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Speaker 1: that's how I want to, you know, end it right there. Um,

429
00:21:38,960 --> 00:21:40,560
Speaker 1: I would just ask you guys now if you could

430
00:21:40,600 --> 00:21:43,080
Speaker 1: just ask me questions relating to football, so we could

431
00:21:43,119 --> 00:21:44,800
Speaker 1: put this to the side and all of us can

432
00:21:44,840 --> 00:21:48,240
Speaker 1: get to football. That's okay with you, guys, appreciate it,

433
00:21:51,840 --> 00:21:56,359
Speaker 1: Have any questions tell us about Commandul Sanders and in

434
00:21:58,000 --> 00:22:02,760
Speaker 1: a pretty superusful set the slot pet the outside guy,

435
00:22:02,800 --> 00:22:04,560
Speaker 1: and it looks like you can do it all sto yes,

436
00:22:04,640 --> 00:22:07,200
Speaker 1: sir um. Yeah. I played two years with the Manual

437
00:22:07,200 --> 00:22:10,240
Speaker 1: at SMU, and there he was actually only a slot guy.

438
00:22:11,840 --> 00:22:14,800
Speaker 1: His last year there, he asked June to move him

439
00:22:14,800 --> 00:22:17,360
Speaker 1: to outside to get some film. But that's really where

440
00:22:17,440 --> 00:22:19,760
Speaker 1: he kind of raigned some pream was in the slot

441
00:22:21,080 --> 00:22:25,040
Speaker 1: separation guy. You know, anytime you can get away from

442
00:22:25,080 --> 00:22:26,800
Speaker 1: DB's a're gonna be pretty good at white out. So

443
00:22:28,080 --> 00:22:29,800
Speaker 1: he brings a lot of juice and energy to this team,

444
00:22:29,840 --> 00:22:31,920
Speaker 1: and I'm excited to get to play with him once again.

445
00:22:31,960 --> 00:22:34,719
Speaker 1: And you know, it'd be the coolest thing ever if

446
00:22:34,760 --> 00:22:36,920
Speaker 1: we could kind of put this thing together and get

447
00:22:36,960 --> 00:22:40,560
Speaker 1: a Super Bowl together. I think it was the first

448
00:22:40,720 --> 00:22:42,879
Speaker 1: Bowl game we won in twenty five years at SMU,

449
00:22:43,000 --> 00:22:46,480
Speaker 1: and we did that together, So it'd be really awesome

450
00:22:46,480 --> 00:22:50,560
Speaker 1: to kind of add something to that in the NFL deal.

451
00:22:50,800 --> 00:22:53,080
Speaker 1: Obviously you've got him for things in the playoffs. Where

452
00:22:53,080 --> 00:22:56,719
Speaker 1: do you standing out healthwise and any lingering things as

453
00:22:56,720 --> 00:22:58,880
Speaker 1: you had to camp. I feel great. You know there's

454
00:22:59,520 --> 00:23:02,080
Speaker 1: as play and you know, especially ones that have been

455
00:23:02,119 --> 00:23:03,600
Speaker 1: in the league is as long as I have at

456
00:23:03,640 --> 00:23:06,200
Speaker 1: this point, you know, there's always going to be you know,

457
00:23:06,359 --> 00:23:08,480
Speaker 1: things that you've dealt with in the past and that

458
00:23:08,520 --> 00:23:12,840
Speaker 1: are gonna linger a little bit. But really I feel awesome,

459
00:23:12,920 --> 00:23:14,880
Speaker 1: to be honest, and you know, today it was kind

460
00:23:14,920 --> 00:23:18,600
Speaker 1: of that first test for me. I didn't really do

461
00:23:18,720 --> 00:23:20,600
Speaker 1: much o tas I ran routes on air, but you

462
00:23:20,680 --> 00:23:22,720
Speaker 1: know running routes on air is a lot different than

463
00:23:22,880 --> 00:23:26,240
Speaker 1: when a guy's in front of you. So it really

464
00:23:26,320 --> 00:23:28,160
Speaker 1: just felt good to be back out there with everybody

465
00:23:28,240 --> 00:23:30,120
Speaker 1: and and you know, be out there with my teammates

466
00:23:32,960 --> 00:23:37,440
Speaker 1: about this team. That will help it deal with expectations

467
00:23:37,560 --> 00:23:39,879
Speaker 1: because they're as high as they're they've ever they've been

468
00:23:39,880 --> 00:23:43,000
Speaker 1: around here in decades. Well, in our opinion in the

469
00:23:43,080 --> 00:23:45,280
Speaker 1: locker room, we haven't done anything because you know when

470
00:23:45,400 --> 00:23:49,240
Speaker 1: cares who came in second, third, or fourth. So I

471
00:23:49,320 --> 00:23:52,080
Speaker 1: mean it's it's the same goal as it was every

472
00:23:52,200 --> 00:23:54,000
Speaker 1: year that I've been here. You know, your the job

473
00:23:54,160 --> 00:23:55,760
Speaker 1: is not done until you win a super Bowl. So

474
00:23:55,800 --> 00:23:59,600
Speaker 1: there's nothing to be complacent about. There's nothing to be

475
00:24:00,240 --> 00:24:03,400
Speaker 1: um like, oh you know, I mean, no one wants

476
00:24:03,440 --> 00:24:05,600
Speaker 1: to just be close to being the best, you know

477
00:24:05,600 --> 00:24:09,480
Speaker 1: what I mean. So, UM, I mean we're we're going

478
00:24:09,560 --> 00:24:12,000
Speaker 1: back to work and you know, guys are hungry. We

479
00:24:12,119 --> 00:24:15,040
Speaker 1: we at least sniffed it. For me getting that close,

480
00:24:16,280 --> 00:24:18,320
Speaker 1: I was, yeah, I was upset we lost, but that

481
00:24:18,440 --> 00:24:20,800
Speaker 1: was the closest I had ever even been to to

482
00:24:20,920 --> 00:24:24,160
Speaker 1: get into a Super Bowl, um, in my whole career.

483
00:24:24,480 --> 00:24:27,119
Speaker 1: And really it just it made me hungry, man. It

484
00:24:27,280 --> 00:24:30,520
Speaker 1: was it was an awesome experience. It was experience that

485
00:24:30,640 --> 00:24:34,000
Speaker 1: we needed. And I felt like a lot of us

486
00:24:34,040 --> 00:24:37,280
Speaker 1: weren't ready for that situation, including myself, just because it's

487
00:24:37,359 --> 00:24:39,560
Speaker 1: it's a different stage, man, And they were and and

488
00:24:39,680 --> 00:24:43,760
Speaker 1: it proved in that game. But um, now we now

489
00:24:43,840 --> 00:24:46,040
Speaker 1: there there are no excuses and we have that experience.

490
00:24:46,080 --> 00:24:47,640
Speaker 1: So we got to put the things together and it's

491
00:24:47,720 --> 00:24:49,199
Speaker 1: it's not gonna be easy. You gotta take it one

492
00:24:49,280 --> 00:24:51,720
Speaker 1: day at a time. Um, it's a new year for

493
00:24:51,800 --> 00:24:53,679
Speaker 1: every team. So just because you got there, last year

494
00:24:53,720 --> 00:24:58,120
Speaker 1: doesn't mean you're gonna get there this year. Five statement

495
00:24:58,240 --> 00:25:01,119
Speaker 1: we're reporter, it's going to be they reported. Do you

496
00:25:01,320 --> 00:25:07,399
Speaker 1: play on further discussing and engaging on social media? Not

497
00:25:07,600 --> 00:25:13,680
Speaker 1: about not about not about the vaccination though put off

498
00:25:13,840 --> 00:25:17,359
Speaker 1: MVP type of numbers obviously last year, I mean, what

499
00:25:17,520 --> 00:25:19,639
Speaker 1: does he do for an app? Of course? Think what

500
00:25:19,720 --> 00:25:23,000
Speaker 1: do you see in Josh? And what is your confidence

501
00:25:23,080 --> 00:25:25,919
Speaker 1: that Josh is gonna be at least as good as

502
00:25:26,000 --> 00:25:29,399
Speaker 1: last year? Josh was still improving every game in my

503
00:25:29,480 --> 00:25:32,479
Speaker 1: opinion last year, and he's still a young player. Um,

504
00:25:33,480 --> 00:25:35,600
Speaker 1: I mean, I don't you guys probably know better than

505
00:25:35,640 --> 00:25:37,880
Speaker 1: I do how many games he's probably started his career.

506
00:25:37,960 --> 00:25:40,080
Speaker 1: It's I mean, it's really not that many. And for

507
00:25:40,160 --> 00:25:43,480
Speaker 1: a guy to you know, kind of explode like he

508
00:25:43,600 --> 00:25:46,440
Speaker 1: did last year at such a young age, as like,

509
00:25:48,000 --> 00:25:49,800
Speaker 1: it's like how good can he really be? Man, it's

510
00:25:49,840 --> 00:25:52,520
Speaker 1: kind of crazy to think about. But um, knowing him,

511
00:25:52,600 --> 00:25:54,320
Speaker 1: I know he's gonna put in that work every day

512
00:25:54,359 --> 00:25:58,080
Speaker 1: and disguise the limit for him. And I'm just you know,

513
00:25:58,520 --> 00:25:59,879
Speaker 1: I'm pumped that I get to be here and be

514
00:26:00,160 --> 00:26:02,760
Speaker 1: part of it because he can throw it anywhere on

515
00:26:02,800 --> 00:26:04,320
Speaker 1: the field at anytime. You got a guy like that,

516
00:26:04,480 --> 00:26:07,200
Speaker 1: and it's just you know, it's it's on me just

517
00:26:07,280 --> 00:26:09,680
Speaker 1: to get open for him. He's gonna get it there. Cool.

518
00:26:10,240 --> 00:26:13,239
Speaker 1: I could obviously your statement, the specifics, I'll let them

519
00:26:13,280 --> 00:26:16,560
Speaker 1: speak for themselves. But what has the reaction been, like

520
00:26:16,720 --> 00:26:20,400
Speaker 1: the interaction with your teammates on the issue. How much

521
00:26:20,440 --> 00:26:22,480
Speaker 1: of a distraction has the whole thing been for you?

522
00:26:22,560 --> 00:26:26,320
Speaker 1: And you concerned it will be a distraction moving forward? Yeah,

523
00:26:26,320 --> 00:26:28,879
Speaker 1: I know, I know. Me and Jerry had a conversation

524
00:26:29,200 --> 00:26:31,560
Speaker 1: on social media, which, yeah, a lot of people don't

525
00:26:31,600 --> 00:26:33,680
Speaker 1: think that's the best way to do things. But look,

526
00:26:34,920 --> 00:26:38,280
Speaker 1: me and Jerry are brothers. Well, we had a conversation

527
00:26:38,359 --> 00:26:41,040
Speaker 1: on the phone immediately after we talked it through and

528
00:26:41,119 --> 00:26:42,800
Speaker 1: it's we weren't mad at each other, you know, we're

529
00:26:42,840 --> 00:26:44,560
Speaker 1: just talking to each other. A lot of things can

530
00:26:44,600 --> 00:26:46,520
Speaker 1: be taken out of context and in the wrong way

531
00:26:47,520 --> 00:26:49,199
Speaker 1: in social media because people are gonna do what they

532
00:26:49,240 --> 00:26:51,479
Speaker 1: do with it, you know what I mean. But um,

533
00:26:52,800 --> 00:26:54,280
Speaker 1: you know, Jerry's one of the one of the guys

534
00:26:54,320 --> 00:26:56,120
Speaker 1: that I'll run through a wall for, you know, As

535
00:26:56,280 --> 00:26:59,879
Speaker 1: I mean, brothers have debates. Not everybody agrees on everything.

536
00:27:00,280 --> 00:27:03,639
Speaker 1: You know, I don't understand why. Um we don't understand that.

537
00:27:03,800 --> 00:27:06,359
Speaker 1: But that doesn't mean you don't like somebody or you

538
00:27:06,480 --> 00:27:09,840
Speaker 1: have to hate them or whatever the narrative that we

539
00:27:10,000 --> 00:27:14,000
Speaker 1: create in society. But um, I love all my teammates man,

540
00:27:14,080 --> 00:27:16,600
Speaker 1: no matter what what they want to do or anything.

541
00:27:16,760 --> 00:27:19,200
Speaker 1: You know, Like I said, I am pro choice. Whatever

542
00:27:19,200 --> 00:27:20,760
Speaker 1: they choose to do, that's cool with me. You know.

543
00:27:20,960 --> 00:27:23,399
Speaker 1: As long as you come out here and and and

544
00:27:23,800 --> 00:27:26,520
Speaker 1: you know, do what you got to do to help us,

545
00:27:26,720 --> 00:27:29,440
Speaker 1: you know, be be great, then I'm cool, you know.

546
00:27:29,960 --> 00:27:32,280
Speaker 1: And as long as you shoot me straight and tell

547
00:27:32,359 --> 00:27:35,159
Speaker 1: me what you're thinking, and I'm good. And that's what

548
00:27:35,280 --> 00:27:38,040
Speaker 1: he does. So and it's pretty much like that with

549
00:27:38,119 --> 00:27:40,840
Speaker 1: everybody in the locker room. So a lot of that

550
00:27:40,920 --> 00:27:43,399
Speaker 1: stuff is just kind of noise, you know what I mean.

551
00:27:43,720 --> 00:27:47,120
Speaker 1: In there, it's it's a brotherhood. And um we'll fight

552
00:27:47,200 --> 00:27:53,199
Speaker 1: ety fight each stay for each other. Cool. You mentioned

553
00:27:53,480 --> 00:27:56,760
Speaker 1: wanting more. I'm just curious as a point of clarification

554
00:27:56,840 --> 00:28:00,960
Speaker 1: and state what information you feel like you weren't getting

555
00:28:01,760 --> 00:28:05,159
Speaker 1: or some players felt like they weren't getting. Like like

556
00:28:05,280 --> 00:28:08,240
Speaker 1: I said, I said what I said, I mean, that's

557
00:28:08,280 --> 00:28:09,480
Speaker 1: kind of where I want to leave it. I don't

558
00:28:09,480 --> 00:28:13,399
Speaker 1: want to get into a lot of details. Um, there's

559
00:28:13,440 --> 00:28:15,800
Speaker 1: just some things that maybe we were led to believe

560
00:28:15,880 --> 00:28:17,960
Speaker 1: that it was going to be this way, um, and

561
00:28:18,400 --> 00:28:22,280
Speaker 1: that's not really the case when it's ever evolving. And

562
00:28:22,480 --> 00:28:25,800
Speaker 1: the decision was based on these rules that we thought

563
00:28:25,920 --> 00:28:27,560
Speaker 1: were going to be in place, and they were made

564
00:28:27,600 --> 00:28:29,639
Speaker 1: to seem that way. And that's that's pretty much it.

565
00:28:30,160 --> 00:28:32,040
Speaker 1: Other than that, that's all I'm saying about it, and

566
00:28:32,119 --> 00:28:38,760
Speaker 1: that's all anybody else. Rookrick, I'm sorry. I know he's

567
00:28:38,760 --> 00:28:40,800
Speaker 1: not your direct position coacher hasn't been, but now that

568
00:28:40,960 --> 00:28:43,560
Speaker 1: Ken Dorsey's the passing game coordinator has added that title, call,

569
00:28:43,760 --> 00:28:45,200
Speaker 1: can you just give us a little insight on what

570
00:28:45,360 --> 00:28:47,120
Speaker 1: he's been able to do to elevate that part of

571
00:28:47,200 --> 00:28:50,040
Speaker 1: this offense. Yeah, anytime you have a you have a

572
00:28:50,120 --> 00:28:53,440
Speaker 1: coach that has actually um played the position he's coaching it,

573
00:28:53,560 --> 00:28:56,920
Speaker 1: it helps tremendously because he understands a lot of things

574
00:28:57,000 --> 00:28:59,720
Speaker 1: that you feel as a player, more so than how

575
00:29:00,280 --> 00:29:02,560
Speaker 1: seems on paper. Not to say that just because you

576
00:29:02,680 --> 00:29:05,280
Speaker 1: haven't played, you don't know anything, but it just adds

577
00:29:05,280 --> 00:29:10,320
Speaker 1: another dynamic, um that you may miss out on. I've

578
00:29:10,360 --> 00:29:12,440
Speaker 1: had different coaches who have played, who have not played.

579
00:29:12,480 --> 00:29:14,920
Speaker 1: I've had good ones that haven't played. I've had you know,

580
00:29:15,000 --> 00:29:18,560
Speaker 1: good ones that um have played. But you know, for me,

581
00:29:18,800 --> 00:29:23,000
Speaker 1: Chad Hall has been huge for me for how he

582
00:29:23,160 --> 00:29:26,320
Speaker 1: manages the Edmund flows of the games, up the ups

583
00:29:26,360 --> 00:29:29,120
Speaker 1: and downs of it, because he understands how players react

584
00:29:29,960 --> 00:29:32,000
Speaker 1: um to those certain things like if you have a

585
00:29:32,080 --> 00:29:35,120
Speaker 1: bad play, he knows exactly how to react UM for us,

586
00:29:35,160 --> 00:29:37,720
Speaker 1: and that that helps push you through a game. You know,

587
00:29:37,800 --> 00:29:40,480
Speaker 1: there's gonna be those those down things that you that

588
00:29:40,600 --> 00:29:42,640
Speaker 1: you do in a game, or those bad plays or whatever.

589
00:29:42,800 --> 00:29:46,480
Speaker 1: But um, I'm sure Dorsey does the same thing for

590
00:29:46,800 --> 00:29:49,600
Speaker 1: for Josh and them. But you know, just just having

591
00:29:49,720 --> 00:29:52,520
Speaker 1: that that experience helps so much with how you approach

592
00:29:52,560 --> 00:29:54,440
Speaker 1: a player during those times. And that can be the

593
00:29:54,480 --> 00:29:57,840
Speaker 1: difference between a player either shutting down during the game

594
00:29:58,000 --> 00:30:01,160
Speaker 1: or recovering and re outing and going to play his

595
00:30:01,200 --> 00:30:03,840
Speaker 1: butt off after a bad play. I had a chance

596
00:30:03,880 --> 00:30:10,959
Speaker 1: to talk. He talked about you and Emmanual and how

597
00:30:11,040 --> 00:30:13,440
Speaker 1: you guys both play quarterback in high school, right and

598
00:30:13,560 --> 00:30:17,080
Speaker 1: how helpful that was to him at SMU. How have

599
00:30:17,200 --> 00:30:19,040
Speaker 1: you and maybe even a Manual. I don't know if

600
00:30:19,080 --> 00:30:20,520
Speaker 1: you can speak on him, but how have you guys

601
00:30:20,680 --> 00:30:24,040
Speaker 1: used that in your NFL careers being quarterbacks? He knows

602
00:30:24,040 --> 00:30:27,640
Speaker 1: a while back. Um, I can't speak for a manual

603
00:30:27,640 --> 00:30:29,640
Speaker 1: because he's played a lot of outside in the league,

604
00:30:29,640 --> 00:30:32,280
Speaker 1: and um, I don't get too many opportunities for that.

605
00:30:32,480 --> 00:30:37,120
Speaker 1: But for me, it's just a basic understanding of coverages

606
00:30:37,840 --> 00:30:40,320
Speaker 1: and then once you get that, you understand how they work.

607
00:30:40,520 --> 00:30:43,360
Speaker 1: You understand how east position plays it and what their

608
00:30:43,360 --> 00:30:47,080
Speaker 1: responsibilities are, so then you can learn how to use

609
00:30:47,160 --> 00:30:51,160
Speaker 1: their responsibilities against them to get open. So it goes

610
00:30:51,160 --> 00:30:53,000
Speaker 1: a lot for me, it goes a lot deeper than

611
00:30:53,040 --> 00:30:55,960
Speaker 1: a lot of people think into If if I don't

612
00:30:56,040 --> 00:30:59,400
Speaker 1: know what coverage you're in, it'll be hard for me

613
00:30:59,520 --> 00:31:02,480
Speaker 1: to to to play as well as you know I do.

614
00:31:02,720 --> 00:31:04,240
Speaker 1: If I don't know what covers there, and I'm not

615
00:31:04,240 --> 00:31:07,360
Speaker 1: gonna play as well. And I've gotten really good at

616
00:31:08,000 --> 00:31:10,560
Speaker 1: diagnosing it and narrowing it down, narrowing it down to

617
00:31:10,880 --> 00:31:13,600
Speaker 1: one or two coverages before the snap, and then once

618
00:31:13,640 --> 00:31:16,440
Speaker 1: the snap happens, usually I immediately know right now what

619
00:31:16,520 --> 00:31:20,480
Speaker 1: it is and then I react off that. So that

620
00:31:20,560 --> 00:31:23,760
Speaker 1: allows me to play fast, not only running routes but

621
00:31:23,840 --> 00:31:25,320
Speaker 1: then after I catch the ball, I know where they

622
00:31:25,320 --> 00:31:27,600
Speaker 1: should be coming from. So then it helps me for

623
00:31:27,680 --> 00:31:30,680
Speaker 1: after the catch as well. So there's I mean, when

624
00:31:30,680 --> 00:31:32,320
Speaker 1: I'm when I'm in the slot, there's a lot that

625
00:31:32,600 --> 00:31:38,480
Speaker 1: goes into it. As far as that goes what changes

626
00:31:38,680 --> 00:31:41,600
Speaker 1: long When John Brow knocked the offense this year at

627
00:31:41,640 --> 00:31:47,840
Speaker 1: a manual in jens Um, you know, it's it's hard

628
00:31:47,880 --> 00:31:51,240
Speaker 1: to say because you know, John was unhealthy last year,

629
00:31:51,360 --> 00:31:52,880
Speaker 1: and when you saw what he could do when he

630
00:31:52,960 --> 00:31:56,600
Speaker 1: was healthy, and John's John Brown's an animal man. He's

631
00:31:57,680 --> 00:31:59,840
Speaker 1: he's one of the best receivers I've seen about making

632
00:32:00,080 --> 00:32:02,640
Speaker 1: every route looked the same. The only other one that

633
00:32:02,760 --> 00:32:04,800
Speaker 1: I would compare him to isn't even a receiver as

634
00:32:04,840 --> 00:32:08,560
Speaker 1: Jason Witten, because he was so technical and literally he

635
00:32:08,640 --> 00:32:10,800
Speaker 1: could make He married up all his stems and the

636
00:32:10,880 --> 00:32:13,040
Speaker 1: top of his routes to make them all look exactly

637
00:32:13,040 --> 00:32:15,479
Speaker 1: the same. And when you can do that, it's almost

638
00:32:15,480 --> 00:32:19,239
Speaker 1: impossible to cover, you, you know. But John struggled through

639
00:32:19,240 --> 00:32:20,640
Speaker 1: a lot of Andrews last year, so we didn't really

640
00:32:20,720 --> 00:32:26,320
Speaker 1: have that John Brown. But like I said earlier, Emmanuel

641
00:32:26,480 --> 00:32:29,920
Speaker 1: brings that just some quickness and explosiveness and he has

642
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Speaker 1: the deep ball as well as John Brown did. So

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Speaker 1: I don't know, you know, it's hard. It's hard to

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Speaker 1: say right now. You know, we'll see as we go

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Speaker 1: and how his role evolves. All right, that's Cole Beasley

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Speaker 1: addressing the media today. Had a prepared statement on his

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Speaker 1: phone that he read where in essence, he said he's

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Speaker 1: not pro vax or anti vax. He is pro choice, which,

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Speaker 1: interestingly enough, is a stance that a lot of players

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Speaker 1: around the league are taking if they are a player

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Speaker 1: that maybe has been embroiled in a little bit of

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Speaker 1: controversy with respect to social media commentary that they've made

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Speaker 1: through the course of the off season. We are late

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Speaker 1: for the break, so we will step aside here, but

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Speaker 1: when we come back, more on Cole Beasley's comments as

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Speaker 1: well as those of Josh Allen and a chock full

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Speaker 1: show today as we cover day one of training camp

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Speaker 1: here up until three o'clock. It's One Bill's Live presented

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Speaker 1: by Collid to Health. This is Buffalo Bill's Radioco back

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Speaker 1: to one Bills Live here on this first day of

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Speaker 1: training camp. Chris Brown, Steve Tasker with you, and it

662
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Speaker 1: was a good day for Josh Allen, which we'll talk

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Speaker 1: about in a little bit, but we're going to review

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Speaker 1: some of his comments first and foremost, including those of

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Speaker 1: Cole Beasley, who addressed the media as well with a

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Speaker 1: prepared statement about his stance on the vaccination debate, which

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Speaker 1: is unquestionably a debate across the league. There are guys

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Speaker 1: that are adamant they're just not going to get the vaccination,

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Speaker 1: and there are some that, you know, have even recently

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Speaker 1: made the decision. You know what, I'm just going to

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Speaker 1: get vaccinated and make my life a lot easier. Manuel

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Speaker 1: Sanders among them, one of Cole Beasley's closest friends and

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Speaker 1: former college teammate and teammate again here to cover Josh

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Speaker 1: first and foremost. He was asked about how he would

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Speaker 1: feel about getting a contract extension done before the season.

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Speaker 1: He made it pretty clear it is not a necessity.

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Speaker 1: I don't even know for him if it's a priority

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Speaker 1: at this point, because he is squarely focused on football

679
00:35:05,520 --> 00:35:07,680
Speaker 1: and football only at this and nobody's worried about it.

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00:35:08,040 --> 00:35:11,239
Speaker 1: McDermott being Josh Allen, nobody seems worried about it. And

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Speaker 1: so between you and me, Brownie, what do you think

682
00:35:13,920 --> 00:35:16,600
Speaker 1: that means it's like almost done, or do you think

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00:35:16,680 --> 00:35:19,239
Speaker 1: it means like they've had a conversation. I guess set

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Speaker 1: it aside for a while. Yeah, I mean it's hard

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Speaker 1: to read that, but I just think as Brandon Being

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Speaker 1: said this morning, and we'll play some of Brandon's more

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Speaker 1: poignant comments from his press conference this morning a little

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Speaker 1: later on the show, but he essentially said that Josh

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Speaker 1: is in a very good headspace. He and Josh have

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Speaker 1: an excellent relationship, working relationship, personal relationship. I mean you've

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Speaker 1: talked about how you know they'll just joke around with

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Speaker 1: each other all the time. I don't know if anybody

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Speaker 1: saw on social media Josh's personal personal birthday wish to

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Speaker 1: Brandon Being where he is just totally joking around and

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Speaker 1: off the cuff. It was hilarious. So there's a very

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Speaker 1: there's a very good bond there. And does that mean

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Speaker 1: it makes it easier to get contract extensions done. No,

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Speaker 1: But it means both parties have a healthy respect for

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Speaker 1: one another. I think Josh Allen has made it clear

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Speaker 1: that he wants to play his entire career here, so

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Speaker 1: it's not like a clock is ticking situation, and oh

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Speaker 1: my god, what happens if they don't get it done.

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Speaker 1: Brandon even said this morning Steve that if it doesn't

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Speaker 1: get done before the season, we'll address it after the season, right, Um, yeah, right, Yeah.

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Speaker 1: I think it's going to get done. I think they

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Speaker 1: they communicate too freely and openly. There's not going to

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Speaker 1: be any hiccups in the In the situation, Brandon Being

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Speaker 1: probably feels comfortable picking up the phone, and as a

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Speaker 1: matter of courtesy and the way things are done business wise,

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Speaker 1: Brandon Being pick up the phone, talk to Josh's agents

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Speaker 1: and just say hey, here's what we're thinking, and relay

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Speaker 1: this to Josh and and then in passing and say, Josh,

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Speaker 1: jerrys talk to you, and jos say yeah I did,

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Speaker 1: And he said, okay, good. That's all it needs. The

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Speaker 1: open communication, the fact that they understand each other, the

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Speaker 1: fact that they talk all the time, the fact they

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Speaker 1: have a personal relationship, and the fact that everybody involved

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Speaker 1: has said, we're not worried about it. To me says

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Speaker 1: they're they're very close. I think it's a win, not

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Speaker 1: an if situation. Oh we thought it, yeah, we thought

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Speaker 1: it was a win. When he was a runner up

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Speaker 1: in the MVP conversation. So yeah, and I think I

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Speaker 1: think that's why everybody's pretty calm about it all things consider.

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Speaker 1: The only problem is, and the only reason I would

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Speaker 1: say that, you know, gives you some pause about how

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Speaker 1: it's gonna happen and when it's gonna happen and what

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Speaker 1: it's gonna look like, is the fact that they don't

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Speaker 1: have that much cap space. That's true. Um, now, that

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Speaker 1: means they're gonna have to get creative with the structure.

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Speaker 1: But you know, if Josh is guaranteed the money, what's

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Speaker 1: he care if he gets it this year in three years, Um, well,

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Speaker 1: you can give a bonus money this year and then

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Speaker 1: spread it out over the life of the contract. And

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Speaker 1: that's how you kind of work your way around. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: you limited cap space, you can give him gart you

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Speaker 1: can say, listen, I know, I know you want this.

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Speaker 1: How about this if you wait, if you wait until

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Speaker 1: twenty twenty three to really get paid, we'll give you

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Speaker 1: more money. Will guarantee a bigger percentage of the entire deal.

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Speaker 1: There's there's a period of options, there's a ton of

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Speaker 1: ways to do it. So yeah, that's it's all but

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Speaker 1: because but that's what I say. The only reason I

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Speaker 1: think that it has been done, or it hasn't been

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Speaker 1: further done or whatever is you know, the Bills are

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00:38:18,239 --> 00:38:20,080
Speaker 1: into some cap problems right now. They don't have a

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Speaker 1: ton of money to give a big signing bonus to

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Speaker 1: a quarterback. Right. Well, they can do it if they

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Speaker 1: make the length of the contract long enough. Right that

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Speaker 1: way you can amortize the bonus, which is that's how

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Speaker 1: you make it work, which is why I still think

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Speaker 1: they're probably gonna get it done. Yeah. And for the Bills,

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00:38:36,440 --> 00:38:38,759
Speaker 1: the impetus to get it done now as opposed to

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Speaker 1: later is because if he lights it up again this year,

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Speaker 1: as many of us anticipate, he will, justic Cole Beasley

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00:38:45,880 --> 00:38:48,040
Speaker 1: say he thinks he's still improving. Yeah, can still, which

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00:38:48,120 --> 00:38:50,080
Speaker 1: is a scary proposition for the rest of the league.

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00:38:50,120 --> 00:38:51,920
Speaker 1: You can start adding zeros to that thing. I mean,

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00:38:52,000 --> 00:38:54,560
Speaker 1: so that's how fast it goes up. It would probably

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Speaker 1: behoove the Bills to get it done sooner rather than later,

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Speaker 1: just from a cost standpoint, but because the price is

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00:39:02,719 --> 00:39:06,840
Speaker 1: only going up, and I think we know that Baltimore

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00:39:06,960 --> 00:39:11,200
Speaker 1: is already gotten the ball rolling with Lamar Jackson, who

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Speaker 1: incidentally is on the COVID list right now. For the Ravens,

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Speaker 1: it's really peculiar. Though they were like investigating something with

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Speaker 1: the League as to his COVID status. It's not like, oh, yeah,

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Speaker 1: COVID positive, he's you know in the protocol. No, it's

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Speaker 1: it's being described as a COVID related case. The League

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Speaker 1: is still trying to process. It might be that he's

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Speaker 1: not outside the fourteen day window after he got his

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Speaker 1: second vaccination, you know what I mean, So it can't

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Speaker 1: be fully vaccinate. He's not considered fully vent but but

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Speaker 1: he's you know, on the cusp of it. Yeah, that

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Speaker 1: kind of question mark might be it, or it might

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Speaker 1: be something completely different either. So we know that the

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Speaker 1: Ravens have already gotten the ball rolling on trying to

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Speaker 1: get Lamar Jackson signed to a contract extension. In fact,

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Speaker 1: there are many national writers who believe that Lamar Jackson

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Speaker 1: will be first line in the twenty eighteen draft class

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Speaker 1: to get an extension. Think about and I'm just guessing here,

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Speaker 1: but think about it. If if the guy got two vaccinations,

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Speaker 1: but he's not fully vaccinated because the fourteen day window

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Speaker 1: hasn't expired, the quarantine is different, right, So if he

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Speaker 1: goes into a mandatory ten day quarantine at the beginning

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Speaker 1: of training camp. That stinks for the Baltimore Ravens. But

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Speaker 1: if it's but if he's vaccinated and almost fully vaccinated,

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Speaker 1: then it's two negative tests in twenty four hours. He

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Speaker 1: can come back over a week earlier. That's you know

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Speaker 1: that you're you're talking about thirteen fourteen practices that he

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Speaker 1: gets back. The Bills put two players on their COVID

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Speaker 1: reserve list today, Dion Dawkins and Ike Butcker. Now it

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00:40:42,280 --> 00:40:47,040
Speaker 1: was a little unclear because Brandon Bean and addressing that subject,

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Speaker 1: was talking about how they've had a few players test

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Speaker 1: positive even though they were vaccinated. He didn't specifically say

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Speaker 1: whether Dawkins. Let me check my notes here, I believe

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Speaker 1: he said one of the players is asymptomatic Dawkins Rebucker.

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Speaker 1: He didn't say whom and one is not. He also

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Speaker 1: did not confirm or specify whether those two guys had

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Speaker 1: breakthrough infections, meaning fully vaccinated and then still tested positive.

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Speaker 1: So based on how long those guys are sidelined will

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Speaker 1: tell us whether those players were fully vaccinated or not.

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Speaker 1: If you know, they test negative two days in a

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Speaker 1: row or in twenty four hours and they're back on

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Speaker 1: the field in a day or two, we'll know that

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Speaker 1: that player had been vaccinated and just tested positive. If

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Speaker 1: they're gone for ten days, then we know they were unvaccinated.

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Speaker 1: So we'll have to see where that goes. And the

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Speaker 1: Bills are not alone in that category, because the Colts

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Speaker 1: today put three players on their COVID reserve list. Cornerback

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Speaker 1: Xavier Rhodes, cornerback TJ Carry, and defensive end al Kadem

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Speaker 1: Muhammad all put on the COVID reserve list, and there

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Speaker 1: are some others across the league as well. We have

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Speaker 1: to take a break here, but when we come back,

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Speaker 1: we'll talk a little bit more about the way Cole

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Speaker 1: Beasley handled his stance on COVID vaccinations. We know he's

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Speaker 1: been very outspoken on social media. We'll talk about his

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Speaker 1: thoughts after we just played them for you a short

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Speaker 1: time ago. Coming up next here on One Bills Live,

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Speaker 1: presented by Kalida Health, it's Buffalo Bill's Radio. Welcome back

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

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Speaker 1: day one of training camp. Let's go chock full of

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Speaker 1: stuff to deliver to you for the rest of the

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00:42:44,440 --> 00:42:49,080
Speaker 1: show today and beyond some interesting stuff going on around

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Speaker 1: the league, including with a former Bills receiver by the

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Speaker 1: name of Kelvin Benjamin, who was trying to resuscitate his

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Speaker 1: career in the NFL as a tight end with the

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Speaker 1: New York Giants apparent. At the beginning of practice, Benjamin

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Speaker 1: had a conversation with head coach Joe Judge and GM

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Speaker 1: Dave Gettlman on the field and then promptly walked off

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Speaker 1: the field with Gettlman following him. And there have also

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Speaker 1: been reports that Benjamin is going to be released by

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Speaker 1: the team later today. It's crazy if he is going

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Speaker 1: to be released, and maybe that's what he was told.

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Speaker 1: I don't know why you would do it there, And

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Speaker 1: again we're guessing. We don't have all the ins and

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Speaker 1: outs of what's going on there, but kind of a

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Speaker 1: weird story coming out of New York today where they

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Speaker 1: want a training camp for them. It's pretty unclear about

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Speaker 1: the intricacies of how the conversation went. He walked off

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Speaker 1: the field, Getlman was following him, but that was after

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Speaker 1: it seems like it was after a heated conversation between

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Speaker 1: Joe Judge, Kelvin Benjaman, and Dave Gettlman. You know, Kelvin

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Speaker 1: Benjman walks off the field. Getleman kind of followed him,

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Speaker 1: and then we heard that they were going to release him. Now,

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Speaker 1: whether they released him as a result of this, or

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Speaker 1: they were going to release him when he got to

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Speaker 1: practically released him before he got on the field or whatever.

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Speaker 1: Calvin Benjamin's not a tight end anymore. Yeah, or at

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Speaker 1: least we're not anticipating that, because it's being reported he'll

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Speaker 1: be released later today as at crossed the league wires. Yet,

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Speaker 1: forty nine ers put safety Jaquis Guitart and Jowan Jennings

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Speaker 1: the wide receiver on their COVID reserve list, So we're

852
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Speaker 1: going to see more of these as teams get camped going.

853
00:44:25,719 --> 00:44:29,480
Speaker 1: But we wanted to address Cole Beasley's comments today, had

854
00:44:29,520 --> 00:44:31,880
Speaker 1: a prepared statement for the media and said, look, I

855
00:44:31,960 --> 00:44:34,600
Speaker 1: just want to give my stance on the situation. The

856
00:44:34,719 --> 00:44:37,000
Speaker 1: crux of it was he is not anti vax or

857
00:44:37,040 --> 00:44:40,080
Speaker 1: pro vacs. He is pro choice and went into his

858
00:44:40,200 --> 00:44:45,560
Speaker 1: reasons behind taking that stance. He also commented on the

859
00:44:45,640 --> 00:44:50,759
Speaker 1: fact that the social media exchange between him and his

860
00:44:50,880 --> 00:44:55,520
Speaker 1: teammate Jerry Hughes was followed up by a phone call afterwards.

861
00:44:56,200 --> 00:44:58,640
Speaker 1: Neither of them were mad at each each other, according

862
00:44:58,719 --> 00:45:02,320
Speaker 1: to him, and he considers Jerry Hughes a brother and

863
00:45:02,400 --> 00:45:05,080
Speaker 1: he'd run through a wall for him. So the stuff

864
00:45:05,120 --> 00:45:08,959
Speaker 1: that Steve outlined last week about the tight knit nature

865
00:45:08,960 --> 00:45:11,560
Speaker 1: of a locker room, especially here with this the culture

866
00:45:11,600 --> 00:45:14,839
Speaker 1: that this team has, Um, I think you were right

867
00:45:14,880 --> 00:45:18,400
Speaker 1: on the money. Um, this is not something as devices

868
00:45:18,440 --> 00:45:21,520
Speaker 1: as divisive as it might be for the country and

869
00:45:21,680 --> 00:45:24,520
Speaker 1: for the world of social media. Right, that is not

870
00:45:24,680 --> 00:45:27,399
Speaker 1: the case in the Bills locker room. That's right, Yep,

871
00:45:27,640 --> 00:45:32,239
Speaker 1: it's uh because you gotta work, you know, It's just it,

872
00:45:32,880 --> 00:45:36,120
Speaker 1: it's becomes unimportant. Um, these guys have to I think,

873
00:45:36,320 --> 00:45:39,000
Speaker 1: and I don't want to overgeneralize it or overdramatize it

874
00:45:39,120 --> 00:45:40,960
Speaker 1: or anything like that, but these guys pour their heart

875
00:45:41,000 --> 00:45:45,120
Speaker 1: and soul into into football and they know that when

876
00:45:45,200 --> 00:45:49,719
Speaker 1: they take the field, it's gonna hurt. I mean, I

877
00:45:49,760 --> 00:45:51,960
Speaker 1: don't I don't want to make it sound overdramatic, but

878
00:45:52,239 --> 00:45:54,760
Speaker 1: you know you're gonna you're gonna sacrifice your your comfort

879
00:45:54,800 --> 00:45:57,439
Speaker 1: and you're gonna into a physical altercation with another group

880
00:45:57,480 --> 00:46:01,560
Speaker 1: of guys for keeps and you know what it means

881
00:46:01,600 --> 00:46:03,480
Speaker 1: to you to get ready to do that and you

882
00:46:03,719 --> 00:46:05,680
Speaker 1: and you love and respect guys who help you do

883
00:46:05,800 --> 00:46:09,439
Speaker 1: it with their effort and their sacrifice. So it's way

884
00:46:09,520 --> 00:46:12,120
Speaker 1: above anything that social media or any of this other

885
00:46:12,200 --> 00:46:13,759
Speaker 1: stuff off the field is going to get in the

886
00:46:13,800 --> 00:46:16,879
Speaker 1: way of So yeah, I kind of said a week

887
00:46:16,920 --> 00:46:22,000
Speaker 1: ago that this is background clutter for these guys, as

888
00:46:22,080 --> 00:46:24,800
Speaker 1: important and as forefront as it is for entire society

889
00:46:24,800 --> 00:46:27,839
Speaker 1: and all the football. These guys went through the I mean,

890
00:46:27,920 --> 00:46:31,319
Speaker 1: they had to jump through fiery hoops every single day

891
00:46:31,400 --> 00:46:33,680
Speaker 1: to get on the field last year. So whatever this

892
00:46:33,800 --> 00:46:36,640
Speaker 1: COVID protocols are this year, and however they're different, they're

893
00:46:36,640 --> 00:46:40,239
Speaker 1: gonna be much less intrusive than they were a year ago.

894
00:46:40,640 --> 00:46:45,000
Speaker 1: As inconvenient as they are, inconvenient is nothing compared to

895
00:46:45,080 --> 00:46:47,480
Speaker 1: what they were last year. Yeah, it was an absolute

896
00:46:48,200 --> 00:46:51,520
Speaker 1: odyssey to get through the season last year. So this

897
00:46:51,680 --> 00:46:55,000
Speaker 1: year it's it is background clutter for them. They don't

898
00:46:55,040 --> 00:46:56,800
Speaker 1: care about it. They're gonna move on with the stuff

899
00:46:56,840 --> 00:46:58,520
Speaker 1: and they're gonna do their jobs the way they can

900
00:46:58,600 --> 00:47:00,960
Speaker 1: and the way they're required to do with the protocols

901
00:47:01,040 --> 00:47:04,080
Speaker 1: or not vaccinated or unvaccinated, and it's certainly not going

902
00:47:04,120 --> 00:47:06,000
Speaker 1: to come between them as friends. I also thought it

903
00:47:06,080 --> 00:47:08,880
Speaker 1: was very interesting how Josh Allen characterized the nature of

904
00:47:08,920 --> 00:47:12,279
Speaker 1: the locker room as basically a giant rib session, Like

905
00:47:12,400 --> 00:47:18,000
Speaker 1: these guys tease each other about everything and aren't afraid

906
00:47:18,080 --> 00:47:20,640
Speaker 1: to criticize each other about things because they are that

907
00:47:20,800 --> 00:47:24,479
Speaker 1: type where nobody gets offended, like we see on social

908
00:47:24,560 --> 00:47:26,880
Speaker 1: media all the time. Social media, it's like you're not

909
00:47:26,920 --> 00:47:29,799
Speaker 1: allowed to disagree with anybody, otherwise you're gonna get fire

910
00:47:29,920 --> 00:47:31,920
Speaker 1: coming out of the mouth as somebody on the other

911
00:47:32,080 --> 00:47:34,600
Speaker 1: end of the computer I'm starting. In the locker room,

912
00:47:35,000 --> 00:47:39,040
Speaker 1: It's just not that way. I'm I'm laughing because we

913
00:47:39,200 --> 00:47:43,560
Speaker 1: used to kind of joke with each other when you're

914
00:47:43,600 --> 00:47:48,799
Speaker 1: in the locker room, Like you say, nothing is all limits, Yeah,

915
00:47:49,040 --> 00:47:54,200
Speaker 1: and I mean nothing, family wives, friends, kids, your haircuts,

916
00:47:54,280 --> 00:47:59,280
Speaker 1: your haircut, your body, your mom and dad, your brothers

917
00:47:59,320 --> 00:48:02,120
Speaker 1: and sisters, you're college friends, your college you went, and

918
00:48:02,280 --> 00:48:07,560
Speaker 1: nothing abs your faith. Nothing is off limits in the

919
00:48:07,600 --> 00:48:12,000
Speaker 1: locker room. I mean nothing. I mean, you gotta know

920
00:48:12,360 --> 00:48:16,680
Speaker 1: that if you're gonna walk across the locker room buck

921
00:48:16,800 --> 00:48:21,960
Speaker 1: naked to the shower, you better have fixed and you

922
00:48:22,040 --> 00:48:26,480
Speaker 1: better be pretty confident in how you look nude, because

923
00:48:26,520 --> 00:48:31,400
Speaker 1: if anybody sees anything out of place, it's gonna and

924
00:48:31,440 --> 00:48:33,640
Speaker 1: it's not gonna be just one, it's gonna be all so.

925
00:48:33,840 --> 00:48:36,080
Speaker 1: And that's how personal it is, is it? Right? So

926
00:48:36,280 --> 00:48:38,480
Speaker 1: then and think about it and I'm I'm just going

927
00:48:38,560 --> 00:48:41,520
Speaker 1: down the list here and this is totally it's all

928
00:48:41,600 --> 00:48:47,000
Speaker 1: politically and socially inappropriate. But they do it because they

929
00:48:47,600 --> 00:48:50,520
Speaker 1: it's a it's a thing, right you You go to

930
00:48:50,800 --> 00:48:58,400
Speaker 1: like team team parties, your your wife becomes part of

931
00:48:58,440 --> 00:49:00,400
Speaker 1: the conversation. Hey, you're at the outfit she had on

932
00:49:00,600 --> 00:49:02,759
Speaker 1: the kids? How they acted? Did your kids? How's come

933
00:49:02,760 --> 00:49:04,359
Speaker 1: of your kids are acting up at the team party?

934
00:49:04,719 --> 00:49:07,000
Speaker 1: That kind of stuff? Your kid was bothering my kid?

935
00:49:07,080 --> 00:49:11,160
Speaker 1: What is with you? You're a horrible parent, because it

936
00:49:11,280 --> 00:49:14,319
Speaker 1: goes on and on and on. Right, So this vaccination

937
00:49:14,480 --> 00:49:17,239
Speaker 1: thing just gets thrown. It's another piece of straw on

938
00:49:17,320 --> 00:49:20,160
Speaker 1: a haystack. That's just part of the thing. So it

939
00:49:20,360 --> 00:49:23,560
Speaker 1: is not going to divide a team the way people

940
00:49:24,000 --> 00:49:27,960
Speaker 1: on social media see it like that, And whether it's

941
00:49:28,040 --> 00:49:30,040
Speaker 1: right or wrong, whether you like that atmosphere, whether you

942
00:49:30,080 --> 00:49:32,279
Speaker 1: think it's healthy or unhealthy, it's just the reality of

943
00:49:32,320 --> 00:49:33,920
Speaker 1: what an NFL locker room is. And I think a

944
00:49:34,000 --> 00:49:35,719
Speaker 1: lot of people would be shocked at how much these

945
00:49:35,760 --> 00:49:37,319
Speaker 1: guys love each other to be able to talk about

946
00:49:37,360 --> 00:49:39,920
Speaker 1: such things in this manner and shrug it off and

947
00:49:40,040 --> 00:49:44,799
Speaker 1: hug each other. You've seen I played during the steroid era,

948
00:49:45,400 --> 00:49:48,480
Speaker 1: So there were guys who were it was a better

949
00:49:48,560 --> 00:49:51,680
Speaker 1: life through chemistry. I mean they they with the help

950
00:49:51,760 --> 00:49:54,560
Speaker 1: of that, they became NFL football players. But there were

951
00:49:54,600 --> 00:49:59,279
Speaker 1: some side effects, most notably roid rage. You would have

952
00:50:00,200 --> 00:50:05,080
Speaker 1: guys on the practice field in a deathmatch fight. I'm

953
00:50:05,200 --> 00:50:07,840
Speaker 1: and I'm not I'm not exaggerating. It was a deathmatch,

954
00:50:07,960 --> 00:50:09,799
Speaker 1: like you were worried somebody who's gonna lose a limb.

955
00:50:09,960 --> 00:50:13,440
Speaker 1: If if you didn't have nine other guys who were

956
00:50:13,480 --> 00:50:19,200
Speaker 1: also on steroids to break it up, they would somebody

957
00:50:19,360 --> 00:50:23,919
Speaker 1: be dead. Yeah, and I'm telling you, five minutes later

958
00:50:25,520 --> 00:50:28,560
Speaker 1: they were. They were on a knee beside each other,

959
00:50:29,400 --> 00:50:33,240
Speaker 1: chumming it up. Now, some people in normal society, where

960
00:50:33,280 --> 00:50:35,400
Speaker 1: all the reality where all of us live, that doesn't

961
00:50:35,440 --> 00:50:40,759
Speaker 1: happen because you can't let that go right in that environment,

962
00:50:40,960 --> 00:50:44,400
Speaker 1: it's just another day. It is absolutely another day, and

963
00:50:44,440 --> 00:50:46,040
Speaker 1: those guys will laugh off and then the guys in

964
00:50:46,080 --> 00:50:47,879
Speaker 1: the locker room be teasing about who they thought would

965
00:50:47,880 --> 00:50:51,960
Speaker 1: have won the fight. Yeah right, I know, it's unbelievable

966
00:50:52,239 --> 00:50:54,120
Speaker 1: you talk about it like that, and it's just it's

967
00:50:54,200 --> 00:50:59,720
Speaker 1: like it's mind boggling. But that's why this Cole Beasley

968
00:51:00,280 --> 00:51:03,440
Speaker 1: thing and the vaccination thing and whose it is. It's

969
00:51:03,480 --> 00:51:06,319
Speaker 1: absolutely background clutter when they get inside the locker room

970
00:51:06,320 --> 00:51:09,319
Speaker 1: and on the field. And so that's why, Yes, it's

971
00:51:09,360 --> 00:51:12,680
Speaker 1: an inconvenient Yes, you worry about maybe at a competitive

972
00:51:12,680 --> 00:51:17,239
Speaker 1: advantage about well, our meetings are a little tougher to

973
00:51:17,320 --> 00:51:19,439
Speaker 1: run because our wide receiver room is split down the middle.

974
00:51:19,440 --> 00:51:21,040
Speaker 1: We've got three guys that are remote and the other

975
00:51:21,080 --> 00:51:23,400
Speaker 1: three guys are sitting in the room or whatever. So

976
00:51:24,160 --> 00:51:26,680
Speaker 1: that's a little bit of a concern. But man, oh man,

977
00:51:27,440 --> 00:51:30,239
Speaker 1: this is I think the biggest concern is someone that's

978
00:51:30,320 --> 00:51:33,800
Speaker 1: unvaccinated entering a ten day quarantine and not being available

979
00:51:33,840 --> 00:51:35,640
Speaker 1: for a game. That's got to be the biggest concern.

980
00:51:36,280 --> 00:51:38,359
Speaker 1: Is a concern that was an equal concern last year.

981
00:51:38,560 --> 00:51:42,160
Speaker 1: So maybe they don't see it as anything different. Break

982
00:51:42,200 --> 00:51:45,320
Speaker 1: time for us. Here one NFL note to pass along.

983
00:51:45,360 --> 00:51:47,919
Speaker 1: The forty nine ers have signed first round pick Trey

984
00:51:48,000 --> 00:51:50,399
Speaker 1: Lance to a four year deal, so the third pick

985
00:51:50,440 --> 00:51:52,759
Speaker 1: in the draft is done. The Jets have yet to

986
00:51:52,840 --> 00:51:56,480
Speaker 1: signed second overall pick Zach Wilson, as his representatives are

987
00:51:56,560 --> 00:51:59,000
Speaker 1: arguing over offset language and it doesn't look like either

988
00:51:59,080 --> 00:52:02,400
Speaker 1: side is budging. So the Jets continue to go without

989
00:52:02,440 --> 00:52:05,040
Speaker 1: their first round quarterback, who will not be at camp

990
00:52:05,120 --> 00:52:09,279
Speaker 1: today or maybe for the foreseeable future. Break time for

991
00:52:09,440 --> 00:52:12,920
Speaker 1: us here when we return one Tremaine Edmonds addressed the media.

992
00:52:13,000 --> 00:52:15,200
Speaker 1: We will bring those comments to you next here on

993
00:52:15,280 --> 00:52:18,200
Speaker 1: one Bill's Live presented by Kalida Health. It's Buffalo Bill's Radio.

994
00:52:37,480 --> 00:52:41,200
Speaker 1: At a Steve Tasker who has been all over the fields.

995
00:52:41,280 --> 00:52:42,879
Speaker 1: Kind of unique. He was kind of a dual role

996
00:52:42,960 --> 00:52:49,279
Speaker 1: player for you. Steve, Steve a blimp. We're not even

997
00:52:49,360 --> 00:52:55,560
Speaker 1: in the stratoere of normalcy. Our number two here on

998
00:52:55,680 --> 00:52:58,640
Speaker 1: this day one of Bill's training camp, Chris Brown, Steve

999
00:52:58,719 --> 00:53:01,960
Speaker 1: Tasker with you, and we are going to throw a

1000
00:53:02,000 --> 00:53:04,880
Speaker 1: little change up at you. We will get to Tremaine

1001
00:53:05,000 --> 00:53:08,120
Speaker 1: Edmond shortly, but Stefan Diggs is now taken to the

1002
00:53:08,360 --> 00:53:10,440
Speaker 1: microphone in front of the media, so we will go

1003
00:53:10,640 --> 00:53:15,640
Speaker 1: to the Bills number one wide receiver now as for

1004
00:53:15,719 --> 00:53:20,000
Speaker 1: starters once been your focus this this offseason, ever since

1005
00:53:20,080 --> 00:53:23,239
Speaker 1: the last time we saw you at the game minicamp. Yeah,

1006
00:53:24,080 --> 00:53:27,240
Speaker 1: this past offseason, I just went in with the mindset,

1007
00:53:27,520 --> 00:53:29,120
Speaker 1: what can I do to get better? You know, just

1008
00:53:29,200 --> 00:53:32,720
Speaker 1: same as any offseason. I remember last year things didn't

1009
00:53:32,719 --> 00:53:35,600
Speaker 1: go exactly how we wanted them, but a lot to

1010
00:53:35,719 --> 00:53:37,680
Speaker 1: learn from. Went in with the off season with the mindset,

1011
00:53:37,760 --> 00:53:40,319
Speaker 1: let's get better, Let's get back to work, and let's

1012
00:53:40,320 --> 00:53:42,239
Speaker 1: see which ways we can do things that we did

1013
00:53:42,360 --> 00:53:43,680
Speaker 1: last year. I feel like I left a lot of

1014
00:53:43,760 --> 00:53:46,359
Speaker 1: hidden yards off side out there as far as yards

1015
00:53:46,400 --> 00:53:48,560
Speaker 1: have to catch and a lot of plays. I feel

1016
00:53:48,560 --> 00:53:51,080
Speaker 1: like I should have played smarter. But you know, to

1017
00:53:51,200 --> 00:53:53,560
Speaker 1: learning curve with my first year, a lot of look forward,

1018
00:53:53,560 --> 00:53:55,800
Speaker 1: a lot to look forward to this year now I'm excited.

1019
00:53:56,000 --> 00:53:58,960
Speaker 1: So after leading the league, I mean it, you know

1020
00:54:00,040 --> 00:54:04,279
Speaker 1: one in yards number one and catches, I mean extremely

1021
00:54:04,360 --> 00:54:06,719
Speaker 1: high numbers. We asked the same question of Josh, I mean,

1022
00:54:07,239 --> 00:54:10,359
Speaker 1: you know, do you feel like, are you thinking how

1023
00:54:10,400 --> 00:54:12,960
Speaker 1: do I improve on that? You kind of just suggested

1024
00:54:13,000 --> 00:54:15,600
Speaker 1: that you think there's still room to improve, But I

1025
00:54:15,680 --> 00:54:17,880
Speaker 1: mean do you view that as well? This is going

1026
00:54:17,960 --> 00:54:21,440
Speaker 1: to be tough to equal what I did last year.

1027
00:54:21,800 --> 00:54:24,279
Speaker 1: I mean, every year is different. I kind of I

1028
00:54:24,360 --> 00:54:26,040
Speaker 1: try not to think too much about last year, just

1029
00:54:26,120 --> 00:54:28,880
Speaker 1: because it's a new year. You know, everybody's starting from

1030
00:54:28,880 --> 00:54:31,279
Speaker 1: ground zero. They got a lot to learn from more

1031
00:54:31,280 --> 00:54:33,239
Speaker 1: people who who watched this play last year. I got

1032
00:54:33,239 --> 00:54:34,759
Speaker 1: a lot to watch as far as like finding new

1033
00:54:34,840 --> 00:54:37,279
Speaker 1: ways to stop us and doing different things. I mean

1034
00:54:37,600 --> 00:54:40,640
Speaker 1: I trusted my coaches, my quarterback and everybody involved. You know,

1035
00:54:40,960 --> 00:54:43,560
Speaker 1: we're equally working as hard to try to create new

1036
00:54:43,600 --> 00:54:46,160
Speaker 1: ways to make things happen. And we got excellent pieces

1037
00:54:46,200 --> 00:54:48,319
Speaker 1: of offense. You know, as far as like running the ball,

1038
00:54:48,360 --> 00:54:50,000
Speaker 1: we didn't run the ball extremely well last year. That

1039
00:54:50,120 --> 00:54:52,439
Speaker 1: is something I look forward to this year. No. Motor

1040
00:54:52,520 --> 00:54:54,320
Speaker 1: is definitely looking forward to it, and Zac Mass. So

1041
00:54:54,960 --> 00:54:57,520
Speaker 1: it's just, you know, it's a learning curve. I'm trying

1042
00:54:57,560 --> 00:54:59,400
Speaker 1: out to think too much about last year. It was

1043
00:54:59,440 --> 00:55:01,880
Speaker 1: a great year, didn't end well, and I'm trying to

1044
00:55:01,960 --> 00:55:04,279
Speaker 1: keep it going. So we'll see this year. You know,

1045
00:55:04,440 --> 00:55:07,719
Speaker 1: things might be different. Nothing nothing's ever the same. So

1046
00:55:08,160 --> 00:55:10,840
Speaker 1: I'm just control with our control. How do you personally

1047
00:55:10,920 --> 00:55:14,520
Speaker 1: hand and handle increased expectations because obviously there's a lot

1048
00:55:14,560 --> 00:55:16,759
Speaker 1: of people who think this team could make a lot

1049
00:55:16,800 --> 00:55:20,240
Speaker 1: of noise again next year. Yeah, I mean expectations exactly

1050
00:55:20,320 --> 00:55:22,279
Speaker 1: what you call them, expectations, you know, as far as

1051
00:55:22,320 --> 00:55:25,920
Speaker 1: like people in the building, people who grind eating every day,

1052
00:55:25,920 --> 00:55:28,120
Speaker 1: as far as like working working out each and every day,

1053
00:55:28,239 --> 00:55:30,720
Speaker 1: or going to practice. I'm happy to be back at practice,

1054
00:55:30,760 --> 00:55:32,960
Speaker 1: by the way, But those are people that you know,

1055
00:55:33,000 --> 00:55:35,680
Speaker 1: in control of our destiny. You know, like I said,

1056
00:55:35,680 --> 00:55:38,560
Speaker 1: we started from zero, but you got good expectations, you

1057
00:55:38,600 --> 00:55:40,480
Speaker 1: got bad expectations. You know, what you live up to

1058
00:55:40,680 --> 00:55:42,719
Speaker 1: is kind of solely on you and your team, you know.

1059
00:55:42,880 --> 00:55:45,440
Speaker 1: So however we carry you know, we don't think too

1060
00:55:45,520 --> 00:55:47,799
Speaker 1: much about it, trying to keep it humble. We learn

1061
00:55:47,880 --> 00:55:50,600
Speaker 1: from a team that I'm huge underdogs to people got

1062
00:55:50,680 --> 00:55:52,600
Speaker 1: to target on your back, and that's just how it

1063
00:55:52,640 --> 00:55:54,560
Speaker 1: works when you win games. So as far as as

1064
00:55:54,640 --> 00:55:57,960
Speaker 1: you welcome to struggle, you welcome to challenge, and you

1065
00:55:58,080 --> 00:56:00,239
Speaker 1: look forward to it. One of the last images from

1066
00:56:00,320 --> 00:56:02,800
Speaker 1: last year was you on the field with Sean in

1067
00:56:02,960 --> 00:56:06,800
Speaker 1: Kansas City. Cool. Beasley said that that was kind of

1068
00:56:06,840 --> 00:56:09,479
Speaker 1: a stage that he wasn't ready for because he hadn't

1069
00:56:09,520 --> 00:56:12,120
Speaker 1: been there yet. How do you build on that how

1070
00:56:12,200 --> 00:56:14,919
Speaker 1: do you take that moment, what happened in that game

1071
00:56:15,000 --> 00:56:16,920
Speaker 1: and kind of use it to kind of fuel you

1072
00:56:17,000 --> 00:56:18,880
Speaker 1: and get you ready for this year. You learn from it.

1073
00:56:20,080 --> 00:56:22,120
Speaker 1: Ironically enough, I've been there on the other side in

1074
00:56:22,200 --> 00:56:27,319
Speaker 1: the NFC in a similar situation, real similar and it's

1075
00:56:27,360 --> 00:56:28,719
Speaker 1: just you just got to learn from it. You know,

1076
00:56:29,040 --> 00:56:31,360
Speaker 1: every team is different. You know, every year is different.

1077
00:56:31,440 --> 00:56:34,440
Speaker 1: So going in this year, everybody can go into mindset of, yeah,

1078
00:56:34,480 --> 00:56:36,560
Speaker 1: we can try to go back TODAYFA Championship. Everybody wants

1079
00:56:36,600 --> 00:56:38,719
Speaker 1: a super Bowl, everybody wants all those things, but you

1080
00:56:38,800 --> 00:56:40,640
Speaker 1: got to win game one, and it kind of goes

1081
00:56:40,760 --> 00:56:42,520
Speaker 1: a game from game, and you know, a week from

1082
00:56:42,520 --> 00:56:44,640
Speaker 1: week and day to day. So if you win the day,

1083
00:56:44,680 --> 00:56:46,759
Speaker 1: we can worry about the next day tomorrow. So for us,

1084
00:56:46,840 --> 00:56:48,640
Speaker 1: you just take it one day at a time, and

1085
00:56:49,440 --> 00:56:51,080
Speaker 1: you know, you have a long view. Everybody has a

1086
00:56:51,120 --> 00:56:53,279
Speaker 1: long view. Everybody wants, like he said, everybody has a

1087
00:56:53,320 --> 00:56:56,080
Speaker 1: lot of expectations for us, But I just I'm just

1088
00:56:56,160 --> 00:56:58,120
Speaker 1: trying to win the day and then win tomorrow and

1089
00:56:58,760 --> 00:57:00,960
Speaker 1: win the games game by game, and you know, kind

1090
00:57:01,000 --> 00:57:02,400
Speaker 1: of like entured up that way, and at the end

1091
00:57:02,440 --> 00:57:04,719
Speaker 1: of the year, we'll kind of measure the wins and

1092
00:57:04,760 --> 00:57:08,120
Speaker 1: losses and see where we are. But for now, focus

1093
00:57:08,160 --> 00:57:13,480
Speaker 1: on training camp. Strong image anywhere, A strong image you

1094
00:57:13,640 --> 00:57:15,360
Speaker 1: have that anywhere in your home. Now. I'm not a

1095
00:57:15,520 --> 00:57:18,720
Speaker 1: huge billboard material guy, you know, definitely image in my head.

1096
00:57:18,760 --> 00:57:20,080
Speaker 1: I was there, you know, I don't I don't need

1097
00:57:20,120 --> 00:57:23,000
Speaker 1: too much of a picture of it to relive it.

1098
00:57:23,120 --> 00:57:27,640
Speaker 1: But definitely something that's extremely motivating. Um. I was extremely happy,

1099
00:57:27,800 --> 00:57:30,080
Speaker 1: happy for them in that moment, just because they worked

1100
00:57:30,120 --> 00:57:32,880
Speaker 1: extremely hardly, got a great team, and I look forward

1101
00:57:32,880 --> 00:57:35,360
Speaker 1: to seeing them again. How much is that a rallying cry,

1102
00:57:35,840 --> 00:57:37,800
Speaker 1: like when you need to dig deep? I know you

1103
00:57:37,840 --> 00:57:40,320
Speaker 1: want to move forward, but how often have I guess

1104
00:57:40,360 --> 00:57:43,600
Speaker 1: some training have you brought yourself back to that moment?

1105
00:57:43,680 --> 00:57:46,280
Speaker 1: What it felt like watching that to drive you through

1106
00:57:46,320 --> 00:57:49,120
Speaker 1: your training and maybe even drive this team moving forward?

1107
00:57:49,680 --> 00:57:52,080
Speaker 1: Um I sound like some movie stuff. I'm not a

1108
00:57:52,160 --> 00:57:56,080
Speaker 1: huge uh like uh, you know in the movies, you

1109
00:57:56,160 --> 00:57:58,080
Speaker 1: see that image the guy worked extremely hard to get

1110
00:57:58,120 --> 00:57:59,520
Speaker 1: back to that point kind of thing. I could write

1111
00:57:59,560 --> 00:58:02,320
Speaker 1: a movie score, by the way, but no, that's not me.

1112
00:58:03,080 --> 00:58:05,480
Speaker 1: I gotta focus on the training camp. You know, we

1113
00:58:05,520 --> 00:58:07,360
Speaker 1: played the stillers first. I'm gonna focus on that, but

1114
00:58:07,720 --> 00:58:09,280
Speaker 1: definitely something in the back of my mind that I

1115
00:58:09,320 --> 00:58:11,919
Speaker 1: won't forget. But it's a team that we'll see often,

1116
00:58:12,040 --> 00:58:14,600
Speaker 1: especially if we're in the FC, so we'll play them again.

1117
00:58:14,720 --> 00:58:17,320
Speaker 1: You know. UM, not nothing that I'm an hold on

1118
00:58:17,440 --> 00:58:21,480
Speaker 1: to too close, but anybody who knows me don't forgetting anything.

1119
00:58:22,040 --> 00:58:25,160
Speaker 1: How much do you think Emmanuel Sanders experience having been

1120
00:58:25,240 --> 00:58:27,600
Speaker 1: to three Super Yeah, it's winning one of them and

1121
00:58:27,760 --> 00:58:30,160
Speaker 1: his skill sets gonna help you guys, I feel like

1122
00:58:30,200 --> 00:58:33,520
Speaker 1: it's gonna be h. It's gonna do what it needs to.

1123
00:58:33,600 --> 00:58:35,400
Speaker 1: As far as like guys who've won, guys who've had

1124
00:58:35,440 --> 00:58:39,160
Speaker 1: success and you, I feel like winners breed winners. It's

1125
00:58:39,200 --> 00:58:41,080
Speaker 1: a guy that's been there multiple times, a guy that's

1126
00:58:41,120 --> 00:58:43,120
Speaker 1: been in the Super Bowl, has success in Super Bowls.

1127
00:58:43,400 --> 00:58:46,040
Speaker 1: Feel like I told him, I feel like he almost

1128
00:58:46,040 --> 00:58:47,800
Speaker 1: had another one if he would have caught that post.

1129
00:58:48,920 --> 00:58:51,840
Speaker 1: But that was just me talking jump. But as far

1130
00:58:51,880 --> 00:58:53,760
Speaker 1: as like being around guys like that, guys that's been

1131
00:58:53,800 --> 00:58:56,200
Speaker 1: in the Super Bowl, been winning, UM and a great player.

1132
00:58:56,440 --> 00:58:59,160
Speaker 1: Aside from that, that helps your team. So for us,

1133
00:58:59,280 --> 00:59:02,240
Speaker 1: especially on the receiver in UM, it was some games

1134
00:59:02,280 --> 00:59:03,600
Speaker 1: where as far as like you know, we gotta had

1135
00:59:03,640 --> 00:59:06,520
Speaker 1: some guys injured, or we had whatever, whoever the case was.

1136
00:59:06,960 --> 00:59:08,560
Speaker 1: And I feel like he's a guy that's not only

1137
00:59:08,600 --> 00:59:10,960
Speaker 1: gonna feel a void, but uh definitely gonna play a key,

1138
00:59:11,160 --> 00:59:14,240
Speaker 1: key role on this team. So I'm heavily motivated. I'm

1139
00:59:14,280 --> 00:59:15,800
Speaker 1: just happy to have him, and you know, I look

1140
00:59:15,800 --> 00:59:18,320
Speaker 1: forward to working alongside of him. If Davis told me

1141
00:59:18,400 --> 00:59:21,400
Speaker 1: that last year, you guys had a little friendly competition

1142
00:59:21,480 --> 00:59:24,400
Speaker 1: going who would catch more touchdowns? Yeah, he almost had

1143
00:59:24,480 --> 00:59:28,760
Speaker 1: you almost almost. What did you see out of him

1144
00:59:28,800 --> 00:59:31,160
Speaker 1: over the course of his rookie season, kid who didn't

1145
00:59:31,160 --> 00:59:33,440
Speaker 1: have a preseason or a training camp, like you're getting

1146
00:59:33,480 --> 00:59:36,200
Speaker 1: out on. What are your expectations for him? Loving forward? Yeah,

1147
00:59:36,240 --> 00:59:37,760
Speaker 1: like I try not to put too much pressure on

1148
00:59:37,800 --> 00:59:40,000
Speaker 1: the young guys. Uh. As far as like a guy

1149
00:59:40,040 --> 00:59:42,640
Speaker 1: like Gabe, he handled himself extremely well as a professional.

1150
00:59:43,000 --> 00:59:45,640
Speaker 1: He knew what he had, he had success, he handled

1151
00:59:45,720 --> 00:59:48,560
Speaker 1: success well. Far as like with touchdown, as keeping that

1152
00:59:48,640 --> 00:59:51,440
Speaker 1: friendly competition between us, you know, far as like with players,

1153
00:59:51,480 --> 00:59:52,800
Speaker 1: you guys kind of get it on the back end,

1154
00:59:52,840 --> 00:59:54,920
Speaker 1: but we were talking drunk about it all year. Far

1155
00:59:54,960 --> 00:59:57,200
Speaker 1: as like being a receiver, Um, it was hard on

1156
00:59:57,280 --> 00:59:59,520
Speaker 1: this team because you know it's only but so many

1157
00:59:59,560 --> 01:00:01,480
Speaker 1: balls like go around. You know, I'm not gonna say

1158
01:00:01,520 --> 01:00:03,720
Speaker 1: specifically on my end before a young guy far as

1159
01:00:03,760 --> 01:00:06,000
Speaker 1: like trying to grow and trying to become the receiver

1160
01:00:06,040 --> 01:00:08,320
Speaker 1: that he wants to be as well, but he handled

1161
01:00:08,320 --> 01:00:10,480
Speaker 1: it and stride. You know, he's hum he's a humble kid.

1162
01:00:10,560 --> 01:00:13,160
Speaker 1: He's a kid that works extremely hard, and it's something

1163
01:00:13,200 --> 01:00:14,720
Speaker 1: I look forward to him as far as like taking

1164
01:00:14,720 --> 01:00:16,920
Speaker 1: that next stump, that's that next step and the next

1165
01:00:17,000 --> 01:00:19,200
Speaker 1: jump into his year two. I tell him that all

1166
01:00:19,240 --> 01:00:21,240
Speaker 1: the time. Now, you know, let me let me see it.

1167
01:00:21,520 --> 01:00:24,120
Speaker 1: You know, last year you did play pretty well, you

1168
01:00:24,200 --> 01:00:26,960
Speaker 1: did have some success, but it's a lot more football

1169
01:00:26,960 --> 01:00:28,720
Speaker 1: out there for you, and it's a lot more, a

1170
01:00:28,760 --> 01:00:30,360
Speaker 1: lot more you can obtain a lot of things you

1171
01:00:30,400 --> 01:00:32,720
Speaker 1: can do better. So let me see that this next

1172
01:00:32,800 --> 01:00:35,240
Speaker 1: year and making your I guess, that second year jump

1173
01:00:35,400 --> 01:00:38,480
Speaker 1: from a rookie to a sophomore I guess, or whateverever

1174
01:00:38,520 --> 01:00:40,680
Speaker 1: you dress it up. But I've been there and I

1175
01:00:40,760 --> 01:00:43,240
Speaker 1: feel like he can handle it, and I'm hoping for

1176
01:00:43,320 --> 01:00:45,240
Speaker 1: his success as well. I feel like, as we all know,

1177
01:00:45,280 --> 01:00:47,600
Speaker 1: we got a lot of weapons on offense, and you know,

1178
01:00:47,720 --> 01:00:50,280
Speaker 1: with Josh and the running backs and the receivers. But

1179
01:00:50,360 --> 01:00:52,040
Speaker 1: it's all about how we're gonna put it all together,

1180
01:00:52,320 --> 01:00:54,120
Speaker 1: you know, and I trust our coaches to do so

1181
01:00:54,280 --> 01:00:55,760
Speaker 1: and put ever put us in the best position to

1182
01:00:55,880 --> 01:00:59,360
Speaker 1: win second year of this offense and the system with Josh.

1183
01:00:59,440 --> 01:01:01,680
Speaker 1: Where do you hoping for in your relationship with Josh

1184
01:01:01,800 --> 01:01:03,440
Speaker 1: on the field, how you guys can mix it up,

1185
01:01:03,520 --> 01:01:06,520
Speaker 1: be different and have some fun. Yeah, Like, uh, we

1186
01:01:06,600 --> 01:01:08,160
Speaker 1: had a little bit of success today as far as

1187
01:01:08,200 --> 01:01:10,720
Speaker 1: like going off script. You have you have plays that

1188
01:01:10,800 --> 01:01:13,080
Speaker 1: are design to you know, work, They work just fine.

1189
01:01:13,120 --> 01:01:15,680
Speaker 1: And then you got some plays at our football plays

1190
01:01:15,840 --> 01:01:18,120
Speaker 1: like Josh challenge a football player, not not only just

1191
01:01:18,200 --> 01:01:20,360
Speaker 1: a quarterback, a guy that you know, I don't know,

1192
01:01:20,400 --> 01:01:21,800
Speaker 1: it's kind of hard to describe a guy that just

1193
01:01:21,920 --> 01:01:24,280
Speaker 1: dropped back and does everything, but a guy that can

1194
01:01:24,360 --> 01:01:26,880
Speaker 1: go off script and make those throws and you know,

1195
01:01:26,920 --> 01:01:28,920
Speaker 1: play a little bit of player, I mean, play a

1196
01:01:28,920 --> 01:01:31,560
Speaker 1: little bit of backyard football or you know, extend to play.

1197
01:01:31,680 --> 01:01:34,000
Speaker 1: You know, so a guy like that, you want to

1198
01:01:34,040 --> 01:01:35,920
Speaker 1: take that next step with them. You know, certain things

1199
01:01:35,960 --> 01:01:37,440
Speaker 1: that we didn't do well last year as far as

1200
01:01:37,480 --> 01:01:39,439
Speaker 1: like I feel like we didn't we didn't. We didn't

1201
01:01:39,480 --> 01:01:42,040
Speaker 1: hit the deep ball well enough. You know, we were

1202
01:01:42,080 --> 01:01:44,560
Speaker 1: pretty good, right, we were pretty good intermediate. But as

1203
01:01:44,600 --> 01:01:46,720
Speaker 1: far as like hitting the deep ball consistently, you know,

1204
01:01:46,880 --> 01:01:48,880
Speaker 1: me being where I need to be when I'm supposed

1205
01:01:48,880 --> 01:01:51,480
Speaker 1: to be there and him trusted me. So cars like

1206
01:01:51,520 --> 01:01:53,840
Speaker 1: continue to grow that relationship, nor to that relationship, and

1207
01:01:54,200 --> 01:01:56,080
Speaker 1: hopefully we can take another step. We had a lot

1208
01:01:56,120 --> 01:01:58,760
Speaker 1: of success, but you know, every every year is a

1209
01:01:58,800 --> 01:02:00,600
Speaker 1: new year, and I want to take another step on him.

1210
01:02:00,600 --> 01:02:06,840
Speaker 1: As far as like being being the best director for

1211
01:02:07,080 --> 01:02:09,520
Speaker 1: the whole year last year, what if you see from Isaiah,

1212
01:02:11,400 --> 01:02:15,640
Speaker 1: I'm about to say, who read shirted? Uh Isaiah Hodge,

1213
01:02:16,120 --> 01:02:18,000
Speaker 1: I mean even last year. As far as like he

1214
01:02:18,160 --> 01:02:21,800
Speaker 1: wasn't he wasn't active, but we were. He was showing

1215
01:02:21,800 --> 01:02:23,480
Speaker 1: me clips. As far as like him working out, him

1216
01:02:23,560 --> 01:02:26,040
Speaker 1: learning him craft, and him kind of applying what he

1217
01:02:26,120 --> 01:02:27,960
Speaker 1: see what he was seeing throughout the year. As far

1218
01:02:28,000 --> 01:02:30,080
Speaker 1: as like from us to his day to day workouts

1219
01:02:30,080 --> 01:02:32,360
Speaker 1: because he couldn't do much, and I was like, uh,

1220
01:02:32,600 --> 01:02:36,160
Speaker 1: I see it. You know, hopefully, I mean hopefully it translates.

1221
01:02:36,200 --> 01:02:37,800
Speaker 1: That's what I want to see. Far as like you

1222
01:02:37,920 --> 01:02:39,880
Speaker 1: coming out here and being able to compete when you

1223
01:02:39,960 --> 01:02:42,000
Speaker 1: are healthy. It's going to be the true test. But

1224
01:02:42,040 --> 01:02:43,800
Speaker 1: I can see it clarity that you look different, You

1225
01:02:43,880 --> 01:02:47,280
Speaker 1: look good, You look like you're learning because being a receivers,

1226
01:02:47,480 --> 01:02:49,400
Speaker 1: you know, learning on the fly and you know, picking

1227
01:02:49,480 --> 01:02:51,200
Speaker 1: up from the guys next year and the guys that's

1228
01:02:51,200 --> 01:02:53,760
Speaker 1: pushing for you. So he's done a great job up

1229
01:02:53,760 --> 01:02:56,320
Speaker 1: to this point. Hopefully he continues to do that, and

1230
01:02:56,400 --> 01:02:58,240
Speaker 1: hopefully he can have a role on his team. You know,

1231
01:02:58,440 --> 01:03:00,360
Speaker 1: like I said, it's only but so many balls go around,

1232
01:03:00,400 --> 01:03:02,560
Speaker 1: and we got some good we got some talented guys,

1233
01:03:02,680 --> 01:03:06,160
Speaker 1: but also lucky for us, we got some talented young guys.

1234
01:03:06,320 --> 01:03:08,200
Speaker 1: You know, guys I might be able to step up

1235
01:03:08,200 --> 01:03:09,560
Speaker 1: and do a lot of great things for us. So

1236
01:03:10,120 --> 01:03:12,000
Speaker 1: hopefully he's one of them. And I've just seen him,

1237
01:03:12,120 --> 01:03:16,560
Speaker 1: you know develop. Thanks, guys, than I have a going

1238
01:03:17,080 --> 01:03:20,080
Speaker 1: all right. That's Stefan Daggs addressing the media today, obviously

1239
01:03:20,160 --> 01:03:22,400
Speaker 1: being asked about some of the other receivers on the roster,

1240
01:03:22,480 --> 01:03:26,959
Speaker 1: including Emmanuel Sanders. He appreciates sanders experience in this league,

1241
01:03:27,000 --> 01:03:28,800
Speaker 1: the fact that he knows what it takes to win

1242
01:03:28,880 --> 01:03:31,600
Speaker 1: a Super Bowl, having won one in his career, and

1243
01:03:32,040 --> 01:03:34,200
Speaker 1: was just being asked there at the end about Isaiah

1244
01:03:34,280 --> 01:03:38,080
Speaker 1: Hodgins and how he thought he was a receiver who

1245
01:03:38,280 --> 01:03:40,480
Speaker 1: even though he essentially had what was the equivalent of

1246
01:03:40,520 --> 01:03:43,400
Speaker 1: a red shirt year, he could see him learning on

1247
01:03:43,560 --> 01:03:47,360
Speaker 1: the fly and anticipates that he'll be a contributor in

1248
01:03:47,520 --> 01:03:51,120
Speaker 1: due course. But perhaps the most interesting thing that he said, Steve,

1249
01:03:53,400 --> 01:03:56,320
Speaker 1: he thinks he has to get better. He thinks there's

1250
01:03:56,400 --> 01:03:58,800
Speaker 1: more for him to achieve, and that he left a

1251
01:03:58,840 --> 01:04:02,240
Speaker 1: lot of hidden yard out there last year and didn't

1252
01:04:02,280 --> 01:04:05,840
Speaker 1: always make the best decisions on receptions after the catch.

1253
01:04:06,240 --> 01:04:08,360
Speaker 1: This is a guy that led the league in receptions

1254
01:04:08,400 --> 01:04:11,480
Speaker 1: and receiving yards. He left a lot of hidden yards

1255
01:04:11,560 --> 01:04:15,800
Speaker 1: out there. Why well, it's different being a receiver than

1256
01:04:15,840 --> 01:04:17,000
Speaker 1: it is when you got the ball in your hands,

1257
01:04:17,000 --> 01:04:19,840
Speaker 1: you're running with it. And he probably could see and

1258
01:04:20,000 --> 01:04:21,800
Speaker 1: and we used to do it all the time too.

1259
01:04:22,160 --> 01:04:24,760
Speaker 1: You see guys who have an innate ability to get

1260
01:04:24,800 --> 01:04:26,320
Speaker 1: every yard that's coming to him. When they got the

1261
01:04:26,320 --> 01:04:28,840
Speaker 1: ball in their hands, they they choose the gap. They

1262
01:04:28,880 --> 01:04:30,640
Speaker 1: don't try and bounce back when they when they run

1263
01:04:30,720 --> 01:04:33,280
Speaker 1: with the football, they always make the exact right decision

1264
01:04:33,560 --> 01:04:35,400
Speaker 1: when you look up, when you go back and you

1265
01:04:35,480 --> 01:04:37,720
Speaker 1: run it back in slow motion from the eye and

1266
01:04:37,800 --> 01:04:40,280
Speaker 1: the sky from the camera angle up above. You think, yeah,

1267
01:04:40,280 --> 01:04:41,720
Speaker 1: if you'd have gone here, he might have gotten a

1268
01:04:41,760 --> 01:04:44,200
Speaker 1: few extra yards. Or if he gone here, he might

1269
01:04:44,280 --> 01:04:45,920
Speaker 1: have you know, he might have broke this losing. And

1270
01:04:46,000 --> 01:04:48,000
Speaker 1: a lot of times you'll see guys that they just

1271
01:04:48,160 --> 01:04:50,440
Speaker 1: always make that right. It's in eight They just make

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Speaker 1: the right decision that yeah, he got every yard coming

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01:04:52,640 --> 01:04:55,000
Speaker 1: to him. And you know, our old offensive coordinator Teddy

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01:04:55,040 --> 01:04:56,720
Speaker 1: Marcher Brodo used that as a phrase. He goes, yeah,

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01:04:56,720 --> 01:04:59,439
Speaker 1: you get every yard's coming to you, and you'll see, ah,

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01:04:59,560 --> 01:05:02,760
Speaker 1: he missed. He should have cut inside there. I'm sure

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01:05:03,480 --> 01:05:05,200
Speaker 1: Dig sees that once in a while and says, oh,

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01:05:05,200 --> 01:05:07,120
Speaker 1: I mean, you know what if i'd cut there instead

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01:05:07,160 --> 01:05:11,240
Speaker 1: of there? And they'll figure it out. But I don't

1280
01:05:11,240 --> 01:05:14,560
Speaker 1: know how you practice that right. It's a it's because

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01:05:14,600 --> 01:05:17,160
Speaker 1: every play is different. They're guys in different position, their

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01:05:17,200 --> 01:05:19,240
Speaker 1: angles and the speed that one guy's coming in and

1283
01:05:19,320 --> 01:05:21,880
Speaker 1: the size and whatever you gotta. It's a you know,

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01:05:21,880 --> 01:05:24,320
Speaker 1: it's a giant math problem is to where the weak

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01:05:24,400 --> 01:05:26,640
Speaker 1: spot of their pursuit is and to go for it

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01:05:27,400 --> 01:05:30,440
Speaker 1: um and it's hard to do. Yeah, because you know,

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01:05:30,520 --> 01:05:31,840
Speaker 1: you need guys in the back of your head to

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01:05:31,840 --> 01:05:33,280
Speaker 1: see where the guys behind you are and what you're

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01:05:33,320 --> 01:05:37,160
Speaker 1: capable of. But there's always I mean, you know, you're

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01:05:37,920 --> 01:05:41,360
Speaker 1: you're chasing a never ending you're chasing your own tail

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01:05:41,440 --> 01:05:43,920
Speaker 1: because right, but it's it's guys that cut it that

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01:05:44,080 --> 01:05:45,720
Speaker 1: fine that are going to put this in a this

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01:05:45,880 --> 01:05:49,120
Speaker 1: team in a position this year to achieve, if not

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01:05:49,320 --> 01:05:51,520
Speaker 1: everything they did this year, it gives them a chance

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01:05:51,560 --> 01:05:53,680
Speaker 1: to achieve even more this year. I'll say this too,

1296
01:05:53,880 --> 01:05:56,320
Speaker 1: because they're pushing their foot to the floor right in

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01:05:56,440 --> 01:06:00,720
Speaker 1: every aspect of what they do. When you're down there's

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01:06:00,760 --> 01:06:02,960
Speaker 1: everything you know, a receiver's job is what it is,

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01:06:03,440 --> 01:06:05,400
Speaker 1: and when you look at everything he's supposed to do,

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01:06:05,800 --> 01:06:08,040
Speaker 1: when you get all the way down to getting a

1301
01:06:08,120 --> 01:06:10,720
Speaker 1: little more out of the yard you get after you catch,

1302
01:06:11,800 --> 01:06:14,840
Speaker 1: there's like, like the top thing is getting open, the

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01:06:14,920 --> 01:06:17,840
Speaker 1: second thing is catching the ball. The third thing is

1304
01:06:17,960 --> 01:06:20,440
Speaker 1: you know, being there on time and getting getting Really

1305
01:06:20,680 --> 01:06:22,840
Speaker 1: there's a lot of things to go that you're really

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01:06:22,880 --> 01:06:24,520
Speaker 1: good at before you get down to Yeah, I wish

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01:06:24,520 --> 01:06:26,080
Speaker 1: I could have gotten a couple extra yards on that

1308
01:06:26,120 --> 01:06:29,480
Speaker 1: thirty five yard grab and run. That's pretty far down

1309
01:06:29,560 --> 01:06:32,000
Speaker 1: the list of priorities. So that'll tell you how good

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01:06:32,080 --> 01:06:34,200
Speaker 1: he was last year at all the things above that

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01:06:34,320 --> 01:06:36,560
Speaker 1: that are on the priority list, like getting open and

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01:06:36,680 --> 01:06:41,200
Speaker 1: catching it, He's having to search pretty hard to say,

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01:06:41,440 --> 01:06:43,080
Speaker 1: I need to get a couple extra yards on that

1314
01:06:43,560 --> 01:06:46,640
Speaker 1: on that deep end route after I catch it. I mean,

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01:06:47,600 --> 01:06:50,440
Speaker 1: think about what he's talking about there. That's like items

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01:06:50,560 --> 01:06:54,760
Speaker 1: number ten and eleven on the priority list of what

1317
01:06:54,840 --> 01:06:58,720
Speaker 1: a receiver does. But the good ones, the great ones,

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01:06:59,000 --> 01:07:02,840
Speaker 1: that's where they go. As we mentioned today Dion Dawkins Ike,

1319
01:07:02,920 --> 01:07:04,760
Speaker 1: Butcker not on the field, they are on the COVID

1320
01:07:05,000 --> 01:07:09,440
Speaker 1: reserve list. It has been confirmed by the Baltimore Ravens

1321
01:07:09,480 --> 01:07:13,480
Speaker 1: that Lamar Jackson did test positive for COVID and is

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01:07:13,520 --> 01:07:17,440
Speaker 1: on the COVID reserve list for them. And that is

1323
01:07:17,440 --> 01:07:21,480
Speaker 1: an interesting development only because Steve, if we remember last season,

1324
01:07:22,440 --> 01:07:26,160
Speaker 1: Lamar Jackson missed a game because of COVID last year.

1325
01:07:26,480 --> 01:07:28,840
Speaker 1: Now there's no word on whether he is fully vaccinated

1326
01:07:28,960 --> 01:07:33,280
Speaker 1: or not. I guess how long he's in quarantine will

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01:07:33,400 --> 01:07:36,080
Speaker 1: help paint the picture as to whether he is or

1328
01:07:36,120 --> 01:07:38,520
Speaker 1: he isn't. And we'll just have to wait and see.

1329
01:07:38,560 --> 01:07:41,120
Speaker 1: As there are COVID positives around the league, in addition

1330
01:07:41,480 --> 01:07:44,400
Speaker 1: to the ones here with the Bills. As far as

1331
01:07:44,440 --> 01:07:48,800
Speaker 1: today's practice went, heavy focus on red zone and goal

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01:07:48,880 --> 01:07:53,200
Speaker 1: line work in the team's settings, and the offense did

1333
01:07:53,280 --> 01:07:56,600
Speaker 1: pretty well today, I would say, would you agree, yeah,

1334
01:07:58,320 --> 01:08:01,200
Speaker 1: for the Josh Allen, there was a couple of plays

1335
01:08:01,240 --> 01:08:03,160
Speaker 1: out there, a handful of we can't we're not supposed

1336
01:08:03,160 --> 01:08:05,360
Speaker 1: to talk about matchup, who lined up where, and all that,

1337
01:08:05,880 --> 01:08:10,400
Speaker 1: but there were a couple of plays where Josh made

1338
01:08:10,440 --> 01:08:15,240
Speaker 1: a play at the quarterback position and I was like,

1339
01:08:15,600 --> 01:08:17,800
Speaker 1: there may be like one guy on the planet that

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01:08:17,840 --> 01:08:19,320
Speaker 1: could have made the play, and it was him. He's

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01:08:19,360 --> 01:08:24,120
Speaker 1: the guy that actually did his elusiveness, his ability to

1342
01:08:24,240 --> 01:08:26,000
Speaker 1: turn his hips and make a throw to the back

1343
01:08:26,040 --> 01:08:27,840
Speaker 1: of the end zone and stick it in a guy's

1344
01:08:27,920 --> 01:08:32,760
Speaker 1: face mask, throwing it through a forest of bodies. He

1345
01:08:32,840 --> 01:08:35,960
Speaker 1: had a handful of tight window throws. The thing that

1346
01:08:36,040 --> 01:08:38,800
Speaker 1: impressed me the most was how patient he was. And

1347
01:08:38,880 --> 01:08:40,639
Speaker 1: I know that's easier to do in a practice setting

1348
01:08:40,680 --> 01:08:43,680
Speaker 1: when nobody can hit you, you know, but the pockets collapsing,

1349
01:08:44,080 --> 01:08:46,519
Speaker 1: you really have a limited amount of time, and he

1350
01:08:46,640 --> 01:08:50,360
Speaker 1: would wait the extra half second to you know, let

1351
01:08:50,400 --> 01:08:52,559
Speaker 1: the play unfold to give him an opportunity to stick

1352
01:08:52,600 --> 01:08:54,519
Speaker 1: it in a tight window, and he did that on

1353
01:08:54,640 --> 01:08:58,439
Speaker 1: a handful of plays in there. There was even one

1354
01:08:58,520 --> 01:09:03,080
Speaker 1: where it was like remember in week sixteen. I want

1355
01:09:03,120 --> 01:09:05,679
Speaker 1: to say it was the second touchdown to Diggs against

1356
01:09:05,720 --> 01:09:08,639
Speaker 1: New England. No, it was. It was the third one

1357
01:09:09,600 --> 01:09:12,960
Speaker 1: where he let him get into the second window and

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01:09:13,080 --> 01:09:16,400
Speaker 1: then completed it. Yeah, second touchdown. He let him he

1359
01:09:16,520 --> 01:09:18,320
Speaker 1: was in the first window. He didn't get him there.

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01:09:18,640 --> 01:09:21,160
Speaker 1: He held it and waited until Diggs got into a

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01:09:21,200 --> 01:09:23,200
Speaker 1: second window where he could get him the ball, and

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01:09:23,280 --> 01:09:25,120
Speaker 1: he hit him for that and it went for a touchdown.

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01:09:25,400 --> 01:09:27,280
Speaker 1: He had a play. He had a play where he

1364
01:09:27,479 --> 01:09:29,800
Speaker 1: let the guy get in the second window and then

1365
01:09:29,880 --> 01:09:32,360
Speaker 1: delivered the ball right. It's the one where Steve Leavis

1366
01:09:32,360 --> 01:09:34,639
Speaker 1: said tailight's time when games got into the end zone.

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01:09:34,680 --> 01:09:36,080
Speaker 1: The one I thought you were talking about was the

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01:09:36,120 --> 01:09:38,160
Speaker 1: one kind of like today where it was the other

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01:09:38,280 --> 01:09:40,880
Speaker 1: touchdown to Digs in the New England game where he

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01:09:41,040 --> 01:09:44,120
Speaker 1: started to roll to his right, wheeled around to his left,

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01:09:44,200 --> 01:09:47,600
Speaker 1: got outside and then was running towards the left sideline,

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01:09:47,680 --> 01:09:52,400
Speaker 1: turned around, faced the right sideline and delivered the ball

1373
01:09:52,439 --> 01:09:53,800
Speaker 1: to the back of the end zone to Diggs coming

1374
01:09:53,840 --> 01:09:55,280
Speaker 1: across the back of the end zone. He kind of

1375
01:09:55,320 --> 01:09:56,920
Speaker 1: did that a little bit of that today, one of

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01:09:56,960 --> 01:09:59,439
Speaker 1: those throws today, except that it was more in the

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01:09:59,520 --> 01:10:04,320
Speaker 1: center of the field, and the ball came through, like

1378
01:10:04,479 --> 01:10:08,719
Speaker 1: I said, like a forest of trees, bodies and arms,

1379
01:10:08,760 --> 01:10:12,679
Speaker 1: and it just sizzled through there, and dig stops plants

1380
01:10:12,760 --> 01:10:14,000
Speaker 1: comes out of his break in the back of the

1381
01:10:14,120 --> 01:10:15,760
Speaker 1: end zone and the and the thing is like stuck

1382
01:10:15,800 --> 01:10:18,400
Speaker 1: in his facement. It was unbelievable. The second window throw

1383
01:10:18,479 --> 01:10:20,920
Speaker 1: went to Gabriel Davis. He had made a nice play

1384
01:10:20,960 --> 01:10:24,360
Speaker 1: on it and Josh found him. So it doesn't look

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01:10:24,439 --> 01:10:27,880
Speaker 1: like the defense has missed a beat, or I mean

1386
01:10:27,920 --> 01:10:30,160
Speaker 1: the offense has missed a beat. In terms of their execution,

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01:10:30,200 --> 01:10:32,120
Speaker 1: they were pretty good. There were some clays turned in

1388
01:10:32,240 --> 01:10:35,679
Speaker 1: by the defense as well. Had a nice pass breakup

1389
01:10:36,080 --> 01:10:38,000
Speaker 1: at the goal line, so he did a good job

1390
01:10:38,800 --> 01:10:41,680
Speaker 1: in terms of making a play on the ball. I know.

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01:10:41,840 --> 01:10:43,880
Speaker 1: Dane Jackson also had a pass break up late in

1392
01:10:43,920 --> 01:10:46,080
Speaker 1: the practice in the back corner of the end zone

1393
01:10:46,080 --> 01:10:48,320
Speaker 1: as well, so he had a nice play to turn in.

1394
01:10:48,400 --> 01:10:51,400
Speaker 1: As that competition heats up. Sean McDermot addressed that directly,

1395
01:10:52,160 --> 01:10:57,400
Speaker 1: and you know, said he's eager to watch that competition unfold,

1396
01:10:57,439 --> 01:11:01,720
Speaker 1: and he named Dame Jackson and Levi Wall specifically with

1397
01:11:01,880 --> 01:11:04,960
Speaker 1: regard to that, which came as no surprise. So good

1398
01:11:05,000 --> 01:11:08,559
Speaker 1: to see that that competition is off and running, as

1399
01:11:08,640 --> 01:11:13,400
Speaker 1: are many others. But the focus was interesting. Red zone

1400
01:11:13,640 --> 01:11:16,519
Speaker 1: and goal line were the focus today in the team settings,

1401
01:11:16,920 --> 01:11:21,719
Speaker 1: right from the jump, and that is a money area,

1402
01:11:22,479 --> 01:11:27,519
Speaker 1: as you know, so the real I think it was

1403
01:11:27,600 --> 01:11:32,200
Speaker 1: helpful in setting a tone early in training camp here like, hey,

1404
01:11:32,360 --> 01:11:34,320
Speaker 1: this is where we make our money down here in

1405
01:11:34,360 --> 01:11:37,880
Speaker 1: the red zone, whether it's offense or defense. And to

1406
01:11:38,080 --> 01:11:41,400
Speaker 1: make that a point of emphasis on day one of

1407
01:11:41,479 --> 01:11:45,160
Speaker 1: practice I thought was effective in sending a message. Yeah,

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01:11:45,160 --> 01:11:47,639
Speaker 1: I know it was. It's interesting too round the NFL,

1409
01:11:48,160 --> 01:11:50,000
Speaker 1: and I don't know whether it's a thing the Union

1410
01:11:50,080 --> 01:11:53,000
Speaker 1: did or whether it's just sports science or whatever. All

1411
01:11:53,080 --> 01:11:55,280
Speaker 1: the big guys in training and we were mentioned it.

1412
01:11:56,320 --> 01:11:58,320
Speaker 1: Sal Capaccio came up and we were talking about it.

1413
01:11:59,200 --> 01:12:01,960
Speaker 1: All the offensive and defensive lineman have an extra shell

1414
01:12:02,040 --> 01:12:03,400
Speaker 1: over the top of their helmet, and I thought, oh,

1415
01:12:03,439 --> 01:12:05,680
Speaker 1: that's kind of interesting. And then I look online the

1416
01:12:05,800 --> 01:12:07,680
Speaker 1: Denver Broncos of doing the same thing with all of

1417
01:12:07,720 --> 01:12:10,479
Speaker 1: their big guys. The big guys have an extra shell

1418
01:12:10,560 --> 01:12:16,320
Speaker 1: of padding over their helmets, and because nobody's really in contact,

1419
01:12:16,400 --> 01:12:18,439
Speaker 1: but those guys still, you know, particularly in the early

1420
01:12:18,520 --> 01:12:21,400
Speaker 1: in the camp, nobody's wearing pads and nothing's really fitting,

1421
01:12:21,400 --> 01:12:23,559
Speaker 1: nobody's getting tack older. You know, it's a little bit

1422
01:12:23,960 --> 01:12:26,639
Speaker 1: of a glorified not really a walkthrough but a jog

1423
01:12:26,720 --> 01:12:29,400
Speaker 1: through or run through. But the offensive lineman still go

1424
01:12:29,479 --> 01:12:31,400
Speaker 1: through their steps hard, and it's easy for them to

1425
01:12:31,520 --> 01:12:36,479
Speaker 1: bang heads inadvertently or or just you know, by accident.

1426
01:12:36,760 --> 01:12:39,560
Speaker 1: So they put these extra shells on the top of

1427
01:12:39,640 --> 01:12:44,720
Speaker 1: their helmets just as an extra precaution can you and

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01:12:45,000 --> 01:12:47,600
Speaker 1: I guess it in this day and age, when you

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01:12:47,680 --> 01:12:49,760
Speaker 1: got a pandemic going around and you're asking guys to

1430
01:12:49,800 --> 01:12:51,559
Speaker 1: get vaccinated and all that, why would you not take

1431
01:12:51,600 --> 01:12:53,599
Speaker 1: the extra step of saying, listen, let's not get anybody

1432
01:12:53,600 --> 01:12:58,519
Speaker 1: an accidental concussion, right. It makes a lot of sense

1433
01:12:58,600 --> 01:13:02,000
Speaker 1: to me, particularly in an environment like they're in now,

1434
01:13:02,080 --> 01:13:05,160
Speaker 1: where these guys are just kind of running around, running

1435
01:13:05,200 --> 01:13:07,960
Speaker 1: through things and there's nobody in pads and no tackling stuff.

1436
01:13:08,080 --> 01:13:11,320
Speaker 1: Don't get anybody injured on a halfway practice. But it's

1437
01:13:11,360 --> 01:13:13,120
Speaker 1: something that's going around the league now that you'll see

1438
01:13:13,520 --> 01:13:16,360
Speaker 1: when you see film and highlights of other training camps

1439
01:13:16,360 --> 01:13:19,240
Speaker 1: around the league, you'll see the big guys in with

1440
01:13:19,520 --> 01:13:21,680
Speaker 1: extra shells on their helmets. It's just one more thing

1441
01:13:21,760 --> 01:13:25,120
Speaker 1: the way the league's evolving away from now. There is

1442
01:13:25,200 --> 01:13:29,160
Speaker 1: other news up in Green Bay, where Aaron Rodgers was

1443
01:13:29,240 --> 01:13:33,799
Speaker 1: simply asked the question what was all of this about

1444
01:13:33,920 --> 01:13:37,439
Speaker 1: for you? And he responded by talking for at least

1445
01:13:37,600 --> 01:13:43,120
Speaker 1: eight minutes where he essentially laid out everything over the

1446
01:13:43,240 --> 01:13:47,640
Speaker 1: last two years that have transpired that has soured the

1447
01:13:47,800 --> 01:13:53,280
Speaker 1: relationship between him and the Packers. Interestingly enough, he mentioned

1448
01:13:53,760 --> 01:13:56,559
Speaker 1: Bill's wide receiver Jake Kumero, who the Bills claimed off

1449
01:13:56,600 --> 01:13:59,559
Speaker 1: waivers after he was released by the Packers last year,

1450
01:14:00,400 --> 01:14:03,320
Speaker 1: and he cited the decision to cut Jake Kumerou as

1451
01:14:03,360 --> 01:14:06,479
Speaker 1: one of the reasons he was disgruntled. He said he

1452
01:14:06,520 --> 01:14:09,160
Speaker 1: would have liked to have been consulted. Quote maybe run

1453
01:14:09,240 --> 01:14:11,960
Speaker 1: it by me and I can change your mind. End quote.

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01:14:13,320 --> 01:14:16,800
Speaker 1: He also said, and there's another quote, if I am

1455
01:14:16,960 --> 01:14:22,320
Speaker 1: not part of the future, then do it, meaning you

1456
01:14:22,439 --> 01:14:24,760
Speaker 1: know hard ways with him, trade him, whatever you have

1457
01:14:24,840 --> 01:14:30,360
Speaker 1: to do. It is a bully pulpit and Aaron Rodgers

1458
01:14:30,479 --> 01:14:33,479
Speaker 1: has a fifty six sounds bat that he is swinging

1459
01:14:33,600 --> 01:14:37,800
Speaker 1: right now. He's doing it in an intelligent way, but

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01:14:38,000 --> 01:14:44,479
Speaker 1: it is absolutely unbridled. I can't wait to watch it

1461
01:14:45,040 --> 01:14:47,880
Speaker 1: because it sounds like much why must watch television? From

1462
01:14:47,920 --> 01:14:51,519
Speaker 1: the tweets that are flying furiously on social media right,

1463
01:14:51,720 --> 01:14:56,160
Speaker 1: quoted by Sports Illustrated, he's saying, quote, green Bay isn't

1464
01:14:56,200 --> 01:14:59,360
Speaker 1: a huge destination. They're coming here to play with me,

1465
01:15:01,000 --> 01:15:06,000
Speaker 1: and he's probably right. He was asked directly if he

1466
01:15:06,120 --> 01:15:08,960
Speaker 1: wants to be in Green Bay now, he said, quote,

1467
01:15:09,000 --> 01:15:10,639
Speaker 1: I do. I love my teammates, I love the city,

1468
01:15:10,680 --> 01:15:16,040
Speaker 1: I love my coaches. So yeah, I'm sure we'll be

1469
01:15:16,080 --> 01:15:17,559
Speaker 1: able to see a lot more of it in due

1470
01:15:17,600 --> 01:15:21,080
Speaker 1: course and get a full report on it in due time.

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Speaker 1: We will take a break here. When we come back,

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01:15:24,960 --> 01:15:29,200
Speaker 1: we'll have some comments for you on Tremaine Edmonds. We'll

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01:15:29,200 --> 01:15:32,479
Speaker 1: also hear from Brandon Dean and Sean McDermott, and at

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01:15:32,560 --> 01:15:36,599
Speaker 1: two o'clock we'll have a discussion with one Bruce Feldman

1475
01:15:36,800 --> 01:15:39,560
Speaker 1: from the Athletic, who had an interesting write up on

1476
01:15:39,680 --> 01:15:41,760
Speaker 1: both Josh Allen and Joe Burrow in their work with

1477
01:15:41,920 --> 01:15:44,439
Speaker 1: Jordan Palmer. So we'll get to all of that when

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01:15:44,520 --> 01:15:47,280
Speaker 1: we return here on One Bills Live, presented by Kalida Health.

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Speaker 1: It's Buffalo Bill's Radio. Welcome to One Bill's Live. Chris

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01:16:01,040 --> 01:16:05,080
Speaker 1: Brown Skive tasker with you, and we're gonna get to

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Speaker 1: some comments from Brandon Bean and Sean McDermott here shortly.

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Speaker 1: Both of them addressed the media as camp got underway today,

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Speaker 1: and we you know, I was there for both press

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Speaker 1: conferences this morning. First, let me say this. I can't

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Speaker 1: tell you how refreshing it was to actually sit at

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Speaker 1: a real press conference and you know, ask questions of

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01:16:30,240 --> 01:16:32,080
Speaker 1: people that are sitting in front of me as opposed

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Speaker 1: to a zoom screen. My god, that felt good today. Yeah,

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01:16:37,240 --> 01:16:39,280
Speaker 1: it was good for us. We were you and I

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01:16:39,360 --> 01:16:41,360
Speaker 1: got a chance to watch like what first hour, hour

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01:16:41,439 --> 01:16:43,280
Speaker 1: and twenty minutes. I stayed out there for like an

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01:16:43,280 --> 01:16:46,519
Speaker 1: hour and twenty and just watched everything, and plus was

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01:16:46,920 --> 01:16:50,160
Speaker 1: touching base with all the members of the media that

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01:16:50,360 --> 01:16:52,360
Speaker 1: Buffalo fans are so familiar with it, I know, and

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01:16:52,560 --> 01:16:55,000
Speaker 1: they have been friends with for some of them three

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01:16:55,080 --> 01:16:58,640
Speaker 1: decades and I haven't seen in two years, you know,

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01:16:58,800 --> 01:17:01,000
Speaker 1: or a year and a half, so it was great

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01:17:01,040 --> 01:17:04,560
Speaker 1: to see it and great it's felt really good to

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01:17:04,680 --> 01:17:08,240
Speaker 1: be closer to a normal atmosphere around the practice. There

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01:17:08,280 --> 01:17:11,720
Speaker 1: were a lot of a lot of people there, not

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01:17:11,840 --> 01:17:15,160
Speaker 1: all with the Bills organization of Some people were, um,

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01:17:15,520 --> 01:17:17,360
Speaker 1: you know, partners and that kind of thing, so there

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01:17:17,400 --> 01:17:19,240
Speaker 1: were some extra people at camp. Got a chance to

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01:17:19,280 --> 01:17:22,560
Speaker 1: watch training camp practice. And I've said it too, you

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01:17:22,640 --> 01:17:24,360
Speaker 1: finally get a chance to see these guys up close

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01:17:24,400 --> 01:17:26,960
Speaker 1: and personal. I've said it a bunch in the off season,

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01:17:27,000 --> 01:17:28,599
Speaker 1: since the draft and all that you get a chance

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01:17:28,680 --> 01:17:32,600
Speaker 1: to see these players, and the Bills are gonna be

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01:17:33,880 --> 01:17:37,840
Speaker 1: what looks to me like a much bigger and more

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01:17:38,000 --> 01:17:42,120
Speaker 1: physical team up front than they were a year ago. Well,

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01:17:42,160 --> 01:17:46,240
Speaker 1: they certainly have the ability to do that. We'll get

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01:17:46,240 --> 01:17:49,679
Speaker 1: to some of the comments by coach McDermott in due time,

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01:17:50,080 --> 01:17:52,519
Speaker 1: because he did address because I asked him. You know,

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01:17:53,600 --> 01:17:59,080
Speaker 1: Zach Moss Cody Ford both coming off major offseason surgeries,

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01:17:59,640 --> 01:18:03,800
Speaker 1: Cody Forward coming off two surgeries, and they have the

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01:18:03,920 --> 01:18:08,360
Speaker 1: green light, and I asked coach, you know, are they

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01:18:08,400 --> 01:18:11,000
Speaker 1: going to be full go doing everything or are their

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01:18:11,040 --> 01:18:12,760
Speaker 1: reps going to be monitored here at the outset and

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01:18:12,760 --> 01:18:15,240
Speaker 1: they're going to kind of bring them along steadily, And

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01:18:15,360 --> 01:18:17,479
Speaker 1: he said they have the green light, but to make

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01:18:17,560 --> 01:18:20,120
Speaker 1: them both full go on day one would be irresponsible.

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01:18:20,840 --> 01:18:25,519
Speaker 1: So they did work in they got work. They were

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01:18:25,560 --> 01:18:27,800
Speaker 1: not limited when they were on the field in any way,

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01:18:27,840 --> 01:18:30,760
Speaker 1: shape or form, which is certainly a good sign. But

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01:18:30,880 --> 01:18:33,559
Speaker 1: I think very smartly they are going to bring them

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01:18:33,600 --> 01:18:36,920
Speaker 1: along steadily and not overwork them coming off of the

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01:18:37,000 --> 01:18:42,240
Speaker 1: serious maladies that they sustained through the course of last season.

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01:18:42,320 --> 01:18:45,000
Speaker 1: But we begin with Brandon being general manager. The Bill

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01:18:45,080 --> 01:18:49,280
Speaker 1: spoke early this morning, and naturally he was asked a

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01:18:49,400 --> 01:18:53,840
Speaker 1: host of questions about the vaccinations, the debate therein and

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01:18:54,360 --> 01:18:57,679
Speaker 1: the vaccination rate of the team. So here is Brandon

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01:18:57,720 --> 01:19:01,919
Speaker 1: being on his conversations with players regarding the COVID vaccine.

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01:19:02,520 --> 01:19:04,640
Speaker 1: They're trying to educate themselves. They're trying to look at

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01:19:04,640 --> 01:19:08,559
Speaker 1: all sides. But I do not think you know, we've

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01:19:08,600 --> 01:19:12,040
Speaker 1: got professionals and we allow them to express their views

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01:19:12,400 --> 01:19:14,640
Speaker 1: and as long as it's not going to be a distraction.

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01:19:14,680 --> 01:19:16,680
Speaker 1: And that's that's the point that Sean and I have

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01:19:16,760 --> 01:19:19,280
Speaker 1: both made, and and we don't believe anything is And

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01:19:19,920 --> 01:19:22,240
Speaker 1: I think when we get to out here back on

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01:19:22,360 --> 01:19:25,719
Speaker 1: the grass playing football. You'll see where our guys are focused.

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01:19:25,720 --> 01:19:28,200
Speaker 1: They're focused on winning. There's gonna be some bumps in

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01:19:28,280 --> 01:19:31,120
Speaker 1: the road, just trying to figure out what we can

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01:19:31,160 --> 01:19:34,360
Speaker 1: do with unvaccinated guys versus a vaccinated person, But we'll

1544
01:19:34,439 --> 01:19:37,960
Speaker 1: figure it out. We're all on the same team. I

1545
01:19:38,080 --> 01:19:42,320
Speaker 1: think our unvaccinated guys know we're behind them. We don't

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01:19:42,360 --> 01:19:45,440
Speaker 1: make the rules. It's our job to enforce the protocols

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01:19:45,479 --> 01:19:47,800
Speaker 1: and protect each other, and that's that's what we want

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01:19:47,840 --> 01:19:51,320
Speaker 1: to do. And listen, just because I'm vaccinating or someone

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01:19:51,360 --> 01:19:53,880
Speaker 1: else doesn't mean that I can't get it either. We're

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01:19:53,960 --> 01:19:56,840
Speaker 1: finding that out. So everyone's got to be smart, whether

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01:19:56,880 --> 01:19:59,479
Speaker 1: you're vaccinated or not in this building, and then what

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01:19:59,600 --> 01:20:03,800
Speaker 1: we do outside this building. So you know, I don't

1553
01:20:03,840 --> 01:20:06,800
Speaker 1: think there are any surprises in there, right. You know,

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01:20:06,880 --> 01:20:11,400
Speaker 1: they're just trying to have respect and understanding for people's choices,

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01:20:11,920 --> 01:20:15,640
Speaker 1: and they're hoping, you know, that the education that the

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01:20:15,720 --> 01:20:18,559
Speaker 1: league tries to provide as well as you know, whatever

1557
01:20:18,640 --> 01:20:22,080
Speaker 1: outside sources they're seeking, that they're reputable and they're based

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01:20:22,160 --> 01:20:27,160
Speaker 1: on science. Being also was asked, as expected what the

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01:20:27,280 --> 01:20:33,080
Speaker 1: vaccination rate of the Bills player roster is at this time.

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01:20:33,400 --> 01:20:36,000
Speaker 1: Here's what Brandon Being had to say about that. We're

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01:20:36,120 --> 01:20:42,120
Speaker 1: just over that have at least one shot mark so

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01:20:43,040 --> 01:20:45,479
Speaker 1: which We've had a lot of guys over the summer

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01:20:45,600 --> 01:20:48,519
Speaker 1: that have continued to research it, and that's you know,

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01:20:48,560 --> 01:20:50,320
Speaker 1: that's all we were trying to do is educate them

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01:20:50,320 --> 01:20:52,600
Speaker 1: and and some guys in the middle of summer, some

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01:20:52,760 --> 01:20:56,400
Speaker 1: guys even yesterday showed up and said, you know what,

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01:20:56,520 --> 01:20:59,800
Speaker 1: I think I do want to start that process. And

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01:21:00,240 --> 01:21:02,719
Speaker 1: we know that Emmanuel Sanders is one of those players

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01:21:02,720 --> 01:21:06,400
Speaker 1: because he put his vaccination card out on Instagram late

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01:21:06,520 --> 01:21:09,320
Speaker 1: last week. Got his first shot on the twenty third,

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01:21:09,439 --> 01:21:11,800
Speaker 1: So he's an example of a player who's had at

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01:21:11,880 --> 01:21:15,320
Speaker 1: least one shot but is not technically fully vaccinated. He

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01:21:15,400 --> 01:21:19,120
Speaker 1: won't be, obviously until he gets his second shot, so

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01:21:19,360 --> 01:21:22,880
Speaker 1: he's in that pool. But and certainly encouraging that you

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01:21:23,080 --> 01:21:26,000
Speaker 1: have eighty percent of the player roster with at least

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01:21:26,040 --> 01:21:29,800
Speaker 1: one shot in their arm for a vaccination. Yeah, it's

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01:21:30,280 --> 01:21:32,160
Speaker 1: you know, like I said, this is going to turn

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01:21:32,200 --> 01:21:34,800
Speaker 1: into background clutter as soon as they start taking taking

1579
01:21:34,840 --> 01:21:39,559
Speaker 1: snaps in real games. Yeah, and once they get into

1580
01:21:39,600 --> 01:21:42,960
Speaker 1: the regular season and they start, you know, getting into

1581
01:21:43,000 --> 01:21:47,320
Speaker 1: the routine. Thankfully, I think for most of us it'll

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01:21:47,640 --> 01:21:50,519
Speaker 1: start to be a background clutter for us as well.

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01:21:52,439 --> 01:21:55,479
Speaker 1: I think that the protocols will make it easier and easier.

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01:21:56,040 --> 01:21:59,639
Speaker 1: The way that we're dispensed information to us in the media,

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01:22:00,080 --> 01:22:02,320
Speaker 1: even us here in house is going to get more

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01:22:02,320 --> 01:22:04,840
Speaker 1: and more normal, back to normal, more in person. Maybe

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01:22:05,840 --> 01:22:07,320
Speaker 1: it may get to the point where we have, you know,

1588
01:22:07,400 --> 01:22:09,479
Speaker 1: once again, have players sitting here with us once in

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01:22:09,520 --> 01:22:12,800
Speaker 1: a while, all of that stuff, and it'll start to

1590
01:22:13,000 --> 01:22:16,160
Speaker 1: just get further and further away, and it'll evolve into

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01:22:16,320 --> 01:22:18,240
Speaker 1: what we've known for so many years as just being

1592
01:22:18,280 --> 01:22:19,720
Speaker 1: you know, guys will come in and say hi, or

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01:22:19,800 --> 01:22:22,160
Speaker 1: you'll have a sit down interview with a guy and

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01:22:22,200 --> 01:22:24,800
Speaker 1: there won't be masks or social distancing, and you won't

1595
01:22:24,800 --> 01:22:28,599
Speaker 1: have microphones on polls and stuff like that. I think

1596
01:22:28,760 --> 01:22:31,800
Speaker 1: we're headed that way now, and for right now, this

1597
01:22:32,040 --> 01:22:35,080
Speaker 1: being the first day back from a season that was

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01:22:35,200 --> 01:22:38,720
Speaker 1: anything but normal, it still seems to be at the

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01:22:38,800 --> 01:22:40,880
Speaker 1: forefront of our mind. We got to address it a lot,

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01:22:42,840 --> 01:22:45,200
Speaker 1: but thankfully, I think it's going to very quickly move

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01:22:45,240 --> 01:22:49,000
Speaker 1: to the background. Being was also asked about last year's

1602
01:22:49,040 --> 01:22:52,960
Speaker 1: success and how the team transitions to this year where

1603
01:22:53,000 --> 01:22:55,160
Speaker 1: you basically start with a new slate. I thought he

1604
01:22:55,200 --> 01:22:58,000
Speaker 1: had a very good answer on this question. Here's Brandon

1605
01:22:58,080 --> 01:23:01,519
Speaker 1: being on that subject. Well, our guys understand that doing

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01:23:01,640 --> 01:23:05,200
Speaker 1: something once doesn't make you a great team. Okay, once

1607
01:23:05,240 --> 01:23:08,000
Speaker 1: you're lucky twice, you're good. Whatever. If you want to

1608
01:23:08,040 --> 01:23:11,120
Speaker 1: be a consistent contender, you got to back it up.

1609
01:23:11,400 --> 01:23:14,680
Speaker 1: And so we we talked here last year about want

1610
01:23:14,720 --> 01:23:17,599
Speaker 1: to win the division so we can host games here,

1611
01:23:17,960 --> 01:23:19,360
Speaker 1: and not only did we get to host one, we

1612
01:23:19,439 --> 01:23:21,680
Speaker 1: hosted two. Um, I would have loved to have been

1613
01:23:21,720 --> 01:23:25,639
Speaker 1: hosting that last game that we lost. But we still

1614
01:23:25,760 --> 01:23:28,560
Speaker 1: have a lot of things that we haven't accomplished that.

1615
01:23:28,880 --> 01:23:31,360
Speaker 1: As good as last year was, we still didn't didn't

1616
01:23:31,400 --> 01:23:33,320
Speaker 1: meet some standards that we want to get to. So,

1617
01:23:34,920 --> 01:23:38,320
Speaker 1: you know, until you win it, in my mind, we're

1618
01:23:38,360 --> 01:23:41,799
Speaker 1: still hunting and will people be hunting us, yes, starting

1619
01:23:41,840 --> 01:23:45,439
Speaker 1: with our division. But again, Marcel, I think our guys

1620
01:23:45,560 --> 01:23:49,160
Speaker 1: understand that, again what we did last year doesn't mean anything,

1621
01:23:49,240 --> 01:23:53,400
Speaker 1: and let's hit the reset button. So I thought that

1622
01:23:53,600 --> 01:23:56,960
Speaker 1: was well put. Yeah, well put, I totally relate to it.

1623
01:23:58,400 --> 01:24:00,479
Speaker 1: I think Steph digs In the picture years after the

1624
01:24:00,560 --> 01:24:02,200
Speaker 1: Kansas City Chiefs team, and he alluded to it in

1625
01:24:02,280 --> 01:24:05,360
Speaker 1: his comments about you know, that's why he's kind of

1626
01:24:05,400 --> 01:24:07,280
Speaker 1: in the mindset he's got to get better because Josh

1627
01:24:07,360 --> 01:24:08,720
Speaker 1: the same thing. He just wants to be as good

1628
01:24:08,760 --> 01:24:10,400
Speaker 1: as he can be because they didn't get it done

1629
01:24:10,520 --> 01:24:13,720
Speaker 1: last year. And I will never forget the feeling when

1630
01:24:13,760 --> 01:24:16,160
Speaker 1: you walk off the field after losing a championship game,

1631
01:24:16,200 --> 01:24:19,680
Speaker 1: whether it's AFC Championship or the Super Bowl. All I

1632
01:24:19,800 --> 01:24:23,519
Speaker 1: thought I could think about was it didn't mean anything,

1633
01:24:24,400 --> 01:24:29,200
Speaker 1: but the fifteen wins, the playoff wins, that yeah, because

1634
01:24:29,200 --> 01:24:32,280
Speaker 1: you want to finish it off it It didn't mean anything,

1635
01:24:32,320 --> 01:24:34,639
Speaker 1: it's all. It was all for nothing. You know, you're

1636
01:24:34,680 --> 01:24:39,000
Speaker 1: walking off the field instead of being in the running

1637
01:24:39,000 --> 01:24:41,280
Speaker 1: for the conference championship. You're walking off the field and

1638
01:24:41,320 --> 01:24:44,080
Speaker 1: you're zero and zero and you're looking at twenty twenty one,

1639
01:24:44,160 --> 01:24:47,400
Speaker 1: and that is a large That is a long hill

1640
01:24:47,479 --> 01:24:51,559
Speaker 1: to climb down into that valley, when three hours earlier

1641
01:24:51,640 --> 01:24:55,560
Speaker 1: you were at the top. It's it's really hard and

1642
01:24:56,120 --> 01:24:58,439
Speaker 1: I get it. That's and that's not a hard sell

1643
01:24:58,520 --> 01:25:00,439
Speaker 1: for the guys that were standing. We're step Diggs was

1644
01:25:00,560 --> 01:25:03,400
Speaker 1: last year on that Chiefs field when he's looking watching

1645
01:25:03,439 --> 01:25:08,280
Speaker 1: the Chiefs celebrate. It's not a hard sell to think,

1646
01:25:08,320 --> 01:25:11,600
Speaker 1: hey doesn't mean anything, because you can feel it in

1647
01:25:11,680 --> 01:25:13,960
Speaker 1: your gut when you walk off that field. It hurts.

1648
01:25:14,040 --> 01:25:16,680
Speaker 1: It hurts bad. And and I don't think that's a

1649
01:25:17,080 --> 01:25:18,760
Speaker 1: you know, for the young guys coming in, they're trying

1650
01:25:18,800 --> 01:25:20,000
Speaker 1: to make the team and they don't know what if

1651
01:25:20,040 --> 01:25:25,800
Speaker 1: that's like. But for the guys who were here last year, yeah,

1652
01:25:26,240 --> 01:25:30,000
Speaker 1: there's there's a chip the size of a planet on

1653
01:25:30,160 --> 01:25:32,960
Speaker 1: your shoulder. Yeah. But Stefane Diggs said today, anybody that

1654
01:25:33,040 --> 01:25:35,400
Speaker 1: knows me knows I don't forget anything. And I think

1655
01:25:35,439 --> 01:25:39,120
Speaker 1: he was referring to this exact situation in reference to

1656
01:25:39,600 --> 01:25:42,280
Speaker 1: what he has on his mind for this year. Cole Beasley,

1657
01:25:42,320 --> 01:25:45,759
Speaker 1: I thought, had a very interesting characterization of the AFC

1658
01:25:45,920 --> 01:25:51,280
Speaker 1: title game. He said he didn't think everybody was ready

1659
01:25:51,400 --> 01:25:55,320
Speaker 1: for that stage. He said, it's a different thing when

1660
01:25:55,400 --> 01:25:58,160
Speaker 1: you get to that point, and the Chiefs were ready

1661
01:25:58,200 --> 01:26:00,439
Speaker 1: for it because they've been there before. He said, now

1662
01:26:00,520 --> 01:26:03,960
Speaker 1: we have that experience, and he thinks they'll be better

1663
01:26:04,080 --> 01:26:07,040
Speaker 1: for it, but very and he included himself, Yeah, now

1664
01:26:07,439 --> 01:26:09,240
Speaker 1: let's not forget the guy was playing with a crack

1665
01:26:09,280 --> 01:26:12,080
Speaker 1: bone and his fibula. He probably with a crack fibula

1666
01:26:12,120 --> 01:26:13,920
Speaker 1: for God's stakes. I mean, if he didn't have everything

1667
01:26:14,000 --> 01:26:16,880
Speaker 1: he could give, I think we could understand why. But

1668
01:26:17,280 --> 01:26:20,040
Speaker 1: I thought that was a very very self effacing comment.

1669
01:26:20,120 --> 01:26:22,080
Speaker 1: We not all of us were ready for that game

1670
01:26:22,240 --> 01:26:24,559
Speaker 1: on that stage at that time, because we haven't been

1671
01:26:24,600 --> 01:26:26,559
Speaker 1: there before. You are sitting you're looking at a bunch

1672
01:26:26,560 --> 01:26:30,720
Speaker 1: of guys now, And I remember feeling this innately when

1673
01:26:30,760 --> 01:26:33,080
Speaker 1: you come back to training camp. You're looking down the

1674
01:26:33,760 --> 01:26:35,599
Speaker 1: You're you're certainly you're taking it one day at a time,

1675
01:26:35,640 --> 01:26:37,840
Speaker 1: but you're looking at the expectation is you're gonna get

1676
01:26:37,920 --> 01:26:41,560
Speaker 1: back there and you're gonna win it. Nothing else will do,

1677
01:26:43,040 --> 01:26:47,240
Speaker 1: and all this other stuff that like like you and

1678
01:26:47,320 --> 01:26:50,000
Speaker 1: I I mean I was. I was there too. I

1679
01:26:50,200 --> 01:26:52,920
Speaker 1: was rolling around in thirteen and three like a pig

1680
01:26:53,000 --> 01:26:55,559
Speaker 1: in mud Man. It was awesome. Yeah, we were loving

1681
01:26:55,600 --> 01:26:59,960
Speaker 1: it that scoring fifty six on the Dolphins, scoring thirty nine,

1682
01:27:00,520 --> 01:27:03,360
Speaker 1: crushing the Patriot or we couldn't get enough. We were

1683
01:27:03,400 --> 01:27:06,519
Speaker 1: eating it. I was like chocolate pudding, right, like I

1684
01:27:06,600 --> 01:27:09,240
Speaker 1: told And you know, uh, Kyle Brandt, you know that

1685
01:27:10,120 --> 01:27:12,120
Speaker 1: we were eating it like like pudding. It was so

1686
01:27:12,320 --> 01:27:16,800
Speaker 1: good last year. Now it's not so good, and it's

1687
01:27:16,840 --> 01:27:19,680
Speaker 1: not the same now. Well because we're nowhere near dessert, right,

1688
01:27:20,040 --> 01:27:23,160
Speaker 1: We're not there yet, Yeah we're And so that's that's

1689
01:27:23,280 --> 01:27:25,400
Speaker 1: and that's exactly where the team's mindset is to like

1690
01:27:25,439 --> 01:27:27,479
Speaker 1: all this stuff. Yeah it's all great, but that's us. Now,

1691
01:27:27,600 --> 01:27:29,720
Speaker 1: let's go. We got something we got to do, and

1692
01:27:29,880 --> 01:27:33,479
Speaker 1: so they can. They won't get that excited or start

1693
01:27:33,520 --> 01:27:35,360
Speaker 1: reveling in it until they get back to that spot

1694
01:27:35,439 --> 01:27:40,479
Speaker 1: at least. So it's a different mindset going forward, where

1695
01:27:40,560 --> 01:27:42,400
Speaker 1: all this stuff, yeah it's nice, but now I've been

1696
01:27:42,880 --> 01:27:46,040
Speaker 1: this is old news. Now let's go. I've been here before.

1697
01:27:46,560 --> 01:27:49,800
Speaker 1: And that's a much And it's a subtle but very

1698
01:27:50,000 --> 01:27:52,960
Speaker 1: different place to be and mentally as a team. And

1699
01:27:53,040 --> 01:27:55,840
Speaker 1: I can I go back and I can picture the

1700
01:27:55,880 --> 01:27:58,519
Speaker 1: team teams I was on at that in that moment

1701
01:27:58,600 --> 01:28:01,000
Speaker 1: and in that state of mind, and I think this

1702
01:28:01,200 --> 01:28:03,840
Speaker 1: Bill's team, all these veteran guys who were here last year,

1703
01:28:04,520 --> 01:28:07,080
Speaker 1: who we were all so giddy and happy and all

1704
01:28:07,320 --> 01:28:10,120
Speaker 1: you know cha cha about? You know, when they were winning,

1705
01:28:10,160 --> 01:28:12,400
Speaker 1: they were good scorn, good vibes. It was all great

1706
01:28:13,120 --> 01:28:17,320
Speaker 1: now that's all belittled, because that's not what it's about anymore.

1707
01:28:18,320 --> 01:28:19,960
Speaker 1: And as fun as it'll be to go through that

1708
01:28:20,040 --> 01:28:21,479
Speaker 1: season and have all that fun and do all that,

1709
01:28:21,600 --> 01:28:24,320
Speaker 1: we got something else. And when they get there this time,

1710
01:28:25,160 --> 01:28:28,160
Speaker 1: you can feel the different mindset that's going to emerge

1711
01:28:28,320 --> 01:28:31,360
Speaker 1: in a game like that. Break time for us. When

1712
01:28:31,560 --> 01:28:33,799
Speaker 1: we come back, we'll address some of the other comments,

1713
01:28:34,080 --> 01:28:37,519
Speaker 1: including those by Sean McDermott before we talked to Bruce

1714
01:28:37,520 --> 01:28:40,360
Speaker 1: Feldman from the Athletic coming up in the third hour

1715
01:28:40,560 --> 01:28:43,000
Speaker 1: of the show. Back in a second here on One

1716
01:28:43,080 --> 01:28:59,080
Speaker 1: Bills Live. Welcome back to One Bill's Live. Chris Brown,

1717
01:28:59,160 --> 01:29:01,800
Speaker 1: Steve Tasker with you gonna try to wedge in. Some

1718
01:29:02,200 --> 01:29:05,120
Speaker 1: comments from a head coach Sean McDermott from his press

1719
01:29:05,160 --> 01:29:11,799
Speaker 1: conference this morning. Here he was asked about sustaining success

1720
01:29:12,400 --> 01:29:15,320
Speaker 1: after last year's breakout season thirteen and three in the

1721
01:29:15,400 --> 01:29:19,880
Speaker 1: regular season, followed by two preseason victories and advancing all

1722
01:29:19,920 --> 01:29:22,639
Speaker 1: the way to the Final four in the NFL getting

1723
01:29:22,680 --> 01:29:25,640
Speaker 1: too the AFC Title Game, and so I thought his

1724
01:29:25,760 --> 01:29:29,320
Speaker 1: comments were interesting on that subject. So here is Sean

1725
01:29:29,400 --> 01:29:35,080
Speaker 1: McDermott on sustaining success after last year's breakout season one

1726
01:29:35,120 --> 01:29:40,320
Speaker 1: of the hardest things to do is to sustain success.

1727
01:29:40,880 --> 01:29:43,080
Speaker 1: I've been around that, I've seen it. You see it

1728
01:29:43,200 --> 01:29:45,360
Speaker 1: not only from the teams that I've been a part

1729
01:29:45,400 --> 01:29:48,160
Speaker 1: of and I've learned from it, but other teams. It's

1730
01:29:48,400 --> 01:29:52,040
Speaker 1: that's the way the NFL is built is for parody,

1731
01:29:52,240 --> 01:29:54,519
Speaker 1: and one year a team's up, next year they're down.

1732
01:29:54,640 --> 01:30:01,040
Speaker 1: So that's that's been a message since really a month

1733
01:30:01,080 --> 01:30:03,400
Speaker 1: after the season, after I gave the players some time

1734
01:30:03,479 --> 01:30:06,200
Speaker 1: just to not hear my voice, but the staff included,

1735
01:30:06,600 --> 01:30:08,639
Speaker 1: you've got to you've got to have enough self awareness

1736
01:30:08,720 --> 01:30:13,719
Speaker 1: to manage yourself. And you know, if if getting noticed

1737
01:30:13,880 --> 01:30:18,040
Speaker 1: was our was the goal, then maybe we accomplished that.

1738
01:30:18,120 --> 01:30:21,760
Speaker 1: But if if winning and the goals that we had

1739
01:30:21,800 --> 01:30:23,720
Speaker 1: set up, we know we didn't accomplish last year. And

1740
01:30:23,760 --> 01:30:25,920
Speaker 1: so this is a new season. This is a new team,

1741
01:30:25,960 --> 01:30:29,439
Speaker 1: as I've said countless times, and we've got to respect

1742
01:30:30,760 --> 01:30:34,559
Speaker 1: the process and remain humble and hungry because if you don't,

1743
01:30:35,320 --> 01:30:39,560
Speaker 1: this league gets you and gets on you fast. So

1744
01:30:39,920 --> 01:30:42,400
Speaker 1: I don't think there is anything out of the ordinary

1745
01:30:42,520 --> 01:30:45,439
Speaker 1: from coach McDermott there, but I mean he is as

1746
01:30:45,520 --> 01:30:47,479
Speaker 1: serious as a heart attack in the message that he

1747
01:30:47,560 --> 01:30:50,320
Speaker 1: has delivered to this team since March. Basically is what

1748
01:30:50,439 --> 01:30:57,720
Speaker 1: he said. You have to be aware, self aware as

1749
01:30:57,760 --> 01:30:59,880
Speaker 1: to whether or not you're becoming complaisant and the thing

1750
01:31:00,000 --> 01:31:02,800
Speaker 1: that you're responsible for to help this team win. You

1751
01:31:02,840 --> 01:31:07,280
Speaker 1: should be striving every day to improve, which a lot

1752
01:31:07,320 --> 01:31:10,280
Speaker 1: of the players sound like they have taken on and

1753
01:31:10,520 --> 01:31:14,240
Speaker 1: taken it upon themselves to do so well. But it's

1754
01:31:14,280 --> 01:31:18,439
Speaker 1: hard sometimes once you've been successful, to sustain it because

1755
01:31:19,040 --> 01:31:21,599
Speaker 1: it's it's the chasing of the carrot, and once anybody

1756
01:31:21,680 --> 01:31:25,160
Speaker 1: thinks they've reached the carrot, sometimes they take their foot off.

1757
01:31:25,200 --> 01:31:26,960
Speaker 1: The guests. Absolutely, we see it all the time in

1758
01:31:27,000 --> 01:31:29,840
Speaker 1: the NFL. But a coach like McDermott who has said

1759
01:31:29,880 --> 01:31:31,360
Speaker 1: at times where he said I got to do this,

1760
01:31:31,439 --> 01:31:33,160
Speaker 1: I'm going to try and get better. I'm you know,

1761
01:31:33,240 --> 01:31:35,200
Speaker 1: I did this. I did that, Like the things he

1762
01:31:35,240 --> 01:31:38,479
Speaker 1: said about the AFC Championship game on the fourth downs

1763
01:31:38,560 --> 01:31:40,479
Speaker 1: earlier in the game when he didn't want to, you know,

1764
01:31:40,600 --> 01:31:43,080
Speaker 1: not come away with points, that kind of thing, when

1765
01:31:43,120 --> 01:31:44,960
Speaker 1: he when he rethought that in front of all of

1766
01:31:45,040 --> 01:31:46,320
Speaker 1: us and said, you know, maybe I would have done

1767
01:31:46,320 --> 01:31:49,880
Speaker 1: that a little differently, taken ownership of that and then

1768
01:31:50,000 --> 01:31:53,240
Speaker 1: having a guy like Josh Allen and Stephan Diggs and

1769
01:31:53,400 --> 01:31:56,599
Speaker 1: Jordan Poor, Micah Hyde got and Tradavious White, the good,

1770
01:31:56,720 --> 01:32:00,160
Speaker 1: the good, the great players on the Bill's roster are

1771
01:32:01,560 --> 01:32:04,240
Speaker 1: most notably going out and saying, I've got to get better.

1772
01:32:05,560 --> 01:32:07,400
Speaker 1: Josh Allen's and I've you know, I worked on I

1773
01:32:07,520 --> 01:32:10,080
Speaker 1: was out with Jordan Palma for a month throwing every day,

1774
01:32:10,120 --> 01:32:13,320
Speaker 1: trying to get you know, more power, better spin, more accurate, this,

1775
01:32:13,520 --> 01:32:16,439
Speaker 1: that and the other, working hard to get better. Stefan

1776
01:32:16,520 --> 01:32:17,920
Speaker 1: dig said, I had to get better, you know, I

1777
01:32:17,960 --> 01:32:19,680
Speaker 1: had to get better with after the catch. I had

1778
01:32:19,680 --> 01:32:21,960
Speaker 1: to run the ball better after the catch. All this

1779
01:32:22,080 --> 01:32:24,360
Speaker 1: stuff that's coming out isn't just words. These guys show

1780
01:32:24,400 --> 01:32:27,599
Speaker 1: it on the field. They do it. The coach, of course,

1781
01:32:27,680 --> 01:32:29,439
Speaker 1: preaches it to all the players. But when you see

1782
01:32:30,680 --> 01:32:34,880
Speaker 1: the guys who are the team working hard at getting better,

1783
01:32:35,960 --> 01:32:37,760
Speaker 1: you know, guys like Gabe Davis who are just you know,

1784
01:32:37,760 --> 01:32:40,960
Speaker 1: it's their first pro off season. You know, Devin Singletary

1785
01:32:41,120 --> 01:32:45,320
Speaker 1: comes back looking different. Let alone, however he plays. When

1786
01:32:45,360 --> 01:32:48,160
Speaker 1: you've got guys on the team, the best players working

1787
01:32:48,360 --> 01:32:51,400
Speaker 1: really hard to get better after having a in some

1788
01:32:51,560 --> 01:32:56,120
Speaker 1: case an MVP caliber season. What do you think the

1789
01:32:56,720 --> 01:32:58,840
Speaker 1: young players coming in are thinking. What do you think

1790
01:32:58,880 --> 01:33:01,200
Speaker 1: the guys who are here, who are who just signed

1791
01:33:01,240 --> 01:33:03,040
Speaker 1: a contractor think in Wow, now I can kind of

1792
01:33:04,240 --> 01:33:05,800
Speaker 1: I kind of got my money now, I think you know,

1793
01:33:06,040 --> 01:33:08,200
Speaker 1: you think they're thinking that there's no way, not here,

1794
01:33:08,560 --> 01:33:11,519
Speaker 1: not here, Not when they've seen guys earn it and

1795
01:33:11,560 --> 01:33:13,320
Speaker 1: get on the field ahead of them, Not when they've

1796
01:33:13,439 --> 01:33:18,280
Speaker 1: seen guys get jettisoned. Um. It's an atmosphere that this club,

1797
01:33:18,439 --> 01:33:20,439
Speaker 1: more so than any I've ever seen or been around

1798
01:33:20,840 --> 01:33:25,800
Speaker 1: in my time, gives you what you deserve, good and bad.

1799
01:33:26,920 --> 01:33:30,960
Speaker 1: And man that that flies, that goes with flying colors. Man,

1800
01:33:31,000 --> 01:33:33,960
Speaker 1: that really flies in a locker room. You've got a

1801
01:33:34,120 --> 01:33:37,200
Speaker 1: group of guys in an atmosphere where every single guy,

1802
01:33:37,360 --> 01:33:40,559
Speaker 1: even the role players that the special teams, guys who

1803
01:33:40,600 --> 01:33:43,679
Speaker 1: are just trying to find their way, they are working

1804
01:33:43,760 --> 01:33:46,120
Speaker 1: at it. They're trying to get better. They're asking questions,

1805
01:33:46,200 --> 01:33:50,040
Speaker 1: they're asking themselves questions, they're doing self examinations. They're asking

1806
01:33:50,080 --> 01:33:53,400
Speaker 1: their coaches what they can do better. They're asking other coaches,

1807
01:33:53,439 --> 01:33:55,679
Speaker 1: you know, the the you know, both position and special

1808
01:33:55,720 --> 01:33:57,680
Speaker 1: teams and coordinators what they can do better. What are

1809
01:33:57,720 --> 01:34:00,200
Speaker 1: you looking at what are you seeing and then working

1810
01:34:00,240 --> 01:34:04,240
Speaker 1: on getting it better. It's an atmosphere that elevates the

1811
01:34:04,439 --> 01:34:06,559
Speaker 1: entire squad. You saw it last year, and I think

1812
01:34:07,080 --> 01:34:09,760
Speaker 1: when you saw the important players on the roster take

1813
01:34:09,840 --> 01:34:12,559
Speaker 1: the giant leap forwards last year, Josh Rollen being one

1814
01:34:12,600 --> 01:34:17,040
Speaker 1: of them, I think that's that's a place that puts

1815
01:34:17,120 --> 01:34:20,479
Speaker 1: the expectations through the roof. Break time for us here

1816
01:34:20,560 --> 01:34:24,320
Speaker 1: when Steve and I return, we will talk with Bruce Feldman,

1817
01:34:24,720 --> 01:34:28,200
Speaker 1: Fox sports reporter also college football writer for The Athletic,

1818
01:34:28,760 --> 01:34:33,560
Speaker 1: has a recent piece that covers the dedicated self improvement

1819
01:34:33,840 --> 01:34:38,880
Speaker 1: by one Josh Allen and Cincinnati quarterback Joe Burrow, and

1820
01:34:39,360 --> 01:34:42,439
Speaker 1: he addresses that with us next here on One Bills

1821
01:34:42,479 --> 01:35:03,240
Speaker 1: Live presented by Kalida Health, says Buffalo Bill's Radio at

1822
01:35:03,360 --> 01:35:06,800
Speaker 1: a Steve Tasker who has been all over the field,

1823
01:35:06,920 --> 01:35:08,519
Speaker 1: kind of unique. He was kind of a dual role

1824
01:35:08,600 --> 01:35:14,920
Speaker 1: player for you. Steve, Steve a blimp. We're not even

1825
01:35:15,000 --> 01:35:22,519
Speaker 1: in the strategire of normalcy. Here our number three. We're

1826
01:35:22,720 --> 01:35:25,920
Speaker 1: on day one of Bill's training camp. Chris Brown, Steve

1827
01:35:26,000 --> 01:35:28,680
Speaker 1: Tasker with you. One Bill's Live is the show. We're

1828
01:35:28,720 --> 01:35:31,200
Speaker 1: here for one more hour and joining us on the

1829
01:35:31,240 --> 01:35:34,280
Speaker 1: line right now, Fox Sports reporter, also college football writer

1830
01:35:34,439 --> 01:35:37,840
Speaker 1: for The Athletic, and the man who put together a

1831
01:35:37,920 --> 01:35:43,080
Speaker 1: recent piece on what technology could give Bill's quarterback Josh

1832
01:35:43,120 --> 01:35:45,479
Speaker 1: Allen and Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow a big boost in

1833
01:35:45,520 --> 01:35:48,720
Speaker 1: their NFL careers. It is Bruce Feldman joining us on

1834
01:35:48,840 --> 01:35:51,040
Speaker 1: the line. Bruce, thanks for giving us some time. We

1835
01:35:51,200 --> 01:35:53,360
Speaker 1: know this is the busy season for all of us,

1836
01:35:53,439 --> 01:35:56,040
Speaker 1: so thanks for spending some time with us. We appreciate it.

1837
01:35:56,680 --> 01:35:59,120
Speaker 1: Oh my pleasure. Thanks for having me guys. So you

1838
01:35:59,360 --> 01:36:02,639
Speaker 1: you mentioned the technology that could be a big boost

1839
01:36:02,680 --> 01:36:04,679
Speaker 1: in their NFL careers in one of your recent writeups

1840
01:36:04,720 --> 01:36:07,160
Speaker 1: on The Athletic for Burrow and Alan, I think we

1841
01:36:07,240 --> 01:36:10,800
Speaker 1: already saw it for Josh, who already you know, he

1842
01:36:10,920 --> 01:36:15,080
Speaker 1: had his throwing motion digitally mapped. And I don't know

1843
01:36:15,120 --> 01:36:17,439
Speaker 1: if he revealed this story to you, Bruce, but he

1844
01:36:17,600 --> 01:36:20,479
Speaker 1: kind of joked with us last year saying, you know,

1845
01:36:20,680 --> 01:36:23,400
Speaker 1: he and a bunch of other quarterbacks, Sam Darnold among others,

1846
01:36:24,040 --> 01:36:28,320
Speaker 1: had their throwing motions digitally mapped, and Josh went last.

1847
01:36:28,439 --> 01:36:30,920
Speaker 1: So you know, Darnold goes up there and they look

1848
01:36:31,000 --> 01:36:33,040
Speaker 1: at it and the guy that's doing all the digital mapping,

1849
01:36:33,040 --> 01:36:35,720
Speaker 1: who I'm sure I'm sure you spoke to, says all right,

1850
01:36:35,760 --> 01:36:37,719
Speaker 1: well you just got to tweak this here and engage

1851
01:36:37,760 --> 01:36:39,920
Speaker 1: your hip a little bit more and whatever whatever. And

1852
01:36:40,000 --> 01:36:42,000
Speaker 1: they go to the next guy and it's a minor tweak.

1853
01:36:42,360 --> 01:36:44,840
Speaker 1: Josh says. They got to me and they're like, dude,

1854
01:36:44,880 --> 01:36:46,920
Speaker 1: we gotta fix this whole thing from top to bottom.

1855
01:36:46,960 --> 01:36:50,560
Speaker 1: It is a mess. But to his credit, he's fixed it,

1856
01:36:51,240 --> 01:36:52,880
Speaker 1: and we saw it to the tune of a sixty

1857
01:36:52,960 --> 01:36:56,759
Speaker 1: nine percent completion percentage last year. So my question to you, Bruce,

1858
01:36:56,880 --> 01:36:58,559
Speaker 1: is the time you spent with those guys out there,

1859
01:36:58,600 --> 01:37:01,639
Speaker 1: where does Josh go from here? I think he goes

1860
01:37:01,760 --> 01:37:06,400
Speaker 1: from there to maybe seventy three to seventy five percent.

1861
01:37:06,720 --> 01:37:10,280
Speaker 1: And what Jordan Palmer explained to me and Josh was

1862
01:37:10,320 --> 01:37:13,080
Speaker 1: out there with him when I first got out there

1863
01:37:14,120 --> 01:37:15,840
Speaker 1: a couple of weeks back when I started working the

1864
01:37:15,920 --> 01:37:20,040
Speaker 1: story was they're just a couple of specific throws and

1865
01:37:20,360 --> 01:37:25,639
Speaker 1: a specific things where maybe the weight distribution isn't quite

1866
01:37:26,240 --> 01:37:28,560
Speaker 1: what it is on some other throws, and how do

1867
01:37:28,680 --> 01:37:32,280
Speaker 1: we get it exactly to feel like we wanted to

1868
01:37:32,400 --> 01:37:36,360
Speaker 1: feel like Josh Allen wanted to feel and so through

1869
01:37:36,400 --> 01:37:39,520
Speaker 1: that technology and through they've repped it and all the biomechanics,

1870
01:37:39,720 --> 01:37:43,040
Speaker 1: I think, you know, and there's a couple of interesting

1871
01:37:43,120 --> 01:37:45,439
Speaker 1: lines from Jordan Palmer in the story about Josh Allen,

1872
01:37:45,560 --> 01:37:49,120
Speaker 1: but one of them really is, you know, at that

1873
01:37:49,400 --> 01:37:53,840
Speaker 1: level where we're talking about a guy who's a legit

1874
01:37:54,040 --> 01:37:58,560
Speaker 1: MVP candidate came close to winning it, it's just a

1875
01:37:58,840 --> 01:38:02,360
Speaker 1: very small the things where it didn't feel quite right,

1876
01:38:03,080 --> 01:38:06,439
Speaker 1: and how do you just it's that element of getting

1877
01:38:06,800 --> 01:38:08,719
Speaker 1: not just you know, it's funny because we're talking about

1878
01:38:08,720 --> 01:38:11,400
Speaker 1: percentage points and completions, but it's just getting that a

1879
01:38:11,479 --> 01:38:16,080
Speaker 1: little bit better and on those specific throws and it

1880
01:38:16,200 --> 01:38:18,840
Speaker 1: may be like one, you know, it could be the

1881
01:38:18,880 --> 01:38:21,720
Speaker 1: difference between completing a third and thirteen or not, and

1882
01:38:21,880 --> 01:38:25,679
Speaker 1: that could be winning a super Bowl. And so that's

1883
01:38:25,680 --> 01:38:30,479
Speaker 1: where Jordan Palmer feels like Josh Allen is that close

1884
01:38:30,720 --> 01:38:36,040
Speaker 1: and how this technology and this training system that they've

1885
01:38:36,080 --> 01:38:39,720
Speaker 1: put together, and it's it's very high tech. As you

1886
01:38:39,840 --> 01:38:42,639
Speaker 1: mentioned the biomechanics part of it as well. I think

1887
01:38:42,720 --> 01:38:46,720
Speaker 1: Josh is probably probably dead panning a little bit of it,

1888
01:38:46,760 --> 01:38:49,000
Speaker 1: because I'm pretty sure at this stage of the game.

1889
01:38:49,479 --> 01:38:51,639
Speaker 1: He did not have as much to tweak as maybe

1890
01:38:51,680 --> 01:38:54,599
Speaker 1: some of those other guys have. But I think it's

1891
01:38:54,600 --> 01:38:58,680
Speaker 1: been his buy in and the fact that he is

1892
01:38:58,840 --> 01:39:01,160
Speaker 1: his athleticism to be able to do these things and

1893
01:39:01,240 --> 01:39:05,200
Speaker 1: develop these patterns to improve when again the part of

1894
01:39:05,240 --> 01:39:11,040
Speaker 1: the story was you just I've heard from college coaches

1895
01:39:11,160 --> 01:39:14,640
Speaker 1: especially guys can't improve their accuracy that much once they

1896
01:39:14,720 --> 01:39:19,680
Speaker 1: get older, And Jordan Palmer through Josh Allen, is the

1897
01:39:20,240 --> 01:39:22,880
Speaker 1: counter argument to that because it's happened and you guys

1898
01:39:22,960 --> 01:39:25,840
Speaker 1: see it. You guys have seen how how much better

1899
01:39:25,960 --> 01:39:29,559
Speaker 1: he's gotten, and the questions about his accuracy coming into

1900
01:39:29,600 --> 01:39:33,639
Speaker 1: the league they are not They are gone. And it's

1901
01:39:33,680 --> 01:39:36,240
Speaker 1: interesting because you're talking about a guy you're right on

1902
01:39:36,320 --> 01:39:38,360
Speaker 1: the cusp of winning the MVP or is certainly in

1903
01:39:38,439 --> 01:39:41,200
Speaker 1: that conversation and put together that kind of season last year,

1904
01:39:41,520 --> 01:39:43,080
Speaker 1: and it was a little bit out of the blue.

1905
01:39:43,080 --> 01:39:45,920
Speaker 1: It was a ten percent jump in his completion percentage,

1906
01:39:45,920 --> 01:39:48,840
Speaker 1: which is unprecedented for a guy who took all the

1907
01:39:48,960 --> 01:39:51,960
Speaker 1: snaps in an entire season to make that kind of jump.

1908
01:39:52,040 --> 01:39:56,080
Speaker 1: But when you're talking about improving on that tangibly speaking,

1909
01:39:56,160 --> 01:39:58,920
Speaker 1: you really are talking about maybe two throws a game,

1910
01:39:59,640 --> 01:40:02,160
Speaker 1: and but in a game where there are five plays

1911
01:40:02,200 --> 01:40:05,000
Speaker 1: that are pivotal, to make those two throws is really

1912
01:40:05,040 --> 01:40:06,960
Speaker 1: the difference. And have a guy take that on himself

1913
01:40:06,960 --> 01:40:09,680
Speaker 1: to say I'm gonna fix those two throws says a

1914
01:40:09,760 --> 01:40:12,560
Speaker 1: lot about the level of commitment these guys have. And

1915
01:40:12,640 --> 01:40:14,200
Speaker 1: you see a ton of it out there in Carson

1916
01:40:14,240 --> 01:40:17,280
Speaker 1: Palmer with all the guys he works with at whatever age,

1917
01:40:17,320 --> 01:40:19,519
Speaker 1: and Josh Allen being one of them. But that's the

1918
01:40:19,640 --> 01:40:22,720
Speaker 1: level we're talking about, right, it is, And I think

1919
01:40:22,760 --> 01:40:26,639
Speaker 1: it's really specific stuff, and I think it's it's knowing

1920
01:40:26,800 --> 01:40:29,160
Speaker 1: your body and some of the things, like there's a

1921
01:40:29,200 --> 01:40:30,639
Speaker 1: lot of stuff that was I thought it was really

1922
01:40:30,720 --> 01:40:33,559
Speaker 1: eye open, especially the Joe Burrow aspects of this story

1923
01:40:34,280 --> 01:40:40,559
Speaker 1: and one of the things that that really they kind

1924
01:40:40,600 --> 01:40:42,560
Speaker 1: of I said, how do you id this stuff or

1925
01:40:42,560 --> 01:40:44,959
Speaker 1: how do you detect some of these some of these

1926
01:40:45,040 --> 01:40:48,439
Speaker 1: issues and Jordan said, we basically go to go to

1927
01:40:48,560 --> 01:40:51,240
Speaker 1: them and say give us a play. Where he didn't,

1928
01:40:51,479 --> 01:40:54,280
Speaker 1: You didn't It didn't feel quite right. We're talking about like,

1929
01:40:54,760 --> 01:40:58,599
Speaker 1: you know, these are on some level like high performance cars, right,

1930
01:40:58,720 --> 01:41:02,680
Speaker 1: It's not like they can because they're operating at such

1931
01:41:02,680 --> 01:41:04,320
Speaker 1: a high level. They know their body so well they

1932
01:41:04,360 --> 01:41:07,400
Speaker 1: can A lot of them can tell you very specifically

1933
01:41:07,479 --> 01:41:10,160
Speaker 1: it was this. It was third and five against such

1934
01:41:10,200 --> 01:41:16,160
Speaker 1: and such in this quarter or whatever. And then he said, honestly,

1935
01:41:16,280 --> 01:41:19,240
Speaker 1: I wouldn't have noticed this if it wasn't you know,

1936
01:41:19,400 --> 01:41:21,960
Speaker 1: like sometimes people were analysts and they'll say, oh, yeah,

1937
01:41:22,000 --> 01:41:23,640
Speaker 1: well he did this this why he goes, No, I

1938
01:41:23,720 --> 01:41:25,600
Speaker 1: really go by. I want to know by what the

1939
01:41:25,720 --> 01:41:27,920
Speaker 1: athletes feel, and then we kind of work on it.

1940
01:41:28,120 --> 01:41:31,720
Speaker 1: I think, especially with Josh Allen, that has made a

1941
01:41:31,880 --> 01:41:35,479
Speaker 1: dramatic improvement because the buy in is there, and obviously

1942
01:41:35,560 --> 01:41:38,320
Speaker 1: the talent is there, but I think it's it's fascinating

1943
01:41:38,400 --> 01:41:42,200
Speaker 1: to see all the science and the technology and how

1944
01:41:42,320 --> 01:41:44,600
Speaker 1: far it had come, Like that's what it was, so

1945
01:41:45,000 --> 01:41:47,439
Speaker 1: like the guys. I went down there a couple of

1946
01:41:47,520 --> 01:41:50,240
Speaker 1: weeks ago to Orange County to work on a story

1947
01:41:50,320 --> 01:41:53,360
Speaker 1: that was really about like a quarterback for the University

1948
01:41:53,360 --> 01:41:55,080
Speaker 1: of Cincinnati was going to be out there for a week,

1949
01:41:55,160 --> 01:41:57,200
Speaker 1: and I wasn't sure I was going to see Josh

1950
01:41:57,240 --> 01:41:59,439
Speaker 1: Allen there. I wasn't expecting to see him when I

1951
01:41:59,520 --> 01:42:03,040
Speaker 1: went there, but they were, And then Jordan and I

1952
01:42:03,080 --> 01:42:04,920
Speaker 1: started talking about a bunch of other stuff, and it

1953
01:42:05,080 --> 01:42:07,600
Speaker 1: was so much more than I kind of bargained for

1954
01:42:07,800 --> 01:42:09,200
Speaker 1: when I got in the car to go out there

1955
01:42:09,240 --> 01:42:11,120
Speaker 1: that day. It was a completely different story that I

1956
01:42:11,240 --> 01:42:13,960
Speaker 1: ended up, which I thought was a much bigger, more

1957
01:42:14,080 --> 01:42:17,080
Speaker 1: NFL rooted story, because we're talking about, you know, one

1958
01:42:17,120 --> 01:42:19,320
Speaker 1: guy who could lead the Bills to a Super Bowl

1959
01:42:19,560 --> 01:42:22,200
Speaker 1: win and another guy could take the Bengals from being

1960
01:42:22,560 --> 01:42:25,679
Speaker 1: a punchline for so long and tourn them into a playoff. Yeah,

1961
01:42:26,280 --> 01:42:28,760
Speaker 1: and just so it's clear. My first question to you, Bruce,

1962
01:42:28,800 --> 01:42:30,800
Speaker 1: when I was referencing the story Josh told us that

1963
01:42:30,880 --> 01:42:32,960
Speaker 1: was in twenty nineteen. He was telling us, we know

1964
01:42:33,120 --> 01:42:35,120
Speaker 1: Jordan's been at this for a while, and you know

1965
01:42:35,240 --> 01:42:38,759
Speaker 1: that's how he kind of re capitulated his whole delivery.

1966
01:42:38,880 --> 01:42:45,280
Speaker 1: But with what Jordan is doing, there are so many

1967
01:42:46,040 --> 01:42:49,840
Speaker 1: quote unquote quarterback gurus out there, but Jordan really seems

1968
01:42:49,880 --> 01:42:51,560
Speaker 1: to be ahead of the curve on all of this

1969
01:42:52,600 --> 01:42:56,280
Speaker 1: in terms of marrying the technology. But maybe more importantly, Bruce,

1970
01:42:56,920 --> 01:43:00,719
Speaker 1: there are no hard and fast rules that he puts

1971
01:43:00,760 --> 01:43:04,120
Speaker 1: on quarterbacks. As you pointed out in the story, he

1972
01:43:04,320 --> 01:43:08,320
Speaker 1: takes feedback from the player and then applies whatever the

1973
01:43:08,520 --> 01:43:13,360
Speaker 1: science tells him needs to be improved based on feel

1974
01:43:13,479 --> 01:43:16,639
Speaker 1: from the player. So it's like in every case is different.

1975
01:43:16,800 --> 01:43:20,320
Speaker 1: It really is, at least it seems to me. Maybe

1976
01:43:20,360 --> 01:43:23,479
Speaker 1: I'm just ignorant of other quarterback coaches or gurus that

1977
01:43:23,560 --> 01:43:26,400
Speaker 1: supposedly do this, But I don't know of anyone that

1978
01:43:26,520 --> 01:43:31,120
Speaker 1: has married the technology to the specific individual skill set

1979
01:43:31,200 --> 01:43:34,560
Speaker 1: training that he applies to each of his clients. Is

1980
01:43:34,880 --> 01:43:37,720
Speaker 1: he really leaps and bounds ahead of everybody else on

1981
01:43:37,760 --> 01:43:41,120
Speaker 1: the market that says I can coach quarterbacks. You know,

1982
01:43:41,240 --> 01:43:44,719
Speaker 1: I think in the technology part, we've seen Tom House,

1983
01:43:44,960 --> 01:43:47,920
Speaker 1: you know, former major league pitcher, who's got a group

1984
01:43:48,000 --> 01:43:51,479
Speaker 1: that you know, look, he has had a profound impact

1985
01:43:51,600 --> 01:43:54,200
Speaker 1: on Drew Brees's career. Tom Brady works with them now,

1986
01:43:54,400 --> 01:43:58,639
Speaker 1: so many quarterbacks work through that three DQB, which also

1987
01:43:58,760 --> 01:44:02,920
Speaker 1: has a lot of the same roots in the biomechanics

1988
01:44:03,000 --> 01:44:08,000
Speaker 1: and the technology. I think Jordan's is probably a little

1989
01:44:08,200 --> 01:44:11,240
Speaker 1: different from that, but I think it's still, you know,

1990
01:44:11,600 --> 01:44:13,880
Speaker 1: there's a lot of similarities. I think it's one of

1991
01:44:13,920 --> 01:44:17,839
Speaker 1: these things where depends. There's another guy who Patrick Mahomes

1992
01:44:17,880 --> 01:44:20,840
Speaker 1: is an organ since the fourth grade. Bobby Stroop, who's

1993
01:44:20,960 --> 01:44:23,920
Speaker 1: out in Texas, and you know, one of the things

1994
01:44:24,240 --> 01:44:26,599
Speaker 1: that comes up in the story later on is about

1995
01:44:27,240 --> 01:44:30,760
Speaker 1: people are so wired to think, well, Patrick Mahomes has

1996
01:44:30,840 --> 01:44:34,920
Speaker 1: this incredible arm, but really the things that when you

1997
01:44:35,000 --> 01:44:37,439
Speaker 1: look at talk to people about in the biomechanics space,

1998
01:44:37,479 --> 01:44:39,920
Speaker 1: so like, really it's as much that he has an

1999
01:44:39,960 --> 01:44:43,599
Speaker 1: incredibly strong core and that has been developed over years,

2000
01:44:43,880 --> 01:44:46,120
Speaker 1: and they have the baseball background that kind of factored

2001
01:44:46,160 --> 01:44:49,080
Speaker 1: into that development. So I think it's one of these

2002
01:44:49,200 --> 01:44:53,360
Speaker 1: things where, you know, I don't want to say there's

2003
01:44:53,360 --> 01:44:55,240
Speaker 1: a lot of gurus out there because that word kind

2004
01:44:55,280 --> 01:44:59,640
Speaker 1: of takes on kind of a kind of dubious connotations

2005
01:44:59,640 --> 01:45:02,840
Speaker 1: at the time. TIS, but I think that because there's

2006
01:45:02,840 --> 01:45:08,280
Speaker 1: a bunch of people really embracing the technology, embracing the science,

2007
01:45:08,439 --> 01:45:10,960
Speaker 1: Jordan's certainly one of them. And I think when you

2008
01:45:11,040 --> 01:45:15,679
Speaker 1: can show people, especially the example, like I said, Josh

2009
01:45:15,720 --> 01:45:19,599
Speaker 1: Allen and what Jordan thinks Joe Burrow has become, there's

2010
01:45:19,600 --> 01:45:22,040
Speaker 1: going to be another example of that. I think that

2011
01:45:22,960 --> 01:45:25,280
Speaker 1: gets people to want to buy in and want to

2012
01:45:25,520 --> 01:45:27,439
Speaker 1: want to say, hey, I want to see what he

2013
01:45:27,479 --> 01:45:30,240
Speaker 1: can do for me. One of the things you do,

2014
01:45:30,400 --> 01:45:32,200
Speaker 1: also in the offseason, you come up with an all

2015
01:45:32,320 --> 01:45:35,920
Speaker 1: freaks list you put one of the Bills on it.

2016
01:45:36,000 --> 01:45:39,040
Speaker 1: And it's interesting because I've always you know, I've said

2017
01:45:39,120 --> 01:45:41,719
Speaker 1: that this draft class of the Bills put together, along

2018
01:45:41,760 --> 01:45:43,439
Speaker 1: with some of the guys that they signed in free agency,

2019
01:45:43,600 --> 01:45:47,120
Speaker 1: of the guys that are already here, they obviously feel

2020
01:45:47,160 --> 01:45:48,600
Speaker 1: like they can get the most out of people. So

2021
01:45:48,680 --> 01:45:50,240
Speaker 1: they've got a lot of guys with a lot of

2022
01:45:50,280 --> 01:45:53,519
Speaker 1: elite traits on this roster, and you picked out Spencer

2023
01:45:53,600 --> 01:45:55,120
Speaker 1: Brown is one of the guys who you think it

2024
01:45:55,240 --> 01:45:57,000
Speaker 1: may be the one of the freakiest of them all.

2025
01:45:57,120 --> 01:45:59,439
Speaker 1: Why why isn't just relate to us? What are your

2026
01:45:59,479 --> 01:46:02,439
Speaker 1: thoughts about Spencer Brown, the Bill's draft pick. I mean

2027
01:46:02,960 --> 01:46:06,600
Speaker 1: freakish at that, you know, basketball player height, like he

2028
01:46:06,680 --> 01:46:09,679
Speaker 1: looks like he's on a basketball court, but super strong

2029
01:46:09,840 --> 01:46:14,360
Speaker 1: in the weight room and really reu just kind of

2030
01:46:14,520 --> 01:46:17,160
Speaker 1: remade his body from the time he got to UNI

2031
01:46:17,360 --> 01:46:20,200
Speaker 1: and credits that coaching staff they developed him. Here's the

2032
01:46:20,320 --> 01:46:23,080
Speaker 1: other crazy aspect of this. Next time you see Spencer Brown,

2033
01:46:23,200 --> 01:46:25,400
Speaker 1: say hey, I heard there's gonna be another freaks List

2034
01:46:25,479 --> 01:46:28,680
Speaker 1: guy from UNI on there this year. And I'm not

2035
01:46:28,720 --> 01:46:31,320
Speaker 1: even talking about the defensive end they had who got

2036
01:46:31,400 --> 01:46:35,160
Speaker 1: drafted Ellerson Smith. I'm talking about there's another guy on

2037
01:46:35,200 --> 01:46:37,479
Speaker 1: the offensive line who I'm gonna have the freaks lists

2038
01:46:37,479 --> 01:46:40,360
Speaker 1: of the out I think in a couple of weeks

2039
01:46:40,600 --> 01:46:43,360
Speaker 1: and I'm pretty sure I'm gonna have another offensive alignment

2040
01:46:43,640 --> 01:46:47,520
Speaker 1: who has a pretty similar story in terms of being overlooked,

2041
01:46:47,720 --> 01:46:52,799
Speaker 1: being maybe a project of coming out of high school,

2042
01:46:53,160 --> 01:46:56,439
Speaker 1: who also has now like NFL scouts are already kind

2043
01:46:56,439 --> 01:47:00,400
Speaker 1: of buzzing about, and then you know, I know you

2044
01:47:00,600 --> 01:47:01,840
Speaker 1: kind of have your ear to the ground on the

2045
01:47:01,880 --> 01:47:06,519
Speaker 1: college football landscape. Obviously for Fox with what went down

2046
01:47:06,680 --> 01:47:10,120
Speaker 1: this week with Texas and Oklahoma, you know, going to

2047
01:47:10,200 --> 01:47:12,519
Speaker 1: the SEC. You know it's now official, It's not really

2048
01:47:12,600 --> 01:47:18,080
Speaker 1: a rumor anymore. Is this going to effectively spell the

2049
01:47:18,200 --> 01:47:22,680
Speaker 1: demise of the Big twelve as we know it? Yes?

2050
01:47:23,200 --> 01:47:25,960
Speaker 1: I think just those are the two blue blood programs.

2051
01:47:26,000 --> 01:47:29,240
Speaker 1: Those are the ones who who drive the TV eyeballs.

2052
01:47:29,439 --> 01:47:32,240
Speaker 1: I mean, the reality is the Oklahoma States and the

2053
01:47:32,680 --> 01:47:36,920
Speaker 1: balers in Kansas States and Kansas and Texas Tech, they

2054
01:47:37,000 --> 01:47:43,080
Speaker 1: just do not have from a TV perspective, they don't

2055
01:47:43,120 --> 01:47:46,320
Speaker 1: have the same bargaining powers. I think that dramatically shifts

2056
01:47:48,040 --> 01:47:51,080
Speaker 1: how people going forward. Once they're out of there, will

2057
01:47:51,120 --> 01:47:53,960
Speaker 1: look at the Big twelve and then on what happens

2058
01:47:54,000 --> 01:47:57,240
Speaker 1: to the rest of those teams who are basically while

2059
01:47:57,240 --> 01:47:59,240
Speaker 1: they looked at at the leftovers, do you feel like

2060
01:47:59,320 --> 01:48:01,200
Speaker 1: they're just going to be he feasted upon by other

2061
01:48:01,320 --> 01:48:05,280
Speaker 1: conferences or do they exist in some other way? And

2062
01:48:05,680 --> 01:48:08,680
Speaker 1: how much was not having their own television network a

2063
01:48:08,800 --> 01:48:13,240
Speaker 1: part of this decision by Texas and OU? I mean, look,

2064
01:48:13,280 --> 01:48:16,320
Speaker 1: the Longhorns had the Longhorn Network. You know, I think

2065
01:48:16,640 --> 01:48:21,240
Speaker 1: there was a lot of there's a lot of just

2066
01:48:21,680 --> 01:48:25,240
Speaker 1: moving parts to this that happened, and I think, you know,

2067
01:48:25,439 --> 01:48:28,080
Speaker 1: behind the scenes, Greg Thanky, the SEC Commissioner, made a

2068
01:48:28,360 --> 01:48:32,519
Speaker 1: very cutthroat power play move. You know, he's he along

2069
01:48:32,600 --> 01:48:37,360
Speaker 1: with ESPN, we're able to orchestrate this. And what's really

2070
01:48:37,479 --> 01:48:41,120
Speaker 1: kind of mind blowing on some sense is he was

2071
01:48:41,200 --> 01:48:44,320
Speaker 1: part of meetings with Bob Bowlsby as well as two

2072
01:48:44,360 --> 01:48:49,879
Speaker 1: other college football of power brokers putting together the CFP

2073
01:48:50,040 --> 01:48:52,439
Speaker 1: and the College Football Playoff expansion that have been going

2074
01:48:52,560 --> 01:48:56,800
Speaker 1: on in the works for like a year plus, and

2075
01:48:56,880 --> 01:48:59,920
Speaker 1: they kept that on the down low. But the crazy

2076
01:49:00,240 --> 01:49:03,400
Speaker 1: thing is, while while that was going on, Greg Sanky

2077
01:49:03,479 --> 01:49:07,559
Speaker 1: was also maneuvering to basically take the two biggest most

2078
01:49:07,640 --> 01:49:12,000
Speaker 1: important programs out of Bob Bowls Bees business. I mean,

2079
01:49:12,080 --> 01:49:14,640
Speaker 1: it's kind of crazy to think how that unfolded like that,

2080
01:49:15,800 --> 01:49:18,400
Speaker 1: And how do you think and when all the dust settles,

2081
01:49:19,160 --> 01:49:23,120
Speaker 1: where are college programs going to land? With the NIL

2082
01:49:23,280 --> 01:49:25,880
Speaker 1: legislation and the kids being able to make money in college?

2083
01:49:25,920 --> 01:49:28,880
Speaker 1: Are you going to have, particularly in basketball or and

2084
01:49:29,360 --> 01:49:32,679
Speaker 1: particularly in football as well, the major money sports. Are

2085
01:49:33,320 --> 01:49:36,360
Speaker 1: kids going to be enticed to stay in school for

2086
01:49:36,479 --> 01:49:40,400
Speaker 1: four years rather than jump to the NFL or NBA quicker?

2087
01:49:41,280 --> 01:49:43,160
Speaker 1: Are they going to be enticed to stay in college

2088
01:49:43,200 --> 01:49:45,800
Speaker 1: and enhance their draft status so that when they do

2089
01:49:45,920 --> 01:49:48,559
Speaker 1: go they have a better chance to make it? What's

2090
01:49:49,160 --> 01:49:52,879
Speaker 1: how intangible terms? Is this going to change the college

2091
01:49:53,160 --> 01:49:58,240
Speaker 1: atmosphere around major programs any more? More players will be

2092
01:49:58,320 --> 01:50:00,920
Speaker 1: getting more money that I don't think they'll be getting

2093
01:50:01,439 --> 01:50:02,840
Speaker 1: the money that they would get if they were in

2094
01:50:02,880 --> 01:50:05,559
Speaker 1: the NFL or the NBA, but I think it will

2095
01:50:05,640 --> 01:50:08,120
Speaker 1: be much You're going to see a lot more people

2096
01:50:08,520 --> 01:50:11,400
Speaker 1: getting something which I think people looking and okay, that

2097
01:50:11,560 --> 01:50:15,120
Speaker 1: makes more sense and more equitable set up. I think

2098
01:50:15,160 --> 01:50:17,960
Speaker 1: we will kind of get used to seeing some of

2099
01:50:18,040 --> 01:50:20,840
Speaker 1: these deals and some of this discussion it's still in

2100
01:50:20,960 --> 01:50:22,800
Speaker 1: the new phase because it's only been a you know,

2101
01:50:23,080 --> 01:50:27,800
Speaker 1: a month or so. I think that will. I'm sure

2102
01:50:27,840 --> 01:50:30,000
Speaker 1: there'll be more kind of head turning deals. We're going

2103
01:50:30,080 --> 01:50:33,960
Speaker 1: to see million dollar college athletes, you know. I know

2104
01:50:34,240 --> 01:50:37,559
Speaker 1: Nick Saban mentioned Bryce Young the quarterback. There, there's another,

2105
01:50:37,840 --> 01:50:40,040
Speaker 1: there's another athlete I've heard where you know there. And

2106
01:50:40,080 --> 01:50:45,200
Speaker 1: there's some of these marketing deals with established NFL agents

2107
01:50:45,360 --> 01:50:48,760
Speaker 1: or big agencies, and I think that is already you know,

2108
01:50:48,880 --> 01:50:51,960
Speaker 1: like some of those things, I think we're just now

2109
01:50:52,200 --> 01:50:55,439
Speaker 1: kind of wrapping their brains around that. Bruce, last one

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01:50:55,520 --> 01:50:59,080
Speaker 1: for me, you know, just about the potential disintegration at

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01:50:59,120 --> 01:51:01,439
Speaker 1: the Big twelve. You know, we hear the All American

2112
01:51:01,520 --> 01:51:03,840
Speaker 1: Conference may try to grab Kansas since they have a

2113
01:51:03,920 --> 01:51:08,800
Speaker 1: decent basketball conference there. We hear the ACC might grab

2114
01:51:08,880 --> 01:51:13,280
Speaker 1: a team who is your odds on favorite to be

2115
01:51:13,400 --> 01:51:16,280
Speaker 1: poached by the PAC twelve? Maybe is it an Oklahoma State?

2116
01:51:16,439 --> 01:51:19,160
Speaker 1: Is it a TCU? Who do you think could could

2117
01:51:19,240 --> 01:51:22,040
Speaker 1: fit in the Pac twelve. I'm not sure any of

2118
01:51:22,120 --> 01:51:24,720
Speaker 1: those are that desirable, just because I don't think they

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01:51:24,800 --> 01:51:27,680
Speaker 1: bring too much TV value. Yeah, market say now and

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01:51:28,240 --> 01:51:31,080
Speaker 1: I mean, so that from that bandpoint, I'm not sure,

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01:51:32,080 --> 01:51:34,600
Speaker 1: you know, I know those some of those schools have

2122
01:51:34,720 --> 01:51:36,800
Speaker 1: reached out to the PAC twelve. I just don't know

2123
01:51:36,960 --> 01:51:40,000
Speaker 1: how desirable they are to add them, and then what

2124
01:51:40,120 --> 01:51:42,360
Speaker 1: are they you know, then you're talking about now instead

2125
01:51:42,360 --> 01:51:44,799
Speaker 1: of a twelve team pie, you're talking about a sixteen

2126
01:51:44,880 --> 01:51:49,360
Speaker 1: team PIE. I don't know if that that's necessarily something

2127
01:51:49,479 --> 01:51:52,439
Speaker 1: that that is that attractive to some of them, giving

2128
01:51:52,479 --> 01:51:54,639
Speaker 1: there's other challenge and there's a lot of moving parts

2129
01:51:54,680 --> 01:51:57,559
Speaker 1: that go with that, you know, with you know, now

2130
01:51:57,600 --> 01:52:02,000
Speaker 1: you're talking about like longer trips for travel and playing

2131
01:52:02,120 --> 01:52:05,400
Speaker 1: different sports that aren't going to bring in the money.

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01:52:05,520 --> 01:52:07,640
Speaker 1: So I think they're going to be exploring all their

2133
01:52:07,720 --> 01:52:10,479
Speaker 1: financial options. But I don't think it's a four I

2134
01:52:10,560 --> 01:52:12,320
Speaker 1: think it to me, it feels like a stretch that

2135
01:52:12,400 --> 01:52:17,040
Speaker 1: think Texas Tech or Ophama State, Kansas State or Kansas

2136
01:52:17,120 --> 01:52:20,559
Speaker 1: are gonna, you know, be scooped up by the PAC twelve.

2137
01:52:20,600 --> 01:52:23,400
Speaker 1: But I just don't know that there's that much of

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01:52:23,520 --> 01:52:26,240
Speaker 1: a huge financial impetus for the PAC twelve to do

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01:52:26,320 --> 01:52:30,080
Speaker 1: it last one. For me, Bruce and I don't want

2140
01:52:30,080 --> 01:52:31,960
Speaker 1: to pull this out of left field. But today Aaron

2141
01:52:32,040 --> 01:52:34,840
Speaker 1: Rodgers spent a long time in front of the media.

2142
01:52:34,920 --> 01:52:39,120
Speaker 1: We've all been using Aaron Rodgers as content for the

2143
01:52:39,360 --> 01:52:45,120
Speaker 1: entire offseason, and he was pretty articulate, pretty as you

2144
01:52:45,120 --> 01:52:48,320
Speaker 1: would expect, pretty intelligent and communicative about where he was.

2145
01:52:49,160 --> 01:52:51,240
Speaker 1: And he said it all today in front of the

2146
01:52:52,000 --> 01:52:54,479
Speaker 1: in a Packers uniform, you know, ready to go to

2147
01:52:54,600 --> 01:52:56,680
Speaker 1: training camp. How do you think this all plays out?

2148
01:52:56,760 --> 01:53:01,400
Speaker 1: I think it seems painfully obvious that Aaron Rodgers, while

2149
01:53:01,439 --> 01:53:03,519
Speaker 1: he may play and play extremely well for the Packers

2150
01:53:03,640 --> 01:53:07,000
Speaker 1: this year, it may be his swan song. Yeah, it

2151
01:53:07,080 --> 01:53:08,640
Speaker 1: feels like it's building to that. I thought it was

2152
01:53:08,720 --> 01:53:11,680
Speaker 1: kind of eye opening to see him just kind of

2153
01:53:13,080 --> 01:53:15,120
Speaker 1: oh and Santa front a podium and say things that

2154
01:53:15,280 --> 01:53:19,200
Speaker 1: usually are you here, are like anonymous source. But he's

2155
01:53:19,240 --> 01:53:21,120
Speaker 1: a you know, he's obviously a Hall of Fame player,

2156
01:53:21,479 --> 01:53:24,679
Speaker 1: and he's at he's still at the top of his game.

2157
01:53:24,760 --> 01:53:26,519
Speaker 1: And I think there was a lot of interesting points

2158
01:53:26,600 --> 01:53:28,600
Speaker 1: he raised. And I don't know how you put the

2159
01:53:28,640 --> 01:53:31,000
Speaker 1: toothpaste back in the two gube if you're the Packers

2160
01:53:31,080 --> 01:53:34,799
Speaker 1: After all that, Bruce, thanks for the time, as always,

2161
01:53:35,160 --> 01:53:38,040
Speaker 1: enjoy the upcoming college football season as well as the NFL.

2162
01:53:38,120 --> 01:53:40,559
Speaker 1: Thanks very much for lending us some of your time,

2163
01:53:41,320 --> 01:53:44,240
Speaker 1: my pleasure. Thank you, guys, Thank you. Bruce Feldman, Fox

2164
01:53:44,320 --> 01:53:48,920
Speaker 1: Sports reporter also writer for The Athletic on the college

2165
01:53:48,960 --> 01:53:52,320
Speaker 1: football landscape. It's kind of crazy. He was intending to

2166
01:53:52,439 --> 01:53:54,719
Speaker 1: go catch up with Jordan Palmer to do a piece

2167
01:53:54,800 --> 01:53:58,880
Speaker 1: on the Cincinnati quarterback the University of Cincinnati. University of

2168
01:53:58,960 --> 01:54:01,960
Speaker 1: Cincinnati is going to talk to him about and then

2169
01:54:02,000 --> 01:54:04,040
Speaker 1: he started talking to Jordan and he's like, look, man,

2170
01:54:04,720 --> 01:54:06,880
Speaker 1: you know Josh is going to take another step again.

2171
01:54:07,600 --> 01:54:09,599
Speaker 1: And we've had Jordan on all are he said, Josh

2172
01:54:09,680 --> 01:54:13,920
Speaker 1: has no ceiling, and he's very he's very much of

2173
01:54:14,040 --> 01:54:16,000
Speaker 1: the belief that Joe Burrow is going to take a

2174
01:54:16,040 --> 01:54:20,360
Speaker 1: giant step this year with the Bengals. Yeah, that's what

2175
01:54:20,439 --> 01:54:22,600
Speaker 1: the story turned into, right. Joe Burrow may take a

2176
01:54:22,680 --> 01:54:24,200
Speaker 1: giant step from the Bengals, but I don't know if

2177
01:54:24,200 --> 01:54:25,800
Speaker 1: the Bengals can take one around him. I don't if

2178
01:54:25,800 --> 01:54:28,200
Speaker 1: the Bengals can keep up. He can play as good,

2179
01:54:28,360 --> 01:54:30,120
Speaker 1: he'll score points this year. I just don't know ifink

2180
01:54:30,360 --> 01:54:33,000
Speaker 1: going to stop anybody. Yeah, they may they it depends

2181
01:54:33,040 --> 01:54:35,040
Speaker 1: on their other offensive line comes together and all of

2182
01:54:35,080 --> 01:54:38,680
Speaker 1: that but yeah, Joe, but even another step forward for

2183
01:54:38,840 --> 01:54:40,800
Speaker 1: Josh Allen, if if he does get up into the

2184
01:54:40,840 --> 01:54:47,760
Speaker 1: seventy three seventy four percent completion percentage that I don't

2185
01:54:47,760 --> 01:54:51,720
Speaker 1: even know what to say. That changes everybody's conversation about

2186
01:54:51,840 --> 01:54:55,320
Speaker 1: Josh Allen and even the AFC, and it might reset

2187
01:54:55,400 --> 01:54:57,760
Speaker 1: the table on what a franchise quarterback is because that

2188
01:54:57,920 --> 01:54:59,680
Speaker 1: is other worldly if he can do that. And I'll

2189
01:54:59,680 --> 01:55:03,800
Speaker 1: say this too, It used to be the guys would

2190
01:55:03,800 --> 01:55:05,600
Speaker 1: go out and work out. If you were in physical shape,

2191
01:55:05,680 --> 01:55:08,200
Speaker 1: you were thrower, that is who you were. You know,

2192
01:55:08,320 --> 01:55:11,160
Speaker 1: you drafted the guy. And like Jim Kelly, Dan Marino,

2193
01:55:11,240 --> 01:55:12,560
Speaker 1: all was good. Now that some of them did. Now,

2194
01:55:12,680 --> 01:55:15,520
Speaker 1: Jim will tell you with the help of Teddy Marcha Broda,

2195
01:55:16,320 --> 01:55:19,240
Speaker 1: Nick Nikolau, the receivers, Andre Reid, all the guys that

2196
01:55:19,320 --> 01:55:24,040
Speaker 1: he spoke to, he got better. But you're talking about

2197
01:55:24,080 --> 01:55:27,000
Speaker 1: a guy like Josh Allen with a ton of physical attributes,

2198
01:55:27,920 --> 01:55:33,120
Speaker 1: who works at the nuances of delivering the football, where

2199
01:55:33,200 --> 01:55:36,120
Speaker 1: his foot placement is, his weight transfer, all of that stuff,

2200
01:55:36,200 --> 01:55:39,720
Speaker 1: and they're doing it so much that they becomes second nature.

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01:55:40,160 --> 01:55:43,720
Speaker 1: And doing that all offseason. I mean that raises the

2202
01:55:43,800 --> 01:55:45,400
Speaker 1: bar for what guys are gonna have to do to

2203
01:55:45,480 --> 01:55:53,400
Speaker 1: be good? Well, I mean he minicamp ended July fourteenth,

2204
01:55:53,440 --> 01:55:57,080
Speaker 1: I want to say, or June fourteenth, he was with

2205
01:55:57,200 --> 01:56:01,080
Speaker 1: Jordan Palmer. June twenty seven. He took less than two

2206
01:56:01,120 --> 01:56:03,840
Speaker 1: weeks off and then he was back at it again,

2207
01:56:04,800 --> 01:56:10,640
Speaker 1: perfecting his craft um seventy two to seventy five percent completion, Steve,

2208
01:56:10,760 --> 01:56:13,560
Speaker 1: if you thought the offense was unstoppable last year, my god,

2209
01:56:13,960 --> 01:56:17,120
Speaker 1: and I'll say this too, what not for nothing? But

2210
01:56:17,680 --> 01:56:22,440
Speaker 1: you're playing running back for this team, nobody cares. Yeah, right,

2211
01:56:23,600 --> 01:56:27,240
Speaker 1: unless you can, unless you can split out wide, if

2212
01:56:27,320 --> 01:56:30,320
Speaker 1: you're if he's completing seventy plus percent of his back

2213
01:56:30,360 --> 01:56:32,840
Speaker 1: and now we saw it last year too, and one

2214
01:56:32,880 --> 01:56:35,720
Speaker 1: of those games were deep into the game, Josh was

2215
01:56:36,000 --> 01:56:41,120
Speaker 1: nineteen to twenty one for a minute, right, and I

2216
01:56:41,160 --> 01:56:42,800
Speaker 1: can't even remember what game it was. It was like

2217
01:56:44,520 --> 01:56:46,480
Speaker 1: what are you are you gonna play defense at all?

2218
01:56:46,600 --> 01:56:49,640
Speaker 1: Or what? You know? It was? It was unbelievable the

2219
01:56:49,800 --> 01:56:53,440
Speaker 1: numbers he was popping up, and and it didn't even

2220
01:56:53,480 --> 01:56:59,160
Speaker 1: he didn't even realize it. But if we've never seen that,

2221
01:57:01,120 --> 01:57:03,520
Speaker 1: we've we've never seen it. And with a team that

2222
01:57:03,680 --> 01:57:06,400
Speaker 1: is structured like it this one is. If this defense

2223
01:57:06,480 --> 01:57:10,520
Speaker 1: takes a step forward and Josh and this offense play

2224
01:57:10,640 --> 01:57:16,720
Speaker 1: like that, yeah they're yeah, they're good enough to beat anybody.

2225
01:57:16,720 --> 01:57:19,200
Speaker 1: They're good enough to be in the conversation with Kansas City.

2226
01:57:19,280 --> 01:57:21,120
Speaker 1: Kansas City is not going to look at these guys

2227
01:57:21,120 --> 01:57:24,880
Speaker 1: and go, oh, I don't know, you know, yeah, they're

2228
01:57:24,920 --> 01:57:30,160
Speaker 1: gonna be really good, really good, and that's that's gonna

2229
01:57:30,160 --> 01:57:32,120
Speaker 1: be a lot of fun to watch, a lot of

2230
01:57:32,160 --> 01:57:34,640
Speaker 1: fun to watch. But man, oh man, and I get it.

2231
01:57:34,760 --> 01:57:40,080
Speaker 1: I mean, Jordan Palmer can only compare Josh to the guys.

2232
01:57:40,160 --> 01:57:42,080
Speaker 1: Jordan Palmer works with the guys he's played with, the

2233
01:57:42,120 --> 01:57:44,480
Speaker 1: guys he's seen, and if you put all those guys

2234
01:57:44,520 --> 01:57:46,080
Speaker 1: into a pile, Josh is the one with the most

2235
01:57:46,120 --> 01:57:49,000
Speaker 1: physical gifts, and Jordan's the one that's looking at him,

2236
01:57:49,000 --> 01:57:51,400
Speaker 1: seeing him break a full lather, trying to get his

2237
01:57:51,680 --> 01:57:54,480
Speaker 1: feet set and his weight transfer on these little nuances

2238
01:57:54,520 --> 01:57:58,320
Speaker 1: of you know, just delivering the football right. That goes

2239
01:57:58,360 --> 01:57:59,920
Speaker 1: a long way for a guy going, man, this guy's

2240
01:58:00,080 --> 01:58:03,000
Speaker 1: really working hard at it. Wow. And then to have

2241
01:58:03,160 --> 01:58:07,040
Speaker 1: the results show up, I mean, it just goes to

2242
01:58:07,120 --> 01:58:11,040
Speaker 1: show if you mean hard work pays off man. I mean,

2243
01:58:11,200 --> 01:58:14,960
Speaker 1: Josh Allen is living proof of it. Another player in

2244
01:58:15,040 --> 01:58:17,560
Speaker 1: the league who is hoping hard work pays off his

2245
01:58:17,720 --> 01:58:23,480
Speaker 1: Xavian Howard, who had an extraordinary Instagram post yesterday. He

2246
01:58:23,640 --> 01:58:27,400
Speaker 1: reported to training camp on time, which was a question mark.

2247
01:58:27,440 --> 01:58:29,160
Speaker 1: People were wondering if he was going to hold out

2248
01:58:29,240 --> 01:58:32,320
Speaker 1: for a new contract. Then he puts out an Instagram

2249
01:58:32,400 --> 01:58:38,160
Speaker 1: post that essentially outs the Dolphins where he said and

2250
01:58:38,800 --> 01:58:44,280
Speaker 1: pretty effectively explains how he and his representatives have tried

2251
01:58:44,400 --> 01:58:47,240
Speaker 1: to come to the Dolphins to bring solutions to the

2252
01:58:47,320 --> 01:58:50,160
Speaker 1: table to get his contract to a point where he

2253
01:58:50,200 --> 01:58:54,240
Speaker 1: would be satisfied with it, feeling he was being paid

2254
01:58:55,200 --> 01:58:59,040
Speaker 1: appropriately for his talents and exploits on the field. He

2255
01:58:59,200 --> 01:59:03,840
Speaker 1: actually called win wins for both sides, proposals and adjustments

2256
01:59:03,880 --> 01:59:06,080
Speaker 1: that wouldn't just make me feel more respected, but we're

2257
01:59:06,120 --> 01:59:10,400
Speaker 1: also capped friendly. But the Dolphins refused everything we proposed.

2258
01:59:11,120 --> 01:59:13,640
Speaker 1: This is why I don't feel the organization has dealt

2259
01:59:13,680 --> 01:59:16,320
Speaker 1: with me in good faith. I don't feel valued or

2260
01:59:16,440 --> 01:59:19,280
Speaker 1: respected by the Dolphins. Just like they can take a

2261
01:59:19,360 --> 01:59:24,320
Speaker 1: business first approach, so can I. That's why I want

2262
01:59:24,360 --> 01:59:26,720
Speaker 1: to make it clear I'm not happy and I've requested

2263
01:59:26,880 --> 01:59:29,800
Speaker 1: a trade. Until that happens, I am just here so

2264
01:59:29,960 --> 01:59:34,080
Speaker 1: I don't get fined and will handle myself like professionals do.

2265
01:59:34,480 --> 01:59:39,480
Speaker 1: Guy signed a contract new contract two years ago, led

2266
01:59:39,520 --> 01:59:43,480
Speaker 1: the league in interceptions this past season. There is a

2267
01:59:43,560 --> 01:59:47,600
Speaker 1: cornerback also on this roster named Byron Jones for the Dolphins,

2268
01:59:47,680 --> 01:59:51,520
Speaker 1: who is paid more than Xavian Howard, despite the fact

2269
01:59:51,600 --> 01:59:54,280
Speaker 1: that he outplayed his contract last year and outplayed Byron

2270
01:59:54,400 --> 02:00:02,040
Speaker 1: Jones Steve. This is just another dominan in the string

2271
02:00:02,240 --> 02:00:07,120
Speaker 1: that have seemingly fallen in Miami, whether it's jettisoning five

2272
02:00:07,240 --> 02:00:11,320
Speaker 1: of eight captains from last year's team, having an offensive

2273
02:00:11,360 --> 02:00:16,840
Speaker 1: coordinator resign not retire, resign was the word that was used,

2274
02:00:17,280 --> 02:00:20,280
Speaker 1: and then replacing him with co offensive coordinators and a

2275
02:00:20,360 --> 02:00:22,760
Speaker 1: quarterbacks coach who's also going to have a hand in

2276
02:00:22,880 --> 02:00:26,400
Speaker 1: the game planning and play calling. There's a lot of

2277
02:00:26,440 --> 02:00:31,800
Speaker 1: moving parts. I mean, has Brian Flores already lost this team? Yeah,

2278
02:00:31,920 --> 02:00:35,080
Speaker 1: there's a lot going on there. We've spoken about this too,

2279
02:00:35,200 --> 02:00:39,800
Speaker 1: not just that Brian Flores you might have lost the team,

2280
02:00:40,520 --> 02:00:45,280
Speaker 1: but now you've got, you know, a situation where the

2281
02:00:45,320 --> 02:00:46,920
Speaker 1: team's going to come in with this You know, with

2282
02:00:47,280 --> 02:00:50,840
Speaker 1: two at quarterback, and they play the Patriots, the Bills,

2283
02:00:50,880 --> 02:00:53,080
Speaker 1: the Raiders, the Colts, and the Bucks in the first

2284
02:00:53,160 --> 02:00:59,840
Speaker 1: five games. Who you can just see ownership after those,

2285
02:01:00,160 --> 02:01:03,120
Speaker 1: after they're one and four in that stretch, coming up

2286
02:01:03,200 --> 02:01:05,240
Speaker 1: tapping Brian Flores on the short and say hey, thanks

2287
02:01:05,240 --> 02:01:08,040
Speaker 1: for stopping, Thanks appreciate the effort. We're going in another direction.

2288
02:01:10,960 --> 02:01:14,920
Speaker 1: They've made some startling moves from the outside looking in,

2289
02:01:15,920 --> 02:01:20,240
Speaker 1: and Brian Flores really seems to have sway over that organization.

2290
02:01:22,080 --> 02:01:25,960
Speaker 1: And you know, players in signing big deals in out

2291
02:01:26,000 --> 02:01:30,160
Speaker 1: the next year, and there's been rumblings where Tua was

2292
02:01:30,240 --> 02:01:37,040
Speaker 1: picked and against the wishes of Brian Flores, the offensive

2293
02:01:37,040 --> 02:01:42,440
Speaker 1: coordinator leaves. Now you've got defensive guys who have played

2294
02:01:42,680 --> 02:01:46,960
Speaker 1: really well saying hey, i'm out performing my contract. Fixed

2295
02:01:47,000 --> 02:01:52,040
Speaker 1: me up. Yeah, it's a Jason mccordy was asked about

2296
02:01:52,080 --> 02:01:56,400
Speaker 1: the Xavian Howard situation by Dolphins reporters today and he

2297
02:01:56,560 --> 02:02:05,000
Speaker 1: apparently said, we understand what Xavian Howard is talking about,

2298
02:02:06,000 --> 02:02:08,480
Speaker 1: but we are a better team with him on the

2299
02:02:08,560 --> 02:02:11,880
Speaker 1: field with us, which I don't think anybody can debate.

2300
02:02:12,640 --> 02:02:17,240
Speaker 1: But it doesn't look like that's the ending that his

2301
02:02:17,400 --> 02:02:19,960
Speaker 1: Dolphins teammates are going to get He is going to

2302
02:02:20,040 --> 02:02:24,840
Speaker 1: get moved, and it's probably going to come at the

2303
02:02:24,920 --> 02:02:27,320
Speaker 1: expense of a new contract. I know I had some

2304
02:02:27,440 --> 02:02:29,400
Speaker 1: Bills fans tweeting him and saying, hey, can we get

2305
02:02:29,480 --> 02:02:32,520
Speaker 1: Xavian Howard. It's just not going to work with their

2306
02:02:33,160 --> 02:02:37,040
Speaker 1: cap priorities right now, which are a extension for Josh Allen,

2307
02:02:37,240 --> 02:02:40,440
Speaker 1: be extension for Tremaine Edmonds, and probably see a new

2308
02:02:40,520 --> 02:02:43,120
Speaker 1: contract for Stefan Diggs if he puts up numbers anything

2309
02:02:43,160 --> 02:02:46,240
Speaker 1: close to what he did last year. So there's not

2310
02:02:46,280 --> 02:02:48,520
Speaker 1: gonna be any room for an Xavian Howard, as much

2311
02:02:48,520 --> 02:02:51,600
Speaker 1: as you'd like to have him, it's just it's not feasible.

2312
02:02:51,720 --> 02:02:55,880
Speaker 1: And I'll say this from urin ice perspective, Brian Flores

2313
02:02:55,920 --> 02:02:57,280
Speaker 1: is the kind of guy if a guy doesn't want

2314
02:02:57,280 --> 02:03:03,320
Speaker 1: to be there, get him out yesterday yesterday. Yeah, it's

2315
02:03:03,960 --> 02:03:06,240
Speaker 1: but I'll say this, He's right, that's an it's just

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Speaker 1: an ugly look. You lose that thing for a team,

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Speaker 1: that's a crippling effect on your defense. Well just think

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Speaker 1: about it. If you're a player in the Dolphins locker

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Speaker 1: room and you've seen five captains shoved out the door

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Speaker 1: out of eight from last year's roster. Shack Lawson, who

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Speaker 1: signs a three year, thirty million dollars contract, is traded

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Speaker 1: after one year with the team. I mean who and

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Speaker 1: now the number one corner on your team who feels

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Speaker 1: he's underpaid because the guy on the other side gets

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Speaker 1: paid more and doesn't play as well as he does

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Speaker 1: or isn't as talented as he is, and now he

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Speaker 1: wants to get traded. I mean, that's a series of

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Speaker 1: things that if you're in that locker room, you're going, wow,

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02:03:52,680 --> 02:03:55,000
Speaker 1: maybe something is wrong. It's hard to look at that

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Speaker 1: situation from top to bottom, from you know, the co

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Speaker 1: offensive coordinators to two the question marks about him, the

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Speaker 1: guys who left that team or were jettison from that

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Speaker 1: team after being captains last year, guys who signed big

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02:04:07,400 --> 02:04:10,080
Speaker 1: free agent deals who are now gone one year later.

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Speaker 1: It's hard to look at that and see a team

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Speaker 1: that's all in it, all together, you know, that is

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Speaker 1: really unified in what they're doing. Now they can say

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Speaker 1: what they want, it just doesn't look that way. And

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Speaker 1: now I mean they're you're at a position that you're

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Speaker 1: a spot in the season where you haven't even had

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Speaker 1: any adversity yet. Forget when you know you're taken on

2342
02:04:33,160 --> 02:04:35,160
Speaker 1: the chin, you get a bad bounce and drop a game.

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02:04:36,280 --> 02:04:38,520
Speaker 1: You're in a spot where you haven't had any nobody's

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Speaker 1: fighting against you. Right now, I'm going to add another layer.

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Speaker 1: Are you ready? Okay? Tua has told the Miami media

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Speaker 1: in his press conference today, both George Godsey and Eric Studisville,

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Speaker 1: the co offensive coordinators, they give him plays in practice

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Speaker 1: and they rotate. Yeah, well the best still luck with that, Miami.

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02:05:04,680 --> 02:05:07,000
Speaker 1: I hope it works out well for you. I just

2350
02:05:07,160 --> 02:05:11,400
Speaker 1: think it's going to be an outright disaster. We will

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Speaker 1: take a break here. When we come back more on

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Speaker 1: Bill's Day one of training camp, Steve and I'll give

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Speaker 1: you some other thoughts on how we thought things went out. There.

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02:05:21,120 --> 02:05:23,920
Speaker 1: Certainly was a good tempo, as is usually the case

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Speaker 1: with Bill's practices under Sean McDermott. So we'll lend some

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Speaker 1: more thoughts on that and maybe a little NFL true

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Speaker 1: false when we return here on One Bill's Live, presented

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Speaker 1: by Collot of Health, It's Buffalo Bill's Radio. Welcome back

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Speaker 1: to One Bill's Live. Chris Brown, Steve Tasker with you

2360
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Speaker 1: and I completely neglected this, and I apologize our Twitter

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02:05:52,720 --> 02:05:55,760
Speaker 1: conversation today. We've been so chock full of player interviews,

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Speaker 1: day one of training camp and everything else, we completely

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02:05:59,640 --> 02:06:02,920
Speaker 1: neglect did the Twitter conversation today, which was who will

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Speaker 1: be the darling of this year's Bills training camp and why?

2365
02:06:07,760 --> 02:06:10,200
Speaker 1: And we did get a healthy number of responses on

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Speaker 1: the tweet sheet, so we'll go to some of those

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Speaker 1: right now. Tweet sheet brought to you by Corrigan Moving Systems,

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Speaker 1: the official equipment moving company of the Buffalo Bills, and

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Speaker 1: Seth starts us off and he says it's boogie. I

2370
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Speaker 1: just have a feeling he's going to prove that he

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Speaker 1: truly is more pro ready than Greg Rousseau. I think

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02:06:25,960 --> 02:06:28,880
Speaker 1: he will even make a push alongside Epanessa fort starter

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02:06:29,000 --> 02:06:31,600
Speaker 1: reps due his versatile hungary and he was making plays

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Speaker 1: in OTAs already so stoked for the return of Bill's football.

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Speaker 1: I was kind of of the same feeling coming into

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02:06:39,040 --> 02:06:41,920
Speaker 1: this whole thing. I think both those guys are going

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Speaker 1: to get more than their fair share of opportunities. We

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02:06:44,320 --> 02:06:48,920
Speaker 1: should mention today they already had the advantage of Jerry

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02:06:49,000 --> 02:06:51,720
Speaker 1: Hughes absence. Jerry Hughes was put on the non football

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02:06:51,760 --> 02:06:55,680
Speaker 1: injury list today because he strained his calf in training

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02:06:56,240 --> 02:06:59,480
Speaker 1: back home in Texas before he came up to camp.

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02:06:59,720 --> 02:07:01,880
Speaker 1: So he is sideline right now. He was on the

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02:07:01,920 --> 02:07:05,320
Speaker 1: bike today, so it doesn't look like it's anything terribly serious.

2384
02:07:05,800 --> 02:07:09,440
Speaker 1: But it's an extra day maybe two, where Bashim and

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Speaker 1: Rousseau or whoever else can get worked in and get

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02:07:13,520 --> 02:07:17,840
Speaker 1: valuable reps. Yeah. Absolutely, um and I get it. Uh.

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02:07:19,320 --> 02:07:23,920
Speaker 1: Boogie is a guy who comes out more polished. He

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02:07:24,120 --> 02:07:27,080
Speaker 1: used better technique in college and it's more recent work,

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02:07:27,120 --> 02:07:31,200
Speaker 1: I mean, larger, larger body of work too. Russeau is

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Speaker 1: a one year starter for all times and purposes, and

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Speaker 1: I think, but I think Bashim's gonna be a really

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Speaker 1: good player. I just think there's no reason to discount

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02:07:40,760 --> 02:07:43,360
Speaker 1: Russeau's body of no and to and to think that

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02:07:43,480 --> 02:07:45,280
Speaker 1: because we didn't see him for three or four years,

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02:07:45,320 --> 02:07:46,640
Speaker 1: he's not going to come out and play well. I

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02:07:47,200 --> 02:07:53,160
Speaker 1: think both of these guys are real, real quality prospects,

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Speaker 1: and I think they're gonna get an opportunity. I think

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02:07:55,600 --> 02:07:57,800
Speaker 1: they're gonna show up a lot sooner than maybe we

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02:07:57,920 --> 02:08:03,040
Speaker 1: think they will, and in fact, coming out of college

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Speaker 1: this year, I am higher on Rousseau and Basham than

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02:08:07,280 --> 02:08:11,120
Speaker 1: I was on AJ last year. Oh really, yeah, I

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02:08:11,200 --> 02:08:15,720
Speaker 1: thought AJ last year came in he was big. He

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02:08:15,880 --> 02:08:18,000
Speaker 1: was like two eighty last year in college, his senior

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02:08:18,080 --> 02:08:20,000
Speaker 1: year of college, and he moved, he could move down

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Speaker 1: inside and stuff. But then you know, they couldn't get

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Speaker 1: his weight right. He was too light, kind he was

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02:08:24,400 --> 02:08:26,760
Speaker 1: too and then he got too light after being too

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02:08:26,840 --> 02:08:28,680
Speaker 1: you know, kind of too heavy, little bit a little

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02:08:28,720 --> 02:08:31,520
Speaker 1: bit heavy footed, and he just couldn't get that right.

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Speaker 1: These two guys are coming. They are where they're supposed

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Speaker 1: to be now and have been, and I think, plus

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Speaker 1: what they did in college and the programs they were in,

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02:08:44,600 --> 02:08:48,800
Speaker 1: they just showed up more than AJ did at Iowa.

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Speaker 1: So I am I have higher hopes from Rousseau and

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02:08:52,280 --> 02:08:54,440
Speaker 1: Basham in their first year. Then I think we got out.

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02:08:54,520 --> 02:08:57,120
Speaker 1: Then we saw in AJ in his first year, and

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Speaker 1: I think, you know, long term, I think gonna better players.

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Speaker 1: Other thoughts on who's going to be the darling of

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Speaker 1: this year is Bill's training camp and why Tiffany says

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Speaker 1: f a Obada is going to flash during training camp.

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02:09:08,720 --> 02:09:10,600
Speaker 1: In my opinion, he has a legitimate shot to make

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02:09:10,640 --> 02:09:13,360
Speaker 1: the fifty three man roster. His coaching staff is gonna

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Speaker 1: put the finishing touches to his game and make him

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02:09:15,160 --> 02:09:19,480
Speaker 1: a game day contributor. Eli says Isaiah Hodgins. Lots of

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Speaker 1: people want to see what he brings to the table,

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02:09:21,680 --> 02:09:24,880
Speaker 1: and the local has been hyping him for a bit.

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02:09:25,000 --> 02:09:26,520
Speaker 1: Now I really want to see what he does in

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02:09:26,600 --> 02:09:31,320
Speaker 1: training camp in preseason. I think he will be good. Obada,

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Speaker 1: Hodgins not certainly popular picks. Obada is he's they got

2430
02:09:36,920 --> 02:09:38,480
Speaker 1: him on the down. Know what is how long term

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02:09:38,520 --> 02:09:40,280
Speaker 1: his deal is with this one year or whatever. It's

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02:09:40,320 --> 02:09:43,600
Speaker 1: not very He's not very expensive, and I think he

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02:09:43,880 --> 02:09:47,080
Speaker 1: has a ceiling that has not been reached yet. And

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Speaker 1: he's got all the you know, the physical traits that

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02:09:49,320 --> 02:09:51,040
Speaker 1: you want a guy at the defensive. And he's big,

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02:09:51,160 --> 02:09:54,720
Speaker 1: he's strong, I mean, he's athletics long, he's got a length.

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Speaker 1: He's another one of those guys that ticks, that checks

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02:09:57,200 --> 02:10:00,720
Speaker 1: all those elite trade boxes. So I I agree with that.

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02:10:00,920 --> 02:10:05,040
Speaker 1: The thing today when we were out when we were

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Speaker 1: out watching practice, we were we watched him do the

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Speaker 1: red zone work in offensively and I saw Hodgins out there,

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Speaker 1: and what strikes you about Hodgens I mean, it's not

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02:10:16,480 --> 02:10:22,560
Speaker 1: rocket science. The dude's big. He's long, Yeah, height and length,

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02:10:22,920 --> 02:10:26,120
Speaker 1: he's got heightened and he's sudden and he's also he's

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02:10:26,160 --> 02:10:28,960
Speaker 1: also pretty thick from the waist down, you know what

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02:10:29,000 --> 02:10:30,440
Speaker 1: I mean. So he's got a you know, he's got

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Speaker 1: strong legs. He looks like, you know, coming in and

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02:10:33,600 --> 02:10:38,160
Speaker 1: out of breaks. He's got explosion And I was struck

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02:10:38,240 --> 02:10:42,280
Speaker 1: by that. Um he's he seems taller, he's got more

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Speaker 1: length than Duke Williams, who is a big dude. Now,

2451
02:10:45,040 --> 02:10:48,200
Speaker 1: Duke's a little thicker, but Hodgins, I was. I was

2452
02:10:48,320 --> 02:10:51,320
Speaker 1: shocked at how shocked I was and how big he will,

2453
02:10:51,320 --> 02:10:53,880
Speaker 1: you know what I mean, I'm and it caught me. Yeah,

2454
02:10:53,960 --> 02:10:55,960
Speaker 1: And his skill set is very different from a lot

2455
02:10:56,040 --> 02:10:58,800
Speaker 1: of other guys on the roster. He's not a quickness

2456
02:10:59,520 --> 02:11:03,360
Speaker 1: you know himmy and shake type of player, but he

2457
02:11:03,440 --> 02:11:07,840
Speaker 1: gets separation because he's a route technician. So it's gonna

2458
02:11:07,880 --> 02:11:10,320
Speaker 1: be very interesting to see him more on the field,

2459
02:11:10,440 --> 02:11:14,080
Speaker 1: especially in the team settings, running a variety of different routes.

2460
02:11:14,640 --> 02:11:16,720
Speaker 1: You know how when a guy is tall and long,

2461
02:11:16,840 --> 02:11:18,760
Speaker 1: what's the first thing people check? How well does he

2462
02:11:18,840 --> 02:11:20,520
Speaker 1: get in and out of his breaks? But he's known

2463
02:11:21,120 --> 02:11:25,800
Speaker 1: as a separation receiver, so I'm intrigued to see him

2464
02:11:25,840 --> 02:11:29,480
Speaker 1: on a regular basis after the shoulder problem kind of

2465
02:11:29,480 --> 02:11:33,760
Speaker 1: compromises availability last year. We have to take a break here,

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Speaker 1: Steve and I to close things up here on training

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Speaker 1: camp Day one. Back in a second here on one

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Speaker 1: Bill's Live. What have we learned? Talk to you by Skyworks,

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Speaker 1: the official construction equipment rental company of the Buffalo Bills.

2470
02:12:01,800 --> 02:12:05,480
Speaker 1: Learned a few things today. We learned that Cole Beasley,

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Speaker 1: as he sees it, is not pro or anti vaxie,

2472
02:12:08,480 --> 02:12:12,880
Speaker 1: is pro choice. Made a statement to the media today,

2473
02:12:12,920 --> 02:12:16,880
Speaker 1: a prepared statement, so you can check that out on

2474
02:12:17,080 --> 02:12:20,880
Speaker 1: the Buffalo Bills Twitter handle in its entirety, or go

2475
02:12:20,960 --> 02:12:24,080
Speaker 1: to Buffalo Bills dot com for more. We learned that

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02:12:24,520 --> 02:12:26,840
Speaker 1: Jerry Hughes is on the non football injury list with

2477
02:12:26,920 --> 02:12:30,160
Speaker 1: a calf strain. We learned that Dion Dawkins and Ike

2478
02:12:30,240 --> 02:12:34,640
Speaker 1: Butcker are on the COVID reserve list after both tested positive.

2479
02:12:35,120 --> 02:12:38,680
Speaker 1: One is asymptomatic, one is not, so we'll see where

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02:12:38,760 --> 02:12:41,640
Speaker 1: that goes in terms of when they get back on

2481
02:12:41,720 --> 02:12:45,440
Speaker 1: the field. We also know that the Jets still don't

2482
02:12:45,480 --> 02:12:49,320
Speaker 1: have their first round quarterback under contract, as neither side

2483
02:12:49,400 --> 02:12:54,240
Speaker 1: looks to be willing to budge on certain offset language

2484
02:12:54,360 --> 02:12:56,800
Speaker 1: in the contract, which is usually a bone of contention

2485
02:12:57,760 --> 02:13:01,640
Speaker 1: at times. We'll have to see where that goes. Trey

2486
02:13:01,720 --> 02:13:04,400
Speaker 1: Lance did sign his rookie contract with the forty nine Ers. Yeah,

2487
02:13:04,520 --> 02:13:08,120
Speaker 1: I think if Zach William Wilson for the Jets is

2488
02:13:08,160 --> 02:13:12,520
Speaker 1: the last rookie to be signed this season, what are

2489
02:13:12,560 --> 02:13:18,120
Speaker 1: you doing? What are they doing? But come on, I

2490
02:13:18,160 --> 02:13:21,200
Speaker 1: don't know, that's crazy. And we also learned today that

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Speaker 1: Aaron Rodgers had an awful lot to say about the offseason.

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02:13:24,080 --> 02:13:27,760
Speaker 1: When he didn't say much publicly, he apparently laid it

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02:13:27,840 --> 02:13:30,640
Speaker 1: all out there today. I haven't seen it myself. Was

2494
02:13:30,920 --> 02:13:32,960
Speaker 1: not hard to get to. It was not hard to

2495
02:13:33,040 --> 02:13:37,840
Speaker 1: get information from Aaron Rodgers today. And he was pretty systematic,

2496
02:13:38,480 --> 02:13:43,960
Speaker 1: pretty specific, and pretty logical and common sensical as well.

2497
02:13:45,520 --> 02:13:48,000
Speaker 1: Probably Green Bay fans, you know, certainly, you know in

2498
02:13:48,080 --> 02:13:50,480
Speaker 1: this media, in this Twitter verse that we live in

2499
02:13:50,600 --> 02:13:52,480
Speaker 1: and the social media world we live in, he was

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02:13:52,680 --> 02:13:54,840
Speaker 1: he was taking some slings and arrows after he set up.

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02:13:54,880 --> 02:13:56,280
Speaker 1: But you know, the simple fact of the matter is

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02:13:56,320 --> 02:14:01,600
Speaker 1: the guy made a lot of sense and a lot

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02:14:01,600 --> 02:14:04,200
Speaker 1: of There's a lot of people outside Green Bay are saying, yeah,

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02:14:04,240 --> 02:14:06,560
Speaker 1: what you know, doesn't that make sense? You mean this

2505
02:14:06,800 --> 02:14:10,920
Speaker 1: wasn't the case before, and so yeah, a long way

2506
02:14:10,960 --> 02:14:14,560
Speaker 1: to go for Aaron Rodgers, no question about it. After

2507
02:14:14,640 --> 02:14:16,560
Speaker 1: everything has happened. Looks like this will be his final

2508
02:14:16,680 --> 02:14:19,880
Speaker 1: year in Green Bay. Looks like Davante Abas maybe out

2509
02:14:19,960 --> 02:14:23,880
Speaker 1: right after him. But because Davantae Adams wants to be

2510
02:14:23,960 --> 02:14:26,320
Speaker 1: paid like the highest paid wide receiver in the league

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02:14:26,360 --> 02:14:28,360
Speaker 1: and won't take a discount and all that. Yeah, yeah,

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02:14:28,400 --> 02:14:31,760
Speaker 1: so they got that problems. Oh well, yeah, Steve and

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Speaker 1: I are talking about tomorrow too. Steve and I are

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02:14:33,640 --> 02:14:35,920
Speaker 1: done for today, but we'll have plenty more on training

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Speaker 1: camp Day two tomorrow. We'll see it now,