WEBVTT - The Season with Peter Schrager: Bills GM Brandon Beane 0:00:07.266 --> 0:00:09.706 The Season with Peter Schrager is a production of the 0:00:09.786 --> 0:00:24.546 NFL in partnership with iHeartRadio. Hey, everybody, welcome to another 0:00:24.546 --> 0:00:27.146 episode of the Season with Peter Schrager. We are now 0:00:27.146 --> 0:00:30.626 in the second week of August. Preseason football is upon us. 0:00:30.706 --> 0:00:33.946 There's a full slate of games this weekend. We already 0:00:33.986 --> 0:00:36.146 had the Hall of Fame game last Thursday, the Hall 0:00:36.146 --> 0:00:39.306 of Fame induction ceremonies. Hard Knocks's premiere in this week 0:00:39.346 --> 0:00:41.706 Football's here, like football is here and it feels good. 0:00:41.706 --> 0:00:43.866 And if you listen to this podcast, you come to 0:00:43.866 --> 0:00:46.906 get your little taste of football, but also learn something new. 0:00:46.946 --> 0:00:48.946 I thought one of the most interesting stories of the 0:00:48.986 --> 0:00:52.186 week was that Tennessee Titans coach Mike Vrabel came out 0:00:52.226 --> 0:00:54.226 and said he'll have assistant head coach and his defensive 0:00:54.266 --> 0:00:56.986 line coach Terrell Williams beat a head coach in the 0:00:56.986 --> 0:01:00.466 preseason opener against the Bears on Saturday, and it seems 0:01:00.506 --> 0:01:02.026 like it's something that'd be on the bottom line. Taker, Oh, 0:01:02.066 --> 0:01:06.666 that's nice story. This is like an incredible realization I 0:01:06.746 --> 0:01:09.186 just had and an epiphany that, oh my gosh, like 0:01:09.226 --> 0:01:13.306 these preseason games mean nothing. Let assistant coaches, coach. We 0:01:13.346 --> 0:01:15.946 always talk about how hard it is to get an 0:01:15.986 --> 0:01:19.386 opportunity to showcase your skills when you're an assistant and 0:01:19.546 --> 0:01:22.346 kind of climb that ladder. This is the opportunity. I 0:01:22.386 --> 0:01:25.266 love this from Vrabel. So here's Terre Williams, who has 0:01:25.346 --> 0:01:28.426 twenty six years of coaching under his belt, twelve in 0:01:28.466 --> 0:01:32.026 the NFL. He's been, you know, Titans defensive line coach 0:01:32.066 --> 0:01:36.306 since Vverbel got there in twenty eighteen. And now all 0:01:36.306 --> 0:01:38.906 of a sudden, you're like, all right, give an opportunity 0:01:38.946 --> 0:01:40.826 to this guy. And over the last few years the 0:01:40.866 --> 0:01:43.866 Titans and not a not a headline team by any means, 0:01:43.906 --> 0:01:46.946 but their defensive lineman Jeffrey Simmons been to the Pro 0:01:46.986 --> 0:01:49.866 Bowl a bunch of times. They've had undrafted guys like 0:01:49.906 --> 0:01:53.786 Tierre Tart and Nikwon Jones and Jayden Peevy all make 0:01:53.866 --> 0:01:56.146 the team. And one of the reasons is Big T 0:01:56.386 --> 0:01:59.626 who's the coach, and you know his assistant, Clinton McMillan, 0:01:59.746 --> 0:02:01.546 he's going to go and do the defensive line. Those 0:02:01.546 --> 0:02:04.226 guys have been huge. And you know, we talk about 0:02:04.266 --> 0:02:06.586 the issue with the coaching hires and how it's usually 0:02:06.666 --> 0:02:11.986 nepotism more so only offensive coaches. This is almost like 0:02:12.106 --> 0:02:14.386 unlocking a key. And I didn't expect it because I 0:02:14.386 --> 0:02:16.506 had not heard about it. And here Verbel drops this, 0:02:17.026 --> 0:02:20.986 and I thought, Okay, what if this was required? What 0:02:21.106 --> 0:02:23.826 if every coach, and not just not the first year coach, 0:02:23.906 --> 0:02:25.866 but like, say your guy like Rabel, who's a made 0:02:25.906 --> 0:02:28.586 man and he's in his fifth year. Say your Andy Reid, 0:02:28.626 --> 0:02:30.626 who's in your twenty something year, you know, as a 0:02:30.666 --> 0:02:33.506 head coach, and you're already nearly a decade in with 0:02:33.546 --> 0:02:37.346 the Chiefs. Maybe one of those three preseason games, an 0:02:37.346 --> 0:02:39.866 assistant coach is the head coach and he wears the 0:02:39.906 --> 0:02:41.586 hat and he gets to do it all, and it's 0:02:41.666 --> 0:02:44.626 him leaving the team out in the tunnel. Here's the 0:02:44.626 --> 0:02:48.066 parameters I would make it if a coach is there 0:02:48.146 --> 0:02:51.306 for five years or more with a team, So five 0:02:51.386 --> 0:02:53.266 years or more go through the list. That's a lot 0:02:53.306 --> 0:02:57.026 of coaches. At least one of those games has to 0:02:57.266 --> 0:03:00.026 have an assistant coach as the head coach, and that 0:03:00.066 --> 0:03:03.026 could be anyone. You could put your long time offensive 0:03:03.026 --> 0:03:05.666 line coach in there. You can get your defensive coordinator 0:03:05.706 --> 0:03:07.946 out there, or you can do what Mike Frabel does. 0:03:07.986 --> 0:03:10.546 And he's got a defensive line coach in Terro Williams 0:03:10.586 --> 0:03:13.066 handling the head coaching duties. I'm going to watch this 0:03:13.186 --> 0:03:15.786 game on Saturday. Yes, Justin Field is playing, so I 0:03:15.786 --> 0:03:17.506 want to see that. I also am really interested in 0:03:17.586 --> 0:03:20.866 will Levis and then of course Malik Willis as well 0:03:20.906 --> 0:03:23.346 from the Titan side. But I'm also curious to see 0:03:23.386 --> 0:03:25.546 if we could even notice a difference if you've got 0:03:25.586 --> 0:03:27.866 an assistant coach getting a chance to be a head coach. 0:03:27.866 --> 0:03:30.426 And I want to hear his response afterwards that that 0:03:30.586 --> 0:03:33.146 was my big takeaway from this week's news. And the 0:03:33.226 --> 0:03:36.186 other one was Sean Payton coming out pretty aggressively and 0:03:36.266 --> 0:03:40.666 pretty hard, and that's really been coach Payton's mantra this summer. 0:03:40.706 --> 0:03:44.106 It seems like saying he doesn't want any guys wearing 0:03:44.186 --> 0:03:46.786 Gilligan hats on preseas, which means like those bucket hats, 0:03:46.786 --> 0:03:51.066 they all there. But also no in game interviews during 0:03:51.106 --> 0:03:54.186 the preseason, which has become a staple of these local broadcasts, 0:03:54.266 --> 0:03:56.346 like he's not here for that. We had a really 0:03:56.346 --> 0:04:00.426 spirited debate on Good Morning Football about this, and I 0:04:00.466 --> 0:04:04.186 was like, it's a preseason, like let if Jerry Judy 0:04:04.546 --> 0:04:07.066 or you know you, Russell will an add to the 0:04:07.066 --> 0:04:09.426 local broadcast. They get two of these, maybe three of 0:04:09.466 --> 0:04:12.546 these a year. Let them interview with the local news 0:04:12.546 --> 0:04:16.466 guy who's the sideline reporter, local newscal and Jason mccordy 0:04:16.546 --> 0:04:18.466 was like, hell no, like get rid of that. This 0:04:18.506 --> 0:04:20.866 is about getting better and the veterans should be watching. 0:04:20.906 --> 0:04:22.346 And I'm like, all right, there you go. There's the 0:04:22.386 --> 0:04:26.946 ex player versus the talking head difference right there. Some 0:04:27.026 --> 0:04:29.106 other quick things before we get to our guests. Who's 0:04:29.106 --> 0:04:32.866 a great one one? Aaron Aaron warn Kaufman, my producer. 0:04:32.906 --> 0:04:38.066 Have you seen Oppenheimer? I haven't yet, unfortunately not gotten 0:04:38.066 --> 0:04:41.706 to the theater. I saw it last night. Are you 0:04:41.746 --> 0:04:43.866 a Nolan head? Like, are you a guy who has 0:04:43.906 --> 0:04:46.066 seen all the Nolan movies? And like or one of 0:04:46.066 --> 0:04:48.786 those he's got people who first night they'll see it. 0:04:48.786 --> 0:04:51.226 But have you gotten to most of Chris Nolan films? 0:04:51.426 --> 0:04:56.586 I have, except for Tenant and surprisingly Interstellar I also 0:04:56.666 --> 0:04:59.346 haven't seen, which I've heard is great, but it's great. 0:05:00.066 --> 0:05:02.066 I am a Chris Nolan fan, but I'm not one 0:05:02.066 --> 0:05:04.106 of those guys who's rushing to the theater the first 0:05:04.186 --> 0:05:08.026 night However, my wife, my son, my daughter are away. 0:05:08.066 --> 0:05:10.986 This week, I had an open night. A lot of 0:05:10.986 --> 0:05:13.266 guys decided to go out and rage with their friends. 0:05:13.946 --> 0:05:16.146 I call my friend and say, can we please go 0:05:16.186 --> 0:05:18.226 see Oppenheimer? It's three hours long. I don't think I 0:05:18.226 --> 0:05:21.586 have three hours open the rest of the year. Have 0:05:21.706 --> 0:05:24.706 you been to the movie theater called the Ipiic in 0:05:25.146 --> 0:05:29.426 South Street Seaport. No, okay. So it's like one of 0:05:29.466 --> 0:05:32.666 these IMAX deals in New York City, but it's a 0:05:32.666 --> 0:05:35.306 smaller theater and they serve you food, almost like the 0:05:35.306 --> 0:05:37.706 Alamo Draft House, I guess, but it's like high end 0:05:38.226 --> 0:05:40.226 and here's the comedy of it. So I went with 0:05:40.266 --> 0:05:42.346 my friend Alex, who happens to be a Bills fan, 0:05:42.546 --> 0:05:45.466 very appropriate with Who's coming on as our guest. And 0:05:45.546 --> 0:05:47.986 Alex and I have seen movies together in the past. 0:05:47.986 --> 0:05:51.786 I remember we saw The Post, which was epic. We 0:05:51.826 --> 0:05:54.386 saw that a couple of years back. I think we 0:05:54.466 --> 0:05:56.986 saw The Big Short together, the two of us, like 0:05:57.146 --> 0:05:59.146 we see movies together. Then we took our sons to 0:05:59.226 --> 0:06:02.586 see Sonic together a few years back as well, So 0:06:03.386 --> 0:06:04.106 that's my movie. 0:06:04.146 --> 0:06:04.346 Guy. 0:06:05.186 --> 0:06:06.826 We look up at the IPIC there like there's a 0:06:06.826 --> 0:06:11.666 six fifteen showing, but there's only two seats available, and 0:06:11.746 --> 0:06:15.066 those two seats are on something that is basically a 0:06:15.146 --> 0:06:20.626 Shay lounge, and the three of us together together, and 0:06:20.706 --> 0:06:24.826 it was in the first row. So a three hour movie. 0:06:25.186 --> 0:06:29.986 Cuddling with my friend Alex, watching the movie with my 0:06:30.106 --> 0:06:32.986 neck just ninety degrees. And let me tell you something, 0:06:33.386 --> 0:06:36.946 I freaking loved it. I loved it, loved it. I 0:06:36.986 --> 0:06:40.066 loved it. I loved it. It was awesome. There's been 0:06:40.906 --> 0:06:42.426 the day after. It's what I always do. I listened 0:06:42.426 --> 0:06:44.186 to all the podcasts. I'm like, all right, what are 0:06:44.186 --> 0:06:45.866 the guys at the Big Picture have to say? And 0:06:45.946 --> 0:06:47.946 then like Chris Ryan starts breaking it down, and I'm 0:06:47.986 --> 0:06:51.306 listening to Andy Greenwald and whoever else is Sean Fantasy 0:06:51.306 --> 0:06:53.186 and Amanda Dobbins, and I'm like, what do they got? 0:06:53.226 --> 0:06:55.746 And then I do a little deep dive on Oppenheimer 0:06:55.826 --> 0:06:59.786 himself and what are the historical inaccuracies. I'm not gonna 0:06:59.786 --> 0:07:03.586 spoil anything. This movie's great. Anybody who tells you that 0:07:03.666 --> 0:07:06.906 the last hour is too long or drags on doesn't 0:07:06.906 --> 0:07:09.986 appreciate great writing and a great reveal at the end, 0:07:10.706 --> 0:07:16.466 and this final scene where it's Oppenheimer and Einstein, and 0:07:16.506 --> 0:07:21.546 it's I'm not gonna spoil anything. It leaves you speechless, 0:07:21.666 --> 0:07:24.506 like all these Christopher Nolan movies do with the exclamation 0:07:24.626 --> 0:07:27.306 mark at the end where you're like ah, then they 0:07:27.306 --> 0:07:30.826 go to the credits. I loved it, loved Oppenheimer. Can't 0:07:30.946 --> 0:07:33.546 wait to discuss it with Aaron Rodgers when he sees 0:07:33.586 --> 0:07:36.106 it again, because when I asked him about it, he 0:07:36.106 --> 0:07:37.666 said he saw it at nine o'clock at night, which 0:07:37.666 --> 0:07:39.666 you cannot do. You have to be like fully in 0:07:40.106 --> 0:07:44.626 this movie moves and the cameos from not only a 0:07:44.746 --> 0:07:47.546 list actors. I'm not spoiling anything, but like Remy Mallick 0:07:47.626 --> 0:07:49.906 has like four lines in this movie and he's awesome. 0:07:51.066 --> 0:07:54.506 Casey Affleck shows up and is tremendous and plays a 0:07:54.546 --> 0:07:56.906 heel and is just evil in this movie and you're 0:07:56.906 --> 0:08:00.546 like ah. But also guys that I haven't like, Josh 0:08:00.586 --> 0:08:02.626 Hartnet has a big role. I haven't seen Josh Hartnet 0:08:02.706 --> 0:08:06.146 and a lot of movies lately. I love Jason Clark. 0:08:06.546 --> 0:08:09.026 That's the actor. You know him from Zero Dark thirty, 0:08:09.066 --> 0:08:11.186 but you also know him from that Winning Time series. 0:08:12.146 --> 0:08:14.266 He plays Jerry West. I think in that one, and 0:08:14.306 --> 0:08:19.866 he's great. So just cameo's galore, familiar faces, some surprise 0:08:19.986 --> 0:08:21.786 cameos at the end that you're like, is that who 0:08:21.866 --> 0:08:24.106 I think that is? And it is, and I would 0:08:24.106 --> 0:08:27.506 be shocked if not only is it Killian Murphy or 0:08:27.546 --> 0:08:28.546 Silly and Murillian. 0:08:28.626 --> 0:08:30.906 I think it's yeah, I don't know. I think it's 0:08:31.026 --> 0:08:31.826 Silly and Murphy. 0:08:31.946 --> 0:08:34.066 I remember seeing him in that movie Red Eye with 0:08:34.106 --> 0:08:36.426 like Rachel McAdams, so they going like years ago and 0:08:36.466 --> 0:08:39.226 being like that guy's spooky looking. Well, he's amazing as 0:08:39.306 --> 0:08:42.146 Jay Robert Oppenheimer. If he's not nominated for Best Picture, 0:08:42.586 --> 0:08:46.666 Robert Downey Junior as Best Supporting Actor, and I'm gonna 0:08:46.706 --> 0:08:51.466 throw in Emily Blunt as Best Supporting Actress, I would 0:08:51.466 --> 0:08:54.386 be shocked. All three of them were amazing. I love 0:08:54.466 --> 0:08:57.026 the film, and of course Nolan not only directed it, 0:08:57.066 --> 0:08:59.866 but he wrote it. That is my recommendation. See that 0:09:00.106 --> 0:09:02.866 as far as your Friday nights, can I make another 0:09:02.906 --> 0:09:08.186 recommendation for everybody This Friday night, the Detroit Line announced 0:09:08.186 --> 0:09:10.826 that they're going to be offering an alternate broadcast of 0:09:10.866 --> 0:09:13.986 their first preseason game against the Giants on Friday night. 0:09:14.506 --> 0:09:16.386 The main broadcast of course, will be on the Lions 0:09:16.426 --> 0:09:20.186 TV Network and the Lions Radio Network, but yours truly 0:09:20.946 --> 0:09:25.546 will be hosting the alternate broadcast on Detroit Lions dot 0:09:25.546 --> 0:09:29.386 com and the Detroit Lions mobile app. I am so 0:09:29.426 --> 0:09:31.666 excited for this. Here's how it's gonna work. I'm basically 0:09:31.746 --> 0:09:35.146 Peyton and Eli hosting this thing. And it's a shreger cast, 0:09:35.266 --> 0:09:38.066 if you will, for the Detroit Lions. And I'm gonna 0:09:38.106 --> 0:09:41.066 have Lions legends and guys who work for the team 0:09:41.146 --> 0:09:44.306 now and and other celebrities come on here and there, 0:09:44.346 --> 0:09:47.586 and it's gonna be cool. It could be a complete bust, 0:09:47.626 --> 0:09:50.186 it could be terrible, but it's an alternate broadcast. We're 0:09:50.186 --> 0:09:52.866 trying things. I so appreciate the guys not only at 0:09:52.866 --> 0:09:55.986 the Lions, but a company called kiss We and they're 0:09:56.026 --> 0:09:58.706 gonna be giving me this opportunity. They called me earlier 0:09:58.706 --> 0:10:01.146 this summer say would you be interested in coming on 0:10:01.266 --> 0:10:03.266 as a guest or a host. I'm like either one, 0:10:03.306 --> 0:10:06.746 let's do it. The guests that we've booked for this thing, 0:10:06.866 --> 0:10:09.146 it is a heavy, heavy hitter lineup. I love this. 0:10:09.546 --> 0:10:13.666 Brad Holmes, who I think has the most listens of 0:10:13.706 --> 0:10:15.946 this podcast. The general manager. He's going to be coming 0:10:15.986 --> 0:10:19.026 on and joining me. Chris Pielman, who is the special 0:10:19.066 --> 0:10:22.026 assistant to the President and the CEO and chairperson there now, 0:10:22.066 --> 0:10:25.146 but Lions legend and was also he was the analyst 0:10:25.186 --> 0:10:27.466 when I was a slideline reporter for years for Fox. 0:10:27.986 --> 0:10:30.386 Gary Danielson's going to be joining. He's the lead college 0:10:30.426 --> 0:10:33.546 football anals for CBS, obviously doing SEC and now Big Ten. 0:10:33.946 --> 0:10:36.226 He's a Lions quarterback for nine years. He's coming on. 0:10:36.706 --> 0:10:39.986 Glover Quinn, who is a long term safety Golden Tate. 0:10:39.986 --> 0:10:43.706 How about Jalen Rose University of Michigan, standout Detroit native, 0:10:44.226 --> 0:10:47.106 diehard Lions fan coming on. Here's what I love. Aaron 0:10:47.346 --> 0:10:50.746 kirk Gibson's coming on with me. Michigan state legend but 0:10:50.786 --> 0:10:54.346 also a Tiger's outfielder for years and was from Pontiac, Michigan, 0:10:54.346 --> 0:10:58.626 and all the old Darren McCarty, Red Wings right winger 0:10:58.706 --> 0:11:01.826 and four time Stanley Cup champion. I love that we're 0:11:01.826 --> 0:11:04.626 getting Darren McCarty on this thing. Dave Briquette, who's the 0:11:04.626 --> 0:11:07.026 Lions beat writer for the Detroit Free Pest forever and 0:11:07.066 --> 0:11:09.066 as a Pro Football Hall of Famer. My friend Stacy 0:11:09.226 --> 0:11:13.186 Dale's NFL Network reporter, and of course we know her 0:11:13.346 --> 0:11:16.226 history as a wonderful college basketball player and an All 0:11:16.266 --> 0:11:19.226 American and a WNBA player for years. I'm fired up. 0:11:19.266 --> 0:11:23.546 So who knows. It's seven o'clock on Detroit Lions dot Com. 0:11:24.426 --> 0:11:26.826 It's gonna be a sensation. It's Schragger Cast. It's what 0:11:26.826 --> 0:11:29.426 we do. It's basically this with a bunch of guests, 0:11:29.466 --> 0:11:32.306 and I'm studying the depth chart for the Lions. I 0:11:32.346 --> 0:11:34.546 swear I'm looking at the Lions depth chart. I don't 0:11:34.586 --> 0:11:36.266 know a lot of these guys, so there's a lot 0:11:36.306 --> 0:11:39.626 of chances for me to sound stupid. But Lions fans, 0:11:40.026 --> 0:11:42.106 if you enjoy this kind of banter and you enjoyed 0:11:42.106 --> 0:11:44.186 my interview with Brad Holmes, check it out. And if 0:11:44.226 --> 0:11:46.066 you're not a Lions fan and you're a Giants fan, 0:11:46.546 --> 0:11:49.226 or you're just a fan of this podcast and what 0:11:49.306 --> 0:11:51.026 we've got going in this kind of vibe, I would 0:11:51.026 --> 0:11:53.866 say check it out. Detroit Lions dot Com the alternate 0:11:54.506 --> 0:11:58.826 broadcast of the Giants Lions preseason opener for both teams. 0:11:59.146 --> 0:12:01.986 I know it's tough because they don't always not everyone 0:12:02.026 --> 0:12:04.346 plays a ton, but do you have any player in 0:12:04.346 --> 0:12:08.066 particular on the Lions roster you see on Friday. 0:12:07.946 --> 0:12:09.866 I want to see if Gibbs plays, right, that was 0:12:09.906 --> 0:12:13.266 the guy that yeah, yeah, that just loved him. Yeah yeah, 0:12:13.346 --> 0:12:15.866 Holmes loved him. He's a top fifteen pick. 0:12:16.386 --> 0:12:16.586 You know. 0:12:17.146 --> 0:12:19.306 Then there's other stories because like I've been doing my 0:12:19.346 --> 0:12:22.306 research and I've fallen in love with a wide receiver 0:12:22.346 --> 0:12:23.666 who I think my play a lout in the second 0:12:23.666 --> 0:12:27.026 half named Dylan Drummond. Drummond story is cool, Aaron, real 0:12:27.106 --> 0:12:28.506 quick before we get to our guests here, it is. 0:12:28.546 --> 0:12:31.786 You'll like this, all right. Never was all conference in 0:12:31.906 --> 0:12:36.226 anything at Eastern Michigan in the MAC. He was like 0:12:36.266 --> 0:12:39.786 this under the radar. Guy doesn't get the comm bye, 0:12:39.826 --> 0:12:43.306 nothing like draft weekend. He's golfing the entire time, doesn't 0:12:43.306 --> 0:12:45.346 even pick up his phones. He knows he's not getting drafted. 0:12:45.346 --> 0:12:47.266 He's a wide receiver. But usually when you don't get 0:12:47.306 --> 0:12:49.866 drafted and you're a good player in college football, you'll 0:12:50.026 --> 0:12:52.186 you'll try to get signed as an undrafted free agent. 0:12:52.226 --> 0:12:53.826 Like in the hours after the draft. There's probably like 0:12:53.826 --> 0:12:56.226 a couple hundred guys that happens to, where all the 0:12:56.266 --> 0:12:57.706 teams are like, all right, we're gonna have ten extra 0:12:57.746 --> 0:12:59.706 guys that we signed as undrafted free agents, so we're 0:12:59.706 --> 0:13:00.946 going to have him on the roster and they're going 0:13:01.026 --> 0:13:02.786 to fight for a spot. He wasn't one of them. 0:13:02.946 --> 0:13:04.826 So take the three hundred guys who get drafted, the 0:13:04.866 --> 0:13:07.106 two hundred guys who get undrafted free and signings, that's 0:13:07.106 --> 0:13:09.306 five hundred guys. He's not one of them. They have 0:13:09.386 --> 0:13:16.026 a rookie mini camp tryout in the spring and he 0:13:16.146 --> 0:13:18.866 shows up and he's you know, ipsil Ante is where 0:13:18.906 --> 0:13:21.746 Eastern Michigan was. He shows up, plays well, three days 0:13:21.986 --> 0:13:23.586 and he's about to leave and he's like, I guess 0:13:23.586 --> 0:13:25.906 that was that doesn't hear anything, gets a call and 0:13:25.946 --> 0:13:28.386 they're like, are you still in the Building's hegether? They're like, 0:13:28.386 --> 0:13:30.266 we'd like to sign you to a rookie contract just 0:13:30.306 --> 0:13:33.666 to come to training camp. And so Dylan goes and 0:13:33.906 --> 0:13:36.226 signs it. And to a man, I'm not trying to 0:13:36.266 --> 0:13:37.706 hype him up all too much. I don't even know 0:13:37.706 --> 0:13:39.866 if he makes the team, but everyone that I speak 0:13:39.906 --> 0:13:41.826 to in Detroit is like, Dylan Drummond is crushing it, 0:13:41.906 --> 0:13:44.266 like he is having a great camp. So I am 0:13:44.306 --> 0:13:48.826 excited to see that guy, Dylan Drummond jersey number eighty 0:13:48.866 --> 0:13:51.386 three for the Detroit Lions. I assure you no other 0:13:51.466 --> 0:13:55.066 podcasts and the world is talking about Dylan Drummond right 0:13:55.106 --> 0:13:58.826 now in the second week of August. Awesome. 0:13:58.906 --> 0:14:00.426 Nice, Well, I'm excited to watch him now. 0:14:00.866 --> 0:14:05.946 Yeah, and watch Thedetroit Lions dot Com broadcast. Plenty of 0:14:05.986 --> 0:14:08.106 other stuff going on. We'll hit it throughout the next 0:14:08.106 --> 0:14:11.106 couple of weeks, but all your teams are on this weekend. 0:14:11.506 --> 0:14:14.626 Enjoy it. It also means it's the end of NFL 0:14:14.666 --> 0:14:18.026 Network sending people all over to camps and having them 0:14:18.066 --> 0:14:21.226 in their polo shirts and the director's chair and interviewing 0:14:21.226 --> 0:14:23.226 the players and getting great soundbites. It's been fun. My 0:14:23.266 --> 0:14:25.346 funniest video of the week that I loved was Scott 0:14:25.386 --> 0:14:30.706 Hansen from NFL Red Zone. Hi Scott Hanson. Here Scott 0:14:30.746 --> 0:14:35.386 Hansen going into the Jaguars facilities men's bathroom and being 0:14:35.706 --> 0:14:40.066 so impressed by the technology that they have that grades 0:14:40.106 --> 0:14:43.826 your hydration. Essentially you deposit yourself Like he was using 0:14:43.826 --> 0:14:46.866 crazy words. He was explaining it on this video about 0:14:46.906 --> 0:14:48.786 beeing into the urinal and the urinal tells you if 0:14:48.786 --> 0:14:51.106 your hydration levels are correct, and he's like, if it's 0:14:51.106 --> 0:14:53.546 in the red, you gotta go see a trainer immediately. 0:14:53.866 --> 0:14:54.986 You're about to see. 0:14:54.826 --> 0:14:59.386 The most advanced urinals in all of professional sports. 0:15:00.026 --> 0:15:01.986 Jacksonville Jaguars Headquarters. 0:15:02.266 --> 0:15:08.706 All right, that's a censor that will measure your hydration level. 0:15:10.546 --> 0:15:14.626 If the light turns green when you go, you're good that. 0:15:15.146 --> 0:15:17.546 If it's yellow, you need to high drate some more. 0:15:17.986 --> 0:15:21.906 If it's red, you're probably gonna get a notice from 0:15:21.906 --> 0:15:23.066 the athletic trainers. 0:15:23.346 --> 0:15:25.426 Maybe have an IV. 0:15:26.466 --> 0:15:28.626 I'm like NFL Plus has all sorts of stuff, and 0:15:28.666 --> 0:15:32.266 I appreciate like analytics programs and and here's a game 0:15:32.306 --> 0:15:34.746 preview from this analyst. I might not click on any 0:15:34.746 --> 0:15:37.066 of that stuff if you told me there's a Scott 0:15:37.226 --> 0:15:42.186 Hansen weekly show where he goes to different NFL facilities 0:15:42.186 --> 0:15:44.466 and tries out the bathrooms and just tells us and 0:15:44.506 --> 0:15:46.866 does like a review as if he's like Dave Portnoy, 0:15:47.026 --> 0:15:48.986 you know, I think Jamie heard all said it great. 0:15:49.066 --> 0:15:52.946 She was like, you know, one flush like instead of 0:15:52.986 --> 0:15:54.866 one bite, like you know the rest of the rules. 0:15:54.906 --> 0:15:56.466 You know, I would be in on it. And then 0:15:56.506 --> 0:15:59.586 a twitter you know, person not twot at our show 0:15:59.586 --> 0:16:02.106 because we had Hanson talking about this urinal and like 0:16:02.106 --> 0:16:05.906 this incredible urinal this second, like this like ai urinal 0:16:05.946 --> 0:16:09.906 tells you about a Twitter person you know, hit up 0:16:09.906 --> 0:16:11.746 the show and was like it was like, you know, 0:16:11.906 --> 0:16:14.786 it's actually not a terrible idea. Hanson in one stall, 0:16:15.506 --> 0:16:18.346 a guess in another stall. You just have you know, 0:16:18.426 --> 0:16:20.546 the two of these guys with behind closed stall. We 0:16:20.546 --> 0:16:22.506 don't see their faces, we hear their voices, we hear 0:16:22.506 --> 0:16:24.386 whatever else action they've got going on. And it's a 0:16:24.386 --> 0:16:26.466 full interview show. It Scott Hansen from a bathroom in 0:16:26.506 --> 0:16:29.746 a facility NFL plus guys, I can't just give these 0:16:29.786 --> 0:16:31.706 ideas away for free. There's got to be an apartment 0:16:31.706 --> 0:16:34.266 there that's working on these. This is gold, take it 0:16:34.306 --> 0:16:36.026 and do what you want with it. And with that 0:16:36.346 --> 0:16:39.386 we get to our guest. I really love this dude. 0:16:39.466 --> 0:16:58.306 We'll get them on right after this. Our next guest 0:16:58.386 --> 0:17:00.546 is the man making the key decisions in the front 0:17:00.586 --> 0:17:02.386 office for one of the NFL's best teams over the 0:17:02.426 --> 0:17:05.586 last several years. They're a Super Bowl contender year and 0:17:05.666 --> 0:17:07.386 year out, and they're a lot of people are taken 0:17:07.466 --> 0:17:10.546 this year and right now we are on the eve 0:17:10.866 --> 0:17:13.306 of the start of the preseason slate, so it was 0:17:13.346 --> 0:17:15.866 a good time as they wrap up their training camp 0:17:15.906 --> 0:17:19.266 trip out to Rochester to bring on our guy GM 0:17:19.386 --> 0:17:22.586 of the Buffalo Bills, Mister Brandon, Bean Brandon, what's up man? 0:17:22.826 --> 0:17:23.746 How you doing? Buddy? 0:17:24.386 --> 0:17:24.986 Doing great? 0:17:25.186 --> 0:17:27.626 Appreciate you having me all like always, Buddy. 0:17:27.666 --> 0:17:29.666 I love having you on. I think you're the first 0:17:29.786 --> 0:17:32.706 recurring guest in the history of this podcast. We've had 0:17:33.346 --> 0:17:36.266 lots of coaches, lots of coordinators, lots of gms, but 0:17:36.306 --> 0:17:38.186 you're the first guy I've ever asked to come back 0:17:38.226 --> 0:17:41.226 on because I loved how much fun we had on 0:17:41.266 --> 0:17:43.466 the first one, and now you're here for the second one, 0:17:43.586 --> 0:17:47.186 and let's dive right in. At this point in training camp, 0:17:47.306 --> 0:17:49.746 when it's beyond hey, everybody, let's unpack our bags, when 0:17:49.746 --> 0:17:51.626 you're not sleeping in your own bed and you're now 0:17:51.706 --> 0:17:54.506 onto week two, is it one of those where it's like, Okay, 0:17:54.506 --> 0:17:57.226 we're good, like we're set, let's get the season going. 0:17:57.346 --> 0:17:58.826 Or is it you wish he had a couple more 0:17:58.866 --> 0:18:00.426 days to kind of work out the kinks. 0:18:00.746 --> 0:18:03.026 Yeah, I mean, I enjoy training camp. I enjoyed up 0:18:03.026 --> 0:18:06.026 here in Rochester. It's a great setup here Saint John Fisher. 0:18:07.026 --> 0:18:09.306 It's you know, every team is its own team. You 0:18:09.346 --> 0:18:12.266 have a lot of the same players, but every team 0:18:12.306 --> 0:18:16.226 forms its own bond. And uh those teams that bond together. 0:18:16.266 --> 0:18:18.706 I go back to the teams that we had success 0:18:18.746 --> 0:18:21.586 on in Carolina, the team that we had that made 0:18:21.626 --> 0:18:23.626 it to the AFC Championship a couple of years ago. Like, 0:18:23.706 --> 0:18:28.066 those guys genuinely loved being around each other. Uh, it's 0:18:28.066 --> 0:18:30.426 we all know, it's not always the most talented team. 0:18:30.466 --> 0:18:33.626 It's it's the best team because you're gonna have adversity. 0:18:34.106 --> 0:18:36.506 Obviously we faced our fair share of that last season. 0:18:36.546 --> 0:18:39.226 And and so this is kind of where that bond 0:18:39.266 --> 0:18:39.946 really starts. 0:18:39.986 --> 0:18:42.706 At camp away, you're just kind of on your own. 0:18:42.746 --> 0:18:45.626 You're in drm rooms, you're you're hanging out the cafeteria, 0:18:45.666 --> 0:18:47.866 whatever it is. So I enjoy it, but it is 0:18:47.906 --> 0:18:50.306 getting to the point where, uh, you know, I know 0:18:50.346 --> 0:18:52.306 the guys are starting to get tired of hitting each other, 0:18:52.586 --> 0:18:55.146 and so they're ready to hit someone else. And uh 0:18:55.186 --> 0:18:57.986 so and plus from my standpoint, I know that the 0:18:58.346 --> 0:19:02.146 pass rushers know Dion Dawkins move or Spencer Brown's move 0:19:02.226 --> 0:19:03.146 or vice versa. 0:19:03.506 --> 0:19:05.546 Let me see them get some you know, some fresh 0:19:05.586 --> 0:19:09.026 meet and how how they you? You know from that standpoint, Yeah. 0:19:08.866 --> 0:19:10.506 You guys are one of the few teams left that 0:19:10.586 --> 0:19:13.266 actually travels for training camp. Obviously the Cowboys and we 0:19:13.306 --> 0:19:15.706 can name a few. The advantage of going to like 0:19:15.866 --> 0:19:20.306 a college campus and being Josh Allen and von Miller 0:19:20.346 --> 0:19:21.786 needs to be in dorms for two weeks. Like the 0:19:21.826 --> 0:19:23.666 advantage of that though, give me the give me the 0:19:23.666 --> 0:19:25.746 plus four it because I remember covering the Giants when 0:19:25.866 --> 0:19:28.306 all the big fellows are argue just it was over. 0:19:28.466 --> 0:19:30.626 It's all Beny, the beds are too small, and they're like, 0:19:30.666 --> 0:19:32.746 this is just We're just we're veterans making millions of dollars. 0:19:32.786 --> 0:19:35.186 What are we doing? What are these What are the 0:19:35.186 --> 0:19:37.746 advantages of going off campus and off site and really 0:19:37.866 --> 0:19:39.186 having that bonding experience. 0:19:39.706 --> 0:19:42.186 Yeah, I mean I think our football ops, guys, Brendan 0:19:42.266 --> 0:19:44.946 Rugs are DFO. I think they do a great job 0:19:45.226 --> 0:19:48.866 of getting bigger beds in here they find so the 0:19:48.946 --> 0:19:52.506 guys aren't sleeping in true dorm beds like you think 0:19:52.506 --> 0:19:55.546