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Speaker 1: this Monday. It's a good monday, probably your best Monday

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Speaker 1: For the players and their agents. Yeah, I mean my

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Speaker 1: distancing and everything. So we look forward to getting you

427
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Speaker 1: back in the building and hopefully at some point in

428
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Speaker 1: time we'll get to meet your face to face and

429
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Speaker 1: all this COVID stuff will be over with. That's cool, man,

430
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Speaker 1: I think, thank you all right, Daryl Williams another three

431
00:23:05,280 --> 00:23:09,639
Speaker 1: seasons at the right tackle spot, and uh certainly a

432
00:23:09,800 --> 00:23:13,360
Speaker 1: high priority as evidenced by the Bills getting the work

433
00:23:13,400 --> 00:23:14,920
Speaker 1: they needed to get done to get him back in

434
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Speaker 1: the fold. But glad to have him on and kind

435
00:23:17,160 --> 00:23:18,600
Speaker 1: of share him with you the fans so you could

436
00:23:18,600 --> 00:23:21,240
Speaker 1: hear from him. He's just a gregarious guy, you know,

437
00:23:21,359 --> 00:23:25,880
Speaker 1: just just real laid back, gregarious kind of dude. Typical

438
00:23:26,080 --> 00:23:28,000
Speaker 1: I say, but he's a typical right tackle. He's I

439
00:23:28,040 --> 00:23:31,720
Speaker 1: don't know, man, Just like they called it, I just

440
00:23:31,760 --> 00:23:35,080
Speaker 1: run to play. But I always think like there's got

441
00:23:35,080 --> 00:23:38,160
Speaker 1: to be an element of them. I'm not saying they're

442
00:23:38,200 --> 00:23:40,600
Speaker 1: gonna they want to tell the coach what to call,

443
00:23:40,720 --> 00:23:43,480
Speaker 1: but I think there is. I mean, Brian Dable, it's

444
00:23:43,560 --> 00:23:46,480
Speaker 1: very clear there's this open door policy there that if

445
00:23:46,480 --> 00:23:49,960
Speaker 1: you have a good idea, he'll listen to it. Like sure,

446
00:23:50,160 --> 00:23:53,159
Speaker 1: I remember Cole Beasley when we were down watching the

447
00:23:53,240 --> 00:23:56,679
Speaker 1: joint practices in South Carolina two years ago when they

448
00:23:56,680 --> 00:23:59,080
Speaker 1: were playing against the Panthers and Daryl Williams was there.

449
00:23:59,280 --> 00:24:03,880
Speaker 1: As a matter of fact, Cole saw something and he said, hey, look,

450
00:24:04,359 --> 00:24:06,720
Speaker 1: this is a play that we ran back at SMU.

451
00:24:07,600 --> 00:24:10,120
Speaker 1: I think it can work. Like just based on how

452
00:24:10,200 --> 00:24:12,520
Speaker 1: Josh sees me and my breaks and what I think

453
00:24:12,520 --> 00:24:14,680
Speaker 1: this play can work for us. What do you think

454
00:24:14,720 --> 00:24:17,080
Speaker 1: He's like, let's put it in. He goes, we'll try

455
00:24:17,119 --> 00:24:19,639
Speaker 1: it while we're here against Carolina, Like, we'll go against

456
00:24:19,640 --> 00:24:22,200
Speaker 1: the real defense that doesn't know what's coming. Let's see

457
00:24:22,200 --> 00:24:25,440
Speaker 1: if it works. And it worked twice in the two

458
00:24:25,520 --> 00:24:28,840
Speaker 1: days that they ran practices. Dabo puts it into playbook.

459
00:24:29,000 --> 00:24:31,040
Speaker 1: It's in the playbook a week later and they run

460
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Speaker 1: it in the season. Yeah. So I'm just I don't know.

461
00:24:35,400 --> 00:24:38,760
Speaker 1: Maybe offensive lineman don't have that same kind of voice

462
00:24:38,800 --> 00:24:42,000
Speaker 1: that receivers do. Probably not. They just don't opt their

463
00:24:42,000 --> 00:24:45,960
Speaker 1: brain doesn't function that way necessarily. But at the same time,

464
00:24:46,040 --> 00:24:48,640
Speaker 1: I'm thinking, if you're a lineman and you're like, yo, man,

465
00:24:48,760 --> 00:24:51,480
Speaker 1: I can take this guy. Let's just go straight ahead,

466
00:24:51,560 --> 00:24:53,119
Speaker 1: and you know what I mean, we can drive these

467
00:24:53,160 --> 00:24:55,399
Speaker 1: guys off the line this week. Let's just go straight

468
00:24:55,400 --> 00:24:57,639
Speaker 1: ahead and pound the tar out of him. I gotta

469
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Speaker 1: believe that's in the bones of an offensive line. And

470
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Speaker 1: I say this too. That's why I asked it. I

471
00:25:02,000 --> 00:25:03,639
Speaker 1: was in the game. Where was it? I think it

472
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Speaker 1: was the Chief Maybe it is the Colts game or

473
00:25:05,520 --> 00:25:09,240
Speaker 1: the the or the Ravens game in the playoffs where

474
00:25:09,240 --> 00:25:10,840
Speaker 1: they ran the ball and ran it really well just

475
00:25:10,840 --> 00:25:12,360
Speaker 1: after half time. I think it was the Ravens game.

476
00:25:12,760 --> 00:25:15,520
Speaker 1: John Felice gone up. John Feliciano got up and was

477
00:25:15,640 --> 00:25:18,159
Speaker 1: fist pumping and going like yeah, that is to me

478
00:25:18,520 --> 00:25:21,200
Speaker 1: body language for like, let's run it again. Day ball

479
00:25:21,280 --> 00:25:23,600
Speaker 1: up in the boots say listen, let's go. Yeah, let's

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00:25:23,600 --> 00:25:25,520
Speaker 1: give it. Because he can't talk and he sees that.

481
00:25:25,520 --> 00:25:27,359
Speaker 1: That's that's why he likes sitting up there because he

482
00:25:27,400 --> 00:25:29,440
Speaker 1: can see all you can see that, and that's John

483
00:25:29,440 --> 00:25:32,160
Speaker 1: Feliciano given him some body language in the boost saying

484
00:25:32,280 --> 00:25:36,080
Speaker 1: let's go, let's do that again. And you do that

485
00:25:36,160 --> 00:25:39,440
Speaker 1: as a player, you send messages to the coach or

486
00:25:39,480 --> 00:25:41,399
Speaker 1: whatever on the sidelines that hey, you know, or you

487
00:25:41,400 --> 00:25:43,960
Speaker 1: talk to your quarterback or whatever, hoping he's got a

488
00:25:44,040 --> 00:25:46,400
Speaker 1: handle on it. So, yeah, there's all kinds of communication

489
00:25:46,480 --> 00:25:48,240
Speaker 1: that goes on. Some guys have a voice and some

490
00:25:48,280 --> 00:25:52,240
Speaker 1: guys use it, and not all of them did. Darryl

491
00:25:52,280 --> 00:25:55,600
Speaker 1: Williams just in that answer that he gave me sounds

492
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Speaker 1: like more of the good soldier kind of guys. Just

493
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Speaker 1: tell him over running and I'll make it work, you know.

494
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Speaker 1: And I I totally respect that. I was just curious.

495
00:26:01,960 --> 00:26:05,439
Speaker 1: I wasn't trying to stir anything up. I was just

496
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Speaker 1: I was curious if there's dialogue there during the week

497
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Speaker 1: and how it filters up to you know, coach table,

498
00:26:12,240 --> 00:26:14,360
Speaker 1: whether it comes straight from Coach Johnson. I'm sure Coach

499
00:26:14,400 --> 00:26:16,480
Speaker 1: Johnson has input during the course of the week. The

500
00:26:16,520 --> 00:26:19,639
Speaker 1: offensive staff sits down together and he can be like, Yo, Feliciano,

501
00:26:19,640 --> 00:26:21,360
Speaker 1: when Williams over here, they're gonna lay waste to those

502
00:26:21,359 --> 00:26:23,640
Speaker 1: guys over there. Let's run it to the right a lot.

503
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Speaker 1: If we're gonna run the ball, let's run it to

504
00:26:25,520 --> 00:26:26,560
Speaker 1: you know what I mean. So that kind of I

505
00:26:26,600 --> 00:26:28,400
Speaker 1: was just kind of curious how to give and take

506
00:26:28,440 --> 00:26:30,879
Speaker 1: works there, But good to get Darryl on the line

507
00:26:31,280 --> 00:26:35,359
Speaker 1: since we were talking with Buffalo's right tackle here on

508
00:26:35,359 --> 00:26:38,800
Speaker 1: One Bill's Live. There has been some free agent news.

509
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Speaker 1: It looks like Shaq Barrett is off the market going

510
00:26:43,040 --> 00:26:46,760
Speaker 1: back to Tampa. It's a four year deal worth seventy

511
00:26:46,800 --> 00:26:51,160
Speaker 1: two million dollars, includes thirty six million dollars fully guaranteed,

512
00:26:51,680 --> 00:26:54,120
Speaker 1: that according to his age and Drew Rosenhouse, who told

513
00:26:54,160 --> 00:26:58,320
Speaker 1: Adam Schefter that so a big deal for him, but

514
00:26:58,359 --> 00:27:05,200
Speaker 1: not gigantic, not seismic um. And I think we kind

515
00:27:05,200 --> 00:27:08,440
Speaker 1: of feel the same way about the contracts signed here

516
00:27:08,840 --> 00:27:13,800
Speaker 1: by you know, Darry Williams and John Feliciano. Certainly fair deals,

517
00:27:14,280 --> 00:27:17,440
Speaker 1: but not like, oh my god, break the bank, blockbuster.

518
00:27:17,680 --> 00:27:20,080
Speaker 1: I think money, and I think this is what we're

519
00:27:20,080 --> 00:27:23,000
Speaker 1: gonna see to a large degree from talking to Darry Williams,

520
00:27:23,040 --> 00:27:24,800
Speaker 1: just a minute ago and asking him about what the

521
00:27:24,880 --> 00:27:26,960
Speaker 1: vibe was like out there. I think it's pretty fearful

522
00:27:26,960 --> 00:27:30,800
Speaker 1: for players. I think, um, more players are acting like

523
00:27:30,800 --> 00:27:32,760
Speaker 1: like I did when I was, you know, a Plan

524
00:27:32,880 --> 00:27:37,640
Speaker 1: B free agent. Um, you kind of feel like you're

525
00:27:37,640 --> 00:27:39,760
Speaker 1: not like in a position of leverage. You feel like

526
00:27:39,800 --> 00:27:41,879
Speaker 1: you're out of work. You just got fired and you're

527
00:27:41,920 --> 00:27:45,680
Speaker 1: looking for a job basically. Yeah. I mean he's there's

528
00:27:45,680 --> 00:27:47,480
Speaker 1: a teen million a year, Steve. Yeah, I think you're

529
00:27:47,520 --> 00:27:50,000
Speaker 1: thinking upwards a twenty for that guy, right, So I

530
00:27:50,000 --> 00:27:52,120
Speaker 1: think there's a there's a little bit of hesitancy out

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Speaker 1: there for guys thinking this may be as good as

532
00:27:55,080 --> 00:27:57,600
Speaker 1: I can get this year. Um, maybe we can keep

533
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Speaker 1: the deal short and I can come back. But even so,

534
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Speaker 1: if they're willing to guarantee me a lot of money,

535
00:28:03,080 --> 00:28:06,920
Speaker 1: I gotta take this deal now. Because the free agent market,

536
00:28:07,480 --> 00:28:08,960
Speaker 1: one of these other guys are going to come in

537
00:28:09,040 --> 00:28:11,800
Speaker 1: for like half the money I want, and they're gonna

538
00:28:11,800 --> 00:28:13,480
Speaker 1: be satisfied with him, and I'm gonna you know, the

539
00:28:13,720 --> 00:28:16,199
Speaker 1: market's dried up. So I think there's a little bit

540
00:28:16,240 --> 00:28:18,720
Speaker 1: of that going on in the free agent market and

541
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Speaker 1: the mentality the players and their agents. You better get

542
00:28:20,800 --> 00:28:22,240
Speaker 1: a deal. Why you can get it, because there's just

543
00:28:22,280 --> 00:28:24,880
Speaker 1: not enough money to go around now. So we had

544
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Speaker 1: Darryl Williams on in the first hour of the show.

545
00:28:27,040 --> 00:28:30,480
Speaker 1: Here we'll have John Feliciano in the second hour. First

546
00:28:30,560 --> 00:28:33,040
Speaker 1: is press conference coming your way in the second hour

547
00:28:33,080 --> 00:28:34,879
Speaker 1: of the show, so be sure to stay tuned for that,

548
00:28:34,920 --> 00:28:36,200
Speaker 1: And then he's gonna hop on with us for a

549
00:28:36,240 --> 00:28:38,840
Speaker 1: little bit. We won't keep him long after answering questions

550
00:28:38,840 --> 00:28:40,920
Speaker 1: for fifteen minutes. We just want to check in with

551
00:28:41,000 --> 00:28:43,760
Speaker 1: him in case anything we want answers to is and asked.

552
00:28:44,320 --> 00:28:47,640
Speaker 1: We'll try to ask those for you, the Bills fan,

553
00:28:47,760 --> 00:28:49,360
Speaker 1: when we get him on in the second hour of

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00:28:49,400 --> 00:28:53,920
Speaker 1: the program. So legal tampering period officially underway. Now. Free

555
00:28:53,920 --> 00:28:58,920
Speaker 1: agency in its more known form opens at four pm

556
00:28:59,040 --> 00:29:03,480
Speaker 1: on Wednesday, and the Bill's most important free agents are

557
00:29:03,600 --> 00:29:05,960
Speaker 1: back on the roster. I guess that's the that's the

558
00:29:06,040 --> 00:29:09,640
Speaker 1: number one takeaway from this weekend, you know, with darry

559
00:29:09,720 --> 00:29:15,080
Speaker 1: Williams signing and then John Feliciano signing yesterday, so big

560
00:29:15,120 --> 00:29:19,760
Speaker 1: news for the Bill's offensive line. So that begs the question, now, Steve,

561
00:29:20,520 --> 00:29:24,240
Speaker 1: what should be the Bill's priority in free agency? That

562
00:29:24,360 --> 00:29:26,720
Speaker 1: is the question we pose to you as well on

563
00:29:26,760 --> 00:29:29,120
Speaker 1: the Twitter poll today, and we'll get to the tweet

564
00:29:29,160 --> 00:29:31,800
Speaker 1: sheet in short order. But Steve, where do you stand

565
00:29:31,800 --> 00:29:33,840
Speaker 1: on that? Because I know you were banging the drum

566
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Speaker 1: for the offensive line. Two giant pieces are back in

567
00:29:38,880 --> 00:29:41,280
Speaker 1: the fold now from last year's roster. So does the

568
00:29:41,280 --> 00:29:45,160
Speaker 1: priority change for you or is it still offensive line?

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Speaker 1: Urgency changes? Yeah, the urgency changes. Okay, the urgency changes.

570
00:29:49,080 --> 00:29:51,040
Speaker 1: Certainly they can go into the season with these guys

571
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Speaker 1: in this group. But I still think I'd at thirty,

572
00:29:53,920 --> 00:29:57,080
Speaker 1: I'd get the best guy available offensive lineman, I get

573
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Speaker 1: the best guy available. Yeah, I wouldn't mind that, and

574
00:29:59,760 --> 00:30:02,080
Speaker 1: then you know, go from there. I still think it's

575
00:30:02,120 --> 00:30:05,280
Speaker 1: the it's the lifebloody or offense, and the better you

576
00:30:05,320 --> 00:30:08,920
Speaker 1: make it, the more dominant you make it, the more

577
00:30:09,200 --> 00:30:12,200
Speaker 1: the closer you're gonna get to be scored thirty points

578
00:30:12,200 --> 00:30:14,400
Speaker 1: a game next year again. And if you can score

579
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Speaker 1: thirty points a game, you're gonna have a shot. Yeah,

580
00:30:16,280 --> 00:30:19,080
Speaker 1: getting deep. I'm kind of with Darryl though, Like there's

581
00:30:19,080 --> 00:30:20,880
Speaker 1: a part of me that thinks, did that line ever

582
00:30:20,920 --> 00:30:23,360
Speaker 1: really get a shot? You know, the five that they

583
00:30:23,400 --> 00:30:25,400
Speaker 1: wanted out there? Did. They didn't really get a crack

584
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Speaker 1: at it. I mean, it's certainly going to be beneficial

585
00:30:28,880 --> 00:30:32,440
Speaker 1: next year that Feliciano and Williams got five games together

586
00:30:32,480 --> 00:30:35,320
Speaker 1: on the right side of that line, and you heard Darryl.

587
00:30:35,360 --> 00:30:36,840
Speaker 1: He was saying, you know, I kind of felt like

588
00:30:36,840 --> 00:30:39,560
Speaker 1: we were getting some traction there and then the season ended.

589
00:30:40,640 --> 00:30:43,400
Speaker 1: But by all means, those two guys can use that

590
00:30:43,440 --> 00:30:45,680
Speaker 1: as a springboard going into twenty twenty one, just that

591
00:30:45,760 --> 00:30:48,520
Speaker 1: time on the field together. And then the left side

592
00:30:49,280 --> 00:30:52,640
Speaker 1: Cody got about half a season with Dion at left guard,

593
00:30:53,360 --> 00:30:55,320
Speaker 1: and then you know, had the season ending injury, so

594
00:30:55,400 --> 00:30:57,720
Speaker 1: there's time on the job there too. But as a

595
00:30:57,800 --> 00:31:04,400
Speaker 1: complete quintet, he snaps right. And I have to believe

596
00:31:04,440 --> 00:31:07,200
Speaker 1: based on the actions of this front office, they think

597
00:31:07,240 --> 00:31:10,760
Speaker 1: this group can be better just by being healthy, just

598
00:31:10,800 --> 00:31:14,480
Speaker 1: by actually playing together, playing to you right, um, as

599
00:31:14,560 --> 00:31:17,960
Speaker 1: a as a total group, not just a bit. You know,

600
00:31:18,040 --> 00:31:20,480
Speaker 1: you got forty percent over here playing for half the season.

601
00:31:20,680 --> 00:31:23,000
Speaker 1: You got forty percent over here playing for five games.

602
00:31:23,440 --> 00:31:25,880
Speaker 1: You know, the center is out for a game. That's

603
00:31:25,880 --> 00:31:29,360
Speaker 1: pretty amazing because it was it was patched together. We

604
00:31:29,520 --> 00:31:31,480
Speaker 1: talked about it a lot during the broadcast of the

605
00:31:31,520 --> 00:31:35,360
Speaker 1: games during the season is that. You know, Feliciano wasn't

606
00:31:35,360 --> 00:31:39,920
Speaker 1: even out there until week was eight, week eight or nine. Yeah, Um,

607
00:31:40,400 --> 00:31:42,040
Speaker 1: he finally got out there. They were out there. He

608
00:31:42,080 --> 00:31:45,400
Speaker 1: was out there for literally three snaps, and that's when

609
00:31:45,680 --> 00:31:49,320
Speaker 1: Mitch Morris got his concussion. Yeah, he got his concussions concussion.

610
00:31:49,440 --> 00:31:51,840
Speaker 1: Then Feliciano, after three snaps at the position he was

611
00:31:51,880 --> 00:31:54,959
Speaker 1: supposed to play, moves down to center and Winners comes in.

612
00:31:55,320 --> 00:32:02,800
Speaker 1: So then Winners comes in, and then Ford gets hurt,

613
00:32:04,760 --> 00:32:09,400
Speaker 1: Mitch comes back, Feliciano goes to left guard, and they

614
00:32:09,480 --> 00:32:14,000
Speaker 1: leave Winners in there, and then they switched Winners out,

615
00:32:14,080 --> 00:32:16,520
Speaker 1: put Ike Butker in at left guard, moved Feliciano back

616
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Speaker 1: to the right side. And this was like week twelve, thirteen, fourteen, fifteen,

617
00:32:21,200 --> 00:32:23,640
Speaker 1: and so they finally get all that done after and

618
00:32:23,680 --> 00:32:26,000
Speaker 1: it was just like that for the first ten weeks

619
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Speaker 1: of the season. Two was Winners, Butcher Ford and Feliciano

620
00:32:31,120 --> 00:32:34,280
Speaker 1: was out of the mix. Yeah. Unbelievable. Yeah, and we'll

621
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Speaker 1: talk about this more because we do have to take

622
00:32:35,840 --> 00:32:40,400
Speaker 1: a break. But you know, darn well, like offensive line

623
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Speaker 1: coach Bobby Johnson went through with a fine tooth Comb,

624
00:32:42,960 --> 00:32:45,920
Speaker 1: so did Brian Dable every single snap, evaluating each one

625
00:32:45,960 --> 00:32:50,400
Speaker 1: of his guys, and it based on these guys being

626
00:32:50,440 --> 00:32:55,080
Speaker 1: resigned to me anyway, it's an indication that we just

627
00:32:55,120 --> 00:32:57,480
Speaker 1: got to be healthy and will be better. Yeah, that's

628
00:32:57,520 --> 00:32:59,440
Speaker 1: not to say they're not going to make any more additions.

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Speaker 1: I mean, I book Ikebucker is a restricted free agent.

630
00:33:02,240 --> 00:33:04,600
Speaker 1: Whether they've tendered to him a qualifying offer will find

631
00:33:04,600 --> 00:33:06,400
Speaker 1: out in the coming days because the deadline to do

632
00:33:06,440 --> 00:33:08,600
Speaker 1: that is Wednesday at four pm. Otherwise he becomes an

633
00:33:08,640 --> 00:33:13,520
Speaker 1: unrestricted free agent. And then you have Tie and Secki,

634
00:33:13,600 --> 00:33:16,280
Speaker 1: who I think at age thirty five, odds are he's

635
00:33:16,360 --> 00:33:18,760
Speaker 1: not going to be back, and so then that might

636
00:33:18,840 --> 00:33:22,640
Speaker 1: open up a position to address in terms of swing tackle,

637
00:33:22,880 --> 00:33:25,240
Speaker 1: which could easily be acquired in the draft, as Steve

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Speaker 1: already outlined as a preference for him, among other things.

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Speaker 1: So we'll take a break here, but we're going to

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Speaker 1: continue that discussion and then see where your comments on

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Speaker 1: the tweet sheet take the discussion from there. What should

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Speaker 1: be the Bills priority in free agency now that they

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Speaker 1: have Milano, Feliciano, and Daryl Williams all back in the fold.

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Speaker 1: Give us a call eight oh three five fifty one,

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Speaker 1: eight and eight five fifty two, five fifty open line

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Speaker 1: for you there to weigh in on this. Back in

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Speaker 1: a moment here Chris Brown, Steve Tasker, one Bills Live

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Speaker 1: on a Monday, Buffalo Bills Radio. Back in a set

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Speaker 1: starting back to one Bills by Chris Brown Steve Jasker

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00:34:13,440 --> 00:34:17,680
Speaker 1: here on a Monday. The NFL legals tampering window is open,

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Speaker 1: and there are some signings here in the early going.

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Speaker 1: We already mentioned Shack Barrett going back to Tampa Bay

653
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Speaker 1: to the tune of seventy two million dollars over four years.

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Speaker 1: That's counting the escalators. Without those escalators, it averages out

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Speaker 1: to seventeen million a year for probably the top pass

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Speaker 1: rusher on the market. I would have thought he'd get twenty,

657
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Speaker 1: but in this normal year he would And yeah, but

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Speaker 1: this is not a normal year as we know. And

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Speaker 1: it was just reported by Adam Schefter that former Jets

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Speaker 1: offensive lineman Pat elf Line, who was picked up after

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Speaker 1: he was waived by the Vikings more than halfway through

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Speaker 1: the season last year, is signing with Carolina three year deal.

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Speaker 1: We're thirteen and a half million, six million guaranteed. He's

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Speaker 1: predominantly a center, has played a little bit of guard.

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Speaker 1: But that's a good get for Carolina at a relatively

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Speaker 1: reasonable price. So in the early going here the money

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Speaker 1: is not topping out at the top end of the

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Speaker 1: positions of the players who are signing. And another one

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Speaker 1: is Romeo Aquara, the defensive end for the Detroit Lions.

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Speaker 1: Some thought that they would franchise him, they chose not

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Speaker 1: to got him on a three year, thirty nine million

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Speaker 1: dollar deal coming off a ten sacks season. A twenty

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Speaker 1: six year old gets a thirteen million per contract. It's

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Speaker 1: a pretty good deal for the day. It's a great

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Speaker 1: deal for the Lions. Yeah, I think what we're seeing

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Speaker 1: is something that we hadn't really thought too much about.

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Speaker 1: We just thought that there were gonna be teams out there,

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Speaker 1: and they were they would be able to get the

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Speaker 1: guys they want. Now, certainly these deals are not free

680
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Speaker 1: agent deals, None of them are. These are all players

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00:35:52,719 --> 00:35:55,360
Speaker 1: choosing not to go to free agents, except for Elflyne,

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Speaker 1: who's going to Carolina from the Jet Except for yeah, this, Yes,

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Speaker 1: most these guys are that we're talking about, you know,

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Speaker 1: Shack Barrett and Aquara and these guys are resigning with

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Speaker 1: their own teams, so they're, you know, they're kind of

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Speaker 1: doing what Feliciano and Darryl Williams and Rat Milano did.

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Speaker 1: We haven't hit free agency yet, but I still think

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Speaker 1: I'm getting the inkling and an inkling that a lot

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Speaker 1: of guys just gonna go, what have I got in

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Speaker 1: my hand that I know I'm gonna have? Yeah, and

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00:36:27,719 --> 00:36:30,080
Speaker 1: not only that, Steve, let's think about this. We just

692
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Speaker 1: talked about it with Darryl Williams. OTAs very good chance

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Speaker 1: they're gonna be virtual again. Oh yeah. And that's another

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Speaker 1: topic that we can get into at some point today

695
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Speaker 1: because the league right now is biding its time with

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Speaker 1: respect to a vaccination mandate. For example, right you got

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Speaker 1: about twenty four hundred players in the league, and there's

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Speaker 1: been some talk at the league level of out thinking

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Speaker 1: of whether or not there should be a vaccination mandate

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Speaker 1: to ensure that everybody at the workplace is safe. I

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Speaker 1: think we can understand that obviously, twenty somethings, which make

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Speaker 1: up the majority of the population in the NFL player pool,

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Speaker 1: are not going to be at the top of the

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Speaker 1: vaccination list, and so there's a very good chance that

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Speaker 1: despite President Biden's talk about having everybody vaccinated by the

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Speaker 1: end of May, that may or may not happen. Not

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Speaker 1: to mention the fact that it's a choice right and

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Speaker 1: right now. Some of the latest polls done by news

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Speaker 1: organizations like CNN and NBC and CBS and ABC. A

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Speaker 1: lot of their polls, when asking you know, Americans about

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Speaker 1: whether or not you intend to get vaccinated when it

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Speaker 1: becomes available for you, one in four are saying they

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Speaker 1: would not consider getting vacked. They would consider not getting

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Speaker 1: vaccinated twenty five percent of your population. So it's it's

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Speaker 1: a little eye opening. You can imagine that, you know,

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Speaker 1: a quarter of the NFL players would fall into that category.

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Speaker 1: There'll be twenty five percent of to say, you know,

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Speaker 1: I'd rather not so if they're like everybody else, which

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Speaker 1: they are, much like the dawn of the pandemic last year.

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Speaker 1: Time is on the side of the league because I

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Speaker 1: really do believe that once we get to June July,

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Speaker 1: the situation in this country is going to be a

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Speaker 1: lot different and better. I heard I read it today.

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Speaker 1: Eleven percent of the population is has at least started

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Speaker 1: to get vaccinated, and they haven't got both doses yet

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Speaker 1: if that's that kind of sh and I know our

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Speaker 1: good friend Mark Dalton, who is you know, the media

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Speaker 1: relations VP out in Arizona with the Cardinals, tweeted this

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Speaker 1: out today. But at some point today State Farm Arena,

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Speaker 1: which is the arena that the Cardinals play in, at

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Speaker 1: some point today, they will have vaccinated their five hundred

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Speaker 1: thousand person just with all the people coming through there.

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Speaker 1: They've basically turned their facility into a triaze unit for vaccination.

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Speaker 1: Every ten seconds they're vaccinating them. It's fantastic. Half a

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Speaker 1: million people through that stadium with the Cardinals, so great

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Speaker 1: bravo to them for doing that. I guess they're doing

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Speaker 1: nine thousand a day. It's fantastic. So there you go,

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Speaker 1: and it's and they're getting it done, and you know,

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Speaker 1: NFL stadiums are going to pass the million mark. I

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Speaker 1: think at some point of overall has more and more

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Speaker 1: of them become vaccination spots, and right they're rolling out

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Speaker 1: the you know, these vaccines fast and furious. So the

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Speaker 1: good news is I think that what looks like somewhat

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Speaker 1: of a sticky situation in terms of a decision as

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Speaker 1: to how to best approach getting everybody in the league

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Speaker 1: vaccinated that sets foot on a football field on a Sunday.

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Speaker 1: I think the league is optimistic that the situation in

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Speaker 1: this country would look demons demonstrably better just two months

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Speaker 1: from now to the point where I think what looks

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Speaker 1: like a tricky situation might be a lot clearer. There

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00:39:59,600 --> 00:40:01,759
Speaker 1: might be a lot clearer picture on that by the

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Speaker 1: time we get to say June. So OTAs may be

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Speaker 1: virtual because people won't be vaccinated, but I think that,

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Speaker 1: you know, once we get to June, hopefully it's an

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Speaker 1: easier decision. Yeah, there's a lot of guys out there

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00:40:12,239 --> 00:40:13,799
Speaker 1: that are like, listen, if I got to go through this,

757
00:40:13,840 --> 00:40:15,840
Speaker 1: and if it's not going to be out there, you

758
00:40:15,880 --> 00:40:18,520
Speaker 1: know what, just give me what you got. I'm pretty

759
00:40:18,520 --> 00:40:21,040
Speaker 1: happy with this. I like the team I'm on. Now

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Speaker 1: give me a contract and listen. Role so I don't

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Speaker 1: have to deal with all the extracurricular stuff of traveling

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Speaker 1: or getting a physical or you know, the ota learning

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00:40:29,800 --> 00:40:33,640
Speaker 1: a new offense virtually again, if I didn't have to

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00:40:33,640 --> 00:40:36,399
Speaker 1: do that this last year. There's a lot of ways

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Speaker 1: to rationalize just resigning with the club, let alone a

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Speaker 1: good deal. If not, you know, if it's not a

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Speaker 1: great deal. It's still a pretty good deal, all right,

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Speaker 1: break time for us when we come back. More on

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Speaker 1: our Twitter poll, which is now with Daryl Williams, John Feliciano,

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Speaker 1: and Matt Milano signed. Where do the Bills free agent

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Speaker 1: priorities lie in your estimation? Let us know what you

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Speaker 1: think at eight oh three oh five fifty or on

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Speaker 1: the tweet sheet at one Bills Live. Back in a second,

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Speaker 1: we'll bring more to you on free agent developments as

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Speaker 1: the legal tampering window is open. It says one Bills Live,

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00:41:11,400 --> 00:41:25,040
Speaker 1: presented by Kalid to Health. It's Buffalo Bills Radio. Luger

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00:41:25,120 --> 00:41:27,719
Speaker 1: back in one Bills Live, Chris Brown, Steve Tasker. We're

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Speaker 1: about ten minutes away from the John Feliciano press availability.

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Speaker 1: We'll be bringing that to you alive here on one

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00:41:35,960 --> 00:41:42,160
Speaker 1: bills Live along with the Bills streaming platform. So we'll

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00:41:42,200 --> 00:41:45,080
Speaker 1: welcome everybody in for that in about ten minutes time.

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Speaker 1: Be interesting to see how excited the man they call

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Speaker 1: Mango is to be back on board for another three seasons.

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Speaker 1: She saw two over the week. I don't want to

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Speaker 1: get him. Yeah, that Mongo. We're gonna talk to Mongo

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Speaker 1: in a minute. But Drew He's retired over the weekend. Yeah, anticipated,

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Speaker 1: not unexpected at all, but still you talk about a

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Speaker 1: guy that had a phenomenal career. Yeah, I got a

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Speaker 1: couple of Drew Brees stories that are that are very

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Speaker 1: telling about what makes a player's tick and how he

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00:42:17,640 --> 00:42:19,080
Speaker 1: went about it early in his career when he was

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Speaker 1: with San Diego. It was pretty interesting. Guy at a

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00:42:22,239 --> 00:42:26,760
Speaker 1: great quarterback, right, and think about how fortunate the Bills

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00:42:26,760 --> 00:42:32,880
Speaker 1: are that that guy didn't sign in Miami because he

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Speaker 1: was a free agent in San Diego. I think, you know,

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Speaker 1: he had a shoulder injury, which is why he didn't

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Speaker 1: have a bigger market for his services, and the Dolphins

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00:42:43,520 --> 00:42:48,000
Speaker 1: physician team wouldn't pass him. Don't like the shoulder. I

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Speaker 1: think it's going to shorten his career. We're not interested.

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Speaker 1: And you know Nick Saban was there, he was the

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Speaker 1: coach at the time they passed. The Saints said we

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00:42:58,400 --> 00:43:00,680
Speaker 1: need a quarterback. We haven't had a quarterback in a

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00:43:00,719 --> 00:43:03,879
Speaker 1: long time, like a franchise got a true franchise guy.

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Speaker 1: We're taking a swing, like I don't know what they're

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00:43:06,760 --> 00:43:10,359
Speaker 1: doc but certainly they felt good enough to add him

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Speaker 1: to the roster. Don't forget. Drew Brees got drafted by

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Speaker 1: San Diego Chargers. Then they drafted when I and I

808
00:43:18,520 --> 00:43:21,720
Speaker 1: was an NFL anast for CBS. We did those games

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Speaker 1: a lot of game. I would go in Drew Brees

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Speaker 1: and during his first year or two of his career

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Speaker 1: or three years of his career, I think he was

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00:43:26,640 --> 00:43:29,920
Speaker 1: there for four he was in the O one draft class,

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Speaker 1: right O one draft class, and then yeah, so he

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Speaker 1: finished basically oh four, so Rivers had been Brees got hurt.

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Speaker 1: We would go in and do games early in his career.

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Speaker 1: He would sit there and night we'd talk. He'd talked

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00:43:45,960 --> 00:43:47,560
Speaker 1: to me about his golf game. He was having fun

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00:43:47,560 --> 00:43:49,040
Speaker 1: and he said, guess what I did? Da da dada.

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Speaker 1: When they drafted Philip Rivers because they were pretty sure

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00:43:52,640 --> 00:43:57,279
Speaker 1: Drew Brees couldn't play, he was like it was like

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Speaker 1: literally like a light switch went off for Drew Brees

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Speaker 1: and he became the Drew Breese that threw for five

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Speaker 1: thousand yards five times seven times. Yeah, he was number

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Speaker 1: one in touchdown passes. Unbelievable transportion. I think he's number

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00:44:12,200 --> 00:44:14,680
Speaker 1: two in something else all time. Right now. Now, there'll

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Speaker 1: be some other guys that probably passed him, especially if

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Speaker 1: Brady plays for two more years. Sure, but I was

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Speaker 1: just shuddering at the thought of can imagine if the

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Speaker 1: Dolphins signed off on that would have had Breeze and

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Speaker 1: Brady in this division for fifteen fricking years. You thought

831
00:44:28,120 --> 00:44:29,840
Speaker 1: it was bad enough with Brady in it, got it

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Speaker 1: would have been a living nightmare. We should have field

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Speaker 1: of a soccer team. If that all right, We gotta

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Speaker 1: take a break because we gotta get out of that

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Speaker 1: break in time to bring you the John Feliciano Press

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Speaker 1: conference coming your way next. Here on One Bill's Live,

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Speaker 1: presented by Kalid to Health, It's Buffalo Bills Radio at

838
00:45:04,000 --> 00:45:07,520
Speaker 1: a Steve Tasker who has been all over the fields.

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Speaker 1: Kind of unique. He was kind of a dual roll

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00:45:09,280 --> 00:45:15,759
Speaker 1: thunder for you, Steve a blimp. We're not even in

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Speaker 1: the strated here of normalcy here. Welcome back to our

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Speaker 1: number two of one Bills Live here on a Monday,

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Speaker 1: Chris Brown, Steve Tasker with you. We are waiting to

844
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Speaker 1: join the John Feliciano press conference, which we'll be doing

845
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Speaker 1: as soon as it is up and running, so stay

846
00:45:37,239 --> 00:45:40,560
Speaker 1: tuned for that as we'll get John's thoughts on signing

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Speaker 1: his new contract, which came down yesterday at about five

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Speaker 1: in the afternoon. John Feliciano back in the fold and

849
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Speaker 1: the juice that really drives that offensive line. I don't

850
00:45:51,840 --> 00:45:54,120
Speaker 1: think there's any question he's kind of the emotional leader

851
00:45:54,160 --> 00:45:58,200
Speaker 1: of the group, although Dion can get pretty fired up

852
00:45:58,200 --> 00:46:00,359
Speaker 1: too and kind of push that group forward as well.

853
00:46:01,200 --> 00:46:04,440
Speaker 1: The other guys more of the cerebral nature. But we

854
00:46:04,719 --> 00:46:08,440
Speaker 1: we do welcome in now are streaming viewers, Bills fans

855
00:46:08,440 --> 00:46:11,840
Speaker 1: that are on the live stream the Bills Channel, and

856
00:46:12,040 --> 00:46:14,759
Speaker 1: we're here in one Bill's live as well, So welcome in,

857
00:46:14,800 --> 00:46:18,880
Speaker 1: and time now to turn to John Feliciano, who's commenting

858
00:46:18,920 --> 00:46:23,279
Speaker 1: on his new three year contract. Man, to be honest,

859
00:46:23,280 --> 00:46:26,120
Speaker 1: I didn't want to go anywhere. Um. I love the

860
00:46:26,160 --> 00:46:31,480
Speaker 1: city of Buffalo. Uh, that guy behind me, it's kind

861
00:46:31,480 --> 00:46:35,560
Speaker 1: of my guy. So it was kind of the easy decision.

862
00:46:37,000 --> 00:46:39,200
Speaker 1: Were you concerned it all? Obviously they made a bunch

863
00:46:39,200 --> 00:46:42,839
Speaker 1: of moves, bringing back Matt, bringing back darryl Um. Were

864
00:46:42,840 --> 00:46:46,160
Speaker 1: you ever concerned that maybe understanding whether their cap number

865
00:46:46,320 --> 00:46:50,680
Speaker 1: was there just may not be room. Uh, yeah, there

866
00:46:50,719 --> 00:46:56,040
Speaker 1: was definitely. It was definitely not a fun free agency.

867
00:46:56,400 --> 00:47:00,520
Speaker 1: Didn't know what was going to happen, But luckily we

868
00:47:00,640 --> 00:47:05,480
Speaker 1: got a triple b over the big brother being knowing

869
00:47:05,600 --> 00:47:11,000
Speaker 1: what to do. So thank God for being huh hey,

870
00:47:11,080 --> 00:47:17,439
Speaker 1: glad to have you back. Man, congratulate, Thank you, hey, John,

871
00:47:17,480 --> 00:47:21,080
Speaker 1: congrats on coming back to Buffalo. Um, how are you.

872
00:47:21,840 --> 00:47:24,319
Speaker 1: I'm wonderful. How are you doing doing good? Looks like

873
00:47:24,360 --> 00:47:26,560
Speaker 1: you're in the sun. I'm jealous. Buffalo is still a

874
00:47:26,560 --> 00:47:31,479
Speaker 1: little bit cold. But just with Darryl Williams coming back,

875
00:47:31,520 --> 00:47:34,440
Speaker 1: you coming back, I mean Dion of course is going

876
00:47:34,520 --> 00:47:36,960
Speaker 1: to be in Buffalo, Cody Ford's going to be healthy.

877
00:47:37,360 --> 00:47:40,640
Speaker 1: What do you think just about basically the five and

878
00:47:40,719 --> 00:47:45,240
Speaker 1: of course Mitch Morse coming back together for this upcoming season.

879
00:47:45,320 --> 00:47:46,680
Speaker 1: What is that going to do for the group? What

880
00:47:46,800 --> 00:47:50,120
Speaker 1: is that going to do for yourself and for josh Um?

881
00:47:50,360 --> 00:47:53,839
Speaker 1: That's huge. Whenever you can keep the same core group

882
00:47:53,840 --> 00:47:59,439
Speaker 1: of guys around for multiple years, it helps everything, Jill,

883
00:47:59,600 --> 00:48:01,719
Speaker 1: it helps just get we'll be able to just get

884
00:48:01,760 --> 00:48:04,759
Speaker 1: to the point a lot easier. We know being will

885
00:48:04,800 --> 00:48:07,799
Speaker 1: be us. I think me and Mitch doesn't be our

886
00:48:07,840 --> 00:48:11,080
Speaker 1: third year in the in the system, Cody and and

887
00:48:11,400 --> 00:48:13,439
Speaker 1: there there don't be a second So we all got

888
00:48:13,560 --> 00:48:16,560
Speaker 1: we all are familiar with the system, so when things

889
00:48:16,719 --> 00:48:22,080
Speaker 1: pop up, it's gonna just streamline the solution a lot easier.

890
00:48:23,040 --> 00:48:26,279
Speaker 1: What was Josh's reaction when he found out that you

891
00:48:26,320 --> 00:48:30,719
Speaker 1: would be staying in Buffalo? Um? So I called him

892
00:48:30,760 --> 00:48:33,200
Speaker 1: and then just smiled at him and then hung up,

893
00:48:34,040 --> 00:48:36,160
Speaker 1: and then he called back and I ignored it, and

894
00:48:36,200 --> 00:48:38,520
Speaker 1: then I was just giving messing with him a little bit.

895
00:48:39,880 --> 00:48:42,400
Speaker 1: But he was he was super psyched. He uh, he

896
00:48:42,520 --> 00:48:47,680
Speaker 1: was happy. That's awesome. We're excited too. Thanks John, Thank you,

897
00:48:50,520 --> 00:48:55,440
Speaker 1: Hey John, Mike, Catalana and Rochester congratulations, um, thank you.

898
00:48:55,960 --> 00:48:59,880
Speaker 1: When you're in this spot, Um, there's nothing that seems

899
00:48:59,920 --> 00:49:04,000
Speaker 1: to get leaked out about how negotiations might go or whatever.

900
00:49:04,400 --> 00:49:07,600
Speaker 1: Is that something in your position that you communicate to

901
00:49:07,640 --> 00:49:11,520
Speaker 1: your agent? Is that something the bills prefer? Because really,

902
00:49:11,800 --> 00:49:13,920
Speaker 1: until Matt's story came out, you know, and then got

903
00:49:13,920 --> 00:49:17,120
Speaker 1: confirmed that you would signed, it was really nothing. Is

904
00:49:17,160 --> 00:49:19,799
Speaker 1: that something as a player you say, I don't want

905
00:49:19,800 --> 00:49:26,839
Speaker 1: that out there? Um? Not necessarily, I think, uh, um,

906
00:49:26,880 --> 00:49:28,239
Speaker 1: I don't think that. There was not a lot of

907
00:49:28,239 --> 00:49:31,000
Speaker 1: messing around with us. We both sides had a lot

908
00:49:31,040 --> 00:49:36,080
Speaker 1: of respect for each other, and it was very respectful

909
00:49:36,120 --> 00:49:41,799
Speaker 1: the whole way through, and I think it didn't. Things

910
00:49:41,800 --> 00:49:45,560
Speaker 1: were just you know, we're just talking just casually, and

911
00:49:45,600 --> 00:49:49,360
Speaker 1: then when it got seriously got serious quick and we

912
00:49:49,400 --> 00:49:52,759
Speaker 1: got got it got handled pretty quickly. And when it

913
00:49:52,840 --> 00:49:55,600
Speaker 1: got serious at that point, if you would have gotten

914
00:49:55,640 --> 00:49:59,359
Speaker 1: to today, how would that have changed things? I mean

915
00:49:59,400 --> 00:50:01,640
Speaker 1: you did not, But was it feel like it was

916
00:50:01,640 --> 00:50:03,799
Speaker 1: a deadline, like in certain terms of saying, hey, let's

917
00:50:03,800 --> 00:50:09,440
Speaker 1: get this done before Monday. Um. I don't know how

918
00:50:09,480 --> 00:50:13,680
Speaker 1: things would have been different. Um, but I think both

919
00:50:13,719 --> 00:50:18,719
Speaker 1: parties wanted it done yesterday. And I think we've we've

920
00:50:18,760 --> 00:50:20,799
Speaker 1: got both got to a place where we all felt

921
00:50:20,800 --> 00:50:25,399
Speaker 1: comfortable and happy and now it's just I guess I'm

922
00:50:25,440 --> 00:50:29,120
Speaker 1: excited to just to you know, thank shout out to

923
00:50:29,120 --> 00:50:33,839
Speaker 1: the Pagoulas and being in McDermott and in the whole organization. Man,

924
00:50:34,680 --> 00:50:37,120
Speaker 1: I'm just excited to be back and I feel I

925
00:50:37,120 --> 00:50:40,200
Speaker 1: feel lucky to be in Buffalo and to be a

926
00:50:40,239 --> 00:50:43,840
Speaker 1: part of a team that a lot of people in

927
00:50:43,840 --> 00:50:46,879
Speaker 1: the NFL, you know, like to talk about it being

928
00:50:46,880 --> 00:50:49,799
Speaker 1: a family owned, but here in Buffalo and in the

929
00:50:49,800 --> 00:50:53,680
Speaker 1: Bills organization, they really back it up. Great. Thank you,

930
00:50:57,320 --> 00:51:01,839
Speaker 1: big man. Good Mukie Harkins Wilfare of sports. How you doing?

931
00:51:02,000 --> 00:51:05,359
Speaker 1: How you doing? Thank you? I'm doing good man. And um,

932
00:51:06,280 --> 00:51:09,040
Speaker 1: throughout this journey, man, you faced a lot of diversity.

933
00:51:09,239 --> 00:51:12,439
Speaker 1: I mean, homelessness, hunger, the death of your best friend

934
00:51:12,640 --> 00:51:16,839
Speaker 1: yesterday pretty much solidified that perseverance. So like, how are

935
00:51:16,880 --> 00:51:20,400
Speaker 1: you able to uh, you know, face that negative and

936
00:51:20,480 --> 00:51:27,520
Speaker 1: turning into a positive. Um? Thanks man. Uh, It's just um,

937
00:51:28,280 --> 00:51:32,000
Speaker 1: I'm just lucky. Man. A lot of people has had

938
00:51:32,000 --> 00:51:35,000
Speaker 1: a lot of worse things happened to them, and UM,

939
00:51:36,000 --> 00:51:39,279
Speaker 1: I just tried to take my past and let it

940
00:51:39,360 --> 00:51:42,920
Speaker 1: feel me and and uh, when I'm out there playing,

941
00:51:43,200 --> 00:51:48,319
Speaker 1: I think my anger sharing the shows out there absolutely man.

942
00:51:48,400 --> 00:51:51,400
Speaker 1: And um, you know how much has this culture just

943
00:51:51,520 --> 00:51:54,759
Speaker 1: growth mindset that coach McDermott talk about made you feel

944
00:51:54,960 --> 00:52:00,239
Speaker 1: feel at home? Um Man, the relationship I was to

945
00:52:00,680 --> 00:52:04,920
Speaker 1: get with coach uh this season. Really, I believe when

946
00:52:04,960 --> 00:52:07,800
Speaker 1: I was hurt and the way he stopped by me

947
00:52:07,880 --> 00:52:11,879
Speaker 1: and the conversations we had, Uh, there was tough conversations,

948
00:52:12,000 --> 00:52:14,920
Speaker 1: there were there were great conversations. There were he was

949
00:52:15,000 --> 00:52:18,640
Speaker 1: just there throughout the whole thing. And I believe our

950
00:52:18,680 --> 00:52:23,880
Speaker 1: relationship UH just just just took off from there, and

951
00:52:25,640 --> 00:52:27,320
Speaker 1: that was one of the main reasons I wanted to

952
00:52:27,400 --> 00:52:30,160
Speaker 1: come back, just knowing I have a guy that that's

953
00:52:30,320 --> 00:52:34,360
Speaker 1: that's in my corner and uh, the guy that we

954
00:52:34,520 --> 00:52:36,840
Speaker 1: both see the game the same way, we'll see it

955
00:52:37,040 --> 00:52:40,440
Speaker 1: winning the same way. And then uh so having that

956
00:52:40,600 --> 00:52:43,600
Speaker 1: as a foundation, big baller bean who who's out here

957
00:52:43,960 --> 00:52:48,120
Speaker 1: tricking doing wizard stuff. And uh and then I got

958
00:52:48,160 --> 00:52:51,200
Speaker 1: my guy at Dave's and that big goofy guy behind me.

959
00:52:51,320 --> 00:52:55,040
Speaker 1: So and it's a it's a it's a good time

960
00:52:55,080 --> 00:52:58,680
Speaker 1: to be in Buffalo, absolutely man, wishing nothing but the best.

961
00:52:58,960 --> 00:53:03,400
Speaker 1: Do work son, Thank you, Hey John John Warrew with

962
00:53:03,560 --> 00:53:08,040
Speaker 1: the AP, congrats on the deal. Um going yeah and

963
00:53:08,360 --> 00:53:10,680
Speaker 1: going back to you know all you know, the praise

964
00:53:10,760 --> 00:53:14,000
Speaker 1: that you've you've you've given to being on how he's

965
00:53:14,160 --> 00:53:17,800
Speaker 1: uh put this or or maintained in keeping this team together.

966
00:53:18,440 --> 00:53:21,200
Speaker 1: Um this offseason. What do you make of of just

967
00:53:21,320 --> 00:53:24,360
Speaker 1: a methodical approach he's taken. You weren't here in twenty

968
00:53:24,400 --> 00:53:26,680
Speaker 1: eighteen when he worked his way up you know, the

969
00:53:26,800 --> 00:53:29,920
Speaker 1: draft order and made a whole bunch of free agent signings.

970
00:53:30,000 --> 00:53:32,600
Speaker 1: But what do you make of just the way he's

971
00:53:33,080 --> 00:53:38,359
Speaker 1: progressed in building this team and keeping this team together. Um.

972
00:53:38,600 --> 00:53:42,040
Speaker 1: I think the thing that that sets him apart is

973
00:53:42,520 --> 00:53:47,680
Speaker 1: he's a real dude. What he tells you is what

974
00:53:48,520 --> 00:53:54,360
Speaker 1: it is. He's not trying to like pull some some

975
00:53:54,640 --> 00:53:58,239
Speaker 1: snaky stuff behind your back. He's not. He's gonna give

976
00:53:58,280 --> 00:54:03,359
Speaker 1: you the real and uh, and players respect that. And Uh,

977
00:54:03,880 --> 00:54:07,360
Speaker 1: he's always around. Do you see I see Being probably

978
00:54:07,440 --> 00:54:11,040
Speaker 1: every day when I'm in the building. And uh, he

979
00:54:11,280 --> 00:54:15,480
Speaker 1: is just a guy that players respect because he's not

980
00:54:15,600 --> 00:54:19,960
Speaker 1: just upstairs pulling the strings. He's he's actually he's actually

981
00:54:20,040 --> 00:54:23,640
Speaker 1: down there. And and just lastly, because maybe I don't know,

982
00:54:23,760 --> 00:54:27,080
Speaker 1: three four years ago before Sean and even the first

983
00:54:27,160 --> 00:54:30,359
Speaker 1: year when McDermott got here, Um, I'm sure there were

984
00:54:30,600 --> 00:54:33,680
Speaker 1: free agents who are hesitant of coming to Buffalo. How

985
00:54:34,200 --> 00:54:36,800
Speaker 1: in your mind and your view, having been in Oakland

986
00:54:36,840 --> 00:54:39,840
Speaker 1: and and and and what have you, how do you

987
00:54:40,000 --> 00:54:49,839
Speaker 1: see that perception is changing? Um? I mean, I think

988
00:54:50,560 --> 00:54:55,799
Speaker 1: when you have a guy like Josh Allen leading your

989
00:54:55,880 --> 00:55:02,120
Speaker 1: franchise with a guy that players can trust, like Being

990
00:55:02,360 --> 00:55:09,000
Speaker 1: and and and and McDermott. Um, honestly, that's where it starts.

991
00:55:09,600 --> 00:55:13,319
Speaker 1: And Uh, I think that's why you see a lot

992
00:55:13,360 --> 00:55:17,600
Speaker 1: of us coming back and taking less money or whatnot,

993
00:55:18,640 --> 00:55:21,359
Speaker 1: just to be able to go to work every day

994
00:55:21,440 --> 00:55:25,560
Speaker 1: and know that we're all going. We're all truly going

995
00:55:25,640 --> 00:55:31,080
Speaker 1: for the same goal. Uh. A lot of organizations will we'll, we'll, we'll,

996
00:55:31,560 --> 00:55:35,719
Speaker 1: we'll say, you know, it's all about winning, um, but

997
00:55:36,960 --> 00:55:40,239
Speaker 1: a nut cutting time, they do some other things. UM.

998
00:55:41,120 --> 00:55:47,000
Speaker 1: So I think the biggest attraction besides Josh Allen is uh,

999
00:55:47,400 --> 00:55:49,960
Speaker 1: you know you're gonna be an organization that's in it

1000
00:55:50,320 --> 00:55:53,040
Speaker 1: for the right reasons and it's doing it right. That's

1001
00:55:53,040 --> 00:55:56,000
Speaker 1: a good phrase, not gutting. Um. Thank you very much.

1002
00:55:56,600 --> 00:56:02,480
Speaker 1: Thank you. Hey John, this is Jay Skurski with the

1003
00:56:02,480 --> 00:56:06,680
Speaker 1: Buffalo News. You mentioned there the idea of taking less

1004
00:56:06,719 --> 00:56:10,680
Speaker 1: money to return to a situation. Do you feel like, uh,

1005
00:56:10,880 --> 00:56:13,799
Speaker 1: in in your circumstance here that you did that maybe

1006
00:56:13,880 --> 00:56:15,600
Speaker 1: took a little bit less than what you could have

1007
00:56:15,640 --> 00:56:19,759
Speaker 1: gotten on the open market. Probably probably a little less. Um,

1008
00:56:20,800 --> 00:56:26,000
Speaker 1: But money is only so much as like what if

1009
00:56:26,040 --> 00:56:28,279
Speaker 1: I mean, I could have made a couple extra here

1010
00:56:28,320 --> 00:56:31,080
Speaker 1: and there somewhere else. But would I have the same

1011
00:56:31,880 --> 00:56:34,919
Speaker 1: structure I would if I would have if I would

1012
00:56:34,920 --> 00:56:40,480
Speaker 1: have left, Probably not. Um. So, you know, having, like

1013
00:56:40,600 --> 00:56:44,360
Speaker 1: I said, Bean and McDermott you know, on my side,

1014
00:56:44,520 --> 00:56:50,680
Speaker 1: and also having young goofy behind me. Um, that's pretty great.

1015
00:56:51,640 --> 00:56:54,480
Speaker 1: You Uh, You've talked a lot about the continuity and

1016
00:56:54,600 --> 00:56:57,399
Speaker 1: the ability of this front office to bring guys back,

1017
00:56:58,800 --> 00:57:00,880
Speaker 1: and so far it's been a six us in that regard.

1018
00:57:01,000 --> 00:57:03,640
Speaker 1: But what in your mind needs to be done for

1019
00:57:03,760 --> 00:57:06,080
Speaker 1: this team to take the next step, because you know,

1020
00:57:06,360 --> 00:57:08,359
Speaker 1: for all the great things that you accomplished, you did

1021
00:57:08,400 --> 00:57:10,120
Speaker 1: fall a little bit short of what your goal was.

1022
00:57:10,239 --> 00:57:12,480
Speaker 1: So how does this team you know, build from that

1023
00:57:12,600 --> 00:57:16,200
Speaker 1: in advance beyond that game? Yeah, well every year is

1024
00:57:16,200 --> 00:57:18,959
Speaker 1: a different year. So I mean we're gonna be starting

1025
00:57:19,000 --> 00:57:22,360
Speaker 1: from scratch next uh this upcoming season. So I mean

1026
00:57:22,400 --> 00:57:26,680
Speaker 1: we got to do everything better. Uh, run the ball better. Uh,

1027
00:57:27,440 --> 00:57:29,440
Speaker 1: I mean, keep our passing game where it's I mean,

1028
00:57:29,480 --> 00:57:32,160
Speaker 1: we've got our communication can be better. There's a lot

1029
00:57:32,200 --> 00:57:36,800
Speaker 1: of things that we did that. You know, we we

1030
00:57:36,880 --> 00:57:41,000
Speaker 1: have extremely gifted people on the outside, so they made

1031
00:57:41,080 --> 00:57:44,280
Speaker 1: they make up for the small things that that we

1032
00:57:44,400 --> 00:57:46,760
Speaker 1: weren't so good at. So we got to just keep

1033
00:57:46,840 --> 00:57:50,360
Speaker 1: working on the small things. And uh uh, I have

1034
00:57:50,440 --> 00:57:54,040
Speaker 1: an understanding that it's a completely new season. So whatever

1035
00:57:54,160 --> 00:57:55,880
Speaker 1: we what we did last year. It was nice and all,

1036
00:57:55,920 --> 00:57:59,880
Speaker 1: but uh it was like for not because we did

1037
00:58:00,040 --> 00:58:07,120
Speaker 1: we didn't finished the job. Thanks Sean. Hey, John Salcpacco here,

1038
00:58:07,240 --> 00:58:10,440
Speaker 1: w gr good to see it. Congratulations man, thanks so man.

1039
00:58:10,520 --> 00:58:13,160
Speaker 1: How you doing. I'm good. It looks really warm where

1040
00:58:13,160 --> 00:58:15,000
Speaker 1: you are, just so we all know where you talking

1041
00:58:15,040 --> 00:58:22,440
Speaker 1: to us from. You're there, Yeah, I'm in South Florida.

1042
00:58:23,120 --> 00:58:30,040
Speaker 1: I see in my backyard. Very nice. I get it now. Hey, Um,

1043
00:58:30,160 --> 00:58:31,960
Speaker 1: there was some there was some question whether or not

1044
00:58:32,080 --> 00:58:34,840
Speaker 1: maybe you thought you'd rather play center or guard it

1045
00:58:34,920 --> 00:58:37,800
Speaker 1: didn't matter. Um, so can you kind of just, um

1046
00:58:38,120 --> 00:58:40,640
Speaker 1: kind of clear that up if you thought maybe there

1047
00:58:40,680 --> 00:58:43,000
Speaker 1: would be a chance somewhere to play center or to

1048
00:58:43,040 --> 00:58:45,080
Speaker 1: play guard. Did you care where you played or do

1049
00:58:45,120 --> 00:58:48,960
Speaker 1: you just want to just play somewhere in b versatile? Um?

1050
00:58:49,520 --> 00:58:53,280
Speaker 1: I might have just been messing around to ruffles some feathers.

1051
00:58:54,600 --> 00:58:58,040
Speaker 1: I want to win, um, and I want to and

1052
00:58:58,160 --> 00:59:00,600
Speaker 1: I wanted to be here. So I got both my

1053
00:59:01,400 --> 00:59:05,840
Speaker 1: my wishes. UM, wherever wherever this team needs me. UM.

1054
00:59:05,920 --> 00:59:10,959
Speaker 1: Like I said, since I've been here, UM, I believe

1055
00:59:11,000 --> 00:59:15,680
Speaker 1: I can play anywhere on the line. UM, So wherever

1056
00:59:15,760 --> 00:59:18,560
Speaker 1: I can help the Buffalo Bills will win a championship

1057
00:59:18,880 --> 00:59:21,480
Speaker 1: is where I'll player. I know you talked about your

1058
00:59:21,480 --> 00:59:24,080
Speaker 1: relationship with coach McDermot. What about Bobby Johnson and your

1059
00:59:24,120 --> 00:59:26,800
Speaker 1: relationship with your offensive line coach? Yeah, I mean that's

1060
00:59:26,880 --> 00:59:30,400
Speaker 1: my guy. Um, I've been in the league for this.

1061
00:59:30,600 --> 00:59:32,360
Speaker 1: I'm going on my seventh year. I've been with him

1062
00:59:32,440 --> 00:59:36,040
Speaker 1: for five of those those years will be six. So Uh,

1063
00:59:36,640 --> 00:59:41,440
Speaker 1: he's a guy I trust. Um. We know our our families,

1064
00:59:42,560 --> 00:59:46,880
Speaker 1: we're both we both want the same thing. Uh, it's

1065
00:59:46,960 --> 00:59:51,040
Speaker 1: huge having him around. Thanks John, congrats again, man, thank you.

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00:59:53,160 --> 00:59:58,320
Speaker 1: What's up? John? Congratulations? Um, before you, thank you, You're welcome.

1067
00:59:58,400 --> 01:00:02,880
Speaker 1: Before you resigned, Darryl resigned a couple of days beforehand,

1068
01:00:03,080 --> 01:00:05,440
Speaker 1: and before you knew what was going to happen with that,

1069
01:00:05,640 --> 01:00:09,040
Speaker 1: you tweeted out congratulations to him, and I was curious,

1070
01:00:09,160 --> 01:00:12,000
Speaker 1: like you know, with your situation in flux, I mean,

1071
01:00:12,600 --> 01:00:14,440
Speaker 1: you still reached out to him. You play next to

1072
01:00:14,560 --> 01:00:16,680
Speaker 1: him for you know, half of the season. What's that

1073
01:00:16,800 --> 01:00:19,680
Speaker 1: relationship like and what's the possibility he's going into next

1074
01:00:19,760 --> 01:00:24,880
Speaker 1: year with you guys, maybe building even more continuity between

1075
01:00:24,880 --> 01:00:29,440
Speaker 1: the two of you. Yeah, Sam, Darryl, that's my guy.

1076
01:00:29,520 --> 01:00:34,280
Speaker 1: He's a he's a great dude. Um he deserves everything.

1077
01:00:34,360 --> 01:00:38,400
Speaker 1: He works so dang hard. And him and his wife. Man,

1078
01:00:38,800 --> 01:00:44,240
Speaker 1: they my wife and his wife became good friends. Um So, Man,

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01:00:44,320 --> 01:00:47,040
Speaker 1: Darrel is a great dude, and I'm happy that we

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01:00:47,560 --> 01:00:51,560
Speaker 1: got him to stay. And how much confidence do you have.

1081
01:00:51,760 --> 01:00:53,880
Speaker 1: I'm sure you've talked to some of your old line

1082
01:00:53,920 --> 01:00:56,600
Speaker 1: mates in the in the last twenty four hours about

1083
01:00:56,680 --> 01:00:59,520
Speaker 1: the potential of you know, maybe you five that are

1084
01:00:59,600 --> 01:01:02,160
Speaker 1: under track right now that really haven't gotten a chance

1085
01:01:02,240 --> 01:01:05,240
Speaker 1: to play together for any like like extended period of

1086
01:01:05,320 --> 01:01:09,320
Speaker 1: time going into twenty twenty one and being even better. Yeah.

1087
01:01:09,600 --> 01:01:14,680
Speaker 1: Um So, drawing back from my Oathland days, we had

1088
01:01:14,760 --> 01:01:17,720
Speaker 1: the same group of guys for an extend amount of time,

1089
01:01:17,760 --> 01:01:23,160
Speaker 1: and uh, it's just something to There's a lot to

1090
01:01:23,440 --> 01:01:29,000
Speaker 1: it when you know what you're the guy next years

1091
01:01:29,040 --> 01:01:31,360
Speaker 1: you want to do. You know where his hands going

1092
01:01:31,400 --> 01:01:33,680
Speaker 1: to be, you know how far you got to throw

1093
01:01:33,760 --> 01:01:36,720
Speaker 1: a twist off. It's there's a lot of little things

1094
01:01:37,000 --> 01:01:41,360
Speaker 1: and being able to be with the same group, it's

1095
01:01:41,480 --> 01:01:45,120
Speaker 1: it's huge And I'm excited to get back there and

1096
01:01:45,200 --> 01:01:47,000
Speaker 1: work with them because they're all dogs and they all

1097
01:01:47,160 --> 01:01:49,080
Speaker 1: they're all want to work and they all want to

1098
01:01:49,080 --> 01:01:52,960
Speaker 1: get better. So I mean it's an exciting time. Thanks man,

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01:01:53,000 --> 01:02:00,520
Speaker 1: appreciate it. Thanks Matt our John's offer today. Thanks all right.

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01:02:00,600 --> 01:02:05,040
Speaker 1: That's John Feliciano's press conference with the media. Uh. John

1101
01:02:05,160 --> 01:02:10,160
Speaker 1: really loose today. Uh taking a draw on a select

1102
01:02:10,280 --> 01:02:14,560
Speaker 1: beverage during the Gotta Love It Guy is a press

1103
01:02:14,640 --> 01:02:19,040
Speaker 1: conference all star. Yeah, helasted where he was in South Florida.

1104
01:02:19,360 --> 01:02:22,360
Speaker 1: He bent down out of frame, picked up, took a

1105
01:02:22,480 --> 01:02:24,640
Speaker 1: long sip out of a beer with a with a

1106
01:02:24,720 --> 01:02:28,520
Speaker 1: twist a line in it, and he's like, I love

1107
01:02:28,640 --> 01:02:32,440
Speaker 1: that guy. I love that guy, and totally ghosted Josh

1108
01:02:32,520 --> 01:02:37,000
Speaker 1: Allen totally. That is the best bet he signed. He

1109
01:02:37,200 --> 01:02:40,240
Speaker 1: agrees to terms on a contract with the Bills facetimes

1110
01:02:40,320 --> 01:02:42,200
Speaker 1: Josh to let him know, but all he does is

1111
01:02:42,360 --> 01:02:46,120
Speaker 1: smile on the screen then hangs up. Josh calls him

1112
01:02:46,160 --> 01:02:49,320
Speaker 1: back and he hangs up. He ghosted him. He's totally

1113
01:02:49,400 --> 01:02:53,880
Speaker 1: messing with this guy. Oh my gosh, he is so classic. Uh.

1114
01:02:54,040 --> 01:02:56,960
Speaker 1: We are gonna talk to the guy they call Mongo

1115
01:02:57,120 --> 01:02:59,480
Speaker 1: here in just a minute, but we are going to

1116
01:02:59,560 --> 01:03:03,160
Speaker 1: take a first and bring you some New England Patriots

1117
01:03:03,240 --> 01:03:05,840
Speaker 1: news on the free agent market when we return here

1118
01:03:05,880 --> 01:03:08,200
Speaker 1: on One Bills Live, presented by Kalida Health. This is

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01:03:08,200 --> 01:03:21,280
Speaker 1: Buffalo Bill's Radio. Welcome back to One Bills Live. Chris Brown,

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01:03:21,360 --> 01:03:24,160
Speaker 1: Steve Tasker, and pleased to be joined at this time

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01:03:24,760 --> 01:03:26,760
Speaker 1: by the man who is back in the folds for

1122
01:03:26,840 --> 01:03:30,800
Speaker 1: the foreseeable future. For the Bills, it is one. It

1123
01:03:30,960 --> 01:03:33,880
Speaker 1: is one John Feliciano, the man they love to call Mongo.

1124
01:03:34,080 --> 01:03:37,520
Speaker 1: He is back under contract, agreeing to terms on a

1125
01:03:37,600 --> 01:03:40,440
Speaker 1: new deal over the weekend. So it's a happy Monday

1126
01:03:40,520 --> 01:03:42,840
Speaker 1: for Bills fans. It's certainly a happy Monday for us

1127
01:03:42,880 --> 01:03:46,600
Speaker 1: because the emotional juice on that offensive line is back

1128
01:03:46,640 --> 01:03:48,760
Speaker 1: in the fold. And little did we know the guy

1129
01:03:48,920 --> 01:03:52,600
Speaker 1: is also a press conference all star. Good lord, man,

1130
01:03:53,040 --> 01:03:57,280
Speaker 1: guy taking a heavy pull on a libation during the

1131
01:03:57,360 --> 01:04:00,440
Speaker 1: press conference. And then, I mean, I mean, I thought

1132
01:04:00,520 --> 01:04:04,400
Speaker 1: Milano did a good job, John throwing up that Wolf

1133
01:04:04,480 --> 01:04:07,560
Speaker 1: of Wall Street clip after he signed, But I think

1134
01:04:07,640 --> 01:04:11,560
Speaker 1: you just trumped him calling out Josh messing with him

1135
01:04:11,640 --> 01:04:16,280
Speaker 1: on FaceTime. I mean, only an offensive lineman can pull

1136
01:04:16,400 --> 01:04:18,800
Speaker 1: the leg of a of a franchise quarterback. But man,

1137
01:04:18,920 --> 01:04:23,800
Speaker 1: you did it. Good, Good on you, dude. First, foremost, guys,

1138
01:04:24,320 --> 01:04:26,480
Speaker 1: nice to see you guys. Thanks for having me on.

1139
01:04:27,400 --> 01:04:30,360
Speaker 1: Um yeah, man, you know I'd like to mess around. Uh,

1140
01:04:31,400 --> 01:04:33,640
Speaker 1: Josh can handle it. He's a big boy. Yeah. We Hey,

1141
01:04:33,720 --> 01:04:35,720
Speaker 1: we missed you in this this last season. We've been

1142
01:04:35,760 --> 01:04:37,320
Speaker 1: talking about how the fact that we've got a couple

1143
01:04:37,320 --> 01:04:39,400
Speaker 1: of guys. We had Daryl Williams on just a you know,

1144
01:04:39,520 --> 01:04:41,240
Speaker 1: at the top of the top of the show, and

1145
01:04:41,640 --> 01:04:43,960
Speaker 1: we've never met him face to face. We've never even

1146
01:04:44,000 --> 01:04:45,720
Speaker 1: seen because you know, we were behind the wall for

1147
01:04:45,800 --> 01:04:48,600
Speaker 1: the entire season. How difficult was it to go through

1148
01:04:48,680 --> 01:04:52,360
Speaker 1: that whole season, particularly your offensive line group. It was covid,

1149
01:04:52,640 --> 01:04:54,640
Speaker 1: it was all the protocols you had to go through

1150
01:04:54,720 --> 01:04:58,840
Speaker 1: every day. Your offensive line was shuffled like a poker

1151
01:04:58,960 --> 01:05:03,840
Speaker 1: deck in Vega all season. And you still get thirteen wins,

1152
01:05:04,040 --> 01:05:06,440
Speaker 1: win two playoff games, get to the championship games. It's

1153
01:05:06,480 --> 01:05:09,120
Speaker 1: gotta be feel really good, is and all that rolled

1154
01:05:09,160 --> 01:05:10,960
Speaker 1: together makes you kind of want to come back right

1155
01:05:14,280 --> 01:05:16,880
Speaker 1: Like you said, there's a lot of shuffling up front. Early.

1156
01:05:17,400 --> 01:05:20,840
Speaker 1: I mean I missed seven games, miss missed a few games. Um,

1157
01:05:21,040 --> 01:05:23,440
Speaker 1: Cody got hurt, missed the rest of the season. I mean,

1158
01:05:24,520 --> 01:05:26,400
Speaker 1: it's gonna be fun to get all of us back

1159
01:05:26,440 --> 01:05:30,880
Speaker 1: there healthy and able to hopefully with the coronas stuff,

1160
01:05:31,000 --> 01:05:35,280
Speaker 1: we get more time together in the season and early

1161
01:05:35,320 --> 01:05:38,440
Speaker 1: in the season. Um, but yeah, hell Darrel, he's a

1162
01:05:38,440 --> 01:05:40,440
Speaker 1: great guy. Huh. Yeah. Like we were just talking to

1163
01:05:40,560 --> 01:05:43,760
Speaker 1: him last hour John, and you know, I said, hey,

1164
01:05:44,440 --> 01:05:47,960
Speaker 1: you know, you only got five games with John next

1165
01:05:48,000 --> 01:05:51,000
Speaker 1: to you there because John was flipping all around filling

1166
01:05:51,040 --> 01:05:53,680
Speaker 1: in for everybody else after he came back from his injury.

1167
01:05:54,160 --> 01:05:56,600
Speaker 1: And I said, you guys only got five games over there.

1168
01:05:56,680 --> 01:05:59,120
Speaker 1: What kind of traction did you guys think you you

1169
01:05:59,280 --> 01:06:02,000
Speaker 1: built together to kind of springboard into this season. He's like,

1170
01:06:02,040 --> 01:06:04,440
Speaker 1: oh no, he goes, we got some good time together.

1171
01:06:04,600 --> 01:06:06,480
Speaker 1: We kind of felt like we were getting into our groove.

1172
01:06:06,960 --> 01:06:08,720
Speaker 1: He felt like we were getting in our groove there,

1173
01:06:08,880 --> 01:06:11,280
Speaker 1: like once we got to the playoffs. So I'll ask

1174
01:06:11,320 --> 01:06:12,960
Speaker 1: you the same thing, like, how do you feel like

1175
01:06:13,080 --> 01:06:15,720
Speaker 1: I mean, nothing said in Stone as you know, Uh,

1176
01:06:15,760 --> 01:06:18,000
Speaker 1: the coaches kind of have their decisions to make, But

1177
01:06:18,720 --> 01:06:21,400
Speaker 1: how much how much traction you feel you guys got

1178
01:06:21,440 --> 01:06:23,640
Speaker 1: over there on the right side over those last five games,

1179
01:06:23,720 --> 01:06:29,160
Speaker 1: two regular season, three playoffs. I think we're a jailer man.

1180
01:06:29,280 --> 01:06:34,480
Speaker 1: That's my guy. Uh, Darryl fam Darryl. He uh, he

1181
01:06:35,320 --> 01:06:37,600
Speaker 1: makes it very easy to work with. He's just such

1182
01:06:37,600 --> 01:06:42,440
Speaker 1: a mellow dude. And uh he's funny as heck. Um.

1183
01:06:42,720 --> 01:06:46,760
Speaker 1: But you know, whatever happens happens. I mean freaking if

1184
01:06:46,800 --> 01:06:48,280
Speaker 1: I go over there in the less side, I'm playing

1185
01:06:48,320 --> 01:06:51,439
Speaker 1: with one of the most athletic guys I've ever seen.

1186
01:06:51,600 --> 01:06:55,840
Speaker 1: Um Dion is a freak athlete and and and a

1187
01:06:55,920 --> 01:06:59,520
Speaker 1: heck of a player. So uh, wherever they stick me out,

1188
01:06:59,680 --> 01:07:02,160
Speaker 1: I have some Well, I know you got a chance

1189
01:07:02,200 --> 01:07:03,760
Speaker 1: to come on zoom with all the media. Thanks for

1190
01:07:03,840 --> 01:07:05,760
Speaker 1: coming on here. You're what are you wearing? You got

1191
01:07:05,840 --> 01:07:08,920
Speaker 1: a T shirt on? You gotta let us? What is that?

1192
01:07:11,000 --> 01:07:17,080
Speaker 1: The Rockabi Beasley? There you go. There, you go very nice.

1193
01:07:18,000 --> 01:07:20,480
Speaker 1: I'm wearing my own merch look at me. Huh yeah,

1194
01:07:20,520 --> 01:07:23,920
Speaker 1: why not? Why not? I've seen guys wear T shirts

1195
01:07:23,920 --> 01:07:25,640
Speaker 1: with their own picture on it before, so it's a

1196
01:07:25,760 --> 01:07:28,120
Speaker 1: it's a good look, though. What are you What are

1197
01:07:28,160 --> 01:07:31,000
Speaker 1: your thoughts about your What are your thoughts about getting

1198
01:07:31,000 --> 01:07:33,520
Speaker 1: a chance? The Bills now are at this the way

1199
01:07:33,560 --> 01:07:37,000
Speaker 1: it stands, they have to replace the fewest number of

1200
01:07:37,120 --> 01:07:38,800
Speaker 1: snaps of any team in the league, so you guys

1201
01:07:38,880 --> 01:07:41,520
Speaker 1: got the crew coming back next year. More every other

1202
01:07:41,600 --> 01:07:44,000
Speaker 1: team in the league or most of them have more

1203
01:07:44,200 --> 01:07:47,040
Speaker 1: starters and more guys who contributed that they have to replace.

1204
01:07:47,120 --> 01:07:49,560
Speaker 1: In the Buffalo Bills, do you guys went from scoring

1205
01:07:49,680 --> 01:07:51,960
Speaker 1: nineteen and a half points a game to twenty nine

1206
01:07:51,960 --> 01:07:54,640
Speaker 1: and a half points a game. It was a huge improvement.

1207
01:07:54,680 --> 01:07:56,480
Speaker 1: Of course, a lot of it's you know the guy

1208
01:07:56,600 --> 01:07:59,040
Speaker 1: that to Josh and his improvement digs and all that.

1209
01:08:00,000 --> 01:08:01,520
Speaker 1: What does it mean you guys to bring back the

1210
01:08:01,640 --> 01:08:04,160
Speaker 1: same crew to go in to have another season to

1211
01:08:04,320 --> 01:08:08,880
Speaker 1: try and try and win a championship? Um, it's huge, man,

1212
01:08:10,120 --> 01:08:13,240
Speaker 1: There's so much um there's not There's so many people

1213
01:08:13,440 --> 01:08:16,920
Speaker 1: leave and in a season in the NFL, it's it's

1214
01:08:16,960 --> 01:08:21,320
Speaker 1: hard to keep your core people together. And uh, I

1215
01:08:21,439 --> 01:08:24,920
Speaker 1: think it just speaks to the volume of being and

1216
01:08:25,800 --> 01:08:30,360
Speaker 1: this organization who who really the last what is it

1217
01:08:30,479 --> 01:08:33,360
Speaker 1: four years that they've been here, really set themselves up

1218
01:08:33,920 --> 01:08:39,920
Speaker 1: for for for for um the success that that we

1219
01:08:40,040 --> 01:08:43,519
Speaker 1: have been getting. And um, I just think it says

1220
01:08:43,520 --> 01:08:47,320
Speaker 1: a lot when guys are coming back and taking a

1221
01:08:47,360 --> 01:08:50,120
Speaker 1: little less money just to be back here and being Buffalo,

1222
01:08:50,240 --> 01:08:53,760
Speaker 1: I mean Buffalo, the city means a lot to the

1223
01:08:53,960 --> 01:08:58,280
Speaker 1: players on this team and we all love playing for

1224
01:08:58,520 --> 01:09:01,960
Speaker 1: for seventeen talking to John Feliciano here on One Bill's

1225
01:09:02,000 --> 01:09:05,000
Speaker 1: Live and uh, you know, I know quarterbacks always get

1226
01:09:05,000 --> 01:09:07,720
Speaker 1: credit when they take a little less to keep other

1227
01:09:07,800 --> 01:09:10,000
Speaker 1: guys in the full But you know, you, you and

1228
01:09:10,120 --> 01:09:12,400
Speaker 1: the Bills got a little inventive with your contract. So

1229
01:09:12,520 --> 01:09:14,760
Speaker 1: you should be commended for that because it's clear to

1230
01:09:15,000 --> 01:09:18,200
Speaker 1: us that you know, winning is the ultimate thing for you. Uh,

1231
01:09:18,439 --> 01:09:20,320
Speaker 1: just by virtue of the fact that you were willing

1232
01:09:20,360 --> 01:09:22,760
Speaker 1: to do that, So good on you. And then just

1233
01:09:22,960 --> 01:09:27,240
Speaker 1: with respect to you know, I'm sure you heard Brandon

1234
01:09:27,280 --> 01:09:29,400
Speaker 1: Bean's comments John at the end of the season. He

1235
01:09:29,520 --> 01:09:32,000
Speaker 1: was saying, we don't necessarily need to run it more,

1236
01:09:32,120 --> 01:09:34,960
Speaker 1: but we want to run it more consistently. What does

1237
01:09:35,040 --> 01:09:37,720
Speaker 1: that mean to you guys up front when you hear

1238
01:09:37,840 --> 01:09:40,360
Speaker 1: something like that. I mean, you're obviously Jack to come back,

1239
01:09:40,439 --> 01:09:42,519
Speaker 1: and you know you're happy you got the extension done.

1240
01:09:43,000 --> 01:09:45,320
Speaker 1: But when you hear that, you know, from from the

1241
01:09:45,400 --> 01:09:47,960
Speaker 1: front office, what does that signal to you guys up

1242
01:09:48,040 --> 01:09:52,519
Speaker 1: front in particular? Um, no, man, he's right, I mean

1243
01:09:52,600 --> 01:09:54,880
Speaker 1: we got to do a better job. And it's gonna

1244
01:09:54,880 --> 01:09:59,080
Speaker 1: be Uh, I'm excited for the challenge. Um. I love

1245
01:09:59,160 --> 01:10:02,080
Speaker 1: running the ball, so if we run a well, we'll

1246
01:10:02,080 --> 01:10:03,479
Speaker 1: probably get to run the ball a little more. So

1247
01:10:03,600 --> 01:10:06,920
Speaker 1: let's do it. Yeah, And then taking that a step further, John,

1248
01:10:07,040 --> 01:10:11,400
Speaker 1: as I mentioned, you missed the first seven games, and

1249
01:10:11,560 --> 01:10:14,400
Speaker 1: then we know Cody got hurt a short time after that,

1250
01:10:14,640 --> 01:10:16,960
Speaker 1: Mitch was in and out of the lineup. Do you guys,

1251
01:10:17,080 --> 01:10:20,120
Speaker 1: I have to believe you guys feel just being healthy

1252
01:10:20,680 --> 01:10:24,200
Speaker 1: and getting a chance to actually play for an extended

1253
01:10:24,280 --> 01:10:27,120
Speaker 1: period of time together that front five, You're just gonna

1254
01:10:27,160 --> 01:10:31,120
Speaker 1: be better if you can stay healthy this year, right, Yeah,

1255
01:10:31,600 --> 01:10:32,920
Speaker 1: I mean it was it was rough. I mean I

1256
01:10:33,160 --> 01:10:36,280
Speaker 1: don't think I, you know, really felt like I was

1257
01:10:36,400 --> 01:10:41,719
Speaker 1: in good football shape until probably back half of the season,

1258
01:10:43,040 --> 01:10:45,240
Speaker 1: you know, missing the first seven games, not having a

1259
01:10:45,320 --> 01:10:50,639
Speaker 1: training camp, also coming back and sometimes not being able

1260
01:10:50,640 --> 01:10:53,080
Speaker 1: to get a full padded practice just because you know

1261
01:10:53,120 --> 01:10:57,679
Speaker 1: the way the season was going. So it was tough.

1262
01:10:57,760 --> 01:11:00,320
Speaker 1: And I mean Cody played hurt for a long time

1263
01:11:00,400 --> 01:11:03,760
Speaker 1: before he before he even had surgery. So I mean

1264
01:11:03,840 --> 01:11:08,360
Speaker 1: there's a lot of things that that we're looking forward

1265
01:11:08,360 --> 01:11:10,720
Speaker 1: to coming up in this season. Just as the unit,

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01:11:11,000 --> 01:11:15,120
Speaker 1: UM to take the next step and and be the

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01:11:15,280 --> 01:11:17,280
Speaker 1: unit that that the teams can rely on. What do

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01:11:17,360 --> 01:11:19,000
Speaker 1: you think that the strings are if you get these

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01:11:19,200 --> 01:11:21,360
Speaker 1: five guys back and you finally do get a chance

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01:11:21,400 --> 01:11:22,760
Speaker 1: to catch your rhythm, and I don't know if you've

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01:11:22,760 --> 01:11:25,479
Speaker 1: even seen enough of yourselves together to even get a

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01:11:25,520 --> 01:11:27,680
Speaker 1: handle on this. What do you think your identity is

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01:11:27,680 --> 01:11:30,160
Speaker 1: gonna be? Are you gonna be um? You know? Are

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01:11:30,200 --> 01:11:32,599
Speaker 1: you Are you guys gonna be able to run the ball?

1275
01:11:32,640 --> 01:11:34,519
Speaker 1: Are you gonna do some zone Is it a zone

1276
01:11:34,560 --> 01:11:36,560
Speaker 1: blocking group? Is it a is it a trap and

1277
01:11:36,680 --> 01:11:39,400
Speaker 1: power blocking group? I mean, what's your identity of this

1278
01:11:39,560 --> 01:11:44,040
Speaker 1: offensive line? With those five guys? If you can stay healthy? Um,

1279
01:11:44,680 --> 01:11:46,720
Speaker 1: I mean, let's be honest. We're gonna throw the ball

1280
01:11:46,920 --> 01:11:49,360
Speaker 1: and it's gonna be fun, and we're gonna put up

1281
01:11:49,400 --> 01:11:53,280
Speaker 1: points and and we're gonna watch Josh Allen do what

1282
01:11:53,439 --> 01:11:55,760
Speaker 1: Josh Allen is and it's gonna be a fun time. Um.

1283
01:11:56,040 --> 01:11:59,200
Speaker 1: But when we got to run the ball whatever whatever,

1284
01:12:00,439 --> 01:12:04,000
Speaker 1: Davis is gonna dial up because Dave's Daves. We have

1285
01:12:04,080 --> 01:12:07,439
Speaker 1: a big offense. Davis doesn't want to stick to one thing,

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01:12:07,600 --> 01:12:10,600
Speaker 1: doesn't want to just just be good at running the

1287
01:12:10,640 --> 01:12:14,240
Speaker 1: outside zone. He's gonna want to play some smash mouthball

1288
01:12:14,360 --> 01:12:18,720
Speaker 1: here and there, uh whatever whatever that we need that

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01:12:18,960 --> 01:12:21,120
Speaker 1: that week. So we're gonna need to be good at

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01:12:21,320 --> 01:12:25,200
Speaker 1: everything we do. Um, but we're also gonna have to

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01:12:25,600 --> 01:12:29,040
Speaker 1: make sure our seventeen stays clean. All right, John, we'll listen.

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01:12:29,080 --> 01:12:30,760
Speaker 1: We appreciate the time. We don't want to keep you

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01:12:30,760 --> 01:12:32,160
Speaker 1: too long because we know you answered a bunch of

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01:12:32,240 --> 01:12:34,559
Speaker 1: questions with the media. Just do me one favor, man,

1295
01:12:34,640 --> 01:12:37,200
Speaker 1: No lifting heavy right before training camp. All right, dude,

1296
01:12:37,439 --> 01:12:40,080
Speaker 1: take it easy. I know sometimes you push yourself. Don't

1297
01:12:40,120 --> 01:12:43,920
Speaker 1: do it. Please taper off, Yeah, do a slow taper

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01:12:44,000 --> 01:12:48,479
Speaker 1: to training camp. Please, we need you. Thanks, enjoy the time,

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01:12:48,560 --> 01:12:51,040
Speaker 1: good luck, and enjoy that sundown there. Man, we're jealous.

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Speaker 1: Appreciate you guys. All right. That's John Feliciano coming back

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01:12:56,720 --> 01:13:00,720
Speaker 1: on a new three year contract. He is a riot. Man.

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01:13:00,960 --> 01:13:03,400
Speaker 1: That guy's a riot. Him and Lee Smith in the

1303
01:13:03,439 --> 01:13:05,200
Speaker 1: same locker room because those guys are tight from their

1304
01:13:05,280 --> 01:13:07,439
Speaker 1: days when they were playing back with the Raiders. Raiders. Yeah,

1305
01:13:07,840 --> 01:13:11,360
Speaker 1: those are two two, two guys that can tear it up.

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01:13:11,520 --> 01:13:13,599
Speaker 1: I'll go out on limb say they're they're loving this place.

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01:13:13,640 --> 01:13:16,000
Speaker 1: A little bit more than they were as raiders. I mean, yeah,

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01:13:16,280 --> 01:13:18,360
Speaker 1: I think that's safe to say. This culture has really

1309
01:13:18,439 --> 01:13:21,880
Speaker 1: grabbed a bunch of guys and and made him made

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01:13:21,920 --> 01:13:27,240
Speaker 1: him believers, and Feliciano's obviously one of them. Um, his attitude,

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01:13:27,280 --> 01:13:30,040
Speaker 1: I think that attitude is right. He's he says, listen,

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01:13:30,120 --> 01:13:32,559
Speaker 1: he goes, we're gonna throw the ball. You know. It's

1313
01:13:32,640 --> 01:13:35,280
Speaker 1: like and I think he's right. They're not lamenting the

1314
01:13:35,360 --> 01:13:37,640
Speaker 1: fact that they're not running a well, they're lighting it up,

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01:13:37,760 --> 01:13:41,120
Speaker 1: scorn points. Let's keep seventeen on his feet, Let's see

1316
01:13:41,120 --> 01:13:44,400
Speaker 1: where let's let the chips fall. Um. It's a good philosophy.

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01:13:44,439 --> 01:13:46,800
Speaker 1: It worked extremely well this last year. It'll be interesting

1318
01:13:46,800 --> 01:13:48,760
Speaker 1: to see what teams think about the Bills when they

1319
01:13:48,800 --> 01:13:51,360
Speaker 1: come out to defend them this year, and that'll that'll

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01:13:51,400 --> 01:13:53,519
Speaker 1: tell us a little something about where they go from here. Yeah,

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01:13:53,520 --> 01:13:57,200
Speaker 1: and I think I think these two guys resigning before

1322
01:13:57,240 --> 01:14:00,880
Speaker 1: the market opens is a strong sign from the coaching

1323
01:14:00,960 --> 01:14:03,040
Speaker 1: staff and from the front office, because to me, it

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01:14:03,120 --> 01:14:08,360
Speaker 1: says we like our guys. They were more. I think

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01:14:08,479 --> 01:14:10,639
Speaker 1: seeing both of those guys come back in the fold,

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01:14:11,000 --> 01:14:15,040
Speaker 1: and the great anticipation here is that the starting five,

1327
01:14:15,640 --> 01:14:18,120
Speaker 1: barring somebody coming in and taking the world by storm

1328
01:14:18,520 --> 01:14:20,439
Speaker 1: that's new, or maybe they add a free agent on

1329
01:14:20,520 --> 01:14:22,280
Speaker 1: a one year deal that's going to really compete with

1330
01:14:22,400 --> 01:14:25,120
Speaker 1: one of these guys. I think what the front office

1331
01:14:25,120 --> 01:14:29,120
Speaker 1: has said here is the shortcomings of the offensive line

1332
01:14:29,240 --> 01:14:34,200
Speaker 1: were more due to circumstance than ability. Injury was the

1333
01:14:34,320 --> 01:14:39,920
Speaker 1: biggest stumbling block for this starting five. So Dawkins, Ford, Morse,

1334
01:14:40,040 --> 01:14:43,400
Speaker 1: Feliciano and Williams is the starting five. They want to

1335
01:14:43,400 --> 01:14:46,559
Speaker 1: see in a healthy environment. They want to give them

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01:14:46,640 --> 01:14:49,040
Speaker 1: that opportunity. Let's see how much better you can be

1337
01:14:49,439 --> 01:14:51,840
Speaker 1: provided they can all stay healthy. Yeah, and I think too,

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01:14:51,920 --> 01:14:55,160
Speaker 1: it would be it'd be great as well. I mean,

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01:14:55,240 --> 01:15:00,400
Speaker 1: Cody Ford going into his third season. For me, it's

1340
01:15:00,439 --> 01:15:03,560
Speaker 1: time to draft somebody, because then you'd have Dawkins just

1341
01:15:03,720 --> 01:15:06,040
Speaker 1: signing this extension, Cody Ford coming up in a year tune.

1342
01:15:06,040 --> 01:15:08,639
Speaker 1: You got this young guy who's coming up and let him. Yeah,

1343
01:15:08,640 --> 01:15:10,439
Speaker 1: you and I were talking about that during the break.

1344
01:15:10,520 --> 01:15:13,960
Speaker 1: We like the idea of drafting your swing tackle, right,

1345
01:15:14,240 --> 01:15:17,439
Speaker 1: you draft your swing tackle. This year guy gets to

1346
01:15:17,560 --> 01:15:21,719
Speaker 1: learn behind two veteran players, you know who who actually

1347
01:15:22,160 --> 01:15:24,960
Speaker 1: do things very differently. I mean Dion's kind of the

1348
01:15:25,040 --> 01:15:29,040
Speaker 1: athletic kind of edge guy. And and Daryl's just a

1349
01:15:29,320 --> 01:15:33,000
Speaker 1: giant human right you know at three he's just a

1350
01:15:33,080 --> 01:15:35,400
Speaker 1: big guy. Dude takes him takes you, I mean takes

1351
01:15:35,439 --> 01:15:37,320
Speaker 1: you half an hour to get around him. I heard

1352
01:15:37,640 --> 01:15:40,400
Speaker 1: one of an old offensive lineman told me his philosophy

1353
01:15:40,439 --> 01:15:43,920
Speaker 1: about what the psychological makeup of your offensive line says.

1354
01:15:43,920 --> 01:15:46,479
Speaker 1: Your left tackle is one of those guys like Dion Dawkins,

1355
01:15:47,320 --> 01:15:51,720
Speaker 1: like a Jason um Uh, the Peters, Jason Peters, you know,

1356
01:15:51,800 --> 01:15:55,040
Speaker 1: one of those guys who is just raordinary feet. Yeah,

1357
01:15:55,120 --> 01:15:59,720
Speaker 1: they're they're at their freaks. They're big, gifted, once in

1358
01:15:59,760 --> 01:16:03,320
Speaker 1: a lifetime kind of athletes. And he goes, that's it.

1359
01:16:03,880 --> 01:16:07,240
Speaker 1: On the he goes on the other side, your right tackle.

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01:16:08,000 --> 01:16:09,840
Speaker 1: All he needs is to be big and have a

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01:16:09,960 --> 01:16:13,240
Speaker 1: real mean streak. And that's what That was his entire

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01:16:13,280 --> 01:16:17,000
Speaker 1: explanation of offensive tackle play. A gifted left tackle and

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01:16:17,200 --> 01:16:22,679
Speaker 1: a mean right tackle. And there you go. Yeah, Darryl

1364
01:16:22,720 --> 01:16:26,799
Speaker 1: Williams is big. He's got Feliciano right next to Williams

1365
01:16:26,800 --> 01:16:29,280
Speaker 1: strikes me as a happy, go lucky. He's kind of

1366
01:16:29,320 --> 01:16:31,360
Speaker 1: a chill dude. But when he gets on the field.

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01:16:31,600 --> 01:16:34,080
Speaker 1: You know he's gonna he's gonna do what he needs

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01:16:34,120 --> 01:16:38,000
Speaker 1: to do. But you're right, three huntin are those are

1369
01:16:38,040 --> 01:16:42,679
Speaker 1: the five? They got their five. They need seven, right,

1370
01:16:42,920 --> 01:16:46,519
Speaker 1: the job is not done. They need seven. Iike Bucker

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01:16:46,600 --> 01:16:48,479
Speaker 1: is a restricted free agent. They could tender him and

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01:16:48,560 --> 01:16:51,000
Speaker 1: bring him back in the fold very easily for another year.

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01:16:51,600 --> 01:16:55,280
Speaker 1: Ryan Bates is a relatively affordable price. Yes, Ryan Bates

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01:16:55,360 --> 01:16:58,760
Speaker 1: is under contract, and he may be your swing guy

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01:16:58,840 --> 01:17:02,400
Speaker 1: that he's played all five spot. He's they like him

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01:17:02,439 --> 01:17:05,760
Speaker 1: more as an interior player, ideally because he's not long.

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01:17:07,439 --> 01:17:10,479
Speaker 1: And so that's why I think it lends credence steve

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01:17:11,040 --> 01:17:15,120
Speaker 1: to the Bills investing in an offensive tackle somewhere on

1379
01:17:15,160 --> 01:17:16,800
Speaker 1: the first two days of the draft, because if you

1380
01:17:16,880 --> 01:17:18,920
Speaker 1: want to draft somebody and make him your swing guy,

1381
01:17:18,960 --> 01:17:20,920
Speaker 1: that means he's your third best tackle on the roster

1382
01:17:21,840 --> 01:17:25,639
Speaker 1: coming out of the shoot. So you usually don't find

1383
01:17:25,680 --> 01:17:27,719
Speaker 1: those guys on Day three of the draft. It's usually

1384
01:17:27,800 --> 01:17:30,479
Speaker 1: one of the first two days, and the Bills have

1385
01:17:30,640 --> 01:17:32,880
Speaker 1: done that. I mean, Cody Ford was a second round

1386
01:17:32,960 --> 01:17:35,800
Speaker 1: draft choice, Dion Dawkins was a second round draft choice,

1387
01:17:35,880 --> 01:17:38,080
Speaker 1: and they trade it up for both of them. So

1388
01:17:39,280 --> 01:17:42,040
Speaker 1: you know that's I think it's got to happen somewhere

1389
01:17:42,080 --> 01:17:44,280
Speaker 1: on the first two days, especially if it's a guy

1390
01:17:44,320 --> 01:17:47,360
Speaker 1: as you insinuate that you want to be ready to

1391
01:17:47,400 --> 01:17:49,920
Speaker 1: step into a starting role in a couple of years.

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01:17:51,600 --> 01:17:54,080
Speaker 1: Although you got Williams and Dawkins for the next three

1393
01:17:54,120 --> 01:17:59,679
Speaker 1: seasons under contract, which is fantastic. I mean that is fantastic. Now, yeah,

1394
01:18:01,400 --> 01:18:03,360
Speaker 1: I don't want to rain on our parade here all

1395
01:18:03,400 --> 01:18:07,000
Speaker 1: these good fields that we got. But the free agent

1396
01:18:07,120 --> 01:18:09,679
Speaker 1: legal tampering window, as we know, is open right now,

1397
01:18:10,880 --> 01:18:15,400
Speaker 1: and the Patriots are jumping in with both feet. They

1398
01:18:15,479 --> 01:18:18,280
Speaker 1: have signed free agent tight end John U Smith away

1399
01:18:18,360 --> 01:18:22,120
Speaker 1: from the Tennessee Titans four year deal fifty million dollars

1400
01:18:22,600 --> 01:18:26,080
Speaker 1: little over thirty one million guaranteed. And then they turn

1401
01:18:26,240 --> 01:18:30,240
Speaker 1: right back around and they signed nose tackle Devon Godshaw

1402
01:18:30,760 --> 01:18:34,160
Speaker 1: from Miami, sign him away from Miami on a two

1403
01:18:34,240 --> 01:18:38,040
Speaker 1: year deal whereth a reported ten million dollars. So New England,

1404
01:18:38,080 --> 01:18:40,720
Speaker 1: as we know, had money to spend and they are

1405
01:18:40,760 --> 01:18:44,479
Speaker 1: spending it. And Steve John U. Smith going to New England,

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01:18:44,800 --> 01:18:48,120
Speaker 1: he goes there as the number one pass receiving option

1407
01:18:48,240 --> 01:18:51,559
Speaker 1: right now, even if Julian Edelman can somehow drag himself

1408
01:18:51,600 --> 01:18:54,439
Speaker 1: out there on the field with an arthritic knee. Yeah,

1409
01:18:54,520 --> 01:18:55,960
Speaker 1: I think, I mean, what do you think. I think

1410
01:18:55,960 --> 01:18:58,600
Speaker 1: he's the number one option. They're passing it absolutely, and

1411
01:18:58,680 --> 01:19:01,400
Speaker 1: he's they're paying him like it. And Belichick has been

1412
01:19:01,439 --> 01:19:02,960
Speaker 1: quote a saint John new Smith, who was the best

1413
01:19:03,000 --> 01:19:06,439
Speaker 1: guy in the league after the catch. You can bet

1414
01:19:06,520 --> 01:19:08,040
Speaker 1: that's what they're going to give him the chance to do.

1415
01:19:08,400 --> 01:19:12,160
Speaker 1: He's an incredible athlete. They'll use him all kinds of ways.

1416
01:19:12,200 --> 01:19:14,280
Speaker 1: And of course we've seen over the course of a

1417
01:19:14,320 --> 01:19:17,920
Speaker 1: couple of decades that you know, Bill Belichick knows how

1418
01:19:17,960 --> 01:19:23,760
Speaker 1: to use tight ends. So yeah, that it seems you know,

1419
01:19:23,760 --> 01:19:25,720
Speaker 1: it's like always it seems obvious. After they do it,

1420
01:19:26,280 --> 01:19:27,720
Speaker 1: it's like, oh, yeah, it makes a lot of sense.

1421
01:19:27,800 --> 01:19:29,640
Speaker 1: And it does. And good for John new Smith. We

1422
01:19:29,720 --> 01:19:31,800
Speaker 1: knew he was going to set the marketing. That's real money.

1423
01:19:31,880 --> 01:19:34,040
Speaker 1: That's forget the discount of stuff you've seen other guys

1424
01:19:34,040 --> 01:19:36,080
Speaker 1: signing for. Now, that's real money, right, I mean, that's

1425
01:19:36,120 --> 01:19:39,120
Speaker 1: over twelve million year. That's big. That's very big for

1426
01:19:39,160 --> 01:19:41,920
Speaker 1: a tight end. Yeah. So, I mean, so he's in

1427
01:19:41,960 --> 01:19:45,160
Speaker 1: the division now, and I know Bill's fans are like, oh,

1428
01:19:45,640 --> 01:19:48,000
Speaker 1: Jase like another tight end to have to deal with

1429
01:19:48,080 --> 01:19:50,639
Speaker 1: because over the years, the Bills have had their share

1430
01:19:50,680 --> 01:19:53,920
Speaker 1: of troubles, you know, dealing with high end, tight end

1431
01:19:54,000 --> 01:19:56,639
Speaker 1: talent in terms of defending them, shutting them down, whatever

1432
01:19:56,720 --> 01:19:59,920
Speaker 1: it is. So now you've got that guy two time

1433
01:20:00,000 --> 01:20:03,200
Speaker 1: times a year. Now we should also mention and this

1434
01:20:03,360 --> 01:20:06,800
Speaker 1: has to be this is where I'm coming from on this, Steve.

1435
01:20:06,920 --> 01:20:09,880
Speaker 1: I have to believe that knowing Cam Newton at the

1436
01:20:09,960 --> 01:20:13,679
Speaker 1: very least is their bridge quarterback. He had a very

1437
01:20:13,800 --> 01:20:17,720
Speaker 1: good relationship with Greg Olsen for many years in Carolina,

1438
01:20:17,760 --> 01:20:20,920
Speaker 1: and I would have to believe they're trying to recapture

1439
01:20:21,400 --> 01:20:25,439
Speaker 1: some of that with John WHU Smith now because Cam

1440
01:20:25,560 --> 01:20:29,280
Speaker 1: Newton passing outside was a train wreck last year. This

1441
01:20:29,400 --> 01:20:31,240
Speaker 1: guy's going to work in between the numbers to a

1442
01:20:31,320 --> 01:20:33,880
Speaker 1: great degree, and I think they believe that maybe they

1443
01:20:33,960 --> 01:20:39,320
Speaker 1: can recapture some of Cam Newton's passing prowess inside with

1444
01:20:39,479 --> 01:20:42,360
Speaker 1: John WU Smith now in the fold and probably how

1445
01:20:42,360 --> 01:20:47,839
Speaker 1: they viewed it at least for this year. Yeah, from

1446
01:20:47,880 --> 01:20:51,160
Speaker 1: this side of it, John WU Smith is not the

1447
01:20:51,240 --> 01:20:55,080
Speaker 1: weak link in that combination. Cam Newton is correct. He

1448
01:20:55,160 --> 01:20:58,680
Speaker 1: threw a ton of one hoppers and he read back

1449
01:20:58,720 --> 01:21:00,559
Speaker 1: and tried to heave in. The ball came out about

1450
01:21:00,560 --> 01:21:03,839
Speaker 1: three feet off the ground. I mean he really struggled

1451
01:21:03,880 --> 01:21:09,760
Speaker 1: to throw it. And uh, yeah, I get it. Money talks. Yeah,

1452
01:21:09,800 --> 01:21:11,360
Speaker 1: but I don't know if John us you know, we'll

1453
01:21:11,400 --> 01:21:14,320
Speaker 1: see if if and if Cam Newton's the guy throwing

1454
01:21:14,400 --> 01:21:18,439
Speaker 1: the ball in New England. I'm okay with that. I'm

1455
01:21:18,479 --> 01:21:22,360
Speaker 1: okay with that, But I don't know. They they've got

1456
01:21:22,439 --> 01:21:24,240
Speaker 1: to throw the football better than they did a year ago.

1457
01:21:24,720 --> 01:21:26,679
Speaker 1: And if they think Cam Newton's going to be better

1458
01:21:26,760 --> 01:21:30,080
Speaker 1: than that, then okay, fine, let's see it. Yeah, let's

1459
01:21:30,120 --> 01:21:32,920
Speaker 1: see it. Eight oh three oh five fifty. As we

1460
01:21:33,000 --> 01:21:36,560
Speaker 1: are asking you on today's Twitter poll now with Feliciano

1461
01:21:36,800 --> 01:21:39,840
Speaker 1: and Darryl Williams back in the fold as well as

1462
01:21:39,960 --> 01:21:43,920
Speaker 1: Matt Mlano, what's the priority in free agency now for

1463
01:21:44,000 --> 01:21:45,559
Speaker 1: the Bills. You can let us know at eight three

1464
01:21:45,760 --> 01:21:49,080
Speaker 1: five fifty eight five fifty two five fifty, or you

1465
01:21:49,120 --> 01:21:50,760
Speaker 1: can hit us up on the tweet sheet, which we

1466
01:21:50,840 --> 01:21:53,160
Speaker 1: will get to very shortly. But let's go to the

1467
01:21:53,240 --> 01:21:56,519
Speaker 1: phones and we go to Mark in Lancaster. Mark, what

1468
01:21:56,600 --> 01:21:59,320
Speaker 1: do you have for us? You're all one bills live? Hey,

1469
01:21:59,400 --> 01:22:04,720
Speaker 1: how are you good, guys. Good. My question is, you know,

1470
01:22:04,840 --> 01:22:11,240
Speaker 1: with the departure John Brown, how does Kenny still fit

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01:22:11,400 --> 01:22:15,160
Speaker 1: into that? And also too, you know, we signed Devontae

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Speaker 1: Freeman as another running back, you know, to back up

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01:22:19,080 --> 01:22:23,000
Speaker 1: you know who we have with Moths and Singletary. Do

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01:22:23,200 --> 01:22:26,160
Speaker 1: those guys still fit into the picture? Well, they're not

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01:22:26,479 --> 01:22:29,160
Speaker 1: signed right now. They are not under contract to the Bills.

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01:22:29,200 --> 01:22:32,360
Speaker 1: They were signed as practice squad players and at the

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01:22:32,479 --> 01:22:34,719
Speaker 1: end of the season they were not you know, given

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01:22:34,800 --> 01:22:38,839
Speaker 1: new contracts, so they are out there as free agents.

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01:22:38,920 --> 01:22:41,240
Speaker 1: So they are free agent options for the Bills to

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01:22:41,320 --> 01:22:43,200
Speaker 1: bring back into the fold, but they are not under

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01:22:43,240 --> 01:22:47,519
Speaker 1: contract as of this time. I think, as Steve and

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01:22:47,600 --> 01:22:50,759
Speaker 1: I have discussed on the show, there are other options

1483
01:22:50,800 --> 01:22:53,360
Speaker 1: at receiver under contract right now on the roster. I

1484
01:22:53,439 --> 01:22:56,599
Speaker 1: think Gabriel Davis, at least for the interim, slides into

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01:22:56,640 --> 01:22:59,080
Speaker 1: that number three receiving role. I don't think we should

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01:22:59,120 --> 01:23:02,400
Speaker 1: dismiss the fact that when John Brown was out of

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01:23:02,439 --> 01:23:05,400
Speaker 1: the lineup, Gabriel Davis was fantastic. As a matter of fact,

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01:23:05,439 --> 01:23:07,000
Speaker 1: he had a three game stretch where he had a

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01:23:07,040 --> 01:23:10,120
Speaker 1: touchdown in three straight games, finished the season with seven

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01:23:10,200 --> 01:23:14,240
Speaker 1: touchdowns and had three touchdowns called back on penalty last season.

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01:23:14,360 --> 01:23:15,920
Speaker 1: I mean it could have been a ten touchdown guy

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01:23:15,960 --> 01:23:19,800
Speaker 1: as a rookie. And I think with Diggs still drawing

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01:23:19,840 --> 01:23:22,479
Speaker 1: a majority of the attention as well as Beasley, that

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01:23:22,640 --> 01:23:24,320
Speaker 1: Davis is going to continue to see a lot of

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01:23:24,360 --> 01:23:27,280
Speaker 1: one on one matchups in the passing game, and so

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01:23:27,400 --> 01:23:29,920
Speaker 1: I think he still has a chance to deliver even

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01:23:29,960 --> 01:23:33,479
Speaker 1: more production than he did last season. And then taking

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01:23:33,560 --> 01:23:36,519
Speaker 1: it a step further, you know, you have other young players.

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01:23:36,760 --> 01:23:40,160
Speaker 1: Isaiah Hodgins, who was their six round draft choice last year.

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01:23:40,240 --> 01:23:41,879
Speaker 1: They liked him a lot, but he had a shoulder

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01:23:41,960 --> 01:23:45,879
Speaker 1: problem which required surgery, missed the whole season, essentially red shirted,

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01:23:46,200 --> 01:23:49,080
Speaker 1: and then they brought back Jake Coumereau who did get

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01:23:49,080 --> 01:23:51,840
Speaker 1: a little bit of action against Denver, and then they

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01:23:52,400 --> 01:23:56,760
Speaker 1: had to release him because of other roster position necessities

1505
01:23:57,880 --> 01:24:00,880
Speaker 1: due to injury, and so they were fat at receiver

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01:24:01,200 --> 01:24:03,479
Speaker 1: had to release him. He got picked up on waivers

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01:24:03,520 --> 01:24:06,120
Speaker 1: by New Orleans, but New Orleans cut him three weeks

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01:24:06,200 --> 01:24:08,160
Speaker 1: later and they signed him back to the roster and

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01:24:08,200 --> 01:24:11,360
Speaker 1: then signed him to a reserve future contract. So he

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01:24:11,520 --> 01:24:14,160
Speaker 1: is under contract this entire offseason to the Bills, and

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01:24:14,800 --> 01:24:17,040
Speaker 1: if he makes the roster, we'll step in, you know,

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01:24:17,160 --> 01:24:20,800
Speaker 1: on that deal next year. So also Kumar also gives

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01:24:20,880 --> 01:24:23,640
Speaker 1: him something on special teams, not as much made as

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01:24:23,720 --> 01:24:27,320
Speaker 1: an Andre Roberts. But if there's another guy, a defensive

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01:24:27,360 --> 01:24:30,120
Speaker 1: back or somebody who can catch kicks, like an Isaiah McKenzie,

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01:24:30,120 --> 01:24:32,600
Speaker 1: if they signed him back, you can keep Kumaro and

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01:24:32,720 --> 01:24:35,760
Speaker 1: gain something on the coverage end of special teams or

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01:24:35,840 --> 01:24:40,880
Speaker 1: the return end of special teams upfront, and presto chango,

1519
01:24:42,160 --> 01:24:44,920
Speaker 1: you've got guys that are performing the same role as

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01:24:44,960 --> 01:24:48,280
Speaker 1: Andre Roberts and Isaiah McKenzie, although shuffled around and you

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01:24:48,320 --> 01:24:51,000
Speaker 1: got him for cheaper. Now that's not to say that

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01:24:51,160 --> 01:24:54,160
Speaker 1: they don't try to bring in a veteran receiver on

1523
01:24:54,360 --> 01:24:57,840
Speaker 1: like a one year type of deal, just as insurance

1524
01:24:58,320 --> 01:25:02,040
Speaker 1: more than anything else, you know. So that is something

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01:25:02,120 --> 01:25:06,439
Speaker 1: I could still see the Bills entertaining and looking at

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01:25:07,160 --> 01:25:10,120
Speaker 1: just to kind of cover their bases, because we know

1527
01:25:10,439 --> 01:25:13,160
Speaker 1: that this team last year liked to run four wide

1528
01:25:13,240 --> 01:25:16,320
Speaker 1: a great deal. I mean, they ran it almost eleven

1529
01:25:16,439 --> 01:25:19,519
Speaker 1: or twelve percent of the time, and that was the

1530
01:25:19,560 --> 01:25:22,120
Speaker 1: second highest percentage in the league. And I don't think

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01:25:22,160 --> 01:25:24,320
Speaker 1: that's going to change as we just heard John Feliciano

1532
01:25:24,400 --> 01:25:26,880
Speaker 1: on the show basically saying we're gonna throw the ball.

1533
01:25:27,479 --> 01:25:30,679
Speaker 1: So knowing you want to go for wide and still

1534
01:25:30,760 --> 01:25:34,920
Speaker 1: have that personnel grouping at your disposal, you don't want

1535
01:25:34,960 --> 01:25:39,200
Speaker 1: to be relying solely on Jake Kumerou, whose time in

1536
01:25:39,240 --> 01:25:43,759
Speaker 1: the league has been very limited, Isaiah Hodgins who hasn't

1537
01:25:43,800 --> 01:25:47,880
Speaker 1: played in a regular season NFL game, And right now,

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01:25:48,040 --> 01:25:51,400
Speaker 1: Andre Roberts and Isaiah McKenzie are free agents, so I

1539
01:25:51,479 --> 01:25:54,479
Speaker 1: could see them looking at a veteran that they know

1540
01:25:55,080 --> 01:25:57,479
Speaker 1: could step in and perform for them, even if it's

1541
01:25:57,520 --> 01:26:00,400
Speaker 1: just for this season, as insurance to kind of cover

1542
01:26:00,479 --> 01:26:03,599
Speaker 1: their bases, so that at least with the money they've

1543
01:26:03,600 --> 01:26:07,519
Speaker 1: spent already on long term contracts to bring Williams, Milano

1544
01:26:07,840 --> 01:26:10,759
Speaker 1: and Feliciano back into the fold. I think the Bills

1545
01:26:10,880 --> 01:26:14,280
Speaker 1: to a great degree now going forward, go the one

1546
01:26:14,360 --> 01:26:17,160
Speaker 1: year route, don't you right, Yeah, it makes total sense,

1547
01:26:17,200 --> 01:26:18,880
Speaker 1: and you get these guys and it gives them a chance.

1548
01:26:18,960 --> 01:26:20,599
Speaker 1: It's better for the players as well. They can bet

1549
01:26:20,640 --> 01:26:23,120
Speaker 1: on themselves for a one year deal, come in play

1550
01:26:23,200 --> 01:26:24,960
Speaker 1: for a team that throws it all over the yard,

1551
01:26:25,479 --> 01:26:28,439
Speaker 1: have a chance to you know, make a name and

1552
01:26:28,439 --> 01:26:30,880
Speaker 1: then and then hit it. Hit a home run next

1553
01:26:30,960 --> 01:26:33,720
Speaker 1: year when the cap bounces back, It's just yeah, just

1554
01:26:33,880 --> 01:26:36,800
Speaker 1: makes sense. Break time for us. But it looks like

1555
01:26:36,880 --> 01:26:39,920
Speaker 1: the Patriots and the Jets could be getting into a

1556
01:26:40,080 --> 01:26:46,000
Speaker 1: free agent bidding war for guard Joe Tuney. Go for it, guys,

1557
01:26:46,120 --> 01:26:49,320
Speaker 1: gobble up as much cap space as you can. Nothing

1558
01:26:49,439 --> 01:26:52,960
Speaker 1: says happiness for the Bills like a bidding war between

1559
01:26:53,040 --> 01:26:57,000
Speaker 1: two division rivals for one player who's a guard. Go

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01:26:57,240 --> 01:26:59,280
Speaker 1: for it. We'll take a break, but be back with

1561
01:26:59,400 --> 01:27:02,080
Speaker 1: more on the free agent front, as well as this

1562
01:27:02,200 --> 01:27:06,439
Speaker 1: discussion as to where Buffalo's priorities should now turn in

1563
01:27:06,640 --> 01:27:09,840
Speaker 1: free agency. Take your comments next on the tweet sheet

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01:27:09,840 --> 01:27:12,000
Speaker 1: when we return here on One Bills Live, presented by

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01:27:12,040 --> 01:27:25,960
Speaker 1: Collid to Health, it's Buffalo Bill's radio blugger. Back to

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01:27:26,000 --> 01:27:28,559
Speaker 1: One Bills Live. Chris Brown, Steve Tasker with you here

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01:27:28,600 --> 01:27:33,920
Speaker 1: on this Monday. If you miss the first hour and

1568
01:27:34,120 --> 01:27:37,160
Speaker 1: this second hour of the program, you'll want to check

1569
01:27:37,200 --> 01:27:41,040
Speaker 1: it out on The Bill's YouTube channel when we rerack

1570
01:27:41,120 --> 01:27:44,200
Speaker 1: it later today. We had Daryl Williams on in the

1571
01:27:44,280 --> 01:27:49,560
Speaker 1: first hour and John Feliciano on earlier. This hour Feliciano

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01:27:49,640 --> 01:27:52,080
Speaker 1: is a riot man. He kills me. Okay, it's great.

1573
01:27:52,479 --> 01:27:56,679
Speaker 1: I still calling Josh Allen young goofy on the press

1574
01:27:56,760 --> 01:28:00,280
Speaker 1: conference call. That was outstanding. That's his nick. Forgot to

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01:28:00,280 --> 01:28:01,720
Speaker 1: ask him like did he come up with that or

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01:28:01,760 --> 01:28:03,360
Speaker 1: did somebody else come up? My guests as he came

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01:28:03,479 --> 01:28:06,160
Speaker 1: up with it. Um, isn't it true, Like the only

1578
01:28:06,240 --> 01:28:08,280
Speaker 1: people that can really pull the quarterbacks leg on your

1579
01:28:08,320 --> 01:28:10,880
Speaker 1: team is the offensive line of the guys who protect him. Yeah,

1580
01:28:11,800 --> 01:28:14,240
Speaker 1: they're the only guys that can really give him crap, right, right,

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01:28:14,680 --> 01:28:17,080
Speaker 1: I mean yeah, I mean you would know better than

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01:28:17,120 --> 01:28:20,519
Speaker 1: I would, but it seems to be the case. Um, well, yeah,

1583
01:28:20,680 --> 01:28:24,880
Speaker 1: Josh is Josh is who he who he purports to be.

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01:28:25,000 --> 01:28:27,160
Speaker 1: I mean he's a total bro sleeve, right, I mean

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01:28:27,240 --> 01:28:29,600
Speaker 1: he's like yeah, yeah, yeah, and he's got He's got

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01:28:29,640 --> 01:28:31,600
Speaker 1: as thick as skin as you'll find, right, So they

1587
01:28:31,680 --> 01:28:33,920
Speaker 1: can bust his chops all he wants. He's he's okay

1588
01:28:33,960 --> 01:28:38,040
Speaker 1: with it. So it's it. It makes it makes for

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01:28:38,080 --> 01:28:43,519
Speaker 1: a fun locker room. Yeah, particularly when he's like Peliciano ghostie.

1590
01:28:46,040 --> 01:28:50,200
Speaker 1: He is a classic dude. Okay, it kills me. Um yeah,

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01:28:50,720 --> 01:28:54,120
Speaker 1: And so basically, uh, some of the reports that we've

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01:28:54,160 --> 01:28:56,679
Speaker 1: gotten today so far as far as some big signings

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01:28:57,000 --> 01:29:00,960
Speaker 1: Patriots active tight end John who Smith and nose tackle

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01:29:01,439 --> 01:29:05,280
Speaker 1: Devon Gottshaw from Miami both signing with New England, and

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01:29:05,360 --> 01:29:07,240
Speaker 1: I think New England but Miami are going to be

1596
01:29:07,320 --> 01:29:09,760
Speaker 1: stealing players from each other over the next several years

1597
01:29:09,800 --> 01:29:13,000
Speaker 1: so long as Bill Belichick and Brian Flores are the coaches,

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01:29:13,000 --> 01:29:16,479
Speaker 1: because they play essentially the same defensive system, right, so

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01:29:16,560 --> 01:29:19,720
Speaker 1: they might be poland players from each other for the

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01:29:19,760 --> 01:29:22,400
Speaker 1: better part of the next few years, at least on

1601
01:29:22,479 --> 01:29:24,880
Speaker 1: the defensive side of the ball, So that's not surprising.

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01:29:25,240 --> 01:29:28,280
Speaker 1: John who Smith immediately becomes the number one passing option

1603
01:29:28,640 --> 01:29:32,400
Speaker 1: in the Patriots offense and Carolina Panther is out of

1604
01:29:32,439 --> 01:29:36,200
Speaker 1: the shoote working on their offensive line. They signed pat

1605
01:29:36,280 --> 01:29:40,200
Speaker 1: elf line center away from the Jets, who picked him

1606
01:29:40,240 --> 01:29:42,280
Speaker 1: up fro Minnesota after he was waived by them late

1607
01:29:42,320 --> 01:29:44,960
Speaker 1: in the season. They signed him, and now they've signed

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01:29:46,040 --> 01:29:49,880
Speaker 1: Dallas guard or tackle Cameron Irving, who is a swing

1609
01:29:49,960 --> 01:29:52,600
Speaker 1: tackle for Dallas two year, ten million dollars deal. He

1610
01:29:52,680 --> 01:29:55,879
Speaker 1: might be a starter there in Carolina for them going forward.

1611
01:29:55,960 --> 01:29:59,519
Speaker 1: So they're investing money in their ole line much the

1612
01:29:59,560 --> 01:30:02,240
Speaker 1: way the b did to keep their old line intact.

1613
01:30:02,320 --> 01:30:04,360
Speaker 1: And that is what we are talking about today on

1614
01:30:04,479 --> 01:30:08,720
Speaker 1: the Twitter poll, which is where do the priorities lie

1615
01:30:08,800 --> 01:30:12,880
Speaker 1: for the Bills now in free agency after getting three

1616
01:30:12,960 --> 01:30:15,639
Speaker 1: of their most important free agents back in the fold

1617
01:30:15,760 --> 01:30:18,439
Speaker 1: for the foreseeable future. Can let us know on the

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01:30:18,560 --> 01:30:21,880
Speaker 1: phones at eight oh three fifty one eighty eight fifty

1619
01:30:21,920 --> 01:30:24,720
Speaker 1: two five fifty open line for you there, or on

1620
01:30:24,920 --> 01:30:28,639
Speaker 1: the tweet sheet, which is where we are headed now.

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01:30:29,240 --> 01:30:31,880
Speaker 1: And the tweet sheet as always brought to you by

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01:30:32,000 --> 01:30:37,200
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Speaker 1: of the Buffalo Bills. And first up there is Jeremy

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01:30:41,000 --> 01:30:45,200
Speaker 1: who says, defensive end or cornerback with the resigning of

1625
01:30:45,240 --> 01:30:47,160
Speaker 1: our own, it sounds like they don't believe the old

1626
01:30:47,200 --> 01:30:50,400
Speaker 1: line is an issue. Hopefully they address these issues in

1627
01:30:50,479 --> 01:30:53,360
Speaker 1: free agency, although I believe cap space will be a

1628
01:30:53,439 --> 01:30:58,080
Speaker 1: problem now. He's probably right because defensive end, end corner,

1629
01:30:58,120 --> 01:31:00,240
Speaker 1: as you know Steve, come at a high price tag.

1630
01:31:00,320 --> 01:31:03,920
Speaker 1: Although the Bills have done a good job landing cornerback

1631
01:31:04,080 --> 01:31:07,559
Speaker 1: veterans on one year deals the last three years. Yeah,

1632
01:31:07,600 --> 01:31:10,559
Speaker 1: that's the only problem with that is, you know, guys,

1633
01:31:10,600 --> 01:31:13,640
Speaker 1: like Josh Norman, Kevin Johnson who did actually go on

1634
01:31:14,200 --> 01:31:18,880
Speaker 1: and play someplace, Ben j Gaines the first time. The

1635
01:31:19,040 --> 01:31:22,519
Speaker 1: problem is they had a hard time getting on the field.

1636
01:31:23,120 --> 01:31:25,040
Speaker 1: Most of the guys they signed. Josh Norman had some

1637
01:31:25,240 --> 01:31:27,599
Speaker 1: moments here this last season, no question. The pick six

1638
01:31:29,080 --> 01:31:33,000
Speaker 1: that he had against I believe was a uh Miami

1639
01:31:33,640 --> 01:31:38,320
Speaker 1: Week seventeen. You know, they've had some moments, but neither

1640
01:31:38,400 --> 01:31:39,880
Speaker 1: of the guys that they've seen, none of the veterans

1641
01:31:39,920 --> 01:31:41,600
Speaker 1: they've signed to one year deals have really come in

1642
01:31:41,680 --> 01:31:42,880
Speaker 1: and hit it out of the park and gotten a

1643
01:31:42,960 --> 01:31:45,960
Speaker 1: chance at a new contract or even you know, Josh

1644
01:31:46,040 --> 01:31:51,760
Speaker 1: Norman is not signed anywhere. So they've they were doing

1645
01:31:51,800 --> 01:31:54,840
Speaker 1: it trying to replace a rookie undrafted free agent who

1646
01:31:55,120 --> 01:31:57,160
Speaker 1: has been on the field for him for three straight years.

1647
01:31:57,400 --> 01:31:59,880
Speaker 1: They haven't been able to get it done. Well, it'll

1648
01:31:59,880 --> 01:32:02,240
Speaker 1: be interesting, you see, They've got to find somebody now.

1649
01:32:02,280 --> 01:32:05,639
Speaker 1: They may have big plans for Dane Jackson, who showed

1650
01:32:05,720 --> 01:32:09,200
Speaker 1: some flashes this last season but had troubles staying healthy

1651
01:32:09,200 --> 01:32:12,400
Speaker 1: and staying on the field. He showed like some real athleticism.

1652
01:32:12,479 --> 01:32:15,800
Speaker 1: He's athleticism. He's a little undersized, but certainly if you

1653
01:32:15,880 --> 01:32:20,000
Speaker 1: get a guy like that to fall into your lap,

1654
01:32:21,280 --> 01:32:24,840
Speaker 1: that's huge. But there's no question they're thin at corner,

1655
01:32:24,920 --> 01:32:27,760
Speaker 1: particularly with the environment they're living in in the National

1656
01:32:27,800 --> 01:32:32,280
Speaker 1: Football League where you need three deep at least. The

1657
01:32:32,400 --> 01:32:36,479
Speaker 1: good news here is I think that the Bills can

1658
01:32:36,640 --> 01:32:40,280
Speaker 1: lie in the weeds in free agency here and they're

1659
01:32:40,320 --> 01:32:43,040
Speaker 1: still going to be some pretty darn good, accomplished corners

1660
01:32:43,080 --> 01:32:45,960
Speaker 1: in this league looking for work, and I think you can.

1661
01:32:46,360 --> 01:32:51,000
Speaker 1: I would argue you could get a higher caliber corner

1662
01:32:51,600 --> 01:32:55,040
Speaker 1: on a one year deal this year than the kinds

1663
01:32:55,080 --> 01:32:57,679
Speaker 1: of corners the Bills have got on one year deals

1664
01:32:57,840 --> 01:33:01,880
Speaker 1: in previous offseason. The thing, too, is the Bills corners,

1665
01:33:02,479 --> 01:33:04,840
Speaker 1: it's not like they they're going out and they're trying

1666
01:33:04,880 --> 01:33:10,080
Speaker 1: to find like this, you know, you know, lockdown, man

1667
01:33:10,160 --> 01:33:12,639
Speaker 1: to man guy. They play a ton of zone. Yes,

1668
01:33:13,439 --> 01:33:16,120
Speaker 1: they've got a skill set they're looking for. And one

1669
01:33:16,160 --> 01:33:19,080
Speaker 1: of the reasons they're you know, their corners are successful

1670
01:33:19,240 --> 01:33:21,479
Speaker 1: is that they're not leaving them out on an island.

1671
01:33:21,520 --> 01:33:24,240
Speaker 1: They're making life a little bit easier on those guys

1672
01:33:24,600 --> 01:33:27,320
Speaker 1: then some other teams like to do. Now, certainly, if

1673
01:33:27,320 --> 01:33:28,800
Speaker 1: you've got a guy that can do it, you ask

1674
01:33:28,880 --> 01:33:30,519
Speaker 1: them to do it a little more often, no question

1675
01:33:30,560 --> 01:33:33,160
Speaker 1: about it. But the Bills have no problem not having

1676
01:33:33,200 --> 01:33:35,880
Speaker 1: a corner out there that they can set it forget it,

1677
01:33:36,400 --> 01:33:39,400
Speaker 1: and one guy's the off the field and you're playing

1678
01:33:39,439 --> 01:33:42,760
Speaker 1: ten on ten. It's hard to find those guys. They're

1679
01:33:42,800 --> 01:33:46,360
Speaker 1: not really prevalent, and even when you get one, some

1680
01:33:46,600 --> 01:33:49,200
Speaker 1: teams have got their guy that they're perfectly willing to

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01:33:49,280 --> 01:33:53,280
Speaker 1: take that matchup. So I think the way the Bills

1682
01:33:53,320 --> 01:33:55,040
Speaker 1: and the bar that is set for a guy getting

1683
01:33:55,080 --> 01:33:57,040
Speaker 1: on the field, for the Bills with a skill set

1684
01:33:57,280 --> 01:33:59,400
Speaker 1: is easier to find more prevalent out there on the

1685
01:33:59,479 --> 01:34:02,120
Speaker 1: market than most teams, So they could go further down

1686
01:34:02,160 --> 01:34:05,120
Speaker 1: the list and still get a guy that everybody would

1687
01:34:05,120 --> 01:34:07,519
Speaker 1: be really happy about. Now, let me flip it around

1688
01:34:07,560 --> 01:34:10,080
Speaker 1: the other way. Let's say the Bills choose to go

1689
01:34:11,080 --> 01:34:14,600
Speaker 1: younger at the second corner position in the form of

1690
01:34:14,640 --> 01:34:18,920
Speaker 1: a competition. Dane Jackson. Maybe Cam Lewis is a part

1691
01:34:18,960 --> 01:34:21,639
Speaker 1: of that, although he probably projects inside being a little

1692
01:34:21,840 --> 01:34:25,519
Speaker 1: bit smaller stature. But let's say it's Dane Jackson and

1693
01:34:25,840 --> 01:34:28,120
Speaker 1: a draft pick somewhere on Day one or Day two,

1694
01:34:28,280 --> 01:34:30,800
Speaker 1: somewhere in the top three rounds. You have a draft

1695
01:34:30,880 --> 01:34:33,800
Speaker 1: pick and you have Dane Jackson, I would argue you

1696
01:34:33,880 --> 01:34:37,840
Speaker 1: could go that way because that player is going to

1697
01:34:37,880 --> 01:34:42,599
Speaker 1: be surrounded by veterans in the secondary Micah Hyde, Jordan Poyer,

1698
01:34:42,760 --> 01:34:45,400
Speaker 1: Tredavious White Hell, even Tarren Johnson is going to be

1699
01:34:45,439 --> 01:34:48,120
Speaker 1: starting in that role for the fourth straight season presumably,

1700
01:34:48,479 --> 01:34:51,280
Speaker 1: and the nickel. So even if that guy's a little

1701
01:34:51,360 --> 01:34:55,000
Speaker 1: crossed up, you got four guys that could point him

1702
01:34:55,000 --> 01:34:58,200
Speaker 1: in the right direction. I think if there was ever

1703
01:34:58,320 --> 01:35:00,920
Speaker 1: a year to go young at that position, this is

1704
01:35:01,000 --> 01:35:03,120
Speaker 1: the year, just by virtue of the fact of all

1705
01:35:03,160 --> 01:35:06,000
Speaker 1: the veterans surrounding him in the secondary. Yeah, and it's

1706
01:35:06,000 --> 01:35:08,240
Speaker 1: a great place to be and they'll be all over it.

1707
01:35:09,600 --> 01:35:11,559
Speaker 1: And we see her that on mimis Gy. We're looking

1708
01:35:11,600 --> 01:35:14,160
Speaker 1: at the Dane Jackson plays and knocking a ball away

1709
01:35:14,240 --> 01:35:18,800
Speaker 1: from DeAndre Hopkins in this end zone and then falling

1710
01:35:18,840 --> 01:35:21,519
Speaker 1: on the fumble. He you know, he did flash in

1711
01:35:21,600 --> 01:35:23,320
Speaker 1: that game. It was a chance he got, he had

1712
01:35:23,360 --> 01:35:26,040
Speaker 1: earned it, and that gave us a lot of hope

1713
01:35:26,040 --> 01:35:29,400
Speaker 1: for how good a player he might be. Having said that,

1714
01:35:29,840 --> 01:35:33,200
Speaker 1: you're right, you got to have a lot of bodies

1715
01:35:33,200 --> 01:35:35,320
Speaker 1: at that spot, and you've got to find the best

1716
01:35:35,400 --> 01:35:40,760
Speaker 1: one who thrives in your system. And because even if

1717
01:35:40,840 --> 01:35:42,840
Speaker 1: Dane Jackson's the guy comes out and he plays great,

1718
01:35:42,840 --> 01:35:44,479
Speaker 1: you still got to have a guy behind him and

1719
01:35:44,920 --> 01:35:47,920
Speaker 1: a guy behind Tredavious White. Do they want to be

1720
01:35:48,040 --> 01:35:51,360
Speaker 1: one injury away from being shorthanded at that position exactly

1721
01:35:51,520 --> 01:35:54,880
Speaker 1: the way people are throwing the ball exactly. And the

1722
01:35:55,040 --> 01:35:58,000
Speaker 1: better that guy is, the better the competition's gonna be

1723
01:35:58,120 --> 01:36:00,519
Speaker 1: in the and the level gets raised all way across

1724
01:36:00,560 --> 01:36:02,920
Speaker 1: the board. So they're gonna go out and find some guys.

1725
01:36:02,960 --> 01:36:06,240
Speaker 1: And I'm I'm with you. I think this draft has

1726
01:36:07,000 --> 01:36:09,720
Speaker 1: cornerback written all over it at some point, maybe not

1727
01:36:09,800 --> 01:36:12,600
Speaker 1: at thirty or maybe at thirty, and it might not

1728
01:36:12,720 --> 01:36:20,080
Speaker 1: be until right. I don't care, but they're gonna. I

1729
01:36:20,240 --> 01:36:22,439
Speaker 1: think they're gonna get one. I do. I think they're

1730
01:36:22,439 --> 01:36:24,519
Speaker 1: gonna get one, and I think they'll probably sign one

1731
01:36:25,560 --> 01:36:27,400
Speaker 1: as well. They're gonna have some guys to come in

1732
01:36:27,439 --> 01:36:30,080
Speaker 1: and play. All right, break time for us. But when

1733
01:36:30,120 --> 01:36:32,640
Speaker 1: we come back, we need your phone calls. Where do

1734
01:36:32,800 --> 01:36:36,680
Speaker 1: the bills free agent priorities lie? Now, let us know

1735
01:36:37,040 --> 01:36:40,280
Speaker 1: where you think they will probably be focusing their attention

1736
01:36:40,400 --> 01:36:43,000
Speaker 1: going forward, or if you have a position of preference

1737
01:36:43,040 --> 01:36:45,280
Speaker 1: you'd like to see them address. Take your phone calls

1738
01:36:45,320 --> 01:36:48,200
Speaker 1: at eight O three five fifty one eight eight fifty two,

1739
01:36:48,280 --> 01:36:50,960
Speaker 1: five fifty as well as your comments on the tweet

1740
01:36:51,000 --> 01:36:53,200
Speaker 1: sheet at one Bills Live. Steve and I back for

1741
01:36:53,320 --> 01:36:55,320
Speaker 1: hour number three in a moment here on one Bills Live,

1742
01:36:55,400 --> 01:37:07,200
Speaker 1: presented by Kalid to Health, It's Buffalo Bills Radio, Fills

1743
01:37:07,240 --> 01:37:12,080
Speaker 1: S Radio Network Sports your sports update from One Bill's Drive.

1744
01:37:12,120 --> 01:37:15,160
Speaker 1: A busy weekend ahead of the official start of free agency,

1745
01:37:15,280 --> 01:37:18,519
Speaker 1: to the Bills resigning both starting offensive lineman from twenty

1746
01:37:18,600 --> 01:37:21,920
Speaker 1: twenty to three year deals in guard John Feliciano and

1747
01:37:22,160 --> 01:37:25,240
Speaker 1: tackle Darryl Williams. Feliciano started nine games for the Bills

1748
01:37:25,360 --> 01:37:28,120
Speaker 1: last season after dealing with a torn peck injury to

1749
01:37:28,200 --> 01:37:30,519
Speaker 1: start the year. Williams, on the other hand, started all

1750
01:37:30,640 --> 01:37:34,720
Speaker 1: sixteen games for Buffalo, solidifying the right tackle position and

1751
01:37:34,840 --> 01:37:36,800
Speaker 1: earning a pass block in grade of eighty from Pro

1752
01:37:36,920 --> 01:37:40,479
Speaker 1: Football Focus, the highest of his six year career. The

1753
01:37:40,640 --> 01:37:44,679
Speaker 1: Patriots are busy during the free agent legal tampering period today,

1754
01:37:45,000 --> 01:37:47,479
Speaker 1: as they've reportedly agreed to terms on a four year,

1755
01:37:47,640 --> 01:37:51,400
Speaker 1: fifty million dollar contract with Titans tight end john Us Smith.

1756
01:37:51,680 --> 01:37:55,720
Speaker 1: And they've also added Miami nose tackle Devon Godshaw on

1757
01:37:55,840 --> 01:37:58,880
Speaker 1: a two year, ten million dollar deal. New England also

1758
01:37:59,000 --> 01:38:03,160
Speaker 1: reportedly making a push to sign Ravens pass rusher Matthew Judah.

1759
01:38:03,640 --> 01:38:06,200
Speaker 1: The Carolina Panthers off to a fast start to address

1760
01:38:06,240 --> 01:38:09,559
Speaker 1: their offensive line, agreeing to terms with Jets free agent

1761
01:38:09,640 --> 01:38:14,719
Speaker 1: center Pat Elfline and Dallas offensive tackle cam Irving Lamar Jackson.

1762
01:38:14,760 --> 01:38:17,240
Speaker 1: Getting some added protection is the Ravens signed veteran free

1763
01:38:17,240 --> 01:38:20,040
Speaker 1: agent guard Kevin Zeitler to a three year, twenty two

1764
01:38:20,080 --> 01:38:23,080
Speaker 1: million dollar deal. Zeiler was released by the Giants last week,

1765
01:38:23,400 --> 01:38:26,040
Speaker 1: and he returns to the AFC North. He's a former

1766
01:38:26,120 --> 01:38:29,679
Speaker 1: first round pick of the Cincinnati Bengals and the Buffalo

1767
01:38:29,720 --> 01:38:33,400
Speaker 1: Sabers returned to action tonight, hosting the Washington Capitals. The

1768
01:38:33,520 --> 01:38:35,679
Speaker 1: Caps entered the game with a three game road winning

1769
01:38:35,720 --> 01:38:39,800
Speaker 1: streak in their last meeting on February eighteenth. Washington three

1770
01:38:39,880 --> 01:38:42,519
Speaker 1: to one face off is set for seven pm at

1771
01:38:42,560 --> 01:38:44,960
Speaker 1: the Key Bank Center. That is your sports update from

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01:38:45,000 --> 01:38:48,599
Speaker 1: One Bill's Drive. Chris Brown, Steve Tasker with you our

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01:38:48,680 --> 01:38:53,160
Speaker 1: number three of the program, Free Free Agency, Free Agency,

1774
01:38:53,479 --> 01:38:56,200
Speaker 1: Try that again under away. In terms of the legal

1775
01:38:56,360 --> 01:39:01,240
Speaker 1: tampering window and the Patriots are off and running, trying

1776
01:39:01,240 --> 01:39:03,880
Speaker 1: to get Matthew jude On out of Baltimore. This is

1777
01:39:04,160 --> 01:39:08,080
Speaker 1: being reported also by Adam Kaplan, a serious XM NFL

1778
01:39:08,240 --> 01:39:12,400
Speaker 1: insiders reporting that the Buffalo Bills Andre Roberts is going

1779
01:39:12,479 --> 01:39:15,360
Speaker 1: to sign with the Texans later This no word, no

1780
01:39:15,560 --> 01:39:19,200
Speaker 1: terms of the agreement or anything, but Andre Roberts pro

1781
01:39:19,360 --> 01:39:25,200
Speaker 1: Bowl return man. Yeah to the Texans pers Kaplan. You know,

1782
01:39:25,320 --> 01:39:27,280
Speaker 1: we hear this all the time about the Bill Steve

1783
01:39:27,400 --> 01:39:30,120
Speaker 1: and there's no question that Andre Roberts made an impact

1784
01:39:30,240 --> 01:39:33,160
Speaker 1: on Buffalo's average drive start, which was at the top

1785
01:39:33,200 --> 01:39:37,840
Speaker 1: of the league almost the entire season. But I think

1786
01:39:37,920 --> 01:39:42,040
Speaker 1: we can agree that Andre roberts role on offense was

1787
01:39:42,160 --> 01:39:45,720
Speaker 1: extremely limited. He'd get a handful of snaps here and

1788
01:39:45,800 --> 01:39:48,600
Speaker 1: there on offense, and it was due in part to

1789
01:39:48,760 --> 01:39:51,760
Speaker 1: his blocking prowess. He was very good blocking receiver. And

1790
01:39:51,920 --> 01:39:55,280
Speaker 1: I'm not going to dismiss his efforts on special teams either.

1791
01:39:55,360 --> 01:39:58,120
Speaker 1: He was outstanding in the two years that he played here.

1792
01:39:59,320 --> 01:40:04,360
Speaker 1: But there's a part to me that wonders if they

1793
01:40:04,560 --> 01:40:09,280
Speaker 1: see a better option in terms of the return game,

1794
01:40:09,439 --> 01:40:12,679
Speaker 1: someone who might be able to offer them a little

1795
01:40:12,720 --> 01:40:16,080
Speaker 1: bit more on the offensive side of the football. If

1796
01:40:16,160 --> 01:40:18,960
Speaker 1: their return man is going to be a receiver. Now,

1797
01:40:19,280 --> 01:40:21,639
Speaker 1: you don't want to stretch a guy too thin because

1798
01:40:21,680 --> 01:40:23,280
Speaker 1: that's a lot, you know. But if you have a

1799
01:40:23,400 --> 01:40:27,599
Speaker 1: fourth receiver who can also return for you, yeah, that's

1800
01:40:27,640 --> 01:40:30,080
Speaker 1: a pretty valuable thing to have. Yeah. Well, if you've

1801
01:40:30,120 --> 01:40:32,519
Speaker 1: got guys that are versatile, it's always valuable, particularly if

1802
01:40:32,520 --> 01:40:37,559
Speaker 1: they're really good skill players, difference makers. Return guys hard.

1803
01:40:37,800 --> 01:40:42,040
Speaker 1: It's a hard job, mostly because you've got to be

1804
01:40:42,160 --> 01:40:44,519
Speaker 1: all in on it. And that's why so many teams

1805
01:40:44,600 --> 01:40:46,920
Speaker 1: have a guy that does that mostly and just then

1806
01:40:46,920 --> 01:40:48,920
Speaker 1: they'll give them a like, like you said, a handful

1807
01:40:48,920 --> 01:40:52,800
Speaker 1: of snaps because they don't because then I said this

1808
01:40:53,000 --> 01:40:56,720
Speaker 1: when I was in my eleventh year before Bruce to

1809
01:40:56,800 --> 01:40:59,599
Speaker 1: Haven put me back to return punts. Later after everybody,

1810
01:40:59,600 --> 01:41:02,479
Speaker 1: you know, you know, some sort of train wreck and

1811
01:41:02,560 --> 01:41:05,240
Speaker 1: there was nobody left standing and he comes to me,

1812
01:41:05,680 --> 01:41:08,360
Speaker 1: always sell yourself shortly and he said, hey, I needs

1813
01:41:08,400 --> 01:41:12,080
Speaker 1: you to return punts this week, he told me on

1814
01:41:12,200 --> 01:41:16,760
Speaker 1: a Wednesday, And let me and I'm being totally now,

1815
01:41:16,800 --> 01:41:19,360
Speaker 1: you would still do those in practice, right even though

1816
01:41:19,400 --> 01:41:21,360
Speaker 1: you or had you not at some point in time

1817
01:41:21,479 --> 01:41:23,360
Speaker 1: because I was doing for the first seven eight years.

1818
01:41:23,400 --> 01:41:25,679
Speaker 1: You haven't been returning. Punt tells me. No, he tells

1819
01:41:25,720 --> 01:41:29,200
Speaker 1: me on a Wednesday, And I'm not I'm not exaggerating.

1820
01:41:29,520 --> 01:41:33,080
Speaker 1: And when I tell you this Wednesday night, I could

1821
01:41:33,240 --> 01:41:37,880
Speaker 1: not sleep because of because I know as a as

1822
01:41:37,920 --> 01:41:40,840
Speaker 1: a special teams player, the whole team can be playing

1823
01:41:40,880 --> 01:41:44,160
Speaker 1: like world champions and the kick returner can screw it

1824
01:41:44,240 --> 01:41:48,120
Speaker 1: all up. So but just punts, right or was it kicks?

1825
01:41:49,120 --> 01:41:54,840
Speaker 1: Punts and kicks? So then it was punts Thursday night.

1826
01:41:55,040 --> 01:41:57,240
Speaker 1: The next night, I couldn't sleep at all again. But

1827
01:41:57,320 --> 01:41:59,840
Speaker 1: you're already hitting the jugs machine, right, you got wood?

1828
01:41:59,840 --> 01:42:04,280
Speaker 1: He firing. Yeah, ain't nobody blowing snot bubbles coming and

1829
01:42:04,400 --> 01:42:07,920
Speaker 1: take my head off with So Friday night I'm laying

1830
01:42:07,960 --> 01:42:10,040
Speaker 1: and I'm not gonna sleep again. Friday night and I'm

1831
01:42:10,120 --> 01:42:13,200
Speaker 1: laying there and I finally said I was Finally I said,

1832
01:42:13,240 --> 01:42:17,360
Speaker 1: you know what, though, this is a chance, let's go.

1833
01:42:17,920 --> 01:42:20,439
Speaker 1: I finally got myself out of it, talking to myself,

1834
01:42:20,479 --> 01:42:22,479
Speaker 1: out of the funk I was in, and I said,

1835
01:42:22,520 --> 01:42:24,720
Speaker 1: you know what, So what was the funk? What was

1836
01:42:24,760 --> 01:42:27,519
Speaker 1: the primary reason you were in the Oh, You're like,

1837
01:42:27,600 --> 01:42:30,439
Speaker 1: I haven't done it. In a while, fear of dropping

1838
01:42:30,520 --> 01:42:32,760
Speaker 1: a punt. Yeah, I knew if I could have done

1839
01:42:32,800 --> 01:42:35,960
Speaker 1: that all through high school in college, right, yeah, but

1840
01:42:36,080 --> 01:42:38,599
Speaker 1: it was my eleventh year. It was a decade before

1841
01:42:38,720 --> 01:42:40,680
Speaker 1: when I'd done it, and I started blocking kicks in.

1842
01:42:40,800 --> 01:42:46,280
Speaker 1: You never go back there, you know, so it. That's

1843
01:42:46,320 --> 01:42:48,120
Speaker 1: why I've got a ton of respect for these guys

1844
01:42:48,520 --> 01:42:50,360
Speaker 1: and Andre I've said this a ton on the show.

1845
01:42:50,400 --> 01:42:53,000
Speaker 1: Andre Roberts was great because he was an elite decision

1846
01:42:53,080 --> 01:42:55,320
Speaker 1: maker back there. He could catch it. Now he had

1847
01:42:55,360 --> 01:42:59,080
Speaker 1: one drop this year. He dropped one in Denver Um

1848
01:43:00,120 --> 01:43:03,920
Speaker 1: set up one of their scores, a field goal. I think, okay, fine,

1849
01:43:04,520 --> 01:43:08,479
Speaker 1: but man, old man, the guy was money. Opening opening

1850
01:43:08,640 --> 01:43:13,559
Speaker 1: kickoff of the of the Seattle game. They go down there,

1851
01:43:13,560 --> 01:43:15,760
Speaker 1: I think they get a field goal or something. They

1852
01:43:15,880 --> 01:43:18,240
Speaker 1: kick off to the Bills. Bills. Bang, I don't know,

1853
01:43:18,400 --> 01:43:20,400
Speaker 1: maybe it was an opening kickoff the entire game. Bang,

1854
01:43:20,520 --> 01:43:23,280
Speaker 1: he's out past midfield. Opening kick. Let's go and they

1855
01:43:23,439 --> 01:43:25,880
Speaker 1: and they get off to a forty four point day. Offensively,

1856
01:43:26,080 --> 01:43:29,880
Speaker 1: looks like it's done. Tom Pallisero, NFL Network, Steve two years,

1857
01:43:29,960 --> 01:43:32,439
Speaker 1: five point nine five million dollars Andre Roberts to the

1858
01:43:32,560 --> 01:43:36,320
Speaker 1: Texans now and he's he's he'll he'll give him that.

1859
01:43:36,920 --> 01:43:40,800
Speaker 1: He's worth it. The guy is good, even at this

1860
01:43:40,880 --> 01:43:43,400
Speaker 1: stage of his creeze, good enough, fast enough, and like

1861
01:43:43,520 --> 01:43:45,479
Speaker 1: I said, he makes all the right decisions. He gets

1862
01:43:45,520 --> 01:43:47,439
Speaker 1: every yard that's coming to him, and he's that's that's

1863
01:43:47,479 --> 01:43:50,799
Speaker 1: an invaluable weapon. And I would argue that in Houston,

1864
01:43:51,560 --> 01:43:54,960
Speaker 1: where yes, they still have Brandon Cooks, but they might

1865
01:43:55,080 --> 01:43:58,040
Speaker 1: lose will Fuller and free agency. You have to wonder

1866
01:43:58,080 --> 01:44:00,840
Speaker 1: if they presented to him a real opportunity to play

1867
01:44:00,880 --> 01:44:04,800
Speaker 1: some receiver, right, you know what I mean, or at

1868
01:44:04,840 --> 01:44:06,960
Speaker 1: least as yeah, at least put him out there, right,

1869
01:44:07,040 --> 01:44:08,240
Speaker 1: I mean, you know what I mean, whether he likes

1870
01:44:08,240 --> 01:44:09,680
Speaker 1: it or not, they said, listen, we're gonna put you

1871
01:44:09,720 --> 01:44:11,800
Speaker 1: out here. Somebody's got to cover him. You look, earlier

1872
01:44:11,840 --> 01:44:14,439
Speaker 1: in his career, he put together some decent seasons, sixty

1873
01:44:14,520 --> 01:44:16,920
Speaker 1: catch seasons, sevent eight hundred yards. I mean, it's not

1874
01:44:17,040 --> 01:44:19,559
Speaker 1: like he can't do it. Oh, he's not bereft the talent,

1875
01:44:19,640 --> 01:44:22,360
Speaker 1: that's for sure. But I think here's the thing when

1876
01:44:22,880 --> 01:44:25,240
Speaker 1: like and like I said, the more you give a

1877
01:44:25,320 --> 01:44:27,680
Speaker 1: guy more to do offensively, the less you're gonna get

1878
01:44:27,720 --> 01:44:30,000
Speaker 1: from him on the special team side of it. But

1879
01:44:30,200 --> 01:44:32,960
Speaker 1: Andre Roberts, I think the Bills will miss him, and

1880
01:44:33,120 --> 01:44:37,000
Speaker 1: now that is a very important as important as I say,

1881
01:44:37,000 --> 01:44:39,080
Speaker 1: and as important as Andre Roberts was. Now the Bills

1882
01:44:39,120 --> 01:44:41,000
Speaker 1: don't have that. They got to fill that void, correct

1883
01:44:41,080 --> 01:44:47,800
Speaker 1: And that's and I think that's his glaring of gap

1884
01:44:48,080 --> 01:44:49,920
Speaker 1: as they have right now because they don't have anybody

1885
01:44:49,960 --> 01:44:52,720
Speaker 1: on the roster. It's gonna do it now. McKenzie's not there, right,

1886
01:44:53,479 --> 01:44:55,519
Speaker 1: Roberts is not there. Who's it gonna be? Mean? Micah

1887
01:44:55,600 --> 01:44:58,960
Speaker 1: Hyde used to go back latent games when they had

1888
01:44:59,040 --> 01:45:02,479
Speaker 1: the lead just to have ball security because he was

1889
01:45:02,600 --> 01:45:05,120
Speaker 1: very sure handed, and so he would be a guy

1890
01:45:05,200 --> 01:45:08,360
Speaker 1: that they He was basically the punt return equal equivalent

1891
01:45:08,400 --> 01:45:11,439
Speaker 1: of the hands team. That's really kind of what Micah was.

1892
01:45:12,160 --> 01:45:15,400
Speaker 1: Jill Wade Phillips, he's a punt catcher. That's what Coach

1893
01:45:15,479 --> 01:45:17,519
Speaker 1: mcdermo would do latent games when they were up and

1894
01:45:17,960 --> 01:45:19,759
Speaker 1: or if somebody was injured and he just wanted somebody

1895
01:45:19,800 --> 01:45:22,160
Speaker 1: that was sure handed back there when the team had

1896
01:45:22,200 --> 01:45:25,080
Speaker 1: the lead. That's when he would go back there at times.

1897
01:45:25,479 --> 01:45:28,479
Speaker 1: So that's really the only guy that has done it

1898
01:45:28,960 --> 01:45:32,559
Speaker 1: with any form of regularity besides Andre over the last

1899
01:45:32,880 --> 01:45:35,559
Speaker 1: couple of years, and Isaiah Mackenzie, who has Steve mentioned,

1900
01:45:36,040 --> 01:45:37,599
Speaker 1: is a free agent. So yeah, we'll have to see

1901
01:45:37,640 --> 01:45:39,519
Speaker 1: where that goes. What do you think about this, Steve?

1902
01:45:39,720 --> 01:45:43,040
Speaker 1: Would you? I mean, it's always a risk putting a

1903
01:45:43,120 --> 01:45:45,560
Speaker 1: rookie back there, But what about the thought of, you know,

1904
01:45:45,680 --> 01:45:50,559
Speaker 1: drafting somebody late that has a return resume because you're

1905
01:45:50,600 --> 01:45:53,360
Speaker 1: looking to save money this year wherever you can? Yeah,

1906
01:45:53,520 --> 01:45:56,080
Speaker 1: what about drafting a returner late in the draft Day

1907
01:45:56,160 --> 01:46:00,439
Speaker 1: three somewhere that has a return resolutely? Absolutely? Sign up

1908
01:46:00,479 --> 01:46:02,920
Speaker 1: for that. Absolutely, And it was back in years past,

1909
01:46:02,960 --> 01:46:04,680
Speaker 1: although you don't see it as much anymore, you used

1910
01:46:04,720 --> 01:46:06,479
Speaker 1: to have corners doing it. You know, you draft a

1911
01:46:06,560 --> 01:46:09,400
Speaker 1: corner and that guy Why doesn't that? Why is that?

1912
01:46:09,600 --> 01:46:11,280
Speaker 1: Why did that go away? Because if the guy was

1913
01:46:11,800 --> 01:46:13,479
Speaker 1: he's a corner because he can't catch? Is that the

1914
01:46:13,479 --> 01:46:17,760
Speaker 1: whole thing's about sure handedness? It's a rough room, It's

1915
01:46:17,880 --> 01:46:20,760
Speaker 1: it's right, that's a that's a veteran football player's joke.

1916
01:46:20,800 --> 01:46:22,280
Speaker 1: So I don't know if that's true or not, but yeah,

1917
01:46:22,320 --> 01:46:25,320
Speaker 1: he used to be Dean Sanders, perfect example. You know,

1918
01:46:25,560 --> 01:46:28,680
Speaker 1: that guy could mia hide and Micah Hide is a

1919
01:46:28,760 --> 01:46:31,479
Speaker 1: very sure handed guy. But Andre Robert's gone. That's a

1920
01:46:31,560 --> 01:46:34,479
Speaker 1: role they've got to fill. It's an important one, and

1921
01:46:35,400 --> 01:46:41,800
Speaker 1: you can bet now they're looking around, yeah for sure.

1922
01:46:42,200 --> 01:46:46,519
Speaker 1: But I I sincerely wonder about that, like you're looking

1923
01:46:46,560 --> 01:46:51,519
Speaker 1: to find places to save money, knowing the restrictive cap,

1924
01:46:52,080 --> 01:46:54,200
Speaker 1: and I wonder if you you take a chance on

1925
01:46:54,240 --> 01:46:56,640
Speaker 1: a late round kid made draft or that you know

1926
01:46:56,720 --> 01:46:58,599
Speaker 1: that has a return resume. He's done it a lot

1927
01:46:58,680 --> 01:47:01,600
Speaker 1: in college, did a good job of it, you know,

1928
01:47:02,080 --> 01:47:07,639
Speaker 1: because think about this, Steve Yes. Andre Roberts unquestionably made

1929
01:47:07,640 --> 01:47:09,800
Speaker 1: an impact on this team's field position last year, there

1930
01:47:09,920 --> 01:47:15,080
Speaker 1: is no debating that. But more than sixty five percent

1931
01:47:15,160 --> 01:47:17,800
Speaker 1: of the kickoffs are going through the back of the

1932
01:47:17,920 --> 01:47:23,600
Speaker 1: end zone for touchbacks, it's all about yeah, yeah, you know. So.

1933
01:47:24,439 --> 01:47:28,120
Speaker 1: I hate to say it for guys like Andre Roberts

1934
01:47:28,160 --> 01:47:31,800
Speaker 1: and others, but the value of having a great kick

1935
01:47:31,920 --> 01:47:37,680
Speaker 1: returner has been harmed by kickoffs now being at the

1936
01:47:37,720 --> 01:47:39,680
Speaker 1: thirty five yard line because kickers are just booting it

1937
01:47:39,720 --> 01:47:41,720
Speaker 1: through the back of the end zone unless they think

1938
01:47:41,800 --> 01:47:44,320
Speaker 1: so little of your return man that they don't mind

1939
01:47:44,439 --> 01:47:47,120
Speaker 1: popping it up and having their coverage team run under

1940
01:47:47,160 --> 01:47:49,479
Speaker 1: it because they believe they can tackle you somewhere between

1941
01:47:49,520 --> 01:47:54,760
Speaker 1: the ten and twenty yard line. So yeah, it's you know,

1942
01:47:56,280 --> 01:47:58,160
Speaker 1: that's just kind of how it is. So maybe you

1943
01:47:58,320 --> 01:48:00,599
Speaker 1: make a different kind of investment they're in the form

1944
01:48:00,640 --> 01:48:03,320
Speaker 1: of a late draft choice that has return ability, or

1945
01:48:03,439 --> 01:48:07,120
Speaker 1: maybe maybe this raises the likelihood that they resigned Isaiah McKenzie.

1946
01:48:07,400 --> 01:48:11,120
Speaker 1: Could you know, could they don't? They could give him

1947
01:48:11,880 --> 01:48:14,400
Speaker 1: his money and half of Andre Roberts money and save it,

1948
01:48:14,640 --> 01:48:17,040
Speaker 1: you know, save the half the other half, that kind

1949
01:48:17,080 --> 01:48:20,160
Speaker 1: of thing. You know, Um, give Isaiah McKenzie a raise

1950
01:48:20,240 --> 01:48:22,200
Speaker 1: and put him back. There's the number one guy. You know,

1951
01:48:22,280 --> 01:48:24,519
Speaker 1: he had the punt return for a touchdown against Miami

1952
01:48:24,560 --> 01:48:26,439
Speaker 1: in Week seventeen. He shows he can do it. He's

1953
01:48:26,439 --> 01:48:28,320
Speaker 1: shown he can do it. He's got the speed to

1954
01:48:28,360 --> 01:48:30,640
Speaker 1: do it. You're looking to give him more opportunities to

1955
01:48:30,680 --> 01:48:32,840
Speaker 1: get the ball in his hands anyway, right, and that's

1956
01:48:33,000 --> 01:48:36,880
Speaker 1: probably not coming to any large degree at receiver. His

1957
01:48:37,040 --> 01:48:39,080
Speaker 1: role as a receiver is not going to really be

1958
01:48:39,160 --> 01:48:42,200
Speaker 1: any larger than it already is, right, So how did

1959
01:48:42,240 --> 01:48:44,000
Speaker 1: you get the ball in his hands more? Put him

1960
01:48:44,040 --> 01:48:47,799
Speaker 1: on return and that level of commitment to receivers. About

1961
01:48:47,840 --> 01:48:50,599
Speaker 1: all you is about what you could give if you're

1962
01:48:50,640 --> 01:48:53,640
Speaker 1: the return, full time return guy. Yes, so I'm that

1963
01:48:53,760 --> 01:48:58,040
Speaker 1: could fit. That maybe happens, but I don't know, I

1964
01:48:58,120 --> 01:49:02,800
Speaker 1: don't know. I'm hum. Yes, it's too bad because Andre

1965
01:49:02,960 --> 01:49:04,880
Speaker 1: Roberts was a great guy and a great player, and

1966
01:49:04,920 --> 01:49:06,960
Speaker 1: I'm sure the Bills even as well or oh it's

1967
01:49:06,960 --> 01:49:09,800
Speaker 1: a great guy. Yeah, are kind of like, ah, I

1968
01:49:09,840 --> 01:49:12,200
Speaker 1: wish we could have got him. But good for him.

1969
01:49:12,320 --> 01:49:15,920
Speaker 1: Almost six million bucks over two years. Yeah, that I mean,

1970
01:49:16,520 --> 01:49:18,920
Speaker 1: and what has expected to be a depressed market. That's

1971
01:49:18,960 --> 01:49:23,400
Speaker 1: not that's not too bad. So all right, So Andre

1972
01:49:23,640 --> 01:49:28,000
Speaker 1: Roberts the first player on the bills twenty twenty roster

1973
01:49:28,120 --> 01:49:33,360
Speaker 1: to move on, according to NFL Networks Tom Pellicero, So

1974
01:49:34,240 --> 01:49:37,360
Speaker 1: he will be moving on to Houston. And you know,

1975
01:49:37,439 --> 01:49:39,720
Speaker 1: we'll just keep our ear to the ground on these

1976
01:49:39,800 --> 01:49:45,120
Speaker 1: other things and see what has said. Um. Diana Rassini

1977
01:49:45,200 --> 01:49:47,919
Speaker 1: has apparently spoken to Andre Roberts on the phone already,

1978
01:49:48,640 --> 01:49:53,960
Speaker 1: and she asked him who is your quarterback? And his

1979
01:49:54,080 --> 01:50:01,240
Speaker 1: answer was hopefully Deshaun Watson. But we'll see end quote. Well,

1980
01:50:01,280 --> 01:50:03,559
Speaker 1: there you go. That's a that's a pretty pointed question

1981
01:50:03,640 --> 01:50:05,599
Speaker 1: right out of the gate. Hey, congrats on your deal.

1982
01:50:05,600 --> 01:50:12,800
Speaker 1: Who's your quarterback? Right? Oh boy? Um? Okay, so that's

1983
01:50:12,840 --> 01:50:16,840
Speaker 1: where that is what? Okay, So you got a dollar

1984
01:50:17,000 --> 01:50:23,720
Speaker 1: that you have to wager under penalty of incarceration. Do

1985
01:50:23,800 --> 01:50:26,200
Speaker 1: you bet and you have to bet on the quarterback

1986
01:50:26,240 --> 01:50:29,439
Speaker 1: of the Houston Texans. Do you bet four or against

1987
01:50:29,800 --> 01:50:35,639
Speaker 1: Deshaun Watson being on the Texans? Yeah, being their quarterback? No, Yeah,

1988
01:50:35,720 --> 01:50:38,800
Speaker 1: I voted that is not happening. I'm yeah, I'm taking

1989
01:50:38,840 --> 01:50:40,400
Speaker 1: the negative on that. I don't think he's gonna I

1990
01:50:40,400 --> 01:50:44,160
Speaker 1: don't think it'll happen. Now they're starting to soften their rhetoric.

1991
01:50:44,320 --> 01:50:46,639
Speaker 1: The team is like, well, well, yeah, they had David

1992
01:50:46,720 --> 01:50:50,559
Speaker 1: Culley on that thing last week, and yeah, I feel

1993
01:50:50,600 --> 01:50:53,880
Speaker 1: bad for him the most. I mean, he took this job,

1994
01:50:54,000 --> 01:50:55,800
Speaker 1: He's probably been waiting his whole life for it, and

1995
01:50:57,080 --> 01:51:01,040
Speaker 1: he walked into a to the biggest crisis football roster

1996
01:51:01,200 --> 01:51:04,599
Speaker 1: could have. A twenty five year old franchise quarterback doesn't

1997
01:51:04,640 --> 01:51:06,360
Speaker 1: want to be there, and you've got to pick up

1998
01:51:06,400 --> 01:51:11,600
Speaker 1: the pieces who right, I think it's it's just a

1999
01:51:11,720 --> 01:51:16,519
Speaker 1: matter of win. I mean, I don't know. I hate

2000
01:51:16,520 --> 01:51:17,960
Speaker 1: to say it, but I just kind of see it

2001
01:51:18,040 --> 01:51:20,720
Speaker 1: going that way. We do want to get back to

2002
01:51:20,760 --> 01:51:24,640
Speaker 1: the tweet sheet your comments on what you feel the

2003
01:51:24,760 --> 01:51:28,880
Speaker 1: Bills priority in free agency should be now With all

2004
01:51:28,920 --> 01:51:31,040
Speaker 1: of the players they resigned over the course of the

2005
01:51:31,080 --> 01:51:34,759
Speaker 1: past week, namely Matt Milano, John Feliciano, and Darryl Williams,

2006
01:51:35,120 --> 01:51:38,000
Speaker 1: So what should be the Bills priority in free agency

2007
01:51:38,280 --> 01:51:41,280
Speaker 1: at this point? Nick on the tweet sheet says, I'm

2008
01:51:41,320 --> 01:51:43,280
Speaker 1: thrilled with the resignings, but I still think we need

2009
01:51:43,320 --> 01:51:45,559
Speaker 1: to do something for the run game. As of right now,

2010
01:51:45,600 --> 01:51:47,360
Speaker 1: we're on track to enter twenty twenty one with the

2011
01:51:47,360 --> 01:51:49,519
Speaker 1: same running backs an old line we had in twenty twenty.

2012
01:51:49,680 --> 01:51:51,320
Speaker 1: If they couldn't run the ball last year, how are

2013
01:51:51,320 --> 01:51:55,160
Speaker 1: they supposed to magically improve this year? Well, yeah, we've

2014
01:51:55,200 --> 01:51:57,160
Speaker 1: been talking about it. One of the reasons is that

2015
01:51:57,200 --> 01:52:02,320
Speaker 1: their offensive line hopefully won't get shuffled every week, and

2016
01:52:02,479 --> 01:52:04,600
Speaker 1: it did for the first eight or nine weeks of

2017
01:52:04,640 --> 01:52:06,800
Speaker 1: the season. It got shuffled every week, and then they're

2018
01:52:06,880 --> 01:52:11,439
Speaker 1: starting left guard Cody Ford for the season entirely with

2019
01:52:11,520 --> 01:52:14,560
Speaker 1: an injury, and they continued to tinker with it with

2020
01:52:14,720 --> 01:52:18,360
Speaker 1: Winters and butt Ger until finally the last month of

2021
01:52:18,400 --> 01:52:20,080
Speaker 1: the season, they finally all got together, and then they

2022
01:52:20,120 --> 01:52:22,400
Speaker 1: started hanging forty four and fifty points on people. And

2023
01:52:22,520 --> 01:52:25,080
Speaker 1: as we heard John Feliciano say right on this show

2024
01:52:25,560 --> 01:52:30,960
Speaker 1: last hour, he'd wasn't one hundred percent because when you

2025
01:52:31,320 --> 01:52:35,200
Speaker 1: tear your peck muscle, your rehab is limited in terms

2026
01:52:35,240 --> 01:52:37,960
Speaker 1: of building up strength on that side of your body.

2027
01:52:38,320 --> 01:52:40,160
Speaker 1: And then you got to go play football with a

2028
01:52:40,720 --> 01:52:43,120
Speaker 1: harness on. His with a harness on, he said he

2029
01:52:43,200 --> 01:52:46,200
Speaker 1: didn't feel right until the playoffs, and he said Cody

2030
01:52:46,280 --> 01:52:49,599
Speaker 1: Ford played hurt for several weeks before he finally shut

2031
01:52:49,640 --> 01:52:53,439
Speaker 1: it down and got surgery. So two of your guards

2032
01:52:53,920 --> 01:52:56,240
Speaker 1: were in one hundred percent healthy when they were on

2033
01:52:56,360 --> 01:52:59,679
Speaker 1: the field, let alone the time they missed off the field.

2034
01:53:00,360 --> 01:53:05,519
Speaker 1: So I have to wonder, if you know the coaching

2035
01:53:05,600 --> 01:53:11,680
Speaker 1: staff and the front office. I can't get away from

2036
01:53:11,720 --> 01:53:15,320
Speaker 1: this if they resigned these guys because they believe that

2037
01:53:15,479 --> 01:53:18,960
Speaker 1: that group can be better this year provided they are healthy.

2038
01:53:19,040 --> 01:53:22,120
Speaker 1: And apparently what they witnessed and these guys trying to

2039
01:53:22,160 --> 01:53:24,080
Speaker 1: gut it up and play at less than one hundred

2040
01:53:24,080 --> 01:53:28,479
Speaker 1: percent as them convinced that they can be demonstrably better

2041
01:53:28,880 --> 01:53:32,080
Speaker 1: this year provided they're one hundred percent healthy. Cody Ford

2042
01:53:32,160 --> 01:53:35,400
Speaker 1: was playing hurt. John Feliciano was playing hurt. They felician

2043
01:53:35,560 --> 01:53:38,920
Speaker 1: just told us that last hour. Yeah, that's gonna inhibit

2044
01:53:39,000 --> 01:53:42,080
Speaker 1: your effectiveness on the field. There is no doubt about that. Yeah,

2045
01:53:42,160 --> 01:53:46,000
Speaker 1: and I was still They still aren't done. They're gonna

2046
01:53:46,000 --> 01:53:49,280
Speaker 1: have to sign more offensive line. I think they're gonna

2047
01:53:49,280 --> 01:53:51,439
Speaker 1: bring It's been their philosophy. They're not just signing guys.

2048
01:53:51,520 --> 01:53:53,799
Speaker 1: They're signing guys they want to come in and compete

2049
01:53:53,880 --> 01:53:56,560
Speaker 1: for starting jobs. Don't forget this is a club that

2050
01:53:56,680 --> 01:54:00,560
Speaker 1: came back. Quentin Spain signed last year after having a

2051
01:54:00,640 --> 01:54:03,400
Speaker 1: season in twenty nineteen where he didn't give up a

2052
01:54:03,520 --> 01:54:06,720
Speaker 1: sack and he only lasted a couple of games this

2053
01:54:06,920 --> 01:54:09,880
Speaker 1: last year and they benched him and then released him.

2054
01:54:10,720 --> 01:54:14,600
Speaker 1: So they've got these guys that they've got under contract now.

2055
01:54:14,680 --> 01:54:16,880
Speaker 1: If they are unhappy with the way they're performing, they

2056
01:54:16,960 --> 01:54:20,759
Speaker 1: won't be here. That's just and they know it. That's

2057
01:54:20,840 --> 01:54:23,080
Speaker 1: been the beauty of Sean McDermott in the way they've

2058
01:54:23,120 --> 01:54:24,760
Speaker 1: run this culture. You can say what you want to, Wow,

2059
01:54:24,800 --> 01:54:27,639
Speaker 1: it sounds cut, but you know what, Sean mcdermot's honest

2060
01:54:27,680 --> 01:54:30,000
Speaker 1: with him from the upfront. They understand what they're up

2061
01:54:30,000 --> 01:54:32,320
Speaker 1: against and they love it. They don't. You don't have

2062
01:54:32,360 --> 01:54:34,800
Speaker 1: to sugarcoat it for these guys. If you're not playing,

2063
01:54:34,960 --> 01:54:37,280
Speaker 1: if you're not playing, well, you're not playing. And if

2064
01:54:37,320 --> 01:54:40,320
Speaker 1: we've got a better option, you're not playing. And that's it.

2065
01:54:40,880 --> 01:54:44,880
Speaker 1: And they respond to it because it's not personal. It's

2066
01:54:44,920 --> 01:54:46,640
Speaker 1: about all of us. It's about the team, and it's

2067
01:54:46,640 --> 01:54:48,480
Speaker 1: about all the guys out there. It's about the guys

2068
01:54:48,520 --> 01:54:51,560
Speaker 1: you're playing with and in front of and behind and

2069
01:54:51,680 --> 01:54:54,880
Speaker 1: all of that. So you've got to play hard all

2070
01:54:54,920 --> 01:54:57,680
Speaker 1: the time and that it's the mindset of the entire organization,

2071
01:54:57,720 --> 01:55:00,800
Speaker 1: and guys thrive in it. I want to be here.

2072
01:55:01,040 --> 01:55:03,200
Speaker 1: We saw it last year with Quentin Spain. We saw

2073
01:55:03,200 --> 01:55:06,280
Speaker 1: it this year with John Feliciano and Darryl Williams, uh,

2074
01:55:06,560 --> 01:55:09,600
Speaker 1: Matt Milano. Guys want to be a part of it.

2075
01:55:10,080 --> 01:55:14,240
Speaker 1: And it's uh, you can't overstate it. That's so even

2076
01:55:14,280 --> 01:55:16,560
Speaker 1: though they've got these offensive linemen set and we're sitting

2077
01:55:16,560 --> 01:55:18,360
Speaker 1: here looking at it thing and that's what's gonna happen,

2078
01:55:19,280 --> 01:55:21,520
Speaker 1: it may not be what's gonna happen. Ye I wouldn't assume.

2079
01:55:21,840 --> 01:55:24,800
Speaker 1: And Coach says every year is different, and then he

2080
01:55:24,920 --> 01:55:27,520
Speaker 1: also says you have to earn it, so he's not hit.

2081
01:55:27,640 --> 01:55:30,600
Speaker 1: I mean, first day a training camp it might be

2082
01:55:30,720 --> 01:55:34,000
Speaker 1: the same five but as we've seen, it can change

2083
01:55:34,120 --> 01:55:36,960
Speaker 1: very quickly. The Quentin Spain example that Steve just referenced

2084
01:55:37,040 --> 01:55:39,440
Speaker 1: is and that's after you already got to the regular

2085
01:55:39,520 --> 01:55:41,960
Speaker 1: season two weeks in and they switch it. And that

2086
01:55:42,160 --> 01:55:45,080
Speaker 1: was you know, and then Brian Winners came on. They

2087
01:55:45,120 --> 01:55:48,480
Speaker 1: get and then they get those OTA's and training camp,

2088
01:55:49,080 --> 01:55:55,800
Speaker 1: particularly special preseason games, and it's literally these coaches, it's

2089
01:55:55,840 --> 01:55:58,360
Speaker 1: like the old where you see him porn test tubes

2090
01:55:58,360 --> 01:56:00,840
Speaker 1: into each other. It's it's just an experiment and they

2091
01:56:00,960 --> 01:56:04,280
Speaker 1: try a lot of stuff and they start getting some success.

2092
01:56:04,360 --> 01:56:07,760
Speaker 1: They started doing more of whatever it is they're getting successful,

2093
01:56:07,800 --> 01:56:10,720
Speaker 1: being successful doing same combination. Then they'll switch it out.

2094
01:56:11,320 --> 01:56:15,080
Speaker 1: It's all an experiment, a chemistry experiment, and they look

2095
01:56:15,160 --> 01:56:17,880
Speaker 1: for results and that's it. That's what it is. From

2096
01:56:17,960 --> 01:56:20,720
Speaker 1: Thomas on the tweet sheet. In my opinion, first priority

2097
01:56:20,840 --> 01:56:23,320
Speaker 1: is a tight end. Find someone who can give Josh

2098
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Speaker 1: another weapon in the passing game. Gerald Everett, Jared Cook. Next,

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Speaker 1: sign a number two corner. Best way to improve the

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Speaker 1: pass rushes through the secondary, Xavier Rhodes, Shack Griffin, or

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Speaker 1: Richard Sherman one year deal. Yeah. I mean, like we

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Speaker 1: were saying earlier, the corners, there's gonna be some corners

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Speaker 1: that you've heard of before that are still gonna be

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Speaker 1: sitting out there week to a free agency waiting on

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Speaker 1: a one year deal. Yeah. I really believe that the

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Speaker 1: Bills will be able to sign a higher caliber veteran

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Speaker 1: corner on a one year deal this year than any

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Speaker 1: of the ones they've had in the previous three years,

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Speaker 1: just by virtue, by virtue of what the market is

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Speaker 1: looking like this year, with the restrictive cap and less

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Speaker 1: money for teams to spend, you can be able to

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Speaker 1: get a pretty darn good corner on a one year

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Speaker 1: deal if you want to go that route. But as

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Speaker 1: we said earlier, I still wouldn't rule out going young

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Speaker 1: there with veterans at every other position in your secondary

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Speaker 1: that have been on the field in this defense for

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Speaker 1: at least three seasons. Yeah, you're going to be able

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Speaker 1: to get some guys out there now, you know they can.

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Speaker 1: And the Bills still have some freedom and flexibility to

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Speaker 1: free up some salary cap. But and they will, but

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Speaker 1: how they do that remains to be seen. And how

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01:57:38,440 --> 01:57:42,560
Speaker 1: much they really need is going to be another another

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01:57:43,160 --> 01:57:45,760
Speaker 1: question as well. But they'll be able to get some guys.

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Speaker 1: They're going to be able to put together a really

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Speaker 1: good team. And I'm with you, Brownie. I think they're

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Speaker 1: gonna go out in this free agent market. They're gonna

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Speaker 1: sign probably they may sign a tight end, they may

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Speaker 1: sign a pass rusher, they may sign a corner number two,

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Speaker 1: all of those guys in his free agent market. And

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Speaker 1: then when the draft does come around, and we haven't

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Speaker 1: he started talking about the draft. I had a question

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01:58:07,360 --> 01:58:09,520
Speaker 1: I was going to ask you in this draft, but

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Speaker 1: when they get to the draft, the best player out there,

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Speaker 1: the one that's going to have the best pro career,

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Speaker 1: is the one they're gonna take. I don't care what

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Speaker 1: position he's at, and that's where they want to get

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Speaker 1: for the draft. Robert on the tweet sheet says priorities

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Speaker 1: should be whatever Being and McDermott want to do. I

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Speaker 1: believe being as mind controlling abilities being has turned into

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01:58:30,440 --> 01:58:33,440
Speaker 1: a full blown Jedi, right, looking what's going on here?

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Speaker 1: How else do you explain what happened last week and

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01:58:36,560 --> 01:58:40,200
Speaker 1: this weekend yeah, and you know we've said it on

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Speaker 1: the show too. Kudos to Brandon being in his front

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Speaker 1: office and his contract negotiators for doing the job that

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Speaker 1: they did here in getting these three guys back in

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Speaker 1: the fold because I think anybody looking up and down

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Speaker 1: Buffalo's free agent list would have these three guys in

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Speaker 1: their top three to bring back. And he got the

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Speaker 1: top three guys, yeah, back in the fold order. It's

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Speaker 1: pretty amazing. Yeah, they're gonna have their five guys coming

2151
01:59:06,680 --> 01:59:09,280
Speaker 1: back when their offensive line would have been at its

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01:59:09,360 --> 01:59:11,360
Speaker 1: best when all those guys were healthy and they got

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Speaker 1: them back. They never got to play very much together

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Speaker 1: if at all. Like you said, like three snaps, literally

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01:59:18,000 --> 01:59:21,720
Speaker 1: three snaps. And if they can bring them back and

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Speaker 1: they all stay healthy, you gotta feel like you're gonna

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Speaker 1: be more effective upfront. Yea. And the deeper you get

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Speaker 1: into the season, even the better they're gonna be. So now,

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Speaker 1: obviously health plays an enormous role in that, and there's

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Speaker 1: a lot of factors that that we can't tell, we

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Speaker 1: can't control, but that's huge Milano, Oh my gosh. Yeah,

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01:59:42,840 --> 01:59:49,200
Speaker 1: Now Darryl Williams and John Feliciano and now they are

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01:59:49,240 --> 01:59:51,480
Speaker 1: almost as good as they were two months ago when

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01:59:51,520 --> 01:59:54,920
Speaker 1: they when they they could get this is a group

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Speaker 1: that probably could get back to the AFC Championship game.

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01:59:57,360 --> 01:59:59,200
Speaker 1: The way it is now now they got to play better,

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01:59:59,320 --> 02:00:01,040
Speaker 1: and they got a lot of work to do. But

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Speaker 1: now you've at least got talent that can compete and

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Speaker 1: stay and give you a competitive a competitive chance up front.

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Speaker 1: The unretired free agent Kyle Long. We talked to his

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Speaker 1: brother last week, Chris Long, on the show. He's visiting

2172
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Speaker 1: the Raiders and supposedly the Chiefs, as he is already

2173
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Speaker 1: a free agent, can sign anywhere whenever the heck he wants,

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Speaker 1: because he's not on a contract that's expiring on Wednesday.

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Speaker 1: He was coming out of retirement. We were trying to

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02:00:31,280 --> 02:00:33,080
Speaker 1: sing the praises of the Bills, but as a thirty

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Speaker 1: two year old, he'd be great on a one year

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02:00:34,960 --> 02:00:39,440
Speaker 1: deal to bring in his competition. So we'll see where

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Speaker 1: that goes with the Raiders and the Chiefs. For Kyle Long,

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02:00:42,320 --> 02:00:44,760
Speaker 1: imagine he'll get snapped up quickly. He strikes me as

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Speaker 1: a guy a little bit like Feliciano, a kind of

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02:00:47,200 --> 02:00:50,720
Speaker 1: an edgy, gritty oh yeah, you know, a fighter gives

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Speaker 1: you an attitude upfront and those The more of those

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02:00:53,960 --> 02:00:56,560
Speaker 1: guys you get, the better I think, the more feisty

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02:00:56,600 --> 02:00:58,840
Speaker 1: and physical you can play. Break time for us. But

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Speaker 1: when we come back, we'll get to your phone calls.

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Speaker 1: Rick and Albany will be first up after the break

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Speaker 1: and we'll take more of your comments on the tweet

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Speaker 1: sheet as well as we ask you what is the

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Speaker 1: Bills priority? What should it be? In free agency? Now?

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Speaker 1: With all the guys they've resigned over the course of

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Speaker 1: the last week, let us know. Open line for you

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Speaker 1: at eight O three oh five fifty back in a

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Speaker 1: flash here on One Bills Live, presented by Kalaida Health.

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Speaker 1: This is Buffalo Bills Radio. Back the one Bills Live,

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Speaker 1: Chris Brown, Steve Tasker with you Twitter polls a day.

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Speaker 1: Where should the Bills priorities lie now in free agency?

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Speaker 1: With Feliciano, Darryl Williams and Matt Milano all resigned and

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Speaker 1: back in for twenty twenty one and beyond, we want

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Speaker 1: to know from you eight O three oh five fifty

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Speaker 1: Open line for you there or on the tweet sheet

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Speaker 1: at one Bills Live. Go to the phones and leading

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Speaker 1: us off. This segment is one Rick in Albany, Rick,

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Speaker 1: what do you have for us? You're on one bills live. Hey,

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Speaker 1: good afternoon, gentlemen. Um. Yeah, I think the priority is

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Speaker 1: probably our edging in corner quarterback. But I like to

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Speaker 1: see down the road and maybe with with you know,

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Speaker 1: finding on the cap situation if they can get it,

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Speaker 1: like a wrecking ball type running back. I call her

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Speaker 1: the battle ram guy with some size bounce off people.

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02:02:28,120 --> 02:02:30,200
Speaker 1: You need the third and one. You got that, you

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Speaker 1: know that go to guy and I probably date myself.

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Speaker 1: But someone like Booby Dixon, that someone that doesn't care

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Speaker 1: and just run. You're a full team and try to

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Speaker 1: get that first down. Okay, Rick, appreciate the phone call.

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Speaker 1: I got a Booby Dixon reference on the show today.

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Speaker 1: I think we've hit our quote to me. Yea, so

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Speaker 1: is that what it was? Okay, no idea, there was

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Speaker 1: a line. Yeah, that's a way to keep tabs on that.

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Speaker 1: I get it. I get everybody want It's hard to

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Speaker 1: find one of those guys who who's a big running back. Um,

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Speaker 1: It's it's weird you think about it. You don't really

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Speaker 1: see those guys anymore. The fullbacks out of the picture

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02:03:08,320 --> 02:03:14,520
Speaker 1: for mostry most of the big guy. Big athletes play

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02:03:14,600 --> 02:03:18,280
Speaker 1: defense or put their hand in the dirt, you know, um,

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02:03:18,880 --> 02:03:22,440
Speaker 1: or playing linebacker. They don't carry the ball. That's it's

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Speaker 1: an interesting dynamic with the lower levels of football and

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02:03:28,320 --> 02:03:32,600
Speaker 1: where athletes are relegated in their positions and where they play.

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02:03:32,720 --> 02:03:36,760
Speaker 1: You rarely see a guy Derrick Henry's size get the

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02:03:36,840 --> 02:03:39,160
Speaker 1: ball handed to him if he's playing tight end or something.

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02:03:39,240 --> 02:03:41,720
Speaker 1: You know, they just move them to different spots. There

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02:03:41,760 --> 02:03:44,960
Speaker 1: aren't very many guys like that out there, um, but

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Speaker 1: I see the allure of it, no question, having a big,

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02:03:50,560 --> 02:03:53,520
Speaker 1: fast like we had. We had Larry Kennebrew on the

2235
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Speaker 1: on the show last week, two hundred and fifty pound

2236
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Speaker 1: guy six two, two fifty and he could scoot. Yeah,

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02:04:00,680 --> 02:04:02,880
Speaker 1: he's a that's a different kind of athlete, and those

2238
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Speaker 1: guys these days play different positions the usually than running back.

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Speaker 1: There is a report from The Athletic that Minnesota Minnesota

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Speaker 1: Vikings defensive end Daniel Hunter is unhappy with his current

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Speaker 1: contract and is exploring trade options. So Hunter, who has

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Speaker 1: been a very productive player, is unhappy with his five years,

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02:04:28,160 --> 02:04:31,320
Speaker 1: seventy two million dollar contract that he signed in twenty eighteen.

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02:04:31,880 --> 02:04:36,800
Speaker 1: He feels it leaves him underpaid. I will point out

2245
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Speaker 1: that Shack Barratt is signed for four years seventy two million,

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02:04:39,920 --> 02:04:42,080
Speaker 1: so it is more money than his, but it's only

2247
02:04:42,160 --> 02:04:46,200
Speaker 1: one fewer year on the deal. But apparently he sees

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02:04:46,280 --> 02:04:49,280
Speaker 1: Joey Boza averaging twenty seven a million a year and

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02:04:49,520 --> 02:04:52,200
Speaker 1: Miles Garrett at twenty five million a year and he

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Speaker 1: wants to be paid commensurate with that. I got news

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Speaker 1: for him. Good luck. It's gonna be hard finding that

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02:04:58,440 --> 02:05:03,360
Speaker 1: kind of money this off season. Yeah, I don't get that.

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02:05:03,520 --> 02:05:06,400
Speaker 1: You have a five year, seventy two million dollars contract

2254
02:05:06,560 --> 02:05:09,560
Speaker 1: in a restrictive cap year. Your team has not said

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Speaker 1: anything about wanting to cut you loose to save money

2256
02:05:12,560 --> 02:05:14,760
Speaker 1: on the cap, or you're going in there asking for

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02:05:14,840 --> 02:05:18,280
Speaker 1: a trade because you want to get paid more somewhere

2258
02:05:18,320 --> 02:05:21,960
Speaker 1: else Somebody doing that. Nobody's doing that, I don't think.

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Speaker 1: And then well here's what and here's now And so

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Speaker 1: he goes out there and there's nobody that wants to

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Speaker 1: do that, let's say, or only for the same money.

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Speaker 1: How are you going to come back? How do you

2263
02:05:37,120 --> 02:05:40,840
Speaker 1: repair that relationship? Yeah, you think the team's going, oh yeah,

2264
02:05:40,880 --> 02:05:43,000
Speaker 1: come on back, we love you know, even though you're

2265
02:05:43,120 --> 02:05:47,040
Speaker 1: unhappy and asked to leave, not to mention that. By

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Speaker 1: what I can see here on contract situation, if the

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Speaker 1: Vikings trade him before June first, it's a twelve million

2268
02:05:53,200 --> 02:05:57,120
Speaker 1: dollar dead cap hit. So if they do agree to

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Speaker 1: move him, it's probably not happening until it's a post

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02:06:00,760 --> 02:06:03,720
Speaker 1: June first move and it's the cap money hit his

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02:06:03,800 --> 02:06:06,040
Speaker 1: cut in half. Yeah that, I mean, if we're gonna

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Speaker 1: do you the favorite of training here, we're certainly not

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02:06:07,840 --> 02:06:10,280
Speaker 1: taking a twelve million dollars cap hit. Now that seems

2274
02:06:11,960 --> 02:06:15,120
Speaker 1: that's dumb to me. That's a dumb request. Why would

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02:06:15,120 --> 02:06:18,040
Speaker 1: you do that? Maybe it just doesn't feel he's making

2276
02:06:18,080 --> 02:06:20,920
Speaker 1: a fair market value and he has been a productive player.

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Speaker 1: I will give him that he make it. He's making

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Speaker 1: his seventy two over five years. So well, bro, it's

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Speaker 1: fifteen million a year. Yeah, a little bit, yeah, a

2280
02:06:34,720 --> 02:06:37,280
Speaker 1: little bit less, but yeah, well he but he's got

2281
02:06:37,360 --> 02:06:40,320
Speaker 1: how many years left on it? I have to check again.

2282
02:06:40,360 --> 02:06:42,120
Speaker 1: I'm not sure. And did somebody else sign his name

2283
02:06:42,120 --> 02:06:44,360
Speaker 1: at the bottom of that paper when not to my knowledge, no,

2284
02:06:44,600 --> 02:06:47,320
Speaker 1: not to my knowledge, did he think that? Do you

2285
02:06:47,400 --> 02:06:49,880
Speaker 1: think people in the league we're gonna make less. You know,

2286
02:06:51,200 --> 02:06:55,560
Speaker 1: maybe he did. Now what are you doing? I don't know.

2287
02:06:57,000 --> 02:07:01,240
Speaker 1: It's maybe he's and here's the thing. Maybe he's willing

2288
02:07:01,320 --> 02:07:03,000
Speaker 1: to do all this and raise this stink and do

2289
02:07:03,080 --> 02:07:04,520
Speaker 1: this and go out and play for a year. Then

2290
02:07:04,520 --> 02:07:06,800
Speaker 1: when the pound cap bounces back, have a productive year,

2291
02:07:06,800 --> 02:07:09,840
Speaker 1: and then now that I've been unhappy for an entire year,

2292
02:07:10,000 --> 02:07:12,640
Speaker 1: now trade me that kind of thing. Yeah, I mean

2293
02:07:12,960 --> 02:07:15,720
Speaker 1: his posturing for a later move. His pressure rate in

2294
02:07:15,800 --> 02:07:18,720
Speaker 1: his last season was fifteen point seven to five percent.

2295
02:07:18,840 --> 02:07:21,880
Speaker 1: That was higher than JJ Watt's best season of his career,

2296
02:07:23,360 --> 02:07:28,040
Speaker 1: and from twenty sixteen to twenty nineteen, Hunter caused the

2297
02:07:28,240 --> 02:07:32,720
Speaker 1: most turnovers by pressure in the NFL. He missed last season,

2298
02:07:33,040 --> 02:07:35,600
Speaker 1: so on top of wanting to get paid more, he

2299
02:07:35,680 --> 02:07:40,320
Speaker 1: gave me play last year. Yeah, I don't know. That's

2300
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Speaker 1: that's a big ask, don't you think I think it is.

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Speaker 1: I think it's a big gosh. I think it's a

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Speaker 1: big ask. Restricted free agents, the deadline is approaching Wednesday

2303
02:07:52,080 --> 02:07:56,400
Speaker 1: four pm to tender them qualifying offers to retain the

2304
02:07:56,520 --> 02:07:59,640
Speaker 1: right of at least first refusal should another team come

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02:07:59,680 --> 02:08:02,480
Speaker 1: in and signed that player. Some kind of offer sheet

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Speaker 1: and looks like the Rams are stepping up with their

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Speaker 1: young corner Darius Williams, who I was impressed with watching

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Speaker 1: him here in Week three against the Bills. I thought

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Speaker 1: he was pretty solid player. He got a first round

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Speaker 1: tender four point seven six million, so that is probably

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Speaker 1: going to keep him in LA. Yeah, for at least

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Speaker 1: this year. Four million bucks for a guy that's playing

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Speaker 1: at that level. It's that's a no brains at corner.

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Speaker 1: That's a no brain. It's a bargain. Yeah, it's a

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Speaker 1: bargain quite frankly. I mean, he's gonna see a boost

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Speaker 1: in pay from what his rookie contract probably was. But still,

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Speaker 1: and plus you know, and it does light a fire.

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Speaker 1: Un if he stays productive and comes out and plays

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Speaker 1: even better or you know, continues to play a high level,

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Speaker 1: he'll hit it next year. Yeah right, I mean, no,

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Speaker 1: it's not a bad situation for him. He's on a

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Speaker 1: good team, high profile team, going to get the exposure.

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Speaker 1: You know, you're playing in a competitive division out there,

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02:09:00,200 --> 02:09:02,120
Speaker 1: you can get your chances with Jalen Ramsey on the

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Speaker 1: other side to rack up some stats. So yeah, good

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Speaker 1: for him. Yeah, that's a smart I mean, he can't

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Speaker 1: he's got to be happy. I'd rather have a long

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Speaker 1: term deal, but you know, he's probably only a year

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Speaker 1: away from that. If somebody signs him, they're signing him

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Speaker 1: to a long deal. Yes, So if they're giving up

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Speaker 1: a first round draft pick for this guy, I don't

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Speaker 1: see somebody. I don't see him doing that. But they are.

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Speaker 1: They're going to sign him to a long term deal.

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02:09:24,520 --> 02:09:26,360
Speaker 1: And that's good for him and you know, and all

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02:09:26,440 --> 02:09:29,280
Speaker 1: the money that comes with it. Yeah, but one more

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Speaker 1: year playing for four plus million bucks. Yeah, they just go, man,

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02:09:36,160 --> 02:09:39,880
Speaker 1: just play your play hard and cash in in a year.

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Speaker 1: Break time for us. But when we return, Steve and

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Speaker 1: I will close things up on this very active and

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Speaker 1: entertaining Monday edition of One Bill's Live. We'll be back

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Speaker 1: with what have we learned when we return here in

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Speaker 1: a minute. We'll see that. Welcome back to One Bill's

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Speaker 1: Lifetime for what have we learned from today's show? Brought

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Speaker 1: to you by Skyworks, the official construction equipment rental company

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02:10:15,760 --> 02:10:20,000
Speaker 1: of the Buffalo Bills. Well, I think the thing we

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Speaker 1: learned about the resignings of both Yarro Williams and John

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02:10:23,960 --> 02:10:28,360
Speaker 1: Feliciano is both the players and the team got a

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02:10:28,400 --> 02:10:33,000
Speaker 1: little creative with the contract terms, and John Feliciano essentially

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02:10:33,040 --> 02:10:36,280
Speaker 1: admitted to being amenable to take in a little bit

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Speaker 1: less to come back and be part of a winning team,

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02:10:41,440 --> 02:10:45,800
Speaker 1: and he should be commended for that because those kinds

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02:10:45,840 --> 02:10:49,040
Speaker 1: of players are few and far between in this league. Yeah,

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02:10:49,160 --> 02:10:52,120
Speaker 1: and they also know too that the being a free

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02:10:52,160 --> 02:10:54,680
Speaker 1: agent is great usually, but in a year like this,

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02:10:55,000 --> 02:10:58,840
Speaker 1: when the money that is collectively going to be spent

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02:10:59,000 --> 02:11:02,360
Speaker 1: by the NFL team is a third of what it

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02:11:02,600 --> 02:11:06,080
Speaker 1: was a year ago, there's every chance that there's gonna

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02:11:06,120 --> 02:11:10,280
Speaker 1: be a handful or so guys who are left in

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02:11:10,360 --> 02:11:12,880
Speaker 1: a musical chair game of musical chairs. They're left standing,

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Speaker 1: and you don't want to be one of those guys.

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02:11:15,720 --> 02:11:17,480
Speaker 1: You gotta you want to be in the league and

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02:11:17,800 --> 02:11:21,560
Speaker 1: to take a deal, and let's face it, it was

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02:11:21,600 --> 02:11:25,360
Speaker 1: a percentage better or a percentage worse than if they'd

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02:11:25,400 --> 02:11:27,600
Speaker 1: gone to free agency. I don't think either of these

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02:11:27,640 --> 02:11:30,560
Speaker 1: guys would have doubled their money if they'd gone to

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Speaker 1: free agency, And maybe they did take a little bit

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02:11:33,280 --> 02:11:35,360
Speaker 1: of a discount, But you know what, for you and

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02:11:35,440 --> 02:11:37,080
Speaker 1: your family to sit there and say, listen, hunt, we

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02:11:37,120 --> 02:11:38,480
Speaker 1: know where we're gonna be and we know they're gonna

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02:11:38,480 --> 02:11:40,120
Speaker 1: be We're gonna be there for three years, and it's

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Speaker 1: a lot of money. No matter how you slice. There's

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Speaker 1: a lot to be said for being really happy in

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02:11:47,640 --> 02:11:50,160
Speaker 1: the spot you're at. And I think these guys eluded.

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02:11:50,240 --> 02:11:51,680
Speaker 1: Both of them alluded to the fact that they wanted

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Speaker 1: to be a part of what's going on here. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: his first deal here in Buffalo two years, seven million,

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Speaker 1: it was kind of a prove a type deal, prove

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Speaker 1: you can be a starter and earn your way into

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Speaker 1: the starting lineup, which was something he could not do

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Speaker 1: with the Raiders organization. Did that, you know? And now

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Speaker 1: as a three year deal worth seventeen million dollars, so

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02:12:09,240 --> 02:12:11,320
Speaker 1: making considerably more money than he did on his first

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Speaker 1: contract with the Bills. You earn it, you'll get paid.

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Speaker 1: It's just kind of the way they operate, so good

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Speaker 1: on that. We would be remiss today, Steve, if we

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Speaker 1: did not mention the fact that it is one Jay

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Speaker 1: Harris's birthday today. Are intrepid producer Jay Bird putting together

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Speaker 1: a heck of a lineup today with the two players

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Speaker 1: that just got signed. Our thanks to Media Relations for

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02:12:36,400 --> 02:12:39,280
Speaker 1: helping him out with that and getting that all organized

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02:12:39,320 --> 02:12:41,120
Speaker 1: for us so we could bring those two players to

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Speaker 1: you on the show so you can get a census

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Speaker 1: to what those guys are thinking now that they're back

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Speaker 1: in the fold for twenty twenty one. But happy birthday

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Speaker 1: to Jay An overall good guy, overall okay guy. We

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02:12:58,960 --> 02:13:01,440
Speaker 1: couldn't do it with. He works really hard for us.

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Speaker 1: The show is a success because of him, and happy birthday, Jay.

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Speaker 1: I hope it's a great one. So that will pretty

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Speaker 1: much wrap up a Monday, but we will keep our

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Speaker 1: ears to the ground so we can bring you all

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Speaker 1: the updates forthcoming between now and tomorrow when we get

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Speaker 1: back on the show at noon, because there'll be some

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Speaker 1: news and notes for sure, with all of the negotiating

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02:13:23,320 --> 02:13:26,560
Speaker 1: going on and the phones burning up the phone lines

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02:13:27,160 --> 02:13:30,120
Speaker 1: across the NFL here with this legal tampering period that

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02:13:30,240 --> 02:13:33,000
Speaker 1: will enter its second full day as soon as we

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02:13:33,120 --> 02:13:35,920
Speaker 1: go on the air tomorrow. The only guy Bill's fans

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02:13:35,960 --> 02:13:38,280
Speaker 1: should be concerned about the fact that Andre Roberts is

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02:13:38,320 --> 02:13:40,480
Speaker 1: now probably going to be a Houston, Texas. It'll come

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Speaker 1: effective on Wednesday. We've heard that, so Bills haven't resigned

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Speaker 1: everybody and Andre Roberts off to the Houston Texans, his

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Speaker 1: seventh NFL team. It's free agency Frenzy week and we'll

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Speaker 1: be here to carry you through all of it. So

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Speaker 1: for Steve Tasker, this is Chris Brown signing off for Monday.

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Speaker 1: We will see you on Tuesday for more of the same,

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