterback contract on

919
00:49:10,640 --> 00:49:13,040
Speaker 1: top of it, knowing the dead cap implications even after

920
00:49:13,120 --> 00:49:17,200
Speaker 1: June first, So we'll have to see where this goes

921
00:49:17,239 --> 00:49:20,919
Speaker 1: in the coming days. I'm just there's still a part

922
00:49:20,920 --> 00:49:22,640
Speaker 1: of me that's bothered by the fact that we're talking

923
00:49:22,680 --> 00:49:26,399
Speaker 1: about Deshaun Watson playing again in light of the allegations

924
00:49:26,440 --> 00:49:30,320
Speaker 1: levied against him. So I know it's innocent until proven guilty,

925
00:49:30,360 --> 00:49:35,640
Speaker 1: but it just it just feels really seedy. I don't like,

926
00:49:35,760 --> 00:49:37,880
Speaker 1: you're gonna have to eat. And I know the franchise

927
00:49:37,920 --> 00:49:40,279
Speaker 1: will pick him up and the game will go on,

928
00:49:40,400 --> 00:49:42,560
Speaker 1: and he'll come back and he'll be out of his suspension,

929
00:49:42,680 --> 00:49:46,040
Speaker 1: come back and play and probably play very well. And

930
00:49:48,840 --> 00:49:52,960
Speaker 1: but it's it's easier to get your mind around it

931
00:49:53,000 --> 00:49:56,680
Speaker 1: and and dislike him when he's on somebody else's team

932
00:49:56,680 --> 00:49:59,520
Speaker 1: and I think he's a Cleveland fan or Carolina fan,

933
00:49:59,680 --> 00:50:04,920
Speaker 1: or Atlanta fan or New Orleans fan, you're gonna have

934
00:50:04,960 --> 00:50:07,520
Speaker 1: to do some soul searching to get your mind around,

935
00:50:07,760 --> 00:50:11,440
Speaker 1: you know, and cheering for your team when they hire him.

936
00:50:11,480 --> 00:50:15,440
Speaker 1: The safety market was set today. We will let you

937
00:50:15,520 --> 00:50:19,200
Speaker 1: know who did it and which team he is going to.

938
00:50:19,800 --> 00:50:22,879
Speaker 1: It is an AFC club, so we'll get into that.

939
00:50:23,560 --> 00:50:27,359
Speaker 1: But prior to that discussion, we're gonna be joined by

940
00:50:27,400 --> 00:50:31,759
Speaker 1: the newest Buffalo vill. Veteran guard Roger Saffold, joins us

941
00:50:31,760 --> 00:50:34,360
Speaker 1: here in studio. Next on One Bill's Live, presented by

942
00:50:34,400 --> 00:50:56,320
Speaker 1: Kalida Health. It's Buffalo Bill's Radio at a Steve Tasker

943
00:50:56,360 --> 00:50:59,040
Speaker 1: who has been all over the field. Kind of unique.

944
00:50:59,040 --> 00:51:01,280
Speaker 1: He was out of a dual role players for you, Steve,

945
00:51:02,640 --> 00:51:08,040
Speaker 1: Steve a blimp. We're not even in the strategyre of

946
00:51:08,160 --> 00:51:14,240
Speaker 1: normalcy here. All right, welcome back to our number two

947
00:51:14,440 --> 00:51:17,279
Speaker 1: of the show, as promise. Joining us now is the

948
00:51:17,320 --> 00:51:20,640
Speaker 1: newest Buffalo Bill on the roster at veteran guard Roger

949
00:51:20,719 --> 00:51:25,040
Speaker 1: Saffold here in studio. All right, Roger, congrats, welcome to Buffalo.

950
00:51:25,120 --> 00:51:27,759
Speaker 1: Good to have you here. And from what we understand,

951
00:51:27,920 --> 00:51:31,480
Speaker 1: you've got some familiar faces, not only in terms of teammates.

952
00:51:31,520 --> 00:51:33,520
Speaker 1: We know the line coach Aaron Cromer is a guy

953
00:51:33,520 --> 00:51:36,640
Speaker 1: you're very familiar with at some of your better seasons

954
00:51:36,719 --> 00:51:39,160
Speaker 1: under him in LA. But you know some of the

955
00:51:39,200 --> 00:51:41,759
Speaker 1: guys on the team too, right, Yes, Yes, I do, Yes,

956
00:51:41,760 --> 00:51:44,920
Speaker 1: I do. I went to the Pro Bowl with Dawkins.

957
00:51:45,080 --> 00:51:47,080
Speaker 1: We played next to each other. We also play with

958
00:51:47,360 --> 00:51:50,759
Speaker 1: Stefan Diggs. You know, I know of a couple of

959
00:51:50,880 --> 00:51:53,200
Speaker 1: other guys here, But you know, just knowing some of

960
00:51:53,200 --> 00:51:55,640
Speaker 1: the staff, you know, I mean that just that really

961
00:51:55,640 --> 00:51:57,399
Speaker 1: makes me feel good because these are people I'm gonna

962
00:51:57,400 --> 00:52:00,120
Speaker 1: see every day. I'm a big time hard worker. I'm

963
00:52:00,160 --> 00:52:02,960
Speaker 1: in early, um, you know, I'm in the weight room

964
00:52:02,960 --> 00:52:05,640
Speaker 1: early in the morning. Like it doesn't really matter with me,

965
00:52:05,680 --> 00:52:08,400
Speaker 1: with those types of things. So I'm just really happy

966
00:52:08,400 --> 00:52:10,080
Speaker 1: I get to see a lot of familiar faces here.

967
00:52:10,120 --> 00:52:12,680
Speaker 1: You've had a long career already, You're you've been around

968
00:52:12,719 --> 00:52:14,799
Speaker 1: the block. This will be your fourth team, right, You're

969
00:52:14,800 --> 00:52:19,520
Speaker 1: with Saint Louis LA Tea. Yeah, right, it is. This mean,

970
00:52:19,560 --> 00:52:21,719
Speaker 1: it's true. I mean I totally understand that, but I

971
00:52:21,719 --> 00:52:24,280
Speaker 1: mean I've also had you know, four different cultures underneath

972
00:52:24,320 --> 00:52:26,279
Speaker 1: you know RAM, so I mean it felt like a

973
00:52:26,320 --> 00:52:28,560
Speaker 1: different team every time, and so you come in and

974
00:52:29,239 --> 00:52:31,480
Speaker 1: this is a when you got to this point and

975
00:52:31,480 --> 00:52:33,880
Speaker 1: you're sitting out there, you got released by Tennessee just

976
00:52:33,920 --> 00:52:35,560
Speaker 1: you know, a couple of days ago, you kind of

977
00:52:35,680 --> 00:52:39,479
Speaker 1: news you're gonna be sought after, Yeah, tell us about

978
00:52:39,480 --> 00:52:41,640
Speaker 1: the considerations, Like all right, what'd you tell your agents

979
00:52:41,640 --> 00:52:45,319
Speaker 1: when this thing started? Basically I was just kind of like,

980
00:52:45,360 --> 00:52:47,040
Speaker 1: all right, this is the first time I've ever been

981
00:52:47,080 --> 00:52:50,440
Speaker 1: released in you know, thirteen years, So I'm I'm like, okay,

982
00:52:50,440 --> 00:52:54,560
Speaker 1: what is the best possible situation for me? Um? You know,

983
00:52:54,680 --> 00:52:57,359
Speaker 1: I've I've been able to make a good amount of money,

984
00:52:57,360 --> 00:52:59,440
Speaker 1: and I've been able to you know, be around some

985
00:52:59,480 --> 00:53:02,399
Speaker 1: great teams and had some great experiences, but like, what's

986
00:53:02,480 --> 00:53:04,000
Speaker 1: what's going to take for me to get to that

987
00:53:04,040 --> 00:53:07,200
Speaker 1: next level of being able to get a championship. When

988
00:53:07,239 --> 00:53:09,160
Speaker 1: I found out that Cromer was back over here, I

989
00:53:09,239 --> 00:53:11,440
Speaker 1: was just like, okay, wait a minute, all right, it

990
00:53:11,560 --> 00:53:13,840
Speaker 1: might be too good to be true right now. And

991
00:53:13,920 --> 00:53:17,040
Speaker 1: in fact, Cromer hit me up days later like Hey,

992
00:53:17,080 --> 00:53:19,719
Speaker 1: what's going on. Let's what's going on with you? And

993
00:53:20,000 --> 00:53:22,000
Speaker 1: I was basically like, Hey, this is what's going on.

994
00:53:22,040 --> 00:53:25,080
Speaker 1: I'm feeling pretty good, and you know, once I figured

995
00:53:25,080 --> 00:53:26,719
Speaker 1: out the interest. I was like, this might be the

996
00:53:26,760 --> 00:53:28,960
Speaker 1: place that we need to go, so tell my agent

997
00:53:29,040 --> 00:53:31,320
Speaker 1: to make it happen, and thank god he did. You're

998
00:53:31,400 --> 00:53:34,040
Speaker 1: not the only one to speak highly of Aaron Kromer.

999
00:53:34,360 --> 00:53:36,120
Speaker 1: I mean Eric Wood, who used to be a center

1000
00:53:36,200 --> 00:53:39,319
Speaker 1: here played under him in fifteen and sixteen, and you

1001
00:53:39,360 --> 00:53:41,640
Speaker 1: know he's told us all about Aaron. What's the appeal

1002
00:53:41,760 --> 00:53:46,200
Speaker 1: for you as a player to be coached by him?

1003
00:53:47,120 --> 00:53:49,640
Speaker 1: I just, once again, it's just it's the success, man.

1004
00:53:49,719 --> 00:53:53,160
Speaker 1: I mean, you know he won't ever say it, but

1005
00:53:53,200 --> 00:53:55,560
Speaker 1: you know, he just did such a great job teaching

1006
00:53:55,640 --> 00:53:58,400
Speaker 1: us and just putting us all on the same plane

1007
00:53:58,640 --> 00:54:00,920
Speaker 1: where we were knowing his actually what we needed to do.

1008
00:54:00,960 --> 00:54:04,120
Speaker 1: Our communication was always on point, and we always understood

1009
00:54:04,160 --> 00:54:06,640
Speaker 1: everything before we went into a game. There was no confusion.

1010
00:54:07,160 --> 00:54:10,320
Speaker 1: So you know, that's a great formula for any team.

1011
00:54:10,800 --> 00:54:14,520
Speaker 1: And when you put people as talented as like Dawkins

1012
00:54:14,600 --> 00:54:17,520
Speaker 1: and Mitch and I get to sit in between those guys,

1013
00:54:17,560 --> 00:54:20,239
Speaker 1: it's like, Okay, this this could be a recipe for

1014
00:54:20,400 --> 00:54:23,319
Speaker 1: a lot of great success. And then you look at

1015
00:54:23,320 --> 00:54:25,680
Speaker 1: the way he treats the entire offensive line room as

1016
00:54:25,680 --> 00:54:27,520
Speaker 1: a whole. You know, I know it's gonna be a

1017
00:54:27,560 --> 00:54:29,600
Speaker 1: great offensive linement. We're gonna have fun doing it. We're

1018
00:54:29,600 --> 00:54:32,080
Speaker 1: gonna enjoy work, you know, and then we're gonna get

1019
00:54:32,120 --> 00:54:34,759
Speaker 1: out to go play games and win games. Give us

1020
00:54:34,800 --> 00:54:37,000
Speaker 1: an idea of when you come in. You see the facilities,

1021
00:54:37,000 --> 00:54:38,520
Speaker 1: you know they got all the stuff. You're you're gonna

1022
00:54:38,520 --> 00:54:40,080
Speaker 1: live here, I mean, you know how you know? It's

1023
00:54:40,120 --> 00:54:42,319
Speaker 1: like right, man, it's gotta be like you gotta like

1024
00:54:42,400 --> 00:54:44,439
Speaker 1: the guys. You gotta like the guys you're with. Yeah,

1025
00:54:44,480 --> 00:54:47,479
Speaker 1: you got a great environment and all that stuff. So, um,

1026
00:54:47,560 --> 00:54:50,319
Speaker 1: you know, you land here. What's the next thing? What

1027
00:54:50,360 --> 00:54:52,480
Speaker 1: have they told you about your schedule about actually getting

1028
00:54:52,480 --> 00:54:54,959
Speaker 1: in here putting some putting some cleats on and doing

1029
00:54:55,000 --> 00:54:56,960
Speaker 1: some stuff. Oh well, I'm gonna come here as soon

1030
00:54:57,000 --> 00:54:59,120
Speaker 1: as Ota starts. I mean, I'm a new player with

1031
00:54:59,160 --> 00:55:02,799
Speaker 1: this team. I don't no really anything that's going on

1032
00:55:02,880 --> 00:55:04,719
Speaker 1: other than I got the same old line coach and

1033
00:55:04,760 --> 00:55:06,560
Speaker 1: I know a lot of people on saving a couple

1034
00:55:06,600 --> 00:55:08,319
Speaker 1: of the players. So I need to be here so

1035
00:55:08,360 --> 00:55:11,640
Speaker 1: I can understand what's going on, so I can learn

1036
00:55:11,680 --> 00:55:14,600
Speaker 1: my way around this facility, so I can develop great

1037
00:55:14,600 --> 00:55:17,440
Speaker 1: relationships with the training staff and the strange staff and

1038
00:55:18,080 --> 00:55:19,880
Speaker 1: just get them to see what type of person I

1039
00:55:19,920 --> 00:55:22,000
Speaker 1: am as a player on an office five And you

1040
00:55:22,080 --> 00:55:24,239
Speaker 1: got to learn like the verbiage. You know, the office, yes,

1041
00:55:24,320 --> 00:55:26,400
Speaker 1: as you can. The offense is verbiage, and how the

1042
00:55:26,560 --> 00:55:29,360
Speaker 1: you know, things are the same but they're called different. Yeah,

1043
00:55:29,400 --> 00:55:31,920
Speaker 1: the whole vernacular. And the best thing, the best way

1044
00:55:31,920 --> 00:55:33,920
Speaker 1: to learn is through repetition. I mean, that's that's really

1045
00:55:33,960 --> 00:55:35,520
Speaker 1: what it's all about. And the only way I'm gonna

1046
00:55:35,520 --> 00:55:38,840
Speaker 1: get repetition is if I'm here. So that's the whole point.

1047
00:55:39,080 --> 00:55:41,520
Speaker 1: And you've seen Roger. This is a team that has

1048
00:55:41,560 --> 00:55:44,440
Speaker 1: come awfully close the last couple of years. They're trying

1049
00:55:44,520 --> 00:55:46,480
Speaker 1: to get over that hump. They're trying to win the

1050
00:55:46,520 --> 00:55:48,920
Speaker 1: conference to go to the big game. You went to

1051
00:55:48,960 --> 00:55:50,399
Speaker 1: the Big Game, you know, you went to the Super

1052
00:55:50,440 --> 00:55:53,239
Speaker 1: Bowl with the Rams and eighteen. What do you think

1053
00:55:53,280 --> 00:55:56,399
Speaker 1: you can lend to a team that is desperately trying

1054
00:55:56,440 --> 00:55:59,000
Speaker 1: to get over that hump to get to the ultimate game.

1055
00:55:59,640 --> 00:56:02,640
Speaker 1: I'm I think it just comes down to experience. I mean,

1056
00:56:04,200 --> 00:56:07,960
Speaker 1: I've been in the ANFC Championship, NFC Championship, Super Bowl,

1057
00:56:08,480 --> 00:56:11,680
Speaker 1: and though I wasn't successful, every single time, you know,

1058
00:56:11,719 --> 00:56:14,120
Speaker 1: I've developed a lot of experience through those times. And

1059
00:56:14,960 --> 00:56:17,359
Speaker 1: one thing that I know is that when you come

1060
00:56:17,400 --> 00:56:20,080
Speaker 1: down to these these big games, it's like mistakes have

1061
00:56:20,160 --> 00:56:23,480
Speaker 1: to get so small. You know, these these the small

1062
00:56:23,560 --> 00:56:25,960
Speaker 1: things really really do matter. And if we could do

1063
00:56:26,040 --> 00:56:29,000
Speaker 1: that consistently, like who knows where we can go from there.

1064
00:56:29,719 --> 00:56:32,160
Speaker 1: My thing is is that if I'm gonna be here, uh,

1065
00:56:32,239 --> 00:56:34,239
Speaker 1: you know, I'm gonna go after that goal. You know.

1066
00:56:34,400 --> 00:56:35,960
Speaker 1: Usually I like to sit back, like, hey, I want

1067
00:56:35,960 --> 00:56:37,440
Speaker 1: to see how we're gonna do, Like I want to

1068
00:56:37,480 --> 00:56:39,120
Speaker 1: make sure that we're good. You know, I want to

1069
00:56:39,120 --> 00:56:42,239
Speaker 1: get a good feel of the team. I don't have

1070
00:56:42,280 --> 00:56:44,080
Speaker 1: that much time to do that, so you know, I

1071
00:56:44,360 --> 00:56:46,200
Speaker 1: gotta I gotta get it while they're getting is good.

1072
00:56:46,239 --> 00:56:48,759
Speaker 1: And you know, I know that this team has all

1073
00:56:48,760 --> 00:56:51,160
Speaker 1: the components. It's like, how do we bring everything together?

1074
00:56:51,160 --> 00:56:53,240
Speaker 1: And I'm just hoping to be another piece that maybe

1075
00:56:53,280 --> 00:56:55,920
Speaker 1: has some way to talk to somebody that brings it together.

1076
00:56:56,360 --> 00:56:58,759
Speaker 1: You Tennessee Titans. Last year, you guys were the one

1077
00:56:58,800 --> 00:57:01,600
Speaker 1: seed YEP game and out Bills come in. They went,

1078
00:57:01,640 --> 00:57:03,040
Speaker 1: you know, one game deeper there in the wild card,

1079
00:57:03,040 --> 00:57:04,640
Speaker 1: and then they got to the next day you know,

1080
00:57:04,960 --> 00:57:08,319
Speaker 1: same weekend. Yeah, Um, what's your advironment? How do you

1081
00:57:08,440 --> 00:57:10,879
Speaker 1: how do the Tennessee team handle their you know, crick

1082
00:57:10,960 --> 00:57:12,520
Speaker 1: go from the one seed to one and done and

1083
00:57:12,520 --> 00:57:14,640
Speaker 1: then the Bills coming down. They got a team beat

1084
00:57:14,640 --> 00:57:17,480
Speaker 1: in thirteen seconds later. They don't have them beat. Um,

1085
00:57:17,480 --> 00:57:19,440
Speaker 1: what's your advice and how do you handle? Man? If

1086
00:57:19,480 --> 00:57:22,040
Speaker 1: this is a tough it's a tough offseason for Bills

1087
00:57:22,040 --> 00:57:24,320
Speaker 1: fans and the players knowing they were so close and

1088
00:57:24,360 --> 00:57:26,680
Speaker 1: an opportunity's going away that they may they're never going

1089
00:57:26,760 --> 00:57:29,440
Speaker 1: to get back again because now you know it, you're

1090
00:57:29,480 --> 00:57:31,760
Speaker 1: on a different team. Now you're it's the new Bills team.

1091
00:57:31,760 --> 00:57:34,600
Speaker 1: It's a new opportunity obviously, But how do you handle

1092
00:57:35,040 --> 00:57:37,720
Speaker 1: the past regrets and the and the and the losses

1093
00:57:37,760 --> 00:57:41,080
Speaker 1: and use it to go forward? Trust the process. It's

1094
00:57:41,320 --> 00:57:43,960
Speaker 1: all about the process. Whatever the process is that that

1095
00:57:44,120 --> 00:57:46,240
Speaker 1: coach is going to talk about, Uh, that's That's what

1096
00:57:46,280 --> 00:57:48,120
Speaker 1: I'm gonna believe in. That's what I'm gonna adopt, that's

1097
00:57:48,120 --> 00:57:50,320
Speaker 1: what I'm gonna eat, sleep and think about, and that's

1098
00:57:50,320 --> 00:57:53,200
Speaker 1: what I'm gonna believe in through the entire course of

1099
00:57:53,240 --> 00:57:56,600
Speaker 1: our time together. So the best way to do that

1100
00:57:56,720 --> 00:57:59,080
Speaker 1: is keeping your guys accountable, Like, hey, is this a

1101
00:57:59,080 --> 00:58:00,840
Speaker 1: part of the process. Is what you're doing right now

1102
00:58:00,960 --> 00:58:02,680
Speaker 1: part of the process, because if it's not, we gotta

1103
00:58:02,720 --> 00:58:04,880
Speaker 1: let it go and we gotta keep moving forward. And

1104
00:58:04,960 --> 00:58:08,080
Speaker 1: I'm just hoping to be, you know, another piece that's

1105
00:58:08,120 --> 00:58:10,880
Speaker 1: going to help bring that more to life. Yeah, if

1106
00:58:10,880 --> 00:58:12,360
Speaker 1: you're the grinder you say you are, you're gonna be

1107
00:58:12,360 --> 00:58:14,320
Speaker 1: speaking the same language as Sean McDermott. He's the same

1108
00:58:14,360 --> 00:58:16,760
Speaker 1: He's cut Saint Clauth as you are. Last one I

1109
00:58:16,760 --> 00:58:19,960
Speaker 1: got for you. Though you've obviously watched Josh Allen played

1110
00:58:19,960 --> 00:58:22,360
Speaker 1: from Afar, you guys played them head to head a

1111
00:58:22,400 --> 00:58:24,919
Speaker 1: couple of times each of the last two years. I'm

1112
00:58:24,960 --> 00:58:28,160
Speaker 1: just curious because we we live, sleep, and breathe Bill's

1113
00:58:28,160 --> 00:58:31,720
Speaker 1: Football and we see Josh every snap. I'm just curious,

1114
00:58:31,720 --> 00:58:34,560
Speaker 1: from the outside looking in, what are the impressions of,

1115
00:58:34,720 --> 00:58:37,080
Speaker 1: you know, playing with a quarterback like Josh now man,

1116
00:58:37,200 --> 00:58:39,160
Speaker 1: I mean, we see a big arm, we see big talent.

1117
00:58:39,240 --> 00:58:41,160
Speaker 1: Thing's able to run the ball. I mean, these QB

1118
00:58:41,280 --> 00:58:43,120
Speaker 1: design runs are like a dream. You're telling me that

1119
00:58:43,320 --> 00:58:45,800
Speaker 1: this guy can just run through any hole, you know

1120
00:58:45,840 --> 00:58:48,120
Speaker 1: what I mean. He's able to drop his pads on

1121
00:58:48,160 --> 00:58:50,680
Speaker 1: people's able to jump over people. I mean, he does

1122
00:58:50,720 --> 00:58:54,160
Speaker 1: some just wild, just exciting stuff. I mean every time

1123
00:58:54,200 --> 00:58:56,960
Speaker 1: he rolls was right, I get nervous. I'm just like, oh,

1124
00:58:57,000 --> 00:59:00,560
Speaker 1: this is it and literally it's a touchdown out every time.

1125
00:59:00,760 --> 00:59:03,920
Speaker 1: So you know, I know about you know about this

1126
00:59:03,960 --> 00:59:06,200
Speaker 1: guy because of course, you know, we kind of developed

1127
00:59:06,200 --> 00:59:08,800
Speaker 1: this rivalry with the Titans, right, you know me over

1128
00:59:08,840 --> 00:59:11,800
Speaker 1: the years, he kind of developed this rivalry and you know,

1129
00:59:12,880 --> 00:59:14,760
Speaker 1: one thing that we did was break down you know,

1130
00:59:14,800 --> 00:59:17,200
Speaker 1: strength and weaknesses. So you know, I feel like I

1131
00:59:17,320 --> 00:59:19,160
Speaker 1: know this guy so much. Now now I just need

1132
00:59:19,200 --> 00:59:21,560
Speaker 1: to meet the guy. You know, I just need to

1133
00:59:21,560 --> 00:59:24,400
Speaker 1: make getting ready for plays to last a little bit long. Absolutely,

1134
00:59:24,440 --> 00:59:27,200
Speaker 1: absolutely get those guys ready. Mann, you're ready to sit

1135
00:59:27,240 --> 00:59:29,560
Speaker 1: down and play. Roger, thanks so much. We spend some

1136
00:59:29,600 --> 00:59:33,400
Speaker 1: time with congratulations, welcome to Hills Bills Mafia and all

1137
00:59:33,400 --> 00:59:35,960
Speaker 1: of that. Oh man, I'm excited about this Bills Mafia man.

1138
00:59:37,240 --> 00:59:40,400
Speaker 1: All right, that is Roger Saffold joining us here on

1139
00:59:40,440 --> 00:59:44,480
Speaker 1: the show. And pretty smooth talker too. He's got that

1140
00:59:44,600 --> 00:59:47,160
Speaker 1: nice little bas to his voice. He could have a

1141
00:59:47,200 --> 00:59:49,680
Speaker 1: career in radio himself. He was coming, he was comfortable

1142
00:59:49,760 --> 00:59:51,440
Speaker 1: no question about it. He was as you would expect

1143
00:59:51,440 --> 00:59:53,360
Speaker 1: a thirteen year veteran guy to be. He's not the

1144
00:59:53,400 --> 00:59:55,480
Speaker 1: first time he sat down with somebody to talk about it,

1145
00:59:55,560 --> 00:59:59,280
Speaker 1: and uh, it's gonna be a big addition to Buffalo. Certainly,

1146
00:59:59,320 --> 01:00:01,920
Speaker 1: he's plugged in at one of the guard spots for

1147
01:00:02,000 --> 01:00:04,800
Speaker 1: the Buffalo Bill's offensive line, even at the first day

1148
01:00:04,800 --> 01:00:06,880
Speaker 1: out of the box, particularly with his former coach being

1149
01:00:06,920 --> 01:00:11,360
Speaker 1: in the fold. Yeah, he's played primarily left guard each

1150
01:00:11,480 --> 01:00:15,240
Speaker 1: of the last few years and even said there just

1151
01:00:15,360 --> 01:00:19,200
Speaker 1: now that he's expecting to line up in between Dion

1152
01:00:19,320 --> 01:00:22,520
Speaker 1: Dawkins and Mitch Morse, which would indicate the left guard

1153
01:00:22,600 --> 01:00:26,360
Speaker 1: side Ryan Bates, who is a restricted free agent. We

1154
01:00:26,400 --> 01:00:28,280
Speaker 1: still have not heard anything as to whether or not

1155
01:00:28,320 --> 01:00:31,560
Speaker 1: the Bills have tendered him a qualifying offer. We'll see

1156
01:00:31,600 --> 01:00:33,720
Speaker 1: if we can get confirmation of that. The deadline is

1157
01:00:33,760 --> 01:00:36,800
Speaker 1: tomorrow at four o'clock. If they do not tender him

1158
01:00:36,800 --> 01:00:40,360
Speaker 1: a qualifying offer or a contract of any kind, he

1159
01:00:40,440 --> 01:00:43,720
Speaker 1: becomes an unrestricted free agent. So that's something to keep

1160
01:00:43,760 --> 01:00:46,040
Speaker 1: our ear to the ground on because I think he's

1161
01:00:46,040 --> 01:00:50,560
Speaker 1: an important piece, Steve, not only because you've jettisoned John

1162
01:00:50,600 --> 01:00:55,840
Speaker 1: Feliciano and Darryl Williams off the roster, but more importantly,

1163
01:00:55,840 --> 01:00:59,640
Speaker 1: with Feliciano not here, Bates is the de facto backup

1164
01:00:59,680 --> 01:01:03,160
Speaker 1: center now, right, Yeah, you gotta get him back in

1165
01:01:03,200 --> 01:01:06,000
Speaker 1: the fold. He's the swing offensive lineman. He play all

1166
01:01:06,040 --> 01:01:08,919
Speaker 1: five spots, both guards, both tackles, and the center. I mean,

1167
01:01:09,320 --> 01:01:11,680
Speaker 1: that's how versatile he is. That's why when he stepped

1168
01:01:11,680 --> 01:01:13,080
Speaker 1: in a left guard last year at the end of

1169
01:01:13,080 --> 01:01:15,480
Speaker 1: the last year, they kind of settled in because everybody

1170
01:01:15,480 --> 01:01:17,200
Speaker 1: else was playing their best in the spot they were

1171
01:01:17,240 --> 01:01:21,240
Speaker 1: comfortable in, and he ostensibly could be comfortable anywhere and

1172
01:01:21,400 --> 01:01:24,480
Speaker 1: proved it. The offensive line was the difference late in

1173
01:01:24,520 --> 01:01:26,880
Speaker 1: the year last year, and when Bates got plugged into

1174
01:01:26,920 --> 01:01:31,200
Speaker 1: the left guard spot, they got better. But now he

1175
01:01:31,400 --> 01:01:36,520
Speaker 1: kind of need him even more because he's proven himself,

1176
01:01:36,560 --> 01:01:41,280
Speaker 1: you know, to be a really good player. Maybe there's maybe,

1177
01:01:41,360 --> 01:01:42,960
Speaker 1: you know, maybe they're talking to him. Maybe they're gonna

1178
01:01:42,960 --> 01:01:44,600
Speaker 1: get a deal done with him. Yeah, maybe they're trying

1179
01:01:44,640 --> 01:01:46,480
Speaker 1: to do a long term Yeah, maybe than just a

1180
01:01:46,560 --> 01:01:51,360
Speaker 1: one year restricted free agent tender offer. Right, And I

1181
01:01:51,400 --> 01:01:54,040
Speaker 1: would say, with the odds probably being very good, that

1182
01:01:54,200 --> 01:01:56,720
Speaker 1: Roger staff old Man's the left guard position Bates probably

1183
01:01:57,120 --> 01:01:58,880
Speaker 1: is going to be competing to start it right guard.

1184
01:01:58,920 --> 01:02:01,200
Speaker 1: It could be the bass playing hardball with him to say, listen,

1185
01:02:01,200 --> 01:02:02,840
Speaker 1: I know there's people out there. Note they know I

1186
01:02:02,840 --> 01:02:05,200
Speaker 1: can play now. Your offensive line didn't play well until

1187
01:02:05,240 --> 01:02:07,640
Speaker 1: I got on the field. So you think I'm the

1188
01:02:07,680 --> 01:02:10,000
Speaker 1: only one who knows it possible, let's go. I kind

1189
01:02:10,000 --> 01:02:12,720
Speaker 1: of doubt it, but who knows. That may be one

1190
01:02:12,760 --> 01:02:16,240
Speaker 1: of the holdups, or maybe it's something else, or maybe

1191
01:02:16,240 --> 01:02:18,680
Speaker 1: this is you know, this is all conjecture. I don't

1192
01:02:18,680 --> 01:02:21,600
Speaker 1: know why they wouldn't have tendered him already unless they're

1193
01:02:21,640 --> 01:02:23,840
Speaker 1: talking to him about something. I mean, the load tender

1194
01:02:23,880 --> 01:02:26,840
Speaker 1: would only be just under two and a half million dollars.

1195
01:02:27,720 --> 01:02:31,680
Speaker 1: I can't imagine that they're so cap constrained that they

1196
01:02:31,680 --> 01:02:34,760
Speaker 1: couldn't do at least that. And maybe you do do

1197
01:02:34,800 --> 01:02:38,120
Speaker 1: that as a placeholder, you know, for now, just to

1198
01:02:38,160 --> 01:02:41,640
Speaker 1: maintain your right at first refusal. Because he's an undrafted player,

1199
01:02:41,680 --> 01:02:44,600
Speaker 1: there is no compensation coming back to you. You're basically

1200
01:02:44,640 --> 01:02:47,720
Speaker 1: giving yourself the right to match an offer sheet. But

1201
01:02:47,760 --> 01:02:50,600
Speaker 1: if you're another team and you like Ryan Bates, even

1202
01:02:50,680 --> 01:02:53,200
Speaker 1: if he is tendered, you know the Bills are up

1203
01:02:53,200 --> 01:02:55,800
Speaker 1: against it. With the cap one, you could put a

1204
01:02:55,840 --> 01:02:57,800
Speaker 1: deal together in such a way that the Bills just

1205
01:02:57,920 --> 01:03:02,560
Speaker 1: simply can't match it all easily. I mean, the Bills

1206
01:03:02,600 --> 01:03:05,360
Speaker 1: may know that there are teams out there they're gonna

1207
01:03:05,360 --> 01:03:07,920
Speaker 1: snatch him up in a heartbeat that they if they

1208
01:03:07,960 --> 01:03:09,240
Speaker 1: tend to him for two and a half million, what

1209
01:03:09,280 --> 01:03:12,240
Speaker 1: if somebody comes out and offers him six you know,

1210
01:03:12,360 --> 01:03:16,560
Speaker 1: six you know, or you know six over two years

1211
01:03:16,360 --> 01:03:19,200
Speaker 1: or twelve over two years, something like that, and that's

1212
01:03:19,360 --> 01:03:20,919
Speaker 1: that's a number of the Bills might not be able

1213
01:03:20,920 --> 01:03:24,040
Speaker 1: to match or may not want to match. So and

1214
01:03:24,320 --> 01:03:26,560
Speaker 1: for the numbers that are being out that are out there,

1215
01:03:26,560 --> 01:03:28,320
Speaker 1: there's always teams out there that have a little bit

1216
01:03:28,360 --> 01:03:31,760
Speaker 1: of money to spend an offensive lineman or a premium everywhere,

1217
01:03:32,280 --> 01:03:37,160
Speaker 1: even depth is a premium. So I'm pretty sure the

1218
01:03:37,200 --> 01:03:39,400
Speaker 1: Bills are thinking long and hard about how much they

1219
01:03:39,440 --> 01:03:43,080
Speaker 1: want to risk losing Baits without giving it a real

1220
01:03:43,120 --> 01:03:46,200
Speaker 1: shot at signing him. Yeah, so that picture will be

1221
01:03:46,200 --> 01:03:50,000
Speaker 1: a whole lot clearer tomorrow at four pm, if not sooner,

1222
01:03:50,960 --> 01:03:53,400
Speaker 1: because if we get to four pm and he hasn't

1223
01:03:53,400 --> 01:03:58,760
Speaker 1: been tendered, we'll know. Speaking of guards, they're all getting

1224
01:03:58,800 --> 01:04:02,280
Speaker 1: paid right now on the free agent market, tackles are not,

1225
01:04:03,080 --> 01:04:05,760
Speaker 1: and the reason why is because the top of the

1226
01:04:05,800 --> 01:04:09,840
Speaker 1: market tackle has not yet signed a free agent contract anywhere.

1227
01:04:09,960 --> 01:04:15,080
Speaker 1: That being, it's widely thought that Saints free agent offensive

1228
01:04:15,080 --> 01:04:17,600
Speaker 1: tackles are on. Armstead is the best tackle on the

1229
01:04:17,640 --> 01:04:19,640
Speaker 1: free agent market. He has yet to sign anywhere, so

1230
01:04:19,680 --> 01:04:22,440
Speaker 1: everybody else kind of waits. All right, let's see him

1231
01:04:22,440 --> 01:04:24,840
Speaker 1: set the market and then we'll decide what's fair compensation

1232
01:04:24,920 --> 01:04:27,480
Speaker 1: for me, and you know, my agent will handle it

1233
01:04:27,520 --> 01:04:30,400
Speaker 1: from there. Agents don't want to jump in until they

1234
01:04:30,400 --> 01:04:32,320
Speaker 1: know the market's been set because the last thing they

1235
01:04:32,360 --> 01:04:34,600
Speaker 1: want to do is sign their guide to a deal

1236
01:04:34,640 --> 01:04:37,000
Speaker 1: and find out that it's far below market value. Then

1237
01:04:37,000 --> 01:04:38,760
Speaker 1: they're in hot water and they're probably not that guy's

1238
01:04:38,800 --> 01:04:43,080
Speaker 1: agent for much longer. So that's probably what is going

1239
01:04:43,120 --> 01:04:47,560
Speaker 1: on at the tackle position in free agency. Safety was

1240
01:04:47,600 --> 01:04:50,120
Speaker 1: also a little slow out of the gate, but it

1241
01:04:50,280 --> 01:04:54,240
Speaker 1: is expected to pick up in pace now because free

1242
01:04:54,240 --> 01:04:58,040
Speaker 1: agent safety Marcus Williams of the New Orleans Saints has

1243
01:04:58,040 --> 01:05:03,240
Speaker 1: signed a five year, seventy million dollar contract to the

1244
01:05:03,240 --> 01:05:07,160
Speaker 1: Baltimore Ravens. He goes thirty seven million of that guaranteed

1245
01:05:08,440 --> 01:05:10,560
Speaker 1: giant money for twenty four million dollars a year for

1246
01:05:10,560 --> 01:05:13,520
Speaker 1: a safety. That sets the market. That means Tyrande Matthew

1247
01:05:13,600 --> 01:05:15,880
Speaker 1: is going to be out there waiting for his landing

1248
01:05:15,920 --> 01:05:17,840
Speaker 1: spot and he's going to be in that neighborhood. If not,

1249
01:05:18,640 --> 01:05:21,000
Speaker 1: you know, he's a little older, so maybe not quite

1250
01:05:21,000 --> 01:05:23,240
Speaker 1: as much. May certainly not as long term a deal,

1251
01:05:23,600 --> 01:05:28,160
Speaker 1: but maybe the per year average will be close to that. Yeah,

1252
01:05:29,240 --> 01:05:31,600
Speaker 1: So that's what happens. People are waiting for the dominoes fall.

1253
01:05:31,600 --> 01:05:34,280
Speaker 1: It used to be in the old days, that's fourteen

1254
01:05:34,320 --> 01:05:36,520
Speaker 1: million a year for a safety, maye. Right. In the

1255
01:05:36,560 --> 01:05:39,760
Speaker 1: old days, you would look at, you know, the top

1256
01:05:39,840 --> 01:05:42,240
Speaker 1: five picks of the NFL draft and the number one,

1257
01:05:42,280 --> 01:05:44,200
Speaker 1: you know, the number two guy wouldn't sign until the

1258
01:05:44,280 --> 01:05:47,000
Speaker 1: number one guy signed, and the number four guy wouldn't

1259
01:05:47,000 --> 01:05:49,560
Speaker 1: sign until the two and three guys signed. Right, So

1260
01:05:50,280 --> 01:05:52,600
Speaker 1: it's kind of like that, like Tyronde Matthew and these

1261
01:05:52,640 --> 01:05:54,360
Speaker 1: other safeties are sitting out there gonna r what's our

1262
01:05:54,360 --> 01:05:56,160
Speaker 1: guy gonna get here and what's it gonna look like.

1263
01:05:56,720 --> 01:05:59,880
Speaker 1: And when this started to fall through and all these

1264
01:06:00,040 --> 01:06:02,200
Speaker 1: positions were going in, the top guys of these positions

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01:06:02,200 --> 01:06:06,400
Speaker 1: were so big, you know, everybody said Okay, all right,

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Speaker 1: I'm gonna wait here. I'm gonna make sure because they

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01:06:08,920 --> 01:06:10,920
Speaker 1: want to get everything they can get, no question about it.

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Speaker 1: There is there is the law of diminishing returns. It's

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Speaker 1: only we're only talking the second day of the negotiating window,

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01:06:18,520 --> 01:06:21,320
Speaker 1: so it's still very early in the game here. So

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01:06:21,400 --> 01:06:23,920
Speaker 1: two players can afford to wait, especially those in the

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Speaker 1: top third of the market. You get go a few

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01:06:27,320 --> 01:06:31,960
Speaker 1: more days. People might be getting a little answy because

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Speaker 1: you don't want to miss out on the market either

1275
01:06:33,760 --> 01:06:35,560
Speaker 1: where the markets dried up and they don't have the

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01:06:35,600 --> 01:06:38,080
Speaker 1: money to pay you. That's a real product happen. Then

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01:06:38,080 --> 01:06:40,800
Speaker 1: you're forced. Then you're forced to take a one year deal.

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01:06:41,280 --> 01:06:44,440
Speaker 1: Hope you play well, don't get hurt, so you can

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01:06:44,480 --> 01:06:47,320
Speaker 1: maximize yourself the next year. There's so many things that

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01:06:47,400 --> 01:06:49,920
Speaker 1: depend on a one year deal now, the first of

1281
01:06:49,960 --> 01:06:53,000
Speaker 1: which is opportunity. You go in there and all of

1282
01:06:53,040 --> 01:06:55,520
Speaker 1: a sudden you twist an ankle whatever. You sit on

1283
01:06:55,560 --> 01:06:57,880
Speaker 1: the bait because you can't play. Somebody else comes in

1284
01:06:57,920 --> 01:07:00,000
Speaker 1: and they excel and they don't want to make a change,

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01:07:00,480 --> 01:07:02,040
Speaker 1: and so you have to sit and wait for your

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01:07:02,080 --> 01:07:05,920
Speaker 1: chance to come around. Or likewise, you get on the

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01:07:05,960 --> 01:07:07,760
Speaker 1: field and they're not using you the way you really

1288
01:07:07,760 --> 01:07:10,960
Speaker 1: feel comfortable. You're not the position, and the opportunities not

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01:07:11,000 --> 01:07:14,520
Speaker 1: exactly what you were hoping for, and all of a sudden,

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01:07:14,680 --> 01:07:17,720
Speaker 1: the one year deal turns into a into a wait

1291
01:07:18,000 --> 01:07:20,480
Speaker 1: and just try and find a job the next year

1292
01:07:21,160 --> 01:07:23,440
Speaker 1: because your opportunity wasn't everything you hoped it would be.

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01:07:23,520 --> 01:07:26,040
Speaker 1: So and you know, or injury or all of that

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01:07:26,080 --> 01:07:29,240
Speaker 1: other stuff come into place. So the one year deal

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01:07:29,360 --> 01:07:31,240
Speaker 1: is good if you if you go in, you hit

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01:07:31,240 --> 01:07:34,120
Speaker 1: a home run, you play well, everything falls into place.

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01:07:34,200 --> 01:07:36,960
Speaker 1: It's great because then you come out and teams will

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01:07:37,000 --> 01:07:41,280
Speaker 1: line up to sign you. Yeah, but there's a lot

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Speaker 1: that goes into that one year. Russell Gauge, a free

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01:07:44,280 --> 01:07:46,720
Speaker 1: agent wide receiver, lined up in the slot, a good

1301
01:07:46,800 --> 01:07:50,400
Speaker 1: deal for the Atlanta Falcons and played really well down

1302
01:07:50,440 --> 01:07:53,520
Speaker 1: the stretch, especially after Calvin Ridley was away from the team,

1303
01:07:54,760 --> 01:07:57,600
Speaker 1: has signed a or has agreed to terms on a

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01:07:57,640 --> 01:08:01,280
Speaker 1: free agent deal with the Bucket Years, so he stays

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01:08:01,320 --> 01:08:03,680
Speaker 1: in the division, but he goes down to play with

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01:08:03,720 --> 01:08:08,680
Speaker 1: the Bucks in Tampa. And you wonder if part of

1307
01:08:08,680 --> 01:08:11,320
Speaker 1: the reason for this signing obviously they've they've lost some

1308
01:08:11,400 --> 01:08:15,040
Speaker 1: players you know, Antonio Brown certainly isn't coming back, we

1309
01:08:15,120 --> 01:08:18,920
Speaker 1: know that, and Chris Godwin may not be ready at

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01:08:18,920 --> 01:08:21,080
Speaker 1: the start of the season. We'll have to see coming

1311
01:08:21,120 --> 01:08:25,360
Speaker 1: off the ACL injury. So Russell Gage goes to Tampa

1312
01:08:25,400 --> 01:08:29,479
Speaker 1: Bay to add to their receiving corps down there, big

1313
01:08:29,520 --> 01:08:33,200
Speaker 1: target and as I said, really had a strong finish

1314
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Speaker 1: to the season. So that's another receiver talent off the market,

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01:08:38,200 --> 01:08:41,599
Speaker 1: staying in the division though, and going down to Tampa Bay.

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Speaker 1: As we mentioned earlier, Deshaun Watson is expected to meet

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01:08:45,560 --> 01:08:49,719
Speaker 1: this afternoon with the Cleveland Browns that, according to reports,

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01:08:50,280 --> 01:08:53,519
Speaker 1: and teams still in the mix to try to swing

1319
01:08:53,520 --> 01:08:58,040
Speaker 1: a trade to acquire him Carolina and New Orleans. So

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01:08:58,640 --> 01:09:02,799
Speaker 1: two NFC teams, one AFC North team in the Browns

1321
01:09:03,240 --> 01:09:06,120
Speaker 1: trying to gauge the level of interest that Watson might have.

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01:09:06,240 --> 01:09:08,639
Speaker 1: He does have a no trade clause, so he could

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01:09:08,720 --> 01:09:13,880
Speaker 1: essentially veto any potential trade destination for himself unless he

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01:09:14,000 --> 01:09:17,640
Speaker 1: likes it. There are some now the national reporters that

1325
01:09:17,680 --> 01:09:20,680
Speaker 1: are saying it appears that the Saints could have an

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01:09:20,680 --> 01:09:25,040
Speaker 1: inside track to secure the services of Deshaun Watson. So

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01:09:25,400 --> 01:09:27,559
Speaker 1: we'll just have to see, you know, where it all

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01:09:27,640 --> 01:09:31,960
Speaker 1: goes in the coming days and Houston at some point,

1329
01:09:32,000 --> 01:09:34,719
Speaker 1: Steve is going to have to move on this because

1330
01:09:36,439 --> 01:09:39,639
Speaker 1: you wait too long. Teams spend free agent money elsewhere,

1331
01:09:39,680 --> 01:09:42,840
Speaker 1: and now suddenly they can't fit Deshaun Watson. Now we're

1332
01:09:42,880 --> 01:09:45,920
Speaker 1: talking about a talent the size Deshaun Watson. Some teams

1333
01:09:45,920 --> 01:09:48,160
Speaker 1: may move heaven and earth to get him and move

1334
01:09:48,200 --> 01:09:50,040
Speaker 1: people off their roster to fit him under their cap

1335
01:09:50,040 --> 01:09:53,439
Speaker 1: if necessary. But it's a cost controlled contract. I believe

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01:09:53,479 --> 01:09:57,720
Speaker 1: it's got three more years on it, and it's like

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01:09:57,800 --> 01:10:01,040
Speaker 1: forty million bucks a year right something around there. It

1338
01:10:01,080 --> 01:10:03,320
Speaker 1: was like one year, six one hundred and sixty four

1339
01:10:03,320 --> 01:10:06,920
Speaker 1: millions forty forty one million dollars a year he signed.

1340
01:10:06,960 --> 01:10:09,599
Speaker 1: He's got a couple of years left on it. And

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01:10:11,960 --> 01:10:15,280
Speaker 1: you're right, and I'll say this too. For the Texas,

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01:10:15,320 --> 01:10:18,880
Speaker 1: they've been nothing but patient through this. I mean, they

1343
01:10:18,920 --> 01:10:21,960
Speaker 1: could have outright released him when all this came down,

1344
01:10:22,080 --> 01:10:26,360
Speaker 1: although it would have been crazy for their cap. They're

1345
01:10:26,360 --> 01:10:31,439
Speaker 1: gonna maximize this. They because right now, and I'm certainly

1346
01:10:31,439 --> 01:10:34,920
Speaker 1: this isn't exactly true, but I'm just making a point.

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01:10:36,240 --> 01:10:38,479
Speaker 1: Houston could care less about Deshaun Watson right now. All

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01:10:38,479 --> 01:10:41,080
Speaker 1: they're caring about what's coming back for him. They're they're

1349
01:10:41,080 --> 01:10:44,040
Speaker 1: ready to wash their hands of the entire sordid affair

1350
01:10:44,600 --> 01:10:46,400
Speaker 1: and they're going to try and get better and climb

1351
01:10:46,400 --> 01:10:48,960
Speaker 1: out of the hole. Not just Deshaun Watson mess has

1352
01:10:49,000 --> 01:10:51,479
Speaker 1: made for them, but also the Bill O'Brien mess that

1353
01:10:51,600 --> 01:10:53,640
Speaker 1: was made for them, and the mess they made for

1354
01:10:53,680 --> 01:10:56,680
Speaker 1: themselves when they lied to Deshaun Watson about they were

1355
01:10:56,680 --> 01:10:58,840
Speaker 1: going to run some things by him before they did it,

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01:10:58,840 --> 01:11:02,800
Speaker 1: and they did it without doing that, and he felt disrespected,

1357
01:11:02,840 --> 01:11:04,479
Speaker 1: and then the rest of this. I mean, it has

1358
01:11:04,479 --> 01:11:07,640
Speaker 1: been a dumpster fire in Houston, and they're going to

1359
01:11:07,680 --> 01:11:09,720
Speaker 1: try and start to clear to climb out of it.

1360
01:11:10,960 --> 01:11:13,160
Speaker 1: They got a ways to go still, but this is

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01:11:13,200 --> 01:11:15,960
Speaker 1: one of the key components of getting something back for

1362
01:11:16,520 --> 01:11:18,920
Speaker 1: all those times they were fleeced in the trade market,

1363
01:11:19,240 --> 01:11:22,280
Speaker 1: trading away this guy, that guy, those draft picks. They've

1364
01:11:22,280 --> 01:11:23,800
Speaker 1: got to start to climb out of it. And this

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01:11:23,880 --> 01:11:26,320
Speaker 1: is the big first step for them to do that.

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Speaker 1: Great time for us here, but when we return, joining

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Speaker 1: us in studio will be the man in the pivot

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Speaker 1: for the Bills, who just signed a two year contract extension.

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Speaker 1: Mitch Morse joins us here in studio next on One

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Speaker 1: Bills Live, presented by Kaloid of Health. It's Buffalo Bill's Radio.

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Speaker 1: All right, welcome back to One Bills Live. Chris Brown,

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01:12:00,120 --> 01:12:03,040
Speaker 1: Steve Tasper with you. Please to be joined now by

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01:12:03,080 --> 01:12:05,680
Speaker 1: the man who just signed a two year contract extension.

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01:12:06,320 --> 01:12:08,559
Speaker 1: It's going to keep him in Buffalo through the twenty

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Speaker 1: twenty four season. It is one Mitch Morse joining us

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Speaker 1: on the line here. Mitch, congratulations, glad it happened for you.

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01:12:17,080 --> 01:12:19,080
Speaker 1: I know you're not one to kind of shine a

1378
01:12:19,160 --> 01:12:21,720
Speaker 1: light on yourself very often, but I'm curious if you

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01:12:21,760 --> 01:12:24,040
Speaker 1: feel the same way that Steve and I do. We

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01:12:24,120 --> 01:12:27,759
Speaker 1: kind of We felt last year was probably your best,

1381
01:12:27,880 --> 01:12:31,360
Speaker 1: most consistent season individually in a Bill's uniform. How do

1382
01:12:31,360 --> 01:12:35,439
Speaker 1: you feel about that? I mean, I'd say that's that's right.

1383
01:12:37,240 --> 01:12:39,720
Speaker 1: I think the consistency started with the guys around me,

1384
01:12:40,520 --> 01:12:42,719
Speaker 1: with the coaches and everything put him in a position

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01:12:42,760 --> 01:12:46,800
Speaker 1: to succeed. And understand that it might have been some

1386
01:12:46,840 --> 01:12:50,200
Speaker 1: plug and play with the guys around me, but when

1387
01:12:50,200 --> 01:12:53,720
Speaker 1: everyone jumped in whenever that was, they did a great

1388
01:12:53,800 --> 01:12:57,599
Speaker 1: job of communicating. Made my job a lot easier. I

1389
01:12:57,600 --> 01:13:02,519
Speaker 1: think availability was huge like any seasons. So, um, you know,

1390
01:13:02,560 --> 01:13:04,680
Speaker 1: you can't predict that totally, but you can take the

1391
01:13:04,760 --> 01:13:07,960
Speaker 1: right steps and uh, and I think we found a

1392
01:13:08,040 --> 01:13:11,800
Speaker 1: formula that works for me and hopefully just continuing that

1393
01:13:12,160 --> 01:13:13,840
Speaker 1: through the rest of my career. Well, it's nice to

1394
01:13:13,840 --> 01:13:15,920
Speaker 1: see you on We've got you on Zoom today. Obviously,

1395
01:13:15,920 --> 01:13:18,559
Speaker 1: it's nice to see your beards in mid season form

1396
01:13:18,720 --> 01:13:21,960
Speaker 1: really looks good by the way, I know, I know

1397
01:13:22,080 --> 01:13:26,120
Speaker 1: you you're spending the off season there in Kansas City

1398
01:13:26,120 --> 01:13:28,160
Speaker 1: with your family, the kid you got, the new one.

1399
01:13:28,479 --> 01:13:31,200
Speaker 1: Give us, Give us a rundown on how the family's

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01:13:31,240 --> 01:13:33,439
Speaker 1: doing and how art is the why? Because I know this,

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01:13:34,240 --> 01:13:36,200
Speaker 1: your family's got to be on board with you doing

1402
01:13:36,240 --> 01:13:38,639
Speaker 1: it again, signing a new deal a couple more years

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01:13:38,680 --> 01:13:41,080
Speaker 1: in the same city. Is the family on board with it?

1404
01:13:41,120 --> 01:13:42,880
Speaker 1: How do they feel about your time and how it's

1405
01:13:42,920 --> 01:13:47,200
Speaker 1: been here in Buffalo. Well, fellas, we're surviving, not thriving

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01:13:47,680 --> 01:13:51,920
Speaker 1: here in Kansas City. It's been a blessing. Um. You know,

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01:13:52,040 --> 01:13:56,600
Speaker 1: my family has been always been kind of a a

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01:13:56,720 --> 01:13:59,920
Speaker 1: pivotal point for me. Um always kind of been my

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01:14:00,080 --> 01:14:03,479
Speaker 1: stronghold to keep me sane and level headed. The best

1410
01:14:03,560 --> 01:14:05,679
Speaker 1: version of myself, So any chance I get to pour

1411
01:14:05,760 --> 01:14:11,320
Speaker 1: into them in the offseason, I do. Yeah, it's good

1412
01:14:11,360 --> 01:14:15,400
Speaker 1: stuff here, man, you can't complain it's rocking and roll. Now.

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01:14:15,439 --> 01:14:18,320
Speaker 1: I'm curious, Mitch, because you've said it more than once.

1414
01:14:18,360 --> 01:14:20,080
Speaker 1: You said it through the course of the season. You

1415
01:14:20,160 --> 01:14:22,559
Speaker 1: mentioned it here again, you know, when I was asking

1416
01:14:22,560 --> 01:14:24,400
Speaker 1: you for a comment on how well you felt you

1417
01:14:24,439 --> 01:14:30,479
Speaker 1: played individually, and you referenced the communication. Now, obviously, the

1418
01:14:30,560 --> 01:14:34,400
Speaker 1: communication upfront is something you strive to be as consistent

1419
01:14:34,479 --> 01:14:36,559
Speaker 1: and perfect with as you can each and every week,

1420
01:14:36,680 --> 01:14:41,120
Speaker 1: each and every year you play. What made it so

1421
01:14:41,200 --> 01:14:45,160
Speaker 1: much more effective that you've because I mean you've mentioned

1422
01:14:45,160 --> 01:14:48,080
Speaker 1: it time and again as to why the play was

1423
01:14:48,160 --> 01:14:50,840
Speaker 1: better upfront for you individually, for the group as a whole, etc.

1424
01:14:51,400 --> 01:14:54,880
Speaker 1: Especially down the stretch. What was different about the communication

1425
01:14:55,120 --> 01:14:59,840
Speaker 1: that made the cohesive play so much more fluid? It seemed.

1426
01:15:01,680 --> 01:15:04,640
Speaker 1: I mean, I wish there was one moment that a

1427
01:15:04,800 --> 01:15:08,960
Speaker 1: flip switched or we made some drastic change, But it's

1428
01:15:09,000 --> 01:15:11,040
Speaker 1: just kind of one of those cliches that once you

1429
01:15:11,160 --> 01:15:14,719
Speaker 1: just you take little steps forward and eventually it'll click,

1430
01:15:14,840 --> 01:15:19,639
Speaker 1: whether it be finding our identity down the stretch, really

1431
01:15:19,680 --> 01:15:21,799
Speaker 1: working on those things we needed to work on in practice,

1432
01:15:21,840 --> 01:15:25,479
Speaker 1: and it finally taken two. I mean, it's just a

1433
01:15:25,560 --> 01:15:29,559
Speaker 1: resilient group. And I think you talked to any offensive

1434
01:15:29,600 --> 01:15:31,960
Speaker 1: lineman last year. They weren't very happy how we started.

1435
01:15:32,560 --> 01:15:34,600
Speaker 1: And that's what makes this place so great. It's the

1436
01:15:34,640 --> 01:15:37,439
Speaker 1: locker room full resiliency. And I answered Steve's question earlier,

1437
01:15:38,360 --> 01:15:40,120
Speaker 1: I mean that plays a role, the locker room and

1438
01:15:40,160 --> 01:15:42,320
Speaker 1: the group of guys when we're resigning it and the

1439
01:15:42,400 --> 01:15:45,960
Speaker 1: family is definitely on board. I realized they didn't answer

1440
01:15:45,960 --> 01:15:49,800
Speaker 1: your question, Steve, that the family the shirt on board

1441
01:15:49,840 --> 01:15:54,240
Speaker 1: with me coming back. And to answer Chris's question, the

1442
01:15:54,280 --> 01:15:57,040
Speaker 1: offensive line just took little steps. We didn't try to

1443
01:15:57,120 --> 01:16:00,519
Speaker 1: change drastically and eventually just stuck too. Well. Let me

1444
01:16:00,680 --> 01:16:03,320
Speaker 1: let me say this, it's you look at Dion Dawkins.

1445
01:16:03,439 --> 01:16:07,920
Speaker 1: Then it looks like Roger Saffold, who was just signed yesterday, yourself,

1446
01:16:08,280 --> 01:16:11,000
Speaker 1: and then on the other side, probably Spencer Brown coming

1447
01:16:11,040 --> 01:16:13,559
Speaker 1: back to play right tackle right guard. Seems to be

1448
01:16:14,000 --> 01:16:16,479
Speaker 1: a little bit up in the air. But those four guys,

1449
01:16:16,479 --> 01:16:18,760
Speaker 1: with the addition of Roger Saffold, what do you know

1450
01:16:18,760 --> 01:16:20,920
Speaker 1: about I know you've probably spoken with him or at

1451
01:16:21,000 --> 01:16:25,120
Speaker 1: least cross pay a path with him. Um, Spencer Brown

1452
01:16:25,439 --> 01:16:28,680
Speaker 1: coming off his first year where he started probably a

1453
01:16:28,760 --> 01:16:33,639
Speaker 1: twelve games, came in a week four. Spencer Brown looking

1454
01:16:33,680 --> 01:16:36,280
Speaker 1: to come back and you know, build on what he had,

1455
01:16:36,439 --> 01:16:40,559
Speaker 1: the star he had gotten off to Can you foresee how? Yeah,

1456
01:16:40,640 --> 01:16:42,800
Speaker 1: it's almost impossible. I know it's a crazy question, but

1457
01:16:42,960 --> 01:16:45,599
Speaker 1: can you foresee how this group's gonna come together? Yeah?

1458
01:16:45,600 --> 01:16:47,000
Speaker 1: Do you have a feel for it? And you're gonna

1459
01:16:47,040 --> 01:16:48,799
Speaker 1: say goodbye to Daryl Williams, You had to say goodbye

1460
01:16:48,840 --> 01:16:53,519
Speaker 1: to John Feliciano, some some good buddies. Um, it's gonna

1461
01:16:53,520 --> 01:16:57,120
Speaker 1: be a testy yeah, Steve, That's that's right. I mean,

1462
01:16:57,200 --> 01:17:00,519
Speaker 1: first and foremost is a business. But um, you'd be

1463
01:17:01,080 --> 01:17:03,719
Speaker 1: reluctant to say that you don't form really tight bonds.

1464
01:17:03,720 --> 01:17:06,360
Speaker 1: And you can attest this, I mean off the field,

1465
01:17:07,280 --> 01:17:11,519
Speaker 1: you get to know these people's families, They become dear friends,

1466
01:17:11,760 --> 01:17:13,960
Speaker 1: and it's tough. That's the that's the tough part of

1467
01:17:13,960 --> 01:17:16,000
Speaker 1: this gig. And we wish them all the best. Can

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01:17:16,040 --> 01:17:18,959
Speaker 1: I foresee what it looks like? I mean on paper somewhat?

1469
01:17:21,000 --> 01:17:23,840
Speaker 1: You know, a Roger is an established veteran in the

1470
01:17:23,920 --> 01:17:25,720
Speaker 1: league who has been playing at a high LOL for

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01:17:25,760 --> 01:17:30,559
Speaker 1: a very long time as a physically imposing player. I mean,

1472
01:17:30,600 --> 01:17:33,599
Speaker 1: the dude has just built like a like a tank,

1473
01:17:33,720 --> 01:17:36,559
Speaker 1: you know what I mean. His play is hard. Really

1474
01:17:36,760 --> 01:17:39,080
Speaker 1: impressed with how he you know, he was run blocking

1475
01:17:39,120 --> 01:17:41,679
Speaker 1: and pass blocking. I mean, he just likes to physically

1476
01:17:41,720 --> 01:17:44,639
Speaker 1: impose his will. So whenever you get a player like that,

1477
01:17:45,520 --> 01:17:47,280
Speaker 1: you can tell he's a tone setter, and we always

1478
01:17:47,320 --> 01:17:50,519
Speaker 1: appreciate those in the offensive line. You have a new

1479
01:17:50,680 --> 01:17:53,479
Speaker 1: offensive line coach in the room, and Aaron Cromer certainly

1480
01:17:53,520 --> 01:17:56,520
Speaker 1: comes in with a boatload and a laundry list of credentials,

1481
01:17:57,040 --> 01:18:01,759
Speaker 1: good ones. Roger obviously has some experience with him, having

1482
01:18:01,840 --> 01:18:04,080
Speaker 1: played under him out in LA with the Rams for

1483
01:18:04,120 --> 01:18:07,800
Speaker 1: a couple of seasons. You know that, at least from

1484
01:18:07,800 --> 01:18:11,240
Speaker 1: what coach McDermott has said, a lot of the protections

1485
01:18:11,240 --> 01:18:12,960
Speaker 1: and things like that are going to stay the same

1486
01:18:13,000 --> 01:18:16,880
Speaker 1: to benefit the guys that are here as well as Josh,

1487
01:18:16,920 --> 01:18:19,719
Speaker 1: But maybe some of the techniques might change under coach

1488
01:18:19,800 --> 01:18:24,400
Speaker 1: Cromer to a certain extent. How much can Roger being

1489
01:18:24,439 --> 01:18:29,080
Speaker 1: a player here kind of help facilitate the learning curve

1490
01:18:29,160 --> 01:18:31,280
Speaker 1: for guys like you that might be a little bit

1491
01:18:31,320 --> 01:18:34,640
Speaker 1: new to Cromer's techniques, like, hey, this is why we

1492
01:18:34,760 --> 01:18:37,000
Speaker 1: do it this way because of AB and C. Is

1493
01:18:37,000 --> 01:18:41,680
Speaker 1: there some of that that goes on player to player? Absolutely.

1494
01:18:43,680 --> 01:18:46,479
Speaker 1: I think when you have a new coach coming in,

1495
01:18:46,520 --> 01:18:49,920
Speaker 1: there's apparently little learning curve and having a guy who's

1496
01:18:49,920 --> 01:18:56,439
Speaker 1: played with this coach before really taken up what he's

1497
01:18:56,479 --> 01:19:00,400
Speaker 1: preached and used it in their own game. You know,

1498
01:19:00,400 --> 01:19:02,640
Speaker 1: it's it's it's great, and you can also see the

1499
01:19:02,640 --> 01:19:05,680
Speaker 1: you know, coaches say this sometimes that sometimes you seed

1500
01:19:05,720 --> 01:19:08,120
Speaker 1: a fresh perspective or maybe I'm not getting my tone across.

1501
01:19:08,160 --> 01:19:09,840
Speaker 1: There's another way to say it. There's another way to

1502
01:19:09,840 --> 01:19:12,559
Speaker 1: skin the cat saying the same message, and a player

1503
01:19:12,640 --> 01:19:16,880
Speaker 1: might see it differently, So he could probably voice what

1504
01:19:17,040 --> 01:19:19,479
Speaker 1: the coach wants in a different way. And what better

1505
01:19:19,560 --> 01:19:21,200
Speaker 1: person to do it than someone who's done it for

1506
01:19:21,280 --> 01:19:23,800
Speaker 1: him previously. So when you come back, you're going to

1507
01:19:23,920 --> 01:19:27,160
Speaker 1: have a different officsive coordinator and Ken Dorsey obviously you've

1508
01:19:27,200 --> 01:19:29,000
Speaker 1: rubbed up against him, you got you know, you guys

1509
01:19:29,000 --> 01:19:32,120
Speaker 1: have had conversations and talk to the guy. How do

1510
01:19:32,160 --> 01:19:38,040
Speaker 1: you sense that change manifesting itself not only in Josh

1511
01:19:38,040 --> 01:19:40,760
Speaker 1: Allen's relationship with Ken Dorsey and all that. But it's

1512
01:19:40,800 --> 01:19:42,080
Speaker 1: going to be a lot of new faces on the

1513
01:19:42,080 --> 01:19:45,200
Speaker 1: coaching staff and in and around the offensive line, maybe

1514
01:19:45,200 --> 01:19:48,840
Speaker 1: some skill position players as well. J J D. McKissick

1515
01:19:48,920 --> 01:19:51,479
Speaker 1: was just signed by the club, running back from Washington

1516
01:19:51,520 --> 01:19:54,840
Speaker 1: and around the league. You know, you're coming back into

1517
01:19:54,880 --> 01:19:57,880
Speaker 1: a new and different team after the way the season

1518
01:19:58,000 --> 01:20:00,400
Speaker 1: ended last year, the disappointment of it, but still the

1519
01:20:00,479 --> 01:20:02,360
Speaker 1: high level of success and the high level of play

1520
01:20:02,439 --> 01:20:04,720
Speaker 1: you guys are putting out there. It's hard to just

1521
01:20:04,840 --> 01:20:07,160
Speaker 1: set that aside and start from scratch. But yet that's

1522
01:20:07,200 --> 01:20:13,000
Speaker 1: where you find yourself, no doubt. Um. You know, sometimes

1523
01:20:13,160 --> 01:20:18,760
Speaker 1: change brings fresh perspective. Uh, it brings a challenge, right

1524
01:20:18,760 --> 01:20:21,720
Speaker 1: because you've built rapport with people. Um, it's not like

1525
01:20:21,760 --> 01:20:25,120
Speaker 1: we haven't had success, like you've said, going to you know,

1526
01:20:25,200 --> 01:20:27,559
Speaker 1: one game away two years ago and two games away

1527
01:20:27,640 --> 01:20:31,240
Speaker 1: last year. Um, you know, it's not only the nature

1528
01:20:31,240 --> 01:20:34,679
Speaker 1: of the beast, but sometimes it's a necessity. Uh. Some

1529
01:20:34,680 --> 01:20:38,120
Speaker 1: some players and coaches thrive elsewhere, some players and coaches

1530
01:20:38,120 --> 01:20:40,880
Speaker 1: thrive in house. Um you just don't know that until

1531
01:20:40,960 --> 01:20:43,680
Speaker 1: some people move on and such, and uh, you know,

1532
01:20:43,880 --> 01:20:46,880
Speaker 1: we we've built rapport with these people love them, um,

1533
01:20:47,360 --> 01:20:51,479
Speaker 1: but with fresh faces, um, you know it'll it'll make

1534
01:20:51,520 --> 01:20:54,400
Speaker 1: every day a challenge in the best way because you

1535
01:20:54,520 --> 01:20:58,599
Speaker 1: have to build relationships. You have to understand what they're

1536
01:20:58,760 --> 01:21:01,120
Speaker 1: bringing to the table and they have to understand what

1537
01:21:01,160 --> 01:21:03,120
Speaker 1: you're bringing to the table. And it's a challenge, but

1538
01:21:03,200 --> 01:21:07,439
Speaker 1: it's also a fun one. And the last one I've

1539
01:21:07,479 --> 01:21:09,960
Speaker 1: got for you match is I think and we didn't

1540
01:21:09,960 --> 01:21:11,760
Speaker 1: really get a chance to talk to you about this

1541
01:21:11,920 --> 01:21:14,640
Speaker 1: after the last game because they were bigger fish to

1542
01:21:14,640 --> 01:21:17,519
Speaker 1: fry in terms of how that thing unfolded. But it

1543
01:21:17,640 --> 01:21:20,160
Speaker 1: just seemed to us by the time we got to

1544
01:21:20,200 --> 01:21:22,760
Speaker 1: the end of the season there the only thing that

1545
01:21:22,800 --> 01:21:25,840
Speaker 1: could really stand in the way for you guys, it

1546
01:21:25,960 --> 01:21:29,360
Speaker 1: was yourselves. I mean the level of football you guys

1547
01:21:29,400 --> 01:21:32,519
Speaker 1: were playing, there was, in our eyes, nobody that was

1548
01:21:32,560 --> 01:21:37,000
Speaker 1: going to take you down except yourselves. Is that kind

1549
01:21:37,040 --> 01:21:40,840
Speaker 1: of the jumping off point, because I know what coach

1550
01:21:40,920 --> 01:21:42,559
Speaker 1: is going to say the first day you guys get

1551
01:21:42,560 --> 01:21:45,479
Speaker 1: back here. He's gonna say every year is different and

1552
01:21:45,520 --> 01:21:47,960
Speaker 1: it has to be a new jumping off point. But

1553
01:21:48,200 --> 01:21:50,559
Speaker 1: I think it's pretty well founded that the talent on

1554
01:21:50,600 --> 01:21:54,240
Speaker 1: this roster is still very strong and that maybe the

1555
01:21:54,320 --> 01:21:57,240
Speaker 1: starting point might not be the same, but I gotta

1556
01:21:57,280 --> 01:21:59,120
Speaker 1: believe it's gonna be a lot further ahead from the

1557
01:21:59,120 --> 01:22:01,840
Speaker 1: starting point last year in light of the level of

1558
01:22:01,880 --> 01:22:06,760
Speaker 1: football that you guys achieved, particularly on offense. Well, a

1559
01:22:06,800 --> 01:22:10,120
Speaker 1: few things. One is that previous success can be a

1560
01:22:11,600 --> 01:22:13,599
Speaker 1: can be a burden, not a burden, but it can

1561
01:22:14,680 --> 01:22:19,440
Speaker 1: if you don't flush the previous years, even with success,

1562
01:22:20,200 --> 01:22:22,120
Speaker 1: it can almost damn you, you know what I mean.

1563
01:22:22,880 --> 01:22:26,240
Speaker 1: You have to understand that just because you were able

1564
01:22:26,320 --> 01:22:30,400
Speaker 1: to put something together last year the year before, make

1565
01:22:30,439 --> 01:22:33,640
Speaker 1: a push in the postseason, that's not going to automatically

1566
01:22:33,640 --> 01:22:35,720
Speaker 1: take you to the next year. And now the expectations

1567
01:22:35,720 --> 01:22:37,720
Speaker 1: are high for the fan base and this club, as

1568
01:22:37,720 --> 01:22:41,960
Speaker 1: they should be. But you're bringing in new faces, new perspectives.

1569
01:22:42,000 --> 01:22:44,960
Speaker 1: You gotta make new acquaintances, and then you have to

1570
01:22:44,960 --> 01:22:47,000
Speaker 1: find a way to come together a new team. You know,

1571
01:22:48,360 --> 01:22:50,479
Speaker 1: every year, even the run game is different. Maybe it's

1572
01:22:50,520 --> 01:22:53,200
Speaker 1: one year it's pen and poll, one year, it's inside

1573
01:22:53,280 --> 01:22:55,760
Speaker 1: zone one day. And it's not like you make that,

1574
01:22:56,120 --> 01:22:58,519
Speaker 1: it's not like you choose that. It's just how that works.

1575
01:22:58,560 --> 01:23:00,519
Speaker 1: And that's just a microcosm of what the whole team

1576
01:23:00,560 --> 01:23:03,840
Speaker 1: can do, so it will be a great challenge. We

1577
01:23:03,920 --> 01:23:07,639
Speaker 1: have expectations high ones, to say the least, and it'll

1578
01:23:07,640 --> 01:23:09,240
Speaker 1: be a challenge. We have a target on our back

1579
01:23:09,280 --> 01:23:12,559
Speaker 1: and we look forward to the ebbs and flows of

1580
01:23:12,560 --> 01:23:14,720
Speaker 1: the season and the preseason. No, I don't want to

1581
01:23:14,720 --> 01:23:16,280
Speaker 1: put you on the spot. You've been here for four years,

1582
01:23:16,280 --> 01:23:18,360
Speaker 1: all of them, and went with Josh Allen under center.

1583
01:23:19,240 --> 01:23:22,040
Speaker 1: You've got a relationship and I understand how that works.

1584
01:23:22,080 --> 01:23:24,840
Speaker 1: You too, you know, have a relationship like no other

1585
01:23:24,920 --> 01:23:28,639
Speaker 1: on the team. And Josh has gotten better every single

1586
01:23:28,720 --> 01:23:30,920
Speaker 1: year in some way, shape or for him, and early

1587
01:23:30,920 --> 01:23:33,519
Speaker 1: in his career he was getting better every week. Now

1588
01:23:33,560 --> 01:23:35,080
Speaker 1: he reached a level, certainly at the end of this

1589
01:23:35,160 --> 01:23:38,760
Speaker 1: last season where he was elite. If you're gonna I

1590
01:23:39,000 --> 01:23:40,920
Speaker 1: if you talk to Josh and if you can anticipate

1591
01:23:40,960 --> 01:23:42,479
Speaker 1: what he's gonna say, and I know he works on

1592
01:23:42,520 --> 01:23:44,120
Speaker 1: his game, what do you think the next step for

1593
01:23:44,240 --> 01:23:48,320
Speaker 1: him is? As a guy who you know is in

1594
01:23:48,360 --> 01:23:51,320
Speaker 1: the huddle with him every single snap, what do you

1595
01:23:51,360 --> 01:23:53,519
Speaker 1: think he's looking for to make? What kind of jump

1596
01:23:53,640 --> 01:23:55,360
Speaker 1: is he gonna make this year? And where's he looking

1597
01:23:55,400 --> 01:23:58,720
Speaker 1: to make a jump? I mean the jump I'd like

1598
01:23:58,800 --> 01:24:00,680
Speaker 1: him to see is maybe slow every once in a

1599
01:24:00,720 --> 01:24:07,599
Speaker 1: while instead of up jumping. Yeah yeah, well, but that's

1600
01:24:07,640 --> 01:24:10,840
Speaker 1: also to the point. You're asking someone to be someone

1601
01:24:10,880 --> 01:24:13,800
Speaker 1: they're not, and that's who Josh is. He'd lay it

1602
01:24:13,840 --> 01:24:16,720
Speaker 1: out for you. That's a great question. I feel like

1603
01:24:16,760 --> 01:24:20,720
Speaker 1: a little bit uh in your seat. I really I

1604
01:24:20,720 --> 01:24:22,680
Speaker 1: would ask him the same. I'd have no idea if

1605
01:24:22,760 --> 01:24:26,599
Speaker 1: if I was him, Um, you know, it'd be minute

1606
01:24:26,600 --> 01:24:32,280
Speaker 1: things and maybe it would be um gosh, just continuing

1607
01:24:32,400 --> 01:24:36,360
Speaker 1: being it would mean more of continuation rather than progression

1608
01:24:36,360 --> 01:24:40,040
Speaker 1: on certain things, Continuing to be a great friend in

1609
01:24:40,080 --> 01:24:42,880
Speaker 1: the locker room, because that correlates to people wanting to,

1610
01:24:43,439 --> 01:24:45,320
Speaker 1: you know, risk it all for you on game day,

1611
01:24:45,400 --> 01:24:48,840
Speaker 1: being a great leader by example, which he continues to do.

1612
01:24:49,160 --> 01:24:51,280
Speaker 1: Just doing the right thing on and off the field.

1613
01:24:51,280 --> 01:24:53,280
Speaker 1: He continues to do and if you continue to do that,

1614
01:24:54,280 --> 01:24:56,200
Speaker 1: you set the standard for everyone else in the locker room.

1615
01:24:56,200 --> 01:25:00,040
Speaker 1: Because this this ship sails the way he goes. So

1616
01:25:00,520 --> 01:25:02,439
Speaker 1: I think he's taken a great step in that. Even

1617
01:25:02,479 --> 01:25:05,400
Speaker 1: the few years I've been here, you can tell this

1618
01:25:05,520 --> 01:25:07,960
Speaker 1: is his team, and so whatever step he takes will

1619
01:25:08,000 --> 01:25:10,040
Speaker 1: be in the right direction. And you and I will

1620
01:25:10,080 --> 01:25:13,320
Speaker 1: discuss that next step this time next year because we

1621
01:25:13,560 --> 01:25:15,320
Speaker 1: because I have no idea, but it'll be a great

1622
01:25:15,400 --> 01:25:18,040
Speaker 1: challenge for him and for all of us. All Right, Mitch,

1623
01:25:18,120 --> 01:25:20,920
Speaker 1: thanks pleasure talking to you. Enjoy being a dad here

1624
01:25:20,960 --> 01:25:23,240
Speaker 1: in the off season. We're glad the extension worked out

1625
01:25:23,280 --> 01:25:26,040
Speaker 1: for you. John Mets the privilege. Thank you so much.

1626
01:25:26,080 --> 01:25:29,280
Speaker 1: All right. Match Mitch Morris joining US Bill Center fresh

1627
01:25:29,280 --> 01:25:33,200
Speaker 1: off the two year contract extension and became a dad

1628
01:25:33,200 --> 01:25:37,559
Speaker 1: again this offseason as he had a harrowing week late

1629
01:25:37,600 --> 01:25:39,000
Speaker 1: in the year. I can't remember if it was right

1630
01:25:39,040 --> 01:25:40,080
Speaker 1: at the end. I think it was right at the

1631
01:25:40,160 --> 01:25:43,360
Speaker 1: end of the regular season where they played a game

1632
01:25:43,400 --> 01:25:47,200
Speaker 1: on Sunday. He flew home to Kansas City Monday because

1633
01:25:47,240 --> 01:25:48,960
Speaker 1: he left his wife back in Kansas City. You know

1634
01:25:49,000 --> 01:25:51,559
Speaker 1: she's right, you'll want to leave your wife with your

1635
01:25:51,560 --> 01:25:53,439
Speaker 1: regular obstetrition, you know what I mean, Like do you

1636
01:25:53,479 --> 01:25:56,479
Speaker 1: want every creature comfort you can come up with. Flew

1637
01:25:56,520 --> 01:25:58,960
Speaker 1: back to Kansas City for the delivery. Seems as like

1638
01:25:59,040 --> 01:26:01,439
Speaker 1: right around Christmas, right, Yeah, it was either right before

1639
01:26:02,240 --> 01:26:04,720
Speaker 1: and all that and then got back in time for

1640
01:26:05,000 --> 01:26:09,240
Speaker 1: practice Wednesday. So that's that's getting it done. It's like

1641
01:26:09,320 --> 01:26:11,760
Speaker 1: eight am on Monday, and bravo to missus Morris, by

1642
01:26:11,800 --> 01:26:14,439
Speaker 1: the way, who did all who did the real heavy lifting? Yea,

1643
01:26:14,560 --> 01:26:17,120
Speaker 1: in that case, Mitch suffer from jet lag. That's right,

1644
01:26:17,160 --> 01:26:20,920
Speaker 1: that was his only problem. Yeah, um, but yeah, I'm

1645
01:26:20,960 --> 01:26:22,519
Speaker 1: really glad it worked out for him and you and

1646
01:26:22,560 --> 01:26:25,679
Speaker 1: I had surmise last week that his level of play

1647
01:26:25,760 --> 01:26:29,920
Speaker 1: was such that even though he had a high cap figure,

1648
01:26:29,920 --> 01:26:31,800
Speaker 1: that people are like, oh, I don't know, maybe they

1649
01:26:31,920 --> 01:26:33,640
Speaker 1: have to cut him. I was like, you gotta be

1650
01:26:33,720 --> 01:26:35,719
Speaker 1: kidding me. That guy played his had his best season,

1651
01:26:35,760 --> 01:26:38,200
Speaker 1: his bill's uniform last year's missed two games in four

1652
01:26:38,280 --> 01:26:42,360
Speaker 1: years at an important spot in the offensive line as

1653
01:26:42,400 --> 01:26:44,000
Speaker 1: there is. You know, he's not a left tackle, but

1654
01:26:44,040 --> 01:26:46,320
Speaker 1: he's the guy that sets all the protections. He communicates

1655
01:26:46,320 --> 01:26:49,000
Speaker 1: to Josh, he does all that stuff, really important cog

1656
01:26:49,080 --> 01:26:52,200
Speaker 1: in the communications upfront, and he's always there. He's always

1657
01:26:52,200 --> 01:26:55,639
Speaker 1: showed up. So um, good for him. It's a testament

1658
01:26:55,680 --> 01:26:57,559
Speaker 1: to what he means to the club, no question. Yeah.

1659
01:26:57,560 --> 01:27:00,479
Speaker 1: And he's mentioned communication, which I asked him about. Maybe

1660
01:27:00,479 --> 01:27:02,719
Speaker 1: I was getting a little too deep into the state

1661
01:27:02,840 --> 01:27:04,720
Speaker 1: secrets as to why it works the way it does.

1662
01:27:04,800 --> 01:27:08,120
Speaker 1: I didn't mean to do that, but it seems to

1663
01:27:08,200 --> 01:27:12,080
Speaker 1: me they found a certain groove in which to deliver

1664
01:27:12,800 --> 01:27:16,559
Speaker 1: the pre snap communication and it seemed like they discovered

1665
01:27:16,560 --> 01:27:19,080
Speaker 1: it late in the year and it just seemed to

1666
01:27:19,160 --> 01:27:24,679
Speaker 1: all click from there and the whole operation worked significantly better.

1667
01:27:24,800 --> 01:27:28,080
Speaker 1: So hopefully that is a learned thing that is not

1668
01:27:28,280 --> 01:27:32,640
Speaker 1: scheme specific, and we'll carry into this new version of

1669
01:27:32,680 --> 01:27:35,879
Speaker 1: the Bill's offense under Ken Dorsey and with new blocking

1670
01:27:35,960 --> 01:27:38,960
Speaker 1: techniques under Aaron Cromer. We have to take a break

1671
01:27:38,960 --> 01:27:40,880
Speaker 1: when we come out, come back step and I will

1672
01:27:40,880 --> 01:27:44,880
Speaker 1: close things up for a Tuesday as we await the

1673
01:27:44,960 --> 01:27:48,920
Speaker 1: opening of the market where signings can officially happen. That

1674
01:27:48,920 --> 01:27:51,080
Speaker 1: comes our way four o'clock tomorrow. We're back in a

1675
01:27:51,080 --> 01:28:05,680
Speaker 1: second year on One Bill's Live. Stay tuned, all right,

1676
01:28:05,720 --> 01:28:07,800
Speaker 1: Welcome back to One Bill's Live. Steve and I were

1677
01:28:07,800 --> 01:28:11,799
Speaker 1: ready to close up shop here on a Tuesday, and

1678
01:28:11,840 --> 01:28:15,160
Speaker 1: we're still waiting for the offensive tackle market to get set. Steve,

1679
01:28:15,320 --> 01:28:19,400
Speaker 1: that hasn't happened yet. There is some movement now, but

1680
01:28:20,400 --> 01:28:23,680
Speaker 1: you know, some top of the market guys at the

1681
01:28:23,680 --> 01:28:27,240
Speaker 1: pass rusher position have not found homes yet. It's amazing.

1682
01:28:28,280 --> 01:28:31,519
Speaker 1: It seems like free agency is like begun in a

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Speaker 1: day or two is going to be over and it

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Speaker 1: technically hasn't begun yet. Yeah, so there are some names

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Speaker 1: still out there. There are some names at the top

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Speaker 1: of the cornerback market that are still sitting out there

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Speaker 1: is to find Gilmore, Casey Hayward. So looks like DJ

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Speaker 1: Reid just signed a giant deal with the New York Jets.

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Speaker 1: So the cornerback the Bill's activity going forward is going

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Speaker 1: to be completely dependent on where they're cap situation is

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Speaker 1: and how they can free up some more money. Certainly

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Speaker 1: there's some spots they'd like to get a guy a

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Speaker 1: corner another edge rusher, maybe another wide receiver, a quality

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Speaker 1: veteran wide receiver on a one year deal. Those three spots,

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Speaker 1: you could see them trying to sign somebody, but that's

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Speaker 1: going to be totally dictated by their cap freedom, which

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Speaker 1: right now they don't have enough to tame three years

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Speaker 1: thirty three million dollars for Seahawk former Seahawks cornerback DJ

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Speaker 1: Reid going to the Jets. So, and it looks like,

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Speaker 1: according to Diana Rassini, Deshaun Watson has interest in the

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Speaker 1: Falcons and even personally called them. We'll see where it goes,

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Speaker 1: We'll see on Wednesday.